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A . — eo ROOD & RYAN, ATTORNEYS aT Law. Granp Rapips, Micu. WIDDICOMB BUILDING. Attorneys for R. G. DUN & CO. References—Foster, Stevens & Co., Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co., Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., H. Leonard & Sons, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Peck Bros., National City Bank, Olney & Judson Grocer Co., R. G. Dun & Co, Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co., State Bank of Michigan, Trades- man Company. A COUNTRY PASTORATE. Thirty years ago Bray’s Corner was a pretty, quiet, old-fashioned village, nes- tled among lofty hills. A store, which was also the post-office, two churches, a small hotel, and a school-house made up the sum total of the publie buildings. The people ‘“‘lived and moved and had their being” year in and year out, in much the same manner as their fathers and grandfathers before them. The same doctor cared for their physical needs, the same minister for their spiritual welfare, until old age removed him from active service, or death ended his mortal career. So many quaint stories come to my memory about these people, that 1 am tempted to write them out, with some changes of name. Even this slight precaution may be un- necessary, so many of the originals are now dead and forgotten. Bray’s Corner itself is changed beyond recognition. A flourishing academy is now the pride and glory of its people; a railroad station is within ten minutes ride of the village stores (there are now three), and the town boasts a real, live representative to the Legislature, Hon. John Harlowe, who drives a span of horses, spends his win- tersin Boston, and has periodical and in- variably futile political aspirations in the direction of the governorship, which make him the wonder and pride of his less ambitious fellow townsmen. But itis of Bray’s Corner years ago that I wish to write. John Harlowe was then a struggling young lawyer, ‘‘courtin’ Deacon Bolton’s dar- ter,’’—to use the vernacular of that time. of thirty Deacon Bolton was leading man in the orthodox church, and it was whispered with bated breath that Harlowe was a skeptic; hence, the course of true love ran somewhat roughly for a time, but Harlowe prospered, and Deacon Bolton, who had the name of being ‘rather close,” probably learned to appreciate talent and ambition, backed by a well- filled pocketbook, and withdrew his ob- jections. Deacon Spicer, venturing to strate with Deacon Bolton, quoted the passage about being ‘‘unequally yoked with an unbeliever,’’ and was told that “Paul, being a single man, wasn’t good authority on such pints!’’? which daring, not to say heterodox, statement was al- lowed to escape criticism, being lost sight of in the discussion it precipitated as to whether Paul was married or single, al- ways a favorite topic for lengthy and heated argument between the two dea- cons. Thirty years ago a ‘‘donation party” was a favorite method of ekeing out the minister’s salary. Besides this form of concerted effort, individual contributions of the produets of the farm were in or- remon- der, and a favored substitute for the sorely needed cash. I reeall one such instance. It was warm, humid weather in early spring; many of the farmers had killed calves, and each was moved, by mixed motives, GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1893. probably, to send a piece of meat to the minister. He, poor man, was not fond of veal, and his family was small. To refuse it would give offense; to give it away. hav- ing accepted it, would be considered an unpardonable insult, even supposing that there was a family in the parish not already provided with that very perish- able article of diet. At desperation, the pastor dug a deep hole in his garden and buried the veal after nightfall. A root of rhubarb, planted ever the grave of so much wasteful last, in sheer surplus giant ill-directed benevo- lence was, in process of time, the wonder and admiration of the parish, who little recked the source of its strength and luxuriance. The donation visit was often a source of disappointment and vexation rather than a benefit. It was the custom to long table with the best of the cooked food donated, and a merry feast followed. It have been a blessing to the perplexed housekeeper if the demand for food had equaled the supply. The loaves of bread and biscuits—sam- ples of the skill, or lack thereof, of every woman in the parish—the all kinds and sizes in a family where pies were regarded with small favor, and then the doughnuts! At one time the good pastor, who was not without a dry sense of humor, measured them in a_ bushel basket. They nearly filled it! In a city this abundance might have made glad many a hungry family, but twenty miles from any city, in a smali village where no one lacked food, it was appalling. This and wasteful profusion of food giving was also the in- and set a would pies of unwise direct cause of a great discount on the minister’s ‘‘salary,’’ a word almost too dignified to be applied to the pittance of $400 a year. lf farmer Hacket sent the minister a piece of fresh pork or veal at ‘‘killin’ time,” he naturally mentioned the fact when called upon for money, and ‘‘cal- kerlated he’d’ bout done his share—times was hard and money awful tight.” Mrs. Simmons ‘‘thought the minister’s wife couldn’t be a very good contriver, if they got short of money, as much as they had give ’em!”? Deacon Stillman, like Bar- kis, ‘‘a good man, but a little near,’’ who was, was occasionally overcome by a generous im- pulse. One day he met the minister going to visit a distant parishioner, and driving what the deacon considered a very poor horse. **Parson,’” he, ‘‘why don’t you have a better horse?”’ ‘“‘Because I can’t afford said it,” said the minister. “Sho! you don’t say so!’ exclaimed the deacon. ‘Wall, I’m a leetle behind in my subscription,” and he took out a well-filled pocket-book and handed the minister—fifty cents! * * * * * It was the custom in those days to preach funeral sermons, and of any social importance have been considered to be properly and re- spectfully buried unless one of those long no person would eulogies was pronounced over ‘‘the re- mains.” An old lady, a member of the Baptist chureh, but very fond of the orthodox minister, sent for him frequently during a long and tedious illness, and requested him to preach her funeral sermon ‘‘when she was gone,’’ to use the pathetic phrase so often on the lips of the aged,—so sel- dom used by the young. ‘he minister promised to do so. It was winter when he was called upon to fulfill that promise. snow storm he drove three half to an outlying settlement, Through a fierce and a where the After all was over the woman’s daughter, the wife of a well-to- do farmer, called the preacher aside and said, ‘‘Mother thought a of you, Mr. Cunningham, miles service was held. powerful sight and left you five doliars in her will. Now. we are poor folks, and money comes hard to us,—wouldn’t you just as soon take it in butter 2?” *“*You had better keep the legacy, Mrs. York,” said the minister, quietly, ‘‘and never mind about the butter.’’ It is perhaps needless to add that she took him at his word. she When a good housewife of Bray’s Cor- ner wanted to say the most severe thing thing possible about a thrifty neighbor she was nounce her Skerritts.”’ The Skerrits lived less neat and sure to pro- ‘“*most as shif’less as the on a rocky bit of pasture land, about two miles north of the village. Their house board shanty of one room, with any furniture, or even with. There was a story extant, that in a do- mestie Skerritt’s, when the mother was lying very ill, a kind-hearted woman from the village was a rough hardly utensils to cook erisis at went up to see what she could do for the family. Wish- ing to make some gruel, and being un- that invalid, pa had took the skillet to feed the dog in,” which proved to be the ease. wash not so much as a tin hand-basin, she was constrained to apply again to the sick woman, who said, with some surprise, ‘Why, didn’t ye find the skillet?’’ The doctor’s wife rode over to the Skerritts with him, one day, and, idly watching him move about ticed, with some surprise, that he kept his hat on. When he came out, she said, reprovingly, ‘‘Why, Edward, I shouldn’t think you would wear your hat in the You ought to be just as able to find anything to cook it in did not leak, she consulted the who said she ‘‘guessed p’raps Later, wishing to a few small articles, and finding the room, no- house. cour- teous to a poor person as to a rich one.” ‘*‘My dear,’’ said the doctor, gravely, but with a roguish gleam in his dark eyes, ‘I shouldn’t dare to put my hat down anywhere at Skerritt’s if posed to wear it again.’’ , [ pro- siete 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. It was a mystery to every one how these people lived. Old Skerritt and his work for some farmer, but oftener went gun- two sons occasionally did a day’s ning or fishing. Report said that they occasionally visited a hen roost or potato patch to which they had no legal claim, but this statement lacked positive proof. They were poor, even for a poor neigh- borhood,—a mere nest of three or four houses a grade better than their own; but they looked well-fed and | healthy. Some effort was made by the kindly | always village people to civilize, not to say Chris- tianize them, but with indifferent suc- | cess. They seemed to prefer to remain | in a state of depravity. On one of the pastor’s periodical visits, informed tim that git married, and could “old man Skerritt” “Jim wanted ter he (the pastor) hitch ’em if they’d come down ter the village?’’ ‘*But,’’ said the perplexed clergyman, ‘‘how can your son support a wife? He} does no work, and has no home nor money.” ‘*Parson,’’ said the old man, (slowly shifting an enormous quid of tebaeco to apart of his mouth where it would be less of an impediment to married twenty | a home, or a cent in his speech), ‘“‘Parson, when I got years back, J hadn’t my pocket, and (with a cluded the barren quarter-acre of land, gesture that in- the rough board shanty, children, and where I am now!’ untidy wife, ragged mangy dog) see it was ludicrous, and it was pathetic, ¢ but it was also that *‘touch of nature that makes the whole world | ‘he par- son succumbed without another word, and when the time came, be married ‘*‘Jim’’ to the girl of his choice, and be- stowed upon him some excellent advice, his own seanti- from with a little present ly-lined pocket-book to give him a start upon what looked, at the brightest, to be avery dubious matrimonial experiment! * x % * Uncle Israel Deland was a neighbor of the Skerritts, but in rather more pros- perous circumstances, for his house was lathed and plastered, though guiltless of paint and paper, and he kept a poor old horse and a cow. Uncle Deland lived alone; whether he was a_ bachelor or widower, 1 never knew, but, at any rate, he made his own butter, which he ex- changed for groceries at the village store. t iooKked well, but he reputation for being ‘‘not very neat,’’ and it was ealled *‘Uncle Deland’s butter’’ and sold for a few cents per pound less, to unim- aginative people, for whom butter was butter, and its antecedents not a matter Another family in this neighborhood were the Slocums—father, er and son. I suppose there had been a Mrs. Slocum at some period of the family his- tory, but I never Knew her. TheSlocums were considered a trifle below par men- tally, but were sober, respectable people, setting a good example to their irreli- gious neighbors by their regular attend- ance a hure Uncle Jerry was always in his place, and always paid the preacher the more than doubtful compliment of sleeping rhe minister ventured to re with him about this habit on one vcca- sion. ‘*‘Parson,” said Uncle Jerry. ie hear ye jest as well with my eyes shet! | amusement of theirs to count the number j; always doubted would ; realized that his torture was about to Erastus Slocum, a wit: lank, ungainly youth, was chiefly noted for a somewhat pronounced taste in dress, and a great fondness for ‘‘speakin’ in meetin.” As his early education had been very greatly neglected, and he had, moreover, a high- pitched nasal tone, his remarks were not especially edifying. He had avery peculiar habit of allud- ing every few seconds to his ‘dear pas- tor,’ which afforded some enjoyment to the young people. I grieve to say that it was a favorite of times he used the expression in the eourse of his remarks. Some one once ran the score up to forty-one, but it was if this were the true| eount! That these allusions to ‘‘my dear pas- | tor’? were invariably of a most compli- | | mentary nature was no special comfort | to the unhappy victim of so much publie adulation, who always felt a cold chill | run down his spinal column, when, at an otherwise enjoyable evening service, he | catch a glimpse of Erastus’ tall | figure looming up in some corner, and | begin. oo oS oo * Miss Legro, a tall, thin woman, hope- harmless, is among my very earliest recollections of Bray’s Corner. lessly insane, but perfectly She always seemed fond of me, and | | would sometimes stoop and kiss me when we met, to my secret discomfiture, but I felt a little afraid of her and dared not show my feeling. The town took care of her, but she was allowed perfect liberty. She would sometimes walk into the house and up | Stairs to the pastor’s study, where she would sit an heur or two, not speaking a Again, she would talk incessant- | real or imagin- word. ly, telling her troubles, ary. in adreary monotone, inexpresssibly wearisome to the listener. There was one person against whom bitter—whether he she was extremely had ever wronged her in any way I do not Know, but certain it is that after one | of her ‘‘silent spells,” lasting sometimes | for weeks, she would invariably break out into invective against him. Poor soul! She was the terror of my youth, but in my maturer years 1 have sincerest pity. It was very hever mentioned in fer her only singular that she any way the lover whose sudden and violent death deprived her of reason. All memory of him seemed blotted out forever—nay, shalil not rather say, for life? For may it net be that with death came the light of reason, and the love of her youth? God grant it. ~ * % * o The last character whom I shall men- tion in these brief and imperfect annals was **Capt’n’’ Eliakim Thompson. Thompson had been in his early daysa rough, violent-tempered man, and fright- Capt'n fully profane, but when he gave up the sea he settled down and became a good citizen and a pious, God-fearing man. Early habits were, however, too strong for him at times, and occasionally, good ehureh- member though he was, he would become violently excited and swear like a pirate, to his after remorse and shame. He had a voice like a roaring tempest, a weather-beaten face, and a rough man- ner rather terrifying to me: but his heart was as good as gold, and inthe pockets of his great coat he was sure to havea ; and utilized by the next tenant. This arrangement ;enables the merchant to move his store furniture | thus enabling him to resume business in a new loca- | tion without loss of valuable time. Chocolate Cooler cm, MANUFACTURERS OF KNOCK DOWN TABLES AND SHELVING, AND MANUFACTURERS AGENT FOR Koch Adjustable Brack- ets for Shelving. This combination renders the furniture of a store portable—not fixtures, to be retained by the landlord more quickly and easily than he can move his stock, Samples of each line on exhibition at office, 315 MICHIGAN TRUST CO. BUILDING. If you cannot visit office, send for eatalogue. Inereased Trade And greater profit is what most mer- ».j chants desire, and you will note that / eG i those who labor particularly to please / zg their customers by keeping a neat, at- * “a, tractive store filled with choice goods— ie not bargain counter stock — are able to , secure the best patronage. From its in- ~) ception the NEW YORK CONDENSED -MILK COMPANY has year by year i ~~ increased its output of the celebrated —’ Gail Borden Eagle Brand Z Condensed Milk, and this fact ~ has necessitated the constant increase of facilities, the enlargement of old plants and the building of new ones. As a food for infants the Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk has no equal, and parents every where are rapidly proving the truth of the statement, and knowing that its quality is ; this brand. carefully maintained, fact that the leading merchants give preference R to the “Gail Borden Eagle Brand.” © insist — thse PeacLe BR AND: This accounts for the Ix de May ‘the new Yorx ax corns PREPARED BY THE New York Gondensed Milk Go, IT HAS NO EQUAL. ~ ‘ . si * al gt = ry $ > TU vy ae 1» a - te ‘ oa, e 4 : el , Ph ‘i ; 9 69} i ) te i, ) i 7 eS a a sb h / ~ ~~ t - & a al - - > . ° on t ee f ee ro . we yr > ; +4 \ +# . = i ." } wan THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 few cheap toys, or a supply of candy for boys and girls of his acquaintance. ‘‘Monstrous” was a favorite adjective of his, and did service upon all occasions, suitable or otherwise, in proof of which Imay mention his saying to my father, ‘‘Parson, she sartinly is monstrous little!” Capt’n Thompson’s death was in har- mony with his life. He had had heart disease for years. One stormy night, when the wind was blowing a gale and the snow and sleet rattled against the windows, he waked his good wife sud- denly: ‘‘Sally!” he gasped, ‘‘I see—the —harbor lights!” and he closed his eyes upon this world to open them in ‘‘the light that never was on land or sea.’’ HELEN A. MORTON. i 2 a >a THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. H. B. Dakin has opened a grocery store at Reed’s Lake. The Ball-Barnhart-Put- man Co. furnished the stock. Albert Herman has opened a grocery store on Cass street, near Wealthy avenue. Thel. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. Roeland Van Heriwynen has retired from the firm of Timmer & Van Heri- wynen, grocers at 183 Plainfield avenue. The business will be continued by Geert Timmer under his own name. Addie Adley has purchased the Ander- son & Johnson grocery stock, at 138 Stocking street, removed it to 692 Cherry street, the former location of Cole & Chapel. The latter continue the meat business at 694 Cherry street. The Lemon & Wheeler Company claims to have a bill of sale of the Wm. Mears stock, at Boyne Falls, and that it takes precedence over the attachments recently placed on the stock by several other creditors. Peter Doran went to the scene of action Monday for the purpose of enforcing his bill of sale. and John Cusick, junior member of the firm of Visner & Cusick, bakers and res- tauranters at 129 Canal street, recently sold his interest in the business to Dr. Lester H. Lakins. The sale clandestine transaction, for as Mr. Visner is concerned, and refused to recognize Lakins asa partner, prompt- ly enjoining both Cusick and Lakins from taking possession or interfering in Mr. Visner has placed the business in charge of his brother, Ezra Visner, hold the fort. was a so he any way with the business. and proposes to It is reported that Cusick has left the city to avoid any legal pro- ceedings which Lakins might institute against him to regain of the $480 he is alleged to have paid for the half interest in the business. Mr. Vis- ner has made the would-be partner sev- eral desirable propositions, which Lakins has thus far failed to accept, and there is now nothing for him to do but accept Visner’s terms or petition for an acecount- ing. Asthe latter course involves the giving of a bond, it will probably not be resorted to. —_—_—~< -¢ <> -—— Purely Personal. Amos S. Musselman is in his third and final to City. Fred H. Ball and Arthur Gregory went to Chicago Saturday night to take a last look at the World’s Fair. N. B.. Blain, the Lowell dry goods dealer, was in town Saturday on his way home from the World’s Fair. Geo. F. Cook, general dealer at Grove, was in town one day last week, placing his orders for winter goods. L. E. Mills, general dealer at Grant Station, was in town Monday on his way to the World’s Fair for a second visit. Cornelius Dosker, financial manager for P. Steketee & Sons, has gone to Chi- cago for a last look at the World’s Fair. Samuel M. Lemon left Monday morn- ing for Chicago for his first glimpse at the World’s Fair. wife. possession Chicago on visit the White He is accompanied by his W. F. Bowen, salesman for Geo. R. Perry, is at Momara, Quebec, where he will wed a handsome widow, with two bright children. The happy couple will, of course, make their home in this city. The Hardware Market. General trade keeps up well and, while not as good as last year, dealers are buy- | ing quite freely of staple and seasonable goods. Wire Nails—These continue to grow weaker in price and there seems to be very little prospect of any change. The fact is, however, becoming that many factories will have to close} We} down if the low price quote $1.65 rates from from mill. continues. stock Window Glass—This at present is one | of the problems which bothers the makers as well as the jobbers. Stocks are broken and saleable sizes are impossible to get; yet it seems impossible to hold prices up to a paying basis. discount in box lots. Barbed Wire—In good demand prices are held as in our last report. Ammunition—AlIl kinds with great freedom and in and are some keep pace with the demand. Loaded shells, especially, are searce. The following seasonable are quoted as follows: goods Carpenters Chalk, white..... ....45@ gross , . mee. ee . [ bie... 60e 1 qt. Round and Square Corn Poppers 15 per dozen ger te | ae 2 qt Square Corn Poppers. oe ; aon rule of] cans..... er Gripsack Brigade. David S. Haugh and tamily went to Chicago last week for the purpose of see- ing the World’s Fair. John J. Dooley, Michigan representa- tive for H. E. Bucklen & Co., of Chicago, will make Grand Rapids for the next few months the trade of this territory. be headquarters The regular monthly meeting of Post | E, Michigan Knights of the Grip, will be held at Elk’s hall Saturday evening of this week. As no meetings have been held during the summer, it is hoped that this meeting wili be largely attended, as several matters of importance come before the meeting for tion and action. —_---—— °° The Grocery Market. Oranges—A few Floridas have came forward, but they are somewhat off color, though sound and of good flavor. Prices as quoted. Lemons—No change to speak of. The demand is light, dealers buying only on compulsion. The cheaper grades are in- ferior and of very irregular packing. The so-called faney marks do not grade better than choice, and are small. Bananas—Are risky stock to handle in cold weather. Still the demand con- tinues fair, at a reasonable figure. a co The Drug Market. Gum opium is weak. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine continues to harden in price. Cubeb berries are lower. Canada balsam fir has advanced. Turpentine has advanced. Linseed oil is higher with upward ten- dency. econsidera- - —— 2 <> Change in the Drug Business. WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind., Oct. 21—J. C. Sechiffler has sold his drug stock to A. D. Havens, who will continue the business at the same location. el elon The Musselman Grocer Co. has secured | the Western Michigan agency for the| butterine of the G. H. Hammond Co., which is unexcelled in quality and ap- pearance. apparent | and $1.40 | We quote 80 per cent | moving | lines it | is impossible for the manufacturers to | while visiting | are to} FRUIT AND PRODUCE. | Review of the Year’s Business at this Market. This year’s fruit crop, with the excep- tion of apples, is about all harvested and marketed. It has been a satisfactory year in many respects, the quality of the |fruit being | | | generally while the quantity was hardly up to the laverage of That, how- 'ever, is a good feature, less has gone and have been better. Everything has readily taken. The following is a snyopsis of the reports received from the different commission houses: E. A. Moseley (Moseley Bros.): The supply of apples was much better than iwas expected. The “rushed” i the this year, the dry, hot weather ripened the fruit much earlier than usual. reported good, previous years. as | to waste prices offered been farmers season I think the quality is much better this year than last. The price has been high, being fully 50 cents per bushel. The demand has been strong Peaches have net been as plentiful as in former years, all through the season. on account of the drought, but the qual- |ity has better than for |several years. The price is much higher been excellent, | lthan for years, | $1.50 per bushel. Plums | the price good, Receipts of pears have been light, the price ranging from $1.50 to $2. some averaging fully fair say $2.25 per were a crop, and bushel. | Thecrop of grapes was large and of splen- |did quality. You will be safe in saying | that there have been fully 120,000 bush- |els of peaches brought to this market this season. That is, to my mind acon- Of all kinds of fruit the quantity will be in excess of 200,000 bushels. As to a permanently | market, with buildings and sheds, I am ;not so sure about it. The market stand | is now conveniently located for the com- the heaviest buy- ; ers, and at about as central a point for | | | servative estimate. located mission men, who are |the whole city as ean be secured. It | costs nothing and interferes with noone. |A market | $50,000 and would be a constant expense for cleaning and repairs. even for vegetables, is very short, begin- ning not earlier than the middle of July and ending with cold weather, while the building would cost at least The season, fruit season lasts only about sixty days. The building would be utterly worthless during the remainder of the year. I |think we had better ‘‘let well enough alone.’’ Alfred J. Brown (Alfred J. Brown Co. :) | The has been a good one, for prices, at least. Apples are hardly up to the average but the price has been j;high. Plums and pears were scarce, of | poor quality, and the price away up. We handled somewhere near 30,000 bushels | of peaches and have no fault to find with | the quality. They were in good supply at | 00d prices. Grapes were plentiful and |of good quality. I cannot say off-hand | how much fruit we handled during the | season 1 believe a good market building Now, the / market, as it is called, is scattered over | half adozen different and itis hard to imagine anything more incon- ' venient. As to the site, 1 think it ought to be built over the river, south of Ful- ton street bridge, perhaps at Island street. A bridge could be constructed, of sufficient width to accommodate a row | of teams on each side, with driveways and footways in the center. The facility season. would be a big improvement. streets, | | | } 5 great point in favor of having the mar- ket on the river. I don’t know of an- other site for it if that wouldn’t be sat- isfactory. Cc. N. Rapp (Cc. N. Rapp & Co.): It has fair season for nearly all kinds of fruit; the quality has been good and prices fair. I have much has been marketed. we ought to have a market. been a no idea how Yes, I think Other cities have them and make them pay, and we need one as much as any the country. It would build it over the objection is that the the water. it over other city in never do to The principal refuse river. would be It would cost the river than it would to put it on land, besides very inconvenient and thrown into more to build being impossible of ac- The the lonia, Oakes, Spring and Cherry streets. It the easily accessible from four sides and is convenient to the commission There are few buildings the ground at and, altogether is, to my mind, ihe most desirable site in the city. favor of a mar- from two directions. site for a market building cess except best is square bounded by could be bought cheap, and has advantage of being houses. on present, Lam most decidedly in ket building. Cc. C. Bunting This is the principal fruit market of the State. The quantity marketed this year is hardly up to the average of past years, but what it lacked in that fully made up in quality. (Bunting & Davis): respect was The of peaches was large, and, if anything, bet- ter than The quality was good. The average price was about Plums pears were a short Ap- ples are below the average crop of past erop previous years. and crop, and the quality was only fair. $1.25. years, but the quality is good and prices are up, 50 We handled fully 28,000 bushels of peaches, about 25,000 10-pound baskets of grapes, and, by the close of the season, will have handled 5,000 barrels of apples, 1 think an established market, with build- ings and sheds would be a good thing for this town, as well as for the farmers and averaging about cents. good I don’t know where it ought to It is a question of a site which would be difficult to obtain. The season has not been as good as in former years; still, on dealers. be located. Theo. B. Goossen: the whole, there is nothing to complain of. Prices have ruled high, which is al- ways the the supply is not equal to the demand. ‘here were fully 120,000 bushels of peaches brought to this market this I think there were more than that, but you are safe in saying so many, at least. I don’t care anything about a market If the people want one, they can have it, but it will make not the least difference I don’t see the necessity fora building. The present system may have its inconveniences, but would any system that could be devised. I haveno interest in the matter, way or the other. ease when season. building. to me. So one ee ce 7 ; s...... 6% AFC. “10% |Lancashire.. a 2 apita + woe cennee OMG DD.... 5% Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5% avanat V.......... 5% X..... 6% Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% Chapman cheese cl. 3% Noibe R. nein Persian.. 7 |Normandie.. 7% Clifton CR. : Sie Our Level Best.. ae 6 Arlington staple.... 614/Persian.. 2 eames Oxford R........... 6 | Arasapha fancy... 4\%/Renfrew Dress, ..... 7% Tite t Star......... $e Pequot.......... --- 7 | Bates Warwick dres 74%4|Rosemont........... 6% Clifton CCC........ 5% Solar...... ae ' staples. 6 [Slatersville . 6 Top of the Heap.-..7 | ¢ entennial......... 10%|Somerset. 7 aKC or ae a ae (pate... | eee 7% pind gal -- 8i/Geo. Washington... 8 | Cumberland staple. 5%|Tofl du Nord....... 10% Fame ---- § (Glen Mills. ......... 7, |Cumberland........ 5 |Wabash..... . 1% Are... ... 6% Gold Medal......... 7% | Resex 4y%i seersucker.. 7% Art Cambric..... a Green Ticket....... 814 aaa ae 7%|Warwick.... ...... 7 oe AA..... 74/Great Falls.......... 6% Everett classics..... 8%4|Whittenden......... 8 peewee. th oe. Ty Exposition.......... 7% “ heather dr. 7% Boston ae 12 jsust Out al 4%x@ 5 ispeuaneee........- 6 " indigo blue 9 —— a ew ‘| King Phi wail im ox Glenarven.... . 6%|Wamsutta ecapien.. / 6% rot, Le i i a sl a | m Charter Oak... .__. ig Lonsdale Cambric.. 10 : - neg nvr GN bit | te aegonmamn "10 Conway W / 74 Lonsdale.. 8% | Johnson « ‘halon ‘el °# | windermeer a 5 Cleveland ..... bss Middlesex... .. es | “ indigo blue 954 | York ..- oe Dwight Anchor... Gio Meme... .... ag “ zephyrTs cee fee . c shorts : a a _—. . ae Bags. meee. 8. ur Own i. 2 Erwe.... "7 [Pride of the West.__12” ae. a ee ~~ 14% Fa a 74|\Rosalind............ 7 | Stark............... 19 lee ee ee ewan Fruit of the Loom. 84 'Sunlight............. 4% Seen... 8 et oe .. 2 tica oe poe 8% | THREADS. ret Friso......-... 7 ; —— ae ie , 6 Fruit of the Loom %. 7% Vinyar RG nc ge gage # oe Palrmeount .... ...- 4g White Horse. oL.. 6 Raake my Ee Full Value.......... 6% Rock. . 8% Scr meta HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. KNITTING COTTON. Cabot.... ........... aM Dwight Anchor..... 8% White. Colored. White. Colored Pareer,...... ..._. | No. a a= ino. M.......0 42 amen FLANNEL. | « oe a 38 43 Unbleached. Bleached. = 2... 2 =. 45 Housewi A... ----b34/ Housewife sam - 6% | ~~ = = 41 - =... 40 45 / _ seen BS ts i : a 7%, CAMBRICS, D.. 64% “ Ee IE ns on sees A ae oe ON ' E 7 “ o. 94 | White eo aiLockwood...... ... 44@ ‘ F 1, “ - oS | aoe Gave... ...... 414 Wood's Le ics ' a... ver4 - Vv - im] Newmarket... . 434) |Brunswick ........ 4% 2... 1% x ue. 1 | BED FLANNEL, i te aa - commie : Pee mers a RM ne x ae oe | Creedmore..........27K/F eS oe | [Talbot Ree...) 30 J R F, XEX. a 35 ‘s Te 10%4| | Nameless........... 27% |Buckeye.. + +++ BR2H% & =< a i MIXED FLANNEL. O....-... 21 | Red & Blue, pene. 0 iGrev SR W......... 17% I --.14% | Union R. - «eee Women W ......... 18% CARPET WARP. I eee cases 18%|D R P. + Pee rless, white.. ...18 (Integrity colored...20 | 6 oz Western........ 20 \Flushing ae. 23% | colored... .20 White Star. ae (aio B.. ..e. 224i Mamitoba.... ....... 23% Foteeriny. .._...... eG “~ eolored..20 | DOMET FLANNEL. DRESS GOODS. | wy e ' ies Hamilton ee Nameless. . ++ | opens Bs auto | ‘“ ie = a“ > . ! -- cod “ sont ent | ‘ = : os “a a CANVASS AND PADDING. GG Cashmere alll ss ooo -e Brown. ee aang Brame — Nameless ... ..... = — | 10% 10% 10%}11% 11% 11% i ‘CORSETS. 11% 11% a : : = | Coraline............89 50/Wonderful 8450 | 24 — 1g ” Sekine s.. ...... Surana... ........ 6] Severen, § ox. . % West Point, 8 oz....10% 9 00|Bortree’s ..... 4 50|Abdominal. Davis Waists .... Grand Rapids..... CORSET JEANS. } | 6%|Naumkeag satteen.. 7% | Androscoggin....... Ti Rockwert..........- 6% BiGgceford........-.. 6 Mampenioen...... i. an - CO Walrwor ...... + oo PRINTS, Allen turkey reds.. 5%/Berwick fancies.... 5% ' fobes........ 5%\Clyde Robes.... pi ink & purple 5% c ha rter Oak fancies 4% puffs 5% DelMarine cashm’s. 5% sSrunswick pink checks. 54% mourn’g 5% + staples ...... 5 Eddystone fancy... 5% | shirtings... 4 : chocolat 5% American fancy 5 rober ... 5% Americanindigo .. sateens. se | Amnerican ——- Hamilton a Argentine Grays. “ at Manch 1ester _ 54% new era. 5% 5 4 uv Anchor Shirtings... 4 Arnold . ae 6 Q4 | Mayland, 8oz.......10% 1002 ...12 | Greenwood, ee: Greenwood, 8 oz. --11%) es, 13% | Boston, § om......... 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. White, doz. --.-25 |Per bale, 40 doz....83 50 Colored, doz........20 a 7 80 SILESIAs, Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket........ 10% Bed Crom.... 9 iDandi......,.... Se Poe. ..10%| Bedford .. . * ” Dost AA..... REI alley City Sas 10% Ce 10% ST 844) SEWING SILK, Corticellf, dos....... 85 (Corticelli a. twist, doz. .4¢ per Mos ball... .. 50 yd,doz..40 } HOOKS AND EYES—PER 6 | Arnold Merino werrimeek D fancy, 5% | No 1Brk& White.. = No a Bk & ‘White. 15 *« long cloth B. 9%|Merrim’ck shi rtings. 4 = -20 iS a 7 ie ff ee _ c 7 12 - 7 a) | century cloth 7 | Pacific Panes. ....... PINS. | = gold eeal.... 10 % robes. No ey -C...... 50 [No 4-15 J 3% 40 green seal TR10% Portsmouth robes... 6% 18,8 C. eel yellow seal 10% |Simpson mourning. 4 corr | « gorge... greys No 2 White & BIk.12. “s 0 ig Waite & Br 20 | _. fa red. 108 “ golfd black. on oo . --15 —_ | Ballou solid black jas eee. 6% . " — | « 42 12 ue - 26 | “ “colors. }“ rkey robes.. 7% vary | Bengal bine, green, } India robes.... 7% | no2 a Nose 3B | eee = 3 .7 ‘“ plain Tky X %& 85 eeescees omnia a a | erlin solids : c _ oil blue... ; a — Tar iz James. ce me .-1 40|Steamboat 40 . © oe | 2. eee --------++ 8 ON = ~~. * Fonlards 5i) Martha Washington Marsha " Be i = ae (EMU : . iL red % 9%| ee ret ston 1% TABLE OIL cLoTH. sl 6 o ~ : i | 3 xx 10 parte ae % 5—4....175 64. ‘eae 165 6—4...2 30 “ 3-4 12 verpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco fancy...... 5 Windsor fancy ...... 6% | Cotton Sail ee URE 18 madders... 5 tn gold ticket Coe 12 |Rising Star 4-ply.. 2117 xx twills. . 5 indigo blue....... 10% | Domestic ........... 18% 3-ply 17 solids...... ‘reams. ateeee vee - 4% | Anchor . .....16 |North Star. a | Bristol . ..13 |Wool Standard 4 pl: iT Amoskeag AC A....i2%)ACA..... ........ ‘ ply 14 Hamilton N=... 14 Pemberton AAA.’ 16 | Sherry v Valley.. — Powhattan .........18 : ve nesses LOM | a a OSNABURGS . Awning. ‘11 |Switt River......... 7%} alabama.. . 6%|Mount Pleasant.. . 6% Farmer. . - 8 |Pearl River.........12 | ajemance.. .. 64 |Oneida 5 First Prize.......... 10%| Warren... 1 -18% | Augusta ............ sien had ; | Lenox Mills ........ PC eioge .......... :.16 lhe mh aoe by COTTON D lin Le in, 2... ae Aw... 8 see sass nono eae sores SM ee... ee -. 6%|No ss . | Haw River oo Se 34 eS 7 |Topof Heap........9 | Haw ie Ss maaan Eaton, Lyon & Co, SCHOOL BOOK, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TABLETS, SLATES, STAPLE STATIONERY, 20 & 22 Monroe St. Quick Sellers. WHAT? THE NEW FALL Manufactured by SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH LINE All the Novelties in Lasts and Patterns. State Agents Woonsocket and Lyco- ming Rubber Co. —_———0 Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 41 Lawn Court, Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesale BOOS 2 DL068, & and 7 Pearl St. AND “fe e ‘o- & = GRAND RAPIDS, Rubber Co. Agen's for Wales-Geodyear Orders by mail given prompt attention. BLOOKER’S DUTCH COCOA. CHOICEST, PUREST, BEST. cetacean kemon & Wheeler Company, Agents, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a rv * + oy ry ba “> oe 4 & ts v 7 se ev ry ha “> ae on” we 7 se Essential Qualifications of a Sealer of Weights and Measures. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Inspection laws, if properly adminis- tered, are good and wholesome and tend to the promotion of honest trade and the encouragement of honest traders; but when administered in a lax and negli- gent manner, by men who have no con- ception of their real nature and purpose, they degenerate a farce and area positive encouragement to dishonesty. Inspection laws are ostensibly in the in- terest and for the protection of the con- sumer, and an improper administration of them makes them actually a protec- tion to the very class against whom the consumer has sought protection. To il- lustrate: The law for the inspection of food products is one of the best and most beneficent laws upon the statute books, if properly enforced; but suppose itis not enforced, or is administered by officers who have little or no idea of its true meaning and purpose; impure and adulterated articles of food will be put upon ths market and sold to the people, bearing the inspector’s stamp, and so the consumers be defrauded and deceived without the possibility of redress. And so the stamp, which ought to be an index and guarantee of the purity and whole- someness of the article upon which it is placed, and of the honesty of the seller, instead, misleading and deceptive. This condition will oe accentuated if the officers charged with the enforcement of the law happen to be dishonest. Take the law which provides for the inspec- tion of weights and measures. That such a law is necessary, and, fairly and honestly administered, of great and posi- tive benefit to the whole community, will hardly be questioned. There are dishonest people in every walk of life and no more in the ranks of those who use weights and measures than among any other The honest dealer needs protection just much as does the consumer, and the stamp of the sealer upon the scales and measures of any dealer is, or is intended to be, indic- ative of his honesty, and so is, in reality, a badge of honor, of which no one need be ashamed and all ought to be proud. But it is possible to so administer this law, as it any other, as to make it inure to the profit of dishonest men and be an injury to the people in whose in- terest it was passed. The sealer’s stamp into is, class. as is upon a scale, not properly may certainly be misleading, for it may not indicate the true condition of the seales, and, if the dealer be dishonest, in inspected, ease of complaint on account of short weight, he can point to the stamp, which declares his seales to be correct, and the buyer is powerless. The sealer of weights and measures can very easily be incompetent. He should know the nature of a balance, and how weights are determined by it, and, knowing this, the testing of the most intricate scale becomes a very simple matter. But if he does not understand the true nature of a balance, and the law by which it is gov- erned, how can he know whether the weight indicated by it is true or not? There is hardly a seale made but what may be ‘‘fixed’’? by one so inclined, so that, though the balance appears to be true, the weight actually given may be short and the customer be none the wiser. The sealer should be able to determine, by his inspection, if the have been ‘‘fixed.’? Here, too, a knowledge seales of the nature of a balance, and of its | proper construction, is necessary if the sealer himself is not to be deceived. It | may mean little that the scales ‘‘bal- ance,’’ as it is usually termed, for the reason that improper construction may permit of their balancing while yet being “out” as to weight. Should the sealer decide as to the proper or improper con- struction of seales? Yes, to the extent of determining whether they are or are not a balance in the exact sense of the term. All this is very simple, requiring only that the sealer shall have as much knowledge of physical law as is sessed by the average schoolboy. In ad- dition te his knowledge of seales, and the proper method , of inspection, the sealer should possess tact, whieh will enable him to so perform the duties of his office as that he will be recognized as the friend, pos- and not the enemy, of the dealers whose scales and measures he must inspect. Men naturally resent any imputation of dishonesty, and, while the proper enforcement of the ordinance throws no sus- picion upon anyone, yet there are those who thinks it does, and the sealer should so perform his duty as to reduce this feeling to a minimum, and, if possi- ble, prevent it altogether. He should have some knowledge the more the better; without it he cannot gain the confidence of business men, lacking which he must depend entirely ‘surface indications’’ in his Given these qualifications, of business, upon inspection. there reason why his relations with his ‘‘cus- tomers” should not be of the most pleas ant character, and the enforcement of the ordinance be a positive benefit to all concerned. DANIEL ABBOTT. is no — -_ 2. > - Forty Cent Whisky for South Carolina. The Liquor Distillers’ Association of South Carolina reports a sale tothe State of 114 barrels of whisky for the dispensa- ries. The price paid was $1.30 a gallon, which, after the 90 cent tax is paid, leaves the distillers 40 cents for their stuff. If this is the quality of liquor re- tailed by the State of South Carolina it is not to be wondered at that the con- sumers do some tall kicking. oo +2 A physician points out that fat people endure most kinds of illness much better than thin people, because they have an extra amount of nutriment stored away in their tissues to support them during the ordeal. Moreover, there are many other consolations for persons of abun- dant girth. They are generally optimists by nature, genial and jolly companions, whose society is universally preferred to that of people with angular frames and dispositions. If you have the wrong kind of religion in the store, you don’t have the right kind at church. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGUBS AND BITS. dis. a ee oo 6 eee eos 40 On SONNE oo 25 Jennings’, Ualiation ................. oe 50&10 AXES. First Quality, - © Meee... $7 00 De —-, bea deeeseee sa 1x 00 . S. B. S. Steel. . Soca cece. Oe ‘ DE. Be | 8 50 BARROWS. dis. Me ee $ 14 00 eee vet 30 00 BOLTS dis. ee 50&1 Carriage view Ist. Be ee eect ee Pe cas, 40&10 Sleigh Ne aT 70 BUCKETS Te eee. $3 50 Well, swivel.. ie . £0 “purrs, CAST. dis. Cast Loose Pin. igured Wrought Narrow, bright Bast joint. ea 60&.0 | } ee 60&10 | ss e...ltCi............ 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind.. ay ccd eco ee Lido ie, ee 75 |e, Ce es W&10 [oe Poemeee FO&10 Blind. — es... 7 BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. . €O&10 CRADLES. Graiy...... eee ee. .. dis. 50402 CROW BARS. ee ee -_per® 56 CAPS Bly’s 1-10 ...... Sete eee es On ae 65 Ce . 60 Ga. D Pee eee. x Musket ...... Ce 60 CARTRIDGES, Pees... 50 Comtral Wire... ..... .- ais. 25 CHISELS dis. eee ee... ss. 70&10 Socket coo — eee 70&16 Socket Corner.. 70&10 Socket Slicks . 70&10 Butchers’ Tanged Sn 40 COMBS. dis. Cory, (awreners............ ae 40 ———..lhlr,UlUCw«CCCCCCCC 2 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, | Planished, 14 oz cut togize... .. per — 28 | 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 .......... 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 aud i4see 4 23 Cold Rolled. -.....,. , 23 Bottoms ............ tse 25 “DRIL Ls. dis, moree's Ut Weoees................... oo 50 Taper and straight Shank..... 50 Morse’s Taper Shank...... boos ee 50 DRIPPING PANS. a oe os _ttiti#............... OT Large sizes, per pound.... 5% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 In. .- Gos, net wS Corrugated — 40 Adjustable Lee . din, 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; a eee 30 ives’, 1 S06: 2 Get. cee 25 FILES—New List. dis. ee ce, 60410 pew Sere... ................... ... Cae Nicholson’s . 60410 | Ee 50 Becher s Hore Nag .. ...............,.... 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Noe. 16 te 20; 22 and Si; % and 2: 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 16 ty Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........... ra 50 KNOBs—New List. dis Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... S6 Door, porceluln, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 56 Matlery, Woecior & Cow............ 55 eee 55 Norwalk s...... 55 MATTOCKS, Adse Eye...... ned comes ces sce << ee One Ce. OO pon eee... 815.00, dis, 60 ee e................ "B18 50, die. 20410. AULS. “dig. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ed en a. MILLS. dis. Coffee, rarmem Oo's........ oa 49 P. 8. & W. Mtg. Co.’s Mallesbles.. } ‘* Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s. . 40 " Enterprise ne es 30 MOLASSES. GATES. dis. Bioneers Pes. ................... . -60&10 ee ee Enterprise, self-measuring............ ce NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and — eee 50 Wire ee ee 1 . Base Ol 30 Base 10 eee aes ace 25 ee 25 Be eee ee 35 tt ee s - 8 De ee ese ee ee eee nea 1 Clinch: _ Le Sie kee bee icee cou med es 7 oC... Ce 90 Barrell %. ee tae, is ‘PLANES. Ohio Too) Co.’s, fancy .. Sciota Bench ee. Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy................- Bonen Geel analy, o4 Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s wood. .. 50810 PANS. ee dis.60—10 aa polished a eee ee ew oe dis. 70 BIVETS. dis. Tee one Tinea... ......._....,........... Copper Rivets and Hurg.................... 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to ws 10 26 ‘““B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos, 25 to 27... 9 4 Broken packs 4¢ per pound extra HAMMERS. Meascele @Cew. cis. U5 Kip’s ay oe tee cl. dis, 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s............... dis. 40416 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....... 30¢ list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand. . 800 40&10 | HINGES. | Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3 ..... .... Gis.60&10 Leese per. dos. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and ‘Strap, to 12 in, =" 14 and | coe... 3% Screw Hook and Eye, %......... ' “net 10 4s “ce sc 5¢ nna . net 8% _ - . ... Leteeins | fo a . = ene net 7% Strap pao 7. .. a 50 HANGERS. is. — Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Champion, anti-friction..... 60410 | Kidder, wood track . eee ia 40 } HOLLOW WARE. ee + Cee ee ed ee 60816 | Kettles. ----. GOGO | Spiders ... ‘ ee eee ee ae | Gray enameled.......... : . 40810 | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Mieped Tin Ware................... -new list - Japanned Tin Ware....... Granite Iron Ware . / ; “new list imate WIRE G00D8, permease. rao | Screw Eyes.. Le ee -70&10&10 | Books... 70810810 | Gate Hooks and Eyes.. 70&10&10 | LEY ELS, dis. 7G | Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s... : | ROPES. | Steel, 6 Ine and larger ................ 9 Mania ......... ee 13 i SQUARES dis. [Stecland Iran... =... . % | Tey aog Bevele................... Lo 64 CO a m | SHEET IRON. Com. Smocth. [Neon Wie mM... 84 05 | Noe. isto tg 405 (eee. ote 4 05 Hoe stem... ................... 2 Nos. 25 10 26 2s eee eee . 4 i . 4% ‘ All sheets No. 18 and lghter, over 30 inc wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Oe dis "SASH CORD. Silver Lake, Woreaé......... oe fi oe ee Ss brag gate Pieces. LL. 50 _ rape... 55 . White G..... Lo 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Solid BHyce........... -+..-...per ton G25 | ‘SAWS. dis. | ’ ee 2 | Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 - — Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. 50 Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 wy amplon and Electric Tooth X Cute, per foot. etc c eee oe “TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game..... . 6O&15 Oneida Commu nity, Newhouse’s .... ie 35 Oneida Community, ns & Norton’s.... 70 |; Mouse, choker. . a . .18¢ per doz | Mouse, delusion. a 1.50 per doz | WIRE dig. Bright Market.... ..... _ 65 Anmneaied Market............... 20—10 j Coppered Market.......... 60 | Timed Market.......... -™ Coppered Spring Steel........ 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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 10x14 1C, Charcoal . eee a 14x20 IC, oe 6 75 10x14 IX, _ 8 25 14x20 1 Ll .. 9 25 ; sang additional X on this grade 91.50. BOOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, ~ ‘Wercewter......... 6 & 14x20 IX, [ . i" _— 8 5C 20x28 Ic, ’ . eae oe 14x20 IC, “ Allaway Grade........ . ea 14x20 IX, se ae 20x28 IC, . . a .. 200 20x28 IX, ' . gaa . 15 30 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. 14x28 IX.. : 814 09 14x31 IX.. . 15 00 14 te] rsa i ae iz = Nae "8 Botle rs, t per ids 10 00 beat dy bale Tals csc dua apnea 8 o* iC A Ne) : 4 WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. ne Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, HIGANTRADESMAN jruns dry. ‘THE is never exhausted would be a grand im- provement on the pond which is liable to go dry in a season of drought. How to secure it is the question. done either by a great Government bank, like that of England, or by means of State banks of undoubted solvency. Take the Bank of England, for instance. It never suspends payment. It never It has been hard pushed, but it was always able to maintain itself, and | security. not only to make’ all payments on de- Jy pay ; mand, but also to lend money on solvent All that the Bank of England does in atime of stringency is to raise (its rate of interest. When money is scarce the price is higher, but it is al- Communications invited from practical busi- | ness men. tents must give their full name and Correspont y for publication, but as address, not necessar 2 guarantee of good fait! Subscribers may have the mailing address of ars changed as often their pap Sample copies sent free to any ad Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- lass 0 er. j= When writing to any yur advertisers, 1 please say that you saw advertisement in Fue Michigan TRADESMAN. BE. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1893. }as shutting the vaults | Sities of commerce. | be provided by ways to be had. There is no such thing against the neces- will have to the States for them- Some such arrangement Congress, or must be permitted to do so selves. State banks issuing notes prop- erly guaranteed or backed up could | enlarge their issues in time of stringency | These State notes in gold, or DEFECTS IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM | A ing the West and said about mak- the South financially reat deal has been independent of the East. It would tainly be most desirable if it could be because West and the dene, and not there is any ob- jection tot South get- ing mmeney is most needed to the time money move the Sou and Western crops it may be most dificult to secure on aecount of ancial stringency in the East. e whoie country has just been pass- rough such tions, and it has L0t yet Zot sake 1 of them The East throes of a grain crops of I has been financial panic, while the the West. have been suffering Now, the which are the to mature, for Southern lirst money to move them. cotton, sugar and rice are ready to be marketed, they are feeling the effect of the cial stringency which, biy relaxed its extreme rigor, is still t ¢ mclu fait Usiy awike making itseii most serio There is, then, an urgent demand fora remedy. What is +} ‘ : + > 2 4 wi} ‘ . 4, system of finance so flexible as that there imperatively needed isa most is always money to meet every require. ment of trade. Under the present system of 5 thing has been banking, done that wise and management could do to miti- that have im- posed on commerce and industries by the No fault can be found They deserve the high- aerate hardships been 1: money. With the banks. est praise, but good management and irge public spirit will not make up for deficiencies of asystem. The great trouble is that while, under ordinary cir- cumstances, there may be an abundance of money with which to do business, let but a breeze blow to excite popular dis- trust, and the drawn out of the and and there is an immediate dearth of eash suddenly all money is banks hid away, i? } : hy } Th itne with which to do business. he situa- + i¢ + tion is Just as if ail the rivers and springs which were supplying a lake with water tf, and the basin, drain- should be suddenly cut of through the processes of natural age and evaporation, be allowed to run dry. A basin with a perennial supply whieh | notes, cer- | but because at | | stringency. and | tinan- | | while it has sensi- | | bonds, they must and contract them when not needed. would be redeemable in United States currency. So long as the banks of issue held the eon- fidence of the people there would be no for the redemption of their Nobody wants geld in ordinary demand business, nor would anybody demand Federal notes so long as the confidence If the State notes were locked up by those to in the State notes should subsist. whom they were paid nothing would be the State There gained, because banks could would thus State notes in iron safes and old stockings. Federal different footing from the Federal treas- ury in the emergency of a great financial The treasury cannot issue or pay out a dollar except in obedience issue more of them. be no temptation to hide away A great bank would be ona to a law making a specific appropriation. It could, if it had money to spare, redeem Government bonds, but the takingin and retiring of these bonds only results in decreasing the basis upon which the na- tional bank currency is founded. Should the banks be fereed to give up their their Besides, the treasury banking can- No matter what secur- withdraw notes from circulation. cannot doa business. It not lend money. ities were carried to the treasury by a proposing borrower, he could not obtain A Federal bank would the functions of a bank, and could make loans on approved one cent of aid. be endowed with all and undoubted securities. It matters not how the present silver controversey in Congress may be settled, that must be made inthe present public finan- It was not it is plain some decisive changes render in the terrible financial cial system. able to any efficient aid troubles of 1873, nor in those of subse- quentyears. The wise men of Congress, the of the great money centers, realize that some- thing must be done to render the finan- as well as ablest financiers cial machinery of the country equal to the demands of the greatest producing and commercial nation upon the earth. a it is announced that the World’s Fair after Oct. Congress —and that if sufficient is mani- fested in the matter it may be continued another year, on a smaller plan as an American exhibition. THe TRADESMAN will be open o0—the time originally set by for closing it interest It must be} MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. believes that this would be aserious mis- take. The Fair is the greatest exhibi- tion of the world’s natural, industrial and commercial resources ever held and it may well be doubted if it will be equalled for many years to come. Its importance as an educating force can hardly be over- estimated, while its moral effect will be equally as great. But is has its draw- backs, notwithstanding. Money has been poured into Chicago in a steady stream until business within a radius of 500 miles of Chicago is beginning to be seri- ously affected by the steady drain of cur- rency. Much of the stagnation in busi- ness may be, more or less directly, traced to the World’s Fair. Thousands of peo- ple have spent money at the Fair which, by right, belonged to buteher or baker or grocer. It is not denied that the Fair is a good thing, but we can easily have too much of a good thing, and it is time to calla halt. Stop the Fair at the date originally decided upon and give busi- ness a show, and stop the fearful drain upon the country’s finances. Chicago should protest against an extension of ime beyond the prescribed limits. It is doubtful if any other city in the world could have carried so gigantie an enter- prise through to a suecessful culmina- tion, without a hitch, and closed it free of debt, during a panie the dimensions of which are so appalling to contemplate. She has eovered herself with glory, and anything which will in the least degree rob her of her just meed should not be permitted. The awful loss of life through aceidents on the grounds or on the railroads on the way to or from the Fair, should be given consideration. If such loss of life is to continue while the Fair remains then it should be closed, if not immediately at least on the day decided upon by Congress. Close the Fair on October 30 and give the country a rest. open, As will be seen by an excerpt in an- other column, the Kalamazoo Telegraph wants an inspector of weights and meas- ures for that city. All of the necessary standard weights and measures were per- chased some years ago, but the Council failed to pass the necessary ordinance and the matter ended there. Now, how- ever, the people of the Celery City are agitating for the enactment of the neces- sary legislation, and, as the people can usually get what they want, it isexpected that in ashort time that town will be sporting a full-fledged sealer of weights and measures. THE TRADESMAN devout- ly hopes that when they get him he may know something about the proper per- formance of the duties of his office, and that he may be able to make more than one (perhaps two) official visits a day. it hopes, also, that he may be a man of, at least, ordinary intelligence, and that he will use his intelligence in the en- forcement of the ordinance. It is further hoped that the prospective sealer of weights and measures in Kalamazoo may be a gentleman, and not a boor, in his dealings with the people whose weights and measures he may be called upon to in addition to all, the hope is system may be de- inspect. expressed that some vised applicable to the business of such | an office which may, more or less accur- | j j | ' } | | ately, indicate the amount of work done | by the officer under the ordinance. The prayerful attention of the Kalamazoo Common Council should be respectfully, yet firmly, directed to the above named essential qualifications in an officer such as they propose to create and sustain. heeded. A young man came to this city about seven years ago and entered the employ of one of the large manufacturing estab- lishments for which the city is famous. He was green and awkward and was given the poorest position in an impor. tant department. Noting his inexperience a blatant exponent of unionism ap- proached him with a little advice: “Young fellow, I want to put a few words in you ear that will help you. This company is a soulless corporation, that regards its employes as so many machines. It makes no difference how hard you work, or how well. So you vant to do just as little as possible and retain your job. That’s my advice. This is a slave pen, and the man who works overtime or does any especially fine work wastes his strength. Don’t you do it.” The young man thought over the ‘‘ad- vice,” and after a quiet little struggle with himself decided to do the best and the most he knew how, whether he re- ceived any more pay from the company or not. At the end of the year the com- pany raised his wages and advanced him to a more responsible position. In three years he was getting a third more salary than when he begun, and in five years he was head clerk in the department: and the man who had condescended to give the greenhorn ‘‘advice’’ was work- ing under him at the same figure that represented his salary eleven years be- fore. The young man is a member of the firm now, owns his own home and is looked upon as one of the rising young men of this city. The man who gave the advice is the president of a trade union and an arrant agitator of the rights of the downtrodden workingman. He lives in a rented house, spends most of his time in saloons and curses the luck that made him a laborer while others luxur- iate on the fruits of his labor. _— 0 Coupon Books for the Laundry Business The Baxter Steam Laundry, of this city, is probably the first laundry estab- lishment in the country to adopt the cou- pon book having given the Tradesman Company an order for a quantity of specially designed and en- graved books in denominations of $2.50 and $5, which will be sold to their custo- mers for cash. The owner of a coupon book can leave it at the place his laundry is delivered, so that the amount of his system, | bill ean be torn out of the book by the driver, thus avoiding any delay in pay- ment for work and enabling the patron to liquidate his laundry bills without leaving cash in the hands of those who might not be entirely responsible and who might not give a correct accounting therefor. One great advantage of the coupon book system is that it affords the driver a voucher for all goods actually delivered where cash is not paid. —_——.>-2 a From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Julius Steinberg, Traverse City. L. M. Wolff, Hudsonville. Geo. F. Cook, Grove. Miss C. Addis, Rockford. E. J. Manshum, Fisher Station. N. B. Blain, Lowell. L. E. Mills, Grant Station. A. W. Eenton & Son, Bailey. J. E. Thurkow, Morley. iy Wg me &, l~ al we ew YS ES SG we — wa eS ae YS SP 4 wy gy # Vi. (a 9 DHH MICHIGAN “TRADVDHSMA., CHEESE IN COOKERY. Its Nutritive Value Defended by an Able English Authority. BY W. MATTIEU WILLIAMS. Casein is a very important constituent of animal food, although it tained in beef, mutton, pork, poultry, game, fish or any other organized animal substance, unless in egg yolk, as Leb- mann states. is not ¢on It is not even proved satis- factorily to exist in the blood, although it | is somehow obtained from the blood by special glands at certain periods. It is the substantial basis of cheese, which, as everybody knows, is the consolidated curd of milk. It is evident at once that casein must! exist in two forms, the soluble and in- soluble, so far as the common solvent, water, is concerned. It existsin the sol- uble form, and is completely dissolved in milk, and insoluble in cheese. When precipitated in its lated formas the new milk it carries with it the fatty matter or cream, and, therefore, in order to study its properties in astate of purity, we must obtain it otherwise. This may be done by allowing the fat globules of the mlik to float to the surface, and then remov- ing them by separating the cream as by the ordinary dairy method. We thus ob- tain in the skim milk a solution of casein, but still there remains some of the fat. This may be removed by evaporating the solution down to solidity, and then dis- solving out the fat by means of ether, which leaves the soluble casein behind. The adhering ether being evaporated, we have a fairly pure specimen of easein in its original or soluble form. This, when dry, is an amber-colored, translucent substance, devoid of odor, and insipid. The insipidity and absence of odor of the pure and separated easein are noteworthy, as showing that the condition in which it exists in milk is very different from that of the casein of cheese. My object in pointing this out is to show that in the course of the manufacture of cheese new properties are developed. Skim milk—a solution of ‘casein—is tasteless and _ odorless, while fresh cheese, whether made from skim or whole milk, has a very decided flavor and odor. If we now add some of our dry casein to water, it dissolves, forming a yellow- ish viscid fluid, which, on evaporation, becomes covered with a slight film of in- soluble casein, which may be readily drawn off. Some of my readers will recognize in this description the resem- blance of a now well-known domestic preparation of soluble casein, con- densed milk, where it is mixed with much cream, and in the ordinary prepa- tion also much sugar. The cream di- lutes the yellowness, but does not quite mask it, and the viscidity is shown by the strings which follow the spoon when a spoonful is lifted. If a concentrated solution of pure casein is exposed to the air it rapidly putrefies, and passes through a series of changes that I must not tarry to describe, beyond stating that ammonia is given off, and some erystalline substances, such as leucine, tyrosine, ete., very interesting to the physiological chemist, but not important in the kitchen, are formed. A solution of casein in water is not eoagulated by boiling; it may be repeat- edly evaporated to dryness and redis- solved. Upon this depends the practica- curd of bility of preserving milk by evaporating | insoluble or coagu- | densed milk, however, loses a little: its albumen is sacrificed, as everybody will understand who has dipped a spoon into freshly-boiled milk and observed the skin which the spoon removes surface. This is coagulated albumen. a eoncentrated of casein in water, a pseudo- eoagulation occurs; the casein is precipi- tated as a white substance like lated albumen, but if only a If alcohol is added to solution coagu- from the | ‘still known art, especially in this country. We commonly eat it raw, although in its | Taw state it is and in the only cooked form familiarly known among us here, that a Welsh rabbit, or rarebit, it is too often rendered more indigestible, although this of ‘need not be the ease. little aleo- | | hol is used, the solid may be redissolved | in water; if, however, it is thus treated with strong alcohol, the casein difficult of solution, or even quite Insol ubie. Aleohol added to. solid ; casein renders it opaque, and gives it the appearance of coagulated albumen. The alcohol itself dissolves a little of this. The characteristic coagulation of | casein, or its conversion from the soluble to the insoluble form. is produced rather by Acids gener- precipitate it, either from aqueous | mysteriously rennet. ally solution or from milk. The coagulation thus effected by mineral from aqueous solutions is notsoe complete as that produced by lactic acid or vinegar from milk, the former coagulum being more readily redissolved by alkalies or weaker basic substances than the latter. A calf has four stomachs, the fourth being that which corresponds to ours, both in structure and functions. It is lined with a membrane from which is secreted the gastric juice and other tluids concerned in effecting the conver- sion of food into chyme. A week infu- sion made from a small piece of this mucous membrane will coagulate the casein of 3,000 times its own quantity of milk, or the coagulation may be effected by placing a small piece of the stomach (usually salted and dried for the pur- pose) in the milk and warming it for a few hours. Many theoretical attempts have been made to explain this action of the rennet. Simon and Liebig suppose that it acts primarily as a ferment, converting the sugar of milk into lactie acid, and that this lactic acid coagulates the casein. This theory has been controverted by Selmi and others, but the balance of evi- dence is decidedly in its favor. The co- agulation which occurs in the living stomach when milk is taken as food ap- pears to be due to the lactic acid of the gastric juice. Casein, when thoroughly coagulated by rennet, then purified and dried, is a hard and yellowish hornlike substance. It softens and swells in water, but does not dissolve therein, nor in alcohol nor weak acids. Strong mineral acids de- compose it. Alkalies dissolve it readily, and if concentrated, decompose it on the application of heat. When moderately heated, it softens and may be drawn into threads, and becomes elastic; at a higher temperature it fuses, swells up, carbon- izes, and develops nearly the same pro- ducts of distillation as the other protein compounds. Note the differences between this and the soluble casein above described, viz., that obtained by simply removing the fat from the milk, then evaporating away the water, but using no rennet. Il have good and sufficient reasons for thus specifying the properties of this constituent of food. It contains (as I shall presently show) more nutritious material than any other food that is ordi- narily obtainable, and its cookery is sin- acids becomes Here, in this densely populated coun- try, where we import of food, cheese demands our most profound attention. The difficulties importing all kinds of poultry are great, while cheese may be so much our and cost of meat, fish and cheaply and deliberately brought to us soluble | from any part of the world where cows ior goats can be fed, and it can be stored | quired more readily and kept kinds of animal food. All that is to render it, next to bread, the staple food of Britons is scientific cook- ry. if 1 shall be able, in what is to follow, to impart to my fellow-countrymen, and more especially fellow-c>untry women, my own convictions coneerning the eook- ability, and consequent improved digest- peculiarly indigestible, longer than other | re- | | | it down, or “condensing.’? This con-! gularly neglected, is practically an un-| planation here, as it is of great practical importance. They generally correspond to the above of Mulder within small! frae- tions, as shown below in those of + cherer and Dumas: Scherer. Dumas, Carbon 54.665 53.7 Hydrogen... 7 465 OO aaa 15." 24 Oxygen, sulphur. 22.145 1.0 OO 100.0 In these the 100 parts are made up without any phosphate of lime, while ac- cording to Chemistry, vol. I, p. 379, Cavendish edi- tion), ‘‘casein that with acids contains about 6 Lehmann (Physiological has not been treated per cent. of phosphate of lime; mure, consequently, than is contained in any of the protein compounds have hitherto consid- ered.” From this it appears that we may have we | casein with, and casein without, this nec- | essary constituent of | tating | acids are commonly used, | ibility, of cheese, I shall have ‘‘done the | 29 State some service Take muscular tiber without bone— | i. e., selected best part of the meat— beef contains on an average /2)4 per cent. of water; mutton, 7344; veal, 74)¢3 pork, 6934; fowl, 7334; while Cheshire cheese contains only 303g, and other cheese about the same. Thus, at start- ing, we have in every pound of cheese rather more than twice as much solid food as in a pound of the best meat, or comparing with the average of the whole eareass, including bone, tendons, ete., the cheese has an advantage of three to one. The following results of Mulder’s anal- ysis of casein, when compared with those by the same chemist of albumen, gelatin and fibrin, show that there is but little difference in the ultimate chemical composition of these, so far as the con- stituents there named are concerned: Casein. ee 53. H. drogen ...... a 7 ee ea Cece Sule. jk Albumen. Gelatin. Casbon,._.,...-.-- 53.5 50.40 Hydrogen 70 6.64 AGPOSeM, 1... 15.5 18.34 Oxveen |... 22.0 24 62 — ee 1.6 24.62 Phospnorus..... - 0.4 24.62 We may, therefore, conclude that, re- garding these from the point of view of nitrogenous or flesh-forming, and car- bonaceous or heat-giving constituents, these chief materials of flesh and of cheese are about equal. The same is the case as regards the fat. The quantity In the carcass of oxen, calves, sheep, lambs and pigs varies, ac- cording to Dr. Edward Smith, from 16 per cent. to 31.3 per cent. in moderately fatted animals; while in whole-milk cheese it varies from 21.68 per cent. to 32.31 per cent, coming down in skim- milk cheese as low as 6.3. Dr. Smith in- cludes Neufchatel cheese, containing 18.74 per cent., among the whole-milk cheese. He does not seem to be aware that the cheese made up between straws and sold under that name is a ricotta or erude curd of skim-milk cheese. Its just value is about threepence per pound. In Italy, where it forms the basis of some delicious dishes (such as budino di ricotta), it is sold for about twopence per pound, or less. There is a discrepancy in the published analysis of casein which demands ex-! In precipi- laboratory analysis, thus the but food. casein for and phosphate of lime is dissolved out; Iam unable at present to tell my readers the precise extent to which this actually occurs in practical cheesemaking where rennet is What I have at present learned only indicates generally that this constituent of aud | hereby suggest to those chemists who are professionally concerned in the analysis of food, that they may supply a valuable contribution to our knowledge of this subject by simply determining the phosphate of lime contained in the ash of different kinds of cheese. I would do this myself, but having during some ten years past nearly forsaken the laboratory fer the writing-table, | have not the leis- ure for such work; and, worse still, have not that prime essential to practical re- search (especially of endowed research) a staff of obedient assistants to do the drudgery. The comparison especially demanded is between cheese made with rennet and those Dutch and factory cheese, the curd of which has been precipitated by hy- drochlorie acid. Theoretical considera- tions point to the conclusion that in the latter much or even all of the phosphate of lime may be left in solution in the whey, and thus the food-value of the cheese seriously lowered. We must, however, suspend judgment in the mean- time. : In comparing the nutritive value of cheese with that of flesh, the retention of this phosphate of lime corresponds with the retention of some of the juices of the meat, among which are the phos- phates of the flesh. The phosphates of lime are the bone- making material of food, and have some- thing to doin building up the brain and nervous matter, though not to the extent that is supposed by those who imagine that there is a special connection be- tween phosphorus and the brain, or phosphorescence and spirituality. Bone contains about 11 per cent. of phos- phorus, brain less than 1 per cent. The value of food in reference to its phosphate of lime is not merely a mat- ter of percentage, as this salt may exist in a state of solution, as in milk, or asa solid very difficult of assimilation, as in bones. ‘That retained in cheese is prob- ably in an intermediate condition—not actually in solution, but so finely divided as to be readily dissolved by the acid of the gastric juice. I may mention, in reference to this, that when a young child or other young used. cheese is very variable; | pean esstaitioaaa 10 PHH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN animal takes its natural food in the form of milk, the milk is converted into un- pressed cheese, or curd, digestion. Supposing that, on an average, cheese contains only one-half of the 6 per cent. of phosphate of lime found, as above, in the casein, and taking into consideration prior to its, * . | : experience convinces me that we make a! be any lumps, strain the soufile paste mistake in using it to supplement the| through a tammy cloth; add seven soup and meat. Itis far too nutritious | ounces of grated Parmesan cheese, aud | for this; its savory character tempts one | seven yolks of eggs; whip the whites to eat it so freely that it would be far till they are firm, and then add them to | wiser to use it as the swiss peasant uses | the mixture; fill some paper cases with | wholesome dinner. the water contained in flesh, the bone, | ete., we may conclude generally that one pound of average cheese contains as much nutriment as three pounds of the average material of the carcass of an ox : has followed. or sheep as prepared for sale by the | butcher, or, otherwise stated, a cheese of twenty pounds weight contains as much food as a sheep weighing sixty pounds as it hangs in the butcher’s shop. Now comes the practical question. Can we assimilate or convert into our own substance the cheese-food as easily as we may the flesh-food? 1 reply that we certainly cannot, if the cheese is eaten raw; but I have no doubt, that we may, if it be suitably cooked. Hence the paramount import- ance of this part of my subject. A Swiss or Scandinavian mountaineer can and does digest and assimilate raw cheese as a staple article of food, and proves its nutritive value by the result; but feebler bipeds of the plains and towns cannot do the like. I may here mention that I have recent- ly made some experiments on the dissol v- ing of cheese by adding sufficient alkali (carbonate of potash) to neutralize the acid it contains, in order to convert the | various ways of cooking cheese men-| new milk; stir it over a slow fire until it | tioned in your aticles in Knowledge and | bread is grated like the cheese and thor-| stiff froth; put the mixture into atin or | casein into its original soluble form as | it existed in the milk, and have partially succeeded, both with water and milk as solvents; but befere reporting these re- suits in detail I will describe some of the practically established methods of cook- ing cheese that are so curiously unknown or little known in this country. In the fatherland of my grandfather, Louis Gabriel Mattieu, one of the com- monest dishes of the peasant who tills his own freehold and grows his own food isafondu. This is a mixture of cheese and egg, the cheese grated and beaten into the eggs. as in making omelettes, with a smali addition of new milk or butter. It is placed ina little pan like a flower-pot saucer, cooked gently, served as it comes off the fire, and eaten from the vessel in which it is cooked. I have made many a hearty dinner on one of these, with a lump of black bread and a small bottle «f thin wine, the cost of the whole banquet ata little auberge being usually less than sixpence. is ina pasty condition, and partly dis-| the yolks shall not be broken; omits the| quote with permission): have | milk, but substitutes (for high-class ex- | tested the sustaining power of such aj; | | | top. A diluted and delicate modification of | this may be made by taking slices of | dissolved, and the substitution of six-| But some of your readers may like to bread, or bread and butter, soaking them | Penny in a batter made of eggs and milk—witb- | slices of | high-class victim with fivepence half- solyed in the milk or butter. I meal by doing some very stiff mountain climbing and long fasting afterit. It is rather too good—over nutritious—for a man only doing sedentary work. out flour—then placing the soaked bread in a pie-dish, covering each with a thick coating of grated cheese, | and thus building up a stratified deposit | Household Edition of which contains a | mixture which comprises so large a pro- to fill the dish. The surplus batter may | great deal that is really useful to an | portion of cheese. be poured over the top; or if time is al-| English housewife) I find a better recipe think this lowed for saturation, the trouble of pre-| under the name of | delightful.’ The cheese | his fondu—as the substantial dish of ajit, and bake in the oven for fifteen | minutes.” Cre-Fydd_ says: I have tested its digestibility by eating | it heartily for supper. “Grate six ounces of | No nightmare | rich cheese (Parmesan is the best); put! If Lsup on acorrespond-|itinto an enamelled saucepan, with a ing quantity of raw cheese, my sleep is | teaspoonful of tlour of mustard, and salt- miserably eventful. |spoonful of white pepper, a grain of A correspondent writes as follows| cayenne, the sixth part of a nutmeg, from the Charlotte Square Young Ladies’ | grated, two ounces of butter, two table- Institution: ‘1 have been trying the| spoonfuls of baked flour, and a gill of becomes like smooth thick cream (but it have one or two improvements to sug- | must not boil); add the well-beaten yolks gest in the making of cheese pudding. |of six eggs, beat for ten minutes, then I find the result is much better when the | add the whites of the eggs, beaten toa oughly mixed with it; then the batter | a cardboard mould, and bake in a quick | poured over both. I think you will also|oven for twenty minutes. Serve imme- find it better when baked in a shallow | diately.” tin, such as is used for Yorkshire pud- Here is a true cookery of cheese by ding. This gives more of the browned | solution, and the result is an excellent | surface, which is the best of it. An-j|dish. But there is some unnecessary other improvement is tc put some of the | complication and kitchen pedantry in- crumbled bread (on paper) in the oven; volved. The souffle part of the business until brown, and eat this with it (as for|is a mere puffimg up of the mixture for game). I have not succeeded in making | the purpose of displaying the cleverness any improvement in the fondu, which is; of the cook, being quite useless to the} cousumer, as it subsides before it can be | My recollections of the fondu of the|eaten. It further involves practical mis- Swiss peasant being so eminently satis-| chief, as it cannot be obtained without factory on all points—nutritive or sus-; toasting the surface of the cheese into taining value, appetizing flavor and/|an air-tight leathery skin that is abnor- economy—l have sought for a recipe in| mally indigestible. The following is my several cookery books and find at last a; own simplified recipe: near approach to it in an old edition of Take a quarter of a pound of grated Mrs. Rundell’s ‘-Domestic Cookery.”’ Aj cheese; add to ita gill of milk in which similar dish is described in that useful | is dissolved as much powdered bicarbon- book ‘‘Cre-Fydd’s Family Fare,’’ under | ate of potash as will stand upon a three- the name of Cheese Soufiieor Fondu. Lhad | penny piece; mustard, pepper, etc., as de- looked for it in more pretentious works, | scribed above by Cre-Fydd. Heat this especially in the most pretentious andj carefully until the cheese is completely the most disappointing one 1 have yet/dissolved. Then beat up three eggs, been tempted to purchase, viz., the 27th | whites and yolks together, and add them edition of Franeatelli’s ‘‘Modern Cook,’’ | to this solution of cheese, stirring the a work which I cannot recommend to} whole. Now take a shallow metal or anybody who has less than £20,000 a| earthenware dish or tray that will bear year and a corresponding luxury of liver. | heating; put a little butter on this, and Amidst all the culinary monstrosities | heat the butter until it frizzies. Then of these high-class manuals, I fail to} pour the mixture into the tray and bake find anything concerning the cookery of | or fry it until it is nearly solidified. cheese that is worth the attention of my readers. Francatelli has, under’ the name of ‘‘Eggsa ia Suisse,”’ A cheaper dish may be made by in- creasing the proportion of cheese—say, a sort of | six to eight ounces to three eggs; or only fondu, but decidedly inferior to the com-/| one egg to a quarter of a pound of mon fondu of the humble Swiss osteria, | cheese for a hardworking man with pow- as Franeatelli lays the eggs upon slices | erful digestion. of cheese and prescribes especially that E. D. Girdlestone writes as foilows (1 “As regards the cheese fondu, your recipe for which travagance’ sake, I suppose) ‘‘a gill of | has enabled me to turn cheese to prac- double cream,’’ to be poured over the| tical account as food, you may be glad to Thus the cheese is not intermin-| hear that it has become a common dish gled with the egg, lest it should spoil the |jn our microscopic menage. Indeed, appearance of the unbroken yolks, its| cheese, which was formerly poison to casein is made leathery instead of being | me, is now alike pleasant and digestible. worth of double cream for a/ know that the addition of bread crumbs halfpenny worth of milk supplies the | js, in my judgment, at least, a great im- provement, giving greater lightness to the compost, and removing the harsh- In Gouffe’s ‘‘Royal Cookery Book” (the | ness of flavor otherwise incidental toa penny worth of bilary derangement. We (my wife and I) a great improvement.” I Cheese Souffles. | have received two other letters making, | liminary soaking may be saved by simply | He says: ‘“‘Put two ounces and aj quite independently, the same sugges- | pouring al! the batter thus. highly nutritious dish. We call This, when; quarter of gently baked, supplies a delicious and|with one pint and a half of milk;| have tried the addition, and agree with | it| season with salt and pepper; stew over! Mr. “‘cheese pudding” at home, but my own/the fire until boiling, and should there! provement as food for such as ourselves, flour in a stew pan/tion concerning the bread crumbs. 1} Girdlestone that it is a great im- j i | | ' who are brain-workers, and for all others whose occupations are at all se- dentary. The undiluted fondu is too nutritious for us, though suitable for the mountaineer. The chief difficulty in preparing this dish conveniently is that of obtaining | suitable vessels for the final frying or baking, as each portion should be poured into. and fried or baked in, a separate dish, so that each may, as in Switzerland, have his own fondu complete, and eat it from the dish as it comes from the fire. As demand creates supply, our ironmon- gers, ete., will soon learn to meet this demand if it arises. The bicarbonate of potash is an origi- nal novelty that will possibly alarm some of my non-chemical readers. I advocate its use for two reasons: First, it effects a better solution of the casein by neu- tralizing the free lactic acid that inevit- ably exists in milk supplied to towns, and any free acid that may remain in the cheese. Ata farmhouse, where the milk is just drawn from the cow, it is unnec- essary for the purpose, as such new milk is itself slightly alkaline. My second reason is physiological and of greater weight. Salts of potash are necessary constituents of human food. They exist in all kinds of wholesome vegetables and fruits, and in the juices of fresh meat, but they are wanting in cheese, having, on account of their great solubility, been left behind in the whey. The absence of potash appears to me to be the one serious objection to the free use of cheese diet. The Swiss peas- ant escapes the mischief by his abundant salads, which, eaten raw, contain all their potash salts, instead of leaving the greater part in the saucepan, as do cab- bages, etec., when cooked in_ boiling water. In Norway, where salads are searee, the bonder and his houseman have at times suffered greatly from seurvy, especially in the far north, and would be severely victimized but for special remedies that they use (the mot- tebeer, cranberry, ete., grown and pre- served especially for the purpose.) The Laplanders make a broth of scurvy-grass and similar herbs; I have watched them gathering these, and observed that the wild celery was a leading ingredient. Scurvy on board ship results from eating salt meat, the potash of which has es- eaped by exosmosis into the brine or pickle. The sailor now escapes it by drinking citrate of potash in the form of lime-juice, and by alternating salt junk with rations of tinned meats. I once lived for six days on bread and cheese only, tasting no other food. I had, in company with C. M. Clayton (son of the Senator of Delaware, who nego- tiated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty), taken a passage from Malta to Athens in a lit- tle schooner. Expecting only a three days’ journey, we took no other rations than a lump of Cheshire cheese and a supply of bread. Bad weather doubled the expected length of our journey. We were both young and proud of our hardi- hood in bearing privations, being staunch disciples of Diogenes; but, on the last day, we succumbed, and bartered the re- mainder of our bread and cheese for some of the boiled horse beans and cabbage broth of the forecastle. The cheese, highly relished at first, had become posi- tively nauseous, and our craving for the forecastle vegetable broth was absurd, considering the full view we had of its constituents and of the dirtyness of its \s4 j 4 < a * aH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 14 cooks. ash salts in I attribute this to a lack of pot- | the cheese and bread. It! always served with grated Parmesan. The same with the many varieties of was similar to the craving for common paste, of which macaroni and vermicelli | salt by cattle that lack necessary chlor- | are the best known in this country. ides in their food. lt am cheese can never take the place economic dietary, otherwise justified by its nutritious composition, unless this deficiency of potash is somehow supplied. My device of using it with milk as a sol- vent supplies it ina simple and natural manner. The milk is not necessary, though pre- ferable. I find that a solution of cheese may be made in water by simply grating or thinly sliging the cheese, and adding it to about its own bulk of water in which the bicarbonate of potash is dis- solved. The proportion of bicarbonate, which I theoretically estimate as demanded for supplying the deficiency of potash, is at arate of about a quarter of an ounce to the pound of cheese; and I find that it will bear this quantity without the flavor of the potash being detected. The pro- portion of potash in cows’ milk is more than double the quantity thus supplied, but I assume that the cheese loses about half of its original supply, and base this assumption on the fact that ordinary cheese contains an average of about 4 per cent. of saline matter, while the pro- portion of saline matter to the casein and fat of the milk amounts to 5 per cent. This is a rough practical estimate, kept rather below the actual quantity demand- ed; therefore, more than the quarter ounce may be used with impunity. 1 have doubled it in some of my experi- ments, and thus have just detected the bitter flavor of the salt. As regards the solubility of the cheese, I should add that there are great differ- ences in different samples. Generally speaking, the newer and milder the cheese the more soluble. Some that I have tried leave a stubbornly insoluble residuum, which is detestably tough. I found the same cheese to be unusually indigestible when eaten with bread in the ordinary raw state. My first acquaintance with the rational cookery of cheese was in the autumn of 1842, when I dined with the monks of St. Bernard. Being the only guest, I was the first to be supplied with soup, and then came a dish of grated cheese. Be- ing young and bashful, [I was ashamed to display my ignorance by asking what I was to do with the cheese, but madea bold dash, nevertheless, and sprinkled some of it into my soup. I then leatned that my guess was quite correct; the prior and the monks did the same. On walking on to Italy I learned that there such use of cheese is universal. Min- estra without Parmesan would in Italy be regarded as we in England should re- gard muffins and crumpets without but- ter. During the forty years that have elapsed since my first sojourn in Italy, my sympathies are continually lacerated when I coutemplate the melancholy spectacle of human beings eating thin soup without any grated cheese. Not only in soups, but in many other dishs, it is similarly used. Asan ex- ample, I may name Risotto ala Milanese, a delicious, wholesome, and economical dish—a sort of stew composed of rice and the giblets of fowls, usually charged for at about twopence to threepence per portion at Italian restaurants. This, I suppose, is the reason why | find no re- cipe for it in the cookery books. Itis satisfied that in an! In all these cases the cheese is sprinkled over, and then stirred into the soup, etc., while itis hot. The cheese being finely divided is fused at once, and thus deli- cately cooked. It is quite different from the macaroni and cheese commonly pre- pared in England by depositing maca- roni in a pie-dish, then covering it with a stratum of grated cheese, and placing this in aoven or before a fire until the cheese is dessicated, browned and con- verted into a horny, caseous form of car- bon that would induce chronic dyspepsia in the stomach of a wild boarif he fed upon it for a week. In all preparations of Italian pastes, risottos, purees, ete., the cheese is inti- mately mixed throughout, and softened and diffused thereby in the manner above described. The Italians themselves imagine that only their own Parmesan cheese is fit for this purpose, and have infected _ many Englishmen with the same idea. Thus it happens that fancy prices are paid in this country for that particularjcheese, which nearly resembles the cheese known in our midland counties, as ‘‘skim dick’’ —sold there at about fourpence' per pound, or given by the farmers to their laborers. It is cheese ‘‘that has sent its butter to market,’’ being made from the skim-milk which remains in the dairy after the pigs have been fully supplied. l have used this kind of cheese as a substitute for Parmesan, and find it answers the purpose, though it has not the fine flavor of the best qualities of Parmesan. The only fault of our whole- milk English and American cheese is that they are too rich and cannot be so finely grated on account of their more unctuous structure, due to the cream they contain. I note that in the recipes class cookery-books, where Parmesan is prescribed, cream is commonly added. Sensible English cooks, who use Che- shire, Cheddar, or good American cheese, are practically including the Parmesan and the cream in natural combination. By allowing these cheese to dry, or by setting aside the outer part of the cheese for the purpose, the difficulty of grating is overcome. I have now to communicate another result of my cheese-cooking researches, viz., a new dish—cheese porridge—or, I may say, a new class of dishes—cheese- porridges. They are not intended for epicures, who only live to eat, but for men and women who eat in order to live aud work. These combinations of cheese are more specially fitted for those whose work is muscular, and who work in the open air. Sedentary brain-workers should use them carefully, lest they suf- fer from over-nutrition, which is but a few degrees worse than partial starva- tion. 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They are ehiefiy composed of starch, which is a heat-giver or toch anc nutritious toes being less the cheese fattener, while is highly nitregenous, and supplies the elements in which the potato is deficient, the two together forming a fair approach to the theoretically eonstituenis. than boiled. and perhaps shou demanded balance of I say baked potatoes rather ld ext] pi lain my reasons. Raw potatoes ct ash salts which are easily solubie in water. I find that when the potato is boiled some of the potash come out into the water. and thus the vegetable is robbed of a —_— valuable | constituent. The baked p< saline constituents whieh, as I have al- ready stated, are specially demanded as ao addition to cheese food. ato contains all its original Hasty pudding made, as usual, of wheat flour, may be converted from an in- sipid to a savery and highly porridge by the addition of nutritious cheese in like manner. he same with boiled rice, whole or ground: also sago, tapioca, and other forms of edible starch. Supposing whole rice is used—and I think this is the best—the cheese may be sprinkled among the grains of rice and well stirred or mashed up with them. The addition of alittle brown gravy to this, with or without chicken giblets, gives us an Italian The Indian corn stir- about of the poor Irish cottier would be much improved ‘both in flavor and nutri- tive value, by the addition of a little grated cheese. Pea pudding is not improved by cheese. The chemistry of this is apparent to all who are acauainted with the composi- tion of peas, beans, etc. The same ap- whether risotto. plies to pea soup. I might enumerate other methods of eooking cheese by thus adding it in a finely divided state to other kinds of food, but if I were to express my own | convictions on the subject I should stir up a prejudice by naming some mixtures which many people would denounce. As| an example. I may refer to a dish which I invented more than twenty years viz., fish and cheese pudding— taking the remains of adish of — eodfish, mashing it w a cheese, and ketchup, then warming in an | oven and serving after the of scalloped fish. haddock or other white fis bread crumbs, Any remains of oyster sauce may be advantageously included. I find this delicious, but I frequently add g ' usual manner | others may not. | rated cheese to boiled to farninaceous food of all kinds, it af- fords exactly what is required to supply a theoretically complete and economical dietary, without the aid of any other kind of anima! food. liberal second course of fruit or salad. One more of my heretical applications of grated cheese must be specified. It is that of sprinkling it freely over ordinary stewed tripe. which thus becomes extra- ordinary stewed tripe; or a solution of | i with the liquor of | cheese may be mixed It may not be generally stewed tripe is the most} the stew. known that easily digestible of all solid animal food. This was shown by the experiments of | Dr. Beaumont on his patient, Alexis St. Martin. who was so obliging (from a :cientific point of view) as to discharge a gun in such a manner that it shot away the front of his own stomach and | eft there, after the healing of the wound, a valved window through which, with | the aid of asimple optical coutrivanee, | the work of digestion could be watched. he potash salts | may be advantageously supplied by aisl i | tion, tripe was digested in one hour. | Ladd by way of postscript a recipe for a dish lately invented by my wife. It is vegetable marrow au gratin, prepared by simply boiling the vegetable as usual, icing it, placing the slices in a dish, leovering them with grated cheese, and ithen browning them slightly in an oven or before the fire, as in preparing the well-known ‘cauliflower au gratin.’”’ I | have modified this (with improvement, I believe) by mashing the boiled marrow and stirring the grated cheese into the midst of it while as hot as possible; or, | better still, by adding a little of the solu- | tion of cheese above described to the puree of mashed marrow and stirring it | well in while hot. To please the ladies, |and make it look pretty on the table, a | little more grated cheese may be sprin- kled on the top of this and browned in | the oven or with asalamander. 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Ohe ‘SREETING : Jvesident of the Mnited States of America, To HBNRY KOCH, your Clerks, attorneys, ager Je salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of you, the the said on the part of the ENOCH Defendant, to be MORGAN'S of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the said HENRY KOCH, SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that District relieved touching the matters therein ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, ago— made by | Complainant, is entiticd to the eaci usive use of the designation *‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. Mow, Therefore we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin yeu, the said HENRY KOCH, wider the pains and penait your clerks, atto rnecys, its, Sé alesmen an may fall upon you and each of von in case « j i workmen, and all claiming er holdis iy through igh or under you, ybedience, that you Go [ meee ra rom yr ther sou pr uce ¥ I fish as ordinarily served and have lately | made a fish sauce by dissolving grated | cheese in milk with the aid of a lit- tle bicarbonate of, potash and adding this | suggest | to ordinary melted ‘butter. I these cheese some misgivings as regards palatability, after learning the revelations of Darwin on the persistence of heredity. It is quite possible that, being a compound of the Swiss MattieucwithEthe Welsh Wil- liams herit an abnormal staple food of the mixtures to others with (cheese ontboth sides) I may in- fondness for this mountaineers. Be this as it may. so far as the mere palate is concerned, in the chemistry of all my advocacy of cheese and its cook- ery I have ‘full confidence. Rendered manner u pearance, in = | for the Complainant, and from directly, nlawfully using the word connection with the ““SAPOLIO,” or any word or words manufacture or sale of any scouring or indirectly, By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as false or misleading manner. hee > at iue55, The honorable MELVILLE W. ROWLAND Ct aid manufacture, and from in any way “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Compiainants si using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO” in any Futter, Chief Justic 4 Supreme Court of the States of America, at the Cit) f Trenton \ Se District of New Jers t ith day of December tt cai f lord, one thousand, hundred and ninety-two, | SIGNED | > DD, OLIPHANT, Clerk. out =e “4 ’ % ~ rs & ee __s > i THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Prof. Hurd’s Opinion of Tyrotoxicon. | CoLumBus, Ohio, Oct. 12—I am in re- ceipt of your journal containing Dr. Kellogg’s article he expresses great pleasure that some chemists have been able to find ty- rotoxicon in cheese. If such indeed be the case that tyro- toxicon is really developed in the natural fermentation or curing process which cheese must go through in order to ren- der it palatable, then it is very unwise, not to say dangerous, to partake of it. Hence it must drop out of existence as an article of food and one of the greatest industries of the country must be aban- doned. Will Dr. Kellogg or Dr. Reed or some other tyrotoxicon enthusiast ex- plain to me the reason of tyrotoxicon be- ing of so recent discovery? Cheese has been manufactured and consumed for many generations back and cases of tyro- toxicon poisoning have only been known a very few years. Well, but they say the change in the process of manufac- ture has developed it. That the cheese- makers are responsible for it by allow- ing their curds to ferment. Says Dr. Reed: ‘They do this to make the cheese soft and spongy, the same as the baker allows his bread to become sour—to make his bread light and spongy.’? What would the practical cheesemaker say to this or the baker say about the bread? The statement is fallacious only to im- practical people, and were the readers of your paper all familiar with the process of manufacturing cheese or bread, then the article of Dr. Kellogg or Dr. Reed would not require notice. I explained in a previous issue how the Mansfield chesse was made after the good old fashion of our grandmothers, purely sweet curd cheese, Mrs. Maybee having an idea that to develop acid on her curds would surely spoil them; while the cheese made at the factory are treated in exactly a reverse manner, the cheese- maker working with the idea that a cer- tain amount of acid is almost absolutely indispensable to make his cheese firm enough for shipment or for sale at home or abroad. Cheese without acid or purely sweet curds become soft and spongy notwith- standing Dr. Reed’s argument to the con- trary. I am confident every cheese- maker in America will bear me out in this statement. Dr. Kellogg sets forth the startling faet that he has known cholera morbus to come from eating cheese. Inalmost the same sentence he claims that not all who ate of the cheese were sick. I presume the Doctor has also known cholera morbus to come from eating unripe fruit, or from athousand and one things which are indigestible. Nothing is more so than uncured cheese, or cheese before it has reached the stage that Dr. Kellogg terms decomposition. Green cheese to some is very palatable, still it ought not to be eaten until curing is far enough advanced to render it soft and digestible. I believe, as Prof. Arnold remarked some years ago in a speech I heard him make to the dairymen of New York, that ‘‘while unripe cheese, like unripe fruit, is dangerous to eat, a well-cured, full cream cheese will aid digestion and is a wholesome, healthy article of food.” I submit that Dr. Vaughan and several other chemists have laid claim to finding tyrotoxicon (poisun) in cheese on several different occasions, while other chemists, probably equally as eminent, have failed to find it in the same samples of cheese. Dr. Vaughan also claims it is so volatile as to render it possible for it to entirely disappear in a very short time. He also claims to have used some thirty-five pounds of cheese to find a very few grains of the poison; so it is possible that the chemists who failed to find it may have taken the cheese after the poi- son had taken wings and flown, or it is possible they looked for it in great, large quantities, and, failing to find it in such quantities, failed to observe it at all. These are only theories, but I think will stand their ground along with those of Drs. Reed and Kellogg. To theorize a little farther, while I am not a chemist and do not wish to question the reports of any one of that fraternity, I cannot but believe, that the idea set forth by some of them that tyrotoxicon obtains article on tyrotoxicon, in which | 18 ‘ a the natural fermentation or cur- ing process of cheese is no fact at all but simply theory. If this is so and instead of being an | actual fact is theory, then my theorizing is in order and must be thrown with the rest. I donot believe that tyrotoxicon obtains in any such manner; I believe it is in the milk (if it exists at all) before being manufactured into cheese. In all eases of poisonous cheese which have come tomy knowledge, traces of danger- ous milk were found entering into the manufacture of such cheese; and almost, I think always, in cheese of very open texture or porous. Instead of the cheese- maker being to blame for fermenting his curds too much, or allowing too much acid to develop, I believe that to be the only remedy whereby the dangerous ele- ment can be dislodged. If. as De. Vaughan says, the poison is so volatile, then a thorough aeration of the curd, sep- arate from the whey, would make it pos- sible for the poison to disappear before pressing. Of course, the cheesemaker is to blame for receiving bad milk if he knows it, and he ought to in most cases, but if it creeps in, and he finds the symptoms de- veloping in the curd, his only remedy is to treat the curds in a manner to rid himself of it as far as possible. Some one has said that ‘‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” So I would say to the cheesemakers of America, eternal vigilance on your part, will, 1 be- lieve, wipe out this tyrotoxicon seare. Watch your milk more closely, and if enough putrid milk creeps in to cause floating\curds or other similar indica- tions, thrdw the curd away, do not take the chances\of marketing it, and possibly thereby injuxying your reputation, the reputation of\your factory and_ the great cheese intlustry of the world. W. E. Hurp, Dairy and Food Inspector. i 2 ti Weekly Report of Secretary Mills. GRAND Rapips, Oet. 23—Membership certificates have been issued to the fol- lowing new members: 3337 John T. Smith, Kinde. 3338 Fred’k B. Evans, Columbus, O. 3339 Malcom Troop, Detroit. 3340 L. O. Bagley, Detroit. Applications are coming in quite freely, to take effect Nov. 1, thereby securing two months of membership and benefits free of charge. It is with sorrow that I announce the death of brother George Boehulein, of Detroit, who lost his life in the burning of Harmonie Hall, in that city, Saturday evening, Oct. 14. The beneficiary, his widowed mother, will be paid $500 in fuli, as there is nearly enough funds on hand to pay this amount, and I trust that enough of the delinquent members will respond to the personal letters now being mailed them to-complete this amount, thereby making another assessment this year unnecessary. I am pleased to announce that through the efforts of brother L. S. Rogers, chair- man of our Railway Committee, and the courtesy of the Michigan Passengers Agents’ Association, the following reso- lution was passed at their meeting last week: ‘That for the annual meeting of Michigan Knights of the Grip at Sag- inaw Dec. 26 and 27 next, arate ef one single fare for the round trip be granted upon presentation and surrender to the ticket agent where tickets are purchased, of a card to be issued by the Michigan Knights of the Grip Association, identi- fying said member, to apply for mem- bers, their wives and immediate mem- bers of their families. Selling days Dec. 26 and 27 and zood to return up to and including Dee. 28.’’ This action is in keeping with the lib- eral treatment our Fraternity has always received at the hands of the railway officials of our State and further econces- sions would follow were it not for the unjust inter-state commerce law and the more recent and unealled for haw-buck legislation which prevents their com- pliance with what they recognize as but our just rights in a business point of view. Nothing now remains but the personal resolve of every member to make a special effort to go to Saginaw the next December, and take your wife or | sister, to make this convention what it should be, the largest and best conven-. tion of commercial travelers ever held in the State. L. Mi. = Sec’y. _— ~~ — Covered with Dust and Verdigris. From the Kalamazoo Telegraph. Some eight or ten years ago a member of the City Council thought it would be a good thing for the city to purchase a set of standard measures and weights, and for an inspector to be appointed whose duty it should be to test and com- pare all the measures and weights used in the different stores and shops and by hucksters and peddlers. An ordinance was framed, and before it was passed the Council got in a hurry to see what a standard measure looked like. The uten- sils were purchased forthwith, and the planished copper vessels, from a pint to a half bushel, together with a fifty-pound weight or two, pleased the eyes of the city fathers. Some, after examining these standards, declared that they had been paying a quart price for a pint anda half of milk, while butter weighed on ordinary scales lost weight on the way home. Of course, all were in favor of rushing that ordinance through, but some- how it struck a snag and was never passed. The brilliant surfaces of the polished copper measures have lost their lustre, and they repose on an obscure shelf in the City Treasurer’s office making excellent homes for mice and cockroaches and accumulating dust and verdigris. The weights, after doing duty as door bumpers, have disappeared. A yard- stick, enclosed in a walnut case, is kept in the City Clerk’s safe, for fear it might find its way down stairs and be pressed into active service. About the time that these measures were purchased, standard there was a great cry fora meat and fruit inspector, | and it was proposed to combine two of- | ficesin one, but that also failed. While the City Council are wrestling with many other important questions, it might be of benefit to our citizens if the old ordinance above referred to were resurrected, or anew one framed and passed. Kalamazoo has water and sidewalk inspectors and the Council is looking for an assistant dog catcher. Why not compel a standard system of weights and measures? oe More Boldness to Keep a Fortune Than to Make It. There are many stories told concern- ing the house of Rothschild and the part its members have played in averting financial crises. Of course, that assist- ance which the present head of the Lon- don firm gave to the Egyptian exchequer at a critical moment and under circum- stanees which elicited a cordial recogni- tion from Lord Granville, in the Lords, is being recalled. However, the most in- teresting incident refers to the panic of 1825. The Duke of Wellington sent for Nathan Rothschild one morning to ask his advice. ‘Now, Mr. Rothschild, what can done for the city?’’ asked the Duke. ‘Send down Cole,’”’ replied the finan- cier. ‘Coal!’ exclaimed the Duke. whatever do you mean?’’ “Cole, the bank broker,” was the re- ply. ‘Send him down to buy a half mil- lion’s worth of exchequer bills in the market and it will put things straight.” The advice was acted on and the panic was stopped. Nathan Rothschild was the hero of an- other interesting incident. There was a run on the once well-known bank of Mastermans. Rothschild was urged by his friends to withdraw his account. He at once marched down to the bank which was besieged by an angry crowd. Tossing a bulky package to the clerk he eurtly said: ‘“*Two hundred thousand pounds; place it to my account.” That saved the bank. ‘‘] always tell my sons,” once remarked Nathan, ‘‘that it takes a good deal of boldness to make a large fortune, but it wants infinitely more to keep it.’’ 8 Paul P. Morgan, grocer, Monroe: Enclosed please find New York draft for $3, and don’t say be ‘Why, that I never pay in advance, I am ashamed of myself for not sending it before, but have put it off from time to time, and to-day I made up my mind to surprise you. I do not care what prom- | ise I make about the payment in the future, only whatever you do, do not stop sending it, as I | would as soon be without my pocketbook—and, |in fact, a little rather these dull times—than miss one issue of your valuable paper. May your valuable paper increase in interest and cir- culation during the nex the past. xt ten years as it has in POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: DRESSED. eee OL EE 121 2@13 ee ee “5... .... ...., NS @ 9 _— Live broilers 134 lbs. to 2 Ibs. each, per oes 5... Live broilers less than 1-1% lbs. each, perdo,....... Spring ¢ Te 6 @7 oe... ........ oe . Lee 514 6 Spring turkeys. . ye Sore Piet 8 @9 “OILS. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f.o. b. Grand Rapids: Moceme .... — 8% XXX W. W. Mich. Head! ine... 74 eee ee, @ 6% Stove Gasoline.. ee @ 7% a ee ee ee 27 @36 Engine ..... : o....65 Gel week. ar Ca @ s% BUY THE The Ghippewa WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE L. “CANDEE” & C0., New Haven, “MEYER” RUBBER CO,, NN. d., Conn., New Brunswick, Celebrated Rubber Foot Wear, Order while our stock is complete, and save annoy- ance which will come when the season opens and stocks are broken. Socks, Felt Boots, and all kinds of water- proof clothing. Grand Rapids Rubber Store, Studley k Barclay 4, Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS. RATE REDUCED FROM $2 ro $1.25 PER te DAY AT THE Kent Hotel, Directly opposite Union Depot, GRAND RAPIDS. Steam Heat and Electric Bells. Every- thing New and Clean. BEACH & BOOTH, Prop’rs. i & ) SIMU eM ase arnt heater Cone ea ensey een smge We 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Five Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. f'reasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank H. Escott. EVOLUTION OF THE DRUG BUSI- NESS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The lot of the dispenser of drugs is not the happy, care-free one it was forty years ago. Theneverything in the shape of medicine was bought at the drug store, and crude drugs and the ordinary “simples” were the stock in trade. Pro- fits were good, sales were reasonably **quick,’’ and expenses were, compara- tively speaking, light. Now, the de- partment stores sell patent medicines, and dry goods stores have gone heavily into toilet articles. Crude drugs have been compelled to retreat before the ad- vancing tide of patent medicines and pharmaceutical preparations. The sim- ples of bygone days have been super- ceded by the complexities of phenacetine, and sulfonal, and anti-pyrine. AS a rule, the wholesale price has risen, while the retail price has fallen and the ex- pense of doing business has enormously increased. Such ‘‘old-time favorites’? as aloes, rhubarb, senua and Epsom salts are still kept in stock, of course, but find very slow sale. Even castor oil, that allevia- tor of so many of the ills of our child- hood, and lubricator of our internal economy when mother was the family physician, has been slowly, but surely, forced to the top shelf, and all but striken off the list of remedies. Rochelle salts and Seidlitz powders have success- fully invaded the domain and assumed the functions of the oleaginous bean. Castor oil is still used by some old-fash- ioned people, and is sold in considerable quantities, but the bulk of the trade is inthe cheaper grade, which is used for axle grease. Sic transit gloria oleum ricini. Then the patent remedies, the trade in which has grown to enormous propor- tions within the past twenty years, aver- aging fully 60 per cent. of the entire drug trade, has hurt the crude drug trade. Where a few years ago Ayer and Jayne and Hostetter and a few others had the ‘‘machine made” medicine busi- ness all to themselves, now their name is legion, and their ranks are receiving constant accessions. Josh Billings said years ago that ‘tthe American people loved to be illusioned,’’ and it would seem as if he were right. Not one pat- ent medicine in a hundred has any bene- ficial effect, and many are positively in- jurious, but the people must have them, and so the druggist must keep them on his shelves. The quantity of these medi- cines which some people take into their systems is something prodigious and their sublime faith in the marvelous claims of the makers positively awe in- spiring. Meantime not only the drug trade, but the medical profession as well, suffer from this inundation of ready-made medicines. There is one consolation, however—the people who swallow them are, in the long run, likely to be the greatest sufferers. Another reason for the decline in the erude drug trade is the large number of pharmaceutical preparations which have been put upon the market within recent years. Asan example, take the biprod- ucts of coal and coal tar, such as salol, antinonnin, aristol, europhan, losophan, phenacetine, salophen, sulfonal, trion- al, antifebrine, piperazine and acetan- elid. These preparations have largely supplanted mixed prescriptions. Physi- cians use them because they can beso conveniently carried, on account of their relatively small bulk, and because they can besoreadily administered. Cocaine, prepared from the leaves of a South American plant called erythroxylon eoca, is another preparation of recent discovery. It is used extensively by physicians as a local anesthetic. So great is the danger attending its use. however, that many refuse to administer it. The cocaine habit is more quickly acquired than even the morphia habit, and its effects even more degrading. The sale of chloroform and ether has been affected, to some extent, by cocaine, as has also the sale of some other old- time narcotics and anesthetics. There are other ‘‘new things’ in drugs and chemicals, but it is a remarkable fact that the great majority of new prep- arations and discoveries, only a very few of which are named above, are the prod- ucts and biproducts of coal tar, or are combinations of these products with other agents, coal tar being the principal ingredient. Every new thing under the sun in the shape of an alleged remedy for some one or all of the ills to which flesh is heir finds a ready purchaser in one cf the many people who are, or think they are, sick, and who yet ‘‘have no confidence in the doctors.’’ Strange, is it not, that they will believe the word of a man they never saw, and who knows less about them than they do about him, while the physician who has been practicing in their midst for perhaps years is said to be unworthy of confidence. But so it is, and this credulity, or gul- libility, or whatever you please to call it, is responsible for the all but complete revolution in the drug trade which has enthroned the quack and the empiric and reduced the once skillful druggist and chemist to the rank of a dispensing clerk. The only remedial agent of any value in many of_ the so-called sarsaparillas, and in many other proprietary medicines, is iodide of potash, which is sometimes prescribed by the regular practitioners, but which cannot be taken indiscriminately or con- tinuously by anyone without serious in- jury to the system. The change in the nature and kind of articles sold by the druggist has made a corresponding change in the work re- quired of a druggist. Time was when the extracts and elixirs and pills and plasters were made by the druggist him- self, when the percolator and pill tile and plaster iron were in daily use. Now, if he makes an extract or elixir, which will be very seldom, he does it ‘‘extem- poraneously” from the fluid extracts of the manufacturing chemist. Pills must be sugar-coated in these degenerate days, like their religion, or people will have none of them. They must have a high- sounding name, and thousands of dollars must be spentin heralding their merits, or they will not sell. Then, pills are too slow anyway for this lightning age. Everything is done in a hurry now, and even physic must ‘‘get there’’ in short order or take a back seat. Pills are slow, therefore people have ceased buying them to a considerable extent, and what they do buy are of the sugar-coated ma- chine-made variety. The plasters are all factory made now, and the making of them as they once were made is a lost art. Itis very doubtful if the ordinary druggist, who is less than 40 years old, would know how to set up a percolator, and, as for the pil! tile and the plaster iron, they would be classed among the barbarous relics of the past. Most people are possessed of the delu- sion that the drug business is about all profit. Nothing could be more erroneous. Of course, some years ago drugs were sold at a considerable advance over the wholesale price and undoubtedly profits were good. But it cost more to get an education then than it does now, in addi- tion to taking more time, for, as has been intimated, the range of knowledge required was wider. All the accessories to the business cost more, and transpor- tation was much higher. Still, profits were better then than now, for then the wholesale price was lower and the retail price was higher than at the present time. Forty years ago, castor oil was bought for 90 cents a gallon and sold for $3; to-day it costs $1.20 per gallon and sells for $1.60. Sulphur sold for 20 cents a pound forty years ago, while it cost but 2 cents a pound; Now, the cost is the same, while it sells for 10 cents a pound. Quinine, years ago, cost $2.7 per oz. and sold for $3.70; now, it can be bought for 34 cents per oz. and sells for 75 cents. Borax, forty years ago, cost 30 cents per pound, and sold for 50 cents; now, it costs 9 cents and sells for 15 cents. Strychnine then cost $3.50 per oz. and sold for $6; now, it costs $1.25 per oz. and sells for $2. These figures could be continued indefi- nitely, but enough have been given to show that the profits on drugs are rela- tively much lower now than formerly, while the cost of doing business is greatly in excess of what it was years ago. Then it must be remembered that at least 60 per cent. of the retail drug trade is in pharmaceutical preparations and _ pro- prietary medicines, on which the profit is much smaller than on crude drugs, while very much of it is dead stock, some druggists having on their shelves to-day patent medicines bought years ago. Sales are made.in such small quantities, from adrachm to half a pound, that, though the percentage of profit is large, the ag- gregate is much smaller than in other lines of trade. For instance, a quarter of a pound of sulphur costs the druggist half a cent and is sold for 5 cents, a profit of 44g cents. Small as this tran- saction is, itis the kind of business in which the retail druggist is engaged, while the grocer and dry goods merchant, with a much smaller percentage of gross profit on each sale, will make just as much money in the long run as does the druggist. The cost of learning the gro- cery or dry goods trade is not a consider- ation, as wages are generally paid from the start. But the cost of an education in pharmacy is, as said before, a very serious consideration, as those are aware who have passed through the mill. In the drug business, as, indeeed in every other, the man is the most import- ant consideration. But in the drug trade, more thanin any other, the char- acter of the man is a matter of supreme importance. His business is directly re- lated to the health of the people; and if he is careless or incompetent, or dishon- est, the results may be disastrous. It is possible for the druggist to substitute some preparation, which is claimed to be ‘just as good’’ for the physician’s pre- scription. As an illustration: A com- mon substitution in days gone by was cinchonidia for quinine. The therapeu- tic effects of the two drugs were very different, but only a trained chemist would be able to detect thefraud. Acet- anelid is often substituted for antifeb- rine. It is not postively known that the two drugs are alike therapeutically, although they are said to be; but, even if they be alike, no reputable druggist would give the one when the other is prescribed. It is taking advantage of the ignorance of the customer, and the druggist who does it is a disgrace to the profession. However, though there are undoubtedly some dishonest ones, they will be found to be among the ignorant and incompetent. The profession ranks high as to honesty, integrity and general intelligence. The nature of the busi- ness tends to make them look at life in its most serious aspect, and so, as a body, they are thoughtful and earnest. i i ~ eee oe gS: lll on maa a - - i ae Stace THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | } W sak ur Morphia,’S. P. & |W. 2 20@2 45 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2} Linseed, boiled.. .... 42 45 f holes © | Price Cc rent. ° SN. Y.¢@ & a tee oe oa sees @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter { €. 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Lard, No. 1... 42 45| Japan Dryer, No. 1 q pe Theobromas........... 15@ 20 nce Co 60 Linseed, pureraw.... 39 x urp.. tae Gane 10@75 ' Cubeae (po 35)...... 30@ 35 POTASSIUM. “ i 60 ' —— 8@ 10} BiCarb....... a 160) 181 Zinether ge i a (i a Xanthoxylum . 25@ 30/ bichromate ........... 13@ 14| Hyoscyamus................ 50 ; BALSAMUM ome. ... .........., a Gimere.............. ...... 5 i, ' : i MO ee cu cue. ee ._ 2S oom... .......... a Copaiba .. _. 2. = Chlorate (po 23@25).. 24@ 26] Ferri Chloridum............ 35 Peru.. ea : @!1 9 Cyanide cue ue eades sau 50@ 55 a. 2 50 Terabin, Canada eons | OOM OO TGMde scsi sl, EE NN 50 1 Tolutan . ++» 85@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pus. ae 50 OoRTEX Potassa, Bitart, com.. si hum Vomica................ 50 a i Petass Nitras, opt Koae 10 Opii eee ewe esicicene cou 5a. 85 Abies, Canadian............ 18 | Potass Nitras.......... 7 9} ‘* Camphorated. 50 on settee ee eeee = Prussiate ee 28@ 30] “ Deodor...............112 00 nchona Flava ........-.-. a tara < es a Euonymus atropurp........ oT “~ = oo teeeee seeeees 50 Importers and Jobbers of Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 RADIX, keke donb esese cron s | OF Prunus Virgini.............. 12} Aconitum ............. i i = ee 10 TO eee ee 22 occ Pam al ll Scat 9 ae Anchusa LE BG 15 | Cassia aa = leas 5 rum, bas weasee cuss 2 seers es) é Ulmus Po (Ground 15). % aa. oS = Serpentaria)................. 60 | EXTRACTUM. Genti 9 Bererianin............ 60 one (po. y)..... 8@ 10 7 Glycyrrhiza ae. - 24@ 25} Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 ee Lo. 1. 60 ' 33@ 35 | Hydrastis Canaden, SICEIOM ............ “a. ; Haematox, 15 Ib. Boe | hg ig Pon: ai nf 30 Veratrum Veride............ 50 Loeea eave ellebore, Ala, g iD on Poe eeee uo 15 noun =. P we 196 20 ee _ 50h... coo. TORR fe | epOCMe, DO............ 1 60@1 75 | Alther, Spts et 22@ 30 = Peetis Pia aaa | SS G| SO EE. Be CHEMICALS AND Carbonate Precip...... @ | erane igs Se el sia “ip sia Citrate and —,-- @3 50 Fodophyllum, pes... .. ee ei 3@ 4 ® Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 . Amante. ............ 55@ 60 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 5O “2 @ Antimoni, eo 4I@ 5 Solut Chioride........ @ 15 6 Deeel l et Potass T. 55@ 60 Sulphate, = weeveee 9@ 2 spigelia a 3 Sa Antorrn i, @1 40 “ pure. -- @ 7) Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 20| Antifebrin............. @ i ed — bees. = = Fionn Nitras,ounce @ 55 ' nega a Teen |... Arnica gessiterienario = = Similax, Officinalis, 2 @ “ Bein Giesd Bad... 380 DEALERS IN n mee .....-.-. ¢ 8 eeiutn &. .........- 2 W@2 2 s Macca + str... -- 50@ 65 | Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 oo Chior, 1s, (5 FO)WA —— Fosti- oT @ il a s Ne a ‘ iii eu, 18@ 50 oan s isees @ 35 caninarides — Qs } Coan. “nculitol, Tin- or ana Gen (po. 50) 1 @ z @1 00 ‘a oS nivelly ee 25@ 28 erman. 5@ Capstcl Fructus, -— @ 2% oe a » .: 35@ 50 nates bl. 18@ 20 @ 2B 5 Salvia officinalts, = Zingiber j........... 18@ 20 Hl : @ 2% - |. ame e.............. 15@ 25 SEMEN. a. one $5) 10@ 12 a _—_——— ° wa ora —— 8@ 10 Anisum, (po. 20).. @ 15 ss i. me. @....... @3 75 ‘ @UMMI. Apium (graveleons).. 1E@ 18 era Alba, aae..... 50@ 55 " : Bird, 1s 4@ 6 Cera Flava ek bene nuns 38@ 40 Sole Agents for the Celebratea : Acacia, ist picked.... @ 60 | Cari, (p08) 22000. 10g 12| Coceus................ @ 40 a. oo S %| Cardamon......:.-...-1 coma 25 | Cousin Pructas........ @ % i sifted aaa “* @ 20 Corlandrum.. ae 10@ 12 C an BO is ieee tees @ 10 | il oO 80 Cannabis Sativa....... . 4... @ #0 ‘ PO ...-.. -- eee ae 75@1 00 Cc loroform Meeacte es 60@ 63 Aloe, Barb, (po. 7 50@ 60 | Chenopodium 10@ 12 ++) | @1 2 ‘Cape, (po. 20 @ 12 ed cq | Chloral Hyd = a 1 35@1 60 Socotrl (po. 80) . @ 50 —— eae ae 2 25@2 50 euanarun 20@ 25 J Catechi, 48, (igs 4 348, a oe a sh Z 33 | Cinchontaine, ba W 15@ 2 Wh amoatae 220) sp 6o| Bit a. Corks, ist, diss per” © : | sata’ : Assafcetida, (po. 35) .. a 4 = pw d, (bbl. 3). .. 60 ll ie (} d f iS \ I} ries Denecieum............ SA Wives a Poni a 3... r ” Camphors...........-- 50@ 55 PbarsrisGaaria ‘3 Creta, (eel. eR g 7 k Euphorbium po ...... 35@ a fats ie, oe _s 10 | .. BRee..-----...... 5@ 5 Soameae i — ws 7 @ 7 7 Wigee.... ie wl precip sete e ees *g . Gualacum, a -. @ 3 gigas ane ro a 1 10)....... @) os Frumenti, a _ = = Cudbear.... Oe 2 24 We are Sole Preprietors of cg m= na loa lah o He BB. - oe ok 6 rn eee 5 6 Myrrh, (po. 45)........ = | ....2.....- 1 25@1 50 ie = (po % 85).....-... 2 _ 85 | Juniperis Co. O. T....1 o = ng 2 a Oe oe = ’ “ .5 ane .............. a Se FS 75@3 50] Rmery. all numbers. P SBR cccinsd’ .--” S866 8 | saacharum . 1... } GS Oo | Rmery. all nunabors.. Weatherly’s Mishigan Catarrh Remedy. 4 Tregecanth ........... 40@1 00 _. Vini Galli.......- 1 75@6 50 Ergota BO one ness 2@ 7% 7 HERBA—In ounce packages. ni Oporto ........... 1 25@2 00 2 White a 15 aa. a | VE AM.........-... im_ean @ 2 ——-——_____——— 3 Eupatorium . 20 pon Gambler............... 7 @B8 pee laa 251 Florida sh — Cooper cae @ 70 We Haven Stock and Offer a Full Line of Majorum 9g | Florida sheeps’ wool naa. 40@ 60 Mentha Piperita. SAB lees 2 50@2 75 | Glassware flint, by box 70% 10. a 00 Red Star, is . cans......- 40 ae ge 75 C ‘a ee 1 40 Telfer’s, 2. cans, doz. = “ 2 a * oa “ “ : 1 50 Our Leader, % lb cans. 45 Loo Coee...... vi C 1beom.....12 Dr. Price’s. per doz Dime cans. . = 4-02 = 6-0Z oo 8-Oz - 2 Cac CUCU soa |* lL. sib * B® 4-lb =e 5-Ib “ we 10-Ib : aa BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. ee... = a 80 Oe 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 40z ovals...... 3 69 S| 8 oz ee 6 7 ints, mond ........ 3a fo. 2, sifting box... 2 7% No. 3, ia .. oo » woe . 800 “ ice ............ oo Mexican Liquid, . = os : ad oo St BROOMS, No. 2 Hurl.. 1s No. 1 . 20 No. 2 Carpet.. se ee es , Parlor Gem.. _--- Common ok 80 EE 1 00 Warehouse....... . 8 00 BRUSHES. Stove, No. 2 ee -123 eee eee 1 50 : iS Be eee eee 1d Rice Root Scrub, 2 row. 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row. oe Palmeio, goese............ 1 50 BUTTER PLATES Oval—250 in crate. met 60 me LL... 70 —s.. 80 as... Ll. LL CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. 2 ee ee ee 9 ae ......._....,...., © Wicking ee ee 24 CANNED GOODS. —_ Clams. Little Neck, i _.. 1 20 a... 1 90 Clam : Chowder. Standard, 3lb.. . 2 Cove Oysters. Standerd, a pe eee 85 10 Lobsters Star, 1 -.. he 2 2... ..8 50 Picnic, 1 i>.- .2 00 2ib 2 90 Mackerel. ee ee 1 3 e :-............ 0 ae. Se.......... no Tomato Sauce, 21b......... 2 Soused, 2 — ee / oe mor. Columbia River, a oO beneee a. 1 65 ee eee 13 “ pin i 110 aaa, oe... 1 95 dines. American Ae Imported _ ee eee Boneless ........ a . 21 Trout. eee ee 2 50 Fruits. Apples. 3 Ib. standard..... 1 00 York State, gaJions ... 2 90 Hamburgh, a Apricots. .ave oek....... 17 Cente Cres........ a 1% ee. 1% Overiend........ 1% Blackberries. cy... ..........: 90 Cherries. —................ 1 10@1 2 oe Hamburgh ..... 1% a , 1 50 oy a iz Damsons, ~* Plums and Green ge A 1 10 California. . 1 60 Gooseberries. Common . 123 ‘Peaches. ~— 10 ee ........--__.. aaa. Ce 1% ee ee Pears. a ..........-.. 1 20 eo .............. 210 Pineapples. (one. ... .... .....- 1 00@1 30 Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 _ = . 2% Booth’s sliced. oo @2 5) e grated.. / @2 Quinces. Commo 1 10 Raspberries. — 1 30 Black Hamburg... : 150 Erie. black 1s Strawberries. Lawremee ............ 1d a = Erie. . i ae 1m Terrapin - ee 1 10 Whortleberries. Blueberries ..... " 1 00 Meats. Corned beef Libby’s. --4 8 Roast beef Armour’s. a. Potted ham, > . _. 2 -.......... 85 iw tongue, iG Ib... 13 Y “Re ma 85 ° chicken, %% lb....... 95 Vegetables. Bea ANS. Hamburgh stringless.......1 2 French style..... 25 aoe. ro] a oee....--........-..8 oe _ Soeeoe............ +. Lewis Boston Baked.. Bay State Baked.. hk ee ee ere dO World’s Fair Baked........1 35 rae eeee............._- 00 Yorn. Hamburgh .... ee Livingston Eden an 1 Pee — Dew....-..--........ 140 Morn ng ee ee 75 Peas, Hamburgh moerrotat........1 © ' early June = Champion Eng. 159 . petit po pois.. 1% . fancy sifted....1 90 eee z OE EE —— aT % VanCamp’s marrofat.......1 10 ” early June..... 130 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 French. : .. 1 Fr . ‘Mushrooms. ‘ Ss 6221 Pumpkin. eee co 85 Squash. Ss... 115 Succotash. Paes. ................... 1 40 ee Honey A EEN 150 Se 1 35 Tomatoes. es... 1. Exceisior — i Ee ae. 3 50 CHOCOLATE. Baker's. German Sweet.. ..... 23 Promium.... . a 37 Breakfast Cocoa. 43 CHEESE, ee en a @13% Ce EE 8 ete wo @il2% Riverside .. i 13 Gold Medal ......... @12 a 6@10 Oe se ee oe 11 SS oo ses ye 1 00 Leiden 23 ee ........... @10 ee Os Rees... .. .-. G35 Schw Sago. @21 alas, imported. @24 domestic. @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles — 2% Pint ao 4 50 Quart 1 doz boiiles 3 50 Triumph Brand. Hatt oint, per don.......... 135 Pat, & Sollies.............. 4 50 Quart, per —....... 2 LOTHES PINS. 5 gross cae a 40@45 COCOA SHELLS, 351b bags. . Less uantity. oo @3% Poun packages ... 6%@T SOF FEE. "ace Rio. — ... . . . a ES co en ee ery... ....... ae Santos. 8 oe —-.. CO 21 aes... 22 Mexican and Guatamala. Se... 21 ——-............. 22 Fancy.. ee ‘Maracaibo. oe .......,.......,...... 23 —. se Java. ao... Cs. 25 Peveee Growae.....-..... 27 ee 28 Mocha. an... _.. Arabian. oo .. ‘Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add c. per lb. for roast ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 24% as .. 4S Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case .. 24 95 Extract. Valley City *& STOSS....... v Felix ! Hummel’ 8, — BTOSS....-. 1 50 t 23 CHICORY pak... 5 Red 7 CLOTHES L INES. Cotten, 40 ft per Gos. 1 2 C 50 ft hae ' 140 C oo te....- - i 60 ss wr... + oe + Se ee duie 60 ft. ‘ iS 42 €t Tr CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. - 71 Muda mon Streat Mew York: N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s — Gail Borden Eagle..... ... ee 6 2 ae. ....... <1... eee... ........... 2 oe — Le ee ee > ‘Tradesman.’ $ 1 books, per hundred 2 0 8 2 é “ee ia 2 ' g 3 ‘ ‘se ae / 2 00 85 i r . .. 2a $10 ' am 826 * us 5 06 “Superior.” 8 1 books, per hundred.... 2 50 8 2 ae “e - a 3 oO 83 . ' se oS eS 4 00 $10 ' : 5 00 $20 ‘ ae “ 6 00 EN x ee! IBD Ps all a. Universal.”’ 8 1 books, per hundred $3 00 82 a 83 ' ' 62 85 - . 5 00 B10 _ . 6 00 $20 _ 7 00 i prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. 5 500 - ' _- — * i 20 COUPON PASS BOOKS. e an be made to represent any enomination from $10 down. | per cent 20 books ee. $1 00 50 eee eee 2 00 — - ........ 3 00 Ne ae 6 25 Fh UL 10 00 — - |... 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS. =. any one denom’ a... $3 00 ann 5 00 aoe. _ | Oe ae 8 00 Steel punch. ..........- —- « CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXX ............... 6 Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6% Pate ee 6 Family XXX, cartoon...... 6% Saeed eee. +o Salted XXX, Cartoon ...... 6% Kenosha . eee ce we 8 Butter biscuit... 6% Soda. Soda, XXX. _ es Poe cae. ew... TR Soda, Duchess. oe Crystal Wafer.. a Long Island Wafers. i Oyster. S. Oyster ae. 6 City Oyster. XZX....... os Farina Ovyster...... -..- 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure 30 Telfer’s Absolute.......... 3! Se nee .. 5% DRIED FRUITS. ey Sundried. seh = bbls. 6% quartered ‘ 6% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 11 Apricots. California in bags...... Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries. In boxes. ... ' Nectarines. oe ie OO... ......... 10 Peaches. Peeled, in boxes eed Cal. evap. ee | ° in bags 10% Pe California in bags 8 Pi — Cherries. Barrels...... 50 Ib. boxes . 2% ° Prenton. 30 lb. boxes Raspberries. In barrels..... Lee cou ce oo Se ee..........--.. oe lL . Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes. 2 crown eee eee se pee cee ue. Loose Muscatels in Bags. 2 CTOWD... .-------- +2 soe f% a oe 6% Foreign. Currants. Patras, in berrels......... 3% i: 2 oee.......... 3% ' in less — —.... « Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes 20 Lemon . a ** " 10 Orange . - - 11 Raisins, Ondura, 29 lb. boxes @9 Sultana, 20 ' @9 Valencia, 30 8 Prunes. California, 100-120.. y " 90x100 25 Ib. pxs. 7™% “ 80x90 - 8 “ 70x80 “ee gy c 60x70 . _2 ee bl, Silver — ee French, 60-70. i. | a $0-90.. eke owe | ' Wich eebeies cs | ENVELOPES. XX rag. white. 1 o................ #1 75 ee ole 1 60 hey are prepared just before ons of purchase, and those No. 1, sO. 65 GUNPOWDER. ace... wvees-. 150 Rifle—Dupont’s. XX wood, white. —-. .. . a No, 1.66... . 0... ss. 1 Re eee... se. a 1 90 No. 2, 6% : _. 2 254 Geeeeor bees... ... 1 10 Manilla, white. i> Gone........ bee c aca ce 30 eS LLL le 4 lb cans. 18 ..... eo 95 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Coin. aoe. ....... eee 4 25 Mei not. 1 OO) Bam seee.................. 2 W FARINACEOUS GOODS. a ee FS Farina, Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. 100 Ib. kegs... : i 11 00 Hominy. OE ee 5 % I ovis ce esc cece 8 00 Quarter kegs.. aa Grits .... -..-.-..-.--2+++-+ Sr ee 60 Lima ‘Beans. @ HERBS, ee 38¥@t Maccaroni and Vermiceili. a. Seok ae tims) ities ine = Domestic, 12 1b. box. 55 ie estate ieen nes sue aeeed.............- 10%@-1 INDIGO. Oatmeal. Madras, 5 lb. boxes....... 55 Barrels 200.. sccceeee £6015. F., 2, 8 and OTD. boxes... 50 Half barrels 100...... . 2 JELLY. Pearl mene. > Ib, pails LL @ come....... a @ 80 Peas. oe, Oe. 1 45 erm. Rout perth .-.-2%@3 roe... 30 i ee eS NE a 25 Rolled Oats. telly 12 Barns 180. aA 60 | SICHY--- ----2eeeeeee eee 2 Half bbls 90. ‘ @2 40 LYE. Sago. Condensed, :o tee eh ee 4% “ ce — 2 25 ee : i Wheat. MATCHES. Cracked...........-- --- 510.9 sulphur.......... a FISH--Sait. Anchor Parior......,........ 170 ee 110 Bloaters. Bavees perier.._............ 400 Yarmouth... -- seheaee MINCE MEAT. Cc gC . Whole, Grand Bank.... 5% Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6@& Boneless, strips.. ....... 6@8 Halibut, eee ........,..... 104% @12 Herring. Holl land, Ww hite hoops eg 70 | : : r . 500m Gobo ..._.. ...-..- 2 75 Norwegian ............... Sdee. Case ot Round, % bbl 100 Ibs ..... 2 1 ie Gee Gane... ..11 00 or eee 12 MEASURES Sealed... 17 ee ealies ‘Seceees Tin, per dozen. No.1, 100lbs.......... ....11 00] 1, gallon .............-. .. AG a. oe... 42 ae pein... - + 1% No.1, 10lbs............ ... 130 | Quatt......0......-..5-. 70 No. 2) 100 Ibs..... wes... 8 50] Pimt.......... wot eee No. 2, 40 lbs.. 370 Mae wat ......... ! 40 a tis oto bite ceabec sues 105} Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. amily 38. eo 7 ite, ” 9D | LeRNOR. .-- 2-2 eeee ee coon 7 0 “7 1) 1 ee eee... - £0 Sardines. en. oe Russian, kegs...... as G61 Fank.... ......--.- - +. 2oe Trout. MOLASSES. No. 1, 4% dbis., 100iba........ 6 00 Blackstrap. No. 1 ¥ bbl, # ihe... -.....2% Sugar house........... . mo. tL, Res, He ie............ Bo We 18 ee 68 Cuba Baking. 16 Whitefish. Crass .....-... saerents Famil Porto Rico. TC 20 ¥% bbls, 100 lbs...... 87 00 $275 | Fancy........ eens 30 ~~ = -.....#th te New Orleans. a 90 48 18 ei tt eS WE oa cl 1 . ioe... i o 22 FLAVORING EXTRACTS, | Extra good.........-....-- 7 Se — lo = = [ss | =a... e.. ) Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. One: half barrels, 3c extra, Bestin the world for the money. PICKLES. Medium. Regular Geake Barrels, 1,200 count. @5 0 Lemon. Hal? bbls. 40 connt.. @3 00 on Small. Son... %5 iin ¢ Barrcia, 2,400 count. 6 00 4oz..... 150] Halt bbls. 1.206 count 3 50 Regular PIPES, Vanilla. doz | Clay, No. 216. 1% Ca... SS ro full eonnt 75 f40z..... 2 49| Cob, No, 2 oo. 1 25 ; POTASH, XX Grade nee : F Lemon. 48 cans fn Case. -o..... #1 50| Babbitt’s .. ' 4 00 4os..... 300) Penna Salt Co. 5 3 2 RICE XX Grade i. Vanilla. Domestic. co...., $1 75 | Carolina head .. i 6 ion..... ' No. 1. ae | " No. 2 i 1. 2 Jennings. Broken ...... : s Lemon. — 8 os regular panel. % 1 2 aniete: -1 50 2 00 ain Ot... .... ---- 5% ao ' "172 00 300) . wee... ee No, S taper........ 1 36 2 00 | Java. aa Lael 6 Mo. 4 taper... .... 1 50 Soe ree... el 5% ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. = : Root Beer Extract. Tho & Cl BE Ss ing > rs is ’ Williams’, 1 doz.. ~~. 1 21 Gav a : a — | eraiunenes can ent . "3 doz... . sei was...l!hlUlUllL CU 3 35 Catlin’s Brands, | The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. | standara =. Pails. Hires’ >i doz.............,. 1 75 | Savon Improved ..... ‘... 250] Kiln dried..................17 | quotes as follows: Ta oe 7 ¢ 3 dos..... eee SW i Ssiwee ................. . 305 | Golden Shower.......... m | PORK IN BARRELS. PN 7 SPICES, Ceneen SS ieee 0 Se | eee Nobb vO a sete Whole Sifted. : oe tt 2 25 | Meerschaum . : L196! Sime eae LL 19 00 English Boek... 1... ae 3 4 : | Short cut ......... ........ oma oes ea O60 | Ruetion Roek.......... 7 i aoe as ae Scouring. American ante Cc 0.’8 ee sara clear pig, a Oe Cemperven ow... a 8 ¢ oF : Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 i i ; Extra clear, heavy. ee mromen femy.............. baskets | 8 j Batavia in bund....1 Myrtle Navy.. | el ae sla Saigon in rolls a hand, $dos....... _ 250 Sie ae | Clear, rt Pace......... . 20 00 | Peanut Squares............ 9 r4 Clov Pg os hola --B2 SUGAR. Gee Boston clear, short cut... See eee eta eee se said Sasa > ci dooce ol 10 eal, ~ Hl : : | Clear b: ee . alley Creams.. .. ; Zanzibar ao 12 The following prices repre- Frog iu | Standard clear, short Cut bene... .. 21 00 Midget, 30 lb. baskets. 3 oe Mace Beteyme....... 1... 80 | sent the actual selling prices in | J®V@, 785 foil. | ‘re ; Modern, #0 lb. 8 — ea es Z Grand Rapids, based on the act-| Banner Tobacc co C 0.’8 s Brands. Pork — ae nee. 9 nade eae — Ne 70 | ualcostin New York, with 36! panne | an OL Ean an a i all] oe SL eee er TD een GAMO Bae | ME nnn ncn woe nnne en 16 | Rae 9 Pais § Pepper, S en: — -10 freight. The same quotations Banner Cavendish ae 7 omit Seceees a ei Ce — Lh Cen i ii tt . "29 at : : hava | 2Ord CUb .--- 2-2 eee eee eee r Sai -......... a ae ee eee ren we a as ahine. | 4 ill not apply foamy townwhere Seotten’s Brands Blood Sausage....... WIDTIISIIDIITIT, 6 | Chocolate Drops....................05 55 1i% ia .16 | the freight rate from New York otten’s brands. 2 Chocolate M ] 13 ; Pure Ground in Bulk. ip not S6 cents, but the local | Warpati...................- 15 oo 0S ns 6 Gate emeueen — 7 Allspice .. -15 | quotations will. perhaps, afford | Honey Dew................. 26 Head Che CHICK... 2... ee. eeee eee eee ee cee eens 7 Moss Drops... TET 3 Cassia, Bat avia.. 3 a better criterion of the market | Gold Block................. 30 sai ni AG ST ' ae ne gi and Saigon.25 praceag ao Meer Work am a our Drops.. ee eee eee tee te | Oe o saigon . . 35 cancheaineky sami ahiasae daniel F, F, Adams Tobacco Co,’s Kettle Rendered c . 1 Pe oes a) _ i i. Cloves, Amboyna. ae ae ep y. oo 86 30 Brands, Granger. ae OT i L FANCY—In 51b. boxes. Per Box } a mM iPoadee “ 6 29 | Peerless..................... 26 Ee 85 aoe een aint anata Ginger, = oo 16 Granulated ...... | 5 og) Gla Tom.................... 18 ( Jomapound - eee ey yee cle. 8 ces EN NNN a A * — Cochin............ 20 | Extra Fine Granulated... 6 1; | Standard.. “ 50 Ib, Tins, 4e adv ance. Chocolate aan... LA AT “a ' Jamaica ........ ie «6POMNCR ee, 6 23} Globe Tobacco Co.’ 8 Brands. 20 Ib. pails, me H. M. Chocolate D1 eae aaa ese ia 0 Mace Batavia.. 7 XXXX Powdered 6 42 10 Ib Ke 4“ = a Mustard, Eng. ie fae eee ee Handmade..............---- 41 sib. “ %e as sad nog Ce. aiGt0 ¥ a ete 2 No. 1 Columbia A LL Bez Leidersdorf’s Brands. cae Be A. 3 imine Bena. LN ‘2 © Percaers, wo. 2 ............. 75 No. 5 Empire A LLL. 6 84] Rob Roy eee eee \ . oA ) No. 5 E f 1. G8 % DY ------ se eeewee se se ik BEEF IN BARRELS. Lozenges, Poe es. 5. oe ) v ee — Gee. eee eee ee eee ees 5 48 Uncle Sam.....-......-- 28¢ 32 Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............. . 8 00 aa. cL ae 2 . Cayenne rigs No “EE i. 30 Red Clover..........-+++++++ on extra Moss, Chicage packing............... ote | ineriae. i 60 ; “a - 2 a : ee . = Spaulding & Merrick. Boneless, rump butts. . i = ..13 50 oo eee ea see ae 70 opie : No. 9......... _& SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. a ne Absolute” in Packages. No. 10.... ............ _ 5 ot Tom and aenry -. ay Hams, average 29 Ihe OO 11 | Molasses Bar. CC %s1No. 11. 5 05 | Traveler Cav endish..... Baca ‘ a Allspice ........ a “ua 1551No 12 gee EN Sa TE ITS oe land Made Creams... — 4 eee ata _ oe 4 98 Plow Bov 30@32 | Plain Creams. 80@90 “Innamon........ ..-- g 55| No. 13. . 486 ‘haa + plenic. ; | Decorated Cre Oy a 84 1551 No14 an Oe i, picnt oe reams. ae ; RO 3 L LES AEE NE 11% | String Rock.. weet eee eee nein ene neee eens 65 4 a aes c. = ; = SYRUPS. Mignidere oo. 8% | Burnt ee 00 wee . CoN 84 1 55 Co HIDES PELTS and FURS | Breakfast Bacon boneless................... 15 Wintergreen Berries. eee cee 60 + Peopee Ba a ee Beareelg ee Perk & H fol Tocca ee a _— No. 1, 1,3 anne. ee ee . ' ; erkins & Hess pay as fol- ong Clears, eo... 2... . C wrapper 0xe 34 Sage..... Se 84 Half bbis. Hae 243 Pol é pay Briskets, medium, TAG rat No. 1, a a 51 . > : HIDES. " —........... .. 11% | No. 2, c 2 e 28 ee ea a 1% ~~ .........,.......,...... 19 . aa ie + é 2a LT MEATS. Granulated. pokes... 1% a ane en nsaaas a = er ees OnE 20-79 | Butts........... Pe 9 | 150, 176, 2008....... —— 3 25@3 7 SEEDS. A aa. = @ dug | D. S. Bellies. ooo ee eee ee eee, 12% | "BANANAS. ¥ ee @12% SWEET GOODS a: set BOA | Fat Backs.........-....-00-.eeeeeseeeeeseeees FT a eT 1 50@1 75 , Canary, Smyrna....... 6 | GingerSnape.......... 8 | Kips,green ........... 2 o 3 PICKEED PIGS’ FEET. Medium ................ Caraway ool 10 | Sugar Creams......... 8 oon @ 4 Barrels..-....- 2-02. ++-+--eeee eee: veseeeeee. 800) Large ........ : wees 2 @2 50 " Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Frosted Creama.....- 9 Calfskins, green......3 @4 OC ee teens enes.. 1 90 ‘LEMONS. % Hemp, Russian...... 4% | Graham Crackers..... 8% cured 5 @ 6% TRIPE. Messina, extra fancy 360. . i Wied fhe ........ 5% | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% | Deacon skins.......... 10 we Kits, honeycomb ............+s00...-.+ se eee: 65 Maiorias, 360... 6 00 ‘% Mustard, white....... 10 > > A Shao oe) | i Bile, premaom ...... ....-- 55 ic faney 260.2... 6... : 4 00 alae nm 9 VINEGAR. No. 2 hides 3¢ off. BEEF TONGUES. “ ET 4 00 _— cae i. 6 7 a 3% 2 PELTS. oe Seni ee. 22 00 nn —— — ie eae eee » Mitte bone........ 2 ae... oS g ; « ‘ eee 11 00 : choice 300... ...- .- 3 50 STARCH $1 for barrel. ee a "35 2 2 OO Fies. f OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. j ST! yH. i oo igs, ancy lay ers, oe @12% Corn a : mai i WwooL FRESH BEEF ee @12% 20-lb boxes ee eee. ca-e, Ga | te per on ..... C..... 30 i iS Carcs : i . " @Cxtra — <2 ............ @i4 40-Ib ! ! ’. 5% | Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75 — laa aa -++ 12 = ee 4 << 4% “ “ a Gloss, YEAST. a © OM | wind quarters...c.00.... coccsccs sss 6 @T_ | DMM Pare, 10D. bow.................. OM 1 I packages. ae Bic a 1 00 MISCELLANEOUS. TN . 84@11 U BF OUD. OS eee eee cee eee @ 6% ee eT 1 00] Tal tibs.. a AG ‘* Persian, 50-1b, box.... IA@ 5% &é@ : i ss 5% | Yeast Foam 1 00/¢ rte ka | -<* R fe i "ees — © £ i a al i I ; ; 9 L a 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 3% | Diamond........ mie 8 . | ee... o16% § a Bare... 3% | Royal La Giisane ........ 1 —_* ml Peles. 8. a4 a aos coe reeres scree -crccce on SNUFF. set. CC FRESH PORK. hi Scotch, in bladders.........37 TEAS. Foe ngg eee. 8 eee sani foto arena a et a ore accaboy, in jars........... 35 Beau GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS | Loins..... ....2........-000---5++ ie | Soe sates 4 fap french Happee, in Jars... 43 i sJaPaN—Regular. i eee 8 Walnuts, Cee @13% SODA, Beer = WHEAT, beat tara..... .. ....-.-.c. .. 11% ts ae eee 1! wi a en AEE ARG iba ape Biz | Choice.............. ..24 @% | No. 1 White (58 1b. test) Tienes nina coc eee... Gis mene, Singlish Oe eee, 4% | Choicest...... - ..o Gon No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) Se eee e Chekte @i2 | SALT. ae 10 @l12 _ ee ‘eke teen . @13 | - 100 3-Ib, sacks....... i SUN CURED. TT Ce 5%4@ 7 | Chestnuts ..-.---.. .--- ss neces seees @4 00 i 60 5-Ib. Sei @17 a. 71 GMa aan . 140 BAUSAGE Cocoanuts, full sacks. . eae cha @4 50 ‘ 28 10-Ib. sacks. Ce ee Ee @20 | Granulated,........... 2G) Sore links. .......... is 83 PEANUTS. <4 UE eee SO 1 CM... .. 24 @2xe pene a 6. | Fancy, H. P., Suns. ie | Sih cance 1 50| Choicest..........-....32 @34 5 iver. 001... ca 7 7 @ 7% ) 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 32] Dust........ ..10 @12 | Straight,in sacks......... DOU gy, | Fancy, H. P., Flags.. @6 “ sin =“ a “ 6 is BASKET FIRED. a - * Geeterg........ S71 Binod Te 7 Chote H. P. “ cee bee. e 7% Warsaw. pew ....-.. es 18 @x Micnt “ sacke..... || 4801 Sibadehoens. oo... lll 7 e, t 2s... 5 56 lb. dairy i recipe mn , | Choice. ...... ! @25 . © Derrem........ 475 Head cheese i. oe 12 ‘* Roasted. @ 6% > 38 ib; are ee re = Choicest. . @35 — ** gacks... 2 0 Prankforis............-.---. oe a 8 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE : ‘o : ° | Extra choice, wire lear @40 ye ' ee 1 70 4 aa x Swe ce Ashton. : a i . FRUIT JARS, tb 56 Ib. dairy in linensacks.. 75 | common ce @35 MILLSTUFFS. L FISH AND OYSTERS. Pints eee ae we esas eee -95 50 . a ; as a a = ae ess F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: UMTS... --- eee ee eee ee eee ee eee ee eee 6 00 Higgins. Extra fine to finest....50 @5 Car lots quantity esha coe Hal Ganone 8 00 é 56)», dairy In lineu sacks 75]| Choicest fancy........75 @85 ts oo = 50 $14 00 | Whitefish SS . @o (Can... ee See So | a aoe | Screenings.... 13 00 13 00 CC 9 | Rubbers.. a 5 Seent Semk. x | ae a Middlings..... 14 50 15 00 a B ee e* ' LAMP BURNERS. ” a Shi. sucks... a 27 | Common co fair... ...23 @30 | Mixed Feed... 18 00 18 501 4 — Ce ein No.0 Sun a a IMPERIAL. M sa 5 alibut. _ io. ee ae ieee Common Fine. Common to fair....... 23 @26 Coarse meal .. 18 09 19 00 | Ciseoes or Herring eke @ 5 No. 1 HT Meee ee 50 Saginaw .................. 7] Superiortofine........ 30 @35 CORN. Bluefish Re a 4oae | eo ) % Maehees. 70 YOUNG HYSON. ts tes — Fresh lobster, ‘per De 9% | Tubular....... .....-...... ee 7 f Hs Commer te fale a ea Ve ss “+ Cc od... De wee eats ce 10 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. ) SALERATUS “ovo : Less than car lots.......... 45 N ore 6d in box , Superior to fine.. ....30 @40 a Piekere oes @s _0 dos. ox. ) « 10 Packed 60 Ibs, In box. ENGLISH BREAKFAST. oats ee a. @8 |No.O0Sun........---. + +++. 5+ Chee 8. ce Seite 18 @2z ; Sie Witte @8 = Lf eee eee e cence eee cece cee e cnet wees " Des 5 2e > Coc los... 4... 32 2d S ype 2 Bae ¢ Deland s ...... Ledecucecees UG | COROE, oS ...24 @28 : ox Red Snappers..... ee clo CO EE ———— a Dwight’s.... ee 40 @50 Less than Car lots..... 36 Columbia River Le 15 First quality. Taylor’s ae 5 u ce ee ac es 25 | No.0Sun, crimp top.. , SOAP. TOBACCOS. ca. 1 oa OYsSTERS—Cans. 7 a Te seis sss a « p uN No. : car lots.... airhayen Counts.............-----0--- 35 i iW ") ) tices sk Ae iia ene ae. at 7 ee. ere ee oe. ge NSEX Flint. old Country 80 Lib 22 Pails unless otherwise noted ee Ce EE @2 No. : Sun, crimp top.. Se 7 Ht ll le gt ee. @30 Vie... i... Ee cal oe 2 80 ) Pe ) a é np r ce eee oe se “ 4 Se ae «ib aa Can Cam... see-se- Gi WOODENWARE. Anchots.s.e 2025+. Ce No.2 . 3 80 eee fee FRAY... ..-. 2-22 8 2 Sicko Ct .. 18 earl top. Proctor 4 & Gamble. nelle ben......... 6 ge Ptebe Not... ....... 8... 6 00 Favorite. OO ore No. : Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 37 ‘ ? Cc d 3 45 . se rr 9 @ oncorad...... -- o 45 Hiawatha ae ee 60 No. Bibdneeseecce sa. OYSTERS—Bulk. No. 2 ' SE se sles sala ad 470 5 Ivory, gfe OZ... .... - .s Mei - uba. 34 ‘eis a. twas wt tececeee a = Mita Scieein.... .......... per gal.. 1% ao oe ' ---4 88 ; ‘ tees - 400/ McGinty ......... .. 27 zils, No. 1, two-hoop.. ml) Selecta... .. 1 50 4a Bas ; ‘ Lente. ... i. 3 65 ie Wie. ...... 25 “No. i, three noep.... | SU) Standards... .........-.-.......-.......- 1 00 | No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 1 Mottled German. -.. 315] Dandy a. 29 | Bowls, 11 inch ee erie ies TE 2 20} No. 2 ok 30 Town Talk eens _2 Torpedo .. ae = i os a : = ae... ae 2 00 : 1¢ rimp, per. ik: eee 13 Siena Brands. n drums.... z ee I OOF rate notin wn ene en tn ewan as 1 60 Mi tne bee. 3% | Yum Yum cess 28 i = ME geese en tet es 1 30 cha ee 1 2 LAMP WICKS. 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 | 1892......----- 2-2 +e : Gas FE sada eet ane a 2 40 Ppt tacoma ll a A 23 5 ¢ 10 box lots, delivered...... So." Grame............ 22 eee cers ae Oysters, per 100 ce 1 25@1 50 No. 1, OO 28 Jas, S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. Plug. vane shipping = Clams.“ a a > TL ease a aaa salsa e aia ala = ee fe . ” American Family, — = = Sorg’s Brands, * full hoop “ 1% cod Mammoth pendee. vis oss Fe brands, | SPearhead --------++-: 33 “willow cl’ths, ‘No 0.1 5 25 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. . Moeea cn ¢ ’ N. K. Fairbank mo. 6 eee, | Selo... ws. a7 ni 0.2 6 25 " ’ 4 Butter C Toe s to6 ga i ee a GeutiCics ..........., 4 on | Nobby Twist............ 39 i o “ Boa sa The Fens Comey ss quotes as follows: 4 eal por doz... ...... 60 : Brown, 60 bars. ean Sonia By anan, “ splint ‘ No.1 3 25 STICK CANDY. Jugs, % gal., m. Ne 7 Ht ale “ 80 bars ... " 3 95 oe aE RED 26 - 3 ss 6LNNo.2 4 Cases Bbls. Pails. “ im4 gal., per ee... «.@ , Lantz on Co. rene a 38 " . * Mostae antent, a id. ........ 6% 1% Miik Pans, % gal., per, en... 4 oo ~ OO ‘ : Valley City 34 INDURATED WARE, _...... a 6% Oe eee - oO es allies Cay ........... ; oa. fe y “bs ae | i a 3 ee eee cl 4 09 | i Pails.. _28 Twist i. 5% Me > > ~ Sensible Advice. From the Sparta Sentinel. Every business man should take and} read THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. It is} | an invaluable publication and should re- ceive a hearty support. | JOBBERS OF STAPLE AND PANGY GROCERIES, GRAND RAPIDS. —— (J: OUR MOTTO: Good Goods, Right Prices, Govrteovs Treatment, = CLOTHING MERCHANTS. We have decided not to carry over any of our fall stock. It will pay you well to see our line of ready-made clothing of every description; none better, few as cheap; and these reduced prices place us lowest of all, as every vesture must be closed out. Write our Michigan representative, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. NotTicE—William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday and Friday, October 26 and 27. Mich., on CUSTOMERS’ EXPENSES ALLOWED. A. E. BROOKS & CoO., Manufacturing Confectioners, have a er fine line for the fall trade—now ready RED -;- STAR -- COUGH -:- DROPS They are the cleanest, purest and best goods in the market. MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING Co., | CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. | Originators of the Celebrated Cake, “MUSKEGON BRANCH.” | HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. - alent é = ade 9 ‘ ate bale , ‘lai 2m is atri- hal algae a v demands bread he — pal- |} munerate him for grinding the balance, | that can be claimed for them is a petri-|;\ Grand Rapids...... 7:30am 1:25pm 5:45pm atable nick-nacks not requisite for the| he would still have 40 vounds of flour | fied forty-second cousinship. There is| At. Grand Rapids...... 9:20am 2:30pm 5:25pm ’ sustenance of life. p ed eae : e whe: aio AP gd , : : i c TRAVERSE CITY CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. @ - of ae — bushel of wheat taken tothe|simply nothing in common between] _;, Grand Rapids... 7:30am ........ 2:45pm rhe Bread is one of the cheapest and, when | mill, besides the bran and shorts. He|them. They are utter strangers to each = eee ete ee weeeees 7:35pm : 4 ' : : Ax. EeGverse City .... Zao =... 8-05pm. made of the right grade of flour and| assumes that wheat nowadays will make| other. Bread sells for 8 cents—wheat is} Ar. Charlevoix es 3:15pm a 10:45pm 4 properly baked, one of the most whole-| as much flour as it did formerly; that the|a different article altogether, and has a eo a pm *11 :35pm 5:00am 1:30pm +Except Saturday. Other trains To G. R..Iv. Chicago. ToG. R..lv. Petoskey *Every day. week days only. ployes cut down 61 per cent.; when the}180 pounds of flour, beside bran and|are able to feast on 8 ceut bread and DETROIT, _SULY %, 1698 .? unemployed in the country at large ex-| shorts. At present price of wheat 180] other expensive luxuries. Itis all right LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. i ceeds three-quarters of a million—includ-| pounds of flour could be obtained for | for those who can afford it—indeed, it is GOING TO DETROIT. eo ing 4,000 in our own little city alone— | $2.43 under the old method, whereas that|a duty, for should the wealthy confine and when this condition of things is made still gloomier by the near approach of another long winter—it is wonder that people are asking themselves the no quantity of flour bought at the grocery, to-day, would cost $3.75. He finds that, on a basis of present wheat values, his home-made bread is costing him 45 per their living to necessities, regulating their expenses with the least respect for economy, there are other manufacturing industries beside the making of bread Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am *1:45pm 5:40pm Ar. Detroit .............11:40am *6:o0pm 10:26pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit............. 7:45am *1:45pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 12:45pm *5:40pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T, LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm a4 question, ‘‘Why is bread eight cents a] cent. more than it used to. The miller’s| which would not enjoy the high degree il : ] f } 7 { — I ] > 54 eents a * " 4 . i ‘ * TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. oat when | wea | a 7 a a toll is provided for in this calculation, |of prosperity they now do. If the rela-| Ly. Grand Hapids........ 7:00am 1:45pm 5:40pm va bushel?”? The price of flour and bread|and if the modern miller is no greedier | tion which now exists between bread and Ar from Lowell.......... 12:45pm 5:40pm ..... . should be governed by the price of wheat. |than his more primitive predecessor, it} wheat values is a just one, God pity us if THROUGH CAR SERVICE. if This is 257 iti hie en ’ .. Ae sad 0 i : ; : “ arlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap 2 This is a simple proposition which no would seem that this 45 per cent. went | wheat ever goes up to a dollar a bushel, | jas and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- miller or baker in a condition of sanity | into the dealer’s pockets. The selection | for bread would then cost us 15 cents a ing train. a : = s : - u . : . : : : *Every day. Other trains week days only. : will take exception to; therefore, when) of a medium grade for comparison is a} loaf. E. A. OWEN. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. i B wheat tumbles from $1 to 54 cents and| fair one. When the grain is reduced to —____—~. -¢ << ____— ‘2 flour and bread show inadequate sympa-| three grades the bulk of the flour goes Use Tradesman Coupon Books. MICHIGAN ( TENTRAL a thy, the only rational conclusion possi- | into a medium grade, or from 60 to 75 per = _ ices the part of consumers is that the me : i . > TOLEDO “The Niagara Falls Route.” e XT sons = - cent., while the head or patent and the (Taking effect Sunday, May 28, 1893.) re millers and bakers were either working | lower grades make up the balance. Arrive. Depart , ing yoarding themselves be- eee a5 aia ae 1 2om........ Detroit Express ........ 6 55pm for nothing and boarding themse Ss The miller has sins enough to answer 6 00am ....*Atlantic and Pacific.....10 45pm ¢ fore the tumble in wheat, or else they are} for without being held responsible for 10pm ..... New York Express...... 5 40pm i otek P an i : , | *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. a guilty of an unholy extortion at the pres-|eyerything that contributes to make | PAILWAY,. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie ex- “a ime i” . , a. to " A press trains to and from Detroit. eT : bread dear or of poor quality. Itis only r : | Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55 am; re- 1 am aware that the millers profess to | a small proportion of the wheat required | In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & | turning, leave Detroit 5 pm, arriving at Grand @ ne oe bo | i Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee | Rapids 10:20 p m. sell flour according to the price of wheat, | by him that enters the mill at a cost rep-| R’ys offers a route making the best time be Direct communication made at Detroit with ‘ alwavs ice g 2 ice \ : : va + one tween Grand Rapids and Toledo, all through trains east over the Michigan Cen + @ but I have always noticed that the pric ° resented by the market quotations. In Time Table in effect May 14, 1893. tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) of flour responds with a greater show of | addition to the market price paid isa VEA D., £. & HE ¥- : A. ALMQuisT, Ticket Agent, \ : " . ‘ ta . |. " Ly. Grand Rapids at.....7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. m. Union Passenger Station. ‘6 alacrity when wheat goes up than when purchasing commission, transportation | ar: Toledo at i i:i5 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. i 28 , if sae is ideg P . _. el . i oe i teu Vii i. G. 4M, BY. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & MIL- Rae neve: —_ —— _ =~ charges from points all over the country, Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a, m. and 3:25 p. m. D WAUKEE Railway. + 4 following wheat in the adjustment of | ynloading charges, cartage, wastage and | Ar. Toledo at.......... 1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. values, depends quite largely on the up- ward or downward tendency of wheat. If upward, up goes flour, for a profitable margin must be maintained for the mil- numerous other incidentals, all of which add several cents per bushel to the orig- inal cost. It must also be borne in mind that two profits are added to the flour Return connections equally as good. W. H. BenNneTT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect Aug. 27, 1893. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Av2. EASTWARD. tNo. 14|tNo. 16)tNo. 18\*No, 82 Trains Leave G’d Rapids, Lv| 6 45am/10 20am) 3 25pm) 10 45pm Ionia ........AT| 740am|11 25am) 4 27pm /12 27am a ler, which is all right and proper: but, |} after it leaves the mill and before it a On Leave going onan | 9 ooam ri ‘ane 3 ospin| 2 40am ; when wheat goes down, flour remains 0n | reaches the consumer—the jobber’s and | yo. wxinaw.Trav. City and enn a, tie, aga = e — — oe ¢ —_ _ oe top until conditions fully demonstrate | the retailer’s. When a consumer buys | For Cadillac ane ee [tn eee Flint ‘eel Ar [10 05am 3 45pm 7 (5pm| 54am : that wheat is liable to stay down, and | gour at the mill he pays his grocer’s re- Sin edness Ralemanne.. asa ia - {tO 3am 3 05pm 8 25pm| 5 37am ~¥ while flour thus waits future develop-/| tail price for it, and when the retailer |. ‘Trains arriving from south at 6:50am and 9:10am | Detroit. —...Ar |11 50am] 405pm| 925pm| 7 00am ments in the wheat market, the miller is | buys direct from the mill he pays the} daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. Train leaving north at 7:20a.m.daily. This train Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm 11:20 pm al x > 3 re i } | does not run to Traverse City on Sundays. “Trains Leave |*N i receiving more than a legitimate margin. jobber’s price for a like quantity. This | TRAINS sama or a 2 is , just exactly ri . sa . . North. South. | G’d Rapids, Lv| 7 00am) 1 00pm) 4 55pm)10 20pm ‘ eee ee ae asain ie nS eens Oe; ee oreee Se ee For Cincinnati.............----+ 6:30 am 7:00am |@’d Haven, Ar| 8 20am) 2 10pm| 6 00pm/11 20pm it is human nature and, therefore, ex- > ylati ’ ati rade o ‘wise, | For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am | Milw’keeStr ‘| : .. | 6 20am} 6 30am ! — ‘ = @ . : | ulation or protection to trade otherwise For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:60.8 m 2:00 pm| Chicago Str. ‘| 400pm. 6 ieee 4 cusavle. ne miller, Dy Joint action ri s see the miller is not | For Cincinnati......-........... 15pm :00 pm - " ; v : z ! y " | It will thus be seen that capi : a For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. a with his brother millers, does not pro- | wholly to blame for the apparent diserep- | From Saginaw i eae aN 11:60 a m Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 = i oe . + | . | From Saginaw..........+..++++-+ m lia ads p.m and 10:00 p.m. a yose to grind wheat for nothing. Such}, , he a > prese / s of wheat | Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and 11:20 p. m. runs | P-M.. 4: . m. p.m. i ™ I ma a “ é ; x 2 ancy between the pre ~ price ¢ : | daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. _—- — = aon 6:40 a, m., 10:10 united action enabies him to secure a) ; yur oun the grocer’s counter. In or- | : a.m , 3:15 p.m, and 9:15 a, m. . : | and font on thes . | Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. BR. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet S ° profit for every bushel of wheat he|qerto help the reader place this seem- | |ear. No. 18 Parlor Car. grinds, while the farmer who grows it, No. 15 Wagner j , ine roti , “oa i : | Arr Chicago 4:10pm 9:10pm 7:05am Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. : i ingly unjust profit w here it belongs, 1 | 10:06 a : train through coach and Wagner Parlor | Parlor Buffet car. and who is not so favorably circum-} wil] make another calculation. Suppose | -_ Jas. CAMPBELL, City T'cket Agent. stanced, is compelled to perform his part | 414 bushels of wheat be purchased Of | siceping Car. : coach and Wagni 3 11:20 pm train daily, through coach and Wa i 23 Monrce Street- i pi a aan, GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, Oct. 21—Slow and easy is the condition of the grocery market; yet it might be a good deal worse. A geod many goods are being sold, all things | considered, and in some stores the job- bers are doing nearly as much business asa year ago. Retailers, however, are not buying ahead to any great extent, and no speculation enters into their cal- culations. When we consider the many things that have happened to interrupt trade during the past few months, the marvel is that the sales are as large as they are. What with the World’s Fair, the Silver agitation, the unprecedented storms, the discouragingly low prices of the great staples, itis a wonder that trade remains in so flourishing a condition as is found this autumn. There has been a dearth of business among the butter dealers during the past fortnight that makes them very uneasy. It is said that this is to be accounted for in the increased sale of oleomargarine. There is not money enough to enable the Dairy Commissioner to prosecute every ease or toenable him to carry out the anti-oleo law as it should be. Armour & Co. can safely guarantee the rrotec- tion of retailers under present circum- stances. Prosecutions are threatened and on November 1, the ‘‘wheels of jus- tice’’ will be put in operation once more. Be that as it may, it is certain that the trade is very much depressed, and prices are lower by 2c a pound than they were afortnight ago. The very best Western is quoted at 28c, and grades under first qualily are seliing very slowly at from 23 to 25c. Light arrivals of cheese have enabled holders to keep prices firm and 11%;¢ has been paid for fancy full cream State cheese. Western eggs are selling at 23@23\¢¢ and are in good request. Receipts are not large. Canned goods are quite firm and the market seems to be of a very encourag- ing character. The supplies, while ample in some lines, are not so in others, and buyers are purchasing tomatoes with a good degree of liberality at prices ranging from $1(@$1.10; the latter price being to top for good No. 3 New Jersey and Maryland. Cofiee is being purchased under pro- test at present rates of 183 @18%c. Re- tailers are cautious and buying only from hand to mouth. There are about 453,000 bags in sight altogether, with 94,000 bags in New York. Milds are firm and Java sells from 21@23¢c; Mocha, 21@2213; Maracaibo, 19@22}_- The Jackson Association Changes its Name. Jacsson, Oct. 19.—The regular meet- ing’of the Association was held this even- ing with President Fleming in the chair. Several bills for incidental expenses were referred to the Auditing Com- mittee. A letter was received from the Secre- tary of the Grand Rapids Association, in regard to cutting prices, was read, and placed on file. The adoption of a new name, constitu- tion and by-laws being the special order for this evening, the matter was taken up. The name of the Jackson Grocers’ Union was changed to the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association. A new constitution and bylaws were adopted. Among tre new features was the admission of the wives of grocers to honorary membership. The Committee on Petition, relating to i|hueksters and peddlers, was granted | further time. W. H. PorTER, Sec’y. << i Manton Hardwoods. | From the Manton Tribune. William Bros., the last block manu- facturers of this place, will ship this | week a sixty-foot flag pole to be placed on Krentler Bros.’ last factory at Detroit. The pole will be loaded and shipped on the roof of a box car loaded with last blocks. A. R. Chappel, in the employ of Den- inis Bros., lumber dealers at Grand Rap- lids, has shipped two basswood blocks |eighteen inches long and two feet ithrough. They were specimens of logs | for the World’s Fair exhibit. Mr. Chap- pel says the superior quality of the wood | will no doubt attract foreign buyers to | this section and that they expect to estab- ilish a good trade there. The freight on the two blocks was $8.75. —>—> The retail merchants of an Oreogn town have entered into an agreement to |aecept wheat from farmers in payment | of past obligations. The grain will be | taken at a price several cents per bushel moderate demand and prices for turkeys | #bove the market rate, and there will be and chickens are 4c below prices for no excuse for the farmer who fails to dressed. i square accounts with the merchants. PUI THE ASKING. | YOURS ® Write your name and address upon a postal eard, mail it to the Trapesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., and you will receive by return mail samples and price list of its several styles of coupon books, which are the most comprehensive, concise and convenient system ever devised for the handling of credit transactions in any mercantile line, or for reconciling the unrest of cash customers where both cash and credit sales are made indiscriminately. These books are now in use by over 25,000 retail merchants in all parts of the country and in every case they are giving unqualified satisfaction, as they enable the dealer to avoid all the losses and annoyances incident to the pass book and other antiquated charging systems. We were the originators of the coupon book system and are the largest manufacturers in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business. If you wish to deal at headquarters, you are our customers. Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Why Not Use the Best? “Sunlight’’ FANCY PATENT FLOUR Is unsurpassed for whiteness, purity and strength. Increase your trade and place your self beyond the competition of your neighbors by selling this unrivaled brand. Write us for price delivered at your railroad station The Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co., HOLLAND, MICH. Badges SOCIETIES, CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, DELEGATES, COMMITTEES. The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. THE TRADESMAN CoO. & 7 ke WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and bloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & 00, 4° Clana Rapias Grand Rapids Stomp before a blast. | Fragments after a blast STRONGEST and SAFEST EXPLOSIVI mown to the Arts. 4 a Cracker Chests Glass Govers for Biscuits. ich" laa Sus ee 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 trade. They are made to fit any 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. the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS. Price $4. This is bound to be one of Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. A. CovopeE, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. §. Vernier. Cashier. K. Van Hop, Ags’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. JNO i, i=} POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. 4 eas ~=§- Electric Mining Goods EErFiovuss, AXD ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING, THE GRnAT STUMP AND ROCK ANNIHILATOR. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, fosterevene ® T & (0: FOR SALH BY THE & AGENTS FOR Western Mishigan. Write for Prices. Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DFRECTORS: i Jno. A. Covode, D. A Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, ['T. J.O'Brien. A.d Bawne, Henry Idema, i Jno W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. Ss. Verdier. Interest | | | Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, A LADY'S ‘genuine: vier : sHor, ARE THE TIMES HARD! | rTHEN MAKE THEM EASY | Plain toe in opera and opera toe and C, S. heel. | BY ADOPTING THE COU | D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather | PON BOOK SYSTEM FUR tip, $155. Try them, they are beauties. Stock | NISHED BY THE | soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send | TRA | for sample dozen. DESMAN COMPANY, REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, . Grand Rapids, Mich. GRAND RAPIDS. rm. 3. OYSTERS. —_——_0-—— Equalled by Few, Excelled by None. o-— PACKED BY THE . - COMPANY. | | { A ¢SCTOR™ % FULL CREAM CHEESE \ © GRAND RAPIDS, Z \ MICH. QUALITY —— 0 WINS! And you can depend on the best qual- ity when you buy this Brand. GRAND RAPIDS, — COMP’Y, “BRUSHES - a Our Goods are sold bv all Michigan Jobbing Houses, BARGAINS IN Model Oak Stoves, The best air tight Oak Stove ¢« at the lowest price. MANUFACTI ERS OF mn the market, SQl TARE BASE WITH ASH PAN. Screw Dampers, Will hold fire 48 hours. eee we lias kee 3 9 64} oes Sk Oe This oak is as well made as any of the highest priced goods. dampers have ground edges. It has a nickel ring on top, nickel foot rail, door plates and latches, and is a very good looker. The screw air tight damper on round | base is a great selling point, and most valuable feature. The base is one casting, | If you want to make money on oak stoves, order | and the body heavy boiler iron. before our stock is broken. H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. D If You Want Good, Light, Sweet Bread and Biscuits, | ROUND AIR TIGHT OAK, | The Following ——— Is the best line of Coffees in the State. All roasted by CHASE ( | & SANBORN. IF YOU WANT THE BEST THESE ARE THE COPPERS POR YOU TO BUY. Jewell’s Arabian Mocha, Jewell’s Old Government Java, ¥ Jewell’s Old Government Java and Mocha, Wells’ Perfection Java, Wells’ Java and Mocha, Weaver’s Blend, Santora, Ideal Golden Rho, Compound Crushed Java. Above are all in 50-pound cans, Ideal Java and Mocha in one and two pound cans. cery | Co. USE- “ FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS GROCERS. ‘0 MANUFACTURED BY “ThePermen mCompany CHICAGO, 270 KINZIE STREET. MICHIGAN AGENCY: GRAND RAPIDS, 106 KENT STREET. } The doors and | Address all communications to THE FERMENTUM CO.