Michigan Tradesman.

YOL.  7.

B E N -H U H
C IG A R S

ARE  SECOND  TO  NONE, 

SUPERIOR  TO  ANY,

A DUPLICATE OF 

NOTHING,

A MODEL FOR ALL. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

MADE  BY

GEO.  MOEBS 

&  CO.,

9 2   W  OODWARD  A v e., 

D e t r o it.

Write  for  jobbing  prices  on 
Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke  and 
Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard 
Grass,  Red  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Field Peas, Beans, Produce and

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A p p le s ,

P o ta to e s ,

O n io n s .

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS,  ™ SmcIoo.a,e" ’
Wool  M irin'non  BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY 
n c 3 I  jn ibniydll  AND NORMAL SCHOOL. 
(Originally Lean’s Business College—Established 8 y ’rs.)
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab­
lished and pleasantly located College.  The class 
rooms have been  especially  designed in accord 
ance with the latest approved plans.  The faculty 
is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  The 
best of references  furnished  upon  application. 
Our Normal Department is in charge  of  experi­
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apply to us.  Do not go  elsewhere  without  first 
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particulars. 
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

J. U. Lean, 

Principal.

A. E. Ykbex,
Sec’y and Treas.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  5,  1890.

W .  O.  W ILLIA M S.

A.  SHELEY.

A .  S.  BRO O K S.

WILLIAMS,

SHELBY

A- BROOKS

Successors  to Farrand, Williams & Co.,

W h o le s a le   D ru g g ists,

AT  THE  OLD  STAND,

Corner  Hates  and  Larned Streets, Detroit.

Allen Du r fee.

A. D. Leavenworth,

A lle n   D u rfee  &  Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

F e h s e n f e l d   &   G r a m m e l ,

(Successors to Steele & Gardner.) 

Manufacturers of

B R O O M S !

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and  12 Plainfield  Ave.,  Grand  Rapids.
Learn  Bookkeeping,  Shorthand,  Etc.,

AT  TH E

Corner Ottawa and  Peart Streets.

Send  for  Circular.

E.  W.  HILL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating

Pearl and Front $t«., Grand Rapid«.

D .   D ,  M a s o n ,

UNDERTAKER and EMBALMEE

Prompt service given at all hours.

Telephone 1002. 

34  South  Divisions«.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

:XPERT  ACCOUNTANT
A d j u s t e r   o f   F i r e   L o s s e s .
wenty Years Experience.  References fam ished 
2« Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

AND

C has.  P e tte r se h ,

JO B B E R   OF

Imported and Domestic Cheese

Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 

161—163 West Bridge St.,  Telephone 123 
_______GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

GOUGH

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WAVNK  COUNTY  SAVINGS  BANK. 

IlhTROIT,  MM  H.

500,000 TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS 

Issued by cities, counties, towns  and school dis 
tricts of Michigan.  Officers of these municipal! 
ties  about* to  ls«ue  bonds  will  find  it to their 
advantage to apply to this  bank.  Blank  bonds 
and  blanks  for  proceedings  supplied  without 
charge.  All communications ana inquiries will 
have prompt attention.

S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

January, 1890. 

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W ritten for The  Tradesman.

Into this world has no man come 

Who can, however he strive,

Meet success in leaving the same 

While yet that man Is alive.

And none now dead have made return,
To teach us of that unknown bourne.
Then, how may we figure out this 
Beyond there’s a kingdom of bliss,

Problem of whether or not 
Or a Hades somewhat hot?

M. J . Wbisley.

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

Business  men  who  aspire  to  public 
office have a complacent way of  assuring 
us that they will  apply  business  princi 
pies  in  the  management  of  such  posi 
tions. 
It is true that business principles 
bear  a very high  reputation  with  every 
one,  and it sounds  encouraging  to  talk 
about them.  But  there is something far 
different required in the executive duties 
of  high  public offices.  Intelligence,  in­
tegrity,  system  and  enterprise  will  do 
almost  everything in gaining  success  in 
business affairs, but the  same  forces ap­
plied in a like way in public  affairs  will 
not produce  equally satisfactory results. 
Those business  men who have succeeded 
iu public life—and there have  been  and 
are many of  them—have  sought, also, to 
practice statesmanship and to respond to 
the requirements of their relations to the 
public  good  rather 
than  to  carry  out 
any pet and rigid systems associated with 
mere  personal  ends.  Whatever  may be 
useful  in  business  methods, or  in  any­
thing  else,  should  be  invoked  by  the 
man called to a public  trust;  but he who 
supposes  that  he  can  find in mere bus­
iness  principles a  substitute  for  states­
manship,  experience  with  public  ques­
tions  and  knowledge of  the ways of  the 
politicians,  will  soon  discover  that  he 
has made a grave mistake.  When he can 
unite  these  other  weighty  things  with 
business  principles,  or 
readily  and 
quickly acquire them in a greater  or less 
degree, he may  reach a success iu which 
the training of  a business  life  will  give 
him a sure foundation for all that he can 
build  upon it in the  pursuit  of  his  am­
bition.

* * *

Unpopularity is one of  the  worst diffi­
culties  under  which  a man  in  any  de­
partment can labor.  Sometimes persons, 
especially those  who  are  young  and in­
experienced,  care  very  little  for  either 
private  or  public  opinion.  They  even 
take pride in  putting  themselves in con­
stant  antagonism  with  the  views  and 
prejudices  of  others.  All  this is a mis­
take,  as  they  will  find  out if  they live 
long  enough. 
It  is  not  manly  to  be a 
sycophant, or'to be humble  and  yielding 
to  an  absurd  degree,  but  it  is common 
sense and the best policy, particularly in 
business,  for a  man  to  seek  popularity 
rather  than  the  reverse  of  it.  Many a 
man  to-day is slowly and  surely  under­
mining  his  interests by making  himself 
unpopular with  those who have business 
dealings and intercourse with him.  Often 
it is thoughtlessly done, but in most cases 
it  is  the  unfortunate  triumph  of  nat­
urally  perverse  and  disagreeable  qual­
ities of ‘character.  New firms and  young 
.salesmen will find  that popularity is one

of  the  first  things  that  they should se­
cure,  and  that  it  will  smooth  many  a 
rough  place  along  the  road  to success. 
Trade is constantly taking a wider scope, 
with grander enterprise and better meth­
ods, hence the greater  necessity of  those 
who  wish  to  succeed  in it to act in har­
mony  with  those  traits  and  principles 
which  will  win  for  them  the  personal 
good-will of  their  fellow-men.

In the course of business there is much 
to disturb the  temper  of  the most  ami­
able man.  But there  are  some  persons 
who  look  at  everything  with  the  true 
philosophy of not giving an advantage by 
showing their  own  ill-temper.  When a 
man has such a control  over  himself  in 
all the relations  of  business, it certainly 
has a  powerful  influence  over  his  own 
affairs and of  those  who come in contact 
with him.  Go  into  any large  establish­
ment where there is a man  of  this  kind 
in  a  prominent  position,  and  see  the 
harmony, energy and contentment which 
exist  about  him.  And  observe, in a re­
view of  years,  that success and popular­
ity in business follow such a condition of 
affairs with almost unerring certainty.

*  1 *

If  there is one thing  which  the  busi­
nessman wants more than another it is to 
foresee  the  future.  Developed,  actual 
events and conditions do not concern.him 
to the same  extent as that  which  is  the 
subject of conjecture.  When each season 
is to he  prepared for,  his  judgment and 
foresight are the sole  reliance  which  he 
has for his heavy investments  of  capital 
and. as the basis of  all his plans. 
It is a 
great risk to take, and when he considers 
it under the light of daily events,  he often 
finds  his  utmost  courage fully taxed  to 
sustain him.  Taking all the departments 
of  business  where  this  extraordinary 
judgment is required,  no one  can fail to 
marvel at the general  accuracy, amount­
ing almost  to  the  wisdom  of  prophets, 
which characterizes it.  And  it  is  this 
pressure of thought and anxiety which is 
the  wearing  and  prostrating  thing  in 
business life. 
It is not so much the labor 
and energy which are  required in selling 
goods  and  advancing  trade,  as it is the 
absolute  necessity  of  reading  in  some 
degree coming events.

And now steel beams for  architectural 
purposes  are  being 
furnished  more 
cheaply than  cast  work  can  be  turned 
out  by architectural  foundries.  A  con­
tract  for  $125,000  worth  of  beams  and 
columns,  which  went  to  a  steel manu­
facturer at  Chicago  last  week, substan­
tiates this.
Perfection  Scale.

The  Latest  Improved  and  Best.

Does  Not  Require  Den  Weijlt.

CL Will Soon Save  Its  Cost on any Counter. 
For  sale  by  leading  wholesale grocers.

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TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN»

B E A C H ’S

New  Y“rlt  GoffBe  Roon18'

61  Pearl  Street.

OYSTERS  IN RLL STYLES.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop..

Map  Coffee  Roaster.

The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No. 1 
toasters—capacity  35  lbs.—1  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for 
Special Discount.

ROBT.  S.  W EST,

i*-50  Lone  8t„  CLKVKLAND,  OHIO.

N elson, 

M atter 

&  Co.,

-FOR-

Filrnitilre

S e e   w h a t   t h e y   c a n   do 

for  y o u .

over-trimming.  *  *  *  Mrs. Wana­
maker  is  not  in  any sense ostentatious 
about her  fad.”

Holy  saints!  Are  American  women, 
then, so  ostentatious  about their  under­
wear that this is a case worthy of special 
commendation ?  We  are  glad  to  know 
that  the  lady in  question  will  not  ap­
prove of having her washing hung, ready 
labeled,  upon  the  public  clothes-line, 
and we wish that the Pepper  woman had 
been  inspired  with a  sense  of  delicacy 
such as she attributes to Mrs. Wanamaker.
But  this is not all.  Listen,  for  Miss 

Pepper is not yet done:

“She does not satisfy her taste because 

she is a very wealthy woman.”

Snobbery!
“It is  just her  innate refinement,  and 
she said  once  that,  no matter  what her 
income,  she  would  have  dainty  things 
next  her  skin  even  if  she  must  needs 
wear a calico gown.”

Gush!
“She always  buys  her  under-clothing 
before her  dresses, for  she  cares  not at 
all for outside show.”

The article here  quoted  bears the ear­
marks of  a “syndicate story”—that is, it 
was published  simultaneously in a num­
ber  of  different papers.  These  articles 
are  furnished  ready  to  print,  and  the 
editor of  each  paper  writes the heading 
to suit himself  or  the  imagined taste of 
his readers.
Can  we  imagine  the  feelings  of  Mr. 
Wanamaker,  when,  after  a  long  day’s 
work  in  his  department  and  many  a 
weary bout with persistent office seekers, 
he dons his slippers, draws an easy chair 
to a convenient  place,  picks  up a paper 
and the first  headlines  which  arrest his 
attention  are:
WANAMAKER  UNDERWEAR.

2

W ritten for The Tradesman.

A  LITTLE  TOO  ENTERPRISING.
Modern newspaper  enterprise is some­
thing  truly  appalling.  Your  metropol­
itan  news  gatherer  is  no  respecter  of 
persons,  and, in his  insatiate  greed  for 
something new, stays  his  morbid  appe­
tite not only with carrion from the slums, 
but  no  family  matter,  however  sacred, 
is sanctified  from his unhallowed  touch.
A week  ago,  in  no  less a paper  than 
the Detroit  Tribune, we  saw  the  latter 
statement  verified.  A female—we with­
hold  from  her  the  sacred  name of  wo­
man—in  that  issue  published  a  letter 
purporting  to  have  been written at  our 
national capital;  whether  or  not  this is 
true is neither here  nor  there.  She was 
writing  about “fads,”  and the  names of 
some  of  the  most  prominent  ladies  of 
our nation  dropped  from her ill-omened 
pen.  After  investigating  the  private 
affairs  of  Mesdames  Harrison,  Blaine, 
Windom, et al., she comes, in the natural 
course of  her  terrifying  career, to  Mrs. 
Postmaster-General Wanamaker.

At  first,  this  correspondent,  whose 
name is given  as  Caroline  Pepper,  was 
unable to  discover  any particular “fad” 
to which Mrs. Wanamaker  was addicted, 
but  as  her  (the  Pepper  woman’s) nose 
was pointed in the direction of  fads, and 
fad she must find, she, presumably,  went 
rearing  and  charging through the Wan­
amaker  mansion  until, when she had at 
last  overturned  madam’s  bureau  draw­
ers,  she  succeeded  in  her fell purpose.
She  here  discovered  that  Mrs.  Wana­
maker was the possessor of  a quantity of 
fine, white underclothing, and her amaze­
ment thereat knew no bounds.  This was, 
indeed, a “fad.”  She  says:
“Mrs. Wanamaker’s fad  is  her under­
clothing.  She  probably  has  the  finest 
underwear of  any  woman at the capital. 
People  soon  find  out  the wonderful re­
finement  of 
the  Postmaster-General s 
wife,  and  in  no  way  is it shown  more 
than in her taste for  dress.”
Indeed!  Mrs.  Wanamaker  will  be 
truly elated to know that  people are fast 
finding out her “wonderful  refinement,” 
and will wish that the Pepper critter had 
imbibed a little  of  it  herself.  But she 
hasn’t, for  she  complacently continues:
“Every  bit  of  her  lingerie  is  white. 
She has never been touched by the crazes 
*  *  *  *  for  black  or pale  yellow or 
scarlet undergarments.  The use of  any­
thing  but  white  is  almost  repellent to 
her, and for  years she has purchased  the 
same  filmy silk  or  cambric  goods  from 
the same house in Europe.”
interesting 
information 
might,  perhaps,  shock  an  ordinary wo­
man, made  but of  common  clay, but, of 
course, a  person  of  Mrs.  Wanamaker’s 
“wonderful  refinement” won’t  mind it a 
bit,  and it would be a pity did not every 
home  in the  land  know of  what  sort of 
material and in what manner are the pet­
ticoats of  the Postmaster-General’s  wife 
composed.  Evidently the Pepper woman 
is ot the same opinion, for she continues: 
“Next  to  color, machine  stitching  is 
unpardonable in her eyes, and everything 
she wears  is  made by hand.  Any num­
ber  of  women  adopt  the  fad  of  hand- 
sewed  underclothes, now that thej  know 
French  women of  refinement  do  it,  but 
Mrs.  Wanamaker has always done it, and 
she has the first lien  on  the  undercloth­
ing fad.  Every  dainty  bit  she  wears is 
finished by inch-wide  Valenciennes lace, 
made by the nuns of  a Carmelite convent 
in Southern France.  Very little of  it is 
used  on  each  garment, as  she  dislikes

truly 

This 

Ionia P a n ts  & O v erall Co

B. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  M ets,  Shirts,  Ets.

Warranted  Not to Rip-

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

IT  IS  AT.T,  HAND  MADE.

Nothing  But  White  Tolerated  by the 

Wife of the Postmaster General.
ALL  ABOUT  I1ER DAINTY LINGERIE.
We can, in imagination, see that worthy 
man wipe the prespiration from his brow 
before  taking  another look to verify his 
first  impression.  But,  after a time,  he 
becomes  sufficiently the master  of  him­
self to open another paper,  when his eye 
is  straightway caught by this  announce­
ment:
WEARS WHITE UNDERCLOTHES!
Mrs.  Postmaster  General  Wanamaker 

Wears the Daintiest  Undergar­

ments at the  Capital.

BUT  SHE  MAKES  NO  VAIN  DIS­

PLAY  OF  HER  UNDERWEAR.

Where  She  Buys  Her  Linen—How 
These Gauzy  Garments are  Decorated.
Our next mental view  of  the  husband 
of  this much-abused  woman shows  him 
out gunning after the Pepper critter, and 
we  sincerely trust  that  he  will fill  her 
full of bird shot.

The only defense  which  Caroline  can 
make for  so invading  the privacy of  an 
American woman is that of the Almighty 
Dollar.  She  was  writing for  her  daily 
bread;  but,  in this  connection,  we  can 
give her a poiuter  worth two  of  her III- 
j starred articles,  llad she taken her ‘story’
| to Mr. Wanamaker with an explanation of 
its intended use,  he  would have  bought 
i it at ten times the highest price she could 
possibly have  received for  it  elsewhere 
j and  then he would  have fired it into the 
I stove. 

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

Mr  Voorhees’ loug experience in the manufacture of  these  goods  enables him 
to turn out a line especially adapted to the  Michigan  trade.  Samples  and  prices 
sent on application.

IONIA,  MIOH.

A .  I I I  M B S ,

Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

Lehigh liallegGoalGo.’s  i 

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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AND  OTHERS. 

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

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U  TRUE  BLUE, 

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Candy.  Use only the best ma­
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it  as 
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The P.  of I.  Dealers.

sions.

The following are the P.  of  I. dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle,  L.  T.  Lochner, Burleigh  Bros., 
Sharp &  Baker.

Allendale—Henry Dalman.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Bay City—Frank Bosnian & Co. 
Belding—L. S.  Roell.
Big Rapids-—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
E.  P.  Shankweiler  &  Co.,  Mrs.  Turk, 
J. K. Sharp, A. Markson.
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Bridgeton—Geo. H.  Rainouard. 
Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis,  A.  Y. Ses­
Casnovia—John E.  Parcell.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish, B. Tripp.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P.  Lock, F. H. 
Goodby.

Jas. Croskery.

Chester—P.  C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Conklin—Wilson  McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Dorr—Frank Sommer.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- 
chek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E.  F.  Shaw, Stev­
ens &  Farrar, John C.  Devitt.
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros.  & Clark. 
Fremont—J. B.  Ketchum,  W. Harmon. 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—A. J.  Halsted & Son. 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A.  Wil- 
zinski. Brown & Sehler,  Volmari & Von 
Keppel.

Bros., C. E. Pelton.

Hart—Rhodes &  Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard  City — O.  J.  Knapp,  lierold 
Hubbardston—M. H.  Cahalan.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Ionia—H. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent  City—M.  L.  Whitney.
Laingsburg—D.  Lebar.
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller &  Co., 
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew 
Langston—F. D. Briggs.
Lansing—R.  A.  Bailey,  Etta  (Mrs. 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBride’s—J.  McCrae.
Manton—A.  Curtis.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S.  V.  R.  Lep- 
per & Son, Jno.  Butler.  Richard  Butler, 
John Fletcher.

E. F. Colwell & Son,  Fred Miller.
All & Bro.

Israel) Glicman.
nings.

& Son, F.  H. Cowles.

Mecosta—Ferris & Parks.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H. S.) Knight. 
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J. W.)  Pattison. 
Millington—Chas.  11.  Valentine.
Milton  Junction—C.  A.  Warren. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
Newaygo—W.  Harmon.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Onondaga—John Siliik.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Potterville—F. D.  Lamb & Co.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Remus—C. V.  Hane.
Richmond—Knight * Cudworth. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman  &  Blanchard, 
Frank E. Shattuck & Co.
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.

Lee.

Good-Bye to the P. of I.

The following are  among  some of  the 
merchants who have been uuder contract 
with the P. of  I., but have  thrown  them 
overboard:

Bellevue—John Evans.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Cedar Springs—L.  A. Gardiner.
Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Fremont—Boone & Pearson.
Grand  Rapids—F. W.  Wurzburg,  Van 
Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros.
Lowell—Chas.  McCarty.
Millington—Forester & Clough.
Minden City—I. Springer  &  Co.,  F. O. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Olivet—F.  H. Gage.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Rockford—H. Colby & Co.
St. Louis—Mary A.  Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O. Cain.
Sparta—Woodin &  Van Wickle.
Springport—Cortright. & Griffin.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Wi 11 iamston—Michael Bowerman.

Hetfield & Son.

Another Kind of Indian.

“How did Blowhard lose his eyesight ?”
‘•He had an encounter with an  Indian, 
I believe.”
“Why,  I never  knew  that he had been 
further west than Chicago.”
“He hasn’t.  He  ran  into a cigar sign 
when he was coming home from the club, 
one night.”

Promoted by His Wife.

First Clerk—I was  given  the  position 
Second  Clerk — What  are  you  giv­
First  Clerk—We  had a baby  come  to 

of  fioor-walker  last night.
ing me ?
our house.

Gook  X  Bergtholil,
SHOW  CASKS.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Prices  Lower  than  those  of 
any competitor.  Write for cata­
logue and  prices.

■'8 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you  have any  of  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything  in  the  Produce  ilne,  lei 
us hear  from  you.  Liberal cash  advances 
made  when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

c o m m issio n   Me r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO 

Reference:  First  Nationa_l,  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

3

ington & Hammond.
Co.

t h e   m i c h i g a j n t   t r a d e s m a n .
Sheridan—M.  Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Powers & Johnson,  Well 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  & 
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. 
Trufant—I. Terwitliger.
Vassar—Me Hose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J.  C. Townsend,  N.  W. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson,  John  Haver- 
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St.,
E D W I N  

H.  C.  Breckenridge.
Wiley.
kate.

Darrow, D.  D. Paine.

MOSELEY  BHOS.,

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F r u i t s ,  S eeds, O y s te r s  § P r o d u c t

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will be 

pleased to hear from you.

GRAND  RAPID

F

JOBBER  OF

Bolter,  Eh s, Fairfield Cleese, Forein Froits, Mince Meat, Nats, Et<

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast.  Special  Bargain  in Choice 

Dairy Butter.  Let your orders come.

Office  and  Salesroom,  No.  9 Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  M id

Grand Rapids Fruit and ProdilGe

JOBBER  OF

F O R E I G N   F R U I T S .

O ra n g es,  L em o n s  an d   B a n a n a s  a  S p ecia lly

3 NORTH IONIA  ST.. GRAND  RAPIDS.

We  are  headquarters  for  the  célé­

brât* d

Bliiefield  Bananas,

Receiving  regular  consignments.  Also 

direct receivers of

ORANGES 

LEMONS
J.  B R O W N ,
B I D D E R S .

A. 
E G G   C A S E S  

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

Having taken the agency for Western and Northern  Michigan  for the LIMA 
EGG  CASES  and  FILLERS,  we  are  prepared to offer same to the trade  in any 
quantity.
Less than 100.
Lots of  100. 
No.  1—30-doz. Cases, complete...............................................  33  c. 
35c.
No.  1—Fillers,  per set............................................................   9%c. 
10c.
Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with-every 10  sets  of  Fillers  (no 
broken cases sold).making 10 sets with Case $1.25  (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards 
constitute a standard set).  Strangers to  us  will  please  remit  money  with  their 
orders  or give good reference.
| LAM0REAUX  &  JOHNSTON, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

(P u tn am   C an d y  Co.,
U _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
B L IV E N   &

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

a r t:

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

“BIG F” Brand  of  Oysters.

In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS.  Wemak 

a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.  We solicit 

consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.

H.  M.  BLTVEN,  Manager.

63  Pearl  St

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Burnham—The Burnham Wood & Pier­
ing  Co. has  succeeded  during  the  past 
little  fall  of  snow in  getting  in  only 
about 500,000 feet of logs to its mill, and, 
unless the snow should hold  on  a  little 
longer, it will  be  considerably  short  of

AMONG THE TRADE.

AROUND  T H E   STA TE.

Muskegon—A.  N.  King  will  open  a 
furniture  store,  about  April  1,  in  the 
building now occupied  by  John Vander- 
werp as a hardware store.

Bay City—Edwin Wood, jewelry dealer, 

Ypsilanti—Josiah  F. Sanders, clothing 

is dead.

dealer, is dead.

dealer, is dead.

Iron wood —Adolph  Sporley,  harness 

Fremont—A.  &  M.  Reed,  dry  goods 
dealers, have sold out.
Petoskey—Earner Bros, have opened a j 
branch clothing store at Brutus.
Flint—A. A. Riker  succeeds Walter F. 

Granger in the grocery business.

Brooklyn—Frank E.  Whitney succeeds 

Park W. Hart in the grocery business.

Wakelee — Herbert  Huyck  succeeds 

Chas. C. Crego in the grocery business.

East Saginaw—Walz & Keller  succeed 
Seyffardt & Walz  in  the  hardware  bus­
iness.
Detroit—The  firm  of  Wm.  Moeler  & 
Co., dealers  in  hats  and  caps, has  been 
dissolved.

Cheboygan—The boot and  shoe firm of 
Flora & Barnes  has  been  dissolved,  the 
latter  succeeding.

Lacota—M. L. Decker  has  bought the 
drug stock of  Y. Bennett,  who  will  en­
gage in the practice of  medicine.
Detroit—The  firm  of  Burghardt  & 
Liska, tailors, has  been  dissolved, E. M. j 
Burghardt continuing the business.
Hudson—Henry McMaster has sold  his

session.

Evart—E. C. Cannon  succeeds the firm 
of  G.  H. Cannon & Co. in  general  trade,
having  been  local  manager of  the  bus-  «s usual supply for the summer’s run. 
iness  for  the  past  eighteen  years.  He  Coldwater-The Coldwater Cart Co. has 
will  add a line of  farm  implements  and  mortgaged its plant for  $37,500,  the step 
handle grain  and wool. 
being  taken  to  protect  home creditors.
Plainwell—The  drug  firm  of  Starr &  Should the works  be  closed,  about  sev- 
Thompson has  been  dissolved by the re-  enty-five men will be thrown out  of  em- 
tirement  of  Alva  L.  Thompson.  The | Payment.  A. B. Dickinson, of Hillsdale, 
business  will  be  continued  by  Geo.  E. | one of the principal creditors, is  in  pos­
Starr,  Levi Arnold  and  Geo.  Arnold, of 
Bay City—T.  W. Davison  &  Co., who 
Mackinac,  under  the  style  of  Geo.  E. 
are  lumbering for  F. E.  Bradley &  Co., 
Starr & Co.
of this  city, on what  is  known  as  the 
Battle  Creek—D.  R.  Griswold,  for 
Hauptman branch  railroad  in  Ogemaw 
many years a dry goods  merchant of this 
county,  built  eight  miles  of  railroad 
city,  but  recently  book-keeper  in  the 
since October 1, and  up  to  a week  ago
First National  Bank, has  resigned  that
position to become  manager  of  the  dry  are  reported  to  have  only 500,000  feet
goods  house  of  Bondey  &  Johnson,  of 
Detroit—The Detroit  Electrical  Manu­
Port Huron.
facturing  Co. has  been  incorporated  to 
manufacture all  sorts  of  electrical sup • 
plies. 
It  is  capitalized  at  $350,000, of 
which  $35,000  is  paid in.  William  C. 
Bennett, Nelson  K.  Riddle  and William 
L.  Wild  hold  5,000  shares  each,  and 
Thomas  Harris, Alfred  Woodward  and 
Henry F. De  B.  Cameron  3,333  shares 
each.  Mr. Bennett  is  President of  the 
company, Mr.  Riddle, Vice-President and 
Mr.  Wild,  Secretary.

Coleman—S.  R.  Young,  of  Capac, is 
erecting  a  small  saw and  shingle  mill 
here, with a daily capacity of  15,000 feet 
of lumber.

Lilley Junction—Nufer  &  Vankeuren 
have recently purchased sufficient timber 
to extend the operations of  their  shingle

Big Rapids—Frederick  Hoen  succeeds 

put in, with 3,000,000 on skids.

Erickson & Hoen, brewers.

M A N U FA CTU RIN G   M ATTKR8.

boot and shoe stock to F.  H. Brown,  who i mill three years.
has shipped  the  same  to  his  Blissfield 
store.

Nashville—F.  G.  Seaman  has  retired 
from  the  drug  firm  of  C.  E.  Goodwin 
&  Co.,  C.  E.  Goodwin  continuing  the 
business.

S parta—T he  Shaw drug stock has final-

ly reverted to  its  original  owder, L. E. j mill and salt block.
Paige,  who will  again  preside behind the 
prescription  case.

Yermontville—Jones  & Co. have  sold 
their  dry goods and  drug stock to  Chas. 
E. Goodman & Co., of  Chicago,  who will 
continue the business.

Belding—Wood  Jackson, who  is  now 
engaged in  the manufacture of  cigars at 
Reed  City,  will shortly remove his  busi­
ness to this place.

Bay City—Pitts  &  Cranage’s  sawmill 
has received four new boilers, which will 
add considerably to  the  capacity  of  the

Charlotte—A.  J.  Hasbrouck,  late  of 
Addison,  has  bought  an  interest in the 
lumber business of Samuel M. Cove.  The 
new firm will be known as  Cove  &  Has­
brouck.

Grand Junction—Rogers Bros, are sell-

Muskegon—A. C. Majo has disposed  of 
his three-eighths’  interest in the  sawmill 
ing off  their general stock preparatory to | firm of Oow, Majo  & Co. to his  partners,
going  to  West  Superior,  Wis.,  where I 
and  the new firm will be known as  Gow 
they will again engage in trade.
& Campbell.

Mecosta—C. W. Parks  has sold his  in­
terest in  the  hardware  firm  of  Parks 
Bros,  to  I.  W.  Ferris.  The  new firm 
will be known as Ferris & Parks.

Copemish—Chas. E.  Nixdorff and R. B. 
Whitzell, of St. Louis, Mo., have selected 
a  site and will shortly erect a hame  and 
whiffietree factory,  which will materially 
assist the interests of  this place.

Plainfield—J.  W. Bishop  has  assumed 
Manistique — The  Temple  Curtain 
an interest  in  the  Bee  Hive  dry goods 
Roller Co., of  Muskegon, will shortly es­
store.  The business  will  be  continued 
tablish a branch  factory here, occupying 
under the firm name of  W.  W.  Bishop  & 
! a  building  48x72  feet  in  dimensions, 
Bro.
Muskegon—Burglars  lately effected an j  which will be completed  about June 1. 

Tallow  is  still  dull  and  weak,  with 
large  accumulations  in  every  town  of 
consequence.

Furs are low and in light demand.  Ex­
porters look for further decline in March 
sales, to which large shipments have now 
gone forward.

It pays  to  handle the  P  &  B. cough 

drops.

FOR SALE, WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a   word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken for less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

rANTED—GROCERY  STOCK;  MUST  BE  CHEAP
STORE  AT  FRANKFORT,
goods, boots and  shoes,  doing  good  business;  will in­
voice abont $5,000;  town on  the  boom  on  account  of 
new  railroad;  recognized  as  leading  store;  cause for 
selling, desire to close  out  all  my branch stores.  Ad­
dress H arry W ard, Logansport, Ind._____________ 597

Fo r  s a l e —a  l u m b e r  y a r d   in   t h e   g r o w in g

town  of  Delton,  on  the  Chicago.  Kalamazoo  & 
Saginaw railro ad ;  best town between  Kalamazoo  and 
Hastings;  good roller n r 11;  stock  of  lum ber has been 
reduced with a view  to  selling,  on  account  of  other 
business of  one of  the  partners.  For particulars, ad­
dress Goss & Hall, Delton, Mich._______________   595
T^TASHVILLE,  MICHIGAN,  6 FFER8  FINANCIAL  IN- 
_LN  ducements te   m anufacturers  looking  for  desir­
able locations.  Address  C.  W.  Smith,  Secretary Im ­
provem ent Committee, for  particulars.__________599

F °OR  SALE  — CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS, 

shoes  1  and  - hardw are, 
situated in good  trad in g   point;  will  inventory about 
32,000;  sales for  p ast  three  years, $38,000;  reason for 
selling, owner  has  other  business;  also  double  store 
and dwelling for rent a t  315  per m onth.  M. S. McNitt, 
Byron Center. Mich.

groceries,  boots  and 

.

, 

592

Address s r i i  Foster. Clayton. Mich.

Oregon.  Address No. 598, care Tradesman. 

VOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE-TIMBER  LANDS  I f  
"VTTANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  A  FARM  OF  90  ACRES 
V V 
for a stock  of  groceries;  value of  farm ,  33.600. 
Address K. R., Box SO, Mason, Mich.______________ 591
F o r  s a l e -   — --------  
1= vOR  SALE — HARDWARE  STORK,  DOING  GOOD 

-THE  FURNITURE  AND  LEASE OF  THE 
best-paying  small  hotel  in  Southern  Michigan.
Jng  small  hotel  in  So 

business:  have  good reason for selling  out;  only 
one hardw are  store in the place;  for  any one  looking 
for a  location, I think they would be  well pleased.  In­
quire of L. C. Cronkhite, Edmore, M ic h ._________589
OR  SALE—SMALL  DRY  GOODS  BUSINESS  AT 
Muskegon.  Address No. 593, care Tradesm an.  593 
TT'OR  SALE—AT  ONCE.  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY 
_D 
goods, boots and shoes,  hats and caps, gents’ fur­
nishing goods in a good town of  2.000 population;  two 
railroads;  low rent and insurance;  w aterw orks; stock 
about 38,000:  can be reduced to  $5.000;  if  yon  w ant  a 
clean, nice business, look this up ;  will not w ant to sell 
a fte r April 1.  Address No. 582 care Tradesm an. 
582
tTarechance to but the  only drug store
XX 
in Central Michigan railroad town of  nearly  400, 
with fast-grow ing farm ing country; stock and fixtures 
invoice $1.300;  half cash, balance  on  easy  paym ents; 
good new fixtures;  only  drug,  book,  stationery,  wall 
paper,  paint  and  jew elry  stock  in  town;  splendid 
opening for young m an;  good reasons for  selling. 
If 
you want it, address  for  particulars,  L.  M,  Mills,  568
W ealthy Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.______________578
TT'OR  SALE^GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  MERCHAN- 
X:  dise, invocing  about  $1,500;  building for  sale  or 
rent  cheap;  surrounded by splendid farm ing country; 
on Cincinnati. W abash *  Michigan  Railway.  Address
H. U- Rapp. Berrien Center, Mich._______________ 588
TJHOTOGRAPH, AI.SO GROCERY  ROOMS  AT  UNION 
J r   City. Mich., to rent;  will  exchange p roperty;  also 
brick, sash, door  and  blind mill  a t  Coldwater, Mich.; 
also  farm   and  resident  property  in  Kansas. D akota 
and  Nebraska;  all  good  property.  Chas.  T.  Allen, 
B attle Creek, Mich. 

___________________   585

W’-ANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120  ACRES  OR 

village  property  for  stock  of  goods, hardw are 
preferred.  Address No. 573, care  Michigan Tradesman.
TT'OR  SALE-HARDWARE  STOCK, 
INVENTORING 
X?  about $4,000,  doing  a   very prosperous  business; 
can reduce the stock to suit purchaser;  best of  reason 
for  selling.  Address  A.  L.  Paine  &  Co.,  Reed  City 
Mich. 
J F   YOU  WANT  TO  EXCHANGE  YOUR  STOCK  OF 
X goods for a  farm , large or small,  w rite  to  No.  563, 
care Michigan Tradesman.______________________563
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX- 
X  change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids  city prop 
erty, o r will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e  best of soil, are  under  good  state  of  cultivation, 
and located between the  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O  F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich._______
TT'OR  SALE—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE.  ON  VERY 
J j   favorable term s, th e F.  H. Escott dru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street. Grand Rapids,  H azeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $4,000. 

__________________ 568

Muskegon—Some  time  ago  Hovey  & 
McCracken  contemplated  putting  ill an 
electric light plant in their  sawmill  and 
running a double crew.  They have about 
decided  that  it  will  be better to secure 
another  sawmill,  and  it  is  stated  that 
negotiations are pending for the purchase 
of the Mann &  Moon  mill  in  Lakeside. 
The  latter  firm  have  exhausted  their 
stock  on  Muskegon  river, and will  not 
operate their mill  next  season.  Hovey 
I & McCracken are intending  to  put  in  a 
! a stock of some 40,000,000 feet.

Bay City—The sawmill  corporation  of 
Ross, Bradley &  Co. has  been  re-organ­
ized and  the  capital  stock  increased to 
$100,000, the hulk of which lias been  ab- 
I sorbed  by  N.  B. Bradley  and  his  two 
sons, Elmei and Fred.  Mr. Ross, who  is 
the  practical man of  the  establishment, 
retains  sufficient stock  to entitle him  to 
vote as  a stockholder, and he will  retain 
the management  of  the  business,  which 
is the  largest  of  any similar  establish­
ment  in  the  Saginaw  Valley, handling 
42,000,000 feet last year.  N.  B. Bradley 
has been elected President, Fred Bradley, 
Vice-President and D. A. Ross, Secretary 
and  Manager.

Wool,  Hides,  Tallow and Furs.

entrance  to  W.  I.  McKenzie’s  grocery |  Detroit—The  Charles Wright Medicine 
store,  but  were  evidently  frightened i Co. has been  incorporated,  with  a  paid- 
There  are  no  beuevolent  faces  on 
away, as only one dollar and a few cigars  up capital of  $200,000.  Charles Wright 
woolen manufacturers now-a-days.  They 
j  holds  10,000  shares;  W.  E.  Allington,
are not prone to benevolent  acts  toward 
were missing. 
Traverse City—Will  Hobbs  and  F.  E. j  East  Saginaw,  7,889,  and  W.  Hibbard, 
the wool dealers, well knowing that their 
Austin have  formed a copartnership and j 2,111.
losses are heavy on the  present  market. 
embarked in the  hardware  business, oc- j  Bear Lake—The sawmill  of  Bunton & 
They also say that wool  is  low  enough, 
cupying the east half  of  the  store  form-1 Hopkins started up last week, and as they
but, having no orders of  consequence on
j  have a full supply of timber on hand and  their  books  for  cloths,  they  buy spar-
erly  occupied by Hamilton & Milliken. 
Muskegon_R. S.  Miner has disposed of j a railroad running  direct  to  their  mill,  ingly, or  only sufficient to keep running.
his stock  of  dry goods  to  F.  A. Barton, j they are not  so  dependent  on  snow  for j  Manufacturers who formerly have bought 
who will  soon open a  store in the  King-  their supply of log 
shott building on Pine street  Mr.  Miner I neighbors.
will continue bis grocery business at  the I  Greenville—Articles  of  association of | not speculate on futures.  However,  the | andiepearijsk 
old stand. 

T r a d e s m a n   that  he  will  continue  the j potato  starch.  The  company has  been | there are not so many goods  made.  To
furniture and  undertaking  business,  re- j donated four acres of ground,  with water ! effect  sales  of  wool  to any extent, con- 
ports  to  the  contrary notwithstanding,  power from Flat River, and  will proceed  cessions must be made.
He has no intention of  embarking in the | to erect a brick factory building, 200x300 I  Hides are  dull  and  weak.  Supplies
grocery business. 

are some  of  their | lots of 1,000,000 pounds  are  not  looking | F°^neLiugoodEruiming ?rder?r^n^r^iu«»;
for lots Of  20,000 pounds, even, and  will  w ant more power a n d .
replacing*  it  with a  20-horse
Rindge, Bertsch & Co., 12,  14
gas engine of same kind.
eras engine of same kin
j  a $40,000 stock company  were signed last j sales
QOM PLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRON8  OF  IN-
of  woolens  have  been  larger  and I  V J  dustry, from   th e  inception  of  the  organization;
,  . 
„  
.  only a few copies left;  sent postpaid  for  10  cents  per
F riday to embark in  the  manufacture of I some  higher  than  in  weeks  past,  and | copy.  Address  The Tradesm an com pany, G’d Rapids
tYEGIn  THE  NEW  YEAR  BY  DISCARDING  THE 
1 3   annoying  Pass  Book  System  and  adopting  in
E.nA.ltowe
sample order, i 
& Bro., Grand Rapids.
AMPLRS  OF  TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR 
retailers will be  sent  free  to  any  dealer who will 
w rite for them  to  th e  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co,, 
Albany, N. Y. 

TTTANTED—POSITION IN DRUG 8TORE,  BY A GRAD 
VV  uate in pharm acy;  registered  by  exam ination; 
598
good reference.  J. W. Hoyt, Muskegon, Mich. 
WANTED^SITUATION  BY  A  MAN  WHO  UNDER- 

stands  the  book,  stationery  and  confectionery 
trade;  best reference.  Address No. 587, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 

\v ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST  OR  AS8IST- 
ant.  A. E. Gates, M. D., Crystal, Mich._____ 594

Durand—Geo.  W.  McLain  writes  Tin

feet in dimensions. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

MISCELLANEOUS.

HELP  WANTED.

1 are ample.

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Bank  Notes.

Rollins &  Son, Boston  bankers,  are  to 

start a branch at the Soo  soon.

W. A. Burt  & Co., private  bankers  at 
St. Ignace, have sold  out  their  business 
to the First National Bank of that city.

Geo.  F.  Stearns,  President  of 

the 
Northern  National  Bank of  Big  Rapids, 
purchased eighteen residence  lots  while 
at Knoxville, Tenn., one  day  last  week, 
and was offered a considerable  bonus for 
his bargain before the  papers  had  been 
completed.

The  Berrien  Springs  Bank,  which 
closed  its  doors  recently, bobs  up with 
$14,046.26  assets  and  $25,370.80  liabili­
ties.  After the expenses  are  paid, the 
creditors will  get less  than 50 per  cent, 
of their claims.  C. N. Vinton, township 
treasurer,  has  $7,557.42  in  the  Bank, 
and  J.  A.  Reeber,  village  treasurer, 
$861.35.

The  Northern  National  Bank  of  Big 
Rapids will secure a renewal of  its char­
ter,  on  the  expiration  of  its  present 
charter,  next  September.  No  change 
will  probably  be  made  in  either  the 
directors  or  officers—certainly, Geo.  F. 
Stearns  will  remain  at  the head of  the 
institution  he  has  served  so  faithfully 
for the past two decades.

T h e  T radesm an  is  in  receipt  of  an 
agreement,  signed  by nearly every busi­
ness man in one  of  the  most  promising 
towns in Northern  Michigan,  offering to 
give all their  patronage to a bank, either 
State or  private,  which  will  afford  the 
people  the facilities  usually accompany­
ing an institution of this character.  The 
town in question  is  destined  to  be  one 
of  the  best  trading  centers in the State 
and the man  who  makes the locality his 
home  will never  have  reason  to  regret 
his choice.

State Board of Pharmacy.

The State Board of Pharmacy holds  an 
examination  session  in  this  city  this 
week, beginning  at 9 o’clock this  morn­
ing.  The  session will  be  held  in  the 
lecture room of Hartman’s hall.

VISITING  BUYERS.

N W W iley, W hite Cloud 
A Purchase. So Blendon 
Q H W albrink, Allendale 
John De Vries,  Jam estow n 
H Van Noord,  Jam estow n 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
Pipp Bros. & Martindale, 
K alkaska
R Johnson, Cadillac 
Eli Runnels, Corning:
Geo A Hake, Rockford 
Gilbert Bros., T rent 
E E Hewitt,  Rockford 
Jas A Gale, Parmelee 
S T McLellan, Denison 
W E & J W Yeagrer,
Carlson Bros., G ilbert 
J D W illiams, Byron 
Silas Loew, Burnip’s Cors 
S McNitt, Byron Center 
A A  E Bergy, Caledonia 
W N Hutchinson. G rant 
J N W ait, Hudsonville 
P E W itherspoon, Harrison 
A W Fenton. Bailey 
Hessler Bros., Rockford 
O W Messenprer,  Spring:  Lk 
W H Hicks, Morley 
D E W atters, Freeport 
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove

Lima, Ind

Grandville

M L Steele, Ionia 
M L Decker, L acota 
J Vander'Veen, Gd Haven 
Smith & Bristol, Ada 
M L B ritton. Pewamo 
J D Noah, Moline 
A W hite, Lacota 
J  Kinney, Kinney 
Maston & Hammond,
M M inderhout, Hanley 
N Bouma, Fisher 
J S Newell & Co., Coral 
L N Fisher, Dorr 
Bailey & Travis,  Plainwell 
Notier&Verscheur  Holland 
John Crispe, Plainwell 
Fred Beard, Morley 
A Woolly, Hastings 
John Gunstra, Lam ont 
S Sheldon, Pierson 
John Smith, Ada 
Smallegan & Pickaard,
L Maier, Fisher Station 
John Damstra. Gitchell 
McClelland & Miner,
« 
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
W  Hewett, Campbell 
T Armock, W right

Forest Grove 

Kellogg

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J. W. Gardner  &  Co.  have  embarked 
I. 

in  the grocery business at  Farwell. 
M. Clark & Son furnished the stock.

The  Olney &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  has 
bought the first and second  mortgages on 
the  grocery stock of  Arthur B. Clark, at 
Gobleville, and have taken  possession of 
the stock.

Morrison Bailey and  J. M. Travis have 
formed a  copartnership  under  the style 
of Bailey & Travis and  embarked in  the 
drug business  at Plainwell.  The stock 
was furnished  by the  Hazeltine  &  Per­
kins Drug Co.

John  Richard  has  retired  from  the 
firm of  Leppink, Joldersma &  Co., deal­
ers in coal, wood, lime and cement at 127 
Grandville avenue.  The business will be 
continued by the  remaining partners un­
der the style of Leppink & Joldersma.

Gripsack Brigade.

Jas. D. Wadsworth and  wife  celebrate 
their wooden wedding at their residence, 
on Sweet street,  this evening.

H.  J. Maynard,  traveling  representa­
tive for the  Dingman  Soap Co., of  Buf­
falo, N. Y.,  was in town  last  Thursday.
Bert  Crawford,  formerly  behind  the 
prescription  case at Ithaca, has gone  on 
the road for Lambert & Lowman, the De­
troit wholesale druggists.

The local correspondent of  the Cincin­
nati  Furniture  Worker  asserts  that 900 
traveling  men  represent  the  furniture 
trade of  Grand Rapids.  This  statement 
is  so  badly exaggerated  as  to  be ridic­
ulous.

F. W. Orsinger, formerly  on  the  road 
for John Davis & Co., of  Detroit,  has en­
gaged  to  travel  for  the  Putnam Candy 
Co., taking the territory formerly covered 
by Wm. B. Edmunds—the  jobbing  trade 
of  Michigan,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ohio, 
Kentucky  and  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Or­
singer  started  out  on  his initial trip on 
Monday.

Drug  Store for Sale.

The well-known drug  store of  Geo.  G. 
Steketee, 89 Monroe  street, is offered for 
sale.  Mr. Steketee  has  concluded to re-
tire from  the  retail  drug  trade, for  the 
purpose  of  devoting  his  entire  time  to 
the manufacture of the well-known Stek- 
etee’s  Family  Medicines.  Mr. Steketee 
has an excellent  retail trade, and  one  of 
the best stands in this city.  Terms easy. 
For  further  particulars,  call  at  Steke­
tee’s Drug Store, 89 Monroe street, Grand 
Rapids.

Association Notes.

Manton Tribune:  “If  there  ever  was  a  time 
when organization among our business men was 
necessary,  it  is  now;  not  simply  to  advance 
personal interests, but in order to  work  up  and 
show up  our  many  advantages  to  the  outside 
world.  The  few  months  the  Business  Men’s 
Association of  this plaee was  in  running  order 
Manton interests made  greater  strides  forward 
than during the  same  leugth  of  time before or 
since.  While  more  is  accomplished,  perhaps, 
for the farmers than  the business men by organ­
ized work of this kind, yet the business man who 
is wide-awake  is  sure  to  reap a good profit and 
establish a permanent trade."

A Severe Test of Love.

Minnie—How provoking !  Here he has 
sent me word that he will  call this even­
ing, and I ate a lot of  onions to-day.
Mamie—That  oughtn’t  to  make  any 
difference. 
If his  love  is  not stronger 
than onions you are  simply wasting your 
time.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

M e r c h a n ts ,

Y O U   W A N T   T H I S  C A B I N E T

Thousands  of  Them

Are in use all over the land. 
It  does  away  with  the  unsightly barrels so 
often  seen  on  the  floor  of  the  average  grocer.  Beautifully grained and 
varnished  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
Inside each 
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Every  Wide-Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION,  THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees.  Packed 
only in one pound packages.  Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
120  one-pound  packages.  For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

W o o lso n   Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L. W IN T E R N IT Z ,  R esident A gent, Grand Rapids.

Equal  to  Custom

Made means a great deal. 
It means  that  extra  care is taken 
in the  cut;  that  great  pains  throughout  is  required  in  the 
stitching;  that  every  portion  of  the  work  must receive the 
closest attention;  that  the  garment  when completed shall be 
perfect.

You do not often get these qualities  in  the  shirts you buy.
It is  just that fact  that  gives  us  (Michigan  Overall  Mfg. 

Co., Ionia, Mich.)  such a trade on our shirts.

We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO.
Our  shirts  are  immense  in  size.  Large  enough  to  fit  a 

double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too.

Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt.
These  qualities, owhen  combined  in  a  well-made,  neatly- 
fashioned  garment,  make  shirts  that  sell-sell  easily  and at 
good profits.

Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4 50 to 
$7.50 per dozen.  The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns 
and pleasiDg combinations of handsome coloring.

We  should  like  to  have  you  ask  us  to  send  you, at our 
expense, samples  of  our line, that you can compare them with 
your present goods and see the difference in every way.

Will  you?

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

6

Dry  Goods.
The Dry Goods Market.
From the  New York Dry Goods Economist.
The tardiness of  buyers in taking hold 
of  spring fabrics  has  given  way to  ac­
tivity, and  the  jobbing  trade,  in all its 
branches, has shown  renewed life.  The 
vigor on the part of  visiting  buyers that 
was  demonstrated ten days ago has been 
so quickened  with  each  succeeding day 
that  the  spring trade in all  departments 
can  now  be said to have  opened.  This 
could have been determined any day dur­
ing  the  week  closed by a walk  through 
any of  the  jobbing  houses,  or even  by- 
standing in the portals.
Many buyers  are  in  the  city, having 
been forced to come from distant sections 
of  the  country by the  protracted  mild 
temperature that  had  caused inquiry for 
spring fabrics to begin much earlier than 
usual.  Because  of  anomalous weather 
conditions during the  last two years, the 
early purchases of  those periods  proved 
to have been too much in  advance  of  re­
quirements, and  a  different  policy was 
decided upon for  this  season.  Neither 
the early order demand for spring goods, 
nor the personal  purchases of  the same, 
have been equal to those for the two pre­
vious years.  The increasing  demand  by- 
consumers. however, has compelled store­
keepers to  prepare  their  spring  stocks, 
and  they have,  therefore, been  at work 
in full force, a large  jobbing trade being 
the result.
What has been  said of  the  trade  here 
has also  been  reported  by resident  and 
visiting  representatives  as  true  of  the 
many  jobbing  centers  of  tlje  country, 
which have been doing  good  business in 
proportion  to  their  importance.  The 
firm  opinion is that the spring  trade has 
actually opened, and barring unexpected 
happenings,  increasing  activity  may be 
looked for during the month  now so aus­
piciously  opening.  One  of 
the  most 
hopeful signs of  general  confidence  in a 
large trade for the season  is the  remark­
able steadiness of prices during the quiet 
demand  of  the  past  two  months.  The 
modest expectations realized  in  that  re­
spect  will  soon  be  reflected  in  an  im­
proved demand from  agents  and  manu­
facturers.

As Per Schedule.

Mr. Nibbs—Oh,  Miss  Snoozer,  I  love 
you  devotedly, truly,  lastingly !  On my 
knees 1 beseech  you,  will  you  be mine ?
Miss  Snoozer—I  have  heard  your ap­
plication.  Here is “Form No.  1,” which 
1 wish  you would  consider  and  fill  out 
the  answers to the  questions and file the 
same with me to-morrow.
FORM  SO.  1.

1.  Did  your mother ever have any bad 
luck in baking a pie?
2.  Was the last  young  woman who re­
fused  you entirely without fault ?
3.  How  many  lodges  a  week  do  you 
attend ?
4.  Do  you think  that  women’s  rights 
go any distance  beyond  marriage  rites ?
5.  After man and woman are made one, 
which is the  one ?
6.  How  long,  do  you  think,  does  a 
woman maintain her good looks ?
7.  What  should  be  the  difference be­
tween  a man  waiting  for a meal  and  a 
meal waiting for a man ?
8.  What  is  the  relative  difference be­
tween a wife’s relations and a husband’s?
9.  Define the point  between  liberality 
and  stinginess?
10.  At what age does short-sightedness 
strike in  your family ?

The  Best of Them  All.

“You are taking a good deal of interest 
in horse-racing of  late,”  said one travel­
ing  man to another.

all the different styles of gaits ?”
I ought to be.”

“ Y es.”
“I suppose  you  are well  posted  as to 
“Pretty well. 
“Well, of them all,  which do you think 
is the best ?”
“Well, as a man of experience.  I’ll tell 
you.  The  best  of  all  is  the old front 
gate,  at 9:30 in the  evening,  with the lit­
tle  black-eyed  girl  on  the  other  side 
of it.”

Not Sold in Job Lots.

“I  found, the  other  day, a  drummer 
who had been  on  the  road  three  years 
and had made only one sale,”  he said,  as 
he leaned over the cigar case.

Nobody believed him.
“What did he sell ?” asked the whiskey 
“Suspension bridges.”

drummer.

Mistook Their Intentions.

“Now,  that’s  what 1 like to  see,” ob- j 
served the  visiting  merchant to the pro- j 
prietor of the great dry goods emporium, 
“all the clerks full of  vim  and energy.” 
“Yes,”  asserted  the  proprietor,  “we 
close early to-day and they are all getting | 
ready to go home.

The man who buys but does not pay 
Inspires remarks censorious.
And all who know his doings say 
His methods are note owe-rious.
P r ic e s  C urrent.

U N B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

Atlantic  A..............  7 
|CliftonCCC...........  6%
H..............  69i ¡Conqueror XX 
“ 
4  5£
*• 
p .............  6 
i Dwight Star............  754
D.............0%  Exeter A...................  654
“ 
“  LL.............  5J£tFull Yard Wide...... 654
Atlanta A. A...........6%¡Great Falls E
Archery  Bunting...  454 Honest Width.........   65£
Amory.....................7541 Hartford A................5f
Beaver Dam  A A...  ¡>541 Integrity  XX...........5
Berwick  L..............  614 King, E F ..................614
“  E X ................  614
Blackstone O, 32—   5 
Black Rock  ...........7 
“  E C ,33in.
69L
Boat, FF............
6  New  MarketB.......  51*
“ 
2X............
554 Noibe R . ...............  554  I
“ 
C.............
“  Ah............
“  PL, 40 inch
814
Continental, C........714
D,  40-in  8>*
E, 42-inlO
W, 45-inll  Top of the  Heap.
H, 48-inl2  Williamsville.
Chapman................  4  Comet,  40in.
Cohasset A..............  714 Carlisle
Comet...........

Newton.................. 6
Our Level  Best......7
Riverside XX.........   45i
Sea Island R.............6k

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714

“ 

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B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.
Glen Mills
Green  Ticket.
Great Falls............  614
Hope.......................   714
Just  Out........  454® 5

Amsburg  ............... 7
Blackstone A A......  8
Beats All................   414
Cleveland.............  7
Cabot...................... 714
Cabot,  %.................654
Dwight Anchor......  9
OP.... 
shorts.  83£
Lonsdale Cambric.
Edwards................. 6
iLonsuaie............
Empire...................   7 
Farwell...................  754 ¡Middlesex..........
Fruit of the  Loom..  854 No Name.........
Fitchville  ............. 714 jOak View............
First Prize..............7  Our Own..............
Fruit of the Loom %.  8  Pride of the West
.12
Full Value..............0 54 Sunlight  ..................  41-
Geo. Washington...  8*4¡Vinyard....................81
Cabot......................   714|DwightAnchor...... 9
Farwell...................  754!
TremontN..............  514
Hamilton N............   614
L ............ 7
Middlesex  AT........  8
X.............  9
No. 25....  9
B LEA CH ED   CANTON  FLA N N EL.

U N B LEA CH ED   CANTON  FLA N N EL.

Middlesex No.  1.

H A L F   BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

10
..11
..12
..18
..19

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PR IN T S .

Hamilton 

A T. 
X A. 
X  F.

...................9  1 
.................1014 
G G  Cashmere........21 
Nameless..................16 

fancy...........6
robes...........  6
American  fancy —   6 
American indigo...
American shirtings 
Arnold 

....  9  I 
....10141 
D R ESS  GOODS.
__8 
........8
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CORSET  JE A N S.

Hamilton N ............  7141M iddlesex A A........11
2. 
.12
Middlesex P T........8
A O. 4
9
4........ 17!
5.........16
'Nameless..................20
25
 
................27!
30
 
 
32!
 
35
Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeag satteen..  7'
Brunswick..............654iRockport...................  6!
Allen, staple...........5*4|MerrIm’ckshirtings.  5
Reppfurn .  814
Pacific  fancy  .........6
robes............  614
614¡Portsmouth robes...  6 
5  ¡Simpson mourning..  614 
greys  .  ...614 
“  —   614
solid black.  614
long cloth B. 1014
“ 
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ell
Turkey robes..  714 
“ 
century cloth  7
India robes—   714 
“  gold seal......1014
“  plain Tky X 54  8*4 
“  Turkey red.. 1014
“  X...10
“ 
Berlin solids...........  514
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.......   614
key red................ 6
“ 
“  green  —   614
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy.......   6
Turkey red %......  714
“  madders...  6 
Martha Washington
Eddy stone  fancy...  6
Turkey red............914
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614 
staple...  6 
Riverpointrobes....  5
Windsor fancy........  614
Manchester  fancy..  6 
gold  ticket 
new era.  614 
Merrimack D fancy.  614
indigo blue..........1014
Amoskeag AC A —  1214IA C A.....................1214
Hamilton N  ...........  714 Pemberton AAA___17
D............ 814  York....................... 1014
Awning..11  Swift River.............614
Farmer....................8  Pearl  River..............12*4
First Prize..............ll*4)Warren....................14
Atlanta,  D..............  65i|Stark.......................714
83  JKonroe  aid  10,12,  14,18 
Boat........................654  “ 
.........................  7
Clifton, K............... 7 
I  “  .......................10

C.  814¡Washington indigo 

COTTON  D R ILL.

TICK IN G S.

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DEMINS.
Amoskeag........ ....12*4!.Faffrey................. -  11 Vt
..1414 .ancaster  ........... .  1254
.. 1354
No. 220.. ..13
No. 250.. ••11(4
No. 280.. ••10*4

9 oz
brown .13
“ 
Andover.........
....1114
“ 
12
Everett, blue..
“ 
brown __12  J
SATINE8.

.awrence, 9 oz 

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: Simpson..........

Imperial.............
....20
....18 Hack..................
......16

10*4

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| Coechco.......... ......1014
GINGHAMS.
1 Glenarven....... ......  654 Lancaster,  staple ..  654
fancies
“ 
1 Lancashire...... ......  6*4
44  Normandie  8!4
j Normandie — ...  8
j  Renfrew Dress. ......  8 Westbrook.........
..  854
.........
44 
......10*4
-.1054
1 Toil du Nord..
York...................
..  65£
| Amoskeag......
AFC. ......10*4 dampton............
..654 
r
..5*4
Persian........... ......  814 \\ inoermeer.......
......  654 Cumberland.......
..  45Í  1
! Bates..............
...  814 Essex.................
4*4  •-
Warwick.........
CARPET WARP.
| Peerless, white ......18141 Peerless,  colored .21

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GRAIN BAGS.

.16
.16
.14

THREADS.

...  .17 Valley City.........
Amoskeag......
......16 Georgia..............
Harmony......
Stark............... ....  19*4 Pacific................
American........ ......1614lBurlap........ — ■  1154
Clark’s Mile End__45 Barbour’s...........
...... 45 Marshall’s ..........
Coats’, J. & P.
Holyoke.......... ......2214
KNITTING COTTON.
White. Colored.
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14........37
42
No.  6  ..  ..33
39
“  16........ 38
43
“ 
8........ 34
“  18........39
44
40
“ 
in........ 3f
“  20........ 40
41
45
“  12........ 36
CAMBRICS.
...  4?4 Washington....... ...4%
Slater.............
White Star — .  ..  454 Red Cross........... ...454
Kid Glove---- ......454 Lockwood.......... ...454
4M Wood’s............... ..  45i
Newmarket 

..88

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Brunswick........ ...

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R ED   FLA N N EL.
...... 3214 T W..................
Fireman.......
......2714 F T .....................
Creedmore. . .
J R F, XXX......
......30
Talbot XXX . ..
Nameless  ...... ......2714 Buckeye...........
M IXED  FL A N N E L .
Red & Blue,  plaid..40 Grev S R W......
......2214 Western W ......
Union R........
......18*4 D R  P ...............
Windsor........
6 oz Western  . ...... 21
...... 22*4 Manitoba...........
j  Union  B........
DOM ET  FLA N N EL.
Nameless...... 8  ® 9*4

2254
..3254
.35
3254
• 1754
...1854
...1854
Flushing XXX  . ... .2354
-.3354
......   9 @1054
1254
CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate.  Brown. Black.
13
13
954
9*4 
15
15
1054
10*4 
17
17
«54
1114 
20
20
12*4
12*4 
......  9>4|Greenwood, 8 oz ...1154
Severen, 8 oz..
......1014¡West  Point, 8 oz ...  9*4
Mavland. 8oz.
Greenwood, 754 oz.  914
White, doz — ......   18 [Per hale, 40 doz
Colored,  doz  .........14
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 I Pawtucket........
Red Cross__  9 i Jundie..........
.......1014 ¡Bedford...........
Best
Best  AA......1214 i Valley  City......
Coraline......... ......89 50'Wonderful__
Shilling's  — __  9 00 Brighton.........
Corticelli, doz. ....... 85 (Corticelli  knitting,

914 13 
10*4 15 
11*4 17 
1214 20 
D UCKS.

1054
9
10V£
...11*54
84 75-
.  4 75

10 OZ ...1154  1
85 00 i
1

SEW ING  SIL K .

W ADDINGS.

SILESIA S.

CORSETS.

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twist, doz. .42! 4
50 yd, doz. .4214
HOOKS  AND  EYES—P E R   GROSS.

per 54oz  ball  .

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PIN S .

..12
..12

“ 8
“  10 

No  1 Bl’k & White..10 |No  4 Bl’k & White.,15
«  2 
.20
.25
«  3
No 2-20, M  C. ____50 |No4—15, F  3*4  . ..  40
‘  3-18, SC.. ........45
No  2 White & Bl’k..12 No  8 White & Bl’k..20
23
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.26
“  6
.  36
No 2 

COTTON  T A PE .
“  10 
.15
..18 1  “  12 
SA FETY   PIN S.
......28 |No3..................
N E E D L E S—P E R   M.

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A. James  — ....... 1  5 Steamboat......... ... 
I Crowely’s...... ........ 18 >,Gold  Eyed....... ...  1  50 1
!  Marshall’s — .......1  0 )|
15—4 ...2  25  6—4...3 25I5—4 —  1  95  6—1.  2 95

TABLE  O IL  CLOTH.
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40

“ - • *  10

F, 11. Wilrzbilrg  i   Go..

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1

Exclusive Jobbers ofn

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  &  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MIGB

A   WNIN  G

AND  TENTS.

lias.  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Docks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE.  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  fo r  Illustrated  Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

Mil,  Hergolsbelmer k Go,
D ry  G oods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Otleralls,  EtG.

Complete Spring  Stock  now ready for 
prices

inspection.  Chicago and  Detroit 
guaranteed.

48,50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

J

Wholesale  Dry  Goods.
‘‘  ' 

S T B K B T B B   &  S O N S ,
Our new line  of  fancy  prints are 
all  in  stock  for  coming  season 
Hamilton,  Washington, 
Allen’s,
l Indigo,  Merrimac,  Simpson’s,  Gar­
ner’s, plain and  satii e styles.
imported  fine 
Also  our  new 
Satines in  new colors and patterns 
Dress Ginghams, Seersuckers and 
Fancy Flannels,  Zephyrs,  Toile du 
Nord,  Amoskeag,  A.  F- 0, Cotton 
Hosiery,  Underwear,  Overshirts, 
Jackets, Overalls, Pants 
A  large  line  of  Notions,  Neck­
wear  Windsor Ties, Etc.

Correspondence  solicited.

We Import All Our  Fancy  Buttons  and  Laces
i 18  Fodntaii  81s..  GRIND  RAPIDS

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
dis.

W IR E   GOODS. 

P r ic e s   C urren t.

h a r d w a r b.

Combining the  Axe and Tool Interests.
The event of  the past  month has been 
the completion of the organization of the 
American  Axe and  Tool Co.  This  cor­
poration,  according  to  the  press  dis­
patches,  has succeeded in purchasing all 
the axe  manufacturing  concerns  in  the 
country save  one,  and  in  the future all 
orders  for  axes,  both  domestic  and 
foreign,  must  be  supplied  from  the 
American  Company  which  will  desig­
nate which  of  the  several factories who 
are in the trust  shall  make  the  specific 
brands  called for by the  various  indus­
tries.  There  are  about  thirty-five  axe 
factories in the United  States,  and they 
turn out 700,000 dozen axes per  year and 
employ 6,000 men at an expense for labor 
alone of  $2,400,000.  The  names  of  the 
leading and heavy concerns in connection 
with the  new  organization  give  reason 
for  predicting  its  permanency, and  the 
next  point  of 
interest  is  its  probable 
effect upon the hardware trade.

Separate Iron from Ore.

A press dispatch says that  Edison  has 
lately  invented  a  machine  which  sep­
arates  iron  from  the  ore. 
It is one  of 
the simplest and, at the  same time, most 
ingenious  devices  for  saving  labor that 
has  been  invented.  The  machine  con­
sists of  a  crib  surmounted by a hopper. 
By a system  of  magnets  the  iron is sep­
arated  from  the  ore  while falling from 
the  hopper  to  the  bottom  of  the  crib. 
The  magnets,  of  course,  are  arranged 
under the hopper but  not  directly under 
it.  They are  placed  on  the  side of  the 
crib,  so  that  as  the  crushed  ore filters 
through the hopper the  tailings  fall  di­
rectly  to  the  bottom  without  being 
diverted  from  their  course,  while  the 
iron, on  the  other  hand, is  attracted to 
one side by the magnets  and is caught in 
a pan.  Mr. Edison is now  arranging  to 
introduce  the  machines and has already 
several of  them  in successful  operation 
at iron .mines in Northern New Jersey.

The Hardware  Market.

The unseasonable weather continues to 
demoralize the hardware market.  While 
the raw material costs as much as before, 
manufacturers of iron  and nails are anx­
ious to sell, owing to  the lack of  orders. 
Tin is weak  here, as well  abroad.  The 
combination among the axe factories will 
result in an advance of from $1.50@$2 per 
dozen—the exact  figure  not  having  yet 
been decided upon.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
<US.
66
Snell's........................................................... 
Cook’s .......................................................... 
*
Jennings’, genuine..................................... 
*5
Jennings’,  imitation....................................50&10

AUGURS AMD BITS. 

AXES.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................$700
D.  B. Bronze  ..........................  11  00
S.B.S. Steel............................   8 50
D. B. Steel................................  13 00

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BARROWS. 

JiS.

Railroad......................................................* J4 00
G arden................................. .............   net  30 00

die.
Stove................  
50&10
Carriage new list......................................... „ 7 0
Plow...................................................40410
Sleigh shoe.............................
BUCKETS.

bouts. 

 

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain.......................... ..........   ...........• ? 50
Well, swivel......... .............................. 

 
dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60410
Wrought Loose Pin....................................... 60410
Wrought  Table.............................................60410
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60410
Wrought Brass......   ................
......... 70410
Blind,  Clark’s..........................
......... 70410
Blind,  Parker’s.........................
70
......... 
Blind, Shepard’s ......................
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 
40
Grain.....................................................dis. 50402
Cast Steel.............................................P*r 
............................... perm 
Ely’s M 0..................................
Hick’s C. F ..........................................  „ 
‘ 
G. D ..................................... -.............. 
Musket................................................ 
Rim  Fire................................................j
Central  Fire..........................................dis.

5
65
;
;
*

CARTRIDGES.

GROW BARS.

CRADLES.

CAPS.

BLOCKS.

chisels. 

dis.

dig.

Socket Firmer.............................................. 70410
Socket Framing............................................ 70410
Socket Comer................................................70410
Socket Slicks................................................70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s ....................................... 
Hotchkiss..................................................... 
25
White Crayons, per gross...............13@12*4 dis. 10

COMBS. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 .......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms.......................................................  

DRILLS. 

dis.

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks......................................  
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
Large sizes, per pound................................  

28
26
26
26
27

40
40
40

07
6*4

ELBOWS.

70410410

70410410
dis.

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

List acct. 19, ’86.......................................dis. 40410
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
50
55
Drab A.................................  “ 
50
White  B..............................   “ 
Drab B.................................  “ 
55
White C................................  “ 
35

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Bright......................................................70410410
Screw  Eyes..................................  
................................................ 70410410
Hook’s. 
Gate Hooks and Eyes  ..  .. 
k n o b s—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain 
LOCKS— DOOR. 
Russell 4 Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list 
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s .............   —  
Branford’s .......................... 
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
MATTOCKS.
Adze Eye................................  
Hunt Bye...................................  
Hunt’s 
Sperry 4 Co.’s, Post,  handled..........
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................
“  p. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable« 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cli  k’s
"  Enterprise 
MOLASSES  GATES.

................................... *18 50, dis. 20410
dis.
5
dis.

55
56
55
55
70
55
55
55
55
*16 
dis. 60
115.00, dis. 60

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

M AULS.

M ILLS.

dis.

. 

 

 

4 00

NAILS

Advance over base: 

dis.
60410
Stebbin’s Pattern..................................
.60410
Stebbin’s Genuine...................................
26
Enterprise, self-measuring...............
...2 50 
Steel nails, base.......................................
...3 <0 
Wire nails, base......................................
Wire. 
Steel.
Base 
60.....................................................Base
50 
10 
40
20
2030
30........
20.....
35
16........
12.....
35
10.....
40
8......
50
65
7 4 6 ...
90
.  60 
4.........
1  50
.1  (0 
3  .......
.1  50
2  00 
Fine 3...............................................1  50
2  0090 
Case  10.............................................  60
8.............................................  75
“ 
1  00 
1 2' 
“ 
90
6...... 
1  00 
Finish 10..........................................   85
1  25 
8 ..................................... 1 00
“  6  ............................ 
1 15
1  50
75
Clinch  10.........................................   85 
90
g.......................................... 1  00 
“ 
6........................................... 1 15 
1  00
2  50
Barrell %...........................................1 75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @3»
Sciota  Bench................................................
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @30
Bench, first quality......................................   ©50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, w ood.........  410
60
Fry,  Acme.............................................dis. 
Common,  polished................................ dis. 
70
40 j
Iron and  Tinned........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................. 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 _ 
9 20

PA T E N T  PL A N ISH E D   IRON.

PLANES. 

r iv e t s. 

Broken packs *4c per pound extra.

dis.

PA N S.

dlS.

“  

 

ROPES.

 

Sisal, *4 Inch and larger............................ 
M anilla......... -......................................... 
s q u a r e s . 
Steel and Iron........................................... 
Try and Bevels....................... 
M itre..........................................................  

75
60
3(1
SH E E T   IRO N .Com.  Smooth.  Com.

13
16
d i s .

*3 10
3 10
3 20
8 »
3 36
3 45
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inebe> 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... *4  20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ...................................   4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21..................................  4  20 
Nos. 22 to 24 ............................. 
4  30 
Nos. 25 to 26 ...................................   4  10 
No. 27 ..............................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

SAWS. 

wire. 

TRAPS. 

« 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot, —  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot  ... 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot  .. 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton *25
H an d ....:.................................25Q2546
70
50
30
28
dis.
Steel, Game.............................................— 60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... *1.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Markfet..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................  70
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market.........................................  
Coppered  Spring  Steel...........  ................... 
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  4 00

  62*4
50
painted  ...............................  3 40
An Sable  .............................die. 254100:15410405
Putnam.................................................  
dis. 10410
Northwestern  .............................  
Base
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  .........  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
50
Bird Cages................................................... 
Pumps, Cistern........................  
 
75
50
Screws, New List.........................................  
Casters, Bed  and  P la te.........................50410410
Dampers, American.................................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods  ...... 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dlS.

dlS.

“ 

 

dig. 05

 

 

26c
28c

s o l d e r .
............................... 

METALS.
P IO  T IN .
Pig  Large............................ 
Pig Bars....................................................  
ZINC.
Duty :  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
680 pound  casks............... 
6*4
Per pound....................................................  
7
*4@*4.................................................. 
I®
Extra Wiping 
13>4
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
13
Hollett’s........  ......
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
...................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
................................
14x20 IX, 
................
Each additional  X on this grade, *1.75.
.............................
..........................
... 
.. 
.......................
...............
Each additional X on this grade *1.50. 

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T IN — ALLA WAY  G RA D E.
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10x14 IC, Charcoal 
14x20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

I 6 60 
6 60 
8 35 
8 35

I  6  00 
6 00 
.  7 50 
.  7  50

T IN — M ELYN  G RADE.

ROOFING  PLATES
Worcester  .................

. . .  
... 
...................... 
Allaway  Grade  .............. 
“ 
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14x20  IC,
6  00
14x20 IX,
12 50
20x28 IC,
5 25
14x20 IC,
 
6  75
14x20 IX,
20x28  IC, 
.........
.........................   11  00
.................  14 00
...........
20x28 IX, 
14X28  IX................................................
14X31  IX................................................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I per pound 
14x60 IX,  “ 

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B O IL E R  SIZE  TIN   PL A T E .

•13 
.14  50
9*4

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“  9 

“ 

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7 50

R DR

^

ROPE

Com. 4 piece, 6 in ............................ doz. net 
75
Corrugated.......................................................dis. 20410410
Adjustable............................................ dis. 40410
dlS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, *18; large, *26....................... 
Ives’, 1, *18;  2, *24; 3, #36............................ 

30
25

f il e s —New List. 

dis.

Wire nails continue  to  make  surpris­
ing raids on the  market.  Recent  trade 
reports  indicate  that,  within  the  past 
month or two, the demand for  wire nails 
has grown out  of  all proportion as coni 
pared  with cut nails. 
It  had  been  as 
sumed from the progress of trade, during 
the past  year, that wire  nails  had  won 
for 
themselves  a  permanent  footing, 
which  could be  measured at nearly half 
of  the  Western demand for  nails.  Or­
ders  received  almost  invariably  called 
for  an  equal  amount  of  cut  and  wire 
nails.  Now,  however, a somewhat  sud­
den  change has  occurred.  Wire  nails 
seem  to  have  grown  in  popularity  in 
sections  which had  been slow  to  adopt 
them. 
.The consequence  is that  jobbers 
are finding  wire  nails freely called  for, 
while cut  nails are only moving in about 
the  quantity  usually  called for  at  this 
season.  It  is  possible,  as  a  contempo­
rary remarks, that the present movement 
in  wire  nails is merely a spurt,  without 
special  significance,  but  it  is  being 
closely watched  by  the  hardware  trade 
to see what it really means.

Iron is now  rolled so thin  that  12,900 
sheets are required to make a single inch 
in  thickness.  Light  shines  as  readily 
through  one  of  these  sheets  as it does 
through greased tissue paper.

A horseshoe  in  sections,  with  elastic 
cushions between and  rivets  connecting 
the  sections,  making a shoe  which  will 
yield  to the  jar of  a horse  while  travel­
ing over rough  roads, is the  new  patent 
of  two Wisconsin men.

Disston’s ...................................................... 60*1®
New  American............................................. 60410
.  ............................................60410
Nicholson’s 
Heller's......................................................... 
50
Heller's Horse  Rasps...................................  
50

GALVANIZED IRON

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24; 25  and  26;  27 
List 
15
dis.

Discount, 50410

12 

14 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...... 

 

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

 

28
18

50

Maydole  4 Co.’s.....................................dis. 
25
dis. 
25 
Kip’s ..............................................
dis. 40&10 
Terkes 4  Plumb’s............................
30c list 60 
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........
.30c 40&10
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand
HINGES.

dis.60<Scl0
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 .......................  . 
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14  and
3*4
longer........................................... .......... .
Screw Hook and  Eye, *4........................ net
“ 
94......................... net
.........................net
•« 
“ 
%......................... net
Strap and T .............................................dis.
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50410
Champion,  anti-friction...............................£0410
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40

HANGERS. 

108*47*47*4

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di8.

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HOLLOW WARE

60
“ J
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Pots...............................................................  
Kettles........................................................... 
Spiders 
Gray enameled...............................................
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware.........................new list 70410
JapannedTlnW are..............  ........ 
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new list33*4410
70
Stanley Role and Level  Co.’s...................... 

l e v e l s. 

dis.

The rope market  s high  and  advancing, and the 

price at present is as follows:
- 

- 

SISAL 
MANILLA 
stock what is called

- 

13c  pound.
16c  pound.

- 

If  you  cannot  stand  these  prices,  we  have  in 

N e w  P rocess Rope

Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal.  We  have  the 
following sizes and  quote:
- 
WILL  YOU  TRY  IT?

1-4, 5-16, 3-8 
7-16  and 5-8 

9 l-2c pound.
9c 
pound.

- 

Foster,  S tev en s  & Co.,

Wholesale  Hardware,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41^Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

8
The Michigan Tradesman
XBcitl Orff an of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.
M ail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.
Tlie  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.
Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
strictly in advance.
advertising Rates made known on application. 

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, M ARCH  5,  1890.

he gets  his  money once a month, will be 
behindhand  and  in  debt  when he shall 
get it once a week.  The trouble, in such 
a case,  is  not  with  the  system  of  pay­
ment,  but  with  the  man.  Every work­
man  in  good  health  and  with employ­
ment has a chance—perhaps by the- exer­
cise  of  considerable  self-denial—to  get 
one  month  ahead  of  his  wages, so that 
he will have money in hand  with  which 
to purchase for  cash  whatever he wants. 
The man who will not take the pains to do 
this when he  is paid monthly will not do 
it when  he  is  paid  weekly.  He is  just 
the  kind of  a man  upon  whom  the  so- 
called  “pluck me” and installment stores 
prey—stores  which  encourage a man  to 
buy without  cash,  at  high  prices,  and 
pay as it suits his  convenience;  whereas, 
any man of  sense would  far rather accu­
mulate  the  money  beforehand, because 
that  is  the  cheapest  way of  buying  an 
article of  any kind.

CHANGES  IN  “ THE  TRADESMAN.” 
Agreeable to the wishes of an apparent 
majority of  T h e  T radesm an’s  readers, 
the change in form so long  under consid­
eration by both  proprietors  and  patrons 
has  finally  been  decided  upon  and the 
present  shape  will  be maintained  until 
such  time as it seems  desirable  to make 
One thing  ought to be engraved in the 
further changes.  The  present form will 
mind of everyone—that you cannot make 
enable  the  publishers  to  increase  the 
men  wise  or  thrifty  or  economical  by 
number of  pages, as the  business of  the 
law.  The  individual  controls  his  own 
paper  warrants,  with  greater  facility
actions;  and a prudent  man will be pru-
than under the old newspaper  form, and 
will also add to the value of  its columns, | dent, and a fool will be a fool,  in spite of
any  law  which  may  be  put  upon  the 
in  an  advertising  way, by avoiding  the 
statute books of  any state.
massing of  advertisements so common in 
a blanket sheet.  To the  reader,  the new 
form will be found to be more  handy, as 
well as more  attractive, and  convenient 
for  reference  and  preservation.  The 
change involves an additional expense to 
the  publishers  of  about  §1,000  a  year, 
but it is the  confident  hope  of  the  pro­
prietors that it will add  more  than  that 
amount  to  the  value  of  the  journal,  in 
the estimation of  its patrons.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
The  State  convention  of  the P. of  I., 
which  was  held  at  Flint  last  week, 
plainly showed the inherent weakness of 
the organization  and  was  the  sure fore­
runner of  its early dissolution.
□ The report of  the  financial officers dis­
closed the fact that  the  enormous  mem­
bership  claimed for the  organization ex­
isted  only  in  the  minds  of  those  who 
made  the  claims.  While  the  delegates 
stock I present assumed  to represent a  member­
ship  of  115,000,  the  receipts  of  the 
Treasurer showed the actual  membership 
to be less than  43,000.

United  States, of  exclusive  jurisdiction 
over  Behring  Sea, in  a  very  summary 
manner.  This  claim  is  mainly  based 
upon  the  transfer  of  Alaska  and  the 
adjacent waters  to  us  by Russia.  Mr. 
Elliott says that  the  sea  is  incapable of 
dominion, and that  rights  incapable  of 
being acquired can not he transferred.

Behring Sea is not a closed sea. 

It  is 
connected  with  the  Arctic  Ocean  by  a 
strait thirty-six  miles wide, and with the 
Pacific on  the  south  by many passages, 
the widest of which  is broad  enough for 
half the navies  of  the world  to  ride at 
anchor and, at the  same time, be  out  of 
sight of land and of each other.

Such being the  state  of  the  question 
viewed from the  standpoint  of  interna­
tional laws,  Mr. Elliott  gives his unqual­
ified approval to  the plan of  Mr. Bayard 
to protect the  seal  fisheries  by interna­
tional  arrangement, and  in this  connec­
tion makes a  suggestion worthy of  care­
ful  consideration.  Questions  affecting 
our  commercial  relations,  he  says,  are 
for statesmen  and  should  be  settled as 
the interests of the country dictate;  but 
questions  of  international  law  are  for 
jurists  and  courts  and into the  decision 
of these  selfish  interests  should  not be 
permitted  to  enter.  Negotiations  are 
now  fettered  by  disagreements  as  to 
questions  of  law. 
It would be easy for 
the United  States  and  Great  Britain to 
agree upou a case and  a tribunal for  the 
settlement of  the  questions  in  dispute. 
The tribunal might  be  made  up  of  the 
Chief Justice  of  the  United States, the 
Lord Chief Justice of  Great Britain  and 
a third jurist of  equal  rank.  The  de­
cision of  such  a  court would  command 
general respect  and would pave  the way 
to  such 
international  agreements  as 
would permit the  effectual  protection of 
our  seal  fisheries  in  Behring Sea, now 
threatened with destruction.

cey  Depew  enthusiastically  remarked: 
“There’s  a  light  as  bright  as  that  of 
Damascus,  and  it shines  direct for New 
York.”  Some one must  have  happened 
around and put out the light.

The habit of  beating down on prices is 
a confirmed one with  many  buyers,  and 
there  are a  good  many  merchants  who 
will,  rather  than loose a customer,  sell 
him the  goods  at  about  cost,  with  the 
hope  that  future  business  will  enable 
them to make up their loss.  It is rarely, 
however, that they are enabled to  do  so. 
Buyers  will  take  advantage  of 
their 
knowledge that “offers” will be accepted 
and always act  accordingly.  The  most 
successful  merchants  are those who ask 
a fair price and firmly adhere to it.

T h e T radesm an 

is  pleased  to  note 
that the people of Greenville have organ­
ized a company for  the  purpose  of  em­
barking  in  the  manufacture  of  potato 
starch. 
If  this  branch of  manufacture 
can be prosecuted successfully anywhere, 
it can  certainly be  done  at  Greenville; 
and if the venture  is  a success at Green­
ville, it  can  be  repeated  at  many other 
localities in the  State  and  thus  enable 
potato growers  to  avoid  the  loss  fre- 
luently sustained on  account  of  the ab­
sence of a local market.

Nothing  insures  more  confidence  in 
trade than prompt pay.  The man who pays 
promptly is always a welcome  customer. 
His trade is  sought  after.  Nobody can 
buy at any better figure than he.  Prompt 
Pay is the best business man  and  makes 
the  most  money.  He  always  knows 
where he stands; his head is level,_ conse­
quently he aims to collect just as promptly 
as he pays.  Slow Pay, on the other hand, 
is looked upon as a sort of necessary evil. 
His  trade  is  wanted,  because  he  pays 
after a while at any rate.  He  is  really 
better than no customer  at  all.  No one 
enjoys  doing  business  with  him,  how­
ever, and would not if  he  could  get  all 
the Prompt Pays he wanted.  Sifted down 
very fine, Slow Pay is  really  doing busi­
ness as long as he can on  other  people’s 
money.  Let  every  young  man  in the 
trade  understand  fully  the  position  in 
which he will  be catalogued among busi­
ness  men  if  he decides to be a slow pay 
customer.

It has come to pass in the  patent  bus­
iness  that a  patent  costs  more  than  it 
comes to, unless it covers some matter of 
great importance, like the  telephone, the 
air brake or the Bessemer  steel  process. 
It  must  be  of  undoubted  priority  and 
must be backed by great  capital in order 
really; to  protect  the  article  for which 
protection  is  sought.  Again, it  takes a 
year’s time to obtain a patent,  and it has 
been  decided  that it is anybody’s  prop­
erty until the  patent is actually granted. 
In the rush of our modern life, and owing 
to our  desire  for  constant  change,  the 
article  sought to be patented  may  have 
outlived its purpose within a  year.  The 
government  should  not  grant  a  patent 
which is at all doubtful, but  when  once 
granted,  the  power  granting  it  should 
protect  it. 
It  is  not  right  that a poor 
man should be put to the expense  of  lit­
igation  which  may result in  his  patent 
being lost, and his business being ruined, 
when he was basing  his action on letters 
patent obtained from  the  government in 
good  faith.  Let  the  government  grant 
only  such  patents  as it is willing to de­
fend in the courts.

Another change which  has been under 
consideration  for some time has been the 
merging  of  the  business  into 
company  under 
the  style  of  “The 
Tradesman Company.”  This project has 
finally been consummated  and  with this 
issue  T h e  T radesm an  passes  into the 
hands of  the  new  corporation, having a 
paid-up  capital  stock  of  §30,000.  This 
is  more  of  a  change  in  name  than  in 
reality, as the founders and  former own­
ers of  the paper own a controlling  inter­
est  in “The  Tradesman  Company,” the 
same editor will  continue in charge, and 
the same  editorial  and  business  policy 
observed in the past will be continued in 
the future.

Thankful  for  the  patronage accorded 
the paper in  the  past  and  proud of  the 
record it has made as a reliable exponent 
of  business men  and  business  interests, 
T h e  T radesm an  has  every  reason  to 
look  forward  to  a  career  of  increased 
usefulness. 

____

A  USELESS  MEASURE.

An effort is being  made  to have a law 
passed  by  the  New  York  Legislature, 
compelling all incorporated employers of 
labor to pay wages  “within  six  days of 
the time when  such  wages  are earned.” 
A prominent member of  a workingmen’s 
organization  expresses  the  opinion that 
such  a bill  “will  mean  an  increase  of 
from 10 to 20 per cent,  in the purchasing 
power of  the men’s wages. 
It will make 
them  more  independent, too, as at pres­
ent, being  constantly in  debt, they  can­
not  make  any successful effort to better 
their condition.”

T h e  T radesm an  fails  to  see  any ob­
jection  to  urge  against  the  proposed 
measure.  If  men want their pay weekly, 
they ought to have it;  but  T h e  T ra des- 
uan ventures the  assertion that the man 
who is behindhand and  in  debt  because

The fact that charges of  fraud and em­
bezzlement  were  brought  against  the 
principal  officers of  the  order;  that  the 
salaries were cut down to beggarly sums, 
on the ground that  “the  stealings would 
even ’em up;”  that they scored everyone 
for extravagance except themselves;  that 
the sessions were devoted  almost wholly 
to aimless  talks  and wrangles—all these 
elements of  weakness  are a sure  indica­
tion that the woof of the fabric is broken 
and that  no  community of  interest  still 
remains  to  hold  the  membership  to­
gether.

And  the  sooner  it  is  abandoned  the 
better it will  be for all concerned.  T he 
T ra desm a n  favors  organization  among 
the farmers, for the  same  reason  that it 
favors unity of  action  among  all classes 
of  men—protection,  elevation  and fra- 
j  ternity. 
It opposes the P. of  1.,  because 
I that  order  attempts  to  array  one class 
| against  another  and  attempts  to  build 
I itself  up at the  expense of  others.  Such 
| an organization  is  not  in  keeping  with 
the  genius  of  our  institutions  and  the 
spirit  of  the  age,  and  it  is  because of 
this  fact  that  it  cannot  succeed.  The 
day of  cannibalism and  savagery is past 
and  the  people  will  never consent to a 
return of  the methods in vogue when the 
instincts  of  the  savage  were  law  and 
gospel. 

_______________

AN  INTERNATIONAL  COURT.
The  relations  between 

the  United 
States and Canada  are  discussed  in  an 
able article  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly by 
Charles B. Elliott.  He disposed  of  the 
claim, made  by some  in  behalf  of  the

JOHN  JACOB  ASTOR.

Upon few rich men has so much praise 
been  lavished as from every quarter has 
fallen upon the bier of John Jacob Astor.
Nor  do  the  eulogies which have been 
pronounced on  the  dead  millionaire ap­
pear to be the  perfunctory  utterances of 
the  press  with  regard to one whose im­
portance was  chiefly due  to  the  control 
of  immense  wealth,  for  from  very  dif­
ferent classes and conditions of  men and 
from every quarter, there is nothing  but 
praise.

The  Astor  clan  furnishes  one of  the 
few marked  instances in American biog­
raphy  in  which a family that  has  been 
made distinguished  and  famous by some 
one strong character  has not  soon weak­
ened and in a few generations died out.
TURN  ABOUT  IS  FAIR  PLAY.
The Marshall Statesman notes  the  fol­

lowing :
We  understand  the P. of  I. of  North 
Marshall have arranged to purchase their 
dry goods,  groceries, clothing, hardware, 
etc., 
in  Chicago,  and  that  James  B. 
Laing,  who lives on  the H.  L.  Day farm, 
will act as distributing agent.
The  quickest way to  kill such a  craze 
is to let the farmers who do their trading 
in Chicago find a  market  there  for their 
products, also.  The relations of the mer­
chant aud farmer  should  be  reciprocal, 
and when either one  goes  out of the way 
to make  them  one-sided, their  interests 
are not identical and  the one is under no 
| obligations to the  other.

The day  before it was  decided to hold 
1 the  world’s  fair  at  Chicago,  Chaun-

Old G ro cers

Unanimously agree  that  the  famous

Traci

Is the most  uniform  brand  on  the  market and 
gives the best general  satisfaction. 
If  you  are 
not  handling  this  brand,  send a trial  order  to 
the factory.
JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.

JACKSON,  MICH.
SUSPENDED.

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Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold ii 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injur; 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after free« 
ing.  See quotation.  MABTELL;BLACKING 
CO., Sole M anufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

Begin the  New  Year  R ight!
By using the “Complete  Business  Register,” 
the best arranged  book  for  keeping a record of 
Daily  Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures, 
etc.  Call at ‘The Tradesman” office and inspect 
the books.
E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO.,  Grand  Rapids.

p?IT  FOK

Gentleman's

T A B L E  :

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  Whyland 

&  Oo,  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

BASEMENT  TO  RENT.
The  large,  light  and  dry  basement 
under  the  Steele  meat  market,  in  the 
McMullen block, 19 and 21  So.  Division 
street.  Large doors in rear open even to 
alley.  Apply on premises to

W.  G.  SINCLAIR  &  CO.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Rem us  R o ller  Mil l s, 

)
Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890.  ) 

Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.:
Gentlemen—The roller  mill  put  in  by 
you last August has  run from  twelve  to 
fifteen  hours  every  day  since  it started 
and is giving entire  satisfaction.
Your Purifier  and  Flour  Dresser  are 
I have used nearly all  the  best 
dandies. 
purifiers and bolting machines made, and 
can  say yours discounts them all.
Any miller  who  intends  malting  any 
change in his mill will  save money to use 
your  machines,  for  They  Can  Do  the 
Work. 

Yours truly,

D.  L.  GARLING.

Swedish Inventions in the Dairy Line.* 
The  different  stages  of  this  world’s 
progress  and  existence,  even  from  the 
beginning of  time, have  been  character­
ized  by  the  spirit  of  invention.  The 
man who first fashioned a rude stone axe 
was  the  greatest  benefactor of  his  fel­
low-man of  his  time, for he introduced a 
newer  and  higher  civilization,  upon 
which we look downward  and  backward 
as  the  Stone  Age.  The  man  who first 
fashioned  a  bronze  sword  must  have 
been  considered a god by his  fellows, so 
great was the improvement of the bronze 
weapon over  that of  stone;  but the first, 
rude, imperfect  bronze  weapon  was the 
beginning  of  a still  higher  era of  civil­
ization, and the inventive artist who first 
made a bronze sword was in his time and 
to his people a public benefactor.  While 
we are too  apt to underrate  the  import­
ance of  these earlier inventions, yet they 
prove  that  man  has  been  an inventive 
animal  since  his existence. 
It is a long 
stride  in  the  material  prosperity of  the 
world from the Stone Age and the Bronze 
Age, of  whose inventions  no  protecting 
patent  office  has  preserved  to  us  the 
records,  to  this the  Age  of  Steam  and 
Electricity, when inventions  crowd  each 
other into existence with  such unseemly 
haste that  the  present  century deserves 
to  be called  the  Age  of  Invention.  1 
doubt if  the young man of  to-day, riding 
in palace  cars  at  the  rate of  fifty miles 
per  hour  and  with all the comforts of  a 
hotel, able to send a message  from  Lon­
don to New York and  have  it  read  five 
hours  earlier,  knows  that there are men 
living  to-day  who  are  older  than  the 
steam  railway,  the ocean  steamship and 
the  telegraph, to say nothing of  the  tel­
ephone,  typewriter  and  electric  light. 
The  inventions of  the  present  time  are 
so numerous,  so  great  and  remarkable, 
that  they  have  actually ceased to be re­
markable.  The  inventive  genius of  the 
citizen of  this  great, broad,  progressive 
country is so ample for our  needs, work­
ing as it were  miracles  before  we  have 
felt the first  throb of  expectation,  much 
less the pangs of  need in that  particular 
direction, that  we  are too prone to keep 
our eyes turned inward rather than watch 
as we should  the  people of  other  coun­
tries.
And, perhaps, we are  right, for the in­
ventions that have had their birth in this 
country  and  have  been  given  to  the 
world, making  life  pleasanter, men bet­
ter  and  nations  happier, are a sufficient 
excuse, if  excuse  were  needed,  for  our 
existence.  It was  needed a Boston, with 
its Boston Common, to provide a field for 
a Franklin, in  which,  with  his  kite,  to 
capture  the  lightning,  and  to-day elec­
tricity  is  all  around  us.  Given a John 
Ericsson, it was needed  an  America as a 
condition to the production of  a Monitor; 
and it is the country that  could  produce 
an  Ericsson  that  the  ‘‘cute  Yankee” 
must  watch  with  a  jealous  eye,  or  he 
will lose his prestige and be forgotten by 
the  surprises  to  the  world  of  which 
Sweden is capable.
When the statement is  made  that  the 
Swedes are an inventive people, how few 
there are, at least in  America,  prepared 
to accept the statement  without  at  least 
a grain of suspicion;  yet the statement is 
true.  The  Monitor  and the screw pro- 
pellor, now  so  common, are  the  results 
of  the great  Ericsson’s  genius.  These 
are the  greatest  and  most  important of 
inventions,  but in all the range of inven­
tions  down  to  the  most  unimportant  of 
trifles  the  Swede  has a foremost  place. 
When we come to the dairy industry, our 
Swedish friends  have  literally  “carried 
coals to Newcastle” in furnishing us with 
improved methods and labor saving appli­
ances.  While our inventors have given 
us innumerable  forms  of  churns—good, 
bad and indifferent, pans of  all  possible 
varieties  for  setting  milk,  and  butter 
packages  too  numerous  to mention, our 
Swedish  friends  have  aimed  at the dis­
covery of  hidden  principles and endeav­
ored to accomplish startling innovations. 
Centrifugal separators were not invented 
in America, and two of the  most  impor­
tant of these inventions are  the  product 
of Swedish brains.
It seems  to  me  that,  in  the  unequal 
struggle of wresting a livelihood  from  a 
rock-bound  and  barren  soil or from the
•Paper read by P.  K. Moreland, a t the  annual  conven 
tion of the M ichigan D airym en’s Association.

depth  of  treacherous  seas,  the  hardy 
Norseman’s  intelligence  has  been most 
abnormally  sharpened  and  he has thor­
oughly understood the art of supplement­
ing by invention what he has found to be 
the ordinary conditions  of  his  national 
surroundings.  Perhaps no invention has 
been  of  equal  importance  to  the dairy 
industry, certainly none that I now recall 
exceeds centrifugal separators, and, while 
that invention is yet a child in swaddling 
cloths, it is superannuated.  While  few 
separators in this country are  worn  out, 
they have already outlived  their  useful­
ness,  and  the  separator  must  take  its 
place with the old  fanning mill, where it 
was  placed  when  grain  separators and 
threshers were introduced,  and  with  the 
sickle and grain  cradle, untouched since 
reapers were brought  on the farm.
It does not require great age to remem­
ber the old-time  harvest  work when the 
field  of  wheat  was  harvested  with  the 
sickle by men, women  and  children cut­
ting and binding the golden grain, which 
was  hauled  to  the  barn  to be threshed 
out  with  the  flail—everytning  done  by 
hand, and  now, the  same  machine  that 
cuts, threshes,  and the grain is taken di­
rect to the  granary—so  great  has  been 
the progress of  a few  years.
And in the  dairy, cream is no longer a 
resting  place  in  the  journey  of  milk 
from the cow to the  firkin,  for the Swed­
ish dairy inventors, not satisfied with the 
achievement  of  wresting  by  force  the 
cream  from  the milk, avoiding  the  old, 
slow  process of  raising, making  useless 
the  vast  array  of  pans  with  attendant 
labor, have  demonstrated  that  there  is 
no  necessity  for  cream,  that  the  force 
that  will  compel  milk  to  give  up  its 
cream will furnish  us  the  butter  direct; 
and  while  this  Swedish  “short  cut” of 
extracting  butter is still  young, we have 
still  another, and  one  which 1 believe I 
have  the  honor  of  first  describing  to a 
Michigan audience.
I had  the  pleasure  of  spending  five 
months  during  1889  in  Sweden.  The 
Extractor had not then  been  introduced 
in America, and as 1 knew  nothing of  it,
I was, of  course, on the qui vive to learn, 
and here is what I learned—that the pro­
cess  of  extracting  butter  direct  was 
already  being  considered  of  minor im­
portance, in  view of  a still  later  inven­
tion,  which was nothing  less than a pro­
cess  giving  value  to  a  hitherto  almost 
worthless product—skim milk and whey, 
the  entire  refuse  product of  the  dairy. 
Surely,  we  live  in  an  age  of  progress. 
One  invention in 1889  makes  an  entire 
revolution  in 
the  process  of  butter­
making, and  another  invention  steps in 
and  increases  manifold the value of  the 
entire  waste  product  of  the  dairy.  In 
regard to this new  process in dairying,  1 
will  give  the  results  of  my  study  in 
Sweden,  and  let  dairymen  judge  for 
themselves.  Suppose  the  creamery has 
a large quantity of  skim milk.  Now and 
heretofore this  had  no other use than as 
food for calves  and  swine, and as such a 
value, under the most  favorable  circum­
stances, of  but  about  two cents per gal­
lon.  But  our  Swedish  friends  want 
more,  and  they  handle it not as a refuse 
product, but as a wealth producer.
This  process  is  to  take  a  portion of 
this  skim  milk  and curd it, as for skim 
milk cheese, but at a higher temperature 
and  with a larger  amount  of  rennet  to 
make  the  precipitation  more  complete. 
These  curds  are  then  put in a common 
cheese press  and  pressed, but at a much 
greater pressure than for cheese, and the 
product  is  dried  and  ground,  making 
what the inventor  has  called “caseine.” 
This  caseine,  containing a  very  high 
percentage of  protein, is valuable  as  an 
ingredient  in  feeding  cakes  for  cattle, 
horses, dogs and poultry.
By mixing a small  percentage  of  this 
nitrogenous caseine  with cheaper  kinds 
of  grain—milling offals—a valuable feed­
ing cake is produced, and there is hardly 
anything  in  the  form of  feeding  cakes 
where  this  substance  will  not  yet play 
an important part.
Still  more  interesting,  however, is  a 
secondary  process,  but  one  of  primary 
importance.
The whey from the process already de­
scribed is mixed  with the balance of  the 
skim milk, or, in  other  words, the whey 
and skim  milk are mixed in nearly equal 

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IO
Drugs 0  Medicines.

State  Board  of  Pharmacy.

One T ear—O ttraar E her bach, Ann Arbor.
Two Tears—Geo. McDonald. Kalamazoo.
Three Tears—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Four Tears—Jacob  .lesson,  Muskegon.
Five Tears—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Meetings during  1890—Grand  Rapids, March 1 and 5; 
S tar Island, July 1 and  3;  M arquette,  Aug.  13  and 11; 
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

Michigan  State Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

President—Frank Inglis.  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec'd Vice-President—Henry K ephart, B errien Springs 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Win Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee,Cheboygan;  E. T. 
Webb, Jackson;  D. E. Frail,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw, beginning th ird  Tuesday
of September,  1890._________________________________
Grand  Kapidn Pharmaceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward.  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug; Clerks’ Association. 

President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, Albert Brower.
Detroit  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

President, J. W, Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H oyt. -
The Pharmacist’s  Toast.

May  his  occupation  never  become  a 
drug in the market, as  long  as he sticks, 
like his own plasters, to business!  May 
he never be bruised in the  mortar of  ad­
versity by the pestle  of  misfortune, and 
may his rise in his profession be as accu­
rately marked as  his graduated measure! 
May  his  career  be  as  unsallied as dis­
tilled water and  as  smooth and pleasant 
as pure Narbonne  honey!  May his suc­
cess never be alloyed  by a mixture of ill- 
luck  or a tincture  of  regret!  May  his 
counter prove  the  crucible  whereby  he 
transmutes human ailments into precious 
metal and precipitates the golden deposit 
into his own pocket!  May  he  never  be 
called upon to  swallow the bitter  pill  of 
disappointment  or  be  macerated  in the 
cruel spirit of enmity!  Should fickie For­
tune ever refuse him  her smiles, may he 
find an antidote in  the soothing opiate of 
woman’s  love,  be  strengthened  by  the 
tonic of experience  and  purified  by  the 
sudorific  of  patience!  Thus,  his  best 
days being  evaporated  and  the  lamp of 
existence past trimming, when Dr. Death 
sends to his shop the  dreadful  prescrip­
tion endorsed “To be taken at bed time,” 
may he be  found  “carefully  prepared,” 
accurately  dispensed,  permanently  en­
tered in the day-book of  memory, neatly 
put up in the white  wrapper  of  purity, 
sealed  up  with  the  melting  tears  of 
friends,  stamped with  the trade-mark  of 
honesty  and  duly  labelled  and directed 
for  heaven!

A Shrewd Patient.

A country lad in the north of  Scotland 
had his leg  injured at a factory, and was 
treated for  some time by the local doctor 
without markedly favorable  result.  His 
mother  had  great  faith 
in  a  certain 
“bone-setter,”  and wanted her son to go 
to him:  but the boy objected, preferring, 
as he said, the “reg’lar faculty.”

Finally,  however,  he  yielded  to  his 
mother’s persuasions  and  was  taken  to 
the town  where  the famous  bone-setter 
resided.  The  leg  was  duly  examined 
and  it  was found  necessary  to  pull  it 
very  severely  “to get the  bone  in,”  as 
the  quack  expressed  it.  The  patient 
howled in  agony, but, at  last,  the  bone 
was  “got in,”  and  he  was bidden to go 
home—in  a few  days  he  would  be  all 
right and could resume work.

“Did  he  na  dae  it  weel ?”  said  the 
joyous  old  lady,  as  they started  home­
ward.
“He 
pullit it weel but 1 was nasic a fule as to 
gie him the sair leg!”

“Ay,  mither,”  said  the  lad. 

T he D ru g   M ark et.

Opium is weak,  under  conflicting  crop 
reports,  but not quotably changed.  Qui­
nine  is  steady.  Morphia is  unchanged. 
Borax  is  scarce  on  spot  and  higher. 
Castile soaps are tending higher.  Cassia 
buds  have advanced.  Oil peppermint is 
lower.  Senega root has declined.  Sugar 
of  milk is lower.

THE  MICHIQ^JST  TRADESMAN.

Mr. P estle’s   Trials.

He was the  slickest  man I ever saw— 
slick in his dress,  slick  in  his  manners 
and slick in his talk.  He  came  into my 
store one evening, about two weeks ago— 
came in bowing and smiling, shook hands 
with  me, floated  into a chair,  lit a cigar 
and  said—well,  I  don’t  know  exactly 
what  he  did  say, but  at  the  end of  an 
hour he  shook, hands  again  and  bowed 
and  smiled  himself  out,  carrying in his 
pocket an order from me for a new press­
ure  percolator  and  still,  which  were 
going  to  revolutionize  my  methods  of 
business and  greatly increase my profits. 
Long  after  he  had gone, 1 sat  thinking 
over  what  he  had  said  and finally con­
cluded  that  for a number of  years I had 
been  an  egregious fool, paying the man­
ufacturer  a  big  profit  for  many  of  my 
pharmaceuticals when I might have been 
making them myself and  saving  money; 
but all this  would  soon be at an end. 
I 
had  ordered a combination of  apparatus 
which only required to be  set going,  like 
a clock, and it would faithfully grind out 
pound after pound of  fluid extracts, etc., 
at an  average  saving of 25 per cent.—at 
least so said the man of  smiles and slick­
ness  who  had  just  gone,  and  no  one 
could  smile  as  he  did  and  so  warmly 
press  your  hand  while  guile  lurked  in 
his heart.
In  less  than a week,  my  new  perco­
lator  arrived  and  was  duly set up on a 
shelf especially prepared for the purpose 
in my back shop.  One of  my first duties, 
at  least  so I considered it, after  getting 
all  connections  made,  was to invite  our 
most  prominent  physician,  Dr.  Podo- 
phyllin, to step in and  inspect  the great 
addition I had  made  to  my facilities for 
producing  promptly and  accurately  the 
principal ingredients of his prescriptions. 
While he stood  gazing  on my treasure,  1 
explained how 1  would from now o h  be in 
a position to independently produce some 
of  those galenical  products  which were 
so  frequently  subjected  to  sophistica­
tion, and could  assure my customers and 
medical  friends of  their  purity, because 
I  had made them myself.  That  was  ar­
gument  conclusive for the learned M. D. 
He warmly grasped my hand  and said he 
would  make  it a point  to  influence  his 
patients toward bringing  their  prescrip­
tions  for  my dispensing.  With encour­
agement of this nature and from so high a 
source,  I  was  most  anxious  to  get the 
apparatus 
loaded,  wind  it  up  and  sit 
quietly  reading  or  smoking  while  I 
watched the  25  per  cent,  profit  quietly 
dripping into the receiver. 
I packed the 
percolator  with a  properly  comminuted 
drug,  filled  the  reservoir  with  q.  s. of 
menstruum,  hauled it up  near  the  ceil­
ing,  made  all  connections  according to 
specifications  and  then  lighted  a  cigar 
and prepared to  watch it drip.
That  was  just  a week  ago  yesterday, 
and  that  cigar  is  not  yet  half  smoked. 
I  sat  and  watched  the  receiver  till  1 
grew  dizzy,  but  never  a  “drip!” 
I 
thought I  must have packed the drug too 
tightly and  that  stirring it up would ac­
celerate matters. 
I lost 
about a pint of  alcohol  in  doing  so,  but 
then I knew I could recover enough with 
my new  still  to  make that but a trifling 
affair.  When  1  started 
things  going 
once more, the  menstruum went through 
with  such a rush  as  to  pull  one of  the 
tubes from its  connections, and,  before 1 
could  stop  the  “flow  of  spirits,”  my 
percolator  was  playing  a  quarter-inch 
stream of  dilute  alcohol  on the hot coal 
stove, which left my store smelling like a 
distillery.  By  the  time I got this  fixed, 
the reservoir became  exhausted. 
I let it 
down and refilled it, made all secure, and 
then  started  for  dinner.  When  I  got 
back, I found  the  reservoir  acting  as a 
stand-up collar for the percolator and the 
apprentice mopping up  about half  a gal­
lon of  dilute  alcohol  from  the floor and 
table.  The nail to which I had  attached 
the rope holding the reservoir had pulled 
out, allowing  it  to  fall  upon the perco­
lator, which punched  the  bottom  out of 
it.  This  was  very discouraging,  but  I 
had vowed to  manufccture  my own fluid 
extracts or perish in the  attempt. 
I had 
a new  bottom  placed  in  the  reservoir, 
swung  it  into  place  again  with a fresh 
half-gallon of  menstruum, and at the end 
of  four  days I had  secured two pints of 
fluid  extract. 
I spent  the  afternoon of

I stirred  it up. 

that day in testing my product  and  com­
paring it with other  manufactures in my 
dispensatory.  The fact  that  three  sep­
arate investigations  yielded  three  differ­
ent results did not prevent me from feel­
ing  somewhat  inflated  at  what  1  was 
pleased  to  call  my  success.  1  was  as 
proud as a small boy with  his  first  pair 
of  top boots.
I took my quart  of  25  per cent, profit 
home to  show to my wife.  She was visi­
bly affected  and  considerably enthused, 
but  when  she  found  me  slipping  the 
bottle  under  my pillow before  retiring, 
she uttered a positive protest, so 1 had to 
content  myself with  placing  it  on  the 
dresser and watching it  until  it  finally 
melted into my dreams.
The next morning, I  proceeded  to  get 
my still in operation and recover the sur­
I  knew I  had  already lost 
plus spirit. 
about  three pints  of  alcohol in  making 
two pints of  fluid  extract,  but  that was 
only an incentive to recover  all  I  could 
from  the  exhausted  drug. 
I was  now 
thoroughly interested in  the  home  man­
ufacture theory.  1 left my store entirely 
in the hands of  my apprentice,  a  lad  fif­
teen years  of  age, took  off  my coat  and 
vest, rolled up my shirtsleeves and made 
ready for  a  couple  of  rounds with  the 
still.  Somehow, things did not run along 
as smoothly as 1 wished.  First one joint 
would leak, then a  jet  of  steam would 
issue from  another, while a  glimpse into 
my  store  did  not  mend  matters.  A 
dozen  customers were  impatiently wait­
ing  until  my boy could  guess where  he 
would  find  what  they  wanted.  Some 
were helping themselves and wrapping up 
their own  parcels.  The  last straw was 
the breaking of a  pipe-joint  and the con­
sequent application  of  a  stream of  hot 
water to the  back  of  my neck. 
I  got 
mad ! 
1 jerked that  still  down on the
floor and commenced  doing a fervid song 
and dance upon  it.  A friend  happened 
to drop in  at  that  moment, saw how in­
adequate 1 was, unaided, to grapple with 
the  difficulty, quietly  slipped  out  and 
presently returned with an  axe.  Tears 
of gratitude filled my eyes as he placed it 
in my hands.  With  a  method  born  of 
white-heat  rage, I placed  the  percolator 
and  reservoir  along-side  of 
the  still, 
seized the axe, and in ten minutes all that 
was left  of that  once  handsome, 25-per­
cent. gaining, labor-saving apparatus was 
about  one  hundred strips of  a  fine grade 
of sheet copper.  1 took a  piece of  chalk 
and  on  the wall  of  the  back  shop made 
the following array of facts:
To  apparatus__$  10  00
“  loss of time... 22 90
“ 
“  “  custom 100 01
“   “  temper
4 8b
“  
“  one  suit  of 
......... 35 00
“  one  axe.........
1  25
“  loss  of  d ru g , 
etc...................
21  35
195 30

By  31.5  pounds  of 
sheet copper at 12 
cts  per pound.. .$3  78 
By 2 lbs. lid. ext. @
48 cents  ............  
96
By  one axe...........  1  25
5 99

Total loss, $189.31.

clothes 

CREDIT.

DEBIT.

The foregoing experience has cured me 
of the mania for manufacturing and run­
ning a  small  retail  store  at  the  same 
time.  The percolator may be a success, 
the  still  may  be  perfect,  but,  in  the 
hands  of  a  pharmacist  who  has  quite 
enough to do to attend  to  his  customers 
and  dispensing  and  knows  but  little 
about the  intricacies  of  mechanical ap­
pliances, it is simply lunacy.
Any person wanting thirty-one and one- 
half pounds  of  a  fine  quality of  sheet 
copper but little  the worse  for wear  can 
hear  of  a  bargain  by addressing  John 
Pestle.

The  Seventh Report.

T h e T radesm an acknowledges  the re­
ceipt of  the  annual  report of  the  Mich­
igan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
containing  the  proceedings  of  the  con­
vention held  at  Detroit  last September. 
The  volume  contains  150  pages  and 
cover, is well printed, and bears evidence 
of  careful preparation.
Consolidation of Rheumatic  Syrup  Co.
The Rheumatic  Syrup Co., of Jackson, 
has  consolidated  with  Chas.  Wright  & 
Co., of  Detroit,  under  the  style  of  the 
Chas.  Wright  Medicine  Co.  The  new 
corporation  has a  capital stock of $200,- 
0 0 0 .

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C. Co.......................2 85@3  10
@  40 
70®  75
32®

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Moschus Canton,
Myristica, No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................
Picis  Liq, N.  C., V4 gal
doz  .........................
Picis Liq., quarts......
pints.........
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22).. 
Piper Alba, (po g5) —
Pix  Burgun................
Plumbi A cet..............
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1 
Pyrethrum.  boxes  H 
& P. D.  Co., doz.
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Quassiae..............
Quinia, S. P. & W 
S.  German 
Rubia  Tinctorum. 
Saccharum Lactis pv
Sanguis  Draconis 
Santonine...........

“ 

@

@2  00
@2 00 
@1  00 
@  70 
®  50 
@  18 
@  35
14®  15
10@1  20 Strychnia  Crystal..
Sulphur, Subl........
Roll.........

Seidlitz  Mixture........
Sinapis........................
“  opt...................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
Soda Boras,  (po. 13).  . 
Soda  et Potass Tart...
Soda Carb.................
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
Soda,  Ash..................
Soda, Sulphas............
Spts.  Ether C o...........
“  Myrcia  Dom......
“  Myrcia Imp.
bbl.
“  Vini  Rect.
2 05).
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

25 
18 
30
35 
35 
13 
30®  33 
2® 2V4 
@  5
3©  4
@  2 
50®  55 
@ 2  00 @2 50
@2 15
@1  10
..  2%@ 3V4
..  2)4© 3
@1  25
8®  10
30®  35 Tamarinds............ ... 
8®  10 Terebenth V enice.. ...  28®  30
.. 
55
44®  49 Theobromae.........
.9 00@16 00
37@  47 Vanilla...................
..  7®  8
12®  14 
Zinci  Sulph...........
@  25
80@2 00
OILS.
Bbl.  Gal
40®  50
@4 50 Whale, winter........ ..7 0  
70
.5 5  
60
12®  14 Lard,  extra...........
8®  10 Lard, No.  1............ ..  45 
56
64
@  15 Linseed, pure raw ..6 1  

“ 

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p a i n t s . 

Lindseed,  boiled  __  64
67
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
strained.................  50
Spirits Turpentine__  49
lb.
b b l.
2@3
Red  Venetian..............1S£
2@4
Ochre, yellow  Mars... 13£
2@3
“ 
Ber........134
Putty,  commercial...  2)4 2V4®3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2&@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13®16 
ican ..........................
75®80 
Vermilion,  English__
70©75 
Green,  Peninsular......
Lead,  red....................
@7V4 
“  w hite................
®7V4 
@70 
Whiting, white Span...
@90 
Whiting,  Gilders’........
White, Paris  American 
1  00
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1  40
cliff..........................
Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00@1  20

V A K N ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10@1  20
.1  60@1 70 
Extra Turp...........
.2 75@3 00 
Coach  Body.........
.1 00@1  10 
No. 1  Turp Furn..
.1  55®1  60
Eutra Turk Damar...
Japan  Dryer,  No.
Turn......................

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A d v a n c e d — Cassia Buds.  Declined—Oil Peppermint, Senega Root, Sugar Milk.

ACID U M .

A ceticu m ......................... 
8© 1®
Benzoicum   G erm an..  80@1  00
Boracic 
........................ 
"®
C arb o licu m ....................   40(® 45
C itric u m ..........................  S®@ 0“
H y d ro ch lo r..................  
“
...................  10® J»
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum.....................  10®  "
Phosphorium   d ii.........  
«0
S alicylicum ........................1  40@1 80
Sulphuricum..............._
T annicum ............................1  40@1 60
T artaricum ......................  40® «

3® 

AMMONIA.

s  

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3®
18  deg..............  4®
Carbonas  ...................  «JJ®
Cbloridum...................  Ia®

a n i l i n e .

Black  ......................... 2 00@2 25
Brown.............................   80@1 00
Red...................................   45® 50
Yellow....................... 2 50@3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po. 1  60......... 1  85®2 00
Juniperus...................  8®  io
Xantnoxylum..............   25® 30

BALSAM UM .
Copaiba........................  70® 75
Peru........................
Terabin, Canada  ........  45® 50
Tolutan........................  40® 45

C O BTEX .

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Cassiae  ...............................  J*
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Ruonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica Cerifera, po.............  30
Prunus Virgini....................  1*
Quillaia,  grd.......................   J*
Sassafras  ........... ................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EX TBACTUM .

“ 
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Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®
po...........  33®
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®
Is..............  13®
)4s............   14®
2 s ............   16@
F E B B U M .
@  IS 
Carbonate Precip...
@3 50
Citrate and Quinia.
Citrate  Soluble...........  ©  °o
Ferrocyanidum Sol—   @  so
Solut  Chloride...........  ®
Sulphate,  com’l ......... In®
pure............   @

“ 

FLO B A .

A rnica.......................   14®  J®
Anthemis...................  30®  35
M atricaria.................  30®  35

F O L IA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................  10®  D*
nivelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  )4s....................   10®  12
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  &s
U raC rd...................... 

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OUM M l.

“ 
“ 
“ 
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Acacia, 1st  picked—   @1  00
2d 
“  —   @ 90
3d 
....  @  80
“ 
sifted sorts...  @  65
po.................  75@1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri. (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 Vis,
@ 
16).............................. 
Ammoniae.................  25®  30
Assafcetida, (po. 30)...  @  15
Benzoinum.................   50®  55
Camphors...................  55®  57
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®  10
Galbanum......................  © 80
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po.55)  ...  @  50
Kino,  (po.  25)................  @ 20
Mastic TT. 
...................  @1 00
Myrrh, (po  45)..............  @ 40
Opii,  (pc. 5 40)............ 4  00@1 15
Shellac  ..  .................   25®  35
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth...............   30®  75
Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium  .......................   20
Lobelia..................... 
25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V ii.  ......................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, Y......................  22
Thymus,  V........................   25

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M AGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat...  ........  55@  60
Carbonate,  Pat  .........   20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5. 
35®  36

OLEUM .

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae —  8  00@8 25
Anisi............................1 90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergamii  ......... 
2  80®3 25
Cajiputi.......................   90@1 00
Caryophylli.................1  35®1 40
C edar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodii...............   @1  75
Cinnamonil.................1 35@1 40
Citronella...................  @  75
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba.......................1  20@1 30

Cubebae..................16 00®16 50
Exechthitos..........  90@1 
00
Erigeron..........................1  20®1 30
Gaultheria......................2 20@2 30
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.  50® 
75
Hedeoma  ...................1- 60@1  75
Juniper!.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Limonis...................... 1  50@1  80
Mentha Piper.............. 2 00@2  10
Mentha  Verid.............2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80®1 00
Myrcia, ounce................  @ 50
Olive............................... 1  25@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10® 12
Ricini.............................. 1  24@1 36
Rosmarini.................  
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini..................  40® 
45
Sabina.................   90@1 
00
Santal  .......................3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglii....................  ...  @1  50
Thyme..................  40® 
50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas.........   15® 
20
BiCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide..................  
37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 18)........  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  33®  3i
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass  Nitras, opt  __  
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

POTASSIUM.

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Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................   15®  20
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  II
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45)....................   @  4(
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po....................... 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  1S@  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  30®  35
Maranta,  Ms..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei  ..: ......................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1 75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................   45®
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................  10®  15
Zingiber j .............. 
SEM EN .
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
..  @ 15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, I s .....................  
4®
Carui, (po. 18)...............  8® 12
Cardamon...................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum.................   10® 1:
Cannabis Sativa......... 354® 
1
Cydonium....................   75®1 00
Cnenopodium  .............  10® I
Pipterix Odorate........1  75® 1  85
Foeniculum.............  @  15
Foenugreek, po..... 
L Ini............................4  @454
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  454© 454
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
Pharlaris Canarian—   354® 454
R apa.............................  6®
Sinapis,  Albu...............  8®

6®

22®

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D. F. R....

Nigra...........  11®  12
.2 00@2 50 
.1  75@2 00 
.1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  7
1 
Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 
Vini Oporto.................1 
Vini  Alba................... 1 

75@3 50
75@6 50
25@2 00
25@2 00

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TIN C TU B ES.
60
Aconitum  Napellis R.
F .........   Ml
Aloes......................... 
60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetida............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinaria  .............. 
  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon........................ 
  75
Co........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co........................   60
Colnmba.............................   50
Conium........................  
  50
ubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
*  Co............................  60
Guaica................................   50
amnion....................   60
‘ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................   50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opii.....................................  85
Camphorated................  50
Deodor........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
60
60
50
50

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Stromonium.
Tolutan......
Valerian__

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F. 
“ 
“  4 F .
ground,  (po.

26® 28
30® 32
2)4® 3)4
3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
55® 60
1 35@1  40
@ 25
© 68
5® 7
38® 40
2  1U@2 20
@ 9
@1  TO
@ 18
@ 16
@ 14
15® 18
@3 75
50® 55
28® 30
@ 40
© 20
@ 10
@ 35
50@ 55
@1  00
1  50@1 75
20® 25
15® 20
4® 10
@ 60
@ 50
@ 2
5® 5
8® 10
@ 8
35® 38
@ 24
8® 9
10® 12
68® 70
@ 8
@ 6
50® 55
12® 15
@ 23
7)4®  3)4
@ 90
40® 60

r cent.

et Potass T
Antifebrin  .................
Argenti  Nitras, ounce
balm Gilead  Bud......
Bismuth  S.  N............ I
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Vis,  12)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
PO............................
Capsici  Fructus, a f...

fc-

Caryophyllus, (po.  20)
Carmine,  No. 40.........
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
Coccus ............
Cassia Fructus.
Centraría.........
Cetaceum........

squibbs .

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Cinchonidine, P.  & W 
German 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................
Creasotum.................
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
“  prep..................
“  precip................
“  Rubra...............

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Cudbear......
Cupri Sulph. 
Dextrine__
Emery,  all  numbers.
po.................
Ergota, (po.)  60........
Flake  white............
Galla.........................
Gelatin,  Cooper..
“ 
French... 
Glassware  flint,  1 
by box 62% less 
Glue,  Brown......

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage................... 2 
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhei Arom......................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
50
Scillae........................... 
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan........... 
50
Prunus virg.......................   60

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2 00 
1  10

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gg  Grana Paradisi.
65
75
1  40

“  Cor 

9® 15
13® 25
22® 25
@ 15
25® 40
@ 95
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
@ 85
@1  05
Ox Rubrum
@1  15
Ammoniati.
45® 55
Unguentum.
Hydrargyrum....  @ 
ijO j
IchthyoDolla, Am...... 1  25@1  50 1
Indigo..........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 ?5@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin.......................   85@1 00
Lycopodium.............  55® 60
Macis..........................   80® 851
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod.........  @ 
27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
134)........................  2®  3
Maunia, S. F.............  45® SO1

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Guar 
Ail orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re­

antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

Perkins  Dnlg  Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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i ^ K O C B J tUES.

Purely  Personal.

Geo. Newell, of the  firm of  J. S. New­
ell &  Co., general dealers  at  Coral, was 
in town over Sunday.

Frank Hamilton, of the  firm  of  Ham­
ilton  &  Milliken, Traverse  City, was  in 
town one day last week.

M. Notier, of the firm of Notier & Yer- 
schure, proprietors of the Holland cream­
ery, was in town last Thursday.

Fred Beard, the Morley merchant, spent 
Sunday in the city, visiting his wife, who 
is undergoing medical treatment here.

Sam. Snow, formerly  in  the employ of 
Dr. F.  M.  Latimer,  at  Ludington,  has 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  that 
place.

J.  E.  Wilson,  formerly  behind  the 
counter for Sam.  Folz, at Kalamazoo, has 
taken a similar  position with Houseman, 
Donnally & Jones.

Wm.  G.  Herpolsheimer  has  returned 
from  Harriman,  Tenn.,  where  he  pur­
chased  twenty  business  and  residence 
lots at the auction sales  last  Wednesday 
and Thursday.

Morrison Bailey, who conducted a drug 
store at Plainwell for  eighteen years and 
has arranged to re-engage  in  that  busi­
ness at the same place, was in town Mon­
day, buying the stock.

Jacob Vandenberg,  buyer for the Chip­
pewa  Lumber  Co.,  at  Chippewa  Lake, 
was in town over Sunday and let the con­
tract Monday  for  the  construction  of  a 
house on his lot on Wealthy avenue, just 
east  of  the  city  limits.  Mr. Vanden- 
berg’s  family  will  occupy the  house as 
soon as completed, and he  hopes  to  call 
Grand Rapids home within a year  or  so.
Daniel  Cleland, the Coopersville  mer­
chant,  recently  met  with a severe  acci­
dent by which he  lost  the  thumb of  his 
right hand.  He was taking  his  horse to 
water,  leading  him  by  a  rope  hitched I 
around  the  neck.  The  animal,  feeling 
very lively, was about to get away, when 
Mr.  C.  tried  to  stop  him  by  throwing 
the rope  about a post.  His  thumb  was ! 
caught  between  the  rope  and  the post, 
squeezing it off.

A dvance  in  Rubber  Goods.

T h e  T radesm an  is  confident  that  it 
is the first trade  journal  in  the  country 
to announce an advance on rubber  boots 
and  shoes on April  1, the manufacturers 
having grown  tired of  turning out goods 
at the small  margins  made on their pro­
ducts  during  the  past season.  The ad­
vance  amounts  to  exactly 10  per cent., 
the new discounts to be as follows:
Standard goods, 38 and 6 per cent.
Seconds, 38, 6 and 10 per cent.
Slight changes will also be made in the 
list,  which  T h e T radesm an hopes to be 
able to announce next week.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars are  a little higher than  a week 
ago and  the  market was  somewhat  ex­
cited  on  Monday, leading  some  to  be­
lieve  that still higher prices would  rule 
before the end  of  the week.  The  oat­
meal  combination 
is  evidently  “off” 
again, as  oatmeal  and  rolled  oats  are 
down 50c per barrel.

Good.  W ords  U nsolicited.

S. R. Jones, grocer, Hersey:  “I am well pleased 

with the paper.”

G. O.  Adams,  general  dealer,  Dushville:  “I 

can’t get along without T h e  T r a d e sm a n.”

C. H.  Mann,  hardware  dealer,  Clio: 

“Have 
received several sample copies of  your  journal 
and  thought I could  get  along  without  it,  but 
have changed my mind. 
It  is a splendid paper 
and no live business man can do without it.”

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Sw edish  Inventions  in  the  Dairy  Line. 

pro d uce  m a r k e t .

T7t 

nv  nrnwih  IT  1 o 

[c o n t i n u e d   f r o m   n i n t h   p a g e .1 

25c and hold at 35c per bu.

$1.30 for picked, holding at $1.60 per bu.

Z ~ -----------------------------------I  $3.50 per bbl.,

25c.
at $4 per box or $13 per bbl.
8c and sundried at 4@4‘4c.

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market is weaker.  Dealers pay 
Poultry. -Dressed is falling off in  demand. 
Squash—llui bard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock  commands $4.50 
per bbl.
Tomatoes—Early Southern stock commands $1 
per peck (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—auc per bu.

I  Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  $3@
quantities  and  evaporated,  the  result |  Beans—Dealers  pay  *1.25  for  unpicked  and
being  a  nearly  solid,  water-free  cake. 
Beets—40c per bu.
Everything  that  was  an  element in the
Butter—There is no improvement  in  the  mar-
hile 
m ilk or  whey  has  now  been  reduced  to  ket and no prospect of any improvement.  Whi
scarce
this  substance  and  is readv  for  the urn 
fancy grades of creamery  and  dairy  are  scan 
i u i s   suustance  anu  is reauy lo r  the pro-  and in active demand, low grades are common 1
cess by which it is to be utilized.
ho  nfi li 1 /1/4 
mud and about as sluggish and useless, so far as 
___J  ___1  ..1___x ________. .1  _________1. 
«
This substance is  called  “Lactoserin” 
business is concerned.
Buckwheat  Flour—$4  per  bbl. for  New  York 
and is cut into small  cubes  and  roasted 
stock.
and  ground. 
In this state it is used for 
Cabbages—$7@$9 per 100.
mixing  with  coffee, cocoa  and  different 
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
11@12C.
beverages, various human foods and pas- 
Cider—10c per gal.
I tries.  Swedish  physicians  of  acknowl­
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
edged repute  have  highly  endorsed  the 
Cranberries—Bell and Bugle is in  fair demand 
I value  of  this  product  as used for these 
purposes.  From my own  observations  1 
Dried  Apples — Evaporated  are  held at 734@ 
have no doubt  of  the importance of  this 
Eggs—Dealers pay 12c per doz. and hold at 14c. 
j process. 
I believe it is to become a great 
j  factor in the  dairying  industry. 
Field  Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $4.50@4.75 per 
In re- 
bu.;  medium, $3.25.  Timothy, $1.50 per bu 
| gard to the question which  all  dairymen 
Honey—In  good  demand.  Clean  comb  com­
mands 13j4@14c per lb.
j will ask first—what is the profit?—1  will 
Maple  Sugar — 8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to 
say, three gallons of  skim milk will pro- 
quality.
I duce one pound£of  “Caseine”  and  three 
Onions—Good stock is nearly worth its  weight 
in gold, dealers  holding  such  lots  as  they  are 
pounds of “Lactoserin.”  The manufac­
able to pick up at $1.75 per bu.
turers  of  feeding  cakes  in Sweden pay 
| 4 cents per pound for the “Caseine,” and 
cocoa  manufacturers  pay  5  cents  per 
i pound  for  the “Lactoserin,” making  19 
cents  for  three  gallons,  or  6X  cents a 
gallon  for  a  raw material which I  ques­
tion has hitherto  been worth to exceed  2 
cents per gallon.  While I am unable  to 
give an idea of the cost  of  this  process,
I yet I believe it is quite  inconsiderable in 
comparison  with  the  results  to  be  ob- 
j tained.  The individual farmer can esti­
mate  for  himself  the  results  that  will 
accrue  to  him  individually  when  this 
process has been  placed  within  his own 
reach,  and  it  needs  but a glance at sta­
tistics  to  appreciate  the  results  to the 
dairy industry.  There was  produced  in 
I this country last year about 1,300,000,000 
j pounds of  butter and 450,000,000 pounds 
of cheese.  Allowing two gallons of skim 
j milk to each pound  of  butter  and about 
one  gallon  of  whey  to  each  pound  of 
I cheese, the  great  waste  of  wealth  that 
will be arrested  and  turned  into useful 
channels may be easily understood.
And, in conclusion, I may  add  that  it 
is a source of gratification to  me  that  at 
last our  dairymen  have  the prospect of 
being  able  to utilize, and in a profitable 
manner,  all the valuable milk, sugar and 
salts heretofore wasted.  And  the  great 
magnitude of  the dairy industry, provid­
ing as it does such vast quantities of  the 
raw material for  this  new manufacture, 
and the marketable product itself, having 
all the nutritious qualities of  skim  milk 
condensed, will furnish in many forms  a 
cheaper article of food and thus prove an 
unmixed  blessing  to  consumers.  The 
extent to which  this process may become 
a great industry in this country will bene­
fit many classes, and  none more than the 
farmer. 
Such an invention could never 
have been more welcome than at the pres­
ent  time,  when  dairying  offers  but  a 
slight margin for  profit, and is a promise 
that  the  dairy  industry of  this country 
will enter upon a newer and brighter era 
and compensation be more in  accordance 
with the labor performed.

Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   834
16 lbs.......................................  934
12 to 14 lbs.................................9%
picnic..................................... ............. 634
best boneless........................................s
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................   8)4
Dried beef, ham prices...................................  g
Long Clears, heavy..........................................  534
Briskets,  medium...........................................  6
light................................................6

Mess,  new....................................................   10  50
Short c u t.....................................................   10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy......................................   12 00
I Clear, fat  back.............................................  11  50
j Boston clear, short cut................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut....................................12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best....................  12 00

Pork Sausage...................................................  634
Ham Sausage...................................................’ 9
Tongue Sausage................................ 
9
Frankfort  Sausage........................................ ” g
Blood Sausage......................................... 5
Bologna, straight........................................” [ ’ 5
Bologna,  thick........................................ ” ” ” 5
Head Cheese......................................... ‘  ”  5

Tierces............................................................  514
30and 50lb. Tubs........................................”  5*4
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...................................   634
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.....................................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.....................................  634
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.......................... ..........  554
50 lb. Cans........................................................ 5)4

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  ¿50

Tierces.............................................................. gK
Tubs...............................................................   7U
501b.  Tins......................................................... 714

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

FRESH  MEATS.

quotes as follows:

PROVISIONS.

lard—Family.

P O R E   IN   B A R R E L S.

B E E F   IN   B A R R ELS.

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HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

F R E S H   F IS H .

OYSTERS and  FISH.

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Trout. 
Halibut.. 
Haddles. 
Ciscoes.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

I  The furniture factories here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
ont:
Basswood, log-run.................................. 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run. 
.................................15 00@16 08
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @22 00 I Whitefish............
Black Ash, log-run.............................14 00@16 00 
smoked.
Cherry, log-run................................... 25 00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2............................... 60 00@65 00
Cherry,Cull........................................  @12 00
Maple, log-run.........................................12 00@13 00
Maple, soft, log-run............................................................................ 11  00(3113 00 1 „
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @20 00 
Maple,  clear, flooring......................... 
@25 00  Eairhaven  Counts................................
@25 00 ! Selects................................................ ” 22
Maple, white, selected....................... 
Rea Oak, log-run................................ 20 G0@21 00 ! E. J. D.’s ................................................
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.........................26 00@28 00 I Anchors.................................................
Red Oak, 34 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d .38 00@40 00  Standards..............................................
Red Oak, J4 sawed, regular.................30 00®32 00 i Favorites................................................
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................  @25 00 | 
Walnut, log run..................................  @55 00  Standards.................
Walnut, Nos  1 and 2..........................  
grey Elm, log-run.............................. 12 00@13 05 i Shrimps..................................  
White Aso, log-run.............................14 00@16 00  Scallops.... 
Whitewood, log-run............................20 00@22 00 ! Horseradish
^ i i * R aM ?g run :.-  vr -  Y - -  i ........17 00@18 00  Shell oysters,"per 1001
White Oak, 34 sawed. Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00 1  “  clams, 

@75 00  Selects.......................... 

...................!„ !!” 

o y sters—Cans.

o ysters—Balk

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@ 7 
©   6

©35
@27
@20@18
@16
@14
@$1  15 
@  1  50
2?}  XX
^ 1  00
@1  50 
©  75
1 00@1  50
(a  75

CANDIES,  FRUITS  and  NUTS.

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

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m ix e d .

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
g
Standard, 25 lb. boxes..................................  
25 
Twist, 
9
"!!i.IIl034
Cut Loaf, 25 
Royal, 25 lb. palls........................ 
 
a
200 lb.  bbls...............................................
Extra, 25 lb.  palls............................................10
2001b.  bbls..............................................934
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails......................." * " ll2
Lemon Drops................................................... .
Sour Drops....................................................!!l3
Peppermint Drops.............................................”. ” ” l4
Chocolate Drops................................... * I TTl I Il4
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................... .......
Gum Drops....................................................” 10
Licorice Drops.................................................!lg
A. B. Licorice  Drops.............................. "I.."!l4  •
Lozenges, plain............................................ .'.'.14
printed............ 1................ . . —. . ” l5
Imperials.........................; ......................... .  14
Mottoes............................................. ’ 
” ” 15
Cream Bar......................................................” l3
Molasses Bar................................. 
13
Caramels ........................................... ...!! 16®18
Hand Made  Creams.........................................ig
Plain Creams.....................  
lie
Decorated Creams......................... 
20
String  Reck......................  
15
Burnt Almonds........................................      "22
Wintergreen  Berries............................I. . .” . .14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails................................. 12
in bbls................................” n
printed, in pails.............................1234
in bbls...............................liw
Chocolate Drops, in pails................................12
Gum Drops, in pails.....................................["  6)4
in bbls.......................................”  514
Moss Drops, in pails.......................................’10
in bbls........................................ ’  9)4
Sour Drops, in pails........................................12
Imperials, in pails..........................................."  ill
in bbls....................................i.'iiiilOH

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Oranges,  Florida,  choice......................
 

“  Ex.  “ 

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fancy....................... 3  75@4 25
golden russets..........3  50@3 75
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360.................   @
300..................  @
fancy,  360...............3  75@4 00
300...............4 C0@4 50
Malagas,  choice, ripe................  @
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........14  @15
......  12  @12)4
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“  choice, 7 lb.......................................  @
“ 
34 frails, 50 1b.......................
“  Fard, 10-lb.  box....................
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“  50-lb.  “    .........................
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................6

Dates, frails, 50 lb.......................... ......’ 

a.
©
@10 
©   8 
© 634

choice  “ 

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NUTS.

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Almonds,  Tarragona................. ..........   @16
Ivaca..................................  @15
California.............................15  @10

California............................. 

Brazils....................................................   @ll«/4
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................  @15)4
@13
Pecans, Texas, H. P .............................. 10  @13
Fancy, H.  P., Bells...............................   @834
“  Roasted...................   @1014
„   “ 
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Fancy, H.  P., Suns........................  ....   @ g)4
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“  Roasted  ...................  @10)4
Choice,  H. P.,  G....................................  @714
“  “  Roasted....................  © 914
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B .   J .   1Mason  &  C o . ,

PEANUTS.

Proprietors of

Old Homestead Factor
Preserves, EvaiiDrated Apples 

MANUFACTURERS  OF

GRANT,  MICH. 

Jellies  and  Apple  Better.

Our  goods  are  guaranteed  to  be  made 

from wholesome  fruit  and  are  free 

from any adulteration or  sophis­

tication.  See quotations in 

grocery price current.

The Grand Rapids  trade  can  be  sup­
plied  by  GOSS  &  DORAN,  138  South 
Division street.  Telephone, 1150.
A . D .  Spangler & C o

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

FRUITS >p  PRODUCE

And General Commission Merchants. 

E AST  SAGINAW ,  MICH.

We buy and sell all kinds of  fruit  and 
produce and solicit  correspondence with 
both buyers and  sellers.

A man living in a  small town in Penn­
sylvania  took  some dynamite  home  the 
other day and put it on  the stove  to dry.
It is generally conceded  that he will  not j Bologna 
repeat the experiment.

“ 

Beef, carcass..........................
hindquarters...............
................
fore 
loins, No. 3..................
ribs.............................
tongues........................

Swift and Company quote as follows:
..............  4)4© 6
“ 
..............  5H@  634
“ 
..............  334© 4
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Hogs........................................ ..............  ©10
Bologna..........................
Pork loins............................... ..............  @ 5
..............63£@ 7
© 5 
Sausage, blood  or head.
©  5 
liver..............
© 5 
Frankfort........
©   8 
Mutton..........................
©  81/

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THTTC  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

13

Wholesale Price Current•

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash tmyers wh 

pay promptly a/nd buy in fu ll packages.

 

 

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Our Leader, %lb. cans............... 45

APPLE  BUTTEB.
AXLE GREASE.

% lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 

BAKING POWDER.

541b.  “ 
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lib. 
541b.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
BATH BRICK.

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Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz —  
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E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6
Frazer’s............................82  60
Aurora..............................  1  75
Diamond..........................   1  60
Absolute, % lb. cans, 100s..11  75 
50s.. 10 00
50s..18 75
75
94 lb.  “  2  “ 
.... 1 50
.... 3 00
lib .  “  1  “ 
bulk.........................  20
 
90
.......1 60
Teller’s,  14 lb. cans, doz..  45
“  ..  85
“  ..  1  50
English, 2 doz. in case...... 
80
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
American. 2 doz. in case...  70
Dozen
30
Mexican,  4 oz................... 
8  oz................... 
60
16 oz.................  
90
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl..........................  1  75
.......................... 2  00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2  25
No. 1 
“ 
.......................   2 50
Parlor Gem......................... 2  75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.............  1  20
M ill....................................3  25
Warehouse......................... 2  75
Dairy, solid packed...........1254
rolls........................  13
Creamery,  solid packed—   1354
r o lls .............. 14
CANDLES
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bluing. 

BUTTE BINE

21b.  “ 
 

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................1054
Star,  40 
954
Paraffine............................ 
'2
Wicking.............................   25
CANNED GOODS—Fi8h.
Clams, lib. Little Neck..... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3  lb........... 2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  10 
....190
Lobsters, 1  lb. picnic..........1  75
2 65

“ 
2  lb.  “ 
“ 
1 lb.  Star..................... 2 15
“ 
2 lb. Star.....................3 15
“ 
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
1 lb.  stand..............1 20
“ 
2 00
2 lb. 
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2  85
“ 
3 lb.  soused............2 85
“ 
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .2 00
l lb.  Alaska..........1  90
“ 
Sardines, domestic  548....  
“ 
54s........® 9
“  Mustard 54s............  ® 9
“ 
imported  %s...l094@16
“ 
spiced,  54s..........  
10
Trout, 3 Id. brook...........  2 60
CANNED GOODS—FruitS.
Apples, gallons, stand.  ---- 2  25
Blackberries,  stand.........  90
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
pitted................... 1  40
Damsons..............................1  15
Egg Plums, stand...... 1  15@1  35
Gooseberries........................1  00
Grapes.................................
Green  Gages..............1  15@1 35
Peaches, yellow, standi  75@1  85
seconds........1  10® 1 45
Pie......................115
Pears.................................... 1  25
Pineapples.................1  10@1  50
Quinces............................... 1 00
Raspberries,  extra.............. 1  75
red............... 140
Strawberries..............1  15@1  35
Whortleberries.................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand.........  85

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“  Green  Limas—   @1 20"
“  Strings..............  @  90
“  Stringless,  Erie......  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1 40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........1 00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Early Golden. 1  00
“ 
Peas, French........................1  68
“  extramarrofat...  @125
“  soaked.....................   80
“  June, stand................. 1  40
“ 
“  sifted......... 1  65®1 85
“  French, extra fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden..  @1 00 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash.................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95©1 00 
Good Enough95@l 00 
BenHar  ...  95®1 00
stand  br 
  95@1 00
CHEESE.
Michigan Full  Cream 1154@12 
Sap Sago....................16  @1654
23
German Sweet............
28
“Alden  Premium” ......
38
Cocoa............................
48
Breakfast Cocoa.........
37
Broma..........................
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................25
200 
35
Spruce.................................. 30
Bulk.......................................6
Red......................................   754
Rio, fair......................  @20
“  good.................... 20  @21

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

c o f f e e—Green.

CHICORT.

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“  prime..................   @22
“  fancy,  washed...  @23
“  golden...................22  @23
Santos.......................... 21  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 22  @23
Java,  Interior..............23  @25
“  Mandheling___26  @29
Peaberry......................21  @23
Mocha, genuine...........25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

c o f f e e s—Package.

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25

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CREAM TARTAR.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

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Jute 
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DRIED FRUITS—Citron.

DRIED FRUITS—CUITantS.

CLOTHES  LINES.
“
50 f t..........  
60 ft..........  
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70 ft..........  
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80 ft..........  
60 ft.......... 
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7 2 ff........  
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CONDENSED MILK.

Lion................................
“  in cabinets..............
McLaughlin’s  XXXX.
Durham.............................
c o f f e e e x t r a c t.
Valley City.........................
Felix..................................
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz.

.21% 
.2554 
.24% 
• 2454
85 
1  10
1  25 
1  50
1  75
2  00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15
Eagle.................................   1
50
Anglo-Swiss............. 6 00®
60
CRACKERS.
714
Kenosha Butter.........
RU
“ 
Seymour 
.........
Butter......................... ........594
V4
“  family................
“  biscuit.............. ........  6
Boston........................ ........6*4
City Soda................................   754
Soda.........................................  7v4
S. O yster................................   554
City Oyster, XXX...................  554
Picnic....................................... 554
Strictly  pure........................... 
Grocers’................................... 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  494©  554
“ 
evaporated__   @ 854
Apricots, 
“ 
....15  @16
Blackberries“ 
................. 7
Nectarines 
 
14
Peaches 
14
 
Plums 
...............
Raspberries 
 
28
dried fruits—Prunes.
Turkey........................... 5  @  554
Bosna..............................6  @  6%
California....................  8  @10
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum ........................  @23
Inboxes.......................  @25
Zante, in  barrels........   @5%
in less quantity  @  6 
Valencias................... 8%@ 894
Ondaras...................... @10
Sultanas.................... 10  @10%
London  Layers,  Call-
fornia..................... Z 50@3 75
London Layers, for’n. @
Muscatels. California. 1  ?5@2 25
Farina, 100 lb. kegs... ........  04
Hominy, per  bbl........ ........3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__  60
imported...... @ 994
Pearl  Barley.............. 294© 2%
Peas, green................. @1  10
“  split.................... @ 3
Sago,  German............ @ 694
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...
6® 7
Wheat,  cracked......... @ 5
Vermicelli,  import__ @10
domestic... @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole................. 5  @ 6
“  boneless.............. 694© 7%
Halibut....................
994@10
2 65
Herring,  round, 94 bbl
Ibbed
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  75
Scaled  ......... .20®  22
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl  12 00 
“  12 lb kit..130
“ 
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..1  20
“ 
“  10 
“ 
Trout,  54  bbls............ 4 00@4 25
“  10  lb.  kits..................   60
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls. .5 50@5 75
“ 
12 lb. kits...... 1 00
10 lb. kits......   80
“ 
Family,  54  bbls........2 50
“ 
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kits..............  50
Kegs.................................... 5 25
Half  kegs.................................2 88
Sage....................................... 9
Hops..................................... 14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6
Chicago  goods......................354
No.  ... 
 
No. 1................................  40
No. 2...............................   50

“  Holland,  bbls.. 
“ 
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dried fruits—Raisins.

“ 
GUN  FOWDEB.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

l a m p w ic k s.

JELLIES.

HERBS.

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1%

SY R U PS.

SA POLIO.
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3  “ 
SA U ER K R A U T.
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Kegs.................................  
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box........ 2 50
Hand 
...... 2 50
2 90
Silver Thread, 15 gallons 
. . . 4  00
Corn, barrels....................  @24
one-half  barrels__  @26
Pure Sugar, bbl................26@35
half barrel__28@37
“ 
SW EET  GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
8
Sugar  Creams............. 
854
Frosted Creams.........  
854
Graham Crackers...... 
8
Oatmeal Crackers__  
8
SODA.
Boxes.................. 
5%
Kegs, English........................4%
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75

SHOE  PO LISH .

 

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

IM P E R IA L .

GUN PO W D ER.

YOUNG  HYSON.

BA SK ET  F IR E D .

sun cured.

F air............................. 14  @16
Good............................18  @22
Choice.......................... 24  @29
Choicest.......................32  @38
F air............................. 14  @15
Good............................16  @20
Choice.......................... 24  @28
Choicest.......................30  @33
F air............................  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair...........25  @35
Extra fine to finest___50  @65
Choicest fancy............ 75  @35
Common to fair.......... 20  @35
Superior to fine............40  @50
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
Common to  fair...........25  @30
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest.......... 55  @65.
F air.............................25  @30
Choice..........................30  @35
Best.............................55  @65
Tea  Dust.....................  8  @10
$  1  per hundred..............  2 50
8 2, 
8 5. 
810, 
820, 
.................  6 00
8 1, per hundred...............   2 CM1
“ 
8 2, 
“ 
8 5, 
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$10, 
$20, 
“ 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over............ 5 per  cent
500 
“ 
1000 “ 
“ 
5000 

 
coupons—’ Tradesman.”

10 
............... 20 
25

coupons—“Superior.”

EN G LISH   B R E A K FA ST.

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35

TOBACCOS—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12........... 37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........ 36
Vinco,lx6, 4% to  B>................30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
Wheel, 5 to  fi>.........................37
Trinket, 3x9, 9 oz...................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Double Pedro.........................38
Peach  Pie...............................38
Wedding  Cake, blk................38
“Tobacco” ............................   38

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.
Hiawatha.......................  
Sweet  Cuba....................  
Our Leader........... 
35
tobaccos—Smoking.
Our  Leader.........................16
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................... 32
4 oz....................31
16 oz....................32
VINEGAR.
40 gr.....................................   8
50 gr......................................10

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MISCELLANEOUS.

PAPER.

Cocoa Shells, bulk............   5
PA PER & WOODENWABK
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw ....................................160
“  Light  Weight.............. 200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware..............................294
Bakers...................................2%
Dry  Goods............................ 6
Jute Manilla.........................8
Red  Express  No. 1............   5
No. 2............   4

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81 for barrel

TWINES.

“ 

WOODENWARE.

48 Cotton............................22
Cotton, No. 2.......................20
“  3.......................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........   40
No. 5 Hemp.........................18
No. 6  “ ................................ 17
Wool.................  ................
Tubs, No. 1 
00 
“  No. 2
6  00
“  No. 3.............. . . . . 5  
00
1 50
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.’. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes—  
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1  00
...
13  “ 
. .  1  25
15  “ 
... ............... 2 00
... ...............   2 75
17  “ 
3 00
assorted, :17s and  19s  2 50
4 00
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
5 00
Baskets, market..........  40
bushel...........  1  50

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“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
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WHEAT.

2 50
No.2 6 25
3 00
No.3 7 25
4 00
5 00
No.2 4 25
No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 
W hite......................... 
76
Red............................ 
76
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.

splint 

MEAL.

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OATS.

CORN.

FLOUR.

Bolted...............................  1  00
Granulated.......................   1  10
Straight, in sacks.............  4  00
“  barrels...........   4  20
Patent  “  sacks.............   5  00
“  barrels...........   5 20
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran..................................  11  50
Ships.................................  11  50
Screenings.......................   11  00
Middlings.........................  13 00
Mixed Feed........................13 CO
Coarse meal......................  13 00
Small  lots.........................  35
“  .........................  30
Car 
Small  lots............................ 28
“  ............................ 25
Car 
No. 1.................................   @35
No. 1..................................   1  10
No.2.................................   106
No. 1..................................  10 00
No. 2..................................  9 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green.........................4  @4%
Part Cured.................  @ 4
Full 
4  @4%
Heavy  steers, extra...
Dry.............................   5  @ 6
................   5 @6
Dry  Kips 
Calfskins,  green.......3  @ 5
cured.......494®  5
Deacon skins............... 10 @20

BARLEY.

HIDES.

HAY.

RYE.

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% off for No. 2.

PELTS.

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FURS.

Shearlings....................10 @25
Estimated wool, per fi> 20  @28
Mink, dark...................  25© 75
pale...................   25@ 50
Raccoon.......................   40@ 80
Skunk..........................   75@ 80
Muskrat.......................   15® 18
Fox, red............... 
1  25@1  50
“  cross....................2 00@5 00
“  grey......................  40@ 70
Badger........  .............  75@1  00
Cat, wild......................  50@ 75
Fisher..........................4 00@5 00
Lynx............................2 00@3 00
Martin,  dark...............1  25@3 00
pale & yellow  60©  75
Otter, dark..................6 00@8 00
Wolf.............................2 00@3 00
Bear.........................15 00@20 00
Beaver........................ 2 oO@6 00
Oppossum.....................  15@ 20
Deerskins, per lb........  15@  25
Above  prices for  No. 1 skins
only.
Washed............................ 25@30
Unwashed..................  .. 12@20
Tallow........................   3 @394
Grease  butter...............2 @ 3
Switches.....................  194® 2
Ginseng.......................2 no@2 M)
Above prices are nominal and 
for immediate  delivery only.

MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL.

THE  WflLSH-DE  R00  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Dally  Capacity. 

400  Bbls.
BRANDS: 
SUNLIGHT, 
DAISY, 
PURITY,
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena, 

Graham,

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rye Flour, 
Bolted  Meal,
.  Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

A.  E  B R O O K S  &  CO.,
P u re   Candies.

The  Only Hodse in the  State  which  Pilts Goods  Up  NET  WEIGHT.
NO  CHARGE  FOR  PACKAGES.
P E R K I N S   &  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool &  Tallow,

CODY  BLOCK.  1B8  EAST  FULTON  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

DEALERS IN

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

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

 

 

MATCHES.

LICORICE.
Pure........................  
30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
No. 9  sulphur.......................2 00
Anchor parlor.......................l 70
No. 2 home....... ..................l  io
Export  parlor.......................4 00
Black  Strap...................... 
20
Cuba Baking.................... 24@25
Porto  Rico....................... 30@35
New Orleans, good.......... 24@28
choice..........30@35
fancy...........42@45

MOLASSES.

One-half barrels, 3c extra

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Muscatine, Barrels................. 5 25

OATMEAL.
Half barrels....... 2 75
Cases........2  15@2 25
ROLLED OATS
Muscatine, Barrels__  @5  5
Halfbbis..  @‘, 75
Cases........2  15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................  9%
Water White........................10%
Medium.................................@6 50
54 b b l......................... 3 75
Small,  bbl.................................7 50

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PICKLES.

OIL.

PRESERVES.

“  T. D. full count...........  75

Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8
Carolina head........................654
“  No. 1........................5%
“  No. 2................ 554@
“  No. 3........................5

RICE.

PIPES.

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SALT

Japan............................ 554©654
Diamond  Crystal,  in  cases
r  24  packages.....................1  50
Common Fine per bbl.........   80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket.............................1  90
60 
............................. 2 00
100 
............................. 2  15
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
75
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
35
.................   20
SALERATUS.
Church’B, Arm & Hammer.. .5%
Dwight’sCom:......... 
5%
Taylor’s .................................5
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............5%
pure.........................5%
Our Leader.........................  4%
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

54 bu  “ 

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SOAP.

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Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands

spices—Whole.

Superior...................
.3 30 
Queen  Anne............
.3 85
German  Family..
Mottled  German......
00 
Old German............
.2 70 
U. S. Big  Bargain__
.2 00 
Frost, Floater...........
.3 75 
.3 00 
Cocoa  Castile  .........
Cocoa Castile, Fancy
.3 36 
Is.
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brand 
.2 95 
Happy Family,  75...
.3 30 
Old Country, 80.......
.3 65
Una, 100....................
.......................3 15
Bouncer, 100............
SEEDS.
Mixed bird.................  454@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary................................ 354
Hemp..................................... 354
Anise....................................8
Rape....................................  6
Mustard...............................754
Allspice.............................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........... 8
Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls........ 40
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
Zanzibar................. 20
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
“  No.  1.......................75
“  No. 2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18 
“ 
“  white...  .26
shot.........................20
“ 
spices—Ground--In Bulk.
Allspice..............................15
Cassia,  Batavia..................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................42
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 32
“  Zanzibar................. 25
Ginger, African................. 1254
“  Cochin.................... 15
Jamaica..................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................90
Mustard,  English.............. 22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................. 80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
“ 
“  white....... 30
“  Cayenne..................25
Cut  Loaf....................  @7%
Cubes.........................  @754
Powdered..................   @ 754
Standard  Granulated.6.5S@ 654
Fine...........6.56@ 654
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Confectioners’ A____  6%@6.44
White Extra  C.........   654© 654
30
Extra  C......................  574@ 6
C ................................   594® 594
Yellow.......................   554® 5%

SUGARS.

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TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

HESTER  <&  FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

S A W  AITI) C R IS T  M ILL M A C H IN E R Y
Send for 
CatalOj 
ana 
Price

ATLASEMG,NEWORKS

M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O P

INDIANAPOLIS.  INO.,  U.  8
STEAM EIHÌIHES&BOH-ERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

for  immediate  delivery.

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

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

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for Prices. 

44.46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS  N icv

a

D IR E C T IO N S

We haw cooked the corn in this can 
sufficient! 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmest  uwtcooked) adding  piece oi 
iood Butter (size oi hen’s egg*; and gil 
•1' iresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.; 
Season to suit when on the table, hi our 
genuine unless bearing the signature oi

Baysnport Gannir* q0

Davenport,  la.

W hat  Puzzles  the  Men.

The man who wants to dress  well  and 
can  afford  to  pay  good  prices  for  his 
clothes has always more trouble with his 
neckties  and  his  shirts  than  any other 
article  of  his  apparel.  He  pays  his 
shoemaker $9 a pair  for  his  shoes,  and 
that tradesman sees to it that his custom­
er’s  feet  are  trimly  and  comfortably 
booted.  He  goes to the hatter’s, pays 35 
for  the  latest  style Dunlap or Knox hat 
and  walks  away, knowing  that  he  has 
bought  the  best  thing  obtainable.  He 
strolls  into  the  tailor’s where his meas­
ure is, selects a piece of cloth that strikes 
his  fancy and  thinks  no  more  about i.t 
until that suit is sent to him.
But  the  cravats  and  shirts, and even 
the  collars,  are  quite a  different  thing. 
He  usually  spends  as  much  money on 
these  things  as  for  all the rest,  and he 
doesn’t  get  half  as  much  satisfaction 
from his outlay.
Soda  Fountains as  Fire  Extinguishers.
Pharmacists  who  carry  on  work and 
store  inflammable  material in the cellar 
should not forget that soda fountains can 
be made to serve as excellent  fire  extin- 
guishers by extending a line  of  gas pipe 
through  the entire length  of  the  cellar 
and  to  adjacent  rooms,  with  suitable 
short hose  and  nozzle  connections;  also 
that, in the absence of such pipe connec­
tions,  two  strong  workmen  can  easily 
carry a small  steel  fountain  to  a  point 
from which its contents  can  be  emptied 
on the fire.

He  Had  a  Reputation  to  Sustain.
A new driver for a Canal street  grocer 
sent in his resignation  after  serving for 
two days, and. when asked what  was the 
matter,  replied;
“I began  with a delivery horse  which 
could make his  mile  in  eleven  minutes 
and have worked down to seven. 
I came 
here  to  find  that  the  best  any of  your 
horses can do is fourteen  minutes,  and I 
must  resign  to  save  my  reputation. 
I 
would  be  looked  upon as working for a 
cheap house.”

W hat  He  Didn’t  B elieve In.
She (sentimentally)—I often think that 
the world is full of unsung songs.
He  (practically)—What’s  the  use  of 
them, if we never hear them?
She—Ah!  we can  feel them.  There is 
a song in the flower, in the  flying  cloud, 
the—
He—Well  the  world  may  be  full  of 
unsung  songs,  but  I am  going  to  take 
care that it is not full of unkissed kisses.

Let the curtain be drawn.

N ot the  Sam e  Party.

Pastor (to hired boy)—So I have caught 
you stealing apples out of the barrel ?
Hired Boy—Yes, parson, I own up.
“Don’t you  know. Thomas, that  when 
you  steal  you  commit  a  heinous  sin ? 
Moreover, there  is a Being who  sees  all 
that we do. before  whom  even I bow my 
head with fear and  trembling.  Do 'you 
know whom I mean ?”

“Your wife, I suppose.”

C r o ck er y   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP BURNERS.

No. 0 Sub.........................................................   38
No. 1  “  .........................................................   38
No. 2  “  ................................... 
58
Tubular......................................  
75

 
LAMP CHIMNEYS.—P d  bOX.

 

 

6 doz. In box.

Pearl top.

First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun........................................................1  85
No. 1  “  ......................................................... 2  00
No. 2  “  ......................................................... 3  00
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................2 25 I
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................2 40
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.......................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................2 80
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3 88
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70 i
“ 
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................1  25
....................... 150
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.........................................l  35
160
No. 2  “ 
Butter Crocks, per gal............................... 
06K
Jugs, % gal., per doz....................................  75
....................................  90
....................................180
  65

Milk Pans, H gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) 

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MicMpi Fire  ni  Marine  Insurance  Co

ORGANIZED  1881.

CASH  CAPITAL  $400,000.

CASH  ASSETS  OVER  $700,000.

LOSSES  PAID  $500,000

D.  Whitney, Jr., President. 

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

The Directors of  “The Michigan” are representative business men of 

our own  State.

F a ir  C ontracts, 
E q u ita b le  R a te s
In su re   in   “The M ichigan."

P r o m p t  S ettlem en ts,

WHO  U R G E S  YOU

T O   B J E Ï E Î F

THE  PUBLIC!

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ert 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods ii 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  Without effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas 
era to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W H L BE GLAD TO FILL Y0DR ORDERS.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  P ier c e,  Vice President.

H.  W.  N a s h ,  Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking business.

fsk« » Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

ef Country Merchants Solicited.

U C T R o t V P £ R s

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TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect Not. 17,1*89.
TRAINS  eOINQ  NORTH.

Arrive.

Traverse City A  M ackinaw................
Traverse City Express................9:20 a m
Traverse City & Mackinaw.............3:15 p m
From C incinnati.................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)..................................
m train.

Through coaches for Saginaw  on  7:10 a m  

GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express..........................  
F ort W ayne Express........................ 11:45 a m  
Cincinnati  Express..........................5:80pm  
Prom Mackinaw A  Traverse City..10:40 p m 
From Cadillac........................................9:55 a  m

Leave. 
7:10 a m 
11:30 am  
4:10 p ID
6:30 p m 
and 4:10 p

7:15 a m
12:60 p m
0:00p m

Train leaving for Cincinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriving 
from   Cincinnati  a t 9:20 p. m., runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther train s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P arlo r Car  Service:  N orth—7 ::0 a.m . 
and 4:10 p. m. train s have  sleeping and parlor cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  has chair car 
and 6 p. m. train  Pullm an sleeping car  for  Cincinnati.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana.

In effect Nov. 10,1889.

Leave 
Arrive.
7 0 0 a m .....................................................................10:15 a m
11:16 a m .....................................................................  3:46pm
5:40 p m .....................................................................  8:46 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later. 
Through tickets and full  inform ation  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist.  tick et  ag en t  a t  depot, o r 
Geo. W.  Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent.  67  Monroe  St., 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand H aven & M ilwaukee.

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
tM om ing Express............................ 12:60 p m
tThrough Mail....... ............................4:10 p m
tGr&nd Rapids  E x p re ss.................10:40  p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 a  m
fMixed................................................
GOING BAST.
tD etrolt  Express..............................
tThrough Mail...................................10:10 a  m
tEvening Express......................................3:86 p m
♦Night Express.................................10:30 p m

Leaves. 
100 p m 
4:20 p m
7:00 a m 
7:80 a m
6:60 a  m 
10:20 a  m 
8:46 p m  
10:66 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit Express  and  Evening  Express  have  parlor 
cars attached and m ake direct connections  in  D etroit 
for all points East.
Morning express and Grand Rapids express have par­
lor care attached.  Night express has W agner sleeping 
car to Detroit, a rriving in D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tickets 
secured  a t 
D., G. H. & M .R*y offices, 28 Monroe St., and a t the depot.
J ab. Campbell. Cl tv  Passenger Agent. 

tickets  and  ocean 

Through  railroad 

berths 

J no. W. Loud, Traffic M anager, Detroit.

and 

car 

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North  Michigan  Rail­
way from Owosso Junction.  Sure  connections 
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’l Pass.  Agent

M i c h i g a n  C e n t r a l

“ The Niagara Falls Route."

DEPART.  ARRIV B
D etroit E xpress....................................6:46 a m   10:15 p m
Mixed 
5:30 p m
Day  Express........................................1155 a m   10:00 a m
♦Atlantic A  Pacific Express..............10:46 p m   6:00 a m
New York Express...............................5:40 p m  
1:85 p m

....................................................6 :50 a m  

train s to and from  Detroit.
Express to  and  from   Detroit.

♦Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  care  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor care run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapids 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen’i Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.
1  O. W. Ruggles, G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago.

THE  LUCKY  PENNY.

Som e o f the  Peculiarities o f Carriers  of 

M ascots.

The cherished  preservation  of  odd or 
particular  coins  as  pocket-pieces  is  an 
old and  harmless  sort  of  idolatry fre­
quently indulged  in by a  large  percent­
age of humanity.  Such souvenirs often 
possess  intrinsic value  as well  as  leg­
endary  importance,  but, whether  repre­
sented by a.broad piece  of  gold or a bat­
tered copper token, all  have associations 
or little histories  of  peculiar interest  to 
their owners.  When these treasures  are 
under inspection in a social way, remarks 
of  the  following  tenor  are  frequently 
heard:
“This is the first  bit of silver I  earned 
when I left home.”
“I found this half-penny near  Shakes­
peare’s tomb.”
“Daniel  Webster  gave  that  Spanish 
quarter to my father when  he was a  boy 
for holding his horse.”
“Here,” said  a  man noted for his  un­
thrift,  “is the  only money I ever  saved, 
and I wouldn’t  have  saved  that were it 
not made of German silver.”
It is a custom  for  many kind  old per­
sons  to  say, when  tendering  a  bright 
piece of silver or gold  to  an  emigrating 
lad or lass:  “Keep  this  in  your pocket 
and you’ll always have money.”
The  present  and  injunction  are, per­
haps, intended for a  practical suggestion 
of thrift, although in  most cases the  les­
son  is  likely to  be  disregarded.  Few 
people possess the quality of  economy to 
an  extent  that will  allow them  to  join 
Shylock in his  boast  of  ability to  make 
coins breed.
A  large  number  of  these  mementos 
struggle  into  the  hands  of  money­
changers  whose 
locations  give  them 
daily opportunity  of  dealing  with  emi­
grant arrivals.  While  speaking  of  this 
incident in the business, one broker said: 
“It used  to  give me a pang  when  some 
poor fellow  or  woman would  unwrap  a 
time-smoothened piece of foreign money, 
or remove a perforated one from a chain or 
faded strip of  ribbon, and tearfully offer 
it for sale or exchange.  But,  one  soon 
loses sentiment in this  business,  and, in 
a  matter-of-fact  way,  I  simply  pay for I 
the weight of most of such odds and ends 
as you see heaped in that tray. 
I’ve had 
cases wherein  persons  who  had  struck 
prosperity  have  returned  after  a  long j 
time to see  if  their  keepsakes  could be 
identified and recovered, but the crucible 
of the assay office had generally put them 
beyond hope.”
Sometimes a special piece  of  money is 
kept sight of  with almost religious inter­
est. 
Instances are known  where  pawn­
brokers have made advances of ten enough 
on a revered  coin  to  make  the  interest 
exceed  its  nominal  value  many  times 
over. 
indescribable 
horror  when  the  owner  of  a  metallic 
“mascot”  or  prized talisman has paid it 
away in some unguarded  moment.  Hal­
lowed  heirlooms  have  been  thus  ruth­
lessly swept into  the  coffers  of  an  un­
sentimental  railroad  or  more  profane 
tills.  This  risk  is  always likely to pre­
vail,  regardless  of  the  many  ways  of 
safely  storing  such  precious  things. 
Nine out of  ten of  the devotees of  these 
little gods would decline the  use  of  the 
safe-deposit  boxes  or  bank  vaults,  be­
lieving,  as  they  do,  that  the  luck  or 
charm chances of the object only become 
potent by personal contact.

It  is  a  case  of 

H e  N eeded  B est.

Anxious  Wife—Doctor,  how 
is  my 
Doctor—He will come around all right. 
I  have 

husband ?
What  he  needs  now  is  quiet. 
here a couple of  opiates.

“When shall I give them to him ?”
“Give them to him !  They are for you, 
madame.  Your husband needs rest.”

To  Die  Like  a  Dog.

Mrs. Crabbley—Did  you  hear the Wig­
gins dog howl last night ?
Crabbley—I did, and I believe  it  to be 
a sure  sign of  a death  in  the  neighbor­
hood.
Mrs. Crabbley—Do  you  really ?  Who 
do  you think is going to die ?
Crabbley—That dog.

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THE  MICIIICi AIST  TRADESMAN

SEEDS!

If in want of Clover or Timothy, 
Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, 
or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of  Seed, 
send or  write to the
S e e d   S to re ,

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W . T . L A M O R E A U X .

Grand  Rapids,  Mich

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

Road

L t O g t g illt g  
D e liv e r y  
P le a s u r e

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

T H E   GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKEMKfl
WatGti filate 
s Jeweler,
flieh,

44  CÄNÄL  ST.,
Grand Rapids,  - 

Plumbing,

Steam and  Hot Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling,  Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lies.
184  East Fillton  St., Head  of Monroe,

T elephone  No. 147.

21  Scribner  Street,
Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

Salon,  Lyon  &  Go,,

JO B B E R S   OF

F ish in g   T a ck le , 

B a se  B a lls a n d  

S u p p lies, 
C roquet, 

H a m m o c k s, 

L a w n  T en n is, E tc.

State  Agents  for  A.  J.  Reoch  A  Co.'s 

Sporting  Goods.

Send  for  Catalogue. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~

EATON,  LYON  &  GO.,

80  &  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

GEO, H. REEDER,

State  Agent

Hw.B  ®
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OB  Oc+  QB0  a>1 a
5‘  3  
to  g‘
MB'}I  »
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Lycoming  Rubbers
HeAinm Price Sboes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
R A . 1 U R O A . D   11 A U S .

and Jobber of

The  best 

shoe 
made  for  railroad 
men, truckmen and 
wh e r e v e r   hard 
wear  is  required. 
As  durable  as  a 
plow  shoe  and  as 
good style as a light 
shoe. Made in fresh 
split veal  calf  and 
Milwaukee grain,in 
bals  and  congress, 
two soles  and  tap.
Rindge, 

Bertsch 

&  Go.,

12.  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FRUIT Headquarters  for  Oranges, 

Lemons,  Bananas,  Nuts,  Pea­
nuts, Figs, Dates,  Citron, etc. 

T h e  P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co.

Ask  for  Price  List.

C U R T IS S   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE

JPaper  Warehouse.

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’

Houseman  Block, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TWINE.
- 

W M . S E A R S  & CO.,

GraBker  MamlfautiirBrs,

8 7 , 3 9   a n d   41 K e n t St.,  G ran d   R a p id s.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N S

“Olir Leader )) Goods.

Having stood the test of time and the  battle  of  competition  and 
come  off  victorious,  we  have  no hesitation  in  recommending  to  the 
trade our line of

Our Leader  Cigars,

Olir  Leader Smokiag,

Olir Leader  Fine  Ciit,

Olir  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Olir  Leader  Saleratiis,

Oifr  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S  

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

IN  FA CT

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

send  in  sample  order  for  the  full  line and see how your 

trade in these goods will increase.
M. C L A R K   &  SON.

I. 
S.  K.  BOLLES

S.  K .  B o lle s  &  Co.,
W h o l e s a l e   C ig a r   D e a le rs.

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRANII  RAPIDS,  MICH.

E.  B.  DIKEMA>

“T O S S   U P ! ”

We  will  forfeit  $1,000  if  the  “TOSS  UP” 
Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than  the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

Lem on  &  P eters,

W H O L B S A L B

G R O C B R S .

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

complete  stock  of  seeds 

to the fact that  we  carry the most 
in 
Western  Michigan.  Send

S We  respectfully  call  your  attention 
B for  our  wholesale  price 
before  buyingB   Clover,

catalogue 

and 

list 

Timothy, 
Red  Top, 
Etc., 
Ete,

In  fact,  everything 
in  our  line  at  lowest 
market  values.

D

Brown’s  Seed  Store,  ^

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
S o m e th in g   N e w

Bill  S n o rt

We  guarantee  this  cigar  the 
best  §35  cigar  on  the  market. 
Send  us  trial  order, and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
ter sent with each order.

JOBBER  OP

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

M eiioix  Cigar  MTg  Co.,
F.J  DETfENTHflLER
Lake  F ishlH H
IHOGean Fish

F r e sh   a n d   S a lt

---- AND----

Mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Playing Gards

John B.  Beavis  Taken  to  Kalamazoo. 
From  th e Pentw ater News.
Peter  Fish, of  Chicago, had  plenty of 
money  and  his  friend. John  B. Beavis, 
had plenty of  experience, and  about two 
years ago  they  concluded  to  unite  the 
two and engage in  the  lumbering  busi­
ness near Walkerville.  Fish put in §20,- 
000 and Beavis  his  time.  By the terms 
of  the articles the  copartnership was  to 
expire  Jan.  1, 1890.  Mr.  Beavis  com­
menced  the  business; 
timber was  pur­
chased, a mill erected  and the manufact­
ure of lumber commenced.  A farm was 
bought  and  improved.  Finally,  in  the 
course  of  time, the  820.000  run  short, 
and §10,000  more  was  borrowed  by the 
firm,  a  bonus  of  8250  being  given. 
Beavis purchased  land,  taking  the  title 
in  his  and  Fish’s  name.  He  subse­
quently sold  his undivided  half, reserv­
ing the timber upon it, and  took  a mort­
gage back, which he assigned to his wife. 
Fish  never  received  anything.  The 
lumber was undisposed of,  and the prop­
erty of the concern was worth about 820,- 
000. 
Fish  was  called  upon  and  was 
obliged  to  pay  the  810,000  borrowed. 
Thinking that Beavis was wronging him, 
he filed a bill  in  chancery and  made ap­
plication to  Judge  at  chambers,  for  the 
appointment of a  receiver.  Answer was 
filed by Beavis, and  the  appointment  of 
a receiver was  refused  by the  court, on 
the ground that the court  had  no  power 
to appoint at  chambers. 
In  the  mean­
time. Mr. Beavis has  been  taken  insane 
and removed by his friends to Kalamazoo 
for treatment.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

A. Curtis  has  signed with  P. of  I. at 

Man ton.

Dudley Cutler  has  contracted  to  sell 
the  P. of  I.  at  NOttawa—the  first mer­
chant in St. Joseph county to take such a
course.

McCartney  Bros., general  dealers  at 
Lake Odessa, write as follows :  “Please 
take our name from the  P. of  I. dealers, 
as we are no longer  selling  goods  under 
a contract.  We have  gone  back  to  the 
old way of  doing  business—one price  to 
everybody, either P.  I. or I. P.”

Flint  Daily  News,  Feb. 27:  “A  phy­
sician of  this  city, who  lodges at one of 
the  hostelries  where  a large  delegation 
of  Patrons of Industry are holding forth, 
had a peculiar dream along toward morn­
ing. 
It was to the effect that a mule was 
raising  Cain  with  his  features.  When 
he awoke, he heard a great hubbub in an 
adjoining  room.  His  expectation  of 
finding the  room  full of  mules  was  let 
down considerably when he found that it 
was  only  about a dozen  P.’s of  I.  prac­
ticing  the  speeches  which  they were to I 
spring  on  the  convention.  They  had 
arisen at 5 o’clock and  were pitching into 
capital and labor at a terrible rate.”

The P. of I. on the Wrongr  Track.
From  the Detroit News.
The Patron of  Industry  knows  some­
thing  is  wrong.  His  transactions  are 
generally with  the village merchant. 
It 
is with him  he  trades  his  produce  for 
necessaries. 
It  is  the  merchant  who 
seemingly gets  so  much and gives so lit­
tle.  So some of the Patrons have resolved 
to cut the claws of the “rapacious” coun­
try merchant.  They  will  only give him 
a margin  of  10  per  cent,  for  his goods. 
Thus the farmer will get more, the others 
will get less, and  an  equilibrium will be 
established !'
Fiddlesticks !  How many country mer­
chants are rolling in wealth ?  Isn’t their 
lot, as a matter of fact, nearly as hard as 
that of the granger ?  Isn’t their seeming 
prosperity mainly a sham ? 
If  the Pat­
rons  of  Industry  could  see  the  ledger 
accounts  of  the country merchants they 
deal with;  if they could  appreciate their 
worry and anxiety, their animosity would I 
often be turned  to pity,  and  they would 
look  upon  them  as  comrades instead of 
enemies.

Manistique — Gaspard  Roleau  has 

opened a bakery.

WE  ARE  HEBDQUflRTERS

L a u tz   B r o s •  ¿è  C o . ’s   S o a p s,

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpcli,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

N ia g a ra   S ta r c h ,

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