Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  16,  1886.

NO.  t43.

L. S. Hill & Co.
Fishing Tackle

A Specialty at

Wholesale  and Retail.

Dealers are  invited  to  send  for  our 
new Illustrated Catalogue for the trade 
only.

Don’t purchase your Spring Stock of 
Tackle  until  you  have  received  our 
prices, as we have many new and desir­
able goods, with prices  guaranteed  as 
low as the lowest, on Rods, Reels, Lines 
and Leaders, Snelled Hooks and Hooks 
of  every  variety,  all  sizes  of  French 
Trout Baskets with capacity 6 to 25 lbs., 
new  Cane  Poles, Artificial  Baits, etc., 
and a general  line  of  Sporting  Goods

I.. s . h i l l   «ft  CO.

21 P earl Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Micii,

PLUG TOBACCO,
TURKEY .39

Big 5 Cents, 
D ainty J A  fine revolver I 
I with each butt. )
All above brands for sale only by
B E K L R U IO M IO P S

J

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

EATON  4  CHE1
S. V. Venable & Co.’s

Agents  for a  fall

PETERSBURG,  VA.,

p l u g   t o b a c c o s
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER

PARTNER  WANTED.

_i  man  with  twelve  to  fifteen  thousand 
dollars to take interest in a first-class furni­
ture business, well  established.  Good saw 
mill in connection with the furniture factory. 
Factory and mill situated  in  good  locality. 
Timber plenty and cheap.  Address

E. Howard, Gobleville, Mich.

An Offensive Partisan 

Wm. H. Maher in the American Grocer.

Andrew Hoover  had  been  postmaster at 
Lumberville  so  long  that  he  had come to 
look  upon  the  office  and  business  as  his 
own.  Naturally of  a  not  very amiable dis­
position,  he  had  grown  crabbed  with  ad­
vancing  years,  and  latterly had  served the 
public under protest, and as if each call was 
If the  public  felt at all 
aggrieved because of  his  snappish answers 
and  boorish  manners  they  made  no  open 
protest,  far they were sure Andy was * ‘solid” 
ith the party leaders and would not be dis­

personal  insult. 

turbed so long as liis party was  in power.

To be village postmaster is eagerly  desir­
ed  by  the  average  village  merchant.  He 
reasons  that  the  possession  of  that  office 
compels every person to come into his store, 
and  gives  him  great  advantage  over  any 
competitor.  He  looks  upon  it, before  he 
has it,  as of wonderfully great  help,  and he 
pulls every string  he has to  gain it. 
If he 
does not succeed in getting the appointment 
he is sure that his  competitor’s success  has 
been of great  help  to him  in  his business, 
and he  is apt  to  blame  his  misfortunes in 
business  to  his  failure  to  secure  the post 
office.  But if he is successful  and can, like 
Mr. Nasby,  write P.  M. after his name,  it is 
not long until the post office is an old story, 
and he is ready to  declare  that  it is a nuis­
ance and of vastly more damage to his busi­
ness than it is of good.

Andrew Hoover was  not  only postmaster 
but for  many  years  he  had  the  exclusive 
hardware trade of the village  in  hardware.
He bought  his stock in much the same way 
as he  delivered  his  mail.  He was  cranky 
and cross  with one  man and  sociable with 
another.  He paid  when  it suited him,  and 
thought no  more of  returning a draft for a 
past  due  bill  than  he  did  of  throwing an 
official  envelope  into the  waste paper has 
ket.

But  much to  his  surprise  and  wrath he 
heard one  day that  some man was going to 
open  another  hardware  store in Lumber­
ville.  He  could  not  believe it.  He would 
have believed as readily that some one would 
open another post office.  He  was convinced 
that he had just as good a right to the hard 
ware trade of Lumberville  as he had  to the 
exclusive handling of the mails.  Neverthe 
less it was true.  Phil Smith  was going  to 
lay in a stock  of  hardware  in  the buildin 
just across the  street  from  the  post  office, 
and Andy was in a state of  mind painful to 
witness.

There  are  two  classes  of  business  men 
who can be very amiable with a competitor 
one  is  very  shallow,  the  other  is  broad 
minded.  The  shallow  man  shrugs  his 
shoulders  and  says,  “Competition  is  the 
life of  trade,” and  he  lounges  around  his 
competitor’s  store  until  he  is  a  nuisance 
The broad built man says, “It will only help 
the fellow if I  show that  his  coming  here 
in any way hurts me, and  the  best way for 
me to do is to  be friendly and sociable.”

But there  is  an  intermediate  class  who 
look  upon a  competitor  with  hatred; they 
think of him  all  day  and  dream  of him at 
night.  They buy a thing because he has it; 
they cut the price not so much with the idea 
of helping  themselves,  as  of  hurting  him, 
and they continually run him  down to their 
customers and  acquaintances.

Yudy  belonged  to  this  latter  class.  To 
his  mind Smith  was a  whelp  who ought to 
be  taken  out  in  the  fields  and  shot.  He 
watched every traveling man,  and if he sold 
Smith he could not sell him. 
If a customer 
came from Smith’s place  to  his the chances 
were he  would  not  wait  on  him, but  tell 
him  to  go  to  Smith’s  and  get  it.  When 
Smith came for  his  mail  Andy had  oppor­
tunity to show how much he hated  and  de 
spised him.  He kept him waiting always as 
long as  he  possibly could; he threw out his 
letters as he  would throw  away something 
defiling to the touch; and he sold him stamps 
as if he hoped they would explode and ’send 
Smith to—sheol.

STATE  AGENT  FOR

LUDWIG WINTERNITZ,
Ferm entum ,
Compressed Yeast.

THE  ONLY  RELIABLE

Man’f’d by Riverdale Dist. Co.

106 Kent  Street, Grand  Rapids, Michigan, 

TELEPHONE  566.

Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for 
their town on this Yeast by applying to above address.

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  
y t r n e / \
Business College is 
a  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.

CZ2TSBOTG ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
P e c k   B r o s .,  Druggists,«randRapids,».

BELKNAP

4

W H IP S 

A  LASH ES

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Spring, Freight, Express, 

Lumber and Farm

W A G O N S I

Logging Carts and Trucks, 

Mill  and  Dump  Carts, 

Lumbermen’s  and 

River Tools.

,Ve carry a large stock of  material, and  have  overy 
icility for making first-class W agons of all kinds. 
EiTSpecial  Attention  Given  to  Repairing, Painting 

and Lettering.

Shops on Front St., Orand Rapids, Mioh.

Why don’t you make your own

0 THE  RETAIL  GROCER.
Baiting  Pow der
And a hundred per cent,  profit!  I have made mine for 
ars.  Twelve receipts, including the leading powders 
the day, with full directions for  preparing,—the  re­
sult of 30 years’ collecting,  selecting  and  experiment 
ing, sent for a $1 postal note.  Address

C. P. B artlett, Baldwinsville, N. Y.

STEAM  LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.  » 

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CUSS  WORK AND  DSE  1  

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at­

tended  to.

Albert  Coye  &  Son,
AWNINGS,  TENTS,

DEALER  in

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

Send for Price-List.

7 3  Canal  St.
J U D D   c t o   O O - ,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Winter Goods.

108  CANAL STREET.______

AT  WHOLESALE  ONLY.
Goods at jobbing prices to any dealer who 
G-,

us or orders by mail, for cash.
ROYS  cfc
Manufacturers’ agents,

comes to
O O - ,

2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

It  will  cure  you. 

The true remedy has at last been discovered. 
It is Golden Seal Bitters.  It  is to  be found at 
your drug store.  It  makes  wonderful  cures. 
Use  it  now. 
It  is  the 
_______
secret of health. 
GUSTAVE  A.  WOLF,
Over Fourth National Bank.  Telephone 407. 

A t t o r n e y ,

COLLECTIONS

Promptly attended to throughout the State. 
References:  Hart & Anxbcrg, Eaton &  Christen­

son, Enterprise Cigar Co.

FINCB.EE Ä SM ITH
Boots, Shoes and Slippers

W holesale Manufacturers

DETROIT, MICH.

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¡^"M ichigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber 

C om pany.JgJ

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

A. H. FOWLE,
FINE  WALL  PAPERS

House Decorator and Dealer in

Room Mouldings,

Window Shades,

PICTURES,

Artist Materials
■  PICTURE FRAMES,
Paints, Oil & Glass

And a full line of

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

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

37 Ionia Street, South of Monroe.

A Million Dollars.

Millions of dollars would be  saved  annually 
by the invalids of every community, if, instead 
of  calling  in  a  physician  for  every ailment 
they were all wise enough to put their trust 
Golden Seal Bitters, a certain cure for  all  dis 
eases  arising  from  an  impure  state  of  the 
Blood and Liver, such as Scrofula in its various 
forms. Rheumatism, Dyspepsia or Indigestion 
Female irregularities, Diseases of the Kidney 
and  Bladder,  Exposure  and Imprudence 
Life.  No person can take these Bitters accord 
ing to instructions-  and  remain  long  unwell

ed Seal Bitters numbers on its list of cures 
quired a great celebrity, being used as  a  tarn 
ily  medicine.  Sold  by  Hazeltine  & Perkins 
Drug Co.

Our  Special

Plug  Tobaccos.

1 butt.  3 butts.
.36 
.33
.30

SPRING CHICKEN  .38 
MOXIE 
.35 
.30. 
ECLIPSE 
Above brands for sale only by

Olney, Shields & Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

duction of the majority of the inferior^goods 
now flooding our  markets,  and until our re­
tailers see  the  necessity  of  keeping  them­
selves  posted  as  to  different  brands  and 
their  relative  values,  and  jobbers  cease to 
encourage  such a ruinous  practice,  we will 
see this practice still in progress, to the very 
great detriment of the grocery trade at large.

When the mail  was  made up at Colum­
bus I counted  the  letters  for  Lumberville, 
then rode  on the  wagon  to  the depot,  saw 
the bag thrown into the car  and follow ed it 
in.  The clerk  there did  not  know where I 
was going nor wnat I was  working on,  and 
after the train started I  went out of his  car 
to give  him a  chance  to take  the letters if 
he was doing  that  kind of  business.  Just
before we reached Lumberville I came back . Jelly Made from Apple Peelings and Pom-
and  asked  to  see  the  Lumberville  mail. 
Most people familiar  with  the operations 
There were two^ostal  cards  and three let- 
of a fruit evaporator  have  probably noticed 
ters in  it for Smith.  Some  of  these I had 
that after  the  regular  work  of  the  day is 
put in as decoys.  All  the  mail  was  there 
that 1  had  seen  at  Columbns.  When  the j 
completed the apple peelings are thrown in­
to the dryer and kept there  until every par­
bag was  thrown  off  I  kept it in  sight and 
ticle of moisture is  removed.  The peelings 
alked up  town behind  the  man  who car­
come out as crisp as crackers and, frequent­
ried it. 
I saw  it placed  in  the  post office; 
ly, as  black as  a hat.  They are  packed in 
then I went over to Smith’s to await for fu­
barrels and shipped to Detroit,  Chicago,  St. 
ture  developments. 
In due  course of time
Louis and other trade centers.  A consider-
he  went  for  his mail,  and  was  given two
I  had  told | »We proportion of them  are soaked up with 
postal  cards  and  two  letters. 
water  and  fermented,  the  object  being to 
him what to say if  he did not  get all I had 
utilize the acid so obtained  in  the manufac­
seen in the bag  for him. 
‘Is this  all there
ture  of  vinegar.  The  following  excerpt 
is for  me,’ he  asked;  ‘I  expected  another 
from  an  Eastern  paper  indicates  that  the 
letter from  Columbus  that  was sure  to be 
peelings subserve  other  uses than  those of 
on this train.’ 
‘I don’t care  anything about 
the vinegar maker:
what  you  expected,’  said. Andy,  as  snap­
‘Have  you  distrib­
pishly  as  lie  could. 
uted  everything?’ 
is | 
for you,  and that’s all  you’re  concerned in.’ j 
He came back to the  store  and showed me. 
The one held back was  one  witli a business 
card on the  envelope; I  remembered it dis­
tinctly.  It  was time for me to act.  I walk­
ed over carelessly and found the postmaster 
alone.  I spoke quietly and pleasantly.  ‘Mr. 
Hoover,  I think  you  must  have overlooked 
a letter for  Mr. Smith; I  am  sure  one  was 
mailed him at  Columbus  that  you  did  not 
give him  just now; it  is  one  that  I am in­
terested in.’  He took me  to be a drummer, 
and  answered  shortly  and  sarcastically. 
‘Well, I’ll write  him one; that’s what post­
masters  are for.’ 
‘He  would  rather  have 
the one  that  was  written; are  you  sure it 
didn’t come just now?’ 
‘You 
are not telling the truth, sir; 
I saw the let­
ter  on the car and I saw it  put in the  mail 
bag; I am an*agent  of  the  postal service  (I 
showed  him  my badge),  and I  arrest  you 
for tampering with the mails.’ ”

Three glasses  purporting  to  contain cur­
rant, pineapple,  and apricot jelly were plac­
ed before the  reporter.  Each  was labelled 
“ warranted genuine.”  They tasted like the 
genuine  articles, and  they were  made,  the 
dealer said,  from apple peelings taken from 
a  canning  factory  on  Long  Island.  The 
peelings were  brought  to the city as dry as 
bones and were  black  and  ill-looking, but 
the  steam boiler and flavoring extracts made 
them palatable.  The dealer said the jellies 
cost less than one-third of what pure  jellies 
would cost  and were  retailed in  every gro­
cery  in the  city at  10  cents  a  glass.  He 
thought the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the 
stuff perfectly legitimate.

constituent of jelly, as follows:
Apple jelly  made from  good  fruit  is all 
well enough in its way,  but  city cider  mak­
ers  know a trick worth  two of that.  They 
use the apple  pulp left  in  the  press,  after 
the cider  is  squeezed  out,  for  the  hotly of 
the jellies.  The pulp is shovelled into close 
vats and steamed until it is melted into thin 
paste.  This is then  strained  into  another 
vat,  where  it forms  a very  unsavory stew, 
but its unsavoryness does not discourage the 
jelly maker.  He puts in glucose, sugar and 
flavoring and coloring material liberally, and 
directly the apple pomace  becomes  currant 
jelly, or any other kind that  the market de­
mands, the flavoring and coloring chemicals, 
being changed to suit.

The same  authority also  exposes another 

‘Yes,  I am.’ 

‘That’s  all 

there 

“What did he  say?” I ask<*d.  “His face 
turned deathly white and he fainted,  falling 
on  the  show-case  behind  which  he  was 
standing.  He came to in  a  moment,  and I 
took possession  of  the office. 
I found  the 
missing  letter  in  his  waste-paper  basket, 
unopened,  and  found  many  letters  there 
that had  been  tom  and  thrown  away. 
I 
called in his bondsmen and turned the office 
over  to them, while  I  took  Hoover to Col­
umbus before  the  U nited  States  Marshal. 
I don’t  think  he  was  dishonest—what  he 
did was from spite—but he was unfit to hold 
the office.”

“He loses the office?”
“Oh,  yes,” said the  agent  laughing;  “he 

is removed for offensive partisanship.”
The Real Remedy for  Cutting, 

rom the Kansas City Grocer.
There  is a  constant  cry from  the  retail 
merchant that his neighbor is cutting prices, 
and  that he  must  either  get  “insides” or 
cheaper goods with  which  to  run  him out. 
There is possibly no  vice in  the  mercantile 
world more prevalent  than  that of  cutting 
prices, putting  prices  down  below regular 
and established values in order to get ahead 
of your competitors,  and  if  persisted  in is 
sure to demoralize business  honor,  and will 
cultivate  habits  not  to  be  thought of by a 
successful merchant.

When once started, the  tradesman has no 
idea that he will overstep  the  limit; at first 
he is just a  little  below  the  regular  price. 
The propensity for  cutting  grows stronger, 
and  stronger  and  in  a  short  time  from a 
lie  has 
little  below 
gotten  to  just  a  shade  above  cost. 
In 
many cases  of envious  neighbors and com­
petitors,  prices have been cut to actual cost; 
then conies the pruning  process  which cuts 
even a little below the cost.

the  regular  price 

Eggs  by  Weight.
From the American Bural  Home.

It is annoying to the  breeder  of  blooded 
and fine fowls to  find,  when  he  offers  for 
sale eggs nearly twice as large as his neigh­
bors’, that  they  bring  no  more  per  dozen 
than do the  smaller  ones.  Also,  the  con­
sumer is often vexed to  find  that  he  must 
pay the same price to-day for a  dozen  eggs 
weighing  a  pound  that  he  yesterday paid 
for a dozen weighing a  pound  and  a  half. 
Besides,  an  egg  from  a  well  fed  fowl  is 
heavier and richer than one from a common 
fowl that is  only half  fed,  so  that  weight 
compared to size  is  an  indication  of  rich­
ness.  Thus, eggs of which eight will weigh 
a pound are better and richer  than  those of 
apparently the same size, of which  ten  are 
required for a pound.  Of course, witli eggs 
at four and five cents a dozen (and hundreds 
of dozens have been  sold  in  past  years  at 
these prices),  it is not  much  matter  as  to 
the  size;  but  when  the  price ranges from 
twenty-five to fifty cents per  dozen,  it  is  a 
matter worth looking after. 
It is higli time 
that the old style of selling and buying eggs 
were discontinued. 
It is a relic of the past, 
and reminds us  of  the  time  when  dressed 
hogs sold for a dollar  each  without  regard 
to size, and were dull  sale  at  that. 
Insist 
upon it,  then,  you  who  raise  poultry  anti 
eggs  for  market, that  the  price  for  eggs 
shall be so much per pound, and then it will 
be some inducement  to  fanners  to  raise  a 
better class of fowls,  and all will  get  what 
is their just  due.

Something  New  In  Cards.

Letter to the Minneapolis Tribune.

Let me tell you about a new thing in per­
sonal cards that is  just  now  affected  by  a 
class of Boston men. 
I suppose  there  is  a 
class, for the gay fellow who had the speci­
men  that I saw and who seemed to be pret­
ty proud of it was a distinct type.  He  was- 
a  man  around  town—the  jolly kind  who 
knows everybody  and  is  known  by every­
body, belongs to all those clubs that are not 
literary,  but  that  can  give  you  the  best 
sherry  in  town  and  the  stiffest  game  of 
poker to  be  had  on  Beacon-st.  Poker  in 
Boston does not cost  as  high  as  in  Wash- 
ington, of coarse,  but  at  some  of  the  club 
tables the amounts lost are enough  to make 
it very interesting for the losers.  But about 
the  cards. 
It was,  of  course, of the finest 
and  most  expensive  board,  and  the  good 
taste of the owner as well  as  the  engraver 
was shown in the small and  plain  lettering 
of the man’s name and the business address 
on the lower line. 
In the upper  left  hand 
comer was a beautiful exhibition  of the en­
graver’s art, a fine head and  bust of Venus, 
and in the opposite comer  an  equally  well 
drawn  and  executed  head  of  a  spirited 
horse.  There  you  had  the  index  to  the 
man’s likings  and  aspirations—for  women 
and horses.  He seemed quite proud of  the 
delicate way in which  he  had  been  photo­
graphed on the card.

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

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

GFuarantee :

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 repaint the building at our expense, 
with  the  best  White  Lead  or  such  other 
paint as the owner may select.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drni Co.
EDMUND  B.  DIKEMÁN,

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

J E W E L E R

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

FO It.  SAXjE,

A large tract of good  farming  land,  cov­
ered with valuable  timber, for  sale  or  ex­
change for merchandise.  Also  two  steam 
mills, 40 and  50  horse-power, well  located 
to cui the timber on said tract, both in good 
repair and now running.  Any party having 
merchandise to exchange must give particu­
lars when writing.  For further information, 
address W.  L.  Beardsley,  Hersey,  Mich.

An Enterprising Firm.

The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. can at 
ways be relied upon not only to carry in stock 
the best of drugs, but have secured the agency 
for Dr. Pete’s 35-cent Cough  Cure, which they 
warrant.  It  will  cure  all  Throat,  Lung and 
Chest diseases, and has the reputation of being 
the beBt Cough cure ever  discovered  for Con 
sumption.

Granello,
MERCHANT
TAILOR

LEDYARD  BLOCK,

107 Ottawa St.

Suitings for Manufacturers,

Suitings for Jobbers,

Suitings for Retailers,

Suitings for Traveling Men, 

Suitings for Clerks,

AND

Overcoats for Everytiody.

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.

Smith saw it all,  put up with it and pros 
pered.  He was a  well-balanced  man and a 
natural  merchant.  Where  Andy  had  been 
exorbitant  he  cut down, and on some goods 
sure Ardy  was  selling  at less 
that  he 
than  cost he asked  a good  profit. 
If Andy 
was  out  of  an  article  he  never  ordered 
more  till  a  salesman  came  around,  or 
he  went 
Smith  ordered  at 
once,  and  got  many  little  things  by  ex 
press  every week to  help  people who  were 
in a hurry.

town. 

to 

Suddenly  Smith  began  to  have  trouble 
about his  mail.  He  sent  orders  for  goods 
and never  heard  from them.  He wrote for 
quotations and  never received  answers.  He 
received  goods  and  had  to send  for  dupli 
cate  bills,  sometimes  oftener  than  once, 
When  he  spoke to the  postmaster  about 
he was  gruffly  told  it  was  no  business of 
his.  He  made  complaint  at  Columbus, 
(Lumberville  being in that  district) but  he 
was  told  that  the  fault  must  be  with  his 
correspondents.

The  annoyance  grew  worse  and  other 
people  began  to  complain  of  trouble with 
their  mail.  Finally, Smith  was  so persis­
tent, that a special agent of  the service was 
sent to investigate the matter  and catch the 
offender.  He  sat in  my office a  few  even­
ings ago apd  told me Hie story:

What is the result of  this  indiscriminate 
cutting?  Why, simply a resort to dishonest 
dealing—supplying  inferior  goods  in  the 
place of  the  one  sold  in  order to  make a 
profit.  The first cut is  frequently  the first 
step to a calling of a  meeting  of  creditors. 
It is a very well known fact that those who 
cut the most fail the oftenest,  and the num­
ber of failures would decrease  materially if 
jobbers would refuse to compromise for less 
than one  hundred  eents,  and  sell goods to 
no dealer  who does  not insist  on  a decent 
profit.  Who is to blame?  We do not think 
the seller alone is to  blame,  as  the greed of 
close  buyers  and  their  smooth  way  of 
pretending that the  same  goods were offer­
ed by Messrs. So & So for  less  money,  fre­
quently causes  a cut  price; and  no one can 
sympathize with such buyers should they be 
paid back in  their own  coin by getting  an 
article inferior to the one bought.

There  are  occasions,  of  course,  where 
sellers  are alone  to blame.  Frequently, in 
cases  of  overstock  and  short  fnnds, they 
come  into  market  with  their  goods  suffi­
ciently  below  the  regular  rate  to  induce 
those in immediate want to buy.

This is 01m of  the worst  features of  cut­
ting, and works a great  amount of mischief 
to fair traders.

Cutting  has  been  the  cause of thaintro-

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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16,1886.
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.
Organized at Grand Rapid» October 8,1884.

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—Geo. B.  Dunton.
Annual Meeting—Second  Wednesday evening 
of October.
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday even- 
ing of each month._____________________
Merchants’  Protective  Association  of 
President—N.  H.  Beebe;  First  Vice-Presi­
dent, W. K. Overton;  Second  Vice-President, 
C. B. Lovejoy;  Secretary. A. S. Hobart; Treas­
urer, J. F. Clark.
Grand  Bapids  Dairy  Board  of  Trade
President—Aaron Clark.
Vice-President—F. E. Pickett.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe.
Market  days—Every Monday  afternoon  at  1 

Big Bapids.

p. m.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association.

President,  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary, C. T. 

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.

Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of 
President,  A.  M.  Wesgate;  Vice-President,

Cheboygan.

H.  Chambers;  Secretary, A. J. Paddock.
Luther Protective Association. 

President, W. B. Pool:  Vice-President, R. M. 
Smith;  Secretary. Jas.  M.  Verity;  Treasurer, 
Geo. Osborne.___________________________
Ionia  Business  Men’s  Protective  As­
President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Vice-President, 

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

sociation.

Merchants’ Union of Nashville.

President, Herbert  M.  Lee;  Vice-President, 
C. E. Goodwin;  Treasurer, G. A. Truman; Sec­
retary and Attorney, Walter Webster.
Lowell Business  Men’s  Protective  As­

sociation.

President, N. B. Blain;  Vice-President, John 
Giles;  Secretary,  Frank T. King;  Treasurer, 
Chas. D. Pease.

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

Cooley.

$£T~  Subscribers and others,  when writing 
o advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- 
sher by  mentioning that they saw the adver- 
isement in the columns of  this paper.

W HEREIN  LIES  THE  REMEDY?
Noel  &  Johnsou,  the  Palo  merchants, 
write T h e  T ra desm a n  as  follows  under 
date of June 12:

We have read with much interest the pro­
ceedings of the Retail  Grocers’ Association, 
in your paper,  and think it  a  grand  thing. 
But what can two or  three  merchants  in  a 
town like ours do?  There are  not  enough 
of us to effect an  organization  and  yet  we 
suffer  most  wickedly  from  the  miserable 
•dead-beat,
Has the Association any “Balm of Gilead” 
for such as we?

Palo merchants have the  same remedy as 
those in other localities  similarly situated— 
they can enlist the  co-operation of the deal­
ers in  neighboring  towns  and organize  an 
association  on the  basis  of  wide  member­
ship. 
Instead of confining membership to a 
single town or city,  it can be extended so as 
to  include  every  merchent  doing  business 
within  a  certain  number  of  townships or 
limited to  county lines.  Such  an  arrange­
ment will enable the merchants to present a 
strong front to  the  dead-beat,  numerically, 
and with proper direction on the part of the 
officers and cordial  co-operation on the part 
of the lay  members,  an  association can be 
made  invaluable  to  every  one  connected 
with it.

Senator  Conger  made  a  just  and  witty 
protest  against  the  appropriation  to pay a 
part  of  the  expenses  of  an  international 
commission on a decimal system of  weights 
and  measures.  For  years  past  a  knot of 
specialists,  with Dr.  Barnard at  their head, 
have been  pressing  this  proposal upon the 
country. 
It  has  not  been  adopted  and it 
will not  be.  Our  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  immeasurably superior  to any 
that can be  based on our  decimal notation, 
which  itself  is  notoriously  unsatisfactory 
and far  more in  need  of  reform.  No law 
could now alter  the  habits of  our people in 
this regard.  Such laws  have  failed to pro­
duce any sucli  affect  in  Europe,  where the 
old  local  and  provincial  standards  still 
maintain their  existence  alongside the new 
legal standard.  And it  is  the height of ab­
surdity to waste the public money—however 
small the sum—on projects  which  have no 
more  importance  to  the  American  people 
than has the  Keely Motor.

That the telephone has  become a necessi­
ty to business men  no  one  will  attempt to 
deny.  That  it is  also  indispensable to the 
happiness  of  the  young  men  and  women 
who  work  in  offices  supplied  with  tele­
phones is also  patent to  all observers. 
In­
deed it has become an open question wheth­
er the telephone  was  intended  for the cur­
tailment of  business  duties  or  the  encour­
agement of the  noble art of courting.  Cer­
tain it  is  that  half  the  appointments  inci­
dent to the latter stage of existence are con­
summated  over  the  wires  and  that  much 
time  which  rightfully  belongs  to  the em­
ployer  is  frittered  away  in  senseless  ex­
changes of sentiment and fancy.

The Lowell  bankruptcy bill  has  come to 
grief in the Senate. 
Its enemies  succeeded 
in striking out an  essential  feature,  and its 
friends abandoned it as worse  than useless. 
The decision was probably a wise one.  The 
passage of the bill  as amended  would prob­

ably have stood in the way of a better meas­
ure.  So its defeat, though to  be  regretted, 
was  the  best  that  could  be  done.  For 
another year at least the  country  must con­
tinue  under  the  operation  of  state  laws, 
which differ as widely as possible.

The Traverse City  Business  Men’s Asso­
ciation has designated  Tuesday, July 20, as 
a general  holiday, to be  spent in taking an 
excursion on the  City  of  Traverse  to  Old 
Mission, where a picnic  will be held.  As a 
people, we have  plenty of holidays, but the 
merchant and  his  clerk  are too seldom en­
abled  to  enjoy  them.  T h e  T ra d esm a n 
commends the plan adopted by the Traverse 
City business  men  and  hopes to  see it fol­
lowed by the  merchants  in  other localities.

The New York  Retail Grocers’ Advocate 
is impatient because the grocers’ associations 
of Michigan  do not  form a State  organiza­
tion.  T he Tradesman would respectfully 
inform  the Advocate  th tt a State  Associa­
tion  will  be  formed  whenever  the  proper 
time comes—that  the  movement  is in good 
hands—and that the Advocate can best sub­
serve its own interests and the grocery trade 
of  Michigan  by  confining  its  impertinent 
suggestions to its own field.

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The prospects for the final passage of the 
oleomargarine  bill  are  not  as  flattering as 
they were ten days ago.  The opinion seems 
to be general that the Senate will allow  the 
bill  to  die  on  their  table,  and  that  even 
though it pass the Senate the President will 
veto the measure.  Should  the  latter event 
occur,  it  will  be  impossible  to  secure the 
necessary two-thirds vote  in either house to 
pass it over the head of the executive.

Sturgis is now  moving in  the matter of a 
merchants’  union, which  will  probably  be 
organized within the next ten days.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

J. A. Averill  has  engaged In the grocery 
business at 524  Second  street.  Cody, Ball 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

Cornelius J. Yan  Halteran  succeeds Van 
Halteran & Schram  in the grocery business 
at 95  South Division street.

Delos  Barrows,  general  dealer at Johns- 
ville, lias added a line of drugs.  The Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

G. W. Boughton has engage^ in the grocery 
business at the comer  of  Second street and 
Lane avenue.  Cody, Ball  &  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

Patrick Sullivan and Martin Lambrix, both 
experienced  boiler  makers,  have  gone  to 
Hurley, Wis., to engage in business on their 
own  account.

McFellin & Co. have  engaged in  general 
trade  at  Boyne  Falls.  Amos.  S.  Mussel- 
man  &  Co.  furnished  the  groceries  and 
Foster,  Stevens &  Co.  furnished  the  hard­
ware. 

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Benson & Crawford, of Saranac, are about 
to  introduce  a  new  sprinkler,  which  they 
claim to  be  more  convenient  and  durable I 
than  the  one  now  in  general  use.  The 
sprinkling  “rose” is placed below the reser-1 
voir and is operated by a valve.

Assignee  Darragh has  finally  wound up 
the  estate  of  Sowers  &  White,  the  Ovid 
bankers  who  failed  two  years  ago,  each 
creditor having  received  64% cents  on the 
dollar.  This is generally considered a good 
showing, as  many  of  the  creditors did not 
expect to realize over 50 cents  on the dollar 
aad some  were  prepared  to  settle  on  the 
basis  of  40  per  cent.  The  court  allowed 
the assignee  84,000  for  his  services in the 
matter. 

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Edwin Densmore,  E.  P. Chamberlain and 
W.  H.  Cray, of Toledo,  have  formed  a co­
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  the 
Grand Rapids Portable House Co. to engage 
in the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the  Dens­
more patent veneer  cottage.  The  firm has 
leased the  power,  buildings  and machinery 
formerly owned by the Grand Rapids Bend­
ing Works,  on Prescott street,  and has fifty 
cottages now under way.  The firm expects 
to sell about 100 cottages the present season 
and to increase the output  to  1,000  another 
year.  The factory will be kept  running all 
winter to supply the  Southern  demand and 
make up  a  stock  for  the  season  of  1887. 
The cottages are made in various styles and 
sizes, the most  common  pattern  being 13x 
19% feet in demensions, with  a  veranda on 
one  side  7x19%  feet,  four  windows  and 
two doors.  All the  ornamentation possible 
with the use of  paint  and  colored  glass is j 
also utilized.  The houses are  so construct­
ed that two men  can put  one up  or take it 
down in two hours.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Eppink & Coleman bought  the  Sebastian 

Bros, grocery stock at Allegan.

Wm.  Eves,  druggist  at  Plymouth,  has 

been closed under chattel mortgage.

Leavenworth & Co. have moved their gen­

eral stock  from Forman to Midland.

Chas.  Chapman  succeeds  Chapman  & 

Hyde in general trade at Southfield.

W.  T.  Phelps  succeeds  John  M.  Laber- 

teaux in the grocery business at Marshall.

Perry & Carman  succeed  E.  &  M.  Zim­

merman in the grocery business at Flint.

Clarence A.  Fellows  succeeds  Fellows & 
Thorp in the  drug  business  at  Big Rapids.
B.  T.  Kent  will  remove  his  hardware 
stock  from  Augusta  to  Reed  City  next 
week. 

Fred. H. Fhetteplace  succeeds  Haines &

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Phatteplace in  the  grocery business at Kal­
amazoo.

Gary, Ward & Baker  succeed Gary Bros, 
in the clothing and boot and  shoe  business 
at Ludington.

C. 

H.  Kluinph  succeeds  Sprague  & 

Klumph in  the  coal, wood  and  lime  busi­
ness at Bay City.

R. Winsor & Son  succeed  Razek & Win- 
sor in general trade and the manufacture of 
salt at White  Rock.

Harris Netzorg,  formerly  of  Greenville, 
has bought the dry goods and njillinery bus­
iness of Eli Loeb, at Alpena.

Chas.  B. Mum,  formerly of the firm of  S.
C.  Scott & Co., at Howard City, has opened 
a new drug store at Decatur.

Geo. E.  Burgess,  grocer  at  Yassar,  has 
assigned  to  J. R.  Bancrofts.  The  assets 
and liabilities are about equal.

J. B. King has  purchased  an  interest  in 
the  grocery  business  of  C.  N.  Leach, at 
Howard City.  The firm name will hereafter 
be Leach & King.

F.  B.  Watkins,  the  Monterey  general 
dealer,  expects  to  movoghis  stock into  his 
new brick store building at Hopkins Station 
about the middle of July, 

J. B. Yeiter  has  sold  an  interest  in his 
drug business at Lowell to Dexter G.  Look, 
formerly  with  J.  Q.  Look,  and  the  firm 
name will hereafter be Yeiter & Look.

Howard  Record:  George  L.  Smith,  of 
Wood Lake, formerly of  Coral,  has  moved 
his stock  of  groceries  and  provisions into 
the  Ayers  building,  which  has  just  been 
vacated by C. N.  Leach.

1).  E.  Hallenbeck  writes  T he  T rades­
man that the firm  of  Hallenbeck & Co. has 
sold  its  stock  of  general  merchandise  at 
j Hoytville  to  Wm.  Crane  for  86,500,  who I 
will continue the business  at  the old stand.  |
D. E. Hallenbeck will  collect  all the notes 
and accounts of  the late  firm  and settle all | 
liabilities.

Martin Howard,  of  Chicago,  has  bought j 
the  hardware  stock  at  Quincy  owned  by 
Mrs.  Chas.  Knowlton,  who  has  conducted 
the  business  since  her  husband’s  death,  ! 
three years ago.  The building has been oc­
cupied as a hardware store  for  twenty-two j 
years.  Mr.  Howard’s  son  takes  charge  of j 
the business. 

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STRAY  FACTS.

The drouth has set the  Kalamazoo celery i 

crop back three weeks.

A Chicago  baker  will  start  a  bakery at 

Bronson the  coming week.

A Boston  knitting  factory company talk j 

of locating at Battle Creek.

E. 

D.  Cooper succeeds  Cooper  & Pierson 

in the meat business at Charlotte.

Berrien Springs has  organized a smelling 
committee to hunt for minerals, oil and gas.
Bullock  &  French  succeed  Pembroke  & 
Bullock  in  the  livery business  at  Kalama­
zoo.
  Man- j 
P.  C.  Sullivan succeeds  Sullivan  &
ners in the  blacksmith  and  wagon making j 
business at Mt. Pleasant.

Fennville is anxious to have a cannery es-1 
tablished there  and  would  extend  such  an 1 
enterprise considerable encouragement.

Newman,  Sears  &  Co.  succeed  F.  A .! 
Newman & Co.  in the carriage  and agricul­
tural implement  business at East Saginaw.
Two of Bronson’s merchants had a knock 
down  argument last week about a matter of 
rent, and the courts  have been  called upon 
to settle the affair.

Referring to the organization of the retail! 
trade at that  place,  the  Big Rapids Herald 
remarks:  “Dead-beats  will  soon find their 
calling at an end in this city.  They will be 
passed around pretty likely.”

Big Rapids  Current: 

II.  W.  Swift, who 
has been operating a shingle mill at Rodney 
for several months  past,  with  headquarters I 
in this city,  will  shortly remove  his mill to j 
Bear Lake, tweny miles north of  Manistee, j 
where he will have a five years run.
Allegan Journal:  The machinery for the 
new  machine  shop  to  be  started  here  by 
Barcus,  Duthie & Parks,  of  Muskegon, has j 
been arriving this week and is being  put  in j 
place in the Eagle foundry.  This  addition j 
to our manufactories seems to be an assured ! 
fact.

William  Harris  &

  Son,  of  Chase,  sold j 
their shingle mill and  cedar  lands to Irwin 
McCall, M.  E.  Sargent  and  O.  N.  Gage, of 
Carson City. 
Irwin McCall  afterward sold | 
his  interest  to  Geo. E.  Thayer, of  Carson | 
City, and the firm will be known as Thayer, | 
Sargent & Co.

R. G.  Peters,  of  Manistee,  is  branching; 
out in the Menominee region under the firm j 
name  of Morrison  &  Peters.  The firm has ! 
8,000,000 feet of logs on the  upper  waters,  ! 
all of which  will  go down  to the mouth of 
the Menominee for  sawing  and  shipment. 
About 5,000,000 feet will be sawed this sea- j 
son,  none  of  it  having been  sold at a late ! 
date.

Purely Personal.

W.  B.  Sweet, late of  Saginaw,  has taken I 
the  position of  shipping  clerk  for  Fox  & ' 
•Bradford.
E.  P. Brett, of  the  firm  of  Brett  Bros., j 
sawmill operators at  Ashtoh,  was  in town 
a couple of days last week.

A. 

E.  Curtiss, Michigan  manager for  Al- j 

den  Batcheller  & Co.,  sawmill operatdrs at i 
Bachelor,  was in town last week.

Dr.  O.  N.  Moon  and  wife, of  Fennville, j 
were in the city Saturday on their way home, 
from Jackson,  where  the  Doctor  attended j 
the annual meeting of the State Medical So- j 
ciety.

W.  E.  Cooper  and  the  editor  of  T he 
T radesman go to Sturgis next Wednesday 
to assist the merchants of that  place in  the j 
organization  of  a  protective  union.  Mer-; 
chants from other towns who wish to famil- i 
iarize themselves with the workings of trade 
organizations would  do  well to |e   present.

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Liabilities  and  Assets  of  Jos.  H .  Spires.
Assignee  Smith  has  filed  a  schedule  of 
the liabilities and assets of Jos.  H.  Spires, 
the Leroy shingle manufacturer, from which 
it  appears  that  the  liabilities  aggregate 
85,723.15,  distributed  among 
thirty-five 
creditors in the following amounts: 
Voigt.Herpolsheimer & Co.,G’d Rapids, 8500 04 
16513
Cody, Ball & Co. 
105 56
Rindge, Bertsch & Co. 
81 42
C. B. Dreseler 
4 50
I. C. Levi 
7 80
G. R. Mfg. Co. 
W. T. Lamoreaux 
4 95
Houseman, Donnally & Jones 
J58 83
Foster, Stevens & Co. 
13214
49 63
A. Leitelt 
1 84
Eaton & Lvon 
188 99
E. G.  Studley 
7 50
B. M. Stowe 
4 75
S. A. Morman 
Bradstreet Co. 
65 00
D. J.  Leathers 
3125
First National Bank, Grand Haven......2,841 00
Dwight Cutler 
......   700 00
Morris & Martin, Reed City................. 
160 26
J. G. Gonsolus, Big Rapids....................  15 00
H. Sweet,  Chicago.................................   20 67
Smith & Woodard, Kalamazoo..............  117 64
J. W. Bosman,  Holland........................   21 00
J. W. Cummer, Cadillac..................... 
 
Uoorhorst & Gleurum, Leroy............... 
175
H. M. Patrick Co. 
 
19 00
 
M. V. Gundrum 
4 00
 
J. Cocherton 
 
 
Frank Smith 
 
 
 
Geo. Brooks 
 
 
J. Davidson 
 
 
James Williams 
2 70
J. W. Grover 
 
6 00
A. Kimball 
 
Mortgage on mules..................................  110 00
included  in  the  assignee’s 
schedule  amount  to  81,546.22, comprising 
land,  sliingles,  mills,  buggies,  sleighs,  har­
nesses,  etc.

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Big Rapids.

The Council has granted C.  D.  Harwood 
the privilege of removing the  store building 
now occupied  by N.  H.  Beebe  with a stock 
of groceries to  North  Michigan avenue and 
it is generally understood  that N.  H.  Beebe 
has purchased  the lot and will  erect a sub­
stantial brick this season.
A little  misunderstanding  between Wm. 
Jacques,  who purchased  the  Edmunds boot 
and shoe  stock,  and  some  Detroit  parties, 
has resulted in  the temporary closing of the 
store.
Henry Gerts,  of  Gowen,  is to remove his 
store to  this city  and  will  occupy the  old 
Jefts  stand  on  North  State  street.  The 
Stickney  drug  stock  will  be  removed  to 
Gowen and Wm.  Remus  will  be one of the 
proprietors.
J.  J.  Hewett,  of  Albion,  Penn.,  has  pur­
chased the Fuller planing mill  just north of 
the lower depot  and  will  convert it  into a 
coiled  hoop  factory with  a capacity of two 
car loads a week.
The  Merchants’  Protective  Association 
has  been  fully organized  and  officered  as 
follows:

B.  Lovejoy.

President—N.  H.  Beebe.
Vice-Presidents—W.  E.  Overton  and  C.
Secretary—A.  S.  Hobert.
Treasurer—J.  F.  Clark.
The Association adopted the  constitution 
and by-laws  of the  Grand  Rapids  associa­
tion,  with  some  slight  changes  and  addi­
tions.

Why is the Wayland  cheese  better  than 
any other?  Because the maker operates the 
factory on the sweet  curd  theory,  and  does 
not allow the goodness in the cheese to burn 
up with the acids.

Oranges are scarce and prices  range from 
85 to 85.50.  Lemons  are  in  good demand 
and prices are a shade higher.  Bananas are 
in good supply and prices are low.

“ Fennentum” the only reliable compress­

ed yeast.  See advertisement.

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment. 
Advertisements  directing  that  answers be 
sent in care of this office must be accompanied 
by 25 ceuts extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc. 
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of the finest fruit and farming counties in the 

SpOR  SALE—A  drug  store  situated  on  the 

Chicago & West Michigan Railway in one 
State.  Stock of $1,500  or  under.  Also  a fine 
practice to be disposed of at the same time, to 
a physician who wishes  to  practice  medicine 
in  connection  with  drug store.  Competition 
light.  Address “Sun,” care The  Tradesman. 
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IX3R SALE OR  RENT—In  the  fast-growing 

village  of  Paris,  north  of Big Rapids,  a 
two-story  frame  double  store,  75x43,  with  a 
stone cellar, 24x23.  Will  sell  cheap  for cash, 
or  on  easy  terms,  or  rent.  Building can be 
easily converted into a  hotel.  Will  also take 
merchandise or city property in pay.  Address 
Box 11, New Era, Oceana Co., Mich. 

IT'OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A drug#stock 

in  Grand  Rapids.  A  good  chance  for 
. 
small money.  A good place for a  druggist or 
doctor who understands the Holland language. 
Address Druggist, 434 Ottawa street.
\ \ T ANTED—To correspond with a good, live 
n   man,  posted  in  the  grocery  business, 
with  a  view  to  partnership. 
I  have a good 
store building in a  village  needing  a  grocery 
badly.  Any grocer who has  a  small  stock of 
one or two thousand would do well  to  corres­
pond with Box 10, North Muskegon, Mich.l41tf

■ ANTED—A position  as  book-keeper  and 

general office  man  by  a  gentleman of 
large experience.  Would prefer a  lumbering 
firm or large manufacturing concern.  Address 
and refer to Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops.  140tf

IX)R  RENT—Desirable brick  store  building 

in a thriving farming town, twenty miles 
from  Grand  Rapids.  Good  opening  for gro­
cery  or  general  stock.  Address  Store, care 
The Tradesman. 

■OR  SALE—Stock  of  general  merchandise 

and house and lot, on the shore  of Grand 
Traverse  Bay,  near  rai’road.  Small  amount 
required  down.  Address  “Zero,”  care The 
Tradesman. 

1X>R SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—Farm  of 120 

acres in southern  Michigan, 100 acres im­
proved.  Large  frame  house  and  barn,  and 
large orchard.  ¿Will sell  on  long  time  or ex­
change for a stock of boots and  shoes  or gro­
ceries.  Address  L.  B.  C.,  care The Trades­
man. 

FOR  SALE—A drug store.  One of the hand­

somest drug stores in  the  State, doing a 
splendid  business, in  a  town  of 12.000 inhabi­
tants.  Stock, etc., will inventory about $3,600. 
Average cash sales, $25 a day  and  increasing. 
No  paint  and  oils  carried  in  stock.  Owner 
wishes to go  into  manufacturing  business  at 
once.  Address, for full particulars, Aloes, care 
TRADesMAN office. 

FOR  SALE—A  stock  of  groceries  and  fix­

tures  in  a  splendid  location.  Low rent 
and a good trade,  will sell for cash or trade for 
good city property.  Address  No. 10,  Trades­
man office. 

■ GENTS WANTED—For an  article  used in 

every house.  I can give a live man a good 
paying job in every town in the United States. 
For particulars, address with stamp, A. Retan, 
Pewamo, Mich. 

SF YOU WANT—To get into business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
to  get  a  situation,  if  you have anything for 
sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the 
Miscellaneous Column of The Tradesman.  A 
twenty-five word  advertisement  costs  but 25 
cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks.

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145

144

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9 6   S T ourU i  A v e ., 
P i t t s b u r g h , F a .

HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here 

pay  as follows
for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run.................... ......  @13 00
Birch, log-run........................... ......16 00@20 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.................... ......  @25 00
Black Ash, log-run.................... ......  @13 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2................. ......45 00@50 00
Cherry,  cull..............................
......  @10 00
Maple, log-run........................
...13 00@15 00
Maple, soft,  log-run................. ......12 00@14 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.................... ......  @20 00
Maple, clear, flooring............... ......  @25 Oo
Maple, white, selected............. ......  @25 Oo
Red Oak, log-run....................... ......  @18 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..............
@22 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank...... ......  @25 00
W alnut, log-run........................ ......  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2................. ......  @75 00
Walnuts,  culls.......................... ......  @25 00
Grey  Elm, log-run.................... ......  @13 00
White Ash,  log-run.................. ......14 00@16 00
Whitewood,  log-run................. ......   @23 00

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S ,

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

The following BAKING POWDERS 
have  no  LOTTERY  SCHEME  CON­
NECTIONS:

Each can has a present of equal value.

Family “Hoi Nail” M i Powder.

1 lb. cans, tall, packed 4 doz.  case  with  4 
doz.  10  in.  oblong  Glass  Dishes,  assorted 
colors

FOR  $ 16.00.

10 oz. cans, tall, packed 4 doz. in case, with 

1 doz. sets Colored Glass, 4 piece each

F O R   $ 1 0 . 0 0 .
Powder to give entire satisfaction.

We guarantee the  above  brands  Baking 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIO!

Arctic Manufacturing Go.
HOGLE & GO. Jobbers  Michigan  W ater  W hite  and 

Legal Test Oils.  Manistee and Saginaw 
Salt.  Agricultural Salt.  W arsaw  Salt; pockets, all  sizes,  and 
barrels.  W est Michigan Agents for  Prussing’s Celebrated Vin­
egar  works.  W rite  for  quotations.  |l||(t|/rA A y   Ailflll 
IvIUu Kl u UIi j  MluHi

Warehouse:  Lee’s  Ferry Dock, 

V O N   B E H R E N   &   S H A F F E R ,

.  STRYKER, OHIO,

Manufacturers of Every Style of

ASH  OARS.

Spoon Oars made o f Best Spruce Timber. 

BOWING SPOON Q1RS FOR BOAT CLUBS HUE TO ORDER.

FULLER & STOWE COMPANY,

Engravers and Printers

Designers

Engravings and Electrotypes of  Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, 

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading  Feature.

*

Address as above 
49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich.
♦o. w. blain & co., Produce
Fortin  n i  D iosiit  Fruits, H o n   V oM los, Etc.

□ W e  handle on Commission BERRIEAEtc.  All orders filled at lowest market price.  Corres­
NO. 9 IONIA ST.
pondence solicited.  APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. 

-DEALERS  IN-

before he knows it. As a matter of facta dull 
and careless man can not get a diploma from 
any of onr better class of schools of pharmacy. 
The position occupied by the retail pharma­
cist is one  of  great  responsibility.  Errors 
made by the doctor are often corrected by the 
presenptionist.  The  retail  drug  clerk  is 
expected  to  be  always  on  hand,  night  or 
day, wide-awake,  active  and  reliable;  and 
no labor of like  character  receives  so little 
compensation.

Oceana Druggists to Organize.

From the Hart Argus.

The druggists of the .county met at Pent- 
water on the 8th, with  some  Mason county 
druggists,  to  see  about  forming  a  Mason- 
Oceana  Pharmaceutical  Association.  This 
they  decided  not  to  do, and  will meet  at 
Hart next  Tuesday to  organize  an Oceana 
Association.  The  party took  a sail on the 
yacht Nonlen.

The Drug Market.

Business is good and collections are ditto, 
Quinine,  morphine  and  opium  are  dull 
Paris green has advanced 1  cent per pound 
Gum arabic has advanced 5 cents per pound, 
all grades.

The published proceedings of the third an 
nual convention of the Michigan State Phar 
maceutical  Association,  which was held 
Detroit last October have j ust been issued un 
der  the  direction  of  the  Secretary.  The 
volume comprises 260  pages and cover, and 
bears the impress of  careful  editing and ar 
rangement.  Secretary Parkill requests The 
T radesman  to  announce  that  the Grand 
Rapids members of the Association can pro­
cure copies of the report by calling on Local 
Secretary White, the Muskegon members on 
Jacob Jesson,  and the  Detroit  members  on 
Farrand,  Williams & Co.

According to  the  calculations  made by 
scientific writer lately,  it  requires  a prodig­
ious amount of  vegetable  matter  to form 
layer  of  coal,  the  estimate  being  that 
would really take a  million  years to form 
coal bed 100 feet thick.

Mills &  Goodman, Props.

- 

of fine farming region.  Doing good  bus 

lake shore and railroad.  Can  be  bought 

iness which could be very much increased.

GRAND  RAPID S, 
MICH.
W ANTED—Registered  drug  clerks,  either 
pharmacists or assistants, who are sober, 
honest,  industrious  and  willing  to  work on 
moderate salary.
W ANTED—To exchange house and lot (with 
barn) and physician’s practice in a town 
of 800 inhabitants for drug stock in some good 
location.  Real estate valued at  $1,500.  Prae 
tice about $2,000 per year.
FOR SALE—Stock of about $1,800 in town of 
1,000.  Doing business of not less than $20 
per day.  Can be bought at  large  discount or 
will exchange for good property.
IT'OR SALE—Stock  of  about  $2,000 in midst 
IpOR  SALE—Small  stock  of  about  $700 on 
IpOR SALE—One of the handsomest stores in 
II'OR SALE—Stock of about $7,000,  centrally 
IJ'OR SALE—Stock of $6,000,  well  located  in 
FOR SALE—Dentist office in town of 800 can 
■ LSO many other stocks, the  particulars of 

Grand Rapids.  Will sell  whole  stock  on 
liberal terms, but would prefer to sell  half in 
terest for cash.

■ _  located in Grand Rapids.  Doing business 
of $15,000 per year.

which we will furnish free on application.
T O   DRUGGISTS  desiring  to  secure  clerks 
I.  we will send the addresses  and  full  par­
ticulars of those on record free on application

be bought very cheap.  No other  dentist 

the State.  Well located in Grand Rapids 

Stock about $4,000.

within ten miles.

very cheap.

C T 7 S S 2 Æ A 2 rs

MENTHOL INHALER

c a t a r r h :.

For  the  treatment  of  this  disease,  the 
Menthol Inhaler is without  doubt  superior 
to  any  other  known  remedy  or  device. 
There  is  no  irritating  fluid or powder  ap­
plied to the already diseased membrane.  On 
the  contrary,  mentholized  air  produces  a 
cool, soothing sensation through  the  head, 
with a feeling of instant relief,  and  by con­
tinued use the duration of the  relief will be 
gradually extended and a final cure effected.
All druggists should keep the Menthol In­
haler.  Retail price 50 cents.

THE  OLD  RELIABLE

Perry  Davis  Pain  Killer,

Established 1840.

All Druggists Should Keep It.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

Advanced—Paris green;  gum arabic. 
Declined—Cinchonidia;  gum opium.

ACIDS.

Acetic, No.  8.................................  
9  @
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........  30  @
Carbolic.........................................  35  ©
Citric.............................................   75  @
Muriatic 18 deg..................................3  ©
Nitric 36 deg.................................  U  ©
Oxalic.,.........................................  10  ©
Sulphuric 66 deg...........................  
3  @
Tartaric  powdered.......................  50  @
Benzoic,  English................  $  oz
Benzoic,  German.......... ...............  12  @
Tannic...........................................  12  ©

AMMONIA.

Carbonate.............................. $1 lb  12  @
Muriate (Powd. 22c).......................
/q u a  16 deg or  3f..........................  3  @
Aqua 18 deg or 4f..........................  4  ©

3«
]

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.......................
Bayberry  powdered.....................
Hemlock powdered.......................
Wahoo..........................................
Soap  ground.................................

BERRIES.

@]
Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  30c)........... 
Juniper.........................................   6  ©
Prickly Ash...................................  50  ©

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 lb boxes, 25c)...
Licorice,  powdered, pure............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 lb doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ib  boxes)..............
do 
Lgowood, )4s 
..............
do 
Logwood, 14s 
..............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
..............
Fluid Extracts—25 # cent, off Ust.

FLOWERS.

Arnica............................................  13  @
Chamomile,  Roman.....................
Chamomile,  German....................

GUMS.

60®

28®

Aloes, Barbadoes.......................... 
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c).................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)......
Ammoniac.................................
Arabic, powdered  select...........
85
Arabic, 1st picked........................  
Arabic,2d  picked.......................... 
80
Arabic, 3d picked.......................... 
65
55
Arabic, sifted sorts....................... 
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c) ... 
20
50®55
Benzoin......................................... 
Camphor..............................................25®  27
Catechu. Is ()4 14c, Vis 16c)........... 
13
Euphorbium powdered................. 
35®  40
Gatbanum strained....................... 
80
Gamboge.......................................  
80®  90
35
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c)............  
Kino TPowdered, 30cl.................... 
20
l 25
Mastic........................................... 
40
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 
3  10
Opium, pure (Powd $4 40).............. 
Shellac, Campbell’s....................... 
25
Shellac,  English............................ 
22
Shellac, native..............................  
20
Shellac bleached...........................  
30
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

IRON.

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

LEAVES.

4 00
20
7
65

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)...............   13  ®  14
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s & )4s, 12c)... 
6
Senna,  Alex, natural....................  33  ®  35
50
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled.. 
Senna,  powdered.......................... 
25
Senna tinnlveUi............................. 
25
Uva Ursl........................................ 
10
Belledonna....................................  
35
Foxglove........................................ 
30
Henbane.......................................  
35
Rose, red............  
 
2 35

 

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00  @2 50
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye...............1 75  @2 00
Whisky, other brands................... 1  10  ®1 50
Gin, Old Tom.................................. 135  ®1 75
Gin,  HoUand..................................2 00  ®3 50
Brandy........................................... 1 75  @6 60
Catawba  Wines..............................1 25  ®2 00
Port Wines..................................... 135  @2 50
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz........... 
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz............  
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__  
Calcined........................................ 

22
37
2 25
65

MAGNESIA.

o n s.

6 00

• 

Almond, sweet..............................   45  @  50
Amber, rectified............................ 
45
Anise.............................................  
1 80
B ay#  oz...................................... 
60
3 00
Bergamont....................................  
Castor............................................  1 42®l 60
Croton............................................ 
1 75
Cajeput......................................... 
75
Cassia............................................ 
85
36
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c)......  
Cltrouella..................................... 
75
1 50
Cloves............................................ 
Cod Liver, N. F........ 
........ $  gal 
1 20
1  50
Cod Liver, best......................  
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 
Cubebs, P. &  W............................. 
9 50
1 60
Erigerou........................................ 
Fireweed.......................................  
2 00
Geranium  #  oz............................. 
75
35
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 
Juniper wood................................ 
50
2 00
Juniper berries............................. 
Lavender flowers, French............  
2 01
Lavender garden 
............  
l  00
Lavender spike 
............  
90
3 00
Lemon, new crop.......................... 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.....................  
2 75
80
Lemongrass................................... 
Olive, Malaga......  ....................... 
90®1 00
Olive, “SubUme  ItaUan  .............. 
2 75
l 25
Origanum, red flowers, French... 
Origanum,  No. 1.......................... 
50
Pennyroyal................................... 
1  00
Peppermint,  white.......................  3 90@4 00
Rose $  oz 
8 00 
Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50)
65 
Salad, #  gal...................................
2 75 
Savin.............................. ..............
1 00 
Sandal  Wood. German.................
4 50 
Sandal Wood, W. I ........................
7 00 
Sassafras.......................................
46 
Spearmint....................................
@7 50 
Tansy............................................4 00
©4 25 
Tar (by gal 50c)..............................   10
©  12
Wintergreen..............................
2 25
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00)......
3 50 
Wormseed.....................................
2 00

do 
do 

©rugs & flfteòicines

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
One Year—F. H. J. VanEmster. Bay City. 
Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar EbOrbach, Ann Arbor. 
Five Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo* 
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next meeting—At Detroit, July 6.

Michigan  Slate  Pharmaceutical  Association.

OFFICERS.

Grand Rapids.

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

Tuesday, October 12,1886.
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

OFFICERS.

_ 

_

President—Frank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—Wm. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Rscott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board  of  Censors-President,  Vice-President 
and Secretary. 
Board  of  Trustees—The  President,  Wm.  H. 
Van Leeuwen, Isaac  Watts,  Wm.  E.  White, 
Wm. L. White.
Committee on Pharmacy—M. B.  Kimm,  H.  E. 
Locher and Wm. E. White.
Committee on Trade  Matters—John  E.  Peck, 
H. B. Fairchild and Win. H. Van Leeuwen.
Committee  on  Legislation—Jas.  D.  Lacey, 
Isaac Watts and A. C.  Bauer.
Regular Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
each month.
Annual  Meetings—First  Thursday evening in 
November.
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening, July  1,  at 
“The Tradesman” office.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.

Organized October, 1863.

OFFICERS.

President—A. F. Parker.
First Vice-President—Frank Inglis.
Second Vico President—J. C. Mueller. 
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen. 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae 
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Wednesday in each 

month.

Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso­

ciation.
OFFICERS.
President-—R. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F. A.  King.
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 

and C. Hi Haskins.

month.
Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  So­
President—Jay Smith.
First Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall.
Second Vice-President—R. Bruske. 
Secretary—D. E. Prall.
Treasurer—H. Melchers.
Committee on  Trade Matters—W. B. Moore, 
H. G.  Hamilton,  H.  Melchers,  W.  H.  Keeler 
and R. J. Birney.
Regular Meeting—Second  Wednesday after­
noon of each month.
Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association,

ciety.

OFFICERS.
President—Fred. Heath.
Vice-President—J. C.  Terry.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. B. Glover. 
Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Wednes­
Next Meeting—Wednesday evening, June 23.

day of each month.

The Price of Quinine.

Quinine,  the alkaloid  of  cinchona that is 
most largely used in medicine, is now lower 
in price than it has  ever  before been in the 
history of its manufacture.  When Congress 
removed  the  import  duty  on  the  various 
salts  of quinine'  in July,  1879,  the  price of 
sulphate of quinine,  of  American  manufac 
ture was §3.35  per ounce in  bulk,  but since 
that date  the  price,  with the exception of a 
few slight  fluctuations,  has  steadily tended 
downward,  until  at  the  present  time  the 
American  drug  is  quoted  at  68  cents per 
ounce in  bulk,  while  the  foreign  article is 
quoted at four cents per ounce less.

The question  naturally arises  as to what 
extent did  the  removal  of  the  duty affect 
the price  of  the  drug. 
Immediately after 
the removal of the duty there was a decided 
fall in the  price,  occusioned  by large quan­
tities of foreign  sulphate  of  quinine being 
sent to this country,  but it was not long be­
fore prices advanced, not to the same point, 
however,  as prevailed at  the time of the re­
moval of the duty.  The  cheapness  of  the 
salts  of  quinine  is  almost  entirely due  to 
the low  price at  which  the  cinchona bark, 
from which  they are  obtained is now  being 
sold,  and  the bark is  cheap  because it is in 
plentiful  supply.  For  many years quinine 
manufacturers  in  this  country and  abroad 
relied principally upon  South  American for 
the  supply  of  cinchona  bark,  and,  as  the 
amount furnished was insufficient, the price 
was  high; but  during  recent  years  the  ef­
forts made by the  English  and  Dutch gov­
ernments  more  than  twenty  years  ago to 
grow the cinchona tree in other places  have 
begun to bring  forth  good  results,  so  that 
the bark,  instead  of  coming  almost  exclu­
sively from South America,  is now supplied 
from  the  East  Indies,  Ceylon,  Java,  etc. 
The first  shipments  from  Ceylon,  which is 
now one of the  largest  growers  of  the cin­
chona tree,  were  made in 1869,  and did not 
exceed a few pounds but now the exports of 
bark from  this  Island  annually amount to 
over 15,000,000 pounds.

With the cheapness of sulphate of quinine 
there followed an  increase  in  the consump­
tion,  for  the  world’s  production  is  now 
greater than ever  before.  Not  only is this 
increased  output  shown  by  foreign manu­
facturers,  but  American  producers  have 
largely  increased  their  production  of  sul­
phate of quinine  during  the past few years. 
The American  industry  is  carrid  on by a 
few large manufacturers in  New  York and 
Philadelphia.  We are  unable  to show the 
increase in production in this  country, as it 
is  impossible  to  obtain  statistics from the 
manufacturers  of  their  output; but,  as  all 
the bark  used in this  country is  imported, 
an examination of  the customs  returns will

give  the imports of  bark,  which will fairly 
show the  increase  that has  taken  place in 
the production of sulphate of quinine.  The 
imports of cinchona bark in the  fiscal  years 
ended June 30,  1884,  1885 and  1886 were as 
follows:  For  1886  the  statistics  for  nine 
months of the  year  only  were  at hand,  so 
that a careful  estimate  for  the  balance  of 
the year  has  been  made  and added  to the 
imports for the nine months.
1884 
1885 
1886 

Pounds.  Values.
$717,614
914,508
830,000
It will  be seen  that  the  increase  in the 
imports since 1884  have  been nearly 60 per 
cent.  While the imports increased the aver- 
erage import value per pound decreased, be­
ing 28 cents in 1884, a little over 26 cents in 
1885, and only 21 cents in 1886. 

.............................2,580,052 
............................. 3,513,391 
............................. 4,100,000 

•

Although  American  manufacturers  are 
producing large quantities of quinine a con- 
considerable amount  of the  foreign drug is 
being  imported,  but  the  quantity  is  now 
much  less  than  it  has  been. 
In the nine 
months ended  March  31  last,  the  imports 
into  this  country  of  the  salts  of  quinine 
amounted  to  1,469,901  ounces,  valued  at 
§759,669,  against  1,716,897  ounces,  valued 
at 81,405,957,  imported  in  the  correspond­
ing  period  last  year.  The  American  sul­
phate of quinine, although somewhat higher 
in price than the foreign  artice,  is preferred 
by most  consumers  because  of  its  known 
purity.  Foreign  quinine  is  brought  here 
in bulk, and  in some  cases is  adulterated, 
but if the consumer takes proper precautions 
in purchasing,  the quinine he obtains is con­
sidered in every respect equal to the Ameri­
can product.

The Literature of Pharmacy.* 

Respecting the uses of the journals,  com­
ing  by  mail  while  the druggist is pressed 
with  work;  coming  upon  a  desk  strewed 
with letters,  and  bills,  and  prices  current, 
what  is  to  be  done  with them?  As  they 
accumulate, they become  lumber;  the  very 
lumber for the building of a pharmaceutical 
library.  Take care of them  as  they  come: 
1.  Put each number in its place and keep 

the files in order.

See  what  articles  are 

in  the  last 
number,  and  read  current  intelligence  as 
soon as there is time for it.

Read such of the solid  articles  as are 
of  interest  and  profit  to  you  when  there 
is leisure for that,  reading,  if possible, with 
frequent reference to your library.

4.  Fasten  upon  the  index  to  the com­
pleted  volume,  and  keep  it  as the key to 
the value of that volume in your library.  If 
the  index  disappears,  send  for another  at 
once,  before the index  number  gets  out  of 
print.  A back volume without an  index  is 
rubbish,  and a  broken  volume  impairs  the 
set.  Any periodical in  pharmacy that  pro­
vides a good alphabetical index  deserves  to 
be preserved.

When any volume is completed, the soon 
er it is bound the better,  but  if it be not de­
sired to incur expense for binding  every set 
at  once,  the  volumes  may  be  stitched  or 
banded,  or placed neatly in order for  possi­
ble reference, and against a  probable future 
wish  to  have  them  bound.  A set in very 
cheap binding,  strictly uniform,  is  pleasing 
to  the  eye  and  satisfactory  to the owner. 
*  *  *  The literature of  pharmacy  is  by 
no  means  confined  to  the supply of medi­
cines,  though this must continue  to  be  the 
most responsible portion of  pharmaceutical 
practice.  There are  indispensible branches 
of  applied  science,  other  ttyan  the know 
ledge of medicines and their supply, the lit­
erature of which is found largely in  pharm­
aceutical publications.  For information  on 
important parts of sanitary  science,  indus- 
taial chemistry,  general  analysis  of  mater­
ials,  the quantities of food  and  water,  and 
the  technology  of  common  life,  we  must 
needs go to the repositories of pharmaceuti­
cal  learning.  When  the  law against  the 
adulteration of food went into effect in Eng­
land  a  dozen  of  years  ago, and  practical 
science  was  found  poorly prepared for  its 
duties, the best resources at  hand  were  ob­
tained  from  pharmaceutical  authorities. 
Under the early operation  of  similar  laws 
in our eastern states  at  this  time  pharma­
cists are creating a literature  that  must  be 
had if the work is to be  done.  Of the  four 
questions  presented  for  discussion  at  the 
late pharmaceutical congress of all countries, 
by the committee on  organization, one  was 
on  sophistications  of  food  and the related 
legislative service,  and one was on  the best 
means for analysis of potable waters.

A  Retail  Drug Clerk.

Of all  the toilers retail drug clerks are the 
poorest paid. 
It takes at least  three  years 
to  learn  the  business, and about  the  same 
time  to  get familar  with its details; so you 
may say that  it  requires  five  years  to be­
come  a  competent  clerk.  Now, this is so 
much  of  the  best  part  of his  life that  is 
thrown  away,  and  for  what?  Simply  to 
know how to earn §12 or §14 per week.  A 
man who  drives a car  can  earn  more than 
that,  and it  requires no time to learn.  The 
drug business  may not  be  a profession, al­
though  it is generally so  considered,  but at 
the least calculation it comes under the head 
of  skilled  labor.  No  one  can  pretend  to 
deny that drug clerks are intelligent.  From 
my experience with men in  general 1 think 
they  compare  favorably  with  any  other 
class,  and  are  far  above  the  average. 
I 
know comparatively  young  druggists  who 
read  Latin  and  Greek  and  are  excellent 
English scholars.  They study botany,  geol­
ogy  and  anatomy  between  prescriptions. 
One thing is certain, a  dunce  can not work 
long in a drug store.  He will  be found out

»Extracts from the address of Professor Al­
bert B. Prescott, before  the  Detroit  Pharma­
ceutical Association.

 

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Squills, white (Powd 35c).............. 
15
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........ 
25
20
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)__ 
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).............. 
-is
5  ©  6
Bird, mixed in S> packages......... . 
Canary,  Smyrna...........................  
4  ©  4)
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).  15  ©  18
j  m
Cardamon,  Aleppee........ 
Cardamon, Malabar.............   . 
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¡25
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Celery............................................ 
Coriander, Dest  English.......  
in
Fennel.......................................  \  
15
Flax, clean......................... !".!.!!  34£@
@  4v
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3)4)............ 4 
7  @  8
Foenugreek, powdered................. 
Hemp,  Russian............................. 
44©  51,
Mustard, white  Black  10c)......  
10
Quince........................................... 
75
Rape, English..............................**  6  @ 
7
Worm,  Levant..............................
14
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Florida sheens’ wool, carriage...  2 25 
@2 50 
Nassau 
2  00 
Velvet Ext 
1  10 
Extra Ye ' d o  
85 
Grass 
65 
Hard ’ 
75 
Yellow Reef, 
1  40
. 
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) #  gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’s.....................
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution .......
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution..........
Annatto 1 lb rolls............
Alum.................................... *  W ib 
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2)4®@
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............. •  3
Annatto, prime.............................
Antimony,powdered,  com’l...  "   4Vi@
Arsenic, white, powdered........... 
6  ©
Blue  Soluble........................... 
w
Bay  Rum, imported, best!!!!!!"'
Bay Rum, domestic, H.,P. & Co.’s’
Balm Gilead Buds.........
Beans,  Tonka.................
Beans, Vanilla......... 7 00
Bismuth, sub nitrate......... ‘
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).............*” *“
Blue V itriol.......................
Borax, refined (Powd  lie)!." ![  ’'' *
Cantharides. Russian  powdered..’
Capsicum  Pods, African.... 
* 
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d77 
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do 
Carmine, No.40........................   "  
Cassia Buds....................... j " " " ]  
Calomel. American........***311111* 
Chalk, prepared drop.............’ 
Chalk, precipitate E
l
g
Chalk,  red fingers........................  
Chalk, white lump............  
......  
Chloroform,  Squibb’s...... 1 25
Colocynth  apples.........................! 
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts!: 
cryst... 
Chloral 
Chloral 
Chloral 
crusts.. 
Chloroform.......................
@
Cinchonidia, P. & w !..!!.»!!!!!!!!  15
Cinchonidia, other brands...... * ""  12  ©  15
Cloves (Powd 25c)........................ .  23  @  25
4«
Cochineal................................... 
Cocoa  Butter..................!!..........  
4«
Copperas (by bbl  lc)..... 
 
2
Corrosive Sublimate......... *:........  
70
Corks, X and XX—40 off  list
Cream Tartar, pure powdered. @ 4
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box.. 
15
Creasote................................ 
59
Cudbear, prime............... :.:!”!:** 
24
 
Cuttle Fish Bone..............  
20
Dextrine.......................................................jg
Dover’s  Powders.................  
1  20
 
Dragon’s Blood Mass............ ....** 
go
Ergot  powdered............................' 
35
Ether Squibb’s...............  
' 
j  jq
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s !!!!'." ’ 
8
2  ®  3
Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%)........... 
Ergot,fresh.....................  
w  59
go
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  p ! !!.!! 
Flake white..............................  "  
74
Grains  Paradise.............!!.!!!!.”  
15
Gelatine, Cooper’s................!!!!!!! 
90
Gelatine, F rench..................  
45  <a  70
Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 & 10 less
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis__
Glue,  caim et................................  12  @  17
Glue, white.........................!!’..”.!!!!  16  @  28
Glycerine, pure.............................  16  @  20
Hops  Hs and )4s...........................  
25®  40
Iodoform #  oz..............................  
40
indigo 
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  35  @  40 
@1 00
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co., boxes 
4  00
Iodine,  resublimed....................... 
Isinglass,  American............... .'!"* 
1 go
Japonica................................ 
"  
7
London  Purple.............. . ”.!!!!!!!!!  10  @  15
25
Lead, acetate.................................  
Lime, chloride, (Hs 2s 10c * ’¿ ’s' iic) 
8
Lupuline.......................................  
j  qo
Lycopodium......................  
sn
 
Mace..................................... .!!!!!! 
60
Madder, best  Dutch........!!!!!!!! 
12)4©  13
Manna, S.  F, 
—
Mercury................................
60
Morphia, sulph., P. & W.7.7.7»0«
2 25@2 50 
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s........
40
Moss, Iceland.....................  
»ib
Moss, Irish...........................
Mustard,  English.......... !!.’!!!!!.
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 lb  cans!!!!!!
Nut gal Is.......................................
Nutmegs, No. 1...............!!!!!!!!!.
Nux  Vomica..................... ...........
Ointment. Mercurial, Hd__ !!!!!!
Paris Green................................. 
Pepper, Black  Berry..............!!!!..
Pepsin............................................
Pitch, True Burgundy............!.’!.'!"’
Quassia  ................................ 
' 
3
uinia. Sulph, P. & W......... 7 ib oz  70
uinine, German..........................  ¿0
ed Precipitate......................#  a
Seidlitz  Mixture...........................
Strychnia, cryst...................... !!!!.”.!
Silver Nitrate, cryst......... !!. !. !..  74
Saffron, American..................
Sal  Glauber...............................7 ’.!
Sal Nitre, large cryst................." !
Sal  Nitre, medium cryst__!!.
Sal Rochelle...................................
Sal Soda..............................   .. 
saiicin........................................;; 
Santonin...................................\
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch...... !.
Soda Ash [by keg 3c]....................
Spermaceti....................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s.!!. 
Soap, White Castile.......................
Soap, Green  do 
.......................
Soap, Mottled do 
.................... !
Soap, 
.......................
do  do 
Soap, Mazzini................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ........................ ..  28  @
Spirits Nitre, 4 F ...........................   30  @
Sugar Milk powdered....................
Sulphur, flour................................  3U<lb
Sulphur,  roll.................................  
3®
Tartar Emetic................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, Hi gal. cans  #  doz 
Tar, 
quarts in tin.........  
Tar, 
pints in tin............
Turpentine,  Venice...............#  fi>
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
7  @
Zinc,  Sulphate..............................  
Bbl
__ 
Whale, winter...................................  70
Lard, extra.......................................   gg
Lard, No.  1.......................................   4g
Linseed, pure raw...........................   37
Linseed, boiled................................  40
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........  70
Spirits Turpentine...........................   38
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@1  10
Extra Turk  Damar.............................l gg@l  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp
70®  75
Lb 
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2® 3 
2® 3 
2)4® 3 
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16@17 
7® 7)4 
7® 7)4 
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@90 
1  10 
1 40 
1 20® 1 40 
1 00© l 20

Bbl
Red Venetian..........................  144
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........  114
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.........   134
Putty, commercial.................  2)4
Putty, strictly pure.................  2)4
Vermilion,prime American..
Vermilion,  English.................
Green, Peninsular..................
Lead, red strictly pure.. 
Lead, white, strictly pur 
Whiting, white Spanish.
WVlif-I mr 
Whiting,  Gilders'
White, Paris American...........
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  la in ts ......
Swiss Villa Prepare*  Paints..

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ILLUMINATING.

LUBRICATING.

Water White................................................. 1194
Michigan  Test..............................................10)4
Capitol Cylinder...........................................36)4
Model  Cylinder............................................ 3iu
Shield Cylinder.................................. 
26)4
Eldorado  Engine......................................... 24)4
Peerless Machinery.....................................22)4
Challenge Machinery................................... 20)4
Paraffine  ..................................................... 20)4
Black. Summer, West Virginia.................  10
Black. 26® to 30®......................................... 11
Black, 15® C.  T...........................................".UJ4
Zero................................................... ,....! !i3

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W e call your attention to  the  adjoining 
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37@40 
22 
3 00 
28

PRICES  TO  THE  TRADE:

Small Size................................  25 
Medium Size...........................   50 
Large size.....................   ........1 00 
Killer.  Get the Genuine.

Beware of Imitations.  There is but One Pain 

Per Bottle.  PerDoz.
1 80
3 60
7 20

J.  N.  Harris  & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O.

Proprietors for the Southern and Western States.

For Sale by all Medicine Dealers.

Allen’s Lung Balsam

The Great Remedy for during

Coughs, Colds, Croup,

CONSTTMFTIOIT,
And  Other  Throat  and  Lung  Affections.
t2TWe  call  your Attention  to  the  fact that the  old 
Standard  Remedy,  ALLEN’S  LUNG  BALSAM,  is  now 
put up in three sizes—25 cents, 50 cents and $1 per bottle.
Small.............................. ..........$1 75 per dozen
................................  3 50 
Medium  
Large  ............... .......................   7 00 
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“  .
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POTASSIUM.

Bicromate.............................. $ a>
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c)............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk......
Prussiate yellow...........................

ROOTS.

Alkanet.........................................
Althea, cut....................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, In 14s and Us....
Blood (Powd 18c)...........................
Calamus,  peeled...........................
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered.................
Gentian (Powd  15c).......................
Ginger, African (Powd 14c)...........  11
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........
Golden Seal (Powd 26c).................
Hellebore, white, powdered.........
eeac, Rio, powdered..................
alap, powdered...........................
Licorice,  select (Powd 15)............
Licorice, extra select....................
Pink, true......................................
Rhei, from select to  choice......... 1 00
Rhei, powdered E. I ..............10
Rhei,choice cut  cubes........
Rhei, choice cut fingers...............
Serpentaria...................................
Seneka .‘........................................
Sarsaparilla,  Honduras...............
Sarsaparifia,  Mexican..................

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Second-class M atter.1

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16,1886.

A  Bad  Dollar.

Cattleton, the old grocer, knew that some­
one was  robbing  his  money  drawer.  Natr 
urally his  suspicious  fell  upon  old  Steve, 
the negro porter.  Steve protested his inno­
cence.  Cattleton was determined  to search 
him,  so one night,  about the time Steve was
ready to go home, the grocer approached him 
and said:

“Steve,  I must search you.”
“Whut fur, boss?”
“You  know  what  for.  Come,  take  off 

your clothes and shake  them.”

Steve obeyed.  Nothing  was  discovered. 
The next day the grocer  saw  Steve  hover­
ing over the cash drawer.

That evening the grocer said:  “Steve, you 

are a  thief.”

“Who said so,  sail?”
“ I do.”
■“Who tole yer so?”
‘‘Never mind, I know it.  You have been 

robbing me for some time, and—”

“Well, s'arch me, sah.”
“Keep on your clothes.”
“S’arch me if yes want to,  sah.”
“ Never  mind.  Say,  what’s  the  matter 

with your voice?”

“Nothin’.”
“Yes,  there  is  something.  Open  your 

mouth.”

lockjaw.”

“Kain’ open it’much,  boss.  Sorter  got de 

“I think that I can assist you.”
The  grocer  bent  Steve’s  head  over  the 
counter and placed his thumb under the ne­
gro’s jaw.  Silver rattled on the counter. 

“Spit out some more.”
“ Kain’ do it, boss, fur  dat’s all.”
“ Spit again,  I tell you.”
.Five nickels fell from Steve’s  mouth.” 
■“ Come again.”
■“ ’Clar to goodness, boss,  I  kaint  spit no 

mo’,”

“Go ahead, I tell you.”
A twenty-five cent piece fell out.
“Once  more,”  said  the  grocer.  “Come 
again.  W’y,”  he  added,  as  a  fifty  cent 
piece  rolled  on the  counter,  “you’ve  got a 
mouth like a ground  squirrel.”

“Now, boss,  dats  all.  Hope  I  may  die 

dead if it ain’t.”

■“Try just one more time.”
■“Sw’ar dar ain’t no use,  boss.”
“ Come again,  or I'll break your  jaw.”
Out rattled  a  dollar.  “There,” said  the 
grocer,  releasing his  hold on  Steve,  “You 
may go now.”

“Ain’t gwine ter discharge me, is yer?” 
“Of course I am.  Go on away.”
“ Whut, discharge  me  jes  fur  dat  little 

caper?”

“ Go on,  or I’ll have  you arrested.” 
“ Didn’t  know  yer  wuz  so  ungrateful, 
sah.  Been wuckin’ like a slabe fur  yer an’ 
dis is  all de  thanks  I  git.  Ef  yer’ll  jest 
keep  me  I  sw’ar  I  won’t  neber  tech  yer 
money no mo’.”

“No,  I don’t want  you.”
“ Wall,  gin  me  er  rickennend  ter  some 

white man.”

“I won’t do that, either.  Get out of here.” 
“All  right,  sah.  An’  all  dis,”  he  mut­
tered  as  he  moved  away,  “wuz  all  oil  er- 
countof  that  old  trade  dollar  what  ain’t 
much account,  nohow.  Hadn’ crowded  dat 
in  my  mouf my «voice  wouldn’t  ginm eer 
way.”

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fit by anyone. 
It discusses  the usually dry 
subjects  of  securities,  deposits,  discounts, 
■exchanges,  etc.,  in  a  spirit  which  causes 
them to be divested  of  dullness.  With the 
best banking system  in the  world, half the 
people of  the country  fail to  appreciate its 
value,  and  the  tendency of  such  books as 
“The Country Banker” is  to  awaken inter­
est in a  subject  with which everyone ought 
to be thoroughly acquainted.
England as Seen by an American  Banker. 
Notes of a Pedestrian Tour. Boston: D. Loth- 
rop & Co.
This work is one  of  the  best descriptive 
works of  travel  we  have  seen  for  a long 
time, and  absolutely more  satisfying to the 
reader who  wishes for  clear impressions of 
places  and  people 
than  Richard  Grant 
White’s  England,  Without  and  Within, 
which  is  regarded  by  most  Americans  as 
the  standard  book  on  the  subject.  The 
author  has  a  w?iy of  making  readers  see 
what he sees; he notes the little traits which 
make  those  whom  he  is  among  different 
from the people of his own country; he com­
ments  shrewdly and  curiously  upon  these 
differences and the reasons for them; he de­
scribes  charmingly the  scenery of  the var­
ious  districts  through  which  he  traveled, 
the towns he visited, the people he saw,  and 
the facts  he  collected.  He  very decidedly 
contradicts some statements which English­
men have made about themselves, and which 
American  readers  have  accepted  as  facts. 
He tells us,  for  instance, that  English boys 
are not so  strong  and  vigorous  looking as 
American boys, that the  popular opinion to 
the  contrary has no  real foundation. 
It is 
written in  an  off-hand,  easy  style,  which 
makes it  peculiarly  agreeable to  read,  and 
can be set down as really one of the notable 
books on English  travel  that we  have had 
for the past half-dozen years.

From J est  to Earnest.  By E. P. Boe.  New 
York:  Dodd,  Mead  A  Company.  Detroit: 
Detroit News Company.
This is a cheap edition—cheap only in the 
matter of price—of  one of  Roe’s  most suc- 
successful  stories.  Published  at  the  low 
price of 25 cents, while all other volumes of 
the series are  sold at $1.50  apiece,  this edi­
tion ought to sell to the  extent of  a million 
copies.
American  Agriculturist  for  June.  New 

York: O. Judd Co.
With  its  one  hundred  original  illustra­
tions  and  original  articles,  by  forty-four 
well-known writers in various  parts of  the 
U nion,  from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the 
American  Agriculturist for  June  reaches 
the apex  of  excellence.  Every  number of 
this periodical is better than its predecessor 
and the  publishers  announce  that they ai;e 
providing for still new features.

Evidently a Homcepathic Opinion.

“Do you believe this can be true?  A girl 
at  Saginaw,  intent  on  suicide,  is  said  to 
have swallowed  matches,  horse  medicine, 
aconite,  tincture  of  iron,  and  paris  green 
without effect.”

“It may be, dear.”
“But it doesn’t seem possible.”
“Well,  there’s  no  telling.  May  be she 
was  brought  up  under  allopathic  treat­
ment.”

California  carries on a  large  business in 
sea shells, which  are  gathered on  its coast 
and shipped to Europe.  One firm has a con­
tract to ship forty tons of  shells every sixty 
days.  They are worth from 8700  to 81,000 
a ton.

“Fermentum”  the  only  Reliable  Com­

pressed Yeast.  See advertisement.

Smoke the celebrated  “American  Field.” 

Fox & Bradford,  sole agents.

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

TIME  TABLES.
Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
tMail...................................9:00 am   4:00 pm
tDay Express....................12:50pm  8:55pm
♦Night  Express...... :.........11:00 p m  5:45 a m
Muskegon Express............  4:45 pm   11:00 am
♦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 DIVISION.

Leaves.  Arrives.
Express......   ..................... 3:50 p m  5:20 p m
Express.............................. 8:00am  10:50am
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. Carpenter.  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  Mulliken,  General  Manager.

.

Detroit, Mackinao  & Marquette.

Going West. 
Going East
7:30 p m..........Houghton....................8:30 a m
3:00pm,D...... Marquette  ........... A,  1:00pm
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
5:00pm.......... Grand  Rapids........... 10:30am
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, and Ticket Agent, Marquette.

A. WATSON,
E. W. ALLEN,

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO  DIVISION.)

* 

Leave. 

Arrive.
N. Y.  N. Y.
Mail.  Ex
a. m.  p. n

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

J. W. McKenney, General Agent.

Grand  Rapids &  Indiana.

GOING SOUTH.

GOING NORTH.Arrives.  Leaves
Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex  9:20 p m 
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:30 a m  11:30 a m 
Ft.Wayne&Mackinac Ex  4:10pm 
5:05 pm
G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 
7:00 a m
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 
7:15am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  5:05 p m  5:30 p m 
Mackinac & Ft. Wayne Ex.. 10:30 a m  11:45 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids Ac. 10:30 p m 

sleeping car arrangements. 

All trains daily except Sunday.
North—Train  leaving  at 5:05  o’clock  p.  m. 
has  Sleeping  and  Chair  Cars  for Petoskey 
and  Mackinac.  Train leaving at il :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’I Pass. Agent.

_

Detroit, Grand  Haven à   Milwaukee. 

going east.

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
Leaves. 
6:25 a m 
tSteamboat  Express........... 6:20 am
10:50 a m 
tThrough  Mail...................10:15 a m
3:50 p m 
tEvening  Express..............3:40 pm
6:30 p m 
♦Limited  Express..............  6:25 p m
11:00 a m
tMixed, with coach...........
1:10 p m
tMorning Express...................   1:05 pm
5:10 pm 
tThrougn  Mail..................   5:00 pm
10:45 p m 
tSteamboat Express..........10:40 p m
7:45 am 
tMixed................................
5:35 a m
♦NightExpress.........................   5:10 am
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Dailv. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:25  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
The Night  Express  has  a through Wagner 
Car and local  Sleeping  Car Detroit  to Grand 
Rapids.

D. Potter, City Pass. Agent. 
Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Michigan  Central.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

Detroit Express............................................6:15 am
Dav Express.......................................   1:10 p m
♦Atlantic Express................................ 10:10 p m
Mixed....................................................6:50 a m
♦Pacific  Express..........................................6:00 am
Mail.......................................................3:00 p m
Grand Rapids Express....................... 10:15 p m
Mixed 
.................................................. 5:15 pm
♦Daily.  All  others  daily  except  Sunday. 
Sleeping cars run on  Atlantic  and Pacific Ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor cars run  on Day Express  and Grand 
Rapids Express to and from Detroit,
Direct connections made  at Detroit  with all 
through trains  East  over  M. C. R. R. (Canada 
Southern Div.)

I Chas. H. Norris. Gen’l Agent

Sole Agents for

Irrrporters  and

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,
W holesale  Grocers.
“Jolly Tar” Plug Tobacco.
Daniel Scotten &  Co.’s “HIAWATHA” 
Plug Tobacco.
Lautz. Bros. & Co.’s SOAPS.
Niagara STARCH.
Dwinell, Howard & Co.’s ?°ya} Mocha and Java.
Thompson & Taylor Spice  Qo.’s  “ Mag­

Royal Java.
Golden  Santos.

nolia ” Package Coffee.
SOLE  PROPRIETORS

“JOLLY  TIAIE”  Fin.©  O ut

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 ant 29 Ionia Stand 51,53,55,57 ant 59 Island Sts.,

Grand RapldLs, Midi.

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Manufacturers of

PURE  CANDY
ORANGES,  LEMONS, 

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES, 

TSTu-ts,  E to .

W M . SEA RS & GO.
Cracker  Manufacturers9

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

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

ABSOLUTE
S P I C E S . 
Warranted It be Pure Giods.
TELFER  &  BROOKS,

M anufactured  Only  by

46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.

JENNINGS’

Flavoring  E xtracts!
JENNINGS  &  SMITH,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Props.  Arctic Manufacturing Co.,

M IC H .

GKAXTD  R A P ID S ,

<&  CO.,
Saginaw  Valley  Fruit  House
And  COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits.

Reference:  Banks of East Saginaw. 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED.

East Saginaw, Mich.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,
■AJSTIO N O T I O N 'S ,

83  Monroe  St„

AND  10,  12,  14,  16  AND  18  FOUNTAIN  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

A Specialty.

Wall Paper ? Window Shades

At Manufacturers’  Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.
N elson  Bros.  &  Co.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

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DIRECTIONS 

We have cooked the com in this can 
sufficiently.  Should  be. Thoroughly
Warmed (not cooked) adding  piece of 
Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gill 
.  (preferable  to  water.) 
of fresh  milk  ' 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

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Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

Amos S. Musselman §
W holesale  Grocers.
MUSSELMAN S CORKER PLUG AND ROM CIGARS.

Successors to Fox, Mnsselii & Loveridp,

AGENTS  FOB

The best and most attractive goods*on the market.

Send  fob  Sample  Butt.  See  Quotations  in  Price-List.

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TWINES,

CORDAGE,

W00DENWARE.

Wool Twine, Binders’ Twine, Tarred  Felt, 

Tarred Board, Building Board, Etc.

LYON  ST., 

-  GPLANL  RAPID!9.

L. M.  CARY.

C AR? <& LOVERIDGE,

L.  L.  LOVERIDGE.

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

M anufactured  by the

SMOKING  TOBACCO.
National K. of L. Co-operative Macco Co.,
Arthur  Meigs  &  Go.,

R A L E I G H : ,   2NT.  C .

F ire  and B u rglar Proof

G R A N D   R A F Z D S,  M ICH .,

Wholesale agents for the

S T A T E   O F  M I C H I G A N .
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 OZ. 46;  4 OZ. 44;  8 0Z.43;  16 OZ. 42.
AR TH U R Ü S £ CO.,
Wholesale  Grocers,
11,79,81 aid 83 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

GO  TO

M iam i Brooh

FOR

A Drummer’s Luck.

From the Merchant Traveler.

Charlie Baker  is a  traveler  out of  Pliila 
delphia,  and  a  very  good  man,  but  some­
times he runs against  somebody who is one 
too many for Charlie.  He tells  tills one on 
himself:

“You  see,”  said  he,  in  reply to  a  ques­
tion  for  particulars,  “it  was  this  way:  I 
was at a hotel table not long ago,  and when 
the waiter came round for  my order I rush­
ed  the  ram,  lamb,  sheep  or  mutton  part, 
and  wound up  by calling  for  a  five dollar 
bill, expecting  to throw  the  hash producer 
• clear over  on  his beam  ends,  but he  never 
smiled and  only  said,  ‘Yes,  sail,’ and  went 
to  the  kitchen. 
In  a  few  minutes  he  re­
turned  witli  my order, and in a nice  silver 
dish  was  a  bran  new  five  dollar  bill. 
I 
thought it was a  job  on me  of some  kind, 
and  in the  coolest  manner I stuck it in my 
pocket  and  went  ahead  to  demolish 
the 
viands. 
I had  been  in the  hotel  a  couple 
of days  and was  to  leave  that  afternoon. 
So right after dinner 1 went tp the clerk for 
my bill,  and to  order  my  baggage down.

“ ‘What’s the bill?’ I asked.
“ ‘Two days  at  82  a  day  is  $4,’ replied 
the clerk, ‘bath 25 cents, one five dollar bill, 
35.50; $9.75 in all.’

“ ‘What do  you mean  by charging a half 
dollar extra for  that  five  dollar  bill?’ I ex­
claimed angrily.

“Didn’t you order it at dinner?’
“ ‘Of course I did.’
“ ‘It wasn’t  on the bill of fare,  was it?’
“ ‘I didn’t see it there.”
“ ‘But  you  did  see  there  a  note  which 
read:  “All dishes  ordered  not on  the bill 
of fare will be charged extra, didn’t you?’

“That broke  my  heart,” continued Char­
lie.  “I hadn’t a word to say nor a  thing to 
do but pay the extra half  dollar and lay for 
that  clerk  and that  waiter,  and  I’m laying 
for them,  you bet.”

O I L   C L O T H S

ETC..  ETO.

'  0 and 8 Monroe Street,

Figs, Dates,

ETC.

Grand  Rapids,

M ichigan.

THE  BEST  IN  THE  MARKET.

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a&.BA.Bb  & 6ft SOUTWWATVLR STWLYT.VÌHIQASQ.

The Farmers’ Bank  of  Mason  has  been 
reorganized  under  the  State  banking  law 
with a capital  of  875,000.  M.  D.  Chatter- 
ton is president; L. C. Webb,* vice-president; 
-John M.  Dresser,  cashier.

Order a/case from your Jobbet1.  See Quotations in Price-Current.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

POWER OF CORPORATION TO MAKE CHATTEL 

MORTGAGE.

In the  absence  of  any charter  provision 
to the  contrary,  a corporation  may execute 
a chattel  mortgage  of its  property for  the 
purpose  of  procuring  credit,  according  to 
the decision of the Supreme Court of Michi­
gan in the case of  the  Eureka  Iron Works 
vs.  Bresnahan.

DISCHARGE  IN  BANKRUPTCY— NEW  PROM­

ISE.

The Supreme  Court of  Massachusetts,  in 
the  case of  Bigelow  vs.  Norris, held  that 
the expression  “I will send you  the next V 
or X I  have,” contained  in a  letter did not 
fairly import  a  promise  to  pay  absolutely 
$5  or  $10  so  as  to  take  the  debt  of  the 
plaintiff out  of  the operation  of  the defen­
dant’s discharge in bankruptcy.

STOPPAGE  IN  TRANSIT— DELIVERY.
Where  goods  are  removed  by a  railroad 
company  and  placed  in  its  warehouse  to 
await payment of freight charges and deliv­
ery to the vender the implication of the law 
is that the goods are still iu transit and sub­
ject to the vendor’s  right  of  stoppage.  So 
held by the Supreme Court of Kansas in the 
case of Symus et al. vs.  Schotten et al.

EXTENSION  OF  TIME— RELEASE  OF  SURE­

TIES.

In order to work a  release  and discharge 
of the sureties, an  extension of  time to the 
principal  of  a  note  must  be for a  definite 
period of time,  and  not a  mere  forbearance 
to sue for an  indefinite time,  however  long 
it may be continued,  according to  the decis­
ion of the  Supreme Court of  Indiana in the 
case of Beach vs.  Zimmerman  et al.

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JOINT  AND  SEVERAL  NOTE— PART  PAY­

MENT.

'According to the decision of  the Supreme 
Court of Minnesota, in Willoughby vs. Irish, 
a partial  payment  made  on  a  promissory 
note by one of the joint and several makers, 
and indorsed upon it before  the note is bar­
red by the statute of  limitations and within 
six years  of  suit  brought, will not prevent 
the running of the statute as to others.

Combination  and Time Locks,

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Grand Rapids, Mici.

11 Ionia Street, 
SPRING  &

COMPANY,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Staple and  Fancy

AUTHORITY  OF  COLLECTION  AGENT.
According to the decision of  the Supreme 
Court of  Kansas  in  the  case  of  Dolan vs. 
Van Demark,  an  attorney at  law  and ban 
ker who has claims in his  hands for  collec­
tion has  presumptively authority to  take as 
collateral  securiry  and in  his own  name a 
promissory note  secured  by a chattel mort­
gage,  where the same is necessary to secure 
the collection of such claims.

BROKER— RIGHT  TO  COMMISSIONS— SALE.
In the recent  case of Duclos vs.  Cunning­
ham,  the  New  York  Court  of  Appeals re­
affirmed the  rule  that  where  a  broker em­
ployed to effect a sale has found a purchaser 
willing to take the  property upon the terms 
named,  and  of  sufficient  responsibility,  he 
has performed  his contract,  and  is entitled 
to the commissions agreed upon.  The court 
further ruled  that in  such a case where the 
principal,  upon being  notified by his broker 
of a  sale,  absolutely  refuses  to  perform at 
the price named,  he will be  deemed to have 
waived  any objection  to  the  notice  on the 
ground that it  did not contain  the name of 
the  purchaser.

DRY  GOODS,
CAEPETS,

MATTINGS,

Brig  (Boobs.

The following quotations are given  to show 
relative values,but they maybe 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.”

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 9-4. .17  ¡Peppered, 10-4........ 19
Androscoggin, 7-4..13)4 Pdpperell, 11-4........22
Pepperell,  7-4.........13  ¡Pequot, 7-4..............14)4
Pepperell,  8-4......... 15  Pequot,  8-4............. 16
Pepperell,  9-4......... 17  IPequot, 9-4............. 18
Economy, oz.........  
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Park Mills, No. 50. .10  Prodigy, oz............ 8)4
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
jOtis Apron.............. 8)4
Park Mills, No. 70.. 12 
¡Otis Furniture...... 8)4
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13 
I York, 1  oz................9)4
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14
I York. AA, extra oz.l2)4
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OSNABURGS.

Plain. 

CHECKS.

Plaid.

PRINTS.

SILESIAS.

BLEACHED COTTONS.

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

FINE BROWN  COTTONS.

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

¡Whitinsvllle,7-8__ 6

Alabama...............  614 Alabama..................63£
Georgia.................  8)41 A ugusta................  654
Jewell  ...............   .  8  ¡Georgia.................  6)4
Kentucky  ............   8)4¡Louisiana..............  634
L ane.....................   8)4 Toledo...................  6)4
Santee..................   7)41
Avondale, 36........  S)4]Gilded Age.............. 7)4
Art  cambrics, 36...  9)4 Greene. G 4-4 
.  ..  5)4
Androscoggin, 4-4..  7)4 
Hill, 4-4..................   7)4
Androscoggin, 5-4.. 12H
Hill. 7-8..................   6)4
Ballou, 4-4................5)4
Hope,  4-4................. 6)4
Ballou, 5-4..............  6
King  Phillip  cam­
Boott, 0.4-4...........  8)4
bric, 4-4................. 9)4
Boott, E. 5-5.........   7
Linwood,  4-4.......   7)4
Boott, AGC, 4-4........9)4
Lonsdale,  4-4......... 734
Boott, R. 34.........   5)4 Lonsdale  cambric.10)4
Blackstone,AA44  6)4 Langdon,GB,44...  8)4
Chapman, X, 44__ 5)4 Langdon, 46.............11
Conway,  44.......... 6)4 Masonville,  44........ 7)4
Cabot, 44.............. 6)4 New York Mill, 44.10)4
Cabot, 7-8...............  6  New Jersey,  44__ 8
Canoe,  34............’.  4  Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7)4
Domestic,  36.........  714 Pride of the West.. 10)4
Dwight Anchor,44.  8)4 ¡Pocahontas,  44__ 7)4
Davol, 44..............  8  ¡Slaterville, 7-8.......... 6)4
Fruit of Loom, 44..  7541 Woodbury, 44........5)4
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  63|£ Whitinsvllle,  44...  634
Fruit of  the Loom, 
cambric,  44.........11  |Wamsutta,44..........9)4
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  6)4: Williamsville, 36...  8)4
Gold Medal, 7-8...... 5)41
Crown................... 17)4 Masonville  S ....,..ll
No.  10.....................11  ¡Lonsdale.................   9)4
Coin...................... 10  ¡Lonsdale A..............14
Anchor................... 15  ¡Victory  0 ...............  5)4
Blackburn.............  8  ¡VictoryJ................. 6)4
Davol...................... 14  ¡Victory D..............   8)4
London..................12)4 Victory  K............... 10)4
Paconia................ 12  I Phoenix A............... 19)4
Bed Cross..............  7)4Phœnix  B.............. 10)4
Masonville TS........  8  ¡PhoenixXX............5
Albion, solid..........5)4 Gloucester............... 5)4
Albion,  grey...........6
G loucestermourn’g. 6)4 
Alien’s  checks........5)4
Hamilton  fancy....5
Ailen’s  fancy..........5)4
Hartel fancy.......... 6)4
Allen’s pink.............5l/2
Merrimac D............6
Allen’s purple... ....5)4
Manchester............6
American, fancy__5)4
Oriental fancy....... 5)4
Arnold fancy..........6
Oriental  robes....... 6)4
Berlin solid............. 5
Pacific robes.......... 6
Cocheco fancy....... 6
Richmond...............5)4
Cocheeo robes.........6)4
Steel River............. 5)4
Conestoga fancy__ 6
Simpson’s ...............6
Eddystone............. 6
Washington fancy..5 
Eagle fancy............5
Washington blues.  5
Garner pink............5)4
Appleton A, 4-4—   6  ¡Indian Orchard, 40.  7
Boott  M, 4-4..........   754 Indian Orchard, 36.  6
Boston  F, 4-4......... 6514 Laconia B, 7-4..........13
Continental C, 4-4..  6)4¡Lyman B, 46-in...... 9
Continental D, 40in 73i|Mass. BB, 4-4......... 654
Conestoga W, 4-4...  654 Nashua  E, 40-in....  7)4
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  454|Nashua  R, 4-4........6)4
Conestoga G, 30-in.  5  Nashua 0,7-8......... 6
Dwight  X, 3-4........434 Newmarket N..........5)4
Dwight Y,7-8......... 5)4  PepperellE, 40-in..  634
Dwight Z, 4-4.........5)4 Pepperell R, 4-4....  6)4
Dwight Star, 4-4—   6  Pepperell 0,7-8....  534 
Dwight Star, 46-in..  7  Pepperell N, 3-4....  6)4
Enterprise EE, 36..  4514 Pocasset  C, 44...... 6)4
Great Falls E,44...  6)4 Saranac R..............6
Farmers’A,44......5)4¡Saranac  E................7)4
Amoskeag 
Johnson Manfg Co,
Amoskcag, Persian 9
Johnson Manfg Co,
Bates..................... 6
Berkshire............   6
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow, fancy__
Glasgow,  royal__6)4
White Mfg Co, stap 634 
Gloucester, 
new
White Mfg Co, fano 7)4
standard............  7)4¡White  Manf’g  Co,
Plunket.................  7)4  Earlston...  ..........7)4
Lancaster..............7  Gordon.................... 7
Langdown............ 7  Greylock, 
Renfrew,  dress....  9 
Androscoggin, 74. .15  ¡Pepperell.  104......22
Androscoggin, 84.. 16 
Pepperell,  114.......24
Pepperell,  7-4. w... 15 
Pequot,  74.............16
Pepperell,  84.?.... 17 
Pequot,  84.............18
Pepperell,  94........19
IPequot,  9-4.............20
Atlantic  A, 44......6)4 Lawrence XX, 44..  6>4
Atlantic  H, 44......6)4 ¡Lawrence XXX 40.  73£
Atlantic  D, 44......  55S£ ¡Lawrence LL, 44...  5
Atlantic P, 44........5  ¡Newmarket N........... 5)4
Atlantic LL, 44 —   434¡Mystic River, 44...  534
Adriatic, 36............  754 ¡Pequot A, 44...........634
Augusta, 44...........6)4¡Piedmont,  36.............6
Boott M, 44..........   6  Stark AA, 44...........6)4
Boott  FF, 4-4.........  6)4|Tremont CC,44....  434
Graniteville, 44__  534 Utica,  44...............10
Indian  Head, 44...  634|Waehusettt  44......6)4
Indiana Head 45-in. 11)41 Wachusett, 30-ln...  534
Amoskeag, ACA... 17  ¡Falls,XXX.............15)4
Amoskeag 
“ 44.. 12)4 Falls,  BB................11)4
Amoskeag,  A...... 11)4 Falls,  BBC, 38..........19)4
Amoskeag,  B....... 11  Falls,  awning........ 19
Amoskeag,  C....... 10)4 Hamilton,  BT, 32..  9)4
Amoskeag,  D....... 10  Hamilton,  D............9)4
Amoskeag,  E .......   9)4  Hamilton,  H ....  ..  8)4
Amoskeag, F.........  9  Hamilton  fancy...  8)4
Premium  A, 44— 17  Methuen AA......... 11)4
Premium  B.......... 16  Methuen ASA.........16)4
Extra44................ 16  Omega A, 7-8.......... 10)4
Extra7-8................ 14)4iOmega A, 44..........12)4
CCA 7-8..................12)4 Omega ACA, 7-8.... 13
CT 44......................14
Omega ACA, 44.... 15
RC 7-8......................14
Omega SE, 7-8........24
BF 7-8......................16
Omega SE, 44........27
AF44......................19
Omega M. 7-8........22
Cordis AAA,  32..... 14
Omega M, 44......... 25
Cordis ACA,  32..... 15
ShetucketSS&SSW 11)4 
Cordis No. 1,32.......15
Shetucket,S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 2........... 14
Shetucket,  SFS  ...12 
Cordis No. 3........... 13
Stockbridge  A.
Cordis No. 4.......... 11 )4 Stockbridge fancy.  8
Falls, XXXX.........18)41
Washington..........   4)i!Royal  Globe......... 4)4
S. S. & Sons...........  4)4lCrown....................  4)4
American  A.........14341 Amoskeag...........1434
Stark A..................20HI
Boston.................  6)4 Otis CC........... ......9
Everett blue.. ......12 ¡Warren  AXA. ......11
Everett brown ......12 ¡Warren  BB... ......10
Otis  AXA.  ... ......11 ¡Warren CC__ ......9
Otis BB........... ......10 ¡York,  blue__ ......13)4
Manville......... .• 4J4@5  IIS. S. & Sons__ .434 @5)4
Masonville...... 5^@6)4 ¡Garner...........
.45405)4
Red  Cross....... ......  «)4¡Thistle Mills... ......6
___  8  jRose............... ......6)4
Berlin.............
Garner ............
SPOOL COTTON.
Brooks................. 50 
Mills ball sewing.30
Clark’s O. N. T..... 55 
J. * P.  Coats........55  Green  k Daniels...25
Willimantic 6 cord.55  Stafford.................25
Willimantic3cord.40  Hall & Manning....28
| Holyoke.................25
Charleston ball sew 
ing thread..........30 
|

Bookfold.............12)4
dress  styles........10)4
styles..................   6

|  styles  .................10)4

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. 

¡Eagle and  Phoenix

HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

SOFT  CAMBRICS.

GRAIN BAGS.

TICKINGS.

WIGAN8.

DENIMS.

dress

CORSET JEANS.

Armory.................  7  ¡Kearsage................. 6%
Androscoggin......  7)4 Naumkeagsatteen. 634
Canoe River...........  5)4  Pepperell  bleached 8)4
Clarendon.......... 5@554 Pepperell sat..........  8
Hallowell  Imp......534 Rockport.................6)4
Ind. Orch. Imp...... 5)4¡Lawrence sat...........  6
Laconia.................  7  I

The use of natural gas fuel  lias led to the 
manufacture of  mirrors  in  Pittsburg.  Up 
to this time all mirrors manufactured in the 
United  States  have  been  from  imported 
glass.  Now,  by the aid of  natural gas,  the 
fineness of the glass produced rivals that of 
the imported article.  Entire absence of im­
purity,  perfect  fusing  of  the  ingredients, 
rapidity of the  melting,  and  pure,  intense 
flame for reheating or working are the prin­
cipal advantages.

V

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Groceries.

Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon.

OFFICERS.

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.  Garrlt
Wagner and John DeHaas. 
Complaint  Committee—Wm. B.  Keift,  D.  A. 
S.  Miner  andL.
Boelkins, J.. O. Jeannot,  R.
Vincent.
Law Committee—H. B.  Fargo,  Wm.  B.  Keift 
and A. Towl.
transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An­
drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer.
Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each month.
Next meeting—Wednesday evening, June 16.
RETAIL  GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION 

OF  GRAND  RAPIDS.
ORGANIZED  NOVEMBER  10,  1885.

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. Sigel, 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, July 7.

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association.

President—P.  Ranney.
First Vice-President—O. K. Buckhout.
Second Vice-President—Hugh Beggs. 
Secretary—M. S. Scoville.
Treasurer—J ulius Schuster.
Regular  Meetings—Second  and  fourth TueS' 

days of each month.

The  Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Associa 

tion.

Kalamazoo, June 12,  1886.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Kalamazoo Retail  Grocers’ Association was 
held June 8 and was well  attended.  Presi 
dent  Ranney  was,  as  usual,  at  his  post 
ready for husiness and  all the other officers 
responded to their  names at roll call.
The special committe consisting of W.  C 
Davis and C. D.  Crosby,  appointed to inter­
view the  city  attorney  relative  to the ped­
dling  nuisance,  reported  that  under  the 
charter laws  the  Association  could present 
a petition to  the City Council  asking for an 
ordinance  to compel  outside  parties to pay 
a license.  First-Vice-President O. K. Buck 
hout  and  A.  B.  Scliide  were  appointed to 
draft a petition and present the same to our 
city fathers.
O.  K.  Buckhout  made  a  motion,  which 
was supported,  that the Secretary prepare a 
list of the members, to be used as a roll call 
immediately after  the  roll  call  of  officers 
Carried.
M. Desenberg  made a motion,  which was 
carried, that any member who  reported any 
person as a delinquent or  dead-beat  should 
give his  reasons  to  the  Association for so 
doing before the Secretary entered his name 
on the list.
The meeting  then  adjourned  until  June
22.
The  Association  now  numbers  fifty-two 
members,  and has $67.54 in the treasury.
M.  S.  Scoville,  Secretary.

Humbuggery in Allegan County. 

From the Allegan Journal.

Two men claiming to be agents  for a De­
troit wholesale  house  have been canvassing 
the county for the  delivery  of  groceries  at 
wholesale prices and have succeeded  in  ob­
taining a number of orders. 
It is  said  that 
the  man  in  whose  interest  they  claim  to 
travel  buys 
the  goods  from  wholesale 
houses and forwards them to fill  the orders, 
making a handsome profit.  The  men  have 
been  arrested  for  selling  goods without  a 
license and will be tried before  Justice Day 
next Wednesday7.  When will  people  learn 
that it is safer and better to trade with home 
merchants, who not only spend their money 
here, pay their taxes,  and aid in the building 
up of our county,  but who  are also ready to 
warrant their goods,  and  do  not  misrepre­
sent  them.  The  desire  to be humbugged 
seems inherent,  however,  in some people.

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
Muskegon,  June 13,  1886. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:

Dea r  Sir—The  M. D.  C.  A.  held  their 
regular  semi-monthly  meeting  at  the  Ar­
lington  Wednesday,  June  9.  The  atten­
dance was fair.  Geo.  LeFevre was appoint­
ed critic for the evening.  A paper on “Po­
tassium” was  read  by E.  C. Bond, and  ac­
cepted.  Orien Happenstad also presented a 
very interesting paper on “Alcohol,” which 
was  accepted.  The  subject  “Potassium” 
being so extended  and  important Mr. Bond 
was appointed to prepare a second paper on 
the same subject to be due four weeks from 
date.  Fred.  Heath and P. Van Deinse were 
also appointed  to prepare  papers on “Man­
ipulation” and  “Aqua,”  respectively,  to be 
due same date.  After discussing the papers 
read, the critic’s  report  was  heard,  and the 
meeting adjourned.  The next meeting will 
be held Wednesday, June 23.

L.  B.  Glover,  Secretary.

Has Accomplished a  Good Work. 

From the Lowell Journal.

The Lowell  Business  Men’s  Association 
has  already  accomplished  a  good  work 
among  the  slow-paying  and  non-paying 
classes.  The  Association  is  really and ef­
fectually doing  the  work  of  a reformatory 
institution,  and  therefore  its  mission  be­
comes practical from  the very outset.
In Danger of Being Outre. 

Stranger (St.-  Deadman’s  Gulch)—These 
collars will do, but those cuffs are too short. 
Have you no  long ones?

Shopkeeper—Only  one  pair,  and 

I 

wouldn’t advise you to buy them.

“Out-of style here?”
“Well, the trouble is that they show.”

Wail from a Colorado  Grocer.

From the Denver Retail Grocer.

There are times when a grocer is justified 
in giving short weight and  scrimping in his 
measures, and  that  time  and  opportunity 
arrives when he  sees a  woman with a baby 
carriage plant  the vehicle  across the  door, 
then start in  on the  cherries,  strawberries 
and oranges, gobbling them up in an absent- 
minded way,  as if  her  mind  was pre-occu­
pied with  weighty  family  affairs,  which it 
isn’t.  She  knows  just what  she  is about, 
she eats rapidly,  although  she  is giving the 
appearance  of  merely nibbling  and always 
chooses the best.  Thus  will  she  meander 
through  the  stock,  ending  up  by  boring 
a hunk out of the middle of the cheese, tak­
ing  bits off a  whole cake  of  chocolate and 
grabbing a  handful  of  the  choicest  candy 
for the baby,  who all  this  time  is blocking 
the way at the door.  O!  that is the woman 
to get the best of and make pay for the stuff 
she has  so  innocently  devoured!  She sel­
dom buys  much,  but  invariably goes home 
with her appetite spoiled for dinner.  How­
ever,  she is  gladdened  with  the  idea  that 
she had got the  best  of  that  grocer. 
It is 
said  some  become  so  mean  with  this 
habit that in Jthe  absence  of  all  eatables 
the potatoes and turnips  have been made to 
suffer.

No Synonyme for B-butter.

Apropos of the long-drawn  out  oleomar­
garine discussion,  I am reminded of  a story 
that acting Secretary  of  the Treasury Fair- 
child told a few evenings ago.

‘A  friend  of  mine  was  sorely  afflicted 
with an impediment in his speech,” said the 
Secretary.  “His only  way of  going  ahead 
with his  conversation  when he  stuck on a 
word was  to  think  of  its  synonyme  He 
could then  utter the  desired word  without 
difficulty.  He was  dining  out one day and 
during the  progress  of  the  meal  began to 
stammer.

14 ‘Please p-pass me  the  -----,’ and there

he stuck.

“ ‘Think  of  the  synonyme,” suggested a 

neighbor who knew the man’s weakness.
“ ‘There is no synonyme for b-butter.”
He  was  right  in  all  respects—there  is 

nothing that will take the place of butter.

The Tanbark Market.

Hemlock bark is  coming  in  quite freely, 
readily commanding $5 per  cord,  delivered. 
The dry weather has  shortened  the peeling 
season very considerably,  in consequence of 
which less bark  will  probably be marketed 
than for several seasons  past.

The Shoe and Leather Review, under date 
of the 10th, gives  the  status  of the market 
as follows:  “Hemlock  in Chicago  and  vi­
cinity  is  without  important  transactions. 
Contracts  for  liberal  amounts  have  been 
placed for  the  new  peel, but  as  yet no re­
ceipts have been reported.  Prices are steady 
at  $7.50@$7.75. 
In  Boston  and  vicinity 
the supply promises  to be large,  with a fair 
consumptive demand.  The best Canada bark 
is  selling  at  $9,  and  off  grades  at  $8.50. 
The peel has commenced  in  Canada,  and is 
some  three  weeks  earlier  than  for  many 
years.”

He W as Speculating in Hogs.

From the Chicago Herald.

‘These fancy farmers that come out from 
the city with more money than brains make 
me laugh,”  said  a  passenger  from  Elgin. 
A chap  like that  started in  near our  place 
not long ago.  He bought  a lot  of  pigs for 
$40,  purchased  $65  worth  of  com to feed 
them with, and then sold the lot for $62.

“ ‘I didn’t expect  to  make any money on 
the corn,’ he said;  ‘it was in hogs that I was 
speculating,  and  I  have  come  out  with  a 
profit.’ ”

At a meeting of hop growers  in England, 
about the 1st of May,  to take  into consider­
ation the present disastrous condition of the 
hop-growing  industry,  it  was  stated  that 
between 1883 and 1885 the acreage for grow­
ing hops had been  increased  by about 3,000 
acres.

The  phrase  “C.  O.  D.”  was  invented  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago  by a  prominent 
boot and shoe  dealer  of  Boston,  who sold 
goods subject to payment on delivery.  The 
express order, “Collection on Delivery,’’was 
thus abbreviated.

“Fermentum”  the  only  Reliable  Com­

pressed Yeast.  See advertisement

SP U R IC S

-TRAOE-nsïk“

l* 4

^A /Q a r d  

C O F F E E

Guaranteed  absolutely  P ure,  H ighest 
Gra de,  Cultivated coffee,  and free from 
any mixture with the rank acid coffees grown 
on uncultivated  lands,  which  cause  dizzi 
ness,  indigestion,  sleeplessness, etc.
Sold  in  1  lb  pink  paper bags,  1 lb foil 
lined cartoons, and 2 lb tins by  all  leading 
Retail Geocers.

HOWARD  W.  SPURR  &  CO.,

Importers, Roasters and Packers,

BOSTON

BULL  DOG
Tobaccos.
TRADE UNION

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

LABOR ONION,

The largest amount of good tobacco for the 

least money.

AND  EXTRA  GOOD

FIN E  CTJTS
These goods are all UNION  MADE,  and 
each box is duly  stamped  with  the  Union 
Label.  No s c 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,  K t .

The  Bungling  Clerk.

From  the American Grocer.

A sure way to drive away patronage is the 
employment  of  stupid-looking, half-grown 
boys for counter  service.  We  came across 
one the  other  day who  could  not  give the 
price of ten pounds of' sugar  without  stop­
ping to use pencil  and  paper, and  then his 
mistake cheated the store  out of  more than 
a good profit.  Slow  and  awkward  in  his 
movements,  he  answered  questions  with a 
frightened look,  sometimes confessing:  “I 
don’t know.”  And such a chap  was left in 
entire charge of a store for  hours at a time!
Three dollars  per  week  for  such help is 
the  most  expensive sort, for  blunders and 
ignorance could  easily cost the  store thirty 
dollars.  Besides the loss of money there is 
a loss of prestige, for the bungling clerk is a 
reflection upon  the merchant  and his meth­
ods.  He  moves  slowly,  makes  ungainly 
parcels and  in  every way shows  that he is 
better adapted for digging dirt  than distrib­
uting merchandise.

Don’t hire that sort with any idea of econ­
omy. 
If you  are  afflicted with  such a one 
get rid of  him  promptly.  Recently  a firm 
dissolved,  largely because the life of  one of 
the partners had  been  made miserable by a 
stupid, bungling son  of  another member of 
the  firm, who  could  not  see  the  boy’s de­
fects, and  that  his  retention  as  clerk had 
steadily driven away business.

FRED. D. YALE.

DANIEL LYNCH.

SUCCESSORS  t o

I. D. YALE & CO.
CHAS. a  YALE & BRO.,
Batins Powders, Extracts, Bluings,
•  GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re­
ceive prompt attention.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

AND  JOBBERS  OF

40 and 42 South Division St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

w h o l e s a l e  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages,  y

AXLE  GREASE.

Challenge..............  80
Frazer’s...............   90
Diamond  X...........  60
Modoc, 4 doz.........2 50

Paragon  ............... 2 10
Paragon 25 0) pails.  90 
Fraziers, 25 lb pails.1  25

BAKING  POWDER.

** 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Arctic, % lb cans, 6 doz. case.....................   45
75
1 40
2 40
12 00
Victorian, 1 lb cans, (tall,) 2 doz.................2 00
15
Diamond,  “bulk,” ...................................... 

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

54 
)4 
1 
5 

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
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4 
2 
2 
1 

 
 

 

 

BLUING.
25
Dry, No. 2.............................. 
doz. 
Dry, No. 3........................................ doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 oz,.....................................doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz...................................... doz. 
66
Arctic 4 oz......................................gross 3 50
Arctic 8  oz..................................................   7 20
Areticl6oz............. 
12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.............................   2 00
“ 
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
“ 
Arctic No. 3 
4 00
BROOMS.

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No. 2Hurl...............2 00
No. 1 Hurl...............2 25
No. 2Carpet............2 50
No. 1 Carpet............2 75

Parlor Gem........... 3 00
Common Whisk__  90
Fancy  Whisk........ 1 00
Mill............................. 3 75

CANNED FfSH .

Clams, 1 1b, Little Neck..................................1 35
Clams, 2 lb. Little Neck..................................2 00
Clam Chowder,  3 lb...................................2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 lb standards..............95@1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 lb standards..................   1 75
Lobsters, 1 lb picnic...................................1 75
Lobsters, 2 B>, picnic................................. 2 50
Lobsters, 1 lb star......................................2 00
Lobsters, 2 lb star......................................3 00
Mackerel,lib fresh standards.................1  10
Mackerel, 5 tt> fresh standards.................4 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 tt>............... 3 00
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard......................... 3 00
Mackerel, 3 lb  soused................................3 00
Salmon, 1 lb Columbia river...............1 45® 1 50
Salmon, 2 lb Columbia river......................2 35
Sardines, domestic %s...............................7@8
Sardines, domestic  )4s...........................  
12
Sardines,  Mustard  y»s...............................  12
Sardines,  imported  34s.............................  14
Trout, 3 lb  brook....................................   4 00

CANNED FRUITS.

Apples, 3 lb standards..............................   75
Apples, gallons, standards.................2 00@2 20
Blackberries, standards.......................... 1 10
Cherries,  red standard.............................  95
Damsons...................................................1 00
Egg Plums, standards 
..................... 1 20@1 25
Green Gages.standards2ft...............1 20@1 25
Peaches, Extra Yellow............................1 90
Peaches, standards..................................1 60
Peaches,  seconds.....................................1 25
Pineapples, standards............................. 1 50
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced...................2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated................2 75
Quinces....................................................1 25
Raspberries,  extra..........................1 20@1 30
Strawberries  ...................................1  1C@1 25

CANNED FRUTTS—CALIFORNIA.

Lusk’s.  Mariposa.

Apricots.................................. 2 25 
Egg Plums............................... 2 10 
Grapes..................................... 2 10 
Green Gages............................ 2 10 
Pears........................................ 2 50 
Quinces...............
Peaches....................................z no 
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay............................ 3 00
Beans, Lima,  standard.............................  80
Beans, Stringless, Erie.............................  95
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.................. 1 65
Com,  Archer’s Trophy........................... 1 00
“  Morning  Glory............................. 1  00
“  Acme..............................................1 00
“  Maple Leaf......................................  90
“  Excelsior.................. •.....................100
Peas, French............................................ 1 65
Peas, Marrofat, standard, Erie................1 50
Peas  ...........................  
70
Peas, Fink, Dwyer & Co............. 
75
 
Pumpkin, 3 lb Golden..............................  
75
Succotash, standard.............................. 75@1  40
Squash..................................................... 1 00
Tomatoes, standard brands...............1  15@1  20
Michigan  full cream..........................  @ 954

CHEESE.

 
 

 

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s ................ 3754!German Sweet..........23
Runkles’ .................. 35!Vienna Sweet  .........22

COCOANUT.

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Schepps, cake box..............................   @2754
54s.........................................  @28
Maltby’s 1 ft  round.............................  @26
assort  ...................................  @27
7*0.................
Manhattan,  pails........
@20

COFFEES.

Green.
Roasted.
Rio.................
,9@12 Rio.................. 7@15
Golden Rio__ ....12 Golden Rio......
...16
....13 Santos..............
Santos............
...17
....13 Maricabo.........
Maricabo........
...17
J a v a .............. 20@25 Java................. 24@26
....24 O. G. Java........
O. G. Java......
...24
Mocha  ...........
....25 Mocha..............
. ..25

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

1354 

60 lbs 100 fts 300 lbs
XXX X .........................................13% 13 %  1354
13%
Dllworth’s .........................  
Lion  ........................................... 
1354  1354
Arbuckle’s  ................................1354  13%  13%
German...........
13)4  13
.............. 
Magnolia.........
..............13%  13)4  13
Silver King__
.............. 
21 
21
Mexican.........
..............16
60 foot Jute__ .  1 00 150 foot Cotton__1 60
72 foot J u te __ . 1 25 |60 foot Cotton__ 1  75
40 Foot Cotton.. ..1 50 [73 foot Cotton__2 00

CORDAGE.

CR4CKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

X  XXX
5
5
5
5

5
7

754  854
754  854
754
1254
854

Kenosha Butter.......................
Seymour Butter...................... 
Butter...................................... 
Fancy  Butter..........................  454
S.  Oyster................................. 
Picnic...................................... 
Fancy  Oyster..........................  454
Fancy  Soda............................. 
454
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........................
Jumbles...................................
Extra Honey Jumbles............
Frosted Honey  Cakes............
Cream Gems...........................
Bagievs  Gems........................
Seed Cakes..............................
S. & M. Cakes..........................

$  ft 
654

854

1354
1154
1254
1354
1354
1354
1254
854

FISH .

Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth....................  @66
Cod, whole..............................................354@454
Cod, Boneless......... ........ 
5@654
H alibut............ 1.......................................9@10
Herring, round,  54  t>bl.......................2 00@2 26
Herring .round,  34  bbl.............................. 1 io
Herring, Holland, bbls.............................11 00
Herring, Holland,  kegs............................80@95
Herring, Scaled......................................... 20@22
Mackerel, shore, No. 2,54 bbls.................5 50
»0
..............  60
“ 
No. 3. 54 bbls............................ 350
“  121b  kits.........................   62
.........................   56
“  10  “ 
2 50
Shad, 54 b b l..........................................  
Trout, 54 bbls......................................3 00@3 25
„ 7 5
White, No. 1,54 bbls................................. 5 85
White, No. 1,12 1b kits..............................   80
White, No. 1,101b kits........................... ..  70
White, Family, 54 bbls........................... . .2 23

“  121b kits 
“  10  “ 

“  10  “ 

........  

“ 
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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D. C.,2 oz..............$  doz.  1 00 
“  4 oz..........................1  50 
“  6oz..........................3 60 
**  8oz..........................8  50 
“  No. 2 Taper........... 125 
............ 1 T5 
No*4 
54 P in t, round......... 4  50 
“  JT 
“ 
.........woo
“  No.8 panel..........1  10 
« 
44  No. 8 
..............2 75 
“  No. 10  “ 
..............4 25 

Lemon. Vanilla.
1 40
2  50
4  00
5  00
150
2  75
7  50
1 66
4 25
6 00

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DRIED  FRUITS—DOMESTIC.

DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.

Apricots, 25 lb boxes...........................  @  25
Cherries, pitted, 50 ft  boxes...............   @  12
Egg plums, 25 lb  boxes.......................  @  20
Pears, 251b boxes...............................   @  15
Peaches,  Delaware, 601b boxes.........   @  28
Peaches, Michigan..............................   @1254
Raspberries, 50 ft boxes.....................   @  23
Citron..................................................  @  21
Currants.............................................   @ 7
Lemon Peel.........................................  @  14
Orange Peel..................... ...................   @  14
Prunes, French,60s.............................1254®
Prunes, French, 80s.............................854®
Prunes, Turkey...................................  @454
Raisins, Dehesia.................................   @3 25
Raisins, London Layers.....................   @2 75
Raisins, California  “ 
.....................   @2 40
Raisins, Loose Muscatels...................   @2 00
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s..........................  @13
Raisins, Sultanas................................  @ 954
Raisins, Valencia................................  @1054
Raisins,  Imperials..............................   @3 00
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. 300, parlor.................  2 25
Grand Haven,  No. 7,  round..................  
1  50
Oshkosh, No. 2............................................  1 00
Oshkosh, No. 8..........................!!!!!” ” ” . ’l 50
Swedish.................................... 75
Richardson’s No. 8  square.. 
..........1 00
. . 
.................”  ”.150
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 754, round............ 1. . . . . . 1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
...........................150
Black Strap............................................... 15@17
Porto  Rico...................................::::::::. I S
New  Orleans,  good............. 
28@34
New Orleans, choice...............................  !44@50
New Orleans,  fancy.................................,o2@55

MOLASSES.

do 
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MATCHES.

. 

54 bbls. 2c extra.

OATMEAL.

“ 

SALT.

RICE.

PIPES.

PICKLES.

SALERATUS.

34c less in 5 box lots.

Steel  cut............... 5 OOjRolled Oats, Acme.5 75
Steel Cut, 54 bbl— 2  75:Rolled Oats, Acme.3 00 
Rolled  Oats.......... 5 75 Quaker, 48  lbs........ 2 25
Rolled Oats, 54bbl..3 00 
Quaker, 60 lbs....... 2 85
Rolled  Oats, cases.3 25 
Quaker bbls.......... 6 25
RolledOats.Shields’3
Medium.............................................. 4 50@4  75
54 barrels..............................2 50@2 75
Small...................................................   @3 00
Imported Clay 3 gross........................ 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........  @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,254 gross........  @1 85
American T.D....................................   75®  90
Choice Carolina..... 654|Java  ..........
Prime Carolina..... 554 P atn a.....................554
Good Carolina.......5  Rangoon...........5%@5>4
Good Louisiana..... 5  ¡Broken. 
........354@354
DeLand’s pure.......554|Dwight’s ...................554
Church’s  ............... 554 Sea  Foam................ 554
Taylor’s G. M........ 5%|Cap Sheaf.................534
_  ’ 
60 Pocket, F F  Dairy.......................... 
28 Pocket.............................................  
100 3 1b pockets..........................!...!.! 
Saginaw or Manistee.......................... 
Diamond C..........................................  
Standard Coarse.......................," . *" 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. hags.... 
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........ 
Amei-ican, dairy, 54 bu. bags.............. 
Rock, bushels...................................... 
2 00
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags____ ...... 
2 00
.................... 
1 80
_  
2 00
Parisian, 54  pints.......................
2 20
Pepper Sauce, red  small...........
Pepper Sauce, g reen .................
z za
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring...
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring
Catsup, Tomato,  pints...............
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ...........
Halford Sauce, pints..................
Halford Sauce, 54 pints.....  ......
„  
New Process, 1  ft.
New Process, 3 lb.
Acme,  bars.........
Acme,  blocks......
Best  American...
Circus  .................
Big Five  Center..
Nickel..................
Gem.....................
Ground. 

@2 00 
@  70 
@  80 
@1 
@1 50 
@  80 
@1  20 @3 50 
@1
SOAPS.
3 96 Extra Chicago Fam­
3 85 ily .......................2 94
3 75 Napkin.................. 4 75
3 22 Towel....................4 75
3 08 White  Marseilles..5 6C
3 75 White Cotton  Oil..5 6C
3 StOShamrock..............3 3C
3 45 Blue Danube.........2 95
3 35 London Family__2 6C
SPICES.

2 25
2 15
2 35
90
1  45
1 25
75
2 75
70
25
28
45
25

Whole.

SAUCES.

54  “ 

“ 

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Pepper...............16@25 Pepper............  @18
AUspice............. 12@15| Allspice..........  8@10
Cinnamon.......... 18@30 Cassia............. 10@11
Cloves  ...............15@25 Nutmegs,  No. 1..  @60
G inger...............16@20|Nutmegs,  No.2.-  @50
Mustard......... .  15@30!cioves
.... 16@18
Cayenne............25@35l
Electric  Lustre.............................
@3 20 
Royal,  corn........................... ..."
@  5% 
“ *  gloss, 1  ft  packages.........
@ 554 
“  boxes.....................
“ 
@ 354 
Niagara, laundry, bbls.................
@ 354 
boxes  .............
@ 3% 
gloss, 1  1b.......................
@  ó 
corn......................................  w „
@   6

STARCH.

SUGARS.

SMOKING

Quaker, laundry, 561b........................ .  @4 50
Cut  Loaf............................................  @ 7
Powdered.................................... ” ...  @  7
Granulated,  Standard........................  © 5
Confectionery A.................................   @  63a
Standard A ........................................   @ fl-
No. 1, White Extra  C
a;**®  6 
No. 3, Extra C.....................
5%@ 5% 
No. 3C.......................
5%@ 5 
No.4 C.............................
534@ 5 
No. 5 C.................................
4%@ 5
SYRUPS,
Corn,  barrels  ...................
22@26 
Corn, 54 bbls........................
24@2 
Corn, 10 gallon kegs............
@29 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.............
1 35 
Pure Sugar, bbl..................
22@26 
......_
Pure Sugar, 54 bbl...............m............. 
24@28
Pure Sugar  5 gal kegs........................  @1 50
TOBACCO—FINE C U T -IN   PAILS.
Our  Leader.............33|01d Time....................35
Our Block................ 60i 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 AmericanEagleO’
Mule Ear...................65
The Meigs.................62
Fountain...................74
Red Bird...................50
Old Congress.............64
State Seal................. 60
Good Luck................52
Prairie Flow er........65 Blaze Away.............  35
Indian Queen..........60 Hair Lifter................. 30
Bull  Dog.................*57 Jim Dandy................38
Crown Leaf............ 66[Our  Bird.................... 28
Hiawatha.................62iBrother  Jonathan...28
Globe  .......................65;Sweet  Pippin............45
May Flower.............70|
♦Delivered.
Our  Leader.............15
Unit  .........................30
Old Vet.................... 30
Eight  Hours.............24
Big Deal................... 27
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
Dixie........................28
Owl............................I«
Old Tar.....................40
Rob Roy....................26
Arthur’s  Choice......22jUncle  Sam.
28 
Red Fox................... 26 Lumberman
25
Flirt........................ . 281 Railroad Boy.............38
Gold Dust................ 36 Mountain Rose.......... 18
Gold Block...............30iHome Comfort.......... 25
Seal of Grand Rapids  Old Rip..................... 60
(cloth).................25 Seal of North Caro-
Tramway, 3 oz.........40 
lina, 2  oz................ 48
Miners and Puddlers.28 Seal of North Caro-
lina,4oz..................48
Peerless  ...'.............24| 
Standard..................20|Seal of North Caro-
Old Tom................... 18 
lina, 8oz..................45
Tom & Jerry............24 Seal of North Caro-
Joker........................25 
lina, 16oz boxes....42
Traveler.................. 35:King Bee, longcut...22
Maiden..............•...... 25!Sweet Lotus............. 32
Pickwick Club.........40 Grayling................... 32
Nigger Head............26 Seal Skin................... 30
Holland....................22 Red Clover................32
German....................15 Good Luck................ 26
K. of L...............42@46IHoney  Dew.............. 25
Quaker......................28
Trade Union........... *36
Bull  Dog.................>36
Labor Union........... *30
Hiawatha................. 42
Splendid.................  38
Jolly Tar...................3:
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....................31
Jack Rabbit..............38
Spear Head.............39 Chocolate  Cream....44
Old  Honesty............40;Nimrod.....................40
Whole Earth............32|E.C............................ 38
Crazy  Quilt............. 32; Spread  Eagle............36
P.  V......................... 40 Big Five Center.........33
Spring Chicken....... 38 P arro t.......................42
Eclipse  ................... S0|Buster...................... §5
Moxie...................... Black Prince.................36
Blackjack...............32[ftlack  Racer............ 85
Hiawatha.................42
t a r ......................... .39
Musselman’s Corker. 30
¡imax  .................... 42
Turkey......................39
lorn  ......................40
HI Use  Shoe..............3g
Dainty......................44
•Delivered. 
2c
1 in three butt lots.

PLUG.

SHORTS.

“ 

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TEAS.

SNUFF.

VINEGAR.

Our  Leader............. 16; Hiawatha...............  22
Mayflower  ..............23 Old Congress........... .23
Globe........................22iMay  Leaf........ ........ 22
Mule Ear..................2 {¡Dark......................... 20
Japan ordinary......................................... 18@20
Japan fair to good.................................   25@30
Japan fine.................................................. 35@45
Japan dust.................................................15@20
Young Hvson............................................ 30@50
GunPowder......................................... 
35@5o
Oolong.................................................33@55@6C
Congo.................. :..................................   25@30
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..
@  72 
Maccoboy......................
@  55 
Gail & Ax’ 
.....................
@  44 
Rappee.................
@  35 
Railroad  Mills Scotch....................
@  45 
Lotzbeek  ...............
@1 30
50 gr. 
White Wine................................  08
10 
Cider..........................................   os
10
Bath Brick imported..........................
95 
do 
75 
Burners, No. 1 ....................................
1  00 
do  No. 2....................................
1  50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand..”...  *
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.........
15@25
Candles, Star................................ 
Candles,  Hotel...........:...............•__ "   @14
Extract Coffee, V.  C.....................  
@80
F elix .,............ ... 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.....................   @05
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps...............  
@35
Gum, Spruce.......................................   30@35
Hominy, ¡g bbl......... ..........................   @3 50
@  4V4
Jelly, in 301b  pails.......................... 
Pearl Barley 
..........................2%@ 3*
Peas, Green  Bush.. j.......................... 
25
Peas, Split  Prepared..................... 
@ 3
Powder, Keg.......................................   @3 00
Powder, 54  Keg...................................  @i 90
Sage  ....................................................  @  is

American....................

m is c e l l a n e o u s .

"   *  @1254

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CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :

 

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Standard, 25 ft boxes............................  S54@ 9
Twist, 
........................... 9  @954
Cut Loaf
@10
MIXED
Royal, 251b pails.....................  
@ 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls........................... © Sy
Extra, 251b pails....................... 
@in
Extra, 2001b bbls........................... @ 91/
French Cream, 25 lb pails.................  12  @12%.
Cut loaf, 251b  cases..........................  ‘  @12)4
Broken, 25  ft pails.............................. 10  @10)4
Broken, 2001b  bbls..............................  @ 9)%
FANCY-IN  5 ft BOXES.
Lemon  Drops.................................  
@13
SourDrops....................................!.!.!  @14
Peppermint  Drops...................................@14
Chocolate Drops...........................................15
H M Chocolate  Drops..................................49
Gum  Drops  .................................................10
Licorice Drops..............................................22
AB Licorice  Drops.....................................jo
Lozenges, plain............................................ 45
Lozenges,  printed......................... ..."  
46
Imperials..................................................... 15
Mottoes...........................  
 
45
Cream  Bar.............................i . * . * . !  13@14
Molasses Bar...........................................13®14
Caramels................................................  
43
Hand Made Creams..............1 ! ." " " " !l8@19
Plain  Creams............................................... 47
Decorated Creams........................................jjq
String Rock.................................................. 44
Burnt Almonds...................................... 20@22
Wintergreen  Berries...............  
45
FANCY—IN  BULK.
Lozenges, plain in  pails...................... 12  @12)4
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.................  
11  @ nu
Lozenges, printed in pails............. .."  @13
Lozenges, printed in  bbls..................   @12
Chocolate Drops, In pails....................12)4@13
Gum  Drops  in pails........................  '.6   © 6)4
Gum Drops, in bbls................................5  @554
Moss Drops, in pails..................... ..."   @10
Moss Drops, in b b ls........................ ..  @ 9)4
SourDrops, in  pails.........................."   @12
Imperials, in  pails 
. 12)4@13 
Imperials  in bbls.....................
11)4@12
Bananas  Aspinwall.................
Oranges, California, fancy......
Oranges, California,  choice....
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls............
Oranges, Florida.......................
Oranges, Valencia, cases.......
Oranges, Messina.....................
Oranges,  Naples.......................
Lemons, choice.....................
Lemons, fancy.................. "  " j
Lemons, California............... . .
Figs, layers, new, 
lb.............
Figs, Bags, 50 lb........................
Dates, frails do  .................. "  *
Dates, % do  d o .................
Dates, skin........................... .
Dates, y%  skin.........................*
Dates, Fard 101b box $  ft.......
@10 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ^  1b.........
8)4@ 9 
Dates. Persian 501bbox W lb..
8
Pine Apples, «  doz.................. ” ” ”  2 25@2~50
PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw  $  1b.......
..........   4  @4)4
Choice 
d o ......
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ..........
Choice White, V a.do............
...........  @5)4
Fancy H P,. Va  do  ............
H.P. Va...........................
...........  7  @7)4
NUTS.
Almonds,  Tarragona.........................15
@16 
Ivaca....................................
@15 
California........................ .14
@15 
Brazils................................................ 8
@ 9
Chestnuts, per bu..................
Filberts, Sicily....................................’ll)4@12
Barcelona............................ 10  @11
Walnuts,  Grenoble............................ 14!4@15
French................................  8  @44
California.............................  @12
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...........................   9  @43
Missouri..............................8)4©  9
Cocoanuts, $ 100.................................4 75© 5

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“ 
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00@3 00 
@5 00

@ 6)4 
@ 4 Va 

.. 12)s@16

.  @ 5

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FRUITS

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The  Grand Rapids  Packing 5c  Provision  Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

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

quote  as follows:
Mess, Chicago packing, new.............  
10 00
.11 00
Clear,  S. P. Booth. 
Short Cut, new........................................... 44 qq
Back, clear, short cut...............  
.. .” ..' 12 50
Extra family clear, short cut........00
Clear,  A. Webster, n ew ....................! .  12 50
Extra clear pig, short cut..............12 75
Extra clear, heavy........................... . . . " "  13 75
Clear quill, short  cut.................. 13 00
Bos ton clear, short cut.................13 00
Clear back, short cut..................... 13 00
Standard clear, short  cut, best__. ....” .13 25
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy..............................  
6
medium........................6
“ 
“ 
lig h t................................. 
6
Short Clears, heavy..............................  
6)4
do.  medium......................................6)4
do. 
light................................ 
6)4
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN.
Hams, heavy...................................... 
10
“  medium..........................................!” l0%
‘  Uffbt.......................................   ........10)4
Picnic  ...............................................  7)4
'*  boneiegs............................................... ..
“  best boneless.............................. 
10
6)4
boneless....................................    7^,
** 
“  d ear.........................         8)4
**  boneless........................... 9
Dried Beef, extra........................................ .11)4
ham  prices....’............. ” .” !.” !l3)4

Shoulders, sweet .pickle.....................  
Breakfast  Bacon....................;............744

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LARD.

BEEF IN  BARRELS.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

Tierces  .....................................
30 and 50 lb Tubs............................................ «aj
50 lb Round Tins, 100 cases.................” 
6%
201b Pails, 4 palls in  case.....................  
6)4
“ 1b Pails, 20 in a case...........................  
7
ft Pails, 12 in a case............................ 
6%
10 lb Pails, 6 in a case...........................  
6%
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts..........   8 50
Boneless, extra.......................................... 13 00
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork Sausage..........................................
Ham  Sausage....................................
Tongue  Sausage.................................
Frankfort  Sausage......................................
Blood  Sausage....................................... .
Bologna, straight....................................."
Bologna, thick......................................
Head Cheese................................
In half barrels.................................  
In quarter barrels........................

PIGS’ FEET.

3 §0

OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Det ten thaler quotes as follows: 
New York Counts................................

OYSTERS.

FRESH  FISH.

•••■•..........................................   @10
Haddock..............................................  © 7
Mackerel..............♦.........................” 13  @12)4
Mackinaw Trout............................. 
@ 6
Perch...................................................   © 4
Smelts..................................................     @11
Whiteflsh.........................  ...............   @ 7

40

D I T

l o o p ;

“JOLLY  TAR”  PLUG  TOBA)

H E S T E R   <*  F O Z ,
Saw and Grist Mill Machinery,
Planers,  Matchers,  Moulders  and  all 

Manufacturers’  Agents for

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. 
130 Oakes St., 
-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
E N G I N E S
From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw Mills, 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft 
ing.  Pulleys  and Boxes.  Contracts made for 
■Complete Outfits.

W,  O,  Denison,

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

«GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN

The Gripsack Brigade.

Chas.  R.  Baxter is now  on  the  road  for 

the Powers & Walker Casket Co.

John Miller is now working the city trade 
for Putnam & Brooks, seeing  his customers 
once a week.

A.  Y.  Chapman,  formerly  engaged  in re­
tail trade at Fmitport,  is  working  the city 
trade for S. A.  Welling.

Albert  C. Antrim, Southern  traveler  for 
the Alabastine Co., has returned from asuc- 
tessful tour through about a dozen States.

Mr. Thompson,  Michigan  traveling  rep­
resentative for Daniel Scotten & Co., of De­
troit,  was  in  town  a  couple  of  days  last 
week.

A  traveling  man  named  Rowley,  who 
sells furnaces for a Marshall  manufacturer, 
is serionsly ill with inHamation of  the bow­
els at the Sebring House at Bangor.

J.  G. Barrows, Michigan,  Ohio,  Pennsyl­
vania,  New Jersey and  Kentucky represen­
tative for E.  W.  Gillett,  was  in  town Mon­
day, interviewing the jobbing trade.

Henry Herpolsheimer is  now on the road 
for  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co., covering 
all the trade of the house except the Holland 
colony,, which is taken by Ralph Blacksma.
J.  B.  Saeger,  for  several  years  past 
Northern Michigan representative for John­
son Bros.,  of  Milwaukee,  has  engaged  to 
travel for Win.  Sears & Co., taking  the ter­
ritory North of Cadillac and the Upper Pen­
insula trade.

The report that the traveling men will in­
dulge in  a  lying  match  at  their  picnic  is 
probably without foundation. 
In fact, Will 
Hawkins is the only one who is anxious for 
such a game and no one would dare to enter 
against him.

If any any  of  By  Gee  Crip’s  customers 
have not yet heard his story of the perils he 
endured while lost in the  woods  near Lud 
ington  one  night  a year  or  two ago,  they 
would do well to ask him to  relate  the cir 
cumstance on his next trip around.  The de 
noument of the tale is decidedly tragic.

B.  E.  Bushnell,  traveling  representative 
for  the  Saginaw  Manufacturing  Co.,  and 
Miss Jennie Belle Wylie,  eldest daughter of 
J.  M.  Wylie, of  Ae  firm  of  Wylie  Bros., 
shingle and salt  manufacturers, were  mar- 
riek at the residence  of  the  bride’s  father 
last Thursday evening.  The  wedding  was 
largely attended.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bushnell 
left for Cleveland on their wedding tour.

A Belding  correspondent  writes:  “The 
young  ladies who  assist  Mrs.  Pifer  at  the 
Belding Hotel have a grievance against Doc 
Evans,  and the next time he comes to town 
the  chances  are  that he will  find a dose of 
worm medicine in his tea.  The last time he 
was here he invited the young ladies to take 
a ride with  him—an  invitation  they gladly 
accepted. 
Instead of  taking  them back to 
the hotel,  however,  Evaus  attempted to ab­
duct the young ladies and  succeeded in get­
ting them out  into  the  country a couple of 
miles,  when  they managed  to escape  from 
the vehicle and walked back  to town. 
It is 
understood that the girls are negotiating for 
a pillow and a can of tar for decorating pur­
poses.”

For easy  ironing use  “ Electric Lastre*' 
Starch,  it is all prepared for Immediate 
ose in O ne P o u n d  P a c k a g e s, which 
goaa far aa two pounds of any other Starch.
Ask your Grocer for it.
Tie Electric Lustre Stanti Co.

204 Franklin  St.,  New York.

JO SH  CATT U T I E I mD  

Wholesale Agent,

•GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  

MICII.

WHOLESALE

FULL  LINE  OF  ALL  STAPLE 

PLUGS  KEPT  IN  STOCK.

Sole Agents for Celebrated

L.  0.  B.,  American  Field,  Pan- 

tilla, Our Nickle,  The Rats, 

Fox’s Clipper.

76 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
¿Exclusively Wholesale.

Order Sample M by Ma il.

The preliminary meeting to  the  third an­
nual  picnic  of  the Grand Rapids traveling 
fraternity  was  held  at  T iie  T radesm an 
office  last  Saturday  evening.  Steve Sears 
was called to the chair  and  Chas.  M.  Falls 
officiated  as  secretary.  After  discussing 
the  advantages  of  the  various  locations 
suggested  for  the  picnic,  it  was  decided 
to hold the jubilee at Reed’s Lake on Satur­
day, July o,  the landing to be selected  by  a 
committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Sears, 
Logie and Hawkins,  who  are  also  author­
ized to perfect all  other  arrangements inci­
dent  to  the  occasion, except  the selection 
and engagement of the  band, which  is  left 
to Geo.  II.  Seymour.  The  nomination  of 
the latter gentleman as permanent treasurer 
was confirmed.  A reception committee was 
selected  as  follows: 
Jas.  N.  Bradford, 
Lloyd Max (climb-in-the-window-stamp-his- 
owu-ticket)  Mills,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  A.  C. 
Sharp, Joe Reed,  W.  G.  Hawkins, Wm.  H. 
Jennings,  Dave  Haugli,  Gideon  Bludgeon 
Kellogg,  and Walter Scott Blowhom.  The 
picnic will be an entirely formal affair, each 
traveling man being  entitled  to  the  privi­
lege of inviting a friend,  either male  or  fe­
male, or both.  Arrangements will be made 
for ball games,  foot  ball  contests,  running 
and rowing races,  and  other  amusements, 
concluding  with  a  dance  in  the  evening. 
Those who prefer can take along baskets and 
eat their lunches  on  the  grounds,  but pro­
vision will also be made for those who wish 
to obtain their meals on  the  grounds.  The 
locating committee will go out to  the  Lake 
and perfect the details next  Saturday after­
noon,  and  another  general  meeting  of  the 
fraternity will be held at T h e T ra desm a n 
office Saturday evening, June 26.

L a t e r—The  general  committe  on  ar­
rangements has designated  Hy.  Robertson, 
Dick Warner and Charley Robinson a  com­
mittee on sports,  to whom  is  delegated  the 
work of arranging prizes  and entries for fat 
and lean'men’s races,  winners’ race,  rowing 
race,  swimming race,  base  ball match,  foot 
ball game and a lying match.  The committee 
is requested to meet  at  T h e  T ra desm a n 
office  Saturday  evening, June  19,  for  the 
purpose  of  arranging  a  programme  and 
adopting  rules  for  the  government of  all 
games and sports.

Geo. Owen has no  small  boy,  but  if  he 
had one he would probably answer  the  fol­
lowing  description: 
It  was  Geo.  Owen’s 
small boy that  tied  the  tomato  cans  to  a 
cur’s  tail  and  sent  him  down  the  street 
in the height of the fashionable promenade. 
It was he who slung the two  cats,  tied  to­
gether with a string at the tips of their cau­
dal excrescences, over  the  door-knob  of  a 
wealthy citizen on Jefferson  avenue,  there­

by  causing  an  uproar in the neighborhood 
from which  it  has not  yet  recovered;  and 
many other sportive little jests may be  laid 
at his door.  Yesterday he  turned  up  in  a 
new place.  He wanted some kite-cord, and 
had not the wherewithal to purchase it.  An 
idea  struck  in  the  center  of  his  prolific 
brain, and having in his  pocket  a  hoarded 
penny,  he  hied  himself  to  a  neighboring 
drug  store,  where  he  asked  for  a  cent’s 
worth of licorice.  Now,  the small boy  had 
with him a scraggy,  mangy dog,  which  had 
been his playfellow from  his  earliest  day, 
and to his hound’s tail he attached  strongly 
the end  of  the  ball  of  cord  which, as  all 
know,  rests in  a  case  on  every  well-regu­
lated merchant’s counter.  Having tied  the 
string and fixed  it  so  the  cord  would  run 
easily off the ball—all while  the  druggist’s 
back was turned—he gave  his  dog  a  kick 
and  told  him  in  harsh tones to “get out!” 
The  dog  got  out  at  a  full  run  down the 
street  toward  home,  while  the  boy,  with 
calm judgment, waited until he thought the 
dog had run three or four squares, and then 
cut the twine, the latter end  of  which  shot 
out  of  the  store  in  a  twinkling,  and,  re­
ceiving the  licorice  from  the  unsuspecting 
man,  who had had  to  rummage  around  to 
find  it,  decamped  quickly,  and,  with  his 
hands in his pockets,  sauntered around  the 
comer,  set  out  for  the  house,  which  he 
reached  almost  as  soon  as  the  dog,  and— 
flew his kite.

VISITING  BUYERS.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
W. J. Lewis & Co., Boyne City.
Narragang & Son, Byron Center.
Mrs. Jacob DeBri, Byron Center.
C.  Miller & Son, Saugatuck.
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
* Childs & Carper, Childs’ Mills.
R. A. Hastings, Sparta.
A. DeKruif, Zeeland.
C. E. & S. J. Koon,  Lisbon.
Paine & Co., Greenville.
Chas. H. Deming, Dutton.
Plumb & Sons, Plumb’s Mills.
R. B. McCulloek, Berlin.
H. D. Harvey,  Bangor.
L. E. Paige, Sparta.
C. K. Hoyt. Hudsonville.
A. C. Barkley. Crosby.
O. W. Blain, Dutton.
Myers & Burton, Alleyton.
Jud. Rice, Rice & Lillie, Coopersville.
R. R. Perkins, Boyne City.
Mr. Roberts, Darling & Roberts, Fremont. 
Mr. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
E. C. Foot, West Carlyle.
M, Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
John Brusse & Son, Zeeland.
H. Bakker & Son, Drenthe.
Wm. Brugma, Yriesland.
Geo. Cook, Grove P. O.
H. T. M. Treglown, Lowell.
Chas. Morton, Sand Lake.
H. M. McCoy, Grandville.
Win. Thompson, Nunica,
S. D. Thompson, Newaygo.
Mr. Hewitt, Hewitt & Tefft,  Rockford.
W. F. Rice, Alpine.
J. Grutter, Grandville.
S. M. Geary, Maple Hill.
Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland.
D. A. Warren, Everett.
O. D. Chapman, Stan wood.
J. L. Handy, Boyne City.
M. E. Dewey, Newaygo.
Frank Uoonstra, Drenthe.
J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake.
Cole Sc Chaple, Ada.
Wm, Hudson, Vriesland.
A. F. Harrison, Sparta.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
Dell Wright,  Berlin.
Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
John Demstra, Forest Grove.
A. B. Foote, Hilliards.
C. O. Bostwick & Sou, Cannonsburg.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Wyngarden & Peterson, Grand Haven.
J. C. McFellin, McFellin & Co.,  Boyne  Falls. 
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
Mr. Den Herder, Den Herder & Tanis, Vries­
H. M. Harroun, McLain.
R. J. Side, Kent City.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
A. Purchase, South  Blendon.
Wm. Thompson, Nunica.
L. D. Webster, Reed City.
F. B. Watkins, Monterey.
E. P. Brett, Brett Bros., Ashton.
C. O. Smedley, Lamont.
M. J. Howard, Englishviile.
J. H. Anderson, Edgerton.
L. T. Kinney, WoodviUe.
W. S. Root, Tallmadge.
G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
A. Patterson, Dorr.
Jno. Cartin, Cannonsburg.
Jno. Van Geldren, Zeeland.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
E. Conklin, Ravenna.
Geo, Carrington. Trent.
A. B. Foote, Hilliards.
Gus. Begman, Bauer.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Jas. Barnes, Ansterlitz.
C. E. Clapp, Martin.
Irwin Hill, Hopkins.
F. G.  Thurston, Lisbon.

land.

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

A.  Purdy has  started a  cheese factory at 
Slielbyville, beginning  operations  on  June 
7 with  the  milk  of  ninety  cows.  He  ex­
pects to increase the number of  cows to 150 
before the end of the season.

Paw  Paw True Northerner:  Our cream­
ery is now in full blast and buttermilk is as 
free as the  pure air of  heaven,  and butter­
milk tipplers are on  hand  every morning at 
15 minutes past  nine  ready  for  their daily 
allowance,  which they get  and  go away re­
joicing,  singing words of praise in behalf of 
the new enterprise.

The Ottawa  Creamery Co.’s  creamery at 
Zeeland started  up  June  1, turning out 141 
pounds of gilt  edge  butter.  A week  later 
the output had increased  to 409 pounds and 
about 500  pounds is  now the  regular daily 
product.  No difficulty is experienced in plac­
ing the  butter  in  the  hands  of  the  trade 
along  the  lake  shore  towns.  Mr.  Laliuis 
manages the business and  Richard Redhead 
officiates as maker.

Beginning Work.

Cigarette Manufacturer (to young woman 
applicant)—Have  you  ever  had any exper­
ience in  making cigarettes?
Young Woman—No,  sir.
C.  M.—H’m; what size shoe do you wear?
Y.  W.—Twos.
C. M.—We will give you a trial.
Y.  W.—Thank you, sir.  What shall I do 

first,  sir?”

C.  M.—Have your photograph taken.
An exchange  says  that  shingles  may be 
made  fireproof  by setting the  butts  into a 
trough of water into which half  a bushel of 
each of. lime and salt and six pounds of pot­
ash have been dissolved. 

...... .

MOULTON & REMPIS,
SETTEES, EOOF CRESTING

Manufacturers of

liAW lg  VASES,

And Jobbers in Gray Iron Castings.
54 and 56 North Front Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

W R ITE  FO B  PR IC E-LIST.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.
Asparagus—30c per doz. bunches.
Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75c  $   bu.  for 
Unpicked  and  hold  ordinary hand-picked for 
$1.10@$1.15.

Beans—String, $1.50 $ bu.  W ax, $2 $ bu.
Beets—New, 25c $ doz. bunches.
Butter—Michigan  creamery  is  in poor de­
mand at 15@16c.  Dairy is a drug on the market 
at l@10c.

Butterine—Out of market.
Cabbages—$1@$3 $ crate, according  to size.
Carrots—25c ^  doz.
Cherries—$2@$3 $ bu.
Cucumbers—35c $ doz.
Cheese—May  and  June  stock  of  Michigan 
Dried Apples—Quartered  and sliced, 3@3%c. 

full cream is in fair demand at 9%c.

Evaporated, 6%©7c, according to quality.

Dried Peaches—Pared, 15c.
Eggs—Somewhat scarce.  Jobbers  pay  10® 

10% and sell for 11@11%.

Honey—Easy at 13@14c.
Har—Bailed is dull at $14 per ton  in two and 

five ton lots and $13 in car lots.

Lettuce—7c *¡9 ft.
Maple Sugar—7@Sc.
Onions—Green,  12@18e  $   doz.  bunches. 

and old 3c 19 ft.

Southern, $1.7519 bu.
Parsley—25c 19 doz.
Peas—Marrofat, $1.75 19 bu.
Pop Corn—Choice new commands  2%c  19  ft 
Potatoes—Southern  command  $3@$4 19 bbl.
Pieplant—Out of market.
Poultry—In  fair  supply.  Fowls  sell  for 
10@10%c; turkeys, 12c.  Ducks are out of mar­
ket.

Radishes—15c $ doz.
Raspberries—Black and red are held at 7®9c 

19 qt.

Spinach—50c 19 bu.
Strawberries—Home grown command 5@7c.,
Tomatoes—Southern, $1.50 $J box.
Turnips—40c 19 bu.

DRAINS AND MILLING  PRODUCTS.

Wheat—2c  lower.  The  city  millers  pay  as 
follows:  Lancaster,  78;  Fulsc,  75c;  Clawson, 
75c.

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

lots and 38®40c in carlots.

Oats—White, 40c in small iots  and 34@35c  in 

car lots.

Rye^-48@50c 19 bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.2519 cwt.
Flour—No  change.  Fancy Patent, $5 $ bbl. 
in  sacks and  $5.25 in  wood.  Straight, $4.20  19 
bbl. in sacks and $4.45 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.7519 bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $13  19 ton.  Bran, $1 
19 ton.  Ships, $13 $ ton.  Middlings, $1319 tor 
Corn and Oats, $17  19 ton.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock  Bark—Local  tanners  are  takiiq 
all offerings of new bark on the basis of $5 per 
cord, delivered, cash.
Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.75  19  ft  for 

clean washed roots.

Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers  are 
authorized to offer standard goods at 35  and t 
per cent, off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 10 
per cent off.

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

Ohio White Lime, per bbl.................. 
1  U0
Ohio White Lime, car lots..................  
85
1 30
Louisville Cemeni,  per bbl................. 
1  30
Akron Cement per  bbl....................... 
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl..................... 
1 30
Carlots 
....................1 05@1  10
Plastering hair, per bu.......................  25®  30
Stucco, per bbl....................................  
175
Land plaster, per ton.......................... 
3 50
2 50
Land plaster, car lots.......................... 
Fire brick, per  M................................$25 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................ 
3 Oo

“ 

“ 

COAL.

Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$5 7o@6 00 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 C0®6 25
Cannell, car lots................................ 
®6 GO
Ohio Lump, car lots..........................  3  10@3 25
Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 00 
Portland  Cement..............................   3 50®4 00

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides.................................  5  @7
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters.................  8  © 9
Dressed  Hogs......................................   5%@ 5%
Mutton,  carcasses.............................. 6  @  6%
Spring Lamb.......................................   @10
veal..................................................... 8%@  7
Pork Sausage......................................   7  @ 7%
Bologna...............................................   6%@ 7
Fowls..................................................... 11  @12
Ducks  ................................................
Turkeys  ..............................................12  @14

COOPERAGE.

“ 

“ 

STAVES.
“ 

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

at Grand  Rapids.
Red oak ffour bbl. staves............. M  6 50®  7 00
Elm 
M  5 50®  6 00
White oak tee staves, s’d and j ’t.M 20 00®23 00 
White oak pork bbl. 
“  M 18 50@20 00
Tierce, dowelled and circled, set__  15®  18
*' 
Pork, 
*• 
12®  13
Tierce  heads, square............. $ M 23 09@26 90
Pork bbl. “ 
..............^  M  18 00@20 00
Basswood, kiln dried, set................. 
4®  4%

“  __  

HEADS.

“ 

“ 

 

HOOPS.

White oak and hickory tee, 8 f’t.  M 11 00@12 50 
White oak and hickory  “  7%f’t. M  10 00@ll 00
Hickory flour  bbl........................ M  7 00®  8 25
Ash, round “ 
“  ....................... M  6 25®  7 00
Ash, fiat racked, 6% f’t ...............M  3 50®  4 25

BARRELS.

White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M  1 00®  1 10
95
White oak pork barrels, machine..  85® 
White oak lard  tierces..................   1  15® 1 25
75®  90
Beef and lard half barrels............ 
Custom barrels, one head..............  1 00® 1 10
Flour  barrels.................................  
30®  37
Produce  barrels............................. 
23®  26

The paper  used  instead  of  wood in Ger­
many in the manufacture  of  lead pencils is 
steeped  in  y i  adhesive  liquid  and  rolled 
around the jore of  the  lead to  the required 
thickness.  After  drying  it  is  colored  to 
represent an ordinary cedar  pencil. 

-

Ibarbware.

BELLS.

AUGERS AND BITS.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

promptly and buy In full packages.
Ives’,  old style...................................... disOO&lO
N.  H. C. Co............................................ dis60&10
Douglass’. ..............................................distíO&lü
Pierces’ .................................... 
dis60&10
Snell’s ....................................................dis60&10
Cook's  .................................................. dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine................................dls  25
Jennings’, imitation............................. dis50&10
Spring.....................................................dis 
40
Railroad................................................... $ 13 00
Garden...................................................net 33 00
H and.......................................... dis  $ 60&10&10
60&10
Cow................................................ di* 
30&15
Call................................................ dis 
Gong............. 
.......................... dis 
25
Door, Sargent................................dis 
60&10
Stove................................................dis $ 
40
Carriage  new list..........................   dis 
80
fliiSVm...........................................’dla
Sleigh Shoe................................ 
dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts.................. "dis  60&10
............................dis  60&10
Cast  Barrel Bolts 
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................  dis 
60
Cast Square Spring..................  
60
dis 
Cast Chain . . . . . .  “ ........................ .V.dto  60&10
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob............. dis  60&10
Wrought Square.. 
.......................... dis  ti0&10
60
Wrought Sunk Flush..................  
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
60&10
Ives  Door............................................dis  60&10
40
Barber...............................................dis$ 
Backus  ..............................................   
5o&io
Spofford............................................. dis 
50
Am. Ball.............................................. 
ne^
Well, plain  ..............................................$  3 50
Well, swivel.............................................  
4 00

dis 
Fiush...............................................    

BUCKETS.

BRACES.

BOLTS.

 

BUTTS. CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis  60&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  60&10
Wrought  Loose  Pin......................... dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.......... dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned.......... dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
.................................... di8  eo& 5
\\ rought Table.................................. dis  10&60
Wrougm  Inside  Blind...................... dis  10&60
Wrought Brass......... . 
75
Blind  Clark’s  .................... ..." " " " .d is   80&10
B?rker 8.................................. dis  80&10
Blind,  Shepard 8................................dis 
70

tipped 

dis 

CAPS.

-..........................................per m $ 65
Hick 8 C. F. 
G.  D................... 
35
Musket............................................................. 60

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

fa)

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  new list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States....................  dis50&10
Central Fire...........................................dis30&10
Socket Firmer.....................................dis  75&10
Socket training................................ dis  75&10
Socket Corner................................... dis  75&10
Socket Slicks..................................... dis 
75
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer.................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers.................. dis 
20
Cold.................................................... net

CHISELS.

COMBS.

Curry, Lawrence’s............................dis  40&10
25
Hotchkiss  .........................................dis 
Brass,  Racking’s.............. 
m
Bibb’s .......................................60
Seer ........................................................  40&10
Foams................................................  

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COPPER.

 

34

12 

dis 
dis 

DRILLS

HINGES.

ELBOWS.

HANGERS.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

files—New List.

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

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................aa a>  28
Cold Rolled, 14x58 and 14x60......
Cold Rolled, 14x48................................. . “ “   49
40
Morse’s Bit  Stock.............................. dis 
Taper and Straight Shank............ 
. dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank..........................dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in..........................doz net  $.85
Corrugated..........................................dis  20A10
Adjustable.......................................... dis  %&10
20
Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2. $24 00 ;  3, $30 00. 
25
American File Association List.........dis  55&10
Disston’s .  ......................................... dis  55&10
New  American....................................dis  55&10
Nicholson s..........................................dis  55&10
Heller s ........... 
dis  55&10
He.ler s Horse Rasps..........................dis  55&10
„  
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
Bist 
18

22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 
15 
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. 
50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..............dis 
Maydole Sc Co.’s................................   dis 
25
Kip’s ..................................................!dis 
25
Yerkes  Ac  Plumb’s.............................. dis  40&1C
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. '30 c list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.....................dis  60&10
40
Kidder, wood track.............................dis 
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3.............................dis 
60
State.........................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4%  14
3^
and  longer........................................... 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  ................’.net 
10%
8%
Screw Hook and Eye %......................net 
Screw Hook and Eye  %.................... net 
7%
Screw Hook and Eye,  %....................net 
7%
Strap and  T .................................... dis 
65
Stamped Tin Ware.................................  
30
Japanned Tin  Ware............................... . 
25
Granite Iron  Ware................................ 
25
Grub  1  .......................................... $11 00, dis 60
Grub  2............................................  11 50, dis 60
Grub 3............................................. 12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...........dis 
45
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 
45
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings...... 
45
Door, porcelain, trimmings..................  
45
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain......... dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd Sc Co.’s....................  40&10
Hcmacite........................  
dis 
45
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis 
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.................... dis 
45
Branford’s ...........................................dis 
45
Norwalk’s ...........................................dis 
45
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....................dis  70
Adze  Eye...................................$16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye...................................$15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s......................................$18 50 dis 20 Sc 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................   dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s..........................dis 40&10
Coffee, P.S.&W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables  dis 
60
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &  Clark’s....... dis 
60
Coffee,  Enterprise.....  ............................dis  25
MOLASSES OATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ................... 
dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine..................... 
dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring..................... dis  25

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

MAULS.
MILLS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

LOCKS—DOOR.

KNOBS.

HOES.

 
 

 

*  

NAILS.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

2 

2% 

OILERS.

I  lOd 
8d  6d  4d
1%
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

lOdto  60d.........................................$ keg $2  15
25
8d and 9 d adv............................................ 
6d and 7d  adv............................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv............................................ 
75
3d advance.................................................  1 50
3d fine advance........................................  3 00
Clinch nails, adv.............................. .........  1 75
Finishing 
Size—inches  ( 3  
Adv. % keg 
Steel Nails—2 30.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent.................... dis60&10
Zino, with brass bottom...........................dis  50
Brass or  Copper..........................'...........dis  50
Reaper...................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..............................................  50&10
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..............................dis  15
Sclota Bench............................................. dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.....................dis  15
Bench, first quality.................................. dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.... dis30&10 
Fry, Acme............................................dis 50&10
Common, polished............................... dis60&10
Dripping...............................................19 lb 
6
Iron and Tinned..............................     dis  40
Copper Rivets and  B urs...................dis  00

PLANES.

RIVETS.

PANS.

ROPES.

PATENT TLANISAED iftON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished. Nos. 25  to 27 
9

Broken packs %c 19 ft extra.

SQUARES.

Sisal, % In. and  larger................................  8%
Manilla........................................................   13%
Steel and Iron...................................... dis 
70
TryandBevels.....................................dls 
60
Mitre  .................................................dis 
20
SHEET IRON.Com. Smooth.  Com.
$2 80
2 90
3 00
3 10
3 20
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 30 inches 

Nos. 10 to  14................................. $4  20 
Nos. 15 to  17 ................................  4  20 
Nos. 18 to 21................................  4  20 
Nos. 22 to 24................................  4  20 
Nos .25 to 26................................  4  40 
No. 27 ...........................................  4 00
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 fts, 19  1b.......................... 
In smaller quansities, 19  lb.................... 
American, all  kinds............................dis 
Steel, all kinds.....................................dis 
Swedes, all  kinds  ............................. dis 
Gimp and  Lace................................... dis 
Cigar Box  Nails..................................dis 
Finishing Nails................................... dis 
Common and Patent  Brads............... dis 
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis 
Trunk and Clout Nails........................ dis 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails...........dis 
Leathered Carpet  Tacks....................dis 
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
10 50

TINNER’S SOLDER.

TACKS.

TIN  PLATES.

Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

rates.

TIN—LEADED.

10x14, Charcoal..............................   5 75
IC, 
10xl4,Charcoal...............................  7 25
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...................................  6 25
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal............................  7 75
IX, 
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal..............................   5 75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal.............................   7 25
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal..............................  8 75
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool..............................  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
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.......................  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 
Roofing, 14x20, IC......................................  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX....................................   6 75
Rooting, 20x28, 1C......................................  11 00
Roofing, 20x28, IX ......................................14 00
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 ame................................................60&10
OneidaJCommuntity, Newhouse’s.........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’  ................................................ 60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s................................60&10
Mouse, choker............................................... 18c doz
Mouse,  delusion..............................$1 50 $  doz
Bright Market.............................................   dis 67%
Annealed Market..................   ......... dis 
70
Coppered Market...........................................dis 62%
Extra Bailing........................... .............  dis  55
Tinned  Market..............................................dis 62%
Tinned  Broom...... .................................¡g ft  09
Tinned Mattress.....................................ft 1b 8%
Coppered ^Spring  Steel................ dis 40®40&10
Tinned Spring Steel................................dis  50
Plain Fence............................................lb 3%
Barbed Fence, galvanized............... :............4%
painted................................. 3
Copper...........................................new  list net
Brass..............................................new list net
Bright............................................dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes....................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ..........................................dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes................ dis  70Acl0&10

WIRE OOODS.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

“ 

WRENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled..............
Coe’s Genuine............... .................... dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe’s Patent, malleable............... dis 75&10&1Q

MISCELLANEOUS.

BirdCages........................................ 
50
Pumps,  Cistern.................:...............dis  70&10
Screws, new  list....................................   75® 10
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate...................dis50&10&10
Dampers, American..............................   40&10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..60&10&5 
Copper Bottoms....................................  
21c

 

LUMBER. LATH  AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. o. 
b. cars as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch............................... per M $44 00
Uppers, 1%, 1% and 2 inch.......................  46 00
Selects, 1 inch..........................................   35 00
Selects, 1%, 1% and 2  inch.......................  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch..............................   30 00
Shop, 1 inch.............................................   20 00
Fine, Common, 1%, 1% 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 nO
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.......................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 10 feet......   15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.......................  16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.......................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet........................   10 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet........................   17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and 16 feet......  12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.......................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.......................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet......   12 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet.......................  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet......................  14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12,14 and 16 feet........  11  00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet.................
12 00 
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet.......................
13 00
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls, al 
widths and lengths........................ 8 00
»00
A and B Strips, 4 or 6 in ..........................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 6 iueh.................................   27 90
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.......................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet..............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 10 feet..............................   12 On
No. 1 Fencing. 4  inch..............................   15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch..............................   12 n0
Norway C and better, 4or6inch............   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, 0 inch.  Clear....................
20  00 
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft...........
11 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 10 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 0 in., A.  B..................
38 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 In.  C........................
29 00 
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1, common..
17 (» 
Dressed Flooring 6 in., 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 OO 
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.
( XXX18 in. Standard Shingles............
3 10 
•(XXX18 in.  Thin...................................
3 00 
| XXX16 in.............................................
2 75 
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles............
1 75 
No. 2or5 in. C. B. 16 in...........................
1 40
Lath  .................................................  1 75® 2 00

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows: 

HIDES.

Green__^  ft
Part cured...
Full cured 
Dry hides and

@ 6
7® 7%
  8  @ 8%

kips...........  6  @8

Calf skins, green 
Deacon skins,

or cured....  8  @10 
$  piece......30  @50

SHEEP PELTS.

Old wool, estimated washed $ 1b....... 20
@22
Tallow..................................................  2%@ 3

Fine washed ^  ft 25@27!Unwashed........... 
Coarse washed.. .20@24l

2-3

WOOL.

WOODENWARE.
Standard  Tubs, No. 1...................
.......................5 50
.......................4 50
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...................
Standard Tubs, No. 3....................
.......................3 50
Standard Pails, two hoop..............
....................... 1 25
.......................1 50
Standard Pails, three hoop..........
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes.........
...................... 2 00
Butter  Pails, ash..........................
.......................2 50
.......................1 00
Butter Ladles................................
Rolling Pins..................................
.......................1 00
Potato Mashers............................
.......................  75
.......................2 25
Clothes Pounders..........................
Clothes Pins...................................
.......................  66
Mop Stocks....................................
.......................1 26
Washboards, single.......................
....................... 1 75
Washboards, double.....................
...................... 2 26
Diamond  Market.........................................  40
Bushel, narrow band...................................1  60
Bushel, wide band....................................... l 75
Clothes, splint,  No. 1..................................... 3 50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2..................................... 3 75
Clothes, splint.  No. 3..................................... 4 00
Clothes, willow  No. 1......................................6 00
Clothes, willow  No. 2......................................7 00
Clothes, willow  No. 3.......... 

BASKETS.

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P R I C E   L I S T .   H O U S E H O L D   I D E F ^ P I T ^ E I T T .  

P A R T   9 .

Terms Cash.  Sixty days or 2 per cent* discount for Cash in ten days, on Crockery and Glassware.  We present a few Specialties in English Decorated 
Dinner Sets from leading Factories.  Merchants will do well to carry a line of goods on this order, as the people constantly demand more and more; need not 
keep very much, because we carry so many patterns in open stock, and are glad to keep up the assortment for you, and sell in any quantities.  Perhaps the 
very best decorated line now is WEDGE WOOD  &  CO.’S  LUSTRE  BAND which we would be pleased to quote.

M ié

Dark Green Lucerne. 

104 Pieces,  SO. 50.

Brown Chatsworth. 
Pink Chatsworth. 
104 Pieces,  §10.50.

jD IU SnST E P?.  S E T S ,

Printed  on  Ivory  Body,  New  Square  Shape.
1 doz. Dinner Plates,
4 Platters. 1 each 8,10,12,  14, 
1 Pickle, 1 Bowl,
1 Butter Dish and Cover,
1 doz. Handled Teas.

104 Piece Set is Composed of 
1 doz. Breakfast Plates, 
1 doz. Individual Butters 
1 Covered Dish,
1 Water Pitcher,
1 Cream,

1 doz. Pie Plates,
1 doz. Fruit Saucers,
2 Bakers, 8,  1 Boat,
1 Casserole and Cover. 
1 Sugar,

102 Pieces,  §16.75.

DINNER  SET  NO.  1052,

Decorated with

Pine Pink and Grey Flowers, with Gold.

1 doz. Pie Plates,
1 doz. Tea Plates.
1 doz. Breakfast Plates 
1 doz. Fru. Saucers,
1 doz. Ind. Butters,
3 Platters, 8.10,12,
1 Sugar, 1 Cream,

102 Piece Set Contains
2 Bakers 8,
1 Boat, 1 Pickle,
1 Covered Dish,
1 
Casserole,
1 
Butter,
1 Slop Bowl.
12 Handled Teas,

12 Dinner Plates, §2 extra.

“ 
“ 

This pattern is carried in open stock and any pieces  wanted 

can be furnished.

Blue Japanese. 
104 Pieces,  §9.50.

m .

Sfz&i

» * 8

102  Pieces,  §18.75.

ZDirmer Set USTo. 1029,
Fine  Blue  and  Grey  Flowers, with  Gold.  New 

Decorated With

’ 

“Windsor”  Square Shape.
(See list of 102 piece set to the left.)

12 Dinner Plates, with above Set §2.25 extra.

We carry this pattern in open stock, and  can  furnish  any  articles de­

sired at proportionate prices.

*4 *

Afj

SEINE  PATTERN.

DECORATED  TOILET  WARE.

Plain Printed Sets composed of

1 Ewer and Basin, 1 Covered Chamber, 1 Soap and Cover, 1 Mug, 
1 Slop-Pail and Cover—making 11 pieces,  in  Brown,  Pink,  Blue 

1 Small Pitcher, 1 Brush Vase—making 9 pieces, and 
and Green  Colors.

9 Pieces, Seine Pattern, per set, $2.75. 
xi 
$5.00.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

102 Piece Set, $11.00.

LAHORE.

“BROWN  LAHORE” DECORATION ON IVORY BODY.
A fine, soft, conventional decor, manufactured by T. & R. BOOTE, ENGLAND, and is 
recommended as the MOST SMOOTH, PERFECT AND  PLEASING  MEDIUM-PRICE 
SET on the market.  Also  carried in open stock with a complete assortment  constantly 
on hand. 

12  8 in. Dinner Plates with above Set $1.60 extra.

Tea Sets in Great “Variety.

Plain Print. “Victor.” 56 pieees, see cut above, per set

“Brazil,” 56 pieces.  New square shape.  Per set....................................
Both above patterns in Brown, Pink, Blue and Sea Green  Decorations.

§3.50
§3.00

GUNN  HARDWARE  COMPANY.

The  Most  Completely  Equipped  Jod- 

bing  House  in  the  West.

The Gunn Hardware Company, which has 
lately been  merged  into  a  stock  company 
with ample capital to carry on the  business 
and  experienced  officers  and  assistants  to 
cater to the wants of the trade,  is  pleasant­
ly situated in the  fine,  new  block  recently 
erected by Mr. Gunn at Nos.  5 and 7  South 
Ionia street.  A reporter of  The  Trades­
man recently made a tour of the five stories 
and basement comprising the large building 
and was surprised at the immense stock dis­
played in every branch of the  business  and 
the convenience  witli which any article can 
be packed and moved.

Regarding the strength of the  building, a 
few  words  will  not  come  amiss.  Aside 
from a strong stone foundation,  the  bottom 
posts  rest  on  a  solid  cement  or  artificial 
stone  work  twelve  inches  thick,  which 
covers the entire basement  floor,  rendering 
it impossible for  rats  or  other  vermine  to 
undermine the walls  or  weaken  the  build­
ing  in  any  way.  Aside  from  the  bottom 
posts,  the floors are supported by eighty-six 
iron columns  and  the  joists  are  but  eight 
inches  apart.  Every  precaution  has  been 
taken  to  make  the  building  fire-proof  as 
well  as  strong,  and  nothing  short  of  a 
Chicago conflagration would injure it.

The basement  contains  nails  and  heavy 
hardware, which are  unloaded from cars on 
the  sidetrack  in  the  rear by  means  of  a 
shute.  The first floor is level with the floor 
of the cars,  which renders it  possible to un­
load a  car in  seventeen  minutes  and saves 
the house and its patrons the usual expense 
of cartage, which is estimated at §8 per car. 
The second floor comprises three fine offices 
and the finest sample  room  in the  country. 
The  third floor  contains 2,400  bins, which 
are used for shelf  hardware,  and  tables for 
shipping  purposes.  The  fourth  and  fifth 
floors  are  filled  to  overflowing  with sash, 
doors and other bulky goods, arranged in ap­
ple pie order.  Taken as a whol§, the estab­
lishment  is  a model one and any merchant 
having a few minutes’ time could not do bet­
ter than to cull around  and  be  shown  over 
the premises. 

_______

Good Words Unsolicited.

a good paper.”

M. A. Kniffln, grocer, St. Johns:  “You make 
West  & West,  grocers, Gd.  Ledge:  “It is a 

fine, newsy sheet.”
paper.  It fills the bill.”

E. B. Sunderlin,  grocer,  Palo:  “Like  your 

much pleased with your paper.”

H. H. Steffy, general dealer. Crystal:  “I am 
Stellwagen & Kynock, hardware, St. Ignace: 
“We appreciate your efforts to please.”
Mr:  A. A. Sherlock, general dealer, Otia:  “I 
would not be without it for twice the amount.” 
Win. H. Simmons, general dealer, Mt. Pleas­
ant:  "I  think it a good  and  valuable  paper, 
such  aa  all  merchants  should  have  if  they 
value suooest in business.”

Maxims for  Merchauts.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

If  a  man  is  doing  a  good  business,  he 
should not tie up  his  surplus or take a ven­
ture on the street.

What men call  accident  is often the fruit 
of years of careful study, patient endurance, 
and devotion.

Men generally fail with a large amount of 
property  on  their  hands.  They  are  so 
greedy and avaricious that they are not con­
tent with small and sure gains.

Scarcely a man fails unless he is dabbling 
in  outside  matters, or  carries  more  trade 
than his capital will warrant.

It is  the  educated  manhood of  the mer­
chant that wakes up the sleeping oil, covers 
the earth  with  good, gathers in  the golden 
harvest,  clothes  the  naked  and  feeds  the 
hungry.

Trade is  steady and  uniform  and can be 
carried on at all  times;  speculation only oc­
casionally,  or  when  opportunity  offers. 
There is certainty in  the former and  uncer­
tainty in the latter.

Commerce  is  nearly  as  ancient  as  the 
world  itself;  necessity  set  it  on foot, the 
desire of convenience improved it, and  van­
ity,  luxury and avarice have largely contrib­
uted  to raise it to its present pitch.

Without  capital there  can be no  exercise 
on a large  scale  of  the  mechanic  arts, no 
manufactures,  no private  improvements, no 
public  enterprises  of  utility,  no  domestic 
exchanges,  and no foreign commerce.

Out  of  Goods.

From the American Grocer.

Nothing  more  annoys  customers  when 
asking at the store for an article than  to  be 
met with the  response,  “We  are  all  out.” 
In these days of rapid  transportation  there 
is no excuse for  making  such  a  reply. 
If 
the rule of the store is that each one  of  the 
force  shall  note  on  a  book  specially  set 
apart for the purpose,  every article the sup­
ply of which is  light,  there  will  rarely  be 
occasion to confess to a customer  that  your 
service is  inefficient. 
It  is  the merchant’s 
business to study the nature  and  variety of 
his stock and keep  it  fresh  and  full;  the 
time required to  secure  the  transportation 
of  different  articles  from  various  points, 
making allowance for delays—and  then  he 
will be prepared to meet the demands of his 
patrons.  “Old  Budd,”  as  he  was  called, 
became rich by keeping  a  store  at  one end 
of  a  long  and  narrow  village,  simply be 
cause everybody was in the habit  of  saying 
to inquirers after different things,  “Oh, you 
can  find  it  at  ‘Old  Budd’s,’  for  he keeps 
everything.”

‘Hold to a strict account every clerk  care­
less in noting a deficiency in  stock.  Being 
out of gooods is a sure way to drive trade to 
your competitors.

P E R K I N S  
«So  H E S S ,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  188  and  184  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

E .   F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges,

Cold Storage in Connection.  All Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention. 

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

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, Michigan

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in  Oar  Lots. 
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anythini we handle.
A. B. KNOW LSON,
RIM E, BERTSCH & GO.,
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

3  Canal Street,  Basement,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

F. J. LAMB & CO.,
Fruits,  V egetables,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Butter, Bffgs, Clieese, Bto. 

Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Orates and Fillers.

Thos.  Harvey  succeeds  Wm. Boswell  in 

the photograph business at F lint

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

OR.DBH.

Our Xie&der Sm oking 

15c per pound.

Our Zieader Fin e Cut 

33c per pound.

Our Zieader Sh.crts, 

16c per pound.

Our Zieader  Cigars, 

$30 per M.
the  W orld.

Tlie  Best  in

Clark, Jew ell  & Co.,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Dwinell, Hayward &   Co.’s Eoyal Java  Coffee.

POTATOES.

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 St., Chicago, 111.

EARL  BROS.,  Commission  Merchants.
OLHEY, SHIELDS  4  CO.,

A n d  Z M P O E T E R S  OF  T E A S .

Our Stock is complete in all branches.  New, fresh and bought 

at latest declines and for cash.

by no other jobbers in the city.

We  have  specialties  in  TOBACCOS  and  CIGARS  possessed 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

!MIo.A-l;pin’s Peavey 3?Tu.g.

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

ALSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

LOCITDKIi  <&  BR O S.’  Celebrated  O ZC AR S,

Finer quality and lower prices than any handled 

in the market.

VISITING  BUYERS  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED  TO  CALL  AND  EXAM­
INE  OUR  STOCK,  AND  MATT.  ORDERS  WILL  RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE­
FUL  ATTENTION.

5 and 7 Ionia Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

