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NO .  359.

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

plans of securing concessions  from  hotels, ’bus 
lines and railroads, also the  favorable  mention 
of our organization in  the  convention sof  com­
mercial  travelers.  The American  Commercial 
Traveler, in its issue of  July 21, in  speaking  of 
the recent formation of  the Illinois Commercial 
Travelers’ Association, says:
The state association is largely modeled  upon 
the plan  of  work  of  that  excellent  body,  the 
Michigan Knights of the Grip, and Us  efforts  in 
a practical direction will  be  largely  devoted to 
securing  better  transportation  facilities, and a 
systematic method of  securing reasonable rates 
and  uniform  good  treatment  at  the  hands  of 
hotels. 
It  will  also aim at bringing the frater­
nity throughout the state into closer intercourse 
and in cementing harmonious relations between 
individuals, both  in  social  association  and  in 
business competition.
Let us, therefore, take  new  courage, and  not 
become weary in well doing, but  each  member, 
at all  times  and  under  all  circumstances,  im­
prove every opportunity  to  speak or act for the 
Interests of our association.

In  closing,  I desire  to  call  the  attention  of 
every member  to  the clause in Secretary Bush’s 
last  circular  concerning the  family of  our  de­
ceased brother, Chas. B. Remington, of  Fenton. 
We have taken  care  to  thoroughly  investigate 
this case before placing it before  our  members, 
as we do  not  care  to  encourage  a disregard of 
the benefits offered  by  accident  and life insur­
ance, but  Bro.  Remington  had  endeavored for 
years to secure a policy  on  his  life, but  as  his 
health had  been  very  poor  for a long time, he 
had been unable  to  pass  the medical examina­
tion necessary, but had bravely carried his  grip 
for  many  days  after  he  should  have rested, 
simply to provide  for  his  loved  ones, until the 
care and sorrow attending  the illness and death 
of his only son proved too much for his strength. 
He  left  behind a needy  wife,  with  an  invalid 
daughter to care for, and we assure you that any 
contributions sent her  will  be  charity the moBt 
deserving and bread cast on the waters that may 
return to some of us an hundred fold.

Very sincerely yours,

L.  M.  Mills,  Pres.

The Views of a Lay Member.

D etroit, Aug. 1,1890.

John J. Bush, Sec’y.
D ear Sir—Your  circular  letter of  the 10th of 
July just at hand and contents noted.  In reply, 
will say that in  view  of  the  fact that there are 
so  many  accident  associations  already  in  the 
field, with which a large majority  of  the  mem­
bers of the M.  K.  of  G. are already Identified, I 
fear that to  incorporate  an accident plan in the 
association would  meet  with  poor success and, 
possibly, result in failure. 
I  am of the opinion 
that greater  benefits  and  more  satisfactory re­
sults  would  be  obtained  by  maintaining  the 
organization as it now is and encourage its mem 
bers desiring the benefits of associate life insur­
ance to join the M. C. T. A. and  those  wanting 
the benefits  of  associate  accident  insurance to 
join the United Commercial Travelers  of  Amer­
ica.  The history  of  the  benefits  derived from 
the  M. C. T. A. is  too  well  known  for  me  to 
extenuate on in this letter.  The order of United 
Commercial  Travelers  Is  national  In  its  char­
It  is  well  organized  and  officered  by 
acter. 
good,  sincere  men.  There  Is  no  speculative 
feature prominent in Its  by-laws. 
It  is  under 
the jurisdiction of a supreme council  and.  state 
or grand councils.  The body politic is composed 
of subordinate  councils,  scattered  all  through 
the States. 
Its objects and aims are  commend­
able;  its permanency  is  assured  by  the teach­
ings of  its  ritual,  which  contains  all  the  ele­
ments  to  make  it  what it is  designed? for—and 
must eventually become—the national organiza 
tion of commercial travelers of America.  That 
the need for such an organization exists, no one 
will deny.  Former efforts  at  national  associa­
tions  have  not  been a success  because  of  the 
lack of  cohesive elements, and the selfish ambi­
tion of  incompetent  or  would-be  leaders,  who 
sought only for  personal  advancement, regard­
less of associate interests.
Referring to House  Bill  No.  10172 and Senate 
Bill  No. 3786,1 am  fully  in  accord  with  them 
and hope they may obtain.  I  have  personally, 
and as Secretary of the M. C. T.  A., urged their 
passage, and 1 fully believe if there  was  now  a 
national organization  of  commercial  travelers, 
whose  existence  was  as  well  known  as many 
other national  associations,  that  the  presenta­
tion of a  bill  endorsed  by  it in the congress of 
the nation would receive immediate and prompt 
attention.
I wish to be advised of all contemplated legis­
lation  at  the  next  annual  meeting,  as  I  am 
always ready  to  co-operative  for  the  advance­
ment of any  and  all  interests  of  that  class of 
bread winners that my past life has been largely 
spent with.  Fraternally yours,

M .  J .  Ma tt h e w s.

Isabella — Feter  Mailman,  general 

dealer,  is succeeded by C. Bennett.

Mills.

Review of the  Situation  by  President 

To  the  Members  of  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip:
Believing it due to every member of our organ­
ization  to  be  informed  of  the  efforts  of  the 
officers In securing legislation  favorable  to  our 
profession,  and  also  to  enable  them to'intelli- 
gently explain  the  objects  and  benefits of the 
order, I herewith submit letters  from  our  State 
Senators and Representatives in response to the 
petitions so  thoroughly circulated in every con­
gressional  district  by  our  faithful  Vice-Presi­
dents  of  last  year, and more particularly in re­
ply to the following  letter  sent to each of  them 
by Secretary Bush:
D ear S ir—At a recent  meeting  of  the  Board 
of Directors  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip, I was instructed  to  address  you upon the 
subject  of  House  Bill  No. 10172, introduced by 
lion. Chas. O’Neil, of  Pennsylvania.  This is to 
amend Sec. 22 of an act entitled “An act to regu­
late commerce.”  A  concurrent  resolution  has 
been  introduced  in  the  Senate.  Bill  No.  3786. 
Not only our organization of 1,500 members, but 
every  other  organization  of  traveling  men in 
this and every other State,  is  interested  in  the 
passage of these bills.  If you  can  consistently 
support this measure,  you  will  gain  the  grati 
tude of every commercial traveler in  the  State. 
Trusting  you  will  lend  your  influence  in our 
behalf.  Yours respectfully,

J no. J. Bush, Sec'y

The  following  replies  to  above  have  been 

Yours truly, 

M. S.  B r ew er.

J ames McM illan.

received to date:
Washington, D. C., July 14,1890-Will give the 
matter  referred to attention, if  It shall come up 
for consideration. 
Washington, July  10,  1890—1  have  examined 
Senator Quay’s bill  No. 3787 and It will give me 
pleasure to be of what service I can  be  to  your 
order and to the business public  you  represent.
Washington, July  7,1890—1  am  in  receipt  of 
yours of the 26th.  As to the  bill,  No.  3787, and 
the  joint  resolution, I have not  had  an  oppor­
tunity to examine these measures carefully, but 
at this time I see no reason why the same should 
not pass.  Very truly, 
Washington, D. C’., July 1,1890—Your letter of 
the 28th received. 
I will be glad to support  the 
O’Neil bill.  1 have  been  to  the committee sev­
eral times, urging action in behalf of the travel­
ing men, who are  entitled  to  relief  by  legisla­
tion.  Last winter I promised  your organization 
that I would aid them  and  I  have  tried  to  re­
deem  the  pledge. 
I  have  repeatedly  urged 
action and will keep it up.

Respectfully yours, 
Washington, July 2,1890—Bill No.  10172  shall 
have  my  earnest  support,  and  I  hope  for  its 
immediate consideration by the House.

F. B. Stockbridge.

J ames O’Donnell. 

Very truly, 

C. E. B e l k n a p.

Washington, July  3, 1890—Tours  of  the  25th, 
regarding House Bill No.  10172, is at hand.  The 
measure will have  my  cordial  and  hearty sup­
port.  Very truly  yours,

J ustin  R.  W h iting.

Washington, July 2,1890—1 have yours  of  the 
28th ultimo, and I can assure you of  my earnest 
support and  active  co-operation  in passing the 
measure proposed.  Very truly yours,

J. C. B urrow s.

Very truly, 

S. M. Steph en so n.

Washington, July 3,1890—1  am  in  receipt  of 
your letter, calling my attention  to  II.  B.  10172 
and S. 3786.  I will look Into these measures and 
be prepared when they come before  the  House.
A. T. Bliss. 
Washington, July 5, 1896—Yours of  June 28th 
I will give 
duly received and  contents  noted. 
the measures cited  my most  earnest  considera­
tion.  Yours truly, 
The bill referred to and as jointly agreed upon 
by representative commercial  travelers’ associa­
tions and general passenger agents Isas follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate  and House of Rep­
resentatives of  the United States  of  America  in 
Congress assembled,  That at the  end  of  Section 
Twenty-two of an act entitled “An act  to  regu­
late commerce,” approved  February 4,  188T, and 
amended March 2,1889, the following proviso be 
inserted:  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this act 
shall be construed  to  prohibit any common car­
rier from giving reduced rates of  transportation 
and a permit  to  carry a weight  of  sample  bag­
gage in excess of  the  amount allowed the ordi­
nary traveler, to commercial  travelers, whether 
employer  or  employe, who  travels  to  sell mer­
chandise for a wholesale business, taking orders 
from dealers for  goods for subsequent delivery.
It is a matter of no small degree of satisfaction 
that we notice the  organization  of  associations 
in sister states, similar to ours, and the adoption 
of our constitution and by-laws, as  well  as  our

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T i m i   M i c m a ^ L i s r   t h ^ l ü e s m ^

t s T.

THE  SQUIRE’S  RELATIONS.

The breakfast-room  at  Compton Court 
was,  perhaps,  the  prettiest  of  all  the 
Court’s pretty apartments.

Compton Court was an old  house made 
over;  a  house  full  of  deep  oriels  and 
damask-cushioned  window-seats;  with 
tire-places  studded  with  quaint  Dutch 
tiles,  and  floors  of  dark,  waxed  wood, 
that  shone  like  mirrors;  and  yet it had 
not the desolate,  dreary air that  belongs 
to most  old  houses.  Every room  had a 
cosy,  “lived-in”  aspect.  Squire  Comp­
ton  never  would  let  the  shutters  be 
closed,  or  the  dust  accumulate;  but of 
all 
the  suite,  he  most  preferred  the 
breakfast-room,  where  the  eastern  sun­
shine came in,  and the hangings of  deep- 
brown velvet  contrasted  oddly with the 
cream-colored walls and  the  deep  crim­
son of  the carpet.
Squire  Compton  was  a  strange  old 
man,  who lived there all  alone  the  year 
around.  Some said he  had  been  disap­
pointed  in  love;  but if  so,  the  pangs of 
heart-sickness  had  not  preyed  very 
deeply on  his  mind.  Others  darkly in­
timated  that he was a miser  and  misan­
thrope;  but  here  his  daily  life  contra­
dicted  them.  Misers  do  not  feed  the 
hungry  and  clothe  the  naked;  misan­
thropes do not surround themselves with 
pet  dogs,  rabbits,  parrots  and  macaws; 
and  Squire  Compton  did  all 
these 
things.
The squire’s  household  was not large. 
Old  Rebecca,  an  ancient  negress,  pre­
sided over the  culinary mysteries of  the 
establishment;  Sally,  her  niece,  who 
looked  like a bit of  the tropics,  in a tall, 
scarlet turban,  ebon  skin,  and immense 
hoops of  dead-gold swinging in her ears, 
officiated  as  house maid;  and  Fritz,  a 
taciturn  Swiss,  who  had  returned from 
the Continent  with  Squire  Compton ten 
years previously, was valet, groom of the 
chamber,  hostler  and  gardener,  all  in 
one.
Breakfast had  just been brought in—a 
broiled partridge, cream-toast and coffee, 
whose  fragrance  was  like  a  dream of 
Araby—and the Squire  had  barely com­
menced  on  his first  cup, when Fritz en­
tered,  with a military salute.

“What’s  the  matter  now ?”  said  the 
Squire, curtly.
“Company,  sir,”  said  Fritz,  standing 
like a statue.
‘ How many of  ’em?”  said the Squire.
“Two, sir.”
“Male  or  female?”  demanded Squire 
Compton.
“Young  ladies,  sir,  if  you  please. 
Your  cousin  Douglas’  daughters,  from 
New Orleans.”
“But I haven’t invited ’em here,”  said 
the Squire.
“They are  in  the  little  blue  salon,” 
said  Fritz,  apparently  unmoved  by his 
master’s consternation.

“Tell Becky to make  some  more  cof­
fee,”  observed  the  Squire,  presently. 
“Let Sally bring some  cups and saucers. 
And give ’em my compliments, Fritz, and 
ask ’em in here.”
Kate and  Honor Douglas  were  sitting 
in  the  little  blue  salon, with  the  shy, 
awed  look  of  those  to  whom a place is 
strange.  The  walls,  papered  with  an 
antique hanging of  Mazarin  blue,  sprin­
kled  with  tiny gold  stars,  were  wains­
coted  with  dark oak fully a third of  the 
way up;  a cheerful fire blazed on glitter­
ing brass andirons,  in  the  deep-throated 
chimney,  and the  window-seat  was  full 
of  velvet-leaved  geraniums,  flecked here 
and there  with trusses of  scarlet bloom.
“ Isn’t it beautiful ?”  whispered  Kate, 
under her  breath.
“ isn’t it home-like?”  retorted  Honor, 
in the same restrained voice.
“ Oh,  I do hope he will  like  us,”  mur­
mured Kate.
“ But  they say he  is  very  eccentric,” 
said Honor.
They  were  both  tall,  pretty girls,  as 
like as  twin  roses  on  one  stem,  except 
that Honor’s hair and eyes  were a shade 
the darker and  Kate had dimples in each 
cheek.  Both were dressed  in  the  deep­
est  mourning,  and  both  colored  scarlet 
as they were ushered  into  the  presence 
of  Squire  Compton.
the 
Squire,  with  one  of  his  old-fashioned 
“Take  off  your  shawls  and
bows. 

“ Good  morning,  girls,” 

said 

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things.  Sit down and have some break­
fast.”
“Cousin  Compton,”  said  Honor, hur­
riedly,  “papa’s dead.  We have nothing. 
We  came  here  because  we didn’t know 
where else to go.  We  are  quite willing 
to  work  for  our  living, if  we  can  find 
any  employment.  We—”
“Oh,  yes,”  said  the  Squire,  carving 
away at  the  broiled  birds.  “Yes, I un­
derstand  all  that.  Sally, pour  out  the 
coffee!  What  is  it  now,  eh ?”  as Fritz 
executed a second  military  salute in the 
doorway.
“More company,  sir,”  said Fritz.  “By 
the Easthampton  stage.  A lady.  Name 
of  Westray!”
“Hello !”  said the Squire, dropping his 
knife.  “My nephew  Westray’s  widow ! 
Well,  ask her in,  Fritz.”
Mrs.  Leon  Westray  was  a  beautiful 
young  creature,  with  great,  dark-blue 
eyes,  and  general  pink  and  white  per­
fection of  a Dresden image.  Black crape 
was becoming to her, so she wore a great 
deal of  it.
“Dear  uncle,”  said  Mrs.  Westray, 
clasping her  perfectly gloved  hands and 
lifting the blue eyes appealingly, “ I have 
no one to come  to  but  you.  Pardon the 
intrusion.  Send  me  away  if  I  require 
too  much.  Shelter  and a crust  are  all 
that I ask.”
“ You’re  welcome,”  said  the  Squire. 
“Sit down.  Have a cup of  coffee.  Who’s 
that on the  threshold ?”
“It’s  I,  Cousin  Hardurcke,”  said  a 
cheery voice,  “Harriott Compton.  Came 
up this  way for a little shooting.  Heard 
you  had  a  place  in  the  neighborhood. 
Thought  I’d  just  drop 
in  upon  you! 
Hope I’m not in the way.”
“Oh !”  said the Squire;  “Harry Comp­
ton’s son.  Well,  you are welcome,  too.”
And  in  his  secret  heart,  the  Squire 
consigned to eternal perdition the author 
of  the  article  on  “The  Antiquities  of 
Compton Court,”  in a last week’s  paper, 
which  had  discovered  his whereabouts, 
and  brought  all  this  rain  of  relations 
down upon him.
“Worse  than  the  frogs  of  Egypt,” 
thought Squire Compton.
However,  he  assigned  them all apart­
ments,  and set himself to work to act the 
genial  host as well as  possible.  And,  in 
a manner,  Harry  Compton,  the  Widow 
Westray and Allen  Douglas’  two  pretty 
orphans took possession of  the Court.
“Queer  old  codger, 
isn’t  he?”  said 
Harry,  with a shrug of  the shoulder.
“ Very  eccentric,”  murmured  Mrs. 
Westray,  “But, 
then,  wealth  has 
its 
privileges.”
“Think he’ll cut  up  pretty fat?”  said 
Mr. Compton.  “In  that  case,  I’ll  send 
for my dogs and guns and stay here alto­
gether.”
“ How very peculiar  your  phraseology 
is,”  said  Mrs.  Westray  with  a  little 
giggle.
So  the  late  summer waned  away and 
autumn  set  in, golden-footed  and  glor­
ious.
“Fritz,”  said  the  Squire,  one  day, 
“you’re an observer  of  character.  How 
long do  you suppose  these  people mean 
to stay ?”
“I  don’t  think  they’ve  any  idea  of 
going away at all,  sir,”  answered  Fritz.
“Eh !”  shouted the  Squire,  in dismay.
“That’s my opinion, sir,”  said Fritz.
“But they shall  go,” said  the  Squire. 
“I’ve  no  notion  of  being  made  a con­
venience  of.  They  don’t  one  of  ’em 
care  two  straws  about  me. 
It’s  the 
Court  they  like,  and  the  carriages and 
the croquet ground and old Becky’s cook­
ing! 
“I don’t think  you  will,  Squire,”  said 
Fritz.
tongue!” 
“Hold  your 
the 
roared 
Squire. 
“What  business  have  you  to 
think at all on the subject? 
I’ll do as I 
please.”
But  the  winter  came,  and  still  the 
Squire’s  relations  stayed on.  Kate and 
Honor talked, it is true, of  going to New 
York,  to  some  educational  bureau,  to I 
look  for  situations  as  teachers.  Mrs. 
Westray  declared  that  her  friends  in 
Chicago would never forgive her for neg­
lecting  them  so;  but it did  seem so like 
home  at  dear  Uncle  Compton’s  that, 
really,  she  couldn’t  tear  herself  away. 
Harriott  Compton  said  nothing,  but 
quietly  settled  down  in  the  pleasant

I’ll turn ’em every one o u t!”

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9  No. IONIA  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Mr.  C.  N.  Rapp was  for  two  years  partner  and general  manager of Geo. E. 
Howes & Co.  and for the past year has been the senior partner and general manager 
of the Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co.

south rooms, smoked all over  the  house, 
and  made  himself  comfortable  for  the 
winter.
“I  know  when  I  am  well  off,” said 
Harriott Compton, jocosely.
One  morning,  Fritz  came  down  into 
the breakfast  room  with a pale  and dis­
torted countenance.  His master was too 
ill to appear at the table this  morning.
“Eh ?”  said Mr.  Harry Compton,  help­
ing  himself  to  beefsteak.  “Hope  it’s 
nothing serious;  eh ?”
Fritz  shook  his  head.  The  doctor, 
summoned  during  the  night,  had  very 
grave apprehensions.
“How  lucky  that  we  are  all  here  to 
make  the  place  cheerful for him,” said 
Mrs. Westray,  dropping  an  extra  lump 
of  sugar  into  her  coffee,  “and  to nurse 
him  up. 
I  declare,  1  love  him  like  a 
father.  A  little  more  of  the  omelet, 
Sally,  please.”
“But 
“H m !”  said  Fritz,  solemnly. 
it’s a case of  small-pox.”
“Small-pox 1”  shrieked  Mrs. Westray, 
jumping up and tipping her cup of coffee 
into Honor Douglas’  lap.
“Small-pox !”  cried  the  two sisters in 
chorus, each growing pale.
“ Small-po-o-x ! ” 
bellowed  Harry 
Compton,  rushing  frantically to the win­
dow and throwing up a sash,  although  it 
was snowing fast.
In  less than three  minutes  the  break­
fast-room  was  empty  of  all  occupants 
save  the  grinning Sally.  Mr.  Compton 
was  flinging  his  belongings  recklessly 
into  his  portmanteau;  Mrs.  Westray, 
never  even  staj ing  for the ceremony of 
packing,  was  tying  on  her  hat to catch I 
the 10 o’clock train for  New York,  when 
Honor Douglas tapped at the door of  her 
room.
“Are you really going, Mrs. Westray ?” 
she asked.
“Going!”  in  accents of  shrill  amaze­
ment.  “0/  course, I’m going!”
“And  Harriott, too ?”
“To be sure!”
“But who will nurse  Mr.  Compton ?’ 
“That’s  no  business  of  mine,”  said 
Mrs.  Westray,  hardly.  “Let  him  hire 
somebody.  He’s rich enough,  I’m sure.” 
“That’s  what I  say,”  said  Kate,  ex­
citedly.  “And Honor is crazy, I believe.” 
“It’s  my duty,”  said  Honor,  gently. 
“ Yes, I shall stay !”
“Then  you needn’t expect me to coun­
tenance  you,” said  Kate.  “And if  Mrs. 
Westray will  allow  me to travel to New 
York with her—”
if  you  like,”  said  Mrs. 
Westray, rather ungraciously.

“Oh,  yes, 

And at noon the house  was vacant, ex­
cept  for  Honor  Douglas,  who  rapped 
softly at the  door of  the  Squire’s  room.
“Fritz, may I come in ?  I want to help 

take care of  my poor  cousin.”
Fritz  opened  the  door  with  a  bow,
• thereby revealing the Squire  himself,  in 
a  big,  red  dressing-gown  and  slippers, 
basking  before a comfortable fire, with a 
newspaper in his hand.
“Is it  you, my dear?”  said the Squire. 
“Come in,  come in !  Where  are  all  the 
rest ?”
Honor Douglas stood looking at him in 
surprise.  She  had  never seen a case of 
small-pox,  it  is  true,  but  somehow  she 
had fancied the victims of  that  fell  dis­
ease to present a very different  aspect.
“They have all gone,” said she.  “They 
were  afraid  of  the  small-pox.  But  I 
have  been  vaccinated, Cousin Compton, 
and  if  you  will  allow  me  to  stay here 
and nurse  you, I will  try my very  best.” 
The Squire held out his hand.
“Come  here,  my  dear,”  said  he. 
“You’ve a kind little heart of  your  own. 
But who said I had the—small-pox ?” 

“Fritz did.”
“I  beg  mademoiselle’s  pardon,” said 
Fritz.  “I  don’t  think I did  say so—ex­
actly !”
“I haven’t  got  it,  my dear,” said  the 
Squire, chuckling.  “It was  only a false 
alarm.  These  people  were only making 
a  convenience  of  me,  and  I’m  glad 
they’re  all  routed  out.  But  you would 
have stayed with  me  through  thick and 
thin,  would  you,  little one ?  Come here 
and  give me a kiss.  And  if  you  choose 
to stay at the Court  altogether, I’ll make 
a daughter of  you.  Eh ?”

“But Kate—” hesitated Honor.
“Kate  has  looked  out  for  herself,”

said the  Squire,  quietly.  “Let her con­
tinue to do  so.”
Great  was  the  dismay of  the bevy  of 
relatives when they discovered  the  true 
state  of  things.  They  said  the  Squire 
was  a  “scheming  old  hypocrite”  and 
Honor  a  “designing  puss.”  But  they 
never  again  succeeded  in  obtaining  a 
footing at the Court.
And the Squire  laughs  heartily when­
ever he thinks how  effectually he routed 
his relations. 

A my  R a n d o lph.

W hat Killed  His Town.

From the New Tork Sun.
At  Fort  Scott I met  an  acquaintance 
whom I knew had gone  further  west  to 
found a future city, and naturally enough 
1 made enquiries as to how he progressed 
in bis enterprise.
“Promised  to  be the biggest  thing  on 
earth,”  he replied.
“You  were  to  have  three  railroad 
lines?”
“ Yes.”
“And four or  five great factories were 
“Yes.”
“And there was to be an avenue named 
“Yes.”
“And  four  different  street  car  lines 
were to be  in  operation within a year?” 
“Yes.”
four 
“Two  banks, 
churches,  a union  depot,  a city hall,  two 
opera houses and a government  building 
were on your list  for early completion?” 

to be established?”

after every state?”

colleges, 

two 

“They were.”
“Well,  what have  you done?”
“Not a blamed thing.”
“Not even made a beginning?”
“No. 

I was going to buy 500  acres  of 
land  for  the site,  but  while  the  owner 
was  getting the abstract of  title,  a  man 
came  along  with a rotary  washing  ma­
chine, offered  me four county rights  for 
$10 and a shotgun,  and 1 killed the  town 
and saved  the  machine  man from going 
to a pauper’s grave. 
I’ve got feelings, I 
have.  When I see a man  struggling  to 
make  an  honest  living,  but meeting ad­
versity  at  every turn,  my feelings force 
me  to  stretch  out a helping  hand  and 
let this great  and  glorious  West  paddle 
her own canoe.”

Shorthand Language.

“One  col,”  he  brusquely  announced, 
as  he  entered a gents’  furnishing  store 
on upper Broadway.
“Cert,”  replied the girl  in attendance, 
as she took  down a collar  and  wrapped 
it up.
“Much ?”  he queried,  as he toyed with 
a silver piece.
“Quar dol,”  she answered, as she gave 
him the change.
“O.  K.,” he said,  as he turned away.
“Tra-la,”  she replied, as she went back 
to finish  waiting on an old  man who had 
been looking at neckties.
“What  sort  o’  language  do  you  call 
that?”  he asked.
“Shorthand, sir.”
“Oh,  that’s  it ?  Sort  o’  saves  your 
breath, doesn’t it?”
“Course.”
“Well,  I don’t  think I could  ever  get 
It doesn’t  express 

used to it at my age. 
enough.”

“How ?”
“Why,  land  o’  love, I want to  say to 
you that I’ll  wear one of  my suspenders 
around  my neck for a tie  before  I’ll pay 
fifty  cents  for  such  shoddy  affairs  as 
these.  How could  you express  all  that 
in three or four words ?”

,‘I can do it in one,” she replied.
“How ?”
“Git I”
And he ambled.

Changing  Trades.

Visitor  (at  museum)—I  want  to  see 
some of  the mummies.
New  Usher  (formerly  a  dry  goods 
clerk)—Yes, madam;  right  this way;  we 
have all the latest styles.

Quill  toothpicks  come  from  France. 
The  largest  factory in the world is near 
Paris,  where there is an  annual  product 
of  20,000,000  quills.  The  factory  was 
started  to  make  quill  pens,  but  when 
these  went  out  of  general  use,  it  was 
converted into a toothpick mill.

Domestic

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Wholesale  and  R etail  Dealers  in  Oils 

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The largest and most complete oil’line in Michigan. 

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AMONG THE TRADE.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Horton—W.  H.  Nellis  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to L. J.  Huntley.

Kalamazoo—Ghas Auerbach has opeued 

a restaurant in the Humphrey block.

Wacousta—Flanagan  &  Son  have  re­

moved their grocery stock to Lansing.

Tpsilanti—C.  T.  Harris  &  Co.’s  egg 
and storage business  has  been attached.

Zeeland — E.  Boone  &  Co.  succeeds; 

DeKruif,  Boone & Co.  in  general  trade.
Ypsilanti—Taylor  &  Lefarge  succeed 
C.  M.  Norton  in  the  hardware  business.
Fennville—E. E. Coons  has purchased 
the  confectionery stock of  C.  H.  Rogers.
Saginaw—E. St.  John  succeeds  E.  St. 
John & Co., dealers in books and station­
ery.

Battle Creek—Chas. L.  Lewis succeeds 
Lewis  Bros,  in the  boot  and  shoe  busi­
ness.

Saginaw—F.  B.  Woodruff 

succeeds 
Woodruff  &  Kemp  in  the  marble  bus­
iness.

St.  Clair—Conger  &  Jones  succeed 
Jones & Richardson  in  the  bazaar  bus­
iness.

Constantine—Chapman &  Mason  have 
purchased  the  general  stock  of  J.  W. 
Simons.

Sparta—Woodin &  Van  Winkle,  gen­
eral  dealers,  are  closing  out  their  dry 
goods stock.

St.  Louis—A.  Stevens  &  Son  succeed 
G.  W.  Wayman  in  the  agricultural  im­
plement business.

Hubbardston—Graham  &  Burk,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  Mr.  Burk  will 
continue the business.

Leroy—M.  V.  Gundrum & Co.  are add­
ing another story to their  store building, 
to be used as a carpet and clothing room.
Fowler—Eilenburgh  &  Feldspausch, 
general  dealers,  have  dissolved.  Mr. 
Feldspausch will continue  the  business.
Fife Lake—Chas.  Wagner,  of  the  gro­
cery firm of  Wagner & Ward,  has disap­
peared,  leaving  numerous  creditors  be­
hind.

Sparta—O. Johnson  has  purchased  an 
interest in the tailoring business of P.  O. 
Klint.  The style of the new firm is P. O. 
Klint &  Co.

Cadillac—Fred Kieldsen’s grocery stock 
and building burned  Saturday  evening, 
involving a loss of about $12,000. 
It  is 
understood that the  insurance will cover 
the loss.

Plain well—Frank E.  Estes and  Ernest 
L.  Cutler  have  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  Shepard  &  Granger,  and  will 
continue the business under  the  style of 
Estes & Cutler.

Cheboygan  — Chambers  &  Co.  have 
rented  a  store  building  and  will  soon 
open  up  a  stock  of  boots  and  shoes. 
They  expect  to  be  ready  for  business 
the latter part of  this week.

Wayland—Frank P.  Yeakey,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the  meat  business  at 
Uowagiac for some  time,  has returned to 
this place and will join his brother,  John 
C.  Yeakey,  in  the stock-buying and ship­
ping business.

Baldwin—E.  Coon  &  Co.  sold 

their 
general  stock  to  A.  C.  Goehrend,  who 
disposed  of  the  drug  stock 
to  Thos. 
Heffernan  and  the  hardware  stock  to 
J.  H.  Cobb, continuing the drygoods and 
grocery business at the old stand.

Cheboygan—The 

stock  of  clothing 
which  was  replevied  from  the  firm  of 
Wertheimer  Bros,  at  the  time  of  their 
failure,  and which has been stored in the 
old  Nelson  store  since,  was  sold  on

Aug. 26 atU. S. Marshal’s  sale,  and  was 
bought in by Nathan Pitzele, of  Chicago. 
The stock will be closed out at retail.

Cheboygan—C. S. Barnes, who recently 
succeeded to the boot and  shoe  business 
of  Flora &  Barnes,  executed a mortgage 
for $3,500 to the  retiring  partner a sRort 
time ago,  which was foreclosed last Mon­
day.  The stock inventories about $5,000. 
The shoes were  taken out of  the cartons 
and piled in heaps  on  the  counters and 
floor,  in  order  that  creditors  might not 
be able to  identify  their  goods  and  re­
plevin them.

M A N U F ACTURING  MATTERS.

Owosso—The  Eureka  Cement  Co.  has 
been  organized  with a capital  stock  of 
$ 100,000.

Drayton  Plains—L.  F. Davall  is  suc­
ceeded in the milling  business by Davall 
& Lavan.

Kalamazoo — F.  W.  Myers  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  Ira  V.  Hicks  in 
the Kalamazoo  Wagon Co.

Mt.  Pleasant—Jones,  Barnard  &  Co. 
are getting out lumber and will begin the 
manufacture  of  oars  in  about  three 
weeks.

Marshall—J.  Stockhouse  is  now  sole 
proprietor  of  the  Marshall  Dress  Stay 
Co., Chas. Cronin having  disposed of  his 
interest.

Leroy—This school district  has  about 
completed a  $4,000  brick  school  house. 
The  brick  were  made  at  Bevin’s  new 
brick  yard.

Sherwood—Over  one-third  of  all  the 
nail  keg  heading  used  in  the  United 
States  is  manufactured  at  H.  Sayers & 
Son’s heading factory here.

Bay City—The Flint & Pere Marquetet 
Railway is building  a  belt  line  around 
the  city,  which  will  increase  facilities 
for the movement of lumber products.

Augusta—J.  N. Zimmerman & Co., the 
handle  manufacturers at  this  place  and 
at Birmingham,  Ala.,  have  changed  the 
style of  their  business  to  the  American 
Handle Co.

Grayling—Sailing,  Hanson  &  Co.  are 
having a very successful  season.  Their 
mill  is  cutting  an  average  of  110,000 
feet  of  lumber  daily,  24,000  lath  and 
35,000  shingles.

South  Harrisville — James  McDonald 
has  purchased  sawmill  machinery,  and 
he wants the people of  the  village to put 
up a bonus to enable him to build a cover 
for  the  machinery  and  also  to  put  in 
planing machinery.

Far well — Davison  &  Gardiner  have 
purchased of  Muskegon  parties the  tim­
ber  on  lands on Doc  and  Tom  creek,  in 
town 18, 5, 6 and 7, the consideration be­
ing  $19,000.  The  timber  will  be taken 
off and manufactured here.

Detroit—Frank  and  J.  C.  Posselius, 
Charles  Lingelyn,  F.  Blum,  Jno.  H. 
Knoedell,  F.  R. Moons and  Richard Val­
entine  have 
incorporated  as  the  Pos­
selius  Bros.’  Furniture  Manufacturing 
Co.,  with $50,000 capital,  all paid up.

Muskegon—Hackley  & 

Ilume  have 
sold to Wood, Jenks & Co., of  Cleveland, 
1,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  which is to be 
shipped  by the  latter’s  boats  by water. 
Negotiations  are  pending  between  the 
same  parties  for  further large consign- 
| ments.

Detroit—The  Goebel  Brewing Co.  has 
filed  formal  articles of  association,  with 
a capital stock of  $300,000,  paid  in.  The 
stockholders  are Wm.  B. Moran,  August 
Goebel, Joseph B.  Moore, Ralph  Phelps, 
Jr., Theodore Gorenelo and Frederick W. 
Brede.

Saginaw—L.  D.  Sanborn,  who  pur­
chased  50,000,000  feet of  timber of  Sib­
ley & Bearinger, on  the  Au Gres  River, 
has cut and railed  15,000,000 feet of  logs 
to  this  River,  and  will  continue opera­
tions  until  the  logs  are  all taken from 
the land.

Alpena—Ansell &  Blakely propose  to 
erect a factory  for  the  manufacture  of 
spools.  The machines to be used are the 
invention of Mr.  Ansell, and it is claimed 
they are the best thing  in  that  line  yet 
discovered.  Birch  timber  will be used 
exclusively.

Manistee — I.  Williamson,  who  runs 
a  small  sawmill  on  the  line  of  the 
Manistee  &  Northeastern, 
is  contem­
plating putting in shingle machinery and 
getting out 18-inch shingles for the East­
ern  trade.  He  has a body of  pine  con­
tiguous to the mill.

Flint—Alvin  T.  Winchell  has  com­
menced suit in the  Genesee Circuit Court 
against  the  Flint  Wagon Works  for  an 
alleged  breach  of  contract,  Winchell 
claiming  that  the  company promised  to 
manufacture  his  wind  power mill.  He 
places  damages at $10,000.

Albion—The Gale  Manufacturing  Co. 
has  increased  its  capital  stock  from 
$150,000  to  $500,000,  in  consequence of 
the  purchase  of  the  patents,  patterns, 
business  and  good  will  of  the  Albion 
Manufacturing Co.  As soon as the Albion 
company  closes  up  its  business, 
the 
works will be offered for sale.

Saginaw—Mitchell  &  McClure  finish 
their  lumbering  operations  this  season 
on  this  river.  What will  be  done  with 
the mill here is not  known.  They are to 
build  a  mill  at  Duluth,  but  it  is  not 
probable that any of the machinery of the 
mill here will be utilized, as it is reported 
that the Duluth mill will be new through­
out, and of the most modern construction. 
The  firm  has  a  large  body of  timber in 
Canada,  but  it is  not  where  it  could  be 
reached to raft to this  river.

Saginaw—The burning  of  the  Brown 
& Ryan  sawmill,  which  occurred  on  the 
28th  ult., 
takes  30,000,000  a  year  out 
of  the  cutting  capacity  of  the  river, 
but  there  are  still  enough  mills  left 
to  cut  all  the  stock  that  is  likely  to 
come to the river. 
It is not  known what 
Brown & Ryan’s  intentions  are as to the 
future.  They own  the  real  estate,  with 
boomage  and  railroad  facilities  handy 
and  ample,  and  may  rebuild,  although 
there are a dozen good  mills on the river 
they could probably buy cheaper.

Muskegon—Mann & Moon  have closed 
a bargain  with  Sanger, Rockwell & Co., 
of  Milwaukee,  for  their  entire  stock of 
lumber on dock here.  The amount trans­
ferred  was  2,500,000  feet  of  medium 
grades,  and the  total  consideration  was 
about  $33,000.  This  sale  cleans up the 
last  of  the  lumber  business of  Mann & 
Moon,  and  leaves  their  dock  so soon as 
the  shipment  is  made  entirely  free  of 
lumber  for  the  first time in twenty-two 
years,  during which time  they have been 
in  business  in  Muskegon.  They  have 
been  successful  and  heavy  operators, 
turning  out during their business career 
their  own  mill  about 
from 
here 
500,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  and  in  ad­
to  this  they  have  had 
dition 
large 
amounts sawed by other concerns.

Gripsack Brigade.

L.  M.  Mills  spent  Sunday  at  Battle 

Creek again.

Chas.  R.  Remington,  who  has  been 
taking  a  two  weeks’  vacation,  started 
out on the road again Monday.

Cornelius  Crawford now carries a gold 

watch—the gift of a perfumery house.

Geo.  F.  Owen  has  so  far  recovered 
from his recent illness as  to  be  able  to 
sit up.  He hopes to  start  out  again  in 
about two weeks.  Geo. Baxter is calling 
on his trade in the meantime.

Frank L. Kelley,  traveling representa­
tive  for  Spring  &  Company,  will  be 
married  this  evening  to  Mrs.  Mary E. 
Preston, the ceremony occurring  at Ban­
gor,  where  the  bride 
T h e 
T radesm an extends congratulations.

resides. 

E. O. Phillips has returned from a two 
week»’  vacation  at  Macatawa  Park  and 
will put in a couple of weeks in the store 
while  some of  the other  boys are  taking 
their vacations.  He will resume his trips 
on the road about the 15th.

The  Grand  Rapids  Traveling  Men’s 
Association  has  100  members  enrolled 
and  ought to have 500.  The  expense of 
joining is only $1  and  T h e  T radesm an 
should be glad to see  the  list  increased 
without  delay.  Geo.  H.  Seymour,  Sec­
retary,  will receive the  name  and  mem­
bership  fee  at  any time, either  on  the 
road or at the store of H. Schneider & Co.
L.  L.  Loomis,  who  traveled for Rice & 
Moore  for  several  years  and  afterward 
represented Lemon & Peters on the road, 
died  at  the  family residence on Ottawa 
street Sunday evening and will be buried 
at  Battle  Creek  to-day.  The  deceased 
was  a  patient  sufferer  for  years,  and 
death  must  have been a welcome relief.

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word  tor  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
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BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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OR  SALE-GROCERY  STOCK,  VALUED  AT  BE 
tween »1,600 and $8,000;  good light and  commodi­
ous store;  lighted with gas and  connected  with water 
works;  situated in the lively agricultural town  of  St. 
Johns.  Address C. A. Putt, St. Johns, Mich. 

machinery.  Address A  F. Woods, Lagro, Ind. 

F o b  sa l e—h o sie r y   m ill  o u t fit  a t  h a l f

price  for  cash,  or  will  trade  for  iron  working 
OR  WAt.F—FIRST-OLASS  DRUG  STOCK;  INVEN- 
tory »8,000;  also  real  estate;  a  good  chance for 
young  physician.  Address  P.  M.  Cleveland  A   Son, 
Nunica, Mich. 

____________________________  

Gr o c er y  fo r  sa l e—a  good p a y in g   b u s in e s s,

in city of Eaton Rapids;  stock and fixtures, about 
»8,500;  a good 3-story brlok 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,  »1.500;  reasons  for  selling, 
have accepted a position in a bank. 
Inquire  of  E.  S. 
Harris, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 

76 

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F o r   sale—at  a   b a r g a in ,  p l a n in g   m ill,
(brick) dry kilns, machinery and tools, complete; 
on railway with side tracks;  everything  in  first-class 
order.  Address Mt. Pleasant MTg. Works,  Mt.  Pleas-
ant, Mich._____________________________________ *7
JOB  OP  CONTRACT  SAWING  FOR  SOME  RB- 
sponsible  party;  Michigan  preferred.  Address 

HoUey A  Bulien, North Aurelius, Mich. 

FOR BALE-STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FIXTURES, 

splendid location;  good  reasons for  selling.  For
ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOB  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­

particulars, address No. 68, care Tradesman.______58

66

dress No. 80, care Michigan Tradesman. 
H ELP  WANTED.

■  DRUG CLERK  (NOT  NECESSARY  TO  BE  REGI8- 

tered)  who is also posted in stationery and books, 
sporting and  holiday goods,  may learn  something  to 
his  advantage  by  addressing  81—B—27,  Muskegon, 
Mich.__________________________________________78

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MISCELLANEOUS.

6,000  Michigan  merchante—all  of  whom are  warm in 

■BOLISH  THE PASS BOOK  AND  SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman  Conpon,  which is now in use by over 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids._________ _______
Sa m ples  o f t w o  k in d s  o f  c o u po n s  f o r  r e -
tailers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Oo., 
Albany, N. Y. 

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F lan , H one and  Wagon  Coren.  Seat  Shades,  Largo 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Ootton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COTE,  11  Pearl  Street. 

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.

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Already  and  within  a  year’s  time,  ou 
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.  BR O O K S  &  CO.

........ -......... 

......FROM- ........................................ -

J.  HEERINCA,

GENERAL  MERCHANT,

find  dealer In Butter, Eggs. Seeds & Grain,

E A S T   S A U C A T U C K , 

-  M ICHICAN.

W e   q u o te  th e  fo llo w in g   p rices  on   N o.  4 
ta g s,  d e liv e r ed   to a n y  e x p r e ss office or jo b b in g
h o u se   in  th is  city: 

1,000 
2,000 
8,000

$1 8 0  
2 .8 0  
4 .8 0

W 'e  c a rr y   a ll  o th er  sizes  o f  ta g s  a n d   c a n   fill 

o rd ers  on   sh o rt  notice.

THE  TRADESMAN  COM RANT,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Wm.  Ilawkes  succeeds  Chas.  McCrath 
as  manager of  Swift & Company’s  fresh 
meat station.

The  Elliott  Button  Fastener  Co.  has 
the  first  100  machines  well  under  way
and expects  to have a half  dozen  out  by 
the middle of the month.

Andrew J. Gilmore, of  the former firm 
of  Gilmore  &  Campbell,  has  re-engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at  Schoolcraft. 
The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished 
the stock.

W. T.  Lamoreaux  purchased  the Mor- 
man and  Hill  blocks,  on  Canal  street, 
last  week for  $25,000,  transferring  the 
property to  Enos  Putnam  the following 
day for  $26,000.

B. J.  Reynolds,  who has  represented a 
tobacco  house  on  the  road  for several 
years,  with  headquarters at Owosso,  has 
purchased a tobacco  store  here and will 
shortly take up his residence here.

The Michigan  Overall  Manufacturing 
Co., which  opened a branch of  its  Ionia 
factory here last winter in the McMullen 
block,  is  undecided  as  to  whether  the 
branch  factory  will  be  operated  the 
coming  winter.  The machines  are  still 
in  place,  although  they  have  not  been 
used since spring.

The annual  report of  the Phoenix Fur­
niture  Co.  showed  a  profit of  $104,000. 
Ten  thousand  dollars  was deducted for 
wear  and  tear  and  the net gain for the 
year set down at $94,000. 
In  the  mean­
time,Eli F.  Harrington purchased $60,000 
of  the stock at from 40 to 60 per cent,  on 
the  dollar, so that “Uncle  Jimmy” Con­
verse owns more of  the  stock than ever. 
Two or three more  years  like  1889  will 
put Phoenix stock up to par again.

Purely  Personal.

Wm.  Logie and  family  have  returned 

from a tour of the Northern resorts.

Christian Bertsch and family have gone 
to  Traverse  Point  for a month’s  outing.
Joseph Raymond, the  Berlin  boot  and 
shoe  and  hardware  dealer, was  in  town 
Monday.

W. H.  and S. F.  Downs  have  returned 
from Union City,  where their aged father 
is lying near to death.

W. P.  Conklin,  the Ravenna merchant, 
is  located  with  his  family at  Traverse 
Point for the summer.

Chas. Kingsley,  of  the  grocery  firm of 
Kingsley  &  Gardner,  at  Luther, was  in 
town last Wednesday.

Frank  Goodyear, of  the  firm of  Good­
year  &  Barnes,  general  dealers  at  Hast­
ings, was in town one day last week.

H.  L. Day has  sold  his  drug  stock at 
Farwell,  and  engaged  as  prescription 
clerk  for D. W. Richardson,  at Standish.
John  A. Raymond,  son  of  the  Berlin 
merchant,  has  taken a position with  A. 
Herold  &  Co.,  the  Monroe  street  shoe 
dealers.

Miss Elsie D.  Kellogg, cashier for Mus- 
selman & Widdicomb,  has returned  from 
Wequetonsing,  where  she spent a couple 
of weeks with friends.

Chas. McCarty, the  Lowell  grocer, has
settled  his  family  in  his  cottage  at 
Macatawa  Park  and  his  merry laugh is 
frequently heard there.

John  Steketee, of  the  grocery firm  of 
Steketee & Cady,  is  spending a couple of 
weeks  at  Macatawa  Park,  the  guest  of 
his father, Paul Steketee.

Grant  Hammond,  city  salesman  for

Andrew Wierengo,  the Muskegon  whole­
sale  grocer,  has  returned  from  a  two 
weeks’ outing on Indian River.

Fred  S.  Kieldsen,  the  Cadillac grocer, 
was  in  town  Saturday,  on  his  way  to 
Buffalo.  Before  he  had reached  Detroit 
his store and stock were in ruins.

M.  S.  Goodman,  book-keeper  for  the 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  leaves 
Saturday for a trip  around the  lakes and 
a short respite at Traverse Point.

Ludwig  Winternitz  had  the  pleasure 
last  week  of  entertaining  his  friend, 
Fred  Kissinger,  of  Chicago,  General 
Manager of  the Riverdale  Distilling  Co.
Kryn Dykema was taken  suddenly  ill 
Monday  and  applied  to  “Dr.”  Henry 
Fairchild for relief.  The  cure was com­
plete,  but  the  medicine  was  a  trifle 
strong.

D.  D.  Cody, Willard  Barnhart,  O.  A 
Ball  and  N.  A. Earle  have  taken  their 
families  to  their  new  resort  on  Bear 
Lake.  They  expect  to  remain  there 
until September 1.

Geo.  H. Reeder went to Cheboygan last 
Tuesday to look over the failure of  C. S. 
Barnes,  the boot  and  shoe  dealer.  He 
returned  Thursday,  not  at  all  pleased 
with the prospects.

Cornelius  Dosker,  of  the  firm  of  P. 
Steketee  & Sons, is spending a couple  of 
weeks  at  Macatawa  Park,  the  guest  of 
Paul  Steketee  and  family.  He  is  ac­
companied by his wife.

Wm.  T.  Hess  leaves  next  month for 
Boston and the Connecticut  seashore,  re­
turning  the  middle  of  September  via 
Quebec and the St.  Lawrence River.  He 
will be accompanied by his wife.

Daniel  Lynch  was  called  to Chicago 
Sunday  by a  telegram  announcing  the 
death  of  his  brother,  Cornelius,  com­
monly  known  as  “Curly.”  He  will 
arrive here with the remains  to-day.

Dan  C.  Steketee  went  to  Muskegon 
Saturday  and  will  put in a few  days  at 
Macatawa Park  before  returning.  This 
is  the  last  vacation  he  will  take  until 
about  September  1—but concerning  this 
T h e T radesm an  cannot  go  into  details 
quite yet.

A  Commercial  Tape  Worm.

From Insurance.
More defalcations,  more failures, more 
banks  burst  wide  open,  more  cashiers 
and  trusted  managers  gone to parts un­
known but  non-extraditing.  What’s the 
matter ?  Tape worm, that’s  just what it 
is !  That  narrow  strip  of  paper  that 
endlessly uncoils and glides out from un­
der the ticker !  Sooner or later it fetches 
them all. 
If  we  had a controlling or in­
fluential  interest  in  an  insurance com­
pany, and any one connected with it  and 
having  access  to  its cash drawer, or its 
bank  account,  or  its  convertible  secur­
ities, should be found  hanging  over one 
of  these  clicking  devices  of  the  devil, 
listening to its lies  about  fortunes made 
in a day,  that  fellow,  whether  he  was 
president  or  errand  boy,  should  be 
bounced!  Nobody  who  is  fed  upon by 
this  deadly parasite, the  tape  worm  of 
the  stock  indicator,  ought  for  a single 
day to be suffered to  hold a place as cus­
todian of  other people’s money.

The  Domestic  in Hard  Luck.

The Domestic  Sewing  Machine Co.  ex­
ecuted a mortgage  on  its  plant  in  New 
the  Third 
Jersey,  last  Tuesday, 
National Bank of New York for $300,000.

to 

VISITING  BUYERS.

J B Watson, Coopersrille 
Q M Hartwell, Cannonsbnrg 
B E Terrill, Muir 
John D Noah, Moline 
J T Pierson, Irving 
Neal MoMlllan. Rockford 
A W Fenton. Bailey 
R Q Beckwith, Bradley 
Mas ton A  Hammond,
QrandyUle 
Leroy Moore, Greenville 
E S Boteford, Dorr 
O W VLnlng, Lakevlew

Hastings

Kingsley Ä Gardner,Luther 
J F A Raider, Newaygo 
Goodyear & Barnes,
J Kruisenga, Holland 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
W G Tefft, Rockford 
F L Roberts, Mantón 
Flanagan & Son, Lansing 
O W Caskey, Petoskey 
Rob't Johnson, Cadillac 
Fred S Kieldsen, Cadillac 
J Raymond, Berlin

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

Correspondence solicited.

81  SOUTH DIVISION ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

S We  respectfully  call  your  attentino 

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

BiGples,
Tricycles,
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods

AND

Agents for A. G. Sptflding & Bro.’s 
Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  and 
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. G. Studlev»

4   M o n r o e   S t.,

GRAND RAPID S

Call and  see  them 
or  send  for  large, 
illu s tr a te d   cata 
logue.

Brown’s  Seed  Store,^

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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pat  into  practical  operation the  coming 
season.  New department-  may  possibly 
be  added  profitably—laces,  ribbons,  no­
tion-.  clothing, 
the  bargain  counter. 
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should  be  remedied.  How  about  the 
system  of  credit—are  you  losing  many 
bad  accounts?  Can’t 
leak  be 
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few  retail  merchants 
in  the  country 
know  how to advertise properly.  A  page 
at a time in the local papers,  if  it can  be 
bought  cheap  enough, is a good  invest­
ment.  A  great many newspapers charge 
too much  for advertising -pace, however. 
Buy  advertising  -pace  the  same as  you 
buy goods,  for  the  money  there is in it.
There are  many other  things to think 
of.  Let  nothing  of  importance  escape 
consideration.  Prospects  are  good,  the 
outlook-is encouraging, and the merchant 
who “trusts in the  Lord  and  keep-  hi« 
powder dry”  will surely make money.
How to  Choose  a  Good  Black  Silk.
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Pull out a thread of  the filling and  see 
if it is  strong. 
If it stand« the test, then 
rub one  corner  of  the  silk in the hands 
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tion,  if  it  be good silk,  it will,  upon be 
ing brushed out,  look as smooth as ever. 
If,  on holding it up to the light and  look­
ing through  it,  you see no traces of  the 
rubbing,  be  sure  the silk  is good.  The 
warp and filling  should  not differ  much 
in  size, or it will not wear  well. 
If  you 
choose a figured  silk,  let  the  figure  be 
small  and  well  woven,  else it will soon 
present  a  frayed  appearance,  and  you 
will  have to pick  off  the  little  tags  of 
silk that will dot the breadths.

A  Regret.

Caller  (Sunday  evening)  —  Is  Miss 
Servant—No,  sir:  I  am  sorry  to  say 

Baggs at  borne ?
Miss Baggs has  just gone to church.

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•  *%
--4 *
.  4^ Brunswick........
. Eruwtrdf 
......
arD  flammei-
324 T W ...................
* Fireman  — . 
-224
- Or**»Ji’Tvrir*
..*¿4
274 F T .....................
.35
30  J  K F. XXX........
. T ti bon XXX  ■.
1 
274  Buckeye.............
....
324
1 B^ed & Blue,  piiaid  40  Grev S E W .........
174  :
.  224 Western W ........ • ■184 !
rnioc  R .......
■ w* udfrw ........ ......184 D B  P .................
..184 !
.21  Flushing XXX... -.234
■ 6 oi Western
.  224 Manitoba...........
-234 ;
Union  3 
. 
.. S  & 
; Nameless 
...... ® @104
......
124
CAJTTASS  A3TD  PADDIKG.
Slate.  Brown. Black. Slate.  Brown. Rack.
13
13
®4
94 
15
15
17
17
: 11 *4 
11%
20
12%
12% 
20
.... 54
rareren. S on..
10 oz
“ 
Mnvland. Soz........104 
Greenwood. 74 0*.  94 Raven, lOoz........
........
Greenwood. 8 oz  ...114 Stark 
W ADDIM69.
White, dot...... __ 25  Per bale, 40 doz  .
Colored,  dot  .. ...... 20  I
SILESIAS.
8  Pawtucket.........
Slater. Iron Cross 
Red Cross__  9  Dundie..........   ..
j  ** 
S  “  Be«  ... ___104  Bedford  ..........
.124 Valley  City........
Best  AA
COSSETS.
..89 50 Wonderful........
: Schilling *....... __  9 00 Brighton............
SEWIMG  SULK.
i Cortioelli. dot.

......  94 West  Point, 8 oz. -.104 I
-.124
• 134
..15
r  00

. 
BO'ME'T  FLAMMEL.
S4&39  1 

.104
..  9
.104
• H'4
.*4  75 |
.  4 75

94 13 
10*4 15 
114 17 
12420 
BUCKS.

14 
“ 

“ 

.

twist, dot.  374  per 401  ball...
SO vd. dor  .3741
HOOK AMD  ETES—FEB GROSS.

..30

“

“

PIKS.

.12 
“  8
.12  j  “  10 

No  1 Bl'k A White..10  >*o  4 Bl'k & White..15
**  ± 
..20
“ 3
..25
i No 2—20  M  C.. .....SO  No 4—15. F  34  • ..40
]  *  3—IS, S C... ......45
No  2 White A Bl'k..12  No  8 White 4  Bl’k.,20
“  4
.  23
!  “  6 
..26
; No 2................. ......26  No 3.................... ...36

COTTOM  TAPE.
.15 
“  10 
.18  1  “  12 
SAFETY  PISS.

“
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“

MEEDLES—PER  M.
A. James  ......
......1  50 Steamboat........... ...  40
S Crowely’s....... .......1  35 Gold  Eved  ........ ...1  50
Marshall's...... ----- 1 00
5—4....2 25  6—4 
i  “  ...a   io

.3 25 5—4..  .1  95  6—4...2 96

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

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See quotations In  Grocery Price Current.

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61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

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Hand and Machine Use
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Dry  G o o d s

Manufacturers of

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,

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guaranteed.

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

P r ic e s  C urren t.

knobs—New List. 

levels. 

7

50
55
50
55
35

M A R D W Ä M J a .

Suggestions  About  Ordering  Goods.
1.  Write only on one side of  the paper 
when ordering  goods.  The other side is 
apt  to  be  neglected,  and  it  is  incon­
venient  for  reference  after the order is 
filed away.
2.  Do  not  mention  a  remittance  and 
order  goods  both  on  the  same sheet of 
paper.  The  remittance, 
in  whatever 
form  it  may  be  sent,  whether  a draft, 
money order or an express  order, goes to 
the cashier,  and  the  statement that  you 
sent it  should  be in shape to accompany 
it to  insure  you  getting  credit  for  the 
amount.  The  order  will go to the order 
clerk.
3.  Use  one  sheet  for  the  remittance 
and  another to write the  order on, to in­
sure prompt attention for both.
4.  Do  not  send  an  order  and  a com­
plaint  about a former  bill of  goods or a 
claim for reclamation on the same paper. 
The trouble  about  which  you write will 
have to go to the  claim  clerk for adjust­
ment,  while  the  other will go to another 
part of  the honse to be filled.
5.  It is better not to write part of your 
order and then introduce some other sub­
ject  foreign  to  the  order,  after  which 
continue  your  order.  The  stock  clerk 
who is getting out  your  order has no in 
terest in any remarks  which do not refer 
directly to the order  before him.
6.  Not signing orders is more  common 
than  one  would  suppose. 
It  leads  to 
much  annoyance  and  delay.  Even  if 
you have a printed letter-head with  your 
name  and  business on it,  a house  might 
not be  justified  in  filling it unless  they 
first wrote to  see if  the  order  had  your 
sanction. 
If  they  filled  an  order  sup 
posing  you  wrote it,  they would have no 
proof that you sent it,  if for some reason 
you refused to receive the goods.
7.  Do  not  fail to stamp the  envelope 
the neglect of  this often  sends the letter 
to  Washington, D. C.,  to have the stamp 
sent before the  letter  can  reach its des 
tination.
8.  Write plainly so that  parties cannot 
help understanding what  you want.  Do 
not  crowd  what  you  have  to  say, but 
take another sheet of  paper to finish.
9.  Give  both the  number  and  size of 
an article so that they make  no  mistake.
10.  Do not abbreviate  too much.

AXES.

AUGUBS AND BITS.

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’,  imitation.......................... ........50410
........8 8 50
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................
D.  B. Bronze.................
........  12 50
......   9 50
S.B.S. Steel.................
D. B. Steel.................... ........  14 00
dlB.
Railroad.............................................. .... 8 14 00
Garden.................................................. net  30 00
dls.

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

Stove.  .......................................................... 50410
70
Carriage new list.......................................... 
Plow..............................................................40410
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70

BARROWS.

bolts. 

“ 
“ 
“ 

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dig.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60410
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60410
Wrought Table.............................................60410
Wrought InBide Blind.................................. 60410
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark's...............................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70410
Blind, Shepard’s .......................................... 
70

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

40

BLOCKS.

CRAOLES.

Grain........................................ 
CROW BARS.

Cast Steel............................................per lb  5
Ely’s 1-10............................................per m  65
Hick's C. F ............................................ 
“ 
G. D .......................................................  “ 
Musket..................................................   “ 

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

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

Socket Firm er..............................................70410
Socket Framing.............................................70410
Socket Corner................................................ 70410
Socket Slicks................................................ 70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................  
40

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

40
25

White CrayonB, per gross.............12® 12¡4 dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

“ 

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

drills. 

60
35
60

50
25

dls.

dls.

31
29
28
28

30
dls.

The  Retort  Courteous.

“Good sir,”  said  the  humorist,  as  he 
entered  the  clothing  store,  “you  sell 
goods for cash only, do  you  not ?”
“One  price,  C.  O.  D.,”  said  the  mer 
chant, who was a man of  few words.
“Then,” replied the humorist,  “I shall 
go over to Hooray’s, for  he  will give me 
time.”
“Nay,”  replied  the  merchant;  “Hoo­
ray’s is a cash establishment, also.” 
“Yes,”  answered  the  humorist, smil 
ing,  for all had  gone  well, and now was 
the time for  his  joke;  “I know it is;  but 
he gives away a stem-winding watch with 
every  suit.  Do  you  not  see  that I can 
get time there?”
“You  err,”  said  the  merchant;  “you 
mistake  the  watch.  Tick  you  get,  but 
demed  little  time;”  and  the  humorist 
departed ill-pleased, while  the merchant 
gazed into space, as before.

As Funny  as  a Funeral.

A Kalamazoo man  read in a paper that 
the  family  table  should  always  be the 
scene  of  laughter  and  merriment,  and 
that  no  meal  should  be  passed  in the 
moody silence that so often characterizes 
those occasions.  The idea struck him so 
favorably  that  when  his  family  was 
gathered around  the  table  that evening 
he  said:  “Now, 
thing  of 
keeping so blamed mum at meals has got 
to stop.  You  hear  me ?  You  girls put 
in an’  tell  stories  an’  keep up agreeable 
sort o’  talk like,  an’ you  boys  laugh an’ 
be  jolly, or I’ll take and  dust  your jack­
ets  with  a  grape  vine  till  you  can’t 
stand.  Now,  begin!”  The  glare  that 
he sent around  the  table  made the fam­
ily as funny as a funeral.

this  sort  o’ 

The Hardware  Market.

All goods  made  from  steel are firmer, 
in  sympathy with  the  advance  in  the 
raw material.  Sheet iron is firm at pres­
ent prices.  The rope market is quiet.

50
50

ELBOWS.

DRIPPING PANS.

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks......................................  
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
Morse’s Taper Shank................................ 
07
Small sizes, ser pound............................. 
Large sizes, per pound................................  
6 Vi
Com. 4 piece, 6 In........................... doz. net 
75
Corrugated.....................................dls. 20410410
Adjustable.............................................dls. 40410
dis.
25
dls.
Dlsston’s ...................................................... 60410
New American........................................ 60410
Nicholson’s ............................................. 60410
Heller’s..................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps............................... 
50

Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826 .......................  
Ives’, 1,818; 2, 824 ;  3,130........................ 

tiles—New List 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

30

GALVANIZED IRON

dls.

13 
gauges. 
HAHHERS.

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

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
Maydole  4 Co.’s.....................................dls. 
25
k iw i....................................................... dls. 
25
Terkes 4  Plumb’s..................................dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ..............................dls.60410
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4)4  14 and
longer........................................................  314
Screw Hook and Eye, 14....................... net 
10
8>4
H.........................net 
“ 
H .........................net 
7K
“ 
“ 
X.........................net 
714
Strap and T ............................................dls. 
70
dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50410
Champion,  antl-frlction.............................   60410
40
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
Pots...............................................................  
60
Kettles........................................................... 
60
Spiders......................................................... 
60
Gray enameled..............................................40410
Stamped  Tin Ware.........................new list 70410
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................  
25
Granite Iron V.’a re ......................new list 3314410
Bright...................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70410410
Hook’s ................................................ 
.70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................  70410410

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

HOLLOW WARE.

wire goods. 

HANGERS. 

dls.

dls. 50402

dls.

dlS.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

Advance over base: 

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .............. 
70
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ....................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler 4  Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
Adze Eye......................................... 816.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye.  ...................................... 815.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... 818.50, dls. 20410.
diS.
50
Sperry 4 Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables  ... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Clr. k’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
..................................... 
25
Stebbin’s Pattern......................................... 60410
Stebbin's Genuine........................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails, base...................................  
Wire nails, base...................................................2 60
60......................................................Base 
50......................................................Base 
40...............................  ...................  05 
30.....................................................  10 
20..................................................... 
15 
16..................................................... 
15 
12.....................................................  15 
10......................................................  20 
8 .......................................................   25 
7 4 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 
Barrell %.......................................... 1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sciota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  410
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
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 

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

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs %c per pound extra.

dls.

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

 

ROPES.

16
dis.

SqUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 14 Inch and larger.............................   1254
Manilla
Steel and Iron............................................
Try and Bevels...........................................
Mitre..........................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to 14.....................................84 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.. 

75
60
20
Com. 
S3 10 
3 20 
3 20 
•3 30 
3 40 
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

..............dls.40410

SASH CORD.

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

wire. 

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

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

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

traps. 

dis.
Steel, Game...............................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...........  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market  .............................................  65
Annealed Market......................................... 70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market........................................   6254
Coppered  Spring  Steel............................ 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 60
painted...................................   3 00
2 10
Au Sable.............................. dis. 25410@25410405
Putnam................................................. 
dis. 10410
Northwestern................................  
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages.................................. 
50
 
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................50410410
Dampers, American.................................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.......  
65

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dis.

dis.

“ 

 

dls. 05

METALS.
PIG TIN.

 

26c
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
680 pound  casks..........................  
754
 
Per pound....................................................  
754
*4® 54.................................................................. 18
Extra Wiping..................................................1354
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s.
13
10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................................
14x20 IC, 
.....................................
“ 
10x14 IX, 
.....................................
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
..................................
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10xl4IC,  Charcoal  .................................
“ 
14x20 IC, 
.....................................
10x14 IX, 
....................  ..............
“ 
“  — ...............................
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

TIN—MELTN GRADE.

.8 6 60 
6 60 
.  8 35 
.  S 35

.1  6  00 
6  00 
.  7 50 
.  7 50

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester................................  6 00
“ 
..........................  7 50
.........................  12 50
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade................  5  25
6  75
“ 
“ 
11  00
“ 
14 00
BOILER size tin pla t e.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28 IX........................................................818
14x31  IX..............................................................14 50
K

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T H U R S D A Y ,  A U G U S T   7 

H a s   been  agreed  u p o n  b y  all the 
G rand  R a p id s  m e r c h a n ts   as  a 
P u b lic   H o lid a y , c o m m e n c in g   at 
12  n o o n   of that  d a y .

O ur sto re  w ill  c lo se   at  12  o ’c lo ck ,  T h u r s ­
d a y ,  A u g u st 7,  an d   rem a in   clo se d   th e  b a la n c e  
o f th e d a y .

Foster,  S tevens  &  Co.,

W H O L E S A L E   H A R D W A R E .

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

of  anything he has  undertaken,  so  far in 
life—except in  stirrin g   up  strife  among 
the  farm ers  and  arraying  them   against 
the  business public—his  record  is a poor 
one to win  votes  with. 
Indications of  a 
revolt  in  the party are widely m anifest, 
several of  the  leading  P rohibitionists of 
the State having publicly announced th at 
they  will  bolt the head of  the ticket.

The  Western  Union  octopus  has  re­
ceived a deserved back-set  in  the  court 
of last resort in  Kentucky.  The  action 
was brought to  recover  damages for the 
failure  of  the  telegraph  company  to 
deliver  to  the  plaintiff  two  telegrams, 
one announcing the  dangerous illness of 
his father, and the  other announcing the 
latter’s death and place of burial.  The 
plaintiff  claimed,  among  other  things, 
that he had,  through  the company’s fail­
ure to deliver, missed the donation  of  a 
promissory note  from  his  father.  The 
court held that the plaintiff  could  main­
tain the  action,  that  the  company  was 
liable for damages  if  it failed to use or­
dinary diligence in  compliance  with  its 
contract,  whether  the  damages  were to 
the feelings or to the purse, and that the 
injury to the feelings should be regarded 
as part of the actual damages.
Jim  W ould  K onw.

they  is 

Miss  Daisy,  from  the  city,  is  being 
shown around  the  farm by Mr.  Oatcrop, 
who is endeavoring  to explain to her the 
ins and outs of  farm life.
“Naow, this is the corn  field, miss,  an’ 
over  there  yander is the  hay,  an’  inside 
of  that is the wheat.  Daown there  yan­
der in the far corner is the oats—”
Oh!  I  do  want  to  see  the  oats  so 
badly.  What kind are they ?”
Oh, 
just  the  plain  oats, 
miss.”
‘Oh, I’m so sorry !  But  where do you 
have the other oats growing ?”
“ What others is that, miss?”
“Why, the  wild  oats that I hear them 
peak of  in town.”
“I  don’t  know  nothin’  ’bout  them, 
miss.  Howsumever,  my son Jim,  what’s 
bin  daown  to  the  college in taown this 
winter  lamin’, may know  suthin’  ’bout 
them. 
I’ll  ask  him.  We  don’t see ’em 
on our place.”

The Condition of Trade.

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The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ o f  Michigan Business Men’s  A s s o c i a t i o n .

A  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  D EVOTED  TO  TH E

Retail Trade of the Wolilerine State.

T h e   T r a d e sm a n   C o m p a n y ,  P r o p r ie to r .
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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.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  A U G U S T   6 ,  1 8 9 0 .

THE  BANKRUPTCY  BILL.

to  arouse  partisan 

The House has  passed the  bankruptcy 
bill by a very considerable  majority,  and 
with much  less solid  opposition  than we 
should  have  expected.  The  objectors, 
chiefly members from the southwest,  had 
not  thought  out  any  effective  line  of 
criticism,  but  spent  their time  on  wasp­
ish  objections  of  a  vague  and  general 
kind.  The test  really was on the  report 
of  the  minority  of  the  Judiciary  Com­
mittee,  which  was  a  bill  differing  from 
that before the House  in  abolishing  the 
compulsory  features, by which  an  insol­
vent debtor  could  be  constrained  to  be­
Yet  in  spite  of 
come  a  bankrupt. 
attempts 
feeling 
against the  bill, it  got a good  number of 
Democratic votes, and passed by 117 to 84.
This  is  the  fourth  attempt to  rid  the 
country of  the  confusion  resulting from 
having  as  many systems  of  bankruptcy 
as there  are states, to the great injury of 
commerce  between the  states.  The first 
was the law of  1800,  which was  not long 
in  force.  The  second  was  the  law  of 
1867,  which  was  badly  drawn  and  was 
found oppressive to many sections of the 
country.  Then  came  Judge  Lowell’s 
bill, which  passed  the  Senate  but  was 
thrown  out  by  the  House,  although  it 
was a great  improvement  on  the  law of 
1867.  The  proposed  law is the  work of 
business  men  of  the  West,  who  have 
found  that  in  the  present  conflict  of 
bankruptcy  laws  they are at a disadvan­
tage. 
It is  charged  that  it  is  only  the 
wholesale dealers who desire its passage, 
and  the  inference  is  that  the  smaller 
dealers  are  to  be  oppressed  by it.  But 
any measure  which  gives the  big houses 
a larger  measure of  security against  dis­
honesty will lead  them to deal more gen­
erously  with  the  retail 
traders.  As 
things  now  go,  they have  to  charge in 
surance  prices  to  all  their  customers 
because  they have  not the  security they 
ought  to  have  against  the  dishonest 
among them.______________

From the New York Shipping List.
Reports  from  the  large  interior  dis­
tributing cities indicate  that  business is 
generally  active  for  this  season of  the 
year,  larger  in  volume than for the cor­
responding  period  last  year,  and  with 
excellent  reports  respecting  the  indus­
trial situation,  the  outlook  seems  to be 
of  the most  encouraging  character. 
In 
this city,  however,  the  demand for mer­
chandise  has  been of  moderate  propor­
tions,  and,  with  the  exception of  some 
activity in  wheat and cotton, speculation 
has been dull and featureless.  There has 
been  increased  confidence  in  financial 
circles because of  the  further liberation 
of  idle  money  from  the  Treasury  by 
means of  bond  purchases, the  Secretary 
having  extended  the  time  for  making 
tenders  under  the  last  circular.  The 
purchases,  therefore,  made  will  aggre­
gate about ten millions in  value with the 
premium  added  and  the  money market 
has already reflected this  influx of avail­
able funds.  The  unsettled  condition of 
political and  financial  affairs  in Central 
and South America  is  likely to result in 
further  exports of  gold,  but the drain is 
not likely to materially affect the  money 
market,  although  it  causes  an  uneasy 
feeling  in  London.  There  is no impor­
tant  change  in  the  crop outlook.  The 
yield of  wheat will not  equal  early esti­
Lightning sometimes  strikes  in  queer
mates;  corn  has  suffered  a  good  deal 
places.  The  scheming  Partridge,  of 
from  drought  and  present estimates in
Flushing,  early announced  himself  as a i dicate^haUhe  yreld^ wilT falT consTder 
candidate  for  Governor  on  the P.  of  I.  | ably  below  that of  the  past  two  years; 
ticket  but  that  organization  refused to  the  most  favorable  reports  are still re- 
g ra .i/jh i,  ambltu,».  The  P—
ists,  however,  picked the  poor fellow up  production of  potatoes  and  garden veg- 
and  placed  him  at  the  head  of  their  etables.  On  the  other  hand, the  prev- 
ticket.  As he has  never  made a success I alence of  wet  weather on the  Continent

The originators of the sugar trust gave 
an  able  attorney  £250,000  for  shaping 
the  plans  and  preparing  the  details  of 
the  organization.  Now  that  the  courts 
have  declared  the  organization  invalid, 
arrangements  have been  made with  Kid­
der,  Peabody  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  to 
re-organize the trust for another £250,000. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  actual  cost  of 
such  service  will  be  less  than  $25,000, 
leaving  the  banking firm  a  comfortable 
profit of $225,000 in the undertaking.

n-

Charging  for  K now ing  H ow.

has seriously damaged all growing crops, 
From the American Furniture Qaaette.
and  although  reports  are  more  or  less 
“I paid a bill  the  other  day,”  said a 
exaggerated,  the  yield of all agricultural 
large  manufacturer  to  me,  “ without  a 
products  will  be  very  much  curtailed, 
murmur,  simply  because  of  the  way it 
and  hence  the  bullish  feeling that has 
was  worded.  My  engineer  found  that 
characterized the wheat  and  sugar mar­
his hot water  pipe  would not work,  and 
kets.  The continued delay of  tariff  leg­
after  puttering at it for an hour sent for 
islation  is  still  a  cause  of  embarrass­
a machinist.  He bothered with it half  a 
ment  in  departments of  trade  that  are 
day and concluded it must come apart.  I 
likely  to  be 
influenced  by  proposed 
was  much  annoyed,  for  that  meant the 
changes,  and  the  movement  of  foreign 
stoppage  of  my factory for a long  time. 
trade at this  port  shows a large prepon­
Before  I  gave  the  order  to  take  it  to 
derance  of  imports.  The  demand  for 
pieces, some one  suggested that a neigh­
dry goods  has  been comparatively slow, 
boring  engineer  be sent for, as he was a 
and thus far dealers  from the South  and 
sort of  genius  in  the matter of  machin­
Southwest have bought rather sparingly, 
ery.  He came,  and  after  studying  the 
but  jobbers  confidently  predict  an  im­
pump awhile, he took a hammer and gave 
proved demand as soon as the new month 
three  sharp  raps  over  the  valve. 
‘I 
has opened.  The iron  trade is generally 
reckon  she’ll  go  now,’ he  quietly said, 
quiet,  so  far  as  fresh  business  is  con­
and  putting on steam ‘she’  did go.  The
cerned,  but  the  steadiness  with  which
prices are maintained  is due to the large | next day I received a bill  from  h im f o r  
deliveries that are being made from week ! $25.50.  The price  amazed me, but when 
to week and  evidences  that exist of  act-! I had examined the items  .drew a  check 
ive consumption.  The  demand  for  an-! 
read  t this ^ way. 
Messrs.  Blank & Co., Dr.  to John Smith. 
thracite coal has not  improved,  and sup­
For fixing pump,  50 cents.  For knowing 
plies are  moving  off  slowly at prices be­
how,  $25.’  Had  he  charged  me  $25.50 
low the  card  rates.  The feature of  the 
for  fixing  the pump,  I should  have con­
metal  market is  the  strong  position  of 
sidered it exorbitant.  But  50  cents was 
copper  and  steady  upward  tendency of 
reasonable,  and  I recognized  the  value 
prices.  The largest  producers  are  ask­
of  knowledge,  so  1  paid  and 
said 
ing 18 cents  for  forward  deliveries,  and 
nothing.” 
any improvement in  the  demand  would 
establish  that  price.  Staple  groceries 
have  undergone  no  important  change.
Raw sugar is firm  because of  the bullish 
temper  of  the  European  markets,  and 
the demand for  refined is fairly active at 
steady  prices. 
Speculative  influences 
support  the  coffee  market, but  trade is 
as dull as it is  unsatisfactory.  The boot 
and  shoe  trade  is  reported  to be  pecu­
liarly active  and  healthy for this season 
of  the  year.

couldn’t get him.
Traveler—Well, why don’t  you  adver­
tise the fact, and  have  your house  filled 
this summer ?

Traveler—Are  you  going  to  have the 
same  head  clerk  this  summer that  you 
had last ?

Summer  Hotel  Proprietor  —  No; 

It  W ould  Help  Business.

once.^  The  bill 

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I 

The best variety of talking Parrots are 
secured on the Isle of  Pines,  about  fifty 
miles south of Cuba.  They have a bright 
green  plumage  with  red  breast,  which 
makes  them  beautiful birds, as well  as 
being intelligent and easily cared for.

Our agent has arrived from  the  island 
with 1,000 of  the Very Finest Specimens 
of these birds.

Ve Propose to  Give these  1, 
Parrots to our Cmtomors

on the following basis:

1—  With an order for 500 of our “Pretty 

Polly” Cigars we will  send  One  Parrot, 
without a cage.

2—  On an order for 600 cigars  we  will 

send One Parrot  and a handsome cage.

3—  On an order for 1,000 cigars we will 

send Two Parrots in a handsome cage.

This is a rare opportunity  to  secure  a 
valuable bird at no expense.  The price 
of the Cigars is $35 per thousand, with or 
without the Parrot*.

Some dealers will  use  the  birds as an 
advertisement,  issuing  a  ticket say with 
every  25  cent  purchase  of  tobacco  or 
cigars,  and  then  have a drawing.  We 
will furnish such tickets  Free if desired.
As we can only get one supply of birds 
this  year,  parties  desiring  one  should 
send in their order at once.

STATE  OF  MICHIGAN, I 
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County of W ayne, 

James  B.  Wilkinson,  of 21 Grand River, ave­
nue,  Detroit,  Michigan,  being  duly sworn, de­
poses and says that he has  in his possession and 
owns a  parrot  of  the  Cuban  or  Pine  Island 
variety;  that  he  has  owned  said  parrot  five 
years;  that when said  parrot was three years of 
age this deponent was  offered one hundred dol­
lars (1100) for said parrot;  that he  refused  said 
offer  and  would  not  take five hundred dollars 
for  said parrot at the present time', and  further 
deponent saith not.

J ames  B.  W ilkinson.

Subscribed and sworn to before  me  this  12th 

day of June, 1890.
Notary Public, in and for Wayne County, Michi­

E u gene S. Clarkson,

gan.

Address DETROIT  TOBACCO  CO.,

P le a s e  m e n tio n  T H E   T R A D E S M A N ,

Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich.
H E S S
P E R K I N S   <fc
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

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

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CARR TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE.

T H E   M C H 1 G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

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FLOUR  SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TW IN E  AN D   W OODEN  W ARE.

Houseman  Block,

Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.
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D ealers in E N G IN E S , B O ILE R S and M ILL M A C H IN E R Y , Farm M achinery, 

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A Man Without a Country- 

Just  north  of  Marion  Island,  in  the 
west  arm  of  Grand Traverse Bay,  lies a 
small island  containing about an  acre of 
land, separated  from  the  larger  island 
by several  hundred feet of  shoal  water. 
This  island  has  been  inhabited for the 
past  twelve  years  by Dick Bassett,  who 
follows the  vocation of  a fisherman,  and 
has erected several buildings suitable for 
residence  and  fishing  purposes.  Twice 
while the U. S.  land office was  located at 
Traverse City, he  undertook to purchase 
the  island  from  the government,  but as 
it has  never  been  “meandered” by  the 
government, none of Uncle Sam’s records 
contain any reference to such  an  island. 
He has since requested the  Congressman 
from that  district to enquire at the Land 
Office  at  Washington  in  regard  to  the 
matter, but the reply came back from the 
seat of  government,  “There is no  island 
as described.”  Although  he  cannot ac­
quire a title to  the  land, the  inhabitant 
of  the  island  is  as  secure  in  its  pos­
session as if  he had a dozen deeds, as the 
people  roundabout  would  rise en vuisse 
and  resent  any attempt to dislodge him.
A singular  circumstance  has arisen in 
connection with Bassett’s peculiar tenure 
of 
included 
within the  limits of  Peninsula township, 
the  owner  pays  his  taxes  there  and if 
anyone lived on the Island he would vote 
in that township.  Bassett, however,  has 
never been asked to pay any taxes  and— 
although  he  served 
the  country  four 
years in  the  late  war—he is not permit­
ted  to  vote  by  the  officers of  the town­
ship,  who maintain that he  does  not live 
in  the  United  States. 
In  spite of  such 
trifling  annoyances,  the  solitary  inhab­
itant of  the Island takes the world philo­
sophically and rakes in the  shekels from 
one of  the best fishing grounds on Grand 
Traverse Bay.

title.  Marion  Island  is 

A  Stock  Taking  Story.

From Draper’s Record.
Apropos of  stock-taking, I have  heard 
a story which,  though  the  incident  took 
place some time ago, is worth  repeating.
A worthy principal of  one of  the large 
houses had an awkward  habit of  testing 
the  efficiency  of  the  books  in a certain 
department, and  one  question  which he 
frequently put to the buyer was;
“Is  your stock kept so accurately that 
you could tell if  anything  was  taken ?” 
“Yes,” was the reply.
“I fear not,” said  the  old  gentleman, 
and there  the  matter ended for the time 
being.
A few  days  after,  however,  he  came 
back  again with a statement in his hand 
of  goods charged to his  private  account, 
in  which  an  item  appeared  for  a  few 
pounds.
“By  whom  were 
these  goods  pur­
chased ?”  said he.
“By  no  one, sir,” replied  the  buyer; 
“they were  removed  out of  the  depart­
ment by yourself.”
The  old  gentleman  smiled  and  was 
quite pleased.  “Then  1  had  better  re­
turn them.”

“ Very well, sir.”
The  goods  were  in  due  course  re­
turned, and, again,  a few  days after, the 
principal  arrived  with  a credit  note  in 
his hand.
“I  find  you  have  not  given  me  full 
credit for the goods returned.”
“That is correct, sir.”
“And why not?”
“Prices went down  in  the  meantime, 
and I could not sell  these goods now, ex­
cept at  a  loss.”
The  story  goes  that  the  buyer  was 
never afterward troubled.

H e’ll  Succeed.

From the New York Tribune.
The  passengers  on  a  New  York  car 
bound down town,  the other  night, were 
amused  at  the  sight  of  a  youngster  of

BPtO"W3ST 

ten  years  or  so,  dressed in the uniform 
of  a  messenger  boy,  trotting  alongside 
the car.  The little fellow  joined the car 
at  Twenty-third  street,  and  kept  com­
pany  witn  it  every  block  of  the  way 
down  to  the  City Hall.  When  the  car 
would stop he would  halt, and when the 
driver would whip up his  horses the boy 
would keep up the pace,  too.  One of the 
passengers on the front  platform, struck 
with  the  boy’s  grit,  offered  to  pay his 
fare if  he would  ride.  The little fellow 
shook his head and  said he was satisfied. 
As the car stopped  at  Houston  street to 
let  off  a number of  passengers,  and  he 
had a minute’s rest, he explained that he 
had a message  to  deliver  up  town,  and 
wanted to save the ten  cents  which  the 
office gave him for car fare, and yet know 
that he wasn’t losing  any time.  He said 
he  had  trotted  all  the way up town  the 
same way.
There’s a boy  who’ll  succeed  in  life. 
That  boy  will,  if  health  and  strength 
continue,  become  one  of  New  York’s 
merchant princes.  He  knows  the value 
of  saving,  and  at  the  same time is con­
scientiously earnest  in  his  discharge of 
duty—resolved to lose no time that is his 
employer’s.

Newsy Notes from  Flushing.

Crops are good and prospects  are  fair 

C.  A.  Fox, of  Herriman & Fox,  is  ab­

for a large fall trade.
sent on his wedding tour.
H.  H. Chatters  and  C.  E.  Park  have 
been  appointed  delegates  to  attend the 
State  B.  M.  A. meeting,  to  be  held  in 
Saginaw this month.
The P.  of  I.  store  here is not cutting a 
very prominent  figure  nowadays.  They 
claim  they are  going to  jump the  job as 
soon as their contract expires.
Is a man fit for  Governor whose credit 
is not  good for 850 worth of  goods  from 
any store in his own town  or  who  could 
not  borrow  $100  on  his  own signature 
from  any bank in Genesee county?
The  Prohibitionists  here  are  not  ju 
bilant over  the  nomination of  Bro. Par 
tridge for Governor  and  are  not slow in 
saying  that  a man  who  cannot  run  an 
eighty-acre  farm  is  not capable of  run­
ning  the  great  State of  Michigan.  We 
are preparing a biography of this P. of I 
Mogul and will send it later on.
Can  Fill  Their  Pockets.

From the Philadelphia Press.
It  has  been  at  last  judicially  deter 
mined  by  the  Supreme  Court of  Penn 
sylvania—though  the  force of  the decis 
ion is somewhat weakened by the dissent 
of  the  Chief  Justice—that a patron of 
restaurant  buys  all  the  food  which he 
orders,  and  that  the  sale  is  complete 
when the food is placed before him.  He 
can  eat  it  or  leave  it,  give  it away or 
carry it away, just  as  he  pleases.  The 
Chief  Justice,  believing that  good  man 
ners and good law are  identical, dissent: 
vigorously from the position that the un­
eaten  remnants of  food  can  be  carried 
away  if  the  surfeited  guest  sees  fit. 
Hotel  and  boarding-house  keepers  will 
regret  that  the  Chief  Justice’s views of 
the law did not prevail, for then the fur­
tive withdrawal  from the dining table of 
an extra orange for refreshment between 
meals, or of  a handful of  nuts or raisins 
for the delectation of the children, would 
be  petty larceny and  would  subject the 
offender to indictment  in  addition to the 
frowning disapproval of  the  landlady.

A ssociation N otes.

The Quincy B. M. A. bus  induced every mer­
chant in that town to sign an agreement to close 
his place of  business on Wednesday, August 20, 
and join in a business men’s picnic  at  Pleasant 
Ridge, on Marble Lake, to which they invite  all 
the farmers and patrons in their vicinity.  They 
expect to  make  it  the  largest  gathering of the 
season in the county.
Correspondence  with  the  active  associations 
of the State discloses the fact that so many busi­
ness men are absent at the various resorts, while 
many  of  those  at  home  are  working  short- 
handed, that  it  has  been  deemed  advisable to 
postpoue the Saginaw convention  for  the  pres­
ent.  A meeting of  the Executive Board will be 
held as soon as Member Bridgeman returns from 
Europe,  when  new  dates  for  the  convention 
will probably be decided  upon.

Corner W est B ridge and  N orth F ro n t  Sts.,

H E S T E R .   So  EOX,

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“T O S S   U P I ”

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.

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S t a le   B o a r d   o f   P h a r m a c y ,

One  Tear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Three  Years—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Four  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—O ttm ar Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Meetings  during  1890—Marquette,  Aug.  IS  and  14;
Lansing, Nov. 5 and >.__________________ ___________
J f flc liig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

President—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. A lsdorf, L*yrising.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart. Berrien Springs 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
Webb, Jacksoni  D. E. Prall,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday 

of September,  1890.

G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
G ran d  R a p id s   D r u g  C lerk s* A s s o c ia t io n . 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. 8mith.________

D e t r o it   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c iety  

President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

M u sk e g o n   D r u g   C le r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 

President. C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.

Empiricism  and  Pharmacy.

From  the  Western  Druggist.

The  Tennessee  Pharmaceutical  Asso­
ciation passed the following resolution at 
its last annual meeting  and presented it, 
in  connection  with  a  more  extended 
memorial,  through  a committee,  to  the 
American  Medical  Association,  at  its 
May meeting in Nashville:
Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three 
be appointed to  lay before the American 
Medical Association  the great and grow­
ing  evil of  prescribing  secret  and  pro­
prietary preparations  by  many members 
of  the medical profession;  that  many of 
such preparations are glaring frauds, the 
formulæ  often  stated  on  the labels  are 
misleading, if  not  fictitious,  and that all 
such  preparations  should  be  classed as 
secret,  proprietary or patent  medicines, 
and that the American  Medical  Associa­
tion be petitioned to declare it against its 
code of  ethics  for  any  member  of  that 
body to prescribe  any such  preparation; 
that  the  Association  be  requested  in 
every  possible  way to  discourage  their 
use,  as in prescribing these nostrums the 
medical  practitioner  is  really  playing 
into  the  hands of  quackery, thus teach­
ing his patient to dose  himself,  and  that 
the use of  such  nostrums  is  utterly un­
scientific  aud  unbecoming  a  profession 
striving after exact methods, is unworthy 
our  age,  and  against  the  best  interest 
alike of  the  professions of  medicine and 
pharmacy,  as well as their  patients  and 
patrons.
The object of  the  resolution is a laud­
able one, and will no doubt appeal to the 
better  element of  the  Medical  Associa­
tion as strongly as it does to pharmacists. 
In the memorial there are  detailed  illus­
trations of  the  class  of  preparations re­
ferred  to, however,  which  are  not  cal­
culated 
to  strengthen  the  position  of 
either profession against  proprietary ar­
ticles. 
It  must  be  borne  in  mind that 
out of  empiricism has grown our present 
more or less scientific knowledge of med­
icine.  All  knowledge  of  medicine  was 
originally only that  information pertain­
ing to the  use of  drugs  in  disease, con­
veyed  from  one  generation  of  tribes to 
another.  To trace cause  from  effect be­
came  eventually the  science  of  pharm­
acy.  But neither pharmacy, nor its more 
elaborate related sciences,  have  attained 
to  that  degree  of  exactness  which  can 
ignore the facts upon  which  these  more 
precise  investigations 
rest  Learned 
pharmacologists  may declare against the 
value of  a distilled  water of  hamamelis, 
but in opposition stands the testimony of 
usefulness  of  a  generation of  empirics 
and of  aborigines  untold.  A  distillate 
of  Baptisia or Pin us Canadensis may not 
present  any  tangible  principles  upon 
pharmacal  or  chemical  grounds,  but  in 
the  face  of  preponderating  therapeutic 
testimony,  this  is  not  indisputable  ev­
idence  that  such  do not exist. 
In such 
instances  it  is  the duty of  scientific art 
further  to  investigate,  and  not  to  re­
pudiate, 
judgment. 
Especially  is  this  the  case  when 
the 
therepeutic uses,  as in  the  case of  these 
two above mentioned  substances, clearly 
indicate the presence of  some  principles 
so far not investigated.
But this does not  apply to any form of 
misrepresentation,  manifest  in  at  least 
one of  the preparations  under  consider-

before  passing 

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

ation.  To foist  upon  the  notice of  the 
medical  profession,  under the name of  a 
purely vegetable  preparation, a prepara­
tion  loaded  with  zinc  sulphate,  is on a 
par  with  the  “ Vegetable  Sicilian  Hair 
Renewer” dodge.  The attention of  med­
ical  men  should  be directed to such ar­
ticles, that they may at least  know what 
they are using.  The  Section of  Materia 
Medica  and  Pharmacy of  the  American 
Medical Association  will  afford  the  op­
portunity to bring  up  such  subjects for 
consideration.

No  More  W ine  for  Him.

In  declining  wine,  a well-known  bus­

iness man recently remarked:

I have  no  prejudice  whatever against 
I think  the question 
the use of  liquors. 
is purely personal  and 1 decided for my­
self  years  ago. 
I  had  always  been  in 
the  habit  of  drinking  and  had  never 
found  that I allowed  liquor to  interfere 
with business or duty.  But once when I 
was  in  Salt  Lake  City  (that was  years 
and  years  ago)  I  made a speculation  in 
eggs. 
I bought up all I could,  equipped 
a wagon  train  to  take  them  to  mining 
camps  in  Idaho  and  prepared  to start. 
It was fall and 1 had  decided to start  on 
a certain evening in order to lose no time 
in getting beyond  the  mountains,  where 
there was  danger of  getting  caught in a 
storm  and  losing  all my eggs.  But the 
prospect  of  a  long  wagon  journey  was 
not a cheerful one,  and  in  bidding fare­
well  to  comfortable  quarters  I  solaced 
myself  with drinking.  1 did not become 
drunk. 
I have never  been  drunk in my 
life,  but I came  to  the  conclusion  that 
one day more or  less  would  make  little 
difference. 
It  made  all  the  difference 
in the  world. 
I was  caught  in a  storm 
which I should have missed had  I started 
on time.  1 lost  every egg, was forced to 
abandon  a  valuable  train,  and  when I 
landed  in  Salt  Lake  City  was 
again 
“broke.”  Drinking had  interfered with 
In  fact,  it  nearly 
my  business  once. 
ruined me, when I should  certainly have 
turned  a  pretty  fortune. 
It  has  never 
cost me a cent since that time.

Clear  Collodion.

A  correspondent  of 

the  D ruggist's 
Bulletin  says  that  a  transparent  collo­
dion is in use in  Paris  which is not only 
perfectly clear,  but  remains  limpid  for 
an  indefinite  time. 
It  is  prepared  by 
shaking an officinal collodion with quartz 
sand, which has  previously been  washed 
and  carefully  calcined.  The  action  is 
purely  mechanical,  the  suspended  par­
ticles adhering to the g  ains of sand, and 
settling to the bottom of  the container in 
a gelatinous mass.

D elicately  Constituted.

A man  visited a  well-known  Parisian 
physician’s office,  and the  following dia­
logue occurred:
Patient—I  am  suffering  greatly,  doc­
tor.
Physician—What  appears  to  disturb 
you?
Patient—I have such susceptible  bow­
els, that  yesterday,  seeing a man  eating 
a melon,  I was  immediately  attacked by 
colic.

Drugs  of Uncertain  Strength.

last  May, 

Dr.  Willis  G. Tucker,  Analyst  of  the 
State Board of  Health of  New York,  has 
examined  sixty-eight  samples  of  drugs 
collected 
in  Poughkeepsie, 
Newburg,  Rhinebeck,  Mattewan,  and 
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson,  and of this num­
ber thirty-three were deficient in quality, 
being  either  of  inferior,  of  excessive 
strength, or articles wrongly sold.

The D rug  Market.

Opium and morphia are  steady.  Qui­
nine  is  unchanged.  Alcohol  has  ad­
vanced.  Flint  glassware is higher.  Oil 
bergamont  has  advanced.  Turpentine 
has  advanced.  Carbolic  acid  has  de­
clined.

Castor  oil as a vehicle  for  typewriter 
and rubber stamp ink,  to take  the  place 
of  glycerin,  is  recommended  by  Prof. 
E.  B.  Shuttleworth, as being  less  sticky 
and non-hygroscopic.

American and  English  Pharm acy Com­

pared.

From Harper’s Weekly.
There is a wide difference  between the 
London  drug  stores and ours.  There is 
no such craze for  patent medicines there 
as here,  and  there  is  nothing  like  the 
American  inclination  for  every man  to 
be his own doctor.  An English  druggist 
sells face powder,  cologne,  soap,  tooth­
brushes, patent pills,  and  the  like;  but 
his main business is putting up prescrip­
tions.  He has no clientelage of men who 
drop in for  a  little  aromatic  spirits  of 
ammonia after a night  of  dissipation, or 
for acid phosphate after  too much smok­
ing,  or for tincture  of  iron and so many 
grains of  quinine, or a glass of  calisaya 
for a tonic,  or  a  teaspoonful  of  bicar­
bonate  of  soda  to  offset  too  hearty  a 
meal.  All  that  which  so  enriches  our 
druggists is unknown in  England.  The 
Americans in London last summer found 
this out to their cost.  One of  them told 
me that he  had  this  queer  experience: 
He  asked a druggist for a draft  of  Iron 
and quinine.
“Oh,  we can’t give  you that without a 
prescription,  you  know,”  the  man  re­
plied.
The American persisted,  but the drug­
gist  was firm.
“Well,  can  you  give  me an ounce of 
tincture of iron ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And two two-grain quinine  pills ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Will  you  lend  me a tumbler  with  a 
“ Yes, sir.”
Having all these things,  the  American 
dropped  a  dozen  drops  of  iron  in  the 
took  that  and  the  pellets 
water,  and 
down with a gulp.  The  druggist looked 
on  with  keen  interest,  and  then  said, 
very gravely:
“Do  you  know,  I call that  very neat ? 
It is very neat, indeed.”

little water in it ?”

Shortages  in  Drug  Orders.

One of  the bugbears of  the  druggist’s 
life  is  the  adjustment  of  shortages  in 
orders.  Naturally  the 
jobber  is  the 
party  accused,  or  it  is  the  jobber  who 
charges the manufacturer  with errors of 
this nature.
That such  causes of  friction  might be 
avoided by the  exercise of  more  care by 
the  receiving  clerks  was  brought  con­
spicuously to  our  attention  recently by 
an incident  which  was duly vouched for 
by its reporter.  The  facts  were  as fol­
lows :
A prominent  wholesaler  reported to a 
manufacturer  a  shortage  of  some  $60 
worth of  goods.  Thorough investigation 
was  made  by the  shipper, and,  while it 
was  certain the goods had been sent, the 
allowance claimed was made.
The  second act of  the comedy was the 
use  of  the  said  manufacturer’s  barrel 
(one of  the lot containing  the  goods  re­
ported  short)  by  the  wholesaler  in  a 
shipment to a retail house.  The retailer 
found in the  bottom of  the  barrel, after 
checking his own order, the  missing  $60 
worth  of  stock, 
the 
hitherto  inexplicable 
shortage  claim. 
With characteristic  honesty,  he reported 
the surplus find.
The  moral of  this  tale is so evident it 
scarcely  needs  expression. 
If  the  re­
ceiver  of  sundry drugs  would  examine 
his goods  with  more  thorough care,  the 
annoyance of shortages would frequently 
disappear,  to  the  satisfaction  of  all in­
terested.

the  subject  of 

N ot the  Gout.

“May  I  enquire  your  occupation ?” 
asked the doctor.
“I am a clerk  on  a  salary  of  $47.50 a 
month.”
“Your  ailment, sir,”  said  the  doctor, 
with decision,  “is not gout. 
It is simply 
an  aggravated  case  of  ingrowing  toe­
nail.”

An  Econom ical  W ife.

“I want  an  egg-plant,”  said a  young 
married woman to the grocer.
“I’m  sorry, but I  haven’t  one  in  the 
store  just now.”
“Well, I must get  one  somewhere and 
raise my own  eggs,  for  I’m  resolved not 
to pay such high prices for them.”

M O S T  R E L I A B L E  F O O D
For Infants and Invalids.
I I T  U  ^ ^ iU ie d   everywhere,  with  unqualified 
W m  I I I  F I PM* J success.  Not a medicine, but > ste&m- 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  Ire 
druggists.  In cans. 35c- and upward. 
ooLBiCH &  Co. on every UbtL

IGE’S
0 0 D

Embossed  Cards,

Picture Advertising Cards, 

Advertising  Folders.

Having  a  lot  of  the  above goods, 
consisting  of  several 
thousand  of 
different  designs, we offer the  cards 
much less than our usual prices.

The  Tradesman  Company,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .
SUSPENDED!

J E T T I N E .

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold in 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injur, 
by Freezing.  A11  others  worthless  after frees 
lng.  See quotation.  M A R T E L L   BL A C K IN G  
CO.,  S ole M anufacturer»,  C hicago, 111.

Do  You  Observe  the  Law ?

If not, send $1 to

T H E   T R A D E SM A N   CO M PAN Y ,

For their combined

LIQUOR i POISON RECORD.

“THE  W EAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALU E."

We still have in stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

P re p a re d

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.,

,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

SOLE  AGENTS

P O L IS H  IN A  THE™ ¿ TURE

FOORTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapida,  Mich.

A. J.  B o w n e , President.

G e o .  C.  P ie r c e ,  Vice President.

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

CAPITAL, 

-  - 

Transacts a general banking business.

ik* a  Specialty of Collections.  Accou 
of Country Merchants Solicited.
GZXTSXXTG  ROOT.
P P P Y   1313 n o   Wholesale  Druggists, 
ETlUA  -D IlU o.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

We pejr the hlgheet price for it.  Addreaa

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

Wholesale P rice  Current•

Advanced—Oil Bergamont, Flint Glassware, Alcohol, Spirits Turpentine

Declined—Carbolic Acid.

8® 10
Aceticum..................... 
Benzoicum  German..  80® 1  00
....................  
30
Boracic 
Carbolicum.................   33®
Citricnm......................  30® 55
Hydrochlor..................  3®  5
...................  10® 12
Nitrocum 
OxaUcnm....................   U@  13
Phosphorium dii........ 
20
Salieylicum...............1  4fl@l 80
Sulphuricum................  134®
Tannicum................. 1  40@1 60
Tartaricum...................  40® 42

AMMONIA.
1®
Aqua, 16  deg.........
20  deg................. 
*@  »
Carbonas  ....................  
jjjg
Chloridum...................  13® 14

* 

a n il in e.
 

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

bacgae.

Cubeae (po. 1  50.............1 60®1 75
Juniperus................... 
"i
Xantnoxylum............ 
M
BALSAMUM.

Copaiba.......................   6°®
Peru............................  @1  30
Terabin, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan.......................   40® 45

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................  H
Cinchona Flava  .................   1»
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrica  Cerifera, po............
Prunus Yirgini....................  "
Quillaia,  grd.......................  "
Sassafras  ...........................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)........  10

** 

EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrh.za  Glabra...
p o ....----
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
*8..........
“ 
“  Ms..........
pekkdm.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia....
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride..........
Sulphate,  com’l ......... 1

24®
33®
11®13®
14®
16®

@  15 
@3 50 
@  80
@

•• 

pure............  ®

FLORA.

A rnica.......................   J4@
Anthemis...................  20®
Matricaria.................  "5®

...... -••••■

12®   20
Barosma 
_ _
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin 
28
nivelly............ . • • - •
Alx.  35®
Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
and  )4b......................  10®
UraUrsi........................   8®

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
« 

GUMMI.
@1  00 
Acacia,  1st  picked.
@  90 
2d 
.
@  80 
3d 
.
@  65
sifted sorts 
_
po...................  75@1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60

“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @
16)..........................   @

Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 54s,
Ammouiae........2s®
Assaf oetida, (po. 30)...  _ ®   15
Benzoinum...................  ¿0® oo
Camphor®...................     50@ w
Euphorbium  p o ........  35@  lo
Galbanum...................
Gamboge,  po................  80® 95
Guaiacum, (po. 60)  ...  @  55
Kino,  (po. 25)............   ®  20
Mastic.......................   @  80
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  ®  40
Opii,  (pc  5 40).............4  1C@4 25
Shellac  .......................   25® 35
“ 
bleached........  21®  35
Tragacanth.................   30®
herba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   «
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat  .........   20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8  00@8 25
A nlsi........................... 1 90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   @2  50
Bergamii  ...................3  25@4 00
Caiiputi......................  90@1  00
Caryophylli.................1  25@1 30
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   ®1  75
Clnnamonii................ 1  40® 1 50
Cltronella..................   ©  75
Conium  Mac..............  35®  66
Copaiba  ...................1  20@1 30

Cubebae................. 14 00® 14 50
Exechthitos...............   90@1  00
Erigeron......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultherla......................2  10®2 20
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Jossipii,  Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 75@1  80
Juniperi.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Limonis...........................1  50@1 80
MenthaPiper...................2 40@3 50
Mentha Yerid................. 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80®1 00
Myrcia, ounce................  @ 50
Olive............................... 1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini..............................1  24@1 36
Rosmarini............ 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
San tal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras................ 
  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Tiglii....................  ...  @150
Thyme.......................  40®  50
Theobromas...............   15®  20
B1 Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.................... 
37®  40
Jarb............................  12®  15
Jhlorate, (po. 18)........  16®  18
Jyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide.........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  3<@  33
Potassa, Bitart.com...  @  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTASSIUM.

opt

RADIX.

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Aconitum...................  20@
Althae.........................  25®
Anchusa....................   15®
Arum,  po....................  @
Calamus......................  20®
ientiana,  (po. 15)......   10®
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)....................  @
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®
20
Inula,  po....................  15®
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  40®  45
Maranta,  )£&..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
R h e i..........................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1 75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................   45®
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  po............   —   @
Yaleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®
German...  15®
Zingiber a ...................  10®
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
..  @ 15
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is.................... 
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon.................. 1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3)4® 
4
Cydonium..................   75@1 00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate....... 2 00@2
Foeniculum......   ......   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6@  8
L lnl............................4  @4)4
LIni, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4)4@ 4)4
Lobelia.......................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 41/
Rapa..........................   6® 
'
Sinapis,  Albu
Nigra...........  11®

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W„ D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ......1  75@2 00
 
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
Saacharum  N.  E ........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 
Vini Oporto.................1 
Vini  Alba....................1 

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

10@1 50

1 

Florida  sheeps'  wool
carriage............ — 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................
2  00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

1  40

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................  58
  50
Rhei  Arom............... 
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus virg.........................  50

“ 

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TINCTURES.

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum Napellis R .........   60
F .............  50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh...................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  0
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin...............................  60 !
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinaria........................   50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon..............................  75
Co......................  75
CastOT..................................1 00
50
Catechu........................ 
Cinchona............................  50
Co........  ...........  60
Columba.............................   50
Conium...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian................................   50
“  Co............................  60
Guaica................................  50
animon..................   60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chloridum...............   35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opii.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...... ........................  50
Bhatany......... ...................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium........................  60
Tolutan.................... 
60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

‘ 

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

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
@@ 3
50® 55
12® 15
@ 23
3  @9@ 90
40® 60
r cent.

Antiiebrin  ................
Argenti  Nitras, ounce

“ 

Calcium Chlor, ls, ()4s
11; )4s,  12)............
Cantharides  Russian,
PO........................
Capslci  Fructus, af...
f e -
Caryophyllus, (po.  20)
Carminé, No. 40.........
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
Coccus ............
Cassia Fructus.
Centrarla.........
Cetaceum........

« 

squlbbs .

“ 

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

Cudbear......
Cuprl Sulph

“ 

Emery,  ail  numbers.
PO  .............
Ergota, (po.)  60........
Flake  White............
Galla.........................
Gelatin,  Cooper.

by box 60 less 
Glue,  Brown...

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Grana Paradisi.
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
“  Cor ..
Ox Rubrum
Ammoniati 
Unguentum. 

9® 15
13® 25
19)4® 25
@ 22
25® 4C
@1  OC
@ 8*
@1  1C
@1  2C
47® 57
@ 85
Hydrargyrum ..
Tihthyobolla, Am...... 1  25@1 50
00
Indigo....................  75@1 
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
00
Lupulin.................  85@1 
Lycopodium..........  55® 
60
85
M acis....................   80® 
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod.............  @ 
27
Liquor Potass Arsinltis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl 
154)...................   2® 
8
M anilla,  S. F ...............  45® 50

“ 

K 

@70®
30®

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85©3 10 
C. Co.......................2 85@3 10

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Moschus Canton
Myristica, No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Bps_______ , ..................
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  70
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po £5)____  @ 35
Pix  Burgun...................  @ 7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum.  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv
Quassiae......................  
8® 10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  39®  14
S.  German__  27®  35
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 38
Salacin....................... 1  80@2 00
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W.......................   12® 14
io
15

n  v  

si» 
8®@

“ 

@ 25 
18 
®  30

Ssidlitz  Mixture........
Sinapis.......................
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .
Soda  et Potass Tart...
Soda Carb...........
Soda,  Bi-Carb__
Soda,  Ash...........
Soda, Sulphas__
Spts. Ether Co ...
“  Myrcia  Dom 
“  Myrcia Imp.
“  Vtai  Rect.
2 23)................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

@  35 
12®  13 
30®  33 
1)4®  2 
5
* 
4 
3)4®
2
50®  55 
@2  00 @2 50
@2 33
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............ 2)4® 3)4

bbl

Roll..............2)4® 3
30®  35 I Tamarinds.................  8®
Terebenth Venice......  28®
Theobromae..............  50®
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph..................  7®  8

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  70 
Lard,  extra...............   55 
Lard, No.  1...............   45 
Linseed, pure raw  ...  62 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
65

“ 

faints. 

11
68
Lindseed,  boiled  __   65 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
69
Spirits Turpentine—   47)4  53
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  134  2@4
“ 
Ber........1*  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2%  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2%@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .......................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—  
80@82
Green,  Peninsular  ....  70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7)4
“  w hite................  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’.......   @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1  00@1  20
VARNISHES.

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

H A Z E L T IN E

&  P E R K IN S  
D R U G

C O .

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

--D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.
Patent  Medieines,  Paints,  Oils, UarnishBs.

Sole  Agents  forjthe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

Dealers in

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W liislsies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Bum s.

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

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

"Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

Jtaltine 4 Perkins  Drill  Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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G R O C B R I B S .

Wool  Still  Flat.—Hides  Firm.—Tallow 

without  Change.

The wool market is flat, so far as fleece 
wool  is concerned.  Western buyers who 
boomed  prices, banking on political  rea­
sons,  can  now  sit  down  and  figure  on 
their  losses,  which  they  surely  have 
bought.  Wool  is  lower  in  the  country, 
as it must  be  to  sell on  present market, 
or  anything  apparent  in  the  future. 
Light weight goods have been selling but 
not at prices  to  pay  any advance on  the 
wool,  which is lower  than  the week pre­
vious.

Hides  are  firm  and  in  good  demand, I 
but  the  advance  is  checked.  Tanners 
are fairly well supplied and will not  buy 
ahead  at a price  that  makes  them a loss 
to tan.

Tallow is In a little better demand,  but 

prices are no higher,  with little doing.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar is still lower,  the decline taking 
everyone by surprise.  Even  the  oldest 
heads are  completely at sea and have no
heory to advance  as  to  the  course  the 
market  will  be  liable to take.  Canned 
goods  continue to grow firmer.  Cheese 
continues to advance.

Oranges are scarce and  high.  Lemons 
are  in  fair  supply, but the hot weather 
creates a heavy demand  and  the market 
keeps  firm  and  high, 
absence of  other  fruits, get  the call and 
the  demand  is very active at full prices.

Programme  for  the  Annual  Grocers’ 

Picnic.

all);  prize, $5.
prize, $5.
Pythias.

The following is the official programme 
of  the grocers’ picnic,  which will be held 
| at Reed’s Lake  Thursday afternoon:
2:00  p. m.—Ball  game.  Grocery  Clerks 
vs.  Butchers.  Prize, $10.
3:00—Foot running race;  prize, $5.
3:15—Sack race;  prize, $5.
3:45—Wheelbarrow race;  prize, $5.
4:15—Greased  pole  climbing  (free  for 
4:45—Catching greased pig (free for all); 
5:10—Exhibition  drill by the  Knights of 
5:30—Exhibition  drill by  Custer  Guard. 
6:00—Supper at  Swetland’s.
During the above  programme, at inter­
mediate times, the  following  exhibitions 
will  be  given  on  the  grounds  by  the 
Grand  Rapids Street Railway Co.: 
Slack-wire  walking and trick perform­
ing—Prof.  Deu Bour.
Tight rope  walking—Prof.  Le Grande. 
Balloon  ascension  aud  parachute  de- 
scension—Prof. McEwen.
During  the  afternoon,  beginning at 2 
p.  m.,  the  Wurzburg  band  will  render 
the following popular selections :
1.  Overture, Orpheus...........................Offenbach
2.  Waltz, Wine, Women and Song...........Strauss
3.  Yankee Patrol  ..................................... Missud
4.  Brudder Gardner  Picnic..................Rollinson
5.  Grand Selection,  Pinafore  .............. Sullivan
6.  Hunting  Scene,  (grand  descriptive 
Michales
7.  Ten Minutes with the  Minstrels........Browen
8.  Mill in  Forest.................................. Eilenberg
9.  Shamrock, Rose and Thistle...................Paltz
10.  Rouanze  Day Dream......................Rollinson
Grand ball in the  evening at 8 o’clock, 
when the following  programme  will  be 
kindly furnished by Prof. Wurzburg,  be- 

piece)

Bananas,  in  the | gening at 7:30 o’clock:

occasion:

Back to  the  Old  Prices.

Snowed  Under with Orders.

Fred Kissinger, General Manager of the 
Riverdale Distilling  Co.,  manufacturers 
of  “Fermentum,”  Geo.  Me  Laughlin, 
Traveling  Manager  for  Fleischmann  & 
Co., and W. C. Glines,  Detroit  agent for 
the same house,  had  a  conference  here 
last week in regard to the cut  in  prices, 
as a result of  which  an  agreement  was 
reached  on  Friday  to  go  back  to  the 
former prices  on  Monday.  The war be­
tween  the  compressed  yeast  men  was 
decidedly spirited as long as it lasted.

1.  Overture, Semiamidi............................Rossun
2.  Waltz, Blue  Danube............................ Strauss
3.  Spanish Fort Polka...............................  Knoll
4.  Trombone Solo 
............... Mr. Frank  Holton
5.  Selection,  Faust  ............................... Gounout
6.  Trip to Coney Island..............................Moses
7.  Polka de Concert, Fitter  Patter  .........Brooks
8 .  Grand Selection, Pirates Penzance..Sullivan
9.  Piccolo  Solo,  Turtle  Dove  Damare 
...........................................Mrs.  H. A.  Davis
10  Grand Paraphrase,  “Nearer  My God
to Thee” ....................Prof. Frank Wurzburg
The following  are  the officers for  the 
President—M.  C. Goossen.
Committee on Finance—M. C. Goossen, 
chairman; David P. VanEvery, treasurer; 
A. J. Elliott; Wm. Killean; John Schmidt; 
Cliff  C.  Herrick;  C.  E.  Smith;  Julius 
Cordes.
On Sports—Wm.  Killean;  Cliff  C.  Her­
rick;  C.  E.  Smith;  A.  J.  Elliott;  Julius 
Cordes.
On  Ball  Game—James  Hughes,  cap­
tain;  Cliff C.  Herrick,  umpire.
Manager of Games—Cliff C.  Herrick. 
Judges  of  Games—A.  S.  Musselman; 
On Badges—Geo.  H.  McWilliams;  Oli­
On  Programme—M.  C.  Goossen;  Cliff 
Auditors—M. C.  Goossen;  Julius  Cor­
All  local  dealers—grocers,  butchers, 
dry  goods  dealers, etc.—will  close their
furnished  printed  closing  cards for the  doors at  12  o’clock,  so that business will 
annual picnic of  the Grand  Rapids  gro-  be  practically  suspended  on  Thursday 
cers and Fleischmann & Co. have provided | afternoon,  every  house  of  any  conse- 
handsome  badges for  the  members,  offi-  quence,  wholesale  as well as retail,  hav-
ing  signed  the  agreement to close.  Out­
cers and prize winners.
side dealers  who can  make it convenient 
to attend  the picnic will be heartily wel­
comed.

The  Putnam  Candy  Co. received more 
orders for future  shipment the last three 
weeks of  July than  for  any two  months 
in the previous history of the house.  The 
company has 1,000 barrels of barrel goods 
on  its back order  book, to say nothing of 
other goods.

W.  L.  Freeman; Ed.  Telfer.
ver C. Schultz;  A.  E. White.
C.  Herrick;  A. J.  Elliott.
des;  C. E. Smith.

The Woolson Spice Co. very generously

Worthily  Bestowed.

Instead of selling a single P.  of I.  store 
at  Sherwood,  as  stated  last  week, 
it 
appears  that  Wm.  M.  Hoyt  &  Co.,  of 
Chicago, are  catering to about  fifty such 
dealers, over  forty  cases in point having 
been  brought  to  the  attention  of  Tiie 
T radesm an during the past week.  Con­
sidering  how grandiloquently that house 
asserted in  its  Grocers’  Criterion  that it 
sold  legitimate  trade  only,  spurning the 
orders of  dealers who  bound  themselves 
to  sell at a specified  profit, the  duplicity 
of such away of doing business is readily 
apparent.

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. 

352tf

Do  Not Buy  Too  Freely.

From the American Grocer.
Overbuying is a common fault with re­
tailers.  Stock  should  always  be  bright 
and  fresh.  With  transportation  facil- 
I ¡ties  frequent  and  prompt,  there  is  no 
longer a necessity, except  in exceptional 
instances,  of  carrying  a  heavy  stock, 
j There  is  no  economy in  the  extra  dis­
count if  it overload and make an interest 
account against  the  goods  greater  than 
the  inducement  offered  to  purchase. 
Besides  that  consideration,  is another of 
greater  importance,  the  quality and ap­
pearance of  the goods.  Shelf  goods find 
quicker sale if  the  labels  have a bright, 
new appearance,  if  there  is  no  dust on 
the tops of  the tins or about the necks of 
the bottles.

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

Learn 

to  withstand 

the  cajoling, 
smooth  words of  flattery of  the  cheery, 
good-natured  drummer.  Use  him  well 
and  treat  him  fairly,  but  fight  against 
purchasing  where  the  only inducement 
is an extra discount or some other trifling 
advantage.  Customers  soon find out the 
dealer  whose  store  wears  a fresh  look, 
and  where  they see  or  think  they see, 
something new at every visit.
Oftentimes  in  introducing  new  goods 
it pays to  buy a liberal  quantity, partic­
ularly  if  a  special  price  is  made. 
In 
such  case  push  the  goods at about cost 
for a limited period,  thus advertising the 
article  and  store at trifling expense,  but 
with grand results.  Do not continue the 
special  price  beyond  the specified time. 
This  is  a  splendid  way of  meeting  de­
_____
mand. 

PRODUCE  MARKET.

. 

, 

for evaporated.  The market is strong.
$3 per bbl.
now held at «2@$2.10 for city hand-picked.

Apples—Dried,  7@8c for sun-dried  and  ll@12c 
Apples—Green,  early  harvest stock is held at 
Beans—Drv stock continues to get firmer, being 
Beets—New, 30c per doz.
Butter—Dairy begins to find moderate  sale  at 
14c.Blackberries—Wild, 6c  per  qt;  Lawton,  $1.40 
for 16 qt. case.
Cabbages—Home  grown  stock,  $3.50  per  two 
bbl crate. 
,
Cooperage—Pork barrels,$1.25;  produce barrels 
25c
Cucumbers—10c per doz.
Eggs—The market is steady.  Dealers pay  14c
Field  Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $3.75  per  bu.; 
Green Beans—Wax or string, 7jc per bu.  About 
Green Corn—12c per doz.
Maple  Sugar — 8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to 
Maple Syrup—75®85c per gal.
Musk Melons—$1.50 per crate.
Onions—Green,  15c  per  doz.  Southern  are 
a little higher,  being  now  held  at  $1.25@$3.t0 
per bbl.

and  hold  at  16c.
medium, $3.60.  Timothy, 11.75 per bu.
out of  market.

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—Home grown stock is coming in very 
freely,  present  quotations  being  $t.75@$2  per 
bbl.

Pears—California, $3 per case.
Peaches—California  $2 per crate.
Plums—California, $2 per crate.
Raspberries—About out of  market.
Radishes—Out of market.
Tomatoes—$1.50  for  four  basket  case,  or  $1 
for )6 bu. box
Watermelons—Fine  stock  is  now  coming  in 
from Indiana and Missouri, being held at 20@25c 
apiece.

quality.

Whortleberries—$3 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

pork  in  barrels.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.........................................................   }J  25
Shortcut..........................................................   11  50
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  1* «0
Boston clear, short cut...................................   1« SO
Clear back, short cut.........................................1$ SO
Standard clear, short cut. best......................  12  50
Pork Sausage........................................................7
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage..................................................   9
Frankfort  Sausage..............................................  8
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................   5
Bologna,  thick.................................................... 5
Headcheese.........................................................   5
Tierces..................................................................  7
Tubs.......................................................................  796
501b.  Tins...............................................................7%
Tierces..................................................................  6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs................................................. 6)4
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case........................................  7
5 lb. Pails, 12 In a case.......................................... 696
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.......................................... 654
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.......................................... 6)4
50 lb. Cans...............................................................6)4
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs..........................7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   7 00
Boneless, rump butts........................................   9  50

lard—Kettle Rendered.

beef  in  barrels.

lard—Family.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................10)4
16 lbs............................................1096
12 to 14 lbs...................................
picnic..........................................................8

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Shoulders.................................................  
 
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  8)4
Dried beef, ham prices......................................   9)4
Long Clears, heavy.............................................   6
Briskets,  medium...............................................   6
 

lig h t............................................. 

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F IS H   and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

“ 

Whltefisb...............................................   @
smoked....................................  @ 5,,
Trout......................................................  © J it
Ciscoes...................................................  @ ’
Flounders...............................................  @ *
Bluefish  ................................................
Mackerel......... ......................................
Cod......................................................... 
California salmon.................................
Fairhaven  Counts..........................
FRESH  MEATS.

oysters—Cans.

#jg
@35

“ 

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

Beef, carcass......................................... |>»@  ®
hindquarters............................... ®  s   2.
fore 
............................... 3  @ 3»
loins, No. 3..................................   @ ®
ribs............................................. 
® 7K
rounds.........................................   @  ®
tongues........................................
Hogs.......................................................   ®  .
Bologna.................................................   © ®
Pork loins..............................................   ® °
“  shoulders......................................   ® j
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @ “
liver.........................................  ® 3
Frankfort................................   @ 7)4

Mutton...................................................  ®
Veal........................... 
@

 

 

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

Standard,'per  lb...................................   854@ 9
“  H.H.........................................   8)4® 9
T w ist........................................8)4® 9
“ 

MIXED  CANDY.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

Cut  Loaf.........................................................
Assorted  Cream  ............................................
Extra H. H......................................................M
Standard, per lb.............................................. 8)4
Leader............................................................. ...
Royal...............................................................   9
Extra...............................................................J”
English  Rock.............................................  ••{”
Broken............................................................   9
Cut Loaf..........................................................J”
Valley  Creams............................................... 13
Lemon Drops.................................................. 12
Sour Drops..................................................... }3
Peppermint Drops.......................................... 14
Chocolate Drops..............................................14
H. M. ChocolateoDrops....................................18
Gum Drops...................................................... 10
Licorice Drops................................................ 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops......................................14
Lozenges, plain................................................ 14
printed...........................................15
Imperials..........................................................14
Mottoes............................................................ 15
Cream Bar........................................................13
Molasses Bar................................................... 13
Caramels................................................... 16®18
Hand Made  Creams.........................................18
Plain Creams..........................................  
  16
Decorated Creams............................................20
String  Rock.....................................................15
Burnt Almonds................................................22
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................14
Lozenges, plain, in pails.................................12
printed, in pails..............................13
Chocolate Drops, in pails.................................12
Gum Drops, in pails........................................  6
Moss Drops, in pails........................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.........................'..............12
Imperials, in pails............................................12
Rodi, choice, 200...................................   ® 7 50

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

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

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fancy, 360............................
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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers....

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Persian, 50-lb.  box......................5)4®

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“  choice, 7 lb.................
Dates, frails, 50 lb...............
“  U frails, 50 lb...........
“  Fard, 10-lb.  box.........
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Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16)4
Ivaca.....................................  @15)4
California.............................   @
Brazils....................................................   @14)4
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @16)4
California..............................   @
Pecans, Texas, H. P...............................12)4@15
Cocoanuts..............................................4 00@4 50
Fancy, H. P., Suns................................   @10
“  Roasted  ...................  @12
Fancy,  H.  P.,  GameCocks..................   @10
Roasted........  @11)4
Fancy, H. P., Stags................................  @ 9)4
“  Roasted...................   @11)4
Choice, H. P., Stars...............................  @ 9)4
“  Roasted...................  @11
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats......................  @ 9)4
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APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

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CANNED GOODS—Fish.

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E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods.
Frazer’s........................... ..62 40
Aurora............................. ..  1  75
..  1  80
Diamond..........................
BAKING  POWDER.
..$1  20
Thepure, 10c packages.  . 
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*4 lb. 
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6 oz. 
... ..  2 76
*4 lb. 
..  4 20
12 oz. 
..  5 40
lib. 
51b. 
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Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
Absolute, *4 lb. cans, 100s. .11 75 
*4 lb.  “  50s.. 10 00
lib .  “ 50s..18 75
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz —   75
*4  lb.  “  2  “  ....  1  50
1  “  ....  3 00
bulk.........................  20
45
.......  90
...... 1  60
Teller’s,  V lb. cans, doz..  45
“  ..  85
* '..1 5 0
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
 
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
American. 2 doz. in case...  70
Dozen 
30
Mexican,  4oz................... 
60
8  oz................... 
16 oz...............  
90
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl..........................  1  75
.......................... 2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2 25
.......................   2 50
No. 1 
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Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
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M ill....................................3 25
Warehouse.........................2 75
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star, 
Paraffine..............................H
Wicking.......................  •••  25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck......1  10
Clam Chowder, 3 lb............ 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand —  1  !0 
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic..........1  75
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1 lb.  Star................2 25
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2 lb. Star.............  .3 65
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 00
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1 lb.  stand........... 1  20
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2 lb. 
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3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
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31b.  soused..........2 85
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  50@1  90 
lib.  Alaska  . 1 25@1  60
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*4s........® 9
“  Mustard *4s.........  @10
Imported  *4s...lO*4@16
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10
Trout, 3 Id. brook...........  2 60
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.  ---- 3 50
Blackberries, stand............ 1  10
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
pitted.....................1  40
Damsons....................•--■--1  15
Egg Plums, stand...... 1  15@1  35
Gooseberries.......................1  00
Qr&p6s ...............................
Green  Gages............... 1 
15@1 35
Peaches, yellow, stand  @2 25
seconds........  @2 00
Pie......................... 1  60
Pears....................................1  25
Pineapples,  common.. 1  10@1  50 
Johnson’s.2  50@2 75
Quinces...............................110
Raspberries,  extra..............1  75
red...... ............1 40
Strawberries............... 1 
Whortleberries....................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand............   80
“  Green  Limas—   @1  35
“  Strings................   @ 80
“  Stringless,  Erie.........   80
“  Lewis’Boston Baked.. 1 40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........  90
«  Morn’g Glory.  90
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Peas, French........................1  68
“  extramarrofat...  @125
soaked........................   80
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“  French, extra fine...  . I  50
Mushrooms, extra fine........2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden  @1  50 
Succotash,  standard.. . .90<g,l  40
Squash.................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1 00
Good Enough  @1 00 
BenHar  ... 
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Snider’s, *4 pint...................1  35
p in t.......................2 30
quart..................... 3 50
Fancy Full Cream—   8*4@ 9
Good 
.... 7*4® 8
Part Skimmed.  @ 6
Sap Sago...........  .......19  @20
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Swiss, imported........  24®  25
domestic  —   15®  16
CHEWING GUM.
200  “ 

Rubber, 100 lumps...............30
............... 40
Spruce, 200 pieces...............40
Bulk.......................................6
Red........................................7*4

CHICORT.

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COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

coffee—Green.

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’ 8.
22
German Sweet.................. 
35
Premium........................... 
38
Pure.................................. 
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
40
Broma............................... 
37
Bulk............. ...............4  @4*4
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City.........................  80
Felix.......................................   1 10
Rio, fair.........................  @21
“  good.................... 21  @22
“  prime......................  @23
“  fancy,  washed...  @24
“  golden.. _.............23  @24
Santos.........................22  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior.............24  @26
“  Mandheling— 27  @30
Peaberry.................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add *4c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola................................2494
in cabinets...............25*4
M cLaughlin's  XXXX__25*4
Lion  ................................... 25*4
“  In cabinets.................26
Durham..............  ..............25
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1 35
“  150
50 f t..........  
60 ft..........  
“  1  75
2  00
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80ft.......... 
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60 ft.......... 
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CONDENSED MILK.
Eagle.................................   7 50
Anglo-Swiss.............. 6 00@ 7 60

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COUPONS.
“Superior.”
$ 1. per hundred...............   2 50
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*20,  “ “ 
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* 1, per hundred...............   2 00
* 2  “ 
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counts :
200 or over.............  5 per  cent.
- ..............10 
500  “ 
1000  “ 
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CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter.................  7*4
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Seymour 
5*4
Butter....................................5*4
“  family
“  biscuit.........................   6*4
Boston.....................................  7*4
City Soda................................  7*4
Soda........................................ 6
S. Oyster................................  5*4
City Oyster, XXX..................   5*4
Shell....................................... 6
Strictly  pure........................ 
38
Grocers’................................ 
25
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  @ 6*4
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evaporated....  @11
Apricots, 
Blackberries“ 
Nectarines  “ 
Peaches 
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Raspberries  “ 
Turkey......................... 6*4® 6*4
Bosnia...........................7*4© 7*4
California........ ...........10  @11
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum........................  @18
In boxes.......................  @20
Zante, in barrels........   @6*4
in less quantity  6%®  694 

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dried fruits—Prunes.

dried fruits—Currants.

DRIED FRUITS—Citron.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

CREAM TARTAR.

dried fruits—Raisins.

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FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Valencias.....................  @ 9
Ondaras........................  @11*4
Sultanas.......................   @10
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia......................   2 75@3 00
London  Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.2 00@2 35 
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........   @10*4
Pearl  Barley...............   @ 2*4
Peas, green...................  @1  10
“  split......................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @ 6
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl... 
6@ 7
Wheat,  cracked..........   @ 5
Vermicelli,  import—   @10*4
domestic...  @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole...................5  @ 6
“  boneless...............  6*4@ 8
Halibut...................... 
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Herring,  round, *4 bbl.. 
2 90
“  gibbed.................... 
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
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Scaled............  @  20
12 00 
“  12 lb k it..130
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12 00

Trout,  *4  bbls............
•’  10  lb.  kits...........
White,  No. 1, *4 bbls..
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101b. kits.
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@5 50 
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JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Sage.. 
Hops.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6 
Chicago  goods....................5
No.  ... 
30
No. 1...................................   40
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
Black  Strap.....................  
Cuba Baking.................... 
Porto  Rico....................... 
New Orleans, good........... 
choice........ 
fancy.........  
One-half barrels, 3c extra

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MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

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PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, Barrels.............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....................  9*4
Water White........................10*4
Medium..............................11  00
3 00
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4 00
Small, bbl................................11 00
5 00
“  *4  bbl..............................6 00
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
2 50
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25
3 00
4 00
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8
5 00
Carolina head.......................7
“  No. 1....................... 6*4
“  No. 2............... 6  @
“  No. 3.......................
Japan, No. 1..........................7
“  No. 2...........................6
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. 

“  T. D. full count...........  75

PRESERVES.

SNUFF.

PIPES.

SOAP.

RICE.

Superior.............................. 3 i
German  Family.
Old German........................ 2
U. S. Big Bargain................. 2 l
Frost, Floater....................... 3 1

SAL  SODA.

spices—Whole.

SAPOLIO.
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Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Happy Family,  75...............2 I
Ola Country, 80...................3 au
Una, 100...............................3 65
Bouncer, 100....................... 3 15
Kegs.................................  
194
Granulated,  boxes...............  2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......2 50
Hand  3  “ 
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Snider’s  Tomato................ 2 40
Allspice.............................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
“  Batavia in bund — 15
Saigon in rolls........35
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Cloves,  Amboyna................22
“ 
Zanzibar..................16
Mace  Batavia.................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 80
“  No.  1..................... 75
“  No. 2..................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 16 
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“  white...  .26
shot........................ 20
“ 
spices—Ground--In Bulk.
Allspice............................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.................20
and  Saigon.25
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Cloves,  Amboyna..............26
“  Zanzibar.................20
Ginger, African.................. 12*4
“  Cochin....................15
Jam aica................. 18
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Mace  Batavia....................90
Mustard,  English............. 22
“  and Trie.. 25
.27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................ 80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
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“  Cayenne.................. 25
SUGARS.
@ 7
Cut  Loaf...................
@ 094@ 6S
Cubes.......................
Powdered.................
@ 6*4
Standard  Granulated
@ 6*4 
Fine.........
@6.06 
Confectioners’ A......
@ 594 
White Extra  C.........
@ 5*4
Extra  C....................
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Yellow.......................   494© 494

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Caraway......................
Canary.......................
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Hemp..........................
..  3*4
..  8
Anise..........................
..  6
Rape..........................
Mustard............................
..  7*4
Common Fine per bbl.
9<J@95
..  27
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..
..1  90
28 pocket....................
..2 00
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100 
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..2 25
..  75
Ashton bu. bags........
..  75
Higgins  “ 
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Warsaw “ 
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Diamond  Crystal,  cases.
28-lb sacks  25
50
56-lb
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28
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barrels .  .1  75
SALERATU8.
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5*4
Dwight’s Com.................
...5*4
...5*4
Taylor’s......................
DeLand’sOap  Sheaf..
...5*4
pure..............
...5*4
..  5
Our Leader.................
Corn, barrels.............. @27
one-half  barrels @29
26®35
Pure  Sugar, bbl.........
half barrel
28@37
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Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers__
SHOE  POLISH.
dettine, 1 doz. In  box.

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ja pa n—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................ 14 @16
Good.......................... 18 @22
Choice....................... 24 @29
Choicest.................... 32 @38
F air.......................... 14 @15
Good......................... 16 @20
Choice....................... 24 @28
Choicest.................... 30 @33
@20
F air..........................
@25
Choice.......................
@35
Choicest....................
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair........ 25 @35
Extra fine to finest.  . 50 @65
Choicest fancy......... 75 @85
Common to fair........ 20 @35
Superior to fine......... 40 @50
Common to fair........ 18 @26
Superior to  fine........ 30 @40

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air.......................... 25 @30
Choice....................... 30 @35
Best.......................... 55 @65
8 @10
Tea  Dust..................
OOLONG.
Common to  fair........ 25 @30
Superior to  fine........ 30 @50
Fine to choicest........ .55 @65

Boxes.

•5*4

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Hiawatha  ................. 
Sweet  Cuba...............  
ider............... 
tobaccos—Plug.

63
36
35
___  __ Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Double Pedro  ....................... 35
Peach  P ie ..............................36
Wedding Cake, blk................35
Tobacco” ..............................37

tobacco—Shorts.

tobaccos—Smoking.

Our  Leader.............................15
Our  Leader.........................16
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................... 32
4 oz.................... 31
16 oz.................... 32
VINEGAR.

40 gr 
50 gr
PA PER & WOODENWARE 

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PAPER.

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lows:
Straw....................................150
“  Light  Weight.............. 200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware..............................2*4
Bakers.................................. 2*4
Dry  Goods............................ 6
Jute Manilla.........................8
Red  Express  No. 1............   5
No. 2..............4

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48 Cotton............................  25
Cotton, No. 1....................... 22
“  2........................18 
Sea  Island, assorted.........  40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool...................................   8
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
13  “ 
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15  “  ....................2 00
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17  “ 
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“ 
bushel.................   1  50
“  with covers  1  90
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 25
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wheat.  New. Old.
W hite........................  
82
82
Red............................ 
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Coarse.... ........................ 
1 00
Bolted...............................  125
Granulated.......................  1  4j

MEAL.

FLOUR.

Straight, in Backs  ............ 
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“  barrels............  4 80
“  sacks.............  5 60
“  barrels...........   5  80
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MILLSTUFFS.

Bran..................................  14 00
Ships.................................  14 00
Screenings.......................  12 00
Middlings........................   16  00
Mixed  Feed.....................   20 00
Coarse meal.....................   20 00
Small  lots.........................  52
Car 
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Small  lots........................   40
Car 
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CORN.

OATS.

BARLEY.
No. 1.......................... 
1  15
No. 2.................................   1  10
No. 1................................   10 ro
No. 2.................................   9 00

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HIDES.

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FUR« 
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lows:
Green.........................  5  @6
Part Cured.................  6*4@7
Full
@ 7*4 
Dry.............................   6
@ 8 
Kips, green  .  ............
@ 6 @ 794 
“  cured...................7
Calfskins,  green........  5
@ 7
cured..........6
@ 8*4 
Deacon skins.............. 10
@25

“ 

No. 2 hides *4 off.
PELTS.

Shearlings...................10
Estimated wool, per 9> 20
Washed...........................
Unwashed......................
MISCELLANEOUS.

@25

20@28
10@20

75

Tallow.......................3  @  ■
Grease  butter  ...........  1  @  :
Switches....................  1*4®
Ginseng  ....................2 nn@2
LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  Hogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

follows:
Extra WS Lard Oil...53  @58
“  N o .l...................45  @50
“  No. 2...................35  @40
Pure Neatsfoot.......... 52  @60
Harness Oil................40  @50
W Va Summer.............7*4@12
“  Medium  Winter.  8  @12
15 Cold Test...............   9  @13
Zero............................ 10  @14
Old Reliable  Cylinder  @65 
600 Mecca 
“ 
@50
Anti-monopoly  “ 
..35  @40 
Corliss Engine  Oil—   @40
Golden Machine  Oil. .18  @25 
Mower and Reaper Oil25  @30 
Castor Machine Oil.. .25  @30 
Boiled Linseed Oil 
..63  @66
Michigan WW...........  @10
Turpentine.................46  @51
Naptha.......................  8  @12
Gasoline.......................9*4@14
Castor Oil,  Pure......SI  26@1  30
“  Mineral__30  @35
“  Distilled ..81  10@1  25

R E M E M B E R
b u n o l a

T H A   T

Is  b e tte r

and  costs  less  than  m ost 
package  coffees.

IOO-POUND  CASES,  24  3-4;

lOO-CABINETS,  25  1-4.

NO  REMOVAL.

FOR SALE  BY  ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS JOBBERS
We manufacture  all  of  our 
goods,  occupy 
space  of 
floors,  employ  a 
eighteen 
large  force of  help,  buy our
material in car-load lots, and pay  spot  cash.  We are at the old stand,  13,  15 and 
17 So.  Ionia St., with an immense stock, and “don’t have to move.”  Our  output  is 
something  wonderful.  Call  when in town and see for yourself, you will have no 
trouble in finding us.  We are near the big Union Depot.
PUTNAM  CANDY CO., Grand Rapids.

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

[.Established  1780.]

A  SCIENTIFIC  TEST.

14:
Manufacture of Compressed Yeast.
In a thesis  presented to  the  School of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University of  Wiscon­
sin,  Alfred  J.  M.  Lasche  describes  how 
compressed  yeast  is  made  in  various 
parts of  the United States. 
In regard to 
the preparation of  the  mash,  it is stated 
that  3,130  pounds  of  ground  corn  are 
mixed with 4,500 gallons of  water.  This 
mixture is heated  to  190  degrees  Fahr. 
(to  swell  the  starch,  and  thereby facil­
itate  its  inversion)  and  subsequently 
cooled  to  154  degrees  Fahr., then 1,9*20 
pounds of  ground  rye and 550 pounds of 
ground  malt  are  added, the  malt being 
specially  employed  for  the  amount  of 
diastase it contains,  and is indispensable 
in the converting process.  This mixture 
is then allowed to stand  one hour, and is 
finally cooled  to  80  degrees Fahr.  The 
proportions of  the  different  grains  are, 
of  course,  largely  a  matter of  opinion, 
and  the  various  yeast  manufacturers 
have different working formulas.
When  the  mash  has  cooled  to 80 de­
grees  Fahr., it is drawn off  into  another 
tab,  and one  gallon of  concentrated  sul­
phuric acid is added,  in order to dissolve 
all remaining  starch, dextrin and glutin­
ous  matter,  and  to  convert  them  into 
grape  sugar. 
Finally,  a  quantity  of 
compressed  yeast  is  added  to  start the 
fermentation.  This  yeast  settles  to the 
bottom of the tub, but as soon as fermen­
tation  has  started  (usually  in  half  an 
hour),  and  carbonic  acid  is  being gen­
erated,  the  current  of  the  latter  grad­
ually carries  the  yeast  to the top of  the 
liquid. 
It  remains  there,  covered by a 
layer  of  the  chaffy  parts  of  the  grain, 
until  the  yeast  has  accumulated  in  a 
sufficiently large  quantity,  and  the  cur­
rent of  carbonic acid has  become  strong 
enough,  when  it  eventually breaks  this 
film of  chaffy  particles,  and  collects  on 
top  of  it  in  the  form  of  foam.  This 
goes on until all the nutritive matter has 
been assimilated.  The  foam, containing 
all the  yeast,  rises  about two feet above 
the top of  the  liquid,  dependent  on  the 
size of  the tub,  and when  no  more effer­
vescence  is  noticeable,  fermentation  is 
complete.
Immediately  after  fermentation  has 
ceased, the  foam  is  drawn off  by means 
of  troughs,  and  run,  together  with a 
fresh  supply of  water,  into a revolving. 
six*-sided  and  declining  cylinder,  lined 
with a sufficiently fine  strainer.  During 
this  step of  the  process  nearly  all  the 
chaffy  remnants  of  the  grain  are  sep­
arated,  and  the  liquid,  containing  the 
yeast plant  in  suspension,  is allowed to 
flow into a basin,  whence,  by means of  a 
trough,  it finally flows into a large tub.
The  product  in  this  tub is prevented 
from  further  fermentation  by  the  ad­
dition  of  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
ice. 
The  yeast  is  now  allowed to settle, the 
supernatant  liquid  drawn  off  and  the 
residue  repeatedly  washed 
to  free  it 
from all mechanical impurities.
When  sufficiently  cleansed,  it  is run 
into a press  by means of  a steam  pump. 
The press  is  constructed of  a column of 
iron  frames,  both  sides  of  each  frame 
being covered with a very  fine  straining 
cloth,  and  all  the  parts  fitting  tightly 
into each other.  The  yeast  having been 
pumped  into  such a press,  the  water is 
separated 
the 
strainer,  and carried off  through a waste 
pipe. 
The  yeast,  now  compressed,  is  taken 
out  in  the  form of  large  cakes,  and  in 
this  condition  it  is  brought  into  com­
merce.
The  Trouble with the Japanese Stores.
The worst thing about Japanese stores, 
in the opinion of  a woman, is the cheap­
ness of  many of  the articles  which may 
be  bought  there.  “In the  first  place,” 
she says,  “there are so many inexpensive 
things that one finds herself  beyond  her 
depth  before  she  knows  it.  She  buys 
and  buys on  all  sides  and  becomes  so 
warmed up  over  her  bargains  that  she 
thinks that she can  afford  to  get  some­
thing  a  little  more  expensive.  Now, 
when  you  get  into  the  costly part of a 
Japanese  store  there is no  place  where 
you can spend  more  money.  That’s the 
mischief  of  it.  You are led  into  wild 
purchases  that  you  never  dreamed  of. 
When I  come  out  of  suh a store I feel 
that a trap has been laid for me, and that 
I have blindly walked into It.”

from  it  by  means  of 

m , •  m 

.  .

.—

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

The New  England  Grocer  recently  decided  to  test 
the statement  of  the  Royal  Baking  Powder  Co., that 
their  powder  would  “retain  its  full  leavening  power 
until  used,”  w hile  “other  brands  lose  their  strength 
quickly after the can is onee 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 i c e   o f  D r .  BENNETT  F.  DAVENPORT,  A n a l y t ic a l   Ch e m is t ,  )
J

161 Tremont Street,  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 
It yields 14.1  per  cent,  by  weight  of 
sufficient fine wheat flour to prevent caking. 
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  12.74, 
while  Cleveland’s 
is  12.58,  and  Dr.  Price’s  11.13  only,  as  against 
THEPURE  14.1  above.  Comment is  unnecessary.

Respectfully, etc.,

THEPURE  Baking  Powder Company,

A lbany, 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.

“ LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATlfcRE.”

W. BAKER & CO.’S  Regustkkbd  Tbade-Mark.
No Chemicals are  used  in 
any of Walter Baker & Co's 
Chocolate and  Cocoa Prep­
arations.
These  preparations  have 
stood  the test of  public  ap­
proval  for  more  than  one 
hundred years, and  are  the 
acknowledged  standard  oi 
purity and  excellence.

MIRTH  h  KRAUSE.
RilssettShoe Polish,

Buttons,
Laces,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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.

DO  YOU  NEED  AN

EngravinpfYoiIrStore

In  advertising  your  business ? 
If  so,  The 
Tradesman Company Is glad to send samples and

Grocers visiting Now  York  are  cordially invited 
to  call and  see  u s, a n d   i f   they  wish,  have  their 
correspondence ad d ressed  in  our  care.  We  shall 
be glad to b e  o f u se   to   them in   any  way.  Write 
ns about anything you w ish to know.

THORBER, WRY LAND  & 00.,

West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets» 

New York City.

The P.  of I.  Dealers.

& 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  A  Burnham,  Anton  Wehle, 
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh  Bros.
Allegan—Chas. Spear.
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almira—J. J. Gray.
Almont—Colerlck & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
AgByrla—.J. W. Abbey.
Banfield—Andrew Brezee.
Bay City—Frank  Rosman A Co.
Belding—Lightstone Bros., Weter A Wise. 
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—A. V.  Toung,  E.  P.  Shankweller 
Blissfield—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. Slgel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. T. Sessions. 
Cedar  Springs—John  BeucuB,  B.  A.  Fish, B. 
ripp.
Charlotte — John  J.  Richardson,  Daron  & 
Smith, F. H. Goortby.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell A Co.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Coldwater—J. D. Beniamin.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Cook’s Corners—W. H. Hanks.
Coral—J. S. Newell A Co.
Dansville—Levi  Geer.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Dorr—Frank  Sommer.
Dowling—Rice & Webster.
Eaton  Rapids—H. Kositchek & Bro.
E vart—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. A Clark.
Forester—E. Smith.
Freeport—C.  V. Riegler.
Gladwin—John Graham,  J.  D.  Sanford,  Jas. 
Gowan—Rasmus Nellson.
Grand Haven—N. J. Braudry A Co.
Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.
Grand Ledge—Geo.  Coryell.
Grand  Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  Wilzinski, 
Brown & Senler, Houseman, Donnally  &  Jones, 
Ed Struensee, Wasson A Lamb, Chas.  Pettersch, 
Morse A  Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey A Hey- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. 

ney Granite  and Marble Works.

Croskery.

man.

E.  CoveL
Pelton.

Buck, E. E. Palmer.

Greenville—Jacobson A Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard,  W.  Weidman,  Mrs. 
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold  Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Hudson—Henry C. Hall.
Imlay City—Conn  Bros., Wyckoff  &  Co., C. J. 
Ionlar—H. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Jenlsonville—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.
LangBton—F  D.  Briggs.
Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Gllc- 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle A Son, W. H. Jennings. 
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBain—Sam. B.  Ardis.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—Mrs. E. Liddle.
Maple City—A. & O. Brow.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. 
Mason—Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg.
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt­
lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.
Millbrook—Bendelson.
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Mlnden City—I. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt. Morris—F. H. Cowles.
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
NOttawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Onondaga—John Slllik.
Orange—Tew & Son.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill.
Pearl e—Geo. H. Smith.
Remus—C. V.  Hane.
Richmond—A.uW. Reed.
Rlverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Frank  E.  Shattuck,  Braman  & 
Sebewa—John Bradley.
Shelbyvllle—Samuel  Wolcott.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder.
Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bitz.
Sprlngport—Powers  A  Johnson, Wellington A 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Darrow, 
Vassar—McHose A  Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson,  H.  C. 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate. 
Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White.
Woodbury—Henry  Van  Houten, Chas. Lapo. 
Williams ton—Thos. Horton.
Woodland—Carpenter A  Son. 
ank  Springs—T. Thurston.

Hammond, Elmer Peters.

Breckenridge.

D. D. Paine.

Blanchard.

From the California Grocer.
Some,  if  not a majority, of  the  farm­
ers’  organizations of  the country favor a 
parcels  post  system,  or a cheapening of 
the rates on merchandise.  Already many 
petitions  have  been  sent to Congress by 
grangers,  asking  for a reduction  of  the 
rates on seeds,  bulbs and other  merchan­
dise to less than half  the  present  cost— 
16 cents per  pound.  Every move  which 
brings  competing  markets  into  closer 
communication with the consumer means 
so  much  more  loss  to  retail dealers in 
small  communities,  and  a  parcels  post 
system  would  work  like a charm in  be­
half  of  the great stores of  Eastern cities 
lists,  circulars  and  cat­
whose  price 
alogues  are  distributed  by  the  million 
among  farmers  and  residents  of 
the 
smaller  towns  of  the  country. 
If  it 
comes to a direct  fight  for  business  be­
tween a  retail  dealer  who  is dependent 
upon home support, and  these  great ag­
gregations of  stock  and  capital  at com­
mercial centers,  it is plainly obvious that 
the former must suffer;  and to the direct 
gain of  the outside  house,  would  be the 
introduction  of  cheap  postage  on  mer-
chandise. 
It  is  not  in  the line of  pro­
moting  the interests of  the  retail  trade 
of  the country,  this  agitation  for its es­
tablishment,  and  the  poorest  argument 
that has  yet  been  offered by the friends 
of  the system is the citing of  its success­
ful operation in England and on the Con­
tinent. 
In the former country, the retail 
grocery  and  general  store  business  is 
largely in  the  hands of  co-operative  in­
stitutions;  those who are engaged in bus­
iness  as  private  individuals  are not by 
any means  as  prosperous as their Amer­
ican brethren.

Som ething'  M ore  th a n   W ealth .

Wealth  and  all that it implies  cannot 
be an efficient substitute for those higher 
tendencies which expand the mind  while 
subduing the  passions,  which  teach the 
inferiority  of  pursuits  aud  desires 
bounded by the narrow space of physical 
existence,  which  lend to the doctrine of 
human  brotherhood  a  meaning  and  a 
force it cannot derive from  mere  philos­
ophy,  and  which afford  a  compensation 
for the trials of  circumstance and condi­
tion,  in giving to those who follow  them 
a  contentment  independent  of  fortune 
and a hope beyond  the  reach  of  human 
vicissitude.

C u ttin g   on   P a te n ts.

6 doz. In box.

LAMP BURNERS.

The drug war that has  been on so long 
in Huntsville,  Ala.,  has been  brought to 
a  close.  The  druggists  grew  tired  of 
losing money,  and  all  agreed to restore 
old prices,  and all differences  have  been 
amicably settled.  For nearly nine months 
the war was fierce and hot, and hundreds 
of  dollars were lost that might have been 
made;  nearly  everything  was  sold  at 
cost,  but now the druggists  have  signed 
a paper  to  restore  prices,  and  it is be­
lieved all will keep to the  agreement, as 
they have had enough of  cut rates._____
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e
No. 0 Sun.................................................... .
40
No. 1  “  ....................................................
45
No. 2  “  ....................................................
60
Tubular........................................
75
LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—Pei bOX
No. 0 Sun....................................................
No. 1  “  ....................................................
No. 2  “ 
....................................................
No. 0 Snn, crimp  top................................
No. 1  “ 
“  ................................
No. 2  “ 
“  ..................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp top................................
“  ..................................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“ 
...............................
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled............
............
No. 2  “ 
•“ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.............
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz...............
.................
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.................................
No. 2  “ 
.................................
Butter Crocks, per gal..............................
Jugs, H gal., per doz................................
................................
................................
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) 
“ 
“  90c)

.  1  75 
. 1   88 
..2 70
..2 25 
..2  40 
.  3 40
..2 60 
..2  80 
.  3  86
.  3 70 
.  4  70 
.  4  70
.  1  25 
..1  50 
..1  35 
..1  60
06H 
75 
90 
1  80 
65 
78

“ 
“ 
“ 
Mason’s, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps. 
Pints............................................................
Quarts..............................................
alf-gallons  .............................................
Above quotations are f. o. b.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

“ 
STONEWARE—AKRON.

( 
FRUIT  JARS.

“ 
“ 
1  “ 

1  “ 
2  “ 
“ 

*  7 50 
,  8  00 
11  00

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .
Cheaper  M erchandise  P ostage.

TIME  TABLES.

G rand  R apids  & In d ian a.

In effect June 22,1890.
TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive. 

GOING  SOUTH.

Leave.
6:05 am
Big Rapids & Saginaw........................  
Traverse  City A  Mackinaw.............  6.50 a m  7:25 a m
Traverse City  &  Mackinaw............ 9:15 a m  
ll:S0am
Traverse City A  Saginaw................... 2:15pm  
4:10 pm
Mackinaw City......................................8:50 p m 
10:30 p m
Train  leaving  at  10:30 p m,  runs  daily,  Sunday  in­
cluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Cincinnati  Express........................... 6:00am  
6 30am
10:25 a m
Fort Wayne A  Chicago...................10:15 a m 
6:00 pm
Cincinnati  Express.........................5:40 pm  
11:30 p m
Sturgis A  Chicago.............................10 -.50  pm  
From Big Rapids A  Saginaw.........11:50  am
Train  leaving  for  Cincinnati  at  6 p.  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 a m train 
parlor chair cars to  Mackinaw  City.  South—6.30 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.

M u s k e g o n ,  G ra n d   R s p l d i   A   I n d ia n » . 
Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m .................................................................... 10:10 am
11.20 a m ....................................................................   3:45 pm
5 :40p m ..................................................................  8:45pm
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.

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

SOINO EAST.

Arrives. 
tMomlng Express.............................12:50 p m  
tThrough Vail.....................................4:10 p m 
tGrand Rapids  Express..................10:25  pm  
*Mlght Express....................................0:40 am  
tM lxed.......... ................. 
tDetrolt  Express................................6:45  am  
tThrough Hail................................. 10.10 a m 
(Evening Express.............................. 3:35 p m  
"Night Express............................... 9:50 p m 

Leaves.
1:00 pm
6:15 p m
10:30 p m
8:45am
7:30 am
6:50am
10  20 a rn
3:45 pm
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  "Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3.45 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 7:20 a m.
Steamboat  Express  makes  direct  connection  a 
Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee, 
secured  at 
tickets  and 
D., G. H. & M  R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

sleeping 
J ab. Campbell. City Passenger Agent.

berths 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

car 

GOING WIST.

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

A. J. Pa isle y, Gen’l Pass.  Agent

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. A M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  aud  all  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.
I CHICAGO  A   WEST  MICHIGAN.

) 
Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lud- 
ington,  M anistee & Traverse C ity ..  *7:30  a  m 
Express for Chicago and  M uskegon..  t9:00  a  m
F ast Mail for C h ic a g o ...........................t l  :00  p  m
Express for M uskegon and H a rt.........  15:45  p  in
N ight Express for  Chicago  ...............  *11:35  p m
N ight Express for  Indianapolis  .......(¡41:35  p  m
Mail  for  Big  Rapids,  M anistee  and
T raverse City  .......................................   +5:05  p  m
E x. for G rand H aven &  M uskegon...  18:40  p  m 
N ight Express from  Chicago  ..............   *6:30  a  m
N ight  Express from  Indianapolis  —   +6:30  a  g 
Ex. from M uskegon,H art* Pentw aterll0:45  a  m 
Express  from   Big  Rapids,  B aldw in
and Traverse  C ity................................112:35  p  m
Mail  from  Chicago and M uskegon  ..  13:55  p  m
Express from G rand H aven.................  15:50  p  m
Fast Express from   Chicago  ............... 110:15  p  m
Ex.  from   M uskegon and Pent w ater. .1  5:50  p  m 
Ex. from  B aldw in and T raverse City.  14:50  p  m
Express from  Traverse C ity..................*11:30  p  m
♦Daily. 
tD aily except Sunday.  "[Dally except 
Saturday.  {Daily except M onday.
T hrough chair  ear  for  Chicago  on  9:00  a  m 
tra in ;  no ex tra charge for seats.  T rains leaving 
G rand  Rapids  at  1:00  p m   and 11:35 p  m  run 
through to  Chicago  solid. 
T hrough  sleeping 
cars  betw een  G rand  Rapids  and  Chicago  on 
night  express  trains.  Through  com bination 
sleeping and ch air  car  betw een  G rand  Rapids 
and Indianapolis on night express trains.
Through sleeper between  Chicago  and  T rav­
erse City;  leaves Chicago 4:40 p m,  except  Sun­
day;  G rand Rapids, 11:30 p m ;  arrives  in  T rav­
erse City at 6 a m.  Leaves T raverse City at 6:15 
p m, except S aturday;  arrives in  G rand  Rapids 
at 11:30 p m ;  Chicago 7:0oam .
R ail and w ater  route  betw een  G rand  Rapids 
and Chicago via St. Joseph  and G raham  & Mor­
ton’s new  palace steam ers, City  of  Chicago and 
Puritan.
Leave G rand  R apids  1:00  p  m. arrive in Chi­
cago 8:30 p m .  Leave Chicago 9:00  p  m,  arrive 
G rand  Rapids 6:30 a m.  T he 5:05 p m train has 
through parlor car from  D etroit to M anistee.

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Detroit, lansing &  northern.

Express for Saginaw and Bay C ity—   16:55  a  m 
Mail for Lansing, D etroit  and E a s t...  17:25  a  m 
Express for Lansing, Detroit and E ast  11:00  p  m 
Mail for Alma, St.  Louis aud Saginaw  14:10  p  m 
F ast Ex. for D etroit, New York, Boston*6:25  p  m
Mall from  Saginaw and  Bay City.  ...111:50  a  m 
Mail from  Lansing, D etroit and  East. 112:05  a  m 
Fast Express from  Lansing and  East.  *5:C5  p  m 
Express from  Lansing  an a D e tro it...  19:50  p  m 
Ex.  from Saginaw ,St. Louisand Almatl0:D0  p  m 
"Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
The shortest line to Detroit and  the  East.  Elegant 
parlor ears between Detroit  and Grand Rapids. 
GRAND  RAPIDS  AND  REED’S  LAKE  TIME  TABLE.
Daily trains leave Union depot at 9,10.11 a in,  1,2, 3, 
4, 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10 p m.  Sundays only—1:30, 2:30, 3:80, 4:30, 
5, 5:30 p  m.  Daily  trains  leave  Reed’s  Lake  (Alger 
Park) at 9:30, 10:30.11:30  a  m,  1:30, 2:30, 3:30 , 4:30, 6:30, 
7:30, 8:30, 9:30.10:30 p m.  Sunday trains—2, 3, 4, 5,5:30, 
6 pm .  Far tickets and information.

WM.  A. GAVETT, Acting Gen. Pass. Agt.

15

M ig h ic a n  C e n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’'

D EPA RT.  A RRIV E
Detroit Express.................................... 7:20 am   10:00 pm
Mixed  ....................................................6:30 a m  
5:00 pm
Day  Express...................................... 11:55 a m  10:00 a m
•Atlantic A Pacific Express..............11:16 p m   6:00 a m
New York Express.............................. 5:40 p m  
1:25 pm

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

•Daily.
All other dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  ran  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor  cars ran  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Frkd M. Briggs. Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gxo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 57 Monrae St. 
O. W. Rvgglks. G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

---- OR----

P A M P H L E T S .

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

W Æ N TB D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS

and all kinds of Produce.

If you  have  any  of  the  above  goods  to 
ship,  or  anything  in  the  Produce  line,  let 
n s  hear  from  yon.  Liberal  cash  advances 
made  when  desired.

E A RL   BROS.,
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

C o m m is s io n   M e r c h a n t s
Reference: First  National  Bank,  Ohicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

THE  GREAT

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From  the Toledo  Blade.
“1 had a funny  experience  recently,” 
said  a  traveling  man  for  a  large  city 
firm.  “It  was  in  a  little  town  in  In­
diana,  and  quite a number  of  traveling 
men  were  at  the hotel.  There was one 
who  didn’t  assimilate  with  the ‘gang,’ 
and  who  had  made  himself  rather  ob­
noxious  to  one  or two, so we proceeded 
to have some fun  with  him.  Two of  us 
asked  him  to  drink,  and  another  had 
placed in a little  saucer on the bar some 
chlorate  of  potash  tablets.  After  my 
friend  had taken his liquor he picked up 
one  of  the  tablets  and  put  it  in  his 
mouth.  This objectionable fellow picked 
up two and began chewing them up.  My 
friend waited a minute, and then turning 
to the  proprietor of  the  hotel,  who  was 
acting as bar-tender,  said :
“ ‘By Jove !  that’s nasty.  What is it ?’
“ ‘You didn’t take one of  those things, 
did  you ?’  asked the proprietor, who was 
in the  joke.
‘What 
of  it?’

“ ‘Why,  yes,’  was  the  reply. 
“ ‘My heaven !  that’s rat poison.’
“Well,  my  friend  immediately threw 
his tablet  away,  and  turning to the man 
on  whom  the  joke  was  to  be  played, 
said:  ‘Did  you eat those  you  took ?’
“ ‘Yes, I did,’ he  replied,  faintly,  for 
he had heard the  previous conversation.
“ ‘Then  you’re  poisoned!’  we  both 
ejaculated at once.
“Then  came  our  fun.  We  gave that 
fellow  ipecac—there  was a drummer for 
a drug house in the  party—wine of  anti­
mony,  squills,  milk,  strong  coffee  and 
several other things, and  kept him walk­
ing up and  down  in  front  of  the  hotel 
until two o’clock in the  morning.  Then 
we told him that the effect of  the  poison 
had  probably worn  off,  and  we let  him 
go  to  bed.  He  was  very badly scared, 
however, and  he  got out of  town by the 
first train in the morning.

S u g g estio n s  to   B usiness  Men.
In  your dealings with the world,  avoid 
anything  like  juggling  dexterity.  The 
proper  use  of  dexterity  is  to  prevent 
your being  circumvented by the cunning 
of  others. 
It should  not  be aggressive. 
Because  somebody tries  to swindle  you, 
you  should  not  try to swindle  anybody 
else.
Concessions  and  compromises  form a 
large  and  very  important  part  of  our 
dealings with others.  Concessions  must 
be  looked  upon  as  distinct defeats and 
you  must  expect no  gratitude for them.
in  some  instances,  to  be 
adopted  advisedly. 
It sometimes brings 
a person  to  reason  when  nothing  else 
could—when his mind is so occupied with 
one  idea  that  he  completely  over-esti­
mates its relative importance.

Delay  is, 

A good man of  business is very watch­
ful,  over  both  himself  and  others,  to 
prevent things being  carried  against his 
sense of  right.  After a matter  has been 
much  discussed,  whether to the  purpose 
or not, there  comes a time  when all par­
ties are anxious that it should  be settled; 
and  then  there  is  some  danger  of  the 
handiest way of getting rid of  the matter 
being taken for the best.

R e p en tan ce  Colum n.

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.

Aurelius—John D. Swart.
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.
Dusbville—G. O. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster. 
Fork Center—D. Palmer <s Co.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum,  W.  Harmon,  Boone 
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted  & Son, F. O. Lord. 
Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Drlele & 
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.
Manton—A. Curtis.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—John Fletcher, John  Butler, Charles 
Millbrook—T. O.  (or J. W.) Pattison.
Millington—Forester &  Clough.
Minden  City—W.  A.  Soules,  F.  O.  Hetfield 
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J. Vermett &  Son. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
New Era—Peter Rankin.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth.
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.
Wavland—Pickett Bros.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.

Fletcher.

& Son.

(F o r m e rly  Shriver, W ea th erly  & Co.)

CONTRACTORS  FOR

Galvanised  Iron  Cornice,

Plilffloina  a liBating  Work,

Dealers In

Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

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

H oldfasts

SE N D   F O R   P R IC E   L IST .

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 
a.  H.  REEDER,  Grand  Rapids.
R I N D G E ,B E R T S C H  &   CO.,
TO  THE  TRADE:
Ask  our salesman to show 
you our factory line of Wom­
en’s  Shoes,  at  the  reduced 
price,in Milwaukee Oil Graiu 
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.

12,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.

EL  P uritan o  Cigar.
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O N   E A R T H

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

Grand Rapids. 
BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.
•  Detroit

T. E. BREYOORT, 

WM.  R.  KEELER,

W h o lesale Confectioner

AND  JOBBER  IN  FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC  FRUITS.

4 1 »   SOUTH  D IV ISIO N   ST. 

T E L E P H O N E   9 » -3 R .

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Best Goods ofthe kindon the market.

L .   W I N T E R N I T Z , A  s e n t,  1 0 6   K e n t   S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id s .
F E R M E N T U M   is  th e  o n ly   c o m p r e sse d   y e a st w h ic h  h a s  m a in ta in e d   its str e n g th  d u rin g   th e  

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c a n  b e a ssu red  of g o o d  r esu lts w ith   F E R M E N T U M .

I  HAVE  EXCEPTIONAL  FACILITIES  FOR  HANDLING  THE  TRADE  OUTSIDE  THE  CITY,  a Special  Wagon 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.

