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Michigan  Tradesman

vs?

Y O L .  4.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,' FEBRUARY  2,  1887.

We have just purchased a 

large invoice of

“PLANK ROAD PLDG”

Send us a Trial Order.

Spring  Chicken,  Moxie  and 

Eclipse always in stock.

Qln ey, S hields & Co.
STEAM  LAUNDRY,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

43 and 45 K en t Street.

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

CHEMICALS.

O rders  by  Mail  and  E xpress  Prom ptly  A t­

tended  to.

J U D D  

t f c   C O . ,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And F ull Line W inter Goods.

102  CA N A L  STR EE T.

Use

Heckers’
Standard

Manufactures.

POTATOES.

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  we 
will keep you posted on  market  price  and 
prospects.  Liberal  cash  advances  made 
on car lots when desired.
Agents for Walker’s Patent Batter Worker.

Earl Bros., Commission Merchants,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.  * 

Reference:  F ir s t  National  Bank.
APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

Ousliman’s

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

MENTHOL  INHALER
Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron­
chitis,  Sore  Throat  and  Severe 

Colds, stands without an equal.

Air M e n th o liz e d  by passing through the Inhaler- 
tube, in w hich the P u re   C ry sta ls of M e n th o l are 
held* thoroughly applies this  valuable  rem edy  in  the 
m ost  efficient  way,  to  th e  p arts  affected.  I t   se lls 
re a d ily .  Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, 
and let your custom ers try  it.  A  few  inhalations  will 
not h u rt th e Inhaler, and will do m ore  to dem onstrate 
its efficiency than a h alf hour’s talk.  R e ta il  p ric e  
50  c e n ts.  For Circulars and T estim onials address 

H .  D .  C u sh m an ,  T h re e   R iv ers,  M ich. 

Trade supplied by

H a z e ltin e  & P e rk in s D ru g  Co., G 'd  R a p id s, 
And W holesale Druggists of D etroit and Chicago.

ÜÆ

Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly 
for food,  is made of only the best White corn 
and ts guaranteed absolutely pure.

The popularity of  Muzzy’s  Corn  and Sun 
Gloss  Starch  is  proven  by  the  large  sale, 
aggregating  many  million  of  pounds  each 
year.

WANTED.

The State  Assayer of Massachusetts says 
Muzzy’s Corn  Starch  for table  use, is  per­
fectly pure,  is well  prepared,  and  of  excel­
lent quality.

Highest Market  Price Paid 
for Beans, Picked or Unpicked.

Muzzy’s Starch,  both for laundry and table 
use,  is  the  very best  offered  to  the  con­
sumer.  All  wholesale  and  retail  grocers 
sell it.

V. m i n i m ,  m

71 Canal Street, 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

KAHN,  LOSTRO  &  CO.,

FRUITS,  PRODUCE,

A N D   G E N E R A L

Commission  Merchants,

C o n sig n m en ts  S o licited ,

3  NO.  IO N IA   ST.,  G RA N D   R A P ID S . 

Orders prom ptly filled.  All kinds of produce in  car lots,
We carry «, full  'ine of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the
GRAND RAPIDS  GRAIN  AND  SEED CO.

71  CANAL  s t r e e t .

ORGANIZATION  OUTFITS.

Full  outfits  for  the  Collection  Depart­
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con­
taining all the late improvements, supplied 
to order for $ 13.  The outfit comprises: 
1,000 “Blue Letter”  Notification  Sheets, 
for member’s use.
500 Copyrighted Record Blanks,
500 Association Notification  Sheets, and 
500  Envelopes.
Money can be sent by  draft,  post-office 
or express order.
Fuller & Stowe Company,

49 Lyon Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich,

MANUFACTURERS OF

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.

We carry  a large stock of m aterial, and have 
every  facility  fo r  m aking  first-class  W agons 
o f  all kinds.
^■ "Special  atten tio n   given  to  R epairing, 
P ain tin g  and L ettering.

Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mieh,

DIARIES

AND

OFFICE  TICKLERS.
CALENDARS

MEMORANDUM

FOR

1 8 8 7 .

Now is the time to  make  your 
selections to get what you want 
before the stock is broken.
Geo. A. Hall & Co.

29 Monroe St.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Fermentum!

STATE  AGENT  FOR

Th8 Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

M anufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co.

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

T E L E P H O N E   566.

Grocery, bakers and others can secure the agency for 
th e ir tow n on this V east by applying to above address. 
None genuine unless it bears above label.

ALBERT COYE & SON,
AWNINGS |TENTS
Horse and Wagon Covers, 

DEALERS  IN

Oiled Clothing,
•Feed Bags,

Wide Ducks, etc.

Flags & Banners made to order.

73  CANAL  ST., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHIPS For Prices and terms, address

GRAHAM  ROYS,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

TEA.

Some  Facts  About  Its  Legendary  and 

Literary  History.

From  Leeds M ercury.

It is curious that while  the Chinese claim 
a remote antiquity  for  nearly  all  the  pro­
ducts of their long-airested civilization they 
give what to them is  a  comparatively mod­
em date for the introduction of tea into  the 
Celestial empire.  And even then they trace 
the origin of the article  to  a  myth.  They 
tell us that about the beginning  of the sixth 
century in our present reckoning,  one  Dar- 
ma,  a  prince  of  high  principle  and  great 
piety,  landed  among  them and gave up his 
life  wholly  to  devotion.  He  entered  no 
temple,  but,  living in the open air, gave day 
and night to prayer and the  study of  God’s 
works in nature,  his aim being to  so  purify 
his life that ip the end he would become ab­
sorbed into the divine presence.  He had an 
idea that if he could only  conquer  sleep  so 
his mind might be forever alive  to  the  im­
pressions and  scenes  around  him,  and  in 
constant meditation on  the unseen,  the sub­
lime  purpose  he  had  before  him  would 
surely be  attained.  The  weakness  of  the 
flesh,  however, was  too  much  for  this  en­
thusiast.  Worn out by his protracted vigil, 
he at length fell into  a  profound  slumber; 
but instead of waking  up with  a  sense  of 
comfort and refreshment,  it  was  in  shame 
and  humiliation  that  he  opened  his eyes, 
and in an agony of grief over his failure  to 
keep awake lie took a knife and cut  off  the 
offending eyelids.  Returning after  a  time 
to the spot where this extraordinary penance 
was performed,  lie was amazed to find  that 
the eyelids had  taken  root  and  developed 
into  fragrant  and  beautiful  shrubs.  He 
plucked some of the leaves and eating them 
felt like  a  man  transformed.  A  new  joy 
possessed his mind, a new courage animated 
his body;  he had found an  elixir  that  con­
quered sleep,  and  made  persistent  watch­
fulness a certainty. 
It was  in this fashion, 
say the Chinese,  that the tea plant came in­
to existence.  The story is not  so meaning­
less  as  it  appears  on  the  surface.  Apart 
from its spiritual significance,  we see in the 
legend that  from  an  early  period  tea  was 
regarded as a preventive of drowsiness; and 
this,  indeed,  is  the  recommendation  given 
to it by those Jesuit  fathers  who  are  sup­
posed to have been  the  first  Europeans  in 
China to make use of the  plant.

We do not find mention  of  tea  in  litera­
ture  earlier  than 
the  sixteenth  century. 
Certain Italian writers who| flourished then, 
speak of it,  and one  of  them,  anticipating 
Cowper,  describes  it  as  “a  delicate  juice 
which takes the place of wine,  and  is  good 
for health  and  sobriety.”  Tea  must  then 
have  found  its  way into  Europe,  and the 
Portugese were probably the first to  import 
it. 
It was not,  however,  until  about a cen­
tury later that it was brought into England. 
It was sq much of a rarity that  a  gift  of  a 
few pounds of it  to  the  sovereign  in  1664 
was considered  a  magnificent  present. 
In 
1667 a considerable importation of the  arti­
cle was made into this country,  the  amount 
being nearly 5,000 pounds, but  it  found  by 
no means  a  ready sale.  This  was  owing, 
perhaps,  less to the price than to the  preju­
dice with which English people in  the  first 
instance  regarded  the  beverage.  When  it 
was first offered in our markets  from  £6  to 
£10 a pound was asked;  a little later £2 10s. 
was  accepted.  Garraway,  of  coffee  house 
fame, was retailing it in 1657  at  from 16  to 
50 shillings a pound. 
In 4iis  advertisement 
he  states  that  “in  respect  of  its  former 
scarceness  and  dearness  it  hath  been only 
used as a regalia in high treatment and  en­
tertainment,  and presents  made  thereof  to 
princes and grandees”;  but a better era  had 
now  dawned,  and  Garraway  tells  us  he 
“first publicly sold the said tea, in  leaf  and 
drink according to the directions of the most 
knowing merchants and  travelers  in  those 
Eastern countries, and upon knowledge and 
experience of the said Garraway’s continued 
care and industry in obtaining the  best  tea 
and making drink thereof, very many noble­
men, physicians, and merchants and gentle­
men of quality have ever since sent  to  him 
for  the  said  leaf  and  daily  resort  to  his 
house to  drink  the  drink  thereof.”  Even 
Garraway’s reduced scale of  prices  and  ac­
complished  brewing  failed  to  create  any 
great  deriiand  for  the  new  beverage,  and 
most of the writers and wits of the time are 
found satirizing it  Shadwell talks of  it as 
something  “for women  and  men  that  live 
like women”;  but  Shadwell,  on  Dryden’s 
showing being “round as a tub and liquored 
every chink,” could  hardly  be  expected  to 
be partial to any  such mild form of dissipa­
tion.  Steele was no  doubt  less prejudiced, 
but even he speaks bitterly of the  new  cus­
tom of tea-driuking.  “Don’t  you  see,” he 
makes one of the characters say  of  women, 
“how they swallow gallons of  the  juice  of 
tea,  while their own  dock-leaves  are  trod­
den under foot?”  This,  however,  was  but 
echoing  the  views  of  economists  of  the 
time, who had said that if such a  decoction 
was to become a necessity it was  ridiculous 
to pay heavily for what could just as  easily 
be made out of sage and  bramble leaves.

Another complaint of  the  period  against 
this new fashion of tea-drinking was that it 
gave rise to gossip  and  backbiting.  There

is a letter in the Gentlemen’s Magazine  for 
1735 finding fault  with  ladies  “who  make 
their tea-table the mart to dispense  scandal 
and attack reputations,” and later  we  have 
a writer  in  the  Connoiseur  bewailing  the 
loss of time and the profanation of the Sab­
bath consequent upon  Sunday-evening  tea­
drinking.  The beverage had  by  this  time 
become  pretty  much  a  favorite  at  social 
gatherings throughout the conntry,  and nei­
ther  the  economists  nor  the  wits  could 
counteract  what  was  quickly  becoming  a 
popular  demand.  Besides, 
tea  had  its 
champions  as  well  as  its  detractors.  Dr. 
Johnson came to the rescue,  among  others, 
and boldly confessed  himself  “a  hardened 
and  shameless  tea-drinker,  who  lias  for 
many years diluted his meals with an  infu­
sion of this fascinating plant,  whose  kettle 
has  scarcely time  to  cool;  who  with  tea 
amuses the  evening,  with  tea  solacqs  the 
mid-night,  and with tea welcomes the morn­
ing.”  When we  get  to  Colley  Cibber  we 
find the beverage apostrophized in tills fash­
ion:  “Tea,  thou soft, thou  sober,  safe  and 
venerable liquid;  thou  female,  tongue-run­
ning,  smile  smoothing,  heart-opening  and 
wink-tipping cordial,  to whose  glorious  in­
sipidity I owe the happiest moments of  my 
life.”  Waller has the lines:

The M use’s friend, tea, does  o u r fancy aid.
Repress those vapors which the head invade,
A nd keeps th e palace o f th e  soul serene,
F it on her birthday to salute th e  queen.
Nor  should  Cowper’s  delightful  home 

picture be forgotten in tills connection:

Now stir th e fire and close the  sh u tters fast,
L et fall the curtains,  wheel  the  sofa ro u n d ;
A nd while the bubbling and loud-hissing u rn
Throws up a steam y colum n, and th e cups
T hat cheer b u t not inebriate  w ait on each.
To let us welcome peaceful evening in.
The question  seems  to  have  very  early 
arisen in the use of tea, as to the amount of 
the infusion which one  might  safely  take. 
Several medical men have pronounced it not 
only safe in itself, but as conducive to health; 
and a Leyden  physician,  writing  in  1671, 
commends it as a panacea for  almost  every 
ailment,  and does not  think  that  200  cups 
daily would be too much for even  a  moder­
ate drinker.  This, however,  was  interest­
ed testimony,  the physician in question hav­
ing,  it is said,  been bought over for the pur­
pose by the Dutch East India Company.  At 
the same time,  there have been tea-drinkers 
whose appetite for the beverage  was  virtu­
ally insatiable. 
It was not unusual for Rob­
ert Mali, the divine, to swallow twenty cups 
at a sitting.  To Johnson, as  already  indi­
cated,  the beverage never came amiss.  There 
is a story in which Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  is 
credited wiih reminding him that he had just 
drunk eleven cups.  “Sir,” said Johnson,  “I 
did not  count  your  glasses  of  wine;  why 
should you number my cups of tea?”  Then 
he playfully added,  “If it had not  been  for 
your remark, I should have released the  lady 
from any further trouble; but  you  have  re­
minded me that I yet want one of the dozen, 
and I must ask the lady to roundup the num­
ber.”  The story does not end here,  for  we 
are assured that,  as  Johnson  was  sipping 
his twelfth cup, he told  how,  on  one  occa­
sion,  being invited to a party to  be  made  a 
lion of,  he had his  revenge  by  swallowing 
twenty-five cups of tea,  and not treating his 
hostess to as many words.

The right  method  of  preparing  tea  for 
drinking was not,  at first, easily understood. 
The Chinese say that we have not mastered 
the secret yet;  but  we  have,  undoubtedly, 
improved upon the instructions  left  by  an 
authority in the last  century,  whose  advice 
was either to boil and drink the liquid when 
the leaves settled to the bottom,  or steep the 
tea over night in cold water and boil in  the 
morning before drinking.  Crude as this sys­
tem was,  it  vyas  preferable  to  boiling  the 
leaves,  and then  eating  them  with  butter, 
pepper, and salt,  as was done in some coun­
try places in ignorance of the proper use  of 
the plant.  There is reference,  also, to a cus­
tom,  in the last century,  of first serving  the 
tea in liquid form,  and  then  spreading  the 
leaves between thin slices of bread and  but­
ter, and eating them as a delicacy.

The distinguishing names for  tea  are  not 
expressive, as is generally supposed, of par­
ticular varieties of  the  plant.  They  relate 
chiefly to  the  conditions  under  which  the 
leaves are picked.  The principal black teas 
are  bohea,  congou,  souchong  and  pekoe; 
while green teas are known as hyson, twan- 
kay, and gunpowder.  Of the black varieties 
pekoe stands first,  and  of  the  green,  gun­
powder has the preference.  The pekoe con­
sists of the buds and very young leavqg, and 
is gathered early in  the  spring.  The  sou­
chong is the result of  the  second  picking, 
which is made about the beginning of  May. 
Congou is the name given to the third  pick- 
ering,  and bohea is a late leaf.  Of the green 
teas,  hyson is a gathering of tender leaflets, 
and gunpowder is a selection of hyson.  The 
twankay  is  the  last  crop  of  the  season. 
China continues to be  the  principal  source 
of the English supply  of tea,  although  we 
now import largely from  Assam  and India, 
alsp. 
In the United  States,  the  Japanese 
variety is at least as extensively used as the 
Chinese.  The fact that  other  places  than 
the Celestial Empire now  cultivate  the  tea 
plant is a benefit to the consumer, not  only 
in a larger supply of the article,  but also  as 
a protection against adulteration.  The best

quality of tea never leaves China;  it  is  too 
precious a commodity there.  Besides,  to en­
joy tea in its choicest flavor it must be  used 
when perfectly fresh, and this  freshness  is 
impaired by the drying processes  to  which 
the leaves must necessarily be subjected for 
export.  The effect of competition,  however, 
upon the Chinese merchant has had  the  ef­
fect of making him more careful in the “sort­
ing” of the article,  and we  have  the  satis­
faction of knowing that,  while  tea  is  now 
cheaper than ever  in  England,  it  lias  not 
fallen off in quality.

You’d Better Pay as You Go.

Em ily 8. Bouton in Toledo Blade.

It  is a very convenient  thing  to  have  a 
standing account at  a  store,  where you can 
go at  any time,  order  what  you  please and 
have it charged,  without the  worry of  hav­
ing to consider  whether  you  have  enough 
money in  your  purse  to  pay for  it  or not, 
but it  is  also  true  that  these  items,  small 
though  they may be,  mount  up with  appal­
ling rapidity into  a  sum  that  always  sur­
passes  expectation.  Besides  this, the very 
best  calculators,  and  those  who  generally 
use a  wise economy, buy  tilings in this way 
which they could easily do without, did they 
take the time for reflection, which cash pay­
ments would often compel. 
It  is  so  easy, 
when an article that  seems at  the  time  de­
sirable is seen,  to order  it sent and  charged 
for,  that  temptation  overcomes  the  buyer, 
before the strength which comes from  look­
ing at the matter on  all  sides  enables her to 
resist the impulse to buy.  Often  purchases 
are made in  this  way,  and  regretted,  while 
something  that  was  far  more  necessary 
must,  in consequence, be gone  without.

Merchants  understand  that  a  great  deal 
more is likely to be bought where  there is a 
running  account  than  when  cash  is  paid 
down,  which  explains  their  readiness  to 
trust those  whom  they have  reason  to  be­
lieve will pay what they honestly owe.  The 
excess will,  in nine  cases  out  of  ten,  more 
than compensate for the loss of  interest up­
on the outstanding sums, though there is no 
question but that  they sometimes  lose large 
amounts  by  the  failure  of 
individuals, 
through  misfortune,  sickness,  deatli  or 
deliberate rascality, to discharge their debts.
Of course, there are very many women who 
cannot control this matter.  Their husbands 
are the treasurers and dispensers of the fam­
ily finances,  and cash  payments  are  impos­
sible without the masculine approval.  They 
see the matter  only in the light of  diamond 
cut diamond.  Their  customers  make  them 
wait for  their  returns, why should they not 
proceed in the same way?  Nor can they be 
made  to  see,  even  from  a. selfish  point of 
view,  that the  pay-as-you-go  system,  so far 
as  family  expenses  are  concerned,  is  far 
cheaper in  the  end,  to  whatever  extent it 
can be made practicable.  And, truth to tell, 
it would be far easier in most cases to carry 
it out  than  they will  acknowledge, even  to 
themselves.

The women, however,  who  can command 
the money, and those  who  earn  their  own 
living,  will be  far  wiser  to  adopt  the  rule 
of  buying  nothing,  which  they cannot  im­
mediately pay for, or for  which  the  money 
is at their command  in  a  future  so  near  as 
to make it a  certainty,  than  to  have  things 
charged week  after  week  with the expecta­
tion of settling it in a  time  which  may find 
them in a position that  will  render the pay­
ment a most  difficult  matter.  Uncertainty 
is an element entering very largely into this 
life,  and those people  who  have  the fewest 
odds  and  ends  floating  out, 
to  become 
tangled at some  inopportune  moment,  have 
generally the greatest measure of happiness. 
A little self-denial in  the  present may save 
you  a  large  portion  of  discomfort  in  the 
future; for to the thoroughly honest person, 
that  one  who  means  to  deal fairly by  his 
kind,  a debt that cannot be  paid is an  ever- 
pressing nightmare.

Cold Storage.
From  th e A m erican A nalyst.

One  of  the  branches  of  business  which 
has of late taken on large proportions is cold 
storage,  or  refrigerators  to  preserve  dried 
fruits, tobacco, fish,  butter, eggs,  furs,  fresh 
fruit,  poultry, etc.  One  of  the  largest  of 
these concerns  occupies  a  building 400 feet 
square.  Iu an interview the following facts 
were obtained:

“In our forty-eight  cold  storage  rooms,” 
said he,  “we  have more  than  fifteen  miles 
of  distributing  pipes.  There  are  three 
boilers,  generating  300  horse-power.  We 
use so much water  that  we  have  suuk  an 
artesian well in our  courtyard  at  a  cost  of 
S3,000, and we  get  an  unlimited  supply of 
clear water  without  calliug  upon  the city. 
The building  is  provided  with  automatic 
fire alarm wires and the  doors  have burglar 
alarms.  All our partitions and floors are of 
patent  stone  composition.  They cost $70,- 
000 and are  absolutely  fire-proof.  For  the 
cooling process  we use pure anhydrous  am­
monia.  This ammonia is pumped to the roof 
and  subjected  successively to compression, 
expansion and condensation; then it is forc­
ed into small pipes running into large tanks 
filled with  brine.  This  brine  becomes  in­
tensely cold and is passed  in pipes through­
out the system  of  rooms.  The  tanks  are 
lined with galvanized iron and are complete­
ly water-tight.  The  ammonia  comes  from

NO.  176.

the  small  pipes  at  a  temperature  of 10°  
Fahrenheit.  The  mechanical  appliances 
would make thirty tons of  ice  per  diem  if 
used for that  purpose.  Some of  the  pipes 
are continually sheathed in a coating of  ice 
three inches thick.  The great advantage of 
our method over ice is that  the temperature 
is constantly under the immediate and abso­
lute control of  the  ¿manager,  and  different 
temperatures can be  maintained in the vari­
ous  rooms.  By  merely  turning  a  valve, 
which  regulates  the  flow  of the brine, we 
can  get  a  temperature  from  10°   to  45° 
Fahrenheit.  We have  a  method  of  ascer­
taining the  temperature  of  any room  at  a 
given time by the use of the  tele-thermome­
ter and its registering dial,  which cannot be 
manipulated  or  doctored,  but  which  tells 
the unadulterated  truth.

“If a patron is afraid  of  taking  cold  by 
stepping on a summer’s  day  from  an  out­
side  temperature  of  90°  Fahrenheit,  he 
may simply look at the register and  see the 
exact degree of cold to which  his  goods are 
subjected. 
Iu one room there  is  space  for
30.000 boxes  of  cheese.  Different  commo­
dities demand different  degrees of heat and 
cold.  For  dried  fruit  40°  Fahrenheit  is 
required;  for  tobacco  not  less  than  45°  
Fahrenheit.  Fisli must have not above 20°  
Fahrenheit,  and  butter  from  36  to  38°. 
The egg rooms  need  38  to  40°,  and  fur 
calls  for  40°  to  prevent  the  breeding  of 
moths  and  other  insects.  Tears  demand
34.0   and lager beer will not be satisfied with 
a higher temperature  than  36° Fahrenheit. 
We have frequently  more  than  $4,000,000 
worth of goods in store.  Twelve  elevators 
are iu use.  We take no fibrous goods,  such 
as  cotton.  The  risks of fire are too great. 
We have  ice  store-rooms  for  butter  else­
where. 
Ice is  used  there  simply  because 
some persons fear that  the  butter  may  be 
flavored with the ammonia.  This would be 
utterly impossible.  But if they  prefere ice 
they can have it.”
------
The Country Store.
From  the San Francisco Chronicle.

Did you ever glance  through a country or 
suburban  “general store.”  When the usual 
economical man,  whose  taste  does  not  run 
to the plow, the rather  gentle  and  unambi­
tious  gentleman,  with  the  pretty  blonde 
wife and anew baby every year, looks around 
in a quiet spot to see what he can bring into 
the  village  for  a  little  capital  to  sell at a 
moderate profit, he sees  the  limits of  every 
special  article  except  whisky, and lie goes 
in for everything.  Of course he has  school 
books,  some of them rather out of date,  but 
still full of questions and  answers  and  fig­
ures  and  facts.  Toys  he  must  have,  and 
here and there you will find the transparent 
slate,  the  brilliant  top,  the  puzzle  of  last 
century, the old, old figures that we—if yon 
are old enough to be included—were brought 
up to consider the  height  of  ingenuity, the 
acme  of  entertainment.  You  will  find 
candies  in  bottles,  made on  old  principles 
and  healthy  to  eat  if  pasty  to  look  at. 
There may be flies  in  the  bottles, but  with 
ingenious youth they pass for cnrrants,  and 
once in a while the storekeeper comes across 
a drummer who sells him a lot of old,  faded 
fancy boxes from dead Christmas times and 
birthdays of the past, and breaks up the vil­
lage with  the  sensation.  Then  you’ll  find 
slate pencils.  They have  but  little faith in 
the comprehension of their customers, these 
country  storekeepers,  and  so  they  always 
tie the pencil to the slate so  that  there  can 
be 110 mistake.  Stacks  of  picture  books of 
a pattern  the  city kid  would  turn  up  his 
contemptuous nose at, will be found in kind 
of boxes or mangers all bundled up together, 
and  sold,  apparently  by  their  thickness. 
Balls  of  twine,  Bohemian  glass  inkstands 
of cheap price; note  paper with  fashions in 
crests and monograms, and tilings that have 
passed  into  limbo; lead  pencils  that  have 
“job  lot”  written  all  over  them;  motto 
lozenges, with the mottos half melted away; 
all sorts of toys  and  useful  things  in  thin 
metal and painted wood,  and  the open-eyed 
child  wanders  through  the  place  as  if  it 
were in fairyland. 

*

Too Late for Co-Operation.

From th e W orkman.

“I used  to believe  in eo-operation a good 
deal more than I do now,” said an employer 
of  labor,  a  man  who  had  worked  tip from 
the  bench,  to  the  writer  not  long  ago. 
“When  I  started  this  shop  1  wanted  to 
make it  co-operative. 
I  made  the  men an 
offer to lay  aside a portion of their wages— 
they  were  receiving  the  highest  current
rates—as a fund to  use in  the business. 
It
was  no  go,  they  wouldn’t  do  it.  They 
wanted to get  their  full  pay,  whether I got 
I 
anything or not. 
made the  fight  without  their help. 
I won, 
and now I propose  that  they shall get their 
wages,  as  they have  done,  and  I’ll get the 
profits,  and  they’ve  no  reason  to  growl 
about it,  either.”

I took  the risk  alone. 

#

He Knew Coffee Beans.

“Have  you  been  doctoring  this  coffee, 
Johnny?” asked  old  Brown,  smacking  his 
lips in a suspicious manner.

“Yes,” confessed little  Johnny,  looking 
across the table at Merritt.  “I  heard  Cora 
say that Mr. Merrit  didn’t  know  beans,  so 
I put a few in his coffee just  to  test  him.”

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and SannfacluringInterests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Terais 11 a year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates made know n on application.

WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  2,  1887.

G ran d   R apid* T ra v e lin g  M en’s A ssociation.
President,  L.  M. Mills;  Vice-President. S. A. Sears;  Sec­
retary  and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour;  Board of Di­
rectors, H. S. Robertson,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  J.  N.  Brad­
ford, A. B. Cole and Win. Logie.

$3T~  Subscribers  and  others, .when  w riting 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e pu b ­
lishers  by m entioning th at they saw th e adver­
tisem ent in th e colum ns of  th is  paper.

A   Q U ESTIO N   AI<D  ITS  A N S W E R .
Big Rapids,  Jan.  81,  1887.

E. A. Stov/e. G rand  Rapids:

Dear  Sir—As a reputable merchant and 
a man who pays 100  cents  on  the dollar, I 
am pleased at  the way you treat those mer­
chants who fail dishonestly or  as the result 
of  careless  business  methods.  Only  one 
thing is not clear to me—do you  show such 
matters up in  the hope  that  such  publica­
tion will serve as a warning to other dealers 
or  do  you  “sit  down  on”  the  bankrupts 
through sympathy for the jobbing trade? 
I 
am aware that your  paper is  always on the 
side of the retailer,  when his interest comes 
in conflict with the  jobber, and I trust  you 
will take no offense at my question.

Yours,

M e r c h a n t ;

The  readers  of  The  Tradesman  will 
bear witness to the  fact that “Merchant” is 
right in  the  statement  that  tills paper “is 
always on the side of  the retailer, when liis 
interest comes in conflict  with the  jobber.” 
The question  he  raises,  however,  strikes 
deeper, than jobber or retailer, inasmuch  as 
it affects both classes of trade, and the whole 
commercial world as  well.  There  are  six 
great factors of  commerce—the grower,  the 
manufacturer,  the  broker,  the  jobber, the 
retailer and the consumer.  Each  factor  is 
necessary to  the other,  and so  long as each 
is content to take a  moderate  profit on the 
articles  of  necessity  and  luxury,  as  they 
pass from the producer to  the consumer,  he 
is doing a legitimate business  and perform­
ing a duty to himself and the public.  When­
ever he  allows the  feeling of  duty to  sur­
render  to  the  power  of  greed,  the  factor 
breaks the chain of commercial responsibili­
ty and does  every other  factor an injustice 
from which it is impossible to recover.  The 
failure  of 
the  manufacturer  compels  the 
grower to make  up  his  loss on subsequent 
sales,  and  the  same  condition  is  true  all 
along the line.  The  failure of  a consumer 
to meet  his obligations compels the retailer 
to make up  the  loss  on  subsequent sales, 
and the failure  of  the  retailer  produces  a 
corresponding  result  among  the  jobbing 
trade.  Water will  seek its  own level,  and 
j ust as  surely will  prices  be  governed  by 
the losses occasioned through failure in any 
of the various branches of  trade.

This explanation ought  to  be sufficiently 
explicit  to  set  at  rest  any  apprehension 
which may exist in the mind of “Merchant” 
relative to the motives which stimulate The 
Tradesman in  denouncing  the failures of 
dishonest  and  reckless  dealers. 
It is not 
the loss occasioned  the  jobbing  trade that 
animates  The  Tradesman,  but  rather  a 
realization of  the fact that such failure will 
result to the  disadvantage of  other dealers 
in the same  line in  the  manner  indicated. 
The efforts of  The  Tradesman in bring­
ing about a  better  system  of  retail collec­
tions and credits  than  is  now generally in 
vogue is on a par with  the policy in the di­
rection  “Merchant”  refers  to.  Anything 
which tends to reduce  losses to a minimum 
will have a corresponding  effect  on prices, 
and equitable prices are the life of trade.

GARNISHEE  EXEMPTION.  S

At the September  meeting of  the Michi­
gan Business  Men’s  Association, a  resolu­
tion was  introduced  to  the  effect that  the 
present garnishee exemption is conducive to 
injustice  to  the  merchant,  without corres­
ponding benefit  to  the  honest  debtor,  and 
recommending that the  $25  exemption  al­
lowed a  married  man  be  reduced  to $10. 
The resolution  met  the  unqualified  disap­
proval of  a delegate from  Sand  Lake,  and 
was subsequently withdrawn.  The  subject 
has not been allowed to sleep,  however, and 
the agitation in  favor of  reducing  the  ex­
emption is likely to  receive  fresh  impetus 
by the introduction of a bill in the House of 
Representatives,  at  Lansing,  providing for 
the exemption of heads of families from the 
garnishee law.  This  measure  is  fathered 
by a Detroit  man  named  Judson  Grenell, 
who has gained  some  notoriety through an 
attempt to  secure  the  taxation  of  church 
the committee now having the matter under 
property.  The  former  measure  is  not 
likely  to  receive  a  favorable  report  from 
consideration,  but  in  case  it  should  come 
before the  House for  action,  business  men 
all over the State should  make  no delay in 
informing  their  representatives 
in  both 
houses how they will be expeAed to vote in 
the premises.  The  Tradesman will note 
the progress of  the bill and  notify its read­
ers in time for aggressive action.

Among those who have given the present 
garnishee law careful  thought is  President 
Kelsey, of the Ionia Business Men’s Associ­
ation,  and The Tradesman lias no hesita­
tion in  saying  that  the  substitute lie pro­
poses for the present  law seems  to possess 
all the elements of  equitableness  and  pro- 
.tection to both  merchant  and debtor.  Mr. 
Kelsey has put  his idea  into legal form, as 
it could  be brought  before the Legislature, 
as follows:

Be  it  enacted  by the  State of  Michi­
1.  That every married person in Michigan

gan:

employed  by any person, firm,  company or 
corporation in  said  State for  wages by the 
day,  the week,  the  month  or  the  year, be 
exempt in the sum of one dollar per day for 
every  working  day,  to  and  inclusive  of 
twenty-five such days.
2.  That it shall be lawful for any creditor 
in said State to institute  garnishee proceed­
ings  against  any married  creditor  in  the 
State aforesaid, who shall  be a  creditor for 
at  least  six  days’ labor  for  wages of  any 
person,  firm,  company  or  corporation,  as 
aforesaid,  any claim  for  exemption  to  be 
based on the sum of one dollar per day,  said 
days not to exceed,  in  any specific cause or 
action,  the number of  twenty-ffve,  as  here­
in prescribed.
8.  That all acts relating  to exemptions in 
favor of  wage  workers  in  Michigan,  and 
that conflict with  this act,  be  and the same 
are hereby repealed.

The points Mr.  Kelsey makes against the 
present  law seem  to Tins  Tradesman  to 
be  irrefutable.  For  instance,  the  married 
man who is paid  $25  per  week,  or  $1,300 
per year,  is  practically uncollectable, while 
the man who earns  $30 per  month,  or $360 
per year,  is subject to the operations of  the 
act.  Such  discrepancies  do not seem to be 
in the  nature  of  even-handed  justice, and 
The  Tradesman  trusts  that  the  paper 
which  Mr. Kelsey lias  now in  preparation 
for presentation  at  the  March  meeting of 
the  Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association 
will treat the subject so thoroughly that the 
measure he proposes will  be adopted  and a 
plan of  action decided upon.

Is the cash business conducive to cutting? 
That  is  the opinion  of  many  merchants. 
The man who sets out to do a cash business 
must  necessarily  sell  goods  a  little  closer 
than the dealer who does a large credit bus­
iness.  The  latter  will  usually assert  that 
he  can  sell  goods  as  low as anybody,  and 
the result is a lowering of  liis prices  to  the 
basis  of  the  cash  dealer.  The  ready-pay 
merchant is then compelled to'make another 
reduction,  which  the  credit  dealer  again 
meets.  A few reductions of this kind serve 
to destroy all the profit there is  in merchan­
dizing.  The  Tradesman  is  not  willing 
to admit that a man doing  a  cash  business 
has any more incentive to cut that fcis credit 
neighbor, but such is the  opinion  of  many 
merchants who have tried both ways  of do­
ing business.

The Tradesman does not lay any claims 
to being a prophet,  but  it is ready to wager 
a year’s subscription  against  a  delinquent 
account that  a certain  groceryman on Mus­
kegon’s main street will make  a  disastrous 
failure  before  the  flowers  bloom  in  the 
spring.  The man in question, besides being 
a libertine of  the  first  water,  is one of  the 
most  merciless  cutters  ever  known  to  the 
trade.  Many goods are sold below first cost, 
and the balance of his stock is not sold at  a 
sufficient advance  on  cost  to m,eet  the  un­
usual expenses to which  he is subject.

T he Tradesman  announced  last  week 
that the Michigan Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion lacked but seventeen of having an even 
1,000 members.  Since  that  time  Freeport 
lias paid dues on four  additional  members, 
Reed City has sent in the  dues  on  twenty- 
six members,  Charlevoix has remittled dues 
for twenty-five  members  and  Allegan  has 
qualified  for  auxiliary  membership  to  the 
tune of twenty-eight members.  This  gives 
the State Association a total membership of 
1,066.

The practice of giving gifts  of glassware, 
etc.,  with articles  of  necessity  is  likely  to 
receive the attention of the  Michigan  Busi­
ness Men’s Association at  its  Marcii  meet­
ing.  The custom is -largely to blame for the 
depth of degredation to which certain* adul­
terated goods have fallen and The Trades­
man hopes to see the  subject  given  a  fair 
hearing from every side of the question.

The  withdrawal  of  S. A. Welling  from 
this market leaves a capital opening for an­
other wholesale  notion and  gents’ furnish­
ing  goods  house,  and  T he  Tradesman 
very much mistakes  the advantages offered 
if some one does not  improve  the opportu­
nity before many months  have elapsed.

Secretary Clark, of  the  Greenville Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association,  strikes  the  key­
note of  the collection  system advocated  by 
The Tradesman, when  he  writes:  “It  is 
wonderful  how many debts  have  been col­
lected through this  system.”

The*town which gets  ahead  of  Traverse 
City on the organization question must arise 
very early  in  the  morning,  and  the  town 
which  keeps  pace  with  her  will  have  to 
walk all night.

Furniture Facts.

Charlevoix—S.  M.  See & Sons  have pur­

chased the H.  C.  Cooper furniture stock.

Adrian—G.  W.  Marvin,  auctioneer  and 
furniture,  has  been  closed  under  attach­
ment.

Stanton—Benj.  Rath von,  furniture dealer 
and undertaker,  has been closed  on  chattel 
mortgage.

Owing to the  lack  of  room  in  which  to 
properly conduct  his  large  and  constantly 
increasing  business,  Alfred  J.  Brown  has 
been compelled to  lease  the  large  store  at 
No.  16 North Division  street,  adjoining liis 
present location,  and lias connected the two 
stores  with  an  arched  doorway.  The old 
store will  be  used  chiefly  for .the  storage 
and sale of fruits and  vegetables,  the  same 
as heretofore,  and  the  new  store  will  be 
filled with a large and  finely-selected  stock 
of garden,  field and  flower  seeds  from  the 
celebrated house of James Vick,  of Roches­
ter.  A specialty will be made  of  the  job­
bing of, field seeds—such as clover  and tim­
othy—and dealers wishing  anything in that 
tine  would  do  well  to  secure  quotations 
from  Mr.  Brown  before  purchasing  else­
where.

AM ON G  T H E   T R A D E .

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

F.  C.  Steglich  &  Co.,  jewelers  at  132 
Monroe street, are succeeded  by F.  C. Steg­
lich.

L.  D.  Harris succeeds Harris & Marvin in 
the  wholesale  paper  business  on  North 
Ionia street.

Wiley & McMullen  have  engaged  in the 
fancy goods business at  Morley.  Spring & 
Co.  furnished the stock.

Merritt Graves  has  engaged  in the  gro­
cery business at West Chester.  Cody, Ball, 
Barnhart & Co.  furnished the stock.

H. A.  Portman  has  engaged  in the gro­
cery business  at Benton Harbor.  Bulkley, 
Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

Dr. A.  E.  Alden has engaged in the drug 
business at Howard City.  The Hazeltine & 
Perkins Drug Co.  furnished  the stock.

Adam  Newell  has  engaged  in  general 
trade  at  Burnip’s  Corners.  Cody,  Ball, 
Barnhart & Co.  furnished  the groceries and 
Spring & Company the dry goods.

Chas. A.  Coye has purchased  the interest 
of his father in  the awning  and  tent  busi­
ness of A.  Coye & Son, at 73  Canal  street, 
and will  contiilue  the  business  under  the 
style of Chas. A.  Coye.

S. A.  Welling leaves  to-day for  Detroit, 
and  Book-keeper  Allen,  who  will  follow 
the fortunes of  the new firm of  Welling  & 
Carliartt,  leaves for his  new field of  action 
on  Thursday.  The  goods  have  all  been 
shipped, and everything will be in readiness 
to resume business  at the  other end of  the 
line  in  about  a  week.  L.  R.  Cesna will 
continue with  the  new house  in Northern 
Michigan, Ed. Pike in Central Michigan and 
A. M.  Sprague in  the  Southern part of  the 
State.  A traveler  for  the  Eastern  part of 
the State has not yet been engaged.

Cheboygan—Frank  E.  Brackett, 

the 
Whitehall druggist,  will  remove  his  stock 
to this city about February 1.

Ithaca—The  Nelson  &  Barber  Co.  suc­
ceeded Nelson & Barber in general trade on 
February 1.  The paid up capital is $40,000.
East Jordan—F. J.  Cutter has  purchased 
the confectionery business of  S.  Rose,  and 
will run a  restaurant  business  in  connec­
tion.

Shelby—Kohler  &  Hobby have  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business.  The  stock  was 
furnished  by J.  II.  Thompson  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  through Thos.  Ferguson.

Freemont—Fenton  &  Forman,  general 
dealers,  have given  a  mortgage  for  $2,400 
to Lester J. Rindge, in trust for Grand Rap­
ids creditors.  Detroit  creditors  have  since 
attached,  but the action is not likely to hold.
Port Huron—The  Globe  Coffee  Co.  held 
forth one week.  The  city council demand­
ed $10 a day license;  the company refused; 
the  company  was  arrested;  the  company 
paid;  then the company packed its diamonds 
and left.

Jackson—The wholesale  grocery firm  of 
Kellogg & Baker,  which has  been  in  busi­
ness for the past fifteen years,  has been dis­
solved,  Mr.  Kellogg  retiring.  His  interest 
has  been  purchase;!  by M.  W.  Clark,  who, 
for the past three years  lias  been  with  the 
Geo. T.  Smith Purifier Co.  The  new  firm 
style is Baker,  Clark & Co.,  W.  D.  Thomp­
son being the “Co.”

Ionia—E.  G.  Hunt, the worst  cutter who 
ever  cursed  Ionia,  Mason,  or  any  other 
town,  lias  “got to the end of his rope,” and 
is now attempting to  settle with  his credit­
ors on a scale ranging from 5 to 28 per cent. 
Some of the unsecured  creditors will be ex­
tremely lucky if they get 5 per cent.  Hunt’s 
propensity to  cut  prices  and  his  personal 
habits  ought  to  warn  the  jobbing  trade 
against selling him,  but good  business poli­
cy seems to he too often disregarded  in deal­
ing  witli such characters.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Charlotte—C. T.  Ilenion,  carriage  manu­

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Adrian—Gilkey & Symorids, grocers, have 

facturer,  has assigned.

sold out.

have sold out.

Detroit—Wm. H.  Prittie & Co., druggists, 

Ovid—E.  D.  Beebe  succeeds C.  Beebe  in 

the drug business.

dealer, has sold out.

dealer,  has assigned.

in the drug business.

banker,  has sold out.

Hubbardston—L.  W.  Robinson,  general 

Williamston  —  W.  E.  Brown,  variety 

Ovid—Ed.  D.  Beebe  succeeds  C.  Beebe 

Norway—L.  J.  Kimball,  druggist  and 

Ilazelton— F.  F.  Brewer  succeeds  R. 

Moore in general trade.

Charlesworth—Wm.  Peacock,  grocer and 

lumberman, has assigned.

East  Saginaw—Barnhart  &  Freund,  ba­

zaar,  are reported closing out. 

**

Kalamazoo—A. M. Munn succeeds Kindle 

& Munn in the crockery business.

East Saginaw—N. A. Randall, of the drug 

firm of Hubbard & Randall,  is dead.

Palms—J.  P. Deegan & Co., general deal­

ers,  are reported to be closing out.

Carson  City—John  H.  Fowler  succeeds 

J.  B.  Blair in the grocery business.

Middleville—W.  R.  Young  has  bought 

the Chas.  L.  Brown grocery stock.

Manistee—Geo. Wiedajsucceeds  Wieda & 

Colbjorsen in the grocery business.

Norway—S. F.  High succeeds L. J.  Kim­

ball in the drug and banking business.

Ashley—H. K. Bush,  late  of  Hesperia, 

has engaged in the hardware business.

Hillsdale—Geo. J. Kline succeeds Geo. J. 

Kline & Co.  hi the dry goods business.

Bangor—LaBar &  Secord,  grocers,  have 

made  an  assignment to  E.  S.  Harvey.

Wexford—Israel Foust has  sold  his  gen­

eral stock to Mr. Dyer,  late of  Manton.

Mt.  Clemens — Robt.  Posner  succeeds 
Posner & Czizek in  the  hardware  business.
Kalamazoo— Geo.  A.  Balcom  succeeds 
Geo.  A.  Pfeiffer in the tea and  coffee  busi­
ness.

East  Jordan—II.  Willensky 

succeeds 
Spater & Willensky in  the  dry  goods  busi­
ness.

Bay City—Danziger Bros, succeed Rosen- 
fieid & Danziger in the boot  and shoe  busi­
ness.

Eaton Rapids—Roberts & Co.  succeed  I. 
P. Roberts in the grocery and milling  busi­
ness.

Ovid—Andrews & Burrough  succeed An­
drews, DeKamp & Co. in the hardware bus­
iness.

Wakefield—Hayward,  Wescott & Murray 
succeed  Hayward  &  Wescott  in  general 
trade.

Fennville—Geo. B. Kellogg has closed his 
branch  store  and  removed  the  goods  to 
Allegan.

Croswell — A.  R.  Cowen  succeeds  J. 
Steele  &  Co.  in the  drug  and  fancy  goods 
business.

Manistee—Stephen  Bedford 

succeeds 
Bedford &  Buckley in  the  stone  and lime 
business.

Rodney—L. T.  Wilmarth  succeeds  L.  T. 
Wilmarth & Co.  in general  trade  and shin­
gle business.

Allegan—W.  D.  Ballou  has  purchased a 
half interest  in the drug and crockery busi­
ness of C. Young.

Pontiac—The confectionery stock belong­
ing to A. J. S.  Beer,  has been  sold to satis­
fy chattel  mortgage.

Shelby—Mrs.  E.  Phillips  succeeds  Miss 
Mary  Gunn  and  Mrs.  L.  Rathbone  in  the 
millinery business.

Hubbardston—John  W.  Cowman  has 
bought the dry goods stock of L. W.  Robin­
son, and will take possession of the same on 
April 18, at which time  he will  remove his 
grocery stock to the same  location.

Perrinsville—I.  M.  Lewis  succeeds  An­

drew Stephen in the milling business.

Perry—A. T.  Spinner,  handle  manufac­

turer,  has sold out to Milan H.  Green.

Corunna—L. M.  Anisden  succeeds  Ams- 

den & Anderson in the milling business.

East Jordan—L.  G.  Sweet has  purchased 
H. B. Severance’s stave and heading factory.
Sears—M.  G.  Sleezer  succeeds  Sleezer & 
Rosser in the manufacture of wooden bowls.
St.  Louis— Taylor  Bros,  succeed  Lake, 
Taylor & Co.  in the manufacture  of  tables.
Manistee—Wheeler, Magill &Co.,  lumber 
manufacturers, are succeeded by John Can- 
field.

Mt.  Morris—A  new  planing  mill  is  in 
course of construction and a grist  mill  will 
soon be built.

Benton Harbor—Ingham,  Wright  &  Co. 
succeed Ingham,  Leslie & Co.  in  the manu­
facture of boxes and baskets.

Allegan—W.  R.  Church  &  Co.  have  in 
process of construction 2,000 of their patent 
spiral spring road  carts.  They are  behind 
on orders.

Harrison—W.  H.  &  F.  A.  Wilson  have 
600 acres of hardwood  land  in Greenwood, 
from  which  they  will take the timber and 
haul it to their mill in Harrison to be cut up. 
They  employ  about  forty-five men in  their 
cftmp.

STRAY  FACTS.

Middleville—Mrs.  M.  C.  Hoskins,  milli­

ner,  has sold out. 

,

Ovid—F.  J.  Gleason  is  succeeded  by 
Horace McCarthy in the restaurant business.
Bangor—The furnace consumes about 100 
cords of wood per day in  making  charcoal.
Ionia—The potteiy has received an  order 
for a carload of flower  pots  from  Macomb, 
111.

Mt.  Clemens—Dolby &  Reimold  succeed 
Fries & Dolby in the agricultural implement 
business.

Frankfort — Williams  &  Lutz  succeed 
Frank Williams in the lumber  and  shingle 
business.

Hart—C.  Griswold succeeds Bailey & Ca­
hill in the agricultural  implement  and  car­
riage business.

Allegan—A correspondent writes:  “Busi­
ness men report  better  trade  this January 
than for several  years past.”

Lakeview—Macomber &  Bale lately sent 
a  handsome  cross fox  skin  to  Perkins  & 
H( ;ss,  of Grand Rapids,  expecting to realize 
$15  therefrom.

Detroit—J.  G.  Kraenslein  has  retired 
from  the  firm  of  Berger,  Burdick  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  cigars.  The  firm  name 
remains the same.

Fennville—F.  S.  Raymond  and  J.  E. 
Hutchins will open an exchange bank, to be 
known as the Fennville City Bank, and will 
commence business  February 1.

Ionia—Wm.  Steele has sold the plant and 
business of  the Michigan  Overall Co.  to F. 
A.  Sessions  apd  John  H.  Welch.  E.  D. 
Voorhees will continue to actas manager.

Allegan—A number of wooden residences 
will be built  this  season,  ranging  in  price 
from $2,000  to  $15,000  each;  also  several 
brick blocks and a  big paper mill—the  lat­
ter “perhaps.”

Detroit—The  Standard White  Lead  Co. 
has been organized with  a  capital  stock of 
$15,000.  John  J.  Dodds  is  President and 
Whipple  Johnson  Secretary,  and  the  two 
above named, with Frank L.  Dodge, consti­
tute the Board of Directors.

Leslie—A merchant  advertises live geese 
feathers and pillows.  This may be a chest­
nut, but it looks  like  something new.  He 
fails to state whether  the  feathers  are live 
enough to kick the hired man out of  bed at 
half past  five  in  the morning,  or  whether 
they make up the bed, or what the idea is in 
not having them dead.

Dr.  C.  S.  Hatfield is now on the road  for 
S. N.  Weil & Co.,  wholesale  liquof dealers 
of Cincinnati.

J.  W.  Lindsey succeeds  Ned.  H.  Knight 
as general representative for P.  Loriilard & 
Co.  in this territory.

A.  Friend,  representing Landman  & Co., 
wholesale  liquor  dealers  of  Toledo,  is  in 
town for a few days.

E. P.  Dana is now on the road for Phelps, 
Brace & Co., of  Detroit,  taking  the  D.,  L. 
& N. Railway as  his territory.

A.  A.  Smith,  Western  Michigan  repre­
sentative  for  the  American  Paper Co., of 
Detroit,  put in Sunday at this market.

Ned.  H.  Knight  is now with  the Ameri­
can Eagle  Tobacco Co.,  of  Detroit,  having 
severed his  connection with  P.  Loriilard & 
Co.  the first of the year.

Charley  Robinson  is  authority  for  the 
statement that  Dave Holmes  contemplates 
engaging in  the  saloon  business  at Wood- 
j ’ille,  having  purchased  a  full  stock  of 
liquors of  Fred.  Co]p in  the name of  John 
Rogers.

W.  G.  Hawkins—he  of  the  elephantine 
voice—has engaged in the  manufacture and 
sale of a patent leather collar  and neck tie, 
which combines the advantages of ornamen­
tation and  warmth.  The device is a genu­
ine novelty,  and is  destined to meet a wide j 
sale.

R.  Graham,  general  traveling representa­
tive for S.  Ottenberg &  Co., the  New York I 
cigar  manufacturers,  is  accompanying  J. 
Lustig on his  southern  travels  for  Morris 
H.  Treusch this week.  Next week  lie will I 
keep company witii  A.  B.  Gates among the 
northern patrons of  the house.

Wallace  Davenport  is  a  traveling  man 
and lives near  Ionia.  Several  months  ago 
lie called at  Alvin  Clallin’s  residence,  near 
Charlotte, on business,  and  Mrs.  Clafliu be­
ing alone at the time, Wallace indulged in a 
little osculatory recreation.  Mrs. Clafliu re­
sented  the  fellow’s familiarity,  complained I 
to her husband,  and  the  assailant  was  ar­
rested.  He was convicted in justice  court, 
but appealed.  The Circuit Court has found 
him guilty,  also,  and  there seems  a  proba­
bility that  lie  will  give  up  traveling  and 
kissing  other  men’s  wives, for  a  time  at 
least.

Purely Personal.

G.  W.  Perkins went to Jackson  Monday, 

combining business with pleasure.

F.  B.  Kelley,  of  the  Cadillac  clothing 
house of W.  R.  Dennis &  Co.,  was in town 
Monday on liis way to  Chicago.

John G.  Shields and  wife are celebrating 
the  advent  of  an  eight-pound  youngster. 
No short weight and full count guaranteed.
W.  L.  Davies,  President  of  the  Acme 
White Lead and Oil Works, lias severed his 
connection witli  Farrand, Williams  & Co., 
in  order  to  devote  liis  entire  time to the 
rapidly increasing business of the Acme.

E.  Densmore has returned from Port Ley­
den,  N. Y., where he went to  set up one of 
his patent veneer machines  for  Hood,  Gale 
&  Co.,  of  Big  Rapids,  who  own  a  large 
tract of birch,  spruce, maple and beech tim­
ber near Utica.

I).  E.  Watters  contemplates  purchasing 
the A.  M.  Herrington  drug  stock  at Free­
port,  hut at last  accounts  the  sale had not 
been consummated. 
In  case  Mr.  Herring­
ton  sells  out  he  purposes  removing  to 
Los Angeles,  Cal.

D.  W.  Kendall, who has  done  more than 
any other  one  man  to  give Grand  Rapids 
furniture the prestige it  commands all over 
the world, so far  as artistic  design  is con- 
cernedj has voluntarily relinquished a $6,000 
a year position as designer for the Berkey & 
Gay Furniture Co.,  to  accept  a third inter­
est in the  furniture  manufacturing  firm of 
Beardsley  &  Dey,  at  Detroit. 
In  conse­
quence of the change,  the firm name will be 
changed to  Kendall,  Beardsley & Dey, Mr. 
Kendall having left Friday for his new field 
of action.

M iscellan eo u s  D airy  N o tes.

Mark & Caiy are building  a  creamery  at 

A  creamery  will  be  established  at  Mt. 

Clio.

Clemens.

Bloomingdale will receive an accession to 
its  present  list  of  cheese  factories  next 
spring.

The “Cloverdale” creamery,  at Nashville, 
turned out 120,000 pounds of butter the past 
season.

The business men of Tustin  are consider­
ing the project  of  establishing  a  creamery 
at that  place.

The  farmers  of  Middleville  have  sub­
scribed nearly $5,008 toward  the  establish­
ment of a creamery'.
'  B.  C.  Robbins,  representing  Proctor  & 
Gamble,  of  Cincinnati,  was  in  town  last 
week In the interest of Lenox soap.

F.  Cutler & Son are running the “Yalley” 
creamery, at Ionia,  all  winter,  with  good i 
results to themselves ajul their patrons.
The patrons of the  Wayland  cheese  fac- j 
tory realized $1.13 per 100 pounds for  their | 
milk for the months of October and Novem-1 
ber.

W.  F.  Smith has taken possession  of  the [ 
“Raisin  Union”  cheese  factory  at  Raisin 
Center.  The  factory  meeting  occurs  on j 
January 31.

The Peerless Creamery Co.,  at Romeo,  is 
now making 1,200 pounds of butter per day i 
and expects to run all  winter.  A  new  re-1 
frigerator is being put  in  for  cold  storage ’ 
purposes.
The Mason creamery has passed from the j 
control  of  a  stock  compahy  into  private | 
hands.  The business paid  an  8  per  cent.! 
dividend on nine months’ business, although | 
the  stock  sold  for  but  80  per  cent,  of  its : 
face.

The Gripsack Brigade.

|  Encouraging  Report from  Kalkaska— Per­

tinent  Queries.
K alkaska,  Jan. 26,  1887.

|  F rank H am ilton, T raverse City:
D ear  Sir—Your  letter  of  January  13 
was laid before  our Association  at  its last 
meeting,  and I am  instructed  by the Asso­
ciation to notify you that wo  are heartily in 
] favorof meeting the Northern Associations, 
j as you speak of, prior to the March meeting 
of  the  State  Association.  We  think  it 
| would be a good  tiling.
1.  In regard to the question,  “Should the 
collection  system  be  used  upon  open  ac­
counts only?” we  had an  informal  talk on 
the  subject  and,  without  exception,  all
j seemed  to  think  it  should  be  used  on 
| all  accounts  of  whatever  nature. 
I  am 
| afraid  that if  we only used  the system  on 
| open accounts  that a  great many would  be 
j very anxious to settle their accounts by giv­
ing a note.
2.  What do you do in this case?  Suppos­
ing a firm  joins  the  Association  and pays
I only one  membership  fee.  Do  you  allow 
each member a vote,  or only one vote to the 
firm?  We only allow one to each firm.
3.  Another  question:  Supposing  a  firm 
belongs to  the  Association,  can  a member 
of said firm  use the  collection  system  for 
the collection of  his private accounts?  We 
think not.  How do  you say?
We are well pleased  with  our  work and 
the results so far.  We have a  special com­
mittee at work  to  incorporate  our  village, 
and the last seen of our Business Committee 
they were trying  to get  through  the  snow 
drifts between here and Bellaire.  They are 
after a new railroad now.

Yours truly,

C.  E.  Ramsey,  Secretary.

[President  Hamilton  will  answer  the 

above queries in next week’s paper.]

R eed  C ity  U n ites  W ith   th e   S ta te   A ssocia- 

a tio n .

Reed City, Jan. 27,  ISS7.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

Dea r  Sir —Enclosed  please  find  postal 
for  $2.60,  being  the  per  capita  dues  for 
twenty-six members,  to make  our organiza­
tion  auxiliary  to  the  Michigan  Business 
Men’s Association.

Respectfully yours,
Sec’y Reed City B.  M. A.

II.  W.  H awkins,

the 

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

A dvertisem ents  o f 25 w ords o r  less  inserted 
in this colum n a t th e  rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  fo r  th ree weeks.  A dvance  pay­
m ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be 
sent iu care of this office m ust be accom panied 
by 25 cents e x tra, to cover expense o f postage, 
etc.

176tf

side  m atters,  we  ’  shall  offer  fo r  sale 

IPO It  SALE—Business and store buildings at 

Walton.  A s we desire to close up all o u t­
stock,  fixtures,  store,  w arehouse,  realty and 
good will of o u r branch house at W alton.  This 
business has been established fo r ten  years, is 
well equipped, located a t  the  junction  o f  the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway  and  T rav­
erse City Railway, and presents  a  good  open­
ing for one who has a small  capital, combined 
w ith energy.  For term s of  sale  apply  to  our 
Mr. Leavenworth  on  th e  prem ises.  H annah, 
Lay & Co. 

IPOR  SALE—A 

large  New foundland  dog, 
eighteen  m onths  old,  good  watch  dog, 
broken fo r being  in  office  or  store.  Address 
Jos. Omler, W right, Mich. 
A  RARE  CHANCE—An  eighty  acre  farm , 
z l   which  unites  all  advantages,  one  mile 
from  th e  flourishing  village  of  Coopersville; 
good buildings: the very richest of soil; w ater­
ed  by  springs  o f  living  w ater, and no  rough 
land—a perfect garden.  I will sell on term s to 
su it purchaser, o r will exchange  for first-class 
residence in G rand Rapids;  o r will tak e  stock 
of goods for whole or p art paym ent.  The farm  
is w orth $6,000.  u. F. Conklin, Coopersville.  175
1POR  SALE—A thirty-year old  grocery stand 
Jr 
in  Kalamazoo.  A two-story fram e  store, 
w ith good tenem ent rooms  above, and  a  good 
tenem ent bouse on sam e lot, also barn.  Three 
blocks from   M.  C.  depot.  $3,500,  p a rt  down, 
balahce in easy  paym ents.  Possession  given 
in May.  J . V an Zoleuburg, Petoskey.  174tf

179*

IPOR  SALE—Two-story brick building, 24x60, 

with clean grocery and m eat  stock  (wood' 
business in connection) on  principal  business 
street  of  thriving  N orthern  town.  Term s, 
$5,000, half down, balance on tim e to  su it  p u r­
chaser.  Address “ Bargain,” care "The Trades­
m an.” 

IPOR  SALE—A two-story store, 22x58,  alm ost 

. 
Sell goods in store if desired.  Good  place  for 

new, second floor done  off  and  tenanted. 
dry  goods  and  groceries. 
In a  good  farm ­
ing country.  For  particulars,  address  C.  E. 
Clapp, M artin, Allegan Co., Mich., w here  store 
is  located. 

173

181

’ 
Box 33,  Big Rapids, Mich. 

IT'OR  SALE—First-class  hand  laundry  a t  a 

bargain.  This is a rare chance.  A ddress 
176*
\ \ T ANTED—To  buy  the  business  of  a  well- 
VV 
established m eat m arket, by young m an 
with $600 capital.  Address Geo. S. Smith, Cas- 
uovia. Mich. 
V IT  ANTED—Stock  in  Ke 
m   Bank.  Address, sta t
ed, “ P urchaser,” care “The T radesm an.”

n t  County Savings 
ing term s dem and­

177*

IF  YOU  WANT—To get into business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
to  get  a  situation,  if  you have anything  for 
sale o r w ant to buy anything, advertise in  tho 
M iscellaneous Column of Tin:  T r a d e s m a n .  A 
tw enty-five word  advertisem ent  costs  b u t 25 
cents a week o r 50 cents for th ree weeks.

THE  NEW

Soap  Company.

As  previously  announced,  the  trade  is 
now being supplied with Soap from this new 
factory.  Two  brands  are now introduced, 
the

H e e u d lig lr t
X_iittl©  D a is y .

AND

. 

Both free from adulterations of all kinds, 
and contain pure Ceylon  Cocoa  Oil,  Steam 
Refined Tallow,  Glycerine and Borax.  The 
former  is  a  first-class  Laundry Soap, and 
the latter, being fine and  milder,  is  one  of 
the  best  Bath,  Laundry  and  Toilet  Soaps 
combined now on the market.

For terms, please apply to the  factory,  in 
(Telephone 

person, by letter, or telephone. 
No.  578-5 rings.)

Shall we receive your  encouragement  by 

way of a trial order?

Respectfully,

JOBBERS  IN

SPRING & COMPART
DRY  GOODS
Hosiery, Carpets, Etc.

PtEIMI CTV-AX J.

The firm of S.  A.  Welling,

-------COPY.-------
24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.,

Its assets (stock, 
accounts  fixtures, etc.) have been transferred to, and its obligations assumed by W elling 
& Cahiiaktt,  Detroit,  Midi., who alone are authorized to collect all accounts due said firm.
Thanking you for the patronage so kindly bestow ed upon me, and  trusting  you  will 
continue the same with the new concern,  I am,  Respectfully Yours,

lias this day been discontinued. 

A -  W E L L IN G .

J a n u a r y   31. 

24 P e a r l , S t .,  Gr a n d   R a p id s ,  M ic h .

B T J S IJ S rE S S   GH-AJSTGKE.

-------COPY.-------

I have discontinued business a t 117 Griswold St,,  Detroit,  and have  sold  and  trans­
ferred my stock,  accounts,  etc., to W elling & Cahiiaktt,  139  Jefferson Ave.,  who  are 
authorized to make all collect ions due me.
Hoping you  will extend your favors to the new concern as you have so  kindly  done 
ie in the oast. 
to me
J a n u a r y;}!.  ' 
117 Griswold St.,  Detroit,  Mich.

1 am ,  Your Obedient Servant,

HAMILTON. CARHARTT.

O O l S T S O T j U D - A - T T I O I S r .

Having  purchased the stock,  accounts, etc.,  of  S.  A.  W ellin g,  of  24  Pearl  St., 
Grand Rapids,  Mich.,  and of H amilton Cahhartt,  of 117 Griswold St.,  Detroit,Mich., 
and removed the same to the large and commodious four-story building,

No.  139  JEFFERSON  AVENUE,

we beg leave to inform the trade that we have added to these stocks an  immense  line  of 
Spring Furnishings and Notions,  purchased direct  of  the  manufacturers,  and  are  in  a
position to take care of your trade better than ever before. 
We shall manufacture our  own  PANTALOONS,  0\ERALLS,  JACKETS,  SACK 
COATS and WORKING  SHIRTS in a manner we iirmly bylieve  to  command  your  ad­
miration.  Our whole aim is to be not unworthy a lair consideration at your hands.

^  ___

Very Respectfully,

139  J efferson  A vk.,  D etroit,  Mich.

jancahv  31  m r   t 
WELLING  & CARHARTT.
G E R M A N   C O F F E E ,

#

Best  Package  Goods  on  the  Market.

------- THE-------

M anufactured by

TOLEDO  SPICE  CO.,  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

Order Sample Case of your Jobber.  See quota­

tions in  Price-Current.

OLD  BARRELS

unsightly,  besides  the  pro- 
Setting about a store  a 
langerous  to  clothing.  The
jeeting nails on them  a 
enterprising grocer realizes the value of handsome and 
convenient  fixtures,  and  tb  m eet  this  dem and  the 
W oolson  Spic k  Co.,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  have  designed 
th e ir

Xiion  Còffe©  Cabinet,

Of which  th e  accom panying  cut  gives  but  a   partial 
idea.  In this cabinet is packed 120 one pound packages 
of L io n   C o ffe e , and we  oifer  the  goods  a t  a   price 
enabling the grocer to  secure  these  cabinets  w ithout 
cost to himself.  They are made air-tight, tongued and 
grooved, beautifully grained  and  varnished,  and  are 
put together in  th e  best  possible  m anner.  Complete 
set of casters, w ith screws,  inside  this  cabinet.  Their 
use in every grocery, after the coffee is sold out,  is  ap­
parent;  ju st the thing from   which  to  retail  oatm eal, 
lice, prunes, hominy, dried  fruits,  bread,  and  a   hun­
dred other  articles.  F urther,  they  take  up  no  more 
floor  room  than  a   barrel,  and  do  away  w ith  these 
unsightly  things  in  a  store.  For  price-list  of  L io n  
C o ffe e   in these cabinets, see price-current in  this pa- 
•  per.  Read  below  w hat  we  say  as  to  th e  quality  of 
L io n   C o ffe e .

This Coffife Cabinet Given Away.

A  GOOD  BREAKFAST

Is  ALWAYS  possible when a good cup of cof­
fee  is  served.  The  grocer  who  sells  LION 
COFFEE  to  his 
invariably  se­
cure  this  result  to  them.  LION  COFFEE 
is always uniform;  contains strength, flavor and 
true  merit;  is  a  successful  blend  of  Mocha, 
Java and Rio.  Packed only  in  one-pound  air- 
tight packages;  roasted,  but  not  ground;  full 
net weight,  and is never sold in bulk.

A Beautiful Picture Card
In every package.  We solicit  a  sample  order 
for a cabinet filled with  LION  COFFEE.

trade  can 

For sale  by  all  Wholesale  Grocers  every­

where, and by the

Woolson Spice Co.

92 to  108 Oak St., Toledo, Ohio.

0FFEE

T ANSY  CAPSULEE

The firm o f Bode & K eeney,  of F erry. Mich., 
I   T H E   L A T E S T   D ISC O V E R Y,  w
j hus  this  day  dissolved  by  m utual  consent. 
Dr.  Laparle’s  Celebrated  Preparation, Safe  and  !  H ereafter the business will  be  conducted  and 
m ac aged by J. M. K eeney,  and  he  will  settle 
11 ways  Reliable* 
till accounts contracted by th e firm and collect 
all bills due the firm. 
Signed, Ja n . 22.1887.

(ALUMET CHEMICAL CD.. ClilMCT.gS.

Bend  4   cents  for Sealed  Circular.

Indispensable  to  L A D  IR S*

E. J. BODE,
J . M. KEENEY.

N O T IC E   O F  D IS S O L U T IO N .

Q UERIES.

___

T o be Reported  at  the  March  Convention 

of the M.  B.  M.  A.

j  1.  Are the insurance  rates  on store prop­
erty too high?  Accepted by Frank Hibbard,
! Evart.

2.  Are female  clerks to  be  preferred  to 
! male  assistants  under  any circumstances?
| Accepted by Frank Hibbard,  Evart.

3.  Should outlawed  accounts be consider- 

! ed by our local associations?

4.  How old should  an  account be  before 
the  collection  system  of  an  association 
should be used?

5.  Is a   wife  entitled  to  credit  who  be­
comes  the custodian of  her husband’s prop­
erty, in order to allow him to evade the pay­
ment of his debts?

6.  Ought  the  daily  papers  to  publish 

wholesale quotations?

7.  Is it feasible and desirable to quote the 
wholesale price  of  merchandise—hardware 
and drugs accepted—by means of charaoters 
not understood by the public at large?

8.  Is  it  possible  to  wholly  abolish  the 

9.  How cap the credit system best be cur­

credit system?

tailed?

10.  Is cutting in prices ever justifiable?
11.  Should an attorney—a member  of  an 
association,  but not the appointed actuary— 
be  allowed to  use our system of blanks for 
collecting other  than  his own  personal ac­
counts?

12.  Does  an accepted note imply  a settle­
ment of  account and thus  debar  one  from 
using  our  system  to  collect  the  overdue 
note?  Should our  system  for collecting  be 
limited to open accounts?”

13.  Should a firm join  a local  association 
as a firm or should each member  join  indi­
vidually?

14.  In case the firm joins by the payment 
of one fee and dues,  should each member of 
the firm be entitled to voice and vote?

15.  In the case of a firm joining as a firm, 
should a member of the firm  be  allowed  to 
use the collection system  for  the  collection 
of his private accounts?

16.  Should liquor dealers  be  admitted  to 

our local associations?'

17.  Should not the term  “dead-beat  list” 
be tabooed?  Are  not “delinquent list” and 
“poor-pay list” preferable  expressions?

18.  Is the cash business  conducive to cut- 

ting?

19.  Is  the  present  exemption  allowed  a 
married man under the  garnishee  law  just 
to all parties?

Anyone who will volunteer to answer any 
of the above queries, or anyone who has ad­
ditional queries  to  suggest,  is  requested to 
communicate  with 
the  editor  of  The 
T radesman as soon as convenient.

New  Form  of  Aims and  Objects.

In lieu of  the  series  of  objects  set  forth 
ill the constitutions of the various  Business 
Men’s  Associations, 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
herewith presents the following series, as in 
some respects preferable to those now recog­
nized as “standard”:

A R T IC L E   II— OBJECTS.

«

The objects of this Association shall be as 
follows: 
1.  To encourage well-directed enterprises; 
to promote  the  proper  progress,  extension 
and increase of the trade  of this city.
2.  To increase acquaintanceship  and  fos­
ter the highest  commercial integrity among 
those engaged in the various  lines  of  busi­
ness represented.
3.  To  take  concerted action  against  dis­
criminations  by  railway  and  express  com­
panies.
4.  To  induce  equitable  insurance  rates 
and settlements.
5.  To secure immunity  from  inferior and 
adulterated goods, short weights, counts and 
measures,  fictitious  brands  and  labels  and 
misrepresentation in public and private.
6.  To influence legislation in favor of bet­
ter collection laws,  affording more safety to 
creditors in general.
7.  To  guard  against  unnecessary  exten­
sions of credit to unworthy persons, through 
the intercharge of information gained by ex­
perience and otherwise.
8.  To  maintain  a  collection  department 
for the collection of  doubtful  accounts  and 
the blacklisting of the dead-beats  who prey 
upon business men.
Forty-five  Members  in  the  Coopersville 

Association.

Coopersville,  Jan.  29,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Uapids:

Dear Sir—At the regular meeting of the 
Business  Men’s  Association 
last  Friday 
evening, the following names  were present­
ed for membership:  William Mines,  Park- 
hurst Bros.,  A, E.  Landon,  all  from  Nuni- 
ca;  and John A.  Wagner,  of  Eastmanville, 
making a total of forty-five members.
The majority of the members  report good 
success in collecting their old  accounts  and 
are doing less crediting than heretofore.

Yours truly,

R.  D.  McN aughton,  Sec’y.

Charlevoix Joins the State Body.

Charlevoix, Jan.  27,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dea r Sir—I enclose draft for  §2.50,  be­
ing per capita dues for the Charlevoix Busi­
ness Men’s Association.  We voted to join the 
State association and our  membership  now 
reaches twenty-five names and firms.  If any 
particular form of application  is  necessary, 
please send it  to  me  and  we  will  fill  out 
properly.
Several  of  the  merchants  report  collec­
tions, as the result of the moral influence of 
the Association,  although I have as yet  not 
sent a second notice as Secretary.
Yours respectfully,

R. W.  K ane,  Sec’y.

Vermontville Afixious to Organize.

V ekmontville, Jan. 25,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

Dear Sir—Our dealers are  all  live  men 
and are all  highly  in  favor  of  a  Business 
If you can  furnish  me 
Men’s Association. 
with the necessary blanks, etc.,  for  the  or­
ganization of such an Association, please do 
so by return mail.  We have an  aching  de­
sire to paralyze all D.  B’s.  ,

Fraternally,

W.  E.  Holt.

Association Notes.

Faul  &  Velte,  the  Woodland  hardware 
dealers,  have collected over  §100  worth  of 
accounts given up for lost through  the  col­
lection department of  the  Woodland  Busi- 
men’s  Association.

Geo. E.  Steele,  President of the  Traverse 
City Business Men’s Association,  spent last 
week in Grand Rapids, in attendance on the 
annual  convention of  the  Michigan  Engi­
neers’ Association.

The  Charlevoix  Journal  combines  the 
publication of the constitution  and  by-laws 
of the Charlevoix Business Men’s Association 
with  pleasant  reference  to  his  paper, the 
whole being  furnished  gratuitously  to  the 
members of the  Association.

H. E.  Hesseltine, President of the Casno- 
via,  Bailey and Trent Business Men’s Asso­
ciation,  was in town Monday.  He is enthu­
siastic on the  subject of  organization,  hav­
ing already secured the collection of several 
accounts long ago given  up as lost.

The  February  Notification  Sheet  of  the 
Michigan Business Men’s Association is now 
in press and will be  mailed  to  associations 
auxiliary to the State  body before  the  end 
of the present week.  Beginning  with  this 
month,  each  association  will  receive  as 
many sheets as it has auxiliary members.

Freeport Herald:  The  Freeport Business 
Men’s Association is continually gaining  in 
numbers.  At the last regular  meeting,  the 
Association decided to ask Lowell, Hastings 
and other surrounding towns  who  have  or­
ganized,  to exchange delinquent lists.  The 
arrival of these lists will have a tendency to 
check the prosperous career  of persons who 
are continually on the watch for  new  fields 
to  conquer.  The  lying  dead-beat  has  bad 
his day.

The organization of the  Owosso Business 
Men’s Association was completed last Tues­
day evening by the election of John Osburn, 
S.  Lamfrom, J. F. Laubengayer, JL A. Todd 
and S. E.  Parkill as members of the Execu­
tive  Committee  and  G.  R.  Black,  C.  J. 
Stuart and  C.  S.  Williams  as  members  of 
the Business Committee.  The  constitution 
of the Plainwell  Association  was  adopted. 
The present membership is forty-seven.

Secretary Ramsey,  of the  Kalkaska  Bus­
iness Men’s Association, lets the cat  out  of 
the bag. 
In his letter,  in  another  column, 
he discloses the fact that  President  Hamil­
ton  is  working  up  a  convention  of  the 
Norhern Michigan Associations, to  be  held 
just previous to the  March  meeting  of  the 
Michigan Business Men’s Association.  Just 
what designs Mr.  Hamilton and his  co-con­
spirators have on the  State  Association  re­
mains to be seen.

Agreeable to invitation, the editor of T he 
Tradesman met with the members  of  the 
Ionia Business Men’s  Association  last  Fri­
day evening and talked over with them  the 
project  of  re-organizing  their  Association 
on a broader and more  modern  basis.  The 
meeting was largely attended,  showing that 
great intesest is felt in the well-being of the 
organization,  and President Kelsey  is  well 
qualified to lure the members  of  the  Asso­
ciation into a degree of activity unsurpassed 
in any other town in the State.
Allegan Joins the State Body—Good Work 

Reported.
Allegan,  Jan.  18,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dear Sir—On January 4 our Association 
decided to become a part of the State  Asso­
ciation and accordingly voted  a  per  capita 
tax of §2.80 for that  purpose. 
I  therefore 
enclose that amount,  which  kindly place  to 
our credit and put us on the list.
It gives me  much  pleasure  and  satisfac­
tion to be able to say that the  Allegan Bus­
iness Men’s Association is in a vigorous and 
flourishing  condition.  We  have  nearly 
doubled our membership  since  Dec.  10,  the 
date of our  first  existence.  The collection 
department is doing great work  and  giving 
splendid  satisfaction  to  all  members who 
have availed themselves of  its benefits.  We 
have  several  committees  busily  engaged 
with different  projects,  among  which  are 
the introduction of electric lights for illumi­
nating  business  places,  streets  and  resi­
dences;  the  building  of  a  side-track, con­
necting our water power and  mills with the 
railways;  the organization of  a  stock  com­
pany to build and operate a  creamery,  fruit 
dryer and canning factory.
It is becoming apparent  to  the  business 
men  of  Allegan  that  great  work  may be 
accomplished  here  by united  effort.  Only 
one-half,  or  less,  of  our  immense  water 
power is now being utilized for manufactur­
ing purposes,  and special  inducements  will 
Cordially be offered during the  coming  sea­
son,  to  manufacturers  who  are  seeking 
available locations, furnished with first-class 
water  power  and  numerous  other  advan­
tages. 

Very truly,

E.  T.  V anOstrand,  See’y.

Organize a Local Association and Become 

Auxiliary to State  Body.

E v a r t,  Jan.  2(5,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

Dear  Sir—Dr.  D.  L.  Dumon,  of  this 
place,  wishes  to  join  the  State  Associ­
ation, providing it gives  him  the  privilege 
of  using  the  collection  department  as  a 
means of Collecting, and of  cutting  off  ab­
sconding debtors from further credit in other 
towns where they now  reside.  An  aggra­
vating case now in hand is with parties now 
leaving  town,  witli  everything  covered  by 
mortgages,  given  to  avoid  paying  honest 
debts.  The parties names  are  Coe.  They 
have  been  renting  Dumon’s  building  and 
running what  was  known  as  the “Quaker 
Store” and are now coming  to  Grand  Rap­
ids, to beat some one else.  They are  locat­
ing near a school  building,  the  street fund 
number being 154 Broadway,  as  near  as  I 
can remember.

Respectfully,

F.  H ib b a r d .

The Office Company, to  whom  the  book­
keeping fraternity are already  indebted  for 
one  of  the  most  practical  journals  of  its 
kind,  have recently published  an  “Analyti­
cal Book-keeping  Chart,”  by  diaries  Dut­
ton,  expert accountant,  of  New Yodi.  Be­
sides giving in tabular  form,  a complete ex­
hibit of the science of accounts,  it has a full 
explanatory  text.  Price  §1.  Office  Com­
pany, 205 Broadway,  New York.

I
The  Owosso  Association  Will  Join  the |

State Organization.

Owosso, Jan.  29,  1887.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

Claris, small, §18 00;  large, §26 00. 
Ives’, 1. §18 00 ;  2. §24  00;  3, §30 00. 

dis 
dis 

20
25

f il e s—New List.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dea r Sir—Your  communication  of  the 
24th inst.,  with  enclosed  copy of  constitu­
tion and by-laws,  came  duly  to  hand  and 
were submitted to the Association last even­
ing,  but as said meeting was only a special, 
and the organization is still in  its  infancy, 
action on same  was  postponed  until  some 
future time.  1 haven’t the least doubt  that 
said action,  when voted  on,  will  result  fa­
vorable and that  our  organization  will  be-  Mav(lo. 
come auxiliary to the State Association. 
of business with fifty charter  members  and 
every one seems highly pleased with the or­
ganization.  The  few  that  are  tardy  will 
soon be glad  to  fall  into  line.  There  are 
but a few of  them, however.
Tendering you my sincere thanks for  the 
sample copy of T he T radesman,  I am 
S.  Lamfrom,  Sec’y.

We are now organized for the transaction |  Yerkes  & 

Yours truly,

A m erican File A ssociation  L ist.......... dis  60&10
D isstou’s ....................................................dis  60&10
New  A m erican......................................... dis  60&10
Nicholson’s ................................................ dis  G0&10
H eller’s ...................................................... dis  55&10
H eller’s  I-Iorse R asps..............................dis  50&  5
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
18

12 

Discouut, Juniai

GALVANIZED  IKON,
27 
22 and  24,  25 and 26, 
14 
15 
13 
iu ta  5C@10, Chi 
tircoal (H).
GAUGES.
Level Co.’s __ .......tJis
HAMMERS.
......... dis
......... dis
r8......................... . ..  ...d is

Co. s.
Plural

• 

h a n g e r s .

|  kjp’s 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.....................
30 c list 50 
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand 
.30 c 40&10
B arn Door K idder Mfg. Co.,  Wood track
ack  50&10 G0&10 
Champion,  anti-friction..................... dis
Kidder, wood  tra c k .............................. dis
40
G ate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3................................. dis 
60
S tate.............................................. per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4H  14
3VJ
and  longer................................................  
10V4
Screw Hook and Eye,  H  ....................net 
8V4
Screw Hook and Eye % ........................net 
7V4
Screw Hook and Eyo  34........................net 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................n et 
7V4
Strap and  T ......................................... dis 
85

HINGES.

A  Source  of Wonder.

Gr een v ille, Jan. 28,  1887.

Stanley Rule

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
Dea r Sir—Enclosed find our  first  delin­
quent list.  We wish you would  publish  in 
your next State notification sheet fhe list of 
our removals.
Our Association is in a flourishing  condi­
tion,  with a membership  of sixty-three. 
It 
is  wonderful  how  many  debts  have  been 
canceled through this system.

Yours very respectfully,

E. J.  Cla rk,  Sec’y.

C O O V K K A O E .

D. Quay & Co. quote as follows, f. o. b, Bailey 

STAVES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

HEADS.

@ 6 00 
Red oak flour bbl. stav es...............M
©  5  25 
Elm 
..............M
W hite oak tee staves, s’d and j ’t.M  
©20 00 
©18 00 
W hite oak pork bbl. 
“  M
@  4  50 
Produce b arrel sta v es....................M
@17  50
T ight bbl. and h ’ds to m atch .......M
15®  16
Tierce, dowolled and circled, s e t...
18 
12® 
*• 
Pork, 
...
“ 
©21  50 
Tierce  heads,  sq u a re.....................M
“ 
P ork bbl. “ 
................H»M
@18 00 
©   4 
Produce barrel, s e t............................
Klour 
“ 
“  ............................
®   4 Vi 
@  3 Vi
Cull  wood  heading............................
W hite oak and hickory tee, 8 f’t. M  19  00® 12  09
W hite oak and hickory  “  7 Vi f’t. M 
9 00® 11 00
H ickory  flour  b b l............................ M  6  50®  7 50
Ash, round  “ 
“  ...........................M  5 50©  0 00
Ash, flat racked, 6H f ’t ................... M  3 50®  4 50
Coiled  elm ...........................................   5 00®  3  06

HOOPS.

”

BARRELS.

“ 

Spring & Lindley quote as follows:
“ 

W hite oak, pork, h an d m ad e............... 1  00®l  05
lard tierces, hand  m a d e ...l  15@1 25
Beef and lard,  Vi bbls., 
...  75®  90
Custom, one h ead....................................1  00® 1  10
F lour  .........................................................  30®  35
Produce  ....................................................  25®  30

“ 

“ 

H A R D W O O D   LU M B ER .

@10  00

©25  00
@13  00

The fu rn itu re  factories  here  pay  as  follows 

fo r dry  sto ck :
Basswood, log-run.....................................12 00@14 00
Birch, log-run............................................. 15  00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2...............................  
Black Ash, log-run...............................  
Cherry,  log-run..........................................25  00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2................................. 45 00@50 00
Cherry,  eu ll...........................................  
Maple,  log-run............................................12  00©14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run................................. 11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2...............................  
©20  00
Maple, clear, flooring.......................... 
@25  00
@25  Oo
Maple, white, selected........................  
Red Oak, log-run................................... 
@18  00
Red Oak, Nos. 1  and 2................. 
  @24  00
Red Oak, q u arter  saw ed...................26  00 @30 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step  p lan k ................ 
©25 00
W alnut, log-run....................................  
©55  00
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2............................ 
@75  00
W alnuts,  cu lls......................................  
@25  00
@13  00
Grey  Elm, lo g -ru n...............................  
W hite Ash,  log-run............................. 14  00@16 00
W hitewood,  log-run.......................  
  @23  00
W hite  Oak, log-run.............................  
@17  00

 

Ibarbware.

 

dis 

b e l l s .

BOLTS.

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

AUGERS AND BITS.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

prom ptly and buy in full  packages.
Ives’,  old  sty le......................................................dis 60
N.  H. C. Co............................................................ dis 60
Douglass’..........................................:..........dis 
60
60
Pierces’  ........................................................dis 
Snell’s .....................................................................dis 60
Cook’s  ..........................................................dis 
40
Jennings’,  gen u in e..............................................dis 25
Je nnings’,  im itation.................................dis50&10
Spring........................... 
40
R a ilro a d ..........................................................§  14  00
G arden..........................................................n et 33 00
H a n d .................................................dis  §  60&10&10
Cow....................................................... dis 
60&10
C a ll....................................................... dis 
30&15
G o n g .................................................... dis 
35
Door, S a rg e n t....................................dis 
60&10
Stove.........................................................dis § 
40
Carriage  new  list...........*.......................dis  7C&10
Plow  ..........................................................dis  30&10
Sleigh Shoe................................................ dis  70&10
W rought Barrel  B olts......................... dis  60&10
Cast  Barrel  B olts.....................................dis  60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs....................... dis 
60
Cast Square S pring..................................dis 
60
Cast  C h a in .................................................dis  60&10
W rought Barrel, brass  k nob................dis  60&10
W rought S q u a re.......  ...........................dis  60&10
W rought Sunk F lu sh.............................. dis 
60
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
dis  60&10
Ive#*D oor.................................................. dis  60&10
B a rb e r.................................................... dis § 
40
B ackus........................................................ dis  50&10
Spotford......................................................dis 
50
Am. Ball..................................................... dis 
n et
Well, p lain ......................................................§  3 50
Well, swivel.
4  00
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................... .dis 70&10
Cast Loose Pin,  Berlin  bronzed....... .dis
70&10
Cast Loose Jo in t, genuine bronzed. .dis
60&10
W rought Narrow , bright fast  joint
.dis 60&10
W rought  Loose  P in ............................ .dis 60&10
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip .......... .dis 60& 5
W rought Loose Pin, jap an n ed .......... .dis 60&  5
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tip p e d ................................................
.dis 60&  5
W rought Table...................................... .dis 10&60
W rought  Inside  Blind.......................
.dis 10&80
W rought B rass.’. .................................
.dis
Blind, Clark’s ........................................
.dis
8Ü
Blind, P a rk e r's....................................
.dis
80
Blind,  Shepard’s ................................... .dis
70
per m $ 65

BUCKETS.
........................................ 
BUTTS, CASI

F lu sh ............................................  

BRACES.

CAPS.

 

COMBS.

CHISELS.

H ick’s C 
G. D .... 
M usket.
CATR1DGES.
Rim Fire, U
. M.C. & W inchester  new  list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  S tates..........
............ disSO&lO
Central  F ire.................................
............disBO&lO
Socket F irm er.............................. .......... dis  7O&10
Socket  F ram ing.......................... ...........dis  70&1Ö
Socket  Corner..............................
.........dis  70&10
Socket Slicks...............................
.........dis  70&1Ü
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er......... .........dis 
40
B arton’s Socket  F irm erà.......... .........dis 
20
Cold................................................ .......... net
Curry,  Lawrence’s .....................
.........dis  40&1Ü
H otchkiss  .................................... .........dis 
25
Brass,  Racking’s ........................
60
.............. 
Bibb’s ...........................................
60
.............. 
B e e r ..............................................
................  40&10
Fenns’...........................................
.............. 
60
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....... ..............% »   28
14x52,14x58,14x60.................
.....................  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...
.....................  23
.....................  23
Cold Rolled, 14x48......................
Morse’s Bit  Stock.....................
.........dis 
40
T aper and S traight S hank.......
.........dis 
40
Morse’s T aper  S hank................
.........dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 8  in ......................
, ..d o z n e t  §.85
Coihrugated...................................
.......... dis  2Ö&10
A d ju stab le...................................
.........dis  H&10

ELBOWS.

COCKS.

DRILLS

HOLLOW  WARE.

HOES.

KNOBS—NEW  LIST.

30
Stam ped Tin W are......................................... 
Japanned Tin  W are............................... .. 
25
G ranite  Iron  W are....................................  
25
G rub  1..................................................§11  00, dis 60
G rub  2..................................................  11  50, dis 60
G rub 3....................................................  12 00, dis 60
Door, m ineral, Jap. trim m ings............ dis 
60
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings............ 
60
60
Door, porcelain, plated  trim m ings....... 
Door, porcelain,  trim m ings....................  
60
70
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain...........dis 
P icture, H.  L. Judd & Co.’s ...................... .. 40&10
45
H cm acite............................. 
dis 
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new list,  dis 
60
Mallory, W heeler A  Co.’s .......................dis 
69
60
B ranford’s .................................................dis 
Norw alk’s ................................................ dis 
60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .....................dis  70
Adze  E ye....................................... §16 00  dis 
60
H unt  E ye.......................................§15 00  dis 
60
H u n t’s ...........................................§18  50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.................. dis  50
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ......................................dis 40
Coffee,P.S.&W .M fg.Co.’sM alleablcs  ..  dis  40
Coffee, Landers, F erry & Clark’s ................. dis 40
Coffee,  E n terp rise.......................................dis  25

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

m a u l s.
MILLS.

locks—DOOR.

 

MOLASSES OATES.

StebbinJs P attern   ................................. dis  60&10
Stebbin’s G enuine.................................. dis  60&10
E nterprise,  seif-m easuring................. dis 
25

n a il s — ritON.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

lOd to  60d.............................................. $  keg §2  50
8d and 9 d ad v .................................................. 
25
6d and 7d  adv..................................................  
50
4d and 5d  ad v..................................................  
75
3d  advance........................................................   1 50-
3d fine  advance.............................................  
3 00
Clinch nails,  ad v ..............................................  1 75
Finishing 
Size—inches  ( 3  
Adv. f  keg 
Steel Nails—3  65.
OILERS.
Zinc o r tin, Chase’s P a te n t...
.dis60&i0 
Zinc, w ith brass bottom .......
.. dis  50 
Brass o r  Copper.....................
...d is   50
R eaper........................................per  gross, §12 n et
Olm stead’s ....................................................  50&10

1  lOd  8d 
2)>* 
§1  25  1  50  1  75  2 00 

4d
1(4

6d 
2 

PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................dis  15
Sciota B ench....................................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fan cy........................ dis  15
Bench, first q u ality ........................................dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,  wood__ dls20&10

PANS.

HOPES.

Fry, A cm e...................................................dis 50&10
Common, polished............................. 
dis60&10
D ripping..........................................  
Iro n  and  T inned...................................... dis 
60
Coppor Rivets and  B u rs......................dis 
60
“A” Wood’s p aten t planished, Nos. 24 to  27  10 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 
9

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

RIVETS.

^  

 

Broken packs He $  fl> extra.

.  ÎOH
.  13H
70
60
20
Com. Smooth. Com.
§2  90
2  90
3 00
3 05
3  15
3  25
inches

Sisal, Vi in. and  larg er.....................
M anilla................................................
Steel and Iro n .................................... . . .dis
Try and Bevels................................... ... dis
M itre  .................................................. .. .dis

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Nos. 10 to  14....................................§4  20
Nos. 15 to  17....................................
4  20
Nos. 18 to  21........   ........................
4  20
Nos. 22 to  24....................................
4  20
4 40
No. 27................................................
4  60
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over  2 
wide not less th an  2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   lb...................
In  sm aller quansities, 
lb............
A m erican, all  kinds........................ ... dis
Steel, all kinds.................................. ... dis
Swedes, all  k in d s............................. .. .dis
Gimp and  L ace................................. .. .dis
Cigar Box  N ails...............................__ dis
Finishing  N ails................................. ...d is
Common and  P atent  B rads.......... __ dis
H ungarian Nails and M iners’ T ucks.dis
T runk and Clout N ails....................
...d is
Tinned T runk and Clout N ails__ __ dis
Leathered C arpet  T acks............... ...d is

TACKS.

5«
6
60
ÖÜ
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
55

12 50
16  00
17  50

TINNER’S SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined....................................
M arket  H alf-and-half...................
S trictly  H alf-and-half....................

TIN  PLATES.

rates.

TIN—LEADED.

Cards fo r  Charcoals, $6 75.
5 75
10x14,C harcoal.................
IX , 
7 25
.  6 25
12x12, Charcoal.................
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  ................
IX , 
7  75
14x20, Charcoal.................
1C, 
5*75
14x20,  Charcoal.................
IX, 
7 25
IXX, 
14x20, C harcoal...............
8  75
IX X X ,  14x20, CharCool..  ............
10  77
IX X X X , 14x20,  Charcoal..............
12 55
IX , 
20x38, Charcoal.................
15  50
DC, 
100 Plato C harcoal..............
,  6  50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal..............
,  8  50
DXX,  10O P late C harcoal..............
10  50 
DXXX,  100 P late Charcoal..........
.  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plato add 1  50  to  6  75
% 5 25
Roofing, 14x20, IC ............................
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ..........................
.  6  75
Rooting, 20x28, 1C............................
.  U   00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX ..........................
.  14  00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.
..  5  50
IX, 14x20, ehoico Charcoal  Terne
.  7  00
IC, 20x28, ehoico  Charcoal Terno.
..11  OO
IX , 20x28, ehoico Charcoal  T erne
14  00
Steel,G am e.......................................................*G0&f0
Oritji dafCommu ntity,  Newhouse’s ..........dis  35
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley &  N orton’s..60& 10
H otchkiss’  ........................................................60&10
S, P. A  W.  Mfg.  Oo.’s .....................................GG&10
Mouse,  choker.............................................18c  doz
Mouse,  delusion...................................§1  50% doz
WIRE.
Bright  M arket...................... 
   dis  67H
A nnealed M arket...................................dis 
70
Coppered M arket........................................dis  62H
E x tra B ailing...............................................  dis  55
Tinned  M arket........................................... dis  62H
Tinned  Broom ........................................................09
Tinned M attress............................................%  8H
Coppered  Spring  S teel...................dis  40@49&10
Tinned Spring S teel....... ............................dis  60
Plain Feuce.......................  
$  &  3H
Barbed Fence, galvanized.................................  4
p ain ted .......................................314
Copper.................................................. new  list n et
B rass..................................................... new  list net

TRAPS.

“ 

 

WIRE OOODS.

WRENCHES.

70&10&10
70&10&10
70&10&1Ö
70&10&10

B rig h t................................................. dis
Screw E yes......................................... dis
Hook’s ................................................dis
G ate Hooks  and  E yes.................... dis
B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s G enuine......................................... dis 
60
Coo’s P aten t A gricultural, w rought, dis  75&10
Coo’s  P aten t, m alleable.................. dis 75&10&10
Bird Cages............................................ 
Pum ps,  C istern......................................dis 
Screws,  new   list................................ 
Casters,  Bed  and  P la te............... dis5Q&10&30
Dam pers, A m erican ......................... 
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.60&10&10 
Copper  B ottom s............................... 

50
75
40
33o

MISCELLANEOUS.

70

lb 6

A  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

IS.  A.  STO W E  &  BBO ., P ro p rie to rs.

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

Telephone No. 95.

Entered  at  the  Poxtofflce  at  Grand  Rapid«  as 

Second-cUus Matter A

WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  2,  1887.

M ich ig an   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation.

President—F rank H am ilton. Traverse City.
F irst Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—E. J. H errick, Grand ltapids. 
Secretary—£. A. Stowe, G rand Hapids.
Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.
Executive Comm ittee—President, F irst V ice-President, 
Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Kelsey.
Com m ittee on Ira d e  Interests—Sm ith Barnes, Traverse 
City;  P. Kanney, Kalamazoo;  A.  W.  W estgate,  Che-
Com'mittee on Legislation—W. E.  Kelsey,  Ionia;  J.  V.
Comm ittee on Membership—H. S.  Church,  Sturgis,  B. 

Crandall, Sand Lake;  J. F. Clark, Big Bapkls. 
, 
F. Em ery, G rand Hapids;  the S ecretary .________

A d a  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, D. F. W atson;  Secretary, Elm er Chapel.
A lleg an   B u sin ess  M en's  A ssociation. 

President, Irving F. Clapp ; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.

B e lla ire   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, John Rodgers;  Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
M e rc h a n t’s P ro te c tiv e  A ss’n o f B ig   R apids, 
President, N. H. Beebe;  Secretary, A. 8. H obart.

Boyrie  C ity  B u sin ess M en’s A ssociation. 

President, R. R. Perkins;  Secretary, F. M. Chase.

B u rr  O ak  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, C. B. Galloway;  Secretary, H. M. Lee.
C ad illac  B u sin ess  M en’s  A s’n . 

sident, A. W. Newark ;  Secretary, J. C. McAdam.
Casnovia,  B a iley   a n d   T re n t  B .  M.  A. 
President, H. E. H esseltine;  Secretary, E. Farnham .
C edar  S p rin g s  B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation, 
President, T. W. P rovin;  Secretary, L. H. Chapman.

C h arlev o ix   B u sin ess  M en’s A ssociation. 

boygan.

President, John Nichols;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
B u sin ess  M en’s  P ro te c tiv e   U nion  o f  C he­
President, J. H. T uttle;  Secretary, H .G. Dozer.
C oopersville  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation, 
President, E. N. P arker;  Secretary, R. D. McNaughton
R e ta il G rocers’T rad e U nion A s’n o f D etroit, 
President, John Blessed;  Secretary, H. Kundinger.
D o rr  B usiness  M e n t  A ssociation. 
President, L. N. Fisher;  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.

E a stp o rt  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President.  F.  H.  Thurston,  C entral  Lake;  Secretary 

Geo. L. Thurston, C entral Lake.

E lk  R a p id s B usiness M en’s P ro te c tiv e  A s’n 
President, J. J. M cLaughlin;  Secretary, C. L. M artin.
F re e p o rt  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Foster Sisson;  Sec’y, A rthur Cheseborough,
G ran d   H av en   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation 
President, Fred. D. Voss;  Secretary, Fred A. H utty.

R e ta il  G rocers’  A ss’n   o f G ran d   R ap id s. 

President, Jas. A. Coye;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

G reen v ille  B u siness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, L. W. Sprague;  Secretary, E. J. Clark.

H astin g s  B u siness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, L. E. Stauffer;  Secretary,  J.  A.  VanArman

H o lla n d   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jacob Van P utten;  Secretary, A. Van Duren
Io n ia   B usiness  M en’s  P ro te c tiv e   A ss’n. 
President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Secretary,  Fred. Cutler, J r
K alam azo o   R e ta il G rocers’ A ssociation. 

President, P. Ranney;  Secretary, M. S. Scoville.

K a lk a sk a   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, A. E. Palm er;  Secretary, C. E. Ramsey.
B u sin ess M en’s P ro te c tiv e  A s’n  o f K in g sley  
President, Jas. Broderick;  Secretary, Geo. W. Chaufty

L eslie  B u siness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Wm. H utchings;  Secretary, M. L. Campbell
L ow ell  B usiness  M en’s  P ro te c tiv e   A ss’n 
President. N. B. Blain;  Secretary, F rank T. King.

L u th e r  P ro te c tiv e   A s’n. 

President. W. B. Pool;  Secretary, Jas. M. Verity.

L yons  B usiness  M en’s  A s’n. 

President, A. K. Roof;  Secretary, D. A. Reynolds.

M ancelona  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, W. E. W atson;  Secretary, C. L. Bailey.

M an istiq u e  B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 

President, F. H. Thompson;  Secretary, E. N. Orr.

M an to n ’s  B u siness  M eu’s  A ssociation. 

President, F. A. Jenison;  Secretary, R. Fuller.

M u ir  B u siness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President. L. Town ;  Secretary, Elm er Ely.
Grocers*  Ass’n  o f  th e   C ity  o f  M uskegon 
President, H. B. Fargo;  Secretary, Wm. Peer.

M e rch a n t’s  U nion  o f N ash v ille. 

President, H erbert M. Lee;  Secretary, W alter W ebster

O ceana  B usiness  M en’s  A s’n. 

President, W. E. Thorp ;  Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling.

Ovid  B u sin ess  M en’s  A s’n. 

President, C. H. H unter;  Secretary, Lester Cooley.
Owosso  B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jas. Osburn;  Sec’y, 8. S. Lamfrom.

P eto sk e y   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jas. Buckley;  Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

P la lig te ll  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, M. Bailey;  Secretary, J. A. Sidle.

R e e d  C ity  B u sin ess  M en’s A sso ciatio n . 
President, C. J. Fleischauer; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins
R ock fo rd   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President,G eo. A. Sage;  Secretary, J. M. Spore.
St. Jo li ns M e rch an ts’ P ro te c tiv e  A ssociation, 
Président, H. L. Kendrick;  Secretary, C. M. Merrill.
B u sin ess M en’s P ro te c tiv e  Ass’n  o f S aranac 
President,  Geo. A. P otts;  Secretary, P. T. W illiams.

S o u th   B o ard  m an   B usiness  M en’s  A ss’n. 

President, H. E. H ogan;  Secretary, S. E. Niehardt.
do. A rm  an d  E. J o rd a n  B u siness M en’s A s’n 
President, D. C. Loveday;  Secretary, C. W. Sutton.
8 p a rta   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, J. R. H arrison;  Secretary, M. B. Nash.

S tu rg is  B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, H enry S. Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jorn.
T rav erse  C ity  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation, 
President,G eo. E. Steele;  S ecretary,0. T. Lockwood.
T u stin   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins.

W ay lan d   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President. E. W.  P ickett;  Secretary, H. J. Turner.
W h ite   L ak e  B usiness  M en’s A s’n.

President. A. T. Linderm an, W hitehall;  Secretary,  W 

B. Nicholson, W hitehall.
W oodland  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, John Veite;  Secretary, L N. Harter.

G ran d   R a p id s  B u tc h e rs’  U nion. 

President, John Katz;  Secretary, Chas. Velite.

Wm.  Segar  &  Son,  grocers,  Assyria:  “The 

paper is a good one.”

Paying a  Postal Note to  the  W rong  Per­

son.

Assistant Attorney General Bryant writes 
as follows,  in reference  to  the  liability  of 
the government on postal notes paid  to  the 
wrong parties:

The United States  is  laible  in  no  event 
for the  payment  of  a  postal  note  to  the 
wrong person.  But this immunity does not 
extend absolutely to  postmasters.  A  post­
master,  when notified in such  a  manner as 
to satisfy  him that a postal  note  has  been 
stolen,  may  very  properly  withhold  pay­
ment. 
I think the well-established  rule of 
the law merchant,  should,  to  some  extent, 
govern in the case  as  determining  the  lia­
bility  of  postmasters  to  losers  of  postal 
notesi  It is declared by  text  writers  gen­
erally, that liability insures  from  the  pay­
ment of a lost  negotiable  instrument  after 
notice of loss,  and  that  no  such  payment 
will  operate  as  a  discharge  against  the 
loser,  unless  the  party  presenting  the  in­
strument for  payment  is  required,  before 
payment, to establish a  clear  title  thereto. 
It has been the practice of the Bank of Eng­
land for more than a century, to regard  no­
tices of the loss of their notes,  and to delay 
payment for the purpose of making  inquiry 
into the de facto holder. 
It was customary, 
as I am informed, for the Treasury  Depart­
ment to pay heed to the; caveats  of  persons 
who had lost paper money or coupons  until 
1867.  While  postmasters are not tribunals 
to try questions of ownership,  nor detective 
agencies to hunt down  criminals,  yet where 
instances arise like the  present  one,  where 
a postmaster was notified that  by  some de­
predations on the mails,  a  postal  note  had 
failed to come to the  hands  of  the  proper 
person,  and it is afterward  presented under 
circumstances  that  satisfy  him  that  the 
holder is wrongfully in possession of  it,  he 
is  not  only  justified  in  withholding  pay­
ment and  notifying  the  person  who is the 
true owner,  but it  is  his duty to do so,  and 
also  to  notify  the  inspector,  for  in  such 
cases there has evidently  been  some depre­
dation of the mails or  violations of the pos­
tal laws,  and prompt action on  the  part  of 
the postmaster may result  in  the  detection 
of the criminal.

The Nashville Paper Sack Swindlers.
N a s h v il l e ,  Jan.  24,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
D e a r  S ir —Will you please  say  in  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  that in  my article  last  week, 
in relation  to  the  paper  sack  sharps  that 
visited our town,  I did not mean  to  convey 
the idea that Marshall Cook, of the Hastings 
Banner, gave a receipt for the pay for print­
ing 5,000 sacks when he  had  only received 
pay for printing 1,000.  What I did say was 
that the paper sack men so represented him. 
I do not think  Mr.  Cook  would  knowingly 
lend himself to aid In perpetrating  a  swin­
dle, and from what I  have  since  learned  I 
am satisfied that the statement  made by the 
paper sack men  in  relation  to  the  receipt 
from Cook  were  utterly  false  and  that  he 
did not receipt for more money than  he  re­
ceived.
I have been unable to find that the Union 
Paper Sack  Co.  has  shipped  any  sacks  to 
this town,  to be printed as agreed upon. 

Yours truly,

W a l t e r   W e b s t e r .

Frankfort Merchants Unite in  a  Call  for  a 

Meeting.

F r a n k f o r t ,  Jan.  19,  1887. 

F rank H am ilton, T raverse City:

D e a r  S ir —Replying to yours of the 13th, 
I would say that I  have  seen  most  of  the 
business men of our place  and  I  enclose  a 
list of the names of those requesting a meet­
ing.  They all seem to be interested  in  the 
matter.  Please advise us as  to the day you 
will be here. 
I give you  the  name of Win. 
Upton to correspond with,  as  I  am  going 
west to be gone about a month.
Yours truly,

E. E.  W o o d w a r d .

The following gentlemen signed  the  call 

for a meeting:

Wm.  Upton,  A.  G.  Butler,  D.  B.  Butler, 
Betlows Bros. & Lockhart,  H.  Wiltse,  II. 
Lockhart, J.  May,  A.  Brewer,  Woodward 
Brothers,  Geo.  Woodward,  Fred  Kern, 
Chandler & Fuller,  E.# W.  Palmer,  W.  H. 
Chambers,  C.  Burmeister,  McIntosh  & 
Keifer, J. H.  Woodward.

The W a y  it Works.

From  the N. Y, Confectioner.

Some persons want a fine quality of goods, 
while  others  care  more  for  quantity.  A 
larger stick can be made for a penny, out of 
molasses,  than  out  of  refined  sugar.  Yet 
the purchaser who  desires  the  sugar  stick 
because he thinks  it  better  does  not  wish 
the molasses stick even if  it was four times 
as large,  and the  dealer  who  would  insist 
on selling a molasses stick as a refined stfgar 
stick wonld be guilty of a fraud on  the cus­
tomer just  the same, although the  only dif­
ference between the  two  would  be  one  of 
taste and not of quality.  What is desirable 
Is for the merchant to sell his goods for just 
what  they are,  and  then,  if  the  purchaser 
desires to indulge in inferior goods, because 
they are cheaper,  it is his own affair.

He  Expected  Her.

From  the D etroit F ree Press.

I suppose that was your wife who was  in 
here while you were down  town?” querried 
a new clerk in a Grand River avenue grocery 
to the proprietor as he entered.

“I don’t know.  What  did she say?”
“Nothing.”
“What did'she do?”
“Emptied  the  contents  of  both  money 
drawers into her pocket and  walked  off  as 
cool as January.”

“Yes,  I  suppose  it  was  her,  James. 

I 
thought she might turn up,  and tliat is  why 
I  left  only  forty  cents  in  change  in  the 
store.”

An  Allopathic  View.

All the virtue there is in homoeopathy lies 
in the imagination of the patient, and so far 
as the hope it can  inspire  is  salutary,  just 
so far may cariacature on  medicine  become 
beneficial.  This is all  there  is  in  it.  No 
man with his wits about  him,  who pretends 
to practice medicine, can believe  for  a  mo­
ment that a dose of medicine  attenuated  to 
infinity, or water potentiated by moonshine, 
can have the least  effect  save  through  the 
imagination of the credulous.

Boric acid has been used as a  local  anseS- 

thetic.

^ barlow BROS.

^ Ä rapids
M I C H I G A N

: , 11 ’  “Foi” Cip.

FOX  &  BRADFORD,

E X C L U S I V E L Y

W HOLESALE
CIGARS!

76 South Division St., 

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich.

P O R T A B L E  A N D   ST A T IO N A R Y

E N G I N E S

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

B a b b e i

“ C A N D E E ”
BOOTS
DOUBLE .THICK 
BALL.

WITH

Ordinary Rubber Boots 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The CANDEE 
Boots  are  double  thick 
on  the  ball,  and  give
DOUBLE  W EAK.
Most economical Rubber 
Boot 
the  market. 
Lasts  longer  than  any 
other boot and the
PRICE NO HIGHER
Call  and  ex­
amine  the 
goods.

in 

FOR  SALE BY

E.  G.  STUDLEY  &  CO.,

No. 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

L argest and finest stock in the State of

Rubber Goods,  Mill Supplies, Fire Depart­

ment Supplies and Sporting Goods.
Stop  That  Book-Keeping.

s;o p  

to  M erchants, 

T he successful m erchant o!  to-day  L  always 
on the alert for the latest designs t > please his p 
- 
t..a t 
rons.  So  we  say 
B ook-K eeping,  and  use  the  T A L L IA F iiit« .C  
C oupon C redit B ook.
You have  no  idea  how   it  will  revolutionize 
your business; custom ers are delighted with  i hem 
and when once used by the  m erchant,  they  never 
r e tu r n  to the old thread-w orn pass book  to  p-ove 
to their patrons th a t they are dishonest. 
Invest  !* 
few dollars  in C oupon  C redit B ooks,  give  them  
a fair trial, you can easily return to theold method; 
faithful  o f  errors,  discontent .and  expense.

Sample copy  io cts. in postage  stamps.

Address

J. TALklAFERRO,

*933  M cG ee  Street. 

K a n s a s   C u v ,  M o .

WM.L. ELLIS & GO.

W,  O,  Denison,
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

MICH.

- 

Sea  and  Lake  Fish

And Canned Goods.
B. F. EMBRY,

Prices on Application.

37 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

GREAT  WATCH  MAKER,

J E W E L E R

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

The  C E L E B R A T E D   E M E R Y  $3  SH O E
H A T C H   &  EM ERY ,  C hicago  a n d   B oston. 

MANUFACTURED  BY

D. G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman,

227 Jefferson Street, 

-  

G rand Rapids, Mich.

WANTED

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S ,

71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

20  and  22 

ionroe St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mioh.

If so, Send for Catalogue and Price-List to

Solo Agents for

I r r r p o r te r s   an.cL

S. H ETM A N  & SON, 18  M  SI., Grad B a il
BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,
W holesale  Grocers.
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. 
Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. 
“Jolly  Tar”  Celebrated  Plug  Tobacco, 
Jolly  Time”  Celebrated  Fine  Cut  To­
Dwinell,  Hayward  &  Co.’s  Roasted 
Thomson  &  Taylor’s  Magnolia  Coffee. 
Warsaw Salt  Co.’s Warsaw Salt.
“ Benton ” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor.
“ Van  Camp ”  Tomatoes,  Indianapolis. 
“Acme ”  Sugar Corn, Best in the World.
.  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.

dark and light.
bacco.
Coffees.

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

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

Orand. Hapids, Mlolx.

H A R M S   A   T O rA R TTTTT;

W bolesalo Dealers in

33  NORTH  IONIA  £  BEE,

GRAITD  R A P ID S , 

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M IO S.

And

Absolute  Baking Powder.

100 per cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

ED.  TELFER,  Grand  Rapids.

POTATOES!

CAR  LOTS  A  “SPECIALTY.”

We offer Best Facilities.  Long Experience.  Watchful  Attention.  Attend  Faith­
fully to Cars Consigned to us.  Employ  Watchmen  to  see  to  Unloading.  OUR  MR. 
THOMPSON  ATTENDS  PERSONALLY  TO  SELLING. 
Issue  SPECIAL  POTA- 
TOE  MARKET  REPORTS.  KEEP  OUR  SHIPPERS  fully posted.  OUR  QUOTED 
PRICES  CAN  BE  DEPENDED  UPON.  WE  DO  NOT  quote irregular or anticipated 
prices.  Consignments Solicited.  Correspondence Invited from  Consignors  to  this  mar­
ket.  References given when requested.

WM.  H.  THOMPSON & 00.,  Commission Merchants,

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166  SO U T H   W A T E R   ST., 

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LEMONS

1865

The Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

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WHOLESALE

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FRUIT

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Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

T H E   P E R F E C T I O N   O F   Q U A L I T Y .

STA TE   AGEN TS  FOR

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS-

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME!
F. J. LAM B & CO.
DIAMOND brand oysters
Also  Fruits  and  Country  Produce.
OBERNE,  HOSICK  &  CO.,

D. D. Mallory & Co.’s

M aiitotirm  ai FINE  LAUNDRY aal TOILET  SOAPS,

1 2 0  Mlclilgan St., Chicago, 1 1 1 .

We make the following brands:

HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, White Satin, 

Country  Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver Brick, Daisy, 

White Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Our  HARD  WATER  Soap can be  used  in  either  hard  or  soft  water,  and  will go 
one quarter farther than 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 rite  m e   fo r  P ric e s.

The  accompanying  illustrations  reprents  the
Boss Tobacco  Pail  Cover.
It will fit any pail, and keep  the  Tobacco  moist 
It will pay for itself in a short time.
You cannot afford to do without it.
For particulars, write  to

and fresh until entirely used.

ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  00.

W holesale Grocers,

SOlo  Agents,

77 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GBAND  BAPIDS.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

INSOLVENT  CORPORATION8.

.According to the decision of the Court  of 
Errors and Appeals of New Jersey, a corpo­
ration, although insolvent,  may,  unless pro­
hibited by law,  sell and transfer its  proper­
ty,  and prefer its creditors.

STATUTE  OF  LIMITATIONS— ACCOUNT.
Upon a contract to  account  annually  for 
sales  of  patented  articles,  the  statute  of 
limitations begins to run from the  time  for 
accounting and not from the  time  of  sales 
made,  according to the decision  of  the  Su­
preme Court of Pennsylvania.

ATTACHMENT— PRIORITY OF  LIEN,

The Supreme Court  of Kansas  held  that 
the lien of a mortgage  executed  before  the 
levying of an order of  attachment,  but  not 
recorded until  afterward,  was  prior  to  the 
lien of attachment,  although  the  attaching 
•creditor might not at the time of the levying 
•of his attachment  have  had  any notice  of 
the mortgage.

ACCOUNTS  CONCERNING  MERCHANDISE.
In order to prevent the  operation  of  the 
statute of limitations, mutual accounts must 
be such as concern the trade of merchandise 
and upon which an action would lie, accord­
ing to the decision of the Supreme  Court of 
Pennsylvania. 
In this case the  court  held 
that  a  demand  by an  attornoy-at-law  for 
professional  services  was  not  an  account 
that  concerned  the  trade  of  merchandise 
and had no effect upon the  running  of  the 
statute against a claim  by a client based  on 
a demand for farm produce furnished.

LIABILITY  OF CONNECTING  LINES.

Where a through ticket  is  purchased  for 
passage over  several  connecting  lines,  and 
baggage which is  checked  thereon  is  iost, 
the passenger cannot hold the  last  connect­
ing line liable for the loss  of  the  baggage, 
unless  he  proves  that  that  particular  line 
caused the loss.  So  held  by the  Supreme 
Court of Kansas.

CHATTEL  MORTGAGE  OF  GRAIN.

In  the  case  of  Clark  vs.  Voorhees,  the 
Supreme Court of Kansas held that where a 
chattel mortgage was given upon  a  certain 
number of bushels of grain out  of  a  larger 
•quantity which was not uniform  in  quality 
and value, the whole of which  remained  in 
the ]>ossession of the mortgagor until it was 
attached  by his  creditors,  and  where  the 
description in the mortgage, as  well  as  the 
mortgage itself,  gave no clue  by which  the 
part intended to be mortgaged  could be dis­
tinguished by third parties from the remain­
der, the mortgage  should  be  held  void  for 
uncertainty.

Foreign  Wages.
E x tract from  a Glasgow L etter.

I  find  wages  low  all  over  Ireland  and 
Scotland,  and 1 have visited  many factories 
and talked with both  managers  and  labor­
ers.  The hours are long,  the work in many 
cases very hard,  and wages very low.  Rents 
are high in comparison with  the  accommo­
dations and the only one thing I find cheap­
er is clothes.  Good food costs the same and 
meats  are  fully  as  high.  The  laboring 
classes live  on  cheaper kinds of  food  than 
working men do,  and they have  less  of  it. 
Whole families live in one or two rooms, and 
the cost is all the way from $25  to  *50  per 
year.  They live in the  cities  in  flats,  and 
their  conveniences  are  very  few.  The 
wages of mechanics  and  skilled  labor  run 
form $1 to $2 a day,  and it is  a  very  good 
man indeed who gets  the  latter.  A  news­
paper proprietor in Dublin told  me  that  he 
could get good reporters for from  $6  to  $7 
per week,  and they would be shorthand men 
and well  educated.  The  managing  editor 
of the largest paper in  Ireland,  in  Dublin, 
gets only $2,000 a  year,  and  his  salary  is 
considered a large  one.

I saw men working on the road in Ireland 
at 25 cents per day, and many of the women 
•in the factories ot Belfast get no  more,  and 
work from (5 a.  ai. to 0 p. m.  Here laborers 
get from  $4.50 to  $5  per  week  and  board 
themselves.  Carpenters,  printers,  coopers, 
and masons earn about $7.50  per week, and 
shoemakers  the  same.  The  plumbers  re­
ceive only $7.50 per week in  Glasgow,  and 
tailors  only $7.25.  Many  boys  and  little 
girls are employed in the factories,  and  the 
whole family works to keep the  wolf  from 
the door.  Still,  uuder  these  disadvantages 
the Scotch blood makes  fortunes, and  there 
are 
instances  of  poor  boys  becoming 
wealthy right here amid such  surroundings.

Oleomargarine  in  Ohio.

Gen.  II.  S. Hurst, State  Dairy  and  Food 
Commissioner  of  Ohio,  has  filed  a  report 
with  Governor Foraker,  in  which  appears 
the  sub-report  of  Assistant  Commissioner 
John J.  Gehan,  from  which  the  following 
interesting statement of the condition of the 
oleomargarine business has been condensed. 
But  few  dealers were  found  selling  oleo­
margarine outside of the cities of Cincinnati, 
Cleveland,  Dayton  and  Toledo. 
In  these 
four  cities  the  wholesale  dealers  reported 
the sales of oleomargarine  during  tlie  win­
ter months to have been usually about  four 
times those of dairy butter, and that in every 
case the price of oleomargarine was regulat­
ed by that  of  butter.  Two  oleomargarine 
factories in Cincinnati closed soon after  the 
passage of the law,  and one sold its machin­
ery.  All the oleomargarine  in  Cincinnati, 
Dayton and Lima was manufactured in Chi-1

cago,  while Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and 
Columbus  supply  Toledo.  After much dif­
ficulty and a threat of  seizure,  the  Chicago 
manufacturers were induced  to  brand  their 
product.  During the past tour months fully 
half the shipments  to  Cincinnati  were  re­
shipped  to  Kentucky,  which  has  no  oleo­
margarine  law.  Of  fifty-two  samples  of 
butter analyzed, thirty-two were found to be 
oleomargarine,  and  the  average  of  thirty- 
two was nine per cent, butter to 91 percent, 
adulteration.  The enforcement  of the.  law 
in Ohio is said to  have  reduced  the  sale  of 
oleomargarine  80  per  cent,  since  the  na­
tional law took  effect.  Assistant  Commis­
sioner Henry Talcott  reported  that  inspec­
tions in Cleveland showed  that oleo oil,  the 
basis of oleomargarine, is in his opinion un­
fit for food.

A  Clerk’s  Story.

“When I used to ’tend store  the  old man 
came  aroun’, and  says  he,  ‘Boys,  the  one 
who sells the most between now and Christ­
mas gets a vest pattern as a present.’  May­
be we didn’t work for  the  vest  pattern. 
I 
tell you there were some  pretty tall  stories 
told in praise of goods about that time;  but 
the tallest talker  and  the  fellow  who  had 
the most cheek of any of us,  was  a  certain 
Jonah  Guires  who  roomed  with  me.  He 
could talk a  dollar  out  of  a  man’s  pocket 
when he intended  to spend  only six-pence; 
and the women—they just  passed him their 
pocket-books to lay out as he pleased.  One 
night Jonah woke me up with, ‘By jove, old 
fellow,  if you think that ’ere’s  got cotton in 
it I’ll bring you down the  sheep  it  was  cut 
from  and  make  him  own  his  own  wool. 
Won’t wear out either;  wore a pair of pants 
of that stuff for  five years,  and  they are  as 
good as when I first put them  on.  Take  it 
at thirty cents and I will  say you don’t owe 
me anything.  Eh—too dear?  Well,  call it 
twenty-eight  cents.  What  d’ye  say?  All 
It’s a bargain.’  I could feel Jonah’s 
right. 
hands  playing  about  the  bedclothes; 
then 
rip went something or other,  aud  I  hid  my 
head  under  the  blankets,  convulsed  with 
laughter,  and perfectly sure  that Jonah had 
torn  the  best  sheet  from  top  to  bottom. 
When I awoke the  next  morning  I  found 
my night-shirt split from the bottom to  the 
collar-band.”

Sure Test for Oleomargarine.

John Ballord,  the Davenport, Iowa, drug­
gist,  has  discovered  a  practical  test  for 
oleomargarine,  which is as follows:

Take the sample of supposed butter to be 
tested,  and if you find a red  hair as long as 
your  arm,  you  may  be  satisfied  that  a 
woman made it,  and that it is genuine  but­
ter, as oleomargarine  is  manufactured  ex­
clusively  by  short  haired  or  bald  headed 
men.

TIME  TABLES.

Chicago  & West Michigan.

Leaves. 
♦M ail...................................................   9:10am  
tUay  Express...................................12:30 p m 
•Night Express....................................11:00 p m  
Muskegon Express...............................6:00 p in 

Ai rives.
3:55 p m
9:15 p m
5:15 a m
11:00 a  m
•Daily,  (Daily except Sunday.
Pullm an Sleeping Cars on all night  trains.  Through 
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  w ithout  ex­
tra  charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach 
on 9 a. m. and 11 p. in. trains.

N ew ay g o   D ivision.

Leaves. 
E x p ress.............................................. 3:15 p m 
E xpress........... ..................................   8:00 a m  

All trains arrive and depart from  Union Depot.
The N orthern term inus of this division is a t Baldwin, 
w here close connection is  made  w ith  F. & P. M. trains 
to and from  Ludington and Manistee.

W. A.'Gavett, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
J.  B.  M r  l.i.i k kn .  General  M anager.

Arrives.
1:50 p m
10:30 a m

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING  NORTH.
Arrives. 
Traverse City Express..................... 
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x ..  9:20am  
Cincinnati  Express..........................  7:30 p m
Petoskey and Mackinaw Express..  3:10 p m  
Saginaw Express.............................. 11:25 a m 
...............................10 .30 a 111. 

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Leaves.
7:00 a m
11:30 a m
5:05 p m
7:20*a m
1:10pm

.

Saginaw express runs through solid.
7 a m train  has chair car for  Traverse  City.  1L80  a 
in tra in  has ch air car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 
5:05 p m tra in  has sleeping and chair cars  for Petoskey 
and Mackinaw. 
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
F ort W ayne Express........................10:30 a m  
Cincinnati  Express..........................  1:10 p m  
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .11:00 p m  
5:00 p m train  has W oodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
M uskegon,  G ra n d   R a p id s  He  In d ia n a . 

7:15 a  in tra in   has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 

Leave. 
Arrive.
7:25 a m ....................................................................   9:15 a m
1:00 p m ....................................................................  1:00 p m
5:20 p m ....................................................................   7:10pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street depot 7 m inutes later.

7:15 a m
11:15 a m
5:00 p m

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent,

K a la m a z o o   D ivision.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Leave. 
Arrive.
N. Y. Mail.  N. Y. Ex.
Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
8:10 p m
135 p m  
7:15 a m. .Grand Rapids.  9:15 a  m 
5:00 a m
9:02 a  m ..A lleg an ...........8:28 a m  
5:55 p m  
l:0 0 p in  
7:05pm   10:08 a m ..K alam azoo ...  7:30 a m 
2:20pm
8:30pm   11:35 a in. .W hite Pigeon.  5:55 a m 
5:05 p m ..T o led o ............11:00 p m  
2:30 a m  
9:15 a m
8:30am   9:10 p m. .Cleveland....... 6:10pm  
5:35am
3:30 a m. .Buffalo............11:55am  11:10pm
2:50pm  
5:10 a m  
6:50 p in. .Chicago.......... 11:30 p m  
6:50 a m
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids a t 1  p  m,  carry­
ing passengers os fa r as  Allegan.  Ail  train s  daily ex­
cept Sunday. 

J. W. McKknney, General Agent.

Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING  EAST.
Arrives. 
tSteam boat  Express........................ 
tT hrough  Mail.................................... 10:10 a m  
tE vening Express.................................3:16 p m  
•Limited  Express...............................  9:20 p m  
tMixed, w ith  coach.......................... 
GOING W EST.
tM orning  Express...........................   1:05 p m 
tThrough  Mail....................................  5:00 p m  
tSteam boat Express.................................10:10 p m
tMixed.................................................  
•N ight Express....................................  5:10 a m  

Leaves.
6:25 a m

10:50 a m
3:50 p m
10:55 p m

11:00 a m
1:10pm

5:05 p m

7:15 a m

5:35 a m

tDally, Sundays excepted.  ‘Daily.
Passengers taking the  6:25  a m   Express  m ake  close 
connection a t Owosso for Lansing,  and  a t  D etroit  for 
New  York,  arriving  there  a t  10:30  a m the following 
morning.  The N ight Express has a through W agner car 
and locai sleeping car from  D etroit to Grand  Rapids.
D. Potter, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B. R eeve, Traffic M anager Chicago.

Michigan Central.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

D etroit Express................................................................   6:15 a m
Day  Express.............................................................   1:10 p m
•A tlantic Express..................................................... 10:10 p m
M ixed........................................................................... 6:50 a m
•Pacific  Express...............................................................  6:00 a m
M ail............................  
3:00 p m
G rand  Rapids  Express................................................... 10:15 p m
M ixed........................................................................... 5:15 p m
•Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
run on A tlantic and Pacific Express train s to and from  
D etroit.  PaH or cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids Express to   and  from  D etroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made a t D etroit with all through trains E ast over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

D. W. J ohnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., G rand Rapids.
O. W. K u o q i.e s , Gen’l Pass, and Ticket A gt., Chicago.

 

Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going East.

Going West. 
7:Q0am 
6:50 a m. .St. Ignace.......8:30pm  
5:55pm
12 
p m 
9:40 a m. .S eney..............5:15pm   12:35pm
(2:15 p m  
5:30 p in   12:40 p m 1 
7:00 a m
12:60 p m j 
^  2:00 p m
1:40 p m ..N egaunee.....  1:25 p m  
1:55 p m .. Ishpem ing.... 12:58 p m 
5:30 p m ..H oughton ....  9:20a  m
6:50 p m. .Hancock  .......9:01am
6:35 p m ..C a lu m e t.........8:15 a m  

^
Mixed tra in  leavesS t. Ignace  a t  7 a  m:  arrives  Mar­

quette 5:30 p m. 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket  Agent, M arquette.

e . W. addbn,

PEA NUTS

OYSTERS

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

JOBBERS  IN

D RY   GOODS,

-Ajsro  is r o T io is r s ,

8 8   Monroe  St.,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

1A Specialty.

L.  M.  CABY. 

L.  L.  L O V ER ID G E .

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

CAR? A LOVERIDGE,
SAFES
Grant Rapids, Mich.
11 Ionia Street, 

Fire and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,

FULLER  &  STOWE  COMPANY,

Engravers and Printers

Designers

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

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

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

Address as above
49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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FISH.

Cod, w hole....................................................4  @454
Cod, boneloss.................................................... 5@654
H a lib u t...............................................................9@1C
H erring, round.  54  b b l..........................  @2  75
H erring .round,  54  b b l.................................  1  35
H erring, Holland,  bbls...............................11  00
H erring, Holland,  k eg s................................75@90
H erring,  Scaled...............................................  @20
M ackerel, shore, No.  1, 54  b b ls.......... 8  00@10 00

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12 ft  kits 
10 

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...........1  50
............... 1  25

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Sardines,  spiced, %s............
T rout,  %  bbls..........................
10 ft  k its......................
W hite, No. 1, %  b b ls ............
W hite,  No. J, 12  ft k its.........
W hite, No.  1,10 ft k its..........
W hite, Fam ily, % bbls.........
k its..............

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PLUG.

S tar 
................. 39 S plendid..................
Old Solder...................31  Red F o x ..................
Clipper  ...................... 34 Big  D rive...............
C o rn ersto n e..............34|Chocolate  Cream .
Scalping  K n ife.........34iNimrod  ................ .
Sam B oss...
.  34  Big Five Center.
N e x t.......................
. .29 P a r r o t................
Jolly T a r................
. ,32| B u s te r................
Jolly  T im e............
. .32 Black P rin ce__
F a v o rite ................
..42'Black  R acer__
Black  B ird............
. .32!Climax  ..............
Live and L et  Live
. .32 Acorn  ...............
.10@12 Q uaker.................
.. .2 8   Horae  S hoe..
.......... 87
H iaw ath a............ __ 42 V in co .............
.......... 84
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Big  N ig................ __ 37  Merry W ar...
.......... 26
.1  00
Spear  H ead......... __ 39. Ben  Franklin
.6  75
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P.  V ...................... ....40  M oxie............
.34
.1  00
Spring Chicken.. ... .3 8   Black J a c k ...
.......... 12
.  90
Eclipse  ............... __ 30 M usselm an’s l orker.30
.3  50
T u rk ey .................. ... .¿391
.  75

SHORTS.

Lemon. Vanilla. O ur  L eader.........
fi doz.  1  00
Je n n in g s’ D. C.,2 oz..............
............ 1 50
“   4 oz..............
“  6 oz..............
50
“  8 oz................
50
............ 3
M  No. 2  T aper.
25
............ 1
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“  54 pint, rou n d.............. 4  50 
" 1  
“  No. 3  p au el...................1  10 
“  No. 8 
.•................2  75 
“   No. 10 
................4 25 

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1  40 M ayflow er.......... __ 23|01d Congress.
G lobe..................... __ 22 May  L eaf___
4  00 Mule E a r.............. __ 2-31 D a r k ...............
5 00 
1  50
Lori 1 lut'd*s A m erican G entlem en.......
M accoboy..........
7 50
.......
Gail & A x’ 
9 00 15 00
R appee................
1 65
Railroad  Mills  Scotch........
4 25
Lotzbeck  ..............................
6 00
TEAS.
Ja p an   ord in ary ...................
Ja p an  fa ir to good..............
Ja p an  fine..............................
Ja p a n  d u st.............................
Young H yson.......................
G unP ow der..........................
O o lo n g ...................................
C ongo....................................

MATCHES.

22
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7 *
@  *55 
@  44 
.  @  35
@  45 
@1  30

----18@20
.......25@30
.......35@46
.......15@20
.......20@45
.......35® 50
. 33@55@6C 
.......25@30

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

It strikes me that  the  Toledo  Spice  Co. 
has hit upon a novel  scheme  in  connection 
with  the  sale  of  package  coffee.  The 
scheme  is  nothing  more  nor  less  than  a 
knock-down  chicken  coop,  which  is  fur­
nished merchants in lieu  of  the  regulation 
pine box at an additional price of % cent per 
pound for the coffee.  The chicken  coop  is 
bound to have a big run.

*  *  *

If any of “Little Dick” Sheeran’s  friends 
ever entertained tlie idea than  the summary 
manner in which he was kicked  out  of  the 
Gunn Hardware Company  would  result  in 
his giving up the  struggle  for  subsistence, 
they forgot that grit  and  perseverance  are 
distinguishing characteristics of men of  the 
Celtic race. 
Instead of  bewailing  his fate, 
Dick set about the  inauguration  of  a  new 
enterprise,  at Detroit,  in  the  shape  of  the 
Novelty Works  Co.,  and  by dint  of  hard 
work and happy hits he has  now  put  him­
self in a position to look badk upon  his  ca­
reer at Grand Rapids with  peculiar satisfac­
tion.

*  *  *

I am glad to commend  the  policy of  the 
Woolson Spice Co.,  at Toledo,  in calling its 
travelers  off  the  road  at  a  stated time in 
January and treating them to a  banquet  at 
a leadimr hotel.  Such an occasion tends  to 
soften the asperities which are apt  to  come 
between  a  house  and  its  employes  and 
neither employer nor employe is the loser by 
the  time  and  money 'involved  in. such  a 
gathering, with its consequent value  in  the 
way of interchange of experience and obser­
vation.

I am told that the project of an exclusive­
ly wholesale dry goods  house  at  this  mar­
ket is  slowly  assuming  shape  and  that  a 
successful  termination  of  the  agitation  is 
not an unlooked-for event.
#   #  #

I notice the jobbers  are  being  caught  on 
every side  at  present,  the  usual  January 
and February crop of failures  being  rather 
more numerous than usual this  year.  This 
leads me to  remark  that  the jobbers are to 
blame for most the failures.  Their anxiety 
to sell goods leads  them  into  taking  risks 
which  they  ought  to  refuse  to  undertake. 
In  settling  with  bankrupts, the man  who 
pays 100 cents on the  dollar  is  left  out  of 
the question, but I  opine  that  the  time  is 
not far distance when that  much-abused in­
dividual will rise on his  dignity and  assert 
his rights.

*  *  *

A friend tells me  that  every time  Ira O. 
Green gets drunk,  lie vows  he  will  thrash 
the editor of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n . 
If this be 
true,  I am led to believe that the vow  must 
be a perpetual one,  as' Mr.  Green  has  not 
drawn a sober breath for months.

Wholseale Quotations in Newspapers.
Cr o sb y,  Jan. 27,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
Dear Sir—In T he T radesman  of Jan. 
26, under the head of “Queries to be reported 
at the March Convention of M.  B. M.  A,” I 
notice “Ought the  daily  papers  to  publish 
wholesale  quotations?”
Ought not that to also include the weekly 
paper—aside  from  trade  publications  like 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n —for this reason?  Near­
ly every person in a  country  town  takes  a 
weekly newspaper.  My observation is that 
persons taking only weeklies read the whole 
of them more observingly  than  those  read­
ing the dailies and are more  likely to notice 
the quotations, especially if  the  quotations 
happen to be incorrect,  which  is  nearly al- 
.  ways the case.  1 see no reason  why  every 
paper  should  not  give  a  produce  market, 
but  I think  the  thing  ought  to  stop  right 
there.
1 confess to a strong liking for Query No. 
7, relative to quoting goods other than drugs 
and hardware in characters  not  understood 
by the public at large.  1 like the idea of giv­
ing all dealers the same showing.  If it is of 
advantage  for  the  hardware  dealers  and 
druggists  to  have  “blind” quotations, why 
should not the same  principle  apply  to  all 
merchants.
I do not have the advantages derived from 
membership in any local association  or  the 
State body, but I have  the  next  best  thing 
to it—T h e  T r a d e s m a n —and I feel  that  I 
am very much benefited by its perusal.

Yours truly,

A.  C.  Barklay.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  is  about  the  same  as  last week, 
although the shortage in  coal,  as a result of 
the strike, is  likely to  bring  many  of  the 
refineries to  a  stand-still.  Some  kinds  of 
canned goods are higher.  Other articles  in 
the grocery line are about steady.

A much firmer feeling exists  in  oranges, 
and higher prices are sure to rule.  Lemons, 
owing  to  light  arrivals,  are  firm  and  de­
cidedly  higher.  Pecans  are  higher.  Pea­
nuts  show  a  strong  and  advancing  mar­
ket,  with  every  indication  of  still  higher 
prices.  Figs and dates remain at  same low 
price,  while  prunells,  citron,  orange,and 
lemon peel are higher.  •

The ice blockade  at  Baltimore  is  disap­
pearing, in consequeuce of which oysters are 
coming in more freely and are  much  better 
in quality.

Hides, Pelts  and  Furs.

Hides are dull and  declining  and sure to 
go lower.  Pelts are without change.  Wool 
is active, but not sufficiently so to make any 
relative change in prices.  Tallow is firm at 
present quotations.  The  January sales 'of 
furs at London  were  marked  by a general 
dullness, as compared with  the  June sales, 
and some advances which  were  anticipated 
were not realize^.  Skunk sold  20 per cent, 
lower than in June, coon 10 per cent lower, 
and mink 20 per cent.  lower.

V IS IT IN G   BtJYERS.

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

H. B arry, Ravenna,
Jo h n  Caulfield,  H obart.
J . D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
Dr. H. C. Peckharn,  F reeport.
Geo. E. H arris, Ashland.
J . R. Odell, Frem ont.
A.  A. W eeks, G ratton.
A. W. Blair, D utton.
H erder ¿s Lahuis, Zeeland.
O. Bail, Morley.
H. A. Portm an, B enton H arbor.
Geo. Lentz, Croton.
G. Sinclair,  Bangor.
G. A.  B evians,T ustin.
M erritt Groves, W est Chester.
Root, Strong & Co., Saranac.
M. H. McCoy,  Grandville.
W alter D. Grove, Kalamazoo.
Geo. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs.
J . D. D arragh,  Clarion.
O. House, Chauncey.
K. L. K inney, Maple Hill.
G. V an P u tten  & Son, H olland.
S. Stark, Allendale.
W. 8. B artron, Bridgeton.
C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs.
S. G. Isam on, E ast Jordan.
H.  P. W hipple,  K ingsley.
R. Gannon, W hite Cloud.
VV. H. Beach, Holland.
C. L.  Glasgow,  Nashville.
L cren Day, Grandville.
Jackson Coon. Rockford.
C. H. W hite, Reed City.
B. C. Bonnell, F ife Lake.
E. G. Plpp.  Gaylord & Pipp, H ow ard City,
F. W. Foster,  Newaygo.
Jam es Loop, Loop & Morgan. Lowell.
J. F. G auweiler,  Croton.
H. Thompson, Canada Corners.
Wiley & McMullen, Morley.
J . May, F rankfort.
H. E.  H esseltine,  R.  K.  H esseltine  &  Son, 

Casnovia.
fft-k E.  Kennedy,  Caledonia.

Woodville.

E. V anderveen, Holland.
A. B.  Bosnian, Holland.
F rank Sommers,  D orr.
E.  B.  W right,  W est  M ichigan  L um ber  Co., 
Mr. Ltlley, Sisson & Lilley, Sissons.
E. E. Rice, Big  Springs.
Thys Stadt, Spring Lake.
L. B. Chapel, Ada.
Adam Newell, B urnip’s Corners.
A. <Sc L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
O. D.  Chapman, Stanwood.
H. De Kline, Jam estow n.
C. G ruler,  Fowler.
J . V. Crandall & Son, Sand  Lake.
R. G ranger. O. B. G ranger &  Co.,  Plainwell.
S. Cooper, Jam estow n.
B. M. Dennison, E ast Paris.
Velzy Bros., Lam ont.
N. H arris, Big Springs.
G. TenHoor, F orest Grove.
W.  H. Struik, Forest Grove.
L. A. Paine, Englishville.
Jas. Barnes, A usterlitz.
John G unstra, Lam ont.
M. M inderhout, H anley.
N. Bouma. Fisher.
Win. VerM eulen, B eaver Dam.
G. M. H untley, W right Center.
J . N. W ait, H udsonville.
J. B. W atson, Coopersville.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
C. F. W illiams, Caledonia.
S. T. Colson, A laska.
(
Farrow e Bros., A llendale. 
Sidney Stark, Allendale.
A.  & L. M. Wolff. Hudsonville.
J. F. H acker, Corinth.
Gus Begman,  Bauer.
M. J . B utler, Sand Lake.
T . 
Morley  Bros., Cedar Springs.
H enry DeKline. Jam estow n.
Roys Bros., Cedar Springs.
G. N. Reynolds. Belmont.
H oag & Judson, Canuousburg.
P. Steketee & Co.,  Holland.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
Geo. Carrington, T rent.
Geo. Cook. Grove.
Jo h n  Smith. Ada.
O. F. & W. P.Conkin. Ravenna.
D arling & Roberts.  Sparta.
J . Raymond, Berlin.
W alling Bros., Lam ont.
M. M. Robson. Berlin.
L. M auer, Fisher.
I.  J. Quick.  Allendale.
Wm. V erm eulen, B eaver Dam.
John K am ps, Zutphen.
M. H eyboer & Bro.. D renthe.
Den H erder & Tanis,  V riesland.
Jos. P. Cordes,  Alpine.
M. J. Howard. Englishville.
Cole & Chapel, Ada.
H. Colby & Co.. Rockford.
H. W.  Potter, Jenisonville.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
C. E. Brew ster, Kingsley.
H ew ett & Tofft, Rockford.
R. E. W erkm an, Holland.
Jos. Omler, W right.
G. S. Putnam , F ru itp o rt.
F. B. Kelly, W. R. D ennis & Co., Cadillac.

J. Sheridan A Co., Woodville.

The Business Change at Bailey.

B a i l e y ,  Jan. 25,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —We notice  in  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n of to-day  that  it  was  understood  that 
Spring  &  Lindley  were  the  “Co.”  of  the 
new firm of David Quay & Co.  This is not 
the case.  The firm of Spring & Lindley has 
no connection with the new firm  and we do 
not wish such an impression to  get  abroad. 
J. A.  Spring alone lias  an interest.  Please 
correct and oblige

Yours  very truly,

D a v id   Q u a y   & Co.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF  THE  CHANGE.
B a il e y ,  Jan. 29,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
D e a r  S ir —I see in T h e   T r a d e s m a n  of 
this  week  that  you  assume  the  “Co.”  of 
David Quay & Co.  to  be  Spring & Lindley. 
Such is not the case.  Spring & Lindley,  as 
a firm, have no connection with David Quay 
& Co.  The latter firm now comprise David 
Quay, John A.  Spring and E.  B. Killen. 
I 
retain my position as manager  of  the  busi­
ness of Spring & Lindley  and  1  also  have 
charge of the books and the  financial  man­
agement of the  business  of  David  Quay & 
Co.  Spring & Lindley continue  the  manu­
facture  of  barrels  at  141  and  143  Third 
street,  Grand Rapids.

Yours truly,

J o h n  A .  S p r in g .

“The Tradesman” Stands  Corrected.
Referring  to  the  admirable  letter  from 
Smith  Barnes,  in  last  week’s  paper,  that 
gentleman writes:

I am not a little  chagrined  to  see  that  I 
say 164,000 square  miles,  in  place  of  164 
I think  1  remember  that  it 
Square miles. 
was my blunder;  also where  I say 1% in.  x 
6 % ft.  as the size of hoe handles;  I  think I 
wrote (intending  it  to be copied)  lVi in.  by 
034 ft.,  using the mark of inches  and  feet. 
As it is,  it  represents  a  queer-shaped  hoe 
handle.
|  Kent City in Readiness  to Organize.
K e n t   Cit y ,  Jan. 27,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:
D e a r   S ir —We  have  been  talking  the 
j  matter  up  and  have  decided  to  organize  a 
Business Men’s Association  at  Kent  City.
! We fully appreciate the benefits of  such  an 
j  organization and any time you  can  come  to 
i our town we will be ready to meet with you.
■ Please let us know when you  will  be  here.

Yours truly,

A .  D .  P o w e r .

The  woodenware  manufacturers  have 
I been in convention,  and it  is  expected  that 
I prices of tubs and pails  will  be  materially 
advanced  In  the  near  future,  as they have 
| lately been manufactured at a loss.

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

A pples—The b est w in ter varieties are scarce 

a t $3@$3.25 $  bbl.

Beans—C ountry hand-picked  com m and $1.15 

$  bu., and city picked  $1.50.

Beets—40c $  bu.
Buckw heat—2%c $  ft.
B u tter—M ichigan  cream ery  is  in  good  de­
m and  at28@30c.  D airy  is  in  fa ir  d em an d at 
20c.

Cabbages—$4@$5 $  100, according to  size.
C arrots—30c $   bu.
Celery—Kalamazoo, 25c  $  doz.
Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan lu ll cream  is 

firm a t 13%@l4c.

Cider—12%c $  gal.
C ranberries—Choice  Bell  and  Bugle  and 
bbl.  Je r­

Cape Cod  are  scarce  a t  $9@$9.50 
seys, $3@3.25 $  bu.

D ried  Apples—E vaporated, 

quartered and sliced, 6@6%c $  lb.

ll@12e  f) 

lb; 

D ried Peaches—Pared. 15c.
Eggs—Scarce  and  high.  Strictly  fresh  are 
hard to  get,  readily  com m anding  26@28c  and 
pickled  and cold storage stock are in good  de­
m and  a t 20c.

H oney—Dull a t  9@13c
H ay—Bailed  is  m oderately  active  a t  $15 
per ton  in two and five to n  lots and  $14  in  car 
lots.

Onions—Good  stock  is  scarce,  readily  com 

m anding $3.25  bbl.

P otatoes—Buyers are paying 35c a t this m ar­
k et and tow ns w ithin convenient shipping dis­
tance of th is m arket.
Pop Corn—214c 19 ib.
Squash—H ubbard, 2c $  lb.

GRAINS a n d   m i l l i n g   p r o d u c t s .

W heat—2c higher.  City  m illers pay 80 cents 
fo r L ancaster and 77  fo r  Fulse  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing generally a t 46@47c  in 100 bu. 

lots and 42@43c in carlots.

O ats—W hite, 38c in sm all lots  and  32@33c  in 

car lots.

Rye—48@50c $  bu.
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25 IP cwt.
F lour—Lower.  P atent,  $5  $   bbl.  in  sacks 
and  $5.20  in  wood.  Straight,  $4  IP  bbl.  in 
sacks and $4.20 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.76 IP bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $13  $  ton.  Bran, $14 
$  ton.  Ships, $14 IP ton.  Middlings, $15 $  ton. 
Corn aHd Oats,  $18  IP ton.

PRO V ISIO N S.

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as  follows:

p o r k   i n   b a r r e l s .

Mess, Chicago  packing...................................12  00
Mess, new ........................................... ............  .13 00
Short Cut, uew .................................................. 13  00
S. P.  Booth, c le a r.............................................13  00
Clear,  A. W ebster, new  ............................... 13  75
E x tra  clear pig, short c u t............................. 14  00
E x tra clear, h e a v y ..........................................14  00
Clear quill, short  c u t...................................... 14  00
Boston clear, short c u t................. ................14  25
Clear back, short c u t...................................... 14  25
Standard clear, short  cut, b e st................... 14  60

DRY  SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heav y ................................... 
m edium ...............................  
l i g h t ....................................  
Short Clears, heav y ...................................
m edium ...............................
lig h t......................................

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do. 
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED Oil  PLAIN. 

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HairiR, average 20  Tbs........................................1IW
16  ft3..
............11%
12to l i f t s ................. ............11%
............   7
picnic  ................
............ 9
b o n e le ss............
............ 10
best  boneless...
S h o u ld ers.......................
..  7
B reakfast Bacon, boneless............... ............  8%
..  9
Dried Beef, e x tra .........
ham   p rices..................... ............ 12

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7
7

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654
6%
•"!%
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BEEF IN BARRELS.

LAUD IN TIN  PAILS.

Tierces  ..........................
30 and 50 ft T u b s...........
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  ca se ..
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.  .
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case ..
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case...................
E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts. ...........  7  50
Boneless,  e x tra ............
.......... 12  00
P ork  Sausage................
............ 7/4
Ham   Sausage................
............   754
Tongue  Sausage...........
...  ....  8
F ran k fo rt  Sausage__
Blood  Sausage..............
..  0
............  6
Bologna, stra ig h t.........
..........   6
Bologna,  th ick ..............
Head  Cheese.................
............   6
Tn hfllf b a r r e ls   ..
In  q u arter b arre ls.......

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

PIGS’ FEET.

..  3  00

LARD.

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

P erkins & H ess pay as follows:

HIDES.

G re e n __ $  ft  5%@  6
P a rt  c u re d ...  7  @  754
Full cu red __   7%@  8 Deacon skins,
Dry hides and

o r cured.
fi p iece..

Calf skins, green

..  7  @  9
..20  @50

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

SHEEP  PELTS.

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FURS.

WOOL.

f t__ . .25  @28
Old wool, estim ated wa shed 
Tallow.............................
..  3  @8%
Fine washed ty ft 25@28!Coarse w ashed.. ,20@24
Medium  ..............27@30|Unwashed.
2-3
......... 
B ear  ...............................
10  00@15 00.
4  00@  0  00
B e av er............................
75@  1  00
B a d g e r............................
Wild C at..........................
75
5040 
10@  20
H ouse C at......................
1  0û@  1  25
¿’ox,  re d ..........................
“   cross......................
3 00@  5  00
“  gray .......................
1  00©  1 25
4  00©  8  00
F ish e r.............................
3  00©  8  00
L inx.................................
60
M in k ...............................
1  00©  1  25
M a rtin ............................
5  00©  8  00
O tte r ...............................
4(© 
Coon.................................
90
S k u n k .............................
90©  1  00
W olf.................................
2  00©  3  00
M uskrat,  w in te r..........
14
12® 
fa ll...................
06©  08
5@ 
25
Deer,  $  f t.....................

TheBe prices are fo r prim e skins only.
COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.
A. B. Knowison quotes as follows:
Ohio W hite Lime, per  b b l....................
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts....................
Louisville Cement,  per b b l...................
A kron C em ent per  bbl...*..................
Buffalo Cement,  per b bl......................
C arlo ts 
.....................
P lastering hair, per b u ........................ .
Stucco, per b b l........................................
Laud plaster, per to u ............................
Land plaster, car lo ts............................
Fire brick, p er  M...................................
F ire clay, p er  b b l...................................
A nthracite, egg and grate, ear lo ts.. i 
A nthracite, stove and  n u t, car lo ts..
Cannell,  car lo ts.....................................
Ohio Lum p, car  lo ts.............................
Biossburg or  Cum berland, car lo ts.. 
Portland  C em ent...................................

1 00 
85 
1 30 
I  30 
1  30 
1  05® 1  10 
25®  30 
1 75 
8 50 
3 50 
$25 @ $35 
3 00
>5 75@6 00 
6  00®6 25 
@0  00
3  10@3  25
4  60@5 00 
3 50@4 00

COAL.

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F R E S H   M EATS.

Jo h n   M ohrhnrd  quotes  th e  trad e  selling 
prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides.....................................  454®  654
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs.......
@  754 
Dressed  H ogs............................................  6
M utton........................................................
Lam b  .........................................................
V eal............................. 
P ork  Sausage............................................
®  
®   6
Bologna.....................................................
Fow ls........................................................     9%@10%
C hickens......................................................10  @11
D ucks  ...........................................................   @12
T urkeys  ........................................................  @11

@  6^ a 7 @  8

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M ISCELLA N EO U S.

Hem lock B ark—T anners all have  large  sup­

plies.  Dealers are paying $5 fo r good bark.

G inseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50  <p  ft  fo r 

clean washed roots.

R ubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized to offer standard goods a t  35  and 5 
p e r cent, off, and second quality a t  35,5 and 10 
p e r cen t off.

(Broccries.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  fo r  caish  buyers,  who  pay 

prom ptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE GREASE.

Crown  ...................
F ra zer’s .................
Diam ond  X .........
Modoc, 4  doz........

Paragon  ................. 2  10
Paragon 25 ft pai Is.  *90 
Fraziers, 25 ft pails. 1  25

BAKING  POWDER.

 

 

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Acme, Vi ib cans, 3 doz. case.......................... 

“   % ft 
g lb 
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B u lk ............................... 

85
..........................  160
..........................  3 00
25
Princess,  348..........................................................  1 26
I s ...........................................................   4 25
28
b u lk ..................................................  
A rctic, 54 ft cans, 6 doz. case..............................45
75
1  40
2  40
12  00
V ictorian. 1 ft cans, (tall,) 2 doz................... 2 00
15
Diamond,  “bulk.” ...........................................  

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BLUING

25
Dry, No. 2...............................................doz. 
Dry, No. 3.............................................. doz. 
45
Liquid, 4 oz,..........................................doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz..................... 
65
doz. 
A rc tio 4 oz......................................*.$)  gross  3 50
A rctio 8  oz.............................................................  7 20
A rctic 16 oz............................................................  12 00
A rctic No. 1 pepper b o x .....................................  2 00
A rctic No. 2 
.................................  3  00
A rotic No. 3 
.................................4 00

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BROOMS.

  90
No. 2 H u rl................1  751 Common W hisk 
No. lH u r l__ 2  00@2  25 Fancy W hisk.........1  00
No. 2C arpot............2 25 Mill............................3  75
No. 1 C arpet............ 2  50 W arehouse  .............2  75
P arlor  Q e m .......... 3 001

CANNED FISH .

Clams, 1 8», L ittle N eck.......................................1 10
Clam Chowder,  3 lb............................................. 2 15
Cove O ysters,  1  lb  stan d ard s................90@1  00
Cove Oysters, 2  lb  standards.....................  1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic..............................................1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic............................................2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r .................................................2 00
Lobsters. 2 ft s ta r .................................................3 00
Mackerel, l f t   fresh  stan d ard s......................... 1 50
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s.........................5 25
M ackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t.......................3 50
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard................................... 3 50
M ackerel. 3 ft  soused..........................................3 50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r.............................. 1 60
Salmou, 2 1b Columbia riv e r..............................2 80
Sardines, dom estic 548......................................6®7
Sardines,  dom estic  Vis...............................   10@12
Sardines,  M ustard  %s................................... 10@12
Sardines,  im ported  548..................................12@16
T rout. 31b  brook.................................. —   4  00

CANNED FRUITS.

.1  25

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

Apples, gallons,  stan d ard s................................3 25
Blackberries, sta n d ard s...............................   90
Cherries,  red  stan d ard.......................................1 10
D am sons................................................................. 1 00
Egg Plum s, standards 
G ooseberries....................................................95® 1  00
Green  G a g e s.sta n d a rd s2 ft.............................. 1 25
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .......................................2 00
Pqaches,  stan d ard s..............................................1 60
Peaches,  seconds.................................................1 45
Peaches, p ie...................................................  .1  20
Pineapples, stan d ard s.........................................1 40
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced............................ 2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, g ra te d .........................2 75
Q u in ces............................................................... 115
R aspberries,  e x tra ..............................................1 25
r e d ................................................. 1 35
Straw berries  ...................................................1  25
W h o rtleb erries...............................................  90

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CANNED VEGETABLES.

A sparagus, O yster B ay...................................... 2 00
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .................................  75
Beans, Stringless,  E rie .................................  90
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked............................ 1 70
Corn, A rcher’s T rophy..................................1  15
“  M orning  G lory.................................... 5  10
“  A cm e.......................................................1  15
“  Maple L eaf................. ...........................110
“  E xcelsior................................................1  20
“  O nondaga..............................................135
“  D a rb y .....................................................1  50
“  O sb o rn ...................................................1  00
“  New  P ro cess...... .................................. 1  00
“  B a rtle tt................................................. 1  10

Peas, F ren ch ..........................................................1 50
Peas, e x tra   m a rro ia t................... .........1  20® 1  40
Peas,  soaked............................................... 
“  Early Ju n e , sta n d ........................1  50@1  75
“ 
sifted .................................2  00
“  French, ex tra flue...................................20 00
M ushrooms, e x tra   tin e.......... ........................20  00
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden.......................................... 1 00
Succotash, sta n d ard ...................................80@1  30
S q u ash.................................................................... 1 00
Tomatoes, standard  b ran d s...............................1 15

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Michigan full  cream ............................. 13%@14
Y ork  State, A cm e.........................  .. 
.  @14

CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE.

B aker’s ...................... 37|German  Sw eet...........23
RunkleB’ .....................351 V ienna Sweet  ...........22

COCOANUT.

“ . 
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Schepps, I s .............................................
Is and  54s.............................
54s...........................................
Is in tin   p ails.......................
548 
....... ,..........
M altby’s,  Is ...........................................
Is and  54s.....................  ...
54s..........................................
M anhattan,  p ails.................................
Peerless  .................................................

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COFFEES

@25
@26
@27
@2754
@2854
@2354
@24
@245*
@20
@18

G reen.

Roasted.

. 16%@17 R io ................ .10  @18
R io ..............
Golden Rio. ..17  ©19 Golden Rio.. .18  @20
Santos........... .......... 20
Santos......... ..15  @17
...........18 M arieabo__ ..  18@2L
M arieabo...
J a v a .............. .  .25© 26
...25@30
J a v a ...........
0. G. J a v a ... .25  @29
O. G. Ja v a .. ..28  @30
Mocha  ....... .............23 Mocba........... .27  @28

COFFEES—PACKAGE,

60 fts 100 fts 300 fts
19%

..............19%

A rbuckle’s
D ilw orth’s ......................................  
19%
Standard  ........................................ 
1954
1954
G erm an ...........................................  1 
19%
G erm an, in  b in s............................ 
1954
L io n .................................................. 
Lion,  in  c a b in e ts........................ 
20J4
1954
M agnolia.......................................... 
18%  18
Royal................................................  
E agle................................................ 1954  1954  1»
M e x ican ........................................  
18
60 foot  J u te .......   1  00  150 foot C otton___ 1  60
72 foot J u t o .......   1  25  60 foot C otton___ 1  75
40 Foot C otton__1  50  172 foot C otton___ 2 00

.  CORDAOE.

 

CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

454

7
7
7
7

554
7

454
5

$  ft 
654

X   XXX
5
5
5
5

8
8
8
12%
8%

K enosha B u tte r..........................
Seym our  B u tte r........................  
B u tte r...........................................  
Fancy  B u tte r.............................  
S.  O yster......................................  
P ic n ic ...........................................  
Fancy  O yster.............................  
Fancy  Soda................................. 
City Soda......................................
Soda  ............................................. 
M ilk............................................... 
B o sto n ..........................................
G ra h a m ........................................
Oat  M eal......................................
Pretzels, hand-m ade..................
P re tz e ls.......................................
C rack n els....................................
Lem on Cream .............................  
Sugar C ream ...............................  
Frosted Cream ............................
G inger  Snaps.............................  
No. 1 G inger  Snaps...................  
Lemon  Snaps..............................
Coffee  C akes...............................
Lemon W afers............................
1354 
Ju m b les........................................
1154 
E x tra H oney Ju m b les..............
1254 
Frosted Honey  Cakes..............
1354 
1354 
Cream   G em s...............................
1354 
Bagloys  G em s............................
Sqftd Cakes...................................
1254 
S. &  M. Cakes..............................
854
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
@  25 
C itro n ............... 
C u rra n ts.........'..........................................
@  654 
@  14 
Lemon P eel...............................................
®   14 
Orange P eel...............................................
P runes,  French, 60s................................. 12
@1254 
.10  @1054 
P runes, French, 80s.....................,
@   8
French, 110s and  120s..
P runes, T u rk ey .......................................   6%@  7
Raisins, D ehesia..................................... 3 50@5  00
Raisins, London L ayers........................   @2 50
Raisins, California  “ 
........................ 1  50@2 00
Raisins, Loose M uscatels......................1  70@i  90
Raisins, Ondaras,  28s................................ 9 @954
Raisins.  S u ltan as....................................   @  854
Raisins,  Valencia, n ew ...........................  7 @  754
Raisins,  Im p erials...................................  @3 00

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Grand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u are..........................1  00
Grand H azen, No 9, square, 3 g ro ................. 1  20
Grand  H aven,  No.  200,  p arlo r...................... 1  75
G rand  H aven,  No.  300,  p arlo r...................... 2 25
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ...........
___ 1  50
......1 00
Oshkosh, No.  2....................................
Oshkosh, No'  8....................................
.......1  50
S w edish................................................
!‘.!!!i oo
Richardson’s No. 8  sq u are..............
Richardson’s No. 9 
..............
.......1  50
......1 00
Richardson’s No. 754, ro u n d ............
Richardson’s No. 7 
..............
.......1 50
W oodbine, 300......................................
.90® l  10
Black  S tra p .........................................
...16@18 
Cuba B aking........................................
.. ,25@28 
P orto  Rico...........................................
...24@30 
New  Orleans,  good...........................
. ..28@34 
New Orleans, choice..........................
...44@50 
New  Orleans,  fan cy ..........................
... 52@55

MOLASSES.

do 
do 

54 bbls. 2c ex tra  

OATMEAL.

Rolled Oats, b b l__ 5  oOlSteel  cut,
“

“  54 bbl.3 00 
“ 
eases  3 261

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PICKLES.

b b l.........5  50
54  b b l...3 00

6

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RICE.

SALT.

PIPES.

SALERATUS.

...........654
...  @554
■ - -354@354

.5  00@5 50 
@3  25 
.5  50@5  75
.2  25@3  00 
@2  25 
.  @185
.  75®  90

M edium ..............................................
54 bbl.....................................
Small,  b bl............................................
Im ported Clay 3 gross......................
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 gross__
Im ported Clay, No. 216,254 g ro ss..
A m erican  T .D ..................................
Choice C arolina......6541 Ja v a .........
P rim e C arolina...... 554|P atna 
Good  C arolina........454 R an g o o n .
Good Louisiana......5 
¡B roken..
Table  ........................ 6  ¡Ja p a n ___
DeLand’s p u re .........5541 Dwight’s •
C hurch’s  ................. 5  Sea  Foam
Taylor’s  G.  M......... 5 
|Cap Sheaf
54c less in 5 box lots.
60 Pocket, F  F   D airy.......................
28 P o ck et.............................................
100 3 ft  pockets...................................
Saginaw o r  M anistee......................
Diamond  C..........................................
Standard  Coarse...............................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags..
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags 
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  bags..
Am erican, dairy, 54 bu. b ag s.........
Rock, bushels....................................
W arsaw, D airy, bu.  bags................
................
Parisian,  54  p in ts.............................
P epper Sauce, red  sm all...............
P epper Sauce, green  .......................
P epper Sauce, red  largo rin g .......
P epper Sauce, green, large rin g ..
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts.....................
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  ................
H alford Sauce, p in ts........................
H alford Sauce,  54 p in ts...................
A c o rn .......................3  851Extra Chicago Faui-
i l y .......................... 2  94
M a ste r..................... 4  00 
New Process, 1  f t ..3  85 N apkin..................... 4  75
New P ro cess,3  f t..3 96 T o w el.......................4  75
Acme,  b ars............3  55  W hite  M arseilles..5  50
75
Acme,  blocks.......   3 051 W hite Cotton  Oil. .5  50
Best  A m erican__ 2 93!R a ilro a d .................. 3  50
Girons  ..................... 3  70 IT.  G ...........................3  45
Big Five  C enter.. .3  851 Mystic W hite.......... 4 65
N ickel.......................3  45 Saxon  Blue............ 2  60
Sham rock................ 3  15 Palm er’s, 100 b a rs..5  50
Blue D anube.......... 2 55 
..4  25
London  Fam ily__ 2  301 S t a r ...........................3 75

@2  00 
@  70 
@  80 
©1  25 
@1 50 
@  90 
©1  20 
@3 50 
©2 20

SAUCES.

SOAPS.

75  “ 

54  “  

70

“ 

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G round. 

SPICES.

Whole.

STARCH.

P e p p e r.................16@25|Pepper...................  @20
A llspice...............12@15 A llspice.................  8@10
C innam on........... 1S@30 C assia.....................10@11
Cloves  ................. 15@25 Nutm egs,  No. 1..  @60
G in g e r.................16@20 Nutm egs,  No. 2..  @50
M ustard...........  .. 15@30 Cloves  ..................  @28
C a y e n n e............. 25@85l
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes, 1  ft  p k g s...  ©   5%
“  4 8 “ 
...  @654
“ 
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“  40 ft 
“  b u lk .............  @ 4
“  72 ft crates, 6 ft boxes..  @  654
“ 
“ Corn, 40 ft boxes,  1 ft pkgs_____   @  6
“ 
l f t “  __   @ 654
“ 
“  20  ft 
K iogsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs__   @ 7
“  6 ft bo x es... 
@754
“  bulk  ............   @  654
P ure, 1 ft p k g s....................  @  554
Corn, 1  ft pkgs....................  @ 7
Royal, Gloss, 1 ft  packages...................  @ 5%
@ 4
C o rn .............................................   @ 6

b u lk ................................. 

Firm enich,  new process, gloss,  l f t __   @  5%

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“  bulk, boxes o r bbls  @  4
“  corn, l f t ................  @ 6

SUGARS.

 

SYRUPS.

Cut  L oaf....................................................  @  6%
C u b e s.........................................................  @  654
P ow dered..................................................   @  6%
G ranulated,  S tan d ard............................  @6  18
Confectionery A ......................................   @5  81
Standard A ................................................   @5  69
No. 1, W hite E x tra  C.............................   @5%
No. 2, E x tra C...........................................   5  ©   554
No. 3 C .........................................................  @4%
N o.4 C.........................................................  @454
New Orleans, in  h d s...............................  4%@  4%
Corn,  barrels 
25@27
.......................................... 
27@29
Corn, 54 bbls............................................... 
Corn,  10 gallon kegs.................... 
  @30
@32
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................................... 
P u re  Sugar, b b l........................................ 
23@35
P u re Sugar, 54 bj)l....................................  
25@37
TOBACCO—FINE C U T -IN  PAILS.
C h e rry ........................60|CrossCut.......................35
Five and  S even........45j01dJim..........................35
M agnet........................25|01d  T im e...................... 30
Seal of D otroit..........60| Underwood’s Capper 35
Jim   D andy.................38 Sweet  Rose................. 45
Our  B ird.................... 25 Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
B rother  Jo n a th a n .. .27|A tlas............................ 35
Jolly  T im e.................¡361 Royal G am e................. 38
O ur  L eader...............33|Mule E ar.......................65
Sweet  Rose...............32 F o u n tain .......................74
May  Q ueen...............65 Old Congress................64
D ark AmerieanEagle87lGood L u ck ..................52
The M eigs..................60! Blaze A w ay................. 35
Rod  B ird.....................50i H air L ifte r...........  .. .30
P rairie F lo w e r........ 65 H iaw ath a........
11% Indian  Q ueen... __ 60| G lo b e ...................... .. .65
9% May Flow er....... __ 70lBull  D og................ . .*57
15% Sweet  P ip p in ... __ 45! Crown  L eaf........... ...66

754

H u s tle r..............

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SMOKING

854 O ur  L eader....... __ 15iUnit  ....................... ...30
Old V et............... __ 30j Eight  H ours......... ...24
Big D eal.  ........... __ 27 Lucky  ..................
.. .30
N avy Clippings. __ 26lTwo  'Nickel........... ...24
...40
H ard  T ack................. 32|Green Corn Cob Pipe 28
D ix ie............................28 Owl.................................16
Old T a r........................40 Rob R oy........................28
A rth u r’s  Choice.......22 Uncle  Sam .................. 28
Red F o x ...................... 26 L u m b erm an ............... 25
Gold  D u st...................26 Railroad Boy............... 38
Gold  Block.................30 M ountain Rose............18
Seal of G rand Rapids  Home C om fort.......... 25
(cloth)...................25 Old R ip........f...............60
Tram w ay, 3  oz.......... 40 Seal or N orth Caro-
lina, 2  oz................. 48
M inersandPuddlers.28| 
Peerless  ..................... 24
Seal of N orth  Caro­
S tan d ard ..................... 20
lina, 4oz........................ .48
Seal o f N orth  Caro­
Old T om .......................20
lina, 8o z................... 45
Tom &  J e rry .............. 24
Jo k e r............................ 25
Seal o f N orth  Caro­
lina, 16 oz boxes.... 42 
T ra v e le r..................... 35
King Bee, longcut. .%22
M aiden.........................26
Pickw ick  C lub...........40
Sweet L otus................ 32
N igger  H ead.............. 26
G ray lin g ..................... 32
Seal S kin..................... 30
H o llan d ....................... 22
G erm an ....................... 15
Red Clover..................32
K. of  L ..................42@48
Good  Lu  k ..................26
H oney  D ew ................ 25
Q ueen  Bee. 
. . . . __22
Colonel’s  Choice.......15

30 g r. 
08
08

50 gr. 
10
10
Iff

do 
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W hite W ine....................................
C id er................. ......................
Y ork State  A pple..........................
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath  Brick im p o rted ...................
90
A m erican...................
Burners, No. 1 ..........................
1  00
No.  2..........................
1  50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ra n d ..
7  30  -
Cream T artar a and 10 ft c a n s...
@25
Candles, S ta r................................
@11
Candles.  H otel.............................
@12
@35
E x tract Coffee, V.  C ...
©so
F e lix .......
@1  20
Gum, Rubber  100 lum ps............
@25
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps. 
@35
Gum, Spruce.........
30©35
Hominy, 
@3 00
Jelly, in 30 ft  p ails..................................  
4@  4%
P earl  B arley.............................................  2%@  3
Peas, Green  B ush...................................  @1  15
Peas, Split  P re p are d .............................   @ 3
Powder, K eg.............................................  @5 00
Powder,  54  K eg ........................................  @2  75
Sage  ...........................................................   @  15
S a u e rk ra u t.............................................. 4  00@4  50

b b l..........................

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CANDY.  FR U IT S  A N D   NUTS.

do 
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P utnam  & Brooks quote as follow s:

...............  ..." 

STICK.
Standard, 25 1b boxes...............................  854©   9
...............................   @ 9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
®io
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  p ails......................................   @ 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls......................................   @ 8
E xtra, 25 ft  p ails......................................  @10
E xtra. 200 ft bbls......................................   @ 9
French Cream, 25 lb p ails.......................  @1154
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases.................................  @10
Broken, 25  ft  pails..................................   @¡0
Broken, 200 ft  bbls................................... 
©  9

FANCY—IN  5 ft  BOXES.

Lemon  D rops...............................................  @12
Sour D rops....................................................  @13
Pepperm int  D rops....................................   @13
Chocolate  D rops.............................................  
H M Chocolate  D rops................................... 
Gum  Drops  ....................................................  
Licorice D rops...................... 1................ .. 
A B  Licorice  D rops......................................  
Lozenges, p lain ...............................................  
Lozeuges,  p rin te d .......................................... 
Im p e ria ls.........................................................  
M o tto es............................................................. 
Cream  B ar.................................................’ 
Molasses B a r..................................................  
Caram els................................................ . . . .  
H and Made C ream s........................................ 
Plain  Cream s................................................... 
Decorated  Cream s.......................................... 
String Rock...................................................... 
B urnt  Alm onds...................................  . 
W intergreen  B erries................................... 

12
 
18

22
 

23
 

14
18
jo

12
14
15
14
15
¡g
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20
13

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FANCY—IN  BULK.

FRUITS

Lozenges, plain  in  pails........................   @1154
Lozenges, plain in  bbls..........................  @10%
Lozeuges, printed in p ails.....................  @12%
Lozenges, printed in  bbls..................... 
©11%
Chocolate Drops, in pails..........................   @12%
Gum  Drops  iu pails...............................   @  8%
Gum Drops, in bbls.....................................  @5%
Moss Drops, in  p ails................................9  @10
Moss Drops, in bbls.................................  @ 9
Sour Drop«, in  pails................. .............  @12
Im perials, in  pails......................................   @12%
Im perials  in  bbls.................................... 
Bananas  A spinw all...............................
O ranges, California, fan cy ...................
O ranges, California,  choice..................
Oranges, Jam aica, bbls..........................
Oranges, Florida..................................... 2 50@3  75
Oranges, Valencia, cases...................... 5 50@5  75-
Oranges, M essina...................................2 50@2  75
Oranges,  N aples......................................
Lemons,  choice........................................  @4  Off
Lemons, fa n c y .........................................4  25©4  50
Lemons, C alifornia.................................
Figs, layers, new,  $  ft........................... 10  @15
Figs, Bags, 50ft........................................  @ 8
Dates, frails  d o ......................................   @  554
Dates, % do  d o .........  : .........................  @  654
Dates, sk in ................................................
Dates, 54  sk in ...........................................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box 3?  f t.....................  954@10
Dates, Fard 58 ft box $  f t.......................  @  8%
Dates. Persian 50 ft box $  f t...............   7  @  754
Pine Apples, %)  doz...............................
Almonds,  T arrag o n a.............................18  @18%
I v a e a .....................................18  @18%
C a lifo rn ia .............................   @17
B razils................. .•....................................11! *@12
Chestnuts, p er b u ....................................
Filberts, Sicily.......................................... 1054@11
B arcelona.................................  @ 9
W alnuts,  G renoble................................ 15  @17
M arbo....................................... 
F ren ch .....................................
C alifornia.............................. 12  @16
Pecans,  Texas, H. P .............................. 11  @14
M issouri...................................  @  9
Cocoanuts, $  100..................................... 5  o0@6  00

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12%

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Prim e  Red,  raw  $   f t.............................  @ 4
©   4%
do  ..............................  
Choice 
do  ..............................   4%@  5
Fancy H.P. do 
Choice W hite, Va.do  .............................   @5%
Fancy II P,.  V a  do  .............................   6  @  6%
H. P. V a......................................................  8  @  6)4

@11%

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follow s: 

OYSTERS.

New  Y ork  C ounts.................................................35
H. F. H. & Co.’s S elects........................................ 28
S e le c ts......................................................................23
A nchors  .................................................................. 19
Standard  ;............................................................... 17
F avorite....................................................................14
P rim e ........................................................................13
Selects, bulk, #   g a l...........................................J  50
g a l......................................l  10
Standards, bulk, 
New York Counts, $  100...................................l   25
shell, 
1W)........................ 140
100.............................................  80
Clams, shell, 
FRESH  FISH. 
@10 @ 7 
@20 
@  8 
@  3
.10  @11 
@  9

Cod  ............................................................
H addock...................................................
Mackerel 
Mackiuaw T rout.
P erch.....................
S m e lts..................
W hiteflsh..........

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O ILS.

ILLUMINATING.

LUBRICATING.

W ater W h ite ...
M ichigan  T e st.....................................................10%
G asoline.................................................................11%
Capitol C ylinder.................................................30%
Model  Cylinder.................................................3154
Shield  Cylinder................................................. 26%
Eldorado  E ngine............................................... 23
Peerless  M achinery.......................................... 20
Challenge M achinery........................................ 19
Paraffine  ............................................................. 2054
Black. Sum m er, W est  V irginia....................... 9
Black. 25°  to 3 0 ° ..............................................10
Black, 15°  C.  T ................................................. 11
Z ero .............................................  
 

13%

Brugs & toebicineô

S tate  B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y .

One Y ear—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Two Y ears—Jam es  Vernor, Detroit.
Three Y ears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor. 
Four'Y ears—Goo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Y ears—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso. 
President—O ttm ar  Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor. 
Next Meeting—At G rand Rapids. March 1 and 3.

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M ichigan  S tate  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Asa’n.

President—Frank J. W urzburg, G rand Rapids. _
F irst Vice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. 
Second Vice-President—H enry Harwood, Islipeming. 
Third Vice-President—F rank laglis, Detroit. 
Secretary—S. E. P arkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Comm ittee—Geo.  W. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, 
Local S ecretary-G uy M. Harwood, Petoskey.
Next Place of Meeting—At  Petoskey, July 12, IS and 14.
G ran d   R a p id s  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 

F rank Wells, Geo. G undrum  and Jacob Jesson.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  9, 1884.

 

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President—Geo. G. Stekettee.
Vice-President—11.  E. 1,ocher.
Secretary—F rank H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry  R. Fairchild. 
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Board of  C e n s o r s —President,  Vice-President  and  Sec-
B oard7f Trustees—The President.  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
Kimm.W m. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H .Riehm ond. 
wen. Isaac W atts. Win. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite. 
Com m ittee on Trade M atters—John E. Peck, H. B. ra ir-
Com m ittee  on^I.egislation—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo.
O nnm iU eeon X a r m l c y - W .  L. W hite, A. C. Bauer and
Regular^M eetings—F irst  Thursday  evening  in  each
A m iulV jjteeting-First Thursday eyenlnginN ovcm ber. 
Next Meeting—Thursday evening, 1? eb. 3, a t The Trades­

man office.

S aginaw   C o u n ty   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society.
P re sid en t-Ja y   Smith.
F irst V ice-Fresident-W . H. Y am all.
Second Vice-President—R. Bruske.
S ecretary—D. E. Prall.
T reasurer—H. Melchers. 
C om m ittee on Trade M atters—W. B. Moore, H. G. H am ­
R egular  Meetings—Second  W ednesday  afternoon  in 

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ilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and  R. J. Bimey. 
each month.

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D e tro it  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

President—A. F.  Parker.
F irst Vice-President—F rank  Inglis.
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
S ecretary and T reasurer—A. W. Allen.
A ssistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae. 
A nnual Meeting—F irst W ednesday in June.
R egular Meetings—F irst W ednesday in each  m onth.
Ja c k so n   C ounty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Ass’n. 

President—R. F. Latim er.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F.  A. King.
T reasurer—Chas. E. Hum phrey. 
Board of Censors—Z. W. W aldron, C. E- Foot and C. H.
A nnual Meeting—F irst Thursday in November. 
R egular Meetings—F irst Thursday in each  m onth.
M uskegon  D ru g   Clerks*  A ssociation.

Haskins. 

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’resident—I. C.  Terry. 
ftce-President—P. VanDiense.
Secretary and Treasurer—Geo. L. LeFevre. 
teg u lar Meetings—Second  and  fourth  W ednesday  of 
each m onth.
M ecosta  C ounty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society,
President—C. H. W agener. 
Vice-President—-Nelson Pike. 
Secretary—A. H. Webber. 
Treasurer—C. A. Fellows.

O ceana C ounty P h a rm a c e u tic a l Society.
•resident—F. W. Fincher.
Gee-President—F. W. VanWickle. 
lecretary—Frank Cady.
'reasurer—E. A. W right.
M ason  C ounty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society.
President—F. N. Latim er, 
lecretary—Wm. lleysett. 
treasurer—W. H. Taylor.
Meetings—Second Wednesday of each month.

C lin to n   C ounty  D ru g g ists’  A ssociation.

President—A. 0. Hunt.
Vice-President—A. S. Fildew.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. S. W allace.

Clinton  County Druggists United.

St.  J ohns, Jan. 27,  1887.

E. A. Stowe. G rand Rapids:
Df.au Sir—Your  letter  of  yesterday  re­
ceived,  asking  for  information  regarding 
our Association.
The majority of the druggists  of  Clinton 
county met in the court house  at St. Jplius, 
on Jan.  12,  and  organized  a  county  Drug­
gists’ Association.  Good  feeling prevailed, 
and the unanimous verdict of those  present 
was  to  make  the  “Clinton  County  Drug­
gists’  Association”  second  to  none  in  the 
State.  The  officer selected  are  as  follows:

President—A. O.  Hunt.
Vice-President—A.  S. Fildew.
Secretary and Treasurer—A.  S.  Wallace.
I  will,  after  our  next  regular  meeting, 
give you a full report of what we have done 
and what we will endeavor to accomplish in 
the near future.

Yours respectfully,
Ai.ex.  S.  Wallace,  Sec’y.

March  Meeting  of  the  State  Board  of 

Pharmacy.
Muskegon,  Feb.  1,  1887.

A meeting for  examining  candidates  for 
registration under Section 5  of  “an  act  to 
regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State 
of Michigan” will be held  by the  Michigan 
Board of Pharmacy in lioyal Arcanum Hall, 
Grand  Rapids,  Tuesday,  March  1,  at  9 
o’clock a.  m.
Candidates  for  examination  will  please 
report at above rooms at that time, and will 
be  required  to  be  in  attendance  for  two 
days.
Blank forms  can  be  obtained  from  any 
member of the Board on application.

J acob J esson,  Sec’y.

Are  You  Good  at  Guessing ?

A  well-known  druggist  sends  The 
T radesman the  following stunner,  which 
lie was recently called upon to translate:

* * I ADI NEM AT A 8ED . ”

This  conundrum  is  about  equal  to  the 
problem proposed  by Dr.  G.  W.  Crauter,  of 
“Self  Paddock’s  Ink” fame.  The transla­
tion will  be  published  next week. 
In the 
meantime,  T h e  T r a d e s m a n   goes  six 
months free to  the  person  sending  in  the 
first correct solution.

Vaseline  is  a  product  now  forming  an 
article of  considerable  commercial  import­
ance. 
Its darker  and  more  impure  fonns 
are  used  for  lubricating  purposes  and  to 
prevent steel and iron  goods  from  rusting, 
•while the purer and whiter  grades  form the 
basis  of  the  majority  of  ointments. 
It  is 
prepared from crude  petroleum  oil  by sim­
ple distillation until the  more  volatile  oils 
have passed over,  when a  mass  remains  in 
the still,  made up essentially of the  various 
paraffines.  The  crystallizable  paraffines 
are removed and the residue is then  simply 
purified,  without any further distillation, by 
treatment with sulphuric acid and superheat­
ed steam and  final  decoloration  by  filtering 
through animal charcoal.

Castor  Oil.

Florida is following  Louisiana  in  the  at- 
mpt to  make  money out  of  the  Mclnws 
nnmunis.  A firm  in that State is prepar- 
ig 320 acres to be planted in  castor  beans-, 
id next  year an oil  mill  will  be  erected, 
is hard to find a  substitute for  castor oil. i

Good Advice to Drug Clerks.

From  the D rugm an.

In the first place,  boys,  you  should  bear 
in mind that the cub of to-day  will,  in  fif­
teen or twenty  years,  become  the  old  ex­
perienced druggist,  have  an  establishment 
of his own,  and that on him  will  then  rest 
the  responsibility  of  the  proper  manage­
ment of the same; on his shoulders will fall 
the mantle of correspondence, and from  his 
pen must  come  the  different  articles  that 
will then interest the pharmaceutical world; 
on him will depend the advancement in  the 
progress of pharmacy; on him  will  devolve 
the  revision  of  the  pharmacopoeia,  etc. 
Therefore,  as  you  have  made  pharmacy 
your chosen  profession,  you  should  strive 
to become a shining  light  in  it.  This  can 
only  be  accomplished  by  hard  study  and 
close application  to  business.  Standing  in 
the door and lounging about the  store  does 
not  take  well  with  the  boss.  Therefore, 
you should always guard against  it;  be  on 
the lookout for something to do.  The clerk 
that finds most  to  do,  and  does  it,  is  al­
ways a  favorite  with  the  proprietor  An­
other rule you should always  bear  in  mind 
is this,  that whatever is worth doing  at  all 
is worth doing well.  Attach  as  much  im­
portance  to  washing  bottles correctly as to 
filling  the  most 
intricate  prescription. 
This profession requires  accuracy and neat­
ness,  and you should drill yourself  in  both, 
from  the  very  beginning.  Try  to  make 
each package you  put  up  neater  than  the 
one  put  up  before  it.  There  is  nothing 
that speaks so loud of  the  accuracy  of  the 
druggist as  the  style  of  the  packages  he 
turns out of his store. 
If you  see  a  pack­
age  come 
from  a  drug  store  looking 
slouchy,  with  twice  as  much paper  about 
it as was necessary,  with the cord wrapped 
about two or three times  in the same direc­
tion, and looking  as  though  the  one  who 
put it up only cared for it  to  hold  together 
just long enough for the customer to get out 
of the store with it,  you  may  set  it  down 
that that druggist  makes  his  preparations 
in the same manner,  and fills  his  prescrip­
tions in the  same  way.  Send  your  pack­
ages out looking neat,  no  matter what they 
may contain.  Don’t be  afraid of work. 
If 
you make a success at any  business  it  can 
only be done by  hard  work  and  close  ap­
plication.  Don’t  imagine  you  are  doing 
more than you are getting pay  for. 
If  you 
agree to work for  a  certain  sum,  work  as 
hard  as  if  you  were  getting  twice  the 
amount. 
If you are worth  more  than  you 
are getting,  some  one  will  soon  find it out 
and  will make you an advance on \^lmt you 
are getting.  Remember,  you  have  first  to 
gain  for  yourself  a  reputation,  by  being 
faithful to your employer’s  interest,  and ac­
curate and neat  in  what  you  do. 
I  have 
never yet seen merit  go  unrewarded.  You 
must not expect to commence at the  top  of 
the ladder; it is better  to  begin  at the bot­
tom and work up.  Learn  to  wash  bottles 
before  you  “tackle”  prescriptions.  Learn 
to wait on  your  costomers  politely;  study 
their interest  as  well  as  your  employer’s. 
Remember that politeness does not cost you 
anything,  and  may  make  you  many  a 
friend and Customer.  The  penny from  the 
ragged  urchin  counts  as  as  much,  in  the 
day’s sales as the one from the rich man.

When  you  have  had  your  four  years' 
practical experience at the business,  if. you 
can possibly spare the  time  and  money  t< 
-take a full course in  some  good  college  of 
of pharmacy,  do it,  and you  will  never  re­
gret it.

Is  the  Pharmacist  Going Too  Fast? 

Correspondence National Druggist.

I must acknowledge that the present modi 
of  advancement  in  pharmacy  is  far  from 
satisfactory  to  tiie  average  druggist,  and 
that the onward march of progress  is great­
ly handicapped  by our  modern  physicians, 
to whom  “we must dance as  they  whistle.”
Each number  of  tiie  numerous  pharma­
ceutical journals presents  its  readers  witii 
srom two to six new remedies or discoveries, 
and each succeeding number with  as  many 
more,  thereby affording  the  reader  scarcely 
enough time to  get  even  the  names  fixed, 
not to speak of a full acquaintance with  its 
physical,  pharmaceutical,  and  chemical 
properties,  and its physiological actions.

Mental food requires even a  greater  time 
for digestion than that  which  sustains  our 
bodily wants;  and,  if  we  are  over-loaded, 
tiie effect is  even  more  depressing  than  a 
similar effect upon the stomach; 
the result­
ing  apathy  becomes  chronic,  and  is  even 
more difficult to  overcome,  because we have 
not so many correctives to which  to  resort. 
As an illustration:  one number of  one jour­
nal describes fifteen  new  substances,  aside 
from articles relating purely to the  practice 
of medicine and the arts,  besides  new  arti­
cles on well-known substances  and  numer­
ous formulae for all manner of preparations. 
When  the  description  of  one  salt  necessi­
tates the phrase  that  “the  platino-chloride 
of hymenodietyouine is the  platino-chloride 
of  a  pyridine-mono-carboxylic  acid,”  the 
average druggist is  dubious  about  tiie  out­
come  of  such  a  progressive  science;  and, 
when he is confronted two or three  times  a 
month by an equal amount  of  progress,  he 
thinks seriously of calling  a  halt,  or  even 
retracing his steps,  while  he  is  still  able. 
Even now, the similarity between new facts 
brought out by scientists and  between  new 
proprietary medicines seeking  a  market  is 
so great, that one does not  know  which  is 
which, until lie is  suddenly confronted by a 
patened trade-mark.  Did any one  suppose 
from the descriptions in medical  and  phar­
maceutical  journals, 
that  anti-pyrine  and 
thallin were  “protected  by letters  patent,” 
and that their composition was  only hinted 
at, or at best,  proximarely stated?  Can one, 
reading the article on  salol, not  see  that  it

is in  the  same  category?  Why  wilL  jour­
nals,  and  men  with  a  reputation, for the 
sake of material, give themselves to the fur­
therance of private  enterprises?  Why will 
physicians,  for  bombastic  display,  fly  to 
everything  new,  like  steel  to  a  magnet? 
Why will druggists hanker after everything 
that smacks of progress?  The days  of  the 
ine’s”  and  “ol’s”  are  upon  us—cocaine, 
terebine, menthol,  iodol,  ichthyol,  moniol, 
antipyrine,  thallin,  kairin,  chinolin,  salol, 
listerion,  neuralgine, 
eugenol,  strychnol, 
infinitum;  but  when 
billiousine, 
ad 
they  have  stood 
the 
time,  as 
have  the  aquila  alba,  mayistcr  bismuthi, 
saccharum satumi,  china  regia,  unguen- 
tum basilican,  then,  and  only then, can we 
say how much progress we have made.

test  of 

It has not been  my intention  to  be  per­
sonal or malicious,  but ouly to warn—-not to 
make the druggist the scape-goat for  every­
body’s experiments;  he is burdened enough; 
has to shoulder  the  responsibilities  of  not 
only himself, but of Iris help,  the  manufac­
turer and his help,  the  wholesaler  and  his 
help, the physician,  etc. 
I am for progress, 
but for conservative  progress,  and  not  the 
“fastness”  wliiclf  characterizes  this  nine­
teenth century.

Mecosta  County Pharmaceutical  Society. 
From the Biff Rapids Herald.

A meeting of druggists of Mecosta county 
was  held  in  Big  Rapids  Tuesday for  the 
purpose of  organizing a  society for mutual 
benefit.  The attendance was fair.  A tem­
porary'organization was  made  by appoint­
ing C.  A.  Fellows,  of  Big  Rapids,  chair­
man, and  Geo. A.  McHenry,  of  Chippewa 
Lake,  secretary.  A  comparison  of  views 
and opinions was had,  followed by the read­
ing of the constitution of  the Grand Rapids 
Pharmaceutical,  after which it  was decided 
to organize,  and the  following officers were 
elected:

President—C.  H.  Wagener,  Big  Rapids.
Vice President—Nelson Pike, Morley.
Secretary—Arthur II.  Webber,  Big  Rap­
Treasurer—C.  A. Fellows,  Big Rapids.
It was  voted  to  make  the  initiation fee 

ids.

SI,  and quarterly dues 25 cents.

A  committee on  constitution and  by-laws 
was appointed as  follows:  C. A.  Fellows,  J. 
Henry Gerls,  and C.  H.  Milner, of Big Rap­
ids;  R.  S.  Wolford,  of  Mecosta,  and  S.  li. 
Frye,  of  Altona.

Messrs. A.  II.  Webber,  J.  II.  Gerls and 
W. Jefts  were  appointed  a  committee  on 
schedule of  prices.

After freely discussing  many matters  of 
interest,  the meeting adjourned till  Friday, 
February 11.

The Drug Market.

An active  market  and  an  exceptionally 
good trade may be reported this week,  with 
the list of  advances much  larger  than that 
of  the  declines.  The  5  cent  advance  in 
P.  &  W.  quinine  has  stimulated  values 
for all brands.  Foreign  is  very firm  at 00 
cents in bulk and  05 to  75  cents for small 
packages.  A further  damage  to the grow­
ing crop by cold weather has caused a furth­
er advance in  opium,  $3.50  being  now the 
lowest price named  for  jobbing quantities. 
Morphine,  in  sympathy,  has  advanced  10 
cents.  Carbolic  acid  is  again  marked up 
five  cents.  Salacine,  selling  on  Monday 
last at $2 per pound,  has advanced to $4.60, 
with  an  upward  tendency  on  account  of 
scarcity.  Cuttle bone  has  advanced 75 per 
cent.  Canary seed has further advanced % 
cent.  Bucliu leaves have advanced 5 cents. 
American  saffron,  Senna leaves,  sassafras 
bark  and  oils  peppermint,  sassafras  and 
wormwood are  very firm, with  an advance 
probable this week.  White lead  is  demor­
alized,  selling  now  at  6  cents.*  No  two 
manufacturers  have  the  same  prices.  On 
account of a decline in  the seed,  linseed oil 
is back to the old figures,

Joseph Specht,  a leading merchant of  St. 
Louis,  whose  retail  establishment  in  St. 
Louis,  known as  “The  Famous,”  is to  St. 
Louis what John Wannamaker’s place  is  to 
Philadelphia,  only a few  years  ago  was  a 
clerk in a little store in tiie  French  part  of 
St.  Louis.  He  finally  became  a  partner. 
Two years later he was  sole  owner  of  the 
place.  Then he began  to  branch  out,  and 
his building now  occupies  a  whole  square 
block.  He is a  very  public  spirited  man, 
and is at the  head  of  a  number  of  enter­
prises in St.  Louis,  such* as the  Exposition 
Building,  Music Hall and the Veiled Proph­
ets’ Association.

FURNITURE  FINISH.

Make Old Furniture 

Look Like New.

DIRECTIONS  FOR  USE:
First  remove  all  dirt  and 

grease, then apply

POLISHINA

with  a  cotton  cloth,  and  rub 
down until dry.

The Best Furniture Finish  in 
the market.  Try  it, and  make 
your old Furniture  look  Fresh 
and New.
Ask your D ruggist, F u rn itu re D ealer,G rocer 
o r H ardw are Store  fo r  POLISHINA.  If  they, 
do not have it, send 25 cents fo r a bottle to

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

A dvanced—Carbolic  acid, gum   opium ,  mor* 
phia, quinine, P. & W., quinine.  G erm an,  sala­
cine, cu ttle bone, buchu  leaves,  canary  seed, 
gum  assafeentida, po.

Declined—W hite lead, linseed oil.

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OLEUM .

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BACCAK.

CORTEX.

M AGNESIA,

AMMONIA.

EXTRACTUM .

A lx .....................

.........  24®
.........  83®

18  d eg ...................................

iiE itiiA —I n   o u n c e   p a d rages.

Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)......................

A ceticu m .....................................................  
8® 10 I
Benzoicum,  G erm an................................  80(911 00 !
C arbolicum .................................................  45® 60
Citricum   ......................................................   70®  75 |
N ltro e u m ........................................
.......  10®  12
.......   10®  12
O x alicu m ........................................
Salicylicum ............................‘.......
.......1  85@2  10
T annleum ........................................
.......1  40@l  60
.......  50®  53
T a rta ric u m __ ’. ............................
A qua, 16  d eg.................................... ....... 
5
3® 
....... 
4®  6
Carboua8......................................... .......  12®  14
C liloriduin........................................ .......  12®  14
Cubebae  (po.  1  75............................ .......1  75@2  00
Juniperus
0®
25® 30
X a n th o x y lu m ............................
BALSA MUM.
45@  50 
C opaiba........................................
@1  50 
P e ru ...............................................
38®  .40 
Terabin,  Canada........................
45®  50
T o lu ta n ........................................
18
Abies,  C anadian........................
Cassiae  ........................................
11
18
Cinchona F lav a..........................
30
E uonym us  a tro p u rp ................
M yrica  C erifera, p o .................
20
P ru n u s  V irgini..........................
12
Quillaia,  g rd ...............................
12
10
Sassfras  ......................................
Ulm us Po (Ground  12).................
10
25
G lycyrrhiza G labra......................
35
po--  ..........................
8® 9
Haem atox, 15 tb boxes................. ......... 
I s ................................. .........  @ 12
© 13
......... 
143  .............................
148.............................. .........  @ 15
Carbonate P recip .......................... .........  @ 15
C itrate and Q uinia........................ .........  @3  50
.........  @ 80
C itrate Soluble...........................
Ferrocyanidum  Sol....... ............... ........   @ 50
Solut  Chloride............................... . . . . . .  
© 15
.........  154® O
Sulphate, com ’l,  (bbl. 75)............
p u re ...............................
. . . . . .   @ 7
B a ro sm a.......................................... .........  38® 40
Cassia  A cutifol,  F iuuirdly......... .........  20® 25
.......  35® 50
Salvia oilicinalis,  J4s and  (4s__ .........  10© 12
8® 10
U ra  U rsi......................................... ......... 
QUMM1.
Acacia,  1st  picked........................
.........  @1  00
.........  @ 90
2nd 
........................
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........................ .........  @ 80
3rd 
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Sifted  so rts..................... .........  @ 65
“ 
p o ...................................... .........  75® l  00
“  
.........  no® 60
“  Cape, (po. 20)........................ .........  @ 12
“  Socotnne,  (p o . 60).............. .........  @ 50
Aram oniae  .................................... .........  25® 30
A ssafoetida,  (po. 30)..................... .........  @ 15
B e n zo in u m .................................... .........  50® 55
C am p h o rao .................................
....  24® 27
_@ 13
Catechu, Is,  (54s,  14;  54s. 16)....... ......... 
G albanum ........................................ ......... 
© 80
Gamboge, p o ................................... .........  75® 80
G uaiaoum ,  (p o .  45)............... ?___ .........  @ o5
Kino,  (po. 25)..................................
.........  @ 20
.........  @1 25
M astic.........................................-...
M yrrh, (po.45)................................. .........  @ 40
Opii, (po. 4  75)................................. .........3  50(i$3  60
S hellac............................................. .........  18® 25
bleached............................ .........  25® 30
T ragacanth .................................... .........  30® 75
A bsinthium   ...................................
25
E upatorium   ..................................
20
Lobelia  ...........................................
28
M ajorum  ........................................
23
M entha  P ip erita............................
25
V ir ....................................
30
l t u c ..................................................
22
Tanacetum ,  V .............................
25
Thym us. V ......................................
Calcined,  P a t................................. .........  55® 60
Carbonate,  P a t............................. .........  20® 22
.........  20@ 25
Carbonate,  K. & M......................
Carbonate,  Jen n in g s...................
36
A bsinthium ....................................
Am ydalae, A m arae...................... .........7  00®7 50
Anisi  ............................................... .........2  00@2 10
A u ranti  C ortex............................
.........  @2 50
Cajiputi  .................
©   75 
C aryophylli...........
@2  15 
C edar........................
. . .   35®   05 
C h enopodii............
© 1  50
. . .  
C in n am om i.............
. . .   @   75
Citronella  ..............
@ 7 5  
Conium  M ac..........
. . .   35®  65 
C o p aib a...................
@ 8 0  
C ubelm e.................
. 12  00@ I3  00 
E xechthitoa............
.. .   90® l  00 
Erige r o u .................
. . . l   20@1  30 
G au lth eria..............
.. .2  30@3  40 
G eranium , 5............
©   75 
Gossipii, S em .gal..
. . .   55®  75 
H edeom a.................
. . .   90® l  00 
Ju n ip e ri...................
. . .   50@2  00 
L av en d u la............ .
. . .   90@2  00 
L im oniti.....................
.2  25@2  35
Lini, g a l.....................................................   42®  45
M entha P ip e r.................................................3 00@3 75
M entha V erid.................................................6  00®7 00
M orrbuae,  g a l.........................................   80@1  00
Myrcia,  5..*...............................................  @  50
O live.......................................................... I  00@2  75
Picis Liquida, (gal.  50)............................  10®  12
R ic in i........................................................ 1  42@1  60
R o sm arin i.................................................  75@1  00
Rosae,  ; ......................................................  @8  00
Succiui  ...................................................... 
40@15
Sabina.........................................................  90® 1  00
S n n tal...............................................................3  50@7 00
S assafras....................................................  45®  50
Sinapis,  ess, 5...........................................   @  65
T ig li!........................................................... 
©1  50
T h y m e .......................................................   40®  50
o p t ...,...........................................   @  60
T heobrom as......................................  ....  15®  20
B ichrom ate...............................................  72®  14
B ro m id e ....................................................  36®  40
Chlorate, (Po. 22)......................................   20®  22
Io d id e.............................................................. 3 00®3 25
P ru s s ia te ..................................................   25®  28
A lthae  ........................................................  25®
A n e h u s a .'................................................   15®
A rum ,  p o ..................................................   @
Calam us......................................................  20®
.Gentiana,  (po. 16)....................................   10®
Giycbrrhtya,  (pv. 15)...............................   16®
H ydrastis  Canaden,  (po. 35).................   @
Hellebore,  Alba,  p o ...............................   15®
Inula,  p o ....................................................  15®
Ipecac, po.................................................... 1  30® 1
Jalapa,  p r ...................... 
25®
M aranta,  J£s.............................................  @
Podophyllum ,  p o ....................................   15®
Rhei  .................................................. .......  75® 1  00
©1 75
35
Spigelia  ........................................... .......  60® 65
Sanguinaria, (po. 15)...................... .......  @ 10
S erçeu taria...................................... .......  45® 50
.......  50® 60
Seringa ..............................................
Smilax, Officinalis,  H ..................... ...  .  @ 40
M ex................ .......  @ 20
Scillae,  (po. 35)................................. .......  10® 12
Sym plncarpus,  Foctidus, p o ....... .......  @ 25
V aleriana,  English,  (po. 30)......... .......  @ 25
G erm an........................ .......  15® 20
A nisum , (po.20)............................... .......  @ 17
Apium   (graveolens)...................... .......  12® 15
4® 6
Bird, Is ............................................... ....... 
Carul,  (po.20)................................... .......  12® 15
Cardom om ........................................ .......1  00@1 25
C oriandrum ...................................... .......  10® 12
4
Cannabis  S ativa............................. .......3V4®
Cydouium .......................................... .......  75@1  00
.  10®  12 
Chenopodium
.1  75@l  85 
D ipterix  O dorate...................
Foeniculum ............................
@  15 
. 
6® 
Foenugreek, p o ......................
8 
•  314®  4
L in i............... ............................
.  314®  4
Lini, grd, (bbl,  3).....................
.  414®
P haiaris  C anarian.................
5® 6
R a p a .........................................
9
Sinapis,  A lbu..........................
m
9
m
8PIR1TU 8.
2 00@2 50
Frum enti,  W.,  D. & Co.........
. . . . i 75®2 00
F rum enti, D. F. R ...................
. . . . l 10@1 50
F ru m e n ti.................................
. . . . l 75© 1 75
Ju n ip eris Co.  O. T .................
, . . . i 75©3 50
Ju niperis  Co............................
___ l 75®2 00
Saacnarum   N. E .....................
. . . l 75@6 50
Spt. Vini  G alli.........................
. . ..i 25@2 00
vin i O porto.............................
V ini  A lba.................................
. . . . l 25@2 00
SPONGES.
2 25 @2 50
Florida sheens’ wool, carriag e...... 2 25
N assau 
00 
1  10 85 
V elvet E x t 
E x tra Ye ’
Grass 
66 75 
H ard ! 
1  40
Yellow Reef. 

do
do
do
do
,f or slate u se...........
...........

“  c u t............................................. ....... 
“  p v .............................................

N ig ra.................. ..

PO TASSIU M .

do 
do 
do 

RA D IX .

do 

do 

“ 

“ 

“ 

•* 

“ 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

26® 28
JEther, Spts N itros, 3 F ..........................  26®  28
ASther. Spts. N itros,  I F . . .
30® 32
A iu m en ........................................................2V4®  3(4
3®
A lum en,  ground, (po. 7)......................... 
3® 4
A nnatto  ....................................................  55®  60
55® 60
A ntim oni,  p o ......................
4® 5
A ntim oni et Potass  T a rt..
55® «0
A rgenti  N itras,  j ................
@ 68
5© 7
A rsenicum ............................
Balm Gilead  B ud....................................   38i
88@ 40
Bism uth  S.  N ...........................................
15@2 20
@ 9
Calcium  Chlor,  Is, ((4s,  II;  (49, 12)__
Cantharides  Russian, p o ......................
@2 25
Capsici  F ructus, at'.................................
@ 15
® 1«
Capsici F ructus, p o .................................
Capsici F ructus, B, p o ............................
@ 14
Caryophyllus,  (po.  35)........................
30® 33
Carm ine. No. 40........................................
@3 75
Cera Alba, S. &  F ....................................
50® 55
Cera  F lav a................................................
30
Coccus  .......................................................
@ 40
Cassia F ru c tu s..........................................
@ 15
C e n tra ria ..................................................
© 10
C etaeeu m ..................................................
© 50
C hloioform ...............................................
38© 40
Chloroform,  Squibbs.............................
®1  00
Chloral H ydrate  C ryst..........................
60@1 75
Chondrus  ..................................................
10® 12
Cinchonidine, P. & \V.............................
13® 15
Cinchonidine.  G erm an..........................
14
m
Corks, see list, discount,  per  c e n t__
40
C reaso tu m ................................................
© 50
2
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........................................
C reta  p re p ................................................
5© 6
Creta, p recip .............................................
8© 10
C reta R u b ra...............................................
@ 8
Crocus  ........................................................
C udbear......................................................
© 24
6© 7
Cupri S ulpb...........................*...................
D e x trin e ....................................................
10® 12
E th e r S uiph.......... ...................................
68® 70
8
Em ery, all  nu m b ers...............................
in
Em ery, p o ..................................................
© 6
50® 60
Ergota. (po. 60).........................................
Flake  W hite............................................
12© 15
G a lla ...........................................................
@ 23
G a m b le r....................................................
7® 8
Gelatin, Coopor........................................
© 15
G elatin, F ren ch ........................................
40® 60
Glassware Hint, 70&10 by box.  60&10, less.
Glue,  B row n.............................................  
9®   15
Glue, W hite...............................................   13®  25
G ly cerin a................................................... 2514®  30
G rana  Paradiai.......................................   @  15
H u m u lu s...................................................  25®  40
H ydrarg Chlor. M ite.................
@
H ydrarg  Chlor.  Cor.................
@  65 
H ydrarg Oxide R ubrurn..........
@  85 
@1  00 
H ydrarg  A m m oniati...............
H ydrarg U nguenturn...............
@  40 
H y d ra rg y ru m ............................
@  65
Ichthyocolla, Am  .....................
.1  25© 1 50
75© l  00
Indigo...........................................
Iodine.  Resnbl............................
.4  00©4 10
Io d o fo rm .............. 
..................
Liquor Arsen e t H fd rarg  Iod.
Liquor  i’otass  A rsiuitis..........
10® 12
Lupuliiie  ....................................
85@1 00
L ycopo.jium ...............................
5$@ 60
M acis.............................................
60© 65
Magnesia, Suiph, (bbl. 114).....................
2(fb
3
Mannia. S. F ...................................
90© 1 DO
Morphia,  S, P. & W .....................
.2  45@2 70
Moschus C anton..........................
@ 40
Myristica, No. 1............................
N ux  Vomica,  (po. 20).................
@ 10
Os.  Sepia........................................
.  23((fi 25
Pepsin Saac, H. Sc P. D. Co.......
@2 00
@2 70
Picis Liq,  N. C..  14  galls, d o z ...
40
Picis Liq.,  q u a rts........................
@1
85
Picis Liq., p in ts............................
©
Pil H ydrarg,  (po. 80)...................
50
.  @ 
18
P iper  N igra,  (po. 22)...................
.  @
@ 35
P iper  Alba, (po. 35).....................
Pix  B urgun...................................
.  14® 15
Plum bi  A cet.............................................  14®
© 40
Potassa, B itart, p u re ........
Potassa,  B itart, com .........
@ 15
. 
8© 10
8®  10
P otass  N itras, o p t................................... 
7® 9
Potass  N itras......................
.1  10® l 20
Pulvis Ipecac  e t opii.........
©1  00
P yrethrum , boxes, H. &P.D.CO., doz.
P yrethrum , p v .....................
.  38® 40
QuasBiao...............................
8© 10
Quinia, S, P. &  W..............
.  70© 75
Quinia. S, G erm an..............
.  65® 70
13
Rubia T inctorum ...............
.  12® 
35
Saccharurn  Lactis, p v .......
@
S alacin ..................................
@4  60
Sanguis D raeonis................
.  40® 50
Santonine.............................
@4 50
.  12® 14
Sapo,  W .....................................................   12®
Sapo,  M...................................
8® 10
. 
@ 15
Sapo. G ....................................
© 28
Seidlitz  M ixture...................
S inapis....................................
.  @ 18
Sinapis,  o p t............................
.  @ 30
@ 35
Snuff,  Maceaboy,  Do.  Voes
© 35
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. V oes__
. 
Soda Boras, (po.  10)..............
8® 10
. 
.  33® 35
Soda et Potoss T a rt.................................  33®  3i
Soda  C arb..........................•.............
2® 2H
. 
Soda,  Bi-Carb.................................
4® 5
. 
3® 4
Soda,  A sh ........................................
. 
@ 2
Soda  Sulphas.................................
Spts. E th e r  Co...............................
.  50© 55
Spts.  Myrcia  Dorn........................
.  @2 00
Spts. M yrcia  Im p ..........................
@2 50
©2 35
Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl.  2  25)..........
Strychnia, C rystal........................
®1 30
Sulphur, S ubl.......•........................
.  2V4@ }l/Ì
Sulphur,  Roll.................................
....  214®  3 
T am arin d s......................................
8®   10
. . . .  
Terebenth  V enice........................
__   28®  ¡50
T heobrom ae...................................
@  40 
...9   00® 16  00
V anilla  ...........................................
Zinci  S uiph..........................
7@ 
8
OILS.

@

PAINTS

Bbl
70
55
45
38
41
50
44

Whale, w in ter............................
Lard, e x tra .................................
Lard, No.  1.................................
Linseed, p ure  ra w ...................
Linseed, b o ile d ........................
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strained.
Spirits T u rp en tin e...................

Gal
75
60
55
41
44
80
50
Lb
Bbl
Red  V enetian............
2®  3
1*
2®  3
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles......... 
l i
1*
2® 3
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda...........  144
H i
P u tty , co m m ercial............
2(4®  3
25£@  3
P u tty , strictly p u re ...................   2(4
2*
13®16
Vermilion, prim e  A m erican.. 
V erm ilion,. E nglish................... 
68®60
Green,  P en in su lar..................... 
16@17
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............ 
6® 614
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re ....... 
6®  614
@70
W hiting, w hite  Spanish........... 
W hiting,  Gilders  ....................... 
@90
White, P aris A m erican............ 
110
140
W hiting  P aris English cliff.. 
Pioneer P repared  1 a i n t s __  
1  20@1  40
Swiss V illaPrepar«’»  P a in ts.. 
1  00®1 20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 T urp  Coach..................................... 1  10@1 20
E x tra  T u rp ................................................1  60@1 70
Coach Body................................................2  75@3 00
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ...............................1  00® 1 10
E xtra T urk  D am ar.................................. 1  55@1 60
Ja p an  D ryer, No. 1  T u rp ......................   70®  75

ficftipi  Drag  EicMme.

Mills &  Goodman, Props.

375  South  Union  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

habitants.  Doing good business.

tow n.  No  other  d rug  store  w ithin  live 

1 
miles.  Good reason for  selling.

1,000 in habitants in eastern p a rt of  State. 
Will  give  liberal  discount  fo r  cash  or m ake 
good terras.

IT'OR  SALE—Stock of about 500  in  N orthern 
SpOlt  SALE—Stock of $1,700 in town of 800 in­
IpOK  SALE—Stock of about $1,800 in tow n of 
If'OR  SALE—Stock of about $4,000 in town of 
IpOR  SA LE- Stock o f $4,500 in  town  of  4,000 
A LSO—Many  o th er  stocks,  the  p articulars 

population.  Sajes  $10,000 a  year.  Clean 
selling, o th er business in  Southern  Michigan.

of which we will  fu rn ish   on  application.
Y \ / E   HAVE also secured  the  agency  for  J. 
V i  H.  Vail & Co.’s m edical publications and 
cun  furnish  any  medical  or  pharm aceutical 
works a t publishers’ rates. 

4,000 inhabitants.  Will  sell  either  a t  in­

ventory o r estim ate.

stock.  Four drug stores in  tow n.  Reason for 

>

a TO  DRUGGISTS—W ishing  to  secure clerks 

we will furnish th e  address  and full  par­

ticulars of those on o u r list  free.

Michigan Drug Exchange,

357 South Union St., 

- 

Grand Rapids.

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44  Ottawa Street and  8g,  gi,

93 and gs  Louis Street. 

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF

Drags, Meflicines, Giiemicals, 
Paiuts, Oils, VarnisliBS, 

M   Druggist’s

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Elegant  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tions,  Fluid  Extracts  and 

Elixirs

GENERAL WHOLESALE  AGNTS  FOR

Wolf, Patton & Go. and John L. 

Whiting, 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.

WE ARE  SOLE  OWNERS  OF

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Core

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market.

W e  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing outfits for new  stores  to 
the fact of our  U N SU R PASSED   F A C IL ­
ITIE S for meeting the  wants of  this  class 
of buyers W IT H O U T   D E L A Y  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.

tieni

W e give our special and  personal atten­
tion to the selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG T R A D E  O N LY, and trust we merit 
the high  praise accorded  to us for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  PU R E   GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  W e CO N TR O L and are the O N LY 
AU TH O R IZE D   A G E N T S for the  sale  of 
the  celebrated

WITHERS DADE & GO’S

Henderson  Co., Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Oopper- 

Distilled

W H I S K Y S .
W e not only offer these  goods  to  be ex­
celled by  NO O TH E R  K N O W N   B R A N D  
in the market,  but superior  in  all  respects 
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e 
G U A R A N T E E  perfect and complete satis­
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has 
been assured.

W e are also owners of the

Druggists’  Favorite  Rye,

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

Gins, BraaOies & Fine Wines.

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

such asPatent  Medicines,

Etc., we invite your correspondence.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

and personal attention.

Hazeltine 

& Perkins 

Drug Go.

IIHDCE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

AGENTS  FOR  THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

A M B O Y   C H E E S E -  

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
See  Our  "Wholesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and write for

Special  Prices  in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices oa anything ve handle.
A. B. EN O W LSO N ,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.
H E S T E R   Sc  E O X ,

MANUFACTURERS’  a g e n t s   f o r

S A W  AJSTD G R IS T   MZLX-  M A C H IK E H Y ,
S en d   for 
C a ta lo g u e  

A T L A S  S I

P ric e s.

a n a

■ jg t j ii. 

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  S
---------MANUFACTUKFKS OP-----
engines â boilers
:S E $ 7löC arry Engines and  Boilers In Stock 

- 

for  immediate  delivery.

J i p i i p ^

' "‘-v?1 

«

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

Saws, BeltiAg and Oils.

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

.Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

W rit©  fo r  P ric e s. 

130  O A K ES  ST.*  G RA N D   RA PID S*  M IC H .

OIL & GASOLINE CANS,

With. W ood  Jach-ot,

LATEST  IMPROVEMENTS  FOR  1887.

THE

THE

WITH or WITHOUT 

3, 5  and  10 
Gal. Size.
H. LEONARD  EONS,

JACKET.

OR AMP  R APIDS, MICHE.

Manufactured by the Adams & Westlake Mfg. Co.,  Chicago.

Order a sample case of

PRINCESS  BAKING  POWDER,

HONEY BEE COFFEE.
J. H. TtlipilCD,”

Equal to the Best in the market.

,.

5 9   Jefferson  ave.,  Detroit, Mieli.

T H E   SU G A R   CO U N T R IE S A N D   OUR 

M A R K E TS.

The purchases  of  sugar  by  this  country 
from the other sugar-producing countries on 
this  continent,  for  the  last  fiscal  year, 
amounted to  sixty-two  millions  of  dollars, 
($62,001,506).  This  bill  was  made  with 
fifteen different countries and colonies: Mex­
ico,  Central  America,  British  Honduras, 
Cuba, the British West Indies,  Porto Rico, 
Hayti,  San  Domingo,  the  French,  Dutch 
and Danish West Indies, Brazil, the United 
States of Columbia,  and British  and  Dutch 
Guiana.  The  quantity  procured,  however, 
from some of these was small;  from Dutch 
Guiana  we  bought  $46,529,  from  British 
Honduras, $40,908,  from  the  Dutch  West 
Indies,  $8,444,  from  Hayti,  $7,567,  and 
from the United  States  of  Columbia,  $1,- 
493;  while we purchased from Mexico $33,- 
640, and sold her $72,621.  The  large  pur­
chases were made as follows:
C uba........................................................... $41,708,559
B ritish W est In d ies...............................   6,194,712
B razil.........................................................   3,506.507
P orto  R ico...............................................  4,125,210
B ritish G u ian a........................................  1,856,390
San D om ingo...........................................   1,373,536
450,675
French  W est  In dies.............................. 
C entral  A m erica....................................  
441,876
D anish W est  I n d ie s .............................  
205,060
This list exhibits the neighbors who have 
sugar to sell,  and who now possess our mar­
ket for that commodity.  Some who appear 
in it as selling the smaller quantities  would 
be able to produce and offer us  more  under 
favorable circumstances.  Cuba's  enormous 
lead  might  be  reduced  if she did not have 
the possession of our  market  on  terms  as 
favorable  as  Porto  Rico,  or  Brazil,  or the 
British West Indies.

If,  then,  we  should  repeal  the  duty  on 
sugar,  or any part of it,  we  should  accom­
pany  this  repeal  with  specific  provisions 
offering the freedom of  entry only to  those 
countries that would compensate us for  the 
advantage by concessions to  our  commerce, 
while we should withhold the freedom from 
all  who  did  not  so  compensate  us.  The 
provisions by which  we  should  guard  this 
should include at least these features:

1.  No export duty to be  imposed  by  the 
country selling the  sugar,  and  asking  free 
entry for it.

2.  Free entry to be granted only to sugar 
coming in American bottoms,  or  in bottoms 
of  the  country  or  colony  producing  the 
sugar.  That is  to  say,  if  the  sugar  came 
from  Cuba,  it  must  arrive  in  either  an 
American or a Cuban,  (but not  a Spanish), 
ship;  if from the British West Indies,  then 
in an American ship, or a ship of the British 
West  India  Islands,—but  not  a  ship  of 
Great Britain herself.

3.  Free entry to be granted only to coun­
tries which shall grant to our ships arriving 
in  their  ports  the  same  moderation  of 
charges which we now make in our ports,— 
i. e., freedom from all lighthouse and  other 
“dues,”  etc.,  etc. 
In  other  words,  their 
charges upon our ships are to be no  greater 
in kind or amount than are ours upon  their 
ships.

4.  No less favorable  terms  to  be  made 
for our goods arriving  in  their  ports  than 
are made in them for the goods of other na­
tions.
These are provisions which would suffice, 
in all probability, for the end desired.  They 
would greatly increase the carriage in Amer­
ican ships of the traffic between  this  coun­
try and  the  sugar-producing countries,  and 
they would make it  easy for  our  manufac­
tures to enter the markets  of  those  coun­
tries upon the  most  favorable  terms.  Th© 
sale to us of over sixty millions  of  dollars’ 
worth of sugar per annum is a  prize  which 
would certainly be  competed  for. 
Indeed, 
as our total sugar purchase,  last  year,  from 
all the world,  was  76%  millions,  ($76,746,- 
461), that is the real size  of our market,  for 
which competitors would  strive.  The  con­
cession to us of diminished shipping “dues” 
would be very valuable,  and  as  we  asked 
for no greater diminution than  we  concede 
ourselves, the demand would be reasonable. 
With this, and with the certainty of  having 
the (sugar) cargo for the  home-bound  voy­
age, our American vessels could easily carry 
out our home products  on  the  most  favor­
able terms, and put them in the markets  of 
the  West  Indies,  Cuba,  Mexico,  Central 
America,  and South America, upon  a  foot­
ing which could not  be  threatened  by  any 
other manufacturing  country.

Armour & Co.’s  Michigan  representative 
nfonus  T hf.  T r a d e s m a n   that  the  oleo­
margarine law has reduced  the  sale of bogus 
butter to about 65  per  cent,  of  its  former 
proportions.

Cow for  Sale.

Bill Nye,  the great humorist,  thus  adver­

tises his cow for sale:

courage 

Owing to ill  health  I  will sell at my resi­
dence,  in town twenty-nine,  range eighteen, 
west,  according to goyemment  survey,  one 
crushed-raspberry  colored  cow,  aged  six 
years.  She is a good  rnilkster,  and  is  not 
afraid of the  cars— or  anything  else.  She 
is  a  cow  of  undaunted 
and 
gives milk  frequently.  To a man who does 
not fear death in any form,  she  would  be  a 
great boon.  She is very  much  attached  to 
her  home  at  present,  by means of a trace 
chain,  but she will  be sold to  any  one  who 
will agree to treat  her  right  She  is  one- 
fourth short-horn and  three-fourths  hyena. 
Purchaser need not be identified. 
I will al­
so throw in a  double-barrel  shotgun,  which J 
goes with  her. 
In May she  generally  goes j 
away somewhere for a week or two  and  re­
turns with a tall,  red calf,  with  long  wab­
bly legs.  Her name  is  Rose,  and 1 would 
prefer to sell her to a non-resident.

J .  B.  K etchum ,  general  dealer,  F rem ont: 

“I would feel lost w ithout It.”

B. Bain, grocer,  P etoskey:  “ Y our  T r a d e s ­

m a n   is all right and well w orth the m oney.”

F.  C.  Davis,  grocer,  Kalam azoo: 

T iIk T radesman very in terestin g  reading.”

“ I  find 

GERMAN
L.  Wintemitz,
MUSTARD.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
acosHXiznr  e r o s .

106 K e n t S t. 

-WHOLESAI.il-

And Produce.

26,28,30 and 32  OTTAWA  ST..  G’D  RAPIDS
g x n s x n g  ROOT.
We pay the highest price fo r it.  A ddress
Peck Bros., Druggists, «rand Rapids, Mich.

BAXTER’S  CELEBRATED

M anufactured by

R O PE R   &  B A X T E R   CIG AR   CO.,

61 and 63 W abash Ave., C h ica g o .

This  fam ous  brand  is  now  handled!  by  the leading 
druggists  and  grocers  of  Michigan.  In   towns where 
the cigar is n ot handled, I am  prepared to  give  the  ex 
elusive agency to good parties, druggists preferred.

J. L. STRELITSKY,

STATE  A G EN T,

128 Canal Street, 

-  Grand Rapids.

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,

117  Monroe St., Grand  Rapids.

Rules for Business Life.

Now that his body is forever  at  rest,  it is 
conceded even by his enemies that  the  late 
John  Roach  was a man far above  the  aver­
age  of  his  native  or  adopted countrymen 
in breadth  of understanding  and in the con­
duct of great enterprises.  Early in  his  ca­
reer he adopted  for  himself and encouraged 
his employees to adopt  the  following  code 
of rales,  which might be accepted profitably 
by any business  class:

ments.

fied if you can possibly help it.

1.  Keep  your  promises  and  appoint­
2.  Never let a customer go away dissatis­
3.  Never lend your friend your note; bet­
ter lend him the money if you can  spare  it. 
Never endorse another man’s note as an ac­
commodation.
4.  Do no business  with  a  man  who  is 
troublesome and whom you  know  you  can 
not satisfy.
5.  Pay your bills and workmen promptly 
6.  Be honest and honorable at  all  times 

when work is  done.

and to all men.

New Deal in the Seed Business.

A .  J.  Brown,  the  well-known  commis­
sion merchant of this city,  has  added a new 
feature to his business.  He is putting  in  a 
complete stock of garden  and  house  seeds 
and garden  implements, representing James 
Yick,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y .  Y ick’s  seeds 
are  always  reliable  and  very  popular, 
especially  among  the  market  gardners  of 
this city.  Anyone wishing  seeds  in  large 
or small quantities will do well to send their 
order to him,  as he is enabled through  buy­
ing in  large quantities  to  supply  the  trade 
much  cheaper  than  they  can  be  bought 
direct.  Send ten cents in stamps for V ick’s 
beautiful Floral Guide,  which  amdunt  wall 
be deducted from the first order.

The  Right  Spirit.

After  rapping  two  6r  three  minutes  to 
bring the chief clerk to his  window  yester­
day a well-known citizen blandly said:

“ I found this bunch of keys outside here 
probably belong to some  business man  who 
was in after his mail.”

“ A ll right,”  said the clerk, and the bland 
ly-spoken man went  out.  Fifteen  minutes 
later he returned,  rapped  again,  and just as 
blandly said:

“ W ill you let me see those  keys?”
“ Yes,  Sir.”
“ Ah! they are mine! 

I discovered it  after 
climbing  three • flights  of  stairs.  Much 
obliged for your assistance  in doing the pub­
lic a favor.”

PRESENTS  WITH

BAKING  P0WDEES

Order a Case.

White  Star  Baking Powder.
ed China given with each can, for $9 per case.

Pound cans, 2 doz. in case.  A large  piece  Decorat­

Family Baking  Powder.

Pound cans, 2 doz. in  case.  A  large  Hob  Nail  Ob­
long Berry Dish, assorted colors, for $8 per case.
Silver  Spoon  Baking  Powder.
10 oz. cans,  tall,  3  doz.  in  case.  With  each  can, 
choice of a quart Pitcher, 8 inch  Nappy,  7  inch 
Comport.  All  Mikado  Pattern,  Crystal  Glass.

Arctic Manufacturing Go., Grand Rapids.
lsyEET
PURÉ.  I  NEW  PROCESS  STARCH. 

removed,

This Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
O n e - T l x i r c i   L e s s

Can be used than any other in the Market.

M a n u fa c tu re d  b y  th e

FIRMENICH  MNFG. CO.

F a c to rie s:  M a rsh a llto w n ,  Io w a ;  P e o ria ,  Ills .

Offices  a t  P e o ria ,  Ills.

FOR  SALE  BY

STRONG. I  Clark,  Jewell  &  Co. 
'  E .   F A L L A S ,

i~ SURE.

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

Cold Storage In Connection.  All  Orders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention.

Makes a Specialty of

Wo H andle th e Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” Oysters.

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

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michigan

H I H T H  

D E A L E R S   IN

,  Furs  and  Tallow,

P ro m p t  r e tu rn s   m a d e   qn  C o n sig n m en ts.

l i e  Canal St., Grand Rapids.

3 X&
Sc K P L A A L J S E ,

UflPI C  9  Pfl  Jobbers  Michigan  Water  White  and 
n U b L C   0 b  llU I  Legal Test Oils.  Manistee and Saginaw 
Salt.  Agricultural Salt.  Warsaw  Salt; pockets, all  sizes,  and 
barrels.  West Michigan Agents for Prussing’s Celebrated Vin­
egar  works.  Write  for  quotations.  A I | | Q | / r p f l | J  
111011 
ItIUu Kl UUIi j   m lu ill

Warehouse: Lee’s  Ferry Dock, 

Our LeaderSm olsing 

Our Zieader F in e Cut 

15c per pound.

33c per pound.

O R D E R .

Our ¡Leader Sbcrts, 

Our Zieader* Cigars, 

16c per pound.

$30 per M.
Til©  Best  in  tlie  W orld.

Clark, Jew ell  &  Co.,

SO LE  A G EN TS  F O R

Dwinell, Hayward & Oo.’s Royal Java Coffee;  and 

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

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

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  122  a n d   124  LO U IS  S T R E E T .  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

SNOW-SHOVELS,
SLEDS.
FIRE-KINDLERS,
FOR  SALE  BY
C urtiss, D unton 1 Co.

O - ,  

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WHOLESALE  GROCERY  HOUSE

L A R G E S T  

X C L U S I Y E L Y

Cor. Ionia and Louis Sts.* Grand Rapids.

H T   M I C H I G A N .

FISH,

A T V T P

GAME.

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