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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  2,  1885.

NO. 115.

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I.

There  was  much  speculation  and  sup­
pressed excitement in  the office  of  Messrs. 
Cragsby & Golding,  leading  wholesale gro­
cers at a neighboring market.  Mr.  Cragsby, 
for  many  years  the  senior  partner  in  the 
firm,  had  just  died,  and  the  conduct and 
management  of  affairs  had  thus  devolved 
upon Mr.  Golding,  who  was now  sole part­
ner,  and  also  nephew  and  executor  to the 
deceased.  The event had caused in  the of­
fice a feeling of unanimous regret.

While by nature a  just man, Mr.  Cragsby 
had been an unusually  kind  one—so far,  at 
all  events,  as  those  whom  he  employed 
were concerned.  A man  of  high  principle 
and strict probity,  he  never  made  his  own 
uprightness  and  rectitude  an  excuse  for 
severely  judging  others.  As  one  of  his 
clerks put it,  “Cragsby  was  strict,  but you 
couldn’t  help  liking  him,  for  he  would 
never  find  fault  without  a  cause  for  it.” 
This necessarily insured him the respect and 
liking of those who  were  under his author­
ity.

Another circumstance which  added to his 
popularity  was  the  fact  that  lie>  disliked 
making changes in  the  arrangements of the 
firm.  Having  once  employed  a  man  and 
found  him  trustworthy,  Mr.  Cragsby  pre­
ferred to retain him, even though the salary 
paid  continuously  increased.  This  gave  a 
feeling of security to  clerks  and store help, 
which remained undistured till  the death of 
the chief rudely awakened them,’when  they 
remembered howdifferent were the views and 
opinions of the  junior  partner,  who would 
now hold undisputed sway.  For  Mr.  Gold­
ing was accustomed to rate his  social infer­
iors by a very different  scale.  Each,  in his 
eye,  had  “a  market  value.”  That was his 
phrase.  A man might have served the firm 
well  and  faithfully  for  twenty  or  thirty 
years, but this,  in Mr.  Golding’s estimation, 
gave him no  claim  to  regard  or  considera­
tion.

But, as almost always happens, there was 
one person with whom his rudeness of man­
ner  was  veiled  by  courtesy,  his  asperity 
softened 
into  mildness,  by  the  tlesire  to 
please, and this person was  the daughter of 
the late partner,  and  consequently his  cou­
sin, Elinor Cragsby.

For some years Mr. Golding had  cherish­
ed in his inmost heart—or  perhaps it would 
be better to say  mind  than  heart—a  liking 
for his fair relative,  and  had  set himself to 
gain  her  favorable  regard.  As  yet,  how­
ever,  he had  not achieved  any  marked suc­
cess, but lie  was  of  a  dogged,  persevering 
nature,  and  did  not  despair.  The  match 
would be a  very  advantageous  one, for El­
inor  was, by  her  father’s  death,  placed  in 
possession of a considerable fortune,  which 
would be of use in extending and improving 
the business.

“For,”  as Mr.  Golding  was  wont to say 
to a few  friends,  “Cragsby  was a good fel­
low  enough,  but  slow  and  old-fashioned— 
couldn’t keep pace with the age.”  And now 
that the game was in  his  own hands  he be­
gan to launch out  more  boldly.  But to do 
this required  capital,  and  this,  if he  could 
but win his cousin’s regard,  was ready to his 
hand.  Elinor's personal  attractions, which 
had in  reality  first  captivated  him,  would 
have been almost sufficient to induce him to 
seek the  alliance,  but  Elinor’s  wealth was 
irresistible.

11.

“Itenshaw,  the governor wants you,” said 
one  of  the  seniors  to  a  young  man  who, 
bending over  his  desk,  appeared  so intent 
upon his  occupation  that  the  other  had to 
repeat his words,  and  in  a  louder key,  be­
fore any notice was taken.

Then  Gilbert  Renshaw,  with  a  brief, 
“Thank you, Brown,”  put  his  work care­
fully in his desk,  and  locking it,  turned and 
walked quietly  across  the office to the  pri­
vate room.  Mr. Brown looked after him:

“He’s  a  queer  one,”  he  soliloquized. 
“He’s been here  four  or five  years,  and he 
takes things as coolly as if lie had been here 
all his life—more coolly,  in fact.  Half of ns 
would have  gone  to  Golding full  pelt,  but 
not he; catch  him  hurrying. 
I  can’t make 
him out,” and witli  this  candid  admission, 
Mr. Brown turned his attention to his letter­
writing.

Meanwhile Gilbert Renshaw  had  entered 
the  private  room  where  Mr.  Golding  sat 
alone.

“You  have  kept  me  waiting,  Mr.  Ren­

shaw.”

reply.

“I regret to  hear  it,  sir,”  was  the quiet 

The chief shifted in  his  chair and looked 
up at  the  young  man.  Of  all  his clerks, 
apart from the important  question  of  their 
“market value,” Gilbert  Renshaw  was  the 
one whom he most disliked.

“I have sent for you,  Mr.  Itenshaw,” re­
sumed the chief,  “to  point  out  an  error of 
yours in these papers—an error which might 
have involved grave consequences.”

Gilbert Renshaw bowed, but said nothing. 
The error thus magnified  into so  much im­
portance was in  reality a  trifling oversight, 
and was for the most part the fault of a jun­
ior.  This,  probably,  Mr.  Golding  well 
knew, but as the papers would  come before 
Renshaw fat  revision  he  chose  to  .assume
that the entire blame rested with him.  The

T

young man was at once too high-minded and 
kind-hearted to exculpate  himself by accus­
ing his junior,  and in a  few  words express­
ed his  regret.  •

“It must not occur again,  Mr.  Renshaw.”
Gilbert  bowed,  but  made  no  reply,  and 
then,  after taking his  principal’s directions, 
left the room.

Mr.  Golding looked after him with an an­

noyed expression on his face.

“If I catch you  tripping  again,” he mut­
tered to himself,  “you shall suffer for it, my 
friend.”

But the days went by,  and  for  a time his 
vindictiveness  remained without an  oppor­
tunity to exercise itself.

He was shrewd enough,  however, to await 
his opportunity.  And  that was not long in 
coming.  One  Saturday  afternoon he  hap- 
happened to want Gilbert for some purpose, 
and sent for him.  The young man could no­
where be  found.  Mr.  Golding  glanced  at 
the clock and frowned angrily.

It was  just  ten  minutes  to  the  time  at 
which,  their  work  being  done,  the  clerks 
were entitled to leave.  Some  were already 
closing their desks and making preparations 
for departure,  but the sudden appearance of 
the chief in the outer office galvaniezd them 
into renewed activity.  A kind-hearted sen­
ior  in  the  meantime  surreptitiously  dis­
patched an office boy to the restaurant which 
Gilbert generally frequented,  but  the  well- 
meant effort was fruitless.

Air.  Golding walked  across  the  office  to 
the further window, which, the house being 
a corner one, commanded the length  of  the 
street,  and stood looking out.  Suddenly he 
uttered  a  slight  exclamation,  which  drew 
all eyes, with glances more or  less  furtive, 
to the window.  There,  at  some  little dis­
tance,  quietly  strolling  along,  was  Gilbert 
Renshaw.  Unconscious of  those  watching 
him he paused  at  the  corner,  looked at his 
watch, and,  after a  moment’s  hesitation  as 
if uncertain what  course  to pursue,  turned 
iijito a side street and disappeared.

h i.

Monday morning came,  and to the amaze­
ment  of  each and  all  Mr.  Golding was  the 
first  at  the  office.  The  store  help,  who 
were  naturally  among  the  earliest,  were 
warned by the book-keeper  in a mysterious 
whisper that “the governor  was there.”  A 
greater degree of  order  and silence  reigned 
that morning than was usual.

One by one,  as the clerks came in, the var­
ious  iosts  were  taken  up.  By  the  senior 
clerk is desk stood Mr.  Gdlding,  a hard,  piti­
less < xpression on his face.  The clock was 
just chiming 8,  when  the  door swung open 
and Gilbert Renshaw walked in.  He glanc­
ed round,  evidently surprised at seeing  Mr. 
Golding, and then walked toward  his desk. 
Ere he had taken three steps the  principal’s 
voice checked him:

“You need not trouble to open your desk, 

Mr. Renshaw.”

at this intimation.

Gilbert turned round,  still more surprised 

Mr. Golding had walked  across the office, 
and ll»e two  men  stood  facing  eacli  other. 
One glance  at  the stem  face,  those  cold, 
keen eyes before  him,  and Gilbert  saw the 
other’s purpose in a moment.

Every one in the office  looked  on,  either 
stealthily or openly,  with  increasing Inter­
est, and every one  was  puzzled  by the way 
in which the young man  maintained his us­
ual sir of easy  indifference.  But Mr. Gold­
ing gave but little time for  speculation.

“You left  before  the  time  on Saturday, 

“About ten minutes before six,” answered 

Mr.  Renshaw.”

the other.

“And your reasons for doing so?”
“My work was finished  and I had an im­

portant engagement.”

“Indeed!” sneered the employer.  “But I 
do not allow any  one of  my  clerks to keep 
important engagements till the office is clos­
ed,  and  as you have  thought fit  to  leave at 
your own time,  you will not  be surprised  if 
I inform you that I shall not  need your ser­
vices  longer.  This  is  the  amount  due to 
you,” and Mr.  Golding held out a slip of pa­
per,  but Gilbert made no  movement to take 
it.

“I understand  you,  Mr.  Golding,  and  I 
am as ready to leave your service as you are 
to require  me  to  do  so.  Technically,  you 
are in the  right,  and  I  therefore  apologize 
for having  deprived  you of  ten minutes on 
Saturday.  My  presence,  doubtless,  is  not 
very  agreeable  to  you, but  we  may  meet 
again before long; should such an event hap­
pen,  you will please understand that the in­
terview  is  not  of  my  seeking.  Good-day, 
gentlemen;”  and,  with  a  comprehensive 
glance and bow  to  the  amazed  on-lookers, 
the young man turned and quitted the office, 
leaving his employer  standing,  as  much as­
tonished  as  anyone,  with  the  unheeded 
check still between his fingers.

IV.

Elinor Cragsby  sat  with  her  friend  and 
companion  dreamily  gazing  into  the  fire. 
After a while the elder lady looked up from 
the book she was reading.

“A penny for your thoughts,  Nell!”
The girl started at the voice, and the words 
had to be repeated before she seemed to un­
derstand them.

“I am not  sure,”  she  said  meditatively, 

that they are worth that sum.”

“Then,” said  her  friend,  with  a  smile, 
“without wishing to be uncomplimentary to 
the subject of them, I think I can guess their 
direction.”

“I wish I could make  him  see  how  use­
less it is,” the girl  broke out  apparently ir­
relevantly.

“He doesn’t  wish  to  see  that,”  said her 
companion.  “As I  have  often told  you,  it 
appears to me  that  he  has  deliberately  re­
solved to succeed in the attempt to win your 
regard,  and lie is not a man of fine feelings. 
Nothing  short  of  absolute  discourtesy  or 
rudeness  would  repel  him, unless,  indeed, 
it were the presence of  a  successful  rival,” 
she added in a lower and a  meaning tone.

There was something in the last  sentence 
that brought a flush to Elinor Cragsby’s face. 
She rose from her seat, and,  moving toward 
the window,  stood  looking  out.  Suddenly 
she uttered  an  exclamation  of  annoyance. 
Her friend looked up.

“Here lie is!” said Elinor,  as if in answer 

to the look.

ing.

“Shall I leave you?”  she  said,  half  ris­

“No—on no account;” and  Elinor, smiling 
herself,  in spite  of  her  vexation,  recrossed 
the room,  and  with  gentle force pushed the 
elder lady into her  seat  again  and  then re­
sumed her own.  Scarcely had  she  done so 
when the servant announced “Mr. Golding,” 
and  that  gentleman  entered  all  bows  and 
smiles.

“Ellen,” he said,  attempting  to  take her 
hand,  “you must know  how long  and how 
devotedly I have been attached to you; how 
I have longed for  the  hour  that  should en­
able me to approach you and offer myself as 
a suitor for your hand.”

He paused to note the effect of this declar­
ation,  which,  in  reality, lie  had  carefully 
prepared  before  he  reached  the  house that 
evening.  But he  learned  nothing from the 
contemplation of  the face  before  him. 
It 
was slightly averted,  as  was natural,  but in 
no wise did its fair owner seem discomposed. 
Mr.  Golding began to  feel  a  little  uneasy, 
and a new idea for the first time flashed up­
on his mind.  Could  theie  be  another?  It 
seemed too absurd,  but  it would  not be dis­
missed.  He rose  from  bis  chair  and bent 
over  her for a last appeal.

“Can it be?” he murmured, half reproach­

fully.  “Have I a rival?”

As the words left  his  lips  the  room door 
opened,  and  a  voice announced  “Sir. Ren­
shaw.”  At the  sound  Sir.  Golding,  with a 
sudden start, faced round  and, to his  utter 
astonishment,  beheld  before  him, smiling 
courteously and with outstretched hand, the 
man whom lie had  dismissed  from  his ser­
vice,  whom  lie  had  even  spoken  of  con­
temptuously to Elinor herself as  “one of my 
clerks.”

“A friend of yours?” he said interrogative­
ly, but in a tone that sounded strange in his 
own ears,  and caused the other three to look 
curiously at him.

The girl blushed,  smiled,  but did not an­
swer,  and Mrs. Seaforth, who had risen and 
approached them, came to her rescue.

“Mr.  Renshaw was a friend of Mr.  Crags­

by’s, and is still a friend of ours.”

“Mr.  Renshaw,” said the other, “probably 
has good  reasons  for his  friendship.  For­
tune-hunters usually have.”

Gilbert Renshaw took a step forward.
“That is true,  as a general statement, Mr. 
Golding,”  he said,  with  all his  former easy 
indifference,  “but it is not  true,  if you  will 
allow  me  to  say  so, in  this  particular in­
stance. 
I,  personally,  am  not  a  fortune- 
hunter.  Perhaps you know of some one who 
may better deserve the  name.”

“You were my clerk,” said  Golding with 

a bitter sneer;  “what are you now?”

“I will tell you,” replied  the  other in the 
same unruffled tone.  “As you rightly said, 
I was your clerk,  and it  came  about in this 
way.  At my father’s death  the property to 
which I succeeded was'somewhat encumber­
ed.  Your late partner was an old  friend of 
ours, and he suggested that I  should obtain 
a situation for some few  years,  leaving  the 
property thus to clear itself by applying the 
income to the  extinction  of  the  debt.  To 
simplify  matters,  he  kindly  offered  me a 
position in his  own  office at a good  salary, 
stipulating that  nothing  should  be  said or 
known of his long  friendship with our fam­
ily lest itbethougt he might  favor me.  I ac­
cepted the post. 
In  a  few  years,  as  we 
planned,  my  property  was  unincumbered, 
and your sudden dismissal of me simply an­
ticipated  my  own  resignation  by  two  or 
three weeks.  You see,  Mr.  Golding, while 
I  give you full credit for having intended to 
injure me, I can very  readily  treat with in­
difference a course of action that has  ended 
in  failure.”

As  Gilbert  ceased  speaking  he  glanced 
meaningly at  Elinor,  who,  with  Mrs.  Sea­
forth, had  stood  quietly  by. 
It  was  evi­
dently no news to  them,  and Mr. Golding, 
as his gaze  traveled  from  one  face  to the 
other,  saw that his efforts  had  been in vain 
and that success wa^ hopeless.

But the whole  matter  was so utterly un­
expected that  for a  moment he felt  that it 
could not be  really  true.  He turned to El­
inor.

“You know of all this,  it seems?”
“Yes.” she  said, but speaking in so low a 
tone that he could scarcelMoatch the words:

“I knew of all; but it was my  father’s wish 
that the  matter  should not be  mentioned. 
That, of course, was sufficient.  You would, 
however,  have known  it before  long,  for— 
for-----”

She hesitated and cast an appealing glance 

at Gilbert.

“We are to be married shortly,” said that 
gentleman,  promptly,  completing  the  sen­
tence.

The blushing  face,  the downcast eyes be­
side  him, confirmed  the  statement, if,  in­
deed, confirmation was  needed.  Mr.  Gold­
ing waited to  hear  no  more,  but,  turning 
short on his heel with a muttered execration, 
left the room and the house.

Running in Ruts.

From the Michigan Manufacturer.

There is this difference between  a skilled 
workman  and a  machine:  The  latter  per­
forms certain work in  a certain way,  and is 
capable of nothing else;  but  the  intelligent 
workman  can  adapt  himself  to  circum­
stances; lie can vary his methods  of  manip­
ulation,  according  to  the  requirements  of 
his work, and by close observation can learn 
to improve  old  processes,  and  adopt  new 
ones when necessary.

In proportion as a workman uses his pow­
ers of observation,  his work is valuable,and 
commands  its  price.  The  temptation  is 
strong to follow beaten  paths—to  move  in 
ruts.  Many workmen go on,  from  year  to 
year,  performing  their  work  in  tlie  same 
clumsy,  laborious,  and often imperfect man­
ner,  apparently  not  dreaming  that  their 
methods might,  by a little thought, be great­
ly simplified and improved.  Having learned 
to do a certain thing,  like the machine,  in a 
certain way, they are  satisfied,  and  do  not 
seek to make any further advancement,  un­
til forced to do so by  the  restless minds al­
ways to be found in the front ranks of prog­
ress.  They are content  to  follow,  not  to 
lead,  in the march of  improvement.  They 
carry conservatism to the  verge  of  stupid­
ity.  They rail  against  “new-fangled”  ap­
pliances, and ridicule new ideas without in­
vestigating them.  Having found  that  cer 
tain ways of doing things answer very well, 
they forget that there  may  be  better ways. 
They don’t look around for new  ideas;  and 
new  ideas  seldom  force  themselves  upon 
any man who doesn't look for them.

Tlie above remarks apply not only  to  the 
workman,  but to the man  who  employs  la­
bor.  Many manufacturers lose money, sim­
ply because they  fail  to  keep  up  with  the 
times.  They adopt,  as their policy, an  ob­
stinate conservatism  which  refuses to yield 
an inch,  or  own  itself  mistaken  until  act­
ually forced by circumstances to do so.  Such 
men are always behind the times, and in tlie 
sharp conflicts of tlie world’s markets,  their 
products  usually  “get  left.”  They  only 
learn that the  world  moves,  when  it  runs 
against them.  Sometimes they learn a whole­
some lesson from the collision,  and manage 
to keep out of the way next time; more often 
they don’t learn anything.

Hardly less reprehensible  than  stubborn 
old-fogyism is the reckless experimentalise! 
which is never  content  to  let  well  enough 
alone,  but  is  constantly  seeking  to  make 
improvements where  none  is  needed,  ami 
often overlooks tlie real need  for  improve­
ments in its zeal  to  make  perfection  more 
perfect.  Set such an experimentalist  down 
in the courts of heaven,  and  he  would  im­
mediately begin to speculate  as  to  how  he 
could improve on the golden pavements and 
other things.  He applies  his  tests  to  all 
tilings,  and finds  nothing  perfect, 
lie  ac­
complishes  little  real  good—makes  little 
practical  progress—because  his  operations 
are performed mostly in  the  clouds  of  his 
own chimerical fancy,  away from  the  com­
mon,  every-day  world  of  thought  and  ac­
tion.

Between the  wide  extremes  pointed  out 
there is a golden mean which  leads  to  suc­
cess.  Tlie methods of the wild experiment­
alist on the one hand,  and those of the hide­
bound old-fogy on the other,  are  equally  to 
be  avoided.  Common  sense,  wholesome 
enterprise,  a wide-awake  spirit,  and  a  re­
ceptive mind, open to conviction on all sub­
jects and never too sure  of  its own knowl­
edge—these qualities are almost  enough  to 
insure a successful career  to  a  man  in  any 
walk of life.  The  manufacturers who pos­
sess these  qualities  in  the  highest  degree 
are  most  successful.  And  the  workmen 
who  possess  them  are  most  sought  after, 
and  receive  the  highest  compensation  for 
their labor.

T h eo.  M.  Ca r p e n t e r .

Knights of Labor Dictating to Tradesmen.
The tradesmen of the city of Lynn, Mass., 
find that  they  are  amenable  to  other  and 
more arbitary laws than those upon the stat­
ute book.  They have all received  copies of 
the following edict from the office of the Ex­
ecutive Board,  Knights of Labor:

“On and after  Nov.  17  all  clothing, fur­
nishing  goods,  hats  and  caps,  boots  and 
shoes, and all  laundry  agencies  shall  close 
their places of  business  at  6:30  p.  m.,  ami 
all dry and fancy goods stores at 6:15 p.  m., 
as usual,  four evenings in each week, name­
ly,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and 
Friday,  and shall open the evening previous 
to  each  holiday,  namely:  Washington’s 
Birthday, Fast Day,  Memorial Day, June 17, 
July  4, and Thanksgiving,  and every even­
ing of  one week previous to  Christmas.”

VOL. 3.

C.  ROYS  k  CO.

No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

Positively  at  whole­
sale  only.  Orders  by 
mail receive prompt at­
tention and liberal  dis­
count.

I

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

(Successor to P. Spitz,)  •

SO LE  AGENT  OF

F e r m e n t u m ,
The Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., 

ARCADE,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Grocers  and  Bakers  who  wish  to  try 
“FERMENTUM” can get  samples and full 
directions by addressing  or  applying  to the 
above.

T H F   P E R K I N S  

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W I N D   M I L L

It has been in constant use 
for  15  years, with a  record 
equalled  by  none.  War- 
b a n t e d   not  to  blow down 
unless the tower  goes  with 
i t ; or against any wind that
does not disable substantial
farm buildings;  to be perfect;  to  outlast  and 
io better work  than any other mill  made.
Agents  wanted.  Address Perkins Wind Mill 
& Ax Co„ Mishawaka. Ind. Mention Tradesman.

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Agents  for  a  full  line  of

S. ff. Venalile & Co.’s

PETERSBURG,  VA.,

P L U G   TO B A CCO S,
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

ROCK  CA2TX)'7.

BIG FIVE CENTER.
DRYDEN &  PALMER’S 
Unquestionably the best in  the  market.  As 
dear as crystal and as transparent as diamond, 
fry a box.
J o h n   C a u l f i e l d . ,
Sole Agent for Grand Rapids.

B E A N S .

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.

If.  T.  LlMOBEAOi,  MI,

71  Canal Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

M l

TO  THE  TRADE-
We desire to call the attention of the Trade  to 

our unusually complete stock of
SCHOOL  BOOKS,

School  Supplies

A nd a G eneral Line o f M iscellaneous 

Books, .stationery, Paper, Etc.

We have.grcatly increased our  facilities  for 
doing  a General  Jobbing  Business,  and  shall 
hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly.
We issue separate lists of Slates.  School  and 
Township  Books,  Blanks,  Etc.,  which  will  be 
mailed on application.
Quotations on anv article in our stock cheer­
fully furnished.  We  have  the Agency  of the
REMINGTON  TYPE  W RITER

War  W estern  M ichigan.

Ea to n  & L y o n

20 and 22 Monroe St., Q-and Rapidi, Mich.

Such Is fame!  The  Detroit  Comrrwrckd 
having stated  that  Curtiss,  Dunton  &  Co. 
had sold out, corrects the  mis-statement  as 
follows: 
“Messrs.  Dutton  &  Co.,  of
Grand Rapids, deny the  soft  impeachment 
oi having sold out.  We  are  glad  to  hear 
that they have n o t”

The  West  Michigan  Oil  Co.—which  is 
only another name for the  Standard Oil Co. 
—has abandoned the idea of running a tank 
line into Muskegon,  and will  not revive the 
project until some competition,  now  unfor- 
seen, necessitates such a move.  The build­
ings recently erected for a tank  line station 
will be kept  in  repair  for  use  in  such  an 
event. 
In the  meantime,  the  oil  used  by 
Muskegon dealers and handled  by  the  job­
bers  at  that market  is  shipped  to  Grand 
Itapids by tank,  and  thence  to  destination 
in barrels.

Randall & Godfrey,  stove  and  hardware 
dealers  ht  Ironwood—formerly  at  Stam- 
baugh—were closed on chattel  mortgage on 
the 24th ult.  All  other  creditors  are  left 
unsatisfied.

Something of a sensation  was  created  in 
commercial circles by the report that Norton 
&  Wolff,  general  dealers  at  Otsego  and 
Plainwell, had given nine chattel mortgages 
aggregating nearly §18,000,  and  that F.  M. 
Lester, of  Saranac—a  former partner—had 
given three chattel mortgages amounting to 
§3,744.58.  Many ugly reports are in  circu­
lation,  some of which seem to be borne  out 
by the facts  in  the  matter.  Grand  Rapids 
creditors  suffer  to  the  extent  of  about 
§1,000,  although  several  have  obtained 
their goods by replevins  and  other  means.

STRAY  FACTS.

Burton Sewell, confectioner  at  Bay City, 

A JO U R N A L DEVOTED TO TH E

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate.

B.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Terms §1 a year in advance, postage Pfdd. 
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2,1886.

Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

President—Lester J . Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Wm. Sears.
Executive  Committee—President,  Vice-Pres­
ident and Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one 
year;  L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two
Arbitration  Committee—I.  M.  Clark,  Ben  W.
Putnam, Joseph Houseman. 
Transportation  Committee—Samuel  Sears, 
Geo. B. Dunton. Amos. S. Musselman. 
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, A rthur
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. 
__
Manufacturing  Committee—Wm.  Cartwright,
E. S. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. 
__
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­

c

ing of each month.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

President,  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary,  C.  T. 
Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.  ______
p r   Subscribers and others,  when writing 
to advert isers, will confer a favor on  the pub­
lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisem ent in the columns of  this  paper.______
W. T. Long,  the Vicksburg grocer, writes 
T h e T ra desm a n that the  grocery trade of 
that place contemplates  an  organization for 
protection and profit.  Let the good work go 
on.

The market  on  binding  twine  is  nearly 
bare, and the price  has  advanced  2 cents a 
pound within a month, which gives  ground 
for the belief  that the  manufacturers  have 
entered into an agreement to keep prices up 
to a certain figure.

The wholesale dry goods trade  of  Chica­
go employs  a  capital  of  §14,000,000,  and 
makes a showing of  about  §75,000,000  an­
nual  sales.  The  trade  has  doubled  in 
twelve years,  and is placing  New York and 
Boston in the background.

The  envelope  manufacturers  have  all 
united in forming a combination for the pur­
pose of keeping prices up to a  living  basis. 
As  a  result  of  the  agreement,  advances 
have been made in several  cheaper  grades, 
and  a uniform system of  prices will  proba­
bly be agreed upon in the near future.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

A.  M. Frost  succeeds  A.  J.  McKeene in 
the  grocery  business  on  South  Division 
street.

Tunis Johnson succeeds Johnson* Co. in 
the manufacture  of  cigars  at 249 South Di­
vision street.

J.  C.  Coffman has sold  his  jewelry stock 
at Petoskey to Will  Z.  Searle, and  will en­
gage in the same business in this  city.

It is reported that  Jas.  S.  Evans & Co., 
the Big Rapids musical  imstrument  dealer, 
will establish a branch store in this city.

Foster,  Stevens &  Co.  are  getting  out  a 
full stock for Otto  Bros.,  who  will  engage 
in the hardware  business at Middleville.

Mrs. Eliza Hoyle has  engaged  in general 
trade at Ensley Grove.  Spring & Company 
furnished the dry goods and Rindge, Bertsch 
& Co. the boots and shoes.

An amusing incident occurred at a certain 
Ottawa street jobbing establishment one day 
last week.  The two-year-old son of  one of 
the proprietors  espied  a  bottle  containing 
the purple ink used with a rubber stamp and 
swallowed a considerable portion of its con­
tents before the act was discovered.  A phy­
sician was promptly  sent  for and an emetic 
given and the little fellow was  relieved of a 
dangerous concoction of analine and arsenic 
without serious  difficulty.  The  bottle  will 
be kept on a higher shelf hereafter.

The saw mill plant and about  1,200 acres 
of fine hardwood  timber land,  situated near 
Faradise,  Grand  Traverse  county,  and  be­
longing to  the Hadley Bros. Manufacturing 
Co., has been  sold  to Hannah, Lay  &  Co., 
who have retained  the  services of  manager 
S. E.  Curdy and will  cut  the  timber out as 
fast as the capacity of the  mill  will  allow. 
The Hadley  Bros.  Manufacturing Co.  was 
formed mainly from the creditors of the firm 
of  Hadley Bros.,  about  a year  ago,  with a 
paid-in capital stock of  §19,000.  The  fail­
ure of the  Stockwell  &  Darraglx  Furniture 
Co., which held about half  the  stock,  crip­
pled the corporation and  rendered it  neces­
sary to add to  the  working  capital or  dis­
pose  of ¡the  property.  The  stockholders 
chose the latter alternative,  with  the  result 
above noted.

ABOUND  THE  STATE

F. N. Tucker, grocer at Three Rivers, has 

sold out.

F. A. Hamilton,  grocer  at East  Saginaw, 

is about selling  out.

Miles &  Corlett  succeed  J.  B.  Miles  in 

the drug business at Dexter 

A.  II.  Towne,  grocer  at New Era,  will 

shortly retire from  business.

Geo. Ames,  meat  dealer  at  Scottsr ille. 

has added a line of groceries.

Frank  Guy  succeeds  Guy  &  Warner  in 

the grocery business at Milan.

J. W. Crozer has moved his general stocl 

from Ontonagon to Menominee.

Meyers Bros, have removed their clothing 

stock from L’Anse to Calumet.

W. J. Sweet succeeds  Brunk  & Sweet in 

the jewelry business at Croswell.

W.  B.  Church succeeds Olds & Church in 

the dry goods business at  St. Joseph.

The mortgaged  is  in  possession  of J. F. 

Davis’ dry goods stock at Battle Creek.

A.  (Mrs.  Louis)  Fontaine,  boot  and shoe 
dealer at Bay City, has  removed  to Au Sa­
ble.

Mitterueir & Rohde succeed F.  A.  Ham- 
I iiton in the grocery business  at  East  Sagi­
naw.

E.  S.  Lewis has  sold his grocery stock,  at 
Marshall,  to Wm.  Reilly  and J.  Thompson 
Mack.

C. E. Ramsey  succeeds  Chas.  E.  White 
in the drug and stationery business  at  Kal­
kaska.

S.  C.  Doster has engaged  in  the  grocery 
business at Brouard,  in the same  store  for­
merly  occnpied  by  Geo.  Wilson.  Cody, 
Ball & Co.  furnished the stock.

Frank  E.  Spraker  and  Chas.  Hogadone 
have formed a copartnership and will engage 
in the news  and  stationery  business in the 
Arcade comer  formerly occupied  by  Hall, 
Goodman & Co.

II.  F.  Hastings has secured  the Western 
Michigan agency for  the  Bethesda  mineral 
spring  water, put  up  at  Waukesha,  Wis., 
and will ship it to Grand  Rapids  in  barrels 
and keep it in tanks at his new  office in the 
Berkey block.

Oliver G.  Brooks, of the firm of  Telfer & 
Brooks,  has come on from Detroit to assume 
a share in the management  of  the  business 
of the new house.  The  firm’s grinding and 
roasting machinery is now in full operation, 
and Messrs. Telfer & Brooks will  make the 
acquaintance of the trade through the proper 
channels in the next few weeks.

W.  R. Fox,  formerly  superintendent  for 
the Farmer Roller Mill  Co.,  has  opened  a 
machine shop for general  repair  work  and 
the manufacture of  patented  specialties  in 
the room in the  Gay  block  formerly  occu­
pied by C. O. & A.  D.  Porter.  Mr.  Fox is 
the inventor of a castor for furniture  which 
can readily be removed, but cannot fall out, 
which is meeting which exceptional success. 
He also  manufactures  a  mitre  box  of  his 
own invention which will cut at  any  angle 
and not sliver.

There d'ili be a meeting of the pool wood- 
enware  manufacturers  either  to-day  or  a 
week from to-day—the exact date  is  one of 
those  things  no  fellow  can  find  out—at 
which time it is expected the  compact  will 
be renewed and most outside manufacturers 
will be pulled into the  pool.  Pending such 
an arrangement,  which  involves  an  imme­
diate increase  in  prices  dealers  would  do 
well  to  replenish  their  stocks  and  lay  in 
enough to supply the demands of their trade 
for some time to come.

J.  L.  Hudson succeeds R.  Hudson  & Son 
in  the  hat,  cap  and  clothing  business  at 
Ionia.

Albert Thiele has sold  his clothing  stock 
at  Plainwell  to  Horace  Storms  and J.  II, 
Clement.

Adam  Wagner,  general  dealer  at  East 
manville,  has opened  a  furniture  store  at 
that place.

F.  Salisbury, the Harbor  Springs  grocer, 
was in the city last week on his  way  home 
from New York State.

C.  J.  Fleischauer,  the  Reed  City  gro 
ceryman,  has  just  moved  into a  new store 
especially adapted for his business.

T. B.  Snyder lias  sold  his  general  stock 
at Ayr to J.  C. Higinbotham, and will prob 
ably re-engage in business at Alansan 
, Smith, Updyke & Co.,  the  leading  drug 
firm of  Hillsdale,  has  suspended,  with  lia­
bilities considerably in  excess of the assets 
O. G. Emerson’s  clothing  stock,  at  Vas 
sar, has been sold at  chattel  mortgage  sale 
to Allan Shelden & Co.,  Detroit, under pro­
test of Brock & Wener,  who  held a  second 
mortgage.

F.  G.  Richards, of Sparta, has  purchased 
the N.  S.  Loop dry goods and grocery stock 
at Kent City,  and will remove  to that place 
to  conduct  the  business.  He  still  retains 
his interest in the Star grocery at Sparta.

Fred.  S. Kieldsen,  who was  formerly en­
gaged in general  trade at  Cadillac, but has 
been cultivating stumps  and  raising pump­
kins for over a year past, has  emerged from 
obscurity  and  arranged  to  construct a full 
roller process mill at Cadillac.

G.  W.  Pursel,  the Plainwell druggist, was 
closed on the 26th ult.  by  Morrison,  Plum­
mer & Co.,  of  Chicago  on  a second mort­
gage  for  §465. 
Postmaster  Crispe,  who 
formerly owned the stock, has a  first  mort­
gage  for  §1,085,  and  the  Plainwell  Press 
says the stock will not be  sufficient  to  sat­
isfy that claim.  A  Detroit  liquor  firm  is 
“in” for §300, and  other  Detroit  and  Chi­
cago  creditors  y¡¡U.  charge  accounts  up  to 
profit and loss.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Stephen A.  Sears is a father again, 

Its a

boy, as usual.

vicinity this week.

Wallace Franklin is  “doing”  Detroit and 

Chicago sends  out 220  traveling  men  in 

her dry goods interest.

D. C. Underwood  went  North  Friday in 
the  interest of Arthur  Meigs  & Co.  and I).
C.

S. M. Austin,  of  Benton  Harbor,  talked 
pickles and sauerkraut to the city trade  last 
week.

Will  John  P.  Oggle  please  send  T h e 
T ra desm a n  office  a  box of cigars for  the 
boys?

G.  II. Burt,  Michigan  representative  for 
Kingsford’s  starch, paid  Grand  Rapids  his 
last visit  for  thfs  year  the  middle of  last 
week.

D. E. Me Yean has severed his connection 
with Clark, Jewell &  Co.  The  house will 
divide his  territory  between  C.  H.  Bayley 
and II.  A.  Hudson.

J.  H.  Strong, Michigan, Indiana and Wis­
consin representative for  the  Meriden  Bri­
tannia Co.,  has  removed  to  Grand Rapids 
and will make this place headquarters here­
after.

W.  G.  Hawkins  and  wife,  who  have 
boarded since their marriage four years ago, 
have concluded to indulge in  the  luxury  of 
house-keeping,  and  have accordingly leased 
the Bacon homestead at 320 Lyon street.

John  McIntyre  lias  severed  his  connec­
tion with Cody, Ball & Co., to be succeeded 
by  Frank  Parinenter,  who  will  take  the 
towns  and  drives  on the Grand River  Yal­
ley Division and the F. & P. M.  Railway.

Jas. II. Brown, who sees the jobbing trade 
of  Michigan  Indiana  and Ohio  every  sixty 
days for P. Lorillard  &  Co.,  spent Thanks 
giving at this market.  Mr.  Brown is just as 
funny as he ever was and sells just as many 
goods as formerly.

It is stated that Wm.  II.  Downs,  for sev 
eral years past general traveling representa 
tive for Spring  &  Company,  has  arranged 
to travel for Root, Strong & Co.,  of Detroit 
after  January  1,  covering  the  same  terri 
tory as at present.

Albert C. Antrim sends T h e T radesm a 
a  couple  of  cotton  balls  from  Galveston 
Texas, which  have  been  deposited  in  the 
office  museum,  which  contains  such  anti 
quities as Joe Reed’s  speech,  Geo.  Owen 
joke and Soliman Snooks’ portrait.

is dead.

Calhoun county.

mill at Nashville.

John Keifer will put in a sawmill at Ellis, 

Robert Brady & Sons  are  building  a saw 

Manton  has  marketed  15,000  bushels  of 

potatoes this season.

saw mill at Alanson.

Mr.  Frayer  has  purchased  the  Weaver 

J. F. Barnes succeeds J .  E.  Bush  in  the 

bakery business at St.  Louis.

Reed & Wicks succeed  Mosser & Reed  in 

the livery business at  Coldwater.

S.  G.  Isaman  is  erecting  an  addition  to 

his store building  at East Jordan.

Lafayette Forbes and  Chas. Thomas con­

template putting in a feed mill  at  Fisher.

Seaman  &  Rice,  loggers  at  Big Rapids, 
have dissolved,  Oliver  Seaman  succeeding.
M. J.  Scanlan  & Co.  have  purchased  the 
music business of J.  L.  Reynolds  & Son at 
Ionia.

D.  C.  Crivyea,  carriage  maker  at  East 
Saginaw,  has  been  closed on  chattel  mort­
gage.

M.  E.  Stocking  has  purchased  a  saw 
mill at Alanson and will remove  it  to  Lev­
ering.

Ground pine shipped  from  llersey to De­
troit, for holiday decorative purposes, brings 
§50 a ton.

E.  Y.  Williams &  Co.  succeed  Carrier &
Co.  in the lumber  and  sawmill  business  at 
Essexville.

R.  Rigg,  of  Petoskey,  has  bought  the 
flouring mill at Baldwin and  will remove to 
that place.

The Peninsular Land Co.’s mill at Dollar- 
ville will  saw hardwood as well as pine, the 
coming season.

J. A. Baeot has completed  a  dock  at  his 
store on Pine Lake,  140 feet front and forty 
feet into the lake.

Garrison & Perkins, marble  manipulators 
at Vernon, dissolved December 1,  F.  S. Per­
kins continuing.

Balcom & Peck  succeed  Balcom & White 
in the jewelry and,musical instrument  bus­
iness at Kalamazoo.

Wm.  Goss has purchased Mr. Morehouse’s 
interest in the  furniture  business  of  Blan­
chard & Morehouse at Portland.

Bronson will have a third hardware store, 
which  ought  to  meet  all demands  that are 
made in a town of 900 inhabitants.

J. M.  Carr,  Agt., has sold his shingle mill 
at  Chippewa  Lake,  but  the  name of the 
purchaser has not  yet been disclosed.

Chamberlain & Pinkett,  of  Dundee,  will 
move  their  stave  and  heading  factory  to 
Bannister  and furnish  employment to  fifty 
men.

The Delta Lumber Co.’s  mill  at  Thomp­
son  has shut  down,  having  cut up its logs 
clean  for the  first  time  since  it was  built 
four years ago.

All the logs in the main  river  at Manisti- 
que have been gotten down  and sawed out, 
and the mills have lately been drawing their 
supplies from Indian river.

The  business  outlook  of  Escanaba  has 
greatly improved  of  late.  One  large store 
brick block is  nearly  finished,  and  three or 
four more are in process of erection.

It is estimated that the lumber left on the 
dock at  Muskegon  when  navigation  closes 
will not exceed 100,000,000 feet,  as compar­
ed to  250,000,000 feet at the close last year.
A Bloomingdale correspondent w rites:  E. 
A. Haven made  1,850  cheeses  last  season 
and is now teaching school.  He has a whey 
about him that curdles all the mischief  in  a 
small boy.

Lewis Carman, the  Mecosta mill  owner, 
has purchased the Buckeye grist mill,  locat­
ed on the Chippewa  river in  Holland town­
ship,  Isabella county,  and  will  place  Geo. 
Pierson in charge of the same.

A new  industry  has  been  begun  in the 
Ionia House of Correction this fall.  Sixteen 
knitting machines  have  been  placed in the 
tailor shop and  when  the  boys  get  used to 
working them there will be fifty dozen pairs 
of socks turned out daily.

H. A.  Squires,  of Ludington,  has perfect­
ed a machine for thinning shingle saws which 
gives  good  satisfaction.  Heretofore  these 
saws could only be thinned at  the manufac­
tory where made,  as the machinery for thin­
ning was too expensive  to  be  brought  into 
general use at  the  mills.  The  machine in­
vented by Mr.  Squires is simple,  and can be 
furnished for §200.

Good Words Unsolicited.

W. J. Sanders,  grocer,  Big  Rapids:  “I  con­

sider it one dollar well invested.”

A. H. Towne, grocer, New Era:  “Would not 

dispense with your most valuable paper.”

Ludwig  Wintemitz  reports  a  booming 
business in the  sauer  kraut  line.  He  has 
already disposed of  fifty  barrels,  and seri­
ously contemplates  ordering  a  second  car­
load.  His kraut  is  exceptionally  fine  and 
is giving the best  satisfaction  wherever  in­
troduced.

Jos. L.  Proud, formerly  with Allen  Dur 
fee, has  gone  on  the  road  for  the Mills & 
Lacey  Manufacturing  Co.,  and  will  cover 
the  undertaking  trade  in  Illinois,  Indiana 
and Ohio.  He  started  down  the C.  &W. 
M. Railway Tuesday on his initial trip.

Edward  Mortlock,  with  Isaac  Keeler, 
woolen  jobber  at  Philadelphia, was  in  the 
city last week on business for his house and 
the M.  C. T.  A.  As chairman of the Trans­
portation  Committee of the Association Mr. 
Mortlock lias rendered the traveling fratern­
ity of the State an invaluable service.

J.  L.  Joseph  writes  T h e  T ra d esm a n 
from East  Saginaw,  giving  the  particulars 
of an accident to a member of  the traveling 
fraternity which came near resulting fatally. 
It  appears  that  John  Johnston,  who  rep­
resents W.  R.  Cushman  &  Co.,  of Detroit, 
blew out the gas in his room  in a fit ecstacy 
over the capture of a young lady in the Sag­
inaw Valley,  and that  it  required consider­
able argument to convince  the  coroner that 
he did not attempt to commit suicide.

Jas.  McSkimin, formerly  engaged  in  the 
grinding and jobbing of spices  at  this mar­
ket,but for several years past general travel­
ing representative for  W. J.  Gould  &  Co., 
of Detroit, has engaged to travel for W.  F. 
McLaughlin  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  under 
which arrangement  he  will  cover  the  job­
bing trade of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois 
at intervals of thirty days.  Mr.  McSkimin 
will start out for the new house on  the  7th, 
and will  take  up  his  residence  in Peoria. 
“Mack” is about as well  posted  on  coffees 
and spices as any man in the  business,  and 
is a  valuable  acquisition  to  the  manufac­
turers of XXXX.

M.  II.  N.  Raymond  leaves the  following 
note at  T h e T ra d esm a n office:  “I receiv­
ed notice this  morning that 1 was appointed 
a member of the committee on  the traveling 
I shall  be out of  the  city and 
men’s  ball. 
they  used  my  name 
cannot act.  Beside, 
without authority. 
I  am  not a member  of 
the organization  simply because  their  con­
stitution and by-laws do not recognize me as 
a traveling  man.”  Mr.  Raymond  is badly 
“off.”  The annual social  party and the an­
nual picnic are  always  held under  the aus 
pices of all  the  traveling  men  of the city, 
and no reference is ever made to any organ­
ization in such connection.
Preliminary Arrangements  for  the Annual 

Social  Party.

There was a fairly good attendance at the 
meeting  held  at  T h e  T ra desm a n  office 
Saturday evening to arrange for  the annual 
social party of the  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
men.

Capt.  Jas.  N.  Bradford—who  lead  the 
hosts to victory on the immortal July 4,1885 
—was made chairman  and  W.  G. Hawkins 
—whose voice bears a  striking  resemblance 
to a fog-horn—was  chosen to  act  as  secre­
tary.

Geo. H. Seymour moved that the party be 
held  on  Tuesday  evening,  December  29, 
which was carried.

The following committees were appointed 

by the chair:

On  Hall  and  Music—Geo.  F.  Owen, 

Stephen A. Sears and Dick Werner.

On Printing—Geo.  H. Seymour,  Leo. A. 
Caro, Wm. Logie, L. C. Bradford and A. B. 
Cole. 

On Invitation—Nine  members,  Who  shall 

, 

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be nameless.

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On Reception—Dr. Josiah  B.  Evans,  A. 
L.  Braisted,  Chas.  C.  Drew,  Joe,  F.  O. 
Reed,  A. D. Baker, Valda  Johnston, M.  M. 
Mallory,  Algernon  Edmund  White,  Chas. 
Livingston,  Gideon  Kellogg,  Wm.  R. Kea- 
sey, David  Kenyon,  M.  H.  N.  Raymond, 
Wm.  II.# Jennings,  D. J. Buckley and  Sam. 
A. Walling.

Floor Managers—Hy. Robertson and Dick 
Werner.  Assistants—Stephen Sears, W. G, 
Hawkins,  Geo.  H.  Seymour  and  A.  C. 
Sharp.

Door Tenders—D. S. Haugli, A.  B.  Smith 

and  Thos.  Ferguson.

Treasurer—Geo.  II.  Seymour.
The  secretary  was  instructed  to  notify 
each member of each  committee  of  his ap­
pointment,  when the meeting adjourned un­
til Saturday evening,  Dec.  12.

Purely Personal.

D.  F.  Donahoe,  the  Muskegon  grocery- 
man,  was in town Thursday and  Friday  on 
business  connected  with  the  Knights  of 
Maccabees.

Dick Sheeran,manager of the Gunn Hard­
ware Co., put in three or four days,  includ­
ing  Thanksgiving,  at his  home  in  Detroit 
last week.

Jas.  Fox found the weather at Sioux City, 
Iowa, did not agree with him, and has  con­
sequently returned to Omaha,  where he w ill 
remain a short time.

There will be a cripple at  Hazeltine, Per­
kins  &  Co.’s  establishment  in  a  week or 
two.  Mr.  Fairchild has taken home a bottle 
of  Henry’s  Corn  Cure  for use on his  own 
pedal extremities.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

OUT  AROUNQ.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

Big; R ap id s.

Wm.  Haney and Edgar Darling have pur­
chased the grocery stock  of Frank Robbins, 
and took possession  of  the  same  on  Mon­
day.  Mr.  Haney  has  been  in  Mr.  Craw­
ford’s employ  for  the  last  twelve  or  four­
teen years,  and Mr.  Darling for the past five 
or six years.  They both  had charge of the 
business for Mr.  Robbins while he owned it.
Geo. W.  Crawford has  closed  a  contract 
with  Messrs.  Hart  &  Homing,  of  this 
place,  to saw and  cross-pile  5,000,000  feet 
of pine at Iota.  They are now  operating  a 
mill at or near Woodville, and  will  remove 
the same to Iota in the Spring.  Mr. Craw­
ford puts the logs at the mill.
L.  L.  & J.  T.  King,  who  have  been  in 
the employ of J.  G.  McEhvee ever since his 
locating here,  have  severed such connection 
and are building a planing mill at  Jackson. 
They  are  shipping  their  lumber  for  their 
mill from here.

F i f e   L a b e .

E.  C. Phinney  has  started  a  shoe  shop 
here.
Mr. Knight has added  grist  mill  machin­
ery to his planing mill.
Wm. Walter has  opened  a  tailor  shop 
here.
John  Schoonover,  John  Hamilton  and 
Robert Creighton all have lumbering jobs on 
the Manistee this winter.
The jewelry stock of the late M.  Wlngert 
has  been  removed  to  his  former home in 
Ohio, which  leaves the place without a jew­
elry store.

lle rse y .

Beardsley  has 
leased  his 
Will  L.
to Frank Vorce, of  Morie; 
Creek mill 
Mr.  Vorce  is  putting  in
one  year.
shingle machinery  and  intend  cuttin 
bolts.
; have bought shingle tira­
Hall & Mannin 
nni are  putting in a sliin-
ber at Deer Lake 
gle mill.  They have  contracted  to  furnish 
5,000,000 shingles  to  the  Osterhout  & Fox 
Lumber  Co.
Dr.  Neville and Frank Beardsley, a prom­
ising law student of  llersey,  have purchas­
ed the drug stock of O.  E. Jones.

Wm. Peer, Muskegon.
A. R. McKay, Muskegon.
A. L. Dennis, New Era.
A. W. Fowler, Lakeside.
D. F. Donahoe,  Muskegon.
Henry Flynn, Big Rapids.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
D. W. Shattuek, Wayland.
W. F. Rice,  Alpine.
N. Bouma, Fisner.
H. M. Patrick, H. M. Patrick Co., Leroy.
J. P. Gilman, Breedsville.
Frank Clark,  Lacota.
Mr. Chaple, Cole & Chapel. Ada.
C. H. Deming,  Dutton.
Ralph Steflin, South Blendon.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
C. E. Coburn, Pierson.
A. & L. M. Wolf,  Hudsonville.
A. Purchase. South Blendon.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
I. S. Boise Hastings.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
Geo. S. Powell & Co., Sand Lake.
F. Yoorhorst & Co.. Overisel.
Jos. H. Spires, Leroy.
Johnson & Seibert, Caledonia.
G. N. Reynolds,  Belmont.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland.
M. A. Knox, Tustin.
G. C. Baker, Lebarge.
Colborn & Carpenter,  Caledonia.
Jas. Grannie, Six Corners.
F. E. Campau, Alaska.
Jos. Ward, Cedar Springs.
Neal McMillan. Rockford.
Dr. J. W. Kirtland, Lakeview.
Dr. Harry E. Hawkins, Wayland.
Walling Bros.,  Lamont.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
W. W. Peirce,  Moline.
Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin.
Dr. V. Sinz, Trent.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley Bros., File Lake.
J. Q. Look, Lowell.
Hunt & Hunter, Lowell.
A. W. Fenton & Co., Bailey.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
C. Keller, Logan.
J. L. Graham, Wayland.
Thos. Cooley. Lisbon.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
Peter Prins, Holland.
Geo. W. Johnson & Son, St ignace.
Carrel & Fisher,  Dorr.
Christian Pfeifle, Ashland Station.
Mrs. Eliza Hoyle, Ensley Grove.
Fred Moore, Haire P. O.
Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners.
Jorgensen & Hemingsen, Grant.
F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.
A. T. Kellogg, Kellogg & W ooden, Kalkaska. 
Joen Giles & Co., Lowell.
J. May, Frankfort.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
F. Salisbury. Harbor Springs.
F. C. Stone, Cedar Springs.
Peter Steketee & Co., Holland.
L. B. Chaple, Ada.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
John H. Anderson, Edgerton.
Wm. Black. Cedar Springs.
H. C. Peckham, Freeport.
C- Bergin, Lowell.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
M. Minderhout, Hanley.
G. W. A. Smith, Smith  &  Field,  Whitecloud. 
L. K. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
Chas. Nicholson. Hartford.
Geo. Gokey, West Olive.
F. Salisbury, Harbor Springs.
Ed. Roberts, Darling &  Roberts, Sparta.
J. C. Townsend, White Cloud.

The  oleomargarine  manufacturers  and 
dealers  in  Cleveland  are  determined  to 
make a determined fight against  the Health 
Board of that city,

L u t h e r .

J.  B.

Lachine,  foreman in W.M. Dwight’s
planing mill,  leaves  this  week  for Detroit 
and New York State,  on an absence  of sev­
eral weeks.
Geo.  A.  Osborne,  the  druggist,  was  in 
Grand Rapids last week.
The saloon  in  the  old  Central  house  is 
closed.

M uskegon.

Bosquet te & Bros.,  late of South 
have  opened  a  meat  market  at 
street.

Haven, 
44  Pine

Newaygo.

Geo.  E. Taylor has added a  line  of  holi­
day goods to his stationery and  book  store.
D. P.  Clay put in a few days at this point 
last week, looking  after  his  immense busi­
ness interests.
Station Agent Minogue says there is  con- 
iderable talk among  railroad  men  of  con­
tinuing the D.,  L.  & N. Railway from How­
ard City to  this  place,  and  using  the new 
iron bridge here as a means of  crossing  the 
river.  Such a  project  would  be welcomed 
by the business men of this  town,  as  a  re- 
iuction of freight rates  would  probably  re­
sult.
Will*  A.  Shaw,  who  for  a  number  of 
years has been connected  with  his  brother 
in the publication of  the  Newaygo  Repub­
lican,  has  retired  from  the  linn,  ami  the 
paper  will  hereafter  be  edited  by  E.  O. 
Shaw.

O tter  Lake.

W.  C.  Cummings  has  sold  the  sawmill 
machinery7 in his  sawmill  at  this  place  to 
Cowley  &  Lot,  of  llarrisville,  who  are 
moving the machinery to that place.
It is rumored that Fred Schott  will  man­
ufacture furniture this winter  in  a  part  of 
W.  C.  Cummings’ sash and blind factory.
The peavy handle and pike  pole  machin­
ery belonging to the estate of  Jonas  McAl- 
pine,  is now  offered  for  sale,  in  order  to 
close the estate.

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of the 
Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
to be held at T h e T ra d esm a n office Thurs­
day evening,  the  discussion  of  the  poison 
question will be continued and  the  follow­
ing  time-worn  but  ever-pertinent  subject 
will be  introduced,  “To  what  extent  is  a 
druggist justified in using» fluid  extracts  in 
the preparation of tinctures, syrups  and  in­
fusions?”

All the oleomargarine sold in New Hamp­
shire has to  be  dyed  pink. 
It  is  unneces­
sary to say that pink butter is not a popular 
table delicacy.

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PH ARM ACY.

One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. 
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Pour Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids, 

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Marcn 2,1886.
Michigan  Slate  Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

Grand Rapids. 

President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
First  Vice-President—Frank  J.  Wurzburg, 
Second Vice-Presidente-A. B. Stevens, Detroit, 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. 
Secretary—8. E. Parkell,  Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—Jacob  JeBSon,  Geo. 
Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W.  R.  Perry  and 
John E. Peck.
Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. 
Next  place  of  meeting—At  Grand  Rapids, 

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Tuesday, October 12, 1886.

Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORG A N IZED   OCTOBER 9, 1&84.

O F F IC E R S .

„. 

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President—Frank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  Censors-President,  Vice-President 
and Secretary. 
_T
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White. 
„   _
Committee on Pharmacy—Hugo Thum,  M.  B.
Kimm, A. C. Bauer. 
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Committee on Legislation—Isaac W atts,  O.  H.
Richmond, Jas. S. Co win.
Committee on Trade  Matters—H. B. Fairchild,
J o h n  Peck, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
.
each month. 
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November. 
„
Next Meeting—Thursday evening, December 3, 
at “The Tradesman” office.

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Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Associai

O F FIC ER S .

President—I. F. Hopkins.
Vice-President—John Meyers.
Secretary and Treasurer—O. A. Lloyd.
Regular Meetings—Second and  fourth  Friday 
Next  Meeting—Friday  evening,  December 11.

of each month.

To  all  Pharm aceutical  Associations in the 

United States.

At the last meeting of the American Phar­
maceutical Association,  the collection of un­
official formula}  originated  by a  joint com­
mittee  of the three  representative  pharma­
ceutical societies of New  York and  Brook­
lyn,  and heretofore known  under the  name 
of the New York and Brooklyn Formulary, 
was offered to the  association  for  the  pur­
pose of serving  as  a  starting point or basis 
of a larger national  work,  intended  to con­
tain the  formula}  of  such  preparations as 
may either not be  deemed  of  sufficient  im­
portance or merit  to  he  recognized  by  the 
pharmacopoeia, or such as have more recent­
ly come into use and are  still  under  proba­
tion.  The association  accepted  the tender, 
approved and indorsed the work  so far per­
formed,  and turned the same over to its com­
mittee on  unofficial  formuke  with  the  in­
struction to prepare a revised  and  enlarged 
collection of formulae in accordance with the 
general plan then outlined.

It is believed that the little  work,  though 
primarily intended for a circumscribed local­
ity,  has become  sufficiently  well  known to 
relieve the undersigned from the task of de­
scribing its  plan or  contents in  detail.  A 
few words, however, may be said  about  its 
object.

As every  dispensing  pharmacist  knows, 
there is a large class of  preparations  which 
are in  popular  demand,  and  for  which  no 
standard formula; are  generally recognized. 
Of many of these he is compelled to keep in 
stock a variety of brands  made  by different 
manufacturers in order to satisfy the whims 
of his  customers  or  the prescribing  physi- 
cian.  Some of these manufacturers give, or 
pretend to give the formula} or  composition 
of  their  products,  but  it  is  a  well-known 
fact that in the majority of cases, when con­
scientiously made in exact  accordance  with 
the directions,  the  resulting  products differ 
materially from the original.  Were this dif­
ference restricted to  taste,  odor  or  appear­
ance,  it would,  perhaps,  not  be of  so great 
importance,  though this  difference  is alone 
sufficient to render  many of  these  prepara- 
’ tions unsalable,  but it can  be  demonstrated 
that a large number of  these  manufactured 
products do not even contain the full amount 
of  medicinally  active  constituents  claimed 
upon 
the  labels.  Most  of  the  attempts, 
therefore,  on  the  part  of  the  dispensing 
pharmacist  to  prepare  products  of  similar 
physical  and  equal  therapeutic  properties, 
prove utter failures, and  are apt to  impress 
the minds of his professional  and unprofes­
sional customers with the idea that the phar­
macist lacks the  necessary  skill and  exper­
ience which enables the wholesale manufac­
turer to turn out  apparently  the  same  pre­
paration in a moré palatable  and  attractive 
form. 
If every  manufacturer  were  to  use 
one and the same formula and the same kind 
of ingredients,  the  differences  would disap­
pear precisely as the case in  the official pre­
parations  where  the  nature,  strength,  and 
quality of each constituent  is  minutely pre­
scribed.

It is especially  witli  a  view  of  enabling 
the physician—if lie  desires  to make use of 
such unofficial compounds—to  obtain  them 
everywhere  and under all  circumstances of 
the same  strength,  appearance, and  physi­
cal  characteristics,  that  the  publication  of 
the  formulary  was  originally  undertaken. 
Its success,  in  New  York,  Brooklyn  and 
vicinity,  has been so  marked  that  the three 
societies  owning the copyright  of  the work 
resolved to offer it to the profession at large, 
believing that when  properly  enlarged  and 
improved  it  would  be  of  material  service 
both to  the pharmacist  and  to  the  physi­
cian.

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In order that the undersigned, who are the 
Committee on Unofficial Formulse appointed 
by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion, may be enabled to accomplish the task 
set  before  them, 
the  co-operation  of  all 
pharmaceutical bodies in  the  United States 
is necessary,  so that the needs of  every sec­
tion of the country  may  be ascertained and 
existing differences in unofficial preparations 
recognized  and  gradually  harmonized. 
It 
will not be  possible  to  accomplish  this ob­
ject at  once,  but  after  sufficient  time  has 
elapsed to pennit a comparison between the 
relative merits  of  the  different  formula; or 
processes,  it may  be  hoped  that  an  agree­
ment will be arrived at as to which deserves 
the preference.

The  undersigned  committee  has  already 
received,  without  solicitation,  the  offer of 
very valuable  assistance  from several quar­
ters. 
It now appeals,  formally,  to all phar­
maceutical bodies requesting their active co­
operation in the work.  For  this purpose  it 
is suggested  that  standing  committees  on 
unofficial formulse,  if  not  already  in exist­
ence, may  be  appointed  by each  body,  and 
these committees  be requested to undertake 
the work here outlined:

1.  To  ascertain  what  unofficial  prepara­
tions,  of  sufficient  merit  or  importance  to 
warrant recognition,  are  used  in  their par­
ticular section  (a  list  of  names  or  titles of 
such preparations,  irrespective of their com­
position,  is of primary importance).

2.  To ascertain,  if  possible,  the most us­
ual formula or the  alleged  compositions  of 
such  preparations. 
(This  will  often  be 
found rather difficult.

3.  To ascertain whether any of these pre­
parations, prepared after the New York and 
Brooklyn  Formulary,  would  fail  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  their  locality  which 
may be accustomed  to  special  tastes. 
[As 
the undersigned  committee  happens  to be 
more familiar with the  formulary  prepared 
by itself than with others,  it  may be excus­
ed for making its own work the basis.  But 
impartial  and  unprejudiced  attention  will 
also be given to all  other  formularies,  such 
as Professor Diehl’s,  that of  the  Lancaster 
County  Pharmaceutical  Asssociation,  etc., 
etc.]

4.  To critically  examine  and  experiment 
with  the  formula;  contained  in that work 
chosen as basis,  and also with those in other 
formularies,  and to report the result of their 
labors to the undersigned committee.  AJ|p, 
to elaborate sucli formulse  for  preparations 
not yet contained in  that  work  as  may 
determined after experiment.

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5.  To enlist the  interest  of  the  medical
their  respective  localities 

profession 
(states, counties,  etc.)  and  to 
ject of this  movement  to  their  attemioiw 
Also,  if  possible,  to  obtain  their  co-operas^ 
tion  and  eventual  approval  of  the  worj^ 
when accomplished. 

in 

Each of these  standing  committees  is r^n e 

quested  to 
correspond  with  the  under­
signed committee,  and  any of  these  com­
mittees, or any single  member  thereof,  are 
invited to attend its meetings to be held at a 
place and time hereafter to be announced.

In what manner the  undersigned commit­
tee will be able to bring about uniformity in 
processes or preparations can  not at present 
be determined.  This will depend upon  the 
degree of  divergence  between  the  several 
formula} offered for  one  and  the  same pre­
paration.  This  much,  however,  may  be 
stated now,  that  the undersigned committee 
—aware of  its  needing  the  assistance  and 
counsel  of  professional  friends—does  not 
intend  to  amalgamate  and  blend  together 
discrepant formulsejin  a dictatorial manner.
On the contrary,  it will at all  times pay due 
regard,  so far as  may  be  possible,  to  local 
requirements and  to  ail  suggestions  or ad­
vice that may be offered.  Thus it may hope 
to lay the foundation,  at  least,  of  the Na­
tional Formulary,  in the revision  and  per­
fection of  which every  section of  the coun­
try should be actively interested.

Address  communications  to  Formulary 
Committee,  College of Pharmacy,  Nos.  209, 
211  East  Twenty-third  street,  New  York 
City.

Ciia iil e s  Kick,
P.  W .  B ed fo r d,
S. J.  Be n d ix e k ,
W .  P.  D e f o r e s t,
A.  T s c h e p p e,

Committee.

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
Mu sk eg o n,  N ov.  29,1885.

The drug  clerks  of  this  city  held  their 
regular meeting at their room  Friday  even­
ing,  Nov.  27.  All  members were present 
excepting one.  By a two-thirds vote of the 
Association,  two  members  were  admitted. 
The Association has now  twelve  members. 
Louis Glover read a  paper  on  cocaine  and 
N. Miller  a  paper  on  opium.  After  dis­
cussing the subjects,  it was decided  to  fur­
ther discuss the subject of  cocaine,  for  the 
reason that  it  is  a  new  drug  and  a great 
deal more could be  learned  from  it.  Jno. 
Meyers was appointed to prepare a paper on 
this  drag  for  argument  at  next  meeting. 
Fred Heath, the critic of the evening,  made 
a few remarks,  and  was  appointed  to  pre­
pare a paper on  weights  and  measures  for 
the next meeting,  which  falls  on  the  11th 
of next month.  O. A.  L lo y d,  Secretary.

The Drug Market. 

*
The  market is firm,  trade is good and col­
lections are fair.  There  has  been a  slight 
advance in quinine,  morphine and  cinchon­
idia,  but no  changes  of  importance in  any 
other article.

The boiler  in  a  hot  soda  fountain  in  a 
drug  store 
in  Cincinnati  exploded  last 
week,  wrecking  the  counter  and  fountain 
and blowing out  every pane  of glass  in the 
store.

Gentlemen, members  of the  Muskegon Drug 

Clerks’  Association:
I think we are  to  congratulate  ourselves 
on being the first  in  Western  Micihgan in 
starting an  Association  of  this  kind.  As 
near as I can learn  there is  only one  other 
in the State,  that  in Detroit.  As there will 
be others started in cities around us, we will 
be looked  up  to  as  an  example,  and  we 
should so conduct  our  meetings  and  work 
that we will be pleased to have them follow 
us,  if they can find anything to their advan­
tage.  We are somev^iat  in  the  position of 
an orphan.  We have no example to follow, 
but must endeavor to grow  in members and 
influence the  best  we know how.  Had we 
some other association to follow it would be 
easier to begin work.  We have an interest­
ed lot of members, liove adopted a constitu­
tion and by-laws,  which  seems  to cover all 
the preliminary work,  and what remains for 
us to do is to live up to all that we have laid 
out for ourselves.  As we progress with our 
work and  the  older  we  get  we  will  find 
plenty of improvements to be made.

It is not for me,  as President, nor for you 
as a member, to do the work,  butf for us all 
together as an Association to pull  together. 
As  the  saying 
is,  “In  union  there  is 
strength.”  Let us all do with our might the 
work that we  see to do, to make this one of 
the best of these  associations.  We can not 
well say the best,  for  where  there are more 
in members they should do  more  work and 
get further into the  secrets of  the  business 
than a few; but  according  to  our  members 
we can do as much as  any of them.

In our daily practice,  when we  meet witli 
or notice anything new or interesting which 
calls for special attention, let us make a note 
of it,  bring it  before  the  meetings, that we 
may all derive a benefit therefrom.

There are .constantly new drags and med­
icines coming before the trade  and  as soon 
as  any of  us notice  such  we  should  have 
them brought before the  meeting and  have 
papers written  about them,  giving us  their 
origin and properties,  so  that  we may keep 
up with the times.  At the end of  a year it 
will  be  surprising  to  see  the  amount  of 
knowledge which we have derived from such 
investigations.

It cannot be impressed upon our mind too 
strongly the fact that  a  simple  experiment 
and argument will be more firmly rooted in­
to our mind than any amount of reading and 
study  by  ourselves.  We  all  know  that  if 
we get into a lively argument with a person 
on some subject,  and both get  very earnest, 
and  we  have  to  go to  some  authority  for 
settlement,  we both will remember it a great 
» bring the olj^  ileal longer than we  would  had we  simply 
sir  attentioiw\iad it  over. 
It  is  practice  and  training 
^l^vhich  makes  the  competent  pharmacist. 
Pi NV matter how severe  it  may be those men 
will prove the best qualified who have work­
ed from the  bottom  up.  Every  member of 
this Association  lias started at  the bottom, 
has  begun  where  all drug  clerks  begin— 
washing bottles—and there is no reason why 
every  one of us  cannot  work  up and come 
out as good as the best.  By close  attention 
to  business,  a  thorough 
investigation  of 
everything  pertaining  to  the  business,  we 
cannot help attaining the desired end.  Here 
in the meetings  we  can gain  some  of that 
knowledge which  will  never  be  forgotten. 
After.investigating and discussing  different 
subjects  together  the  results  are  there  to 
stay.

.

As you have bestowed  the  honor of  pre­
siding officer upon  me,  I shall try  to show 
my  appreciation  of  the  same  by  fulfilling 
the duties which fall upon me to the best of 
my ability.  My knowledge of parliamentary 
rules is not very perfect but as far  as possi­
ble I shall try and abide by them. 
I ask the 
aid of you all to keep me within bounds and 
shall try to keep  you  there as far  as possi­
ble.

In holding our meetings we must have or­
der.  No business  can  succeed  without or­
der.  We can  do  twice  the  business if  we 
have good order.  Always  think before  we 
do a thing, “now will that be in order.”  In 
that way we will soon fit ourselves for Con­
gress.  We all have an  ambition  to become 
as far advanced  as  possible  in  our  limited 
way, and I doubt that there  is one  here but 
will do his duty when the time comes.  We 
should always make it a  point to attend the 
meetings when it is  possible and to take an 
active part. 
It is late when we meet,  but as 
it is only twice a month,  we ought to have a 
full attendance. 
It will be time well spent, 
time which we will  never  miss and I think 
we will look back and say it  is time we im­
proved and enjoyed as well as any that came 
between two days.

*  Inaugural address  of  President  Hopkins, 
before  tne  Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Associa­
tion.

SOMSTHDTC NEW

O u s l i m a n ’ s

MENTHOL INHALER

Designed Expressly for Inhaling Menthol.
A superior Remedy for the immediate relief 
of Neuralgia,  Headache, Cararrh, Hay Fever, 
Asthma,  Branch ltus,  Sore  Throat,  Earache, 
Toothache,  and  all diseases of the throat  and 
lungs.
Affords quick relief  and  effects  permanent 
cure by continued use.  Every druggist should 
order some in the next order to HAZEJLTINE, 
PERKINS  Sc  CO.,  W holesale  Druggists, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Ask their traveler to show you one the  next 
time he caffs. 
>

W hat  Drug  Clerks May Do.*

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Serpentaria.....................................
Seneka.......................................... ,
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras................
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican...................
Squills, white (Powd 35o)..............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c>__

<5*2

W. :  cinchonidia, P. & W.;  spermaceti. 

Advanced—Quinine,  P. & W m o rp h ia , P. & 
Declined—Nothing.

A CID S.

Acetic, No.  8 .................................
Acetic, C. P. (8p. grav.  1.040)........
Carbolic............................................
Citric.................................................
Muriatic 18  deg...............................
Nitric 36 deg....................................
Oxalic...............................................
Sulphuric  66 deg.............................
Tartaric  powdered........................
Benzoic,  English....................49 oz
Benzoic,  German............................
Tannic...........................r..............

AMMONIA.

Carbonate................................ Çlb
Muriate (Powd. 22c).........................
£ qua 16 deg or  3 f .........................
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................
F ir......................................................
Peru...................................................
T olu...................................................

BA RK S.

Cassia, in m ats (Pow’d 20c)...........
Cinchona,  yellow..........................
Elm,  select.......................................
Elm, ground, pure..........................
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................
Sassafras, of root............................
Wild Cherry, select........................
Bay berry  powdered.......................
Hemlock powdered.........................
W ahoo..............................................
Soap  ground....................................

B E R R IE S .

Cubeb  prime (Powd 95c)...............
Juniper.............................................
Prickly Ash......................................

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 tt) boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 tt> doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 tt)  boxes)...............
Lgowood, 54s 
...............
do 
Logwood, 
...............
do 
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.
Arnica...............................................
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................

FLO W ERS.

9  @  10 
30  @  35 
34  @  36 
60  @  65 
3  @  5
11  @  12 
12  @  14 
3  @  4
52  @  55 
18
12  @  15 
12  @  15

15  @  18 
14
3  @  5
tt
4  & 

400-45
40
2  00 
50

@  90 
6  @  7
50  @  60

10  @  11 
25 
25

GUMS.

60®

Aloes,  Barbadoes.......................
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c).............
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c).......... 
Ammoniac.......................................  
28®  30
Arabic, powdered  select............... 
75
Arabic, 1st picked..........................  
75
65
Arabic,2d  picked............................ 
Arabic,  3d picked............................ 
60
45
Arabic, sifted sorts......................... 
25
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 
55@60
Benzoin............................................  
Camphor....................  
25®  27
 
13
_ 
Catechu. Is (14 14c, 54s  16c)............ 
Euphorbium powdered.................. 
35®  40
80
Galbanum strained......................... 
Gamboge...................................  
80®  90
 
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............  
35
Kino fPowdered, 30c].....................  
20
Mastic..............................................
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered  47c)... 
Opium, pure (Powd f 5 25)............... 
3 65
30
Shellac, Campbell’s ......................... 
26
Shellac,  English.............................. 
24
Shellac,  native................................. 
Shellac bleached.......................... 
30
T ragacanth......................................  30  ®1  00

 

 

HERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

H oarhound.................................
Lobelia.........................................
Pepperm int.................................
Rue...............................................
S pearm int..................................
Sweet Majoram.....................................
Tanzy  ...........................................
T hym e.........................................
W ormwood.................................

IR O N .

Citrate and  Q uinine.. ..................  
Solution mur., for tinctures........  
Sulphate, pure  crystal.................. 
C itrate..............................................
Phosphate..............."5.....................  

4 00
20
7
65

LEAVES.

Buchu, short. (Powd 25c)................   13  @  14
Sage, Italian, bulk 048 & 54s, 12c)... 
6
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18  @  20
30
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
Senna,  powdered............................ 
22
16
Senna tinnivelli...............................  
10
Uva  Ursi........................................... 
Belledonna.......................................  
35
Foxglove........................................... 
30
H enbane........................................... 
35
2 35
Rose, red........................................... 

LIQ U O R S.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2  00  ®2 50
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye...............1  75  @2 00
Whisky, other  brands.................. .1  10  @1  50
Gin, Old Tom.................................... 135  ®1  75
Gin,  Holland....................................2 00  ®3 50
B randy..............................................1 75  @6 50
Catawba  W ines...............................1 25  ®2 00
Port Wines....................................... 1 35  @2 50

M AGNESIA.

Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........  
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............  
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__  
Calcined........................................... 

22
37
2 25
65

O IL S.

45  @  50 
45

Almond, sw eet... 
Amber,  rectified.
Anise....................
Bay $   oz.............
Bergamont.
1754®  19 
C astor...............................................
2 00 
Croton...............................................
75 
C ajeput............................................
1 00 
Cassia...............................................
35
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella.......................................
1 20
"Cloves..........; — * ...........................
1 20
Cod Liver, N. F ....................... $  gal
1  50
Cod Liver, best.........................
6 00
Cod Liver, II., P. & Co.’s, 16
9 00
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
1  60
E rigeron...........................................
2 00
Fireweed...........................................
To
Geranium 
oz...............................
35
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
50
Juniper  wood..................................
2 00
Juniper berries...............................
2 01
Lavender flowers, French.............
1  00
Lavender garden 
.............
90
Lavender spike 
.............
1  75
Lemon, new  crap............................
2 00
Lemon,  Sanderson’s .......................
80
Lemongrass......................................
@  90
Olive, Malaga....................
2 75
__
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  . 
1 25
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
50
Origanum,  No. 1............................
1  30
Pennyroyal......................................
4  00
Peppermint,  w hite.........................
8 00
Rose  49 oz.........................................
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $ 1 50)
&  75
Salad, 49 "gal............................. .
1  00
Savin.................................................
4  50
Sandal  Wood. German..................
7  00
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
60
Sassafras..........................................
@7 00
Spearm int.......................................
Tansy  ............................................... 1 50 ®5 00
Tar (by gal 50c)................................. 10 @  12
2 35
W intergreen.................................
3 50
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
W ormseed.......................................
2 00

do 
do 

POTASSIUM.

Bicromate................................ 49 tt)
Bromide, cryst. and  gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 27c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow.............................

ROOTS.

14
40
25
3 00
28

20
A lkanet............................................
25
Althea, c u t..................................... .
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................
17
33
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 54s and 54s....
Blood (Powd 18c)............................
12
20
Calamus,  peeled.............................
35
Calamus, German  white, peeled.,.
Elecampane, powdered..................
20
Gentian (Powd  15c)........................
10
11 @  12
Ginger, African (Powd 14c)...........
17
Ginger, Jamaioa  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 26o)..................
20
20
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
1  20
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
30
Jalap,  powdered.............................
18
Licorice,  select (Powd 15).............
20
Licorice, extra select.....................
38
Pink, true..................  ....................
Rhei, from select to  choiee.......... 1 00 @1 50
Rhei, powdered E. I ......................... 1 10 @1 20
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..................
2 00
2 25
Rhei, oholoe out fingers..............

15
5  @ 6
4  @ 454
15  @ 18
1 50
15
10
15

. 
• 

344®
4  @ 454
7  @ 8
454® 55410
6  ® 7
14
.2 25  ^ 2 502 00
i 10
85Ut)
75
i 40
2 27
i 35
50

SEEDS.

Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in tt)  packages.  ......
Canary,  Smyrna............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  20c).
Cardamon,  Aleppee.....................
Cardamon, Malabar.......................
Celery..............................................
Coriander, Dest  English...............
F en n el...........................................
Flax, clean.....................................
Flax, pure grd (bbl 344)................
Foenugreek, powdered................
Hemp,  Russian.............................
Mustard, white  Black  10c)..........
Q uince............................................
Rape, English.................................
Worm,  Levant...............................
s p o n g e s .
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage__
....
Nassau 
do 
do 
Velvet Extra do 
. . .
do 
Extra Yellow do 
....
do 
Grass 
do 
do 
__
Hard head, for slate use...............
...............
Yellow Reef, 
M ISCELLANEOUS.

do 

do 
do 
do 

do 
do 

Anodyne Hoffman’s .......................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
Annatto  1 tt) rolls............................
Alum .........................................  ]pib
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............. .
Annatto,  prim e...............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l ........
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
Blue  Soluble....................................
Bay  Rum, imported, best.............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s .
Balm Gilead Buds..........................
Beans,  Tonka..................................
Beans,  Vanilla...............................,1
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.....................
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue V itrio l....................................
Borax, refined (Powd  12c).............
Cantharides,Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ...
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ...
Carmine, No. 40...............................
Cassia  B uds.,..................................]
Calomel.  American.....................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................[
Chalk, precipitate English...........
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lum p..........................
Chloroform,  Squibb’s .............
Colocynth  apples............................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts!.
Chloral 
cryst...
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ...
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform ......................................
Cinchonidia, P. &  W.........»..!!!!!!
Cinchonidia, other brands........
Cloves (Powd 23c)............................
Cochineal..................................... .
Cocoa  B utter........ ..................... . “
Copperas (by bbl  lc)................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list__
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 tt) box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear,  prim e......................... " "
Cuttle Fish Bone......................... \ .
D extrine.................................. ..
Dover’s  Powders................
Dragon’s Blood Mass........... .
Ergot  powdered.........................
Ether Squibb’s .......................
Emery,Turkish, all  No.’s ........ !!!
Epsom Salts (bbl.  1%).....................
Ergot, f rash.....................................
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P __ . . . . . .
Flake  white....................................
Grains  Paradise....................
Gelatine,  Cooper’s .......................
Gelatine. F re n c h ..................
Glassware, flint, 70 off,by box 60 off 
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
Glue,  c an n o t..................................
Glue,white.................................
Glycerine, pure.......................
Hops  Vis and J4s.......................
Iodoform 49  oz.................................
Indigo.......................................
Insect Powder, best  Dalm atian...
Insect Powder, H.. P. & Co„ boxes
Iodine,  resublimed.........................
Isinglass,  American.....................
Japonica...........................................
London  Purple.......................
Lead, acetate.............................. . ”
Lime, chloride,(54s 2s 10c & 54s iic)
Lupuline...........................................
Lycopodium.....................
M ace...........................................
Madder, best  D utch.............
Manna, S.  F ......................................
Mercury...............................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ ^  oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. &  Co.’s........
Moss, Iceland............................$j "jt>
Moss,  Irish.....................................
Mustard,  English........................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 tt)  cans. .....
Nutgalls........
Nutmegs, No. 1 ...,• ? .. . . . . ; . •  ] »
Nux  Vomica,’.,;*
Ointment. Mercurial, 54d............!.
Paris G reen... .....».\t 
Pepper, Bli^cjf  jlei'ry. T.. __
Pepsin........ ..... v 
»...»
Pitch, True*Burgun<ly....................
Quassia  ............................................
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W ........... tt) oz
Quinine,  German............................
Red  Precipitate.......................49 s>
Seidlitz  M ixture.............................
Strychnia, cryst...............................
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................
Saffron, American..........................
Sal  Glauber.....................................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
Sal Rochelle.....................................
Sal  Soda............................................
Salicin...............................................
Santonin ..........................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s __
Soap, White Castile........................
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
........................
Soap, 
do  do 
........................
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F .............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ..............................
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
Sulphur, flour..................................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
Tartar Emetic..................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, 54 gal. cans  49 doz 
Tar, 
quarts in tin ........... 
Tar, 
pints In tin .............. 
Turpentine,  Venice................ 49 tt) 
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........  
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 

do 
do 

,

254®  3* 
3  ®  4
45
454©  5 
6  ®  7
50 
2 75 
2 00 
40 
2 GO 
00  ®9 75 
2 30 60
6  ®  7
10®  12 
2 50 
18

20  @  25 
18  @  23 
18  @  20

P

2  ®

45  ®  70

25®

10

1254®  13 
75 
60
2 S5®3 10 
40

17;

®  7@1 00
m »7
85
28
1 60
® 78•IK
Oil
@
10
9
33

@ 254

454®

®
31f

2  70
140
85
25
55
7  @  8

0Q

V

O IL S.

V A RN ISH ES.

Capitol  Cylinder..................................................75
Model  Cylinder................................................... 60
Shield  Cylinder................................................... 50
Eldorado Engine..................................................35
Peerless  Machinery........................................... 30
Challenge Machinery......................................... 25
Backus Fine Engine...........................................30
Black Diamond Machinery................................30
Castor Machine  Oil..........’. ................................6C
Paraffine, 25  deg.............................................. 1554
Paraffine, 28  deg................................................. 21
Sperm, winter bleached.................................I 40
Bbl  Gal
Whale, w inter......................................  70 
75
60
Lard, extra...........................................  55 
55
Lard, No.  1...........................................  45 
46
Linseed, pure  raw .............................   43 
Linseed, boiled..................................   46 
49
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained............  70 
90
Spirits Turpentine.............................   40 
45
No. 1 Turp  Coach................................. 1  10®1 20
E xtra  T urp........................................... 1 60® l  70
Coach  Body...........................................2  75®3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture...........................1 00@1  10
Extra Turp  Damar.............................. 1 55® 1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 T urp......................  70®  75
Lb 
3® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
254® 3 
244® 3 
13@16 
58@60 
16®17 
654® 7 
654® 7 
@70 
@90 
1 10 
1 40 
1 20® 1 40 
1 00@1 20

Bbl
Red Venetian............................  114
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........   144
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  144
Putty, com m ercial..................  254
Putty, strictly p ure..................  254
Vermilion,prime  American..
Vermilion,  EngliBh..................
Green, Peninsular
Lead, red strictly pure.... 
Lead, white, strictly 
Whiting, white Spanish.w
Whiting,  Gilders'"
White, Paris American............
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  faints  .... 
Swiss Villa Prepared  Paints..

PA IN TS

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A. MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

K.  A. STOWE  &  RBO., P roprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95.

I Entered,  at  the  Poetofflcc  at  Grand  Rapide  as 

Second-close Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2,1885.

B E T A IL   GBOCERS’  ASSOCIATION 

OF  G R AN D   RAPIDS.
ORG A N IZED   NO VEM BER  10,  1885

O Y S T E R S

When  in  want  of  a  good  brand  of  OYSTERS, 
don’t fail to  get  the  famous  PATAPSCO,  which  is 
guaranteed both as to quality and price.  Sold only 
by  W.  F.  GIBSON  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
GENERAL  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,  and 
dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE,  JELLY,  MINCE 
MEAT  and  PAPER  OYSTER  PAILS.
Jelly, M ince AÆeeit Etc.

F A L L A S ,

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-OF-

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SNOW  SHOVELS Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 
Curtiss, Cunten & Co.,
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W H O LESA LE

President—Erwin J. Herrick.
First Vice-President—E. E. Walker.
Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Coye.
Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson.
Treasurer—B. S. Harris.
Board of  Directors—Eufrene  Richmond,  V in. 
H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A.  Hydorn  and 
W. E. Knox. 
Finance  Committee—W. E.  Knox,  It.  A.  Hy­
dorn and A. J. Elliott.
Room Committee—A. J. Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­
mond and Wm. H. Sigel. 
Arbitration Committee—Gerrit H.  DeGraf,  M. 
J. Lewis and A. Rasch.
Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem- 
ber.
Regular  meetings—First  and  Third  Tuesday 
Evenings of each month.
Next  meetings—Tuesday  evening, December 
15.

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HALF  A  HUNDRED

Grocers Banded Together for  Mutual Pro­

tection and Profit.

The adjounded meeting of the Retail Gro­
cers’ Association,  held at T h e T ra desm a n 
office last Tuesday evening, was attended by 
about sixty representative grocerymeu.

The  Law  Committee  reported  that the 
necessary printing for the collection  bureau 
had been done and that  members could pro­
cure reporting blanks at the chairman’s desk 
before leaving the room.

President Herrick  then  introduced I. W. 
Van Zandt,  of Boston,  who  addressed  the 
Association  on tlie’aims and objects  of  or­
ganization.  Air. Van Zandt  stated that the 
retail  grocer  is  constantly imposed  upon. 
The  manufacturer  and  jobber are  inclined 
to palm off poor  goods  and  short  weights. 
The peddler  cuts  the  dealer’s  comers, and 
the consumer complains at every trifle.  Or­
ganization tends to do  away with  the above 
abuses,  and  to  create  a  friendly  feeling 
among the trade.  The matter of prices does 
not enter into the  subject,  but  the  primary 
idea is the agitation of abuses and the secur­
ing of concessions not now possessed.  One 
good result of organization  in  the  East has 
been the raising of  the  license  fee  paid  by 
peddlers,  and the  enactment  of  ordinances 
compelling farmers to  dispose  of  their pro 
ducts to the  trade  or  at  a- central  market. 
Concerted  action  will  compel  the jobber to 
desist in selling  the consumer, and the prob­
ability is that the  jobber will be  glad of  an 
excuse to refuse selling  that class.  Organ­
ization tends to increase  respect  of the job 
ber for the  retail  trade,  also the respect of 
the consumer,  as it  inevitably results in the 
latter securing  better  goods and 
form  prices. 
In  time,  local  organizations 
will be followed by state and  national asso 
citions with a view to influencing legislation 
affecting the interests of the trade.

In respose to an  inquiry,  Mr.  Van Zandt 
stated that the system of  reporting 
Jjsi 
ing dead-beats bad resulted  in greaCgdod t<5‘! 
all the Eastern associations,  as it  was’eftec-' 
tive in securing the collection of 'GC&nedoiibtj^ 
f ul accounts and it  enabled  the mbihDers.to 
avoid  extending  credit  to  bad-paying  cus­
tomers.  The speaker cited several instances 
where money bail been saved  by his father, 
who is president of  the  Rochester  associa­
tion,  and  pointed  other  ways  in which the 
collection  bureau  could  be  made  effective. 
In conclusion,  Air. Van Zandt congratulated 
the Association on the enthusiasm manifest­
ed  by  its  members,  and  predicted  that  it 
would  be the  banner  organization  of  the 
State.

An opportunity was then given those who 
wished to join the  Association  to step for­
ward  and sign  the necessary  blanks,  which 
was improved by about twenty grocers mak­
ing a total membership of fifty.

President  Herrick  stated  that  he  hoped 
each one  present would feel  as  free to dis­
cuss the questions under  consideration,  and 
propose new questions as though he were in 
his own store.

W.  E.  Knox said that he had  heard some 
objections to the admission of Arthur Meigs 
& Co., because the  firm  is  engaged  in the 
jobbing trade,  as  well  as  the retail  busi­
ness.
W.  C.  Harper  thought  Air.  Aleigs  ought 
to be excluded from  membership  or the by­
laws changed.
M. Brooks said that he knew  twenty gro­
cers who would stay out of the  Association 
as long as Mr. Aleigs remained in it.
Jas. A. Coye moved  that  the  question of 
and
Air.  Meigs  admission  be  reconsidered
for  discussion at
made the  special  subject 
the next  meeting.
W.  C.  Harper  moved  as  an  amendment 
that Mr. Meigs be  furnished  a  copy  of  the 
resolution  and requested to be  present  and 
defend himself, which was carried.
President  Herrick stated that he had been 
approached  during  the  week  by  President 
Eble,  of  the  butchers’  organization,  who 
wished to see the two bodies united.
Jas. A.  Coye moved that hereafter all ap 
plications for membership  be  ballotted  up 
on, and that anyone  receiving  five negative 
votes be declared rejected.  Carried
W. C.  Harper  moved  that  hereafter  the 
meetings  of  the  Association  be  held  with 
closed doors,  and that no  one  but  members 
be admitted,  except by the permission of the 
President  Carried.
E. E.  Walker moved  that E.  A.  Stowe be 
made an  honorary member of  the Associa­
tion, which was  carried.
W. E.  Knox moved that the thanks of the 
Association be tendered  Mr. Van Zandt  for 
his address, which was carried.
The  meeting  then  adjourned  for  one 
week.

Choice Butter always on hand.  All Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention. 

No. 1 Egg Crates  for Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 cents each.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

97  and 99  Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

o. w. blain & co., Produce C o m i
Foreie a i Domestic Fraits, M ira  M etals, Etc.

-DEALERS  IN-

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc. 

pondenee solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties

All orders filled at lowest m arket price.  Corres- 
NO.  O  IO N IA  ST.

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for  immediate delivery. 

Planers,  Matchers, Moudlers  and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pnlley.  Large stock kept on  hand.  Send  for  sample  pulley 
130  OAKES  STREET.  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

and become convinced of their superiority.

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PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Manufacturers of

PURE  CANDY!

A N D   D EALER S  IN

ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

G-randL  R a p id s

MicL.

to  BRAND  RAPIDS

X N

CA R  LOADS!

D.  W.  Archer’s  Troghy  Corn,
D. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn,
0. W. Archnr’s Early Golden Drop Corn

EVERY  CAN  BEARING  SIGNATURE  OF

The  Archer  Packing  Co.

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SPRING

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES,_ 

ZtSTuLts,  Eto.

COMPANY,

Wholesale Grocers,

AGENTS  FOB.

KNIGHT  OF  LABOR  PLUG,
“ W A R R EN 'S GRIP. 99

The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the M arket  Send for 

Sample Butt.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

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 
“Gutter Snipes” advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them.  We want 
one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale.

MANUFACTURED  BY

FLINT.  MICH.

Geo. T. W a rre n  & Go
W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A gents  fo r

W H OLESALE  D EA LER S  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS

CARPETS.

MATTINGS.

OIL  CLOTHS

ETC.,  e t o .

0 $nd 8 Monroe Street,

AMBOY  CHEESE-

37,39 & 41 K ent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Grand Rapids,

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W ID E  BROW N COTTONS.

CHECK»'

OSNABURG.

Centennial.

Crown. 
No.  10.

Fruit of Loom, 7-8.

Gold Medal, 4-4. 
Gold Medal, 7-8.

Ballou, 4-4.............
Ballou, 5-4.............
Boott, 0.4-4..........
Boot t,  E. 5-5..........
Boott, AGO, 4-4....
Boott, R. 3-4..........
Blackstone, AA 44 
Chapman, X, 4 4 ...
Conway,  4-4..........
Cabot, 44.............
Cabot, 7-8...............
Canoe,  3-4.............
Domestic,  36........
Dwight Anchor, 44

Pepperell, 10-4........
Pepperell, 11-4.
Androscoggin, 8-4. .21
Pepperell,  7-4........ 16H Pequot,  7-4..............18
Pequot,  “ 1 
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Pepperell,  8-4........20
Pepperell,  9-4....... 2254!Pequot.  «-4...
Park Mills, No. 90..14 
Caledonia, XX, oz.. 11 
Park Mills, No.  100.15
Caledonia,  X, oz... 10
Prodigy, oz............. 11
Economy, oz.........10
Otis Apron............. 1054
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Otis Furniture.......1054
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
York,  1  oz...............10
Park Mills, No. 70..12 
York. AA, extra oz.14
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13
7  ¡Alabama  plaid...... 7
Alabamabrown 
Jewell briwn..........954 Augusta.plaid..........   7
Kentucky brow n.. 1054 Toledo plaid...........   7
Lewiston  brown...  954 Manchester  plaid..  7 
.  954 New Term, plaid.. .11
Lane brown 
1 Utility plaid............654
Louisiana  plaid —  
B
3HED COTTONS.
854¡Greene, G. 4-4........ 554
Avondale,  36.,
1154 Hill, 4-4.................... 754
854 Hill, 7-8.................... 63*
1254 Hope,  4-4................ 63*
654 King  Phillip  cam
brie, 4-4...............
»54
6
854 Linwood,  4-4.......... 714
7 Lonsdale,  4-1........
954 Lonsdale  cambric. 1054
554 Langdon, Gli, 4-4.. 954
,  7 Langdon, 45.......... 14
.  6 Masonville,  4-4__ 8
Maxwell. 4-4.......... 954
.  63* New York Mill, 4-4.1054
.  6 New Jersey,  4-4... 8
.  4 Pocasset,  P. M. C. ? v%
Pride of the West. 11
.  9 Pocahontas,  4-4... 754
9 Slaterville, 7-8....... 654
9
.  85* Victoria,  AA........
•  75» W oodbury, 4-4....... 53*
, Whitinsville,  4-4.. 754
.11 Whitinsville, 7-8... 654
.  63* Wamsutta, 4-4....... .1054
.  6 Williamsville,  36.. .1054
.  83*|
SILL S I AS.
.17 Masonville TS....... .  8
.1254 Mason villo  S........ .1054 
.  954
.10 1 Lonsdale...............
.16
.15 ¡Lonsdale A ...........
Nietory  O.............
.  8 ¡Victory J ...............
.14 Victory  I».............
.1254 Victory  K ............. •  25*
.12 Phcenix A ............. .1954
.10 Phcenix  B............. 1054
. .5
.16 Phcenix X X .......
PR IN T S .
..554'Gloucester........... ..54
Albion, solid.
..6 Gloucestermourn’g . 554
Albion,  grey.
..554 ¡Hamilton  fancy.. . .W%
Alien’s  check
Ailen’s  fancy..........554 H artel fancy.............554
Allen’s pink.............5V* Merrimac D...............554
Allen’s purple......... 554 M anchester...............554
American, fancy... .554 Oriental  fancy........554
Arnold fancy...........6 
lOriental  robes..........654
Berlin sol id............. 5  Pacific  robes..............6
Cocheco  fancy........5 
'Richmond..................6
Cocbeco robes.........654 Steel River................ 554
Conestoga fancy —  6  Simpson’s .................6
Eddystone...............6  Washington fancy..6
Eagle fancy............ 5  ¡Washington  blues.
Garner p:
F IN E   BROW 
Appleton  A, 4-4—   654
Boott  M, 44........... 654
Boston  F, 44..........  75*
Continental C, 4-3..  654 
Continental D, 40 in  8-4 
Conestoga W, 4-4...  654 
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  554 
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  6
Dwight  X, 34........ 55i
Dwight Y, 7-8..........  54
Dwight Z, 44..........  6*4
Dwight Star, 4-4....  7 
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9 
Enterprise EE, 36..  5 
Great Falls E, 44...  7
Farmers’ A, 44.......6
Indian  Orchard  14  7541
A m oskeag.............  7541 Renfrew, dress styl 9
Amoskeag, Persian  854 Johnson  Mantg Co,
B ookfold........... 1254
B ates.......................  754 Johnson  Manfg Co,
Berkshire.............   6541  dress  stylos........1254
Glasgow checks....  7  Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks, f’y  7541  styles....................  754
| White Mfg Co, stap  7
Glasgow 
royal  styles........   8  ¡White Mfg Co, fane  8
Gloucester, 
stan d ard .............  754  Earlston...  ........   854
P lu n k et..................  754¡Gordon........... 
drc8S,„ .
Lancaster...............  8  Greylock, 
Langdale.................73* i  styles  ........   ........ 181»
Androscoggin, 74. .21 
¡Pepperell. 10-4.....2754
Pepperell, 114.....3254
Androscoggin, 84..23 
Pepperell,  74....... 20  Pequot,  74..............21
Pepperell,  84....... 2254 Pequot,  84..............24
Pepperell,  9-4....... 25  ¡Pequot,  9-4..............2754

)TTO N 8.
nan Orchard, 40.  8 
lian Orchard, 36.  754
;onia  B, 74.........1654
nan B, 40-in.......1054
88. BB, 4 4 ............634
shua  E, 40-in__ 854
1a  R, 44........   754
ish
ia 0,7-8............634
larket N........   654
ireli E, 39-in..  7 
irell  R ,44  ...  754 
ireli  0,7-8....  654 
ireli N ,3 4 ....  654
set  C, 44.......  634
ac  R ...............754

new  Whito  Manf’g  Co,

Saranac  E ...............9

Paeon ia .......
Red  Cross...

W ID E  BLEACHED COTTONS.

s ty le s ................ 

DOM ESTIC OINOHAM S.

checks, 

k

7

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

TIC K IN G S.

Atlantic  A, 44.......7>4  Lawrence XX, 44..  7
Atlantic  11,44.......7  Lawrence  Y ,30....  7
Atlantic  D, 44.......  634¡Lawrence LL,44...  5J4
Atlantic P, 44........  554 Newmarket N ........   654
Atlantic  LL, 4 4 ....  5  ¡Mystic River, 4-4...  534
Adriatic, 36.............   754 Pequot A, 44..........   754
Augusta, 44...........   654 Piedmont,  36..........  654
Boott  M, 44...........   6=41 Stark AA, 44..........  754
Boott  FF, 44..........  734 Tremont CC, 44—   554
Graniteville, 44—   534  Utica,  44................ 9
Indian  H ead,44...  7  W achusett,  44.......  754
Indiana Head 45-in. 1254l Wachusett. 30-in...  634 
Amoskeag,  ACA. ..1254¡Falls. XXXX..........1854
Amoskeag 
“ 44..19 Falls, XXX..............1554
Amoskeag,  A ........12  Falls,  B B ................1154
Amoskeag,  B ....... 1154 Falls,  BBC, 36.........1954
Amoskeag,  C....... 11  Falls,  awning.........19
Amoskeag,  D........ 1054  Hamilton,  BT, 32..12
Amoskeag,  E  
10 ¡Hamilton,  D .......... 954
Amoskeag, F ..........  954 Hamilton,  H ...... .  954
Premium  A ,44 .... 17  ¡Hamilton  fancy...10
Premium  B...........16  Methuen AA...........12
E xtra44..................... 16 ¡Methuen ASA........ 1654
E xtra 7-8.................1454 ¡Omega A, 7-8...........11
Gold Medal 4-4....... 16 
lOmega A, 44.......... 13
CCA 7-8....................1254 ¡Omega ACA, 7-8— 14
Omega ACA, 44— 16
CT 44 ........................14
¡Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8........................14
Omega SE, 44.........27
BF7-8....................... 16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
AF4-4.......................19
Omega M, 44.......... 25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 1154 
Cordis ACA, 32....... 15
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 1, 32....... 15
Shetucket,  SFS  ...12
Cordis  No. 2............ 14
Stockbridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 3............13
I Stockbridge  frncy.  8
Cordis No. 4............115
G arner....................5  ¡Empire......................
Hookset..................  5  Washington...........   43*
Red Cross...............  5  Edwards..................  5
Forest Grove.......... 
IS. 8. & Sons............  5
American  A ........18 00' Old  Ironsides.........15
Stark A ................... 22541W heatland.............. 21
B oston...................   63* ¡Otis CC.................... 1034
Everett blue......... 1354 Warren  AXA..........1254
Everett brown......1334 Warren  BB............. 1154
Otis  AXA.............. 1254 Warren CC...............1054
Otis BB...................11541 York  fancy............. 1254
Manvllle...................  6  IS. S. & Sons..............6
Masgnville..............   6  ¡G arner.....................6
Rod  Cross................  754|ThistleMills..........
B erlin......................   754 Rose........................  8
G arner.....................  7541
Brooks...................50  ¡Eagle  and  Phcenix
Clark’s O. N. F ......55  Mills ball sewing.30
j . * p.  Coats.........55  Greeh  &  Daniels...25
Wil liman tic 6 cord. 55  ¡Merricks................ 40
Willimantic 3 cord. 40  Stafford..................25
Charleston ball sew 
Hall & Manning.  . .25
ing thread........... 30  ¡Holyoke...................25

GLAZED CAM BRICS.

PA P E R   CAMBRICS.

SPO O L COTTON.

G R A IN   BAGS.

W IO AN S.

DENIM S.

CORSET JE A N S .

A rm ory..................  654|Kearsage.................. 754
Androscoggin sat..  754 Naum keagsatteen.  754
Canoe River............6  ¡Pepperell  bleached  »54
Clarendon...............  654 Pepperell sat..........8*4
Hallowell  Im p........63* Rockport.................  854
Ind. Orch. Im p........  654 Lawrence sa t.........754
Laconia...................   754lConegosat..............  654

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COAL AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

100
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
85
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
Louisville Cemeni,  per bbl.................. 
130
Akron Cement per  bbl........................  
1  30
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl......................  
1 30
Car lots 
..................... 1  05@1  10
Plastering hair, per bu........................   25®  30
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
1  75
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3  50
2 50
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
Fire brick, per  M.................................. ¥25 ® $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$5 75®6 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 00®6
Cannell,  car lots................................... 
®8
Ohio Lump, car lots............................  3  10®3
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4  50®5 
Portland  Cement....................  ..........   3 50©4

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bated breath,

Death.

assay

parting ray

TH E  DRUMMER’S  DEATH.
W ritten Expressly for  T h e   T r a d e s m a n .
The summer’s sun  as sinking in the bounding 

western wave,

The  soft  foam  kissed  the  jagged  rocks  and 

seemed the sands  to lave,

The  red  arid  gold  reflection  from  the  dying 

Painted  the  crest  of  billows  and  tinged  the 

’Twas  a  giurious  6ight  to  see  all  this, ’twas 

To  cast  the  eye  upon  the  land and note the 

Of rich, green meadows sweeping back to meet 

And the village nestling at their base so  trust­

One  cottage  near  the  village  green the sun 

6eemed loth to  leave.

It 6bed a benediction from the dainty porch to 

king of day

dancing spray.

beautiful as well

rising swell

the hills beyond

ingly and fond.

cave.

grown with vines

the group of pines

seemed a lit abode

road.

And  lingered  lovingly  about  the  door  o er- 

Then lighted like gems the slender spikes upon 

A t  the  gateway.  ‘Twas  a  pretty  place  and 

For any  weary  traveler  while  resting on his 

Within  the  cottage  stood a group, grief-laden 

Sob after sob seemed swelling  from  each  6or- 

and oppressed.

row-striken breast;

Tears flowed like show-ers  of  rain  drops  over 

cheeks with sorrow pale 

And anon broke from some burdened heart,  a 

low and mournful wail.

Wliat means this sad heart-rending scene? Why 

all these signs of woe?

Let us enter and endeavor some true sympathy 

We  pause  upon  the  threshold, we  gaze  with 

We And a guest before us—the chill, pale angel, 

Upon a couch, drawn up before the window to 

To hold the last faint glimmer  of the sun’s de­

Lay a man whose life was  ebbing  fast,  whose 

breath came faint and low,

Whose only tinge of color came from  the sun­

We will listen—he is speaking—bend  low  that 

set’s glow.

you may hear

children dear.

touch of death.

The last fond words of comfort to the wife and 

“Dear  wife, I’m  going  from  you.  1 feel  the 

Cold  and  colder  is  my  life  blood, faint  and 

fainter comes my  breath.

But e’er I go from earth and  you,  some  part­

ing w'ords I ’d say

To my comrades, who have cheered  me, along 

life’s rough highway.

Dear wife, they say a  drummer cannot  be  an 

But I feel as if my life’s  works  will  show  the 

I have been a faithful husband, I have  been  a 

honest man,

world they can.

father kind,

signed.

And as I look before me, God  knows  I  am  re­

In  the  places  where  I've  sold  my goods and 

I left no  broken  hearts  behind  when  I went 

lingered many days,

my various ways;

No ruined lives disturb my peace, no dark dis­

I can  hold  my  hands  as  spotless  of blighted 

My duty to my children I have  striven hard to 

grace or shame;

homes or name;

do

to be true; 

I loved them with a love which taujgjit me ever 

I  could  ne'er  have  done  an  act  that  would 

have brought the blush of shame 

To my sweet daughter’s  brow  at  mention  of 

^

I have prudent been and saving, and I leave to 

her father’s nam e;

you a home

in days to come,"

And means to guard against the  fear  of  want 

Ho  paused—“Now,  to  my  traveling  friends, 

these few words I would say,

I must hasten for ray time on earth  is  gliding 

I have  done  my  duty  man  to man, you'll  all 

And these few words from a dying man I pray 

fast away:

agree in this.

take not amiss.

The world judges us harshly, some  say we are 

Profession e’er permitted.  Among  men  most 

the worst

accursed;

to be

They claim the alpha and  omega  your  aim  is 

To ruin woman's honor and bring her infamy. 
Now, brother-workers, there  are, some  within 

our mighty band

Who  bring  the  blush  of  shame on our man­

hood, strong and grand.

You  know  this  truth  as  well as I, but where 

One  profession  that  is  blameless  the  whole 

can there be  found

wide world around.

There are black sheep in  all  flocks, they  say;

and even heaven of old 

Was shaken by vile Lucifer, a wolf  within  the 

’Tis most unjust to judge the whole greatband 

By the few whom men have known  to  wrong, 

fold.

of traveling men

now and again.

ber own,

But we cannot tight injustice with weapons of 

So, brothers, meet  the  monster  with a power 

that can dethrone,

Make your lives appear before  the  world  up­

right and brave and true;

Show manliness before mankind,  claim  honor 

A n d  if you then  be still  misjudged  your  best 

as your due.

reward you’ll find,

fect piece of mind.

closer to my side,

is me denied.

As  I  have  done, is  conscience clear and  per­

Now, comrades dear, farewell; dear wife, come 

I would feci your  loving  presence  when  tight 

Dry  your  tears,  and  sing  that  blessed hymn 

‘Ju st as I am, I come,*

And the angels will the sweet notes swell,  and 

bid me welcome  home.

I know, dear wife, I’ll be there, when you come 

o’er the  tide,

side by side.

And we’ll spend a blessed eternity  in  heaven, 

You c a n  tell them there’s  one  drummer  upon 

And I feel that when I get there  I  shall  meet 

the heavenly shore,

with many more.

There  are  Christ-like  hearts among them”—a 

soft and fluttering sigh,

A smile of radiant happiness told that the end 

The  wife  leaned  forward  anxiously, but  the 

heart had ceased to beat.

The spirit of the drummer had gone his God to 

was nigh.

meet.

Ada L.  Johnson.

Byerson, Nov. 26,1885.

W H OLESALE  AGEN TS  FOR  THE

F.  J.  LAMB  &  CO'.,
Diamond Brand Fresh Oysters

D. D. Mallory & Co.

In Cans or Bulk.  W rite for Quotations.

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

M am ifactm rers’  P rices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

HOUSE  &  STORE  SHADES  MADE  TO  ORDER.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Nelson  Bros.  & Co.

The Well-Known

J. S. Farren & Co.

OYSTERS

/

ARE  TH E  BEST  IN  MARKET.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS

WHOLESALE  AGENTS.

OYSTERS!
Eaton  &  Christenson 

Are now in the market with 

their Famous

BIG  GUN
OYSTERS,

C A N N E D   IN   B A L T IM O R E   B Y

W .  R.  BA R N ES  <&  CO.
“I. M. C„” Best 10c Cigar in M i 
“Common Sense,” Best5c Cigar inHicliij
CLARK,  JEWELL  &  CO.,

SOLE  AGENTS.

P E R K I N S   Sc  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS  IN

' 

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  R A PID S/ MICHIGAN.

WE  CABBY A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOB  MILL  USE.

Only 35  Cents.

So  confident  are  we  that Dr. Pete’s 85 cent 
Cough Cure will not disappoint the  most san­
guine  exdeotations  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- 
side druggists, Grand Rapids, Mioh.

JO B B E R   O F

LUDWIG  WINTEENITZ,
Milwaukee Star  Brand  Vinegars.

Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, 
full strength  and warranted  absolutely pure. 
Sendjffor  samples  and prices.  Also dealer in 
Sauerkraut.  Arcade,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

RnSTDGB, BBRTSOH & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS  AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

SKS  AND WHOLES^

A 2 T D

AGENTS  FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

W e   h a v e   a   s p le n d id   l i n e   o f   g o o d s   f o 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 ild s   s h o e s  
y o u r   o r d e r s   a n 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  16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

is  

F.  F.  A .  ID  

S   Sc  O O.’S

Fine Cut Chewim Tohacco is the very best (lari pods on tie Market.

DARK  AROMATIC
Eaton 
APPLES

k Christenson, Aits.

M i e l i ,

Grandi n a p id s .

W e 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.

EARL BROS., Commission Merchants,

157  S.  WATER  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL

Reference—First National Bank.

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to ¡sake Bottom Prices  or anytMnijie handle.
A. B. KNOWLSON,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE  LEADING  BRANDS  OF

T O B A C C  O

Offered in this Market are  as follows:

tobacco

-

RED  FOX 
BIG  DRIVE 
.................................................
PATROL 
.................................
JACK  RABBIT 
SILVER  C O I N .........................................
P A N IC .........................................................
BLACK  PRINCE,  DARK 
-
BIG  STUMP
APPLE  JACK 

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

-
FINE  CUT.

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

- ' 

- 
- 
2c less  in  6 pail lots.

THE  MEIGS  FINE  CUT, DARK, Plug flavor
STUNNER,  D A R K ..........................................38
RED  BIRD,  BRIGHT  ............................................ .50
OPERA  QUEEN,  BRIGHT  - 
.40
..............................................................32
FRUIT 
O  SO  SWEET 
.30
- 
SMOKING.
ARTHUR’S  CHOICE, LONG  CUT,  BRIGHT  .22 
-  .26
- 
- 
RED  FOX,  LONG  CUT,  FOIL 
.26
GIPSEY  QUEEN,  GRANULATED 
-  .27
- 
OLD  COMFORT,  IN  CLOTH 
- 
.24 
SEAT. OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  IN  CLOTH 
-  .24
- 
DIME  SMOKER,  IN  CLOTH  - 
- 
2c less in  100 pound lots.
A rth u r M eigs & Co.

These brands are sold only by

- 

- 

Wholesale Grocers,

W ho w arrant the same to be unequalled.  W e guar­
antee  every  pound  to  be  perfect  and  all  right  in 
every particular.  W e cordially invite you, when  in 
the  city,  to  visit  our  place  of business,  77, 79 and 
71 South Division Street.  It may save you  money.

HENRY KRITZER,

PROPRIETOR

NEWAYGO 
R o l l e r  u r n «
“Crown  Prince”

MANUFACTURER  OF  THE

B H . A N 3 D .

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

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY

E N G I N E S

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft­
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made  for 
Complete Outfits.

"W,  C,  D en iso n ,

88,00  and  02  South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

TIMETABLES.

Michigan  Central.

DEPART.

♦Detroit Express....................................  6:00am
fDay  Express........................................   12:45 p m
♦Atlantic Express.................................... 9:20 p m
Way Freight............................................  6:50 a m

ARRIVE.

♦Pacific  Express......................................6:00 am
+Mail..........................................................3:50 p m
+Grand  Rapids  Express............................... 10:50 p m
Way Freight..............................................5:15 a m
tDaiiy except Sunday.  ♦Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Express.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has 
Drawing  Boom  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:30 
a. m.,and  Boston 3:05  p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at  10:50 p. m.

J.T. Schultz, Gen’l Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
tMail........................................9:15 a m
+Day  Ex press.....................   1:00 pm
♦Night  Express...................10:40 p m
Muskegon Express.............  4:15 p m

Arrives, 
4:25 p m 
9:15 p m 
5:45 a m 
11:15 a m
♦Daily. 
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through  parlor  car  in  charge  of  careful  at­
tendants without  extra  charge  to  Chicago on 
1:00 p. in., and through coach  on 9:15 a.  m. and 
10:40 p. m. trains.

tDaiiy except Sunday.

NEWAYGO  D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
Express.................................4:15 p m   4:05 pm
Express.................................8:05 a m  11:15 a m
All truins arrive and depart from Union  De­
pot.
The  Northern term inus of  this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made  with 
F. &  P. M.  trains  to  and  from  Ludington  and 
Manistee.

.1. H. Carpenter,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  M u l l i k e n ,  General  Manager.
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

train 

(KALAMAZOO  D IV IS IO N .)
Arrive.
Express...............................7:15 p m
Mail....................................... 9:50 a m
All trains daily except Sunday.
The 

Leave. 
7:30 a m 
4:00 p m
leaving  at 4 p. m. connects at 
White Pigeon with  Atlantic  Express  on  Main 
Line, which has Palace Drawing  Boom  Sleep­
ing Coaches  from  Chicago  to  New  York  and 
Boston without change.
The  train  leaving  at  7:30 a. m. connects at 
White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with 
special New York Express on Main Line.
Through  tickets  and  berths  in  sleeping 
coaches can be secured at  Union Ticket office, 
67 Monre street and depot.

I .   W .  M c K e n n e y , Gen’l Agent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING  EAST.

Arrives. 

GOING  W EST.

Leaves.
tSteamboat  Express.......... 
6:25 am
tTli rough  Mail....................10:10 a m  10:20 a m
tEvening  Express.............3:20p m  
3:35pm
♦Limited  Express...............  8:30 p m  10:45 pm
tMixed, with  coach...........  
10:30 a m
tMoruing  Express.............  1:05 p m  1:10 p m
tTh rough  Mail..................  5:10 p m   5:15 pm
tSteamboat  Express..........10:40 p m
tM ixed............................................. 
♦NightExpress....................  5:10 a m   5:20 am

tDaiiy, Sundays excepted.  *Dailv.
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
The  Night  Express  has  a  through  Wagner 
Car  and  local  Sleeping  Car  Detroit  to Grand 
Bapids.

D. P o t t e r , City Pass. Agent.
G e o . B. Reeve, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Grand  Rapids it  Indiana.

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves.
Cincinnati & Gd Bapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30am   11:30am 
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac  Ex  4:10pm  
5:05pm
7:00 a m
G’d Kapids &Trav. City Ac. 

GOING  SOUTH.

G. Kapids & Cincinnati E x. 
7:15am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  B :05 p in  5:30 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. W ay r e E x.. 10:30 a m   11:45 p m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac. 10:30 p m

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLE EPIN G   CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train  leaving  at 5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for  Petoskey 
and  Mackinac.  Train leaving at 11:30 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw 
City.
South—Train leaving at 5:30 p. m. has  Wood­
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

C. L. L o c k w o o d , Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit, M&ckinao  & M&rqnette.

Trains connect with G. B. & I.  trains  for  St. 
Ignace, Marquette and Lake  Superior  Points, 
leaving Grand Bapids at 6:00 p. m., arriving at 
Marquette at 1:35 p. m. and 6:10 p. m.  Keturning 
leave  Marquette  at 7:30 a.  m.  and  2:00  p.  in., 
arri*.'ng  at Grand  Bapids  at 10:30 a.  m.  Con­
nection made at Marquette with the Marquette, 
Houghton  and  Ontonagon  Bailroad  for  the 
Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper Districts.
Gen’l Pass. & Tkt. Agt.,  Marquette, Mich.

E.  W.  ALLEN.

7:10 am

A Talé About W all Paper.

Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon

PRICE  CURRENT.

(groceries.

Trouble in the Potato Market.

Local potato shippers complain  about the 
unwarranted  discrimination  with  which 
Michigan  rose  potatoes  are  treated  in  the 
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Louisville and Cin­
cinnati markets.  They assert—and produce 
the written  letters  of  dealers  in  the  cities 
mentioned to substantiate their  claim—that 
the agitation against the  variety  named  on 
the alleged ground  that  it is  inclined  to be 
red in color is creating a feeling  against the 
potato which  will  practically  amount  to a 
shut-out,  thus  causing a loss  on  all now in 
the hands of shippers and compelling grow­
ers to find a home  market  or  feed them  to 
stock.  Such a condition of affairs is not due 
to any valid  objection  against  the potato, 
but to the fact that  most of the markets are 
overloaded and  that the  receivers  have felt 
the necessity of trumping up some excuse to 
refuse further  consignments on the basis of 
their reports,  in order to avoid loss.  Never 
theless, the Philadelphia dealers continue to 
settd out delusive  reports, quoting Michigan 
lose potatoes at  a  good  figure,  and  saying 
nothing  about  any  redness  in  appearance 
affecting  their  sale.  Such  knavery  is in 
dined to make the legitimate dealer slightly 
“tired.”

Two More Counties Head  From.

From J.  H. Williams,  grocer  and  fund 
ture dealer,  Leroy:  “1 do not feel like pay­
ing cartage at  Grand  Rapids,  also  at  this 
end; and if  I  have  to,  I  shall  charge  all 
drummers of a  medium  size 5  cents for en­
tering my place  with grip,  and  such heavy 
weight as Joe. Reed and  Hub Baker I shall 
charge 10  cents. 
I  shall  have to do some­
thing to keep even.”

From  R.  G.  Bruce,  grocer,  Bellaire: 
“You can  put me down  as one of the kick­
ers against  the  charge  for  cartage  of  the 
wholesale  grocers. 
I  formerly  bought  in 
Chicago, but  changed  to  Grand  Rapids be­
cause they charged  cartage  in Chicago, but 
the difference  between Chicago' and  Grand 
Rapids prices being in favor of Chicago with 
the  addition  of  cartage  to  Grand  Rapids 
prices,  I shall again return to Chicago.  My 
cartage  tax  is excessive  enough  now,  as I 
am sixteen miles from the railroad and have 
to pay 20 cents per  hundred  pounds  to lay 
my goods down from the railroad station,  in 
addition to the exorbitant charges of the  G. 
R. & L Railway;  and  I  don’t  think I shall 
tamely  submit  to  any  further  addition to 
my charges from Grand Rapids.”

From the Chicago  News.

“I expect  the  wall-paper  pool will burst 
one of these days,” said  a  well-paper man­
ufacturer tlie other day,  “the  agreement is 
only made for  a  year  and  the  big jobbers 
are getting more and more dissatisfied  with 
it  every  day.  Maxwell,  McGrath  and 
Mackay would go out of the  pool  to-day  if 
they could.  We were in it a few years ago, 
but we found it just as profitable and  much 
more pleasant to step out.  There  are  now 
twenty-three firms in the pool and nine out. 
We  make  all  of  our  own  goods  and  sell 
them directly to the retailer.  We  save our 
discount to him and sell  to  the  retailer  at 
less than the pool rates would be.  We sell 
in any  quantity,  whereas  members  of  the 
pool have to take 600 pieces to get  the  dis 
count.  The pool  is  only  profitable  to  the 
big jobbers.  The little fellows never  make 
anything by it.  The existence of  the  pool 
keeps the price of  wall-paper  40  per  cent, 
above what it should be.  This  is shown by 
the price lists.  While all  other  aiticles  of 
merchandise have come down in pride,wall 
paper sells at the same figure it  did  five  or 
six years ago.  Still the pool is a good thing 
for  the  manufacturers,  for  there  is  more 
money  in  it  for  them  than  there  would 
be otherwise.  America beats the world on 
wall-paper  of  all  except  the  finer  grades, 
There Europe is ahead of  us.  Over  there, 
however, the cheaper papers are all grays or 
drabs or some  such  dull,  solid  color. 
In 
spite  of  the  duty  of  20  per  cent.,  these 
grades could be imported here  and  sold for 
25 per cent,  below cheap American  papers, 
but nobody does it, for  there  isn’t  any  de­
mand  for  them. 
Li ncrusta-Walton  has 
slightly affected the sale  of  the finer grades 
of paper, but it is very expensive. 
It  is an 
extremely useful thing,  taking,  as  it  does, 
the place of paper or  wood  wainscotting in 
the interiors and  being  used  for  siding  on 
the outside of houses.  Picture  frames  and 
other things are also constructed of it. 
It is 
easily  adjusted  and  can  be  repainted  or 
touched up as often as needed.  Car  build­
ers  fit  up  palace  cars  with  it  and its use 
is extending every day.  There is a monop­
oly in the manufacture of it in this country, 
the only producer being a firm in Stamford, 
Conn.,  which  bought  the  American  right 
from  Walton  himself.  Walton  lives  in 
lie  invented  linoleum  and  made 
France, 
a fortune out of it. 
It  is  made  of  linseed 
oil and  powdered  cork.  Lincrusta  is  lin­
seed oil cake backed with paper and cheese­
cloth.”

Getting  His  Money’s  Worth.

From the Boston Courier.

“What  an 

enormously 

large  woman 

Green's wife is,” said Brown to Black.

“Yes,” was the reply,  “she  is  a  regular 

“What  led  him  to  marry  such  a  large 

giantess.”

woman?”

“Oh,  his miserly disposition.”
“What?”
“It’s a fact.  He’s the meanest, most mis­
erly fellow I ever knew,  and when he made 
up his mind to get married he looked around 1 prices as follows; 
to find the  largest  woman  in the  neighbor-' Fresh  Beef,sides... 
hood.  He said if  he  was  going  to the ex­
pense of taking a wife he was going to have 
as  much  for  his  money  as  possible.  Oh, 
yes,  I assure you Green is shrewd fellow.

The Grocery Market.

Business and collections are both  as good 
as could  be  expected.  Sugars  are  a  trifle 
weaker,  and package  coffees  have  declined 
\i cent.  Other articles  in  the grocery line 
are about steady.

Candy,  nuts and fruits are steady.

Potatoes  are  rotting  badly  all  over the 
State of New York.  A   Monroe county far­
mer doubts  w hether  there  are  more  than 
enough good  potatoes  there  to  supply  the 
people  and  give  farm ers  seed  fo r  next 
spring.

A  card from the Retail  Grocers’ U nion of 
New  York  announces  th at  the  following 
subject will be discussed on the  evening  of 
the  3rd: 
“ Im itation  Butter,  w hether  it
ought to be sold and how  it should be sold.”  Raccoon........
T h e T ra desm a n regrets  th at it cannot  be  f ^ v e r,'  $   f t. 
present on the  occasion. 
Deer, f»  ft....

“ 

ELASTIC  STARCH
IT  REQUIRES  NO  COOKING.

AT. A R K   JE W E L L   &  00.,

SOLE  AGENTS,

Two  Opinions.

“The condition of the retail grocery trade 
in many of the interior towns  is  simply de­
plorable,” said a well-known traveling man. 
“While merchants in other  lines are selling 
goods  at  a  living  profit,  the  grocerymen 
seem to be trying to cut each other’s throats. 
For instance,  I find that in  many towns the 
dealers  are  selling  Arbuckle’s  coffee at a 
shilling a pound,  while they are paying 13 XA  
cents for it and" the freight.  Thpjsame is true 
of  many other staple  goods.  To my mind, 
there has got to be a thinning out of  the re­
tail grocery trade  before  we  shall see  any J 
great degree of prosperity.”
“The merchants at my old home, Tecum- 
seh, used to pull together  on all matters af­
fecting the good of the trade,”  said the tac­
iturn  book-keeper,  “with  one  exception. 
That man was continually cutting and slash­
ing, and he made  the  other  dealers no end 
of trouble.  He  failed  three  or four  years 
ago—owing  Secor,  Berdan  *fc  Co.  about 
§3,000—and settled up at 25 cents.  But that 
didn’t stop his cutting practice.  He resumed 
that way of doing business as soon as he got 
started again  and  I understand  he is about 
ready to fail again.”

He Followed Instructions.

Grocer (to  new  boy)—You  must tell the 
people that we are very busy, James, wheth­
er we are or not.  They like to buy of a firm 
that does a large trade.

New boy—All right, sir.
Grocer  (a little  later)—Didn’t  old  Mrs. 

Benson want anything,  James?

New boy—Yes, sir; she  wanted  a  couple 
o’ mackerel an’ ten  pounds  o’ brown sugar, 
an’ I told her we were so busy we didn’t know 
which way to turn,  an’ so  she  said she was 
in a hurry,  and she’d get ’em  round the cor­
ner. 

_ _____ _

Will Pay Every Grocer  ioo Per Cent.
“I may mention that the trade journals are 
most useful, and a careful perusal and study 
of them will pay every grocer 100  per  cent, 
on the  amount  he  pays  for  them. 
If  the 
grocers only knew how  much  work and ex­
pense were embodied in the  weekly papers, 
they  might  perhaps  appreciate  them  more 
highly.”—F.  B.  Thurber.
“Every  Business  Man  Should  Have  It.” 
From the Traverse Journal.

Every business  man,  be he large or small 
dealer,  should  have  T h e  Mich ig a n 
Tradesman,  a  paper  devoted to the  com­
mercial interests of the country. 
It is  ably 
edited,  and  contains  a vast  amount of  in­
formation  for  merchants  and  those  who 
follow in any way, commercial  pursuits.

The market is nearly bare  of  elm  butter 
plates,  as the  factory  at  Mancelona  is un­
able to keep pace with the  demand,  on  ac­
count of the inability of the management to 
get  in  timber  fast  enough  to  supply  the 
working capacity of the  f actory.  The gray 
in  the  manufacture  of  butter 
elm  used 
plates in  this  State  is  greatly  superior  to 
the water elm used by the  Delta,  Ohio,  fac­
tory,  as the  former  never  sours,  either  in 
warm or damp weather.  To  this  point  of 
superiority is due the enormous  demand  of 
the Mancelona butter plate.

, 

_  „   „  

President—H. B. Fargo.
First Vice-President—Wm. B. Keift.
Second Vice-President—A  Towl.
Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer.
Financial Secretary—John DeHaas.
Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. L McKen­
zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A.  Towl  and 
E.  Johnson. 
.
Finance Committee—Wm.  B. Kelly,  A.  Towl 
and E. Johnson. 
Committee  on  Rooms  and  Library—4).  Lam­
bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie. 
Arbitration  Committee—B.  Borgman.  Garrlt 
Wagner and John DeHaas. 
Complaint  Committee—Wm.  B.  Keift,  D.  A. 
Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot,  R.  S.  Miner  and L. 
Vincent. 
Law Committee—H. B.  F argo,  Wm.  B.  Keift 
and’A. Towl. 
Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keilt, An­
drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday
evenings  of each month.
Next meeting—Wedüesday evening, Dec.  16.

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Michigan Dairymen’s Association.

Organized  at  Grand  Rapids,  February 25,  1885.
President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. 
Vice-Presidents—W.  H.  Howe,  Capac;  F.  C, 
Stone,  Saginaw  City;  A.  P.  Foltz,  Davison 
Station;  F.  A.  Rockafellow,  Carson  City; 
Warren Haven, Bloomingdale;  Chas.  E. Bel­
knap,  Grand  Rapids;  L.  F .C o x ,  Portage; 
John Borst, Vriesland;  R. C.Nash, Hilliards; 
D.  M.  Adams,  Ashland;  Jos.  Post,  Clarks-
Seeretary and Treasurer—E. A.  Stowe,  Grand
NexT M eeting-Third  Tuesday  in  February, 
Membership Fee—$ 1 per year.
Official Organ—T h e   M i c h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n .

1886.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co 

quote  as  follows:

P O R K   IN   BA RR ELS.

Mess, Chicago packing, new........................ H  50
....10 50 
Mess, Chicago  packing...............•...........
.12  00 
Clear, short pork, Chicago  packing ....
.12 50 
Back, clear shortcut, Chicago  packing
.11  50 
Extra family clear, short c u t................
.12 75 
Clear. A. Webster  packer, new.............
.12 50 
A. Webster packer, short cu t................
.12  00 
Extra pig, short cut.................................
.12 50 
Extra  clear, heavy..................................
.13 50
Clear back, short c u t...............................
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.............................  
lig h t..................................  
Short Clears, heavy.................................
medium.............................. 
light....................................  

.• 
“ 
do. 
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PL A IN .

*
“
6
■¡‘A
®>4

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Hams, heavy....................................................JO
medium................................................ *"-4
1014
lig h t..............................................
10
Boneless  Ham s........................................
Boneless Shoulders.................................
6
Breakfast  Bacon....................................
Dried Beef, extra quality.....................
Dried Beef, Ham pieces........................
Shoulders cured  in sweet pickle..........

LARD.

Tierces  ....................................................
30 and 50 ft T ubs.....................................
50 ft Round Tins, 100 cases.....................

LARD IN   T IN   PA IL S .

20 ft Round Tins, 80 ft  racks..................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case..............................
5 ft Pails, 6 in a case................................
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case ..................•.........

B E EF IN   BA RRELS.

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts —  
Boneless,  extra..."...................................
SAUSAGE—FR ESH   AND  SMOKED
Pork  Sausage................................ .........
Ham  Sausage...........................................
Tongue  Sausage.....................................
Frankfort  Sausage................................
Blood  Sausage.........................................
Bologna, straight..................................
Bologna,  thick....................................  •
Head  Cheese...........................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

In half barrels....................................
In quarter barrels..................................

9 38 
3 50

3  75

FRESH   MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  sellini
....................5  ©  634
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................  6  @634
Dressed  Hogs.........................................   §  ®
Mutton,  carcasses.................................  434«® o
Veal.........................................................   9  ®»,
Pork  Sausage.........................................   @  ‘
Bologna...................................................  7  ®  Jj
Fowls........................................................ 
a
Spring Chickens....................................  •  ©  J*
Ducks  ....................................................
Turkeys  .................................................   @ n

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS.

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

H ID ES.

Green .... ^  ft  @7  Calf skins, green 
Part  cured...  834@  8%  or cured....  @10 
Full cured....  @ 934 Deacon skins,
$  piece.......20  @«50
Dry hides and 

k ip s...........   8  @12

S H E E P  PELTS.

Shearlings................................................ 20 @40
Lamffskins...............................................20 @*>0
Old wool, estimated washed $  f t........  @25
Tallow.......................................................  * ® 454

ft 24@27jUnwashed...........  

2-3

W OOL.

FU RS.

Fine washed 
Coarse washed... 18@22|
B ear............................................
Fisher  ........................................
Red Fox......................................
Grey Fox....................................
M artin.......................................
M inx..........................................
Muskrat, winter ta n ................
kits  ..........................

.1 00@12 00 
. .2 00@6 00 
..  25@1  00 
..  25@1  00 
..  25@1 00 
..  05@  50 
..  05@  06 
..  @ 
2 
. .4  00@5 00 
5@  75 
..  10@1 00 
..1  50@2 50 
..  10®  30

a x l e   g r e a s e .

BAKING  PO W D ER.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.
Frazer’s ................  
90IParagon  .......... .1 80
Diamond  X ...........   80 Paragan 25 ft pails. 1 20
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 501Fraziers,25ft pails.1 25
----- n ( ~ 3  
Thompson’8  Butterfly, bulk........................   ¿5
.  27
6 or 10 ft cans....
.  95
54, 4 doz. in case.
• .1  95
54,2  “ 
.1  25
Princess, 54s.......
y»s....... 2 25
“ 
.4 25
Is........
“ 
28 
bu lk ...
45
__   75
....1  40 
....2  40 
..  12  00 
....7 50

Arctic, Vr ft cane...

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4 

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8A LERA TU 8.

DeLand’s pure........554 ¡Dwight’s ....................654
Church’s  ................ 514 Sea  Foam..................614
Taylor’s G. M......... 5J4lCap Sheaf.................. 514

14c less in 6 box lots.

SALT
60 Pocket, F F  Dairy.......
28 Pocket..........................
1003 ft  pockets..................
Saginaw or  Manistee.......
Diamond C.........................
Standard  Coarse..........................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........
Ashton. English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........
American, dairy, 14 bu. bags........
Rock, bushels.........................................

SAUCES.

2 30 
2 25 
2 50 
95 
1 60
1 55 
80
2 80 
80 
25 
28

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SUGARS.

STARCH.

Whole.

gross  4 00 

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

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

........ 16@20iCloves
........15@30
........ 25@35l

Parisian, 14  pints
Pepper Sauce, red  small................
Pepper Sauce, green................
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........
Catsup, Tomato,  pints 
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts 
pints,
14 pints
spices.

................
..................
Silver Spoon, 3  doz.............
BLU IN G
Dry, No. 2...........................................<Joz.
45  Halford Sauce, 
doz. 
Dry, No. 3...............................
35  Halford Sauce, 
doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,..........................
65 
doz. 
Liquid, 8 oz.............................
Ground. 
Arctic 4 oz.............................
8  00  P epper............... 16@25!Pepper...................   @19
Arctic 8  oz.............................
12 00  Allspice.............. 12@151 Allspice................  8@10
Arctic 16 oz............................
.......  2 00  Cinnamon........... 18@30.Cassia.....................10@11
Arctic No. 1 pepper box....
3 00  ©loves  ................15©25! Nutmegs  ............ 60@65
*  —
Arctic No. 2 
....16@18
4  00
• ■ • •
Arctic No. 3 
* 
BROOMS.
No.  2  H url.............. 175
No. 1 Carpet.............2 50
Fancy  Whisk......... 100
No. 2 Carpet.............2 25
CommonWhisk—   75
No. 1  ParlorGem ..2 75
No. lH u rl................2 00
CANNED  F IS H .
.......I  15
Clams, 1 ft  standards................
.......1 75
Clams, 21b  standards................
.......2 00
Clam Chowder,  3 ft......... —
.......1  15
Cove Oysters, 1  lb  standards... 
....  1 90
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards...
.......1 75
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic.  . : .............
.......2 00
Lobsters, 1 lb sta r.......................
.....290
Lobsters. 2 1b star
Mackerei,"l ft "fresh  standards................. 1  10
Mackerel, 5 1b fresh  standards................. 3 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 f t ................*>Z5
Mackerel,3 ft in M ustard............................5 ~5
3 25 
Mackerel, 3 1b broiled....................
...1  55 
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river........
...2 30 
Salmon, 2 1b Columbia river........
...1  30 
Salmon. 1 ft  Sacramento.............
...8@9 
Sardines, domestic 54s ..................
..  15@13 
Sardines,  domestic  14s.'..............
. . .  
10 
Sardines,  Mustard  14s..................
...  14
Sardines,  imported  54s.................
Trout. 31b  brook.......................................  4 50
CANNED  F R U IT S .
Apples, 3 1b standards .................................„ 99
Apples, gallons,  standards........................ 2 40
Blackberries, standards.............................
Cherries,  red  standard...............................  w
Damsons................   .................................... { Vx
Egg Plums, standards 
............................. J  4U
Green Gages, standards 2 1b.......................l  40
Peaches. Extra Yellow..................... • • —  f *9
Peaches, standards............................1  ,0(®J  ™
Peaches,  seconds........................................ J
Pineapples, standards............................
Q uinces....................................................
Raspberries,  extra..................... ...........
CANNED  F R U IT S —C A L IF O R N IA .

Ginger  .. 
Mustard. 
Cayenne
.  5 35
Elastic, 64 packages, per  box.............
@ 7% 
Cubes  ......................................................
@  7?8 
Powdered.................................. .............
©  7 
Granulated.  Standard..........................
@6  94 
Granulated,  off.......................... ».........
@ 6% 
Confectionery A ....................................
@6 56
Standard A ..............................................
No. 1, White Extra  C............................  654®  654
No. 2, Extra C.........................................  6  @654
No.3 C......................................................  6%@  6
No.4C............................................... . 
554®  534
No. 5 C.
534® 534
30@32 
Corn,  Barrels.........................................
33©35 
Corn, 54bbls................................... •*....
@  35 
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................
@1  75 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................................
@1  60 
Corn, 454 gallon kegs.............................
23®  35 
Pure  Sugar.................................... bbl
30®  38 
Pure Sugar Drips........................ 34  bbl
@1 96 
Pure Sugar  Drips................ 5 gal kegs
@  85 
Pure Loaf Sugar D rips...  ........ 34 bbl
®1  85 
Pure  Loaf Sugar...............«5 gal kegs
@85 
Maple, 34 bbls.........................................
@90
10 gal.  kegs...............................
Japan ordinary....................................
Japan fair to good.................................
Japan tine...............................................
Japan dust..............................................
Young Hyson.........................................
GunPowder...
Oolong...........
Congo.............
Fisher’s B runette— 3!
Dark AmericanEagle6'
The Mei„
Red  Bird...................50 A tlas..............
State  Seal................. 60 Royal Game..
Prairie F lo w er........ 65 Mule E ar.......
Indian Queen...........60|Fountain........
Bull  Dog. 
Crown  Leaf. 
Matchless... 
Hiawatha ...
Globe  ..........
May  Flower.
H ero...........
Old  Abe.
Knil
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...................15020
...................25®30
.................. 35@45
...................15@20
.................. 30@50
..................35® 50
........... 33@55@6C
.................. 25@30
N  P A IL S . 
Underwood’s Capper 35 
Sweet  Rose............... 45
.. .64 Meigs & Co.’s Stunner38 
...35 
...38 
...65
.60|Old Congress.............64
__66! Good Luck..................52
__651 Blaze Away................35
__65 Hair L ifter..................30
__ 70 G overnor...................60
__ 70 Fox’s Choice............  63
.35
...6 6

Lusk’s.  Mariposa.
2 00
l  85 
1  8í

45 Medallion 
PLU G.

TOBACCO— F IN E  CU T

.1 50 
.1 45 
.1  10

SY RUPS.

TEA S.

“ 

A pricots....................................2 
Egg Plum s..................................J J”
G rapes........................................-  ”
Green Gages...............................- ■?
Pears.......................................... ..
Quinces.......................................~ i?
Peaches.....................................* °;>
CANNED  VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay..................
Beans, Lima,  standard..................
Beans, Stringless,  E rie..................
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked........
Corn.  Trophy..................................
“  Red Seal.................................
“  Excelsior...............................
Peas, French....................................
Peas, Marrofat, standard...............
Peas, Beaver....................................
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden.....................
Succotash, standard.......................
Tomatoes, Trophy..........................
Tomatoes.  Hillsdale.......................
Tomatoes,  Adrian..........................
Tomatoes, Three Rivers................
Michigan  full  cream .....................
Half skim .............................   ........

CH EESE.

. ..3  25 
....  95 
....  80 
....1  65 
....1  05 
....  90 
....1  00 
....1  75 
.... I  60 
....  70 
... 
85
__   90
1  05@1  10 
....1  05 
...  1  05 
....1  05
@12 
@103 
@ 6

....... 49l Sweet Owen...
ingle  bu tt..................................   @50
b u tt.................................
lo ts.........................
“ 
two 
lo ts..........................  @49
“ 
five 
“ 
“  ..............................  @48
R um ............................................................  @40
Money..........................................................  @18
Red  Fox......................................................  @48
Big Drive....................................................   @50
Seal of Grand  Rapids..............................  @46
D urham ......................................................   @46
P a tro l.........................................................   @48
Jack Rabbit...............................................   @46
Snowflake...................................................  @46
Chocolate Cream........................................  @46
Niinrod........................................................  @44
E. C..............................................................   @40
Spread Eagle..............................................  @38
Big Five Center.........................................  @35
Woodcock  .................................................   @46
Knigntsof  Labor......................................  @46
Railroad......................................................   @46
Big  Bug......................................................  @32
Arab, 2x12 and 4x12..................................   @46
Black Bear.................................................   @37
King 
..........................................................  @46
Old Five Cent Times.................................  @38
Prune Nuggett, 12 ft.................................  @62
Parrot  ........................................................  @46
Old T im e....................................................   @38
Tramway.................................... 
 
Glory  .........................................................   @46
Silver  Coin.................................................   @46
Buster  [Dark)...........................................  @35
Black Prince I Dark].............................   @35
Black Racer  [Dark]........ .......................   @35
Leggett & Myers’ Star..............................  @46
Clim ax........................................................  @46
Hold F a s t...................................................  @46
MeAlpin’s Gold Shield..............................  @46
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 ft  cads..........  @51
Cock of the Walk  6s.................................  @37
Nobby Twist..............................................   @46
A corn.........................................................   ©46
Crescent.....................................................  @44
Black  X ......................................................  @35
Black  Bass.................................................   @40
Spring.........................................................   @46
G rayling.....................................................  @46
Mackinaw...................................................  @45
HorseShoe.................................................   @44
Hair Lifter.................................................   @36
D. and D., black.........................................   @36
MeAlpin’s Green  Shield...........................  @46
Ace  High, black.......................................   @35
Sailors’  Solace...........................................  @46

 

2c. less in four butt lots.

SMOKING

Old T ar......................40iSweet Lotus.................32
A rthur’s  Choice'.__22 Conqueror...................23
Red Fox....................26|G rayling......................82
Flirt  .......................... 28 Seal Skin.....................!!0
Gold Dust..................26;Rbb Roy...................... 26
Gold  Block................30 Uncle  Sam..................28
Seal of Grand Rapids 
| Lum berm an.............25
(cloth)................ 25j Rail road Boy................38
Tramway, 3  oz........ 40; Mountain Rose.............18
Ruby, cut Cavendish 35; Home Comfort.......... 25
Boss  .......................... 15|Oid Rip........................55
Peck’s Sun................ lSjSeal of North Caro-
lina, 2  oz................ 48
MinersandPuddler8.28 
Morning  Dew...........25ISeal of North Caro-
Chain......................... 22 
lina, 4oz....................46
Peerless  ....................24;Seal of North  Caro-
lina, 8oz...................41
Standard ....................22 
Old Tom.................... 21 'Seal of North  Caro-
Tom &  Jerry............ 241 
lina, 16 oz boxes— 40
Joker......................... 35 Big Deal.......................27
T raveler............. . 
.35! Apple Jack.................24
Maiden......................25 King Bee, longcut.. .22
Pickwick Club.........40Milwaukee  P rize....24
Nigger Head............26 R attler.........................28
H olland....................22iWindsor cut plug— 25
G erm an....................16!Zero  .............................16
Solid Comfort..........30 Holland Mixed............16
Red Clover...............32 Golden  Age................. 75
Long Tom.................30 Mail  Pouch................. 25
N ational..................26|Knights of L a to r... .30
T im e.........................26¡Free Cob Pipe..............27
Mayflower...............23| Hiawatha....
Globe........................ 22 Old Congress.
Mule E ar..................22|
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......  @  75
Maccoboy...........................   @  55
Gail & Ax’ 
©  44
Rappee.................................  @  36
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..........................   @  4.5
Lotzbeck  ...............................................   @1  30

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

SHORTS.

SN U FF.

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VIN EGA R.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Star brand,  pure  cider.....................
8@12
8@12
Star brand, white wine.....................
95
Bath Brick im ported.........................
To
American............................  
do 
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
J 99
do  No.  2.......................................  
|  80
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
*80
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............  15@25
Candles, Star..........................................   @J2H
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @J4
Extract Coffee, V.  C.............................   ®r9„-
F e lix ..........................  
1  25
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................  
<©3o
Gum, Spruce...........................................  39@3f>nn
Hominy, $   bbl.......................................  @4 99
Jelly,in 301b  pails.................................4V4@  5
Pearl Barley— . . . : ............................. 2!*® J
Peas, Green  Bush.................................  ®4 f®
Peas, Split  Prepared.........................  @ 3M
Powder, Keg..........................................  
99
Powder, %  Keg.....................................   ®1 J®
Sage  ........................................................  ®  18
Sauerkraut, bbls...............  ..................   ®8 99
Vi  bbls...............................  @2 75

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CHOCOLATE.

CO FFEE. 

B oston...................... 36|German  Sweet........... 2j>
Baker’s .....................381 Vienna Sweet  ...........~J
Runkles’ ...................351
,
9@13  ¡Roasted  Mar.,.17@18 
Green  Rio.. 
iRoasted Mocha.28@30
. 17@27 
GreenJava.
Roasted Mex. 
@1
Green Mocha.. .23@2o 
9@10
Ground  Rio..
Roasted Rio — 10@15 
Roasted Java  ..23@30
PACKAGE.100 fts.
COFFEES

. 

60 ft!
13

Arbuckle’s  ..................................
McLaughlin’s  .....

y2 cent less in »>00 id lots.

CORDAGE.

72 foot J u t e .......1  25  ¡72 foot Cotton.
60 foot  Ju te .......  1  00  60 foot Cotton.
40 Foot Cotton___1 50  ¡50 foot Cotton.

CRACKERS.

00

X X X  .'. '..'.'.'.'.'.. .  ■ 

..........,« •• •..............
F IS H .

5 per cent, off in 10 barrel lots.
Bloaters, Smoked Yarm outh......
Cod, whole......................................
Cod, Boneless..................................
H a lib u t.........................................
Herring 34  bbls................   ........
Herring, Holland, dom estic...  .
Herring, Scaled............................
Mackerel, Penny bbls........... .
Mackerel, shore, No. 2,34  bbls..
“ 
12 ft kits
.. 
io 
No. 3, 34 bbls...............
“ 
12 ft  kits..........
.......... 
“  10 

...... 85@90
......   @5
.. .534@634
.......11@12
.......2 75
.......85095
.......18@22
__ 4 75@5
.......5 00
.......  80
.......  70
___3 50
.......  62
„ M
Shad, 34 b b l..................................................“  ®9
Trout, 34  b b ls....;.................................
......   65
“  12 1b  kits....................................
......   60
....................................
“  10 
.......5 50
White, No. 1,34 b b ls............................
.......1 00
White, No. 1,12  ft kits.........................
,....  85
White, No. 1,101b k its.........................
White, Family, 34 bbls.........................
Lemon.

FLA VO RING EXTRACTS.

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...3

“ 
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“ 

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“

. . . . ; .........1  50
.................2 50
.................3 50
.................. 1  25
..................1  75
.................. 4  50
.................. 9 OO
.................. 3 00
.................. 4  25

Vanilla, 
doz.l 00  1  40
2  50
4 00
5 00 
1 50
3 00 
7 50
15 00
4 25
6  00
@16
@136
@6
12@

Jennings’ 2 oz........................
“ 
4 oz........................
“ 
6 oz........................
8oz..........................
“ 
No. 2 Taper..........
•• 
“  No.  4 
“ ..........
?4 pint 
“ 
round.......
“
“ 
1 
“  No.  8..........
“  No. 10....................
FR U ITS
Cherries, dried, pitted........
Citron,  new..........................
Currants,  new.....................
Peaches, dried  ....................
Prunes, Turkey, new............................  «34® » A
Prunes, Turkey, old.............................
Raisins, new Valencia..............................  @49
Raisins,  Ondaras......................................  @J£
Raisins.  Sultanas........ .........................
Raisins, Loose Muscatels, new............  @2  7a
old...............  @2 50
Raisins, London Layers...........................  @8 _
Raisins. California London  Layers...  @2  *»
Water White........ 12%  | Legal  Test..............1134
Grand  Haven. No.  8, square.........................1  00
Grand  Haven,  No. 200,  parlor................... 1  m
Grand  Haven,  No.  «300,  parlor................... 2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round........................ J 50
Oshkosh, No.  2............................   ...................J  90
Oshkosh, No.  8..................................................1
Swedish............................................................
Richardson’s No. 8  square............................I  00
............................1  jO
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 734, round..........................1 00
............................i 5«
Richardson’s No. 7 
Black  Strap..................................................
New  Orleans, good..................................... 38@4~
New Orleans, choice....................................48®50
New Orleans,  fancy........   .........................o2@55

K E R O SEN E  O IL .

M OLASSES.

MATCHES.

do 
do 

>«• 

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34 bbls. 3c extra.

OATM EAL.

“ 

PIC K L E S.

34 b arrels................................  @3

Steel  c u t................ 5 25|Quaker, 48 fts..........2 35
Steel Cut, 34 bbls.. .3 00 Quaker, 60 fts..........2 50
Rolled  Oats...........3 25lQuaker bbls.............6 00
M edium................................................... 
99
Small.......................................................   ®7 99
Im ported Clay 3 gross..................... -2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross.......  -   @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,234 gross.......1,  @1 86
American T. D....................................... 1  @  99
Choice Carolina...... #341 Java  ................. v  @6
Prim e Carolina.... 634 P a tn a .................. ziyuS-.
Good Carolina......6  Rangoon..............534®6>4
Good Louisiana....5  I Broken............... 334@*34
I

PIPES*

R IC E .

.. 

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: 

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

854@9
9© 9*4
..................... ..1054@11

do 
do 

. 

M IXED

Royal, 251b  pails................................. ...  @ 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls................................. ....  @854
Extra, 26 ft  pails................................. .. ..10@lO54
Extra. 200 ft bbls................................. . . . .0 @  9^4
French Cream, 251b palls.................. ....  @1254
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases............................ ....1254®
Broken, 25  1b pails............................. ....10© 1054
Broken, 200 ft  bbls............................. ....  9@  95*

FANCY— IN   5 ft BOXES.
Lemon Drops..................................... __ 12@13
.... 13@14
Sour Drops.........................................
Peppermint  Drops............................ __ 14@15
Chocolate Drops."..........................................:M5
H M Chocolate  Drops.....................................20
Gum  Drops  .....................................................10
Licorice Drops................................................. 20
A B  Licorice  Drops........................................12
Lozenges, plain................................................ J5
Lozenges,  printed...........................................16
Im perials..........................................................15
M ottoes.............................................................15
Cream  Bar..................................................13@14
Molasses B ar.....................................................13
Caramels.....................................................18®20
Hand Made Creams......................................... 20
Plain  Creams....................................................17
Decorated Creams........................................... 20
String Rock............................................... 14® 15
Burnt Almonds............................................   22
W intergreen  Berrios...................................... 15

FANCY—IN   BU LK .

Lozenges, plain  in  pails.......................   @1234
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.........................  @11
Lozenges, printed in pails....................  @1234
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.................... 1134013
Chocolate Drops, in pails......................1234013
Gum  Drops  in pails.................................7  @734
Gum Drops, in bbls..................................  6®  634
Moss Drops, in pails............................. 10  @1034
Moss Drops, in bbls.........................................  9
Sour Drops, in  pails........................................12
Imperials, in  pails.
.1234013 
Imperials  in bbls.....................
11  @12
Bananas  Aspinwall................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls...........
Oranges, Florida......................
Oranges, Rodi  Messina...........
Oranges,  Naples.......................
Lemons,  choice........... ............
Lemons, fancy..........................
Figs, layers, new, 
ft.............
Dates, frails  do  .......................
Dates, 34 do  d o ........ ..............
Dates, skin.................................
Dates, 34  skin............................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box ^   ft.......
Dates, Fard 50 ft box % ft........
Dates, Persian 50 ft box 19 ft...
Pine Apples, 1?  doz..................

.4  00@4 25 
@5 00
@4  50
! 1434® 17 
. 
ffi)  4 
.  @  5

@11 
@10 
@  83

F R U ITS.

“ 

NUTS.

do 
do 

PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw  $   ft...............
Choice 
d o ...............
Fancy 
do  ...............
Choice White, V a.do..............
Fancy H P..  Va  do  ..............
Almonds,  Tarragona..............
Ivaca........................
Brazils......................................
Chestnuts, per bu....................
Filberts, Sicily..........................
“ 
Barcelona.................
Walnuts,  Grenoble................
“  Marbo.......................
French......................
“ 
“ 
California.................
Pecans,  Texas, H. P ...............
“  Missouri...................
Coeoanuts, $  100.....................

4  ®  434 
434®  5 
@  534 
5® 534 

534®  6
18  @19 
17  @18 
934010 
@2 75 
13  @1234 
11  @12 
@1434

@13 
@13 
©  10 
@4 50

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows : 

OYSTERS.

New  York  Counts..............................................33
F. J. D. Selects.....................................................30
Selects..................................................................27
F. J. I)....................................................................19
Standards  ...................................................... 
17
F avorites.........................................................  16
Mediums  .........................................................  15
P rim es..............................................................  13
Selects, by bulk...............................................1  65
Standards, by  bulk...............................1  00@1  10
Shrewsbury shells, $1  100...............................1  25
Princess  Bay  Clams, 
100................................75
New  York  Counts, 
100................................1  40
Mackinaw T rout..............................................  7
W hiteflsh.........................................................  7
Co<l  .............. 
12
Sun  Fish__ M .................................................  5
Hock Bass.........................................................  5
P e rc h ................................................................  4
Duck  Bill Pike.................................................  6
Wall-eyed  Pike...............................................   7
Smoked White Fish.........................................
Smoked T rout..................................................
Smoked Sturgeon............................................

FR ESH   F IS H .

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COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Local  shippers  are  offering  £1.25 

bbl.  for  fruit  alone,  although  some  outside 
buyers are paying £1.50.  Dealers hold fall fruit 
at  about  #1.50  $   bbl.  and  winter at f  1.90@2, 
while some fancy varieties command £2.50.

Beans—Local buyers pay 90c@£1.25 $  bu. for 
unpicked and hold city picked at  $1.60@1.80 ]8 
bu., and country picked at §1.4G@£1.60.

Butter—Michigan creamery is firm at 22©25c. 
Sweet dairy is  very  scarce and is  in active de­
mand at 1G@18, while old packed  readily  com­
mands 9@12.  Low grades are in plentiful sup­
ply at 6@8e.

Butterine—Creamery packed commands 20c. 
Dairy rolls arc held at  16@18c and solid packed 
at 14@loc.

Cabbages—In fair demand  at £6@§8 «¡8 100. 
Cheese—About 54 cent weaker in most other 
markets, East and  West.  Local  jobbers  con­
tinue quoting September, October and Novem­
ber at  ll@12c.

Cider—10c ]•) gal. and $1 for bbl.,
Celery—22@25c  doz.  bunches  for  Kalama­

zoo or Grand Haven.

Clover  Seed—No buying or  selling  demand. 
Cranberries—The  m arket  is  well  supplied 
with  both  cultivated  and  wild  Michigan and 
New Jersey  berries,  which  command  £2.25® 
2.50 
bu.  for  choice.  Cape  Cod are held at 
£7.50 $  bbl.

Eggs—Fresh are worth 20c,  and  pickled  are 

moving freely at  18@20c.

Grapes—Malaga, £6@$7  ¥  bbl.
Honey—Choice new  in  comb  is  firm  at  14@ 

1454c.

lots.

Hay—Bailed, £15 in small lots and £13  in  car 

Hops—Brewers pay 8®10c 19  ft.  k 
Onions—Home-grown, 70c ]8 bu. or £21) bbl. 
Pears—Santa Clara, £3.50  box.
Pop Corn—Choice commands £1 $   bu. 
Potatoes—Burbanks command  40c  and Rose 
occasionally And sale at 30  cents,  as  the  “red 
streaks”  are  causing  a  serious  depression 
with the Rose potato.

Poultry—Fairly  wel 
for  654@7c;  chickens, 
turkeys, 11c.

supplied.  Fowls  sell 
7@8e;  ducks,  13c;  and

Squash—Hubbard, quoted nominally at lc $1 

ft, although very little is moving.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command £3.50 and 

Baltimores £2.27.

Turnips—-35c ]9 bu.

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

Wheat—No change.  The city millers pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  90;  Fulse,  87c;  Clawson, 
87c.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 54@55c  in 100 bu. 

lots and 48®otic in carlots.

car lots.

Oats—White, 33c in small lots  and  28@30c  in 
Rye—48@50c  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay £1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, £5.75  bbl. 
in  sacks  and  £6  in  wood.  Straight,  £4.75  V 
bbl. In sacks and $6 in  wood.
Meal—Bolted, £3.78 V bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, £14  <p ton.  Bran, £13 
y  ton.  Ships, £14 9  ton.  Middlings. £17 V ton. 
Corn aad Oats, £20 £  ton.

T H E   W O R L D ’S  PROGRESS.

Mechanical and Scientific Notes of General 

Interest.

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

The project  of  pipe  lines  for supplying 
New York and  Philadelphia  with  natural 
gas is under consideration.

Birmingham,  England,  has  decided 

to 
adopt the cable system for street railways as 
a result of  the  investigation of  the lines in 
this country.

The Midland Railway  Company  of  Eng­
land  has bought five thousand steel  railway 
sleepers for use on their  line.  This will be 
the greatest  experiment in  the use  of that 
material ever undertaken.

A new steamer for use on the Mississippi 
being built at Dubuque of  steel  is to be the 
fastest,  staunchest  and  most  magnificently 
fitted of any ever  attempted  for  that trade. 
It will cost $2C0,000.

The vibration caused  by the  explosion of 
Flood Rock was  detected  by a  professor in 
Harvard Observatory 190 miles distant.  By 
comparison of time it  was  found the vibra­
tory  wave traveled  very nearly a mile  per 
second.

The ultilization of  “culm”  or  “coal dirt” 
as fuel is attracting  attention,  and  a  large 
manufacturing institution  is  to be removed 
from  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  to  the  coal regions 
on  this  account. 
The  supply  already 
mined and lying  in  waste heaps  is  practi­
cally inexhaustible.

In an  experiment  in  long  distance  tele­
phoning,  Buffalo  successfully  talked  with 
Albany,  a distance of 325 miles with  No.  4 
wire.  Then the line was  increased  to  414 
miles by Rochester,  making a loop  through 
Buffalo  to  Albany  and  the  experimenters 
carried  on  good conversation  through  this 
distance.

A “telpher line” which consists of an elec­
tric cable on which  runs a small motor pro­
pelling a train of  ten carriers or  “skips” is 
in operation in  England.  The  line is near­
ly a mile long and is  operated by a dynamo. 
Each  skip carries  2 cwt.,  or a  ton to each 
train load.  It is used for carrying clay from a 
pit to the railroad and one train  is now car­
rying 25 tons a day.

A new departure is  being  made  in  glass 
manufacture in the Ohio  valley  by  the  use 
of a furnace,  which first  generates gas from 
slack  coal,  then  mixes  a  quantity  of  air 
with the gas,  and  this  mixture  is  used  to 
produce the heat in the furnace proper.  The 
expense of fuel by this method is greatly re­
duced and will completely  revolutionize the 
manufacture in that region.

A law and  order  reformer  in New York 
has adopted a novel means of procuring evi­
dence  of  the  condition  of  affairs  in  and 
around  saloons  during  hours  when} they 
should be closed.  A pocket camera and in­
stantaneous  dry  plates  enable  him  to  pro­
cure good photographs of the  electric  light­
ed  premises  unobserved.  Clock  dials  ap­
pearing in the views give indisputable record 
of the hour.

For use in the Michigan mills  a  five-foot 
circular saw requires  from  50  to  60 teeth, 
while for the Southern trade only  40  to  50 
are used.  The greater the  number of teeth 
the smoother the  lumber.  But to get speeu 
from such a saw it must be in perfect order. 
It is said  that  at  a  speed  of 1,000 revolu­
tions  some  Michigan  sawyers  have  cut  a 
sixteen-foot board in one second of time.

The expedition sent out  last  yearjby the 
Canadian government to  ascertain the prac­
ticability  of  navigating  Hudson’s  Bay for 
commercial purposes  has been  recalled and 
brought back by the  Alert  of  Greely Relief 
Expedition fame.  The winter  temperature 
of that region was found  to be much higher 
than anticipated,  but  the  experience of  the 
Alert in  navigating  the  Bay  this  summer 
demonstrates that such a project is absolutely 
impracticable.

The cantilever bridge  recently  completed 
across the St. Johns river at  St.  Johns,  N. 
B.,  is second in magnitude only  to  the  one 
across the Niagara,  among  bridges  of  that 
type of construction.  Previous  to its com­
pletion,  passengers  were  obliged  to  cross 
the river by ferry,  leaving the. cars  for  that 
purpose,  as the Bay of Fundy tides  made it 
impossible to ferry cars across.  This bridge 
is  the  only  means  of  communication  be­
tween the United States and provincial sys­
tems of railways.

It Keeps the W omen at  Home.

Scene—A Canal street drug store.
Geo.  It.  Perry enters  and  inquires of  the 
proprietor if  he  has  any  of  Henry’s  Corn 
Cure.

The  druggist  replies 

in  the  negative, 
whereupon Mr.  Perry  informs him  that he 
can’t afford to do  business  without keeping 
such a staple article in stock.

“What particular merit has Henry’s Corn 
Cure,  which is not  possessed  by  the  dozen 
other  remedies  in  that  line?”  asks  Mr. 
Lacey.

“It is the best thing you ever saw to keep 
the women at home,” replies Perry.  “I got 
a bottle for  my  wife  two  weeks  ago,  and 
she hasn’t been out of the house since.”

Fiction,  of  Course.

“What I  told  my  wife,” is  the title  of a 
It  is  needless  to  say  that it is 

new book. 
fiction.

Important changes of time  have taken ef­
fect in the D., G.  H. & M. timetable, as fol­
lows:  Going east,  the mail  arrives at 10:40 
and leaves at  10:50  a.  m.; the  evening ex­
press arrives at 3:40hh<l leavesat 3:50 p. m.; 
and the Atlantic express arrives  at  8:50 and 
leaves at 10:45 p.  m.  Going  west, tire mail 
arrives at 5:00 and leaves  at 5:10 p.  m.,  and 
the night express  leaves  at 5:35 a.  in.  No 
other changes.

About  Grindstones.
From the Michigan Manufacturer.

One  of  the  most  important  tools  about 
the machine shop  is  the  grindstone.  Per­
haps  some  users  of  machine  tools  will 
smile at this assertion,  and  think  it an ex­
aggeration.  But let them examine  under  a 
microscope the edge imparted to a tool by  a 
good  grindstone,  and  compare  it  to  the 
edge formed by  a  coarse,  imperfect  stone. 
The importance  of  the  stone then becomes 
apparent without argument,  as it does, also, 
when the quality of work  done  by  the cut­
ter  is  examined  critically.  A  good  stone 
imparts to the tool a fine,  even edge,  which 
leaves the work smooth and unbroken, with 
a surface almost as perfect as  if ^rough-pol­
ished.  On the other  hand,  a  cutter sharp­
ened on  a  coarse-grained  stone  leaves  on 
the work a  rough,  abraded  surface,  which 
requires a great deal of  extra  work  in  fin­
ishing.  The coarse-edged tool presents, un­
der the magnifying  glass,  an  uneven,  ser­
rated edge. 
Its cutting point,  which ought 
to show a fine, even line,  consists,  instead, 
of a series of  minute  spikes  and  spindles, 
which break and crush  off  at  the  first  se­
vere  usage,  leaving  the  tool  to  jam  and 
crowd  its  way  through  the  work  without 
cutting,  generating undue heat and friction, 
and increasing greatly the  amount  of labor 
necessary to produce good  work.

The  best  usage  is  against  running  the 
grindstone in a trough of water.  The stone 
absorbs too much water,  and  wastes  away 
rapidly.  A box below the stone  is  desira­
ble, however, as  a  measure  of  cleanliness, 
as  it  catches  the  dirt  and  drip  from  the 
tool.  A  grindstone,  if  allowed  to  stand 
with one portion of its periphery in a trough 
of water,  soon becomes  softer  on one side, 
wears away more rapidly  at that point,  and 
so gets out of balance.  The  trougii should 
be  water-tight,  to  prevent  leakage  of  the 
drip,  should be so far below  the  stone  that 
the accumulating waste will never reach  its 
surface,  and should be emptied occasionally. 
The stone should be wet  only when in use; 
and  this  should  be  done  by  means  of  a 
vessel suspended from above,  with  a  faucet 
for regulating the flow of  water  to suit the 
requirements of the  tools  to  be  sharpened.
Greasy,  rusty  or  dirty  tools  should  be 
cleaned  off before grinding.  Neglect  to  do 
so. often causes the stone to  become glazed, 
and to do its work imperfectly.  When  this 
occurs, the “grit” can be restored by  press­
ing a board against the revolving stone, and 
dropping  a  little  fine  sand  between  the 
board and  the  stone.  Witll  proper  care, 
however,  a grindstone should never  require 
this sort of treatment.

turning-off 

The best grindstones, with the  most care­
ful  and  intelligent  usage,  will  sometimes 
get “out of true.”  It is seldom that a stone 
is homogeneous in quality  throughout,  and 
the softer parts  will  of  course  wear  away 
the faster.  The stone may  be kept true by 
the  frequent  use  of  a 
tool 
Many prefer to hang two stones inua  single 
frame,  making the axis oT one  of  them,  at 
least,  adjustable,  so that the surfaces of the 
stones may be brought together,  both stones 
revolving in the  same  direction.  By  this 
means, the stones  are  kept  perfectly  true, 
and an even surface is  maintained on each.
The selection of a  good  stone  is  not  the 
easiest matter  in  the  world,  and  involves 
several  nice  points  of  discrimination,  fa­
miliar to  the  expert,  but  not  necessary  to 
specify here.  Having found a  good  stone, 
it is advisable,  when it is worn out,  to  pre­
serve an ounce of  the  grit  and  send  it  by 
mail to the dealer of whom a  new  stone  is 
to be purchased.

T h eo.  M.  Ca r p e n t e r.

The  Study  of  Engineering. 

Professor Ryan to the students  of Bristol Uni
vereity.
Nowhere is the injunction of Mr. Lowell, 
“Don’t prophesy unless you know,”  so  ap­
plicable as in  engineering.  The  prophets 
are continually being discredited. 
It is al­
most half a century since Dr.  Lardner'told 
us that  steamships  could  never  carry  coal 
enough  for  a  voyage  across  the  Atlantic 
Afterwards we were told by the leading ship 
builders that iron ships could not swim, and 
when one or two floated we  were  told  they 
would not  hold together permanently.  La­
ter  on we were  informed that screws could 
never compete with paddles.  Yet the Etru­
ria,  a  steel  screw  steamship,  crossed  the 
Atlantic last August  in  less  than  six days 
and six hours,  and it is still solid and intact
I myself remember  very  confident  asser­
tions  in  1877,  of  the  impracticability  of 
electric  lighting  by  the  incandescent  sys­
tem; it was asserted to be contrary to scien­
tific principles,  and  to-day  it  is an aceom 
plished fact.  The Suez Canal was regarded 
as a wild and foolish scheme,  but  the ener 
gy and skill of a former student  of  a  Pari 
sian technical  school  brought  it  to  a  suc­
cessful consummation.  The  application of 
iron, and later on  of  steel,  to  bridges  was 
declared to be out of  the  question;  the ulti­
lization  of the blast-furnace gases was war­
ranted to spoil  the  iron. 
In  fine,  almost 
every important advance has been  taken  in 
opposition  to  the  prophetic  warnings  of 
cautious and conservative  engineers.  The 
incredulity and even ridicule with which ac­
counts  of  Giffard’s  injector,  and 
the  an­
nouncement of the discovery of  the self-ex- 
citing principle in the dynamo were received, 
should be  an  encouragement  to  the  engi­
neers of the rising  generation not to readily 
give up any promising field of  investigation 
merely because some  one  of  authority  has 
decided that it must be unproductive.  And 
now I would say to those who intend to fol­
low the profession,  don’t  imagine,  because 
you are able to avail yourselves  of  instruc­
tion of which the  last  generation  of  engi­
neers had  no  conception,  that  your  work

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Prevailing  rates at Chicago are  as  follows: 

AUGERS AND B IT S.

60
Ives’, old  style.........................................dis 
N. H. C. Co............................................... dis 
60
60
Douglass’ .................................................dis 
60
Pierces’.................................................... dis 
Snell’s ....................................................... dis 
60
Cook’s  ...................................................... dis40&10
Jennings’,  genuine.................................dis 
25
Jennings', imitation.............................. dis40&10
Spring........
R ailroad__
Garden........................................

........ $  13 00
__ net 33 00

BALANCES.

BARROW S.

.dis

BELLS.

H and...........................................
Cow..............................................
Call...............................................
G ong...........................................
Door, Sargent.............................

BOLTS.

Stove............................................
Carriage  new  list.....................
Plow  ...........................................
Sleigh Shoe.................................
Cast Barrel  Bolts.......................
Wrought Barrel  Bolts...............
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs..........
Cast Square Spring.....  ..........
Cast  Chain..................................
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob..
Wrought Square.......................
Wrought Sunk Flush................
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated
Flush.......................................
Ives’ Door..................................

...dis  $ 60&10 
(¡o
—  dis 
15
— dis 
__ dis 
20
....d is 
55

........ dis $
.......... dis
..........dis
.......... dis
........ dis
........ dis
.......dis
........ dis
........ dis
60
..........dis
55&10
..........dis
55&10
........ dis
30
Knob
........   50&10&10
..........dis  50&10

BRACES.
Barber ..................................
__ dis $
Backus...................................
__ dis
Spofford.................................
__ dis
Am. Ball.................................
....d is
BUCKETS.
Well, p la in ...,............................................«
Well, swivel..............................................  ’

BUTTS,  CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed.........dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
AVrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis
Wrounht Loose  Pin............................ dis
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............dis
AVroughtLooso Pin, japanned............dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, 6iiver
tip p e d ...................*............................dis
AV rought Table...................................... dis
AVrought Inside  Blind......................... dis
Wrought Brass...................................... dis
Blind. Clark’s......................................... dis
Blind, Parker’s ...................................... dis
Blind,  Shepard’s...................................dis

:  4 00 
4 50

60&10 
605s 10 
60&10 
505:10 
60 
60& 5 
60& 5
60& 5 
60 
60 
65&10 
7Ü&10 
70&10 
70

CAPS.

Ely’s 1-10.......
Hick’s C. F ...
G. D...............
Musket..........

.per  m $ 65 
60
60

CATRIDOES.

R.m Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  new list 
Rim Fire, United  States....................... dis 
Central Fire.............................................dis 

CHISELS.

Socket Fi rm cr.......................................dis 
Socket Fram ing....................................dis 
Socket Corner....................................... dis 
Socket Slicks.........................................dis 
Butchers’Tanged  Firm er................. dis 
Barton’s Socket  Firm ers.. i>.............. dis 
Cold..............................................
........ net
Curry, Lawrence’s .....................
.......dis
Hotchkiss  ..................................
.......dis
Brass.  Rackimr’s........................
Bibb’s ..................................................
Heer
Fenns’.................................................

COMBS.

COCKS.

60
60
40

75
75
75
75
40
20

40 
25

50 
50 
405:10 
60

CO PPER .

D R IL LS

ELBOW S.

Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... fj ft»  30
14x52,14x56,14 x60.........................................  38
Morse’s Bit  Stock................................. dis 
35
Taper and Straight Shank.................... dis 
20
Morse’s Taper  So5nk............................ dis 
-;30
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net  $. 85
Corrugated............................................. dis  20&10
A djustable.............................................dis  %&10
20
Clar’s, small, $18  00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00. 
25
dis 
American File Association  List..........dis 
60
60
DiSs ton’s .................................................dis 
New  American.......................................dis 
60
Nicholson’s ..............................................dis 
60
Heller’s .................................  
dis 
30
Heller’s Horse Rasps............................ dis  33^
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
18

 
GA LVANIZED  IRO N ,
22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
14 
15 

Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50® 10. 

EX PA N SIV E  BITS.

PILES.

12 

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, i • .......dis 

50

13 
GAUGES. 
,
hammers,  v l

will be lighter than  theirs.  You  are  able 
to begin where  your  predecessors  left  off; 
the results of  their  life  work  are  at  your 
service.  Each of you,  as Kingsley said,  “is 
heir of all the ages’ gain.”  You must,  nev­
ertheless,  remember that the struggle  is  far 
keener now than it was  formerly;  that you 
are called upon to  rise  to  U topian heights 
of distinction and  excellence. 
It  will  not 
do for you to indicate the site  for  a  bridge 
by carelessly jerking a stone to the spot you 
may deem suitable, as a  certain  Welsh  en­
gineer  of  the  timber  age  is  said  to have 
done.  You will have to bring many sciences 
to bear on the selection,  and more elaborate 
instruments than a  pebble  thrown  at  haz­
ard.  The old empirical,  rule-of-tjuunb  en­
gineers would be left  hopelessly  behind  in 
the present day.

The  Hardware Market.

The event of the week in hardware circles 
has been the decline  of  nails  to  $2.75  per 
keg.  The downward movement is probably 
due to  two  reasons—a letting up in the de­
mand-and the action of the Eastern Associa­
tion in reducing  quotations  on  account  of 
the increased capacity of many of the West­
ern mills.  The strike of the nailers has en­
abled  the feeders to become so proficient as 
nailers that tlieqnills are" able to make con­
siderable  inroads  on  their  orders/ of "the 
difficulty  in  meeting  the  demands.  The 
trade is expected from this time  on.

A correspondent  of  the «»National  Drug­
gist adds another  suggestion to the long list 
of devices to prevent the mistaking of  mor­
phine for quinine.  The method consists in 
having the manufacturer  press the sulphate 
of morphine into small cubes, each weighing 
a few grains,  so  that  any  pharmacist  can 
distinguish  the  salt  from  quinine  by  its 
physical appearance.  The plan seems to be 
a feasible one from the retailer’s standpoint, 
and there is  no  reason  why  the  manufac­
turers should  object  to  putting  their goods 
up in such a form.

JUDD  cto  OO., 

JOBBERS of S A D D L E R Y  H A R D W A R E

And Full Line W inter Goods.

103  CANAL  STREET.

/

Cutlers’ Pocket Inhaler
And carbonate of lo- 
|dine  lnhalent.  A 
cure 
for  Catarrh, 
Bronchitis,  Asthma 
fr~?r\  and  all  diseases  of 
the throat and lung's 
—even consumption 
—if taken in season. 
It will break up a Cold at once.  It is  the  kin# 
of  Cough  Medicines. 
It  has  cured  Catarrh 
when  all  other  remedies  had  failed.  Of  the 
many who have tried it, there is  not  one  who 
has not been benelitted.  This  is  the  only  In­
haler approved by physicians of  every school, 
and endorsed by the standard medical journals 
of  the  world.  All  others  in  the  m arket  are 
either worthless substitutes or  fraudulent im­
itations.  Over  400,000  in  use.  Sold by drug­
gists for $1.  By mail, $1.25.

W.  II.  SMITH  &  CO.,  P ro prieto rs, 

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

HEMLOCK  BARK.

The  Hemlock  Bark  m arket  is  steady.  We 
are taking all that arrives in good shape at the 
current price, $5 per cord delivered.

W ALLIN   LEATH ER  CO.,

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

RETAIL  GROCERS!

W ho wish to do  away  with  annoyance  of 
book-keeping  and  obtain  a  practical  sub­
stitute  for  customers’  itemized  accounts 
should  try

Credit Coupons.

They make no mistakes,  give  customers 
no chance  to  dispute; accounts,  and  mer­
chants  no  chance  tv  commit  errors;  they 
cause  no  delays  in  the  hurry  and  excite­
ment of business, s^ive the expenss of book­
keeping,  do not require  pass  books  to sat­
isfy  suspicious  customers,  and  create  a 
feeling of confidence between the merchant 
and  his  patron.

They  are  in  $2,  $5,  $10,  $20  and  $50 

PRICES:

books.
1,000 Books of Coupons.. 
500 Books of  Coupons.. 
100 Books of  Coupons.. 
50 Books of  Coupons.. 
Send for trial order to
E. A. STOWE & BRO.,
49  LYON  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. I

$25.00
14.00
3.00 
.  2.00

M ISCELLAN EQ U S.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 ceuts per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment.____

IpOR  SALE—Bakery in a city of 12,000 inhab-1 

itants  with  only  two competitors.  Best 
Address Stephen Sears, care Win.  Sears & Co., 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 

location  in  town.  Will  sell  partly  on time. 

117

’ 

lib*

115*

. 
growing  town  on  the  line of the  Grami 
Rapids & Indiana  Railway.  Address  for  full 
particulars, “Quinine,” care The Tradesman.

IT'Oli  SALE—Clean drug stock in  the  fastest 
IjpOR  SALE—Or  exchange  for stock of mer- 

chandise, groceries, dry goods,  or horses, 
wagons, sleighs, cash or something else, a two- 
story frame double store.  Can  be  rebuilt  for 
hotel.  Situated in 11  fast-growing  village.  A 
good chance for some one.  Address “Z.” care 
Th e  T radesman. 
\ \ f  ANTED—To exchange, a good 80 acres of 
TV  wild land and some choice  village prop­
erty for  a  stock  of groceries.  Address "Gro­
cer,” care T radesman. 

IpOR SALE—a  neat clean stock of books and 

stationery at Kalkaska, Mich.  Only stock 
in town.  Will invoice about $300.  Or  will  ex­
change for small larm  in  Southern  Michigan. 
C. S. White, Kalkaskn, Mich. 

for other goods,  six  chests  tea,  grocer’s 
scales, cheese  safe, etc.  For further  particu­
lars, address, “Tea,” care T radesman. 

j?OIt  SALE—At a bargain, or  will  exchange 
}7'OR  SALE—136 acres of timber land, mostly 

.  maple and beech, within 1H miles  of Kal­
kaska.  Will exchange for stock  of  boots  and 
shoes, dry goods and groceries.  The  land lies 
nearly level, and is traversed on the  back  end 
by a brook trout  stream.  Steam  mill  within 
Yi mile, and good roads in every direction.  Ad­
dress, “Kalkaska,” care Tug Tradesm an.”  12tf
TJ'OR  SALE—The  font  of  brevier  type  for- 
Ju  merly used on The Tradesman.  The font 
comprises 222 pounds, with  italic,  and  can  bf) 
had for 30 cents a pound.  Apply  at the office.

115*

115*

A.  L.  TUCKER,

C om m ission  M@reh.ant,

167 South W ater St., CHICAGO.

WE  HAVE  STANDING  ORDERS  FOR  LARGE  AND  SMALL  LOTS  OF  AP­
PLES  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.

THE  PHILLIPS  STEEL  POINT 

SN O W   SHOVEL  !

ROPES.

ROOFING PLATES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Tem e................ 5  50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne................7  00
IC, 20x28, choice Charce  I Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal  Terne...........   14  00

SQUARES.

SHEET IKON.

Sisal, H In. and  larger....................................   9
Manilla..............................................................  75
Steel and Iron...................................... dis  60&10
Try and Bevels.....................................dis  50&10
Mitre  .................................................... dis 
20
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........   .......................   420 
Nos. 22 to 24..................................   4  20 
Nos .25 to 26..................................   4  40 
No -27 
...............................   4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   fb................ . ......... 
lusm allerquansities, ’¡8  lb ........... . 
No. 1,  Refined...................... 
 
Market  Half-and-half............................ 
Strictly  Half-and-half..................... 
 

g
6^4
13 00
15 00
it;

TINNER’S SOLDER.

....... 

 

 

TIN  PLATES.

 

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal...............................  6  00
IC, 
10xl4,Charcoal...............  
IX, 
7  go
12x12, Charcoal.................................  ¿50
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  ...............................  8 50
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  6  00
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal...............................  7 50
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  0  00
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool............................"   n   00
1XXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  13 00
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal...............................  16 00
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal.......................g 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal........................ ..  g go
DXX,  100 Plate Charcoal............................  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal....................” *  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plato add 1  50  to  6 75 

rates.

TRAPS.

clis 

WIRE.

Steel, Game......................................................
OneidaCommuntity,  Newhouse’s d i s   35 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.. 60& 10
Hotchkiss’   
...............................................go&io
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s .................................  60&10
Mouse,  choker...................................................20c doz
Mouse,  delusion................................. $1 50 ^  doz
Bright  Market.....................................   dis  60&1P
Annealed M arket.................... 
TO
Coppered Market....................  .'" " / d is   55&10
Extra Bailing.............  
dis  55
 
Tinned  Market..................................................dis 40
Tinned  Broom..............................  
ao n>  on
Tinned Mattress........................./,/..! ! » * >  8*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel................. dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.......................................... dis 37*4
Phviu Fence..............................................7$J ft> 3^
Barbed  Fence.............................................;.
Copper.......................................................new  list net
Uras3..........................................................new  list net
Bright 
.................................................dis  70&10
Screw Eyes........................................... dis  70&10
Hook’s ..................................   ............. dis  70&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes........................dis 
70&I0

w i r e   g o o d s .

 

WrENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled.............
Coe’s Genuine......................................dis  50&10
Coe 6Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
85
Coe s Patent, malleable.....................dis 
70
Pumps,  Cistern.................................. dis 
70
go
Screws, new  list............................. .'..... 
Casters, Bed  and  Plate......................". .dis50&10
Dampers, American................................. 
3314

MISCELLANEOUS.

LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo M anufacturing Co,  quote f. o. 
b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch.................................. per M $44 00
uppers, H i, 1Y» and 2 inch........................   46 60
Selects, 1 inch..............................................  35 00
Selects, 1*4,1 Yt and 2  inch........................  3g 00
Fine Common, 1 inch.................................  30 00
Shop, 1 inch....................................  ".......  20 00
Fine, Common, U4 ,14 and 2inch. 
32 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet....  15 no
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................  
lg 0o
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and  16 feet.....   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16  00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet..........................  17  00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and  16 feet.....   12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   13 00
No, 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet........................   14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and  16 feet.....   12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................   13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........................  14  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........   11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in.,  20 feet............................ 13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  ciillsi  ail
widths and  lengths.......................... 8 00®  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 i n ............. ..............  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch....................................  27  90
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths..................... .1  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................  12 Oo
No. I Fencing. 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12 oO
Norway C and better, 4 or 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
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft...........  
JO 00
$1 additional for each 2  feet above 10 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No.  1, common..  17 00
Dressed Flooring 6in.. No. 2 common 
  14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00  additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flowing, 4in., C............................  26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com’n  14  00 
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.
( XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles............. 
3  10
■< XXX 18 in.  Thin........................................  
3 00
IXXX 16 in ...............................................  
2  75
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
1  75
N o.2or5in. C. B. 16  in .............................. 
1  40
Lath  ....................................................   1  75® 2 00

HOES.

KNOBS.

H IN GES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

Muydole & Co.’s ......................................dis 
20
25
Kip’s ........................................................dis 
Yerkes &  Plumb’s .................................dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel..................... 30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis  50
Champion, anti-friction....................... dis 
60
Kidder, wood  truck............................... dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3................................dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4J4  14
3!>4
and  longer.............................................. 
10H
Screw Hook and Eye,  Y%  ...................net 
Screw Hook and Eye %....................... net 
8^
Screw Hook and Eye 
......................net 
7*4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................net 
7Yt
Strap and  T ............................................dis  60&10
Stamped Tin W are....................................  605:10
Japanned Tin  Ware.................................  205:10
Granite  Iron  Ware..................................  
25
Grub  1............................................... $11  00, dis 40
Grub  2...............................................   11  50, dis 40
Grub 3.................................................  12 00, dis 40
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings__ $2 70, dis 66*i
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings..  3  50, dis 663'3 
Door, porcelain, plated trim ­
mings.....................................list,10  15, dis 66«i
Door, porcelain, trimmings  list,1155, dia 
*0
70
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain..........dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd &  Co.’s ................... d 
40
H em acite...............................................dis 
50
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s ucw list.. .dis  66*i
Mallory, Wheelnr «k  Co.’s .....................dis  66,^
Branford’s ................................................ dis  66*i
Norwalk’s..................................................dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...................dis  65
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ............................dis 40&10
Coffee,P. S.&W.Mfg. Co.’sMalleables dis 40&10
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s ........dia  40&10
Coffee,  Enterprise.....................................dis  25
Adze  Eye..................
................$16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt  Eye..................
................$15 00 dis 40&10 Bushel, narrow band..........................................
Hunt’s ..................
........$18 50 dis 20 & 10 Bushel, wide band....................................
Clothes, splint.  No. 1...............................
Clothes, splint,  No. 2...............................
25 Clothes, willow. No. 1..........................................
50 Clothes, willow. No. 2........................................
75 Clothes, willow, No. 3........................................
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

Standard  Tubs, No. 1......................  
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...........................................6 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 3...... 
Standard Pails, two hoop.....................................l 40
Standard Pails, three hoop................................. 1 65
Dowell Pails......................................  
Dowell Tubs, No. 1................................................8 00
Dowell Tubs, No. 2................................................7 00
Dowell Tubs,  No. 3..............................................g 00
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes............. v..........2 00
Butter  Ladles........................................................l 25
Rolling Pins........................................................... 1 00
Potato Mashers...............................................  75
Clothes Pounders................................................. 2 ¿5
Clothespins......................................................  65
Mop Stocks............................................................!l 25
Washboards, single.............................................. 1 75
Washboards, double............................................ 2 25

...1  60
. . .  1  75
...3 50
..................$  keg $2  75 Clothes, splint.  No. 3............................................. ...4 00
...5 00
...................................... 
. . . 6   00
......................................  
...7 00
......................................  
.......................................  150
3 00
. . . . : .......................... 
......................................   1 75

Common, Bra and Fencing.

WOO DEN W ARE.

LOCKS—DOOR.

7  00
5 00

MATTOCKS.

BASKETS.

LEV ELS.

M IL L S .’

NAHj S.

1  90

■

 

 

F IG .  1.

FIG. 2.

FIG. 3.

SWHpSHWlO

Manufactured;Expressly for the Michigan Trade.

it,  LBtest, 

(taps!,.  Handsomest

W eight, three pounds, Oil finished.
FIG.  1, BENT  BLADE,  STEEL  POINT.
FIG. 2,  STRAIGHT  BLADE,  STEEL  POINT.
FIG.  3,  STRAIGHT  BLADE,  IRON  POINT,  ( n o t   o i l e d .)
BOY  SHOVELS,  ( li k e   fig .  2 )  IRON  POINT,  ( n o t   o i l e d .)
FOR  SALE  BY
CODY,  BALL  &  CO.,
'ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  CO.,
CLARK,  JEW ELL  &  OO.,
JOHN  CAULFIELD,
SHIELDS,  BULKLEY  &  LEMON, 
HAWKINS &  PERRY,
FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.

MAULS.

lOd to  60d.............
8d and 9 d adv___
8d and 7d  adv.........
-Id and 5d  adv.........
3d  advauce................
3d line  advance... 
Clinch nails, adv.
CFinishing 
6d  4d
I  lOd  8d 
Size—inches  J  3 
2 
1V4
2% 
Adv. f  keg 
$1 25  1  50  1 75  2 00 
Steel Nails—Same price as  above.
m o l l a s s e s  g a t e s .
Stebbin’s Pattern  ..................................... dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine.....................................dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring.....................dis  25
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................   dis  50
Zinc or tin, Chase’s P atent.......................dis  55
Zinc, with brass bottom ........................... dis  60
Brass or  Copper........................................ dis  40
Reaper..................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ............................................... 
50
PLA N ES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy........
dis  15 
Sciota Bench..........................
dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.....................dis  15
Bench, fl rst quality................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood  and 
Fry, A cm e............................................ dis 
50
Common, polished..................................disOO&lO
Dripping.................................................lb  6@7
Iron and Tinned..................................dis 
40
Copper Rivets and B urs..................... dis  50&10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27 10* 
9
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 

PA TENT FLA N ISA ED  IR O N .

O IL E R S .

R IV E TS.

PANS.

Broken packs Mo 9  lb extra.

The furniture factories  here  pay  as  follows 
@13 00
...16 0J@20 00
@25 00
@13 00
0G@35 00
@55 00
....10 00@12 00
....12 00@14 00
....10 00® 12 00
@16 00
.  @25 00
@25 00
@15 00
@20 00
@25 00
@55 00
@75 00
@25 00
@11 00
....14 00® 16 00
@23 00

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run........ "...
Birch, log-run.......................
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2...............
Black Ash, log-run...............
Cherry,  log-run....................
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2............
Cherry,  cull..........................
Maple,  log-run.....................
Maple, soft,  log-run...........
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2...............
Maple, clear, flooring..........
Maple, white, selected........
Red Oak, log-run..................
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..........
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank.
Walnut, log-run....................
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2............
Walnuts,  culls.....................
W ater Elm, log-run.............
White Ash,  log-run.............
Whitewood,  log-run...........

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock B ark- The local  tanners  are  offer­
ing $6 per cord delivered, cash.
Ginseng—Loeai  dealers  pay  $1.59@1.60  V  lb 
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.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

IÌK BT----- SA TISFA CTIO N ----- CO N SID ERA TIO N .
An  agreement  to  take  part of a debt in 
satisfaction of the whole is not  binding un­
less  supported  by  a  new  consideration. 
Mitchell vs. Canon, decided by the Kentucky 
Superior  Court.
IN N -K E E P E B ’S  L IA B IL IT Y ----- EX CEPTIO N S.
Under a Maine statute  limiting the liabil­
ity  of  inn-keepers  for  losses  sustained by 
their guests,  and  specifying  among  excep­
tions  “wearing  ajfyarel,  articles  worn  or 
carried  upon  the  person  to  a  reasonable 
amount,  personal baggage  and  money nec­
essary for  traveling  expenses and  personal 
use,” the Supreme Court of  Maine  held the 
following  articles  within  the  exceptions, 
viz., a gold watch, a pair  of gold  bracelets, 
a gold thimble,  tree  rings  and a  neck pin, 
all the articles  having  been  carried for the 
personal use of the guest.

1 :a i lko a d  comp a n y —kecovkky.

An agreement between a railroad company 
and  a  shipper  for  the  transportation  of 
horses over the railway,  provided  that as a 
condition  precedent  to  his  right to recover 
damages for any loss or injury to the horses 
while in transit the  shipper  would give no­
tice in writing of his claim  therefor to some 
officers of the  said  railway company,  or its 
nearest station agent, before the horses were 
removed from  the  place  of  destination,  or 1 
from the  place  of  delivery  to the  shipper, 
and before such  horses  were  mingled with | 
other stock.  The Supreme Court of Kansas j 
held that such an agreement was reasonable* 
and,  when fairly  made,  was  binding  upon I 
the parties thereto.

M EANING  OF  “ H OUSEHOLD  GOODS.’
The  Supreme  Court  of  Kansas,  in  a re­
cent case, construed the  phrase  “household 
’  goods” to  mean  tilings of a permanent  na­
ture,  articles of household use which are not 
consumed in their enjoyment,  and held that 
it did not  include  articles  of  consumption, 
such  as  potatoes,  bacon,  etc.,  especially 
where such articles are held for  sale or bar­
ter. 
In this case it appeared  that a shipper 
entered  into  a  special  written  agreement 
with a railroad  company  to  transport  over 
its road,  one carload of household goods and 
two horses,  at a greatly reduced  rate.  The 
shipper,  without the  knowledge  or consent 
of  the  railway  company,  put  into  the car 
limited quantities of  potatoes, bacon,  vine­
gar and salt,  a part of which lie had for sale 
and barter.  The regular  rates for  the  car- 
.  riage  of  the  potatoes,  bacon,  etc.,  were 
higher than the  rates  for  household  goods 
and horses.  The court  held  that the  com­
pany was entitled to be paid by the shipper, 
in addition to the contract  price  for  carry­
ing  the  household  goods  and  horses,  its 
regular rates for  carrying  the  potatoes,  ba­
con, etc.
lXN-KEEPKHS’  LIABILITY—RECOUPMENT.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts held, 
in a recent case  that in an action by an inn 
keeper against a guest to  recover for  board 
and accommodation  the defendant might re­
coup in damages  for the  value of  clothing 
stolen from his  room. 
It  appeared  in this 
case  that  the  following  printed regulation 
was posted in the rooms of the inn:  “Lock 
the door when going  out and  leave  the key 
at the office.”  The  defendant  knew of the 
regulation,  but  on  the  occasion  when  his 
clothing was  stolen  failed  to  leave his key 
at the of! ice.  The trial court  ruled as  mat­
ter of law that the  defendant  having failed 
to leave the key at the office on the occasion 
in question  was  not  entitled to  recoup the 
value of the  clothing stolen.  The Supreme 
Court, reversing  this  ruling,  held that un­
der the  Massachusetts  statutes  in  the ab­
sence of any express contract  an innkeeper 
is  relieved from  liability for loss only when 
' such loss  is attributable  to  non-compliance 
with the regulation,  and that  the trial court 
erred in riding that an  innkeeper was exon­
erated by the  fact  of  non-compliance  witli 
the regulations without any inquiry into the 
question  whether the  loss  was  attributable 
to the non-compliance.

’ 

F IK E   IN SU U AN CE  PO LICY — D UTY   OF  B E S-

TO W  NO.

. 
A  fire  insurance  company,  having  the 
privilege of “restoring” a  wooden  building 
partly burned,  is not excused from perform­
ance by the fact that a municipal  ordinance 
has forbidden the erection of wooden  build­
ings, but is bound to restore in brick or stone! 
according  to  the  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Pennsylvania.  The  appellants 
contended  that  the  ordinance  in  question 
prohibited the exact performance of the con­
tract, and  that  the  replacement  with wood 
was unlawful and rendered impossible.  Re­
ferring  to this  contention  the  court  said: 
A h agreement  to  put  in  the  same style of 
repair  does  not  necessarily  imply the em­
ployment of the  same,  perhaps  not even of 
the  similar  materials.  The  same  state of 
repair may be effected by other  materials of 
equal or greater  value,  suitable  and appro­
priate for the  purpose,  in view of  the loca­
tion, uses, architectural style or  appearance 
of the property.  The  defendants’  election 
imposed  no  particular  obligation  to  build 
with wood,  if for  any  reason  wood  could 
not be employed.  The  contract,  therefore, 
involved  no  impossibility; it did  invove a 
greater expense,  perhaps,  than was  antici­
pated,  but the  plaintiff  was  in  no  way re- 
,  sponsible  for  that, and  the  existence  of  a 
poUee  regulation  prohibiting  the  use  of

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Regular  Odors!
A,  1, 2  and 4 oz., A pound and 

PUT  UP  IN

pound glass stopped 

bottles.

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A WORD TO RETAIL GROCERS
Ask your wholesale  grocer 
for Talmage Table Rice.  It is 
equal to the best Carolina and 
very much lower in price.
ALWAYS  PACKED 
100 POUND POCKETS.
Dai  Taliap’s  Sois,  New  York,  g r a n d  r a p id s , m ic h

Perfumersj
H. LEONARD & SONS
H OLIDAY GOODS

16  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

In.  Assorted  Oases.

I
Send for our Assorted Package Lists of Dolls, Tin 
Toys and 5 and 10 cent Assorted Christmas Goods, 
if unable to  select  these  goods  in  person  from  our 
immense assortment, the largest in any one suore in 
the State, and at the lowest prices.

Assorted  Package-Fancy  Goods.

Per Doz. 

3 00 
2  00 
25

40

1  50 
1  00 
1  13
94
1 38

$20.00 or 60 per cent, on the case.  Our open stock assortment is in  greater  vane  y 
before, and we earnestly desire your  inspection.
1 Pair Vases Ruby and  Blue, Decorated.............
2  “ 
3  
2 
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1 doz.

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“  Polka Dot, Silver. 9 
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“  Alabaster, Rich Decoration, 10 inch.
“  Silvered, Flower Decoration, 7 inch.
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Ladies’ or Gentlemen’s China Open Cups and Saucers.

Blue, Decorated, 8*/4  inch...........

6  **
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Per Pair.,

V4 doz. No. 161-1, Assorted. 6 fine Gilt  Decoration...  ......................................
2   v. 
3  **  Decorated, with  Motto...............................
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3 ki“d8’cok)re Band ^Decoration, with  Flowers
V 
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The
“  377*8 
“  29-846. Bu fl\ ^Pink^and  Sea  Green  Bands  with  Fiowers, Low  “Royal
Worcester” Shape...................................................................... • • .................
Gentleman’s China Moustache Coffee Cups and Saucers.

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v   d0Z. No. 2914-848, Buff,  Pink  and  Sea  Green  Bands, with Powers, Low Royal 
“ Worcester”  Shape........... .......... ................................................................
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“  ^ .^ h U d ’^ C u p ^ a n d  ^aifcers,  Large  Size,  Gilt  Decoration, (former
1  «• 
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I 
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“  599, Child’s China Mugs, with  Motto...........................................................
1 
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1.  11741 
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V4  “  Assorted Colors Glass Child’s Mugs..................... ...............................................
u  “  No. 59, Saaving Mugs, with Partition, Gold Band.........................................
1 
“  A, B. C, Child’s Picture  Mugs...............................................................................
u   “  Child’s Knife and Fork, on  card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................
2   «  a   b  C. Plates, 6 in., Bright Colors, Animal Centers........................................
u  “  No. 30 Wire Fruit Baskets, Large Plate C enter.......•  -,••••..........................
2   >. 
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“  Decorated China Plate  C e n te rs......................
2   »  *•  72  « 
“  Handled, Decorated China Plate  Centers..........
1 only Smoke Sets, 1 piece, Large Size, with  Figures.................................................
1  “   Bread and Milk Set, Plate, Bowl and Pitcher, English  Printed  Decoration,
I  “  Bread or^filk Set, Plate, Bowl and Pitcher,  No.  22,  English  Lustre  “lied
% doz. Chi^Cream Ju^ % jnchj3iit ^ ¿  PJow^r Decoration.................................
•*  China Toy or Cream Jug, Forget-me-not Decoration......................................
1 
14  •*  Tooth Pick Holders or Match  Safes........ -.•.•• ••.•••a;— Y 
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2 
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1 Box, 8 doz. Assorted China  Figures..................................................................

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Package 60 cent*.

3
5 50 

6  00 
3 50
4  00

1  00

5 60 
2 25
2 00

wood, of which they may have had no knowl­
edge, cannot any more relieve them from the 
obligation of their  contract  than  would the 
rise  of  prices  of  materials  in  the  market. 
They agreed to put  the  premises in  repair, 
and they were  bound  to comply  with their 
contract,  using  such  materials as were suit­
able for the  purpose  and  were  allowed by 
law.  The  contract  of  insurance  and  the 
election under it  were  botli  made  after the 
adoption of the city ordinance.  The parties, 
of course, contracted  with  reference  to the 
law as it existed at the time,  and  consented 
to be bound by it; whether the  city authori­
ties would permit the buildings to be repair­
ed in wood was,  therefore,  a risk  which the 
insurers assumed at the issuing  of  the pol­
icy,  and which they  reassumed  at the mak­
ing of the election.

Having been witnesses of the  truly  miracu 
lous cures made by Golden Seal Bitters, we do 
not hesitate  to say that there is no other  rem 
edy for blood, liver,  stomach  and  kidney  dis 
eases, half its equal. 
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CXXT9 EXTG  ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck* Bros.,  Druggists, Grand Rapids, Sich.
ALBERT CO YE & SONS
A.WXTX2TGS, T E N T S

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HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS.

W H O LESA LE  DKALEHB  IN  

Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc.

73  Canal  Street, 

-  Grand  llapids, Mich.

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Perfumes!
Special  Odors.
Fleur ûe lis,

M e Antoinette,

Uni UU,

JocRer Cinti,

J.  H.  THOMPSON  <&  CO.

TtF.Fi  SPICE  MILLS,

W H O LESA LE  GROCERS A N D   JO BBERS  OF

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

M A N U FA CTU RERS  OF

Sealers in Tobaccos,  Cigars, Etc.,

59  JEFFERSON  AVENUE, 

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DETROIT,  MICH.

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Tobacco is packed in 30 pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough  and  Ready Clubs,  16 oz., 
full weight.  A case of 30 knives packed  on  the  top  of  each  butt.  The  butt  of Tobacco 
with case of Pocket Knives is branded “ Pen  Knives;’’  the  one  with  Jacks,  ‘Jack  Knife.” 
The consumer gets a 16 03.  Plug  of the  Finest  Tobacco  that  can  be  pioduced  by 

purchasing a GOOD  KNIFE at 65 cents, well worth the money.

A Warning.

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

W J. GOULD & 00., Detroit, Mich.
DETROIT  SOAP  CO.’S
QUEEN  ANNE,

STEELE  <&  C

Pain is given for the wise purpose of inform­
ing us of the presence of danger  and  disease. 
Any  little  excitement  of  an  unusual nature 
disturbs  the  balance  of  the system, the  ner­
vous  energies  are  exhausted,  and  headache 
and a hundred other disturbances  are  the  re­
sult.  Many  of  the  miseries  of  modern man 
and womanhood might be cured  and  prevent­
ed  were  their  approach  heeded and resisted, 
having  their  origin  in  derangements  of  the 
liver and blood, dyspepsia,  jaundice,  indiges­
tion, costiveness and other unwholesome  cou- 
didions.  Evils of a diseased nature  find a oer- 
tain cure by the use of Golden Seal Bitters.  In 
this  medicine,  nature,  aided  by art, has pro­
duced a rare combination of medicinal proper­
ties, wisely  adapted  to  the  cure  of  diseases 
common to mankind.  The vitalizing principles 
embodied in Golden 8eal Bitters will assuredly 
cure the broken down dyspeptic.  Sold by Haz- 
eltine,  Perkins  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

The most popular 3-4 pound cake in the market.

M ICHIGAN,

Wholesale Agents  at Ionia for

Celebrated Brands  of Soaps.

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EDMUND  D.  DIKEMAN,

T H E —

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j e w e l e r .

31

44  CANAL  STREET,

|31 62

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

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The finest of 1  pound  bars. 
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Price-List of all their standard Soaps furnished  on  application.
Lots of 5 boxes and upwards delivered free to all railroad points.
Orders respectfully solicited. 
STEELE  tfc  GO  OMTA,  M l  H

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W M .  F .  SILÆLÆOHSTS,

WHOLESALE

PINE  AND  HARDWOOD  LUMBER,

And Dealer in Pine Land.  Correspondence solicited with parties having either to sell. 

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

CHOICE BUTTER A SPECIALTY! 
CALIFORNIA AND  OTHER  FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES.  Care­
ful A ttention Paid to Filling Orders. 

m   o.  RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids.

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