ee - CELT ESS SEL GN SOOM Ir TTS be oH KK aa he A Ct gam = “i CY , x € P [Ay CFS H y ADE Oa ae OAS if 7 ed we ae eee SL IMINE Re a a ¢ & ZF SS ASS AP Da «AY eS LY AEX ANIAINS CHKA Cy eae CS i wg & KO GIN NSA PA SGOT es WIS SPUBLISHED WEEKLY Vics CES TRADESMAN COMPANY, eee yoy Ao SG OES MPO SOR LESSON SS LIES tesco anise RAPIDS, sete 9, 1894. nol TN MAN Ree SEE QUOTATIONS. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH GOMP’Y. MANURACTUR 7 B RL S Ey E S Our Goods are sold by all GRAND | RAPIDS, Michigan Jobbing Houses. Before you purchase, wait andsee our Spring Line of the Latest Styles in Fine and | 9/4 eh The First Grade Goods, which are Unexcelled. Your Mail Orders. Agents for Wales—Goodyear Rubber Co. » and 7 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Please Send Us EDWARD A MOSELEY, TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY. TN MOSELEY BROS. oe Jobbers of SEEDS BEANS, PEAS, POTATORS, ORANGES and LEMONS. Egg Cases and Fillers a Specialty. Ottawa St.,.GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Established 1876. 26, 28, 30 and 32 MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, ‘““MUSKEGON BRANCH. HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSEEGON, Co., MICH. JOBBERS OF om GPOCEFIGS and Provisions, MICH iAN BARK ANI LUMBER GO. 18 and 19 Widdicomb Building. N. B. CLARE, W. D. WADE, ©. U. Criaer, Pres. Vice Pres. See’y and Treas. We are now ready to make = contracts for the season of 1894. Correspondence Solicited. PO TA T TOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty’’ have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. best service—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H. THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, icago. CANDY. To increase your Sales Buy ABSOLUTELY PURE GOO0D8 OF A. B. BROOKS & CO. PERKINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. for many years and We give the ABSOLUTE TEA. The saan Leader. INLY BY TELFER SPICE LAD. CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, DELEGATES, TRADESMAN COMPANY. 60Z.CAN 10 —~ ILB.CAN 25 MANUFACTURED BY NORTHROP. ROBERTSON. & CARRIER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMMITTEES. HAS NO SUPERIOR = BUT FEW JER LANSING £71CH. LOUISVILLE KY. F SOCIETIES, The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING POWDER SOLD AT THIS PRICE e Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our compil<‘e and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & U0 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. Vogt, Herpolshelmer & Co, Grand Rapids. 48, 50, 52 Ottawa St.,, STANDARD ONL CO., ° GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. me. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating r 4 ~ & > 4 HA pea a eG a ¢ *& » + ; we / NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. ifice, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave - BULK WORKS AT J. RANT) RAPI: MUSKEGON, MAWNISTEX, CADILLAC, ‘@ RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. LLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, ee 43GHEST PRICE PAID FOR TMPYY GARBON % GASOLIN” BARRELS -.- HEYMAN COMPANY, L? Manufacturers of Show Gases of Kuery Description. FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY ar 63 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Micn, ‘ WRITE FOR PRICES. - » LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY « » i be ‘’ ~ be ~ Importers and Wholesale Grocers « Grand Rapids. id MICHIGAN Ire & Marine [nsurance G0, Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. ANTUNES E F Me grenecn, SRN c ae oe MH. &. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued ,quarte rly attended to throughout Unit and Canada Coliections The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Prope, Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F, CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European con Australia, and in London, England. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. " ~ * 4 ‘ ‘ COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST., Have on file all reports kept by Cooper’ mercial Agency and Union Credit Ct constantly revising and adding to tl handle collections of all kinds Telephone 166 and 1030 for par L. J. STEVENSON, WW. oF. ior ROOTS. Buy Direct of the Manufacturers. Arthur G, Graham, Manufacturers’ Agent. PAPER, YWINKS, ROPE. 3 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Samples and Prices on application. HATCH & WILSON, I'S, Lawye ROOMS 24,24, - - GRAND RAPIDS, We doa general law business throughout ern Michigan. Refer to any Bank or Judgein the city. BNGRAWINGis Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CO Grand Rapids, Mich. West wooD PHOTO | | you shall have it,’’ said Willis, } 1 AliC nding her th book. ! * n i A t i 1k TrOoOm ver yer! r yer.’ did,’’ ti ; ride icknowl- ith a ! 1 yer musn’t gin it erway.’’ specially. ter a gal yer never fo.’? Goosetree giving smptuous th: 1 y, Brother Willis, how’n ver gin me the sacher a hut yer eon all doin’ out 1ued indiges tl ! tion or trom actua! sorr Se } 7 eee » na WwW . noticed f ;iha i lhe ho one ks&ne\ Dut Ib Was if i che | when any one took a fres ) ll th } rhea w h he pan was ghed with peculiar em me back into and fol! 1 {O01 ou men, was anc her beautiful |} clo he eirenit ri Whe t I while hymn | otber party rode up. ‘“Yer @idn’t beat | Quail cried. | ‘**We were not | Willis rep] j ON from book much air trying to rid ied uther wuz we,’’? Goosetr |**We coulder rid all eroun’ yer ef we'd ‘sHad er fine conflab with Mr. iddle fer wanted ter, couldn’ we pockets, didn’t yer?” Goosetree asked of | *O, whut er putty book!’ Q cried, | Quail. | glaneing at the bible which the minister} ‘*Net much.’ | held in his hand. ‘Bet yer did.” “Do you think so?” he asked. i Be ot I didn’ t.”’ say?” ' | “OQ, yes; it?s the puttiest book ever I ‘‘What did he much.” seen.” ‘Nothin’ j} and ask = {the ‘*Bet he did.” Bins » didn’t. a er ride with yer, didn’t he?” ooy him? yer’d like to Vt have comp’ny, so with him didn’t yer?” did he say? How did he ax yer way up ln the ifurlatin, didn’t he??? ‘““No, not zack ‘““Now, Keeps ON ter lemme foolin’ suthip. Ef he ’roun’ somebody’s + 29 i. ver talkin’ ) l mw t t frum e Bout all the other boys have on, an dani Vm goin’ ter ed by him.”’ ‘Job, : imed uv yerse’f?’’ ‘“Talki 7 back, I tell yer. relished ooled wit aay toar rards. ain’t er you out.” feller’s g9od-lookin’ man in “Yes damn him!’ ‘fob, ef yer 1er word | but ’ that mak e use uv ernuther won't ernuther step £O 9 -e who 1 go with, it | won't be you. **‘Bet you wa Det to boa’d him nt at your house.’ “Now, it wouldn’t m would you know, I don’t, an’ ef I did, no diffunes, fur pap take no boa’ders. Any- ae ane never body ken come an’ stay es long as they want ter, but pap ’lows they Kain’t on'd.” ‘Two days ked later tO ¢ Willis ealled on with The Quail him girl hureh Sunday. her £0 tO ¢ following i trembled. at ai ; Miss Zelda Mase paying no attention us ’ tr { ratreap plump that the nickname of Quail had | ‘O woosetree. ean given her. She was, i the | guage ft Job Goosetree, pnuttier 1 wi a | dc peacn,. | y TAT?1 , . . SE When Willis, the new reuit rider, .- lifted his eyes rom the Bible, he started | dently razed ( Iu il { Miss | 1 | Dt | ar 1 e ou a hymn. | P15 : : went t} he cirenit rider vening, Just before chureh ime, . ay : A' A all i lis hil s a y his severe test—first appearance—and then is, Wil addling hi y ’ } Is pre said epped down to receive the congratula aes A : } } 1 } | wn vO ompany you tions of his floek. Old Zeb pressed for- VV you npany } i . grasped the preache r’ hand and | “ char ni : : i r Mr (xoosetre FOIn’ Wil rye Hit the nail on the head « itt j re si } s » i} stood in the « uy i parson, and ‘ i . ther—tvwv . \ I ding SIF. lhe preac A m wei it i j i 7 in Th o : er before seen a sO ‘*You have no other engagement, have eu } eT ’ ” name ain’t Quai “ ve | Utul you?” he asked. -all her k Brother | hie come to see you sometime: ‘*T don’t hardly know, sir. Mr. Goose- A dis ia SLi » i i Wil W’y 1e VE he asi i tree—here he is now. - hd , ‘ . y ‘ ii | shuck han’s : j That’s | Certainly, ) if iInnocentiy al Job came up on the porch where the u € } . ' lad y » } j tti * an fae, Ge ates ee | hin ’?m sho we'll allus be glad ter see| preacher and Quail were sitting, and, nit Fin Bil brotl . } Willis, yer’ ve with yer with much bluster and noise, stamped Willis t y 1 We ”? i : } ‘ Pr hi 1p fur if ver doi feel We 1é repile the mud oif his feet. : Do netie heb : ae , #3 Ga. “Keep yer cheer,’’ he said, when Quail ae ¥ de i t dk adi mi ] ever min’. B : ‘liow u ose. ‘Jes thought (d drap ter see ahi "1 i 7 o , 4 t ‘ | _ eo } i > } , 1 } os? jome w e ru a llus with the st, 2 recKON. how all han’s is Whar’s the aie man? i a \ A al ani fm & a snug ome forw: a ‘M Quail, I dor you ought “Gone ter mi Cv iUiy i ~ ~ . » + ” ¢ ‘Ken go with 1] » to be » worldly minde ‘The ole lady? ali Cl svU y iia i CA ilf . id aikslia a i i > r in : or in 1 live in the worl’? “GQ . ve? er see ole Miz Miler } ] 20mMe HY a} wns look here v¥ ) R SA Y' WOLl ¢ yone over tel CE i BEi2 i [ Well, come on, all han’s. Look here,|; |. le | ~~ } Xr ¢ mut you owe your existent tO | She n’ to Job Goosetree,” | 0d if . ! Seating himself on the } o Jot ( set e, : 7 “13 os ¢ ‘O, den’t preach here. Wait till we teps and fanning himself with his broad . ft + hu hy rint arn noi brim “Wali, | reekon he’s goin’ ter tet in’ but vp | reach all my har , » 7 » +] ¢ “cyt a nu “se * ney nome Come }e9 Droll life Ci a 1] Job Goosetree is Wiilis.” 4 A i to tin back ; some one ¢ | he i Quail is goin’ ter soon, lis é | knows it 7 The girl brought him a turkey wing and sai **Look ‘like yer "Yes: wuz fit ter melt.’’ eome ereross the ole fiel’ me ever’ jump with an’ said the preacher arising. “Don’t Goosetree re- added: ‘*Wall, with thou gloomy was walking the woods, him. Looking around, ee approa hing. iled saw Goosetr nter tell yer ethin’,” Goose- when he had joined the preach- ‘| wanter tell yer that yer air on er rail over yander. Me an’ be married now putty neenter turn red, fur it’s Ever’ body in the neighborhood an’ none of the boys don’t hang roun’ thar no mv’, an’ my advice ter yer s, don’t be er blamed fool. Som “I wa tree said er. mighty cold ¢ Oh, yer ar fack. 2 THE MIOHIGAN TRADESMAN. They were walking along together. The preacher’s eyes were cast down- ward. ‘**I say that my advice ter yer is, don’t be er blamed fool.” “Mr. Goosetree, you are certainly very generous, to volunteer such valuable ad- vice. I wonder that you do not gather up wisdom, bind it in sheaves, and haul it to market. In this way you might make enough money to pay for your license.” “Oh, don’t fret, Lain’t er hurtin’ fur money. lve got as good a piece uv lan’ as tharisin this country; but Ill bet you haint got ernuff money ter bury yer. May not be tryin’ ter cut me out, ole fel- ler, but my advice is, don’t be er fool.’ It was not the preacher’s intention to “cut him out,’”? but a sight of the girl was so refreshing—such enchantment danced in her eyes, that he felt power- less to resist the temptation of being near her; but he fought bravely, most desperately, for two weeks, and then, one afternoon, found himself in the woods, slowly and meditatively walking toward Mason’s house. *‘Helloa, there!’ some one called. He looked up and saw Goosetree, car- rying a long rifle, approaching. ‘**Whicher way?’’ ‘“‘l am going to see Mr. Mason.” ‘“‘Any particular bizness with him?” Goosetree asked, stopping and resting the butt of his gun on the ground. “No.”” ‘*Then | reckon yer better not go.” ‘More generous advice.”’ “That’s all right, podner, yer ain’t er goin.’’ ““Goosetree, you can’t frighten me. 1 was once a soldier.”’ “The biggest coward I ever seed was er soldier.” “I was not the man.” Willis strode onward. “Stop!’’? exclaimed Goosetree, catch- ing ap his gan. “Stop, i tell you’ Dam’f 1 don’t shoot if yer don’t stop! Won't. ech. Ali right.”’ The rifle cracked, and Goosetree threw down his } frightened, ran to Mason’s house. heard Quail singing is the kitchen. rushed into the room. ‘““My gooddess! Job, yer skeerer body neayly ter death. Whut’s the matter, mab? W’y, jes look how the briars have tore yer coat.”’ Willis gun, fell. and, He He *Quail,’’ he cried, seizing her hands, | here. | ‘come on an’ let's run away from Come on, for God’s sake. the preacher, an’ they’il killed him ’eause 1 love you fur the Lawd’s sake. My God! yander’s yer pap got the dead man on hang me— er hoss! No use ter run now. [’m| gone. Say,” grasping the speechless and terrified girl, ‘‘nobody but you knows that I done it. Don’t tell, for God’s sake, don’t tell.” They went out to the gate. Quail fainted. ‘‘Somebody’s done an awful piece uv work,’’ said the old man as he placed the preacher on the ground and then leaned a gun against the fence. ‘“SSomebody’li suffer for this Help me take him in the house.” Mrs. Mason, frightened as prepared a bed, and, looking at the preacher long and earnestly, said, *‘Pap, he ain’t dead. Send fur the doctor.” The doctor came. The ranging upward and going through the body. Goosetree stood gazing at the wounded man. The preacher was svon able to speak. ‘An accident,’’? he said, **| borrowed a gun from Mr. from the room. Willis recovered slowly. Goosetree did not come near the place. Quail was a faithful nurse. One Sunday, while her father and mother were at the girl and the preacher, who was now able to sit up, were alone in the “big | room.”’ ‘‘Quail,’’ he said, ‘‘I never can forget you.” “I hope yer won’t iry.” “J could not if I were to try. Promise me that when you warry, | may perform | the ceremony.” ve killed | Come on, | look! | here. | she was, | church, | She seized his hands, kissed them and pressed them to her face. Her tears gushed between his fingers. ‘‘Oh,’’ she said, *‘won’t you let me love you? I love you so—love you so.” He put his arms about her and wept like a child. When old man Mason returned, he glanced at Willis and said: ‘‘W’y, I never seed er man look so peart. W’y, bless my stars, ef the fool gal aint er huggin’uv him.” ‘Thank the Lawd,” cried the old lady. “Hug him agin, Quail. Thank the Lawd.” Goosetree came to the wedding. After shaking hands with the preacher, he said: ‘*Podner, er angel tells me er lie to keep down trouble, but er devil tells er truth ter stirit up. I know yer won’t iow no dancin’ here, but I lowed yer mout let me play er few tunes, so | fotch my fiddle.”’ He sat down on a trunk and after playing a few dismal tunes, he drew the preacher aside and said, ‘‘She is too good fur me, I reckon.” Then, with aswell of emotion, he sought the trunk and played another dismal tune. Opie P. READ. ~ —— 2 ~<— -——— Coxey’s army has been called loafers and tramps, and beggars, and other high- sounding names, and were refused the privilege of speaking on the Capitol steps. They wentabout it in the wrong way. They should have waited till next fall, and got themselves elected to Con- gress. Then they could have gone right into the Capitol and spouted to their hearts’ content, and, as a mere incident, drawn $5,000 a year. They are no worse itol except that the fellows in Congress are not hungry and dirty and ragged. ———__-* A grocer in Newark was fined $50 for selling coffee which was. one-third dough. If that coffee was roasted he should have chargé extra for it. He was supplying his customers with coffee and toast. Ru bbers se | | | | Net ee COMMECTICUT | Women’............... af ee” Cli ee. Ct... are... 24 TERMS—December Ist, on the above. | | This on orders filled before September 30. | | | | Tennis * * Black, Brown, Check and White. Net. Net wae... Tennis Bals $ 90 and $ 63 Boy’s and Women’s... ‘* " = 61 Youth’s and Misses’ .. . “ — 58 | Children’s oo . - 68 bullet had en- | tered behind the right shoulder blade, | Net. Net. Net. as... Tennis Oxf. $68 $45 $ 36 Boy’s and Women’s i . 63 > = Youth's and Misses’ re ” 5 40 31 Children’s . . 54 37 BALS. in TWO GRADES. OXFORDS in THREE GRADE TeRMs—ZJuly Ist, ou Teunis. Goosetree | to kill some squirrels, 1 leaned the gun} against a tree, but it fell and shot me.” | Goosetree, bursting into tears, rushed | n Send your orders for all kinds Blacking, Dressings, etc. Agent for Woonsocket Rubber Co., Wales Goodyear Rubber Co., Imperial Rubber Co A Woman's Pisin Crognuet............ 22¢c net Write for Price List and Discounts. IG. R. Mayhew, { CRAND RAPIDS, Mich. than the loafers who now infest the Cap- | SPEAKING OF CHEESE | : wget DS It may be possible for a grocer to handle poor goods in some lines without suffering material loss in trade, but any attempt to palm off on a customer poor butter or cheese al- most invariably results in a permanent loss of trade. It is not | . . . ‘always possible for the dealer to get good butter, but 1t 1s 2 comparatively easy to procure uniform cheese of good quality, providing the dealer insists on handling the standard brand which has been longest identified with this market. f hong pel me c <{pE ¢ Fw nw AC TOR % FULL CREAM CHEESE GRANDRAPIDS. 2 MICH. This brand has stood tie test of time and is universally conceded to lead all other full cream brands in uniformity richness and general excellence. Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. WHOLESALE CLOTHING MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 37 YEARS. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, ROGHESTER N.Y. Our Michigan representative, William Connor, of Marshall, Mich., will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., for the last time with this season’s samples, on Friday next, May 1t, and offer great inducements to merchants calling upon him. Customers’ expenses allowed. All mail orders sent to the house promptly attended to. William Connor will be in Rochester, N. Y., on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14, 15 and 16, and will be pleased to attend to any business for the trade. Rochester, N. Y. Address him, care of Michael Kolb & Son, DONT PROVE You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. pia To Prove the Pudding, you must send fora sample order of Tradesman, z : ‘ a Superior or Universal Coupon Books. If youhave never used the Coupon Book System, and wish to investigate it, sample books and price lists will be mailed free on application, TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Y s) + ty “< “< - ay a) nD l. GRAND RAPIDS IN THE FIFTIES. Written for THE TRADESMAN. There once was a time, and the old songs prove it, when the earth was not round, but an endless plain. The sea was as wide as the heavens above it—just mil- lions of miles and begin again. And that was the time, and more’s the pity it ever should end, when singers told tales of a rich Valley City in a wonderful country far westward away, where all nature blossomed for a year and a day, a beauti- ful west land with wooded hills, witb autumn foliage of yellow gold and fresh- ly painted flowers of many hues; a land made by God, wondrous to the eye and hungering to be kissed. In those glad old days, ‘‘the governor,”’ with his wagonload of children—boys and girls—left ‘‘York State,’’ and after many days the anvils rang their chorus on the banks of Grand River, about where Sweet’s Hotel now stands. This was in the fifties, and a shipyard occupied the ground now used by the Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. Many steamboats, schooners and other river and lake craft were made in this yard, and ‘“‘the governor’’ engaged in supply- ing the iron work other than the engines and boilers. The iron and coal were bought in Chicago and freighted across the lake, then up the river. There was some silver money then in circulation—said to be a nailkegful. It was the State Bank reserve, making an annual tour of the State by stage, one day ahead of the State Bank Examiner. The sole duty of this silver was to be counted, and it lost nothing except by abrasion. Common everyday business men contented themselves with paper money, and the label ona present time tomato can is a work of fine art compared with the carpet sack of Michigan money that ‘the governor” carried to Chicago in the summer of ’56 to pay for stock. The Chicago bankers said the money wouldn’t goin Illinois at more than 25 per cent. of its face; so ‘‘the governor” traded only enough for a return ticket on alumber scow and against a head- wind hurried back to Grand Rapids, where he bought a New York draft. The next day the Grand Rapids banker re- ceived a fresh ‘‘Thompson’s Bank Note Detecter’’ by stage from Kalamazoo, and discovered what the Chicago bankers knew a week before—that the Michigan wild-cat money ‘‘had yowled.’’ After that, when ‘‘the governor” wanted stock, he made up a carload of lumber, shingles and wheat and swapped it in the Chicago market. Soit was with nearly all the industries of the city. The farmer re- ceived store pay for his produce; in turn the merchant shipped the products of the shop and farm across the lake, swapping them for both dry and wet goods. Then a well selected stock of goods in a Canal street store was about in this proportion: 1 bolt hickory shirting, 1 piece turkey red dress goods, one box smoked herring, 1 cheese, 1 barrel crackers, 1 barrel pork, 5 barrels corn whisky. Sometimes the latter was traded to the Indians in ex- ehange for skunk skins; then the town took a fresh start, mostly toward the hill district. When the proprietors of the shipyard left for Utah, and the best bank disap- peared between two days, the business of the city became ‘‘congested,’’ to use a modern turn, and patriotic citizens came to the rescue by an issue of shinplasters and brass pennies. This was very good THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | money with which to dicker at home, but it wouldn’t go in Canada; so most of our people stayed at home determined to build up the city. But what of ‘‘the governor?” When there came a decline in shipbuilding he | made wagons for the farmers and once a week made collection tours about the country for material with which to meet the pay roll and stock bills. One Satur- day night he returned, after having traveled all day with a team, calling upon customers. The wagon contained one sack of rye flour, two sheep pelts, three coon skins, one jug of buttermilk. “The governor,” being a member of the Methodist church, did not swear much, but just about that time the war came along, and, being anxious to see some- thing that looked like money, he enlisted for $13 per month and rations. Speaking of the war, always an inter- esting subject, the first response for the call for troops caused heavy drafts upon the volunteer fire companies of the city. Almost anew foree of firemen manned the brakes. The demand for men to be used as targets in the Sunny South made men valuable, and the Common Council voted the volunteer firemen $5 per year, to be paid at the end of the year’s ser- vice. The year passed, the City Clerk issued the orders, but there was no money in the treasury to pay them. Then a patriotic miller cashed the orders in flour, each fireman receiving one bar- rel of flour for his year’s service. The war revolutionized the customs of the State. Men enlisted in the army, other men produced supplies for their use. Men nolonger peddled their labor about in ‘‘dieker and truck,” but sold it In those good old days ‘‘befoh de wah’’ the Indians of Western Michigan came to the Rapids every spring for their pay- ments for lands from the Government. Uncle Sam paid cash. To add to the prosperity this money brought, the an- nual run of suckers came up the River. Suekers and Red Men both were wel- come. The Indians brought pelts and furs, the products of their winter’s trap- ping, which they had no difficulty in ex- changing for fire water. Two muskrat skins usually brought one jug of whisky, and the frying pan of prosperity was full for theday. The Indians and their pay- ments are a memory of the past. The suckers and the sturgeon, and the fra- grant fish carts have been displaced by the Italian count with a ‘‘nice a banan.” There is nothing on the market now that takes the place of sturgeon, smoked orraw. The perfume that fills the air of early spring days along the River banks is but lingering agony to the old settlers. Those were good old days when every man, under the all-wise providence of God, put down a few barrels of red fin mullet for winter use. for cash. The brains of the nation, aroused from their long sleep, drove the wildeat money out of existence. The American people never had genuine prosperity until the close of the Rebel- lion. Since then all America has pros- perd, until within the last year. It may be that Michigan will go back to the good old days in the fifties, with its wild- |. eat currency. The disease may be headed off, as most people have been vaccinated for it during the past year. C. E. BELKNAP. i _- i t - I r, Hoops & ¢ gen < o r oF ( ra 4 v5 B ( vx ) vil } siness U r the t > & Gregg Holla —"} genera n f G. Van . t & Sx 3 en ¢ \ 1G > tt Te I y. i IUSsi- s nereal i ted nder e nar of G. V r lraverse ¢ CGS _ J bore 4 i i pa p tne I wt »& brezina a A Oj ka $4 € r Mr = ) D> I nt s € about Fr i j r bit to s { Ot DD 1G t ari : gro- siness © &). th wer & &§ has by W i rUSID Ww f ed ty t { (rey be O.LHe4°rs Al v, Cor sand Frank— ' ] { ]) Ge er’s Se voix} ‘ I f Carpenter, Bartho ew & { no more The partnership has ne wat p. Messrs Bartho and Bedford ing, and gene mer andise ines 5 yntinue Mr. Carpenter and Will Mili er the firn ime of Car iter c WI Sazin Wu { ) é r mal eT J i i reta y ery rade oO Oowne stery wt " % issignment May to George B. brooks iy alviiit ré ated at o O00 and assets are tnoug to be { i} 5,5 Ne ( OI S is given as th Aus f the embarrassment. Detroi Jo P. Fiske, crockery and ware dealer » Woodward av- e, has uttered t hattel mortgages ) r indel ess of $22,000 | e g n to Silas A. Faller as tee Or sfor $1 ) 1 favor Union National Bank 4 the i for $5.365 in 1 r < x cred- rs Mante W. Ele as pul st the store building and sto of groce s of J. H. W iams & Co.. t or east of his pres atic ile us torn down the warehouse portion and will build an vidition to the main building on the north end, transferring his stock of gen- e u andise into the new premises in about thirty days. Lansing—The Lansing Co-operative better known as the Grange Store Company, which has conducted a general merchandise business here since the organization of the Grange, has receiver for a ppointment of its ked for the a as to wind up its bus ness affairs, It i @ Ithaca—C. W. Althouse has rebuili bis , formeriy held by Daniel Striker. stave and heading mill recently | reported that Cashier Griswold will a yur r seribed $2,500. | shortly seek an alliance with some other L, 1g —J s Foley as irted bank or organize a new bank in some te mp g 9,00 ft ie Mar- other locality, but he declines to make yer Co. I zs will be taken | known his intentions in this respect a ‘ ( nds in Lake county. and come to/ this time. oe Ludingto er the Flint & Pere Mar- W. L. Hammond, formerly Cashier of 1 Railway. the First National Bank of Traverse City, . rr rse —Salter & Mut are | and later of the Commercial and Savings pre} g several soes of square reck | Bank of Ludington, has taken the cash- pe m for E shipme! Tl tim-!iership of the First National Bank of er W shipped 1 by boat to| Ludington. A determined effort is be- ; Queb i to the English shipyards. | made by the enemies of the Commercial Sa Marie—Penoyar Brothers | and Savings Bank to force it into liqui- “74 I g ig for purchase | dation, but an equally determined effort Ain - Alexander sawmill|is being made by its friends to make % f purchase sha :ot be! good the impairment of the capital stock bo I e, Penoyar Brothers iy build aland continue in the field, which is mill at 5 dow the Superior | thought to be ample for two banking in- . shore ere th gs will be collected | stitutions. an Lwei = ——— Traverse ( ty— A. Barker as late p ased 1.500.000 feet of mber : rr ym ; Holiand Timber Co. and 1,000,- «5 000 feet ne Bendo Mr. Barker states that the erse City Lumber Co. wil j t between 15.000,000 and 20,000,000 1t this seas ia oa ie «ia Mi eg r i i as. be- gun to pick up ma orders fo ¥ br lo i at yr that side dea rs stocking up a little and that the 4 mus ve some orders on t r ow! book Some of the yard men !f re- port that they are ahead of this time last MANUFACTURERS OF «a year The water shipments — month MATCHES and ee ee eee MATCH MACHINERY. ¥ mainly to Chicago. WE CAN Du YOU GOOD ; Sparta—L. W. Welch has submitted a SEND FOR SAMPLES and PRICES 4% wp on to the people of Sparta. i ‘ ynsider of 35,000 he } GRAND HAVEN, MICH. offers to build a new factory, conn ing | See quotations in Price Current. » vit 1e present one on the south, for ic ; a } e manufactnre of a general iine of as A y A OIL = . furniture, binding himself to operate it | RAW AND BOILED ’ for eight rs and to employ contin-| 4 cubstitute for linseed, and sold for r sly from 75 to 100 hands \ petition | mueh less money. is being ilated asking the village | | ta council to calla sp election to vote | Purely Vegetable, ipon the proposition. | adapted to all work where a more eco- Belding—Mrs. Martha Harroun has nomica! oil than Linseed is desired. donated five acres of land on the Har- | Pre P § i t ee roun addition to the proposed new boot | 0 rom eC men : ‘ - | has better body, dries nearly as quickly the last few years having been unprofit- | able. This is believed to be the last of he 1,200 grange stores started in Michi- gan from 1871 to 1874 for the avowed of crowding the ‘‘middlemen”’ field. purpose out of the MATTERS. Swift MANUFACTURING Brothers other day, Cheboygan—W hen started up their the there were four applicants for every posi- sawmill ' tion in and about the mill. a as tory sha of brick 45x100 feet, two stories high, built and running in one yeal Owners of property near the site | have donated 100 lots to the enterprise | vhiech are being sold for $100 each. wh has the dling of the 2s already seld eighty on the ent plan of $5 per month and otber twenty will be taken soon. scheme will throw $10,000 into the This hands of the organization, and, with the amount already subscribed, makes the boot and shoe factory project a sure thing. i — i lem Bank Notes. A bank with a capital of $50,000 is soon to be opened at Ubley. Sleeper & Merrill, who recen Mariette, are the incorporators. of Van- Shebly, has John C. Munson, of the firm Wickle, Munson & Co., at taken the position of assistaz 3ank of Hart. it cashier in the Citizen’s Exchange Cc. purchased a controlling interest in the capital stock of the Lowell State Bank ‘and taken the position of Vice-President > dade Ensign, formerly of Chicago, has tly established one at | Linseed Oil. min- land with better gloss than | Especially adapted to priming and -— -Phis Oil is a Winner! a sample can of five or ten gallons. Write for prices. Try ke oe GRAND RAPIDS, MICH TO NAKE WONRY « In the Clothing Business you must have PERFECT FITTERS, WELL MADE, 4% STYLISH Goods, and at ' | prices—well they were at P Rock Bottom before but we + 4 have just made = another BIG CUT to clean up our Spring Stock. If you need clothing it will pay you vo see this line. H. COOPER & CO.,, MANUFACTURERS, UTICA, N. Y. Write to J. H. WEBSTER, OWOSSO, MICH. a. Agent, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMA N- 5 v = To ST a ee Sn AE eA AAT : | ° Cee EES eS ana “ GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. jand, at the same time, protect honest | | this season of the year, sn warm in 1893—not very encouraging for hold- |dealers against fraudulent weight on | weather—which failed to come—to swe Illers. The local markets are the same, } H. E. Grand-Girard, druggist at 128 : : : | : : : a M i. Gra : esi _ d a : | the part of some who were dishonest. | the price, thus causing them heavy |52e for wheat, while corn remains the mmroe street, has p a lit con- | ¢ : ure : oe : : 4 € e street, has put ina line of “| At the same time they deprecated, in the | losses. With a decrease in volume of |same and oats went up a few points. fectionery. ; a : : : y L ee | stronge: st terms, the manner in which | arrivals, firmer prices are sure to rule. | Local receipts for this city were, wheat, a Chas. L. Miller has opened a grocery Mr. Bush had performed the duties of Bananas—Are in good supply and the | 59 ears: corn, 33 Gars: and oats, 14 cars. ft ) ‘ ; yl le - , ’ “ | + + ° " 1 1 1 * . “ store at Wolcottville, Ind. The Mussel | the office, neglecting, in fact, the fea- i demand continues to increase from week *|On the 10th inst. the Gevernment crop * . . . | . a , . , , > 5 . | Ty +} . } , ! . . | man Grocer Co. furnished the stock. | ture of the ordinanee whieh gave great- | to week, The weather has n just | report wi 1 make its appearance, which ea i a | + : : ‘ : : | = + } a | } 1 . . . le : lest sromise of protection to the public. | warm enough to get them through with-| probably will deter price , : Gidley & Boltze have embarked in the} if i : P : a sis in : 7 ! ee _ . ermine prices for the il i" f the ordiaance were enforced, as it|out using heater cars. So far, the fruit | future. Cc. G. 7 ~~ drug business at Ellsworth. The Hazel- : ag | oes pieced tine & Perkins Drug C furnished tl should be, not only would they (the | has been nearly all green on arrival, and = e& Perkins r yo. furnishec 1e@ , 8 : a oo : | FOR SALE, WANTE ETC ‘ bac ; coal dealers) favor it, but they would do | little or no loss has resulted from over = — , WANTED, ETC stock. : f . . . : a r—THe STO th FORMERLY OC — all in their power to assist the Sealer ip | ripe bunches, There can be no al ni Rena 4 a D. A. Blodgett has "purehased 10,000 | the proper performance of the duties of his | quotations, as the price has to be ; : “— we ° - 9 s JONI in acres of Arkansas timber land of Neff &| office. The deputation urged the neees- | erned by the size of bunch and qualits nty building. 618 ss Prestel, of McBride, the consideration | sity and importance of such a law upon | frait. BAD 4 being $36,000. Mayor Fisher in other directions, and Peanuts—No change from last week, | ing 1180 4 co ; > I a ts . ) : . ' : . n ' out ‘I 600, a g oped it woule me a we t continue lalthough there is a sturbanee beneatl UUt , at Sagi Fred Roman has purchased the store | HOped Tt wou i be allowed to continue | although there is a disturbance beneath dware Uo,, Saginaw, : land be properly enforee the surface amot the eleaners which | 31 . . building of E. A. Bowen, at Kent City, | we he pene spol eereee oe Sere See ee eee? 3D THREE 1 aie _ ‘ : : i a are ch ie | D THREE KNIFE 7 and will put up in a grocery stock. The Ot will culminate in anneyance very shortly, cei ire , —o \ ; i € rocery Mar a ranees are not misleading d ke 16 ‘de Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co, furnished The Grocery Market if appearances are not misleading Lake. 616 ; The recent action of the Michigan Te en aa E—A $5,000 DRUG the goods. wo “ i : Purely Personal. j stock, also the store building and a good ¥ ane iolesale Grocers Association, in 7 iW, ' ; ' ' h nd lere is a chi i ' The se 1 meting of the Gre Austin K. Wheeler (Lemon & Wheeler he second meeting of the Grand joining with five other simil: State or oin s ¥ il € ouoe!l ar 6otate 7 ’ ? +. c Rapids olesale Grocers’ Associati : : : _ | Company) left Mo for a fortmignt's + — Wh ees naenen s _—- ation | ganizations in promulgating a new rule] i. ence in Buffal a Oe : will be held in this city next Tuesday for] perative retorts Gobhee CL ee ee ere " FIRST ¢ T i ae relative to charging eartage on goods, W. B. Gt ee aL ni operator the election of officers and the transac- naturally meets with a little opposition A ay a a Ce | two th graphers and book-kee : : : ALU Alls is ul a EULIO ¢ Siuigd Coad arith ker } Y . Vey want 1 t « A1t willing ta} book tion of sueh other business as properly ou the saci eveni P : has he fallen down eellar again. He has | = o ganization. At 8:50 in the evening 4] therein by protesting against the meas-| ine Spring fev RE NRE | STORE FOR d INVOICING banquet will be tendered the visitors at so eae Ana aed t ¢ oe the Spring fever, and, to prevent himself! a. oe tow rent, ure reckons without his host. Now that from joining Ci ay’ army =. ork book-keeper 4 and 6 the Morton House by the Graud Rapids | the price of sugar is to be stationery and yma je ig Coxey’s army, he is work 1 Rena eh 615 y : A eo ile ea — y a0 ng it of his r rit lower varde KS’ , } « Wholesale Grocers’ Association. the sale of sugar to cutters is to be dis eee oor Pee eee Saie Of Ure © Cutters is tO Oe Gis- +s , , t yr I ¥ co i M. Singho Appu, representing the iii Re Ee vi . ee . > oO i¢ » TEAS » ret § ra » i rp tul y ‘ Ss te HE td ‘You made but one mistake in your re- | Courage d, it behoves the retail trade tO} Gevion Tea Co., is in town for a few ent, Address J. W., care Michigan i port of my talk on ‘old-time business,’ ’?|improve their opportunity by getting days, operatingin conjunction with th “t ay: aulng in cont sLiOn WIL tho ul mn cnt “a a oo f rke T. DD. Gilbert THe | their heads together, locally, and follow : VY STOCK OF DRUG : db remarked Hon. T. D. Gilbert to THE : eir he satly at Yl Lemon & Wheeler Company, which holds A ie ga ing TR BS as reek, “‘Y re 1e example set by the wholesale tarde. 1 rp 4 Ss £ : 2,- TRADESMAN last week. You report € pie s y tae esale tarde. lithe aveney for the Ceylon Tea Co.’s ae oe ea - ow ile nae Suear—The market is strong < 8 e. : a Se ee a eC me as saying that the only silver money ugar—The market 1 trong and goods in this territory. The gentleman ’ tion of country in eh e : _ oe rv : oe ch | active, the refiners having cleat “dl out ou c State. Address Pierce & Lee, Climax, Mich. 61 » in the country during the time of whic ae i ing cleaned OU" lis a native of Ceylon and his description STORE AND DWEI Ps » i arview agate rae is ir arge surplus f £ lated < i on oo : 4 y as WELL | the interview treated was Spanish| their larg ee rand aq ane | of ¢ eytonese life are very interesting. ng it location in a of 1,000 ay The sai mas. th: » Ol overso d themselves from a week » 10 . \ ‘ook ef ’ it sl ddress E. L., box 1'8, Thompson . money. What Il said was that the only I tt elve u c to It Frank Jewell (1. M. Clark Grocery Co.) | ville, Benzie Co., Mich. 598 ~~ tere - 3 ~o i ae ‘ : . ays ys ther grades Th » wer- i . i . 1 Say PETE SE silver money in the country at that time days on most other grades. The lower has a grievanece—a real, live grievance. ru BE demonstrations in high art cookery and h aa ale / capture typewritten for the press. But stands ready to put in $10,000 . . 7 show an increase v 4.000 over the pre- al ; 5 iress No. 6U2 care Michigan ' other features of an interesting character is week, il ; i a ) ~ ee 1 the law permitted him to cas Wo. Gus Bianca i vious week, ihe firures being 120,912. oe ae a ! <2 99 ee have been secured. Wurzburg’s band This is 17,006 “ . : do so before attempting to ‘‘hook it. ELE ‘0 LOCATE IN Z : : sis 18 17,006 more than for tne corre ee oa tote ba , 200: good business place; splen will furnish music each afternoon and]. 4), ee “ f Here is where he made the mistake of ida “soweln vi 2 : - |sponding week last year. Prices for} pis jife 1 a i ee ' iL : ' " 3 a evening. Many of the spaces have al- Bs sata a \ : his life. Being in the vicinity of th “ sn 603 il . ogs ed strong and were 5¢ Higner &tl ot. ee a a to vie OR SALE—GOOD PAYING DRUG STORE a ready been spoken for by leading manu- bia atoce i + : _ stream in which he had loeated his vic- |. Rapids Addre a 10 601 so a. : > close than the previous week. IO isi... “ ieee Oe ' a | a a i ee ae facturers of food products and every indi- i ee ea ' ' / ; tim on the morning of May 1, he saw | Michi ) Tradesman oo / F ocal market for hog products was siow hat ide aa) tennton tee a3 : hoa! LOR GOOD LOCATION TO 1 HARD. eo cation points to a very successful ex-| 4) ine week and without feature that identical trout—on ice and in the | He) re drags, clothing or dry goods, address me | 78 Lite . eng Withou Peal ely dew f « individual , lid not lock box 22 turgis, Mic 7 rk position. The exposition will be con- =a tes ; possession of an iudividual who did not | lock box 221, Sturgis, Mich. 594 4 i : rices are steady and unchanged. ee a beg?) fea a Bed 0 } N D—A LIVE At : -ART- a ducted by W. Andrew Boyd, who is now O rf Sy. . ‘ know a ‘‘fly’? from a fish-pole, and who V jens : sa = 2 ao oe ae coe Gone : ae ce ranyes—The California crop is near-| pad prot ly sek ce as bout i o sohenalge ’ ee ae conducting a similar exposition in : i r Had pronabty ‘ant it with a bent pin. [per year. Address No, Ste, care Michie 4 : & } ' ing the finish, there being less than 400] 1; was enougt He returned home nd ‘Tradesman. 592 | v Detroit, under an arrangement with the] oo herein the S Ce ene nee ene ernert ee pee SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF HARD- Cars i¢i inthe state, recording ‘ 1e a “ a CLEA, . 7 Retail Grocers’ Association of this city al a ! % to the) will ‘‘whip’? no more the limpid streams | _ ware e and agricultt ral implements in good : *trenort issued by the fruit exchanges. | ¢.- ¢- ‘ : | paying territory. ck will invoice $2,500 3S by which the latter receives a percentage | ne ee vl cna me" for trout. At least not this season. BS Onn If in’ Gees ar T of the net proceed The fruit now coming forward is not Oe cer Ath oe oe t 2 roceeds, i i i i¢ 589 : ¢» : 2 very firm and there is more or less The Wheat Market. ie FOR SPOT « SASH OR . . : ‘ . : ‘ _ > POR , OR A deputaticn of coal dealers waited on | Shrinkage, and, in consequence, prices During the past week the wheat mar- \ unineumbered real estate, all kinds o at ' ' , a is of i i ie a ah . “ ; lise idres e anistee Apeantile s Mayor Fisher recently to protest against | area little higher. Messina and Sicily | Ket showed no material change, although | merchandise. Address th Manistee Mercantile ut a ' . . : Co., Manistee, Mich. S1 , + 7 the abolition of the office of Sealer uf | oranges will be about all the dealers can | the visible showed a big decrease. This A CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR Weights and Measures. They pointed| get hold of after few weeks, | .| was offset by the large increase of wheat Sale; good trade, cheap for spot cash, ar & i i da i oo . Mtcr a few weeks, but the | was olset by the laren Incronat f wheat the only del ivery wagon in town. Stock about ir we out to His Honor that one of the prime |demand will be limited and few sales|for the United Kingdom. The “‘longs’”’ ie. —— ee ee a $ p * . » 1 . ville, icon Sr d objects of the ordinance was the protec- | made unless prices are lower, as —_ used all unfavorable news to get better era ee tion of the public against short weight | fruit will I i hie] | i the fi ! l _— —— = - —_ . : . 3 $ st shor yee a , SOOL » ritt 3 We riees t +S » weathe ‘ 1 oO cc eid 0 a” ' } ag g it will soon be with us, whieh wi prices, but the fine weather and other \ TANTEDPOSITION BY EXPERT AC- in coal, and stated that they, as dealers | take the preference. bear influenees were too much to ad-| countant. Books opened or closed. Bal- . 2 : F aa : ' E | ances rendered. Partnerships adjusted and any q in coal, were equally interested with the | Lemons—The weather has been too! vance prices on, so wheat remains at low | other work of similar cha acter promptly done. public in the continuance of the ordi-|eool te stimulate any demand for more|ebb. The visible is expected to decrease | Aadrons Ha. S0, gave he Fences ee » oe a al io ee ua i ' a i i ANTED—THOROUGHLY COMPETENT “9 a nance. They stated their belief that the | than actual wants, hence there has been | quite largely to-day, which may effect W and experienced young man would like abolition of the office would throw sus- | no material advance? from the ces | prices, bu 1e fact remains thi js | Position as hook-keeper, cashier or other office 4 bo! t i _ terial advane2 from the low price | prices, but the fact remains that thi: work with jobbing or mannfacturing house. picion upon every user of weights and which have ruled for a month past. | large visible still exists, with not much | Address “H” care The Tradesman 4 a measures in the city. A proper enforce: | Speculators fear a repetition of the sea- | show of decreasing. lt now has the ap- | PECK 1S HEADACHE ment of the ordinance would result in a! son of two years ago, when so many of | pearance that there will be as much | 4 POWDERS + saving of many dollars to the public, them got ‘‘stuck” by baying largely at) wheat in the world’s supply on July 1 as! Pad the best profit. Order from your jobber. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Liabilities of Partners. The difficulties which business men labor underin finding out who are the partners of a firm are sometimes matters of importance when the question of cred- it or responsibility comes to the front. Asa remedy, it is suggested that we adopt the policy of some of the Canadian prov- inces, which require that partnerships be registered; that is, that convenient bu- reaus be established for which all con- cerns that are, or purport by name to be, copartnerships shall provide for regis- tration the names of the partners and sufficient other facts to indentify them, such as residence, business, ete., and that this record, duly made and certified to, shall be conclusive as to the persons included in the partnerships, until, a change is made in the record properly attested. Another question has also come up in relation to the general subject which is no less important. It is the question whether or not a partner who uses the funds or credit of a firm for other pur- poses than those specified in the contract between the partners shall be deemed guilty of a crime or misdemeanor. There is a great deal of ignorance in the mercantile community on the sub- ject of liability of partners as to third persons. Few people know that one partner can bind his copartner to almost any kind of contract or obligation. For instance, A and Bb may havea contract of copartnership, either written or oral, by which they agree to become copartners under a_ certain firm name _ for any particular purpose, say, manufactur- ing boots and shoes. Suppose also the articles of copartnership provide that neither shall use the firm name for any other purpose than the business of the concern; nevertheless, if A should issue the firm notes without the Knowledge of B, and get them discounted at a bank and use the proceeds for his person- al benefit, without the knowledge of the bank or the Knowledge of his partner, the firm will be liable, and consequently B will be liable as a member of the firm. Often gross injustice is thus done by one partner to another, and ruin is the result of such deception. Instances are frequent where persons engaged in legit- imate and successful mercantile enter- prises have been ruined by a member of the firm entering into other speculations, and using the firm name on notes and obligations, without the knowledge of his partners, who are nevertheless liable for their payment. In such a case the injured partner has no redress except that he has a claim against the offending partner for whatever loss he sustains; but, as discovery of wrongful use of the firm name is seldom made unless the speculation or enterprise is ruinous, the claim against the offending party is of very little commercial value. A partner in a firm isa trustee in the use of the firm name. He is charged with the trust of using it only for the legitimate purposes for which a partner- ship was formed, and the courts have always construed a misuse of the firm name as a fraud, for which they will decree a dissolution of the firm. At present there is no punishment provided by law for the misuse of the firm name by any partoer; but there can be no question but that, where one part- ner uses the firm name (which means using the credit and pledging the assets of the firm) for his own ends, he is using something which does not belong to him, and he should be visited by some severe penalty. In fact, we think such a mis- use of the firm’s name and credit is nothing less than a crime. Itis taking something which does not belong to him | who takes it. If such punishable by law, result in greater protection to partners. wrongful acts were innocent | -_ 2. —- Refused on Principle. ““No,”’ said the young woman tily, in response to his request as they sat on the porch in the twilight, ‘1 will not let you hold my hand. I don’t believe in such conduct for a young lady. “And besides,’’ she added after ay pause, ‘‘it isn’t dark enough set.’ oe nm Use Tradesman Coupon Books. made | it would undoubtedly | haugh- Dry Goods Price Current. ee COTTONS. eee ‘* Arrow ae 4x PO es OX —« Word Wi Atiepte AA... ..... = . a Atlantic _..... ox Full Yard Wide. .... 6% i eieeoeree A... 6% ' e......... 5 |Honest Width...... 6 o a 6 ees... 5 ee ee 4%/|Indian Head........ 5% Ree oc Ciseree 8 A... 6% Archery Bunting... 4 |KingEC. 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ORs... ........ > Oars ...... 9 00 . 4 3jAbdominal........ 15 00 — JEANS. —ee.......-.- Schilling’s. Davis Waists a Grand Rapids ee eee. i ani oe... Tal ocewers........... Biddeford en es > Sees... .. 1... Ta Brunswick. . 6%) Walworth ...... a 6% PRINTS. Allen turkey reds.. 5%/Berwick fancies.... 5% “ eek... .... 5%/Clyde Robes........ ¥ - = & purple 5% Charter Oak fancies 4 “ —....... 5% DelMarine cashm's. 5% . pink checks. 5% A mourn’g 5% staples ...... 5 |Eddystone fancy... 5% shirtings ... 3% ' chocolat 5% American fancy.... — - rober.... 5% Americanindigo.. oP ' sateens.. 5% American —— 34 Hamilton = . s¥ Argentine Grays... 6 — 5% Anchor Shirtings.. 7 mendiiaihas ancy.. _ 5% Arnold ' new era. 5% Arnold Merino... 6 Merrimack D fancy. “ss _ long cloth B. 9 |Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 - C. 7% - — furn . 8% * gentury cloth 7 Pacific fancy.. ne 5M “gold seal. 10%) eee... ‘* green seal TR 10%| ateaniiie robes. . * Bx “ “yellow seal. a Simpson mourning.. ~~ ._ aa... 11%) vy “ Turke;s red..10%) greys . solid biack. oa Ballon solid black... Washington indigo. 6% i “~ golors. | “ ‘Purkey robes.. % Bengal blue, green, * India robes.... 7% red and orange...6 | ‘ plain T ky x % 8% Berlin solids........ 53) o 5, ~ eee... st aa Tur “ - a. ot ore... “ Foulards ... 5%! Marios Washington > ee 7 ae x. . 7 ‘ a. 9% Martha ashington - = £4......— SUrmey fOn........ j a - = 12 |Riverpoint robes.... 5% | Cocheco —- 5 Windsor fancy ey 6 ers... 5 ~ old ticket - XX twills.. 5 indigo blue....... 10% a S peeeeey......... . 4% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A i%IACA - 11%) Hamilton N . 7 | Pemberton AAA. .".16 iI _.. co. 2 |York. ie --10% | ' Awning. iSwift River._ 7% ee... . 3 }Pearl River..... "39 | First ae -10%) ee. 12% Lane Bie ........ 18 |Conostoga . + COTTON DRILL. | Atlante, -.. 6x a fl Boot %|No Name.. > on 7 lTop of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag ieee ..12 {Columbian brown. .12 9os.....14 |Everett, blue........ 12% ™ brown . 14 . brown. ....12% Aso... =... 11% Haymaker bind..... 1% Beaver Creek om .10 brown... 1 ac _. 2. eis aC. ee ee Be Boston, Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, -....- 13% blue 8% No. 220....13 “ d & twist 10% c No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 _ No. 280....10% XXX b1.19 GINGHAMB. AOE .......-.- 5 |Lancaster, staple... 5 “Persian dress 64 C fancies . z e Canton . Normandie 7 e i £%/Lancashire.......... 6 . Teazle...104|Manchester......... 5% _ Angola. .10%|Monogram.......... 6% = Persian.. 7 |Normandie........ 7 Arlington staple.... 61¢/Persian............- 7 Arasapha fancy.... 4%/Renfrew Dress...... ™% Bates Warwick dres 7%|Rosemont........... 6% _ — 6 |Slatersville......... 6 Centennial. - 10% — eee ee 7 Criterion ..... racemes ............ Th Cumberland staple. 5% Toll. = _eoee......, 8% Cumberiand.... .... ed 7 a 4% “ seersucker.. 7% ee... .......,.. 735i WOrWe.... ....-- 6 Everett classics..... 84%)Whittenden......... 8 Bepoewon.......... 74 . heather dr. 7% Glenarie...... sa, Oh ‘© {Indigo blue 9 Glenarven.... Wamsutta staples... py Glenwood... Westbrook Hampton.... = Jobnson Vhalon cl- %|Windermeer _ indigo blue 9%/York ... . zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS, Amoskeag. . 7 a: oe Pee Leica one Reeeriees............ 3 ————— THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 {Barbour's..... ..... 95 coer. 2. GF ....... — terse s........-- 90 Holyoke..... ieee: 2% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. —_— ~_! No. 6... 38 No. a... e 5... 34 3o a 38 . 2... eS i- 8... _ 41 a. 45 CAMBRICS oe, 4 (Bewards........... & White Star......... & Voekwood......... 4 Kid Glove... 1 woes... CS Nowmarket......... <4 (Brouswick......... 4 RED FLANNEL. a . 22% eee.......... os .........., ..... R% Tae eae ......... 30 ame ee... 35 Nameless. . » ee IO... woe oe RK MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey SR W.........17% ES 22%| Western W .........18% Teeee............ ioe ar... ........... 18% 6 oz ee seas 20 |Flushing XXxX...... 23% Unior B. + --- eh ONG... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless ..... 8 @9 ee 9 @10% eC 8%@10 “ a 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Siate Brown. Black. 9% 9% 9% /10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 1055/11 11% 11K 11% 11% 12 12 12% 2 Bal » 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz........ 9%| West Point, 8oz....10% Mayland, 8 oz. ..10% 100% ...12% Greenwood, 7% ‘Os. 9% nani _....... -13% Greenwood, 8 ox. 1136|St —_— * — ove Boston, 8 0z..... -...10%| Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS, Wile, Oe... ...-..- Ps) Per bale, 40 dos....88 50 Colored, Gos. .......20 neces. FOO SILESIAS, Slater, Tron Cross... 8 ee. ... ++ Red Cross.... 9 ne = . eee... ss, 10%| Bedford. | : ‘10% - Bon AA. he _ City... uu 10% i _ | oe _. 8% SEWING SILK. Corticelll, dos....... 85 {Corticelli knitting, twist, doz..4¢ per os ball...... 30 50 yd, doz. .40 HOOKS AND EYEBS—PER GROsB. No 1B Bi'k & White. = No 4BIk& White. 15 “ 9 “ 3 “ sf “ 10 us = No 2 White & Brk.12 i... . --15 ro. . --18 ere 4—15 # 3%...... 40 "No & White & BI’k..20 “ 10 “ . 23 “ 12 “ 2% SAPETY PINS. a - eee... 4 aoe NEEDLES—PER &M. A, See... 1 40|Steamboat........ — = — eo. oe 1 35) oe eee... ... 150 Sani a 1 00|American.....2 2222! 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....17 ree -165 6—4.. COTTONT WINES. Cotten Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14 ee. 12 Rising Star + -- ~oke Se 18 =pey....17 eee... 16 (Sorth Ster.......... 20 Bristol ee ee Vv alley. ea. 15 izi... eo | Wool Standard 4 ply17% [Powhattan 16 PLAID OSNABU Res Alabama....... . 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% a -- - ——- ° ceuseeonsawe 5 ugus = IE ven scne es 5 Ar sapha - © TRenaelmean......... Bs ecrgia.. - Cierverae........... lg Granite ..... Saeeeer ©... 2... 6% aoe Beeer.....,... ee om 7. -- & [OGacheths... ..... 7% tip, $1.55. A LADY’S GENUINE : VICI : Plain toe in opera and opera toe ni cs. eae D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather Try them, they are beauties. soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, SHOE, Stock Send Grand Rapids, Mich. NN RK Manufacturers and Jobbers of PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 SOUTH IONTA 7 aie 640. I) lls. Paper Packed Serew. WRITE FOR PRICES. *T., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH NL EAT a < N, LYON & CO. NEW STYLES OF ( ) ’ ine 20 & 22 Monroe S&t., GRAND RAPIDS WHAT? WHY, "TA TLAS SOAP. Made Only By CHILDREN CRY FOR IT. ADULTS ADORE IT. DEALERS HANDLE IT. HENRY PAS OLT, SAGINAW MICH. 4 L Elements of Success as a Salesman. Tnere are three very essential ele- ments for a salesman’s success. They are ambition, pluck and common sense. Ambition first, for without it one might as well sit quietly down, and, Micawber like, wait patiently for something to turn up; this will, in all Ikelihood, oc- cur if he waits long enough—even though a headstone be required to locate the position of his toes when ‘‘turned up’”’ for the last time. Pluck next, for the reason that this article is never found without some ambition, and one is absolutely necessary for the success of the other, while progress is the result of the two combined, requiring foree, per- severance and push, as well as theory and aim. And last comes common sense, an article that cannot be bought or sold, but may be cultivated where fertile soil abounds, and the sunny rays of judg- ment are not shut out; every salesman is supposed to own a little of it, but no- body is ever credited with being over- stocked, and a lack of this necessity will always carry with it a guarantee of failure. A man need not be a college graduate to become a successful salesman; at th same time a good education certainly ought to greatly enhance his prospects of success. We know a salesman, how- ever, who could neither write legibly nor spell the simplest words correctly, but had good common sense and_ carried down weight with every argument he used; he talked intelligently, and got there every time where the fluent speaker and polished representative fre- quently failed to even make an impres- sion. We have seen a salesman enter a man’s store for the first time and state that he wanted to see the proprietor, and on being told that he was back in the office, but would be disengaged shortly, deliberately push his way through a erowd of half a dozen who were wait- ing their turn, and stepping up to the proprietor, who was perhaps in consulta- tion with other gentlemen over impor- tant matters, thrust his card in between them, with the remark, **Will you kindly look at my line of goods, sir? I only have a little time, as | am anxious to catch the next train.’’ He was not detained, but dismissed in a very few words. We have known another salesman to enter a man’s store with two or three satchels, carefully place them on one side and stand idly by for two or three hours without having made known his busi- ness, and finally when his presence had become irksome to the dealer, was given an opportunity to state his business, only to be told that the dealer had given his order to the salesman who just went out. On the other hand, there are many ways in which the salesman can employ his time while waiting for an interyiew with the buyer. We know of one suc- cessful salesman who claims that he makes his best points by cultivating the clerks’ friendship and confidence. He would select the one whom he thought to be the head clerk, get him into conversa- tion, learn the peculiarity of the em- ployer’s trade and find out what kind of goods the dealer made a specialty of or had a strong competition on, and thus be able to talk intelligently to the buyer when the time came. He would start in with the clerk by inferring that he was one of the firm, or seemed to have the responsibility of the whole business on his shoulders; a little flattery goes a long way sometimes, and even though a man knows you are flattering him, it pleases him just the same: he invites an expression of opinion in regard to the quality of the cigar, for example, and to give him the benefit of his judgment as to what its value is. A clerk who smokes, as a rule, thinks he knows it all, and does not hesitate to do as re- quested. He gives his opinion, and the salesman is astonished at the soundness of his judgment, stating that he ‘hit it square on the head the first time,’’ adding that he was the cnly man among a great Many experts who knew precisely what the article was worth; he then gets him to smoke a cigar that he is anxious to introduce, gets him to agree with him as to the quality and merits of the article, THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. convinces him that it is better than any- thing he has in stock at the same price, and through the clerk’s assistance suc- ceeds in inducing the dealer to give him a sample order. One would say that the man who is eapable of building up and retaining a certain line of trade should be equally able to manage an equal business for himself; this does not necessarily fol- low. Itis an axiom in commerce that “Goods well bought are half sold,’’ but the converse of its proposition is not true. ‘Goods well sold are not always well bought.” We believe it is the ex- perience of most great mercantile houses that there are more successful sellers than buyers. $< True as Gospel. From the Merchants’ Review. ‘The best way to lay the price-cutting spectre is to make every grocer a mem- ber of his local association, Rules and penalties are not necessary. ‘The frater- nal feeling, which it is the province of the associations to implant in every member’s breast, is a much better pre- ventive of the competition that takes the form of ‘‘cutting’”’ than all the rules and penalties that could be prescribed. The atmosphere of the meeting rooms is un- favorable to the spread of the price-cut- ting heresy. A new member soon learns that the ravid ‘‘cutter” is more generally esteemed for his audacity than his sa- gacity, and becomes hostile to the prac- tice; and all this occurs without the slightest attempt to limit his freedom of action. Thus, without oppresive rules and penalties that are difficult to enforce, the associations that do not favor the arbitrary regulation of prices are en- abled to check the spread of the ‘‘cut- ting’? fever and gradually raise the standard of profit to a living level, when- ever it sinks below that point. Each member sells at whatever price he pleases, but the effects of the association training are all the time apparent, and while acting independently he takes care not to violate the unwritten law of the organization by sacrificing profits en- tirely. > > —_--- Meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers. JACKSON, May 4,—At the meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion, held last evening, the matters relat- ing to the enforcement of the peddlers’ ordinance were discussed and a commit- tee of one from each ward was appointed to look after those peddling without licenses. The subject of handling vegetables by weight, instead of by the present unsat- isfactory methods, was discussed and the matter referred to a committee to formulate a list of articles and weights for same. The new rule of the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association of charg- ing cartage for the delivery of their goods, was discussed, and, on motion, a notice was sent the wholesalers, stating that the Association considered the charge unfair and unjust and emphat- ically protesting against it. Officers for the ensuing year were nominated and will be elected the first Thursday in June. W. H. Porter, Sec’y. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGUBS AND BITS. dis. ae... 60 —. |... ............,. | S Jennings’, genuine...... ... : gennioen, Ware .............-....... 2. “soato AXES. First Quality, S. B Browuec.. ...............8 7 @ DB Proms ...... a. ax 00 : ee 8 00 ' De ae... 13 50 BARROWS. dis. ee # 14 00 —— = lll ee BOLTS. dis. ee. wc. ee ce. 50&10 Carriage ee CN 75&10 Boa ee eu ds eee ae tee 40&10 Sleigh me 8 oe ee 70 BUCKETS. eon eee $350 Well, swivel . / a 4 BUTTS, CANT. dis. (Cast Loose Pin, Geureg....... ..... ..-..-.- 0k Wought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.. -.60&10 Wrought Loose Pin. .................--.-+--- 60&10 4 Weoume Terre... ee... 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind....................... ~~ Wereugns eee ke ee 70ai8 | | Blind, Parker's. oe - - 70&10 | oe 70 | BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ... - 6010 | CRADLES. oe 2 Ce dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. OO OE perb 5 CAPS OO perm 65 Se . i) a.D Ge. 35 Muoaxet a ou cl " 60 CARTRIDGES. a 50 eee dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Ce oe FIO MaCCO OMNI, fo 75&10 ik eee tee ee 15&10 Ree 75410 Hatehers Tanged Pirmer............ -..... 40 COMBS. dis. Cure, Tewronces........................ : 40 eee de deieeaauee 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis, 10 COPPER, ew 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 ee Pee, Pee .......... .-.... 26 Cold Rolled, $4xh0 and 14260.000 0000000010. 4 Cold Rolled, eee en 23 OT EE 25 DRILLS, dis, Morec’s Git Siocky................ 50 Taper and straight Shank......... 50 CC ——————— 50 DRIPPING PANS. Sell siaon ser POUNG ...................... O7 Large sises, per pound...... 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 plete, Gim........ pees eaaas dos. net Z Comes 6... dis ES a ee ee dis. 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, 818; ory eee 8 30 Ives’, 1, 818: 2, , 824; ebiceee cs 25 ae aes List. dis, a ee 60&10 ow Buewiean |. .... L...ss..., -a 60&10 Ce 60410 OEE eee 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps .. ...... eee ease one 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 2; 2 and 26; 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 Discount, 60 dis. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.............-.. KNOBS—New List. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.. Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. Door, porcelvin, trimmings.......... : Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. dis. SRARG LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 waters, Whee: & Ca.e................... 55 oa... 55 oeseeee 55 MATTOCES. Aes eee... =. 00, dis. 60 ee ee, 00, dis. 60 Eee... ee. $18.50, = = MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled.. co MILLS. dis. Coffee, ——— Caw. ..... .c..-........- 40 & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malieables.. 40 - Lawtane Werey G@ Clerire............ 40 = Seems ........ |... 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Ce 60410 ees Gre —_—s Enterprise, self-measuring............ — NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. NE OE 1 50 Wire nel Gees i 50 ee ne Base Base eS oS a 10 —————————————___——_eeeeeee 25 eee 25 Ne aes een 35 eee 45 ——————————————_—_——eee ee 50 Ds ee 60 See... 75 a 90 EE eee 1 20 eS a 1 60 was... 1 60 Ye ee ea 65 a o.. vis) = 6. 90 Finish 5 3 “ 90 [ 3 1 10 Clinch; 10.. 70 80 se 90 ee 17% PLANES. dis. Ghis Tool Co.'s, fancy .....................- Oa) ae ae | 50 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy................. OO ——— @40 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. 50810 PANS. oe See ons Common, polished ee eee sale cece sate ce dis. BIVETS. as. eon one Teeeee. 8... Copper Rivets and Burs..............-..+++ 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘SA’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to = 10 2 9 20 “BY Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27.. roken packs fs G per pound extra. 7 HAMMERS. Maydole & Co.’s............ Gin 2 Bipe.....- aes dite. 2 Yerkes & Plurab’s. dis 41! Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. 30c list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand We 40410 HINGES. Gate, Clark’s, 1, . dig Naa | State or doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, ‘to 12 In ' 14 aa longer ... ' R% se rew Hook and Eye, % . net 19 a net 8% o _ a. Mas : oo " _ . ........ net 7% Strap and T ee ia %y HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50610 Champion, anti-friction. 60.810 Kidder, wood track ...... ' 4 HOLLOW WARE, row ......._..:..., \ . 60&1 Kettles. . 60410 Spiders ... --. Onie Gray enameled ......... .- 40816 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware ; new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware. 25 Granite [ron Ware ...... new list 33% &10 WIRE oops. Bilght.. : 706106810 Screw Eyes.. 70&10&10 Hook’s 70&10&10 Gate Hooke and Eyes. es TORING IO LEVELS. da.7% Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ROPES. Sisal, a inch aud wiped os . . ™ Manila 0.00). Lo . 1 sau AREP. ‘ls, Steel and [ron .... |... 7% ae ee 6 —-—. kk... / 2n SHEET iRON, Com. Smooth. Com. moe eee te .................._.....22 oe 2 94 wee Bint. .......,....... 405 3 05 Boe 1s... ae 8 05 Nos, 22 to 24 . £05 3 15 Moe tem ............ . 43 8 25 Nez... 445 3 35 All sheets ‘No. 18 ‘and ligt iter, | over 30 incher wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Tim acet 19. Se .........:......... .- dla, 50 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, White A.......... .. List fK - een 8..................... @ 55 . Woe f............ oa 50 ' eee ak 0 65 = Werec..... .............." RB Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS, Sema Myom.................- L . per ton 825 SAWS dis - — ........................, "20 Silver Stee] Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 ‘+ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50 _ cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30 ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth xX Cre Wer ree. 30 TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game...... - ae Oneida Community, Newhouse’s . 35 Oneida oo es & Norton’s. 7 Mouse, choker.. .18¢ per dos Mouse, delusion... seas . 81.50 per dos “WIRE. dis. Te ee 65 Annealed Market... Se Copperca Mareee 60 Tinned Market...... 62 * Coppered Spring Steel... Barbed Fence, galvanized. oo. 2 = painted ...... 2 20 HORSE NAILS. a oo... Ck. dis. 40&10 Pee a , o,, dis. 05 Nora wontern...._................. dis. 10410 WRENCHES, dis, Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coen Geiname .................... ee ees 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, besahipetaies : 7 Coe’s Patent, malleable. <1... MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Bird Cages as : 50) Pumps, Cistern.. _ T5&10 Screws, New Pee ‘ 7O&10 Casters, Bed a d Fiste........... vee v DOGI10G16 Dampers, American.. . 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.. Peee es 65410 METALS, Pie TIN. Pig Lome. Ee _ oe Pig Bars.. ee ace 28¢ “ZINC. Duty: Sheet, yg _ pound. 600 pound casks... eee ees 6% Ver peur. os 7 SOLDER. Se ee Extra Wiping . 15 The prices of the “many ‘other qualitios of solder in the market indicated by rrivate brande vary according to composition. ANTIMONY CO per pound a TIN--MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal Bea cy cu cece ee ceueas was $7 50 4x20 IC, See e ume e nace cu. ue 7 50 loxi4 TX, eee eee 2 14x20 IX a ies eh . = Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. = Charcoal . ede eee sa ecueaeess 7 Le eee oe Useede ee es cous ua 6 75 toxi4 IX, . a ae OS es 9 25 Each additional X on this grade 91.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, - Weceeer............. 6 & 14x20IxX, “ 0 ee 20x28 IC, . a . ae 14x20 IC, ‘* Allaway Grade.......... 6 00 14x20 IX, . - ee 7 50 20x28 IC, . a oe 12 50 ix, * “ ee 15 50 BOILEE SIZE TIN PLATS. a eee e eee ediew elas pagouculcua, $14 00 DE ie nae 15 00 tense 1 for No. : Boilers, | per pound 10 00 HIGANTRADE COMPANY very Sunday during the that the Secretary issue notices of the adoption of this resolu- f nent of the meeting is taken as an indication of public opinion the law will be enforced. juestion of the establishment of a tocal collection and reporting agency vas presented by C. A. Sharp, who out- lined his plan of work which seemed to meet the approval of those present. The natter was referred to a special com- -eting adjourned. ——_ > —_- " The Cheese Business of Scotland. April 25—Large qu i cheese are manufactured in Seotland, but not enough by any means o supply the demand. The people here eat twice or thrice the amount of cheese per capita that we do in the United } States. The cheese is nearly all pro- juced it he South of Seotland. The standard clieese is ‘‘Dunlop,’’? a white heese made it Dunlop, Ayrshire. Some of the Seottish cheese goes to Eng- ind, but none is exported out of the United Kingdom. It does not come into really with American cheese vecause its wholesale price there is from 2 f y higher than American cheese. From 100,000 to 200,- 000 boxes come from the United States t weekly. Cheese from the United States finds its sharpest competi- w Zealand and Canada. The land cheese is the finest of the hi lam rrry to say that our heese is b of Canada. Cheese Iso it h from Germany and other places on the continent, but these are generally strong cheeses. i walked through the warehouse of Archibald Houston, American Produce Importer, 30 ¢ ine street to-day, and ¢t the cheeses. I ‘ d us here, that the el es ranked vs: First, New Zealai 2 Janada; Third, Unit S 8 uly 3. MORSE, ed States Consul. Why He Preferred an Upper Berth. ‘Why do | prefer an upper berth to a lower ina sleeping car?’’? repeated the irummer as he counted out and swal- ved ; pellets without explaining \ her they were for his liver or lungs. ie 1d the man, who is fe self on having se- cured W “Well, there are various reasons. to travel, fifteen fFacar on a train killed a man in ap over him never ron a fellow threw it entered the 1 and broke the sleep t Man over him never woke ut ga 1 car | was on ran over a lot of dyna Man in lower No. 7 was blown up with the floor and killed, b the sover him didn’t even that anything happened. Once mor : 1 lower berth ean be eas- } le one in an upper is sel- ) rou Last, but not least— ‘‘What?’? was asked as he passed. i always undress same as at a hotel. Che sno telling when an accident may eome. In ease the car goes off, the upper berth is apt to close up and you re thus secure from the gaze of the vulgar public until the porter can put 1 ent ait >of the track to get your clothes there and help you to dress. Modesty is my ehief reason, but, as all you fellows broke your necks to get lower berths, of course I can’t expect yu to understand or appreciate it.” i Ai From Out of Town. Ca have been received at THE SMAN office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Frank Smith S. S. Beatty & Son, Morenci Vv 4. W. Fenton & Son, Bailey. Gidley & Boltze, Ellsworth. i 11 i : Nelson F. Miller, Lisbon. Sisson & Watson, Ada. Thos. H. Atkins, Carlisle. Crandall & Gregg, Luther. we THH MICHIGAN TRADEHSMAN, 9 THE SCHEME GOODS EVIL. Written for THz TRADESMAN. There are schemes and schemes. But of all the foolish schemes in which peo- ple invest their money scheme baking powder and scheme tea are the schem- iest. A dealer advertises that he will give a set of glassware with a pound can of baking powder and, lo! the people throng his store from early morning until late at night. Then they carry home their bargains (?) and gaze upon them with admiring eyes, and show them to their friends, and give them a prominent place upon their sideboards. Good glassware costs money, and a good deal of it, and if you have ever handled any and then got hold of some of the stuff offered as presents by certain deal- ers, you will readily discern the differ- ence. The ‘‘prizes” are rough, with jagged edges, distorted in shape and un- sightly in other ways, and are usually made of the cheapest glass. Good glass- ware is smooth and clear as crystal, and in shape is as perfect as though hand- turned. But the thing which appeals so strongly to those who buy the scheme baking powder is, they think they are getting something for nothing. They will pay twice as much as the powder is worth for the sake of the glassware which is ‘‘thrown in.” But they do not get the glassware for nothing. The ex- orbitant price charged for the baking powder fully makes up the cost of the glassware, and leaves a good margin of profit on the powder. Generally, though not always, the baking powder is of poor quality, which, of course, adds to the profit. (Speaking of baking powder, here is a simple way to determine its purity or otherwise. Put about half a teaspoonful of the powder into a cup, and pour about two tablespoonfuls of boiling hot water upon it. If there be ammonia or alum in it your sense of smell willimmediately detect it. If the cream of tartar used in the baking pow- der be of poor quality, the sediment will be of a brownish color.) It is never safe for a dealer to handle scheme goods. If the people once get on to the fact that they are of poor quality, as they are al- most sure to do sooner or later, they will lose confidence in the grocer who sold them, and will take their trade else- where. No honest dealer will handle such goods, as he must know they are a swindle. There are enough baking powders on the market of good quality. which ean be sold ‘‘straight’? at a fair profit, to make it unnecessary to resort to methods which, to say the least, throw suspicion on the goods offered for sale. There is little difference between scheme baking powder and scheme tea except that the latter is much worse than the former. It is next to impossible for the average citizen to distinguish between good and poor tea until it isin the cup, and a good many people cannot tell the difference even after the tea is drawn. There is so much cheap tea used that the quality of good tea is unknown. Scheme tea is always poor tea. At least that assertion is so nearly correct that it does not need to be qualified, and being poor itis unfit for use. No reputable dealer should handle it. It ought to be an easy matter for a dealer to work up a trade in good tea. If he keeps a line of good teas, and takes pains to show his customers the difference between good and bad tea, he will, in nine cases out of ten, sell the good tea. Ifhe does this he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has done some good in the world, and won’t need to feel like a sneak thief. But if he sells poor tea he vitiates the taste of the people who buy it, and creates a demand for cheap tea, and good tea is to that extent driven out of the market. It is not good business, to say the least, for a dealer to offer cheap goods to his customers. His percentage of profit may be greater, but he will lose in the aggregate. And sometime the re- action will set in and he will be beached high and dry. Every grocer ought to be an expert tea taster, at least to the ex- tent of the requirements of his trade. He is as likely to be impesed upon as the humblest customer who enters his store. Tea fakirs are not confined to re- tailers by a large majority, and if a dealer caunot himself distinguish the quality of tea, his customers will not stand much of ashow. Il can’t tell you how to test tea—it is largely a matter of practice which, in this, as in other things, makes perfect. Both the sense of smell and the sense of taste are, I be- lieve, brought into requisition in testing tea. Theeyes also have something to do with it. If I were buying tea l would buy from the dealer who had a good reputation in other lines, because, of course, I cannot tell anything about the quality of tea, and if I drank it would want it good. Just think of a person drinking tea which costs 15 or 20 cents a pound, when guod tea costs 50 cents or more. What must be the quality of the cheap article? But, says the grocer, some of my customers want cheap tea anp I must keep it for them. It does not follow, by any means. Keep good tea, tell your customers plainly that you do not carry low priced teas, and if you can explain the difference between good tea and poor tea you won’t have much difficulty in persuading them to buy good tea. But, whatever you do, sell your goods on their merits. Let prize tea and prize baking powder and all other scheme goods severely alone. Leave schemes to the fakirs whose business it is to humbug the people. You are a merchans, not a fakir; you want to be known as an honest man, not as a thief; you want to give value for value, you don’t want to take the peoples’ hard- earned money and give them trash in re- turn; at least so much may be taken for granted. Between cutters, and depart- ment stores, and schemers, legitimate trade has a hard row to hoe; there is no sense in straight dealers making it hard- er for themselves by running after schemes and nickel-in the-slot fakes. I know some of them are very attractive Business #### is what we are angling for, Your Business. We are in a position to serve you to the “Queen’s taste’ We set the pace for competitors and want you to travel in the first carriage. Will you do it? Goods bought from first hands—that means us— are the most profitable. We Manufacture Superior Confectionery. You ought to sell it because there is pleasure, ¢ The Best. fa) profit and satisfaction in handlin Write or wire us for prices or information any time. When in the city make yourself at home with us, our latch string is always out. Yours for business, The PUTMAN CANDY CO. e #9 Lansing, Mich. ae ae Having re-organized our business and acquired the fac- tory building and machinery formerly occupied by the Hud- son Pants & Overall Co., we are prepared to furnish the trade a line of goods in pants, overalls, shirts and jackets which will prove to be trade winners wherever introduced. If you are not already handling our goods, and wish to secure the agency for your town, communicate with us immedi ately. An inspection of our line solicited. J. M. Earner, President and Gen’! Manager. E. D. Voornees, Superintendent. and sing their siren song of large profits | most entrancingly, but he who follows} their music will surely meet the fate of | the mariners of old who listened to the! fatal music of the sirens. DANIEL ABBOTT. ———> -- Poor Consolation. Girl (weeping)—‘‘’m so have to go on the road again. breaks my heart.’’ Drummer—‘‘Don’t cry, Fanny; Vl} manage to pick up another girl some- | where.’’ | sorry you It almost | A Chicago firm the other day received | a postal card ordering a supply of black- | berries. They were mystified over it for | awhile, until they discovered that the | ecard was dated Aug. 15, 1882. It had} been nearly twelve years getting some! forty miles. A Use Tradesman Coupon Books. GRanip Karips) Mew, We pay Highest Market Prices in Spot Cash and measure bark when Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. 10) Walting for a Job, In hard times or good times there are some young men who are always waiting for something to turn up. They never really get right down to the business of going out and turning it up. Day after day there are men in all the large cities who hang around the streets. Ask them what they are doing and they will reply that they are looking for work; but they never appear to look very hard. Then there is always an idle gang about a boss politician waiting for him to find a place “A publie held in trust for When he said: for them to draw a salary in. office is a public trust,’’ a ward bummer to feed = on. Hamlet was asked how he fared, “Exeellent, i? faith, dish; Ll eat the air, That is what the young man eats who ts of the chameleon’s promised-crammed.”’ waiting for the place that the politician |! has promised him, It kills the man who waits Every day he becomes shabbier and more heart-broken, and much less a man than he would be if he went out could mistake the and took hold of anything he in the shape of work. It is a for a young man to think that world owes him a living nothing that he does net hustle for. He may be able to beat his mother living, and have lots of time to no good situation is out young man of that class Apt ing hands always ready are sure to something to do that will lead to some thing better FRANK STOWELL! loaf, looking and will See] The world owes him} out of al but} for a! find | THE MIC a GAN TRADESMAN The Credit System. From the St. Louis Shoe Gazette. In all probability it is quite sary to tell the retail merchant that the credit’ system is his worst enemy. it keeps capital tied up without renumera- unneces- tion, vastly inereases the risks of the business, causes failure, raises prices, and makes a loss in profits. Every cent’s worth of stock sold on credit rep- resents that amount of money loaned without interest. Credit should not be granted where money would not be loaned. Every item of credit on the books is in greater danger of loss than is the merchant's stock; yet the former are unguarded, while the latter is protected by insurance. Outstanding accounts on which no money could be realized when needed have cansed more failures this year than lack of capital or ability. Un- collectible accounts render it necessary |} that cash buyers or those who pay for | their goods make up the loss, conse- quently causing higher prices and smal- ‘ler profits. Those are the reasons in a nutshell why retail dealers in merchan- |) dise should give credit the cold shoulder. They will sell just as many goods on a cash basis and get more out of them. Itis far better and safer to sell $10,000 worth of goods and get the cash for them than | to dispose of $15,000 worth third of the credit given. As 1 said be- fore, however, absolute cash with every purchaser is impossible, but by making the basis of the business cash, and giv- ing credit to only these who are abso- lutely sure pay, the business man will j} tind his trade much more reliable, satis- | factory and profitable. > 2 = Use Tradesman Coupon Books. and lose a} DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE = = = Halitone Engravings Tradesman Company and those from other THe From the houses in Western Michigan is in the fact that they give the best possible results from the photograph or other copy every once in two or three times. We can con- ‘time, instead of vince inquirers of this. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich } PLEASES EVERYBODY, PRICES FOR ise TANGLEFOOT Sealed STIGKY FLY PAPKR = ach Box Contains 25 DOUBLE SHEETS AND ONE HOLDER. Each Case Contains 10 BOXES. The Dealer whe sells Tanglefeot will be sure to please his customers, and will avoid all loss 40 CENTS A BOX. and annoyance usnally connecied with the sale of imperfect or interior goods. $3.00 PER CASE. Tanglefoot ts present shape has been on ¢ market for ten years. Tanglefoot always . : : i : sad nd is a Med b rath the best trade and th st consumers as the highest standard for $3.50 PER CASE, in Five-e leads. and is accepted oy beth tae best trade and the dest consumers as The Dighest star € Sticky Fly Pape: Case Lots ' : 2 ~ Weis ont na the Holder are. as is > a &> > PER : AS} in Ten its dis Ve ‘ ~ @ S@al x ) er, Div i Saeet, ana the Holder are, as is well * 2 ~~ rege ~ Known e inventions a operty © Lo. F n Company. These features are being ex ease Lots naively imitated by unserup is parties Dealers are respectfully ‘autioned against the illegal- SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS ty h TN x : of th istice of so ett at 9 — — Oo. & VV. Manufactured by THUM CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. fa ba lnc is li ll = ¥ ¥ a Tt She ¥ f L. miGerik.o < * re * . ‘ ES m = Bs, x a ~ ar ies 59 * te ‘ “Sa ‘ = ~ 7 ~ ~~, : it ~S FPR OR RBERREAERE HES ee ee ee x2 == ss = SS SS SSS yO I AW ARD-= MED - md LAKE! Gail Bide 1 Eagie act of Coffee = U nsweetened Condensed Milk, Borden's Extr c Va 4 Lite t ae CE Te Milk Company ering pe Dex ssudie vy OV Mgid ac rs c 2 ey < ess t z S re c em w ~ e t ¢ ° tine . $ 7 > \ Hs Co nhian | Exr Osition, acorc ew York Condensed a t e than thirty years, has . tere ces in Sie Pemswes hah . Soe iad le Rane aN Tt === = = SS SS SS se Se Se Se SS eS Se Se eS Se SS SS SS SS Se » ~ % - Y ‘ rt AS r2en- given to the New York Condensed 3 a ’ brated — aw’ ied Send Cuiideel Milk, << = Filled Cheese in Minnesota. From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin An effort has been made to place filled | cheese on this market. The story of it} is told by a Minneapolis commission man, who, receiving a circular in which | a house eastward offered pure full cream | cheese at9 cents per pound, sent for} a trial box, and upon receipt and exam-| ination found that the articie was a com- position filled rind of the cheapest and nastiest description. He shipped the} goods back with a demand for the return | of money he had paid for freight, and | received in return a saucy letter declar- | ing in effect that, when the consumers | could not tell the difference, a man was | a chump who would not sell cheese hej} could get at 9 cents per pound for 14 eents. Such cases ought to be reported | to the state food commission and they be prompted to deal with the matter de- | cisively. i 0 Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Get Out of the Old Rut port, of New York, and of the banking | by discarding antiquated business methods and adopting those in keeping with the progressive spirit of the age. If you are still using the pass book, you should lose no time in abandoning that system, supplying its place with a system which enables the merchant to avoid all the losses and annoyances incident to moss grown methods. We refer, of course, to the coupon book system, of which we were the originators and have always been the largest manufacturers, our output being larger than that of all other coupon book makers combined. We make four different grades of coupon bvoks, carrying six denominations ($1, $2, $3, $5, $10 and $20 books) of each in stock at all times, and, when required, furnish specially printed books or books made from specially designed and engraved plates. Briefly stated, the coupon system is preferable to the pass book method because it (1) saves the time con | sumed in recording the sales on the pass book and copying same on blotter, day book and ledger; (2) prevents the disputing of accounts; (3) puts the obligation in the form of a note, which is prima Facix evidence of in- debtedness; (4) enables the merchant to collect interest on overdue notes, which he is unable to do with ledger accounts: (5) holds the customer down to the limit of credit established by the merchant, as it is almost im- possible to do with the pass book. If you are not using the coupon book system, or are dissatisfied with the inferior books put out by our imitators, you are invited to write for samples of our several styles of books and illustrated price list. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich (HEY - ALL SAY “It’s as good as Sapolio” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. Whourges you to keep Sapolio? Is it not the public? The manufacturers by constant and judicious advertising bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. Vv v ‘ty os a) 4 lan ye al * A Feature of the Law Entirely Ignored. There is one phase of the Sealer of Weights and Measures question which has not yet. been touched upon. The ordinance under which the Sealer is ap- pointed confers authority upon him, and makes it a fuction of his office to stop a load of hay or coal or anything that is being sold by weight and the driver must, at the Sealer’s request, take it to the nearest weigh scales and have it weighed.. He has authority, likewise, to order the measurement of a load of wood. The following is the law on the subject: Sec. 7. No person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in delivering coal, hay or straw, to whom the certifi- cate mentioned in See. 6 has been de- livered, shall neglect or refuse upon demand to exhibit such certificate to the sealer of weights and measures of said city, or to his assistant, or to any person designated by him, or to the purchaser of the coal, hay or straw being delivered; and when said officer, or the persons so designated or such purchaser shall de- mand that the weight shown by sueh certificate be verified, it shall be the duty of the person delivering such coal, hay or straw to convey the same forthwith to some public scale of the city, cr to any private scale in the city where the owner thereof shall consent to such use, and to permit the verifying of the weight shown, and shall, after the delivery of such coal, hay or straw, return forthwith with the wagon or conveyance used to the same seale and verify the weight of such wagon or conveyance. Sec. 8. It shali be the duty of said ealer of weights and measures to inspect or cause to thoroughly inspected and tested, the weight of coal, hay or straw delivered as aforesaid within the limits of the city of Grand Rapids, and to take the necessary proceedings and make the necessary complaints to enforee the pro- visions of this ordinance. This was one of the main objects had in view in the passage of the ordinance, and it was advocated and its passage urged by coal dealers and others’ who were interested in sustaining prices. It was more than suspected that certain dealers, who advertised a cut in the prices of coal and wood, were giving short weight and measure, and by this means more than making up the amount of their ‘‘cut.”’ This was not only a fraud on the public—it was an injury to every honest dealer in the city, and it was determined to put a stop to it, if possible. An ordinance providing tion of weights and measures promise the best results and troduced and Council. for the inspec- seemed to one was in- pushed through the After investig that the present Sealer ation it does not appear at- the little any feature cf has paid tention whatever to this ordinance. He time he has devoted to the superficial scales weights, entirely neglecting the important part of the work. It is im possible for a merchant, or scales, to have them always right, but, if a dealer intends to defraud, he will most frequently do it by short weight. It is, therefore, essential that the Sealer pay attention to the arti- has given what work to a inspection of and most any exactly giving user of | ; Grand Rapids at cles weighed. This, so far as can be learned, has never been done. Each user of weights and measures (or some} of them) has been visited once a year, the sales have been balanced and sealed, and that has been the extent of the in- spection. The intention of the ordinance was, of course, the pro- tection of the public against fraudulent weights and measurements; but of the framers | the | THE: | Sealer has so enforced the ordinance as 1 to almost entirely eliminate even the] shadow of protection against fraud, No matter who may be appointed to | succeed Mr. Bush, he will have the | cordial co-operation of al! users of | weights and measures in the eity if he | endeavors honestly to enforce all the| provisions of the ordinanee; but if the present emasculated enforcement is con- tinued the only thing to be done will be to abolish the office. vee st a Rights of Working Men, Met L. Saley in (Chic The husband of a stenographer in this “ago) Northwestern Lumberman. Office is a paper hanger and for ten months was unable to get work. The first of March he got something to do and for the following six weeks worked a part of the time as he was able to find jobs. Last week while hanging paper in a flaton the South Side a man came in and struck him on the head from behind, mock iu him senseless. it \ was at first thought that his skull was fractured, but fortunately such was not the One not conversant with the laber tion would say that in this great and free | country aman has aright to work when he can get work todo and mn 3 case. situa thus ez living without being slugged: but such a eonclusion would be erroneous. This man is a sinner beyond pardon for the| reason that he has never seen fit to join a union, and, as a consequence, tt 1ugs be- longing to the union are dog his steps and the steps of thousands of others as well. These thugs are practically pro- tected by the police in this city. At a strike on the Stock Exchange a few weeks ago the eerie saw the non-union men in the slight atte 1 t they were able to make to keep out of the hands of the thugs, but they did a see the thugs when they attacked the non-union men. the efforts of ‘‘or tain itself, and there are p: fering, prostitute newspapers in the city which are as blind as the police. What is to be done about it? Are the thugs who are doipg this work for the alleged good of the union to be permitted in defiance of law and order to eontinue it? It seems so. How long they will be with fists and clubs They were blind to ganized scageille = Sus- sO permitted cannot be told. There may come a fae when these thugs will not menace and cripple private and public interests; if so it will be when feeling shall become genera! awong union men that if the officers of the nhon- the law will not protect them they will protect | themselves. A pocket full of “‘ouns?? | with nerve to use them quick is the rem- edy. Ifa man must be driven to starva- tion by thugs he may as well die if he must, before he starves. It would be a milestonein the advance of civilization if the labor unions of the evuntry would divoree their orzaniza- tions from thuggery. i —- ¢.¥ Pap THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Gum Opium, Oil Anise, Quicksilver, Linseed Oil. Declined— ACIDUM. ee eee . 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(bbl. 3%)... 34@ 4 | Corks, list, dis. per a (po. 35) .. oe Ps (aan. 35@ aoe te = peeninaml............ 5! i ol Te Camphora..°. 00.000... 40@ 50) PharlarisGanarian 3 2 * | Crete, (bbl. 75) .22.. 3 3 eee e....... Be Mie | ml ences 5@ 5 Ga Damm sso ~ @2 50 sinapis aba 8 Sig] precip ..220:: %@ 11 —— “a aa 7 3 > cai. eee... @ 8 uaiacum, (po m Weous ........ 5 5 | (oo 1 )......, @) > Frumentt, Ww. oe rt - = ¢ = ne Lees a ‘ 7 2 ee os eee cece a er ee a ae. wae = 7 1 25@1 50 Cuprt Supt. Co Som 18 Ovi {po 3 80@4 00) 2 50@2 60| Juntperts Go. 0. ....1 oops 00 | BexeHBe > 1 75Q3 50 er Sulph ic 0@ % te” iecched..... 33@ 35] Saacharum N. #......1 75@200) 08 po. $ 6 Tragacanth ........... 40@1 00 | Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50 | wr gota, (po. Me iccees 70@ 75 HERBA—In ounce packages. be — ween eeeeees : so8 00 | Fiske ee 129@ 15 Aveinthium............. a . ta Te es sense ceess . $ - —— 25 shay Gelatin, Cooper... --- 60 sonnet dana 38 Fiexitie sheeps’ wool French......_. 30@ 50 ogee Cipla a 2 50@2 75 | Glassware Aint, by box 80 sir Vir. ; 25 Nassau sheepe’ wool se Less than box 75. ee Die eedccees 30 Glue, Brown 9@ 15 x el a 110|_"_ | White 18Q 25 25) pxtra yellow sheeps’ Glycerina .. 14@ 2 MAGNESIA, ess 85 —— ao = canes Pa. SQ | Samant wale | Rar wie BB r Test: ) 2, ‘a ld Si, PP ESRB nw tee eee ene Carbonate, K.& M... 20@ 2% | Hard for slate use: “ « oa =e Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36 = Reef, for slate io Ey estima @ % cette] RRB seve retraceese ress iu Vat on & Aieietite. ......:.- 2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum......... @ 6 Amygdalae, Dulc... .. et i cee eee es ues ee 50 | Te —e Am.. ..1 25@1 50 Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber .................... Oy | Wee... es... s,s. 75@1 00 einen 1 80@1 90 nae ee ee ede eee aan 60 | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 80@3 90 Auranti Cortex....... ee ee Oe | Segeterre.............. @4 70 MEE oh 6i ve cess see 3 00@3 20 | Auranti Cortes.......... a — Ste eeeceecuss @2 B REE ee cess cys Ce ol eee Arom........... -..... 50 secepetinm TS 70@ 75 Caryoumeil ........... 5@ = Similax ra aS eee = a is Ansa’ ot ity W@ 75 ee eee wae 35@ ss oc uor n y- SE os ccc, Oe Oe I i cin k cen once nes 50 ie @ 27 Cinnamontl ......0.... 1 10@1 15 | Scill 50 jigene Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 RE ss... @ 4 50 = Sulph (bbl mii a 35@ 65 i ince ce coun 24@ 4 eke beeebsouwes 80@ 9 Mannia, 8. F.......... 60@ 6 Morphia, S. P. & W. oe 50 | Seidlits Mixture...... @ 2} Linseed, boiled.. .. 55 58 ™ N.Y. @ & a Sees e ce eee na @ 18} Neat’s Foot, winter Oe, 2 15@2 40 opt. @ 30] __ strained . Te 4 Moschus Canton..... 40 —< accaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 34 36 Myristica, No 1 . on wr Vo... @ 35 : Nux Vomica, (po20).. @ 10 Snuff. ‘saaidi De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. bbl. Ib. ee Sen 1 18 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). 10@ 11] Red Venetian.. -...18¢ 208 Pe an Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Ochre, yellow Mars..- ‘1% 2@4 OE = GG) Soda Carb........ |... 14%@ 2 Ber... ..1% Picis Liq, N.“C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5| Putty, commercial... 24 2%@3 ee Ga itods, An 3%@ 4] ‘ strictly pure.... 2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., — oe @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas.. i @ 2% — Prime Amer- oe @ 85|Spts.EtherCo........ 50@ 55 aaa : 13@16 Pil Hydrarg, ( aa 80).. @ 50] ‘ Myrcia Dom..... @2 2 Vermilion, English. 65@70 Piper Nigra, (po. a @ 1 ss * iat fap... |. @3 00} Green, Peninsular .. T0@7S Piper Alba, (po ¢5).. @ 3 ini Rect. bbl. head, rea.) |. 6 @6% Pie Biegan |. @ 7? 2 17@2 2 i weet ---. 6 @6% Piombi Acet ... 14@ 15 Less 5e gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... @70 Pulvis Ipecac et opli..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 see Gilders’..... QM Fyre, boxes Mi Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3 White, Paris American ro L Col, dom...) @1 25 s Ro Ol ay oie Whiting, Paris Eng. tethrum, pv........ ‘ WEGMEEOG 8... 10 14 Prrethrum, me oe = Terebenth Venice..... aa 30 Pioneer Prepared Paintt 20@1 4 Quinta, anew “‘a4u@ao%4 Theopromag __.__.. . 45 @ 48/| Swiss Villa —, « "§” German.... 27@ 37| Vanilla... 02.2002... --9 00@i6 00 Paints ......... 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinetorum a 12@ 14{ Zinci Sulph. ee VARNISHES, accharum Lactispv. 1 14 v , ‘ eee 2 cae 10 OIL8. mete — ‘aaa 0 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ Bbl. Gal| Coach Body......)... 2 75@3 00 Sapo, yy... 12@ 14] Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Rurn.... 3 00@1 10 in a. 10@ 12] Lard, eae SO 85 | Eutra Turk Damar... 1 55@1 60 eo... |... @ Lard, No. 1. a. 45| Japan Dryer. No. 1 Linseed, pure raw... 52 55 tov. a . T0@7TE ee Grand ids, [li rand Rapids, [lich. We offer the following very desirable sponges in cases: bate 1,000 Pi ieces a @% 5 00 ING, O04... oe. Uhl... (a 1 50 * wo 8. ......... 100 ee . (a 2 50 * fa0-8.......... 100 eee (a a o0 ee PeO- 8 lll. 100 ee @ 5 00 * t10-4.......... 50 SF . @ $ 50 ee EE @ 071 ee 50 ee @ 14 TO Bl oo Oe (a 20 - GB... 25 el . @ 30 > 50... ....... 50 es (@ 10 a Ce i" 18 ee @ 50 sp me... 12 Qe 1... ee 65 - ce... 12 Se @ 90 ae... 50 Pieces retail 5¢ each oo mo. 40 . - we hl a 30 " Ce wa... 18 > a 20 PRICE $8.50 per case. Sheep’ Wool Sponge, from. ee oe oe ———s.llrlmrti“( “i‘COiSSCOCCCC OS ease 290 to 1 00 Slate “ EE (ns Surgeons _ a 2 00 to 2 50 ba strings eo . 1 00 to 2 50 Chamois Skins From $ 1 00 to$ i 60 to 20 00 per kip. § 502 ™ doz. HAXELTING & PERKINS DRUG GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. per case each oe se ee 2 2 oO 00 .. 2 oo 60 $14 60 per pound sé each G0,, i THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE —_— oan... ....--..-. @ 6 00 eert.......... 7 00 Diamond..... . = 5 50 ers. ..-.- . - 9 00 —............. 7 80 oe «Ct#;sC¥; Ce; 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. 4 Ib. cans, 3 doz ——— 45 _* '* ee “EE ee = Arctic. \% I cans 6 doz case....... 55 =e” to * ee '% * Sdn “ ...-.-. 20 aM ite jo Cream Flake. i i 45 ta” tee * fk 66 ce eh . = _ doz " _t2 io“ tae ~ . 200 [= idoz r te Red Star, lg cans.... 40 _ - ... 3 Ip « 1 40 Telfer’s, % lb. cans, doz 45 : %lb. 85 ' i ” oe Our Leader, } = cous. ...- 45 . 1 cans...... wD e 1 ~ cans 1 50 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. a J 2 Se 80 Domestic... 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4 = ovals.. : 3 60 80! ai ein i 6 75 . ome. aa... 00 _ Ko 0. 2 , Sifting box... 2 _ «eo - ' 8 00 *. oszball . -... 90 Mexican Liquid, 3 ot. oo kes 6 80 BROOMS, 1p eer. peeenbrseees = 2 a BS. bcapei i... 2 50 Peer ee... . .. 2605. . 8% Common Whisk.... . 2 yee 1 00 all BRUSHES. oe. ease 1 25 mere, ¥ 18 ‘se “ tl . 1 75 Rice Root Scrub, 2 ‘Tow. 85 Rice Root Scrub. Btow.... 125 Paimetto, goose............ 1 50 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...... 10 , = . . Paraffine . Wicking a CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, 1 !b.. 1 20 - s...... 1 96 Clam Chowder. Geiert B......... 2 2 ec Oysters. Standard at 75 133 Sa Star, 1 lb. 2 4 id 2 lb 3k Picnic, 1 ib 2% - = 2% Mackerel. Standard. i lb . 2 Ib Mustard, 2 Ib to tO whore t og Tomato Sauce, 2 1b. 25 ae Sh.........: 25 Salmou. Columbia River. —... 1. talls.. 1 65 Ge SE 123 ” pink................. 110 as, ee. 1 9% Sastines. American _- ——. ag t 5 Imported boeee : oo Qi Mustard %s......... 6@7 Pee ....,....... 21 Trout. ee oe... = «- 2 50 Fruits. Apples. 3*lb. standard......... 10 York State, — 3 Hamb urgh, cen —- Live oak....... ‘ 1 40 oe Ce........ ... 1 40 See 1 50 _aeee............ 10 Blackberries. Lay... 90 Cherries ee 10Q1 25 Pied ae -. en 1 50 nase ee 1 30 Damsons, Ege Plums and oie ages. ae... 1 20 California. 1 40 Gooseberries. — 1% Peaches ae 1 10 en... i 66 ee... 1 60 Caiitornmia............. MOBl @ ee ———— Tm, Domestic ........ — 1s eeees.............. 1% Pineapples. eee, 1 30 Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 _ grated...... 2% Booth’s sticnd See cone @2 5) e grated.. : 2% Quinces. een... 1 10 Raspberries, ee aS Ve nial 1 10 Binck ee. 146 Erie, black .. 13 "eaiisniees Lorene ............. 123 ere ............ l= cele gt SG ul 1 20 ———— tC 1 05 Wh ater areaiaae Blueberries . . 85 Meats. Corned beef Libby’ Dees oe Roast beef Armour’s....... 1 80 Potted ham, \% Ib..... — - fe De ceesen 8 " tongue, 4 Ib.........1 % " - _—.. 85 ' Chicken, i i>....... 95 Vegetables. eans. Hamburgh stringless....... 1 15 French style.....2 00 “ im: 1 35 a 70 Lewis Boston Baked........ 1 35 may State Baked............ 1 3 World’s Fair Baked........ 13 a 1 00 Corn. Hamburgh ..... ie Livingston Eden . oe ee eee Moral Te eee cca. 1 40 Morn ae ee | eee 75 Peas Hamburgh marrofat.. 1 40 early June . Lee _ Canmeton Eng..1 40 r = ——.. 1 40 . ancy Pitted... eT I oo es ee, 65 ee vt) VanCamp’s marrofat.......1 10 _ early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 —— llr, 21% ee Mushrooms. a... 19@}21 Pumpkin. BD cee nns 84 ie aie £0 uash. —— 115 Succotash. ee 1 40 ee 80 —— Cs 1 50 cee .......5.....,,.:........ 13 Tomatoes. eC 110 ee Mo oo ews cacc an ee oe... 3 50 CHOCOLATE, Baker's, German Sweet.. ...... 23 Ct oe 37 43 1134 12 @i2 12 @i1% 6@10 15 1 00 2 Roe ou, @15 oe Os Roquefort...... .. ... QS I nc cesees ens. 1 Schwelizer, fmported. oa “ domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Biue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles ...... Pint - a Quart 1 doz bottles Triumph Brand. 2% 4 Half pint, peor Ge8.....-..,. 135 Poms 2 BOGes.............. 4 BO ears, per Gos ..... ...... 3 75 CLOTHES PINS. ce 44@45 COCOA SHELLS, oe eee... ...,.. ca 3 Less quantity . oe @3% Pound packages........ 6%@Q7 COFFEE. Green. Rio. meer... 5... -... oe, —. le ee... | een... ................ 21 ee. Santos. ae. ie os. ................. 2. 20 ea ce ae 22 Peaberry . 2 Mexican and Guatamala. — ........... . 21 Mec 22 no ee oe 24 —— Prime . ' oe Milled . eas el ane ee ‘Java. Interior .. 25 Private Growth... Mandehbling . a. Mocha. Imitation . rl 26 Arabian.. 00 ‘Renstes. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 23 % Bunola ..... a Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case... 23 95 Extract. ey City % GTOSS........ 75 ha 15 Hummers, foll, gross. ee 1 65 tin a oo CHICORY. ae _s a, —' CLOTHES LINES, Cotton, 40 ft....... per dos. 1 2 . i ' i# ' 4... a i 60 . ee es. ” 1% " Be iss. oss e 1 9 Jute oe ee..-.... _ 85 * os ...... ' 10 CONDENSED MILE, 4 doz. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle..... ... ae — Dime. 7 40 Peerless Evaporated Cream. CREDIT CHECKS. = any one denom’ nes #3 00 a 5 00 3000’ “ “ . 8 00 Bie pene 7% | COUFON BOOKS. ‘Tradesman.’ ® 1 books, per hundred.... 2 00 g 2 ae oe “ a 2 50 g 3 “ “ “ o 8 00 g 5 “u “ ou ne 3 oa ees .. 400 820 oe “ ae 5 00 “Superior.” $1 books, per hundred 2 50 $2 ..o hh " " .. 3530 eee .. 400 aoe ee .. 500 #20 “ oe “e i 6 00 Universal.” 8 1 books, per hundred .. 8 00 $2 - hd 27 & 3 “ “ _« 00 85 wi ” —§ oe _ e " . 600 . 7 00 a prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or ovyer.. 5 per cent “ o a 10 “s 1000 “a “ : 20 “ COUPON PASS BOOKS, (Can be made to represent any denomination from 810 down. | Oe ne eee ne ee Oe SS 2c a 2 Se 3 00 we 6 25 ea 10 00 — * wl 17 50 CRACKERS. Butter. w Seymour XXX.. .-- Seymour XXX, ‘cartoon. ns 6 a a. 5% Family a cartoon...... 6 Salted XX heieee Salted xxx, ‘cartoon ...... 6 Kenosha . a I ee cece 7 Salter Sea Soda. ne a . 5% ee 7% scotia! co crn, ene ere 8% OE Ps nee conta 10% Long Island Wafers ....... 11 ope. NE OF Bia eee ne ce eras 5% te tip dere, TE 5% PUreRA CPONEE....4.......,. 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly ein sete ween ns Telfer's Absolute.......... ic ites sex DRIED FRUITS. a Sundried, iced oy bbls. 7 tered ‘ 7% Sree 30 Ib, boxes 12 12% Apricots. California in bags.. ... 14 Evaporated in boxes. .. 14% Blackberries. oe... ......... 8 Nectarines. aoe .. ... 10 ee, OO ce ee cs 1% Peaches, Peeled, in boxes........ Cal. —. ..10% ' in bags.. on on 10 Pears. California in bags..... 16 Pitted Cherries ee... 50 lb. boxes ... he =" _ na cases oe Prunelles. 30 lb. boxes... Raspberries. in pees......-....-... ome Denee..........-... a Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes. 2 crown a J 18 3 eo : 20 7... LL 145 Loose es in ste = crows... .- - 3& 3 he chuwe aug 4% New Orleans. ee ee 18 Good : 22 27 32 40 Foreign. Currants, <-e ag perre......... 2 = i eee.......... 24 ' Z leas —— C 2% cleaned, bulk _ - cleaned, pac kage. 5% Peel. Citron, Leghorn, => boxes 12 Lemon . 8 Orange i = . 7 10 Raisins, Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes @8 Sultana, 20 7% @8s Valencia, 30 ‘ i Prunes, California, 100-120.......... 7 " 90x100 25 Ib, bxs. 7 ’ 80x90 . ~ _ 76x80 . 814 : 60x70 - . 8% eR Silver . ns 10 Sultana . Leese French, ee hee nies . a... hl . Pe ey ENVELOPES, XX rag, white, ee a ee $i 75 No. 2, 6% a-ha. 1 60 Ei 1 65 No. 2, 6 \ ' 1 50 XX wood, white No. 1, 6% .. i. te No. 2, 6% . ha 1 3 Manilla, white. oh eeae cia eksaseena enue 1 0 “Coin. mie we... ... 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. on oe ee. 8... 3% fominy. OO eee eae, 3 00 Lima Beans. a 4 @4% Maccaroni and —_ Domestic, 12 Ib. b 55 Pca ee -.10 %@.1 — Barrels 200. . ioc. Half barrels 100........... 225 Pearl Barley. Kege...... i eckee keene oe 2% Peas. eee ee i. 1 20 Split = ec een 3 Rolled Oats. eee See... 4.2... @4 % mee bee e.......... @2 Sago. MIE ose rte ce ees 4% Ee Wheat. —een........ 44. ...... 3% FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Tee... Cod. ee Whole, Grand Bank. Boneless, bricks.. .. Boneless, strips.. ....... 6@8 Halibut. Smoked . 10@13 ‘Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 70 “ce “ce a bb] 9 50 “ “ “ “ POWER .... .. «00+. Round, oe bbl 100 Ibs 2 40 : 1 ea Ma uckerel, No. 1, 100 lbs cece wee ee Pe eeee............... 4 6 No. 1, od Mo. 2, 160 the... . at ean ee... 3: Paes Family, 90 lbs 5 7 ' ee 65 Sardines. Oe 55 rout. me. 1. — 100s Lee ae 57 No. 1% bbl, 40 Ibs.......... 255 No. 1, kits, i lbs. ie ada alice %3 mo 1,00 Bee... 61 Whitefish, i Fomily % bbls, 100 Ibs owes a6 0 830 — 29) 150 10 Ib. kits eee Ge & 45 om * a MATCHES. Globe Match Co.’s Brands. Columbia Parior........... a3 a OU ci 55... ;. io Diamond Match Co.’s Brands. me. 9 er... 1 65 Anchor parlor...... ines ou 1 2 me Si... ee pert peelor..... 6.260504; 4 oo | GROCERY PRICE CURAEIINT. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the FLAVORING Souders Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. EXTR ACTS, Regniar Grade Lemon. Regular Vanilla. 02 .. 81 2 . 240 XX Grade Lemon. me 20Z..... $1 50 me, 40Z..... 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. Soe..... $1 75 oe..... 20 Jennings. emon. Vanilla 202 regular panel. 75 1 20 4 = 12 2 00 60 . ‘ ; 00 3 00 No. . ier... 1 35 2 00 Mo. 4 baper........1 © 2 SO Northrop’s L emon. Vanilla. 1 2o0z oval taper 75 1 0 3 02 _ 1 20 1% 202 regular : 8 1 20 4 0z . to 2 25 FLY PAPER. Thum’s Tanglefoot. wee Cae. 8. ee 3 60 Rive Gaee 1068.............-.0 oo oo e...............8 Less than one case, 40¢ per box GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s, eee 25 Half i ec a, 1 90 Quarter ROBB. sessed 10 1 1b cans. oe % Ib cans. = 18 iis gs Bere~Dapent’s. 8. Half kegs.. 2 40 Quarter kegs. . ates, 2 hie Chee ....... _ = Eagle beth Descartes, I ove teenie epesae cus 11 00 TO MO i cae dc ass 5 % Cd 2 coe... Cj 60 HERBS, NE i kha is bee sia etn ae ce se INDIGO. Madras, 5 Sim, DOROS ...... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 50 JELLY. 17 Ib, pails aoe aa @ :0 elu @ 80 LICORICE. Pee 30 Calabria hee EE LYE. Condensed, 2 dos........... 12 ' oe. ..4..4... 22 MINCE MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. ‘ Pie — 3 doz. in case . o> evosee 6 OO MEASURES Tin, per dozen, [oe ..... to ao ee wees... s,s ae ee ee cea acne 7 int . oe 45 Half pint . i eee 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. coe ......,.- 7 00 Half gallon ee 4 %% RE ee ou % re. el MOLASSES. Blackstrap Sugar house.. “ 1 Cuba Baking. Ordin dee Neila eabe Porto Rico. MD soos hice e ip cccuees DOUG .. cnecs wee! tees oen wee 30 ¥r LP tall Za My Zs 0 0 0 weve ~ V—eE we See a ¥r » 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. iv PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count. @4 50 Half bbis, 600 count.. 2 %6 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 5 50 Half pbis, 1,200 count 3 2 PIPES. Cy ae ee if D. full count. — Cob, Noe: De 1 20 POTASH, 48 cans in case. is i. 4 00 Pee Gar OO.......... 3 00 RICE. Domestic. es es . ... Le [ oa ac ete es 5% . ae a 5 cen, 4 Imported Japan, No. : ee eee sues le, 5% Oa... .. - es, 5 WO icc cv cs esccocccceese 6 ae wdsces S00 SPICES, Whole Sifted BT ok i i i eee sic, GM Cassia, China in mats...... 8 c Batavia in bund....15 . Saigon in rolls...... 2 Cloves, Aer on...... -.... 22 eT 11% Mace Batavia.. hace ee Nutmegs, fancy.. chee gees 75 ST 70 ic ee -60 Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 white 20 ve -16 shot.. Pure Ground in Bulk. eae ane 15 Cc assia, Batavia ee 18 and aa. 25 ' a... .3o Cloves, Amboyna... re Deeeeeer.......-... 18 Ginger, — ee 16 a... 20 , fr oo. mace Datavia............... 65 Mustard, eee and Trieste, .22 co 25 Reueeems He s............. %5 Pepper, Singapore, black ....16 . " white. ....24 ° Cuyemie,.........- 20 i i “Absolute” in Packages, 4s ees a 18 Cinnamon. 84 1 55 Le 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... & 155 ” IATVIOG .......- a1% OME ccc sine 8 155 a nee 84 1 55 ieee. .... 84 SAL SODA. eee 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS. Aue ..... i @i5 Canary, Smyrna. 4 cee uns 8 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp, Russian....... 434 eee Pere........... 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 PE ices chi cseaces 9 a 5 Cuntsie bome........ 30 STARCH Corn. = Ib boxes ee een ice 5% ee 5% Glogs. z > packages ae 5 Ccheteae an eeewee 5 ei . (i Oe aes 50 Ib. boxes.......... 3% Barrels.. nl i “SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders.........37 Maccaboy, in jars...........2 french Rappee. {n Jars..... 43 SODA poe... bh megs, Sagcen,...............a SALT. Diamond Pans Cases, 243 Ib. boxes......§ 1 60 Barrels, Ibs... oc. 2 9 2% Ib pags. 4 00 isa oo Ss i * 3 75 e oot0 ib * S 50 Butter, 56 lb bags......... 65 2a. 2 2 " foie oe... 6S Worcester. Ti6-936-) ekeks.......... .. . (Oo = 5-lb oe 75 ee Yk 3 50 56 1b linen bags.. = 38 lb bags.. <- on Common Grades. . 100 3-lb. sacks. -. a 16 eee 2 00 28 = ~ Backs eee 1 85 Cette pees, 1 80 I ei 1 50 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 32 a drill 16 18 Warsaw. 56 = dairy in drill “y 30 : 1b _ - Ashton 56 lb. dairy = een sacks.. 75 ggins 66 lh. dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock, eh eee. Ck... 3 Common Fine, I oii nee icn cn aeeses 85 Pee ce, se oa 85 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs, in box. Church’s 5% DeLand’s Dwisere.... .. Taylor's SEELY’S EXTRACTS. Lemon. los. F. M. $ 90doz. $10 20 gro 2 Ne ae 12 60 “ =” FF. M. = * 4G ** Vanilla. los. F. M. 1 30 doz. 16 20 gro ‘2.450 > 2a” gt a sheuese eeu Grade. Lemon. OE... case 76 dos..... sa” Vanilla. 7c. .... I @dox..... le ce * SOAP. Laundry. Allen B? baie yen s Brands. Old Country, 60 1-ib........ ; = Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... White Borax, 1 3-1... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. i a cae 3 45 Ivory, 10 oz. 1-2. 6 “ OD GB oct eke css oes £00 Lenox de ied ae oe 3 65 Mottled German...) 3 15 Ge! ee 82 Dingman Brands. Pamele DOR.. ...-.......... 3 95 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 % Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp d. .$4 00 plain... © ‘ N. K. Fairbank & Co. — Meets (3ege.... wo sc. Brown, G) pere............. 3 wo v oo are ..... : 3 25 on Bros. & Co.’s Brands. eee ee ego ee 3% é aot ..... 8. . 6 00 OO 4 00 Master Se 400 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands SULWER oe 3 0b Oe a 3% pavon Inmproved........... 2 50 PROWOP oc... ty, 2.80 SN es cae, 3 25 MOCOMOMICHT................ 22 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 eb. 2 50 Passolt’s Atlas Brand. Stage oe... ............. 3 65 5 box lots.. cite ee ae 10 box lots.. cetesaccene @ Oe Whos lotedel |... 3 40 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- eal freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. oe ee $4 94 Pacer... Lo... 444 CO ‘ 18 Extra Fine Granulated.. 31 Capes ..... 3 44 there was only one physician in the place— Dr. Chas. Shepard—who was as kind hearted as he was skillful. Well, the hard times came to an end at last, but the experience of those dark and dreary days will never be forgotten by those who passed through them. “Our greatest obstacle was the matter of transportation. We were compelled to bring everything around by the lakes. When we moved to Michigan we shipped our horses and cattle via the lakes to Detroit and sent them overland to Grand Rapids, while we ourselves made the whole trip by water, going up Lake Huron, through the Straits and through Lake Michigan to Grand Haven.” —_~ ~ , = A, ; y x } p-sunk iu mouth, a pror hin -omplete head in which had been conceived the bar + ~ + } x 7 + T pressior he WOT | BOL »¢ ve what he could not see or under- sta I The reason I have been so ecare- ful to describe the head of the man who eu he may be recog ed any one who reads the description, and imagines that ct Fic bh soon ful ez the deso} beat you? his w wart ity of summer? I do not i sheet, ran 1.2 s+} hart y keep his mouth shut, and her } + : ? ; + : . porenoio t ina no intention of giving you a iecture on crani yut } t arve far nr ] 6 oopserve tor yoursel!l, and see head depends upon remarkable mental equipment that man have had who deck: nothing but ocular demonstr d convince him! If ‘“‘Ignoran > wh appy man he ought i wor j;to think how few things there ar | wh e have any positive, determinate knowledge. We look ata tiny blade grass i winter long the earth has been be Ss icy chains; in al Nature there is no life, only death, death every where Death absolute? with almost the first warm breath of spring that little blade of grass pushes through the moist soil an } arpet of What ansformation from the dreary green. has caused ation of winter to the glory and In the autumn the farmer sows heat; the A robe of and Ui 1 rains and genial sunshine of spring } - uch | chase bleak winter from the land, the stuff; but they seem to tl hatas long 1. : eee as people want ‘*¢ heap”’ y ought farmer’s fields are { din gr en, and to have it, even if it i his faith in the bounty of Nature is re- apples are worth $3.5 warded by arich harvest. 3ut who is imore, $3.25(@3.50. ‘ : . Baltimore, $5.25 ' a wise enough to peer into the mysteries of Foreign green fruits are doin hy may ae fp is ature’s alem > and ' than rere well, and the warm weather has ‘| layed asmugnsenyt ameunatanut csunenus considerable improvement in the price of | bY Which these wonderful changes are lemons. Oranges, too, are doing better. | wrought? Does the farmer who sows ¢ as are neh fi (eo i : “a 1 oo. . and banana: are much ormer. j his seed in the full confidence that, after In the line of dairy products, butter | : . : i i j nths ¢ w ing ¢ ‘Fehall rear 1e continues dull and prices are most un- | @OU'US OF Walting, 4 hail reap if he precedentedly low. It is hard to see where | faint not? He is not in the least con- the profit to ‘the buttermaker when the best Elgin p here for less than 18e; but this is the top price. roduct is selling Cheese is in good demand and the supply is not over abundant. Full cream | cc. JAY. _— > —_ We have made H. Schneider Co. tributing agent for the old reliable S. K. B. cigar. State, 11,@11!} American Cigar Co. dis- | and belie ignor eerne ' > “ a least of ali d about how Nature does her work, does he say, ‘‘l will not ve in a future harvest ant of Nature’s because | am methods of produe- jing it.” Nature rewards the man who | has faith in her, but gives nothing to the man who waits to know how she does | true, | her work. ‘“‘Knowledge is power,’ it is but faith harnesses knowledge to Nature, and development of the individ- ! the earth is covered with a beauti-| Nature yields her increase to to - eecicrislndlank Knowledge is tial, faith is positive and there could be no knowledge, for there would be no knowing, and even faith, yet, vithout knowledge would be Eliminate mind com- meaningless. the human have land, tan end to all swept closed factory merce from sea and i store. enter- and pu prise Worse still, you have put upon man the brand of Esau—‘this hand very man’s man, al hand against him’’—for you have de- stroyed confidence between man and man back toa condition »f ba vagery, from which fait ‘oni it and given it, instead, igh order of civilization and} have no faith— ar and robber do not need it: but we are not all . . Wit , and so iong as i lives and make an honest living, ll] the faith of which we DANIEL ABBOTT. = . <-> The Drug Market. Gum opium has advanced, on of a firmer market in Smyrna. Morphia is unchanged. tending Oil anise has advanced and is iver is higher and all mercur- tending upward. lais are Linseed oil. from competition, was old as low as 44¢c, but has reacted and is now firm at 52c for raw and 55c for poied. PRODUCE MARKET. ( iZ<¢es-—S as are un changed $2 Celery—Er c 1} rs Eggs—Aresiow sale for tl commission t present, farmers 2 2trade wit! grocers Dealers selling for on mammoth clover, Alf: Ifa, 5c; Orchard Grass, 36. 75@7.50; buckwheat, I2c. Lettuce—Suy Dealers pay 6c 1 s¢ for 8c per Il as to be practically out is unchanged. It is still bought gal. old are about out of the m in good supply and is rir crate. Green are im y; they bring 10c DE Radishes—Are plentiful. Outside stock brings 2S 28e, and home-grown. Spinach—Taken atumble from -75e to 40¢ per Dealers are Is adrug on the market. It is worth holesale but le per lb. and dealers will soon to offer a premium to get it off berries—Tennessees are The just now begin- present price is fect the market. 1E TRADESMAN has stated all along iad reached high water mark, and t saction might be expected at any time. The reasons for that position were plainly given. t from the pre— 8 figures, and the probability fs that will continue to recede. The market has no features worth noting. New potatoes (Ber- mudas) arein fairsupply and are held by deal ers at $2.50 per bu. : Last week the market fell off 5c vious wee they t + , we intend to ilve } CANDLES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbis. Pails, Standard. per iD......... 6 7 - ee S 6 q TW oc. cues 6 7 Boston Cream....... ao 3% Cot Bost. ...4.. 8% Eitra 1. GF... . “MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Pails, anderd oho. ee 6% L ead ee ° 5% 6% Royai ‘ Th Ce oe 8 English Rock es os | 8 eg ee nee 7 8 eG baskets 8 . ‘ Peanut Squares...... Prenca Cream. ......... Valley Creams.. ... Midget, 30 lb. baskets Boon, wm, ~ = PaNcy—In bulk Pails. LOMONMOR, PIRIN....... 2-00 veer wens dy eae 3K ' prit ited... oe someaeee Oe ee he 2 shocoiate Monumentais. 123 Drops S PONE. 7% Drops til ieeeon 8% Pv crc rete ese wus a ce oe PANCY—In 5 5 Ib. boxes. Lemon Drops i | Sour Drops evaee Pepperm drops. Chocolate Drops..... H. M. Chocolate Drops. Gum Drops Licorice Drops | 3. B. Licoric Loze nges, pl | ieaporials,......... | Mottoes a Ce i a cae Molasses Bar Hand Made C Yreams. | | | | | | | 1 | j j | i | | | 1 1; | account Plain Cre CARAMELS, lb. boxes... Fancy Seedlings, (20e.......... . oz i oni 50- 176 200-2268. eS ae a. 250s. true ceuct te teececns © OO LEMONS. Dares DCN, ... ......... eee 2 00 a ee OTHER POREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, 12% ot “ ‘ 14 ‘* «6Oxtira C ae 15 Dates, Pard, 10-1b. box........ so 7 “ss “ 50-lb. “ 5% - Persian, 50-Ib. box... 5 NUTS. Almonds, = a - Ce he 1S QPHOHSHSOS SOOQSe weoa...... ocd eee ce 5 ' California... tea See new. eek y otek eeu eseu cs 8 iiberts . . oo 11 Wal nuts, Grenobie. 13 French. to - Calir.... on ee ee 12 Table Nut a, feney. -........., ou aeons 13 choice . ee ee @lli Pecans, Texas, H. f _ " Gi Chestnuts cs io Hickory Nuts per bu. i . 1 Cocoanuts, full me oo. sane 3 50 PEANU' Fancy, H. P., Suns.. ie “ Roasted..... a Fancy, Ho. P., Flags.. eee ese cele _ Roasted......... Choice, i. Ps Extras... .. ‘ \ | oMwOe wa a ” om 2 = UT - e QHSSHOGS OILS. The Standard Ol] Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. eee waar tsr es ccee anne 8 Zax W. W. Mich, B adiight .. 7 Seaaee ones. en ‘ a ‘@6 Stove Gasoline... Cue a 7 Cylinder oe Bein ...... a. Bleck, 15 cold test........ ken Cleese, FROM TANK WAGON, Headlight... Eocene . zis OW. Ww. ‘Mich. POULTRY, Local dealers pay as follows: LIVE. Tieeve........ Chickens... Pow. ....- SQeO 64 Ducks See ccs “gg Coe ee —- ae DRAWN. Cs ° @12 eee oo @13 Oe ee 11 Ducks..... @li Geese ..... @12 Turkeys Chickens Fowls . WORD. c4 055, coees........ RINDGE, KALMBAGH & 60. 12,14 and 16 PearlSt. RIVER SHOES WE KNOW HOW TO. MAKE THEM, | | If you want the best for Style, Fitand Wear, buy our make. You can build up a good trade on our lines, as they wvill give satisfaction. We Manufacture and Handle only Reliable Goods. v AGENTS FOR THE ‘ BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO a & om » FEW (+ SPECIALTIES ‘« CONTROLLED » A | gq Us FOR '. WESTERN - MICHIGAN —7 ,| 4 WITHINGTON & COOLEY inf. Co. , AGRICULTURAL TOOLS, WICKWIRE BROS. y @ WIRE CLOTH, ' The FAVORITE CHURN, tee The ACME POTATO PLANTER, 7 BABCOCK’S MONITOR CORN PLANTER, ¢14% The TRIUMPH CORN PLANTER, BARTHOLOMEW’S POTATO BUG EX- TERMINATOR. Also.as Complete a Line ot Fishing 8 Patented. The above cuts show a few of the many purposes this device will serve Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it will drive a srrew in, as several other devices on the spiral plan drive a screw the same way, but there is no other one that will dothis: Take a screw out withexactly the sarne push movement as it was putin and just as quickly; this is done by simply grasping the brass with the left hand, and having hold of the wood handle with theright; simply give the right hand a twist toward you; this reverses it to take out a screw; in like manner give itaturn from you, and itis ready to drive the screw. In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3, if desired, it will act as aratchet. turn ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made by the operator, and still another valuable position is obtained by simply turning it as before stated, but instead of clear from one side to the other, stop at half way; atthis point it will be as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron. Cut No.2. Here weshow the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving screws, here we show its usefulness in a Carriage, wagon or machine shop where many small burrs are to be taken off and put on; the screw driver bit is removed and a socket wrench putin with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty times quicker than by the old way. 2 Cut No. 3. This shows not only its usefulness in the carriage. wagon or machine shop, but carpenter, plumber or undertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is indispensable to any worker in wood or iron where screws or burrs are used, or boring, drilling. etc., is done, and in finishing up work with hard wood, where a small hole must be bored or drilled to receive the nail or screw, it is a wonderful convenience. Thus it will be seen it well merits the name it bears, The Univer- sal Screw Driver and Brace. The chuck and shell are highly polished brass while the handle is finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the most powerful tool of its kind made. WRITE FOR CIRCULAR, S. PF. BOWSER & Co., Man?’s. FORT WAYNE, IND. ADD A The BEST are the CHEAPEST. Ieed Coffee Cakes, Michigan Frosted Honey, S: ymour Butters, Graham Crackers, BOX OR BARREL OF ROYAL TOAST TO YOUR NEXT ORDER SOMETHING NEW AND A GOOD SELLER. Sears are the BEST. Watch out for our new spring novelties. They are sellers. ——_ $$$ $$$ New York Biscuit Co., ; r Tackle as anybody carries. ? | . . & ONROQ { & GC: _— \pJ S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Do They Raise Poultry i — Reme Hand Pata to Planter Your et of the Woods ? SIMPLE, DURABLE, PRACTICAL. Buy al! the first-class Poultry you can get and ship tome. I want it and will Works perfectly in Clay, Gravel or Sandy Soil, pay highest market price. Sod or New Ground. Plants at any and F. J. DETTENTHALER, 117 and 119 Monroe St. uniform depth in moist soil. , -————— Dwinell, Wright & os FINE COFFEES. Royal Java, | Royal Java and Mocha, Aden Mocha Mocha and Java Blend White House Mocha and Java, Golden Santos, safes) fx. Golden Rio, ites! No, 37 Blend. We o trebled sca a. aoe we ss been handing these brands, and any dealer can do the same. /RLRCHER HARDWARE CO, 2 FOSTER, STEVENS & C0, OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER a pero, mics, -—=—OMAND AIBN AE PRICE $12 PER. DOZEN. 0 Makes Holes, Drops and Covers at One Operation. ———<$<$<— § ————— A DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS. As necessary to Farmers as a Corn Planter. PLACE ORDERS EARLY WITH— Agents Western Michigan, Grand Rapids. CROCKERY +? GLASSWARE. IF About What to Buy in you TOILET Seis NAVE Dinner Sets or anything in Crockery or Glassware ped DBDOUB' come and see our assortment or write for special prices and list of new goods. THE BEAUTY _ Of buying this assorted Package is, we carry the vest selling pieces in open stock so you can keep your assortment up at a very slight outlay. The package contains: i-2 dozen 4 piece Sets 1-4 dozen Celeries 1-2 “ 1-2 Gallon Jugs s. * Pickles 3 ‘ Tumblers 1-4 ‘*s 5 in. Bell Jellies 1-6 “ 7 in. Covered Bowls 1-6 ag Molasses Cans 1-6 gu 8 in. - . 1-6 “* 7 in. Obiong Di shes 1-4 “ 7 in. Nappies 1-6 * 8 in. ei 8 in. " Po A ss 4 in. . 1 ** Salts and Peppers 1-6 se 10 in. Salvers ANG ONLY S05 VOU... oc $13.53 ess 10 DOr CORE. oo... 1.35 Pkg. 35¢ Net. Slee NOG es $12.18 ait. Tur is vives v Nice, New Stock at very li » lie sk anit "pessia ASSORTED PACKAGE. This gives you a Nice, New Stock at very little money. H. “LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. ange AP mmm ba * \ a ‘ +. oe < » & e & a y 3 * i ! 7m) & i | oR + a ae “e ¢ t i | > . « aq » > 4 7 7 \ ° ' - ] . 4 fm Y 7 : X : a . » a