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GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICHIGAN,  W ED N ESD A Y ,  AUGUST  11,  1886.

NO.  151.

VOL.  3.

* G. A. H. & CO.

Merchants and manufacturers 
w ill find a complete line of
STATIONERY,
BLANK BOOKS

At lowest prices at

And SUPPLIES,
I. A.ILL &  CO’S

29  MONROE  ST.

TRY US.

Never to our knowledge  has  any  medicine 
met with the success as  has  Golden  Seal Bit­
ters.  It  comprises  the best  remedies  of the 
vegetable kingdom so as to derive the greatest 
medicinal  effect,  and  is  making  wonderful 
cures. 

151

V O I G T ,

H B R P O I i S H E X M E R .  

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Importers and Jobbers of
STAPLE and FANCY

* Dry  Goods !
OVERALLS, PANTS, Etc., 
our  own  make.  A  complete 
Line  of  TOYS,  FANCY 
CROCKERY,  and  FANCY
#   WOODEN-WARE,  our  own 

importation.
Inspecion solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 
prices guaranteed.

EDMUND D.  DIKEMAN,

C M   WATCH  MU

JEW ELER,

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Broken Down Invalids.

Probably never in the history of Cough Med­
icines has any article met success equal to that 
which has been showered upon  Dr.  Pete’s* 35- 
cent Cough Cure. Thousands of hopeless cases 
of Coughs, Colds and Consumption have yield­
ed  to  this  truly  miraculous  discovery.  For 
this reason, we feel warranted  in  risking our 
reputation and money on its  merits.  Sold  by 
the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Gfand Rap­
ids, Mich.

J U D D   c f c   O O . ,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE

And Full Line Winter Goods.

102  CANAL. STREET.

Albert  Coye  &  Son,
.AWNINGS,  TENTS,

D E A LER   IN

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

Send for Price-List.

7  3   C a n a l   S t .

BELKNAP

M ANUFACTURERS  O F

Spring, Freight, Express,, 

Lumber and Farm

W A G O N S !

Logging  Carts and Trucks, 

Mill  and  Dump  Carts, 

Lumbermen's  and

River Tools.

W e c a rry  a  la rg e  sto c k  o f  m a te ria l, a n d   h a r e   o r e r y  
Q E S p eclal  A tte n tio n   G iv en   to   R e p a irin g , P a in tin g  

fa c ility  fo r  m a k in g  flrst-class W ag o n s o f a ll k in d s.
a n d  L e tte rin g .

Shops oa Front St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Wholesale Manufacturers

PUT GHEE <& SMITH
Boots, Shoes and Slippers
5   m 
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DETROIT.  MICH.

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¡¡^"Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber 

Com pany.,^)

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

FOX &  BRADFORD,
S.  I   table  & Co.’s

Agents  for a fa ll line of

PETERSBURG,  VA-,

T O B A C C O S ,

F I . T J G  
NIMROD,
E.  C.,

BLUE  RETER,

SPREAD  EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER.

PLUG TOBACCO.
TURKEY .39

Big 5 Cents,

M  A——  j A  fine  revolver ) 

| with  each butt, f  ■

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.35
4 . 9

All above brands for sale only by

BULKLEY. LEMON & HOOPS

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,

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GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

&  CQRI!

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EXCLUSIVE ASENTS

In this State for the

l i e n   Cigar  Co.’s

COLDWATER,  MICH.

CIGARS,

Having Handled the Goods for Fifteen 
Years  with  Entire  Satisfaction  to 
Themselves and the Trade at Large. 
Dealers should remember that the
American Cigar Co.’s
Goods  can  be  obtained  only  through 
the Authorized Factory Agents.

Eaton & Christenson

77  CANAL  STREET.

No one can tell how or when— 
accidents  by  railroad,  steam­
boat, horse  or  carriage  travel 
and a thousand  various  ways.
The only safe way is to be in­

sured in the

F D O F D D S

Insurance 

when they happen.  The BEST, 
most  LIBERAL  and  CHEAP­
EST  Accident 
is 
granted by the Peoples  Mutual 
Accident  Association, of Pitts­
burg,  Pa.  Features  new  and 
original  not  to  be  secured  in 
any  other  company.  Address
96 Fourth. Ave., 
Pittsburgli, Fa.

O u r   S p e c i a l

Plug  Tobaccos.

1 b u tt. 

8 b u tts.

.36 
.33
.30

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

Olney, Shields & 6o.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

GRAND RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND
:i CANAL STREET.

STEAM   LAUN D RY

43 and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N .  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at­

tended to.

GUSTAVE  A.  WOLF,  Attorney.

O v er F o u rth  N a tio n a l B ank.  T elep h o n e 407. 

COMMERCIAL  LAW  St  COLLECTIONS.

G Q T S S a X T G   B O O T .
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, Crand Rapids, Mich.

W H I P S   c&   T i A B T T F . S

AT  WHOLESALE  ONLY.

Good» a t  Jo b b in g  p ric e s to  a n y  d e a le r  w h o   co m es  to  
G rm  R O Y S   c f c   O O - ,

u s o r o rd e rs b y  m ail, f o r cash .

M a n u fa c tu re rs’ a g e n ts,

2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

BOOKS,
s t a i v i  i h m ,

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

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

G-u.arante© a

When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is put 
on any building, and if within  three years 
it should crack or peel off, dnd 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 & Feriins Drug Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

C T 7 3 H M A 2 T ' S

MENTHOL INHALER

M E U H . A T  i G I A  
Quickly relieved  by  Cushman’s  Menthol 
Inhaler when all others  fail.  How  is  that 
possible?  Because by  inhalation  the  very 
volatile  remedy  is  carried  directly  to the 
delicate net work of nerves in the nose  and 
head, and applied directly to the nerves, and 
so  rapidly  assimilated  that  quick relief is 
obtained. 
It will  last  six  months  to  one 
year,  and the last grain is as  potent  as  the 
first inhalation.  You will find it  sells  rap­
idly.  Retail price, 50c.

The Tower of Strength.

Golden Seal  Bitters, a  perfect  renovator of 
the system,  carrying  away  all  poisonous de­
posits, enriching, refreshing and  invigorating 
both mind and body.  Easy of administration, 
prompt in action, certain in results.  Safe and 
reliable in all forms of liver,  stomach,  kidney 
and  blood  diseases. 
It  is  not  a  vile,  fancy 
drink, but  is  entirely  vegetable.  This  medi­
cine has a magic effect in liver complaints and 
every form of disease where the stomach fails 
to do its work,  It is a tonic.  It will cure dys­
pepsia.  It is an alterative and the best remedy 
known  to  our  Materia  Medica  for  diseases 
of the blood..  It will cure kidney diseases, ner­
vousness,  headache,  sleeplessness  and  en­
feebled condition of the system.  The formu a 
of Golden Beal Bitters  is  a  prescription of a 
most successful German physician, and thous­
ands can testify to their curative powers. Sold 
by the Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug Go., Grand 
Rapids, Mich.

LINKS  A  CAT  FORGED.

It  was  past 11  o’clock  when  I  opened 
the door and  the black  cat  walked  slowly 
out and down the  steps, waiting to  see if I 
followed. 
I  turned  up  the  collar  of  my 
coat,  for the  air was  chilly,  and  went  out 
again into the beautiful October night.  The 
street was as silent  as the foot  falls of  the 
lithe animal softly walking down the steps. 
The black cat  led  the way  and I followed. 
Why,  I do not know.

Two nights before I had  walked  up from 
my office  late  with  a friend. 
It  was long 
past  midnight  when  we  turned  into  the 
quiet street  where  I  lived, talking  about I 
know  not  what.  Suddenly  there  stepped 
out of  the shadow  of a huge  tree  a  black 
cat.  Looking  neither to  the right  nor the 
left she walked deliberately before us.

“Ha!” said my friend  with  a  tragic  air, 
“a  cat!—a  black  cat!  Let  us  follow  the 
cat!”

And  then  he  laughed,  and  even  as  he 
waked the echoes down the street—I cannot 
tell why—I  shivered.  The  cat  walked si­
lently  along  past  the  lower  steps  of  the 
flights leading down from the houses,  keep­
ing a pace  or two  ahead of  us.  My friend 
left  me  at  his  door  saying:  “Good-night, 
Beware of the cat.”  1 went on to my house 
not far beyond.  At  the steps  the cat stop­
ped, hesitated for a moment and then walk­
ed up to the  door.  Somewhat  surprised,  I 
followed.

I do not  like  cats.  They seem  to me to 
be  treacherous, dangerous  brutes,  and I am 
even  half  afraid  of  them.  But  when  the 
btack cat stopped at my door, I determined, 
for some  inexplicable  reason  to admit her. 
She  seemed  to  know  my  room,  for  she 
walked up the  single flight  of stairs before 
me and  entered the room  as I  opened  the 
door. 
I found  her  stretched  out  on  the 
floor when I had lighted  the gas,  and if s^e 
had lived in my room  all her  life she could 
not have appeared more  at  home.  For the 
same  inexplicable  reason  that  I  admitted 
the cat to my house I allowed her to remain 
in my room.

The next  evening  I  came  in  earlier;  it 
may  have been 10  o’clock.  The  black cat 
met me  at the  door and  darted by me  as I 
stepped over the threshold.  Then,  as I turn­
ed to see whither she had gone,  I felt a pull 
at the leg of my trousers,  and  saw that the 
cat had  fastened a claw  there and was cer­
tainly trying  to  draw  me  from  the house. 
I stooped down  and  softly stroked the ani­
mal’s back, at the same time disengaging her 
claw.  Then I turned and entered the house 
and the cat,  after a  moment of  apparent ir­
resolution,  followed  me, mewing strangely.
The next  night she  again met  me at the 
door,  and the  effort  to  draw  me  from the 
house  was  repeated.  The  desire  was  so 
apparent  that I  was  puzzled, and I own,  a 
little disturbed.  The  cat went  with me to 
my room, and sitting  there in the  firelight, 
with her bright eyes  staring at me,  I  form­
ed a purpose  to  yield to this  curious whim 
if it were again displayed.  I tried to reason 
with  myself,  but  reason  seemed  to  have 
given way to an impulse as uncontrolable as 
it was mysterious.

I passed an  uneasy night  and then a day, 
half hoping that when evening came my un­
bidden and unwelcome guest would be gone. 
I heard the  clocks in the  houses  along the 
street  where I  lived  strike  11 as I walked 
down toward  my door.  As I  stepped over 
the threshold I saw the  fiery eyes of the cat 
in  the  dark  hall.  A  cold  shriver  passed 
through my frame. 
I trembled with  an ex­
citement as  intense  as it  was sudden.  My 
heart began to beat so  loudly that  I  invol­
untarily held  my hands over  it as if to still 
it.  Then  summoning  my resolution  I fol­
lowed  the cat  down  the  steps  and  strode 
after her as she flitted down the street.

It  was  a  black  night.  Heavy,  swollen 
gray clouds  had been  hanging  low  in  the 
sky when darkness  came  on,  and now they 
drew a  impenetrable veil  between the earth 
and the stars.  The  old, winding  streets of 
the quarter  of  the  town  in  which  I lived 
were silent and  deserted.  Now and then a 
gust of wind  swept  down  and swung some 
shutter back on its hinges with a hoarse grat­
ing sound.  The moaning  of the  wind was 
full  of  strange  meanings  to  me.  My 
thoughts  wandered  off  through  the  black 
arches of that dismal  night, and as I  strode 
down the street  drawn  irresistibly after the 
noiseless  black  cat, there  came  up  before 
me a vivid picture of the tragedy which had 
come into my life  only a  year before,  when 
I had completed my college course.

I  saw my father’s  house—A  large  white 
building,  surrounded  by  spacious  piazzas 
and standing  in the  middle of a  wide, vel­
vet-like  lawn. 
I saw  my father  sitting in 
his comfortable library, from which two bay 
windows opened upon  the  piazza.  He had 
left my sister  and mother  and myself in an 
adjoining room  and  was  sitting  at  a table 
facing  one  of the  open  windows.  A stu­
dent’s  lamp  cast a  soft, mellow  light over 
the room.  Behind my father  stood his safe 
which  contained  a  large  suin  of  money, 
put there  to  pay his  workmen  on the  fol­
lowing  morking.  The  door  between  the 
library and  room  in  which  we  were  was 
open,  and  occasionally  he  spoke  to  us. 
Then came  a  long  silence,  aud  we  heard

ÉË

only  the  soft  patter  of  the  rain  on  the 
piazza.

“What can  father  be  doing,”  asked ray 
sister at length,  “that keeps  him so quiet?”
“Writing,  I  suppose,”  said  my  mother. 
“He  is  making  up  the  pay  rolls,  you 
know.”

“Then he’ll  never  get  through,”  replied 
my sister,  “for  he  has  fallen  asleep,  I’m 
sure.” 
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We  listened  again.  We  heard  only the 

steady,  monotonous patter of the rain.

“Well,” said my sister  rising,  “don’t you 

think I ought to wake him up,  mother?”

“Yes,” answered my mother.
My sister went into the next room.
“Father,” she said,  “ wake up; it is grow­

ing late.”

There was no answer.  The next moment 

a piercing shriek ran  through the house.

“My God!  He is dead!”
Horror-stricken we rushed  into the room. 
The safe  had  been  robbed  and  my  father 
shot through the  heart  while  he sat  not 30 
feet away from us and we  had  not heard a 
sound.  At  the  post-mortem  examination 
they  found  in  his  body a  curious  missile 
more than an inch  long and  siiaped  partly 
like  a bullet  and  partly like  a  dart.  The 
point was  sharp and  three  sharp faces  ran 
back  toward the  body of  the missile.  Ex­
perts said the missile had  been projected by 
some  force  other  than  powder,  else  my 
mother and sister  would have  heard the re­
port, and  they talked very  learnedly  about 
the  application of  compressed  air and even 
hinted at  electricity.  But what  manner of 
weapon the murderer used  none  could say.
I  had  mechanically  taken  the  dart  and 
put it  in  my pocket. 
I  always  carried  it 
there in the  vague  hope  that  some  day it 
might  help me  to  unravel  the  mystery of 
my father’s death, which had slain my moth­
er and had rested upon  my soul like a great 
pall. 
I had  that  dart  in  my  pocket  even 
then.

And there I  was  following  a  mysterious 
cat out of the suburbs of the city in a gloomy 
night and  down a  country road,  moved by 
some impulse  which  I  could  not  explain, 
and which, strangely enough, I did not want 
explained.  The cat turned into a lane lead­
ing to a piece of dense woods.  1 could hear 
the bell in the  cathedral  tower  striking the 
hour of mid-night.  I was cold—almost numb 
—although  the  night was hardly chilly. 
I 
wanted to go back, yet I went on.  My eyes 
vainly strove to  penetrate  the  black arches 
of the forest.  The whispering of  the night 
wind in the trees  was full of  hidden mean­
ings.  Cold perspiration  trickled  down my 
forehead.  My teeth  chattered.  My  knees 
knocked together.  Yet I  went on.

I picked it up. 

At the edge of  the  wood the cat  paused. 
I could not see her body, but her eyes glow­
ed in the darkness witli a wierd  light.  She 
began to mew  and  the  sound  echoed  dis­
mally  among  the  trees,  dying  away  in 
smothered  sobs  in  the  darkness. 
I could 
tell by the  agitation  of  the  dead  leaves at 
my feet  that  the cat  was  scratching  as if 
hunting  for  something.  Presently she  ut­
tered a long,  piercing  cry  that  seemed  to 
make the  very trees  tremble,  and  then she 
was silent and  motionless.  Trembling vio­
lently  I  struck  a  match  and  stooped over 
her.  She had  her foot on  something  half- 
It  looked  like a dead 
covered with leaves. 
branch. 
It was a gun—not 
like  any I  had  ever  seen  before,  but  still 
like  a gun. 
I  looked  at  it  blankly.  Me­
chanically I drew from  my pocket  the cur­
ious missile whicli I always carried and drop­
ped it  into the  barrel. 
It  fitted  perfectly. 
The  horror  that  rushed  over  me  when  I 
knew that  I held in  my hands  the weapon 
which had slain my father was  too great to 
be borne.  The  skies reeled above me.  I saw 
hundred pairs of  glowing eyes.  1 tottered, 
groaned and fell  senseless  upon  the  earth.
I  had  not  yet 
sol veil the  mystery.  My sister  was  about 
to be married,  and  I  was  preparing  to  go 
to the wedding.  She  had been  living with 
relatives in Cincinnati,  where  she was com­
pleting her musical studies.  There she had 
met a young man  whom I  had  never seen, 
but who,  all  my relatives  assured  me,  was 
worthy to become my sister’s husband.  He 
had been in Cincinnati  only two  years,  but 
had made himself  a favorite  in the best so­
ciety of the city.  He had plenty of  money, 
which lie  said  lie  had  made  in  the  west, 
where he had a  large  cattle  ranch. 
I saw 
no reason why I should object to my sister’s 
choice.

Two years passed away. 

I  had  invited  Mortimer  Melville  to  go 
with me.  Mortimer was  my most  intimate 
friend, although I had known him less than 
two years. 
I had the  good  fortune  to find 
his  pocketbook, which he  lost, and  took it 
to the business  address  written  on  a  card 
inside.  From 
trivial  incident  our 
friendship grew up.  We never visited each 
other’s rooms,  because  we used to  prefer to 
sit  together  in  the  smoking  room  of  the 
modest  club to which  we  belonged.  Hav 
ing invited  him to  go to the  wedding with 
me,  I  was  waiting  for  him  in  my room, 
where he was  to call for  me  on his way to 
the  station.

that 

“Come in,” I said,  hearing a knock  at the 

door.

“Good morning,  old fellow,” he  said,  en­
tering,  “it’s a little  early  yet,  but I confess

I  was  a  trifle  curious  to  have  a  peep  at 
your rooms before starting.  Pretty comfort­
able place you have here,  Bob.”

“Yes,  it  is.  Make  yourself  at  home, 
Mort,  while I try to coax the total depravity 
out of this necktie.”

Mortimer strolled  around the  room look­
ing at the pictures.  Sudenly  he  uttered an 
exclamation of surprise. 
I  turned and saw 
him  pointing at  the  black  cat,  which was 
lying asleep on the hearth rug.

“Where did you get that  cat?” he  asked. 
“She  followed  me  home  one  night,” I 

said.

“She’s mine,” he exclaimed.  “I lost  her 

two years ago,  before I knew you.”

Then he  walked to the other  side of  the 
room  and  called.  “Here,  Witch,  Witch.” 
The cat ran  to him  and  purred  around his 
feet.

“You see,” he  said,  “she  answer» to her 
name.  But how on earth did you get her?” 
I looked at my watch.  We  had an  hour 
to  spare. 
I  sat  down  and  told  him  the 
whole story.  As I went on  I  noticed  that 
a look of deep trouble  settled  upon his fea­
tures.  When I had concluded he said: 

“Have you the gun yet?”
“Yes,”  I  answered, 

taking  it  from  a 

closet.

my gun.”

“My God,  I knew  it!”  he  cried.  “It  is 

“Your gun!” I echoed,  aghast.
“Yes,  mine.”
I stood looking at him for a moment, try­
ing  to  collect  my thoughts.  Thoughts too 
terrible to entertain crowded upon me.

“You cannot be,” I said,  ”my  father’s—” 
“No, no,  not  that,”  he  interrupted.  “I 
It  was  my 
mean that I invented the gun. 
idea and the gun was made for me. 
It  was 
the first one ever made, and—and I sold i t ” 

“Sold it!” I cried.  “To whom?” 
“Listen,” said Mortimer,  “and 1 will  tell 
you all about it.  God knows I  have  noth­
I  discovered  a  new  and 
ing  to  conceal. 
powerful use of compressed  air. 
I  worked 
at my idea a long time and  finally  made  a 
gun which was a success. 
I was  poor  and 
needed money  to  push  the  invention,  and 
when one day a young  man  came  into  my 
shop and wanted to buy this particular  gun 
I sold it to him.  He said he wanted it as  a 
curiosity,  and paid  me  a  good  round  sum 
for it. 
I  know  this  is 'the  gun,  because 
there is no patent mark on  it.  The  young 
man was the son of a good family with  lots 
of money. 
I learned afterward that he had 
a bad reputation.  He lived a wild  and  dis­
solute life for a time, but I understand  that 
he reformed a couple of  years  ago,  and  is 
now once more received in good society.” 

“But  who  was  this  man?”  I  asked. 

“What  was his name?”

“George Sutherland,” said Mortimer.
I had never heard the name before,  but  I 
knew that was the man I had been  looking 
for,  and  I  could  see  another  step  toward 
solving the mystery  of  my  father’s  death. 
Without thinking  of  what  I  was  doing  I 
took the missile  from  the  chamber  of  the 
gun and put it into my pocket.

“Come,” I said,  “we  have  just  time  to 
see the chief of  police  and  tell  him  about 
this man.”

The  chief  knew  all  the  details  of  my 
father’s death,  and with  me  iiad  often  ex­
amined the gnu.  Mortimer gave all  the  in­
formation in  his  possession,  and  an  hour 
later we were on the  road.

When  we  arrived  at  Cincinnati  on  the 
morning of  the  wedding  we  went  to  the 
house of my relatives.  When we were told 
that the groom had arrived Mortimer  and  I 
went togeather to the room where the young 
man was with his friends. 
I went  in  first 
introduced  to  my  prospective 
and  was 
brother-in-law. 
I found  him  a  good-look­
ing mau of the world,  well  fed,  and  rather 
fascinating.

That was all I had time  to  notice  before 
Melville entered the  room. 
I  saw  a  sud­
den pallor come upon the face  of  the  man 
who  was  about  to  become  my  sister’s 
husband.  Mortimer  Melville  started  for­
ward and without waiting for  an  introduc­
tion exclaimed:

“George  Sutherland!”
That was not  the  name  given  to  me  in 
It was  the  name  of  the 
the introduction. 
man I believed to be  my  father’s  assassin. 
I staggered; my tongue clove  to the  roof  of 
my  mouth.

“It is he!” cried Mortimer.  “He  bought 

the gun!”

land. 

“What do you mean?” stammered Suther­

^

Then  my  senses  returned. 

I drew  the 
curious missile from my pocket and  held  it 
before his eyes.
“Miserable wretch!” I exclaimed.  “Look 
at this—this you sent to  iny father’s  heart. 
But now you shall suffer for your  cowardly 
crime.”
I  sprang  forward  to  sieze  him  by  the 
throat.  With a sudden bound he eluded my 
grasp and the next moment sprang  through 
the open window into the  street.
“Stop him!” I shouted;  “stop the villain!” 
Twenty  men  sped  after  him.  He  was 
caught.  He confessed that the murder  had 
been the crowning act of his  life,  and  with 
the money taken from the safe he had  gone 
west and engaged in the  cattle  trade.  Re­
turning  under  an  assumed  name, he  had 
seen  and  really  loved  my sister.  He suf­
fered the extreme penalty of the law for his 
crime.  My sister, after  a  long  illness, re­
covered and now lives always  by  my  side. 
We still keep the black cat.

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOS8IP.

Dr. R. A.  Sehouten  has  engaged  in  the 

drug business at 434 Ottawa street.

W. H. Morris, confectioner at 103 Monroe 
street, has  sold  out  to  Van  Buren & Gal­
kins. 

_________________

J.  P. Visner,  A gt,  has  engaged  in  the 
tobacco and cigar business at Allegan.  Fox 
& Bradford furnished the stock.

H. J. Cramer has  engaged  in the grocery 
business at the  corner  of  North and Madi­
son avenues.  Cody,  Ball  &  Co. furnished 
the stock.  ________________

M.  F. Miller has engaged in general trade 
at  Lisbon.  Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the 
groceries and  Voigt, Herpolsheimer  &  Co. 
the dry goods.

W. G. Hastings has engaged  in  the  gro­
cery business at Kent City.  The stock was 
furnished by J. H. Thompson & Co.,  Tlios. 
Ferguson placing the order.

The Peninsular Novelty Co. has supplant­
ed its old hand shoe  button  fastener with a 
new  machine,  which  is  practically  self­
feeding.  The new fastener sells for $3.

C. Rikkers has sold  his  grocery stock  at 
the comer of  Fifth  and  Stocking streets to 
Henry Kruse,  who will  throw  out  the feed 
department and  run a bar in the rear of the
store. 

________________

Van Giesen &  Co. have  leased  the  store 
building  at  83 Plainfield  avenue,  formerly 
occupied  by  M. McArdle,  and  will occupy 
the  same  with  a  line  of  drags  and  gro­
ceries. 

_______________ _

Mulder Bros.,  grocers  at  625  Broadway, 
are  looking  for  a  suitable  iocation  for  a 
branch store, the  ultimate  result  of  which 
will  probably  be  the  dissolution  of  the 
present  firm.

The  Grand  Rapids  Manufacturing Co.  is 
getting out a  line of  com  tools, comprising 
an  iron  frame,  five  tooth  cultivator,  hand 
cultivator,  iron  frame,  three  tooth  cultiva­
tor and improved double shovel cultivator.

Theo.  B. Goossen, grocer at the corner of 
Butterworth  avenue  and  West  Broadway, 
has purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  N.  W. 
Crook, on  the comer  of  Shawmut  avenue 
and Winter street,  and  consolidated  it with
his stock.  ________________

Local  Secretary  White  has  received 
twenty-four  applications  for  space  from 
houses proposing to make trade  exhibits  at 
the fourth annual convention of  the  Michi­
gan State Pharmaceutical Association, to be 
held  here  on  October  12,  13 and 14.  The 
trade displays promise to excel anything seen 
at any of the previous meetings of the Asso­
ciation. 

___________ _

The daily papers have had considerable to 
say  regarding the  final wind-up  and disap­
pearance of the produce firm of S. J.  Henry 
& Co., but none of them place the “plunder” 
of  the  firm  higher 
than  $1,400.  T he 
Tradesm an has  considerable  inside infor­
mation which  leads  to  the  belief  that the 
concern is ahead at least  $4,000 by its oper­
ations in this city.

The Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture Co. 
has  lately  received  full  orders  for  school 
desks  and  seats  from  Alma,  Boyne  City, 
Davison,  Sparta  and  Pokagon,  Mich.; Leb­
anon  and  Girard,  Pa.;  Kendallville,  Ind.; 
and Boothboy,  Me.  The  company has now 
under  consideration  a  proposition  from  a 
leading Chicago  firm,  which  is  anxious  to 
contract for $100,000 worth of desks for the 
coming year.

When John Caulfield foreclosed  his mort­
gage  on  the  M. McArdle  grocery  stock on 
Plainfield  avenue,  his  claim  amounted  to 
$375.  He  worked  the claim down to $169, 
when  Amos  S.  Musselman  &  Co.  bought 
the  mortgage  and  took  possession  of  the 
stock,  hoping  to  secure  a  portion  of  their 
claim  of  about  $160.  Mr.  McArdle  an­
nounces his intention  of  re-engaging  in the 
grocery business somewhere in the Southern 
portion of the city.

AROUND  T H E   STA TE.

B. W.  Long,  druggist  at  Portland,  has 

sold out.

been attached.

has sold out.

Wm.  Blashill,  jeweler  at  Almont,  has 

C.  Chrysler,  general dealer  at Chesaning, 

G.  S. Germond has engaged in the grocery 

business at Mecosta.

E.  Gerow has purchased the grocery stock 

of Henry D. Kipp at Kalamazoo.

Bean & Brown succeed John  Bean  in the 

grocery business at Fort Gratiot.

Theo.  Moore  succeeds  H.  Suttle  in  the 

grocery business at Walled Lake.

O.  V.  Adams  succeeds  E.  C.  Brower in 

the grocery business at Fife Lake.

Fred.  Hotchkiss  has  sold  his drag  stock 

at Hastings to Dr.  E. H.  Lathrop.

Smith  &  Mills,  general  dealers  at  Gay­

lord,  have dissolved, each continuing.

F. E.  Riley has sold  his  general  stock at 

Pine Creek to A.  C. Van Middlesworth.

E.  C. Tunison &  Son, dry  goods  dealers 
at Morenci, have assigned  to F. E.  Cowley.
Geo. Steimel  succeeds  Geo.  Steimel,  Jr., 
& Co.  in the drug business at  Sutton’s Bay.
L.  Newman succeeds  Newman  &  Miller 
in the wholesale  woolen  business  at Niles.
S.  Gumbinsky & Co.  have  removed  their 
dry goods stock  from  Howard City to Alle­
gan.

W.  Rosenfield  succeeds  H. Rosenfield  & 
Bro.  in the boot and shoe  business  at Man­
istee.

Walton  Bros,  succeed  S.  A.  Walton & 
Sons  in  the  dry  goods  business  at  Three 
Rivers.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

lercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY.  AUGUST  11,  1886.

Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association. 
President—L. M.  Mills.
Vice-President—S. A. Sears.
Secretary and Treasurer—Geo.  H. Seymour. 
Board o f Directors—H. S.  Robertson,  Geo.  F. 
Owen, J. N. Bradford.  A.  B.  Cole  and Wm. 
Logie.

Grand  Rapids  Dairy  Board  of  Trade
President—Aaron Clark.
Vice-President—F. K. Pickett.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe.
Market  days—Every  Monday  afternoon  at  1 

p. m.

Business Men’s Protective  Association 

of Kingsley.

President,  Jas.  Broderick;  Vice-President, 
A. G. Edwards;  Secretary,  Geo.  W.  Chaufty; 
Treasurer, H. P.  Whipple.
Merchants’  Protective  Association  of 

Big Rapids.

President—N.  H.  Beebe;  First  Vice-Presi­
dent, W. E. Overton;  Second  Vice-President, 
C. B. Lovejoy;  Secretary. A. S. Hobart; Treas­
urer, J. F. Clark.
Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of 

Cheboygan.

President,  A. W. Westgate;  Vice-President, 

H. Chambers;  Secretary, A. J. Paddock.
Traverse City Business  Men’s Associa­

tion.

President.  Frank  Hamilton;  Secretary,  C. T. 

Lockwood;  Treasurer, J. T. Beadle.

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

sociation.

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

H. MÆewis ;  Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr.

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. Ivmg;  Treasurer, 
Chas. D. Pease.

Sturgis Business Men’s Association. 
Temporary  officers:  Chairman,  Henry  S. 
Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jorn.

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

Cooley.

0 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.

TH E  STATE  CONVENTION.

Acting  on  the  suggestion  made  by Tiie 
T radesman last  week, the  Retail Grocers’ 
Association has extended a formal invitation 
to the various businessmen’s associations in 
Michigan to meet in Grand Ilapids on Tues­
day,  September  21,  for  the  purpose  of  or- 
granizing a State Protective  Union.  Those 
associations which  propose to be  represent­
ed on that  occasion are  requested to  notify 
T he T radesm an to that eifect without de­
lay,  in order that some idea maybe obtained 
of the number  which  will  be present at the 
meeting.  Reduced rates can be obtained on 
all the railroads in the State and efforts will 
be made to obtain special rates  at the hotels 
here.  The  local association  will provide a 
suitable place to  hold the  meetings and the 
indications  are  that  the  jobbers  will  join 
with the retail trade in extending other court­
esies to the visiting trade.

One of  the last  acts of  Mr.  Tilden’s life 
was  to  send  to  Senator  Hawley  a  strong 
letter  iu  behalf  of  fortifications  for  our 
coast,  and  the Senate, by a  great  effort, in­
creased the  appropriation  from three-quar­
ters  of  a  million  to  nine  times  as  much. 
The  bill* as it  came from  the House  was a 
paltry  proposal  to  spend  a  small  sum  in 
making preparations  and  patchwork.  Mr. 
Tilden’s letter to Senator Hawley reiterated 
the  need  of  vigor  and  openhandedness in 
this matter,  just  as  his  letter  did  to  Mr. 
Carlisle  at  the  beginning  of  the  session. 
Mr. Carlisle  paid  no  attention  to  the for­
mer letter;  Mr.  Hawley  and  his  friends in 
the  Senate  gave  prompt  attention  to  the 
second. 
It was to be hoped that thip action 
of Mr.  Tilden’s would lift  the question  out 
of the  arena  of  party  conflict,  and  would 
co-operate  with the  rise of  clouds  on both 
our frontiers to  induce the  House to act fa­
vorably  on  the  amended  bill—an  expecta­
tion,  however,  which was not realized.

The recent fire  at Mancelona,  involving a 
loss of $60,000 worth of property,  on which 
there was an insurance of only $20,000,  is a 
severe blow to one of  the  most enterprising 
towns  in  Northern  Michigan.  Mancelona 
business  men  have  now  an  opportunity to 
bring4nto requisition all  the pluck and per­
severance with  which they have  been cred­
ited. 
If half the  wooden  structures are re­
placed with brick,  and the conflagration im­
pels the  village board  to  provide  adequate 
fire  protection  in  the  future,  the  scourge 
will not be without beneficial  results.

President Wurzburg, of the Grand Rapids 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  has  received a let­
ter  from  Prof.  Prescott,  asking  that  any 
recommendations he  can  make,  or  can ob­
tain from  members of  the  Society,  relative 
to  the  forthcoming  National  Formulary 
should be handed in before August 15.

The area of corn this year is about 2,500,- 
000 acres  larger  than  last  year,  making it 
75,600,000 acres.  A damage of 25 per cent, 
throughout the  entire country  would make 
the crop about 1,500,000,000 bushels.

J*

W. H. Broas,  grocer  and  agricultural im­
plement dealer  at  Springport, has  been  at­
tached.

Bidleman  &  Hoens,  harness  dealers  at 
Adrian, have been closed under chattel mort­
gage.

L.  D. Goss & Co.  succeed  Goss  &  Purdy 
in general trade  and  the  grain  business  at 
Morrice.

E.  C. Brower, who  recently sold  his gro­
cery stock  at Fife  Lake  to  O.  V.  Adams, 
will take up his residence  in Nebraska.

G. L.  Smith has sold his grocery  stock  at 
Howard City to S.  L.  Ware,  of  Sand Lake, 
who has moved the stock to that  place  and 
consolidated it with his stock.

A Remus correspondent writes as follows: 
Dr. I.  M. Pattison  has  moved  everything 
from here to Millbrook with  a  feeling  that 
this town has not welcomed  him  properly.
Bert. Smith,  late of North Castleton,  has 
purchased the interest of John  B.  Marshall 
in  the  firm  of  Marshall,  Gallatin  & Co., 
grain buyers at Nashville.  The  firm  name 
will hereafter be Gallatin,  Wolcott & Co.

STRA Y   FA C T S.

C. J.. Durheim, tobacco  and  cigar  dealer 

at Muskegon, has sold out.

W.  H. Hunt  succeeds  L.  Hubbard iu the 

harness business at Quincy.

T. H. Peacock, the Reed City planing mill 

operator, was in town last  week.

The  Elk  Rapids  Iron  Co.  has now two 
steam barges and four tugs in active sendee.
A. E.  Cartier  lately put  electric  lights in 
his  mill  at  Ludington  and  began  a  night 
turn.

C.  M.  Gilbert  succeeds  C.  M.  Gilbert & 
Co.  as  agents  for  paper  manufacturers  at 
Detroit.

Webster & Clary’s mill at Point au Frien, 
lately started  up  with  a  prospect  of  good 
business.

Alba  Advocate:  Vauwert  &  Co.  will 
commence shipping 800,000 feet of hardwood 
lumber to Grand Rapids next week.

The  Smith  Lumber  Co.,  at  Kalkaska, 
lately shipped  a  carload  of two-inch maple 
plank to England,  by way of Baltimore.

Hannah & Ives,  incorporated, succeed the 
Detroit Art Co.,  at Detroit.  The authorized 
capital is $20,000 of  which  $8,000 has been 
paid in.

Morris Black, of Cadillac, sawyer in Cum­
mer & Son’s  mill,  has  applied for  a  patent 
on a device that he claims to be an improve­
ment on the offset for band saws.

James  Wilson,  of  Alpena,  who  recently 
purchased 1,600 acres of pine  land on Ham­
mond’s bay,  Presque  Isle  county,  will  put 
in a camp there and log off the tract.

E. W.  Allen’s residence, at Marquette, has 
been  covered  with  redwood  shingles from 
California, the  first  ever  used in  that  city 
and probably in any town on Lake Superior.
The Cleveland  Woodenware  Works have 
started a grease  box factory at Midland and 
are  shipping a large  daily output.  The Or­
ders of the factory  are  ahead  of  its  ability 
to fill them.

Alba  Advocate:  Grand  Rapids  parties 
will be  in  town  this  week  to  organize  a 
stock company for establishing  a  saw  mill 
on a first-class basis.  All wishing  stock  in 
the enterprise will have an opportunity  and 
should do all in their power to push it.

The Gripsack Brigade.

H.  C.  Kendrick  and  wife  spent  several 

days at the Macatawa resorts last week.

Frank Michmershuizen,  with P.  Steketee 
Sons,  is spending a week  at  Grand  Haven 
and Macatawa. 
,
S. V.  DeGraff,  formerly  with  Amos  S. 
Musselman & Co., is  now  working the city 
trade for Jennings & Smith.

Ralph  Blocksma  is  happy  over  the  ad­
vent of a ten pound  girl,  born  on  the first 
aniversary of his son’s birth.

Aaron  Hufford, State  agent  for  Obeme, 
Hosick  &  Co.,  is  off  on  an  extended  trip 
through the Upper Peninsula.

Messrs Hampson, Gage and Burt will work 
their old  territory  for  the  Anti-Kalsomine 
Co. and expect to meet with their usual suc­
cess.

Albert C. Antrim  goes  to  San Francisco 
in the interest of the Alabastine Co., instead 
of the Gulf  and  South  Atlantic  States,  as 
formerly.

John Sours  has finally bid farewell to the | 
white  tile  which  has  protected  his  brow 
from the  storm and  sunshine  of  at least a 
dozen seasons.

Frank DeLaney,  who now represents  the 
Drummond  Tobacco  Co.  in  Illinois,  with 
headquarters at Peoria, was in town a couple 
of days last week.

The Grand Rapids  School  Furniture  Co. 
is now represented  on  the  road  by the fol­
lowing  well-known  travelers:  H. M.  Wis- 
wall,  New  England  States;  John  N. All- 
wein,  Middle  States;  W.  E.  McCormick, 
Southern and  Western States; A. J. Apker, 
Northern States.

Dave  Smith writes as follows from Trav­
erse  City:  Malcolm  Winnie,  the  Traverse 
City grocer, has  secured a life-sized portrait 
of Dave  Haugh as  he appears  behind  four 
jacks  in  the  national  game.  Mr.  Winnie 
has had  a  flattering  offer  for  the  portrait 
from Mike  McDonald.

Red  Headed  Dave  Smith  writes  The 
Tradesm an  as  follows  from  Petoskey: 
Dave Haugh, *the  celebrated  five-cent poker | 
player of  Northern Michigan,  is sojourning 
at  Petoskey  for  a  few  days.  Haugh  is 
about  to  launch  out  in  a  new  enterprise, 
having  purchased  a  large  stock  of  house 
plants  from  J.  L.  Alger,  giving  him  gro­
the  same.  The 
ceries  in  exchange  for 
plants  were  shipped 
to  Grand  Rapids, 
where Haugh expects to  reap a rich harvest 
by disposing  them  to  the coon  population 
of that city.  Hattgh  in his  early days was I 
a slave holder. \
1
I n i

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Purely Personal.

D.  C. Steketee has returned from his  trip 

through the Northwest.

Henry  Spring  and  family  are  spending 

the week at Ottawa Beach.

B.  Dosker,  with  P. Steketee,  is  “setting 
’em up” over the advent of a pair of twins— 
boy and girl.

John Caulfield  expects  to  move  into his 
handsome new  residence on  Sheldon street 
in about six weeks.

Frank  Jewell  and  wife  have  returned 
from Ottawa  Beach,  where  they have  been 
spending a fortnight.

C.  W.  Jennings,  Walter  Smith,  R.  W. 
Merrill  and  W.  H. Jennings  made  a  pil­
grimage  to  Eastmanville  last  week  and 
were rewarded by fine catches of fish.

Will. Jones leaves next week for Forrest, 
Ont.,  where  his  family  have  been visiting 
relatives for  several  weeks.  Will, expects 
to remain on  Canada soil  about a fortnight.
A. J.  Daniels,  superintendent of the New­
aygo  Furniture  Co.,  has  been  under  the 
weather for a couple of weeks, during which 
time he has  remained  at  his  home  in  this 
city.

Geo.  Amott,  Treasurer  of  the  Priestly 
Express Wagon and Sleigh Co., left Monday 
on his initial trip for  his  corporation.  He 
will visit Chicago, S t  Paul and  Duluth  be­
fore returning.

W. E. Keyes,  manager  for  J. M.  Weath- 
erwax, of  Stanton, is  visiting his daughter, 
Miss M. E. Keyes, who is  spending  her va­
cation from Yassar  with  the  family of Al­
bert C. Antrim.

Fred. Cutler,  Jr.,  Secretary  of  the Ionia 
Business  Men’s  Association,  was  in  town 
Monday on his way to Kalamazoo, to attend 
the  annual  review  of  the  Great  Camp, 
Knights of Maccabees.

Gaius W.  Perkins has returned from Bos­
ton,  where he  has  been  spending  a month 
among the hide and wool dealers.  His wife 
still  remains  in  New Jersey,  where she is 
undergoing medical  treatment.

Wm.  T.  Hess  left  Monday  for  Boston, 
where lie will spend a month in the  interest 
of Perkins & Hess,  the Phillips Roller Bark 
Mill Co. and the  Grand  Rapids School Fur­
niture Co.  He is accompanied  by his wife.
Dwight Cutler  and  Will  Savidge,  of the 
Cutler & Savidge Lumber Co., Spring Lake, 
were in the city last  week  on  their  way to 
the  Spanish  River  country,  on  Georgian 
Bay,  where the  corporation  has  lately pur­
chased 150,000,000 feet of white pine.

Cornelius A. Johnson,  ex-Secretary of the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association,  lias  gone  to 
New York and Brooklyn for a month’s visit 
with friends.  He will return to Ann Arbor 
in September in  time  to  enter  the  medical 
department of the Michigan University.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, which 
was held  at  T he  T radesm an  office  last 
Thursday evening,  was well attended.

C. E.  Westlake was  elected  a  member of 

the Society.

At the suggestion of  the  President,  Will 
L.  White  presented  the  following  subject 
for discussion  at  the  next  meeting:  “Re­
cent  additions  to  Pharmacy:  Description 
and  Uses.”

Secretary Escott stated that he had found 
the  new  acid  test  for  distinguishing  mor­
phine from quinine  to  work  very  satisfac­
torily.  While  nitric  acid  does  not  color 
quinine,  it turns morphine  to a  bright scar­
let.

Will L.  White moved  that  the  chair  ap­
point  a  committee  of  three  to  meet  with 
the executive committee  of  the  State Phar­
maceutical Association  for  the  purpose  of 
arranging a  programme for  the  coming an­
nual convention.  The  motion  was adopted 
and the  chair appointed  as such  committee 
Messrs.  White, Tibbs and Escott.

The President was  also  instructed  to ap­
point  committees  on  finance  and  arrange­
ments  and  announce  the  same  within  a 
week.

President  Wurzburg  enquired  whether 
any one  present was  aware that  the clerks 
were inaugurating a movement  looking  to­
ward the  closing  of  the  drag stores a por­
tion of  the Sabbath.

W. H.  Tibbs  said  he  had  heard  of  the 
the  Association 

movement  and 
ought to stimulate them in their efforts.

thought 

The  President  said  he  anticipated  the 
greatest  opposition  to  the  movement from 
the suburban druggists,  who  regard Sunday 
as their best  day for trade.  So  far as he is 
concerned, he is  tired of  working 365  days 
a year and 366 on leap year.

Mr.  Tibbs  thought  there  would  be  no 
difficulty in  securing an  agreement to close 
the stores during  morning  and evening ser­
vice.

Dr.  H.  E. Locher  suggested  a  committee 
be appointed  to circulate  a  petition to that 
effect and solicit  signatures,  but  it was fin­
ally decided  to  postpone  the  matter  until 
after the State meeting, and  the Society ad­
journed until the evening of September 2.

More Unsolicited Testimony.

Grand Ra pid s, August 7,  1886.

E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids: 

Gentlem en—We find that our advertise­
ment in your  paper  has  more  than  repaid 
us,  as we  have through  its  aid  received a 
great  many orders for  teas, and all such or­
ders  have  given  the »best  of  satisfaction. 
The  advertisement  has  fully  doubled  our 
trade on “Our Leader” cigars, “Our Leader” 
fine cut and “Our Leader” smoking; and we 
take pleasure in recommending The T rads- 
m&n to any one who may wish to make use 
of a first-class advertising medium.

Respectfully,

Clark,  J ew ell & Co.

Mills & Goodman, Props.

■OR  SALE—Small stock of $500 well located 

in Grand Rapids.  Will either sell or rent 

building.  Good location for physician.

TY7 ANTED—Registered  drug  clerks,  either 
pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, 
honest,  industrious  and  willing  to  work  on 
moderate salary.
T)S7 ANTED—Partner with from $1,000 to $3,000 
vv 
to  take  part  interest  in  fine  stock  in 
growing town of about 1,800 inhabitants.  Must 
be live business man and capable of taking en­
tire charge of store.

I7H)R  SALE—Stock of drugs and groceries of 

'  about $4,000 ih town of about  2,000 inhab­
itants.  Will soil on  easy  torms  or  exchange 
for good improved real estate.
TT'OR  SALE—Neat  stock  of  about  $500  in 
small town.  Doing good paying business. 
X1 
Reason for selling, other business.

’ 

located in Grand Rapids.  Doing business 
of $15,000 per year.  Can bo  bought  at  liberal 
discount if taken before Oct. 1.

IT'OR  SALE—Fine stock of about  $5,000, well 
IpOR  SALE—Stock of $1.800in  town  of  1,000 

' 
gion.  Average daily sales  not  less  than  $20. 

inhabitants, in midst of  tine  farming  re­
Will sell at liberal discount  or  will  exchange 
for good property.

IT'OR  SALE—Fine  stock  of  about  $4,000  in 
1 
town of about 4,000 inhabitants.  Will sell 
either at inventory or estimate.
A ASO—Many  other  stocks,  the  particulars 
of which we will furnish  on  application.
t'l'O  DRUGGISTS—Wishing to  secure  clerks 
X  we will furnish the address and  full  par­
ticulars of those on our list  free.

aCRAMRf*
ffiOLERAftORBtfi
VR DIARRHEA-5

EVERYBODY IS*3U EJECT-TO- 
<0MPLA1N15«-K1ND‘

H A W tyÄ  • BOTTLE -OP

W n H JH -C ^ R É A C -K
IT ISVA-5AF£-^¡SPEEDf

MISCELLANEOUS.

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 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.
TpOR  SALE—Small  stock  of  general  mer- 
X* 
ebandise in growing town, with  prospect 
of railroad in the near future.  Also  fine  resi­
dence, if desired.  Address  O.  w. Bailey,  «al­
amo, Mich. 

150*

IpOR  SALE—Small clean stock  of  hardware 

with  tin  shop.  No competition.  Cause 
write  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

for  selling,  failing  health.  For  particulars, 

Wine, care T h e  T r a d e s m a n . 

Stock and license will inventory $«50.  Address 

good business street.  Rent, $30 per month. 

IIM)R SALE—Saloon doing good  business  on 
SALESMEN  WANTED-One  for  Colorado, 

Wyoming, Utah, etc., dress goods and hos­
hosiery.  Commission.  References  required. 
Address “Daniels,” care T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  149

iery.  One  for  Tennessee,  dress  goods  and 

J 4 9 tf

152

tlrst-class  trade  in  Grand  Rapids.  Lease  of 

■OR  SALE—A small and well-selected stock 

of  groceries.  First-class  location  and  a 
store for five years.  Rooms for family adjoin­
ing  store.  Reason  for  selling,  poor  health. 
For  further  information,  address  ZZZ,  care 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapids, Mich.  147tf

of the finest fruit and farming counties in  the 

BOR  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 T h e   T r a d e s m a n .
143tf
IF YOU  WANT—To get into business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
sale or want to buy anything, advertise in  the 
Miscellaneous Column of T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  A 
twenty-five word  advertisement  costs  but 25 
cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks.

to  get  a  situation,  if  you have anything for 

ORDER  OF  PUBLICATION.

STATE OF MICHIGAN,

t h e   s u p e r i o r  c o u r t   o f  g r a n d   r a p i d s :

IN   CHANCERY,

VICTORY CODY, Complainant, 1
ANDREW  CODY, Defendant, 
(
Suit pending in the Superior Court of Grand 
Rapids, at the  City  of  Grand  Rapids,  in  said 
County, on the seventh  day  of  August, A.  D. 
1886.
In this cause, it appearing from  affidavit  on 
file, that the defendant, Andrew  Cody, is  resi­
dent of this State, and that process for his  ap­
pearance has been  duly  issued,  and  that the 
same could not be served for the  reason  that 
he is concealed within this  State.  On  motion 
of Frank A, Rodgers, Complainant’s  Solicitor, 
it is ordered that  the  appearance  of  said  de­
fendant,  Andrew  Cody,  be  entered  herein 
within three months from the date of  this  or­
der, and in case of his appearance in this cause, 
his answer to the Bill of Complaint to be  filed, 
and a copy thereof to be  served  on  the  Com­
plainant s Solicitor, within twenty  days  after 
service on him of a copy of said Bill and  a  no­
tice of this order; and in default  thereof,  said 
-Bill will be taken as confessed by said Andrew 
Cody, Defendant:  And it is  further  ordered, 
that  within  twenty  days  the  Complaintant 
cause a notice of this order to be published  in 
the Michigan Tradesman, a newspaper printed, 
published and circulated  in  said  County,  and 
that  said  publication  be  continued  therein 
once iu each week for six weeks in succession, 
or that he cause a copy of this order to be per­
sonally  served  on  said  Defendant  at  least 
twenty days before the time prescribed for his 
appearance.
Judge of the Superior  Court of Grand Rapids,
Examined, countersigned and entered by me, 
Register.

FRANK  A.  RODGERS, 

CI1AS.  P.  RATH BUN,

ISAAC  H.  PARRISH.

Complainant’s Solicitor.

A true copy. Attest,

CHAS.  P.  RATHBUN, 
Register.

MISCELLANEOUS.

j  Hemlock Bark—Local  buyers  are  paying  $5 
j  for all offerings of new bark.  The  demand  is 
I not very active.

Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50 

Ib  for

I clean washed roots.

Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized to offer standard goods at  15  and 5 
per cent, off, and second quality at  35, 5 and 10 
;  per cent off.

OBERNE,  HOSICK  &  CO.,

M aM acters Of FINE  LAUNDRY aM TOILET  SOAPS,

120 M idiigan St., OJaicago, 111.

We make the following brands:

HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, W hite Satin, 

Country  Talk, Mermaid, it w ill float, Silver Brick, Daisy, 

W hite Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Our  HARD  WATER  Soap can be  used  in  either  hard  or  soft  water,  and  will go 
one quarter farther thau any  other  Soap  made« 
(Trade  mark,  girl  at  pump.)  We  are 
getting orders for it now from all parts  of  the  country.  Send  for  a  sample  order.  We 
pay all railroad and boat freights.  Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing houses.

A. HUFFORD, General Agent, Box  14,  GRAND  RARIDS,  MICH.

W r i t e   m e   f o r   P r i c e s .

Contains the Germ and Gluten of 
Selected W inter W heat.
W ill cook in  FIVE  minutes  as 
thoroughly  as  Oat  Meal  will  in 
Two Hours.
IT  IS  NOURISHING.

IT  IS  HEALTHFUL.

FOR  SALE  BY

IT  IS  ECONOMICAL
JOHN CAULFIELD 
CODY, BALL & CO.

hiu

H l

"   OF  SELECTED
WINTER  WHEflT,
ROLLER PROCESS.

HAVE  YOU  BOUGHT  YOUR

RUBBERS?
G.  R.  M A Y H E W ,

If not, Correspond with

Grand  Pta/picLs,  lÆioli.

pAnfl  50 cans in a case.priçe 35c per lb. or  $17.50  per  case,] W ith  every  case  we  give

. j .  

Si flD eO tC tneS  ger of the  centuries; and  one-seventh of all

| if we receive  the word of  the strongest sin-

v  ♦  ♦ 

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STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

^ur^y^ara-^itmar EberbachfAnnArbor. 
FHve Yeare-^Geo- McDonald. Kalamazoo.
President—Ottniar Eberbach.
Secretary—J acob Jesson.
^ ^ ^ tT n Jg-A tCLansing. Novembers. _
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

Grand Rapids

' ~ i our time is  the  smallest  safe  allowance for
rest, if we are  to believe the written exper­
ience  and  unwritten  ^aw  of  the  ages  an 
experience indorsed and emphasized by and 
ineradically impressed  upon  the  judgment 
of the race; and a law so  manifestly a great 
natural requirement  in the exhibition of  its 
instinctive demands and  original  workings 
as to suggest  no  possibility of  appeal from 
its  decision. 
If, therefore,  one-seventli  of 
our  time  be  for  rest,  not  necessarily  for
sleeping,  but  rest  from  monotony,  the  ex- 
« ¡ ¡ S ^ S S S k "  1 actions,  the competition, the wearying, wro-
rymg, bitter cares  and  onerous responsibil­
ities of life—why not  take  this rest and en­
joy  it?  And  in  the  enjoyment  thereof, 
grow  younger  in  heart,  sounder  in  judg­
ment, healthier in  body, and  more compre­
hensive in  idea, rounded  in  character  and 
efficient in service.

■ gSSm ?aSw !5i r. W. B.  Perry and
s tf js s s - S if c “  Gr“"d Bap,d>'
John E. Peck. 
.   white. Grand Rapids

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Grand R ap id s P harm aceu tical Society.

Tuesday, October 13.1»88- 

ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9,1884.

President^FrankJ. Wurebui|.
Vice-Preside^nb--Wm.L. White
Secretary-FrankH. Escott.^
l S “ “ o ic ?n » ry.fi.fc.ident. ViccPreeident 
President,  Wm.*  H.
* $ £  ^ ^ S ^ a S E   wV-E. white,
CommiSJoA a r m ^ - M -  B.  Kimm,  H. E.

and Secretary. 

We have been  told  by  men,  accustomed 
to the management  of  large  bodies  of em­
ployees that  the hands  in  all  departments 
who worked regular hours  and quit system­
atically were the  ones  most to be relied -on, 
and that the ones  who, from  choice or  ne­
cessity,  worked over hours,  were the people 
who, as a rule,  prematurely  broke  down in 
health and spirit.

month.

ciation.

Organized, October, 1883.

D etroit P harm aceutical Society. 

“The Tradesman’  office._________________

Jackson C ounty P harm aceutical  A sso ­

McRae
weda^day in each

President—A. F* 
k Tntrlis.
F irst V ice-P resident-F rank ingns
Second Vice President—J. C. Mueiier^ 
Secretary and treasurer  A^W^ 
A ssistant Secretary and T reasurer

President-R. F. Latimer 
Vice-President—C.p. Loiweu.
Secretary—F. A.  King- 
Treasurer—Chas. E. Humpnrey.
Board of Censors-Z.  W.  Waiaron.o.

D -  L“ccy'
t e ^ r WM™tinn(^ F i™ t  Thursday evening in
Ann^^M eetings—First  Thursday evening in
N e W S g - T h u m d a y   evening,  Bep. «.  a. 

An accomplished  scientist, and  expert in 
two or three specialties; on  one occasion in­
formed us,  with a degree of enthusiastic as­
surance  that  spoke  at  once  his  profound 
convictions, that  even  machinery  was  far 
better for  periodic  rest—lasting longer and 
running  more  smoothly—conditions  which 
he ascribed to molecular rest.  Who has not 
observed facts like these: A gaining or losing 
watch begins to run regularly after a season 
of disuse,  a  razor,  rasping the  chin and ex­
asperating to one’s temper,  cuts  keenly and 
and  comfortably  after  a period  wherein it 
had not been employed. 
If dull,  inanimate 
matter can so deport itself as almost to com­
pel the belief that it requires rest, how much 
louder the appeal from the highest of all or­
ganized beings for  that  rest  which  nature 
would fain have  him  enjoy!  So, from  the 
standpoint of nature, we see our title to one- 
seventh of our time for rest, and what more 
appropriate selection to make than Sunday?
But the very fact that we need rest carries 
with it the  correlative  fact  that  activity is 
also essential.  Organized  labor or  activity 
President—Jay Smith. 
varnall.
is called  business;  and  business,  in  one or 
First Vice-President—W. H.  iarnaii.
Second Vice-President-R. Bruske. 
the other  of  its  multitudinous  forms,  en­
Secretary—D. E. Pr®11*
gages far  thfe larger  portion of  respectable 
Treasurer—H. belchers. 
Moot
&
Committee on  Trade  Matters ^
j 
mankind..  There are  three ways,  and  only 
H  G.  Hamilton,  H.  Melcners,  «
three,  to obtain a  living: to  earn  it;  to  beg 
“ ¿ e g ito BMrS g -S P C o n d   WednenUy after-
it or to steal it; and  in these  days of merci­
noon of each month._____.—  -----——--------.
A ssociation.
less unscrupulous, disreputable and revenge­
M uskegon  D rug  Clerks’
ful  competition,  any  one  of  them  is  suf­
President-Fred. Heath.
ficiently difficult; unless  a fellow  be  asre-
,rurrrrr.J  ______ _______   _____
Vice-President—I- C. terry-  ^  filover. 
Re'^^ar"Meetings—Second and fourth Wednes  | gjgned to his  laziness  as  was  the  western
tramp who  refused  to  receive  com from a 
charitable  neighbor  because  it  was  not 
ground into meal.

.irBday in November. 
Regular^MeetUigs—F iS   Thursday  of  each

evcing. July »■_
C ounty  P harm aceutical  So­

Sagin aw   C ounty  P harm aceutical  So- 

______ _______—— --------- 1- “

and C. H. Haskins. 

Oceana

month. 

ciety.

  a  

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ciety.

’ 

Sunday for the Apothecary.

Correspondence Druggists’ Circular.

P re sid e n t-F . W
Wi ckie. 
.
V ice-President—F . W. V an  w ienie.
Secretary—F rank Caay.
Treasurer—B. A. Wright. 
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answer  the  question  from  the  stand-1 ii8hed centers of traffic. 

Since,  therefore,  we  must  work,  it  be­
comes us to labor with the greatest possible 
attainable comfort.  Keeping always in view 
the  propriety  of  a  reasonable  accommoda­
tion to our  customers  and a  willingness to 
serve  them  to  the  best of  our  ability, we
Shall the  apothecary have  his Sunday or  should not i08e sight  of  an  important  con- 
shall he not?  It is not  designed to  discuss | sideration—that we owe  something  to our- 
this very pertinent  query  from  the  stand- 
noint of religion.  Leaving  it, where  it is a
matter of  conscience, to  the intelligent and  8Ujre on  Sunday,  and  business  reduced  to 
In other words,  some 
satisfactory interpretation  of  each  individ-  8h0rtest daily hours. 
In 
the  rules of  retail
ual  and for  such to  accommodate his plans j si10w of confirmation  to 
and methods  to  his  sincere  convictions let  business, as such obtained in old  and estab- 
It is a  fallacy and 
noints of nature, of business and of personal I gloomy delusion to  suppose  that a druggist 
rights  Nature works by antithesis.  There  mU8t keep  his store  open  all day  and half 
the  night to accommodate  an exacting pub­
is  agitation,  then  calm;  work,  then  rest; 
........... .
lic.  Because business  has been run on this 
day,  then night; and these resultants follow, 
basis in the past,  should it  be so transacted 
not the devious  detours of  caprice, but  the 
in the future?  Assuredly  not, for  reasons 
right line  of  everlasting  fiat,  which  alone 
which  will  be  subsequently  referred  to, 
provides  for  infallible  sequence.  Nature 
The public  is  unappreciative  and  wrongly
has abundantly provided  for  rest,  and it re-
ouires nospeciai  demonstration to establish I trained.  Unappreciative, because  they  de- 
the fact that rest is  natural. 
It certainly is I mand as  a  right,  what has  been  too  freely 
essential  W o r k  represents wear; wear con-  bestowed  as  a  gratuity;  our  time,  our 
sumes nerve force  and tissue.  Nerve  force  thought, our  stores,  our  clerks,  our  days, 
is the  outflow,  so  to  speak, of  that  subtle  our night8 have all been given  to this sweet 
principle which tends to the conservation of  and generous  public.  They come  to  us on 
physical  energy.  This  nerve  force, which  p0int8 0f theology, of law and  of  medicine; 
is tlie body’s capital in the enterprise of life,  they buy  a  postal  card  from  us, receive it 
keeps it  balance on  the  right sidfc  only by j with a grunt  in  recognition, and  spoil  our
and abundant  rest  secured to the in- j peng and  ink  (almost), in  writing it; an ig­
proper 
norant nurse  feeds a baby  on the  contents 
dividual.
French | of a pincushion,  and they rush to us for ad-
the  baby’s
vice—after  they  have  tickled 
school has demonstrated  by patient  and ex­
throat  with  a  chicken  feather,  or  nearly 
act experiment that brain  workers consume 
strangled the  young one  with  their fingers 
as much nerve force in two hours steady ap­
run into  its  throat.  This same lovely pub­
plication,  as mere  hand-workers  do m ten. 
lic  will  purposely  and  designedly  carry a 
W e wonder  if  he  has  ever  calculated  the 
prescription  in  its  vest  pocket  or  hand- 
nerve and  muscle  expenditure  of  a  pains­
satchel,  from  Wednesday  until  Saturday, 
taking and  conscientious  apothecary whose 
and then devote the last half of  Saturday to 
brain  and  hands  conjointly  labor 16 or 17 
deciding  to  bring  the  prescription  to  the 
hours every day,  day in and day out,  during 
drug store on Sunday.  Think not we exag­
the weary months  and lagging  years.  We 
gerate  the  case  in  the  least.  Turn  back 
think it  might  paralyze  his  faculties if he 
the leaves of experience; can’t we see one or 
The heart needs
were to make the attempt,
more of our  characteristic  customers invad
rest* the brain  demands  rest; the  body ex- 
our Sun.
acts
day  afternoon  nap?  possibly  a  venerable 
and  the  cruelest  punishment  that  we can 
man or woman  whose  Sunday  penchant Is 
inflict  upon  our  physical  and  mental  sys­
asafcetlda,  or  valerianate  of  iron  pills;  or 
tems is to deny ourselves that amount of rest 
some one for a salve or plaster for a chronic 
which our nature demands.  We run counter 
ulcer; or  another  (and worse one)  the talk 
to nature  and  must  pay  the  price  of  our 
ing  friend,  who  delights  in  weary  plati 
temerity  and  presumption.  We  are  not 
tudes  and  stony  dullness  generally—one 
pleading for  extra  hours for  sleep merely; 
whose  pathetic  stories  would  make  you 
we are advocating  rest  in  that  comprehen­
laugh,  and  whose  jokes  would  make  you 
sive sense  suggested  by  a  consideration of 
weep.  All of  them  we’ve  seen,  and  what 
the matter from a natural standpoint.  With­
have we done thus to be tormented—thus to 
out any superstitious leaning towards forms 
be deprived of  our  Sunday?  Our  business 
or  figures,  we  might  mention  that  the 
is too exacting, its details too tedious; its re­
number  seven,  simply,  or  as  a  multiple, 
sponsibilities  too  great;  Its  honors,  profits 
seems a  suggestive factor  in the  evolution
of human  affairs.  Three  score  years  ana land  emoluments  too  shadowy,  for  ns  to 
and
¿ o   Z o t e  the Psalmist,  make the bridge of  throw ourselves,  our capital, our energy and
£  "
  mo founded  In  the  our life in for  the benefft of  the pnbUc,  and 
eternities; seven ages make the rounded life,  I be denied our Sunday,  with  It all.

.'rest; and the  mind  insists  upon rest-  togour!Sunday morning  imet, 

A  famous  physiologist  of  the 

i S

S

e

The habits of  the  public In their transac­
tions with the druggist are  wrong,  in so far 
as hours  of  business  are  concerned.  The 
popular plan is  exaction  from the  druggist 
and  the  druggist  submits  in  his  renewed 
and oft repeated  tenders of  additional con­
venience, until  the  distinction  between his 
life  and  one  of  qualified  serfdom  is  dif­
ficult to make.  However,  we  will  not dis­
cuss this in  extenso’,  we  offer  not  an  ex­
haustive, but a suggestive bill of grievances, 
making the first count  therein, our depriva­
tion of Sunday.  But  some  will  say:  “It 
is so easy to criticise, can’t  you  construct?”
In  answer let it  be said that  the establish­
ment  of  a  practical  working  plan,  or  at 
least an approach thereto, must be found in 
the deliberate counsel and  willing co-opera­
tion  of the trade. 
It would  be easy in  the 
big cities and  towns,  if once  put into prac­
tice, to close  stores  Sundays,  agreeing that 
a certain  number in  each ward  or  section, 
proportioned to area of  territory be open on 
that day;  different  ones to  take their  turn 
each  Sunday, thereby  insuring rotation  of 
service  without  conflict  of  interest.  Or it 
might  be  arranged  to  have  open  doors at 
certain hours of the day, by the whole trade 
or  a portion  thereof,  as  would  be  deemed 
best  by  full  consideration  and  vote.  But 
the trade will say,  “We have tried that and 
it will not work;” the plan was all right, the 
participants all wrong.  So long as the drug 
councils of  the past  were in  session assem­
bled,  all was  peace  and harmony  and  fra­
ternity;  but  when  each  reached  his  store, 
then the  fur flew.  Fealty to  reciprocity of 
interest consists  in more  than mere  prom­
ises; it  abides  iu  the  continuity  of  intelli­
gent, honorable action to  secure  a  definite 
and desired result.  And if we are to estab­
lish anything  like freedom from the vicious 
and limited conceptions that  bind us to  the 
custom of  treadmilling,  it must  be found in 
just such action.

“But,” says  the  individual,  “I  can’t  go 
into any such  a scheme, my  neighbors will 
keep open doors.”  That is  just what  your 
neighbors say of you.  Unanimity of action 
will remedy that.  “But  my customers will 
desert me and go elsewhere.”  Not at all, if 
you  will  timely  and  pleasantly,  and  in  a 
businesslike way show  them  the  working 
of  the plan,  exhibiting  and  demonstrating 
that their convenience will be  better admin­
istered  under  the  new  than under  the  old 
plan.  And  suppose  they  go  elsewhere, 
what then?  Finding “elsewhere” governed 
t>y the same rules, and working on the iden­
tical principle upon which you are working, 
they will  return  to  you, and  thank  you in 
the end for your course.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Cinchonidia;  cubeb  bernes;  oil 
cubebs;  nitrate silver;  morphia,  P. &W..  bis­
muth  sub  nitrate;  balsam  Peru;  arnica 
flowers.

Advanced—N oth ing.

ACID S.

Acetie, No.  8.................................... 
9  @
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav.  1.040)........   30  @
Carbolic............................................   35  @
Citric.................................................  75  0»
Muriatic 18 deg...............................  
3  @
11  @
Nitric 36 deg.................................... 
Oxalic...............................................   I®  @
Sulphuric 66 deg.............................. 
J  @
Tartaric  powdered.........................  50  @
Benzoic,  English....................V oz
Benzoic,  German............................  13  ®
Tannic..............................................   12  @

10
35
38
805
12
12
4
53
18
15
15

AMMONIA.

Carbonate............................................ 12  @
Muriate (Powd. 32c).........................
A qua 16 deg or  3f............................ 
3  @
Aqua 18 deg or 4f............................ 
4  @

BALSAMS.

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

BARKS.

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)............
Cinchona,  yellow..........................
Elm,  select.......................................
Elm, ground, pure..........................
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................
Sassafras, of root...........................
Wild Cherry, select:.......................
Bayberry  powdered.......................
Hemlock powdered.........................
W ahoo..............................................
Soap  ground....................................

B E R R IE S .

Cubeb  prime (Powd 1  15c)............
Juniper.............................................
Prickly Ash......................................

EXTRACTS.

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

38@42 
40 
1 40 
45
11
18
13
14
15 10 
12 20 
18 
30 
12

@1  10 
@  7
@  60

27 
37 *4 
9 12
13 
15
14

FLO W ERS.

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

12  @

28®

Aloes,  Barbadoes........
Aloes, Cape (Powd  20c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Ammoniac.......................................  
Arabic, powdered  select...............
Arabic, 1st picked..........................
Arabic,2d  picked............................
Arabic,  3d picked............................
Arabic, sifted sorts..........-............
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 28c)...
Benzoin............................................
Camphor........................................... 
Catechu. Is (*4 14c, 54s 16c)
phorbium powdered.................. 
Euphorbium powde 
Galbanum strained
!" 
Gamboge..................... ...............■
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c)........
i Kino [Powdered, 30c].................
Mastio..................................
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)
Opium, pure (Powd f4 40)..........
Shellac, Campbell’s.........................
Shellac,  English.............................. 
Shellac, native.................................
Shellac bleached..............................
Tragacanth......................................  36  @1 00

60® 75
12
50
30
90
90
85
70
15 
50®55 
‘  27 
13 
40 
80 
90 
35 
20 
1 25 
40 
3  10
5“

*0®
35®
80®

But  I  will  lose  my  Sunday  trade,  etc. 
Oh, no; don’t you see,  you have it your own 
way?  You simply  do  now  six  days’ busi­
ness in seven; and if  you  can  put that sev­
enth  day’s  business  where  it  by  right  be­
longs, among  the  six,  you  secure  that rest 
period for  association  with  your  wife  and 
children,  or for  friendship’s  servioes, or for 
mental  culture,  or for whatever  your tastes 
and true inclinations and  personal rights as 
a  free  man  may  indicate.  Lose  Sunday 
trade!  We want to lose ours fifty-two times 
every  year,  once  every  week,  and  that  on 
Sunday.  But in  many  places  drug  stores 
do not  close.  Well, apothecaries  are  not a 
traveled  class  of  people,  we  take  it;  and 
many cannot speak from positive knowledge, 
theirs is vicarious  information,  so to speak. 
This we  know—in our  own country and in 
some of  our busiest  centers the drag  store 
closes its doors on  Sunday; the apothecary, 
like the doctor, can be found  when wanted; 
or it may be certain stores are open in town 
each  Sunday, or  open  certain  hours  to  ac­
commodate necessitous cases, which,  by the 
way,| are  rare—nineteen-twentieths  of  all 
Sunday business being that  of  convenience, 
the renewal, the  forgotten  tooth  brash, the 
cake  of  soap,  the  never,  and  yet  ever  for­
gotten  postage  stamp,  et  cetera  ad infini­
tum.  In the great city of London,  in Liver­
pool,  in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley,  Dub­
lin,  in all  England and  her  dominions, you 
find the drug store a closed store on Sunday. 
In Canada,  you  search  vainly for  entrance 
to the  pharmacy,  unless  there  be a case of 
sickness  demanding  service. 
In  many  of 
the cities of  the  older  portions  of  our own 
country,  the plan is  to close  all  or  part of 
Sunday,  and the proprietors  and clerks and 
patrons are  all the  better  for  it. 
It looks 
like a  difficulty to  accomplish,  the  country 
over such a desirable object; but intelligent, 
continuous and  honorable  action will effect 
the result  This  rest  is  our  right  as  citi­
zens  and a  duty we  owe  to  ourselves  and 
families.

One  practical  and  very plain  suggestion 
we would close with: 
If tailors, and butch­
ers and carpenters, and  traders iu  all kinds 
of  merchandise  can  have  their Sunday for 
rest  and  recreation,  and  have  the  protec­
tion of law to insure them this right of con­
science and convenience, ought not we to be 
sufficiently independent to work out this re­
sult  for our  comfort, our  convenience, our 
rjght?  It Is  not  money  so  much as  mind 
that makes  men; not  cash so  much as cul­
ture that aids character; and it requires time 
to improve the  mind and develop character. 
That time for us must come from  shortened 
business hours during  the  week,  and a free 
Sunday. 

^

The Ginseng  Market.

Ginseng 

is  weak  and  depressed,  but 
whether the decline  is  due to adverse news 
from China or  concerted  action on  the part 
of  large  handlers  is  not  known  to  local 
buyers. 

_

It is shown  that one  of  the  sugar  firms 
that recently  failed  in  New  York  had on 
hand  at the time of their  assignment 15,000 
tons of raw sugar.

H ERBS—IN   OUNCE  PACKAGES.

O IL S .

IR O N .

LEA VES.

LIQ U O R S.

M AGNESIA.

Hoarhound.......................................................2®
Lobelia..............................................................
Peppermint......................................................
H u e.................................................................. 40
Spearmint........................................................
Sweet Majoram...............................................
Tanzy....................................................................
Thyme..............................................................
Wormwood.......................................................•*)
4 00 
Citrate and  Quinine.......................
20
Solution mur., for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal..................
Citrate..............................................
Phosphate.......................................

65
@  14 6
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   13
Sage, Italian, bulk 04s* V4s, 12c)...
@  35 
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   33
50 
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
25 
Senna,  powdered............................
30 
Senna tinnivelli...............................
10 
Uva Ursi...........................................
35 
Belledonna.......................................
30 
Foxglove...........................................
35 
Henbane...........................................
2 35
Rose, red.............   ...........................
@2 50 
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00
@2 00 
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye............... 1 75
@1 50 
Whisky, other brands.................... 1  10
@1 75 
Gin, Old Tom.....................................1 «5
@3 50 
Gin,  Holland.................................... 2 00
@6 50 
Brandy.............................................. 1 ¿5
@2 00 
Catawba  Wines............................... 1 «5
@2 50
Port Wines........................................1 35
22 
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
37 
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
2 25 
Citrate, H„ P. & Co.’s  solution....
65
Calcined...........................................
@ 50 
Almond, sweet.................................  45
45 
Amber, rectified..............................
1  80 
Anise.................................................
50 
Bay ¥   oz.........................................
3 00
Bergamont........................................
Castor................................................  1 42®1 60
1 75
Croton
Cajeput..............................
85 
Cassia...............r...............
35 
75c).
Cedar, commercial  (Pure
75 
Citronella........................................
1 75 
Cloves.........................................
Cod Liver, N .F........................9  gal
1 20
1 50 
Cod Liver, beBt.........................
Cod Liver, H„ P. & Co.’s, 16
6  00 
8 50 
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
1 60
Erigeron...........................................
2  00 
Fire weed...........................................
75 
Geranium 9   oz...............................
35 
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
50
Juniper wood..................................
2 00 
Juniper berries...............................
2 01 
Lavender flowers, French.............
1  00 90
Lavender garden 
..............
Lavender spike 
.............
2 50
Lemon, new crop............................
3 00 
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................
80
Lemongrass......................................
90@1 00 
Olive,  Malaga..................................
2 75 
Olive, “Sublime  Italian  ...............
1 25 
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
50 
Origanum,  No. 1............................
1  00
m
Pennyroyal......................................  _ 
Peppermint,  white.........................  3 40@3 30
8 00
Rose 
oz......................................... 
65
Rosemary, French  (Flowers f  1 50)
2 75 
Salad, <p  gal......................................
1 00 
Savm.................................................
4 50 
Sandal  Wood. German..................
7 00
Sandal Wood, W. I ..........................
45 
Sassafras...........................................
@7  50 
Spearmint........................................
@4 25 @  12 
Tansy............................................... 4 00
Tar (by gal 50c).................................  10
2  10
Wintergreen.................................
3 50 
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure S4.00).......
2 00
Wormseed.................. ....................

do 
do 

POTASSIUM.
Bicromate.................................V
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23o).............
Iodide, cryst. and  gran, bulk.......
Prussiate yellow..............................

ROOTS.

Alkanet............................................
Althea, out.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s.....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in *48 and *4s—
Blood (Powd 18c).............................
Calamus,  peeled..................
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  15o).........................
Ginger, African (Powd 14o)...........   11
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached............
Golden Seal (Powd 26o)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.
Jalap,  powdered.............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 16).............
Licorice, extra select.....................
Pink, true......................................... _  _
Rhei, from select to  choice.......... 1 00
Rhei, powdered E. 1......................... 110
Rhei, choice cut  cubes..................
Rhei, choice out fingers.................
Serpentaria......................................
Sarsapariiia,  Honduras.................
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican....................

12@14
37@40
22
300
28

@

20 
25 
17 
33 
12 
20 
35 
20 
10 
12
17 
20 
20
1 20 30
18 
20 80
@1 50 
@1 20 
2 00 
2 25 
65 
60 
40 
20

do 

2  15

HEEDS.

SPONGES.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Suince.............................................. 

15
Squills, white (Powd 35c).
25
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
20
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)...
15
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)...............
5 @ 6
Bird, mixed in lb  packages...........
4 @ 4*4
Canary,  Smyrna.....................  
...
15 ® 18
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).
1 10
Cardamon,  Aleppee.......................
125
Cardamon, Malabar............... 
15
Celery................................................ 
Coriander, Dest English................  
10
Fennel.............................................. 
15
Flax, clean.......................................   314®
4  ®  4*4
Flax, pure grd (bbl 3)4).................. 
Foenugreek, powdered.................. 
7  @  8
4H®  5tt
Hemp,  Russian............................... 
10
Mustard, white  Black  10c)............ 
75
ape, English..................................  
6  ®  7
Worm, Levant................................. 
14
Florida sheens’ wool, carriage......2 25  @2 50
........ 
do 
2 00
Nassau 
do 
. . . .  
do 
1 10
Velvet Ext  do 
do 
Extra Ye  ' d o  
....... 
85
65
....... 
do 
Grass 
do 
,for slate use................  
Hard. 
75
1 40
Yellow Reef. 
................. 
Alcohol, grain (bbl f2.15) $  gal.... 
2 25
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 
1 50
Anodyne Hoffman’s....................... 
50
27
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution........  
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution............ 
12
Annatto 1 lb rolls............................ 
45
Alum.........................................  tffi)  2*@  3*4
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)............... 
3  ®  4
Annatto, prime...............................  
45
Antimony, powdered,  com’l...  .. 
4*4®  5
Arsenic, white, powdered.............  
6  ®  7
50
Blue  Soluble.................................... 
Bay  Rum, imported, best.. 
2 75
2 00
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 
Balm Gilead  Buds..........................  
40
Beans,  Tonka............................. . 
2 00
Beans, Vanilla.................................7 00 @12 00
Bismuth, sub  nitrate.......... 
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c)....................... 
50
6®  7
Blue V itriol.................................... 
9@10
Borax, refined (Powd  11c).............  
2 25
Cantharides. Russian  powdered.. 
Capsicum  Pods, African............... 
18
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
22
Capsicum Pods,  Bombay  do  ... 
14
Carmine,  No. 40 ............................... 
4 00
14
Cassia Buds...................................... 
Calomel.  American........................  
75
5
Chalk, prepared drop.....................  
Chalk, precipitate English............ 
12
8
Chalk,  red fingers..........................  
Chalk, white lump..........................  
2
Chloroform,  Squibb’s.................... 
1  26
Colocynth  apples............................ 
60
1 50
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts.. 
79
1
cryst... 
Chloral 
90
1
Chloral 
75
Chloral 
1
crusts.. 
40
Chloroform ...................................... 
@
Cinchonidia, P. & W........ *............  15  @
20
14 
Cinchonidia, other brands.............  
9  @
27 
Cloves (Powd 27c)............................  25  @
40 
Cochineal.........................................
40
Cocoa  Butter..................................
Copperas (by bbl  lc).......................
70
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks. X and XX—40 off  list........
40
Cream Tartar, pure powdered....... 
15 
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 lb box..
50 
Creasote............................................
24 
Cudbear, prime...............................
Cuttle Fisn Bone..
.....................
.
20 
12
Dextrine.....................
Dover’s  Powders.......
1  10 
50 
Dragon’s Blood Mass.
65 
Ergot  powdered........
1  10 8 
Ether Squibb’s...........
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s
3 
Epsom Salts (bbi. 1*6).....................  
50 
Ergot, fresh......................................
60
Ether, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
14
Flake white......................................
15 
Grains  Paradise..............................
90 
Gelatine, Cooper’s ..........................
70
Gelatine, French  ............................  45  @
Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 &10 less 
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
Glue,  caoraet..................................   12  @  17
Glue.white.......................................   16  @  28
Glycerine, pure...............................  16  @  20
Hops  *4s and *£s.............................. 
25®  40
Iodoform $  oz................................. 
40
Indigo...............................................   85  @1  00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...  35  @  40
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co„ boxes 
@1 00
4 00
Iodine,  resublimed......................... 
Isinglass,  American....................... 
1 50
Japonica........................................... 
7
London  Purple...............................  10  @  15
Lead, acetate.................................... 
15
Lime, chloride,(*4s 2s 10c & *4s 11c) 
8
Lupuline........................................... 
1 00

do 
do Scherin’s  do  ... 
do 

do 
do 

2  @

@

& PERKINS

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44  Ottawa Street and 89, 91,

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS  OF

Pahts.oils.fariisbt!i.

M AN U FA CTU RERS  OF

K ep t  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tions,  Fluid Extracts  and 

Elixirs

G E N E R A L   W H O LESA LE  A GN TS  FO R

W olf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

W hiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

ALSO  FOR  THE

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

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market.

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

2

@  2*4 

Madder, best  Dutch.....................  
12*4®  13
Manna, S.  F...................................... 
75
Mercury............................................ 
60
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........(J) oz  2 15@2 3o
40
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s........  
l1J
Moss, Iceland............................^ lb 
Moss,  Irish...................................... 
12
Mustard,  English............................ 
30
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 lb  cans........
|3
Nutgalls............................................  
60
Nutmegs, No. 1................................. 
Nux  Vomica.................................... 
10
45
Ointment. Mercurial, *4d............... 
Paris Green.................................... 
18  @  26
Pepper, Black  Berry.....................  
18
Pepsin...............................................  
2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy....................
@  7
Quassia.............................................. 
8
@  70 
Quinia, Sulph, P. & W........... lb oz  65
@  65 
Quinine,  German............................  60
85 
Red  Precipitate.......................B>
28 
Seidlitz  Mixture.............................
1 60 
Strychnia, cryst...............................
@  70 
Silver Nitrate, cryst.......................  66
25@  2 
Saffron, American.  .......................
Sal  Glauber.....................................
10 
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
9 
Sal  Nitre, medium  cryst...............
33
Sal Rochelle.....................................
Sal  Soda............................................ 
2 15 
Salicin.................................. ............
6 50 
Santonin..........................................
35
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
4 
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
50
Spermaceti.......................................
5 
Soda, Bi-Carbonate,  DeLand’s—  
14 
Soap, White Castile........................
17
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
9 11 
Soap, Mottled do 
.................
Soap, 
do  do 
.........................
14 
Soap, Mazzini..................................
28 
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ......................  
28  @
 
32 
Spirits Nitre, 4 F.............................   30  @
35 
Sugar Milk powdered.....................
4
Sulphur, flour..................................  
3*4®
3*4 
Sulphur,  roll.................................... 
3®
60 
Tartar Emetic........................ .. —
2 70 
Tar, N. C. Pine, *4 gal. cans  V doz
1 40 
Tar, 
quarts in tin..........
85 
Tar, 
pints in tin.............
25 
Turpentine,  Venice................¥
55
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand............
7  @ 8
7
Zinc,  Sulphate................................. 
O ILS.
Gal
Bbl
75
70
Whale, winter.....................
60
55
Lard, extra...........................................
55
45
Lard, No.  1...........................................  ™
45
42
Linseed, pure  raw.... :......................  42
48
45
Linseed, boiled............. ....................  4a
70
90
N eat’s Foot, winter  strained............  70
38
43
Spirits Turpentine..............................  38
No. 1 Turp Coach..................................1  10®J  20
Extra  Turp............................................1 
70
Coach Body............................................2  75®3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture..........................1 OU® 1  10
Extra Turk  Daraar...............................1 55@1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.....................   ¡0®

V A RN ISH ES.

do 
do 

4*4®

PA IN TS

Bbl
Red Venetian............................  H4
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........   114
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  Hi
Putty, commercial..................  2)4
2*4
Putty, strictly pure. 
Vermilion, prime American..
Vermilion, English..................
Green, Peninsular....................
Lead, red strictly pure...........
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
Whiting, white Spanish..........
Whiting,  Gildersr.....................
White, Paris American............
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  F aints..... 
Swiss Villa Prepare*  Paints..

2® 
2® 
2*4® 
2M@ 
13@16 
58@60 
16® 17 
7® 7*4 
7® 7*4 
@70 
@90 
1  1  
1
1 20@1 
1 00@1

OILS.

ILLU M IN A TIN G .

LU B R IC A T IN G .

Water White...................................................
Michigan  Test.................................................
Capitol Cylinder....................................- — 36)4
Model  Cylinder...............................................
Shield  Cylinder................................................¿6V4
Eldorado  Engine.............................................5»
Peerless Machinery........................................»0
Challenge Machinery...................................... »
Paraffine  ........................................................ ...
Black. Summer, West Virginia....................  »
Black, 25° to 3 0 °............................................
Black, 15® C.  T................................................JO
Zero.'......................................... 

 

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

WITHERS DADE & CO.’S

Henderson  Co., Ky.,

Sour  Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

W HISKYS.

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

We are also owners of the

Druggists’  Favorite  Rye,

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

•\

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

Etc., we invite your correspondence.

such asPatent Medicines,
Hazeltine 

and personal attention.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

& Perkins

Drug Co.

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A   M ERCA NTILE  JO U RN A L, PU BLISH ED   EA CH  

W EDN ESD AY .

E.  A. STOWE  &  »BO., Proprietors.

Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., Sd Floor. 

Telephone No. 95,

[Entered,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Grand  Rapid»  ae 

Scamd-claxx Matter. 1

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11,1886.

A  SOLID  PHALANX.

Inauguration  of  a  Movement  for  a  State 

Association.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held 
on August 3,  was  attended  by  about  sixty 
members and several representatives  of  the 
jobbing trade.  President Herrick  presided 
and E.  A.  Stowe acted as Secretary pro tem.
Applications  for  membership  were  re­
ceived fromD. Seegmiller, 559 Cherry street; 
Noble  &  VanVoorhis,  699  South  Division 
street;  and  G.  D.  Shoemaker,  295  North 
College avenue—all of whom  were  elected 
members of the  Association.

to  attend 

the  meetings  of 

E.  E.  Walker,  chairman  of  the  special 
to  invite  the  job­
committee  appointed 
bers 
the 
Association,  reported  that  the  committee 
had called at the various jobbing houses and 
was everywhere  accorded  a  generous  wel­
come.  The jobbers all expressed themselves 
as pleased to accept the  invitation.

Mr. Walker also presented  the  report  of 
the special committee  appointed  to  confer 
with the Mayor relative to the  proper  steps 
to be taken to  remedy  the  peddling  nuis­
ance.  The Mayor  is  cordially  in  favor  of 
the movement and promises  to  do  all  that 
lies in his power to assist the Association in 
the  matter.

Collator Cooper reported the collection of 

$124.87 since the last  meeting.

Cornelius  A. Johnson sent  in  his  resig­
nation  of  the  position  of  Secretary,  on 
account of his retirement from  the  grocery 
business and his contemplated removal from 
the city.  The resignation was accepted.

E.  A. Stowe reported the  organization  of 
an Association at Kingsley  and  the  receipt 
of a letter of enquiry from Saranac  relative 
to the proper course  to  pursue  to  form  an 
organization.

President Herrick said he was glad to see 
representatives of the jobbing trade  present 
at  -the  meeting  and  trusted their action in 
the matter would have a  tendency  to  bring 
the  two  branches  of  the  grocery business 
closer together and create  a  more  harmon­
ious feeling.  He hoped the  jobbers  would 
not be backward in presenting  any  subject 
which would be for the  interest  of  the  re­
tailer or the mutual  interest  of  the  jobber 
and retailer.

O. A.  Ball said he was glad to meet  with 
the  retail grocers,  in  whom  he  recognized 
the hardest worked men in the  community. 
To be a successful grocer, a man must get up 
early  in  the  morning,  remain  up  late  at 
night,  keep his wits about him and be ready 
to meet any emergency. 
If there  was any­
thing  he  could  suggest  at any time which 
would be of service to the trade he would be 
only too glad to do so.

W.  H.  Hoops stated that his position had 
been well stated by Mr. Ball, and Ad. Morri­
son,  Fred Clark and Ludwig Winternitz ex­
pressed similar sentiments.

Mr. Ball said  he  wished  to  express  his 
gratitude to the  Association  for  one  thing 
and that was the position  it  had  taken  on 
the jobber selling at  retail.  A few months 
ago,  it was difficult to refuse an  old  friend 
or neighbor,  but now the jobber could point 
to the action of the Association on that sub­
ject and secure immunity from that class of 
trade.

B.  F.  Emery expressed the  regrets  of  J.
A. Henry because of  his  inability  to  meet 
with the grocers,  but stated that Mr.  Henry 
would be in the city at the time of the  next 
meeting and would address the  Association 
on the subject of canned fruits  and  vegeta­
bles and the propagation and preparation of 
the oyster for market.

President  Herrick  then  brought  up  the 
subject of a State  convention,  as  proposed 
in T he  T radesm an of last  week,  and  in­
vited  the  opinion  of  the  members on the 
subject.

II.  A.  Uydorn moved that the various as­
sociations of the State be  invited to meet at 
Grand Iiapids  on  Tuesday,  September  21, 
for the purpose of forming a State  Associa­
tion.  ' The motion  was  seconded  and  car­
ried,  and  President  Herrick  appointed  a 
committee  of  arangements  consisting  of 
Messrs.  Harris,  Lawton,  Hydorn,  Emery 
and Elliott.

E.  A.  Stowe  was elected Secretary of  the 
Association.  C.  A. Johnson was Voted $10 
for his services,  and the salary of the  oflice 
was fixed at $25 per  year,  beginning  Aug­
ust 3.

The meeting then adjourned  until  Tues­

day evening, August 17.

TIME  TABLES.
Chicago & West Michigan.
„  
Leaves.  Arrives.
fM ail..,.................................9:00 am  
3:55 pm
+Day  Express.....................12:50pm  9:30pm
♦Night  Express................. 11:00 pm   5:45 am
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 
12:50  p.  m.,  and through coach  on 9 a.  m. and 
11 p. m. trains.

n e w a y g o   d i v i s i o n .

Leaves.  Arrives,
Express.................................3:45 p m 
5:10 p m
Express.................................  8:00a m  10:50 a m
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.
. 

W. A. G a v e t t , Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  Mulliken,  General  Manager

Grand  Rapids  £   Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

Arrives.  Leaves 
Traverse City and Mack. Ex.8:45 am   9:05 a m 
Traverse City and Mack.Ex. 
11:45 a m
Traverse City and Mack.Ex. 7:40 pm  11:10 p m
Cadillac Express..................3:40 p m  5:05 p m
9:05 a m and 11:45 a m trains have  chair car 
for Mackinaw and Traverse City.
11:10 p m train has a  sleeping car  for  Trav 
erse City and Mackinaw.
Cincinnati  Express...........   5:40 am
Fort Wayne  Express.........10:25 a m
Cincinnati  Express...........   5:05 pm
Trav. City and Mack  Ex.. .10:40 p m 
cinnati.
cinnati.

7:15 a m 
11:45 a m 
5:30 p m
7:15 a m train has parlor  chair  car  for  Cin 
5:30 p m train has Woodruff sleeper  for Cin 

G O IN G   SO U TH .

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

Detroit, M&okinao  & Marquette.
Going East
Going West. 
a. m. 
p. m. 
p. m. 
a. m
6:50— St. Ignacb..............  8:30 
10:30 
6:00
9:40___ Seney...................  8:15
2:56 
12:50 f -  Marquette.......j  |;Jo 
8:00 
8:35 
l:40....Negaunee  ...........   1:25 
8:50 
l:55....Ishpeming  ..........12:58 
10:00 
3:05.... Republic................11:50 
3:10— Michigamme..........11:50 
10:00 
4:10— L’Anse  ............... 10:40
5:30....Houghtoir.............9:20
5:50....Hancock.............   9:01
6:35— Calumet...............  8:15

6:W
5:32
5:20
4:10
4:10

Mixed train leaves  St. lgnace  at 7  a. in.,  ar­
rives Marquette 5:30 p. m.;  leaves  Marquette 
7 a. m., arrives St. lgnace at 5:55 p. m. 
•
_ 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Marquette.
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

E. W. ALLEN,

(KALAM AZOO  D IV IS IO N .!

Leave. 

Arrive.
N. Y.  N Y
Ex. and  N. Y. 
Mail.  Mail. 
Mail.  Ex."
a. m. 
p. m. 
a. m.  p. m.
5;00  7:45 Dp..Grand Rapids...Ar 9:07  7:25
9:02.....Allegan.....................   7:65  6:10
6:10 
10:05.....Kalamazoo................   7:00  5:00
7:05 
11:40.....White Pigeon............  5:50  3:26
8:40 
a.m. 
p. m. 
p. in.  a. m.
2:30 
5:10.....Toledo.........................11:15  10:40
9:40.....Cleveland..................  6:40  6:30
8:25 
m. 
P- m- 
a. m.  p. m.
3:30.....Buffalo......................il;55  11:55
2:45 
p. ni.  a. m.
a. m. 
p. m. 
5:40  8:00........ Chicago............ Lv  11 30 
8:50
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1 p. m., 
carrying passengers as far as Allegan.
All trains daily except Sunday.

J. W. McKenney, General Agent.

Detroit, Grand  Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

v 

G O ING W EST.

^  
Arrives.  Leaves.
tSteamboat  Express..........6:20 am   6:26 am
•♦Through  Mail....................10:15 am   10:50 am
■♦Evening  Express............. 3:15 p m  3:50 p m
♦Limited  Express...............  6:25 p m  6:30 p m
■♦Mixed, with  coaeh...........  
11:00 a m
•♦Morning  Express........ . 
1:05 p m  1:10 p m
tThrough  Mail..................  5:00pm  5:10pm
tSteamboat Express..........10:40 p m  10:45 p m
tMJxed..................................  
7:45 am
♦Night Express....................6:10 am   5:35 am

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

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

„  

VON B EH R EN  & SH A FFER ,
W HITE  ASH   OARS.

Manufacturers of Every Style of

STRYKER, OHIO,

m
m

Spoon  Oars made of Best Spruce Timber.

ROWING SPOON OARS FOR BOAT CLUBS MADE TO ORDER.

ORDER  A  SAMPLE  CASE

F a il “1

 Nail” B a li P a *

Packed  2  doz.  1  lb.  cans  in  case 
with 2 doz.  10  inch  Oblong1  Glass 
Dishes  Assorted  Colors  for  $8.40.

We Guarantee the above Baking Powder to give Entire Satisfaction.

Arctic Manufacturing Co.

G I L A K T U   R A P I D S ,   M I O H .

JBITXTIXTGS’-

Flavoring  Extracts
JENNINGS  & SMITH, G’d Rapids, Mich,

Ar© acknowledged the best, being pure and made 

from the Fruit.

Food for Thought.

From the Wall Street News.

“If I was to live my life over again,” said 
an  American  defaulter,  as  he  cocked  his 
feet in the office  of  a  Montreal  hotel,  “I’d 
be a lawyer instead of a cashier.”

“For why?” was asked.
“Well,  I  embezzled  $7,000,  and  am  an 
outlaw and an outcast.  My brother-in-law, 
who  is  a  lawyer,  ‘managed’  an  estate  so 
that  it  put  him  $48,000  ahead,  and  they 
have just elected  him  mayor  of  the town 
and got him  to  join  the  church. 
I advise 
young men to think of these  things.”

Michigan  Central.

A R R IV E .

Detroit Express................ *.*.................  6:15 a m
Dav Express..........................................'  1:10 9 m
♦Atlantic Express...................................10-10 p m
M ixed.............................................................   6:50 am
♦Pacific  Express.......................6:00 am
Mali .........................................................3:00p m
Grand  Rapids  Express................ 
  10:15 pm
Mixed 
5:15pm
♦Daily.  All  others  daily exoept  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.)

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

 

 

 

 

Chas. H. Norris,  Gen’l Agent

mm

DIRECTIONS

W e have cooked the corn in this can 
sufficiently. 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed (not cooked) adding  piece ol 
Good Butter ( size o f hen’.  egg) and gUi 
o f freeh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

0 *

at  t h i s "et*0 *

t é

JO LL?  TAR”  PX.PC  TOBACCO- 

B T T T .T r T .T C - y  

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

Buy your baskets where they grow.
W e have ju st began to  pick  ours  and  the  crop 

is fine.

MARKET,  BUSHELS,  PEACH  and  GRAPE 
Baskets at very low prices.
CURTISS, DUNTON  & CO.

WHOLESALE

Full Lise Key W est Goods in Stock.
Full Line of all Staple Plugs Kept in Stock.

Sole Agents for Celebrated

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

tilla, Our Nickle,  The Rats, 

Fox’s Clipper.

76 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
E xclusively W holesale.

Order Sample M by Ma h

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  G-OODS,

-A.1 T3D NOTIONS,

8  3   M o n r o e   S t . ,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless 
Amei

rless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers  \  1  OnoninlfTr 
( A uJJuuldllj.
irican and Stark A Bags 

Importers  and

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,
T
W holesale  Grocers.
“Jolly Tar” Plug Tobacco.
Daniel Scotten & Co.’s “HIAWATHA” 
Plug Tobacco.
Lautz. Bros. & Co.’s SOAPS.
Niagara STARCH.
Dwinell, Howard & Co. ’g   Royal Mocha and Java.
___ 
Thompson & Taylor Spice  Co.’s “ Mag­

Royal Java.
Golden  Santos.

S o l e   A g e n t s   f o r

nolia ” Package Coffee.
SOLE  PROPRIETORS

“J0 3 L.3L.TT  TIiME”  Fine  Cut

Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods 

on the market.

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

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

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

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

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Wholesale Maifactorers of

r 
PURE  CANDY!

ORANGES,  LEMONS,

BANANAS,  FIGS,  DATES.

.2STu.ts,  Etc.

L.  M.  CARY.

CARY 

L .  L .  L O V K K IU G E .

ALOVERIDCE,  *

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

Fire and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,
Grand Rapids,

11 Ionia Street, 

•  - 

NEAL'S  CARRIAGE PAINTS,

Seven beautiful shades.  Just the  thing  for  repainting  old 
buggies.  Varnishing not  necessary.  One  coat  for  old  work. 
Dries with a beautiful gloss.  An old buggy can be repainted at 
a cost not to exceed one dollar.  A rapid seller.  Packed  in  as­
sorted cases.  Every case has accompanying  it ample advertis­
ing matter.

SOLE  MANUFACTURERS. 

Acme White Lead & Color Works,
F. J. LAMB & CO.,
Fruits,  Vegetables,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

M i d i .

B u t t e r ,   S g g s ,   C h o o s o ,   E t c .  

W holesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers.

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

T . w n u r n w r   A   HOOP

A M E , BERTSCn & CO.,
BOOTS  AND  SBOES.

MAN T7FACTURERS AND WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Order a sample case of

HONEY BEE COFFEE.

BIT'S"

Fresh Roasted Coffees

AND INCREASE YOTO  TRASS.

We have the following varieties in stock from which to select:
Oarraoas,
J avas, 
Mochas, 
IMlaraoaiToos,
Oeylons,  Costa Ricas,
Guatemalas,Santos, 
Mexioans,  and Rios,
All bought for their fine roasting and drinking qualities.

Give me a trial order.

Equal to the Best in the market.

ED.  TELFER,

PRINCESS  BAKING  POWDER,
J.E.
ABSOLUTE  SPICES.
THE  BEST  IN  THE  MARKE!

59 Jefferson  ave., Detroit, Mich..

46  OTTAWA  ST.

Wholesale

Grocers,

■I 

Order  a  case  from yonr Jobber.  See Quotations in Price-Current.
TO THE GROCERS
BIECHELES
LAUREL  SOAP

. D. YALE & CO.
CHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
BaliiiE Poiders, Eitracts, D ilip,
GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.
All orders addressed to the new  firm will re­

IS THE  BEST  NICKEL  BAH 

40 and 42 South Division St., 

W H O LESA LE  M A N U FA CTU RERS  OF

ceive prompt attention.

A N D   JO B B E R S  OF

SUCCESSOKS  TO

D A N IE L  LY NCH .

FR E D . D.  YALE.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

m  OFFBBBD1» MICHIGAN FÛ8  TEH PEICE

(Boobs.

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

W ID E  BROW N COTTONS

Androscoggin, 
Androscoggin. 
Pepperell,  7-4. 
Pepperell,  8-4. 
Pepperell,  9-4.,

iPepperell, 104. 
ML .17 
.19
14.. 13&[Pepperell, 114. 
....13
Pequot,  74............ 144
.jo 
iPequot, 84............ 16
.17 
[Pequot, 94............ 18
CHECKS.

Economy, oz..........
Park Milis, No. 50.. 10 
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
I  Park Mills, No. 80.. 13 
Park Mills, No. 90.. 14

[Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz............... 8)4
¡Otis Apron............... 8)4
Otis  Furniture.......8)4
York,  1  oz.... .......... 0*
I York. AA. extra oz. 124
I 

OSNABURGS 

I 

PR IN T S .

Georg

Plain. 

S IL E S IA S .

614
«1464
«14
64

DOMESTIC GINGHAM S.

FIN E   BROWN  COTTONS.

Indian Orchard, 40.  7 
74¡Indian Orchard, 36.  6
64  Laconia  B, 74........13
64 Lyman B, 40-in......9

Plaid.
Alabama................ 64 Alabama..........
Georgia..................  8)%|Augusta........
Jewell  ....................  8  ___ I ___
Kentucky  .............   84!Louisiana
L ane.......................84 Toledo  ...
Santee....................  74l
BLEACHED COTTONS.
Avondale,  36........   8)4|Gilded Age............... 7)4
Art  cambrics, 36...  94 Greene, G 44  . . . .   5)4
Androscoggin, 44..  74IH111, 44......................74
Androscoggin, 54. .124
Hill, 7-8....................  64
Ballou, 4 4 ..............  64
Hope,  44.................. 64
Ballou, 54...............  6
King  Phillip  cam­
Boott,  0 .4 4 ..............84
bric, 44.................. 94
Boott,  E. 5-5...........   7
Linwood,  44..........  74
Boott, AGC, 44.........94
Lonsdale,  44............74
Boott, R. 34..........
»4 1 Lonsdale  cam brie. 104 
Blackstone, AA 44
64 Langdon, GB,4-4...  84
Chapman, X, 44—   54 Langdon,  46........... 11
Conway,  44...........   64]Masonville,  44.......74
Cabot, 44 ................   64 New York Milt, 44.104
Cabot, 7-8................   6  New Jersey,  44 
8
Canoe,  34...............  4  Pocasset,  P. M. C..  74
Domestic,  38..........  74 Pride of the West.. 104
Dwight Anchor, 44.  84 Pocahontas,  44__ 74
Davol, 44...............  8  Slaterville, 7-8........   64
Fruit of Lqpm, 44..  7 4 1 Woodbury, 44........ 54
Fruit of LOom, 7-8..  64! Whitinsville,  4 4...  64
Fruit of  the Loom, 
I Whitinsville, 7-8 
6
cambric,  44........11 
|Wamsutta,4-4.........94
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  64 Williams ville, 36...  84
Gold Medal, 7-8.......  5 4 1
Crown..................... 174|Masonville S...........11
No.  10.....................11
¡Lonsdale.................  94
Coin........................10
Lonsdale A ............. 14
Anchor...................15
Victory  0 ...............54
Blackburn.............   8
Victory J ................ 64
Davol...................... 14
Victory  D...............  84
London...................124|Victory  K.!!!!!!!!!lÖ4
Paeonia................. 12 
I Phcenix A .......... 
194
Red  Cross...............  74! Phcenix  B
104
Mason ville TS........  8
Phcenix X X ............5
Albion,  solid.......... 54 ¡Gloucester.................54
Albion,  grey.....’...6  Gloucestermoum’g. 64
Allen’s  checks.......54  Hamilton  fancy___ 5
Ailen]s  fancy,....... 54|Hartel fancy..............54
Allen’s pink. 
..54 Merrimac D............ 6
Ellen’s purple...
4| Manchester............ 6
American, fancy— 54 Oriental fancy.......54
Arnold fancy
..6
Oriental  robes....... 64
Berlin solid..........
Pacific  robes...........6
Coeheco • fancy........6
Richmond............... 54
Cocheco robes..........64 ¡Steel  River
54
Conestoga fancy...
Simpson s ............... 6
Eddystoue  ..
— 6  [Washington fancy..5 
Eagle fancy.
E  Washington  blues.  5
Garner pink.............54
Appleton  A, 44..
Boott  M, 44........
Boston  F, 44.......
Continental C, 4-4.
Continental D, 40 in  7% Mass. BB, 4-4..........  54
Conestoga W, 4-4...  6)4 Nashua  E, 40-in 
74
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  44 Nashua  R, 44........64
Conestoga  G, 30-in.
Nashua 0 ,7-8..........  6
Dwight  X, 34.......
44 ¡Newmarket N ........ 54
Dwight Y, 7-8........
54i Pepperell E, 40-in..  64
Dwight Z, 44........
54 Pepperell  R, 44___ 64
Dwight Star, 44... 
"  Pepperell  0 , 7-8....  54 
Dwight Star, 40-in.
Pepperell  N, 34___ 54
Enterprise EE, 36..  44 Pocasset  C, 44.......64
Great Fails E, 44...  64 Saranac  R...............6
Farmers’ A, 44.......  54lSaranac  E...............74
Amoskeag
¡Johnson  ManfgCo,
Amoskeag, Persian  9
Bookfold..............124
styles....................
Johnson  ManfgCo,
Bates.......................6
dress  styles.........104
Berkshire.............   6
dress 
¡Slaterville, 
Glasgow,  fancy....
styles....................  6
Glasgow,  royal—   6 4 1 White Mfg Co, stap  64 
| White Mfg Co, fane 74
Gloucester, 
new 
standard
4 1 White  Mänf’g  Co,
Plunket.............
74  Earlston..............  74
Lancaster..........
7  ¡Gordon....................7
Langdown........
7  Greylock, 
dress 
Renfrew,  dress.
9  I  styles  .......  ........ 10)*
Androscoggin, 74. .15 
¡Pepperell.  104....... 22
Androscoggin, 84.. 16
Pepperell,  114.......24
Pepperell,  74......15
Pequot,  74..............16
Pepperell,  84......17
Pequot,  84..............18
Pepperell,  94......19
¡Pequot,  94..............20
Atlantic  A, 44.......  64 Lawrence XX, 44..  64
Atlantic  H, 44.......64[Lawrence XXX 40.  74
Atlantic  D, 44.......5 4 ¡Lawrence LL, 44...  5
Atlantic P, 44........ 5 
'Newmarket N.......... 54
Atlantic LL, 4 4 ....  4 4 ¡Mystic River, 44...  54
Adriatic, 36.............   74 Pequot A, 44..........64
Augusta, 44...........   64'Piedmont,  36.
Boott  M, 44...........   6  ¡Stark AA, 44.
■ ____I m ..........«4
, 
Boott  FF, 44.......... 6)4iTremont CC, 44 ....  44
Graniteville, 4-4__ 5 4 ¡Utica,  44.................. 10
Indian  Head,4 4 ...  64 Wachusett,  4 4 ...!.  64 
Indiana Head 45-in. 114 1 Wachusett. 30-in...  54
Amoskeag,  ACA...17  ¡Falls,XXX............. 154
Amoskeag  “ 44..124 
Falls,  BB............... 114
Amoskeag,  A ...... 114
Falls,  BBC, 36.......194
Amoskeag,  B.......11
Falls,  awning.......19
Amoskeag,  C.......104
Hamilton,  BT, 33..  94
Amoskeag,  D...... 10
Hamilton,  D............94
Amoskeag,  E........ 94
Hamilton,  H............84
Amoskeag, F..........9
Hamilton  fancy...  84
Premium  A, 44__ 17
Methuen AA...........114
Premium  B........... 16
Methuen ASA.........I64
Extra 44..................16
Omega A, 7-8...........104
| Extra 7-8..................1 4 4 ____0......  
_
Omega A, 44.......... 124
CCA  7-8................... 124 (Omega ACA, 7-8. ...13
CT44.......................14  Omega ACA, 44.... 15
RC 7-8.......................14  Omega SE, 7-8..........24
BF 7-8...................... 16  Omega SE, 44..........27
AF 44.......................19  Omega M. 7-8..........22
| Cordis AAA, 32.......14  Omega M, 44........... 25
Cordi8 ACA, 32...... 15  Shetucket SS&SSW 114
Cordis No. 1,32.......15  ¡Shetucket, S & SW.12
Cordis  No. 2........... 14  ¡Shetucket,  SFS  ...12
Cordis  No. 3........... 13  Stockbridge  A....... 7
ordis  No. 4........... 114 Stockbridge fancy.  8
Falls, XXXX..........1841
Washington__
........4 4
S. S. ft Sons___
. . . .   441
GRAIN 
American  A..,
....'. 1 4 4
Stark A ................  .20HÍ
ft
Boston.............___641 Otis CC..
Everett  blue...___13 ' ¡Warren  AXA. .......11
Everett  brown,...... 12
¡Warren  BB... .......10
Otis  AXA.............. 11
¡Warren CC__ ........9
Otis BB................... 10 ¡York,  blue__ .......124
Man ville........... •44® 5  1S. S. ft Sons__ .4 4 3 5 4
Masonville....... 5 ,4 3 6 4 1 Garner ............ .4 4 3 5 4
ANS.
Red  Cross........
Thistle Mills... .......6
Berlin.............. ___  6 Rose................ .......6 4
Garner.............
Brooks....................50  !
Clark’s O. N. T.......55
J. ft P.  Coats..........55
Willimantic 6 cord. 55 
Willimantic 3 cord. 40 
Charleston ball sew
ing thread........... 30 
i
CORSET

Eagle  and  Phcenix 
Mills ball sewing.30 
Green  &  Daniels...25
Stafford...................25
Hall ft Manning__ 28
Holyoke.................. 25
Merrick...................56
JE A N S.
Armory
Koarsage................   64
Androscoggin.......74 Naumkeagsatteen.  64
Canoe Ri ver...........   54 Pepperell  bleached 8)4
Clarendon...........5@f>4 Pepperell sat...........  8
Hallowell  Imp.......54|Roekport.................... 64
Ind. Orch. Imp.......54 Lawrence sat............  6
Laconia..................  7 

j Royal  Globe..
¡Crown.............
BAGS.
1 Amoskeag__

......... 4 4
........ 4 4
• .1 4 4

W ID E  BLEACHED COTTONS.

HEAVY  BROW N  COTTONS.

1•APER  CAM BRICS.

W IG. 
......   6H i

SPO OL C;o t t o n .

TIC K IN G S.

DEN IM S.

—

|

It is estiiuated  that  the  annual  revenue 
from the 2 cent tax on oleomargarine would 
amount to SI,000,000.  This is  on the basis 
of  a  home  consumption  of  50,000,000 
pounds, and  is  a  low  estimate.  The  ex­
ports of oleomargarine last  year  amounted 
to nearly 38,000,000  pounds.

It is said that most of the whisky of com­
merce  is made  of  fusel  oil,  carbolic  acid, 
cologne  spirits,  and  colored  with  alkanet 
root when necessary.

Maxims  for  Merchants.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

A release from  debt  was  always 

lassed

in Roman law as a donation.

Misunderstandings of merchants are often 

the renewals of confidence.

To buy or purchase a  debt  is  always 

commerce termed to discount it.

Economists  are  agreed  that  whatever 

gives a profit is properly termed capital 

According to  the  old  Roman  law—“the 

value of a thing is what it can be sold for.

He who has acquired a talent at the  price 
of an annual sacrifice enjoys  an  accumulat­
ed capital.

A sale  always  denotes  a  transaction  in 
which one  of  the  quantities  exchanged  is 
money or credit.

The value of a promise  is  particular  and 
precarious,while  money  has  general  and 
permanent value.

There  are  three  distinct  orders  of  ex­
changeable quantities which are  typified  by 
the terms money,  labor and credit.

If a person accidentally  loses  a  thing  or 
has it stolen from him, he does  not  thereby 
lose his property or right in it.

It is a general  rule  of  English  law  that 
a  person  cannot  transmit  to  another  any 
better title to a thing than  he  has  himself.
When a person advances money to anoth­
er and agrees to  defer  receiving  the  profit 
until  a certain time,  the  profit is termed in­
terest.

A man’s property may  be  called  positive 
and his debts  negative;  subtract  his  debts 
from  his  property,  and  the  remainder,  if 
any,  is his capital.  •

It is by  the  excessive  creation  of  credit 
that overproduction is brought about,  which 
causes  those  terrible  catastrophes  called 
commercial crises.

There is no such thing  as  absolute  value 
or universal value, because there  is  nothing 
probably which  can  be  exchanged  univer­
sally throughout the world.

There  are  only  two  fundamentally  des­
tined ways in  which  capital  may  increase; 
first,  by direct and actual  increase  of  quan­
tity,  and,  second,  by exchange.

Credit is anything  which  is  of  no  direct 
use,  but  which  is  taken  in  exchange  for 
something else,  in the  belief  or  confidence 
that we have the right to exchange  it  away 
again.

Aristotle says:  “We  call  wealth  every­
thing whose value  is  measured  by  money, 
or rather^ we may say,  everything which  is 
exchangeable,  as  money  itself  is  an  ex­
changeable quantity.”

If all the balance sheets  of  every  one  in 
the world were collected into one,  the  debts 
and credits would mutually  neutralize  each 
other,  and there would remain but  one  sin­
gle account—existing goods.

All modern economists since Adam Smith 
admit that abilities,  skill,  energy,  capacity, 
character and the personal  qualities  of  the 
people  of  a  country  are  wealth,  because 
they can buy and sell their use and make an 
income by their exertion.

There are six different kinds of  exchange 
or commerce:  1st,  material product  for  ma­
terial  product;  2d,  material product for ser­
vice or labor;  3d,  one kind of labor or service 
for  another;  4th,  labor  or  service  for  a 
right of  action  or  a  credit;  5th,  material 
product for a right of action or a credit;  6th, 
•one right for another right.

Points for Retailers.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

Take the bold step of  gradually  reducing 

stock.

Seize the right  time  for  modifying  your 

business with advantage.

Mind that you are not misled by bad man­

agement and loose book-keeping.

Better be understocked  aud  weak-handed

In stock-taking,  let nothing but  real  val­
ue appear In the  balance  sheet,  and  under 
rather than over value.

¡than to have too much of either.

[  As a rule,  you lose people  aud  their  cus­
tom when they get into your debt. 
If  pos­
sible, do a strictly cash business.

Let the benefit to accrue  from  the  vigor­
ous use of the  pruning  knife  sustain  you. 
It will come out all right in the end.

Make  use  of  the  telegraph  when  your 
stock gets too small.  The  results  of  turn­
ing stock quickly are quite startling.
The true  limits  of  credit  may  be  seen 
from the etymology  of  the  word. 
It  is  a 
promise to pay something in the future.

Strike  off  all  customers  who  will  not 
steadily pay monthly.  Keep strictly to this i 
rule and you will have a healthy business. 
] 

When  you  have  commenced  a business, 
go thoroughly into it  Do not  be  ashamed 
of  an  honest  business  that  is  supporting 
you.  Make it honorable.

When an account is opened,  ask  the  par­
ties to  what  extent  they  wish  to  go,  and 
keep them 
to  the  amount  agreed  upon, 
which,  with their  name,  should  be  entered 
in the ledger.

To  know  when  to  retire  from  business 
and how to retiregrequires  great  judgment. 
It is as grave a blunder to retreat too soon as 
'to hold on too  long—to  withdraw  too  sud­
denly as to linger too tenaciously.

Keep up your bank  credit  and  gradually 
reduce  your  discouut.  Try  by  keeping  a 
fourth of your bills  back  for  collection  at 
first,  and gradually increasing  the  number, 
to reach as soon'as possiblejthe point where 
you will have no billsEuuder  discount,  but 
all for collection.

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

It  gives  you  the  Best  Scheme  Ever 11 
Offered.  Every Grocer should avail  him­
self of this chance to get an excellent
SINGER  MODEL  SEWING  MACHINE

W ith all attachments, gratis, and make a 
profit that ■will pay yon  better  than  any 
other Soap in the Market.
BDLKLEY,  LEMON  &  HOOPS,

JOHN CATTUIBLD 

W holesale Agent,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Sol©  .Agents  for  G rand  R apida

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< 5 r o c e r ie s .

Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rap­

ids.

President-Erwin J. Herrick.
First Vice-President—E. E. Walker. 
Second Vice-President  Jas. A. toye. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe.
Tuesday
Treasurer—B. S. Harris. 
Regular  meetings—First  and  Thud  Tuesday 
Next meeting—Tuesday evening. Aug. i<.
Grocers’  Association  of the  City  of  Mus­

Evenings of each month. 

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kegon.

President—H. B. Fargo.
First Vice-President—Wm. B. Keitt.
Second Vice-President—A. Towi.
Secretary—Wm. Peer.
Treasurer—John DeHaas. 
, Wednesday
Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each month. 
.
Next meeting—Wednesday evening, Aug. 4.
Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association.

President—P.  Ranney. 
First Vice-President—O. K. Buckhout.
Second Vice-President—Hugh Beggs. 
Secretary—M. S. Bcoville.
Treasurer—Julius Schuster. 
fh  Tnes-
Regular  Meetings—Second  and  fourth Tues 

.

, 
________ _

days of each month. 

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

That was a good story Frank  Emery  told 
at the meeting of the  Retail  Grocers  Asso­
ciation the other evening.  Briefly stated, it 
is as follows:  While on the road for  Gray, 
Burt &  Kingman—now  Gray,  Kingman & 
Collins—he  noticed  a  decline in sugars  of 
about one and a half cents,  while  candy re­
mained without change.  After waiting sev­
eral months for the house to notify him of a 
decline,  he spoke of the matter while  being 
“posted up” in the house one day, when one 
of the  proprietors  suggested  that  he  step 
over to the establishment of John C. Neemes 
& Co.  and ask for a new list, 
lie did as re­
quested, when the  senior  partner  imperti­
nently asked him why he wanted anew list 
Frank replied that he had carried  the  same 
list nearly two years and that in  the  mean­
time sugar had declined fully  a  cent  and  a 
half. 
“ Sugar ! ”  replied  Mr.  Neemes. 
“Sugar !  What in hell has sugar got Ut do 
with the candy business?"

Joseph  Heald,  whose  constant  regret  is 
that  he  did  not  purchase  more  Southern 
pine  land  when  it was  going  for  a  mere 
song, tells me that D. A. Blodgett  we used 
to  call  him  “Doc.”  up  in  Osceola  county 
twenty years  ago—now  owns  over 100,000 
acres of  yellow  pine, which  has  cost  him 
between  $150,000  and  $200,000.  The land 
will  yield a cool  billion feet of  lumber and 
Mr. Heald considers  Mr. Blodgett’s chances 
for making  a million  dollars on his  invest­
ment next door to a certainty.

How Bananas are Ripened.
From tbo New York Mail and Express.

“Banana bakeries  are  played  out  here,” 
said a fruit dealer of  Fulton  Market,  when 
shown by a reporter a description of  a  ban­
ana bakery in Michigan.  “They were aban­
doned by New  Yorkers  twenty  or  twenty- 
five years ago.  Ripening  bananas  by  arti­
ficial heat did well enough before better  ap­
pliances were found  out.  We  have  to  im­
port the bananas green or they would all  be 
rotten  before  they  reach  here.  Dry  heat, 
such as would be produced in an  oven,  rots 
the stock which supplies the  fruit  with  life 
while ripening.  There is heat enough  in  a 
banana itself to cause it to ripen.  Put a lot 
of green bananas in a barrel on a  voyage  to 
this port from  any  of  the  banana-growing 
countries, and when the barrel is opened here 
the fruit will be found all burned up.  Ban­
anas ripened in an oven  must  be  sold  and 
j eaten at once, or they will soon rot  and  be­
come a total loss.  The process  now  adopt­
ed in this city is to hang the bananas within 
an air-tight closet or room  with  tight  win­
dows.  Not a breath of air is allowed to  get 
at them while ripening.  The  natural  heat 
of the plant  will,  as  soon  as  the  door  is 
tightly closed,  raise  the  temperature  to  as 
high as 85°, no matter what it may be  out­
side.  With this  temperature the  fruit  will 
ripen in four days and be ready for sale.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE 

Apples—Red Astricans, $1.25@$2 ^   bbl..  ac­

cording to quality.

Beans—Dry, $1.40 $  bu.
Beets—New, 80c $  bu.
Blackberries—Cultivated or wild, 65c 

12 qt.

basket.
Butter—Michigan  creamery  is in better de­
mand  at  17@18c.  Dairy  is  looking  up  some­
what, being more firmly held at ]2@13C. 

Cabbages—$3©$5 $  100, according to size. 
Carrots—20c $   doz.
C e le ry —Grand Haven  or  Kalamazoo, 20@25c 

$  doz.

Corn—Green, 12c $  doz.
Cucumbers—15c $  doz.
Cheese—June  and July  stock  of  Michigan 

full cream is in active demand at 8@8*c.

Dried A p p l e s —Quartered  and sliced, 3@4c. 
Dried Peaches—Pared, 15c.
Eggs—Jobbers pay lie and sell for 12c. 
Grapes—60c $  10 ib basket.
Grapes-$2.25 $  *   crate.
Honey—Easy at 12@13c.
Hay-Bailed is dull at $14 per ton  in two and 

five ton lots and $13 in car lots.

Muskmelons—$1 ¥  doz.
Onions—Green, 15c $  doz.  bunches. 

Danvers, $2 $  bbl.

Pears—Calif oruia Bartletts, $3 $  box 

Yellow

Belles,

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers, who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AXI.E GREASE.

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

Paragon..........••••2 10
Paragon 25 lb palls.  90 
Fraziers,25 lb pails. 1  25

baking  powder

“ 
“ 
*• 

Princess,  * s ...................................................

1  25
* s ....................................................a **
Is..............................................
bulk.........................................
Arctic, *  lb cans, 6 doz. case...............
...............
...............
...............
...............
Victorian, 1 lb cans, (tall,) 2 doz.......
Diamond,  “bulk,” ...............................

“ 
.  44 
“ 
** 

54 
*  
1 
5 

“ 
‘ 
“ 
14 

“ 
“ 
•* 
“ 

i  
2 
2 
1 

BLU IN G .

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

Dry, No. 2.............
Dry, No. 3........... .
Liquid, 4 oz,........
65
Liquid, 8 oz..........
gross 3 50 
Arctic 4 oz...........
"20
Arctic 8  oz.......................................
Arctic 16 oz...................................................   "  XX
2  00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box............................
3 00
4 
Arctic No. 2 
............................
4 00
Arotic No. 3  “ 
..............................
No  2 Hurl...............2 OOlParlor Gem —
No’ lHurl 
........... 2 25 Common Whisk
No.2Carpet...........2 50Fancy  Whisk..
No. 1 Carpet...........2 75|Mill.....................

44 
* 
BROOMS.

3 00 
90 
1 00

$1.75 $  bu.

CANNED F IS H .

55c  .

____________ _____  

.135
Clams, 1 lb, Little Neck.
Clams, 2 ib. Little Neck...............................3 00
Clams, 2 Ib. Lit  '
nowder,  3 lb........... ;............ .  -¿iuz fS,
Clam Chowder

Peaches—Home grown, $2 $  bu.
Plums—California, $2 $  box.
Pop Corn—2c $  lb.
Potatoes-Home grown. 50c V bu.  Southern,  Cove Outers, 1 lb  ^ndsurds.. 
c $  bu. 
Squash—Crookneck, 4c ¥  *>■
Tomatoes—Acme. $1.75 $  bu.
Turnips—None in market.
W aterm elons—Georgia, 16@ltC apiece. 
W hortleberries—$2.50 $   bu.

One of the large  importers  of  this  city 
uses  his  cellar  for  ripening  his  bananas.
The bunches are hung from the ceiling,  and 
after the cellar is closed  the  air , inside  be­
comes so oppressive  during  the  process  of 
ripening, from the heat  thrown  out  by  the 
fruit, that a man coming from  the outer  air 
would  scarcely  be  able  to  breath  therein.
When the place can be kept air-tight there is 
no occasion for the artificial heat  spoken  of 
in the description of the  Michigan  banana­
baking oven.  The  banana  is  a  fruit  that 
has to be  carefully  handled;  for  although 
hard while green it soon gets  soft  and  rots 
after the ripening  process  has  set  in.  No 
one cares to eat a  banana  that  has  become | Q0rn and Oats, $17 
too ripe,  for the  fruit  is  black  and  is  not 
pleasant looking. 
It presents  a  slimy  ap­
pearance, while the properly ripened banana 
is white and firm,  although soft.”

car lots.

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

Wheat—No change.  City millers pay i3 cents 
f o r  Lancaster and 70  for  Fulse  and  Clawson.
C o r n —Jobbing generally at 42@43c  in 100bu. 

lots and 35@38c in carlots. 

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

_

Rye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 
Flour—No  change.  P atent,  $5:30  $   bbl.  in 
sacks  and  $5.50  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.30  $  
bbl. in sacks and $4.50 in  wood.

cwt.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $13 
Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $15 $  ton. 

ton.

Creditors  and  Sins.
From the Springfield Homestead.

“Oh! if my  creditors were  only  like  my | 
sins,”  exclaimed  Mr.  Brown  to  liis  wife. 
“Why, my  dear?”  “Because  my creditors j 
call and  catch  me  every  day, but  my  sins | 
always find me o ut” 

___________

VISITING  BUYERS.

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

THgHFfii.tMMBO STILL UVES*

Saranac  Hand  in  Hand  with  Her  Sister 

Towns.
Saranac,  Aug. 3, 1886.

E. A. Stowe. Grand Rapids:
D ear Sir—In view of our soon starting a 
protective association at this place 
the same 
as are now established in many other places 
—we are requested to  address  you  for  in­
formation in regard to the  proper  proceed- 
ure in so organizing  and  getting  the  same 
started—thinking perhaps that you  are  bet­
ter able to advise us than any  other  person 
we might enquire of.  Any  information  in 
respect to the same will be most  thankfully 
appreciated.

Yours Respectfully,

Benson & Craw ford.

Agreeable to the above request,  the editor 
of The T radesm an  outlined  a  course  to 
pursue, at the  same  time  volunteering  his 
assistance in the  matter,  and  received  the 
following reply:
Since  receiving  yours  of  the  3d  about 
every business firm and  man  in  town  has 
signed a call to meet  Monday  evening,  for 
the  purpose  of  organizing  an  association; 
and since you so kindly signified your  will­
ingness to assist us in so organizing, and  if 
the above date  named  is  not  inconvenient 
for you, we should be pleased to be  favored 
with your presence.
Judging from the above,  it is evident that 
Saranac will be  “in line”  before  this  issue 
of T he T radesman reaches its readers.
Whitehall and Mortague Soon to Organize.

Whitehall,  Aug.  4,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dea r  Sir—I  saw  in  the  last  issue  of 
T he  T radesm an  your  offer  to  assist  in 
forming  trade  associations. 
I  have  been 
trying for several months to form one  here. 
Last week I drew up  a  paper  and  secured 
the name of every dealer  in  Whitehall  and 
the same is now being circulated in  Monta­
gue.  As soon as those names  are  secured, 
we shall call a meeting and will be  pleased 
to have you present,  if convenient  for  you. 
Will send you notice of the meeting.

Very Truly,

H.  A.  S pink.

Hides, Pelts and Wool.

Hides are dull and lower  and  the market 
will  be  unsettled  until  the  strikes  in  the 
Eastern  tanneries  are  definitely  settled. 
Pelts are firm and the demand good.  Wool 
is  firm,  in  consequence  of  an  advance  in 
England,  which  tends  to  strengthen  the 
market in this  country.
The  Largest  Sale  of  Tea  Ever  Made  in 

Grand Rapids.

Bulkley, Lemon  &  Hoops  sold  and  de­
livered to one firm last Wednesday fifty-one 
chests of tea, forty  of which are all one line 
of new Japans.  This is said to be the larg­
est sale of tea ever made at one time  by any 
jobbing house at this market.

Influenced by the low price  of  wheat and 
the high price of  grain bags, the farmers of 
California  have  not  marketed  their wheat 
as freely as they otherwise would have done. 
A syndicate controls the  bag market, and is 
demanding such  exorbitant  prices  that ex­
tra efforts are being made to obtain supplies 
from the Eastern States and from India.

The New York  Commercial Bulletin  re 
ports  ingot  copper very  steady,  and  hears 
intimations on the part of certain large min­
ing companies  calculated  to  check some of 
the unfavorable  conditions  that  have been 
weighting the market.

Geo. E. Taylor, Newaygo.
A. B. Foote, Hilliards.
I. J. Quick, Allendale.
H. M. Harroun. McLain.
W. E. Hightower, Fogg & Hightower, Ferry.
B. F. Archer, Ferry.
E. W. Reed,  Coopersville.
C. Ei Coleman, Pierson.
Jos. P. Cordes,  Alpine.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
F. C. Stone & Son, Cedar Springs.
O. Ball, Moriey.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
J . S. Barker, Sand Lake.
J. C. Scott, Lowell.
A. W. Blain,  Dutton.
A. H. North way, Fremont Center.
F. Narragang, Byron Center.
F. B. Watkins, Monterey.
G. F. Cook, Grove.
M. M. Robson,  Berlin.
Byron McNeal, Byron  Center.
JorgenBen & Hemingsen, Grant.
M. J. Bond, Wood Lake.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
A. Patterson, Dorr.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
H. R. Mulder, Grand Haven.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
Fred Stoner, Grand Haven.
H. M. Reed, Woodville.
C. Bergin, Lowell.
H. M. Lewes. Ionia.
C. H. Mehrtens. White Cloud.
J. G. Goodrich, Fennville.
John Canfield, Hobart.
L. Maier, Fisher’s Station.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
DenHerder & Tanis, Vriesland.
Jos. Raymond, Berlin.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Carrell & Fisher, Dorr.
W. C. Murray, Lowell.
Eddy & Emmons,  Grattan.
Rose Bros.. Allendale.
J. Tiesenga, Forest Grove.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
C. O. Smedley, Byron Center.
Fred Hayward, Trent.
John Oliver, Bass  River.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
Wm. Karsttn, Beaver Dam.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
L#Cook, Bauer.
S. M. Wright,  Big Springs.
M. F. Miller. Lisbon.
J.Omler, Wright.
Dingman & Mitchell,  Ravenna.
J. M. Carr, Agent, Chippewa Lake.
A. W. Stow, Caledonia.
Severance & Rich, Middleville.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
Jas. Darling, Fremont.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake.
Dr. W. Ryno, Colomo.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
Percy T. Cook, Reynolds.
Peter Dcndle, Hopkins.
A. A. Weeks, Grattan.
J. F. A. Raider, Newaygo.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
B. E. West & Co., Lowell.
Johnson & Seibert, Caledonia.
B. Gilbert & Co.,  Moline.
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.
B. Swaagerman, Grand  Haven.
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.
H. Baker & Son, Drentbe.
M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
A. &. L. M. Wolf. Hudsonville.
E. W. Pickett, Wayiand.
J. N. Fowler,  Muir.
Nelson F. Miller, Lisbon.
Eddy & Emmons, Grattan.
A, C. Barclay, Crosby.
M. Vander Bosch, Zeeland.
John Canfield, Manistee.
G. H. Rainsnard, Bridgeton.
Smith & Bristol, Ada.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
John Cole, Fremont.
Mrs. Jacob Debri,*Byron Center.
Sidney Stark, Allendale.
Moriey Bros., Cedar Springs.
A. Purchase, South Blendon.
B. Wynhoff, Holland.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
Cole & Chapel, Ada.
W. A. Hall, Luther.
Kellogg Wooden, Kalkaska.
S. Ryerson, Kent City.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
Hewet & Teft, Rockford.
G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz.
Goodrich & Quigley, Rodney.
Spring & Lendley .Bailey.
D.  W.  Shattuck. Wayiand.
Smith Bros., Alba.
J. H. Neff, Casnovia.

@  15 
®  28 
©12* 
@  23
@  22 
@ 7 
@  14 
@  14

D R IE D   FR U IT S— DOM ESTIC
Apricots, 25 lb boxes...........................
Cherries, pitted, 50 lb  boxes..............
Egg plums, 25 lb  boxes.....................
Pears, 251b boxes...............................
Peaches,  Delaware. 50 lb boxes.......
Peaches, Michigan.............................
I  Raspberries, 50 lb boxes....................
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron...................................................
Currants........... .................................
Lemon Peel.........................................
Orange Peel..
Prunes, French,60s.............................. 12H@
Prunes, French, 80s...............................8*@
@ 454 
Prunes, Turkey.....................................
@3 0U 
Raisins, Dehesia....................................
@2 75 
Raisins, London Layers.......................
@2 25 
Raisins, California  “ 
.......................
@2 00 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.....................
@13* 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s............................
@ 9
Raisins, Sultanas..................................
Raisins, Valencia..................................
@2 85
Raisins,  Imperials.................................
...1   00 
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square................
...1   20
Grand Ha/en, No 9, square, 3 gro........
Grand Haven,  No. 200,  parlor...........................1 ¿o
Grand  Haven, No. 300, parlor...........................2 -5
Grand Haven,  No.  7,  round......................... 1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2................................................. J ou
Oshkosh, No.  8..................................................*
.,.,,#«•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••  4®
Swedish 
Richardson’s No. 8  square............................ 100
............................ J ¡J;
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 7*. round................................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
............................ 150
Black Strap...................................................
Cuba Baking., .............................................. 2o@;»
Porto  Rico....................................................
New  Orleans,  good......................................-8©34
New Orleans, choice.....................................44@5U
New Orleans,  fancy.....................................a2@5o

MOLASSES.

do 
do 

MATCHES.

TEA S.

SH ORTS.
...16< Hiawatha__
.. .23 Old Congress.
.. .22 May  Leaf__
. . .23|Dark ..............

25  Our  Leader. 
12  Mayflower .
20 I Globe...........
Mule Ear__
j........20
Japan ordinary............................................18@20
Japan fair to good.......................................25@30
Japan fine..................................................... 35@45
Japan dust....................................................15@20
Young Hyson...............................................30@50
Gun Powder..................................................35@50
Oolong....................................................33@55@6C
Congo............................................................25@3Q
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.......
Maccoboy............................  @  55
Gail & Ax* 
@  44
..........................  
Rappee.................................  @  35
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..........................   @  45
Lotzbeck  ...............................................   @1 30
50 gr. 
10 
10

30 gr. 
08
.  08

VIN EGA R.

SN U FF.

“ 

White Wine.................................
Cider............................................
M ISCELLANEOUS
95
Bath Brick imported................
American................
do 
Burners, No. 1 ............................
1  00 
1 50
do  No. 2............................
7  75
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand.............  
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 lb cans.............   15@25
@12* 
Candles, Star.
@14 
Candles,  Hotel..................
@80 
Extract Coffee, V.  C........
F elix__
@25 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. 
@35 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.
30@35 
Gum, Spruce.....................
@3 50 
Hominy, ¥  bbl................
Jelly, in 30 lb  pails..........
© 4 
:*@ 3 
Pearl  Barley...................
@1 25 
Peas, Green  Bush..........
Peas, Split  Prepared....
@ 3 
@3 00 
Powder, Keg....................
@1 90 
Powder, *   Keg...............
@  18
Sage  .................................

1 25 

do 

*  bbls. 2c extra.

OATM EAL.

“ 

PIC K L E S.

Steel  cut................ 5 50!Rolled Oats, Acme
Steel Cut, *  bbl__3 00|Rolled Oats, Acme.3 00
Quaker, 48 lbs.........2 21
Rolled  Oats.......
Quaker, 60 lbs.........2 81
Rolled Oats, *bbl..3 (X- 
Quaker bbls............6 2
Rolled  Oats, cases.3 25 
RolledOats,Shields’3 25
Medium.........................................
*  barrels.......................
Imported Clay 3 gross.................
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross..
Imported Clay, No. 216,2* gross
American  T.D.............................
Choice Carolina.......6*1 Java  .................
Prime Carolina.......5*iPatna...................
Good Carolina........5  Rangoon...........5*@5*
Good Louisiana...... 5  (Broken...............3*@3*
DeLand’s pure........5*|Dwight’s ....................5*
Church’s  ................ 5*|Sea  Foam..................5*
Taylor’s G. M......... 5*|Cap Sheaf..................5*

...... 4 75@5 00
.......2 75@3 00
.......2 25@3 00
@225
.......  @1  85
.......   75®  90

SALEKATUS.

P IP E S .

R IC E .

*0 less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy............................ 
28 Pocket................................................. 
1003lb pockets.......................................  
Saginaw or Manistee............................ 
Diamond C.............................................. 
Standard  Coarse.................................... 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........  
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags—  
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........ 
American, dairy, *  bu. bags............... 
Rock, bushels.........................................
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags— ............... 
.....................  

*   44 

“ 

44 

SAUCES.

2 25
2 15
*j 35
80

J
1
m
2 75
70
2o
4o
“3

Parisian, *   pints..................................   @3 00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................   @  *v
Pepper Sauce, green  ............................  @
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............   ©1
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  @1 50
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   @  80
Catsup, Tomato, quarts  .....................   @1 20
Halford Sauce, pints..................... 
@3 50
Halford Sauce, *  pints.........................  @2 20

SOAPS.

.2 94
Ü3 85'
ily .....................
.4 75
..3 75 Napkin................
.4  75
.  3 22 Towel..................
. Jt 08 White  Marseilles .5 60
. .3 75 White Cotton  Oil .5 60
.3 30
..3 90 Shamrock...........
.2 95
• •3 45 Blue Danube.......
.3 60
..3 35 London  Family..

Nickel__
Gem........

SPIC E S.

,

• 

“ 

Whole.

STA RCH.

“ 
“ 
8 
“ 
*• 

Ground.
16@25 Pepper................ @18
Pepper.............
12© 15; Allspice............... 8@1(
A llsp ice........ 
Cinnamon...........18@30(Cassia..............  
_
Cloves  ................ 15@25 Nutmegs,  No. 1..  @60
Ginger................16@20iNutmegs,  No. 2..  @i
Mustard.............. 15@30j Cloves  ..................23@:
Cayenne.............25@35l
Electric  Lustre......................................  @3 21
Royal,  corn............................................  @ 6
gloss, 1  lb packages................   @ 5*
“  boxes..............................  @ 3*
Niagara, laundry, bbls.........................  @ 3M
boxes.....................   @ 3y
gloss, 1  lb.............................   @ 5;
corn.........................................  @ 6
Quaker, laundry, 561b............................  @4 50
Cut  Loaf
Powdered.....................
Granulated.  Standard.
Confectionery A ..........
Standard A ....................
No. 1, White Extra  C..
No. 2, Extra C...............
No. 3 C............................
No.4 C............................
Corn,  barrels  ......................................*• 
Corn, *  bbls............................................
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................  
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................................
Pure  Sugar, bbl.....................................
Pure Sugar, *  bbl........................................24@r
Pure Sugar  5 gal kegs................... —   ©1

@ 7 
© 6 
6  @   6 
57»@  6 
5%@  5 
5%@  5 *  
5  @ 5 
4%@ 4

22@26

SY RUPS.

SUGARS.

@

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

do 
do 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

12  @12* @12*

8*@ 9
9  @ 9* 
@10
@ 9 
@ 8*  
@10 
@ 9* 

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb boxes.........................
Twist, 
.........................
.  ...............
Cut Loaf 
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  pails...............................
Royal, 200 lb bbls...............................
Extra, 25 lb  pails...............................
Extra. 200 lb bbls...............................
French Cream, 25 lb pails................
Cut loaf, 25 lb  cases..........................
10  @10* 
Broken, 25  lb pails............................
Broken, 2001b  bbls............................
@ 9*
FANCY—IN  5 9) BOXES.
@13
Lemon  Drops....................................
Sour Drops.................................................   @14
ppermint  Drops..................................   @14
Chocolate Drops.......................................  
15
M Chocolate  Drops.............................  
18
um  D rops.............................................. 
10
22
ieorice Drops........................................... 
B Licorice  Drops................................. 
12
Lozenges, plain......................................... 
15
16
Lozenges,  printed.................................... 
Imperials..................................................  
15
Mottoes...................................................... 
15
Cream  Bar..................................................13@14
Molasses Bar..............................................13@14
Caramels....................................................  
18
Hand Made Creams...................................18@19
17
Plain  Creams............................................  
Decorated  Creams....................................  
20
String Rock...............................................  
14
Burnt Almonds......................................... 30@22
Wintergreen  Berries.........................  
 
15
Lozenges, plain in  pails...................... 12  ©12*
Lozenges, plain in  bbls........................11  @11*
ozenges, printed in pails....................  @13
Lozenges, printed in  bbls....................  @12
Chocolate Drops, in pails......................12*@13
um  Drops  in pails............................. 6  @ 6*
um Drops, in bbls...............................5  @ 5*
Moss Drops, in pails..............................  @10
Moss Drops, in bbls...............................  @ 9*
Sour Drops, in  pails..............................  @12
Imperials, in  pails................................12*@13
Imperials  in bbls.................................11 *@12
f r u i t s
Bananas  Aspinwall.............
Oranges, California, fancy..
)ranges, California,  choice.
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls........
Oranges, Florida..................
Oranges, Valencia, cases__
Oranges, Messina................
Oranges,  Naples..................
Lemons,  choice....................
Lemons, fancr.....................
jemons, California.............
Figs, layers, new,  $  lb........
Figs, Bags, 50 lb.................
Dates, frails  do  ..................
Dates, *  do  d o ..................
Dates, skin..........................
Dates, *   skin.......................
Dates, Fard 10 lb box $   lb..
Dates, Fard 50 lb box $  lb.....................   8*@  9
@ 8
Dates, Persian 50 lb box 
lb.
Pine Apples, $   doz................
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw V  lb.............
d o .............
Choice 
do  .............
Fancy H.P. do
Choice White, Va.do  ..............
Fancy HP,.  Va d o .............
H. P. Va.............
NUTS.
Almonds,  Tarragona........

.......12*@16
.......  @ 6*
.......  @ 4*
.......  @ 5

...........   4  @ 4*
........  @ 5
...........   @ 5*
...........   @ 5*
...........   @ 7*
...........   @7  i

@16
@16
Ivaca.
California............. ............. 15  @16
Brazils...................................... .............   8  @ 8*
Chestnuts, per bu...................
Filberts, Sicily......................... ............. 11  @12
Barcelona................ ..............   @10
Walnuts,  Grenoble..............................   @16
Marbo....................
California............. ...............  @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............. ...............  9  @13
Missouri................ ...............8*@  9  ,
1 Cocoanuts, 

100....................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

00©3 50

@8 00

do

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision Co 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago packing, new.........................10 75
Short Cut, new
.„ .» T
Back, clear, short cut...........................
....13 OO 
Extra family clear, short cut............. .
....13 75 
Clear,  A. W ebster, n e w ........................
....13 15 
Extra clear pig, short cut....................
....14jOO 
Extra clear,heavy.................................
....UfOO 
Clear quill, short  cut............................
.... 14  (5k 
Boston clear, short cut........................
....1 4 V  
Clear back, short cut............................
....14 25
Standard clear, short  cut. best..........
DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy.................................
6!
medium............................... 
“ 
6!
“ 
lig h t.................................... 
7
Short Clears, heavy................................. 
do.  medium...............................
7
light.....................................  
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  O It  P L A IN .
i Hams, heavy....................................................13
“  medium.......................:......... ............. 13
..............13
“ 
lig h t......................................
“  picnic  ..................................
“  bonelegs...............................
i Ä
“  best  boneless.......................
Shoulders, sweet pickle.................
boneless.........................
Breakfast  Bacon............................
clear....................
“ 
“  boneless.............
ham  prices.................

.............  8*
.............   9
Driod Beef, extra............................ ...............10*

............. h
............. 8

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

LAUD.

B E EF IN  BA RR ELS.

l a r d   i n   t i n   p a i l s .

Tierces  .....................................................
30 and 50 lb Tubs......................................
50 lb Round Tins, 100 cases.....................
20 lb Pails, 4 pails in  case.......................
3 lb Pails, 20 in a case..............................
5 tb Pails, 12 in a case..............................
10 &> Pails. 6 in a case.............................
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 lbs.......
Boneless,  extra*.......................................
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....................................

P IG S ’  FEET.

..  8 50 
.13 00

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

SMOKING

fYrrr» H nh P i

Old Time.
U nderwood’s Capper 35
Sweet  Rose............... 45
Meigs & Co.’s Stunner36
Atlas...........................35
Royal Game............... 38
Mule Ear....................65
Fountain.................... 74
Old Congress..............64
Good Luck.................52
Blaze Away...............35
Hair Lifter.................30
Hiawatha...................65
G lobe.........................65
May Flower..........
Sweet  Pippin...... ...45

Jim Dandy.................38
Our  Bird— .•............28
Brother  Jonathan...28
Our Block.................. 60
Jolly  Time.................40
Our  Leader............... 33
Sweet  Rose............... 32
May  Queen............... 65
Dark AmericanEagle67
The Meigs.................. 60
Red  Bird.................... 50
State  Seal................. 60
Prairie F low er........6F
Indian Queen...........60
Bull  Dog........
Crown Leaf..............66
♦Delivered.
Our  Leader..............15|Unit  ............................30
Old Vet......................30| Eight  Hours............... 24
Big Deal....................27 Lucky 
...................30
Ruby, cut  plug.......35 2088  ........................... lo
Navy Clippings....... 26 Two  Nickel................24
Leader  ..................... 15 Duke 8 Durham..........40
Hard  Tack................32 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
D ixie......................... 28 O wl............................. 16
Old T a r.....................40! Rob Roy.......................26
Arthur’s  Choice.......22|Uncle  Sam................. 28
Red Fox.....................26 Lumberman...............25
Gold Dust................. 26¡RailroadBoy...............38
Gold Block............... 30 Mountain Rose............18
iHome Comfort..........25
Seal of Grand Rapids 
Old Ril
(cloth)...................25
HID................................ OU
Seal of North Caro­
Tramway, 3 oz.......... 40
lina, 2  oz.................48
Miners and Puddlers .28
Seal of North Caro­
Peerless  .................... 24
lina, 4oz...................48
Standard....................20
Seal of North  Caro­
Old Tom......................18
lina, 8oz.................. 45
Tom & Jerry..............24
Seal of North Caro­
Joker...........................25
lina, 16 oz boxes.... 42 
Traveler.................... 36
King Bee, longcut.. .22
Maiden........................26
Sweet Lotus............... 32
Pickwick Club.......... 40
Grayling....................32
Nigger Head..............28
SealSkin....................30
Holland......................
Red Clover.................32
German......................16
Good Luck.................26
K. of  L.................42@4H
Honey  Dew............... 25
Dainty..................................... 44 Trade Union.
Old  Honesty..............40
Jolly Tar.................... 32
Jolly Time.................32
Favorite.................... 42
Black Bird.................32
Live and Let Live.. .32
Quaker....................... 28
Bull  Dog.................. *36
Hiawatha.................. 42
Big  Nig......................37
Spear Head...............j®
Whole Earth..............32
Crazy  Quilt............... 32
p.  v . ...........................40
Spring Chicken.........38
Eclipse  ......................30
Moxie........................34
Blackjack.................32
Hiawatha.................. 42
Muaselman’s Corker. 30
Turkey........................39
♦Delivered.

______  
*36
Labor Union............ *30
Splendid..................   38
Old Solder...................40
Red Fox......................4:
Big  Drive...................42
Patrol.........................40
Jack Rabbit............... 35
Chocolate  Cream....39
Nimrod......................36
g  n ..............................38
Spread  Eagie............36
Big Five Center.........38
Parrot........................42
Buster....................... 36
Black Prince..............36
Black  Racer..............35
Star............................ 39
C\imax  ......................42
Horse  Shoe............... 36
o. less in three butt lots.

PLU G .

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

OY STERS.

FRESH  F IS H .

.......40
New  York  Counts..................................
@10w
Cod  .................................................
@  m  @ ar
Haddock.........................................
© 5 *
Mackinaw Trout............................
@ 3
Perch...............................................
Smelts.............................................. .......10 @11
@ 6
i Whiteflsh..........  .....................................

‘k,jJ@CTeU¿,<& Co,

j Lobsters’, 1 lb picnic......................................|   *5
50 
Lobsters, 2 Ib, picnio..
...2 00 
Lobsters, 1 lb star.........................
....3 00 
Lobsters, 2 lb star...........
....1  20 
Mackerel, 1 lb  fresh  standards.. 
...... 4 00
Mackerel, 5 lb fresh standards..
IHttCIVClLl, u 
Q flA
--------- ,,  - 
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 lb................3 UU
....3  00 
Mackerel,3 R> in Mustard..........
....3  00 
Mackerel. 31b  soused................
....1  80 
Salmon, 1 lb Columbia river....
40
Salmon. 2 lb Columbia river..........
Sardines, domestic * 8 .................................
Sardines,  domestic  * s ...............................  “
Sardines,  Mustard  * s .................................  "
Sardines,  imported  * s ................................   j*
Trout. 3 Ib  brook.................................—   4 w
Apples. 3 lb standards. ................................ „75
Apples, gallons, standards.........................-
Blackberries, standards............................... 1 "
Cherries,  red  standard...............................
D am sons........  ••    ............................i'wwai  as
Egg Plums, standards 
.......................1 3U@i 2»
Green Gages, standards 21b................ 1 3b@l-5
Peaches. Extra Yellow...............................
Peaches, standards...................................... *
Peaches,  seconds..........................................4
Pineapples, standards...... .........................*
Pineapples, Johnson s sliced...................... " eu
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...................-
Quinces............................................... ... 
to
Raspberries,  extra...........................}
Strawberries  ..................................... 1  iw»i -o

CANNED F R U IT S .

CANNED FRUTTS— C A L IF O R N IA .

Lusk’s.  Mariposa.
2 00 
Apricots....................................^  25
2  00 
Egg Plums................................ -  j"
1 80 
Grapes........................................- J”
2 00 
Green Gages.............................*
2  20
Pears................ 
“ j?u
„„
Quinces.....................................“ 
Peaches.....................................2 ** 
* 6
CANNED V EG ETA BLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.................................3 00
Beans, Lima,  standard...............................   »u
Beans,Stringless, E r ie ...........................   »»
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.......................1 65
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.................................f J"
“  Morning  Glory................................. j  ””
“  Acme....................................................1
“  Maple Leaf..........................................
“  Excelsior............................................. ^
Peas, French........... v v n * : .....................i
Peas, Marrofat, standard, Erie................... 1 50
Peas  ........................ 
Ir
Peas, Fink, Dwyer & Co............................ 
¿2
Pumpkin, 3 lb Golden............................... .
Succotash, standard......................  
| Squash..........................................................,  VV
[ Tomatoes, standard brands........................1  ia

 

 

 

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Michigan  full  cream .........................   8@ 8*

Baker’s ................. 37*  (German Sweet........... gl
Runkles’ ....................35|Vienna Sweet  .......... 22

CH EESE.

CHOCOLATE.

COCOON UT.

Schepps. cake box.................................
.................................................  @28
Maltby’s 1 lb  round...............................   @26
assort  ......................................
...................................................  @28
Manhattan,  pails...................................  @2®

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C O FFEES.

Green.

, R io......................9@]2
Golden Rio..............12
1 Santos......................13
Maricabo................
J a v a .................20@25
I O. G. Java............... 24
Mocha  .................... 26
COFFKES-
xxxx................
Standard  ....................
1 Dllworth’s .................
Lyon............................
Arbuckle s  .................

Silver  King.
I M exican__
Royal............
60 foot Jute.......1 00
72 foot J u te .......1 25
40Foot Cotton— 1 50

Roasted.

R io......................7@15
Golden Rio..............16
Santos......................17
Maricabo................. 17
Java...................24@26
O. G. Java............... 24
Mocha......................25
-PACKAGE.

60 a>8100 lbs 300 lbs
13*
....14* 14
13*
13* 13*
13*
14
14
13* 13*
13* 13*
21
21
12* 12*
50 foot Cotton— 1 60 
60 foot Cotton... .1 75 
72 foot Cotton... .2 00

....14*
__ 13*
....16

CORDAGE.

CRACKERS  AND  SW EET  GOODS.

X  XXX

lb
6*

SPURtiS

4*

M/tfOARD  ^

KenoshaButter...........
Seymour Butter...........
Butter.............................
Fancy  Butter...............
S.  Oyster........................
Picnic............................
Fancy  Oyster...............
Fancy  Soda..................
City Soda.......................
Soda  ..............................
Milk...............................
Boston..........................
Graham.........................
Oat  Meal................ —
Pretzels, hand-made...
PretzelB.........................
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..........................
Guaranteed  absolutely  P ure,  H ighest 
Seed Cakes.................................
Gr ad e,  Cultivated coffee, and free from 
S. &  M. Cakes............................
any mixture with the rank acid coffees grown 
Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth............
on uncultivated  lands,  which  cause  dizzi­
Cod, whole................................................. ..
ness,  indigestion,  sleeplessness, etc.
Cod,Boneless..........  ....................................
H»lib,lt.........« ? *
lined cartoons, and 2 ft tins by  all  leading  H e r r i n g ,  round.  *   5 ™ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;* ^
Herring, Holland, bbls..........................1J '
Retail Geocers. 
Herringi Holland,  kegs.............................
Mackerel, shore. N o.2, *  bbls.............. ..6 25
..........  80
....................  60
No. 3 ,*  bbls.............................. 3 25
121b  kits............................  60

COFFEE

Sold  in  1  ft  pink  paper bags,  1 ft foil  — 

H O W A R D   W .  SPTTRR  Sc  CO.,

Importers, Roasters and Packers,

*» 
.............................10  “ 
“ 
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»  10  “ 

13*
11*
12*
13*
13*
13*
12*
8*
....  @60 
. .3*@4*

“  12 lb kits 

BOSTON.

’  2b 
^ 00

12*
8*

F IS H .

8*

7*

7*

•* 

“ 

.........................
Shad, *  bbl ............................................ \  
™
Trout, *   bbls.........................................3 5U@3 7ft
10 lb kits............................................   JO
White, No. 1, *  b bls...................................®  ‘®
90 
White, No. 1,12 lb kits....................
...  80 
White, No. 1,10 lb kits....................
...2 15
White, Family, *  bbls....................
f l a v o r i n g  e x t r a c t s .
Lemon,  vanilla
1 40
2 50
4 00
5 00
1 50
2  75 
7 50
15 00 
1  65 
4 25
6 00

Jennings’ D. C.,2 oz...............V doz.  1 00 
“ 4 OZ............................. 1 50
“ 6oz............................. - 60
“ 8 oz............................. 3 50
“ No. 2 Taper...............1 25
“ No. 4 
............... 1 75
•• *  pint, round........... 4 50
..........9 00
« 
•* N o.3 panel.............. 110
“ No. 8 
...............2 75
...............4 25
“ No. 10 

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Makes a Specialty of

Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges,

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

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

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

9 7   and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand Bapids, Michigan

o. w. b l a in  & co., Produce Commissi
Foreip  m i  Domestic  Emits, M o r a   M eta ls, Etc.

-------DEALERS  IN-------

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled at lowest market prlce.  Correar 
NO.  9  IONIA  ST.
pondenoe solicited.  APPLES AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 
H E S S ,
P E R K I N S   <&
Hides, Purs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  18«  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 

WE CARRY  A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

u n p i r   D 
f if i  Jobbers  Michigan  W ater  W hite  and 
nUbLL  Ob  llUl  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.  ft|||0 |/rp n ij  111011 
IYIUuKlUUmj  mlUMl

Warehouse:  Lee’s  Ferry Dock, 

FULLER & STOWE COMPANY,

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.

Wall Paper i Window Shades

At Manufacturers’ Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

House and Store Shades Made to Order. 
Nelson  Bros.  &  Co.
J.  T.  BELL  <&  CO.,
Saginaw  Valley  Fruit  House
And  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,

Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits.

Reference:  Banks of E ast Saginaw. 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED.

H E S T E R .

East Saginaw, Mich.
  <&  E O X ,

m a n u f a c t u r e r s ’  a g e n t s   f o r

JLXFDGRIST MILL MACHINERY,

SAW 
Send for 
Catalogue 

ana 
Prices

ATLAS

ENGINE 
WORKS

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.f  U.  S.
STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
___________M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F

Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate  delivery.

Planers, M atchers, Moulders and all kinds of W ood-W orking M achinery, 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept  on  hand.  Send  for  sample 
Write  for Prices. 

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

130  OAKES  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

OLNEY, SHIELDS  &  CO.

And IMPORTERS  OF TEAS.

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

at latest declines and for cash.

by no other jobbers in the city.

W e  have  specialties  in  TOBACCOS  and  CIGARS  possessed 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOlt

iMo-A-lpixx’s IPeetvey Plug.

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

AliSO  SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

MSXTDEZi <& BROS/  Celebrated  CIGARS,

Finer quality and lower prices than any handled 

in the market.

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

5 and 7 Ionia Street,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Property in Patents.

There is a prejudice  against  patents. 

It 
may  not be general; it  may  be  a  lingering 
remaining shadow of a once popular notion; 
but it crops out occasionally in conversation, 
in trading,  in  the  newspaper  and  even  in 
the legislation  of  the  country.  Recently a 
customer  in  an  agricultural  warehouse  re­
fused an implement and questioned the price 
because it was a patented  article.  He  said 
that  all  patented  articles  had  a  fictitious 
value attached  to  them.  Some  time ago a 
New York  city paper  published  an article 
arguing  against the  issuing of  letters pat­
ent, on the ground that “it  is  questionable 
if ideas can be bought and sold and protect­
ed in  the same way as goods and chattels;” 
and in relation to the success of an inventor 
said, by way of  illustration,  that “possibly 
many men  had the  idea  in a  more  or less 
developed  state,  but  one, perhaps, reduces I 

it to practice,  gets a little ahead of the rest, J 

claims a  patent and  shuts out  all  others.” i 
Followed  to  its  ultimate  this  argument 
would confine  proprietorship  to  those tan- | 
gible objects  which  do not  require ideas to 
produce, or, soberly, it would limit personal 
proprietorship to those articles the ideal sug­
gestion of which  was  confined  to the  pat­
entee or the inventor.

This notion of the intangibility of proper­
ty in ideas  wrought into  practical and use­
ful form is  held by many who  may be  bold 
enough or thoughtful  enough  to  formulate 
it into a proposition.  But ideas  are bought 
and  sold  every  day;  the  writer,  lecturer, 
author, preacher,  all  sell  their  ideas;  why 
not the inventor?  The  man  whose  devel­
oped idea enables  a  farmer to  house a crop 
in two days instead  of 20 days,  one who in­
vents  machinery that  doubles  the  capacity 
of a mill, orrefht to be paid for his idea.

As matters now stand,  inventors  general­
ly—successful  inventors—are  not  too well 
paid for their ideas. 
In most  instances the 
inventor is  a poor  man,  and  frequently he 
has to sign a  portion of his  patent right or 
of  his  improvement  to  another  to  obtain 
means  to  perfect  it,  to  introduce  it  or  to 
sell it. 
In many cases pirating  robs him of 
his profits,  or legal  contests  reduce  his in­
come. 
It is rare that  the  price charged the 
purchaser for  the  improvement that is pro­
tected by a  patent is greater  than the value 
of the improvement.  But  whether  this  be 
so  or not,  it is  undeniably true  that  an in­
ventor’s patent  is  his  property as  much as 
liis hat or his coat is,  and  his  possession of 
it should be as much protected by law.

Transporting Logs by Boat.

The  Emery Lumber  Co.,  of  Tawas, has 
originated  a  new  method  of  transporting 
logs from Canada to Michigan in the  shape 
of a “log boat,” which is evidently destined 
to play an important part  in future lumber­
ing operations.  The  boat, which is  named 
the  Michigan,  is  294  feet  over  all, 42  ft. 
beam  with 16 ft. depth  of  hold,  and has a 
tonnage of 1,227.  She has one boiler, 15 ft. 
long, 
ft. in diameter  and  two  engines. 
One  engine  has  10x12  in.  cylinder.  The 
other  engine  has  two  cylinders,  14x12 in. 
each, and connected with two 18 in.  pumps, 
and also with an apparatus  for  hoisting an­
chors, of which she carries  two,  one weigh­
ing 1,600 pounds and the other 3,000 pounds. 
The chain of the large anchor weighs twen­
ty pounds to the  link,  and is  made  of  \% 
in.  wire.  The  apparatus for  hoisting  logs 
on board is a slip that extends on an incline 
to  the  water,  in  which  an  endless  chain 
runs,  and on  which are  hooks which  carry 
the logs up the slip, which is  jointed at the 
rail and extends across the deck.  Here men 
with cant hooks receive and roll the logs oft' 
on to the  skids,  where  they are  held  until 
wanted in  the hold, they being  there drop­
ped into five feet of water.  The water comes 
into the hold  through a 10  inch  aperture in 
three  hours,  and  the  two  18  in.  pumps 
empty the hold again in four hours.  There 
are two of the slips.  The  logs  are  hoisted 
out  of  the  hold  at  the  after  hatches  (of 
which there are seven) by two upright slides 
with arms, upon which the log rests.  When 
the log gets ou  deck,  it rolls  on to a  set of 
rollers that  carry it  overboard.  The  craft 
has been loaded in less than 20  hours.  She 
has a full set  of  canvass  on four  spars,  10 
men for a crew,  and  carries  about  700,000 
feet of logs.

A New Kind of Knight.

“Are  you  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 

Labor?”

“No; but I had one last week.”
“Had one!  What do you mean?”
“Had a night of labor.  My baby had the 

colic from nine o’clock until daylight.”

Hardwood Lumber Market.

Bircli  is  quiet.  Cherry  is  in  better  de­
mand  and the  price  is  bound  to move up­
ward from  this  time on.  Oak  is  fairly ac­
tive.  Maple  is  not  in  much  demand,  the 
market  being well  supplied with  last win­
ter’s cut.

Good Words Unsolicited.

Dr.  M.  Meyer,  druggist.  Bannister:  “I  do 

not want to be without T h e   T r a d e s m a n .”  

Jno.  K.  Price,  wholesale  grocer,  Chicago: 
"Success to T h e  T r a d e s m a n , as it fully meets 
the wants of the trade.”

Abraham Lincoln,  many years ago,  in  an 
address delivered in the city of  New  York, 
gave the  following  advice  to  workingmen 
which is pertinent at  this  time.  He  said: 
“That  some  should  be  rich,  shows  that 
others may be  rich,  and  hence  is  but  en­
couragement  to  industry  and  enterprise. 
Let not him who is homeless pull  down  the 
house of another,  but let him labor diligent­
ly and build one for himself, thus by  exam­
ple  assuring  that  his  own  shall  be  safe 
when built.”

Tapping a Till With a Cane.

A novel device to render retail liquor  sel­
ling unprofitable was  revealed  recently  in 
Boston by two  young  men  carrying  canes. 
Entering 
the  Milliken  House  bar-room, 
where the  proprietor  kept  a  playful  dog, 
they at once preceded to cultivate Fido’s ac­
quaintance and entered into  a  lively  frolic 
with  him.  After  paying  for  their  enter­
tainment  they  departed.  The  proprietor 
soon missed a 85 bill  but  hardly  suspected 
his two stranger patrons.

They came again and the frolic  with  the 
dog was renewed by one of them,  the  own­
er’s attention being  diverted  by  the  other. 
All at once young man No.  1 was  heard  to 
utter an oath, and his cane fell simultaneous­
ly behind the bar.  The  owner  of  the  bar 
hastened behind it to pick up the stick,  and 
was surprised to see a bank bill adhering  to 
the  end  of  it.  A  thought  struck  him. 
Here was an explanation of  the  disappear­
ance of the bill  on  the «previous  visit.  He 
immediately accused the two men  of  being 
in collusion.  They at first denied the theft. 
Their canes were  found  to  be  flattened  at 
the end, and a little distance from the point 
they  were  besmeared  with  mucilage  or 
pitch.  While poking  fun  at  Fido  behind 
the bar the money drawer was  opened  and 
the top bill, adhering to the cane, was drawn 
out.  The dog in the last instance had  seiz­
ed the stick and pulled it  from  the  thieft’s 
hand which  accounts  for  the  latter’s  tell­
tale oath.  The men  were  for  some  unex­
plained reason 'allowed  to  escape  punish­
ment.

The strongest  wood  in  America,  accord­
ing to Professor Sargent, is that of the hick­
ory of the  Arkansas  region,  and the weak­
est the West Indian bircli  (Bur seva).  The 
most  elastic is  the  tamarack,  the  white or 
shell  bark  hickory  standing  far  below it. 
The least elastic,  and  the  lowest in specific 
gravity,  is  the  wood  of the  Ficus  aurea. 
The highest specific  gravity,  upon which in 
general  depends  value as  fuel,  is  attained 
by the bluewood of Texas.

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.

O,  Denison,

88,90 and 92 South  Division  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

COOPERAGE.

" 

" 

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HEADS.

STAVES.
 
“ 

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

at  Grand  liapids.
Red oak flour bbl. staves...............M  6 00®  0 50
M  5 00®  5 50
Elm 
White oak tee staves, s’d and j’t.M  22 00@25 00 
White oak pork bbl.  “ 
“  M  1!) 50@22 00
4 25® 4 50
Produce barrel staves.................... 
Tierce, dowelled and circled, set__  
16®  16
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Pork, 
12® 
13
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Tierce  heads,  square...............$  M  23 U9®26 90
Pork bbl. " 
...............M  19 00@21 00
Basswood, kiln dried, set..................  414®
Cull  wood  heading............................  3*@
White oak and hickory tee, 8f’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 00®  6 75
Ash, flat racked, 6‘A f’t.................. M  3 75o\  4 tO
Coiled  elm.........................................  3 00®  7 (0
White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M  1 00®  1 10 
White oak pork barrels,machine.. 
8o@  95
White oak lard  tierces....................  1  15®  1 25
Beef and lard half barrels................. 
75® 90
Custom barrels, one  head...............  1 00®  1 10
Flour  barrels.......................................  
30® 37
Produce  barrels..................................  
25® 28

b a r r e l s .

H O O PS.

WOO DEN WAKE.

..................................  4 00

Standard  Tubs, No. 1........................................... 5 25
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...........................................4 25
Standard  Tubs, No. 3__ f.................................... 3 25
Standard Pails, two hoop.....................................1 25
Standard Pails, three hoop................................. 1 50
Pails, ground wood 
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................................2 00
Butter  Pails, ash..................................................2 50
Butter Ladles........................................................ 1 00
Rolling Pids......................................................  75
Potato Mashers................................................  75
Clothes Pounders................................  
ClothesPins......................................................  65
Mop Stocks..................................................    .1  26
Washboards, single.................................... 
  1  75
Washboards, double.............................................2 25

 

BA SK ETS.

Diamond  Market............................................   40
Bushel, narrow band........................................... 1 60
Bushel, wide band................................................ 1 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...........................................8 Oo

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

“ 

bbl.
“ 

Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.. 
1  00
....... 
86
...... 
Ohio White Lime, car lots.. 
Louisville Cemeni,  per bbl.
1  30
....... 
1 30
Akron Cement per  bbl......................... 
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl....................... 
1 30
Car lots 
..................... 1  05®1  10
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  30
Stucco, per bbl.......................................  
175
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 50
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
2 50
Fire brick, per  M........ .........................$25 ® $35
Fire clay, per bbl..................................  
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$5 75®6 00 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 00@6 25
Cannell,  car lots...................................  @6 GO
Ohio Lump, car lots............................  3  10®3 25
Blossburgor Cumberland, car lots..  4 50®5 00 
Portland  Cement....................  ..........  3 50®4  00

COAL.

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  5
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................  7
Dressed  Hogs.........................................   0
Mutton,  carcasses................................... 6
Spring Lamb...........................................  9
Veal..........................................................  7
Pork Sausage.........................................
Bologna...................................................   6
Fowls........................................................
Spring Chickens.............................  
 
Ducks  .....................................................
Turkeys  .................................................

@ ay, 
®  7 y, 
® 6 Vi 
® 6 Vi ®10 
@ 8 
@ 8 
®   6Vi ®lt 
@17
16
w

Ibarbware.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full  packages.

AUGERS AND B ITS.

BELLS.

BARROW S.

BALANCES.

Ives’,  old style......................................... dis60&10
N.  H. C. Co................................................dis60&10
Douglass’................................................... disOO&lO
Pierces’ ....................................... 
dis60&10
Snell’s ........................................................ dis60&10
Cook’s  .......................................................dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine................................ dis 
25
Jennings’, Imitation................................disoO&lO
40
Spring.......................................................dis 
Railroad............................................... 
$  13 00
Garden......................................................net  33 00
Hand..............................................dis $ 60&10&10
Cow.................................................... dis 
60&10
30&15
Call....................................................dis 
Gong.............  
djg 
25
60&10
Door. Sargent..................................dis 
40
Stove......................................................dis $ 
Carriage  new  list................................dis 
75
Plow  ......................................................dis  30&10
Sleigh Shoe.. .•...................................... dis 
75
Wrought Barrel  Bolts....................... dis  60&10
Cast  Barrel Bolts................................dis  60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs................... dis 
60
Cast Square Spring.............................dis 
60
Cast Chain...........................................dis  60&10
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob............dis  60&10
Wrought Square.................................dis 
60&10
60
Wrought Sunk Flush..........................dis 
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush................................................. dis 
60&10
Ives  Door......................................... ...dis  60&10

BOLTS.

 

BRACES.

40
Barber..................................................d isf 
Backus.................................................. dis 
50&10
Spofford................................................ dis 
50
Am. Ball............................................... dis 
net
Well, plain................................................... $  350
Well, swivel..........................................’’’ 
400

BUCKETS.

BU TTS. CAST.

70&10
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis 
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
60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..........dis 
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver 
tipped............................................... dig 
60& 5
Wrought Table.......................... ..........dis 1O&0O
Wrought  Inside  Blind............. ..........dis
1Ü&60
Wrought Brass..................
..........dis
Blind, Clark’s.......................
..........dis
80
Blind, Parker’s.......................
..........dis
80
Blind,  Shepard’s....................... ..........dis
70
CAPS.
Ely’s MO..........................
Hick’s C. F................
G. D.............................
Musket..........................

60
60

CA TRIDG ES.

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

Ch i s e l s .

COMBS.

Curry,  Lawrence’s.......  ......................dis  40&10
25
Hotchkiss  — .....................................dis 
Brass, Racking’s.......................................  
60
Bibb’s .................................................  
60
Beer.  ..............................................40&10
Fenns’......................................................... 
60

COCKS.

C O PPER .

12 

D R IL LS

H IN G ES.

ELBOW S.

HANGERS.

HAMMERS.

EX PA N SIV E B ITS.

f i l e s —New List.

13 
GAUGES.

Planished, 14 oz cut to size..................... *) a>  28
14x52,14x56, 14 x60.........................................  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..................’. ’' ’  »1
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................'it  19
Morse’s Bit  Stock............................... dis 
40
40
Taper and Straight Shank.................. dis 
Morse’s Taper  Shank........................ dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net  $.85
Corrugated........................................... dis  20&10
Adjustable............................................dis  *&10
Glar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00.  dis 
20
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
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
Heller’s  Horse Rasps......................... dis  55&10
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
15 18

GALVANIZED  IRO N ,
14 

22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............dis 
50
Maydole & Co.’s ...................................dis 
25
Kip’s .....................................................dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s.............................. dis  40&1C
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.................... 30 c  list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 e 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction....................dis 
60&10
Kidder, wood  track............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3............................ dis 
60
State..................................... .  per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4*  14
3V4
and  longer.............................................. 
Screw Hook and Eye,  *   ..................net 
10*
Screw Hook and Eye * ..................... net 
8 Vi
Screw Hook and Eye 
..................... net 
7*
7*
Screw Hook and Eye,  %................... net 
65
Strap and  T ........................................dis 
Stamped Tin Ware.................................... 
30
Japanned Tin  Ware................................. 
25
Granite Iron  Ware..................................  
25
Grub  1............................................... $11 00, dis 60
Grab  2..................... ..........................  11  50, dis 60
Grub 3.................................................  12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........... dis 
45
45
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........  
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings....... 
45
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
45
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain..........dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.....................   40&10
Humacite....................................  
dis 45
2 25
LOCKS— DOOR.
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis 
45
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s..................... dis 
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 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................. dis  50
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s ........................... dis  40&10
Coffee, P. S. & W.Mfg. Co.’s Maileables dis  40@10
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........dis  40@10
Coffee,  Enterprise..................................... dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ......................................dis  70
Stebbin’s Genuine.....................................dis  70
Enterprise,  self-measuring.....................dis  25

MOLASSES GATES.

HOLLOW   W ARE.

MATTOCKS.

LEV ELS.

MAULS.

KNOBS.

M ILLS.

HOES.

 

NA ILS.

Common. Bra  and Fencing.

lOdto  60d............................................keg $2  10
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv..........  ................................... 
50
4d and 5d  adv...............................................  
75
3d advance....................................................   1 50
3d fine  advance...........................................  3 00
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  175
Finishing 
Size—inches  |  3 
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—2 20.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................dis60«kl0
Zinc, with brass bottom.....................  ....  dis 50
Brass or  Copper........................................dis  50
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead's.................................................   50&10

I  lOd  8d 
2* 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

6d  4d
2 
1*

O IL E R S.

PA TENT  PLA NISAED IRO N .

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

Broken packs Vic $  1b extra.

RO PES.

SQUARES.

Sisal, *  in. and  larger.............................. ..  9*
Manilla.............
..  13*
Steel andiron..
70
.................................. dis
Try and Bevels.
60
.................................. dis
Mitre  ............... ....................................dis
20
SH EET IRON .Com. Smooth. Com.
$2 75
2 75
2 80
2 90
3 00
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 2  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14__ ............................$4  20
Nos. 15 to  17__ ............................  4 20
Nos. 18 to 21__ ............................  4 20
1*08. 22 to 24__ ............................  4 20
Nos .25 to 26__ ............................  4 40
No. 27................ ............................  4 00
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SH EET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   lb............................
In Smaller quansities, $   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............................
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

5S£
6
00
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35
12 50 
16 00 
17  50

T IN N E R ’S SOLDER.

T IN   PLA TES.

TACKS.

TR A PS.

rates.

T IN — LEA DED .

10x14, Charcoal...............................  5 75
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................................  7 25
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................   6 25
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  .............................  7 75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  5 75
1C, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal..............................   7 25
14x20, Charcoal..............................   8  75
IXX, 
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  10 77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  12 55
20x28, Charcoal...............................  15 50
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8 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
Roofing, 20x28, IC.........................................  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...................1100
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne............  14 00
Steel. Game.....................................................CO&IO
OneidaiCommuntity,  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 $1 doz
Bright Market.................................................  dis 67*
Annealed Market....................  ..........dis 
70
Coppered Market..............................................dis 62*
Extra Bailing.............................................  dis  55
Tinned  Market...............  
dis  62*
Tinned  Broom............................................... lb  09
Tinned Mattress........................................^  lb 8Vi
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................dis 40@40&10
Tinned SpringSteel.................................... dis  60
Plain Fence.....................................................fi> 3Vi
Barbed Fence, galvanized............................... i%
painted.................................... 3%
Copper................................................new  list net
Brass...................................................new  list net
Bright..............................................dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes......................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ................................  
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.................. dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine...................................... dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...................................dis 75&10&10
Bird Cages......................................... 
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&1Q&5 
Copper  Bottoms.............................. 
22o

M ISCELLANEOUS.

dis 70&10&10

W IR E GOODS.

W RENCHES.

W IR E .

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LUMBER, LATH  AND SHINGLES,

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co. quote f. 0.
b. ears  as follows:
Uppers, 1 inch........................
... per M $44 00
Uppers, 1V4, 1* and 2 inch__
.............   46 00
Selects, 1 inch..................................
.............   35 00
Selects, IJ4, lVi and 2  inch...........
.............  38 00
Fine Common, 1 inch....................
.............   30 00
.  20 00
Shop, 1 inch....................................
Fine, Common, 1*, 1* and 2inch...........   25 00
No. 1 Stocks,  12 in., 12,14 and 16  feet  ...  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet........................   16 pO
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet........................   17  00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12,14 and 16 feet.......  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet.........................  17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12,  14 and 16 feet........  15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..........................   16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet..........................   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
  13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet................... 
Coarse  Common  or  shipping  culls,  al
widths and  lengths..........................8 00 
9 00
A and B Strips, 4 or 0 in ............................  33 00
C Strips, 4 or 0 inch....................................  27 00
No. 1 Fencing, all  lengths.......................   16 00
No. 2 Fencing, 12,14 and 18  feet...............  12 00
No. 2 Fencing. 16 feet.................................  12 On
No. 1 Fencing. 4  inch.................................  15 00
No. 2 Fencing, 4  inch.................................  12 n0
Norway C and better, 4 or 6 inch.............   20 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and  B..................  18 00
Bevel Siding, 0 inch. C...............................  14  50
Bevel Siding, 6 inch. No. 1  Common.... 
9 00
Bevel Siding,  6  inch.  Clear.....................   20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12,12 to 16 ft...........   11 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A.  B....................  36 00
Dressed Flooring, 0 in.  C..........................   29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6 in.. No. 1, common..  17 00
Dressed Flooring 6in., No. 2 common__   14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. B and  Clear..  35 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 in., C..........................   20 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1  com’n  16 00 
Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in.. No. 2  com’n  14 00 
Beaded Celling, 4 inch, $1  00 additional.
i  XXX 18 in. Standard  Shingles......... 
3 10
■(XXX18 in.  Thin.....................................  
3 00
( XXX 16 in................................................  
2  75
No. 2 or 6 in. C. B 18 in.  Shingles.............  
1  75
No. 2 or 5 in. C. B. 16  in.............................. 
1  40
Lath  ....................................................   1 75® 2 00

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.
The furniture factories  here  pay 

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run....................
Birch, log-run................ ...........
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2....................
Black Ash, log-run....................
Cherry,  log-run.........................
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2................
Cherry,  cull...............................
Maple,  log-run................ .........
Maple, soft,  log-run.................
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2....................
Maple, clear, flooring...............
Maple, white, selected.............
Rea Oak, log-run.......................
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...............
Red Oak, quarter  sawed........
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank__
Walnut, log-run.........................
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2................
Walnuts,  culls..........................
Grey  Elm, log-run....................
White Ash,  log-run..................
Whitewood,  log-run................

as follows
@13 00 
15 00® 18 00 
@25 00 
@13 00 
25 00@35 00 
45 0C@50 00 @10 00
13 00® 15 00 
12 00@14 00
@20 00 
@25 00 
@25 On 
@18 00 
@24 00 
@35 00 
@25 00 
@55 00 
@75 00 
@25 00 
@13 00
14 00@16 00
@23 00

HIDES. PELTS AND  FURS.

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

•  PLA N ES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.............................. dis  15
Sciota Bench...............................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.....................dis  15
Bench, first quality................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&10
Fry, Acme............................................... dis 50&10
Common, polished................................... dis60&10
Dripping...................................................$1 8> 
6
Iron and Tinned.................................... dis 
40
Copper Rivets and  Burs.....................dis 
60

R IV E TS.

p a n s .

H ID ES.

Green — $  lb  7® 7V4|Calf skins, green
Part cured...  8  @ 8*  or cured__ 8  @10
Fullcured 
Dry hides and 
$1 piece.......20  @50

  8*@  8^ Deacon skins,

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

S H E E P  PELTS.

Old wool, estimated washed $  lb........22  @27
Tallow......................................................  3  @ 3V*

Fine washed $  1b 25@28ICoarse washed.. ,20@24 
Medifim  ............ 27@30| Unwashed.............  
2-3

W OOL.

«K

Ml H. LEONARD & SONS 3

PRICE  LIST.  CROCKERY  IDEFAJRT^ElsrT.  PART  1 2 .

3

Terms 60 days;  2 per cent, discount for cash in ten days on approved credit.  To enable our customers to depend on our stock of English W hite Granite  Ware,  we  print  for  this  week 
the assortment of crates which we carry in stock and can ship on receipt of order.  Prices in first column are for W edgwood or Johnson Bros.’ best W hite Granite in  Original  Crates,  and  in 
the second column for W edgwood & Co.’s same grade repacked to order in any quantities.  Mail orders solicited and given prompt personal attention.

6 7

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Net Price List

iti

Orig-  Pepack- 
inal 
mg 
Crates.  Prices. 
$  doz. 
li doz. 
95
....... 

“ 

“ 

•• 

« 

“ 

“ 

8  “ 

“ 
.. 
•• 

6  “ 
7  « 
8  “ 

Butters, Individual..........................  

Coffees,  handled...............................  
unhandled.......................... 

Bowls, No. 36,  1 pint......................... 
......................... 

85 
Bakers, 5  inch.......
..................................   1 06
......
..................................  128
....................:............  191
71
“  No.30.V4“ 
85
“  No. 24,  quart........................   106
21
5 in.  Covered.....................   3 SI
Cassaroles, 7 inch.............................   5 10
..........  .................  5 74
Chambers, 9 open............................. 3 40
9 covered.........................5 10
99
85
Covered Dishes, 7............................' 4 46
6............................. 5 10
Dishes, 8 inch....................................  1 06
...................................  128
.....................................  1 »1
.....................................  3 10
Ewers and  Basin, 9.......................... 8 08
Fruit Saucers, 4 in............................ 
32
Scollops, Nappies,  6..........................106
7........................  128
8........................  191
Pitchers,  No. 36................................  106
No. 30................................  1 28
No. 24................................  1 18
No. 12................................ 2 55
No.  6 ..............................3 83
«8
58
69
80
85
71

Plates, 5 in. or Pie............................ 
“  6  “  Tea............................. 
•*  7  “  Breakfast................  
“  8 
**  Dinner....................... 
Teas, handled, any  size.................. 

9  “ 
“  10  “ 
..  13  » 

“  unhandled,  “ 

“ 
« 
“ 
** 

» 
“ 

“ 
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List of Assorted Crates in

Wedgwood & Co.’s W hite 

Granite W are.

Assortment No. 220.

28 doz. Plates,«, 5;  3,6;  14,7;  3,8 flat;  2,7deep. 
6  “  4 inch Round Fruit Saucers.
10 DiBhes, 4, 4:  4,12:  2,14, square.
18 Bakers, 3,5;  6,6; 6,7;  3,8,  square.
30 Scollops, 6,5;  6. 6;  12,7; 6,8 square.
4 Covered Dishes, 2,7;  2, 8.
2 Sauce Boats.
3 Pickles,
6 Sugars.
18 Bowls, 3, 24;  12, 30;  3, 36.
36 Sets Teas, 18 handled;  18 unhandled.
3  “  handled Coffees.
18 Pitchers, 6,12;  3,23;  9, 36.
3 Pairs 9 Ewers and Basins.
6 Covered Chambers.
6 Mugs 36.

£13.0.0
For prices original crates see 1st column.
Assortment No. 65  Oval.
deep.

26 doz. Plates,  5,4;  4,6;  12,7;  3, 8, flat;  2,7, 

6  “  Fruit Sahcers 4 inch.
24 sets Teas, 9 handled, 15 uneandled.
3  “  Handled Coffees.
15 Dishes, 3, 8;  3,9;  3,10;  3,11:  3,12.
20  Bakers, 6,6;  4,7;  6,8;  4,9.
24 Scollops, 6,5;  6,6;  6,7;  6, 8.
1 Sauce Tureen Complete.
6 Covered Dishes, 3, 7;  3,8
2 Sauco Boats.
2 Pickles.
4 Cov’d Butters.
3 Tea Pots.
6 Sugars.
6 Creams, 24.
24 Bowls, 6,24;  12, 30;  4, 24;  6, 30;  6.36.
24 Pitchers, 4,6;  4,12;  4.24;  6, 30;  6,36.
6 Pairs 9 Ewers and Basins.
6 Covered Chambers, 9s.
6 Soap Siabs.
6 Mugs 30
£14.11.0
For prices original crates see 1st column.
Assortment No.  139.

24 Pairs No. 9 Ewers and Basins.
18 Covered Chambers 9. 
18 Uncovered Chambers 9.
54 Bowls, 15, 24;  30, 30;  12, 36.
25 doz^Plates, 5,5;  20, 7.
36 Sets Teas, 9 handled;  27 unhandled.

i

£l4-i3-7
For prices original crates see 1st column.

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Wedgwood  &  Co.’s 

Square Pattern.
Assortment No.  305.

“ 

20 doz. Plates, 5, 5;  2, 6;* 12, 7:  1,8.
6  “  4 in. Fruit Saucers.
3  “  square Individual Saucers.
21 Platters, 3, 8;  3,9;  6,10;  6,11;  6,12.
18 Bakers, 3,6;  6, 7;  6, 8;  3,9.
48 Scollops, 12,3;  6,5;  6,6;  12,7;  12,  8,  square.
4 Covered Dishes, 2, 7;  2,8.
2 
Butters, 5 inch.
2 Sauce Boats.
3 Pickles.
2 Tea Pots.
4 Sugars 24.
4 Casseroles, 2, 7;  2,8.
24 Pitchers, 3,6;  6.12;  3,24;  6,30;  6,36.
33 sets St. Denis Teas, 18 handled;  15  unhand, 
9  *•  Minton Hand Teas.
24 Bowls, 6,24;  12,80;  6,36.
6 Mugs 36.
24 Oyster Bowls, 30.
12 Chambers, 6 open;  6 covered, No. 9.
6 pairs No. 9 Ewers and Basins.

For prices Original Crates  see  first  column.

ASSORTMENT  NO.  275. 

Wedgwood & Co.

130 doz. Plates, 6,5;  20, 7;  4,8.
24 Bakers, 6,6;  12,7;  6, 8.
30 Bowls, 6. 24;  12, 30;  12,36.
17 Chambers, 12 open;  6 covered,  No. 9.
36 Scollops, 12,6;  12,7;  12, 8, square.
6 doz. 4 inch Fruit Saucers.
45 sets Teas, 21 unhandled;  24 handled.
24 Oyster Bowls, 30 
6 pairs 9 Ewers and Basins.
18 Platters, 6.9;  6,10;  6,11.
3 doz. Individual Butters.
£14.19.10
For prices Original Crates see 1st column.

ASSORTMENT  NO.  262. 

W edgwood & Co.

60 pairs 9 Ewers and  Basins.
45 sets Handled Teas, St. Denis  or  Minton. 

For prices Original Crates see  first  column.

£14.0.0

£ i5-5-9

100 doz. 7 in. Flat Plates.

7 0

7 1

7 2

Wedgwood & Co.’s W hite 

Granite W are.

Assortment No.  144.

••  Ind. Butters.

23 doz.Plates, 5,5;  2,6:  12,7;  2,8flat;  2,7deep. 
6  “  4 inch Fruit Saucers.
2 
23 Platters, 3,8;  3.9;  6,10;  6,11;  3,12;  2,14.
18 Bakers, 3, 6;  6,7;  6, fc;  3,9.
51 Scollops, 12,3;  6,5;  6,6;  12, 7;  12,8;  3,9.
4  Covered Dishes, 2,7;  2,8.
2 Sauce Boats.
3 Pickles.
2  Covered B  tt  rs, 5 inch.
4 Casseroles, 2, 7;  2,8.
2 Tea Pots, 24.
4  Sugars, 24.
24 Pitchers, 3,6;  6,12;  3, 24 6,30 ;  6, 36.
42 sets, 12 hand;  30 unhand.
38 Bowls. 6,24;  20,30;  12,36.
6 Mugs, 30.
6 pairs 9 Ewers and Basins.
18 Chambers, 6 covered;  12 open.

£16.1.2

For prices Original Crates see first column.

70 doz. Square Scollops, 20,5;  15,6;  15, 7;  15, 8; 

Assortment No. 229.
£ i5-5-°
Assortment No.  266.
15, 9.
£20.0.0
Assortment No. 264.
£15.0.0
Assortment No. 263.

180 sets Unhand. Teas, St. Denis.

14 doz. No. 9 Covered Chambers.
45 sets Handled Minton Teas.

£17.2.0
Assortment No.  265.
15 doz. No. 9 Open Chambers.
45  “  doz. Unhandled St. Denis Teas.

£ 13-7-0
Assortment No. 260.

75 doz. 4 inch Square Fruit Saucers.
50  “  Square Ind. Butters.
50  “  3 inch Square Bakers.
50  “  3  “ 
“  Dishes.
3  “  5  “  Covered Butters.
18 sets Hd. St. Denis Coffees.
18  “ 

“  Minton 

“

£31-5-6

Johnson  Bros.’  English 

W hite Granite W are.
Diamond E Assortment.

30 doz. Plates, 6.5;  30, 7;  4, 8.
24 Bakers, 6,6;  12.7:  6, 8.
30 Bowls, 6,24;  12,30:  12,36, St. Dennis.
18 Chambers, 12 open;  6 covered, 9.
36 Scollops. 12,6;  12, 7;  12,8, square.
6 doz. 4 in. Square Fruit Saucers.
34 sets Teas, 24 hand, 21 unhand.;  V4 St. Dennis 

and Vi Minton.
24 Oyster Bowls, 30.
6 pairs 9 Ewer and Basins.
3  doz. Ind, Butters.
18 Platters, 6, 9;  6,10:  6,11.
Johnson  Bros.’  W hite 

£14.19.10

Granite  W are.

Diamond I Assortment.

“ 

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12.

Ind.  Butters.

3,6;  6, 7;  6,8; 3,9.

21 doz. Plates, 5, 5;  2,6;  12,8;  2,8.
6  *•  Square 4 inch Fruit Sauceas.
3  *• 
21 Platters, 3, 8;  3, 9:  6,10;  6,11; 
18 
18 Scollops, 12,3;  5,6;  6,6;.12,7 
4 Covered Dishes. 2, 7;  2,8.
2 
Butters, 5 inch.
2 Sauce Boats.
3 Pickles.
2 Tea Pots,
4 Sugars. 24.
4  Casseroles, 2, 7;  2,8.
24 Pitchers, 3,6;  6,12;  3,24;  6.30;  6,36.
33sets  Teas,  18  handled;  15  Unhandled,  St. 

8,  square.

“ 

Dennis.
Handled Teas, Minton.

9 
24 Bowls, 6,24;  12,30;  6,36.
6 Mugs, 36.
24 Oyster Bowls, 30.
12 Chambers, 6 covered;  6 open, 9.
6 PaiA 9 Ewers and Basins.
Johnson  Bros.’  W hite 

£15.8.6

Granite  W are.

Diamond A Assortment.

42 doz. Plates, 9,5;  3,5;  30,7.
6  “  4 in. iTuit Saucers,  square.
36 Bowls, 12,24;  12, 30;  12, 36.
60 sets Teas, 30 handled, 30 unhandlcd.
48 Scollops. 6,5;  12,6;  12,7;  12,8;  6,9,  square. 
15 Pitchers, 3.12;  6,30;  3,36.
6 pairs 9 Ewers and  Basins.
12 Chambers, 6 covered, 6 open, 9s.

£16.12.10

Ass’d Crate Burgess & Goddard 

Diamond X English W hite 

Granite Ware.
22  doz. Plates, 4.5;  4,6;  11, 7;  3, 8.
1 doz. Soup Plates, 7 inoh.
6  “  4 inch Fruit Saucers.
24 sets Teas, 6 band., 18 unhandled.
15 Dishes, 1,7;  2, 8;  3, 9!  3,10;  3,11;  3,12.
16 Bakers, 4,5;  4, 6;  4, 7;  4,8.
24 Scollops, 6, 5;  6. 6;  6, 7;  6, 8.
4  Covered Dishes, 2, 7;  2,8.
1 Sauce Boat.
2 Pickles.
4  Covered Butters, 5 in.
2 Tea Pots.
6 Sugars.
6 Creams, 24.
15 Bowls, 3, 24;  6,30;  6, 36.
24 Pitchers, 4, 6;  6,12;  4, 24;  4, 30;  4. 36.
4  Pairs No. 9 Ewers and Basins.
6 Covered Chambers, 9.
6 Soap  Slabs.
6 Mugs, 30.

£11.12.0

For prices Original Crates,  see  first  column.
Ass’d  Package  Diamond 
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9 doz
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6  “ 8  “ 
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54  “ «8 in. 
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14  " pairs No. 9 Ewers and BasinsG 60
1  “ 5 In. Scolloped  Nappies...
1  “ 6 in. 
1  ** Tin. 
1  “ 8 in. 
54  “ 9 in. Platters....................... ...1 00
54  “ 10 in. 
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54  “ 11 in. 
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54  “ 13 in. 
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24 sets Handled St.  Denis  T e a s.....  34
18  " Unhandled  “ 
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Capital and Labor.

“Pray, Gussie, dear,” she coaxingly said, 
“The difference tell me 
Twixt capital and labor, so 
* That I may clearly see.”
He drew her on his manly knee,
And stroked her pretty head,
“Now, this is capital, my dear,”
The lover fondly said.

The maiden pouted as he spoke,
And crossly cried:  “I see;
’Tis capital until we’re wed.
And then ’twill labor be.”

Bound to “ Get Even.”

Train Talk in Chicago  Herald.

“No,  I’m not feeling  very  well,”  said  a 
drummer in the smoking car.  “The fact is, 
I’ve  been  losing  too  much  sleep  of  late. 
What doing?  Scheming.  Yes,  I’ll tell you 
what I’m scheming on.  You know  how  it 
is in the country towns, boys, where the fel­
lows who loaf around the hotels  are always 
trying to play jokes and  sells  on  traveling 
men.  As a rule,  the  travelers  more  than 
keep even with the boys, but of course they 
are caught up once in awhile. 
I was  never 
badly  taken  in  but  once.  That was  last 
week,  over in Northern  Michigan. 
I pride 
myself on being a  pretty  good  pedestrian, 
and when the fellows in the hotel office  got 
to talking  about  fast  walking, of  course  I 
was in my element. 
I made my brags as to 
What 1 had done and could do in  the  walk­
ing line,  and was surprised  to  hear  one  of 
the fellows stand up and  make  fun  of  me 
and  insinuate  that  I  wras  lying. 
‘Why, 
says this fellow,  ‘you can’t walk  a  mile  in 
ten minutes, and I’ll bet you $20 you can’t. 
Now,  I haye often  walked  a  mile  in  nine 
minutes, and as this  challenge  looked  like 
a  picnic  I  accepted  it,  pulled  out  my 
money and said I was ready to perform  my 
feat.  The other fellow produced his money, 
too,  greatly  to  my  surprise,  and  then,  to 
avoid the possibility of ‘catches’  or  misun 
derstandings  I 
insisted  upon  having  a 
written  memorandum  of  our  agreement 
This he acceded to,  and  we  agreed  to  post 
the money with the landlord, that  the  time 
was  to  be  taken  by  the  ‘regulator’ clock 
which stood in the hotel office, that no watch 
time taken by other parties was to influence 
the referee’s decision, and that I was to walk 
to a certain comer,  which  the  county  atlas 
showed to be just a half mile  away,  and re- 
turrf.  The  wagerer was to  accompany  me 
with his horse,  and for  extra  precaution 
stipulated that if there  should  be  any  un 
usual  obstruction  in  the  road, or  any one 
should interfere with me, the bet was  to  be 
I also tested the clock for a  few  min 
off. 
utes by the second-hand  of  my  watch  and 
found that it was all  right,  and  engaged 
friend of mine, another commercial traveler, 
to see that the clock was not tampered with 
In  fact,  I  suspected  that  they  had  some 
scheme for beating me, and determined that 
I would not let  them  do  it.  After  all  the 
arrangements were made and the memoran 
dum  signed  I  started  on  my walk.  The

iTay was clear and I made good time.  Every­
thing seemed all  right.  According  to  my 
,'atch,  I made the first half-mile in  a  little 
more than four minutes,  and  easily covered 
the return in less than four minutes,  giving 
me a whole minute to  spare. 
Imagine my 
surprise on entering  the  hotel  to  have  my 
friend tell me that I  had  lost  and  enquire 
hat the  matter was.  I looked at the clock, 
and, sure enough,  I  had  been  twelve  min­
utes on the trip. 
I asked  him  if  anybody 
had tampered with the clock,  and  he  said, 
no,  nobody  has  been  near  it.’  Again  I 
compared  it  for  a  few  minutes  with  my 
watch,  and it was running right  to the very 
fraction of a second.  This was  a  puzzler. 
The  money  was  paid  over,  and the town 
fellows had a jubilee  with  it.  But  I  was 
just  as  certain  as  could  be that they had 
swindled me in some manner,  and  I  deter­
mined  to  find  out  how.  They  had done 
their work very sleekly,  that  must  be  ad­
mitted,  but this only  excited  my  curiosity 
the more.

“That night, when everybody was asleep,
I slipped  down-stairs  and  climbed  up and 
made  an  examination  of  the  ‘regulator’ 
clock on which I had  lost  my  money,  and 
toward which my  suspicions  had  been  di­
rected. 
I had no idea what the trouble was, 
and went about the search in  a  blind  way.
I  knew  nothing  about  clocks,  and  the 
chances were that I would be unable to  dis 
cover the nature of the little trick  that  had 
been played on me. 
I fumbled  and  fooled 
with  the  clock  for  ten or fifteen minutes, 
and was just  about to give up the search  in 
despair when luck came my way.  As I was 
climbing down from the  chair  on  which  I 
stood I noticed a piece of white thread hang 
ing on the wall.  This struck  me  as  being 
peculiar,  and on following it up I  saw  that 
it entered the clock.  Tracing the other end 
I found it in the clerk’s desk  ten  or  fifteen 
feet away.  Then the whole scheme was ob­
vious.  The clerk and the local jeweler—he 
was the man I had bet with—had fixed up a 
scheme to beat me or  any  other  such  they 
could catch on the time a  mile was  walked 
in, the correct running of  a  pet  watch,  or 
anything of that nature.  The  jeweler  had 
fixed things so that pulling at that thread in 
creased the speed  of  the  clock  about  one- 
fourth, and this was  the  manner  in  which 
they had beaten me in my race against time 
In  about  sixty  days  I’ll  be  back  in  that 
town,  and that accounts  for  my  losing  so 
much sleep. 
I’m sitting up late  nights try 
ing to hatch up a scheme to get even with.

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 bum 
up with the acids.

The oil dealers of Boston are endeavoring 
to set  a price on  retail  parcels  of  paraffin 
oil which shall be held by every dealer.

O H D E H

Our Leader Smoking 

15c per pound.

Our Leader Fine Cut 

33c per pound.

Our Leader Shorts, 

Our Leader Cigars, 

16c per pound.

$30 per M.
Tlie Best in  tlie World.

Clark, Jewell & Co.,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

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

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in Oar  Lots, 
f  e are prepared to matte Bottom Prices on anything we handle.
. B. KNO
POTATOES.

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

W e 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 w ill keep you posted  on  market  price  and  pros­
pects.  Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired.

XT

Reference:  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK.

Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker.

1 5 7  S. W ater St., Ohlcago, HL.

EARL  BROS.,  Commission  Merchants.
WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37,39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapida,  Michigan.
H

Manufactured by the

SMOKING  TOBACCO,
National K. or L. Co-operatiTe Totiacco Co.,
Arthur  Meigs  &  Go.,

RALEIGH,  3ST.  O.

GRAND  HAFXDS,  MICH.,

Wholesale agents for the

STATE OF TAIOIilOjATT.

This  is  the  only  authorized  K.  of  L. 
Smoking  Tobacco  on  the  market.  The 
stock  of  this  corporation is all  owned by 
the 2L of L.  Assemblies  in  the  IT. S-,  and 
every member  w ill  not  only  buy  it  him­
self, 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 quantity at following prices, 
usual terms:

2 0Z.46;  4 OZ. 44;  8 0Z.43;  16 0Z.42.
ARTHUR MEIGS & CO.,
Wholesale  Grocers,

77,79,81 and 83 South D i n  St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

