Y O L .  3.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  5,  1886.

N O .  137.

F X X T G X t X X  « ft S M I T H
Boots, Shoes and Slippers

Wholesale Manufacturers

DETROIT,  MICH.

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(¡^ “Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber 

Company.„^g3

Office  and  Factory—11,  13,  15  and  17 
Woodlrrtdge street West.  Dealers cordially 
invited to call on us when in town.

Our  S p ecia l

1 b u tt.

3 b u tts.

Tobaccos.
.36
.38
SPRING CHICKEN
.33
.35
MOXIE
.30
.30.
ECLIPSE
Above brands for sale only by
H i   u r v   Q u i c i   n o   9 .  1în
ULNEY'OHIcLUoqh
J ill

GRAND  RAFIDS,  MICH.
A Simple Cure for Dyspepsia.

Probably never in the history of proprietary 
medicines ha6 any artiefe met success equal to 
that  which  has  been  showered upon Golden 
Seal Bitters.  Why, such has been the  success 
of this discovery that nearly  every  family in 
whole neighborhoods  have  been  taking it at 
the same time.  Golpen Seal Bitters combines 
the best remedies of  the  vegetable  kingdom, 
and  in  such  proportions  as  to  derive  their 
greatest  medicinal  effect  with  the  least dis- 
■turijanc©  to  the  whole  system,  In tact,  this 
preparation is so balanced in  its  action  upon 
the  alimentary  canal,  the  liver, the kidneys, 
the stomrch, the  bowels,  and  the  circulation 
of the blood, that it brings about a healthy ac­
tion  of  the  edtire  human  organism that can 
hardly be credited by those who have not seen 
the remarkable results that have  f oho wed  its 
use.  Sold  by  Ha/.eltine  & Perkins Drug Co. 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

H 1 I

Agents  for a full  line  of

S. ff. Venal & Co.’s

PETERSBURG,  VA.,

T O B A C C O S ,

P L U G  
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER

CLIMAX-   a '

PLUG TOBACCO",
¡¡ED TIN TAG.

S T A T E   A G E N T   F O R

LUDWIG WINTERNITZ,
Ferm entum
Compressed Yeast.

T H E   O N L Y   R E L IA B L E

M an’f d  b y  R iv erd ale D ist. Co.

106 Kent  Street, Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

T E L E P H O N E   566.

G rocers, b a k e rs a n d  o th e rs  c an  secu re th e  ag en cy  fo r 
th e ir  to w n  on th is  Y east by a p p ly in g  to  above address,

PLUG  TOBACCO.
TURKEY .39

B i g   5   C e n t s ,
D a i n t y

j   A  line  revolver I 
I with  each butt, f
All above brands for sale only by

WHOLESALE  GROCERS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

W H I P S   « ft  L A S H E S

AT  WHOLESALE  ONLY.

u s o r o rd e rs by m ail, fo r c ash .

G oods a t  Jo b b in g  p ric e s to  a n y  d e a le r  w ho  com es 
o ,  ROYS  cfc  OO
. 2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
GUSTAVE  A.  WOLF,

M a n u fa c tu re rs’ a g e n ts,

Attorney,

Over Fourth National  Bank.  Telephone  407 

COLLECTIONS

Promptly attended to throughout the State. 

References:  Hart& Amberg,  Eaton &  Christen­

son, Enterprise Cigar Co.  %

BELKNAP

M AN UFA CTU RERS  O F

Spring, Freight, Express, 

Lumber and Farm

W A G O N S !

Logging Carts and Trucks, 

Mill  and  Dump  Carts, 
• 

Lumbermen’s  and 

River Tools.

W e c a rry  a  la rn e  sto c k  o f  m a te ria l, a n d   h a v e   o v ery  
CtT,Special  A tte n tio n   G iv en   to   R e p airin g , P a in tin g  

fa c ility  fo K in n k in g  ttrst-clasB W ag o n s of a ll k inds.
a n d  L e tte rin g .

Shops on Front St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street. 

STANLEY  N.  A LLEN ,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK  AND  DSE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders  by Mail and Express promptly at- 

tende«l  to.

A. H. FOWLE,
FINE  W ALL  PAPERS, 

House Decorator and Dealer in

Room Mouldings,

Window Shades,
Artist Materials

PICTURES,

PICTURE FRAMES,  *
Paints, Oil & Glass.

And a full line of

Enamel  Letters,  Numbers  and  Door 
Plates,  and all kinds of Erribosscd, Cut and 
Ornamental Glass.

Special attention given to House Decorat­
ing and Furnishing,  and  to  the  designing, 
and furnishing of stained glass.

37 Ionia Street, South of Monroe.

Granello,
MERCHANT

TAILOB,

Albert  Coye  &  Son,
AWNINGS,  TENTS,

D EA LER   IN

Horse,  Wagon  and  Stack 
Covers, Hammocks and Spread­
ers,  Hammock  Supports  and 
Chairs, Buggy  Seat  Tops, Etc.

Send for Price-List.

7 3  C anal  St.
JUDD  d?  OO.,

And Full Line Winter Goods.

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 
102  CANAL STREET._________
We carry a full  line of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

GRAND

RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND  SEED CO.
71 CANAL STREET.

PIONEER

PREPARED

PAINTS.

LEDYARD  BLOCK,

107 O ttaw a St.

Suitings for Manufacturers,

Suitings for Jobbers,

Suitings for Retailers,

Suitings for Traveling Men, 

Suitings for Clerks,

A N D

Overcoats for I tbjM j.

FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC  WOOL­
ENS  AND  WORSTEDS,  THE  BEST 
MANUFACTURED.  FINE  AND  SER­
VICEABLE  TRIMMINGS.

SUPERIOR  WORK  AND  THE  PROP­

ER  STYLE  FOR  THE WEARER.

ALT,  AT  PRICES  THAT  WILL  IN 
DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER

Money Rufunded.

The true remedy has at last been discovered 
It was long known in his practice as Dr. Pete 
Lung Food for Consumption.  It is now called 
Dr. Pete’s 35-cent Cough Cure.  It is the safest 
the surest and the best.  No other Cough, Cold 
and Consumption remedy is half its equal.  W 
warrant it and will promptly refund the money 
paid  foa  it  if  a beneficial effect is not exper­
ienced ny the time two-thirds of  the  contents 
of the bottle is used.  Sold by the Hazeltine  & 
Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Order your  stock now.  Having just  re­
ceived a large stock of the above celebrated 
brand  MIXED  PAINTS,  we  are  prepar­
ed to fill all orders.  W e give the following

G-uarantee :

When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is put 
on any building, and if within  three years 
it should crack or peel off, and thus fa il  to 
give  the  fu ll  satisfaction  guaranteed,  we 
agree to rcixiint the building at our expense, 
with  the  best  iVhite  Lead  or  such  other 
paint as the owner may select.

Hazeltine & PerMns Drni Co.
EDMUND  D.  DIKEMÂN,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

BOOKS

GREAT  WATCH  MAKER

20  and  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich

JEWELE

44  CANAL  STREET,

Jßrne/1

MICH.
GRAND  RAPIDS,
W E   L E A  D—O T H E R S   F O L L O W .
is  valuable.  The 
G ra n d   R a p id s  
Business College is 
practical  trainer 
and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi­
ness with all that the  term  implies.  Send 
for Journal.  Address C. G. SWENSBERG, 
Grand Rapids,  Mich.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Pure  Apple Cider & W hite W ine

JO B B E R   O F

V I N B G A R S !
As  th e   V in e g a r  seaso n   is  n ow   b e g in n in g , th o se   in  
need   o f  V in eg ars  w a rra n te d   fu ll  s tre n g th   a n d   abso­
lu te ly  p u re  sh o u ld  Bend  fo r   sam p les  o f  m y   goods,  o r 
d ro p  a  p o sta l c a rd  a n d  X w ill call.  T elephone 5 6 8 .  
106 K ent St., Grand Rapids, Mich. %
e n r a s a r a   r o o t .
We pay the highest price for it.  AddreBS
Peck Bros., OraggLsta, Orand Rapida, Mich.

NEW  BRANDS

CIGARS

OF

SUNSHINE,
STANDARD,
ROYAL  BIRD,
KEY  VEST,
LOVE  LETTER, 
BUNNY,
I  SHOULD  BLUSH, 
DICTATOR.
Coldwater Goods,

ABOVE  ABE  ALL

OF  WHICH  WE  HAVE  THE 

EXCLUSIVE  SALE.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

‘A  WOMAN  IN  TH E  CASE.”

Typical Trick Played  by a Michigan Mer­

chant.

“I don’t  care  about  having  the  propor­
tion  of  incendiary  fires  in  our  total  fire 
risks published in any paper, but I may say 
that it is large,” remarked  a  Detroit under­
writer to a reporter.

“Selling out to  the  insurance  company,” 
is a contingency we have all got to calculate 
on  in  our  business. 
It  is  a  glaring  fact 
which we  meet  every day.  As  Mr.  Chad- 
grind would say, it resolves itself into a per­
centage.  So many policies,  so many holders 
ho  set fire  to  their  premises.  We  find 
them out if we can  and  make them  settle.
we can’t, we pay them up in full and say 
nothing. We can’t stop to reform the world, 
purify  human  nature  and  punish  crime.
e are organized to  do  business and make 

money—if we can.

Instances?  Hundreds  of  them.  Give 
ou a few?  Well,  I’ll  give  you  one,  ami 
ou’ll  find  that  enough.  Recollect,  1  will 
not  give  you  either  names  or  places,  and 
my name must not appear,  Take out  your 
pencil.  Here goes:

“A few years ago I was  notified of a loss
by our local  agent at F-----, which is about
100 miles of Detroit. 
I preceded  there and
learned that the store and contents of R-----,
one of our policy holders, had  been  burned 
to the  ground.  Our  risk  on  the  building 
as for SI,000 and  was a  total  loss.  The 
contents,  which was  general  merchandise, 
ad been  insured  in  another  company for 
,500,  and  that  amount  had been  paid to
I
---- on the day previous to my arrival. 
met R-----,  who appeared  to  be a very nice
sort of a man,  but something  in his manner 
made me  distrustful. 
I  talked  with  him, 
and before  long he  intimated  to me, in an 
indirect way, that he was a man of popular­
ity and integrity, a  member of  the church, 
superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  school, 
and a pillar of society generally.

“Inquiry in other  quarters  confirmed his 
own  statement.  He  was  well  liked  and 
generally  esteemed—in  short,  a  man  of 
spotless reputation,  both in social anil busi 
ness  life.

“The stock  burned  up  was  worth from 
3,800 to $4,000.  The  building  burned  up 
was worth at least $1,700, and there was no 
mortgage.  Neither  was  there  any  incum 
brance  on  the  building. 
I could  not learn 
that  he  was  in debt  to  any  considerable 
extent.  He was credited with doing a fairly 
profitable business. 
I reasoned  against my 
own distrust  of  the  man.  Why should he 
burn out for $3,500 when  his  property was 
worth  $5,500? 
It  seemed  absurd.  And 
yet,  reason or no reason,  I felt  in my bone: 
that the man was ‘crooked.’  I concluded to 
wait,  and returned to Detroit,  on the  truth 
ful plea of pressing  business.

“About 10 days  afterward  I  returned to
F-----.  There were a good  many people in
the street who recognized me  from my pre 
ious visit,  and  some  talked  ‘at’  me  as 
passed.

‘That’s the fellow that didn’t pay R-----

loss,’ said one.

“ ‘D-----n such a company!’ said another,
“Public opinion was evidently in favor of
R-----and  decidedly  against  me.  During
the two days I spent there I received a num 
ber of such insults, and I talked a good deal 
with everybody. 
I  had  several  talks with
R-----.  He was a smart, brainy man—cool
collected  and  self-possessed.  Still,  I  felt 
instinctively that he was uneasy because the 
$1,000 had not  been  promptly paid; but his 
manner was well calculated to hide  his rea 
feelings.  He dropped most of the talk about 
his  own  popularity  and  integrity,  and  en 
deavored to impress  me with  the  idea that 
he had  great  influence  in  the  community 
Oh,  ho! thought I,  you  are  threatening me, 
old fellow.  Well, we  will  play  this game 
to the end.

“ T understand  that  you  wished  to sell 
‘Now, why  did  you 

the  property,’ said I 
want to sell  when  you  were  doing  such 
good business?”

“ T didn’t  want to  sell  it,’ he answered 
‘and,  for that matter, people  thought I was 
doing more business than I  was.  Still,  if 
could  have  got  a  big  price,  cash  down, 
would have sold,  of course?’

“ T  understand  that  you  set  your  ow 
price,  and that a party offered it, but you r 
fused to close the bargain.’

“ ‘Y-e-e-s,’ he answered,  with  a  deprec: 
tory smile,  T was offered a small  cash pay 
ment,  with  security on  the  property and 
chattel mortgage on the goods.’

“Now,  I  knew  that  he  was  fibbing  to 
some extent, as I had  learned  that  he had 
offered to sell the  property,  stock  and good 
will  for $4,000  cash  down,  and  had  been 
offered  $5,500  on  the  following 
terms: 
$1,000 cash and the  balance  in four install­
ments, payable  quarterly, with  security on 
stock, building and lot.

“ ‘I suppose,’ said I, in a careless manner, 
‘you wanted to go into some other business, 
where you needed  your  capital  all in cash, 
and where you could get better returns.’ 

“He was too smart to  fall  into this trap. 

He answered:

“ ‘Yes, there was  an  opportunity for me 
in a cash investment  in  Grand  Rapids. 
I 
could have got Into a good  paying  business

“  ‘Yes,  I mean every word  I say to you.* 
“We were  looking  each  other  square in 
I  wanted  to  make  further  in-1 the eyes,  but in his I did  not see  the  indig-

this?’

there,  but  the  opportusity  went  by  more, 
than six weeks ago.’ 

“This antedated the fire.  He had ‘check- 
ed’ me, but  I  had  determined  to  play the I 
game out. 
quiries, but he stuck to me  that  afternoon. 
Every person  we  met  was  apparently his 
particular friend.  He was very affable, and 
demonstrated  his  widespread  popularity, 
and I saw that  his  influence was  consider­
able.  After supper  at the  hotel I  mapped 
out a diversion in the  campaign. 
I had be­
come  well  known  among  the  idle  people 
who lounged about the streets  and stores of 
the country town,  and I stepped into a little 
shop which the principal  gossips  had made 
their headquarters. 
I  entered  into general 
conversation,  and,  directing it  to the recent 
fire,  said:

There has been to  me  something mys­
terious about our fire, but  as  Mr.  R-----ex­
plains  it,  I  am  now satisfied  that  it  is  a 
straight loss.  He has  told  me all about it, 
and about his trade and his attention to bus­
iness and all that.”

“The  bait  took  beautifully.  Tongues 
ere unlocked  immediately.  Every one  of
the gossips related all he knew about R-----
and in the  quantity  of chaff I  picked out a 
few  interesting  kernels  of  good  wheat. 
There is a  boss  cow  in  every  pasture and 
there is always a Sir Oracle in every village. 
The boss gossip was present and I managed 
to get him to take a walk with me.  He had 
been a clerk and  then  proprietor of  a store 
at one time in the town and  knew all about 
goods.  He did  most  of  his  trading  with 
—, who, he thought, was a square man,
and  he  was  a  personal  friend  of  R-----’s
clerk and had been in the store on the even­
ing of the fire,  about  9 o’clock,  at the  time 
it was  closed. 
I se­
cured some interesting information, but was 
still unable to discover why R-----had  sac­
rificed his  property.

I  pumped  him  dry. 

I called on R-----the next morning.  He
had  a  fine  residence  elegantly  furnished. 
His wife was a ladylike  woman and he had 
several  interesting  children.  The  talk, of 
course, was about  the fire.  H  said he  had 
no doubt that it  was  of  incendiary  origin, 
but it must have been done by a stranger; he 
had not one enemy in  town.  His wife came 
lib the room and he introduced us. 
In the 
conversation between the  husband anil wife 
before myself  a curious  little  incident was 
developed  which  will  be  explained in due 
time. 
lie went with me to the Detroit train 
at 10 o’clock that  night, and I  told  him to 
get up the usual estimate of value and proof 
of loss and other  conditions set forth in the 
insurance policy.

Twenty days afterward I returned to the 
town on a night train.  I had gathered noth­
ing tangible  in  the  way of  accounting  for
R-----’s sacrifice of  his  property,  but I still
had an unwavering conviction that  the man 
was an unscrupulous  hypocrite  and  an in- 
cendiary. 
I called at his house early in the 
morning and found him at home.  After the 
usual polite greetings, I unfolded a diagram, 
made by myself with  pen and ink  and laid 
it on the table  before him.

‘The store on the left belonged to R-----.
It was a  two-story  frame  building  with a 
cellar.  The ground  floor  was  divided into 
two  rooms.  At  the  division  to  the  left 
there  was  a  stairway leading to the cellar. 
Over  this  stairway,  and  approached  from 
the rear of the store,  was  another  stairway 
to the upper floor.  This floor  had not been 
plastered or finished  in any  way,  and was 
used as a store room for  paper,  rags,  feath­
ers  and other articles.  The star at the side 
in the back room on the ground floor showed 
where the fire originated.  Between the store 
and the adjoining  building,  which was also 
burned, was an outside stairway which filled 
all the space between the buildings.  It gave 
access to several  law offices  on  the  second 
floor of the adjoining building.

“We were sitting at a table  together as I 
unfolded the  diagram, and  turned  to  him. 
He  looked  at  it  intently,  his  gaze  being 
centered  on  the  star. 
I  leaned  back and 
commenced to speak,  watching him closely. 
But he did not lift his eyes.

“ ‘Mr. R-----,’ I commenced,  ‘I  have  be­
come satisfied that  you were right  in  your 
belief that it was the work of an incendiary. 
In fact, I may say that I know it was.’

His countenance changed  slightly and he 

looked up.

“That  spot  you have  been  looking at is 
the  place  where  the  fire  originated. 
It 
broke out,  as you see,  in  the  back  room of 
your store,  just in the  rear  of the stairway 
between the two buildings.  Now,  I will ex­
plain to you just how this fire occurred.

“He rested his head  on his hand,  placing 
his  elbow  on  the  table,  and  resumed  his 
study of the diagram. 

I went on:

“The  man  first  provided  himself  with 
four gallons of  kerosene  oil.  On the even­
ing of the night  of  the  fire, you  went into 
the back room  and  split  some  soap  boxes 
into  kindling  wood.  You  preferred  doing 
it yourself rather than  tell  your clerk to do 
it.  You  made  a  good  deal  of  noise back 
there.  You  were  really preparing for  the 
fire.

“He started in his chair as if he had been 

shot.

nation of innocence. 

I went on:

“  ‘You prepared the  kindling  wood that 
evening,  anil while doing so  you also broke 
a hole through  the  plastering  just  at  that 
spot you have been  looking  at.  You made 
all the  preparations  that-  involved  making 
a noise.’

“I waited for a  response  of  some  kind, 
but none came.  He was looking at me with 
a half vacant stare.

just  at 

the  store, 

the  cellar  stairs.  You 

“  ‘You did not put up the big wooden bar 
across your back iloor that evening, but you 
locked that door, put the key in your pocket, 
and went to your own  home.  About  mid­
night you complained to  your  wiie of  feel­
ing ill (as I have heard her say in your pres­
ence),  and  you  went  out  doors  into  your 
back lot.  You  then  climbed the fence and 
crept up  in  the  dark  to  the  back  door  of 
your store,  unlocked it and  entered, closing 
the door noiselessly behind you.  You glid­
ed silently to the  kerosene  can,  which was 
standing on the  stone  ledge of  the founda­
the  head 
tion  of 
of 
took  it  up 
stairs.  Here you gathered together a quan­
tity of paper  rags  and  placed  them in  the 
space between the weather-boarding and the 
studding, directly over where you  had cut a 
hole in  the  plastering  in  the  floor  below. 
You saturated with oil the paper rags which 
you had selected for  the  purpose  the  same 
day.  You dropped most of them  down the 
hole, but  left  some  at  the top.  Then you 
brought the  can  down  stairs  into the back 
room, and proceeded to the hole.  You satur­
ated  the  kindling  wood  and  piled  it  up. 
Then  you listened.  No  one  was  stirring. 
You struck a match applied it to  the kindl­
ing, and as the  blaze  mounted,  you  went 
out of the back door,  locked it and returned 
to  your  house.  But  you  forgot  to  return 
the oil can to its usual place.’

“I  said  all  this  slowly,  calmly  anil  im­
pressively.  When I had finished he rose up 
and,  without  saying  a  word,  commenced 
walking backward and forward in the room.
I sat still and  silent.  Finally,  after  a  su­
preme effort of will, he gathered himself to­
gether anil said,  with effort:

“ ‘Is this a dream? 

It must be, for me to 
be talked to in this way.’  Then  lie became 
agitated.  He was a  consummate actor and 
I  confess  that,  for  a  moment,  my  convic­
tion of  his  guilt  wavered.  Then  he  com­
menced  to  speak  excitedly on  his  favorite 
theme—his  reputation.  My  belief  in  his 
guilt erystalizeil in  a second.

“He  sat  down,  saying  nothin 
“ ‘I'think,’  he  said  finally, 

“ ‘Mr. R-----" I  said,  “if  you  have  any
doubts about this yourself  I will  waive the 
question as to formal proofs  under the con­
ditions of your policy, and allow you to com­
mence suit against the company at  once. 
I 
will then prove  to  your  satisfaction and to 
the satisfaction  of  your fellow  townsmen, 
in whose estimation you have stood so high, 
that I have told  the  exact truth as  to  the
cause of the  fire.’
There
was silence for about half a minute 
‘that  some- 
with  a  pack of
body has  been  filling  you 
lies.’
“ ‘What  I  have  said,’  I  replied,  ‘will 
s ta n d  the strongest  test  of  cross-examina­
tion.  You know  whether  my statement is 
true or false. 
“For the next two minutes he walked and 
sat down  and walked again  several  times, 
showing great agitation, and breathing hard. 
fiercely and  sudden-
Then he turned to me 
ly:
1*11 take half  of  the  $1,000  insurance, 
and give you the other  half,  if  you will tell 
me the name of your informant.’
“  ‘If you gave me  the  whole  amount  I 
would not tell  you.’
“There was more  wavering  and inconse­
quent talk, but finally his  nerves  gave way 
and he  said:

I know it to be true.’

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“ ‘What can I do?’
“It was surrender.
“ ‘It cost me $60  for  my  three  visits  tO' 
this town.  Pay me that and surrender your ' 
policy and it will end the matter.  We have 
plenty of such cases.’
“He pleaded that the matter be  not made 
public, anil  I  promised  to  keep  it  secret. 
Then he  brought  the  policy,  paid  me the 
$00, anil we went down  town.  He chatted 
ostentatiously with me  through the streets, 
went to the hotel, where he insisted on pay­
ing my bill,  and with great grace waived his 
adieu as I left on the train.
*

“But why did that man bum his property? 
This was the problem  that  kept me  on the 
rack of  curiosity  for some  time afterwards 
But the solution came at last.
“About four months  afterward I received! 
a letter from  our  local  agent at F-----ask­
ing  how  much  money  the  company  had 
paid on  that  loss,  adding  that  there  were 
some people in  that  place  who were so un­
charitable as to think  that  he  got  nothing. 
I  answered  that  the  company  hail  settled 
with R-----to the  satisfaction of  both par­
ties,  and that the terms  were  nobody’s else 
business.  That settled that.
“A few months from  this R-----sold  his-
dwelling house anil  lot at  a very low figure 
for cash.  There had  been  some  undefined 
rumors of a  scandalous  nature  in  the com­
munity before the  sale.  But  when  he got 
the money he deserted his wife and children 
and eloped with another man’s wife.  Then
it  came  out  that  R-----  was  rotten  clear
through.  His  surpassing  hypocrisy  had 
imposed on the whole community. 
I might 
have guessed the  reason  why he wanted to 
convert all his  property into  cash,  because 
nine-tenths of these  apparently  unexplain­
able options may be  hit  off  in one sentence 
— ‘There’s a woman in the case.’ ”

Worse Than Highway Robbery.

September  15,  1884,  Harvey  Helgerson, 
who for several  years  previously  had  car­
ried on  the grocery  business  at- Manistee, 
gave two chattel  mortgages  on  his  stock, 
one  to  his  mother  for  §2,050.78  and  one 
to a clerk for 3400.  On the 24th of the same 
month, Helgerson uttered another mortgage 
for §350 and made  an  assignment  to C.  R. 
Giesman.  An  inventory of  the  debts and 
assets  disclosed  liabilities  amounting 
to 
§12,900 and  assets  of  §3,700.  Up  to  the 
time of  the  failure,  Helgerson  discounted 
every bill, which caused him  to be regarded 
as good  credit  by jobbers  here and at Mil 
waukee and  Chicago.  On  April  27th,  the 
assignee sent the  creditors  a final  account­
ing,  showing  total  receipts—over the mort­
gages—of  §457.97  and  net  receipts  of 
§43.85, which will give the  creditors a divi­
dend of about  one-third  of  one  yev  cent. 
Such a failure  speaks for  itself, and honest 
men can draw their own  conclusions.

“Silver King” coffee is all the rage.  One 
silver  present  given  witli  every  1  pound 
package.

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Golden  Seal  Bitters  is  meeting1  with grand 
success wherever used.  It is an article of great 
merit.  Every  family  should  have  ft  in  the 
house.  It is the coming family medicine.
TO THE  RETAIL  GROCER.
BalLing  PowdLer
A nd a  h u n d red  p e r cen t,  profit? 
I h a v e   m ade m ine fo r 
y e a rs.  Tw elve rec e ip ts, in clu d in g  th e  lead in g  pow ders 
o f th e  d ay , w ith  fu ll d ire c tio n s fo r  p re p a rin g ,—th e   re ­
s u lt o f 30 y e a rs ’ co llectin g ,  se le c tin g   a n d   e x p e rim e n t­
in g , s e n t fo r a  $1 p o sta l n o te.  A ddress

Why don't you make your own

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This Baking Powder  makes  the  WHITEST, 
LIGHTEST and  most  HEALTHFUL  Biscuits, 
Cakes, Bread, etc.  TRY  IT  and be convinced. 
Prepared only by the

Arctic Manufacturing Co.,

WHOLESALE

FULL  LINE  OF  ALL  STAPLE 

PLUGS  KEPT  IN  STOCK.

Sole Agents for Celebrated

F.  &  B.  Boquet,  Spanish  Fly, 

Pantilla, Rosa DeOro, Amer­

ican  Club,  Jim  Fox 

Clipper, Moxie.

76 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Exclusively Wholesale.
MOULTON & REMPIS,
SETTEES, ROOF CRESTING 

Manufacturers  of

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And Jobbers  In  Gray  Iron Castings.

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54 a n d  56 N orth F ro n t S tre e t. G ran d  R apids, M ich.

GRAND  RAPIDS

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7 00
12 00
9 00
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1 90

SEED  MERCHANTS,

Office and  Warehouse:  71  CANAL ST.
Grand  Rapids, May 3,1886. 

Dear  Sirs—Below  we  hand  you  jobbing 
prices for to-day:
Clover, Prime.................................. 60 lb bu  6 25

“  Spring.................................... 

“  No. 2, (if in stock)..............  
“ 
“  Mammoth  Prime.............. 
“ 
“  White.....................20c $1 lb 
“ 
“  A lsyke...................20c  “ 
“ 
“  Alfalfa or Lucerne20c  •* 
¡“ 
Timothy. Prime.............................   45 $  bu  2 00
“  Fair to Good (if in  stock) 
“ 
Red Top............................................14 lb bu 
90
3 50
Blue Grass......................................... 
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Orchard Grass..................................  
3 50
“ 
90
Hungarian  ......................................48 lb bu 
“ 
Millet, common................................. 
90
1  00
“  German................................. 
“ 
Buckwheat.......................................  
“ 
75
Peas, White Field........................... 601b bu  1  15
Rye, Winter..................................... 56 lb bu 
75
85
Wheat,  Spring.................................60 ft bu  1  10
.........................  .......  ft ewt  1  50
Barley, 
Oats, choice white..........................33 tb bu 
50
Corn, Early 8  Rowed Yankee...... ¿6 lb bu  1  75
“  Learning, Earl. • Dent...........  
150
1  75
“ _  Red  Blazed............................ 
Prices on Rape, Canary and  all  other  seeds 
on application.
The above prices  are  free  on  board  cars in 
lots of five or more bags at a time.  Cartage on 
smaller quantities.
We carry the largest line of Garden Seeds in 
Bulk of any house in the State west of Detroit, 
and would  be  pieased  at  any  time  to quote 
you prices.
All Field  Seeds  are  spot  Cash on receipt of 
good 8.
W. T.  Lamoreaux,  Agt.

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IS !

are erecting a  brick  store  building, 25x100 
feet  in  dimensions,  at  136  West  Fulton 
street, and will engage in the hardware bus­
iness about June 1.

The  Farmer  Roller  Mill  Co.  has  lately 
shipped sixteen  pair  of  rolls to G.  K.  Wil­
lard,  Red Bluff,  Cala. ; twelve  pair to II. C. 
Dutton,  Muir, Mich.,  and  four  pair  to  A. 
Beall, Uniontown,  Pa.

F.  C. Beard,  the  Morley  general  dealer, 
was in town last  week  and  secured  a con­
tract for furnishing 40,000 tie3 for the Mus­
kegon  branch  of  the  Grand  Rapids & In­
diana  Railroad.  The  ties  are to  be either 
hemlock, oak, cedar or tamarack timber and 
must all be delivered within six months.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

J.  W.  Saunders, general  dealer at  Aurel­

ius, has sold out.

Klein & Moon, grocers  at Sturgis,  are re­

moving to  Ludington.

O. P. Schuler  succeeds  Schuler  Bros,  in 

who has been operating a yard there for two 
years.

A new foundry is in process of erection at 
Sterling.  The building will  be  40x60  feet 
feet in size and will make  anything  from  a 
stove hook to a stove.  Jackson  &  Church 
are building it and  have  begun  putting  in 
the machinery.

Purely Personal.

Walter McrBien says that he paid for that 

knife.

W. Hagar,  proprietor of  the  grist mill at 
Clio, was drowned in  the  mill flume on the 
30th.  He was an old  resident and leaves a 
widow.

Henry Royce,  the  accommodating  assist­
ant to Manager Idema  at  Bradstreet’s Mer­
cantile Agency,  is the father of  a blooming 
daughter.

L.  M.  Handy,  druggist at Mancelona, and 
C. L.  Bailey,  an attorney at the same place, 
were in town Monday  on  their  way  to Al­
bion and Allegan,  respectively.

the drug business at Charlotte.

and supply store at Whiteville.

Nelson G. Ashley has  opened  a  grocery 

Smith  Barnes,  general  manager  of  the 
Hannah &  Lay Mercantile Co.,  at Traverse 
City, was in  the city  Saturday on  his way 
home  from  a  fortnight’s  trip  through the
F.  G. Richards has  removed  his grocery 
I South.
stock from Kent City to Sparta. 
J. B. King succeeds W.  W.  Quick in the j  Albert Retan,  general dealer at Pewamo, 
grocery business at Howard City. 
an<l vice-president of the Pewamo Manufac-
Loveless  &  Co.  succeed  Winchester  &  turing Co.,  was  in  town  a  couple  of  days 
week.  He reports  the  paper  hanging

Loveless in general trade at Wyman. 

, 

The  merchants  and  manufacturers  of  business as very satisfactory.

ant, has sold out to Peak & Stevens. 

Jackson have organized an exchange. 

F.  W.  Fincher,  W. E.  Ambler  and  Fred.
Mrs. Y. Graves, druggist at Mount Pleas-  ^  ielsen, of Pentwater, have  purchased  the 
I sloop-rigged  yacht  Nor den of  the  Muske-
Caswell &  Fletcher, grocers  at  Reading,  &on Yact Club, and will  give  their  friends 
many a  delightful  sail  during  the  present 

have been closed under chattel mortgage. 

M. M.  Goodspeed has purchased the flour j season, 

of  M.  E. Jones,  at  Muske­

and feed  store
gon.

Parkhurst & Clark,  druggists  at  Middle- 
ville, have  dissolved,  Wm.  Clark  succeed­
ing.

J.  C.  Townsend  is  erecting  a  new  store 
building at  White  Cloud,  30x80 feet  in di­
mensions.

The jewelry firm of M.  S.  Moulton & Co., 
at East Jordan,  has  been  dissolved and the 
stock divided.

Runner Bros., druggists at Shelby, dissolv­
ed May 1, Wallace Runner succeeding.  W. 
F.  Runner will engage in  the drug business 
at Buchanan.

The Bird Windmill  Co.,  an  incorporated 
company at  Kalamazoo, is  succeeded  by  a 
firm which will continue the business under 
the same style.

P. A.  Mapes, who  recently purchased  A. 
William’s dry goods store  at  Ypsilanti,  as­
signed on April 28th to B. St. Janies. Mapes 
will probably pay in full.

A  Coral  correspondent  writes:  P.  H. 
Fitzgerald has moved his stock of drugs and 
groceries back to Maple Valley,  and expects 
to locate at Grattan Center soon.

Wm.  and  Andrew  Burdick, druggists  at I 
Galesburg  for  24  years,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  Andrew  will  open  a  drug 
store in Kalamazoo,  and his  brother remain 
in Galesburg.

II. M.  Bjomstad, who has  been  engaged 
in the drug  business  at  Whitehall  for the 
past year,  has sold out to John II. Sullivan, 
who was formerly engaged in the same bus­
iness at Montague.  Mr. Bjofnstad will  re­
engage  in  the  meat  business at Whitehall.
Ionia  Standard:  The  Business  Men’s 
Protective  Association  appointed  T.  B. 
Preston,  J. T. Webber,  P.  T. Bates,  A.  S. 
Wright and W.  E.  Kelsey as a committee to
confer with the railway companies to  see if 
Ionia cannot be placed on the same basis as 
Grand Rapids in the matter of freight rates.

STRAY  FACTS.

Ionia will have new celery  on the market | 

Wright & Keteham are building a shingle j 

May'20.

mill at Averill.

F.  F.  Spiegel &  Co.  succeed  Niver & Co. 

in the flour and feed business at Oakley.

Miscellaneous  Dairy Notes.

E.  D.  Dickinson has  started  up  botli his 

cheese factories at Clarendon.

Frank Austin’s cheese factory at CÎàrence- 

ville was recently destroyed by fire.

Davis  &  Rankin  have  contracted  with 
Port  Austin  parties  for  the  erection  and 
equipment of a §5,000  creamery.

The Mayor of Vera Cruz, Mexico, recently 
fined several  of  the  milk-selling  establish­
ments  there  §400  for  selling  adulterated 
milk.
□The  Sparta  Cheese  Factory "Association 
has organized for the  season* by electing oT 
S.  Rice  president,  J.  A.  Symes  secretary 
and A.  E.  Johnson treasurer  and salesman. 
Mr. Johnson  agreed  to  make  and sell  the 
cheese for §1.60 per hundred.  The  factory- 
started up May 3.

Hides,JPelts and Furs.

The market is terribly unsettled, solely on 
account of  the  labor  troubles.  Hides  are 
weak.  Pelts  are weak and lower.  Tallow 
is weaker.  Wool is  lower aad  very weak. 
Furs are dull at  20 per  cent,  below regular 
quotations.

Several  years  ago  an  Illinois  man  quit 
chewing  tobacco,  but  recently^ he  began 
again.  The first day he enjoyed it so much 
that lie used up  thirty-five  cents’  worth of 
navy plug,  and then was taken sick and for 
two or  three  days  acted  very like  a  man 
with delirium tremens.

“Fermentimi”  the  only  Reliable  Com­

pressed Yeast.  See advertisement.

MISCELLANEOUS.

ceuts  tor three weeks

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
Advance  pay-
Advertisements  directing:  that  answers  be 
sent in care of this office must be accompanied 
by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

’ 

I?OR  SALE—Drug  store  at  a  bargain.  A 
splendid chance for a man with small cap-
ital.  Address  Dr.  Z.  Mizner, 
Box  1517. Mu8- 
kegon, Mich.
139*
A(GENTS  W ANTED—For an  article  used  in 
every bouse.  I can give a live man a good 
paying job in every town in the United States. 
For particulars, address with stamp, A. Retail, 
148*
Pewamo. Mich. 

Stnckland &  Wittenbrook,  of  Caro,  have 
bought  the  Jewell  house,  at  Yassar,  for 
§ 10,000.

I7MJR  SALE—Desiring a  change  t>f  climate, 
/  on account of poor health, I will sell at  a 
bargain my stock  of  merchandise,  consisting 
of  dry  goods,  groceries  and boots and shoes.
J  Hoare  late of Pentwater  has  engaged I stock wil1 lnv-?l?e about $2’500-  1  wil1  8e)1 or 
d.  noare,  tate oi reinwater,  nas  engagea  rent store building on terms to suit purchaser.
If you mean business, call on or address.  C. L. 
142*
Howard, Clarksville, Ionia Co., Mich. 

in the bakery and confectionery business  at 
Ludington.

The meat  sellers at  Dundee  are at  war. 
The best cuts of steaks can be had for seven 
cents per pound.

. 

fixtures in the growing part of city.  Rent 
low.  Location, the best.  New block, cor. Hall 
and Division.  W. D. Brewster. 

1jH)R  SALE—A neat, new grocery  stock  and 
IX) R  SALE—A general stock  situated  about 

’ 
S. Railway.  Will inventory about  §1,500.  All 

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A JO U R N A L  DK VOTED TO TH E

ns Interests of the State

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  5,  1886.

Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.

Organized at Grand Rapids October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Geo. B.  Dunton.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening 
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  even­

of October.
ing of each month.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

President,  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary,  C.  T. 

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.

Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of 

Cheboygan.

President,  A.  M.  Wesgate;  Vice-President, 

H. Chambers;  Secretary, A. J. Paddock.

L uther Protective Association. 

President, W. B. Pool;  Vice-President, R. M. 
Smith;  Secretary. J as.  M.  Verity;  Treasurer, 
Geo. Osborne.
■Ionia  Business  Men's  Protective  As­

sociation.

President, Wm.  E.  Kelsey;  Vice-President, 

H. M. Lewis;  Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr.

Ovid Business Men’s Association.
President, C.  H.  Hunter:  Secretary,  Lester 

Cooley.

SSr"  Subscribers and others,  when writing 
1 to advertisers, will confer a la v e  on  the pub- 
' lisher by  mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this paper.

Stimulated by the  success  attending  the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association,  a  number  of 
representative business men have determin­
ed  to  inaugurate  a  Business  Mens’  Ex­
change  and  Collection  Bureau,  to  include 
every line of retail trade except  liquor deal­
ers  and  professional  men  like  physicians 
and dentists.  The project  has  been under 
consideration for  some  time  and  has been 
received with so much  favor  that  the  pro­
jectors have  determined to make a move in 
the matter during the next month.  A nom­
inal  fee will  be charged  for  membership, 
which will entitle  members to all  the priv­
ileges of the Exchange.  A room will be se­
cured in a central  portion of the  city and a 
record kept of  every  consumer  in the city. 
When asked to extend credit  to  a stranger, 
the member can secure a full report as to the 
liability of  the  person  by  recourse to  the 
telephone.  T ub  Tradesm an  commends 
the movement  as  practical  and  expects to 
see it result  in  gi’eat  good  to the  trade  at 
large.

During the  street  car  strike’1 here over a 
year ago,  the  Knights  of  Labor  not  only 
boycotted  business  men who  owned stock 
in the railway company and those who rode 
on the cars  of  the  line,  but  threatened to 
boycott merchants who would  not purchase 
tickets  to ride in their  second-hand ’buses 
And within a month  the Knights of  Labor 
have  formally  boycotted  a  St.  Louis  dry 
goods firm  because it  refused  to  advertise 
upon the demand of a Knight in a reference 
book of the  order.  Such  criminal  perver­
sion of the power  supposed to be possessed 
by  the 
labor  organizations  deserves  the 
severest censure.

LEGALITY  OF  THE  BOYCOTT.
The question of the  legality  of the  boy­
cott has been  sharply  raised in New York, 
and is likely to come up elsewhere.  In that 
city, the contest  over  Mrs.  Gray’s  bakery 
aroused  much  public  iuterest,  and  finally 
three  or four men  were arreste^ and fined 
for carrying the boycotting  placard and dis­
tributing similar  circulars  on the pavement 
in front of her shop.  It was not charged that 
they had used violence or  resorted to intim­
idation; but they violated the section of  the 
criminal code  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
which says:

If two or more persons  conspire  either to 
prevent  another  person  from  exercising  a 
lawful trade or  calling,  or  doing  any other 
unlawful act,  by force, threat,  intimidation, 
or by interfering or threatening to interfere, 
with tools,  implements  or  property belong­
ing to or used  by another, or  with  the  use 
or  employment  thereof,  or  to  commit  any 
act injurious to the  public  health,  to public 
morals, or to trade or commerce, or for per­
version or  obstruction of  justice,  or  of the 
due administration, each of them is guilty of 
a misdemeanor.

This section is derived  from  the  old En­
glish  law  of  “conspiracy  in  restraint  of 
trade,” and  finds  an  exact  counterpart  in 
the laws of several states, notably Michigan 
and  Pennsylvania.  The  statute  of  this 
State  relating  to  the  subject  is  found  in 
Howell’s  Compilation, chapter  321,  Section 
i)275,  which reads as follows:

If two or more persons shall willfully and 
•maliciously combine,  or  conspire  together, 
to   obstruct  or  impede, by  any  act  or  by 
means  of  intimidation,  the  regular  opera­
tion and conduct of the business of any rail­
road  company  or  any  other  corporation, 
firm, or individual  in  this  State,  or  to im­
pede,  hinder,  or  obstruct,  except  by  due 
process of law,  the  regular  running of any 
locomotive  engine,  freight  or  passenger 
train on any railroad,  or the  labor and busi­
ness of any such  corporation,  firm  or  indi­
vidual,  such  persons  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in 
the county  jail  for a  period not  more than 
three months,  or  in  the  State  prison for a 
period not exceeding two years.

Much in the same spirit as the New York 
-code in the decision of  Judge Pardee in the 
U.  S.  District  Court in  Texas,  in  the case 
•of the strikers  on  the  Texas  Pacific  Rail­
road.  The road is in the  hands of a receiv­
er appointed by the court, and this was used 
to bring them within the court’s jurisdiction 
for “contempt”  With  the  merits  of  the 
case, so far as it concerned violence offered to 
persons or  property,  we are  not  here  con­
cerned.  But we observe that Judge Pardee 
ruled that “the employees  of  the receivers, 
*  *  *  where they combine  and conspire 
to quit,  with or without notice, with the ob­
ject or  intent of  crippling  the  property or 
its  operation, commit a  contempt,  and  all 
those  who  combine  or  conspire  with  em­
ployees thus  to  quit, or as  officials  of pre­
tended labor organizations  issue  pretended 
orders to quit or to strike,  with an intent to 
embarrass  the  court  in  administering  the 
property,  rendered  themselves  liable  for 
•contempt of court.”

Judge Pardee’s reference  to  the status of 
the Knights  of  Labor  organization  in  his 
famous decision deserves the commendation 
of every honest  man  in the  land. 
It is as 
follows:  “Labor organizations  are  lawful 
and  generally  laudable  associations,  but 
they have no legal  status  or  authority and 
stand before men and  the  law on  no better 
footing than other social  organizations,  and 
it is preposterous that  they should  attempt 
to issue orders that  free  men  are bound to 
obey; and  no  man  can  stand in a court of 
justice and shelter himself  behind any such 
organization  from  the  consequence of  his 
own unlawful acts.”

The  newspapers  are  beginning  to  find 
flames for  the  Knights  of  Labor  more in 
keeping with  their  actions.  One speaks of 
them as  “Tyrants of Labor” and  another as 
“ Knights of Disorder.”

Keppler,  of  Puck, and Nast, of Harper's 
Weekly, are doing telling  work in  portray­
ing the monster evil of the age—boycotting.

99

Puck for  last  week  contains  a series of 
illustrations  which  are  pertinent  to  the 
present  time.  An  old  Hebrew  clothin 
merchant is doing a losing  business in a di­
lapidated  store.  The  experience  of  Mrs. 
Gray, 
the  baker,  suggests  a  bright  idea 
and  he  hangs  out  a  sign  reading,  “I  am 
boycotted.”  Crowds of people begin to flock 
in and purchase  goods,  his  wife exchanges 
the washtub for the  cashier's desk,  and the 
old gentleman  is  soon  able  to retire  from 
business and spend his  entire  time  in clip­
ping  interest  coupons  from  Government 
bonds.

The Milwaukee  Knights  of  Labor  have 
boycotted  the  goods  of  the  International 
Cigar  Makers’  Union  for  the  purpose  of 
driving the members  of the  Union into the 
order.  The Knights are free  to direct their 
weapon against their friends, but  it is a no­
ticeable fact that it is  seldom  used  against 
the woxkingman’s  greatest  enemy—the sa­
loon.  Abolish  the  saloon,  and  the  labor 
question is settled forever.

The statement of the final outcome of the 
the Helgerson failure, at Manistee, will pro­
voke an indignant remonstrance from every 
honest man in the State. 
It is to be regret­
ted that the laws of  Michigan  cannot be so 
construed as  to  land  every  such  rascal in 
the State Prison for a period  commensurate 
with the offense.

One  of  The  Tradesm an’s  mercantile 
friends writes that he  has  a hen which laid 
two eggs in one day.  We refrain from giv­
ing the name of  the owner,  as the  Knights 
of Labor  might otherwise  boycott  the  hen 
for over production.  This  would  certainly 
be a foul proceeding.

AMONG  TH E  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

Fred Varin  &  Co., harness dealers,  have 

been closed on chattel mortgage.

Gerald Fitzgerald  succeeds  Burr  & Fitz­
gerald in the  plated  ware  and  clock  busi­
ness. 

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A.  Bush has engaged in the grocery  busi­
ness at Baldwin.  John  Caulfield furnished 
the stock.

N.  Strahan,  manufacturer of parlor furni­
ture,  is  succeeded  by  the  Strahan & Long 
Furniture Co.

Jas.  Colby  has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business at Rockford.  Clark, Jewell & Co. 
furnished the stock.

F.  S. Webber has engaged  in the grocery 
business at  Mendon.  Arthur  Meigs & Co. 
furnished the stock.

Geo.  Ketehum das engaged in the grocery 
business at  Howard  City.  John  Caulfield 
furnished the stock.

I. J.  McClellan  has  engaged  in  the gro­
cery business at  Mendon.  Arthur Meigs & 
Co.  furnished the  stock.

Wm.  Hiess & Bro.  have engaged  in  the 
grocery business at Sand Lake.  Cody, Ball 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

A.  L.  Carpenter  &  Co.  have  engaged in 
the  grocery  business  at  Baldwin.  John 
Caulfield furnished the stock.

Chas.  Van Sickel has engaged in the gro­
cery business  at  Mackinaw City.  Amos S. 
Mussulman & Co.  furnished the stock.

John S. Dykstra has engaged in the hard­
ware business at the comer  of  West Leon­
ard and Turner streets.  The stock was pur­
chased here.

The L.  Smalheer grocery  stock,  on  West 
Leonard  street,  was  furnished  by  John 
Caulfield—not by Cody,  Ball & Co.,  as stat­
ed last  week.

The Grand Rapids  School  Furniture  Co. 
has been awarded the  contract for  furnish­
ing 254 seats for the  Traverse City schools. 
The order aggregates about §1,000.

Blakeley &  Co., late  of  Newark,  N.  Y.,

138*

More wood, ties, posts,  etc.,  are  awaiting 
shipment at  Boyne  City  than  ever  at any 
one time before.

The  Petrie  Lumber  Co.’s  mill  at  Mus­
kegon,  will  run  nights  as  well  as  days, 
throughout the season.

Butters & Peters  and ¿£.  R.  Lyon, who 
have been boring for salt at Ludington, have 
nearly reached the bed salt rock.

twenty-two mites south on the L. S.  &  M. 
new goods.  Address, F . B. A., care T h e  T h  a d e s - 
m a n . 
TT'OR SALE—At a bargain, a grocery and pro- 
X1  vision  business,  located  in  a  thriving 
northern county  seat. 
Ill  health  requires  a 
change of climate.  Inquire of A. T. Page, un­
der Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids. 139*
TT'OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Two pieces of 
J? 
store property situated  on  a  main  busi­
ness street.  Will sell  cheap  or  exchange  for 
stock of general merchandise.  Address Gerrit 
Yonker, box 1,790, Muskegon, Mich. 
TF  YOU  WANT—To get into business, to sell 
A  your business, to secure additional capital, 
to  get  a  situation,  if  you have anything for
able pride that  sixteen new stores are pro-  8ale or want to buy anything, advertise in  the 
!  Miscellaneous Column o f  T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  A
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jected or are already  in  course  of  erection
twenty-five word  advertisement  costs  but 25 
cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks.
on Washington avenue.

The test well for coal being drilled on the 
farm  of  James  R.  Ward,  near  Merrill,  is 
down 180  feet and no  indications of coal.

A Lansing paper announces  with  justifi-

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MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Traverse  City longs  for  a  potato  starch 

factory.

F.  L.  Burch, cigar manufacturer at Owos- 

so,  is succeeded by the Owosso Cigar Co.

C.  N.  Shaw,  of  Petoskey,  has  invented 
and is manufacturing a new style  of refrig- j 
erator.

F R E S H   M E A T S .

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 
prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  5%@  7%
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................  8  @ 9*
Dressed Hogs......................................... 5%@ 55S£
Mutton,  carcasses.................................  7  @  8
Veal..........................................................6  @7
Pork Sausage......................................... 7  @ 7%
Bologna...................................................   6%@ 7
Fowls.......................................................13  @14
Ducks  .....................................................
Turkeys  ................................................ 12  @14

Tiffany  Bros., 

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettcnthaler quotes as follows: 

the  Jonesville  carriage 
manufacturers,  are taking down one of their j 
large frame  buildings  and  will  ship  it  to j 
and re-erect it at Newton, Ks., in connection 
with  their  new factory there.
A stock company is to be formed at Deep j 
River to  manufacture  brick, etc., from  the j 
very excellent  clay  near  there.  The  com-
pany will buy the plant  of  James  Corbitt, t whlteflsh....... .  .......... . 

New York  Counts............................................40
Selects............................................................35
f r e s h   f i s h .
Cod  .................... 
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Haddock.................................................   @  7
Mackerel.................................................12  @12%
Mackinaw Trout....................................   @  7
Perch........................................................  @  4
. Smelts.................................................W )  @11
...............  @8
ms, 50 cans¡in a case, price 35c pea

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G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M I C H .

Successors to Foi, Mnsselman & Loveridp,

Amos S. Musselman £ Co.
W holesale  Grocers.
m osselm an’s corker  plug  and  rum  cigars.
Wall  Paper l Window  Shades

Send  for  Sam ple  B utt.  See  Quotations  in  P rice-List.

The best and most attractive goods on the market.

AGENTS  FOR

.¿Lt  M anufacturers’  P rices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.
Nelson  Br<i>s.  &  Co.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

With/  every  case  we  give

Four Money‘Making Rules.

VISITING  BUYERS.

S ) r u f l 8   &   f l f t e b i c i n e g

ST A T E   B O A R D   OF  P H A R M A C Y .

One Year—F. H. J. VanEmster. Bay City.
Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Three Y e a r s —James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Y e a r s —Ottmar Eberbach. Ann Arbor. 
Five Years—Geo. McDonald. Kalamazoo. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.

Michigan  State ’Pharmaceutical  Association.

O F F IC E R S .

President-H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
First  Vice-President—Frank  J.  Wurzburg,
Sœond<\nce^Pre8ident—A. B. Stevens, Detroit. 
Third Vice-President—Frank IngiiB, Detroit. 
Secretary-S. E. Parkell, Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—Jacob  Jesson,  Geo. 
Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W.  R.  Perry  and
iÆcaîswiretarv—Will L. White. Grand Rapids. 
N?xt  place  of  m eeting-At  Grand  Rapids, 
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Grand R ap id s P harm aceutical Society.

Tuesday, October 12. 1886. 

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884. 

OFFICERS.

President-Frank J. Wurzburg. 
Vice-President—Wm.L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
TroiiRiirpr_Henry B. Faircnilu.
b S Ä   of  Censors-President,  Vice-President
B o i r f ^ Ä t e e s - T h e   President,  Wm.  H. 
Van ^ e u ^ n   lsaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
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Wm.L. White. 
Committee on Pharmacy—M. B.  Kimm,  H.  E.
Locher and Wm. E. White. 
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C o m m i t te e  on Trade  Matters—John  E.  Peck, 
.  H  b . Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeu-en. 
Committee  on  Legislation  Jas.  D.  Lacey, 
Regular Meetings-First  Thursday evening in
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  May 6,  at 

November. 
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“The Tradesman” office.______

Isaac Watts and A. C.  Bauer.

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D etroit P harm aceutical Society.

Organized October, 1883.

O FFIC ERS.

President—Wm. Dupont.
First Vice-President—Frank Inglis.
Second Vice President-J. W^aldwell. 
Secretary and Treasurlfc-F. W. R. Perry. 
Assistant Secretary anuTreasurer—A. B. Salt-
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Wednesday  in each 

month.

Jackson C ounty P harm aceutical  A sso ­

ciation.
O F F IC E R S .
President—R. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F. A.  King.
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Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. 
Board of Censors—Z.  W.  Waldron. C.  E.  Foot
Annual Meeting— First Thursday in November. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  of  each 
month. 
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aginaw   C ounty  P harm aceutical  S o ­

and C. H. Haskins. 

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ciety.

President—Jay Smith.
First Vice-President—W. H. Farwell.
Second Vice-President—R. Brüske. 
Secretary—D. E. Prall.
Treasurer—H. Melchers. 
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Committee on  Trade  Matters—W .B. Moore, 
.  G.  Hamilton,  H.  Melchers,  W.  K.  Keeler
R egufarM w ting—Second  W ednesday a fte r­
ion of each m onth. 
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iskegon  D ru g  Clerks’  A ssociation.

O F FIC ER S .
ssident—Fred. Heath.
«-President—J. C.  Terry, 
retary and Treasurer—L. B- Glover, 
pilar Meetings—Second and fourth Wednes- 
,
ay of each month. 
it Meeting—Wednesday evening. May 14.

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Muskegon Drug Clerk’s Association.
Muskegon,  Mich., May 3,1886.

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Dear  Sin—The  regular  meeting  of  the 
M.  D.  C.  A.  was held on the 28th ult.  The 
paper bearing the  subject  of  “Belladona,” 
which was to be read,  was  dispensed  with 
and the semi-annual election of officers took 
place which resulted as follows:
President—Fred. Heath.
Vice-President—I.  C. Terry.
Secretary and Treasurer—L.  B. Glover. 
The Association meets again on  the  14th 

inst.

O.  A. Lloyd,

Ex-Secretary  and Treasurer.

The Drug Market.

Trade is active and  collections  are good. 
P.  &  W.  reduced  their  price  on  quinine 
May  1  5c  per  ounce.  Morphia  and  gum 
opium are steady.  |  For further changes see 
price current.

Somebody proposes  to  facilitate  identifi­
cation at banks and  elsewhere, where iden­
tification is necessary,  by  means of  thumb- 
marks, as no  two  thumbs  make  the  same 
impression.  A man applying for a letter of 
credit  might  be  required  to  furnish  his 
thumb-mark to the  bank. 
It  could be sent 
to the corresponding institutions, and when 
application was made for the  money,  a cor­
responding thumb-mark  would be sufficient 
identification.  Each  bank  might  keep  a 
fiook of  thumb-marks  of  large  depositors. 
Forgery would  be impossible where thumb- 
marks  are  used.  The  thumb-mark  might 
be added to  the signature  4n  the form cf a 
seal in all cases where  much  depends upon 
a signature, as  in  deeds,  wills or  marriage 
contracts.  Thumb-albums  would  replace 
autograph albums,  and would furnish a rec­
ord of more characteristic marks than could 
the signature of sentimental friends.  Charts 
would be prepared of  thumb-marks of great 
men,  and books be written  on the  common 
characteristics.  Season  tickets  to the fair, 
passes on all  railroads,  and  all  non-trans- 
ferable  tickets  could  be  signed  with  the 
thumb-mark.  One point inconnection with 
the subject does not seem  to  have been no­
ticed.  Forgery,  by  mere  manual  copying, 
would certainly be  impossible, but  forgery 
by the camera would be easy enough.  Hav­
ing  obtained  a  negative  from  the  thumb- 
mark, it  is  no  difficult  matter  to  make  a 
photo-typic  block in india-rubber,  a  sort of 
reproduction  of  the  thumb-seal.  Where, 
then, is the security as regards the deeds or 
wills?  Still, the idea  seems  goods,  as  far 
as circular notes are concerned.

A Pittsburg boy’s curiosity induced him to 
touch a match  to a natural gas  pipe to find 
a 
He found  the  leak, but  all efforts 
to find the boy since have proved futile.

Rothschild  commonly ascribed  his  early 
success,  in a great  degree,  to  the following 
rules:

First—|  combined  three  profits. 

I made 
the manufacturer my customer,  and the one 
I bought  of my  customer—that  is,  I  sup­
plied the manufacturer with  raw  materials 
and dyes,  on each of which I  made a profit, 
and took  his manufactured  goods, which I 
sold  at a  profit,  and  thus  combined  three 
profits.

Second—Make a bargain  at once.  Be an 

off-hand man.

Third—Never have  anything  to  do with 
an  unlucky  man  or  place. 
I  have  seen 
many clever men who had not shoes to their 
feet. 
I never act  with  them,  their  advice 
sounds well,  but fate is against them.  They 
cannot get on  themselves.  How  can  they 
do good to me?

Fourth—Be  cautious  and  bold. 

It  re­
quires a great deal  of boldness  and a great 
deal  of  caution  to  make  a  great  fortune. 
And when  you  have got it,  it  requires ten 
times as mucli wit to keep it.”

Principal Requisites to  Insure a Profitable 

Business.

A writer,  in the  Monetary  Times,  gives 
the following as the  principal  requisites to 
insure a profitable business:

1.  That parties must be able to invest the 

necessary capital in business.

2.  They must  possess a  thorough  know­
ledge  of  every  branch  and  department  of 
the business in  which  they engage,  and de­
vote the whole of their time to it.

3.  They must adopt and carry out a thor­
ough and accurate  system  of  bookkeeping, 
especially adapted to the nature of the busi­
ness.  Where  a  record  of  the  history  of 
every item of cash or  merchandise received 
or purchased,  sold or paid,  is  kept  in  sys­
tematic  order so  as to be  fible  to trace the 
exact cost and expense of each  transaction, 
as well as where and  when  the goods were 
purchased,  and  when  and  to  whom  sold, 
how paid for,  and  in what  manner the pro­
ceeds have been used or disposed of.

Russian Tea.

The Russian  government  has  decided to 
attempt tea  cultivation  upon a large  scale. 
Under advice it is the  intention of  the gov­
ernment to import  Chinese  coolies,  and the 
position chosen  for  the  first  plantation  is 
Soukhum Kale.  That tea can be successful­
ly cultivated in the Caucasus lias been often 
proved, but whether it  will  prove a success 
commercially  is  questionable. 
It is  urged 
that  there  is  quite  an  extensive  home 
market, the imports amounting to about 72,- 
000,000 pounds annually, valued at $30,000,- 
000, the Russians drinking tea of much super­
ior quality than is  consumed  in this  coun­
try. 
It is questionable  if  there will be the 
kind of labor available to compete  with the 
Chinese  and  Hindoostan  laborer.  At  the 
same time  it  is  impossible  to  develop the 
industry to  any  extent  without  the  assis­
tance of foreign capital.

Business Legislation in Maryland.

During  the  recent  session  of  the Mary­
land legislature little of a positive character 
was  enacted,  although  much  evil  was 
choked.  A lawr affecting canned goods was 
passed,  which  is  much  like  that  of  New 
York.  A label is required,  and if the goods 
are “soaked” the  label  must  tell  that also. 
In this the packer and  dealer are placed on 
the same footing before  the  law.  A  more j 
stringent “oleomargarine”  law was passed, 
which it is thought will meet the  defects of 
the  old  one.  All  oleomargarine  packages 
must  be  stamped  in  letters  half  an  inch 
square;  and in this the requirements are the 
same for the retail  dealer  as for the whole­
sale seller.  Dealers are also prohibited sell­
ing the imitations, even if properly stamped, 
to any one who has asked for butter.

Furniture manufacturers  have  had  their 
attention directed by enthusiasts to the pulp 
question. 
It is urged that pulp can be used 
as a substitute for lumber  in the  manufac­
ture  of  furniture  and  other  articles  now 
made exclusively of  wood.  By  mixing the 
pulp with  clays,  steatite,  asbestos, plumba­
go and mica,  substances  of  every  possible 
color and compactness may be produced.  It 
is  estimated  that  only  about  twenty  per 
cent, of the timber felled  reaches  economic 
uses,  while if  the  sawmill  were  combined 
with pulping and pressing  processes all the 
material in the trunk might be available.

The green glass blottle  blowers, of  Pitts­
burg,  have made a unique proposition to the 
manufacturers.  They propose to them to en­
ter into a pool or Combination to keep up the 
price of the manufactured goods.  The plan 
upon which they propose to work is a novel 
one.  After the schedule of  prices has been 
agreed to  between the  employers  and  the 
Bottle Blower’s Union,  certain  prices  will 
be set on all  bottles  made.  Then the  first 
manufacturer to  break  over and sell  under 
the established rate is  to be  reported to the 
workingmen,  who will  then  order  a strike 
in that factory.

Marshall Field,  the  well-known  Chicago 
dry goods  merchant,  is  called lucky  by his 
friends.  A few years ago,  in  settling with 
a country merchant, he was induced to take 
$300 of  mining 'stock.  He  didn’t  want it, 
and offered a big discount  for  cash, but the 
merchant didn’t  have  the  cash and  so Mr. 
Field  kept  the  stock. 
In  seven  years he 
has drawn  $30,000  in  dividends  from  the 
stock,  and it is  said that  all  the money he 
ever has invested  in  mining  stock, and  he 
has invested  considerable  and  with  great 
success, was his profits on  that $800 worth.
At the recent meeting  of  the ^Wisconsin 
Board of Pharmacy 58 per cent, of  the can­
didates were granted certificates.

Casnovia.

•

The following retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
E.'B. Lapharn.JUockford.
J. F. Clark, Big1 Rapids.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
D. B. Galentine. Bailey.
John Smith, Smith & Bristol, Ada.
Geo. Robson, Muir.
Rowland Bros., Hesperia.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
A. Steketee, Holland.
Holden & Tuxbury, Casnovia.
E. S. Botsford, Dorr.
Wagner & Wells, Eastmanville.
J. M. Reid. Grattan.
Mrs. E. Phillips, Shelby.
F. M. Hentig, Casnovia.
H.  E.  Hesseitine,  R.  K.  Hesseltine  &  Son, 
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland.
Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland.
Cole & Chaple, Ada.
R. G. Smith, Wayland.
S. T.  Colson, Alaska.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
C. S. Comstock, Pierson.
John Scholten, Overisel.
B. Gilbert & Co., Moline. 
Albert Retan, Pewamo.
Fred C. Beard, Morley.
J. Dickerson, Belmont.
Geo. Ketchum, Howard  City.
Wm. Borst, Vriesland.
W. H. Schuh, Wayland.
C. Stage, Grandville.
Crandall & Comstock, Sand  Lake.
R. Monteith, Otsego.
Wm. Beitner, Keystone.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
Jas. Riley, Dorr.
M. Carman, Mecosta.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
Jorgensen & Hemingsen, Grant.
John W. Mead, Berlin.
Jas. Barnes, Austerlitz.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
Stanley Monroe. Berlin,
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
J. Omler, Wright.
H. M. Freeman, Mancelona.
J. TenHoor, Forest Grove.
Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
W, S, Root, Tallmadge.
Sisson & Lilley Lumber Co., Sisson’s Mill. 
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
L. Perrigo, Burnip’s Corners.
A. W. Fenton, Bailey.
G. P. Stark,  Cascade.
F. B. Watkins, Monterey.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
H. S. Baron, Forest Grove.
A. A  Weeks, Grattan.
R. A. Hastings, Sparta.
S. Millis,  Denver.
L. R. Burch, Edgerton.
E. E. Hewett, Hewett & Teft, Rockford. 
Frank A. Jennison, Manton.
E. C. Brower, Fife Lake.
Chas. H. Deming, Dutton.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
M. H. McCoy, Grandville.
H. Andre & Son, Jennisonville.
H. W. Potter,  Jennisonville.
F. L. Blake, Irving.
Gus. Begrnan, Bauer.
W. Thomas, Thomas & Son, Harris  Cret-k. 
Chauncey Porter, Chauncey.
E. M. Reed, Coopersville.
John A. Giles & Co., Lowell.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
C. Durkee, Altona.
John VanEnenan,’ Zeeland.
T. A. Jamison, South Boardman.
H. Broomley, Hesperia.
L. M. Wolf, A. & L. M. Wolf,  Hudsonville. 
John Kamps, Zutphen.
H. M. Harroun, McLain.
R. J. Side, Kent City.
F. Narragang, Byron  Center.
A. Purchase, South  Blendon.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
James Colby, Rockford.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
Mr. Zunder, Zunder Bros. &  Co., Bangor.
Mr. Kellogg, Kellogg & Wooden, Kalkaska. 
Rodenbaugh Bros., Mancelona.
L. Cook, Bauer.
Levett & Dann, Dorr.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
G. B. Chambers, Wayland.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
L. M. Handy, Mancelona.
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The Great Remedy for Curing

C O N S T T M F T X O X T ,

Coughs, Colds, Croup,

And  Other  Throat  and  Lung  Affections.

tSTW e  call  y o u r  a tte n tio n   to   th e   fa c t t h a t  th e   old 
S ta n d a rd   R em edy,  ALLEN’S  LUNG  BALSAM,  is  now  
p u t u p  in  th re e  sizes—25 cen ts, 50 c e n ts a n d  $1 p e r b o ttle .
Small............................................$1  75 per dozen
Medium.......................................  3  50 
Large  ...........................................  7 00 
J.  N .  H arris & Co., L td., C incinnati, O.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

TXT ANTED—Situations by registered pharm- 
T V  acists and assistants.  Also situation by 
young man of some experience but  not  regis­
tered.  Will work for very  small  salary.  Can 
furnish good references.

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cash and easy terms on balance if well secured.

sell on liberal terms.

well located and doing fine business.  Wili 

Grand  Rapids.  Will  sell  for two-thirds 

FOR  SALE—Fine  stock  of  about  $4,000 In 
FOR SALE—Stock of $7,000 in Grand Rapids, 
I7>OR SALE—Desirable stock of  about  $1,200 
IpOK  SALE—The  finest  business  north  of 

in south western portion of State.  Must be
sold on account of other business;  terms very 
easy.

'  Grand  Rapids.  General  stock  of  about 
$15,000.  Would prefer to sell whole stock,  but 
will sell any section separate.
T7IOR SALE—Stock of $3,000 in growing town 
J?  on the lake shore in midst of peach region. 
Will sell only with residence.  Doing business 
of $10,000 per annum.
TX)R SALE—Small stock and fixtures of about 
P   $350 now boxed and stored in Grand Rap­
ids.

■OR SALE—Very desirable  stock  of  $6.000, 

well located  in  Grand  Rapids.  Will sell 

whole stock on very easy terms, or  half inter­

est for cash.
A  LSO many other stocks, the  particulars of 
which we will furnish free on application.

Advanced—Cloves;  oil oubebs.
Declined—Oil pennyroyal;  quinine, P. & W. 
gum  arable;  gum  benzine;  gum  shellac: 
pink root;  olive oil, Malaga;  spearmint.

Acetic, No.  8.................................... 
9
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........   30
Carbolic...........................................   34
Citric.................................................   70
Muriatic 18  deg..................”. ........... 
3
Nitric 36 deg.................................... 
11
Oxalic...............................................   10
Sulphuric 66 deg.............................. 
3
Tartaric  powdered.........................  50
Benzoic,  English....................oz
Benzoic,  German...........................   12
Tannic...............................................  12

©   10 
©  35 
©  36 
©  75 
®  5
©  12 
©   12 
©  4
©  53 
18
©  15 
©  15

AM M ONIA.

Carbonate.................................]jMb  12
Muriate (Powd. 23c).........................
Aqua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
3
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 
4

BALSAMS.

Copaiba
Fir..........
Peru......
Tolu......

BARKS.

Cassia, in mats (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....................................  

38@42 
40 
1 75 
45

11
18
13
14
15
10
12
20
18
30
12

B E R R IE S .

Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  10c)............ 
© 110
6  ©  7
Juniper............................................. 
Prickly Ash.....................................  50  ©  60

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 9> doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 tt>  boxes)...............
...............
Lgowood, )48 
do 
Logwood, )4s 
do 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 $  cent, off list.

FLOWERS.

Arnica...............................................
Chamomile,  Roman.......................
Chamomile,  German.....................

GUMS.

27
37)4
9
12
13
15
14

13  ® 15
25
30

60© 75
Aloes,  Barbadoes............................
12
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
50
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
28© 30
Ammoniac.......................................
80
Arabic, powdered  select...............
80
70
Arabic,2d  picked............................
60
Arabic,  3d picked............................
50
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
20
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c).. .•
50®55
Benzoin............................................
25© 27
Camphor...........................................
13
Catechu. Is ()4 14c, )4s  16c)............
35© 40
Euphorbium powdered..................
80
Galbanum strained.........................
80© 90
Gamboge...........................................
35
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Kino TPowdered, 30cj.....................
20
1 25
Mastic..............................................
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
3 30
Opium, pure (Powd $4 60)...............
25
Shellac, Campbell’s.........................
22
Shellac, native.................................
20
30
Shellac bleached.............................
Tragacanth ...................................... 30  @1 00

HERBS— IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

Hoarhound.......................................................25
Lobelia...............................................................25
Peppermint.......................................................25
Rue.’....................................................................40
Spearmint........................................................ 24
Sweet Majoram................................................35
Tanzy................................................................ 25
Thyme  ............................................................... 30
Wormwood.......................................................25

IR O N .

Citrate and  Quinine....................... 
Solution mur., for tinctures........ 
Sulphate, pure  crystal.................. 
Citrate..............................................
Phosphate........................................ 

LEA VES.

4 00
20
7
65

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   13  ©  14
6
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & Ms, 12c)... 
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   33  ©  35
50
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
Senna,  powdered............................ 
25
Senna tinnivelll...............................  
25
Uva  Ursi........................................... 
10
Belladonna.......................................  
35
30
Foxglove........................................... 
Henbane........................................... 
35
Rose, red........................................... 
2 35

LIQ U O R S.

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W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye............... 1
Whisky, other brands.................... 1
Gin, Old Tom.....................................1
Gin,  Holland.................................... 2
Brandy.............................................. 1
Catawba  Wines................................1
Port Wines........................................1
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz............
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution....
Calcined...........................................
Almond, sweet..........!.....................
Amber, rectified..............................
Anise.................................................
Bay $   oz.........................................
Bergamont.......................................
Castor...............................................
Croton...............................................
Cajeput............................................
Cassia...............................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citroneila........................................
Cod Liver, N. F....................... V gal
Cod Liver, best.................................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Erigeron...........................................
Fire weed...........................................
Geranium  ¥   oz...............................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers, French.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new crop............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................
Lemongrass......................................
Olive,  Malaga.......  .........................
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  ...............
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rose #   oz.........................................
Rosemary, French  (Flowers $1 60)
Salad, $   gal......................................
Savm.................................................
Sandal  Wood. German..................
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
Sassafras............................;.............
Spearmint.......................................
Tansy............................................... 4
Tar (by gal 50c).................................
Wintergreen.................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).......
Wormseed ......................................
Bicromate.................................¥  lb
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow..............................
Alkanet............................................
Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in V4s and )4s__
Blood (Powd 18c).........................« .
Calamus,  peeled..............................
Calamus, German  white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  15c).........................
Ginger, African (Powdl4o)............
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 26c)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered....................
Jalap, powdered..............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15).............
Licorice, extra select.....................
Pink, true........................................
Rhei, from select to  choice......... 1
Rhei, powdered E. 1........................1
Rhei, choice out  cubes..................
Rhei, choice cut fingers.................
Serpentaria..................... ...............
Seneka..............................................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras............. .
Sarsaparilla, M exican....,...........

POTASSIUM .

ROOTS.

00  ©2 50 
75  ®2 00 
10  © \ 50 
35  @1 75
00  ©3 50 
75  @6 50 
25  ©Z 00 
35  ©3 50
22
37
2 25 
65
45  ©  50 
45
1  80 
bO
3 00
1  44®1 65
1 75 
75 
85 
35
75 
1 40 
1 20
1  50 
6 00 
9 00 
1 60
2 00
76 
35 
50
2 00 
2 01 
1 00 
90
3 00 
2 75
80
90®1 00 
2 75
1 25 
50
1 00 
4 0004 25 
8  00 
65
2 75 
1 00
4 50 
7 00
45 
@7 50 
00  04 25 
10  ©   12
2 25
3 50 
2 00
12014
37040
3 00 
28
20
25
17
33
12
20
35
20
10
12
17 
20 
20
1 20 
30
18 
20 
80
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2 00 
2 25 
66 
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40 
20

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SPONGES.

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5 © 6
4 © 4)4
15 © 18
1 10
1 25
15
10
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1 90 
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70
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15 
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24 
20 
12
1  10 
50 
65 
1  10 
8 
3 
50 
60
14
15 
90 
70

Squills, white (Powd 35c).............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c).......
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
Bird, mixed in lb  packages...........  
Canary,  Smyrna............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).
Cardamon,  Aleppee.....................
Cardamon, Malabar.......................
Celery..............................................
Coriander, Dest English 
... H.
Fennel..............................................
Flax, clean.............................II..I  3 \©
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3)4).................. 
4  ©
Foenugreek, powdered.................. 
7  ©
Hemp,  Russian............................... 
4)4©
Mustard, white  Black 10c)............
Quince..............................................
Rape, English..................................  
Worm, Levant.................................
14
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage...... 2 25  @2 50
Nassau 
'd o  
do
2 00 
.1.1
Velvet Extra do 
do 
1  10 
Extra Yellow do 
do 
........
85 
do 
Grass 
........
do 
65 
Hard head, for slate use................
75
Yellow Reef. 
................
1 40
M ISCELLANEOUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21; $  gai__
2 30
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
1 50 
Anodyne Hoffman’s .......................
50 
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........
27 
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution...........
12 
Annatto 1 lb rolls............................
45
Alum.........................................  ¿  jj  2)4©
3)4
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
3  ©
4
Annatto, prime...............................
45
Antimony, powdered,  corn’ll I.’.".' 
4)4©
5 
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  ©
7
Blue  Soluble....................................
50
Bay  Rum,imported,best..........I
2 75 
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
2  00
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................
40 
Beans,  Tonka................   .......
2 00 
Beans, Vanilla...............117 oo
©9 75 
Bismuth, sub nitrate....................
2 30 
Blue  Pill (Powd 70e)....................
50
Blue Vitriol...........................HI
6®  7
Borax, refined (Powd  11c)......." 111
9@10
Cantharides. Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods. African...............
“ 18 
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
22 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ...
14 
Carmine,  No. 40...............................
4 00 
Cassia  Buds.............................
14
Calomel. American...............! 111.' I
Chalk, prepared drop................... I
Chalk, precipitate English............
Chalk,  red  fingers..........................
Chalk, white lump..................... .
Chloroform,  Squibb’s ............. . 
Colocynth  apples........................ I
Chloral hydrate, German  orusts.. 
cryst... 
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
crusts..
Chloroform.....................  
............
Cinchonidia, P. & W........ *....1.11  18
Cinchonidia. other brands.............   13
Cloves (Powd 25c)...........................  20
Cochineal.........................................
Cocoa  Butter........................ .1.111111
Copperas (by bbl  le)............. 
. .
Corrosive Sublimate...............
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list.. I  I.
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear, prime.......................!!.!..!
Cuttle Fish Bone.........................   .. I
Dextrine.......  ................................ j
Dover’s  Powders...................... 11 '
Dragon’s Blood Mass...........
Ergot  powdered..............................
Ether Squibb's..........................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’si. „..H I
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1**).....................  
Ergot, fresl
Ether, sulphuric
Flake  white..........
Grains  Paradise..
Gelatine, Cooper’s 
Gelatine. French  .
...  ..........   45  ©
Glassware, flint 
0 & 10, by box 60 & 10 less 
Glassware, groe
, 60 and 10dis....
Glue,  caiinet..................................
17 
Glue.white............................. I .I ll
28 
Glycerine,  pure...............  1.11.11
20 
Hops  )4s and )4s..........................II.
40 
Iodoform 
oz.................................
40 
Indigo................................... ....H I.
©1  DO 
Insect Powder, best  Dalmatian...
©  40 
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co„ boxes
@1 00 
Iodine,  resublimed........................
4 00 
Isinglass,  American.......................
1 50
Japónica..........................................
London  Purple............................11
10  ©  15 
Lead, acetate....................................
15 
Lime, chloride, 04s 2s 10c & J¿s 11c)
8
Lupuline...........................................
1  00 
Lycopodium...................................
50 
Mace.................................................
50 
Madder, best  Dutch................HU’  12)4©
13 
Manna, 8.  F......................................
75 
Mercury
60
Morphia, sulph.,P.& W........ » o z   2 &5@2 60
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’b........
40 
Moss, Iceland............................$  a>
10 
Moss,  Irish......................................
12 
Mustard,  English............................
30 
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 lb  cans........
18 
Nutgalls............................................
23 
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
60 
Nux  Vomica....................................
10 
Ointment. Mercurial, Hd...............
45 
Paris Green....................................  
25 
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................
18 
Pepsin...............................................
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
7
Quassia............................................
\  7
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........... lb oz
80 
Quinine,  German............................
75 
Red Precipitate.......................$  fi>
85 
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................
28 
Strychnia, cryst..............................
1 60 
Silver Nitrate, cryst......................  74
©  78 
Saffron, American..........................
35
Sal  Glauber.....................................
2 
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Sal Nitre, large cryst.....................
10 
Sal  Nitre, medium cryst...............
9 
Sal Rochelle......................................
33
Sal Soda............................................ 
©  2)4
Salic in...............................................
2 15 
Santonin...........................................
6 50 
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
35
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]......................
4
Spermaceti.......................................
48 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s.... 
5 
Soap, White Castile........................
14 
Soap, Green  do 
.........................
17
Soap, Mottled do 
.........................
9 
Soap, 
.........................
do  do 
11 
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
14 
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................  26  ©
28 
Spirits Nitre, 4 F..............................  30  ©
32 
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
35 
3 U©
Sulphur, flour..................................  
4
3©
Sulphur,  roll
3)4 
Tartar Emetlo..................................
60 
Tar, N. C. Pine, )4 gal. cans  f) doz
2 70 
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
1 40 
Tar, 
pintsintin.............
85 
Turpentine,  Venice................ w lb
25 
Wax, White, 8. &  F. brand............
55
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 
8

7
Bbl  Gal
75
Whale, winter......................................  70 
60
Lard, extra...........................................  55 
65
Lard, No.  1...........................................  45 
45
Linseed, pure  raw..............................  41 
Linseed, boiled..................................   44 
48
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........   70 
90
52
Spirits Turpentine..............................  47 
No. 1 Turp  Coach..................................1  10@1  20
Extra  Turp............................................1 60®1  70
Coach Body............................................2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp Furniture........................... 1 00@110
Extra Turk  Damar...............................1  55®1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.
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Bbl
Red Venetian............................  114
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........   15£
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  114
Putty, commercial..................   2)4
Putty, strictly pure..................   2)4
Vermilion, prime  American..
Vermilion,  English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly pure...........
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
Whiting, white Spanish..........
Whiting,  Gilders  ......................
White, Paris American...........
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  Taints.......
Swiss Villa Prepare«'  Paints..

Lb 
2© 3 
2© 3 
2© 3 
2)4® 3 
214® 3 
13©16 
53®60 
16@17 
7© 7)4 
7© 7)4 
©70 
©90 
1  10 
1 40 
1 20® 1 40 
1 00®1 20

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OILS.

ILLU M IN A TIN G .

LU B R IC A T IN G .

Water White....................................................U%
Michigan  Test................................................ 1014
Capitol Cylinder......................’. ..................... 36)4
Model  Cylinder................................................31)4
Shield Cylinder................................................26)4
Eldorado  Engine............................................24)4
Peerless  Machinery........................................22)4
Challenge Machinery.....................................20)4
Paraffine  ......................................................... 80)4
Black. Summer, West  Virginia.................... 10
Black. 26® to 30®.............................................11
Black, 15® C.  T................................................11)4
Zero..............  
......................................13

Druggists!

42 and 44  Ottawa Street and 89, 91,

93 and 95 Louis Street. 

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS  OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Elegant  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tions,  Fluid  Eitracts  and 

Elixirs

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGNTS FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John T. 
Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

ALSO  FOR  THE

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu­
facturers of Hair, Shoe snd 

Horse Brushes.

WE  ARE  SOLE  OWNERS OF

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Cure

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market.

W e  desire  particular  attention  of those 
about purchasing outfits for new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACIL­
ITIES for meeting the wants of  this  class 
of buyers WITHOUT  DELAY and in the 
most  approved  and  acceptable  manner 
known to the drug trade.  Our  special  ef­
forts in this  direction  have  received  from 
hundreds or our customers the  most satis­
fying recommendations.

W e give our special and  personal atten­
tion to the selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit 
the high praise accorded  to us for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  PURE  GOQDS  in  this depart? 
ment.  W e CONTROL and are the ONLŸ 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  o£ 
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE & CO.’S

Henderson Co., Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

WHISKYS.
W e not only offer these  goods  to  be ex­
celled by NO OTHER KNOWN BRAND 
in the market, hut superior  in  all  respects 
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e 
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis­
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has. 
been assured.

W e are also owners of the

Du®  Favorite  Eyo;.

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

W e call your attention to  the  adjoining 
list of market quotations which we  aim  to 
make as complete and perfect  as  possible.. 
For special  quantities  and  quotations  on. 
such articles as do not appear  on  the  list» 

such asPatent  Medicines,

Etc., we invite your correspondence.
and personal attention.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

Hazeltine 

& Perkins 

Drug Co.

F. J. DETTENTHALER,
OYSTERS & FISH,

JOBBER  OF

B U T T E R  .AJSTO E G G S ,

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A gents  fo r

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED,

AMBOY  CHEESE.

117 MONROE ST., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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

JENNINGS’

Flavoring Extracts!
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Props.  Arctic Manufacturing Co.,

CXtAXTS  RAPIDS,

XÆXCXX-

JOBBERS  nsr

DRY  GOODS,
ALTT3D 3ST0TI03STS,

83  M onroe  St.,

AND  10,  12,  14,  10  AND  18  FOUNTAIN  STREET,

GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

A Specialty.

JOHN  CAULFIELD,

WHOLESALE

GROCER,

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,
W holesale  Grocers.
Daniel Scotten &  Co.’s “HIAWATHA” 

Im p o r te r s  a n d

S o lo  A gents fo r

Plug Tobacco.

Lautz. Bros. & Co.’s SOAPS.
Niagara STARCH.
Dwinell, Howard & Co.’s ^°yai Mocha and Java.
Thompson & Taylor Spice  Co.’s  “ Mag­

Royal Java.
Golden Santos.

7 

nolia ” Package Coffee.
SOLE  PROPRIETORS

the depositor of his account-must be so close 
and thorough as to  exclude  the  possibility 
for any error  whatever  to be overlooked by 
him.  Nor do we mean to hold that  the de­
positor is  wanting in  proper  care when he 
imposes  upon  some  competent  person  the 
duty  of  making  that  examination  and  of 
giving timely notice  to  the  bank of  objec­
tions to the account 
If  the examination is 
made  by  such  an  agent  or  clerk  inf good 
faith and with ordinary diligence, due notice 
given of any  error  in  the  account,  the de­
positor  discharges  his  duty  to  the  bank. 
But when, as in  this  case, the  agent  com­
mits the forgeries  which  misled  the  bank 
and injured the depositor, and therefore has 
an interest in concealing the facts, the prin­
cipal  occupies  no  better  position  than  he 
would have done had no one  been designat­
ed by him  to  make  the  required  examina­
tion,  without  at  least  showing  that  he ex­
ercised reasonable  diligence  in  supervising 
the  conduct of the agent while the latter was 
discharging the trust committed to him. 
In 
the absence  of  such  supervision  the  mere 
designation of an agent to  discharge a duty 
resting primarily upon the  principal cannot 
be deemed the equivalent of performance by 
the latter. 

.
No Capital  Required.

Wife—Can you let me have a little change, 

Husband—How much do you want?
Wife—Twenty cents for car-fare. 
Husband—Will that be enough?
Wife—Oh, yes,  I  am  only  going  shop­

. 

dear?

ping.

TIME TABLES.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAM AZOO  D IV IS IO N .)

Arrive.

Leave. 

N. Y.  N. Y.
Ex. and  N. Y. 
Mail.  Ex.
Mail.  Mail. 
p. m.  a. m. 
a. m.  p. m.
4:40  7:50Dp..Grand Rapids.. .Ar 9:30  7:15
9:07..... Allegan....................  8:32  5:58
5:58 
10:05..... Kalamazoo...............  7:30  5:00
6:55 
11:40..... White Pigeon..........  5:50  3:30
9:60 
a. m.  p. m. 
p. m.  a. m.
4:15 
5:10..... Toledo....................... 11:15  10:40
8:20 
9:30..... Cleveland................  6:40  6:30
a. m.  p. m
p. m.  a. m. 
3:30..... B uffalo.................... 11:55  11:55
2:40 
a. m.  p. ru. 
p. m. 
a. m.
5:40  8:00........ Chicago............ Lv  11 30 
8:50
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids atlp.m ., 
carrying passengers as far as Allegan.
All trains daily except Sunday.

J. W. M c K e n n e v , General Agent.

Ohieago & West Michigan.
Leaves.
TMail........................................9:00 am
tDay  Express......................12:35 p m
♦Night  Express...................10:40 p m
Muskegon Express............... 4:20 pm

Arrives, 
4:30 p m 
9:25 p m 
5:45 a m 
11:20 a m
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
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. m., and through coach  on 9:15 a.  m. and 
10:40 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO D IV IS IO N .

Leaves.  Arrives.
Express..............................*.  4:20pm  7:30pm
Express...................................8:00 am   10:50 am
All trains arrive and depart from Union De 
pot.
The Northern terminus of  this Division is at 
Baldwin, where close connection is made with 
F. &  P. M. trains to and from  Ludington and 
Manistee.

J. H. C a r p e n t e r ,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  M u l l i k e n ,  General  Manager.

Detroit, M&okinao  & Marquette.

G oing West. 
Going East,
7:30 p m ........... Houghton.............................8:30 am
3:00 pm , D......Marquette  .............A,  1:00 pm
2:05 pm, A ......Marquette..............D,  1:40 pm
10:40 a m ........... Seney.....................................4:50 pm
7:45 a m ........... St.  Ignace...........................  8:15 pm
6:15 a m ........... Mackinaw  City.............9:30 pm
5:00 p m ........... Grand  Rapids.............10:30 am
Express trains Nos. 1 and 2 make  close con 
nections at Mackinac City with Michigan  Cen 
tral and G. R. & I. R. R.
Connections  also  made  at  St.  Ignace with 
steamers of the Detroit  and  Cleveland Steam 
Navigation Company and all lake steamers.
At Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton 
& Ontonagon Railroad, for  all  Lake  Superior 
points. 

Gen. Supt., Marquette, Mich.
Gen. Pass, apd Ticket Agent, Marquette.

A. WATSON,
E. W. ALLEN,

Detroit,  Grand  Haven £   Milwaukee.

GOING EA ST.Arrives.
tSteamboat  Express..........
tThrough  Mail.................... 10:40 a m
tEvening  Express.............. 3:40 pm
♦Limited  Express...............  8:30 pm
tMixed, with  coach...........

Leaves 
6:25 a m 
10:50 a m 
3:50 p m 
10:45 p m 
11:00 a m

GO ING W EST.

fMorning  Express..............  1:05 pm
tThrough  Mail..................  5:00 pm
tSteamboat Express..........10:40 p m
tMixed..................................
♦Night Express....................  5:10am

1:10 p m 
5:10 p m
7:10 am 
5:35 a m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily. 
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 
Rapids.

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

A   MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A. STOWE &  BBO„ Proprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95.

{Entered,  at  (he  Postofflce  at  Grand  Rapids  as 

Second-class Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  5,  1886.

BUSINESS  LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of Last Resort.

BANKER’S  GENERAL  LIEN 

-SEPARATE

PROPERTY.

The case of  Wolstenholm  vs. The  Shef­
field Union Banking  Company,  decided re­
cently  by  the  English  Court  of Appeals, 
arose  upon  the  following  state  of  facts: 
One Wing had  a  private  account  with the 
defendant, and  also  a  trading  account for 
histfirm.  Both  accounts  were  overdrawn, 
and Wing asked  the  Bank  to  allow a fur­
ther overdraft, depositing as security a lease 
of some  property  of  his  own,  and  saying 
that  it did  not  matter  to  which  account 
credit  was  given.  The  depositor  became 
bankrupt,’liis  property  was  sold,  and  his 
trustee  (plaintiff)  sued  to  recover  the sur­
plus proceeds of the sale over and above the 
amount which the bank had actually advanc- 
■ ed on the security.  The  Court of  Appeals 
affirmed a judgment given  for  the plaintiff, 
holding that the bank  had  no  right to hold 
the surplus of separate property as if it were 
a security of the firm.  The  general lien of 
a banker,  the court  held, could  not  enable 
him to take the property of  one man to pay 
the  debt  of  another,  which  would  be  the 
legal effect of the banks’ action.
EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION—ELEVATORS.
The  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company 
in 1881 erected on its right of way in Cairo, 
and near the Ohio river, a  grain  elevator at 
a cost of  $200,000  or  $300,000,  and  leased 
the  same  to  private  parties  who  received 
tolls and compensation  for all  grain stored 
therein. 
It appeared that such elevator was 
- quite convenient  and  beneficial to the com­
pany in its  business,  but  not  more so than 
¿if built and owned by private persons.  The 
Supreme Court of  Illinois  held  that under 
the company’s charter such elevator was not 
exempt from taxation,  it  not  being devoted 
exclusively to the business  of  the company 
as a common carrier and not being essential 
to  the  operation  of  its  road.  The  court 
held, however,  that  if  an  elevator  of  the 
company were  used  exclusively by it in re­
ceiving grain for shipment  or  for storing it 
after  shipment  without  any  additional 
charge  therefor,  except  on  neglect  of  the 
owner to  take  it  away within a reasonable 
time after its arrival,  it would be clearly ex­
empt under the  charter of the company.

DUTY  OF  DEPOSITORS—EXAMINATION  OF 

PASS-BOOK.

The case  of  Leather  Manufacturers’ Na­
tional Bank vs. Morgan etal., decided lately 
by the Supreme  Court of the United States, 
turned upon the question  as  to the right of 
the depositor in  a  bank  to  question an ac­
count  rendered  by  the  bank  so  far  as  it 
charged him with  certain  checks which  he 
signed, but which before payment were ma­
terially  altered  by  his  confidential  clerk 
without  his  knowledge  or  consent.  The 
suit was brought by the defendants in error, 
partners  under  the  name  of  Ashbumer & 
Co., to recover  a  balance  alleged  to be due 
on a deposit account opened  at the  bank in 
the name of  William  B.  Cooper, Jr.,  agent 
for Ashbumer & Co.  A  confidential  clerk 
o f  Cooper,  under his  direction,  was accus­
tomed to fill up all checks  drawn upon that 
-account.  Certain of these  checks  were al­
tered  by  the  clerk,  and  the  full  raised 
amounts were  drawn  by  him.  These for­
geries were discovered  by Cooper in March, 
1881, while the  clerk  was  absent from the 
office.  Cooper  had  looked  at  his  check 
book from time to time,  but left the balanc­
ing to his clerk.  He admitted that if on any 
of the several balancings  he had made  such 
examination  of  his  check-book  and  pass­
book as was done in  March,  1881,  he would 
have  “easily discovered” that  his  account 
had been charged  with  altered  checks,  and 
Also that for  the previous  five  or ten years 
he had known of various  means adopted by 
bankers and  merchants to  prevent the rais­
ing or alteration of  checks, but  that he had 
not employed  or  used  any  of  them.  The 
•Circuit Court  for  the  Southern  District of 
New  York  instructed  the  jury to  find for 
¿the defendants in  error  on the  ground that 
Cooper was under  no duty  whatever to the 
bank  to  examine  his  pass-book,  and  the 
vouchers returned with  it in  order to ascer­
tain whether his account was correctly kept 
■or not  The Supreme Court  of  the United 
States reversed this judgment,  holding that 
the question whether the  defendants  in er­
ror were estopped by the negligence of their 
representative from questioning the correct­
ness of the account as rendered by the bank 
from time  to  time  was,  in  view  of  all the 
circumstances  of  the  case,  a  mixed one  of 
law and fact  Touching the legal principal 
involved,  the court said:  The depositor can­
not 
therefore,  without  injustice  to  the 
bank,  omit all  examination of  his  account 
when  thus  rendered  at  his  request.  His 
failure to make it or  to have it made within 
a reasonable  time,  after  opportunity given 
for that  purpose,  is  inconsistent  with  the 
object for which he obtains and uses a pass­
book.  *  *  *  W e  must  not  be  under­
stood  as  holding  that  the  examination by

Grand IR.efpi.ds, AAiolY.

B.  LEIDERSDORF  &  CO.,

M ILW A U KEE, W iS ,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  THE  CELEBRATED

UNCLE  RAM,  ROB  ROY,  MINERS  AND  PUD- 

DLERS,  RAILROAD  BOY  AND  HURRAH 

SMOKING;  COMMANDER  AND 

HAIR  LIFTER  CHEWING 

TOBACCOS.

JQTTN  CAULFIELID,  w h o l e s a l e   g r o c e r

Headquarters for above named brands at

“J O L L Y   TIAAE3”  F in e   O ixt

Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods 

on the market.

In addition to a full line  of staple groceries,  we are the 
only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment 
of fancy groceries and table delicacies.

Mail orders  are  especially  solicited, which  invariably 
secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.

25,27 and 29 Ionia Stand 51,53,55,57 and 59 Island Sts.,

Grrand KLapicLs, MlohL.

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana.

Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30 am  
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac  Ex  4:10 p m 
G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  5:05 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. W ayu e Ex.. 10:30 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids Ac.10:30 p m 

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves
11:30 a m 
5:05 pm 
7:00 a m
7:15 a m 
5:30 p m 
11:46 a m

GOING  SOUTH.

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLE EPIN G  GAR ARRANGEM ENTS.

North—Train  leaving  at 5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for Petoskey 
and Mackinac.  Trainleaving 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. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

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Miohigan  Central.

D E PA R T.

tDetroit Express..............................................6:00 am
-tDav Express.........................................12:45 p m
♦Atlantic Express.................................. 10:40 p m
tWayFreight....................................................6:50 am

A R R IV E .

♦Pacific  Express.......................... 
tM ail.............................................. 
tGrand  Rapids  Express....................... 10:35p m
Wav Freight......................................................5:15 pm

8:00 am
8:30 pm

 

tDaily except Sunday.  »Daily.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and Paciflo 
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  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit, 
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:3u 
a. m.,and  Boston 3:05 p. in. «ext day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily exoept 
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv­
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:36 p. m.

Chas. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent

ABSOLUTE
SPICES. 

Warranted to be Pure Goods.

Manufactured  Only by

T ELFER   &  BROOKS,

>  46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.

f

m m

D IR E C T IO N S  

W e have cooked the com  In this can 
Should  be  Thoroughly
sufficiently. 
Warmed (hot cooked) adding  piece  ot
___‘ _ 
• (size of hen's egg) and gill
of firesh  m ilk  (preferable  to  water.)
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

^ -^j;HIM.ICOTHE

A T   THIS  fc**0

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and $tamp on each can.

CO.,

J.  T.  BELL 

Saginaw  Valley  Fruit  House
And  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,

Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits.

Reference:  Banks of E ast Saginaw.

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED.

East Saginaw, Mich.

GO  TO

FOR

Fig’s, Dates,

ETC.

V O N  B E H R E N  & S H A F F E R ,
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Manufacturers of Every Style  of

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E T C . ,   3 S T O .

The Spotter—No. 4.

Do I know anything  about “train  butch­
ers”? Where do you suppose I keep my eyes? 
The  slipperest  mortal  on  earth,  and  the 
most abused is the train news agent.  Well, 
see here.  Every time the boy or  man comes 
along and offers you a book or paper, or lays 
a  box  of  candy  or  figs  in  your  lap, 
don’t you cuss him to  yourself?  Ain’t that 
silent  abuse?  Doesn’t  the  Book, or  some­
body,  say  something  about  curses  low but 
deep?  Trick*?  Say,  what  a  butcher doesn’t 
know about schemes and ways that are dark 
is hardly worth mentionin’.  You’ll see him 
come  along  and  distribute  candy,  books, 
paper and such  like on  every  seat,  kind o’ 
promiscous like.  Does he know how many 
articles he lays  down?  Well, you  just  bet 
he does.  And when  the  old  farmer or old 
lady opens a box of  figs or  candy,  and then 
tries  to  close  it  up,  doesn’t  he  say,  “Ten 
cents, please,  I can’t use that again  you’ve 
opened it”?  And  doesn’t  he  take  care  to 
leave the prospectus of  some new book lay- 
in’ around loose,  so one  will  pick it up and 
read it,  and then  ask  the  innocent agent if 
he has the  book?  And  doesn’t  he  at first 
invariable say no,  he  has  not?  And when 
the verdant becomes anxious  by the  denial 
and desires  the  book  at  any  price, doesn’t 
the newsboy find it  and  get  double  price? 
Tricks?  Oh, no.  Take the  fig  box  trick 
for instance.  He shows  the ‘sucker’  a five 
dollar bill,  places  it  in a  fig  box,  with the 
end of the bill stricking out of the box.  He 
shuffles  three  or  four  boxes  about.  The 
greeny sees the’end of  the  hill,  buys a  box 
of figs for two or  three  dollars  and  the ac 
commodating  “butch”  says  to  him,  “Now 
keep to yourself  what  you  get,  and  don’t 
say anything, for it would only make trouble 
for me and you’d get the laugh.”  And what 
does he  find?  The  tom  end  of  a  bill  of 
some  kind,  and  in  return  for  his  two  or 
three dollars he gets a box  of  back number 
dates or figs.  But the biter gets bitten just 
the same.  For the men at some of  the main 
offices  are  just  as  fly  or  flyer  than  the 
“gang.”  For instance,  everything  that the 
agent takes along 011  his  trip is laid out on 
a  counter,  by  the  man  in  the  office,  and 
checked to  the  agent.  Whatever  is  short 
(sold or  otherwise) when  the agent returns 
must be accounted  for  in  cash, or it will be 
taken out  of  the  security  (twenty to  fifty 
dollars) that every agent must put up.  Well, 
while the office man  is  checking the goods, 
and the agent is putting  them in his box on 
the other side of  the  counter,  how easy for 
the office  man to slide«a box or  two off the 
pile on the counter,  while the  agent’s  head 
is down in the box.  Do  they do it?  Well, 
ask any of the boys.  Once in a while some 
of the boys will  get  left  at a way station— 
actually left,  or perhaps  drunk.  When  he 
gets  back  to  head  quarters,  he  is  told, 
“Twenty dollars short but  of  your box this 
trip.”  Do  they stand  it?  Got  to.  Can’t 
prove  who  took.  Stock  all  taken  out  of 
the boxes  and  placed  on  the  shelves,  and 
the  office  man  holds  the  security.  See¿ 
No, they could not make  their  salt,  if they 
didn’t make  a little  ‘scale  money,’ as they 
call 
it.  How?  Easy  enough.  Some  by 
tricks.  Most  of them buy  their own cigars 
at IK to 2 cent apiece,  and  sell  them three 
for a  quarter.  They buy  their  own  fruit, 
and  some  buy  their  own  books  and  sell 
them.  Does the  company  kick?  Suppose 
they would  if they  could catch them  at it, 
but so long as  the  agents  turn in a  certain 
amount for every day’s work, they say noth­
ing.  Some of them have two complete out­
fits,  one  theirs,  the  other  the  news  com­
pany’s.  When they arrive at a station or so 
this side of the  terminus, they quietly drop 
their own box and carry  in the  company’s. 
Some of them have made  money at the bus­
iness and own  their  own  homes,  and have 
a little nest egg laid by.  Such  men,  gener­
ally,  are those who have worked main lines. 
Others have grown gray in  the  service and 
haven’t a cent.  “Easy  come,  easy  gone.” 
Not long ago, one of the boys working from
tlieC-----office,  “struck  a  granger with a
boot”  (took  his wallet)  about|~112.  Well, 
when he came in from the trip,  he took the 
office  clerk  aside,  handed  him  the  money 
and said,  “Found it.  Keep it for  me a few 
days.” 
In a day or so  the  office  man says 
to him,  “Fly cop around here to-day asking 
questions.  Guess I can settle the matter for 
you.”  Agent scared  to  death,  says,  “Set­
tle.”  Office man  settles; that  is  he  keeps 
$ 100, and  gives  the  poor  boy  $12  as  his 
share in the crime he  has committed.

Leo. A.  Caeo.

A verdant housewife,  fresh from her rural 
home, came to  the  city to purchase various 
household necessities.  She glanced timidly 
about her,  and  was  evidently  confused by 
the countless shops  which took the place of 
the village store.  There was a bucket-shop 
near by, with the usual  sign  over the door: 
“Stocks, Grain and Oil.”  She read the words 
and entered the place.  “I want to buy some 
■oil,” she said.  The  proprietor  gave  her a 
1 per cent,  margin smile,  and winked at the 
telegraph operator to get some Oil City quo­
tations.  “I—I want to  buy a  great deal.” 
The bucket shop man  wondered if  his safe 
would hold all the  margin  money.  “I can 
buy  50,000  barrels  for  you,  madam,”  he 
said.  “I don’t want as much as that.”  “Or 
10,000 barrels—”  “I don’t  want  as  much 
as  that.”  “Or  even  1,000  barrels.  The 
charges for carrying it will be—”  “Oh,” she 
exclaimed,  “you  see  I  don’t  live  very far 
from here,  and the train stops  just  beyond 
our farm;  so,  if you’ll  put  me  up a gallon. 
I’ll  carry  it  myself.”  She  was  shown 
the  corner  grocery  without  unnecessary 
courtesy  or deliberation.

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Wholesale  k  Goimission—Bnttor  &  Bees’a  Socially.

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.

97  and 99  Canal Street, 

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Grand Rapids, M ichigan

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.

Wool Twine, Binders’ Twine, Tarred  Felt, 

Tarred Board, Building Board, Etc.

LYON  ST.,  -  GRAND  RA PID S,

l i  m

!

TWINES,

CORDAGE, 

WOODENWARE.

SPRING

COMPANY,

W HOLESALE  D EALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

DRY  GOODS,
CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

6 and 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

M anufactured by the

SMOKING  TOBACCO,
National K. of L. Co-operative Tohacco Co.
Arthur  Meigs

H A L E I G H ,   N .   O .

GXLAXTD  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W holesale agents for th e

STATE OF fMIOIHIGr-AJSr.
This is the  only  authorized  K.  of  L. 
Smoking Tobacco on the market.  The 
stock  of this  corporation  is  all  owned 
by the K. of L. Assemblies in the U.  S., 
and every member w ill not only buy it 
Himself, but do  his  utmost  to  make  it 
popular.  Dealers w ill therefore see the 
advisability  of  putting  it  in  stock  at 
once.  We w ill fill orders for any quan­
tity at following prices, usual terms:
2 02,46;  4  OZ. 44;  8 0Z.43;  16 OZ. 42.

ARTHUR MEIGS & CO.,
Wholesale  Bracers,
11,79,81 anil 83 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

2)r\>  (Boobs.

The following quotations are given  to Bhow 
relative values, but they may be considered, to 
some extent, “outside prices,” and are  not as 
low as buyers of reasonable  quantities can, in 
most  instances, obtain  them  at.  It  will pay 
every  merchant  to  make  frequent  visits  to 
market, not only in  respect  to  prices,  but to 
keep posted on  the  ever-changing  styles and 
fashions, many of which are never shown  “on 
the  road.”

W ID E  BR O W S COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 0-4.. 17 
j Pepperel l, 104.......19
Androscoggi u, 7-4.. 1334 Pepperel 1,114........22
Pepperell,  74........13  Pequot,  74............ 14V4
Pepperell,  34........15  Pequot,  84............ 1®
¡Pequot,  94 ........... 18
Pepperel],  94........17 
Economy, oz.......... 
tPark Mills, No. 100.15
¡Prodigy, oz..............814
Park Mills, No. 50..10 
¡Otis Apron..............814
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
¡Otis  Furniture..... 814
Park Mills, No. 70.. 12 
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13  York, 1  oz.................914
¡York. AA,extra oz.1234
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14 
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OSNABCRGS.

Plain. 

Plaid.

CHECKS.

* 

P R IN T S .

S IL E S IA S .

BLEACHED COTTONS.

DOM ESTIC GINGHAM S.

F IN E  BROW N  COTTON9.

styles....................

Alabama................ 634 ¡Alabama..................
Georgia....  81* j Augusta...............................62£
Jewell  .................  .  8  ¡Georgia..................  634
Kentucky  .............   8H| Louisiana...............  634
L ane.......................  834 Toledo....................814
Santee.....................  734l
Avondale,  36.  814|Gilded  Age........................714
Art  cambrics, 36...  914 Greene, G  4-4 
. . .   514
Androscoggin, 44..  7*4  Hill, 44....................  714
Androscoggin, 54.. 12141 Hill, 7-8....................*34
Ballou, 4-4...............  614 Hope,  14.................. 614
Ballou, 54................  6  King  Ptaidip  cam-
Boott, 0 .4 4 ........... 814  brie, 44.................... 914
Boott,  E. 5-5...........   7  Linwood,  4-4..........  714
Boott, AGC, 4-4.......914|Lonsdale,  44..............7%
Boott, K. 34..........  514|Lonsdale  cambric.101%
Blackstone,AA4-4  634 Langdon,GB,4-4...
Chapman,X,4 4 ....  5*4 Langdon,  48........... 11
Conway,  4-4........... 614 Masonville,  14...........714
Cabot, 4-4.................614  New York Mill, 44.1014
Cabot, 7-8.................  6  New Jersey,  44—   8
Canoe,  34...............   4  Pocasset,  P. M. C..  714
Domestic,  36.........7*4¡Pride of the West.. 1014
Dwight Anchor, 44.  8J4| Pocahontas,  44—   714
Davol, 4-4.  8  ¡Slaterville, 7-8..........................614
Fruit of Loom, 44..  734 ¡Woodbury, 44.......... 514
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  6341 Whitinsville,  4-4...  644 
Fruit of  the  Loom, 
I Whitinsville, 7-8—   6
cambric,  44.........11  |Wamsutta,44..........914
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  63» Williamsville, 36...  814
Gold Medal, 7-8.......5141
Crown......................1714 Masonville S...........11  m
No.  10...................... 11  ¡Lonsdale..................  91s
Coin........................10  ¡Lonsdale A ..............14
Anchor__ :.............15 
¡Victory  O..............   514
Blackburn.............   8 
| Victory J ...................614
Davol.......................14  Victory D..............   814
London....................1214 Victory  K................1014
Paconia..................12  Phoenix A ...............1914
Bed  Cross..............   714  Phoenix  B ............... 1014
Masonville TS.......8  ¡Phoenix XX ..............5
Albion, solid..........514[Gloucester................. 514
Albion,  grey...........6  Gloucestermourn’g.534
Allen’s  checks....... 5141 Hamilton  fancy....6
Ailen’s  fancy.........534 Hartel fancy............. 514
Allen’s pink............ 53% Merrimac D............... 6
Allen’s purple.........514 Manchester............... 8
American, fancy.... 514 Oriental fancy.........514
Arnold fancy.......... 6  ¡Oriental  robes.......... 614
Berlin solid............   5  ¡Pacific  robes.............6
Cocheco  fancy.......6  Richmond...................514
Cocheco robes........ 6*4 Steel River.................514
Simpson’s ................ 6
Conestoga fancy —  6
Washington fancy. .5 
Eddystone.............. 6
Washington blues.  5
Eagle fancy............. 5
Garner pink............. 514
Appleton A, 44__ 6  1 Indian Orchard, 40.  7
Boott  M, 44...........   734; Indian Orchard, 36.  ®
Boston  F, 4-4..........  694¡Laconia B, 7-4.......... 13
ContinentalC, 4-4..  634¡Lyman B, 40-in.......... 9
Continental D, 40in 724 Mass. BB, 4-4. :.........5J4
Conestoga W, 4-4...  634 Nashua  E, 40-in....  734
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  424 Nashua  R. 44........   634
Conestoga  G, 30-in.  5  ¡Nashua0,7-8..........6
Dwight  X, 34........   424 Newmarket N ------ 534
Dwight Y ,7-8..........5>4  Pepperell E, 40-in..  624
Dwight Z,44..........534 Pepperell  K,4 4 ....  6*4
Dwight Star, 4-4....  6  Pepperell  O, 7-8—   524 
Dwight Star, 40-in..  7 
¡Pepperell  N, 34—   514
Enterprise EE, 36..  424 Pocassèt  C, 44.........6)4
Great Falls E,44...  614 Saranac R.................6
Farmers’ A, 44.......5141 Saranac E.................734
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Amoskeag...............7
Bookfold..............1234
Amoskeag, Persian 9
Johnson  Manfg Co,
dress  styles........1034
Bates.........................6
Slaterville, 
dress
Berkshire...............  6
I  styles.....................   6
Glasgow,  fancy....
White Mfg Co, stap  624 
Glasgow,  royal—   634 
White Mfg Co, fane 734
Gloucester, 
new 
Plunket..................  734  Earlston...............734
Lancaster...............  7  Gordon.................... 7
Langdown............. 7  Greylock, 
Renfrew,  dress__ 9 
|  sty le s.................... 1034
Androscoggin, 74. .15 
¡Pepperell.  104......22
Androscoggin, 84. .16  Pepperell,  114.......24
Pepperell,  74.........15  Pequot,  74............. 16
Pepperell,  84.........17  Pequot,  84............. 18
Pepperell,  94.........19 
¡Pequot,  94............ 20
Atlantic  A, 44.......614¡Lawrence XX, 44..  6*4
Atlantic  H, 44......   6*4 ¡Lawrence XXX 40.  724
Atlantic  D, 44......   52»¡Lawrence LL,44...  5
Atlantic P, 44........   5  Newmarket N........ 514
Atlantic  LL, 4 4....  424¡Mystic River, 44...  524
Adriatic, 36............. 714 Pequot A, 44............  624
Augusta, 44...........   6*41 Piedmont,  36..........6
Boott  M, 44...........   6  ¡Stark AA, 44............614
Boott  FF, 44..........634 Tremont CC,44—   424
Graniteville, 44__   524 Utica,  24................ 10
Indian  Head,4-4...  624 Wachusett,  44.......6J4
Indiana Head 45-in. 1114! Wachusett. 30-in...  524 
Amoskeag, ACA.. .17  ¡Falls, XXX............. 1514
Amoskeag  “ 44..1234 Falls,  BB................ 1114
Amoskeag,  A .......1154  Falls,  BBC, 36......... 1934
Amoskeag,  B ........11  Falls,  awning..........19
Amoskeag,  C..... 1034  Hamilton,  BT, 32..  934
Amoskeag,  D..... 10  Hamilton,  D.............934
Amoskeag,  E.........  9341 Hamilton,  H............834
Amoskeag, F..........   9  Hamilton  fancy...  834
Premium  A ,44 .... 17  Methuen AA............1134
Premium  B ...........16  Methuen ASA..........1634
Extra44................. 16  ¡Omega A, 7-8............1034
Extra 7-8.................1434 ¡Omega A, 44............1234
CCA 7-8................... 1214 ¡Omega ACA, 7-8.... 13
Omega ACA, 44.... 15
CT 44........................14
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8........................14
Omega SE, 44.........27
BF 7-8....................... 16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
A F44......................19
Omega M, 44.......... 25
Cordis AAA, 32......14
Shetucket SS&SSW1134 
Cordis ACA, 32......15
Shetucket, S & 8W.12 
Cordis No. 1,32....... 15
Shetucket,  SFS  ...12
Cordis  No. 2............ 14
Stock bridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 3............13
Stockbridge fancy.  8
Cordis  No. 4............113
Falls, XXXX.......... 1834
Washington...........   4*»j Royal  Globe 
434
S. S. & Sons...........  434lCrown....................  434
American  A.. __143£|Amoskeag.... ......1424
Stark A ..........
Boston__— __  634 ¡Otis CO.......... ......9
Everett blue.. __ 12  Warren  AXA. ......11
Everett  brown __12  ¡Warren  BB... .......10
¡Warren CC___ ......9
Otis  AXA....... __ 11 
Otis BB.......... __10  ¡York,  blue__ .......1234
Manville......■.. 454@5  IS. S. ft Sons__ .424 @534
Masonville — 5*4@654 ¡Garner.......... .434@534
......6
Red  Cross......
Berlin............ ......6  ¡Rose................... .......634
Garner..........
Brooks.......... __50  ¡Eagle  and  Phoenix
Clark’s O. N. T...... 56  I  Mills ball sewing.30
J. & p.  coats......... 55  ¡Green  &  Daniels...25
Willimantic 6 cord.55  Stafford................. 25
Willimantic 3 cord.40  Hall & Manning... .28
Charleston bail sew  Holyoke...................25

standard.............   734¡White  Manf’g  Co,

G R A IN   BAGS.
..  .20341

....  634[ThistleMills..

W ID E BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

P A P E R   CAM BRICS.

SOFT  CAM BRICS.

SPOOL, COTTON.

TICK IN G S.

W IOANS.

dress

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CORSET JE A N S .

Ing thread........... 30 

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7  j
Kearsage................ 624
Armory.............
_  Naumkeag satteen.  624 
Androscoggin  .. ...  734^
5341 Pepperell  bleached 834
Canoe Ri ver....... ...  534
?epperell sat..........8
Clarendon.......... . ÍK®0*4
iockport................ 634
Hallowell  Imp.. ...524
Ind. Orch. Im p.....  534
Laconia .............,...  7

He W as  Mistaken.

A Texas jeweler hung a watch in his win­
dow and labeled  it:  “ Look  at this  watch 
for $10,” and the unsophisticated gentleman 
from Africa who  stared at  the  article  and 
then went  in and  wanted  the  $10, had  to 
get down on the floor with  the  jeweler and 
roll over and under  him a  number of  times 
before he could be made  to  understand that 
he couldn’t have any $10.

SEED  CORN,

While our stock lasts, we of­

fer to the trade FOR  SEED:
Learning Early Dent, (Dorn. 56 lb to bu. for $1.50
Red Blazed, 8 Rowed.......... 
1.75
Yellow Yankee,8 Rowed... 
1.75

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GRAND  R A PID S, M ICH.

F R E D .  D.  YA LE.

m. D. YALE 4 CO.

SU C C E S S O R S   TO

D A N IE L  LY NCH .

C H A S .   S .  Y A L E   &   B R O . ,

w h o l e s a l e   m a n u f a c t u r e r s  o f

Baiim Poitiers, Extracts, Bluings,
GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re­

AND  JOBBERS OF

ceive prompt attention.

40 and 42 South Division St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

BULL.DOG
Tobaccos.
TRADE  UNION

------ AND------

LABOR  UNION,

The largest amount of good tobacco for the 

least money.

AND  EXTRA  GOOD

FUSTE  OTJTS
These goods are all UNION  MADE,  and 
each box is duly  stamped  with  the  Union 
Label.  No sc a b work goes from  this  fac­
tory.  Every employee  is a Union man and 
a K.  of L.

If your jobber don’t sell it, your order  di­
rect will be filled promptly at prices quoted, 
and delivered to your railroad  depot free  of 
freight.

Bull Dog Tobacco Works,
Covington, Ky.

( B r o c e r ie e .

Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.

O F FIC E R S .

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. 1. 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—O.  Lam' 
bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie.
Arbitration  Committee—B.  Borgman.  Garrit 
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.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  Keift 
and A. Towl.
Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An 
drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer.
Begular meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each month.
Next meeting—Wednesday evening, May 5.
B E T A IL   GROCERS’  ASSOCIATION 

OF  GRAND  RA PID S.

ORG A N IZED   NO VEM BER  10,  1886.

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—Eugene  Richmond,  Wm 
H. Sigcl, A. J. Elliott, Henry A. Hydorn and 
W.E. Knox.
Finance  Committee—W. E.  Knox,  H.  A.  Hy- 
dorn and A. J. Elliott.
Room Committee—A. J. Elliott,  Eugene  Rich­
mond and Wm. H. Sigel.
Arbitration  Committee—James  Farnsworth 
M. J. Lewis and A. Rasch.
Complaint  Committee—J.  George  Lehman, 
Martin C. DeJager and A. G. Wagner.
Collectors—Cooper & Barber, 69  Waterloo  St., 
Eagle Hotel block.
Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem­
ber.
Regular  meetings—First  and  Third  Tuesday 
Evenings of each month.

•  Next meeting—Tuesday evening. May 18.

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association.
President, P. Ranney;  Secretary,  M.  8. Sco- 

ville;  Treasurer, Julius Schuster.

The Drummer’s Little Girl.
Some people calls him “drummer,” 
Gets home again next Summer.

My papa is a traveling man,
He goes away in August, and—

I don’t know papa very well,
I wish I knew him better.
But every week i take my pen 
And write a big long letter.

And mamma says some day he’ll come 
(I thought I should have fainted) 
And she will keep him in the house 
Until we get acquainted.

Now ain’t that funny don’t you think?
It gives me lots of bother.
To think a great big girl like me 
Don’t really know ner father.

I won’t know, hardly, how to act,
But goodness gracious, it won’t do 

Of course, he’ll have to “Miss” me, 
To let a strange man kiss me 1

And when he first comes in the house 
I won’t know how to greet him,
I guess I’ll call him “Mister Papa,” 
And say I’m pleased to meet him.
Oh pshaw, its plaguey mean to have 
I wish he’d come in Autumn and 

One’s paper for a drummer,
Stay Winter, Spring and Summer.
OUR  ROLL  OF  HONOR.

We,  the undersigned wholesale dealers of 
Grand Rapids,  hereby  pledge  ourselves to 
the Retail  Grocers’  Association,  not to sell 
goods in our  respective  lines  to consumers: 

Oi.ney, Shields & Co.,
Hawkins & Perky,
F. J.  Lamb & Co.,
Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops,
Amos Musselman & Co.,
Fox & Bradford,
O.  W. Blain,
I ra O. Green,
Moseley Bros.,
Bunting & Shedd,
W. F. Gibson  & Co.,
S.  C.  Peer,
Clark, J ewell & Co.,
Cody, Ball  & Co..
J ennings & Smith,
J ohn Caulfield,
Fred D. Yale & Co.,
Telfer & Brooks,
Eaton & Christenson,
Ludwig  Winternitz,
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

The  Grocery  Market.

Business is  good, considering the  appre­
hension existing in some  localities  relative 
to  the  labor  situation.  The  market  has 
been  remarkably steady with  the exception 
of  sugar,  which  has  sustained  a  strong 
downward  movement  Two  or  three  re­
fineries have nearly reached  a settlement of 
the trouble  with  their  workmen  and  it is 
thought  that the  end of  the  present  week 
will witness a  resumption  of  operations at 
all the refineries.  The present  condition of 
the market coupled  with  the fact that raw 
sugars have sold at an extremely low  figure 
during the strike,  gives good ground for the 
belief that refined  sugars will touch bottom 
prices again before the  June  boom  puts in 
an appearance.  The T radesm an  advises 
dealers to purchase  only for  present wants, 
believing that  any  attempt  at  speculation 
cannot fail to result disastrously.

Candy is steady and firm at the  advance. 
Oranges and lemons both show higher prices 
and the market is  very firm.  Nuts  are un­
changed. 

________

Strong Point in  Mercantile Success.
It is said tliat one of the  strongest points 
in the character of Stephen Girard,  the  Nar 
polean of commerce, was  that  no man ever 
heard him boast of  what  he could do.  He 
remained  quiet  and  silent  until  the  time 
came  for  action,  and 
then  he  struck 
the  blow  with  unerring  aim,  which 
insured him  success.  He  wras  studious to 
learn all he could  from others and as  care­
ful to impart nothing in return.

“Mr. Trialbalance,”  said  Old  Hyson  to 
the bookkeeper,  “you  were away  two days 
last  week.”  “I  was,  Mr.  Hyson;  I  was 
summoned  suddenly to  attend  the  funeral 
of  my grandmother.”  “Ah,  yes,” said  the 
merchant  “Quite  right quite  right  Ac­
cept my condolences.  Did you bury the old 
lady?”  “Yes, sir.”  “Ah,  yes; buried her. 
I  thought from your  breath,  you  had  em­
balmed  her.” 
(Loud  and  long-continued 
silence.)

How to Keep Store.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

Good common sense is the first  requisite. 
A person who has that can  learn  to  do  al­
most anything,  and do it well.  Storekeeping 
is an art partly acquired and partly natural. 
Some  men  are  natural-born  merchants. 
Stewart, Claffin  and  Shillito  were  men  of 
this stamp.  Others who have attained high 
eminence in trade were  not  noted  for  any 
special  aptitude  for  business  aside  from 
abilities common to men in general.

To  be  a  successful  merchant,  it  is  not 
necessary  to  be a bora genius.  There  are 
other qualities  more  important.  The  first 
question to ask is, Have  I  experience? 
It 
would be almost as foolish in this age to at­
tempt  storekeeping  without  any  previous 
knowledge of the business as  it would be to 
attempt to build a house  without  a  knowl­
edge of the use of tools  and of architecture. 
The  house  would  prove  a  failure  and  so 
would the merchant.

The time is  past when  a  man  could sell 
his farm,  or quit  his  profession, or give up 
his  handicraft  and  take  to  storekeeping 
with the hope of making maney.  The news­
paper, the railroad  and  the  telegraph have 
introduced new  methods  of  business man­
agement.  Profits  ranging  from  25  to  40 
per cent, can no longer be made.  Old goods 
cannot be carried from one season to anoth­
er,  to be sold finally above cost.  The masses 
have some knowledge about styles and fash­
ions,  and are well posted as to prices.  The 
best way, therefore to keep store is to begin 
as a young clerk and grow  up with the bus­
iness.

The best commercial  school  in existence 
is a general country store.  The elementary 
branches of business  are  taught in it.  The 
young beginner leahis to know himself—an 
important  lesson;  learns  to  acquire  confi­
dence  in  himself;  learns  improvement  in 
manners, in conversation,  and also learns to 
study  human  nature.  Knowledge  is  also 
gained as it regards merchandise, not in any 
particular line, but in all  commodities com­
mon to the  wants  of  the  people.  This is 
useful information in after life, whether the 
clerk ever becomes a  merchant or  not. 
In 
fact, the  practical  philosophy  of  business 
even in its greatest magnitude is first learn­
ed in a general store.

The clerk who graduates with honor from 
the country store  is  well  equipped for  the 
large  marts  of  trade  in  any  part  of  the 
world.  He  is  possessed  of  a  practical 
knowledge that can  be  turned  to  good ac­
count in any department  of  business.  His 
diploma  is  common  sense, fortified  by ex­
perience as to  the  elementary principles of 
trade and barter.  He has  laid  the founda­
tion upon which a solid business superstruc- 
tion can be reared.  For himself  lie can an­
swer the question  “how  to  keep store,” by 
having  learned  the  first  rudiments,  after 
which was gained a wider  knowledge as  to 
the wants of  the  community and  how best 
to supply them.

As a rule, the most  successful  merchants 
began as clerks  and  worked  their  wray up 
from a boy to the head of the firm.  This is 
in  accordance  with  the  natural  order  of 
things.  Few men  have  made  a success of 
merchandise  who  previously were  engaged 
in some other pursuit. 
In nature abnormal 
growths are  considered  unhealthy,  and  it 
would be equally out  of  the  common order 
of affairs for a  man to  become a good mer 
chant who nearly all  his  life had  been en­
gaged in  something  else. 
It is  not  in ac­
cordance with the fitness of things.

The  best  way to  keep  store is to  know 
how to do it from the  standpoint of  practi­
cal experience, beginning young in life.

Cranberry  Notes.

The departure of John Clarke  and Henry 
Manley from their winter homes at Meaford, 
Ont, 
to  their  cranberry  plantations  at 
Whitefish  Point,  U.  P., means  the  inaug­
uration 6f  a vigorous  summer’s  campaign. 
Whitefish Point is  evidently  destined to be 
the Cape Cod of Michigan.

A party of  Grand  Rapids  business  men 
are talking of forming a stock  company for 
the purpose of purchasing a tract of  swamp 
land  and  engaging  in  the  cultivation  of 
cranberries on an extensive scale.

S. H.  Comings, the  St.  Joseph  grower, 
has written a  long  and  pertinent  letter to 
the  American  Cranberry Growers’ Associa­
tion, setting forth  a  method  by  which the 
glutted condition of the market which ruled 
during the past season can be obviated.  Mr. 
Comings  suggests  that  representatives  be 
sent to Europe  to  introduce  the  cranberry 
to the  notice  of  the  English, French  and 
German people,  with  whom  the  American 
cranberry is now practically unknown.  Mr. 
Comings’ plan  deserves  careful  considera­
tion,  as the rapid  increase in  productive ca­
pacity is sure to overstock the market worse 
than was the case last year, unless new out­
lets are found for the surplus crop.

The statistician of the American Cranberry 
¿rowers’ Association  estimates  the crop of 
1885 at 560,000 bushels,  placing the product 
of each section as follows:
New Jersey................................................... 175,000
New England................................................225,000
Wisconsin.....................................................150,000
Other  Western States...............................   10,000
The  nearest  approach  to  this  product 
was in 1881, when the crop aggregated 461,- 
025 bushels.

Peanuts in India.

The successful  cultivation  of  peanuts in 
Virginia has been  the  means of calling the 
attention of  Indian  agriculturists to a new 
source  of  profit  The  Indian  Gardener 
states that ground  nuts  grow  there freely, 
and that an attempt  is about to  be made to 
cultivate the peanut

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promptly and buy in full packages.
901 Paragon................2 10
Frazer’s ................. 
Diamond  X ............  60 Paragon 25lb pails.  90
Modoc, 4  doz......... 2 501Fraziers,25 lb pails.1  25
Thompson’s  Butterfly, bulk...................   25
6 or 10 tb cans.....   27
* , 4 doz.  In case...  95
A, 2  “ 
...195
J. H. Thompson & Co.’s Princess, * s ..........1 25
As..........  2 25
Is............4 25
bulk.......  28
45
75
1  40
2 40
12 00
Silver Spoon, 50 cans............................  ... .10 00
Victorian. I tb cans, (tall,) 2 doz..................2 00
Diamond,  “bulk,”......................................... 
15
Dry, No. 2........................................... doz. 
25
45
Dry, No. 3........................................... doz. 
35
Liquid, 4 oz,....................................... doz. 
65
Liquid, 8 oz.........................................doz. 
Arctic 4 oz.........................................V  gross 4 00
Arctic 8  oz......................................................  8 00
Arctic 16 oz............................. «....................  12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.,..............................  2 00
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3 00
Arctio No. 3 
 
4 00
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BROOMS.Parlor Gem............3 00
No. 2 Hurl....................2 00
Common Whisk__   90
No. 1 Hurl.................... 2 25
Fancy  Whisk.........1 00
No. 2Carpet............2 50
Mill................................3 75
No. 1 Carpet............2 75
Clams, 1 lb, Little Neck.............................. 1 30
Clams, 2 lb. Little Neck.............................. 2 00
Clam Chowder,  3 lb.....................................2 15
Cove Oysters, 1  1b  standards.................... 1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 lb  standards....................  1 75
Lobsters, 1 lb picnic.....................................1 75
Lobsters, 2 fly, picnic................................... 2 50
Lobsters, 1 fl> star........................................ 2 00
Lobsters, 2 lb star........................................ 3 00
Mackerel,lib  fresh standards................. 1  10
Mackerel, 5 tb fresh standards................. 4 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 lb................3 00
Mackerel,3 lb in Mustard........................... 3 00
Mackerel, 3 fl>  soused..................................3 00
Salmon, 1 fl> Columbia river...................... 1 50
Salmon, 2 lb Columbia river......................2 35
Sardines, domestic * 8 ................................. 
8
Sardines,  domestic  As..................... t....... 
12
Sardines,  Mustard  As........................ 
 
12
Sardines,  imported  He...............................   14
Trout. 3 tb  brook.......................................   4 CO
Apples, 3 tb standards.................................  75
Apples, gallons,  standards........................2 20
Blackberries, standards..............................  95
Cherries,  red  standard...............................   95
Damsons........................................................  90
Egg Plums, standards 
..............................1 25
Green  Gages.standards2fl>...................... 1 25
Peaches. Extra Yellow...............................1 90
Peaches, standards..................................... 1 60
Peaches,  seconds........................................ 1 25
Pineapples, Erie..........................................I 50
Pineapples, standards................................ 1 40
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced.....................2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated..................2 75
Quinces.........................................................1Y5
Raspberries,  extra..................................... 1 35
Strawberries  ............................................... 1 35

CANNED  F R U IT S .

CANNED  F IS H .

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

Lima,  standard.....................................1 00

Lusk’s.  Mariposa, 
2 00 
Apricots..................................... 2 25
2 00 
Egg Plums.................................. 2 10
1  80 
Grapes.........................................2 10
2 00 
Green Gages...............................2 10
2 20
Pears............................................2 60
Quinces....................................... 2 50
2!
Peaches.............................., — 2  35 
CANNED V EG ETA BLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.. 
.................. 3 00
Beans, Li
Beans, Stringless, Erie...............................   95
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked......................1 65
Corn, Archer’s Trophy......................................1 00
“  Acme......................................................... 1 00
“  Maple Leaf.........................................  90
“  Excelsior...................................................1 00
Peas, French....................................... .•....... 1  65
Peas, Marrofat, standard............................ 1  40
Peas, Beaver................. 
70
Pumpkin, 3 tb Golden................................. 
75
Succotash, standard.......................................75@1 40
Squash............................................  
 
 
Tomatoes, standard  brands........................1  15
Michigan  full  cream............................ 11
@12 
Half skim.................................. 
9
@10A 
Skim ..........................................................5
@   6
CHOCOLATE.
Baker’s ..................37A German Sweet.
.......23
Runkles’ ....................35|Vienna Sweet  .
Schepps. cake box.................................
‘As............................................
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“  As..............................................
Manhattan,  pails..................................

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@28
@26
@27
@28
@20

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Roasted.

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CORDAGE.

CRACKERS  AND  SW EET  GOODS.

R io..................... 9® 12
Golden Rio..............12
Santos......................18
Maricabo.................13
J a v a .................20@26
O. G. Java............... 24
Mocha  .................... 25
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R io......................7@15
Golden Rio..............16
Santos......................17
Maricabo.................17
Java.................. 24@26
O. G. Java............... 28
Mocha......................28
PACKAGE.
60 lbs 100 tbs 300 lbs
Dilworth’s .......
13A 127a
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Lion..................
13
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McLaughlin’s
.............   13A  13A 12*
Arbuckle's  __
13A  13*
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German............
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12A
13
Magnolia........ .........................  13A  13A
12*
60 foot Jute__ .  1  00 ¡50 foot Cotton__ 1 60
72 foot J u te __ . 1 25 60 foot Cotton__ 1 75
40FootCotton__ 150 
l72foot Cotton__ 2 00
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KenoshaButter......................... 
Seymour Butter.......................
Butter.........................................
Fancy  Butter............................ 
8.  Oyster....................................
Picnic.........................................
Fancy  Oyster............................ 
Fancy  Soda.............................. 
City Soda...... .............................
Soda  ...........................................
Milk............................................
Boston........................................
Graham......................................
Oat  Meal....................................
Pretzels, hand-made.................
Pretzels......................................
Cracknels..................................
Lemon Cream............................ 
Frosted Cream..........................
Ginger  Snaps............................ 
No. 1 Ginger Snaps.................. 
Lemon  Snaps............................
Coffee Cakes..............................
Lemon Wafers..........................
13A
Jumbles......................................
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Extra Honey Jumbles.............
12A
Frosted Honey  Cakes.............
13A
Cream Gems..............................
13A
Bagievs  Gems..........................
13A
Seed Cakes.................................
12A
S. &  M. Cakes............................
8A
Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth......................75@S0
Cod, whole....................................................4@5
Cod,Boneless..................................................5@6A
H alibut.......................................................... 10@U
Herring, round.  A  bbl.....................................2 25
Herring .round,  A  bbl.....................................l 25
Herring, Holland,  bbls................................... 11 00
Herring, Holland,  kegs.............................. 80@95
Herring, Scaled.............................................22@23
Mackerel, shore, No. 2, A b b ls................ 5 50
...........1  00
...............  70
N o.3, A b b ls..................................3 50
12 ft  kits..........................  62
10  “  ...............................  55
Shad, A b b l........................................................2 50
Trout, A  bbls..................................................... 4 00
............................................   80
White, No. 1, A bbls.................................... 6 50
White, No. 1,12  1b kits................................l  00
White, No. 1,101b kits.................................   90
White, Family, A bbls...................................... 2 50

12 fl> kits 
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Lemon.  Vanilla.
1 40
2 50
4 00
5 00 
1 50
3 00 
7 50
15 00
4 25 
600

Jennings’ 2 oz.........................%)  doz.l 00
4oz....................................... is o
6 oz....................................... 2 50
8 oz.......................................3 60
No. 2 Taper.........................1 25
.........................1 75
No.  4  a 
A pint  round.....................4 50
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No.  8....................................3 00
No. 10.........................  .......4 25
D R IE D   FR U IT S—DOM ESTIC.
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Apricots, 25 ft boxes.............................. 
Cherries, pitted, GO ft  boxes
Egg plums, 26 ft  b o x e s.....................
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Pears, 26 ft boxes..................................   @
Peaches,  Delaware, 60 ft boxes.........  @  _
Peaches, Michigan.......... ..................   Û12A
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MATCHES.

Citron.......................................................  @  24
Currants,  new........................................  @ 7*
Lemon Peel............................:..............   @  i4
Orange Peel.............................................  @  14
Prunes, French,60s................................12A@
Prunes, French,80s................................ 8A@
Prunes, Turkey........ ;...........................  @ 4A
Raisins, Dehesia....................................  @3 75
Raisins, London Layers.......................3 00@3 20
Raisins, California  “ 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.....................   @3 00
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s............................  @13A
Raisins, Sultanas......................................  @10
Raisins,  Valencia...................................10*©10*
Raisins.  Imperials....................................   @3 50
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.............................. 1 00
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro......................1 20
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor...........................1 75
Grand  Haven,  No.  3oo, parlor...........................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round.............................. 1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2..................................................100
Oshkosh,No.  8. .. ..................................................1 50
Swedish.............................................................  75
Richardson’s No. 8  square..................................1 00
.............................150
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 7A. round................................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
............................ 150
Black Strap...................................................15@19
Cuba Baking................................................. 25@28
Porto  Rico.....................................................34@38
New  Orleans,  good......................................38@42
New Orleans, choice.................................... 48@50
New Orleans,  fancy.....................................52@55

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OATM EAL.

PIC K L E S.

Steel  cut................ 5 251 KolledOats,Shields’3 25
Steel Cut, A bbl__ 3 00 Rolled Oats, Acme.3 25
Rolled  Oats........... 5 75 Quaker, 48  fts.........2 26
Rolled Oats, Abbl..3 (X> Quaker, 60 fts........ 2 85
Rolled  Oats, cases.3 25| Quaker bbls............6 25
Medium...................................................  @5 00
**  A barrels.................................  @3 00
Small........................................................  @3 00
Imported Clay 3 gross.......................... 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........   @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,2A gross........  @1  85
American T.D.........................................   75® 90
Choice Carolina......6 A'Java  ..................
Prime Carolina......5A|Patna.........................5A
Good Carolina........5  ¡Rangoon............5*@5A
Good Louisiana......5  ¡Broken...............3*@3A
DeLand’s pure........5Aj Dwight’s ....................5*
Church’s  .................5*;Sea  Foam..................5A
Taylor’s G. M......... 5A Cap Sheaf..................5A

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P IP E S .

R IC E .

Ac less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................ 
28 Pocket................................................. 
10031b  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, A bu. bags.................... 
Rock, bushels.............................................. 
Warsaw, Daiftr, bu. bags..........................  

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2  15
3 35
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1 45
1 25
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SOAPS.

SPICES.

SY RUPS.

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Parisian, A  pints..................................   @2  00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................   @  70
Pepper Sauce, g reen ............................  @  80
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............   @1  25
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........   @1 50
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   @  80
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................   @1 20
Halford Sauce, pints................................  @3 50
Halford Sauce, A pints.........................  @2 20
Acme,  bars.............3 75|Napkin................... 4 85
Acme,  blocks.........   3 22| Towel................... 4  75
Best  American— 3 08j White  Marseilles..5 60
Circus  ....................3 75 White Cotton  Oil..5 60
Big Five  Center...3 90IShamrock............... 3  30
Nickel......................3 45| Blue Danube..........2 95
Gem........ •...............3 35i London  Family 
2 60
Whole.

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

Pepper................16@25|Pepper.................   @18
Allspice.............«12@151 Allspice...............   8@10
Cinnamon...............18@30i Cassia................10@11
Cloves  ................ 15@25!Nutmegs, No. 1..  @60
Ginger................ 16@20;Nutmegs. No. 2..  @50
Mustard...............15@30|Cloves  .................. 16@18
Cayenne.............25@35!
TAHCH.
Electric  Lustre__
@3 20 
.1 
Niagara,  Laundry................
Niagara, gloss.......................
@ 5* 
Niagara, corn........................
@ 6A 
Royal,  corn............................
©  5A 
laundry.....................
4  @  5 
Quaker, laundry, 56ft...........
@4 50
SUGARS.
Cut  Loaf.................................
@  7* 
Powdered...............................
@  7 *  
Granulated.  Standard..........
©7  19 
Confectionery A ....................
@ 67s 
Standard A .
@ 6%
No. 1, White Extra  C............................  @ fi*
No. 2, Extra C.........................................  @ 6
No. 3C......................................................  @ 57*
No.4C .....................................................  @5A
N0. 6 C......................................................  @ 5*
Corn,  barrels  .......................................  
22@26
Corn, A bbls............................................  
24@27
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................  
@29
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................................. 
135
Pure Sugar, bbl...................................... 
22@26
Pure Sugar, A bbl..................................  
24@28
Pure Sugar  5 gal kegs..........................   @1 50
Japan ordinary.............................................18@20
Japan fair to good........................................25@30
Japan fine...................................................... 35@46
Japan dust.....................................................15@20
Young Hysqn................................................30@50
GunPowder............................. 
35@50
Oolong..............................*....................33@55@6C
Congo.............................................................25@30
Our  Leader...............33'Old  Time.................... 35
Our Block.................. 60 Underwood’s Capper 35
Yum  Yum.................................... 25 Sweet  Rose.45
Sweet  Rose............... 32 Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
May  Queen...........................................65| Atlas „ .35
Jolly  Time.................40
Royal Game............... 38
Dark AmericanEagle67
Mule Ear.................. -.66
The Meigs.................. 63
Fountain.................... 74
Red  Bird.................... 50
Old Congress..............64
State  Seal...................60
Good Luck.................52
Prairie Flow er........ 65lBlaze Away................35
Indian Queen...........60 Hair Lifter..................30
Bull  Dog..................*57 Jim Dandy.................38
Crown  Leaf.............. 66 0ur  Bird.....................28
Hiawatha..................65 Brother  Jonathan...28
G lobe........................ 65 Sweet  Pippin.............45
May Flower.............. 701
•Delivered.
Our  Leader............... 15
Unit  ...........................30
Old Yet....................... 30
Eight  Hours..............24
Big Deal
Lucky  ....................... 30
Ruby, cut  plug.........35
Boss  ...........................15
Navy Clippings.........26
Two  Nickel............... 24
Leader........................15
Duke’s  Durham.......40
Hard  Tack.................32
Green Corn Cob Pipe 28
D ixie...........................28
Owl.........................TT.16
Old Tar................. ;...40|
vnu xar................ ;.. .«itioD uoy
Rob Roy......................28
Arthur’s  Choice...... 22'Uncle  Sam.................28
Red Fox.....................2t> Lumberman...............25
Flirt.......................... 28 ¡Railroad Boy................38
Gold Dust..................26 Mountain Rose............18
Gold Block................30,Home Comfort........... 25
Seal of Grand Rapids  I Old Rip.......................60
(cloth)..................25 Seal of North Caro-
lina, 2  oz..................48
Tramway, 3 oz..........40i 
Miners and Puddlers.28 Seal of North Caro-
Peerless  ....................24 
lina, 4 oz..................48
Standard................... 20! Seal of North  Caro-
Old Tom.....................18| 
lina, 8 oz................... 45
Tom & Jerry.............24 Seal of North Caro-
Joker.......................... 25! 
lina, 16 oz boxes___42
Traveler....................35'King Bee, longcut.. .22
Malden.......................251 Sweet Lotus................32
Pickwick Club..........40 Grayling.....................32
Nigger Head.............26 Seal Skin.....................30
Holland.................
Red Clover................32
German 
Good Luck................26
K. of  L.
Quaker......................28|Trade Union..............*36
Bull  Dog................. *38  Labor Union............ *30
Hiawatha................42  Splendid..................   38
Jolly Tar................. 32  Old Solder...................40
Jolly Time.............. 32  Money........................44
Favorite..................42  Red Fox......................42
Black  Bird.............. 32  Big  Drive...................40
Live and Let  Live.. .32 Seal of Grand Rapids 40
Punch...................... 36;  Patrol......................... 40
Big  Nig................... 37  Jack Rabbit............... 38
Spear Head.............39  Chocolate  Cream. ...44
Old  Honesty...........40  Nimrod......................40
Whole Earth............32IE.C............................... 38
Crazy  Quilt.,.......... 32|Spread  Eagle..............36
P.  v .......................... 40 Big Five Center...........33
Spring Chicken.......38 Parrot......................... 42
Eclipse  ..................... 30 B uster.........;............ 35
Moxie.......................34  Black Prince..............35
Blackjack...............32  Black  Racer..............85
Hiawatha................42  Star............................ 39
Mu8selman’s Corker. 30 Climax  ......................42
Turkey..................... 39  Acorn  ........................40
Dainty......................44lHorse  Shoe.................83
•Delivered. 
2c. less in three butt lots.
SH ORTS.
Our  Leader.............18|  Hiawatha...................22
Mayflower...............231 Old Congress................23
Globe..........................22 May  Leaf...................S3
Mule Ear..................23  Dark...........................20

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Lorillard's American Gentlemen.......  @  73
Maeeoboy............................  @  55
Gail & Ax’ 
@  44
Rappee.................................  @  35
Railroad  Mills Scotch..........................   @  45
Lotzbeck  ...............................................   @1 30
50 gr.
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10

White Wine..................................   08 
@2 40
Cider..............................................  08 

VINEGAR.

30 gr. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Bath Brick imported............................ 
95
do 
American............................. 
75
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
100
do  No. 2.......................................  
1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............  
7  75
Cream Tartar 5 audio ft cans.............   15@25
Candles, 8tar..........................................   @12 A
Candles,  Hotel.......................................   @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C...............*............   @80
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............. ».......  @25
Gum, Rubber200lumps.................. 
@J5
Gum, Spruce...........................................  30@35
Hominy, $  bbl.......................................   @3 50
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails.................................  @ 4A
Pearl Barley................................... 2 *@ 3
Peas, Green  Bush.................................  @1 25
Peas, Split  Prepared............................  @ 3
Powder, Keg...........................................  @3 00
Powder, A  Keg......................................  @1 90
Sage  ........................................................  @  18

F elix..........................  

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CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS. 

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FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

STICK.
..............................10  @10 A
MIXED

Standard, 25 ft boxes................................9A@10
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 25 ft  pails....................................  @10
Royal, 200 ft bbls....................................   @9 A
Extra, 251b  pails.............................  
Extra, 200 ft bbls..................................... 10  @10A
French Cream, 25 ft pails.....................   @13
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...............................  @13 A
Broken, 25  1b pails.................................  @11
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.................................10  @10A
Lemon  Drops............................ 
............13@14
Sour Drops................................................ 14@15
Peppermint  Drops..................................   @15
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Chocolate Drops.......................................  
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H M Chocolate  Drops.............................. 
Gum  D rops................................... 
 
10
Licorice Drops...................................  
«2
 
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A B Licorice  Drops............................” j 
Lozenges, plain..........................................’ 
15
Lozenges,  printed.................................... 
1*}
Imperials..................................................  
15
Mottoes.................................. ;..............
Cream  Bar............................................!. ,13@14
Molasses Bar....................................... ]y@ 14
Caramels....................................................  
jg
Hand Made Creams................................   I8@2u
Plain  Creams............................................  
17
Decorated  Creams..............................    ” 
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String Rock...............................................  
15
Burnt Almonds..................................   .  20@22
Wintergreen  Berries...........................  
 
  15
Lozenges, plain in  pails.......................12A@13
Lozenges, plain in bbls........................ 11A@12
Lozenges, printed in pails....................
Lozenges, printed in  bbls....................13A@14
Chocolate Drops, in pails.......................13  @13A
Gum  Drops  In pails.............................
Gum Drops, in bbls............................
Moss Drops, In  pails..........................".  @44
Moss Drops, In bbls...............................  ®R)
Sour Drops, in  pails........................... 
  @13
Imperials, in  pails................................ 13  @13A
Imperials  in bbls.................................1JA@12
FRUITS
Bananas  Aspinwall..............................
Oranges, California, fancy...
Oranges, California,  choice..
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls..........
Oranges, Florida....................................
Oranges, Valencia, cases................ ....
Oranges, Messina............................. ’.^4 50@4  75
Oranges,  Naples....................................
Lemons,  choice.....................................'  @6 00
Lemons, fancy...................................... 6 25@6 50
Lemons, California...............................  @5 25
Figs, layers, new,  $  1b......................... 12A@16
Figs, Bags, 50 lb......................................  @  7A
Dates, frails do  .................................... 
© 4A
Dates, A do  d o ........   .........................  @ 5
Dates, skin........................................” ”
Dates, A  skiu.............................
Dates, Fard 101b box $   1b.................@10
Dates, Fard 501b box # f t .....................   @ 9
Dates, Persian 50 lb box # lb ............... 
@ 8
Pine Apples, #   doz.............................   2 25@2 50
PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw  f)  ft...........................   4  @  4^
Choice 
do*...................., @
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ...........................  @  5A
Choice White, V a.do............................  5  @ 5^
Fancy H P„  Va  do  ............................6&@  7
H. P.V a...................................................  @ 6
Almonds,  Tarragona...........................15  @16
Ivaca.......................................  @15
California............................ 14  @16
Brazils.....................................................8  @ 9
Chestnuts, per bu..................................
Filberts, Sicily.......................................11A@12
Barcelona...............................10  @11
Walnuts,  Grenoble...............................14A@15
Marbo.....................................
French...................................  8  @11
California..............................   @12
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................. 9  @13
Missouri................................ 8A®  9
Cocoanuts, $  100....................................  @4  50

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NUTS.

... .4 25@4 50 
@4 00

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PROVISIONS.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as  follows:

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

Mess, Chicago packing, new..........................1025
Clear,  S. P. Booth......................................’’n  00
Short Cut, new......................................  . . .  11  00
Back, clear, short  cut.................^
12 50
Extra family clear, short  cut........ 12 00
Clear,  A. Webster, n e w ........................".'.12 50
Extra dear pig, short cut....................  ! .  12  75
Extra clear, neavy...............................12 75
Clear quill, short  cut.......................... 13 00
Boston clear, short cut............................. ] ‘13 00
Clear back, short cut............................!."! !l3 00
Standard clear, short  cut, best........13 25

DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
medium.............................  
lig h t.................................... 
Short Clears, heavy..........................*.... 
light..................................... 

6
6
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6
6A
do.  medium.........................................6A
e A
do. 
SMOKED MEATS— CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .
Hams, heavy....................................................   9^

...........................................:.::;:io
Boneless  Hams, best......................................10
Boneless  Hams.............................   ....!!!!!!  9
Boneless Shoulders............................6 A
Breakfast  Bacon..................................  
7K
Dried Beef, extra quality...............9
Dried Beef, Ham pieces..................................HA
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle..................  6
Tierces  ...................................... 
nu
30 and 50 ft Tubs.........................
501b Round Tins, 100 cases..................j j 
67*

LARD.

LARD IN  T IN   PA IL S .

20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case....................... 
3 1b Pails, 20 in a case............................". 
5 1b Pails, 12 in a case......................... 6?»
101b Pails. 6 in a case........................ .." 

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B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKED.

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts...........   8 50
Boneless,  extra..............................................43 oq
Pork  Sausage.................................................
Ham  Sausage..................................
Tongue  Sausage..............................
Frankfort  Sausage...............................
Blood  Sausage....................................
Bologna, straight....................... ....!.!!!!!!!
Bologna,  thick....................................
Head  Cheese......................................
In half barrels...............................................   3 50
In quarter barrels..................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

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COAL AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.
A. B. Know Ison quotes as follows:

Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
1  00
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
85
1 30
Louisville Cement,  per bbl..................  
1  30
Akron Cement per  Dbl......................... 
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl....................... 
130
..................... 1  05@110
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25@  30
1 75
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 50
Land plaster, car lots.......................  
2 50
fire brick, per  M...............................!! *25 @ $35
Fire day, per bbl................................... 
3 qq
Anthracite, egg and grate, oar lots.. 95 75@6 00 
Anthracite, stove ana nut, car lots..  6 00@6 25
Cannell, oar lots................................... 
@6 00
Ohio Lump, oar lots............................3 10@3 25
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4  50@5 00 
Portland  Cement....................  .......... 3 5o@4 co~

COAL.

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Tie Electric Lnstre Staren Co.
i 204 Franklin 8 t.,  New York.
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W h o lesale Agent»

MICH.

“Fermenturn” the only reliable compress­

ed yeast  See advertisement

GRAND  RAPIDS,

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IF   SHE  BE GUILTY, WHY NOT HE?
The lamps are lighted, the streets are full, 

For, coming and going like the waves of the 

Thousands are out on this beautiful night: 

They jostle each other, but shrink  from me! 

Men hurry by with a stealthy glance,

Women pass with their eyes cast down.

Even the children seem to know 
The shameless girl of the town.

Hated and 6hunned, I walked the street, 

Hunting—for what?  For my prey, ’tis said; 

I look at it, though, in a different light,

For this night's shame is my daily bread;

My food, my shelter, the clothes I wear!
Only for this I might starve or drown.

The world has disowned me—what can I do 

But live and die on the town?

The world is cruel.  It might be right 
To crush the harlot;  but grant it so,
What made her the guilty thing she is?
For she was innocent once, you know.
’Twas love.  That terrible word tells all.
She loved a man, and blindly believed 
His vows, his kisses, his crocodile tears;

Of course, the fool was deceived!

What had I to gain by a moment’s sin,

To weigh in the scale of my  innocent years. 

My womanly shame, my ruined name,

My father’s curse, my mother's tears?

The love of a man!  It was something to give. 
Was  it  worth  it? 5.Tho  price  of  a soul paid 

down,

Did I get a soul, his soul, in exchange?

Behold me here on the  town.

•“Your guilt was heavy,” the world will  say, 

“And heavy, heavy, your doom must be:

For to pity and pardon woman’s fall 

Is to set no value on woman’s chastity!”

You undervalue the virgin’s crown,

The spotless honor that makes her dear;

But I ought to know what the  bauble is worth 

When the loss of it brings me here!
But pity and pardon!  Who are you 

To talk of pardon or pity to me?
What I ask is justice—justice, sirl 

Let both be punished or both go free!

If it be in woman a shameful thing.

What is it in man, now?  Come, be just!| 

«Remember, she falls through her love for him, 

He, through his selfish lust).

Tell me, what is done to the  wretch 

Who tempts and riots in woman’s fall?j 

His father curses and casts him cflf?

His friends forsake?  He is  scorned of all? 

Not he;  his judges are men like himself,

Or  thoughtless  women  who  humor  their 

■“Young blood”—“Wild oats”—“Better  hush it 

whim—

up,”

They soon forget it in him.

Even the mother, who ought to know 

The woman’s nature, and how it  was  won— 

Frames a thousand excuses for him, 
ulBecause, forsoothTthe man is her son!
You have daughters, madam (he told me so), 
"*Fair,  innocent  daughters.  Woman,  what 

then?

Some mother may have a’son like yours—

Bid them beware of men! 

„ 
I saw his coach in the]street to-day 

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Dashing along on the sunny sideJCZ)  _ CZ! 

With a liveried driver on the box;
Lolling back in herj listless pride,!
The wife of his bosom took the air;

She  was bought  in  the  mart  where  hearts 

are sold.

I gave myself away for his  love—

She sold herself for his gold.

He lives, they say, in a princely  way, 

Flattered and feasted.  One dark  night 

Some devil led me to pass his house.
I saw the windows a blaze of light, 

_
The music whirled in a maddening round,

__

I heard the fall of dancers’ feet;
Bitter, bitter the thoughts I had,

Standing there in the street!
Back to my gaudy den I went,

Marched to my room in grim despair!

Dried my eyes, painted my cheeks.

And fixed a flower or two in my hair!
Corks were popping;  wine was flowing,
I seized a bumper and passed it down;
One must do something to kill the time 

And fit one’sself for the town.

1 meet his boy in the park  sometimes,

And my heart runs over toward  the child,

A frank little fellow with fearless  eyes;

He smiles at me as his father smiled.

I hate the man, but I love the boy!

For I think my own, had it lived—would be— 

Perhaps it is he, come back from  the dead,

To his father, alas!  not  me!

But I stand too long in the shadow here,

Let me out in the light again.
Now for insult, blows perhaps,

And bitterer still, my own disdain.
I take my place in the crowd of men,

Not like the simple women I see 

You  may  cheat  them,  men, as  much  as you 

please,

You wear no masks with me!

I know ye!  Under your honeyed words 

There lurks a serpent;  your oaths are lies: 

There’s lustful Are in your hungry hearts,

I see it flaming up in your eyes!

Cling to them, ladies, and  shrink from me,

Or rail at my boldness—Well, have you done? 

Madam, your husband knows me well;

Mother, I know your son!

But go your ways, and I’ll go mine;

Call me opprobrious names if you will;

The truth is better—think I have lied?
“A harlot?"  Yes. but a woman still.

Cod said of old to a woman like me.
“Go, sin no more,” or the bibles lie;

But you, you mangle his  merciful words 

To “Go, and sin till you die!”

Die!  The word has a pleasant sound,

The sweetest I’ve heard for many a year;

It seems to promise an end to pain—

Anyway, it will end  it—here!

Suppose I throw myself in the street?

Before the horses could tramp me down 
Some would-be friend might snatch me up.

And thrust me back on  the town.

But look, the river!  From where 1 stand 

I see it, almost hear it flow.
Down on the dark and lonely pier—
It is but a step—I can end my woe!
The death-black waters  will drag me down- 

A plunge, a splash, and all will be o’er,

OUT  AROUND.

News and Gossip  Furnished  by  Our  Own 

Correspondents.

CUM.OViU.

R.  K.  Hesseltine,  of the hardware firm of 
R.  K. Hesseltine  &  Son, is  spending  the 
summer at  McMiHville,  Tenn., in  hopes of 
benefiting his health.  The business is being 
continued under the  same firm  name by H. 
E. Hesseltine.
The new hotel is now all plastered and will 
surely be ready for occupaney by July 4.
John Falconer is building a neat two-story 
frame dwelling house.
A.  Norris & Son’s new store is about com­
pleted.
The grist mill will soon be disposed of  at 
foreclosure sale. 
It  is  understood that the 
property will pass into  the  hands of W.  C. 
Denison,  of  Grand Rapids,  and  a  practical 
miller  from  Shelby,  who  will  thoroughly 
overhaul the mill  and put in full roller pro­
cess machinery.

O tle r  L ake.

W. A.  Wallace ha»taken a position  with 
Edmond Hall,  at Bay  City,  as  manager  of 
his lumber yard and retail lumber trade.  He 
may also take an occasional trip on the road.
W.  F.  Browning  will  open  up  in a few 
days with a line of boots and shoes.
W.  C.  Cummings is now  planing  lumber 
for Bay City parties.

K in g sle y .

C.  Camp  has  purchased  the  hardware 
stock of Hatch & Co.  and will  continue the 
business.
Jas. Broderick,  general  dealer,  will  start 
a meat market in connection  with his store.
A.  Stanton has  moved  his  meat  market 
into his new building.

Cadillac.

James McConnell has started a meat mar­
ket at Jenniugs,  which  makes  two  at  that 
village.
Sampson & Drury are  putting  in  a  com­
plete  set  of  Morley  Bros.’ patent ladders, 
the first in this place.
John Vosberg,  one of  the  proprietors  of 
the south end meat  market,  is  browsing  in 
Allegan county.  Crosby wields the cleaver 
during his absense.
Lumberman Peter Ilaifley has just treated 
himself to a S340 bedroom  set.
Traverse  City.

Between three and four million white fish 
fry have been  placed in  the  Bay  from the 
State hatchery at Paris.
Win.  Langworthy, the  grocer, has  been 
closed up by Arthur Meigs & Co.,  of Grand 
Rapid%
The Northern Transportation Co. proper­
ty,  at Glen Haven,  has  been  purchased by 
D. H.  Day,  of  this  place. 
It  includes the 
dock,  store and goods,  sawmill,  tugs,  hotel, 
several  dwellings,  bams,  shops,  the  tram­
way  from  Glen  Lake  to  Lake  Michigan, 
farm of 2,000 acres with  a  lot of live stock 
and 1,500 fruit  treess.
The Cummings, Morley and  Grand  Rap­
ids ard making regular trips  on their differ­
ent routes.
Mrs.  Hensler  has  closed  the  St.  James 
restaurant and  opened  her  hotel,  the Oak- 
wood House, two miles distant  on the East 
Bay road.
By  reason  of  increase  in  business,  E. 
McNamara moves into the Hannah building, 
just vacated by Mrs. Hensler.
Hon.  Perry  Hannah  returned  from  his 
European trip last Friday.
A.  C.  Hoxie left  Monday to  take  charge 
of  S.  R.  Boardman’s  stock  farm  on  the 
South  Manitou.

Volney.

Jas. Jewell has completed the erection and 
equipment  of  F.  CL  Selby’s  sawmill  here 
and the mill will  shortly  be  put  in opera­
tion. 
It has a  capacity of  20,000 feet  per 
day.

B ig  R ap id s.

The Gripsack Brigade.

John De Neut  is  assisting  Fred.  Ball in 
covering the city trade for Cody,  Ball & Co.
Frank  Dix  succeeds  Jas.  McSkimin  as 
jobbing salesman  for  W. F.  McLaughlin & 
Qo., of Chicago.

H.  C. Kendrick,  traveling  representative 
for  Julius  Bader  &  Co.,  of  Kalamazoo, 
spent several days at this market last week.
J.  H.  Brown,  general manager for P. Lor- 
illard  &  Co.  for  Michigan,  Indiana  and 
Ohio,  was in  town  Monday and  left Tues­
day for the  Saginaws.

Wm.  Boughton,  formerly  with  R.  & J. 
Cummings & Co.,  succeeds Dave Kenyon as 
Western  Michigan  representative  for  II. 
S.  Robinson & Burtenshaw.

E.  D.  Whitlock, formerly with  the  Gunn 
•Hardware Co., is  now  oih  the  road for  the 
Belknap  Wagon  and  Sleigh  Co.,  and is at 
present  calling  on  the  trade in the  Upper 
Peninsula.

The advent of warm weather reminds the 
boys that the season for their  annual picnic 
is nearly here.  The majority of  those heard 
from seem to be in favor of holding the pic­
nic at Reed’s Lake.

The traveling men who visit Muskegon are 
hereby  informed  that  John  J. Amiott,  the 
popular liveryman,  is a masher of  no mean 
pretensions.  The boys  will  therefore gov­
ern themselves accordingly.

Frank E.  Chase went to Detroit last week 
to meet his mother-in-law, Mrs. C. F.  Swift, 
of  Yarmouth,  Mass., jvlio  will  spend  a 
month or  six  weeks  here, after  which the 
family will go to Massachusetts for the sum­
mer.

Lloyd Mills  and  Steve  Sears  have  pur­
chased a handsome  silver  cup, caused it to 
be suitably  engraved,  and  forwarded it  to 
Mrs.  Soliman Snooks  in  token  of their ap­
preciation of her naming her first-born after 
them.

Jas. McSkimin  has  severed  his  connec­
tion with W.  F. McLaughlin  & Co.,  of Chi­
cago, and  left  last  Friday  for New  York, 
where  he  has  been  offered  a  position  as 
Michigan traveling representative for an im­
porting tea house.  He will remove his fam­
ily  from  Peoria,  111.,  to  this  city sometime 
during the  summer.

Dave Kenyon went  to Detroit  Monday to 
settle  up  with  H. S.  Robinson  &  Burten­
shaw, with whom  he  has  been  associated 
during the past nine years.  Mr. Kenyon has 
received several desirable  offers from  other 
houses in the  same line  and will  doubtless 
decide  upon  his  future  connection  before 
returning home.

Downey, the lightweight Milwaukee trav­
eler,  tells a good story on a  certain individ­
ual whose borrowing propensities  are some­
what pernennial. 
It appears that  Downey, 
the  phenominal  borrower  and  a  friend  of 
both parties  were in  Chicago, on  a  trip of 
mingled  business  and  pleasure.  The  bor­
rower struck Downey for a ten  and was in­
formed that he was  short  and  would  have 
to secure a loan of his friend  to enable  him 
to get home.  The chronic  then  hurried to 
the third  party before Downey  could get to 
him,  but was informed  that  he,  too,  was 
short and  was  awaiting  an  opportunity to 
negotiate a loan  with  Downey.  The  ruse 
worked  well  and  the  disgusted  would-be 
borrower  soon  parted  company  with  the 
men who had succeeded  in  beating  him at 
his own game.

C.  G.  Hudnutt  has  closed a  contract for 
the Thompson & Husten electric light plant, 
buying the highest  caudle power  plant. 
It 
will be  put in at  once  and  the  city wired 
readp  for furnishing  lights to any who may 
wish to use them.  There  will  be  two cir 
cuits,  one  closing  at  8:30  and  one  at  11 
o’clock.
Trowbridge Bros.,  manufacturers of shin­
gles and short siding, started their mill Mon 
day.  S.  H.  Gray & Co.  have  again  started 
their  shingle mill  and  are  repairing  their 
boom and piers,  which  were  carried  away 
by the  high  water.  Their  sawmill  at the 
lower dam is still closed on  account of high 
water.

The Hardware Market.

Business  continues  good  in  nearly  all 
branches,  and  local  jobbers  freely  assert 
that  the volume of  trade is  proportionately 
larger than at any other hardware market in 
the country.  The chief  activity is in build­
ers’ hardware and other goods peculiar to the 
season.  Barbed wire is weak  and prices are 
lower, although the demand continues good. 
Iron nails are now selling at $2.30 and steel 
at $2.50. 
It will  be  noticed  that a line of 
tack quotations  is  added to  the  hardware 
price.current this week.

The  Lard  and  Butter  Contest.

From the American Agriculturist.

That is a serious fight which is now going 
on between  iard  and  butter.  Each has its 
origin on the farm,  and the tendency of this 
war is  to  divide  the  farmer’s  household. 
The son that makes a specialty of butter has 
no liking for  his  brother  who breeds hogs 
as a specialty.  Each goes on  producing his 
kind after its kind,  and sends his produce to 
market;  there  it  is  handled  by  the  mer­
chants, and the lard dealer  tries to force his 
product into the market that  has heretofore 
belonged to  the  butter  merchant.  The at­
tempt to  substitute  one  healthy  food pro­
duct for another in  the  market may be rea­
sonable and commendable; but when a plain 
imitation is made to  resemble a superior ar­
ticle,  with  the  intent  to  deceive  the  con­
sumer,  and rob the better  article of its m ar, 
ket,  it should  be  prevented.  Besides lard, 
there is quite a list of  these  articles, and it 
would seem that  one  common law could be 
drawn that should  oover them all,  lard but­
ter,  shoddy cloth,  glucose  syrup,  table oils, 
etc.,  and  compel  each one to be sold under 
its proper name,  and plain  legal brand.

Beans Too Expensive.

From the Wall Street News.

Good Words Unsolicited.

Geo. Cooke, grocer, St. Iguace:  “It is a very 

good paper.  I wish you success.”

Wood  &  Walton,  groceries  and  hardware, 

Lake City:  “We find it a good paper.”

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

The furniture factories  here pay  as  follows 
@13 00
@25 00
@13 00

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run.............................. 
Birch, log-run...........................................16 00@20 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
Black Ash, log-run.............................  
Cherry,  log-run........................................25 00®30 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2................................45 00@50 00
Cherry,  cull......................................... 
Maple,  log-run........................................ .15 00@17 00
Maple, sort,  log-run................................12 00@14 00
@20 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 
Maple, clear, flooring......................... 
@25 00
Maple, white, selected....................... 
oo
Red Oak, log-run.................................  @18 00
Red Oak, Nos. I and 2......................... 
00
Red Oak, No.  l,step plank............... 
oo
@55 00
Walnut, log-run..................................  
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @76 00
Walnuts,  culls.................................... 
@£5 00
@13 00
Grey  Elm, log-run.............................. 
White Ash,  log-run/............................... 14 00@16 00
White wood,  log-run..........................  
@23 00

@10 00

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY

E  3ST C3-13ST 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 ,  O,  ID enlsoil,

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

R . H. Stoddard.

So I am off the town. 

A Scheme Which Defeats Itself.

From the Scranton (Penn.) Republican.

God knows where.  But no matter where.

A dealer in ground  coffee  in  a  Western 
city was approached the other day by a com­
mission merchant who desired to  dispose of 
J  a hundred barrels of  beans at a low  figure.
“Beans!” exclaimed the merchant.  “Why, 
what use can I put them to?”
“Use them in your coffee.”
“In my coffee?  How little knowledge of
wretched  practice.  Let  it  be  understood! the coffee trade you outsiders possess, 
If I
that  public  sentiment  aud  sympathy  will  should put in  beans  at  their present price, 
rally around a boycotted  business and more  I’d be bankrupt in a month.  Bring me carrots 
than makfe  up  any possible  losses, and the  and  parsnips  and  old  com,  and  I’ll  talk 
boycott will not be resorted to. 

Surely  the time has come to abandon this 

j business.

60A10

Ibarbware.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

augers and bits.

dis 

BELLS.

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old  style......................................... dis60&10
N.  H.C. Co................................................dis60&10
Douglass’................................................... dis60&10
Pierces  .....................................................dis60&10
Snell 8 ........................................................dis60&10
Cooks 
dis40&10
Jenningsgenuine..................................dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation................................disSO&lO
Spring............................................. 
40
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Railroad......................... 
f   13 00
Garden......................................‘..'.’.'.'.'.'..'.net  33 00
..............................................dis  $ 60*10*10
60*10

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

BOLTS.
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Door, Sarg%nt.................................dis
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Carriage  new lis t................. 
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Plow
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Sleigh Shoe............................ 
dis
Wrought Barrel  Bolts........ . ..............diR
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Cast  Barrel  Bolts..................... 
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.......  .’...’.’dis
Cast Square Spring.......... 
ui«
Cast Chain..J......... 
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob!!!!!"."dis
Wrought Square................ 
dis
Wrought Sunk Flush......................... djB
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Ives’ Door..................................!!!!!!!!dis
Barber..........................  
Backus.................... 
Spofford................................................
Am. Ball.......................... .. .7.7/.7.7.V. dis
w   11 
Well, plain..........
Well, swivel........

Flush .............

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

«
80 
30&1C
60*10
60*10
60
60
60*10
00*10
60*10
60
60*10
60*10

40
50*10
50
net
3 50
4 00

buc kets.

«
2?® *

BRACES.

.  , 

..$

 

 

 

 

 

BUTTS. CAST?

Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis
Cast Ixiose Pin, Berlin  bronzed. .7  . .dis 
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis 
Wrought  Loose JPin.............................dis

T0A tv 
60*10 
60*10 
60*10

60& 5 
10*60 
1Ü&60
80*10
80&10

.......dis
___dis
.......dis
...... dis
.......dis
...... dis
.. ..dis

-per  m $ 6í 
60 
3! 
60

tipped .............................

W rought Table....... 
..........
Wrought  Inside  Blind...........
Wrought Brass.............
Blind, Clark’s............. .
Blind, Parker’s.............
Blind,  Shepard’s............. .7.7.

CAPS.

Ely’s M0.......................
Hick’s C. F.......
g . d ..........................................
Musket.....................

CATRIDGES.

, 

75&10
75&10
¡O&10

T>-m Í7le’ ïL- M. C. & Winchester  new  list50&10 
Rim  Fire, United  States.............  
dis50A10
.........................uiooucciu
Dentro 1  Pim 
Central Fire...........
.disoO&lO
_ 
chisels.
Socket Firmer.......................
Socket Framing........... .
Socket Corner................. 7!!
Socket Slicks................. .7.7.
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer.. 
Barton’s Socket Firmers.. 
Cold.........................................
combs.
Curry, Lawrence’s...............
Hotchkiss  ...........................7
COCKS.
Brass,  Racking’s..........
Bibb’s ...........   ...............
B eer........ ...................!!..!
Fenns’.........................

........ dis
........ dis
........ dis
........ dis
........dis
........dis
........ net

40&10
25
60
60
40&10
60

...dis 
.. .dis

„  

. 

, 

. 

19

_ 

12 

. . . $  ib

DRILLS

55&10 
55A10 
55 A10 
55A10 
55A10 
55A10

HINGES.

ELBOWS.

HANGERS.

„  .EXPANSIVE BITS.

14x52,14x56,14 x60........

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size..
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.....................
Cold Rolled, 14x48.......................... . 
.. 
Morse’s Bit  Stock. 
dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank.. . . ! . ' . ' "dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank...........................‘.dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net  $.85
Adjustable..................... . 7 ......W.'.'.'dis 
°
Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.  dis 
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
files—New List.
American File Association  List
.......dis
Disston’s ....................................
.......dis
New  American........... !!!.7..........
...... dis
Nicholson’s..................7 7 ! .........
...... dis
Heller’s .................., 77.7.7.7.* 7.7
__ dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps.........7.7. 7
..dis
galvanized iron!
xt 
Nos. 16 to 20, 
22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27
List 
14 
15
Discount, Juniata 50®10, Charcoal 60.
„ 
. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..............dis
50
, 
Maydole A Co.’s....................................dis 
25
Kip s ............................ 
25
dis 
lerkes  A  Plumb’s ............................. ‘.dis  40A1G
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel...............!.! !30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40A10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..................... dis  60A10
40
Kidder, wood track..........................   dis 
, 
„ 
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3.........................t..dis 
60
...........................................per doz. not  2 ^
Screw Hook and Strap, to  13  in.  4*  14
31/
Screw Hook and Eye,  H  . .7.7.7. .7. . net 
10*
Screw Hook and Eye %.......... 
8K
net 
net 
Screw Hook and Eye 
714
Screw Hook and Eye,  %..........7' .777' net 
7H
65
Strap and  T .......................................dis 
„ 
Stamped Tin Ware..
30
Japanned Tin  Ware
Granite Iron  Ware............. .....7 7 !!!! 
25
«  
®ru£  J ..............................................$11 00, dis 60
9 ruJ>  2...............................................   11 50, dis 60
'irubiJ.................................................  12 00, dis 60
_ 
45
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..........dis 
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........  
45
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings....... 
45
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
45
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain........dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s .......... 
40A10
Homacite..........................  
45
T1 
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis 
45
Mallory, Wheeler A Co.’s.............  
dis 
45
Branford’s .....................  
dis 
45
Norwalk’s  ................ ..............!!!.7.7dis 
45
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s................... dis  70
.  . 
Adze  Eye..................................... $ie 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye..................................... $15 00 dis 
60
Hunt s .........................................$18 60 dis 20 A 10
„ 
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled..................dis  50
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ............................dis 40&10
Coffee,P.S.AW. Mfg. Co.’sMalleables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, Ferry A  Clark’s........ dis 
60
Coffee,  Enterprise...................................... dis
25
_ 
Stebbin’s Pattern  ...................................... dis
Stebbin’s Genuine............................... 7! . dis
Enterprise,  self-measuring........... !!!!!! dis

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

and  longer..................  

MOLASSES GATES.

MAULS.
MILLS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

LOCKS—DOOR.

KNOBS.

hoes.

..... 

v  1 

„  

 

 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

, 

, 

, 

lb extra.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Broken packs He 
ROPES.

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 
“ B” Wood’s pat. planished. Nos. 25  to 27 
9
7. 
Sisal, H In. and  larger.................................  8U
Manilla.............................................................  15
_ 
Steel and Iron....................................... dis 
70
Try and Bevels................................! 7 . dis 
60
Mit:re  .................................................... dis 
20
„  
Com. Smooth.
Com. 
Nos. 10 to  14.................................. $4 20
$2 80
Nos. 15 to  17.................................7  4 20
2 90
Nos. 18 to 21.................................7  4 20
3 00 
Nos. 22 to 24..............................7 7   4 30
3 10 
Nos .25 to 26............................... 7 .  4 40
3 20
No. 27..............................................  4  go
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 30  inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
lb.......
In casks of 600 lbs, 
In smaller quansities, $)  lb.
TACKS.
American, all  kinds..............................
.dis
Steel, all kinds............................7!! !'d
.dis
Swedes, all  kinds  ......................
.dis
Gimp and  Lace.......................... .
Cigar Box  Nails..................... ..............
.dis
Finishing  Nails.  ....................... . 7 7 7 dis
.dis
Common and Patent  Brads..........!  dis
.dis
Hungarian Nails and Minors’ Tacks.dis
.dis
Trunk and Clout Nails.........................dis
.dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails...........dis
.dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.................  .dis
.dis
„  
TINNER’S SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined...'.............................
Market  Half-and-half...........   ..**
Strictly  Half-and-half................

5*
6
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35
12 50
15 00
16 50

TIN  PLATES.

5 25

„ 

rates.

TRAPS.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal.................................  5  75
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal...............................  7 ¿5
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal.........................  
IC, 
  6 25
12x12,  C harcoal............................  
IX, 
7  75
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal.................................  5  75
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal................................  7  25
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal................................  8  75
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool............................7  10  77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  12  55
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal................................  15  50
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8  50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.............................  10 50
•-  XXX,  100 Plate Charcoal..........................  12 50
Reulpped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to  6 75 
Roofing, 14x20, IC...................................  
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ...............  77 
*.......  «75
Rooting, 20x28, IC..................... 
11  00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX ................. 7 7 !!!.!!!.!  14 00
TIN—LEADED.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne....................... 5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne....................  7 00
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............  14 00
Steel, G am e.....................................................C0&10
OneidaJCommuntity,  Newhouse’s ......... dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley A Norton’s. .60&10 
Hotchkiss’  ...................................  
s. p. a w   Mtg.  Co.’s........ 777777 777.7 77wAio
Mouse,  choker........................................lSe $  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 50$ doz
Bright M arket.......................................   dis  67H
Annealed M arket.................................dis 
70
Coppered Market............................................  dis 62H
®?tra  BafiinK.............   ............................  dis  55
Tinned  Market................................................. dis 62H
Tinned  Broom...........................................ao jj>  09
Tinned M attress.............................7.7.775 lb 8H
Coppered Spring  Steel.... ........... dis  40@40A10
Tinned Spring Steel...............................  dis  50
Plain Fence................................................$  lb  3H
Barbed  Fence..................................................
Copper.»........................................... new  iistnet
i >ra88................................................. new  Iistnet
„ 
WIRE GOODS.
B right.........................................
Screw Eyes..........................777"!
Hook’s ........................ !!!!!!!!
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.............
„  
WRENCHE8.
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine.......................................dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe s Patent, malleable.................dis 75A10A10
Birdcages................................................... 
5q
Pumps,  Cistern.....................7 7777777 dis  70&10
Screws,  new  list........................................ 
83V
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate...........<¿850410*10
Dampers, A m erican.................................  40*10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. .60*10*5 
Copper  Bottoms.......................................  
19c

'O&IO&IO
0* 10*10
0* 10*10
0* 10*10

MISCELLANEOUS.

...dis 
, ..dis 
...dis 
. ..dis

WIRE.

. 

LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES.

|

----

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co,  quote f. 0. 
b. cars  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch.
..........per M $44 00
Uppers, 1H, 1H a n d 2 in c h ......
46 00 
Selects, 1 inch....................................
35 00 
Selects, 1*4, IH and 2  inch.................!
38 00 
Fine Common, 1 inch....................
30 00 
Shop, 1 inch.................................. [  “
20 00 
Fine, Common, 154, 1H and 2 inch 
25 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet
15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet..................
16 n0
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet__
17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet!!. .7
15 00 
No  "— '  ”  ‘ 
ie
*o. 1 Stocks, 10in., 18feet..................... 
00 
No
ïo. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........ 
’ 
17
OO 
N 
___
ïo. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet..!!!!  15
00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in.| 18 feet.
ïo. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet.................. 
ie
16 00 
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet..
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet..................... Ü!  17
17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet! ! ! ! !  12
00 
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................  
00 qq
13
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.............  
! 
14
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.,20feet................ ..,7   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................7.777  13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  ail
widths and  lengths..........................8 00®  9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in .....................  
33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 inch..................................  
27 90
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths..........!.!!!!." 
15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  13 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................  12 Oo
No. 1 Fencing. 4  inch.......................
15 00 
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.......................
12 ¿0 
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
!1 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12.12 to 16 ft............ 
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
36 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................
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 Flooring, 4 In., 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.
( X X X 18 in. Standard  Shingles.............  
3 10
X X X 18 in.  Thin...............  ..................  
3 00
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
1  75
No.2or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................. 
1  40
Lath  ....................................................  i'75® 2 00

H ID E S , P E L T S  A N D   P U R S. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green__ ® lb  @ 6
Part cured... 
Full cured 
Dry hides and 

7@  7H
  8  @  8)4

kip s............  6  @ 8

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__ 8  @10
$  piece.......20  @50

SHEEP PELTS.

Old wool, estimated washed $  lb.......20  @22
Tallow..................................... T............   3*@ 3*
Fine washed $  lb 20@22!Unwashed............ 
2-3
Coarse washed... 18@22|

WOOL.

I 

. 
“ 

FURS.

OILERS.

«ke»*;
*

10 to 20 per cent, off this list.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

NAILS.
lOdto  60d....................  rt. 
8d and 9 d adv........... ..................       
6d and 7d  adv..........  .......................777
4d and 5d  adv
3d advance...................................................!  1  59  Martin............................................. 
3d fine advance........................................... 
Clinch nails, adv........   ............................. 
Finishing 
\ T
Size—inches  f  3 
$1 25 
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—2 50.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent..................... ........ .....
.......dis60&10 
Zinc, with brass bottom........ ..... ...dis ~50
Brass or  Copper...,................................   dis  50
Reaper........... #... 4.............. ■ per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s . 
............................................    50&10

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

“  “ 
44  Spring..........................................
--------- ---------  
fall......................................... 
kits  .......................... 

Bear....................................................... 1  00@12 00
J isher  .................................................... 2 00®6  00
Bed Fox.................................................. 1 oo@i  25
Grey Fox.................................................1 00@1  20
¿¡¡un
25@100
3 00  Mink................................................. ..!!  06@
70
175 
„  
18
Muskrat,  winter....................................  12®  14
6© 
8
@  3
^ tter....................................................... 4 00®8  00
Raccoon...................................................  10@  80
!0®1  25
Beaver,  $   ib.......................................... 1 50@3  00
Deer, $   lb...............................................   10®  25
A German writer  remarks  that the  com­
pound  known  as  “Zeiodelite,”  discovered 
by Simon, has not been used  so much as its 
peculiar advantages would seem to suggest. 
It is prepared  by mixing 25  to 30  parts  of 
powdered glass with 20 parts of melted sul­
phur.  This may be shaped  into any design 
and it cools into a stony hardness,  resisting 
boiling water  and  the  strongest  acids. 
I t , 
can be united at a heat of 400 degrees.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................... dis  15
SciotaBench..................'.................... 
dis  25
Sandusky ToolCo.’s,  fancy.!.!’!!!!!!!!!dis  15
Bench, first quality................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .dls20&10 
Fry, Acme...............................................dis 50*10
Comman, polished................ 
dis60&10
Dripper....................  
e

.................. $  a, 

RIV ETS
Iron and Tinned...,..................... 
Copper Rivets and» Burs.

dis
.dis

PLANES.

PANS.

 

 

S B S T S E   <&

Manufacturers’ Agjlpis for

Saw and Grist Mill  Machinery,
Planers,  Matchers,  Moulders  and  all 

kinds of Wood-Working Machin­

ery, Saws, Belting and Oils..

Depot for  Independence  Wood  Split  Pulley.  Large 
stock kept on hand.  Send  for  sample  pulley  and  be­
come convinced of their superiority.  Write for prices. 
1 3 0   O akes  S t., 
-  G ran d  R a p id s,  M ich.

1VOODUN V,  A R E .

Standard  Tubs, No.  1..................................... 7 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 2........................,.!!!!!  6 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 3............................. . . . . .5 00
Standard Pails, two hoop......................” ... !i 40
Standard Pails, three hoop............................l 65
White Cedar, three  hoop  ............................. 2 00
Dowell Pails...................................................  1  90
Dowell Tubs, No. 1................................ 
g oo
Dowell Tubs, No. 2.............................. 7 .7 7 7  00
Dowell Tubs,  No. 3................................  ’ ’  e 00
White Cedar, No. 1...........................................7  50
White Cedar, No. 2.......................................... 6 50
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes...................... 7 2 00

Potato  Mashers..........
Clothes Pounders..................
Clothes Pins................
Mop Stocks....................
Washboards, single..........
Washboards, double.............
BASKETS.
Diamond  Market.............
Bushel, narrow- baud...........
Bushel, wide band..........
Clothes, splint,  No. 1__
Clothes, splint,  No. 2 .......
Clothes, splint.  No. 3...
Clothes, willow, No. 1...
Clothes, willow. No. 2.......
Clothes, willow, No. 3...........

............. 2 25
.............1 25
............. 1  75
............. 2 25

.............   40
............. 1 60
............1  75
........... 3 50
........... 3 75
........... 4  00
.............5 00
............. 6 00
........... 7 Oo

HEADS.

COOPERAG U.

Quay, Killen &  Co,  quote  as follows, f. o. b.

at  Grand  Rapids.
Red oak flour bbl. staves....... ....M 6 25@ 7 00
Elm 
....M 5 25@ 6 00
White oak tee staves, s’d and 1’t.M 20 00®23 00
White oak pork bbl. 
“  M 18 50@20 00

STAVES.
“

“ 

“ 

“

“

HOOPS.

Tierce, dowelled and circled, set...
Pork, 
“ 
*•
Tierce  heads,  square...
Pork bbl. “ 
Basswood, kiln dried, set.......

15®  16
12®  13
• $  M 23 09@26 90
M 18 00@20 00
4@  4 Vt
White oak and hickory tee, 81’t.  M 11 00@12 50
White oak and hickory  “  7Wf’t. M 10 00@11 00
Hiekory  Hour  bbl__
...M 7  00® 8 25
Ash, round  ” 
“  ..
....M 6 25®  7 00
Ash, flat racked, 6H f ’t ........... ....M 3 50® 4 25
White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M  1  00@  1  10 
85@  05
White oak pork barrels, machine.. 
White oak lard  tierces....................  1  I5@  1 25
Beef and lard half  barrels.............  
75@  90
CustQ|n barrels, one  head...............  1 00®  1  10
30®  37
FIout  barrels 
.............................  
Produce  barrels............................... 
23®  25

BARRELS.

C O UNTRY  P R O D U C E .

Apples—Even  choice  fruit  is  in  light  de 
mand  Jobbers  hold  the  best  varieties  at 
<81.75 f  pbL  .  ;
i AspaflB#uB-$L7* $  doz, bunches.
Bmfs-^LpQftl buyers pay 5U©@75c  $   bu.  for 
unpicked  and  bold  ordinary hand-picked  for 
$1.10@$1.15.

Butter—Michigan creamery has put inan ap­
pearance, being held at 20c $   lb.  Dairy  is  in 
fair demand at 13@15c.

Butterine—Solid packed is held at 13@15c 

■  Cranberries—Dull  and  featureless.  Those 
having any on  hand  are  trying  to  unload  at 
any price offered.

Cheese—April full cream commands 12c.
Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced,  3@3Hc. 

Evaporated, 6H@7c, according to quality.

Dried Peaches—Pared. 15c.
Eggs—In plentiful supply and weaker.  Job­

bers pay 9@10c and sell for KX&lOtfc.

>

Honey—Easy at  13@14c. 
H*y—Bailed is active and firm at $15 per ton 

In two and five ton lots and $13 in car lots.

Lettuce—15c $   lb.
Maple Sugar—7@Sc.
Onions—Green,  20c  $   doz.  bunches.  Ber­

mudas, $2.75 $  hu. crate.

Pop Corn—Choice new commands  2Hc  $   lb 

and old 3c $  lb.

Potatoes—Practically  no  market,  buyers 
generally  refusing  to  pay  more than 25c  for 
either Rose or Bjurbanks..

Pieplant—4c $  lb.
Poultry—Scarce  and  high.  Fowls  sell for 
10@l0Kc; turkeys, 12c.  Ducks are out of mar­
ket. 

t

Radishes—35c $  doz.
Spinach—$1 $  bu.
Strawberries—$7 $  24 qt. crate.
Turnips—25c fl bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—No change.  The city  millers pay as 
follows:  Lancaster,  85;  Fulse, 82c;  Clawson, 
82c.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45c  in 100 bu. 

lots aud 38@40c in cariots.

Oats—White, 40c In small lots  and 35@36c  In 

car lots.

Rye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—No change.  Fancy Patent, $5.50 $  bbl. 
in  sacks and  $5.75 in  wood.  Straight, $4.60  $  
bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15  $  ton.  Bran, $15 
$  ton.  Ships, $16 $  ton.  Middlings, $16 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $18  $  ton.

M ISC E L L A N E O  US.

Hemlock  Bark—Local  tanners  are  paying 
$4.75  per  cord  for  old bark, and making con­
tracts for new bark on  the  basis  of  $5.50 per 
cord, delivered, cash.

Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.76  $   lb  for 

clean washed roots.

Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized  to  offer  40  and  5 per cent, off  on 
standard goods and 40» 10 and 5 per cent, off on 
second quality.  After May 1, the  jobbers will 
offer  standard  goods  at 35 and 5 per cent, off, 
and seoonAquality at 35,1 and  10 per cent. off.

PRICE  LIST.  HOUSEHOLD  IDEF-AJFlTIs^LEISrT.  IP^A-IFtT  3 .

Terms Cash.  30 days allowed on approved credit.  1 per cent, discount for cash in ten days.  This list represents  a  few  of the  most  staple  SUMMER  GOODS  for  HOUSEHOLD  USE 
that are more or less used in every family, and should be shown, at least by sample, in every store where Crockery or Household goods are  sold.  Cut  this  out  for  future  reference,  with  our 
Price-Lists Numbers 1 and 2, duplicates of which will be sent on request.

GREAT  REDUCTIONS

IN

FRUIT  JARS.

NEW “MONITOR,"
Oil  Stove

The only absolutely safe

IN  THE  WORLD.

AGENTS  FOR

GASOLINE STOVES

Ice  C r n   Freezer!

THE  “ PEEELESS”

GOOOH

Perfect, pimple, Cheap.

3  quart............ each  $2 70
“ 3 30
4 
6 
“ 4 20
8 
“ 5 40

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Subject to trade discount.

Hotel sizes carried in stock.

THE GEM OIL STOVE.

W e wish it  distinctly  understood  th at 
we sell  these  goods  at  MANUFACTUR­
ERS’  PRICES,  being  Sole  Agents  for 
W estern Michigan.

m u

The tan k  in this perfect Gem Oil Stove 
is so arranged th a t the top, by a  slight 
turn, can be  separated  from  it, leaving 
th e th e inside of the tank exposed, th u s 
avoiding th e liability of losing th e wick 
in th e tube.  I t combines Im provem ents 
used in no other Stove.
Each-
PRICES. 
No. 1—One Burner, three inches wide........  75
No. 3—Two Burner, each four inches wide. 1  85 
No. 5—Double  Stove,  four  burners,  each
four  inches  wide.................................. 4 00

mm

Write for Quotations.

We guarantee to be at the bottom.

Aak for our descriptive  Price-List  of 
th is solid iron stove,which has now been 
sold by us for TEN  years w ith  ever-in- 
creasing satisfaction..  Complete  stock 
w ith all furniture constantly  on  hand.

P a te n te d   J a n .
R eg a in ed  J u n e  W i f .
Pat* April 25, ’S3« 1

The “Lightning”
S e l f - S e a l i n g   G l a s s   C o v e r  

FRUIT  JAR

Uses th e simple principle  of  th e  beer- 
bottle stopper.  Easy  to  seal, and  the 
sim plest of all to open.  Only one joint 
to be made air-tight. Every ja r w arrant­
ed.  W rite for quotations; bottom  prices 
guaranteed.

-THE-

Four inch flame.  Boils  w ater in ten 
minutes.  Burns 13 hours w ith one fill­
ing, w ith a  bright, agreeable  lig h t  for 
reading, sewing, etc.  Absolutely

Safest, Best and Cheapest

E ver Invented.

PRICE,  PER  DOZEN,  $12.

THE  GOLDEN  STAR.
The above stove  was  the  success  of  the 
year 1885 and was awardad the
Gold Medal of the First Glass
Over all competitors at New Orleans. 
Descriptive Price-List sent’on request. 

PRICES.

“ 

3 Burner, Golden Star.......................each  16 00
Range..........  “ 
4 
17  00
Large Tin. Top Flue, Oven.    ..........  “ 
3 00
“  Russia Iron Top Flue  Oven.  “ 
5 00

“ 

Subject to trade discount.

The “ Quick Meal

(Spe cut next column.)

77

Is one of the finest stoves ever made,  and 
has  given  the  most  perfect  satisfaction.
The  main  advantage  of  the  “ QUICK 
MEAL”  Stove  over  all  others  is the sim­
plicity and ease with which it can  be open­
ed,  closed  and  regulated.  There  are  no 
thumb screws  to  turn  to  burn the  fingeis 
with,  and  to  confuse  people.  The  patent 
lever  valve  is  a  “dead  open  and  shut.” 
When the little knob is pushed  over  to  the 
word “Open” it is open, when  it  is  pushed 
to the word “Closed” it is  closed.  That  is 
all there is to it.  No one can use it wrong. 
Send for our descriptive Price-List showing 
all details,  and what is thought of the Stove 
by other dealers.
PRICES—Same  as  for  the  “Golden  Star,” 
subject  to  same  Trade  Discount.  All crates 
for 6tove8,30e each.

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f i g

AND  CREAMERIES.
G J U  
THE
B E S T . 
THE  LEONARD 
Cleanable, with Mov­
able Flues, Solid Ash,
Carved and Ornament­
ed,  T riple  Walled.
C h a r c o a l  F il l e d   and 
M e t a l   L in e d ,  making 
Five Walls in all.  Solid 
Iron Shelves  and  Air- 
T ig h t Locks.  G reat v a ri­
ety .  F o r fam ilies, grocers 
arid  hotels.  P rices  low.
F re ig h t  allow ed.  W rite 
for  catalogue.  M eution 
paper.
GRAND  RAPIDS  REFRIGERATOR  COMP’Y,
_____

o. w. blain & co., Produce Commissi!

TH E   “ QUICK  MEAL,”

OLNEY, SHIELDS  &  CO.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 

A  Law  for  Dairy  Cows.

The New York Legislature of 1884 passed
law fixing the  standard  for  pure milk at 
welve per cent,  of solid matter  and eighty- 
ight per cent,  of fluid.  All  milk  possess- 
ng less than the  twelve  per cent, of solids 
ras declared  by  the  law  to  be diluted or 
.dulterated.  A  great  many  prosecutions 
lose under  this  law,  and one case origin- 
.tlng in Albany county has gone through all 
he courts and  been  finally  decided by the 
lourt of  Appeals  sustaining  the  constitu- 
ionality of the law.  The  chief  interest of 
he case,  beyond  the  fact that it was a test 
ase,  the decision of  which  would apply to 
ill similar  cases,  arose  from  the fact that 
he party  prosecuted  proved in the original 
rial that the  milk  was  not  adulterated at 
ill,  and that if it fell below the standard re­
tired  by  law,  it was  the  fault  of the cow 
:rom which it was  produced.  The court of 
ast resort  decided  that  it  had no right to 
nquire  into  the  merits or demerits of  the 
sow's.  The statute declared what the stand- 
ird of pure  milk  should  be,  and if the de­
fendant's cow could not produce lawful milk 
;he defendant must pay the fine.
This decision is a valuable one,  in that it 
ixes the responsibility of the cow.  No well- 
egulated cow will want her owner fined for 
ler shortcomings,  and it  may  be taken for 
granted that hereafter New York  cows will 
jive  standard  milk  or  emigrate  to States 
ivhere the  law is not so exacting  in  regard 
jo the quality of  the lacteal fluid. 
It is not 
nany Legislatures  that  possess the intelli- 
jence necessary to keep the members of the 
mman  family  up  to  their  full  duty,  let 
done attempting to compel the cows to give 
egal milk,  but  New  York  seems  to have 
jeen  especially  favored  in  this  respect  in

Admired Their System, 
rom the San Francisco Chronicle.
One of those gentlemen  who peddle odds 
id ends and  oscillate  between suspenders 
id neckties, carried about  in a  basket and 
fered to people  who  don’t  want  them at 
;ry  low  prices,  found  his  stock  running 
,w.  He strolled into an  establishment de- 
>ted to the sale of  sundry useful  but care- 
illy hidden articles  of men’s apparel.  He 
as shown  up to  the  fourth  story, where 
ie  senior  partner  of  the  firm  was  very 
lsy.
“Vat do  you vant for  your  suspenders?” 
fid he.
“Buttons,” sqid the partner.
“But  vat  do  you  sell  your  suspenders 
>r?”
“To hold up trousers.”
“But how much do you charge?”
“Two dollars and a half a dozen.”
“FU give a dollar and a quarter.”
incontinently  took  him 
The  proprietor 
id threw him down a flight of  stairs.  He 
uded on the third story,  where  the  junior

partner chucked  him  down  another  flight, 
where the managing clerk received  him and 
threw him down to the ground floor.  There 
the janitor took him and flung him  into the 
street.  He  shook  himself  together,  and 
turning, looked up  at  the  building  admir­
ingly.  He rubbed his hand and soliloquized: 
“Vot a bootiful  system  they have in dot 

establishment.”

Seconds Brands Packed  in  Baltimore. 

From the Baltimore Price List.

Below  will  be  found  a  list  of  seconds 
brands packed at this  market  which go out 
under  fictitious  names.  Our  purpose  in 
keeping these  latter  before  the  public is to 
prevent unscrupulous  meddlemen  from im­
posing them  on  buyers  as  standards, after 
having bought them as seconds:

Carroll Co. Packing Co.
Frank Albert.
Brown, Tatem & Co.
Barnes & Conuor,
H.  Byer—Cambridge,
-----Beckwith,
Chesapeake,
Chester River,
Dexter & Co.,
C. R.  Dayton & Co.,
Edwards & Perry,
Elder, Brewster & Co.,
J. Greenwood & Co.,
Samuel Hodges & Co.,
John Hall & Co.,
C. C.  Lawrence & Co.,
Lord & Wallis,
Marsh & Brown,
M. Martyn & Co.,
Nunley,  Hynes & Co.,
Ross & Co.,
Stewart Bros.,
Stanley Bros.  &  Co.,
R. Scott  & Co.,
J. B. Thomas & Co.,
Tyler & Dolman,
J. T. Williams &  Co.,
R. Williamson  & Co.,
P. Wheeler & Co.,
J. Walker &  Co.,
Harry Webster,
McShowfaith & Co.,
Archer, Allen & Co.,
Baker & Brown,
J. M. Berry,
H.  Brill & Co.,
Coltingham Canning Co.,
J. W.  Durham  & Co.,
W.  H.  Elmore & Son,
John Fisher & Co-,
Griffith Preserving Co.,
J. Jones & Co.,
E.  H.  Lyons & Co.
L.  Lutz,
Wm. Maxwell,
W. H. Myer,
H.  Nelson &  Co.,
Russell & Bros.
John Sheppard,
Spencer Wright, 
Somers, Foote & Co.,
Vinton, Baker  & Co.,
P. Werner & Co.,
Webster & Co.,
Winfield & Co.,
W.  Young & Co.
It is a  strange  thing  that  the  man  who 
knows  exactly how  to  ran a  newspjper is 
always  engaged in some  other kind of bus­
iness. 

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-DEALERS  IN-

n

V io la is, Elt.

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO.  9  IONIA  ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES AND  POTATOES in car lots  Specialties. 

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

P E R K I N S   &  HES S,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,
POTATOES.

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

We make the handling of POTATOES,  APPLES and BEANS 
in car lots a special feature of our business.  If you have any of 
these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us  hear 
from you, and will keep you posted  on  market price  and  pros­
pects.  Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired.

Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker.

Reference:  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK.

157 S. W ater StM C hicago, HI.

where in this issue and write for

EARL  BROS.,  Commission  Merchants.
See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices  in  Oar  Lots. 
We are prepared to male Bottom Prices oa anything we handle.
A. B. KNOWLSON,
RINDGE, BERTSCH  i  CO.
9
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

boston  rubbjir  shoe  CO.

1 4  a n d   16 P e a rl S tre e t,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

And IMPORTERS  OF  TZAS. 

•

Our Stock is complete in all branches.  New, fresh and bought 
We  have  specialties  in  TOBACCOS  and  CIGARS  possessed 

at latest declines and for cash.
by no other jobbers in the city.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

^o-AJ-join’s   IP©arvey UPliag.  $

The P. V. is the Finest Tobacco on the market.

MEXTDEX.  A BROS/  Celebrated  CIGARS,

ALSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Finer quality and lower prices than any handled 

in the market.

VISITING  BUYERS  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED  TO  CALL  AND  EXAM-  £  
^  

INE  OUR  STOCK,  AND  MAIL  ORDERS  WILL  RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE- 
FUL  ATTENTION.

5 and 7 Ionia Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

C ^Z E H E 3 Z E 3 ^R .

Leader Smoking,

15c per pound.

Leader Fine Cut,

33c per pound.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

16c per pound.

Dwinell, Hayward & Co/s Royal Java Coffee.

$30 per M.
The  B est  In  th e  W o rld .

Leader  Cigars,
Leader  Shorts,
Clark, Jew ell & Co.,
F. J. LAMB & CO.,
Fruits,  V egetables,

WHOLESALE DEALERS  IN

Butter, Bggs, C heese, ZEXto. 

Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers.

8 and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

