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A TALE OF NANTUCKET.

One September morning a strange law-
yer paid his first visit to Nantucket, and
called at Melinda Robbins’s house. The
house was near the center of the town,
on a street running parallel with the bay,
or, at least, comparatively parallel, for
the system of Nantucket streets is some-
what eccentric and slightly difficult to
explain. Warm breaths of salt air per-
meated the absurdly narrow thorough-
fare where tufts of grass peeped fear-
lessly between the huge, uneven cobble-
stones.

The door was apple green, relieved by
a gleaming brass knocker of austere de-
sign; one reached it by ascending either
of two little flights of white-railed wood-
en steps which met in a brief, uncovered
porch. And tke few front windows, be-
neath a sheltering gabled roof, looked
forth from their cream-colored framing,
almost timidly, like children’s innocent
eyes.

Melinda Robbins lived alone. Few
strangers visited Nantucket after tran-
sient summer guests had taken their last
departures, and very few ‘“‘off-islanders”
ever called upon Melinda Robbins. The
limitations of Melinda’s social circle
arose from no unreasoning prejudice on
her side of the issue, for she hada
smaller amount of prejudices than
Nantucketers. She simply knew no
bond of congeniality between herself and
people of the mainland; she had no
tastes in common with them, and she felt
that they never could affiliate with her
any more than oil—to use an appropri-
ately aquatic phrase—can mix with
water. Melinda believed in the breadth
and depth of the vast sea, and in one old-
fashioned, isolated island—beyond this
loved horizon, physically or mentally,
she had never cared to roam; it had en-
circled her for thirty-one years and some-
how satisfied her soul.

But Attorney William Ritter resided in
the city of New York; such a distinction
radiated from every atom of his fault-
lessly-clothed person, and he hoped it
did. Next to the honor of disseminating
Blackstone, young Mr. Ritter cherished
his metropolitan environments. As he
entered Melinda Robbins’s parlor, he
trod the primitive floors benignly with a
generous air of palliative condescension.
He talked glibly and carried a pair of
rimless eye glasses on a clear-cut, slen-
der nose.

Melinda sat on the edge of one of her
mahogany chairs and gazed at him. The
steadfastness with which she regarded
the man gave her calm face a_ strong-
minded, frigid look, seeming to accentu-
ate the paleness of its regular features.
Her hair—a nut-colored brown—was
combed straight backward from her fore-
head without the fluffy evasions which
fashionable women use. She wore a
gray dress, simply made, and her eyes
matched the gown. Before the lawyer
went away she asked a great many ques-
tions briefly. in a clear voice.

Three days afterward, some news ran
through the quiet streets without the

most |

 

aid of the town-crier’s bell:
Robbins ’s had a legacy left her. A real
legacy—quite a largeone. Her brother’s
dead—J’irus, the one that ran away when
he wasaboy. An’ she never knew he
was dead!”

People stood in little groups in front
of the stores on Main street, talking it
over, and the more intimate friends
‘‘dropped in” on Melinda.

‘‘Well, Melinda,” one of them said,
smiling in spite of herself, ‘‘you must be
s’prised. I couldn’t believe my ears
when [ heard Timothy tellin’ Sallie
Wright! It’s terrible—ain’t it?’’

Melinda was ironing handkerchiefs in
her trim kitchen. ‘There was a paper
sent me,’’ she answered, ‘‘but 1 didn’t
receive it till to-day. I couldn’t have
gone to the funeral if I’d a-wanted to.”

‘‘My!’’ was the sympathetic response;
‘fan’ he was the last of the Robbinses,

‘*Melinda

too. Exceptin’ yourself,” she added
quickly.
“No,” replied Melinda, blushing,

‘‘J’irus has a son livin’; he’s about twen-
ty-three, now.”’

‘You don’t say!’ The speaker was
blonde and stout and always talked spas-
modically. ‘Just to think of it! an’ you
ain’t never once seen J’irus—have you?”

‘‘No,” said Melinda, her blush deepen-
ing; he never came back. There was al-
ways a little coolness between father an’
him. But they wrote to each other once
or twice. He was the oldest of the boys.
Mother thought it wore on father a good
deal—his goin’ the way he did.”

‘‘Well, 1 guess he must have pros-
pered if he left a legacy.’’
“Yes, he prospered,’’ said Melinda,

vaguely.

‘‘Well, ’'m glad J’irus didn’t do any-
thing mean in his will,’? her companion
went on. ‘‘We’ve always thought ’at he

must have been different from the Rob-
binses in more ways ’n one.”
The red on Melinda’s face had faded

slightly, but two round spots now flamed
anew. It was aninherent trait of the
Robbins family to defend one another in
public, whatever blame might be hidden
elsewhere, and ‘‘J’irus’’ was a sore topic.
Now that he was dead, Melinda’s loyalty
seemed to find fresh incentive. ‘‘Then
you were all mistaken,” she said stiffly;
‘““J’irus was a thorough Robbins; he al-
ways obeyed his own conscience.”’

After awhile, other women entered the
kitchen, and then they all adjourned to
the parlor and satin a row around the
room. Mrs. Piper, a wrinkled little lady
wearing gold spectacles, ventured at last
upon the subject nearest the callers’
hearts. ‘‘Adoniram Wright,” she began

atin’ things!
devoted to
some money;

He thinks you won’t be so
the island, now you’ve got
he says you’ll take on

the way your brother did. Sallie toid
him he ougkt to know you better; but
he’s kind of soured since his cousin left
last spring.”’

‘“‘We don’t set nothin’ by such ideas,
Melindy,’’? said a slow speaker; ‘‘we

big |
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ideas an’ go cruisin’ off to the mainland |

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893.

|

| dull aching in her heart.
|
feebly, ‘‘is the worst hand to say insinu- |

 

know money can’t make you over in a
minute. You ain’t the flimsy kind, any-
how; you’re from good old Nantucket
stock.’’

Melinda Robbins listened gravely. The
women had no idea that their every sen-
tence hurt her like a blow. Since Will-
iam Ritter’s official call, the placid tenor
of her mind had been suddenly lashed
into tumult. It seemed as tossed and
perplexed as the ocean when a storm
sometimes hurled its waves high on Sias-
conset coast; but no friendly harbor
offered safe retreat.

Faint bits of color still brightened her
cheeks. It bewildered her to hear the
chief cause of her silent misery reck-
lessly tossed from these visitors’ smiling
lips. She had only dared to ponder it
stealthily with bated breath. She could
scarcely bear to hear them speak of the
mainland, for relentless reasens were
beckoning her to the unknown continent
—secret reasons that must never be re-
vealed. This had been hard to realize;
and now she saw that her love for her
island home was to be questioned, chal-
lenged, jested about— the very love
which held her from duty with a mysteri-
ous, vital strength.

‘I told Tim Bates,’? pursued Mrs. Pi-
per, ‘that ’d no idea how many thou-
sand dollars you’d got, but I didn’t be-
lieve ’smuch as a hundred thousand
would puff you up above Nantucket.
Nobody but Adoniram thinks ’twould.
So you needn’t mind, Melinda.’’

There was no response. The blonde
person, whose name was Ruth Tupper,
broke in abruptly upon an awkward
silence. ‘Well, how much did you get,
Melinda, or don’t you like to say?’

Melinda spoke with a great effort.
‘‘Why, yes; 1 don’t mind tellin’. ’Twas
a hundred thousand,” she answered

softly.

**G-g-gracious!”’

The information swept the still apart-
ment with the agitation attendant upon
a March squall. The women seemed to
be battling against it. ‘‘Melinda Rob-
bins, be you crazy?’ Mrs. Piper gasped
breathlessly. ‘“*What—what earth
will you do with it?”

Melinda tried to smile. Somehow the
sensation she had evoked made _ her bur-
den heavier—she felt the money to be a
burden.

‘lm glad you dropped in to-day,’’ she
said in the hallway as her friends were
preparing to depart, ‘‘for I’m thinkin’ of
goin’ away soon, an’ I mayn’t find time
to see every one before I leave.’? She
spoke the words niechanically, with a
The jumbled
responses broke on her ears confusedly,
devoid of meaning; and the blurred
glimpses of astonished faces looking
backward as she watched the four fig-
ures receding down the street, clung to
her memory long afterward.

She went upstairs presently, and took
aletter from an old East Indian tea
chest. It bore a last year’s date, and had
traveled from New York in Attorney

on

: Ritter’s coat pocket along with various

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADEHSMAN.

 

  

other documents. She read it again for
the nineteenth time:

My Dear SistER—Your belated ap-
pearance in this world prevented the
possibility of our acquaintanceship; nev-

ertheless I have not forgotten that one

member of the Robbins family still bides |

in the dear old nest. Should time
mit, I may yet ask the pleasure of view-
ing you and the nest, but nothing is cer-
tain here, and death crowds ruthlessly
against life’s sweetest plans. Il’ve
cently made a will which bequeaths
you, unconditionally, my entire

re-
to

,OSSECS-
I

sions. Injustice will be eharged above
my grave. lask you to protect your
father’s son from such a calumny; there-

fore, | write to tell you that my only
child, once the joy of his dead mother’s
heart, is unworthy to become my heir.

 

 

 

 

 

What I have borne in patient v
through many years is known y to
myself—Il wish it to be buried with m
But remember that you are shield

son Eugene from _— tation and dishonor
by accepting my last testament. The

aforesaid
liquor,

when not crazed by
statements.

to remain,

gentieman,
will
i am proud
Your brother,
JAIRUS ROBBINS.
The

ber a sense of depres-

corroborate these

Melinda sighed as she _ finished.

letter always gave

sion. She remembered what she had

said to Ruth Tupper about ! brother’s

er
conscience, and a new truth shot across
her mind in the thought that

science might

even con-

err. She pitied Jairus,

Der-

|} about

 

A brisk, unfaltering north breeze came |
| over the cap of Great Point Light to the

bit of quay where the River Queen, like
a graceless interloper from a_ busy out-
side puifed It was
morning.

boats had not yet
sails glistened

world, restlessly.
of the
off. Tremulous

sun.

early Some
put
the

of

in

the usual throng islanders

the steamer, interested in depar-

tures, but rarely eager to depart them-

seives,

i linda Robbins.

| speed, nor

but ber heart yearned over Jairus’s son.
“It I rob him,” she said to herself, “1
can’t help it; my hands are tied. But1}

ean go to him; and 1—i am—goin’.”’

A smarting ingredient of Melinda’s |
bitter potion was the discovery that her
friends were losing confidence in her.

An unfailing characteristic of
eters is their provincial patriotism. Only

second to America’s flag ranks their
small American island. When whiifs of
Melinda’s westward forecasts were
scented by their eritical seafaring nos-

j drearily
d decided to sail

captains

trils, they were disappointed.
If she ha
tired

foreign voyages of

sea ward—tTre-
gested
Vest-
rsion

reasoned—or sug
discovery— bu
ward and landward—words of ave
failed!

Aud Melinda put her house in parting
order, silently. She re-

grieving
solved to
and-~*

subject of

preclude ‘*J°irus’s meanness”’

‘J’irus’s ‘from bee

Inc

s favor of

jyueerness

unjust debate. feed, she

heard him asking thi her with

his dying voice. She preferred not to}
analyze her motives, so the neighbors
stood aloof and eyed her doubtfully.

in Ne
e town; and
old Nantuel

Robbinses stood convicted.

*‘‘She’s goin’ to live w York,

the iast

flashed through th

‘native’? member of the et

**Money’s turned her head, an’ no mis-
take,’’ Mrs.
have believed it of M

“The |
cap’h,”’

Piper inferred. *‘l wouldn't
elinda!”’
ouse was trig enough

Adoniram Wright

of mingled

old returned,

in a tone triumph and dis-

dain.

There was one individual who never

 

expressed himself upon the disturbing
subject. Dolf Berwick was a man
of few words. He listened to much

that was said about Melinda on the docks

and in the stores, with a pained expres-
then he

person

sion on his bronzed face, would
take his of

from hearing, and meditate

great length away

aione upon

the problem. A few old residents, over-

come with chagrin at the approaching
exodu-, smiled significantly over the
mention of Lis nanir *-Doltf 71] feel sor-
rier’b ever ‘at he couldn't get Melinda,”
was whispered, unblu-hiugiy

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Nantuck- |

The

sessed a dim,

familiar
vibratory

touchingly scene pos-
Me-
People shook her hands
of

farewell,

unreality for

awkwardly, but no cordial ring God-
of

be detected in their forced words.

any tenderness

could

Just before she stepped upon the gang-
plank, a figure, pushing through the
crowd, hurried towards her. It was

Melinda reached out her
hand and he held it for a brief
A bell
hardly

Dolf Berwick.

moment.
There was
for

clanged warningly.

time to complete a sentence,

the man had acted upon a sudden im-
pulse.

“I don’t know why you’re goin’, Me-
linda,’? he said desperately. ‘I know
you’ve got a good reason for it. Perhaps
you'll come back an’ tell us some time.
Please God, 1] wateh for you.’

“Oh, thank you, Dolf!” she _ cried.

or

“Thank you!
**Good-by.”’

Good-by.

The plank swung inward. Shrill blasts
of the whistle pierced the island, and in
a very few minutes the River Queen was

iploughing the water around Brandt
| Point.

Melinda stood on its upper deck.. She
leaned against the rail and looked back-
ward a long time.

At a distance the town portion of the
island seemed to hold soft colors, and
sloped upward from the water, tier

oming a}

above tier. The gray of ancient shingles

predominated, but the transforming au-

tumnal sunshine somehow woke sugges-
tions, patches of faint rose and lavender
and azure; in the center loomed the old |

North Tower’s shining brass dome, from |

whose belfry a certain Spanish bell had

counted all Melinda’s hours in notes of
indescribable metallic sweetness.
A helpless smile crept to her mouth,

for the last few years had been very safe

and content, and she had earefully
guarded against every ripple that would
have disturbed the surface of their calm.

Far to the left an irregular coast line
the where
the undulating

greens and browns.

bordered open country

stretched moors—one
sweep of

She was leaving a little world.
all her past with its
memories, and
North Burial Ground: it

loved ones—dead

childhood
the Old
all the
her
and, alas! real-
that it the
unquestioning faith of but one steadfast

tender

its graves in
held
and living—that

life had cherished; she

ized, with a swift pang, held
heart.

Vine-
said ‘‘Good-by—good by—good-by”’
Irre-
every where,
buoyancy. The

The bell-buoy
yard

beyond Martha’s
—in a breathless, love-laden voice.
swerved
their

gulls
her by
sun streamed full

pressible
mocking
in her face
wide expanse of water.
Melinda
finally
Attorney Ritter helped her considerably

never understood how

reached Jairus’s son.

Probably

no objections toward accompanying Me-

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ters of her newly acquired estates—a |

narrow stone mansion where the only
male survivor of many thrifty devotees
to whaling industry was still idling his
time, cheerfully waiting some most dis-
astrous settlements of the probate
court.

Eugene Robbins’ slender length cov-
ered a white fur rug before a blaze of
logs when the lawyer guided Melinda
into the library. A dreadful fear stabb-
ed thetired woman’s heart, but it was
instantly withdrawn as her nephew
sprang lightly to his feet. ‘*Well, Ido
declare! how do you do?”’ he said, laugh-
ing. ‘‘Why in thunder didn’t the maid
announce you?”’

He was a very handsome young man.

‘‘Allow me,” replied Mr. Ritter, with
proper deference, ‘‘to introduce you to
your aunt, Miss Melinda Robbins.” If
he had added, ‘‘legatee,’? the word
would have carried smaller meaning
than the gesture with which he indicated
his quaint companion.

A stray gleam in the astonished eyes
bent on Melinda brought nearer the
graves in the Old North Burial Ground.
Her thread-gloved hands happened to be

empty, so she held them both out.
“Eugene,” she said, brokenly, ‘‘my dear
boy!”

Attorney William Ritter afterward left
the house in a state of exasperating un-
certainty. He stopped at his favorite
restaurant, and, in a bewildered way,
ordered a breaded cutlet. Terra firma
seemed to be oscillating disagreeably and
made his head almost dizzy. ‘‘Anybody
but a woman to deal with,’’ he reflected;
“you can’t depend on them. They’re—
you can’t depend on the.n.’”?’ He knew
his digestion was imperiled, when he
recollected that Miss Robbins, legatee,
and Mr. Robbins, deposee, were doubt-
less lunching together in the tranquil
precincts of the family dining-room.

Melinda’s new life really began a fort-
night later, but she never spoke about it
to any one. Asa matter of fact, there
were none with whom to divide confi-
dences, had she cared to unburden her-
self. An aged housekeeper, and a faith-
ful colored man, whose office wavered
between valet and butler as occasions
demanded, had acquired a reticence that
embraced both comprehension and _ sto-
lidity.

Sometimes Melinda Robbins sat alone
in the library and wept quietly, thinking
of her brother Jairus. Thoughts of the
island home seldom stayed with her now;
she had pushed them from her memory;
but they could not have thrived long in
the new atmosphere, though a sense of
loss constantly pervaded her intelligence,
as fog pervades a crowded city street.
Once, late in the evening, she paused
before the mantel-piece where Jairus
Robbins’s portrait hung, and addressed
the insentient canvas falteringly, in a
hushed voice: ‘‘I’m takin’ care of your
boy, J’irus,’? she murmured. ‘‘You paid
me too much money; but it costs—it
costs—something else.’’

The pardoning element of Melinda’s
nature came into frequent requisition,
but there were, occasionally, moments
when it was easy to be lenient towards
Eugene Robbins. He had a grace of
manner infinitely winning. His boyish
gratitude touched her. ‘‘You’d better
let me hurry right along to the devil,”
he often advised, with his fascinating
smile. ‘The governor always insisted I
had a predilection that way, and I guess

 

he knew. I hate to see you wasting |
your time among land-lubbers.’’ The |
shock which the words gave to her sensi-
tive nerves was partly modified beeause
the speaker looked at her through —
Robbins’s frank eyes.

But Melinda was obliged to abandon a |
cherished plan. She had intended to rid
herself of a wearisome load by giving |
her inheritance to Jairus’s son, provided
she could persuade herself that he was |
worthy. The folly of such a course in-
truded itself upon her at every turn, in}
hideous contours. Gradually she became |
aware that Jairus had not made a mis- |
take. Many times she tucked his letter
under her pillow and slept more peace-
fully for the knowledge that it was near.

One night she saw a full-rigged ship
entering port, its sails bright with sun.
It was only a dream, but the vague com-
fort of the little vision occasionally met
her unexpectedly.

The seasons, emphasized by a een!
city’s turbulent confusion, followed one
another very slowly, in new guise, like
strange faces, or the faces of friends
masked; while ahead of her she beheld
the unvarying future receding into un-
bounded distances that resembled the
gray infinitude of an ocean.

Four years afterward, when she knelt,
for the last time, beside Eugene Robbins’s
prostrate form, Melinda felt remorse,
mindful that her devotion had lacked
spontaneity, having been evolved from
duty. Troubled by new regrets, she
clung to him with unutterable tender-
ness until the last moment. ‘‘’Gene,”
she whispered, ‘‘I shall miss you; be-
lieve me, I shall. You belong to me.”

The old sweet smile brightened his
face in answer, and something like a
ray of pleasantry crept into his eyes.
‘“‘-You’ve been so kind I’m half inclined
to tell you—a secret,’’ he said, faintly, |
“TY wouldn’t tell any—one else. There’s |
another Robbins—a little kid. Perhaps
—you’ll—help her—some, when she’s—
grown.”

Melinda’s heart trembled an instant,
then leaped on in great throbs. She
leaned eagerly down. ‘‘An’ its mother?
Tell me, ’Gene.’’

‘“‘She’s dead,’’? came the weak answer.
‘*We—were married—before the govern-
or died. There’s a—letter in my old
portfolio. Don’t—don’t tell father.’

His mind had begun to wander; there
was only time to summon it as a witness
to the breathless, sobbing promise of
restitution that broke triumphantly from
Melinda’s lips. “Oh, ‘Gene, Vil give
her all! This house, the money —every-
thing—everything! ll find her, Vll
protect her.” And a brooding peace filled
the apartment when Eugene’s happiest
smile signaled back.

The silence that enwrapped Melinda
during the next few days reminded her
of sunny Sabbath mornings long ago,
when, a little girl, aceompanied by her
Quaker grandmother, she had trudged
through Traders’ Lane to a small drab
meeting-house on Centre street, and
drowsily watched the shadows of a wil-
low tree waver across the solemn still-
ness.

She was roused from her lethargy at
last by the disquieting reality which ter-
minated her search for the latest addi-
tion to the Robbins family. Melinda
had not anticipated the odd sensation
that thrilled her frame at the touch of a
baby’s hand. As she examined the

 

Tierces .

 

(Continued on page 7.)

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Manufacturers of Show Gases of Kuery Description.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY.
68 and 68 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

 

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That which we and the trade have been looking for.

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WESTERN MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR

GH. HAMMOND COS SUPERIOR BUTTERINE.

QIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & GU

WHOLESALE

 

 

Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live
Geese Feathers.

Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks.
OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE.

(dig, Harpolsheimer & Co,

48, 50, 52 Ottawa St,
Grand Rapids.

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE.

 

AROUND THE STATE.
Carson City—Frank Smith has opened
a meat market.
succeeds W. H.
Delano in the grocery business.
Galesburg—A. H. Reed succeeds A. H.
Reed & Co. in the meat business.
Britton—Lee Bros. have purchased the
grocery stock of F. Brown & Son.
Hawkhead—Johnston
Marshall Bugden in general trade.
Stanwood—N. O. Ward succeeds Ward
& Smith in the hardware business.
Scotts—Foster & Simmons succeed
Taylor & Myers in the meat business.
Sears—The Sears Mercantile
ceeds E. J. Priest & Co. in general trade.
Mason—W. M. MeCrossen
Henry M. Williams in the drug business.
Muskegon—H. Mellema is
by Wm. Korfker in the grocery usiness
Ypsilanti—John Taylor, of hard-

Scotts—Anson Pterce

 

Bros.

Co. sue-

succeeds

succeeded

the

ware firm of Taylor & Lefurge, is dead. |

Detroit—The S. H. Davis Co. succeeds
S. H. Davis & Co. in the wholesale fish
business.

Bloomingdale—S. Peck,
Wiggins & Co., has closed business here
and moved the general stock to Barring-
ton, Ill.

Central Lake—It is E. M. McFarlan—
not H. C. McFarlan, as previously stated
—who has purchased the grocery stock
of Wm. Zeran & Son.

Belding—Welsh, Cobb &
style of the new grocery firm
the building vacated by Wilson & Friedly,
composed of E. R. Spencer, Thos. Welsh
and Willis Cobb.

Kalamazoo—J. N. Stearns has sold his
interest in the Cold Storage Co. to
stockholders. F. H. Ackerson, of

a position with the

successor to

the
located in

io

the
other
Hastings, has taken
company.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS,

Ludington—F. E. Gary has been ap-
pointed receiver of the Mendelson Pants
Manufacturing Co.

Traverse City—The Welis, Higman &
Co. basket factory will shut down Dec. 1
and will not start up until April 1.

Shelby—F. L. Peck and J. A. Harrison
a copartnership, under the

& Harrison, to embark in

have formed
style of Peck
the manufacture of broom handles.
Delton—The Delton Roller Mill Co.
trust to the Hastings
National Bank to secure a loan of $9,000

has given a deed

and has also secured the Hastings City

Bank for a loan of $2,000.

Empire — The Ewpire Lumber Co.’s

mills, which have been shut down since
Sept. 24, will
Monday. The
miles of logging road,
full blast in a few weeks.

Greenville — Will H. has
formed a copartnership with C. F. Me-
under the of Bradley &
McGeorge, for the of

operations next

nine

resume

company has now

which will be in

Bradley
George, style
purpose
cold

dimensions, is now

butter and eggs. A
house, 24x70 feet in

in process of construction.

Traverse City—The Oval Wood Dish |

Co. has about three weeks’ cut of logs on

hand, after which it will close down for
a short time to make some necessary im-
provements. Its stock is low and orders
are coming in rapidly, accordingly the
shut down will not last long.
Detroit—The Detroit Time Register
Co. has filed articles of incorporation.
The incorporators are Nelson M. Watson,

who owns nearly all the stock; Benjamin

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James T. Shaw. William H.
and Thomas Muir. The
capital stock is $50,000, nearly all paid in.

| F. Briscoe,
| Burtenshaw
Marquette—The logs lying in a branch
| of the Escanaba River, which were gotten
out by Hart & Misho, and afterward sold
| to satisfy labor claims, have been bought
by Palmer & Hopkins, of this city, who
| will load them on the cars at Palmer and
| bring them here to be sawed at the Dead
River mill.
Lansing—The Lansing branch of the
United States Baking Co. was totally
| destroyed by fire Nov. 25. The company’s
| loss is $10,000; insurance, $5,000. The
| building, owned by Frederick Thoman,
was insured for $5,500 which will cover
| the damage.
| Detroit—The Easy Wagon Gear Co.
| has filed a second chattel mortgage on
jits stock and business at 57,59 and 61
| East Woodbridge street. A. H. Wilkin-
son is made trustee. There are ninety-
| eight debts ranging from $1.25 to $7,000,
|few of them and no large ones due to
Detroit parties. D. P. Johnson is Presi-
dent of the company and H. H. James is
Secretary and Treasurer.

Bay City—The old Tittabawassee Boom
Co., organized in 1864 undera thirty
years’ charter, has virtually ceased to
exist as a booming corporation, the out-
fit of the company having been sold, its
charter expiring in February, 1894. Pre-
vious to 1864 large quantities of logs had
been rafted out of the River and _ tribu-
| taries, but no accurate record was kept
of them, although a close estimate places
the quantity rafted between 1851 and the
date of the organization of the boom com-
pany at 1,700,000,000 feet. During the
eason of 1895 there was rafted and de-
| livered tothe mills by this boom company
1,504,363 pieces, sealing 113,457,850 feet,
| the smallest quantity handled in twenty-
eight years.
| Muskegon — Whether the Muskegon
| Booming Co. is reorganized or not in the
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ispring the logs will come down the
fiver. This was decided at a meeting of
the log owners, and arrangements were
made with the Muskegon Booming Co.
| to put the river in shape for next year’s
| drive. The company’s dredge will at
} once begin work on the in the
channel over which logs have been driven

places

with difficulty this year, and which would
have been closed next year if nothing
this fall. The cost of the
work will be a charge upon the logs, and
The

were done

will not be borne by the company.

| log owners participating in the meeting |

were the MeGraft Lumber Co., Thayer
Lumber Co., Munroe & Briner, Frank
Alberts, Gow & Campbell, Hovey & Mc-
|Cracken, Hackley & Hume and M. Wil-
son.
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B. M. A. Notes.

| Kalamazoo Telegraph: The committee
having in charge the charity fund of the
Business Men’s Association unanimously
decided that the plan to distribute the
money through the committee was im-
practicable, and the committee voted to
| distribute the money, $207.84, between
| the following charitable institutions of
Kalamazoo, with the amendment that if

the Union Aid Society be not in existence |

a charitable organization prior to
January 1, 1894, its share shall be
divided equally between the other four
organizations: Borgess Hospital, Chil-
dren’s Home, Industrial School and
Bethesda Home. The action of the com-
mittee will be made known to the officers
of the various institutions.

Grand Traverse (Traverse City) Herald:

Quite an important meeting of the
Business Men’s Association was held
lastevening. The matter of the location

as

|} of a schvuol seat factury here was dis-
| cussed, the annual meeting with banquet
| was talked some and a plan for winter
| excursions to T'raverse City. The meet-
| ing was called, however, more especially
| to consider the possibility of locating at
;this point a canning facto1y. A large
|; concern would like to establish at some
| center of pea raising such a factory, and
are favorably considering Traverse City.
Great quantities of seed peas are raised
in this section of the State, and Grand
Traverse has the name of producing the
best and cleanest seed in the country.
Peas for canning would be taken in the
pod. Thecrop would come early in the
season and bring the farmers the money
just when it is most needed, before the
general crops of the year are available.
in order to insure the establishment here
of such an enterprise it would be neces-
sary to contract for not less than 500
acres of peas within reasonable hauling
distance of Traverse City. We believe
there is money in it for our farmers.
2 <a
Sow to the Wind and Reap the Whirl-
wind.

The Benton Harbor grocers appear to
have gone crazy on the subject of cutting
prices, if the following newspaper re-
port is any criterion:

Ten grocery firms have lately engaged
in a war on prices for provisions. ‘They
are selling flour at $2.50, twenty-five
cents less a barrel than itcan be replaced
for in carload lots. Granulated sugar is
sold twenty-two pounds for $1. The
grocers declare that they are in it to the
bitter end. Citizens are buying freely
for an all winter supply.

The natural outcome of such a crusade
is a general demoralization and an un-
settling of values which will be felt long
after the cutting campaign shall have
passed into history. Such events tend
to confirm the belief entertained by many
people that the grocery business involves
enormous profits and that only during
periods of fierce strife among the grocers
do profits approach the minimum.

> 2
Opportunity for Effort.

The attention of the State Food Com-
mission is called to the ‘‘industry” thus
described by a local newspaper:

A new industry will be started at
Croswell as soon as the machinery ar-
rives—that of manufacturing syrup with
a maple sugar flavor. The new com-
pound is made from white sugar and
given the maple sugar flavor by a decoc-
tion made from the chips of maple trees.
It is perfectly harmless and makes a de-
licious and healthful syrup.

Such a decoction is probably lawful if
not unwholesome and if sold for what it
really is—‘‘syrup with maple flaver,”’ in-
stead of ‘‘genuine maple syrup.”

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Bank Notes.

Receiver W. B. McKinney, of the
American Bank of Lawton, began last
Tuesday to pay a dividend of 53 per cent.
It is expected that about 75 per cent. of
the bank’s indebtedness will be realized.

The creditors of the City National
Bank of Greenville are greatly dissatis-
fied with the receiver, and recently held
a meeting to consider the plan of signing
an appeal for his removal. The room
| was too small to hold the people who at-
tended, and another meeting will soon

be held at the eall of the chairman.
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| The Grocery Market.
Sugar—aAs foreshadowed in last week’s
| paper, sugar took another tumble early |
in the week, and the market is still weak
and unsettled. It is reported from |
Washington that the Committee on Ways
; and Means has decided to report in favor |
of reducing the duty on refined sugar |

from Me to '44¢ per pound.
Coffee—Mild grades are weaker and a |

{

 

|little lower. Package manufacturers |
' have reduced their prices ye. }

The Drug Market.
There are few changes of importance
to note this week.
Opium is dull and lower.
Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine continues firm, with a higher
tendency.
Glycerine has declined.
—_————— et
C. B. Noble, formerly connected with
the now defunct grocery store on Water-
loo street, near the Wood Carriage
Works, has purchased the John Compton
furniture stock and removed it to New-
berry, where he has embarked in busi-
ness.

 

 

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Carefully selected Greenings, Spys
and Baldwins command $4 per bbl. No. 2 stock
is held at $2.50 per bbl.

Beans — Dry stock is coming in freely.
Handlers pay $1.50 for country cleaned and $1.60
for country picked.

Butter—Weaker and lower, due to the remark
able increase in the consumption of buiterine
and oleo. Dealers pay 18@20c for choice dairy,
holding at 20@22c. Creamery is slow sale at 28e.

Cabbage—Home grown, $2@3 per 100.

Carrots—20c per bushel.

Cranberries—Cape Cod are a little stronger,
commanding #2.50 per bu. and 36.50 per bbl. Jer
seys are in moderate demand at 25c less.

Celery—Home grown commands 15c per doz.

Eggs—The market is about the same as a
week ago. Handlers hold fresh at 22c and
pickled at 20c per doz.

Grapes—New York Concords command 2c per
8-lb. basket. Catawbas bring 25c, while Malagas
in 55-lb. kegs bring #4@5. California Tokays are
the cheapest ever known at this market, com
manding $1.25 per 4 basket crate.

Honey— White clover commands I6c per Ib,
dark buckwheat brings 13@l4c.

Lettuce—Grand Rapids forcing, 15e per lb.

Onions—Home grown are weak and slow of
sale, owing to the large amount of stock thrown
on the market. Handlers pay 40c, holding at 50e
per bu. Spanish are in small demand at $1.25
per crate.

Potatoes—The market is about the same as a
week ago, handlers paying 45¢ here and 40@42c¢
at outside buying points.

Squash— Hubbard, 1%e per lb.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command $3.75 and
Baltimores $2.75 per bbl.

Turnips—25e per bu.

 

 

 

DO YOU WANT A LAMP ?

We Want Money,

And offer Lamps this week at prices that break
all previous records,

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$6.00 Banquet Lamps at ............... » 15
825 Banquet Lamps, cut glass founts
Ore eee 15 00

Come and See what an Upset we have
given Old Prices.

May’s Bazaar,
41 and 43 Monroe St.

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Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion.

At the regular meeting of the Grand
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held
at Protective Brotherhood Hall on Mon-
day evening, Nov. 20, President Smits
stated that the special order of business
was the discussion of the cash system
and the curtailment of the present credit
system.

B. S. Harris stated that he supposed
by this that the grocers were to sell
goods for ali the cash they could get.

J. F. Gaskill (Gaskill & Goss)—My
firm has brought its business down as
closely to cash as possible, without lus-
ing a single customer.

J. Geo. Lehman—I am frank to admit
that [ want to adopt the cash system, but
do not Know exactly how to go at it.

A. Buys (Buys & VanDuinen)—We
have curtailed the credit business as
much as possible, but have many cus-
tomers who must have a limited amount
of credit. Men who are honest and well-
intentioned but temporarily out of work
must not be permitted to suffer. Our
firm sold thirty-four coal stoves last
winter, but we will do well if we sell
one dozen stoves this year, as customers
are buying their groceries first and leay-
ing stoves, furniture and carpets alone.
In my opinion the installments stores
find it a very rocky time for their busi-
ness. The hard times are proving a
blessing to us and our customers, by
teaching us to run close to shore. Peo-
ple are surprised to find how little money
they can get along with, but, in our case,
we find money more plentiful than it was
during the month of September.

President Smits—Il would like to ask
Peter Schuit if he considers this a good
time to introduce the cash business.

Peter Schuit—Yes.

J. Geo. Lehman—My candid opinion is
that this is the year and now is the time
of the year to introduce the cash system,
because such a dealer will get the cus-
tomers of other dealers who have shut
them off from obtaining credit.

President Smits—Should the adoption
of the eash system make any difference
in prices?

Mr. Lehman—Certainly. People are
watching prices closely now, and those
who have cash are trading where they
ean do the best. Unquestionably, now
is the accepted time, but I have not sand
enough to introduce the innovation.

J. J. Wagner—l have given up the idea
of running my business exclusively on a
eash basis. I have educated my custom-
ers to a thirty day basis, and I get out
my statements promptly and insist upon
payment just as promptly. Through
June, July and August trade was good
with me; it lagged through October, but
is now picking up again. The majority
of my customers are responsible. Most
of them are home owners, but some must
have credit for a short period. I attrib-
ute my present position to active effort
in curtailing credits, in consequence of
which my customers are buying light
and not getting behind.

Ed. C. Judd, Fred Fuller and H. D.
Plum all announced themselves as satis-
fiedwith the present condition of trade,
all things considered.

Herman Liesveld—lI might as well shut
up shop as try to do a cash business.

Peter Schuit—It is not impossible to
do «a cash business. When I worked in
Amsterdam my employer adopted the

eash system, and inside of one year every
merchant had followed in his footsteps,
so that now the cash business is the only
factor in Amsterdam.

J. W. Brubaker—l am not now engaged
in business, but, if | were to embark in
trade to-morrow, I would pursue the pol-
icy of the A. & P. Co., so far as credits
are concerned, and sell exclusively for
cash.

A. Brink (Brink Bros.)—We have care-
fully considered the adoption of the
cash business and have come to the
conelusion that it would be all rightifa
majority of the trade were to adopt it,
but, where only isolated dealers adopt a
eash system, the loss in trade would
probably be more than the present loss
through bad debts.

Mr. Lehman—Did any of you ever fig-
ure out the percentage of losses on credit
sales?

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

: Po one
Mr. Brink—Ours amount to between 2 | hillside. Associations and combinations

and 3 per cent.

Another member stated that his loss
exceeded 10 per cent.
H. J. Vinkemulder—The loss account

is not the heaviest one, by any means.
The expense of bookkeeping and of col-

| have failed in their purpose

lecting and the loss on goods not charged |
is more than the actual loss through bad |

debts. Iam ready to go into the cash
business whenever a majority of the

principal grocers will agree to join hands |

in the matter.

B. Barendse—We have not burned our
books and are doing some credit busi-
ness, but we make no new accounts. We
note that the laundries are
pleased with the adoption of an exclu-
sively cash system, and await the time
when the grocers will have the nerve to
adopt the same plan.

Peter Schuit moved that a mass
ing of the grocers of the efty be held at

continue the discussion of this subject,
which was adopted.

The Committee on Trade Interests re-
ported that they had been unable to see

greatly |

and each
manufacturer seems to be trying to see
how much money he
“bust’—7@7¥e for

manila being freely quoted.

lose and not
and lle

an
sisal for

Snow Shovels—The early fall of snow
has made a good demand, and we quote
as follows:

Per Doz.

NOt T Me - $2 00
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mo Si. E....... 1 95
No.2. B...... ... 2 10
Hand Sleighs—Are also being called
for quite liberally. We quote 40 pert

meet- |

| curred in the official

the city millers for the purpose of ascer- |

taining if they would agree to maintain a}

uniform price on flour.

Peter Schuit—‘‘Lily White’’ appears
to be sold at all kinds of prices, both
wholesale and retail, the Valley City
people appearing to make the cheapest
prices to those who do not pay for their
goods.

Daniel Viergiver—I suggest that the
Committee be instructed to ascertain how
many prices the millers have, anyway.
Investigation leads me_ to believe that
the Valley City Mills sell from one to
two tons a day to retail customers. For
my part, I shove **Lily White’? one side
and only sell it when a customer won’t
have anything else.

A member asked what price the mill
was making on ‘‘Lily White” at present.
Reports were received showing that it
was sold all the way from $1.50 to $1.75
per hundred weight.

Treasurer Lehman reported a_ balance
on hand of $327, and the meeting ad-
journed.

2

The Hardware Market.

General Trade—With the close of No-
vember the volume
well. While not as large as one year ago,
it is better than we looked fer it to be
three months ago. All dealers, however,
are pursuing a conservative course, only
buying for their immediate wants and
not for speculation. This condition
seems to prevail with the jobber, as well
as the retailer, and the result stocks
are very lowin all hands. Conditions of
trade, as they existed one year ago, can-
not be looked for before spring, if they
come then. ‘The general tendency in all
lines of hardware is down, but it does
seem as though bottom ought to
reached pretty soon.

Wire Nails—Demand is good but the
price still goes lower. The manufactur-
ers all complain bitterly, but, neverthe-
less, keep lowering their figures. For
earloads and less, shipped from mill,
$1.25@1.30 is quite regular. From stock
we quote $1.60, but this figure be
shaded for desirable orders.

Barbed Wire—Although but little
moving at this time of the year, many or-
ders are being placed for spring delivery
on the basis of $2 for painted and $2.40 for
galvanized for carload shipments up to
February 1. The price from stock has
not changed materially.

Window Glass—With the open market

of trade holds up

is

be

can

is

 

declared by the National Glass Associa- |

tion, prices have all gone to pieces and
there does not seem to be any bottom for
For shipments from

20 per cent. is quite

good-sized orders.
factories 80 and

}

lof enforeing

eent. discount from list.
— _ —e
Changes atthe H & P. Drug Co.
Coincident with the departure of Dr.

tion at Milan, a number of changes

vC-

and office force of
the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.
the President,

H. B. Fairchild assumes the position of

During the absence of

5

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

 

Advertisements will be inserted under this

| head for two cents a word the first insertion and

one cent a word for each subsequent insertion,
No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents,
Advance payment.

BUSINESS CHANCES.

  

A CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR

+ oun heap for spot cash;
the only ivery wag ! Stock about
$2,500, 15, Centre
| ville, Mich 820

i pe EXCHANGE

| ber

OF CLOTH.
two good hard tim

ss each. Thirt

FOR STOCK
ing or boots and shoes,
farms of e

 

“4

      
 

 

| seventy acres Title clear. Address
| Thos Skelton is S21
J HAVE SEVERAL
farms and Lans

} bin

change for merchandise

Lansit Mich

  

 

| \ GOOD CLEAN STOCK Or DRY GOODS.
i= bots, shoes and groceries to exc!

: : Hm | Chas. S. Hazeltine for his consular Si- |
the next meeting of the Association to | i ' ." ee anneal:

General Manager of the business. Mr.
Fairchild has been identified with the |
house in various capacities for over

twenty years and is fully qualified to dis-
eharge the duties imposed upon him in
his present position.

M. S. Goodman is
tary and Treasurer by M. B. Hazeltine,
son of the President of the corporation,
Josiah F.

succeeded as Secre-

and as
Jessup, who has been connected with the
West Michigan Lumber Co. in
capacity for the past eight years.

it is understood that Mr. Goodman’s
retirement from the house is due to
intention to embark in another business

head book-keeper by

the same

his
enterprise of a somewhat similar char-
acter.

-_— ¢ <—- -
Will Retire from the Board of Pharmacy.

James Vernor, who was appointed to
the Board of Pharmacy when the
was created in 1885 and has served
tinuously ever since, his
tention of permanently retiring from the
Board when his present term expires, at
the end of the present year
and has, accordingly, his
friends that he is not a candidate for re-
appointment.

Mr. Vernor’s decision will be sincerely

Board
con-

announces in-

ealendar
informed

regretted by the drug trade of the State,
as he has been a courteous, painstaking
and broadminded official who has given
the Board faithful service and served the
trade and the people with equal fidelity.
During his eight years’ tenure of office, he
has had every official position within the
gift of the Board and retires from office
with the satisfaction of knowing that he
has served the State with distinction and
won warm ecomiums for himself.
7
Purely Personal.

Andrew J. Wylie, of the firm of Wylie
Bros., general dealers at Shelby, was
married Nov. 15 to Miss Hattie Barnes,
of Richland, the ceremony occurring at
THE TRADESMAN

 

the home of the bride.
extends congratulations.

State Food Commissioner Storrs was in
the city last week and favored THE
TRADESMAN with a call. He has ap-
pointed a clerk, in the person of L. M.
Miller, editor of State Affairs, and is now
in a position to do something in the way
the food laws. He an-

 

/nounces that the first thing he proposes |

regular; 80 to 80 and 10 from stock covers |

the local market.

Rope—With the rest, is on the down-|

to tackle is the vinegar question, with a
view to relieving the State of the incu-
bus of impure and unwholesome vinegar
now sold in this State, contrary to law
and in defiance of public health.

ige for

 

   

 

    

   
 

Lansing City proper proved farms. Ad
dress F. C BGrisbin, Lansing, Mich 824

W ANTED—WOODENWARE FACTORY OR
Saw Mill, with good power, to locate here

Substantial aid will be given the it’ party.
Address S. S. Burnett, Lake Ann Mi 819°

(aan E OF A LIFETIME TO URE A

/ business at a great bargain—1 1ery and

fancy goods. Write for particu r Cole,
Mich. S18

ARLY NEW 74 HORSE

power Otto gas engine Discarded because

we must have more power. W. T. Lamoreaux

Co. 122 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids. 816
RY EXCHANGE—+OR GRAND RAPIDS
LD real estate, a new stock of clothing and fur

nishing gocds, invoicing from $5.(00 to $6 000.

        
   

Address $15, care Mi gan Tradesman. 815
Fe ALE—SHINGLE MILL, NEARLY

new, capable of cutt 50.Qu0 feet to-mor-
row. Must be sold soon. bargain for cash

 

buyer. For particulars address,
Goit Tustin, Mich. S14
ieee SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF DRI GS,
- groceries pair sundries, soda appa
in a live, growing manufacturing
0: will ix i bout #4000; only
two other drug stor business; can be
increased; best loc: 2 years’ lease; no

Holmes & De

its, oils

  
 

Fatus, Ctic.,
town of 2

 

     
  
    
 

   

   

trade. Reasons for selling wish to engage in

outdoor pursuits. Address Lock Box 5, North-

ville, Mich. 811
NOR SALE—CITY DRUG STORE. GOOD

location on prominent business street. In-
voice $1,400. Good business. Investigation so
licited. Address Castoria, care of carrier Wells,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 803
- SALE—83,500 STOCK OF GENERAL
- merchandise and two-story building. Rail-
road, 500 population. Established strictly cash
business. Center of town. Best farming sec
tion of Michigan. Bargain. W. H. Pardee,
Freeport, Mich. 804
\ JANTED—TO EXCHANGE A VALUABLE
farm of 160 acres for merchandise or per-
sonal property. The farm is located near a
thriving town, 45 acres improved, balance heavy
ily timbered. Address No. 805, care Michigan
Trade-man. 805
y YANTED—TO EXCHANGE, DESIRABLE
Kalamazoo real estate for merchandise.

 

 

 

Calvin Forbes, Kalamazoo, Mich 806
SITUATIONS WANTED.
YANTED—A SITUATION IN A MEAT

\ market or grocery.
ence. References :
M. Bascom, Sunfield

Three years’ experi
iven if desired. Address R.
Mich. S17
\ YANTED—A practical druggist, with some
capital, to take charge of a first-class drug
store. Address C. Brundage, opera house
block, Muskegon, Mich. 756

HARRY HARMAN’S
SCHOBL OF WINDOW DRESSING

AND DECORATING,
A monthly publication. Displays
line of business.

HOLIDAY EDITION

(No stamps.)

    
 

 

for every

Or
Patt oD

CTS.
1204 Woman’s Temple, Chicago.

A Big Drive
IN ALL SILK (SAT. EDGE) RIBBONS.

Having purchased a large lot of
All Silk Ribbons at the great per-
emptory sale in New York for cash,
we are enabled to offer you the fol-
lowing bargains:

Me 3.0... 40c

Ne a 52¢
No 9... 68c

/| a“ Ne. 18 84c

Or we will assort you a box each

of Nos. 5, 7, 9 and 12, at 52%ec aver
age, and you can select your own
colors.

We make a specialty of Ribbons,
and you will find that we have the
largest and most complete stock of
these goods in the State.

We solicit your inspection or

mail orders.

Corl, Knott & Co.,

20-22 No Division S8t.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

    

6

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Statistical Position of the Potato Crop.

The Statistical Division of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, at Washington, has |
issued its monthly report on the condi-

tion of the potato crop in all parts of the |

United States, from which THE TRADEs-
MAN makes the foilowing summary:

Maine—Rotting badly in northern and
eastern counties.

New Hampshire—Exceeded expecta-
tions in and are of excellent
quality.

Massachusetts — Yielded better than
was expected, and the quality is excel-
lent.

Rhode Island—Are an excellent crop
and the finest in quality raised in
the State.

Connecticut—Are
and free from rot.

New York — Suffered
generally, and in certain

quantity

ever

of superior quality
from drought
localities from
grubs; in others from rot.
New Jersey—Late planted white pota-
and, to some extent,

toes sweets

also |

 

gained points during the closing weeks |

of growth, and the yield of both varieties

is better than anticipated, though much
below that of a good year.
Pennsylvania — Irish potatoes
small crop, but of good quality.
potatoes are a good crop in
Virginia—Are fairly good.
Alabama—The late crop of Irish pota-
toes failed in many places. Sweet pota-
toes were injured by protracted drought.
Arkansas—lIrish potatoes, except in a
few localities, are grown for domestic
use They are planted early and
mature by July 1. Sweet potatoes were
injured by the dry weather.

are a
Sweet
all respects.

only.

Tennessee—lIrish potatoes are below
average in yield.
West Virginia—Sweet potatoes are

raised in very small quantities and ina
few counties only Irish potatoes—the late

planted—proved at digging to be much
better than anticipated.
Ohio—Are little better than half a

erop. The tubers are small and few in
a hill. Notably good yields are confined
to two or three counties in the northeast
part of the State.

Michigan—Are half a crop of
very fair quality, especially in the north-
ern part of the State. Scaband dry rot
both affected the crop.

indiana—Owing to the unfavorable
weather during their growth, potatoes
are not as good in quality as they appear
to be.

illinois—Are a poor yield.

Minnesota—The yield is small and the
quality only medium.

lowa—The average yield and quality
have been greatly reduced by the drought.

Missouri—Were cut short by reason of
the drought which prevailed during the
latter part of July and the first weeks in
August. The quality of both crops
good.

South Dakota—Are under average size;
aconsiderable portion of the crop is
small for marketing, but clean and sound
and of the best quality.

North Dakota—Are a

abeut

is

light yield, in

some localities nearly a failure, owing to |

drought.
Montana—lIs not quite up to average.

Colorado—The average yield has been |

very good indeed and the quality excel-
lent.
Oregon—Not many
gathered, the ground being too wet, but
-they will average moderately well in
both yield and quality.
California—The crop promises well,
the yield being fully up to that of 1892,
with quality better.

have yet been

 

UNBLEACHED COTTONS.

| Dry Goods Price Current.

Adriatic . . ‘« Arrow Brand 4%

| Argyle Ue ewes : ‘“ World Wide. 6
Atlanta AA......... a. oo %
Atlantic a... ox Full Yard Wide..... 6%
m... . Serco A........ -- 6%

_ r.... 5 Honest Witth...... :

C 5... 6 (erica .........

“ th.....-.... © [eee See... .... S46
Amory Cuineee & A........... - 6h

avanaes Bunting... 4
Beaver Dam AA..

See. ....
4%|Lawrence L a
Blackstone oe |. 5 |M

 

 

         

 

adras cheese cloth es
Bieck Crow......... 6 |Newmarket -.
Diack Rock ........ | s....
oeen, o...-..-.... - 4 - g... 6%
ao A... 5M * DD.... 5%
ee %) ' z .... 6%
Chapman cheese cl. 34 Motes &............. 5
Cree © B....-.-... 544/Our Level Best..... 6
a ieee 6
Dwight Star......... er eee... 7
Cen COC........ Sameer. ..... _o
|Top of the Heap.. 7
BLEACHED COTTONS.
ABC. ............. 84/Geo. Washington... 8
Amazon.  @ Glen oe :
ee... 8 6%/|Gold Medal......... ™%
Art Cambric........ 10 jGreen Ticket....... Sly
Blackstone AA..... 7 7) reat Parm.......... 6%
Beats 0 os eee 7%
Boston . 2 wok Ont..... 4%@ 5
Cabot.. : i Phillip........ 7%
Cabot, <. cd ee) ™
Charter Cae ae ns -10
Conway W.......... Tigiiomedalo.. - @8%
1C ive ...... ... 65y| Middlesex. ae 5
| Dwight Anchor. S4%i\No Name............ 7%
. shorts S “ee Vaow..... .....6
ee - jOur Own. -.- O66
E 5 ig |Pride of the West. _.
- i... 74) 'Rosalind.... i.
Fruit “a ‘the ne 84 |Suntight..
Fitchville ....-. 7 |Utica Mills. —
First Prize.... ..... 7 “< Nonpareil a
Fruit of the —— %- 74 veeyere............- 8%
Fairmount. . : 444|White Horse....... 6
Pa vies... ...... x 60~—CtséaRe... -. 8%
HALF BLEACHED COTTONS.
eee oo Anchor. 8%
Farwell. ‘ i.
mie FLANNEL.
Unbleached. gd
Housewife A... oe Housewife >: 6%
0 Salo il 7
- oe 6 - % eee 7%
. D....l. ese “ Sc 8%
’ a... 7 " c.. 1... 9%
“ r.... 7 " 7, lo
“ ee ™ q ae
. a. 7% " ee
ss Po 8% “ LL 1
“ : .. 8% - .... 1
' a 9%
- i. ee
. - .....-.. oe
e a... oe
ve ne 2
- re 14%
CARPET WARP.
Peerless, white.. ...18 (Integrity colored. ..20
ae a) wale ceer.......... 18
Integrity . ee * colored. .20
“DRESS GOoDs.
Bomiiien ........-- v a
“ ee ! “
GG Cashmere...... 20 +“
Paes... ...-... 16 .
coo | .
CORSETS.
Coraline. .........-89 50}Wonderful $4 50
Schilling’s.. ...... 9 OO\Brighton.. ........ 4%
Davis Waists . 9 O0|Bortree’s .......... 9 00
Grand Rapids..... 4 50|A bdominal | 15 00

CORSET JEANS.

 

CaS ae ce 6% | {> Naumkeagsatieen.. 7%
a = Ses Ti eck ert...... - .-.- 6
Biddeford. ........- eeeeen.........-. 7
Brunswick. . 6%) Walworth ...... -- or

PRINTS.
Allen —- reds.. 54%|Berwick fancies.... 5%

oe 544|Clyde Robes........
pink 5 purple 554 |C harter Oak fancies
— .....- 54%|DelMarine cashm’s.

“

“

 

 

_ pink checks. dt4/ . mourn’g 5%
- staples ...... 5 |Eddystone fancy... 5%
= shirtings 4 chocolat 5%
American fancy.... 5 = rober.... 5%
Americanindigo... 5 | . sateens.. 5%
American shirtings. 4 Hamilton fancy. 5%
Argentine Grays... 6 sta 5%
Anchor pe. _. Manchester ancy. 5%
Arnold --- 6 new era. 5%
Arnold Merino. ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 5%
long cloth B. a Merrim’ck shirtings. 4
* C. Repp —: a
‘© century cloth 7 Pacific fancy . 5%
.- peo... * foeee........ "6
“ green seal TR 10%|Portsemouth robes... 6%
« “yellow seal. ert: Simpson mourning.. ox
s seree...- 11% i ~ 77 Sees
“« Turk.” red. -10% ‘© solid black. oa
Ballon solid plack.. Washington indigo. 6%
* colors. ‘* Turkey robes.. 7
Bengal blue, green, ** India robes.... 7%
red and orange... 6 ” plain Tky x «, s
Berlin solids........ 5% “*
~~ eoe.....% ‘* Ottoman =
- ‘“* green 6 re .-........ My
“ Foulards 5%) Martha ee
« rea X 7 Turke 7 ™
- a 9%| Martha aapekaann
\ ' “ 24... 0 Turkey red........ 9%
. “ 4X XXX 7 2 |Riverpoint robes 5%
| Cocheco fancy...... Windsor fancy...... %
madders. . 5 . old ticket
sae XX twills.. indigo blue.......10%
“  golids...... 5 (Marmony ......... ,
| TICKINGS.
| AmoskeagACA....i2%/ACA..... ....... -
‘Beatin ......-.- ™ Pemberton ae 16
| ' SN 8%/ York. .. ‘ | om
| . Awning..11 |Swift Gives 1%
ee. .........-.. Pee Merer......... 12
First Prise Ns 10%| Warren. 118%
| Lenox Mills ........18 |C pimoga 16
COTTON D re .
| 2am. Pe “BRING a. oc... 8
ea No Name 1%
| ontton, Z........... 7 ee eee... ...... 9

    

         

 

 

DEMINS.
Ne Columbian brown. .12
a. —-s. Everett, Dimse........ 1
. oem... 5. brown. ....12%
Anerer........-<-.- 11% Haymaker pine. .... 7%
Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... aa
o Bn... 9 igairey........ ..2:.- 11%
: oC... PaO ......-.-. 12%
Boston. Mtg Co. br.. 7 |Lawrence, 90z...... 13%
blue 8% i No. S20....15
“* d«& twist 10% . No. 250....11%
Columbian XXX br.10 . No, 280....10%
axx 01.9
GINGHAMS.
es ee 6% Lancaster, staple... 6
‘* Persian dress 7 fancies . 7
. Canton .. 7 _ Normandie 8
. aru... 10%/Lancashire.........- 6
. Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5%
. Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6%
. Persian.. 7 |Normandie......... 7%
Arlington staple.... 634|Persian. oo ©
Arasapha fancy.... 4%|Renfrew ‘Dress...... Th,
Bates Warwick dres 7%/Rosemont.......-..- 6%
_ rr 6 iSlatersville ......... 6
Centennial. . 10%/Somerset....... ...- :
Criterion .... cr recoem .......-..-. ™m
Cumberland staple. 5% oe Ga nore.....-. 10%
Cumberiand.... .... O_o ™
Dees... 4... a “ geersucker.. 7%
————————— Titi Wwaerwiek.... .....- ’
Everett ee. ose Gel W AeenGen,........ 8
Exposition. . _.. oe . heather dr. 7%
eens... 6% " indigo blue 9
Glenarven.... ... 6¥|/Wamsutta staples. . o
iaemereos.......-... 7 Westbrook. ole
ee ee Fh cee 10
Jobnson Vhalonecl %/Windermeer.... .... 5
Y indigo blue 9%|York .... ... .----- 6%
_ zephyrs....16
@RAIN BAGS.
Amoskeep...........18 |Georgim .. --..-- .- 14%
ee 19 ee ec
Dereon... ...... Se
THREADS.
Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour'’s..........- £6
cor, 2. a F....... — imereeire.... ...... 81
oevene............. R%

 

KNITTING COTTON.

 

White. Colored. oo —
me 6S. = me, i... 37
fe luce 8
. 2... 35 oo i> ....... 44
- 2... a1 ow 40 45
CAMBRICS.
oaeer.....-......... “4ieawards........... 4%
White Gter......... 444\Lockwood...... .:. 4%
mid Giove........... McrWOOGS............ Oe
Newmarket......... 4% Brunswick ........ 4%
RED FLANNEL.
Ficceen...... --... 32% i J Seta ee epee cee 2%
Cvon@euwe.........-eere oo... ---- . -.-._- 32%
Talo 22 k......... 30 J R woes ........: 35
Masseroms........,..205 Buckeye a ae 32%
MIXED FLANNEL,
Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17%
eee BL... es. 22%|Western W ......... 18%
Wieeer.....-....-... eae OF............... 18%
6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... 23%
eee ©... -...-_.- 22\4|Manitoba........... 23%
DOMET FLANNEL.
Nameless ..... 8 @ 9%! _ 5 oo
“ ..-- 8%@10 | ' i. 12%

CANVASS AND PADDING.

 

 

Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate Brown. Black.
9% 9% 934/10% % 10%
10% 10% 10%|11% 11% 11%
11% 11% 1144/12 12 12
12% 12 1244/20 20 20
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz........ oo West Point, 8 oz....10%
Mayland, 8oz.. 10% 100z ...12%
Greenwood, 7% ‘OZ. . % Raven, 100z Pies cesses 13%
Greenwood, 8 oz. 1.11% —.h ltt 13%
Boston, § og,........ 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ 12%
WADDINGS.
White, dos......... 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....88 50
Colored, dos........ = Soren Cw 7
SILESIAS8,
Slater, Iron a: . 8 ;Pawtucket..
Red Cross.. 2 undie
een 10%|Bedford.... .... ...10%
_ Best AA..... ” aad Cy... “10%
LL. CL er 10%
ee ae
SEWING SILKE.
Corticelli, doz....... 85 {Corticelli knitting,
twist, doz..4¢ per %oz ball...... 30
50 pi doz. .40

 

OKS AND EYES—-PER GROSS

  

 

 

No : BI’k. & _White.. 10 No 4 Blk & ‘White. 15
12 8 -20
us 3 - AR 2 ' 1.25
No 2-20, Ee....... 0 "No 415 2 ......@
Pee
No 2 White & Brk iz. "No 8 8 White & BI’k..20
- / . _—-— a . 23
“ 6 “a ide a“ 12 o -_
SAFETY PINS.
Mes....... --+.----. 28 _ eee sees 36
NEEDLES—PER M.
A. coee.........5..- 1 #|Steamboat.... ......
Crowely’s.. — acne Med......... -1 50
Maceare.....-...... 1 Gj Amoeriean........... 1 00
TABLE OIL CLOTH.
5—4....175 6—4... 5—4....165 6—4...2 3
a.

Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... .
(oem. 12 Rising “star 4ply..
re ieee 18 3-ply.. it
Anchor . -. tert eee... ..... 20
Bristol 13 | Wool Standard 4 we 4

Cherry Wate 08
IxL 18%

POwnatan .....-..-

PLAID OSNABURGS

 

eee... ... .....:; 6%|Mount Pree: - 6%
Alemanoe........... ci ne yee 2
ee % NE osc ee ice ee 5
Ar sapha...... _. ee. eae ewe 7
Georgia ee 6% oe: «+ O06
EOS oo. cc rus. 5% a medeccea cas - OM
on Heyer.......... ES
MN Bias odes pices ‘,

 

 

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

D. A. BLopegtt, President.
Gro. W. Gay. Vice-President.
Wa. H. ANDERSON, Cashier,
Jno A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier

Capital, $800,000.

DIRECTORS.
D. A. Blodgett. Geo. W. Gay. S. M. Lemon.
C. Bertsch. A.J. Bowne. GQ. K. Johnson.

* D. Rathbone
. Fletcher.

Wm. H. Anderson. Wm _—_
John Widdicomb.

Collect Your Bad Debts

Send us #5 for an outfit guaranteed to bring in
at least its cost, and results prove it to be the
best system in existence. Try it. The outlay
igsmall. No other charge for fees or commis-
sions, and money will be paid direct to you, not
throngh us. We will refund the %5 it not col-
lected +0 that you will be out nothing for the ex-
periment

As to our responsibility, ete., refer to follow-
ing Detroit Banks: John L. Harper & Co., Mer-
chants and Manufacturers’ National Bank, C ity
Savings Bank. Enclose stamp to insure reply.

The Credit and Collection Go.

LTS SHE

 

 

 

BOOTS,
SHOES, anv
RUBBERS.

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Raton, Lyon & 60,

20 & 22 Monroe &t.,

OUR FULL LINE OF

Holiday -- Goods

Now ready, including a large assortment of

ALBUMS,
TOILET SETS and NOVELTIES.

THE LARGEST LINE OF

DOLLS

SHOWN IN THE STATE.

RATE REDUCED
FROM $2 To $1.25 PER
DAY AT THE

Kent Hotel,

Directly opposite Union Depot,
GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

Steam Heat and Electric Bells.
thing New and Clean.

BEACH & BOOTH, Prop’rs.

Every-

)
|

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i.

THE

 

(Concluded from 3d page.)
small fist, impelled by the curi-
of womanhood, her mind shaped

child’s
osity

the wrinkled palm into akind of link

between Nantucket and the mainland.

A substantial-looking female
had a jealous conviction that Melinda’s
close embrace of the flinnel-enveloped
human bundle threatened personal
to herself. The jealous conviction proved
a real obstacle in Melinda’s path. More-
over this baffling opposition was supple-

loss

mented by the evident fact of the child’s |

well-being; for the youthful Robbins
flourishing with all the ambitious,
pink-hued health of carefully-fed  in-
fancy. Attorney William
his fastidious presence into the doubtful
and truce was finally established
in the form of arrangements for the dis-
tant future, when legally signed papers
would have power to effect a different
guardianship.

The last action of Melinda Robbins,
before left the noisy, enterprising
city, took place in Mr. Ritter’s office near
the top of a tall building. In the pres-

was

scale

she

ence of this harassed gentleman she
signed a document which gave to a

humble slip of humanity, and to its heirs

forever, all the real and personal prop-

erty included in the Robbins _ estates.

And the lawyer fastened a great red seal

beneath her name.
% % * * *

Mrs. Nathaniel Piper of Nantucket re-
ceived an oblong, slender envelope which
seattered surmises right and left before
it was actually Postmarked
New York, and being one of very few
letters received during the year,

opened.

its re-
cipient thought of Melinda almost imme-
diately, and the news contained therein
traveled about the neighborhood at a
marvelous speed, considering the rheu-
matic afflictions of Mrs. Nathaniel Piper.
Every one at all interested in Melinda
Robbins heard that she had lost her
property and was turning her face to-
wards the home of herancestors. There
are times, and then, when Provi-
dence seems to rule everything to the
satisfaction of everybody; and a delight-
ful cognizance of unclouded justice was
hidden beneath the pleased satisfaction

how

with which these good ‘‘natives” waited
for the voyager’s return. In spirit they

‘‘lookoffs”

roofs, and watched hopefully.

Melinda arrived at the pier in a state
dreamful stupor. It

ascended to their on

of noon 1
July, and the harbor was blue with the
deep, wonderful blue of a gentian blos-
som. The wharf was crowded witk all
kinds of vehicles. Fishermen’s lusty
voices were calling to one another.

She walked to her house almost silent-
ly. In the little gardens that she passed,
abundantly, and the fra-
grance of sweet peas drifted over picket-
fences. There seemed to be ashy, subtle
perfume astir within her heart.

The interior of the cream-colored house
looked a little strange at first, and she
hardly knew she was at home till Dolf
Berwick happened in, on his way to the
cliff, and smilingly jested about her sud-
den return. He looked very brown and
very glad.

The shutters were drawn and Melinda
sat on a low chair by the window. Her
black gown was joined at the throat by
an old-fashioned gold brooch that pierced
the parlor’s cool dusk
mer. Her eyes were bright, too, when |
she looked up at the man’s height. She

was

flowers grew

relative |

Ritter threw |

the old |

with a faint glim- |

| aia not try toanswer him, but the eyes | Be
said something that gave Berwick a sud- |
| der thrill. |
| He went swiftly to her side and she |
| rose and faced him with a gentle smile |
that made him doubly “At iast,
| Melinda,”’ he said, softly; and as he put |
his strong arms around her, she made no |
resistance, but leaned her head against
his breast like a weary child.

“Not now,

sure.

”

“but some |
| time—perhaps—after a—long while—l’1l
tell you about it.”’ — E.

<> ¢ —.— -——-

THE DRUMMER.

she murmured,

STOWE.

Let loftier poets sing of knights,
Of fairies, sylphs and satyrs,

Of sprites and fays of ancient days,
And other outworn matters.

Of kings and ancient heroes brave— |
I sing a newer Comer—

A man whom fate created late,
Her masterpiece—the drummer.

He never fears the face of man,
Meets all men on a level,

Nor snub nor bruise can make him lose
His perpendicular bevel.

Srave as those msthiz crews who sought
The Hesperidean apples,

For unafraid with lords of trade
And merchant kings he grapples.

te fights with monarchs of the mart,

He meets them in their fastness,

Shows them his sleek expanse of ‘‘cheek,”’
And awes them with its vastness.

The merchant king behind his bales
Yields to the bold marauder,

He cowers and quakes—the drummer takes
His thousand-dollar order.

He flies upon the. wings of steam,
Nor times nor tides restrict him,

And from his flights he only lights
To swoop upon his victim.

He swoops—then comes the tug of tongues—
Of vibrant voices wrangjjng—

Loud plows are dealt, then in his belt
Another scalp is dangling.

A thousand miles is but a step,
The continent a straddle,
When on his steed of wondrous speed
He buckles on the saddle;
The sunrise and the sunset sea
To him are near together,
With tropic glow and polar snow
He sandwiches his weather.

The longitudes and latitudes
He leaps in tireless motion,

This shuttlecock between New York
And the Pacifie Ocean,

This continent waltzer still will dance,
Through States and rations spinning,

And change his climes as many times
As most men change their linen.

“The soul that hustles not shall die,”
This is the creed he preaches;
And ‘twill agree with you and me
To heed the truth he teaches.
Life is no languid holiday,
No long and idle summer
Come, pack your grip get up and skip
And hustle, like the drummer
Sam WALTER Foss.
———___—»—9—<_____—_
Most Christians are willing to do great
things for God, while but few are willing
to suffer.

 

 

Hardware Price Current.

 

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aAUGURS AND BITS. dis.
Snell's... Se eee i 60
eS 40
Jennings’, genuine...... So 25
Jennings, matetion ............/... - 50&10
AXES,
First Quality, @ D oreme. |... 6... $7 00
Lt.te............... a
S. BS Steel...... Lecce aus 8 00
' ee 13 50
BARROWS. dis.
a sees 24 G0
ee ‘net 30.00
BOLTS. dis.
OT 50&10
Carriage al 75&10
Pe cee, Levee scep us. - GO
Sleigh ee eins eas ous 70
BUCKETS,
Well, plain ed ..8 3 50
OE eee a. oe
Burrs, Cast. am. |
| Cast Loose Pin, figured........ --0&
| Wrought Narrow, uriaht Bast joint.. - 66.0 |

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Mevedeet Lage Fin... cl. co... .. O&10 1AMMERS
eee Toe. ............... oats 60&10 Maydole & Co.’s..... Cis
Wrought Inside Blind........... 115... aeons Kip’s. eee s dis. 28
Wrougnt Brass......... eee. . 75 Yerkes & Plrmb’s.. dis. 40ds1!
ped, Cie s............ Ler ssesercaee es -%0&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel ‘ 30c list 60
B)ind, Parker’ ee teeta, _. ..70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30¢e 40410
| Blind, ac «|... 70 / HINGES,
BLOCES, — Clark's, 1, 2,3 —_—
| Q aa | State ne . net, 2 50
Ordinary Tackle, list Apri! 1892. cO&10 | Screw Hook and Strap, to 14 and
CRADLES. longer we teeee “ ——. on
wan. . dis, 50d02 | Screw Hook and Bye, 4 net 10
‘ i ne 83
| CROW BARS, ‘ . % ue. aa a
| Cast Steel.... Looe per ) %. ue @F
CAPS. Stre} a7 ni ae ‘ dig. ; at
iy stio...... ee : ar m at. GERS. ais
eee UDC CU Mfg. Co., Wood track. ...50é10
an... 6 35, | col ction See euueewa Goue a. 60&10
Musket 2. )| Kidde 46
rail \LLOW WARE.
| CARTRIDGES. Puen... ................. 60&1t
| Rim Fire eS / 50) | Kettles 60810
Central Fire eee, dis. 25 | Spiders -60&10
CHISELS. dis. Gray enameled... .. 40&10
Pir 10! HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
soc DB eves e eee ee eer ee et eee nee eed O&10 | Japanned 1 Tare. ’
onli aa aa 70810 | Granite Tron — new iit 33%410
| oe ket Decca ‘ 7010 WIRE 600D8, dis.
| Butchers’ Tanged irmer.. one 4 Biight..... 70&10&10
i COMBS. dis = w Eves. |... . 70&10810
i . wmn8 a
Coury, Lawrence’s........... ' | 49 | 2008 8 eee 70&10&10
Hotch kiss . es . : : 2 Gate Hooks and Eyes.... . 70810410
CHALK aL LEVELS. dis.%
j TALK. Stanley Rule an evel Co,’s :
| White Crayons, per gross. 12@12% dis. 16 ’ ee q
COPPER, Sisal, ¥ inch and larger . 9
Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound = 28 Manilla : 3
14x52, 14x56, 14x6 26 4 i" ee S55.
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60 oo 23 12, hte it a
Cold Rolled, 14245. | 23 sib 6
Bets... ...... : 25 ou a: =
DRILLS. 1s SHEE? eae : b
! om. Smooth. Com.
Morse’s Bit Stocks..... a . Wi Mee tod 4 05 82 9:
Taper and straight Shank. a ) | Nos. 15 to 17 4 05 3 05
Morse’s Taper Shank...... m | Now Ista et... |. .. <0 3 05
DRIPPING PANS Br ere eat eethonen sakes ae 8 is
Small sizes, eer pound ..... ... un fy ora erent rereee : = : =
§ , a. / ' tag | NO. we... -- - ll ae e i 45 3 35
Large sixes, per pound *| All sheets No. 18 and lighter. over 30 inches
ELBOWS. | wide not less than 2 2-10 extra
Com. 4 piece, 6 in cg dox. net 7%] SAND PAPER,
Corrugated Ate 4 | List acct. 19, 86 ... . lis. §
Adjustable. dis. 40@10 | SASH CORD.
ne dis. | Silver Lake, White A list 5¢
=XPANSIVE 8. ss y ‘ x
Clark's, small. $16; larce, @26.............. 3t) White i By 50
Ives’, 1, $18: 2, 824; 3.83) ... eae Drab B pe
FILES—New List. dis. | ‘ White C ‘ ar
eae ..60€10! Discount, 10. _
New American -60&10 | gasH WEIeRTS
ees. a 60410 | Solid Eyes CT any _per ton 825
. es : as rn
Heller's Horse ‘Rasps  . : es 50 Hand... i oC dis. |
GALVANIZED [RON lver Steel Dia. X ¢ ite, per foot,.... 7
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and %4; 2% and 2%; 27 28 Special Steel Dex XC uts, per foot.... 50
Bist) 2) aa 14 15 6 6 Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30
ior . on Champion and Electric Tooth X
Discount, 6 ' ;
GAUGES. Cuts, per foot : eee i 30
Stauiey Kule and Level! Co.’s Hn TRAPS. dis.
aaa Steel, Game ‘ . BO&1
K<NOBS— One Cor inity wh ee Qe
Door, mineral, jap. trimming es a soc i, Mawes Uses -. i 3
= : PS i a Community, sialic & Norton’ s Ke i
oor, porcelain, jap. trimmings Mouse, choker : .18¢ per doz
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings aces delusion $1.50 per doz
Door, porcelvin, trimmings ............ ae WIRE din.
Drawer and Shutter, pore elain (kichi Nake. 85
/ LOCKS- —DOOR, / / Annealed Market........ 10
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list .... | Coppered Market 60.
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.......... 5 | Coppe idl Market. ac eenai 62%
Branford’s ............--. 5| Coppered Sp ring Stes a 5G
Norwalk’s Zea | Barbed Fence, galvanized. 2 86
2 ICE sb nted i
Adze Eye.. OU, dis. 66 | gotcha 3. a.”
— Kye “sis. Bi ‘ — = | An Sabie .. 1.
Hunt’s................ 50, ¢ ae | Pee dis. 05
-_,| Northwestern in. 10410
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘andl ed.. a tne * —
MILLS. dis. | Baxter’s Adjustable, nick eled 30
Coffee, re ae 0. ‘3 : : 40 | Coe’s Genuine 50
a =. & W ‘8. Co. 8 — 2 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 75
ms Landers ¥ OIry G@ Cis rE R.......-.... mat Coe’s Patent, malleable. o Th 1
soe ela ree i MISCELLANEOUS. ix
MOLASSES GATES. dis. | Bird Cages .... " my
Stebbin’s Paitern......... . seeesee+-++-6010 | Pumps, Cistern i EID
Stebbin’s Genuine... ee ea ~_ | Screws, New I ‘st... 0&1
Enterprise, self- measuring Nee eas cee 5 | Casters, Bed a d Plate........... 50a 10a 1(
NAILS ; Dampers, American. cee es 40
Advance over base, on both Stee! and ioe forks, hoes, rakes and all steel “goods... . BF&IO
Stee! nails, pase. eee cae ce METALS
Wire nails, base...... a 17 75@1 30 ime fg
Ce Base Base | ,,, ‘eo i
50 10} Pig Large....................0. eee. 26e
40 on | Pig Bars..... i 28¢
a eaae = pally
ot 35,| Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound
16 ee 45 | 680 pound casks....... S 6%
45 | Per pound.......................--. 7
Ea eaaare 30 souDER.
60 MQ . cis es le el i
7&s 7) Extra Wiping eee v
4 ln 99| The prices of the many other qualities of
3. i 1 29 | Solder in the market indicated by wetvate brands
sc 1 60 | Vary according to composition.
aa 60 ANTIMONY
ao a t 2 Cockesn per pound
ere 63 | Hallett’s......--. ‘6 3
as 90 TIN—MBELYN GRADE.
ee ax | 10x14 1C, Charcoal........ 87
— Gee yee ten t
Finish i = 14x20 IC. i 7 0
: oe ; 1 o | 10xi4 IX, “s 9 25
citneh: nN ET RET ee eae 9 2k
8. 80 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
et Se co 90 i TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
uerati . ' a 1 75 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal ao. $6 75
| PLANES dis, | 14x20 IC, 6 75
LANES. ‘ : He -
Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy . @40 | 10x1 14 1X, 8 25
ee 501 Foch sdditional X on this grade €1.50 i
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy. oo. e440 } Hh Sis & .
4 | BOOFING PLATES
Bench, first quality .. .. on | yax20 IC ts, | armen 6 5
Stanley Rule and Level Co. ® wood. SOS10 | SOO TX. Pr en Ee § BO
PAX os rr 13 50
Fry, Acme dis.60—10 | U2 i, Caner lg u
Common, polished.. dis. 70 14x20 Ic, a Allaway Grade \ 6 00
RIVETS. dis, | 14x201X, * . SU ssteeeseeees (7 BO
Iron and Tinned.... . : 40 | oe ix’ ts ur ‘6 ee = =
Copper Rivets aA a BO— {0 | VEWc 1A, ici Oieaaianuutent 0?
PATENT FLANISHED LBON. 4x28 TX om : 814 00
‘a’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 lu “| 14x31 zx a Xo ie ti a 15 00
“B Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 2) 14x56 or No. 8 Boilera, r pound 10 00
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object, therefore, was to discover a
means of transmuting base metals into
the most precious.

Armed with youth and beauty of per-
petual duration, and vested with the
power to create gold at will, a man would
become a veritable god, and it is not

strange that in an age of extreme super-

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893.

 

 

BASE METALS INTO GOLD.
It is stated that Edison, the master
has determined to devote
metals, with a

electrician,
himself to the study of
view to determining whether electricity
cannot solve the problem with which the
ablest have unsuccessfully
grappled for centuries—the transforma-

chemists

tion of base metals into gold.

The peculiar preciousness of gold has
been strongly emphasized by the recent
National Congress |
between the respective advocates of gold
It was

great struggle in the

and silver standards of

given out in the debates that

money.
because of

compared
yellow

the growing searcity of gold
with silver, the
metal must continue to increase in value,

provided,

the supply of

and, unless new supplies are

it must one day go out of use for many
practical purposes, and particularly for
money.

it would appear that the gold mines of
most civilized countries, if they have not
been are, at
least, in such a condition that the output
is decreasing, and the likelihood of new
mines of importance being discovered in
America, remote.
Alaska contains some Green-
land has possibilities, but Africa is the
only country that gives much promise of
to be the last

pretty well worked out,

Europe and Asia is

gold, and

rich mines. Africa seems

hope of the gold miners.
It is not strange at this juncture in the

demand for this precious

speculative minds should revert to

metal that
the
The
most distinguished feature cf the Middle
Ages in Europe was the rise of alchemy.
This word, imported into Europe by the
Arabian practisers of magical and occult
arts, ‘‘mingling,’’ because all
the ancient chemistry consisted min-
gling various substances so as to discover
by their combinations some potent and
valuable material. The grand object of
the
life,’ a mixture which would
heal ali diseases, restore youth and
beauty, and practically render a human
being immortal. When this immortality
should be secured, it would be necessary
for the individual so restored to have an

ancient dreams of the goldmakers.

signifies
in

these experiments was to discover

‘elixir of

could become adepts.

 

abundant supply of gold, and the next

| stition, general ignorance and wild ro-
| manticism, men should earnestly desire,

and would apply themselves to the search
for, the potential elixir of life and the
process of making gold. It was not the
rascally charlatan and the desperate
schemer who were the real alchemists.
On the contrary, men of the most. bril-
liant intellects and of the most honorable
station, and of the highest moral charac-
ter, devoted themselves to these studies.
Realizing that the gifts which they sought
were of a nature which should not be in-
trusted to wicked men, the alchemists
banded together into brotherhoods, ad-
mission to which could be secured only
upon the practice of virtues and by the
most abstemious lives, and the taking of
an obligation to keep secret all the ex-
periments and proceedings of the arts,
and the persons admitted to the myster-
ies had to pass through stages and grades
of initiation and instruction before they
But the thirst for
the possession of magical powers was by
no means confined to learned and_ self-
denying anchorites. There were those
who believed that there was an easier
way to success than a life of vigils and
privations and in communication with
good spirits. They proposed to appeal
directly to the devil, and, by bargaining
away their souls, acquire an indefinite
period of unbridled licentiousness and
profligacy. Thestory of Faust and Meph-
istopheles, immortalized by Goethe
and so often presented on the stage, is
one of these narratives of the alchemists
of the Middle Ages.

To the alchemists are due many dis-
eoveries which have made possible the
entire science of modern chemistry. The
alchemists commenced by mixing sub-
stances to see what would be the resuit.
They called this ‘‘synthesis.’’ To-day
the chemists are able to separate a com-
pound body into all its elements, and this
they call ‘‘analysis.”’ It is analysis
which has made chemistry a science. Be-
fore that it was all guesswork and arbi-
trary experiment. The old monk who
discovered gunpowder by mixing sul-
phur, saltpeter and charcoal, had no idea
what he had compounded until he acci-
dentally put fire to it and blew up his
monastery.

It would be interesting to tell of the
blind gropings and important discover-
ies made in a blind way by the alche-
mists, but it is certain that they never
found the elixir of life, and, although
the secret of transmutation has been pre-
tended to be, there is no reason to believe
that it was ever discovered. At any
rate, all the gold in the world came out
of nature’s mines, and not out of the al-
chemist’s crucible. For a long time mod-
ern chemists have held to the belief that
transmutation is an impossibility. There
are two sorts of substances. One species
embraces bodies that are original, ho-
mogeneous and unmixed. They are
termed ‘‘elements.’? The other sort is
made up of bodies compounded of the
elements. There are only some sixty-
five to seventy elements, and many mil-
lions of compound bodies. It has been

held that the elements, while they can. favors to their customers.

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

be compounded and mixed together so as
to form vast numbers of combinations,
cannot be changed, the one to another.
Gold and copper are elements. They
can be alloyed together, but copper can-
not be changed into gold. So with silver
and tin. They are elements, and may be
mixed, but cannot be changed the one
into the other.

But since extensive modern discover-
ies have been made in electricity, the op-
eration of that force upon metals, gases,
and other such elemental bodies, has
suggested a belief that certain elements
are compounded and may be still fur-
ther taken apart. Suppose, for instance,
that copper is gold alloyed, or adulter-
ated with something else. If we can ex-
tract the base substance and leave the
pure gold, then the entire problem of

transmutation is solved. Moreover,
copper is so plentiful that it is worth,
perhaps, 15 cents to18 cents a pound,

while gold is so scarce that a pound of it
is worth more than $200. Some such no-
tion as this is at the bottom of modern
alchemy. It may not be all a dream.
There may be possibilities in it, and elec-
tricity may lead to the solution. It is
worth notice that Edison has directed his
attention to such problems.
POSSIBLE TROUBLE AHEAD.

According to the declarations of Con-
gressman Bland, of Missouri—Mr. Bland
being the father of the present silver dol-
lar and leader of the silver faction in the
House—the silver issue is to be brought
to the front in the reguiar session of
Congress, next month.

If this be so, apd the matter is to be
allowed to monopolize the attention of
the regular session, as it did that of the
special session, then, indeed, the country
will fall upon evil times. The business
interests of the country demand that the
tariff policy of the administration be
definitely settled without further delay,
but if the major portion of the time of
Congress is to be taken up in going over
the old grounds, so thoroughly gleaned
during August, September and October,
then Congress will be able to dispatch no
business, and the vital interests of the
country will suffer.

Mr. Bland, so it is given out, will plead
that the repeal of the Sherman law has
not brought about a revival of prosper-
ity, and, therefore, it is not the remedy
for the evils complained of, as if even a
single measure put through Congress
could, in a few days, undo the evils that
a long series of financial mistakes and
abuses had brought upon the country.
If the silver purchase law had been re-
pealed after a debate of three weeks
some good might have been accomplished
by this time; but when the proceeding
required three months of wrangling, and
when the hoped-for revival of prosperity ;
did not immediately follow the repeal of
the obnoxious law, nobody who is sane
and reasonable can complain at the situ-
ation. Prosperity is a plant of slow
growth. It takes a long time to bring it
to a state of vigor and widespread benefi-
cence, but it may be destroyed in a day.

In a single day people may lose confi-
dence in the solvency of the banks, in
| the solvency of each other, and in an in-
credibly short space of time the entire
| fabric of commerce and industries is pre-
|eipitated intoruin. Merchants, being no

 

 

\longer able to secure credit from the
‘banks, are no longer willing to extend |
Manufactur- |

ers who have sold their products on time
cannot discount their paper to secure
money for the purchase of raw material,
or for the payment of wages to their op-
eratives, and so they discharge their
hands and close their mills.

Doubtless several million workpeople
were thrown out of employment by the
recent panic, and the loss of their wages
during the three months that Mr. Bland
and his friends were fighting the remedy
which the President had proposed for
the evil makes up a deficiency in the
ready money supply of the country that
years of work will be required to restore.
It makes no difference whether it is wiser
to have the finances of the country ona
silver basis or on agold basis, it is the ex-
treme of folly to have it on no basis at
all, and such was the condition of affairs
while Mr. Bland and _ his friends were
fighting every attempt to better affairs.

If the silver issue shall be used to pre-
vent legislation in the regular session, as
it was in the extra, the business men of
this country will do well to expect the
worst. The country is suffering to have
the tariff issues settled, and, if they are
to be side-tracked for any purpose what-
ever, then there can be no revival of
prosperity hoped for from the Fifty-third
Congress. It is to be hoped that Mr.

Bland is only trying to frighten the
country with his silver bugbear.

 

It affords Tort TRADESMAN much pleas-
ure to be able to present a communica-
tion from Jacob Jesson, of Muske-
gon, in this week’s paper, criticising the
recent action of the Board of Pharmacy
in increasing the requirements for regis-
tration as pharmacists and assistant
pharmacists. As oneof the fathers of
the pharmacy law, and a man who did as
much as any druggist in the State to
secure its enactment originally, and who
has been prominently identified with the
execution of the law through his long
connection with the Board of Pharmacy,
Mr. Jesson is certainly entitled to a
eandid hearing and his criticism is en-
titled to more weight than would be the
ease if he were speaking from observa-
tion rather than from actual experience.
Mr. Jesson has, apparently, made out a
prima facie case of usurpation against
the members of the Board, there being
no provision in the law authorizing the
Board to usurp the prerogatives of the
Legislature. THe TRADESMAN hopes
the subject will not be allowed to rest
here, and cheerfully offers its columns
to any member of the Board or any other

person who wishes toreply to Mr. Jes-
son’s strict ures.

 

The sympathy of the trade will go out
to Edson, Moore & Co. in the loss of their
entire dry goods stock by fire; but the
sympathy is tinged with admiration at
the invincible spirit manifested by the
firm in the face of an appalling calamity
and the promptness with which it an-
nounced its intention to resume business
—even before the firemen had succeeded
in extinguishing the conflagration.

 

From Out of Town.

Calls have been received at THE
TRADESMAN Office during the past week
from the following gentlemen in trade:

L. Cook, Bauer.

Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners.

C. Newton Smith, Lakeview.

C. S. Comstock, Pierson.

T. H. Shepherd & Bro., Martin.

Appleton & Harrison, Lisbon.

A. Purchase, South Blendon.

Smallegan & Pikaart, Forest Grove.

B. S. Holly, Woodland.

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CONQUEST AND COMMERCE.

Commerce is the ruling foree of the.
world. It is so because it is the agency
which employs the great energies of the
people, arouses them to physical and in- |
tellectual activities, and, by developing |
all
eonditions of
consequence,
national power.

A nation, in order to
and powerful, must be rich.

the resources of a country, creates

general prosperity and, by
the highest

degree of |

and power have ever been accumulated.

That was the method used in the build-

| Of war.

| Lawrence into our great lakes,

| fortification

be prosperous |
There ni
only two ways in which national wealth

|
|
One is by wars of conquest and robbery. |

ing of the Roman Empire.
few of the resources that make a nation
great in peace. Her people could only
become the rulers of the world through
war. They were fighters from the begin-
ning and robbers from the foundation of
their city on the banks of a small Italian
river. They began their system of war-
fare by raiding and robbing the tribes
around them, and they never ceased their
policy of plunder until they had become
masters of all the eivilized countries
from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic.
The Romans made war in order to
They plundered every country and ac-
eumulated at their great city an amount
of treasure and conditions of luxury and
vice which had never before been known
in the history of the world.

The possession of extreme riches en-
abled the Roman power to maintain
itself against ail opposition for five cen-
turies, but the war policy finally failed
when the whole world armed against the
aggressors. When Napoleon tried ihe
Koman plan of building an empire,
despite the overpowering military genius
of the great Emperor, he was soon borne
down by the opposition of a world in
arms. The only other way in which a
nation can become truly powerful is by
acquiring great wealth through com-
merce. It is the peaceable method of
conquest, war being resorted to only to
extend and protect a pacific system of
eolonization and trade. The most illus-
trious example of this sort of conquest
is Great Britain. The inhabitants of an
inconsiderable island, which possessed
no other physical resources than an
abundant supply of coal and iron, and
the indomitable energy of its people,
have erected upon the earth an empire
whose limits far outstretch those of
Rome in the height of its power.

A writer in the November issue of the
Forum, John R. Proctor, discoursing on
the measures which England had adopted
to protect her commercial supremacy,
gives a map showing that British states-
manship has acquired and fortified stra-
tegic points commanding the pathways
of commerce. Gibraltar, Malta and Aden
command the short route between Eu-
rope, Asia and Australasia. The forti-
fied harbor of Singapore guards the
Straits of Malacca, and Port Kennedy
the Torres Straits. Port Hamilton con-|
trols the pass between the Yellow Sea/|
and the Sea of Japan. Australia and

rob.

Rome had |

 

Tasmania have their great coaling and |
naval stations guarded by the heaviest |
guns, and Wellington guards the short sea |

route through Cook’s straits. Cape Town |
and Port Elizabeth are fortified bases
from which a British fleet may command

| for example. who is about

the passage around the Cape of Good |

Hope, as the naval station at the Falk-
Jand Islands will give the command of
the passage around Cape Horn in times

YH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. :

 

Halifax, St. John’s and Quebee !
command the passage through the St.
and the |
impregnable naval stations of Halifax,
Bermuda, Kingston, Bridgetown and Cas-
tries Atlantic and Gulf
coasts, on which have single |
that the
guns of a modern warship for twenty-
four while Esquimault guards)
Puget Sound and menaces our Pacific |
coast. England’s sea power is greatly |
strengthened by the command of the ter- |
mini of the principle submarine cables,
giving her daily communication with her |
important naval stations from Esqui- |
mault at the west to far-away Auckland
at the east, while, in the event of war, |
the rest of the world would be cut off |
from this telegraphic communication.

There is no possible rival of England
in commerce but the United States, and
it is plain that a republic like the United
States does not possess the aggressive-
ness necessary to dispute for dominion
upon the planet at large. Impregnable
in its power of se!f-defense, the republic
is safe from invasion or serious attack,
but the spiritof its institutions and laws
prohibit any wars of conquest or aggres-
sion. Under this state of feeling the
United States has acquired no interests
in any other part of the earth. It
not a single colony and no strong hold
upon any country or people outside its
own limits.

but the scepter of commercial power
is gradually but being trans-
ferred to the United States, and not by
anything its own people are doing, but
by the evolution of material progress.
This country has more coal and iron than
can be reasonably estimated, and suffi-
cient for the world’s uses in ages to come.

command our
we not a
could withstand

hours;

has

surely

Here is produced the cotton whieh clothes
the civilized world and which England
has heretofore been manufacturing.
Here is the world’s granary, able to feed
any population that can assemble upon
this continent. Gradually this country
will fill up with people who can under-
work the artisans of Europe. Here will
be spun and woven ali the cotton, and
here will be the chief supply of coal and
iron. The great industries of Europe
will be transferred to Western
World by forces of commercial gravita-
tion. Here will be concentrated the
earth’s riches, for hither must come all
nations to buy.

This is in the future. The time may
be long, but all will cometo pass. It
will be realized whenever the energy and
resources of England shall not be equal
to the demand upon them. Wise states-
manship could hasten the day, but, in
all probability, the consummation will
be left to the mere forces of evolution.
But, under any circumstances, it in-
evitable that the scepter of financial and
commercial power will be transferred to
this country. When may not declared,
put it must be and will be one day a}
fact.

this

is

It has just been judicially decided that
the fact thatacertain merchant sells |
xoods cheaper than other merchants gen-
erally in the same place do, and that he |
is selling a particular article, whether |
as aleader or otherwise, at cost or be- |

|
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low cost, is not of itself such a suspicious |
circumstance as, if known to a verson,

to purchase |
his entire stock of goods, ought to put

him on inquiry, and which, if en
up, would necessarily or naturally lead |
to a knowledge of the debtor’s fraudu-
lent intent.

DAWSON’S
Pearl Wheat Flakes,

THE FINEST BREAKFAST DISH

    
  
   

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Put up in neat Cartons of 2 pounds each, 36 Cartons per Case.
Case. Sells at 15 cents per package, two packages for 25 cents.

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MANUFACTURED BY

DAWSON BROTHERS, Pontiac, Mich. ;

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Is the best line of Coffees in the State.
& SANBORN.

IF YOU WANT YHE BEST
THESE ARE THE COFFERS FOR YOU YO BUY.

All roasted by CHASE

Jewell’s Arabian Mocha,

Jewell’s Old Government Java,

Jewell’s Old Government Java
Mocha,

Wells’ Perfection Java,

Wells’ Java and Mocha,

Weaver’s Blend,

Santora,

Ideal Golden Rio,

Compound Crushed Java.

and

Above are all in 50-pound cans,
Ideal Java and Mocha in one and two pound ¢ans.

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10

AFTER THE PANIC.
The general dullness in business
disappointing to those who expected that

Sa ana enenneenaneencrenereenen

| Sified,
is |
| spread
the passage of the Repeal bill would be |

the signal for renewed activity and for a|

general and sustained rise in prices, but
veterans in business are not surprised at
it. Experience has taught that
both favorable and unfavorabie events,
as as they become reasonably cer-
tain to take place, are discounted in ad-
vance, and that the effect of their final
happening is either nothing at all or the
of what they naturally sbould
produce. Hope and fear act as a fog
They magnify and distort distant
objects which a nearer approach and
a clearer view reduce to their true pro-
portions. The cessation of silver pur-
chases under the Sherman act could, at
the best, do no more than put a stop to
the issue of Treasury notes which last
spring led to shipments of gold, and|
thus to the ensuing panic. These ship-
ments, as we all know, ceased
fore Congress had even met to discuss the
Repeal bill, and they were succeeded by
imports of the metal, which, in a small |
are still going on. The panic itself
came to an end from
and noteven the defeat of the Repeal bill
could have revived it. While it lasted,
however, it did mischief which it will re-
quire along time to repair, no matter how
zealously the task is undertaken. A con-
flagration, an earthquake, explo-
sion can lay in one minute a
city which a year’s labor cannot rebuild.

the prostration of credit, the bank-
rupteies of individuals and corporations,
the general derangement of the
machinery of trade which have resulted
from last summer’s cataclysm, could not
be expected to vanish at the mere scratch
of President Cleveland’s pen.

them

soon

reverse

does.

way,

or an

in ruins

and

sheer exhaustion, |

THE MICHIGAN TRADESM AS

 

by their predictions of calamity,
the alarm of the public, and it grew and |
until individuals,
in their
bankruptcy,
banks and
which there

them excitement only general
began to draw from the

hoard not only gold, for
was some excuse, but all
the other kinds of currency. Instances
of this are told which in the calm state
of mind now prevailing seem incredible.
Vaults and boxes in safe deposit com-
panies were hired all over the country

to

| and stuffed full of every available form

| posits,

of money. Men of large means. who
ought to have set a better example,
locked up in this way thousands and

even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Savings bank depositors, hearing of what
was going on, began to call for their de-

| them, drew heavily upon the diminished

| banks of deposit
long be-|

|
i
|
|

stock of currency in circulation. The
final result was that the officersof many
lost their heads and
virtually stopped payment, forcing their
depositors who needed currency to meet |
their pay rolls and for other business

| purposes to sell their checks to specula- |

|

'

tors at a discount.

This spasmodic terror, from its very

| intensity, could not last long, and recov-

The recovery from panics, too, like
their creation, is a matter of emotion
and sentiment. The sudden and enor- }
mous drafts made upon the reserves of |
the New York banks by their country |
correspondents, last spring, followed
directly upon the announcement by

Secre

ment would have to suspend gold pay-

ments, but it was not a logical and neces-
sary consequence of that announcement,
it had been justified by acts. If
the United States Treasury had stopped
paying gold banks had plenty of
their own, as plenty green-
and silver dollars,

even if
the

as well of

backs. Treasury notes,

all of which are lawful money and fully
for meeting the
Why, therefore, a

banks

as available as gold

claims of depositors.
their
have
proc-
accounted for only upon

run by the
New York

followed

eountry upon
should

Foster’s silly

correspondents
Secretary
lamation isto be
the principle | have already mentioned,
that fear, distorts distant ob-

jects and obscures the mental vi

like a fog,
sion.

The example of the country banks was
sympathetically, those of
cities like Boston, Philadelphia, and
Chicago. They, too, began fortifying
themselves against the imaginary dan-
ger which fear had conjured up,
do so they had to contract their accom-
modations to individual borrowers.
These, in turn, were compelled to
paying those to whom they owed money,

imitated, by

itors.

tary Foster that unless his stock of |
goid was speedily replenished the Govern- |

;

; and while on all sides
'the place of despondency,

| tivity which characterized

| ering.

ery from it was assisted by the importa-
tions of gold which it made profitable.
in a few weeks the reserves of our banks,
which had been depleted below the re-

quired legal limit. rose above it, and
since then they have been more than
doubled. Loanable funds have gone

from acondition of extreme scarcity to
one of extreme plenty, so that borrowers
who, three months ago, could not get ac-
commodation on any terms, have it now
offered to them almost for nothing.
Banks which were forced to close their
doors temporarily have reopened them;
factories which had stopped work have
started up again: the earnings the
railroad: show signs of improvements.

ot

| and trade generally has begun to revive.
material fact |
}and circumstance, but purely of

The change is one, not of
human
feeling.

Nevertheless, although the panic
passed away and monetary
has been succeeded by monetary ease,
hope has taken
it is still
early to expect that the business of the
country shall completely resume the ac-
it before the
shock came from which it is now recov-
**A burnt child dreads the fire,”’

and men who only a short time ago had

too

hard work to keep themselves out of
| bankruptcy are. very naturally, not yet
disposed to spend much money. Fam-

| ilies dependent upon incomes of invest-

ments find those incomes for the present

; more or Jess reduced, wages and salaries

| necessaries

and to |

defer |

in many instances have been stopped or
materially cut down, and, generally, a
spirit of economy prevails where before
was liberality and extravagance.
This dimi: consumption
of luxuries,
and with a diminished consumption there
must cerrespondingly diminished
production, and, consequently, dimin-
ished profits all around.

As in a panic the failure of one man or
institution cripples many others and

even
hes the

as well as that

be a

,leads in turn to other failures, which
and these again had to put off their cred- |

Some of the newspapers, with a}

thus spread over a large area, so the re-
trenchment of the expenditures of one

misguided zeal for the stoppage of silver family creates an unavoidable necessity

purchases under the Sherman act, inten- | of retrenchment on the part of everybody ;

of |

seeing before .

 

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The Chippewa!

and the banks, to be prepared for |

has j
stringency |

 

 

WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE

L. “CANDEE” & C00.,

New Haven, Conn.,

“MEYER” RUBBER CO,

New Brunswick, N. J

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 Rapid Rubber Store,

Studley Barclay

4, Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS.

ATLAS SOAP

Is Manufactured
only by

HENRY PASSOLT,
Saginaw, Mich.

 

 

|For general laundry and family

washing purposes.
Only brand of first-class laundry
soap manufactured in the
Saginaw Valley.

Having new and largely in-
creased facilities for manu-
facturing we are well prepar-
ed to fill orders promptly and
at most reasonable prices.

 

Your Bank Account Solicited.

Kent County Savings Bank

GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH.
Covons, Pres.
Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres.
J. A. S, VERDIER, Cashier.
K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r.

Transacts a General Banking Business.

Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings |
Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

 

Jno. A.

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Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox

T. J.O'’Brien, A.J. Bowne, nay | Idema,
Jno. W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. S. Verdier.

 

Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars,

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RAW AND BOILED.

A substitute for limseed., and sold for

much Jess money.

Purely Wegetable,

adapted to ail work where a more eco-
nomical oil than Linseed is desired.

Free From Sediment,

has better body, dries nearly as quick
and with better gloss than Linseed Oil.
Especially adapted to priming and min-
eral painting.

This Oil is a Winner!

Try a sample can of five or ten gallons.
Write for prices.

 

H. M, REYNOLDS & SON

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

 

Shoe Dressings.

Gilt Edge,
Raven Gloss,
Glycerole,

Loomer’s Best,
The 400,
Ideal,

Topsey,

Bixby’s Royal,
Cc C,

Keystone,
Loomer’s Pride,
Imperial,
Eagle,

Boston,
Nubian.

HIRTH KRAUSEAG
GRAND ARPIDS MICK,

 

We carry all the above kinds in stock, which
are the best and leading makesin the market
Get your winter stock before freezing.

HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

White’s Egg Finish,

Brown's Fr. & Satin,

 

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Pi)

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Lemon & Wheeler Company,
Agents, Grand Rapids.

ARE YHE TIMES HARD?

THEN MAKE THEM EASY
BY ADOPTING THE COU
PON BOOK SYSTEM FUR
NISHED BY THE

‘TRADESMAN COMPANY,

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

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HH MICHIGAN TRADHSMAS

11

 

who has depended upon those expendi-
tures fora living. Every carriage put
down throws out of work a coachman
and a groom besides depriving the car-
riage maker and the feed dealer of a cus-
tomer. Every household servant dis-
missed lessens by the
wages the amount which that servant
has to spend. The marketman suffers
from decreased purchases of game and
delicacies, the grocer from those of wine

and cigars, and jewelers, especially, from |

|
|
|
|
i

amount of his}

the loss of their usual trade in diamonds |

and gold and silver ernaments. Follow-
ing out the chain of cause and effect, we
find a diminished demand for new cloth-
ing, new furniture, and new houses, and,
ef course, all the workmen who had been
engaged in supplying that demand have
in turn to retrench their modest expenses.
With this sort of thing going on all over,
it is easy to see that the aggregate result
must be a serious shrinkage in the vol-
ume of trade.

Until, therefore, the memory of the re-
cent panic has passed out of men’s minds,
and they forget more completely than
they have forgotten, as yet, the dangers
they have escaped and the losses they
have experienced, the present dullness
in trade must necessarily continue. So-
ciety is so intimately bound together that
no one part can suffer without affecting
all the other parts, and when, as is the
case now, the spirit of retrenchment per-
vades the whole body politic, a general
languor cannot fail to result. Time will
eure this as it cures other transient evils,
and we can only wait for it to do its
work. MATTHEW MARSHALL.

en > —-——_

The Currant Situation.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.

Never in the history of the currant in-
dustry have prices been so low as during
the present season. Usually the Greek
market opens up at a value of 15s. to 17s.
ce. & f., but with the enormous crop that
is promised this year and the depression
in commercial and financial circles, the
market opened last month at 11s., from
which point it has steadily receded until
7s. 9d., or the equivalent of 13c., laid
down, is now named by shippers in
Greece as an acceptable price for barrels.
This quotation, it may be said, is not
given out by those who are usually cred-
ited with packing the best goods, but
originates either with speculative sellers
or from such sources whence a guarantee
of quality could not be obtained. So far
as we are able to learn, however, the
curing of the season’s crop was carried
on during a period of exceptionally fine
weather, hence if the inferior quality is
packed the fruit will come from sections
where the soil and climate are not as fa-
vorable for the berry as in some other
localities. The fixtures of an opening
date for the market by the Greek Gov-
ernment has done much toward improve-
ment in the quality of the fruit. Previ-
ous to last year there was the annual
rush to place the fruit upon the market
early for the one purpose of securing the
fancy prices that were usually obtained
for first shipments. Curing was improp-
erly done, and it frequently happened
that stock, upon arrival at its destina-
tion, was found to be in bad condition
and in course of decay, this fact leading
to constant trouble between importers
and shippers, and claims for allowances
upon the ground that the fruit was not

the almost entire disappearance of the!
old-time differences. One would natur- |
ally suppose that at present prices im-
porters would be eager to cover their
probable wants of the future, but there
appears a hesitation to act, the fact that
the course of the market since the open-
ing of the season has been steadily down- |
ward has served to promote a feeling of |
caution, and checked important opera-
tions. American buyers have the credit
of being poor operators upon a falling

Quick Sellers.
| WHAT?

   
    

Le

ean aries

THE NEW FALL LINE

Manufactured by

SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY,

market, but ready speculators upon the rs ie Sere r i

| up-grade. Currants are very cheap to- Set = a ee Ss | DETROIT, MICH,

— a gf Fn nde ela — All the Novelties in Lasts and Patterns.
: ee KALAMAZOO PANT & OVERALL CO.

| lished in the near future. The European

 

demand is likely to open up at any mo-

ment, and when the call for Continental |
requirements sets in the market will
probably take a quick turn, and operat-

ors upon this side of the water will then} ;,

regret they did not take advantage of the |
opportunity that is now presented. The
requirements of America are a mere
‘‘drop in the bucket’? in comparison to
the European, the importations of this
country seldom if ever exceeding 15,000
tons out of annual crops ranging from
140,000 to 170,000 tons. The distillers of
France are the great consumers of the
article, and when values are down to the
point that rules to-day a demand from
that country may be expected to develop
at any moment, the result of which would
undoubtedly be to give prices a serious
twist in an upward direction.
a A et
An Old Grocer’s Counsel.

From the Commercial Tribune.

In conversation with an old, suceessful
grocer the other day, he said: ‘Yes, it
pays to be frank, manly and honest. I
don’t think it pays to be in the least de-
gree deceitful. I want my customers to
trust me. I want every clerk in the store
to do as he would be done by. If a
patron calls for a certain brand of goods
usually kept by me, and I happen to be
out of it, he is told so frankly. I don’t
try to sell him something he doesn’t want
If I chanee to have a poor line of canned
goods in stock—no matter what brand—
1 will not sell them at any price; they are
returned to the seller or thrown aside as
worthless. Other goods are treated in
the same way. Of two evils, it is cheap-

| write for samples.

 

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221 EK. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Our entire line of Cotton Worsted Pants on
hand to be sold at cost for cash.

Ps | State Agents Woonsocket and Lyco-
If interested j ming Rubber Co.

Milwaukee Office: Room 502 Matthew Build |

 

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ng. |
Our fall line of Pants from #9 to #42 per dozen

= now zeady. An a line of Kersey | Dealers wishing to see the line address
ants, every pair warranted not to rip. Bound x .

swatches of entire line sent on approval to the F. A. Cadwell, 41 Lawn Court, Grand

rade. | Rapids, Mich.

}

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The cool exhilerating sensation follow-
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A LADY'S

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Plain toe in opera and opera toe and C. S. heel.
D and E and

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tered mail 60c, from soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send

KH. D. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer.
Three Rivers, Mich.
2" Guaranteed satisfactory.

for sample dozen.

REEDER BROS. SHOE CO,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

\ALBERT N. AVERY,

 

 

 

est and best to stand the loss myself,
rather than run the almost certain risk of |

losing the confidence and patronage of |
A tricky merchant never |
If my butter is not up to grade }

my customers.
prospers.
I say so, but if one exercises care in buy-
ing butter, or anything else, it will be
up to the mark and won’t need apologiz-
ing for. When I order goods by mail
my jobber knows that 1 want what I
order, not what he chooses to send me.
My one aim is to keep and extend my
trade. I don’t want to lose my old cus-
tomers for the sake of attracting new
ones. I try to hold my trade, and | find
that the easiest and cheapest way is to
be worthy of it.”’

If every young grocer in the land could
read this old man’s words and would fol-

 

low his experienced counsel, how much |
smaller the percentage of failures would |
be.

Keeley Dismisses His Suit.

Some time ago the London Lancet pub-
lished something about the Keeley cure |
for drunkenness, which the doctor con-
sidered injurious to him, and he accord-
ingly instituted suit for damages. The
suit was begun last year, while Dr.
Keeley was in London. It has just been
dismissed, Dr. Keeley declining to prose-
cute it. He says that when he begun the
suit be supposed that he would be al-
lowed to have his deposition taken in this
country. The defendants, however, in-
sist that he shall be on the stand in per- |

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CARPETS ald DRAPERIES,

19 So. Ionia St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Special Sale of Lace and Chenille Curtains.

 

Merchants visiting the Grand Rapids market
are invited to call and inspect my lines, which
are complete in every respect. In placing orders
beds me you deal directly with the manufac
urer.

PECK’S

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NO MATTER HOW MANY.

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for life.

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DETROIT, MICH.

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Buildings, Portraits, Cards, Letter
and Note Headings, Patented
Articles, Maps and Plans.

of good merchantable quality upon re- | son that they may have the privilege of
ceipt. This question coming up annu-|asking him some questions, and he has
ally was a constant menace to the cur-| concluded that he would rather not. He
rant industry, therefore the Government, | says that he has so much to do here that
at the suggestion of many reputable he cannot afford the time to go across to
packers, determined to put a stop to the| the trial. He does not seem to be so
hurried methods of curing, and a law; much injured by the alleged libel as he
was enacted that fixed a date when the| thought he was, although the Lancet
fruit should first be offered for the con- ealled him a quack, or words to that
sideration of the world’s buyers. The | effect.

law has now been in force two years, and
its beneficial effects are shown in oe

eR

No man will ever be celebrated for his

better quality of the goods received. and | piety whose religion is all in his head.

TRADESMAN COPIPANY,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan,

 

Residence 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids.

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‘THH MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

ORIGIN OF AMSRICAN WEATHER.

The American hemisphere is in every
respect wholly unlike its companion on
the other side of the oceans. This dis-
similarity is particularly obvious when
the conformations of North and South
America are compared with that of Eu-
rope and Asia. In the Americas the
great mountain ranges extend in a gen-
eral direction from north to south. In
the Old World they trend from east to
west, save in Africa, where many of the
physical conditions correspond to those
ofthe New World. Itis only in north and

south mountain ranges that the precious |

metals are commonly found, and, but for
the Ural ridge which separates European
from Asiatic Russia, Europe and Asia
would be poorly supplied

much like that of the Americas, is rich
in the precious metals.

However, it is not of gold and silver it
was intended to speak here, beyond the
mere mention of the fact that it in
eountries traversed by longitudinal
ridges of mountains that the supplies of
the precious metals have chiefly, if not
wholly, been found. In an articlein the
Popular Science Monthly, for November,
Prof. J. Harris Patton

is

discourses on the

rainfall] in the Mississippi valley. He
holds that the enormous amount of
Moisture which waters the great

valley of North America comes by way
of the Gulf of Mexico, but not from the
Gulf. This view of the valley rainfall
is in harmony with the best notions of
the origin of American weather.

The Mississippi valley, which em-
braces nearly one-half of the entire ter- |
ritory of the United States, excluding
Alaska, is inclosed on the east and west
by ranges of mountains. It extends
through twenty degrees of latitude and
thirty of longitude. Its area is esti-
mated at 1,244.000 square miles, and the
annual average rainfall on its surface is
42 inches—that is, if the rain water did
not penetrate the earth, run off, or evap-
orate, at the end of the year the depth
would be 3 1-2 feet. That is not as much

| the contrary, seems to

 

rain as this vast territory ought to have,
for much of the region is dry and almost |
rainless; but it is a great deal at that. |
The area of the Gulf is about one-fourth
that of the country to be watered, and so
the evaporation from the Gulf would
have to be four times 42 inches. or 168
inches, in order to support the rate of
rainfall] mentioned. True, the Gulf gets
back, by the Mississippi River. all the
water it gives to the valley: but Prof. |
Patton’s view is that most of this rain-|
fall comes from the great equatorial
ocean current which traverses the Atlan-
tic westwardly from the coast of Africa

to that of Brazil, just south of the
equator.
This vast stream is about 4,000 miles

long and about 3,000 wide. Taking its
rise in the Gulf of Guinea, it flows west-
wardly. but, dividing on Cape St. Roque,
the much greater portion moves along
the north shore of South America until
it enters the Caribbean Sea, and subse-
quently, to a certain extent, the Gulf of

 

Mexico. This river in the sea, flowing |
under a vertical sun, its waters heated to|
80 degrees and more, enters into the}
gates of the Gulf, while the trade winds |
carry its enormous evaporation far to |
the westward, until the high chain of the |
Mexican Cordilleras, with its snowy |
peaks, is met. There are occasions when |
these west winds, laden with watery |

| Vapor, rise over the mountains and pour

down their rains on the high table lands
and interior valleys of Mexico, but this is
not common. Generally these winds
cannot pass through the dense atmos-
pheric wall over the western mountains,
a range which extends unbroken from
the polar sea to the uttermost point of
South America, and they are forced

| northward.

In their northward march. these warm
and rain-laden winds meet somewhere
the polar winds from the frozen north.

It is upon the waters of the Gulf, or on}

the broad and treeless plains. that are

| formed the revolving storms that so often
| ravage the country. Possibly they would

: | continue westward if they could get over
with gold|

mines, while Africa. with aconformation |

the mountains, but the resistance of the
high air pressure along the mountain
wall of the Rockies and the Mexican Cor-
dilleras furnished a foree, the third
force, which sends al! the storms, wheth-
eron the sea or on the land, finally to
the eastward.
jong obtained that all
start somewhere, no
and march eastward
around the globe. So far there is no
conclusive evidence that the weather
conditions along the Pacific coast of any
part of this continent are ever trans-
ferred to the region east of the Rocky
Mountains. The Coast range, the Sierra
Nevadas in California, and the Cascade
Mountains in Oregon, combined with the
Rocky Mountains, form a triple barrier
to keep Pacific weather from crossing to
the eastward. American weather, on
come from the
equatorial Atlantic by way of the Gulf
of Mexico, and from the north polar sea,
whose temperature, when the sun leaves
itin September to shine on the south
pole, so densifies the atmosphere as to
force it out to the southward. Scarcely
does the September equinox pass before
the cold waves begin to move southward

A notion has
American storms
matter where,

over the plains, to make the blizzards of
Dakota and the northers of Mexico.
When the warm winds of the equatorial
Atlantic and the blizzard airs from the
north there ensue a
mighty wrestling of the elements. Thus,
it seems, originates American weather.
FRANK STOWELL.

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Zealand. Recently the National Dairy
Association of New Zealand has ex-
pressed the opinion that they will be
iobliged to discontinue sending either
| cheese or butter to Great Britain, unless
| freights ean be reduced or prices in Eng-
jland raised. The English importers
| were anxious to have this trade estab-
| lished, in order to set it off against the
| American product. Having induced the
|makers of New Zealand to enter into the
| business, they began to play one product
| against the other, and thus to cheapen
| both. The New Zealanders find them-
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it. So there is a possibility that another
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Zealand cheese, and consequently obliged
| to pay a living price for American goods.
|In other words, our competition with
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| fusal of her dairymen to make cheese at

such prices as the English have hitherto

| paid them, in which case there would be
/alarger demand for American cheese,
| both from the States and Canada.

 

 

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News from the Metropolis---Index of |
the Markets.
Special Correspondence.

NEw York, Nov. 25—No announce-
ment has yet been made as to the plan of
reorganization of the Thurber, Whyland
Co. The accountants are still at work
on the affairs of the concern and

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| dent

THE MICHIGAN

138

 

Jacklin
of

A resi-
city has never

nothing need be said.
Detroit—which

| yet furnished the Association a presiding

| oflicer—Major Jacklin would thus meet |
desires of a large |
He also meets |

i the

aspirations and
body of the membership.
a requirement which has been frequently

| ignored in the selection of officers for the

it is |

likely that within a few days it will be}

known
Thurber

just how matters stand.
appears hopeful that

Mr. |
circum- |

stances will permit a new lease of life |

and it is to be hoped that he will again
be at the helm with his old-time energy.

Business is picking up. One evidence
of this in the fact
agents report a gratifying inerease in
business and this is not wholly on account
of holiday business, either.

is

That is what advertising agents say.
People in business do not altogether
agree with them. They intimate that

trade is quiet, and that what is passing
is of an everyday character, easily taken
sare Of by the help employed and that
extra men are not needed.

One favorable sign was the sale at
auction the other day of a lot of dry
goods, amounting altogether to $2,000,-
000, at prices only about 5 per cent. un-
der regular rates. Dry goods men feel
very cheerful over the result and take it
as an omen of the ‘‘good time ecoming.’’

The hardware trade is said to be excel-
lent in this city, and very favorable re-
ports are also being received from in-
terior points.

The retail grocery trade here is in good

that advertising |
| the work of the
; at a low ebb and has brought order

| the respect

 

condition, and probably are selling as
many goods as at any time. The demand
is confined to no one line of goods, but is |

fairly active in all departments.

The money that is accumulating here
is an evidence, on the otber hand, that

trade at large is not as
a matter of regret.

Granulated sugar selling at 41Ze,
and at this price some fairly liberal pur-
chases have been made. There is a great
deal of space being used in our papers
regarding the new sugar tariff. Some
want an ad valorem duty, others a spe-
cific one, and, between the two, it
likely that no agreement is likely to be
reached. While we do not want ‘‘pau-
per’? sugar, we no more desire a price
made artificially high by the Trust. It
is to be hoped that the matter will be ad-
justed in a manner satisfactory to all.
But the how is very perplexing.

Coffee is quiet and in light request.
Fair Rio may be quoted at about 1714

Nothing doing in molasses, which
remains dull at last quotations.

Rice is steady. Holders are disposed
to be firm and make no reductions.

Dried fruits are selling at extremely
low prices, and attracting no special at-
tention save for fancy stock for holiday
trade. Some California raisins, bags, are
sold as low as 21¢e.

Carned goods have been very quiet all

is

is

is

the week. Tomatoes have sold at 921¢¢
per dozen.
Oranges and lemons are in ample sup-

ply now, and prices are very low. Ap-
ples and other domestic fruits bring good
prices when of fine quality.

Butter and cheese are quiet. Best but-
ter, 273¢¢e, and from this the price runs
down to 21e for anything eatable.

Fresh eggs are selling well, but they
are very hard to find. Best western,

5 @27%e.

‘aes of poultry remain at a profitable
point, and dressed turkeys bring from
11@14e; chickens, 10@12e.

Many Scotch potatoes are arriving, and
though the supply is fairly liberal, prices
are firmly held and no decline is expeet-
ed. JAY.

2

For President and Secretary of the
Knights of the Grip.

As the time draws near for the annual
meeting of the Michigan Knights of the
Grip, the selection of competent officers
for the ensuing year naturally suggests
itself.. THe TRADESMAN has looked over
the ground carefully and has calmly

come to the conelusion that the interests |
best served by |

of the Association can be

electing Major R. W. Jacklin President

jan
active as usual— |}

 

| extent

Association—he is an actual traveling
man and carries a grip, being neither a
solicitor without samples nor one of the
‘*has beens.” He is in every sense qual-
ified to fill the position with grace and
dignity to himself and with honor to the
Association.
the candidacy of
gentleman took up
Association when it was
out
of chaos and restored the organization to
and confidence of the mem-
bers. He has worked with unceasing en-
ergy to systematize the details of the
organization, and has succeeded to that
that the membership shows a
marked permanent increase under his
administration, largely from the ranks of
those who had become disgusted with
the loose business methods of his prede-
cessor and relinquished their’ member-
ship on that account. Although Mr.
Mills has served the organization one-
half of the fiseal year, his compensation,
so far, has been only one-third of the an-
nual compensation, owing to the fact

lL. M. Mills, This

that the former Secretary received the |
Secretary’s percentage on fully two-|
thirds of the annual dues. Of

bility and aecuracy and economy of Mr.
Mills there is no question whatever. He
is aregular traveling man, visiting his
customers with a gripsack in his hand
six days a week; and if ever an officer
has earned a re-election at the hands of
appreciative membership, Mr. Mills
is that man. THr TRADESMAN hopes to
see him unanimously re-elected, and if
the members could have a thorough
knowledge of the painstaking and effi-

| cient effort he has given the organization
|} such would surely be the result.

i 2 el
Ceipeiatie tiiende.

Judd E. Houghton, formerly on
road in this State for B. Leidersdorf &
Co., of Milwaukee, has resumed his for-
mer connection with that house.

M. J. Wrisley is making a six weeks’
trip through the Upper Peninsula and
Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota in
the interest of the Tradesman Company.

So long as Richard T. Scott was alive,
he escaped public exposure for living a
dual life, but the struggle for his prop-
erty after death recalls—what many have
known for years—that he was living in
conjugal relations with two women—a
wife in Grand Rapids and another woman
at Fenton, by whom he was the father of
The Grand Rapids wife
claims to have been married to the de-
ceased thirty-eight years ago, and claims
to be in possession of her marriage cer-

It is claimed by the attorneys
Grand Rapids widow that the
woman was formerly a domestic
in the family of the Grand Rapids house-
hold, leaving under somewhat unpleas-
ant circumstances about a dozen years
ago, when she to Fenton, where
she passed as the wife of the deceased,
and was so recognized by the deceased
and the public. No sympathy is ex-
pressed for her, as she must have known
that her relations with Scott were of a
questionable character, but the children
she brought into the world are certainly
entitled to the sympathy of everyone.
Litigation may possibly ensue over the
disposition of the property, but the legal
status of the Grand Rapids widow ap-

four children.

tificate.
for the
Fenton

moved

| pears to be secure.

and by continuing the present incumbent |

in the position of Secretary. Of

the |

Ludwig Winternitz, general traveling
representative for the Fermentum Com-
pany was in town over Sunday, calling
on old friends.

the |

availability and capability of Major | _

For Secretary, THE TRADES |
| MAN heartily endorses

the eapa- | om

3adges
yr SES

 

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14

THE

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Drugs# Medicines.

Stat e 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.
Treasurer—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.

 

VIGOROUS PROTEST

Against the Arbitrary Action of the
Board of Pharmacy.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

At the first meeting of the Michigan
Pharmaceutical Association, held at Lan-
sing, November 14 and 15, a draft
of a bill to regulate the practice of Phar-
pre-
This bill, after
a lengthy discussion, was referred to the

i883,
macy in the State of Michigan was

sented for consideration.

next meeting, to be held at Detroit, Sept.
2, 10 i, At this meeting a
great deai of time was spent in consider-
ing the bill,
was finally referred to the special Com-
mittee on Pharmacy Bill, with power to
make such changes in the draft as might
be deemed necessary to make the same a

and 1884.

section by section, and it

law. (See proceeding 1884, page 88.)
In the original draft of the bill, see-

tion 3 was as follows: ‘‘Licentiates in

pharmacy shall be entitled to registra-

tion, and must be such persons as have
had two years’ practical experience in
drug steres where the prescriptions of
medical practitioners’ are compounded,
and have passed a satisfactory examina-
tion before the Board of Pharmacy here-
inafter mentioned.”’

This bill was changed in many points
by the Association and in others

t

3 many
y
Michigan State Pharmaceutical

the Legislature. See proceeding
Associa-
tion, page 29.) Members of the Associa-
tion held that section 3 as quoted above
discriminated against the graduates of the
School of Pharmacy and hence had to be
changed in order to make the

factory and to

bill ‘Satis-
prevent the incorporation
into the bill of a clause allowing gradu-

ates of pharmacy and medical schools
to become registered without examina-

tion.

The bill, which became a law by the

Governor attaching his signature thereto

 

1885, has

the
vision—sectiou 5—in regard to licentiates |

“70 other than a}
licentiate in pharmacy shall be entitled |

except

on June 2, following pro-

in pharmacy: person

to regis

tion as a pharmacist,
as

¢
provided in section 4. Licentiates in

pharmacy shall be such persons, not less
}

wie

than shall have passed |
}

18 years of age,

a satisfactory examination tour hing their |
the Boerd of Phar-

person shall, before

competency before
Every
an examination is granted, furnish satis-
he

macy. such

factory evidence that is of

temperate

habits, and shall pay the fee of $3.’

At the meeting of the Board of Phar-

macy, held at Lansing, Nov. 7, 1 the

ie 2

893

following resolution was adopted:
Resolved—That, hereafter, all appli-
cants for examination as registered phar- |
macists must have had at least three|
years’ actual experience compounding}
drugs in a retail drug store under the!
supervision of a registered pharmacist; |
and ail applicants for examination as/
registered assistant pharmacists must |
have had at least two years’ actual experi- |
ence compounding drugs in a retail drug |
store under the supervision of a regis- |

tered pharmacist; but one month’s study
in a college of pharmacy will be accepted
as a substitute for two months’ experi-
ence as above: Provided, That every
applicant must have had at least four
months’ actual experience compounding
drugs in a retail drug store, under the
supervision of a registered pharmacist.
No certificates of registration will be
issued by the Board until the applicant
has furnished affidavits from the party
or parties with whom he served or studied,
showing explicitly, by dates, the length
of time the applicant has been under the
instruction of the employer or teacher.

After carefully reading Section 5 of
the Pharmacy Law, these resolutions re-
mind me of the recent expression of the
German Emperor to his troops: ‘*My
will is your will. My law is your law.”’
According to the above resolution the
Board expects that the people of the
State are going to submit tamely to their
will, but I am afraid not. The Board
has, without an act of the Legislature,
assumed legislative powers and made an
amendment to the Pharmacy Law which
is in conflict with section 5 of the law
quoted above, which does not allow the
Board to place such a construction upon
the law as has been done by above reso-

lution.
If the Board of Pharmacy desired such

a change in the law asis set forth in their
resolution, the proper course to pursue
would be to go before the Legislature at
the next session and secure an amendment
tothe law. Such an amendment. how-
ever, would not pass, as it is altogether
too arbitrary and sweeping in its provi-
sions. The construction that would
naturally be placed upon the resolution
is, (1) that the board desired to cut down
the size of the classes, making them
smaller; (2) to prohibit the intelligent
physicians of the State from engaging in
the drug business, by preventing their
even coming up for examination, unless
they had spent three years in a drug
store; (5) compelling young men who
desire to make pharmacy their profes-
sion to either enter a college, which, in
many cases, they cannot do, or work in
a drug store for two years at least. with-
out compensation for services rendered.
As a young man cannot secure wages for
his services unless he at least a
registered assistant’s certificate, any
bright young man ought to be able to
secure an assistant’s certificate after one
year’s work.
According to

has

the pharmacy law, as
it makes no difference
person obtained the required
knowledge, whether in a country or city
drug store, at home or in a school of
pharmacy, so long as sufficient knowl-
edge is obtained to pass the examination.
The Board of Pharmacy isa part of the
pharmacy law and was created for the
purpose of executing and enforcing the
same. There is not a single item of law
covering the action taken at Lansing.
The Board must confine itself to the law,
and such a construction as has been
placed upon it in adopting the above
resolution cannot stand, as such con-
struction is not sanctioned by it. The

now in force,

where a

 

Board is not a private corporation, but |

}one of the State Boards, subject to the

law under which it acts and from which
it receives its authority. The Board has
a plain duty to perform—to examine a!!

persons who apply for examination who |

can make an affidavit that they are of
temperate habits, have the required age,
and pay the required fee. When that is
complied with the Board must accept the
eandidate and allow him to try to pass

the examination; and, if successful, issue | The water which enters into the con-

him a certificate as registered pharmacist
or assistant, according to his proficiency,
as shown by his percentages.

The last clause of the resolution
even more arbitrary than the first. It is
required to show by affidavits from the
party or parties with whom the applicant

is

|

|

served or studied the length ef time em-|

ployed, ete. This in many cases
utter impossibility, for good reasons: the
party or parties with whom he served or
studied may be dead, or their present
residence may not be known to the can-
didate. In that case no matter how good
an examination the candidate might pass,
he would, according to above resolution,
be denied a certificate by the Board.
Supposing a druggist from another State
with, say, twenty-five years’ experience,
should engage in the drug business in
Michigan—a man who could easily pass
the examination, but, owing to his age,
would not be able to furnish the required
affidavit. He would, of course, be re-
jected, or the Board would have to re-
scind above resolution. The position
taken by the Board cannot be sustained
by them in any court in this State.

The Michigan Board of Pharmacy has
always been regarded as one of the fair-
est boards in the country, and the law
has become quite popular for that reason.
If the action taken at Lansing is allowed
to stand, the Board will find a large ma-
jority of the druggists arrayed against
its action. At every session of the Leg-
islature since 1885 a bill has been intro-
duced to repeal] the law, but, so far, the
effort has failed, because the law had
been administered in such a manner as
to make it popular. I assure the Board
that, if repeal of the law what is
wanted, then the action taken at Lansing,
Nov. 7, is the first step that will lead to
that result. The law ought not to be re-
pealed and must not be, neither must the
Board of Pharmacy misconstrue the law,
but must live up to the plain intent of
its provisions, and enforce its require-
ments in as liberal a manner as the law

is

permits. JACOB JESSON.
oO
Milk--Its Nature and Chemical Compo-
sition.

Written for THE TRADESMAN.

Milk is the secretion of the mammary
glands and constitutes the entire food
and drink of the young mammal. It is
an aqueous solution of caseine, milk su-
gar and small quantities of mineral mat-
ter, and holds in suspension a quantity
of fat in a state of fine subdivision.

In my analysis of cow’s milk I found
in 100 eubie centimeters of milk, given
by the average country milk:

Grammes.
Water.. Meee eee ee 90.09
se tee eee c tee ce eeec cence
Caseine..... ee 4.16
OE 4.76
Ash (mineral matter). 0.73
102.90

Town fed Alderney milk, according to
my analysis, is a little richer, and I found
100 cubie centimeters to contain:

Grammes

Water cee iaucceerpesuees crnesace, GaR
—,.................. 3.31
(aeene.......... a 4.75
eo... 4.24
Ae... icin ve hen 72
102.90

I have also made an analysis of Jersey

milk. I found in 100 cubic centimeters
of such milk:

Grammes.
—————ee 88.48
CS A 4.12
Caseine..... atl 5.16
ie Sager... .... . | 4.43
ec. i (aa ee CEES 76
102.90

is an |

stitution of milk may be extracted from
it by evaporation, and, that having been
done, there will remain behind the milk

solids, which consist of fat, caseine, su-

| sar of milk and ash (or mineral matter).

The fat exists in milk in the form of
minute globules. It is not a single chem-
ical substance, but a mixture of chemical
substances. It of pal-
mitin, stearin and small quantities of bu-
tyrin and other fats. All these different
fatty substances are ethers of glycerine,
and are capable of yielding glycerine
when digested with alkalies, yielding
at the same time the corresponding alka-
line salt. Thus, when the fat of milk is
digested with potash or soda, it produces
glycerine, and at the same time the
oleate, palmitate, stearate potash or
soda. The fat is distinguished from the
other solid constituents of milk by being
soluble in ether.

Caseine, a valuable constituent
milk, exists under two modifications. It
is either soluble or insoluble. In the
soluble state it exists in fresh milk, and
is insoluble after the milk has turned.
In milk the caseine is chemically com-
bined with phosphate of lime, and there
is no known method to separate the two
without destroying the caseine. Caseine
which has become in water is
redissolved by alkalies.

Sugar of milk may be
milk by coagulating the caseine and re-
moving that along with the fat, and then
evaporating the residual liquid to crys-
talization. Sugarof milk differs from
cane sugar in various ways. In
ity in water there is much difference in
the two. Sugar of milk dissolves in five
or six parts of water (cold), and two and
one-half parts of boiling water. Cane
sugar is far more soluble; it dissolves in
one-third of its volume of cold water and
in very little boiling water. Sugar of
milk is not so heavy as cane sugar. Its
specific gravity is 1.53, while cane sugar
has a specifie gravity of 1.606.

The Ash or Mineral Matter—When
milk is dried up, and the dried residue
afterward incinerated, the ash remains
behind. This consists mainly of
phate of lime, which forms about two-
thirds of it, and of chlorides. There
hardly any free or carbonated alkali in
the ash of cow’s milk. The degree of
freedom of the ash from alkali may be
judged from the fact, ascertained by my-
self, that the ash does not neutralize as
much standard acid as it would if one-
hundredth of its weight consisted of al-
kaline-carbonate.

Milk has a specific gravity of about
1.029 at 59 deg. F., and its physical appear-
ance is very peculiar. Itis not a clear
liquid, being, in point of fact, an emul-
sion. Left to stand by itself, a yellowish
layer forms on the known as
cream. When freshitis nearly neutral
to test paper, but is very apt to turn sour
from very slight causes.

consists olein,

of

of

insoluble

obtained from

solubil-

phos-

is

top, well

J. DEBOE,
Chemist Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.
- i lim ——— sensei
Excursions to California.

On account of the San Francisco Mid-
Winter Fair, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway Company will sell ex-
cursion tickets to San Francisco, St. Jose,
Colton, Los Angeles and San Diego, Cal.,
and Portland, Ore., at reduced rates,
good until April 1, 1894. For full par-
ticulars call on any coupon ticket agent

 

| or address Harry Mercer, Michigan Pass.
| Agent, 82 Griswold St., Detroit. Mich.

>

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

 

 

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Advanced— Declined—Opium. Glycerine.
ACIDUM, a. Se -. O30 TINCTURES,
Apetioum 0.2.6... 8@ 10} Hxechthitos.......... 2 50@2 75 5
Benzoicum German.. 65@ 75 | Erigeron ..............2 oo@z 10 | Acomftum Napellis R....... =
ae 9p | Gaultheria............ 2 W@2 10 Aleee co
Carbolicum......... 25@ 35 Sea ee ae “a iT and myrrh... =o
a ES 52 55 Hasanaan ° nae 25@1 40 ian 50
Hydrochior ........... - i... 50@2 00 | Asafoetida. eee. 0
Nitrocum ............ 0@ 12/5 oN aime 3 o | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60
Oxali Ti a) wavendula............ Mae
> an a Oa a eee | 2 4ngye 60 | Bemzoin-.......... see seee 60
s MeoHew w sees 1 sn@t 70 Mentha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50! Co... ws... 50
alicy oe ‘ Mentha Verid 2 20@2 30 ee 50
es ae eg woes Morrhuae, gal......... 1 00@1 10 | Barosma .................... 50
Tannicum.. . Mercia, oa @ 50|Cantharides................. 7
Tartaricum........... One Me : : S@2 7: Capsicum a 50
AMMONIA. Picis 8 Liquida, (gal..35) , 208, 12 Ca ee stcttteeee sree 7
ee 1 2@ ee Macs ere eds aces « ‘
Aqua, = os ee sie 5 poesia Aa 75@1 00 NO eee eas ee 100
| 3 . Rosae, ounce 6 50@8 50 Rapecee.... 4... 6 50
Se eect eteeeua ae a oe 45 | Cinchona ................... 50
a ee LG © CO... eee eee ees 60
ANILINE. Samtal ve ees, eo =
Migek 2 00@2 25 | Sassafras... .. a. le
— ET ae 00 git ess, ounce... , = Digital i a RE a 50
tee seererereererecs 4 es a
eee 5.5 sl... 2 50@3 oo | Th . oe @ a Gentian ee ee 50
BACCAE, Theobromas........... 15@ 20 seins tr ttecteecececeeece }
Cubese (po 36)...... 2@ 30 POTASSIUM. ee ame 0 CU ee
Juniperus ............- ee 0 me eh We Ainetber 50
Xanthoxylum . 25D 30 bichromate . as 13@ 14 Hyoscyamus eT 50
. a e é... . 40@ 43] Iodine : ecee Seccea Oe
; wee oe . 2@ 15|_“  Coloriess..... 1.7! %5
——: <. S Chlorate’ (po 23@25).. 24@ 26 Ferri Chloridum........ 35
r oe Eee 50@ 55 i 50
Terabin, Canada ... 60@ 65 a Ce 2 Shes Oe Eabelie 50
Tolaten.......--....- 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30| Myrrh....................... 50
coRTEX Potassa, Bitart, com... - minee Vomree................ 50
, | Petass Nitras, opt..... os wie... kL... 85
Abies, Canadian............ 18 | Potass Nitras.......... 7 91 “ Canmphorated........... 50
— co ae “- = ante 283@ . «M Degg 2 00
Inchon . "| Sulphate po..... 1 5
Euonymus atropurp........ 30 P P ae 5@ — wtet ee enceeee =
Myrica Cerifera, _ Las. 20 ; | hatany Cen 50
Prunus — _. (a) Sconnom .........--.. 20@ 25 ee or 50
Quillaia, grd.. 10} Althae................. BAD Wl ee ita ate nee noes
ame (2) Anehuee ol. 12@ 15] Cassia ae betes eee =
r, 9 ee
Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 Fee Pete onnen s+ ! @ > Gerpenteria ........ 50
EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 omega rete tense eee =
Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 25 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Valerian retcereeeess =
acess 33@ 35 —o Canaden, ees fe
Haematox, 15lb.box.. 11@ 12 . (po. 35) ai : 30 Veratrum Veride............ 50
16.8... 13@ 14| Hellebore, a, po.. : 20
ea 14@ 15 | Inula, PO. eos eevee 15@ 20 Tone
“ Son! wn. 16 17 | Tpecac, po........_... 1 60@!1 75 ther, Spts Nit, SF.. SB BW
eenEU Tris ae rng 35@38).. 35@ 40 4F.. 2@ M&M
oar WM ... “0m 45) Alumon............... . %@ 3
Carbonate Precip...... @ 15|Maranta, \s.......... @ 35 «ground, (po.
Curate — ae... = om Fodophyilum, po.. oe 6) Oo
trate uble........ eee 75@1 00 Annatto ee ee Le 55@ 60
oo Sel... > . a al ee ; @1 = Antimont, ne, 4@ 5
Solut Chloride....... ‘ Me eos ee 75Q@1 35 et Potass T. 55@ 60
Sulphate, com’] ...... .9@ 2 Spigelia a Se 36) Antinrin |. @1 40
: pure... @ 7) Sanguinaria, (po 25).. © 2 i Antifourn............. @ B
LORA Berperiterae............ 30@ 32) Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 52
amen Senega 55@ 60] Arsenicum............ 5@ 7
Bee ow. ee. 18@ 20 Similax, Officinalis, ‘H @ 40] Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40
Anthemis ...........-- @ 35 x @ 2%| Bismuth S. N.. -2 W@2 2
Waves —estis--e ee 50@ 65] Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 os Chlor, 1s, (48
FOJAA —_— Foati- 12; PAD cer nce. 11
B 8@ 50 dus, po.. @ 3 Cuntkactine Russian,
eg “Acutitol, ‘Pin: ' Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) oS Sl ......-....., @1 00
nivelly ...... --. @ 28! inethera German. be 4 30 | Capsicl Fructus,af... @ 26
Por a rat 35@ 50) zingiber j........... 18@ ® “ ~ fa e =
an ih... + 2s SEMEN. Caryophylius, (po. Pts) 10@. 12
ae 4.........--- 10 | anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 : @3 75
6UMMI. Aptam (graveleons) @ 18 oat Alba, 8. & F..... 0s =
Acacia, Ist picked... @ = Carui, (po. a oe too 12 Coccus (ose e set ae @ 4
2d ee aaa 1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructua........ @ 2%
. ~ pie : ¢ = Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 eoeeoe.............. @ 10
sifted sorts... Cannabis Sativa. 4@ 5] Cetaceum............. @ 4
. Se aes 80) Gydontum.... ........ 75@1 00] Chloroform ........... 80D 63
Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60} Chenopodium |-...... 10@ 12 squibbs.. @1 25
- Cape, (po. 20). @ iz Dipter x Odorate...... 2 25@2 50 Chloral Hyd me... i 35@1 60
Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 foeniculum.......... @ 15| Chondrus . 20Q 25
—"* 18, 04851 14 48 “4 Foenugreek, po.. | 8 Cinchonidine, F. ‘&W 3S =
i 4 é man “
ia tae . 6 ‘3557 - = et gra, (bbl. 8) Ko mtg —_— liat, ~ -— mm
Assafcatida, (po. 33Q 36} 7, 35@ cent... D
Bensoinum............ oo tia 3 @ e Creasotum ......... 2 %
Camphor®.........---- 50@ 55 Kapa . vesssese OQ 7%] Crete, (Db. 75)..... @ 2
Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10} ginanis Albu......... q 8 [ oree... 5@ 5
Gane. .....-... @2 50 P Ni ‘an 12 roan. ...... 9@ il
Gamboge, Do... wg ® a nae @ ubra...... @ 8
Sere ote Oo} +. Di See. 40@
Kino, (po ‘1 10).. @1 15] Framenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 Crogan . $x
Mastic . a 'D. FR... -1 %5@2 00] Gupri Suiph 5@ 6
Myrrh, (po 45). eee @ 40 a a oo 1 3@1 Sanus. 10@ 12
Opii (po % % 50).......- 2 55@2 60 Juniperis Co, O. T....1 65@2 00 Riher Siinh........... 7@ 7
eee. 2. a... —— ee UmwClhm,UhUD 1 75@3 53 Emery = numbers. . @
“«  blesched..... 33@ 35] Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 ' eee
Tragacanth ........... 40@1 | Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50 | Ergota Nie 70@ 5
HERBA—In ounce packages. ae —— see eeeees ; 25Q2 a Fiske vt, a 122@ 15
SS --:--- L * - sett eeee sees TD 25Q@2 Gal : 72
ere. : SPONGES. _
Lobelia... ee coca 25 . - 2 2
Majoru 28 Florida sheeps -_ s0ge 75 40@ 60
cr ot Corns . . ; Glassware fini, by box 70 & 10.
Mentha  Piperiia. meee = Nastan sheepe’ wool i tas than ben G8
Rue.. viessceeeessee 80] velvet extra shoepe” Glue, Brown a 9@ 15
Tanacetum, Ne ze wool Carriage. 1 10 ee. 183@ 25
Thymus, V 25) extra yellow sheeps’ Glycerina .. 144@ Ww
MAGNESIA. carriage . 85 Grana Paradis. oeeceecs ase =
Galoined, Pat... .... $5 gy | Grageaneeps!woolear | Hydrang Chior aite:. ™@
| Pa.......- ve = or
Carbonate, KG Mi. aug | Hardon siete uses, 6 | Oxtubram
Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 cae 140 “ Ammoniati. @1 00
<x...) llrlrlrlrdrCc Ce . Unguentum. 45@ 55
Absinthium. .........3 50@4 00 SYRUPS. a arergyrum ......... @ 64
Amygdalsae,Dule... .. 45@ 75} Accacia 50 corereee See ..1 25@1 50
Amye alae, Amaras....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber Le 50 Tadie eae eae 75@1 00
Anfsi occ t Wee Ge teem 60 mas Boa........ 3 80@3 =
Auranti Cortex.......2 30@2 40| Ferri Iod................ ... 50 teantoee @4 70
Bergamii ... +3 25@3 50| Auranti Cortes.............- 50 — a - eras
MD oes cc ss... Gee Oi te Arom........... .-..... 80 | Lycopodium .......... 0@ 5
ee 75@ 80} Similax ee a — = Lp wees oo — 70@ 75
esa on eeees 35@ 65 . ’ cae uor rsen ‘et y-
aon ae ee 50 moe toe... .
CUMORAOHT .......55.- ‘1 Poet 0 Bee... 4... 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12
Cee se @ 45 Oe i | — Sulph (bbi
cree Was... ....... ae yee... 50 ce ce ee
See «Ol Pees eis... ............. 50 | Mannia, 8. F........ -- 6€0@_63

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Morphia, S. P. & W. . 2 10@2 35
. N.Y.@. &

Cc. Co --. 2% 00@2 %B
Moschus Canton... .. 40
Bivristica, Not .. ... 65@ 70
ag hee (po 20) .. @ 10

— Seem... 2 22
Pe =a Saac, H. & P. D. —_

ede aac @2 00
Picts Liq, N..C., % gal
a Se @2 00
Pies Liq., — @1 00
Gn @ 8
Pil Noten oe 80) .. @ 30
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. @ 1
Piper Alba, (po $5)... @ 3
Pix Burgun. ue q
Eran Acet .......... 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opli..1 tog! 20
oo boxes
|  Co., das..... @1 2
a py Lae eae 2@ 30
a 8@ 10
Quinia, & ow... 29@ 34
German.. 21@ 30
Rubia fin tec 12@ 14
Saccharum Lactispv. 2@ 22
——— 75@1 80
Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50
Sapo. W....... 12@ 14
eo 10@ 12
r 2... |... @ 15

 

Seidlitz Mixture...... @
Sinapis ee ea ge @ 18
= Dee ee @ 30
—. accaboy, De
Voce... @ 35
Senatt Scaichs, De. Voes @ %
Soda Boras, (po.11). . 10@ 11
Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30
moae Cagh............ 14@ 2
SoGe, BiCard......... @

oor. ae............. Soe
Soda, Sulphas.........
Spee. Meher Co ........
~ wmyrem Dom.....
. Vint ap... .. @3 00
* Vint Reet, bbl
.2 2@2 35
inne be gal., , cash ten days.

Strychnia Crystal.....1 40@1 45
Sulphur, pane... 8. 24@ :

a ns 2 @2%
cores ............ 8@ 10
Terebenth Veniee..... 238@ 30)
Theonromae .......... 45 @ 48)
Vanilla..

teeeeeeea set (ne Ce
Zinei Sulph._ 7] 8

OILs.
Bbl. Gal
Whale, winter.. 70 70
Lard, extra ieee ees so 85
tora We f........... 2 45
Linseed, pureraw.... 37 40

 

Linseed, boiled.. .... 40 43
Neat’s Foot, winter

eres... 65 7

SpiritsTurpentine.... 37 40

PAINTS. bbz. Ib.

Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3

Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4

Bee... 1% 2@3

Putty, Commercial. ...2% 24%@3

* “strictly pure..... 2% 2
Vi ermilion Prime Amer- —

an co. Se
Wexuatiiun. English. --. Oa
Green, Peninsular..... 70@75
Lead, rod.............. GxGay
- Wille ......_.... 5% @7
Whiting, white Span... @70
Whiting, Gilders’...... @s

White, Paris American 16

| Whiting Paris Eng.

Pioneer Prepared Paint1 20g! “i

Swiss Villa Prepared

Paints 1 00@1 20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 3
Extra a --160@1 70
Coach Hody........... T5Q3 00
Noa. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@1 10
Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. |
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The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers.
going to press and are an accurate index of the local market.
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AXLE GREASE. Fruits.
OZ gross | Apples.
Aurora... 55 6 00/3 1b. standard..... 1 00
Castor Oil... : - 7 00 | York State, gallons 2 90
—.......... @ 550} Hamburgh. *
ee 75 8 00 Apricots
a ..... 65 7 £01 Love Gek....... 1%
Paragon 55 6 00] Santa Crus 1%
BAKING POWDER. Sa - : Z
Acme. s8I . ,
i Ib. cans, 3 doz Sisaw Blackberries. 0
— - ££ et Lh hee
a. 2 ¢e 1 40 Cherries.
a... ... 10 1 10@1 20
“Arctic. Pitted Hamburgh 7
. > cans 6 doz case 55 a di : =
“4 doz 1 10| Erie..... 2
_ “ Sanu 2 09 | Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
5 b 1 doz 1 00 Eri =o. 110
Fosfon LTie sete ¢
- oz. cans, 4 doz. in case so | California ; 1 60
26 ‘ 2 00 Gooseberries.
di ® cans 49 | Common 1 25
“ a » « 7 "Peaches.
‘a ib ss 1 40 ie. ee 100
Telfer’s, %4lb.cans,doz. 45 Maxwell
% Ib. 85 Steps
“ i Ib. ‘ “ 1 50 | California 12
Ou r Leader, ly “ cans 45 Monitor
14 1b cans v5 | Oxford 1c.
= titans ... . 12 Pears.
Dr. fa ‘ | Domestic : 12
SuLt WEENS per doz} Riverside... 210
PURE Dime cans . Si Pineapples.
a 14-02 es eee... 1 00@1 30
pEPRICES |: : « _2 60 | Johnson's sliced... .. 250
2 60 | grated... 2%
j ee 1 le | Boot h’s sliced —, @2 5)
.5 9 rete... .. @2 =
12 00 Quinces,
18 25 | Common 1 10
22 75 | Raspberries,
41 SO | mee... 130
| Black Hamburg.. 1 50
: S | Erie. black 1d
BATH BRICK. | Strawberries.
2 dozen in case. | Lawrence . 125
Domestic les a ac | in : a i 2
BLUING. Gross|__ Whortleberries.
g; | Blueberries ... ! 1 00
3 6) Me ats.
,,| Corned beef Libby’s 1 9%
~~. | Roast beef Armour’s 1 £0
4 9) | Potted ham, 44 Ib a
ae 4 Ib. i
450] tongue, % Ib 13
So . oo . 85
“. ae & 30 chicken, %& Ib....... %
BROOMS, ua " v —
do. 2 if cane.
: " * Burl 2 oo | Hambu urgh string! less 1B
No. 2 2 Carpet 2 25 rench style.....2 2%
3 E) : Limas...... 1. =
2 5 '
han 2% Lie, oreo... 140
: + ' .... .......... 65
oa hisk 1 oy | Lewis Boston Baked. -2°.1.. 1 35
oes 3 Ol Bay State Baked.... oe
' i . World’s Fair Baked....... 13
A o X BRUE HES. ou —— tC: .@
Stove, No. 2 _—. i 35 Corn
: = Hamt argh .... 14
1 45 | Livingston Eder 1%
Rice Root Scrub, 2 row 8S Pu iy .......... a. ac _—
Rice Root Scrub. 3 row [Si tow Dew... "1 40
Pa.metto, goose 1 50} Morning Glory.............
BUTTER PLATES Meemen...... 44... 75
i Oval—250 in crate Peas,
eo. i... 6 Hamburgh marrofat........1 35
No. 2 70 early June
No. 3.......... 80 Champion Eng. 150
— >... .. 100] petit pois. 1%
CANDLES. | i fancy sifted. ..1 90
|} Soaked... om
a Hotel, 40 Ib. bo xes 10 i Harris st ant dard... .
star, 30 _2? | VanCamp’s marrofat.......1 10
Gea e - i early June 1 30
ie z nen orton enn ees 4 Archer's Early Blossom 13%
CANNED GOODS. i French Po aeaetaertne 2 1
Fi “i ushrooms.
. Preach 0... TT 16g21
Little Neck, 120] Bite Pumpkin a
— 190 | Brie--------.--..-.-----. 8
Clam Chowder. lou Squash
Standard, 3 1b. 2 25 | Hubbard ._........ i
Cove Oysters Succotash
Standard, 11Ib 35 } — de ee 1
21h + an | SOake ci i
Lobes. a — aw-.---- “
Star, i ib. 2617 —
2 ib 3 50 | Tomatoes.
Picnic. 1 Ib o 00 ao. ............ 1
2 ib oe
Mackerel. I
Standard. ib ae ol 25 |
és a... 2 10 j 50
Mustard, 2b... 235 | CHOCOLATE.
Tomato Sauce, 2 Ib 295! __ Baker's.
Soused. 2 ib..... 2 25 | oo eres... ...... 23
Salmot. Premium.... ....... 37
Columbia River. flat 1 80 Breakfast “ocoa.. 4
“  talls = CHEESE,
Alaska, Red ii ot rt aree.............,. @13X%
i pink..... 1 10 | Acme 124@13
Kinney’s, flats i ..1 9 | Lenawee... @i2%
= | Riverside 13
American “ ---.- @5/| Gold Medal @i2%
6%@ 7 | Skim ; 6@10
Imported e csenc ae — 11
cces .---++--15Q16 | Edam 1 00
Mustard \s.. *¢: | Leiden sie boners 23
ec , 21 | Limburger ..... @10
Tront. - | Pineapple co cee wes Os
ee... 2 50 | Roguefort...... Os

 

mem Gee... ...,.....5 @21
Schweitzer, imported. @xA
. domestic .... @14
CATSUP.
Blue Label Brand.
— pint, 25 bottles... 2%
nt . 450
aon 1 doz bottles | a oo
Triumph ‘Brand.
Half pint, per Geax... 135
Pint, 2> botsies..............4
Quatt, per Gon ..... -.0 a
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes... .40@45
COCOA ‘SHELLS.
35 1b bags.... .
Less quantity @3%
Pound packages 6%@7
JOFFEE,
Green.
Rio.
Fair.. oe ...
eee... 38
Tree ....- . 0
ea .
cc 22
Santos.
—............. 1.
tt 0
ee...
Peaberry | 22
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair — |
Good -.22
Pemey............ 24
“Maracaibo.
Prim -—
Milled : . 24
Java.
ae. Fs]
Private Growth... ae
Mandehling .... . ae
Mocha.
Imitation . 25
Arabian... .28
Roasted.

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add c. per lb. for roast-

ing and 15 per cent.

for shr

ink

age.

MeLaughiin’ s xx. 24 45

aes... --- 2s &

Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case. 4 45

Extract.

_—~ City % zg STOSS. 7

is

Hummel" 8, toll, BTOSS...... 1 50

tin . 28

CHICORY.
—........ 5
Red 7
CLOTHES. LIN TES.

Cotton, 40 ft. per dos. 1 3

: —-....... a 14

. ee... . 1 60

C a ss 1 7

_ e...... ” 1 90

Jute —i...... “s 8

72 ft 1 Ov

CONBPENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case.

 

N.Y. ond’ns d Milk Co's brands

 

Gail Borden Eagle 7 40}
ene 6 2
Dea ..... 5 7%
Champion. 4 50
a . 4%
a a 3 3

Renee
A OO bo

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Raewen
2 OOO Ue

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‘Tradesman.’
books, per hundred 2 0
oe ct -. 250
300
3 oe
4
5 0
“Superior.”
books, per hundred 2530
ee “ “ 3 00
. 3 50
cr 400
. 5 00
‘ “ 6 0°

 

Universal.”

 

50 lb. boxes
_” " i
Prunelles
Dik. bouee.....-..
Raspberries
In barrels..... oo .
i Bee... ......-.--
=” ™~Cl... ane
Raisins.
Loose Muscatels in Boxes
2¢ Town ‘ 2e
1 60
| Loose Muscatels in Bags.
iz crown ‘ a:
: = 5
Peesion.
Currants.
Patras, in barrels.... i
= tm hoee.......
' in less quantity a. ae
cleaned, bu ik 6
cleaned, packs age 6%

 

No. 1, 6%.

i

i

Pee
| Citron, Leghorn. 2 Ib. boxes 20

| Turkey
| Silver

| Sultans .....
| French, 60-70.

$ 1 books, per hundred $3 00
$2 - " 3 50
8 3 “i “a 4 00
&5 . ‘ 5 00
$10 e - 6 00
820 7 00

Ahewe sine on coupon books
are subject to the following
quantity discounts:

200 books or over.. 5 per cent
5 i} “a “ 10 “

Fe Ue

COUPON PASS BOOKS,
[Can be made to represent any
denomination from #10 down. |
20 books oo. $100
50 ae 2 00
ktm ec cee ee as 3 00
—_—*- ...... bicccerses Oe
— . .. 10 00
OO 17 50
CREDIT CHECKS,
500, any one denom’ a... #3 00
i, * 5 00
— ' ie 8 00
Steel punch.. 75
CRACKERS.
Butte
Seymour XXX........ 6
Seymour XxX. cartoon..... 6%
eT
Family XXX, cartoon...... 6%
Salted XXX.. ae
Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6%
——s «hls. 7
meee... ss eg
Butter biscuit... 6%
Soda.
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Poon. cee...
poee, Pees... 8%
Cees eeree........ .-.... 10
Long Island Wafers a
Oyster.
S. Oyster XXX. i _-. ©
City “Oyster. XXX. oa 6
Farina Oyster.. mm _'
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly pure oe os
Telfer’s Absolute.......... 3)
Grocers’ a 15@25 a
DRIED FRUITS,
Domestic,
Apples.
Sundried. sliced in bbls 6%

quartered ‘ 7
Evaporated, 50 1b. boxes 11
Apricots.
California in bags......
Evaporated in boxes. ..
Blackberries.
In boxes.... ae
dseeaneie!
70 lb. bags.... na
25 Ib. boxes. ...
Peaches.
Peeled, in boxes...
Cal. evap. cseue.
r . in bags. .....10
Pears.
California in bags 1¢
Pitted Cherries
Barrels .

10

11

Lemon
Orange

Raisins.
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes
Sultana, 20 i
Valencia, 30 /
Prunes.
100-120....
920x100 25 Ib DxE.
80x90 . 8
70x80 iS
60x70 " 9

California,

70-80 "
80-90. .
90-10)

ENVELOPES.
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No. 2, 6%..

 

 

1,6.

—_—ts............... f
No. 2 S. 1 50
xx wood, white,

No. 1, 6% : 35
No. 2, 6% .
Manilla, white.
Ee re ee 00
S.... cies : 95
Coin
Be Me.4.. .... 1 00
FA RINACEOUS GooDs.
Farina,

500 ih. Rome. ........... 3%
Hominy.
ee 3 00
ee 3 50
Lima Beans.
ee 3%@4

%
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.

 

Domestic, 12 lb. box..
a -10%@:il
Oatmeal.
eee... 4 60
Half barrels 100...... 2 40
Pear! Barley.
——— 2%
Peas.
cree, WM . ............ 1 45
Bees perib..___....... %@3
Rolled Oats.

Barrels :90... .. . @4 60
Half bbis90.......... @2 40
Sago.
tT 4%

aes. 5
! Wheat.
oe 5
FISH--Salt.
Bloaters.
Tees.
Cod.
te ee
Whole, Grand Bank..... 5@5\
Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6@8
Boneless, strips.. ....... 6@8
Halibut.
pmeked 11@i2%
Herring.
Holland, white hoops keg 70
' ' 2 Oi
wore
Round, & bb] 100 lbs... 2 6s
" Po oe 1 25
peated... 17
Mackerel,
No. 1, 100 1bs.. -11 00
No ? al 4 7
met ee. ua la
No. 2, 100 Ibs.. i. oo
Pos oe... 3 70
oO. meee 1 05
Family, ee... _. te
ie ........,... 70
Sardines.
Reman, kGes............. 65
Trout.
No. 1, % Dbia., 100Ibs........6 00
mo. bX bbl, 4) ihe... ......2 %
Pro. 1, Race, 10 id... .. 80
mo. 1,60 Ste... . 68
Whitefish.
ney
% bbls, ag ibs a 00 $2 75
14 ts -.80 im
10 Ib. kits, ene e nua ae 90 4
8 Ib 7% 40
FLAVORING EXTRACTS,
Souders’.

Oval Bottle, with corkscrew.
Best in the world for the money.

Grade

Regular
Vanilla.

= 2 0z

 

1402 2 40

XX Grade
Lemon.

B 2 0z.....81 50}

i 402 3 00)

XX Grade |

Vanilla,
Z0s.....81 7%
402 3 50)
Jennings.
Lemon. V —

2 oz regular —- 7 1x
402 --1 50 2 00|
6 oz ' 20 3 00 |
mo. S taper... .... a 35 2 00
No. 4 taper........1 2 80

They are prepared just before
It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those
Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than
Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the

 

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle--Dupont’s
——- .....  . te
See
oie Seee...-............1
| © Gomes... .... Ceveeie a.
4 1D Cans.... 6
Choke Bore— Dupont’s. s.
ese... 4 £5
Te ie ce eee 2 4
Quarter cers... ............ 1
Lip cans .... |
Eagle Duck— ~Dupont’ 8.
Kegs ee
Half kegs Cees ccceuteecess OF ae
Quarter kegs. oo...
1 ID cans.. _. ...... oe
HERBS.
en 15
Pee Jeo
INDIGO.
means, Sib. bowes....... 55
F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50
JELLY.

17 Ib. pails aaa @ 50
oo * a“ @ 79
LICORICE.

ee ee 30
———.......... ee
Sree... -.ee ee-e es 12

LYE.
Condensed, : - eae 1 2%
moe 4.2... 2 2
MATCHES.
No, 9 suiphur.........- _.-. oO
Anmcnor pearior............... 1 70
mo ceoe.....-............ i
Euport pertor............... 4 00

MINCE MEAT.

 

  

DOOR, COMO on 8 ok ac eno een 2 7)
6 doz. case .. son
12 doz. case .. 18
MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.
oe... 81 7
Half —. .. 1 40
Quart woes 70
oa ......... oo 45
Ball pint........-..- : 40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.

1 gallon . Se,
Half gallon . ees 4%
Quart. a. 3%
Fint.... 2B
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar house... .......++-- 14
Cuba Baking.

GE os csc cesee sss 16
Porto Rico
Prime ee ee 20
WY ca Cee wee 30
New Orleans.

i en nes eae 18
ee i 2
ere eed, 2... 7
CE 32
oo 40
one. half barrels. 3c extra,

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count. @5 00
Half bbls, 600 count. @3 00
Small.

Barrels, 2.400 count. 6 00
Half bbis, 1,20 count 3 50
PIPES.

Cc ‘lay, No. 216. 1 =

T. D. fulleount
ae 1s
POTASH,

48 cans in case.
eer s .......... 4 00
Penna Salt Co.'s 323
RICE
| Domestic.
| Carolina head 6
. No. ee
C No, 2 5
Broken ne : 4
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Japan, No. : — |
. No ocean
Java occ
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SPICES,

Whole Sifted
Oe... .
Cassia, China in mats......

e Batavia in bund.. 1b
ies Saigon in rolls...... 32
Cloves, Amboyna......
“ Zanzibar..... ne 2
Mace Batavia....... Loe
Nutmegs, fancy.. 75
a 1 Sed ie cece cans. 7
, mee... 60
Pepper, singapore oop 10
120
° ae 16
Pure Saal in Bulk,
mies... 15
Cassia, Batavia ee eae 25
and or. 25
' waeon..... 30
Cloves, Amboyna. . be 22
_ Zanzibar..... ...o
Ginger, African Peete -.10
Comme... 20
o 5 amaica . 22
mace Batavia. 65
>

‘Trieste
N ae No. 2

Pepper, Sinwapore i black . : - !

c MIEN yg Pees

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Allepeee ........ 8... 84 155
on... .. ...,. S 1 3
-_—............... 84 1 55]
Ginger, Jamaica ..... &4 1 55}

' Arrican........ Gt 1)
po 84 1 55]
COeOee 84 155)
Bare. ..... 84

SAL SODA,
eS . 1%
Granulated, boxes.......... 1%
SEEDS,
Ae @15
Canary, Smyrna....... 3%
Caraway . 6
Cardamon, Malabar... =
Hemp, Russian..
Mixed Bird ee. 108"
Mustard, white....... 10
Pore oe os 9
aoe... 5
Cuttle bone........ 30
STARCH,
Corn
20-ib boxes oo . 5X
=e hl” t«C 5%
Gloss.

: Ib packages on 534

-lb ae ee 54

_ oe 536
40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 334
Barrow... .. 3%

SNUFF.
Scotch, in bladders oe
Maccaboy, 7a... 35
French Rappee, in Jars. 43
SODA,
cata Ee Te ee Shy
ene, Wueen................ 4%
SALT.
oo SACKS..... .- 82
2 00

8 0. Db. sacks. 1 &
= a lL... 2

24 3- - ieanee 0 _1
56 Ib. dairy in linen bags. 32
28 Ib. drill «6

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill bags.. 32
in, * - . 18
Ashton.

56 1b, dairy in linensacks.. 75
Higgins,

56 Jy, dairy in linen sacks 7

Soar Rock. i
SG t.. sacks... ... | 27
Common Fine.
peerew . .... .:.......: 70
Manistee . : 70
SALERATUS,

Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
ore... 5%
Deleses ....,..... ily
fa gl ne 5%
Taylor's. s

“SOAP.
Laundry,

Allen B, Wrisley’s nar
Old Country, 80 1- Ib. . 2
Good Cheer, 60 1 Ib. _ 3 90
White Borax, 100 %- oy lad 3 65

eae & en
Concord .

. $

Ivory, oe! |
C - o......... . 400
Lenox cc. Ce
Mottled German....... _2%
Tore Tee... ........ + oe

Dingman Brands.

Biase how.. .............. 3%
5 box lots, delivered....... 3 83
10 box lots, delivered...... 3%

Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands
American Family, wrp d..$4 00
. a plain... 2 9

N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands,

Santa Claus

Brown, 60 are a

“ oe Dare .....

Lautz Bros. & Co's ak:

aoe a
Cotton Ol]....
Marseilles...
Mafter

4 00
-29

 

3 25

4 (0
6 00
3 95

 

 

Smoking.

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Catlin’s Brands.
[im Gribe. 8 1g
Golden Shower............. 19
SILVER ee
MmeGrnCHaGI: 6.0.8... 29
SBh p American Eagle Co.’s Brands,
ei | Myrtle Navy. ova ae
Stork ' - 30@32
Le .-
ia | Frog ' _. 33
oe Se ee Java, 45 fotl....... <a.) oe
Savon Improved ....27122) 5 Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Sunnower ........ eT 16
——......,.. | Banner Cavendiah..........28
mconcmaca! oe Cee 8 28
Scouring. Scotten’s Brands.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 250) 4 i 15
Seed, Sime... 398 ee ag
SUGAR. Gord Bicek......... le 30
The following prices repre- F, F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s
sent the actual selling prices in Brands,
Grand Rapids, based on the act- Peerless a . 26
ual costin New York, with 36 fa
ee WO a
— per 100 pounds added for Standard... a
reight. The same quotations i ey
will not apply toany townwhere | Globe Tobacco c 0.’8 Brands.
the freight rate from New York | Handmade.................. 41
is not 36 cents, but the local Leidersdorf’s Brands.
quotations will. perhaps, afford Boh Ee 26
a better criterion of the market Un a Paes econ 28632
than to quote New York prices | Uncle Sam.............. Be
exclusively. BOG ClOVEL. .64...... 2... aaa aes
Cut Loaf. ee $5 67 Spaulding & Merrick.
| Powdered .. sie tteee eee > 2s | Pom and Jerry. ..0. 0000 25
Granulated ................ 486] Traveler Cavendish....... 38
ao Vine Granulated... Seo | Bem Mora ut 30
: a a a “7 0 oe) iow BO... lL... 30@32
XXXX Powdered... --- 554] Gorn Cake..... SEEDER ics ~
Confec. Standard A.. .... 4 9 il _
No. 1 ColumbiaA......_.. 4 61
No. 5 —— Dee 448} HIDES PELTS and FURS
eae... 4 42
Soe 4 36 Perkins & Hess pay as fol-
mo. &.-. ., . £ 3) 1 lows:
a 423 HIDES.
aq 10. He Gree UU 202%
0. il.. - 411) part Cured... @3
WO We. 3 98 Fu ul a @ 3%
Be 3 92 PC gl aa
soem... 3 80 Kips, green oo 2 @3
SYRUPS. a Cured... |... : 4
Corn. Calfskins, green...... 3 4
Borie 21 i cured...... 5 @6
Half bbis.... 23 Deacon skins.......... 10 @xz
Pure Gana | No. 2 hides \ off.
oes ee eee eee el. s PELTSs.
ao reat 7 sa 30 Shearlings 3 2 20
ane |...
VINEGAR, ce
a 7 @8 WooL
—<................ 8 Ge ooo... ..12 @te
81 for barrel. Unwashed ...... .. & @i4
WET MUSTARD, MISCELLANEOUS,
og ——_ Se iy 30 2eew. .......... 3 @4%
eer mug, 2 doz in case... | Grease butter ........1 @2
YEAST, _ Powiscnee.......... --- 1%@ 2
Magic, Cs a2... ....... 2 00@2 50
wares 1 00 __ i one
Reset veom .-..... 1 00
DPiamond........ ‘ . 75 | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
OO ee 90
TEAS WHEAT.
JAPAN—Regular. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 55
en @17 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 55
OG @20
Chetee ..24 @26 ae
Ohaieet. 0.6...) 22 @ei (Belted. 1 40
ee 4... .. -10 @l12 Granulated,........ 1 65
SUN CURED.
Re @it oe
GOOG. cose ee on @x» Straight, in sacks ........ 3 30
Cnoice....... eye aes 24 @xe ' @ORFOM....... 3 55
CTneem............... 32 @34 Patent ‘* sacks. . _.. 400
Dust a -10 @12 . ‘“ barrels........ 4 55
BASKET FIRED, Graham ‘‘ sacks... 1 70
Fair . -.+-+-18 @W | Rye “6 a 1 70
Cc hoice e. ' @25
Cc ‘hoicest. . @35 MILLSTUFFS. Le
@, wire leat @40 4eSS
eaten oie INPOWLER. @ Car lots quantity
Common to faii.......25 @35 | Bran... ....... $13 50 $14 0
Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Screenings .... 13 00 13 00
Choicest fanuy........75 @ss | Middlings..... 15 00 16 00
OOLONG. @26 Mixed Feed... 17 0) 18 00
Common to fair... .. 23 @30 Coarse meal 16 50 17 00
IMPERIAL.
a. ORN.
Common to fair....... 23 G26 : [ °
Superiortofine........30 @35 Coe 10... |...
YOUNG HYSON. Less than car lote.......... 44
Commor to fair.......18 @2é OATS.
Superior to fine. .80 @40
ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Car lots..... ............... 33
a ll 18 22 Less than car lots.. co
i ne 24 @28 HAY.
Ce 40 @50 :
— YBACCOS - No. 1 Timothy, car lots. ...11 90
TOBACCOS. No. 1 . ton lots .....12 50
Fine Cut. LULL
Pails unless otherwise noted
| Bazoo . @30 WOODENWARE.
ee @27 i
Mette Bly... ......... 27 @24 Tubs, No.1................. 6 00
Tuclioten ........ 21. @22 * NO. 2............ > oo
Hiawatha ......... 60 | eS... - 450
Sweet Cuba.. 34 Pails, No. f, two- hoop.. 1 30
McGinty . ue 27 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1:
“ if ee, 25 Bowls, a inch ees eos,
Dandy die... 29 im tenets he
Torwede 24 15 . -12
ae in drums.. 23 a M4 i : 1 80
Tine Yiee _.......... 28 19 Benet ee cee eee 2 40
——....... : 23 21 see “-
“  drums.... a 20 Baskets, market. eee ee ome 35
Pl ee bushel. 1 15
—— ’ ful noop . Lis
Sorg’s Brands, - willow c *ths, No.1 5 25
Spearhead ............ 39 No.2 6 2
— 97 by « Wos7s
monny Twiek........... 39 "splint “ Horas)
Scotten’s Brands, - i No.2 4 00
ea 26 te “ “ No.3 4 75
Hiawatha na 38 INDURATED WARE.
Valley City ....-. 34 Pails Cee ee eee ee a
Finzer’s Brands. | Tubs, No. 1 ate eee sci ac den 13 50
old Honcsty....... 4 ‘Tus, No, 2... )
, OO eer tar...:.. ....... 32 a

 

 

 

 

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PROVISIONS MIXED CANDY.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. S iiie | — E —
| quotes as follows: Headee 4 7
| PORK IN BARRELS. ee 7 8
ie cS ee Lees 14 00} No Oe opel ecea a 8
ene NG CO | Moetieh Hock.....................9 8
ixtra Clear pig, short cut.................- ag OG | Comeervves.... _............- 7 8
| Bee Geet, fees | Broken Taffy. - baskets 8
Clear, fat back... eect ee | ee Peanut Squares. . as 8 9
| Boston clear, Ror ene 17 00 | French Creams.......... 9%
Clear back, short ee 17 00; Valley Creams... ...... 13
Standard clear, short cut. best.... _...... 17 00 | Midget, 30 lb, baskets...... -. 8%
SAUSAGE | Modern, 201lb. i 8
ri 33, | ‘y—In bulk
ee 834 | FANCY nH
Pee 6 | Pails
ee q Lozenges, plain. . . _ 3

Ce ray ay printed...... 10
oo cere 6” | Chocolate Drops............ 12
AT NNT 7 | Chocolate Monumentals..... re ete
Samide. |. ee 10 | Moss Drops. sttcceee cere vette tte ee eee eee ee SG
Preoetrte. ue 8 | 5.085 Props.................. a
PVOR q | Sour Drops.. we teee eee ees 8%

ae oo _ 10
i FANcY—In 5 Ib. boxes Per B
Kettle Rendered... ...-..2. 2-2. -.ees eee. 10% | Lemon Drops.................. b. boxes. cn er] a
Granger . | 934 i | Sour Drops .. Be
Family a 7% | | Peppermint Drops.. "60
Ce ‘| Chocolate Drops... .. ' Te
( ottoline... 5’s | H. M. Chocolate -— ene t renee '$0@90
5U Ib. Tins, we advance. | Gum Drops. a ni 1 140@50
20 Ib. pails, 4c | Licorice Tops... as 00
101b. “ %e mh | A. B. Licorice Drops... Ee
ae | Lozenges, a 5
3 Ib. le “ printed.. a
BEEF IN BARRELS. | Perea a
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs. 8 00 | oe re ttee tees ee ee
Extra Mess, Chicago as a . 7 50 | Saaieece ar wnt tt ee tees eee ee ee ee
Boneless, rump butts. . .. 11 0} aaa Made pa
SMOKED weaTs—Canvassed ¢ or r Plain, _ | Plain Creams...... vo SG
Hams, average 20 Ibs................. .----10% | Decorated Creams.................
Glbp............ 10% | String Rock. a
tk a, [@to 14 lbs. ++ ssrc+s+++++-1 | Burnt Almonds... .
i Plenic.... ........... trrtessse+-ee + 83% | Wintergreen Berries. He
| ORE BON OIE RE Te 10 | ARAMELS,
Sneuicers........ a 8% | No.1, wrapped, 2 Ib, boxes. 34
Breakfast Bacon boneless................... 13% | No, 1, SF 51
Dried beet, ham prices... .-........... -.-10 | No. 2, v 2 “ 2g
Dee eee ORANGES.
Briskets, medium. ... ee ball | Saas 2 50
‘4 Haas... : NR TE 3 00
DRY SALT MEATS. OO 3 00
OE ' BANANAS
De Se 12% | Small . i.
Pathe. Cc jo | | hare...

PICKEED PIGS’ FEET. LEMONS.
Safco ...+ee+--- 8 00 | Messina, extra fancy Maiorias, 360.... 3 50
OO —— 1 90 C fancy 360 _... .... oe oe

TRIPE. c fancy Oo
Kits, honeycomb ... Lou ceuaac. 65 c choice 360. eee ce 4 00
Kits, premium oe 55 eChoice 200... .... . _:

B 1 BEEF TONGUES an OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.
Ce. 22 ( e i a
ale err 11 00 | Figs, bi a eee >

Peorpeune 11 a a aa ae ae
vik tte RE Dates, “Pard, 10- = box. @8
Dairy, — <7... __. = ee @7
Dairy, rolls. ve ‘ 4
Creamery, solid packed........ ......... 20. 18 ; Persian, 50. Ib. box. @ 4%
Creamery, role .................... . 18% NUTS.
—— Almonds, Tarragona......... @17
FRESH BEEP. a BCe....-...-.... @16
toca. Y California... @
Wore quarters ......._... Brazils, new. ... @i1%
Hind quarters......... : Filberts . @11%
Res Og... sw Walnuts, Grenoble. @14
oPe.......... ee ee eee ees i) French... @1z2%
BA i ete ae ge tes nen 5 @6 by Oe @iz%
Chae. 4@4% Table Nuts, fancy . @i3
Ce . 4 choice a @i12
FRESH PORK rieniid: Texas, H. P., 9411
Brensed ao 8 ee 4 00
ee Ga; | Hickory Nutsperba............ 1 25
GMOUMIOER 5.0. 0... ... 42. eo 6% | < OCoanuts, full sacks........... @4 Ov
Leet Lard..... ee 11 PEANUTS,
UTTON
a es Fancy, H. P., Oe S i
OO ttttete tec e tees 5 @6 Fancy, H. P., Flags. @ 6
TE Vea soe «Roasted 7B 7%
oat ee 5 @ Chotee, H. s. aa | 4%@ 5
ie ‘Roasted. 6@ 6%
FISH AND OYSTERS.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
FRESH FISH. cE
Whitefish es @9 ' LAMP BURNERS.
Trout ee. @9 Ne. 0Suan.... be eeu eye elec el 45
—— e.....,.lUlmrmrwt~té<“(CSC*C*SCCCC 12% ae Ul esa enlist a tld iene ale elas 50
os... @15 No ee sd oe se leet ee cee a .
Ciscoes or Herring ee cee. @ 5 2 as RENN 75
Bluefish.. @i2% LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box.
Fresh lobster, ‘per eT 20 6 doz. in box.
ee ee Socata etme eee 10 Ne Osan... 175
ee @9 ai! LLL 1 88
Mes cease cwewescoecwescer eee eeee @8 mee Cok... 2 70
Smoked White.. os ae @ 8 First quality.
ee es 12 | No. 0 Sun, crimp Me ea 2 10
Columbia River Salmon.......... : 124% | No. 1 os
——... .......... ..... ........ 25 No.2 * 3 2F
(Orstmns—Cans. yy Flint,
Penneven Counm...................... @35 No. 0 Sun, crimp 7 2 60
mw. 0. 2 Sereces,. 1.5... Siena @30 |No.1 | 2 80
— ee eed se uaa men eau en @% No.2 ‘“ 6 3 80
Pr. es. @23 Pearl top.
pe ae @2 | No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled... 3 we
RCI 6 occu cee. cee... ee @18 No.3 ee
Favorite. ... @16 2 Hinge, “ " 4 88
oysteRs—Bulk. i ae Bastie.
Meco... . ..... per gal.. 1 75 | No.1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 13
NO ee 1 50| No.2 [ 1 50
ey RE A GG | A UG aie 109 No. 1 crimp, per doz. js
os .. . ... 2 20 ms otlUlUCU UD Cl ..1 60
SCUODG.. ---- 8 ke 2 co ae ere,
Borers ....... |... eo
Cane 1 25| No. 0, per gross............ 0.0, BB
SHELL @0ODs. ll x er et a
0 — per 100 .......e.. ee eee eee 1 26@1 51 No.3. i 75
‘ eeu ee 1 00 ih aia ae
Clam a yee @ Mammoth, per doz......... Lie TH
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Selatan |
putter Croces, | ig Geal................... 06
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: : ' . Be 74 gal. per ee :
ro ougs, 46 @al., per GOR............ bee ae 7
sai oo Bbls. Pails 00 Seah pergar 07
PROCS r oi Mii k Pans, al.,per dow......... 60
Standard, per Ib......... 6% The ou % gi \ *
rn HoH... s.s. a ene we STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED,
Boston Cream ...... } Butter Crocs, t avid Deal................. O7
io .............. Sat IE Pans, ee. 8... 65
Batra 2. H........ 8% [ . ee 7

 

   

‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7

OWEN VS. ABBOTT. | the principle of good and the ssiistate

The associate editor of Tne TRADES-| of evil—they are as widely separated as |
MAN, Mr. Abbott, takes exceptions to| are the meaning of my worded expres- |
some of my statements in the article, | sions and the construction put upon |

‘‘Eyil Results in Good.” Well, it has al-| them by the associate editor. The differ- |
ways been my bad fortune to encounter ence between Mr. Abbott and myself is
opposition in all my undertakings,| simply this: My observations of good
whether in the direction of right-doing | and evil are taken from the concrete of | —————— a ee —— :
or in the opposite direction. When I at-| matter and fact, while he, being more| Fm '

tempt to portray the gloomy side of/ philosophical, discards materiality and, OR
things, 1am sat down upon as a pessi- like Diogones of old, founds his conclu- A es 1K :

mistical erank or a calamity croaker, and | sions upon abstract reasoning. For in-

when I turn to the bright side, lo! there | stance, he says ‘“‘there is no union of

is the same opposition to contend with. | good and evil, indissoluble or otherwise.” THE SEND
When I wrote the article in question 1] This is true when we consider them as | Wo

was “under conviction.’? I had written | abstract principles; otherwise we could

so much on the calamity side that 1 de-| not distinguish good from evil. Indeed

termined to undo some of the evil I had|there would be no good and no evil; BO } S&S BB O! c
done, by showing that, after all, these| simply a compound elementary mixture sane

  

 

discouraging trade depressions were not | which would be neither one nor the other. “as
unmixed evils, and that good invariably | But Mr. Abbott is not consistent. He | al
came out of them. If my attempt to ad- tells us that good and evil are as widely ABO UJ 7 A ¢
minister consolation at the present time, separated as heaven and hades, and yet \
when the trade is so much in need of it, | he says the act of cutting a man’s leg off | }
proves a dismal failure, Mr. Abbott will| is a good thing and an evil thing at the iy. SA MP f KE ¥
be responsible for it. same time. If heaven and hades are no ® a : ° f
If there be any one thing more in har-| more ‘‘widely separated”’ than this would | 78 Y
mony with my nature than another, it is| indicate, Mr. Abbott will never know cere sner-noerenentn neem arenes ance : == :
an opportunity to fight—provided that] whether heisasheep oragoatafterhis| | | A
my opponent be smaller and more cow-| final metamorphosis shall have taken \p
ardly thanl. If my opponent in this} place. The fact is, the amputation act
ease were only a common, home-madejis an evil. Mr. Abbott would readjust a
contributor like myself I would not hesi-| his conclusions if he had to submit to
tate to knock the chip off his shoulder} the amputation of an arm ora leg. It is aa on»
and wade in: but he represents the edi-| an evil, but good results from it inasmuch é

torial chair itself, and 1 have too much/as it is the means of saving the life of

respect for the exalted position he occu-| the subject. The act of amputation is

pies to dispute anything that may flowjan evil; but it is a good thing to suffer ai

from his editorial pen. The associate | the evil to be done for the good that will

editor admits that ‘‘The general idea/result from it. He says ‘‘it is called
sought te be conveyed may be correct.’’ | good because it is the lesser evil.’’ Ac-
1 sought to convey the general idea that} cording to this idea, any evil, the doing
evil results in good, and the associate} of which will avert a greater evil, ceases
editor, after carefully reviewing the ar-| to be an evil and becomes a good. I am
ticle and criticising it with the intuitive| afraid Mr. Abbott took a ‘‘nap” while
Lerception of a natural born editor, ad-j his pencil was at work at this point in
mits that it ‘may be correct.’? What] his criticism. He admits that the exer-
more can I ask? What better editorial} cise of greater vigilance on the part of
endorsement could any contributor ask | officials and employes, as a result of
than the one given me by Mr. Abbott?| accident caused by carelessness, is good;
lf this were all, Mr. Abbott’s judgment | but he thinks there should be ‘‘no room
as a fair and generous critic would stand| for increased %are and vigilance.”’
unimpaired; but he does net stop here;| True; but what should be and
he sees nothing wrong inthe generalidea| what is are quite different things.
sought to be conveyed, but takes excep-| Mr. Abbott’s position is unten-
tion to certain propositions which are in-| able. He assumes that men should be
dispensable in leading up to this *tgen-| what they are not, never was, neither,
eral idea.”” And not only so, but he| indeed, can be by nature—namely, per-
bases his criticism on his own construc-| fect; and upon this visionary hypothesis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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tion put upon language used by me, lan-| he builds his theories. He approaches ' ,
guage which he considers vague and | the concrete and reluctantly admits that ;
‘susceptible of several meanings.”’ If good and evil may be found in the same h
the language used by me in this article| person, but it is the acts of the person .
is susceptible of several meanings, what | that constitute the good and the evil in|
right has Mr. Abbott to assume a mean- the person; and it is to be inferred, from a
ing of his own choosing and then accuse | the position he assumes, that these acts
me of stating an ‘tuntruth?” The asso-| are entirely within the control of the re
ciate editor is simply indulging in a little | person, thereby making it possible for
pugilistic exercise at my expense. He the person to become entirely good or | a
sets up a stuifed effigy and then, imagin-| entirely bad. This inference is strength- /
ing it to be a real adversary, he proceeds! ened by the statement that these personal

to knock him down. Mr. Abbott is de-| acts, which are the only evidences of
cidedly combative. If he cannot find a| good and evilin the person, are ‘‘to be
real foe to vanquish, he will set up and| deplored, and not regarded as a consola- |
knock down an imaginary one. tion.”’

Mr. Abbott reasons in the abstract and, He would have the readers of THE}
in the main, his reasoning is sound. It | TRADESMAN believe that my article was
is true that guvod and evil, as abstract | an abortive effort to dish up a little cold
principles, are separate and distinct, | consolation based on the grim and cheer- | THE ABOVE BRANDS.

opposite in origin and effect, and are ‘‘as| less fact of human cussedness. On the}
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distinct one from the other as light and) contrary, I based my proffered consola-
darkness and as widely separated as/ tion on the fact of human imperfection. |

heaven and hades.’’ Even this strong} Evil exists to a greater or lesser extent} :
ae : If you are not now handling any of our brands, we solicit a trial order, confident that the ex
comparative figure of speech made use| wherever imperfection is found, and 4s | ¢ejjent quality of our goods and the satisfaction of your customers will impel you to become a

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of by Mr. Abbott fails to express the! no person, place or thing having a tangi- | regular customer. - i
mighty distance that intervenes between ble existence is absolutely perfect ( (an- | Correspondence solicited. VOIGT MILLIN NG CoO.

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less it be the aforesaid associate editor),
it holds that, under the plan of creation
as it is, and not as my friend thinks it
ought to be, good and evil, as found in
the solid concrete of the matter-of-fact
world, are co-existent and inseparable.
This has nothing to do with the wanton
acts of persons, conceived in hellish de-
light and perpetrated with evil intent.
This would be hard food for consolation,
indeed. The real consolation lies in the
fact that, whereas good and evil are in-
separably connected in the
every human being, we might,
ceiling ourselves the fact,
and faults with bet-
ter grace, thereby avoiding many of
life’s bitter disappointments by prepar-
ing us to face life as it is.

Mr. Abbott’s doctrine
not the teaching of the
whose words relating to the tree
fruits my friend Mr.
would take out an improvement on
plan of He
those visionary{disciples whom the Great

make-up of
by recon-
to bear each
other’s weaknesses

false. It
Great Master

is is

Abbott
the
of

quotes.

creation. reminds me

Teacher rebuked on a certain occasion.

They saw good and evil in everything all |

around them, and, conceiving the idea
that they were not inseparable, asked
permission to go out and pull up the evil
by the roots; but he who ‘‘spake as never
man spake’’ told them, by way of the
parable of the wheat and the that
good and evil must remain inseparable
until the harvest

tares,

separation would take place. Aets,
only evidence of good and evil in
person? Why, two men may perform
the same act precisely alike, and the act
of the one may be an evil act and that of

the

the other may bea good act. Further,
the evil act may result in good and the
good act may result inevil. It is not

that evi-
perpetrator—

It
but
it is impossible to eradicate evil from our
natures, quell the conflict
good and evil which rages within us, for
the simple reason that they
parably connected that we cannot utterly
exterminating
death.

the act or the results of the act
dences good or evil in the
it is the motive that prompts the act.

is quite possible to control our acts,

or between

are so inse-

exterminate one without
the other—and that means
stated in my former article, we call per-
sons and things good or bad just as the
one or the other may predominate.

My ‘‘fling’’ at the Senate was not flung
at the individual members in their ca-
pacity as private, honored and ‘‘prosper-
ous citizens,’’ but at their acts as a legis-
lative body. Mr. Abbott’s insinuation in
this part of his criticism must pass un-
heeded. E. A. OWEN.

— >
Illustration of the Foolishness of Cut-
tine.
From the Hudson Gazette.

Everybody bought flour Saturday. A
lively war among the millers and mer-
chants put the price downto a cent a
pound—just what the farmers were get-
ting for their wheat thatday. The mills
were booming and the delivery wagons
were flying about the city detivering
flour. Some purchasers with an eye to
business tried to lay in a winter’s sup-
ply, but the flour men limited the sales
to a sack toeach customer. Then some
of the wily buyers made the rounds of
the stores and got a sack at every place.
In the afternoon the groceries were all
pretty well cleaned out of flour, and in-
tending purchasers were turned away
disappointed. Monday morning the flour
men decided that while the cent-a-pound |
flour was a good thing for the consumer,
it was a mighty poor thing for them, and |

fifty pounds, where it stays

and its |

time (which was the|
end of present conditions), and tben the |
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MEN OF MARE.

Fred H. Ball, Secretary of the Ball-
Barnhart-Putman Co.

Fred H. Ball was born in the old Ball
homestead, which formerly stood on the
corner of East Fulton and Barclay streets,
Jan. 8, 1865. He attended the public
schools of this city, graduating from the
High School in 1880 on the English
course. He then entered the employ of
the National City Bank as clerk, remain-
ing in that capacity and that of collector
for three years, when he entered the em-

 

ing last May, when he was unanimously
re-elected to continue in the same posi-
tion another year. In this capacity he
has exhibited a degree of finesse and
managerial skill which places him in the
front rank of commercial diplomats. He
is frequently called to various parts of
the State to adjust differences between
members of the Association and is al-
ways in accomplishing the
sought for results quietly and effectively.

Mr. Ball a member of the Masonie

and Pythian bodies, the Peninsular Club,
Country Club, and Grand Rapids Boat

successful

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ploy of the lumber firm of Barnhart &
Judson as book-keeper, with whom he re-
mained two years. In November, 1885,
he entered the employ of the then house
of Cody, Ball & Co., and was promoted
the following January to the position of

city salesman, made vacant by the re-
tirement of Algernon E. White. He con-
tinued in this capacity three or four

years, spending about half of his time in
the house and the otber half among the
trade, rapidly acquiring an accurate
knowledge of every detail of the  busi-
ness, sothat on the organization of the
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., in November.
1890, his energy and fidelity were re-
warded by his being elected to the posi-
of Secretary of the corporation,
which he still holds. He has
sole charge of the sugar and cigar
partments of the house, and assists his
father in the other buying and in the
general management of the business, and

tion
position
de-

is rapidly acquiring a reputation for
shrewdness and farsightedness whieh

many men have not achieved at the end
of a lifetime.

Mr. Ball was married on Jan. 8, 1891,
to Miss Sara Perkins, daughter of Capt.
C. G. Perkins, of Henderson, Ky., and is
the father of a bright and interesting
daughter, now nearly a year old.

Mr. Ball was the fourth Secretary of
the Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocers’
Association, and took a prominent part
in the agitation and effective work which
resulted in the inauguration of the Mich-
igan Wholesale Grocers’ Association. At
the initial meeting, held in this city in
November, 1892, under the auspices of

| the local organization of wholesale gro-
they put the price back to 70 cents for | Ces, Mr. Ball was unanimously elected

to act as Secretary until the annual meet-

 

and Canoe Club, and has acquired some-
thing of areputation as an athlete, and
a local reputation as a judge and umpire
of manly sports; but he is withal a home
lover, and very few evenings find him
away from his own hearthstone.
Personally, Mr. Ball is a genial gentle-
man whom it is a genuine pleasure to
meet. He has probably as many friends
as any manin the grocery trade, and it
is a noteworthy fact that the friends he

makes he seldom loses. Few men of his
years have a better start in life, and
none possess brighter prospects of achiev-
ing the top round of success.

 

 

WAY.

In connection with the Detroit, Lansing &
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
R’ys offers a route making the best time be
tween Grand Rapids and Toledo,

Time Table in effect May 14, 1893.
Vis 0. 6. OY.
Ly. Grand Rapidsat..... 7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo as ..... -. 1:15 p. m. and 10:4 p. m.
VIA D., dG. H. & M. RY.
Lv. Grand Rapids at..... 6:50 a, m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at 1:15 p. m, and 10:45 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.
W. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent.
Toledo, Ohio,

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

Schedule in effect Nov. 19, 1893,

TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrivefrom Leave going
North.

 

For M’kinaw,Trav. City and Sag. 7:20 a m 7:40am
For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 2:15pm 4:50 pm
For Petoskey & Mackinaw...... 8:10 pm 10:25 pm
Prom Malamasoo. ............... 9:10am
From Chicago and Kalamazoo.. 9 50 pm

Trains arriving from south at 7:20am and 9:10am
daily. Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

Arrive from Leavegoing | p.m.
th. out

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19

Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.
Lv Grand Rapids 10:40 am
Arr Chicago 4:00 p m
ly 40 a m train solid with

2-00 p m 11:20 pm
9:00 pm 7:05 am
Wagner Buffet Parlor

i: :20 pm train daily,
Sleeping Car

Ly Chicago — 6:50 am 4:15pm

Arr Grand Rapids 2:15pm 9:50 p m 7:20 am
4:15 p m through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car and
coaches. 11:40 p m train daily, through Coach and
Wagner Sleeping Car.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Tudiana.
For Muske zon—Leave. ‘rom Muskegon— Arrive
9:40am
5:20pm

throngh coach and Wagner

11:49 pm

Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 7:45a m, ar-
riving at 9:15am. Returning. train leaves Muske
gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5 pm.

Cc. L. LOCK WO
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General Passenger and Ti

 

1893

NOV. 19,

AND WESEI MICHIGAN R’Y.

 

 

 

GOING TO CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids......... 7:30am 1:25pm *11:20pm
Ar. Chicago 1:45pm 6:50pm *6:30am
RETURNING FROM CHICAGO.

Ly. Cilegao........ 7:45am 4:55pm *11:30pm
Ar. G'd Rapids. 30pm 10:20pm = *6:19am

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.
Grand Rapids i )
Grand Rapids...... 10:
TRAVERSE CITY,

  

pra 5:45pm

2:30pm 10:20pm

CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY.
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Grand Hapids.. %:30am ...... 3:15pm

1 An, mamisiee. ..... 12:10pm _.__.. 8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City . §°45pm
| Ar. Charlevoix 11:10pm
| Ar. Petoskey . 3:4: ' 11:40pm
Arrive from Petoskey 1:0 p> @. and

10:00 p. m.

Local train to White Cloud leaves Grand Rap

  

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}mont Returning, arrives Grand R: apids 11:20
&. mm.
ee AND SLEEPING ( ARS
ToChicago, lv. G. R.. 1 *11:3 pm
To Petoskey ly. c B.. vs :
‘To G. i ie Chicago. 7:45am 4: 5pm *11: 30 pm
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Oe ee Cl, 7:05 a
For Kalamazoo and Chicago... .......... 10:40 am |
For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:40am 2:00 pm
Mow Cemereeees. ok. 6:00 pm
For Kalamazoo & Chicago.. 11:20 pm
Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and 11:20 p. m.run

daily; all other trains daily except Sunday.

*Every aa. k days only.

DETROIT, NOV. 19, 1808

LANSING & NORTHERN R, R,

Other trains wee

 

 

 

GOING TO DETROIT.

Ly. Grand aeias «- ¢:008m) *L:20pm 5: ‘40pm
Ar. Detroit... .........11 40am ee 10:25pm
RETURNING FROM DETROIT.

Ly. Detroit. . -.. ¢-40am *J aa 6:00pm

 

Ar. Grand Rapids ' 12:45pm *5:40pm 10:45pm
TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8ST. LOUIS.
Ly. GR 7:40am 4:50pm Ar. GR.11:40am 10:55pm
TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R.

Lv. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5:40pm
Ar from Lowell.......... 12:45pm 5:40pm
THROUGH CAR SERVICE,

Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap
ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn-

ing train,

*Every day. Other trains week days only.

GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

MIGHIGAN CENTRAL

“* The Niagara Falls Route.’’

 

(Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 19, 1893.)
Arrive. Depart
10 20 pm. -_Detrois Express ........ 7 00am
5 30am -*Atlantic and Pacific.....11 20pm
1 30pm New York Express -. §4pm
*Daily. All others daily, except Sunday.

Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex
press trains to and from Detroit.

Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, arriving at Grand
Rapids 10:20 p m.

Direct communication made at Detroit with
all through trains east over the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)

A. ALMQuUIST, Ticket Agent,
Union Passenger Station.

TS GRAND HAVEN
WAUTKEE Railway.

Depot corner Leonard St. and

 

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Trains Leave +No. 14)¢No. 16 +No.. 18 *No, 82
77d Rapids, Ly 6 4 5am|10 20: am) 325pm/10 45pm
Tonia ........Ar| 7 40am/11 25am pm | 12 27am
Johns Ar 8 sam) 12 217pm! 520pm)/ 1 45am
Owoss) ..-Ar; 900am] 1 20pm) 6 05pin} 2 40am
E. Saginaw..Ar /10 50am| 3 45pm) 8 3 00pm) 6 40am
Bay City Ar |11 32am| 4 35pm! 8 37pm) 7 15am
Ping .... Ar /10 05am] 345 pm; 705pm) 54 am
Pt. Huron...Ar j|1205pm] 550pm) 8 50pm a 30am
Pontiac -Ar }10 53am} 305pm) 8 25pm} 5 37am
Detroit. -Ar |i1 50amj| 4 05pm} 9 25pm) 7 7 00am
WESTWARD.
‘Trains Leave : [*No. 81 1 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13.
ASAE EECA A |
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G’d Rapids... i Be osegns 1 a 4 55pm
G’d Haven......... Ar 6 00pm

tDaily exc ept Sunday *Daily.
Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50

4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15

m | p.m. and 9:15 a. m.

Eastward— -No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet
car. No. 18 Parlor Car.

Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car.
| Parlor Buffet car,

Jas. CAMPBELL,

No. 15 Wagner

City T*cket Agent.
23 Monrce Street.

 

  

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

False Doctrine of the Labor Unions.

In his eall for the annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor,
which will be held in Chicago the second
week in December, President Samuel
Gompers declares that never in the his-
tory of the world has so large a number
of people been suffering from enforced
idleness, seeking vainly for an opportu-
nity to earn a livelihood, and he attrib-
utes this great evil to the ownership
and control of wealth, and of the means of
production by private corporations which
have no human sympathy and refuse all
responsibility for the sufferings of the
working class.

Mr. Gompers is only partly correct in
his diagnosis of the vast industrial and
financial disorders of the country. Of
course, it is evident that commerce and
industries are not generally prosperous.
If they were, everybody would have
steady employment and business of every
sort would be active. Under the dis-
tressful conditions which existed
for some time past, many banks and
mercantile manufacturing establishments
have been involved in deep trouble and
been forced by the demands upon them
into the closing of their doors and bank-
ruptey. Thus both the rich and the
poor, the employer and employe, have
been involved in one common catastro-

have

phe.
It is true that much needless pressure
has been put upon business of all sorts

by the locking up of money last summer,
but that was not wholly an arbitrary act.
It was caused by a loss of confidence in
the solvency of most investment securi-
ties in the way of corporation stocks and
bonds, and, by consequence, a loss of
eonfidence in the financial institutions
which were holding such _ securities.
People became alarmed and drew out
their money. The savings banks, which
had the money of the working classes
and of other small depositors, suffered
just as much as did the banks whose de-
positors were capitalists and heavy op-
erators.

Great trust and monopoly corporations
often placed arbitrary and injurious re-
strictions upon business, but they suffer
just as much in bad times as do any
other class. The whole end of commerce
to sell merchandise, and the sellers,
whether they be producers of the raw
material or are the manufacturers of it,
must suffer when people are not able to
buy. The great body of all the merchan-
dise in the world is consumed by the agri-
cultural and working classes. What the
rich consume is buta trifle. In order to
make trade in any and every department
good, the masses of the people must be
placed in a condition to buy.

The idea that a failure of the crops or
that a very short crop is a good thing for
any country is a great mistake. Several
years ago, for instance, when the grain
crops of Europe had extensively failed,
and starvation was ravaging wide regions
of Russia, the notion obtained that it
would be a mighty good thing for the
American grain farmers. For a short
time this proved to be a fact, and a very
considerable amount of American
was shipped to Europe at an increased
price. For the moment the American
farmers made a profit, but in the long
run they have not benefited. The hun-
gry people of Europe had to pay out all
they had to keep from starving. But
people, the masses of the people, the
world, indeed, have only a _ certain

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amount of money to spend for their liv-
ing. If they must pay more for food,
then they have less to pay for clothing

and other things. |
The suffering Europeans, being forced

to impoverish themselves to buy bread,
had no money left for other purposes,
and, in consequence, all other trades
suffered severely. If bread costs double
the ordinary price, then there is so much
less money with which to buy cotton and
other necessaries. The great bread fam-
ine in Europe of 1890-91 without doubt
was a prominent factor in reducing the
price of meat and the great staple prod-
ucts of this country. The whole com-
mercial world is bound together, and a
ealamity in one part is felt in every
other part. When the masses of the peo-
ple are earning money they are in a con-
dition to pay for what they need, and this
makes prosperity. Universal prosperity
would mean universal activity in pro-
ducing, manufacturing and selling. The
notion that A must profit by the dis-
tresses of B is not only wrong in the
light of Christianity and of justice, butit
is wrong upon the soundest commercial
principles.

In the minds of many careful thinkers,
the present industrial depression is due
more to the arbitrary and unreasonable
demands of tbe unions than to all other
causes combined; to the hundreds of
foolish and futile strikes; to the unjust
and unsuccessful boycotts; to the general
spirit of denunciation of all who have
acquired any property by years of manu-
facturing. Such a policy on the part of

the labor unions, coupled with the spirit |

of anarchy fostered by the trades unions,
has disgusted thousands of men who tire
of the turmoil incident to the employ-
ment of union labor in manufacturing
industries, and resulted in their divert-
ing their capital and talents to occupa-
tions in which the unions are unable to
exercise their accustomed trranny. Un-
til the unions assume a different front
and practice different doctrines this
country will never again experience the
prosperity of the past.

Coming back to Mr. Gompers and his
convention, itis to be hoped that the
great questions to be discussed will be
treated in a temperate and statesmanlike
way. No matter how much distress
there may be, it cannot be remedied or
mitigated by any measure that will un-
settle society or disturb the public peace;
but whether in the people’s forum, or in
the halls of legislation, the utmost wis-
dom and philanthropy should be invoked
to the settlement of questions that in-
volve the preservation of our institutions
and the highest good and happiness of
the whole country. A. oS. Oe.

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The Exact Facts in the Matter.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Nov. 21—I am con-
tinuously getting mail addressed to Price
Bros., pertaining to the drug business.
I wish you would state in your paper
that the firm of Price Bros. is composed
of Geo. Price and Fred R. Price, the
former being manager and the latter a
silent partner. The firm of Fred R.
Price & Co. is composed of Fred R. Price
alone. Iam informed by some one that
there was an article in THe TRrRADEs-
MAN at the time Price Bros. stated that
they succeeded F. R. Price & Co. The
former deal in confectionery, fruits, soda
water, ice cream, etc. By setting me
aright with the trade you will do mea
favor. FRED. R. PRIcE.

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run into the potatoes.

round tines and flattened points.
OUT RAISING THE POINTS.
work.

greater durability and handiness.
and will last for years.

of uses.

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In shoveling potatoes or other vegetables from wagon box or floor with
the forks as they have been made, either
forced up hill sharply, or the head of the fork lowered as the push con-
If the head of the fork is lowered the points will be raised and
The sharp edge of oval-tined forks will bruise pota-
toes and beets, and the ordinary points will stick into them.

These difficulties are entirely overcome by our SCOOP FORK.

IT WILL LOAD TO THE HEAD WITH-
It also holds its load and hangs easy to

the load on the fork must be

It has

The superiority of our SCOOP FORK over the wire scoop is in its much
it is all made from one piece of steel

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learn our reduced prices of the balance of our
stock of

READY MADE CLOTHING.

Having been established for thirty-six years
is, we trust. sufficient proof of our stability.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO,
or you can write our Michigan representative,
MR. WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall,
Mich., to call upon you, and buy or not buy, we
will thank you for the compliment.

MICHAEL KOLB & SON,

Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers,

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

WILLIAM CONNOR will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich.. on THURSDAY, NOV. 30,
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