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NO.  838.

that  the  eyes  of  all  Thurston’s  were 
upon him as Xenophon himself.
“It’s  too  heavy  for  you,”  he  said, 
shortly.  “Now,  get  me  a  cup  of  that 
like  and  my  slice  of  lemon, 
tea 
I 
please.”
'The girl, scarlet and distressed, flew to 
obey his order.  When she returned with 
the  steaming,  fragrant  Pekoe  and  had 
put  in  his  two  lumps'  with  the  little 
plated  sugar  tongs  which  trembled  in 
her  shaking  fingers,  she  said, in  a low 
voice:  “Prof.  Kosmos ?”  The professor 
laid down his book in which he had been 
absorbed  during  the  tea  interval. 
“1 
thank  you, sir. 
It was kind of  you;  but 
don’t—don’t do that again.”

“And pray why not, my child ?”
“It might  make  the other girls angry, 
sir—and—and—it  might  cost  me  my 
place.  I—I’ve  got  to  keep  the  place, 
sir;  I’ve got to live!”
Something in the  girl’s  tone made the 
scholar lift his head and look at the little 
waitress long and  searchingly.  She was 
as  pale  as  thin  porcelain; 
the  light 
seemed to strike through her; veins stood 
out  on  her  delicate  temples  and  thin 
hands;  her large, dark  eyes  appealed to 
him like a dumb  animal’s;  they were set 
deep in  a  high,  full  brow,  back  from 
which  her  hair  was  brushed  severely 
without  fuss  or  friz.  “Why, here  is a 
forehead,”  thought  the  professor.  He 
had never reallv looked at it before.  She 
was very plainly and  poorly dressed in a 
blue calico and white apron, and she wore 
no  ornament  of  any  kind,  not  even  a 
flounce  or a frill.
“There,  there!”  muttered  the  pro­
fessor, kindly.  He  did  not  know what 
else to say.  He  shoved  back  his  chair 
and took his  hat  and bowed to the wait­
ress, with respect.
Now,  the  professor  did  what  he had 
never done before—forgot his book.  The 
title of  the book was in full sight.
“Oh,  you  have forgotten  your ‘Antig­
one,’ sir,” said the waitress,  impulsively. 
She took the  book with a certain tender­
ness  and  handed it to him. with a touch 
expressing both  the  familiarity and  the 
carefulness  of  a reader.
Now,  indeed. Prof.  Kosmos  stared  at 
his  waitress.  The  last  one  he  had  at 
Thurston’s  slapped  his  famous English 
translation  into  the  gravy one day, and 
then called it “Anti-gone.”
When the professor came to Thurston’s, 
a few days after, for his  next  luncheon, 
a  fat,  greasy girl, with bangs  and a red 
jersey,  knocked  his  spectacles  off  with 
the  bill  of  fare  and  peremptorily  de­
manded his order.
In sur­
prise and real  distress, he consulted  the 
proprietor.
“We don’t keep girls  that  can’t carry 
their own  trays,”  said  that  gentleman, 
shortly.
“But  it  was  no  fault of  the  girl’s,” 
urged the customer.  “I did it, and you’ll 
oblige  me, Mr. Thurston,  by taking  her 
back.”
The proprietor was not unaware of the 
celebrated  Greek  reputation  that  dined 
off  his olives and cheese, and  he  replied 
more  suavely: 
to 
oblige  you,  professor, if  I can  find  her; 
but  these  girls  drop out  of  sight like a 
stone in a  well.  We don’t take their ad­
dress.”
The  professor  sighed.  He felt unac­
countably sorry.  He  had  blundered  so 
kindly.  He  went  over  to  the 
rival 
restaurant  across the street and lunched 
abstractedly on cold corned beef.
A few  nights  after,  a  reluctant  hand 
rapped  at  the  door  of  the  professor’s 
eccentrically plain bachelor lodgings. 
It 
was the hour for  his  washerwoman, and 
he  bawled,  “Come  in,” without  lifting 
his eyes from  his  copy of  “Agamemnon 
at  the  Club,”  learnedly  proved by him 
not to have been written by Homer.
A slight  figure  in a waterproof  cloak,

His  little  waitress was gone. 

“Why,  certainly, 

THE  SACRIFICE  OF  ANTIGONE.

I.

Prof.  Kosmos,  ex-professor  of  classic 
and modern Greek at the  leading univer­
sity  of  the  country,  hurried  into  the 
restaurant  and  sat  down  at  his  usual 
table.  Prof.  Kosmos  was  probably the 
only man in the land who had been forced 
to  abandon  a  professorship  for a prop­
erty.  His inheritance  was large and un­
expected;  and  the  cutting  of  coupons 
and  the  pursuance  of  an  unsalaried 
Greek enthusiasm now  occupied his life. 
His long-looked for volume on “Diogenes 
in  his  Tub” was  in  press  for  the  fall 
market.  The  professor  was  now  at 
leisure to concentrate  his  whole  nature 
upon the revival of ancient Greek ©ratory 
in Yankee schools.
Thurston’s restaurant  was well known 
about  town.  There  lunched  the  busy 
brokers  and  capitalists of  the city;  and 
there  the  literary  millionaire,  being  a 
phenomenon,  was well known.
The professor  glanced  over the bill of 
fare with a dissatisfied  expression, as  he 
balanced  his  book  against  the  sugar 
bowl.
The  professor  always  carried a book, 
and  Greek at that.  Nothing  suited  his 
scholarly taste that noon.
With  an  Athenian  sigh, he called for 
olives—and the waitress  added  crackers 
on  her  own  responsibility.  She  had 
waited on the professor before.
If  the  professor  had  possessed  the 
human  rather  than the Hellenic temper­
ament,  he  would  have  studied  that 
waitress  sympathetically  long  before 
now.  As  it  was,  he  liked  her  uncon­
sciously.  She  was  so  modest, she  was 
so quiet—in  short, she was so unlike the 
usual  young  lady who banged (in  every 
sense)  her  way  to a man’s  palate,  that 
not to feel  her  presence  pleasantly was 
impossible.
Now. the thing which the customer had 
not  noticed  until to-day was  the  pallor 
of  the  waitress,  the  pallor  of  poverty 
and  hardship—a color  startling,  as  the 
girl stood in  the  strong  light  balancing 
on  her  slender hands a heavy trayful of 
roast  and  salad  china from the next ta­
ble, where four men had just expensively 
dined.
“Come here I”  the professor beckoned; 
he did not like to snap his  fingers at this 
girl;  he did not like to call  her  Polly or 
Molly—in  fact,  he  did  not  know  her 
name.  The  girl  answered his summons 
quickly and quietly.
“You  look  ready  to  drop,”  said  the 
professor, in a savage undertone.
“I am—a little—faint.”  said  the  girl; 
“but it isn’t any matter;  I often am.”
“That  waiter  is  heavy enough for an 
Irishman!” 
the  professor. 
“You’re  not  Irish,  are  you ?”  he  pro­
ceeded,  with  the  want  of  tact  not  un­
common with scholars.

growled 

“No, sir.”
The girl dropped her eyes  and  flushed 
brightly;  but  a  twitch  of  amusement 
tugged at the corners of  her sad and del­
icate mouth.
“Give me that thing—all those dishes— 
food  enough 
for  Xenophon’s  army. 
There!”
Before  the  astonished  waitress  could 
protest, the big professor  had  seized the 
heavy tray and stalked across the  dining­
room  with  it;  his  waving  black  beard 
blew  in  the  draught  from  the  dumb 
waiter,  as  he  deposited  his  burden 
haughtily, and returned  with  long, lean 
strides  to  his own table, as unconscious

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T H E   MICHIGAJST  TRADESMAN.

and wearing a thick  veil  across a bowed 
face,  timidly  entered  the  study,  and a 
low voice  said:  “Here are  your  clothes, 
sir;  where  shall I find the soiled ones, if 
you  please ?”
The professor  whirled in his revolving 
study chair.
“Where  in—Sparta—is  Mrs.  O’Hool­
igan ?  She does my washing.”
“She is ill, sir. 
I’ve taken her work,” 
replied the stranger, quickly.
The professor  pointed  over  his shoul­
der in embarrassed  silence.  He was not 
used  to  veiled  laundresses—and  young 
ones, too.  Mrs. O’Hooligan  was big and 
60.  and  usually  wore  a  red  woolen 
“cloud” falling off  her back comb.  Her 
silent substitute went to the closet where
the linen lay tossed  about in classic  and 
masculine disorder, filled the clothes  bag 
and got herself out of  the room  as  soon 
as  possible.  She  was  hurrying  away 
without  her  money.  The  professor 
called  her  back  and  handed  her  a  $2 
bill.  “Nevermind the change,” he said, 
gruffly.
“I  prefer to return  it,  sir,” answered 
the laundress, in a scarcely audible voice. 
I—haven’t it 
“I will  do  so  next week. 
with me  to-night.”
What  was  it  about  that  voice ?  No 
tone  of  such  refinement  had  ever  ob­
jected to keeping  change in these  apart­
ments  before.  No such syntax had ever 
before  graced  the  subject  of  his soiled 
linen.  Was  it  a  familiar accent?  But 
that was impossible.

It was 7:30 o’clock in the evening when 
Mrs. Goodwin De Witt swept through her 
drawing-room on her  final  tour of  rigor­
ous  inspection  before  the  junior party. 
Mrs. Goodwin  De  Witt  was  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  hostesses  of  one  of 
the most hospitable cities in the land.
Celebrated  men  and women met every 
week  in  her  beautiful  house.  All  the 
literary, artistic and  theological  stars of 
the university town  were at  home in her 
salon.  She was a woman of  two worlds, 
this  and  the  one  to come.  Her sympa­
thies were as wide  as  her  true  culture. 
She was president  of  the  Students’  Aid 
Association and of  who knew how  many 
charities;  but  she  never  had  prettier j 
flowers or a more  attractive dining-room i 
or invited more celebrities than when she 
gave  her  annual reception to the  junior 
class  of  the  college  which  admitted 
women.  Nothing was too good for these 
young  people  who  were  not  invited to 
elegant  homes any  too  often,  and  who 
had  just  begun  the  long  struggle for a 
foothold  in  the  wonderful  world which | 
she  had  conquered,  and  which  had 
crowned her one of  its  sweetest  queens. I
As Mrs. Goodwin De Witt  stood deftly 
shaking a long lace  portiere  into  grace­
ful shape,  her  attention  was arrested by 
the  sudden  sight  of  an  early  guest,  a 
student, clearly.  Who else  would  come 
sharp on  the  stroke of  the hour ?  And, 
ah !  who else  would  dress—if  the truth I 
were  said—like that?  A  slight  figure, 
frail  to  transparency, bent a little  with 
embarrassment,  parted  the  lace  with a 
thin hand.
“I  see  I’ve  come  too early,” faltered 
the  joung guest, with a frankness which 
attracted  the  woman  of  society  at  the 
first  sound.  “I  don’t  know  any of  the 
girls  very  well. 
I 
had my lessons till the  last  minute, and 
I thought  perhaps  you’d expect us to be 
prompt,  for we’re only girls—and boys.”
She  advanced, holding  out  her  hand,| 
smiling the  easy smile of  a girl who was 
not quite as verdant  as  her early arrival 
might seem to indicate.  She stood in the 
splendid  room, a quaint  little  figure  in 
an  old  black  alpaca  dress,  with  linen 
collar and cuffs—these  were  beautifully I 
laundried;  an  old-fashioned  brooch,  of I 
hair  and  gold, fastened  her  collar;  her 
hair was  brushed back from a high fore­
head.
“It gives  me  the  more  chance to  get 
acquainted  with  you,”  welcomed  the 
hostess,  heartily;  “and  that  gives  me I 
pleasure.  Miss-----?”

I  am  pretty  busy. 

“Dreed.  Dorothy Dreed is my name.”
Mrs.  Goodwin  De  Witt  and  Dorothy 
Dreed sat down on a blue satin tetc-a-tetc, 
and in five minutes were fast friends.  In I 
ten the elder  woman  knew  the  younger 
one’s  whole  story—or thought  she  did. ! 
If  she  only  had,  our  tale  would  have'

found a brighter ending.  Dorothy was so 
gentle,  she  was  so  well-mannered, she 
was so  affectionate, she  was  so  frank— 
how could the experienced  hostess know 
that  the  proud-hearted  little  creature 
held  her  at  bay, and  told  her  all  she 
chose,  and  not  a  word  beyond, of  her 
struggling history ?
A junior in college?  Yes.  Competing 
for the Greek prize ?  Trying to—hoping 
to. 
It was like  Prof.  Kosmos to  offer so 
large a sum—how  large ?  Mrs.  De Witt 
forgot.  Two  hundred  dollars.  A  very 
large sum.  Dorothy Dreed said.  And she 
thought  it  quite  like  Prof. Kosmos,  he 
was such an enthusiast  in  Greek.  Mrs. 
De Witt  hesitated.  Was her guest quite 
well ?  She had a frail look.  Quite well, 
Dorothy said.  Did she live with friends?
No;  she  boarded.  Were  her  parents 
living ?  Her  father  was—and her step­
mother.
There  were  boys, brothers.  The boys 
had been put through  college, somehow, 
all  but  one—her  little  brother  Teddy. 
Nobody expected a girl to go.
“So I came  away on  my  own  account 
and put myself through.  I entered fresh­
man  year,” smiled Dorothy.
“I—came—without kid gloves,” added 
the  poor  child,  pathetically, 
looking 
down  at  her  bare  hands,  redder  and 
rougher  than  most  of  the  girls’  hauds 
were;  little, delicate  hands  put through 
some  rude  work  foreign to their  inher­
itance  and  training.  She  felt that Mrs. 
Dewitt would  understand  that she could 
not afford gloves.
The  black  alpaca  nestled  confidingly 
against the lace and velvet draperies of a 
hostess with eyes full of tears that fell— 
or one did—upon the blue satin  cushions 
where the two  sat talking.
“Here  is  another case,” thought Mrs. 
De Witt:  her  warm  heart  was  overbur­
dened with “cases” all the  time.
“Here is a case for the Aid  Society. 
I 
must look her  up as soon as I can.”
But  how  was  even  Mrs.  De  Witt, 
woman  of  the  world,  protector of  poor 
students,  searcher  of  girls’  hearts,  to 
know that this “case” was the  most des- 
I perate in the  whole  college that she and 
| a  handfnl  of  good  women  tried  to 
“mother” with limited  funds and unlim­
ited  sympathies ?  How  was  she  to 
know—for  there  was a stir and a flutter 
at  the  door,  and  gayly  a  troop  of  her 
guests  poured  in —young  ladies  and 
young  fellows—chattering  and  frolic­
some,  all in their  best  clothes  and best 
manners, and none—not  one  in the class 
of  fifty-two—shrinking  out  of  sight  in 
black alpaca  and  linen  collar and poor, 
bare hands.
The poorest  girl  in the  lot  had  man­
aged, somehow.  Only  Dorothy  was  too 
poor to manage at all.
How was  Mrs. De Witt  to  know  that 
her  luxurious  home  held  that  night  a 
girl put to the hardest  for the barest ne­
cessities of  life:  a  girl  friendless,  cold.
J  half-dressed,  ail  but  starving  in  that 
great,  rich,  generous,  studious  city;  a 
girl  tenderly  reared,  who  had  beaten 
about in attic lodgings and hall bedrooms 
like a desolate waif; who had done every 
j  kind  of  rough,  menial  work  she  could 
| put her little hands to. for bread and rent 
i and shoes  and fire and books—and never 
complained of it. never even “told” of it,
! and  who  sat  there  now  on  those satin 
cushions, so faint with  hunger  that  the 
odor of  the  hot  chocolate  from the din­
ing-room made her ravenously giddy ?
In the course of  that  happy evening—
| for it was a very happy evening  to  those 
fifty young people and to the kindly lions 
j who came to “meet”  them—the thought- 
! ful  hostess  found  a chance  to  ask  the 
child point-blank who her father was.
“An Episcopal clergyman,” said Doro­
thy.  “He lives in East Omaha, Nebraska. 
Papa hasn’t a large parish,” added Doro­
thy;  “but he’s a good man.”
“You  must  come  and  see  me,”  said 
Mrs. De Witt,  gently;  “and  let  us  talk 
more.”
“Thank  you,” said  Dorothy,  prettily; 
“after I have tried  for  the  Greek prize! 
I shall have to work  hard till  then.”
“Ah !  there,”  murmured  the  hostess, 
“is  our  friend, the  Prof.  Kosmos  him­
self.”
But when she turned to greet  him,  the 
little girl in alpaca  was  gone.  Dorothy 
had  disappeared.  Mrs. De Witt and the

great professor looked for her in vain for 
fully  five  minutes.  Dorothy  had  van­
ished.  The dismissed waitress at Thurs­
ton’s  chuld  not  make  up  her  mind  to 
meet  her  customer.  The inexperienced 
washerwoman  could  not  face  in  those 
gorgeous parlors the employer whom she 
“ironed and mended” every week.  Poor 
Dorothy  slipped  away  home — without 
even her chocolate—and cried  and  stud­
ied  and  shivered  half  the  night  in her 
dingy  attic  lodging.  The  other  girls 
stayed and had a beautiful time.
But  Dorothy  was  working  for  the 
Greek  prize  oration.  Only  one  other 
girl  student was going to compete at all. 
The  rest  were  all  boys.  Dorothy com­
forted herself  by thinking  how it  would 
be if  she  got  that  prize.  Two hundred 
dollars!  A  poor  clergyman’s  daughter 
who had sewed, and copied  for  lawyers, 
and washed and ironed, and tutored other 
girls, and gone out mending carpets, and 
waited  at  Thurston’s, and  suffered  and 
shivered and starved “for an  education” 
for two  years and a half, thought of  that 
sum of  money  with a kind of  dumb,  in­
credulous ecstasy.
“First  of  all,”  whispered  Dorothy, 
“I’ll get—I’ll get a nice beefsteak.  And 
then. I think—I’ll  have  some flannels.”
It  was  the cold,  spring term .
“And  then,” said  Dorothy to  herself, 
“I’ll send something  home to papa—and 
Teddy.  I wouldn’t be selfish with $200 !” 

III.

There was unusual excitement  in  Col­
lege Hall on a wild March night.
The audience room was  packed to suf­
focation.  Only the  president  and Prof. 
Kosmos, with the five  contestants,  occu­
pied  the  platform. 
Judge  and  Mrs. 
De  Witt  were  prominently  seated  in 
front.  At the  last, it was  rumored that 
but one  young  lady would  compete;  the 
other had backed out in dismay.
Now,  this  oratorical  contest  was  an 
unusual thing, the first of  its kind in the 
country, the hobby of  its  originator,  the 
famous  professor.  Greek  declamation, 
of  course, was an old  story;  but an orig­
inal  Greek  oration, cast in the purest of 
classic style  and  delivered in full Greek 
costume by the orator, was a novelty.  It 
was a step  in  advance  of  the  popular 
rendering of  Greek plays in the original.
The  four  young  men  upon  the  plat­
form  sat  resplendent  in effective tunics 
of  differing colors, from whose low necks 
their  more  or  less  prououneed Yankee 
profiles towered  solemnly.  The solitary 
young woman sat  modestly covered from 
neck to ankles with a dark cloak.
It looked like an old waterproof  cloak; 
and.  indeed,  it  was.  The  stage  was 
decorated  with  a  representation of  the 
Acropolis, which it is to be hoped Demos­
thenes would  have  recognized if  he had 
been offered a platform ticket.
The four  young  men, each in his turn, 
began  to  spout  like  four  young  North 
Americans in very creditable  Greek syn­
tax. and very natural  New  England  ac­
cent.  The  brilliant  audience  listened 
with a mobile expression of  countenance 
calculated to show how  familiar one was 
with the dead languages.
The subject  of  Phidias was treated in 
yellow surah;  Plato  in  brown  nankeen; 
Alexander  in  purple  merino  and  gold 
braid;  while  Alcibiades,  the descendant 
of  Ajax,  harangued  his  soldiers in full 
military panoply.  These  young  gentle­
men were all enthusiastically applauded.
A hush preceded the announcement, in 
full  Greek, of  the last contestant of  the 
occasion,  Miss  Dorothy  Dreed. 
She 
would  address  the  audience  upon  the 
plaintive and beautiful topic of Antigone.
From the  shoulders  of  a  little figure, 
trembling very much, the old water-proof 
cloak  dropped  slowly.  There  glided to 
the front  of  the  platform a lovely crea­
ture,  slim  and  swaying,  all  in  white, 
clinging white, and Greek from the twist 
of  her  dark  hair  to thejsandal  on  her 
pretty foot and the pattern on her chiton's 
edge.
The costume  was  scrim,  and cost five 
cents  a  yard—but  who  knew?  Who 
cared?  It was studious, it was graceful, 
it was becoming,  it  was perfect,  it  was 
Greek—it was Antigone.
Prof. Kosmos gave a start which shook 
the  program  from  his  hand  when  the 
Greek goddess  emerged from vher  black 
chrysalis;  and  when  she  opened  her

trembling lips  and  began to speak  with 
the rhythmic  Greek  undulation dear  to 
the heart and head of the classic scholar, 
and  delivered  an  excellent  philippic 
against  Creon  and  a  piteous,  womanly 
wail for Polynices, and a pathetic appeal 
to the attentive  audience for  Antigone’s 
own  doomed  young  life, he covered his 
eyes  with  that program and felt  shaken 
to his soul.  In this Antigone,  buoyed in 
terrible  struggles  by  love  of  art  that 
no privation could quench,  bearing woes 
that no Sophocles had sung, he recognized 
the face of  his waitress and the  voice of 
his washerwoman.
She took the prize—of course, she took 
the prize. 
It  was a foregone  conclusion 
after five minutes.
The audience had  the  refinement  and
intuition to appreciate the quality of  the 
girl’s  scholarly  work  and  womanly na­
ture, and  rose to their feet  cn  masse  as 
Antigone,  like a spirit, melted from  the 
stage.
Afterward  they  sought  her —  they 
sought  her  everywhere.  But,  like  a 
spirit,  she  had  gone;  she  could not be 
found.
One of  the girls,  who knew her better 
than the rest (tho’that was little enough), 
said that  she  thought  Miss  Dreed  was 
very tired and had  gone home.  She had 
worked too hard,  the girl  said;  but  she 
kept to  herself.  They were  afraid  she 
was  very  poor,  but  nobody  knew;  she 
never told;  she  studied too hard to make 
intimate friends.

IY.

V. 

“But, madam, who is this girl ?”  cried 
Prof.  Kosmos,  in  much  agitation. 
“I 
want to hand herthe prizemyself.  She’s 
magnificent!  But, madam, do  you know 
she’s starving ?”
In ten words he told  Mrs.  De Witt  all 
he knew.
Her  stately form  trembled  with sym­
pathy and sickness of  heart.
“I was  going to see her,”  wailed that 
good  woman.  “I got  her  address—but 
I  couldn’t 
my husband has  been  sick. 
go. 
I’ll  go  to-morrow—tonight.  Call
my  carriage,  professor!  Tell  my  hus­
band!  I won’t wait;  I can’t wait.”
“You’d better,” said the judge, calmly, 
coming  up. 
“You  are  tired  out,  my 
dear.  Go to-morrow—and  the professor 
will go with you.”
“That I  will!”  cried  the  uneasy pro­
fessor.  “It is distressing;  it  is unheard 
of.  Who  is  the  girl,  anyhow?  Does 
anybody know ?”
“She is the daughter  of  an  Episcopal 
clergyman in East  Omaha,”  sighed Mrs. 
“She  told  me—Rev.  James 
De  Witt. 
Dreed.”
“Castor and Pollux!”  cried  Professsor 
Kosmos. 
“Jim  Dreed!  He  was  my 
classmate  at  Harvard,  and  he  ranked 
above me.  Why, I thought the  world of 
the fellow.  Jim Dreed's daughter!"
1
It  was  an  attic  indeed;  a  very  poor 
attic—not on the list of accredited board­
ing places  in  the  hands  of  the  college 
registrar.  The  poorest  student  in  the 
university  had  fared  better 
than  this 
brave and dying, proud and silent girl.
For  that  she  was  dying  when  they 
found her no experienced eye could doubt.
She  had  crawled  home—no  one  ever 
knew how—after that last flaring flash of 
strength, in  whose  strong flame her fad­
ing life had gone out.  She had managed 
to creep  into  her  cold little cot—too ex­
hausted  to  save  what  was  left  of  her 
scanty fire—and then her  landlady, a re­
spectable  but  indifferent  matron,  had 
found  her,  unconscious,  at  noon  next 
day.
Tho best of  everything was done, as it 
is so often, at the last of all suffering and 
all endurance.  Mrs. Goodwin De Witt’s 
own celebrated  physician  came and pro­
nounced with his own distinguished  lips 
the fatal prognosis.
“No hope.  The  constitution  has suc­
cumbed to  want  and  work.  Make  her 
It 
comfortable.  That is all you can do. 
is only a question of days.”
In a syncope  rather  than  a fever  the 
girl’s life ebbed quietly away.  She knew 
them at times and  looked at them  grate­
fully.  Gentle hands bore her  on a litter 
to Mrs. De Witt’s  own  elegant mansion. 
In the luxurious  guest-chamber  of  that 
most Christian  home,  the  obscure  little 
college girl lay at the last, like a princess

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—nay, more, like a daughter of the house.
The  tenderness  of  home, so long  un­
known by her,  cherished  her to the end. 
Motherly mercy  brooded  over  her,  and 
she  gave  signs  that  she  knew  it  and 
was comforted  because  of  it.  The  col­
lege sent  important  delegates  to  honor 
her  who had honored it;  but she seemed 
to have passed beyond caring for the col­
lege.
She referred to it only once.  Then she 
said—and it was the last  word she spoke 
to any person:
“Is the prize money mine—all  mine ?”
“Yes, my dear.”
“Two—hundred—dollars,  professor ?”
“Poor  child!  yes,  ten  times  that,  if 
you could use it.”
“Send some of it to papa,”  said Dorothy 
distinctly.  “And give the rest to Teddy, 
to help  Teddy go  to  college.  Teddy is 
my little brother; and papa is very poor.” 

E liza b et h  Stu a r t  P h e l ps.
The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

The following are the P.  of  I. dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:

Ada—L. Burns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle,  L.  T.  Loehner, Burleigh  Bros., 
Sharp &  Baker.

Allendale—Henry Dalman.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
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.

sions.

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.

Jas. Croskery.

Bros., C. E. Pelton.

Hart—Rhodes &  Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard  City — O.  J.  Knapp,  Herold 
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.

Mecosta—Ferris & Parks.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If yon  have  any  of  the  above  goods  to 
ship, o r anything  in  the  Produce  line,  let 
ns  hear  from  you.  Liberal  cash  advance»* 
made  w hen  desired.

E A R L   BROS.,

C om m ission  Me r c h a n ts

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F i r s t   N a t io n a l   B a n k ,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand  Rapid.'.

SUSPENDED!

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J E T T I N i

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold 1 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injui 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after free, 
ing.  See quotation.  M A RIELL  BLACKIN'* 
CO.,  Sole M anufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

Cook  &  Bergtliold,
SHOW  CASES,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

3

¡Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
jN E L SO N   B R O S. &  CO.,
| _______________68  MONROE  STREET.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

M OSELEY  BROS,

----- WHOLESALE-----

F ru its ,  Seeds, O y sters 3 P ro d u c e

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
- 

- 

GRAND  RAPID*4

Lee.

Reed.

& Son, F. H. Cowles.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TU ADE SM A N".
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs. H. S.) Knight. 
Millington—Chas. H.  Valentine. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H. E. Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. 
Nashville—Powers & Striugham, H. M. 
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
North Dorr—John Uomrich.
Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Remus—C. V. Hane.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth,  A. W.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M.  Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Powers & Johnson,  Well 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  & 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
T raverse  City—Jo h n   Wilhelm,  S.  C. 
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J.  C. Townsend,  N.  W. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson,  John  Haver- 
Williamston—Thos.  Horton.
WA.NTBIJ.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.
Wiley.
kate.

ington & Hammond.
Co.

Darrow,  D.  L>. Paine.

E D W IN   F A E E A S ,

JO B B E R   OF

| Better, Eggs, Fairfield Cheese, Foreip Fruits, Mince Meat, Wits, Eti

Dairy Butter.  Let your orders come.

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast. 
Special  Bargain  in Choice 
Office and  Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

iGrand Rapids Frifit and Produce Go.,

JOBBER  OF

FOREIGN  B R U IT S .

I 
Oranges,  Lemons  and  Bananas  a  Specialty
I  _____________________ 3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS.

We  are  headquarters  for  the  cele- 

brat« d

Blilefiald  Bananas,

Receiving  regular  consignments.  Also 

direct receivers of

C A L I F O R N I A

ORANGES X  LEMONS 

B

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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BGG  C A S E S   «&  F IB B E R S.

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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.
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Lots of 100. 
35c.
No. 1—30-doz. Cases, complete...............................................  33  c. 
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.
LAMOREAUX  &  JOHNSTON, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

, 

¡Putnam   Candy Co.,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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T H E   MICHIG-AJST  TRADESMAN

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

AROUND THE  STATE.

Plain well—E.  Rufle has  opened a jew­

elry store.

Fremont—Harry  Wilson  has  added  a 

line of  cigars  to his barber shop.

Gregory—N. E. Moore succeeds Daniels 

& Moore in the hardware business.

Sturgis—M.  D.  Crandall  has  bought 

the grocery business of P. D.  Keim.

Fillmore Center—B. Tollman  has sold 

his general stock to Wm. Borgman.

Bellevue—N. H. Eldred  has purchased 

the harness business of  Wilcox Bros.

Owosso—E. Carr has  opened a harness 
shop,  carrying a line  of  trunks  in  con­
nection.

Caledonia  Station—Johnson & Siebert, 
general dealers, are succeeded by Kollen- 
stein & Bro.

Detroit—Frank J.  Ternes  and John H, 
Staely, grocers,  have assigned to William 
Radimacher.

Mt. Clemens—A.  Eyth  &  Co., dealers 
in groceries and crockery, are  succeeded 
by Eyth & Dahm.

Williamston—Parker  Bros., dealers in 
agricultural  implements,  have  sold  out 
to Lounsberry & Jeffers.

Greenville—O. W.  Greene  has sold his 
interest  in  the  firm  of  O. W. Greene & 
Co., jewelers, to A. W. Nichols.

Carsonville—Bowins  &  Son  have  re­
moved their general  stock, including no­
tions and  jewelry, to Port Huron.

Charlotte—Squire  &  Cushing,  dealers 
in  cigars  and  tobacco,  have  dissolved. 
C. C. Squire will continue  the  business.
Gregory—Dunlap  &  Hotchkiss  have 
purchased  the  Spaulding  drug  stock. 
Messrs. I). &  H. hail from Yermontville.
Kent  City—J. A.  Holmes,  of  the firm 
of  J.  A.  Holmes & Co., grocery and dry 
goods  dealers,  recently  met  death  by j 
drowning.

Detroit—Bobzin  &  Williams, proprie- | 
tors of  the  Detroit  Music Co., have  dis- j 
solved.  The  business will be continued j 
by Chas.  Bobzin & Co.

Bangor—Oppenheim  Bros.,  dealers in | 
dry  goods,  clothing,  boots  and  shoes,  j 
have  dissolved,  and  are  succeeded  by j 
J. G. Oppenheim & Son.

Detroit—W.  M.  Adams  has  retired j 
from the firm  of  McLeod  & Co., dealers j 
in hardware and  stoves.  J.  L.  McLeod | 
will continue the business.

Lake Odessa—H. Van Allen & Co. have I 
sold their drug -stock  to  O. C.  Russ  and j 
John  Russ, who will  continue  the  busi-1 
ness under the style of O. C.  Russ  &  Co. i 
The  Russ  brothers  were  formerly  en-; 
gaged in the drug business at Remus, but j 
have  spent  the  last  three  years  in  the 
Upper Peninsula.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

New Lathrop—Bozzard & Gustin  have I 

started in the planing mill business.
Pontiac—Chas.  A.  Beebe  and  E.  B. i 
Stevens, cigar  manufacturers,,  have  dis- j 
solved  partnership, Stevens  continuing.
Detroit—Louis  Drebes,  Delry J.  Green j 
and George W. Radford  have formed  the [ 
Western Paper Box Co.,  with a capital of | 
86,000.

Hart—-H.  J.  Servis  and  E.  T.  Mug- j 
ford  have  formed  a  copartnership  to j 
manufacture  the  “Perfection Gear-head 
Pump.”
Nashville—Subscriptions  for  813,000 j 
in stock have  been  secured for a $¿0,000 j 
furniture  factory,  to  be  managed  by! 
Wm. Parker  and Ira J. Mosier, of  Battle 
Creek.

Detroit—The  Dowling  Screen  Works 
(Peter Ahlberg, proprietor) is  succeeded 
by the American Screen Co.

Belding—A company has been formed,
| with a capital stock of  §45,000, to engage 
| in the manufacture of  furniture.

Hamilton  — John  Kolvoord  and  K. 
Zuidewind  have  purchased a  hoop  ma- 
| chine  and  will  soon  have  it  ready for 
j  operation.

Traverse  City  —  Grelick  Bros,  have 
j 6,000,000  feet of  hardwood  logs in their 
| mill  yard,  and, if  sleighing  holds  for a 
| few days,  will put in 1,000,000 more.

Shelby—C.  F.  Hale  and  H.  H. Pratt 
| are  buying  maple,  elm,  basswood  and 
| hemlock  logs, having a contract  to  sup- 
j  ply  King  &  Co., of  Montague,  800,000 
! feet.

Yassar—McHose,  Phillips  &  Tolbert 
| are building a sawmill.  The  machinery j 
| is  now  being  put  in.  The  propelling j 
j power will be water, and the stock comes 
| from the Cass and its tributaries.

White  Cloud—Richard  Horn  recently 
I rented a shingle mill of  Phil.  M. Roedel,
| ran it for three weeks and  then  skipped 
j out, leaving the men in arrears for wages 
| and others who trusted him in mourning.
Rockford—C.  W. Parks,  formerly  en­
gaged  in 
the  hardware  business  at 
Mecosta,  is endeavoring  to  interest  the 
I business  men here in the formation of  a 
stock  company to engage  in  the  manu- 
! facture of  his patent  bug  sprinkler and 
I cream can.

Dowagiac  —  The  Round  Oak  Stove 
| Works, which  have  made  a  fortune for 
| the owners,  have  been  negotiating with 
Chicago capitalists,  who  wanted  the es- 
! tablishment  located there.  The tempta­
tion has been successfully overcome, and 
the works will remain where they are.

Traverse  City—Caldwell  &  Loudon 
have purchased  the  old  Hannah, Lay & 
Co. store buildings and grounds, and will 
use  the  same as a factory for  the  man­
ufacture  of  wagons,  carriages  and 
sleighs.  A portion of  the old  structure 
will  be  torn  down  and  replaced with a 
brick building.

Grayling — Sailing,  Hanson  &  Co.’s 
sawmill has commenced  operations,  and 
lumber is being  piled  up  along the mill 
tramways  at  a  lively  rate.  This  firm 
evidently intends to be  prepared to meet 
the demand  of  a lively market this  sea­
son.  Winter  lumber  operations are not 
so  uncommon  as  they were a few  years 
ago.

Muskegon—C. D. Nelson, who operated 
a sawmill in this city for a long time, and 
who owns one of  the finest  lumber  yard 
sites in the city, has  decided to establish 
a wholesale lumber  yard  on  the  site of I 
his  old  sawmill  at “Mouth.”  Mr. Nel­
son will be associated  with  several  Chi­
cago  capitalists and they expect to carry 
on a large  business. 
It is the  intention 
to establish a planing  mill in connection j 
with the business.

Oscoda—Pack,  Woods & Co.  evidently 
perceive the handwriting  on the wall, so I 
far as the  outlook for  logs is concerned, j 
and do not propose  to  get left for  stock | 
for  the  season  1890.  They  have  been j 
building  a  spur  from  the  Mud  Lake j 
branch  ot  the  Bay City & Alpena  Rail- I 
road  with  which to tap different  blocks 
of  standing  pine belonging to them, and j 
will  thereby  be  fortified  against  all 
emergencies so far  as food for their  mill i 
is  concerned.  There  must  necessarily I 
be extensive summer  logging this season 
or  considerable  idleness  for  numerous 
mills in the Saginaw valley.

Another Case of False Representation.
On July  6,  1886,  Fred  A. Ganson, the 
Lakeview general dealer,  reported  to  an 
agent  of  Dun  &  Co. that  he  was worth 
! §6,000, over and above all liabilities,  and 
j  that  he did not owe anything to  any rel- 
j  ative.
On the  basis of this  statement, Spring 
i  & Company began  selling him  dry goods 
I and  continued  the  account  about  three 
| years.  The last order was received June 
j11, 1889, the  goods  reaching  the  buyer 
i three days  later. 
In  the  meantime, on 
June  12,  Mr.  Ganson  gave  his  wife  a 
! mortgage for 88,000, to secure  a  number 
of  due  bills, one  of which  purported  to 
j  have  been  given  in  1885  and  another 
early in 1886—both bearing date antedat­
ing  the making of  the statement to  Dun 
& Co.

Satisfied that an action  could be  main­
tained  against  Ganson, Spring  &  Com­
pany replevined  the  goods  included  in 
the  order  of  June  11,  on  the  ground 
that  the  statement  made  Dun  &  Co. 
was false and that Ganson did not intend 
to  pay for  the  goods  purchased.  Suit 
was  subsequently  brought  against  the 
sheriff  for  the value  of  the  goods  re­
plevined,  but at the trial  of  the  case  at 
Stanton  last  week,  before  Judge  Smith 
of  the Montcalm Circuit Court, the  jury 
returned a verdict of  no cause  of  action. 
Spring & Company, who appeared in  be­
half of the  sheriff, were  represented  by 
Peter Doran, of this city.
Other cases are  still  pending, tending 
to show the  fraudulent  character  of  the 
mortgage.
How  “The Tradesman’s”  Readers Re- ; 
S. S. Seefred,  actuary  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers’ 
Exchange,  Detroit 
“Congratulations  on  your  vastly  im­
proved style of  architecture (and for the 
good story  ‘A Shrewd Patient’).”

g-ard the Change in  Form.

Chas. B. Johnson, druggist and grocer, 
Palo:  “ T radesm an just received. 
I am j 
decidedly well  pleased  with the  change 
you  have  made  in  its  shape. 
I  have 
often tried to preserve  the  papers,  but,
I owing to their bulky shape, I have gotten 
| into the habit  of  throwing  them  away, 
j  I can now file them  very easily and shall 
I do so.  Long live T h e  T ra desm a n.”

E. G. Studley, wholesale  rubber,  belt- 
I ing  and  mill  supplies,  Grand  Rapids: 
“Allow us to congratulate you upon your 
in  T h e  Mich ig a n 
improvemement 
I T radesm an. 
It presents a good appear­
ance  and  is  much  handier  for  refer­
ence  than  heretofore.  We  trust  your 
efforts  to  please  your  patrons  will  be 
duly appreciated and wish you continued 
| success.”

Another Advance Probable.

It is  not  at  all  improbable  that  the 
manufacturers of  rubber boots and shoes 
will  shortly announce  another  advance, 
as the price of  the  raw  product  contin­
ues  to  enhance  in  value.  The advance 
may be due, in  part, to  speculation, but 
men well posted  in  the  business  assert I 
that speculation cuts  very little  figure— 
that,  while  the  uses of  rubber are con- I 
stantly  increasing,  the  production  is I 
steadily  decreasing.

The  Boston  Boot and  Shoe  Recorder 
attempts to  mislead its readers by claim­
ing that the  advance of  April 1 is only 6 
to  7  per  cent.  As  a  matter of  fact, it 
averages  over 10 per cent.

get  Circular  and Testimonials. 

I BEFORE  BUYING  G R A T E S l  |

Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic. 
ALOIN^FIR^PLACE^RiS^iPIDJ^ICBj |

F r e e . ■

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FOR SALE, WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be Inserted  under  th is  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.

W ANTED—GROCERY  STOCK;  MUST  BE  CHEAP 
for cash.  Church & Fenn, C harlotte, Mich.  596
F o 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 railroad;  best town between  Kalamazoo  and 
Hastings;  good roller m ill;  stock  of  lum ber has been 
reduced with a  view  to   selling,  on  account  o t  o th er 
business of  one of  the  partners.  For particulars, ad­
dress Goss & HaU, Delton, Mich. 
-VTABHVILLE,  MICHIGAN,  OFFERS  FINANCIAL IN- 
XX  dncements te  m anufacturers  looking  for  desir­
able locations.  Address  C.  W.  Sm ith,  Secretary Im ­
provem ent Committee, for  particulars. 

FOR  8 ALE — CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS, 

groceries,  boots  a n d 1  shoes  and  ' hardw are, 
situated In good  trad in g   point;  will  inventory about 
S2.000;  sales for  past  three  years, $38.060;  reason for 
selling, owner  has  o ther  business;  also  double  store 
and dwelling for ren t a t  $15  per m onth.  M. 8. MeXitt, 
Byron Center, Mich. 

595

599

559

OR  SALE -  HARDWARE  STORE,  DOING  GOOD 
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, Mich. 

589

588

OR  SALE—GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  MERCHAN- 
dise, invocing  about  $1,500;  building for  sale  or 
ren t  cheap;  surrounded by splendid farm ing country; 
on Cincinnati, W abash £  M ichigan  Railway.  Address 
H. U. Rapp, Berrien Center, Mich. 

P HOTOGRAPH, ALSO ¡GROCERY  ROOMS  AT  UNION 

City. Mich., to rent; :will  exchange property;  also 
brick, sash, door  and  blind mill  a t  Coldwater, Mich.; 
also  farm   and  resident- property  in j Kansas, b ak o ta 
and  Nebraska;  all  good  property.  Chas.  T.  Allen, 
B attle Creek, Mich. 
TTTANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 130  ACRES  OR 
V V  village  property for  stock  of  goods, hardw are 
preferred.  Address No. 573, care  Michigan Tradesman.
573.
Fo r   s a l e- h a r d w a r e   s t o c k , 
in v e n t o r in g
about $4,000,  doing  a   very prosperous  business; 
can reduce the stock to sa lt purchaser;  best of  reason 
for  selling.  Address  A.  L.  Paine  &  Co.,  Reed  City 
Mich. 
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX- 
X  change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids  city prop 
erty, or will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
the best of soil, are  under  good  state  of  cnltivation. 
and located between the  cities  of  Grand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin. Grand Rapids, Mich._______

585

563

H ELP  WANTED.

WANTED—DRUG  CLERK,  EITHER  REGISTERED 
pharm acist or assistant.  Address  Box  93,  Alle­
x
gan, Mich. 
TXT ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST OR  AS81ST- 
> V 

ant.  A. E. Gates, M. D., Crystal, Mich._____ 594

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

\TTANTED—POSITION  BY  FIRST-CLASS  DRUGGI8T; 
i i  
nine  years  experience.  Address  C.  M.  Shaw, 
Sparta, Mich. 
TTTANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  MAN  WHO  UNDER- 
VV  stands  the  book,  stationery  and  confectionery 
trade;  best reference.  Address No. 587, care Michigan 
Tradesm an. 

557

g

MISCELLANEOUS.

600

I TOR  SALE—CHEAP—A  10  HORSE  POWER  GAS EN- 

gine, in good  running  order;  reason for  selling, 
want m ore power and are replacing  it  with a   20-horse 
gas engine of same kind.  Rindge, Bertsch & Co., 12,  11 
and 16 Pearl St. 
/COMPLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRONS  OF  IH- 
dustry, from   the  inception  of  th e  organization; 
only a  few copies left;  sent postpaid  for  10  cents  per 
copy.  Address  The Tradesm an Company, G’d Rapids
B e g in   t h e   n e w   y e a r   b y   d is c a r d in g   t h e  
annoying  Pass  Book  System  and  adopting  in 
its place the Tradesman Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sample order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., Grand Rapids. 
OAMPLE8  OF “TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR 
b j  retailers will be  sent  free  to  any  dealer who will 
w rite for them  to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N.Y. 

564

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N elson, 

M atter 
&  Co.,

------- for-------

FiMdre.

See  what  they can  do 

for  you.

TETE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Herman N. Dosker, for  the  past three 
years  engaged in the insurance,  real es- 
state  and  loan  business,  has formed  a 
copartnership  with  John Van  De  Riet, 
who has been engaged in the  same  busi­
ness for  the past five  years, and the two 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
style of Dosker & Yan De Riet.

Equal  to  Custom

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

L. Winternitz has placed an order with 
the Colby Wagon Co. for  three  new  de­
livery wagons.

John  Engle & Son  have  opened a gro­
cery store on Thomas  street.  The stock 
was purchased at this market.

John H. Wierenga  has  engaged in the 
grocery business at South  Grand Rapids. 
Lemon & Peters furnished the stock.

S. K. Beecher,  grocer at the  corner of 
Jefferson  and  Wealthy avenues, has  ar­
ranged to run a bakery in connection.

J.  W.  Taylor,  who  recently  sold  his 
grocery  stock  at  the  corner  of  East 
Leonard  and  Taylor  streets,  has  re­
engaged  in  business  on  East  Leonard 
street.  Amos  S.  Musselman  & Co. fur­
nished the stock.

Cornelius  G.  Dykema,  formerly  pre­
scription  clerk  for  H.  &  F. Thum,  has 
opened  a  drug  store  at  the  corner  of 
West  Leonard street and Alpine avenue. 
The  Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug  Co. fur­
nished the stock.

E. H. Manley, formerly engaged  in the 
grocery business on  West  Bridge  street 
under the style of  Wellington & Manley, 
has arranged to open a grocery  store  on 
East street.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co. furnished the  stock.

H.  Haftenkamp,  who  has  been  con­
ducting  a  galvanized  iron  cornice  bus­
iness on Huron  street,  has  consolidated 
his  business with that of  W. C.  Hopson, 
on Pearl  street.  The  new  firm  will be 
known as W. C. Hopson &  Co.

A. G. Clark, the White Cloud druggist, 
has formed a copartnership with his son- 
in-law,  F. M.  Gibb,  under  the  style  of 
Gibb & Clark, to  engage in the drug bus­
iness  at  Copemish.  The  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock.

Lemon & Peters, who  recently  bid  in 
the J. B. Murray grocery stock, at White 
Cloud,  at  chattel  mortgage  sale,  have 
sold  the  same  to  Rutherford & Mizner, 
who  will  continue  the  business  as  a 
branch of  their  Fremont  establishment.
W. G. Hyde  and  Geo. W. Irish are en­
deavoring to organize a stock company to 
engage  in  the  manufacture  of  a  road 
cart,  patented  by  the  latter,  which  is 
guaranteed  to  overcome  the “horse mo­
tion” so common in most vehicles of that 
class. 

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Buys & Van  Duinen,  grocers  at  725 
East  Fulton  street, have engaged in the 
hardware  business  in a new  store  they 
have built adjacent to the  old  establish­
ment.  Foster,  Stevens & Co.  furnished 
the stock.  _______________

Sidney  A. Hart, formerly  engaged  in 
the wholesale liquor business here, under 
the  style  of  Hart  &  Amberg, has  pur­
chased  an interest in the  firm  of  Fech- 
heimer Bros., wholesale liquor dealers of 
Detroit.  The  new  firm  name  is  Fech- 
heimer & Hart.

E. E.  Hanchett  has  retired  from  the 
firm  of  Slack  &  Hanchett,  hardware 
dealers at 197 South Division street.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by  J.  H. 
Slack, who has  removed the stock to 487 
South Division street and  consolidated it 
with the hardware stock  formerly owned 
by H. B. Huston,  which  was  bid  in  at 
chattel  mortgage sale by Foster, Stevens 
& Co., from whom Mr. Slack purchased it.

M. E. Lapham & Son,  who  have  been 
engaged in the lumber business at Cham­
paign, 111., have  arrangea  to open a gro­
cery  store  at  15  South  Division street, 
under  the management of  L. C. Hedden, 
who was formerly engaged in the grocery 
business  at  Flint.  The  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman Co. furnished the stock.

Tucker, Hoops  &  Co. report cash sales 
of SI,465 in three days  last week in their 
“Big Store” at Luther, which gives color 
to  the statement that their sales will  ex­
ceed $100,000  this  year.  They have re­
duced their mercantile  business to a sys­
tem, and  do  considerable  jobbing  busi­
ness,  in  connection  with  their  retail 
trade.

Oscar F. Conklin  has  traded  his 9,000 
acre tract of  pine land in Mississippi for 
the  stock  of  the  Muskegon Dry  Goods 
Co., at Muskegon,  which  was  owned by 
H. N. Hovey.  Mr. Conklin  will give the 
business  his  personal  attention  for the 
present.  The land is taken by Hovey & 
McCracken, and will  be  held by them as 
an investment.

Gripsack Brigade.

James  S.  Rowley,  of  Kalamazoo, has 
engaged to travel  for  the  Globe  Casket 
Co., of that place.

John D. Mangum, formerly on the road 
for Stanton, Sampson & Co., is now trav- 
for S. Simon & Co.

A.  D.  Baker,  who  has  been  laid  up 
with  inflammatory  rheumatism  for  the 
past  two  weeks, started  out on the war­
path again  Monday.

F.  J.  Cox,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at 694 Madison  avenue, 
is now on the road for the  United States 
Publishing House. Chicago.

J. P. Visner, formerly engaged  in  the 
lumber and builders’ hardware  business 
at  Allegan,  but  now  on  the  road  for 
Edwin  J.  Gillies  &  Co., of  New  York, 
proposes to remove to this city and make 
Grand Rapids his headquarters.

Chas. S. Robinson  and  “Hub”  Baker 
sold $65  worth of  tickets for the raffle of 
L.  L.  Loomis’  gold  watch,  which  oc­
curred  last  Saturday.  The  watch  was 
drawn by Joe F. O. Reed, who instructed 
the  committee  to  return  the  watch  to 
Mr. Loomis.

L. M. Mills is in Stanton  this week, in 
attendance  on 
the  Montcalm  Circuit 
Court  as a witness  in  the  damage  suit 
brought  against Geo. S. Steere, of  Stan­
ton,  by Jacob  Vanderberg, of  Chippewa 
Lake.  This  case  has  been  dragging 
through  the  courts  for  the  past  four 
years,  the  intention  of  the  defendant 
evidently being to tire  out  the  plaintiff, 
every obstacle  known to the law  having 
been  thrown  in the way of  Mr. Vander­
berg. 

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Purely  Personal.

C. C. Dean, formerly behind  the  coun­
ter for L. J. Law,  the  Cadillac  clothier, 
has  arranged to open a clothing  store at 
Woodland.

N. O. Ward,  hardware  dealer at  Stan- 
wood,  and  Chas. H. Smith,  druggist  at 
the same place, were in town a couple of 
days last week.

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  ot  one  work  must receive the 
closest attention;  that  the  arment 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. 

Go., 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 pleasing 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?

L .IO N
COFFEE

M erch an ts,

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

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  W ide-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 oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN
Prices  Current.

 

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Good-Bye to the P. of I.

D r y   G o o d s•
The Production of  Calico.

trast to the grave air of  the Indian.  For 
my part, I like the stolid wooden Indian, 
with  his  feathers  and  tomahawk.  He 
seems appropriate.
Probably no article used as dress goods 
“Some other cigar  store  keepers have 
is so little understood  or  appreciated as 
supplanted  their  wooden  Indians  with | 
negro  minstrels in full costume, and the j 
calico.  The  low price at which it is sold 
gives  not  the slightest idea of  the work 
igns seem to be  rather  popular.  Other ! 
required to produce it, and while a buyer I dealer
strive  to  give  their  stores  an I
looking  over  the  different  patterns ex- | Oriental air, and the  turbaned  Turk has 
posed for his  selection,  judges  them  to | elbowed  away  many  an  Indian.  Still 
be good  or  bad, according to his taste or j  others, filled  with loyal patriotism, have 
the locality in  which  he  does  business, j banished  their  stalwart  Powhatans and 
never stops to think of  the  different pro-  adorned  their  store  fronts  with  genial 
cesses required in the manufacture. 
i statues of  George  Washington,  smoking
The  art  of  printing  colors  on  cloths j peacefully a painted  stump  of  ‘Ole Vir- j Continental, t
has  been  known  for  centuries, but it is i ginia.’ 
only  within  a comparatively short  time ! 
“And  some of  these  cigar  store  war- 
that  the  old  block, or  hand system has | riors  have  a  history.  That  one  out 
been  done  away  with,  and  the  entire j there,”  and  the  tobacconist  pointed  to 
work  done  by the  aid  of  the  most  im-  the huge brave who guarded the entrance, 
proved and ingenious machinery. 
“was once  the  figurehead of  one of  our
The  cloth  used  for  the  standard  or ! men-of-war  that  fought  in  the  war  of 
most popular  grade of  calico  has  64x64 j  1812.
threads  to  the  inch,  and  reaches  the 
printworks  28  inches wide.  The pieces 
The following are  among  some of  the j 
are sewed together and bleached, and the
ubsequent  work  reduces  the  width  to j  merchants who have been under contract
about  25  inches.  After  bleaching,  the 
with the P. of  I., but have  thrown  them 
actual  work  of  printing  begins.  This j 
overboard:
should  be  divided  into  four  classes. 
First,  the  patterns;  to  produce  these, 
each  printworks  employs  a  number  of 
artists,  whose  business it is to  paint on 
paper in water colors  their  ideas of  pat- I 
terns  suitable  for  the  class  of  work 
wanted, and  the  value of  a designer de­
pends upon  his  ability to catch the pop­
ular taste.  The  patterns  thus produced j 
are  carefully looked  over  by the  party 
having  charge of  this  work,  and  those 
selected are sent tc the  engraving  shop, 
where  the  second  process  takes  place, 
which  consists  in  reproducing  them on 
copper rollers.
The intricate work in  this department 
can be better appreciated  when it is  un­
derstood  that  each  color  must  be  en­
graved on a separate  roller, the  circum­
ference of  the  roller  being  exactly  the 
same size as the  pattern.  This is one of 
the  most  expensive  departments  of  a 
printworks  and  requires 
the  greatest 
care, for,  unless  the  engraving is prop­
erly  done,  it  is  impossible  to  produce I 
good  work  with  the  printing  machine. 
After  the  engraving  comes  the  actual 
printing of  the colors,  which is the third 
process.
The  rollers  are  taken to the  printing 
machine,  which  can  most  easily be de­
scribed as an immense drum, surrounded 
by a frame, in  which are placed the roll­
ers,  each  being  supplied  with  a  color 
box  containing  the  different  colors  re­
quired.  The  cloth  passes  between  the 
roller and drum, and in its passage takes 
the color from  each  roller  successively, 
and  being  such a light  fabric, the  most 
careful  arrrngement  is required in order 
that in its passage through  the  machine j 
all  the  different  parts of  the latter will 
work  together  at  the  same  speed,  as I 
otherwise it would be impossible to place 
each  bit of  color in its proper  place.  A 
careful  examination  of  any  piece  of 
printed  goods  will give the reader a bet­
ter  idea  of  how  this work is done  than 
any printed  or  written  description  can | 
convey.
After the goods pass through the print­
ing machine, comes  the  fourth  process, 
which  consists of  exposing  the colors to 
different chemicals in order to make them j 
fast.  Then  comes  washing,  to  remove 
all excess  of  color  or  dirt,  and  finally, 
finishing,  folding, etc.,  all  of  which  are 
interesting,  but  not  different  from  the 
same work of  any  other  grade of  goods.

Bellevue—John Evans.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Cedar Springs—L.  A. Gardiner.
Chapin—J. I. Yanderhoof.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Eaton Rapids—G.  W.  Webster. 
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.
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J.  W.) Pattison. 
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.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Rockford—H. Colby & Co.
St. Louis—Mary A.  Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O. Cain, Frank E. Shat- 
tuck, Brayman & Blanchard.
Sparta—Woodin &  Van Wickle. 
Springport—Cortright & Griffin. 
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Williamston—Michael Boweraan.

Complete Spring  Stock  now ready for 
inspection.  Chicago and  Detroit  prices 
guaranteed.

/oigt,  HerpM eiier &  Go.,

Shirts,  Pams,  Oileralls,  Eto.

D ry   G oods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

Hetfield & Son.

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UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Atlantic  A........  ...  7 

.CliftonCCC...........  634
H..............  6M Conqueror XX........4  M
P ............. 6  I Dwight Star..............  7J4
D.............6 V  Exeter A...................634
LL.............  SMlFull Yard Wide...... 634
Atlanta A. A...........  634 Great Falls E .........   7
Archery  Bunting...  4%,iHonest Width......... 6%
Amory....................  754 i Hartford A..............  5J4
Beaver Dam  A A.
>34!Integrity XX...........  5
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Berwick  L..........
King, E F ............... 634
Blackstone O, 32.
“  E X ...............   634
Black  Rock  .......
“  E C, 32 in...... 53%
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Boat, FF..............
Lawrence LL .........   534
“ 
2X..............
..  6
New  Market B........  53»
C..............
“ 
Noibe R..................  534
“  Ali..............
Newton.................. 6
PL, 40 inch.
Our Level  Best...... 7
Riverside XX.........   434
“ 
Sea Island R ...........  634
Sharon B  ...............  634
“ 
Top of the  Heap__734
“ 
Williamsville..........7
Comet,  40 in...........  834
Carlisle  “ 
.........   734
New Market L, 40 in.  734

834
D,  40-in  8»4
E, 42-inlO 
W, 45 mil
H, 48-inl2
Chapman................  4
Cohasset A..............  734
Comet..................... 7
Amsburg  ............... 7  IGlen Mills...............   7
Blackstone A A......  8  Gold Medal............   734
Beats All................   434 Green  Ticket........... ¿34
Cleveland.............  7  Great Falls............... 634
Cabot......................   734!Hope.......................734
Dwight Anchor......  9  King  Phillip...........  734
OP......  734
Edwards.................   6  ILonsdale Cambric..IO34
Empire...................   7  ILonsdale...................834
Farwell...................  734 Middlesex.............   534
Fruit of the  Loom..  834¡No Name................  734
Fitchville  .............  734 Oak View............  
6
First Prize............. 7  Our Own...................  534
Fruit of the Loom %.  8  Pride of the West  12
Fairmount..............  434 ¡Rosalind.................  734
Full Value..............  634 Sunlight  ................  434
Geo.  Washington...  834|Vinyard.................  834
Cabot......................  734|Dwight Anchor...... 9
Farwell...................  7341
TremontN..............  f34 Middlesex No.  1.  ..10
Hamilton N............   634 
L..............  7 
Middlesex  AT........  8
X.............9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............   7341Middlesex A A
Middlesex P T........  8
A  T........9 
A O.
X A.........9
X F .........1034

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
“  2
“ 
3]

----------------- 434© 5

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

.......|Just_Out

shorts.  8341 

'*  “   = 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

DRESS  GOODS.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

PRINTS.

CORSET  JEANS.

“  Repp furn .  834
6 

9
.................1034
G G  Cashmere........ 21
Nameless.................16
.................18

“  —   634 
long cloth B . IO34 
“ 
century cloth  7 
gold seal......1034]  “ India robes 

........8  INameless.................. 20
25
2734
30
323435
Biddeford................  6  |Naumkeag satteen..  734
Brunswick..............   634|Rockport..................634
Allen, staple...........  534 (Merrim’ck shirtings.  5
fancy...........  6 
robes...........  6  Pacific fancy........... 6
American  fancy.... 
American indigo....  634 Portsmouth robes...  6 
American shirtings.  5  Simpson mourning..  634
Arnold 
greys.........  634
solid black.  634
“ 
“  C.  834 Washington indigo.  634
|  “  Turkey robes.. 734
“ 
734
“  Turkey red.. 1034  “  plain T’ky X M 834
«  X...R)
“  oil blue........  634  “  Ottoman  Tur-
“  green....  634  keyred.................6
“ 
Cocheco fancy........  6 iMartha Washington
madders.. 
6  I  Turkey red M......734
Eddy stone  fancy.. 
6  Martha Washington
Hamilton fancy.  ..
634  Turkey red..........   934
staple ...
6  Riverpomt robes....  5 
Manchester fancy.
6  I Windsor fancy........  634
new era.  6341 
indigo  blue......... 1034
Merrimack D fancy.  6341 
Amoskeag AC A. ...1234IA C  A........ 
1234
Hamilton N ............  734 Pemberton AAA..! !l7
D— .....  834 York........................ 1034
Awning..11  Swift  River........  ..634
....  8  Pearl  River...........  12M
—  1134iWarren.................... 14*
COTTON  DRILL.
734
................... 
7
......... I ” 11II IIlO

Farmer__
First Prize..
Atlanta,  D..............6M [Stark...................... 
Boat........................ 6M  “ 
Clifton, K...............   7  I  “ 

Berlin solids............ 534 

“ 
t ic k in g s.

gold'ticket

“  “ 

“ 

robes........... 634

“ 

“ 
“ 

Andover................ .1134
Everett, blue......... 12
brown.  ... .12  1 

“ 
“ 
“ 
SATINES.
.18 Black...................
.16  1  “ 
..................
.10341
BINGHAMS.

Amoskeag.............
,.1234[ Jeffrey................. .1134
9 oz__
.1434(Lancaster  ...........
.1234
brown .13 Lawrence, 9oz__ -1334
No. 220.. ..13
No. 250.. --1134
No. 280.. 
■ 1034
Simpson................ .20 ¡Imperial............... ■  1034
934
1034
Coechco ................
Glenarven..............   6341 Lancaster,  staple...  634
Lancashire.............   634
Normandie.............  8
“  Normandie  834
Renfrew Dress..........8
Westbrook..............   834
Toil du Nord...........1034
“ 
1034
Amoskeag......
7  York.......................... 634
AFC
1034 Hampton..................  634
Persian...................   834jWindermeer...........   534
Bates.......................  694 Cumberland............434
Warwick......... —   8341 Essex.
434
CARPET  WARP.
Peerless, white.......18341 Peerless,  colored... 21

fancies

 

I

GRAIN  BAGS.

“ 

No.

THREADS.

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

J  R F , XXX..............35

Amoskeag..............1654  (Valley City............. 16
Harmony................1534  Georgia..................16
Stark................   19341 Pacific..........................14
American...............1634 iBurlap.................... 1134
Clark's Mile End.... 45 
| Barbour’s................88
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s...............88
Holyoke..................22341
White.  Colored.

White.  Colored.
No.  14........ 37
42
16........ 38
“ 
43
“ 
18........ 39
44
“ 
20........ 40
45
CAMBRICS.
Slater. 
4M
.  4M I Washington...
White Star.
4M Red Cross.......
4344M
Kid Glove...............  4M  Lockwood__
Newmarket............   4M Wood’s..................   4M
Edwards.................  454¡Brunswick...............4%
Fireman................. 3234 IT W.......................... 2234
Creedmore............. 2734 F T ........................   3234
Talbot XXX........... 30 
Nameless  .............. 27J4|Buckeye...................3234
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40 
|Grey 8 R W.............1734
Union R .................2234 Western W ..............i¿34
Windsor................. 1834 D B P ....................... 1834
6 oz Western.......... 21  FlushingXXX.........2334
Union  B.................22341 Manitoba................. 2334
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless...... 8  @ 9341 
......   9  @1034
834©10 
1234
CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown.  Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
934
13
15
1034
15
1134
17
17
1234
20
20
8 ° z ................ .  934 Greenwood, 8 oz ...1134
t, 8oz........ .1034 West  Point, 8 oz . . . 9 3 4
ood, 734 oz. 934
10 oz •••1134
.85 00

WADDINGS.
18  I Per bale, 40 doz.
...14
SILESIAS.

White, doz... 
Colored,  doz.
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  [ Pawtucket............... 1034
“  Red Cross....  9  Bundle.....................  9
“  Best  .............1034  Bedford__  
1034
“  Best  AA.......1234IValley  City..............1034
Coraline................ 89 50!Wonderful............64  75
Shilling’s..............   9 001Brighton............. 
475
Corticelli, doz......... 85

994 13
1034 15
1134 17
1234 20
D U C K S .

Slate.
934
1054
1134
1234

SEWING  SILK.

Corticelli  knitting, 
per 34oz  ball........30

No  1 Bl’k & White..10

twist, doz. .4234 
50 yd, doz.. 4234
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS
“ 
“ 

No  4 Bl’k & White.,15 
..20
.  25
|No4—15,F  334.......40

..iz  I  “  8 
.1 2   I  “  10 
PINS.
No 2—20, M C... 
-.50 
‘  3-18, S C....
..45  I
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White & Bl’k.. 12 
..15
“  4 
10 
..18
“  6 
12 
SAFETY  PINS.
NO 2.
.  ..28 
|N o3..
,  
NEEDLES—PER  M.
A. James.................1  50! Steamboat...........  
40
Crowely’s................1  35;Gold  Eyed............. .1 50
Marshall's.............. 1 00|
5—4--- 2 25  6—4. ..3 2515—4__1  95  6—4..  2 95

|No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
23
..26
.36

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

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...3 10|

CORSETS.

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JOBBERS  OF

Goods  and  Notions,

Overalls, Pants, Jackets, Jumpers, Waists,  Flannel  Shirts,  Domet 
Shirts, Cotton and Calico Shirts in all  qualities. 
Embroideries,  Lace 
Caps,  Ruchings,  Linen  Collars  and  Cuffs, Aprons, Lace Collars, Bibs, 
and a Complete Line of Ladies’  Windsor Ties.

Selling  Agents  for  Valley  City,  Georgia  and  Atlanta  Bags. 
Twines, Batts, Peerless Warp, Waddings.  Correspondence Solicited.

Flags, Horse and  W agon  Covers,  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue 
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A   W N I N G S

A N D   T E N T S .

Doom  of the Wooden  Indian.

“The  wooden  Indian  in  front of our 
stores,” said a tobacconist the other day, 
“is  like  the  flesh-and-blood  red  man. 
He is being  sternly  pushed  out  by  the 
white men.
“Just look about our streets.  In many 
cases,  in  front  of  the  cigar  stores, in­
stead of  the  wooden  Indian  we  see the 
Roman soldier  blandly puffing a Havana. 
Again, in place of the wooden Indian are 
those  other  familiar  fancy  figures  of 
young  men  of  the  period,  airy, jocular 
and  suave,  with the  invariable  silk  hat 
tilted on  the  back  of  the  head.  These
£  _  
figures  are  intended  to  give a light and \ 
pleasing  air  to  the  cigar  store  in eon-1 

. . .  

,  

, 

, 

. 

. 

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

7

H A JZD W A jR E .

Prices  Current.

Change in Schedule of Cut Nails.
For  some  time  past  the  nail  manu­
facturers  have  been  receiving  requests 
from various  hardware  associations and 
individual  jobbers  throughout the coun­
try,  asking  for  such  a  change  in  the 
scheduld of  extras on cut  nails as would 
enable  them  to  buy  what  nails  were 
needed for stock  without regard to spec­
ifications or  averages.  At  the  meeting 
of  the  Western  Cut  Nail  Association, 
held in Wheeling  on February 12,  a new 
schedule was adopted.  The only changes 
in card are making 50d  and 60d base, in­
stead of  12d  to  40d,  as  heretofore,  and 
adding  smaller  extras  on 40d, 30d, 20d, 
16d, 12d and lOd.  We  print  below, side 
by side, the  old and the new card;
Nails, Pence and Brad:

Old
...........  80 25

50 to 60d.......................
40d.......................
30d.................
2Cd, 16d and 12d........... ...........  Base
lOd................................ ...........  SO 10

All the other sizes are unchanged.

New
Base
SO 05
10
15
20

A New Nail Machine.

A new  machine  for  the  manufacture 
of  nails,  called  the  Capewell,  has  re­
cently been tested in London  and  is  at­
tracting  considerable  attention.  Each 
machine  is  capable of  producing  in ten 
hours over  600  pounds of  average  sized 
nails,  and  one  boy  can  attend  to  four 
machines.  The  process is a simple one. 
The end of  a coil of  steel bar or wire, on 
a drum, is put  into  the  machine, which 
automatically  cuts  the  pieces  of  the 
length required, and then passes them to 
a series of  dies,  which  draw  and  bevel 
them;  a  revolving  plate  then  catches 
them in slots, points and  drops them fin­
ished and  ready for use.  Any failure in 
any of  these  operations  at  once throws 
the  machine out of  gear, the spot where 
the fault  occurs  being  marked by a sig­
nal. 
It requires  but  a  few  seconds  to 
remove  the  blank  and  restart  the  ma­
chine.
To Revolutionize  the  Glass  Business.
The Chambers & McKee  Glass Co. has 
in operation at Jeannette, Pa., two tanks 
for making glass and a third one in state 
of completion.  This  method of  making 
glass  is entirely new to this country, but 
has been in use for some time in Belgium 
and England.  The  method  employed is 
to pour the  composition  in at one end of 
the  tank,  which,  after  flowing  through 
the  tank, is taken  up in a purified  state 
by the blowers  at  the  other  end.  This 
process  necessitates  continuous work at 
the  tanks, which is provided for by hav­
ing  three  gangs  of  blowers,  who  blow 
eight  hours  per  day.  The Chambers & 
McKee people say that  with  four  tanks 
in  active  operation  they can  supply all 
the  glass  at  present  demanded  by  the 
United States.

The Hardware  Market.

The  jobbers have  advanced  single-bit 
axes 50 cents per dozen and double-bit SI 
per dozen, being about  half  the advance 
made by the  manufacturers.  The  glass 
manufacturers  have  adopted a new list, 
which went into effect  March 6, being an 
advance of  10 to 15  per  cent.  The  new 
list has not  yet been adopted by the  job­
bers, but  probably will  be by the end of 
the week, or  as soon as the new lists can 
be printed.  The continued depression in 
iron  and  nail  centers  renders  iron and 
nails weak and  on  the  decline.  Barbed 
annealed wire remains firm.

The  Kentucky  Pride.
New  York  Hotel  Clerk  (to  bellboy) 
•"-See what the rumpus is in 621.
Bellboy  (returning)—Col. Bluegrass is 
mad  because  there is a pitcher of  water 
in his room.
Clerk—But that’s not to drink.  That’s 
to wash in.
Bellboy—That’s  what I told  him, and 
he got madder still.  He wanted to know 
if they thought he  was  a  heathen.  He 
said  he  washed  before  he started away 
from home.”

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices  are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dls.
60
Snell’s ........................................................... 
Cook’s ....................................................... 
 
40
 
J  ennlngs', genuine...........................  
25
 
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................* 7 50
D.  B. Bronze..........................   12 00
S. B. S. Steel...........................  8 50
D. B. Steel..............................   13 50

AXES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Railroad......................................................$ 14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00

Stove.............................................................. 50*10
Carriage new list.......................................... 
to
Plow.............................................................. 40&10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70

barrows. 

BOLTS. 

BUCKETS.

dis.

dls.

Well,  plain...................................................* 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................   4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60&10
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10
Wrought  Table............................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60&10
Wrought Brass................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70&10
Blind,  Parker’s............................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .......................................... 
70

 

 

BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85...............  
Grain..............

CRADLES.

40

CROW BARS.

CAPS.

Cast Steel........
Ely’s 1-10........
Hick’s  C. F __
G. D ...............
Musket...........

__ per 8>

5

....perm
**
“

. . . .  

65
60
35
60

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Fire........
Central  Fire...

50
25
Socket Firmer..............................................70&10
Socket Framing............................................7O&10
Socket Comer............................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..................  
40

........dls.

chisels. 

dls.

 

Curry,  Lawrence’s ......................................  
Hotchkiss..................................................... 

40
25

 
d is.

White Crayons, per gross..............12@12H dis. 10

“ 

d is.

40
40
40

DRILLS.

28
26
26
26
27

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 .......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms........................................................ 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks....................... .............. 
Taper and straight Shank............ .............. 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................
.............. 
DRIPPING PANS.
Small sizes, ser pound................. .............. 
07
Large sizes, per pound...............
6H
.............. 
Com. 4  piece, 6 In.......................
.doz. net 
75
Corrugated................................... ..dls. 20*10*10
Adjustable............................
....... dls.  40*10
Clark’s, small, *18; large, *26........ .............. 
30
Ives’, 1, *18;  2, *24;  3, $30............ .............. 
25
Disston’s ....................................... ..............fingía
New  American............................. ..............60*10
Nicholson’s .................  .............. ..............60*10
Heller’s.........................................
.............. 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................... .............. 
50
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
15 
18

f il e s—New List.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

GALVANIZED IRON

ELBOWS.

dls.

dls.

12 

14 

Discount, 50&10

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 

50

diS.

13 
GAUGES. 

HAMMERS.

Maydole  & Co.’s.....................................dls. 
25
Kip’s................................................... 
25
dls. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s..................................dls. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand 
.. 30c 40*10

HINGES.

Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3 .............................. dis. 60*10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4H  14  and
longer.......................................................
3« 10 
Screw Hook and  Eye, 54....................... net
“ 
%.........................net
814 7H 7H 70
5I£.........................net
“ 
%...................—  net
Strap and T ............................................ dis.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

HANGERS.

dis.

Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40

HOLLOW WARE

60
Pots...............................................................  
60
Kettles........................................................... 
Spiders......................................................... 
60
Gray enameled.........................................      40*10

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware.... ....................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware..........................  
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 3314*10
dls.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...................... 
70

l e v e l s. 

ROPE

ROPE

wire goods. 

dis.

diS.

dls.

dis.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cli  k’s.................  
“  Enterprise 
.............................  

Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes..............................70*10*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings............  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimming* 
........... 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings...............  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain... 
70
55
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list 
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ............  
55
Branford’s .........................................  
55
Norwalk’s .................................................... 
551
Adze Eye  ........................................»16 00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye................................... 
»15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s  .....................................*18.50, dis. 20*10.
dl8.
Sperry * Co.’s, Post,  handled..................  
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .................... 
40
40
40
25
Stebbin’s Pattern...................................   .. .60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine.........................................66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring...................... 
25
Steel nails, base...............................................2 40
Wire nails, base...............................................3 < 0
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60......................................................Base 
10
50......................................................Base 
20
40.....................................................  05 
30....................................  
10 
 
20
20............ 
15 
30
 
16..................................................... 
15 
35
12.....................................................  
15 
35
40
10..................................................... 
10 
50
8........................................................   25 
65
7 * 6 ..................................................  40 
4 .......................................................   60 
90
1  50
3 ........................................................1 10 
2......................................................... 1 50 
2 00
Fine 3................................................ 1 50 
2 00
Case  10.  ..........................................  60 
90
8...............................................  75 
1  00
1  25
6...............................................  90 
Finish 10............................................   85 
1  00
1  25
8.............................................1 00 
1  50
6  ....................................  ... 1  15 
Clinch  10 .........................................   85 
75
90
8..........................................1  00 
1  00
6........................................... 1 15 
Barren %...........................................1 75 
2  50
diS.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @30
Sciota Bench................................................  @50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @30
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood 
...  *10
Fry,  Acme....................................................... dls. 60
Common,  polished...........................................dls. 70
Iron and  Tinned........................................ 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs...................... 
 
50
PATENT PLANISHED IRON.
“A” Wood’B patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 
9 20

“ 
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“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

dis.
 

PANS.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

. 

 

 

SQUARES. 

Sisal, H inch and larger............................ 
Manilla.................. 
Steel and Iron............................................  
Try and Bevels...........................................  
Mitre — .-..............................  
 
SHEET IRON.

13
16
dlS.
75 j
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

Nos. 10 to  14.......................................*4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17......................................  4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 20 
Nob. 25 to 26 ...................................   4  40 
No. 27 ...............................................   4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra

3 f 0
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

13 10
3 31
3 20
3 30
3 40

 

ROPES.

• 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

List acct. 19,’86.......................................dis.40&10
Silver Lake, White A..............................xist 
50
Drab A.................................. “ 
55
White  B......................... 
“ 50
DrabB............................£>
White C...........................  
“  35

“ 
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“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saw s. 

TRAPS.

WIRE. 

Hand.............................  

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 
Cuts,  per  foot.....................................

Solid Eyes............................  ..............per ton *25
25@25&5
D 
50 
30
28 
dls. 
Steel, Game.........................................
60*10 
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s 
35 <0
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion...............................*1.50 per doz
dis
Bright Market..............................................   65
0 
Annealed Market
Coppered Market.....................
60 
Tinned Market.....................
62H 
Coppered  Spring  Steel...........
50 
...
Barbed  Fence, galvanized 
4 00 
......
3 40
HORSE NAILS.
Au Sable...............................dis. 25*1(X&35A10&05
ajg  05
Putnam...................................... 
Northwestern  ............................. 
dls. 10&10
dis.
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled 
30
Coe’s  Genuine
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable 
...............
75*10
dis.
Bird Cages........................................
50
Pumps, Cistern............................. ’ ’ ’
75
Screws, New List  ........................
SO
Casters, Bed  and  P la te.........
50*10*10
Dampers,  American............
¿5
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods 

MISCELLANEOUS.

painted 

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METALS.
PIG TIN.

 

 

ZINC.

gu
7

*c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
600 pound  casks...................................  
Per pound..................................... . . . . . . . . .  
it
H@H.................................................. 
 
Extra W iping.......................................
The  prices  of  the  many  other  .mailties  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson......................................   per  pound  16
Hallett s......................................  
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........... 
16 6*)
14x20 IC, 
6 60
8 35
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
8 35

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

Each additional  X on this grade, *L75.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY  GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

10x14 IC,  Charcoal 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

t 6 *>o
6 ,0
7  50
7  go

Each additional X on this grade *1.50.

ROOFING PLATES

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester 
“ 
“ 
“  Allaway G rade...........  
.. 
......... 
“ 
........ 

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
30x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
30x28 IX, 
14x28  IX....................... 
14x31  IX................  
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. ( 
14x60 IX.  “ 
“  9 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
................ 
.
) per pound 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

6 00
7  50
12 50
5 25
e 73
n   00
.  14  00

§13
14  50
9H

The rope market is high  and  advancing, ard the 

price at present is as follows:
- 

SISAL 
MANILLA 
stock what is called

- 

- 

13c  pound.
16c  pound.

- 

If  you  cannot  Etand  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.

- 
- 

F o ster,  S te v e n s   &  Co.,

W h o le sa le   H a r d w a r e ,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

8
The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association. 

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State.
The  Tradesman  Company.  Proprietor.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable
strictly in advance.
Advertising Rates made known on application. 
______ Publication  Office,  100 Lonis St.______
Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  H tR C H   13,  1890.

DISTRIBUTING  RICHES.

The  pursuit  of  riches for  the sake of 
riches  goes  on  from  year  to  year  and 
century  to  century, much  the  same  as 
though  philosophers, from  the  days  of 
Solomon'down to the present  time,  had 
not pointed out the  vanity of  riches and 
that  they  are  the  baggage  or  impedi­
ments  of  virtue.  Bacon  observes,  and 
with much truth,  that  -‘of  great  riches 
there is no  real  use,  except it be in  the 
distribution;  the  rest  is  but  conceit.” 
This truth,  at least, is now  more  gener­
ally accepted  than in  any previous  age. 
Men with  great  riches  have  sometimes 
sought to distribute their  wealth for  the 
public good  after  their  deaths,  holding 
on to their riches out of  vanity until the 
last moment  of  life,  but  recently there 
has  been a  growing  disposition  on  the 
part of  rich men to seek the pleasures of 
distribution  during  their  own  lives—a 
much  wiser  course  in  every  way. 
It 
secures the  use  of  their  money for  the 
intended purposes,  which  a  will  some­
times fails  to  do,  and  obtains  for  the 
generous  giver  that reward  of  satisfac­
tion which is  his due.  To  this  disposi­
tion  must  be  ascribed  the  building  of 
great public libraries,  schools, institutes 
and  colleges  and  the  establishment  of 
large, useful industries by rich men  who 
have learned in time the  lessons  of  phi­
losophy. 
It  is  impossible for  the  very 
wealthy to  spend  or  use  their  incomes 
upon  themselves. 
Their  capacity  is 
limited,  and  beyond  that  they stand as 
custodians or trustees  of  a  fund  which 
they may squander  or  donate  to  others 
or to  charity, but  cannot  use for  them­
selves. 
It is this  view  of  great  riches 
(over and beyond the  necessities  of  the 
individual)  as a kind of  trust fund  that 
is beginning  to bear fruit  in  systematic 
efforts to distribute  fortunes for the ben­
efit of  the  general public. 
It  is  some­
what curious to observe  that even in the 
days of  Bacon exactly the same  view  of 
men’s  duties  was taken that is now  be­
ginning  to  prevail.  That  philosopher 
observed:  “Therefore, measure not thine 
advancements  by  quantity,  but  frame 
them by measure, and defer not charities 
till death;  for certainly, if  a man  weigh 
it rightly,  he  that  doth so is rather  lib­
eral of another man’s than of  his  own.” 
There  is  another  suggestion  by  Bacon 
that has a great deal  of  force in our day 
and  generation.  He  says:  “Men  leave 
their riches either to their kindred  or  to 
the public, and  moderate  portions  pros­
per best in both.  A  great  estate  left to | 
an heir is as a lure to all the birds of prey | 
round about to seize on him  if  he be not 
the better established in years and  judg­
ment.  Likewise  glorious  gifts  and | 
foundations  are  like  sacrifices  without 
salt, and but  the  painted  sepulchres  of 
alms which  soon  will  putrify  and  cor- 
rupt inwardly.”  Who  has  not observed j 
the general truth of  this warning ?  The 1

heir  to  a  great  estate  coming  to it un­
prepared  by  experience  for  the  enjoy­
ment  or  management  of  great  riches 
suffers it to fall away from  him or  dissi­
pates it in  riotous  living.  So  also  the 
church  or  charity  too  richly  endowed 
attracts to its control either  dishonest or 
easy-going  people  and  fails  to  do  the 
good that  a  struggling  congregation  or 
company accomplishes  through  the  un­
selfish  zeal  of  its  individual  members. 
But if there is no real use of great riches 
except it be in the distribution,  and if  in 
that  distribution it be  wise to divide the 
estate  in  moderate  portions,  it follows 
that  the  philanthropists  who  seek  to 
found public  institutions  ought  to  con­
sider well the scope  and  needs  of  their 
charitable  foundations.  This  they can 
do  with  certainty  only  while  they  are 
present to direct  the  operations  and ob­
serve the effects of their charitable work. 
What  would have been a large  “founda­
tion” in Bacon’s day would be very small 
in ours.  No  limit  can be drawn  except 
that  which arises out  of  the amount  of 
good to be  accomplished,  but  whatever 
the endowment may be, it is well to keep 
within  the  limit  rather  than  overstep. 
An institution with a surplus of  revenue 
attracts  vultures;  an  institution  barely 
able to continue its  work invites helpers 
to  join it.  Thus the distribution  of  ac­
quired  riches  demands  thoughtful  con- 
| sideration on moral  grounds  as  well  as 
because upon the  right  determination of 
I the question depends the good  that  may 
I be  accomplished  by  the  aid  of  great 
wealth. 

_______________

SIBERIAN  HORRORS.

Mr.  Kennan’s  writings and lectures on 
political  prisoners  in  Siberia  have  not 
been  in  vain.  He  first  gave  us  some 
local  idea  of  the  atrocities  committed; 
and since he brought out the facts, it has 
been  impossible  to  conceal  the  truth 
longer.  We now  have all the fullest de­
tails  of  these  outrages;  and  they  have 
been brought to the ear of  the Czar.

Nor  is  this  all.  Knowledge  of  these 
atrocities  has  had  the  effect  to  be  ex­
pected. 
It is impossible for  the  present 
condition of  affairs to be tolerated in any 
civilized  country;  and  the  government 
has  ordered  the  prisoners  to  be more 
humanely treated  in  future.  No longer 
are they to be  conveyed  down the Volga 
penned up in  barges, but by steamers—a 
change  which,  it  is  thought,  will  ma­
terially reduce the mortality of  the  trip. 
Again,  the  Czarowitz  is  to make a tour 
of  Siberia to personally examine the con­
dition of  the political prisoners there.

This is a move in  the  right  direction, 
and shows that Russia has  been  aroused 
by the  protests of  Europe  and  America 
and  compelled  to  act  more  humanely. 
While we do not expect  much  from  the 
Czarowitz’s visit (for he will  be  taken in 
charge by the  officials,  and  the  prisons 
cleaned  up  for  his  benefit), still,  it is a 
confession  on  the  part  of  the  Emperor 
that  he  recognizes  the  evil  conditions 
now existing, and  is  willing to make an 
investigation.

With  such a feeling, it is  only a ques­
tion of  time when the  Siberian  outrages 
will  end  altogether,  and  Russia  will 
treat its prisoners like other countries.

TIME  TO  CALL  A  HALT.

Now that ladies  are  so  generally em­
ployed as stenographers  and  typewriter 
operators, the columns of  the newspaper 
press are burdened  with course attempts 
at humor, in  which the pretty amanuen­

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

sis  and  her  alleged  flirtation  with  the 
business  man  are  the  inspiring  theme. 
Perhaps these  jokes are harmless, on ac­
count of  their insipidity,  and some  may 
think they do not deserve  the  dignity of 
a  remonstrance,  but  T h e  T radesm an 
feels impelled,  nevertheless,  to  enter  a 
protest  against any attempt to place in a 
ridiculous or improper  light  the  honest 
and worthy occupation of a woman.  All 
honor to the girl  who has the energy and 
pluck  and  determination to qualify her­
self  to be self  sustaining and make her­
self  useful in the  great  world  of  busi­
ness; and blighting,  withering,  blasting 
shame be his  portion  who  would  place 
the lightest  straw  in  her  way.  There 
are  enough  actual  follies,  weaknesses 
and foibles of  men to laugh about  with­
out making  innocent  women the subject 
of  ridicule by making  them figure in in­
cidents entirely the product of an impure 
imagination. 
The  shafts  of  ridicule 
should  be aimed  only at those  who  de­
serve  punishment,  and there are enongh 
of this class, without tampering with the 
reputation  of  the innocent.  A woman’s 
reputation is too  delicate  to  be  roughly 
handled and any light  treatment  of  her 
occupation injures all who are  identified 
with it. 

_______________

The man  who  thinks  his  business  is 
the poorest in  the  world  is  not  apt  to 
take  enough  interest in it to make a liv­
ing out of it.

The  orange  growers  of  Florida  have 
petitioned  Congress  to  put a protective 
tariff  on oranges.  What the public most 
needs is a prohibitive duty on the Florida 
oranges  which never came from Florida.
It is noticeable that the list of  dealers 
under contract with the P. of  I. is gradu­
ally  growing  smaller,  while  the list of 
merchants who have  thrown the Patrons 
overboard  is  increasing with every pub­
lication.  _______________

“Teach the  boys  sense,” says  an  ex­
change, but the trouble is a lack of sense 
to teach the  boys.  The  father who has 
sense teaches it to his boys, but what are 
the boys going to do when  the father has 
no sense to spare ?

Julia Ward  Howe pronounces  this the 
“golden age for  women,” because an in­
dustrious  woman  now  finds a thousand 
occupations  open  to  her,  where  a  few 
years  ago  there were ten, and because a 
I woman now loses nothing in public opin­
ion  by  providing  her  own  bread  and 
butter. 

_______________
The  Sleeping; Car.

Could  you  sleep in  your  bed at home 
if  it  was about as  wide as a coffin,  and 
seven feet from the floor  and twenty-two 
inches  from  the  ceiling,  with  pillows 
twenty-eight inches square and a blanket 
of  two-inch  felt,  and  somebody  shook 
and swung the bed all night,  and  at  in­
tervals a freight train, blowing a whistle 
and ringing a bell,  ran  through the hall 
] and  jumped  down  stairs,  and  once  or 
twice in the night they pulled your house 
out of  the lot and  jammed it up  against 
I another  house,  and 
just  as  you  got 
calmed down,  a  truck  inspector  would 
come under  your  window and  yell “try 
your  air!”  and  then  some  men  should 
crawl under  the house and hammer  and 
pound  and  wrench  at  the  joists  for 
twenty minutes, and the engineer should 
“try his air”  again,  and the  men under 
the house should  yell  “whoop!” and the 
man  under  your  window  should  yell 
“whoop!  whoopee!  Shut her  off,  Bill!”
] and then  your  bouse should  groan  and 
grunt and bump, and then go roaring and 
| whirling  off  down  street  thirty-five  or 
forty miles an  hour?  Could  you  sleep? 
1 Well, that’s  sleeping-car  slumber to me.

And  you  don’t  like to  occupy a room 
with anyone  else,  do you ?  I don’t, too. 
Well,  now  suppose  you  had  a  long 
narrow  room,  with twenty-four  beds in 
it and thirty or  thirty-five  people  sleep­
ing in them;  thirty or thirty-five pairs of 
boots and shoes—all  sorts  of  boots  and 
shoes  too—standing  around  the  room; 
not less than twenty snores in the orches­
tra?  Well, that’s sleeping-car  slumber. 
It  beats  sitting  up  all  night,  all 
to 
pieces.  But it  isn’t  luxury; and it isn’t 
comfort. 
It costs like it, and I must say 
it’s  worth the price, but it isn’t comfort. 
It’s  merely a protection  against  greater 
discomfort.
In times of siege and famine men have 
paid  §20 for  a  rat,  and  have  eaten  it 
greedily.  But that  wasn’t  because  rats 
were  even  then  considered  luxurious; 
it  was  because  it  was  rat  or  nothing. 
When the  ungrateful  man  got  back  to 
porterhouse  steak  again, he let the cats 
have  the  rats.  You  may  talk  about 
“luxurious palaces of  princely comfort” 
—as the man with the pass is apt to do— 
but I maintain  that  sleeping  in one not 
very large room  with  thirty-five people, 
thirty-five snores, thirty-five breaths, and 
seventy second-hand  boots and  shoes, is 
not luxury:  and  whatever the man with 
the  pass  may say, I  don’t  believe  that 
kings  and  princes  who  live  in  real 
palaces sleep forty in a bed room,  boots, 
breath,  feet,  and  all.  True,  I  have 
never  been  abroad,  and  can’t  say how 
kings  may live;  but I believe  they have 
more  room  aud  fewer  bedfellows  than 
that.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.
□ Elk  Rapids—O. J.  Holbrook  has  sold 
his store to H. B. Lewis  and J. Butler.

jHagic  Goffee  Roaster.

The Best in the World.

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

ROBT.  S.  WEST,

Proprietors of

18-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.
JB.  J* M a so n   cV*  C o .,
Old  Homestead Factory
Preserves, Evaporated Apples 

MANUFACTURERS  OF

GRANT,  MICH. 

Jellies  and  Apple  Batter.

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 . S p a n g le r   C o
FRUITS  bhdPRODUGE

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

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

T H E   M ICHIGAN

R A lD E S A I A l^ T .

The little indentions to keep  the  needle 
from slipping are made  in it, and all the 
other  finishing  strokes  of  the  perfect 
thimble put on it.
The iron  is  then  made into steel by a 
process  peculiar  to  the  thimblemaker, 
and is tempered, polished and brought to 
a deep blue color.  A thin sheet of  gold 
is then  pressed  into  the  interior of  the 
thimble and fastened there by a mandril. 
Gold  leaf  is  attached  to  the outside by 
great  pressure,  the  edges  of  the  leaf 
being fitted in and held  by small grooves 
at the base of  the thimble.  The  article 
is then ready for use.  The gold will last 
for years.  The  steel  never  wears out, 
and the gold  can  be  readily replaced  at 
any time.
Elaborate thimbles set with  jewels are 
only  made  for  persons  who  have more 
money than brains.  Not long ago a gen­
tleman in this  city, blessed  with  plenty 
of this world’s wealth, wanted to make a 
present  to a young  lady,  and  he  had a 
handsome chased gold thimble made.  On 
the  top  of  the  thimble  was  set a large 
solitaire diamond and around the  rim  of 
the thimble was a row  of  diamonds  and 
rubies,  set  alternately.  This  thimble 
would certainly be more ornamental than 
useful,  and  if  used  at  a  sewing  circle 
would  attract a great deal  of  attention.

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Saranac  Local: 

Mancelona Herald: 

Comments of the Local and State Press.
“ T h e  Mich ig a n 
T ra desm a n has been decidedly improved 
by changing  its  form  from eight to six­
teen pages.”
Freeport  Herald-:  “TnE  Mich ig a n 
T radesm an comes to our table this week 
in  book  form,  sixteen  pages. 
It is a 
grand  improvement  which  will  be  ap­
preciated by its large list of  subscribers. 
T he  T radesm an is all right.
“ T h e  Mich ig a n 
T radesm an has been changed in form to 
a  sixteen-page  paper. 
It  was  always 
attractive in appearance, but now it  is  a 
daisy. 
It is now in good shape for filing 
and it will certainly pay to  preserve  the 
numbers complete.”
Evart  Review: 
“ T h e  Mic h ig a n 
T radesm an appears this  week in an im­
proved  form,  and  is  now published by 
The  Tradesman  Company, which  has a 
capital  of  $30,000.  The  Messrs.  Stowe 
still  hold  a  controlling  interest.  T h e 
T radesm an is a first-class  paper, and  is 
a credit to its founder and editor, as well 
as the  publishers.”
“ T h e  Mich ig a n 
Man ton  Tribune: 
T radesm an comes out this week in pam­
phlet  form,  with  sixteen  pages,  and 
printed in excellent  form on good paper. 
T h e T radesm an is one of the best trade 
journals  published  and  is  particularly 
popular among the business  interests  of 
the State.  May it continue to deserve its 
present high  standard!”
Grand  Traverse  Herald:  “ T h e  Mich­
ig a n  T radesm an  comes 
this  week 
changed  in  form to a four-column,  six­
teen-page  paper,  stitched.  The  change 
is  decidedly for  the  better. 
It  is  con­
venient  for  handling,  reading,  filing, 
binding, and the paper  can  be increased 
in size to suit  convenience or  necessity, 
by adding  pages. 
It is one of  the hand­
somest trade  journals of  the country.”

Grand  Rapids  Leader:  “ T h e  Mich­
ig a n T radesm an will  hereafter be pub­
lished by a stock  company,  the  Messrs. 
Stowe,  however,  retaining a controlling 
interest  in  the  business.  Through  ex­
cellent  management,  T h e  T radesm an 
has  become a valuable  property  and  is 
recognized  as  a  reliable  exponent  of 
trade  interests  by  business  men  gen­
erally,  whose  patronage  it  enjoys  to a 
liberal degree.”
Grand Rapids  Eagle:  “E. A. Stowe  & 
Bro. have been succeeded in the  publica­
tion  of  T h e  Mich ig a n  T radesm an  by 
a corporation, The Tradesman Company, 
of  which  they  are  the  principal  stock­
holders.  Mr. E. A. Stowe,  the  founder 
of  the paper,  the one who has brought it 
to its  present  state of  great  prosperity, 
continues as editor, so the general policy 
of  the publication is not changed.  With 
this change of ownership comes a change 
of  form, and the paper now appears with 
sixteen  four-column  pages  instead of  a 
blanket  sheet. 
It  is  full  of  matter 
especially  intended  for  mercantile  and 
manufacturing  interests,  and  is a neat, 
attractive  weekly periodical in every re­
spect. 
It seems destined to achieve even 
greater successes in the future.”

P.  of I.  Gossip.

Benjamin Moore, boot and shoe  dealer 
at  Shelby,  has  contracted  with  the  P. 
of  I.
J. M. Cadzow, the Reed  City dry goods 
dealer, has  cancelled  his  contract  with 
the P. of I.

Frank  E.  Shattuck  &  Co.,  the  Sand 
Lake  general  dealers,  refuse  to  renew 
their contract  with the P. of  I.

Notwithstanding the  number  of  mer­
chants who signed  with the  P.  of  I.  at 
Lake  Odessa, the Patrons  have begun to 
patronize other  stores  more  extensively 
than they do their own.

Whitehall Forum:  “The topic for dis­
cussion before  the  New  Era P. of  I.  the 
other  night  was, 
iResol/ved,  That  the 
Signs of the Times Indicate  the downfall 
of our Nation.’  Query: 
Is the P. of I. 
organization one of the signs ?”

Alto correspondence  Lowell  Journal: 
“The P. of I. lodge at Alto now numbers 
nearly 100.  At the last meeting thirteen 
new  members  were taken in.  They are 
meeting with  great success,  better  than 
they will six months from now.”

St.  Louis  Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette: 
“A farmer organization  which interferes 
with  business  is  one of  the  very worst 
evils that can befall  any community. 
It 
is like a slow fever,  and requires time to 
eradicate  it.  The  Patrons  of  Industry 
will  eventually  pass  into a condition of 
innocuous  desuetude  as  like  organiza­
tions have heretofore done.”

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Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

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Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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SHIPMENT. 

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run.............................13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run.....................................15 00@16 00
—  “   - 
@33 00
-  U  
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..
14 00@16 00 
Black Ash, log-run..
35 00@40 00 
Cherry, log-run........
00 00@65 00 
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2
@13 00 
Cherry, Cull............
12 00@13 00
Maple, log-run........
11 00@13 00 
Maple,  soft, log-run.
@30 00 
Maple, Nos. 1 and2..
@25 00 
Maple,  clear, flooring.
@35 00
Maple,  white, selected
30 00@31 00 
Rea Oak, log-run........
.36 00@38 00 
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.
.38 00@40 00 
Red Oak, >4 sawed, 6 inc 
30 00©32 00 
Red Oak, £  sawed, regular 
@35 00 
Red Oak, No. 1, step plauk
@55 00 
Walnut, log run......
@75200 
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2
.@35 00
Walnuts, c u ll.........
12 00@13 05 
Grey Elm, log-run...
14 00@16 00 
White Aso, log-run..
20 00@22 00 
Whltewood, log-run.
17 00@18 00 
White Oak, log-run..
43 00@43 00
White Oak, J4 sawed. Nos. 1 and 2

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Remus  Ro ller  Mil l s, 

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Remus, Mich., Jan. 20. 1890.  j 

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 
o
I  have used nearly all  the  best 
dandies. 
£0  irf
purifiers and bolting machines made, and 
can  say yours discounts them all.
A ny miller  who  intetids  making  any 
change in his mill will  save money to use 
your  machines,  for  They  Can  Do  the 
Work. 

Yours truly,

D.  L.  GARLING.
§

The Manufacture of Thimbles.

Detroit Journal:  “An Evart merchant 
was silly enough to pledge himself to sell 
goods to Patrons at  10  per  cent,  profit. 
The manufacture  of  thimbles  is quite 
an industry in  this country.  Millions of 
The  Patrons  buy  anywhere they please 
thimbles  are  made  and sold every year.
and use the  foolish  merchant’s  contract 
There is the common steel thimble, which 
as a leverage.  The same  sort  of  com­
can  be  purchased  for  a  few cents, and 
plaint is made from  nearly every section 
there  are  thimbles  made of  silver  and 
gold,  and  many  very elaborate  ones  in 
of  the  State  where  the  millennium- 
which diamonds and other precious stones 
inducers  have  established  themselves.” 
are set, for which almost any  amount  of 
Davison  Index:  “We  have  it  from 
money may be paid.
good  authority that  the  Patrons  in  the 
Thimbles are made on dies of  different 
sizes.  The gold, silver or steel is pressed 
vicinity  of  Grand  Rapids  are  opening 
over  these  dies  by stamping  machines, 
their eyes to  the  true  status  of  the cru* 
and the finishing and polishing and deco­
sade made upon their weasel skins by the 
rating are done  afterward. 
Some thim­
prime movers who alone  are reaping any
bles are made  of  celluloid  and  rubber.
These are molded.  The process of mak-  benefits  from  this  disguised  do-good-or 
f S S S   1»,  and  are,  1ft.  ttose  in  otter  com 
in  the  making  of a gold thimble  is  the  munities,  receding  from  the  doom  that 
cutting into a disk of  the  desired  size  a  hangs over the organization.  Already a
thin piece of sheet iron.  This is brought 
number of  the  lodges  have  surrendered 
to a red  heat,  placed  over  a  graduated 
their  charters.”
hole  in  an  iron  bench  and  hammered 
down into it with a punch.  This hole is 
the form of the thimble.  The iron takes 
its shape and is removed from  the  hole.

Whalebone  is  so  scarce  that  it  now 

sells for $12,500 per ton in London.

O ld G ro c e rs

Unanimously agree  t 

the  famous

F I T   F O R

ft gentleman's

T A B L B :

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  Whyland 

Sc  Co.  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

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.

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D r u g s  B  M e d ic in e s .

Stale  Board  of  Pharmacy.

One  Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Tnree  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  Years—Jam es  Vernor, Detroit.
« v e  Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
^resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
i  « fi* “P . . during  ISSO-Stai- Island,  June 30 and July 
1,  M arquette, Aug.  18  and li;  Lansing, Nov. 5 anti  6.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n.

R esid en t—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Tnird Vice-President—J as. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer— W m Dupont, Detroit. 

ntT ^ eilr?: KePh a rt> Berrien  Springs 

^ h i V?0CoJ nm itlSeA A’ Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
2 2 ? i ,HJ ¥ k.Bon;  D* E* PraI1>  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc- 
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
o f ^ p t e . S r m   Saginaw- beg i ^ g  th ird  Tuesday
<&rand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward. Secretary. Frank H. Eseott.
PresTdent 
rresid en t, F. D. K ipp;  Secretary, Albert Brower.
„ 
.. Detroit  Pharmaceutical  society
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.
Z j * J “ * * * S ^   I , r « e   C l e r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 
President, C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.

C l e r k s ’ A s s o c ia t io n .

F

Thirty-three  Out of Ninety-two.
At the  session  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  held  in  this  city  last week, 
ninety-two  candidates  were  present for 
this  number  thirty- 
examination.  Of 
three  persons  passed 
registered 
pharmacists’ examination  and  forty-five 
failed.  Thirty-one  of  these,  however, 
passed the 40 per cent, and over and will 
be  entitled  to  assistants’  certificates. 
Four passed  the  assistants’ examination 
and ten failed.

the 

The successful  candidates  are  as  fol­

lows :

K E G ISTEB ED .

D.  May  Beacham,  Romeo;  John  R 
Clark, Grand Rapids;  C. F. Collins,  Mon- 
roe;  C. H. Crego,  Jackson;  M.  M.  Den­
ison,  Kalamazoo;  F.  G.  Esterday,  Jack- 
son;  H.  Elfbrandt,  Ishpeming;  F.  H.
e DT^rr?-Mliarlotte;  F'  Erwin-  Marlette; 
&. E. Gillet,  Muskegon;  M. A. Grayhiel, 
Port  Huron;  Charles  Harrison,  Sparta- 
L.  Hrnman  Sparta;  C.  J.  Jonjejau’ 
Grand  Rapids;  K.  G.  Kincaid,  Detroit, 
Geo. L. Lage,  Kalamazoo;  M.  M.  Levy 
Charlotte;  C. J. Loucks,  Detroit;  W  H 
Moir,  Kalamazoo;  H.  H.  Packard, Che^ 
boygan;  C. Pasternacki,  Detroit;  J.  Ran- 
km  Richland;  F.  C.  Rolland,  Fenton; 
F-  t  ®chimmsky,  Oak  Harbor,  Ohio; 
F.  L. Shiley, Fayette, Ohio; C. J. Thorpe, 
Coldwater;  W.  J.  Toole,  Yale;  E  F 
Trempe, Sault  Ste. Marie;  G.  H. Ugiow’ 
Vermoutville;  G. Van Arkle,  Muskegon’; 
A.  Wheeler,  Muskegon;  H.  P.  Wood, 
A d d   Arbor;  John Young, Detroit.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

and Jacob S. Farrand, Jr., will soon open 
a  wholesale  drug  house  at  33  and  35 
Woodward  avenue.  The  name  of  the 
new  firm  will  undoubtedly  be  that  dis­
carded by the successors  to the old busi­
ness.
The statement that  the  new firm  will 
take the firm name  of  the  old  house  is 
probably incorrect,  as  it  is  understood 
that  the  retiring  partners  signed  an 
agreement not  to resume the former firm 
stjle, in the  event  of  their  re-engaging 
in business.  It  is  more  likely the  new 
firm  name will  be  Farrand,  Williams & 
Clark.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
At the regular monthly meeting of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
held  at  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office  last 
Thursday  evening,  Frank  Powell,  the 
South  Division 
street  druggist,  was 
elected to membership.

President  Hayward,  having  retired 
from  the  drug  business,  presented  his 
resignation  as  presiding  officer,  which 
was  laid  on  the  table  until  the  next 
meeting.

There  being  no  further business, the 

meeting adjourned.

Danger  of  Acquiring  the  Morphine 

Habit.

Professor  Dujardin-Beaumetz,  Paris, 
France, in a recent lecture at the  Cochin 
Hospital, Paris, France, on the treatment 
of  nervous diseases, said :
I need  not  here  speak  of  the  advan­
tages  a,nd  dangers of  morphine, 
l have 
many times discussed this subject, show­
ing  that  if  morphine  is  an  admirable 
analgesic medicament, it is also the most 
dangerous of  all  by  reason  of  the  fact 
that the  patient  becomes  accustomed to 
and  dependent  on  the  morphine  injec­
tions,  and  ends  in becoming a morphio- 
maniac.
It may be affirmed  that  morphiomania 
has  become one of  the  vices of  the day, 
and we may almost  lay it down as a rule 
that any patient  who  for  thirty consec­
utive days takes morphine injections will 
ever  after be a victim to the  habit, even 
when the  symptoms  to the primary mal­
ady  shall  have  completely disappeared; 
and it will thenceforth be a matter of  no 
little  difficulty  to  cure  the  morphine 
habit, now become a disease  more  rebel­
lious than the  affection  for  which these 
injections were first ordered.
The  number  of  morphiomaniacs  in­
creases  every  day,  and  this  deplorable 
vice exists in all classes of  society.  Un­
fortunately,  our  own  profession  is  not 
exempt  from  this  abuse,  and  I  know 
quite a number of  medical confreres who 
have  been  or  are  still  victims of  mor­
phine.

The  full  text of  President Hayward’s 

resignation is as follows :
.  Having retired from the drug business, 
it becomes  necessary for me to tender to 
t^e  Society my resignation  as  your  pre­
siding officer.
In doing so, I wish to tender my thanks 
for, and  express my appreciation of,  the 
honor conferred  upon me by the Society. 
I  heartily  wish  for  the  Society  in  the 
future the same harmony which  has pre­
vailed in the past.
Gentlemen, let me hope  in  the  future 
that  the  members, one  and all,  who are 
so greatly benefitted by the  Society, may 
show more interest in the  monthly meet­
ings, assuring  you  that  the  benefits de­
rived  by  attendance  at  such  meetings 
will  more  than  compensate  each  and 
every  person  for  the  inconvenience  in 
getting there.
Thanking  you again  and  wishing you 
individually  and  collectively,  all  pros­
perity in the future, I remain,  Yours,
J .   W .  H a y w a r d .

Drug Stod For Sale.

For the next ten days we  offer 
the F. H. Eseott  Drug  Store, on 
Canal street, this city, at a reduc­
tion of  10 per cent, from  inven­
tory, or $3,750—Cash.  This  is a 
rare  chance for a good  druggist 
to start in business at an old and 
established stand.
Hazelline  I   Perkins Driig Co.

P O L IS H IN A

(t r a d e  m a r k ' r e g is t e r e d .)

The Best Furniture Finish in the  Market 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

Polishina w!}i  rfP°T e  grease  and  dirt, and 
ruiidU IU fl  wni add a lustre which for  beaut; 
and durability cannot be excelled. 
3
P o lish  inn  £  clea-n  and  easy  to  Use,  as  full 
ru iio u m a   directions accompany  each  bottle.
Polishina i8 £ “ t u R j n  LARGE  BOTTLES.
“ ‘“ «I  and is sold at the moderate price oi 
Twenty-five Cents.
P n lix h in a   18 
Best Furniture Finish In the 
market.  Try it, andmake your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
Polishina Is for ®ale  by all Druggists, Furni 
Dealers’  Grocery  and  Hard
ware Stores.  ‘ 

BEW ARE  OF IMITATIONS.

FOR  SALE  WHOLESALE

HIZELTINE  i   PERKINS  DRUB CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

A  sure  cure  for  the 
is 
Russian  Malady 
selling like Hot Cakes.

Order a sample dozen  of  your  jobber. 
Price $8 per doz.  Or sent prepaid to any 
part of the U. S. on receipt of  $1  or  six 
for $5.
“ La  Grippe”  Medicine  Co.
-  MICH.
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

252  Grandvllle  Ave.,

- 

WHITE  LEAD 
,& COLOR WORKS

D E T R O I T ,
MANUFACTURERS OP

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DECORATION  ^
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GRAND RAPID8.

Banqueted Their Fellows.

From the Muskegon News.

The  Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’ Associa­
tion  gave a banquet  last  night to  Jesse 
Hoyt, Peter Van  Deinse, Gerrit  Van Ar­
kle  and  Sidney Gillett, who recently re­
turned  from  attendance  at  the  Illinois 
College of  Pharmacy at Chicago, the first 
two as graduates  and  the latter as mem­
bers of  the  senior  class.  A very enjoy­
able^  time  was  had.  C.  S.  Koon  was 
president  of 
the  evening  and  C.  M 
Eggert toastmaster.

The Ethics of the Profession.
Wife—What are  you so busy at ?
Young Physician—I  am  writing a let­
ter  to  the  newspapers,  abusing  Dr. 
Blank, the great scientist.
“But  Dr.  Blank  has  never  done  you 
any  harm,  and  you  agree  with  his 
theories.”
“True;  but  it  is  against  the rule for 
physicians  to  advertise,  and I must get 
myself  before the public  somehow.”

The Drug: Market.

Quinine is dull and lower.  Opium and 
morphia are steady.  Citric acid is lower. 
Gum  camphor has advanced and is tend­
ing higher.  Borax continues scarce and 
high.  Beeswax is tending higher.  Tur­
pentine is lower.

Do Not Wish to  Sell.

Jas.  E.  Davis  &  Co.,  of  Detroit, 
are out in a circular to the trade, denying 
the  report  that  they have  offered  their 
wholesale drug business for sale.

It pays  to  handle the  P  &  B. cough 

drops.

a l  1 1 T a j 
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O O P

p o o p
Infants and Invalids.
unQu*lified|
^success.  aot a medicine, but a steam-!
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest! 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by! 
druggists.  In cans, 35c. and upward! 
Woolbioh  &  Co. on  every label!

LIQUOR  l POISON  RECORD
Best on the Market

Acknowledged to be the

COMBINED.

E .J. STOWE iB R O .,« iX ,W ie %
GX2TS22TG  ROOT.
Wo pay  th e h ighest price fo r It.  Address
Ss®"*.

PECK BROS., 

A SSISTA N TS.

W.  N.  Choate,  Jackson;  T.  Forbes 
Middleville;  C. A. Fuhrman,  Muskegon’; 
Julius Peppier, Jr., Muskegon.
The  next  examination will  he held at 
Star  Island, in  the  St. Clair  River,  be­
ginning June 30.  Another will  be  held 
at Marquette August 13, and the last this 
year  will  be  held  at  Lansing,  Novem­
ber  5.

The best record made by any applicant 
was  by  W. N. Choate, of Jackson,  who 
stood the highest of  any one in the class, 
but was  prevented  from receiving a cer- j 
tificate  as 
registered  pharmacist  by 
reason  of  his  age,  being  only  sixteen | 
years  old,  whereas  the  law  requires  a 
registered  pharmacist 
to  be  eighteen 
years of  age.

The Sixth Drug House Materializes.
The Detroit  News of  last Friday  con­

tained the following:
The  prediction  that  the  members  of 
the old  drug firm  of  Farrand,  Williams 
&  Co-,  who  retired  at  the  dissolution 
would not long  remain  idle  has  proven 
correct.  The  old  firm,  now  running 
under  the  firm  of  Williams,  Sheely  & 
Brooks,  has been busy for  several  days 
accepting the resignations of  many of its 
old employes, who declined to state their 
future  intentions.  The  mystery is now 
explained.  A  new  firm  composed  o fi 
Jacob  S.  Farrand,  H.  C.  Clark,  R.  p 
Williams (a son-in-law  of  Mr.  Farrand) '

The Law Does Not Require  It.

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  March 10, 1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
1  have  lately  received  a  number  of 
circulars, offering for  sale  lists of  ques­
tions  used  by  the  various  Boards  of 
Pharmacy,  of  which  the  following  is a 
fair sample:
This  book  contains all the questions 
asked  by  the  various  Boards  of Phar­
macy  throughout 
the  different  states 
during the past  year.
“In order to pass  an  examination it is 
[ necessary  to  know  what  to  study.  A 
knowledge  of  the  answers to  the  ques­
tions as here  laid  down  will enable one 
to pass any examination  on  practical or 
technical pharmacy.”
It is my opinion that  druggists  should 
unite in a protest against the granting of 
certificates to quiz  applicants  who  have 
no practical knowledge of  the  drug bus­
iness. 

Yours respectfully,

D r u g g is t .

A protest  of  the  character  described 
by  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’ s   correspondent 
j  would  probably  avail  nothing,  as  the 
! law  does  not  require a registered phar- 
! macist  to  have a practical knowledge of J 
! the  drug  business.  A  graduate  of  one 
of  the  schools of  pharmacy  will  nearly 
always  pass  the  examinations  of  the 
Board, yet he  may have  never  been be­
hind  the  prescription  case  of  a  drug 
store.

If  it is thought  desirable to add  prac­
tical experience to the  requirements  for 
a certificate,  the  way  to  proceed  is  to 
amend the law in this particular.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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W h o le s a le   P r i c e   C u r r e n t•

ACIDUM.

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

Aceticum.....................   8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1 00
Boracic 
30
Carbolieum.................   40® 45
Citricum......................  50® 55
Hydrochlor..................  3®  5
Nitrocum 
...................  10® 12
Oxalicum.....................  10®  12
Phosphorium dii........ 
20
SaUcylicum...............1  40@1 80
Sulphuricum..............  134®  5
Tan ni cum..................1  40@1  60
Tartaricum...................  40® 43

AMMONIA.

Aqua, 16  deg................  
3®  5
18  deg.................  4®  6
Carbonas  .....................  11® 13
Chloridum...................  12® 14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po. 1  60......... 1  85®2 00
8®  10
Juniperus...................
25®  30
Xantnoxylum...........
BALSAMUM.

Copaiba...................... 70®  75
Peru............................ @1  30
45®  50
Terabiu, Canada  ......
Tolutan...................... 40®  45

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian........ ........  18
Cassiae  ...................... ........  11
Cinchona F lav a........ ........  18
Euonymus  atropurp..........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po... ........  20
Prunus Virgini........... ........  12
Quillaia,  grd.............. ........  12
Sassafras  ................... ........  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  12) ........  10

EXTRACTUM.
24®  25
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra... 
33®  35
po...........
Ilaematox, 15 lb. box.. 11®  12
13®  14
is..............
14®  15
%s............
16®  17
)4s............
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Precip........ @  15
Citrate and Quinia — ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble........... @  80
©  50
Ferrocyanidum Sol__
Solut  Chloride........... @  15
1)4®  2
Sulphate,  com'l.........
@  7
pure............

“ 

PLORA.

POLLA.

14®  16
A rnica.......................
Anthémis................... 30®  35
M atricaria................. 30®  35
................... 10®  12
Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
25®  28
nivelly....................
35®  50
»  A!x.
Salvia  officinalis,  )4s
10®  12
and  )4s....................
8®  10
UraUrsI......................

» 

GUMMI.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

@1 00
Acacia,  1st  picked—  
@  90
2d 
....
.... @  80
3d 
sifted sorts... @  65
po................. 75@1  00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)... 50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
®  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60). @  50
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 )4s,
@  1
16)..........................
25®  30
Ammnniae.................
Assafœtida, (po. 30)... @  15
50®  55
Benzoinum.................
Camphor®................... 55®  57
Euphorbium  po  ........ 35®  lo
Gelbanum................... @  80
Gamboge,  po.............. 80®  95
Guaiacum, (po.55)  ... @  50
©  20
Kino,  (po.  25)............
©1  00
Mastic............ ..........
Myrrh, (po  45)........... @  40
Opii,  (pc. 5 40)...........4 00®4  15
Shellac  ......................  25®  35
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

“ 
h e r b a—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.............. .......  25
Eupatorium.............. .........   20
Lobelia...................... .........   25
Majorum................... .........   28
Mentha  Piperita...... .........   23
“  V ir.............. .........   25
Rue..............  ........... .........   30
Tanacetum, V ........... .........   22
Thymus,  V................ .........   25
Calcined, Pat............ .  55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t........ .  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M... .  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennlng5. .  35®  36

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Absinthium.............. .5 00@5 50
Amygdalae,Dulc...  .
45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae... .8 00@8 25
A nisi......................... .1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex........
@2 50
Bergamii  ................. .2 80©3 25
Cajiputi.................... .  90@1  00
Caiyophylli.............. .1  35©1  40
Cedar....................... .  35®  65
Chenopodii  ..............
@1  75
Cinnamonii.............. .1  35@1 40
Citronella.................
@  75
Conium  Mac............ .  35®  65
Copaiba.................... .1  20@1 30

Declined—Quinine,  Turpentine.
Cubebae...................16 00@16
Exechthitos................  90@1
Erigeron..................... 1 20@1
Gaultheria..................2 20®2
Geranium,  ounce......   @
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......  50®
Hedeoma  ................... 1  60®1
Juniper!......................  50@2
Lavendula.................  90@2
Limonis.......................1 50@l
Mentha Piper...............2 00®2
Mentha  Vend............. 2 50®2
Morrhuae, gal............   80@1
Myrcia, ounce............   @
Olive............................1 25@2
Picis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10@
Ricini.......................... 1 24@1
Rosmarin!............  
75@1
Rosae, ounce..............  @6
Succini.......................   40®
Sabina.......................   90@1
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7
Sassafras....................  50®
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  ®
Tiglii..........................   @1
Thyme.......................   40®
opt  ................  @
Theobromas...............   15®
Bi Carb.......................  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®  3f
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ®  15
Potass  Nitras, o p t__  
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTASSIUM.

“ 

RADIX.

“ 

“ 

20®  25 
25®  30 
15®  20 
®  25 
20®  50 
10®   12 
16®  18
@  40 
15®  20 
15®  20 
25@2 35 
IS®  20 
30®  35 
@  35 
15®  18 
75@1  00 
@1  75 
75®1  35 
48®  53 
©  20 
40®  45 
45®  50 
@  40 
@  20 
10®   12
@  35 
®  25 
15®  20 
10®  15 
22®  25

Aconitum...................
Althae.........................
Anchusa....................
Arum,  po....................
Calamus......................
Gentiana, (po. 15)......
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45)....................
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__
Inula,  po....................
Ipecac,  po...................2
Iris  plox (po. 20®22)..
Jalapa,  pr...................
Maranta,  %s..............
Podophyllum, po........
Rhei............................
“  cut......................
Spigelia......................
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..
Serpentaria.................
Senega.................... .
Simllax, Officinalis,  H 
M
Scillae, (po. 35)...........
SpnplocarpuB,  Fcetl-
dus,  po....................
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30) 
German...
Zingiber a ...................
Zingiber  j ..............
SEMEN.
..  @ 15
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, Is............ 
4® 
6
Carui, (po. 18)......  
12
8® 
Cardamon....................1 
Corlandrum.........   10® 
12
Cannabis Sati va....3%@ 
4
Cvdonium...................  75@1 00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterlx Odorate.........1 75©1  85
Foeniculum..........  @ 
15
Foenugreek,  po........  
6®  8
L in i............................4  @ 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4)4® 4)4
Lobelia.................   35@ 
40
4)4
Pharlaris Canarian_3)4® 
Rapa....................  
6® 
7
Sinapis,  Albu......  
8® 
9
Nigra.....  11® 
12

“ 

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00@1 25

“ 
“ 
“ 

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. R.......1  75®2 00
 
Juniperis  Co. O. T ___1 75®1  75
“ 
............. 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ......... 1 75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............ 1 75@6 50
25@2 00
Vini Oporto................. 1 
Vini  Alba....................1  25@2 00

10@1 50

1 

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage...... ............2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................  
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use__ 
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................  
1  40

SYRUPS.

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

“ 

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TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R.........   60
F .........   50
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
Cinehona............................  50
Co.....................   .  60
Columba.............................   50
Conium...............................  50
Cubeba............................  ..  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Guaica................................   50
ammon....................  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
“  Deoaor........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany..........  .................   50
Rhei.....................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
CO..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan.................... 
60
Valerian..............................  50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

« 

“  

‘ 
“ 

u 
ground,  (po.

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3)4
7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................1 35@1 40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ®  68
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian, 
po............................  @1  75
Capslci  Fructus, a f...
@ 18
@ 16
r Po-.-
@ 14
Caryophyllus,  (po.  20)
15® 18
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
50® 55
Cera Flava.................
28® 30
Coccus .......................
@ 40
Cassia Fructus...........
® 20
Centraria....................
@ 10
Cetaceum...................
@ 35
Chloroform...............
50® 55
squibbs ..
©1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst........
1  50@1 75
Chondrus ...................
20® 25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W 
15® 20
German 
4® 10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................
® 60
Creasotum.................
© 50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
@ 2
"  prep...................  
5®  5
“  precip................   8®  10
“  Rubra................   @  g
Crocus.......................   35®  38
Cudbear......................  @  34
Cupri Sulph................ 
8®  9
Dextrine....................   10©  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  ®  8
po...................  @  6
Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................   @  23
Gambier....................... 7)4®  3)4
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @ 90
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent, 
by box 62% less
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerina...................  22®  25
Grana Paradis!...........  @  15
Humulus....................  25®  40
Hy^raag  Chlor  Mite..  @  95 
“  C or....  @  85
Ox Rubrum  @1  05
Ammoniati. 
@1  15
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  80
Ichthyobolla, Am......1  25®1  50
Indigo.........................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  85@1 00
Lycopodium..............  55®  60
M acis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Ü4)..........................   2®  3
Maunia,  S. F ..............  45®  50

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“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85®3 10 
C. Co.......................2 85@3  10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristica,  No. 1...........  70® 75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia......................  32® 35
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   @  TO
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  35
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumb! A cet................  14® 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10©1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quassiae......................  
8® 10
Quinia, S. P. & W  ___   44® 49
S.  German__  35®  45
i Rubia  Tinctorum......  12®  14
SaccharumLactispv..  @  25
Salacin....................... 1  80@2 00
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
“  M....................... 
8®  10
“  G.......................  @  15

“ 

“ 

p a in t s. 

Seidlitz  Mixture........
Sinapis........................
@  18 
“  opt...................
@  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................
@  35 
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
@  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .
12®  13 
Soda  et Potass Tart...
30®  33
Soda Carb.................
m   2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
@  5
Soda,  Ash..................
3®  4©  2 
Soda, Sulphas............
Spts. Ether C o...........
50®  55 
“  Myrcia  Dom......
@2  00 @2 50
“  Myrcia Imp........
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05).........................  @2 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl.............. 234® 3)4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae..............  50®  55
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph...............  
7®  8

“  Roll................2)4® 3

25 j Lindseed,  boiled__   64 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine__  48 
bbl. 

67
69
55
lb.
Red Venetian..............1%  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 134  2@4
“ 
Ber........1%  2@3
Putty,  commercial_2)4  2)4®3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4  2%®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13®16
Vermilion,  English__ 
75®80
Green,  Peninsular.....  
70@75
Lead,  red.............  @7)4
“  w hite........  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’.......  
@90
1 00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints......................1 00@1  20

OILS.

Bbl. G&l
Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............
55
Lard, No.  1............
.  45
Linséed, pure raw  . .  61

v a r n is h e s.
No. 1 Turp  Coach...
Extra Turp..............
Coach  Body............

.1  10@1  20 
..1 60@1  TO 
. .2 75@3 00
70 No. 1 Turp Furn.... ..1  00@1  10
60 Eutra Turk Damar....1  55@1  60
50 Japan  Dryer,  No. 1
64
70®  75

Turp......................

HAZBBTINBf 

A  P B R K ÏN S

DRUG  CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

--■DRUGS™

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent  Medicines,  Paints,  Oils,  l/arnisliBs.
Sole  Agents'for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  P a i n t s .

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

WhJLslsies, Brandies,

Gins, Wines, Bums.

We are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Oo.: 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  a n d   G u a r»  
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  d a y   w e   re*  

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

toltine  Ì Perkins  Dnlg  Bo„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

12

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

grocer  for  being  such  a  ninny—every­
body but Reed.  He  was  indignant, and 
his indignation kept increasing.  He has 
now  brought  suit  for  $10,000  against 
Stiffen, and there’s a fair  show  that  he 
will get a good big  verdict, though  some 
shyster lawyer may take the lion’s share.
M. B.  Liddell  has  sold  the  Exchange 
Bank, at  Laingsburg, to  Rohrabacher & 
Hunt, proprietors of  the Farmers’ Bank, 
who  will  continue  business  under  the 
style of  the Union Bank.

VISITING  BUYERS.

W S Adkins, Morgan 
R B rede weg, Drethe 
C A Brott, Moorland 
John Onnstra, Lam on t 
T Armock, W right 
John De Vries,  Jam estow n 
S Cooper, Jam estow n 
M M inderhout, Hanley 
Peter Bresnahan,  Parnell 
Mas ton & Hammond,
McClelland & Miner,
C H Smith, Stanwood 
N O W ard, Stanwood 
J R Harrison, Sparta 
Jno Farrowe, So Blendon 
W mV erMenlen.BeaverDam 
Bakker Bros., Drenthe 
W S W inegar, Lowell 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
J  Jesson, Muskegon 
T A Jam ison, So Boardman 
M L B ritton, Pewamo 
D E W atters, Freeport

Gr&ndville 
Kellogg

Geo McDonald,  Kalamazoo 
C P  Parkhill & Son, Owosso 
G S Putnam , Fruitport 
A G C lark & Son,  •
W hite Cloud 
E E Hewitt,  Rockford 
G H W albrink, Allendale 
O C Russ & Co., Lke Odessa 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
D Gale, Parm alee 
Jos Deal, Gun Marsh 
M W alsh, Spring Lake 
L Burns, Ada 
R J  Side, Kent City 
D R Stocum, Rockford 
Ezra Brown, Englishviile 
John Dam stra, Gitchell 
Sm allegan & Pickaard, 
J  Raymond, Berlin''
Den H erder &  Tanis,
J  T Pierson, Irving 
H Thompson, Canada  Cors 
Longyear Bros., Mason

Forest Grove 

Vriesland 

PRODUCE  MARKET.

ll@12c.

Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  $3@ 
$3.50 per bbl.,
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
$1.35 for picked, holding at $1.60 per bu.
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—There is no improvement  in  the  mar­
ket and no prospect of any improvement.  While 
fancy grades of creamery  and  dairy  are  scarce 
and in active demand, low grades are common as 
mnd and about as sluggish and useless, so far as 
business is concerned.
Buckwheat  Flour—$4  per  bbl. for  New  York 
stock.
Cabbages—$7@$9 per 100.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Bell and Bugle is in  fair demand 
at $4 per box or $13 per bbl.
Dried  Apples — Evaporated  are held at 754@ 
8c  and sundried at 4@4'4c.
Eggs—Dealers pay ll@12c per doz. and hold  at 
1254c.
Field  Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $3.50  per  bu.; 
medium, $3.50.  Timothy, $1.50 per bu.
Honey—In  good  demand.  Clean  comb  com­
mands 1354@14c per lb.
Maple  Sugar — 8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to 
quality.
Onions—Good stock is nearly worth its  weight 
in gold, dealers  holding  such  lots  as  they  are 
able to pick up at $1.75 per bu.

25c and hold at 35c per bu.

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  sick.  Dealers  pay 
Poultry—Dressed is falling off in  demand.
Squash—Hui 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—30c per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Beef, carcass..........................................  4?£@
hindquarters...............................  6  @7
...............................  @ 4
fore 
loins, No. 3...................................   @  954
ribs..............................................   @ 8
tongues.........................................  @10

Hogs...........................................................  @ 554
Bologna.....................................................  @ 5
Pork loins...............................................  @7
“  shoulders.......................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood  or head.........................  @ 5
“ 
........................  @ 5
“  Frankfort..................................  @ 8

Mutton .......................................................  @ 854

liver...............  

OYSTERS and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

 

“ 

oysters—Cans.

smoked.....................................  @ 8

FRESH  FISH.
 
Whitefish.................................. 
Trout.........................................................   @ 8
Halibut......................................................  @15
Haddies.....................................................   @ 7
Ciscoes......................................................   @ 6
Fairhaven  Counts....................................  @35
Selects................................................... 22  @27
F. J. D.’s ...................................................   @20
Anchors.....................................................  @18
Standards..................................................  @16
Favorites...................................................  @14
Standards...............................................  
@$1 15
Selects.....................................................  @ 150
Clams.........................................................  @1 60
Shrimps.....................................................  @1 60
Scallops.....................................................  @1 50
Horseradish..............................................   @ 75
Shell oysters, per 100.............................1  00@1  50

oysters—Bulk.

“  clams, 

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PORK  IN  BARRELS.

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

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................  9
16 lbs.......................................  9Ji
12 to 14 lbs................................10
picnic.....................................................6tt
best boneless..........................................s
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................   854
Dried beef, ham prices.....................................  8
Long Clears, heavy............................................554
Briskets,  medium...........................................  6
lig h t..................................................6

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Tierces............................................................   6k
Tubs...................................................................7
50 lb.  Tins..........................................................7j£

lard—Family.

Tierces............................................................   5%
30 and 50 lb. Tubs........................  
5%
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case......................................654
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.....................................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.....................................  634
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case......... .-..............  ........5%
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BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  7 00
Boneless, romp butts.....................................  8  60

@ 75

sau sa ge—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage..................................................... 6%
Ham Sausage................................................... 9
Tongue Sausage...............................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage..........................................8
Blood Sausage..................................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick................................................ 5
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GANDIES,  FRUITS  and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................9
25 
Twist, 
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Cut Loaf, 25 
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MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. pails............................................9
2001b.  bbls..............................................834
Extra, 25 lb.  pails............................................10
2001b.  bbls............................................  9 ¡4
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..........................   1154
fa n c y—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops.................................  
12
Sour Drops..................................... 
13
Peppermint Drops............................................14
Chocolate Drops............................................... 14
H. M. Chocolate Drops.................................... 18
Gum  Drops.......................................................10
Licorice Drops.................................................. 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops....................................... 14
Lozenges, plain.................................................14
printed............................................15
Imperials..........................................................14
Mottoes............................................................. 15
Cream Bar.........................................................13
Molasses  Bar........  ......................................... 13
Caramels....................................................16@18
Hand Made  Creams......   ................................18
Plain Creams....................................................16
Decorated Creams............................................20
String  Rock..................................................... 15
Burnt Almonds................................................ 22
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 14
fan cy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails................................. 12
in bbls...................................11
printed, in pails............................... 1254
“ in bbls................................1154
Chocolate Drops, in pails.................................12
Gum Drops, In pails........................................   654
in bbls........................................ 514
Moss Drops, In pails.........................................10
in bbls.......................................  954
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................12
Imperials, in pails..........................................11
inbbls.................................... ..1054

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fancy......................  3 75@4 25
golden russets..........3 50@3 75
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360...............   @3 00
300...............  @
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Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........14  @15
.......12  @1254
“  choice, 7 lb....................................  @
Dates, frails, 50 lb..................................   @
54 frails, 50 lb..............................  @
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Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
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Persian, 50-lb.  box......................6  @ 654
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Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16
Ivaca.....................................   @15
California.......................   ... 15  @16

Brazils....................................................  @1154
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................  @1554
California..............................   @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................10  @13
Fancy, H. P., Bells................................  @854
“  Roasted...................   @1054
Fancy, H. P., Suns.................................  @ 854
“  Roasted  ...................  @1054
Choice,  H. P.,  G..... 
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“  Roasted....................  @954

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Bigger Deal than the  Sugar  Trust.
A  combination  in  the  sugar 

trade, 
greater and more  widespread in its rami­
fications than the Sugar Trust itself,  has 
been  practically consummated as the re­
sult of  extended  negotiation, and its de­
tails  will  soon  be  officially announced. 
The  scheme is an elaborate  one,  and  it 
is the outcome  of  a  situation  which for 
three  or  four  years  has  furnished  an 
anxious problem for  the  wholesale  gro­
cers  of  the country.  The object sought 
is to equalize the  price  at  which  sugar 
is  sold  to  retailers,  with  the  natural 
effect, of  course, of  making  the price to 
consumers uniform in each locality.

The  plan  is  this:  The  lowest  daily 
quotation from the refineries shall be the 
minimum  price at which  sugar  shall be 
sold by wholesalers  in  the  combination 
to retail dealers.  This  minimum  price 
will be telegraphed daily from New York 
by an agent or committee  of  the Whole­
sale  Grocers’  National  Association 
to 
each of  the  490  cities  in  the  country, 
known as distributing  points.  The rate 
at the various points  will vary according 
to the ruling freight  rates,  and  the rate 
telegraphed  to  each  city will be figured 
on  the  basis  of  current freight  tariffs, 
and must be the actual minimum rate for 
that day in the  place  named.  Enforce­
ment of  the arrangement will be secured 
in this way:  The refiners will at the end 
of  each  month  make  a  rebate  of  one- 
quarter of  a  cent per pound on all sugar 
sold  during  the  month  to  dealers who 
have not undersold the official  price.

This plan has been in operation at New 
York  City  for  more than a year and has 
worked  so  successfully that it has  been 
deemed expedient  to  extend  it  all  over 
the country.

Wool, BUd.es, Furs and Tallow.

The wool  market has not changed ma­
terially.  There  was  considerable  sold 
the  past  week  at  the  decline. 
It  will 
now take considerable wind from dealers 
to boom the  market, or cloths  must  sell 
more  freely.  Country buyers  have  an­
other  lesson,  which  will 
them 
through the coming season.

Hides are quiet and  in  light  demand.
Tanners have full supplies  and  are  not 
looking for stock.

Furs  are  low  and  dull  and  are  not 
wanted at any price sellers are willing to 
let go at.

Tallow is weak, with  good  demand at 

last 

the low price.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  continues to advance,  the  mar­
ket being firm  and  active.  Mild coffees 
are higher and the market is excited  and 
tending higher.  Package manufacturers 
have advanced  their  goods  another %c. 
Raisins, prunes  and  currants are bound 
to  be high, owing to amount of  damaged 
goods likely to be  thrown on the market. 
Malaga raisins are said not to be keeping 
well.  Another 
cent  advance  in  sal- 
aratus will go into effect April 1.
Led Into Trouble by a Fortune  Teller
Joseph  Stiften,  a Kansas  City  grocer, 
had a big  lot  of  goods  stolen  from  bis 
store.  He  was greatly mystified at first, 
but he waited upon a fortune teller, who 
revealed  to  him  that  the  robbery  was 
committed  by “the  man  he  had  in  his 
mind.”  That  was  enough  for  Stiften. 
He  immediately  swore  out  a  warrant, 
charging Thomas  Reed, a carpenter with 
the crime.  The case was  tried and Reed 
was  acquitted,  the  jury  never  leaving 
their  seats.  Everybody laughed  at  the

F o r  S ale  b y   L e a d in g   "W holesale  G ro cers.

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APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

BAKING  POWDER.

Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz —  

%lb. 
lib. 
% lb. 
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1 lb.  “  
BATH BRICK.

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
“  2  “ ....  1  50
“  % lb. 
“  1  “ ....  3 00
1 lb. 
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45
Our Leader, %lb.  cans....... 
90
....... 
.......1  60
Telfer’s, c%nb. cans, doz.. 
45
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85
“  ..  1  50
English, 2 doz. in case....... 
80
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
70
American. 2 doz. in case... 
Dozen
Mexican,  4oz....................  
30
60
8  oz..................... 
16  OZ...................  
90
BROOKS.
No. 2 H url.............................  1  75
No. 1  “ 
.............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet........................  2 25
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem...........................2 75
Common W hisk................... 
90
Fancy 
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M ill.........................................3  25
W arehouse..........  
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Dairy, solid  packed..............12%
Creamery, solid packed —   13% 

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BUTTERINE

rolls...........................  13
r o l l s .................14
CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   10%
9%
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................... 
*2
W icking...............................  
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck....... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb — ...... 2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand.... 1  10 
....1 9 0
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  75
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2  lb.  “ 
2  65
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1 lb.  Star................ 2 15
2 lb. Star................ 3  15
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Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
“ 
1 lb.  stand............1  20
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2 00
2 lb. 
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3 lb. In M ustard.. .2 85
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31b.  soused.......... 2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .2 00
1 lb.  Alaska..............1  90
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Sardines, domestic  %s......... 
5
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%s.........®  9
“  Mustard %s..........  ®   9
Imported  %s...10%®16
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spiced,  %s..........  
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2 60
Trout, 3 Id. brook.......... . 
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand......... 2  25
Blackberries, stand..............  90
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
p itted ........................1  40
Damsons...................................” 1 15
Egg Plums, stand.....1  15®1  35
Gooseberries........................ 1  00
G rapes....................................
Green  Gages.................1  15@1 35
Peaches, yellow, standi  75@1  85
seconds..........1  10@1  45
P ie .............................1  15
Pears.............................. • ■ • " J
Pineapples....................1  10®1 50
Q uinces.................................1 00
Raspberries,  extra..............l  75
red .....................1  40
Strawberries.................1  15@1 35
W hortleberries......................   75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.........
Beaus, Lima,  stand..............  85
“  Green  Limas—   @1  20
Strings...............   ®  90
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“  Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Early Golden.1  00
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Peas, French..........................1  68
“  extram arrofat...  @125
“  soaked......................  80
“  June, stand................... 1  40
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“  sifted..........1  65@1  85
“  French, extra  fine...  . 1  50
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden..  @1  00 
Succotash,  standard— 90©1  40
Squash................................10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@l  00 
BenHar  ...  95®1  00
stand  br___  95@1  00
Michigan Full  Cream 11%@12 
Sap  Sago............  ....... 16  @16%
23
German Sweet...............  
28
“Alden  Premium” ........ 
Cocoa............................... 
38
Breakfast Cocoa........... 
48
37
Broma.............................. 
CHEWING GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................25
200  “ 
................. 35
Spruce....................................30
Bulk........................................ 6
R ed....................................  7%
COFFEE EXTRACT.
Valley City...................... 
85
Felix......................................   1  10

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

CHICORY.

CHEESE.

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Rio, fair...........................   @21
“  good....................... 21  @22
“  prime........................  @23
“  fancy,  w ashed...  @24
“  golden....................23  @24
Santos............................22  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior...............24  @26
M andheling___27  @30
Peaberry.......................22  @24
Mocha, genuine.......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

c o f f e e s—Package.

Lion.............................. 
25%
“  in cabinets................... 25%
M cL aughlin’s  X X X X __ 25%
Durham .................................25
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 f t...........per doz.  1  25
50 
f t ... 
1  50
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70 f t .......... 
2 00
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80 
ft.  . 
60 f t.......... 
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72 f t '......... 
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CONDENSED MILK.
Eagle.....................................  7 50
Anglo-Swiss........... 6  00® 7  60

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coupons—“Superior.”
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3 00
$2, 
$5. 
4 00
$10, 
5 00
$20, 
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$ 1, per  hundred.................2 00
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$ 2, 
3 00
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$20, 
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Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.............5  per  cent
500  “ 
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CRACKERS.
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CREAM TARTAR.

dried  fruits—Peel.

Kenosha Butter...................  7%
Seymour 
5%
Butter....................................... 5%
“  family...........................  5%
“  biscuit.........................   6
Boston.....................................  6%
City Soda................................  7%
S. Oyster ......... 
5%
City Oyster, XXX...................  5%
Picnic....................................... 5%
Strictly  pure........................ 
38
Grocers’................................ 
25
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......4%@  5%
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“  — 15  @16
Apricots, 
Blackberries“ 
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14
14
 
Peaches 
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Raspberries  “ 
 
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dried fruits—Prunes.
Turkey.........................5  @5%
Bosna.........................  6  @ 6%
California....................8  @10
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum ........................  @23
In boxes.......................   @25
Zante, in  barrels........   @  5%
in less quantity  @ 6 
Valencias.....................  8%@  8%
Ondaras........................  @10
Sultanas......................  10  @10%
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia......................   2 50@2  75
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.1  75@2 25 
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs.............   04
Hominy,  per  bbl...................3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported.......  @  9%
Pearl  Barley................. 2%@ 2%
Peas, green...................  @1  10
“  split..........................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @ 6%
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l... 
6® 7
Wheat,  cracked..........   @  5
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60
FISH—SALT.

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Raisins.

DRIED FRUITS—CitTOn.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

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Cod, whole...................5  @ 6
“  boneless............... 6%@ 7%
H alib u t......................  9%@10
2 65
Herring,  round, % bbl.. 
2 75
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12 00 
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Scaled  ............20®  22
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“  12  lb k it..130
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Trout,  %  bbls............. 4 00@4  25
“  10  lb.  kits...................  60

Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,  %  bbl 
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White,  No. 1, % bbls..5 50@5 75
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121b. kits.......100
10 1b. kits.......  80
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kits..............  50

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HERBS.

JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Kegs........................................ 5 25
Half  kegs.................................2 88
Sage...  .............................. 9
Hops....................................14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  6 
Chicago  goods......................3%
No.  ... 
30
No. 1.................... 
40
No. 2...................................  50
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
No. 9  sulphur......................2 00
Anchor parlor......................1  70
No. 2 home  .........................1  10
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.

MATCHES.

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ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, Barrels.............5  25
Half barrels......2 75
Cases........2 15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__  @5  25
Half bbls..  @2 75 
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................  9%
Water White........................10%
Medium............................@6 50
“  % b b l.....................3 75
Small, bbl............................ 7 50
“  %  bbl......................... 4 25
Clay, No.  216.......................1  75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3............................ 1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8 
Carolina head...................... 6%
“  No. 1...................... 5%
“  No. 2................ 5%@
“  No. 3...................... 5

Japan............................ 5%@6%
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccabov, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

PRESERVES.

SNUFF.

PIPES.

RICE.

SOAP.

SEEDS.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

s p ic e s—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior....................................3 30
Queen  Anne............................3 85
German  Family..  .............
Mottled  German......................3 00
Old German.............................2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain.........   ...2 00
Frost, Floater......................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .................... 3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36
Happy Family,  15................2 95
Old Country, 80.................... 3 30
Una, 100................................3 65
Bouncer, 100.........................3 15
Mixed bird.................4%@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary.................................. 3%
Hemp..................................... 3%
Anise......................................8
Rape....................................  6
Mustard.................................7%
Allspice................................10
Cassia, China in mats........... 8
“  Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls........ 40
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Cloves,  Amboyna................26
Zanzibar................. 20
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Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1.......................75
“  No. 2....................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18 
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shot.........................20
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spic e s—Ground- In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
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and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon.................... 42
Cloves,  Amboy na................32
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Zanzibar................25
Ginger, African...................12%
“  Cochin.................... 15
“ 
Jam aica................18
Mace  Batavia......................90
Mustard,  English................22
and Trie..25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................80
Pepper, Singapore, black__21
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................25
SUGARS.
Cut  Loaf....................  @ 1%
Cubes.........................  @7%
Powdered...................  @ 7%
Standard  Granulated.  @ 6%
Fine...........  @6%
i Confectioners’ A------  @6.56
White Extra  C...........  @6%
Extra  C......................  @6
C ................................   @5%
I Yellow.......................5 %@ 5%

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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 
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100 
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Ashton bu. bags.................  75
75
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
35
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Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5%
Dwight’s Com.......................5%
Taylor’s................................5
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf______5%
pure........................5%
Our Leader.........................  4%
Kegs.................................  
1%
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
SAPOLIO.
inbox....  2 50
Kitchen,3 doz. 
Hand 
3  “ 
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SAUERKRAUT.
Silver Thread, 15 gallons_2  90
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Corn, barrels....................  @24
one-half barrels__  @26
Pure Sugar, bbl................26@35
half barrel__ 28@37
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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
Sngar Creams............  
Frosted  Creams.........  
Graham  Crackers......  
Oatmeal Crackers—  
Boxes....................................5%
Kegs, English...............  
4%
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75

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SHOE  POLISH.

SYRUPS.

SODA.

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ja p a n —Regular.

SUN CURED.

g u n po w d e r.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air......... :................ 14  @16
Good............................ 18 @22
Choice...........................24 @29
Choicest....................... 32 @38
F air..............................14 @15
Good............................ 16  @2P
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  @85
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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

62
35

tobaccos—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12........... 37
Reception, 2 2-5x12,16 oz........36
Vinco, 1x6,4% to  ft................30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
Wheel, 5 to f t .........................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
18 oz.................... 32
VINEGAR.
40 gr...................................... 8
50 gr......................................10

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$1 for barrel

No. 1.  5

MISCELLANEOUS.

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PAPER.

TWINES.

WOODENWARB.

Cocoa Shells, bulk............  5
PA PER & WOODENWARK 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw.................................... 160
“  Light  Weight..............200
Sugar.................................... 180
Hardware..............................2%
Bakers...................................2%
Dry  Goods...........................6
Jute  Manilla........................ 8
Red  Express 
No. 2  ..............4
48 Cotton............................  22
Cotton, No. 2........................20
“  3........................18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool...................................
Tubs, No. 1..........................  7 00
“  No. 2...........................6 00
“  No. 3..........................  5 00
1  50
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
60
Bowls, 11 inch.....................  1 00
.....................   1 25
13  “ 
15  “ 
......................2 00
......................2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
bushel 
1 50
“  with covers 1 90
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2  6 25
“ 
“  No.3  7 25
“ 
“  No.l  3  50
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“  No.2  4 25
“ 
“  No.3  5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFK8
WHEAT.
W hite............... 
Red................... 
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.

Baskets, market.............   40

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MEAL.

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OATS.

CORN.

FLOUR

Bolted...............................   100
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 60
Coarse meal......................  13 00
Small  lots.........................  35
Car 
“  .........................  30
Small  lots............................ 28
Car 
“  ............................ 25
No. 1.................................   @35
NO. 1..................................  1  10
No. 2.................................   1  (©
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
Dry  Kips 
................   5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green...... 3  @5
cured......   4%@ 5
Deacon skins............... 10 @20

RYE.
BARLEY.

HIDES.

HAY.

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% off for No. 2.

»PELTS.

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FURS.

25@1 50
00@5 00

pale  & yellow  60®  75

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

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WOOL.

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P E R K I N S   <&
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

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NOS.  182  and  124  LOUIS STREET,  GRAND  R A PID S,  MICHIGAN.

BU N D Y

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  VA KE  TALLOW  FOR  MTLL  C S K _________________
We  manufacture  all  our 
Candy.  Use only the best ma­
terial.  Warranted 
it  as 
represented, pure and first-class 

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

ASK  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

D E T R O IT  S O A R   C O ’S

Queen  A nne  Soap

FAMOUS

The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest Selling  Laundry and General Family 
Soap in the Market.  No  Grocery  Stock  Complete  Without  This Brand.  Handsome 
Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches, given for 25 QUEEN  ANNE  SOAP  WRAPPERS.  Our 
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale  Grocers.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

t y   A  T T r T J 'T A T C ' 

Salesman for  W estern M ichigan,

W.  Gr.  f l A  W i i J i V O ,   LOCK  BOX  173, 
1TT 
A.  E  B R O O K S   &  CO.,
Pure  Candies.

W H O L E S A L E   M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F

The  Only Hotlse in the  State  whiGh Pilts Goods  Up  MET  WEIGHT.

NO  CHARGE  FOR  PACKAGES.

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST„

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH

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SOME  OF  THE  REASONS  WHY.
B. Mitchell, of H art, in Pentw ater News. 

Another ism that had root 
In minds of sordid greed,
Has swept our State, and gathered in 
The victims it would bleed.
But in a year, or less, this, too.
Like isms dead, will  die,
And that's one reason why, my friend, 
I’m not a P. of I.

The men who “got up this ’ere thing” 
And how much more they'd like to get 
And those who organized the clan, 
A “picnic” have, in these dull times: 

Have lined their pockets well,
No one could safely tell.
And 'round  the country fly,
A talkin’ P. of  I.

They drop upon the people quick, 
With words so smooth and nice: 
But offer all a membership 
At half the reg’lar price.
And if a “feller,” then and there, 
Don't take it down, then, why,
He'll have to pay as much again.
To be a P  of I.

A thing that won’ bear scrutiny.
And give to all an equal chance.
If it is going to be the thing,
The people should not pay alike. 

Or study for a week;
Is sickly, so to speak.
And live, then tell me why 
Who join the P. of I.

And now, to get at things of fact,
By those “behind the scenes,”
I'm told, the gist of what they say.
Is, live within your means.
Well, that is good, but for advice 
Like that, they charge too high; 
And I can get it  cheaper than 
To be a P. of I.

And then they tell about their stores, 
Where they trade “cheap for cash 
But don’t find market  for our stuff. 
And this is  where we clash.
The man who buys mv farm produce. 
For markets low or high,
Will get my trade:  and not the one 
Who’s leagued with P. of I.

Why. trade has built up all the towns, 
And towns bring railroads, too.
And now, without these P.’s of I., 
What would you, would you do.
The dealers who have trusted you, 
You'd boycott till they die.
Now, is this  manly, fair and right ?
I ask you, P. of  L

And so the counts  against this thing, 
I might rehearse, hut what I’ve said 
And they're enough, it seems to me. 
The candid mind why I am not 

That's sprung up in our State,
Is all I need relate,
To fully satisfy
One of these P.’s of I.

Worth Remembering'.

Did  you ever spoil a stamped envelope 
in attempting to write  the address  upon 
it?  Or  have  you  lost  stamps  because 
they had  gotten  sticky  and  adhered  to 
each  other? 
If  so,  you  should  know 
that  all  stamped  envelopes  which  are 
spoiled by mistakes committed  in  super­
scribing will be redeemed by the post-office 
department at their  stamp value.  Post­
age stamps damaged by sticking together 
in warm  or  damp  weather, or for other 
causes before  using,  may be returned to 
the department and their  value repaid to i 
the  purchaser  or  exchanged  for  new j 
stamps.  All  redeemed  envelopes  and 
stamps  are sent by postmasters  redeem­
ing them to the  department and  records 
of the same are kept.  These regulations 
are,  we  think,  not  generally known  at | 
large, and their  publication may be ben­
eficial to large numbers of people.
Crockery & Glassware

LAMP  BURNERS.

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6 doz. in box.

First quality.
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No. 0 Su b....................................................
No. 1  “  .....................................................
No. 2  “  .....................................................
T ubular......................................................
LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.
No. 0 Sun....................................................
No. 1  “  ....................................................
No. 2  “  ....................................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...............................
No. 1 
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No. 2 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top................................
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2 
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Pearl top.
No. 1 Sun. wrapped and  labeled............
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz...............
................
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.................................
No. 2 
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Butter Crocks, per gal..............................
Jugs, 54 gal., per doz................................
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Milk Pans, *  gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) 
90c)
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...  38 
...  58 
.. .   75

...  1  85 
....2 00 
....3  00
...2  25 
...2  40 
...3  40
...2  60 
...2   80 
...3  80
...3   70 
...  4  70 
...4   70
...1   25 
...1   50 
...1   35 
...1   60
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1  80 
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Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.
Mr. Voorhees’ long 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. 

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IONIA,  MIOH.

T H E   MICHIGAJST  TRADESMAN.

WHO  U R G E S  YOU

TO  B . E E P

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

THE  P U B L IC !

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods ir 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  Without effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods-
ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YODR ORDERS.

H E S T E R   Sc  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

S A W  AITO C R IST  2ÆXX.Z. M A C H IN ER T
Send for  _« 
Catalogue 

ENGINE

and 
Prices

MANUFACTURERS  OF

INDIANAPOLIS.  INO.,  U.  S .  A.
STEAM EHfilNES&BOliERS-
'Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  Immediate delivery.

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

Write for  Prices. 

44,46 and 48 So. Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOB

D IRECTIO N S

We nav* cooked the com in this can 
sufficient!,. 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed , nwt cooked l adding  piece ot 
Good Butter (size of hen's egg.) and gili 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

Bfcvenvori  G a m u t*   Oo, 
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D a v e n p o rt,  la .

Io n ia  P a n ts  & O v e ra ll Co.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Penis,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jackets,  Shirts,  EtG.

A   J.  Bownk, President.

Geo.  C. Pierce,  Vice President.

H.  W.  Nash, Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

lake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

TIME  TABLES.

Qrand Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect  Nov. 17,1889.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

^  

Arrive. 

Leave.
— 
7  10 a  m
Traverse City Sc Mackinaw................ 
Traverse  City  Express.....................9:80 a m  
11-30 a m
Traverse City A  Mackinaw................3:15 pm=f  4:10pm
From C incinnati.................................8:50 p m  
“ 
Cadillac  (Mixed)..................................  
8-S0pm
Through coaches for Saginaw  on  7:10 a m and 4  10 n 
m train . 

GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express..........................  
7*15am
F o rt W ayne Express........................ 11:45am 
12 50pm
Cincinnati  Express..........................5:30 p m *   6 00 p m
From Mackinaw & Traverse City..l0:40 p ni
From Cadillac......................................  9,55 a  m

K

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Train leaving for Cincinnati a t 6 p.  m. (and  arrivinir 
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 C ar  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  S t Indiana.

In effect Nov. 10, 1839.

Arrive.

Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later 
Through tickets and full  inform ation  can be had bv 
calling upon  A.  Almquist.  tick et  agent  a t  depot, or 
Geo. W  Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent.  07  Monroe  8t„  
Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
'

O. L. Lockwood. Gen’I Pass. Agent.

D e tro it, G ra n d  H a v e n  & M ilw a u k e e .

GOING WRgT.

too p m
i   Sj n m
P
7:00 a  m
7:80 a m

tMornlng Express.............................«5» pm ' 
tThrough Mail.....................................4:10 p m  
tG randR apids  Express..................10-40  p m  
Kxpr®“ ....................................0:40 a  m 

tMixed................................................  
GOING BAST.
tD etrolt  Express..............................
lo iio a m
tThrough Man.................................. 10:10 a m  
+57«"»% Express.............................. 3:35 p m  
3:45 p m
Night Express. 
i n .. m
...........10 *30 n vn 
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 nar- 
Ior cars attached.  Night express has W agner sleeDinw
P  *
car to Detroit, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 7-20 a  m 
steam ship 
£  
secured  a t 
D., G. H. A M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t the depot. 

tickets  and  ocean 

Through  railroad 

J? 2,d„ , 8le£Plnsr 

T  —  ,  
J no. W. Loud, Traffic M anager, D etroit.

Jab* Campbell, Citv Passenger Agent. 

berths 

ear 

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’I Pass.  Agent

M i c h i g a n  CTe k t f a l

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“  The Niagara Falls Route.”
DEPART.

ARRIVB 
15 pm  
30 p m 
00 a m 
00 a  m 
35 p m

D etroit Express....................................   8:45 a m
J P “ 1!  ......................................................  ,:50 a m
"Atlantic Sc Pacific Express...............10:46 p m
Ti°rk ExPress................................. 5:40 p m

trains to and from  Detroit.
Express to  and  from   Detroit.

"Daily.
All o ther daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapids 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. H awkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gk£  W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 07 Monroe St. 
O. W. Kuoolbs, G. P.  & T. Agent, Chicago.

M IC H .  CO M M ER C IA L  T R A V E L E R S ’ 

A SSO C IA T IO N .

M o n th ly   M eetin g 1 o f  th e   D ire c to rs — In ­

v a s io n   fro m   T o led o .

D et r o it, March 5,1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman :
The  regular  monthly meeting  of  the 
Board of  Trustees of  the Michigan Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Association was held 
on  Saturday evening,  March 1,  with all 
members  present. 
Several  bids  for 
printing,  stationery, postage, etc.,  were 
approved.  The  applications  of  E.  W. 
Stoddard  and  E.  H. Moody, of  Detroit, 
were  approved.  Assessment  No.  1 for 
1890  have  been  closed,  the  result  was 
credited  as  follows:  Beneficiary fund, 
$3,500;  general  fund,  $130.  The  deaths 
of Sam’l Eckstine,  of  Lansing, and E. P. 
Griswold,  of  Grand  Ledge,  were  re­
ported, but, as the  proofs  were not filed 
no action was taken by the Board,  which 
then  adjourned.  At  the  same  time  a 
commotion was heard at the door  and all 
were surprised by the entrance of Messrs. 
Strong, Cady and Chamberlain,  members 
of  the Association, a self-appointed com­
mittee, 
five  gentlemen 
whom  they  introduced  as  a  delegation 
from the Toledo  Traveling  Men’s  Asso­
ciation,  in  charge  of  their  President, 
James W. Andrews  and their  Secretary, 
D.  J.  Pain.  After  introductions  and 
congratulations on being spared from the 
merciless grasp of  “la grippe,”  Mr. An­
drews stated that the  invaders  were del­
egated by their  Association  to  come  to 
Detroit  and  present  to  the  Michigan 
Commercial  Travelers’  Association,  as 
an evidence  of  their  regard and friend­
ship, a resolution, handsomely engrossed 
and  framed,  which  was  duly  accepted 
and 
committee, 
Messrs.  Strong,  Cady  &  Co.,  then  an­
nounced that all were  invited  to  repair 
to the “Coffee Swan” where a spread was 
in waiting, which, with speeches aud mem­
ories  of .the  road,  required  nearly two 
hours to discuss.

followed  by 

appreciated. 

The 

M. J.  Ma tth ew s,  Sec’y.

The resolution  above  referred to is as 

reference 

follows:
To the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associa­
tion:
Gr ee tin g—The  feelings  which  have 
always existed between our two  Associa­
tions have been  of  such a cordial nature 
that they could not be  strengthened, but 
the recent reception to our  members and 
their  ladies  impresses  us  with the fact 
that  we  have  heretofore  been  in  the 
dark  with 
the  sterling 
qualities  of  our  Michigan  brethren. 
They are Princes  of  Hospitality and the 
unbounded thanks of  not only those who 
attended but the  Association at large are 
hereby tendered  to  the  Michigan  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Association  and  all 
who assisted it in the  magnificent  enter­
tainment prepared for  us  on  September 
31,  1889.  “Drummers  Day”  at  the De­
troit exposition  will  hereafter be known 
as the red-letter-day in  our  Association. 
Again we say, thank you.
T oledo T r a v e lin g Me n ’s A ssociation.

to 

S o u n d   B u sin e s s   M ax im s.

Always keep your designs and business 
from the knowledge of  others.
Be courageous;  drop  your  best  friend 
if  he  shows  lack of  honesty and  integ­
rity.
Avoid  litigation  as  much as possible, 
for  lawyers  and  costs  eat up  the prin­
cipal.
Prefer  small  profits  and  certain  re­
turns to large profits  and  uncertain set­
tlements.
Have  the  courage  to  discharge a debt 
while  you  have  the  money  in  your 
pocket.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

15

¡B aton,  L yon 

i   Go
Fishing  Tackle, 

JOBBERS  OF

Base Balls and 

Supplies, 
Croquet, 

Hammocks, 

Lawn Tennis, Etc.

W M . SEARS & CO

p

Gracker  Manilfactilrera,

37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

State  Agents  for  A.  J.  Reoch  &  Co.’s 

Sporting  Goods.

Send  for  Catalogue.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

¿O  &   22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

SEEDS!

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

71  Canal  St„  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W.T.LAMOREAUX.

T H E   G R E A T

EDMUND B.DIKEMÏÏN
Watch Jflaker 
i Jeweler,
Grand  Rapids,  -  Mich,

44  C1MKL  8T„

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ic h .

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

■1

R o a d  

L o g g i n g  

D e liv e r y  
P le a s u r e

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

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GEO. H. REEDER,

State  Agent

and Jobber of

Lycoming  Rubbers
Medium Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

S A T I N   O IL   CALIE*.

The  dandy  line 
of medium  weight 
goods.  Made 
in 
congress  or  bals, 
regular  or  o ld 
gents’  width,  and 
in  first  or  second 
quality.

Rixici^e,  Bertsch.  Sc  Co.

F R U IT 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   &  C O .,

WHOLESALE

P lu m b in g ,

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
Plumbers’  Supplies.
184  East  Piilton  St., Head  of Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.

21  Scribner  Street,

Telephone No.  1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

Houseman  Block, 

Paper  Warehouse.

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’ 

TWINE.
- 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRA.DESMA.ISr.

Plapo Garda

VE  ÄRE  HERDQUÄRTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE LIST.

Daniel  Lyndi,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

s We  respectfully  call  your  attention 

to the fact that we  carry the most 
complete  stock  of  seeds  In 
Western  Michigan.  Send

Brown's  Seed  Store,  ^

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Something  New

Bill Snort

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.

"îiarleiioix  Cigar  MTg  Go,,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

JOBBER  OF

F.J  D E T T E N T H M R
Lake  P ii

Fresh  and  Salt 

SA U N T E R IN G   SO U TH W A R D .

To  all  appearances,  the  South  is  as 
full of Northern men as it was during the 
war, but  the  conditions  are  completely 
reversed. 
Instead of  being  regarded  as 
trespassers,  the  strangers  are  received 
with  open  arms;  instead of  devastating 
the  country, they seek  to develop it and 
unearth  its  vast  and  varied  resources; 
instead  of  being 
the  forerunners  of 
death, they are the harbingers of a peace 
which, let us  hope, will  never  again be 
disturbed.

*   *   *

A  daylight  ride  on  the  Cincinnati 
Southern  Railway,  from  Cincinnati  to 
Chattanooga,  discloses  many 
sights 
strange to the average Michigander.  The 
rich farming  region  around  Lexington, 
which is the market center of the famous 
blue  grass  region;  the  richness  of  the 
verdure  and  the  sleekness of the  stock 
feeding  on  the  succulent grass;  the old 
plantation  homes, some  pretentious  and 
more of  them  exceedingly  humble,  sur­
rounded  by  the  whitewashed,  shanty­
like  houses of  the  darkies;  the  endless 
succession of  mountain streams, rushing 
to  their  destination  with  the  ceaseless 
energy  of  a  Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
man;  the frequency of  bridges,  culverts 
and  tunnels;  the  increasing  number  of 
negro  faces  which  greet  one  at  every 
step, rendering a white  face  so  unusual 
as 
the 
musical  talk  of  the  darkies  and  the 
peculiar  twang of  the  native  Southern­
ers— all  these  things  are  so  different 
from what one sees  and  hears  at  home 
that  they  impress  the  stranger  with  a 
vividness not soon forgotten.

to  be  distinctly  noticeable; 

•»  *   *

Chattanooga  can  hardly  be  called  a 
typical  Southern city, owing to the great 
number  of  Eastern  and  Northern  men 
who make up her leading  citizens.  The 
natural  depot  of  a  large  section  of 
country,  she  has  enjoyed  a remarkable 
growth, having trebled her population of 
18,000 in 1882.  While not entitled to the 
distinction  of  being  a  jobbing  center— 
being eclipsed  in  this  respect by Knox­
ville,  Nashville  and  Memphis—she  is 
doing  an  enormous  amount  of  manu­
facturing  and is  the  natural  headquar­
ters of  a large section of  territory given 
over  almost  exclusively to  mining  and 
manufacturing.  Her people  are  intelli­
gent  and  hospitable  and  her  business 
men  generous  and  aggressive,  and  no 
less an authority than  Ex-Mayor Hewitt, 
of  New York, asserts  that  she  is event­
ually to  be  the  “great  commercial  em­
porium  of  the  Central  South,”  with a 
population in excess of  a million.

*   *   *

Arrangements  are  being  made  for  a 
“Central South  Exhibition” in 1891, as a 
nucleus for a more complete and compre­
hensive  exhibit  at  the  Columbus  fair 
in 1892.  Speaking  of  the  proposed  ex­
hibition,  the  Secretary of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  remarked;  “I  learned  a 
lesson at the Centennial exhibition  from 
the  exhibit  made  by  Grand  Rapids. 
Although  fourteen  years  have passed, I 
have  never  ceased  to  think  of  Grand 
Rapids as the  greatest  furniture  manu­
facturing city  in  the  country,  and  this 
opinion  was  strengthened  by  the  com­
plete  exhibit  made  by  your  manu- 
facturers at the  New Orleans exhibition. 
What we hope to accomplish, in both our 
local exhibition and our Chicago exhibit, 
is to impress  the  country with  the  fact 
that we are  the  headquarters of  a great 
mining district,  as Grand  Rapids  is  the 
headquarters of  the furniture industry.” 1

L e m o n   < £   P e t e r s ,

W H O L E S A L E

GROCERS.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR
L a u tz   B r o s •  &   C o ,’s S o a p s ,

N ia g a ra   S ta r c h ,

A m b o y   C h e e s e

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

“Oilr  LBader’'  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

Olir Leader  Gigars,

Olir  Leader  Smokiag,

Olir  Leader Fine  Ciit,

Olir  Leader  Baking Powder,
Olir  Leader Saleratifs,

Olir Leader  Brooms,

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S  

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

IN   F A C T

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.

I.  M.  C L A R K   &  SON.

IS.  K.  BOLLES. 

e.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S .  K .  H o lies  &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C ig ar  D ealers.

« T O S S   U P ! ”

We  will  forfeit  $l,b00  if the  “TOSS  U F’ 
Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

Ocean Fisti

Mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

