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MISS MARIGOLD’S THANKSGIVING.

M. MARIGoLD.—That was all the sign
said, but in the window there were a
box of plumes, half a dozen rolis of rib-
bon, and two standard frames, uphold-
ing, in modest display, the one a satin,
the other a velvet bonnet.

lt is true the window was small, and
the light a good deal cut off by the shop
of Pinkham Sisters, adjoining Miss Mar-
igold’s, and built further out into the
street; the plumes were a little thin and
faded, the colors of the ribbons were not
arranged so as to harmonize into any
very happy effect, and the bonnets could
not be said to have much of an “air,”
but, such as they were, they told the
story and invited customers in. And
when once in, there was something
about Miss Mary Marigold that made
them pretty sure to buy, if the stock at
all approached what they wanted.

But the stock was so small thatit often
failed to do so; that was the very trouble
in Miss Marigold’s business, and one that
was constantly reflecting it difficulty
back upon itself, so that the occasions
when she heard the tinkle of the little
bell at the door, and put down her work
to come in from the back room only to
say that she hadn’t what was wanted, or
that she hadn’t it in just that shade, or
precisely the width, outnumbered her
sales a good many times, and were rather
discouraging to the customers. But not
in the least so to Miss Mary Marigold.
She said good afternoon, and what an
unusually pleasant day it was, and went
back to her little room with just as
bright a smile, and began humming just
as serene a little tune as when she had
made an extraordinary sale, or as if the
trip hadn’t given her lame knee a good
deal of pain. And the customers went
on to the larger shop that cut off Miss
Marigold’s light, really regretting that
they could not have bought of her. The
old patrons knew very well what it was
they preferred in Miss Marigold, but,
further than her smile, the new ones
would have found it difficult to tell, for
she hardly talked at all; while at the
next door one of the Pinkham Sisters not
only talked a great deal, but the other
maintained a position she was known to
have held for years—just one pace and a
half behind her sister’s right elbow, on
the next breadth in the carpet—and re-
peated every word she said in a yoice
pitched just one key higher.

But this morning Miss Marigold was
neither making sales in the front shop
nor repairing bonnets in the little sitting-
room behind; she had been having a won-
derful time brushing up the rather an-
cient carpet of the smaller room, and
watering her clove pink, and just now
she seemed to be giving her whole atten-
tion to something at the little table that
stood on a certain seam in the carpet
where was drawn, in Miss Marigold’s
imagination, the dividing line between
kitchen and sitting-room.

It was Thanksgiving morning, and as
it is quite a matter to get dinner prop-

 

 

erly even for one, Miss Marigold wished
to have it well under way before she
dressed for church, so that she might
neither be late nor disturbed in her mind
during services.

The poet says:

“The mind of man doth move amazing quick;”
And though like most poets he made no
allowance in his rhythm for that of wom-
an, Miss Marigold’s, the instant she
placed the little saucepan on the table,
repassed the space of all the years since
her girlhood; those days so long gone by
were like the very touch of things around
her, and only the present seemed far
away and dim. Such a stretching of the
table to make room for the scattered
ones come home; such handsome, hilar-
ious brothers, grown so manly since the
year before; such odors from the kitchen,
and ranges of everything in the pantries,
and such wandering of thoughts toward
them before the seventy-five minute ser-
mon in the church was done! Then
there were the endless tricks and mis-
chief of the brothers, and the sleigh-ride
in the afternoon, and such doings in the
evening as no pen could describe, and
somebody else beside the brothers who
was sure to come, and a sweet placid
face, with folds of white muslin fastened
underneath the chin, that smiled peace
and benediction over all. The little
sauce pan was the talisman that had
brought them back, and set Miss Mari-
gold in their very midst again.

**Such changes!” she said at last, and
wiped her eyes with a napkin scarcely
whiter than the snowy table where it lay.

But it wasn’t at all about the changes
that Miss Marigold wanted the napkin;
it was only on account of the onion she
was peeling. Perhaps another person
would not have chosen that vegetable for
their special treat; but Miss Marigold
had naturally quite a weakness that way,
and the one reasonable objection to them
she considered quite removed by her sol-
itary life. ‘‘So wonderful,’’ she used to
say to herself, ‘‘how one can find a bright
side to everything in this world. Now
if one must live quite alone, that to be
sure gives a shadowy feeling now and
then, but how perfectly one can enjoy
an onion!’”? Soshe was smiling behind
the napkin at the very moment she was
wiping her eyes; and Miss Marigold bad
a superb set of teeth, though everything
else about her had been growing thin for
a good many years.

*“Such changes!” she went on, ‘‘and
so wonderful, the way I have been car-
ried through them all! Somany mercies!
Do be sure, Miss Marigold, that you get
to church in good season, for certainly
there is no one who has more to reflect
upon to-day than you. And as you
haven’t much but your feelings to make
thank-offerings with, you want to be
sure to get the stew well off your nrind
before you start. There, if you leave
that just simmering, it will be done to a
bubble when you get back; unless, in-
deed, the minister should be more than
usually carried away by the occasion.”

 

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At this suggestion Miss Marigold
looked thoughtfully into the saucepan a
moment and shook her head.

‘‘Well, you’ll have to risk that,” she
said at last, ‘‘same things must be risked
in this life. Now I do hope you are
nearly ready. It would never do for a
person like you to be late. So many
mercies!’’

In a few minutes more Miss Marigold
set off, with her heart allin a glow, and
her head in a rather unbecoming second-
hand bonnet, which she had taken from
a customer in payment for the work on a
new one.

‘*‘Wonderful,’’? she said to herself,
every time she put it on, ‘Show my wants
are always met.’’

And in just one hour and a half she
came back, limping a good deal, to be
sure, but smiling radiantly, and finding
that the stew was at the very point to
putin the onion. That would need at
least twenty minutes, so Miss Marigold
sat down on the other side of the seam
in the carpet, to enjoy a little season
with a copy of Selections from Sacred
Poets, bound in red morocco, one of the
few tangible relics of the days her little
hardware talisman had just now ccn-
jured from the past. The fragrance of
the saucepan had hardly been pushed
aside by the sweet savor she found in its
pages when a knock was heard at the
shop door. Miss Marigold was really
startled. ‘‘So unusual on a legal holi-
day,’’ she said. But when she opened it
she found a no more terrifying object
than the little servant girl of Pinkham
Sisters, in a green calico dress with yel-
low spots, and very tight in the waist, to
say that ‘‘the ladies sent their best com-
pliments, and would Miss Marigold favor
them by coming right away to take a
very simple dinner?”

‘Dear me!’ said Miss Marigold, ‘*sweh
kindness! Of course 1 will, and be only
too happy. Right away, yes, indeed, and
my best thanks to the ladies. So unex-
pected!’

*“Wonderful,’? said Miss Marigold
again, as she closed the door behind the
messenger; forif the truth were to be
told, at the very moment she opened the
‘‘Selections,’’ a question altogether mun-
dane was pressing upon her mind. Could
she, by adding a little water to the stew,
make it appear quite enough for two
days? Otherwise, unless some customer
should drop in in the morning, she did
not quite see how she was to manage
about the next day’s marketing. The
quarter’s rent, always a rather heavy
drain, had been paid the day before, and
the one little piece of currency left from
that had been dropped into the poor-box
at the church. For certainly there was
no one there more distinctly called upon;
so wonderfully as she had always been
carried through.

So she smiled more radiantly than be-
fore as she lifted the saucepan over to
the stone shelf in the pantry to cool, and,
withdrawing the onion, laid it on a plate
by its side. Then one moment at the

 

 

 

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looking-glass on the other side of the
seam, and she was ready. Not the bon-
net this time; that had done very well
for once, but a second time might disar-
range her hair. Soit was another relic.
A hood, of a silk that had once been ap-
ple green, close fitting on the inside, but
puffed out with eider-down, until it
would, at first sight, give the impression
that Miss Marigold’s brain had become
suddenly inflated by some tremendous
enthusiasm, and that the first breath of
encouragement from outside might carry
her entirely away.

“| hope I have not come too soon,’
she said as she stepped into the sitting-
room of Pinkham Sisters, and was met
by her hostesses standing in their usual
relative positions, and arrayed in ancient
brocades, with very full skirts and
skimping sleeves, and wearing, the one a
yellow, and the other a plum-colored
bow just over the thin spot on the top of
the head. Pinkham and Pinkie, the eus-
tomers called them if they wished to
speak of them separately, for the sign
said only ‘‘Pinkham Sisters;” and they
were never known to use any more indi-
vidual term in addressing each other.

“Not a minute,’? said Pinkham: ‘‘on
the other hand, we really feel that we
must apologize.”’

“Oh, not a minute,” said Pinkie in the
super-soprano: ‘‘yes, we really should
apologize.”’

‘‘The truth is, we felt such an anxiety
about the chicken, whether it was going
to take a handsome brown.”’

‘Such an anxiety,’’ said Pinkie; ‘‘we

were afraid it wasn’t going to take a)

handsome brown.”

‘“‘And then again, sister wasn’t at all
well yesterday; she could hardly raise
her head from the pillow.”’’

“Oh! no, could hardly raise my head
from the pillow.”’

“But she’s been brightening up every
minute to-day, so we felt we must have
the pleasure of sending for you.”’

“Oh, yes, brightening every minute
to-day; we felt we must have the pleas-
ure.’’

‘*Well, I’m sure,’’ said Miss Marigold,
as her little head slipped out of the in-

flated hood, not a hair disturbed, “I’m:

so gratified—so entirely unexpected.”

“Oh, don’t speak of it,’? said Pinkham,
while she waved the tight-waisted calico
a majestic sign to place the chicken on
the table: ‘‘the favor is altogether on
one side, But still, don’t you find it a
little solitary on such occasions, Miss
Marigold?”’

‘“‘Altogether on one side,’’ said Pinkie.
**A little solitary?’’

‘*Why, bless you, no,’’ said Miss Mari-
gold; ‘show could I? I’m so surrounded;
so many mercies!”’

“Well, it’s a beautiful thing if you can
say so, Miss Marigold. {1 only wish we
all had the same spirit.”

“Oh, a beautiful thing,’’ said Pinkie;
“I only wish we could all say so.”

The tight-waisted calico made Miss
Pinkham a return signal from the corner
of her eye, to the effect that the central
orb of the occasion was successfully
placed in its sphere; which was equiva-
lent to saying that the whole prandial
system was adjusted, for Miss Pinkham
had with her own hands completed the
arrangement of every minor satellite,
moon, and ring, in its own mathematical
relations, and onits own particular fig-
ure of the table-cloth, at the very instant
Miss Marigold’s knock was heard.

*-Did you say dinner was ready? Ah,
then, Miss Marigold, if you please, we
will sit right down. I hope you find
yourself with an appetite after your
walk to charch.”

“Yes, we'll sit right down,’’ said
Pinkie; ‘I hope you find yourself with
an appetite.’’

“Dear me, yes,"’ said Miss Marigold,
and if her humility had not been so gen-
uine, she would have felt almost embar-
rassed at the contrast with her own little
preparations left at home. The apart-
ment also seemed so crowded with furni-
ture, and there was no dividing seam in
the carpet here; it was all sitting-room,
and there were peacock's feathers over
the looking-glass. And she saw under
the corner of the cloth that the table was
of shining mahogany. Then there were
not only three kinds of pickles, but—six
stalks of celery in a very tall tumbler; no
onions, but the tight-waisted calico
standing behind Miss Pinkham’s chair,
with a peacock-feather fiy-brush in one
hand, and the other at liberty to remove
the covers.

But Pinkham Sisters were so affable
that there seemed very little restraint
after all, and Pinkham, when she had
carved with dexterity, begged to know
Miss Marigold’s favorite part. Miss
Marigold declared she had no favorite
part; but after Pinkie had said with
great freedom that she was never satis-
fied if she couldn’t have a walker, and
Pinkham had said she considered there
was no portion equal for delicacy to the
left wing, Miss Marigold got up courage
to say that she had rather a weakness for
the part that went over the fence last,
although she always had some scruples
about mentioning it. Then she _ ven-
tured to speak of the table, and Pinkham
said it was her mother’s, and had eight
claw feet, and Miss Marigold said her
mother had one with six claw feet, and
after that she felt perfectly at her ease.
So much so indeed that she began to tell
them about the sermon, and its wonder-
ful appropriateness to the day, though
she lamented that her mind did not suc-
ceed in tracing it as accurately as she
could have wished, and that she had
found her thoughts sometimes wandering
towards common mercies. But she knew
‘the fault was her own; it could never
have been with the subject; that was—
The future glory of our country as con-
trasted with the present condition of the
island of Zanzibar.

Meantime the tight-waisted ealico, in
obedience to various stately signals from
Miss Pinkham, had passed one dish after
another, but being a good deal crippled
by the fly-brush, accomplished it slowly,
so that just as Miss Marigold pronounced
the word ‘‘Zanzibar,’’ she raised some-
thing to her mouth that she had not
tasted before, and the tears rushed
violently to her eyes.

‘A very affecting subject,” said Pink-
ham, as Miss Marigold was forced to
take out her handkerchief quite sud-
denly.

“Oh, a very affecting subject,” said
Pinkie.

**Yes,'’ said Miss Marigold, but her
conscience would not allow any such lit-
tle subterfuge, though innocently pro-
vided by another.

‘*Yes,” she repeated, ‘but it wasn’t al-
together the sermon; I’m afraid it was
the pickle. So precisely like one my
mother used to make, I have never met
with it since. Such a reminiscence!’

 

 

 

“Ah!’? said Miss Pinkham, ‘1 con-
sider there is nothing like a pickle for
bringing up old associations. So pun-
gent.”’

“Nothing like a pickle,” said Pinkie;
“so very pungent.”

“I really must beg your pardon,” said
Miss Marigold, putting up her handker-
chief and smiling, quite herself again,
“but it was so sudden; [ was so entirely
unprepared. Why, only this very morn-
ing I was thinking over all those things,
and the changes that have come, and the
more I thought, the more my _ heart
seemed to sing. So wonderful the way I
have always been carried through! So
many mercies !”’

The tight-waisted calico at another
mysterious signal from Miss Pinkham
now disappeared, and after an absence of
at least five minutes, during which the
Pinkham Sisters were evidently suffering
from extreme nervous uneasiness, reap-
peared with a pudding much the size and
shape of a very small cannon-ball, and of
such evident importance that ihe fly-
brush had been laid aside, and both
hands lent to its triumphal entry. After
this crisis was passed, an air of repose,
which Miss Marigold wouldn’t have quite
liked to say she had missed before, stole
over Pinkham Sisters, and everything
went on more delightfully than ever; and
when Miss Marigold had declared it
wouldn’t be physically possible for her
to eat another piece of the pudding as
large as a pea, Miss Pinkham proposed
they should take their nuts and raisins
over to the window, and hold their plates
in their laps.

‘-I consider there is nothing,”’ she said,
“that finishes a dinner with an air of
more ease and elegance, than taking your
nut-plates in your lap. It places one so
entirely at leisure, and at the same time
allows one to see all the passing.’’

“Oh, nothing!’ said Pinkie; ‘‘so en-
tirely at leisure, and one can see all the
passing.”’

Miss Marigold said she should be de-
lighted with any way that would aliow
her toeat them slowly, for she had really
taken so much more than usual; and then
she fell into great admiration of the three
nut plates, which Pinkham said were all
that was left of her mother’s wedding
dinner-set, that had been ordered for her
in China, one hundred and thirty pieces,
and a different ¢esign on each. On Miss
Marigold’s crawled three large beetles
with sharp-cornered legs; Chinese archi-
tecture was illustrated on the next, and
Miss Pinkham reserved for herself a
club-footed mandarin prostrate before a
lady of whom little could be seen but her
fan. Then they all spread fringed nap-
kins in their laps, and the tight-waisted
calico brought a box of stilettos from the
shop, of which they each took one, and
after that Miss Marigold seemed irresisti-
bly led to refer to the pickle again.

“I’m sure,” she said, “I can’t think
how I should have been so overtaken. Of
all days in the year to appear like an un-
grateful, discontented person! Why, I
was thinking this very morning, as I sat
in church, I did not believe there was a
soul there so called upon to give thanks.
So many mercies !””

‘And yet,” said Pinkham, ‘‘you have
seen a great many changes.”’

“Oh,a great many changes,”
Piokie.

“Yes,” said Miss Marigold, “but it is
80 wonderful the way I have always been
carried through! Why, I can remember

said

 

when there was so many vt us, and not
one of them would have believed I could
ever take care of myself, and here I have
never wanted for anything, and it’s only
my left Knee that is lame, and this very
morning I counted five buds on my clove
pink!’ And asmile of ine ffable sweet-
ness gave the Misses Pinkham a glimpse
of the superb teeth.

‘“‘Well,’’ said Miss Pinkham, ‘“‘that is a
great deal to say, especially the five buds
at this season. Still, Miss Marigold, if
that were all, ’m afraid [ shouldn’t feel
as thankful as you do.’’ :

“Oh, a great deal to say,’’ said Pinkie,
‘but ’m afraid | shouldn’t.”

“But it isn’t all,’’? said Miss Marigold,
‘not nearly; but I always had such a del-
icacy in speaking of myself. So uninter-
esting to a stranger. But you know,
dear friends,” and her voice grew low,
and a soft light shone in her eyes, ‘‘I am
always looking for an inheritance, where
we shall all be gathered home once more.
All these mercies that 1 speak of are only
a sprinkling by the way! And the way
is so short, and it is so wonderful the
way I am always carried along !’’

“Well, it’s a beautiful thing if you can
feel so,’? said Miss Pinkham, “but it
seems to me a very solitary way. I
think of you a great deal, Miss Marigold,
and I cannot feel that it is good for you.
Now I consider that it is a terrible thing
to be married, but if one had not one’s
sister to live with, I don’t know but I

should even—”
“Oh, a terrible thing,” said Pinkie,”

“but | don’t know but I should even —”

The light in Miss Marigold’s eyes grew
still softer, as, with a little knob of Eng-
lish walnut on the end of her stiletto,
she gazed absently down at the beetles on
the plate. ‘‘Some day,’ she said, ‘‘some
day—but not here. It’s so many years
since he was lost.”

“Now, you don’t mean to say!” said

Pinkham.
“No, you can never mean to say !” said

Pinkie.

‘‘No,” said Miss Marigold, because, I.
don’t really know. Such uncertainty at
sea, you know. 1 heard that he was, and
I suppose it was true, though of eourse
I would not believe it until I was foreed.
But it is wonderful how one can become
reconciled. I felt so divided for a num-
ber of years; but you’ve no idea how
natural it has seemed now for a good
long while to be just myself and live by

myself.”
They all feil into silence for a few mo-

ments—there was something so awe-in-
spiring in having a real love affair to

speak of.
‘“‘What should you say if he were to

come back? Such things have hap-
pened,” said Pinkham, suddenly, pierc-
ing a pecan-nut and Miss Marigold’s com-
posure at the same moment.

‘*Yes, what should you say if he were
to come back?” said Pinkie.

“Oh ! dear me,’’ cried poor little Miss
Marigold, throwing up her hands with
such a start as to shake several of her
nut-shells down upon the carpet. ‘‘I
should be so embarrassed [ shouldn’t
know what todo. The i-dea of having a
man about! Oh, dear me!’’

‘““Well, I don’t know,” said Miss Pink-
ham, “if you had not any one else. To
be sure, I should not think of such a
thing myself; but then if you had no one
to speak to, week in and week out—”

“Oh, I shouldn’t think of such a thing
myself,’ said Pinkie; ‘‘but then if you
had no one to speak to—”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

8

 

“Oh, dear me,’’? said Miss Marigold

again. ‘‘I should be so embarrassed !”
But then, as old memories began to steal
back, the tender light came into her eyes
again, and she held her stiletto thought-
fully pointed into vacancy.

‘*He used to call me ‘Marigold—Goldi-
Mary,’”’ she said softly, ‘‘and 1’—with a
little laugh—‘‘used to call him ‘Jack-at-
a-pinch,’ because his name was Jack
Pynchon, and because it teased him. I
am sorry now that I ever did, but it was
so amusing!’’

And then, as it flashed upon her that
she was talking a great deal about her-
self, she changed the subject, with an air
that did not admit of recurring toit. The
tight-waisted calico took away their
plates; they all took their knitting-work,
and another hour passed very happily,
until Miss Marigold declared she pos-
itively must go home. She was ashamed
of herself that she had stayed so long.

“Dear friends,’’ she said, as by a re-
turn to the inflated hood she became unce
more suddenly deformed, ‘'you can’t im-
agine what a pleasure this has been to
me. So unexpected, and such social en-
tertainment! And, besides, I have really
had such an appetite! Everything so de-
licious! Why, what do you think I was
going to have at home? A poor little
stew, with ap onion! Andnow that will
be all ready for to-morrow! But it is
only a specimen of the way my wants are
always met,so wonderful!” And a brilliant
smile, that irradiated itself again by
bringing the superb teeth into view,
made the little bit of face that could be
seen out from the hood very beautiful.

But when she had slipped round the
projecting corner of the shop, and into
her own little back-room again, she could
not tell why the words of Pinkham
Sisters would press in upon her mind so

persistently.
‘A little solitary?”’

Almost an echo about the room. What
did make it seem so? And there seemed
so little furniture, and the color of the
carpet seemed very dim, and the top of
the looking-glass had a sharp look for
want of peacock feathers.

“It’s only the sudden change,’’ said
Miss Marigold cheerily; ‘‘it will all come
right in a few minutes; and 1 do believe
that second bud has tipped out a little

since morning.”
She sat down in a low, red cushioned

rocking-chair, on the sitting-room side of
the seam. The twilight was falling, and
she felt quiet after the unusual excite-
ment of the day. More words of Pink-
ham Sisters began to press back, and the
soft look began to gather in Miss Mari-
gold’s eyes once more. How close they
were drawing again, those days so long
gone by! Just as they had done in the
morning, only with such a strange ten-
derness added in their touch. Miss Mari-
gold closed her eyes and leaned her head
upon her chair, as if she felt a caress.
And so, as the twilight deepened, the
present hour still more grew dim, and, as
if the years between now and then were
blotted out, Miss Marigold seemed to her-
self a girl again. How soft and delicate
her cheek was; how rounded every out-
line of her form; how long, and soft, and
golden her hair, and how lightly she
breathed as some one bent over her and

whispered many things.
“Jack! Jack-at-a-Pinch!’’ she said,

and stretched out her hands into the dim
light. Then starting up, she shook the

red cushion into shape again with a little
spat.

 

 

!

“Why, this will never du!’ she ex- |
claimed; ‘‘do get a light, Miss Marigold,
and find out the longitude of Zanzibar !
So unintelligent !”’

But just as she was taking the match
in her hand, there came another knock at
the shop door, and Miss Marigold was
startled again.

*“‘A second time!’’ she said.
usual on such a day.”

Nevertheless, seeing there was still a
little glow of sunset on that side of the
way, she ventured to step to the door and
open it.

Not the tight-waisted calico this time,
but a tall stranger, his face much con-
cealed between his hat and a handsome
curling beard ofiron gray.

‘“*) beg your pardon,’’ he said, as he
raised the hat slightly. ‘‘Il don’t know
that you attend to sales te-day; I don’t
know that I ought to ask you.”’

“Oh, yes, sir,’? said Miss Marigold,
with her own smile, ‘‘if there is anything
really required;’? and between that mo-
ment and taking her place behind the
counter, she had arranged in her own
mind the whole account ‘of how he had
come in town with his wife for Thanks-
giving, and how they either lived where
they could not make purchases, or how
some accident had befallen her hat since
she came in.

The stranger hesitated a moment; but
Miss Marigold was accustomed to see
men do that, when they forgot the name
of the article they were sent for.

‘‘Handsome eyes,” thought Miss Mary
Marigold, ‘‘very;’’ but what a strange
thrill they} gave her, and how steadily
they gazed into her own!

‘*What is that in the window?” he said.
‘Ribbon? That is what [ want.”

“Yes, sir,’? said Miss Marigold, ‘‘did
she send a sample?”’ and she reached her
hand half over the counter to receive
it.

*“‘No,’? said the stranger; ‘‘I’il take it
rg

Then, seing a startled look on her face,
and reflecting that she might not like sc
sudden a diminution on her stock, he
added ‘‘Never mind. Give me any one
of the pieces. And what are these?
Feathers?

Miss Marigold silently placed the box
on the counter. Her little vision of the

**So un-

happy Thanksgiving party had van-
ished.
“Oh dear!” she said to herself, ‘‘l’m

afraid he is going to a masquerade!”’

“7?]] take these,’’? said the stranger,
‘tand .? He looked about for some
further purchases, and seeing nothing
but wooden boxes, whose contents were
past his divining, he turned his eyes to-
wards the bonnets upon the frames, and
added quietly. ‘‘One of these.’’

The masqnerade became a nullity in
Miss Marigold’s mind, and the fearful
thought of escape from the lunatic asy-
lum was just ready to take its place,
when the hat was suddenly lifted from
over the eyes, the hands stretched to-
ward her, and the very tones she had just
been listening to in the red-cushioned
chair cried, gently and lowly, ‘‘Marigold?
Goldi-mary!’’

What Miss Marigold felt or did then,
she never knew; only in an instant he
had pushed away the boxes, sprang
across the counter, and lifted her over to
the little chintz-covered sofa in the back
room. Then she did not know anything
for a little while, and when she opened
her eyes the handsome face was bending

 

 

over her. She reached vut a haud aud ity and price, wiih the large manufac-

touched it. ‘‘Jack? Jack-at-a-Pincb!”’
and a smile such as Pinkham Sisters
had never seen spread over her own.

That evening they were astonished in
their turn by a knock at their door, and
when they saw Miss Marigold come in,
leaning on atall, strong arm, they ex-
perienced a shock that displaced Miss
Pinkham’s plum-colored bow so far as to
reveal an edge of the thin spot, and
Pinkie, for the first time in her life, was
startled off her relative breadth in the
carpet.

‘Dear friends,’’ said Miss Marigold,
‘| could not help coming to tell you.
I knew you would like to hear that Jack
was not lost, after all; it was only 1; and
how he has found me again, and my cup
runneth over, as it always has. So won-
derful the way I am always led! So
many mercies! And was ever anything
so fortunate,” she whispered in Pink-
ham’s ear, ‘‘as the way I was preserved
from eating that onion to-day!’’

————.].—___.
AN EXPONENT OF FREEDOM.

G. J. Johnson, Manufacturer of the
Ss. C. W. Cigar.

Gerrit J. Johnson was born at Kampen,
Overisel, April 30, 1863. At the age of 9
years he emigrated to this country with
his parents, locating in Grand Rapids,
where he attended public school three
years. Atthe age of 12 he entered the
cigar factory of Moh! & Schneider (now
the H. Schneider Co.), where he worked
two years as stripper. Between the age
of 14and 16 years he was employed in
the same capacity in the cigar factory of
C. W. Wilckie. He then entered the

 

cigar factory of his father, T. Johnson,
devoting the next five years to learning
the trade, which he mastered thoroughly.
At the age of 25 he embarked in the man-
ufacture of cigars on his own account on
South Prospect street, subsequently re-
moving to 247 West Broadway, where he
carried on the business one year. He
then removed to Lowell, where he con-
ducted a factory with signal success for
two years, at the end of which time he
returned to Grand Rapids and opened a
factory on South Lafayette street. Two
years ago he removed to 347 South Divi-
sion street, corner of First avenue, where
his business has largely increased, so
that now he finds it necessary to employ
sixteen hands, which, with the new
bunching machine recently added to his
factory, enables him to compete, in qual-

 

 

turers in other cities. He manufactures
a single brand—S. C. W.—which is fa-
vorably known in all parts of the State
and is constantiy increasing in popular-
ity and demand.

At the age of 21 Mr. Johnson marrie
Miss Katie DeLeeuw, by whom two chil-
dren have been born—a boy of 9 and a
girl of 7. He is a member of Lowell
Lodge, No. 90, F. & A. M., and is also a
member of BataviaTent, K. O. T. M. He
is a persistent worker and has built up a
business in the face of obstacles which
would have discouraged a less resolute
man. Less than a year ago the local
cigarmakers’ union declared war on his
factory, but he has gone through the or-
deal unscathed, owing to the fact that he
was not in debt and had established his
business on a firm foundation, so that it
was not susceptible of injury through
the machinations of the combined and
allied influences of unionism and rum.
His employes are happy and contented,
as the average wage scale is higher than
it was during the time his factory was
dominated by the union.

Personally, Mr. Johnson is a genial
gentleman whose acquaintance is wide
and whose friends are legion. While he
has, necessarily, been somewhat aggres-
sive in business, he has never been ac-
cused of overstepping the line of busi-
ness ethics, stands well with the trade,
is respected by his customers and es-
teemed by his associates. What more
can any man ask?

 

 

Attend the

Grand Rapids Business College

fora
Business or a Shorthand and Type-
writing Education.
Its GRADUATES are alwaysin demand. For
Catalogue address A. S. PARISH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Coler BIOS. oie G0,

STATE AGENTS FOR
The Lycoming Rubber Company,
keep constanily on hand a
full and complete iine of
these goods made from the
purest rubber. They are
good style, good fitters and
give the best satisfaction
of any rubber in the mar-
ket. Our line of Leather
Eoots and Shoes is com-
plete in every particular,
also Felt Boots, Sox, ete.

Thanking you for past favors we now
await your further orders. Hoping you
wiil give our line a careful inspection
when our representative calls on you,

 

 

weare REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO.
PECK’S "ss2sczs

Pay the best profit. Order from your jobber

 

Your Bank Account Solicited.

Kent County Savings Bank,

GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH.
Jno. A. CovopE Pres.
Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres.
J. A. 8S. VERDIER, Cashier.
K. Van Hor, Ass’t O’s’r.
YTransacts a General Banking Business.
Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings

 

Deposits.
DIRECTORS:
Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox,
T. J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema,

Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A. S. Verdier.

Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars,

 

 

AROUND THE SiAIE.

 

MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

jat that price. He alsu advertises tu cart
away dead horses free of charge. He
rents a farm three miles east of the city,

| Manistee—Luuis Sands is ‘
| about a mile of track from the Manistee
| & Northeastern Railroad past the foot of

Trenton—Geo. W. Crook, jeweler at) near the Agricultural College, and there | the slide at the gang mill to the electric

this place, is dead.

| he disposes of the animals to good ad-

light plant. He will go over his old

Mason—John Penberthy succeeds Geo. vantage. There is scarcely any part of choppings and pick up everything on

Scully in the harness business.

Calumet—Brown & Wilmer succeed
Walls & Co. in the dry goods business.

Menominee—J. Paula has sold his gro-
cery business to Brisette & Fehrenbach.

Freeport—Fox & Son sueceed Wesley
Fox in the saw and planing mil! busi-
ness.

Quincy—Henry C. Barnes, of C.
Barnes & Son, druggists and grocers, is
dead.

Ulbey—John Cope succeeds the Ulbey
Biacksmith & Implement Co. at this
place.

Ludington—Bradl & Zeber, hardware
dealers, have dissolved, Brad! & Wilcox
succeeding.

Traverse City—Carl Pierce has pur-
chased the confectionery business of Mrs.
Ida Goldman.

Blissfield—Houghtby & Lane succeed
Houghtby Bros. in the furniture and un-
dertaking business.

Blissfield—Lamb & Baluss, grocers and
meat dealers, have dissolved, F. C.
Baluss & Co. succeeding.

Battle Creek—Barney & Haigh suc-
ceed Barney & Kirkpatrick in the drug,
coal and flour and feed business.

Ironwood—Bean & Lang, manufac-
turers of cyclometers, are removing
their business to Fon du lac, Wis.

Clarksville—D. E. Rogers has sold his
meat market to Chas. C. Porter, who will
continue the business at the same _ loca-
tion.

Freeport—The merchants of this place
took in 20,500 pounds of dressed poultry
Nov. 21—certainly a good record for a
town of 400 people.

Bay City—W. C. Widmer has sold his
meat market to his brother, E. Widmer and
R. Miller, who will continue the business
at the same location.

Britton—T. V. Hoagland has been ad-
mitted to partnership in the buggy busi-
ness of L. C. Hoagland. The new firm
will be known as L. C. Hoagland & Co.

Eaton Rapids—The E. D. Corbin gro.
cery stock has been sold to Henry
Youngs, formerly of Albion, who will
take possession in a couple of weeks.

Big Rapids—Jas. Smith has sold his
grocery stock to Jas. Dingman and Orak
Perey, who will continue the business
under the style of Dingman & Percy.

New Haven—Several local merchants
have of late been missing many small
articles from their stocks, without being
able to find any trace of where the goods
went. A few evenings ago, as Frank
Suttenbacker was about to enter his
store on returning from supper, he no-
ticed through the window a couple of
boys helping themselves to some sta-
tionery. He promptly took the articles
away from them, and, after talking with
them a little while, they admitted taking
things from other stores also, and named
about a dozen other boys, ranging in age
from 8 to 13 years, who were implicated
in the same business. It has not yet
been decided what to do in the matter.

Lansing—The city directory of Lansing
classes John Baumgart as a butcher, but
that individual appears to possess quali-
ties which entitle him to a more dis-
tinguished title. He advertises to pay $1
each for horses, and a good many played-
out animals find their way into his hands

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the horse which he does not make use of.
| He sells the hides, tries out the fat for
soap grease, converts the hoofsinto glue,
and the bones into fertilizer. The flesh
of the animals he feeds raw, it is alleged,
to a drove of hungry-looking hogs. Offi-
cers recently discovered the fact that
Baumgart was using raw horse in place
of corn as a swine fattener, and have
been securing evidence upon which to
base a prosecution. Lastsummer Baum-
gart lost a number of hogs from cholera,
which is small wonder in view of the
fact that his animals have free access to
the carcasses of old broken-down and dis-
eased horses. The hogs are killed for
pork and shipped to other markets.

 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Bay City—The Eddy-Sheldon Company
has decided to build a planingmill and
the work will begin at once.

Sherman—H. B. Sturtevant will estab-
lish a lumber yard at Owosso, as an out-
let for his sawmill at this place.

Ludington—Albert Vogel will have be-
tween 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 feet of
hardwoods cut at the Cartier Lumber
Co.’s mill here this winter.

Cheboygan——-Thompson-Smith Sons’
sawmill shut down last week, after a
very succeeful season’s run. The firm
has started camps on the Little Current
river, Ont.

Muskegon—The Muskegon Valley Fur-
niture Co., which introduced oil into its
factory for fuel, has gone back to edg-
ings and slabs, which it finds are cheaper
than the oil.

Bay City—Eddy Bros. & Co. will make
repairs to their sawmill plant to the ex-
tent of $15,000 during the winter. Among
other improvements will be a battery of
water tube boilers.

Harrison—W. H. Wilson & Son shut
down their sawmill last week. The cut
was about 5,000,000 feet of pine, hem-
lock and hardwood, nearly all of which
was shipped to their yard at Flint.

Ewen—Two locomotives were recently
taken overland from this place to the
Nester estate logging railway, through
the woods on sections of track repeatedly
taken up and relaid.

Saginaw—E. Andrews manufactured
about 6,000,000 shingles here this season,
and will put in 2,000,000 feet of logs for
next season, which will wind up his lum-
bering operations here. He expects to re-
move within a year to Lake Charles, La.,
having just returned from that place.

Harbor Springs—A new hoop factory
is being built here by the Carey Hoop
Co., to manufacture the Wilson patent
barrel and keg hoop. It will have a
capacity of 40,000 hoops a day and will
use about 2,000,000 feet of elm timber a
season. The factory will begin opera
tions, probably, about March 1,

Tawas City—A _ project has been
started here to bond the town for $7,000
for the purchase of the plant of the
Winona Salt & Lumber Co., the bonds to
be issued for five years at 5 per cent. in-
| terest, the plant to be given to any firm
| Who wiil keep it in operation. There is
about 25,000,000 feet of hardwood and

 

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|

otner timber that can be secured to stoek
the mill.

 

j}them clean. What will not make logs
| will do for firewood and will be utilized
either for salt or fuel at the electric
light plant.

Manistee—The recent cold snap will
be liable to shut down some of the saw-
mills at an earlier date than they antici-
pated, as it will make the logs hard to
get out of the ponds. The Manistee
Lumber Co. has a lot of logs scattered
around the lake, and will run about ten
days to make room in the mill booms for
all held over stock. The Eureka Lumber
Co. will have to run until about Decem-
ber 1,

es
The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The raw market is unchanged
and the demand for refined has been
quiet, owing to the fact that buyers have
had no confidence in the market. New
York refiners have caught up with their
demands, but the Philadelphia refiners
are represented to be overstocked. A
decline of 1-16@g¢ on nearly all grades
occurred on Thursday, and another de-
cline was noted on Monday. Minford
claims that the refiners are selling sugars
at a loss, but offers no explanation
thereof.

Oysters—The supply is adequate and
the quality good. Prices have advanced
a trifle at Baltimore, but local dealers
have made no change in their quota-
tions.

Bananas—Local dealers have received
a car of fancy stock for Thanksgiving
trade. Prices average low.

Oranges—The arrival of nine. carloads
has somewhat demoralized the market
and forced prices down to a very low
level.

Lemons—The trade is disgusted with
Florida and Malaga stock, but will be
compelled to put up with these varieties
until Saturday, when a new ear of Mesin-
nas will reach this market.

Peanuts—The market is slightly off.

Candy—The market is booming and
manufacturers are jubilant.

 

— 9 <>
No Slate For Grand Rapids.

GRAND Rapips, Novy. 24—Ata recent
meeting of Post E. it was definitely de-
cided that Post E would make no combi-
nation with any other city or locality
having for its object the election of any
particular set of officers. We propose to
present the name of one of our members
for the position of Secretary; but beyond
that, we shall not enter into any deal of
any kind. We want every member of
the Michigan Knights of the Grip here as
our guest and we shall! do everything in
our power to make his stay pleasant. We
feel that it would be a breach of courtesy
for us to form any slate or combination
of any character.

J. A. BRADFORD, Chairman.
>_>
Famous Wolverine Oysters.

All days are thanksgiving days for the
dealer who has in stock the Wolverine
oysters. If the demand for them should
be larger than for other oysters that you
have been selling, an order by telephone
1001 will be promptly filled. Osear Allyn
at 106 Canal street is highly pleased with
their growing demand, for it is strietly
upon their merits. Fresh goods are re-
ceived every day from Baltimore, com-
prising selects, standards and mediums
in bulk or cans,

 

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PROLLCE MARKET.

Apples—The market is strong, the demand for
fancy stock for Thanksgiving trade being es-
pecially active. Jonathans command $3; fancy
Kings, $2.50; Greenings and Canada Reds, $°.25:
Spys and Baldwins. .

Beans—Coming in more freely, Owing tothe
fact that the weather has been more favorable
for threshing. The price is unchanged. Han
dlers pay $1.25@1 30 for country picked, holding
city picked at $1.60,

Butter—Unchanged. Dairy, 18@21c, accord
ing to quality. Creamery. 22@25c.

Beets—3.c per doz

Cabbage—An oversupply of stock everywhere.
Price ranges from $1@4 per 100, according to size
and quality.

Cauliflowers—$1 per doz. for choice stock.

Celery—Is held by dealers at 12@14c per doz.

Eggs—Strictly fresh are very hard to get and
readily command 20c per doz. Picklers are be.
ginning to take out their stock, holding at 18c.

Grapes—N. Y. Concords command 20c per 8 Ib.
basket. All Michigan varieties have disap-
peared from the market.

Hops—The course of the market on this staple
is being watched withinterest. The great bulk
of sales are made to home brewers, who are very
deliberate in their purchases and doa shopping
business as their needsrequire. Export trade is
small as yet, but later in the season wil! no
doubt assume larger proportions. The crop of
New York State was supposed early in the sea
son to be much larger than in previous years
but unseasonable weather at harvesting time re
duced both quality and quantity, and buyers pe
gan to realize that choice goods would com
mand apremium. The scarcity of °93 hops and
the comparative shortage of choice grades are
the factors which may prove stimulants to
higher vaiues. English and European markets
exhibit much the same features as ‘the home
centers and improvement is already noticed on
prime hops in both London and Nuremberg.

Lettuce—12\%e per lb.

Onions—Red Weatherfields and Yellow Dan-
vers command 40¢ per bu. Spanish stock, $1.15
per box.

Parsnips—Grocers pay 40c per bu.

Parsley—25c per doz.

Pears—Californias bring $2 per bu. box.

Potatoes—The marketis a little stronger, both
at the consuming points South and the buying
points North. Buyers pay §4@35c, bringing the
cost up to about 398@140 on track.

Quinces—Dealers hold them at $1 per bu.

Radishes—Hot house stock commands 30¢ per
doz. bunches,

Rye—A boomin rye may beone result of the
decline in wheat. All through the west, rye is
5@10¢c or more higher than wheat at country
points, is 2@5e higher in the Chicago market,
and in the New York market is worth as much as
wheat. It isan easy crop to raise, yields more
bushels to the acre than wheat on ordinary soil
and near cities cr paper mills rye straw com:
mands good prices. America exported Feveral
million bushels of it during the famine year in
Europe, where rye constitutes the great cereal
food, and it will pay our farmers to farm rye on
a big scale instead of all wheat,

Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores are about out o ¢
market. Jerseys are firm at $2.95, per bbl., Illi
nois stock being in fairrequest at #2 per bbl.

Squash—Hubbard brings 1c per lb.

Turnips—30e per bu. In smaJl demand and
adequate supply.

Vegetable Oysters—Out of market.

Cyd. Vinkemuler

JOBBER OF

Fruits and Vegetables,

418, 420, 445 and 447 So. Division
St Grand Rapids.

 

 

Fancy Red and Yellow Onions 43c per
bu. in Car lots.

Faucy Jersey Sweet Patatoes,
per bbl.

Cabbage, 30¢ to 40c per doz,
Home-grown Celery, 15¢ per doz.

Mail and telegraph orders get prompt
attention.

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Have You Potatoes ?

Quote Us Your Price.
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THE MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN.

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

 

Nicholson & Young have opened a
meat market at 393 Ottawa street.

The Grand Rapids Candy Co. has sold
its confectionery steck at 412 South Divi-
sion street to C. E. Green.

Sherman Shoemaker has opened a
grocery store at Corinth. The I. M.
Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock.

F. D. Sheill succeeds Newberry &
Sheill as proprietor of the Grand Rapids
Steam Bakery at 502 South Division
street.

J. W. Harris & Co. have opened a gro-
cery store at 692 Cherry street. The
stock was furnished by the Lemon &
Wheeler Co.

E. J. Herrick, chairman of the Gro-
cers’ Committee of the Thanksgiving
Contingent, asks THE TRADESMAN to re-
quest those grocers who are not ealled
upon to deliver such donations as they
feel disposed to make at the headquar-
ters of the Contingent, at the Waters’
building any time Wednesday.

Capt. H. N. Moore, formerly Presi
dent of the Grand Rapids Packing &
Provision Co., has formed a copartner-
ship with F. D. Forbush, formerly Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the Stow & Davis
Furniture Co., for the purpose of engag-
ing in the merchandise brokerage busi-
ness under the style of H. N. Moore &
Co. The new firm will have an office on
the ground floor of the Blodgett build-
ing.

The name of the Order Work Furniture
Co. has been changed to the H. N. Hall
Cabinet Co. and the list of stockholders
increased so as to include H. N. Hall, G.
H. Folger, A. H. Ginley, W. H. Allen, C.
C. Keller and A. P. Allen. The officers
are as follows: President, H. N. Hall;
Vice-President, G. H. Folger; Secretary,
A. H. Ginley; Treasurer, W. H. Allen.
The fresh capital will enable the com-
pany to add new machinery and increase
its capacity. It will confine its output to
the manufacture of ladies’ desks, which
find a market almost altogether in the
cities of Boston, New York and Brook-
lyn.

The stockholders of the Dryden-
Annin-Rose Clock Co. have voted to
change the name of the corporation to
the Grand Rapids Cloek and Mantle Co.,
Mr. Dryden’s holding having been ac-
quired by James T. Phillips, Manager of
the Aldine Manufacturing Co. The
stockholders comprise the directors, and
the officers are as follows: President,
Jas. T. Phillips; Vice-President, John A.
Rose; Secretary and Treasurer, Chas. H.
Annin. The busipess will be continued
at the present location on Stocking street
until anew site ean be selected and a
building especially adapted to the busi-
ness constructed. Faney hail clocks
will be manufactured, as heretofore, but
a specialty made of mantles, a large por-
tion of the output of which will be
placed by the salesmen of the Aldine
Manufacturing Co., in connection with
the sale of grates.

—— +2
Mrs. M. D. Weeden’s Change.

Mrs. Weeden has removed her stock of
Mason & Hamlin organs and pianos to
a much better and larger show room at 5
South Division street where a very com-
plete line is being shown to her friends
and many new acquaintauces. Miss L. M.
Weeden, stenographer and typewriter,

has also her office there.

The Hardware Market.
General Trade—Keeps up very good
and all indications lead to the belief that
November will wind up with a very good
showing. Changes in prices are but few
and none of any special moment may be
looked for during the remainder of the
year. January may see a general reviv-
al all along the line, as many articles
of hardware are being claimed as going
less than cost. Should trade continue
good, and the outlook for spring be en-
couraging, there is nodonubt but we will
see some lines marked up. When gen-
eral invoicing time, Jan. 1, comes and
manufacturers find the margin on the
wrong side of the ledger, good business
would be to find the cause and try to cor-
rect it.

Wire Nails—Remain firm at last quota-
tions, but we do not look for any higher
prices this year. Some mills, as well as
jobbers, are quoting price for delivery
next year in connection with shipments
of wire. We quote from stock $1.30 and
from mili $1@1.05, according to assort-
ment.

Barbed Wire—But little moving at
present, although many orders are being
placed for spring shipments. Prices
rule quite a bit lower than last year, and
we do not think any dealer takes any
chances in placing his order at present
quotations.

Snow Shovels—The demand is good,
although but little snow has made its ap-
pearance as yet; but the wise dealer lays
in his stock beforehand and is ready to
supply the first demands. We quote
them from $1.50@4 a dozen.

Building Paper—The general round-up
of building operations and the shipment
of potatoes cause quite a demand for the
various kinds of paper. Prices are lower
than last year. We quote:

Fiat DOarG. .......
(Oe a
Water proof paper

Ammunition—Although the hunting
season is nearly over, the demand keeps
up very well. Priees remain stationary.

— oo 2
The Wheat Market.

Wheat during the past week has been
erratic and closed about 2c. lower, for
which there was no apparent cause ex
cept the liquidation of December wheat.
All other signs and news were of a
bullish nature, but, as is often the case,
the market goes contrary to what is ex-
pected. There is no material change as
to receipts and shipments. The only
thing materially new is an expectation
of a large shipment of wheat to China,
where it is claimed American flour
is eheaper food than rice at present
value. It is immaterial where we ship
to only to get the large surplus reduced,
which, as yet, keeps climbing. This
week will probably show a larger vis-
ible than we have ever seen, although it
is not so burdensome to carry with pres-
ent low values.

Corn, owing to low receipts, is rather
in the dumps and prices are drooping.
Oats remain remarkably steady, notwith-
standing that farmers sell their oats and
feed wheat largely to horses.

The growing winter wheat crop, as
some trade papers claim, is suffering
from drought, except our own State.
What influence that will have on the
market remains to be seen. Receipts of
wheat in this city were rather above the
usual the past week. Amount of wheat
received was 108 cars; corn, five cars; no
oats received in car lots during the past
week. Cc. G. A. Voter.

  

 

 

FINEST GOODS ON EARTH,

Offered by the Western Beef and Pro-
vision Co.

Mr. Edgar C. Bearce, Manager of the
Grand Rapids branch of the above well-
known company, is one of the busiest
men in Michigan in giving the necessary
personal attention to the trade who are
acquainted with the merits of the long
list of provisions which they handle.
Their fresh and salt meats are in demand
in all quantities and their supply from
the West is always equal to demand.
Daily arrivals of ear lots furnish the
choicest of fresh goods. They are agents
for Armour’s Butterine, Vegetole, Lards
and Compound, popularly known as the
World’s Fair Premium goods. They al-
ways count on a new customer whenever
asked to quote prices on their goods de-
livered to any point in Michigan, for
prices talk and the uniform quality of
their goods assure every patron that he
will get what he buys. Orders by tele-
phone or telegraph at 71 Canal street are
specially provided for. The markets are
low and their buyers have bought right.
Send them a trial order.

ne
Purely Personal.

Julius A. J. Friederich is spending
this week in New York City.

John MeNitt has taken a position as
stenographer, traveling with the ‘*Ma-
jestic’’ range people.

C. L. Whitney, Steward of the North-
ern Insane Asylum, at Traverse City,
was a liberal buyer in this market Mon-
day.

Geo. R. Mayhew, the Monroe street
shoe dealer, is spending the winter
months at Hot Springs, Ark., where he
has greatly improved in health.

J. L. Davenport, the Paris grocer, suf-
fered the loss of two children by scarlet
fever last week, a boy of 12 years of age
dying on Sunday and a daughier of 6
years expiring the next day. Another
child, a boy, is dangerously ill with the
same terrible scourge.

_ 2. —-
Oysters by Telegraph.

If your supply of oysters for Thanks-
giving trade needs to be replenished
quickly, telegraph F. J. Dettenthaler, 117
and 119 Monroe street or cail up tele-
phone No. 163. The famous ‘*Anchor’’
brand is what Dettenthaler finds to be the
best the market has seen for many years
and large lots are received by express
every day to fill the increasing demand.
He pays special attention to filling or-
ders quickly. His great market will
now be filled with all the finest of fish,
game and meats for the coming holiday
season.

————.]._— >

The Dry Goods Market.
There is no change in prices on staples.
Wash goods, for spring trade, are be-

ing shown now, some lines being }c}

cheaper than last year’s prices.

Prints remain unchanged, the gen-
eral impression is that it is impossible to
make them for less money and keep up
the quality, and, therefore, jobbers are
keeping their stocks well supplied.

ee
The Drug Market.

Opium is less firm than last week but
unchanged.

Morphia is steady.

Quinine is unchanged.

Gum tragacanth is higher, with a
ther advance probable.

Gum Arabie is advancing.

Castor oil has declined.

fur-

You can learn more of a man’s char-
acter and disposition by watching his
eyes than you can by heeding the utter-
ances of his lips. The eyeis the key to
the inner man; the utterances are often
but a veil to cover it. Square deeds,
square thoughts and square eyes gener-
ally train in the same company.

 

 

Wants Column. |

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head for two cents a word the first insertion and
one cent a word for each subsequent insertion.
No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents.
Advance payment.

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

WV ANTED—PA RTNER BY PARTY NOW
doing good paying business in grocery

and meat market, Owns building and has every.
thing complete to do business with. Address R
H. Jackson. 702 Genesee St., Saginaw, E. S. 635 _
ILL SELL STOCK OF CLOTHING CHEAP

for cash. Good location in good town.
Address No. 6 3care Michigan Tradesman. €33

OR SALE CHEAP—SMALL DRUG STOCK
- and fixtures. Address G. W. Saunders,
Riverdale, Mich. 630

 

YO RENT—VASSAR, MICH.. BRICK STORE,
concrete cellar, good location, general dry
goods or grocery business. Apply to C. H. Rip
ley, Flint, Mich. : 631°

 

OR SALE—AN EGG-PICKLING BUSINESS.
For particulars apply to J. W. Blackwell,
Tyre Mich. 632

 

OR SALE—FIRST CLASS GROCERY STCCK
and fixtures nearly new. Good location,
good town. Good reason for selling. Great op-
portunity for the right man. Address No. 627
care Michigan Tradesman. 627 '

re SALE—FIRST CLASS PAYING JEW-
elry business ina Michigan town of 1,200
population. Stock and fixtures, $0 to $1,000,
inc)uding a first-class fire proof safe. For cash
or real estate. W. G., care Michigan Trades
man. 628

gel STORE TO RENT; LIVING ROOMS
2 above; good trading point, surrounded by
good farming lands; abundance of fruit; rea-
sonable terms. Address A. L. Power, Kent City
Mich. 526 |

OR SALE—A SHOE BUSINESS, OR HALF
interest in ssme. on one of the principal
streets in Grand Rapids New stock. good trace,

 

 

location Al. Address No. 624. care Michigan
Tradesman, 624
JLANING MJLL—WE OFFER FOR SALE

the North Jide Planing Mill, which is first-
classin every respect, or will receive proposi-
tions to locate the business in some other thriv-
ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic-
ited. Sheridan, Boyce & (o., Manistee, Mich. 613

 

SITUATIONS WANTED.

 

OSITION WANTED—BY REGISTERED AS-

sistant pharmacist with five years’ exper-

fence. Good references. Wm. F. Lount, Bay
City, Mich. 636

 

MISCELLANEOUS,

 

Vy ANTED—LOCATION FOR HARNESS
shop. I have good stock, S. Lamport,
Leonidas, Mich. 634

 

EARLY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER
for sale at a great reduction from cost-
Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of
same make of machine, which we consider the
best on the market. Tradesman Company, 100
Louis St., Grand Rapids. 564

Vj TANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST

starting in business and every one already
started to use our system of poison labels, What
has cost you $15 you can now get for 34. Four-
teen labels do the work of 113. Tradesman
Company, Grand Rapids.

 

 

NV EN TO SELL BAKING POWDER TO THE
A grocery trade SteaGy employment, ex
perience unnecessary. $75monthly and expen
ses orcom. If offersatisfactory address at once
with particulars concerning yourself. U. 8S.
Chemical Works, Chicago. 608

THE
COMING
BANQUET

| of the Commercial Travel-
ers of Michigan will be
graced by many dress suits
in the correct styles from
the merchant tailoring par-
lors of

WH. 1 HOKINLEY, 297 ouama se

Leave your measure at once for
| the best of satisfaction.

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

Mercantile Philosophy.
The customer who almost buys, buys

not at all.
* * *

Bad handling will spoil the best horse

or the best business.
* * *

A new stock of goods ought always to

attract new customers.
-— = =

Business comes not without effort, and
sometimes the effort fails unless it be a

very earnest one.
& * *

If you do not employ salesmen who
can sell goods, you should procure goods

which will sel! themselves.
* = *

It is not best to take too much pride in
low-priced goods, the profit in them will

not afford much pride.
* * *

Credit the stock that sells well to the
good judgment of the buyer and charge

those that sell slowly to bad luck.
* # *

There are a few traveling salesmen
who could profitably spend the holiday
vacation in shaving the gray whiskers

- off of some of their stock stories.
* *& *

The dealer who only hunts for the de-

fects in his business semi-oceasionally |

makes it hot for his employes when one
of the semi-occasional hunts is com-
pleted.

* = <
Have you a good show window on a
prominent thoroughfare? Do you keep
the window well illuminated evenings?
It is a cheap and effective method of ad-

vertising.
~ = |

The dealer who can do nothing but
“cuss” the weather and ‘‘cuss” the con-
ditions generally, had better let up on his
‘“‘euss’’ words and go to work or his ered-
itors will be cussing him.

_—_——— SO

Exact Weights and Measurements.

There is in Bradford, England, a pe-
culiar establishment in the interest of
manufacturers, and known as the con-
ditioning house, the only one of its kind
in the kingdom; it is here that the true
weight, length, and condition of articles
of trade and industry are determined
scientifically—yarns, wools, pieces, ete.
Samples are taken from various parts of
lots, so as to insure a fair average, and,
the weight of the samples when abso-
lutely dry having been ascertained, the
standard per cent. of moisture is added
to it to give the correct invoice weight.
The counts of yarns are ascertained by
the correct measurement of the yards
contained in one pound avoirdupois of
yarn in standard condition, as ascer-
tained from separate hanks or bobbins,
and the scales upon which the yarn is
weighed are adjusted to one milligram.
The strength of yarns is determined by
the average of at least five separate
tests of eighty yards in one lea ona fifty-
four inch reel, that is one-seventh of a
hank, worsted; the twist is determined
by the average of ten separate tests of
ten inches each to form one test, and the
lengths of hanks are calculated by meas-
uring without overlapping, on a reel the
exact length and with the tension regu-
lated for each count.

———~ 2
She Was Willing to Wait.

“Something you wanted, madam?’’ he
queried, as she was going out of the
store.

‘“‘Why, I came in for a pair of shoes
and I’ve waited twenty minutes and no
one has come near me. I’ve got tired.”

‘Wait just one minute,” he whispered.
“I’ve spent twenty-five minutes with this
lady with the big feet, but it won’t take
five to fit your little No. 2’s with some-
thing nice.”’

Although she wore 5’s she smiled and
sat down to wait.

— or 0

The chain of destiny leads him who

obeys, but drags him who resists it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bengal blue, green,

 

 

Clifton, K ..........7

Dry Goods Price Current.

 

UNBLEACHED COTTONS.
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Beevers... .......... 5% World Wide. 6
Atlanta AA ......... 6 Re pee 4%
Rees A $%4/Full Yard Wide..... 6%

SE Se cepgia A... ...... ‘

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ao S. © Wiartorda .........

Co Riles 4%| Indian Head........ 5%
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Archery Bunting... 4 eee...
BeaverDam AA.. 4%|Lawrence LL...... 4%
Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth 6%
Sack frow....... | 6 |Newmarket G...... 5%
Black Rock ........ 5% - ns 5
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Cupteel A... 5% - DD.... 5g
Cavenst V.......... sic - a... 6%
Chapman cheese cl. 3&%|Noibe R.............
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Dwight Star......... 6%) Pees... 2... 7
Cities CCC. ..:.... ee 6

[Top of the Heap.... 7
BLEACHED COTTONS.
aoc... 814|Geo. Washington... 8
en... S ieee. ......... 7
AMOPnKE. 5... Gold Medal......... 7%
Art Cambric........ 10 |Green Ticket....... 84
Blackstone AA..... 7%|Great Falls.......... 6%
sctngynom eric oa - oe 7%
Bee 12 ost Out...... 4%@ 5
oe 6%|King oe... 7%
(aoe, Sl 3% * rss... 7
Charter Oak ... ... 5%{Lonsdale Cambric..10
Conway W...... ... 7%|/Lonsdale...... - Bs
Cleveland...... ... 6 |Middlesex.... .. @ 4%
DwightAnchor.... 8 [No Name........ a
- ''  Ghorts 6 (Oak View... ..... 6
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Picky ..... ... 7 UGea Mitlis......... 8%
Per Fee... .....:. 6 ‘* Nonpareil ..10
Fruitof the Loom %.7%|Vinyard............. 8%
Paireeget.-... 444)White Horse........ 6
Pull Vales... ...... — tox. oe

HALF BLEACHED COTToNs.

 

 

 

 

 

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‘* green seal TR 10%/|Portsmouth robes... 6
yellow seal..10}|Simpson mourning..
ce greys a me

‘* solid black,
Washington indigo. 6

. ee... 11%

 §6Turkez red. .10%
Ballon solid plack..
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red and orange... 6

madders... 5

 

 

5 |Eddystone
X% “a

es. 6%|DwightAnchor..... 8
Parwo........, i
CANTON FLANNEL,
Unbleached. Bleached.
Housewife A........ 544|Housewife Q.... ... 6%
Fe 2. 5% _ =... 7
££ oo . Ss ak
ss Bo 6% co 8%
. ee: 7 - MG. oe 91%
FL Th - :.....-., 10
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6 a. 84 _ 2... 12%
$ J .. B% . 5. 13%
. .,... Vg
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CARPET WARP.
Peerless, white...... 17 |Integrity colored. ..18
- eolored....19 (White Star.......... 17
inteseiiy.......... seg,  ** ** colored .19
DRESS GOODR.
Reaiien..........., 8 — eco 20
s See 9 ee REC Maire, 25
a “ 27%
GG Cashmere...... 16% - ae
Ramee |... ....... 16 . ---32%
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CORSETS,
ree... se 89 50/Wonderful. .. ...84 50
Sehilling’s.. ...... 9 OO/Brighton.. . . 4%
Davis Waists..... 9 00/Bortree’s .......... 9 00
Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00
CORSET JEANS,
oe 6%| Naumkeagsatteen.. 7%
Androscoggin ....... a eepers.... ks 6%
Biddeford ..... wo---+ © MOOMENODR... 7%
Brunswick. ..... .. 6%|Walworth ...... --. 6&
PRINTS.
Allen turkey reds.. 5%|Berwick fancies... 53
= Tees. -...... 5%/|Clyde Robes........
ss _ & purple 5%/Charter Oak fancies 4
“ ae... 5%/DelMarine cashm’s. 5
_ pink checks. 5% i mourn’g 5%
staples ...... fancy... 5
“ ete... 8 chocolat 5
American fancy.... 5 ” rober.... 5
Americanindigo... 4% C sateens.. 5
American shirtings. 3%|Hamilton fancy. ... 5
Argentine Grays... 6 . staple .... 5
Anchor Shirtings... 4 |Manchester fancy.. 5
Arnold . -+22 6 e new era, 5
Arnold Merino... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 5
“long cloth B. 9 |Merrim’ckshirtings. 4
“ “ “ cc. 7 “ Repp furn : 8%
‘6 century cloth 7 Pacific ae neces oT
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‘* India robes.... 7
i, Plain Tey XX 7

Berlin solids........ 5% ce
= eee... 6 “ Ottoman Tar-
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‘* Foulards ... 54%/Martha Washington
2... Turkey red %..... 7
6 ao 9%/ Martha Washington
“ Y O46 10 fae: oe. 9
‘*  “ 3-4XXXX 12 |Riverpoint robes... 5

Cocheco fancy......5 |Windsorfancy...... 6%

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= 2 tene.. & indigo blue....... 10%
YO cde S faermony.....: - 4%
TICKINGS,
Amomees ACA: ACA: 11%
Pentton HW ....-... 7 |Pemberton AAA....16
$s Po e.. 8 ee cee es co
” Awning..11 |Swift River......... 7%
POPMOE......... 4.8 Ieee River 12
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Lenox Mills ........ 18 |Conostoga .......... 16
D BILL,
Atlante. D.. 25.0 occ. Serene A 8
Boks neon tac - 6%|No Name........ «+ TH

Top of Heap........ 9

 

 

 

 

 

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Smee... .... 12 {Columbian brown. .12
. Sen... .. 14 |Everett, blue........ i
ag brown .14 - rown.
Seer... 11% Haymaker blue.

Beaver Creek AA...10
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blue 8% . No.

* d4& twist 10% ' No, 250.
Columbian XXX br.10 . No. 280....
. XXX b!.19
GINGHAME,
Amoskeag...... —_ Lancaster, staple...
‘** Persian dress 64y ' fancies .... 6
- Canton .. 7 _ Normandie 6
_ PC... .. &4%|Lancashire.......... 4
_ Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 4%
= Angola..10%/Monogram.......... 4%
eC Persian.. 7 |Normandie........
Arlington staple.... 6%|Persian............. 6%
Arasapha fancy.... 4%|/Renfrew Dress...... 7%
Bates Warwick dres 7/Rosemont........... 6%
_ staples. 6 |Slatersville......... 6
Centennial......... 10%/Somerset............ 7
Crmerson er reomes ......-:... 7%
Cumberland staple. 5%|Toil du Nord....... 8%
Cumberland.... .... S eee 7%
oe eee sce 4 ‘*  seersucker..
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Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... 8
Exposition.......... Tq ‘* heather dr.
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Gienarven.......... 6% |Wamesutta staples. .
Gienwood........... 7%|Westbrook..........
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GRAIN BAGS.
Amoskeag......... -13 |Georgia...
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AION... 4... ees ence

THREADS,
Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......... 95
Coes, 3. &P......: = (marshals ... ...... 90
Payee 22%

KNITTING COTTON,

 

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me. 6. 2 3 INo, 14.....,.37 42
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BRED FLANNEL,
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Creedmore.......... ieee tucs
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Memeios...........27%% Peres... ...: 82%
MIXED FLANNEL,
Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW.........
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Seer... re er...
6 oz Western........ 20 {Flushing XXX.....
Vee B.. cs 22%|Manitoba...........
DOMET FLANNEL,
Nameless ..... 8 @9% ”
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Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate
9% 9 914/10
10% 10% 104/11 11%
11% 11% 114/12 12
12% 12 124/20
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz........ 9%|West Point, 8oz....
Mayland, 8 oz cosas 10% " - ...
Greenwood, 7% ox.. 9%/Raven, 100z......__.

 

Greenwood, 8oz....11%/Stark  «

Boston, § Os......... 10%|Boston, 10 oz........
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Colored, dosz........ 20 |Colored “
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Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket......... 10
. Med Crom....9 Mundie... 9
- a WO Bedford... ....

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SEWING SILKE,
Corticelli, doz.......55 {Corticelli knitting,
twist, doz..37%| per Koz ball..... 30
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SAFETY PINs.

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NERDLES—PER &.

eae 1 40|/Steamboat...........
Coeweere....... <... 1 35|Gold Eyed..
Marshairs..........: 1 00/American.......

 

+: TABLE OIL CLOTH.
5—4....175 6—4...

COTTONT WINES,
Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14
ee 12 Rising Star 4-ply....17
ne 2s 18 ' 3-ply....17
Pee 6 Sotte. 20
vt rpcaall een 13 {Wool Standard 4 plyi7%
cenee as 16

Cherry Valley...... 15 |Powhattan
i ee ee 18%

 
 
  

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Ares... 6%{Mount Pleasant....
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nae REE Pn NCEE ES WENO. cess vea ccs
Granite

 

cnnbawiaie ta o-- OMiGiuloy A... ....
Haw River......... s Toledo nid eeu eae
SU cos doce sas dts Otis checks...

brown... 7%

D... 8 Meee...

xy... Rnceeeer.. 2%

Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 |Lawrence, ee
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WE WANT

BEANS

and will pay highest market price for

 

them.

If you haye any stock you wish to
dispose of,
outlet.

seek headquarters for an

 

Ci... i

ALBUI1S,

DOLLS,
TOYS,
GAMES,
BOOKS.

EATON, LYON & CO

20 & 22 Monroe St,

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

os 9 @10%
oc 12%

Brown. Black.
10%

 

 

a 7 50

No 4BI’k & White..15
“a 8 “ ‘ 20

Belsy and 1 Ave Ot

Draw up the papers, lawyer.
And make ’em good and stout,
For things at home are crossways,
And Betsy and I are out.

It’s only a very little thing
That’s a-partin’ of us two;

linsist on usin’ Atlas Soap
And she’s got to use it, too.

And if she don’t, I declare to you,
I'm a-goin’ to git up and git;
I’ve allus been boss of the roost at home,
And I’m going to be boss yit.
If Betsy don’t come to terms to-day,
Ané git Atlas Soap at the store,
I’m goin’ to leave without delay,
And T’ll not come back any more.

Msnufactured only by

HENRY PASSOLT,

Saginaw, Mich.

 

  

5—4....165 6—4...2 30

 

 

 

HIRTH,
KRAUSE
& CO.

Headquarters for

Over Gaiters
0nd Leggins

$2.50 per dozen
and Upwards.

Lam Woo! Soe
Duck and Sheepskin
Sipe.

Mail us your order
and we will guarantee
satisfaction in both
price and quality.

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

7

 

IN A NEW LIGHT.

 

What the Public Owes to the Enterprise
of Advertising.
E. A. Stevens in National Grocer. a

In a small city in Illinois the following
dialogue took place between a retail gro-
cer and a salesman for a_ well-known
specialty:

Salesman—Our goods are certain to sell
because they are thoroughly, systemat-
ically and persistently advertised.

Grocer—Well, that does not make them
any better than others.

Salesman—Pardon me, but I think it
does.

Grocer—You don’t mean to tell me that
the mere fact of their being ‘‘blowed
about’’ makes them better?

Salesman—Where goods are continu-
ously advertised, so that they become
staple or standard articles, it is entirely
superfluous te speak of their merit, for
that is prima facie evidence of that fact.
No inferior article of domestic utility in
this age of close competition can ever be
advertised into popularity—not even with
the expenditure of millions.

Grocer—Why do you throw away so
much money on advertising? Why not
allow that in more profit to the re-
tailer?

Salesman—lIn the first place, our adver-
tising insures a more rapid sale of the
goods, and that more than offsets the dif-
ference in profits you would receive if we
did not give them greater publicity. In
the second place, it is the hardest possi-
ble thing to keep some grocers from cut-
ting the price or selling so low that they
knock nearly all the profit out of our ar-
ticle. The larger the margin of profit
the more certain would this be done.
Thirdly, allow me to examine your state-
ment as to our throwing money away on
advertising. You believe in education
and progress—through broadening our
minds by technical and trade journals of
science and mechanics, literature and
art, and especially the service performed
in this direction by your daily and
weekly papers, do you not?

Grocer—Most assuredly.

Salesman—Then you also believe that
that progress can best be accomplished
by popular priced newspapers and mag-
azines?

Grocer—No doubt.

Salesman—Did you ever consider the
vast service that is done in this direction
by the enterprise of advertisers?

Grocer—No, 1 don’t see where they
come in.

Salesman—You don’t? Have you ever
estimated the probable cost of your $1
per year weekly or your daily penny
paper—that inestimable boom of the
poor—if there were no advertisers?

Grocer—No, I have not. Don’t know
anything about that business.

Salesman—Well, at a rough estimate,
your town weekly paper wouid not cost
you less than $5 per year and your daily
penny paper of to-day would have to
charge something like 10 cents per copy,
as their circulation would naturally de-
crease in proportion as the price of pro-
duction was advanced. Would not that
be a public calamity? .

Grocer—Yes, the way you put it.

Salesman—Now reflect on the army of
employes which is enlisted in the serv-
ice of these publishers, or more cor
rectly speaking, the advertisers. The
thousands of compositors, huadreds of
paper makers, pressmen, mechanics,
roller and ink makers, proof readers and
innumerable others who would be inglori-
ously discharged if the enterprising ad-
vertiser suddenly concluded to quit busi-
ness. Nor is that the worst loss the gen-
eral public would sustain. Look at the
great periedicals. How could they af-
ford to engage in their service our mon-
archs of literature, our scientific savants
and our talented artists were it not for the
advertisers? Again, there wouid be much
less talent of this kind were there no de-
mand for it in dollars and cents—no
impetus, no inducement. Now the pub-
lic secures the benefits, experience and
skill of all this high priced (and worthily
so) intellectual aggregation by merely
paying the cost of the white paper and
postage at pound rates.

Grocer—Well, 1 never gave that any
serious attention before.

 

 

Salesman—Let me assure you that
scarcely a magazine or newspaper could
be issued in this whole country for any-
thing near the present prices were it not
for our and others’ money being—as you
term it—‘‘thrown away.”

Grocer—lI see now that, in part, I was
mistaken.

Salesman—Now, remember that the
entire public is benefited, whether they
purchase these heavily advertised goods
or not—especially so in these smaller
cities. Life would be a burden without
the cosmopolitan papers and magazines.

Grocer—Yes, yes, that is so; but do
not the consumers have to pay for it all,
and if they do why should we thank the
advertiser?

Salesman—The consumer, at each pur-
chase, pays a slight tax on the article
which is no comparison to the benefits
he has continuously received through ex-
tensive advertising. Our firm has an
enormous output and each customer
pays—on an article that sells for 10 cents
—a trifling addition for advertising. The
article would sell for the same price,
whether advertised or not, but would not
sell so rapidly, and that additional ex-
pense would be in either the manufac-
turer’s or retailer’s pocket. But suppose
the consumer does pay that, it is his
contribution to the advancement of
science, the promotion of literature and
the elevation of humanity.

Grocer—I must say that, in the light of
your explanation of the matter, my con-
ception of the advertiser has undergone
aremarkable change—a very material
one. [ always thought the heavy ad-
vertisers were about half-way robbers,
forcing something on the people they did
not want and making them pay for
it.

Salesman—Now, we do not ask for
“thanks,” but fair play. When people
ask for our goods give them what they
want. Remember that we spend about
$1 each in securing a new customer for
a 10-cent ariicle, believing that the merit
of our goods will make them steady
eustomers. Such exhibitions of pluck
and grit must challenge your admiration.
You should also bear in mind that the
advertiser takes all the risk. His money
must be spent before there are any re-
turns. Many firms have swamped them-
selves by advertising. It is the most ex-
pensive experience to be gained in busi-
ness, yet the most lucrative when you
know how to advertise. .

Grocer—I am pleased that you have so
clearly convinced me of my error.

After securing a good order the sales-
man bade the converted grocer a pleas-
ant good day,

WILLIAM CONNOR

Will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, on
Friday, Nov. 30, for the last time with his
falland winter samples, among which may
be named a nice selection of Paddocks
and Kerseys and Melton Overcoats, from
45 to 52 inches long—ulsters, single and

double breasted suits, ete.
Oe -
Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

 

 

Hardware Price Current.

 

These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptiy and buy in fuil packages,

 

AU@UBS AND BITS. dis.
ee a 60&10
a oa aac as wenn e eer satcgsces cue 49
CEE OE 25
SOP , SUOTIMAMRD | os occ ew cd oe 50&10

AXES.
First Quality oe, Ser es. os oss esc $550
. D. B. Bronze CGhgaids tedeteenee al -
‘ mS Bie... 6. eh Ace 6 50
* A oo oe ore occa 5c: 13 00
BARROWS, dis.
I ose ee ee 812 00 14 00
ee at - Det ekg
BOLTS,
eG 508510
Gensts PU Gio ae as oe ck cn coe ce 75&10
cecal y eles eee tae 40&10
Sleigh ee i ue 70
BUCKETS.
Ee a a 3 : 50
MT ET occa chg eboney uc cdacdpeev crews 400
BUTTS, CAST. dis.
Cast Loose Pin, fig ++ 70&1
Wrought Narrow, bright Bast ‘joint ‘ces 66410

  

 
 
 
 
 

  

 

Wrought Loose Pin.. 40
OMNIS EN oi ices boo oe sn cinaecaces 40
Wrought Inside Blind..... edd eeu eeta ae S
Wrought Brass............ Soot oe wa eaieae
IN UN ee male
Blind, CN ee ec cas 70&10
Blind, Os oe aes 70
BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 6010
CRADLES.
ee ae 40410
CBOW BARS.

ie ee a perb® 5
Ely’s 1-10 — 65
ee ca perm
Hick’s C.F... ae 55
ee sae - 35
ike ee - 60
CARTRIDGES,
ce ta ES SOESE nay es oto Cel ne EERIE 58
eo 25
CHISELS. dis.
BOON I cs. cule. - 75810
Socket ee acncaieaee -- 75810
Socket Corner. . --75&10
Socket Slicks ........... --75&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer... ae
coMBs, dis.
Comer. PINON 4
A ss 25
CHALE.
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10
COPPER,
Planished, 14 oz cut tosize... .. per pound 28
14x52 oe PON. ec 26
Cold Rolled. 14x56 and 14x60... ecennan ess 23
Cold Rolled, ee 23
po a a ee 22
DRILLS, dis.
Meanto te Tee BOON 50
Taper and straight Shank................... 50
More's Tapersneank ose... ck. ‘ 50
DRIPPING PANS,

Small sizes, ser pound ................0. 0008 6%
Large meee, per pound... .. ......... ....; 06
ELBOWS.

Com. 4 — _ aed aca do in gio dos.net 75
ee ee Ee eeay dis 50
PRURIN geieig ie cea ea dis. =

EXPANSIVE B
Clark’s, a, eee laree. Gee. ok. cscs * 30
Ives’, 1, 818: 2, 824; 3,830 25
FILEsS—New List. dis.
eee 60&10-10
ere SON ese 60&10-10
WUE ccc a oe ae so
oy ea ene iene aaa
TiGeee Se Oc Bo

GALVANIZED IRON.
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 2; 2 and 2; 27. 2
im RF SB 14 15 16
Discount, 70

GAUGES. dis.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ........

KNoBs—New List. dis.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55

Door, porcelain, jap. tri MOM sls 55

Door, porcelain, plated trimmings . Le eee 55

Door, poreeluin, trimmings. ..............2: 55

Drawer and Shutter, yaneeiaie aes ve cucu 70
LOCKS—DOOR. dis.

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’ 8 new list ....... 55

Mallory, Wheeler OO os bce ce snk. 55

ce ee 55

po AS a a ee 55

MATTOCES.

ANI oe Sc $16.00, dis. 60-10

Co as $15.00, dis. 60-10

WARE ooo ns ee $18.50, dis. 20&10.
5.

Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled le sce as ew 50
MILLS, dis.

om — ee 40

& W. Mfg. Co.'s a. 48

« inaeen Ferry & Clori’s............ 40

a ee 30
MOLASSES GATES. dis.

Stebbin’s Pattern.. ae ee ercoescy- ne

Stebbin’sGenuine................ .... .- 66410

Enterprise, self-measuring.... ....... Lous 30

NAILS

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.
Sen ee, I oe cc ke 35
Wire nee S608...

 

O... .e. ee eaeee Base Base

10

25

25

35

45

45

50

60

v 40)

90

1 20

160

1 60

65

5

90

W 6s)

90

10

70

80

Be i ee 90

Wee ee oe 175

PLANES. dis.

Aree Pen CO, Cae cc ew

SOON Wo esha oes saa coo enie B50

Senausey seer os, Taney... cs... @40

SOOUROe, KBE GOERT 5 | oc on on vive cece @40

Stanley Rule and Level ¢ Co. *s wood. 50&10

TG ee os cc ce —_—=
Common, Sains Sieiei Suse a dce odes dis.

RIVETS. dis.
UO UNG eo a ae cee ainen 50—10
Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50—10
PATENT FLANISHED TRON,

 

“A” Wood's patent ane Noa, 24 to - 10 20
“B Wood's ed, Nos. 26 to 27... 9 20
Broken © per ree extra,

 

HAMMERS.
TER SOO 6 oo i icsie es so scc cdot dis.
Ms dis. 2%
Ce ON I en co dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. B0c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand.. . -B0e 40&10
HINGES.
—_ Clerks, 1,93.8 ...... iedindeecs cae dis.60&10
la eet cl ole ek ul elaalas ose rcp aa per dos. net, 2 50
Serew i Hook and Strap, to 12 in. Oh 14 and
I sc is ele esi se oie ou al ce 3
Screw Hook and (eye ss ec net ti
MG osc os. ---net 8%
. : “ * Ce sa - o
massac sn aidask sad ne
SeRe Se dis. 4

dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mig. cy Wood track... .50&10

  
 

 

  

    

Cmermpeon, antl frivtion. oo... 60410
Melee, WOO GFOOE ...... onus iss ..s 40
oa HOLLOW WAKE.
ME seit ani alics Saccasmidae ctec daar dace adcinacs 60416
— ieee ial cae Coal wel celal uted oul 10
es acl ce ae 60&10
Pe CO ee 40516
HOUSE FURNISHING @oops.
Stamped Tin Ware..........
Japanned Tin Ware......
Granite Iron Ware .........

WIRE GOODS. 8.
es 70&10&10
OO DO -70&10&10
Ct a 70&10&10
Gate Hooks and setae 2G OSE repens - 70&10&10

EVELS. dis.7%
Stanley Rule and Level Bay Sepa ie aa
Sisal, ie] inch and eae aes ree S| 7
ota ee ee 10
SQUARES. dir.
ROM RUN v =
ee Oe Dee
eS ee ae 9
SHEET —
om. ——_
Mee tee #3 50 pe
Woe Ue 356 2 69
TO Sc 405 2 70
Nos. 22 to 24 ~. 2 oo 2 80
Nos. 25 to 26 ‘ = 2 90
ee 8 00

All sheets No. i8 and i ghter, 25 i
wide not less than 2-10 extr. . ‘0 nehes

   
 

SAND Sa
ci MOON TG Oe dis. 50
ASH CORD,
Stiver Lake, —— 7 see oeeted ecniie saeace list 50
CO . 55
_ re ee .
a is ease: .
“ ite C.. ss 20
Discount, 10.
SA8H WEIAHYS,
pene per ton 820
SAWS, dis.
_ seein Se a aoe noe
ver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, . 70
“Special Steel Dex X Cuts a foot... 50
-” 8 cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30
ss —— and Electric PrTooth =
Cae ee Bye
Steel, G nara
ey I es 0
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......... ends
Oneida Community, Hawley # Norton’s..7(-10 10
ne GRONGE 8 15¢ per dos
Mouse, CN $1.25 per dos
WIRE. dis.
Bright Market.... ..... 70-10
Annealed Market..... "5
Coppered Market... 70
Tinned Market......... 62%
Coppered Spring Steel.. 50
Barbed Fence, galvanized. 2 56
peleeee ... ico ae
HORSE NAILS,
Re dis. —_
ee
PeCmerOneenMA. aie 1 10810
Baxter’s Adjustabis. 3 nickeled Be gee cess * 30
Cee Cee ee 56
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ 75
Coe’s Patent, malleable.............. ...... 16
MISCELLANEOUS. *
ee oe
PI COR cee cee le vane
ee a 70410 &10
Camera, bea & .¢ Piste... .. 2.25. .....; 50&10&10
Senpens, AMOR 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods......... 65410
METALS,
PIG TIX.
Pig i: EE 26e
Pig Bars.. << acess 28¢
Duty: Sheet, ome per yee:
Cer em Chee ees 6%
ON OMe ee 7
lea SOLDER.
ee dace bs wows el aa GaN ee bu ou cou cued 8 16
eee ee oe ae 15
The prices of the many other qualities of

solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.

 

  

ANTIMONY.
ee EE EEE SS AY OSES Eee per pound
POE ee 13
TIN—MELYN GRADE
10x14 IC, Charcoal.. -.87 50
ee ee 7 50
ete, M8 9 25
ee NT 9 2
Each eaattional X on this grade, 81.
—ALLAWAY GRADE,
10x14 oy Charcoal dgewdetccccewe ta seauuus se ¥ £5)
ee 6 75
10x14 ix, Se  eidgeceeiicabecce, Ue Le 8 25
14x20 Ix, Dees 5 aes Gite del cae iia ge 9 28
Each additional X on this grade $1.50.
ROOFING PLATES
Sta tc, | | We 6 5:
14x20Ix, * Oe  uaaiear Cau ae 8 50
20x28 IC, “ Bele es clue ca 13 50
14x20IC, ‘“ Allaway Grade........... 6 On
14x20 Ik, : . eT veda 7 50
iat, “ . og ee en eT 12 50
Ox2sIx, * - ot. duhosdawe tide 15 50
BOILER SIZE TIX PLATE,
PUT 6 iced doneed ce oer cg ee eae $14 06
RO Pe he ae) cde ot 5 06
leeee Ee ar Ne § Botlers, | per pound.... 10 00

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

A WEEKLY JOURNAL LEVOTED TO THR
Best Interests of Business Men.

 

Pablished at
100 Louis St., Grand Rapids,
— BY THE —

 

TRADESMAN COMPANY.

One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance.

 

 

ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION,

 

Communications invited from practical busi-
ness men.

 

Correspondents must give their full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as
a guarantee of good faith.

Subscribers may have the mailing address of
their papers changed as often as desired,

No paper discontinued, except at the option of
the proprietor, until £1] arrearages are vaid,

Sample copies sent free to any address

Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second-
class matter.

ge" When writing to any of our advertisers,
please say that you saw their advertisement in
Tae MicHiGAN TRADESMAN,

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 238.

 

 

THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

While both Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress, without regard to
party, have declared their hearty ap-
proval of the opening of the Nicaragua
Canal under the auspices and with the
aid of the government of the United
States, they do not constitute a majority
of either house, and, thus far, it has been
impossible to get Congress to favor the
enterprise, cr, indeed, to become inter-
ested in any question that would look
like marking out a foreign policy for the
Government.

The Congress of the United States has
provided no coast defenses, it has made
but scant provision fora navy, and it has
neg'ected to authorize the construction
of a dry dock that ean take in for repairs
a ship of large size. A country so ut-
terly defenseless cannot indeed afford to
have any foreign policy, and it cannot,
therefore, afford to undertake to build or
Own an inter-oceanic ship canal, because
if some foreign power should protest or
resent such a step, the. United States
would be in no condition to maintain its
position.

When it comes to a mercantile marine,
the same state of affairs exists. The peo-
ple of the United States own few or no
Ships that are engaged in foreign trade.
Ail the American wheat, corn, petroleum
cotton, and hog and dairy products are
exported abroad in foreign ships, and

 

 

 

 

also all the merchandise which is brought
into this country from across the sea
comes in foreign bottoms. If the United
States owned an American inter-oceanic
ship canal, there would not be any ships
flying the United States flag to pass
through it.

This state of things exists through
some strange fatuity on the part of al-
leged United States statesmen to give up
the whole world to foreigners, and so
strictly has this remarkable policy been
carried out that to-day this great repub-
lic dues not own a single coaling station
outside the limits of the republie’s con-
tinental territory. :

When these facts are comprehended, it
is easy to see why the Nicaragua Canal
has never been anything more than a

 

mere creation if the imagination—a sort |
of wild dream.

Nor will it ever be any-

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

thing more until the people of this great
nation shall come to realize that they and
their country are to be more than the or-
dinary and habitual prey of foreign coun-
tries.

That a country which is wholly at the
mercy of foreign war navies and utterly
dependent on foreign commercial navies
has been for years able to enjoy imma-
nity from foreign attack is due to the
conjunction of cireamstances which have
divided the nations of Europe into for-
midable and opposing coalitions, and
often into hostile camps. The European
powers have not been united since the
time of Napoleon’s wars, when they were
all joined against France. Then England
took advantage of the opportunity to im-
pose hostile and injurious exactions upon
the United States, and out of these grew
the war of 1812. Since then Europe has
been so full of jealousies that any serious
controversy that would have precipitated
a war would have been unprofitable.
But the United States, with characteris-
tic prudence, did not rely wholly on the
preoccupation of European countries,
but discreetly submitted to foreign arbi-
tration where any rights or claims were
disputed.

The rise of a great naval and military
power in Japan, an island empire dom-
inating the Pacifie Ocean over against the
Western coast of the United States, places
another phase upon the foreign situation.
Japan, flushed with vast conquests, may
cherish further ambitions, and it will
not do to count upon perpetual peace and
amity with such a power. It will be nec-
essary to make some show of defense
upon the Pacifie coast. And right here
comes in an imperative demand for the
isthmus canal. There must be some way
of sending ships to the Pacifie coast be-
sides the interminable voyage around the
Horn.

It then becomes necessary for the peo-
ple of the United States to be educated
up to the demand for the Nicaragua
Canal. It ought to be talked about and
written about until the need for it for
both defense and commerce is thoroughly
understood. Then the people will in-
struct their Representatives and Senators
in Congress to provide for it. Until
then, the canal will continue to be onlya
dream.

 

 

PROSPECT OF PEACE IN THE EAST.

The offer of the United States to me-
diate between Japan and China having
been politely declined by the former
country, China has found herself com-
pelled to sue direct for peace, and it is
announced that one of the foreign at-
taches of the Chinese customs service,
who is familiar with the Chinese revenue,
has been dispatched to Tokio to treat di-
rect with the Japanese government on
the subject of terms of peace.

It is reported that the special envoy
will be empowered to consent to the rec-
ognition of the independence of Corea
and to pay a large cash indemnity to
Japan over and above the actual cost of
the war. To insure the payment of this
indemnity, Japan is to be allowed to col-
lect the revenue at certain of the Chinese
commercial ports until the indemnity is
fully paid, in accordance with the agree-
ment.

It would seem that the decision of
China to sue for peace has been hastened
by the loss of the great battle-ship Chen
Yuen, which was rendered worthless for
further active operations by coming into

 

 

 

contact with a torpedo at the entrance to
the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei. Although
the ship was immediately beached to
prevent her from sinking, it will be im-
possible for the Chinese to raise and re-
pair her in time to prove of value in the
present struggle. With the loss of the
Chen Yuen, the Chinese navy is so
crippled that it will scarcely dare to
again take the offensive, and will have to
confine its efforts to defending the strong-
holds.

With a Japanese army driving all be-
fore it in the province of Manchuria, with
Port Arthur in the hands of the enemy,
and Wei-Hai-Wei blockaded, China has
grave cause to fear that a further pro-
longation of the war would result in irre-
trievable disaster. The events which
have happened prove that the Chinese
empire is utterly incapable of coping
with Japan, and that, consequently, there
is nothing left to do but to sue for peace
on the best terms that can be secured.
All efforts to induce foreign powers to in-
tervene have fallen through, and even
the attempt to secure the mediation of
the United States has failed.

The humiliation of China is complete,
and the triumph of the Japanese could
not well be more thorough. Their econ-
duct of the war from the very outset has
been admirable. Their movements have
been rapid, their strategy brilliant and
their attacks delivered with courage and
skill. In not a single enterprise have
the Japanese failed, while their adver-
saries have made a good showing in but

 

one engagement, namely, that of the
naval battle in the Yalu River, which,
nevertheless, was a Japanese victory.

The war has, so far, done little dam-
age to international trade, as the powers
have carefully provided that the business
of neutrals should not be interfered with.
The purchasing power of China has been
crippled, however, and this has done
some damage. The termination of the
war will, therefore, be beneficial, par-
ticularly to the trade in manufactured
cotton goods, in which this country is
largely interested.

Le
PERCENTAGE SYSTEM ABANDONED.

It will be a matter of interest to the

trade to learn that the percentage or co-

 

 

 

 

operative wage paying system, adopted
last April by Siegel, Cooper & Co., of
Chicago, has been abandoned. By pay-
ing each clerk a certain stipulated salary
—less, of course, than the regular salary
—and a percentage (2 per cent.) on sales,
it was hoped that a personal interest
could be aroused in all concerned, and
that a true co-operative system might be
evolved. The reasons for abandoning
the system are thus set forth by Assistant
Manager Siegel:

‘We thought when we began that we
could make the co-operative System a
success, but, after a full test, we have
given itup. We urged upon our clerks
the importance of saving when trade was
good so that they might have something
ahead when business’ was dull and their
earnings necessarily low. But our urg-
ings did little good. We found that if a
clerk made a large salary during a big
week it was all spent immediately, as
they all live from hand to mouth. So
when the earnings were low there was
dissatisfaction and complaint. Em-
ployes felt that they were not getting
enough and became indolent and care-
less—just the opposite of what we ex
pected at the beginning. Some of our
best clerks resigned and went elsewhere
after they had given the scheme a test.
In a house with so many departments
and with all the changing seasons, there

a

 

was nearly always some division in which

sales were slow. This proved a constant
source of complaint. Then, too, it was
a great deal of trouble to look after the
workings of such a system and keep
everything in order. So we went back
to the old plan of paying regular salaries,
and everybody is satisfied and wiser for
the experience.”

 

That the issuance of United States
bonds is an improvident and merely a
makeshift means of replenishing the
gold supply in the Treasury is well un-
derstood by the Secretary himself, but
what else can he do, when Congress has
provided no effective way of securing
gold? It came to light that as soon as a
sale of bonds to the amount of $60,000,-
000 was announced there commenced a
drain of gold from the Treasury, for the
purpose, it is believed, of selling it back
to the Government. On the 16th and
17th of November nearly $2,000,000 was
was withdrawn, and it is evident that
the loss will amount to something very
considerable. Any sort of treasury
notes, including those of 1890, issued to
pay for purchases of silver under the
Sherman law, are being used to draw
gold from the Treasury. As all the
money of the United States must be
maintained on a gold basis, there can be
no objection urged to demanding gold for
notes which really represent silver.
Now, if this gold should be sold back to
the Treasury in exchange for bonds,
such a game could be carried on until the
whole of the existing gold reserve had
been so drawn out, and, although all the
bonds would be sold, there would be no
more of the yellow metal in the Treas-
ury than when the game began.

 

The New York Shipping and Com-
mercial List has taken up the sugges-
tion of Tue TRADESMAN relative to the
creation of a Tariff Commission, with a
view to creating a demand from business
men all over the country for the ap-
pointment of a Commission “to take full
charge of arranging the rate of duties on
our importations.’”’ In an editorial ar-
ticle on the subject it says. ‘“Uncer-
tainty is the greatest foe of commercial
prosperity. American business men are
self-reliant, independent and progressive
and can adapt themselves to any condi-
tions, except contiuual change and inter-
mittent disturbance. They are just now
emerging from an experience that teaches
a great lesson. If the lesson is properly
learned by the nation, it may repay, in
part, the hardship of the past two years.
The lesson that business interests
must not be made the playthings of pol-
itics. Business needs are best known by
business men. They, having reached a
decision, should make their influence
felt directly in national legislation.”

is

 

The Knights of Labor, whose general
convention is in session at New Orleans,
voted to exclude miners and admit bar-
tenders and waiters in saloons. This
action isin keeping with the trend of
trades unionism generally, the intention
evidently being to exclude manual
labor as much as possible and encourage
the affiliation of liquor dealers and those
allied to the liquor business.

 

 

The Commercial Bank of Muir will be-
gin business January 1, 1895, as succes-
sor toS. W. Webber & Co. N. B. Hayes
and his wife, Mary A. Hayes, L. N.
Olmsted and H. Jay Hayes are financially
interested in the new concern, and the

‘latter will be cashier.

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

ELECTIONS BY MACHINERY.

The principal difficulty about having
honest elections is that of getting honest
m:n to take charge of them.

Any election law is good enough, pro-
vided it is administered in all its details
by honest men, and no law, no matter
what safeguards it seeks to throw around
elections, can accomplish the desired re-
sults if its execution is intruyted to men
who are, in the first place, dishonest,
and, in the next, are interested in fasify-
ing the result and annuling the will of
the people.

As a last resort, in order to secure
honest elections, the advice has been
given to appeal to machinery. In this
most remarkable age of the world, when
machinery writes and talks for us, why
should if not also vote for us? What is
Meant is, why should not a machine be
employed to do our voting?

Every person who is acquainted with
the wonderful and manifuld uses which
mecLanical devices are now constantly
used to perform knows there is no appar-
ent difficulty in contriving a voting ma-
chine. More than this, voting machines
of several sorts have already been con-
structed, operated, tested and found so
salistactory that their employmeut has
been heartily recommended. Further
than this, the new constitution of New
York State, adopted by a popuiar vote at
the November election, virtually permits
the use of voting machines, by repealing
the old law which required that ali votes
in New York shail be by ballot.

It appears that voting machines have
been thoroughly tested in that State and
have received general encomiums from
the press. It has been demonstrated, so
it is claimed, that mechanism furnishesa
much cheaper method of voting than the
Australian ballot system, which has be-
come the vogue in many States, and that
it is more accurate and convenient than
any volinpg system which has been on
trial in this couutry.

A single voting machine has recorded
without error a thousand votes, showing
@ capacity for registering votes which
would allow a very decided reduction of
election precincts, with the consequent
saving of rent, service of election offi-
cers, cost of printing tickets and the in-
cidentals which swell the cost of elec-
tions to large figu.es in the aggregate.
The appliance requires but one bovth at
each election place, and will accomplish
as much in a given period as ten or
eleven booths under the present New
York system.

It appears that the machine counts the
vote as itis recorded by the voter himself,
and the resultis known immediately at the
Closing of the polls, which is certainly
& Most important consideration, since not
only is there a universal demand for in-
stant news, but the danger of stuffing
ballot boxes, or of counting the votes
fraudulently, in the period between the
closing of the poils and the making up
of the returns, is eliminated.

The voting is done by pulling a lever
or touching a knob, one for each ticket
or candidate, as may be arranged for.

Naturally, the question is asked
whether or not the people who have
charge of the machine can work it in the
interest of fraud, and, in the absence of
specific description of it, the question
cannet be answered here; but it is said
that the act of voting for one person or
party locks the other levers until the

voter leaves the booth, when all the '

 

levers are unlocked again by the closing
of the door behind him, and the booth is
prepared for the entrance of another
voter.

So many other important offices are
performed by machinery that there
should be no difficulty in managing to
vote by a mechanical contrivance, and,
should it possess the advantages that one
is led to expect from an experience with
other sorts of machines, there should be
ho reason why elections will not be ef-
fected through the intervention of mech-
anism with the best and most satisfac-
tory results.

——— ae »
The Czar’s Death and the Drug Trade.
From the Americaa Druggist.

The progress of the Czar’s illness was
watched with much concern from a busi-
bess, as wellas a private, point of view by
dealers in certain kinds of drugs specially
used in tre Russian market. One of
there drugs is Siam gum benzoin, of
which London is the chief trade center,
aud the bulk of whichis exported to Rus-
sia as an ingredient in the incense used
in the celebrations of the Greek ecbhurehb.
When Czar Nicholas L died, about the
close of the Crimean War, a sudden de-
mand for Siam benzoin caused the price
of the drug to advance to the : ighest
point Known in the history of the trade,
aud there exists to day in the drug wu-
seum of the London Docks Warehouse at
Crutched Friars a specimen of a partic-
ularly fine kind of the gum. whieh at that
time Is said to have been sold at the rate.
we believe, of about $800 per hundred-
weight. “Mn the occasion of last week's
London auction several holders of the
drug brought forward supplies, which
sold with a competition which justitied
their foresight. An uuusualiy large eva-
sizument of the gum, which by chance
had just arrived, was the subject of es-
pecial attention, and realized fully 20
per cent. above the valuations. Gum
vlibanum and beeswax are also articles
of which the prices are likely to be af-
fected for the same reason.

_—————_—_—>-9- <a

 

the Honest New Orleans
Baker,
From the Cincinnati Enqui er.

“The present agitation of the cheap!
bread question reminds me of Margaret,
of New Orleans, wizose honesty as
baker caused a monument to be erected
to her memory,” said E. CG. Giraud, of
New Orleans, at the Burnet. ‘My city
adopted the plan in vogue in Europe and
passed an ordinance regulating the
weight of loaves of bread, and providing
for the appointment of a bread inspector, |
In spite of ali the efforts of that official,
the bread still continued to weigh light,
and it seemed as though there was a cuom-
bination among the bakers to defeat the
purposes of the ordinance. One wmorn-
ing a load of bread was sent to the in-
spector, and every loaf was full weight.
It came from & modest bakeshop kept
by a woman named Margaret. What her
other name was none ever knew. but the
word passed through the city that there
was one honest baker, and soon she could
not supply the demand for her bread.
When prosperity smiled upon her she
gave thousands of loaves to the poor who
could not buy, and none did more for the
suffering and needy ones of the city.

“She was kKuown everywhere by ber
deeds of charity, and when she died a
monument was erected to her memory.’’

Margaret,

»

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A Trick of the Maine Canners.
From the Keonebec Jouraal.

Ap exchange informs us that there are
two fish packing establishments in Bris-
tol and the process that the same variety
of fish passes through in these two fac-
tories produces very different results.
From one the fish come forth neatly
eanned and fabeled ‘Brook Trout.”
From the other the same variety of fish
come forth a ‘tgolden brown color” and
are packed in wooden boxes and marked
“Smoked Herring.” The consumers can
have their choice, ‘Trout’ or ‘*Herring’’
from the same variety.

 

From A New York Stand point.

Note what a leading grocer of the Empire State thinks of Genuine Cleaned
Greek Currants:

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PROMPTLY

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Sold by Musselman Grocer Co,, Olney & Judson Grocer
Co., I. M. Clark Grocery Co., Hawkins & Co.

{23 For Quotations see Price Current.

MUSSELMAN GROCER 60,

WESTERN MICUIGAN AGENTS FOR
MIMOnC (0. § belebvoled Bullen
SPRINGDALE CREAMIERY in 1 Ib. rolls, 2 Ib. prints and tubs.

SPRINGDALE (dairy) in 1 and 2 lb. rolls and tubs.
GOLD NUGGET (fancy creamery) in 1 lb. prints.

 

 

 

 

 

These goods took the lead in this market last season and we have
reason to believe they will maintain their supremacy the coming season.

MUSSLEMAN GROCER CO.

The. Sali-
thilS al salt

is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur-
pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the
best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the
best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate

pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea.
Diamond Crystal Salt
get damp and

Reing free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, will not

soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salablemanner. When
your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of “*the salt that’s all salt.” Can be
obtair . _ from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page.

For other information, address
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH.

 

 

   

 

 

10

 

 

MONEY IN QUEER PLACES.

The Trouble Made by Those Who Are
Afraid of Banks.
From the Philadelphia Press.

When you see a wian wearing a thread-
bare suit of clothes and looking like a
farmer or a poorer or more careless per-
son, as far as personal appearance is con-
cerned, you shonld not, without further
examination, set him down for a poor
man. He might, for all you know to the

contrary, have a belt around his waist, |

beneath his clothing, containing a for-
tune in bonds, diamends, or other pleas-
ing things to have. ‘his isone way men

have of concealing their money for fear |

of being robbed of it by the banks or the
wily confidence man.

“Once burned, twice shy,” is an old
saying which is characteristic of many
people, and as true as gospel. To wany
men of means half the world is composed
of people, both male and femaie, who
Stand ready to getirom him his money
by foul means, while the other half are
on the watch to get away with it by what
they call fair dealings, but which may
not always be characterized as such.
Your rich man never dresses in the
height of fashion, nor does he make apy
loud display of his wealth. You will
look in vain for a man of wealth who
makes any exhibition of it upon his per-
son. History fails to record any such,
and if you will think them over—thuse
whom you have met and those who have
been pointed out to you—you will agree
that it is generally the fellow with an
empty purse who wears the best raiment
and the most costly jewelry.

And why is this so? In most cases of
wealthy meu it is because of a refined
taste in the wearer; butl have concluded
that, together with this praiseworthy re-
finement, invariably goes a fear of being
taken advantage of or being brought into
notoriety. IL state what t know for a fact
when | say that the millionaire dry goods
merchant, Alexander T. Siewart, of New
York, was, for years before his death, in
constant fear of being kidnapped and
held for ransom. I think he was not far
away from the facts. Thestealing of his
body from the grave seemed to prove his
fear well founded, and there is no doubt
that he had been warned, for he took the
precaution of avoiding secluded places
and hever went out into the street with-
out an attending detective at his heels.
He seidom rode in his carriage in town.
His dress was of the simplest character
and he never wore jewelry of any kind.
Without exception, it is the fear of being
robbed or taken advantage of, in one way
or another, that causes people with
money to hide it in out-of-the-way places,
where they can have an eye upon the
hiding places, and, if suspicious of inter-
ference with it, turn it over and ascer-
tain without delay if it is all there.

Your grandparents used to hide away
their money in an old teapot, which was
placed out of the way, on the top of the
china closet, you remember. You have
read in the newspapers times without
number of bank notes being found within
the covers of old family Bibles, in the
toes of old shoes. sewed up in the linings
of old clothes, buried in the cellar, hid-
den in the hollows of trees, placed be-
tween the mattresses of beds, laid away
under carpets, in secret compartments of
old desks and bureaus, and in a thousand
other places which people are not sup-
posed to suspect as hiding places. Any-
where wiil do, so long as it is an unfre-
quented spot or an article not in use.
The broken teapot has always been a
favorite savings bank for the farmer and
his wife, as well as for many others, be-
cause it has lost its usefuiness, excepting
as @ reminder of the past. and for its
faded beauty.

**Eecentric people,” he styled them, a
detective who had een called upon a
thousand times to aid in the seareb for
hidden ireasures supposed te have been
Jeft by men and women who had- de-
parted this life without giving any sign
of the secret hiding places of their pos-
Sessions.

“Why eccentric?’ I asked, not a little
Surprised at his denomination of a pecul-
jar people.

“Eecentric,” he replied, **because they
did not seek’ the aid of such an asylum as

| a safety deposit vaultor a good solid say-
| ings bank, or the lasting deeds to real es-
; tate, for the security of their wealth. 1]
j have no patience with such people, al-
| though they have made a fortune for me
iby their eccentricities. Seme forty or
i fifty years ago there was more of this se-
|creting mouey in strange nooks and cor-
'ners than there now is; but it still going
; OR, and, soieng as the world lasts, it will
| §0 on among iguorant and timorous peo-
| ple who want to have their wealth where
| they can just get a look at it occasion-
j ally, ouly to Know that it is all there and
j Safe aud sound. You would be surprised
| if you knew as much as you might about
| the hiding of money. It is just after the
banks break that the old stockings and
teapots are brought into requisition.”

‘Have you any method in searebing
for hidden wealth?” 1 asked of the detect-
ive.

“You cannot have any set method,”’
he replied, *tbut there have been many
cases that have come under my observa-
tion similar in their circumstances. Set
methods are only liable to defeat the end
in view. My manner of work must de
pend wholly upon the circumstances, and
the character, habits, and surroundings
of the hider of the wealth sought for
must first be considered. tis well, also,
to possess good knowledge of human na-
ture, and when | get hold of a clue L find
it necessary to turn it over and over so

 

that I may trace other and more impor-
tant facts, for these guideposts are of
the greatest value to the detective.
Kven what may appear to be the most in-
significant clues are generally the most
valuable to point the way to success in
my search.

“Complicated methods are the charac-
teristics of the miser, but you must net
jump at the conclusion that all people
who hide money away are misers. To il-
iustrate that the simplest clues point in
the right direction for the searcher, |
will tell you of one experience in as-areh
after rich effects of a man who died
where he had lived, in that much-abused
State of New Jersey 1 was called in to
search for the leavings of this man, who
had died suddenly and left no visible
trace of his money or bonds. His family
were aware of bis wealth, and that he al-
ways had money at his command, but
where he kept it was a mystery then, as
it always had been during his life. They
had made a careful search among his ef-
fects before my arrival and bad failed to
find any bank notes or other tokens. Not
even a clue could be found, and it looked
like a bard riddie for the detective to
solve. it was a forlorn hope, they
thought.

**They did not know what I learned at
the beginning of my experience as a de-
tective, that the most difficult appearing
cases generally prove to be the simplest

 

when common sense—what in homely
language is called horse sense—is brought
into requisition. In this instanee J
learned that the deceased was not a mi-
serly man, and I concluded that his
method of hiding must have been a sim-
ple one. I took a look around me and
wade a few inquiries. He was aman of
years, and had passed much of his life
as a sailor upon the ocean. The room
where he sat most of the time bore ey-
idence of his having lived on shipboard,
His people said they had searched the
house over, torn up the flooring, and
done everything, even to Searching the
houses of friends whom he had visited
when, as frequently happened. he
strayed from home on a visit, but all to
no purpose.

“The fact of his having wandered
abroad convinced me that his money was
not secreted anywhere about the house,
but that in some place about his person
he had hidden the property, and that per-
haps in his clothing | would tind it, I
asked for his clothing and was informed
that it was of the oldest possibie kind,
and his wife remarked that she could not
get him to wear anything new or decent,
When | asked to see his old clothing the
family told me that they had been all
through it with knitting needles, torn out
the linings, and, finding nothing after
what they considered a thorough search,
had given the rags away. But I had

 

 

 

“¥REETING :

~e./ jersey, in the Third Circuit,
has lately exhibited its said Bill

nplained of, and that the said
r

Complainant, is entitled to the

not Compiainant’s

that which is \
false or misleading inanner.

{SEAI

ROWLAND COX

 

 

{ New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant,

exclusive

Mam, Cherepfare, oo o csesy conn

KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, ageats, salesmen and workmen,
v2der the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of
absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully
substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection
soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from

qtitizess. ..,

iicd Sta’es of America, at the City of Trenton, ir

ty mhiginant Solictic

 

Che President

of the United States of America,

To
HENRY ROCH,

your Cl@ rics, attorneys, ager 5

S$2a1Cs8ti14©€M and workmen, and all claiming or
holding through or under you,

use of the designation

you

with the
directly, <

said manufacture, and from in any way using the

honorable MELVILLE W, Fu.uer, Chief

i

}

[sicneD}

and all claimi

using the word

this 16th day of December, in the year of
it hundred and ninety-two,

hy
} Oh ereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of

on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant,
of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District
to be relieved touching the matters therein

that

ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY,

“SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap.

and and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY

ng or holding through or under vou.

in case of disobedience, that you co

‘““SAPOLIO,” or any word or words

manufacture or sale of any scour ng

indirectly,

By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as
“SAPOLIG,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for,

word ‘“‘SAPOLIO” in any

Justice of the Supreme Court of the
said District of New
our Lord, one thousand,
Ss. D. CLIPHANT,
Cler’

 

THE MICHIGAN LPRADESMAN.

 

11

 

 

 

formed my theory of the case from two |@ mark on his hip, which had been made |

facts, namely, that of his having been a} by the metal edge of some household

sailor and so able to use
thread, and that of his having clung so
tenaciously to his oid clothing, pot being
awmiser. J insisted upon the clothes be-
ing brought back, and, to the astonish-
ment of the family, when I ripped off the
wide hjndings of the coat and vest, {
showed them the wealth they had
searched for in vain, neatly folded and
securely hidden. There were four
$10,000 bonds tightly creased and
wrapped around with oiled siik.

**] would give more for a good guess
than for any systematic method or cut-
and-dried plan to work on. It isa prac-
tice with criminals to hide their money
and valuables as far away from their
homes and persons as possible, and it
often
middle-aged countrymen do the same;
but when a man arrives at the sere and

 

happens that young peeple and }

yellow age he always conceals his valua- |

bles near his abiding place.

I will tell!

you of another instance in proof of the |

latter assertion.

‘More than thirty years ago I was

needle and | utensil, an indentation from the edge be-

ing plainly marked. There was also a
bruise upon his knee. I concluded that
he had fallen, clutching the money, over
some metal vessel, and then expired, as
he was found upon the fluor.

‘But there was no article fitting the
theory, in the room. The people who
had preceded mein the search declared
that there was nothing of the kind in the
room at the time of death. Still, 1 felt
that 1 was on the right track, and, after
a look around the house, I found an old
coal hod in the cellar, and among the rub-
bish in it was the prize of which | was in
search. This
$5,000.”?

TRADING WITH RED MEN.

 

 

Jake Gold’s Queer Store in Old
Santa Fe.
Bante Fe Correspondence Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean.

At the corner of Burrow alley and San

| Franciseo street, two little pathways bve-

York, at the request of tbe heirs, to look |

for the money of a deceased man. |
could not find any distinguishing charae-
teristics about the man, and, after trying
several clues for a week and failing all
through, I grew tired of the search and
began to doubt his having left anything
of value. We had ripped open his sad-
dle, splitopen the soles and heeis of bis
boots, and pulled all to pieces bis eloth-
ing and the upholstery of the furniture.
We had torn up the stones of the bearth
and ripped down the wainseoting, and
even the backboards of all the picture
frames had been taken out by us. There
was pot a tree on the place which had
not suffered from digging completely
round its roots. There was a large re-
ward and | could not afford to lose it, al-
though I was at my wits’ end.

“In order to settle my mind at this
juncture, | took a horse and wagon, and,
asl started upon adrive, the brother of
the deceased said to me that | would find
the place well laid out, for his dead
brother had surveyed it. This remark
opened my eyes and led me to believe
thai, after ali, the man had not secreted
his money in the house, nor in the barn,
to which he seldom had gene. 1 econ-
cluded that he would not have used roots
of trees or even stones for hiding places
if he knew how to survey. 1 deferred
my drive and went into the house and
asked where the deceased had beenin the
habit of sitting. L learned that, like all
old men, he had a favorite chair. lL
learned, also, that this chair was always
placed by him at a certain window. The
brother remarked that they had pulled
the chair all to pieces and found noth-
ing there.

“I gut the brother to sit down in the
cbair and look in the direction which the
deceased generally looked, and found
that he had constantly kept in sight an
old used-up pump. I learned that when
he walked out, he went straight to the
pump and then made a bee line for the
pond. 1 had the pump taken up and we
dug down deep beside it, but found noth-
ing. Ithen returned to the room and
Sivuod at the window. It was a happy
thought to search the window sill care-
fully, for I found there a faint and pecul-
jar mark. It was a surveyor’s point. 1
lined it up to the pump and measured the
exact center of the line. At a depth of
four feet we found a two-inch steam
pipe. Both ends were plugged, and con-
cealed within was the fortune of that
man in bonds and certificates of stocks
and bilis to a great amount. For my
Services in that case I carried away a
$500 bill.

“This case was soon followed by a
search for $32,000, which a paralytic had
in his band a few moments before his
death, which had occurred like a stroke
of lightning,’ continued the detective.
‘Before I was called in, the family, as
usual, had made a thorough and ex-
haustive search, as they supposed, and
left me only the house turned upside
down and all traces destroyed. In this
dilemma I sought the doctor and told him
of my trouble. He suggested an exam-

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. : {iween rows of closei uilt adobes, is ¢
ealled to a house in Orange county, New! | of closely built adobes, is a

long, low, rambling buliding. Perehed
upon its roof is an old Indian wagon
with its upright poles and solid wooden
wheels. Such wagons have not been
used for a century or more. Hung about
the doorway and on the awning posts are
all sorts of curious things, squaw wed-
ding dresses, Mexican vuckskin trousers
and svmbreros, saddles and trappings.
The presiding genius of the place, Jake
Gold, is now aman of middle age, and
came to Santa Fe when a mere lad, so he
is one of the “oldest inhabitants.’

Gold’s Jair is a room long, low, lighted
from above, and of the ordinary adobe
construction. But the contents! Words
fail to picture the congiomerate mass
which lines every inch of wall, hangs
from every beam of the ceiling, and
trails down the center of the room in a
rough line of pine showease and table.
Down at the end of the rvom are the
large graceful ollas, or Indian jars, and
water bottles, both of the old make and
of the coarser modern manufacture,

Itis interesting to note that the old
Zunis have produced in some instances
exactly Grecian lives and shapes. And
they did this over a century ago. Their
modern work is a weak imitation of the
ancient models, and cheap earth colors
are used instead of the “fast mineral
paints with which their ancestors deco-
rated. There are fragments of the pot-
tery and tools of the mound builders, clit
dwetlers, and ancient Pueblos, garnished
with an occasional skull filled to the eye
holes with crusted dirt. There are rude
Indian tools of stone and iron, and spec-
imenps of every evidence of the old In-
diaps that time has saved for us. A
table near by is evvered with skins—
bear, coyote, and the more valuable ones.

Near the door a glass case, the only one!

which the store boasts, is filled with those
pretty cut and po.ished ‘gems’? which
the tenderfoot buys so eagerly. Thereis
shelf upon shelf of modern Indian pot-
tery and baskets; rain gods—littie, ugly,
squatting figures holdipg water jars in
their Japs, and there are figures in
white earth painted to represent anys
thing and everything within the ken
of the makers.

All these things are absorbing, but
after all it is notin them nor in Jake’s
parrot, which swears in excellent Mexi-
can, that the chief charm lies. Just off
his main room is another and smaller
one, and here is Jake’s native heath. in
the centre of the room is an immense
stove. Covering one side are high
shelves, piled with cheap trinkets of
every kind and flauked by a counter cov-
ered with bright calicoes and flannels, to
catch the eye of the simple native. The
rest of the room is bright with Navajo
blankets, the most beautiful and artistic
thing the Indian makes. Here is an ef-
fective one in what is called the ‘light-
ning’ stripe, with great zigzags of flam-
ipg color on a dull background. Here is
a ‘Flagstaff’ with a shaggy coat like
that of a Newfoundland, so called be
cause made at Flagstaff, Ari. All these
blankets bave the bright reds, yellows,
and greens blending in a rough harmony
very pleasing to the eye.

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12

Winter is the time when this room is |
While warm weather

truly in its glory.
lasts existence is cheap and the Indtans

bring nothing to trade, but at the first

frost they begin to troop into town,
wrapped in their long blankets, which
conceal whatever they have brought.
They all know Jake. They know that
he is square, and that they have always
@ welcome areund his big stove, now
cleared of its festoons of Navajo blankets.
There they squat in a silent circle.
Sometimes a buck will sit there for a
day, making no sign. and then suddenly
draw his treasure, whatever it is, from
his blauket, and place it beside him.
Here is where Jake’s ‘fine work” begins.
Of course, any sign of interest or enthu-
Siasin Ou his part would at once triple
the value of the article presented, so,
hewever great a prize it may be, he
glauces Over it, puts it down again, and
waiks away. If not treated with the ut-
Most finesse the wily savage will sell his
treasure to Jake and then calmly produce
sume vther article from the mysterious
folds of his blanket, and trading must
begin all over again. Jake makes it a
rule to only buy iu vulk, and he let many
@ valuable relic zo befure the ludians un-
derstood that they must show ali they
had ‘un the first lay-out.’’

Whcn he is satisfied that he has seen
all the werchandise under that particu-
lar blanket he gues behind the counter,
Picks out a choice assortment of the
triukets there, places them beside the de-
Sired article, aud again retires. These
“articles of trade’? embrace all kinds of
cheap dry gouds, buttons, toys, aud cheap
brass goods. Verhaps the most amusing
of them is a boxful of thuse lead bird
whisties with the sound of which the
fakirs make our streets hideous A pile
of bandboxes in ove curner is filled with
soft black hats, each surmounted by a
gay culured feather.

**I got the hats alone,” said Jake, “‘but
they didn’t take, so Ll put the feathers in
them aud | get rid of alot of them now.
At first the ladians would give me about
anything for trade, but so many fool
tourists have been offering them money
for their things that they waut hard cash
fur everything, and | use my trade stuff
now mostly fur ‘voot.’ ”’

There is no haste about this bargain-
ing. Sometimes it lasts fur three er even
fuur days, and the game is to see who
cay tire the other out. In the meantime
the Indian camps in front of Jake’s big
stove. Finally an offer is made which is
accepted, when the red man_ rises
solemnoly, places his treasures in Jake’s
hands, scoups up the goods comprising
Jake’s last offer, and stalks away.

Mexicans are guod customers of Jake’s,
and many a rare old relic of curiousity
have they brought him. He has oid
Spanish trunks covered with cvlored
leather, overlaid with slashed rawhide
and having ponderous iren clamps and
locks. The trunks are small, but a mod-
ern baggage smasher might waste a life-
time trying to break one. The first mis-
sionaries brought them over, and they
are still occasionally found in the old
Spanish missions.

Jake and others after him are re-
spousible for a kind of vandalism hardly
defensible from our point of view. Itis
known that these old Spaniards brought

. ib,

*‘Well,” replied Jake, ‘1 don’t pretend
to Know much about such things. it may
be a Murriller, but Vil bet $5 it’s a
woman.’’ And it was.

If there is one thing in which Jake ex-
cels, itis in *tsizing up’’ a visitor. From
long experience he is able to distinguish
at a glance a connoisseur from the senti-
mental tenderfoot (usually female) who
wants to be filled with stories about the
things he or she buys. With such a one
Jake is in his glory, and he tells his tales
with such a childlike air of truth and
candor that the happy purchaser invaria-
bly departs firm in the belief that he has
purchased for a mere song the sword of
Pizarro, the spurs of Certez. or the state
robe of one of the early Pueblo kings.
Jake considers these “gulls” his legit-
imate prey, and his conscience ts per-
fectly free concerning what he telis
them. With one whom he considers in
some degree posted, however, bis manner
is entirely different, and no fairy stories
are spun to them. In short, he doesn’t
humbug you unless you show a desire to
be humbugged. Every valuable article
he has is marked witn a tag, on one side
of which is a C, for cash, or a T, for
trade. By avery simple system of per-
centage he fixes a selling price ba-ed on
the cost, if cash, or on the value of the
stuff traded.

There are three things in this place
that money cannot buy. He ealls them
his mascots, for they were the nucleus of
his present collection. They are his old
Indian cart. a large Spanish trunk, the
best specimen yet found, and an immense
irov kettle dug up near an old Spanish
settlement, and showing unmistakable
signs of having been hammered out by
hand. In these three relics he has some-
thing equal if not superior to any of the
curiosities Of the State Histurical So-
ciety.

 

 

—-—<——
SUNDRY SARCASMS.

“Clara, whom do you like the better,
your father or your mother?”
‘My mother, of course! I don't think
much of fathers, anyhow. They’re only
relations by marriage.”

* * ao
Mrs. Gray: When a girl leaves you,
do you give her a recommendation?
Mrs. White: Invariably. It pleases
the girl, and prevents ker from saying
hateful things against you.
Mrs. Gray: But then, isn’t it a great
bother?
Mrs. White: Oh, no; I hada thousand
printed last autumn, and I still have sev-
eral copies left.

> «& &
‘Say, waiter, are you positive this is
wild duck L am eating?” Waiter: “On,
yes, sit; so wild, in fact, we had to chase
it round the back yard for fifteen min-
ules before we could catch it.’
¢* ©

Ethel has had other times ol not hear-
ing distinetly, and one of them was
again in connection with the Sunday
School lesson. ‘What was it abuut to-
day?” asked her mother on this ocea-
sion.

“It was about Shem, Ham and beef-
steak,” answered the child quite seri-
ously.

*-* 28 «

 

 

 

over many fine paintings, some of them
by the old masters, with which to adorn
their chapels. These same chapels are
now in the hands of ignorant aud mer-
cenary Mexicans. Such was the demand
for these old paintings, aud such good
prices could be obtained for them, that
agents were sent out to search the land
for them. They went around with a
load of cheap, highly colored chromos,
representing the Pope, different saints,
the bleeding heart of Mary, and kindred
subjects. These they exchanged with
the guileless Mexicans for their ‘‘shop-
worn” goods. Itis said that, thanks to
these vandals, it is now almost impossi-
ble to find any old relics in the missions.
Those which Jake has he sells with a
sublime disregard for artistic excelience,
gauging the selling price by cost price,
plus a modest percentage.

“By Jove, Jake,” said an enthusiast
not long ago, ‘i believe that picture is a
Murillo!

i
|

 

Little Jack prays every night for all
the different members of his family.
His father had been away at one time for
a short journey, and that night Jack was
praying for him as usual, ‘Bless papa
and take care of him,’’ he was beginning
as usual, when suddenly he raised his
head and listened. ‘Never mind about
it, now, Lord,” ended the little fellow:
‘I hear him down in the hall!”
- | *

A Boston lady was pleading with a
teamster who kept beating one of his
horses unmercifully. ‘Oh, is there any
need of whipping him so? Is there any
use in it?” she asked. ‘Divil a bit,
ma’am,’’ replied the driver civilly, and
with the air of a man who does his duty
even when it is in vain. ‘I’ve licked
the critter till I’m played out, and it
ain’t a bit o’ use.’’

_

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os ‘ace with thosé who can cali at my offies a
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“Te Niagara Falis Route.’
(Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.)

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Arrive. Depart
em. ...:... Detroit Express ........ 70am
5 30am ....*Atlanticand Pacific..... 1 20pm
i —. MR coors New York Express ..... 60pm
*Daily. Ail others daily, except Sunday.

Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00a m; re
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 Pm, arriving at Grand
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct Communication
all through trains eest over the Michigan Cen-
road (Canada Sonthern Division.}

A. ALMQuist, Ticket Agent,

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Union PassengerStation.

Sept. 23. 1894,

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GOING TO CHICAGO.
| Lv. G’d Rapids......... 7:25am 1:’5pm *11:°0pm
| Ar, Chicago l:25pm 6:50pm *6:45am
RETURNING FROM CHICAGO.

| iy. Citeigs tilfam 5:00pm *11:45pm
| Ar. G'd Rapids. .;...... 3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am

T9 AND PROM MUSKEGON,
Ly. Grand Rapids . Tam 1:25pm 5:30pm
Ar.Grand K. 9:i5am 3:45pm

TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOLX AND PETOSKEY.
Ly. Grand Rapids... 7:3vam 3:15pm
Ar. Manistee........ 12:20pm) 8:15pm
Ar. TraverseCity.... 1:00pm 8: pm
Ar. Charievoix...... 3:15pm 1t:1 pm
Ar. Petoskey ... 3:.5pm 1l:.tpm

Trains arrive from north ati::0 pm and *10:00
pin.
PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS,
Parlor cars leave for chicago 1:25pm.
no th 3:14pm. Arrives from Chicago 1:25pm,
From nortu t:pm. Sleeping cars lerve for Chi-
cag Il:3upm. Arrive from Chicago 6.25.
*Every day. Uthers week days uly.

DETROIT,

LANSING & NORTHERN R, K,

 

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GOING TO DETRUIT.

Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm
Oe, DEON... . 4... ii:40am 6:3upm 10:4upm

RETURNING FROM DETROIT.

Cy, Det. 74am 1:1 pm 6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...... iz:4upm 5:15pm 10:45pm
TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUI¥.
Ly. GK 7:40am 4:45pm Ar. GR 1lsisSpm 10:55pm

TO AND POM LOWELL,
Ly. Grand Rapids... ... : 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm
Ar. from Lowelt......-... 12:40pm 5:15pm

THROUGI CAR SERVICE.

Parlor Carson al! trains between Grand Rap
ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morp-
ing train.

‘Trains week days only.

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OWems...... Ar) 900m} 1 20pm) ¢6u5pu| 3 0am
E, saginaw..Ar/iu Svan | 3 45pm 800pm] 6 40am
Bay City..... Ar|113:am| 43opm| 5 47pm| 7 liam
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Der... 5... Arjil SOan)| 405pm] 925pm] 7 vam
WESTWARD,

For Grand Haven and Intermediate
ee *7:00 a. m.
For Grund Haven and Muskegon ... thx Pp. m,
- . es “Mil. and Chi. 45 35 p. m

tDaily except Sunday. *Duily.
Traius arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50
p.m. 5:20 p.m.
Trains arrive from the west, 10:10a. m. 3:15
Pm. and 9:15 p. m.
bastwurd-—Nvu, 14 has Wagner Parler Buffet
car, No. 18 Parlor Car, No. $2 Wagner Sleeper,
No. 15 Waguer
Sleeper,

Westward — No. 11 Parlor ar.
Parlor Buffet car. No.5! Wagner
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Grand Rapids & Indiana.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

Leave going

North
For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw....7:40a. m
Pe er tenes cess | 25 p.m,
rT ee il wince as ouinc eotrd men 5.00 p. m,
For Petoskty and Mackxinaw................ 10:25 p m,

TRAINS GUING BOUTH

Leave going

South.
or Cee eeevseees 6 50 a.m,
For Kalamazoo and Chicago... ...... ... 2:1) p m.

 
 

For Fort Wayneand the Kast........... 2:15 p.m,

Pe CON ieee. nse wis "5:40 p.m.

For Kalumazoo and Chicago,.........,..... “11:40 p.m
Chicago via G. R. & I. KR. R.

Lv Grand Rapids........ 650am 25pm *11:40pm

Bee CRN a cans. 2pm 90pm 7: 0am

2:15 m train hasthrough Wagner Buffet Parlor

Car and coach
11-40 p m train daily,
and Coach.

Lv Chicago

Arr Grand Rapids
an pm hat through Wagner

through Wagner Sleep'ng Car

11:30pm
7:20am
Buffet Parlor Car,
Dm traindaily chrough Wagner Sleeping Car,

9 16pm

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & indiana.
For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive
72a 8 Ham
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Gripsack Brigade.

Wm. A. MeWilliams, formerly with
the Putnam Candy Co., succeeds Jas. A.
Massie as traveling salesman for the L
M. Clark Grocery Co.

Frank E. Chase has signed with his
house for another year, making the sevy-

enteenth year with one firm. He is at
Sweet’s Hotel this week with his spring
samples.

The annual meeting of Post E will be
held at Elk’s Hall, Saturday evening,
Dec. 8. As officers are then to be elected
for the ensuing year a large attendance
is requested.

T. J. Haynes, city salesman for the L. C.
Porter Milling Co., of Winona, Minn., is
happy with a new boy at his home, 40
Livingston street, where congratulations
are being received.

Walter M. Gibbs, who has covered the
Michigan trade several years for Eastern
spice houses, has in preparation an ex-
cellent treatise on spices, which he pro-
poses to publish in book form during the
coming year.

The card of Chairman Bradford, in an-
other column, speaks in no uncertain
sound, and is a timely notification that
Grand Rapids will not violate its position
as host of the occasion by forming an al-
liance with any other city, looking to the
election of any particular slate or the
perpetuation of any particular person in
office.

A. P. Daniels, who sold tha first regis-
ter turned out by the National Cash Reg-
ister Co., has engaged to represent
the Champion Cash Register Co. Mr.
Daniels has, at different times, repre-
sented the Union and Lamson registers,
but sees in the Champion features which
place it, in his estimation, above any
other register on the market.

W. D. Weaver, city salesman for the
I. M. Clark Grocery Co., takes a position
in the store about Dec. 1, when the work
of covering the city trade will devolve
upon D. E. Keyes. Mr. Weaver will as-
sume the duties of house salesman and
assistant buyer, his experience and ac-
quaintance with the trade admirably
adapting him for both departments of
work.

Willis P. Townsend (M. E. Christenson)
is entitled to the sympathy of the frater-
nity by reason of the critical illness of
his 7 yearold son, who has been given
up by both the attending and consulting
physicians. The lad’ was taken down
four weeks ago with typhoid fever and
did as well as could be expected until
the fever was complicated by cerebro-
meningitis,

Among the subjects which will be pre-
sented at the coming convention of the
Michigan Knights of the Grip will be the
introduction of an accident insurance
feature and the changing of the annual
convention from December to July.
While there may be some objections to
the former innovation, there certainly
can be no serious objection to the latter,
as midsummer is a much more available
time for traveling men to attend a con-
vention than holiday week, for obvious
reasons.

The committees entrusted with the
work of preparing the entertainment
features of the coming annual convention
of the Michigan Knights of the Grip are
making rapid progress. The caterer has
not yet been selected, but a deal will
probably be made with one of the several
applicants before the end of the week.

 

 

| musie and the invitations to the conven-
| tion are now in the hands of the printers.
Another general meeting of the several
committees will be held in the parlors of
of the New Livingston next Saturday
evening.
en
Patent Medicine Frauds.

Itis said that the post-office depart-
ment proposes to take decisive steps to
break up the nest of fradulent patent
medicine concerns that makes its home
at South Bend, Ind., and uses the mails
to defraud an afflicted public. It is said
that there are more than 200 fictitious
companies, supposedly carried on by a
few persons, who advertise extensively,
and use the mails. The movement was
Started by complaints made by citizens
of South Bend.

 

 

PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

moe... 22%
ON 13 00
&xtra clear pig, short cut.............. 14 50
eR CORE, HOGey
eer Ce eee

  
  

 

Boston clear, short cut..... 14 Ov
Creer beck ahcrient. i4 60
Standard clear, short cut. best........

SAUSAGE,
Uva q
Bowme.. co... a 5
ee 6
omen og. 8%
ioe... ..... eee ee ue. 6
MOOG CHOROE : 6
Pee ee 10
Pre 7%

LARD.
Pose Mendctee 8%
ee ‘
as 5%
b ntinye, that EE a ey 5%
a 1%
Cotosuet eee 634
50 ib. Tins, 4c advance,
20 lb. pails, %e ‘
cin 66 6Me .
. * Se .
oi “* fe -
BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............. . 7 50
Extra Mess, Chicago Peeeine......>.... 7%
Ponce vamp Ot tv 00
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain,
Meme arcrago mw ie 9\%
- “ ee 0934
: “ meri 10
. a ae TK
° eee 8%
Shoulders 4... . " 6%
Breakfast Bacon boneiless.................... § %
Dried beef, ham prices... .. 10%@11

DRY SALT MEATS.
ORR COR ORM
Briskets, medium.
i light... .
Pees... te
2. Se. OCs, ce...
Fat Backs...... eee ee ee ae

PICKLED PI@s8’ FEET.

   
  

 

Half barrels,...... ere ee eee: 3 2

Quarter barrels.... . 12

mits ...... eves cee, 90
TRIPE.

Kits, honeycomb........... ris)

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The Mechanical Marvel of the Age.

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“‘puvis pus 43/7
“W8aH 9UO JOJ L$ SN puss ‘uMO} INO 10 AOUOSB 94} YSIM Nod JL

PRICE, WITH STAND, $10, 30 per cent. Discount to the trade.

Sold only by

W.S. & J. E. GRAHAISI,

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

Shut
the
Door

on all inferior goods if you want tu draw custom and make money.
We have been in the milling business so long and

“Lilly White”
Needs No Introduction

to the grocers of Michigan; and our Roller Champion, Snow Flake and
Gold Medal brands of flour are likewise well and favorably

 

 

successfully that

known.

BUT, DO YOU KNOW

that, besides our immense flour output, we turn out hundreds of carloads of
feed every year? Our feed department is a distinct feature of our busi
ness and is under the management of a feed miller of long and practical
experience. We want your trade and if we once get it we will keep it,
because our feed is guaranteed to be exactly as represented.

Send for sample and prices of anything you need in the milling line
and ride with us on the road to success. Stop Walking!

VALLEY SITY MILLING GO, ©9240

 

    
  
  
   

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POWDER, FUSE, CAPS,

   

a Electric Mining Goods,
HERCULES, AND ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING.
CHE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK FOR SALE BY THE
ANNIHILATOR. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY,

Cuyahoga Building,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.

 

Hercules Powder is carried in stock by all of the foliowing jobbers:

Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids,
A. Austin, No. 93 Jefferson Ave., Detroit,
J. J. Post & Co., Cheboygan,

Popp & Wolf, Saginaw,

Potter Bros., Alpena,

Buechner & Co., Kalamazoo,
Seavey Hardware Co., Ft. Wayne,
Camper & Steadman, South Bend.

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Drugs# Medicines.

A Double Role, With Variations.

Objectionable as the English system of
primogeniture appears to an American
democrat, it must be confessed that it
has served a purpose that would have
been illy served by ajuster system. It
has guaranteed the aristocracy of one
member of the family; and Nature then
has preserved the fraternal relationship
despite difference in social condition.
Thus the ‘upper’ and the “lower”
classes of society have found a unity
greater than their diversity; the elder
brother, gaining access to the circle of
the elite, has been, by a stronger tie than
that of fashion, bound to the less
“favored” members of the family, and
through them to the great body of the
common people. It is not altogether
surprising that Rosebery the lord should
also be Rosebery the radical.

 

 

A situation somewhat akin to this is
found in pharmacy. On the one hand, a
profession linking its followers to the
vastest and most honorable branches of
modern science; on the other, a dealer in
ready-made goods. But here it is not
two members of one family who repre-
sent two classes of service, but one in-
dividual embodying both ideas. The
pharmacist is a merchant—and in some
respects among the most humble; he is
also a chemist, filling a position of re-
sponsibility equal to that of the skilled
physician. It is thought that he may
finally evolve into two classes, but there
is small danger.

And among the first advantages of the
dual role he plays is the fact that he is
led to bring the methods of trade to bear
on the practice of his profession, and the
high ideas of professional duty to bear
on the practice of his trade. In the
former of these influences he feels the
force of an economic law which too often
fails to make itself felt with the doctor
and the lawyer; he actually puts some-
thing like a business price on his profes-
sional services, acknowledging here the
rude justice of the law of com petition,
which, as a matterof fact, strictly belongs
to the trade department of his work. He
dares not say, as some medical and legal
men have had the hardihood to say, that
if his skill saves life he is justified in
levying blackmail upon his beneficiary to
an extent governed by the latter’s purse.
lf the pharmacist’s charges seem high,
there are other reasons for it; they are
seldom or never so high as to excite the
suspicion that he is tainted with the pol-
itics of the Sicilian brigand. And when
the opportunities which he has of impos-
ing upon his customers are taken into
account, it must be admitted that his
honesty deserves an honorarium; if he is
dishonest, of course any price is too high
—sueh a one I am not discussing.

The question of a just price is not to
be settled off-hand. It fluctuates between
the cost of production—that is, the cost
of bringing the article up to the point of
perfection it has reached when the cus-
tomer buys it—and that other and per-
haps more variable Standard, the state of
the market. The man who endeavors to
be governed entirely by the cost of pro-
duction must include in this sum the cost
of his own sustenance—an uncertain and
infinitely elastic item, to decide which he
will ultimately evoke the market price,
He will in all probability soon find him-
self in the camp of his less sentimental

 

competitor, who never makes any pre-
tense of confining himself to the cost of
production in making his prices, but
takes the ups and downs of trade as they
come—ene price for all, but that the very
highest that the state of the market will
allow. This is business. The pharma-
cist applies the principle in the com-
pounding of prescriptions; he charges
for the ingredients, for his labor, and for
his professional services. The price of
the first two is fixed by competition; but
strictly speaking there can be no compe-
tition between dispensers, as there ean
be really none between physicians, in
dealing with intelligent laymen. Never-
theless the dispenser applies the business
principle here, and his charges are af-
fected thereby; but owing to the fact that
the competitive influence is indirect, it
results in reducing rather than enhanc-
ing the cost to the consumer.

It requires no argument to show that,
although the pharmacist asa merchant
charges the highest practical price, as a
matter of fact that price is the lowest
consistent with solvency—not because he
wishes it to be so, but because he is bid-
ding for custom. Now transfer to the
prescription-case the impression received
from the strictly business end of the
pharmacist’s occupation: first, the ambi-
tion to get the highest possible price;
second, the actual establishment of the
lowest possible price, and as a net result
a certain exact margin of profit. This
margin is the definite thing which serves
as a guide for the profit on prescriptions.
It determines the pharmacist’s fee as a
dispenser. He cannot ask much more
without doing violence to the sense of
propriety which has its roots in his moral
nature and has been confirmed by expe-
rience, albeit in a branch of activity
somewhat different from that to which be
instinctively applies it.

Again, the effect of the pharmacist’s
professional character upon the sale of
strictly commercial articles leads him to
act not as a mere middleman, but as a
connoisseur, a critic, whose judgment is
evinced not only in the elegant and
dainty goods he handles, and the display
he makes of them, but in the prior rejec-
tion of other goods. The customer is
conscious that he is selecting from a pre-
selected stock—that he can get not
merely the cream but the creme de la
creme. The judgment of the pharmacist
is a factor not to be supplied by the deal-
ers in the miscellaneous sundries of de-
partment stores. It is no doubt pain-
fully true that some customers do not
comprehend this, but there are two rea-
sons why they do not: one is that they
have not yet learned; the other is that
there are two many incompetents in the
drug business, as there are in other occu-
pations, and these give no professional
dignity to the traffic in atomizers and
sachets. But the pharmacist who is
thoroughly fit to dispense prescriptions
cannot fail to carry into the more or-
dinary branches of his occupation the
critical acumen and sense of responsibil-
ity which he exercises at the prescrip-
tion-case.

That the pharmacist sells nostrums is
true;- but he need not distinctly recom-
mend them. Yet here is precisely the
point of danger. The fact that he keeps
them in stock, and that he knows some-
thing about the properties of drugs in
the treatment of disease, encourages the
customer to trust the recommendations
on the bottle and in the advertisement.

 

 

The pharmacist deals in three kinds of
goods: two of these are legitimate, the
other is not. That is to say, he deals in
prescriptions, which only he and the
doctor understand; in sundries, which he
and the customer understand, and in
nostrums, which nobody understands,
but which he tacitly recommends by vir-
tue of the occult knowledge of drugs
which the customer believes him to pos-
sess. A little more frankness in this de-
partment would tend to elevate him in
the eyes of the public, and give him a
better trade than that which he would by
his frankness lose. He has opportunity
to now and then inform his patrons that
the human body is not a printing-press
or a threshing-machine, with symptoms
of disease located like rusty shafts and
worn-out cogs, to be remedied by specific
combinations of drugs which only need
to be poured down the “red lane” and
straightway seek and find a local appli-
cation. The reader of nostrum adver-
tisements is taught to associate certain
ailments with certain ‘“‘medicinal” prep-
arations, regardless of general or inci-
dental effect. A little reflection would
correct this error, but most people are
awed in the presence of the mystery of
the human body and fail to use their ob-
servation and reason effectively. It is
the duty of the pharmacist, who profits
by his patrons’ legitimate trade, to sound
an occasional note of warning for their
benefit. The best view we can take of
the nostrum traffic is that it is in some
particular cases harmless and eaters to a
demand which may be expected to con-
tinue until the intellectual status of the
world at large receives a decided uplift.
The pharmacist, uniting as he does the
power of special knowledge with the di-
rectness and commonness of trade, and
being thus peculiarly adapted to serve
his patrons, should handle the nostrum
question with reference to this expected
intellectual advance, rather than accord-
ing to the moribund philosophy of those
who assert that thereis to be no progress
and that therefore we may as well ex-
ploit human stupidity for all it is worth.
W. A. Taytor.
C—O

A man with a sound mind finds some-
thing better to do than sounding his own
praises.

 

 

 

Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
Every dealer should sell them.
Extra Fine quality.

Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors.
Yearly sales increased by their use.
Send trial order.

Seely’'s Lemon,

Tapped)

Doz. Gro.
loz. $ 90 10 20

1 20 12 60
200 22 80
8 00 33 00

Seely’s Vanilla

Wrapped)

2 oz,
4 oz,

6 oz.

Doz. Gro.
1oz.$150 16 20

200 21 60
3 75 4080
5 40 57 60
Plain N.S. with

corkscrew at same
price if preferred,

2 oz.
4 oz.

6 oz.

Correspondence
‘Solicited

SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, Mich,

OANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK CANDY.
Cases Bbls. Pails.
6% Th

 
 

  
  

  
  

Standard, per &......... i
- Hn sine a ese 6% 1%
- Oe ck. 6% 7%
Boston Cream... ........ 9
ee ORE 9
era OW... oe
MIXED CANDY.
Bbls Pails
aes... ... . 5... -. 5% 6%
— Se ae = &%
WP nde :
Nobby eet eg ar reese te <<. 8%
eee BOE. 7% 8%
ee eee Th &&%
Broken Taly........:..... baskets 8%
Peanut Squares............ rs 9
Perot ee 9%
Wares Comes... .....:. 2? : 13%
miapet, 20 te WOM $
On, ee 8%
rancy—In bulk
_
Eee Sie
. pas tpn cuee Khmer sees ioe oe 9%
CORON 13
Chocolate Monumentals..................... 13
Gum Drops........ be eek guee cee es coe ae 5%
ccmpat cies, tt etl aig 8
8%
Te 19
Fancy—In 5 lb, boxes, Per Box
omen De 55
— Dro
‘epperm
Chocolate Dro i
H. M. Chocolate Drops.
Gum Dro
Aecoraee eee... a
oe eee 80
Oe ee 65
" eee ee 65
ee 60
ieee, CG ae i 70
Re 55
ee
mane Made Creag. 85@95
Se 80
POreaEORe 90
ee a €5
Peni 100
Weergronn Gerttee. 60
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 Ib. boxes................. 34
No. 1, . 3 ie eae aun 51
No. 2, : 2 ee 28
ORANGES,
Floridas, Fancy Brights, 126......... -. 2 2
Fioridas Fancy Brights, 150......... i =o
Floridas, Fancy Brights, 176, 200, 216. ooo
Floridas, Golden Russets, 126 ..............
Floridas, Golden Russets, 150 .............. 2 2%
Floridas, Golden Russets, 176, aoe. ..... 2 40

LEMONS.
Pioridas, 250.........
Malagas. 400s........
Fancy Messinas, 300.

 

BANANAS.

  

 

  

 

ete OO 1%
Pe DU a 1 00@1 50
OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.

Figs, fancy Ivers 12
: - te 34

ae

ae... ee nit 6%
Dates, Fard, 10-Ib. box.......... eee ene @i

- ’

- rermen.to1h, bex...... 0... @5*%
eee ¢
NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.................... @15
e ee eee @14
we sc eaaartepeascg ttt nen Ca @

re ee @8

dayne te TET it @10

Walnuts, Grenoble. .................... @i2
- ee a @10
“ CECI t @12%

Tabie Nuts, fancy.......... Peres Googe @11%

eC Cee i @10%

Toco eee OP 6@%™%

veneer aie et t iGiNy 4 00

mickory Maleper tn.

Cocoanuts, fullsacks............. 0.2.7

PEANUTS,

To) ame

wanes, HH. PF. Views... o @ 5%
- a. @7

Cheiee, BP. Reta ay S 4%
_ ' Te @6

FRESH MEATS.
BEEP

CCN ee a 5 @6

Ore CUR 346@ 4%

Hind quarters. 6 @7

Loins No. 3.... - 8 @10

MM oes a ieee wie de ga yo e 6 @&

acide ee TRAE ARE ms 5 @6

RE coer sees oees BR@ 4K

Se 3 @3%

Nie PORK

Pe nee intake Cokeuuupat fu
iss irl ce cine = ma

PR sci u C ee N&

WE RM erie ocokece te ,

MUTTON,

NRONE oe oss ec @5

WE cs + Hsorbescubdiehiios counlun cee, 54@ 6%
VEAL,
ORRCORE cig tetsecseere.. 6 OM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

15

 

Wholesale Price Curren t.

Advancecé—Gum Tragacanth.

Declined—Castor Oil.

 

  
   

 

 

 

ACIDU&.
Sooticws ..........,.. 8@ 10
Benzoicum Cae. 65@ 75
Boracic ... : 15
Carbolicum 20@ 30
Citricum ... 42@ 45
Hydrochior 3@ («5
Nitrocum 10@ 12
Oxaiioum ........ . 108 =
Phosphorium dil......
Salteyiicum ..........- 1 3@1 80
Suipnaricum.... .... 14@ &
ree. ca... 1 40@1 60
Terres. 30@ 33
AMMONIA,
aS oe...) ... 4@ 6
ee... os: 6@ 8
ouneie ee ea eaee 12@ 14
Chioridum ............ Ea 14
ANILINE.
Oe. 2 WG@2 Ww
ee 80@1 00
BO oie ccte ees. se ce 45@ 50
Tee... ess ee 2 50@3 00
BACCAE.
Cubeae (po 25)...... 20@ 22
cumeeere .......-..... 8@ 10
Xanthoxylum... 25Q 30
BALSAMUM,
aiba 45@ 50
oon ae @2 (0
Terabin. Canada .... 45@ 50
Tees oc 50
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian............ 18
Cie .........-.,. 0 ae
Gadhena Pavia eet sc. oe
Euonymus atropurp........ 30
Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20
Prague Venn... .... 6. 12
es SS 10
MI Ga oie eee cna cee 12
Uines Po (Ground 15)...... 15
EXTRACTUM.
hiza — 2U@ 2
Glycyrr ae 25
13@ 14
144@ 15
16@ 17
FERRU
Carbonate Precip...... @ 15
Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50
Citrate Soluble......,. @ 80
Ferrocyanidum Sol..-:. @
Solut Chlioride........ @ 15
Sulphate, com’l....... 2 &
pure... < eo 7
FLORA
ee 12@ 14
Sees... 30@ 35
Matricavia isis. 50O@ 65
FOULA
Dies gaa. 4@ 30
Cassia “acutitol, Tin-
nivelly eeu cucu 25Q 28
' Alx. 3@ 50
Salvia officinalis, 48
mn We oe isk, 5@ 2%
Ure Vee... 5... .- 10
@UMMI.
med. ... 60
ae. ae
- my @ 30
' sifted sorta... @ Ww
oka, ee as 60@ 80
Aloe, Barb, (po. —- 5G 60
" Cape, ( (po. ass G@ i
tri, (po. 60 @ 0
Cateon, os (spa, 14 148, “<<
Ammoniae ............ 55@ 60
Assafoetida, (po 50} 50@ 60
Bees... ....... 30@ 55
os cbawdueoscee “s =
uphorbium po ...... 3@ 1
ee Ky =
Gamboge, po.......... 7 7
Guaiacum, (po 35) @ 3e
Ring. (pe i 7)....--.- @! 7
same OTS ee g
yrrh, (po ae
Opii (po 3 30@3 50) ..2 69@2 70
UN oe. eee ces 35@Q #2
' bleached BQ 35
Tragecamte ...... ..... 50@ 80

DTI oo oo oes i ce ee

  

2

Eupatorium 2
Lobelia.... 2
Majorum..... 28
Mentha Piperit: =
Oe oe ek 30
Tanacetum, V 22
oo, ey

MAGNESIA.
Calcieed, Fut.......... 55@ 60
Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ 2
Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25
Carbonate, Jeonning5.. 35@ 36
OLEUM.

Absinthium. ......... 50@3 00
Amygdalae, Dulc...... 30@ 50
Amy alae, Amarae....8 00@S8 25
PE reset ins eeu os 2 65@2 20
Auranti Cortex....... 1 80@2-00
cl, 3 00@3 20
hen ne a i 60@ 65
See ceeds Cos. 7%@ 80
MOIR eosin che cc ees’ = 65
Chenepodit 111.2221 1 60
eee 1 60g 76
Gitronelis peat eed ue 45
Conium Mac.......... G5
I ee feces ssn S0@ 90

 
  
   
 
  
   

  

 

Cubebae... . 2 00
Exechthitos - 1 20@1 30
Erigeron .. -1 20@1 30
Gaultheria ....... -1 50@1 60
Geranium, ounce . @ %
Gossipii, Sem. ga . 2S
eoma -1 25@!1 40
Juniper. - 5O@2 00
Lavendula . - 90@2 00
Limonis . -..1 409! 60
Mentha Piper. «--2 10@3 00
Mentha Verid.. --.1 80@2 00
Morrhuae, gal.. -1 30@i 40
— ounce.. @ 50
ee tee ie das oy 90@3 00

Soe a, (gal..35) 10@ 12
eS 9@ 98
hese eaes 1 00
Rosae, ounce. 6 50@8 50
ee ees - 0@ 45
SOMMe . i... 90@1 00
Santa: ...... 7 00
Sassafras. 55
a ess, ounce. 65
fate ded a £0
Thyme a. 60

r 60

‘Lheobromas.. 20
POTASSIUM.
ieee 18
bichromate nd oe cove 196 14
eee 4G 43
ER 12@ 15
Chlorate (po. 17@ 19) .. 16@ 18
Cyenree 8... 50@ 55
Sete 2 90@3 Ov
Potassa, Bitart, —_- 23@ 2%
Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15
Potass Nitras, opt Pou 8@ 10
Poems Wires... . 7@ 9
Preeeete we... ll. 23@ 30
SUIDNAIS HO........... 15@ 18
BADIX,
Omen 20@
AAO. 22@ 2%
Boece 12@ 15
ee @
Calamus Eee a uap ayes MQ 40
Gentiana (po. 12) nes 8@ 10
Glychrrhiza, (py. 15).. 16@ 18

a Canaden,

(po. Os @ Ww
Hellebore, Ala, po.. 15@ 2
—. “os ae 15@ 2
Peetee he... | 1 30@) 40
oy ‘gan =e 35@38).. 35@ 40
onrene, M.S... 40@ 45
Maranta, ae @ 35
Podophylium, po ae. 15@ 18
meee 75@1 00

ue ies ee @1 %5

OM Wee ica vib. 75@1 35
eee 35@ 38
Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ W%
Serpentaria............ 30@ 35
Senegea . 55@ 60
Similax, Officinalis. H @ 40

M @
Selline, (pe. H5)........ 10@ 12
ra yen Fosti-
OO: os eee. oe @ 3
Valeriana, Eng. (po. we @ B
German... 15@ 2
Peer S... 18@ 22
Singer j........... 18@ W
SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15
Apium (graveleons).. M4@ 16
Bare. 18...,.......2... 4m 6
Carui, ee, 1)... ..... 10M 12
Cardamon............. 1 00@1 25
COrmenerume......,.... 12@ 14
Cannabis Sativa....... 4@ 5

ON ol 75@Q1

snopodiam ........ 10@ 12
Dipterix Odorate...... 2 40@2 60
Peomoaue........... @ 15
Foenugreek, po....... 6@ 8
nee oe. . 8@ 4
Lint, grd. (bbl. By). —8ae 4
Lobelia BQ 40
Paaatersaticniclen”” . ao.

ee. -4%@ 5

Sinapia Albu.. a. ig 8

Nigra.. eee ebae 11 12
SPIRITUS.

Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@Z 50

D. F.R.....1 7%@2 00

CS 1 25@1 50

Juniperts Co. oO. T 1 65@2 00
caw et 1 75@3 50
oe. 2... 1 75@2 00
Spt t. wind “Galil ees 1 75@6 50
Vint epee . 5... koe es 1 25@2 00
Wim A... ......., 1 256@2 00
SPONGES.
Florida a wool

Carria; 75
Namen sheepe “wool

erreee ...........>
Velvet xtra ~esanie’

wool Carriage....... 1 10
Extra yellow pr SEAS: “
Graags sheeps’ wool car

TOO ooo eo. 65
Hard for slate use.... vis)
Yeliow Reef, for slate

a 40

SYRUPS.

eee cs ec 50
me i. 50
Die Aebee shes tees uae 60

Ne es i ke 50
wrens Core,.......<....- 56
oe ee 50
Similax Omicinalie... ..... .
OO 50

NS Secs a eas iets 50

Pr MMe cael tas Kicnieaus 50
NN cc eure va - 50

virg... 50

 

TINCTURES,
Aconitum Napellis 2 a

Dt ea
Aseeeee
Atrope Belladonna..........
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Cantharides
Capsicum ..
Ca damon..

Catechu.
Cinchona

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Zingiber ......
Hyosoyamus ..
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C " ealaiana:
— Chloridum

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Valerian

MISCELLANEOUS.
ther, Spts Nit, SY...
4F.

Perel.
Argenti Nitras, ounce
Arsenicum

@1 00
@ %

Capsici Fructus, af...
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Caryophyllus, (po. Pos) 10@ 12
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Carmine, No. 40....... @3 7%
Cera Alba, Say... 50@ 55
a Flava Dee suk cs 38@Q 40
Se ete. @ #0
Sean: Sroctas seed @
COMONO @ 10
eee oe ols, @ #
Chloroform a le 60@ 68
ibbs .. @1 25
a Hyd ‘ost Chua 1 25@1 50
Doe... 20@ 25
Ctnchontding, F vod aan 20
German 3%@ 12
se list, dis. -
bios eee eae, 75
sed eee ca @ 3
Greta, ob ..... oo &
—— 5@ 5
ae 9B 11
~ noe... @ 8
Crocus .. 3B 40
Cudbear @ uw
Cupri Sulph 5@ 6
ING os. cone 10@ 12
eaner een... 75@ 90
Emery, = —- = j
arent "40. 30@ 35
2@® 15
a @ 2
me ees eae ce eas ae @s8
Gelatin, Cooper. . @ 60
ene... ., 3@
Glassware flint, by box 890,
Less than box 75.
Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15
Ween... i... e. 13@. 2
GRVOREIS «4... css... 14@ 20
Grana Paradisi........ @ R
a B@ 55
Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ %
Cee .... @ 6
“ Ox Rubrum @ &
- Ammoniati. @ %
. Unguentum. 45@ 55
Tshthyobolla, Ai eee ceeee @ 60
—— --1 25@1 50
a 75Q@i 00
an Resubl........ 3 80@3 90
Tene... 6s... @4
TE oe ke @2
ae eet 60@
7@ %5
Li ae Arsen et “Hy-
ne. @
Liquor Potass Arwinitia 10@ 12
Magnesia, Sulph (bbl
BAG Wins door aces» 2%@ 4
Mannia; 6. F.........- 63

 

 

 

 

 

—— - &W. 205@2 30] Seidiitzs Mixture...... @ 2/| Linseed, boiled.. 59
N.¥. @ & Sinapis ed edes ocley ao ae @ 18 — Foot, winter
Ci Co 1 95@2 20 opt cae oa @ 30 ee 70
Moschus ——-.-. 40 | Snuff, Maccaboy, De Syirite Turpentine. 34 40
Myristica, No 1 .. on Vow @ 35
Nnx Vomica, (po 0).: —@ 10| nu, Scotch De. Voes @ 3 PaINTs. bbl. Ib.
en POR es: 18 | Soda Boras, (po. i1). . 10@ 11] Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3
Pepein og H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4
Se le @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 Ber......1% 2@3
Picts Liq, N.C., % gal oon Sods, Bi-Carb eS 3@ 5 oom een: 1-234 24@3
eS ee - oS. 4 ‘strict ure.....2 2
Picis Liq., —_—_ ai = = oe ae _ 2 — ites due - —
ceeds pis, EtherCo ........ 55 Sie eee dee a 16
Pil Hydra, (po. 80) . @ 50; “ Myrcia Dom..... “2 00 | Vermilion, English.. : Gon
Piper Nigra, (po. 2). @ 1 © Myrcia tiny... .. @2 50 | Green, Peninsular..... oan
— Alba, (po ¢5).. @ 3 « Vint Rect. bbl. Lead, (redo @b%
ix Burgun........... an Le ac 2 ee se) Wee @b%
Pinmbl Acet ..-. 13 Pets 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, aa Span... @70
Pulvis Ipecac et — “1 1001 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @%
Pyrethru boxes Sulphur, Subl......... 24@3 | White, ‘aris American 1
&P.D. "On, dos. Ce @1 25 ee 2 @2% Whiting, Paris Eng.
Tethrum, py........ ‘ Temerinas 10} CUM ..............2... 1 40
inser = een 20@ » Terebenth Venice..... ae 30 Ganeeaal Prepared ..1 00@1 15
uinia, 8. P. & Ww. aa mManig eobromae .......... 45 @ 48| Swiss — repared
German... 279 Wee Se@aceg; Eutints. 3. 1 00@1 20
Rubia sere: ye 129 if Zinei Sulph - @ VABNISHES,
accharum Lactispy. 12@ 14 No.1 Tur —
Se 2 10@2 25 Ors. Extra oe gy ae = ”
Semgula Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal} Coach Body........... 2 T5@3 00
iad eae ee cee a 12@ 14] Whale, winter......., 70 =| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 io
fe ee eae wale ca 10@ 12) Lard, extra........... $0 85 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1
eeu @ 15| Lard; No. 1........7"! 42 45| Japan Dryer, No. i
Linseed, pureraw.... 58 59 Moe le Ca, 70@75
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VALLEY CITY
POULTRY POWDER

Nothing Like It to Make Hens Lay in Winter.

A valuable addition to the feed of laying Heus and growing

chicks, and a sure preventative for Cholera

Roupe and Gapes.

 

Price 25 Cents.

HAXELYINE & PERKINS DRUG 60.

Manufacturing Chemists,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

  

   

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such
going to press and are an accurate index of the local market.

quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers.
It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all con

They

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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H

E AXLE GREASE. CATSUP. Peel. FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

f saci _ — : S Rin Takel rant Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes 13 Souders’,

: Castor Of1.2-222/52° 6 700 1 50| Half pint, 25 bottles...._...2 75 — = a ie 10 Oval Bottle, with corkscrew.

t ied 50 550 1 40} Pint cc 4 50 6 Best in the world for the money.
a 7% 90 Blackberries. Quart 1 doz bottles... ._... 3 50 Raisins. ar :
ie S tee 85 Triumph Brand. Ondura, 29 1b. boxes.. @ 6% 4
Paragon . 55 600 Cherries Half pint, per doz.......... 1 35 Sultana,20  * | ae Regular

ee @1 20 | Pint, 25 bottles...... 20000... 450 Valencia. 30 “ Grade
BAKING POWDER. a Hamburgh Curt per de. |. 3 75 Prunes. er
4» Acme: ae CLOTHES PINS. Callfornia, 100-190... ... 6 208 ....8 7
op sas, pene at = Damsons, ~~ and Green 5 gross boxes............ 40@45 ‘ m0 6060U6t ea '
a ee ie. “ 7x80 634 Regula
eee 10 as. .... ... 125 COCOA SHELLS, . 60x70 ™ : Vanille,
Arctic. Gooseberries, 35 Ib EDMILK' Turkey cde, doz
\% B cans 6 doz case....... Sitesi : 1 25 © cs a @3 eH commit ey 202..... 81 Qu
es tae 1 10 Peaches. Less quantity........... @3% iM . oz. 2 40
[sc 7: oe | ee 1 19 | Pound packages........ 6X%@7 —.- o sees
ee” to * ....... 7 i wereet 1 50 rag, white,
Queen Flake. —...... 1 50 conrmm. ee, 81 35 7 ote
3 oz — qa : 70 etn eee. 160@1 75 Green. oa ie a = Pea... LL... 2 02 a 50
_ oe er ee Sa os | Me omen oie 2 02..... f
i+ oe * Ee a Rio. Standard... 450 ee Tttt teeee sees cee es :> f4oz..... 3 00
[e+ tan * .LL. 4 00 Pears, Balt .-----.-eeeeeee ee eoes 38 eee ee tees ; 7
[a * ita * | on Dae ‘mio - e+e oes. 12 ania, white, XX Grade
Red Star, 1% Co. 40 ee 1% — eek oe eben aad 21 CRACKERS. 6% (1st) neh tibh bowen ee ce 75 Vanilla.
“ cee 5 Pineapples. = coe Ss 21 Butter. ee 70 BOe..... $1 75
metter’s, 2 cana degs  f2 | Common. creer eon 1 00@1 30] Feaberry --. oe oe one © a aan 3 Coin 4oz..... 350
elfer’s, . Cans, doz. 5 | Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 }. » COESOOR.....
“ oe eC “ me 2 | eee Ae S tae eos Jennings.
“ 4 a -- 150] Booth’s sliced. a @z 5) BOOd ....-----ereeeeeeeessees 2 | Family XXX, cartoon...... 5% Lemon. Vanilla
Our Leader, % :bcans..... 45 . — BO BE aon neee ceca scce cn cce 22 | Salted XXX... 5 FARINACEOUS GOODS. | 2 oz regular panel. 7 1 20
“ 4 ib cans... % Quince. (eee 23 | Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 5% 4 os - 1 50 2 00
“ 1lbeans..... . 150] Commo: if 1 10 Mexican and Guatamala, ee Farina, 6 ox “ ***2 90 3 00
ieamaniee NN er ng 21 | Boston............ ..... “0 ESRD Boge oll. 2% | No.3 taper........1 35 2 00
— es 8 «6hil-m. 95 osc Seed = Butter biscuit wane nestor nene 6 rits, No. 4 taper........1 50 2 50
2 dozen in case. oe stteees = "Maracaibo. Soda, XXX 5% W Ish DeRo& Co.’s..... 210 Northrop’s
Euglish . Ee ' Strawberries. ee eee % Hominy. Lemon. Vanilla.
Bristol... eaneae) PRAT 1 ic 24 | Soda, Duchess... 2.277277! 8% | Barrels....... Oe 3.00]202 ovaltaper 75 1 10
Rae "lia ize Java. eal Water DT Sc). ee 175
maa ee 120 paeton a 25 | Long islond Waters 1 thee Meee 7 ; oz regular “ : = 1 =
: he ih sa i vate an 27 ster. i Oz “ “se 225
BLUING. Gross Terrapin aeorsice i ee = (Oe0cx fi EE i ctseecpccetn nics 5@5% GUNPOWDER.
Arctic, 402 ovals.......... 3 60 | Blueberries ....... 85 Mocha, City Oyster, XXX............ 54%]  Maccaron! and Vermicelli, Rifle—Dupont’s,
. a erties ; > a Imitation [aE 2% | Farina Oyster.............. 6 Domestic, 12 1b, box... — tahbnte sees een trhe ris 3 25
nts, round........ 9001 corned a . oT 28 I 2 ES ET KDR { Ae ee 1 90
| No.2 sifting box... 2 75 | Ronat beet amacodre: 7772-3 oe site QREAM TARTAR, | Import nai — Quarter kegs...0.000 000.71 1 10
“ Nos 17 $0] Potted ham, ye tb... 0000007) 1 3 | ocmaetscertain cost of roastea| Telfer's Absoluia...<.0.°2 30] Regs... Tem BAMey g | RUB cane... 000) 18
is ae. sonal % % conoid 1 : roneae Ke. a for roast- fx perc 4, JE EN NR 15@25 Peas Choke Bore—Dupont’s
Mexican sue Os na Se NE : = ‘ss a6 ha "5 age. per cent. for shrink- DRIED FRUITS. Green, a... a " 105 Kegs Lele bi shed Cou ua
ot ce ‘“ chicken, ¥ lb....... 95 Package Domestic, Sen perib...._...... 2% en Wee -.2 0
BROOMS Vegetables. i . i Apples. Quarter kegs.. .... 1
Ss, oe Beans. nates s XXXX.. 2 rouge d% | . Rage Oats. . Ti cans... |. i a
amb’ i atrineines. 8 tt + 20 86] Eva ‘ . poctUmeacner, DDl.......... 4 75 i
= : — tt eteee este cee “3 = a ome oo ; S Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 21 30 eT a "  n -tr et DDI.--.--++- 2 60] x Basle Duck—Dupont’s.
oo 2 Carpet : "345 & aa 1 35 Extract. California in bags a 10 Monarch, bb] Cae Halt ‘ Hic oPebeecewGen os awe 11 00
Te . 2.5¢ | Lima, green -1 15 | Valley City % Evaporated in boxes. .. Monarch, % bbl... .... .. 238 Qu lel te ad $%
ParlorGem......... 250], " soaked.. -. 70| Felix none Blackberries. Quaker, cases............. 3 29] Quarter kegs....... ....... a
rh Lewis Boston Baked 125 . ---- . 115] ap boxes _ (eee. 60
— — - » Sl Bay State Baked. 1 95 | Hommel’s, foil, gross... 1 65 ‘Nectarines. es Sago. HERBS.
ee 2 85 ats Tar Baked 1 25 anaes 2 85 pe. bags Pee a . Webi senna wens nen 3 Bee = eae alate ulndantanae 2
enicBaked.......... a Pib. Gomes. CT 3% rt nt cess kmatnn seeib ee
BRUSHES orn. CHICORE. Peaches, INDIGO. ¥
. ae ee 5 | Peeled, in boxes........ Wheat. Madras, 51b. boxes....... 55
oo gecke -Seneieemmemen 1 25 | Livingston Eden -.. ae... semen es Ce an BE nner nn 3 |S. F.,2,3and51b. boxes. “50
eee a CC 1 00 gt acs n ace 8 a
id ag ER ET 1 75 Honey Bee 1 85 CLOTHES LINES, Posrs. waam--fials. 15 Ib, pails LLY, en
Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... 85 | Morning Glory.......... . Cotton, 40ft....... per dos, 1 25| California in bags..... Bloaters. ee ts as @ ‘0
Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25] Soaked ......2.....00° 77777" aT ae “ "140 tted Cherries, Terme a :
Palmetto, goose............ 1 50 Peas, ee +s 61 | Barrels........ oo... Cod. Licorice. @ ‘
li Hamburgh marrofat........ (er 8 som 1 75] 501d. boxes ....... trees Georges cured 4 e ‘ 30
CANDLES. . earlyJune....150] “ soft... ..”° oe iui ice Ee Gwen. oC aoe 25 :
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10 on Champion Eng..140|/Jute  60ft....."| “ 8 Prunelles. Georges selected. 6 a. 12 :
A ee 9 - petit ees 140; * ae ‘1 00] 301b. boxes... Boneless, bricks... ...... os cca Sy
ee 16 “ ancy sifted... .1 90 ' oes oe ot aig Te giameerens: cuaiks ©
I ices : i... fesdataie 65 CREDIT CHECKS, hom — —_ a <
ae standard. cers 751 500, any one denom’n..... 83 00] 501b. ae 20% Halibut. Condensed, : - beds epesce : = eS,
OANNED GOODS, ee _- 1 10} 1000, a ew en --+-, 56 | Smoked ............... We ee
i aches Bane" ae © eT 8 00 Raising. Sinean MINCE:MEAT.
aed y Miossom....1 25] Steel punch.. ..........::: 75] Loose Muscatels in Boxes 8. on
niet om. a CONPENSED MILK. 2 crown plies eee nL Laue: 314 | Holland, white hoops keg ‘ 6 a
ittle Nec : ee = Pie eves « o19Q21 4"dos. in case, RT mat nine sa Norwegian Pe ered st
Clam Chowder. Erie Pumpkin, Sabee tesauais is te ; Round, hg bb] 100 tbs...... 3 20
Standard, 31b.............. 2 25 | BHO-----.--... sesssseccecces 85 CN 3 Ce aici 16°
Cove Oysters, siaiee uash, a te poe... ote 16
Standard, fib... 75 | *ubbar orn ee 115 Foreign. Matkorci
“ Se... -.----0 Sites ee ae Currants. No. 1, 1001bs........ ioe oh 10 50
PE eceaman Soaked... teas tea Bie | 5 Pe ae 4 50
oe rly 40 Vostizzas, 56 1b. cases...... Set oe. ts, ee 12
Piomio, 1 ib. 135 —s 7 eee peeeeeee .s Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 7
oo. ae N (fe enon e& Prep. oz. in Case....3 0@
90 Oe ee
9. Family, 90 _ beget . MEASURES,
3 ib... i 90 ig Oe ieee Tin, per dozen,
Mastard. Si6. 2 — aR A . ' Sardines, it oe watreesesene «ae
‘omato Sauce, 21b.... 21... 2250 eee : -Y. ne’ , : all gallon............,.. 1 40
Soused, 2 1b... "3 35 CHOCOLATE. Gall Borden, teat Co's beanda | ee, =. 55 | QUAIL «es seeeee eens ceees a i
$ mon. aker’s. C AT Te 35 | | i a a ee 45
Columbia oe 1 85 + cmiuan tt es 23 Daisy. “AES eR eta 5 23 Ne: ry! bol — a aa : < wt om windcer nae - q
1 UM.... .............  387|/ Champion... 9°7777” ny No. a ets 8G ooden, for vinegar, per doz, i
Alaska, Rea : = Hreakfast Coosa.) 777°”” = oe es : 50 No. 1, Kits, 10 Ibs.....0.... eile ait 7 60
ite pink... 130 Ge Dime tent eee : = DO 1,01) Rie fee ee 4%
eeere, Gate 1 EESE, ee uart ..... -. &%
. ite ” Se, 1134 Salah Whitefish. BF ce seenna se oe
American gn B. 4 Acme. 11% . - Hes Ee Be bbis, 100 Ib. No. 1 family MOLA ba
ij x eet {no 5 | Lenawee 11% a os atcoieie | 24 bis, 100 Ibs........ 87 00 3 00] Blacxstrap,
steseree+s-.64Q 7 | Riverside lis. PORTED any : 40 +++-++. 310 150] Sugar house.......... sare 14
Imported ee @10| Gold Medai 7” G CLEANED gy pore, Riles | 85 45 Cuba Baking.
Sineteee un. i ie mip ia! 7 Skim . — 8@9 RAPins cig ae 7 39 Ordinary “- ae eee 16
Bonelow .....0.000.0002..2 “Si | Bae = MATCHES ee
1 00 Se ee ae 20
Trout. Leide 20 Globe Match , PORNO oo. . <-conee 30
Geek Sie 2 50 cars = Columbia aor aad : — 25| pas... N°W Orleans. *
— Roquefort-2222 012°!!! as 36 1-Ib cartoons........ 6 lnuneet Wns Cs el ek 2
$ 1p, standara? Sap ec @20 CN Sao 36 Ib. boxes, bulk...... 5 | No.9 sulphur ott ae Es ce 27
. Sandard.... .... 90 | Se} weitser, imported. O24 SS 50 Ib. boxes, bulk...... 4% : ee anne 65 Ce ee 22 3
ote. 20/°S ea oe Sultana Raisins Re OOF vos ereseeesnes 1 70| Pavey... ”... 0
argh, tees Peerless evaporated cream, 5 75| 1 Ib, cartoons............11. | 5 port parior..2...20.27.7:} Oo] Halt Yarrels sc.extra’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

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PICKLES,
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count... @5 00
Half bbis, 600 count.. @3 10
Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count. 6 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 50
PIPES,

Ciey, 0: BIG... ces... 1 70

© 2 oD, Seen: 70
Co We So

POTASH,

48 cans In case.
DRE cock. ec 4 00
Penna Salt Co.s.......... 3 00

RICE,
Domestic.
Carctina bead... ............6
o No. 1.. - 5K
_ No, 2 oo
Breten...... headed wowed 3
Imported.
oapen, Met. <......-..... 5%
- Pe a
oe escecepecoee &
rau... a 4%
SPICES,
Whole Sifted,
"ne eect EE 9%
Cassia, China in mats...... 9%
" Batavia in bund....15
” Saigon in rolls...... 32
Cloves, Amboyna...... oo
- Zeeeteee ..........- 1%
Maes Datevis.... .. .. 5... 80
Nutmegs, — ences ek. =
ci Rie de cee eee 7
es No. Sa aire =e
Pe r, Singapore, black....
= _— white... .20
. ee et ae
Pure Ground in Bulk,
I ce 15
Cassia, Batevia.............18
" “ and Saigon .25
- Saigon ..! 35
ae
18
16
eee... 20
. Soreness...
mane Detiye............... 65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22
_ ee 25
Hema No. 2 si eases
e r, Singapore, black....
oe a
a Capemie. .......0.. 20
“Absolute” In Packages,
Ya =e

pu Cone cocee 4 185

Coes... 8 155

a. 84 155

Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155
. Arica ........ & 15

at Die dee eeee ees = ‘ =

MOE oeieis cca cc y se
Sage..... i. oe

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bblis............ 144

. 75lb cases...... 1%

Lome be 115

en ee 14
SEEDS,

IE cc. @i5

Canary, Smyrna....... 4%

Cores 8

Cardamon, Malabar... 90

Hemp, Russian....... 4

Mix ——..... i 5@6

Mustard, white : 10

Pa oo 9

meee... 5. : 5

Canis bome....:... | 30

STARCH,
Corn,

ib Domes... aed 5%

boots UE Ruy een ne nn Lee 5%

is . Gloss. ‘

-lb packages. ..... redeem ae
3-Ib ' Sele eel cy 5
6-lb a 5%
40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 35g
Pare 3%

SNUFF,

Scotch, in bladders......... 37
Maccaboy, in jars........... 35

french Rappee, in Jars..... 43

SODA,

Boxes ...... Shee enthsea> decee sity
Megs, Migtigh, 030.5... 4%
SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

Cases, 243 Ib. boxés......8 1 60
Barrels, 320 lbs........... 250

. 115 2% lb bags.... 400
iy os i * “+ Oa
o aie ee

Butter, 56 lb bags......... 65

GoD bee 3 50

| Zoot) Bile coe ee

ee ee 2 25
Worcester,

115 2%-Ib sacks............. &4 co
60 5-lb ee oe ge 3%
ee: Be 3 50
re 3 30
ee Oe 26

Sip sake... |... - 2s
linen acks...... Ns 5
Common Grades.

100 3-Ib. sacks.......... ...g2 10
ee i 1 90
SS 30-TD. saeke 1%

Warsaw.

56 Ib. dairy in drill] bags... 30
28lb, * ss 16
Ashton.

_56 lb. dairy in linen sacks.. vis)

ggins,

56 1b, dairy in linen sacks. 75

Soiar Rock.

56 le. nee. - acc ae
Oommon Fine,
BE ee: 90

90

Manistee ......... ihe hives

 

  
  

 

SALERATUS,
Packed 60 Ibs. in box,
ee 3 30
PO 3 15
wires... |. o. ease etc ae an
re 3 00

SEELY’S EXTRAOTS,
Lemon,
loz. F.M.$ 90doz. $10 20 gro
2° N.8. 120% 1260 «
-' ei = 1440 *

_
°
§
ty

- M1 SOdox, 16 20 gro

=" is fen « ae

2“ FM Soo 25 50 ~*
Rococo—Second Grade.

 

Lemon.
eee oo<s0 GOR... .. ce“
Vanilla,
SOee..... 1 OO doz..... 10 50 *
SOAP,
Laundry,

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands,
Old Country, 80 1-Ib........ 3 20
Good Cheer, 6011b..... -3 90
White Borax, 100 <-1P...... 3 65

Proctor & Gamble.
CODON 3 45
tet ee 6 75

Ce 4 00
Loe 3 65
Mottled German........... 31
en Tee. 3 2

Dingman Brands.
ee PON ec 3 9%
5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered...... 3%

Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands,
American Family, wrp d..&3 33
if Ha piam... 2 97
N. K. Fairbank & Co.'s Brands,
Santa Claus......... ws. 6 OO

   

Brown, 60 bars. 210
o ae 3 10
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands,

ae eee 3 75

eee 6 00

ee 4 00
Master (O00 edesaecsescoues 400

Thompson & Chute Co.'s Brands

     

Ee 3 65
mote _sao
Savon Improved.. «+. 250
Peewee 2 80
Ce 3 25
Meonomieay 0 2
Passolt’s Atlas Brand.
mee ee es 3 65
a Oe ee 3 60
vex tote 3 50
25 box lotsdel...... 1/17" 3 40
Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40
fs hend, 3doz....... 240
SUGAR.

Below are ‘given New York
prices on sugars, to which the
wholesale dealer adds the lo-
cal 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 $5 12
ee 5 12
OO 4 62
Powdered ............ cs. 4 62
XXXX Powdered......77"' 4 87
Crenwiatee 418
Fine Granulated......."" 418
Extra Fine Granulated. __ 4 31
Oe 4 62
Diamond Confec, A... ."” 4 23
Confec. Standard A.. |_|! 418
No. ee
ee a dn ae 4 (6

 

 

SYRUPS.
Corn,
Barrels... / veces 4
Fi cee OO a ET RR Ay 20
Pure Cane,
ee 18
aocleppeg te TC i.
COO _
TABLE SAUCES,
Lea & Perrin’s, lara... 4%
* eeil..... 2 %5
Halford, Oe akon acece SW
ee 2 25
Salad Dressing, large ..... 455
“ a small..... 2 6

 

 

TEAS,
JAPAN—Regular.
io ES aap @17
0G @20
Cee 24 @26
Cee 32 @34
Cn an 10 @12
SUN CURED.
ee @17
ee @20
ee 24 @2xe
Cheats 3 @%4
Dae... eceeeld G2

a BASKET FIRED.
18 @2
Gas
@40

 

GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair.......25
Extra fine to finest... .50 @65
Cholcest fancy........ v5]
OOLONE. O26
Common to fair... ...23 @30
IMPERIAL.
Sommon to fair....... 23 @26
Superior tofine........ 30 @a5
YOUNG HYSON.
Commor to fair....... 18 @26
Superior to fine....... 30 @40
ENGLISH BREAKFAST,
Ly. 18
Cee, 24 @28
ee 40 @50

TOBACCOS,
Fine Cut.

P. Lorillard_& Co.’s,Brands.
Sweet Waeset.... ...... 30 @32
ce 30

D. Scotten & Co’s Brands,
Peawatee 22... 60
Cuba. i 32
MOCEOG. . ll. 30
Spaulding & Merrick’s Brands,
ee... ....,.,. 30

Private Brands,

 

  

  

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Cae Cate 5... so. @2zz
eee eee... 24 @25
Unele Ben, ........ sooth GS
Pee cs 27
o beis....... 25
Columbia ..... chet ccaey 24
Columbia, drums....... 23
Bane Up.... 2.2... . 23
Bang up, Grums........ 19
Plug.

Sorg’s Brands,
SeGernene ............ 37
SORE? .....- oa cokes eae 22
Nonby Twist............ 40

Scotten’s Brands. “
Rute... ee ceca ee 2
Hiawatha ee eet oe eee =

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Old Honesty....... a 40
re ae eee SN Ta 32

Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 0z., 41c).... 39
Gren Turtle... 8. 30
Three Biack Crows... 27

J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good...... 38
OMGor Sight... ...... 24
Wilson,&,McCaulay’s Brands.
God Hope... ........ 43
Happy Thought....... 37
Messmate ..... . 32
NoTax.... 31
Pee Geos. 27
Smoking.

Catlin’s Brands,
iin Gre. 17@18
Galcom BNOWer...........,. 19
Pree wk. -26
Meerachaum ..........

American Eagle Co.’s Brands,
aeyrare Navy... ........ 00... 40
ee 38
—— eee hese tence 15

Mas eee es cess c
wave, 6 fol...............- 32

Banner Tobacco Co,'s Brands,
Were ee wack, 26
Banner Cavendish.......... 36
ee ee 30

Scotten’s Brands, \
Warpath ..... Rees cree ected 4
Honey Dew......

  

Gaid Biloek........
F, F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s
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COC a ae 26
Ole Tem... os)... ecesct lean
Oe Se 22

Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Pamdmeee i. L 40
Leidersdorf’s Brands.

mon Boy.......... eee cea 26
Umele Bem...) ...... 28@32
eee Ce 32
Spaulding & Merrick.
Tem and Jerry........ once cua
Traveler Cavendish........ =
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ceow OOW......-.......4 30@32
Care CMe. eo... 16
VINEGAR,
Mock encics pes 7 =
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WET MUSTARD,
Ore, boreal ....... .....
Beer mug,2 doz incase... 1 75

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Gray Vox... ..._
Crocs Fox... .. 3
Bagece ....
Cat wiid........
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Martin, pale, yel
ter

Opossum. .......
Deer Skin, dry.. ¢
Deer Skin, green
HIDES.
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Peat Cured...
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Mee green...
= Gureeq...... 8...
Calfskins, green...... 5
_ Gured...... 6
Deacon skins.......... 10
No. 2 hides & off.
PELTS,
eS 5
Te 25
WOOL,
Weegee ces. 12
Unwastied |)... ..... @
MISCELLANEOUS.
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Grease butter.......
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WHEAT,
No. 1 White (58 Ib. test)
No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test)

MEAL,
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Canis... Cl;
FLOUR IN SACKS.

Petonie 8... estes
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Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad-
ditional.

MILLSTUFFs,

Less
Car lots quantity
50 815 00

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Screenings .... 12 00
Middlings..... 16 00
Mixed Feed... 23 00
Coarse meal .. 22 00
CORN.

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OATS.

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FISH AND OYSTERS,

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes ag
follows:

Bieck Dess............
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Ciscoes or Herring....
eee...

No. i Pickere!.........
Paes... eee
Smoked White.... ...
Red Snappers..... cone
Columbia River Sal-
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Mackerel... 0...

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Fairhaven Counts....
F es

  

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OYSTERS—Bulk.

Cone...
Extra Selects..per gal.
OOM icc ae.
Anchor Standards....
Seemaares. |...
Sealiopa...-..... cues
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CAR isc a. gees
SHELL 600Ds,

Oysters, per 100....... 1
Ciams, " a s

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Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
‘** No.1, three-hoop....
Bowls, i inch.. ele etiucy oe

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ii% oc No.2
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HIDES PELTS and FURS
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Be tethers ee 45
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TI Rei sien 60
Feet cise la 80
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LAMP CHIMNEYS.—§ dos. in box.

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No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 60
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No. “se te ae “ce sé oe ae" 80

Pearl top.

7 : Sun, wrapped Bnd labeled. 2. 3 70
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Ho. 1, San, plain bulb... 8 40

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No. 1 Sun, plain Dae, perdes 1 2

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Neo. 1, Se 3 49

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No. 2, flint (80e Ce . a 30

Electric.

No.2, lime (70¢ doz) ............,.. cee o. 387
No. 2 flint (80¢ doz)...” Ee 30
Miscellaneous,
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Illuminator Bases........1. 7" Hee oc ee
POM re 90
7 in. Porcelain RE 1 60
re ee terres 90
Mammoth Chimneys for Store Lamps.

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No. 3 Rochester, lime. .... 1 50 4 20
No. 3 Rochester, flint. 4 5 4 80

No. 3 Pear] top or Jewel gl’s.1 85 5
No. 2 Globe Incandes. lime...1 75 5 10
No. 2 Globe Incandes. flint. ..2 00 5 85
No. 2 Pearl glass...) 210 6 00
OIL CANs.

Doz.
1 gal tin cans with Spout...... Httecmecca | f 0
1 gal galv iron, with ee 2 00
2 gal galv iron with bie puted een nn 3 50
3 gal galv iron with Se
5 gal Eureka or Rogers, with oa... 6 50
5 gal Eureka with faucet.......... 0 07777"* 7 00
eer A aw 7 50
5 gal Tilting Cans, Monarch... 1." *”’ sons Oo
7 Gt eet Hen Marien... 10 90

Pump Cans,

So gal Home Rule.) wee wee seca OO
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So eee 12 00
Se ere ae 13 50
5 gal Pirate ie ee

LANTERN GLOBEs,

No. 0, Tubular, cases 1 Gem Glen | 45
No. 0, " = « uy a
No. 0, bbls5 * ee 40
No. 0, ' bull’s eye, cases ] doz each.1 00
LAMP WICKS,

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No. 2, FE ee 38
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14 Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box 00)... 64
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Butter Crocks, 1 to 6 gar... eee 06
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Jugs, % gal., per doz.........2.0052202°70°1) 7
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Miik Pans, % gal., aes... CC, a 60
' ™ :? ee 72
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED,

Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 ee 6%
Milk Pans, % gal. per doz........11/17)'77: 65
se 1 te “ eS 93

OILs.

The Standard O11 Co. quotes as follows:
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A New Game Law Wanted---Diamond |

Match Profits.

CuicaGo, Nov. 24—Game merchants on
South Water street are planning to se-
cure a change in the game law this win-
ter. They want it fixed so game coming
at any time of the year from other States
where no restriction is laid on the killing
of it or having it in possession can be
held or sold within this State. At pres-
ent a merchant is subject to a fine for
having game in his possession during cer-
tain months, even if it comes from an
Gutside State where it was legitimately
Killed and shipped. The law works hard-
ship to the merchants by diverting game
killed in the West from Illinois markets
to markets in the East, There isa large
demand for game during the months
when it is prohibited, and the merchants
want to keep it easy of access in cold
storage houses. On the other hand, they
do not ask to have the law changed, un-
less made more restrictive relative to kill-
ing of game in this State. However, it
is Said a clique of influential sportsmen
is trying to have the coming legislation
shaped in such a way as to make the
time for killing begin early in Septem-
ber.

Indications lead to the belief that the
Diamond Match Co. will disburse enor-
mous profits at the coming annual meet-
ing. The present intention of the man-
agement is to have a 10 per cent. stock
dividend declared against the surplus of
the company and also an extra cash div-
idend of 5 per cent. from the net earn-
ings of this year. It is acknowledged
that it is these dividend plans which have
given such remarkable firmness to the
stock and which have kept it on a stead-
ily advancing course without the slight-
est reference to the condition of the rest
of the market. The 10 per cent. stock
dividend will make an issue of $900,000
of new stock, making the total capital
$9,900,000. Jan. 1, 1894, the company’s
profits and surplus fund amounted to
$1,471,000, a sum which leaves ample
room for the declaration of the $900,000
stock dividend. The earnings this year
far exceed any record the company ever
has made before and are ample for pay-
ing the regular 10 per cent. dividend and
the extra cash dividend of 5 per cent. on
the net earniugs and still] carrying a sur-
plus account. The net profits last year
were $1,359,000. They will be materially
greater this year. The regular 10 per
cent. dividend requires $900,000. So it
would seem that the earnings are more
than sufficient to pay both the regular
and extra dividend. The stock con-
tinues remarkably Strong, hovering

around 150.
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Seamless Stockings at Last.

A novelty is reported in hoisery,
namely, a stocking in which no seams
are required, there being added to the
heel part sufficient material to form a
heel pocket or fashioned heel, which will
retain its shape after washing. The
lines or wales of knitting are continued
from the leg part to the solg and the in-
step, the lines curving iu correspond
with the general direction of the stocking
by the introduction, or withdrawal of
extra wales in places to secure the fash-
ioning of the heel; the heel pocket is
formed by inter-knitting with the lower
leg parts material which extends in the
same general lines, the edges being fin-
ished with the seam strip of the same
material, and, after the knitting opera-
tion, the selvages of the opposite parts
of the fabric are sewed together. This
kind of a stocking is knit on a machine
whose special feature is that of a single
row of needles, also mechanism for nar-
rowing or widening, as may be called for,
by skipping the pre-determined number
of needles as the carriage moves across,
or by adding these needles.

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It is said a million matches are used in
Europe every twelve minutes. No one
knows the debt of gratitude the world
owes to the great heads who get up such
Statistics. They will soon undertake to
tell how many toothpicks are used.

If loafers could be made to pay rent
for loafing on street corners, the city
would soon be rich.

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She Had Five Daughters and Knew
Her Business. |

The lady from the tamarack swamps |
was laying in some parlor furniture, and |
the clerk in the store was offering his |
valuable advice.

“‘No,’’ she said in rebuttal, ‘I don’t
want no chairs.”’

“No chairs, madam,” he exclaimed.
“I never heard of a parlor without
chairs.”’

“Well, you come to my house some
time and you will see one,” she retorted.

‘‘What will you have instead?”

‘‘Sofies, young man, sofies; these little |
two-seat ones, and taytaytays and things
like that.”’

The clerk’s equanimity was receiving
a powerful jostle.

‘‘What in the mischief do you want to
do that for?”’ he asked in a helpless sort
of way.

‘*You ain’t a married man, are you?”
she snapped. ‘You never raised a fam-
ily of girls, did you?”

‘*Hardly.”

‘‘Well, you don’t know anything about
it. I’ve raised five; three’s married and
the other two’s got beaux; ve always
had chairs, and every time when the
courtin’ was over with them girls, and
they got married, I had to get new ones;
three sets of parlor chairs in three win-
ters is goin’ it most too strong; they git
broke down somehow, and now I’m goin’
to put a stop to it by having sofies, and
you needn’t be tryin’ to change my
mind. I know what I want, and if you
haven’t got sofies, say so, and I'll go
where they do have them.”

The argument was convincing, and the
clerk fitted the thrifty lady out with a
half dozen, warranted to carry two with
safety and economy.

<< ______
A Question of Cosmology.

A little girl in Gorham, on first discoy-
ing the electric lights, and seeing the
moon at the same time, propounded this
conundrum:

‘‘Mamma, does God know that we have
got electric lights?”

“Yes,” replied the mother. ‘He
must know it, because He knows every-
thing.

“Then, mamma, why don’t He take in
the moon?”’

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

   

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Wiulitfeel better pow that election is
Business will take a sudden
start—a scoot! Are you ready for
the rush ? If not, probably you had better send for descriptive matter,
setting forth the merits of the most perfect cash register ever invented.

Our advertising matter is not based on fiction or theory, but states facts
in a matter-of-fact manner and is so plain a child can understand it. It

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will convince you that our register is the

Only Register Which Registers

and that we are the only institution in the country catering to the needs
and demands of the legitimate trade in the cash register line. We make
all the registers we sell. We own and operate our own factory and, from
present indica:ions, we shall soon be the largest manufacturers of regis-
ters in the world—and the world is a large place.

Although our register has been on the market only two years it is al-

ready

Triumphant Over All Others,

as it is universally conceded to be the only machine which enables the
merchant to keep an accurate account of the sales of each clerk or an item-
ized record of the transactions of each department, or both.

Although young in years, our register has met with the largest meas-
ure of success ever attained by any machine of the kind, having been
adopted and recommended by a larger proportion of the better class of
merchants than any other register ever introduced. Let it be understood—
once for all—that we do not cater to the saloon trade, as our machine is
not adapted to the uses of liquor dealers, being invented and constructed
solely with a view to serving the regular merchant in the most acceptable

manner,

INDIANA HEARD FROM.
GEO. H. ANDREWS,
—DRUGS AND STATIONERY—
Anthony Block.
r MuNcIE, Ind., Oct. 24, 1894.
CHAMPION CASH REGISTER Co., :
Grand Rapids, Mich. :

GENTLEMEN:—The ‘‘Champion”’ is doing the business successfully and does all
you claimed for it. :
' I can tell at a glance every transaction that has taken place, the amount of the
sales of each clerk, the number of times they went to the drawer and what they
went there for.

The pd. in and pd. outs are a specially good feature and the ‘‘Champion”’ takes
eare of them all.

The ‘‘Champion’’ has taken the place o!
I used to get a detailed acet. of my business.

a $200 key machine and 7 books, which
Yours Resp.
Gro. H. ANDREWS.

(=3~ Merchants desiring to inspect our register are requested to drop a
card, so that one of our agents can call when in the dealer’s vicinity. It
will nothing to see the machine and have its merits explained.

 

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edge and the mechanical skill required |

ALL SCIENCF, BUT NO ART.

Somebody asks: !n what style of
architecture are the lofty buildings con-
structed on iron or steel frames such as
have come into fashion in the past few
years?

The reply is that they are in ne style.
Architecture, as far as it is a fine art,
refers only to the outward appearance of
buildings as an expression of some race
or national idea of beauty. There are
three principal types of architectural ex-
pression. These are the Greek, the
Arabian and the Gothic, which last has
been peculiarly characterized as a reli-
gious style. There have been many
modifications of these types, such as
Roman, Romanesque, Byzantine, Mo-
resque and Venetian; but they may all be
traced to the several types from which
they were derived.

But architecture refers wholly to the
artistic expression of a building. It has
nothing to do with the science of the en-
gineers and builders who construct it.
The lofty buildings in question do not
express art at all. They are the work of
engineers and mechanics. A steel skele-
ton is set up independent of the walls,
which are subsequently fastened to the
steel frame somewhat in the way that
the flesh and skin of the human body are
fixed to the bony skeleton. If it were
not for the skeleton, the human body
would simply be a flabby mass. If it
were not for the steel skeleton of such
buildings, the walls would tumble down
into shapeless piles of rubbisb.

There is no art in the construction of
such a building, only science. It vio-
lates all rules of proportion. The human
figure is in proportion. The height bears
relation to the entire mass, and all the
parts are in harmony. Destroy this har-
mony, and the result is monstrosity.
Take the most perfect human form and
lengthen the legs or the arms or the neck,
without changing the other parts in pro-
portion. Ugliness is the result. In-
crease largely the sizeof any one fea-
ture, and in the same way the beauty is
destroyed. It is the same with a house,
whose height should bear relation to its
width, and .whose various members
should be in proportion.

But a house may be constructed on the
skeleton and veneering plan ten or
twenty times as high as it is wide, but
the windows and doors areof just the
same sizs as if the house were less high
than the width of its front. Such a
house is constructed for the sole purpose
of utilizing as far as possible a small
area of ground. The scientific knowl-

 

to give a ten or twenty-story building
proper stability, and fit it for the uses
for which it is designed, must command
applause; but such sky-seraping struc-
tures can have no elements of beauty.
They do not come into the realm of fine
arts, but only of utility.

The present is the age of material prog-
ress, and it is witnessing the enthrone-
ment, above heart and sentiment, of sci-
ence and utility. Thatis the reason to-
day there is no true development in the
fine arts. All that is accomplished in
poetry, in painting and in music is a sur-
vival—it is art living in spite of material-
ism and of physical science; but it is a
fragment of the past rather than a crea-
tion of the present.

All the fine arts reached their highest
development when sentiment was at the
top and science was atthe bottom. But,
now that science is at the top, art is
strangled and suffocated.

— —.-9 <<

“It is surprising,” remarked a local
cigar dealer, the other day, ‘Show many
calls we have nowadays for boycotted
brands. Half the business men who buy
their cigars over my counter refuse to
take anything but boycotted and non-
union brands, realizing that they are su-
perior in quality to union made goods, as
a rule, and that such patronage encour-
ages men who wish to be free from the
domination of the union and the saloon
to remain so. Of course, every one con-
nected with the liquor business is in duty
bound to call for union goods, owing to
the unions admitting saloonkeepers and
bartenders to membership in their cen-
tral organizations, thus placing the dis-
pensors of liquor on an equality with
clerks, artisans and mechanics. Then,
too, I notice that as soon as a brand is
boycotted by the unions a considerable
portion of my best trade—that is, the
best people, such as merchants, lawyers,
and doctors—immediately begin to call
for that brand and refuse to take any
other until the boycott is removed or
some other brand is placed on the union
blacklist, when they divide their patron-
age between the two. It may be that a
boycott amounts to something in the sa-
loons, but in reputable stores it works
exactly opposite, and if I was a manu-
facturer of cigars, and could get my
goods boycotted, I would be sure of hay-
ing a steady demand for my brands
among the best people.”

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GRAIN, HAY,
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Will make up Mixed Cars on
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First Quality of Goods at Low-
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Office Telephone, 112-1R. :
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Thoroughbred Poultry Stock and Eggs; also Poultry Supplies.

Xmas Goods.

Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Neckties, Ribbons,
Wash and Filo Silks, Plush Caps, Fancy Goods
General Line of Novelties as Jewelry and
Perfumes for Christmas trade.
Our line of LINENS and TOWELS has never been excelled.
Prices are always the lowest.

P. Steketee & Sons,
Grand Rapids, [lich.

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

New York, Nov. 24—It is a satisfac-
tion to ehronicle steady improvement in
grocery jobbing circles. In all directions
we notice this feeling of growing confi-
dence and light-heartedness. Christmas
is going to be a more festive occasion
than last year, and turkeys are so plenty
and so cheap that even the poorest can
have one. Not only is the grocery trade
showing increasing business, but in dry
goods, hardware and other lines the
same holds good.

The coffee trade is developing some
unsteadiness and the feeling seems to be
that prices will be “‘wabbly.”? Rio No.
7 is still 153fe. Total amount afloat, 480,-
489 bags, against 465,423 bags at the
same time last year. The demand from
the interior is not large and purchasers
seem to be holding off to see what will
happen next. Mild sorts, Mocha and
Java, are well held, and quotations show
no weakness. Stocks are not large of
any kind, and the market is steady.

Refined sugar shows a downward tend-
ency, but, even at the decline, buyers
are not crowding over one another to
buy ahead of wants. Granulated is
worth 4%c. The market is dull.

The tea market is steady and holders
express considerable confidence as to the
future. They are inclined to think that
for the better sorts there must come
higher quotations.

Spices remain unchanged and the out-
look is for no advance. The demand is
light and of an everyday character.

Canned goods do not share the gen-
eral activity of other articles, and we
can only hope for something better
lateron. There is absolutely no regu-
larity of prices and in retail stores one
can get corn and tomatoes from 5 c. up.
Large buyers are indifferent and are
making no purchases. Fruits are neg-
lected and only a small demand exists
for vegetables. As long as the pre-
vailing conditions exist there is no use
of quoting prices.

Apples are in ample receipt, and
prices, except for fanciest Northern N.
Y., are low; even for these the rates are
not excessive, the range being from
$2.25@3.50.

Evaporated apples are in some demand
for export, but the market, on the whole,
is not very active. Fancy are worth
about 81¢c. Small dried fruits are un-
changed and in light inguiry.

Cranberries are worth from $8@10 per
bbl. or more for fancy. They are held
with a good deal of firmness, and dealers
are anticipating good profits. Lemons
are steady for fancy stock, and Floridas
are quoted at $2.50@3 per box. Sicily
lemons, $2.75@3.25.

Receipts of butter haye been compara-
tively moderate, and the market remains
steady at 26@261/c for best Eigin, with
the range down to 21i¢ for State tubs,
firsts.

Cheese shows increasing strength, and
for small State we quote 114 @11%e,

Western eggs are worth from 22@24¢
and wanted—if fresh.

Postmaster Dayton is in constant re-
ceipt of applications from persons who
desire te purchase the larger denomina-
tions of the “postage due” stamps which
are affixed to mail matter received at the
post-office with postage unpaid or in-
Sufficiently prepaid. As postmasters are
not permitted to sell these stamps, Mr.
Dayton is unable to comply with such re-
quests; but the would-be purchasers
have discovered and put into operation a
means of procuring them without viola-
tion of the Post-office rules. They mail
heavy sealed packages addressed to
themselves, affixing thereto a I or 2-cent
postage stamp, leaving the balance due to
be collected on delivery. The post-office
Ss then compelled to affix to the pack-
age, and cancel, postage due stamps of
a value equivalent to the deficient
postage, and the addressees cheerfully
pay the charge, which in some cases is
as high as $50. The larger denomina-
tions of postage-due stamps are held at
high prices by some of those thus ob-
taining them, but they may, of course,

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be so procured by any one without any |
payment beyond their face value. |

The cooking school fad has died away |
as completely as the craze for roller-
skating, which at one time set all New
York by the ears. It was a sudden death,
fora very few years ago at least half
a dozen women in New York had at-
tained prominence in the agitation for
improved cooks, and society women con-
sidered it a matter worth their attention
atall seasons. Schools were established
at Chickering Hall, at the Young
Women’s Christian Association, and at
all the up-town seminaries of fashion-
able pretentions, and there were innu-
merable lectures upon cooking before
women at private houses. A number of
people decided to send their cooks to the

 

 

 

 

 

schools on certain days of the week, and
the cooks really went in a few instances,
and sat with stolid disapproval under the
instruction of professional teachers of
the art of cooking. Suddenly‘it all went
out, after the fashion of a candle at an
open window, and the world struggled
along as it had before the cooking school
agitation was started. Somebody revived
the ‘“‘movemeut,” however, a few days
ago, and twenty young ladies made
twenty cabbage tarts, and each one ate
her own tart. Then the young ladies
fell over the backs of the chairs and
crumpled their beautiful aprons, and be-
came so violently and unpoetically ill
that it required the services of several
physicians to get them into condition
again before they could be sent home.
It was announced that this cooking
school was to inaugurate a new move-
ment in favor of better cooks, but there
isa general sentiment, in society and
out of it, that the movement was not
started with sufficient brillianey to war-
rant very high expectations for the
coming year. The Irish cook will,
apparently, maintain her Supremacy in
New York during this season at least.
<< —________.
How a Traveling Man Attended His
Own Funeral.

From the Chicago Times.

Two drummers had Scraped an ac-
quaintance in atrain. Both had told of
experiences, when one asked: “Did you
ever attend your own funeral 2?”

‘‘Why, no,” replied the other.

“Well, Lhave. It happened this way:
I was in Buffalo three years ago and
telegraphed my firm: in Chieago that 1
would take a eertain train for home that

 

 

 

night. Luckily for me I changed my
plans at the last moment and did not
leave, some business having cropped up
that would require my presence there for
a few more days, and 1] telegraphed my
firm accordingly. That train was
smashed up in a collision, and a large
number of persons were killed.

‘I arrived at my home four days later,
just as a funeral procession was leaving
it. Fora moment I was too astonished
to move, but finally mustered up suffi-
cient courage to ask a bystander whose
funeral it was. What was my amaze-
ment to learn that it was my own. Ac-
cording to my informant I had been
brought home two days previously,
crushed and unrecognizable out of the
wreck.

Desirability of Trying on New Shoes at

Home.
From the Chicago Tribune.

There’s a new thing in the shoe busi-
ness. A men who has been at it in this
city for a number of years and knows all
about the whims of customers and the
ins and outs of the trade has hit upon
the novel scheme. His plan is simple,
but most practical. Itis no more than
to measure, fit and complete the sale at
the customer’s residence. An order is
received, an idea is given of the goods
desired, and a wagon carrying a minia-
ture shoe stock is dispatched to the home,
accompanied by an experienced sales-
man. All the details are attended to in
the privacy of the boudoir or the recep-
tion room. And thus the feet are shod
without trouble, annoyance or embarrass-
ment.

Embarrasment? Yes, there is much of
it that is connected with the purchase of
a pair of shoes, slippers or boots in a
public store. With many fashionable
and other young women it is an hour to
be dreaded when the shoe store must be
visited. And visited it must be, as no
direction can be given by which hus-
band, father or brother can bring home
a satisfactory shoe. The styles are con-
Stantly changing and carefully as the
Standard sizes may be observed by the
manufacturer, either the foot or the size
of the shoe seems to change at each new
purchase.

The new scheme will also be approved
by many others. How many portly mat-
rons will hail with delight the opportun-
ity of selecting their shoes at home?
Then there are housewives, young moth-
ers, semi-invalids, gouty old men, timid
young women, who will appreciate the
new idea, and the mother of half a dozen
youngsters, each of whom has kicked
through all the stout shoe leather of a
few weeks before, can already feel a re-
lief. The husband on his way to the
office simply leaves directions and the
job is done.

2. ___
Wisdom in Reproof,
From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

About the most unwise thing a mer-
ehant can possibly do is to scold a clerk
in the presence of customers. No matter
how meekly and quietly he may take the
reproof while the reprover is around,
when he has departed he feels bound to
vindicate himself by telling some story
of real or fancied injustice he has suf-
fered at his hands. Of course, such hu-
miliation is apt to render the clerk care-
less in his work and make him feel that
the employer loses all thought of good
work done in his momentary anger at
some negligence on his part.

These evils could be avoided by simply
getting the clerk by himself, calling his
attention to his fault ina gentlemanly
but positive manner. Good discipline by
no means rests on sky-rocket reproofs.

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Note Books For Clerks.
From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

An excellent way in which to keep

your stock fully up to the demands of

 

‘*The funeral cortege had gotten some
distance away before I had recovered suf-
ficiently to goin pursuit. Not wishing
to create a scene in the street I deter-
mined to wait until the church was
reached. I therefore fell into line and
joined my own funeral procession.

“Arrived at the church the coffin was
lifted out and carried up the aisle, and
the burial service was just about to begin
when I stepped to the chancel. My ap-
pearance created an instant panic, every-
body tumbling over themselves to get out
of the edifice. 1 was left alone with the
officiating clergyman.

‘In a few moments, however, my
friends and relations began to come back
into the church. I called to them and
told them that far from being dead I was
never more alive. Then explanations en-
sued. It appeared that my second tele-
gram had never been received, and be-
lieving me to be in the wreck they had
picked out the most likely looking corpse
as mine.”’

 

Ln —
The miserly man who is always small
is little too much.

your trade is to provide each clerk with
@ small note book. When a customer
asks for an article not in the store, the
clerk to whom the request is made should
immediately jot it down under the date
of the day. Frequently it will be found
that the demands are not frequent

 

enough to stock every article asked for,
but a glance over the book a month back
would give the Proprietor an idea of
whether it would pay and in what quan-
tities to order. In order to make such a
System valuable a close watch should be
kept on the clerks in order that they do
not neglect to make memoranda immedi-
ately on the departure of a customer
making a fruitless request.
ecm. <—
Hides, Pelts and Furs.

Hides—Buff hides are scarce and
higher.

Pelts—Dull and lower.

Wvol—Lowest ever known.
Tallow—Active at present price.
Ginseng—Active at the recent ad-

 

vance,

Now One of the Firm.

The head of the house had told the
new clerk to try his hand at window
dressing.

‘I want you to make every woman on
the street look at that window,” he said.

The clerk went at it. He made a cur-
tain of solid black velvet and huag it
close inside the plate glass.

‘‘What on earth are you doing ?”’ asked
the senior member.

“Making a mirror of the window,”
said the clerk. “If the women won’t
look at that they won’t look at any-
thing.” :

The elerk is now a member of the firm.

* OYSTERS

Iam keeping down prices notwithstanding
theadvance. Order at once for your Thanks-
giving trade,

 

 

Solid Brand, Extra Selects, rcs. .......8 &
Solid Brand, Selects, er CR 24
Solid Brand, E. F., percan...... 10.27.7777" 20
Solid Brand, Standards. Perea ge. es 20
Daisy Brand, Selects, “itil ne 22
Daisy Brand, Standards, ee ee 16
Daisy Brand, Favorites, per can.,........_ 14
Scarab ggrhiuied aren tS ST UT eh 90
Extra Standards, per Gy 1 00

Oysters fine and cans well filled.
The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices.
Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made with
green apples, very fine:
30-Ib. pail

 

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POO PO vet > vetapeuecncy pic ae ea 45
Mrs. Withey’s Condensed Mince Meat, the

best made. 85c per doz. 3 doz. in case:
Mrs. Withey’s bulk mince meat:
40-Ib. pail, per lb. ....... “ea 6
25-Ib. pails, perlb ...... Mtoe seer oe ee
10-1b. pails, ee 6%
Pure Cider Vinegar, per gallon........ 12/7” 10
Pure Sweet Cider, Pet anon... co. ae
Fine Dairy Butter, Pe 20
agen, — eh pan. ESR 17
New Pickles, medinm, barrela. | 5 00
New Pickles, % barrel........ .-°| -°°°" "77" 3 00
New Sauer Kraut, Oe ee a 4 00
New Sauer Kraut, -cdictomnialasee ade Men ER 2 50

EDWIN FALLAS,
Oyster Packer and Manufacturer.
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

MM & G0,

BOSTON, MASS,,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
Hats, Caps
and
Straw Goods.

 

Our Mr. Rogan will be in Michigan
from Dee. 1 to Jan. 10 and will be at the
following central points during Decem-
ber: Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle

 

Creek, Jackson, Ann Arbor, Detroit,
Port Huron, Saginaw, Flint, Lansing and
Owosso. He will be pleased to pay the
expenses of any dealer wishing to look
over his line of goods at any of the above
places. A postal addressed to M. J.
Rogan, Kalamazoo, Mich., will find him
at any time.

 

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Oysters
OLD RELIABLE

~ ANGHOR BRAND

All orders receive prompt attention at

lowest market price,

 

We Are Headquarters For

CANNED GOODS,

  
 

Carrying in stock the largest and most complete line of
any house in the State, including full assortments of

See quotations in Price Current.

CURTICE BROS.’ Fruits and Vegetables, BF. J. DETTENTHALER.

and

117 and 119 Monr
FONTANA & CO.’s Columbus Brand California Fruit. Monroe St., Grand Ravids

A Majestic Exhibit

 

Inspection of our stock and correspondence solicited.

Clark,
My Grocery

Za Co.
Muskegon Bakery Crackers

(United States Baking Co.) a ie a
Are Perfect Health Food.

There area great many Butter Crackres on the Market—only
one can be best—-that is the original]

Muskegon Steel Ranges are fast sup-

erseding the Cast Range. Dur-

Bakery ing this exhibit expert range KE a
Butter salesmen direct from the fac- lags :
oe)

For the next two or three
weeks there will be a Grand Dis-
play of Majestic Steel Ranges in
our Retail Department, and we
want all merchants in Western

Michigan, if in the city, to drop

 

in and see them.

Coffee and Hot Rolls will be

served daily.

 

 

 

tory will be on hand to show Ss
Cracker. up their good qualities. ;

Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest,
Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use.

 

| Muskegon Toast, ALWAYS
Nine | Royal Fruit Biscuit, is ASK
Other | Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR

| Ieed Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER
Great Jelly Turnovers, FOR

Specialties | Ginger Snaps, MUSKEGON

Are | Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S
Muskegon Branch, CAKES and =
' Mlik Luneh CRACKERS

United States Baking Co. & GC: MONROR

LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, SS + ‘

Muskegon, - Mich. |

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ew Holiday Goods

 

 

 

JNO. MADDOCK & SONS
English White Semi Porcelain.

 

Positively finest ware made on the Globe. The
New Tariff price brings ‘it as low as the most
common ware was at old prices.

Assorted Crate
JOHN MADDOCK & SONS

New Astor Shape
WHITE SEMI PORCELAIN.

24 Vegetables.
:0 Pitchers,

6 Sugars.

35 Sets Teas

6 doz. Fruits,
36 Oyster Bowls
# Cv’d Dishes,
6 Boats.

18 Bowls.
18 Bowls.

t Creams.

€ doz. Pie Plates

2 doz. Tea Plates

12 doz, Breakfast Plates.
2 doz. Dinner Plates.-

2 doz. Soup Plates.

6 doz. Butters.
18 Dishes, Assorted

18 Scollons.

8 Bakers,

6 Butters.

8 Pickles

9 Sets Coffees,
juest. Don’t fail
new lines before plac

Price List of above sent on r
to get our prices on our
ing Holiday Orders
Toilet Sets :
market.

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NOVELTY ASSORTMENT—Each lot a surprise,

| Doz.

1 Tom Thumb Library. 12 booklets in an
attractive box, all illustrated with
colored and plain pictures, filled with
Saore erie... -€ 40

1 “My Dolly” Stories. Cut out in shapes
as illustrated. 12 cages of dainty
colored pictures and pen drawings.

Six titles, assorted ee ae

1s Merry Little Maid Assortment. A
unique line, cut out title page, with
the daintiest pictures and all new
matter. Each title different. Doro-
thy Dimple: Realm of Story Land,
Crust and Crumbs; A Merry Little
Rot Steer a... rvs

4 Happy Day Series. A beautiful line
similar to the above, but a larger

Wend

¥s Half Hour Story Series, 6 kinds, $1.20 doz 6: |
4°*Kindergarten Series, 6 kinds, #2doz...... 50]

1 No. 21 Wonder Story Series, 6 kinds ... SF |
No. 20 Alphabet Story Series,4kinds.... 40; JNO. MADDOCK & SONS
No. 70 Fairy Tale Series, 4 kinds...... 'O}

No. 33 Chimney Corner Series, 6 kinds.. 65 |
No. 64 Greenaway Mother Goose Ser.6kd 75 | =~
No. 11 Aladdin Stories Series, 3 kinds ... 85 | Ac
No. 99 Christmas Eve Series.......... - 89
LINEN BOOKS. |
0. ee ee BOOKS _........5...... ae
aoe IC ers ABC
nO, ol eee 85 |
BOARD COVERS. |

No. 702 Good Old Stories, 80c per doz.... 40
No. 703 Gem Series, 6 kinds, $1 per doz.. 50
Merry Playmate Series, 6 kinds, 60c doz 30

 

PO | Green Rococo, Gold Edges,

 

 

Variety of Dinner Sets, |
ind New China is equal to any in the |

book withall new designs, daintiest
styles and fresh matter, each one

different, $1. per doz................. 44
4% No. 871. Our own Sailor Dolly. 12
pages Cut out to a saiior Boy, beauti-
ful pictures, $1.75 per doz.............. 44
14 No. 872. Punch and His Friends. Cut
outin theshape of Punch. 12 pages
brightly lithographed, $1.75 per doz... 44
1; Giant Series. 144% in. long, very large
pages, colored and monochromeillus-
trations, cut out in shapes, two of
each kind, ‘‘Let Me Look” and Mixed
ot a ce 59
3 No 247. % Paper dolls on sheet, 2 dolls
with eight dresses to be cut out. Re
tail one cent a sheet, 8c per doz....... 24
1 No. 2. “Our Pet’s” Dolly. One in an
envol’pe with three complete suits.
New tee Seoeen.. a8 85
1 Ne. “Our Pet's Dolly. Extra iarse
size, 10in. long. Each in box, with
three suits, $2 per doz en 50
4 95
ASSORTMENT PICTURE BOOKS,
To Retail from 1 to 25¢e
doz.
1 No. 9 Robin Hood Series, 6 kinds 0s
1 No. 3 Dame Trot Series, kinds..... : 08
1 No 15 Pleasewell Series.Gkinds  ...... 25
i: No. 55 Snowileke Series, 4 kinds 40
1 No. ¢3 Sunshine Series, 6 kinds 40

3 Iron Trains 1 loco. 1 coach E-2
3 Iron Trains 1 loco. 2 coaches E-3. 2 00
Iron Train 1 loco. 1 coach D-1..... ¢ 00

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SAMPLE ASSORTMENT IRON TRAINS.

Unbreakable.
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Iron Train 1 loco. 2 coaches C-1.. 7 59
Iron Train 1 loco. 3 coaches 24 ..12 00 i
Train, nickel, 1 loco. 2 co........10 50 >
Train, nickel, 1 loco. 3 co. 22 .....12 C0 1 Latest Style i slis tons
T , »1 lo zatest Style in English Dec 28.
Train, mechanical loco. M....... $00 : : _ ee

. Assorted Crate

® JOHN MADDOCK & SONS

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SAMPLE ASSORTMENT IRON TOYS. Rococo Pattern.
: Unbreakable.
. 48 —— rack .... ; 00 doz. 4 doz. Pie Plates 6 Pickles.
a ee See... ‘ 2 doz. Tea. 4 Cake Plates,
CC tron Dee Cart. .........- - 400 3 | 12 doz, Breakfast Plates, 6 Sugars.
52 1 Horse Hose Carriage 80) 2 doz. Dinner Plates. 36 Sets Teas,
— ca eo arriage 8 o 6 doz — Saucers, 6 Sets Coffees,
50 2 se Fire Engine a Sf ioz. are 24 Vege i
512 Horse Hook aa Ladder. . 00 | 36 , cia Seat. an
67 1 Horse express wagon ........ 90? 2 | 18 Assorted Dishes. 12 Cv’d Dishes,
69 1 Horse Delivery Wagon... 1240 | § Basers. 6 Butters
50 Iron Nickel Kange............. 4 50 18 Pitchers 6 Creams
IXL Iron Nickel Range .... oo ee rane i}] aS
Iron F’ght Trains, 2 pe 12 in 1 50 This sme i assortment illustrates one of our
E3 Iron Pass. Trains, 3 pe 14'3.... z 00 | many beautiful new assorted packages of Deco
- Ponta” Gragy! cameag pe 18in.... Bg rated Ware for the Hu liday Trade. We trust we
ron Pass. in 4 pe 31's 7 he abla to Ghaw ci wae pees

M H Mechanical Locomotive.. .. 9 00 may be able to show you these patterns in per
5) Iron Revolving Horse Toy..... 9 00 son. Sold either by set alone or in crates and

may be matched for years. Price of above on

request.

 

  

  
 

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LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

The Dayton Computing Scale

is apparent.

WARNING--Yo Users of Scales,

‘fhe trade are hereby warned against using any infringements on Weigh-
ing and Price Scales and Computing and Price Scales, as we will pro-
tect our rights and the rights of our general agents under Letter sPatent of the
United States issued in 1881, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1891, 1893 and 1894.
will prosecute all infringers to the full extent of the law.

The simple using of Scales that infringe upon our patents makes the
user liable to prosecution, and the importance of buying and using any other
Computing and Price Scales than those manufactured by us and bearing
our name and date of patents and thereby incurring liability to prosecution
tespectfully,

THE COMPUTING SCALE CO.

BE SURE YOU BUY THE DAYTON COMPUTING SCALES

And we

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