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LAWYER  PRYOR’S  BLACK  BOOK.
B e st and Cheapest
Lawyer Pryor’s office was closed.  For 
the first time in the remembrance  of  the
T ie  West  IM igan 
little town of  F-----,  with the exception
of  a few  days two  years back when the 
occupant of  said  office  had  gone  away 
and  returned  with  the  most  charming 
young  bride the  good  townspeople  had 
ever  seen, 
its  rickety  door  refused  to 
yield to the  visitor’s  touch,  and a great 
red  placard  bearing  the  words,  “For 
Rent,” in plain black letters,  was tacked 
upon  the  lintel.  Painfully  close  was 
the connection  between this and the fact 
that  only the  day before  yesterday that 
charming  young  wife  had been  quietly 
laid to rest in the sunniest corner  of  the 
churchyard by the hill;  and so  it  is  not 
strange  that  the  early-stirring  citizens 
this morning  lost some  of  their  wonted 
placidity as they paused  before  this red 
placard a  moment  and  then  moved  on 
with a significant  nod  of  the  head that 
said  plainly  enough,  “ Poor  m an!  his 
loss was too much for him.  No  wonder 
he  wants  to  get  away.”  These  same 
people  had  never  loved  their  lawyer 
overmuch,  it may be, but they could still 
pity him in this sudden and  great calam­
ity by which  he  seemed so utterly over­
whelmed.  Yes,  he  wanted to get away. 
He  was  already gone,  in  fact,  and  the
worthy  townspeople  of  F-----  would
never  again  solicit  his  services or fear 
his power.  But  they could only guess a 
part of the reason  why he was gone.
Day after day for a score of  years law­
yer Pryor  had  sat  at  his  desk  in  that 
dingy office while the rhomboid  of  scant 
sunlight  on  the  fioor from  the  solitary 
grimy  window  grew  to  a  square  and 
shrank  to  a  rhomboid  again. 
It  was 
never an inviting place.  Cobwebs lurked 
in the corners  where the sunshine never 
penetrated.  They  depended  in  stream­
ers from the ceiling,  and hung in festoons 
from the broom  that  stood on its  handle 
behind the door.  But no  cobwebs  were 
discernible  upon 
the  array  of  worn 
leather-bound volumes  above  the  desk, 
and no spider  ever  ventured to spin  his 
gossamer across the mouth  of  the  capa­
cious inkstand,  or  if  he did he had  his 
labor for his  pains.  For  lawyer  Prior 
was a busy man  with  his  books and his 
pen—quite  too  busy ever to find time to 
sweep.  During  the  eighteen  years  of 
his bachelorhood he had loved  this  curi­
ous den of  an office better than  anything 
else in the world,  and some  of  his  less 
friendly patrons had  been  heard  to  re­
mark  sarcastically that his  soul had be­
come  as  cramped  and  gloomy  as  his 
quarters in Pendleton  Square.  Be  that 
as it may,  he appeared  well content with 
these quarters, and never exchanged them 
for pleasanter  ones.
There were no decorations to speak of, 
for the lawyer  was  a  utilitarian  in  the 
narrowest sense of the term.  “What has 
no use I have no use for.”  he  was  wont 
to say, tersely.  Upon  the  mantel above 
the fireplace lay several pipes of  various 
material  by  means  of  which, 
in  rare 
moods,  and  with  a  reckless  waste  of 
time,  he was wont to reward himself  for 
a day’s hard work.  A  cheap  but  very 
legible  calendar  hung  by  the  window, 
and some  interest-tables and a township 
map were pasted on  the  wall.  To com­
plete  the  inventory,  upon  the  shelf  in 
one  corner  lay  a  huge  dark-looking 
volume that had arrested  inquiring  gaze 
of  many a client  and  started a thrill  of 
wonder and  indefinable  awe.  This may 
have been  due  only to the  external  ap­
pearance of  the tome,  but surely that of 
itself was ominous enough.  For  it  was 
bound in sheetiron which had grown rusty 
I  with age,  and the lids were fastened  to­
gether by a massive  hasp  and a padlock 
of  steel.  What  lay between  those  lids 
the most curious could conjecture.  Some, 
who were of  a  superstitious nature  and 
who  had  felt  most  keenly the  owner’s 
strange  power  over  themselves,  even

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went so far as  to  hint  that  the  volume 
contained the  secrets  of  the  black  art. 
And  in  truth 
they  were  not  very  far 
wrong after all.

Nobody had ever seen the book opened, 
nor so much as disturbed from  its  place 
in that quiet  corner.  Nevertheless  the 
dust did  not  settle on its hack,  nor  the 
cobwebs gather  across its ragged  edges, 
whence one might be led to suppose  that 
it did  not  rest  wholly undisturbed,  un­
less,  indeed,  it  should be that it was so 
utterly unclean  that  even the sordid and 
insensate dust  shunned  the  contamina­
tion of  its contact.  But the more sober- 
minded  were  right in rejecting  this ex­
planation as too fanciful,  ami in  accept­
ing the simpler  one.  Oftentimes  when 
the  lawyer  had  written  far  into  the 
night, and all the lights  along the street 
but  his  were  extinguished,  he  would 
draw a little key from an inner pocket of 
his waistcoat,  take down this  ponderous 
book, open it and  spread it out upon the 
desk before him.  And many a morning’s 
gray light found  him  bending  over  the 
closely-written  pages  with pen in hand, 
adding something  here,  canceling some­
thing  there,  or  simply  re-reading  what 
he had  read,  perhaps,  a hundred  times, 
and  knew  too  well  already. 
It  had 
something  of  that  fascination  for  him 
which the evil  and  the  horrible  always 
have for this weak human nature of ours. 
And little,  in  truth,  that  was  not  evil 
found  its  way between  the  steel-bound 
covers of his black book.
Lawyer Pryor had ever been somewhat 
of  an  enigmatical  character.  Without 
any perceptible  personal  magnetism  he 
yet possessed a power over all who knew 
him that  was  as  inexplicable  to  them­
selves as it was  disagreeable.  Even as a 
schoolboy he was more feared than loved, 
He  had a knack  of  finding  out  all  the 
secrets  of  his  fellows,  detecting  their 
the 
foibles  and  remembering 
trivial 
their  daily 
unpleasant  occurences  of 
lives,  which he knew  well  how  to  turn 
to his own selfish  advantage.  While  it 
had the effect  of  isolating him from  the 
companionship  of  his mates, he enjoyed 
the  sense  of  supremacy which  it  gave 
him.  He felt that his loneliness  was that 
of  the  monarch and not that of  a slave. 
And so he made no  effort to repress  this 
tendency;  on the  contrary he fostered it 
until  it  became firmly grounded  in  his 
nature.  Thus it came  about  that  when 
he  was  grown  to  manhood  and  first 
turned his attention to the  quibbles  and 
quillets  of  the law,  with that  prevision 
that sees clear to the  end,  but  sees  not 
the wall  of  glass through  which it sees, 
he  had  made  this  big  black  volume 
to be  the fitting  receptacle  of  all  dark 
secrets  and  unholy  things  that  should 
come  to  his  heedful  ears. 
In  the  re­
cesses  of  his  own inscrutable breast he 
held,  as it  were,  a  court  of  inquisition 
over every human  soul that  came under 
his  observation. 
Like  the  recording 
angel,  he  stood in spirit by every man’s 
bedside while he slept,  but  unlike  that 
angel he recorded the evil alone that fell 
from  the  unconscious  dreamer’s  lips. 
Every  incautious  admission  of  error, 
every  blush  of 
tell-tale  guilt,  every 
breath  of  scandal  that  was  wafted  on 
the social breeze,  every rumor  that envy 
could devise or  calumny set afioat,  went 
to make up  the  unhallowed  contents of 
this book.  Scarcely a man  of  the  com­
munity escaped.  The  husbandman who 
paid his honest  debts and loved his wife 
and children, the  justice  of  irreproach­
able fame  who  walked  the streets  with 
his coat flung  wide to the day as if there 
were nothing  beneath  to  be  concealed, 
the  minister  who  preached  from  the 
pulpit  every  Lord’s  day  till  it  almost 
seemed that the Holy Ghost  had  clothed 
him with temporal divinity—all found in 
this  book  one  common  alphabetical 
brotherhood.  And opposite their names, 
' in black indelible ink,  were some one or

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more  of  the  thousand sins  which  man 
has  learned,  or  rather  never forgotten, 
how to commit,  from the  pettiest  pecca­
dillo to the foulest crime.
At the end of  eighteen  years of  prac­
tice  the  outcome  of 
lawyer  Pryor’s 
youthful fancy had  exceeded his wildest 
anticipations.  The book  became a thing 
of  power  in  his bands.  With a look,  a 
word,  a sign,  he could  mould  the  most 
obstinate  of  his fellow-townsmen  to his 
will.  Their fortunes, their  reputations, 
nay their very lives,  were  in  his grasp. 
They did not understand what this subtle 
power was that he exercised  over  them. 
They attributed it to  genuis,  perchance, 
or the more superstitious among them, to 
magic.  But whatever it  might  be  they 
were  forced  to  recognize  it,  and  they 
bowed  before  it  in  utter 
impotence. 
Though the lawyer  had amassed  wealth 
he made no parade  of  it,  for he was  no 
lover of  idle  show. 
It was  power  that 
his soul longed for most,  and this he had 
to his soul’s  content  in his  dingy office, 
in his narrow sphere.
It was a notable event in the history of 
F-----,  the  more  notable  because so en­
tirely  unexpected,  when  lawyer  Pryor 
went  away and  came  back  with a most 
bewitchingly beautiful  young wife.  No 
one dared to inquire how  or  whence  he 
obtained her. 
It was  another  stroke  of 
genius,  perhaps—or  magic.  Equally in­
explicable was the love,  amounting,  ap­
parently,  to adoration,  which this  young 
wife bestowed upon her husband.  Surely 
now, 
thought  superficial  observers  as 
they  congratulated  him,  he  was to  be 
accounted blessed  above the common lot 
of men.  He was  still  in  the  prime  of 
life;  he had wealth,  station,  power,  and 
a  happy home—what  more  could a man 
ask for on earth ?
And  yet, in spite of  his material pros­
perity,  lawyer  Prior  was  not  at  peace 
with  himself  or  with  the  world.  He 
loved his wife, surely,  but unfortunately 
the precincts  of  his  hearth  did not cir­
cumscribe  his  sphere. 
in  his  profes­
sional  capacity and  his  social  relations 
he must still  have  dealings  with  many 
individuals  whom  he  decidedly  did 
not  love.  How  should  he  love  them, 
he  who  knew  so  much  of  their  vices 
and imperfections,  he  who  was haunted 
day  and  night  by 
the  spectres  he 
himself  had raised and given a perpetual 
life in the pages of his great black book? 
The contents of  that book had become as 
much  a part  of  his  mental  life  as  the 
consciousness  of  his  own  existence. 
As the waters of  a poisonous spring feed 
with  deadly life  the  rank  grasses  that 
fringe its margin,  so from  this  fountain 
of  corruption  and  disease  the  lawyer’s 
mind was fed  with  morbid  fancies  and 
baneful  thoughts.  Every  man  of  his 
acquaintance he apostrophized  mentally: 
“Thou,  too, thou  hast a skeleton  in  thy 
closet;  1 have  heard  the  rattling  of  its 
fleshless bones.”  To  every stranger  he 
met  he  felt  like  pointing  the finger of 
shame  and  saying :  “What is the  secret 
of 
thy  breast ?  For  thou  hast  one, 
surely,  though  thy  speech  be  gracious 
and thy face fair to look  upon.”

No, Lawyer  Pryor  was  not  at  peace 
with himself  or with the  world.  Where 
was the person whom  he  could  look  in 
the face and say, “Thou art my friend ?” 
Was there a man among all his acquaint­
ances whom  he  could  be willing to take 
by the  hand  and  salute as his brother ? 
None—absolutely none.  At  the  age  of 
thirty-nine  he  had  become an irredeem­
able  cynic,  and  his  brow  was  clouded 
with the dissatisfaction  and utter world­
weariness  sprung  from  a  misanthropic 
soul.  Gayety  had  never  been  his,  but 
now even  the  tranquility born of  a per­
fect  self-content began  to  forsake  him. 
He grew even  more gloomy as the months 
rolled by.  The  change  was  not so per­
ceptible  to  others,  perhaps, but  to  the 
wife of  his bosom  who  noted  his every 
mood  with  tender  and  vigilant care,  it 
came like a premonition of  doom.  With 
the  generosity  of  a  loving  nature,  she 
was fain to take all the blame to herself. 
She  knew  she  did  not  fail  in  love for 
him—wherein,  then, did  she  fail ?  Day 
after day as the  lawyer  came  and  went 
she  marked  with  many  misgivings  the 
deepening  furrows  in his brow,  and she 
sought  earnestly the  means  whereby to 
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promised  himself  would  spring  from 
their union.  All of  the  thousand  little 
arts  that  only a woman  knows  how  to 
employ,  the  thousand  little  attentions 
that  only  a  woman  can  bestow,  were 
brought  into  play  by her  with  untiring 
zeal.  But her efforts proved wholly vain, 
till at length,  from the very hopelessness 
of  her  task, she, too,  began to  grow sad 
and  dispirited.  The  smile  with  which 
she welcomed him home  was  forced and 
evanescent.  Her words  that  were  once 
so  full  of  confidence and  joy,  and  that 
were kind and  loving  still, had  in them 
now an undertone of  doubt  and despair.
Her  husband,  abstracted  though  he 
was,  could not long remain  insensible to 
the change  that  had come over her.  He 
began to miss the  glad  light in her eyes, 
the  cheerful  ring  in  her  voice,  and  a 
vague wonder  sprang  up  within him as 
to  what  the  cause  might  be. 
It never 
occurred  to  him  that  it might be found 
within  himself.  He  had  been  so  long 
accustomed to turning his  eyes  outward 
and  looking  into  the  bosoms  of  others 
that it might well be doubted whether he 
should ever again have the power of see­
ing into the opacity of  his own.  He did 
not know that  this  wonder was growing 
upon  him,  that his  faith in the last sure 
thing that was left him on earth was fast 
slipping  from  him,  until one evening as 
he met his  wife’s  listless greeting at the 
door he was  startled to find  himself  im­
agining that he was  pointing  his  finger 
at  her  breast  and  saying,  “Thou,  too, 
thou  hast  a  secret  in thy heart;  I shall 
drag it forth.”  And  well he might have 
been  startled  that  such  an idea should 
spring up in  his brain.  But  once it had 
taken  hold,  like  many another  noxious 
weed,  it proved ineradicable.  And when 
for  weeks  he  had harbored the thought 
until it grew familiar,  and was no longer 
startling,  he  came  to  accept  it as true. 
He was very near the wall of  glass.
Out of  fear,  she hardly knew of  what, 
his  wife  long  forebore to question  him 
upon a matter  that  lay  so  near  to  the 
whole life’s happiness or sorrow of  them 
both.  But at  length, one  day, when she 
could  endure  the  strain  of  anxiety  no 
longer,  with  tears  in  her  eyes  and  a 
tremor  in  her  voice,  she  pleaded  with 
him  to  tell  her  why he  was so sad and 
dejected.
Is there not  cause  enough,” 
“Why? 
he  rejoined,  with  bitterness,  “ when all 
the world is one  mass of  corruption and 
hypocrisy ?  When all mankind are either 
false or—”
“You forget,”  she interposed,  gently; 
“though  all  others  were  false,  as  you 
say, yet I am still true to  you.”

to  utter  the 

“Nay,  you are no  better  than the rest. 
I believe  you are faithless to me.”
With  a  look  in  her  eyes  as  of  one 
stabbed to the death,  she  fell  speechless 
to the  floor.
“My God!  what  have I done ?”  he ex­
claimed,  horrified,  as  he  sprang to her 
side.  “Forgive  me, darling, darling ! 
I 
did  not  mean  it—God  knows I did  not 
mean i t !”  and he chafed her  hands,  her 
lips,  her  forehead,  between  his  broken 
moans.  But he  pleaded  and  chafed  in 
vain.
The shock to  her  nervous  system was 
too great for the frail body to bear.  For 
many a long hour  the  breath  came  and 
went hardly, and there was a light flutter 
at the temples as the blood coursed wear­
ily through the veins,  but  the soul never 
returned to its tenement,  the  lips  never 
parted 
forgiveness  that 
should  lighten 
the  heart  of  one  who 
bowed before them in waiting and watch­
ing and prayer.  And one  day, when the 
last throb of  life  had  left  the bosom to 
eternal  peace,  they  bore  the  beautiful 
body tenderly away and  laid it to rest in 
the  sunniest  corner  of  the  church-yard 
by the hill.
That night,  after all  the  good  towns­
people were  sound  asleep in their beds, 
a bent and tottering  form  crept  stealth­
ily  along  the  pavement  of  Pendleton 
Square  and  entered  the  rickety door of 
Lawyer Pryor’s office.  Once  more a sol­
itary light  gleamed out on the otherwise 
darkened  street.  Once  more the lawyer 
drew a little key from an inner pocket of 
his waistcoat, took down  the  ponderous 
volume  from  its  shelf  in  the  corner, 
opened it and spread it before him.  But 
the  next  morning’s gray light found the

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room silent and  deserted,  and with little 
evidence of  change.  The cobweb stream­
ers swung from  the  ceiling;  the leather- 
bound volumes  stood up in  dignified  ar­
ray on the shelves  above  the desk;  and, 
as the day advanced, the  scant  patch of 
sunlight on the floor grew and waned and 
vanished again.  But over on the hearth, 
with  its  charred remnants of  a late fire, 
lay the great  sheetiron  lids of  the black 
book, wide  open,  with a paltry  handful 
of  ashes between them.

G e r a l d   N e w c o m e.

The  P.  of I.  D ealers.

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& Co., Mrs.  Turk, J. K. Sharp, A.  Markson. 

not cancelled their contracts at  last accounts:

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had 
Ada—L. Burns. 
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton  Wehle,
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh  Bros.
Allegan—Chas. Spear 
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almira—J. J. Gray.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Aurelius—John D. Swart.
Banfield—Andrew Brezee.
Bay City—Frank  Rosman & Co.
Belding—Lightstone Bros.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—A. V.  Young,  E.  P.  Shankweiler 
Blissfleld—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Bowen’s Mills—Chas.  W. Armstrong.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.
Caldwell—C. L. Moses.
Capac—H. C. Sigel. 
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Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A.  Fish, B.
Charlotte  — John  J.  Richardson,  Daron  & 
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell <s Co.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Cook’s Corners—W. H. Hanks.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Dansville—Levi  Geer.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Dorr—Frank  Sommer.
Dowling—Rice & Webster.
Eaton  Rapids—H. Kositchek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros., S. H. Rinker.
Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & son, Bar­
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Forester—E. Smith.
Freeport—C.  Y. Riegler.
Gladwin—John Graham,  J.  D.  Sanford,  Jas. 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Haven—N. J. Braudry & Co.
Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.
Grand Ledge—Geo.  Coryell.
Grand  Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  Wilzinski, 
Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Donnally  &  Jones, 
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas.  Pettersch, 
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. 

ney Granite  and Marble Works.

Smith, F. H. Goodby.

Croskery.

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JE  OovbI
Pelton.

Buck, E. E. Palmer.

man. 

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Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.
H art-R hodes & Leonard,  W.  Weidman,  Mrs.
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold  Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Hudson—Henry  C. Hall.
Imlay City—Cohn  Bros., Wyckoff  &  Co., C. J. 
Ionia—H. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison  (mill only).
Jones—R. C. Sloan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Kewadin—A.  Anderson 
Kingsley—J. E. Wlnchcomb.
Lacey—Wm. Thompson.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis.
Lake  Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co.,  E.  F. 
Colwell & Son, Fred Miller.
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew  All  & 
Bro.
Langston—F  D.  Briggs.
Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel)  Glic-
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jennings. 
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBain—Sam. B.  Ardis.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Liddle.
Maple City—A. & O.  Brow.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. 
Mason-Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg. 
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt­
lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.
Millbrook—Bendelson.
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Minden City—I. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo. II. Wightman.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt. Morris—F. H.  Cowles.
Mt. Pleasant—1Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Nottawar-Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orange—Tew & Son.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill.
Pearle—Geo. H. Smith.
Remus—C. V.  Hane. 
.
Richmond—Knight  &  Cudworth, A. W. Reed. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A.  Fish.
Sand  Lake—Frank  E.  Shattuck,  Braman  & 
Sebewa—John Bradley.
Shelbyville—Samuel  Wolcott.

Blanchard.

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D. D. Paine.

Hammond, Elmer Peters.

Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder.
Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bitz.
Springport—Powers  &  Johnson, Wellington & 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Darrow, 
Vassar— McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson,  H.  C. 
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White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley.
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate.
Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr.  White.
Woodbury—Henry  Van  Houten, Chas. Lapo.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.

Breckenridge. 

R epentance  Column.

The following are some of  the merchants who 
have been under contract  with the P. of  I.,  but 
have found the level  profit  plan a delusion and 
a snare:

& Pearson. 

Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell.

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Belding—L. S. Roell.
Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash.
Big Rapids—Verity & Co.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
Charlotte—C. P. Lock.
Chester—B. C. Smith.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Cloverdale—Geo. Mosher.
Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster. 
Fork Center—D. Palmer & Co.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum,  W.  Harmon,  Boone
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Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted  & Son, F. O. Lord. 
Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & 
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Hastings—J   G. Runyan.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Ionia—E.  S. Welch,  Wm. Wing.
Irving—J. T. Pierson.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller. 
Lowell—Charles McCarty.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—John Fletcher, John  Butler, Charles 
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Millbrook—T. O.  (or J. W.)  Pattison. 
Millington—Forester &  Clough.
Minden  City—W.  A.  Soules,  F.  O.  Hetfield 
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J. \  ermett &  Son. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
New Era—Peter Rankin.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Rockford—H. Colby & Co.
St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O. Cain.
Sebewa—P. F. Knapp. 
Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes. 
Springport—Cortright  & Griffin.
Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. 
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Wayland—Pickett Bros.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.
A  M atter  o f Fear.

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Fletcher.

& Son. 

She  (affectionately)—I hear  your heart 
He—Not  exactly. 
I think I hear  your 

beat, darling. 
father putting on his heavy boots.

Is it beating for me ?

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  you have  any  o f  th e  above  goods to 
ship, or  anything  in  th e  Produce  line,  let 
ns hear  from   you.  Liberal cash  advances 
made  w hen  desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  First  National  Bank,  Ohicago. 
Michigan T radbsman. Grand Rapide

|U ap  Boffee  Roaster.

The Best in the World.

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

R O B T .  S.  W E S T ,

48-50  Long St., 

-  CLEVELAND, OHIO

Wholesale  dealer 

in  Foreign,  Tropical  and 
Domestic

fl.  J.  BROWN,
Fruits and Beads,
California  Oranges—
lemons.
^ M e ssin a  
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Direct Receivers of

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Candy

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed with pleasure. 

Write  us.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR 

J lA N ^ X J S X S . 

When in  want  of  large  lots  of  California  Oranges,  we are prepared to make you 
16  and 18  North Division St., GRAND R A P IDS,  MICH, send for Price List, issued weekly
We Manufacture
Everything in the line of

low prices from fresh cars.

W M .   S E A R S   &   C O . ,

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

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Alpena—Rosalie  Tumin, dealer in dry 

goods and millinery,  is  dead.

Allen—Hill  &  Allen  have  removed 

their general stock to Albion.

Mason — Coy  &  Heath  succeed  Jay 

Hulse in the grocery business.

Seney—Morse & Mansfield have nearly 

completed their new store building.

Cheboygan—Jas.  E. Wirt succeedsJJas. 

E.  Wirt & Co.  in the drug business.

Kalamazoo — D.  D.  Brown  succeeds 

Brown & Birge in the drug business.

Vicksburg—Geo.  M.  Clement  has  re­

moved his dry goods stock to Wexford.

Nashville—Fleming  &  Knight,  jewel­
ers,  have dissolved,  Fleming  succeeding.
Sand Lake—Wm.  Barker  has  removed 
his boot and  shoe  stock  to  Mishawaka, 
Ind.

Sand Lake—A.  Giddings has  opened a 
harness  shop  in  connection  with  his 
general  store.

Alpena — C.  A.  McGregor  succeeds 
Creighton & McGregor  in  the  boot  and 
shoe business.

Oakley — S.  L.  Henderson  succeeds 
Henderson & Convis in the drygoods and 
grocery business.

Kalamazoo  —  Parkin  &  Gibb  have 
opened a drug and book store in the Bur­
dick House building.

Manistee—C.  E.  Ramsey,  late  of  Kal­
kaska,  has purchased the  Douville  book 
and stationery stock.

Battle  Creek—Wm.  Farlin, 

late  of 
Bellevue,  has  opened a meat  market at 
49}4 West Canal street.

Springport — S.  Hammond  and  Mr. 
West  have formed  a  copartnership  and 
engaged  in the grocery business.

Traverse City—S.  W.  Perkins  has pur­
chased the meat market  business  of  W. 
J.  Parker,  taking possession Aug.  1.

Battle Creek—Chas.  Austin & Co.  have 
purchased the grocery stock of  Hickman 
Bros.,  who are going out of  business.

Fenwick—J.  L. Clock has  removed his 
general  stock  to  his  farm,  east of  this 
place,  where he  has  erected a new store 
building.

Detroit—Richard  Macauley & Co.  have 
merged  their  wholesale  millinery  bus­
iness  into  a  stock  company  under  the 
style of  Macauley & Co. 

Cheboygan—C.  O.  Gardner  has  pur­
chased M.  B.  Champion’s  interest in the 
flour  and  feed  business  formerly  con­
ducted  by Champion  & Gardner.

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Hoytville — West  &  Burroughs  have 
purchased  the  store  building  formerly 
occupied by J.  H.  Wasson  and  now  oc­
cupy it with their general  stock.

Muskegon—K.  E.  Vander  Linde  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  Hans Buiten- 
dorp in the firm  of  K.  Vander Linde & 
Co.,  grocers  at  52  Apple  street.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
style of K.  E.  Vander Linde.

Detroit—The members  of  the old firm 
of  H.  S.  Robinson  &  Burtenshaw  have 
begun  an  action  in  the  Circuit  Court 
against the Colchester  Rubber  Co.,  Col­
chester,  Conn.  They  sold  the  rubber 
goods on commission and were authorized 
to guarantee  them.  Customers returned 
$2,710.87  worth  of  goods  and  in  many 
other  cases  rebates  had  to be  made  by 
reason  of  the  inferior  quality  of  the 
goods.  Complainants ask,  besides reim­
bursement for money paid out,  $1,000 for 
extra  work  and 
loss  of  commissions 
caused by the poor goods.

Sullivan—The  Sullivan  Lumber  Co. 

has started its three new coal kilns.

Bedford — Stratton  Bros,  have  sold 

their grist mill to Whitney & Weeks.

Hobart—S.  L.  Rouse  has  purchased 
the  sawmill  and  flouring mill  of  John 
Dalton.

Detroit—The Detroit Umbrella Co.  has 
increased its capital stock from  $5,000 to 
$10,000.

Vicksburg—L.  J. Morse  is  succeeded 
the  flour  milling  business  by  the 

in 
Vicksburg Milling Co.

Bay  City—The  Artificial  Comb  and 
Bristle  Co.  has  been  organized  to man­
ufacture combs and brushes.

Pentwater  —  Geo.  Flood  has  been 
placed  in charge of  the Middlesex  Brick 
& Tile Co.  and will  push  the  yard to its 
full capacity.

Marshall—The Folding and Chair Bath 
Co.  is erecting a new building,  30x66 feet 
in  dimensions,  which  it  will  use  as  a 
paint shop and store room.

Kalamazoo — C.  H.  Bird  &  Co.  had 
offers  of  a  bonus  from  Charlotte  and 
Warren,  Ohio,  and  have  concluded  to 
remove their  machine  shop  to the latter 
place.

Jackson—The Grand Oil  Stove Co.  has 
sold out to the Boston Central  Stove  Co. 
trust for $100,000.  The  business will be 
increased  and  remain  under  the  same 
management.  The same company owns 
plants  at  Boston, Cleveland,  New York, 
Chicago, Troy and other places.

Seney—C. E.  Morse has purchased sev­
eral thousand acres  of  stump land from 
the Manistique  Lumber  Co.,  lying along 
the line of  the Manistique Railway,  and 
will soon have two shingle mills in opera­
tion.  One mill,  located five miles north 
of this place,  is cutting about  fifty thou­
sand shingles per day.

Ann Arbor—The  Ann  Arbor  Savings 
Bank has begun a foreclosure suit against 
J.  M.  Swift  &  Co.  on  a note  of  $33,000 
held by the bank  against them. 
Injunc­
tions have also been  secured  preventing 
the  Corwell  Manufacturing  Co.  from 
paying any part of the recent judgment of 
$25,000  obtained  against  them  by  the 
Swift company.

Detroit—Isaac  Marston  and  George 
Nester, administrators  of  the  estate  of 
the  late  Thomas  Nester,  have  been 
j authorized  by  Judge  Durfee  to  apply 
j about  $20,000 in the bank  and such cash 
as may accrue from the  deceased’s  lum­
ber  business  towards  paying  off  mort­
gages on tracts of timber on the Sturgeon 
river  and  in  Ontonagon  and  Baraga 
counties.

Detroit—Herman H.  Baatz  has  filed a 
bill  for  an  accounting  against John H. 
Walsh  in  the  Circuit  Court.  He  says 
that  on  June  9  last  he  entered  into a 
partnership with  Walsh  to  operate  the 
plant  of  the  old  American  Stove  Co., 
Baatz  claiming  to  have a clear  title  to 
the  plant,  which  was  valued  at  $5,000. 
He was to put in $5,000  in  cash,  and had 
paid in $3,800 when he  learned  that Jos. 
B.  Moore,  trustee,  had a $3,000  mortgage 
on  the  plant,  and  John S.  Schmittdiel, 
trustee,  had  one  for  $3,000.  Also,  that 
two suits were pending  against the prop­
erty  and  Walsh.  Baatz,  therefore,  asks 
| for  a  receiver,  and  an  injunction  re­
straining Walsh from  doing  anything in 
connection  with  the  partnership  or  in- 
I terfering  with  the  receiver  to  be  ap­
pointed.  Judge  Brevoort  granted 
the 
I injunction.

ciation.

Programme o f the  Soap  M akers’  A sso­
The  President  of  the  National  Soap 
Makers’ Association has sent to the mem­
bers  two  blanks  for  their  signatures, 
which, if signed, means ridding the trade 
of  many  evils,  the  result  of  excessive 
competition and a craze for novelty.  One 
of the two blanks is as follows :

----------------,  1890.

We concur in the action taken June 12, 
1890,  by  the  National  Soap  Makers’ 
Association,  adopting the following :
We  will  abandon the following  prac­
tices, on December 31,  1890, or  sooner,  if 
possible,  provided that the  trade  gener­
ally concur in this action :
1.  Giving away pictures,  prizes,  gifts 
or  premiums  for  a  certain  number  of 
wrappers.
2.  Giving  away  premiums,  prizes  or 
extra boxes to retailers.

The second  blank  deals  with  certain 
obnoxious  trade  customs  and  reads  as 
follows:

----------------, 1890.

We concur in the action taken June 12, 
1890,  by  the  National  Soap  Makers’ 
Association,  adopting the following :
We will, on September 1,1890, abandon 
the following  practices:
1.  Buying  back a certain  quantity  of 
goods  (that  were  originally  sold) to be 
distributed among consumers.
2.  Giving  tickets or  coupons to retail­
to  be  redeemed  by 
ers  or  consumers, 
manufacturers.
3.  Feeing of  jobbers’ salesmen. 
(Sub­
ject to existing contracts).
4.  Giving  of  special  rebates  or  dis­
counts,  such as premiums or percentages 
or increasing sales. 
(Subject to existing 
contracts).
5.  We  will  strictly  enforce  what  are 
known as soap-makers’ terms,  viz.,  sixty 
days’  time  or  2 per  cent,  discount  for 
cash in ten days.

An  Old-Fashioned  Basket  Picnic.
G r a n d   R a p id s ,  July  20.—I wish  you 
would  state  in  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   this 
week that our  picnic  next Saturday will 
be a strictly basket  picnic. 
If  there  is 
anyone  who  cannot  bake or cook some­
thing  for  the  tables,  they can buy some 
fruit,  pressed meat,  pickles, cheese,  but­
ter, or something that will  help  fill  the 
tables.  Let  us  all  join  in  and have an 
old-fashioned  time;  and by our  all  con­
tributing  something  for  the  tables  we 
will have enough to feed the multitude— 
and  probably  several  baskets  of  frag­
ments left over.

Yours for a good time,

G e o.  F.  Ow e n .

“The 

Good  W ords  Unsolicited.
C. G  Stone & Son, dry  goods,  Lowell: 

paper is all  wool and a yard wide.”

John M. Moore, dry goods  and  carpets, Rapid 
City,  South  Dakota: 
“Please  send  us  The 
Tradesman.  We want to hear what  people  are 
doing in Michigan, how the  P. of  I. are prosper­
ing, etc.  We  have  none  of  that organization 
here yet, and  really think the people too intelli­
gent to go into such a thin scheme.”

EDMUND B.DIKEMflN
WatGh JJaker 

THE  GREAT

§ Jeweler,
44  GRNBL  8Y„
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fJiG h.

Grand Rapids 

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC,

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 85 cents.  Advance payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

68

F oe sale—location for hardware and  fur
niture;  take the Michigan  ‘'State Gazetteer” and 
look up the description of North Muskegon;  then take 
the first train and  come  down  and  see  me.  as  there 
will not be a hardware  or  furniture  store  here  after 
Aug. 10 unless you come;  an established trade of eight 
years given to the  one  who  will  rent my store at $20 
per  month;  location  next  to  postoffice  and  best  in 
town; do not  let  this  chance  go  by.  Address  S.  A. 
Howey, North Muskegon, Mich. 
ROCERY FOR SALE—A GOOD PAYING BUSINESS, 
in city of Eaton Rapids; stock and fixtures, about 
$2,500;  a good 3-story brick building, in center of busi­
ness, will be sold to purchaser,  or  rented  at  $350  per 
year for first floor and wareroom  in  the  rear;  if  de­
sired,  building  will be  sold  with  the  business;  price 
for  store  and  wareroom,  $4,500;  reasons  for  selling, 
have accepted a position in a bank. 
Inquire  of  E.  S. 
Harris, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 
60
F or  sale—at  a   bargain,  planing  m il l ,
(brick) dry kilns, machinery and tools, complete; 
on railway with side tracks;  everything  in  flrst-clasB 
order.  Address Mt. Pleasant M’f’g. Works,  Mt.  Pleas­
ant, Mich. 
67
WANTED—I WANT TO  BUY  A  GENERAL  STOCK 
of merchandise from  $7,000 to  $14,000  cheap for 
all spot cash.  Address 132 South Division street, Grand 
70
Rapids, Mich. 
JOB  OF  CONTRACT  SAWING  FOR  SOME  RE- 
sponsible  party;  Michigan  preferred.  Address 
Holley & Bullen, North Aurelius, Mich. 
dtjA  K A A   FOR $1,500; ONE  OF  THE  BEST  PER- 
^prtyO yjyj  kins shingle  mills  in  the  State;  ample 
power  for  two  machines;  nearly  new,  complete  in 
every respect, no old trap;  also complete  wood  outfit 
if desired.  John N. Ehle,  Colby. Montcalm  Co.,  Mich.
66
QMALL STOCK OF  DRUGS FOR SALE CHEAP.  AD- 
kJ  dress No. 63, care Michigan Tradesman. 
63
F OR  SALE — OLD-ESTABLISHED  GROCERY  Busi­
ness  at  Kalamazoo;  clean  stock; good  location 
and  low  rent;  reason for  selling,  owner  engaged  in 
other business; a rare  chance  and not a large  invest 
ment.  Address No. 60, care Michigan Tradesman.  60 
OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FIXTURES, 
splendid location;  good reasons for  selling.  For 
particulars, address No. 58, care Tradesman._____ 58
MEAT MARKET  FOR  SALE—DOING  GOOD  B u si­
ness;  to a practical  man a good  chance.  W. H. 
32
Davis, Elk Rapids, Mich. 
WANTED—I HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
26
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 
F OR SALE-STORE, DRUG  STOCK AND FIXTURES, 
including  postoffice  fixtures,  for  sale  on  easy 
terms, owing to ill  health;  only drug  store  in  town, 
situated in center  of  fine fruit  section.  Address  Dr. 
S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Mich. 

65

4

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

QITUATION WANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN AS BOOK- 
keeper or clerk  in  general  store;  best  of  refer­
ences; state wages.  Address  S.  H.  W.,  Box  354,  Fre 
mont, Mich. 
62

________  

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANTED—EXPERIENCED SUCCESSFUL  LIFE  Of 
surance agents  in  Michigan  as  managing  and 
special agents;  can obtain  profitable  and  permanent 
positions with the Mutual Reserve Fund  Life  Associa­
tion, Potter Building, 38 Park Row, New York;  it is the 
largest and most successful natural premium  Associa­
tion in the world;  it has paid  eight  million  five  hun­
dred thousand dollars in death claims;  it has over two 
million  dollars  cash  surplus;  it furnishes  life  insur­
ance at about  one-half  of  the  usual  rates.  Address 
H. W, Hatch, Superintendent. 
71
■ BOLISH THE PASS BOOK AND SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.______
Samples of two  kinds  of  coupons  for  re
tailers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co.. 
Albany. N. Y._______________  
594

Film te

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Nelson, 

M a t t e r  

&  Co’s

S T Y L E S :

N e w ,
C heap,
M ed iu m

AND

E x p e n siv e .

Largo  V ariety  and. 

PricesJLow.

HIRTH  *  KRAUSE,
RUssett ShoePolish,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

Billions,
Laces,

Porpoise  Shoe  Laces  in  light,  medium 
and  heavy.  Parisian  Leather Reviver, 
Glycerine Leather Reviver,  “Rubberine” 
a  waterproof  dressing.  We  carry  13 
distinct  shoe  dressings  and  a complete 
line  of  Shoe  Store  Supplies. 
Send us 
your orders.

Grocers visiting New  York  are  cordially invited 
to  call and  see  us, and  if they  wish, have  their 
correspondence addressed in  our  care.  We shall 
be glad to be of use  to  them in  any  way.  Write 
us about anything you wish to know.

THUEBEE, WHYLAND  &  00.,

West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Streets, 

New York City.

Bicycles, 
YriGples, 
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods

AND

I  Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s  I 
Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  and  I 
American Powder Co.’s Powder.

We have on hand a complete line of Columbia. 
Victor and other  cheaper  bicycles, also a splen­
did assortment of  Misses’  Tricycles,  Children’s 
Velocipedes and small  Safety Bicycles.

E. 6. Studlev,

4  Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

Call and  see  them
or  send  for  large, 
i l l u s t r a t e d   cata
logue.

5

k  

J  

complete  stock  of  seeds 

We  respectfully  call  your  attentino 
to the fact  that  we  carry the most 
In
Send
for  our  wholesale  price 
catalogue 

Western  Michigan. 

and 

list 

 

■

before  buying

T T *   Clover,
ONION  8KT8,  H   . 
J— Â 

TimoM, 
Red  Top, 
I  Ete., 
D
Etc.
Brown’s  Seed  Store,^

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

DO  YOU  NEED  AN

Engraving of YoilrStore

In  advertising  your  business ? 
If  so,  The 
Tradesman Company is glad t06eud samples and 
quote prices.

“ LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATIÈRE.”

W.  BAKER & CO.'S  R e o is t ib e d   T ra d e-Mark.
No Chemicals are  used  in 
any of Walter Baker & Co.'s 
Chocolate and  Cocoa  Prep- 
orations.
These  preparations  have 
stood  the test of public  ap­
proval  for  more  than  one 
hundred years, and are  the 
acknowledged  standard  ol 
purity and  excellence.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Geo. M. Epp  has  opened  a  bakery at 

23 West Fulton street.

Uriah  E.  Baker  succeeds  Geo.  W. 
Wynkoop in the grocery business  at  490 
Turner street.

J. W.  Bradley  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at 699 South  Division  street.  The 
Oiney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the 
stock.

Rogers  Bros,  have  opened  a  grocery 
store at Thompsonville.  The  stock  was 
furnished  by  the  Oiney  &  Judson 
Grocer Co.

Chas.  G.  McIntyre  has  abandoned  the 
idea of  engaging in the  grocery business 
at the corner of  East  Bridge  and Brain- 
ard  streets.

Ed.  Pike,  who represented  Voigt, Her- 
polsheimer & Co.  on the  road  for  three 
years,  has engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  pants,  overalls  and  jackets  at  272 
Fourth avenue.

J.  F.  Quigley,  wholesale  and  retail 
lumber  dealer,  assigned  Monday to Ed. 
Wright.  The  assets  are  estimated  at 
$25,691  and  the  liabilities  at  $24,221. 
The  West  Michigan  Lumber  Co.  and 
John Torrent are creditors to the tune of 
about $7,500.

Gripsack Brigade.

The  Dunham House, at  Manistee,  has 
signed the hotel agreement of the K.  of G.
C.  W.  Jeudevine has  gone on the road 
for I.  M.  Clark & Son,  representing  the 
cigar  department.

I.  W.  Feighner  will hereafter cover the 
trade for the Muskegon Cracker Co. here­
tofore seen by E.  L. Smith.

J.  H. Cole,  formerly a member  of  the 
firm of T.  B.  Escott & Co., tea  jobbers at 
London,  Ont.,  has  engaged to travel  for 
the Telfer Spice Co.

The next meeting of the Knights of the 
Grip  will probably be held at Flint,  the 
hotels of  that  city having offered excep­
tional inducements for the gathering.

The base ball  nines  headed by Jas.  N. 
Bradford and H.  S.  Robertson  will  play 
another  game  on 
the  occasion  of  the 
traveling men’s picnic,  next  Saturday.

A.  L.  Braisted  is  building  a  $2,500 
residence  at  the  corner  of  Henry  and 
Buckeye streets.  From  present  appear­
ances,  he  will  be  able  to  occupy it by 
Sept.  1.

returned 

Kryn  Dykema  has 

from 
Traverse  Point,  where  he  spent a week 
in  search of  rest,  recreation  and  fish— 
securing all  three,  if  he  tells  the  truth 
about it.

John  Briggs,  who  has  clerked  for 
Brown,  Stowell  & Co.  and  their  prede­
cessors,  at  Hudson,  for  several  years, 
has  gone  on  the road for J.  W.  Tufts & 
Co.,  of  Pittsburg.  He  will  continue to 
reside at Hudson.

The family of the late John H. McIntyre 
has received  $8,000  insurance indemnity 
—$3,000 from the Royal Arcanum, $2,500 
from the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ 
Association and  $2,500 from the  Mutual 
Benefit Insurance Co.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   is  in  receipt  of  a 
chromo from Hartford, representing Cor­
nelius  Crawford  and a C.  & W.  M.  Rail­
way train—with the train in the distance. 
Sealed proposals will  be received at this 
office for the purchase of the picture.

The  Picnic  Committee  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Traveling  Men’s Association ask 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n  to  emphasize  the  fact 
that  the  picnic  on  Saturday is to be an

old-fashioned  basket  spread  and  that 
those  who  are  not  prepared  to bring a 
basket  can  take  along  fruit,  pickles, 
cheese, etc.

Purely  Personal.

M.  J.  Clark  and family are  resorting 

at Bay View.

W.  G.  Layle,  the  Kalamazoo  grocer, 

was in town over Sunday.

Eli  Runnels, 

the  Corning  general 

dealer, was in town Monday.

A. J.  White,  the  Bass  River  general 

dealer,  was in town Monday.

John  Homrich,  the North Dorr general 

dealer,  was in town one day last week.

M.  D. Bunker, buyer for  the  Sullivan 
Lumber Co.,  at Sullivan,  is  taking a trip 
around the Lakes.

W. J. Roach,  the  Lake  City druggist, 
passed  through the city last week on his 
way home from Allegan.

Wm. Logie,  wife and son have gone  to 
Petoskey for a week’s outing.  They will 
visit Mackinac before returning.

A.  Giddings,  the  Sand  Lake  general 
It  was 

dealer,  was in town last  Friday. 
his first visit to this market  for a year.

John  Wallace,  prescription  clerk  for 
Wm.  McDonald, the Kalamazoo druggist, 
took unto himself a wife  on  Wednesday 
of last week.

Fred.  H.  Hosford,  book-keeper for the 
New  York  Biscuit  Co.,  is  building  a 
$4,000  residence  at  the  corner of  Lake 
and Dwight avenues.

Paul and Peter  Steketee  are  now  lo­
cated  at  Macatawa  Park  with  their 
families—the former in his  own  cottage 
and  the  latter  in the cottage  owned by 
Thomas Hill.

Isaac Van Spyker,  who  has  served  as 
book-keeper  and  house  salesman  for 
F. J.  Lamb & Co.  for the past four years, 
hos taken the position of  book-keeper for 
the Grand Rapids  Fruit and Produce Co.
John  M.  Moore,  formerly  of  Cedar 
Springs,  and  Geo.  P.  Bennett,  formerly 
of Howard City,  are  now  engaged in the 
dry goods and carpet  business  at  Rapid 
City,  South  Dakota,  under  the  style  of 
John M. Moore & Co.

No Cost to Her.

A  servant  girl  living  with a lady  on 
Sheldon street came to  her  mistress  one 
day and said:

“Pm  sorry,  ma’am,  but  I’ll  have to 
leave you next month.  Me and my young 
man are going to get  married then.”

“Very  well, Mary,”  replied  the  lady. 
“I hope, however, that you have given the 
matter careful consideration, and counted 
the  cost  in case one makes a mistake  in 
marrying.”

“La, ma’am, it ain’t going  to  cost  me 
anything,”  was  the  immediate  reply. 
“He has to  buy the license his own self, 
you know.”

Lively  Fight in  Prospect.

The cracker  factories  of  the  country 
are  rapidly  taking  shelter  under  the 
three  large  combinations  now  in  the 
field,  viz:

New York Biscuit Co.
American Biscuit Co.
United States Baking Co.
Unless T h e  T r a d e s m a n   is very much 
mistaken,  the  strife  for  business  will 
soon  bring  about  a fight  all  along  the 
line which cannot fail  to affect the price 
of  goods very materially. 
It is possible, 
of  course, that  the  managers  of  these 
gigantic  combinations  may  “get  their 
heads  together,”  but  such a thing is by 
no means probable.

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1890.

81  SOUTH DIVISION ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Correspondence solicited. 

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'1’TTU!  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

D ry  Goods•
Dating  A head  Bun  Mad.

From the Dry Goods Economist.

In  the  light  of  recent  utterances  by 
the  Economist,  it  is  scarcely  credible 
that  such  practices  as  are noted below 
actually exist, but they are  vouched  for 
by high  authority. 
It  has  come  to our 
knowledge  within a few days  that  mat­
ters are going from bad to worse  instead 
of  improving.  Said an  importer :  “The 
practice  is  gaining. 
I  was  surprised a 
little while ago to see an invoice of  sales 
by a competing house, in which the terms 
of  credit  were  plainly  stated  at  7  per 
cent,  off  four months  from  December 31 
next.  This  was  bad enough,  I thought, 
but it was  surpassed  by  another  house 
that,  in  the  endeavor  to outdo the pre­
vious  seller,  had  sold  his  goods  7  per 
cent, off  four months from  March 1,1891. 
In each instance the goods were delivered 
immediately.”
It is not possible  for  anybody doing a 
legitimate business to compete with such 
terms of  sale,  and the  only conclusion is 
that  some  houses  have  burdensome 
stocks,  as  the  result of  speculative im­
portations, based upon  the  presumption 
that the tariff  bill would have passed be­
fore this.
Does it ever  occur  to  purchasers that 
these  large  discounts,  plus  the  interest 
for the time anticipated,  have  been  pre­
viously included in the  prices of  goods ? 
This must  be  done,  as no  house can af­
ford  to  sell  goods  on  thirteen  months 
credit less 7 per  cent, on  open  account. 
Those who buy on such terms  must real­
ize sooner  or  later  that  they have paid 
dearly for a few months extra dating.  It 
is  the  life  insurance  plan of  adding 40 
per cent, to  the  cash  premium  in order 
to pay a dividend of  25 per  cent,  at  the 
end of  the  year.  The purchaser at such 
rates is paying dearly for credit and cap­
ital  and  in  an  unexpectedly short time 
will find that assets accumulated on such 
terms will scarcely liquidate  his  indebt­
edness at 50 cents on the dollar.
Sellers who grant these terms must ex­
pect  the  same  ruin  that  has  befallen 
those  to  whom  such  rates  have  been 
granted in the past.  Search  the  records 
of  failures  for  the  last  ten  to  twenty 
years,  and  where  “rust  out”  has  been 
about what is called an “honest failure,” 
dating  ahead  and 
its  accompanying 
abuses  have  precipitated 
forty-nine 
catastrophies.  And  of  the  accompany­
ing  abuses  the  worst is the  practice of 
spending  commissions on such  sales be­
fore  they  are  earned,  if,  indeed,  they 
ever materialize.

Silk in Scotland.

Our cousins across the sea do not seem 
to  be  particularly  alarmed  at the pros­
pects of an early dissolution  of  the  silk 
industry, owing to the alleged discoveries 
in  artificial silk.  They seem to be mov­
ing forward in the matter  of  silk manu­
facture with  marvelous  energy.  As an 
evidence  of  this, the  Textile Mercury of 
Manchester says:
While complaints are continually being 
made as to the depressed condition of the 
silk trade on this side  of  the  border,  in 
Scotland new mills are being erected and 
the  manufacture  appears to be prosper­
ing.  At  Coatbridge,  for  instance,  we 
hear of a new silk-throwing factory which 
has been  erected  by  Messrs.  Anderson 
and Robertson,  with  all  the  newest ma­
chinery,  the structure  being the third in 
importance  of  its  kind  in  the country. 
At Lockwinnock, the looms of a new silk 
mill were for  the first time set in motion 
about  six  weeks  ago. 
In this new ven­
ture,  100 power looms are at work.  This 
week again we chronicle another develop­
ment in the silk industry  of  Scotland,  a 
'mill which will furnish  employment  for 
500 hands having been opened at Mother- 
well.  All these enterprises, be it  noted, 
have  been  launched  within a  space  of 
two months.  We  dare  say  that manu­
facturers on this side of the Tweed could 
produce  any  number  of  arguments  to 
account for the possibility of  running so 
many  additional' mills  in  Scotland. 
It 
would probably be  found,  however,  that 
these  fail  to  include  any  reference  to 
greater energy on the part of the Scotch, 
although  some  such  cause  may have  a 
good deal to do with it.

P r ic e s   C u r r e n t.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

..............5

Atlantic  A 
H 
“ 
“  
P 
D 
“ 
“  LL

Clifton CCC............  6H
“  Arrow Brand  5J£ 
“  World Wide,.  624
“  LL 
Full Yard Wide.......  654
Honest Width..........  654
Amory.......................75*
Hartford A  .............   5J4
Archery  B unting...  454 
Madras cheese cloth 6J4
Beaver Dam  A A ...  53£ 
5  [Noibe R ....................  55*
Blackstone O, 32 
Our Level  Best.......654
Black  Rock
Boot,  AL.................  7341 Oxford  R  ...............  654
Chapman cheese c l.  354 Pequot......................  734
Comet....................... 7  Solar........... 
—   654
Dwight Star.............  754ITop of the  Heap—   754

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

“ 

shorts.  8541 

Glen Mills...............  7
Arnsburg.................. 7
Gold  Medal.............   734
Blackstone A A  —   8
Green  Ticket..........854
Beats A ll..................  454
Great Falls..............   634
Cleveland..............   7
Hope.......................  754
Cabot........................ 754
Cabot,  %.................. 654 Just  Out...........  454® 5
Dwight Anchor.......9  King  Phillip..............754
OP.......  754
Edwards................... 6  Lonsdale Cambric.. 1054
Empire.....................   7  ¡Lonsdale............  @  854
Farwell..... 
...........   754 Middlesex.........   @ 5
Fruit of the  Loom..  854 No Name..................  754
Fitchville  ..............   754 Oak View.................  6
First Prize...............  654 Our Own..................   554
Fruit of the Loom 
8  Pride of the W est.. .12
Fairm ount...............   434|Rosalind...............754
Full V alue...............  654 Sunlight.............  454
Geo.  W ashington...  8J4iVlnyard...................   854

“ 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Cabot........................   754|Dwight Anchor.......854
Farw ell....................   7541
Tremont N ...............   554
Hamilton N..............  654
L ..............7
Middlesex  AT.........8
X............  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
2.
A O.
4.
5.

Hamilton N .............   7541Middlesex A A ........ 11
Middlesex P T ...........8
.12
A  T ...........9
.1354
X A.........  9
.1754
.16
X F .........1054

Middlesex No.  1— 10
2....11
8....12
7....18
8....19

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“ 
“ 

“ 
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“ 
“ 

DRESS  GOODS.

“ 
“ 

Hamilton  ............8
...................  9
 
G G  Cashmere.........21
Nameless................. 16
...................18

“ 

1054

Nameless..................20
.......... 25
........2754
..........30
..........3254
..........35

CORSET  JEANS.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Merrim’ck shirtings.  454 
Reppfurn .  854
Pacific  fancy...........6
robes.............  654
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  654
greys.........654
solid black.  654 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  India robes__ 754
“  plain T’ky X 54  854
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................... 6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 54.......  754
Martha Washington
Turkey red............. 954
Riverpolntrobes....  5
Windsor fancy.......654
gold  ticket 
indigo blue........1054
AC  A........................ 1254
Pemberton AAA — 16
York.......................... 1054
Swift River..............  754
Pearl  River..............1254

Biddeford................   6  INaumkeagsatteen..  754
Brunswick.'............  654|Rockport.................. 654
Allen, staple............  554
fancy..............554
robes............5
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   654 
American shirtings. 
“  —   654
Arnold 
“ 
long cloth B . 1054 
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
century cloth  7
“ 
gold seal.......1054
“  Turkey red. .1054
Berlin solids.........   554
“  oil blue......   654
“  green ....  654
“ 
Cocheco fancy........   6
madders...  6 
“ 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654 
staple —   554 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era. 654 
Merrimack D fancy. 654
Amoskeag A C A .... 13
Hamilton N .............   754
D..............854
Awning..11
Farmer......................8
First  Prize..
Atlanta,  D ................  654 ¡Stark........................  754
Boot.....................  634  “ 
Clifton, K .................  6541  “ 
SATINEB.
Simpson...................20
...................18
...................16
Coechco.................. 1054

Imperial...................1054
Black..................9®  954
.......................1054

....................  7
.........................10

1154 W arren..................... 14

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

“ 
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“ 

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“ 

“ 

“ 
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Amoskeag................1254
9oz...... 1454
brown .13
Andover...................1154
Everett, blue...........12
brown.......12

Jeffrey..................... 1154
Lancaster  ...............1254
Lawrence, 9 oz.........1354
No. 220....13
No. 250....1154
No. 280.... 1054
634

“ 
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“ 
GINGHAMS.
“ 
. v
“  Normandie 8
Westbrook..............  8
York........................ 634
Hampton.................654
Windermeer...........5
Cumberland...........5
Essex.......................454
.21

Glenarven..................634
Lancashire..............   654
Normandie................ 754
Renfrew Dress........ 754
Toil du Nord.,..10@1054
Amoskeag..................634
AFC........ 1054
Persian.....................  854
Bates.........................  654
W arwick.................  854
Peerless, white........18541 Peerless  colored.

Lancaster,  staple 
fancies 

..............................10

CARPET  WARP.

“ 

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GRAIN  BAGS.

“
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16...

THREADS.

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

..33
6  ..
...34
8...
10... ....35
...36
12...

Valley City............... 17
Georgia.................... 17
Pacific....................   .1454

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Amoskeag.............  .1754
Harmony..................17
Stark....................... 21
American................ 1754
Clark’s Mile End... .45  I Barbour's..
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke................... 22541
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
...38
“ 
39
“   18... ...39
40
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
W ashington..
434
Red Cross...................454
Lockwood..................434
Wood’s ....................  434
[Brunswick................ 434

Slater........................  434
White Star.............   434
Kid Glove................  434
Newmarket.............   434
Edwards.................. 434
Firem an...................3254
Creedmore...............2754
Talbot XXX............ 30
N am eless............... 2754
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R .................. 2254
Windsor...................1854
6 oz W estern...........21
Union  B ..................2254
Nameless..... 8  @ 9541 
.....   854@10  I 
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown.

T W .......................... 2254
F T ............. .............. 3254
J  R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye.................. 3254
Grey S R  W ..............1754
Western W .............. 1854
D R  P ............. ..........1854
Flushing XXX.........2354
Manitoba..................2354
9  @1054 
1254
Black. 

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
954
15
1054
17
1154
20
1254

“ 
Slate.
954 
1054 
1154 
1254
Severen.8 oz...........   954|West  Point, 8 o z.... 1054
May land, 8 oz..........1054 
10 oz — 1254
Greenwood, 754 oz..  954 Raven, lOoz............. 1354
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1154 ¡Stark  “ 
...............15
White, doz............. 25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz— 17  00
Colored,  doz............. 20  |
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  I Pawtucket............... 1054
Red Cross__  9  Dundie.....................   9
Best  ............ 1054  Bedford...................1054
Best  AA......1254I Valley  City...............1054
Coraline..................19  501W onderful....  — 84  75
Schilling’s .............   9 00|Brighton................. 4 75
Corticelli, doz........... 75  [Corticelll knitting,

954 13
1054 15
1154 17
1254 20
DUCKS.

DOMET  FLANNEL.

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

13 
15 
17 
20

BILE81AS.

CORSETS.

..12  “
8 
..12  j “  10 
PINS.

tw ist,doz..3754  per 54oz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz. .37541
HOOKS  AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White.,10  ¡No  4 Bl’k & White..l5 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2—20, M  C............50  ¡No 4—15, F  354..........40
‘  3—18, S C.............45  |
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
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N o2............................28  |N o3............................ 36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
..18  I “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

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3 

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6 

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam es.................. 1  501 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   96 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

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...3   10

Bdnting
(Idslin

AND

Fiaos

AT  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.

C has.  A .  C oye,

11  PEARL  STREET.

J.&P.G0ATC

SIX-CORD

*  

IN

Spool  Cotton
WHITE,  BLACK  Affl  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

FOR  SALE  BY

FOR

Voigt, Hemolsleimer & Go.,
Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

D r y  G o o d s

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Otieralls,  Etc.

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

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

ORAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

r * .  

S T E K E T E E  &   S O N S ,

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  Notions.

New  Line  of  Simpsons  Prints  in  Satine  and Delaine Fnisb,  and Zephyrs in 

Blacks, Silver Gray and Fancies—All  New Designs.

GRAIN  BAGS—Stark,  American,  Amoskeag,  Harmony,  Park, Georgia  and 

Valley  City.

WADDINGS,  BURLAP, TWINE,  BATTS  and  COMFORTS.

83  Monroe  and  10,12,  14, IB  i  18  Fountain  Sts.,  GRAND  RAP1D8.

AVOID  THE

Cnrse of Credit

B Y   USINO

“TRADESMAN

“SUPERIORr

OR

  Coupon Books

Manufactured by

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids.

See quotations In  Grocery Price Current.

T H E   M T C H ia ^ L lS r   T R A D E S M A N ,

7

50
55
50
55
35

dls.
dls.

levels. 

 

dls.

diS.

70
5

NA ILS

MATTOCKS.

locks—doob. 

MAULS. 
bulls. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s  ...............
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings............
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings........
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ..................
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.............
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ...
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s........................
Branford’s .................................................
Norwalk’s ..................................................
Adze Bye..............................................816.60, dls. 60
Hunt Eye............................................. 815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s .........................  
............ 818.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ............................. 
 

“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry A C lr.k’s ................... 
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  

Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
20
20
30
35
35
40
50
65
80
1 50
2 00
2 00
90
100
1  25
1  00

SO
40
40
40
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base........................................................2 00
Wire nails, base........................................................2 60
60........................................................... Base 
50........................................................... Base 
05 
40 .........................................................  
10 
30........................................................... 
20........... 
15 
15 
16........................................................... 
12..........................................................  
15 
10........................................................... 
20 
8..............................................................  25 
7 * 6 .......................................................  40 
4............. 
60 
3.............................................................. 1  00 
2.............................................................. 1  50 
Fine 3.....................................................1  50 
Case  10.  ..............................................  60 
8.....................................  
75 
6.................................................  90 
Finish 10...............................................   85 
8.................................................1  00 
6  .............................................. 1  15 
Clinch  10..............................................  85 
8..............................................1  00 
6...............................................1  15 
B arrellX .............................................. 1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   @40
Sciota  Bench....................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................  @40
Bench, first quality..........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme................................................. dls. 60—10
70
Common,  polished....................................dls. 
dlS.
Iron and  Tinned...................................... 
40
 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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PLANES. 

RIVET8. 

PANS.

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

dls.

Broken packs Me per pound extra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

. ROPES.

 

 

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, % inch and la rg e r................................   12M
M anilla..............................................................  16
dls.
Steel and  Iron............. 
Try and Bevels................................................. 
M itre.................................................................. 

75
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 
Nos. 25 to 26.........................................  4  40 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dls. 40*10

3 50
Ali  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

SAND PAPER.

83 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40

SASH CORD.

Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A .....................................  “ 
White  B ..................................   “ 
D rabB ......................................   “ 
White C....................................   “ 

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

H and............................................ 

Solid Eyes.................................................per ton 825
20
70
50
30

“ 
Sliver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot............................................ 

28
dls.
Steel, Game...................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion.................................. 81.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market  .................................................  65
Annealed M arket............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62M
Coppered  Spring  Steel..............................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 60
painted.......................................  3 00

wire. 

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HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable................................. dls. 25*10@25*10&05
Putnam .............................................. 
dls.  05
dls. 10*10
Northwestern...................................  
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
50
Bird Cages........................................................ 
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
Screws, N ew List.............................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlS.

METALS.

PIG TIN.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Mc per pound.
600 pound  casks...............................................  CM
Per pound.........................................................  

26c
28c

ZINC.

7

SOLDER.

 

........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................... 
13ft
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................... 8 6  60
6  60
14x20 IC, 
............................................ 
10x14 IX, 
.............................................   8  35
14x20 IX, 
 

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

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10x14IC, Charcoal.........................................   8600
14x20 IC, 
.............................................   6  00
10x14 IX, 
.............................................   7  50
..............................................  7  50
14x20 IX, 
ROOFING PLATES

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

“ Worcester......................................  6 00
“ 
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“ Allaway  Grade...................... 
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“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14X28  IX............................................................818
14x31  IX ............................................................14  50
olt
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. I ___ 
14x601x1  “ 
9*

.............................  7  50
...........................  12 50
5  25
6  75
11  00
14  00

j per pound.... 

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H A R D W A R B .

P r ic e s   C u r r e n t.

Women  and the  Hardware  Trade.
From  Stoves and H ardware.
A New York  woman  has  entered  the 
hardware  business  and  it  will  not  be 
surprising  if  many  of  her  sex  should 
follow her example. 
It is rather a cause 
for surprise that  this  business  was  not 
long  ago  invaded by the  fair  sex in its 
search  for  new  fields  of  employment, 
since women  find so many uses for hard­
ware.  Every  housewife  must  be a reg­
ular customer of  the  hardware dealer in 
order to keep  up  her  supply of  utensils 
and  house 
furnishing  conveniences. 
However independent  women  may be of 
pockets,  every  one of  them  must  have 
from  half  a  dozen  to  half  a  hundred 
locks,  any one of  which may at any time 
involve  recourse  to  the  locksmith.  A 
trade  which  enters  parlor,  boudoir and 
kitchen,  which has to deal  with goods of 
light weight,  and  often of  delicate finish 
and  ornamental  design,  would  seem as 
well  fitted by nature for the attention of 
women  as  many others  in  which  their 
sex  have  engaged  with  success.  The 
New York woman  to  whom  reference is 
made  here  is  the  wife  of  an  Eighth 
avenue  hardware  retailer,  and,  besides 
assisting  her  husband  in  his store,  she 
has  applied  herself  to  the  work  of  a 
locksmith  with  such  care  that  she has 
become an  expert.  The  business of  the 
locksmith  alone  affords  scope  for  skill 
and business ability of  a high order,  and 
is worthy of  consideration  by one  about 
to adopt a life vocation.  We know of no 
reason why it  does not  merit  the  atten­
tion of  any young  woman  who is forced 
to become self-sustaining.

A Hardware  Clerk’s  Complaint.
“I  envy the  lot of  the  salesman in an 
exclusively  wholesale  house  at 
this 
season,” observed  one of  the  fraternity 
attached  to  the  retail  department  of  a 
hardware  establishment.  “You  see  he 
can  keep  himself  reasonably  comfort­
able in this sweltering  weather by work­
ing  in  his  shirt sleeves;  but we cannot; 
I must  keep my coat  on  as  long  as the 
store is open and dare  not  even doff  my 
collar.  A lady who  comes  to buy a gar­
den rake or a little  flour  spade must not 
see  me  in  my shirt  sleeves,  and on her 
account I must shave  three times a week 
and look as cool and  pretty and sweet as 
the best of  them,  while  all  the  time my 
temper is tried  by the  weather and I am 
tempted to rip  off  my  collar  and  stiffly 
starched cuffs.  And  the  ladies  come in 
with  light and airy apparel,  as cool as if 
they  were  in  decolette  dress.  Why 
should it shock  their  modesty if  waited 
upon by a salesman in his  shirt  sleeves, 
provided, if  he  leaves off  his  vest  also, 
he  wears  a  pair  of  suspenders  sesthet- 
ically  decorated,  or a belt  with  an  an­
tique buckle.  If  the lady could sit down 
and the salesman wear  cooler  raiment, 1 
believe that both  would be better suited. 
A  perspiring  salesmsn,  in  coat,  collar 
and cuffs,  with  the  thermometer  at 100 
degrees, cannot long retain the good tem­
per that  should be a part of  his stock in 
trade.  That’s why I envy the  wholesale 
man.  He can wear a flannel shirt and no 
vest, while  we  swelter in starched dick­
eys,  buttoned vests and coat.”

The Average  Servant  Girl.

A Canal  street  merchant  thus unbos­
oms himself:
“My wife  engaged a new servant from 
an agency.  I did not pay much attention 
to her,  except to remark that she seemed 
slow and stupid.  About that time I or­
dered from Vermont a ten-gallon  can  of 
prime  maple  syrup. 
It  was  splendid, 
the best  I  had  ever  tasted, and it made 
my mouth  water  to  think  how  good it 
was.  The syrup and the new girl entered 
the house  about  the  same  time.  The 
next morning my  wife  noticed  that  my 
study lamp  was  nearly  empty  and told 
the girl to fill it.  1 thought the oil looked 
queer,  and  upon  asking  the  new  girl 
found  she  had  filled  the lamp from the 
maple syrup can.
Instead  of  throwing  that 
quart  of  mingled  kerosene  and  maple 
syrup into the sewer,  what  did  that girl 
do but pour the nauseous mess  back into 
the syrup can. 
I went to the  agent  and 
on bended knees begged him to take that 
girl off our hands.”

“But wait. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dlS.
Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’i Im itation......................... ............50*10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...............
D.  B. Bronze...............
S. B. S. Steel...............
D. B. Steel...................

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............8 8 50
............  12 50
............  9  50
............  14 00

Railroad............................................... .......... 8  14 00
Garden....................................................... net  30 00

BARROWS.

b o l t s. 

dls.

d ls .

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

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain.......................................................13  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

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.

BLOCKS.

60
35
60

50
25

dig.

dls.

Grain.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.................................................per B> 
5
Ely’s 1-10.................................................per m  65
“ 
Hick’s  C. P .............................................. 
G. D ..........................................................  “ 
M usket...................................................  
“ 

Rim  F ire..........   ..............................................  
Central  Fire...............................................dls. 

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS. 

combs. 

c h a l k .

COFFER.

Socket F irm er.................................................. 70*10
Socket Framing.................................................70*10
Socket Comer.................................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks.................................................... 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ......................................... 
H otchkiss.......................................................... 

40
25

White Crayons, per  gross............... 12@12M dls. 10

“ 

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

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

 

 

 

dls.

28
26
26
26
27

50
50
50

Small sizes, ser p o u n d .................................... 
Large sizes, per pound.................................... 

07
6H

DRIPPING FANS.

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In..............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated.........................................dls. 20*10*10
Adjustable................................................. dls.  40*10

Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826 .........................  
Ives’, 1,118;  2, 824 ;  3,830 ............................... 

30
25

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

p il e s —New List. 

dls.

dls.

Disston’s ............................................................60*10
New  American................................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s .......................................................60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON

28
18

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
List 
dl8.

Discount, 60

12 

14 

HINGES.

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
May dole  *C o.’8.........................................dls. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................. dls. 
25
Perkes *  Plumb’s ......................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... —  30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 .................................. dis.60&10
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  in. 4M  14  and
3*
10
............net
............net
8*
............net
7M
............net
7H
............dls.
70
Bara Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k .........................................  
40

M............
%............
X ............
X............

HANGERS. 

d lS .

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

60
Pots.....................................................................  
Kettles................................................................  
60
60
Spiders  ..............................................................  
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  Tin W are...........................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new Ust33M*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10410
Gate Hooks and Eyes...........................  
70*10*10

w ir e   g o o d s. 

d ls .

8 35

Foster,  S tevens  &  Co.,

10  an d   12  M ONROE  ST.,

33,  33,  37,  39  and  41  LOUIS  ST., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

W e  are agents for the 
Gem   B ench  W 'ringer, 
the best one m ade.

Of Trunks and Traveling  Bags, Satchels,  Etc.  Prices reduced 25 to 40 
per cent.  We are manufacturers and can and will save you money and 
at the same time furnish a better article,  both  as  to  durability,  work­
manship and  finish. 

N o w   Is  the  T im e   to  B u y ,

As this sale will continue for a short time  only. 
Trunks and Sample 
Cases made to order.  Repairing neatly done.  Give us a call and con­
vince  yourself  that  we  are  selling  the best and cheapest trunks and 
bags in the city.

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H A N I S H   &  E I F E R T ,

Telephone 13. 

74  Waterloo  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W M .  R .  K E E L E R ,

W h o lesale Confectioner

AND  JOBBER  IN  FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC  FRUITS.

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST. 

TELEPHONE  92-3R .

I am  Sole  Agent  for  Ruecklieim  Bros.’ Penny  Goods,  which  are Absolutely the 

Best Goods of  the kind on the market.

SEND FOR PRICE  LIST.

H o l d f a s t s ,
An appliance  to prevent Ladies 
and Misses’  Rubbers from slipping 
off from the shoe.  The neatest and 
best device ever  invented  for  the 
purpose.  Do  not  fail  to  try the 
men’s  Lycoming,  Pa.,  Stocking 
Rubber. 
It  is  the  King  of  all 
Stocking  Rubbers  made.  Both 
only manufactured by  the  Lycom­
ing Rubber  Co.  For sale by 
G.  H.  REEDER,  Grand  Rapids.

Piltnam  Gandu  Bo.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

ORANGES,

LEMONS,

BANANAS, 
Bigs,  Dates,  Nuts,  etc.

C U R T I S S   &  
WHOLESALE

C O . ,

Paper  Warehouse.

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’ 

TWINE

Houseman  Block,
R I N B G E ,  

THE  SUB-TREASURY  SCHEME.
The  more it is considered,  the  wilder 
does the  sub-treasury scheme of  Senator 
Stanford, originated by the man  who in­
volved  the  Texas  Alliance  so  heavily, 
appear.  Even the men who originated it 
are finding hard  work to secure any sup­
port  for  it,  and  the  enthusiasm  with 
which  it  was  greeted, as the solution of 
the  farmers’  troubles, is rapidly  vanish­
ing. 
It begins to be seen that no article 
can be used as a basis for money circula­
tion which cannot be used  for  money it­
self,  and that the  government  cannot go 
into  the  money  loaning  business  with 
any safety to itself. 
It is also seen  that 
the United States  would not have money 
enough on  hand to supply the calls from 
one-twentieth of  the  States  at  the  rate 
named.  The wildest scheme of  inflation 
which has ever been conceived would not 
supply  the  money  that  would  be  de­
manded  within a  year.  Of  course,  bor­
rowers that  have  money for which  they 
are paying more interest than 2 per cent, 
would  want  a  law  that  would  mature 
their  claims  and  allow  them to borrow 
money  at  the  low  government  rate. 
Could  this  be  done  and  this  immense 
amount of  money thrown on the country, 
as it cannot be, giving  the  creditor class 
their  money  with  no use for it, such an 
era  of  speculation  would  be  begun  as 
this or any other country has never seen. 
From  this  there  would  result  in a few 
years  the  greatest  financial  panic  the 
world  has ever known.  And this would 
result  whether  the  loans  were  made on 
lands  or  farm  products.  The principle 
involved is the same and the same results 
would follow.

We cannot  believe  that any number of 
Senators  can  be found who will vote for 
any scheme  that  involves  such  serious 
consequences as this.  The good sense of 
the country has  already given its verdict 
on the  scheme  and  it  is  not  favorable. 
The country  wants financial relief, but it 
wants something that will be permanent. 
It does not care to have the panic of 1873 
and  the  succeeding  years of  hard times 
repeated.  ___________ _

Make  your  noise  after  you  do some­
thing remarkable, not before.  The light­
ning strikes  before  the  thunder  gets in 
its proclamation.

The  T r a d e s m a n   has  always  main­
tained that  the  worst failure  on  record 
was that of  Dr.  N.  J.  Aiken,  a  quack 
doctor of  this city,  who  assigned  about 
fifteen years ago, having assets of  §1,200 
and  liabilities  of  §19,000.  This  record 
has  been  completely eclipsed,  however 
by Wm.  Reardon,  a Boston  trader,  who 
turned over to his assignee  liabilities  of 
§35,000  and a desk  and  three  chairs  as 
assets.  Mr.  Reardon  is  entitled to wear 
the belt.

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The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ o f M ichigan Business Men’s  A ssociation.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DKYOTRD  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerioe State.
The  Tradesman  Company,  Proprietor.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office. 

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  JULY  23,  1890.

BACK  TO  THE  OLD  BASIS.

An item  is  going  the  rounds  of  the 
papers  which  details  how  a  Michigan 
farmer sold his farm  in 1864 for §10,000, 
investing the money inU. S. bonds which 
are  now  worth  §12,500,  while the  farm 
has decreased in  value  to  §4,000,  while 
the owner is now old  and must continue 
to work the  farm  for  his  living.  The 
statement may  be  entirely  correct,  but 
there are several items not  considered.

Every  species  of  property  is  lower 
than it was in 1864  and  the  §4,000  that 
the farm is worth  now will buy as much 
as the §10,000  would  then. 
It  is  true 
that the relative value of  money has  in­
creased, but it is the only thing  that  has 
not decreased.  Every man  who invested 
in any property in  1864  has  found  that 
property gradually  decreasing  in  value 
on  his  hands,  except  in  some  special 
cases of speculative property.  The man 
who sold at that time was  fortunate, the 
man who bought was unfortunate. 
It is 
one  of  the  misfortunes  that  the  war, 
with  its  inflated  prices,  brought  on us, 
and to make any such comparison as  the 
one named with any other object than to 
show the effect of  an  inflated currency is 
pure demagogism.

rejoicing  over 

It happened to  the  writer  to  be  em­
ployed  at  that 
time  in  the  internal 
revenue  department,  and  it  was a part 
of  his work to assess the income tax in a 
farming district. 
In that district in 1862 
there  were not twenty per  cent,  of  the 
farmers out of debt.  Of  the same farm­
ers  there  was  scarcely  one  in  debt  in 
1866,  and  they  were  rejoicing  over  it. 
Inflated  values  of  farm  products  had 
given  them  the  opportunity to  pay  off 
their  debts  in  money  whose  purchas­
ing  power  was  not  much  more  than 
in  1861,  and 
one-third  what  it  was 
they  were 
But 
how  was  it  with  the  creditors?  The 
man who in 1860 had  ten  thousand  dol­
lars at  interest, from  which  he  had  an 
income  of  seven  hundred  dollars  on 
which to live found himself suddenly face 
to face  with prices which  practically re­
duced his income to less  than three hun­
dred and from  a  comfortable  living  he 
came down to a very close one.  At  the 
same  store  where  he  had  paid  twenty 
cents  for  butter  he  was  charged  from 
fifty  to  sixty;  cheese  went  from  eight 
cents to twenty-five;  beef was so high he 
did  not  enquire its price,  and  while  the 
farmer  was rejoicing  in  prosperity, the 
man of  fixed income was growing poorer 
every day.

it. 

We are simply back  with the  changed 
conditions  wrought by invention and im­
provement to the status  of  1860. 
In the 
changes which have occured in the mean­
time some men have made and some have 
lost,  but these gains and losses are some­
thing that no legislation  could  have pre­
vented,  even could  human  wisdom have 
foreseen them.

rr H   F!  M T C IT T G -A .N   T E A D E S M A N ,

The asking of  the  numerous question 
necessary for the  collection of  farm sta 
tistics by the  census  enumerator  doubt 
less  caused many farmers to realize how 
little  they  know  about  their  own bus­
iness.  The  system  of  memory  book­
keeping,  which so many of  them  depend 
upon  entirely,  would  be  disastrous  to 
any other business. 
It  is really remark­
able that some of  them  get along as well 
as they do.  Much good has been done if 
| they have  been  aroused  by the enumer- 
j ator’s questions  about  their  crops, etc., 
to the  importance of  keeping  some kind 
| of  books  that  will  be a plain  record of 
the  expenses, products, receipts,  profits 
I or losses, etc., of  their farm work.

12,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

B E R T S C  &  C O ..
TO  THE  TRADE:
Ask  our salesman to show 
you our factory line of Wom­
en’s  Shoes,  at  the  reduced 
price,in Milwaukee Oil Grain 
and Satin Calf—the best shoe 
on  earth  for  wear—to  sell 
for  §2.  We  also make the 
same  lines  in  Misses’  and 
Children’s, at  prices in pro­
portion.  And  see  our  new 
lines  of  Boys’  and  Youths’ 
shoes;  they  are  corkers  for 
the money.
We  also  solicit  your  fall 
order  for  Boston  and  Bay 
State rubber goods, and guar­
antee  prices  and  terms  as 
low as  any house selling the 
same brand.
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T l-rTC  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

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T O S S   U P ! »

The  “TOSS  U P”  Cigar  is  not a competitor 
against  any  other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, 
because  it  is  equal  to  any  10c  cigar  on  the 
market.

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

Muskegon Cracker Co
LA.RGEST VARIBTY IN THE, STATB
Ho  Connection  i t   My  Cuter  Trust
457  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.
THE  WHL8H--DE  R00  MILLING  GO.,

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HOLLAND,  MICH.

Unhandy  Hands.

They were beautiful hands, soft, white, 
shapely,  but they had  not  been trained. 
They couldn’t  keep  accounts, or use the 
needle, or  the  broom, or  the dish-cloth, 
or the mop, or the cooking utensils.  They 
had at one time glided skillfully over the 
piano  keys  and  wielded  the  pencil  to 
some purpose;  they were  graceful hands 
and  made  pretty  gestures,  or  folded 
themselves  harmoniously  over  the  soft 
draperies beneath them.
By  and  by  the  ample  provision  that 
had been left to keep these hands in  idle­
ness  was  wasted  because  the  hands 
couldn’t keep accounts; wicked men took 
advantage  of  these  helpless  hands  and 
stole their treasures from them, and then 
days of  darkness and trouble came.
The owner of  the  hands had to board, 
because  she  didn’t  know  how  to cook, 
and, of  course,  she  had  to eat what was 
set  before  her, and so  her  digestive ap­
paratus got all  out of  order.  She had to 
hire her  dresses  made,  and  was  subject 
to  the  dishonesty  practiced  by  some 
dressmakers,  who  charge  a  good  price 
for poor work and  appropriate a portion 
to themselves of  the  ample pattern they 
require  for a dress.  She  couldn’t  man­
age  her  business  affairs,  and  so had to 
trust them to a lawyer,  who,  in her case, 
proved  untrusty  and  made  exorbitant 
charges for work which was poorly done. 
At every point where she came in contact 
with the world  she lost and lost,  until at 
last  she  was glad to find a refuge in the 
church  home  which  in  the days of  her 
prosperity she  had  helped to found. 
If 
she had  only known  how to take care of 
just her simple self, she might have lived 
on  the  wreck of  her  fortune  in modest 
comfort and independence.
This is a sketch  from  life.  Just such 
histories  are  transpiring every day,  and 
yet girls are permitted to grow to woman­
hood without knowing how to do what is 
indispensable  for  their  own  personal 
comfort  and  existence  even. 
If  a  girl 
can’t  learn  to  cook  in  her  mother’s 
kitchen,  there are cooking schools where 
she  can  learn. 
If  she  cannot sew with 
her mother’s seamstress, there are sewing 
schools where the children of the wealthy 
are taught the  use  of  the  needle in em­
broidery and plain  sewing.  She can use 
the broom in  her  own room.  She ought 
to have trained hands.
The Lesson in Competition from Toledo.
The  truth of  the  saying that “compe­
tition is the  life of  trade”  is well  exem­
plified  by the  experience of  a dealer  in 
Toledo.  For nearly fifteen  years his was 
the only shoe store in a certain section of 
the city.  He  carried a good  stock,  and, 
on account of  low  rent  and  economy in 
expenses,  he  was  able  to  sell at prices 
somewhat  lower than his more centrally 
located competitors.  But  people  living 
within a block  of  his  store  would  pass 
by every day,  and when in need of  shoes 
would go down town  and  purchase, fre­
quently paying  more  for the goods, and 
spending  two  additional  nickels for car 
far.  Within  the  last  three  years  four 
other shoe  stores  have  been  opened  in 
the  neighborhood,  and  where  one good 
store  could  hardly be  made  to  pay the 
living  expenses  of  proprietor  and  one 
clerk,  five  neat,  attractive  and  well 
stocked  stores  are  each  enjoying a fair 
amount  of  trade.  The  pioneer  dealer 
feared  the  result of  competition, but  it 
has  worked  to  his  advantage.  People 
who  would  not  stop  to  see  what  they 
could  find  in  the  only store,  now  con­
clude that in one of the five can be found 
something to suit them, and his trade has 
increased,  so that instead of  one clerk he 
now  employs three.  The  same result is 
noticeable  in  other  and  larger  cities. 
Competition is the life of  trade, and ben­
efits both the buyer and the  seller.

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More  than  One  W ay  to  Spell.

Bobby ?

“ bread.”

Minister—So  you go to school, do you, 
Bobby—Yes, sir.
Minister  —  Let  me  hear  you  spell 
Bobby—B-r-e-d.
Minister—Webster  spells  it  with  an 
“a,” Bobby.
Bobby—Yes, sir.  But  you  didn’t  ask 
me  how  Webster  spells it.  You  asked 
me how I spelt it.

Bank  N otes.

C. D.  Beebe, Cashier  of  the City Bank 
of  Hastings,  has  sold his stock  in  that 
institution  to  Messer  Bros.  & Reynolds 
for  $35,000,  the  sale also including  the 
holding of  Newman Fuller.  D. W.  Rey­
nolds will succeed Mr.  Beebe as Cashier.
Banking Commissioner  Sherwood  was 
in  town  last  Friday  on  his  way home 
from  Charlevoix,  where  he  had  been 
spending a couple  of  weeks,  straighten­
ing  out  the  affairs  of  the  Charlevoix 
Savings Rank.  The  $14,000  loan  made 
by Cashier Smith to the Charlevoix Cigar 
Manufacturing  Co.  was  secured—$0,000 
by mortgage on  the  plant  and  the  bal­
ance  by turning  his  stock  over  to  the 
Bank.  Other doubtful  loans  were  also 
secured  and  enough  funds  obtained  to 
warrant  the  Bank in resuming business 
on the 19th.  Mr.  Sherwood informs The 
T r a d e s m a n   that  the  people of  Charle­
voix  are  cordial supporters of  the State 
banking law,  since  they have had an op­
portunity to see the workings of  the act.

M erged  Into  a  Corporation.

Proctor & Gamble, the Cincinnati soap- 
makers,  have  incorporated  their  man­
ufacturing  interests  under  the  style of 
the  Proctor & Gamble  Co.  The  capital 
stock  is  $4,500,000,  divided  into  8  per 
cent,  preferred stock and  common stock. 
It  also issues  $2,000,000 first mortgage 6 
per  cent,  bonds.  A portion of  these se­
curities  are  offered  to  the  public;  the 
preference will be given to subscriptions 
from  the  wholesale  grocery trade when 
the  allotment  is  made, thus  giving the 
seller of  the  goods  of  the  company  an 
interest  in  the  profits  of  their  manu­
facture. 

___

An  Important  Factor in Business.
From the Baltimore American.
It was stated several years ago that the 
commercial traveler in  this  country was 
becoming  too  numerous,  and,  as  trade 
could not stand the burden of his cost, he 
would  have  to  go.  The  prediction,  al­
though  much  discussed,  has not  proved 
correct. 
In  1880 there were about 200,- 
000 commercial  travelers  in  the United 
States.  To-day the number is estimated 
at 400,000—an enormous army of  intelli­
gent,  enterprising,  quick-witted  men, 
traveling in all parts of the country, sup­
porting  railroads  and  hotels,  carrying 
new ideas and  new styles,  strengthening 
the commercial relations and doing much 
to aid and  advance the general progress.

W hy the Festival W as Postponed.
From the Marlon Dispatch.
The incident  is  not,  strictly speaking, 
a news item in Marion,  but  as  some  are 
ignorant  of  the cause of the unexpected 
postponement  of  a  recently  announced 
ice cream festival,  it  is well to state that 
Tom  Alexander’s  young  calf  swam the 
mill pond,  which  protects  its  enclosure 
upon one side, and  coaxed  the  milk  all 
away  from  the  cow  that was to supply 
the ice cream makers.  And  that  is the 
reason the ladies’  ice cream  festival  was 
postponed.

After  a  Bonus.

The  Jonesville Buggy Co.  will remove 
to some other  place for a cash considera­
tion. 

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_ 

A  Rochester  man  has  invented  an 
alarm  clock  which,  besides  ringing the 
hour, has an attachment which  lights the 
fire in the stove.

VISITING  BUYERS.

J T Pierson. Irving 
John Crispe, Plainw ell 
G S Pntnam , Frultport 
G Ten H oor.  Forest  G rove 
Neal McMillan. Rockford 
SnlUvan Lum Co.,  Sullivan 
A B iddings, Sand Labe 
S T Colson, Alaska 
R G B eckw ith, B radley 
A J W hite, Bass R iver 
L Cook, B auer 
W D  Strulk,  B yron  Center 
W J Roach, L ake City 
W G Layle,  K alam azoo

K ent City

C’Conner & Thompson,
Myers A Dudley, L illy 
N  Bonm a, Fisher 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
D o W atson, C oopersvllle 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
E E H ew itt, Rockford 
John G unstra, Lam ont 
G ilbert Bros., Trent 
G ooding A Son, Gooding 
Cole A Chapel, Ada
DeVoist Bros., A lb a ___
W atrousA Bassford.W Troy

Daily  Capacity. 

400,;BbIs. 
BRANDS: 
SUNLIGHT, 
DAISY, 
PURITY, 
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:

Graham,

Wheatena, 

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Drugs 0  Medicines.

Stale  Board  of  Pharmacy*

One  T ear—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
Two  T ears—S tanley E.  P arkill, Owosso.
Three  Year»—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  T ears—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
Five Tears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, K alam azoo.
Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.

M eetings  during  1890—M arquette,  Aug.  IS  and  14; 
Michijgan  S t a t e   Pharmaceutical Ass'n. 

President—Frank In glis.  D etroit.
First Vice-President— F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Sec’d V ice-President—Henry K ephart, Berrien Springs 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
E xecutive Com m ittee—C. A. B ugbee,C heboygan;  E. T.
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. Frail. E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
N ext Meeting—At  Saginaw , b eginn ing third Tuesday 
Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President. J. W.  H ayward,  Secretary, Frank H. E scott.
Grand Rapids Drug: Clerks* A ssociation. 
President, F.  D. K ipp;  Secretary, W. C. Sm ith.

o f Septem ber,  1890.

D etroit  Pharm aceutical  Society 
P r e s id e n t, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association. 

President. C. S. Koon;  Secretary. J. W. H oyt.

M ichigan  Board  of Pharmacy.

Detroit, July 15,  1890.

A meeting  of  the  Michigan  Board of 
Pharmacy, for the purpose of  examining 
candidates for registration,  will  be  held 
at  Hotel  Marquette,  Marquette,  August 
13 and  14,  1890.
The examination of candidates for both 
registered  pharmacists  and  assistant 
pharmacists will  commence  Wednesday, 
August 13,  at 9 a. m., at  which  hour all 
candidates must he present.
This meeting  is  ordered by the Board 
for the convenience  of  persons  residing 
in the Upper Peninsula,  to  whom  atten­
dance  at  the  regular  meetings  held  at 
Detroit, Grand Rapids or Lansing is both 
inconvenient  and  expensive,  and  the 
Board trust  that advantage will be taken 
of this meeting  by all who may be desir­
ous of  passing the examination within  a 
year  and  to  whom  Marquette  is  more 
accessible than the usual places of  meet­
ing.
Parties  who receive  this notice are re­
quested  to  give  the  meeting  as  much 
publicity as possible by calling the atten­
tion  of  all interested parties to the time 
and place of  this meeting.
Persons who intend  to  be  present are 
requested to  notify the  Secretary imme­
diately,  that proper arrangements can be 
made in advance.
Special  railroad rates  for this meeting 
could not be secured, owing to the action 
of the last Legislature,  which caused the 
Railway  Association  of  Michigan  to 
change its rules relative to reduced rates 
for assemblies.
The next examination  will  be  held  at 
Lansing, on November 5.
Yours respectfully,

Ja m e s  V ebxo r,  Sec’y.

Blunders  in  Drugs.

•

From th e New Tork Tribune. 
The exoneration of  the  Brooklyn drug 
clerk who put up a wrong prescription is 
complete  so far as it exempts  him  from 
responsibility for  criminal  carelessness. 
The  expert  testimony  at  the  coroner’s 
inquest  indicated  that  fatal results had 
never been  recorded from the use of  the 
particular  drug  substituted  for the one 
which  had  been  prescribed,  and, conse­
quently,  that  the  death  of  the  patient 
could not be attributed to the  blunder at 
the  drug  store.  The  clerk  is  roundly 
censured  however,  for professional care 
lessness,  and  may  consider  himself 
treated  with  exceptional  indulgence by 
the  coroner’s  jury.  The  responsibility 
of  altering  a  prescription 
is  one  that 
must naturally be  shared  with  the phy­
sician,  and any druggist who fails to con­
sult  the  medical  authority in  the  case 
before departing from the formula before 
him  is  to  be  condemned  for unprofes­
sional conduct.  If  the truth were known, 
it would probably appear that physicians 
make a great  many  blunders  in  writing 
prescriptions,  and  ordinarily  they  are 
consulted by druggists  before  the  med­
icine is sent to the  patient.  These med­
ical  errors  are  sometimes  very serious, 
but the druggist  being  dependent  upon 
the patronage of  the  physician is always 
careful never to  speak  of  them.  While 
mistakes  like  the  one  recently made in 
Brooklyn  in the  compounding of  a med­
icine  invariably  attract  public  notice, 
the more  numerons  blunders  which are 
confidentially corrected  at  the  prescrip­

t h e   M i c i n a A J s r   t r a d e s m a n .

tion  desk  after  consultation  with  the 
physician  are  never  known.  This fact 
does  not  affect the responsibility of  the 
drug clerk in adhering rigidly to the pre­
scription  which be is called  upon to fill. 
The physician is the  only authority com­
petent to alter it.
The liability to error  both on  the part 
of  druggists  and physicians is increased 
by  the  antiquated  nomenclature  em­
ployed,  which  renders  hasty and  often 
illegible  abbreviation  necessary.  This 
is the time-honored custom  of  the medi­
cal  profession,  and it is useless to argue 
against  it and in  favor  of  prescriptions 
written  in  English  and  without  unin­
telligible  symbols.  What is more  prac­
tical  is to enforce the necessity of  seclu­
sion  and  privacy  in  the  prescription 
department.  A  drug  store is  apt to be 
more or less of  a lounging place, especi­
ally in the  evenings.  The  clerks  have 
long hours,  working late in the  evening, 
and they have, as a rule, neither Sundays 
nor  holidays.  They have no social  life 
apart from the opportunities for chatting 
with  acquaintances  in  the  shop.  Too 
many of  them form  the habit  of  filling 
prescriptions  while  talking  with loung­
ers;  and  with  attention  distracted  and 
mind  preoccupied  they incur the risk of 
making  mistakes either in the quantities 
or elements of the drugs called for.  The 
only safe  plan  for a careful  druggist  is 
to turn the loungers out  of  the prescrip­
tion  corner,  and  to  insist  upon  being 
protected against interruption.  A  pru­
dent  man  will not take a prescription to 
a drug store where there are  no  precau­
tions of  this nature.  Physicians will do 
well  to  make a special  point  of  recom­
mending drug stores  where the clerks at 
the  prescription  counters  are  screened 
from  observation  and  exempt from  in­
terruption.

B ogus  Castile  Soap.

From the New Tork Shipping: List.
One of  our friends  has shown us a bar 
of  white Castile  soap which is offered in 
i market in  lots as “Conti’s  White  Castile 
Soap.”  It has been sold to some of their 
customers,  and  returned  with 
the  re- 
I mark 
that  it  was  not  genuine.  The 
stamps are almost identical,  so that they 
would  deceive  any one  but  an  expert, 
but  the  color  and  smell  are  such that 
those accustomed  to  using  the  pure ar­
ticle  would  detect  the  difference.  We 
have  seen  the  two  kinds  together and 
have no hesitancy in saying  our  friends 
are correct in their surmise.

The Drug;  M arket.

Opium has again  advanced  and  tends 
I higher.  Morphia  is  as  yet  unchanged, 
but  will,  no  doubt,  be  advanced  soon.
| Quinine is unchanged for foreign brands. 
P.  & W.  have reduced their price 2 cents. 
Carbonate  of  ammonia  tends  higher. 
Aqua  ammonia  has  advanced.  Nitrate 
of  silver  has  advanced.  Spermacetti is 
lower.  Oil  bergammot  is higher.  Gum 
mastic has declined.

Uphill  B usiness  in  Russia.

The  publication  of  patent  medicine 
advertisements  is  combined  with  great 
difficulties in Russia,  and  tooth  powder,
| cosmetics,  medicated  soap  and  similar 
preparations  are  comprised  within  the 
category  of  patent  medicines.  The  ar­
ticle  must  be  submitted to the  medical 
| authorities, the  medical  censor  and the 
j general  censorship  bureau.  The  man- 
j ufacturer  has  to  give  bonds,  also.  On 
| the whole, the government  does  not  in­
tend  to  help  the  newspapers  to  much 
business of  that sort if  it can help it.

There  is  scarcely  a  druggist  in  this 
j country who does not get out in the fields 
j occasionally during  the summer months, 
j The city druggists  visit  the parks when 
| they cannot reach farther out in the fields 
| of nature.  The  country  druggists  are 
j more fortunate  and see a greater amount 
j of out-door life.  But how many of either 
class of pharmacists take  an  interest  in 
| the medicinal plants which  they  find  or 
| could  find growing in their vicinity?  Not 
| as many as  should,  at  any  rate.  There 
| are several  books  in  the  market which 
| describe our  indigenous drugs and phar- 
j macists will find it a pleasant pastime  to 
I study them up.

For  Medicine  Only.

In my little snug back shop.
My customers often take a drop;
Whisky with, or gin without,
Bass' ale or “old brown stout,”

For—medicinal purposes only.
My fountain has a special draught,
That to wink of eve is never daft.
“Oh, I don’t care,” or “the same's before,” 
Brings the real stuff, you may be sure,

For—medicinal purposes only.

A mortar hangs above my door,
But my graduate pays a great deal  more.
To pharmacy ethics I bid adieu,
I’m hère only for revenue,

For—a man can’t live on medicines only

Drugs and patents I sell at cost.
But on such sales there’s little lost,
The profits on these are very small,
As we do business scarce none at all ;

For—they’re medicines only.
True pharmacy may be all right;
On it I’m often called a blight.
A genuine pharmacist I own I’m not;
Education and science I call but rot;

For—they mean  medicine only.

I’m a Ph. D.  “a la saloon.”
No license sent me up in a baloon.
1 hired a man called a registered clerk,
Who didn’t, it seems, like regular work,

For—he couldn’t touch “medicines only.”

The boys all call me a jolly fellow.
At least, they do when a little mellow.
Their pocketbooks are doubly bled,
For they come next morn with an  aching  head, 

And—then they want medicines only.
May success attend such work as mine, 
Dispenser of gin and  “Medford wine.”
And when at last with life I’m through,
The devil will doubtless get his due 
Where—sulphur’s a medicine only.

A rrest o f  a.  Blackmailer.

The New  York  City Board of  Pharm­
acy has  been  quite  active the past  year 
in  prosecuting  violators  of  the  pharm­
acy law,  and has achieved a fair measure 
of  success.  Success  always  stimulates 
imitation,  and 
the  Board  last  month 
found  an  imitator  who  endeavored  to 
trade  upon its reputation.  One  Dunbar 
O’Neil  entered  a  drug  store  where  he 
found  a  clerk  who  is  not  a registered 
pharmacist.  After  asking  the  clerk  to 
put up a prescription  and  receiving  the 
medicine,  O’Neil  declared  that  he  was 
an agent of  the Board of  Pharmacy, and 
threatened to make  trouble for the clerk 
and his employer.  He  offered, however, 
to let the matter drop for $10.  The clerk 
paid  the  money and  told  his employer, 
who  communicated  with 
the  police. 
O’Neil  was arrested on a charge of black­
mail,  and a book containing the names of 
fifty drug clerks was found in his pocket.

The  Morphine  Habit.

A  victim of  the  reckless  use  of  mor­
phine in the practice of  medicine died at 
Baltimore the other  day.  He  was a per­
son of  good  character, a preacher of  the 
gospel.  He  became  addicted  to the use 
of  morphine while  under  treatment  for 
malarial  fever.  Because of  his  slavery 
to  the  habit  he  resigned from the min­
istry;  and  his  death  was  caused  by an 
overdose of  the  drug.  According to the 
statements of  reliable  persons,  cases of 
this  character  are  rapidly  multiplying; 
and  if  physicians  cannot  be  induced to 
be more  discreet in prescribing  the dan­
gerous  remedy, patients  should  be wise 
and refuse such treatment.

Eaton,  Lyon  &  Go.,

JOBBERS  OF

F is h in g   T a c k le , 

B a s e  B a lls  a n d  

S u p p lie s , 
C r o q u e t, 

H a m m o c k s , 

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

State  Agents  for  A.  J.  Reach  &  Co.'s 

Sporting  Goods.

Send  for  Catalogue.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

80  ft  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids

IF YOU i i  ™

------WRITE  TO------

C. W . Johnson &  Co., 

DRUGGISTS’  PRINTERS,

44 W est Earned St., DETROIT, MICH 

------FOB  CATALOGUE------

TH E Y CAN SA VE  YOU MONEY

Do  You  Observe  the  Law ?

If not, send $1 to

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

For their combined

LIQUOR i POISON  RECORD.

“THE  W EAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALUE.”

We still have in stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

P rep a red

P a in t.

MIXED  READY  FOR  USE.

Having sold  same  to  our  trade  for  over  ten 
years, we  can  say it  has  fulfilled the manufac­
turer’s guarantee.  Write  for  sample  card  and 
prices before making your spring purchases.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SOLE  AGENTS

P O L I S H  IN  A THEf™£LTURB

TOTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bow ne, President.

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

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

Transacts a general banking business.

M ake a  Specialty o f Collections.  Accounts 
of Country M erchants Solicited.
GXXTSBXTG ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
PECK BROS., WGRAND HApS»!*’

T H E  3SÆ O ST R E L I A B L E  P O O D
Infants and Invalids.
Lsed  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Ao< a medicine, but z steam» 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
f i l l  J stomach.  Take  no other.  Sold  by 
druggists.  In cans. 35c. and upward, 
• 
WOOLBICH ft CO. OH  every label.

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SUSPENDED!

J E T T I N E .

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold in 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after frees 
lng.  See quotation.  MARTELL BLACKING 
CO., Sole M anufacturers,  Chicago, n i.

T H E   M l C l ï l Q A J S r   T R A D E S M A N .

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Wholesale P rice  Current*

Advanced—Aqua Ammonia, Gum Opium, Oil Bergamont. 

Declined—Gum  Mastic, Spermacetti, Quinine P. & W.

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p a in t s. 

@  25  Lindseed,  boiled  —   65 
68
Seidlitz  M ixture........
“  18  Neat’s  Foot,  winter
Sinapis..........................
@  30 
strained..................   50 
69
“  opt....................
Spirits Turpentine—   46)4  52
Snuff,  llaccaboy,  De
35 
V oes.........................   @
lb .
35 
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 
Red  Venetian............... IK  2@3
13 
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .  12® 
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  IK  2@4
33
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®
“ 
Ber........ IK  2@3
Soda Carb..................   154®
Putty,  commercial —  2K  2)4@3
5 I
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............   @
“  strictly  pure.......2)4  2K©3
, 
Soda,  Ash...................... 3)4®
I
2  Vermilion Prime Amer­
®
Soda, Sulphas.............  
13®16 
ican .........................
55 
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®
80@82 
Vermilion,  English.
“  Myrcia  Dom.......
@2  00
T0@75 
@2 50 I Green,  Peninsular
“  Myrcia Im p........
I Lead,  red..................
@7* 
“ 
vini  Rect.  bbl
“  w h ite ............
@7K 
2  19)...........................
@70 
Whiting, white Span 
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
@90 
Whiting,  Gilders’ —
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
1  40
c liff............................
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints....................... 1  00@1  20

©2 ‘
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............... 2)4®  3)4
Roll...............  2)4® 3
Tam arinds............—  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae...............   50®  55
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph.

VARNISHES.

7®

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OILS.

Bbl.
Whale, w inter............  70
Lard,  extra.................  55
Lard, No.  1.................  45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  62

Gal
70
60
50
65

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

HAZBLTINB

&  PBRKINS 
DRUG

C O

Im porters  and  Jobbers  of

ACIDUM.

A ceticum .......................  
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  oo
Boracic 
...................... 
30
Carbolicum ...................  38®  42
C itricum ........................  50® 55
H ydrochlor.................... 
3®  5
Nitrocum 
.....................  10® 12
O xalicum ......................   11® 13
Phosphorium  d il........  
20
Salicylicum.......................1  40®1 80
Sulphuricum.................  
IK® 5
Tannicum..........................1  40®1 60
Tartaricum .....................  40® 42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg.................. 
5®  7
20  deg.................. 
J@  8
Car bo nas  ......................   11© J3
C hloridum ....................   13® 14

ANILINE.

Black 
Brown 
Red 
Yellow...............................2 50@3 00

........................ 3 00@2 25
..........................  80@1 00
...........................   45® 50

baccae.

Cubeae (po. 1  50..........1  60®1
Juniperus....................
Xantnoxylum ..............
balsamum.

Copaiba............  .........  ®°®  ®
P eru..............................  ^© 1  30
Terabin, C an a d a .......  35®  40
T olutan........................  4°©  45

cobtex.

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Cassiae  ..................................  Ji
Cinchona Flava  ................... 
)?
Euonymns  atropurp............
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............
Pranus Vlrglnl......................
Quillaia,  grd..........................  “
Sassafras  .............................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  w

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EXTBACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po............
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is...............
V4B..........
148..........
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia —
Citrate  S oluble.....  .. 
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure.............

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24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

@  15 
@3  50 
@  80 
®   50 
®  15 
2
l ‘/.@
©

FLO BA.

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FOLIA.

A rn ica.........................   JJj®
A nthem ls....................
Matricaria...............
Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
A lx. 
Salvia  officinalis,  Ks
and  )4s......................
Ura D isi........................

....................    13©  30
nivelly ......................   25®  28
mveiiy 
35®  50
10®
8©
®1 00 
®  90 
2d 
®   80 
3^ 
®  65
sifted sortB...  _ _ _
p o ...................  75@1  00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 

Acacia,  1st  picked....
....
....

GOMMI.

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“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @
“  Socotri,  (po.  60).  @

Catechu, Is, (V4s, 14 K8>
Ammoniae........ 25@
Assaicetida, (po. 30). -. 
Benzoinum...................  ¿0®
Cam phors.....................  50®
Bupnorbium  po  .........  35®
Galbanum....................   @3 uo
Gamboge,  po...............   80®
Guaiacum, (po.60)  ...  @  „
Kino,  (po.  25).............   ©   30
M astic.........................   @  52
Myrrh, (po  45)............  @  40
Opii.  (pc. 5 40)............4  ir@4 25
Shellac  .. 
35®  35
“ 
bleached........   2J@  35
T ragacanth.................   30®
HEBBA—In ounce packages.

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Absinthium ...........................   35
Eupatorium...........................   30
Lobelia....................................  35
M ajorum ................................
Mentha  Piperita...................  <«
“  V ir.  ........................   25
Rue..........................................
Tanacetum, V ........................  r i
Thymus,  V .............................  35

MAGNESIA.

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

OLEUM.

Cubebae.................... 14 00@14 50
Exechthitos.................  90@1  00
E rigeron...................... 1  20@1  30
G aultheria...................2  10@2  20
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
ossipii,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Uedeoma  ....................1  75®1  80
Juniperi..........................  50@2 00
L avendula....................   90@2 00
Lim onis........................1  50@1  80
Mentha Piper................2 40@3  50
Mentha Verid..............2 50@2  60
Morrhuae, gal...............   80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce.................  @ 50
O live............................. 1  C0@2  75
Picis Liquida,  (gal..35)  10@  12
K icini............................1  24@1  36
Rosmarin!.............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce...............  ©6 00
Succini.........................   40®  45
S abina.........................   90@1  00
Santal  ..........................3  50@7 00
Sassafras......................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce —   ®   65
Tiglii.............................  @1  50
T hym e.........................   40®  50
opt  .................  ©   60
Theobromas.................  15©  20

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POTASSIUM.

Bi Carb.........................   15®  18
Bichrom ate.................  13®  14
Bromide...................... 
37®  40
Carb..............................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 18).........  16@  18
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide........................... 2  80@2  90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  3i@  33 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ®  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N itras...............  
9
7® 
Prussiate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

RADIX.

A conitum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................  25®  30
A nchusa......................  15®  20
Arum,  po......................  ®  25
Calamus........................  20©  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10©  1
lychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)......................  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.................... 2 25®2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20®22).. 
IS©  20
Jalapa,  pr....................   40®  45
Maranta,  K s...............   @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
R h e i ...........................  75@1  00
cu t........................  @1  75
pv.........................   75®1  35
Spigelia........................  48©  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  ©  20
45 
Serpentaria...................  40®
50 
Senega.........................   45®
40 
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @
®
M 
20 
12
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10©
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
35 
®
dns,  po..............  —  
25 
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®
German...  15® 
20 
15 
Zingiber a ................ 
  10©
22©  25
Zingiber  ].

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Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is .......................  
4©  6
Carui, (po. 18).............. 
8©  12
Cardamon....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.................  10®  12
Cannabis Sati v a.......... 3)4@ 
4
Cydonium....................   75@1  00
Cnenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........2 00®2 25
Foeniculum.................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in i..  ......................... 4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4© 4)4
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
R ap a............................. 
6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............. 
8®  9

N igra............  11®

s f ib it u s . 
Frumenti, W., D.  Co

2 00@2 50 
1  75@2 00 
D. F. R. 
1  10@1  50 
1  75@1 
Juniperis  Co. O. T.
1  75®3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli.............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto...................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba..........................1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage..........................2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ..................
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .........................
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................

2 00 
1  10

1  40

SYRUPS.

A bsinthium ...................... 5 00®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarao— 8 00®8 25
A n isi.................................. 1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex..........   @2  50
Bergami!  .....................3 00@3  75
C aiiputi........................  90@1  00
Caryophylll.......................1  25®1 30
C ed ar...........................   35®  65
Chenopodi!.................  @1  75
Cinnam onli.......................1  40@1 50
C itronella....................  ®  75
Conium  Mac...............   35®  65
Copaiba  .......................1  20®1  30

A ccacia..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferri  Iod................................   50
Auranti  Cortes......................  SO
Rhei  Arom.............................  50
Similax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
Scillae.....................................   50
“  Co................................   50
T olutan..................................  50
Prunus  virg...........................   50

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85©3  10
Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 
S. N.  Y.  Q. & 
85©3  10
C. C o ......................... 2
@  40
Moschus  Canton........
70®  75
Myristica,  No. 1..........
Nux Vomica,  (po 20).. @  10
30®  32
Os.  Sepia......................
TINCTURES.
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. 
C o ............................. @2 00
60
Aconitum  Napellis R.
Picis  Liq, N.  C.,  54 gal 
@2 00
doz  ...........................
Aloes.........................................  60
@1  00
Picis Liq., q u a rts.......
and  m yrrh....................   60
@  70
p in ts..........
A rn ica.....................................   50
1  Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80) .. @  50
0
Asafcetida................................. 
1 Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22).. @  18
Atrope Belladonna.................  60
@  35
]  Piper Alba,  (po g5) —
Benzoin....................................  60
@  7
Pix  Burgun.................
Co...............................  50
14®  15
Plumbi A c et...............
Sanguinaria.............................  50
I  Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1 10@1  20
B arosm a..................................  50
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H 
Cantharides.............................  75
& P. D.  Co., doz....... @1  25
Capsicum ................................   50
I  Pyrethrum,  pv............ 30®  35
Cardamon................................   75
8®  10
1  Q.uassiae......................
Co.........................  75
39®  44
I  Quinia, S. P. & W .......
C astor.....................................1  00
27®  35
S.  German__
Catechu....................................  50
12®  14
Rubia  Tinctorum.......
C inchona................................   50
Saccharum Lactls pv.. @  30
Co.........................  60
Salacin......................... 1 80@2 00
Colum ba..................................  50
Sanguis  Draconls....... 40®  50
Conium ....................................  50
@4 50
Santonine  ..................
Cubeba.....................................   50
12®  14
Sapo,  W ........................
D igitalis..................................  50
S®  10
“  M.........................
Ergot.........................................  50
@  15
“  G .........................
G entian....................................  50
Co................................   60
G uaica.....................................   50
ammon.....................  60
Z ingiber..................................  50
Hyoscyamus...........................  50
Iodine.......................................   75
Colorless...................   75
Ferri  Chloridum.................   35
K in o .......................................  50
Lobelia....................................  50
M yrrh.....................................   50
Nux  Vomica.........................   50
O pii.......... .............................  85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deoaor.......................... 2 00
Auranti Cortex......................   50
Q uassia..................................  50
R h atan y .......... .....................   50
Rhei..  ....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co...............   50
Serpentaria...........................   50
Stromonium...........................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
V alerian................................   50
Veratrum Veride...................  50

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squibbs .

f. 
ground, 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F.
«*  4 P .
(po.

et Potass T.
Antifebrin...................
Argenti  Nitras, ounce 
Arsenicum ..................

Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)............
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ..............................
Capsici  Fructus, a f...
rp o .-
Caryophyllus,  (po.  20) 
Cannine,  No. 40..........
Cera Flava.......
Coccus ..............
Cassia Fructus.
Centraría..........
Cetaceum.........

26® 28
30® 32
2)4® 3)4
3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
55® 60
1  35® 1  40
@ 25
@ 75
5@ 7
38® 40
2  10@2 20
@ 9
@1 75
@ 22
@ 16
@ 14
15® 18
@3 75
50® 55
38© 40
@ 40
@ 20
© 10
® 45
50® 55
©1  00
1  50@1 75
20© 25
15® 20
4® 10
@ 60
© 50
@ 2
5® 5
8® 10
@ 8
35® 38
® 24
8® 9
10® 12
68® 70
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@ J
50® 55
12® 15
® 23
.  8  @ 9
@ 90
.  40® 6G
îr cent.
9® 15
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.  13® 25
.19)4® 25
@ 22
.  25® 40
@1 00 
@  88 
®1  10 
@1  20 
47®  57 
@  85
Hydrargyrum
Ichthyobolla, Am.......1  25® 1  50
Indigo.............................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl............3 75@3 85
Iodoform......................  @4  70
L upulin.........................   85@1 00
Lycopodium.................  55® 60
M acis.............................  80® 85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg lo d ..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinltis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Manuia,  S. F ................ 

Flake  White. 
G alla.............
Gelatin,  Cooper..
“ 
French... 
Glassware  flint,  1 
bybox62K less 
Glue,  Brown.......
G lycerins........
Grana Paradisi.
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite.. 
“  Cor  ...
Ox Rubrum 
Ammoniati. 
Unguentum. 

Cinchonidine, P.  &  W 
German 
Corks,  list,  dis.
cent  ...............
Creasotum .........
Creta,  (bbl. 75)..
“  prep..........
precip.......
“ 
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Crocus  ...............
Cudbear..............
Cupri Sulph.......
Ether Sulph...............
Emery,  all  numbers. 
po  .................

I K ) ....! ................  

 
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Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, UarnisliBs.

Sole  Agents  forothe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  Wines,  Bums.

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Oo. 

Henderson Comity, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Goara 
An orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we ie* 

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

toltine l Perkins Dnlg Bo.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

about it, I was homesick.  After  I  had 
partaken  of  a measly supper at the tav­
ern, I went  across  the  street  to  one of 
the stores. 
It  was  dimly  lighted with 
candles.  The  merchant  was 
clever 
enough in his  way, and much to my sur­
prise gave me an order.  Still I was dis­
gusted with the  town. 
It  was in me to 
say  something  and  it  had  to come out. 
As I was about to leave him,  I said: 
“How in the  world  do  you manage to 
live in such a God-forsaken hole  as  this
is?”
He said he managed to live  there  most 
of his life.  The  subject dropped and  I 
went back to  the  tavern.  Please  take 
notice that 1 do not use  the  word  hotel. 
On the following  morning,  the merchant 
came over to the  tavern,  and,  calling me 
to one side,  said:  “ How in the  world  is 
it that you  can  get  your  consent to ask 
anybody  in  such a God- forsaken hole as 
this  to  buy  your  goods,  and  you  will 
please cancel my order.”
I went out of that town with something 
a good deal  bigger  than a flea in my ear, 
and  ever  since  that time I have always 
bragged on  every town I went into.

PRODUCE  M ARKET.

25c.

bbl crate.

for evaporated.  The market  is fairly active.

and  hold  at  14c.
medium, $3.50.  Timothy, $1.60 per bu.

Apples—Dried, 6^6*4c for sun-dried and 10@llc 
Apples—Green,  75c per box.
Beans—Dry stock is  steady  commanding $1.85 
@12 for city hand-picked.
Beets—New, 30c per doz.
Butter—Not in shape to make  any  quotations.
Cabbages—Home  grown  stock,  $3.50  per  two 
Cheese—Full  cream  stock  commands  694@7c.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
Cucumbers—35c per doz.
Eggs—The market is steady.  Dealers pay  12c
Field  Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $3.50  per  bu.; 
Green Beans—Wax or string, 7 >c per bu.
Green Corn—15c per doz.
Maple  Sugar — 8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to 
Magle Syrup—75@8>c per gal.
Onions—Green, 12@15c  per  doz.  Southern, $3 
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—New  stock  is  still  higher, owing  to 
extremely  dry  weather  in  the  South, which is 
shortening the crop.  Dealers now hold  at  $3.50 
per bbl.
Raspberries—Black  are  still  in  market, com­
manding 10c per qt.
Radishes—15c per doz bunches.
Tomatoes—$1.50  for  four  basket  case, or  75c 
Watermelons—16@20c apiece.
Whortleberries—$2.75®$3 per bu.

for *4 bu. box

quality.

per bbl.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.........................................................   11  25
S h o rtcu t...........................................................  11  50
Extra clear pig, short  cu t...............................
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat back.................................................  12 00
Boston clear, short c u t...................................   12  50
Clear back, short cut.......................................  12 50
Standard clear, short cut. best.....  ..............  12 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage..........................................................7
Ham Sausage........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.....................................................9
Frankfort  Sausage.  ..........................................   8
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight...................................................5
Bologna,  thick.......................................................5
Headcheese.........................................................   5

l a r d—Kettle Rendered.

Tierces..............................................
Tubs...................................................
501b.  Tins........................................
l a r d—Family.
Tjprpps
30a n d 50lb."Tubs
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case....................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case....................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case....................
50 lb. Cans........................................
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................
Boneless, rump butts.......................................
sm o k e d   m e a t s—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................
16 lbs.......................................
12 to 14 lbs..............................
picnic....................................................
oest boneless........................................

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GJROCBRIBS.

The  Grocery  Market.

With  the  exception  of  sugar,  nearly 
everything in the  grocery line  is excited 
and advancing.  Sugar  has  declined 
during the  past  week, granulated being 
now  held  at  6%c.  Rice  is  nearly  2c 
above  low  water  mark, and  there  will 
probably be no change in the market un­
til the new  crop  makes  its  appearance, 
about  Sept. 1.  Prunes,  raisins  and  all 
kinds of  dried fruits are firmer.  Canned 
fruits have advanced  fully 10c per dozen 
during  the  past  week.  The  California 
shippers,  packers  and  dryers  are  wild 
and  paying  unheard-of  prices.  Owing 
to  the  ability to dispose of  the  fruit  in 
the  green  state,  and  the  quick railroad 
facilities, the green fruit men are able to 
pay the highest prices.  Until the season 
advances a little, it  will be impossible to 
say what the  outcome  will be as regards 
prices, but all packers  have participated 
in 
the  feeling  and  advanced  quota­
tions.  Oatmeal  has  advanced  25c  per 
barrel.  Cheese  is  higher, on account of 
the dry weather,  which  is  cutting  short 
the output of  the factories.

Dull.

Wool  W eaker—Hides  Firm—Tallow 

Wools remain in the same  lifeless con­
dition,  awaiting  the  movement of goods 
or something  that  will  place  the  man­
ufacturer where  he  can  get  his  money 
back by spinning  and  weaving  it.  All 
purchases West are at a loss on the pres­
ent market, or the future outlook.  Buy­
ers in the  country have  only themselves 
to blame for this state of affairs,  as there 
was  nothing  in  the  Eastern  market or 
advised  by  commission  men, or  compe­
tition  from  the  East, to make the prices 
paid  necessary. 
It  was  strictly  home 
and  local  strife, w hich  they all pay for. 
Wools are lower  East, with  small  sales, 
which  cannot  be  made  only on conces­
sions.

Hides  are  firm  and  advancing  from 
scarcity in  light  stock.  The  demand is 
good  and  tanners  are  forced to pay the 
advance to  obtain stock,  as dealers  have 
but few and  are  indifferent sellers,  with 
numerous inquiries.

Tallow is dull  and  slow  of  sale,  with 

fair offerings.

P.  o f  I.  Gossip.

Two more dealers have quit the P. of I. 
—J.  G.  Runyan,  of  Hastings, and  J.  N. 
Covert, of Carlton Center.

Lowell  Journal:  ‘‘Did  anybody  say 
M. B.  Devine, of  Belding, was a chump ? 
I guess  not.  He  contracted  to  handle 
the P. of  I.  wool  for  one  cent a pound 
commission.  One day last week he made 
$800  and  before  the  season is over  his 
profits  will  be  $5,000.  No  money  in­
vested,  no  risks  to  run,  nothing  but 
profits.  He gathers them in.”

A Reliable House.

The advertisement of  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  Fruit  and  Produce Co.  was uninten­
tionally  omitted  in  last  week’s  paper. 
The  house is still  doing  business at the 
old  stand  and  Manager  Metzger  an­
nounces  that he is better  prepared  than 
ever  before 
to  serve  his  numerous 
patrons.

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas,  spices, etc., see  J.  P.  Visner, 
17 Hermitage block. Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co.,  New  York 
City. 

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The  Counter Display.

From  th e N ational Grocer.

Most grocers display  rather  too  much 
than too little on their counters, and thus 
lose for themselves  the practical returns 
which  a  proper  display  always  gives. 
Goods properly shown in  this  way  have 
the merit of attracting at once the eye of 
the  permanent  as  well  as the transient 
customers.  It is a case in which “infinite 
variety  does  stale,”  and  in  which  too 
many articles  piled  together  cause  the 
eye to lose the distinct individualities  of 
goods which at once arise the purchasing 
instinct of the customer.
Goods which you exhibit on  the  coun­
ter should be always  of  that kind which 
are not thoroughly familiar to every one, 
and should be seasonable.  For instance, 
to  elaborately  exhibit  canned  tomatoes 
and  corn  starch,  we  should  consider a 
waste of  very  good  space,  since  every 
one  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  these 
articles,  and knows all about them.
Suppose,  however,  you  make  an  ex­
hibit  of  jams  and  marmalades, we will 
say, goods with  which  the  public is not 
thoroughly  familiar.  You  then  place 
within  the  reach  of  timid  persons,  the 
opportunity  of 
thoroughly  examining 
articles,  with which  they, perhaps,  have 
no  speaking  acquaintance.  There  are 
many people who do not like to ask to be 
shown  goods,  who, however,  are  often 
good customers in possibility. 
It  is  so 
with many other articles which  the  gro­
cer carries  in  stock,  but away up on the 
shelves  where  his  customers cannot get 
at them very well.
Of course, this display does  not  reach 
the outside public, but as far as  it  goes, 
it  is,  outside  of  his  windows,  the best 
medium  of  selling  goods  that he has at 
his command.  It ought to be used for all 
that it is worth, and its  value  improved 
by attention.
The  next  important  point  to  be  ob­
served is that change in the display shall 
be  frequently  made.  As  soon as your 
customers have  thoroughly absorbed one 
display,  give »them  another.  A grocer 
said  to  the  writer: 
“I have sold more 
goods through my counter display than I 
ever  did 
through  my  programme  or 
church fair advertisements,  and it  never 
cost a cent  extra,  while  the  advertising 
cost a great  deal. 
I  have a head clerk 
who  needs  only a  hint  to  arrange  the 
counter so that it strikes the eye of every 
one who comes in,  and sells  the  goods.”
This is  practical  sense  and we give it 
to show  just  how  and  why the counter 
display is important.  Those of our read­
ers  who  have  been a  little  careless  in 
this  respect  should  brush up and put a 
new look on the counter.

Mackerel  on the  Pacific  Coast.

The decline in the  mackerel  catch  on 
our  Atlantic  coast  is  met  by  the  an­
nouncement  of  the  establishment  of  a 
mackerel 
industry  on  the  California 
coast.  An  enterprising  jobber  of  Los 
Angeles, according to the  Times  of  that 
city, saw the opening  which  existed and 
began  catching  mackerel  off  Catalina 
Island and salting them, as is done at the 
East.  The  twenty barrels  put  up were 
utilized as samples,  and  made  such  an 
impression that rt was determined to put 
up a supply for the trade this  year.  The 
season’s pack  already has commenced at 
Catalina,  and it promises to be very suc­
cessful.  The  only  trouble  with  the 
fishes  is  an  embarrassment  of  riches. 
The  schools of  fish  encountered  are  so 
vast  that it is impossible  to  draw  a net 
around one,  and,  as  only a portion is in­
cluded in the sweep,  they get  started  on 
a run like a flock of sheep, and the major 
portion  escape.  When a small school is 
encountered the seining is  more success­
ful.  This season’s pack will be from 500 
to 1,000 barrels of fish,  and it is expected 
to supply orders  as far  east  as  Denver, 
and  possibly Kansas City.  The  fish are 
said  to  be  very  fine, ranking  with  the 
imported brand.

A  Drummer  Cuts  His  Eye  Teeth.
From the Chicago Tribune.
’Gene Smith, traveling  salesman for  a 
I 
wholesale hat store,  tells  this  story: 
am  older  now than I was when I started 
out on the road about five years  ago. 
I 
arrived, one night, on my first  trip,  at  a 
small town in Wisconsin.  To be honest

Breakfast Bacon, boneless......................
Dried beef, ham prices............................
Long Clears, heavy.................. .'..............
Briskets,  medium....................................
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F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whitefish....................................................
smoked.......................................
T rout............. .............................................
H alibut.......................................................
Ciscoes........................................................
Fairhaven  Counts...................................

o y s t e r s—Cans.

8 *9*4
6
6
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©   8 © 7*4 
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@35

FRESH  MEATS.

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@ 7*4

Swift and Company quote as follows :
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hindquarters..................................  6  @ 7
fore 
loins, No. 3......................................  @  9
ribs.................................................  
rounds.............................................   @ 6
tongues............................................  @10
Hogs.............................................................. 5  @  5*4
Bologna........................  ...........................   ©  5
Pork loins...................................................  @ 8
shoulders..........................................   @ 6
Sausage, blood  or bead...........................   @ 5
©  5
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@ 8
M utton........................................................ 
© 8
Veal.............................................................  5*4©  6

liver...............  
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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows :

STICK  CANDY.

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Standard,  per  lb ...................................
H .H ..........................................
T w is t.......................................
Cut  L oaf................................................
Assorted  Cream  ...................................
Extra H. H .............................................
Standard, per lb ........................  ..........
Leader......................................................
Royal........................................................
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E xtra............................. 
English  Rock.........................................
Conserves...............................................
Broken.....................................................
Cut Loaf..................................................
French Creams.......................................
Valley  Creams.....................................
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops..........................................
Sour D rops.............................................
Peppermint Drops.................................
Chocolate Drops.....................................
H. M. Chocolated Drops.........................
Gum Drops.............................................
Licorice Drops........................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................
Lozenges, plain......................................
printed................................ .
Imperials.................................................
Mottoes...................................................
Cream B a r...........................................
Molasses  B ar..........................................
Caram els.................................................
Hand Made  Creams..............................
Plain Creams..........................................
Decorated Creams................................
String  Rock..........................................
Burnt Almonds.....................................
Wintergreen  Berries...........................
Lozenges, plain, in  pails....................
printed, in pails.................
Chocolate Drops, in pails....................
Gum Drops, in pails.............................
Moss Drops, in pails..............................
Sour Drops, in pails..............................
Imperials, in pails........................  ....
Rodi, choice, 200..................................
300....................................

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

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Messina, choice, 360.........................

50-lb.  “ 

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“ 
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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers.... 
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“  choice, 7 lb ...................................
Dates, frails, 50 lb ................................
*4 frails, 50 lb ...........................
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NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona...........................
Ivaca................................... .
California.............................
Brazils....................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble......................... ’ ’
California..........................
Pecans, Texas, H. P ..............................
Cocoanuts.............................  .
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H. P., Suns...............................
..............
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game C ocks..............
Roasted...
Fancy, H. P., Stags..............................
“  Roasted.................
10 
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“  Roasted................
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Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz__  

141b. 
lib. 
141b. 
1 lb. 
BATH  BRICK.

BAKING  POWDER.
M lb. 
6 oz. 
K lb. 
12 oz. 
lib . 
51b.

English, 2 doz. in case..
Bristol,  2  “ 
American. 2 doz. in case
BLUING.
Mexican,  4 oz..........
g  oz..........
16  oz...........
BROOMS.

E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods
Frazer’s ..................................$3 40
Aurora....................................  1 75
Diamond................................  1 80
Thepure, 10c packages.  .. .81  20
1  56
2 28 
2 76
4  20
5 40 
.26  CO
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
Absolute, 14 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
141b. 
50s  .10 00
lib . 
50s.. 18 75
75
H lb.  “ 
2  “  ....  1  50
1 lb.  “ 
1  “  ....  3 00
20
bulk........................... 
Our Leader, !4lb.  cans....... 
45
....... 
90
.......  1  60
Telfer’s,  14 lb. cans, doz.. 
45
“  .. 
85
“  ..  1  50
80 
75 
70 
Dozen 
30 
60 
90
Ho. 2 H url.............................  1  75
2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet........................... 2  25
No. 1 
“ 
2  50
Parlor Gem.............................2 75
Common W hisk..................  
90
Fancy 
...................  1  20
M ill.........................................3  25
Warehouse.............................2 75
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   10
Star,  40 
Paraffine..............................   11
Wicking................................  25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ..............2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  15 
....1  95
“ 
21b. 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  75
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2 65
“ 
1 lb.  Star................. 2  25
“ 
2  lb. Star................. 3 65
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 00
“ 
1 lb.  stand..............1  20
“ 
2  lb. 
2 00
“ 
3 lb. in M ustard.. .2 85
“ 
3 lb.  soused............2 85
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  65@2  00 
1 lb.  A laska..1  25@1  60
“ 
Sardines, domestic  14s......... 
5
“ 
14s........ ®  9
“  Mustard 14s..........   @ 9
imported  !4s.. .1014@16
“ 
“ 
spiced,  14s............ 
10
Trout, 3 lb. brook............ 
2  60
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand..........3  50
Blackberries,  stand..............1  10
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, stand  @2  10
seconds..........  @2 00
“ 
“  P ie ............................. 160
Pears....................................... 1  25
Pineapples,  common.. 1  10@1  50 
Johnson's.2  50@2 75
Q uinces..................................1  00
Raspberries,  extra................1  75
red.................... 1  40
Strawberries................ 1  15@1 35
Whortleberries......................  75

CANNED GOODS—Fish.

CANDLES
“ 

...............   914

“ 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand..............  80
“  Green  Limas—   @1  35
“ 
Strings...............  @  80
“  Stringless,  E rie...........  80
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.........  90
“  Morn g Glory.  90
“ 
“ 
Early Golden.  90
“ 
Peas, French..........................1  68
“  extra m arrofat...  @1  25
soaked...........................  80
“ 
“ 
June, stand..................1  40
“  sifted........... 1  65@1 85
“ 
“  French, extra fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden  @1  50 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash....................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  00
Good Enough  @1  00 
BenHar  ...  @1  10
stand  br___  @  95
Snider’s, 14 pint.....................1  35

CATSUP.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

p in t....................  
2 30
quart.............................3 50

CHEESE.

“ 

Fancy Full  Cream —   714© 8 
Good  “ 
....  @ 7
Part Skimmed............   5  @ 6
Sap  Sago..................... 19  ©20
E d a m ...........................  @1  00
Rubber, 100 lumps................. 30
Spruce, 200 pieces..................40
Bulk........................................6
R ed.........................................   714

CHEWING  GUM.
200 

CHICORT.

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COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

coffee—Green.

@21
.21 @22
@23
@24
23 @24
22 @23
23 @24
.24 @26
27 @30
22 @24
26 @28

CHOCOLATE— BAKER’S.
22
German Sweet.............. 
 
Premium............................. 
35
38
Pure..................................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa...............  
40
Broma.................................. 
37
Bulk............................... 4  @414
Pound  packages............  @7
Valley City........................... 
80
F elix.....  ............................  l  10
Rio, fair...................
“  good.................
“  prime...............
“  fancy,  washed
“  golden.............
Santos......................
Mexican & Guatema
Java,  Interior........
“  Mandheling
Peaberry.................
Mocha, genuine__
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add He. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola.........................  ".......2454
in cabinets................25*4
M cL aughlin’s  X X X X __ 25*4
Lion  ............................ 
25*4
in cabinets.................. 26
Durham...............  ............... 25
Cotton,  40 f t ..........per doz.  1  35
1  50
1  75
2  00 
2 25
90 
1  10
Eagle.
7 50
Anglo-Swiss...............6 00@  7  60

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft.
60 ft.
70 f t .......... 
“
“
80 f t .......... 
60 f t .......... 
“
“
72 ft- ........  
CONDENSED MILK.

“ 

“ 

COUPONS.
“Superior.”

 

 

 
 

 
 
 

“
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38

8@14

dried fruits—Prunes.

 
10 
..............20 
CRACKERS.
“ 

 
“  “ 
“  “ 
 
 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“Tradesman.”
 
“ 
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“  “ 
“  “ 
 
“  “ 
 

S  1. per  hundred...............   2  50
$2, 
$5, 
*10, 
*20, 
..................  6 00
*  1, per  hundred.................  2 00
*2, 
*5, 
*10, 
*20, 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.  ..........  5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter...................  7H
Seymour 
5H
Butter....................................... 5H
“  family...........................  5H
“  biscuit.........................   6H
Boston.....................................  7H
City Soda................................  7*4
Soda........................................   6
S. Oyster ............. 
 
5H
City Oyster, XXX...................  5H
Shell................................  
  6
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure..........................  
Grocers’............................. 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  @ 6
evaporated__   @10
“ 
Apricots, 
“  —   @19
—  5  @ 6
Blackberries “ 
Nectarines  “ 
Peaches 
“ 
 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
Turkey.........................   6J4@  6H
Bosnia...........................  @ 7H
California....................10  @11
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum ...........................   @23
In boxes...........................  @25
Zante, in  barrels........   @  554
in less quantity  6  @  6J4 
Valencias.........................  @ 9
Ondaras........................  @11H
Sultanas...........................  @10
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  2 75@3 00
London  Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.l  90@2 25 
K egs............................................5 25
Half  kegs....................................2 88
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs.............   04
Hominy,  per  bbl........................3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box —   60
imported.......  @  9H
Pearl  Barley...............   @  2)4
Peas, green......................  @1 00
“  spilt..........................  @ 3
Sago,  German.................   @ 6
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l ... 
6@ 7
Wheat,  cracked..........   @ 5
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60 
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole...................5  @  6*4
“  boneless.................6H@ 8
H alib u t...................... 
@  9H
2 90 
Herring,  round, H bbl.
2 75 
“ 
gibbed.............
12 00
“  Holland,  bbls.
Scaled  ........   .  @  20
“ 
12 00 
“ 
“  12  lb k it..130
.1  20
“  10 
“ 

40
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, H  bbl 
“ 

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Raisins.

dried fruits—Citron.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

GUN  POWDER.

kegs, new  @

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Trout,  H  bbls.............   @4  50
“  10  lb.  kits..................   60
White,  No. 1, H bbls..  @6 00
“ 
“ 
121b. kits........100
101b. kits........  80
“ 
“ 
“ 
Family,  H  bbls........ 2 75
kits...............   50
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HERBS.

JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Sage.........................................9
Hops.......................................14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6 
Chicago  goods......................  4
No.  ... 
30
............. 
40
No. 1....................................... 
No. 2......................................  
50
Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz................1  25
No. 9  sulphur.......................2 00
Anchor  parlor......................1 70
No. 2 home............................1  10
Export  parlor.......................4 00
20
Black  Strap........................ 
Cuba Baking...................... 
24
Porto  Rico.........................  
30
New Orleans, good............ 
24
choice........  
30
fancy..........  
42
One-half barrels, 3c extra

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LTE.

“ 
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“ 
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“ 
“ 

OIL.

PICKLES.

ROLLED  OATS

H b b l............ 

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, B arrels..............4  50
Half barrels.......2 50
Cases........ 2  15@2  25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @4  50
Half bbls..  @2 50
Cases........ 2  15@2 25
Michigan  Test......................  9H
Water W hite..........................10*4
Medium................................@9 50
3 00
“ 
5  25
4 00
Small,  bbl.............................. 11 00
5 00
“  H  bbl............................ 6 00
Clay, No.  216...........................1 75
“  T. D. full count............  75
2 50
Cob, No.  3 ................................1 25
3 00
4 00
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  8
5 00
Carolina head..........................6H
No. 1..........................5*4

“ 
“  No. 2..................5H@
“  No. 3.........................
Japan, No. 1.............................6H
“  No. 2............................. 5H

PRESERVES.

PIPES.

RICE.

SNUFF.

Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in ja rs................35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

SOAP.

 

 

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

3  “ 

  2 50

SAL  SODA.

spices—Whole.

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

Allen  B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior............................  
3 30 I
Queen  Anne...............................3 85
German  Fam ily...................
Mottled  German...................3 00
Old  German................................2 70
IT. S. Big  Bargain...................... 2 00
Frost, Floater.............................3 75
25
Cocoa  Castile  ......................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy............3  36
Happy Family,  75...................... 2 95
Old Country, 80..................... 3 30
Una, 100..................................3 65
15
Bouncer, 100..........................3  15
10
Kegs....................................  
154
30
Granulated,  boxes................. 2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......  2 50
Hand 
Snider’s  Tomato.................. 2 40
Allspice...-..............................10
Cassia, China in mats........   8
Batavia in bund___15
Saigon in rolls........ 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 22
Zanzibar................... 16
Mace  Batavia........................80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
“  No.  1........................75
“  No.  2........................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16 
“ 
w hite...  .26
shot..........................20
“ 
spices—Ground- In Bulk.
Allspice.................................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
“  .  and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon.....................42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 26
“ 
Zanzibar.................. 20
Ginger, African.....................12H
“  Cochin......................15
“ 
Ja m a ic a .................18
Mace  Batavia........................ 90
Mustard,  English................. 22
“ 
and T rie..25
“  Trieste......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
“ 
w hite........30
“  Cayenne................... 25

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“ 

“ 

“ 
SUGARS.

“ 

Cut  Loaf......................  @ 1%
C ubes...........................  @654
Powdered.................... ‘  @ 7
Standard  Granulated.  @654
Fine............  @ 654
Confectioners’ A ........   @ 6%
White Extra  C............  @ 6
Extra  C........................  @  554
C ....................................  @ 5H
©  5*4
Yellow  .

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Mixed bird........
.......4)4® 6
Caraway.............
.................  9
Canary...............
.................354
Hemp...................
.................3)4
Anise...................
.................  8
R ape...................
.................  6
Mustard.............
.................7)4
Common Fine per bbl.......90@95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.......  27
28  pocket................................ 1  90
60 
................................2  00
100 
Ashton bu. b a g s.................  75
Higgins  “ 
...................  75
Warsaw “ 
...................  35
...................  20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases___1 50
28-lb sacks  25
50
56-lb 
60  pocket.2  25
28 
.2  10
barrels..  .1  75
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. ,5H
Dwight’s Com.......................... 5H
Taylor’s ....................................514
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf..............5H
p ure........................... 5H
Our Leader...........................  5
Corn,  barrels...................... @27
one-half  barrels__ @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl................. 26@35
“ 
half barrel__ 28@37

“ 
“ 
H bu  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
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SALERATUS.

SYRUPS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............  
Sugar  Creams.............. 
Frosted  Creams..........  
Graham  Crackers....... 
Oatmeal  Crackers__  
SHOE  POLISH.

8
8H
8
8
8

^ettine, 1 doz. in  box.............. 75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F a ir................................14  @16
Good.............................. 18  @22
Choice.............................24  @29
Choicest.........................32  @38
F a ir................................14  @15
Good.............................. 16  @20
Choice............................ 24  @28
Choicest.........................30  @33

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

GUNPOWDER.

F a ir..............................   @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

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to  fair............ 18  @26
Superior to  fine............30  @40

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

F a ir................................ 25  @30
Choice.............................30  @35
B est................................ 55  @65
Tea  Dust.......................   8  @10

OOLONG.

Common to  fair............ 25  @30
Superior to  fine............30  @50
Fine to choicest............55  @65

SODA.

B oxes......................................5)4
Kegs, English.........................4£

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

H iaw atha....................  
Sweet  Cuba................. 
Our Leader............ 
tobaccos—Plug.

63
36
35

Jas. G.  Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good....................  38
Double Pedro  ...  ...................35
Peach  Pie  ................................ 36
Wedding  Cake, blk................. 35
“Tobacco” .................................37

2 25

tobacco—Shorts.

Our  Leader............................... 15

tobaccos—Smoking.

Our  Leader............................16
Hector..................................... 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz......................32
4  oz...................... 31
16  oz...................... 32
VINEGAR.

40 g r........................................   6H
50 gr...........................................7H

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P A P E R  & W O O D E N W A R I 

PAPER.

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol

lows:
S traw ....................................... 150
“  Light  W eight............... 200
S u g ar....................................... 180
H ardw are................................ 2H
B akers......................................2H
Dry  Goods...............................6
Jute M anilla........................... 8
Red  Express  No. 1............  5
No. 2..............4

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TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton........................ —   25
Cotton, No. 1........................ 22
“  2........................ 18
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
No. 5 H em p..........................18
No. 6  “ ...................................17
W ool................... 
8

 
WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1...........................  8  00
“  No. 2.............................7  00
“  No. 3.............................6  00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1 50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
55
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
40
b ushel..................   1  50
“  with covers  1  90 
willow cl’ths, No.l  5  75 
“ 
No.2 6 25
No.3 7 25
“ 

Baskets, m arket................... 

“ 
“ 
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4  25
“ 

No.3 5 00

splint 

“ 

GRAINS and FEED STU FF8 
wheat.  New. Old.
W hite...........................  82 
84
Red..............................  
84
82 
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted..................................  1  15
Granulated.........................   1  3j

MEAL.

FLOUR.

Straight, in sacks..............   4  60
“ 
“  barrels.............  4 80
“  sacks..............   5  60
Patent 
“  barrels............   5 80
“ 
40

N o.l  ................................... 

RYE.

MILLSTUFFS.

Bran..........................................  13 00
Ships.........................................  13 00
Screenings..............................   12 00
M iddlings................................  14 no
Mixed  Feed.............................  16 60
Coarse meal.............................  16 50
Small  lots...........................  44
Car 
“  ...........................   42
Small  lots...............................45
Car 
“  ...............................42

c o r n.

OATS.

b a r l e y .

N o .l..................................... 
1  10
N o.2 ....................................   1  06
No. 1..........................................   H CO
No.2..........................................  10 00

HAY.

HIDES.

H ID ES,  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows:
G reen............................   5 @ 6
Part Cured....................  5 @  6*4
Full 
6  @ 7
Dry..................................  6 @  8
Kips, g re e n .....................  @ 6
“  cured.......  ........   6  @ 7
Calfskins,  green  .......  4  @ 6
cured..........  5 @  7
Deacon skins................. 10 @25

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No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS.

Shearlings................... 10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Washed..............................20@28
U nw ashed...................... 10@20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow  .......................   3  @ 4
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Switches......................  1V4@  2
Ginseng 
..................2 no@? 75

LU BRICA TIN G   OILS. 
The  Ilogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

follows:
Extra W S Lard Oil.. .53  @58
“  N o .l....................45  @50
“  No. 2....................35  @40
PureN eatsfoo..........  52  @60
Harness  Oil...................40 @50
W Va  Summer............7)4@12
“  Medium  Winter.  8  @12
15 Cold Test..................   9 @13
Z e ro ...............................10 @14
Old Reliable  Cylinder  @65 
600 Mecca 
“ 
.  @50
Anti-monopoly  “ 
. .35  @40
Corliss Engine  O il__   @40
Golden Machine  Oil.. 18  @25 
Mower and Reaper Oil25  @30 
Castor Machine  Oil.. .25  @30 
Boiled Linseed Oil 
.63  @65
Michigan W W ............  @10
Turpentine....................46 @51
N aptha...........................  8 @12
Gasoline......................... 9)4@14
Castor Oil,  Pure.......*1  26@1  30
“  M ineral__ 30  @35
“  Distilled ..*1  10@1  25

R E M E M B E R
BUNOLA

T U A  T

Is  b e tte r   and  costs  less* 

than  m ost 

package  coffees.

IOO-POUND  CASES,  24  3-4;  IOO-CABINETS,  25  1-4.

FOR SALE  BY  ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS  JOBBERS

REMOVAL Already  and  within  a  year’s  time,  our 

business  has  grown  to  such proportions as 
to demand  larger  quarters,  which we have

secured at 46 Ottawa St.,  where we shall be pleased to see our friends in the future. 
Net weights and fine goods tell the tale.  Be sure to give them a trial.

A .  E .  B R O O K S   &  C O .

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T H E   ] \ n C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

N E W  

J A P A N   T E A !   T

We shall receive by  S. V.  "Henry  Failing,”  via  Tacoma,

due  in 

Detroit  about  August  1st,

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300 Hf. chests
270
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275
240
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M I C H I G A N . 

59,  61  and  63  JEFFERSON  AVENUE,

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In terestin g   Item s  from  Clio.

The Clio brick clay deposit—one of the 
best in the State—is about to be utilized.
A short time ago a large quantity of clay 
was  taken  to  a  neighboring  town  and 
converted into brick,  with the most satis­
factory results. 
It is  understood  that a 
well-equipped  yard will soon be in oper­
ation.
The Bortle’s  brick block,  a fine  build­
ing with a frontage of  90 feet,  is rapidly 
nearing  completion. 
It  will  be a much 
needed  addition to the business facilities 
of the place.
N. W. Mann, general dealer,  and Wm. 
H.  Davis, furniture  dealer,  narrowly es- I 
caped serious  loss by fire on the night of 
the 16th.  Late at  night  dense  volumes 
of  smoke were seen issuing from Mann’s 
store,  while  the  odor  of  burning  wood 
filled the air.  Although  the  hour  was 
late,  11  o’clock,  only  a  few  minutes 
elapsed after  the alarm was given before 
the  engine  was  pouring  a  stream  of 
water into the buildings.  This prompti­
tude  of  action  on  the  part  of  the fire 
company  prevented  a  most  disastrous 
conflagration,  and has  largely increased 
the satisfaction with  which the  average 
citizen  contemplates  our  facilities  for 
protection against fire.

The Business Men’s  Association is en­
joying a quiet  rest. 
It is not  dead,  but 
sleeping. 
It  will  wake  up  in  time  to 
attend en masse the  State convention  at 
East  Saginaw,  where,  it  is  hoped, our 
old time enthusiasm will be revived.

Business is  improving  under  the  ex­
cellent  prospects for  an  abundant  har­
vest.  With  the  possible  exception  of 
wheat,  crops  are at present in most  ex­
cellent condition.  The  elevator firms of 
Putnam & Mauk  and  F.  L.  Mark <fc Co., 
the  general  produce  and  hay  dealers, 
Mauk & Hanmer,  and the  proprietors of 
the  roller  mills,  W.  Harris  & Co.,  are 
making  great  preparations  for  the fall 
trade  which they are anticipating.  The 
presence  here  of  such  active  concerns 
makes competition brisk and a market as 
chock full  of  enterprise  as  any  in  the 
State.

T h e   Mic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n   has  no 
more  appreciative  a  constituency  in 
It is taken 
Michigan than it has in Clio. 
by  nearly  every  business  firm  in  the 
place and  grows in popularity with each 
issue.
The Clio cheese factory—I.  M. Beeman 
&  Son  and  May  Bros.,  proprietors—is 
doing  a  large  business. 
About  800 
pounds of  a first-class full cream  cheese 
are  made  daily  and  find  a  ready  sale 
The  proprietors  advance  40  cents  a 
hundred  the  middle  of  each  month for 
milk delivered the preceding  month—an 
arrangement  highly  satisfactory  to  the 
patron.  About $750 was  paid  out  July 
15, in accordance with this plan.

6 doz. in box.

Hastings—The Michigan Whip Co.  has 
increased its  capital  stock from  $10,000
to $15,000.__________________________
C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e
No. 0 Sun...........................................................
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No. 2  “  ...........................................................
T ubular......................................... 
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LAMP  BURNERS.

40
45
60
75

•  LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

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Pearl top.

La Bastic.

First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun.......................................  .................
No. 1  “  ...........................................................
No. 2  “  ...........................................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................
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No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled..................
No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................
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No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per'doz........................................
No. 2 
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Butter Crocks, per gal................................... .
Jugs, H gal.,5per doz.......................................
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Milk Pans, H gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)__
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90c).  ..

1 
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Mason’s, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps.
Pints.....................................................................$ 8  00
Quarts.................................................................   8 50
Half-gallons.......................................................   11 60

1  75 
1  88
2 70
2 25
2 40
3 40
.2  60 
.2 80
3 80
.3 70
4 70 
A  70
.1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35 
.1  60
06* 
75 
90 
1  80 
65 
78

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

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FRUIT  JABS.

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Above quotations are f. o. b.

THEPURE  Baking  Powder Company,

A l b a n y ,  N.  Y.

Manufacturers of the purest and  best  baking  powder  in  the  world 
and  the  only baking powder company that tries  to pursue a “live  and  let 
live”  policy  and  insure  both  wholesale  and  retail  distributors  a  fair 
compensation for their services.

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

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TIME  TABLES.

A  SCIENTIFIC  TEST.

T H E P U R E  a h ea d  o f all,

The Nine  England  Grocer  recently  decided  to  test 
the statement  of  the  Royal  Raking  Powder  Co., that 
their  powder  would  “retain  its  full  leavening  power 
until  used,”  while  “other  brands  lose  their  strength 
quickly after the can  is once opened.”

The publisher  of  the  Grocer employed Dr.  Bennett F.  Davenport,  a 
prominent  analytical  chemist  of  Boston  and  analyst  for  the  State  of 
Massachusetts, to  make  an  examination  of  the  three  leading  cream of 
tartar baking powders—Royal, Cleveland’s and THEPURE.

The result is as follows:

O f f ic e   o f  Dr.  BENNETT  F.  DAVENPORT,  A n a l y t ic a l   Ch e m is t,  )
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161  T remont St r e e t,  Boston,  Mass.,  June 12,  1890. 

This is to certify that at the request  of  the  New  England Grocer I purchased 
in  open  market,  May  22,  1890,  fresh,  original,  unopened cans of the Royal, Cleve­
land’s and Thepure Baking Powder, and have carefully tested them as to the claims 
of the Royal that theirs  “will  retain  its  full  leavening  power until used,”  while 
some other brands “lose their strength quickly after the can is once opened.”
When first opened  THEPURE was found to be the strongest,  yielding 8.33 per 
cent, more leavening gas than  the Royal,  and 3.62  per cent, more than Cleveland’s. 
The open cans were then  under  one bell glass exposed to light and air in my office 
window,  and at intervals  of  one,  two and three weeks retested, and found to still 
rank in the same order.  At the last test,  however,  THEPURE was 13.39 per cent, 
stronger than  the Royal,  and 2.92 per cent,  stronger than Cleveland’s.

Respectfully submitted, 

BENNETT  F.  DAVENPORT.

I have made a careful examination of THEPURE  Baking Powder and found  it 
to be composed only of  a very pure grape cream tartar and soda bicarbonate,  com­
pounded in the right proportions to yield the  greatest  volume  of  gas,  mixed  with 
sufficient fine wheat flour to prevent caking. 
It yields 14.1  per  cent,  by  weight  of 
leavening gas,  and an ounce of it,  if tested at the temperature of  the interior  of  a 
baking loaf  (212 deg.  F.),  would yield 170.61  cubic inches of gas.

Respectfully submitted, 

BENNETT  F.  DAVENPORT.

The  amount  of  leavening  gas  (the most important indication of the 
efficiency  of  Baking  Powder as an aerating agent)  as shown by the  Gov­
ernment  test  of  Royal,  which  they  make  so much fuss about, is  12.14, 
while  Cleveland’s 
is  12.58,  and  Dr.  Price’s  11.13  only,  as  against 
THEPURE  14.1  above.  Comment is  unnecessary.

Respectfully, etc.,

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect June 32,1890.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.Arrive. 

GOING  SOUTH.

Leave.
Big Rapids & Saginaw...................... 
6:55 a m
7:35 am
Traverse City & Mackinaw............  0:50am 
Traverse City A  Mackinaw...........  9:15 am   11:80 am
Traverse City A Saginaw................3:15 pm 
4:10 pm
Mackinaw City.................................8:50 pm 
10:80 pm
Train  leaving  at  10:30 pm.  runs  daily.  Snnday  in­
cluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Cincinnati  Express..........................6:00 am  
6 30am
10:35am
Fort Wayne A Chicago................. 10:15am 
Cincinnati Express....................... 5:10 p m 
6:00 o m
11 :S0 p ro
Sturgis A Chicago..........................10 .50 p m 
From Big Rapids A Saginaw........11:50  a m
Train  leaving  (or  Cincinnati  at  6p.  m.  runs daily, 
Sundays included.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7 25 a. m. 
and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and parlor 
cars to Petoskey  and  Mackinaw City.  11:30 am train 
parlor chair cars to  Mackinaw  City.  South— 6 :S0 a m 
train  has  parlor  chair  car and 6 p. m. train  sleeping 
car for Cincinnati:  11:30 p  m  train, Wagner  sleeping 
car for Chicago via. Kalamazoo.
Leave 
Arrive.
7:00am..............................................................10:10am
11:20 am ..............................................................  3:15 pm
5:40 pm ..............................................................  8:45 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. 
Through tickets and full  information  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist.  ticket  agent  at  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent.  67  Monroe  St- 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

M u skegon,  G rand R a p id s  A  In d ia n a . 

O. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & M ilwaukee.

Arrives. 
tMomlng Express...........................12:50 pm 
tThronghMaU.................................. 4:10 pm 
tGrand Rapids Express.................10:25  p m 
•Night Express................................. 6:10 am 
(Mixed...........................................  
GOING EAST.
tDetroit Express............................. 6:45 a m 
tThronghMail.................................10:10 am  
tEvening Express.........................3:35 p m 
•Night Express...............................  9:50 pm 

Leaves.
1:00 pm
6:15 pm
10-30 p m
8:45 a m
7:30 am
6:50 a m
10:30 am
3:46pm
10:65 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  'Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
8:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving at 10:55  p  m  has  Wagner  sleeping 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:30 a m.
Steamboat  Express  makes  direct  connection  a 
Grand Raven with steamboat for Milwaukee, 
secured  at
tickets  and 

car  berths 

sleeping 

GOING WIST.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

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

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

Michigan f TENTRat,

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express..  ............................  7:20 a m  10:00 p m
Mixed  .............................................. 6:30 am   5-.00 pm
Day  Express....................................1156 am  10:00 am
"Atlantic & Pacific Express............11:15 p m  6:00 a  ra
New York Express............................5:40 pm  1:25 p m

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

"Daily.
AH o th e r  d a ily  e x c e p t S u n d a y .
Sleeping cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run on  Day  Express  and Orand Rapid 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s. G en 'l  A g e n t. 85 M on roe S t.
G. S. H a w k in s, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.
Gko. W. Mu n so n, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglrs. G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

BEFORE  BU Y IN G   G R A T E S i
get  Circular and Testimonials.  Sent  Free. I 
Economical.  Sanitary.  Cleanly  and  Artistic.  E
ALPINE  FIRE  PLACE,  GRAND RAPIDi, MICH, j

DRINK
L IO N
COFFEE

A True Combination  of  MOCHA, 
P ictu re  Card  G iven
With ©very pound  package.  For 
Sale everywhere. Woolsoa Bpice Co.,Toledo, 0.

JAVA and  RIO.

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T E T E   M I G H T GA~NT  T E A D E S M A N .

B E A C H ’S 

New  York  QoffBB  JjOODlS. 

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all’Mishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

We are receiving large direct importations of  our  justly

¡ABSOLUTE TEAS.
celebratedRbsoliJte  Japan  Teas,

Don’t Be  Too  Particular.

We hear of  a  young man who recently 
secured a position as  book-keeper with a 
Western  firm,  and  lost  his  place by in­
forming  the  proprietor  one day that he 
came  to  keep  books  and  not to collect 
their bills.
Education  and  experience  contribute 
much  to  the  bread-earning  power  and 
the chances for promotion.  But business 
managers  and  proprietors  do  not  pay 
their  office  help  simply  for  possessing 
these qualities,  but  for  their  ability to 
bring  them  into  the service of  the bus­
iness.  Any  young  man. no matter what 
his knowledge and abilities  may be,  who 
has not learned this, has failed to lay one 
of  the corner stones in the foundation of 
success.
Young  men  starting  in  life,  with  a 
laudable ambition to become wealthy and 
to win distinction,  should remember that 
position rather than salary should be the 
object;  and,  when  the  position  is  se­
cured,  it ought not to be  necessary to re­
mind  them  that  they  are  to  work  for 
someone else,  not themselves.  Their aim 
should be to win  the  confidence of  their 
employers  by being obedient,  steady and 
systematic;  by seeking to  perform  extra 
work  instead of  making excuses for duty 
shirked;  and  by  showing  a  fidelity  to 
their trust that could  not  be  improved, 
did they own  the  business. 
If  they  fill 
the  bill, other  things  equal,  they  need 
not worry about  not  being  appreciated, 
for if  their  employers  don’t,  there  are 
others who will.
It is a nice thing to be a good collector, 
and  any  beginner  who  refuses to try it 
under the guidance  and by and  with the 
advice  and  encouragement  of  his  em­
ployer  is.  to say the  least,  very  foolish, 
and  he is hardly a desirable  man  about 
an office.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

(F o r m e r ly  S h r iv e r , W e a th e r ly  & Co.)

CONTRACTORS  POR

Galuaoiied Iron Cornice

Plumbing i Heating Work,
Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

Dealers  in

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Which  are  universally  conceded  to  be  the  best teas on the 
market.  Wherever these goods have  been  placed,  they have

WON

We place these goods in the hands  of  first-class  dealers 
only  and  will  guarantee  an increase in your tea trade,  if you 
landle them.  Try us  on.

Teller  Spice  Co.,

G R A N D   R A P I D S .

El.  P u ritan o   Cigar.
The FinestlO Gent ßigar

EL PURITANO

O N   E A R T H

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

I. M.  CLARK  &  SON,
\ 
Grand Rapids.
4 BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.
f T. E. BREYOORT, 
-  Detroit

D E T R O I T  S O A R   C O ’S

Q ueen  A n n e  Soap

F A M O U S

The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest  Selling  Laundry and General Family 
Soan in the Market  No  Grocery  Stock  Complete  Without  This Brand  Handsome 
ffleoiaph?S ize15x20 inches, given for  25  QUe'e N  ANNE  SOAP  WRAPPERS.  Our 
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale  Grocers.
w.  G.  H A W K I N S ,  lock^ x*“!^

Salesm an  fo r  W e ste rn   M ich ig a n ,

Fine  Frosting  Sugar.

For Fine Frosting and  Pastry this Sugar has no equal,  and only  has to be used 
to be appreciated.  With it there is no trouble in making Nice, Soft,  Smooth frost­
ing.  No  eggs,  beating  or  cooking  required;  simply mix the sugar with a little 
water  or  milk  to  the proper consistency,  flavor to taste and spread upon  the cake 
with a thin knife.  You can also use,  in place of milk or water,  Orange,  Lemon or 
Pineapple juice, or the Syrup from any kind  of  Canned Fruit or Berries with most 
excellent results. 
Sold by all Grocers.  Warranted Pure,  aud  manufactured by
PUTNAM  CANDY C O .,  Grand Rapids

H O G L E   O I L   C O ,

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Oils 

and Makers of Fine Lubricants.

Telephone No. 319

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St.

The largest and most complete oil  line in Michigan. 

WORKS—On C  & W. M. and G. R. & I. R. R.,one 
mile north of Junction. 
Telephone No. G11-3R
Jobbers  of all kinds of 
Cylinder Oils,  Engine Oils, W. Va.  Oils,  Lard  Oils,  Neatsfoot  Oils,  Harness  Oil 
Signal Oil,  Axle Grease,  Boiler Purger,  Kerosene  Oils,  Naptha,  Turpentine,  Lin­
seed Oils, Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle  Oils,  Machinery  Grease,  Cotton  Waste 
Etc. 
PERKINS  &
S
Hides, Purs, Wool & Tallow

See Quotations.

H E

DEALERS IN

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NOS.  1»8  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  R A PID S.  MICHIGAN.

W E CARRY  A  STOCK  O F  CAKE  TALLOW   FOR  M ILL  USE

F E R M E N T U   M,

T H E   O N L Y   R E L IA B L E   C O M P R E SSE D   Y E A S T .

GRAND  RAPIDS

E .  W I N T E R N IT Z ,  A  sent. 106  K e n t   St.,  G ran d  R a p id s.

F E R M E N T U M  

is   t h e   o n l y   c o m p r e s s e d   y e a s t   w h i c h  h a s   m a in t a in e d   its   s t r e n g t h   d u r in g   t h e  

h o t   w e a t h e r . 

G r o c e r s   a n d   b a k e r s   h a v in g   t r o u b le   w i t h   in fe r io r   y e a s t s , 

c a n   b e  a s s u r e d  o f  g o o d  r e s u lt s  w i t h   F E R M E N T U M .

I  HAVE  EXCEPTIONAL  FACILITIES  FOR  HANDLING  THE  TRADE  OUTSIDE  THE  CITY, a Special Wagob Delivering Orders to the Early Morning Trains. 

Send for samples and you will be convinced of the superiority of “FERMENTUM” over all other brands of yeast.

