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Even the portly English coachman and the pompous foot- man partook of the air of ease and luxury that prevailed. The owner of this great wealth was an orphan, young Dorothy Davenport, who had all her young life been lying ‘‘full length in the lap of luxury.” Always courted and caressed, she yet retained a sweet sim- plicity of character and a loving, gener- ous heart, and gave freely of the great wealth committed to her keeping. It was a foolish whim of Dorothy Davenport’s, so her fashionable city friends said, to bury herself for the sum- mer, as she contemplated doing, in an out-of-the-way place on the seashore, in- stead of reigning again as the belle of the fashionable port. Dorothy, the past summer, had dis- covered in one of her drives, on the out- skirts of asmall town, this quaint old house, with its double galleries and dor- mer windows, from which there was such a glorious view of wave-washed beach and rocks, and she had rented it for the season, glad to have a little rest from perpetual social duties. Dorothy sent down her carriages and horses and a carload of furniture from the city, to take the place of the stiff horsehair furniture with which the rooms were filled. Miss Lee, the owner of the house, was horrified when she was asked to remove these cherished mementoes of her grandmother from the place where they had stood for more than a century; but even she acknowledged that there was an improvement when the walls were daintily papered, the large rugs in place and the lovely water-colors etchings carefully hung. Instead of the slippery sofa and chairs, from which one “‘slid away with a dismayed counte- nance immediately on sitting down,” there were deep, easy chairs of subdued coloring, and wide divans, with heaps of glowing silken cushions; book-cases with well-stored shelves of handsome volumes, and rare bric-a-brac and flowers and palms in prodigal profusion. * * * * * and It was the end of a dreary day, which ought to have been redolent with June sights and sounds, but instead, the rain had fallen for twenty-four hours and the earth was as sodden as a wet sponge. Dorothy had not minded the weather. The wind and rain had kept her from her drive and her canter along the beach, but she had been so busy arranging her rooms, that she had not given a thought to the outside world. With the assist- ance of her maid, she had hung the snowy white curtains and the silken draperies, arranged the pictures and the ornaments and now from the depths of her luxurious arm chair gazed with a pleased smile at her lares and her pen- ates which gave a familar aspect to the room. A fresh dash of rain against the win- dows mingled with the sound of wheels on the road outside, and Dorothy breathed a sigh of content that she was so snugly sheltered, and had a passing feeling of pity for the man who was obliged to be out on that stormy night. As Dorothy’s gaze wandered leisurely about the charming room, lighted by a cheerful grate fire, she saw that one of the silk curtains was loosened from its rings, and placing a foot stool onachair, she sprang lightly up toadjustit. As she was descending from her unsafe perch, the heel of her slipper caught on the stool and she fell with all her weight upon her hand. There was such an acute pain in her wrist that Dorothy, lying in a faint and forlorn heap on the rug, feared she had broken her arm. She shuddered as she thought it must be set by the shabby old doctor she had sometimes met in her drives, as he was making his morning calls in a much be- grimed gig, but she knew from the pain, which made her feel so faint, that the injury must be attended to at once, and ringing for her maid, a domestic was despatched for the doctor. The man who had provoked Dorothy’s momentary sympathy, as he was driving rapidly by, was young Doctor Pierson, returning from a nine-mile drive, to see a patient dangerously ill. A long ray of light from Dorothy’s window fell across the road and brought into prominence for an instant the face of the young man in the vehicle. It was a noble, kindly face, a face that inspired you at once with confidence. His full beard of a reddish tinge, hid the firm, handsome mouth with its perfect teeth. His broad white brow was shaded by waves of auburn hair, and his clear, frank red- brown eyes, full of tenderest pity, too, for the many cases of suffering he at- tended, and his smile was as sweet and winning as a woman’s. His deep, tender sympathy for suffering humanity and his unvarying gentleness and kindness had made him so acceptable as a physician that old Doctor Smith was being rapidly driven into the background by his younger rival. During his long drive in the rain, Dr. Rufus Pierson had been trying to settle a vexed problem—a question which close- ly concerned his future happiness—the question of his marriage. He had nota relative living to consult in the matter, and it was more from the persistent urging of some of his patients that he should select a wife, that he was now giving the subject such careful consider- ation. The last ten years had been so devoted to his profession he had had no time to think of marriage. Besides, there were so few young ladies that were congenial in this small town, where fate had led him. But his friends all united in selecting Dr. Smith’s pretty but total- ly uninteresting daughter as a suitable wife for him, and she came nearer his ideal than any of the other young ladies he occasionally met in that small place. He decided that he would go that very evening, and ask Miss Mattie if she would marry him, hoping that in time he would learn to care for her. Just as he came to this decision, a bright ray of light from Dorothy’s window fell across his face and he urged his tired horse to further exertions. The light reminded him that warmth and comfort might be found at home, and he soon arrived there. An hour later, as he was leaving his office, on his way to see Miss Mattie, a wild-eyed domestic met him, begging him to come at once to attend a patient with a broken arm, a boarder at Miss Lee’s. Hastily returning to his office for splints and bandages, he once more started forth into the stormy night. He was met by Miss Lee herself, looking stiff and forbidding, for she had expected old Dr. Smith and was displeased at the young doctor appearing instead. She ushered him at once into the brightly lighted parlor. It may have been the sudden change from the outside dampness and darkness to the light and warmth and perfume of this beautiful room, or perhaps it was the sight of the graceful figure lying in the exhaustion of pain, among the silken cushions of the wide divan, that made his heart beat so wildly and so unex- pectedly. Dorothy’s eyes were closed, the thick, dark lashes shaded the pale cheeks, and the contraction of the sweet, curving lips and delicately penciled brows showed that she was suffering intensely. At his touch a quivering sob shook poor Doro- thy and she opened her dark eyes full of patient suffering, to meet the pitying look of the young physician. It was a relief to her to see the bright, intelligent face of a young man, who looked so earn- est and sympathetic, instead of the dilap- idated follower of Aisculapius she was dreading to see. There seemed a mag- netic touch in the doctor’s fingers, for he did not hurt the injured arm, as she had feared. He quickly ascertained that it was a Colles fracture, or a fracture of the lower end of the radius, and took from his satchel some well-padded, pistol shaped splints and looked anxiously at his patient. He did not want to hurt her, as he knew he must. It was he that cut the silken sleeve, with its costly lace, from the round white arm. The hysteri- cal maid, who was present, was sobbing and wringing her hands, and of no use whatever. Quickly and skillfully the doctor ree duced the fracture, but the touch of the soft, white arm unnerved him. He was provoked at himself, with a fierce impa- tience that his hand should tremble when it was necessary that he should be cool and steady. As the fractured surfaces came to- 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: gether Dorothy gave a faint moan, and lost consciousness. The doctor fastened the splints and adjusted the arm in a sling, then lifting the fainting Dorothy he followed the distracted maid to the room above. He carried her as easily as if she were a child. Her slight form was no weight in his strong young arms, but he reached the upper floor panting and breathless, not from fatigue, but from the rush of strange emotions which so suddenly overwhelmed him. When the doctor passed out into the night he still felt bewildered by Doro- thy’s loveliness, and was grateful for the fate that had thrown her into his care through Dr. Smith’s detention in the city. Dorothy’s perfect health favored her early recovery. The bones were knitting finely, though her arm still needed atten- tion, and was sufficient excuse for the doctor’s daily visits. The neighbors no- ticed how long his white horse was tied under the large oak by Miss Lee’s gate, and made their comments freely. These last weeks had brought a great change in the doctor’s life. The world seemed to open new and undreamed-of vistas since he had known Dorothy. Mat- tie Smith never heard the avowal that was trembling on his lips that fateful evening when he first saw Miss Daven- port. The tones of Dorothy’s low, sweet voice, or the touch of her slender hand, or a look from her clear, dark eyes made his lips tremble, and his cheeks burn. He who had laughed at the little blind god now felt his most keenly. Dorothy was to him as a star far above, out of his reach, but he would not have been mortal if he had not enjoyed the light that was shed upon his pathway by her sweet presence. It seemed to him like another world when he entered her room. The luxuries with which it was filled showed so plainly that wealth and refinement were a part of her very being. No wonder his senses were dazzled and that he had many a heartache as he real- ized how impossible it would be that she could ever return his love. During these daily visits long and talks topics. The doctor sometimes left her presence angry with himself that she should so occupy his every thought, but the summer days were waning, and Dorothy would soon be returning to the city. Then would come the dark, chill days of autumn, and winter with its power they had interesting on varied piercing blasts, and the days would be a| | was lost in a cloud of dust at a bend in blank loneliness after her departure. No wonder he clung blindly to the pleas- ures that were still to be had. As the summer days glided swiftly by, Dorothy felt a growing interest in the earnest young doctor. She did not mean to be cruel, but his friendship was very pleasant. He comprehended her slight- est wish and was always gentle and patient with her whims. There was no man among her city acquaintances she talked with so freely as with him. He had none of the guarded mannerisms of her city friends, but frankly and honest- ly told her of her faults, and she liked him for it. Then, too, he was the only congenial in village. The summer would have been dull indeed but for him. She looked forward to his daily visits with increasing pleasure, and enjoyed her long talks with him. person the | the doctor’s lingering gaze, as to how it was to end. The summer passed quickly, with walks and drives, and long lingerings on the beach and hours at the piano with musi¢ and song, or delightful, idle talk. Then September, with its warning breath of chill and frost, arrived and the doctor knew that soon all their favorite haunts would be a vast loneliness for him, filled only with tantalizing memories of past delights, for with Dorothy’s return to her many social duties, he thought she would forget his very existence. It was late in the month. Dorothy re- eeived a letter from her business man- ager recalling her to the city. While she was reading the letter she heard the doctor’s quick step on the walk, and opened the door for him, ushering him into her pretty sitting-room. Then she told him she was recalled to New York and must leave in two days. She saw the start with which he received the news, and how tightly his lips were com- pressed under the full, soft beard, and the look of pain in his eyes, but he con- trolled himself and spoke in his usual pleasant voice, as if Dorothy’s words had not each one been like a stab from a knife. He lingered long that morning, noticing with appreciative eyes the pretty picture she made, seated under the shadow of a tall palm. The daintiness of the blue gown with its lace trimmings, the beauti- ful hands and their graceful gestures, and the cluster of golden-rod at her belt —his gift to her, the day before. As he rose to leave he said: ‘‘] am obliged to go to Hillsdale to-day to see a patient who is very ill, but 1 hope to return to-morrow evening in time to have one more stroll on the beach. The moon will be full to-morrow evening.’’ His voice was so calm, Dorothy could not know how bitterly he begrudged the time when every moment spent in her sweet society was so precious to him. She accompanied him to the porch and fastened a spray of honeysuckle in his coat; so that he drove away in a happy state and the long dusty drive was un- noticed by him, for he was dreaming all the way of Dorothy, recalling every look and gesture, and remembering with a glad delight the tone of sadness in her voice when she spoke of leaving, and he was surprised to see the roofs of Hills- dale appear so soon in sight. Dorothy watched the doctor until he the road; then she turned to her music and books for diversion, but was too restless and unhappy to read or practice, and the day seemed endless. When night came, she paced the upper gallery lost in the deepest thought until silence had settled over the sleeping vil- | lage and she and the moon and the stars | seemed to have the world to themselves. In the solitude of the midnight hour Dorothy at last acknowledged to herself that she loved Rufus Pierson—yes, loved him with her whole soul. She was sur- prised at the joy and peace that over- whelmed her, when, all barriers broken down, she confessed the truth to herself. In the cold light of day Dorothy was tormented by a thousand fears. Her | wealth, she thought, might seem to him /an insurmountable obstacle; then, Dorothy tried to deceive herself, think- | ing they were both heart whole, but a| he could never suspect the passion that vague unrest haunted her, when she met i now surged in her heart. too, she bad been so guarded in her manner, How could E oaTENT Ris” CALLA LILY STAR IMPROVED “ich Wy AR OUR LEADING GOLDEN SH EAF errr as eee = irre treeereentrieey aren luar. 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Pm 4 af /™ » “ge on, Ge Pe THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 she let this proud, sensitive man know he had gained her love? At sunset Dorothy started for a stroll on the beach. The road from Hillsdale ran close by the shore and from the rocks she could see the long stretch of road for half a mile and would recognize the little white horse as soon as it came in sight. The doctor knew this place on the rocks was her favorite haunt at the sunset hour and would not be surprised at finding her there. Reaching the rocks, she established herself comfortably. The beach sloped gently away, the waves softly lapping as they fell, as if apologizing for even this soft disturbance of her thoughts. A few gulls hovered overhead, the only signs of life in sight, and the sun was sinking in a gorgeous mantle of gold and purple and crimson. The scene was so quiet and peaceful that Dorothy was soon lost in a happy reverie. Just above her on the bank ran the road, skirted by a tan- gle of underbrush. Beyond was a stony pasture, surrounded by stunted bushes and scrubby oaks, the field stretching away to a thick wood. Dorothy removed her gloves and as she turned the rings upon her fingers, wondered if this magnificence, which spoke so plainly of her wealth, had made the;doctor hesitate to declare his love. Then she wished she were poor, if her wealth was to stand in the way of her gaining her heart’s desire. The sun sank below the horizon and the twilight fell like a soft curtain over the quiet scene. Dorothy leaned forward, wondering if the doctor was in sight, for a strange feeling of loneliness and fear oppressed hor with the coming of the night. Yes, surely that was the white horse she saw in the far distance. She started forward to see more distinctly, when a heavy hand was laid upon either arm, and turn- ing her terrified face, she saw that she was a prisoner in the hands of two vil- lainous looking tramps, whose glances of bold, coarse admiration, and the greedy looks they gave her sparkling rings, made her heart stand still with fear. Her parched throat seemed bound as with a band of iron, and the scream of terror died upon her lips. Their rough grasp bruised her soft flesh as they dragged her up the steep bank and hurried her across the dusty road. She gave one despairing glance toward Hills- dale and saw, too far away to attract his attention, the doctor driving rapidly along, all unconscious of her peril. The men held her in their strong grasp as easily as if she had been a bird. They dragged her through the thicket, tearing her clothes and tender flesh; across the stony meadow, whose rough boulders bruised her tender feet, and on towards the dark and gloomy wood. Were they going to murder her? Must she die just as she felt she was beginning to live? They were nearing the shelter of the dim woods and all hope of rescue died in her breast, for the field was hidden from the road by a thick growth of bushes. She summoned all her failing strength for one hoarse cry for help. It was quickly stifled by a heavy hand placed roughly over her mouth.. Her stumbling feet refused to carry her further, there was a rushing sound in her ears and she was fast becoming un- eonscious. As she was sinking to the ground, she heard a distant shout across the field and a swiftly flying figure ap- peared. The two brutes hesitated at sight of this sudden apparition, and Dorothy broke from their grasp and ran wildly towards her deliverer and fell fainting at the doctor’s feet. Rufus Pierson had heard that wild, hoarse cry. It was a ery for help that would appeal to any man, and leaping quickly from his carriage he ran towards the beach, not knowing from which direction the stifled voice had come and thinking someone might be drowning on the sands below. No one was in sight, buton the rocks lay a long buff glove, such as Dorothy wore, and her pretty blue shawl. He made another hurried search along the shore and_ listened again for the cry for help, which was not repeated. Fearing he knew not what, he regained the road, where he saw Dorothy’s broad-brimmed hat caught on the thicket by the fence, and in the dust of the road lay the other glove. In another moment he had pushed his way through the tangled mass of brambles just as Dorothy was disappearing in the shade of the woods with her brutal captors. He never knew how he crossed the long field. It seemed to him it was with one bound and he had reached Dorothy. How he blessed the little pis- tol (her gift to him on his birthday), that had the power to stop these cruel men and then make them run, like cowards, as soon as they found such powerful help near. The doctor raised Dorothy most ten- derly from the ground and carried her to the road. Her pretty face was bruised and seratched, her long hair all unbound and her dress torn and disheveled. She was unconscious of the passionate kisses showered so madly on her cheeks and lips, as she lay pale and lifeless in the doctor’s arms. Eveninthis moment of great anxiety it was such happiness to hold her in his strong embrace and to allow the love that was consuming him to have full sway. Like along pent-up stream his burning words of love poured forth, when suddenly Dorothy stirred, looked up and said: “Then you do love me?”’ ‘Love you?” he cried, ‘‘how dare 1 love you, save being human? I cannot help it. Yes, Il loveyou. I confess it, to my endless desolation—’”’ ‘‘Say rather to your endless happiness,” said Dorothy faintly, ‘‘for Ll love you.” “If this happiness may indeed be mine may I prove worthy of the great joy,” answered Dorothy’s Doctor. HARRIETTE P. BUTLER. “+--+ > Just the Opposite. From the Youth’s Companion. An Irishman who was employed in the iron works in a Western town was ad- vised by his physician to seek some em- ployment where the labor was less severe, on account of an enlargement of the heart. He proceeded, therefore, to set up a small grocery, which was well patronized by his friends. 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CONNOR, MARSHALL, MICH. OVER 20,000,000 SOLD. These Spouts will not Leak — —— J—__—_——- Highest Award of Merit from the World’s Industrial Exposition. ——— —_——__$ 0 —_——— Spout No. 1, actual size, with Heavy Wire Hanger, that does not break like hangers cast on the spout. Parenr Improvep—Sugar makers acknowledge a very large increase in the flow of Sap by the use of the Self-Sealing Air Trap in the Improved Eurekas, as claimed for them. GET YOUR ORDERS IN Write for prices. prasnen TEVENS AT ONCE so as not to get left. ‘ST. & GC: MONROR AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Easilake—Heafner & Co. anew meat market. Cadillae—A. M. commission house here. Muskegon—M. Ryan & Son succeed A. have opened | Lamb has opened aj Anderson in the meat business. North Star—Anton Bahike has sold his hardware stock to W. F. Clapp. Detroit—J. H. Weber has sold his bak- ing business to F. A. Hebestreit. Battle Creek—Burt & Moody succeed N. A. Osgood in the jewelry business. Saginaw—The Clark Dry Goods Co., Limited, sueceeds Button & Co., Limited. Eaton Rapids—J. H. Parks pur- chased the general stock of Daniels & Co. Muskegon—Van Loon Bros. have pur- chased the auction stock of Daniel Mori- arty. Flint—Harris & Howell, druggists, have dissolved, Harris & Thompson suc- has ceeding. Battle Creek—Ernest H. Young ceeds Clemence & Young in the grocery business. Menominee—J. M. Smith Stiles & Smith in the tobaeco and cigar business. Memphis—The stock of the Memphis Co-operative Association is in the hands of the sheriff. Greenville—G. F. Whitney & Son suc- ceed Stevenson & Whitney in the dry goods business. Homer—J. A. Clark & Son, grocers, have dissolved, James A. Clark continu- ing the business. Eaton Rapids—W. W. Zimmerman suc- ceeds in the grocery business. Marshal!l—Chas. suc- sueceeds Thompson & Zimmerman and L.. A. McDonald have purchased the grocery Radford stock of Geo. Coleman. Mt. Clemens—Kracht Bros., dealers in musical instruments, Kracht & Weiler succeeding. Calumet—The Carlton-Brockett Hard- ware Co., not incorporated, is succeeded by the Carlton Hardware Co. Fremont—C. C. Mericie has sold dry grocery and boot and stock to the Fair Clothing Co. Wakefield—Max Shapere has removed his boot and shoe and men’s furnishing goods stock to Biwabik, Minn. Traverse City—M. Perkins has put a grocery stock in the store on State street recently vacated by Lyon & Lackey. North Adams—Fuller, Huff & Co., dealers in dry goods and clothing, have dissolved, A. F. Fuller & Co. succeeding. | Mapleton—R. M. em- barked in the general merchandise, in- | have dissolved, his goods, shoe Edgecomb has stead of the hardware business, as previ- ously stated. Allegan—Frolich & Kapp have found} the clothing business in Allegan not so| lucrative as they had anticipated and | will move their stock to Constantine. Fennville—Benj. Dutcher & Son, for- merly of Douglass, have purchased the flour of the toller Mill Co. and will move to this place. Muskegon—Fred Wallace has sold his bakery at 87 Third to Willis R. Ford, who will continue the business at mill Fennville street the same location, adding a line of fectionery. Hastings—J. W. Lunn has disposed of his tailor shop to his brother, Charles, who was formerly connected with him in con- firm name of Lunn Bros. | business here under the | store is now THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. Manistee—Gen. Geo. A. Hart has been ; appointed receiver of the A. W. Zimmer drug stock, which had already been seized by A. H. Lyman by virtue of a | chattel mortgage. Gobleville—C. A. Lamberson has sold |his interest in the agricultural imple- ment firm of C. A. Lamberson & Co. to James Parker. The new firm will be known as Churchill & Parker. Detroit—The Brown Pharmacy Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000, half of which has been paid in. The stockholders are William J. Brown, James G. Donley and George W. Brown. Gobleville—F. E. Avery has sold his store building to A. J. Post, to be used for a furniturestore. Mr. Avery is pack- ing up his general stock to move it to Benton Harbor, where he will consoli- date it with his regular stock at that place. Detroit—Since the Edson, Moore & Co. fire the insurance companies have in- creased their rates on some lines 50 per cent. and wholesale merchants on Jeffer- son avenue are complaining that the in- crease is too great and not warranted. In many instances firms will carry less insurance this year than they have in the past. Manistee—The C. L. Joys & Co. dry goods stock was sold at mortgage sale to R. R. Blacker for $9,525. The purchaser immediately resold the stock to F. C. Larsen for $10,025. The stock cost about $23,000 and was appraised at $14,757.02. The failure was precipitated by the firm giving a mortgage for $7,600 to Floyd P. Gerrow and Edson Keith & Co., of Chi- cago, whereupon the First National Bank of Manistee attached the stock for a claim of $1,000. Cadillac—Burnham, Stoepel & Co., of Detroit, creditors of Wilmot Elevier, of Manton, who recently made an assign- ment to M. F. White of that place, have filed a petition in the Wexford county circuit court praying for the removal of the assignee and the appointment of a receiver by the court. The petition al- leges that White claims to have a chattel mortgage interest of $1,000 in the estate, and that therefore his interests are an- tagonistic to those of creditors; hence the petition for his removal and the ap- pointment of a receiver. Montague—The general stock of Geo. H. Mason was attached last Monday on an execution for $250 in favor of Peter Damm and August Clug, growing out of the Henry L. Partrick deal, the case hav- ing been to the Supreme Court. Deputy Sheriff Sterenberger attached the stock j;and C. L. Streng and Joe Pino were ap- pointed appraisers and about $800 worth of goods were removed to the Dowling building. On Tuesday coroner Dove came up and replevied the stock for F. H. Mason & Co., to whom Geo. H. Mason had sold before the attachment. The settled down to business again and the matter will be further con- tested in the courts. MANUFACTURING MATTERS, Clark succeed in the lumber busi- Homer—Cleveland & Geo. D. Cleveland ness. Jackson—The Fostoria Buggy Co., manufacturers and jobbers, is succeeded by the Thorpe Carriage Co. Muskegon—Hovey & McCracken will not operate their lower sawmill the com- ing season, but willrun the upper mill as long as the lake is open. Mr. Hovey says that they are not operating any camps this winter, but are buying at different points along the r ver, and have let two contracts to jobbers. Bay City—The sawmill of the Kern Manufacturing Co. started Monday. The company bas 2,000,000 feet of logs on hand and is receiving stock daily by rail from the Mackinaw division. Traverse City—R. R. Ramsdell, F. N. Potter and Henry Schneider have formed a copartnership under the style of R. R. Ramsdell & Co. to continue the lumber commission business established by F. N. Potter & Co. Muskegon—The Thayer Lumber Co. has sold to Charles Counselman, of South Chicago, for immediate shipment, 3,000,- 000 feet of two-inch hemlock. The lum- ber is for the Counselman elevator, which will require about 7,000,000 feet. Aside from this sale, which was made at a fair price, business in the lumber line has been very quiet. Saginaw—The big fire in Saginaw in May last was a blessing in disguise for the city at large. It brought in $500,000 in cash for insurance and set the wheels )} with of building in motion. There has been expended in building improvements about $1,000,000, and this expenditure has kept large numbers of men em- ployed, consequently the business de- pression has not been felt here to the ex- tent that has been experienced in many other localities. Ed. Germain has in- vested $175,000 in rebuilding his plant, the Cross Lumber Co. $50,000 and the Allington-Curtis Co. $25.000. Menominee—The shipment of lumber from Menominee by rail is increasing at a lively rate with the opening of the new year. Fourteen carloads of high grade dressed stuff were sent out the first two | days of the present week to the eastern market over the Chicago & Northwestern line, and it is understood that several large orders will be filled before the end of the week, or as soon as a sufficient number of cars can be brought into the yards. The shipments to the west and through southern Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana are also on the increase. Then, too, the local trade has been gradually on the mend ever since the advent of the new year, and a decidedly better feeling prevails among lumber dealers here and all along the line. Alpena—it is generally understood that the Alpena & Northern Railroad, built last season by Alger, Smith & Co. from Alpena north to Lake May, is to be extended the present year to Cheboygan, the contract for the roadbed having been let. The track was finished to Lake May last Friday, and log trains are running to Alpena this week. An arrangement has been made between the Alpena & North- ern and the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena, by which the trains of the former road will be run over the track of t 2 latter to Black River, and the immense amount of long timber being got out by Alger, Smith & Co. will be taken to that town to be rafted. The company’s mills at Black River and Ossineke will also be stocked, and several million feet of logs will be brought to Alpena to be cut. Bay City—Lumbermen are generally disposed to take a hopeful view of the prospects of business as soon as spring opens. The cut of the mills last season will approximate 350,000,000 feet, and nearly all of those in commission last season will be stocked for next season. It is expected that more than one-half of the stock willcome from Canada. The Tittabawassee and tributaries will fur- nish a few million, the Rifle and Kaw- kawlin will contribute, probably, 20,000,- 000 feet, a number of millions will come from northern points by lake and the railroads will bring in the balance. Jonathan Boyce, the Kern Manufactur- ing Co. and John Welch mills will be chiefly, if not entirely, stocked by rail. Eddy, Avery & Eddy are cutting a few million feet on the Flint & Pere Mar- quette that will come here by rail. A. B. Gould is putting 4,000,000 feet on skids in Clare county that will come here by rail, and E. Hall will bring a number of million feet from Clare county by rail. Smalleys & Woodworth will bring a num- ber of million feet down the Mackinaw division by rail. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Home-grown stock is almost entirely exhausted, so that dealers are compelled to go to New York and West Virginia for their supplies. The New England crop has been pretty well picked up, and the crop of the Empire State is believed to be nearly exhausted. Baldwins, Greenings, Ben Davis and Wine Sap varieties command $1@4.50 per bbl. Beans—Pea and medium are active and strong, increasing demand. Handlers pay $1.25 for country cleaned and $1.40 for country picked, holding city cleaned at $1.55 in carlots and $1.65 in less quantity. Butter—Dealers pay 16@1sc for choice dairy, holding at 13@20c. Creamery is dull and slow sale at 22@2ic. Cabbage—Home grown, $5@6 per 100. Carrots—20e per bushel. Cranberries—Cape Cod are lower commanding $2 per bu. and $5.75 per bbl. Jerseys are in mod- erate demand at $5.50. Celery—Home grown commands 15@18e per doz. Ezgs — The market is week ago. Handlers hold pickled at 18e per doz. Grapes—Malaga are in moderate demand at $4.50 per keg of 55 lbs. net. California Tokays are in fair demand at $2.50@2.75 per crate of 4 5-lb. baskets. Honey— White clover commands iée per Ib.‘ dark buckwheat brings 13c. Both grades are very scarce and hard to get. Lettuce—Grand Rapids forcing, 12%c per lb. Nuts—Walnuts and butternuts, 75e per bu. Hickory nuts, $1.10 per bu. Onions—Handlers pay 40c, holding at 50c per bu. Spanish are in small demand at $1.25 per 40 lb. crate. Potatoes—Weaker, except seed (red) Rose, which commands a premium of 10¢ per bu. over the whiter and more edible varieties. Dealers pay 45c for red and 35¢ for other varieties, hold- ing the latter at 45c per bu. Squash—Hubbard, 14c per lb. Turnips—25e per bu. WANTED, Shippers of live and dressed poultry, butter, eggs, pork, veal and country produce to corre- spond with us, as we can do you good in this market. We handle all goods on commission, and quote you our market as follows for this week: lower than a fresh at 2c and LIVE POULTRY. ortne Chickens. .. ....... .-. S@EKC re ee 9a9%e ee 9@10¢e DRESSED POULTRY. Porta Ciena. 11@11%c eee ee 11@12e Pees sea Gores. 10@11¢ BUTTER. ee 19@20c Ocoee ll a 10 @lic EGGs. er Oe eae Peer er oe 18¢ VEAL. I 7@iKe PORK, Pee. ne .. 6@b%C We handle butter and pork for 5 per cent., and eggs for 1 cent per dozen; poultry and country produce at 10 per cent. Can send you references of some of the best shippers in Michigan. We solicit your consignments and correspondence, 0. CLYDE TUCKER & CO,, GRAND RAPIDS, 7 ‘ia | ears - e GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. A. J. Mack has opened a grocery store at 20 Plainfield avenue. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. G. T. Owen will shortly open a grocery store at Belding. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. has the order for the stock. The Commercial Credit Co. has issued a new reference book containing the names of persons whose credit is of a doubtful character. John H. Goss has purehased the in- terest of J. F. Gaskill in the firm of Gaskill & Goss, grocers at 217 East Bridge street, and will continue the business at the same location under his own name. James A. Anderson & Co. have moved their wood carving establishment from the corner of Canal and Newberry streets to Erie street, between Canal and Mill The removal was occa- sioned by lack of power to run the ma- chines in the old place. streets. The Priestly Express Wagon & Sleigh Co. will shortly remove from its present location on South Front street to the east half of the Comstock building, on the corner of Canal and Newberry streets, where its manufacturing capacity will be considerably increased. Of all the ordinances passed by the Common Council, which the police de- partment is expected to enforce, the hucksters’ ordinance has given the most trouble. There is a class of people in the city who are determined to make a living in no other way than by peddling vegetables and fruit, and they are per- sistent in their attempts to evade the provisions of the law regulating this traffic. Readers of Tut TRADESMAN are familiar with the history of the fight waged with these people early last sum- mer, which ended in their being com- pelled to take out licenses or quit the business. With the close of the vegeta- ble peddling season the trouble broke out afresh. Some of those who had taken out vegetable licenses thought that this gave them the right to sell fruit without paying the fruit license fee. In this view they received tacit encourage- ment from the police, who held some- what the same idea concerning the law. The matter was finally brought to the at- tention of the Assistant City Attorney, who promptly instrueted the police to arrest all peddlers found selling fruit under a huckster’s license. Several were arrested and proseeuted, with the result that those engaged in peddling fruit illegally, according to the ordi- made haste to take out fruit The Assistant City Attorney holds that a huckster’s license does not give the right to sell fruit, not even ap- ples; that the ordinance is very plain on this point and that it will be enforced in every instance brought to his noice. Mr. Carroll thinks there will be no fur- ther attempt to evade or violate the law this winter. nance, licenses. With his removal to his new premises at 111 Monroe street, E. J. Herrick has made a new and very important depar- ture in his method of doing business and serving his customers. Mr. Herrick has | ons, always been a pioneer in the field of re-, formin the grocery business, the most notable of which is in the matter of early closing, he being the first grocer in the , charge. |from time to time. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. city to close his place of business at 6 o'clock. The building which Mr. Her- rick has secured is a three-story brick; the ground floor will be known as the sales room, nothing but samples being kept on this floor, except in the candy department. The customer makes selec- tions from the samples shown, the order is sent to the basement, or tu one of the upper stories, where the stock is kept and where the parceling is done, and the goods are then taken to the delivery wag- which stand in the alley at the rear of the store. The hurry and bustle, the noise and confusion, which are unavoid- ably connected with the old way of doing business, taking the orders and filling them on the one floor, are thus done away with and the store 1s always quiet and orderly. In addition to this, the conglomerate collection of vegetables, always an eyesore in the ordinary gro- cery, is also relegated to the lower re- gions, where, loud-smelling and unsight- ly, they can no longer offend the eye and nose of the customers. A much greater degree of cleanliness and neatness can be attained under the new order of things than was possible under the old way. There is no carrying of goods through the store, everything being delivered di- rect to its proper department from the alley, and all goods being taken from the store in the same way. Altogether, the change is one which will readily com- mend itself to the trading public, as it will permit of their being served with greater promptitude and without confu- sion. 8 Purely Personal. Geo. Schichtel, general dealer at North Dorr, was in town last Saturday. R. Van Bochove, who conducts drug stores at 225 South Division street and 209 Straight street, was called to Kala- mazoo Saturday by the serious illness of his father, who itis thought will not re- cover, as the trouble is dropsy of the heart. His advanced age, he being nearly 80, is also against him. J. Leff, the Fourth street grocer, has conducted his business on a cash basis since Oct. 17 and states that he has never had oceasion to regret his action in adopt- ing the cash system, as it enables him to do business with less expense, loss and annoyance than the old method, while profits are considerably augmented. D. Christie, the Muskegon grocer, had a novel experience witha silver dollar last week. It was punched on one side and he gave it out tocustomers in change several times and it was as many times returned in the regular course of busi- He has placed it in the bank for the fourth time and confidently awaits its return. John W.S. Pierson, the Stanton mer- chant, is evidently a gentleman who be- lieves in the theory that he owes some- thing to the community in which he makes his money. According to the Stanton Herald, his latest scheme is the opening of a reading room and gymna- sium which will be known as_ the “Atheneum,” for the boys and young menof Stanton. He has fitted up at his own expense a large room in the second story of the Phenix block, putting in an entirely new gymnasium outfit and start- ing the reading room with a library of fifty new books which will be added to The reading room ness. | will be open to the young men without Realizing that a gymnasium | | 5 without an instructor would be of little | orno value to those desiring practical physical training, Mr. Pierson has gaged H. Booth, a competent instructor from Detroit, who will have charge of that branch of the institution. A smal! membership fee will be charged in the gymnasium to cover the actual cost of training. until midnight, with the exception ofa short time between 10 and 11 o’clock, when a light luncheon was served. The evening passed off pleasantly and it was voted one of the most suecessful events ever given by the local traveling men. en- 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. <> -@-<>————$___—_ The Hardware Market. General trade, as yet, is but fair, as it | BUSINESS CHANCES. is too early in the year to have much of Cask FOR STOCK OF MERCHANDISE. Must be cheap. Address No. $49, care arevival. Orders, however, for future} Michigan Tradesman. 849 goods, such as poultry netting, wire | \ TANTED—A MAN WHO HAS #,500 OF : | General Merchandise, or would like to cloth, screen doors and windows, barbed help increase a stock where they will be sure of : atic a ‘ Mohrnary | Camp trade of fifty men, and a general trade of wire and nails, - shipment im Fe bruary | 810 000 to 815,000. Realy pay. This will bear day and March, are being placed quite freely. | light. Lock box +1, Farwell, Mich. __ 843° i 4 | YOR SALE—SMALL STOCK OF GROCERIES In the line of hardware the re are no} K and fixtures in a goed location. Por partie changes to note, as manufacturers seem | oe address P. O. box 1000, Traverse City, willing to let the market lay quiet as long | 5 A as it will. We are, however, glad to note andise and drugs in a small manufactur ‘ 3 ; ; i ing, agricultural and lumbering village.on a slight advances in two lines of goods— | trunk line of railroad and a navigable stream. curry combs and tacks, which have ad- | Trde well established prosperous. Ad- LE—STOCK OF GENERAL WER and i | dress No. 846, care Michigan Tradesman 846 vanced, respectively, as follows: Curry | [FPO REN" I—AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1894, combs, 10¢ a dozen, and tacks about 15 | storeroom 21x100 feet; brick; best store and location in town; good opening for drugs percent. It seems a real pleasure to} and wall paper, hardware or dry goods. Ad- te these advances, as we have done dress R. S. Tracy, Sturgis, Mich. a44 2 28e ses, as we TT VE BACKER) KEW PING note these ¢ ' SILVER POCKET KEY-RING (eM AN checks, stamped with your name and ad- nothing but note declines for the past | dress, by mail 20 cents. Insures return of keys We give, below, the fluctuations year. if lost. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address M. in the prices of a few leading articles in if - alters, 136 South Main street, Adrian, é . Mich 845 the hardware line for the four yeaas: TO ADD A se WANTED—I WISH STEEL BILLETS, #2,000 shoe stock and my time to a general Per ton. stock in good town. Must be reliable party. Or SE DO $28 5) | Will exchange #1,200 shoe stock for dry goods. any, Lae Address No. 843, care Michigan Tradesman. 843 May, thee... noses oe On OR EXCHANGE—FOR CITY OR COUNTRY ee, TOT. .....-.. we, real estate, a new stack of chithine and fos January, 189 nishing goods, invoicing from %5,90) to 86,000. aery cOe....-.....0 Address No. 832, care Michigan Tradesman. 832 «tut eal January, 18% ........... OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—STOCK OF BESSEMER PiG general merchandise. Address 222 Wash Ce 7 00 | ington ave., North. Lansing, Mich. 830 January, 1690...... Ce af 23 50 CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR January, 1891....----.....-2-. esse A i Sale; good trade, cheap for spot cash; genmuery, 1000........-.... Dee eee ces 15 50 | the only delivery wagon in town. Stock about LE 14 00 | $2,500. Investigate. Address box 15, Centre emery, Tee... yes 11 60 | ville, Mich. 820 BARBED WIRE—GALVANIZED. ry\O EXCHANGE—FOR STOCK OF CLOTH Per 100 lbs. ing or boots and shoes, two good hard tim Jonuare. 1660...-........ |... $3 75 | ber farms of eighty acres each. Thirty-five and Sanaery, $000 ............. sbacceccctecccca 4 dm | S@VOMty acres improved. ‘Title clear. Address eee) 3 35 | Thos. Skelton, Big Rapids. 821 danuary, 160.......................... 3 15 AY JANTED—WOODENWARE FACTORY OR danuary, TG00....-..... .. ..... 2 | Saw Mill, with good power, to locate here. anders, (6e8.................. 2 20 | Substantial aid will be given the right party. Address S. S. Burnett, Lake Ann. Mich. 819 JANTED—TO EXCHANGE A VALUABLE WIRE NAILS. Per keg. eo 824 V January, 2 farm of 160 acres for merchandise or per- Heeember 1650 .... _....- 3.45] sonal property. The farm is located near a January Pae........-... 3 15 | thriving town, 45 acres improved, balance heavy January 1891...... os 9 95| ily timbered. Address No. 805, care Michigan A et 1 75 | Tradesman. 805 een at aa a oe SITUATIONS WANTED. January 1694............- ee 115 TG aman a BAR W ANTED—POSITION AS WINDOW TRIM : a mer, book-keeper or salesman, by young Per 100 Ibs. | man of five years’ experience in general store. ganuery 1G09.........-........---.--..---..- $ 1 80} References if desired. Address No. 829, care January 1800..........--.2--..-....... 2 00 | Michigan Tradesman. 829 arene Wt, a 1 80 rent ON 1 70 EE EEE 1 40 | Bic yr D Ee 1 30 1 rr; I - e All of the above are based on price at the mill. If the decline continues, IN ALL SILK (SAT. EDGE) RIBBONS. where will we be in 1900? _ —_— > <—- Monthly Meeting of Post E. At the regular monthly meeting of Post E, Michigan Knights of the Grip, held at Elk’s Hall last Saturday evening, B. G. Van Leuven, C. L. Lawton and Will E. 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: \V NO 40c Oe 52c¢ —— , . Me 6 Richmond were appointed a standing es me Sn: an Committee on Arrangements to provide for the future entertainment of the Post. Geo F. Owen presented the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Post be and are hereby tendered the members of the Saginaw Post forthe liberal hos- pitality shown us on the occasion of our recent visit to Saginaw. Resolwed, That we extend them a most cordial invitation to attend the next an- nual convention in this city, at which time we will endeavor to reciprocate their untiring efforts to entertain us. Or we will assort you a box each of Nos. 5,7, 9 and 12, at 52%c 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 St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. It being announced that Rev. John PHOTO | Snyder, of St. Louis, Mo., is likely to} woop visit the city during the present winter months, it was decided to invite him to HAL F-TONE preach a sermon to the traveling men during his stay in the city. The ae then wiiontned when | Se } , tae the festivities of the social session were | TRADESMAN CO., begun. Dancing continued from 8 o’clock | Grand Rapids, Mich, p | Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Daniel Cleland, the Coopersville Gen- eral Dealer. Daniel Cleland was born in St. Law- | rence county, N. Y., in 1843. His father, who operated a dairy farm of consider- able extent, was a Scotchman, a native of the historic city of Edinburgh, who came to this country in the year 1809. When of sufficient age, Daniel was sent to school, attending what was known as the Old Stone School House in the vil- lage of Edwards. The summer months were devoted to work on the farm. This continued until the boy was 19 years old, when he left school and gave his en- tire time to the farm. On attaining his majority he ‘“‘struck out” for himself, bringing up in Cedar county, in Central Iowa. He remained in lowa about two years, then returned East, got married, and, for three years, in partnership with his father, worked a dairy farm of 340 acres. Tiring of this mode of making a living, he disposed of his interest in the farm and came to Michigan, settling on a timber farm near the village of Coop- ersville. The next four years were spent in the laborious work of clearing his land and getting it in shape for farming. But this work was as little to his taste as dairy farming, so he quit it and started a small grocery store in Coopersville. This venture prospered from the start, and it was certain that he had at last found his proper sphere in life. For the accommodation of the vil- lagers Mr. Cleland added drugs to his grocery stock, but soon disposed of that department of his business and put in dry goods and clothing inits place. He earried, also, a stock of boots and shoes. In 1881 Mr. Cleland took W. S. Cole into partnership, the style of the firm being Cleland & Cole. One month after the formation of the partnership fire de- stroyed the building, together with the entire stock. Asthere was only a small amount of insurance, the was a serious one, but, with characteristic en- ergy, Mr. Cleland set to work and, in sixty days, anew building was completed, the stock in place and business again in full swing. Mr. Cleland makes generous acknowledgement of his indebtedness to the wholesale houses who so promptly came to his aid when the fire had left him in a badly crippled condition. The firm of Cleland & Cole existed oniy three years, when Mr. Cole retired in favor of his partner. Later Mr. Cleland took his son, A. H., into the business, the firm be- ing known as D. Cleland & Son. A. H. retired after three years, since which time D. Cleland has had the entire busi- ness in his own hands. Mr. Cleland still owns the farm on which he first set- tled in Ottawa county. Heis a shipper of farm produce and stock and owns con- siderable property in the village of Coopersville. Mr. Cleland was married Miss Mary E. Harrison, of Carlton county, Ont. He has two sons, A. H., who is at present accountant in F. J. Dettenthaler’s office, in this city, and Rollin J., Department of the University of Michi- gan, and is now in the law office of C. H. Gleason. Mr. Cleland is a member of the Masonic order and is prominent in the councils of the local lodge. a It is now the time of year for revivals. We hope business will be among the, first converts. loss in 1865 to who is a graduate of the Law | Dry Goods Price Current. i UNBLEACHED COTTONS. | Adriatic ee eee se |at | | | Arrow Brand 4% ee 6 ‘World Wide. 6 Alenia AB... 6 © es. 4% coe A. 6%|Full Yard Wide..... 6% - =... << SRO A... 6 ' Po 5 |Honest Width...... : a © peer A... wo Mec 5 |Indian Head........ a a aes As... 6% { Archery Suntioe...4 hineke. .... . Beaver Dam eo A.. 4%|Lawrence LL...... Blackstone O, 32.... 5 Bleck (row......... 6 | Newmarket i... .. Bamek Meck ........ Ss | ms, - San sk. 7 ss a. 6% oe A 534) . ae... * (oe v..... 5%) " x ae: 6% Chapman cheese cl. 3% eee Ho 5 Coon Ce... 544|Our Level Best..... 6 eee hy | crore ©... 6 Dweet Siar... 6%) |Pequot ee 7 Cemen CCC........ Saeueaiee 6 |Top of the Heap.... 7 a COTTONS. ABC. . 14 |Geo. a naten.. _s ee... 8 “|@ien Mi EOS 7 are... (Lk é iGold Modal bee ey 1% Art Cambric........ 16 |Green Ticket....... 814 Blackstone AA..... 74 iGreat Falis.......... 6% et 4 ae 7g eee 12 us... ¥%@ 5 eee + (hing Paillip...._... 7 oo ©... 6%) a 7 Charter Oak...._... 5% |Lonsdale —. - wes W.... 2... 744|Lonsdale.. @ 8% Cleveland ...... ... 6 /Middlesex. eee a @5 Dwight Anchor.. S eee... 7% Es shorts 8 |Oak ow. 6 ers... _...... |Our —e...........- 5% eee 8 7 |Pride = _ West...12 ——4.............. are... .. ™% Fruit of the Loom. 8 iSuntight ee 4% Pecnyeee ...... ..- 2 Ute wae... 8% Pas Pree.......... 6 ” Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. 7 7% ieee, 8% Pelrmoumt.......... 4% White ore........ 6 Pull Veiue.......... 6% Rock.. - 8& HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ree... .........-. 7 a Dwight Anchor..... 38% Farwell.. . cman FLANNEL. Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife A........ 534 Housewife aa 6g i | 7 Pen 6 i 3 ee “ Bo 6% “ eo 8% ' _ 7 . Uo... 9% - 7... . y... 10 “ oo ™% “ _... ae - a 7% * x 11% co 84 “ a... 12% “ re % 2... _ _.... ¢ . i... . ee 10% ™ | an oe. 2 . Fa 14% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white...... 18 |Integrity colored. ..20 colored....20 |White Star.......... 18 ere... 18% | a ** colored . .20 DRESS GOODS. anes ......:.... ; {Nameless a 20 oe ee | occ 4 — Se GG Cashmere...... 20 | “ aes .......... me fi _ — 18: | _ —— Cores. ......... wy Woadertu Schilling’s. 00| Brighton. . Davis Waists ... 3 00 Bortree’s 9 ¢ Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. aay... 6% Naumkeag satteen. = aaa ag a Le ee 6% Biadetorad.......... 6 iComestogs........... 7% Brunswick . 6%| Walworth Lie. . oo PRINTS, Allen turkey reds.. 5%|Berwick fancies. 5% a... 54%4\Clyde Robes........ ts os & purple 554, racecar Oak fancies 4% . ffs 5%/|DelMarine cashm's. 5% - pink checks. 544) - mourn’g 5% . os ...... S | Eddystone fancy... 5% ” shirtings ... 4 chocolat 5% American fancy.... 5%| _ rober.... 5% Americanindigo... 54%) - sateens.. 5% American nee 4 |Hamiiton a. --- . 5% Argentine Grays... 6 _ S.... 536 Anchor Shirtings.. 4 [Manchester ancy.. 5% Arnold 6 new era. 5% Arnold Merino..... 6 iii D fancy. 5% long cloth B. 9% Merrim’ ck shirtings. 4 C. 7% pp _ - 8% ‘* century cloth 7 Pacific fancy.. -- 5% + gece... 10% eee... ‘* green seal TR 10% eheamaee robes... 6% “yellow seal..10% a a . 5% - _........ — Ul 5X “ ‘Turks; red. .10% . soll a black. rr Ballon solid black.. Washington indigo. 6% = OGolors. “* Turkey robes.. 7 Bengal bine, green, ‘* Indis robes.... 7% and orange... 6 * plain T’ky x % 8% Berlin -_. 5% . - of] bine...... : * Ottoman Tur - * green . i 6% “ Foulerds . 3M Martha ee - wee.... eer ie % ss - oe os Martha ashingioa ” - &h.. Turkey wee........ 9% _ “ 34XXx¥x 2 Riversal nt eae . 5% Cocheco fancy. . 9 | Windsor fancy oe 6% madders. . : i old ticket | “ XXtwills..5 | indigo blue....... 10% ' eotids...... 5 Peareeey.........- 255 TICKINGS. Amoskeag ACA....i24/AC A a Hami amilton - i.e TT IN AAA. -16 Be 8%|York. ..... +--+ 10% _ Awning..11 iSwift River.. -. % a © ireee ver......... 12 aa Ce.......... TOG gael. + wcveron wn 13% Lenox Bilis ........ 18 jC ee 16 COTTON DBILL, Atonta, D.. ae A 8 a a “+ $4)No ae ae Gntton, ana Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag..............{Columbian brown..12 “ oe... Everett, bine... :..... 12% c brown ..... brown. ....12% Anaiover....... 11% Haymaker blue eee 7% Beaver Creek = brown.. "a C _ 2 eer. " GC. Lancaster Seeee wees 2 e Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, Son...... 138% blue 8% No. 220....13 ‘“* da twist 10% . No, 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 “ No, 280....10% XXX bl.19 GINGHAMS. PE ona oss 6 pane. staple... 6 oe ‘a ** Persian dress 7 er Canton .. 7 _ _ Normandie : c ae... £4 iLancashire.......... - Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5% " Angola..10%/Monogram.......... 6% ' —- 7 |Normandie.. oo. Arlington staple.. o iC 7 Bates Wai fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress...... T™% Bates oe dres (4 mosemont........... 6% aes 6 |Slatersville ......... 6 ict io, MR ce we ‘ en ...,...... arco ........-., 7% Cumberland staple. 0% oo On Nordg....... 8% Cumberiand.... .... Wabash.. . oo eee... a4 ex geersucker.. 7% i 744| Warwick .. : Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden......... Bxpowlton.......... 7 e heather dr. om Gaeeerio........... 6% Ee indigo blue 9 Gienaryen.... ...... 6%|Wamsutta staples. . - x Cienmwood.........., 7% Westbrook heed ae Se | 10 Jobnson Uhalonel % or ea ica pees 5 " meaeeoomme i vorm..... ......2._. 6% ' zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag......... = eacanee ceeeue os 14 Pe Acree... ...... is eke be cee THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour'’s.......... 95 Coen 3. ar... 2 ieersneire.... ...... 90 Holyoke. pede eh ae 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored No, 6.. ..2 oe imo. 14.......87 42 “ o.... oe ti” | ee 43 =... es * 2... 44 _ 2... 36 41 r=. 40 45 CAMBRICS. oer... ... .... < (eewerds........... 4 White Star...... --« <= moemweos...... ... 4 Roo (ere........... 4 |Wood’s. a Nowmaerket......... 4 |Brunswick........ 4 ~ FLANNEL. Pee. ee. 22 Crecamere.......... m4 ee i, B2% Talsot Tit... an 7 oP, oe... 35 Nameless.......... oe «00nd MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% laa ...... 2244) Western W ......... 18% a oo. 18% Gos Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... 23% les e........... 2244|Manitoba.... ....... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless Live : ee 9 @10% ens 4@10 Gi Peace 12% Fs AND PADDING. Siate. Brown. Black.jSlate Brown. Black. 9% 9% 914 /10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%/11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 114%4|12 12 12 123 12% — coal 20 20 Severen, 8 oz........ 3% TWest Point, 8o0z....10% Mayland, Som....... 10% 10 oz ---12% Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9% awe, 1002 oe 13% Greenwood, 8 ox....114|Stark “11! ))|, 13% Bonen, 6on........: 1034 |Boston, Sie... 12% WADDINGS, White, dos..........25 |Per bale, 40 dos....88 50 Colored, doz........ ~~ oe |... 7 50 SILESIAS, Slater, Iron Croms...8 iPawtucket.......... 10% Cross.... 9 ee e ' . eo, 10% _ Best AA..... 12% — a -.... 2... 10% oe ee ae. 10% ee g SEWING SILK, Corticelli, doz....... 85 {Corticelli Enttting, twist, doz. .40 per 4oz ball...... 30 50 post doz. .40 OOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No : Br. & (White. - No 4 Bl’k & "White, 15 -20 “ ; os 1.12 | * 10 - 125 PINS. No 2-0, Me C....... 50 |No4—15 .° 3%...... 40 3—18,8 C........ —— TTON TAPE. No 2 White & Bk 12 No 8 White & BI’k..20 “4 . —— i> @ sg a “ 6 “ ot Ti 12 “ .- SAFETY PINS, eS iS ee 36 NEEDLES—PER KM. A. Jami ane soso s i 40 Steamboat eee ec 40 ee noc. +e 1 35\Gold = agp eee 150 Marsha Ve eee 1 00|American.. -oooel 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....1 %5 ; 5—4....165 6—4...2 30 COTTON TWINES. Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14 eeu dt TET 12 Rising Star4-ply....17 pees ........... 18 3-pl 17 = oe sbee ears ern ae 20 ~eoiske EW OOl ee 4 ply17% Cherry Vv ‘alley. eo = Powhattan .........16 Ext... +. PLAID OSNABURGS seen. 6% a Pleasant.... 6% ——— ee oai0 ciara, tn es Ge 5 ik ooh arr 5 Ar sa ae oes ila 6 |Randeiman......... i CS 6% eee elena ou 5 Granite cob te eee 5X|S - hese eses Ga - 6% Haw 7 . 2 Te or 2. esa. Menthol Inhaler of ce” CURES oy _ Catarrh, y SO Hay Fever IES “ll . Headache, Nenralgia, Colds, Sore Threat. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuflfing coughing and headache. This relie t is worth the price of an Inhaler. Continued use will complete the cure. Prevents and cures Sea Sickness On cars or boat. The cool exhilerating sensation follow- ing its use is a luxury to travelers. Convenient to carry in the pocket; no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and costs 50c at druggists. Regis- tered mail 60c, from H. D. ‘CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, Three Rivers, Mich, "Guaranteed satisfactory. N, LYON & C0, W STYLES OF NE UNIDIO, Ie IONe 20 & 22 Monroe:St., GRAND RAPIDS. a _ KALAMAZOO PANY k OVERALL C0. 221 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Our entire line of Cotton Worsted Pants on hand to be sold at cost for cash. If interested write for samples, on Office: Room 502 Matthew Build in fall line of Pants from $9 to 842 per dozen are now ready. An immense line of Kersey Pants, ever 7 pair warranted not to rip. Bound swatches of entire line sent on approval to the rade BOOTS, SHOES, ano RUBBERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. scaeeamenetpaanenesess ee 4 ig “< t ill 7 Tei scaeeamenetpaanenesess sat - ee ee aang r é : 4 ig “< ages THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 THE SIGN BOARD OF 1893. Every year has its lessons for such as can read or understand them. All men are not so qualified and are no wiser at the end of December than they were in January. This, however, does. not change a line on the sign board of time with which no fool can tinker or blind man intermeddle. History, whether in whiskers or napkins, never dies, and, though we may endeavor to side-track its facts, we can secure no insurance policy against its consequences. This is comforting, if sometimes retributory. Time -is really our greatest educator. There is more in its facts than in all our libraries, and, for the good of man, it has no mercy on what deserves a hempen necktie in what we think or say and do. Ideas and theories are tested in its cru- cible. Mistakes are measured by its micrometer caliper. Wrongs writhe with its screw on their thumbs. Rights, in sackeloth and ashes, are brought out of the rag shop, and what of evil and folly is hidden in a coat of whitewash, time is not economical in soap suds or a sponge. If it were not for this house cleaning society would choke with rubbish and perish for the want of soap. For what time exposes or destroys let ailthe world be thankful. For what it teaches let no man grudge the schoolmaster his salary. It is evident, both here and elsewhere, that we have much to unload of what we have carried under our hats, and not a little to put in its place that is better freight to carry. This is manifest in the present indus- trial situation. Here beats the pulse of the nation. It is the vital point, where health is life and disease is death. It is greater than Congress and larger than Washington, and towers above politics, territorial bigness or white squadrons as an Egyptian pyramid over the tent of an Arab. Its importance is only measured by the problems it involves. This is the case with all questions involving vital and stupendous issues. Difficulties are always in ratio with the object to be attained. It is easier to pull a tooth than cure dropsy, or to sail a pa- per boat than to navigate the Atlantic. A town council may be decided on police salaries and the dog tax, but it seems that the Solomon is not yet born that can solve the greatest problem of the age. If this was done there would be fewer men without socks and not so many throwing bombs. This is universally true. spotted with anarchy. There canic rumble along the line. Vesuvius is no longer solitary. Craters, like measles, are spotting the face of nations. This is a hard bed for 1893 to sleep on, but on that it lies and there it dies. Is there any prospect of turning the hose on these slumbering fires? There is. Can it be done in a moment? No. Can it be enforced by statute? No. The evil has been of too slow a growth to be moved like a mushroom, and the cure lies in men and not in laws. If capital is possessed of the devil and labor gives the same gentleman a home and a bed, you cannot remove the effect without turning the cause out of the back door. There can be no peace be- tween rivals, and if we do not remove the bulldog some one has to be bitten. There would be no need for hostilities or reprisals if both sides were just and pos- sessed the missing half ounce of common sense. It must come to this or go to the devil. The worldis is a vol- This is the lesson of the hour. There wont — ee i . aia . HAMMERS. : : : : rou ee 1. OGIO | Mavdole @ CO. eo. 4 is no proof-reading necessary in this | Wrought Inside Blind.......0000000. 0000001. cd Kips. 1 Glet5 SA Ae REN dis, 35 handwriti a3 _ | Wroumet Prams... 70) Sermon oe Pee... dis. 40&16 riting on the wall, and it is a hope Hee Ce 70&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 60 ful sign that men are reading it without | Blind, Parker’s...................-..-.-.--+- 70&10 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....30¢ 40&10 leones, This te : Blind, SHOpArG’Ss .......-... +040 eon senses 7 HINGES. glasses. isis true. We are getting eae | Gate, Ctawa 828 dis.60&10 wiser. It may be slow, but it is sure. | Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... .... 60&10 | Soi i iia Aa 2 50 The best of brains and the best of men CRADLES. —— ee 3% on both sides are honestly striving for | G7#!---------+----+00- 0 srereeeeereeee ms fo aa ay what is equally just to all. They will | gost steel... me er per 5 “ ; a _ oa je both tie up in the same dock yet. In CAPS. eS niece eae SAND dis. 50 ; =~ _ = Pe oe ee HE j ANGE k dai rr the coming struggles between wages and tiers = ig a ES Lae a = | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50é10 ne .: : ane — T | Coampton, anti-friction.................... 6010 market values we oe more of in tag ere erty = oo gente eh RnR aE 40 tegrity and intelligence than has ever aii : ics HOLLOW WARE. yet been manifested in previous disputes. | Rim Fire.....00 .......ce.cecceceeeceeceeeee a ae a a 2 1. ; Central Fire. .> DRILLS, dis. 7 : “ Some three hundred and odd cats are | Morse’s Bit Stocks.....................0005 S0)i Noa. 10 te 1400000000... Hn ene — oo: maintained by the United States Govern- ian — ht _—— weteeeeeees sett MMR OEE Ges cree ote ene one ae oe mat Gh ot Chat ki” °”~6=—C—SN:CSC 7” o- ee es so) goo carried as a regular item on the accounts : co a rete : = > * . Smali sizes, ser pound o7 | Nos. 25 to 26 . wet ete eee ee -42 3 25 of the Post Office Department. These | Large sises, per pound...... ......-.. ..... 6% Ne. 27... ae 8 35 eats are distributed among about fifty sc ome sheets Xai and lighter, over 3 inches Post Offices, and their duty is to keep | com. 4 plece, 6in.. . dos. net % oT uae PAPER. rats and mice from eating and destroying | Corrugate / Ee 40 | List acct. 19, 86 ... i dic. %& y & postal matter and canvas mail sacks. | Atimatable.............-.. 2-0-2. 2s. ain. 40610 SASH CORD. oi - t5 ae : Silver Lake, White A. bes ae ee list 50 Their work is of the utmost importance; | EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Ae 4 55 wherever large quantities of mail are o 1 ae pe SED” B2G.-. eee eee ee 2 ‘ White B ccoeesuoud ‘ 50 collected, as, for example, at the New viLze—New List. “—" « ao ee York Post Office, where from 2,000 to| Disston’s ..................-.-----.------ 0+ 60&10] Discount, 10. ee a Me Na a " 3,000 bags of mail matter are commonly | New American ..... .......-.----0+---+ ++ a | SASH WEIGHTS. ic annie See eee a eee eee ao great damage was done by the mischiev- | Heller's Horse Rasps .. .... eases sate 50 | “ Hand, al a —, cus rodents, which chewed holes in the @ALVANIZED IRON | Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,. 70 sacks, and thought nothing of boring | Nos. 16 to 2; 22 and 4; 2% and %; 2% 28/ ,, ——— a Ss X Cuts, per foot.... 50 i ta : List 12 13 14 15 16 7 Special s Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. . 30 clear through bags of letters in a night. ayiecoint. 60 ‘“ Champion and Electric Tooth X Troubles of this sort no longer occur ' GAUGES. diz CUM, POF T0Cr. cee 30 a 4 scias vate “i... TRAPS. dis. since tke ofan, puns: Koop watch [Sanity Beet ere a eA ei wena a u ) s s s le mity, Nowhouses........... 35 cities is allowed from $8 to $40 a year for — mineral, fap rimming ' ro a choker. ws: & Norton’s.... _ 70 the keep of his feline staff, sending his | Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 5B ‘aa de soso a per = estimate for ‘‘cat meat’? to Washington Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. 55 “WIRE. ” — at the beginning of each quarter. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain dee eee dooce ia Be 65 LOCKS—DOOR. | | Annemlod Maret 70—10 Russell & Irwin Mfg. snow list ....... 55 7 Mall Wheeler & C Compaen wearers. 6 eames eeler & C0.’8..........---+. +4. Ps Tinned } Market TE 62% ee = | Copperem Spee Rieer t eee 55 Barbed Fence, galvanized a 2 86 “Padse Bye ae 00, dis. 60 : enon ne 77 m6 CO We ee Be’ Wee A St0 Bye... ee ORAE MAILS, aoe Eye des wee ee caae eee ued wulau 8i5 dis. 60 ao iititit«; / die 40&10 ee $18.50, a = Futnam El dis, 05 en womcrm................. dis. 10410 Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘handiea ee a “a WRENCHES. aia Co free, Seite th — 8 5 0 mage 6 a MIGmGiee 4... P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleables.. 40 Gavia Roms ageeniibaaad, 7 wrought,........ 75 ‘© Landers, Ferry & Clork’s............ 4016 ght,....-... : a Enterprise » Coos Patent, mutionnie.............. ...... 75&10 ed MISORLLAMBOUS. dis MOLASSES GATES. Bird Cages ... “50 Ea eoeit0 } LN CNN . Step a GOREIHe 60610 a Clstern U es = NO CURE. NO MUSTACHE, | Enterprise, self-measuring............ ---- 25] Casters, Bed a d Plate............ --Bo&Iea10 NO PAY. NO PAY. NAILS Dampers, American. va DANDRUFF CURED. aes over base, on both Steel and Wire. | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..... “es&10 I will take Contracts to grow hair on the head — ae Nowrd ba ed ee ae i %5@1 = METALS, or face with those who can call at my office or eee ee Base i B PI¢ TIN. at the office of my agents, provided the head is |e ™ “ Pe Eee eee tse 26¢ not glossy, or the pore eof ive scaling notclaced |. °C UCC CCC : ee 9 i TT ee a eel ot aaa sie ais mn niet arian 28¢ Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, 30 a5 ZING. there is no cure. Call and be examined free of EE oo 35 Duty: Sheet, 24c per pound. charge. If you cannot call write to me. State CEN 45 | 600 pound CasKS............... esse eee eee eee 6% tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu- CT 45 Per Wet 7 pation. P ROF., G. BIRKHOL a. 0. Peer eceee errr eee sees orev eseeore 50 SOLDER. nn Room 1011 Masonic T: mple, Cu1caGco ' BO | DY ..- eee c cece ee eee ete ee nee eee nee eeee 16 ead ee na a aD 75 | Bxtra Wiping oe 15 ——— 2 90 bin - ota of oon a — ———— of ° on | Solder in the market indicate r r Hardware Price Current. Zz ea ; = vary according to composition. er Fine3....... 1 60] ,, ee These prices are for cash buyers, wh0| Case 10...... 85 ae a aes TT per pound . pay promptly and buy in full — : : Le i oS Coane Sa 1 AUGURBS AND BITS. 8. a : os | 10x14 OI oo reese aan ene 87 eae SRSA ee... G5|EMDIC, te coceevececceseereenerese ro oe “_ «2h. sie ae idle a ag! a 25 Jennings’, —- oe “an Clinch! 10.. Oe ’ a = DD ates was ees eye 9 2& eee, TEC ee ee 80 ach & onal X on this grade, 81.75. AXES. “ i 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. First Quality, 8. B. Bronze...............-.. $7 00 an er | 10x14 IC, Charcoal eee chee cease ee eeeeee ees 75 ? ee See oon o iz 00 Barrell se Teg O° a aaa ae ee are EERE 5 : ) "PLANES. dis. Ix, He = . 3 — See caw ce ene ae a S Ohio Tool Go. Se aw tae Ie’ ul CS ee : 25 "BARROWS dis, —— mT a Gate fanee. D0 | Bach additional X on this grade wo | i | Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy.............-.-- @40 PRAITORG 8 as os ween ewe enn on as 8 = Hench rat meNew @40 a ,, BOOFING PLATES Garden. .....--. -eesee eee pet 30 00} stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. 50&10 | 14x20 IC, Worcester... 6 5u “ ‘ BOLTS. dis. PANS. 14x20 IX, i . sa Stove. . Lie eel nes eal Nees dis.co—10 | 20x28 1C, * i 13 50 Carriage new ligt. .........-++e. mene Common, polished ee aA dis. a ~~ “ Allaway Grade. 5 00 a ae ae ceae ad une de ee ak oom BIVETS. dis. 2 ’ i Sie Gac au. Sleigh shoe...... .....- cece cess ee rete ee cees Oc ee 20x28 IC, mn e es 12 50 BUCKETS. Copper Rivets and Burs................0.05 50—10| 20x28 IX, i tt teen eee e eens 15 50 Wold, OME ee ee ee we oe ws ooo 8 : 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. Well, swivel .........-c.csesceccesessceccrece 4 00 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. WI og oe cic ewe etter pece esa eeee $14 08 aan cast. = an eee non planted = 24 to - / = = a If, for No a ti Seed eee oe eg eco 15 00 Cast Loose Pin, figured........ ......--+...- 00d’s pat. pla: 08, 25 to 27. x5 or No. 8 Boller, \ r pound 10 00 Wrought Narrow, Soright bast joint.......... 60&.0! Broken packs %o per pound extra. 14x60 IX, per pound.. - THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. eS" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1894. THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. The annual session of the National Board of Trade will be held in Washing- ton on the 23d of the present month. This organization is composed of dele- gates from commerciai bodies all over the country, and it has been organized primarily to influence national legisla- tion in the interest of the merchants of the country. Its sittings are commonly held at the National Capitol, as the most convenient place for the furtherance of the peculiar objects aimed at by the or- ganization. As is usually the case, the programme mapped out for the coming meeting is &@ most ambitious Bankruptey legislation, with a revival of the Torrey bill, is to have a_ prominent part in the discussion of the delegates, and the interstate commerce law, with pro- posed amendments, will also consume the usual share of the meeting’s time. Among other subjects to be considered will be the registration of trade-marks, reciprocal trade relations with neighbor- ing countries, a national monetary com- mission, the advisability of establishing an executive department of commerce and manufactures, the revision of the banking and currency laws, the reten- tion of the tax on State bank circulation, the issue of bonds to protect the gold re- serve, a national clearing-house, the need of stricter immigration laws, the reform of the consular service, Government aid for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, and the advisability of construct- ing a deep-water ship canal between New York and Philadelphia. That these commercial associations of national scope are productive of good re- sults in the way of promoting useful legislation there is no doubt, and for this reason they should be encouraged and commended. one. AN AGE OF LUXURY. All human affairs revolve in cycles. Human nature and human intellect are the same in kind in every age and coun-| try. The conditions which have once | molded manners and morals and the | forces which have impelled and controlled | human destiny pass through various | | Sion and to enjoy life. stages of evolution, but they recur and return in a sort of due course, after long periods of time, to work their effects up- on the peoples and nations of the earth. It may be said that all the records of human hisiory contain no account of anything like the envrmous scientific progress of the present age. This is true enough, but something analogous to it has been realized. Ideas change their outward form, but they are substantially the same nevertheless. All science to- day is only the handmaid of wealth and luxury. Men no longer seek to penetrate the mysteries of nature for the sake of knowing. Her secrets are explored only that the results may be sold for dollars and cents and utilized in multiplying the material comforts and pleasures of ma- terial life. It cannot be denied that this adminis- tration to the physical welfare of man- kind has many beneficent features. The introduction of machinery and improved processes in manufacturing have so cheapened products of almost every sort that many articles which were formerly available only to the wealthy classes are now in reach of working people, while the introduction of street railways and the better sanitation and lighting of ci- ties have added largely to the conven- ience, comfort and health of the working classes. In respect to mental edueation, there never was an age which placed learning so fully in the reach of the entire people. Thanks to free public schools of excel- lent character, and the extraordinary cheapness and abundance of books, due to the introduction of most complete ma- chinery for their production, there is scarcely any reason that any person should be illiterate, or, rather, this will be the case when the children of to-day shall come to mature age. Never before in the history of mankind has there ever been such enormous prog- ress, and it is, to a great extent, the re- sult of general intellectual education, for, instead of having the world’s work done by illiterate and unthinking slaves, it is done by intelligent and educated men and women, and such intelligence and mental development are absolutely necessary for the control of the mighty forces and complicated mechanisms that actually perform the labor once done by human hands. Moreover, scientific in- vention and discovery were once confined to a few learned men shut up in clois- ters. To-day, with an entire population educated and trained to habits of thought and investigation, almost every man and woman may be an inventor or a discov- erer in the domain of physical science. By educating the working classes their usefulness and capability are vastly in- creased. But all these interesting facts only con- firm the truth of the proposition with which this essay started out. That is, like that which characterized Roman civilization during the culmination and decline of the empire, nor is it the re- markable mingling of immorality and in- tellectuality, of literature and license, which marked the social conditions of western Europe of the Seventeenth Cen- tury. But, all the same, this is another age of luxury, and it is not easy to fore- cast what will be its outcome. The de- baucheries and profligacy of the Roman Empire brought its destruction by the barbarians. The extravagances and vices of the Stuarts and the Bourbons ended in Cromwell and the Reign of Terror. A powerful, because immensely wealthy, class on one side, and a vast body of the population representing labor on the other, are the outgrowth of the present conditions, and they are developing forces which have before this threatened conflict. It must be remembered that the masses of the people are no longer a degraded and ignorant serfdom, but are educated, reading and thinking people. One of the sure accompaniments of an age of luxury is the development of a strong sense of satire and sarcasm in the current literature and art. Every luxu- rious age had its host of lampooners and satirists on the manners of the time, and never were these more abundant and more keen and pointed in their written and pictorial wit. The profligate despots of earlier ages had their court fooJs and baubled jesters who did not even spare their own masters in ridiculing men and morals. To-day the wielders of pungent wit and stinging satire are not main- ‘tained by kings and governments, but by the people themselves, who have in the poisoned arrowsof wit and sarcasm pow- erful weapons against the follies of the times. Assignee’s Sale of the Deane Clothing Stock at Woodland. HAsTINGs, Jan. 10—I herewith en- close you notice of assignee’s sale of the Deane stock, which will take place on February 19. I discontinued the retail sale on January 1 and had an apprais- ment immediately taken, and from it you will see the sales were very small. A recapitulation of the appraisment January 1 shows as follows: Cost Appraised eee. 4, $5,083 74 $4,045 75 Zteeee end Geen.............. Tees 101 30 Underwear and shirts ........ 831 81 619 44 Glovesand mittens...... ..... 72 69 59 80 ee 266 19 130 7 wee 27 58 20 45 eer. 55 14 43 60 oars one Cale.............. 90 2) 67 83 eee... 13 14 7 29 i ce a 73 87 55 06 meen Cees... 471 79 292 7 Pires... 138 50 89 90 Tht sek $7,247 00 $5,534 00 This stock is fresh and new and not shelf worn and I shall sell the same, either in separate lots or in bulk, as the majority in interest of the creditors may require. Woodland is a thriving new village on the C., K. & S. Railway and is an ex- cellent location for the clothing business. This will be arare opportunity to pur- chase a stock of clothing cheap and it is to be hoped that on the day of the sale that the present is only another return of the world to the age of luxury which has so often before been recorded. The enormous increase of wealth in the hands of a few creates a sort of privileged class in the country. A wealthy class is com- monly an idle class, with no other busi- | | | | | | | | ness than to gratify every taste and pas-| Without under- | | rating the intellectual gratifications, it is plain that the bodily and material make | up much the larger part of the account. Certainly this is not an age of gross, repulsive, brutal, physical debauchery, | the stock will not be sacrificed for want of bidders. I will be very glad to answer any enquiries regarding the matter. PHILip T. CoLGRove, Assignee. _ > > - No Hard Times at Seney. SENEY, Jan. 10.—You seldom get any news from this section, so will say to you | that while most of the Upper Peninsula towns are plunged in distress and dire want, Seney has seen no hard times. We hear of no cases of destitution and hunger here. Men are getting good wages and sure pay. You will find the fine business hand of R. A. Alger in sight here, aided by John Millen, Superintend- ent of Alger, Smith & Co. They have, during the depressed times of the past few months, operated their lumbering camps and railroad, which now extends to Grand Marias, on Lake Superior, to their fullest capacity, giving work to hundreds of men and teams. Wealways thought that Alger was all right, but now we know it. There are other good concerns here, such as the Chicago Lum- bering Co., Hall & Buell, and Ward Bros. These firms are all to be thanked for the prosperity of our people and village of Seney, but most especially General Al- ger, and should the people here ever get a chance to pay tribute to him by voting for him for United States Senator, or any other gift of the people, we will register a vote here that will be a sur- prise to some county politicians. Yours Respectfully, Morse & SCHNEIDER. —_—_—————> >< $$$ Financial Matters. J. E. Hutchinson has beught the inter- est of F. S. Raymond in the Fennville City Bank. The firm was formerly Hutchinson & Raymond. The profits of the Diamond Match Company for the year 1893 were $1,300,- 000, as compared with $1,051,000 in 1892, showing an increase of from 13 to 15 per cent. J. M. Judson and J. M. Lamb have purchased the interest of John Johnson in the Clayton Exchange Bank, and, to- gether with W. W. Cook, will conduct the business. The Advance Thresher Co., of Battle Creek, had a most prosperous year during 1893, from the profits of which a cash dividend of 7 per cent. and a stock divi- dend of 6 per cent. were declared and paid and a $50,000 surplus fund created, The company built 800 separators last year, and have made arrangements to build 600 this season. Offer of Settlement. InoNwoop, Jan. 15—The appraisement of the estate of Olson Bros. & Co. has re- sulted as follows: omy ee Beal estate.......... eee ce al 1,850 00 Fixtures, cash, mortgages, etc........... 1,941 12 i eee... $5,537 60 ee er oe Excess of liabilities over assets......... $1,636 55 The firm have received some assurances from their friends that if they can obtain a settlement on the basis of 40 per cent. cash, the necessary funds to meet the claims on this basis will be forthcoming. A majority of the claims are here in Ironwood, and all of the local ereditors have signed an agreement to settle on this basis. From present appearances this settlement will be accepted by all the creditors, so that the firm will again be in business in the course of a month or six weeks. E. D. NELSON, Assignee. ——__—____—> «© la Home Echoes of the Saginaw Conven- tion. Saginaw, E. S., Jan. 10—At a meet- ing of Post F, Michigan Knights of the Grip, held at the Everett House parlors, Jan. 6, the following resolutions were adopted and ordered published: Resolved, That we hereby publicly ex- press our thanks to the wholesale deal- ers, manufacturers and public-spirited citizens of Saginaw who so kindly as- sisted us in making our fifth annual econ- vention a success; and be it further Resolved, That we especially thank the F. & P. M. Railway, Bartow & En- right (proprietors Saginaw coupe line) and Isaac Bearinger for their generous donations and kindly assistance. Trusting that our efforts in advertising our city’s hospitality have met with your hearty approval, we remain, Respectfully, A. R. Surron, See’y Post F. _-—-- > eS The stocks of cheese at the principal distributing centers on the first of the year was 684,967 boxes, which is 222,469 boxes less than a year ago, and is the smallest supply held at this time of the season for many years. f > ~ <- - » & « ? ’ om - * . ‘ ~ -~ i ~ «- » ‘ ~ «= co « * > « « rf 4% 4 ad ~ = ~ ®, +. 7 = ? - * < A - ~¥ ~ ~ o - “ wi a * °° = * - od o oe e « . y- ri é » a GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. NEw York, Jan. 12—It is a blessed thing that the weather has kept so warm so far this winter. It has enabled the starving and freezing to live, when they might otherwise have perished. New York’s generosity is so great that not only are her own poor being well looked after, but many are flocking here from out of town. The purses of the charita- ble rich are open wide and will be until spring, so that notwithstanding the try- ing times the army of the poor are pretty well fed, warmed and clothed. No one who lives in a large city this winter will ever forget the scenes of wretchedness and penury which meet him everywhere. The Herald has a free clothing bureau iv its old down-town building. The doors open at 11a. B., but at 8 the string of closely-huddled men, women and children reaches half a block. One woman held a little girl of four who was perfectly blind. What could touch one’s heartstrings quicker than sucha sight! Think of a mother holding her blind little one for hours, in order that she might get a chance to ob- tain some sort of a second-hand piece of clothing! Truly itis about the saddest thing imaginable. The Thurber-Whyland reorganization matter is now an assured success, if we may judge from appearances, and in a short time this great concern will find it- self provided with sufficient capital to carry on its magnificent trade. Many who would have subscribed find them- selves unable to do so during the present stringency and the time for the comple- tion of the reorganization was extended a couple of days. For a short time granulated sugar touched the 4e¢ basis. Big sales took place and the price soon reacted to 41 at which it remains steady. One of the oldest and best known firms of retail grocers in the city, Thomas Lidgerwood, failed Thursday. He hada good business in his Broadway store and thought it would be a good thing to have a branch store up-town among the gay west-siders. He paid cash for $10,000 worth of fixtures and—busted. He had many wealthy people as customers, but their bills remained unpaid, and the re- sult was serious. Mr. Lidgerwood is a close personal friend of President Cleve- land. The market for coffee remains as calm and undisturbed as can be, and the flue- tuation in the price of Rio No. 7is ex tremely small, being about %e during the past fortnight, and closing at 184¢e. Canned goods are dull and the market remains without a single feature of in- terest. The movement in California to bring all canned goods under one control is hardly deemed feasible. The stock there is said to be over 800,000 cases. To- matoes are selling here at $1.02!4@1.10 for No. 3, and there is some dealing in futures at 85e for Maryland delivered here. Corn worth 80@90e for New York brands. The demand for dried fruits remains quite steady, and, though prices are very low, they seem to be quite firmly held. California raisins are more frequently asked for than the foreign product, and in bags are worth 3'{@4c. Prunes are dull and remain at quotations that have shown very little fluctuation for a long time. Californias are quotable from 614 @8'!¢¢ as to size. Lemons are lower than a week ago, but are still high, and the demand is quite liberal. It is hard to find anything below $4 a box, and from this the price ranges to $5 and more. Oranges, foreign, $2@2.25 for Sicily, $4@4.50 for Jamaiea, and $2.75 for Havana. Fioridas, $1.50@ 2.25. Apples are selling at good prices and Northern Spys may be quoted at from $4@4.25. The market for butter presents few encouraging signs. What with the hard times and the alleged liberal supply of oleomargarine, the men who are inter- ested in dairy products are not reaping a fortune. Oleo is decidedly a thorn in the flesh, and the lack of vigor in prose- cuting alleged violations of the law has been the cause of a good deal of wordy 4C, is . Van Valkenburg, who is supposed to be after the oleo men with a sharp stick, has been openly accused of bad faith, but no one who knows him believes for a moment that he is not doing all in his power to prevent the sale of the ‘‘stuff.’’ The best Western real butter is worth 25¢e if the holder can get that much, and he has hard work todoso. From this the range is down to 20¢ before you find the butter that smells. Cheese is firm, and 12'¢¢ is paid for State small size, full cream; 1l1}4¢@11e for large sizes, Liberal arrivals of potatoes from Scot- land keep prices of foreign stock down to a low figure, and this. in turn, acts upon the domestic supply, which are quotable about $2.25@2.75 per bbl. Some fresh vegetables are arriving, and it may interest the hungry to know that strawberries can now be had for less than 7 cents each. Poultry remains at a low point and it reqnires prime dressed turkeys to bring Over 12}¢e a pound. Chickens from 11@14c—these quotations for dressed stock. Eggs are in quite free receipt, and quotations are made of Western at 20@ 21e and 23¢ for near-by stock. JAY. — 2

Varnishes, Sole Agerts for the Celebratea SWISS ZILLA PREPARED PAINTS. le of Staple Drnggists’ Sundries Fil fi We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy, We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante? satistaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRIC! The prices quoted in this going to press and are an accurate in below are given as representing average prices for averag those who “have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. list are for the trade only, in such quanti dex of the local market. oe iol? AXLE GREASE. doz gross Auer... .-- 55 6 00 Castor O71.. .. . = 7 00 aa... 5 50 Frazer's ee 75 8 00 Mica 65 7c Paragon .. ....--..- 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. = cans, 3 doz.. a. ee ee 75 i. * i = _.....--- a... _ 10 Arctic. % b cans 6 doz case. 55 %P “* 4doz 1.2 1. Rage * .cuesos 200 [ce ” toon 9 00 Fosfon. on cans, ad joz. in case . = .... oO Red Star, ;, >: cans.. 40 * bis) 75 ' a 1 40 Telfer’s, = cans, dos. 45 C Ib. . = C * ib. ' 1. Ou ir Leader, 4 lb cans 45 Lg Yb ons...... D ua 1iecums..... .° Dr. Price's. ee per doz Dime caus. 95 4-0z é 1 40 pePRIce’s: 5-OZ 2 oF 8-OZ 2 60 CREAM | 2 0: 3 90 16-02 5 90 BAKING: 2% 1b “ 12.00 4-Ib ° Be POWDER sib 227 mi 6”lhCUwS Ein owcy wn CANS BATH BRICK. 2 ra in case. English . _. = ae ee aes |... ee, ee BLUING, Gross Arctic, 4 ’ ovels........-. 200 - so a A round... . 9 00 o. 2, sifting box.. a No. 3, . 400 No.5 . .. oe losball . oe Mexican Liquid, oe 3 60 co.....-. 6 80 BROOMS, ao. 2 Hurl.. 175 No ee No.2 2 Carpet. ieee SE —— oe Parlor Gem.. 2% Common Whisk.. 80 Fanc . Ce Warehouse......-. Oe BRUSHES. Stove, No. J oo 1 2 ey o 8. ce 1 7% Rice Root Scrub, 2 2 row..-- 85 Rice Root Scrub, ‘Brow... 13 Paimetto, goose............ 1 50 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes .. = — -. | *Ct—*=R... = Paraffine 10 Wicking . 24 CARNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, i Ib 12 2 Ib.. 1% pe Chowder. Standard, ts +. oe ve Oysters. Standard, 4 Ib . 21b.. oe Lobsters. Star, 1 = a.’ 2 us Picnic, Tb. roe .2 00 21 . oe Mackerel. Standard, [.....- oe _-....... 2 0 Mustard, 2Ib... ...— - Tomato Sauce, 2 tb. 2 ine 2... .2 25 Salmoz. Columbia River, fiat... 18 —e........5 Oe Alaska. ae. 4... —.............-...2 oe Kinney’s, Oe. 1% Sardines. American ) ceeeecsa. = 5 Imported fe eee eel ‘agen =e Mustard a. ee eek ee Boneless . — 21 “Trout. occas es -- econ ne 250 Fruits. a. 3 lb. standard.. \ 10 York State, gallons . 3 10 Hamburgh. ‘ ne. 1 60 1 60 oo. aes 1 60 Overland........ 1 60 Blackberries. B.& W..- : 90 Cherries. —.. >... 1 10Q1 20 Pitted Hamburgh ..... 1% meg .... 1 50 ee eee eee eee 1 20 Sememain: Egg Plums and Green — ae ..... Cece 1 30 ( ‘alifornia. 1 60 Gooseberries. Bo Eee 13 Peaches. ~~... 100 ee .........---. Seeserd's ............. aee............. 1 % Monitor cares... ........,..- Pears. Peee.......-.-.----- 12 ee... 1 80 Pineapples. Come... 1. 1 00@1 30 Johnson’ os eee... ... 23 erased... 2% Booth’s elieed..... .... @2 5) ' grated... 2% Quinces. Common 1 10 Raspberries. Red : 110 Black ‘Hamburg. uel. 1 50 Erie, black 1 20 Strawberries. ores... ......... 13 a i= a... ....... 1 20 Terrapin . 1 Whortleberrics. Blueberries ........ 1 00 eats. Corned beef Libby's. a Roast beef ee ....... 1 80 Potted ham, 4 9 1 40 ees 85 mt tongue, ¥ b.. 13 = > --—e....... 85 r chicken, % Ib....... % Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringless....... 13 French style..... 2% ' ae... 1 35 as oe 13 . I on oe 65 Lewis Boston Baked........ 13 Bay State Baked............ 13 World’s Fair Baked........ 1 3 Tecee eer ee...-..-.-..-...- 1 00 remead Hamburgh . .14 cacheapaen Eden . 7 eee 7 eT SE ea "1 40 Morn ae eden cece as Soaked 5 Pea Hamburgh aaeuiee oo 13 early June...... " Champion Eng..1 50 C = e....... 1s _ cy sifted....1 0 ee. 15 Rocris schonGerd............. z VanCamp’s marrofat....... 1 10 ' early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 French... 215 Mushrooms. a 19921 Pumpkin. ee 85 nash, ee 115 Succotash. ooo ee ce twee eee nnn 1 40 See ee eee 85 Beaey Dew...-....--+.+.++. 1 50 a 1 3 Tomatoes. eee. 11 Excelsior neon ee... ee ee. 3 50 CHOCOLATE. Baker's. German Sweet.. ...... 23 Pr sn 37 Breakfast Cocoa. 43 CHEESE. ae... @13% —_— 12%@13 BRNO. .... 0. 2+ 200 oe @i2% Riverside 13% Gold Medal........... @i11% verre seewen 6@10 ee 11 ————— 1 00 ———————aee 23 ae tee eee eee @10 NE icc seer cen Sa hoeultett...... a. ae ie B21 Sek wwelenne, imported. @xA r domestic gi4 CATSUP Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 ee eee 2% Pint . Quart 1 doz bottles | 38 Triumph Brand. Balt pint, per dox..........1 Pint, 25 bottles | Quart, per doz ..... -.- 3% CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross boxes..........-. 44@45 COCOA SHELLS. OE ———e . Less —— Suc ccenses | ee Pound packages 6%@7T COFFEE. Green. Rio. Pair.... eas a... ae a. .......... ee oe. Sey... Cte Santos. a ee os ................ 23 Peaberry .. 23 Mexican ‘and Guatamala. roe..:. 21 ee 22 Paee.......-.... ... 24 Maracaibo. GO ee... Java. ae... . Private Growth....... ie | MandGehiing ......... a Moche. ee - oa i 25 Arabian. 28 ‘ened. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 24 45 Bunola .-. 238 © Lion, 60 or 100 ‘Tb. case.... 24 45 Extract. ew City *% gross i. Feli 1 15 Hummel’s, foil, am. ae 1 50 tin ... - CHICORY. .,.-.. a ew 5 et. a CLOTHES LINES Cotton, @ft....... per doz. 1 25 ee 140 a ee...---. " 1 60 . _e....-..- ” 1 7% _ eee. ~~ ” 1 9 Jute ee... bi 85 ' i ...- ' 1 0 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s —— Gail Borden —ee..... ... 7 Ne ee 6 25 ee. ee Magnolia ae ocean —...... oe ee Peerless Evaporated Cream. CUI ties as are usually purchased by retail dealers. It is impossible to give quotations e conditions of pure chase. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any er Foreigu. ' Currants. Patras, in barrels.. \ 3 in %&-bble.. 3% Y in less quanti ity. 3% cleaned, bulk..... 6 cleanes i) package... 6% Peel. Citron, Leghorn, oe boxes 20 Lemon Y ' 10 Orange = bea ‘ li —_ — ‘Tradesman.’ $1 books, per hund ired 00 82 2 50 #3 . oe #5 ' . ee id .£o 820) - _ - se “Sn perfor.” $1 books per nundred . oo 82 8 00 a 3 50 85 , . ' 4 00 #10 ‘ : 5 00 820 o ' 6 00 aseesenl ° % 1 books, per hundred... 83 00 82 _ - oa 83 " .. 400 85 nay . 5 00 810 se “ 6 00 820 . 7 00 Above prices 01 on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or. over.. 5 per cent 500 . 10 . L000 “a cay i Di as COUPON PASS BOOKS. {Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. | 20 books a $100 50 le pee ee 2 0 _— “. 3 00 — _—_ = 500 «(* ... 0 a * ............. 7s CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’ a... #3 00 — / 5 00 2000, oc cs “ec 3 = et CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXX.. .. 5% Seymour XXX, cartoon. i. Satis A... Cn. % Family XXX, cartoon...... 6 Galed Es .....-- oo. ae Salted XXX, cartoon i — ™% Bost Lopes ee Oe Butter “biscuit . ee Soda. ate 2ae.........-.-..... oe ET TT Soda, Duchess.. i Crystal Wafer.....-.. .----- ‘10% Long Island Wafers -...... 11 Oyster. 8. Oyster eh City Oyster. nga Lc eteee. oM Farina Oyster.. beuee CREAM TARTAR. Strictly ee. ee ee - Telfer's ‘Absolute oe coer ......- isos DRIED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples Sundried. sliced in bbls 7 ' quartered ‘ 7% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 1 Apricots. California in bags.. 14 Evaporated in boxes 14% Blackberries. In boxes.. ‘ 8 Nectarines. oeik, aes... ...--.----.. 2 1h, WOees.... ....-.-..- 0m Peaches. Peeled, in boxes.....-. Cal. evap. es [ . in bags......1 Pears. California in bags 16 Pitted Cherries, Barrels ee 50 Ib. boxes oe i ees —- 6h Ce 10 Prunelies. 30 ib. boxes.....--.-- 15 Raspberries. Te beeres..........----- SOlb, DOKES........-+++- lhc ceed ce ese Raisins. { Loose Muscatels in Boxes. | 2 crown J 20 3 1 60] Loose Muscatels In ~~ 2 crown... ‘ i3 a eel ' | Raisins. Ondura, 29 lb. boxes @i% Sultana, 20 c ' @s& Valencia, 30 “ Prunes. California, i ..... 6% 90x10 25 Ib, bxs. 6% c 80x90 ’ a sc 70x80 “i &&% . 60x70 . _@ ee es ee ote ce SEN i i ee ence French, 60-70 a . ee ' a... -... .... " ee ae ae ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. mo tL oe.....-.. 81 7% No. 2. 6% 1 60 me. 1,6... 1 65 Me 2.6... ns... - sean en 1530 XX wood, white. No. 1, 6% 1 & No. 2, 6% -. Manilla, white. 642 1 00 .... be eee ees 9 Coin. aw. Ct... CO FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 160 Mh. Kegs. .--...--..-- 3% flominy. Barrels ...... ecldcewepeeesss 3 00 ee 3 50 ‘Lima ‘Beans, a... 3%@4 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box.. Imported.............. At 0%@.1 Oatmeal. Barrels 200 oa Half barrels. fe 2 Pearl ne Rewe......... eae 2% Peas. eee 25 Bers verlp ......-... 3k@3 Rolled Oats. Barrels 260... ...... @A4 2% Half bbls 90.......... @2 % Sago. ee a a, 4% ee i ee oc... ces.... & Wheat. eee 4.5... 20... 41... 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. i, ee Cod. a Whole, Grand Bank..... 5@5% Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6@8 Boneless, strips. . 6@8 Halibut, Smoked ....... ..11@12% Sersios. Holland, white hoops keg 70 o C - oo oa “ “ “ “ Morpoeien........5....... Round, “4 bbl = Ibs os 2 40 4" ne 1 25 Sealed.. ee 18 “Mackerel. Nat, SOee.......... .... 1m ee 4 70 No. 1, 10 Ibs.. oe No. 2, 100 Ibs. , as — 2, 40 Ibs.. 3 60 i 1 00 Faintly, eS 6 00 DO ee 70 Sardines. Russian, kegs..-.--...-.- 55 Trout. No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs........ 6 25 No. 1% bbl, 40 mM... Le No. 1, Kits, 10 lbs............ 80 ee, 1, Oe BU ek kesse tees Oe Whitefish. Pe esa i. % bbls, 100 Ibs... ord 59 8250) ee ‘. mis. Eie.......- -. SI TF viii os 5 45 UN T. They are prepared just before suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong ¢ ‘redit usually buy closer than rors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. 20% ....2 cm..... Regular Vanilla. doz -- 08 30 . 240 XX Grade Lemon. - f aon... 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. of..... $1 75 402. 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla : - regular — 75 1 20 1 50 2 00 _ oo 3 00 No 5 ioe........ 1 35 2 00 No. 4 taper,....--.. 1 50 2 50 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. Kegs.. eles dee ee Half kegs a 1 90 Quarter Ree ee 10 i Ib cans... oe ¥% lb cans. i 18 Choke Bere—-Depent’s. a. - ......... ----.-. - 4 2 Half eases ee tee a 40 Quarter a. 135 11b cans. / 34 Eagle Dek Dupont’s s. eee 11 00 ge On 5 Quarter kegs.........-....- 3 00 on. .........-..-..- 60 HERBS. MI nese eee cee ten ene e 15 ——————————e 15 INDIGO. Madras, Gib. bower. .....- 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes... 50 JELLY. 7 o weee......-..-.. @ al al OE @ 79 LICORICE. 30 i ote eee ees ee ne 12 LYE. Condensed, : i dese cees 1% Oe ee 2 2 au ES. Mo. 9 enipher........--....- 1 65 Anchor partor.............+. 170 eT een a 110 Bxoort parier....-.......... 400 MINCE. MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 75 Pie preparation 3 doz. in CO ee ee 3 00 MEASURES Tin, per dosen. 1 oon... .-..---- $1 75 Half galion. 1 40 Quart ...... ----.-..--++- 70 PE chee een eee 45 Half pint 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. 1 weliom .....-.---..- -- 7 00 Half gallon ayes 4 %% CORE «26.5 won eee nnn 3 7% ae a MOLASSES. Blacksatrap. Sugar house......-...----- 14 Cuba Baking. Ordinary . 16 Porto Rico. Pee .... 2. +. 20 PANCY .....000¢ soe a New Orleans. Foir eae ees 18 MOOG oo ccs ceses i. ocnse 22 Extra BOO. 0. eens nese anes 27 Choice " cd ods oe eee 32 bo an 40 One half barrels, 3c extra, ~~ wa Mae ee awroo coco fo * 18 7 oe PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @4 75 Half bbls, 600 count.. @2 88 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 5 % Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 38 PIPES, Clay, me Oe. is T. ©. tullcount........ 75 Cob, No. 8.. 1+ torah POTASH. 48 cans in case. eeeer ss... ......_........ 4 00 Fonna Sait Co.’s.......... 3 25 RICE, Domestic. Carolina ee Ske dtc eses p oue 6 “oo No. Broken..... AEN a 4 Imported. Japan, No. : Meee) set eee cl. 5% ee 5 ene ll ecccossccsse 6 Pate... seesceoe OMG SPICES, Whole Sifted. PO a 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 8 . Batavia in bund....15 " Saigon in _- Mieaes 32 Cloves, Amboyna.. Lecce ' Tepeieer............ 1% Bees eyes... 5. ....- 80 Nutmegs Toney...... cee oe 75 et 7 No. a bis epper, S ngapore, ac! 10 ae white 20 * a 16 Pure oi in Bulk, eee 15 Cassia, Batavia aes 18 and ee 25 “ Saigon . Le .3D Cloves, Amboyna. Zee. .......... 18 4 Bre... ww. cess 16 Cree. 20 _ Jamaica . a. meee Heyas.............. 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 teste eee eee es 25 Nutmegs, No. 2 a Pepper, Singapore, black....16 white 24 . Cayenne...... a eee... ..... |... .,.... “Absolute” in Packages. 4s Qs Te cic es ices 84 155 Cinnamon.. ties. Oe To ae ' .. ts Ginger, Jamaica a 84 155 Arvican........ 84 1 56 eee. .....-... 84 155 PE pices es 84 155 ee. wc cs a 84 SAL SODA. oe, |... .... ese 1% Granulated, ewes... ...... 1% SEEDS, PE ook cece ess @15 Canary, Smyrna....... 4 MO oe ae cow eee 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 434 misee Bed........... 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 PE ese ec cscs 9 a 5 Cuttle bone.. a 30 STARCH, Corn mee wee... 5X 40-lb ‘* 5% ae speemnete.. ecce On a 5g 6-1 aides cscs ec 5x 0 and SO ib. boxes.......... 3% ae... 3% SNUFF Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccahoy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, be de ce epaeoeuvermee. 5h oy En 4% SALT, 1008 2b. encks.......... 82 25 60 5 ee 2 00 oi wee... 1 85 eee cou e ee. 2% ore OOeee.............., 1 50 56 lb. dairy in linen bags 32 a a 6 1 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32 oe * . “.. Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 J». dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. Oe 27 Common Fine. I ike sei ieie res 75 MS eben e eeu, % SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. ND oe co cu 5% bik cele se 5 TO inc ik oc eee eee 5 bn TT ion ck bonede sy aaees. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SOAP. Laundry, Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 90 1-Ib........ 3 20 Good Cheer, G0 1Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 3-Ib...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. ee 3 45 or of... 6 75 ee 4 00 PO ee 3 65 Motticd German........... 3 15 Town Tee................. 3 2 Dingman Brands. Sameee WON. 4... 3 9% 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp'd..84 00 plain... 3 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.'s Brands. pamee (Rams... 4 00 Brown, © bar............. 2 40 . oo tem ..... ...... 3 2% Lautz Bros, & Co.’s Brands, PO ce chs ce 3% Cotton Ol1..... eee 6 00 a 4 00 Beemer .............. 400 Thompson & Chute Brands. Oe ee 3 65 mone... oc 3% Savon bnproved........... 2 50 Seetwer |... 3 05 ss oe 2 2 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 ng band, 3 dos.....,.. 2 50 SUGAR. The following prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual costin New York, with 30 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. The same quotations will not spply toany townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 30 cents, but the local quotations will, perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. eae Powdered . 50 Granulated _.. 407 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 80 Cubes .. 5 2a. Powdered.. ooo Confee. Standard A.. .. 4 61 No.1 Colampiad......... 44 No. 5 Empire A...... . 42 Oe Goce iee... 4 36 a . 4a) a | No. 9 ~ aif No. 10 411 No. ii «-. £60 No. 12 3 99 No. 13. - 92 No 1¢.. 3 80 SYRUPS., Corn, cae 19 ere Pa... 2 Pure Cane. ke ec cae eg a 19 ME ieee cca cee 25 ke ice eee 30 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ 8, ee 1 a mall. 2% Melted levee ............. & . ae 2 2 Salad Dressing, large ..... 4 55 : smal) ..... 2 65 TEAS. saAPAN—Regular. eS SS @i7 co @20 EE 2 @26 Choicest 2 @34 Hae 10 @12 SUN CURED. oie cree e ce. @17 BASKET FIRED. Ver ...........,....... 18 @20 Cecree.. 4... @2 Chores. ........4.. @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 G@UNPOWLER. Common to faiz....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 1 OoLOoNe, A Common co fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to falr....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 Superior to fine....... 30 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. ee 18 22 ee 24 e et ee Ten TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s a Sweet Russet..........: @32 ieee a. 31 D. Scotten & Co’s Brands. a a 60 Ciba. ... ee a = Rocket Spaulding & Merric k’s Bri ae —oe.....,....... 30 Private Brands, oe... @30 a @27 meme Big.....,....... = @25 Uncle Ben... oe 2 25 McGinty eee 27 % bbls.. ‘ 25 Dandy Jim Me ete ae 29 Torpeeoe ... .......... 2 - in drums.... 23 woe YOe ......... 28 oe... 23 eR 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, Bpeernead ............ 39 CS a7 Oooy Twist............ 40 Scotten’s Brands, ccc es....... 26 Miaweie......... 4... 38 CO ae : Finzer’s Brands. Oid Honesty.......... 40) Jolly Tar ' 32 Lorillard’s B rands. Climax (8 og., 4ic):... 39 Creen Turtie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good. = Out of Sight.. Wilson & McC ‘wulay’s 8 iu Gold BRope............ 43 Happy —e 37 oo: eee lee. 32 No Tax. oe eae. 31 Fee 27 Smoking. Catiin’s Brands, Kiln dried. - 17@i8 Golden Shower Bees oe Huntress +o Mecrachaum .. .....- 29@30 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. Myrtle Navy.. ... ea Bere ...... . a German ... eeeee Free ...... Lee deuee 3 Java, 4s fae — 32 Banner Tobacco Co.’ s Tiranda, Dae 16 Banner Cavyendish.......... 38 Gold Cut .. ee Scotten’s sBennde. Wereth.................... 15 money OW. ............... 26 Gard Biock................ 20 F, F. Adams Tobacco Co,'s Brands, a. ............... 2 Old Tom. ered uecedeesee sea Standerd....... i Globe Tobacco Co 0.’8 Brands. ee 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. ee ee oe Uncle Sam Loto wee 2 moe Clover... 2 Spaulding & Merrick. Tore and derry.............. 25 Traveler Cavendish........38 ae Prow bow............... 30@32 ee COO. ge ee 16 VINEGAR Me eae wn 7 8 eee @? $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Dik, per eal ............. é Beer mug, 2 dozincase... 1 75 YEAST. Maske... .. cues OO Warners ..... \ ae Moe oes .........<...,.. 1 00 eee iD see aes ey 90 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES. MOPOAME ie icce ie cs een cas 202% Part Cured. ' @ 3 ir 6 Ct«C. @ 3% Tey...........--..-,.., 4@5 Kips, green a es 2 @3 ccs cae ee @4 Calfskins, green. ..... 8 @4 eured...... 5y@ 7 Deacon skins.......... 10 @25 No. 2 hides off. PELTS, Shearlings........ ne oe ae Taw 15 @ 50 wooL Washed. Socal eee @16 Unwashed ...... @i2 MISCELLANEOUS. Tallow 4 @5% Grease butter......... ’: @&s Berenee...,......... 1 4@ 2 a 2 QO@2 50 FURS. PAO. i... 80@1 00 ear ............ «+15 00@25 00 im 3 0a? 00 a 0a i as, BONS ............ 10@ 25 Fisher....... Re cues : 00@6 00 oe ee 1 00O@1 40 ox, crogs.............3 gs woe, gre7............. 50@ 70 Evan... ........... 1 00@2 50 Mert, dark. ......... 1 00@3 00 “ pale& —- ee 00 Mink, Gark........ me 25 Muskrat aed suede lee 4 13 volume 5@ 15 eee, GOre....... ... 5 00@10 00 meaccom @ % —...... 1 00@1 25 wor... ... ...... 1 00@2 00 Beaver castors, lb.. @5 00 Above prices are ‘for No. 1 furs only. Other grades at cor- responding prices. DEERSKINS—per pound. ‘Thin and green......... 10 Long gray, dry.......... 10 Ci. : 15 Red and Bilge, dry...... 25 WOODENWARE, Tubs, _ i Neen et econ ce 6 00 Sess ted ce ceca ae oe a 4 50 Pails, N No. 1, two- hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 50 Bowls, 11 inch bead oe ee ee Me eas wee 90 C 6 ° 12 i ya 1 30 - Me eee. 240 oe es Baskets, ie, 35 re bushel.. 115 a ful vee, em 1 2% o willowe "ths, No.1 So co “ “ ue No.2 6 2 ' . " NOS 7 2 . splint nw meals & mi ' tee 4 25 . ' "* Nos4% INDURATED WARE, Wee 3 15 ate, NO, 1................be oe Qe 12 00 Tube, No. 2.. 10 50 Butter Plates—Oval. 250 1000 no 1... Gc 20 eee 7 24 No. &.. 30 280 No. 5. 100 350 Waalibaiede: single. Universal . \ No. Queen . . eee aae Peerless Protector. Saginaw Globe.. oo Double. Water Witch.. a“ _. Weeon.... .... i. Good Luck. Peerless... GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS bee FO TL OOS co te te to tS ? 1 WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 53 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 53 MEAL. ore... .... 4... ee, TS Granulated.. 1 65 FLOUR IN SACKS. bho 215 remearas................ 1& Wetee.. 4... 6 ae POMoen.......,............ 1 a eo Nye. ................ 1 60 *Subject to usual cash dis count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad ditional. MILLSTUFFS, Less Car lots quantity Bien... ... $15 00 816 00 Screenings .... 13 00 13 00 Middlings..... 15 00 16 00 Mixed Feed... 16 09 16 50 Coarse meal .. 16 00 16 50 CORN. Car lots.. a Less than car lots.......... 42 OATS. Car lots, .... verte eee BS Less than car ee 35 HAY. No. 1 Timothy, car _- 11 © No, 1 ton lots. -12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Whietes ............ 9 wre i... @9 Black Bass............ 12% Halibut........ seeeeees @15 =, or Herring.... @5 ivetee 6... @15 EF — lobster, per Ib. a No. —— i. @10 eo @8 natok White.. @10 Red Snappers...... 12 Columbia River Sal- Mae wae 12% Mackere.............. 2A@25 OYSTERS—Cans. Fairhaven Counts.... @35 rr. 2. D. Selec. ...... @30 on Peace Sena ee @23 oo @23 iiaicee ee @20 Stunaaraa............. @18 Paverce............... @16 OYSTERS— Bulk. Extra Selects..per gal 1% a 1 40 a 1 00 ot ee 2 20 Soars... ..... ais 1 50 a 1 25 ——_————————— 1 2% SHELL GOODS. Oysters, per ee. ...... 1 25@1 50 ae 75@1 00 PROVISIONS. 18 The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS, noe. 14 ¢O Short cut ol . . 14 7% Extra clear pig, ‘short cut...... ta es . 1650 Extra ciear, heavy. Se eee acca ae. Ciear, fat back,....._... 15 50 Boston clear, short cut. . 6 Clear back, short cut. . 15 50 Standard clear, short cut, best... ....... 16 00 SAUSAGE, Pore Wee 8 Belomea : 6 ee 6 eee ee. 8% oe... ..... dee eee Cheese 6 Sammner............ Bee cee a. 10 ee, 7% LARD. Kettle Rendered... ...... : i. on Cee da Ce 63% Ceeeeoune |... ke... ees. e, 61g Cottoline.. ‘ ee eee 7% 50 lb, Tins, 4e advance, 20 1b. pails, % 10 Ib. xe . sip. “ Xe . i " BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs. 7 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing.. 7 00 Boneless, rump butts............. 10 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain, Hams, average = lbs.. : . _-—............. oe ihe _ if to 14 lbs. 10 a. ee... 8% “best boneless... 9 Shoulders..... 8 Breakfast Bacon boneless. . 11 Dried beef, ham prices..... L 9% Long Clears, ones... Briskets, Ce ey § " Hone... 4 8% DRY SALT MEATS. Pee... a 9 D.S. Bellies... a 124 as... 10 "Y 1c KEED Pras’ FEET. Barrels....... eee 8 00 ee Lreeeee 2 OO TRIPE. Bite, DOnerCOmD............ 44 65 Kits, premium be eter meee | eue a, 5 BEEF TONGUES. Barrels. . ee ee cece, 22 00 Half barrels... ee eee ee eee tlle. 11 00 Fer pound .... _- tees eee aye 11 BUTTERINE. Dairy, sola packed.............. 14 Dairy, rolls. eee 1444 Creamery, solid pac SSI 18 Creamery, rollin)... 4... .. 19 FRESH BEEF, nee eo os Ga Wore Quarters. ............ eu... Ce S Hind — ee cea. 6 @ 6% Romane. 2... 6 8 @l0 Ribe.. eee 7 @3s Ce ee ae CHhucKS.....-.000... @ 4% Plates d reeeen... ..... Re oa, BeuMiere ............... Leat Lard..... Carcass ow a. CL CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BURNEBS. No.0Sun.... 45 No. 1 Re ee eee ea. Mes Cc 75 CC 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. " Per box. 6 doz. in box. oe 1 75 wee 1 88 ee i a ee First quality. No. — crimp top Dees, 2 10 eT ee 2 oe Has * . De ao eee ce eet s ae ee XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp 7 ..2 60 No.1 * a 2 80 Ras - ee a 3 80 Pear! top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled oa 3 70 CO ee a ee 470 No. 2 Hinge, ‘ - CS 4 88 La. Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, perdes. ........ 12 No, 2 ° a. 1 No. { erimp, per doz.. ee OOO 1 60 LAMP WICKS. No. 0, PET BTOSS.-.. eee eee eee eee eee eee eee 23 No. . _- ba 2) c 38 3, _ a Tcanath, ee ee Th STONEWARE—AERON, Butter Crocks, 1 eo ......... s,s... 4 gal, ia doz... 60 Jugs, % gal., ao dices 70 * lie gal., per gal. es saa eal 07 Miik Pans, % gal., per. a. beau cwesa came 60 eee * ‘* STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. Butter Crocks, 1 and Zgal..........-...... oF Milk Pans, * gal ek eae S 14 THE HUMOROUS NARRATIVE. Value of the Comic Story to the Suc- | cessful Drummer. Many atraveling man has a rare com- | bination of those valuable qualities | which fit him for his profession—honesty, integrity, zeal, energy, and enterprise, together with that strict regard for ve- | racity which characterizes tne brother- | hood of the grip—yet he does not make a) luminous success. tenance of the country dealer does not light up with enthusiasm when his grip | appears. He may represent a purely | pious concern, and may spend $10 a day | for the ‘‘strictly legitimate expenses of | the campaign.”’ But his success is limited. Yet a competitor who does not have half | his energy and vim, and whose conscience was probably manufactured by the Good- | year Rubber Company; who has so much ‘ie’? in him that he only boiled to make a first-class soap—his success brilliant. Now, what the this failure and success? I am convinced that it is to be sought in the varied forms of treatment accorded to the narrative. If 1 may judge from sad ex- perience, the country merchant ” needs to be article of is is he does for the quality of your goods. In order that you may be able to properly apprehend and appreciate the value of | to | the point I make, it will be desirable offer the result of a brief but strictly scientific study of this important sub- ject. The comic story is absolutely thej product of civilization. A race must | have attained to acertain high measure of culture and knowledge of the arts of life before it is capable of evolving the |; humorous narrative. No savage, unaf- fected by the contact of civilization, ever told a funny story. I have made the closest study of primitive culture, and have not been able to detect in the re- mains of barbaric the slightest traces of a prehistoric joke. Life was too deeply solemn for those fellows to spend the sunny hours in manufacturing jokes about their mothers-in-law. Of course, one may trace in their primitive tribes the first faint beginning of the sense of humor. The early discoverers of America found that the gentile and untaught natives had various ingenious methods of putting a fellow out of the world, which betrayed quite a developed appreciation of the They would fasten him to a tree and fill him full of little wood splinters, which were previously lighted, so as to add cheerful- ness to the scene. Or they would get up an archery contest, and give a chromo to the fellow who would first perforate a vital organ. And the ladies would dance around the party singing music. undeveloped in them that when the sol- diers of Columbus, who rejoiced at the thought of a new market for their Span- ish chestnuts, told them stories about the mother-in-law, and about poker all summer, races humorous. in the real life of these wonderful people. It is when we enter the history of the higher races that we first encounter the true humorous narrative, and itis among | the | the chronicles of such people as Egyptians and the Hebrews, that my | its bearing upon the commercial inter- | careful historical researches rewarded with the have been The expectant coun- | absolutely | | secret of | humorous cares | more for the quality of your stories than | Wagner’s | But the sense of humor was so} playing | and wearing a linen | ulster all the next winter, they solemnly | received them as unvarnished episodes | richest results. I! THE MICHIGAN TRADE ESMAN. ; have been enabled to throw a new light | | upon some very important historical data that have been previously obscured. | We have always had a pretty bad opinion | of the ancient Egyptians and have sup- posed that their treatment of the Hebrews | was the simple fruit of what the poet iealls ‘‘natural cussedness.’’ But we | have had only one side of the testimony | and no chance to cross-examine the wit- |nesses. Take that episode about Joseph, | for instance. We know just what cnet i tells us, and no more, about the reason | |for his being sent to the penitentiary. But an old Egyptian monument has been | ; discovered, and | ciphere d, attempted to work off an ancient Hebrew | joke on Mr. Potiphar, about his mother- |in-law, who was a very estimable old lady. Thatis the reason he was sent to |prison. V’ve no sympathy | In like manner we have always cherished jan intense dislike for the its hieroglyphics Philistines, Samson. But a great scientist, name native modesty forbids me to men- tion, has found an | ancient poem written | by a Philistine poet 1 | i | which presents the He says (and there is a singular airof truth about his | narrative) that the Philistines at first had other side of the story. ,|a very strong regard for Samson; that his handsome hair had the same effect | |to-day. He further says a social club of | comit distinction, called the half the gate money. Now, how reciprocate these attentions? down to a dinner party at Tinnah, tried to work off an old conundrum them about a lot of bees who were fools | enough to make a hive in a dead lion!| And that irritated them so that they cut off his hair. They put out his eyes, poet says, because they did not want him edition of the Jerusalem Herald and try to make innocent people believe the jokes were original They might have done worse. Thus is history unfolding itself under old facts in new lights. rative must be handled with great deli- These are the because only the scientific ex- pert knows of the rarity and precious- temper of mind. necessary, i ness of original stories in the world. of our modern stories are only modern in form and ancient in essence. jevery Irish joke originated with Socrates or Aristotle. that has been Yankee drummer since their day. j have new dramas, new histories, poems, new governments, narrative Men ligions, but they have few new jokes. Let us now come to the practical as- /ests of the nation. We picture the hope- ful drummer starting out on his tour, the | to read the funny column in the Sunday | sound scientific treatment and putting | Belated justice | is being done to innocent people who | have been covered with popular igno-| more | pects of this important subject, and see) de- | and we find out that Joseph | for Joseph. | Hard Times mainly for the way in which they treated | whose | upon the fair sex that Paderewski’s does | ~ “Gaza Pas- | time Club,”’ offered to get up a series of | wrestling matches for him and give him | : did he} He went} ‘ and on | | | | i | | | miny. Of course, I have only touched upon one or two ineidents in illus- | tration of my studies in this de-| partment of human knowledge; but! it is a subject that will well repay} furtber research. But 1 have said | enough to show that the humorous nar- | eacy and rare judgment and a judicial | aul |) Almost | | | The Pilgrim Fathers car-| ried in the Mayflower the germ of every | told by every | new | and new re- | Grand Rapids Fruit Cleaning Go, VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & C0. WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Toigt, Herpolsheimer & C0, *® 29.83 Repias. i Grand Rapids. Are [lade Easier OUTFITS, They save oil and NEIL’S OIL-TANK cause they stop waste. by be- save time! It isn’t a question whether you can afford to lay out the money for such a convenience and luxury in storekeeping; it’s a question whether you can afford to continue the waste! An outfit will TRIAL 30 days. You can ship it back if not found convenient, of its Write direct to the manufacturers. NEIL <& CO., 11 & 13 Dearborn St., C hicego. Find this out by trying. be sent you for clean and a means saving cost. Lh MM. REST AND CHEAPEST. Prepared from CHOICE NEW FRUIT imported from Greece. they are READY FOR and require no further preparation. 3eing carefully Cleaned and Assorted, IMMEDIATE USE, A Case: 36 Packages. SR rr 36 Pounds. FULL WEIGHT. — Oa BEST QUALITY GUARanTEED poe in pon. 25 Ib. Boxes, IMPORTED =. “wo CLEANED B Y | GRAND RAPIps 1 Hib 1} "Ruy 1 CLEANING CO. || en RAPIDS .MICH. q t (WHEN AAAWS SWONAD RS | eae 50 Ib. Boxes, and | 300 Ib. Barrels. $ ¥ ———— ye ten ORDER FROM YOUR JOBBER. IMPORTED AND CLEANED BY > Grand Rapids, Michigan. Vo Dr me s ™ » ‘ ? - ~ * ul »> “ “ r THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. equipped with one brand new story, ora story that has been recast out of old ma- terial. Now this one story may be made to do splendid service if properly han- died. If it is a narrative that is flexible and easily adjustable to varying climates, races and social conditions, so much the better. A good drummer ought always to be able to localize a story; give it the color of every State through which he may be working. It is always well to try the story on the head of the firm. He has probably been a drummer himself, and will be likely to suggest modifica- tions and improvements that will fit it to various localities. Then tell it to all the boys in the store. Do not despise the humblest office boy—tell it to him. They may suffer, but you will acquire a grace and facility in telling the story that will be of immeasurable value to you. Noth- ing is so calculated to inflame the worst passions of mankind and precipitate so- cial anarchy so much as a good _ story badly told. Then try it on your wife, if you are fortunate enough to have one. If the story needs dressing down, she’il doit for you. Nothing takes the conceit out of a drummer ora preacher like an affectionate wife. If it is a story in dia- lect, you may need to transpose it into another dialect which you know how to handle. Iwent to a spiritualistic seance once where the medium was controlled by a Choctaw chief. He talked exactly like a Pennsylvania Dutchman. He tried to make us believe that he had been adopted into a well-to-do German family since his death, but only with partial success. If it is a religious story it is generally wise to give it a political com- plexion. A fellow can. usually tell whether he is ina Republican or Demo- cratic district, but things have become so mixed, denominationally that you can’t tell what sectarian toes you may be standing on. I know of a drummer who told an important customer—who hap- pened to be a Baptist deacon—of a new kind of fish that had been caught in the Ozark region, that was called the ‘‘Bap- tist Fish,’’ because it was spoiled so soon after being taken out of the water. The deacon never looked at another sample. When you get beyond the range of the great centers of civilization you can sometimes tell, with considerable effect, the story of the Southern and Northern man who fought a duelina dark room, and the Southerner, mercifully wishing to spare the effusion of blood, fired up the chimney, and brought down his an- tagonist. This will flatter local pride. Of course, you must always put the right man up the chimney. Sometimes you will be closely pressed, when in a new community, to declare yourself upon the great religious and political questions that divide society. Nothing is more dangerous to a drum- mer’s success than fixed opinions. He should be like the schoolmistress who was asked whether she taught that the earth was round or flat, and replied, ‘‘Some parents like it taught round and some flat, and I try to please my patrons.” So, if you should find yourself in a tight place, tell them of the fellow who lived in Southern Missouri during the war, who was called out of his bed at mid- night by a body of uniformed men. When they asked him if he was a Union man or a Secessionist, he hesitated a mo- ment and said, ‘‘I ain’t a Union man, and I ain’t a Secessionist. I’m just nothing and mighty little of that.”’ Never tell to a customer who has his hat on the story of the bald-headed man who had a spider painted on his scalp to keep the flies off. Nobody is so sensitive as a bald-headed man. It may be necessary sometimes to be well acquainted with a man you never saw before. Approach him frankly, with a winning smile, and address him by the name that has the most distin- guished sound toit. He will probably think you are a bunco steerer and make a cold reply. Then say cheerfully, Well, this reminds me of the I[rishman who said, ‘tl wint down the street this morning and I met Sam Finnegang and | said, ‘How are you, Sam?’ and he said, ‘How are you, Mike?’ and we looked again, and, begorra, it was nayther of us.’’? This will establish a pleasant foot- ing , and you can lastly say, ‘Il am in- troducing a new-fashioned burial casket, which no family should be without,’’ mention whatever your line may be. “It will, no doubt, be your lot to meet with an occasional isa successful maybe, one having considerable social reputa- tion. Now, you are on delicate and dan- gerous ground. Next to the ability to construct and narrate a story gracefully is the ability to successfully listen to Some people think this grace is easily acquired. Never was a greater mistake. It will not do to wring chest- nut bells on a customer, or resort to those delightful and refined little meth- ods that you employ in your professional intercourse with each other. Such as the production of a small bottle of chlor- oform, or the like. He may even tell your pet story, so mangled and disfig- ured that its own mother that bore it would not Know its face. He may re- peat the favorite story you told last year, or, what is worse, repeat the stories that he told last year. customer who story teller himself, one, Your face must bear that sweet look of expectancy that every story teller prizes somuch. Your laugh must not anticipate the point, but ring with heartiness when the pointis reached. Under all your sufferings must be the he- roic patience born of the consciousness of what you have made others suffer, and over your face must spread that look of deep, religious joy that seems to crave for more of the torture that is making life a burden and hope a delusion anda snare. This is the supreme hour of the drummer’s triumph. Let him _ pass through this with the wisdom born of sor- row and the courage born of despair, and the golden sheaves of success are sure to be gathered by his hands, and the laurels of victory are sure to crown his brows. JOHN SNYDER. >_> Only One Fault. I was riding through a country town in Vermont, when I noticed a concourse of people in the church-yard, encircling an open grave. It was a warm day, and I had ridden ten miles; so I drew rein under some trees, to allow the horse to rest. Presently a villager came toward and I said: in your town? **Yes—Stephen. He was one of the largest-hearted men I ever knew. He had great abilities. We sent him to the Legislature three times. They thought of nominating him for Governor. But,’ me, “There is a funeral to-day 9? he added, sadly, ‘‘Stephen had one fauit.”’ I made no answer. I was tired, and watched the people slowly disperse, leav- ing the sexton to his solitary work. ‘“‘A very generous man Stephen was. Always visiting the sick. The old peo- ple all liked him. Even the children used to follow him on the streets.’’ 15 ‘‘A good man, indeed,” I said indiffer- ently. ‘Yes, he had only one fault.’’ ‘“‘What was that?’ I asked. ‘Only intemperance.’’ ‘Did it harm him?’’ ‘‘Yes, somewhat. He didn’t seem to have any power to resist the evil habit at last. He got behindhand, and had to mortgage his farm, and finally had to sell it. His wife died on account of the reverses—kind of crushed, disappointed; the children turned out badly. His in- temperance seemed to mortify them, and take away their spirit. He had to leave politics; ’twouldn’t do, you see. Then we had to set him aside from the church; and at last his habits brought on paraly- sis, and we had to take him to the poor- house. He died there—only forty-five. Poor man, he only had one fauit.’’ “Only one fault!” The ship had only one leak, but it sank. “Only one fault?’ The tempie had only one decaying pillar, but it fell. “Only one fault!’ Home gone, wife lost, family ruined, honor forfeited, social and religious privileges abandoned; broken health, poverty, paralysis, and the poor-house. One fault, only one. ——————— >< Reason Enough. “Johnny,” said the big brother of a small boy, ‘‘go to the shoemaker’s and see if my shoes are mended, will you?”’ ‘“‘Naw,” said the urchin. “Why note’ “Cause they ain’t done yet.”’ ‘*How do you know?” “Cause I hain’t taken ’em yet, that’s how.” nnn An Eye to Business. From the Indianapolis Journal. ‘‘T don’t see how you ean afford to give a pair of rubbers with every pair of shoes.’’ **My friend, there is nothing equal toa pair of rubbers for getting away with shoes: see?’’ —_ -_ >> Use Tradesman or Supertor Cowpons. WALTER BAKER & CO, The Largest Manufacturers of COCOA and CHOCOLATE IN THIS COUNTRY, have received from the Judges of the World’s Columbian Exposition The Highest Awards (Medals and Diplomas) on each of the following articles, namely: BREAKFAST COCOA, PREMIUM NO. | CHOCOLATE, CERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE, VANILLA CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, For “ purity of material,” “excellent ene.” and “uniform even composi- tion.” SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BakeR & Co., DORCHESTER, MASS. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “‘ The Niagara Falls Route.”’ (Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 19, 1893.) Arrive. Depart 160 20 ni,......- Detroit Express ........ 7 00am 5 30am.....*Atiantic and Pacific..... 1i 20pm 1 30pm. New York Express...... 5 40pm *Daily. “All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping ears run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Detroit. / Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00 a m; re- turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 pm Direct Communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) . ALMQuisT, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect Nov. 19, 1893. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. 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 ..... 10:25 pm From Kalamazoo. ‘ 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 Leave ae Sout 't_;'ftjii Lt oitE3EmE9Saea oer 7:05 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... .......... 10:40 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:40am 2:00 pm outer cree ne ee TSS 6:15pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:55 p m 11:20 pm From Saginaw..... .. 11:40am From Sigteaw................... 10:55p m Trains leaving south at 6:00 pm and 11:20 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Chicago via G. R. & 1. RK. R. Lv Grand Rapids 7 = am 2:00 p m 11:20 pm Arr Chicago ) pm 9: :00 p 7:05 a m = 40 a m train solia ohn Wagner Buffet Parlor tL, 20 pm at daily, throngh coach and Wagner Sleeping Ca: Lv Chicago 6:50 am cor oo 40pm Arr Grand Rapids 2:15pm 9:50 p m 20 am 4:15 p m through Wagner Buffet Facies Car and coaches. 11:40 p m train daily, through Coach and Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 7:35 am 9:40am 5 40pm 5:20pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 7:45 a m, ar- riving at 9:15am. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:50 p m. OC. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO a7 WEST MICHIGA sia RY. NOV. 19, 1893 GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv. G’d Rapids......... 7:30am 1:25pm *11:20pm Ar. Chicago .... .- . 1:45pm 6:50pm *6:30am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Lv. Chicago............7:45am 4:55pm *11:30pm Ar. GG Hapics......... :30pm 10:20pm *6:10am TO AND FROM MU ee Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:30am 25pm 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 0:55am 2: 30pm 10:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids.. T:am ...... 3:15pm Ar. Manistec........ eon ~«C«....... 8:15pm Ar. TraverseCity.... 12:40pm ...... 8 45pm Ar. Charlevoix. ..... ae 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey 3: ve een 11:40pm Arrive from Petoskey, ete, 1:00 p. mm. and 10:00 p. m. Local train to White Cloud leaves Grand Rap- ids 5:45 p. m., connects for Big Rapids and Fre- mont, Returning, arrives Grand Rapids 11:20 a. m. PARLOR AND SLEEPING ToChicago,lv.G.R.. 7:30am To Petoskey,lv.G.R.. 7:30am To G. R..Iv. Chicago. 7:45am ToG. R..lv. Petoskey 5:00am *Every day. Other trains week DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. DARS. 5pm *11:3e0pm POM wages ses 4:55pm *11 7 i: a . days only. NOV. 19, 1893 GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand a. eee 7:00am *1:20pm 5:40pm Ar. Detroit . . 11:40am *5:25pm 10:25pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit............. 7:45am *1:45pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 12:45pm *5:40pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:40am 4:50pm Ar. G R.11:40am 10:55pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Lv. Grand Rapids.... .... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell........-. 12:450m 6:40pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car toSaginaw on morn- ing train. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. SSS GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Av2. EASTWARD. Trains Leave |tNo. 14|+No. 16\+No. 18|*No. 82 G’d Rapids, Ly | 6 45am/10 20am) 3 25pm)10 45pm gen Stewee es Ar) 7 40am}/11 25am} 4 27pm |12 27am Johns ...Ar| §25am|12 17pm) 520pm) 1 45am Guaeas eae Ar} 900am| 1 20pm) 6 05pm) 2 40am E. Saginaw..Ar |10 50am] 3 45pm)! 8 00pm) 6 40am Bay City.....Arj11 32am) 4 35pm) 8: 37pm} 7 7 1ldam Flint ........Arj10 05am] 345pm) 7 05pm) 5 4°am Pt. Huron...Ar |1205pm) 5 50pm} 850pm| 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar |10 53am) 3 05pm) S 25pm| 5 37am Detroit. ......2 Ar |11 50am} 4 05pm} 925pm} 7 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13. Gd Rapids......... mA 7 00am} 1 00pm} 4 55pm Gia Haven. .......- 8 20am] 2 10pm} 6 00pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a, m., 3:15 .m. and 9:15 a. m. “Bastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet ear. No. 18 Parlor Car. Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. Parlor Buffet car. Jas, CAMPBELL, No. 15 Wagner City T’cket Agent, 23 Monrce Street. The Grocery Market. Sugar—The raw market advanced 1's @ 3-16¢e last week and early Monday morn- ing the Trust advanced all refined grades ive. There is probably no connection whatever between the advance of raw and refined, as the disparity between the two has all along indicated that the Trust paid little attention to the cost of raw supplies, the main idea apparantly being, **How much will the country stand being squeezed?’ With this end in view the refiners are holding very meager supplies of raw, so as to keep oversold on some grades, thus checking any speculative purchases by frequently placing a limit on the amount sold to one buyer. Crackers—The cracker manufacturers have reduced their prices 4yc on most grades. The decline alsoapplies to some varieties of sweet goods. Tobaccos—It appears to be the general opinion that the advance in low grade goods promulgated by Scotten a week ago will be followed by other manufac- turers in the near future. Oranges—The market remains firm, with advancing prices. The fruit is of | prime quality, and, as the crop is not above the average, prices are likely to rule high. Lemons—Scarce and high, the supply hardly equalling the demand. No change is anticipated for some time to come. Bananas—This favorite fruit is again in good demand and prices are, conse- quently, higher. See market report for figures. Pork in barrels—There was a sharp advance last week, owing to a report that the hog crop was running short, and, though the report was proved to be without foundation, the advanced prices have been maintained. The market is still in an excited condition, and, until | it quiets down, prices will remain up. Poultry—There has been a sharp ad- vance, due to local conditions, but present prices are likely to be maintained for some time to come. i ro —_— A «a a | Cae a ZEN | Ro pawson BROTHERS G 4 SS net neers OF RS PONTIAC, MICHIGAN. : : ma. ORES "* CLEAN, WHOLESOME, ? = 4 Pree from Dust and Broken Particles, Put up in neat Cartons of 2 pounds each, 36 Cartons per Case. Price $3.50 per iy ih Case. Sells at 15 cents per package, two packages for 25 cents. & Tey it! Buy 1 Use It! Sold by all jobbers in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. MANUFACTURED BY - Tf you want -: Coffees THAT WILL GIVE PERFECT SATIS- FACTION IN EVERY PARTICULAR, ” . ~ * & { | te You Should -- Handle Our Line. ae Groeer -—Gruoar hist, Glass Coa for Bisa, | } rome | nag Pa eM | . l ‘HESE chests will soon pay for themselves in the | breakage they avoid. Price $4. | UR new giass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to another in amoment. They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with tig filling. the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., 'S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. If You Want Good, Light, Sweet Bread and Biscuits, vse ——. FERMENTUM THE ONLY: RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST SOLD BY ALL This is bound to be one of FIRST-CLASS GROCERS. MANUFACTURED BY The¥ermentUm Company MAIN OFFICE: CHICAGO, 270 KINZIE STREET. MICHIGAN AGENCY: GRAND RAPIDS, 106 KENT STREET. a, | | Address all communications to THE FERMENTUM CO. [ EONARDS POINTERS--For Original Assorted Crates. - yes. carefully and see which you can use. TINE PEOPLE OUT ALFRED MEAKINS WHITE GRANITE, HENSHALL SHAPE. No. 151608. ORIGINAL ASSORTED CRATE Alfred Meakin’s Whitt Granite Ware. 5 doz. 5 inch Plates ee. 6 ee Ties. ..L.. 12 doz. 7 inch Plates 2 doz. 8 inch Plates 2 doz. 7 ine h Plates. Soup 6 doz. 4ineh Fruit Saucers. 2 doz. Individual Butters : an Dishes | " | only 8 ineh 3 only 9 h Dishes 6 only 1¢ Dishes 6 only 11 Dishes 3 only Dishes 3 only 14 inch Dishes 2 only Scollops 6 only > Scollops 12 only 6 inch Scollops 12 only i Scollops LZ OI ly S ch Scoops 6 only 9 ioe ops i 2 only 7 Covere Dishes 2 only 8 Covered Dishes i. y Sa Boats BOT 3s P S o 7 inch Casseroles 2 m Oe Cee. Cijwijw ak ce 2 only Covered Butters, 5 ineh 2 only Tea Pots. 24s 4 only Sugars, 24s 1 2 ! 6 Juy a Juys 6 se: 6 j Jugs 6 only 24s Bowls 18 only 30s Bowls 12 only 36s Bowls 6 only pairs 9s Ewers : and Basins 6 « y Covered Chambers, 9s 12 only Uncovered Chambers. 9s ! 10 set bandied St. eet Teas 10 144 handled Minton Teas. . i | 21 set unhandled St. Denis Teas Crate and Cartage 2 58 Net a} £69 S87 10 doz. 5 inch Plates . PENCIL ROSEDALE. | is: :it fie R ° 110 doz. 7 inch Plates | Oaon, (rite, rand... 2...) 6 doz. 5 neh Piates ...... G doz. Fruits, sauare......;.. Seon, 6 ee Tree... doz. 30 Oyster Bowls.... 2 doz. 7 ineh Plate mG > doz. Cup Plates ce + 4 2 doz. 8 inch Plates ... i doz. 3 inch Bakers .... 2 doz. 7 ineh De ep P lates 2 doz. Bone Dishes oN a G das. Praite.: 0000.04. 21 doz. sets Handled Teas ..... 6 doz. Individual Butters. | 3 Sets Handled Coffees 2 doz. 30s Ft Oyster Bowls 3only S inch Dishes 2 doz. Bone Dishes 6 only 9 inch Dishes ... 6 sets Handled Teas 6 only 10 inch Dishes . 6 cots Handied Coltees .......... * only 11 inch Dishes Soke 2 nee toes... ...:.. a { > only 12 inch Dishes 3 only 9 inch Dishes i12 only 3 inch Se ollops. 6 amie 10 ick Dishes c te a. O only 5 inch Scollops. 6 only 12 inch Dishes | 6 only 6 inch Seollops. 2 aniy 14 meh Dishes: ......... 12 only 7 ineb Scollops... Goniy 7 en Meoliogs................ | 12 only 8 inch Scollops Dg Senty Gineh Senos... ........... $93 20| 2only 7 inch Covered Dishes 2 only 7 ineh Seollops | 2 only 8 inch Covered Dishes amie. wien MeO. oo. i oe. | | 2 only 7 inch Casseroles. Sonte 9 teh Seollons..,.-.....-. ' oa 2 only 8 inch Casseroles. 4only 8S inch Covered Dishes ........ ee ese | 6 only Sauce Boats Lane 8 tek Caneroles ok | 1 only Sauce Tureen Peale Chee BOR ee a 6 only L2s Jugs Pome reeeres . 6. cL... 4 only 24s Jugs . Sats C6 eee ee a | 6 only 30s eR Gonig 125 Jugs .:..-2.:-... ae ue | Bony ccs Ube 6.2.83. 83 only*24s Jugs ... eo 2 only 24s Tea P mes CONT SUS UURe ee oy | | 6 only 30s Sugars Bo ee ey 4 | 4 only Covered Butters i Oe ee 4 only Ewers and Basins . 4 only 5ineh Berries } | 4 only Covered Chambers... Sunie Tek TOs, 2O5 ....., ce. :-- | 6 only 24s Bowls GC ante MOPARS Zee 118 only 30s Bowls... 4 only Covered Butters... ........... Lis onty Sos bowrs io ly. ce ee... ........ 2 50} Crate and Cartage Net, total $95 70| Net, total OF TEN ask youn when buying crockery if vou kee» the best ware and if you have an assortment of A FRED Meakine White Granite on hana vi “Look u 1p your stock of White and Decorated Goods, then look over our list of assorted crates | when the house wife finds out she must buy new Di-hes, snd Now is just the time to buy an Assorted Crate. Johnson Bros, Semi Porcelain. Margaret Shape. ORIGINAL uu can always answer | ULL TIMES can be avoided by the wide awake merchant who will pu-# things a little attracts more attention than a new assortment of Crockery? is the one who sells her. Rosedale Decoration. ASSORTED No. 14181. JOHNSON BROS., ALFRED MEAKINS LU;>TRE BAND. HENSHALL SHAPE. No. CRATE. ORIGINAL Original OF ENGLISH PRINTED 1490. ASSORTED Alfred Meakin’s Lustre Band. What It is in the spring of the year he m rehaut who keeps his stock up CRATE. ow ee $94 05 Assorted Package NNER, TEA AND TOILET WARE, This is a Very Desirable Assortment of Low Priced Sets. orations are Assorted Underglazed Prints in Neat Floral Designs. The Crate contains— 2 only Claret Brown Albany 100 piece Dinner Sets $26 3 only Silver Gray Albany 100 piece Dinner Sets. $1i 39 2 only Claret Brown Albany 56 piece Tea Sets, $5.50.............. li 2 only Silver Gray Albany 56 piece Tea Sets. $5.50........ oo 11 2 only Pencil Cranesbill 10 piece Toilet Sets, $4.............. . 8 3 only Claret Brown Cranesbill 10 piece Toilet Sets, $4............ 12 1 only Matt Blue Cranesbill 10 piece Toilet Set, $4................ 4 2 only Pencil Cranesbill 12 piece Toilet Sets, $7 ................ 14 4 only Peneil Cranesbdill 13 piece. Toilet Sets. ST 2.0. le. 28 2 only Pencil Cranesbill 12 piece Toilet Sets, $7 14 Discount to dealers, $2.75. 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