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M anufacturers  of

Fine Perfumes,

Colognes, Hair  Oils, 
Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powders, 

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  1,  1885.

n o .  r>.

TH E  MERRY  MERCHANT.

He

Meets  an  Old  Acquaintance  in  the 

Shape of an Advertising Snap.
W ritten E xpressly fo r T h e   T r a d e s m a n .

The corner grocer  was  half  asleep in his 
chair in the middle of  the  floor,  when  the 
door opened and a man attired in a plug hat 
and a diamond pin entered.

The merchant.supposed.the new comer to 
be a customer and stepped behind the coun­
ter.  But a customer  would  have  dropped 
into a chair  and  begun  talking  about  the 
weather.  This  man  hoisted a new  pair of 
lavender pants to a clean spot  on  the coun- * 
ter,  took a book and  a  map  of  the  county 
from his pocket and began to talk as though 
he had just been  wound  up  and  meant  to 
run down before he could  be  kicked  out of 
the place.

And the merchant stood there behind  the 
counter and listened  until  the  floor seemed 
bobbing up to meet the  ceiling  and  the  air 
began to look  blue.  Then he sat down and 
listened until  the  landscape  seen  through 
the narrow window  began  to  evince symp­
toms of the jim-jams and  the  boys  playing 
at marbles out on  the  green  seemed  to be 
walking  about  on  their  beads.  Then  he 
leaned his head  against  a  friendly-chest of 
young hyson and closed his eyes.
The man kept right on talking, 
lie  was  president, 

treasurer,  secretary, 
board of directors  and  advance agent of an 
Advertising Snap,  and was  out  doing  mis­
sionary work among the country merchants.
’  The Snap unfolded itself like a panorama 
of  Milwaukee  harbor  in  July,  with  every 
prospect pleasing and large  glasses of'  beer 
two for five cents. 
It was a fortune in itself 
and only very few  would  be  let  in  on the 
ground  floor.  “Hundred  page  book  on 
comity  matters.  Ten 
thousand  edition. 
Only few ads.  taken.  Never have  another 
chance like  it.  Perpetual  advertisement.” 
A little girl came in to exchange ten cents 
worth of postage  stamps  for  kerosene oil, 
and the plug hat and diamond  pin sat down 
in a chair to regain its breath.

While the merchant was drawing the ker­
osene he remembered where he had  met the 
Advertising Snap  before. 
It  was  such an 
old acquaintance that he would have shaken 
hands with it only for its disreputable habits. 
It had followed him from  state  to state for 
years and made life a burden to him.  Wher­
ever he had located  in  business  there some 
chap in lavender pants  and a  plug  hat had 
crept in with this old Advertising Snap that 
had limped out of the  ark  on  crutches and 
had been growing  more  useless  and  more 
bald  headed  and  more  brazen  faced  ever 
since.

“Yes,  yes,” said the merchant wiping his 
hands on a bit of wrapping  paper,  “I know 
all about you scheme.  You  put  every  ad­
vertisement in  this  book  at the top of the 
column and next to pure reading matter.” 

The plug hat said  that  the merchant had 
hit the strong point of the scheme.  He had 
been in the business  long  enough to  know 
what merchants wanted and he had  erected 
the scheme  with  special  reference to their 
wants.

“Then you put  each  advertiser’s  card in 
larger type  than  his  rivals  and  give  him 
special mention in the index  and  the biog­
raphy of noted men.”

The plug hat .observed that  he made such 
pledges only when he ran across a real  live 
merchant who knew his business and insisted 
on these things as extras.  Of  course,  if he 
insisted-----

“I  knew I  couldn’t  be  mistaken,” broke 
in the grocer,  applying his  handkerchief  to 
his eyes.  “Excuse this emotion,  but  this re­
minds me of my childhood’s  days.”

The plug hat began to  look  a  little  flur­
ried.  He ran his hands  through  his  hair, 
drew  his  gloves  through  his  hands  and 
looked as though he would  like a  little dif­
ferent customer to work on. 

<

“You see,” said the grocer,  in a moment, 
“its the same old Snap they  used  to run  in 
on the old man who  kept  the  corner  store 
and traded marbles for eggs  of  the  vintage 
of 1812 in  far-off  New  England. 
I never 
expected  to meet it away out here in Michi­
gan.”

The plug hat watched the yellow sunlight 
resting fair and sweet  over  the  level land­
scape beyond the village street and observed 
that it was about  time  for  the fish to com­
mence biting.

“There was a sort of  a  strawberry  mark 
on the hind foot  of  this  old  New England 
Snap,” the  grocer  continued,  ignoring the 
attempt on the part of the plug hat to change 
the subject;  “let me  see  if I  can remember 
what it was.  You have  another man come 
around m about  six  weeks  and  collect the 
advertising  contracts  on  the  delivery  of a 
book to each  advertiser,  don’t  you?  Yes? 
I thought so.  That’s  the  strawberry mark 
on the hind foot.  Oh,  yes,  and  the  adver­
tisers pay their money and the ten thousand 
books printed expressly for this county will 
be along in a few  days?  That’s  it.  They 
always come along in a few days.”

“I’ll tell you  what,”  added  the  grocer, 
growing  confidential,  “in  my  hot  youth, 
‘way back in-the 40’s,  I went into this Snap 
one  warm  day  when  there  wasn’t  much 
doing in the way of business,  and  for days 
and  weeks  after  that  I  sat  watching  the

winding stage road  over  the  hazy hills and 
waiting for the  man  to  come  with  those 
books.  They’re somewhere on the road yet. 
They must be,  for they never  got  to  their 
destination.”

The plug hat put up his “dummy,” bought 
a cigar and insisted  on  the  grocer’s  taking 
one.

ever 

“ You see,”  resumed  the  grocer  as  they 
sat  smoking  together  under  the  wooden 
awning  in  front,  “I  didn’t  care  so much 
about the hooks  not  coming,  because  there 
were to be a hundred  pages  in  it,  and the 
chances were a hundred to one every time it 
was opened that  the  opener  wouldn’t  see 
my advertisement. 
I thought of that  after 
I gave the man my order,  and if  the  books 
had 
I  should  have 
had to hire a man  by the  month  to  drive 
around  the  county  and  show  the  people 
where my ad. was  and  explain  it  to them. 
No,  I didn’t care so  much  about  the books 
never coming,  but I  did  feel  like  kicking 
myself all over a forty acre  lot  every time 
I thought how  I  had  been  done  up  on a 
scheme I had been  warned  against  in my 
cradle. 
If  it  had  been  something  new, 
now----- ”

shown  up, 

The grocer smoked  the  remainder  of his 
cigar in silence.  The plug hat and diamond 
pin had  vanished.

Good Advice from a Humorist.
To young men Bob Burdette says:
“You take a  basin  of  water,  place  your 
finger in it for twenty-five or thirty seconds, 
take it out and look at the hole  that  is left. 
The size of  that  hole  represents  about the 
impression that  advice  makes  on  a  young 
man’s mind.

“Don’t depend too much  on  your  family 
—the dead part I mean.  The  world  wants 
live men; it has no use for dead ones.  Queen 
Victoria can trace  her  ancestors  back  in a 
direct  line  to  William  the  Conqueror. 
If 
you cannot get further back than your fath­
er you are  better  oft'.  Y'our  father  was  a 
better man  in  his  time  than  old  William. 
He had better  clothes  to  wear,  better food 
to eat, and was better housed.

“If you are a  diamond  be  sure  that you 
will be found.  Cheek,  brass,  or  gall  never 
get ahead of merit.

“I love a young man  who  is  straightfor­
ward.  Ask  for  what  you  want. 
If  you 
want to marry a rich man’s daughter or bor­
row  $500  from  him,  ask  him  for  it;  it
the  end. 
It 
amou. is te the same  thing  m 
man  than to
is always better to  astonish  a 
bore him.

“Remember that  in  the  morning  of  life 
come  the  hard-working  days.  Hard  work 
never  killed  a  man. 
It’s  fun,  recreation, 
relaxation,  holidays, 
that  kill.  The  fun 
that results in a  head  the  next  morning so 
big that a tub could  hardly  cover it is what 
kills.  Hard work never does.

“Those who come after us  have  to  work 
just as hard as we do.  When  I  shovel the 
snow off my sidewalk,  if,  perchance  I take 
a three-quarter piece off my neighbor’s walk, 
I put it back,  because if I didn’t I should be 
doing him an injustice.

“You  can’t  afford  to  do  anything  but 
what is good.  You are  on dress  parade all 
the  time.

“Don’t be afraid of pounding persistently 
at one thing.  Don’t be afraid of being call­
ed a one-idea man or a crank. 
If you  have 
one idea, you have one more than most men 
have. 
It takes a smart man to be a crank.”

Traveling Salesmen.

There  are many  manufacturers  of  boots 
and  shoes  who  transact  a  large  business 
with jobbers, with whom  they  have  never 
had  a  personal  acquaintance.  The  sales­
men by whom the negotiations  are conduct­
ed are the only persons known to  the  buy­
ers,  There is  no  friendship  in  trade,  ac­
cording to the  adage,  but  these  gentlemen 
who travel and sell  goods  manage  to  keep 
on such agreeable  terms  with  the  parties 
they deal with,  that they  command the pre­
ference when there are stocks to  be  replen­
ished.  A salesman must  be  an  agreeable 
gentleman; he wouldn’t secure  much  trade 
unless  he  was.  He  establishes  relations 
with numerous  customers  all  ever  the Un­
ion,  and when their trade is once secured, it 
isn’t easy to get them away from him.  But 
no cross-grained fellow would do for a trav­
eling  salesman.

A   M isu n d e rsta n d in g .

From London Punch.

His master—“Did you take those boots of 
mine to be soled,  Larry?” 
Irish  valet—“I 
did,  sor; and see the trifle the blag’yard give 
me  form!—said they were purty  nigh wore 
through!”

For the washing of wool  and  silk  stuffs, 
and  even  of  expensive  shawls,  a  root  is 
employed  especially  in  European  Turkey 
and Greece, which can to all  ends  and pur­
poses be called  a  soap  root. 
It  is the root 
of  the  plant  Gypsophila  Struthium,  and 
forms  pieces  of  one  foot  to  one  and  one- 
half feet in length and about 3 inches thick, 
and sometimes even  more. 
It  is  imported 
in  pretty  large  quantities  from  Egypt  to 
Greece, where it is  cut  into  small  bits and 
sold almost  as  soap  in  cakes  is sold.  A 
small  quantity  is  said  to  be  sufficient  for 
washing  a  whole  dress,  whether  silk  or 
woolen.

Buckwheat Cakes in Summer.

From  the New England  Grocer.

improvements 

While a down town flour merchant watch- 
ed an employee load a truck with buckwheat I 
flour, the other day,  he  said:  “You  would 
hardly expect to  see  such  a  large  sale of 
buckwheat as that at this  time of  the year, 
would you?  The fact is,  the  use  of  buck- | 
wheat is increasing.  The  restaurants  here 
serve  buckwheat  cakes  the  year  around,  j 
though it strikes  a  countryman  as  rather 
odd to  see  buckwheats  in  warm  weather. 
The increased use of this flour is  due to the 
great 
in  its  manufacture 
within the last three  or  four years,  When 
I was a boy the straw  with the grain in the 
head was piled on the bam floor and pound­
ed with a flail.  The straw was then forked 
off and the grain  swept  into  piles.  When 
the wind was blowing briskly the grain was 
thrown into the air with shovels, so that the 
chaff could be  blown  away,  and  then  the 
grain was ground between the old-fashioned 
millstones.  The bran  was  separated  from 
the meal  by sifting  with  a  wire  bottomed 
sieve.  The  first  improvement  was  made 
when a silk bolting reed was substituted for 
a  wire  cloth  sieve.  After  a  great  many 
years an old  York  State  miller  concluded 
that the  meal  would  have  less  shuck or 
bran in it  if  the  shuck  could  be removed 
from the berry before  it  was  ground.  To 
do that he run the grain  through a series of 
corrugated  rollers  which  simply  cracked 
open the shuck  and  allowed  the  kernel to 
drop out.  The broken  shucks  and  kernels 
were  separted  by  screens,  and  thereafter 
buckwheat flour was about as  white  as any 
other.  The demand for it increased rapidly, 
but  it  was  not  quite  perfect,  .because  the 
fine fuzz and dirt  adhering to the outside of 
the berry fell through  the  screen  with  the 
kernels  after  the  shuck  had  been  broken 
open by the rollers of the  shucker.  To get 
rid of this it was necesssary  to  polish each 
berry of the grain  separately  before  it was 
shucked.  The machine for  doing  this  has 
just been put on the market. 
It consists of 
a cast-iron cylinder,  say three feet long  and 
one foot in diameter, which  revolves within 
a jacket made of steel wire cloth.  The cyl­
inder is covered  with  square  knobs  a  half 
inch large,  which  project  within  a fraction 
of an inch of  the  jacket.  The  cylinder  is 
set a whirling at the rate of 750  revolutions 
a minute,  and the grain after passing over a 
screen to get the  straw  out  falls  down  be­
tween the jacket  and  the  cylinder.  There 
it goes around and around, knocking against 
the knobs and  the  jacket,  an  upward  cur­
rent  of  air  carrying  off  the  dust,  until  it 
falls out below as clean as  a  hound’s tooth. 
Then it slides over a magnetized plate to re­
move any trace of metal before going to the 
shucker.  That makes what  we call perfect 
buckwheat  flour.  Most  millers  have  had 
to relearn their  trade  within  the  last five 
years on account of the  numerous  improve­
ments introduced in the  processes  of manu­
facture,  but in no branch of the business has 
the  progress  of  improvement  been  more 
marked  than  in  the  handling  of  buck­
wheat.”

A Soap Mine in Wisconsin.

A new industry has lately sprang into ex­
istence in Waupaca county,  Wis.  Near the 
shores of the Waupaca  river,  a  few  miles 
south of the town of Weyanwega, some men 
digging a  cellar  discovered  a  stratum  of a 
peculiar kind of  clayey  soil.  Some  speci­
mens of the  strange  material  were  thrown 
out,  and a farm  house  was  built  over  the 
excavation  then  made.  Later  an  English 
laborer at work on  the  farm  belonging to 
the house found the pile of strange  looking 
soil which had been  thrown  out,  and  after 
examining  it,  declared  it  to  be a valuable 
substance for scouring silver and gold ware, 
such as he had seen dug in a certain  part of 
England.  Experiments were at once made, 
and it was found that the  substance  would 
do just what  the  Englishman  claimed,  and 
a man named Scoville purchased  the  house 
from under which the substance  was  taken 
and 
twenty  acres  of  land  surrounding. 
Scoville interested some Oshkosh capitalists 
in the matter, and they purchased  the right 
to dig all the  material  on  his  land  paying 
Scoville therefor $5,000.  They also engaged 
Scoville to dig and prepare the material and 
ship'it to Oshkosh. 
In the latter place it is 
being put up in small packages for polishing 
purposes,  and a soap is being manufactured 
also with the new  ingredient  as  the  chief 
substance of it.

The Worst on Record.
From  the Shoe and L eather Review.

The small  boy says  his  mother’s  shoe is 

like a stove,  because it has a base burner.

Business has not  for  many years been so 
dull in Austria as it is now.  At the late an­
nual market of Brunn  the  prices  of  cotton 
cloth and leather showed a  great fall on the 
averages of previous years.  The war alarms 
stopping  purchases  from  Russia  and  the 
Danubian principalities may have had some­
thing  to  do  with  this.  But  the  general 
stagnation in Austrian  commerce cannot be 
explained wholly by this cause,  for  it exist­
ed throughout the  past  year,  as  is  shown 
in the diminished  receipts  of  all  the  rail­
way  lines  and  of  the  Danube  Steamboat 
Company.

The Funny Side of  the  Question.

From  th e  New Y ork Times.

The practice of selling  apples  and  pota­
toes by measure and  eggs  by the dozen has 
always  commended 
itself  to  the  grocer's 
mind for obvious  reasons.  Apples  and po­
tatoes are round,  and  they  therefore cannot 
be tightly packed in a  peek  measure.  The 
larger the apples or potatoes are the greater 
is the proportion of unoccupied  space when 
they are crowded into a measure.  The gro­
cer who  sells  by measure  obtains  just  as 
much for the vacant spaces  between the ap­
ples or potatoes in his measure as he obtains 
for  the  apples  themselves.  Naturally,  in 
these  circumstances,  he  prefers  to sell  by 
measure instead of weight.

In the ease of eggs  there  is also a mani­
fest advantage in selling them by the dozen. 
The grocer can charge  just  as  much  for a 
dozen small eggs as for a  dozen  large ones. 
Let us suppose that the cost of  producing a 
dozen large eggs is  six  cents.  The  cost of 
producing a dozen of half the size would not 
be more than four  or  four  and  a  quarter 
cents.  The grocer thus makes almost twice 
as  much  profit on  his  small  eggs  as  he 
makes on his  large  eggs;  whereas  were he 
to sell all  eggs  by  weight,  the  small  eggs 
would be no more profitable than  the  large 
ones.

In  view  of  facts  like  these  it 

is  not 
long  have 
strange that  grocers  should  so 
sold some  articles  by  measure,  others  by 
weight and others by the dozen.  That they 
should now be willing to abandon  this  sys­
tem and to sell everything  by weight shows 
that they are  more  anxious  to  do what is 
right than to make money.  Our grocers are 
evidently noble and  upright  men,  for  they 
stand alone in their willingness  to  sarcifice 
private  gain  for  the  good of their custom­
ers.

The suggestion which has been made that 
the willingness of the grocers to sell  every­
thing by weight is  due  to  the  growing im­
portance of the  sugar  trade  deserves  to be 
rejected  with 
indignation  and  contempt. 
We may concede that sand is  much  heavier 
than sugar,  and that the  public  is  addicted 
to finding fault with the decrease  in  size of 
the pound  of  sugar. 
It  nevertheless  does 
not follow that if people are  allowed to buy 
eggs by weight they will cease to  make un­
pleasant remarks about the size  of  a pound 
of sugar,  and no grocer worthy of  the name 
would dream of  conciliating  his  customers 
by so shallow a device.

Selling Goods on Their Merits.

From  the Shoe and L eather Review.

One of the difficulties with  which  honest- 
manufacturers have  to  contend  is that  un­
scrupulous  parties  appropriate  the  name 
and imitate the style of their goods.  A large 
retailer  in  the  West  recently  declined to 
place an order with a leading  manufacturer 
of fine goods which retailed  at  $5  per pair; 
the reason he assigned was that  there  were 
many base imitations on the market in com­
petition,  and  he  couldn’t  spare  the time to 
explain to his  customers  (when  they  told 
him they could procure the same goods else­
where at $375)  what  the  differance  was. 
He said the imitation had  ruined  his traffic 
in that  specialty,  though  the  higher  cost 
shoes  were  much  the  cheaper.  Thus  a 
manufacturer was compelled to  see his bus­
iness  taken  from  him  because  consumers 
could not distinguish,  by  their  appearance, 
between  the  genuine  and  the  counterfeit. 
Sheep leather can be made to resemble goat, 
but it is an outrageous  offense  against mor­
ality to call by it anything but its real name. 
It is equally iniquitous  to  attempt  to  pass 
off a buff, grain or flesh split shoe for a calf­
skin; either shoe may  be as serviceable and 
equally  good  in  style,  fit,  durability  and 
prices, but  deception  is  always  impolitic; 
sooner or later it is  sure  to  be  discovered 
with disastrous consequence to the deceiver. 
Manufacturers of leather and of shoes ought 
always to be prompt in exposing the duplic­
ity of competitors who  palm off  a spurious 
article for genuine.  Merchandise should be 
sold on its merits; square  dealing  will pay 
best in the long run.

The famous Panama hats are  all made in 
Guayaquil,  Ecuador,  and get their name be­
cause Panama merchants  formerly controll­
ed the trade.  They  are  made of  the  pita 
fiber,  a sort of palm,  and are braided  under 
water by  native  women,  of  strands  often 
twelve and fifteen  feet  long,  and fine ones 
are very expensive. 
It  often  takes  two or 
three  weeks  to  braid a  single  hat, which 
sells for five or six dollars and lasts forever. 
A traveler  speaks  of  one  made of a single 
straw or fiber,  as fine as thread  and  soft as 
silk.  The woman who made it was engaged 
four months in the work,  and it was  valued 
at $250.

The Western Medical  Reporter  says that 
a grocer,  who  had  an  aged  and  disabled 
horse,  wished to get rid  of  him  by as pain­
less a death as possible,  and gave him forty 
grains of morphine.  Having made  prepar­
ations  for the funeral,  the grocer  proceeded 
to the  stable,  where,  to  his  astonishment, 
he found the horse  in  excellent spirits,  and 
eating  his  oats  with  his  former  habitual 
haste,  so as to be ready for the  early trip to 
market.  Opium is said to have  been  used 
successfully in India  for  many  years in re­
lieving horses from the consequences of  old 
age and overwork.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Term s $1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade know n on application,

WEDNESDAY.  JULY  1,  1885.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

_

President—L ester J. Rindge.
V ice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
T reasurer—W m. Sears. 
Executive  Com m ittee—P resident,  Vice-Pres­
ident and T reasurer, ex-nffleio; O. A. Ball, one 
year;  L. E. H aw kins and R.D . Sw artout, tw o
A rbitration  Comm ittee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  VV.
T ransportation  Com m ittee—Sam uel  Sears, 
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, A rth u r 
M anufacturing  Com m ittee—Wm.  Cartw right, 
A nnual M eeting—Second  W ednesday evening
Regular0 M eetings—Second  W ednesday  even­
____________

Putnam , Joseph Housem an.
Geo. B. D unton, Amos. S. Musselman. 
Meigs, Wm. T. Lam oreaux.
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.

ing of each m onth. 

Michigan Dairymen’s  Association.

Organized  at  Grand  Rapids,  February  25,  1885.
President—Milan W iggins, Bloomingdale. 
V ice-Presidents—W.  ft.  ftow e,  Capac;  F.  C. 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P.  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F.  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
W arren Haven, Bloom ingdale;  Chas.  E. Bel­
knap,  G rand  Rapids;  L.  F.  Cox,  P ortage; 
Jo h n  Borst, V riesland;  R. C. Nash, H illiards; 
D.  M.  Adams,  A shland:  Jos.  Post,  Clarks-
Secretary and T reasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand 
N ext  M eeting—Third  T uesday  m   F ebruary, 
M embership Fee—$1 per year.
Official O rgan—T h e Mic h ig a n T radesman.

Rapids. 
1886.

_   .

_  

, 

Post A , M.  C.T.  A.

, s  hganized at  Grand Rapids, June 28,1884.

O F F IC E R S .

President—Wm. Logie.
F irst Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second  V ice-President—Stephen A.  Sears. 
Secretary and T reasu rer—L. W. A tkins. 
E xecutive  Committee—P resident  and  Secre­
tary ,  ex  offlcio;  Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Jas.  N. 
B radford and W. G. Hawkins.
Election Committee—Geo.  H.  Seym our,  Wal­
lace  Franklin,  W.  H.  Downs,  Wm.  B.  Ed­
m unds and D. S. Haugh.
Room  Com m ittee—Stephen  A.  Sears,  Wm.
Boughton, W. H. Jennings.
Regular  M eetings—L ast  Saturday  evening  in 
each m onth.
Next  M eeting—Saturday  evening,  Ju n e   27, 
a t “The T radesm an” office.

Grand Rapids Post T.  P.A.

fOrganized at Grand Rapids, A pril 11, 1885.
President—Geo. F. 
V ice-President—Geo. W. MeKaj.
Secretary—Leo A. Caro.
£
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Every  druggist  will  appreciate  Soliman 

to e l l   o f  President.

g

_

Snooks’ letter this week.

AMONG  THE TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

Hester & Fox  have  sold  Mr.  Walbrecht 
the outfit for the  gristmill  he is building at 
Mancelona. 
I  Carpenter &  Bush  have  engaged  in  the 
I grocery business  at  Baldwin.  John  Caul­
field furnished the stock.
I  Geo  Eastman,  Jr.,  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at  Robinson.  Cody, Ball 
! & Co.  furnished the stock.

•

Rindge, Bertsch & Co.  are marking  their 
fall samples,  and  the  boys  will  start  out 
with the new goods next Monday.

E.  A. Munson,  proprietor  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Edge  Tool  Works,  is  now  repre­
sented on the road by a regular traveler.

M.  Cannon, general dealer at Altona, has 
engaged in  the  grocery  business  at  Lake 
Station.  Arthur Meigs & Co, furnished the 
stock,

Dr.  E.  M.  Dunham  contemplates  engag­
ing in the drug business  on  East  Leonard 
street, purchasing the  VanBuren stock as a 
nucleus.

J.  H. Parker,  State agent for  Chandler & 
Taylor,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  has  sold  a 
sawmill  outfit  to  E.  W.  Rose,  at  Stover, 
Emmet county.

O.  H. Richmond & Co.,  druggists  at  141 
South Division street, have added a  line  of 
fancy groceries.  Fox,  Musselman & Lover- 
idge furnished the stock.

Dr.  Ferguson  and  John  W. Armstrong 
will engage in the drug business at  Middle- 
ville, occupying a new  building now in pro­
cess of erection by the former.

A.  L.  Hamill,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at  Charlevoix,  lias  re-en­
gaged in  the  same  business  at  that  place. 
Arthur Meigs & Co. furnished the stock.

E.  S. Matteson has purchased  1,000 acres 
of  timber  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Indian 
River and  is figuring with  the assignee  for 
the purchase of the  Keeney  shingle  mill at 
Indian River.

French &  Sutton,  boot and  shoe  dealers, 
harness manufacturers and  bark  buyers  at 
East Jordan,  have added  a  line  of  grocer­
ies.  Cody,  Ball & Co. furnished the  stock, 
D.  S.  Haugh placing the order.

Ludwig  Winternitz  has  been  appointed 
local  representative  of  the  Paid  Bechtner 
Co.,  of Milwaukee,  and  will  handle a  full 
line of vinegars manufactured by that house, 
in conjunction with his yeast business.

The  local  tanneries  have  bought  about 
300 cords of new bark so  far  this  season, 
and are taking all offerings  at 85 per  cord, 
delivered, cash  on  delivery.  Fanners gen­
erally are not over-anxious to purchase large 
quantities, as most of them  have  stocks of 
last year’s bark still on  hand.  They advise 
their old customers not to cut  any bark this

The traveling men have  secured  the  va­
cant store  at  40  Ottawra  street  adjoining 
Ilazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.—for  a  meeting 
place  on  the  Fourth.  All  visiting  mer­
chants  and  traveling  men  are  invited  to 
make  the  place  their  headquarters.  All 
who intend to  march  should  be  on  hand 
promptly at 8 o’clock.  Those  who  lag be­
hind will be assigned  places  farthest  from 
the band. 

_________

A press ©¿advertising matter, received too 
late in the week to admit of the preparation 
of extra pages, necessitates a slight  curtail-  _____
ment of the usual amount of reading matter j seasollj  except from trees already down, 
this week.

Mr.  Phelps,  our new Minister to England,  . 
uttered the following truism at a recent din­
ner given  by  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London: 
“America is  emphatically  a  country  of in­
dustry and of business; in no country in the 
world  do  that  class  called  business  men, 
possess so large a share and influence in the 
affairs of the Government.  America is able 
to offer  a  home  to  all,  simply  because  it 
offers work to all. 
It  is  pre-eminently  the 
home of the worker and not of the idler.”

the  same 

to  stand  in 

A New York dairyman declares 

Fred W.  Powers,  for  several  yean 

The  Michigan  Manufacturer  is 

past
manager of the Spa Bottling Co., has  form­
ed a copartnership with H.  T. Husted, who 
has also been identified with the same estab­
lishment for some time,  and the two will en­
gage in a similiar business at Atlanta under 
7  p .  I the firm name of Powers  &  Husted.  They 
latter part  of  the  present  week,
and expect to have a full line of goods ready 
for the market by August 1.  Both are men 
of experience and more than ordinary  busi­
ness shrewdness,  and  will  undoubtedly do 
well in  their new field of operation.

the 
title of a new  monthly  journal  which  has 
just been issued by the  publishers of  The 
T r a d e s m a n .  The  Manufacturer  5"  :" 
tended 
îe a i\e | 
position to the steam users of the State that 
'The  T r a d e s m a n   does  to  the  mercantile 
fraternity, and it is the earnest hope of  the 
projectors of the enterprise that the new as­
pirant for public patronage  may meet  with 
the same generous reception which  marked 
the advent of this journal.  The  Manufac­
turer is handsomely printed on tinted paper, 
and contains a considerable amount of origin­
al matter on mechanical subjects—both prac­
tical  and technical—prepared  expressly for 
the journal by competent writers.  No pains 
will be spared to make the Michigan  Man- j knees.
ufacturer one of the  leading  papers of  the  fully recover 
J 
kind in the country.

Referring to the proposed challenge of the 
Saginaw wholesale grocers by the wholesale 
grocers of Grand Rapids, Jas. Stewart, Lim­
ited,  writes—or  attempts  to  write—T i i e  
I  have  had  a talk  with the 
T r a d e s m a n : 
“old nine,” and they seem to be -weak in the 
None of them,  including writer, has 
ered from last  year’s trip  to the
Rapids.  My wife says  I  have  never  been
j the same man since,  and  when I ask her in 
that  the | what respect,  she will not particularize,  hut 
“You  seem  changed,  look 
recent oleomargarine decision  made  by the j simply replies:
Can it be possible that your
Court of Appeals of  that  State  was  not  a  and act older.” 
test case at all, but  a  bogus  suit  gotten up  jobbers dragged that last case—that instead 
by the oleomargarine manufacturers against  0f containing the Elixir  of  Life,  they  im- 
one of their own number,  and  pushed on to  posed a Rip Van Winkle  decoction upon us
that when Charley  Prindle  wakes  up be 
the  Court  of  Appeals  upon  a  pretended 
will not recognize  his  decoy—that  the  rest 
statement of  facts which did not exist in the 
of the Saginaw nine  will  have so  changed 
ease at all, and  with  no evidence offered on 
that our friends at the  Rapids  will not rec­
the part of the people to counteract  it.  He 
ognize us, an aged and decrepit group, should 
further declares that it was  “an  unfair, dis­
we ever meet again?  Before  the  bloom  of 
torted statement, giving only one side of the 
youth has  forever  passed,  please  send us 
ease,  and was brought on  by the New York 
that challenge.  Hardly think it  will be ac­
Assistant District Attorney at a time  when 
cepted, owing to the low price of salt.  Still, 
the Dairy Commissioner was not  able to be 
there is no  telling  what  may happen,  even 
present. 
It  was  a  travesty  upon  justice, 
here in Saginaw, after receipt of such a dar­
and should never have been allowed to go to 
ing document. 
It may  arouse  the “fire of 
the Court of Appeals,  as  in  anyway a test 
old Saul,” and lead to another meeting with 
of  the  validity  of  any  of  the  provisions 
the  “Belle  of  Nelson,”  and the  convival 
of  this  law.  The  decision  of  the  Court 
wholesale grocers of Grand Rapids.
of  Appeals,  however  honestly  arrived  at, 
is in conflict with that of  the  Circuit Court 
of  the  United States  and  of  the  highest 
courts of other states,  and I  have no  doubt 
would be reversed by the Supreme  Court of 
the United States if  the  question  here  in­
volved were there  properly submitted.”

Ryerson & Sprout will engage in the meat 

B od en & Camp succeed Cole &  Camp  in 

general trade at Kingsley.

business at Portland.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

L.  B.  Chapel has bought the general stock 

Chas.  R.  Messenger,  of  the  Chas.  R. 
Messenger Manufacturing Co., tobacco man­
ufacturers of Toledo,  is in town to-day.

of Samuel E.  Faxon at Ada.

Frank Weaver, the Manton grocer, “drops 

i into poetry” in his local paper.

B.  O. Bowers,  of the firm ofWm. Thomp 
son  &  Bowers,  coffee  importers  of  New
York, was in  town  last  Thursday.  He is j Hhei,’ from select to  choice.........100
making a tour of the  Western  trade of  his  ^g}’ choice qut  cubes................
house.

Rhei, ohoice cut fingers.

2 > r u Q 8   &  ¿ I D e b i c i n e s

Jos. Braiden succeeds J.  L.  Miller  in the 

confectionery business at Portland.

Dudley  P.  Hall, of  the  lumber  firm  of 

Hall & Lincoln,  at Frankfort,  is dead.

Durga & Harwood  succeed Durga,  Lamb 

& Co.  in general trade at North Adams.

J.  L.  Parkinson succeeds  Mrs.  H.  A.  Da­

A dvanced—T onka beans.
D eclined—Borax, cantharides.

ACIDS

kin in the grocery business at  Jackson.

ton in the grocery business at St.  Johns.

W.  M.  Leland succeed Tremper & Hamil­

Acetic, No.  8......................................... 
9 @
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040).........  30  ©
Carbolic............, .................................  38  ©
C itric....................................................  50  @
M uriatic 18  d e g ................................. 
3  @
N itric 36 deg .........................................  U  @
O x alic..................................................   14M@
Sulphuric  66 deg ...............................  
3  ©
T artaric  pow dered............................  52 @
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................$  oz
grocery stock of C.  S. Burrill,  at  Ashland.  Benzofc, German.......................... 
T a n n ic .................................................   ^   ®

II.  M. Fitzgerald succeeds F.  E.  Cross  in 
the grocery and notion business  at  Remus.
C. M. Woodard has boughtrthe  drug  and

l |

H.  G. Briggs  succeeds  Geo.  T.  Hislop in 
the book and stationery  business at  Manis­
tee.
R.  D.  Frederick  succeeds  J.  H.  Wheeler 
in the book and stationery business at Sher­
man.
Copaiba 
F ir.........
Armstrong, grocer, at Ovid,  were burned out j xolu__
on the 25th. 

H.  B.  Whipple,  general  dealer,  and  D.

i
Simpson  &  Chapin,  proprietors  of  the I 
bending works at  Mendon,  have  dissolved,  j 
each succeeding.

HÂZELTINE,

60
65
43
20
15
"riÒ
20

10

35
40
55
5
12
15
4
55
18
15
15

S erp en taria........................................
3eneka ...............................................
Sarsaparilla,  H o n d u ras................
Sarsaparilla,  M exican...................
Squills, w hite (Powd  35c)..............
V alerian, English (Powd 30e).......
V alerian, V erm ont (Powd 28c)...

SEEDS.

15
5  @ 6
4  ,@ 4M
15  © 18
1 50
i 75
20
10
15

Anise, Italian  (Powd 20c)..............
Bird, m ixed in ft  packages...........
Canary,  S m yrna......................  
..
Caraway, best D utch (Powd  20c).
Cardamon,  A leppee.......................
Cardamon, M alabar........................
C elery.................................................
Coriander,  Dest  E nglish...............
F e n n e l...............................................
Flax,  clean ........................................ . 
3M@
Flax, pu re grd (bbl  3M)................. . 
4  © 4M
Foenugreek, pow dered................. . 
7  © 8
Hemp,  R ussian............................... . 
4M© 5M
M ustard, w hite  Black  10c)..........
8
Q u in c e ...............................................
75
Rape, E nglish...................................
6  © 7
Worm,  L ev an t.................................
14
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriag e__ .2  25  ©2 50
do 
N assau 
do
00 
. . . .
V elvet E x tra do 
do 
I  10 
E x tra Yellow do 
do 
85 
.........
do 
Grass 
.........
do 
65 
H ard head, fo r slate u se .................
75
Yellow Reef, 
.................
1  40
MISCELLANEOUS.

SPONGES.

do 

AMMONIA.

C arbonate................»................ V ®>  15  @
M uriate (Powd. 22c)..........................  
_  _
A qua 16 deg or  3 f..............................
©
A qua 18 deg or  4 f.............................

BALSAMS.

BARKS.

Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)............
Cinohona,  yellow ............................
Elm,  select..........................................
Elm, ground, p u re ............................
Elm, powdered,  p u re .......................
Sassafras, of ro o t.............................
Wild Cherry, select..........................
B ayberry  pow dered........................
Hem lock pow dered..........................
W a h o o .................................................
Soap  gro u n d......................................

BERRIES.

Cubeb  prim e (Powd 80c).............. .
J u n ip e r................................................
Prickly A sh ........................................

EXTRACTS.

Licorice GO and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re . . .......
Logwood, bulk (12 and 2o ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)................
................
Lgowood, Ms 
Logwood, Ms 
................
Logwood, ass’d 
. . . . . . . .
Fluid E x tracts—25 $  cent, off list.

do 
do 
do 
flo w ers.

A rn ica..................................................
Chamomile,  R om an............ " ........
Chamomile,  G erm an................'•••

GUMS.

Aloes,  B arbadoes.............................. 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  2 4 c )................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).......
A m m oniac................. • ..................
A rabic, pow dered  select............
A rabic, 1st  p ick ed ........................
|  A rabic,2d  p ick ed ..........................
I  A rabic,  3d picked..........................
!  A rabic, sifted so rts .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
A ssafcentida, prim e (Powd ¡Joe).
!  Benzoin...........................................
i  C am p h o r......................• •' \ ............
Catechu. Is (M 14c, 14s  16c).........
i  Eupborbium  pow dered................
G albanum  strain ed .......................
:  Guaiac, prim e (Powd  4oc)...........
Kino  [Pow dered, 30e]...................
i  M astic........................... —  v r r
i  M yrrh. Turkish (Pow dered  47c).
I  Opium, p u re (Powd 85.40)............
I  Shellac, Cam pbell’s .......................
!  Shellac,  E nglish............................
!  Shellac,  n a tiv e ...............................
;  Shellac bleached............................
;  T ra g a c a n th .....................................

45@50
40
2  00 
50
11
18
13
14
15 
10
12 20 
18 
30 
12

@

37 M9
32
1315
34

10  ©   n

60®

28®

17
50
30
65
60
50
45

55@60
13 
3o®
40 
80 
90©1 00 
35 
20
40 
3 75 
30 
26 34 

30®1 00

30
HERBS—IN  OUNCE  PACKAGES
|  H o a rh o u n d ...............................................
:  L obelia........................................................
P ep p erm in t...............................................
!  R u e.................................-...........................
S p e a rm in t.................................................
,  Sweet M ajoram ........................................
I  T a n z y .......................... ...............................
T h y m e ........................................................
W orm w ood...............................................

IRON.

C itrate and  Q uinine.........................
Solution m ur., fo r tin c tu re s.........
Sulphate, p u re  c ry sta l...................
C itra te .................................................
P h o sp h a te ..........................................

LEAVES.

Buchu, sh o rt (Powd 25c).. . . . . .  •---
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & Ms, 12e>...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l.......... . 
• ■ • -
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  pow dered..............................
Senna tinnivelli............................
U va  U rsi.............................................
B elladonna..........................................
Foxglove................................. ........
H e n b a n e....................-........................
Rose, re d ..............  ............................

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky .2 00 
D ruggists’ F avorite  R ye................1  <5
----- ggists
...1   10
W hisky, o th er  b ra n d s,.
....... 1 35
Gin, Old T om .................
..2  00
Gin,  H olland.................. 
„
B ra n d y ................................................ I  i?
Catawba  W ines.................................*
.1  35
P o rt W ines...........

m agnesia.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Je nning’s, 2 o z. . ...........
C itrate, H., P. & Co.’s  so lu tio n ....
Calcined..............................................

OILS.

..40 
..24 
..35 
..25 
..30 
. .25

6  40 
20

®

®2  25 
@2  00 
@1  50 
@1  75 
@3  50 
@6  50 
@2  00 
@2  50

37 
2  25 
65

-

-

Z

Almond, sw eet...................................
A m ber,  rectified...............................
A nise............................................ —
Bay $   o z............................................
B ergam ont............................... ..........
Castor — ...........................................
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t.............................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pore 75c).......
C itro n ella..........................................
Cod Liver, N. F ..................—  
Fai
Cod Liver, b e s t.. . . . . . . .
Cod Liver, H., P . & Co. 8,16
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .............................................
Firew eed.............................................
G eranium   $   °
• 
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r  w ood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries................................
L avender flowers, F re n c h ..............
!  Lavender garden 
..............
Lavender spike 
..............
i  Lemon, new   c ro p .............................
I  Lemon,  Sanderson s . ......................
,  L em ongrass........................................
:  Olive, M alaga. . . . . . . . .  ■.  -
O live,“ Sublime  Italian   . 
....
:  Origanum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
!  Origanum ,  No. 1.............................
P ennyroyal ..................... *.................
P epperm int,  w h ite..........................
,  Rosem ary, French  (Flowers 81  50)
!  S a la d ....................................................
S avin...................................................
Sandal  W ood. G erm an...................
SandalW ood, W. I ............................
S assafras.............................................
S p e a rm in t...............................
Tansy  ........................................
T ar (by gal 50c)...................................
W in terg reen ................... .
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure 84.00).......
W o rm seed ..........................................

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I  B icrom ate............................
Bromide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk ...
!  Chlorate, cry st (Powd 23c)............
I  Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk .......
!  P ru ssiate yellow ...............................

ROOTS.

A lk a n e t...............................................
A lthea, c u t..........................................
A rrow,  St. Y incent s .....................
A rrow, T aylor’s, in Ms and Ms—
Blood (Powd 18c)...............................
Calamus,  peeled —  
.......... • • • •
Calamus, G erm an  w hite, p eeled ..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  15c) ••••••••............
Ginger, A frican (Powd 14c)............
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
I  Golden Seal (Powd 30c) . ................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered..............................
¡Licorice,  select (Powd 15)..............
!  Licorice, e x tra  select.......................
P ink, tru e .

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Alcohol, grain (bbl 82.22) $  g al__
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cent ex. ref.
Anodyne  H offm an’s ........................
Arsenic, D onovan’s solution.........
A rsenic, Fow ler’s so lu tio n............
A nnatto  1 ft ro lls.............................
A lum ...........................................  
ft
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)................ 
A nnatto,  p rim e.................................
A ntim ony, powdered,  com ’l ......... 
Arsenic, w hite, pow dered.............. 
Blue  Soluble......................................
Bay  Rum, im ported, b e st..............
Bay Rum , dom estic, H., P. & Co.’s .
Balm Gilead  B uds............................
Beans,  T ouka....................................
Beans,  V anilla...................................
Bism uth, sub  n itra te .......................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70e)........................
Blue V itriol  ......................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c)..............
Cantharides, Russian  pow dered..
|  Capsicum  Pods, A frica n ................
i  Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow ’d . . .
|  Capsicum Pods,  Bombay 
do  ...
|  Carmine,  No. 40.................................
I  Cassia  B uds........................................
i  Calomel.  A m erican..........................
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
Chalk, p recip itate E nglish............
|  Chalk,  red  fingers............................
i  Chalk, w hite lu m p ............................
Chloroform ,  Squibb’s .....................
|  Colocynth  apples..............................
Chloral hydrate, G erm an  cru sts..
Chloral 
c ry st...
Chloral 
]  Chloral 
cru sts..
C h lo ro fo rm ........................................
I  Cinchonidia, P. &  W ........................
|  Cinchonidia, other b ran d s..............
j  Cloves (Powd 23e).............................
I  C ochineal...........................................
|  Cocoa  B u tte r.....................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc )........................
Corrosive Sublim ate........................
Corks, X and X X —40 off  lis t.........
Cream T artar, p u re pow dered.......
j  Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 ft b o x ..
!  C reasote...............................................
!  Cudbear,  p rim e .................................
|  C uttle Fish B one...............................
D e x trin e .............................................
D over’s  P ow ders.............................
I  D ragon’s Blood M ass.......................
|  E rgot  pow dered...............................
I  Em ery, Turkish, all  No.’s ..............
I  Epsom  Salts (bbl.  1%).......................
1  Ergot, fre sh ........................................
j  E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P ................
'  Flake  w h ite........................................
;  G rains  P arad ise...............................
I  G elatine j  Cooper’s ............................
!  G elatine. French  ..............................
i  Glassware, flint, 7') off,by box 60off
|  Glassware, green, 60  and 10 dis__
|  Glue,  ca n n e t....................................
]  G lue,w hite..........................................
i  Glycerine, p u re .................................
!  Hops  Ms and Ms...............................
;  Iodoform  
oz...................................
;  In d ig o ..................................................
i  Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ...
!  Insect Pow der, H., P. & Co„ boxes
i  Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
j  Isinglass,  A m erican...........: ............
!  Ja p o n ic a .............................................
!  London  P u rp le.................................
|  Lead, a c e ta te......................................
I  Lime, chloride, (Vis 2s 10c & Ms lie)
;  L u p u lin e .............................................
L ycopodium ......................................
M a ce....................................................
Madder, best  D u tch ......................
;  M anna, S.  F ........................................
!  M ercury...............................................
\  Morphia, sulph., P. & W .........$  oz
I  Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s .........
I  Moss, Icelan d ............................. ^  ft
!  Moss,  Iris h ........................................
j  M ustard,  E nglish.............................
'  M ustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  can s.........
j  N utgalls...............................................
j  N utm egs, No. 1...................................
i  N ux  V om ica......................................
!  O intm ent. M ercurial, Md................
|  P aris G reen......................................  
j  Pepper, Black  B e rry .......................
!  P ep sin .................................................
j  P itch, T rue B urg u n d y.....................
i  Quassia  ............................................... 
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W ............ft oz
Quinine,  G erm an..............................
Red  P re c ip ita te........................ $3 ft
Seidlitz  M ix tu re,..............................
Strychnia, c ry st.................................
Silver N itrate, c ry st........................
Saffron, A m erican.  ........................
Sal  G lauber........................................
Sal N itre, large  c ry st.......................
Sal  N itre, m edium   c r y s t..............
Sal Rochelle........................................
Sal  Soda...............................................
Salicin..................................................
S a n to n in .............................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy o r Scotch...........
Soda Ash [by keg 3 cl.......................
Sperm aceti..........................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s —
Soap, W hite C astile..........................
Soap, Green  do 
..........................
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do 
..........................
Soap,  M azzini....................................
Spirits N itre, 3 F ............................. .
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................
Sugar Milk pow dered.....................
Sulphur, flour..................................... 
Sulphur,  ro ll...................................... 
T artar E m etic....................................
T ar, N. C. Pine, M gal. cans  $  doz
Tar, 
qu arts in t in ...........
|  Tar, 
pints in tin ...............
T urpentine,  V enice................. ^  ft
j  W ax, W hite, S. &  F. b ran d ............
i  Zinc,  S ulphate...................................
Capitol  Cylinder...............................
..60 
Model  Cylinder................... .............
..50 
I  Shield  C ylinder.................................
. .35 
Eldorado E ngine...............................
..30 
|  Peerless  M achinery.........................
. .25 
1  challenge M achinery.......................
. .30
|  Backus F ine E ngine........................
|  Black Diam ond M achinery................................. 30
Castor M achine  O il...........................................
Paraffine, 25  deg.................................................1»M
I  Paraffine, 28  d e g .................................................   .31
I  Sperm, w inter  bleached........................— 1  40
Gal
Bbl 
|  W hale, w in te r........................................  70
i  Lard, e x tra .............................................   55
I  Lard, No.  1.............................................
I  Linseed, p u re  raw  —  .........................  51
|  Linseed, b o ile d ...................................   54
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strain ed ............   <0
Spirits T u rp en tin e...............................   42
No. lT u r p   Coach...................................1 10®1  20
E x tra   T u rp ..............................................1  60@1  70
Coach  B o d y ...........................................?  75@3 00
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ............................1  00@1  10
E x tra T urp  D am ar............................... 1  55@1  60
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Red V en etian .............................
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles.........
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........  1M
P u tty , co m m ercial...................  2M
P u tty , strictly p u re ...................   2M.
V erm ilion,prim e  A m erican..
V erm ilion,  E nglish...................
Green, P en in su lar............ : —
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re .......
!  W hiting, w hite  S panish...........
W hiting,  Gildersr.......................
W hite, P aris A m erican............
W hiting  P aris English cliff..
P ioneer Prep ared   P a in ts.......
1  Swiss V illa P repared  P a in ts ..

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VARNISHES.

PAINTS.

OILS.

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D ru ggists !

and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 

g3 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

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Pants, Oils, Yarnislies, 

D risist’s

MANUFACTURERS  OF
PHARMACEUTICAL  PREPARATIONS, 

ELEGANT 

FLUID  EXTRACTS  AND  ELIXIRS.

GENERAL  WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co., and John L. Whiting, 

Manufacturers of Fine Paint and 

Varnish Brushes.

—Also fo r the—

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of 

Hair, Shoe and Horse Brushes.

D ru g g ists’ Sundries

Our stock in this department of  our  busi­
ness  is  conceded  to  be  one of the largest, 
best-assorted and diversified to  be  found  in 
the Northwest.  We are heavy importers of 
many articles ourselves and  can  offer  Fine 
Solid Back Hair Brashes, French  and  Eng­
lish  Tootli  and  Nail  Brashes at attractive 
prices.

We  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing outfits  for  new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACILI­
TIES for meeting the wants of this class  of 
buyers  WITHOUT  DELAY  and  in  the 
most approved and acceptable manner known 
to  the  drug  trade.  Our special efforts  in 
this direction have received  from  hundreds 
of our customers the most satisfying recom­
mendations.

tment

We  give  our  special  ancl personal atten­
tion to  the  selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG  TRADE  ONLY, and trust we merit 
the  high  praise  accorded  us  for  so  satis­
factorily supplying the wants of onr enstom- 
tomers with PURE  GOODS in this  depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are  the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED AGENTS  for  tine  sale  of 
the'celebrated

WITHERS  DADE  &  GO.’

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  SOUR  MASH  AND 
OLD  FASHIONED  HAND  MADE,  COP­
PER  DISTILLED  WHISKYS*.  We  not 
only offer these goods to be excelled by  NO 
OTHER  KNOWN  BRAND  in the market, 
but superior in all respects to most  that  are 
exposed for sale.  We GUARANTEE per­
fect  and  complete  satisfaction  and where 
this brand of goods has been once introduced 
the future trade lias been assured.

W e are also owners of the

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Which continues to have so many  favorites 
among druggists who have sold these  goods 
for a very long time.  Buy our

Gins, Branilies & File Wines.

We  call  your  attention  to the adjoining 
list of market quotations which  we  aim  to 
make as complete and  perfect  as  possible. 
For special quantities and for  quotations on 
such  articles  as  do  not appear on the list, 
such as  PATENT  MEDICINES,  etc.,  we 
invite your correspondence.

Mail orders always receive our special and 

personal attention.

Plainwell Independent:  S.  Z.  Bamev has 
moved to Vicksburg  and  opened a restaur- j 
and cigar factory there.

Geo.  Bradbeer has bought C.  E.  Russell’s 
book and stationery stock,  at  Cadillac, and j 
will remove it to Big Rapids.

E.  H. Deatsman, who was recently burned j 
out at Sebewa,  is rebuilding ontlieoldfoun- ! 
dation,  and will put in a general stock.

The W.  A.  Murphy  <fc  Co. 

jewelry  and J 
stationery  stock,  at  Whitehall,  has  been j 
seized on chattel  mortgage  by  II.  E.  Sta- j 
pies.

S.  F.  Frye has bought the  drug  stock  of 
Dr. A.  J.  Farrar,  at Mecosta,  and moved  it 
to Altona, where he will continue  the  busi­
ness.

J.  E.  Gerow is the name of the gentleman 
who has purchased P.  D.  Grommon’s drug 
stock at Ovid.  He will also  carry a line of 
groceries.

Sam.  Davjs,  the Muskegon  cigar  maker, 
is closing out his  cigar  business  as fast as 
possible,  preparatory to his removal  to Mil­
waukee,  where he  will  engage  in the same 
business.

John  Snow,  the  Coral  general  dealer,  is 
on  the  ragged  edge  of  despair.  J.  II. 
Thompson & Co.,  of  Detroit,  who  held  a 
mortgage for 8389 on the dry goods and gro­
cery stocks,  foreclosed the same last  week, 
and  the  sale  is  advertised  to  occur  on the 
10th.  Rindge,  Bertsch  &  Co.  hold a 8200 
mortgage on the boot and shoe  stock,  and a 
8300 mortgage on real estate,  and  Spring & 
Company secured  a  mortgage for  8135  on 
forty acres of land near Stanton.

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A T T E R S .

Elmira is  “dead sure”  of  a  handle  fac­
The Coldwater cutter factory  is  working 

tory.

A.  G. Butler  is  sinking  a  salt  wqjl  at 

40 hands.

Frankfort,

Roscommon  expects  to  have  a whortle­

berry canning factory.

Jackson capitalists are organizing to man- J 

ufacture the Estee plow.

E.  P.  Royce is rebuilding  his  sawmill at 

Bagley,  recently destroyed by fire.

Englemann & Rothschild  succeed  Roths- 

The Ludington  Wells & Van  Sliaick Co. 
is building a brick planing  mill at Menomi­
nee.
child,  Case & Co.  in the lumber  business at ■ 
Manistee.
The Mancelona  broom  factory is running 
thirty-five men.  A carload of  brooms were 
shipped to Richmond,  Va., on the 26th.

,

Bridges,  Snell &  Co.  have  contracted to 
cut 40,000 feet per day  for  C. E.  Eastman, 
of Saginaw,  at their new location at Mason-
ville. 
Harvey Porter,  formerly of  Advance,  has
purchased  the  Walton  grist  mill  at  East 
Banks, Antrim county,  and is enlarging and 
improving the same.

„  ,  , 

Brown  Bros,  propose  putting  in  roller 
process machinery in their  grist  mill at Al­
legan,  which will increase its capacity to 200 
barrels per day.

The Metz Leather Co.,  recently organized 
in Grand Haven, has purchased the Duncan 
tannery bnilding  and propose to put it to the 
use for which it was constructed.  The cap­
ital stock of the company  is to  be  860,000. 
The building was erected several years ago, 
but used only for a short  time.
STRAY  FACTS.

Fremont  presents  a  good  opening  for a 

cheese factory.

Griswold & Moffat,  of Sheridan, have dis­

solved partnership.

The Chicago Lumber Co.  is  building 

200

houses at Manistique.

Brown & Co., bankers of Charlevoix, have I 

opened a bank at East Jordan.

G.  II.  Packard &  Co.  have  bought  the 
banking business of Chas. G. Loose, at Reed 
City. 

t 

.

Furniture Facts.

Will F.  Hunting  returned  Monday  from 
a month’s western trip in the interest of the 
Worden Furniture Co.

Martin  N.  Moyer,  western  traveler for 
the Berkey  &  Gay  Furniture Co.,  is  dan- j 
gerous ill of a fever at a hospital at St.  Paul.  , 
M. Wier,  manager of the  Upper  Canada | 
Furniture  Co., 
of  Bowmanville,  Ont., j 
was in town last week  buying  designs  for 
fall  goods.

The Phoenix Furniture Co. has contracted 
to furnish 826,000  worth  of  furniture  for 
the Gayaso  Hotel,  at  Memphis,  which  is 
being remodeled.

• NEW  DEPARTMENT BARGAIN  GOODS

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TERMS.

Our terms are 30 days or  1 per 
cent, off for  cash  in  10  days.  If 
you desire an account, please give 
us reference to several firms here 
or elsewhere with whom you have 
been dealing.  No charge for cart­
age or package except on Crock­
ery and Glassware.

OUR  MODE.

To  strangers  who  are  not  fa­
miliar with our  manner  of doing 
business, we refer (by permission) 
to  the  entire  trade  of Western 
Michigan.  Our  motto  is  “To 
Please.”

OUR  OFFER.

We will fill an order in  this de­
partment  of five  items  or  more, 
and send it on approval with the 
privilege of returning what is un­
satisfactory, any time within  ten 
days.  Small  orders  receive  the 
same care and attention  as  large 
ones,  it  being  a positive  rule  to 
treat all our customers alike.

We respectfully call your attention  to  this  our  latest  move­
ment in favor of low-priced, and quick-selling* goods, selected from 
the various leading branches  of  trade,  to  be  sold  at  the  popular 
prices of 5c,  10c and  25c.

ALL  MERCHANTS  INTERESTED
In making1 fair profits on a small investment,
In a line of goods that will bring the people in your store,
In a stock that will make Business twelve months a year,
In a business in which there is no such word as Fail;

Are invited to send for our Bargain 

Price-List  which will  be freely mailed on  application.

On the margain, we give a small  list  showing  a  few staples 
in this great line and would invite  you  to  notice  the  package  of 
ASSORTED TINWARE, put up only by ourselves for the conven­
ience of buyers, of which we have already sold a large number.
NO  DEAD  STOCK  H ERE

CROCKERY.

Our  stock  of  Crockery  and 
Glassware was never so large  as 
it is to-day.  It includes every de­
sirable line of goods in the market 
of English,  French,  German  and 
American manufacture.
PRICES.

Our prices on  Crockery, Glass­
ware,  Library  Lamps,  Chande­
liers, Cutlery, Silver-Plated Ware, 
Bird Cages  and  Ohio  Stoneware 
are such that we fear no competi­
tion.  We invite comparison.
T.  &  R.  BOOTES.

We  have  recently  added \ this 
well-known make of English Thin 
Goods  in  Royal  Semi-Porcelain. 
It  costs  but  a  trifle  (say  10  per 
cent.)  more  than 
the  regular 
heavy goods and  will  please  the 
ladies immensely.

PERSONAL.

We  trust  our  customers  will 
not fail  to  call upon  us  when  in 
the  city.  We  shall  be  equally 
glad to show our  goods, whether 
you purchase or not.

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Plain Stamped Pans, 1 qt.
2 qt.
4 qt.
6qt.
10 qt.

ft

Perdoz.  Per gross.
28.  $3.30 
.40  4,50 
.65  7.25 
.70  8.25 
ÍL
.96  11.50
“  Best sizes  in  stock. 
“ 
.30  3.50

Retinned“
Jelly Cake

9 in. 
%  Basting Spoons, Retinned 
li

♦   Order Books, 5P11A,  48 p 

Wood H’d 

Pint Cups,  pieced 
Tack Hammers, with claw 
Iron Fire  Shovels

.45  5.40 
.28  3.00 
.22  2.40 
.38  4.40 
.55  6.25 
.35  4.25 
.45  5.25 
.90  10.50
Lead Pencils, red and blue,hex.32  3.75
.15  1.75
.84
.07 

Pencil Tablets, 4?x6i 
Turkey Dusters

Exp.,rubber end 
Plain 

“  Larger

“ 
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“ 

#  

Hammer, regular  size 
Screw Driver, 6 in. blade 
Pocket Match Safe, Nickeled, 
.75

Spring  Cover 

.90
.85 

*  Cottage Cuspidore 

.90
Bird Cage Hooks, ass’d colors .80 
2 Foot Pocket Rules 
,85
Writing Paper, note size, 5 lb 

per ream

* Envelopes, Heavy, No. 5 per M

10.50
10.00

9.00

10.60
9.00
10.00

1.25

**Fry Pans, 8 in. Im. Nick. Han.95  11.00 

“  12 in. Im. Nick. Han2.00 

1 

2 qt Pieced 

,  Tea Trays, 11 in. Ass’d colors.90  10.50 
Dippers, 2 qt Ret’d Stamped  .80  9.25 
.75  9.00
^Work Baskets, r’d fancy, 8 in .95  11.40 
Hat Racks, 4 hooks,  walnut  .85  9.75 
Hat Racks, 7 Pin Pore.  End  .78  9.00 
Wire Rim Fruit Baskets, col­

ored Glass Center 

.90  10.50

6  ..  1 -q t.

Lipped Measures.

(NO CUT.)

8i

12.. 
12.. 2-at.MiIk 

“

1‘/B>t. Imp. Cups.

12..2-qt. Coffee Pots. 
12.. 1-qt. 

“ 

“

12. ,2-qt. Saucepans.

12.. 3-qt. Novelty Buckets.
12.. 2-qt. 

“

i2  2-qt. Cov. Buckets.

12.. 1-qt. Graduated Novelty Measures. 

TH E  SURPRISE

FOR PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS.

6  Colanders.

©

¡a..l-qt.stampedDippe™. 

An  ASSORTMENT  of  3 3 0   PIECES  of  our 

Celebrated  Patent  Fire-Proof Tin Ware.

( C O P Y R I G H T E D .  )

E3P* These goods can be retailed at 10 cents each and pay you a profit of $ 9 .0 0  on the case;  or, 
if sold at the regular prices of common goods, will pay over 5 0  per cent,  profit  on  the  investment. 
If  you  have  a  ten-cent  counter, add this assortment. 
It will create a genuine surprise and greatly 
increase your sales.

T h e   “ S U R P R I S E ”   a s s o r t m e n t   C o n s i s t s   o f

12 Wood Handle Dippers.

Per doz  Per gross

Pails,  Gov, Pat Ears and bottom, 

every Pail warranted,  witb?grad- 
ated marks as shown.2 qt .85  10.00 

4qt.  1.75

Pails, common same goods, 

splendid sellers 2  qt. 
3 qt 
4 qt 
the case 

Pails, 2 qt, by 
Shoe Blacking, Bixby’s

No. 4, Large 

.75
1.10
1.50
.72

8.85

8.65

.48  5.75

Shoe Polish, Bixby’s, for 

.95 11.00
Ladies’  Shoes 
We  cannot  say  enough  in  favorJof 

Bixby’s goods.  They sell at sight.

12.. 

12.. 

12.. 

12.. 

12.. 

12..  

. .5.quaf* Improved Coffee Pots.

12.. 

..1-quart Improved Coffee Pots.
..3.quart Novelty (Measuring) Buckets.
12 ....2-quart Fire-Proof Saucepans.
12— l)4-pint Improved Cups.
. .2-quart Milk Cups.

. .2-quart Novelty (Measuring) Buckets.

6. .  .. 2-quart Improved OilCans.
. .Deep Square Bread Pans.

12— 1-qu.art Graduated Novelty Measures.

6 .. 

..1-qaart  Funnels.

6. .  . .1-quart Lipped Measures.

. . No. 51 Britannia Shaped Wood Handle Dippers.

12.... 4-quart Flaring Pails.

.. .8-quart Dish Pans.

18— 6-quart Stamped Milk Pans.

12.. 

...llM rinch Stamped Wash Bowls.

18.. 
.. 13-inch Stamped Wash Bowls.
21.. 
.. .10-inch Deep Pie Plates.
.. Sets Muffin Pans.  (6 rings to set.)
12.. ..2-quart  Covered Buckets. 
. .Large llalf-Sheet Graters.
6. .  

...4-quart Deep Stamped Pudding Pans.

12.. 

12.. 

..2-quart Oval Dinner Buckets,

.. 1-quart  Stamped Dippers.

6  ...L arge Colanders.

.. Wire Bottom Milk Strainers. 

. .4-quart Stamped Milk Pans. 

330  PIECES  FOR  $24.00.

& T  Nearly Every Article a Leader at 10 Cents 

t W  Some will Sell Readily at 15 and 25 Cents.

EVERY  PIECE  GUARANTEED  AGAINST  LEAKING.

E®” This is an assortment of goods you can sell without leaving any dead stock  on your hands, 
and will  give  you  an  opportunity to  introduce  the  only  line  of  TIN  WARE  that  will  give 
satisfaction. 
It  will  pay  you  to  order a Surprise Assortment, and  if  not found as represented can 
be returned to us. 

If strangers to us, send reference or draft with order.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,

16  MONROE  STREET,

G -r a n d L   R a p i d s .  M i c l i .

12.. 54-Sheet G ratera.

18.. 
18.. 4-qt. 

0-qt. Stamped Milk Pans.
“ 

“  

“

12..10 inch Deep  r ie  Platee

12. .8-qt. Dish Pans.

12. .4-qt. Deep Pudding Pans.

12. .0x10 Square Pans.

é m

àw B Ë tëf

12  Sets Muffin Pans.

61-qtFunl’s.  12..13-in. 

18.. 11 (4-in.  Iw-of,  Unwin 
^w ash  Bowls.

6 Milk Strainers.

12..4-qt. Flaring Palls.

6.. 2-qt. Oval Buckets.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Amer.Plate,half doz. in box, 7x9  2.00 
8x10  2.25
10xl4Z3.5O
We carry every size of German  and 
American Plate  in  stock  and  will  re­
pack as ordered.
Baskets,French Lunch 8 in,white"-2.35 
Fancy Braid, 5x7, oval  2.00 
Men’s Lunch,  10 in.
Palm Leaf 

4.12 
“ 10 in. fancy braid 4.25  
Jewett’s Bird Cages, Assorted ease No. 
2, containing  12  Cages,  all  square, 
latest  selection,  average  cost  68c 
8 .9 6
.40
9.36
Also  Bird  Cages  repacked  to  order 

each 

Box 

at Manufacturers’  Discount.

Refrigerators!

We th in k  ou r selection the m ost desirable  to 
buy from  of any Jobbing  House  of  Michigan.

Points in this New Refrigerator.

1.  The Ice Box 
is rem ovable.  If 
desired  can  be 
used as  a  vessel 
to  bring  the  ice 
from  outside.
2.  Ice Box and 
Shelves 
rem ov­
ed, the entire  in­
side  is  exposed 
fo r cleansing.
fo u r 
sides of Ice  Box 
to
are  exposed 
Ith e  air,  answ er­
in g   th e   double 
p u r p o s e   o f  
throw ing off cold 
and  condensing
th e m oisture, rendering the air DRY and VERY 
COLD.  ♦
4.  O u r  P a t e n t  C o l d   B l a s t —t h e  s y s t e m   o f
c i r c u l a t i o n   a n d  r o t a t i o n   o f   a i r —f o r c e s   a   c o n ­
s t a n t   s t r e a m   o f   i c e - c o ld  a i r  i n t o   t h e   p r o v i s i o n  
a p a r t m e n t .  
5.  The sim ple construction of this R efriger­
ato r reduces th e cost fo rrep airsto am in im u m .

THE  la bra do r. 

3.  The 

.

The IXL Remova 
hie Box Refrigerator,

hut 

ii

Zi Ui

Tifi IIL Swing EM Flies,

This novel  con- 
A 'struction,  entire- 
l l l  ly new   in  princi ■ 
/JJ  pie,  m akes  it u t­
terly  
im possible 
fo r  condensation 
deposits to get be­
yond reach,there­
by  insuring  th e 
possibility  of  al­
ways keeping the 
Rei'r i g e r a t o r  
clean  and  sweet. 
requires  less 
I t 
labor to m ake m a­
terial,  w orks 
to 
b etteradvantage, 
a n d   i s   c o n s e -  
\  quently p u t upon 
■*#  the  m ark et  a t  a 

less price.
Send fo r C irculars and Prices.

Poster,

Stevens 
&  Co.

10 and 12 Monroe St.,  Grand Rapids.

The  Leading  Hardware  and  Housekeepers’  Em­

porium  of  Western  Michigan.
Î01Î  trOM   Î0

A.  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACII 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A .  STOW E  &  BEO ., P ro p rie to rs.

Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. 

.Telephone No. 95,

I Entered  a t ’.the  Postofflce  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second~class Matter A

WEDNESDAY.  JULY  1,  1885.

PHILANDER  BILSON.

Two Matrimonial  Ventures  in Prospect- 

Other  Matters.

Ca n t  H o o k Co r n e r  
E d i t o r  o f  T h e  T r a d e s m a n :

_____________

Dead  Sir—Well,  the  law  suit  is  over, 
and Mr.  Snooks is a free man  again. 
I did 
all Icould to help him  out ofthe fix,ami if 
iHiadn’t been for me the case would undoubt­
edly have  gone against  him. 
I  have  con­
cluded to speak to him when I meet him  on 
the street,  and  I  shouldn’t  be  surprised  if 
we  got  to  be  good  friends  after  awhile. 
SnooksTisn’t such a bad sort of a fellow after 
all,  and when  you  come  to  know him real 
well there  are  a  good  luany  points  about 
him to admire.  For instance,  his  devotion 
to th e Widder is as  tender "asEthe  love of a 
schoolboy, and the solicitude with which he 
attends to  her  wants  is  sufficient  to  com­
mend him in the eyes of all sensible persons.
I  hear—on the best  of authority—that they 
are to be married  in  Grand  Rapids  on  the 
Fourth; that  they  have  already  engaged  a 
preacher and a room  at  one  of  the  hotels, 
and that Snooks has set aside 8100 to spend 
on the wedding trip. 
If I can arrange mat­
ters to  my  satisfaction,  I  shall  also  be a 
party to a little  marrying  match  about  the 
same  time, and I shall  take  along  8150 to 
cany me  through  the  honeymoon.  Please 
engage a room for me  at a  first-class hotel, 
not more than four flights above the ground 
floor.  Have them fix  the  room up  in good 
style,  and  put  in  all  the  modern  conven­
iences, as a fellow doesn’t get married every 
day in the year—at least,  I don’t.

That article on  “The  Merry Merchant” is 
I 
the best thing of  the  kind  I  ever  read. 
handed the paper containing it to Will Price 
the other day,  and  it  made  him  laugh  so 
hard that he broke down  the  chair  he was 
sitting in. 
It cost me  ten  shillings  to  get 
that chair fixed up again, and hereafter you 
don't  catch  me  furnishing  fun  and  chairs 
both,  for anybody.  They can sit on the coun­
ter and  lean  against  my  molasses  barrel. 
By the way, Charley Robinson  sat down on 
a piece of sticky fly paper  the  last  time he 
was up here,  and he walked  around half an 
hour  before  he  knew  anything  about  it. 
Then he got mad  because I didn’t tell  him 
about it  when  it  first  happened,  and ¿for 
about ten  minutes  it  looked  as  though  it 
would be necessary for  me  to don  my war 
paint  and  sail  in  at  him,  just as I did at 
Snooks.  If  I had ever laid hands on him,  he 
wouldn't have sold any more pork on a fall­
ing market.

Yours,  bellicosely,

P h il a n d e r   B i i .so n.

T h e  W a ll-P a p e r P ool.

There is a  wall-paper  pool,  says  an  ex­
change,  and a very strict  one it is. 
It  was 
formed  July  1,  1879,  and  is  reorganized 
every year. 
Its headquarters are  at No. 06 
State street, Boston,  where  its  business  is 
conducted by  Mr.  C.  II.  Hayden,  the  com­
missioner,, at a salary of  810,000  per year. 
It was formed upon the  basis  of  the  busi­
ness done by the several manufacturers dur­
ing the years immediately  proceeding  their 
admission to the pool. 
If one  manufactur­
er turns out goods to the  amount  of  $100,- 
000, another to the  amount  of  875,000,  an­
other 8150,000,  another  850,000,  the whole 
manufacture is averaged  and  those who in 
any year manufacture  more  than  the aver­
age pay  the  amount  into  the  pool, while 
those who manufacture  less  draw  out suf­
ficient to bring them up to the average.  The 
pool  is simply  a  clearing-house into  which 
the manufacturer pays for  what  he  manu­
facturers  above  ids  quota  and  draws  the 
cash for what  he  manufactures  below  it. 
Manufacturers have to make  returns, under 
oath,  to the pool every month,  and  the pool 
establishes the rate at which all  goods shall 
be sold. 
If any  agent  of  a  manufacturer 
sells below the pool rate lie subjects lii.s em­
ployers to a fine of 81,000  for each  offense. 
Jobbers throughout the country are associate 
members of the pool,  and get an  extra  dis­
count of 10 per cent,  if they  have  81,000 in 
the pool and 15 per cent,  if they have $2,000 
in.  There are,  at  present,  twenty-one  of 
the twenty-eight wall  paper  manufacturers 
of the country in  the pool.  Eleven  of  the 
pool  factories  are  in  New  York,  five  in 
Philadelphia  and  one  each 
in  Buffalo, 
Brooklyn,  Railway, Bristol,  Pa.,  and Staten 
Island.  The  amount  of  machine  goods 
manufactured and sold through the pool an­
nually is $6,500,000, to which must be  add­
ed $1,250,000  worth  of  hand-made  goods. 
Those outside of the pool are  making  now 
about $1,750,000  worth  of  machine  goods 
and $100,000 worth of hand-made goods.

The  American  hog  holds  his  own,  and 
pork packers  look  cheerful  when  men  en­
gaged  in  other  industries  are  despondent. 
From March  1 to the present  time 2,080,000 
hogs have been packed,  as against 1,815,000 
for the corresponding period last year.

Try the Crescent Mills “All Wheat” flour, 
made  by  an  entirely  new  process.  Voigt 
Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF

T 7 O  2 3

-

- 

Offered in this Market are  as follows:

FLTTG  TOBACCO,
RED  F O X ..............................................
BIG  DRIVE 
PATROL 
...............................
JACK  RABBIT 
SILVER  C O I N ......................................
P A N IC .....................................................
BLACK  PRINCE,  DARK 
BIG  STUMP 
APPLE  J A C K .......................................

...............................-

.
FINE  CUT.

2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand.

THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor
STUNNER,  D A R K ...............................
RED  BIRD,  BRIGHT 
 
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT  - 
-
FRUIT 
-
O  SO  SWEET 

.
- 
..............................................
SMOKING

- 
2c less in 6 pail lots.

-
.

.
- 

- 

.

.

.

.

.

ARTHUR’S  CHOICE,  LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
SEAL  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  -
2c less in  100 pound lots.

- 

SPRING  &

COMPANY

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,

CARPETS,

MATTINGS.

.48
.50
.46
.38
.46
.46
.35
.38
.46

.64
.38
.50
.40
.32
.30

.22
.26
.26
.27
.24
.24

These brands are sold only by

A rth u r M eigs & Co.

Wholesale  Grocers,

Who warrant the same to be unequalled.  We g u a r ­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right  in 
every particular.  "We cordially invite you, when  in 
the  city,  to  visit  our  place  of business,  55  and  57 
Canal st.  IT  MAY  SAVE  YOU  MONEY.
4 T H   OF  JU T .? I

CANNON  POWDER,

BLANK  CARTRIDGES,  ETC.

L.  S.  HILL  &  CO., J o b b e r s ,

O IX .  c l o t h s

ETC.,  ETC.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

O ysters I  J  fleti 
and  Fish.
P E R K I N S   &   H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

117  MONROE  ST.

D E A L E R S   IN

2 1   P e a r  1  st.,  errand,  n a p i d s .

NOS.  123  a n d   134  LO U IS  ST R E E T .  G RA N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N .

T O   T H E   T R A D E .

We wish to call th e attention of th e trad e to th e fa c t th a t we  are  m an u factu rin g   a  line  of

OVERALLS,  SACK  COATS,  JUMPERS,  ETC.

W hich we g u aran tee to be superior in m ake, fit and quality to be any in th e m arket.

OUR  O V ERA LLS  A N D   SACK  COATS 

Comprise  all th e best points it tak es to m ake up  good, durable and desirable goods.  Th( 
points in ou r Overalls are the superior cu t and high  waist, m aking them  perfect hip  flttx 
th a t no suspenders need be used to keep them  up in place.

m am  
ng,  so

OUR  SACK  COATS

A re c u t full so as not to bind in any p a rt and large enough fo r any  m an.

E V E R Y   G A R M EN T  IS  W A R R A N T E D   NOT  TO  R IP .

If in any case they should rip or not give p erfect satisfaction, give the purchaser anothe 
and charge to us. 
th an   any  o ther  factory  m aking  first-class goods.  All dealers will find it to  th e ir  inter 
send fo r sam ples and prices before placing th eir orders elsewhere.
M id iig a ii O v e r a ll Oo., I o n ia , M id i.

O U R Q PR IC ES  A R E   LESS

■est  to

r  pair 

No convict labor used in the m an u factu re of ou r goods.

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices  i n   Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to male Bottom Prices on aiyttini is handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N ,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Old Reliable

n i m r o

F L X JC 3-  T O B A C C O  

Zs  for  Sal©  by  all  Grand ZLapids  Jobbers,

SAMPLES  FURNISHED  ON  APPLICATION.

S .  W .  V 'E jTT.A.BLjE   Sa  O O -

P e t e r s l o u r g ,   V a .

S a n d s

WHITE

P a te n t  T r ip le   M o tio n

MOUNTAIN  ICE  CREAM  FREEZER!

The  only  F reezer  ever  m ade  having  th ree  distinct 
m otions, 
thereby  producing  lin er,  sm o o th e r  C ream  
th a n   a n y   o th e r  F re e z e r  on  th e   m a rk e t.  Acknowl­
edged  by  every  one  to  be th e best in the world.  O ver 
300,000  in   use  T o-day.  Outside Irons Galvanized, b u t 
all inside th e   can  coated  w ith   P u re   R lock  T in.  Tubs 
w ater-proof;  easily  ad justed  and  operated.  We  also 
carry   large  stock  o f  Packing  Tubs, Packing  Cans,  lee 
Crushers, etc.  Send fo r Price List and  T rade  Discounts. 

G rand Rapids, Mich.

A gents fo r W estern Michigan.

AddressFoster, Stems & Co,
Curtiss, Dunton  &  Go.,
Grand  Rapids  Tank  Line.

W e receive Illuminating and Lubricating Oils direct from the  Refineries  in  Tanks, 

and barrel it here.

XXX  Water White. 
Electroleum.

OTJIR.  BPLA-ITIDS.

Prime White, Michigan  Test.
Michigan Test.

L jT J B R .I O J k .T I lT  Gr.

French Valve Cylinder.
Dark Valve Cylinder.
Eureka Engine.
No.  1 Golden.
No. 3 Golden.
15 °  Chill Test W . Va.
74 Gasoline.
Extra Globe Engine.
Lardoline.
Rubbing Oils.
Globe Axle Grease.

King Cylinder. 
Globe Cylinder.
25 0  Parafine.
No. 2 Golden.
Zero W . Va. 
Summer W est Va. 
87 Gasoline.
Lard Engine. 
Castaroline.
Amber Engine.

W e guarantee best value for the price on all our Lubricating  Oils.

C U R T IS S ,  3DUNTON  cfc  OO

- 

Torrance, Merriam & Co.,

TROY, N. Y.

Manufacturers 
M O S E L E Y ’S 
C A B I N E T  
VsedWITHor'nTH0CTICK
andJ U N I O R  
For  families,  dairies,  factories,  the  Crea7wat7ieri?w 
System ;  for hotels, etc. 
T H h   STODDAKI)

CHURNlarket.

where we hare i«u agru»— "«n - »-•  ¿gmit;
rrs, Butter Boxes,  Prints, ete. etc, Ma 
MOSELEY *  STODDARD  MANVF'G  CO..  Poultney, Vt
JOHN  PRESTON, Slate  Agent, (U A H  RAPIDS, 1
P E T E R   DORAN, 

___

Attomey-at-Law,

P ie rc e   B lock,  G ran d   R a p id s.  M ich.

P ractices  in  State  and  U nited  S tates  Courts 
Special atten tio n  given to

M E R C A N T IL E   CO LLECTIONS.

GROCERY  STOCK  FOR  SALE!

Tbe-stock of Groceries, etc.,  a t  28  South  Di­
vision St., th is city, form erly owned  by  W ent­
w orth  &  Cannon,  with  fixtures  and lease  of 
store.  E nquire of

R.  W.  BUTTERFIELD,

23 Monroe st., Grand Rapids, Mich.
DRYDEN & PALMER’S 

ROCK  CA.2TD?.

U nquestionably th e best in  th e  m arket.  As 
clear as crystal and as tra n sp a re n t as diam ond. 
T ry a box.

J o 3 m   O a u l f i e l d ,
Sole A gent fo r G rand Rapids

SH ERW O O D   H A LL. 

M ARTIN  L .  SW EET.

E ST A B L ISH E D   1865.

Rose Leaf, Fine Cut, 
Navy Clippings 
and Snuffs

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION.

W e  C a rry   a   V ery  C o m p lete  L in e  o f  C ar 

l iage,  W agon  a n d   S leig h   stock,  in  

B o th   W ood  a n d   Iro n .

hört  notice

HAIINESS GOODS:  Lum berm en'’s  H eavy
Ln¡mberm en’s!  Bolt H arness
Case Collars:
Sweat Pads: Ciall:!ir  Pads3;  Snaps  13fits;  W eb
jggy•  Tops and  Sun
and  1.eather H:alu
Shade s;  Clotl1 < liions.
stock  01i- m ade  to
to  fit,
order.
y  Combs,
Horse B rusheg: \VIlips, Biick, Calf an'd L eather
IP:inkets;;  Com pressi  L eather
Lashe s;  Horsi
IP
Axle W ashen
Oils;;  Harnejss  Soap;
V arai sh fo r B
Tops.
WA<CON  G(
Ids :  Spoltes; H ubs; Felloes;
ig Bob :R unners;
Paten t W heel A nles;  Le
Cast o rS te elS he
:  Wage
id Plow Clevises;
W rought Whi (Hi
id all  goods  per-
!, Cart, Bus,;gy,  Carriage  or
tainin g to a W
Sleigh.
GENUINE  1FRA2TIER’S AXLE  G ltEASE  in
ills and[ bar reis ;  B uyers  fo r
wood Ìboxes, 21
and Wagor1  M akers
generial  store Hi
will filad it to 1;h<3ir ínterest to 'call  on us when
in  the1  city  or wri te  for prie:es, as we keep  a
line of goods not found elsewhere.

N os.  20  a n d   22  P e a rl  st.,  G ran d   R apids.

U S E

D’OLIVEIRA’S
Parisian Sauce
f|®ffg s®s

a> grM

S 3
Ee»
3 3

B  g  
frj? 
O'2

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BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

S A T .F   OX  C K E D IT — A U T H O R IT Y   O F   A G E N T .
A salesman authorized to  sell  goods on a 
credit lias no authority  to  subsequently col­
lect the price in the name  of  the  principal, 
and ~f payment to him will not discharge the 
purchaser unless some authority to collect is 
shown beyond what is implied  in  the  mere 
power to sell.  Kohn et al.  vs. Washer et ah, 
decided by the Supreme Court of Texas.*

B A N K — A U T H O R IT Y   O F   A G E X T — C E R T IF I­

C A T IO N   O F   C H E C K S .

.Where  an  agent  of  a  banking  firm’ is 
authorized to certify the  checks of  drawers 
with sufficient funds,  the fact  that he trans­
gresses  his  authority  and  certifies  checks 
where the drawer has no funds  will  not re­
lieve the bank from  responsibility to  an in­
nocent holder,  according  to  the  decision of 
the Supreme Court  of  Pennsylvania,  in the 
case of Hill vs.  National Trust Co.

V E N D O R   A N D   V E N D E E — I M P L IE D   W A R ­

R A N T Y .

The long-established common-law  princi­
ple of ca vcat envptor was applied to the case 
of Ryan vs.  Ulmer,  in which it was held by j 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  th a tj 
where there is no knowledge on  the part of j 
the vendor of goods of their defective  qual- j 
ity, although  no  opportunity  of  inspecting | 
them  is  given  tire  vendee,  the  sale  itself i 
raises  no  implied  warranty  of  quality  or 
even of merchantability on  which  the  ven- j 
dee can sue if the goods prove worthless.

A S S IG N M E N T —C H A T T E L   M O R T G A G E — P R E F ­

E R E N C E .

Where a partnership  firm,  in  contempla­
tion  of thier insolvency,  executed a  chattel j 
mortgage of their stock  in  favor  of  a near ! 
relative,  and a few  days  afterward  made a 
common-law assignment  of the  same,  upon 
a bill filed by her against  the  assignee  for | 
relief,  and for payment of her  claim,  and it 
appeared that she knew of the insolvency of j 
the firm when she  took  her  security,  and 
that this knowledge induced  her  to  ask it, 
the Supreme Court of Michigan  held  (Cron 
vs.  Cron)  that she was not  entitled  to pref- j 
erence as a bona fide secured creditor.

F A L S E   R E P R E S E N T A T IO N S — C O R P O R A T IO N .
A corporation manufacturing  and  selling 
an article to be applied to  a  particular pur­
pose,  of which its officers and agents are in­
formed,  is not liable in an  action  of  deceit 
to the purchaser in a case where  there have 
been  untrue  representations  made  by  its 
agent as to the vuality of the article  and its 
fitness for the particular purpose to which it 
is to be  applied, unless such representations 
are made by said agent knowing them to be 
false.  So held  by  the  Supreme  Court  of j 
Pennsylvania in the case  of  the  Erie  City | 
Iron Works vs. Barber.

IN J U R Y   TO   C R O P S — R A IL R O A D — D A M A G E S .
In an action by the owner of a crop to re- 
cover damages against  a  railway  company 
for failing to construct and  maintain proper 
and sufficient cattle-guards  where  its  rail- j 
road passes through  the  inclosure in which 
the crop  is growing,  the plaintiff is entitled, 
not only to compensation for the crop  actu­
ally destroyed,  but also to  reasonable  com­
pensation for the time and labor necessarily 
expended  in  any ordinary  and  reasonable 
effort to protect his crop,  and to prevent fur- 
ther and additional damages thereto; though 
no compensation should be  allowed  beyond 
the injury or loss that might  have  been oc- 
casioned had no such effort been made.  So 
held by the Supreme Court of Kansas in the 
case of the St.  Louis & San Francisco  Rail­
way  vs.  Ritz.

O ne  T o w n   th a t  D o esn ’t  N eed   a   N e w s­

paper.
Stranger:  “I  should 

this 
thriving little town would have a newspaper 
published in it.”

think  that 

Native:  “What for?”
S:  “To publish the news.”
N:  “We've  got two  barbers  and  plenty 

of women to do that,  stranger.”

S:  “Well,  then,  you  ought  to  have  a 

newspaper to blow about your town.”

N:  “Pshaw! stranger; I reckon the wind 
and  the  real  estate  agents  do  enough  of 
that.”

S:  “Yes; but  you  need  a  newspaper to 
give your  citizens  a  send  off  when  they 
die.” 

N:  “The vigilance  committee  generally 
attends to that, and the  preacher  helps ’em 
out on the home stretch.”

S:  “Then you ought to have a newspaper 

•

to do your lying for you.”

N:  “You’re  off  agin,  stranger.  Four 
I guess 

new lawyers  moved  in  yesterday. 
we don’t need any newspaper,  mister.”

Very Respectfully.

From  T exas Siftings.

An Austin merchant is a great flunky after 
people who have money,  and he  has  a  cor­
respondingly poor opinion of  those who are 
poor.  A few days  ago  he  asked  his  chief 
clerk:

“Have you written  that  letter  to  Smith, 

“Yes, but I have just  finished it; it is not 

Jones & Co?”

signed.”

“Then  don’t  sign  it  ‘very  respectfully 
yours.’  Leave  out the word  ‘very.’  There 
are rumors that they  have  sustained  heavy i 
losses of late,  and are not quite as solvent as 
they might be.”

P U R E  

C A N D Y !

AND  DEALERS  IN

Oranges,  Lemons,
Bananas,  Figs,  Dates, 

N U T S ,

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  T

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West Michigan  Oil  Company

J

(SUCCESSORS  TO  STA N D A RD   O IL   CO.,)

63 Monroe Street,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jno.  C.  Bonneil,  Pres. 

J.  H.  Bonnell, Sec’y.

Illuminating  and  Lubricating

,  O  I  "X"  ■ S

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CAPITOL  CYLINDER. 
MODEL 
SHIELD 
BACKUS  FINE  ENGINE. 
ELDORADO 
PEERLESS  MACHINERY. 
CHALLENGE MACHINERY 
BLACK  DIAMOND.

“ 

“

PARAFINE, 250. 
SUMMER,  WEST  VA. 
250  to  300 
150 C. T.
ZERO.
630  DEO.  NAPTHA. 
740  “  GASOLINE. 
870  GASOLINE,

D.  W.  Arclier’s  Trophy  Corn,
D. W. Archer’s Horning Glory Cere,
D. W. Archer’s Early Bolden Drop Corn

NO.  2.  AND  3  CANS.

YOUNG,  TENDER  AND  SWEET,

NATURAL  FLAVOR  RETAINED. 

GUARANTEED  PURITY.

$1,000  IN  GOLD.

NOT SWEETENED WITH SUGAR. 

NO  CHEMICALS  USED.

NOT  BLEACHED  WHITE. 
NO  WATER  IN  CANS.

The Trade supplied by "Wholesale Grocers Only.  Respectfully,

THE  ARCHER  PACKING  CO.,  Chillicothe, Ills.

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in & Cirissioi-Botliir a Bain an

Choice B u tter alw ays on hand.  All  O rders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention. 

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CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

No. 1 Egg C rates  fo r Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 p a te n t fillers used.  50 cents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY  •
E  1ST G-13ST E  S

From  3 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  S haft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  m ade  for 
Complete Outfits.

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T » l f SIS
m r USÉL

Over  12,000  files 
sold th e first  year. 
Qver 800 N ationals 
now 
in  u s e   b y  
p arties  who  have 
discarded the m ost 
popular  of  o ther 
make#.  The  N at­
ional  is  the  best, 
because it is  m ore 
com plete,  m o re 
durable  th a n   any 
other Cabinet L et­
te r File ever m ade.
I t is  the  cheapest,
because it has g reater capacity th a n  any other. 
Send fo r Illu strated  Catalogue.  M anufactured 
under O. C. M ackenzie’s p aten ts by 

W S S -------- 

N a tio n a l  C ab in e t  L e tte r  F ile  C om pany, 

186  an d   188  F ifth   A ve.,  C hicago.

This  Baking  Pow der  m akes the  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and m ost  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits. 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY  IT  and be convinced. 
P repared only by the
Arctic  Manufacturing  Co,,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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"VIT-.  O,  X>onison,
-  MICHIGAN.
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88, 90  and  93  South  Division  Street, 

S H IP P IN G

B A S K E T S

A N D   B O X E S

THE  MICHIQ^N  BASKEUFACTORY 0Fl¡¿| 

A. W.  W E L L S   fit  COfflllM
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ST. JOSEPH,  MICH,  ,,||||||||M
SENO FOR  1HUSTRATED  P R IC E Â T «

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO.  have 

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Sole  Control of our Celebrated

pared

The ONLY P ain t sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it.

W hen o u r Pioneer P repared P ain t is  p u t  on 
any building, and if w ithin th ree years it should 
crack or peel off. and th u s fail to give  th e  full 
satisfaction  guaranteed,  we  agree to   rep ain t 
the  building  a t  our  expense,  w ith  th e   best 
W hite Lead, o r such other p aint as  the  ow ner 
m ay select.  Should any case of dissatisfaction 
occur, a notice from  the dealer will  com m and 
o u r prom pt attention.  T.  H .  N E V IN   &  CO.

Send for sam ple cards  and  prices.  Address

If in Need of Anything in  our  Line,  it

will pay you to get óur Prices.

PA T E N T E E S  AND  SO LE  M AN UFA CTU RERS  OF

Barlow’s Patent

S en d  for  S am p les  a n d   C ircular.

Barlow 

Brothers,

G rand  R ap id s,  M ichigan.

103  CAN AL  STR EE T.

A nd Full Line Sum m er Goods.

JU D D   cfc  CO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.
JE2TXTX2TGS  <&  SMITH,
Arctic  Manufacturing’  Co.,

PROPRIETORS  OE  THE

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,

M IC H .

SO  Lyon  gat«,  Ol’SLXkca.  DEfc.a/£>±caLj3.

ASK  YOUR  JOBBER  FOR

Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts,

.A -r o tio   B etL cix ie 

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P o w d e r .

C. S. YALE & 3RD.,
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS  !

—M anufacturers  o t —

BAKING  POWDERS,

B L U IN G S ,  ETC.,

40  a n d   42  S o u th   D ivision,  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

t  

P rice® .

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

HOUSE  &  STORE  SHADES  MADE  TO  ORDER.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

N elson  Bros.  &  Co.

THE GUAXTD HAFXDS  ROLL EH  MILLS

MANUFACTURE  A

T he  F a v o rite   B ran d s  a re

“SNOW-FLAKE,”  AND  “LILY WHITE  PATENT,” AND 

FANCY  PATENT  “ ROLLER  CHAMPION.”
Prices are low.  Extra quality guaranteed.  Write for quotations.

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO.,

EAST  END  BRIDGE  ST.  BRIDGE,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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(Groceries.

Wool and  Mutton.
M ary had a little lam b.
Its fleece w as w hite as snow ;
And everyw here th a t Mary w ent 
The lam b whs sure to go.

B u t when it grew   to be a sheep.
W ith all th e tariff off from  wool.

I t w asn.t w orth a button,
A nd no dem and fo r m utton.
So M ary gave th e thing away, 
Because she quickly found 
She couldn’t  m ake wool-growing pay 
A t 20c p er ft.

Ives’ Insanity No Longer a Matter of Con­

jecture.

The article on Stewart Ives,  in last week’s 
T r a d e s m a n ,  created something of a sensa­
tion in business circles,  but  the  events  of 
the past few  days  have  satisfied  even  the 
most  skeptical  that  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s 
conclusions  were  correct.  Mr.  Ives  has 
been taken to Chicago, to  be  examined  by 
eminent medical  talent,  when  he  will  be 
p l a c e d  in a private  retreat  for  the  insane. 
His mania  has not yet  developed  into  vio­
lence, but all his conversation of a  business 
n a t u r e  is largely inflated.  The  night  pre­
vious  to  his  departure  for  Chicago,  he 
bought about half the State of  Michigan  of 
L  M.  Weston,  giving  his  paper  for  the 
same.

The Muskegon News thus refers to recent 
exhibitions of Ives’ insanity:  “Col.  Stew­
art Ives told Mr. Barney the other day  that 
if he would pull down the  wooden  part  of 
the Occidental and burn it,  he  would  build 
him a fire-proof  brick  hotel  edifice  and  it 
wouldn’t cost him a cent.  The  Colonel is 
evidently a little off  in  some  things.  He 
offered a Whitehall man SO, 000  for  ahorse 
that would have been dear  at  a  quarter  of 
the money,  ancWhe lias made other  fabulous 
offers for horse flesh in this vicinity.”

The  Detroit  Free  Press  came  out  the 
morning following  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s  ap­
pearance with a special  reference to the ini-* 
tial article, beginning as follows :  “A great 
sensation was  created  here  to-day  by  the 
publication in T h e  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n  
of an article to the effect that  Col.  Stewart 
Ives,  of this city, one of the most prominent 
and wealthy lumbermen in  Western  Michi­
gan, had shown unmistakable  evidences  of 
insanity, both in the conduct  of his business 
affairs and in his social relations.”
“The Merry Merchant.’’

Daily Leader:  The collosal brain of  Mr. 
A. B. Tozer, clerk of the  Police  court,  is a 
perfect mine of wit and  quaint humor.  He 
has sunk a new  shaft  on  his  claim  and is 
nnAvo\v"i“r£  out pay dirt  of  great richness 
for the benefit of T h e   T r a d e s m a n .

Daily Telegram:  Alfred  B.  Tozer,  clerk 
of the Police Court,  the genius who can do a 
large amount of office business and do it well 
and turn his versatile pen into  any journal­
istic channel,  is now writing humorous arti­
cles for T h e  T r a d e s m a n .  His  latest pro­
duction,  “The  Merry  Merchant,” is one  of 
the best written and  funniest  hits upon the 
prevailing mercantile gift schemes  ever put 
in print.

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

B i g   R a p i d s .

Ju n e  29—J. B. B eaum ont has closed his  lum ­
ber business a t  L um berton  and  gone  to  San 
Jose, Cal.

H.  W.  Swift,  who  lately  moved his shingle 
mill  from   Edm ore  to  Rodney,  will  open  a 
grocery and provision store a t the latte r place.
The Big Rapids Tub and P ail Factory, which 
em ploys sixty-five m en,  is  operating  und er  a 
contract, th e term  of which expires  in  ninety 
days.  Unless  prices  advance  o r  a  new con­
tra c t is made, the factory will then sh u t down.
E arly in the week th ere  w ere  num erous  in­
quiries fo r T h e   T r a d e s m a n   from   those  who 
wished to learn th e facts in th e Ives  difficulty. 
Since th e appointm ent of  Mr.  Mason,  as  suc­
cessor to Stew art Ives,  th e  em ployees  a t  the 
mill have received th e ir w ages,  and  all  is  go­
ing well.  I t is believed here by m any th a t Mr. 
Ives  is  insane.  Many  m ore, how ever, claim  
th a t his x-eckless expenditure of  m oney is  n o t 
evidence of th a t fact, b u t m erely  a  character­
istic of the m an.

K a lk a sk a .

Ju n e  29—The saw m ill of the  Sm ith  L um ber 
Co.  burned  a t  2  o’clock  th is  m orning.  Loss 
$8,000; 
insured fo r $4,OoO.  The fire originated 
in th e engine room.

* 

S helby.

Ju n e   29—J.  H alstead,  w agon  m aker,  who 
m ade an  assignm ent last Septem ber, has m ade 
an  arrangem ent  w hereby  his  non-preferred 
creditors receive 50 cents on  the  dollar  cash. 
A m ortgage is p u t upon th e p lan t  to   raise the 
money, which consists of a  wood  shop, black­
sm ith shop, engine and boiler and  wood w ork­
ing m achinery—in  ordinary tim es a  valuable 
piece of  property.  Mr.  H alstead  is  th u s  p u t 
upon his feet again, and it  is  hoped  his  well- 
know n  energy  will  bring  him   th rough  his 
troubles all right.  The  citizens of Shelby will 
be glad to see the  w agon  w orks  open  again. 
Sherwood  H all,  of  y our  city,  gave  valuable 
help in p u ttin g  the m atter in shape.

Geo. McMullin  has m oved  his  harness shop 
across the street from  his  old  place,  and  has 
bought the building in  which he is doing busi­
ness.

A. J. Clark  has  opened  a  grocery in th e old 

P o tte r building.  This is only th e eighth.

The  prospect  fo r  a  good  w heat  crop  in 

Oceana county  is all th a t could be desired.

Will K ingsley is bringing in large quantities 
of oak stave bolts, w hich  are  used  fo r  sugar 
hosrshead in the W est India tx-ade.

E tk   R apids.

Ju n e  27—W.  S.  Anderson,  fu n eral  dix-ector 
and einbalm er, form erly of  T raverse City, has 
rented the Schuler building, w est  of th e  tow n 
hall, and will  shortly  open  an  assortm ent  of 
goods in his line.

VISITING  BUYERS.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:

.

Christian Pfeitie, Lake P. O.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
Jos. H. Spires, Leroy.
Dr. R. Gibbs, Six Corners.
Jas. G rannis, Six Corners.
L. L. Maxfield, F ru itport.
Ja y  M arlatt, Berlin.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
B. M. Dexxison, E ast  Pax-is.
H. M. Hicks, Morley.
N orm an H ands, Big Springs.
Mx*s. Jacob Debri, Byron Center.
M. B. Nash, Sparta.
Thos. Sinedley. Sinedley Bros., Bauer.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
W alter Schoem aker, Cannonsburg.
Jorgensen & H em ingsen. Ashlaxxd.
W. S. Root,  Tallmadge.
Wm. K arsten, Beaver Dam.
N e u m a n   & E s b a u g h ,   D o i t .
Baron & TenHoor, F orest Grove.
B. W hitney,  W est Troy.
W. H. Stx-uik, F orest Grove.
J . B arnes, A usterlitz.
C. R.  Bunker, Bailey.
O. Green, M artin.
G. H. Walbx-ink, A llendale.
F. C. Selby, Volney.
H. B. Irish.  Lisbon.
Mr. Kantex-s, K anters & Son, H olland.
E. S. Fitch, W ayland.
A. P atterso n  & Co., M artin.
G. A. Estes, T ustin.
G. E. H arris, G rant Station.
H o a g  & J u d s o n ,  C a n n o n s b u r g .  
F. C. Stone, F. C. Stone & Son, Cedar Spi’ings. 
H enry DeKline, Jam estow n.
G. B. Chambers,  W ayland.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
J . M. Reid, G rattan.
R. McKinnon, H opkins.
John Giles, J. Giles & Co.,  Lowell.
Jam es M cKivett,  Middleville.
W alling Bros., Lam ont.
N agler & Beeler, Caledonia.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake.
Geo. E. H arris, Ashland.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon. 
Sisson &  Lilley L um ber Co.,  S js s o u -s Mills.
G. M.  Harwood, Petoskey.
F. B. W atkins, M onterey.
H enry Baar, G rand  H aven.
H. T. Barron, F orest Grove.
Baron & TenHoor, F o rest Grove.
B aughm an & Bax-dman, Woodland.
Wm. F. S tuart, H obart.
W. H.  Hicks,  Morley.
O  W. M essenger, Spi’ing Lake.
A. & L. M- Wolf, H udsonville.
W m, V erm eulen, B eaver  Dam.
I .   J .   Q u ic k , A l l e n d a l e .
L.  K. Gibbs. Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
C.  E. Coburn, Pierson.
Wm. H ugh, Hugh  A Jones, Morley.
W.  H. Beach, Holland.
W. A. P alm er Carson City. 
c , ji, D arrah, D arrali  l>ros. &  Oo., 
,
Byron MeNeal, Byron Center.
Wm. Mines, N unica.
Geo. W.  Bevins, Tustin.
H. D. Pew , Palo.
Thos. H efferan, Eastm anville.
O. F. Conklin,  O.  F.  &  W.  P.  Conklin,  .Ra­
A lbert Losey, Elm ira.
Jo h n  Y arger, Moox-e &  Y arger, Freeport. 
Jo h n  Otis, Mancelona.
H. C. Peckham , Freeport.
G. W. W atrous and R.  Lillie,  W atrons & Lil­
John M. Cloud, Cadillac.
Dei-k A. Boelkins, Muskegon.
S. E. Curdy, Hadley Bros.  M anf.  Co., K ings­

lie, Coopersville.

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Purely Personal.

Ju n e  2T—A. H. Thomas, has  ex-ected  a  store 
on the corner of Main and Railroad streets, and 
has engaged in  th e fru it and fish business.

T h e  press, type, etc.,  belonging  to  the V an­
derbilt Review, published by Geo. H. Miles, has 
beeix sold  on  chattel m ortgage,  Mr.  Newkirk, 
of M ancelona,  bidding  in  th e  sam e  fo r  C. S. 
Edwards.

Charley  Robinson and  Dave  Haugh  ren­
dered themselves  liable  to  a charge of per­
sonating an ollicer  one  day last  week.  A 
couple of Ashton youths attended the circus 
at Cadillac,  and celebrated the event  by ab­
sorbing rather too much tanglefoot.  Robin­
son  and  Haugh struck town about the time 
the boys returned  home,  and  some  of  the 
the practical jokers  of  Ashton  got them to 
represent themselves as officers, from  Cadil­
lac  and  “arrest”  the  young  men  on  a
of Syracuse,  X.  Y.,  put in  Sunday  at  this I trumpted-up  charge  of  disorderly.  They 
market. 
I carried out the first part of  the  programme
Will C. Wood, of  the  firm  of  Wood &  ^() perfection,  but  the  victims  of  the  joke 
Lynch, has returned from a two weeks’ visit  were so seareq that they were allowed to re- 
through Ohio  and  Pennsylvania. 
gajn their liberty after  remaining  in  “cus-
If  you  ever  hear of

Jolin Caulfield has purchased a fast horse, j tody” about an hour. 

M.  C.  Russell  spent  Monday  on  South 

C.  Crawford,  representing  A.  X. Wright, 

Water street. 

i

Daily Democrat:  Mr.  A.  B.  Tozer is the 
humorous contributor of T h e  T r a d e s m a n ,
and is producing some very witty stories for i j ylm  jias  not  timed  him  yet,  but  he  is
that paper.

thought to be second only to Maud S.

Brezee’s Herald:  A.  B.  Tozer,  a  good 
writer,  is writing  some  funny  articles  for 
that  very  readable paper,  T h e   M ic h ig a n  
T r a d e s m a n .

Bad Blood at Bradley. 

Correspondence Plainw ell Independent.

A great  deal  of  dissatisfaction  prevails 
here concerning the northwest  corner store. 
It is impossible  for  your  correspondent to 
say who owns it, or who occupies it,  as Mr. 
Briggs and  Mr.  Sweetland  both  claim  it. 
One occupies it an hour  or  so, buys a  load 
of wool,  stores it  in  the building, and then 
the other gentleman comes and removes the 
lock, opens the  door,  tosses  the  wool into 
the street,  and puts in  a  load  of  his  own 
buying; when presently  an  officer  appears 
on the scene of action and takes Mr.  Briggs 
to Wayland or Plainwell,  and  by  the  time 
he returns another officer escorts Mr. Sweet- 
land away. 
It is to be  hoped  some  under­
standing  will  be  arrived  at  soon,  and the 
usual  equilibrium  of  peace  and  harmony 
reign. 
It  seems  they  both  rented it,  and 
each supposed he was in the right.

G.  F.  Cole,  with the  Marshall  Shirt Fac­
tory,  was  in  town  Saturday,  on  his  way 
home  from. a  two  weeks’  Northern  trip, 
which extended as far as Sault Ste Marie.

S.  E.  Curdy,  of the  Hadley  Bros.  Manu­
facturing Co., of Kingsley,  is in town for  a 
day or two.  The mill  of  the  corporation 
eomiileted  its  cut  for  this  season—about 
800,000 feet of maple,  elm and  pine—about 
a week  ago,  and  lias  shut  down  for  this 
year.

John Otis, of  Mancelona,  and  his  friend 
Scott,  of  West  Virginia,  were in  town last 
j  Friday on their way  to  Chicago.  They in- 
| tended to go at noon,  hut boarded the wrong 
I train by mistake and were  compelled to lay 
i over  at a suburban  station  half  the  after- 
i noon, when  they  returned  to  the city and 
j took the right train in the  evening.

I  Country merchants visiting Grand Rapids 
i July 3rd and 4th should not forget to call in 
J  and  look  through  our  immense  wholesale 
|  store,  50 Ottawa St., and examine our faeil- 
i ities for wholesaling goods.  Voigt, Herpol- 
I sheimer & Co.

Robinson  or  Haugh  being  waylaid 
around Ashton,  you  may  know  that 
young  fellows  are  “getting  back  at” 
amateur minions of  the law.
“Sweet Lotus”  Smoking 

Tobacco  is all

the rage nowadays,

MISCELLANEOUS.

I ¡■'OR  SALE—F. J.  Lamb &  Co.  have  fo r  sale 
a   com plete  outfit  fo r  m aking cream ery 
' 
b u tter, consisting of  boiler  and  engine,  m ilk 
cans, cream  cans, churns, v a t  and  evex-ything 
e ls e  included in  a  fix-st-class  cream ery.  F.  J. 
Lamb & Co., G rand Rapids, Mich. 

96

SAFE FOR SALE—D etroit  Safe  Co.’s  m ake, 

b u rglar  proof  chest,  th ree  com bination 
locks,  two  sets  of  double  doors,  w eight  6000 
pounds.  A first class safe in evex-y respect and 
as good  as  new.  Will  be  sold  a t a  bax-gain. 
Cody,  Ball & Co. 

W. N.FULLER & GO

DESIGNERS  AND

Engravers on Wood,

F in e   M e ch an ical  a n d   F u rn itu r e  W o rk , I n ­

94

c lu d in g   B u ild in g s, E tc.,

49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade,

!  GRAND  RAPIDS

MICH

OTTIR.  E O O ls r O M I 'ir   S E T -  -Almost  a  complete  Kitchen 

Outfit to retail for $1.  Ten Pieces of patent Fire-Proof Bottom Tin-Ware

A  com panion  assortm ent  to  our 
o ther set, substitutingsom e cooking 
utensils th a t will be found  very  do 
sirable in m any instances.
These  goods  are  superior  to  all 
others in quality, and every piece is 
guaranteed against leaking, and an 
specially needed in every kitchen.
We offer this assortm ent a t neai-ly 
50 PER   CENT less  th an  the regular 
price fo r the common Old Style Tin­
ware.
A trial oi-der will convince you  of 
t he  m erit  of the Economy Set, and 
advantages to be derived  from   sell­
ing th e best quality of goods a t such 
an  E X T R A O R D I N A R Y   L O W  
PRICE.

The Economy Set Consists  of
One 12-quart  P a te n t Bottom  Dish- 
Pan.  One  10-quart  P a te n t  Bottom 
Open Bucket.  One  2-quai-t  P aten t 
Bottom   Coffee  Pot.  One  2-quart 
Stam ped  Milk  P an.  One  2-quart 
P aten t  Bottom   Covered  Bucket. 
One  1-quart  Cup  D ipper.  One  1- 
q u a rt N ovelty M easure.  One ‘/¿-pint 
Press  Cup.  One  1114-inch  Wash 
Basin.  Qne L arge Potato  G rater. 
10  P ieces.  P ric e  per  dozen  S ets 

$9.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

'■ ''r iu i f K f p r i c e r ’a r c ^ ^  
p r o m p t l y  a n d   b u y  i n  f u l l  p a c k a g e s . 

A d v a n c e d —L a y e r  V a l e n c i a s .
Declined—Oatmeal,  Saginaw  salt,  sugars, 
package coffees, kerosene oil.
a x l e   g r e a s e .
F razer’s .................   2  80|Paragon  ..................1  80
D iam ond.................1  75 P arag an  25» p ails.1  20
Modoc......................1  65|

Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts.................
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  ............
H orseradish,  54 p in ts...................
H orseradish, p in ts........................
H alford Sauce, p in ts.....................
H alford Sauce, Yt p in ts................
D etroit Soap Co.’s Queen A nne. 
“  Cam eo............

SOAP.

“ 

“ 

Monday  ...................
M a sco t.....................
Superior, 601 ft bars 
Whole.

SPICES.

@1  00 

(§11 i) @1  00 

©1  30 
@3  50 
©2 20
@4  85 
@3  30 
@3  45 
@3  45 
@3  60

“ 

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TEA S.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SUGARS.

SY RUPS.

BROOMS.

@ 6=4 @  614 

..........I  40

@ 654 
@ 6

CANNED F R U IT S .

“  —   @814

...1 00

A rctic 34 ft c a n s ... 
A rctic 54 ft cans.  .

.......... 2  6520

CANNED  F R U IT S — C A L IF O R N IA .

TOBACCO—F IN E  C U T - IN   P A IL S .

..  @19 
..  8@10 
..  @ 10 
.. 60@65 
..  ©18

..2  40
.12  00 P e p p e r................ ,16@25!
.12@15|
,18@30|
,15@25
. 16@20
,15@30
,25@35
STAI

Ground.
.  451 A rctic  l f t   cans.
.  75| A rctic 5 ft can s..
A llspice............
.1  40|
Cinnam on.........
b l u i n g .
25
.........; ............... doz.
Cloves  ..............
.......................... doz.
G inger  ..............
45
Dry, No. 0..............
35 M ustard...........
........................ doz.
Liquid, 4  oz,.........
65
............................doz.
Cayenne  ...........
Liquid, 8 oz...........
............................$   gross  4  00
A rctic 4 oz............
K ingsford’s, 1 ft pkgs., p u re ........  @614
8  00 
A rctic 8  oz...............................
3 ft pkgs., p u re ........  @614
12  00 
A rctic 16 oz...............................
1 ft pkgs., Silver  G loss....  @8
.  2  00 
A rctic No. 1 p epper b o x .......
.  3  00 
6 ft pkgs., 
A rctic No. 2 
.......
1 tb pkgs.,  Corn S tarch —   @8
.  4  50
A rctic No. 3 
.......
(Bulk)  O ntario.........   @5
No. 1 C arpet............2  50  No.  2  H u rl.  .............175
No. 2 C arpet............2  2o Fancy  W hisk...........HJU
No. 1  P arlo r Gem. .2  75 Com m on W hisk—   <o 
No. 1 H u rl................2  00
CANNED  F IS H .
Clams, 1 ft  sta n d ard s................
Clams, 2 ft  sta n d ard s................
Clam Chowder,  3 f t ..............
Hove Oysters,  1  ft  stan d ard s...................... 1  10
Cove O ysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s.....................  1  »0
Cove O ysters, 1 ft  slack  filled.....................  75
Cove O ysters, 2 ft slack filled......................1  05
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.........................................1
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r ............................................*
Lobsters, 2 ft s ta r ..........................................»  iu
Mackerel, l f t   fresh   sta n d ard s...................1  00
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s...................6 oO
M ackerel in  Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t..................325
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard..............................3  2o
M ackerel, 3 ft broiled.................................... 3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r........................ l   o5
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r..........................2 60
Salmon. 1 ft  S acram ento...............................1 35
Sardines, dom estic J4s................................... 
°
Sardines,  dom estic  14s................................ 
n
Sardines,  M ustard  54s...................................
Sardines,  im ported  Ms.................................
T rout. 3 ft  brook..........................................  2  75
___   90
Apples, 3 ft sta n d a rd s.......................
.......2 40
Apples, gallons,  standards, E rie ...
.......1  05
Blackberries, sta n d ard s...................
.......  80
Cherries,  red  sta n d ard .....................
D am sons...............................................
.......1  40
Egg Plum s, standards 
...................
.......1  40
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t ............
.......2  40
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .....................
75@1  95
Peaches,  sta n d ard s............................
.......1  50
Peaches,  seconds...............................
.......2 20
Pineapples,  Ex-ie...............................
.......1  70
Pineapples, sta n d ard s.......................
.......1  45
Q u in ces................................................
.......1  80
R aspberries,  Black, H am b u rg .......
A pricots, L usk’s . . .2  40|Pears........................3 CO
Egg P lu m s............. 2  50 Q u in ces.................... 2  90
G ra p e s....................2  50 P eaches  ...................3  00
G reen G ages.......... 2  50|
A sparagus, O yster B ay.................................. 3 25
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard ...................................  75
Beans, Stringless,  E r i e .............................  »a
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked........................1 60
Com,  T ro p h y ....................................................1 05
Peas, F re n ch ..................................................... t m
Peas, M arrofat, sta n d ard ...............................1  r»
Peas, B eaver........................................
80
Peas, early sm all, sifted ...................
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden........................
Succotash, sta n d ard ..........................
Tom atoes, T rophy.............................
B o sto n ........................36|German  Sw eet............ 25
B aker’s ......................38 V ienna Sweet  ............ 23
R unkles’ .................... 351
G reen  R io........  9@13
Green J  a v a ...... 17@27
G reen M ocha.. ,23@25 
Roasted R io... »10@15 
Roasted Ja v a   .. 23@30
72 foot J u te   —  
60 foot  J u te —  
40 Foot C otton..
F IS H .
Bloat'ers, Smoked Ya rm o u th .......................
Cod,  w hole.............................
..............6@7
Cod, Boneless..........................
..............3  50
Cod, pickled,  54  b b ls............
H a lib u t................... ...............
Hex-ring Yi  b b ls.....................
.'. '.'. . .2  50 
..............18@20
H erring,  Scaled.....................
H erring,  H olland........................................... .  55
Mackerel, No. 1, Yi b b ls................................. a  00
Mackerel, No. 1,12  ft  k its ............................1  00
Mackerel, No. 1,shore,  Yi  b b ls.................6  2a
Mackerel, No. 1, shore,  k its ........................ 1  00
Shad, Yi b b l.........-..................................5 nn
T rout, No. 1,10  ft  k its...................................  70
W hite, No. 1, Yi b b ls ...................................... 5  75
W hite, No. 1,12  1b k its...................................  90
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its ...................................  80
W hite, Fam ily, Yi b b ls...................................2 50
Lem on.  Vanilla,
1  40
2  50
4 00
5  00 
1  50
3 00 
7  50
15  00
4  25
6  00

Cut  L o af....................................................  @  7%
C u b e s.................................................. ......   @  7M
P sw d e re d ..................................................   @  714
G ranulated,  S tan d ard...........................
Confectionery A ......................................
Standard A ................................................
E x tra C, W hite.........................................
E x tra  C.......................................................
Fine  C.........................................................
Yellow C......................................................
D ark C .........................................................
30@32 
Com,  Bax-rels...........................................
32@34 
Corn, 14 bbls...............................................
@  35 
Corn,  10 gallon k eg s.................................
@1  75 
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s...................................
@1  60 
Corn, 414 gallon k eg s...............................
23@  35 
P u re  S ugar..........................................bbl
30@  33 
P u re Sugar D rips..........................14  bbl
@1  96 
P u re Sugar  D rips................ 5 gal kegs
@  85 
P u re Loaf Sugar D i'ips................14 bbl
@1  85
P u re  Loaf S u g ar..................Saral kegs
.....................22@25
Ja p a n   o rd in a ry ...
.....................30@35
Ja p a n  fa ir to good
...40@50
Ja p a n  fin e..............
Ja p a n  d u st........................................................ 15@20
Y oung H yson...................................................30@50
G un P ow der...................................................... 35@50
O o lo n g ........................................................33@55@60
C ongo.................................................................25@30
Sweet  R ose................ 45
D ark AmerieanEagle67
Meigs & Co.’s Stunner3S
The M eigs....................64
A tlas'............................ 31
Red  B ird......................50
Royal G am e................ 38
State  S eal....................60
Mule E a r......................65
P rairie F lo w e r.........65
F o u n tain ......................74
C lim b er....................... 62
Old Congress...............64
Indian  Q ueen.............60
Good L u ck ..................52
Bull  D og..................... 60
Crown  L eaf................66|BlazeA w ay.................35
M atchless...................65j H air L ifte r...................30
H ia w a th a ................... 67 j G o v e rn o r.................... 60
Globe  ........................ ,70|Fox’s  Choice.............   63
May Flow er................70i M edallion.................... 35
H e r o ............................45 ¡Sweet Ow en.................66
Old  A be.......................491
PLUG.
Spread E agle........................
Blue  P e te r__
Big Five C enter......................................
W hite B ear.  ...........................................
E. C.............................................................
Red  F o x ....................................................
Big D rive..................................................
Seal of G rand R apids............................
D u rh a m ....................................................
P a tr o l......................................................
Ja c k  R abbit.............................................
Snow flake.................................................
Chocolate Cx-eam....................................
W oodcock  ...............................................
Kxxigntsof  L abor...................................
Raili’o ad....................................................
Big  B u g ...................................................
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12...............................
Black B e ar...............................................
K ing 
.......................................................
Old Five Cent T im es.............................
P ru n e N uggett, 12 f t .............................
P a rro t  ......................................................
Old T im e..................................................
T ram w ay...............................................  ■
Glory  .......................................................
Silver  Coin..............................................
B uster  [D ark]........................................
Black Pi-ince [D ark]........................
Black R acer  [D ark]............................
Leggett & Myex-s’  S ta r........................
C lim ax ....................................................
Hold F a s t ...............................................
MeAlpin’s Gold Shield........................
Niekle N uggets 6 and 12 ft  cads-----
Cock of th e W alk  6s............................
Nobby T w ist................. ........................
Nimx-od....................................................
A corn ......................................................
C re sc e n t.................................................
Black  X ..................................................
Black  B ass.............................................
S pring......................................................
C ra y lin g .................................................
M ackinaw ...............................................
H orse Shoe.............................................
H air L ifte r.............................................
D. and D., black .....................................
MeAlpin’s Gx-een  Shield.....................
Ace  High, b lack ...................................
Sailox-s’  Solace......................................
2c. less in fo u r b u tt lots.

Jennings’ 2 oz..............................ig  doz.l 00
4 oz..........................................150
6 oz..........................................3  50
8 o z..........................................3 50
No. 2  T ap er.......................... 125
..........................1  75
No.  4 
Yi p in t  ro u n d ...................... 4 50
..9 00 
..3  00 
No.  8......................
No. 1 0 .................
.4
FR U IT S

Roasted  Mar...l7@18 
Roasted Mocha.28@30 
Roasted M ex.. .17@20
G round  R io__ 9@16
Package  Goods  @1354
CORDAGE.
1  25  172 foot C otton— 2 25 
1  00  60 foot C otton— 2 00
1  50  150 foot C otton__ 175

©38
@38
@35
@35
@42
@48
@50
@46
@46
©48
@46
@46
@46
@46
@46
@46
@32
@46
@37
@46
@38
@62
@46
@38
@48
@ 46
@50
@36
@36
@36
@46
@46
@46
@46
@51
@37
@46
@46
©46
@44
@35
@40
@46
@46
@45
@44
@36
@36
@46
@35
@46

FLA V O RIN G  EXTRACTS.

CANNED V EG ETA BLES.

“ 
“ 
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“ 
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CHOCOLATE.

SMOKING

CO FFEE.

......... 1  0u

454@5

“ 

Apples, M ichigan....................................   454@5
©734
A pples, Dried, evap., b b ls..................... 
Apples, Dried, evap., bo x ....................... 
@8
Cherries, dried,  p itte d ............................ 
@16
C itro n .........................................................
1^@5
C u rra n ts....................................................  
Peaches, di-ied  ........................................  
^@13
Pineapples,  sta n d ard s................... . 
@1  <0
P runes, Turkey, new ..............................  4%@5
10@13
P runes, French, 50 ft  boxes.................. 
Raisins, V alencias................................... 
9@914
Raisins,  L ayer V alencias................ 
@1214
Raisins,  O ndaras....................................   @13
Raisins,  S ultanas.....................................  <54@  814
Raisins, Loose  M uscatels.....................2 45@3  00
Raisins, London L ay ers........................   @3  20
Raisins, D ehesias....................................   @4  25
Raisins, California  L ay ers...................   @2  50
Raisins, California M uscatels..............  @2  30

K E R O S E N E   O IL .

MATCHES.

W ater W hite.........  9%  | Legal  T est.............. 834
Grand  H aven,  No.  9, sq u a re.............. .......... 1  50
Gx-and  H aven,  No.  8, sq u a re.............. ...........1  50
Grand  H aven,  No.  200,  pax-lor........... ...........2 25
G rand  H aven,  No.  3o0, p a rlo r........... ...........3 50
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d .............. ...........2  25
Oshkosh, No.  2........................................ ...... no
Oshkosh, No.  8........................................ .......... 1  60
S w edish.................................................... ...........  75
Richardson’s No. 2  sq u are................. ...........2  7C
.................. ...........2 7C
do 
Richardson’s No. 6 
.................. ...........1  7C
do 
Richardson’s No. 8 
.................. ...........2 5t
Riehardson’8No. 9 
do 
................ ...........1  75
Richardson’s No. 19,  do 
Black  S tra p ............................................... 14@16@18
Porto  Rico........................................................ 28@30
New  Orleans,  good........................................ 38@42
New Orleans, clxoice.......................................48@50
New  Orleans,  fa n c y .........  ...........................52@55

M OLASSES.

Yi bbls. 3c extra.

OATM EAL.

do 

P IC K LES.

Steel  c u t..................5  50|Quaker, 48  fts .......... 2 35
Steel Cut, Y> b b ls.. .2  90 Quaker, 60  fts.......... 2 50
Rolled  O ats............3 601 Q uaker bbls.............. 6 00
Choice in barrels m ed............................. 4  U0@4  50
Choice in 14 
............................. 2  50@2  75
P IP E S .
Im ported Clay 3 gross............................2  25@3  00
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 gross............   @2 25
Im ported Clay, No. 216,214 g ro ss.........  @1  85
A m erican  T. D..........................................  @  90
Jav a  ..................6}4@634
Good  C aro lin a........6
P a t n a ........................ 6
P rim e C arolina...... 614
R an g o o n...........5y4@634
Choice Carolina...... 7
Bx-oken....................... 354
Good L ouisiana...... 534

R IC E .

SA LERA TUS.

D eLand’s p u re ........ 514|Dwight’s .....................514
C hurch’s  ................. 514  Sea  F oam .................. 514
Taylor’s  G.  M ..........534ICap  S heaf................... 514

SALT. 

60 Pocket, F  F   D airy.............................. 
28 P o ck et.................................................... 
100 3 ft  pockets. v ..................................... 
Saginaw F in e ...........................................  
Diamond C................................................. 
Standard  Coarse......................................  
A shton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s......... 
Ashton, English, dali-y, 4 bu. h ag s—  
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  h ag s......... 
Am erican, dairy, 14 bu. b ag s................ 
Rock, b ushels...........................................  
Parisian, 14  p in ts ..................................   @2  00
P epper Sauce, red  sm all.......................  @  75
P ep p er Sauce, green  ..............................  @  90
P ep p er Sauce, red  large rin g ..............  @1  35
@1 70
P ep p er Sauce, green, large ring

2 25
3 20
2 45
80
1  80
1  55
80
2  80
80
25
28

SAUCES.

Old T a r........................401 C o n q u ero r................... 23
A rth u r’s  Choice.......22 G ray lin g ...................... 32
Red F o x ......................26 Seal S kin.......................30
F lirt  .......................... 28 Rob R oy......................... 26
Gold  D ust.................. 26 Uncle  Sam ................... 28
Gold  B lock................ 30 L u m b e rm an ................25
Seal of G rand Rapids  Railroad B oy...............38
(cloth)................... 25 M ountain R ose..........18
Tram w ay, 3  oz...........40 Home C om fort........... 25
Ruby, c u t Cavendish 35 Old R ip.........................55
Boss  ............................151 Seal Of N orth Caro-
P eck’s  S un................. 181 
lina, 2  oz...................48
M iners and Puddlex-s.28!Seal of N orth  Caro-
M orning  Dew............ 2 5 1 
lina, 4oz.................... 46
C hain........................... 22¡Seal of N orth  Caro-
.25 
lina, 8o z....................41
Peex-less
.22|Seal of N orth  Caro-
Standax-d.................
lina, 16 oz boxes___40
. 21 
Old Tom ...................
.24 Big D eal.......................27
Tom &  J e rry ..........
.......... .25 A pple Ja c k ...................24
Jo k e r__
............ 35 K ing Bee, lo n geut.. .22
Tx-aveler
M aiden........................25iMilwaukee  P riz e ___ 24
Pickw ick  C lub..........40 R a ttle r..........................28
.26 W indsor c u t p lu g — 25
N igger  H ead...
.22 Zero  ............................ 16
H o llan d .........
_____I  
.16) H olland M ixed.......... 16
Gex-man.
Solid C om fort........... 301 Golden  A g e..................75
Red Clover.................32 Mail  P o u ch ..................25
Long Tom .................. 30 K nights of Lafc o r— 30
N a tio n a l....................26 F ree Cob P ip e.............. 27
T im e ...........................261
G lobe...........................311 H iaw ath a..................... 23
Mule E a r....................23] Old Congress................ 23
@60  00 
Michigan  C hief....................................
@60 00 
Rom a.......................................................
@57  00 
A m erican  .............................................
@50  00 
La  Industria..........................................
@50  00 
Pax-ker....................................................
@35  00 
P ro m e n a d e...........................................
@35 00 
Old  Ju d g e ...............................................
@25 00 
Pam ina  ..................................................
@20 00
Comfox-ter...............................................
Lorillard’s A m erican G entlem en.......
M accoboy...............................
Gail & A x’ 
............................
R appee....................................
Raili-oad  Mills  Scotch............................
Lotzbeck  ..................................................
P u re  Cider.......... 8@12 W hite IViixe..

VINEGAR.

SHORTS.

CIGARS.

..  8@12

SNUFF.

“ 
“ 

@

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

do 

Bath Brick im p o rted ..............................
A m erican...............................
B arley.........................................................
B urners, No. 1 .........................................
No.  2..........................................
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ran d ..............
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft can s..............
Candles, S ta r.............................................
Candles,  H otel.........................................
E x tract Coffee, V.  C...............................
F e lix ............................
Gum, Rubber 100 lum ps........................
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps. 
..................
Gum, S pruce...................
I  Hom iny, 
J e lly ,in 30 ft  p ails...
Peas, G reen Bxxsh...................
I
Peas, Split p rep ared ..............
Pow der, K eg ............................
Powdex-,  Yi K eg.......................

b b l........................................  

do 

95 
90 

@3 1 00 

1  50 
8  00 
15@25 
@1344 
@14 
@80 
@30 
@40 
30@35
r ^ i v
4

1  25 

@1  35 @ 3/4 @3  59 

@1  93

F R E S H   M EATS.

Jo h n   M ohrhard  quotes  the  trad e  selling 

I 
j  prices as follow s:
I  Fresh  Beef, sides....................................   8  @  £54
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs...................   834©  9
Dressed  H ogs............................................  |44@  8
!  M utton,  carcasses....................................   « ®  854
V eal..............................................................  £ @  g
Pork  Sausage.............................................  8 @ 9
Bologna.......................................................   9 @10
C h ick en s..................................................... 14 @lo
T urkeys  ....................................................   @15

CANDY,  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS.

 

do 
do 

FANCY— IN   5 ft BO XES.

STICK .
@9
...............................   9?4@10
10!4@11
M IX ED .

P u tn am  & Brooks quote as follow s :
Straight, 25 ft  boxes.............................. 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 25 ft  p ails........................................  @  914
Royal, 200 ft bbls.......................................... 8!4@9
E xtra, 25 ft  pails..........................................  ©1014-
E x tra, 200 ft bbls.......... ..............................9 @  914-
Fx-ench Cream, 25 ft p ails....................... 12!4@13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.....................................Izi4@13
Bi-oken, 25  ft  p ails.......................................101a @H
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.......................................10©lu}4
Lemon  D rops...................................................... 13-
Sour D rops........................................................... 1*
P epperm int  D rops............................................15-
Chocolate  Dxops.................................................16
H M Chocolate  D rops.......................................20
Gum  Drops  ........................................................ 10
Licorice D rops.................................................... 20
A B   Licorice  Dxops................. 
12'
Lozenges, p la in ...................................................15-
Lozenges,  p rin te d ..............................................16
(Im p e ria ls.............................................................15
M o tto es................................................................ 15
Cream  B a r........................................................... 14
Molasses B a r........................................................13'
Caram els...............................................................20
H and Made Cream s............................................20
Plain  Cream s.......................................................17.
D ecorated  Cream s.............................................20
S tring R ock.......................................................1.15
B u rn t A lm onds...............................................  22
W intergreen  B erries........................................ 15
Lozenges, plain  in  pails........................  
Lozenges, plain in  bbls..............................  @1114
Lozenges, printed in pails......................1314@14
Lozenges, printed in  b b ls..................... 1214@13
Chocolate Drops, in p ails.......................  @13
Gum  Drops  in pails...................................7  ©714
Gum Drops, in b bls..................................... 
614
Moss Drops, in  p ails................................10!4@1114'
Moss Drops, in b b ls...........................................   9
Sour Drops, in  p ails.......................................... 12
Im perials, in  p ails..................................13@  14
Im perials  in bbls......................
@12

FANCY—IN   BU LK .

©1214-

FR U ITS.

O ranges, Messina and  P alerm o__ __ 4  00@4  50
Oranges, C alifornia......................
@3 50-,
Lemons,  choice.................................
@5  00
Lem ons, fa n c y ............ .......... ......... __  
5 50
Figs,  layers new, 
f t..................... ___  
@ 11
D ates, frails 
do  ......................
© 4
do  ..................... __   @  6
Dates, 54 do 
Dates, sk in ..........................................
@454
Dates, 54  sk in ....................................
@ 5
1b.............. —   854@  9
D ates, F ard 10 ft box 
D ates, Fard 501b box $  1b................
@ 7
Dates.*Persian 501b box $  f t........... . . . 6   @  654
P ine Apples, $   doz.......................... ... .2  25@2 50
PEANUTS.
P rim e  Red,  raw   ^   lb ......................
434
Choice 
do
@  5
Fancy 
do  ...............
554©  554 
Choice W hite, Va.do  ................
5@  554 
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ...............
6  @  654
NUTS.
Almonds,  Terragona, $  f t.......
18®1854 
do  ........
Bx-azils, 
9@12 
d o -........
Pecons, 
Filberts, Sicily 
do
...................1254@14
.1214® 15 
d o __
W alnuts, Grenobles 
.1114@1214
W alnuts, French

do 
do 

fc@ 814. 

PRO V ISIO N S.

do. 
do. 

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PL A IN ,

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co 
lu o te  as  follows:
Mess,, Chicago  packing................. ................11  50
Clear■, Chiesigo packing.................. ................12  50
E x tn 1 Fami ly Clear........................ ................12  50
Clear, A. Webster  p ack er............ ............... 12 50
E x tn X  Cleaif,  h eavy........................ ................13 00
Bost«>n Clésir .................................... ................13 25
A. Webster , packer, short c u t... ................12  75
Cleax• back, short e u t......... 
... ................13 50
Stan«lax-d Cleax\ th e  b e st.............. ................14  00
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
6(4
Short Clears,  heavy................................... 
m edium ................................ 
654
lig h t....................................... 
654-
7
Long Clear Backs, 500  ft  cases.............. 
Short Clear Backs, 600 ft  cases.............. 
754
Long Clear Baeks, 300  ft  eases.............. 
754
Short Clear Backs, 300 ft  cases...................  
Bellies, ex tra quality, 500 ft eases......... 
654
G?4
Bellies, ex tra quality, 3001b  cases____  
Bellies, extx-a quality, 200 ft cases......... 
7
Boneless  H am s..................................................   854
Boneless Shoulders...........................................   654
B reakfast  B acon...............................................  854
D ried Beef, extx-a  quaMty................................IK ”
Dried Beef, H am  pieces................................... 1354
Shoulders cured  in sw eet pickle...................  6
Tierces  .............................................................  
7?s
30 and 50 ft T u b s........................................ 
754
50 ft Round Tins, 100 eases......................  
20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  rack s................... 
754
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  ease...............................  
8?4
854
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case.................................. 
8}i
10 ft Pails. 6 in a  c a s e ...............................  
E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts............10 25
Boneless,  e x tr a ................................. ............. 14  50.
P ork  Sausage..................................................... 7
Ham   Sausage...................................................... 19
Tongue  Sausage...............................................   10
I F ra n k fo rt  Sausage....... ....................................10
Blood  Sausage........................... 
654
Bologna, stra ig h t........................ .....................   654
Bologna,  th ic k ....................................................  654
Head  Cheese.......................................................   634
In  half barrels  ..................................................  3 25
In  q u arter barx-els...........................................

SAUSAGE— FR ESH  AND  SMOKED.

LARD  IN   T IN   PA IL S .

B E EF IN   BA RRELS.

p i g s ’  f e e t .

LARD.

754

7?»

OYSTERS  A N »   F IS H .

F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follow s: 

OYSTERS.

FR ESH   F IS H .

F. J. D. Selects........................................................ 35-
Standards  ...............................................................30
M ackinaw T ro u t........................  
...................6
W hitefish  .............................................................  6
Black B ass...........................................................8
Run  F ish ...............................................................  5
Rock B ass.............................................................  5  ,
P e r c h ................................................................... 4
D uck Bill P ik e....................................................  5
Wall-eyed  P ik e ......................................... ........ 6*
Smoked W hite F ish ................... .......................10
Smoked Tx-out..................................................... 1M
Smoked S turgeon...............................................  854

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

Apples—New apples, 50c $  box.
A sparagus—40@45c $  doz. bunches.
B eans—Choice picked are  dull a t $1J55@$1.40 

$  bu.

B u tter—M ichigan  cream ery  is  in  m oderate 
dem and a t 16c.  D airy is  slow  sale  a t 1254@14e 
fo r tu b s and 10@1254e for  jars.

Cabbages—New stock is in fa ir dem and  a t  60 

@75c 

doz.

full cream .

Cheese— New stock  is  abundant at 7@8c fo r 

C ucum beis—40c ^  doz. 
D ried  A pples—Evaporated,  7@8e;  com m on 

|

q uarters, 3 54©4c.

Eggs—In  m oderate supply  a t  13c.
G reen Onions—20@25c ¡g doz. bunches.
Green Beans—$1@$1.50  $   box, according* to  

size.  W ax beans, $2@$2.25 $  bu.

Gx-een Peas—$1.50 fl bu.
H oney—Choice new in comb is firm  atl3@14c. 
H ay—Bailed, $15@$16 
L ettu ce—10c  fo r ordiixary stock.
Onions—Berm udas com m and $1.75 $  crate. 
P ieplant—2c g   ft.
Pop Corn—Choice com m ands 4c fl ft. 
P otatoes—New potatoes  are  quite  p len tifu l 

ton.

a t $2.75 3 $  bbl. for Tennessee Rose.

Poultx-y—V ery scarce.  Fowls, 9@10c.  Chick­

ens, 12@13c.  T urkeys, 14e.

Radishes—25@30c $  doz.  bunches. 
Straw berries—5@6c  $1  qt.  in  16  and  24  qt. 

boxes.

G R A IN S  AND  M IL L IN G   PR O D U CTS. 

W heat—No change.  The  city  m illers pay as 
follows:  Lancastex-,  94;  Fulse,  92c;  Clawson 
92c.
and 52c in carlots.
carlots.

C o rn —Jobbing generally at 55c in 100bx/. lots 
Oats—W hite, 43c in sm all lots  and  3Sc@40  in 
Rye—56c $  bu. 
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25 $   cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy P aten t, $6.25 *gbbl. 
in  sacks  and $6.50 in wood.  S traight,  $5.25  $  
bbl. in sacks and $5.50 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ]fl bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  $  ton.  B ran,  $14 
$  ton.  Ships, $15 $  ton.  Middlings, $16 g  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $22 g  ton.

/

No O rders tak en  fo r less  th a n  “ Case L ots” of one dozen Sets.  A dvertising Card and Circulars in each case.
Sam ple orders of “ Case L ots” can be retu rn ed , if not found as  represented.

Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.,

THe LEADING HARDWARE & HOUSEKEEPERS’ EMPORIUM Of WESTERN MICHIGAN

10  and  12  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A rthur  M eigs  <&  Co-,  S o le  O w n ers  o f R ed  F ox  and  B ig  D rive  P lugs,

40
20

COMBS.

B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er.................... dis 
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers......................dis 
Cold.............................................................net
Curry, Law rence’s .................................. dis 
H otchkiss  ............................................... dis 
50
Brass,  Backing’s .......................................... 
50
Bibb’s ............................................................. 
40&10
B e e r .................. 
60
F enns’............................................................. 
Planished, 14 oz c u t to size..................................30
14x52,14x56,14 x60...........................................   36

CO PPER .

33%
25

COCKS.

 

 

U R IE L S

ELBOW S.

EX PA N SIV E B IT S.

M orse’s B it  Stock............................ ... dis
T aper and S traight S hank.............. .. .dis
20
Morse’s T aper  So5nk....................... .. .dis
30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ......................
doz net $1  00
C orrugated........................................
...d is 20&10
A d ju sta b le.......................................... ...d is %&10
Clar’s, small, $18  00;  large, $26  00.
dis
20
Iv es’, 1, $18  00 ;  2, $24  00 ;  3, $30  00.
25
dis
A m erican File A ssociation  L ist..
60
.. .dis
D isston’s ........................................
.. .dis
60
New  A m erican................................... ... dis
60
Nicholson’s ..........................
60
. . .dis
H eller’s ............................
30
. .dis
H eller’s H orse R asps......................
33%
. .dis
GA LV ANIZED IR O N ,
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
22 and  24,  25 and 26, 
14 
L ist 
18

D iscount, Ju n ia ta  45@10, Charcoal 50@10. 

F IL E S .

27 
15 

12 

13 
GAUGES.

TIN-W ARE

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  GO.

AUK HBADQXJARTER.S.

As the demand for low-priced TINWARE seems to be on the increase, we  are gradu- 
ally adding a full  line to our stock,  and will  soon  issue  a  Catalogue  giving  lower  prices 
than has yet been quoted by any other dealers. >  We have now in stock some CASE  TIN­
WARE which is meeting with great success everywhere,  and we think it is to the interest 
of all Hardware Dealers to try a case of each,  The following are our specialties.

OUR  LEADER.

-

- 

_ 

H IN G ES.

HA NG ERS.

HAMMERS.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

3 1 8   Pieces  of

TO  RETAIL  AT  10  CENTS  EACH

Patent Bottom Fire-Proof Tin-Ware.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .............. dis 
50 i
20
Maydole & Co.’s .......................................dis 
K ip’s ..........................................................dis 
25
Y erkes&   P lum b’s ..................................dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel....................... 30 c list 40 I
B lacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, H and. .30 c 40&10 |
B arn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k  dis  50 1
60
Champion, an ti-frictio n ........................dis 
40 I
K idder, wood  tra c k ................................dis 
G ate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3................................dis 
60 I
S tate...............................................p er doz, net, 2 50
Screw H ook and Strap, to  “   j 
¿ s i ™ 1 ASTONISH YOUR CUSTOMERS & INCREASE YOUR SALES WONDERFULLY.
ai
Scr 
. 
_________H U H
8*4
Screw Hook and Eye 
......................n et 
Screw Hook and Eye  %........................n et 
714
Screw Hook and Eye,  %...................... n e t 
714
Strap and  T ............................................. dis  60&10
Stam ped Tin W are......................................   60&10
Japanned  Tin  W are...................................  20&10
G ranite  Iro n   W are..................................... 
25
G rub  1 .................................................. $11  00, dis 40
G rub  2..................................................   11  50, dis 40
G rub 3....................................................   12 00, dis 40
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s__ $2  70, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings..  3  50, dis 66“ 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
m ings........................................list,10  15, dis 66»
Door, porcelain, trim m ings  list,1155, dis 
7
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain........ dis
P icture, H.  L. Ju d d  &  Co.’s ...................d
H e m a c ite ................................................ dis
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new lis t.. .dis  66%
Mallory, W heelnr  &  Co.’s ....................... dis  66%
B ranford’s ...................................................dis  66%
Norwalk’s —   .•...........................................dis  66%
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ....................dis  65
Coffee,  P ark ers  Co.’s .............................. dis  40&10
Coffee, P. S.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis  40&10
Coffee, Landers, F'erry & Clark’s .........dis  40&10
Coffee,  E n te rp rise....................................... dis  25
Adze  E ye........................................$16  00dis40&10
H unt  E ye........................................$15  00dis40&10
H u n t’s ........................................... $18  50 dis 20 & 10

LOCKS— DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HO ES.

N A ILS.

Common, B ra  and Fencing.

6d 
2 

MAULS.

I  10d  8d 
2% 
$1  25  1  50  1  75  2  00 

lOd to  60d....................................................keg $2  35
8 d a n d 9 d a d v ..................................., .............  
25
6d and 7d  adv...................................................... 
  50
4d and 5d  ad v ..................................................  
75
3d  advance........................................................ 
l  50
3d fine  advance.............................................. 
3  00
Clinch nails,  ad v .............................................   175
4d
Finishing 
Size—inches  f  3 
1%
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
M OLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s P attern   .........................................dis  70 1
Stebbin’s G enuine..........................................dis  70 |
E nterprise,  self-m easuring.........................dis  25 I
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled...................  dis  50 !
Zinc or tin, Chase’s P a te n t...........................dis  55
Zinc, w ith brass bottom ................................dis  50 |
Brass or  Copper..............................................dis  40 
R eaper........................................per gross, $12 net
Olm stead’s .......................................................... 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ..................................dis
Seiota B ench................................................... dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy ......................!dis
Bench, firstq u a lity ......................................... dis  20:
Stanley R ule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, A cm e.................................................. dis 
50
Common, polished...........*.................. . 
,dis60&10
D ripping.....................................................<jjj  it)  6@7
Iro n  and  T inned...................................................dis 40
Copper R ivets and B u rs.....................................dis 50&10
“A ” Wood’s p aten t planished, Nos. 24 to 27  1054  I 
“ B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 
I

PA TEN T FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

PLA N ES.

O IL E R S.

R IV E TS.

PA N S.

15

50

9 

B roken packs %c $  lb extra.

IR.<33.cL 

10-quart Dish Pans, 

* 

24 3-quart Dinner Buckets, 
I

C a s e   C o n t a i n s :

18  i%-gallon Stamped Pans, 

24 2-quart Dinner Buckets, 

18 5-quart Dish Kettles,

24 2-quart Coffee Pots,

24 Graduating Measures, new style, 

12 2-quart Drinking Cups, 

24 i-gallon Dairy Pans, 

24 g-inch Mountain Cake Pans, 

24 No.  51  Dippers, Britannia Shape. 

24 i-quart Dippers, stamped, 

12  2-quart Oil Cans, screw top with bail,  6 2-quart Sauce Pans, iron handles.

6  1-gallon Strainer Buckets,

24 11% Wash Bowls, stamped.

24 6-cup Muffin Pans,*

Will retail if sold in regular way, $45.90, giving you a net profit of $20.90 on the case or $6.18  clear  at 

ne Case and convince yourself of the Great Bargains this case contains.  Try it once.

10  cents  each.  Order

3 1 0  Piecejs for $2 5 .

OTO,  H EW   COUNTER.

Fire-Proof Patent  Bottom  Tin-Ware.

3 0 0  Pieces

RETAIL  AT  THE  ASTONISHINGLY  LOW  PRICE  OF  5  CENTS  EACH 

And  Giving  ITon  a Profit  of 25 per  cent.

Ifoarbware.

INEXCUSABLE  TAXATION.

The  Law  Relating  to  Illuminating  Oils.
The Legislature  adjourned  without  pro­
viding for a reduction of the  fee  for the in­
spection  of  illuminating oils.  As a result, 
the oil dealers of  this  State  will  pay  this 
year a useless excess of not less than $5,000 
above the cost of running the inspection ser­
vice,  including the salaries  of  the State In­
spector and  deputies. 
It  cost  during the 
year 18S4 a total of $17,295.45 to inspect the 
illuminating oil sold in the  State  that year. 
The total number of  barrels  inspected  was 
178,381,  and the cost  of  inspection  was as 
nearly as can be conveniently reckoned  10% 
cents per barrel.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
the State Inspector turned  over to the State 
Treasurer as excess beyond the  expenses of 
his department  the  sum  of $4,262.63. 
In 
view of  this  fact,  it  was  recommended by 
the Inspector in his annual  report  that  the 
inspection fee be reduced  from  13  cents to 
11 cents per barrel,  which,  on  the  basis  of 
that year’s consumption of  oil,  would  have 
been entrely sufficient  to  meet  the  cost  of 
the service for the year 1885, especially since 
the regular annual increase of oil used must 
also increase the sum  paid  into  the  State 
Inspector’s hands as inspection fees.  A bill 
was offered by  Representative  Wiggins for 
the reduction of the fee  to  11  cents,  as rec­
ommended by  the  State  Inspector.  But  a 
bill was subsequently introduced in the Sen­
ate embracing the House  reduction  clause, 
which contained  also  a  clause  for a reduc­
tion  of the  test  standard.  The  House bill 
was discussed and  either  referred  back  to 
its  committee  or  “shelved,”  because  the 
pending  Senate  bill  had  incorporated  the 
provision  which  was  the  purpose  of  the 
House bill.  The Senate bill got through its 
committee,  and  passed  the  Senate.  The 
House committee  opposed  the  reduction of 
the  test,  and  the  Legislature  adjourned 
without making  a  law  of  the  bill.  The 
clause reducing the inspection fee “went by 
the board,” of course,  along with the rest of 
the bill,  and the  oil  dealers  of  the  State 
must stand the  consequences,  and  still pay 
13 cents per barrel  inspection  fee.  There 
will be fully 200,000  barrels of  oil  used in 
Michigan this year,  and the dealers will pay 
a useless tax of at least  $5,000,  which  will 
go into the already rich  treasury at  the end 
of the year, as surplus inspection fees, above 
salaries and expenses.

More about Southern Iron.

“I met  Mr. Goltstein,  the superintendent 
of  the  St.  Louis  Steel  Works,  the  other 
day,” said John  Otis,  the  Mancelona  iron 
man,  last  Friday,  “and  lie  gave  me  some 
facts and figures concerning  Southern  iron 
which I regard as  significant.  He  claims 
that the Southern operators have  three  ser­
ious  obstacles  to  contend  with—climate, 
soil and ore.  The  first  conduces  to  indo­
lence,  the second is incapable  of  producing 
the hardy food necessary to continued  exer­
tion,  and the third is greatly inferior  to the 
Lake Superior product.  The Southern coke 
is the poorest he ever saw,  as it takes  more 
of it to make the iron,  and contains  proper­
ties injurious to  the  metal.  The  average 
cost of making a  ton  of  Southern  iron  is 
about as follows:
Ore, 2Yi tons  @ $1.50
Lim estone, 1 to n .....................
Coke...........................................
Furnace  lab o r........................
-Current sapplies and  labor. 
Reserve fo r general  repairs

...$3.75 
...  1.25 
...  6.50 
...  1.50 
... 
40
50
... 
$13.90
“As Lake Superior iron can now be made 
nearly as  cheap  as  the  Southern  product, 
and as the former  is  always  preferable  to 
the latter,  he fails to see  wherein the South 
Is to dominate the prices of the great  staple 
in the future.”

Total..........................

Alby L.  Blasted is the latest aspirant  for 
canine fame.  He recently  purchased a  fine 
water spaniel at Cheboygan,  and  exhibited 
the trophy to the  Petoskey  trade  one  day 
last week at the end of fifteen feet  of  two- 
inch  rope. 
If  the  animal  lives  until the 
Fourth, he will appear in the  procession  in 
company with Geo.  Owen’s  collection.

John McIntyre contributes  the following: 
“On coming out  of  Chicago  on a Michigan 
Central train  a  few  days  ago,  Mr.  David 
Smith,  the  gentlemanly  perambulator  for 
Bannard, Lyman & Co., met a lady who had 
lost her ticket an l  all  the  money  she had 
with her.  With eyes full of tears, she asked 
Dave if he was a Mason.  He replied:  ‘Not 
exactly,  but  my l ather used to carry  a  hod 
in the city of Dublin’.”

The traveling men’s banner is  now  com­
pleted, and will be open to puplic inspection 
for the first time on the Fourth.  It is made of 
blue silk, with gold braid,  fringe and tassels 
and red silk cords. •  The inscription on the 
banner is peculiarly appropriate.  The upper 
half is occupied with  the  sentiment,  “The 
Drummer  is the Most Innocent Man on  the 
Road, ” below which is a very  fair represen­
tation of a grip-sack.  At the botton is the 
inscription,  “Grand Rapids Drummers.”  All 
the wording is in gilt and is well  done,  the 
whole presenting a very  attractive  appear­
ance.

The Fourth of July committee have gotten 
out a large  colored  poster  announcing  the 
programme on Independence  Day. 
Includ­
ed in the display lines  is  one  reading  “250 
Drummers in Uniform.”  One of the Grand 
Rapids boys stood among a crowd watching 
the posting up of one of the bills in a North­
ern town last week,  when  an  old  resident 
remarked that 250 was  a good  many drum­
mers,  concluding  with  an  inquiry  as  to 
whether  they were  all  “snare  drummers.” 
T ii e   T r a d e s m a n   is  authorized  to  state 
that Grand Rapids traveling  men  are never 
“a delusion and a snare.”

Plainwell  Independent:  The  traveling 
men who make  their  homes  in  Plainwell 
have decided to remain here  on  the Fourth, 
and enjoy  the  novelty  of  a  holiday  with 
their families.  They  have a  very pressing 
invitation to  join  the  gripsack  brigade at 
Grand Rapids,  but  have  concluded  to  stay 
at home  this  time.  *  *  *  C.  B.  Lamb 
brought suit before Judge Arnold this week, 
against a Chicago firm,  and tlxe respondents 
were  thunderstruck  when  His  Honor  re­
marked that he could  not  hear  the case,  as 
lie might  be  prejudiced,  because  the  firm 
owed him money that he could not  get.

At a meeting of the  traveling  ipen,  held 
at T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office  Saturday  even­
ing,  Captain Bradford  presided  and  W.  S. 
Horn wielded the pen.  The committee on 
banners made a report,  which was  accepted 
and adopted,  and the committee discharged. 
A resolution was adopted that each member 
of the ladies’ band be  presented  with a but­
ton-hole boquet and that Joe Reed make the 
presentation  speech. 
George  Seymour, 
Wm. E.  Cooper and D.  C.  Underwood were 
appointed a committee to secure a room  for 
ajrendezvous on the 3d and 4th.  The meet­
ing then adjourned,  to  meet  at  the  place 
designated by the committee at 8  o’clock on 
the morning of the Fourth.

Messrs. Yoigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co. ex- 
| tend a cordial invitation to all country  mer­
chants who may visit  this  market  on  the 
Fourth to their large and  carefully .selected 
stock of staple and fancy dry goods, carpets 
trimmings,  etc.  Their establisnment is not- 
I  ed far and near for  fresh  goods,  great var­
iety and low  prices.  They  are continually 
getting in  fresh  goods,  and  they  make a 
I special feature  of  prompt  shipments—that 
is,  all orders are filled  the  same  day  they 
are received and started to their  destination 
without any unnecessary delay.

RO O FIN G  PLA TES.

 

BELLS.

BOLTS.

R O PES.

dis  25

SQUARES.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

TIN   PLA TES.

S H E E T IR O N .

AUGERS AND B ITS.

t i n n e r ’s  s o l d e r .

6 
I
6%  i
13 00 j
15  00
16

Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6  75.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT. 

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne..................5  75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T ern e............   .  7  75 |
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 12 00 I
IX , 20x28, choice Charcoal  T ern e................16  90 I
Sisal, % In. and  la rg e r....................................   7% I
M anilla................................................................   14%  |
Steel and  Iro n .........................................dis
Try and Be vels........................................ dis  50&10
M itre  ........................................................ dis 
20
Com. Sm ooth.  Com.
$2 80
2 80
2 80
2 80
3 00
3 00
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... $4  20 
Nos. 15 to  17 ....................................   4 20 
Nos. 18 to   21....................................   4  20 
Nos. 22 to  24....................................   4  20 
Nos .25 to  26....................................   4  40 
No. 27.................................................  4  60 
wide not less th an  2-10 extra.
SH EET ZINC.
In casks of 600 fts, $   fi>.............................  
In  sm aller quansities, $   &....................... 
No. 1,  Refined................................................. 
M arket  H alf-and-half.............................. 
Strictly  H alf-and-half.................................  

Prevailing  rates  a t  Chicago  are  as  lollows: 
60
Ives’, old  sty le............................................ dis 
60
N. H. C. Co................................................... dis 
Douglass’ ..................................................... dis 
60
P ierces’ .........................................................dis 
60
Snell’s ............................................................ dis 
60
Cook’s  ..............................  ........................ disfO&lO
Jennings’,  g en u in e....................................dis 
25
Jen n in g s’,  im itation.................................dis40&10
Spring..............................................  
R a ilro a d ...........................................................$ 13 00
G arden.......................................................... n et 33 00
H a n d .............................................
.dis  $ 60&10
C ow .......................: ......................
.dis
60
Call...............................................
.dis
15
G o n g ............................................. 
........
.dis
20
Door, S argent..........................................dis
.dis
55
Stove.............................................
.dis  $
40
Carriage  new   list.......................
..dis
10x14, C harcoal..................................   6  50 I
IC, 
Plow  .............................................
. .dis 30&1C
10x14,Charcoal...................................   8  50
IX , 
Sleigh Shoe...................................
. .dis
75
12x12, Charcoal..................................   6  50
IC, 
Cast Barrel  B olts.......................
.dis
50
12x12,  C h a rc o a l................................  8  50
IX , 
W rought B arrel B olts...........................dis
.dis
55
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal..................................   6  50
Cast B arrel, brass  knobs.........
.dis
50
IX , 
14x20,  Charcoal.......   .......................  8  50
Cast Square S pring...................
.dis
55
1XX,  14x20, Charcoal..................................  10  50
Cast  C hain...................................
60
IX X X ,  14x20, Chareool.................................  12  50
W rought Barrel, brass  k n o b ...............dis
. .dis 55&10
IX X X X , 14x20,  C harcoal...............................  14 50
W rought S q u a re ........................
..dis 55&10
IX , 
20x28, Charcoal.................................  18  00
W rought Sunk F lush.............................dis
.dis
30
DC, 
100 P late C harcoal.............................   6  50
W rought  Bronze  and  P lated  Knob
DX, 
100 P late C harcoal.............................   8  50
F lu sh ......................................................  50&10&10
DXX,  100 P late C harcoal...............................  10 50
Ives’  D oor.............................................................. dis 50&10
DXXX,  100 P late C harcoal...........................   12 50
Redlpped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to  6  75 
$ 40
B a rb e r.......................................................dis 
B ackus....................................................... dis 
50
Spofford..................................................... dis 
50
n et
Am. Ball.....................................................dis 
Well, p lain ......................................................$  400
Well, sw ivel.........................................................4  50
Cast Loose P in, figured..........................dis  60&10
Cast Loose P in, Berlin  bronzed...........dis  60&I0
Cast Loose Jo in t, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&10
W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t.. dis  50&10
W rounht Loose  P in ............................... dis 
60
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip . . . . . . . .  dis  60&  5
W roughtLoose Pin, ja p an n ed ............. dis  60&  5
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ..................................................... dis  60&  5
W rought T able..........................................dis 
60
W rought Inside  B lind............................ dis 
60
W rought B rass......................................... dis  65&10
Blind. Clark’s .............................................dis  70&10
Blind, P ark er’s ......................................... dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s .......................................dis 
70
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross  15  00
Spring fo r Screen Doors 3x3__ per gross  18 00
Ely’s 1-10.................................................... p er m  $ 65
H ick’s C. F ............................................... 
60
G .D ............ i ............................................  
35
60
M usket...................................................... 
R.m Fire, U. M.C. & W inchester  new list 
50
Him Fire, U nited  S tates......................... dis 
50
Central F ire ................................................dis  %
75
Socket F irm er............................................dis 
Socket F ram ing.........................................dis 
75
Socket C orner..................  
dis 
75
Socket Slicks............................................. dis 
75

B right  M arket............................
.  dis  60&10 ! 
A nnealed M arket.....................
..d is 
70 
Coppered M arket...................
..d is  55&10
E x tra B ailing...............................
.......  dis  55
Tinned  M arket............................
.........dis  40
Tinned  Broom .............................
.......$fl>  09
8%
Tinned M attress..........................
Coppered  Spring  S teel..................dis  40@40&i0
Tinned S pring S teel................................... dis 37 Vi
P lain F ence.................................................. $  B>  3*4
Barbed  F ence......................................................
Coppef................................................. new  list net
B rass.................................................... nSw  list n et J
B rig h t......................................................... dis  70&10
Screw Eyes.................................................dis  70&10
Hook’s ..................................  .................dis  70&10
Gate Hooks and  E y es............................dis  70&10 |
B ax ter’s A djustable,  nickeled................
50&10 |
Coe’s G enuine.................. 
dis 
65
Coe’s P aten t A gricultural, w rought, dis 
70 I
Coe’s P aten t,  m alleable.........................dis 
Pum  ps,  C istern........................................dis 
70
Screws, new  list..........................................
Casters, Bed  and  P la te ...........................dis50&10
Dam pers,  A m erican................................. 
¡81%

Steel,  G am e.........................................................
Onoida Com m untity,  Newhouse’s .......... dis  35
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley & N orton’s __   60
H otchkiss’
60 j 
S, P. & W. Mfg 
60 !
Mouse,  choker 
.. .20c $  doz ! 
Mouse,  delusion
.$1  26 $  doz

MISCELLANEOUS.

WIRE GOODS.

WrENCHES.

BUTTS,  CAST.

CA TRIDG ES.

BUCKETS.

CH IS ELS.

BRACES.

rates.

TR A PS.

CAPS.

Co.

 

 

'“Surfeit  the  People  and  Sicken  Them.” 
The announcements from  two representa­
tive  jobbing  houses  in  this week’s  paper 
that they have embarked in  the  cheap  tin­
ware business will undoubtedly  cause  con­
siderable conjecture  among  the  trade as to 
the cause for the innovation.  A reporter of 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  recently approached one 
of the jobbers with an inquiry as to his rea­
sons for adding another line to their already 
large  business  and  he  replied:  “A  few 
months  ago  the  grocer  was  pestered  to 
death by persons who wanted a silver spoon 
with every pound of baking  powder,  and so 
on  ad libitum.  The only way for  the gro­
cer to meet the want was to pile  scheme on 
top of scheme  until  he  sickened  the  con­
sumer of the whole gift business.  Just now 
the public clamor seems to be in  the  direc­
tion  of  cheap  tinware. 
If  the  hardware 
dealer doesn’t put in a line  of the  stuff, the 
people will go to some bazar for it; and as a 
consequence,  he is compelled  to  lose  con­
siderable trade. 
I hold that  the  legitimate 
dealer is forced to handle cheap  tinware,  to 
meet the prevaling craze  for  cheap  goods, 
w hich will probably take  some  other form 
within the next few months.”

The Gripsack Brigade.

Jas.  Rooney has sold  a  hose  cart  to the 

Imlay City fire department.

Alfred Ilollway has invented  and applied 
for a patent on a new  style  of  desk,  which 
is said to possess genuine merit.

Ed.  Krekel,  who has traveled for Rindge, 
Bertsch & Co. for several  years,  has  taken 
up  his  residence  in  Milwaukee  and  will 
hereafter cover the  Upper  Peninsular  and 
Wisconsin trade.

Fred.  Nielson,  the  Pentwater  banker, 
took up a collection  to  defray  the  expense 
of  shaving  John  McIntyre  one  day  last 
week,  but John misappropriated the funds— 
as usual—and still bears the appearance of a 
polar bear.

12 8-quart Dish Pans,
36 Large Graters,

32 Gem Plates,

24  1-quart Tall Buckets,

24 2-quart Handled Pans 

24 8-inch Jelly,

24 pint Dippers.

36‘10-inch Pie Plates, 

36 Mugs, metal handles, 

24 Stamped W ash Bowls, 

24 i-quart Cups, R.  H., 

24 i-quart Sauce Pans,

12  i-quart Coffee Pots,

24  1-quart Stamped Sauce Pans,

36  i-Pint Stamped Cups,
24 2-quart Milk Pans,

24 3-pint Milk Pans,

24 8% Covers,  2-quart pans, 

36 4-cup Muffin Pans on sheet, 

Five Hundred  Pieces of Our Patent Fire-Proof Tinware for $20.

When sold at the remarkable low price of 5 cents, will pay 25 per cent, profit on the  investment.  Ifs  old  in  the  regular  way, 
will bring $41.80, leaving a net profit of $21.80 on the investment.  Try one case.  Convince yourselves of the  greatest bargain you 
have ever seen.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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J o b b e r s  

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A N D -  -

P r o v i s i o n s ,

CANNED  MEATS  AND  BUTTERS.

CHOICE  SMOKED  MEATS  A  SPECIALTY.

Stores in O pera H ouse Block, Packing and W arehouse M arket and W ater Streets.

ANDREW W1ERENB0

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W M . S E A E S & CO
Cracker  Manufacturersì

A g e n ts   fox*

A M B O Y   C H E E S E  

COHO C TO N ,  3ST-  3T-

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand Rapids,  Michigan.
T .  R .  H A R R I S   &   C O .,
“B rook T rout” Cigar.
C h r i s t e n s o n ,
E a t o n  

JVIanufacturers  o f  th e   C eleb rated

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F O R   SA L E   B Y

f u l l   l i n e   o f   s h o w   c a s e s   k e p t  

i n   s t o c k .

SOLE AGENTS  FOR  MICHIGAN.

WIEK.ENGO  BLOCK,  PINE  STREET,

TO F R U IT  O R
Muskegon  Basket 

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MUSKEGON,  MICH.

H E S T E R   <fc  F O i X : ,

Factory

m a n u f a c t u r e r s   a g e n t s   f o r

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M A N U F A C T U R E E S   O F

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S A W   A3STD G H 2ST M ILL M A Q H IN E E Y * 
Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 3j 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

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At Bottom Prices,  duality Guaranteed.

W rite  for  P r ic e s.

1 3 0   O A K E S   ST R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

F   F .   A D A M S   &   C O . ’S

Having resumed operations for the season is prepared to supply all kinds of

F R U I T   P A C K A G E S   !

W E   MAKE  A  SPECIALTY  OF  PEACH  AND  GRAPE  BASKETS.

MTXSKEGOST  S A W   A N D   F IL E  ‘W Q E.ÏS3
FILES  AND  RASPS  OF  ALL  DESCRIPTIONS,
And R epairers of Saws.  O ur long experience ^ f ’^ o v ^d o n e prom ptly am fw arranted  to  give
S a ^ « k ^

¡SiocLitltL  dkjf  Hasslett, P ro p rie to rs.

M a n u fa c tu re rs  o f

For J.  Smith's hired girl.

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Lodernum  a leetle.
M orpheen, 5c w orth.
Tink. Gum Gawak,  spoonful. 
P epperm int, p re tty  strong’.
K eynine pepper Qs to 
Make 25cts. w ith bottle.
Fill up w ith good brandy.

Sig.  Take as ordered in a little w ater.

J. Stu b b in s, M. D. 

iW "  H orses and Cattle treated  

a t  low est rates.

How  would  you  fill  this  pre-

For Mrs.  W. Jones.

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Capsicum ...............................................sss
G uaic.....................................................-AJ
P arag o ric..............................................3113
Dose 10 drops as o ften as pain retu rn s.

Mb s. Sabah Gam p, M. D.

N. B.—Ladies w ishing attendance 
will please give m e 2 
weeks notice  beforehand.

No.  16. 
scriptum?

No.  1. 

S O D A   W A T E R — P H A R M A C Y   D E P A R T M E N T .
If a gentleman comes in with his 
wife aftd she says,  “El take lemon,” and he 
steps back  one  pace  and  gives  the  grand 
hailing  sign  of  distress,  thus,  ESP 
and says,  “Coffee,”  what  would  you  give 
him?

No.  2. 

If  the  lady  in  the  above  case 
changes her  mind  and  says  “Oh!  yes, 1 1 
take coffee, too,  I guess,” and the man then 
gives the sign | |  what are  you  going to do?

No.  3.  What  is  the  signification  of  the 
sign  ©  | —  with  the  pharmaseutical  term 
“sprilla”?

No. 4.  With granulated  sugar at 7 cents 
per pound and  wind  at  1  cent  per  square 
yard, what is the rate per cent,  of  profit on 
soda water at 5 cents per glass?

Note—The Candidate will not be  allowed 

to use algebra in computing the above.

G E N E R A L   Q U E S T IO N S .

No.  1.  With boiled linseed oil at 57 cents 
per gallon in  Grand  Rapids,  and  freight to 
your town 3 cents per gallon and “shortage”
2 per cent.,  and leakage 4 per cent,  what is 
the rate per cent  profit  in  selling it  out at 
15 cents per quart?

No. 2.  With  olive  oil  at  1.10@2.75 per 
gallon, what kind of olive  oil  can  you  sell 
for 10 cents a pint?

No.  3.  Ho you know anything about cot­
ton seed oil and its effect  on  putty?  Ditto 
on salad?  Ditto on sardines?

No.  4.  With castor oil worth 20 cents per 
pound at wholesale, what sort of axle machine 
oil  are yTou going to sell at 10 cents per  pint 
and trust it out  “till fall”?

No. 5.  Don't you  wish  you  had  never 
thought of going into the drug business any 
how?

No.  6.  Do you expect to make as much as 

the average street car driver?

No.  7.  Do you have any  idea  you could 
ever make enough in this State,  at the drug 
trade,  to get you a linen coat and vest? 
j  No.  8.  Can you support  a  wife  and five 
children on 90 cents a  day  and  dodge  your 
landlord and butcher successfully ?

Note—If the  candidate  answers  No.  8 in 
the negative, he will not be granted a license 
to go in on his own  account.

No. 9.  Have you got any fine-cut,  or any 
ood cigars concealed about your clothes?

The candidates answering 90  per cent,  of 
the above  questions  satisfactorally, will be 
given a permit, printed  in  three  colors, to 
match his  liquor  license  and  his  tobacco 
license and his city license, and his clerks’ li­
censes,  and his * ‘notice to dealers” and all the 
other nice, gilt edged little documents, that a 
druggist is allowed to paper  his store  with.

Your,  in hope of a future State, 

S o l im a n   S n o o k s,

G. D.,  J.  P.  and P. M.
O. H. RICHMOND & CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

M AN UFACTURERS  o f

Ricbionb’s Family Micines.

RICHMOND’S  LIVER  ELIXIR.

th e   m arket,  50 cents.

The  b est  selling  liver  and  blood  m edicine  in 
Richmond’s Cubeb Cream,
Richmond’s Ague Cure,

Richmond’s  Cough Cure, 
Richmond’s Easy Pills,

Dr. Richards’ Health Restorer.
R etailers,  please  order  of  your  jobbers  in 
Grand Rapids, Chicago or D etroit.  If y our job­
ber does not handle o u r goods, we will fill your 
orders.  Pills and H ealth R estorer can be sent 
by m ail.  141 South Division st., Grand Rapids.

SOLIMAN  SNOOKS.

Some of the  Questions  to  be  Propounded 

Intending  Druggists.

Cast  Hook  Coknf.es, June 26,  18S5.

M ister E ditor of T raidesm an.

Deak Sie—I did intend  to tell you about 
our time at the  spirit  circle, but  I  see  the 
Widder has wrote you the main particulars.
I wanted to tell  you  about  our  meetings 
and the  proceedings  of  the  “Regulators,” 
but that will have to  lay  over,  too, because 
I want to speak a little about  the new  law.
The pharmaseutical lawr is a mighty  good 
thing,  I  think,  provided  its  groceries  and 
provisions are carried out  as  they  ought to 
be.  But I am glad to learn  that  the Board 
is not going to ask such a lot  of  fool  fines 
tions of the condidates as they have done in 
some other States.

Take No.  50,  for  instance,—in  the  Illi­
nois questions printed in  The Tradesman 
last week.  “How many  elementary bodies 
are there in nature?” 
I  would  like  to see 
some  feller  answer  that  correctly. 
I  will 
give a cliromo to the chap that first answers 
it, post paid, with stamp enclosed to pay re­
turn charges.

I have been  corresponding  with  some of 
the members  of  the  State  Board,  and  as 
near as I can get  at  it  from all  points,  the 
list of questions  will be  about  as  follows.
Any one can see  that  has  ever  been in the 
drug business, that what we  need in a drug 
clerk is a practical Knowledge  of  the busi­
ness.  Now,  it may be well enough to let the 
candidate wrastle with a few nice, well-con­
structed, well written prescriptions when he 
is examined,  because it will probably  be the j 
last such lie will  ever  see;  but  it  is  more 
practical to see that he  is posted on reading 
and filling such prescriptions  as  the  speci- 
mins below, taken from the actual files of a 
city drug store, by a member  of  the Board. 
Drug clerks should study well  this list of

.   P R A C T IC A L   Q U E S T IO N S .

No.  1. 

If epsom salts sells for 10 conts a 
pound, how many ounces  would  you give a 
man who threw down a nickel and said:  “I 
want a dose of salts,  5 cents  worth  ?

If  a  boy  calls  for  “Spirit  of 
Nitre,” would you give it  to  him? or would 
you give him Spts. Aeth.  Nit.?

No.  2. 

No.  3. 

If a girl calls with an order read­
ing,  “Sen 5c wintergreen by harrar," would 
you put up an ounce of Spts.  Gaultheria,  or 
-a paper of Pipsissewa?  If so, tvhj?

No.  4.  A boy wants  you 'to  “send ma 2 ■ 
ounces of ammonia right  off.”  Would  you 
send carbonate,  muriate,  aqua  ammonia,  or 
what?

No. 5.  What would you say to the wom­
an that wants to get trusted for  a  bottle of 
morphine,  “just for a day or two?”

No. 6.  What  words (from  revised  edi­
tion) would you use to express your feelings 
when a woman sends  her  girl  for 5  cents 
worth of oil  peppermint  in an 8  oz  bottle 
and returns it in ten minutes saying “please 
empty it out and give  me 5 cents  worth  of
alcohol in the bottle"?

No. 7.  What  is  the  resulting  mixture, 
from last formula,  and will it cure the stom­
ach ache?

No.  8.  How can  you  procure acetic acid 
(see  Illinois  ques­

from  sugar  of  lead? 
tions.)

No. 9.  What the d-----1 do  you  want to
procure acetic acid from  sugar of  lead  for, 
when you can buy it for 6  cents  per  pound 
ready made?

No.  10.  With lime  at  $1.60  per  barrel, 
how much would a pint of aqua calcis come 
to?
No.  H.  What is  the  result of  mixing a 
drachm of sulphuric acid, with a mixture of 
ounce each of pulverized  sugar  and  pot. 

chlorate?
No.  12.  What  chemical  product  results 
from the  union  of  Hyponitrussulphobrom- 
ide  of  Phenylschmefelsaures,  with  goose
oil?

How would  you  fill  the  following  pre­

scription?

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How would you fill this order? and would 
you put a plain Bug label on it,  or a red an­
tidote label?

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Translate the following  prescription  into 
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system:

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Congress, Button and Bals that can’t be beat.

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per box of 6 doz.

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B ruit Jars.

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6.25

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