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TH E  SINS  OF  THE  FATHERS.

[Concluded from  last week.]

‘What  is  the  matter?  What  caused 
this?” Jacob hurriedly asked of Landis, who 
was stooping down by Bruner’s side.

“I asked  him  for  the  twenty  thousand 
dollars he kept from me,” repeated the other 
sternly.

Jacob clenched his  fist,  but remembering 
that it was Mary’s father who  had  spoken, 
and at  present  he  must  attend  to  his own 
father’s  needs,  his  fingers  relaxed.  There 
would be time  for  explanations  later,  and 
before many moments the opportunity came, 
for the nervous  troubles  ceased,  the  awful 
stare  iu Heinrich’s eyes  gave place to looks 
of bewilderment,  and at last,  as a dim sense 
of what had happened  returned to him,  and 
as he  met  the  anxious gaze  of  those near 
him,  his lips moved  feebly.

“I did  it  for  you, Jacob—for  you  and 

Johanna,” they heard him say.

At these  words  Andrew Landis  looked 
meaningly at Jacob,  and  there  rose in the 
young man’s heart  a  bitter  hatred for  this 
wretched  father  who  had  sold  his  good 
name.  That the deed had been  done in liis 
own behalf in  great  measure did not  move 
him to pity and tolerance.  His  stern sense 
of right revolted atjthe thought of his father’s 
iisgraceful sin, and not even when lie heard 
the father  brokbnly  repeating,  “it was  fur 
lie kinder; I did  it  fur  die  kinder,” were 
there any softer feelings stirred within him. 
Suddenly noticing Sigismund,  who stood by 
with  frightened face, lie  sent  him  to tlie 
house for the  mother,  and  after  Heinrich 
was sufficiently  recovered  to  be  moved to 
tlie house, Jacob  went  away by  himself to 
think over the dreadful thing.  There could 
be no doubt  now  of  his  father’s guilt,  and 
along  with  the  stinging  sense  of  disgrace 
came the  certainty  that  Mary  was  lost to 
him forever.  He would not ask her now to 
enter a family upon  which  such  shame had 
been brought.  He did  not  care to know in 
what way his father liad gotten this money; 
it was enough to know he had confessed his 
uilt.  After  arranging  that  every  cent 
should  be  returned  to  Andrew  Landis as 
soon as possible, lie  would  leave home for­
ever,  he now resolved,  and  then there came 
over him a longing to see Mary Landis once 
more, even though it were for the last time. 
He  could  not  deny  himself  this;  and  so 
thinking he turned  and  went  back to  the 
house.

In a few days it  was  known  throughout 
the neighborhood of  what  Heinrich Bruner 
had been guilty, and a meeting of the elders 
of the congregation to which Bruner belong­
ed had been  held  to  pass  judgment  in re­
gard to it.  At this meeting it was formally 
announced  that  Heinrich  Bruner,  having 
been guilty  of  retaining  in  his  possession 
money not his own, was  expelled  from the 
Mennonite communion,  while  the  members 
of his family were forbidden to eat any lon­
ger at the same  table  with  him,  his  wife 
even being required to live in  a  part  of the 
house separate from  her  husband. 
It  was 
furthermore  ordered  that  lie  should  make 
restitution  to  Andrew  Landis,  and  these 
commands were to take  immediate effect.

There was no thought of rebelling against 
the commands of  tlie  meeting,  and accord­
ingly Susanna and the others from that time 
occupied  rooms  apart  from  the  disgraced 
Heinrich, performing for him only such ser­
vices as were absolutely  needful,  and these 
in almost  entire  silence.  Susanna  Bruner 
was nearly  borne  down  with  grief  at  the 
shame of  her  husband,  but  the  three boys 
were more  affected by the  fact  that  their 
father was now looked down  upon  than by 
liis wrong-doing.  As  soon as  the  news of 
all this reached Franz Dieffenbach,  lie went 
over to tlie Bruner  farm  alone,  refusing to 
allow Johanna to  accompany him.  Declin­
ing to  have anything to do with  liis father- 
in-law,  he placed the eight thousand dollars 
liis wife’s marriage portion in Jacob’s hands, 
and announced that  he  would  never allow 
Johanna to speak toiler father again. When in 
the course of a fortnight, Jacob  was able to 
return to Andrew Landis  with  interest  all 
the money belonging to him,  the young man 
packed up liis  clothes  and  other property 
and after bidding farewell to liis mother and 
brothers, drove  to  Litiz  to  see  Mary once 
more before  going  to  Philadelphia, where 
he had,  through  a  friend,  secured employ 
ment.

It was  a sorrowful  parting  between the 
two.  Andrew’s intended rejection of Jacob 
had been  forestalled  by the  young  man 
own announcement that he would no longer 
seek to enter  the Landis family on  account 
of  the  bitter  disgrace  that  had  fallen 
upon liis,  and Andrew had no wish to add a 
word when the shame was  already so keen­
ly  felt.  Mary  silently  acquiesced  in  her 
father’s and lover’s decision, but the parting 
was a bitter one and each dreaded  to say the 
last word. 
It was harder for Mary than for 
Jacob,  since she  could  only submit without 
any support  from  stem  feelings  of  duty. 
It was what Jacob thought his duty that en­
abled him to end  the  interview  and  go out 
of the gate without  once  looking  back,  al­
though  he  knew  that  Mary  was looking 
tearfully after him from the  open door,  and 
his heart was almost  breaking.  Something 
told him  that  one  backward  glance  would 
be fatal to his  purpose,  and  he  dared not

trust himself.  Unknown  to him,  Andrew 
Landis was watching  him  from  an  upper 
window,  half resolved to call  him back and 
tell him that this deed of  his  father’s must 
not separate him from Mary.

“If he looks back I will surely call him,” 
thought  Andrew.  But Jacob did  not turn.
When Heinrich knew that Jacob  had left 
his home to return  no  more,  and  had  not 
cared to say farewell to him, the knowledge 
seemed to move  him  more  deeply  than all 
that had gone before.

Jacob,  m e in  Jacob,” he  would repeat to 

himself many times,  “oh, m e in  Jacob!”

His hair rapidly  grew  gray that  winter, 
and lie  would  sit  in  his  lonely  room  for 
hours gazing  straight  before  him.  When 
spring came once more  lie  roused  himself 
and went to liis labor in a dull, dogged man­
ner, and,  though  liis  sons  were necessarily 
thrown much with him in the cultivation  of 
the farm,  he  noticed  them  but  little  and 
whole days went  by in  which  lie spoke no 
word to them.  There  was  nothing now to 
live for and to w<£ for,  since his name had 
become  a  reproach  to  his  children,  and 
when the  heats  of  summer  came  on  his 
strength  appeared  to  fail  him,  ami he left 
the fields wholly to tlie care of his sons.  A 
broad,  shaded  porch  extended  before  the 
kitchen door, and  here  he  sat  through the 
long  summer  afternoons,  unheeding  the 
sweet breath of  the  honeysuckle that  filled 
the air.  The old gray cat came and stretch­
ed herself on his  knee  and  slept  there for 
hours, but he did not notice her.

The liens,  emboldened by liis  motionless 
attitude, did  not  hesitate  to  perch  011 the 
trellis at his elbow,  and more  than once liis 
broad  hat,  which  lay upturned  upon  the 
bench beside  him,  served  as a  nest for one 
sedate fowl,  who was still “desirous of new 
things,” although she was well  passed mid­
dle-life as the age of hens is reckoned.

A  SOCIAL  ECONOMIST.

Some  of  the  Advantages  of  Running  in 

Debt.

From  th e D etroit News.

“Some  people  can  be  mean  on  general 
principles,  and will  accumulate  wealth for 
the mere sake of wealth.  But  more gener­
ous natures will  only consent to rigid  econ­
omy under the powerful spur  of  necessity, 
or some  overmasting  or  worthy  object. 
I 
never believed in the Ben.  Franklin or ‘Poor 
Richard’sayings.  They might  help the un­
educated  grub,  or  the  ignorant  prig, but 
they wouldn’t help  the kind  of  man  lam .” 
Tlie speaker was a well-known solid,  sub­
stantial lawyer of Detroit with literary tastes 
and genial manner,  but with that configura­
tion of jaw and  squareness  of  head  which 
give one an impression that lie is  “a man to 
tie to.”

“Now I commenced life with a tincture of 
‘Poor  Richard’  in  my  make  up. 
I  had a 
perfect horror of  debt,  and  my young  wife 
shared that horror with me. 
I had my pro­
fession,  and I worked hard, bestowing upon 
tlie most trifling  cases  an  amount  of  labor 
and  care  whicli  I  sometimes  shudder  and 
laugh  at at the same  time.  My  wife  and I 
boarded at leading hotels,  and sometimes at 
respectable boarding houses.  We lived this 
way for four or  five  years,  when one day I 
took a mental inventory of our  actions  and 
possessions.  We both loved the drama, the 
opera and the concert—we were social folks 
and we liked  to  entertain  our  friends  and 
be  entertained.  We  did  not  run  in  debt. 
Our bills were settled up at the end of every 
month, and  we owed  no  man  or  modiste a 
dollar. 
I had dropped the* habit of carrying 
my money in my pocket anil occasionally re­
plenishing my wife’s portemonnaie,  and  we 
had placed it in a secure drawer, which need­
ed deliberation anil a key.

One afternoon as the  old  man sat  on tlie 
porch,  lost  in  dull,  sluggish  thought,  the 
sound of  coming  footsteps  sent  tlie  fowls 
near him  flying  from  their  perch, the  cat, 
meanwhile, watching the new-comer through 
half-shut  eyelids,  but  ready  to  leave  her 
comfortable station  should hostile  advance 
be made  by  the  stranger.  Roused  by the 
fluttering of  tlie  fowls,  Heinrich looked up 
and recognized Martin Kinzler, the Mennon- 
ite preacher  of the  vicinity.  He  was a se­
vere old man,  with  garments  cut  after the 
strictest  fashion of  his  sect,  but  his face 
softened a little as lie saw the bent, pitiable 
form of  Bruner.  They  had  been  boys to­
gether,  and he could remember  when Hein­
rich  was  his  eiiosen  friend, 
lie  had  not 
thought of this for  a  long,  long  time, but 
now,  as  lie  sat  down  beside  the  disgraced 
man,  fifty years  seemed  to  roll  away, and 
they were boys once  more and  roaming the 
liekls  by Pequea Creek  together.  He  was 
glad of the message  he had  brought, which 
was that the  brethren  in  view  of Bruner’s 
more than six months’  punishment,  liad de­
cided to restore  him  to  membership  in the 
meeting.  When he had  delivered  tlie mes­
sage,  Heinrich  said  nothing,  but  took  the 
preacher’s hand,  and as the latter  gave him 
the kiss of  peace  a few  tears  fell silently, 
and Martin knew that  Heinrich was repent­
ant.
That niglit  Bruner sat at  his  table  with 
his  wife  and  boys  again.  Opposite  was 
Jacob's vacant  place,  at  which  the  father 
look ed longingly, but made no remark.  On 
the next Sunday as he went  to the  meeting 
with his family,  and  the  brethren crowded 
about him,  some of them kissing  him  after 
their custom,  and he  heard  once more kind 
words from neighbors and  old friends.  He 
said but few  words,  however,  and  listened 
to  them with a  vague,  half-comprehending 
smile, which  moved  their  pity  then,  and 
which they long remembered.

After dinner lie sat as usual in tlie kitchen 
porch,  but this  time Susanna was with him, 
a id  their  hands  were  clasped  together. 
Near by  was  Heinrich,  painfully  spelling 
out some passages from a German Bible.  It 
was an old  volume, with  silver  clasps,  and 
had come from the  Palatinate  with  Susan­
na’s great-grandfather.

“The sins of the  fathers  shall be  visited 
on the children,” read  tlie  boy  and paused 
to look  at  a  butterfly  poised  on a blossom 
c’ose by.

Tlie words liad  caught  the father’s atten 
tion,  and the  latter  repeated  them  slowly 
to  himself.  He had  not  heard  what went 
before,  for the day’s excitement had wearied 
him, and he  was conscious  of  little  beside 
mere existence.  The  few words,  however, 
called back the  fleeting  sense,  and  he nod 
tied feebly as he spoke.

Then there was quiet for a little time, for 
the boy was still regarding the butterfly,  and 
Susanna’s  head  was  bowed,  and  she  was 
overcome  with  a  sudden  fear.  At  last 
Heinrich spoke again.

“Susanna.”
“Yes,  Heinrich,” she said softly.
“It was all fur die dinder, die kinder,” he 

repeated.

And  then  he  fell  into  a  stupor, which 
passed,  a few days later, into  the solemnity 
of  death.

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“But what  had  been  the result? 

I  was 
not a dollar ahead.  I owned,  perhaps,  three 
suits of clothes,  some books anil a picture or 
two.  My wife  owned four or five dresses, 
watch and some  jewelry.  We had no chil 
ilren to add  to  our  expenses, but  here w 
were, poor as rats, without a cent.

“I tried putting  my  money  in the bank 
This was an  improvement.  Sometimes w 
made up our mind to go to the  opera house 
but it was  generally  at  supper  time  when 
the bank was closed. 
I would  not borrow 
anil so we w ould be broken  up  for tlie time 
being,  but in the morning our mutual gloom 
had disappeared,  anil we  ate  our  breakfast 
in  peace, congratulating  ourselves  that  we 
hail saved the money.  In the daytime, how 
ver,  when  such  desires  presented  them­
selves,  the  bank  was  open,  anil  so,  from 
time to time,  the little  money 1  had depos­
ited would  frequently  disappear. 
It was 
feast or a famine.  We would econonize un­
til we got a few hundred dollars ahead,  ami 
then we would  have  a  good time, visit the 
theater repeatedly,  buy good clothes,  enter 
tain our friends, enjoy  ourselves  thorougl 

and then flatten out again.
“Then  I  liad  another  brown  study,  and 
resolved to summon  tlie  cabinet  (my wife) 
to hear the result of my deliberation.  Afte 
a long preamble I promulgated the fact that 
I was going to run into debt.  My wife he 
up her hands in horror. 
I proposed,  nolen 
volens, that we should  furnish  our room 
the boarding house. 
I also proposed to  let 
Poor Richard’ go to  Hailes,  or some other 
seaport.  When the  cabinet  hail adjourned 
I went and  ordered  a  full  bed-room  set 
bed, bureau,  stand  and chairs—with a stov 
and  carpet.

‘We are Arabs 110 longer,’  I said to my 
‘See this stove;  observe  this  Bos­
spouse. 
ton rocker at $2.  We couldn’t have our bed 
sold from under us before.  Now we can be 
evicted  and our  furniture  thrown out  into 
the  street.  This  is  glorious!  Yes,  mail 
dening.  Providence  has  been  kind to  u 
but we  have  remained  in sta tu   quo.  W 
will try the sensation of being  in debt.’

“My wife didn’t  like  being  in  debt eve 
for the $75  I  had  promised  to  pay  for the 
furniture, but she shaped her course  to  get 
out of it.  During  six  months  we hail 01 
three  meals a day as usual,  but  lived as an 
chorites  otherwise.  We  had  no  amuse 
ments or social entertainments  that month 
but I think we had  more  pleasure  when 
paid the  last  monthly  installment  than 
witnessing a performance by Salvini or Patt 
I felt so good that I cannot express it.  On 
moonlight nights, after my wife hail gone 
sleep, I would gloat over the furniture,  ps 
ticularly  the  stove,  where  a  corner  was 
thrown into bold  relief  by  the  light  of the 
moon and heave a sigh of ecstasy. 
I began 
to fell  like  a  well-heeled  capitalist.  My 
sense  of  ownership filled  me  with  delir 
ious  exaltation. 
I  began  to  plan  other 
means of engulfing  myself  in  the  abyss 
debt.

“I called another meeting of the  cabinet 
‘My dear,’ said I,  ‘we will commence house 
keeping.  We must go in debt again.’ 
‘My 
own,  she  said,  ‘don’t do it.  We will nev 
get out of debt.’  I knew that  she was  only 
actuated by that sentiment,  and not because 
she was indolent, so I  insisted. 
I rented a 
cheap cottage in a good locality, and bought 
$400 worth of furniture on credit.

“For a year we  were  desperately  penur­
ious.  In fact, we were  misers. 
I   had my 
overcoat  turned,  and  my  wife made a new

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and mirror. 

cloak out of .an old gown.  1  stood  on  tif 
toes looking  everwhere  for  a penny.  My 
ife squeezed every nickel until’theGoddess 
Liberty  emitted  a frantic  scream of as­
tonishment  and  pain.  The  cabinet  held 
secret deliberations like the  conspirators in 
.a Grande Ducliesse.’  At  the  end of that 
ear I paid the last installment, and holding 
each other’s hands that  evening,  we  jointly 
and severally heaved a grand sigh of  relief. 
Again  I  gloated  over  our  new  furniture. 
There was a wider field  to  gloat  over, and 
felt like  kissing each  table, chair,  bureau 
+
“My cabinet declared, however, that much 
it valued tlie fruits of  our  self-denial,  it 
did  not  care  to  go  through  such  another 
twelve  months  of  anxiety  anil  tribulation.
had meanwhile acquired  a passion for go­
ing into debt,  but  I yielded  for  the nonce.
I was doing well and 
my practice was enlarging.  But  at the end 
another year I had not  a cent  in money. 
I announced that 
e  had  to  go in  debt  in  self-defense.  1 
mght a  $300  piano;  my  wife  plays  you 
know.  It took a year to pay it,  but my wife 
enjoyed tlie music, and I raised  the  money 
easier.

Another cabinet meeting. 

e had a good time. 

‘Next I made a strike.  Through a favor­
able decision in a case I  hail on  hand  I got 
about $2,000.  I hail worked night anil day for 
anil it was won.  My growing passion de- 
elopeil into full bloom. 
I  bought a $1,800 
lot,  paying $200  down,  and  giving a  mort­
gage for the  $1,(500.  But  that  was  only a 
flea bite,  as it  were. 
I  took  the  $1,800 in 
money anil ¡borrowed $3,000 more anil com­
menced  building a house, and  gave another 
mortgage.  The  house  and  lot  cost  about 
>,000.  Then  1  and  my  cabinet  were  in 
trouble anil we both got  thin.  We  lost all 
desire for frivolity. 
I was always tli inking 
of  the  semi-amiual  interest. 
I  sometimes 
doubted  whether  I  could  ever  reduce  to 
nothing that  immense  pile  of  debt  which 
stood over me like  a black  anil threatening 
mountain by night and by day.

“A^the end of live years I had paid prin­
cipal and interest,  the  $1,600 mortgage,  but 
liad  only  paid  the  interest  on  the  $3,000 
mortgage.  During the next two years I had 
a profitable case,  and at one  clip I was able 
;o hand over $1,500 in one  payment.  Two 
rears afterward I had what might  be called 
a wind-fall. 
I  hail  more  than  earned  it, 
however,  by  bloody  sweat,  but  the  pay­
ment looked distant  and  far from  sure. 
I 
hail almost despaired of ever getting any re­
I  took 
turn  for  my work.  But  it  came. 
the $2,000  check  home  in  my  pocket. 
It 
was  dinner  time,  and  our  four * children 
trooped to meet me in  tlie  hall to receive a 
kiss from their father.  But I was  too  full 
of  my subject.  I sternly waved them aside. 
Touching my wife on  the  shoulder,  1 said:
I  wish  to  speak  to 

“ ‘Come up stairs. 

you.’

mouths.

“The little ones gazed with open eyes and 

‘Stay where you are.  Your mother will 

be down soon.’

“My wife and 1 went  up stairs  and  into 
our bed room. 
I locked  the door.  The ex­
pression on  my wife's  face  was  a sight to 
see. 

I extended my hand,  anil said:

“ ‘Get down on your knees.’
“ ‘What on earth is the matter?’
“ ‘Get  down  011  your  knees  and 

“We both knelt,  arid  I took the check out 

of my pocket and said  ‘read that.’

“She read it and asked what it meant.
“ ‘Do you know whose check  that is?’  1 

you.’

asked.

“  ‘N o .’
“ ‘It's mine.’
“ ‘My  heavens!  Where did  you  get  so 

much money?’

“ ‘I haven’t got time to tell you that now. 
Do you know what  1 am  going  to ilo  with 
it?  It will  make the  last payment on that 
mortgage that has kept  us  awake  so many 
nights.  Let  us both  thank  God  from  the 
bottom of our hearts that the  darned  thing 
is gone.’

“We returned  thanks  and  then  went to 

dinner.

“I  have  that  canceled  mortgage  in  my 
It  represents  the  supreme  effort of 
files. 
my life. 
I look at it frequently, anil regard 
it as a mother does her child,  whom she has 
borne iu travail,  anil  in  whose  behalf she 
has passed many sleepless  nights,  but feels 
that all  her pains have  been  fully  repaid. 
My home  has  become  so  endeared  to  me 
that  sometimes, when  in  the  back  yard, 
I  feel  like  lying  down  and  embracing  the 
soil.

“Oil, yes; I believe  iu a  young  man get­
ting into debt  for  something  desirable  and 
tangible and then falling to with  ‘sand’  and 
determination to win it.”

Tlie  working  value  of  pulleys  covered 
with leather,  iron pulleys polished, and  ma­
hogany pulleys polished,  rank  for  working 
value,  as 36, 24 and 25 per cent., respective­
ly,  wood and  iron  uncovered  being  almost 
identical.

Of the 3,500 to  4,000  men  thrown out of 
employment  by  the  suspension  of  John 
Roach over four  months  ago, not  over  200 
succeeded in getting employment  elsewhere 
before the  partial  resumption three  weeks 
ago.

Nos. 20 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids.

A WORD TO RETAIL GROCERS
Ask your wholesale  grocer 
for Talm age Table Rice.  I t  is 
equal to  the best Carolina anc 
very m uch lower in price.
ALW AYS  PACKED 
IN  
100  POUND  POCKETS.
Dan  Taliap’s  Sons,  New  York

L aundry  Soap

M ANUFACTUUED  BV

OSBERNE,  HOSICK  &  CO.

CHICAGO.  ILL.

PEIRCE & WHITE,

JO B B E R S   O F

CHOICE  IM PORTED  AND 

DOM ESTIC  CIGARS,

Plug, Fine Out and Smok­

ing Tobaccos,

Specially Adapted to 

tlie Trade.

79  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

We carry a full  line of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO.

n  CANAL STREET.

I  w ant to buy BEANS.  Parties hav­
ing any can find a quick sale and better 
prices by w riting us  than you can pos­
sibly get by shipping to other m arkets. 
Send in small sample by  mail  and  say 
how m any you have.

W. T. LAMOEBAUL AGT,

71  Canal Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

TO  TBS TRADE.

We desire to  call the attention of the Trade  to 

o u r unusually com plete stock of

SCHOOL  BOOKS,

School  Supplies

And a G en eral L in e o f M iscellaneous 

B ooks, S tatio n ery , P a p e r, E tc.

We have g reatly increased ou r  facilities  fo r 
doing  a  G eneral  Jobbing  Business,  and  shall 
h ereafter be able to fill  all orders prom ptly.
We issue separate lists of Slates.  School  and 
Township  Books,  Blanks,  Etc.,  which  will  be 
m ailed on application. 
Q uotations on any article in o u r stock cheer­
fu lly  furnished.  We  have  the  Agency  of  the
BEMINGTON  TYPE  W HITER

F or  W estern  M ichigan.

Eaton &Ly on

20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Bauds, Mich.

, 

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MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

C. W.  Althouse & Co.  succeed  Richards, 
Althouse  &  Co.,  in  the  manufacture  of 
staves and heading at St.  Louis.

Pewamo  people  are  organizing  a  stock 
company for the purpose in engaging in the 
manufacture  of  an  apparatus for  hanging 
wallpaper.

Owosso has added  another  factory to her 
list.  This  time  it  is  mouldings  for  trim­
mings,  etc., which  ajiew  firm will turn out 
at that place.

A  company  has  been  formed  at Yassar 
for the manufacture of  wood paving blocks. 
The  blocks are  to be  uniform  in size,  per­
fectly even in length, with the sap removed, 
so that  decay will be  less  liable.  The ma­
chinery cuts  six  blocks  at  once,  and  gives 
them a perfect finish on the sides and  ends.

. 
The Kalmia Lumber Co., at Bay City, has 

STRAY  FACTS.

failed.

S. P. Husen  has  put in a  stock of  jew­

elry at Fennville.

John  Ariss  succeeds  G.  Mullins  in  the 

meat business at Remus.

Stenglein & Noland,  furniture  dealers  at 

Saginaw, are selling out.

The effort to establish a creamery at Char­

lotte was not successful.

A.  B.  Schott  succeeds  S.  J.  Pennington 

in the meat business at Eagle.

E.  E.  White succeeds F. M.  Seaver in the 

meat business at Benton jjfeubor.

The Ducey Lumber  CoT is  erecting a re­

fuse burner at North Muskegon.

Otsego celery gowers have a fine crop and 

are making considerable shipments.

J.  G.  Sullivan,  lumber operator  at  Grand 

Marais, has removed to Dollarville.

Babcock & Willey,  liverymen at  Manton, 

have opened a branch stable at Walton.

Jordan & Herrick  have  moved  their har­

ness stock from  Orangeville to Freeport.

S.  S.  Hesseltine  has  sold  his furniture 

stòck at Casnovia to M.  Hayward & Son.

Hannah,  Lay & Co.’s  flour mill,  at  Trav­
erse City,  is turning out 120 barrels per day.
Beach & Coolidge are building a  two  cir­
cular mill at Huron  Bay,  Upper  Michigan.
James  S. Phillipps  succeeds  Stephens  & 
Fintayson in the  foundry  business  at May- 
ville.

E.  Cannon  succeeds  Geo.  M.  Gotshall as 
superintendent  of  the  Big  Rapids  Iron 
Works.

The  Schofield  carriage  works,  at  Ovid, 
will  build  2,000  carriages  for  St.  Paul 
parties.

Stimson  &  Fay,  of  Muskegon  are  con­
structing four or five miles of railroad,  near 
Hampton lake.

Kent  &  Sanford,  of  Muskegon,  are  re­
ported  as  having  manufactured  20,000,000 
shingles this year.

C.  W.  Powers &  Son,  sawmill  and grist 
mill operators at Ferry,  will  erect  a  roller 
process mill in the  spring.

There are now said to  be  fewer  shingles 
in sight along the line of  the Grand  Rapids 
& Indiana than for five years previous.

Jacobs  &  Morey  have  retired  from  the 
meat business at Fennville,  and S.  Knowles 
has  engaged  in  the  same business  at  that 
place.

Wm.  Kizer,  of  Morley,  has  purchased  a 
two years’  cut  of  timber two  miles west of 
Bell’s Siding, and will shortly put in a shin­
gle mill.

E.  A.  Billings,  one  of  Bronson’s  mer­
chants,  has bought 800 acres  of land in  the 
southern part of Kansas, and  will  go there 
to live.

The cooper  shop of  the  Pere  Marquette 
Lumber Co.,  at Ludington,  has  commenced 
operations,  and is turning out salt barrels at 
a rapid rate.

Sixteen-inch wood to the amount of 2,000 
cords  has been  shipped from  Freesoil  this 
season,  and a  contract  for  500  cords  more 
has been let.

It is  estimated  that  Ludington  shipped, 
by lake,  20,000  bushels  of  apples  this  sea- i 
son, which was very good for a nothing-but- 
pine-and-hemlock port.

Traverse Journal:  We understand those 
enterprising  lumbermen,  Messrs.  Case and 
Crotson,  are about to  purchase the  Hadley 
mill at Westminster.

An Otsego correspondent writes: 

‘‘Near­
ly the entire amount  of  stock  necessary to 
secure the creamery has  been  taken and its 
location here is assured.”

The Calcasieu Lumber  Co.,  mainly  com­
posed of Michigan men,  with  mills at Lake 
Charles,  La.,  owns  150,000  acres  of  long 
leaf pine in that vicinity.

The Chicago Lumber Co.,  of  Manistique, 
has contracted for the building of a propeller 
and three barges for  carrying  lumber  from 
its mills to Tonawanda,  N.  Y.

It is  stated that  Hannah,  Lay & Co. will 
not  log  on  Boardman  river  this  season, 
which will be  the  first  omission  of  opera­
tions on that stream for years.

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Slate.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER  25,1885.

Merchants  and Manufacturers’  Exchange.

Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

„

President—L estar J. Kindge.
V ice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
T reasu rer—Wm. Sears. 
, 
Executive  Committee—President,  V ice-Pres­
ident and T reasurer, cx-oflcio; O. A. Hall, one 
year;  L. E. H aw kins and It. D. Sw artout, tw o
A rbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W. 
T ransportation  Com m ittee—Sam uel  Sears, 
Insurance Committe—Jo h n  G. Shields, A rth u r 
M uiul'aeturing  Com m ittee—Wm.  Cartw right, 
A nnual M eeting—Second  W ednesday evening 
R egular  M eetings—Second  W ednesday  even­

P utnam , Joseph Housem an.
Geo. B. D unton, Amos. S. M usselman.
Meigs, Wm. T. Lam oreaux.
e T S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings.
of October. 
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ing of each m onth.

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Subscribers  and  others,  w hen w riting 
to   advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e pub­
lisher by  m entioning th a t th ey  saw th e  adver­
tisem ent in. th e colum ns of  th is  paper.

Judge Morris, of the United States Court, 
recently  made  an  interesting  decision  on 
mercantile  libel,  which  confirms  similar 
findings in several  state  courts.  The  case 
on  trial  was  that  of  II.  Gates  Smith,  of 
Charlestown,  W.  Va.,  vs.  R.  G.  Dunn & 
Co., for  circulating  reports  relative  to  the 
standing of the former,  which  were alleged 
to  be  untrue  and  libelous.  Judge  Morris 
ruled that the plaintiff must furnish a bill of 
particulars  as  to  when,  wliei'e  and  about 
whom  the  libelous  publication  was  made, 
and that in order  to  make  privileged  com­
munications libelous the party obtaining the 
report from the mercantile agencies must be 
disclosed.  The subscriber to an agency who 
divulges the information may thus  be made 
jointly liable with the agency.

“He began life as a clerk  and ended it as 
a  millionaire/’  Thus  is  summarized  the 
career of Horace B.  Claflin, in whose  death 
New  York  loses  her  foremost  merchant 
prince.  He was  emphatically  a  self-made 
man,  and won  his  wealth  and  position by 
patient  and  persistent  industry—not  by 
speculation.  Dominated  by  an  invincible 
conscience, he brought to bear  on his-clerks 
and  business  associates  an  influence  for 
good  which  can  never  be  estimated,  and 
leaves  behind  him  a  record  which  every 
merchant should strive to emulate.

About  a  month  ago  T h e  T ra desm a n 
stated that the  circumstances  attending the 
sale of the M.  S. Marshall grocery stock had 
a  suspicious  appearance,  whereupon  Mr. 
Marshall called at  T h e  T r a d esm a n  office 
and declared that every  creditor  would  re­
ceive  his  pay  in  full  within  a  fortnight. 
Diligent  inquiry  among  the  unfortunates, 
however, has failed to  reveal the  receipt of 
any portion of the amounts  due,  and it is to 
be  feared  that  Mr.  Marshall is content to 
stand before the business public in the light 
of a rogue.
•  The trite saying to  the  effect that “truth 
is stranger than  fiction”  finds an admirable 
exemplification  in  the  brief  sketch of Ly­
man  Gage, which is  printed  elsewhere in 
this week’s paper.  The ability to say “no” 
at the proper  time, to  which  Mr.  Gage at­
tributes his  remarkable  success,  is  a  habit 
which may well  be  cultivated  by  business 
men  of  all  classes,  and  especially by the 
young.  A proper appreciation of  the mon­
osyllable is calculated to render any man suc­
cessful.

T h e T ra desm a n office is now well  sup­
plied  with  the  blanks  used  by the various 
retail  grocers’  organizations  in  this  and 
other states,  and will  loan complete  sets of 
the  same  to  the  merchants  of  any  town 
where organization is contemplated.

Big  Rapids  should  be  the  next  town to 
wheel  into  line  in  the  grocery  movement. 
Gentlemen,  don’t be  backward  in a matter 
which involves your own  interests!

Meeting of  Cranberry Growers—Incidental 

Discouragement.

From  the Cheboygan T ribune.

AMONG  TH E  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

Hester  &  Fox  have  recently  sold Atlas 
boilers to  Perkins  &  Hess  and C.  O.  & A. 
D.  Porter.

Miss Mary McLouth  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at Hart.  Arthur  Meigs & 
Co. furnished the  stock.

E.  Fallas has disposed of about two-thirds 
of  his  stock  of  pickled  eggs  at  a  hand­
some advance on first cost.

Ryason & Williams have  engaged  in the 
grocery business at  Ilolton.  Arthur Meigs 
& Co. furnished the stock.

Capt. Wm.  Rosie has engaged in the  gro­
cery  business at  Bass  River.  The  stock 
was purchased at this market.

Allen Bros.,  dealers in  gents’  furnishing 
goods,  have sold  out  to  Gourlay  Bros.  & 
Co., who conduct a similar establishment at 
Detroit.

F.  Raniville &  Co.  have  concluded to re­
place their ten horse power gas engine with 
a  seventy-five  horse  power  steam  engine, 
and have contracted with  Adolph Lietelt to 
furnish same.

F. J. Lamb & Co.  are  re-arranging  their 
store building  by  way  of  partitioning off a 
front  portion of one  store  for  a more com­
modious office, and using the  present  office 
for a banana room.

Geo. W.  Ilewes  has  sold  his  quarter in­
terest in  the  Big  Rapids  Stave  Works to 
Nelson Linde, who now owns three-quarters 
of  the  institution.  The  other  quarter  is 
owned by Jas. A. Hunt.

Steele & Newton,  general  dealers at Ad­
vance, have dissolved,  P. B. Newton contin­
uing.  Albert B.  Steele has purchsed a new 
stock of  Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.  and  will re­
engage in the grocery business at  Advance.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Jas.  McCoy  succeed  Wm.  Beaut in 

the

grocery business at  Mendon.

Chas. Angerer succeeds Bunce & Angerer 

in general trade at Scofield.

Rice  Bros.,  grocers  at  Alpena,  have 

been closed on chattel  mortgage,

Parke Burdick  succeeds  Elisha Gerow in 

the grocery business at Kalamazoo.

II. W.  Wanderer  succeeds  M.  Brayman 

in the grocery business at Ludington.

J.  II.  Ellis,  fancy  goods  dealer at  Caro, 

has been closed on chattel mortgage.

Geo. W. Bowers  &  Co.,  boot  and  shoe 
dealers at Battle Creek,  have been attached.
Mrs.  Julia  Ramsey,  general  dealer  at 
White Cloud,  is closing out at  auction sale.
Chas. II. Eby succeeds  John D. Leahy in 
the produce and  grocery business at  St.  Ig- 
nace.

F.  J.  Kiel,  general  dealer  at  Rogers 
City,  has  been  closed  under  chattel  mort­
gage.

Geo. H.  Eckles  has sold his  grocery and 
meat business  at  Newport to  Frank House 
& Son.

Wagar & McBryes succeed  Wagar & Cal­
lahan  in  the  hardware  business  at  Cedar 
Springs.

Carlton J.  Hines succeeds Fred.  Hayes in 
the  cigar  and  confectionery  business  at 
Midland.

W.  S. Washington’s  drug  stock  at  Ros­
common  has  been  taken  possession  of  by 
the assignee.

Beamer  Bros,  have  sold  their  grocery 
stock  at  Irving  to  Warren  Hecox,  late  of 
Maple Grove.

Lars Olson has put in a stock of dry goods, 
furnishing goods and boots and shoes at Up­
per Big Rapids.

Dr. Massecar  has  sold  the  Capital  drug 
store at Lansing to Eugene Hewitt,  of Lan­
sing,  and W.  R. Walker,  of Parke, Davis & 
Co.

II. Alpern has bought the general stock of 
Soloman Goldman, at  Elk Rapids,  and will 
continue the business.

R. C. Coy has moved his drug stock from 
Traverse City  to  Ypsilanti,  where  he  has 
re-engaged in business.

Geo.  II. Force has sold  his  general stock 
at Morley,  toWm.  W.  Hatch,  late  of Low­
ell.  Mr. Force  will  embark in other  busi­
ness at  Morley.

Cheboygan  Tribune:  We  understand 
that II.  G. and Henry Graves have purchas­
ed the stock of merchandise of F.  E. Martin 
at Indian River.

A Middleville correspondent writes:  We 
hear it rumored  that  the Otto  brothers  will 
establish a  third  hardware  in  Middleville. 
Of the truthfulness of this we cannot vouch, 
but it is conceded by all, that if the boys en­
gage in business here they will draw a large 
amount of  patronage  from  the firm  which 
recently discharged them.

Dr.  A. M. Gerow  received  a  letter  from 
Hon.  D.  C.  Leach,  of  Traverse  City,  the 
John Otis has purchased the grocery stocks 
latter part of last week asking  his views  in
of T.  C.  Prout  and  II.  Freeman,  at  Man-
regard  to  holding  a  series  of  meetings  or
forming  a  State  association  of  cranberry j celona, and  now controls all  the mercantile 
growers.  The  doctor  replied  that  he  was  business at his furnace.
h eartily   in  favor of such a  m ove an d  w ould 
do  all  in  his  pdWer to  aid it.  I f   th e  balance, 
o r m ajo rity  o f those  in terested  in  cranberry 
culture,  are  iff  favor  of  th e   m ovem ent w e 
u n d erstan d   th é   first  m eeting  w ill  be  held 
early in Ja n u a ry  a t th e  office o f  T h e   M ic h ­
ig a n  T r a d e s m a n ,  G rand Itapns, th e  editor 
o f w hich  prom ises to do  all in  h is pow er to 
L.  F.  Perkett has sold  his  grocery  stock 
ren d er th e  occasion p leasan t an d   profitable.
at  Traverse  City  to  Kingsley  parties  and 
D r.  G erow  h as had  a little  new  experience 
formed  a  copartnership  with  E.  Lardie.
a t  h is  cran b erry   m arsh  d u rin g   th e   p ast
week.  He has spent  considerable time and  They will engage  in  the produce  and corn- 
money in building  a  dam  600  feet  long by  mission business at Traverse City,  Mr.  Lar- 
which to flood the marsh,  but when he put a  die  remaining  iu  Traverse  City  and  Mr.
Perkett arranging for the sale  of  the goods 
head  of  water  on,  a  hole,  which  a  horse 
in the Southern and Western markets.
could be driven  through, was  soon  washed 
through the  embankment.  The  muck  was 
fully ten feet  deep  and  it  is  impossible to 
build a solid foundation.  The  doctor  says 
the accident does not  discourage  him in the 
least,  as  he  was  fully  prepared  for  such 
drawbacks when he went into it, and he will 
simply  move  down  stream  about  a mile 
where he can secure a good  foundation and 
try it again.

Big Rapids Herald:  G. W.  Dailey,  gro­
cer on East Maple street made an assignment 
Friday to  M.  B.  Wiseman and C. J.  Hood. 
Too much  “credit business” is  said to be the 
cause.  The inventory shows  his  liabilities 
to be $700  and  known  assets  about  $300. 
Assignee  Wiseman  says  he  will  probably 
take the goods into his own  store and close 
them right out

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A. J.  McLeod has sold his meat market at 
Charlevoix to  T.  S.  Chamberlain,  formerly 
proprietor  of  the  same  market.  Mr.  Mc­
Leod will remove to  California.

the  Bay Shore Lumber Co.,  at  Menominee, 
that was 44  inches wide, contained 160 feet 
board measure, and was clear at that.

Apropos of Arthur Meigs’  denial  that he 
intends retiring from the  jobbing  business, 
I hear that his friends propose pushing him
A  three-inch  plank was  lately sawed  by I forward as a candidate  for  the  governsliip
! on the fusion  ticket  and  that  he is not ad- 
| verse to the project.  Personally,  however, 
I am inclined to the opinion that  Mr. Meigs
B. II. Briscoe  &  Co.,  of  Bay City, have j ¡ ^ j^ g  ^  j,e state Treasurer,  his two terms
as City Treasurer having apparently created 
a desire to handle even more money than has 
passed through  his  hands  as  custodian of 
the exchequer of the Yalley City.

taken  an  order  for  125  carloads  of  boxes 
from one of the largest soap  manufacturers 
in the  United  States,  after  bids  had been 
taken  from  all  manufacturers  in  several 
leading cities.

One of the results of the  nailers’ strike in 
It is expected that Colwell & Co., of Har- 
Pittsburg not  “down on the program” of the 
risville,  will erect  a  large  steam  mill at or 
strikers is the  largely  increased  use of the 
close to  the  mouth  of  the  Ocqueoc  river. 
wire nail. 
It is said  that  its  superiority is
The firm has  about  20,000,000  feet of pine
tributary to that stream,  and  will  purchase  being demonstrated for  a  great  number of
stumpage in addition  thereto,

new uses.*

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McArthur  Bros.,  of  Cheboygan,  have j 
started camps  and  are  getting  out  Quebec 
board pine on Escanaba  river.  They lately 
had two carloads awaiting shipment.

The Manistique mills will shut down this 
season  with  less  logs  carried  over than in 
any season for ten years past.  Since  Octo­
ber 1 the mills have  all  been  sawing  from 
their store booms.

J. W.  Fuller,  of  Big  Rapids,  and Lewis 
Fuller, of Lakeview,  will rebuild the  Hew­
itt & McElwee planing mill,  which  was  re­
cently burned at Big Rapids.  The new mill 
will dress for the car trade only.

Butters & Peters are making  such exten­
sive improvements in their  mill at  Luding­
ton,  that when everything is in  running or­
der,  including a  large  salt  block,  over 200 
men  will  be  needed  to  carry  on  the busi­
ness.

The  Weston Lumber  Co., of Manistique, 
has put five shingle machines into its mill at 
that  point,  and  will  manufacture  shingles 
for  the  Tonawanda  market.  Picket  and 
lath machines have  also  been  put  into the 
same mill.

Leatham & Smith,  at Leatham,  will  next 
year manufacture 20,000,000 cedar shingles. 
The  firm  will  also  put  in  at  that  point
6.000. 
be 6,000,000 feet of pine logs  put in  on the 
Peslitigo.

000 feet of pine logs.  There will also 

Traverse  Journal:  From  Mayfield  we 
learn that Gibbs Bros,  are  starting  up their 
camps,  and  have  secured  contracts  for
4.000. 
Grand Rapids  parties.  The  genial Charlie 
Brewster will have charge of  their store for 
another  year.

000  feet  of  furniture  lumber  from 

Cheboygan  Tribune:  The  Cheboygan 
machine  shops  are  expecting  a  big run of 
work this winter.  The mill men have done 
very  little  repairing  the  past  two  seasons 
and now the most of them will make a thor­
ough  overhauling  in  anticipation  of  a  big 
cut next summer.

The dullness  in  the  Northern  Peninsula 
that usually follows the close of  navigation 
will not be felt this year to  any extent,  ow­
ing to the large preparations being made for 
an active lumber business.  First-class pine 
is abuiuhint in that district and scarce every­
where else within reach of a market.

Presque Isle  Advance:  Bernhardt Frid- 
ericks has purchased  from  Emil  Liedtkie 
the old grist  mill at  Rogers  City,  and  will 
remove the  machinery  to  his  new  mill on 
the old sight in  the  township  of  Belknap. 
Arrangements are under way  by which Mr. 
Fridericks expects to sell the building itself 
to Mr.  Fournier, of  Alpena,  who would oc­
cupy it as a sash,  door  and  blind factory,  a 
thing much needed at  Rogers  City.

Saginaw Yalley lumbermen are  speculat­
ing in  Georgian  Bay  lumber.  There  are 
about  700  acres  of  timber  land  in  that 
region to dispose of at very  low  rates,  but 
the timber is not worth much. 
It is  coarse 
and  will  not  compare  with  the Michigan 
pine.  The chief difficulty with lumbering in 
the Georgian Bay,  and  in  fact  everywhere 
ontlie Canadian shore, is the -52 tariff charged 
by the government on exported  lumber. 
If 
the logs can be rafted to the American shore 
as crude material, the tariff would be evaded 
and it is believed that  is what the Saginaw- 
ians will  try  to  do.  Old  lumbermen  are 
growing to believe  in  Southern  pine and it 
is generally thought  a great  future  awaits 
| the  Southern  lumber  districts  when  the 
I Northern supply runs low.

THE  LOUNGER.

My  friend  Stewart,  who  writes “James” 
before  his  name  and  “Limited”  after  it, 
sends  me  the  following  pleasing  epistle: 
“Enclosed please find $2 currency,  covering 
a subscription  to  your  paper  for  whatever 
length of time  200  cents  will  cover. 
If I 
run  such  a  paper  as  you  are  printing,  I 
should make out  my  bill  quarterly for  the 
above  amount, and  if  any  firm  would not 
pay it and  say it  was  a good  investment, I 
would  tell  them  to  quit  business  and go 
into liquidation.” 
It has never  accurred to 
me that  such  an  exhibition  of  generosity 
were possible on the part of my patrons, but 
since Mr.  Stewart suggests it,  I think I shall 
act  on his suggestion.  And in order to see 
how the thing will work,  I will try it on him 
first.

* 

*

Speaking of Stewart,  reminds  me of a re­
mark he made  here  on  the  occasion of  the 
visit of the Saginaw jobbers  to  this market 
in  the  summer  of ’84.  A friend of  mine 
was  going  over  to  Saginaw  to  live, and it 
occurred to me that it  would be a good idea 
for him to know  so  distinguished a gentle­
man as J im Stewart. 
I accordingly brought 
them  together’,  when  Stewart  looked  in­
quiringly at  my  friend  and  asked  what he 
proposed to tlo in  his  new home.  The lat­
ter replied that he proposed  to earn an hon­
est living.  “Well,” said  Stewart,  “I think 
you will succeed; you’ll have no competition 
in Saginaw.”

Purely Personal.

Jas.  E.  Ireland  is  visiting  friends in De­

troit this week.

W. T.  Lamoreaux is in  Detroit, spending 

The Gripsack Brigade.

Willis F.  Cornell,  representing  Barnhart 
Bros.  & Spindler,  t£pe founders of Chicago, 
is in town for a day or two.

a couple of days on ’change.

Don’t forget  the  meeting  to  arrange for 
II. L. Brintnall, Superintendent of the East;  the annual  social  party,  to  be  held at The

Saginaw  and  Bay  City Electric Light Co., 
was in town over Sunday,  the guest of Wal­
lace Franklin.

Jas. J.  Robinson,  of Lamont, has  invent­
ed and applied  for a  patent  on a  saw  dog 
and log roller combined, adapted  to prevent 
the “pinching” of cross cut saws.

Chas.  Beals, junior member of the firm of 
L.  H. Beals &  Son,  whip manufacturers at 
Westfield,  Mass., was in the city last week. 
He was the guest  of  Graham  Roys,  Michi­
gan representative for the house.

I. M.  Clark,  M. J.  Clark, wife and  child, 
Mrs.  Cora Parish and Mrs.  Cordelia  Briggs 
left  Monday  night  for  California. 
I.  M. 
will recruit his health  at Yacaville, and the 
remainder of the party will sojourn at Peta­
luma.

M.  C. Russell has  returned  from  a busi­
ness visit  to Cincinnati and Louisville.  He 
says both markets are glutted with potatoes, 
iu consequence of the favorable weather for 
shipping, and  that  it  will  require  several 
weeks’ time for the market to resume a nor­
mal  condition.

Amos  S.  Musselman  is  well  acquainted 
with  the  locality  described  in  the  story 
which is concluded in  T h e  T ra d esm a n of 
this week,  and asserts that all the names  of 
places  and persons  mentioned  are familiar 
to him,  and that the description of the dress 
and manners of  the  Mennonite  and Amish 
fanners is true to life.  The tale is from the 
pen of Oscar Fay Adams,  and  appeared or­
iginally in Judge Tourgee’s  Our Continent.

W.  A.  Severson,  the  Buchanan druggist, ! 
has  disposed  of  his  business  and  put  the 
proceeds in the Aurora Iron  Mining Co.,  of 
Ironwood,  Ontonagon county.  He has struck 
it  rich,  the  stock  having  appreciated  110 
per cent, since  May.  Three towns of 1,000 
inhabitants each have grown upon the range 
this summer.  A  700  pound  lump  of  pure 
iron taken from this mine is now on exhibi­
tion at the New Orleans exposition, and the 
average  assay  is  greater  than  that of  any 
other  American  mine.  The  company  ex­
pects to mine 200,000 tons next season.  Mr. 
Severson  sees  even  greater  profits  in iron 
than in drags.

T ra d esm a n office Saturday evening.

J.  C.  Watson,  with C.  S.  Yale & Bro.,  is 
taking in the towns on the  D.,  L.  & N.  and 
the Grand River Valley division  this week.
Wallace Franklin returned Saturday from 
a  fortnight's  trip  along  the  Huron  shore, 
and left Monday for a brief visit to the Sag­
inaw Yallev.

I.  W.  Van  Zandt,  general  Western rep­
resentative for Howard W. Spurr & Co., the 
Boston wholesale grocers, has  been in town 
for several days,  calling on the trade.

Tlie Merchant Traveler put in an appear­
ance  at  Chicago  last  Saturday,  and  an­
nounces  that the “new  dispensation”  pro­
poses  to  let bye gones be bye gones and go 
in for the T.  P. A. and its members’ little 82.
Chicago Merchant Traveler:  The travel­
ing men of Grand Rapids will hold their an­
nual social meeting during Christmas week, 
in  order  that  all the  boys  can  be  there. 
They will  have  a  Roman  holiday  and no 
mistake.

Wm.  A.  Clough,  formerly  sundry  sales­
man for Hazeltine,  Perkins  &  Co.,  is  now 
working the trade of Cincinnati and vicinity 
on drug sundries and  specialties. 
In  a  re­
cent letter to T he T r a d esm a n,  he  asks to 
be  kindly  remembered 
to  the  Michigan 
trade.

Jas.  Rooney  has  returned  from  a  two 
weeks’ trip through the  East, during which 
time  he  secured  the  State  agency for  the 
Gutta Percha  and  Rubbber  Manufacturing 
Co.,  makers  of  rubber  hose  and  belting, 
New'  York  City.  Mr.  Rooney  will  make 
Grand  Rapids his  headquarters,  as hereto- 
j fore.
Geo.  S.  Magee,  formerly on  the  road for 
the  National  Tobacco  Works,  and  latter 
with Daniel Scotten & Co.,  has  purchased a 
grocery  store at  his  old  home,  Rushville, 
Inch, and  will  settle  down  to  the  sale  of 
matches  and  molasses.  The  local  paper 
announces  that Mrs.  Magee will assist  him 
in the management of  the business.

It has been thought desirable to  hold  the 
annual social  party  of  the  Grand Rapids 
traveling men this  season  sometime during 
the  week  intervening  between  Christmas 
and New Year’s,  in order  that  the greatest 
number may be able to  avail  themselves of 
the opportunity of  atttending.  A  meeting 
of all interested in the matter is hereby call­
ed,  to be  heid  at  T h e  T ra d esm a n  office 
Saturday  evening,  November 28, at  which 
time a full attendance is  requested.

T. J.  Sheridan &  Co. engaged in  general 
trade at Lockwood in December, 1870—rais­
ed a -51,600 indebtedness on the  stock with­
in a year and then run in debt for  a shingle 
mill—boiler blew up within a  week,  killing 
engineer and  demolishing things  generally 
—bought another mill and operated it  three 
years—cut out all the shingle timber around 
Lockwood and made  money—bought  1,200 
acres of shingle  and  hemlock  timber  near 
Woodville—put  in  a  mill  to  cut out about 
20,000,000 shingles  and  will  put  in a saw­
mill to cut about 6,000,000 hemlock—expect 
to keep going there four or five years—closed 
out  business  at  Lockwood—bought  mill 
sight and store building at  Washburn, Wis.
—will  re-engage  in  general  trade  there, 
build a mill and buy a tract of  timber tribu-
tary to Washburn- 
sin under the firm name  of  J.  A.  Sheridan 
& Co. —T. J.  is a clever fellow, getting along 
as well as any  of  ’em—bound  to  die a rich 
man.

Wm R. White,  who  handles  a  consider­
able  portion  of  the  jobbing  trade  of  the 
Thompson & Taylor Spice  Co.,  of Chicago, 
paid his regular monthly visit to this market 
last  week.  Mr.  White  began  coming  to 
Grand Rapids fourteen years ago when L. II. 
Randall & Co. were the only grocery jobbers 
here,  and has visited  the  Yalley City every 
thirty days since that time,  with  the excep­
tion of three  years.  He  was  with  lluyck 
& Knox three years,  and has  been  with his
—w ill operate in  Wiscon-  present house  for  eight  years.  Mr.  Whitt
one of the solidest  boys  on  the  road and 
his visits are always  a  source  of  pleasure,
> as well as profit,  to our jobbers.

VISITING  BUYERS.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited j 
th e  market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsouville.
Dr. V. Sinz, T rent.
Geo. Toinpsett, Edgerton.
T. R. V an W irt. T. R. Van  W irt &  Co.,  Alba. 
M. H eyboer & Bro., D renthe.
Mr. Roberts, D arling & Roberts, Sparta. 
Myers & B urton, Alleyton.
C. L. G ray, C. L. Gray & Co., E vart.
C. P orter,  Cliauncey.
Mr. Smith, Sm ith & Bristol,  Ada.
Geo.  Robson. Muir.
Jo h n  G raham , W ayland.
Capt. Wm. Rosie.  Bass  River.
J. C. Townsend. W hite Cloud.
A. Stettin, South  Blendon.
W. I. W oodruff, Carey Siding.
Jo h n  Giles, Lowell.
F. A. Jenison,  Manton.
D. D.  H arris, Shelbyville.
C. E. & S. J .  Koon, Lisbon.
C. W. Ives, Rockford.
J. N. W aite,  Hudsonville.
E. T. V ant)8trand, Allegan.
Dr. G.  B. Nichols, M artin.
J . C.  Benbow, Cannonsburg.
J. Q. Look, Lowell.
H unt & H unter, Lowell.
C, E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley Bros.,  Fife  Lake.
D r. H. S.  Baron, Forest Grove.
W alling Bros.,  Lamont.
Chas. Y oung. Otsego.
F. L. Blake, Irving.
Neal McMillan, Reckford.
H enry Baar, G rand Haven'.
Jas. Toland,  Ross.
Wm. VerM euleu, Beaver Dam.
H. M. H arroun, McLain.
John  Kamps, Zutphen.
T. J. Sheridan & Co.,  Woodville.
Ryerson & W illiams, Holton.
Miss M ary McLouth, H art.
T. J. Clark,  Lacota.
W. H.  Benedict,  Verm ontville.
C. K. Hoyt,  Hudsonville.
H enry Misher,  Freeport.
S. Anderson, Big Rapids.
Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
Jo h n   Bishop. M ontague.
Jo h n  Smith,  Ada.
Geo. S. Powell & Co.. Sand  Lake.
O. F. Conklin, O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
F. Boonstra, D renthe.
Cole & Chaple, Ada.
G. F. G retzinger, E ast Saugatuck.
H oag & J udson, Cannonsburg.
R. G. Smith,  W ayland.
C. S. Comstock. Pierson.
Thos. Smedley, Lam ont.
H. M. Freem an, Lisbon.
C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs.
C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
A. J. W hite, Bass River.
Jorgenson & H em ingsen, G rant.
Oliver Seam an, Big Rapids.
C hristian Pfeitie, Ashland Station.
Baron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
Jos. Omler, W right.
G. H. W albrink, Allendale.
Geo. F. Cook, Grove P. O.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
Wm. K arsten, Beaver Dam.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
J. H. Anderson, Edgerton.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
Thos. Cooley, Lisbon.
Jacob Grutter, Grandville.
A. G. Chase & Son, Ada.
Fred Moore, Haire P. O.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
L. H. Chapman, Cedar Springs.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
G. B. Chambers, Wayland.
W. W. Periee, Moline.

Maurice Levy was born in a small  village 
in Poland  October 17,  1847,  and graduated 
I from the  high  school  at  Warsaw  in  1861.
I He then entered  the  employ  of  his father, 
j who  was  a  broom  manufacturer,  learning 
the trade and keeping the books.  Just pre- 
j vious  to  becoming of  age,  he  emigrated to 
I this country to avoid military service, reaeh- 
! ing Grand Rapids in 1868.  For  a  year and 
i a half he peddled through  Northern  Michi- 
! gan,  when  he engaged  in  the  fancy goods 
j business at  Elkhart.  Six  months later,  he 
sold out and purchased an  interest in a sim­
ilar establishment at  Big  Rapids owned by 
his  brother,  Abraham.  The  firm  of  Levy 
! Bros,  continued with  varying success until 
1877,  when Maurice  sold out to his  brother 
and went  to  New York,  where he engaged 
in the purchase  of  furs with his brother-in- 
law.  lie also bought fancy goods at auction, 
and inaugurated  auction  sales at several of 
the principal cities.  He  returned to Grand 
I Rapids in 1878,  and  entered the  employ of 
I Jacob Barth,  with  whom  he  remained two 
years as store and traveling  salesman.  Re- 
! eeiving a more  lucrative  offer  from  Jacob 
j Brown,  he entered the  service of that house 
January  1,  1881,  and  has  already  signed 
I with the house for  1886,  which  will  make 
I six years continuous sendee with that estab- 
I lishment.  Mr.  Levy 
is  an  indefatigable 
| worker, and richly  deserves  the  success he 
I has achieved by patient industry.

“Laboring Under a Mistake.”

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  N ov.  23.

!  E ditor Michigan T radesman:

D e a r   S ir—Under the above caption and 
under date of Detroit,  I  find  the  following 
complaint in the Merchant Traveler of Nov. 
21:
Many  T.  P.  A.  men  are under the  im­
pression  that  week-end  tickets  can be  se­
cured in this State by any  member  on  pre­
sentation of his  certificate  of  membership, 
as it is so advertised by the Michigan Divis­
ion.  This privilege is granted  only  to  the 
members  of 
the  Michigan  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association  on presentation  of 
membership card.  Another member as well 
as myself was misled,by the  circular issued 
by the Michigan Division.

T.  P.  A.  1779.

Allow me to say that the above  is  an  er­
ror.  Members of the T.  P.  A.  can  receive 
week-end tickets on presentation  of a T.  P. 
A.  certificate at all depots of the  Chicago & 
Grand Trunk,  Detroit,  Grand Haven & Mil­
waukee, Michigan & Ohio and Grand Rapids 
& Indiana Railways.

Leo  A.  Cajro,.

Secretary Michigan Division.

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S o n ek a................................................
Sarsaparilla,  H ondurus..................
Sarsaparilla,  M exican.................
Squills, w hite (Powd  35c)................
Valeriafl, English (Powd 30c).........
V alerian, V erm ont (Powd 28c)...

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do Scherin’s  do  ...
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Anise, Italian  (Powd 20c)................
Bird, m ixed in lb  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 ..........................................
Flax, p u re grd (bbl  3)4)...................
Foenugreek, pow dered...................
Hem p,  R ussian.................................
M ustard, w hite  Black  10c)............
Q u in c e ................................................
Rape, E nglish....................................
Worm,  L ev an t...................................
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriag e...... 2
do 
Nassau 
do 
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V elvet E x tra do 
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do 
E x tra Yellow do 
do 
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Grass 
do 
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H ard head, fo r slate u se .................
Yellow Reef, 
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Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.17; $  g al__
Alcohol, wood, 95 p er cen t ex. ref.
Anodyne  H offm an’s ........................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution.........
Arsenic, Fow ler’s solution............
A nnatto  1 lb ro lls.............................
A lum ...........................................  $  a>
Alum , ground  (Powd 9c)................
A nnatto,  prim 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 onka...............................
Beans,  V anilla................................ ” 7
Bism uth, sub  n itra te ......................,
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)....................
Blue V itriol  ......................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c)............ !
Cantharidcs, Russian  pow dered..
Capsicum  Pods, A frica n ................
Capsicum Pods, A frican  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay 
do  ...
Carm ine,  No. 40.................................
Cassia  B uds.......................................!
Calomel.  A m erican...................... .
Chalk, prepared d ro p .......................
Chalk, precip itate E nglish............
Chalk,  red  fingers............................
Chalk, w hite lu m p ........................
Chloroform ,  Squibb’s .....................
Colocynth  apples................*............
Chloral hydrate, G erm an  cru sts..
Chloral 
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Chloral 
Chloral 
c ru sts..
C h loroform ........................................
Cinchonidia, P. &  W .........*......... .]
Cinchonidia, o ther b ran d s........
Cloves (Powd 23c).............................
C ochineal...........................................
Cocoa  B u tte r......................... .......
Copperas (by bbl  lc)............ 
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Corrosive Sublim ate........................
Corks, X  and X X —40off  lis t....!!
Cream T artar, pure pow dered.......
Cream T artar, grocer’s, 10 lb bo x ..
Creasote...............................................
Cudbear,  p rim e......................... !!!!!
C uttle Fish B one.................... .!!!!..
D e x trin e ..........................................
D over’s  P ow ders...............!!!!!!!!!
D ragon’s Blood M ass.................... .
E rgot  pow dered..............................’.
E th er Squibb’s ........................! ! ! ! ! .
E m ery ,T u rk ish ,all  No.’s...!!.!!!
Epsom Salts (bbl.  1 %).......................
E rgot, fre sh ..................................! ."
E ther, sulphuric, U. S.  P __ !!!.!!
Flake  w hite....................................  !.
G rains  P aradise.................... !!.!.!!
G elatine,  Cooper’s .........................”
Gelatine, French  .....................!!!!!
Glassware, flint, 7’) off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60  and 10 d ls__
Glue,  c a n n e t....................................
Glue, w h ite.......................................".
Glycerine,  p u re ......................! .!.! ..
Hops  Vis and 34s ............................
Iodoform  
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In d ig o ..................................................
Insect Powder, best  D alm atian ... 
Insect Powder, H., P. Sc Co„ boxes
Iodine,  resublim ed..........................
Isinglass,  A m erican........................
Ja p o n ic a .......................................... !.
London  P u rp le......................... !!!!!
Lead, a c e ta te..................................   \
Lime, chloride,(54s 2s 10c & 14s lie )
L u p u lin e.............................................
L ycopodium ......................... ..!!!!!!
M ace............................................ !!.!!
Madder, best  D u tch .........!!!!!!!"
M anna, S.  F ....................................
M ercury..................................!.!!!!!!
Morphia, sulph., P.&  W __ »  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. Sc  Co.’s .........
Moss, Iceland...............................39
Moss,  Irish ........................................
M ustard,  E nglish......................!. ” .
M ustard, grocer’s, 10 lb  can s__ !!
N utgalls...............................................
N utm egs, No. 1..............................!.
N ux  V om ica.............................. ...¡ .
O intm ent. M ercurial, )£d.......!!!!.
P aris G reen......................................
Pepper, Black  B erry.......................
P ep sin ..................................................
P itch, T rue B urgundy. . . ; ..............
Quassia  ...............................................
Quinia, Sulph, P. Sc W ..............ib oz
Quinine,  G erm an.............................
Red  P re cip ita te..............................39 ft>
Seidlitz  M ixture...............................
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 ry st................
Sal Rochelle........................................
Sal  Soda..........................................
Salicin..................................................
S a n to n in .............................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy o r Scotch..........
Soda Ash  [by keg 3c].......................
Sperm aceti..........................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Soap, W hite Castile..........................
..........................
Soap, G reen  do 
Soap, M ottled do 
..........................
Soap, 
do 
..........................
Soap,  M azzinl....................................
Spirits N itre, 3 F ...............................
Spirits N itre, 4 F ...............................
Sugar Milk pow dered.......................
Sulphur, flour....................................
Sulphur,  ro ll......................................
T artar E m etic....................................
Tar, N. C. Pine,  Vi gal. cans  39 doz
Tar, 
q u arts in tin ...........
Tar, 
pints in tin ..............
T urpentine,  V enice................. 39 lb
Wax, W hite, S. &  F. b ran d ............
Zinc,  S ulphate...................................

do 
do 

do 

Brugg & flftebidnes
STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
One Y ear—Geo. M. McDonald,  Kalamazoo. 
Two Y ears—F. H. J . V anE m ster, Bay City. 
T hree Y ears—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
F our Y ears—Jam es V ernor, D etroit.
Five Y ears—O ttm ar Eberbach, A nn Arbor. 
P resident—O ttm ar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor.
N ext  place  of  m eeting—A t  G rand  Rapids, 

March 2,1886.

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

OFFICERS.

G rand Rapids. 

P resid en t—H. J.  Brown, A nn A rbor.
F irst  V ice-President—F ran k   J.  W urzburg, 
Second V ice-President—A. B. Stevens, D etroit, 
Third V ice-President—F rank lnglis, D etroit. 
Secretary—S. E. P arkell,  Owosso.
T reasurer—Wm. D upont, D etroit.
Executive  Com m ittee—Jacob  Jesson,  Geo. 
G undruin, F rank W ells, F. W.  R.  P erry   and 
Jo h n  E. Peck.
Local S ecretary—Will L. W hite, Grand Rapids. 
N ext  place  of  m eeting—At  G rand  Rapids, 

^

Tuesday, October  13, 1886.

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

OFFICERS.

. 

,,, 

P resident—F rank J. W urzburg. 
V ice-President—Wm. L. W hite.
Secretary—F rank H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  C en so rs-P resid en t,  V ice-President 
and Secretary. 
IT
Board  o f  T rustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
V an Leeuwen, Isaac  W atts,  Wm.  E.  W hite, 
„   n
Win. L. W hite. 
Com m ittee on P harm acy—H ugo Tuum ,  M.  B.
Kimm, A. C. Bauer. 
„
Com m ittee on Legislation—Isaac W atts,  O.  H.
Richmond, Jas. S. Cowin.
Committee on Trade  M atters—H. B. Iairch ild , 
Jo h n  Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuw en.
Regular  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening in 
each m onth. 
A nnual  M eetings—F irst  T hursday evening in 
Novem ber, 
_
N ext Meeting—1Thursday evening, Decem ber 3, 
a t “The T radesm an” office.

.
. 

_  

„  

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.

O F FIC ER S .

P resident—I. F. Hopkins.
V ice-President—John Meyers.
Secretary and T reasurer—O. A. Lloyd.
R egular Meetings—Second and  fourth  in d a y  
N ext  M eeting—Friday  evening, N ovem ber 37.

of each m onth.

d icatin g   th e   W o rk   of  th e   F o rm u lary  

C om m ittee.

Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott has  issued  the  fol­
lowing circular to the Formulary Committee 
elected at the last  meeting of  the  Michigan 
State Pharmaceutical Association:

A n n   A r b o r,  N ov.  14,  1885. 

To the Committee on Unofficial Formulary, 

M.  S.  P. A.:
Dear  Sirs—The undersigned lias  inform­
ed  the  A.  1*.  A.  Committee  on  National 
Formulary 
for  Unofficial  Preparations, 
Charles  llice,  Chairman;  1*.  W.  Bedford, 
Secretary;  of the appointment and purposes 
of  this  Committee  of  our  State  Society, 
and has received in reply a very hearty  and 
grateful  acknowledgement  of  the  offer  of 
eo-operation.  The  Circular just issued  by 
the  A. P.  A.  Committee—and  any  and ‘all 
circulars,  from  time to  time—will  be  sent 
to each member of  this Committee.

So far, in our Committee,  it lias been  un­

dertaken :

(1)  To obtain from the Detroit  Pharma­
ceutical Association and  the  Grand  Rapids 
Pharmaceutical Association, small and care­
fully selected lists of  such formulas in local 
use as may be  recommended  to  add  to the 
“New  York  and  Brooklyn  Formulary.” 
taken as a starting point.  Also,  from  the 
same  local  societies, any  proposed  altera­
tions of  formulas in  “N.  Y.  and B.  Formu­
lary.”

(2)  To obtain,  if  practicable, from  local 
medical  associations  in  Detroit,  requests 
and  recommendations of  the  medical  pro­
fession, to the same end as  above. 
(While 
the  demand for  formulas  comes  from  the 
physicians,  both pharmacists andjphysicians 
may act in obtaining a proper index of such 
demand.)

Are there  other  local  societies,  pharma­
ceutical  or  medical, whom we  should  con­
sult.

The  details  of 

information  respecting 
formulas  requested  by  the  A.  P. A.  Com­
mittee will be given in their circular.

The  undersigned will  be  glad  to  receive 
communications  or  motions  from  members 
of  the committee.

Yery respectfully,

A.  B.  P r e sc o t t.

To Messrs. A.  B.  Lyons,  Detroit;  Ofctmar 
Eberbach,  Ann  Arbor;  Frank  J.  Wurz­
burg,  Grand Rapids;  Frank  lnglis,  De­
troit,

T h e   U n fairn ess of  th e   T h in g .

From  the Albany A rgus.

The druggists  are  unfortunate. 

If  they 
make  a mistake it is  heralded  all over  the 
country by the telegraph, and no condemna­
tion  is  severe  enough  to visit  upon them. 
When the doctors blunder, however,  as they 
not  infrequently  do,  no whisper from it  is 
permitted  to escape from  the sick room,  be 
the consequences what they may.

Summoning the Doctor. 

“Doctor,” said an anxious citizen, “some­
thing has happened to my wife.  Her mouth 
seeins set and she can’t say a word.”

“Why,  she must have the lockjaw!”  said 

the doctor.

“Do you think  so?  Well,  if you  are up 
my way some time next  week  I  wish  you 
would stop in and see what  you  can do for 
her.”

Frank 

lnglis,  the  Detroit  prescription 
druggist,  was  in the city three  or four days 
last week  introducing  his  compound  elixir 
of fir to the notice of such  physicians as are 
not already prescribing  it.  Mr. lnglis lived 
on a farm near Reed’s Lake seventeen years 
ago,  and notes a considerable  change in the 
Valley City since that time.

Indirect Advantages of Invention.

From  the A m erican M achinist.

Every year there are  numerous  mechani­
cal devices brought out! that are to “filljlong- 
felt wants,” and  “revolutionize” matters  in 
their particular line;  apparently |the  wants 
are just as'man yfas ever,'and‘revolution'pro­
gresses  slowly.  An  inventor  almost ^al­
ways makes more wants' than  he", fills;  the 
value of his invention  is generally  more  in 
this fact than in the real  worth  of what he 
invents—in this fact and in'the'fact  that  it 
stimulates others to exertions.  A few years 
ago thegautomatic eut-off  steam engine was 
to take the place of air'others;  'there  are  a 
good many throttling engines built in these 
days,  and apparently always will be.  That 
this is true does [not  argue" any'fault  with 
automatic ¡¡engines. 
Since  the  advent  of 
automatic  cut-off  engines,  great  improve­
ments have been made in throttling engines 
that have enabled them,  for some purposes, 
to hold their own.  But these improvements 
are largely due to the invention of  automat­
ic engines.  The automatic  engine  cuts  off 
short,  and it  was  discovered  that  a  plain 
slide could be made to cutoff at half stroke, 
or shorter.  The  automatic  engine  governs 
closely, and this fact had  a  good deal to do 
with the invention of better  throttling gov­
ernors.

So  it  will  be  found  in  a hundred other 
things. 
If Smith  or Jones  makes  an  im­
provement  in  steam  engines  or  printing 
presses,  the world is chiefly  advantaged  in 
the improvements everyone else who  builds 
steam engines or printing presses is  moved 
to make to avoid falling behind  in his busi­
ness.  The  fact  that  some  are progressive 
prevents the possibility of  conservatism,  in 
a bad sense,  in the others;  comparatively  a 
fewr progressive men in  any  line  of  manu­
facture will  keep  all  the  rest  alive  to  the 
necessity of progress.  And  this  operates 
advantageously in two  ways:  Besides  in­
ducing  progress  in  others,  it  prevents  the 
possibility of anything  like  monopoly  that 
will keep prices at an exorbitant figure.  An 
instance of this is seen in  electric  lighting. 
Although a new field to  almost  everyone  a 
few years ago, there have  already  been  so 
many inventions relating to it,  made by dif­
ferent individuals,  that competition is sharp 
enough  to  keep  prices  to  consumers  low; 
and there is apparently but little  danger of 
a combination  that  shall  change  this.  A 
combination to this  end  would  be  sure,  in 
its  stimulating  effect,  to  result  in  further 
invention that would  defeat  it.  This  in­
vention in relation  to  electric  lighting,  in 
which  hundreds  have  been  and  are  en­
gaged,  w as  largely  induced  by  the efforts 
•and invention of one  or  twro  men,  the  in­
direct advantages of which  outweigh  many 
times over the direct.

Another  instance of  the  influence  of  in­
vention beyond what is originally  intended, 
is seen in the steel industry.  As soon  as  a 
beginning  was  made  with  Bessemer  steel 
castings,  and the  “want”  indicated,  atten­
tion was turned  to the  subject,  and  at  the 
present time steel castings of  all  qualities, 
and at comparatively cheap prices,  are com­
mon enough to suit everyone,  with the pros­
pect  that  further  efforts  will  better  the 
product ami reduce the  cost.  But the effect 
of the use of steel eastings has already gone 
farther than tills;  it  has had a good deal to 
do with  improving  methods  of  forging  by 
which the product has  been  improved  and 
the cost reduced; it lias also  had  the  effect 
to wake iron moulders up  to the exercise of 
more judgment and study,  that is,  to  make 
better iron castings  than  ever  before,  and 
to make them at less  cost.

Instances like those  mentioned  might  be 
multiplied indefinitely.  Competition of this 
kind can be,  except in some cases, depended 
upon to reduce and  keep  down  prices  and 
to further improve the  quality  of  the  pro­
duct; an invention must be of startling  nov­
elty to  insure  the  inventor  being  allowed 
to quietly gather  abnormal  profits  for  any 
great length of  time.  Something  new’,  or 
the adaptation of old  means,  is  reasonably 
sure  to  interfere  with  any  plans  in  that 
direction.  Many  times  inventors  have  a 
false  sense  of  security  in  their  ability  to 
control prices,  but an unpleasant aw akening 
is reasonably certain to  follow.  Their  re­
wards are likely to be fair,  but  not  dispro­
portionately great.

Sure to Catch  Him.

From  the Louisville Courier-Journal.

“Is that crowd going  out  to the races,  or 

is it a fire?”

“Neither,  stranger;  that man walking  so 
fast in front  is a country merchant; the 700 
other fellow's  you see  are  traveling  men. 
They’ll get him,  stranger.”

Mercury and Nitric Acid.

From  th e P en tw ater News.

F.  \V.  Fincher’s  drug  clerk  mixed  some 
mercury and nitric acid yesterday, and cork­
ed the bottle,  after  which  he  took the cork 
out and the mixture flew  all  over  his face, 
burning the eyes and face badly, but not oc­
casioning permanent injury.

A Philadelphia  paper  says  a  pound  of 
feathers is as  heavy  as  a  pound  of  lead. 
That depends. 
If a pound of feathers were 
to fall from a third-story window and alight 
on a man’s head,  and  five  minutes  later a 
pound of lead were to fall the same distance 
from above and strike him on the same spot, 
he would be  willing  to  swear that the lead 
weighed a ton more than the feathers.

First  Peddler—What  are  you carrying? 
Second  Peddler—Patent  medicines.  First 
Peddler—Well,  all right; you  go ahead and 
work  up  the  business,  and  I’ll  follow. 
Second Peddler—Why!  What are  you car­
rying?  Second Peddler—Gravestones.

Reads Like a Romance.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Mr.  Ethridge,  who  visited  the  jobbing 
trade at this market last week for  Sprague, 
Warner &  Co.,  gave  a  short  sketch  of the 
rapid advancement  of  his brother-in-law at 
one  of  the  jobbing  establishments  which 
reads  like  a  romance.  The  name  of  the 
gentleman  is  Lyman  Gage,  and  he is now 
Vice-President of the  First  National Bank 
of Chicago,  and the  recipient  of an annual 
salary of $30,000.  He  began  his  business 
career as office  boy  for a  lumber  firm, but 
during the depression of  1854,  his  services 
were  dispensed  with.  For  several  weeks 
he endeavored to  obtain  another  situation, 
but was unsuccessful.  He  then returned to 
the yard of his former employers, and avail­
ed himself of an opportunity to earn an hon­
est dollar  by shoving  lumber.  One of the 
proprietors happened to  recognize the  boy, 
and questioned him as to his  reasons for re­
sorting to heavy manual labor.  He asserted 
his inability to  secure  a situation,  and de­
clared that anything was better than starva­
tion.  The gentleman  sent  the  boy  to  the 
office,  and the next day obtained him a situ­
ation as  “general utility” at a large banking 
establishment, with a salary of $5 per week. 
In three years he jumped over the  heads of 
everyone in the bank,  and  was promoted to 
the  position  of  cashier  with  a  salary  of 
$2,500 per year.  He continued in that capac­
ity  for several years,  when  he  accepted an 
offer from the  First National  Bank  to take 
the position of assistant  cashier  at a salary 
of $5,000.  Since he identified  himself with 
that institution he has received  several pro­
motions  and a gradual  advance  in  salary, 
until he is now in receipt of  $30,000 a  year 
salary,  besides  an  annual  income of  about 
$20,000.  Mr.  Gage  attributes  his  remark­
able success  to a  seemingly  simple  fact— 
“the ability to say  ‘no’ at the  proper time.”

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the 

foot 

traveling  by 

The State  Law Governing Peddlers.
I. J.  Quick,  the Allendale general dealer, 
in a  recent letter to T h e  T r a d e s m a n ,  asks 
whether there is a law in this  ‘State provid­
ing  for 
licensing  of  peddlers.  Sec­
tions  1257  to  1260 of  Howell’s  Annotated 
that  any  peddler  or 
Statutes  provide 
hawker 
shall  pay 
to the Treasurer of  the  State  an annual li­
cense fee  of  $15;  that  a  person  traveling 
with horse shall pay $40; and  that a person 
traveling  with  two  horses  shall  pay  $75. 
Section 1250 also provides that anyone trav­
eling “in any  manner  for  the  purpose of 
taking orders for goods,  wares or  merchan­
dise,  by  exhibiting  samples,  catalogues  or 
otherwise”—under  which  head  comes  the 
modem commercial  traveler—shall  pay  an 
annual  license  fee  of  $50.  No  one  ever 
heard of the latter provision being enforced, 
and it is  comparatively  safe  to  assert  that 
the entirejjnatter  relating  to  hawkers and 
peddlers is practically a  dead  letter,  as the 
final paragraph  provides  that  nothing con­
tained in the preceeding paragraphs shall be 
construed to  prevent  any manufacturer  or 
mechanic residing in the State  from selling 
his  own  products, or  any  wholesale  mer­
chant  living  in  the  State  from  selling  by 
sample.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   is  not  aware 
that the  Michigan  Supreme  Court lias ever 
passed on the statute,  but  similar  tribunals 
iu other  states  have  declared  similar  pro­
visions unconstitutional, on the ground that 
distinctions between states  are illegal. 

.

The Drug Market.

The opium  market  is  somewhat excited, 
and the gum has advanced 20 cents a pound, 
with still  higher  prices  in prospect.  Gum 
arabic has  sustained  an  advance of  25 per 
cent.,  in consequence of  the scarcity caused 
by the late war  in  the  Soudan.  Castor oil 
is up 14  cent  a  pound,  and  glycerine  has 
taken an  upward  turn  of  }4 cent a pound. 
Other  articles  in  the  drug  line  are  about 
steady.

The key of  the  old  Bridewell  prison  in 
New York,  which was torn  down about fif­
ty years ago,  lias  recently been  discovered. 
It weighs a  pound  and  a quarter.  Nowa­
days the  principal  key  of  such  a prison 
would be carried in the vest pocket.
Cutlers’ Pocket Inhaler

A nd carbonate o f Io­
dine'  Inhalent.  A 
cu re 
fo r  Catarrh, 
Bronchitis,  A sthm a 
and  all  diseases  of 
the th ro at and lungs 
—even consum ption 
—if tak en   in season. 
I t is  the  king 
It will break up a Cold a t once. 
of  C outh  Medicines. 
I t  has  cured  C atarrh 
w hen  all  o th er  rem edies  had  failed.  Of  the 
m any who have tried it, there is  not  one  who 
has not been benefltted.  This  is  the  only  In ­
haler approved by physicians o f  every school, 
and endorsed by the standard m edical journals 
o f  th e  world.  All  others  in  the  m ark et  are 
either w orthless su bstitutes or  frau d u len t im­
itations.  Over  400,000  in  use.  Sold by drug­
gists fo r $1.  By m ail, $1.25.

W.  H.  SMITH  &' CO.,  P r o p r ie t o r s, 

410  and  412  MICHIGAN ST.. BUFFALO,  N. Y.
SOMSTHZ2TG XTSW

O u s l i m a n ’s

MENTHOL INHALER

Designed E xpressly fo r Inhaling Menthol.
A superior Remedy fo r  th e Im m ediate relief 
of  N euralgia,  H eadache, C ararrh, H ay Fever, 
A sthm a,  Branch itus,  Sore  Throat,  Earache, 
Toothache,  and  all diseases of th e th ro a t  and 
lungs.
Affords quick relief  and  effects  perm anent 
cure by continued use.  E very druggist should 
order som e in th e  n e x t order to  If AZELTINK, 
P E R K IN S  A  CO.,  W holesale  D ruggists, 
Grand  R apids,  M ich.
Ask their traveler to show you one the next 
time he calls.

opium pure, castor oil, glycerine.

Advanced—G um   arabic,  gum   opium ,  gum  
Deoiiued—Nothing.

ACIDS.

Acetic, No.  8...................................... 
9  @  10
Acetic, C. P. (8p. grav.  1.040).........  30  @  35
Carbolic...............................................  34  @  36
C itric...............................................  
  60  @  65
M uriatic 18  d e g ................................. 
3  @  5
N itric 36 deg ...................................... 
11  @  12
O x alic..................................................  13  @  14
3  @  4
Sulphuric  66 deg...............................  
T artaric  pow dered..........................  52  @  55
18
Benzoic,  E nglish.....................$  oz
12  ®   15 
Benzoic,  G erm an.............................
12  @  15
T a n n ic.................................................

AMMONIA.

C arbonate...................................T? B>
M uriate (Powd. 22c)..........................
£ qua 16 deg o r  3f................... .........
A qua 18 deg or  4 f.............................

BALSAMS.

C o p aib a...............................................
F ir.........................................................
P e ru ......................................................
T o lu .....................................................

BARKS.

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

BERRIES.

Cubeb  prim e (Powd 95c)................
Ju n ip e r...............................................
Prickly A sh........................................

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 fi> boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, p u re ..............
Logwood, bulk (12 ana 25 & doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 lb  boxes)................
................
Lgowood,  yt s 
Logwood, Vis 
................
Logwood, ass’d 
................
Fluid E x tracts—25 $  cent, off list.

do 
do 
do 
I’LOWERS.

A rnica..................................................
Chamomile,  R om an........................  
Chamomile,  G erm an....................... 

15  ®   18 
14
3  ®  
5
4  ®   6

40®45
40
2  00 
50

11
18
13
14
15 
10 
12 
20 
18 
30 
12

@  90 
6  @  7
50  @  60

27
37*4
9
12
13 
15
14

io  ®  n
25
25

GUMS.

Aloes,  B arbadoes.............................  
60®  75
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)................... 
12
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60e)........... 
A m m oniac.........................................  
38®  30
A rabic, powdered  select................ 
75
A rabic, 1st  picked............................ 
75
65
A rabic,2d  p icked.............................. 
A rabic,  3d picked.............................  
60
A rabic, sifted so rts.......................... 
45
25
Assafoentida, prim e (Powd 35c)... 
55®60
Benzoin............................................... 
25®  27
C am phor............................................. 
Catechu. Is (Vi 14c, 14s  16c)............  
13
35®  40
Euphorbium  pow dered................... 
80
G albanum  strain ed .......................... 
Gam boge............................................. 
80®  90
35
Guaiac, prim e (Powd  45c).............. 
20
Kino (Pow dered,30c]....................... 
M astic.................................................
40
M yrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)... 
3 65
Opium, pure (Powd $5 25)................ 
Shellac, Campbell’s .......................... 
30
Shellac,  E nglish...............................  
26
Shellac,  n a tiv e ................................... 
24
Shellac bleached...............................  
30
T ra g a c a n th ........................................  30  @1  00

HERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES,

H o a rh o u n d ..................:...
L obelia.................................
P ep p erm in t........................
R ue........................................
S p e a rm in t..........................
Sweet M ajoram .................
Tanzy  ..................................
T h y m e .................................
W orm w ood........................
IR O N .

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

13
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & Hs, 12c)...
Senna,  Alex, n a tu ra l.......................  18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  g arb led ..
Senna,  pow dered..................: ..........
Senna tinnivelli.................................
U va  U rsl.........:..................................
Belledonna..........................................
Foxglove.............................................
H en b an e.............................................
Rose, red .............................................

LIQ U O R S.

4  00 
20

@  14
6®  20 
30
16 
10 
35 
30 
35 
2 35

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash W hisky.2 00
D ruggists’ Favorite  R ye..................... 1 75
W hisky, o ther  b ran d s...........................1 10
Gin, Old Tom ............................................1 35
Gin,  H olland............................................2 00
B ran d y ......................................................1 75
Catawba  W ines.......................................1 25
P o rt W ines............................................... 1 35

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

M AGNESIA.

Carbonate, P attiso n ’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jen n in g ’s, 2 oz..............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  so lution__
Calcined.............................................

OILS.

22 
37 
2 25 
65

Almond, sw eet...................................
Am ber,  rectified...............................
A nise....................................................
Bay $   oz...........................................
B ergam ont.........................................
C a sto r..................................................
C roton..................................................
C a je p u t...............................................
C a ssia ..................................................
Cedar, com m ercial  (Pure 75c).......
C itro n eila..........................................
C loves..................................................
Cod Liver, N. F .........................¥  gal
Cod Liver, b e st..........................
Cod Liver, H., P. Sc Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W .................................
E rig e ro n .............................................
Firew eed.............................................
G eranium   $   oz.................................
Hemlock, com m ercial (Pure 75c)..
Ju n ip e r  wood....................................
Ju n ip e r  b erries.................................
Lavender flowers, F ren ch ..............
Lavender garden 
..............
Lavender spike 
..............
Lemon, new  cro p .............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s ........................
Lemon g rass........................................
Olive, M alaga....................
Olive, “Sublim e  Italian   . 
..........
Origanum , red  flowers, F re n c h ...
O riganum ,  No. 1.............................
P en n y ro y al........................................
P epperm int,  w h ite..........................
Rose  Gz...........................................
Rosem ary, French  (Flowers $1  50)
Salad, $1  g a l........................................
Savin....................................................
Sandal  Wood, G e r m a n ................
Sandal Wood, W. I ............................
S assafras.............................................
S p e a rm in t..........................................
T a n s y ..................................................4  50
T ar (by gal 50c)...................................  10
W in terg reen ............................. .
W ormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00;..... 
W orm seed..........................................

45  ®   50 
45
2 00 
50 
2 25 
1734®  19 
2 00 
75 
1  00 
35 
75 
1  20 
1  20
1  50 
6  00 
91» 
1T50
2  00
35 
50 
2  00 
2  01 
1  00 
90 
1  75 
00 
80 
90 
75 
1  25 
50
1  30 
4  00 
8 00
65
2  75 
1 00 
4  50 
7  00
60 
@7  00 
@5  00 ®  12
2 35
3 50 
2 00

do 
do 

®

POTASSIUM.

B icrom ate.................................. B>
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. b u lk ...
Chlorate, cry st (Powd 27c)..............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, b u lk .......
P russiate yellow..... .........................

ROOTS.

A lk a n e t............................................
A lthea, c u t.........................................
Arrow,  St. V incent’s ......................
A rrow, Taylor’s, in 34s and Vis__
Blood (Powd 18c)............................. .
Calamus,  peeled...............................
Calamus, G erm an  w hite, peeled..
Elecam pane, pow dered...................
G entian (Powd  15c)..........................
Ginger, A frican (Powd 14o)............   11
Ginger, Jam aica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 25c)...................
Hellebore, w hite, pow dered...........
Ipecac, Rio, pow dered.....................
Jalap,  pow dered...............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15)..............
Licorice, e x tra  select...........; ..........
P ink, tr u e ...........................................
Rhei, from  select to   ohoioe...........1 00
Rhei, powdered B. 1.......................... 110
Rhei, choice o u t  cu b es................... *
Rhei, choice out  fingers... ..............

3 00 
28

20
25 
17 
33 
12 
20 
35 20 
10
t  12
17 
20 
20
1 20 
30
18
26 
88
1 50 
120
2 00 
2 25

I

OILS.

Capitol  Cylinder..................................
Model  Cylinder....................................
Shield  Cylinder....................................
Eldorado E ngine..................................
Peerless  M achinery............................
Challenge M achinery..........................
Backus Fine E ngine............................
Black Diamond M achinery...............
Castor M achine  O il............................
Paraffine, 25  deg ..................................
Paraffine, 28  deg..................................
Sperm, w inter  bleached....................
W hale, w in ter..................................
Lard, e x tra .......................................
Lard, No.  1.......................................
Linseed, p u re  raw ..........................
Linseed, b o ile d ...............................
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strain ed.......
Spirits T u rp en tin e..........................
No. 1 T urp  Coach...........................
E x tra   T u rp ......................................
Coach  B ody.....................................
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re .....................
E x tra T urp  D am ar........................
Ja p an  D ryer, No.  1 T u rp .........

V A RN ISH ES.

Bbl
IX
IX
IX
2X
2Vi

PA IN TS

Oohre, yellow  M arseilles. 
O chre,yellow   Berm uda..

V erm ilion,prim e  A m erican..
Verm 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  Spanish...........
Whiting, Gilders ...................
White, Paris American..........
Whiting  Paris English ollff..
Pioneer Prepared  faints......
Swiss Villa Prepartf  Paints..

...75 
...60 
...50 
.. .35 
...30
...30 
...30 
. . . 6C 
.1534 
...21 
.1 40 
Bbl
Gal 
70
75 
65
60 
46
55 
43
46 
46
49 
90 
70
40
45
.1  10® 1  20 
.1  60®1 70 
.2  75®3 00 
.1  00®1  10 
.1  55® 1  60 
.  70®  75
Lb
2®  3
2®  3
2® 3
2)4®  3
2X@  3 
13@16
5s@eo
16017 
6)40  7 
6)4®  7
@70 
@90 
110 
1  40
1  2001 40 
lOOOl 20

v'S

A MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

K. A. STO W E  Sc  BKO ., P ro p rie to rs.

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

Telephone No. 95.

I Entered  at  the  PostoMce  at  Grand  Rapide  as 

Seeond-claee  Matter A

WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBEB 25,1885.

TH E  WORLD’S  PROGRESS.

Mechanical and Scientific Notes of General 

Interest.

Compiled Especially fo r T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

The results of the  first  use  of  the reser­
voirs on the head waters  of  the Mississippi 
this season have deinonstratedjthe success o£ 
this system of preserving the  uniformity of 
the flow of rivers  for  navigation  and other 
purposes,  and  the  building  of  additional 
reservoirs is progressing  as  rapidly as pos­
sible. 
In magnitude and novelty,  as well as 
in the benefits  conferred,  this  undertaking 
bids fair to rival that  of  Capt.  Eads  at the 
mouth of the great river.

Should the  dam on  the  Ohio  near Pitts­
burg prove a success  in  rendering that por­
tion of the river steadily navigable it is pro­
posed to build  several  others  on  the same 
stream.  The extent  of  the  improvements 
to other rivers  suggested  by the  success of 
these experiments  is a  speculation  of  con­
siderable  interest.  Capt.  Eads’  undertak­
ing was unique  and  only  applicable  to the 
conditions obtaining at that particular point, 
but there  is no  reason  why the  “reservoir 
system” may  not  be  applied  to  any river 
where the navigation, water  power,  lumber 
and other interests  are of  sufficient  impor­
tance and the head waters are in  regions of 
little value,  or  where  lakes  and  swamps 
may be utilized. 
In some  cases  it  may  be 
desirable  to  supplement  this  by  the  dam 
system as on the Ohio.

Sir Henry Bessemer  pronounces  the new 
Swedish invention of “Metis” iron of  more 
importance than  his  steel  inventions. 
In 
addition to this,  cast metal having  the mal 
leability of the  best  bar  iron,  with  equal 
facility of  welding,  is  much  more  liquid 
when melted than  ordinary  cast  iron,  thus 
making finer and more solid castings.

As of interest bearing  upon  the  problem 
of producing electrical energy from burning 
coal without  the intervention of  steam,  an 
English inventor  exhibits  an apparatus  in 
which it is claimed the same amount of fuel 
will produce  three times  the  force  that  it 
would through the medium of  steam engine 
and dynamo.

One of the  busiest  of  the London street 
railways is to lie worked  by compressed air 
machinery.  This is made practicable by the 
use of steam  under  pressure  for  warming 
the air, thus increasing its  expansive  force 
and preventing the formation of ice.

It is said that iron  castings  may  be bent 
by  suspending  between  supports,  heating 
the place to be bent with a lamp  and press 
ing upon it with a weighted  lever.  Thus 
straight casting may  be  made  that  can be 
finished in a  planer  and  then  bent  to any 
curve required without injury  to  the finish 
By this  means,  also,  castings  that  hav 
sprung on account of faulty' pattern  making 
may be straightened.

Application lias been made for patents on 
a process of producing tin  plates  in contin­
uous sheets of  any length.

A great  African  diamond  weighing  45 
karets in the rough  and  estimated  at  over 
$1,000,000 is being cut in Amsterdam.  This 
was found  in  one  of  the  South  African 
mines and stolen by one  of  the officers em 
ployed to prevent such thefts  and  sold to 
smuggler who brought  it to Loudon  where 
it was purchased  by  a  syndicate for $
000.

The new Government building  to  be fin 
ished in a yrear or  so  in  Washington  at 
cost of over $10,000,000  will be the  largest 
building  in  Washington  and  the  largest 
granite building in the world.

As illustrating the conservatism still prev­
alent in  the  metropolis  of  the  world it is 
said that there are enough old fogies in Lon­
don who still  insist  upon  using  the  tinder 
box instead of matches to make it necessary 
for several  shops to keep them regularly* on 
sale.

A  recent  issue  of  a  popular  scientific 
weekly devotes over a page to the discussion 
of a scheme  for  improving  the  climate  of 
the Atlantic States by building a dam across 
the Straits of Belle Isle, thus cutting oil the 
arctic current which  interpeses a cold  wall 
between the coast and the gulf stream.  The 
idea of thus being able to plant the sands of 
Cape Cod  to  oranges  and  surrounding  the 
factories of Lowell  with  cotton  fields is an 
attractive one,  but as the writer ingeniously 
admits  that  it  would  leave  the  English 
Islands in the enjoyment  of a  climate sim­
ilar to that of Labrador and as the damming 
would  necessarily  be  in  British  territory, 
there may be  some  obstacles to its  speedy
realization. 

_____

Shearing Sheep by Steam.

A steam sheep-shearing  machine  is  sue 
cessfully used in  Melbourne,  Australia. 
It 
consists  of  a  cutting  wheel  geared to  the 
shaft of a small turbine,  about three  inches 
in diameter,  and which is operated by a cur 
sent of steam conveyed from the boiler by an 
india-rubber tube. 
In front of the cutter  is 
a comb which serves as a guard against cut 
ting the skin of the sheep.  The  apparatus 
is made of brass,  something in the shape  of 
a small trowel. 
It is used in the same fash 
ion as the shears, but cuts  much  more  rap­
idly and cleaner, without the least danger of 
injuring the fleece or the sheep.

O i l - .  C L O T H S

ETC., ETO.

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids,

B U Y

Michigan.

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Paper  and  Woodenware,

WHOLESALE

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Mieli.

COMING  to  GRAND  RAPIDS

I3XT

CAR  LOADS!

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0. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Ccrn,
D. W. Archer’s Early Golden Prep Corn

EVERY  CAN  BEARING  SIGNATURE  OF

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Wholesale Manufacturers of

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

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in a itw a tu m m j M B
ICer-y Engines and Boilers In Stock ~  

for  immediate delivery.

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Planers, Matchers, Moudlers and all kinds of W ood-W orking Machinery, 

Saws, B elting and Oils.

And Dodge’s P aten t Wood Split Pnlley.  L arge stock kep t on  hand.  Send  fo r  sam ple  pulley 
And Dodge s uaw .ni  w u  ^

 becomeJconvince(1 of th e ir superiority.

W rite   fq r  P ric es.

130  O A K E S  S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

Wholesale Grocers,

aoents  fo r

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The B est and M ost A ttractive Goods on the Market.  Send for 

Sam ple Butt.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

i i

99

This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents)  we put  on  the  market  guaranteeing 
them to equal, if not excel, any cigar ever before offered for the price.  We  furnish  500 
We want
“Gutter Snipes” advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them 
one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale.

MANUFACTURED  BY

Geo. T. W arren & Go

* 

i , 

,  J,  F L IN T .

WM. SEARS & OO.
Cracker  Manufacturers9

Agents  for

A M B O Y   C H E E S E  

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

O Y S T E R S

n

W hen  in  w ant  of  a  good  brand  of  OYSTERS, 
don't fail to  get  the  famous  PATAPSC0,  which  is 
guaranteed both as to quality and price.  Sold only 
bv  W .  F .  GIBSON  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
GENERAL  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,  and 
dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE,  JELLY,  M IN CE 
M EAT  and  PA PER  OYSTER  PAILS.
J e l l y , IsÆ inoe  IhÆeat  E t c .
A.  L.  TUCKER,

CDH

Commission  Merchant,

167 South W ater St., CHICAGO.

WE  1IAYE  STANDING  ORDERS  FOR  LARGE  AND  SMALL  LOTS  OF  AP- 
LES  AND  POTATOES,  AND  CAN  PLACE  SAME  AT  ALL  TIMES  TO. THE 
ADVANTAGE  OF  CONSIGNORS.  WE  ALSO  MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BEANS, 
DRIED  FRUITS  AND  CRANBERRIES,  AND  ARE  IN  A  POSITION  TO  COM­
MAND  THE  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICE  ON  SUCH  ARTICLES.

SPRING

COMPANY,

W HO LESALE  D EA L ER S  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS.

MATTINGS.

W ID E  BROW N COTTONS.

CHECKS.

OSNABURG.

SILESIAS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A ndroscoggin, 9-4. .23  IPepperell, 10-4.........25
A ndroscoggin, 8-4. .21  Pepperell, 11-4.........274
Pepperell,  7-4........ 164 P equot,  7-4................18
Pepperell,  8-4........20  Pequot,  8-4................21
Pepperell,  9-4........22HIPequot,  9-4................24
P ark  Mills, No. 90.. 14 
Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
P ark   Mills, No.  100.15
Caledonia,  X , o z .. .10
Prodigy, oz..............11
Economy,  oz.......... 10
Otis Apron........... 104
P ark Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis  F u rn itu re .......104
P ark Mills, No. 60..11 
York,  1  oz...............10
P ark Mills, No. 70.. 12 
York. A A ,extra oz. 14
P ark  Mills, No. 80. .13
¡Alabama  plaid.......7
A labam a b ro w n ....  7 
Jew ell  briw n............9 4  ¡Augusta p laid..........7
K entucky  brow n.. 104 [Toledo plaid ............   7
Lew iston  bro w n ...  9 4 ¡Manchester  plaid..  7
Lane brow n............»4  New  Tenn. p la id ... 11
Louisiana  p la id ....  7 
¡Utility plaid............ 64
A vondale,  36...........   84 (Greene, G.  4-4..........5 4
A rt  cam brics, 36...114  Hill, 4-4.....................74
A ndroscoggin, 4-4..  84   Hill, 7-8.....................6 4
A ndroscoggin,5-4.. 124  Hope,  4-4................. 6 4
Ballou, 4-4................  64  King  Phillip  cam-
Ballou, 5-4................  6 
b n c, 4-4................. 114
Boott,  0.4-4.............8 4 1 Lin wood,  4-4.............. 74
Boott,  E .5-5.............  7  Lonsdale,  4 -4 .......  74
Boott, AGC, 4-4........9 4   Lonsdale  cam bric.104
Boott, K.  3-4.............  6 4  ¡Langdon, GB, 4 4 ...  94
ILangdon,  45............14
Blackstone, AA 4-4.  7 
Chapman, X, 4-4___6 
iMasonville,  4-4.........8
Conway,  4-4.............7  Maxwell. 4-4...............9 4
Cabot, 4 4 ..................  8 4  New Y ork Mill, 4-4.104
Cabot, 7-8..................  6  New Jersey,  4 4 ....  8
Canoe,  3-4................  4  Pocasset,  P. M. C..  74
Domestic,  36...........7 4 ¡Pride of th e W est.. 11
Dwight Anchor, 44.  9 
¡Pocahontas,  4 4 ....  74
D avol,44..................  9  Slaterville, 7-8.........8 4
F ru it of Loom, 4 4 ..  8 4 1Victoria,  A A .......... 9
F ru it of Loom, 7-8..  7 4 1 W oodbury, 4 4 .........54
F ru it of  th e  Loom,  W hitinsville,  4 4 ...  7 4
cam bric,  4 4 .........11  W hitinsville,7-8....  6 4
Gold Medal, 4 4 .. 
..  6 4  W am sutta,4 4 .......104
Gold Medal, 7-8.......6 
| Williamsvllle,  36.. .104
Gilded  A ge.............. 8 4 1
C row n..........................17 IMasonville T S.........  8
No.  10.......................124 M asonville  S ...........104
C oin..........................10  [Lonsdale......................94
A nchor....................... 15 Lonsdale A ................16
C entennial.............. 
N ictory  O ................
B la c k b u rn ..............  8  V ictory J ..................
D avol........................14  V ictory  D .................
L ondon.................... 1241 Victory  K ...................2 4
P a c o n ia ...................13  Phoenix  A ................. 194
Bed  C ross............... 10  Phoenix  B ..................104
Social  Im p erial— 16 
¡Phoenix X X ............ 5
Albion,  solid...........5 4  [G loucester.................5 4
Albion,  g re y ...........6  G loucesterm ourn’g .5 4
A llen’s  checks........5 4 ¡Ham ilton  fa n c y ....54
Ailen’s  fa n c y ......... 5 4   H artel fan cy ..............54
Allen’s p in k .............54  M errim ac  D ................5 4
A llen's p u rp le.........54  M a n ch ester............... 54
A m erican, fa n c y ... .5 4  O riental  fan cy .........54
Arnold fan cy ...........6  (Oriental  robes...........64
B erlin solid..............5  [Pacific  robes..............6
Cocheco  fa n c y ....... 0  R ichm ond...................6
Cocheco robes.........64  Steel  K iver................. 5 4
Conestoga fan cy .... 6  Simpson’s .................6
E d d y sto n e................. 6 W ashington fa n c y ..6
Eagle  fa n c y ................5 W ashington  blues.  7
G arner p in k ............5 4 1
A ppleton  A ,4-4....  64
Boott  M, 4-4............ 64
Boston  F, 4-4...........74
C ontinental C, 4-3..  64 
C ontinental D, 40 in  84 
Conestoga W, 4-4...  64 
Conestoga  D ,7-8...  54 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6 
Dwight  X , 3 -4 ......  54
Dwight Y, 7-8...........54
Dwight  Z, 4-4...........64
Dwight Star, 4-4—   7 
Ew ight Star, 40-in..  9 
E nterprise EE, 36..  5 
G reat Falls E, 4-4...  7
F arm ers’ A, 4-4.......6
Indian  O rchard  1-4  74
A m o sk e ag ..............74|B enfrew , dress styl  9
Amoskeag, P ersian  84 Johnson  M anfg Co,
Bookfold . . . . . . . .  .124
B a te s........................ 74  Johnson  M anfg Co,
B e rk sh ire ..............  64  dress  sty les.........124
Glasgow ch e c k s....  7 Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks, f ’y  74]  sty les.................    74
Glasgow 
checks,  W hite Mfg Co, stap  7
royal  sty les.........  8  ¡W hite Mfg Co, fano  8
G loucester, 
s ta n d a rd ..............   741  E arlston...............   84
P lu n k e t...................   74 G ordon.......... . 
7
L an caster................  8  Greylock, 
L angdale..................741  styles  .........  
124
W ID E  BLEACHED COTTONS. 
[Pepperell.  10-4 
A ndroscoggin, 7-4..21 
Androscoggin, 84..23  Pepperell,  114
Pepperell,  7 4 ........20 
IPequot,  7 4 ................21
Pepperell,  8 4 ........224 P equot,  0 4 ................24
Pepperell,  9 4 ........25 
¡Pequot,  9 4 ................274

Indian Orchard, 40.  8 
Indian Orchard, 36.  74
Laconia  B, 7-4......... 164
Lyman B, 40-in........104
M ass. BB, 4-4.............54
N ashua  E, 40-in__ 84
N ashua  B, 4-4...........7 4
N ashua 0,7-8.............6 4
N ew m arket N ...........64
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7
Pepperell  B, 4-4____7 4
Pepperell  0 , 7-8—   6 4  
Pepperell  N, 3-4—   6 4
Pocasset  C, 4-4......... 6 4
Saranac  B __  ...........7 4
Saranac  E ................  9

W hite  M anf’g  Co,

sty les..................... 

f i n e  b r o w n   c o t t o n s .

DOM ESTIC OINOHAM S.

P R IN T S .

dress

new 

 

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

A tlantic  A, 4 4 .......  7 4 [Lawrence XX, 4 4 ..  7
A tlantic  H ,4 4 .......7 Lawrence  Y ,30.... 
7
A tlantic  D, 4 4 .......  6 4  Lawrence LL, 4 4 ...  5 4
A tlantic P, 4 4 .........  5 4  N ew m arket N .........6 4
A tlantic  LL, 4 4 ....  5 
[Mystic Biver, 4 4 ...  54
A driatic, 36..............  74  Pequot A, 4 4 ...........  »4
A ugusta, 4 4 ............  6 4 ¡Piedmont,  36.............6 4
Boott  M, 4 4 ............  6 4  S tark AA, 4 4 .............74
Boott  FF, 4 4 ..........  74 T rem ont  CC, 4 4 ....  54
G raniteville, 4 4 —   5 4  Utica,  4 4 ................ 9
Indian  Head, 4 4 ...  7 
|W achusett,  4 4 ....... 74
Indiana H ead 45-in. 1241W achusett.  30-in...  64

TICK IN G S.

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GLAZED CAM BRICS.

Amoskeag,  A CA ... 124iFalls,X X X X ..........184
Am oskeag “ 4 4 .. 19 
Falls, X X X ............... l.>4
Amoskeag,  A .  12 
[Falls,  B B .................114
Am oskeag,  B .....114 Falls,  BBC, 36..........194
¡Falls,  aw ning......... 19
Am oskeag,  C.....11 
Am oskeag,  D .......104 H am ilton,  BT, 32. .12
Amoskeag,  E .......10 
¡Hamilton,  D...............»4
Amoskeag, F ..........  9 4  H am ilton,  H -------- 9 4
[Ham ilton  ia n c y ...l0
Prem ium   A ,44....17 
Prem ium   B ..........16 
¡Methuen A A ............12
E x tra 4 4 ..................16 
| M ethuen ASA......... 164
E x tra 7-8.........  ....... 144 Omega  A, 7-8...........11
Gold Medal 4 4 ........15  Omega  A, 4 4 ............13
CCA  7-8.....................124 ¡Omega ACA, 7-8— 14
Omega ACA, 4 4 .... 16
CT 4 4 ........................14
Omega SE, 7-8......... 24
RC 7-8........................14
Omega SE, 4 4 ......... 27
BF7-8....................... 16
Omega M. 7 -8 ......... 23
AF 4 4 ....................... 19
Omega M, 4 4 ...........25
Cordis AAA, 32...... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 114 
Coni is  ACA, 32...... 15
Shetucket, S Sc SW.12 
Cordis No. 1, 32........15
Sbetueket,  SFS  ...12
Cordis  No. 2.............14
Stockbridge  A ......... 78
Cordis  No. 3............. 13 
Cordis  No. 4............ 1 1 4 IStockbndge  iru cy .
[E m pire.....................

G a m e r.................... 5 
H ookset...................   5  W ash in g to n............  44
Red  C ross................   5  Edw ards.........  5
F orest G rove........... 
|S. S. & Sons............   5
A m erican  A .........18  001 Old  Ironsides......... 15
Stark A .....................2241W heatland...............31
B o sto n .....................  64  ¡Otis  C C .................104
E v erett b lu e.......... 134  W arren  AX A ..........134
E verett  brow n.......134 W arren  BB..............114
Otis  A X A ............... 124 W arren CC................104
Otis B B.................... 1141 York  fan cy ..............124
M anville...................6 
IS. S. & Sons.................. 6
M asgnville..............  6 
¡G arn e r.......................6
Bed  C ross..................7 4  Thistle Mills............
B e rlin .......................  7 4  R ose..........................  8
G a rn e r.....................741
Brooks 
................. 50 
C lark's O. N. F .......55  Mills ball sewing.30
J. &P.  C oats.......... 55  G reeh  &  D aniels...2o
W illim antic 6 cord.55 
[M erricks.................40
W illim antic 3 cord. 40  S taffo rd ................... 25
Hall & M anning... .25
Charleston ball sew 
¡Holyoke...................25

|Eagle  and  Phoenix

in g th re a d ............30 

PA PE R   CAM BRICS.

SPO O L COTTON.

G R A IN   BAGS.

W IG AN S.

DENIM S.

CORSET JE A N S .

A rm o ry ................... 6 4 1 K earsage......................74
Androscoggin sa t..  74  Naum keag sat teen.  74
Canoe B iver............   6  Pepperell  bleached
84
C larendon................6 4  Pepperell sat.
Hallowell  Im p ........6 4 K oekport..................... 84
Ind.O rch. Im p ........6 4   Lawrence s a t............7 4
L a co n ia....................74IConegosat....................6 4

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COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:
Ohio W hite Lime, per  b b l..................... 
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts.....................
Louisville Cement,  per b b l...................
A kron Cement per  b b l..........................
Buffalo Cement,  per b b l.............
Car lots 
............
P lastering hair, p er b u ................
Stucco, p er b b l...............................
Land plaster, per to n ...................
Land plaster, car lo ts...................
Fire brick, p er  M......................
Fire clay, p er  b b l..........................
A nthracite, egg and grate, car lo ts.. $5 
A nthracite, stove and  n u t, car lots..  6
CanneU,  c a r lo ts.....................................
Ohio Lum p, c a r lo ts..............................3
Blossburg o r  Cum berland, car lo ts..  4 
P ortland  C em ent................................... 3

COAL.

1  05@1  10 
25®  30
1  75 
d 50
2 50 
$25® $35

300 i

St  ?

OYSTERS!
Eaton  &  Christenson

Are now in the market with

their Famous

B I G  

G U N
OYSTERS,
R. BARITES  A  C

CA1T1TED  X2T  B AX-TÏXÆOB.E BY

F.  J.  LAMB  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  AGENTS  FOR  THE

D. D. Mallory & Co.

Diamond Brand Fresh Oysters

In  Cans or Bulk.  W rite for Quotations.

8  and  10  South  Ionia  Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

T h e   W e ll-K n o w n

J. S. Farren & Co.
O Y S T E R S
PUTNAM  &   BROOKS

ARE  THE  BEST  IN  MARKET.

WHOLESALE  AGENTS.

“1.1 C,” Best 10c Cigar in

CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.,

S O L E   A G E N T S .

O. W. BLAIN & CO.,

-D E A L E R S   IN-

F oreign  a i   Domestic  F ru its,  S o i t t o   V egetables,  Etc,
We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled a t low est m arket p rlc g   Corres­
NO.  9  IO N IA   ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

E.  IT -A. X_i A. -A. S,
&  C o i i s s i o i - B i t t e r   &  E g g s   a

Choice B u tte r always on hand.  All  Orders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention. 

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF

A C C (
PLUG  TOBACCO.

Offered in this M arket  are  as follows:

RED  F O X .................................................
BIG  D R I V E .................................................
PATROL 
.................................................
.........................................
JACK  RABBIT 
SILVER  C O I N .........................................
P A N IC .................................................................
BLACK  PRINCE,  DARK 
BIG  STUMP 
.................................
A P P L E J A C K .......................................
2c less in orders for  100 pounds of any one brand.

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-

FXXTE  CUT.

[THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor
STUNNER,  D A R K .................................
I RED  BIRD,  B R I G H T ................................
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT  - 
-
FRUIT 
|0   SO  SWEET 

.................................................

.................................

- 

- 

-
2c less in 6 pail lots.

SMOXSIXTG.

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.

- 

- 

These brands are sold only by

¡Arthur Meigs & Go.

Wholesale Grocers,

I W ho w arrant the same to be unequalled.  W e guar­
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,  77,  79 and 
171  South Division Street.  It may save you  money.

APPLES!

We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local 
demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. 
If you  have 
any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear from you, and we will 
keep  you  posted on market price and prospects.  Liberal cash advances made on dried 
| fruit, also on apples in car lots.

i  EARL BROS., Commission Merchants,
See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­

157  S.  WATER  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL

Reference—First National Bank.

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices  in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to mate Bottom Prices oa anythin! we handle.
A. B. KNOWLSON,

3  Canal Street,  Basement,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

F   F .   A D A M S  

O   O . ’S

DARK  AROMATIC

*

I Fine Cit t o r il Toiacco is ile veri lest dart pods 01 tie Market.

Istenson,

PROPRIETOR

HENRY  mm,
NEWAYGO 
Roller Mills
“Crown  P rince”

M A N U FA C TU R ER   O F  TH E

BRAND.

ALWAYS  UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY. 
FINEST  GRADES  OF  WHEAT  AND 
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR  A SPECIALTY. 
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR,  ROLLER  PRO­
CESS,  GUARANTEED  PURE.

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
E  I T  G I N E S

From  2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  m ade  for 
Complete Outfits.

W,  O.  Donison,

88,90  and  92  South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

T IM E  TABLES.

Michigan  Central.

D EPART.

♦Detroit E xpress......................................  6:00 a m
+Day  E xpress............................................ 12:45 p m
♦A tlantic E xpress...............................................9:20 p m
Way F reight......................................................   6:50 a m

A R R IV E .

♦Pacific  E xpress........................................ 8:00 a m
TM ail...........................................................3:50pm
tG rand  Rapids  E xpress................................. 10:50 p m
Way F re ig h t.........................................................5:15 a m

.

.

.

+Daily except Sunday.  ‘Daily.
Sleeping  cars  ru n   on  A tlantic  and  Pacific 
Express. 
, 
D irect  and  prom pt  connection  m ade  with 
G reat  W estern,  G rand  T runk  and  Canada 
Southern train s in sam e depot a t D etroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The D etroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
D raw ing  Room  and  P arlor  Car  fo r  D etroit, 
reaching th a t city a t 11:45 a.m .. New York 10:30 
a. m .,and  Boston 3:05  p. in. nex t day.
A train  leaves D etroit a t 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday w ith draw ing room car attached, arriv­
ing at G rand Rapids a t  10:50 p. in.

J.T . Sc h u l t z . Gen 1 A gent.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
tM ail..........................................9:15 a m
TDay  E xpress.......................  1:00 p m
♦Night  E xpress............................ 10:40 p m
Muskegon E xpress..............  4:15 p m

A rrives, 
4:25 p m 
9:15 p  m 
5:45 a m 
11:15 a m
♦Daily.  +Daily except Sunday.
Pullm an Sleeping  Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants w ithout  ex tra  charge  to  Chicago  on 
1:00 p. in., and through coach  on 9:15 a.  m . and 
10:40 p. m.  trains.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  A rrives.
E xpress.......  .........................4:15 p m  4:05 p m
E x p ress..................................   8:05 a m   11:15 a m
All trains arrive and d epart from   Union  De-
^ T h e  N orthern term inus of  th is Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is m ade  w ith 
F. &  P. M.  train s  to  and  from   Ludiugton  and 
M anistee. 

j .  H. C a r p e n t e r ,  Gen  1 Pass. A gent.
J .  B.  M u l i.i k e n ,  G eneral  M anager.

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_

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

tra in  

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
A rrive.
E x p ress................................. 7:15 p m
M ail........................................ 9:50 a m
All train s daily except Sunday.
The 

Leave. 
7:30 a  in 
4:00 p m
leaving  a t  4  p. m. connects  a t 
W hite Pigeon w ith  A tlantic  Express  on  Main 
Line, which has Palace D raw ing  Room  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from   Chicago  to   New  Y ork  and 
Boston w ithout change.
The  tra in   leaving  a t  7:30  a. m . connects  a t 
W hite Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with 
special New York Express on Main Line.
in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured a t  U nion T icket office, 
67 Moure stre e t and  depot.

liekets  aud  berths 

Through 

J. W. M c K e n n e y , Gen 1 A gent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

A rrives. 

GOING  w e st.

Leaves.
6:25 a m
tSteam boat  E xpress..........  
•(•Through  Mail.....................10:10 a m   10:20 a m
■»■Evening  E xpress..............3:20 p m 
3:35 p m
♦Limited  E xpress................  8:30 p m  10:45 p m
10:30 a m
tM ix e d , w ith   c o a c h .......... 
1:10 p m 
5:15 p m
p m

TMorning  E xpress...............  1:05 p m
tTh rough  M ail.....................   5:10 
TSteamboat  E xpress........... 10:40 p m
TMixed....................................
♦Night E xpress.....................  o:10 a m
TDaily, Sundays excepted.  ‘Daily.
Passengers  tak in g   th e  6:25  a.  m. 

5:20 a m 
Express
m ake close connections at Owosso fo r Lansing 
and a t D etroit for New York, arriving th ere at 
10:00 a.  in. th e following m orning.
The  N ight  Express  has  a  through  W agner 
Car  and  local  Sleeping  Car  D etroit  to   Grand 
Rapids. 

_  
D. P otter, City Pass. A gent. 

Geo. B.  Reev e, Traffic M anager, Chicago.

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.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

GOING  NORTH.

Cincinnati & Gil  Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30 a m 
Ft. W ayne & M ackinac  Ex  4:10 p m  
G’d Rapids & T ra v . City Ac.

A rrives.  Leaves.
11:30 a  m 
5:05 p in 
7:00a  m

GOING  SOUTH.

7:15 a m 
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
5:30 p m
M ackinac & Cincinnati E x .  5:05 p m 
-----r —
Mackinac & F t. W ayr e E x .. 10:30 a m  11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m 

All train s daily except Sunday.

SLE EPIN G   CAB ARRANGEMENTS.

N orth—T rain  leaving  a t  5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for  Petoskey 
and  M ackinac.  T rain leaving a t 11:30 a. m. has 
com bined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw
South—T rain leaving at 5 :30 p. m. has  Wood­

ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. Lockwood, G eu’l Pass. A gent.

Detroit, Mackinao  & Marquette.

T rains connect w ith G. R. & I.  train s  for  St. 
Ignace, M arquette aud Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving G rand Rapids a t 5:00 p. m., arriving a t 
M arquette at 1:35 p. m. aud 6:10 p. m.  R eturning 
leave  M arquette  a t 7:30  a.  m.  aud  2:00  p.  m., 
arriving  a t G rand  Rapids  a t 10:30  a.  m.  Con­
nection made a t M arquette w ith the M arquette, 
H oughton  and  Ontonagon  Railroad  for  the 
Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper D istricts.
Gen’l Pass. & Tkt. Agt.,  Marquette, Mich.

E.  W.  ALLEN.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

B A N K -G  a ItN ISH M EN T—P A Y M EN T OF CH ECK .
Where a  depositor  in  a  bank  before the 
service  of  process  upon  the  bank  as  gar­
nishee  drew  a  check  in  favor  of  another, 
which was  forwarded to the bank  and was 
by it paid  in  due  course  of  business  after 
the service of the  writ,  and  charged to the 
account of the depositor, the Supreme Court 
of Illinois held that  the  bank as  garnishee 
was entitled to credit for the amount of  the 
check so paid.
IN S U R A B L E  

IN T E R E ST — CO LLA TE R A L  SE­

C U R ITY .

A creditor to  whom  property is  assigned 
as  collateral security has an insurable inter­
est in it to the amount of debt,  according to 
the  Supreme Court of South Carolina in the 
case of Hume et  al.  vs.  Providence  Wash­
ington Insurance  Co.  The  court  said that 
an interest  to  be  insurable  nefed not be a 
property in the  subject  insured,  but that it 
would be sufficient if  a  loss  of  the subject 
would bring upon the  insured  a  pecuniary 
loss or intercept a profit

F A IL U R E   TO  TRA N SM IT  M ESSA G E.

Where  a  telegrain  is  transmitted  to  an 
office  after  the  office  hours  the  company 
does not become liable for the statutoi y pen­
alty for a failure to transmit  The  penalty 
is not incurred  unless  there  is a  failure to 
receive and  transmit during the usual office 
hours, both at the point where the  message 
is received and that to which it is  transmit­
ted.  So held by tlve  Supreme  Court of  In­
diana,  in  the  case  of  the  Western  Union 
Telegraph Company vs.  Harding.

A U C T IO N EE R

l ia b il it y  
p r in c ip a l .

-U ND ISCLO SED

In the case of Seemuller  et al.  vs. Fuchs, 
decided by the Maryland Court of  Appeals, 
it appeared that a person,  being  in  the pos­
session of a piano under  a  contract  of  hir­
ing,  sent  it to the warerooms  of  the appel­
lants, who were auctioneers, to  be sold. 
It 
was sold  by them  at auction,  without  dis­
closing the name of the  owner,  and bought 
by the appellee.  The piano was subseqeiit- 
ly replevied  by  the  owner,  and  an  action 
was brought  by  the  purchaser  against the 
autioneers to recover the  money paid on ac 
count of the purchase.  The  purchaser (the 
appellee)  recovered  judgment  against  th€ 
appellants and  this judgment  was  affirmed 
by the Court of Appeals.

it

B IL L S   OF L A D IN G   F R A U D U L E N T L Y   ISSU ED .
An interesting case involving the liability 
of railroad companies upon  ..bills  of  lading 
issued by their agents was  recently decided 
by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 
In 
this case,  Brooke et al. vs. New York,  Lake 
Erie & Western  Railroad  Co.,  it  appeared 
that the defendant  company  employed  one 
Weiss as a shipping clerk at  one of its sta­
tions in New York State and authorized him 
to issue bills of lading  for  goods  delivered 
to the company for  shipment  over  its line. 
The  plaintiff's  commission  merchants  in 
Philadelphia  received over defendant’s road 
from one Williams,  in  New  York,  several 
consignments  of  barley  on  which,  fiom 
time to time, they made advances by accept­
ing and paying drafts drawn on  him by the 
consignor and attached to the bills oi  lading 
signed by Weiss on behalf of  the  company. 
Weiss, with Williams’  connivance,  issued a 
fictitious  bill  of  lading  for a car of barley 
never delivered  to the  company,  and Wil­
liams sent  the  same  with  a  draft to the 
plaintiffs, who  accepted  the  draft  on  the 
faith of the  bill  and  paid  it at  maturity. 
Upon the failure of the  barley to arrive  the 
plantiff  brought suit  against  the  company 
to recover for his loss, 
lhe court held that 
the defendant company was  estopped  from 
denying the  validity of  the  bill of  lading, 
and that it was immaterial that no authority 
had been given  to  W eiss to  issue  bills of 
lading without receiving the goods mention­
ed therein.  The  court  said:  “It  is  con­
tended that inasmuch as  no  authority,  real 
or apparent to issue bills  of  lading without 
receiving goods  mentioned  therein  had ac­
tually been given by the railroad company to 
Weiss,  it was not in  any  manner responsi­
ble for his unauthorized  act,  even  as to in­
nocent third parties  who  were  misled and 
injured thereby.  We  cannot  assent to this 
proposition.  As  between  principal  and 
third parties, the  true  limit of  the  agent’s 
authority to bind the former is the apparent 
authority with which the  agent is invested; 
but as between the principal and  the agent, 
the true limit is the express authority of in­
struction  given  to the  agent.  *  *  *  * 
The principal is bound by all the acts of his 
agent  within  the  scope  of  the  authority 
which he held him out  to  the world to pos­
sess, notwithstanding ¿.the agent  acted con­
trary to instructions, and  this  is  expressly 
the case with officers and agents of corpora­
tions.  Since a corporation acts only through 
agents,  it is bound  by  its agent’s  contracts 
when made  ostensibly within  the  range of 
their office.  One who authorizes another to 
act for him hi  a  certain  class  of  contracts 
undertakes for the absence  of  fraud  in the 
agent acting within the scope  of his author­
ity.  *  *  *  It is conceded  in  this  case 
that the  company did  not  authorize the is­
suance of bills of  lading  without  receipt of 
goods, but it put Weiss in its place to do that 
class of  acts,  and  it  should  be  answerable 
for the manner in which  he conducted him­
self within the range of his agency.  Public 
policy,  as well  as the  ultimate good of cor­
porations  themselves,  requires  that  this 
■should be the  rule.”

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

9 7   and 99  Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, M ichigan

Grand. Rapids.

P E R K I N S   &  H E S s ,|RINDq ;e  BERTSCH &  CO.,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,|
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

NOS.  183  a n d   134  LOUIS  S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N . 

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

D E A L E R S   IN

Mieli,

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL USE.

Only 35 Cents.

So  confident  are  we  that Dr. Pete’s 35 cent 
Cough Cure will not disappoint the  most san­
guine  exdectations  of  a  single broken-down 
consumptive invalid, that we warrant It.  Had 
we not the most perfect confidence  in its vir­
tues, we would not think of  offering  it as we 
do.  Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins  &  Co., whole­
sale druggists, Grand Bgsiids, Mich. 

#

A  Hvehliood  for  agents of either sex selling
AS BESTUS  I N SOLES
JVVÀRM THE'rpÈTÏNWlNTER. COÓV1N  SUMMER
'-----   mi A RRfcVf NTiyE AjCURÇ

SEND FOR CIRCULARS^ 

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COLDS

¿ONSUfoPTlOh; RHEUMATISM, AGUE. NEURALGIA. 
ANYVS1ZE  $1 PER MAIL OR AT DRUGGISTS,SHOESTORES 

CLEANSED WITHOUT DAMAGE BY p| R  £

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

W e   h a v e   a   s p le n d id   lin e   o f  g o o d s   fo r   F a l l   t r a d e   a n d   g u a r ­
T h e   d e m a n d  f o r   o u r   o w n .  m a k e  
S e n d   in  

a n te e   o u r   p r ic e s   o n   R u b b e r s . 
o f   W o m e n ’s,  M is s e s ’  a n d   C h i l d s   s h o e s  
y o u r   o r d e r s   a u d   t h e y   w i l l   b e   p r o m p t ly   a t t e n d e d   to .

in c r e a s in g . 

14 and 10 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

is  

(Sroceries.
PUT  AT  REST.

Four  Merchants  Who  Kick  Vigorously 

Against the Project.
E l m ir a ,  Mich., Nov. 21,  1885. 

Senseless Rumors Regarding a Certain 

Editor M ichigan T radesm an:

Wholesale Grocery Establishment.

D e a r  S ir —Please add our  names  to the
For a year or more reports have  been cir-1 list of protestants against the cartage charg-
ed by the  Grand  Rapids  jobbers.  We do 
not consider it a legitimate  charge and  will 
pay it under protest,  if we have to.  Detroit 
jobbers do  not,  as  a  rule,  charge  cartage, 
and we can prove it to any one enough  inter­
ested hi this matter to want proof.
Yours truly,

culated  at  frequent  intervals,  by interested 
parties, to  the  effect  that  the  millionaire 
partner in the  firm  of  Arthur  Meigs & Co. 
was dissatisfied with  the  returns of  his  in­
vestment  and  was  seeking  an  opportunity 
to withdraw from the house ;  and since Ar­
thur Meigs & Co. liavq^ embarked in  the re­
tail business,  the rumors have been  revived 
at even more frequent  intervals,  and  it has 
frequently  bpen  stated  that on the  retire­
ment  of  It.  G.  Peters,  the  date  of  which 
event the gossips have placed at  January 1, 
the wholesale grocery firm of  Arthur Meigs 
& Co. would  go out  of  existence,  and  that 
after that time  the sole  remnant  of  a once 
powerful  house would be the  retail grocery 
store of  Arthur Meigs.

With a view to  determining which of  the 
rumors  were  false,  and  which 
true,  or 
whether  they  were  all  a  tissue  of  false­
hoods,  a reporter  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   re­
cently called upon Mr. Meigs and asked  for 
a statement of  the facts in the matter.  The 
genial jobber smiled  in  his  peculiarly  sug­
gestive  way,  helped  himself  to  a  fresh 
chew  of  Red  Fox, and  made  a number  of 
emphatic remarks which were  substantially 
as follows:

Tiios. S.  J o r d a n ,
J.  R.  Com bs.

WIDE  BE  DOTS OF  KICKING.” 

M e n d ON, Mich.,  Nov. 21,  1885. 

Editor Michigan Tradesm an:

D e a r   S ir —I wish to add my name to the 
list of those who are opposed to paying cart­
age.  Six years ago I dealt with Freeman & 
Hawkins  and  they charged  me  cartage. 
I 
quit dealing with them  and bought goods in 
Fort Wayne on that account, and if the cus 
tom is  revived  I  shall  be  forced to do so 
again. 
I have  to  deliver  goods  free at a 
greater distance than  any  wholesale  dealer 
in Grand Rapids does and until I can charge 
my customers cartage I cannot afford to pay 
it,  and by the  Holy  Poker I  won’t.  There 
may be lots of dealers that will say  nothing 
in protest in  your  paper,  but  you will find 
when  they come  to  pay  their  bills,  that if 
cartage is insisted  on,  there will  be lots of 
kicking and loss of  trade  to Grand Rapids.

F. H.  L e s t e r .

E ditor M ichigan T radesm an:

A  DEALER  AVITII  MANY  TRIALS.

W e l d o n   C r e e k ,  Mich., Nov.  21.

“You  can  assure  the  readers  of  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n   that  Mr. Peters  is  not  at all 
anxious to  retire  from  the  linn  of  Arthur 
Meigs & Co.,  and  is  not  likely  to  retire so 
long  as we can make  as good a  showing as 
we have made in the  past.  Myr partner ha 
frequently'  assured me  that the  returns he 
has received from  the  business were out of 
all  proportion  to  his  expectations,  which 
gives the lie  direct to  all  the  reports circu­
lated  by  jealous  competitors,  Moreover, 
the  jobbing  house  of  Arthur  Meigs  & Co. 
will  probably be in existence when  several 
jobbers who have chuckled over my suppos­
ed  fate  are  engaged in  other  business. 
I 
started a retail business because I thought I 
saw  a chance to make  some  money in that 
way,  and as a  matter of  fact  the  business 
has been profitable from  the  start. 
I shall 
continue the jobbing trade,  however,  giving 
that branch of  the business  more  attention 
than ever  before,  and  I  expect  to  eclipse 
my competitors  in the  race for  supremacy 
as far in the future as I have in the past.” 
Such a general and specific denial,  clearly

D e a r  S ir —I  take the liberty to  pour out 
some of my troubles  for  I  am  overloaded, 
and they seem to grow more numerous every 
day.  The latest one—the one which breaks 
my poor heart—comes upon us in  the shape 
of cartage.  Roxes  full  of  knot  holes cost 
us  something pirty.  So  do  holey  bags  at 
25 cents. 
I  can  furnish  enough  to  buy a 
small farm at that price.  Damp  sugar and 
soaked  barrels  cost  us  something.  Tea 
chests marked 67 pounds net have their hor­
rors.  The oil barrels marked  52%  gallons 
are suspicious.  Musty fruit,  fish  and  bean 
cans  I  have  buried  by  the  dozen,  full of 
smelling goods.  Crack-and-go-out matches, 
weak  pepper,  ginger,  baking  powder  and 
stout soap have their care for  me.  1 ellow- 
lined, blue spotted pork  and  dead dry cod­
fish trouble  me at  times.  The  shadows of 
and emphatically set forth,  ought to put the I ^ ie jong  jost  herring, seven-year-old cheese 
| amj  wormy  currants  take  a  hand  in  my
calumnies of  envious rivals at rest forever. 
I downfall.  Broken bluing  bottles, clay pipes
...  aud  lamp  chimneys  take  off  some  of  my
the air of a man who  owned  the world and  Profit on  patent  medicines  Old  crackers, 
had a mortgage on several of the other plan- U’oung “please remit  and  oblige stir me up. 
ets,  and  ordered  three  dollars’  worth  t e a ,   Musty  oat  meal  hurts  my  appetite  The
flour aiul su 
city.

thick  full  of  candy  roil  me  some.  Hie
apple barrel, one end full of  large ones,  the 
other  small  ones,  aud  the  middle  rotten 
onas,  t ickels me some. There are rusty wash 
The  grocer was  a  member  of  the Retail 
boards, 
loose-headed  brooms,  frozen  ink, 
Grocers’ Association and hastily scanned the 
double-billed  writing  press, 
jammed  tin­
first Dead-beat list issued by the  Law Com-
ware, mullen leaf tobacco, and those  sweet, 
mittee.
smelling  cigars  which damage  my  temper, 
it appeared on the  list  as  owing three gro-1 The  oh so  soft  lemons  and  extra  soft or- 
cers doing business in the  vicinity in which  anges,  empty  cocoa  nuts  and  petted  and 
he lived. 
spoiled peanuts are no friends of mine.  All
Instead of getting the  goods as  he antici-  these are piled  upon  us  of the  retail trade 
pated,  the  supplicant  for  credit  was  told  and millions of smaller ones are  shipped to 
that his name was on the delinquent list, and  us by the wholesale brother, but we will not 
that the grocer  was  pledged not  to  extend  stand the cartage dodge,  so long  as there is 
him credit. 
a blind horse and  cheap  man  kept in  their

Tr 
lie walked  into  the  comer  grocery with  anu  iamP  uuu 

The name of the man who asked for cred-

He would  be  in  the  next  Saturday 

ar sent to a distant  part of the  ^

  >,aiIs  of  browu  paper  one-half

A  Month Hence 
, 

“straighten it up.”

“   " 

,,,. 

„ 

J 

. 

.

As he went out of the door, the delinquent  employ to draw7 our goods.

Yours truly, 

Wm. N ie l a n .

The  Grocery Market.

muttered something  about  a grocer’s  mon-1 
opoly, aud bowed his head  with grief at his 
inability to find anyone who was not “onto” | 
his little game.
Boston Extends the Right Hand of Fellow­

ship.

From  th e Boston Commercial Reporter.

Business and  collections  are  fairly good. 
Sugars  are  higher  and  firmer,  and  further 
advances  are  anticipated.  The  oil  famine
It is encouraging to notice that retail gro-1 still continues,  rendering  it almost impossi- 
cers all over the country are becoming more | ble to obtain either grade in sufficient quan- 
and more  impressed with the importance of 
united  action.  We  receive  at  intervals, 
from various points,  information of  the  or­
ganization  of  retail  grocers’  associations, 
and chronicle to-day the  formation  of  such 
an institution at Grand Rapids,  Mich.

It is stated that some of the Pittsburg con­
tractors and  builders  have been  obliged to 
suspend operations  temporarily,  on account 
of the scarcity  of  nails  caused by the nail­
ers’ strike.  The Eastern manufacturers are 
reaping a rich harvest.

tities to supply the immediate demand.

T he  M ic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n   has  been 
instrumental in the accomplishment of  this 
object,  and  the  recent  organization  of  the 
‘Retail Grocers’ Association of  Grand Rap­
ids,” is additional evidence of the important 
aid  rendered  by  the  trade journals to  the 
various departments of business which they 
represent.

We  congratulate  the  grocers  of  Grand 
Rapids upon the successful  inauguration  of 
their association,  and  are  confident  that  it 
will promote the best interests of  the trade.

Reducing the  Exemption.

Wm.  II.  Sigel  makes  a  good  suggestion 
as to one result which the  grocers’  associa­
tions will be able to  accomplish  when they 
are fully organized all over the State, and that 
is that sufficient pressure he  brought to hear 
on the Legislature to reduce the exemeption 
allowed  a  married  man  from  $25  to  $10. 
The  present  exemption  is  altogether  too 
large,  and  in  hundreds  of  cases  operates 
against the dealer,  as  it  enables  the  delin­
quent  sufficient  leeway  to  defeat the  ends 
of justice.
T h e  T r a d e s m a n   considers  Mr.  Sigel’s 
suggestion  a  good  one,  aud  halls  the day 
when  the  grocer  movement  will  be  suffi­
ciently  strong  in  Michigan  to  induce  the 
Legislature to grant several  reforms  which 
the best interests of the trade demand.

Kansas  City  Grocer:  T h e  Mic h ig a n 
T ra d esm a n  has  the  sunshine  of  “high 
noon” and its weekly visits calls us from la­
bor to refreshments.

ELASTIC  STARCH
IT  REQUIRES  NO  COOKING.

HT. ARK, JEWELL & CO.,

SOLE  AGENTS,

A E X C H .

NO  CARTAGE.

Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

4-

„  

„   _  

P resident—H. B. Fargo.
F irst V ice-President—Wm. B. K eift.
Second V ice-President—A. Towl.
Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer.
Financial Secretary—John DeHaas.
Board of D irectors—O. Lam bert, W. 1  McKen­
zie, H. B. Sm ith, Wm. B.Kelly, A.  Towl  and 
,
E.  Johnson. 
Finance Comm ittee—Wm.  B. Kelly,  A.  Towl 
and E. Johnson.
Com m ittee  on  Rooms  and  Library—O.  Lam­
bert, H.  B. Smith and W.  1. McKenzie.
A rbitration  Com m ittee—B.  Borgm an.  G arrit 
W agner and Jo h n  DeHaas.
Com plaint • Com m ittee—Wm.  B.  K eift,  D.  A. 
Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot,  R.  S.  M iner  and L. 
V incent. 
„   ...
Law Comm ittee—H. B.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  K eift 
and A. Towl.
T ransportation Committee—Wm. B, K en t, An­
drew  W ierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular m eetings—F irst and third W ednesday 
evenings  of each m onth.
N ext m eeting—W ednesday evening, Dec.  —

_  

Michigan  Dairymen’s  Association.

Oryanized  at  Grand  Rapids,  February  2;».  1885.
President—Milan W iggins, Bloomingdale. 
Vice-Presidents—W.  H.  Howe,  Capac;  F.  C. 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P.  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F.  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
W arren H aven, 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  in  February, 
M embership F'ee—$1 per year.
Official O rgan—T he Mic h ig a n T radesman.

Rapids. 
1886.

„   ,

. 

PRO V ISIO N S.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as  follows:

t  P O R K   IN   BARRELS.

Mess, Chicago packing, new .....................
Mess, Chicago  pack in g ............... .............
Clear, short pork, Chicago  packing —
Back, clear sh o rtcu t, Chicago  packing
E xtra fam ily clear, short c u t.................
Clear. A. W ebster  packer, new ..............
A.  W ebster packer, short c u t.................
E x tra pig, short c u t...................................
E x tra  clear, h eavy....................................
Clear back, short c u t................................
DRV'  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, h eav y ...................................
li g h t....................................  
Short Clears, heavy................................... 
lig h t......................................  

“ 

.11  50 
.10  50 
.12  00 
.12  50 
.11  50 
.12  75 
.12  50 
.12  00 
.12  50 
.13  50

6:
jj
6

do. 
SMOKED MEATS— CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

H am s, heav y ........................................................ Ijj.
•*  m edium .....................................................m
lig h t..........................................................JO
“ 
Boneless  H am s...................................................Jo
Boneless Shoulders...........................................   2
B reakfast  B acon.................................
........ 8%
D ried Beef, ex tra  q u ality .................
.... 10%
Dried Beef, H am  pieces.....................
....... 6
Shoulders cured  in sw eet pickle—

LARD.

Tierces  .......................................................
30 and 50 ft T u b s........................................
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases......................

LARD  IN  T IN  P A IL S .

20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  rack s...................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  case...............................
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case..................................
10 ft Pails, 6 in a c a s e ...............................

B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

E x tra Me8s Beef, w arranted 200 fts.........
Boneless,  e x tra .............................................
SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.
P ork  Sausage................................................
H am   Sausage................................................
Tongue  Sausage...........................................
FYankfort  Sausage......................................
Blood  Sausage...............................................
Bologna, stra ig h t.........................................
Bologna,  th ic k ..............................................
H ead  Cheese.................................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

In half b arre ls----- 1 .....................................
In  q u arter b arre ls........................................

9  38 
13  50

F R E S H   M EATS, 
quotes  the

Jo h n   M ohrhard  quotes  the  trad e  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides....................................   5  @ 6%
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs...................  6  @  6%
Dressed  H ogs............................................  5  @5%
M utton,  carcasses...................................4%@  5
V eal.............................................................  g  @9
P ork  Sausage............................................  7  @  8
Bologna......................................................  7 ®   8
Fowls...........................................................  514®  *
Spring Chickens......................................  •  @  8
D ucks  .......................................................   @J3
Turkeys  ....................................................

H ID E S , PE L T S   A N D   FU RS.

P erkins & Hess pay as follows:

H ID ES.

ICalf skins, green

@  7 
G reen __ *|0 ft
P a rt  c u re d ... 8%@  8%| or cu red __
@  9 % Deacon skins,
Full cu red __
Dry hides and
k ip s ............

piece.......20

Shearlings__
L a m b sk in s...
Old wool, estim ated washed ^  ro........
Tallow............

1
PELTS.
..........................20 @40
.......................... 20 @50
@25
..........................4 @ 41

8  @ 12 
SH EEP

@10
@50

W OOL.

2-3

FUKS.

Fine washed $  ft 24@27|Unwashed............ 
Coarse w ashed.. .18@22|
B e ar...........................................................1  00@12  00
F'isher  ........................................................2  00@6  00
Red F o x .......................................................   25@1 00
Grey F o x ....................................... 
M a rtin ..........  
Minx  ..  ........................................................  05@  50
M uskrat, w inter ta n ...............................  05@  06
\
( r t e r .................................................................4  00@a 00
liiiecoon........................................................  
5@ 75
S kunk...........................................................  10@1 00
Beaver,  40  f t ...................................................1  50@2 50
Deer, $   f t....................................................   10@ 30

k its  .........................................   @ 

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These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

prom ptly and buy in full packages.
F razer’s .................  
90IParagon    .............  1  80
Diamond  X ............  80 P arag an 2 5 ft p ails.1  20
Modoc, 4  doz.......... 2  50|Fraziers,25 ft pails. 1  25

AXLE  GREASE.

BA K IN G   PO W D ER.

Thom pson’s  Butterfly, b u lk .....................  25
6 o r 10 ft c a n s.....  27
%, 4 doz. in  c a s e ... 
H,8   “ 
“ ...1 9 5
“ 

05
J . H. Thompson & Co.’s  Princess,  Ms.......... 1 25
'  %s.........2  25

** 
“ 
“ 

•» 
“ 
» 

“ 

“ 

I s . . 
bulk.

A rctic,  % ft can s...

...1  40 
...2   40 
.  12  00 
...7   50 
@50 
@49 
@48

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“  

45 
&5 
65

tw o 
five 

CA NN ED  F IS H .

. ..doz. 
...doz. 
..  doz. 
.. .doz.

gross  I  00 
.  8  00 
12  00 
.  2  00 
.  3 00 
.  4  00

Silver Spoon, 3  doz...............
K nife, single  b u tt.................
lo ts.........
“   .........
BLUING .
Dry, No. 2.................................
Dry, No. 3.................................
Liquid, 4 oz,............................
Liquid, 8 oz..............................
A rctic 4 oz...............................
A rcticS  oz.............................
A rctic 16 oz.............................
A rctic No. 1 pepper box —
A rctic No. 2 
“  —
A rctic No. 3 
“   —
BROOMS.
No. 1 C arpet............2 50|No.  2  H url 
.............1]
No. 2 C arpet............2 25 Fancy  W h isk .......... 1
No. 1  P arlo rG ein ..2   75 Com raonW hisk—   1
No. 1 H u rl............... 2 OOl
Clams, 1 ft  sta n d ard s....................................}  15
Clams, 2 ft  sta n d ard s....................................1  m
Clam Chowder,  3 f t ......................................."00
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  stan d ard s......................1  lo
Cove O ysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s.....................  1  90
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.......................................I
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r .......................................... f   00
Lobsters, 2 ft s ta r.......................................... 2  to
Mackerel, l f t   fresh   stan d ard s...................1  10
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s.................... 3 .>0
Mackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3 f t ...................5 25
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard.............................. 5
Mackerel, 3 ft broiled.....................................3
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r.....................  -1
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r.......................3 30
Salmon. 1 ft  S acram ento............................. 1  30
Sardines, dom estic %s................................. 8@9
Sardines,  dom estic  %s...............................   15@lb
Sardines,  M ustard  %s...................................  10
Sardines,  im ported  %s.................................  14
T rout. 3 ft  brook..........................................  4  50
Apples. 3 ft sta n d a rd s...................................  00
Apples, gallons,  sta n d ard s........................ 2  40
Blackberries, sta n d ard s...............................   »n
Cherries,  red  stan d ard.................................  80
D am sons......................................................... J 00
Egg  Plum s, standard? 
............................... J  *o
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t.......................*  40
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .......................   ••--•2  40
Peaches,  standards.  ..........................*■  “>@1
Peaches,  seconds......................................... J  50
Pineapples,  E rie ...........................................}  7j>
Pineapples, stan d ard s.................................J  •*»
Q u in ces.............................................................     *2
Raspberries,  e x tra ......................................*  lu

CANNED F R U IT S .

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

Lusk’s.  Mariposa.
2 00
1  8o
1  85
1  85
£
¿ 5®
- -u
.3  25

A p ric o ts......................................2  25 
Egg P lu m s.................................. 2  10 
G ra p e s..........................................¿10 
G reen G ages...............................2  10 
P e a rs............................................."  J*? 
Q u in ces....................................... "  ¿2 
P e a c h e s........ ............................... -  5.> 
CANNED  VEGETA BLES.
A sparagus, O yster Bay.....................
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .....................
Beans, Stringless,  E rie.....................
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked.........
Corn.  T rophy......................................
“  Red S eal....................................
“  E xcelsior..................................
Peas, F ren ch .......................................
Peas, M arrofat, sta n d ard ................
Peas, B e a v e r......................................
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden......................
Succotash, sta n d ard ..........................
Tomatoes, T rophy.............................
Tomatoes.  H illsdale........................
Tom atoes,  A drian............................
Tom atoes, T hree R ivers.................
.11 @12 
Michigan  full  cream ......................
@101 
H alf  skim ...........................................
@   6
S k im ....................................................
B o sto n ........................36i Germ an  Sw eet........... ;
Baker’s ...................... 38 V ienna Sweet  ............
R unkles’ .....................351
9@13  IUoastod  M a r... 17@18 
G reen  R io—  
; Roasted Mocha.28@30
17@27 
G reen J a v a ... 
23@25 
j Roasted M ex...
Green Mocha. 
10@15 
¡Ground  Rio—
Roasted  Rio.. 
I Package  Goods
23@30 
Roasted J ava
72 foot J u t e .......   1  35  172 foot C otton..
60 foot J u te .......  100  ¡60 foot C otton..
40 Foot C otton__ 1  50 
¡50 foot C otton..

CHOCOLATE.

CORDAGE.

CH EESE.

CO FFEE.

CRACKERS.

X

X

X

. . . ■ 

5 per cent, off in 10 barrel lots.

...................................
F IS H .

.......85@9t
Bloaters, Smoked Y arm outh
.......©5
Cod, w hole...............................
. .  .5%@8%
Cod,Boneless............................
......n@ir
H a lib u t....................................
H erring  %  b b ls................. ; ..
. ’. !  ! ,85@9I
H erring, Holland, dom estic.
H erring,  Scaled.............................................  18@-
Mackerel, P enny bbls.......... ......................
M ackerel, shore, No. 2, %  b b ls...................5 00
“ 
...........  80
' 
“ 
.................  70
No. 3, % b b ls.................................3  50
12 ft  k its.............................  62
“ 
............................  55
“ 
10 
Shad,  % b b l .....................................................2
T rout, %  b b ls..................................................3  75
12 ft  k its ...............................................  »5
...............................................,  80
10 
W hite, No. 1, Vi b b ls .....................................»  £
W hite, No. 1,12  ft k its..................................1  00
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its ...................................  85
W hite, F'amily, % bbls..................................3  2»

12 ft kits 
10 

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FLA VO RING EXTRACTS.

Lemon.  Vanilla.

2o@l 00

25@1 00
Jennings' 2 oz............................. 40  doz.l 00
4 oz..............................................1 »>
“ 
6 oz..............................................2 50
“ 
8 o z............................................. 3 50
“ 
“ 
No. 2 T ap er.............................. 1 2a
** 
No.  4 
1  75
“ 
% pin t  ro u n d ...........................4 50
i  1 
.. 
9 00
No.  8.........................................3 00
“ 
No. 1 0 ........................................ 4 25

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FR U ITS

Cherries, dried,  p itted ............................
Citron,  new .....................
C urrants,  n ew ...............
Peaches, dried  ..............
Prunes, Turkey, n e w ...
P runes, TurkeV,  o ld ...
Raisins, new V alencia.
Raisins,  O ndaras.........
Raisins,  S ultanas....................................
Raisins, Loose M uscatels, new ............
old................
Raisins, London L ayers........................
Raisins, California London  L ay ers...
W ater W hite.........12Ji  | Legal  T e st...

K E R O S EN E  O IL .

“  

“ 

“ 

@ 1«
@36
6@6
12@
6 %@ 6 
4%@ 5 
10  @10% 
12  @12 
@  9 
@2  ' 
@ 2  I 
@3 :

.il

MATCHES.

G rand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u a re..........................1  00
Grand  H aven,  No.  200,  p arlo r...................... 1  io
G rand  H aven,  No.  300, p a rlo r...................... 2  25
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ..........................1  50
Oshkosh, No.  2................................................... J  00
Oshkosh, No.  8....................................................1  50
Sw edish..............................................................,  /5
Richardson’s No. 8  sq u are.............................]  ”0
Richardson’s No. 9 
............................. ]  50
Richardson’s No. 7%, ro u n d ........................... I  to
Richardson’s No. 7 
............................. 1  50
Black  S tra p ...................................................... 15@10
P orto  Rico........................................................28@30
Now  Orleans,  good........................................ 38@4-
New Orleans, choice.......................................48@50
New  Orleans,  fa n c y .........................  
o2©65

MOLASSES.

do 
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%  bbls. 3c ex tra.

OATM EAL.

Steel  c u t................. 5  25IQuaker, 48  lbs........ 2  35
Steel Cut, % b b ls.. .3 00 Q uaker, 60  fts........2 50
Rolled  O ats............3  25|Quaker bbls............6  00

P IC K LES.

M edium ..................................................... 
®8  00
“   % b a rre ls ............................;. • •  @3  38
S m all. 
..................................................   @7  00
P IP E S .
Im ported Clay 3 gross............................2 25@3  00
@2  25 
216,3 gross.......
Im ported Clay, H 
@1  85 
216,2% gross —
Im ported Clay, N 
©   90
A m erican  T. D..
RICK.
...  @6
.6%|Java  .........
.5% ¡Patna....... ............6
.5  Rangoon... __5%©5%
.5  1 Broken..
...3%@3%

Prime Carolina. 
Good Carolina.. 
Good Louisiana......5

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s p u re .. __ 5% ¡Dwight’s ......... .........5%
........... __ 5% ¡Sea "Foam........ .........5%
Church’s 
Taylor’s  G.  M ... __ 5% ¡Cap S heaf........ .........5%

%c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  D airy.............................
28 P o ck et..........
1003 ft  pockets.
Saginaw o r  M anistee
Diamond  C.................................................
Standard  Coarse......................................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s.........
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. h ag s—
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  b ag s.........
A m erican, dairy,  % bu. b ag s................
Rock, bushels...........................................

SAUCES.

P arisian,  %  p in ts....................................
P epper Sauce, red  sm all......................
P epper Sauce, green  ..............................
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g ..............
P ep p er Sauce, green, large rin g .........
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  .......................
H alford Sauce, p in ts.............................
H alford Sauce, % p in ts..........................
Whole.
P e p p e r................. 16@25|Pepper.............
A llspice................12@15; A llspice...........
C innam on............ 18@30iCassia...............
Cloves  ................. 15@251 N utm egs  ........
G in g e r................. 16@20 Cloves  .............
M ustard...........  . .15@30
C a y e n n e..............25@35l
Elastic, 64 packages, p er  b o x ................

Ground. 

STA RCH.

SPIC E S.

2  30
2  25
2 50

@2  00 
@  75 
@  90 
©1  35 
@1  70 
@1  00 
@1  30 
@3 50 
@2  20

...  @19 
...  8@10 
. . . 10®11 
... 60@65 
...16@18

CANDY.  FR U ITS  A N D   NUTS. 

P utnam  & BrookB quote as fo llo w s:

STIC K .

Standard, 25 ft boxes.............................  
Twist, 
................................ 
Cut Loaf 

8%@9
9© 9%
.......................10%@11

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M IXED

Royal, 25 ft  p ails........................................  @  9
Royal, 300 ft bhls.........................................  @8%
E xtra, 25 ft  p ails.........................................1O@10%
E xtra, 200 ft bbls..........................................9 @  9%
French Cream, 25 ft p ails..........................  @12%
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.................................... 12%@
. 10@ 10%
Broken, 25  ft  pails. 
9®  9%
Broken, 200 ft  bbls...

FANCY—IN   5 ft  BOXES.

Lemon  D rops............................................... 12@13
Sour D rops.....................................................13@14
Pepperm int  D rops..................................... 14@15
Chocolate  D rops.................................................15
H M Chocolate  D rops...................................... 20
Gum  Drops  ........................................................ 10
Licorice D rops.................................................... 20
A B   Licorice  D rops.......................................... 12
Lozenges, p lain ...................................................J5
Lozenges,  p rin te d ............................ 
16
 
Im p e ria ls........................................................ ...15
.......15
M o tto es.............................................
.13@14
Cream  B ar........................................
.......13
Molasses B a r....................................
.18@20
Caram els...........................................
H and Made Creum s........................
.......20
.......17
Plain  Cream s...................................
....... 20
D ecorated  Cream s..........................
.14© 15
S tring R ock......................................
B urnt Alm onds...............................
.15
! 
W intergreen  B erries.....................
FANCY— IN   BU LK.

SUOARS.

C u b e s.................................
P ow dered..........................
G ranulated.  S tan d ard ...
G ranulated,  off...............
Confectionery A ..............
Standard A ........................
No. 1, W hite E x tra  C__
No. 2, E x tra C...................
No. 3 C ................................
No. 4 C.................................
No. 5 C ...............................

. . .   ‘  @ 7 

@  7% 
@  7% 
@7  06 
@ 6% 
@6  56
...  6%@ 6% 
. . . 6   @ 6% 
...  5%@  6 
...  5%@  5% 
...  5%@  5%

Lozenges, plain  in  pails........................   @12%
Lozenges, plain in  bbls................. ........  @11
Lozenges, printed in pails.....................  @12%
Lozenges, printed In  bbls......................11%@12
Chocolate Drops, in p ails....................... 12%@13
Gum  Drops  in pails...................................7  @7%
Gum Drops, in bbls...........................................  6@ 6%
Moss Drops, in  pails.......
Moss Drops, in b b ls....'................
Sour Drops, in  p ails.....................
Im perials, in  pails........................
Im perials  in  bbls..........................

-12%@13 
11  @12

.10

SY RUPS.

Corn,  B arrels...........................................  
80@32
Corn, % bbls..............................................  
33@35
Corn,  10 gallon kegs.................................  @  35
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s...................................  @175
Corn, 4% gallon kegs...............................  @1 60
P u re  S ugar......................................... bbl  23©  35
P ure Sugar D rips..........................%  bbl  30@  38
P ure Sugar  D rips................. 5 gal kegs  @1  96
P u re Loaf Sugar D rips................% bbl  @  85
P ure  Loaf S ugar...................5 cal kegs  @1  85
Maple,  % bbls...........................................  

©85
10 gal.  k eg s.................................  @90

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TEA S.

Ja p an   o rd in ary ............................................... 15@20
Ja p an  fa ir to good..........................................25@30
Ja p an  fine..........................................................35@45
Ja p an  d u st........................................................ 15@20
Young H yson...................................................30@50
G un Pow der......................................................35@5U
O olong.....................................................  .33@55©6C
C ongo................................................................ 35@30

TOBACCO— FIN E CUT— IN   P A IL S .

isher’s B ru n e tte __ 35|U nderwood’s Capper 35
lark A inert canEagle67 Sweet  R ose................ 45
. 641 Meigs & Co.’s Stu nner38
he Meii
__ 501 A tla s.............................35
Red  B ird...........
__ 601 Royal G am e.................38
State  Seal.........
__ 65 Mule  E a r......................65
‘rairie Flower 
__ 601 F o u n tain ........  ........... 74
ndian  Q ueen..
__ 60|Old Congress...............64
lull  Dog..........
__ 661 Good L u ck ...................52
Irown  L e a f....
__ tio  Blaze A w ay.................35
M atchless........
__ 65, H air L ifte r...................30
H iaw attia.........
__ 70 G o v e rn o r.................... 60
lo b e ................
__ 70  F’ox’s  Choice.............   63
May  Flow er__
... .45  M edallion....................35
H e ro .................
... .491 Sweet O w en................ 66

Id  Abe.
H um .............................................................  @40
Money.........................................................   @48
Red  F o x .....................................................   @48
Big D rive....................................................  @50
Seal of G rand R apids.............................   @46
D u rh a m ......................................................  @46
'a tr o l.........................................................  @48
ack  R abbit...............................................  @46
Snow flake..................................................  @46
hocolate Cream ......................................   @46
Nim rod..  ...................................................  @44
I. C..............................................................   @40
pread E agle.............................................  @38
Big Five C enter........................................  @35
VV oodeock  ................................................   @46
K n ig n tso f  L abor....................................   @46
R ailroad.....................................................  
©46
Big  B ug......................................................  @32
\ra b , 2x12 and 4x12.................................  @46
Black B ear................................................   @37
King 
.........................................................   @46
)ld Five Cent T im es...............................  @38
P ru n e N uggett,  12 f t...............................  @62
arro t  .......................................................   @46
Old T im e ....................................................  @38
Tram w ay....................................................  @46
Glory  .........................................................  @46
Silver  Coin................................................   @46
Buster  [D ark].........................................   @35
Black Prince [D ark]...............................   @35
Black Racer  [D ark]...............................  @35
Leggett & M yers’  S ta r............................  @46
'im a x .......................................................   @46
Hold F a s t..................................................  @46
McAlpin’s Gold Shield............................  @46*
Nickle N uggets 6 and  la ft  cads...........  @51
’ock of the W alk  6s...............................  @37
Nobby T w ist.............................................  @46
A c o rn ......................................................... 
©46
C re sc e n t....................................................  @44
Black  X .....................................................   @35
Black  Bass................................................   @40
Spring......................................................... 
©46
C ra y lin g ....................................................  @46
M ackinaw..................................................   @45
H orseS hoe................................................   @44
H air L ifter................................................   @36
D. and D., b lack........................................  @36
McAlpin’s G reen  Shield........................   @46
Ace  High, black......................................   @35
Sailors’  Solace.........................................   @46

2c. less In fo u r b u tt lots.

SMOKING
__ 40 Sweet L otus..
__ 22 Conqueror ...
__ 26 G ray lin g ........
__ 28 Seal S kin........

Old T a r.................
A rth u r's  Choice.
Red F’o x ................
F lirt
Gold  D ust...................26IRobRoy........................2i
Gold  Block.................30|Uncle  Sam ...................2
Seal of G rand Rapids  L u m b e rm an ............. 2
(cloth)...................25 Railroad Roy................3
Tram w ay, 3 oz..........40' M ountain Rose............ I
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35!Home Com fort...........2
Boss  ............................15 Old R ip......................... 5
P eck’s S un.................18,Seal of N orth Caro-
M inersandPuddlers.28 
lina, 2  oz................ 48
M orning  Dew........... 25 Seal of N orth  Caro-
C hain...........................22 
lina, 4oz.....................46
Peerless  .....................24 Seal o f N orth  Caro-
Standard .....................22 
lina, 8 oz....................41
Old Tom ......................21 Seal of N orth  Caro-
Tom &  Je rry .............24 
lina, 16 oz boxes— 40
Jo k e r...........................25 Big D eal........................ 27
T ra v e le r....................35 A p p le ja c k ................... 24
M aiden....................... 25 K ing Bee, longcut.. .22
Pickwick  C lub......... 40 M ilwaukee  P rize— 24
N igger  H ead.............26|R attler.......................... 28
H o llan d ..................... 22jWindsor c u t p lu g ___ 25
G erm an ..................... 16iZero  .............................. 16
Solid Comfort............30i H olland Mixed............ 16
Red Clover................ 32 Golden  A go..................75
Long Tom ..................30 Mail  P o u ch ..................25
N a tio n a l................... 26|Knights of L a to r— 30
T im e .......................... 2611^6 Cob P ip e..............27
Mayflower ..................231 H iaw ath a.................... 22
G lobe..........................22 Old Congress................ 23
Mule E a r................... 22|
Lorillard’s A m erican G entlem en...
Maccoboy............................
Gail & Ax’ 
..........................
R appee.................................
Railroad  Mills  Scotch........................
Lotzbeck  ...............................................

@ 75
@ 55
@ 44
@ 35
© 45
@1 30

SHORTS.

SN U FF.

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VIN EGA R.

S tar brand,  pure  cid er......................
S tar brand, w hite w ine......................

M ISCELLANEOUS.

.  8© 12
8@12

FR U ITS.

Bananas  A spinw ali.....................
O ranges, Jam aica, bbls................
Oranges,  Florida............................
O ranges, Rodi  M essina...............
Oranges,  N aples............................
Lemons,  choice.............................
Lemons, f a n c y .............................
Figs, layers, new,  40 f t.................
Dates, trails  do  ............................
Dates, % do  d o ............................
Dates, sk in ......................................
Dates, %  sk in .................................
Dates, F ard  10 ft box 40  f t...........
Dates, Fard 50 ft box 40 ft............
Dates.  Persian 50 ft box 40 f t.......
Pine Apples, 40  doz.......................

©4  00 
@4  50 
@5  50
@4  59
■ 14%@17 
@  4

PEANUTS.
Prim e Red,  raw $»  f t............... .............   4  @ 4
do  ............... ..............4%@  5
Choice
do  ............... ..............   @  5
Fancy
Choice W hite, Via.do  .............. ............... 
5@ 5
do  .............................  5%@  6
Fancy H I \.  Va

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Aimonds,  T arrag o n a...
Iv aca..............
B razils.............................
Chestnuts, p er b u ..........
Tilberts, Sicily................
B arcelona.......
W alnuts,  G renoble.......
M arbo............
F’ren eh ..........
C alifornia__
?ecans,  Texas, H. P __
M issouri........
’ocoauuts, 40 100..........

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.18  ©19 
.17  @18 
.  9%@10 
.2  75@3 00 
.12  @12% 
.11  @12 
.14  @14%

@12 
@13 @  10 
@4  50

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follows 

OYSTERS.

New  York  C ounts..................................
F. J. D. Selects..........................................
S e le c ts.......................................................
F. J . D .........................................................
Standards  .................................................
F a v o rite s..................................................
Mediums  ..................................................
P rim e s..........................................  .........
Selects, by b u lk ......................................
Standards, by  bulk.................................
Shrewsbury shells, ]0  100....................
Princess  Ray  Clams, <¡0  100................. .
New  York  Counts, ]0  100.....................

FRESH  F ISH .
Mackinaw T ro u t........................  
........
Whitettsh  ................................................
Cod  ..........................................................
Sun  F ish ..................................................
Rock  B ass................................................
Perch  .......................................................
Duck Bill  P ik e........................................
Wall-eyed  P ik e ......................................
Smoked  W hite F ish ...............................
Smoked T ro u t.........................................
Smoked S turgeon...................................

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

A pples—Local  shippers  are  offering  $1.25  ]0 
bbl.  for  fru it  alone,  although  some  outside 
buyers are paying $1.50.  Dealers hold fall fruit 
at about $1.50 ]0 bbl. and w inter at $1.90®2.

Beans—Local buyers pay 90c@$1.25 ]0 bu. fo r 
unpicked and hold city picked at  $1.60@1.80  -¡0 
bu., and couutvy picked a t $1.40@$1.60.

B u tter—Michigan cream ery is Arm at22@25c. 
Sweet dairy is  very  scarce and is  in active de­
mand a t 1C@18, while old packed  readily  com­
m ands 9@12.  Low grades are in plentiful sup­
ply at 6@8c.

B utterin e—Cream ery packed com m ands 20c. 
Dairy rolls are held a t 15@16e and solid packed 
a t  14@15c.

Cabbages—In fa ir dem and  a t  $310  100.
Cheese—The  best  factories  now hold  their 
product  at 1C%@11 which compells  jobbers  to 
quote  Septem ber  and  O ctober m ake at ll%@ 
12c.

Cider—10c ]0 gal. and $1 for bbl.
Celery—20@22c ]0 doz.  bunches  for  K alam a­

zoo or G rand Haven.

Clover  Seed—No buying or  selling  dem and. 
C ranberries—The  m arket  is  well  supplied 
w ith  both  cultivated  and  wild  Michigan and 
New Jersey  berries,  which  com m and  $2.25@ 
2.50  ]0  bu.  fo r  choice.  Cape  Cod are held at 
$7.50 ]0 bbl.

Eggs—F’resh are  w orth 20c,  and  pickled  are 

m oving freely at  18®20c.

Grapes—Malaga, $6@$7  ]0 bbl.
H oney—Choice new in comb is firm  at  14 %@ 

lac.

lots.

H ay—Bailed, $15 in small lots and $13  in  car 

Hops—Brewers pay 8@10c ]9  ft.
Onions—Home-grown. 75c $  bu. or $2.25  bbl. 
Pop Corn—Choice com m ands $1 fi  bu. 
P otatoes—B urbanks com m and  40c  and  Rose 
occasionally find sale a t 30  cents,  as  they  are 
ro tting badly.

P oultry—Fairly  well  supplied.  Fowls  sell 
fo r  6%@7c;  chickens,  7@8c;  ducks,  13c:  and 
turkeys, 11c.

Squash—H ubbard, quoted nom inally a t lc <¡0 

ft, although very little is m oving.

Sweet P otatoes—Jersey s com m and $3.25 and 

Baltlm ores $2.50.

T urnips—35c ]0 bu.

do 

do 
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B ath Brick im p o rted .............................. 
9a
A m erican............................... 
u>
1  90
B urners, No. 1 .......................................... 
No.  2.......................................... 
1  50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b rand.............. 
7  80
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft can s..............  15@25
Candles, Sta r.............................................  @i"H
Candles,  H otel.........................................   @14
E x tract Coffee, V.  C...............................   @80
F e lix ............................ 
Gum, R ubber  100 lum ps........................   @25
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps......................... 
@00
Gum, Spruce............................................ 
I0@35
Hom iny, $   b b l.........................................   @4  00
Jelly, in 30 ft  p ails..................................  4%@  5
Pearl Barley..................................... 2%@ 3
Peas, G reen  B ush...................................  @1  35
Peas, Split  Prepared.................... 
@ 3%
Powder, Keg....................................   ®3 00
Powder, % Keg.................................  
75
Sage  .................................................   ©  J®
Sauerkraut, bbls......................................  
®8  00
©2  75
%  bbls................... .>.......... 

1  25

•* 

G R A IN S AND M IL L IN G   PRODU CTS. 

W heat—No change.  The city m illers pay  as 
follows:  L ancaster,  90;  Fulse,  87c;  Clawson, 
87c.

Corn—Jobbing generally a t 54@65c  In 100 bu. 

lots and 4S@50c in carlots.

Oats—W hite, 33c in small lots  and  28@30c  In 

c a r lots.

Rye—48@50c ¥  bu.
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25 ¥  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy P atent, $5.75 ]0 bbl. 
in  sacks  and  $8  in  wood.  S traight,  $4.75  V 
bbl. in sacks and $5 in  wood.
Meal-Bolted, $2.75 V bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 ? ton.  Bran, $13 
yton.  Ships, $14 ft ton.  Middlings, $17 V ton 
Corn and Oats, $20 y ton.

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

B ig   R apid s.

Frank  Robbins  is  about  selling  out  his 
grocery and  meat  market  to  II.  A.  Moon. 
Mr.  Moon 
is  negotiating  with  Geo.  W. 
Crawford  for the  purchase  of the  building 
now occu; lied by Mr.  Robbins.

It is rumored  that  the store  in the Pacific 
House block  vacated  by Geo.  W.  Crawford 
last spring is soon  to  be  occupied  by  a for­
mer Big  liapids  groceryman  as  a wholesale 
and retail store.

Geo.  I).  Miles,  of this city,  has patented a 

car coupling.

apples last week.

Big Rapids  received four  cars  of  winter 

Dr.  A.  P.  Keam,  who  lately  sold  his in­
terest in the drug business,  thinks of  locat­
ing  in Wisconsin.

G ilbert..

L.  W.  Grate,  of  Colfax,  is  removing his 
hardwood sawmill  to this  place.  Some  of 
the machinery is already on the  ground and 
the mill is expected  to be in  running order 
by December 15.

H a rt.

Bailey  &  Cahill  succeed  D.  Johnson & 
Co.  in the hardware business here.
Benj. S. Garver  has  removed  to  Shelby, 
and entered the employ of Paton & Andrus.
G. F.  Cady and  Christopher  Adams have 
formed a copartnership under the firm name 
of Cady & Adams,  and  purchased  the drug 
stock and business  of  Fincher &  Co.  Mr. 
Cady has had charge of the store since it was 
started and his  partner is a  brother-in-law, 
who now resides at  Pt.  Peninsula,  N.  Y., 
but will take up his  residence  at llart next 
spring.

Cranberries and Steam Engines.

The magnitude of the cranberry  interests 
of the country can be  appreciated  from the 
fact that one of the largest  growers in Wis­
consin has just expended $30,000 in provid­
ing for artificial irrigation.  The problem is 
to flood 600 acres one foot deep in five hours 
at night on the approach of frost,  and draw 
off the water in the same  time in the morn­
ing  for  picking.  This  is  successfully  ac­
complished by two engines of  a  capacity of 
175 H.  P. each, which  are coupled direct to 
two  centrifugal  pumps  with  30  inch  dis- 
harges.  A ditch  50  feet  wide  and 6 feet 
deep was dredged  for  about  1,000  yards t8 
the river to afford a supply  of  water.  The 
lift is about 8 feet,  and the pumps stand be­
tween two parallel sluices, so arranged with 
gates that the  water can  be  pumped  on  or 
off w ithout stopping the  engines. 
It  is es­
timated that the entire cost of the plant will 
be saved in a single frost.

Another Railroad  Boom.

Some writers  in  the  industrial  and class 
papers are predicting that  1886 will witness 
a great  revival  in  railway  building. 
It is 
stated that between 375,000 and 400,000 tons 
of rails have been  ordered  by  the railways 
for 1886,  and leading  representatives of the 
steel rail trade are  of  the  opinion  that the 
demand  for 1886  will  ultimately foot up to 
1,000,000 gross tons.  This amount is equiv­
alent  to  fully  10,000  miles  of  track,  and 
while much of it,  of course, will be used for 
renewals,  the greater part  will be employed 
upon new  lines and extensions of  old ones.

K a l k a s k a .

A.  A. Goodson,  of  Boyne  City,  formerly 
from Allegan,  has  opened  a drug and  gro­
cery store in the Paul building.
C.  S.  White, of the book store,  thinks his 
Garden  of  Eden is  in  North  Carolina  and 
will  hie  himself  to  that  State  as  fast  as 
steam can carry him,  if he can only sell out.
Never in the history of  Kalkaska have so 
many lumbermen been seen as this year.
The  Smith  Lumber  Co.  has  started  its 
new mill with a  capacity  of 60,000 per day. 
An extensive lath  mill is  operated  in  con­
nection.  The  company  expects  to  put  in 
from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 feet this winter.
McCarthy  Bros,  have  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  pine  near  Pickeral  lake,  in  Cold­
spring  township,  and  will  get  out  square 
timber  for  the  Quebec  market  They  are 
from Allegan.
It is rumored John Torrent, of Muskegon, 
has purchased 125,000,000 pine on the Man­
istee,  on which he will commence operations 
this winter.
James A. Lunney,  from Evart, is lumber­
ing quite extensively in this county this win­
ter,  having two or three  large camps in op 
eration.
David Ward and  II. C.,  his son,  are  each 
at it again this winter, running from two to 
six camps apiece all the time.
Messrs. Drake & Clark have bought about 
8,000 bushel of  potatoes  this  season..  The 
farmers have now concluded  to hold the re­
mainder of their product  for a dollar  in the 
spring.

M  u s k e g o n .

John R.  Barcus has sold Ills drug stock on 
Pine  steet  to  A.  D.  McDonald,  who  will 
continue the business at the old stand.  Mr 
Barcus  will  return  to  the  firm  of  Barcus 
Bros.,  while W.  W.  Barcus will  retire from 
the firm about January 1,  to engage in othe 
business.
Youngblood  & Vira  succeed  Simmons & 
Youngblood in the slab business.  The new 
firm will do  a  large trade with Chicago and 
other markets.
Wm.  H.  Ilanehett  and  J.  B.  Williams 
who have carried on the hardware business at 
North Muskegon  under  the  firm  name o 
Williams  &  llanchet,  have  dissolved.  Mr 
Williams continuing.
The corporation which has heretofore bee 
doing  business  under  the 
name  and 
style of the Torrent  <fc  Arms  Lumber  Co. 
with its business office at  North Muskegon 
has  adopted  the  name  of  the  “Cohasset 
Lumber Co.,” under which cognomen it wil 
hereafter conduct the business.  The officer 
are:  President,  Lewis L. Arms; Vice-Pres 
ident,  E.  C. Misner; Secretary and Treasur 
er,  Ray W.  Jones.  The  word  “Cohasset 
is  an  Indian  term  and  signifies  “place of 
pine.”

N e w sy i;« .

C.  L.  Bennett, clerk in S.  1). Thompson’s 
grocery store, has been confined to the house 
with neuralgia.
Some time ago Isaac Sliick,  a  prosperous 
farmer of  this township,  sold  his  farm for 
$3,000,  and decided to  move to  this village 
where  he  has  recently  purchased  twenty 
lots of  the Kalamazoo  Publishing  Co.  He 
proposes  building a brick block and  engag­
ing in  the meat business.
Between  twenty  and  thirty  car  loads of 
quarry stone was unloaded here  Sunday,  to 
be used in constructing the  stone  piers < for 
new bridge.  Owing to the  immense size of 
the  stone a steamer  derrick has to be  used 
placing them in position.
Walter R. Taylor, for  some  years  assist­
ant  register  of  deeds,  has  engaged  as 
teacher  of 
the  Ashland  Center  school. 
Walter was  married last Thursday to  Miss 
Ella Hubbard,  our telephone girl.

The  Buzzing W ith a Buzz Saw. 
wm the Boston Journal of Commerce.
There is nothing gained by shaking hands 
ith a buzz saw,  or in makiug the acquaint­
ance with  an invisible edge  that  surrounds 
the outer portion  of  a  circular  saw  w here 
the teeth are  found,  for  there  is  a tooth to 
present in every point of the compass, and an 
introduction generally  proves  that  the saw 
is most too enthusiastic in the line of friend­
ship for the average individual.

---------m  9'  ^ -------—   »

E. F.  Brew er, wrho owns a cranberry marsh 
in Robinson township,  Ottowa county, com­
prising about 5,000  acres, was  in  town one 
ay last week.  The marsh  is  located from 
one-half a mile to  a  mile  north  of  Pigeon 
River,  to which it is a tributary. 
It was or- 
inally covered with  a  fine  quality of ber­
ries, but all but about twenty acres has been 
burned over.  The  twenty  acres  still  bear 
profusely.,  Mr.  Brewer  will  cultivate  the 
marsh thoroughly.

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

A dvertisem ents  o f 35 words o r  less  inserted 
in this colum n a t th e rate of 25 cents per week, 
aeli and every insertion.  One  cen t  fo r  each 
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ANTED—Situation in wholesale  o r  retail 
grocery  establishm ent  by  a  m an  of 
tw enty-five y ears’ experience.  City references 
furnished.  Address to Wm. Sears & Co.  114
-Clean d ru g  stock in  the  fastest 
JpO R   SALE-
tow n  on  th e  line of the  Grand 
Itapids & I ndiana  Railway.  Address  fo r  full 
larticulars, “Q uinine,” care T h e  T ra d esm a n.

IpOR  SALE—Or  excnange  fo r  6tock of mer- 

chandise, groceries, dry goods,  or lioAfcs, 
. 
wagons, sleighs, cash or som ething else, a two- 
story fram e double store.  Can  be  rebuilt  for 
hotel.  Situated in a  fast-grow ing  village.  A 
good chance for some ono.  A ddress “Z.” care 
T h e  T r a d esm a n. 
\  I T  ANTED—To exchange, a good 80  acres  of 
W   wild land and some choice  village prop­
erty  for  a  stock  of groceries.  Address "G ro­
cer.” care T ra d esm a n. 

?■  stationery a t K alkaska, M ich.

E7H)R  SALE—a  neat clean stock of books 

; and 
Only stock
in town.  Will’invoice about $800.  Or  will  ex­
change for sm all tarm  in  Southern  Michigan. 
C. S. W hite, K alkaska. Mich. 

116*

115

115

S/O R   SALE—A t a bargain, or  will  exchange 

■’ 
fo r o ther goods,  six  chests  tea.  grocer’s 
scales, cheese  safe, etc.  For  fu rth e r  particu­
lars. address, “Tea,” care T r a d e s m a n . 
1 X )R   SALE—136 acres o f tim ber land, mostly 
jF  m aple and beech, w ithin 114 miles  of K al­
kaska.  Will exchange fo r stock  o f  boots  and 
shoes, dry goods and groceries.  The  land  lies 
nearly level, and is traversed on th e  back  end 
by a brook tro u t  stream .  Steam   mill  w ithin 
Yt mile, and good roads in every direction.  Ad­
dress, “ K alkaska,” careTH ETRA D ESM A N .”   12tf

115*

ÏJVJR  SALE—The  font  o f  brevier  type  for- 

'  m erly used on T h e T r a d esm a n.  The font 
com prises 323 pounds, with  italic,  and  can  be 
had fo r 30 cents a pound.  Apply  a t the office.

NOTICE :

The  copartnership  existing between A l­
bert,  Chas.  A.  and Jas.  A.  Coye is this day 
dissolved by  mutual  consent, Jas.  A.  Coye 
retiring.  The  business  will  be  continued 
at the old  stand  by  the  undersigned,  who 
will receive and  pay all  debts.

Albert Coye, 
Chas. A. Coye.

Nov.  16,  1835.

'R u b h e n ?

DOUBLE  THICK 

BALL.

Ordinary Rubber Boots 
always wear out, first, on 
the ball.  The  CANDl.K 
Boots are tloubl0 tliM e 
on  the  ball,  and  give
DOUBLE WEAR.
M ott economical Tub- 
her Boot in the market. 
Lasts  longer  than  any 
other  hoot,  and 
the
PRICE  NO HIGHER.
Call  and  ex­
amine  the 
goods.

S o u th   I t o a r d i n a n .

Theo. A. Jamieson succeeded  the firm of 
Askam & Jamieson in the drag  business on 
the 9th,  and  will  remove to a new building 
now being erected by T.  P.  Short.
M. B. Farrin’s sawmill  started  up on the 
23d inst., employing 35 men.
I.  L.  Quimby  started  his  lumber  camp 
four miles north of here two weeks ago, and 
will ship logs here to be worked up.
Dr.  O.  P.  Askam  took  to  himself  a life 
partner on the 0th, Miss Eflie Hogan, daugh­
ter of II.  E.  Ilogau.

“I believe  we  have  tried  every  kind of 
boiler compound now^on  the  market,” said 
II.  L.  Brintnall,  Superintendent of the East 
Saginaw and Bay  City  Electric  Light  Co 
the other  day,  “and  experience has  taught 
us that all but two or three of them are pos 
itively  injurious  to  thè  boiler.  They  are 
composed largely of  blue  vitriol  or similar 
adds, which eat around the rivets  and soon 
destroy the best boiler made. 
I have found 
that a simple solution of extract of tanbark 
which can be obtained  at  any tannery, will 
keep boilers free from scaleand its use is in 
noway detrimental.  To those who are having 
trouble  from  scale, I  can  cordially  recom 
mend the extract  referred  to^ as a  safe and 
sure preventative.”

FOR  SALE BY
E. G. Studley & Co.,

Manufacturers of LEATHER AND RUBBER 
BELTING, and all kinds of RUBBER GOODS, 
Fire Department and mill supplies. Jobbers of. 
“Candee”  Rubber  Boots,  Shoes  and Arctics, 
Heavy and Light Rubber Clothing.  Salesroom 
No. 13 Canal street.  Factory, 26  and 28  Pearl 
St., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

RLEONARD & SONS
H OLIDAY GOODS

16  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  M ICH.

In Assorted Oases.

Send  for our Assorted  Package  Lists of Dolls,  Fancy  Goods, Tin Toys,  etc.,  if  un­

able to select these  goods in person from our  immense  assortment,  the  largest  in  any ! 
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A S S O R T E D

CHOICE  FIVE  MB  TEH  CENT  HOLIDAY  III

LOOK  A T   THE  FIGURES.

Cost Price of the P ack ag e..........
Selling P rice of the  P ackage—  

N et Profit $30  «0.

UNTO.  4L.

1  doz. China  W histles............................................................
1  doz. China Pitchers, A ssorted.........................................
1  doz. China  A uim als..............................................................
1  doz. c h in a  B askets..............................................................
1  doz. Limb Dolls, 8% in ch ....................................................
1  doz. Limb Dolls, 11 inch  ....................................................
%  doz. Limb Dolls,  13  in ch ....................................................
1  doz. A lphabet  BlockB.........................................................
%  doz.  A lphabet  B locks.........................................................
Yt  doz. A lphabet  B locks.........................................................
1  doz. Midget A B C  Linen  Books......................................
1  doz. E verlasting A B C  Linen  Books.............................
1  doz. A unt L aura P ictu re  Books, 6x9.............................
1  doz. Uncle B entley P ictu re  Books, 8x10......................
1  doz. A ssorted P icture Books, 9x10%...............................
1  doz. 8-key H arm onicas.......................................................
Y%  doz. 10-key H arm onicas......................................................
1  doz. Toy W atches and  C hains.........................................
1  doz. Toy W atches and C hains...........................................
t  doz. Shell B oxes...................................................................
1  doz. Shell B oxes...................................................................
Yi  doz. Toy C asters...................................................................
%  doz. D om inoes......................................................................
1  doz. P ain t B oxes..................................................................
1  doz. P ain t  Boxes..................................................................
1  doz. T ransparent  Slates....................................................
1  doz. Brass Toy  Bells...........................................................
1  doz. E m pire  Large  M ugs..................................................
1  doz. Picture M ugs................................................................
1  doz. D ecorated Glass  M ugs...............................................
1  doz. Boys’  Barlow Knives, Steel Blade, W arran ted ..
Yt  doz. Toy H atchets................................................................
i   doz. Wire F ruit Baskets, Fancy P. M. C enters............
% doz. Ten Pins, 6  in ch ..........................................................
]  doz. Rubber R attles.........................................................
1  doz. Iron Savings B anks..................................................
1  doz. Tin Savings B anks....................................................
1  doz. Toy P ainted C ups........................................  ..........
1  doz. Toy P ainted  Dust P a n s...........................................
1  doz. St riped Handled Toy Broom s.................................
1  doz. Toy Fancy  Baskets, N ested...................................
1  doz. Toy Sad  Irons, w ith  S tands— ............................
1  doz. China D ecorated Vases, large size.........• ..........
1  doz. A B C   P la te s..............................................................
1  doz. Tin  T rum pets............................................................
1  doz. Tin  T rum pets.............................................................
14  doz. Tin  T ru m p ets............................................................
Yt  doz. T in  T ru m p ets............................................................
1  doz. 12-inch Tin F lu tes.....................................................
1  doz. K aleidoscopes............................................................
doz. K aleidoscopes............................................................
doz. Musical Tops..............................................................
1
doz. Musical and Changeable Tops...............................
doz. Boys’ Tool C hests......................................................
doz. Childs’  R eins..............................................................
doz.  Wood Pop G uns.  ......................................................
doz. Dolls’  High  C hairs....................................................
doz. China Tea  S ets...........................................................
doz. China Tea  S ets...........................................................
doz. China T ea  Sets...........................................................
doz. Good Child Cups  and S aucers...............................
doz. Good Child  Plates, 6-incb........................................
doz. A B C  R attles and W histles....................................
doz. Toy D rum s, Brass Covered....................................
doz. Building B locks.........................................................
doz. Wood Handled R attles.............................................

1

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Jennings’,  g enuine............................................. dis 25
Jennings’,  im itation.................................dis40&10
Spring......................................................................dis 25

BALANCES.

! Steel and Iron 
Try and Bevel 
Mitro  ............

R a ilro a d .................................................................... $ «¡00
G arden..........................................................n et A» 00

BARROW S.

'; ‘  ;

Call................................................................dis 
G o n g ........................................................ dis 
Door, S argent.............................................dis 

-dis  $  60&10 
“aja 
Ho  |
15
20
55

BELLS.

;

BOLTS.

40
Stove.........................................................dis $ 
Carriage  new  list...................... 
75
dis 
Plow  ..........................................................dis  30&1(
75
Sleigh Shoe.................................................dis 
50
Cast Barrel  B olts...................................dis 
55
W rought Barrel  Bolts.............................dis 
50
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs........................dis 
Cast Square S pring............................... dis 
55
Cast  C hain............................................... dis 
60
W rought Barrel, brass  knob................dis  55&10
W rought S q u a re ......................................dis  55&10
W rought Sunk  F lush.............................. dis 
30
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
F lu sh.................................... ................   50&10&10
Ives’  D oor................................................ dis  50&10

BRACES.

40
B a rb e r......................................................d is$  
B ackus.......... ...........................................dis 
50
50
Spofford....................................................dis 
Am. Ball................................................... dis 
n et
Well, plain ..................................................... $  4  00
Well, sw ivel.................................................... 
4  50

BUCKETS.

HOOFING  PLA TES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne. /? ............5 50
IX , 14x30, choice Charcoal  T ern e............... 7  00
IC, 30x38, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 11 00
IX , 20x38, choice Charcoal  T ern e..............  14  00

Sisal, Yt In. and  larg er............ .......................  9
......................................................  15

RO PES.

60&10
50&10
20

SH EET IRO N .

Com. Smooth.-  Com.
$3 00
3 00
3 00
3 10
3 20
3 30
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 lbs, ^   lb.............................  
In  sm aller quansities, «¡p  lb......................  

T IN N E R ’S SO LDER.

No. 1,  Refined................................................. 
M arket  H alf-and-half................................. 
Strictly  H alf-and-half................................. 

6
614

13 00
1ft 00
16

TIN   PLA TES.

 
 

Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6  75.
10x14, Churcoal...................................  6  00
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................................  7  50
IX , 
12x12, Charcoal.......................... 
6  50
IC, 
12x12,  C h a rc o a l....................... 
IX, 
8  50
14x30, Charcoal...................................  6  00
1C, 
IX, 
14x30,  Charcoal........ .........................   7  50
1XX,  14x20, Charcoal..................................   9  00
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool.................................  11  00
IX X X X , 14x20,  Charcoal...................................  13 00
IX , 
30x28, Charcoal..................................   16  00
100 Plate C harcoal..................................   6 50
DC, 
DX, 
100 P late Charcoal...................................  8 50
DXX,  100 P late Charcoal...................................  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal...............................  13 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to 6 75 

rates.

BUTTS. CAST.

tipped

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis  60&10
[  Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed........ dis  60&10
Cast Loose Jo in t, genuine bronzed, .dis  6O&10 
|  W rought N arrow , bright  fast  jo in t..d is  50&10
60
W rounht Loose  P in .............................dis 
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip ...........dis 
60&  5
60&  5
W ronghtLoose Pin, jap an n ed ...........dis 
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silvi
...d is 
60&  5 
60 
..d is 
W rought T able...................
60 
. .dis 
W rought Inside  Blind__
...d is 
65&10 
W rought B rass.................
70&10 
. ..d is 
Blind. Clark’s .....................
70&10 
...d is 
Blind, P ark er’s .................
70
..dis
Blind,  Shepard’s ...............
CAPS.
Ely’s 1-10.............................
H ick’s C. F ..........................
G. D ......................................
M usket.................................

. p er  m $ 65

CATR1DGES.

R.m Fire, U. M. 0. & W inchester new list
Rim Fire, United  S tates................ .........dis
Centrât F ire...................................... .........dis

TR A PS.

W IR E .

Steel,  G am e............................... .........................
Oneida Com m untity,  Newhouse’s .......... dis  35
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley & N orton’s. .60&10
I H otchkiss’  ....................................................... 60&10
I  S.  P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s .................................... 60&10
| Mouse,  choker........................................20c  ft doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................. $1  50 ^  doz
B right  M arket......................................   dis  60&10
A nnealed M arket..................................dis 
70
Coppered M arket.................................. dis  55&10
E x tra Bailing
Tinned  M arket..............
................. dis  40
Tinned  Broom ...............
................$  fl)  09
Tinned M attress............
................$  lb  8%
Coppered  Spring  Steel.
....d is   40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.......
................dis 3714
..............$B> 314
Plain F ence.....................
Barbed  F ence.................
.......new  list net
60 | Copper.............................
B rass.................   ............
.......new  list net
60
70&10
B right.......
7Ü&10
Screw Eyes 
70&10
Hook’s 
Gate Hook
70&10

.. .dis 
...d is 
...d is 
...d is

WIRE GOODS.

and

dis

E yes.................
Wl-ENCHES.

CHISELS,

Socket Firm er................................. __ (fis
Socket F ram ing............................. __ efis
Socket Corner................................. __ dis
Socket Slicks................................... __ dis
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er.......... __ dis
__ dis
B arton’s Soeket  Firm ers............
.......net
Cold....................................................
Curry, Law rence’s ........................ __ dis
H otchkiss  ...................................... __ dis
Brass,  Racking’s ............................
Bibb’s ..............................................
B e e r..................................................
Fenns’...............................................

•  COMBS.

COCKS.

60
60
40

75
75
75
75
40
20

40
£5

50
50
40&10
60

30

dis
dis
dis

b. curs  as follows:
U ppers, 1 in ch........
U ppers, 1%, lYt a n d !
COPPER.
Selects, 1 in ch ..........................
Selects, 1%, 154 and 2  in c h ...
Planished,  14 oz cut to siz e..
.  36 Fine Common, 1 in
14x52,14x56, 14 x60..............
S h o p ,1 in ch ..........
DRILLS
35 Fine, Common,  1%
M orse’s Bit  Stock................
20 No. 1 Stocks,  12 in
Taper and Straight S hank..
:J0 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in.,
Morse’s T aper  So5nk..........
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in.
ELBOWS
.......... do z net $.85 No.  1 Stocks, 10 in.,
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ...............
dis 20&10 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.
C orrugated............................
dis %&10 No.  1 Stocks, 10 in.
A d ju stab le............................
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in.,
20 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in.,
dis
Claris, small, $18  00;  large, $26  00.
25 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in.,
dis
Ives’,  1. $18  00 ;  2. $24  00 ;  3, $30  00.
No. 3 Stocks, 12 in.
FILES
60 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in.
Am erican  File Association L ist....... dis
60 No. 2 Stocks,  12 in.
(iis
D isston’s ...............................
60 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in.
dis
New  A m erican.....................
60 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in.
dis
Nicholson’s ............................
30 No. 2 Stocks,  10 in.
dis
H eller’s .................................
33% No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,
dis
H eller’s Horse  R asps.........
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,
28 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in..
Nos.  16 to 20, 
18 Coarse  Common
List 

g a l v a n iz e d IRON,
14

22 and  24, 25 and 26

EXPANSIVE  BITS.

21
15

12 

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

B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled..
Coe’s G enuine................................
50&10
dis
65
Coe’sP a te n t A gricultural, w rought, dis
Coe’s P aten t,  m alleable...................... dis
70
Pum ps,  C istern.....................................dis 
70
80
Screws, new  list.......................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  P la te............................ disoO&lO
Dam pers,  A m erican................................... 
33%

M ISCELL .N EO U S.

L U M B E R .  L A TH A N D   SH IN G L E S.

The Newaygo M anufacturing 

12,14 and 16  fe e t.. 
18 fe e t.....................
12,  14 and 16 fe e t.. 
18 fe e t.....................

, 11* a n d 2 inch.  . 
., 13,14 and 16  fee
, 18 fe e t.................
,30 fe e t.................
12,14 and 16 feel 
,18 fe e t.................

Co.  quote f. o.
............................. per M $44 00
in ch ..........................  46  00
35 00 
38 00 
30  00 
30 00 
32 00
15 00
16 nO
17  OO
15 00
16 00 
17  00
16  00 
17  00 
13 00
13 00
14  00 
12  00 
13 00
fe e t...  ...................  14  00
14 and 16  fe e t.........  11  00
feet............................  12  00
fe e t..........................  13  00
shipping  culls,  ail
w idths and  len g th s............................8 00®  9  00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n .............................   33 00
C Strips, 4 o r 6 inch......................................  27  90
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths..........................  15  00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  fe e t................  12 00
No. 2  Fencing.  16 fe e t.................................  12  Oo
inch  .......................................................  15 00
No. 1  Fencing, 4 
Inch..........................      13  p0
No. 2  Fencing, 4 
Norway C and bettor, 4 o r 6 inch..............  20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B...................   18  00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.................................  14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common__  
9  00
Bevel Siding,  6  inch,  Clear............... 
20  00
 
Pieco Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to  16ft............   10 00
$1 additional fo r each 2  feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B .....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C............................  29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, com m on..  17 00 
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 com m on....  14  00 
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1  00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  C lear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C............................  20 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com ’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 3  com ’n  14  00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
( XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............. 
3  10
3 00
■< X X X 18 in.  T h in ................................... 
2  75
......... 
I x x x  io in ......... . . . ..’.'.'. ;..'.
......... 
No. 2 o r 6 in. C. B 18 in.  S hingles..
17 5
1  40
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in .....................
.  1  75® 2 00
Lath  ....................................................

13
GAUGES.

HAMMERS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............................ dis 50

HINGES

HANGERS.

and  louger........................

M ay dole & Co.’s .................................................... dis 20
K ip’s ....................................................................... d:s 25
Yerkes &  Plum b’s ..........................................dis  _ 40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.......................30 c list 40
I  Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, H and. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co.,  Wood track  dis  50
Champion, an ti-frictio n ... ................. dis
Kidder, wood  tra c k ............ ................. dis
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3............ ..................dis
S tate........................................ __ perdo/., net,
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12  in.  4%  14
Screw Hook and Eye,  Yt  .. ................net
Screw Hook and Eye % — .................n et
Screw Hook and Eye  % — ................. n et
Screw Hook and Eye,  % .....................n et
Strap and  T .......................... ................. dis  (6O&10
HOLLOW  WARE.
6O&10
Stam ped Tin W a if.......................
Japanned  Tin  W are...................
20&111
G ranite  Iron  W are.....................
.$11  00, dis 40 
G rub  1  ...........................................
.  11  50, dis 40 
G rub  2...........................................
.  12 00, dis 40
G rub 3.............................................
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings— $2 70, dis 66% 
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m in g s..  3 50, dis 66% 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
m ings........................................list,10  15, dis 66%
70
D o o r , porcelain, trim m ings  list,1155, dis 
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain...........dis 
70
P icture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ..................... d 
40
H e m a c ite...................................... 
dis 
50
LOCKS—DOOR 

KNOBS.

HOES.

 

Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new lis t.. .dis
66%
dis
Mallory, W heelnr  &  Co.’s —
66%
__ dis
66%
B ranford’s ...............................
__ dis
66%
Norw alk’s .............................
LEVELS.
.dis  65 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 
.......dis  40&10
Coffee,  P arkers  Co.’s ...
eê.P . S.&W. Mfg. Co.’sM aileables dis  40&10
Coffe 
ee, Landers, F erry & Clark’s .........dis  40&10
Co tie
'co.  E n te n irise........................................dis  25
Coffee,  E nterprise.
Adze  E ye........................................$16  00dis40&10
H unt  Eye 
...............................$15 00 dis 40&I0
H u n t’s ....’.’.’.................................$18  50d is 20 & 10

MATTOCKS.

M ILLS.

H A R D W O O D   L U M B ER .

The fu rn itu re factories  hero  pay  as  follows
for dry sto ck :
@13 00
Basswood, log-run............................
.16 OJ®20 00
Birch, log-run....................................
@25 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2............................
@13 00
.25 00@35 00
Cherry,  log-run.................................
@55 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2........................
Cherry,  cu ll....................................... ..10 00@12 00
..12  00® 14  00
Maple,  log-run............................. .
.19 00® 12 00
Maple, soft,  log-run........................
@16 00
Maple, Nos. la n d 2...........................
Maple, clear, Mooring...................... ., 
@25 00
@25  00
Maple, white, selected.....................
@15 00
Red Oak, log-run...............................
@20 00
lied Oak, Nos. 1  and 2......................
@25 00
Red Oak, No.  l.ste p   p lan k ............
@55  00
W ¡limit, log-run.................................
@75 00
W alnut, Nos.  1 and 2........................
@25 00
W alnuts,  cu lls..................................
@1100
W ater Elm, log-run..........................
W hite Ash,  log-run.......................... ..14  00® 16 00
@23 00
W hitewood,  log-run........................

NAILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

...$  keg $3  00

6d
1

8d 
2%
1  50

MAULS.
OILERS.

lOdto  60d................. .
8d and 9 d  ad v ..........
6d and 7d  adv..........
4d and 5d  adv..........
3d  advance................
3d tine  advance.......
Clinch nails,  adv —  
I  lOd 
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. W keg 
$1  25 
Same price as  above 
Steel Nails-
M OLLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s P a tte rn   ............................
Stebbin’s G enuine............................
E nterprise,  self-m easuring..........
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.......
Zinc or tin, Chase’s P atent.  .........
Zinc, w ith brass bo tto m .................
Brass or  Copper.....................
R eaper.......................................
Olm stead’s ...............................
PLANKS.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ..........
Sciota B ench............................
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.
Bench, first quality. 
Stanley Rule and Le
F ry, A cm e..................................................i j i   W
Common, polished................................... .dis60&J0
D ripping.....................................................“   ®  6@t
Iron and Tinned..........................................dis 40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................. dis 50&10
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 
**B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 
9

...d is  70 
...d is  70 
... dis  25
..  dis  50
....................dis  55
....................dis  50
....................dis  40
per  gross, $12 net 
................... 
50
15
........... dis
......... dis
......... dis  15
......... dis  20

evel Co.’s,  wood  and 
PANS.

PA TEN T  ELANISAED IR O N .

R IV E TS.

Broken packs Vic $ lb extra.

W O O D EN  W A R E .
..............7  50
Standard  Tubs, No.  1......................
................6  50
Standard  Tubs, No. 2.....................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3...................... ...........«. .5  50
................1 50
Standard Pails, two hoop..............
................1 75
Standard Pails, three hoop..........
................2  10
Dowell P ails......................................
Dowell Tubs, No. I ..........................' ..............8  25
Dowell Tubs, No. 2.................
Dowell  Tubs,  No. 3.................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes..
B utter  Ladles............................
Rolling P ins...............................
Potato  M ashers........................
Clothes P ounders.....................
Clothes P in s...............................
Mop Stocks.................................
W ashboards, single.................
W ashboards, double...............
BA SK ETS.
Diam ond  M arket...................
........  40
Bushel, narrow   b an d ............
____1  60
.......1  75
Bushel, wide b an d ...........; ___
Clothes, splint,  No. 1............
........3  60
___ .3 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 2 ............
Clothes, splint,  No. 3............
____4  00
Clothes, willow, No. 1............
.A ..5  00 
.......6  00
Clothes, willow. No. 2..
Clothes, willow, No. 3.......................................7  00

65

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

H em lock B ark—The local tan n ers  are  offer­
ing $5 p er cord delivered, cash.
Ginseng—Local  dealers pay  $1.5Q®1.60  $   B> 
for clean washed roots.
Rubber Goods—Local jobbers are authorized 
to offer 40 and 5 per cent, off.on standard goods 
and 40,10 and 5 percent, off on second quality.

V

B E T A IL   GROCERS’  ASSOCIATION 

OF  G R A N D   R A P ID S.

OK OA XIZED  NO VEM BER  10,  1885.

P re sid en t—Erw in J. H errick.
F irst V ice-President— E.  E. Walkor.
Second V ice-President—Jas. A. Coye.
Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson.
T reasurer—B. 8. H arris.
Board of  D irectors—Eugene  Richmond,  ffm . 
H. Sigel, A. J . Elliott,  H enry A.  H ydorn  and 
W. E. Knox.
Finance  Com m ittee—W. E.  K nox.  H.  A.  Hy­
dorn and A. J. Elliott.
Room Com m ittee—A. J. Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­
m ond and Wm. H. Sigel.
A rbitration Com m ittee—G errit H.  DeGraf,  M. 
J . Lewis and A.  Rascii.
A nnual m eetings—Second T uesday in Novem­
ber.
R egular  m eetings—First  and  Third  Tuesday 
E venings o f each m onth.
N ext  m eetings—Tuesday  evening, Decem ber 
15.

DEALING  W ITH  DELINQUENTS.

Adoption of the Plan Proposed by the Law 

Committee.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rapids, 
held at T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office  last Tues­
day evening,  was  attended  by  about fifty 
representative  groeerymen.  Before  pro­
ceeding  to the business  of  the  evening,  an 
opportunity was given those  who desired to 
join  the Association  to  do  so, and  the  oc­
casion was improved by  about a dozen deal­
ers.

President Herrick then announced the fol­

lowing standing committees:

On Finance—W. E.  Knox,  II.  A.  Hydorn 

and A. J.  Elliott.

On Rooms—A. J.  Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­

mond and Wm.  II.  Sigel.

On  Arbitration—Gerrit  H.  DeGraaf, M.

J.  Lewis and A.  Rasch.

W.  E.  Knox  suggested  the  appointment 
of a committee from each ward to visit those 
grocers  who  have  not  yet  identified them­
selves with the organization.  He also mov­
ed that the constitution and by-laws be print­
ed in pamphlet form.

Arthur Meigs •moved  as  an  amendment 
that the printing of the constitution and by­
laws be deferred,  which was carried.

C.  L.  Lawton  moved  that  the  chair  ap­
point a committe of two or  three from each 
ward to stir up  those  not  yet  interested in 
the subject of  organization,  which was car­
ried.

President Herrick  stated  that the  people 
seemed to be “at  sea"’  regarding  the  pur­
poses of the  Association,  and a good many 
were of the opinion that it was only another 
method  for  grocers  to  cut  each  other’s 
throats.  He asserted that no  other class of 
trade had been imposed on  so  much  as the 
grocery business, and  that  the  remedy lies 
wholly  in  organizations  of  this  character. 
No grocer ought to go  into the  Association 
for selfish reasons,  expecting  to  help  him­
self at any hazard,  but  should  join for the 
express purpose of reaping  the mutual ben­
efit which is sure to follow concerted action, 
inteiligently directed.

H. A.  Hydorn referred to the good results 
brought about by  the  Minneapolis  associa­
tion.  Before organization,  strong  competi­
tion reduced prices below a living basis, but 
although the association  has  been  in exist­
ence only six  months,  all  is  now  changed 
and there is some pleasure to doing business 
there.

President Herrick  announced  the follow­

ing committees to solicit new members 

First ward—Geo. Outhouse,  M.  J.  Lewis 

and  Martin C.  DeJager.

Second Ward—Thos.  B.  Goossen,  E.  J. 

Horton and John Brummeler.

Third ward—Thos.  Crane and C. A. John­

son.

mons.

Schuit.

Mulder.

Fourth  ward—P.  Kusterer  and  0.  Em­

Fifth  ward—E.  D.  McArdle  and  Peter 

Sixth  ward—Peter  Steketee  and  Nick 

Seventh  ward—Henry  A.  Hydorn  and 

Jas. A.  Coye.

Eighth  ward—A.  Dunnebacke,  W.  E. 

Knox and C.  L.  Lawton.

Arthur Meigs moved that each member of 
the  above  committees  be  authorized to re­
ceive  the  St  initiation  fee,  and  25  cents 
quarterly dues,  which was carried.

Henry A.  Hydorn moved  that  500  mem­
bership blanks be printed and several copies 
mailed to each  member  of  the  above  com 
mittees,  which was carried.

The Law Committee  presented  its report 
upon 
the  delinquent  debtor  question  and 
recommended  the  adoption  of  a  series  of 
blanks.  The blanks are as follows:

Form No.  1—A reporting blank, on which 
each member is requested to  write  a list of 
all  his  delinquent  debtors,  together  with 
their residence,  occupation  and  amount of 
indebtedness; blank  to  be forwarded to the 
Actuary of the  Law  Committee.

Form  No. 2—A printed blank to be filled 
out and sent  to every  delinquent  reported. 
It Ls headed “Law Department” of  the  As­
sociation and reads as follows:
D e a r  S ir—You  have  been  reported  to 
the  Law Committee  of  the Retail  Grocers’ I 
Association  of  Grand  Rapids  as  owing
Mr.  -------------- ---------  $--------,  which—
--------  been  unable  to  collect.  You  are
hereby  notified  that  the  Committee  has 
granted  you fifteen  days  from  the  date of 
this notice to  pay the  above  account, or ar­
range  for  its  payment,  and  that  on  your 
failure to do so you will be  reported  to the 
Association as a delinquent  and  your name | 
published in the dead-beat list of  the Asso­
ciation,  every member of  which  is  pledged 
to not exteud another dollar of credit to any 
one so reported.
For the sake of your  reputation,  spare us 
the necessity of reporting your name and the 
unenviable notoriety that goes with  it;  and 
aiw> gave yourself the cost of  legal proceed­
ings to enforce its collection.

The claim is now in  the  hands  of  E.  A. 
Stowe, Actuaiy of the  Committee, 49  Lyon 
street,  with whom settlement must be made 
in the time above specified.

Form  No.  3—A  printed  Dead-beat  list, 
containing the  names,  addresses  and  occu­
pations of every debtor who  does not  avail 
himself of the  above  offer.  This  list is to 
be published monthly,  and  mailed to  every 
member of the Association.

Form No. 4—A printed  notice  to  be sent 
the delinquent similtaneous with the  publi­
cation of the Dead-beat  list,  informing him 
that his name appears on the  same and that 
it can only be  removed,  and  his  ability to 
secure  credit  restored,  on  payment  of  the 
claim against him.

Wm.  C.  Harper  moved  that  the  report 
be accepted and  the  Committee  authorized 
to  procure  such  printing  as  is  necessary, 
which was  adopted.

Treasurer Harris  reported  $30  as the re­

ceipts of the last meeting.

The  meeting  then  adjourned  for  one 

week.

H aving been w itnesses of th e  tru ly   m iracu­
lous cures made by Golden Seal H itters, we do 
not hesitate  to say th a t th ere is no o th er  rem ­
edy fo r blood, liver,  6tomach  and  kidney  dis­
eases, half its equal.

GXXTSairc ROOT.
We pay th e highest price fo r it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, «rand Rapids, Skh.
ALBERT COYE & SONS
JELW2TZXTGS, TEXTTS

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HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS. 

W H O LESA LE  D E A LER S  IN  

Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc.

73  C anal  S tre et, 

-  G ran d   R a p id s,  Mich,

BEAD!  READ! HEAD!

HAZELTINE,  PERKINS  &  CO. 
%ole Control of our Celebrated

have

The ONLY P ain t sold on a GUARANTEE.

Read it.

W hen our Pioneer P repared P ain t is  p u t  on 
any building, an d if w ithin three years it should 
crack or peel off. and th u s fail to give  th e   full 
satisfaction  guaranteed,  we  agree to  repaint 
the  building  a t  our  expense,  w ith  the  best 
W hite Lead,' or such other paint as  the  ow ner 
may select.  Should any case of dissatisfaction 
occur, a notice from  the dealer will  com m and 
our prom pt attention.  T.  H .  NEV1N  &  CO.
Send for sam ple cards  and  prices.  Address

H rnlfi, Perkins & Go.

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,

M ICH

N o. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

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Perfumes!
Special  Odors.

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£,  1,  2  and 4 oz., h  pound  and 

pound glass stopped 

bottles.

Send for Price-List. 
Orders  by  mail  re­
ceive  prompt  atten­
tion.

Perfumersp

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

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M anufacturedlExpressly for the  M ichigan  Trade.

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FOR  SALE  BY

Weight, three pounds, Oil finished.
FIG.  1,  BENT  BLADE,  STEEL  POINT.
FIG. 2,  STRAIGHT  BLADE,  STEEL  POINT.
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BOY  SHOVELS,  (like fig.  2)  IRON  POINT,  (n o t  o il e d .)
CODY,  BALL  &  CO.,
ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  CO.,
CLARK,  JEWELL  &  GO.,
JOHN  CAULFIELD,
SHIELDS,  BULKLEY  &  LEMON, 
HAWKINS  &  PERRY,
FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.

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Tobacco is packed in  30 pound butts,  lum ps 2x12,  Hough  and  Ready^Clubs,  16  oz., 
full weight.  A case  of 30 knives packed  on  the  top  of  each  butt.  The  b u tt  of  Tobacco 
w ith case of Pocket Knives is branded  “ Pen  Knives;”  the  one  w ith  Jacks,  “Jack  Knife.” 
The consumer gets  a  16  oz.  Plug  of  the  Finest  Tobacco  th a t  can  be  produced  by 

purchasing a GOOD  K N IF E   at  65  cents,  well  w orth the  money.

Big thing for the  Consumer,  equally so  for the Retailer.  Send  us your order.

W. J. GOULD &, 00., Detroit, Mich.

H .   T H O M P S O N  

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BEE  SPICE  MILLS,

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WHOLESALE  GROCERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

Teas, Coffees & Spices,
The  Celebrated  Butterfly  Baking  Powder,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Dealers in  Tobaccos,  Cigars,  Etc.,

59  JEFFERSON  AVENUE, 

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DETROIT,  MICH.

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F.  J.  DETTENTHALER, Jobber  of  Oysters.

A Warning.

P ain is given fo r the wise purpose of inform ­
ing us of the presence of d anger  and  disease. 
A ny  little  excitem ent  of  an  unusual n atu re 
disturbs  the  balance  of  th e system , th e  n er­
vous  energies  are  exhausted,  and  headache 
and a hundred o th er d isturbances  are  the  re­
sult.  Many  of  th e  m iseries  of  m odern m an 
and womanhood m ight be cured  and  p revent­
ed  w ere  th e ir  approach  heeded and resisted, 
having  th e ir  origin  in  derangem ents  of  the 
liver and blood, dyspepsia,  jaundice,  indiges­
tion, costiveness ana other unw holesom e  con- 
didions.  Evils of a diseased n atu re  find a cer­
tain cu re by the use o f Golden Seal B itters.  In 
this  m edicine,  n ature,  aided  by art, has pro­
duced a rare com bination of medicinal proper­
ties, wisely  adapted  to   the  cure  of  diseases 
common to m ankind.  The vitalizing principles 
embodied in Golden Seal B itters will assuredly 
cure the broken down dyspeptic.  Sold by Haz- 
eltine,  P erkins  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists, 
G rand Rapids, Mich. 

115

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN

WATCH

<&  CO.,

W holesale A gents at Ionia for
t Ionia for

DETROIT  SOAP  CO.’S
QUEEN  ANNE,

Celebrated Brands of Soaps.

The m ost popular 3-4 pound cake in the market.

MICHIGAN,

The finest of 1  pound  bars.  A n
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Price-List of all their standard Soaps furnished on application. 
L ots of 5 boxes and upwards delivered free to all railroad points. 
Orders respectfully solicited.
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PINE  AND  HARDWOOD  LUMBER, 

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44 CANAL STREET,

GRAND

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MICHIGAN.

And D ealer in P ine Land.  Correspondence solicited w ith p arties having eith er to  sell.

OFFICE,  58  MONROE  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

GSOXCS BUTTER A  SPECIALTY! 
CALIFORNIA  AND  OTHER  FOREIGN  AN£> 
DOMESTIC  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES.  Care­
ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.
M.  O. RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st, Grand Rapids.

