GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 15,  1890.

NO.  3()9,

VOL.  8.

Eaton,  Lyon  &  Go.,

School Sillies, 
MiscollaiooasBoohs 
School Boohs, 
Stationery.

Olir Fall Line Now Ready

E A T O N , L Y O N   &  CO.,

SO and 22 Monroe St., Grand  Rapids.
REMPIS &  GALLMEYER,
F O U N D E R S

General Jobbers and Manufacturers of 

Settees,  Lawn  Vases,  Roof  Crestlngs,  Carriage 

Steps, Hit 

g Posts and Stair Steps.

54-56 S . Front St. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

A V O ID   T H E

OYSTERS

orders come.  We quote:

Season  is  now  under  way. 
Let  your 
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“  Standards...................  
20
DAISY BRAND—Selects............................ 23
“  Standards............................ 18
“  Favorites............................. 16

M in c e   M e a t.

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20-lb. Pails.............................. 7c  per lb.
42-lb.  “ 
H  bbls 
2-lb. Cans (usual weight), 81.50per doz.
E-lb.  “ 

........................6?£c  “
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*3.50 
Sweet  Cider,  Pure,  15c per gal.
Pure Cider Vinegar, 10c 
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Choice  Dairy Butter, 16c.
Fresh Eggs,  18c.
B .  F A L L A S   <&  S O N

P ro p ’s Valley City Cold Storage, 

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GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH

SEEDS!

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

WOOD  CORKS.

Experience of the  Inventor  of Wooden 

Bottle  Stoppers. 

p a r t   in .

W ritten fo r The Tradesman.

The fame of this strange  and  wonder­
ful product and the name of  its inventor 
now became the theme of conversation in 
thousands of  households and many indi­
viduals were always ready with a sample 
or two in  their  pocket  for exhibition to 
their  friends.  From  the day laborer to 
the capitalist, the Secretary of  the  com­
pany  was  besieged  to  sell a portion  of 
the stock; even female investors in stocks 
also made application.  The press lauded 
its superior qualities  and  prophesied its 
success and fortunes for  the members of 
the company.  Wilson’s two companions 
were elated,  and  they  insisted  upon ob­
taining foreign patents, which  the  com­
pany,  while managing the United States, 
could sell to advantage.  At  every meet­
ing of  the directors, Wilson  objected  to 
increasing the  boundaries  of  the  work 
until it was possible  in  some  way to fill 
at least half the  present  orders for stop­
pers with which they were flooded.

One  important  article  of  commerce 
which entered  into  the  manufacture  of 
these  stoppers  had  lately  advanced 100 
per cent, in price, and, as no other known 
substance  could take its place, the ques­
tion of a margin of  profit left to the com­
pany was already a serious one, while,  as 
yet, no  device  had  been  made to facili­
tate and cheapen the cutting of the wood. 
Said Wilson,  at  one  of  these  meetings, 
“Gentlemen,  we are pushing forward too 
rapidly  in  one  direction  only.  We are 
without  sufficient  funds  to  obtain  ma­
chinery,  raw material and  the  adequate 
labor to fill the orders which are pouring 
in upon us.  We cannot now procure the 
necessary funds  without  great  sacrifice 
and a serious injury to the  stock,  yet  in 
the  face  of  this  dilemma,  you ask that 
we apply for numerous other patents.  1 
am discouraged at the prospect, but I will 
not  oppose  you.”  Wilson’s  objections 
were silenced and  applications  for  pat­
ents  were  forwarded  to  Canada,  Great 
Britain, France and  Belgium;  and  there 
was serious  talk  of  obtaining a Russian 
patent also.  This, of course, necessitated 
the immediate expenditure of a consider­
able sum of money.

All three of  the principal stockholders 
at once offered for sale sufficient stock to 
meet the demand,  but were compelled  to 
sell  at  low  rates;  yet  it  was  quickly 
taken. 
It will be seen that at  this  time 
Wilson was no more sanguine of the suc­
cess of his patent than he ever had been. 
He seemed to have  an  intuitive  percep­
tion that failure in some  manner  was  to 
be the ultimate  result;  and,  although he 
was up early  and  late  and  toiling with 
both  brain  and  hands at the work,  still 
he  would  gladly  have  parted  with  his 
entire  interest  for a mere  nominal  sum 
and  withdrawn  from  the  company and 
the distress and embarrassment  of  mind 
it was rapidly forcing upon him.  He was 
in a high  degree  conscientious  with re­
gard  to  his  patent. 
It  pained  him to 
think  that  a  failure  to  succeed  would

involve a total loss to the people of small 
means who had invested  and  who  could 
illy afford to suffer.  The blame,  he rea­
soned,  would probably rest upon him,  be 
he 
innocent  or  guilty.  Where,  he 
groaned, is  the  mechanic  who  can suc­
cessfully  cut  this  wood  by  machinery! 
He  more  than  ever  realized  that  the 
invention was patented before it was per­
fected,  and this thought almost drove him 
to madness.  To  be  congratulated  and 
feasted, wined and  dined  and  flattered, 
with this knowledge staring  him  in  the 
face,  caused him to  feel like a reprieved 
criminal,  and  he  longed 
to  leave  the 
scene  of  his  troubles.  He  had  parted 
with a sufficient amount  of  his  stock  to 
leave  him a balance  of  a  few  hundred 
dollars and now  if ever, he reasoned, was 
the time to  return  to  the  east and visit 
his wife and children, from whom he had 
been  separated  four  years.  Making 
known his desire to the  directors  of  the 
company,  it  was  agreed  that  he should 
remain in the east for a time and,  if  pos­
sible,  establish  a  branch  factory  there 
and  look  for  other kinds of  wood  that 
might  answer  the  purpose  better,  also 
endeavor to perfect machinery that would 
perform the work. 
It  was  now the last 
of May and, once  decided  upon,  Wilson 
made rapid  preparations  for  departure. 
The  company  was  to  continue to carry 
on  the  manufacture  to  the  best  of its 
ability in  San  Francisco,  in his absence, 
and agreed  to  ratify  any  arrangements 
he saw  fit  to  make, in the east,  with re­
gard to pushing the work there.

It  will  be  remembered  by the reader 
that the “ wood cork  fever,” so to speak, 
was now at its height and the least whis­
per in regard  to  the  patent  swept over 
the State  with  telegraphic  speed.  The 
fact that the  President  of  the  company 
was  going  east  to  establish  a  branch 
manufactory and  that  so  many  foreign 
patents  had  been  applied for,  increased 
the public desire for stock,  and  the  day 
before Wilson  was  to  leave the coast,  a 
well-known  gentleman  and  capitalist 
offered him §10,000 in  gold for his entire 
interest in the patents already issued and 
pending.  Wilson had previously issued 
a few thousand shares of  his. stock to his 
wife  and  children  and,  deducting  this 
amount and that  which he had sold from 
his  one-third  interest,  left  only  about
26,000  shares of the stock  in  his  hands. 
And  just  here,  where  a  severe  trial 
between selfishness and duty would have 
blackened the character of some men, the 
staid Quaker tuition of Wilson withstood 
the test, nor wavered  for an instant, and 
duty and honor  prevailed.  He  frankly 
informed 
the  gentleman  that  a  verbal 
agreement between himself and  his  two 
friends,  to  whom a joint  assignment of 
the United States patent  was made, pre­
vented either of  them from  transferring 
his  interest,  without  the  full  and  free 
consent of the others, and any offer could 
not  be  entertained  until after a confer­
ence with his colleagues.  The gentleman 
then . asked  for  an  answer  before  his 
departure,  which  Wilson  promised  to 
give. 
It  would  be  better,  perhaps,  to 
draw a veil over that last  evening  meet-

B Y   USING

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
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Manufactured by

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids.

See quotations in  Grocery Price Current.

SEEDS!

Write  for  jobbing  prices  on 
Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke  and 
Alfalfa Glover, Timothy, Orchard 
Grass,  Red  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
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103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

H o w   to  K e ep   a  S to re.
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bust 
ness,  Location,  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great interest to every one in trade.  $1.50.
THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 
________________________ G rand  Rapids.
A.  SHELET.
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A. S.  BROOKS.
W I L L I A M S ,
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&   B R O O K S
Successors  to

FARRAND,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 

W holesale  Druggists,

AT  THE  OLD  STAND.

Corner  Bates  and  Larned Streets, Detroit.

E N G R A V I N G

It pays to illustrate your  business.  Portraits, 
Cats  of  Business  Blocks,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
graphs.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

P A T T E R N

M A K IN G !
Models,  Mechanical  and  Patent  Office 

Drawing  Made  to  Order.
WM.  HETTKRSCHIED,

131 S. F ront St., W est End P earl St. Bridge.

2
ing  between  the  three  persons  most 
deeply  interested  in  the  fate  of  the 
“Wood  Cork  Co.,” but a few words may 
serve to exhibit the  strength of the bond 
of  true friendship  between  them.  The 
meeting was  not  stormy.  On  the  one 
hand, Wilson,  struggling  with  poverty; 
anxious to sell  to  the  wealthy  stranger 
and  pleading  for  permission  to  do  so 
honorably;  on the other,  his  two  gener­
ous friends, watching over  his  interests 
with a parent’s care,  and yet  desirous  of 
granting  him  anything  in  their  power 
consistent  with  conscientiotfs  duty, 
formed  a  truly  pathetic  scene  in  that 
little office.  “We  cannot  consent,” said 
his two friends, “that you should deliber­
ately  throw  away half a dozen  fortunes 
for  the  paltry  sum  you  mention. 
It 
would  be unkindness to you,  and  injus­
tice to your family;  but  after  this  last 
plea,  if  you still ask for a  release  from 
our verbal agreement  and  will not listen 
to us,  we grant it.  We will  borrow  the 
necessary  amount  and  become the pur­
chasers  of  this  stock  at  the  price you 
name,  rather than witness the sacrifice to 
another.”  Wilson now  rose  to  his  feet 
and,  in  a  voice  choked  with  emotion, 
answered: 
“My  true friends, you can­
not  purchase  this stock from me at  any 
price!  Notwithstanding your confidence 
in our ultimate success, I differ with you, 
and  will not be a party  to  your possible 
financial 
embarrassment,  but  would 
gladly sell to this stranger,  who,  in  any 
event, would  not  be  driven  to  poverty 
and suffering.”  Thus ended all negotia­
tions for a transfer of  stock,  and the fol­
lowing day Wilson left the city  for  Chi­
cago. 
Friends  accompanied him as far 
as  the  State capital,  where a small dele­
gation  of  capitalists  boarded  the  train 
and were introduced and importuned him 
for stock in his company.

Late  in  the  autumn  of  the  year  in 
which he returned to the east, an old and 
time-honored friend of his, then residing 
in  Michigan,  being  shown a few  speci­
mens of  the new bottle stoppers,  was  so 
favorably impressed  with  them  that  he 
lost no time in writing  and  asking  Wil­
son  to  visit  him  at  the  earliest oppor­
tunity, as he desired to  talk  business  in 
connection with the cork.  As  this  gen­
tleman  was  at the head of a proprietary 
medicine  manufactory,  using  a  large 
quantity of  corks yearly,  he  was  natur­
ally not  only a competent  judge  of  the 
article, but  was  deeply interested in the 
production  of a better  quality  than  the 
bark  stoppers  he  was  using.  He was 
quite  enthusiastic  over  the  beauty,  as 
well as the superior qualities the wooden 
cork  possessed.  He  was  at  that time 
putting up thousands of bottles of a lini­
ment which in time  destroyed  the  bark 
cork,  and  upon  being  assured that this 
new  stopper  would  stand  the  test  of 
time;  that they  would  not  break  off  in 
the bottles,  as the  others  did;  that  they 
could  be  rapidly  driven  in place;  and, 
lastly,  that an ordinary cork screw would 
perforate  them  and  draw  them  more 
readily  than  the  other, he  cried out,  as 
all others had done  before: 
“There  is 
millions in it.”

[CONTINUED  NEXT  WEEK]
•»  m  m--------
A Trick of the  Wires.

A Denver merchant  was recently mar­
ried with great  eclat,  but  he  is  already 
unhappy.  He  is  unhappy  because  an 
Associated  Press  dispatch,  which  an­
nounced that he had married a handsome 
Colorado woman,  got  mixed in transmis­
sion,  and he now  has  the  reputation  of 
having  married  a  handsome  colored 
woman.

TETE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN»

The  Possession  of  Wealth 

Not a

ESTABLISHED  N E A R L Y   30  YEARS.

Crime.

W ritten for The  T r a d esm a n

The United States may be compared to 
a seething, boiling  cauldron  in  its  ever 
restless  population. 
Each  individual 
atom is striving for  the  ascendency and, 
seemingly,  puts forth  every effort  to ac­
complish  its  purpose.  The  staid  and 
tardy resident  from  the  Orient  who  at 
first looks with  wonder  and  curiosity at 
our  haste  soon  catches  the  contagion, 
loses  his  indentity and  becomes  to  all 
intents and  purposes one of  our people. 
In  this  universal  race  for  wealth  and 
fame,  the few  outstrip  their fellows and 
the  majority  are  too  apt  to  find  fault 
with  those  who  have  been  successful, 
either  intellectually or  financially,  as if 
it were a crime to possess either intellec­
tual or financial superiority.  The cry of 
thief  and  dishonesty,  simply because  a 
man has wealth,  or is accumulating it in 
a legitimate manner,  should cease.  Many 
persons  inherit  all  or  a  part  of  their 
wealth.  Should  they refuse  it ?  Is it a 
crime  to  receive  a  gift  of  thousands? 
Many seem to act as  if  they thought  so.
We actually need  the  men  of  wealth 
among us.  Remember also,  that  wealth 
has wings and can—and  often  does—fly 
from its  possessor.  But it alights in the 
hand  of  another,  and it is right that  it 
does  change. 
It  is  also  right  that  we 
always have these persons of great wealth 
among  us,  else  no  really  great  public 
enterprises could be undertaken.  Wealth 
may for a time  but  does  not  always re­
main in the  same  hands or family.  Not 
all who make  or  inherit  property  have 
the  ability  to  keep  and  properly  take 
care  of  it.  Mankind  varies  in  natural 
talent and tact for  a  business  capacity, 
as much as in form or feature;  and  none 
so perfect,  but  their  equal will appear. 
So to speak,  there  is  always  “a fool in 
the family” at one time  or  another;  and 
he or  she  will  certainly scatter  the  ac­
cumulations of  their ancestors.  Having 
nothing else to do they propose  to  show 
the world  that they possess  talents,  ca­
pable of  adding  to  their  millions,  but, 
making a misdeal in the reckless anxiety 
to outdo  all  others,  they  suddenly find 
the family tree  has fallen.

We grumble  at  the  unequal  distribu­
tion of  wealth and think  we should pos­
sess our  due  proportion.  To-day,  if  it 
were  possible  to  apportion  the  entire 
wealth of  the  nation  equally and say to 
them all,  “It is yours;  make good use of 
it,”  how long,  reader,  have  you  an idea 
it would thus regain ?  How long before 
the same  sober,  educated and far-seeing 
class  of  men would honestly and legally 
bold it again ?  Poor  humanity is  weak 
and  foolish  and.  while  one  individual 
would be greatly benefited,  half  a dozen 
others,  in the excess of  their  joy,  would 
lose their  reason and good sense,  and,  in 
pursuing that  course they now  condemn 
in others—endeavoring to  increase  their 
wealth without labor  or  even an equiva­
lent—would part  with  their  small  por­
tion at the cup  or  gaming  table  before 
the next morning.

Had we no  persons  of  wealth  among 
us,  no  really  great  public  enterprises 
could be  undertaken.  What  has  made 
this intricate net work  of  railroads pos­
sible all over  the country within the last 
two  decades?  The  accumulation  of 
money in the  hands  of  financial  talent. 
What has reared the magnificent  palaces 
that  beautify  every  city  in  our  land ? 
What has founded institutions  of  learn­
ing  and  charity to a far  greater  extent

Michael  Kolb  &  Son.,
Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers,

ONE  OF  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE

R O C H E S T E R ,  N.  Y .

The name of Michael  Kolb is so famil­
iar in the  clothing  manufacturing  busi­
ness,  he being a practical mechanic from 
his boyhood, and  so  great  in  his  judg­
ment of the stability of  goods that other 
manufacturers ask at the  mills  or  their 
representatives  for  what  Mr.  Kolb  has 
bought,  and  his  styles  and  make  up 
are  being  constantly  imitated.  Their 
goods  are  always  reliable  and  sold  to 
retailers at one  and  the  most  equitable 
prices and terms. 
It will pay merchants 
who  have  not  seen  their  line  to write 
their  representative,  WILLIAM  CON­
NOR,  Marshall,  Mich., to call upon them, 
and if they decide toabuy,  they will soon 
find that they  will  save money and busi­
ness increase.  All  garments guaranteed 
as represented.

W I L L I A M   C O N N O R ,

For eight years our Michigan representative, attends  periodically at Sweet’s Hotel, 
in Grand Rapids,  where many  merchants  meet  him, and whose expenses are paid. 
Mr.  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  on  Thursday  and  Friday,  Oct.  16 and 17. 
Room 82.

CR4CKERS,  BISCUITS  AND  SWKET:C,OOI)S.

8PECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

L A  BGBST V A R IE T Y  IIS T H E  S T A T E
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Muskegon Cracker Co
1   Coiecfion  vit  My  Cracker  M
THE  WELSH-DE  E00  MILLING  GO..

- 

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Dally  Capacity. 

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

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatcna, 

Graham,

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

CORRESPONDENCE 

SOLICITED.

HOGLE  OIL.  CO, 
and M a k e rs of F in e L u b i ic a n ts.

W h olesale  and  R e ta il  D e a le rs  in  Oils 

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. 

The largest and most complete oil  line in Michigan. 

I WORKS—On C  & W. M. and G. R. & I. R. R.,one
Telephone No. 319. | mile north of Junction.  Telephone No. 611-3R 
Jobbers  of all kinds of 
Cylinder Oils, Engine Oils,  W. Va.  Oils,  Lard  Oils,  Neatsfoot  Oils,  Harness  Oil, 
Signal Oil, Axle Grease,  Boiler Purger, Kerosene  Oils,  Naptha,  Turpentine,  Lin­
seed Oils, Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle  Oils,  Machinery  Grease,  Cotton  Waste, 
Etc. 

See Quotations.

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than  any other  nation ? What, except
great private wealth,  has given—even to 
the  poorest—the  luxuries  of  art  and 
science  in  almost  every section  of  our 
country ?  Without this  accumulation of 
wealth,  we should  not  have  had  them. 
Have  they  benefited  the  laborer  and 
poorer classes ?  Let the  people  of  this 
most prosperous  nation on earth answer.
Our people  of  large wealth are—most 
of  them—large-hearted and liberal,  not­
withstanding the assertions  of  their en­
vious enemies.  There  are  those located 
all  over  our  land  whose  every  other 
fault is lost sight of  in their thoughtful­
ness and noble generosity.  Grand Rapids 
has  them in her  midst,  and is proud  of 
them.  They pay thousands for the grat-
ification,  education  and  amusement  of 
those who otherwise might never hope to 
listen to the best eloquence  and talent of
b o th  h em isp h eres. 

F a ir  P l a t .

Fortunes in Small Inventions.

Every little while the  newspapers take 
up  the  subject  of  inventions  and  tell 
their readers  how  many have  made for­
tunes out of small inventions.  The Pitts­
burg Dispatch gave  the  other  day a list 
of  small  things that have made their in­
ventors  wealthy. 
It  commences  with 
the pen for  shading  in  different  colors, 
which  yields an income of  $200,000  per 
annum.  The rubber  tip  at  the  end  of 
lead pencils  has  already made  $100,000. 
A  large fortune  has  been  reaped  by  a 
miner who invented a metal rivet or  eye­
let at each end  of  the mouth  of  coat or 
trousers  pockets  to  resist  the  strain 
caused by the carriage of pieces of ore or 
heavy tools. 
In a recent  legal  action it 
transpired in  evidence  that the inventor 
of  the  metal  plates  used to protect the 
soles and heels  of  shoes from  wear sold 
upward of  12,000,000 plates in 1879,  and 
in 1887 the number  reached  143,000,000, 
producing realized profits  of  $1,250,000.
A  still  more  useful  invention  is  the 
“darning weaver,” a device for repairing 
stockings, undergarments,  etc.,  the sale 
of  which  is  very large  and  increasing. 
As large a sum as was  ever  obtained for 
any invention was  enjoyed by the inven­
tor of the inverted glass bell to hang over 
gas  to  protect  the  ceilings  from  being 
blackened,  and a scarcely less  lucrative 
patent was that for simply putting emery 
powder  on  cloth.  Frequently time  and 
circumstances  are  wanted  before an in­
vention is appreciated, but it will be seen 
that  patience at times is well  rewarded, 
for the inventor of  the roller skate made 
over $1,000,000, notwithstanding the fact 
that his patent had nearly expired before 
its value was ascertained.
The gimlet-pointed screw has produced 
more wealth than most silver  mines, and 
the  American who first thought  of  put­
ting copper  tips to children’s  shoes  has 
realized  a  large  fortune.  Upward  of 
$10,000 a  year was made by the inventor 
of  the common needle threader.  To the 
foregoing might be  added  thousands  of 
trifling  but  useful  articles  from  which 
handsome  incomes  are  derived,  or  for 
which large sums have  been  paid.  Few 
inventions pay better than patented toys. 
That  favorite  toy,  the  return  ball,  a 
wooden  ball  with  an  elastic  attached, 
yielded  the  patentee an income equal to 
$50,000 a  year, and an income of  no less 
than $75,000 fell to  the  patentee  of  the 
“dancing jimcrow.”
The invention of “Pharaoh’s serpents,” 
a toy much in vogue some years ago, was 
the  outcome  of  some  chemical  experi­
ments,  and  brought  the  inventor  more 
than  $50,000.  The  sale  of  the  little 
wooden figure,  “John  Gilpin,”  was  in­
credibly large for many years,  and a very 
ingenious  toy,  known  as the  “wheel of 
life,”  is  said  to  have produced upward 
of $100,000 profit to its inventor.  One of 
the most successful  of  modern  toys has 
been the  “chameleon  top,”  the  sale  of 
which has  been  enormous.  The field of 
invention is not only vast and varied, but 
is open to everybody,  without respect to 
sex or age,  station or means.

Morrice—A.  B.  Clark  is  building  a 

brick extension to his  hardware store.

Up  Goes the  Upper  Berth.

From th e MlnneapoUi Tribune.

The Supreme  Court  of  Minnesota de­
serves the benedictions of  all  travelers. 
It has sustained the  State Railroad Com­
missioners  in  ordering  that  the  upper 
berths  in  sleeping  cars, when not occu­
pied, shall not be kept  open  against  the 
wishes of the occupants of  lower berths. 
Every  railroad  traveler  has  angrily re­
belled, dozens of times, against the stupid 
meanness of the rule that  keeps  unused 
upper  berths  down,  to  prevent the un­
happy  man  below  from  enjoying  suffi­
cient air.  That rule has been  the  cause 
of more bumped  heads  and  more  semi- 
excusable profanity  than  any other fea- 
ture of our traveling system.__________

HIRTH 
I   KRAUSE,
Rtett Shoe Polish,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

Billions,
Laces,

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

MAKE  MONEY

BY SAVING IT.

I am in New York  to  purchase  goods 
of all kinds for responsible people in any 
section of the country.  My  connections 
are with the best houses,  and  my  refer­
ences shall be satisfactory to you.

I can save you money.
1 want your account 
Write.

S. L. McGONIGAL,

37 College Place, N. Y.  City.

Grand Rapids  Fire  l i n e   Co

CASH  CAPITAL 

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f 200,000.00

F a ir   R a tes. 

P r o m p t 

S e ttle m e n ts.

Call on our agent in your town.

JULIUS  HOUSEMAN,  President..

S  F.  ASPINW ALL, Secretary.

Playing Barite

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND FOR  PRICE LIST.

Daniel  Lpch,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

C.  N .  R A P P   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.
Headquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoes

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

WE  HANDLE  MICHIGAN  POTATOES  IN  CAR  LOTS.

Wholesale  Fruit  Commission Merchant and Dealer in All Kinds

A L F R E D   J.  B I R O  
1ST,
Farm and  Garden Seeds.

We are direct receivers of California and Florida Oranges and make a specialty 
of BANANAS.  Headquarters  for  all  kinds  GRAPES.  Regular  price list sent 
weekly,  and special prices quoted with pleasure.

THE  ALFRED  BROWN  SEED  AND  FRUIT  STORE.

W e Manufacture

ed with pleasure. 

Write  us.

We  A re  H e a d q u a rte rs,  as  Usual,  fo r 

O ranges, L em on s, B ananas, B ru its 

and  P ro d u c e   G e n e ra lly•

C .   B .  A lB T Z G B R ,  P r o p r ie to r

3jNO.tilONIA  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

DEALERS IN

NOS.  12»  and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WF  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CARE  TALLOW  FOR  MIT,I,  H9T7I_______________

W M . 

H . T H O M P S O N  &  CO.,
WHOLESALE

C O M M ISSIO N   M E R C H A N T S .

SPECIALTY

P O T A T O E S !

No.  166  SontH W ater St., Chicago.  F air cash advances m ade on consignment».
Offers of stock for direct purchase,  in car lots,  will not  be  entertained  unless 
quality,  size,  variety and  condition  of  stock  is  stated, condition guaranteed,  and 
price named per  bushel  delivered  track  Chicago,  with weights guaranteed not to 
fall short over two  per cent,  from invoice billing.

WIMI.  R .  K E E L E R ,

CiMonari aid Fruits, Nats aid Cigars,

JOBBER  OF

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST. 

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

My stock includes everything generally kept in my line, which 1 sell at rock bottom 

prices.  Send me your mail orders.  1 will guarantee satisfaction.
M OSELEY  BROS.,

----- WHOLESALE-----

F r u its,  S eed s, O ysters § P r o d u c t.

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

2 6 ,2 8 ,3 0  and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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AMONG THE TRADE.

TETE  MTCTTÏGAJST  TRADESM AN.
MULTIPLY  AND  INCREASE.

ABOUND  T H E   STA TE.

Owosso—Work is to  be commenced on i 

the Williams block next week.

& Holmes in the meat business.

Jasper—Fred Jeffries  succeeds Jeffries 
Stanwood—Barnard & Weaver succeed j 

Chas. F.  Barnard  in general trade.

Monroe—Hurst  Bros,  have  purchased j 
the  dry  goods  business  of  E.  F.  Mills 
& Co.

Mecosta—Ferris &  Thomas  have  pur- 
chased the meat market  of  W.  A. Slaw- j 
son & Co.
Muskegon—N. J. Boyce has  purchased 
the interest of  Uis partner, L.  B.  Glover, j 
in the drug business.
Horton’s Bay—J.  Carroll  has removed j 
his general stock to Traverse City, where 
he has re-engaged in trade.

Overisel—J.  Den Herder & Son, dealers 
in dry goods and groceries,  have sold out 
to Hartgeriuk & Van  Duine.

Muskegon—Thos.  Richar’s  fine  store I 
building,  veneered  with  brick,  will  be { 
ready to occupy in a few weeks.

Onekama—Amos  Shaw  has  sold  his 
meat  market  to  J.  H.  Rogers  and  C. J. 
Vogel,  who will continue the business.

Casnovia—John  E.  Johnson  has  pur- j 
chased the building formerly occupied by 
J.  E. Parcell and put in a furniture stock.
Lansing—Ronk & Baughman’s new dry 
goods store will be opened about Oct. 25. 
Both partners are now in New York pur­
chasing the stock.

Harbor Springs—Henderson and Harry I 
Martin have  formed a copartnership un­
der the style of Martin Bros, and engaged 
in the buying and shipping of produce.
Battle Creek—O.  B.  Frisbie is erecting j 
a new business block of two stores, 35x70, 
three stories high.  He  will  occupy one 
of the stores with a paper and paint stock.

Manistee—F.  J.  Gaubatz  and  Philip | 
Gaubatz  have  formed  a  copartnership j 
under  the  style  of  Gaubatz  Bros,  and | 
purchased the hardware stock of J. Baur.
Traverse  City—John  Helm,  general 
dealer at this place,  has opened a branch 
general store at  Burdickville, which will 
be conducted  under  the  style  of  N. C. 
Helm.

Fruitport—G. S. Putman  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  Geo. Truax, grocer  at j 
Spring Lake,  who will remove  his  stock 
to this place and  continue  the  business 
at the old stand.
Harrietta—J.  C.  Benbow  is  erecting  a J 
new store building  here and will engage j 
in general trade as soon as  the  building 
is  completed,  removing  his  stock  from 
Hartford to this place.

Belding—J.  M.  Earle,  Z.  W. Gooding,  j 
L.  L.  Holmes  and  H.  J.  Leonard will 
each  erect  a  store  building,  making  a j 
brick block  of  four  stores  on the main 
street.  Excavations  for  the  basements j 
are  being  made  and  the work will pro­
gress while favorable weather will admit.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Schoolcraft—Earl  &  Brown  succeed 

F.  H.  Earl in the lumber  business.

Belding—The new silk mill will double 

the amount of its present machinery.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—It  is  reported that 
the saw  mills  of  Hall  &  Buell,  at Bay 
Mills,  will  shortly  be  removed  to  this 
place.

St. Louis—Josiah B. Locke is succeeded 
by*  Isaac  Cole  in  the  manufacture  of 
cigars.

Tawas—C.  D.  Bennett’s  shingle  mill 
has  averaged  31,500  shingles  daily this 
season.

Midland — The  Midland  Woodenware 
Co.  has incorporated, with a capital stock 
of §5,000.

Detroit—T.  H.  Lynch  &  Co.  are  suc­
cessors of Groesbeck & Lynch in planing ! 
mill and  lumber.

Alabaster—Kenny Bros. & Martin have 
suspended  operations  in  their  shingle 
mill for the season.

Ishpeming—William  Walton  &  Co. 
have  disposed  of  their  planing  mill to 
C. J. Burns,  and talk of closing out their 
yard also.

Ypsilanti—The  newly-organized Ypsi- 
lanti Lumber Co. has  acquired  the  yard 
conducted  by S.  W.  Parsons  &  Co.  pre­
vious to their  assignment.

Thompsonville—C. B. Bunton, manager 
of the Thompson Lumber Co., will  erect 
a store  building,  30x70  feet  in  dimen­
sions,  with a public hall overhead.

Owosso—The building  of  an  addition 
to the Owosso Cart  Factory, 50x100 feet, 
has been  commenced. 
It  will  be  two 
stories  high  and  completed  the present 
month.

Evart—Cowen & McLennan  have  sold 
their Middle Branch shingle mill and the 
timber  on  thirty-one  forties  to Geo.  B. 
Ehrencrook  &  Co.  The  new  firm  has 
already taken possession.

Thompsonville—The  new  mill  of  the 
Thompson  Lumber  Co.  is  nearly  com­
pleted. 
It is 26x100 feet  in  dimensions, 
and a planing mill and dry kilns  will  be 
added  to  the  plant,  giving  it  a  daily 
capacity  of  25,000 feet of  finished floor­
ing.

Marquette—Edward  Fraser,  who  has 
been running a small  sawmill  near  this 
city for fifteen years,  has  about  finished 
his stumpage tributary to  that  mill  and 
talks  of  putting  up  a  mill near Trout 
creek.

Bay City—The  superintendent  of  the 
Tittabawassee Boom  Co.  says the output 
of  the  boom  this  season  will  be about 
300,000,000 feet, or  nearly that quantity. 
The company has been hindered  by  low 
water,  but the recent rains have  been  of 
some benefit.

Bay City—There is a rumor that an ex­
tensive  car  manufactory  is to be estab­
lished  on  the  McGraw  property, at the | 
south end of the city, giving employment 
to several hundred men  and working up 
some of the timber of  this section which 
now  goes outside.

Stopping  Payment on a  Check.

An interesting  law  point—not  gener­
ally  understood  by  business  men—was 
brought out last week  in  the  case  of  a 
dishonored check by the Fox Machine Co. 
The company gave E. A. Munson a check 
for the amount  of  his  August  account,
| subsequently  stopping  payment  of  the 
| same. 
In  the  meantime,  Munson  had 
I turned  the  check  over to a third  party, 
j who  thereupon  garnisheed  the  account 
| of  the  Fox  Machine  Co.  at  the  Fifth 
] National Bank.  This brought the maker 
of  the check to time, the compauy being 
j compelled  to  pay  all  costs  of  suit  in 
i order to release  its  bank  account.  The 
| advice  given  the  defendant  by  Butter- 
| field & Keeney  was  that  payment  on  a 
check cannot  be  stopped  after  it  has 
I passed out of  the hands of  the person in 
| whose name it is given.

Five  Thousand  for a Boom.

Casnovia has voted  to bond the village 
for §5,000, for the purpose of  creating  a 
I fund to be given some manufacturer who 
] will locate there and give steady employ- 
I ment to a certain number of men.

An 

interesting  Chat  About  a  Well- 
Known and Popular  House.

From the New E ig lan d   Grocer.

“Multiply and  Increase”  were  wo^ds 
suggested to our representative  while he 
was out on the street,  last week, looking 
in here  and  there  and  noting  business 
conditions and  progress.  Among  other 
places, his footsteps  lead through Broad 
street,  where  he  entered  the  establish­
ment  of  Messrs.  Chase  &  Sanborn. 
“Multiply  and  increase”  seem  to  find 
practical  illustration  at  Chase  &  San­
born’s,  Nos. 85 and 87 Broad and 6 and 8 
Hamilton street,  opposite. 
Judging  by 
the  volume  of  business  they are  doing 
this  year  there seems to be  no  limit  to 
their multiplying and increasing.  These 
words  suggest  growth  and  prosperity 
from an ideal  standpoint. 
Indeed from 
the  year of the inception of this house it 
has experienced  a  constantly increasing 
business, and the year 1890 will show the 
almost phenomenal result of  an increase 
of  over  §1,000,000.  Naturally  this  in­
crease has demanded increased facilities, 
and they have  accordingly secured as an 
addition to  the  large  building  now  oc­
cupied by them,  the  adjoining  building 
at the corner of  Hamilton  and  Battery- 
march streets.  That they might be able 
to fill their  daily orders  they have,  dur­
ing the  last  two  weeks,  been forced  to 
run  their  roasting  department  nights, 
something unusual in the coffee business, 
and  their  daily  output  has  been  over
50,000  pounds,  which has  been  immedi­
ately shipped on direct  orders from their 
trade.  A  record  such as this house has 
made, is deserving of  more than passing 
notice.  They are  a  credit,  not  only to 
the  wholesale  grocery trade  of  Boston, 
but as  representative  merchants  of  the 
metropolis of  New England.  For  years 
they have  not  only unquestionably held 
the position  of  much the largest dealers 
of  tea and coffee  in  New  England,  but 
with  their  largely  increased  business 
they  can  now  justly  claim  to  be  the 
largest roasters and sellers of mild coffees 
in the United States.

Replying  to  the  question  of  how  to 
account for the  growth and maintenance 
of  so large a business, an active member 
of  the firm  said with  a  laugh,  “Well, 
principally by minding our own business, 
which,  in detail,  means  carefully study­
ing  our  business,  its needs and wants— 
having  no outside  investments  or  ven­
tures  to  occupy  our 
time—letting  the 
business of  our neighbors alone,  import­
ing fine goods, collecting arouud us clean,
I honorable and active  salesmen,  hustling 
! all the time,  on  the  principle that  ‘you 
1 must hustle  while  you  have  the  legs,’ 
and  ‘there are  no  birds  in  last  year’s 
eggs;’  and  then,  what is all  important, 
treating every customer,  whether buyers 
of  one chest or 100 chests,  straight  and 
squarely.”

An aggregate  volume  of  §5,000,000 is 
not an out of the way amount of business 
to consider  that this house will do in the 
If 
year  1892,  judging  from  the  past. 
| prosperity  begets  prosperity, 
then 
it 
| would seem that the retail grocer can find 
| no better  place to tie up to than Chase & 
Sanborn,  for their tea and coffee.
1  The success of  this house has been at­
tained latxtre et honors.

M.D. Bailey, for the past two years assis 
tant cashier  of  the Northern Kent Bank, 
at Cedar  Springs,  will take the  position 
of  book-keeper  for  the  Grand  Rapids 
Savings Bank on Nov.  1.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  nnder  th is  head for 
two  oents  a   word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken for less th an  26 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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i 'OH SALE—AT  A  BARGAIN  A  SMALL  STOCK  OF 

drugs, also  two  counters  and  prescrlptien  case. 
For Inform ation, address  Druggist,  care  of  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

OR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  DRUG  STOCK  AND 
business in  Orand  Rapids  w orth  $2,600  m ust  be 
sold owing to the absence of proprietor on  account  of 
sickness;  correspondence  solicited.  Address  O.  H. 
Richmond A  Co..  U1  South  Division 
street.,  Orand 
Rapids.  Mention this paper. 

IV)R SALE—THREE-STORY  FRAME  HOTEL,  WITH 

1  good  stone  basem ent  and  connected  with  large 
two story barn, located opposite railroad depot in  one 
of the m ost prosperous cities in Michigan,  with a  pop­
ulation of 11,000;  price, w ith furniture  and  good  will, 
big  bargain,  $8,000.  Address  A.  C.  Frost,  Alpena, 
Mich. 

I TOR SALE— $300 STOCK  OF DRUGS.  ADDRESS J. B..

care Michigan Tradesman. 
. 
TTIOR  SALE—A  NICE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS, 
JC 
located on corner in a  good town  of  6,000  inhabi­
tants;  good point for a  physician;  nice  paying  trade; 
owner has other business to look after.  N. H. Winans, 
3 and 1 Tower Block, Grand Rapids. 
OR  SALE—A  TRACT  OF  TIMBER,  CONTAINING 
about  100,000  feet  oak.  30,000  pine,  60,000  ash, 
cherry, m aple  and  basswood,  1,000,000  hemlock,  one 
mile from W hite River;  price,  $2,000.  Address  Lock 
box 396, Big Rapids, Mich. 

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OR SALE—ONLY  MILLINERY  STORE IN TOWN OF 
2.300  population;  also  light  stock  of  fancy  dry 
goods;  good chance for m aking  money.  For  particu- 
lars address No. 110, care Michigan Tradesm an. 

110 
OR  SALE—BRADT8  BAZAAR  AND  MILLINERY
store a t Flint, Mich. 
__________________ 103
OR SALE—STOCK  OF  HARDWARE  AND  BUILD- 
ing in th e best town of  N orthern  Michigan.  Ad­

dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 96

109

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OR- SALE—26  PER  CENT.  BELOW  COST,  ONLY 
hardw are stock in Baldwin, lively town on line of 
two railw ays;  ill health  compels  sale;  store  building
cheap,  Joseph H. Cobb, Baldwin, Mich.___________84
TXT ANTED—I HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAT  FOR  A 
W   general  o r  grocery stock;  m ust be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 26_
SITUATIONS  WANTED.________
A  YOUNG MAN  WOULD LIKE  A  POSITION  IN  A 
general country store;  has had five  years’ expert 
ence;  good  salesman  and  stock  keeper;  can  keep 
books if required;  wages  m oderate.  Address  B,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED—SITUATION  BY REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
cist  of  7  years’  experience;  good  reference.

Address No. 119, care Michigan Tradesman._______ 11»
SITUATION  WANTED  —  BY  A  PHARMACIST  OF 
io  
four years’experience;  best of  references.  Post- 
offlce Box 170, Bangor, Mich._____________________U4

120

MISCELLANEOUS.

A  BOLISH  THE  PASS BOOK  AND SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
6 000  Michigan  m erchants—all  of  whom are  warm  in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sam ple  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.________________
AMPLE« or TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOB  RE- 
tallers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them  to  the  Sutllff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N. T. 

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E STA B LISH ED   1841.

THE MERCANTILE  AGENCY

R . G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada.

NOTICE  OF  DISSOLUTION.

Notice  Is  hereby  given  that  the partnership 
heretofore existing under the firm name of F. L. 
Burger & Co. was dissolved Sept.  12  by  mutual 
consent.  The  business  will  be  continued  by 
F. L. Burger, who assumes til  ndebtedness and 
will collect all money due the sa. i  firm.

F. L. Burger.
E. E. Cross.

Levering, Sept 12,1890.

Bicydes, 
Tricples, 
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods
»Agents for A. O. Spalding & 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.

AND

E. G. Studley,

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

H.  T. Chase,  Grand Rapids, represents 

the above house in this territory.

4  Monro«  8t.(

GRAND RAPID S

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WALES GOODYEAR  ,

F irst Quality.

WOONSOCKETS,

F irst Quality.

CONNECTICUTS,
Second Quality.

RHODE  ISLANDS,

Second Quality.
Third  Quality.

HOME  RUBBER  CO.,
Write  for  Discounts.
O.  H.  MAYHBW) 

-  G rand  R apids,

O R D E R

h u n s o x
L IN E N

F O R  YO U R   S T A T IO N E R Y .

Printers  usually  buy linens a ream or so at a 

time,  paying roundly for this buying “hand to 

mouth.”  By using large quantities we are able 

to buy  of  the  maker,  thus obtaining a paper 

which,  while  it  is not pure linen,  is equal  in 

writing qualities and appearance to that  cost­

ing the smaller printer double what this costs 

us.  Furthermore, our output is so large that we 

have reduced the cost to the minimum,  while a 

margin of a few cents on each  order  gives us 

satisfactory returns.  In view of the close mar­

gins we r ust insist upon cash with order from 

all customers not known to us or not having a 
satisfactory rating with mercantile agencies. 
$2.25®$2.50  per M.
2.50®  2.75 
3.00®  4.00 
2.60®  2.75 

COMMERCIAL  NOTE  HEADS, 5&C814, 
PACKET  NOTE  HEADS,  6x9£, 
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LETTER  HEADS, 814x11, 
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T H E   T R A D E S M A N   C O M PA N Y,

SEND  FOR  SAMPLES.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

C U R T I S S   &   CO.,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR  SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

F. J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R ,

JOBBER  OF

Jay F.  Ferris  has  sold his residence at 
40 Madison avenue to  Wm.  P.  Conklin, 
the Ravenna merchant.

Ed.  M.  Gay, of Petosky,  has  taken the 
position  of  prescription clerk  for A.  H. 
Lyman,  the Manistee druggist.

Geo.  G.  Bates,  book-keeper  for  the 
Northern Michigan Lumber Co., has gone 
to Tanderagee to begin operations.

Walter R.  Meech has resigned his posi­
tion  with I.  M.  Clark & Son,  to  take  the 
position  of  floor  walker  for  Spring  & 
Company.

Miss Nelle B.  Rogers, lately with Paige 
& Strachan,  Detroit,  has taken the posi­
tion of stenographer for the  Hazeltine & 
Perkins Drug Co.

W. J. Clark,  the  Harbor  Springs gen­
eral  dealer,  was  in  town  several  days 
last week,  called  hither as a petit  juror 
in the United States Court.

T hk T radesm an  will give a copy of a 
noted  painting  to  the  person  guessing 
the date nearest the one  on  which  Wm. 
P.  Granger will be married.

Chas.  N.  McWhorter,  formerly  loca- 
manager for R. G. Dun & Co., but for the 
past two  years  traveling  representative 
for the  same  institution,  has  taken the 
management of the Saginaw office.

John  Shields, formerly engaged in the 
wholesale grocery business  here, but for 
the past year engaged  in the  same  busi- 
■  .ess  at  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  is  in
ra for a few weeks,  the guest  of  John 
i.  ad all.  He is accompauied by his wife 
and son.

Gripsack Brigade.

W.  II. Gardiner has gone  on  the  road 

for J. S. Walker.

for J.  L.  Strelitsky.

John N.  Louckes has engaged to travel 

Frank Collins,  who travels in Nebraska 
for W.  F.  McLaughlin & Co., of Chicago, 
was in town several days last week.

Max Mills’ patent cash  register is now 
in the last stages of  completion and will 
be ready for inspection by the latter part 
of the present week.

W.  R.  Mayo,  traveling  representative 
for C. N.  Rapp & Co.,  has  returned from 
a two months’  absence  in  Indiana,  buy 
ing  melons  and  placing  potatoes  and
onions.

W. B.  Tyler,  who has traveled the past 
year  for  the  Buffalo  Forge Co., has en­
gaged  to  travel  for B. F.  Sturtevant,  of 
Boston,  covering 
the  manufacturing 
towns of this State.

Anthony  J.  Quist,  city  salesman  for 
the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., will here­
after  act  as  house  salesman and stock- 
keeper.  He is  succeeded among the city 
trade by Arthur Fowle,  who  has  hereto­
fore acted as  receiving clerk.  The posi­
tion  left vacant by Mr. Fowle  has  been 
assumed by John Pain.

The Harbor  Springs Iron Mine.

H arbor  Spr in g s,  Oct.  11.—The Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association  having  tempo­
rarily  ceased  the  investigation  of 
the 
iron ore deposits  about  nine miles north 
of this place,  the work has been assumed 
by J.  H.  P.  Hughart,  in  behalf  of  the 
G.  R.  & I.  Railroad.  A contract has been 
made with local well  diggers  to  sink  a 
drive well 300 feet,  which is expected to 
disclose  the  existence  of 
iron  ore,  in 
which  case a shaft  will be sunk for  the 
purpose of ascertaining whether it exists 
in  paying  quantities  to  warrant the or­
ganization of a mining company.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Frank  Heath,  the  Sparta  grocer, has 
effected a settlement with his Grand Rap­
ids creditors on a basis of 50 cents on the 
dollar.

J. R.  Harrison, dealer in dry goods and 
boots  and  shoes,  at  Sparta,  will  add a 
line of  groceries. 
I.  M. Clark & Son are 
putting up the stock.

Mrs.  John  M.  Ferguson  has  sold her 
grocery stock at 321 South Division street 
to Hatch & Stuart, who will continue the 
business at the same location.

S. R. Gee  has  opened  a  grocery store 
at Reed  City under  the  management  of 
C. F. Shaw.  The stock was furnished by 
the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.

C. M.  Woodard,  formerly  engaged  in 
general  trade  at  Kalamo,  has opened a 
notion and bazaar store on Plainfield ave­
nue.  H.  Leonard  &  Sons furnished the 
stock.

L. Winternitz has  abandoned the vine­
gar and pickle business and  will  devote 
his entire time  hereafter  to  Fermentum 
compressed  yeast and the Woolson Spice 
Co.’s goods.

Mrs. Gustav Mueller, formerly engaged 
in  the dry  goods  business  at  450 South 
Division street, has  returned  from  Chi­
cago and re-engaged in the same business 
at 438 South Division street.

Chas.  E.  Pearson  &  Co.,  dry  goods 
dealers  at  Fremont,  have  changed  the 
firm  name  to  Pearson  Bros.  &  Co.  and 
added  lines  of  clothing  and  groceries. 
Musselman &  Widdicomb  furnished  the 
latter. 

________________

Thos.  J. Torrence,  for  the  past  seven 
years with H. Leonard & Sons, has rented 
a store at 29 West Western  avenue, Mus­
kegon,  and will open a stock of crockery, 
glassware,  house  furnishing  goods  and 
toys next  week.

R.  D.  Swartout,  who  recently  retired 
from the firm of Spring & Company,is cur­
rently  reported  to  be  laying  plans for 
the formation of  a  stock company,  with 
$250,000 capital, to embark  iu the whole­
sale dry goods business here.

A movement is on  foot  to  circulate  a 
petition among all  the wholesale houses, 
asking  that  business  be  suspended  at 
noon on Saturday.  The  project appears 
to  meet  with  unbounded  enthusiasm
among the clerks, but  the proprietors do 
not view it with any degree  of  favor, so 
far as T h e  T ra desm a n  is able to ascer­
tain. 

________________

Wm. McBain  has  been  elected Secre­
tary and Treasurer  of  the Grand Rapids 
Brush  Co.,  succeeding  Jas.  A.  McKee, 
who has held that position ever since the 
inauguration  of  the  company,  nineteen 
years ago.  The  active  management of 
the business has been  vested  in John D. 
M. Shirts,  who  possesses  ample  ability 
and energy to conduct  the same success- 
fuily. 

a

Purely  Personal.

W. R. Mandigo, druggist  and grocer at 

Sherwood,  was  in town last Thursday.

L.  E. Miller, general dealer at Shipshe- 
wana,  Ind.,  was in  town  last  Thursday.
Heman G.  Barlow  spent  several  days 
last week in  Chicago.  He  was  accom­
panied  by his wife.

Mr.  Morrell,  of  the  grocery  firm  of 
Morrell  &  Campbell,  Kalkaska,  was  in 
town last week, by reason of his being on 
the jury list of the United  States  Court.

The  Philadelphia  patent  flat-opening 
back is controlled in  Michigan by Barlow 
Bros., of  Grand  Rapids.  Don’t  fail  to 
have your next ledger or  journal  bound 
with it. 
It  adds  very  little to the cost 
and makes the strongest blank  book  ever 
known.  Send for prices.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAMEiSOLICITED.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

CUfton CCC...........  6*
Atlantic  A............ .  7
“  Arrow Brand 544
H............ •  6«
“ 
“  World Wide..  7
P ............ .  6
“ 
“  LL...............   5
D............ •  63i
“ 
Full Yard Wide......614
“  LL............ •  534
Honest Width.........  634
Amory................... •  73*
Hartford A  .............. 514
Archery  Bunting.. .  4
Madras cheese cloth 634
Beaver Dam  A A ..-  544
Noibe B..................  5!,
Blackstone O, 32... .  5
Our Level  Best......614
Black  Rock  ......... .  7
Oxford  B ...............   614
Boot, AL...............
Chapman cheese cl.  334 i Pequot......................714
Solar........ ...............  614
Comet..................... 7 
Dwight Star............  714lTop of the Heap....  714

734

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Amsburg................ 7
Blackstone A A......8
Beats All................   414
Cleveland.............. 7
Cabot........................714
Cabot,  %.................634
Dwight Anchor......  9
shorts.  834
Edwards...............6
Empire................... 7
Farwell...................734
Fruit of the  Loom..  834
Fitch ville  ...............714
First Prize................614
Frnit of the Loom %. 8
Fairmount..............414
Full Value................634
Geo.  Washington...  8J4

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Glen Mills..............  7
Gold Medal.............. 714
Green  Ticket...........814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope.........................714
Just  Out........  434® 5
King  Phillip.............734
OP......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale...........  ® 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   714
Oak View................. 6
Our Own................  514
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind...................714
Sunlight.................   414
Vinyard..................  814

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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“ 
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2714
3214

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Middlesex No.  1__10
“  2....11
•< 7.. ..18
“ 8.. ..19

Cabot.  ................... 7141 Dwight Anchor........ 814
Farwell...................  7341
TremontN..............514
Hamilton N............   614
Middlesex  AT........ 8
X........... 9
No. 25.... 9
BLEACHED CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............ 744 Middlesex A A
2
Middlesex F T ........ 8
A T ........ 9
AO
X A........ 9
4
5
X F ........ 1044
..............8
.................9
.................1014
G G Cashmere........21
Nameless................ 16
......... .......18

-.11
..12
..1344
..1744
..16
Nameless............... 20
.................25
 
.................30
 
.................35

“ 
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DRESS  GOODS.
“ 
“ 
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CORSET  JEANS.

Hamilton 

Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeagsatteen..  714
Brunswick...........'..  6441 Rockport.................614
Merrim'ck shirtings.  434 
Allen, staple...........  514
Repp fura .  814
fancy...........  514
Pacific fancy..........6
robes...........5
robes............  614
American  fancy—   6
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo 
  634
Simpson mourning..  614
American shirtings. 
“  —   614
Arnold 
greys........614
solid black.  614 
long cloth B.IO44 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  C.  814
century cloth  7
“  Turkey robes..  714
“  India robes__714
gold seal......1014
“  plain T’ky X 34  814 
Turkey red.. 1014
“  X...10 
Berlin solids...........  514
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue..
614 
key red................   6
“ 
“  green
614 
..  6 
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy..
..  6 
“  madders 
Turkey red 34........714
..  6 
Martha Washington
Eddystone  fancy 
Turkey red..........   914
Hamilton fancy.
..  614 
Riverpoint robes 
  5
staple__
514
Windsor fancy........614
Manchester fancy..  6 
gold  ticket 
new era.  614 
Merrimack D fancy.  614
indigo blue......... 1014
A C A..................... 1214
Amoskeag A C A.... 13
Pemberton AAA__16
Hamilton N ............ 714
York....................... 1014
D............814
Swift River............   714
Awning.. 11  •
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............1214
First Prize..............1114'Warren
■  
COTTON  DRILL.
Atlanta,  D..............  634|Stark  A
Boot........................  634  “ 
....
Clifton, K............... 7i4l 
....
“ 
Simpson................. 20
.................18
.................16
Coechco.................1014

Imperial.................1014
Black................9® 914
.....................1014

........148

TICKINGS.

tl 
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Amoskeag..............1214
9 oz...... 1414
brown .13
Andover................ 1114
Everett, blue......... 12
brown......12

..............1114
Jeffrey. 
Lancaster...............1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........1814
No. 220..-.13
No. 250....1114
No. 280....1014
Lancaster,  staple...  634 

« 
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GINGHAMS.
Glenarven................ 634
fancies —   7 
“ 
Lancashire.............   614
“  Normandie  8
Normandie...............714
Westbrook..............8
Renfrew Dress.......714
........................10
Toil du Nord...,10@1014
“  
York....................... 634
Amoskeag................ 634
Hampton.................614
AFC........1014
Windermeer........... 5
Persian.....................814
Cumberland........... 5
Bates.........................634
Essex......................414
Warwick...............   814
Peerless, white.......1814[Peerless  colored.. .21

CARPET  WARP.

“ 

GRAIN  BAGS.

No.

THREADS.

..33
...34
...35
...36

RED  FLANNEL.

6  ..
8...
10...
12...

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Valley City.............16
Georgia..................16
Pacific  ................... 1414

Amoskeag..............17
Harmony................17
Stark...................... 2014
American...............17
Clark’s Mile End... .45  IBarbour's..
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke................. 22141
White.  Colored.
White.  Colored.
42
38 No.  14... ....37
43
“  16... ....38
39
44
“  18... ...39
40
45
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
Washington............414
Slater........................414
Red Cross................. 414
White Star............   414
Lockwood................ 414
Kid Glove.................414
Wood’s..................   414
Newmarket.............. 414
Brunswick...............414
Edwards...................414
TW ........................2214
Fireman.................3214
F T ............ ............. 3214
Creedmore............. 2714
J R F , XXX............35
Talbot XXX...........30
Buckeye.................3214
Nameless............... 2714
Grey SR W.............1714
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Western W .............1814
Union R................. 2214
DR P ............ .........1814
Windsor................. 1814
Flushing XXX........2314
6 oz Western.......... 21
Union  B.................2214 Manitoba................ 23*4
9  @1014 
“
Nameless...... 8  @ 9441 
“
...... 814@10  I 
“ 
1214
Black.
Slate. 
-Brown.  Black.
Slate. 
13
13 
>14
914 
15
15 
1014
1014 
17
17 
1U4
1114 
1214 
1214
20
20
DUI
West Point, 8 oz__1014
Severen, 8oz.........   914
10 oz....1214
“ 
Maylana, 8oz........ 1014
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 
Raven, lOoz............1314
............1314
Stark 
Greenwood, 8 oz.... 1114
W ADDINGS
White, doz.
......... 25  IPer bale, 40 doz__ 17 50
Colored, doz..........20  |
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  |
“  Red Cross....  9
“  Best............ 1014
“  Best AA..... 1214

Pawtucket.............. 1014
Dundie...................   9
Bedford...................1014
Valley  City.............K1Ï4
Coraline................69 50IWonderful............14 75
Schilling’s ............  9 00|Brighton................4 75
Corticelli, doz........75  [Corticelli  knitting,

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

DOMET  FLANNEL.

>14 
1014 
1114 
1214 

SEWING  SILK.

..12  “ 8 
..12 I  “  10 

twist,doz..3714  per !4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz..37141
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White.,10  (No  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2—20, M C.........50  INo 4—15, F  314........ 40
‘  3-18,S C .......... 45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
.23
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..26
No 2........................28  INo 8.........................36

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

Brown.

SILKSIAS.

CORSETS.

PINS.

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2 
3 

“ 
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4 
6 

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1 SOI Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s...............1 35 Gold  Eyed..............1  50
Marshall’s...............1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4...3 2515—4....1  95  6—4...2 95 

TABLÉ  OIL  CLOTH.
“  ...3 101

“ ....2 10 

HOLD UP  YOUR HEAD.

The Only W ay to Succeed Is to Respect 

Yourself.

From th e M onetary Times.
Pleasant  though  he  may be with  his 
politeness  and  yieldingness,  the  meek 
and overmodest man has but a poor pros­
pect in the business world.  We may not 
like the  cheeky  and  agressive man, but 
we are sometimes  compelled to listen  to 
him.  He has self-confidence; he has per­
severance;  he  has  what  the  Americans 
term “gall.”  And he  sticks to his point 
until we either kick him out or  listen  to 
him.  Which  is  the worse—this sort of 
person,  or  the  timid,  deferential,  self- 
abasing man, distrustful of his own pow­
ers,  fearful of his own abilities, dreading 
lest there be no room  in the broad world 
for him?  The man who goes through the 
world  belittling  his  own  efforts  and 
capacities is to be pitied.  He  frightens 
away happiness and  success,  forgets the 
charm of the bright skies above him, and 
through  casting  his  eyes  always earth­
ward,  allows  his  shoulders to acquire a 
settled stoop.
That such a man is more likeable, even 
with  his  faults,  than  his  opposite, the 
ultra-aggressive  man,  is one  reason  we 
feel like giving  him a lift;  and no better 
assistance can be given him than to open 
his  eyes  to  himself—to  infuse  a  little 
self-esteem into him.
As a boy,  having no  faith  in  himself, 
he attempts little, and that little he aban­
dons early, seeing  in a molehill  of  diffi­
culty  too  large a mountain  for  him  to 
climb,  as  he  estimates  himself.  He is 
apt to be a copier of  others, discrediting 
his own ability to  judge  independently, 
and  is  constantly keeping in  the  back­
ground because he  recognizes in himself 
nothing  worthy  of  parading  in a front 
rank.  Through tribulation,  he grows  to 
the  years  of  manhood  and,  if not  sub­
jected to the  curative discipline of a dis­
cerning parent,  he  comes  faltering  into 
the battle of life,  possessed  by  no  hope 
of succeeding therein.  There are men of 
good  abilities  who  have  gone  through 
years of  their  manhood  before they got 
over this  depressing  timidity  and belit­
tling of their own abilities that grew out 
of the early influence of such a man as is 
above described.
Faith in one’s self  wins many a battle. 
Let a  young man believe  persistently in 
himself,  and  many a victory  will  come 
to him in consequence thereof,  unless he 
be  really  sadly  lacking  in  good  parts. 
Hold  up  your  head,  middle-aged  man, 
you  who  have  heretofore  been  in  the 
habit  of  saying and  thinking  that  you 
could  not  do  anything  in  competition 
with someone else.  Lift  up  your  eyes; 
remember  your Creator;  think of all the 
good points in your composition and con­
tinue thinking of  them,  until  you find a 
foundation for faith in  yourself.  When 
you  reach  this  stage  obstacles  will  be 
less insurmountable  than  they now  ap­
pear.  Let this fact  be  impressed  upon 
you—that faith in  yourself is one of  the 
strongest of allies.
Blunder  you may; some  of  your foot­
steps may land  you  backward instead of 
forward;  but  keep on.  Don’t lose faith, 
and  refuse  positively  to  believe  that 
backward  is  your  normal course.  For­
ward is the course of  the  man  who  has 
arrived at the  condition  of  believing in 
himself.
If happiness is what  you seek,  you al­
ready  know  by  bitter  experience  that 
your old course  does not bring it.  Your 
shrinking from the  battle,  because  you 
think  some  competitor  is  qualified  to 
outfoot you, does not produce happiness. 
If wealth is  your god, did  you ever hear 
of  a man being  successful in that direc­
tion who sat down  and  whined  because 
he was not able to compete with someone 
else ?  Think  it  over.  Straighten  up, 
and reason yourself or coax yourself into 
believing in  “L”  And  when  you have 
crystallized thj faith into resolve  of  ac­
tion, success is rapping at  your  window 
trying to get at you.

6

T HTH  MICITIG^TSr  TEADESM AN.

D r y   G oods•

P r ic e s  C urrent.

P \  S T B K B T B B   &   S O N S ,

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  Motions.

F a ll  L in e o f  D ress  G oods,  F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets, 

Y a rn , U n d e r w e a r , H o sie ry   a n d   G loves.
GRAIN  BAGS—Stark,  American,  Amoskeag,  Harmony,  Park, Georgia  and 

Valley  City.

WADDINGS,  BURLAP, TWINE, BATTS  and  COMFORTS.

Ludington—Joseph Blouin has sold his 

meat business to R. Hansen.

83  MonroeJand  10,12,14,16J118  Follatala  8ts„  GRIP  RIPID8.

Voigt, HenioMeiir & Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oiieralls,  Etc.

Complete  Fall  Stock  now  ready  for 
Inspection, including a fine line of Prints, 
Underwear, Pants, Gloves,  Mittens  and 
Lumbermen’s Goods.  Chicago and Detroit 
prices guaranteed.

48,50 and 52 Ottawa S t, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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-  MICH

WHOJLBSAJLB.

Carpets,  Linoleums, 
Mattings,  Oil  Cloths, 
Rugs  and  Mats,  Dra­
peries, Brass and Wood 
Poles,  Brass  Rings, 
Brackets,  Etc.
Send for circular and price list.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  ftoffee  Rooms.

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

J.&P.COATS’

SIX-CORD

IN

Spool Cotton

* 
WHITE,  BUCK  H O   COLORS,
Hand and Machine Use.
F.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.

FOR  SALE  BY

FOR

T H E   MICHIGATT  TRAEESÎÆAJSr.

7

SASH CORD.

Silver Lake, White A............................    list  50
55
50
55
35

“ 
Drab A..................................  “ 
“  White  B...............................   “ 
“ 
Drab B...................................  “ 
“  White C.................................  “ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

diS.

wire. 

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton $25
“ 
20
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
50
30
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot.............................................  30
Steel. Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion...............................11.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market........................................70  10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62)4
50

S red  Spring Steel................................  

d  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 60
“ 
painted.....................................  3 00

Au Sable...............................dls. 25*10@25*10*05
dls. 06
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern................................  
dls. 10*10
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American................................... 
  40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.................  66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

diS.

METALS.
PIG TIN.
Pig  Large................................
Pig Bars...................................
Duty:  Sheet, 2*e per pound.
690 pound  casks.....................
Per pound...............................
SOLDER.

ZINC.

28c
30c

..................................................................18
Extra Wiping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson. 
....................... per  pound  16
................... 
13
Hallett’s.
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................$ 7 00
14x2010, 
.........................................   7 (0
..........................................  8  75
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
.........................................   8 75

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 

•• 

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
10x14IC, Charcoal........................  
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 

$625
.........................................   6 25
........................................   7 75
.........................................   7 75

Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ Worcester............................  
14x20 IC, 
“ 
.......................  7  75
14x20 IX, 
.....................   13 00
“ ■ 
20x28 IC, 
“  Allaway  Grade...............     5 50
14x20IC, 
 
“ 
“ 
. . 7  00
14x20 IX, 
“ 
  11  50
“ 
 
20x28 IC, 
“ 
“ 
20x28 IX, 
...........  ..  14  50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX.....................................................   $14 00
14x31  IX................................................ 
..  .15 50
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. I ___ 
14x60ix!  “ 

fPer pound  ... 

“  # 

ln
10

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  6 25

dls.
dls.

LEVELS.

dls.

dls.

NAILS

locks—DOOR.

WilTnCRB

MAULS. 
m il l s. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

k no bs—New List.

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,  porcelvin, trimmings  ...........
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
55
MaUory, Wheeler *  Co.’s ...............
55
Branford’s ........................................
55
Norwalk’s .......................................  ,
55
Adze Bye......................................... 116.00,  dls. 60
Hunt Bye.........................................»15 00,  dls. 60
Hunt’s....................... 
...........»18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  GO
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clr. k’s................. 
“  Enterprise 
.................................... 
25
Stebbln’s Pattern....  .................................. 60*10
Stebbln’B Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Steel nails,  base................................................. 2 10
Wire nails,  base................................................. 2 65
60......................................................Base 
50......................................................Base 
40 ....................................................   05 
30.....................................................   10 
20..........  ........................................ 
15 
16.....................................................  
15 
12.....................................................   15 
10 .....................................................   20 
8..................................................  
  25 
7 * 6 ..................................................  40 
4 .......................................................   60 
3....................................................... 1  00 
2.......................................................1  50 
Fine 3.........   .................................. 1  50 
Case  10.  ..........................................  60 
8.............................................  75 
6.............................................  90 
Finish 10..........................................   85 
8........................................1  00 
6 ....................................... 1  15 
Clinch  10..........................................  85 
8......................................... 1  00 
6........................................1  15 
Barren %.........................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sclota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  AM
Bench, first quality.......................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
70
Common, polished................................ dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned............. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

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. 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

r iv e t s. 

Broken packs *c per pound extra.

FANS.

diS.

 

 

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

•  11*
.  16
dls.

Sisal, *  Inch and larger............
Manilla........................................
Steel and  Iron.............................
Try and Bevels............................
Mitre...........................................

75
60
20
Com. Smooth. Com.
$3 10
..»4 20
..  4 20
3 20
3 20
..  4 20
3 30
..  4 20
..  4 40
3 40
..  4 60
3 50
over 30 Inches

Nos. 10 to 14................................
Nos. 15 to 17................................
Nos.  18 to 21................................
Nos. 22 to 24................................
Nos. 25 to 26..........................
No. 27...........................................
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter, 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86........................... .......... dis. 40*10

SAND PAPER.

HJLRDWAJRB.

Cheap  Tinware.

From  the Industrial World.
When will people learn  sense as to the 
value (?) of  the so-called  cheap  articles 
of tinware now so prominent on the popu­
lar 5 cent and  10 cent counters of certain 
business houses ?  There is absolute dan­
ger in using  these  imitation  tin  goods, 
which  are  coated  with  an  adulterated 
mixture of  cheap  and poisonous metals, 
the basis being antimony.  Of course the 
vast  majority of  people  who  buy these 
goods are women,  who  know  very little 
or nothing of  tin or antimony.  All they 
appear to care about  is  how  cheap is it; 
not how good.  This latter cuts no figure 
in their  minds.  All  they  think  of  is, 
“how  much can I save ?”  Now it is our 
opinion  that  the  hardware  merchants, 
who are pretty well  posted on such mat­
ters,  as to the  difference  between  cheap 
antimonial-coated  goods and the tinware 
sold by them,  should take the  matter  in 
hand,  and  whenever a customer  speaks 
disparagingly of  the price of their goods 
—say a  coffee  po t:  “Oh !  I can get one 
just like  that,  same  size,  for  15  or  20 
cents,”  (as the case may be.)  You  are 
asking,  say 25 cents—take it upon them- 
seives to explain the difference,  not only 
as a matter of  self  defense,  but  to  pro­
tect  the  ignorant  from  their  own folly 
and indiscretion  in  such  matters.  Let 
our merchants do this in a  quiet  sort  of 
way, calling attention  to  the  difference 
in  quality,  weight,  and  the  visual  evi­
dence to be noted in  the  article,  and  it 
will be only a question of time before the 
bargain-counters  will  be less frequently 
visited. 
Indeed  this  fact is already ap­
parent in many of our country towns and 
villages, quite a number of these bargain 
stores and counters being very much less 
patronized than they were when they first 
commenced business.

Decline to Enter the Trust.

Only two manufacturers have declined 
to enter the shot trust—Latham Bros., of 
New York,  and  the  Raymond  Lead Co., 
of  Chicago.  These  factories  turn  out 
about  half  the  total shot output  of  the 
country.

Queer Signs.

Among  the  queer  signs in a town not 
far from  Grand  Rapids is a combination 
not  seen  often: 
“George  A.  Eayres, 
dealer in general  merchandise.  Under­
taking in all  its  branches.  Embalming 
promptly  attended 
to.  Lumber,  lath, 
shingles, clapboards, etc., etc., sawing to 
order.  Blacksmitbing, repairing, wagons 
of every description.  Artistic  job print­
ing,  saws filed.”

æ PERFECTION
■  M e a t   C u t t e r

Liberal discount to the trade, and 

No. 1—$2.00.  No. 2—$2.75.  No. 3—$4.00.
descriptive  circulars  on  application  to
A M E R I C A N   M A C H I N E   CO.,
Lehigh Ave. and American St., Philadelphia, Pa.

MANUFACTURERS  OF  HAROWARE  SPECIALTIES,

jo h n   hT gTraham  & CO.,

Mum. a o û t s . 

113 Chambers St., New York.

P r ic e s  C urrent.

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’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

“  
“ 
“ 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................t  8 50
D.  B. Bronze..............................   12 50
S. B. S. Steel................................  9 50
D. B. Steel...................................  14 00
Railroad...........................................................|   14 00
Garden....................................................... net  80 00

BABBOWS. 

dlS.

BOLTS. 

dlS.

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

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................60*10
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought Brass........................... 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s ..........................  
70

 

 

 

 

BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.
Grain

CRADLE8.

CBOW BABS.

CAPS.

Cast Steel
Ely’s 1-10..................................
Hick’s C. F ...............................
G. D ..........................................
Musket.....................................
CARTRIDGES.
Rim  Fire..................................
Central  Fire.............................

CHISELS.

40

dis. 50*02

per lb  5
perm 
“ 
.  “ 
.  “ 

65 
60
35
60

dlS. 

25 

dis.

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

......70*10
......70*10
......70*10
......70*10
40
----  
Curry,  Lawrence’s ......................................  
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25

COMBS. 

dlS.

CHALK.

COFFER.

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

“ 

Planished. 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 .........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................ 
B ottom s.,............  ................  
n bills. 

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

 

 

dls.

31
29
28
28
30

so
50
50

DRIPPING FANS.

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

07
6*

ELBOWS.

dls.

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

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

30
25

files—New List. 

dls.

Dlsston’s ............................................................60*10
New  American................................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s .......................................................60*10
so
Heller’s ..............................................................  
Heller’s HorBe Rasps...............................  
 
50

GALVANIZED IRON

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

14 

12 

28
18

Discount, 60

50

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Maydole  *  Co.’s ...................................................dls. 25
Kip’s ..........................................................   .dls. 
25
Yerkes *  Plumb’s .................................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................... 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..............................dls.60&10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4*  14  and
longer.......................................................   3*
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, * ....................... net 
“ 
“  X................. .......net  8*
“  X ........................ net 
“ 
7*
“ 
“  %........................ net 
7*
Strap and T ............................................dls. 
70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-frictiop.............................  60*10
40
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
Pots............................................................... 
60
Kettles........................................................... 
60
Spiders  ........................................................  
60
Gray enameled.............. 
40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.  ............................ 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33**10
Bright........  ............................................70*10410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’B.....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................  70*10*10

h o u se  f u r n is h in g   goods.

HOLLOW WARE.

WIRE GOODS. 

HANGERS. 

diS.

dl8.

 

A P P L E   P R E S S E S ,

S c r e w  an d   L ev er.

SPECIAL  LO W   P R IC E S .

Foster,  S tevens  &  Co.,

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

10 and 121Monroe]St.t 

rf  ¿33, 35, 37, 39 and/11 .Louis St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

8

TH'K  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN-.

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association.

A  W EEK LY   JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolderioe 8tate.
Tradesman  Company,  Proprietor.

Siinscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable
Advertising Kates made known on application.

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1890.
FROM  BUSINESS  TO  POLITICsT ”
A patron  of  T h e  T radesm an  writes 
to enquire  whether  this  paper is on the 
side of protection or free trade.

If  the  tariff  had  remained a business 
question,  pure and simple,  T h e T rades­
man  would undoubtedly have  been  glad 
to  have  joined  in  the  discussion;  but 
having been dragged  into  partisan poli­
tics,  it must be settled in a partisan man­
ner, with  little regard  to  the  merits  of 
the case.

In the opinion of T h e T ra desm a n,  the 
position of  every patriotic citizen should 
be this:  If protection is the better policy 
for  this country,  let us have  it; 
if  free 
It 
trade is the better,  let  us have that. 
that  has  been 
is  a  business  question 
made one of  partisan  politics. 
Instead 
of  being  guided  by their  plain,  every­
day,  business  sense, 
the  majority  of 
men blindly follow  their party,  whether 
its declarations on  this  subject are good 
or  bad.  Take  a  tariff  plank  from  a 
political platform,  and  strike  the party 
name from it,  and  there  are  very many 
voters who  would  be  utterly  unable  to 
identify it.  For  example,  take the fol­
lowing from an 1890 platform:

We favor  a  tariff  which,  yielding  a 
revenue  adequate to support the govern­
ment  economically  administered,  will 
fully compensate for  all  differences  be­
tween the cost of  manufacturing in  this 
and foreign countries,  including the cost 
of labor; and we demand that the present 
tariff be reformed so that the duties upon 
imported goods  shall  bear  less  heavily 
upon  articles  which  laboring  men  are 
compelled  to  buy  than  upon  luxuries, 
and that,  as far as practicable,  raw  ma­
terials for  manufacturing  be  put  upon 
the free list.
Now,  how  many  voters,  simply from 
reading  that  resolution,  would  know 
what party adopted it ?  There are many 
who are  considered  well-informed  poli­
ticians who cannot  tell  whether it is the 
work of  western  Republicans or eastern 
It is a plain, moderate state­
Democrats. 
ment  of  sound  doctrine; 
it  is  neither 
high protection nor theoretical free trade. 
If 
this  plank,  or  one  similar,  were 
adopted  as  part  of  the  next  national 
Democratic platform, nearly every Demo­
crat in  the  country would  heartily sup­
port it;  if it were adopted as part of  the 
next  Republican platform,  nearly every 
Republican would support it,  and nearly 
every Democrat  oppose it.  This is poli­
tics. 

It is not business.

NOT  SO  BAD.

It is somehow  remarkable how rapidly 
the newspaper talk  about the mortgaged 
farmer is subsiding.  Last  winter  peti­
tions were circulated,  printed  in  papers 
that were in agony over  the  suffering of 
the farmer,  and sent to  Congress,  asking 
for a  census  of  the farm  mortgages  of 
the country.  Congress passed the neces­
sary legislation and the count began. 
It 
was  very soon  found  that  the  country 
was not mortgaged nearly so much as the 
papers  which  expected to make  capital

out of  the census  supposed,  and  a  cry 
was  raised that the enumeration was not 
a fair one by some,  though a large  num­
ber  admitted  its  correctness  and  on  a 
basis of  facts at once  revised  their  old 
editorials on the oppression of  the mort­
gage.'  In no  state  is  the  mortgage  in-
debtedness one-half  what it was claimed 
to be,  while in some  it  is  not  one-fifth 
the claimed amount.

That there are a large number of farm­
ers suffering under mortgage debts is not 
to be  doubted.  This  is  especially  the 
case in the  newer  states and territories, 
where the money shark is most abundant 
and where returns from new ground come 
in slowly.  That this debt,  like any other 
debt, is a misfortune,  in  the  sense  that 
it is worse to be in debt than to be out of 
debt, is  very true, but that  it  is  a  mis­
fortune in the  sense  that it would  have 
been  better for the farmer  not  to  have 
gone in debt,  but  to  have  struggled  on 
without  borrowing  money is in the very 
large proportion  of  cases  not  true.  A 
large proportion  of  this money was bor­
rowed  for  the  purpose  of  making  im­
provements  on  the farms,  for  purchase 
money,  for  stock  or for  other  needs  of 
the farm that made the borrowing  a  ne­
cessity to successful  farming,  and it has 
paid well to borrow.

Debts can  never be paid by sitting  on 
soap  boxes in a corner  grocery and  say­
ing mean things about monopolies.  Mon­
opolies are  bad  enough,  but  they don’t 
take near as much from  some  people  as 
street corner loafing  does.

In voting to  bond the village for $5,000 
to be expended as a bonus in  subsidizing 
some manufacturing  establishment, Cas- 
novia has assumed a grave responsibility. 
The fact that the trustees of  the  village 
have this sum at their disposal will make 
them  the  prey  of  every  impecunious 
adventurer who happens to  hear  of  the 
transaction and they will find that it  will 
be impossible to exercise  too  much care 
in  selecting a manufacturer  who  will be 
able to give them value received.

VISITING  BUYERS.

FROM   M ICHIGA N.

Vries land 

L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
Den Herder  A  Tanis, 
J  N W ait. Hudsonville 
L Cook, Bauer
Titos Boven, Holland 
C S Kiefer, Dutton
L A Knowles, W Troy 
M Heyboer A Bro.. Oakland G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove 
F J  Eilenberg. Fowler 
H Meijeringr, Jamestown 
H Van Noord,  Jamestown J F Banning, Manistee 
J B McDonald,Three Rivers
M A Side, Kent City 
W R Lawton, Berlin 
R A Brown A Co,  Edgerton
W D  S truik,  Byron  Center H C  Clapp A Son.Mendon
N Bouma, Fisher 
W R Mandigo, Sherwood 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
Smith A Bristol. Ada 
D F W atson, Ada 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
D M Skidmore, Alto 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
John G unstra, Lamont 
L Schrock, Clarksville 
W hitaker A Corey,Bronson 
A C Barkley, Crosby 
W H Plpp, Kalkaska 
J Riddering, D renthe 
8 A Howey, Lake City
T H Condra, Lisbon
W H W atts,  Bowne  Center C Champiin, Mendon 
F Narregang, Byron Center H T Baldwin. Luther 
C K Hoyt A Co,Hudsonville C S Comstock, Pierson 
A R McKinnon, Shelby 
John Dam stra, Gitchell 
NotierA Yerschuer,Holland Mrs L A Knowles, Stetson 
R K Finch, Saranac
A D L&shill. Oakfield 
C C Barton, Big Rapids 
Barry & Co., Rodney 
M M Robson, Berlin 
W atrousA Bassford.WTroy
M M Brooks, Austerlitz  Mas ton A Hammond,
G H W albrink, Allendale 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
John Baker, Chauncey 
Smallegan A Pickaard,
J  Kinney, Kinney 
Forest Grove 
C A Barnes, Otsego 
Jas Toland, Ross 
J F Aenry, East Paris 
J  R Harrison, Sparta 
W S Root, Talmadge 
Jno Farrowe, So Blendon 
E J  Mansheam, Fisher 
S H Ballard, Sparta 
I F Sleesman, Alpine 
J D Adams, Alpine 
CH Francis, Sheridan 
L R Cessna, Kalamo 
A C W ait, Coat’s Grove 
N B Blain, Lowell
Jno A Steketee, Kalamazoo
W J  C larke,Harbor Springs W E W atson, Mancelona 
C arrington A N orth,  Trent W W atson, Parmelee 
Geo F Goodrich,  Fennville C V W eller,  Cedar  Springs
F E Riley. Vicksburg 
Caledonia 
D E W aters, Remus 
Horace Peck, W alton 
I  W H Hicks,  Allegan 
Neal McMillan. Rockford 
Hessler Bros., Rockford 
R A Hastings, Sparta 
8 Cooper, Jamestown 
John Crispe, Plainwell

J  W Colburn A Bro,
A Steketee, Holland 
Wm Kars ten,  Beaver Dam 
Morrell A Campbell,
Alex Denton,  Howard City 
Pearson Bros ACo,Fremont

Orandville

Kalkaska

FROM  INDIANA.

Shipshewana 

W hite Bros,  La Grange 
P Long A Co. Brighton 
Jonrad A  Trues dell,
E R Steele, La Grange 
O D Ford, So Milford 
J C Sbaffler, W olcottville 
F M Fedder, La Grange 
J  H Pixlev, Howardsvllle 
Henry Eshelman,
W olcottville

Dryer Bros, La Grange 
Dunham A Sons,  Park ville 
E A A J  W Yeager, Lima 
E B McDonald,  La  Grange 
A G Price; Woodruff 
Ocker, Mower A Co,
La Grange
W elt Bros, W olcottville 
Chas L Miller, W olcottville 
L E Miller, Shipshewana 
Spallsberry Bros, Leonidas

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

to-morrow.  The 

We live in an  age  emphatically full of 
wouders—an age in which  literature, art 
and  science  are  moving  onward  with 
tremendous  strides.  Discovery  succeeds 
discovery  in a rapid  succession  of  new 
facts.  Compared  with  our  forefathers 
of  a  century ago,  we crowd  the  knowl­
edge, the travel and  labor  of  200  years 
into lives of  75 to 80. 
In  this  respect, 
our length of  life is more than  doubled. 
The 
so-called  visionary  dreams  and 
vagaries  of  the  mind,  which  are  the 
scoffs and jeers of to-day, are the delight, 
the practically useful  and  the  stubborn 
facts  of 
lightnings 
have  been  grasped by the' hand  of  man 
and  made  obedient  to  his  will — have 
spoken  in  an  audible  voice, 
saying, 
“Here  we  are  to  do thy bidding” —and 
who dare assert that one-half  its  useful­
ness  is  yet known.  And although  “an 
expression of  doubt is the  beginning  of 
wisdom,”  it is  wise to halt at  the doubt 
and  await  the  results.  From  time  to 
time aerial  navigation is talked  of,  and 
frequently attempted,  but  the  scientific 
world has  awaited in patience  the  birth 
of some strong  yet  lighter  material  for 
the construction  of  its ships  of  the air. 
The late announcement of  the formation 
of  a  syndicate to  grapple  with this mo­
mentous question and, if mind and money 
can accomplish it, to navigate this bound­
less etherial sea,  without  doubt  had  its 
inception  from  the  cheap  and  rapid 
method of  producing aluminum,  which, 
it is believed,  will  solve this  question of 
the ages.  The world is now ripe for this 
prodigy of  the century and  that  it  will 
be accomplished  there is no doubt.  The 
materials,  the wealth,  the mind and  the 
ambition are all here;  and  the man  who 
meets  them  with  derision  only will  be 
overwhelmed  with  his own folly.  The 
coming decade will  witness  aerial  navi­
gation in a  vigorious  infancy.  Possibly 
the reader smiles,  but  “those who laugh 
last  laugh  best,”  for  “wonders  never 
cease.”

*   *   *

A car  stood  on  a  side  track near the 
union depot several days last  week  con­
taining gas works in embryo.  The owner 
of the patent claimed that he could man­
ufacture a good quality  of  gas—as good 
as that shown in the  car, which was cer­
tainly of good quality—for five cents  per 
thousand feet and that it could be sold to 
consumers  on a large scale for  50  cents 
per thousand.  This seemed very cheap 
for  illuminating  gas,  but since  the  car 
has  left  the  city,  a Lansing  gentleman 
claims to  have secured a patent on a ma­
chine which  will  produce  gas at 2 cents 
per thousand.  He uses  pulverized  coal 
for fuel, aud  it  is  injected into the fur­
nace with super-heated steam,  producing 
a good quality of water gas. 
If  the  in­
ventors keep on much longer, it will soon 
be cheaper to live in a blaze of light than 
exist in total darkness.
*   *   *

That pile  of  old  rags  you  have  pur­
chased and  thrown  together in the attic, 
next the roof  of  your store,  are a source 
of danger  you may not be aware of,  and 
there are others stowed away in that dark 
recess under the stairs.  The first is  just 
where the heat ascends,  and  keeps them 
constantly warm,  now  that the fires  are 
started in the stoves and furnaces.  The 
others  are  not far from  the  stove  and, 
should there be a few greasy ones among 
them,  will soon all be in  a  condition  to 
generate spontaneous combustion,  which 
is  just  as  liable to occur  at night as by

day.  Remove them at once to the cellar, 
or other damper  atmosphere,  and  avoid 
a  mysterious  fire  and,  possibly,  great 
loss.

FINANCIAL.

Local  Stock  Quotations. 
Reported by the Michigan Trust Company.
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.......................................... ibo
Alpine Gravel  Road Co..................................... 77
Aldine Manufacturing Co.................................60
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co............................100
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co............................ go
Fifth National Bank.........................................100
Fourth National Bank......................................100
Grand Rapids  Brush Co....................................gs
Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co.__102
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.....................105
Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids  Savings Bank...........................120
Grand Rapids Chair Co  ...................................lio
Grand Rapids National Bank...........................135
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co....................  
  107
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................150
Kent County Savings Bank..............................125
Michigan Barrel Co.......................................... 100
New England  Furniture Co..........................  
National City Bank...........................................132
Old National  Bank.......................................... 132
Plainfield Avenne Gravel Road Co...................25
Phoenix Furniture Co.........................................60
Sligh Furniture  Co..........................................  85
Street Railway Co. of  Grand Rapids..............  40
Walker Gravel  Road Co  ...................................80
Peninsular Club 4 per cent. Bonds...................75

  95

Financial  Miscellany.

An increase of 296 National banks dur­
ing the past  year  will  be  shown by the 
annual report of  the Comptroller  of  the 
Currency.

The  proposed  incorporation  of 

the 
clothing  business  carried  on  by Alfred 
Benjamin & Co.,  of  New  York,  with  a 
stock  capitalization  of  $1,500,000,  bas 
been abandoned.  The total subscription 
amounted to but $328,500.

A  New  York  paper is responsible for 
the  statement that at the coming  annual 
meeting  of  the Pullman Palace  Car  Co. 
either the  stock  will  be  doubled  and 6 
per cent,  paid on it,  or  increased 70 per 
cent,  and  the  present  rate, 8 per  cent, 
dividend,  maintained.

Jewelry  Making  in  the  United  States.
We  are becoming a nation  of  watches 
and breast pins, and the jewelry business 
is of more  magnitude  and  value than is 
generally supposed.  There are over 200 
establishments in Providence, R. I., turn­
ing  out  jewelry  and  silverware, giving 
employment to 7,500  people.  About  125 
concerns,  large and small, are engaged in 
making jewelers’  tools,  supplies, electro­
platers,  etc.,  employing  about 
3,000 
workingmen,  making  a  total  of  nearly
10,000  persons  deriving  their  support 
from  one  branch  of  business. 
In  the 
former  200  establishments  there  is  in­
vested in  plants,  machinery,  appliances, 
etc.,  no  less  than  $10,000,000.  Over 
$3,500,000  goes  annually  into  raw  ma­
terials, and the product amounts to nearly 
$10,000,000.  The bulk of metal used  is 
brought from  refineries  in  Connecticut. 
Sixteen  years  ago 
there  were  about 
seventy-five  manufacturers  employing 
from twelve to seventy-five  hands  each, 
and a capital of  $15,000  was  considered 
very  large.

Cutting Prices.

Cutting prices is generally injurious in 
the long run to the  party  who  practices 
If  resorted  to  once, the 
it habitually. 
same customer will expect  it  again,  and 
in the end the merchant has hardly made 
expenses.  The  practice  tends to make 
competing houses resort  to the same tac­
tics in revenge rather than in self defense, 
and it generally  embitters  the  minds of 
the trade against  the  habitual price cut­
ter. 
It produces an entirely  false  state 
of affairs.  Every merchant is entitled to 
a fair profit on all goods  which  are  just 
as they are represented and when  prices 
are  cut, it is needless  to add, this  profit 
is not made.  As a matter of trade ethics, 
no retail  merchant  has  a  right  to  cut 
prices below  this  reasonable  profit. 
If 
they are  too  high  already,  it is not cut­
ting to lower them, but rather it is estab­
lishing them on  a  proper  and  business 
like basis.
It  is  manifestly  the  duty  of  every 
dealer to observe certain trade ethics and 
to  keep  in  harmony  with  the  general 
trade.

T H E   M ICUlG^lSr  TRADESM AN.

9

SPECIAL  PRICES  ON  LAMPS  AND  LAMP  GOODS.

We show on this page a few leaders in this great department of our stock.  These are the goods used in every family and quoted by us at new and reduced prices. 
We want your orders on them and all other goods in our line, and can save you  money,  time  and  freight.  We  especially  ask  you to call at our wholesale 
sample room when in the city, only one block from Union Depot,  which we have now arranged so as to be the finest sample room in  the  West.

Our  “WORLD’S  FAIR”  Assortment  of 
Table Lamps with Opal glass foot and Screw 
Socket,  thus  never  getting  loose.  New 
Styles never before shown.

Barrel contains

2  doz. Assorted Stand Lamps of Six Different 

Styles,

F o r   O n ly   $ 6 .9 2 .

Barrel 35 cents.

“SPIRAL.”

Assortment All Olass Stand Lamps.  New 
Shapes never before offered for sale.  Finest 
Quality Crystal Flint Glass.

Barrel contains

3  doz. Assorted Styles, Best Shapes,
F o r   O n ly   $ 4 .2 0

Barrel 35 cents.

WHY  NOT  USE  THE  GREATEST  OIL 

LIGHT KNOWN  TO  THE  WORLD.
This  is  it.  The  Incandescent,  Brass

Finish, complete, with reflector.......... $3.50
Same style, only Nickel Finish................3.75
Same  style,  with  White  Dome  Shade,

Brass....................................................   4.00
Nickel Finish.......................  ................  4.25

EQUAL  TO  400  CANDLES.

THE  SENSIBLE  SEWING  LAMP. 

Solid  Brass  Feet,  with  Bowl  and  Shade 
Decorated to Match.  Extra  large  one-inch 
wick, making the best work or  reading lamp 
known, for the price.

Six Complete Lamps in  Package,
F o r  O n ly   $ 6 .7 6 .

Barrel 35 cents.

O rder  H o lid a y   G ood s  E a r ly   B efo re  O ur  A sso r tm e n t  Is  B ro k en .

H .  L E O N A R D   &   S O N S , 

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

KITCHEN  AND  SIDE  LAMPS.  . 
Made to Hang or Carry Around.
Best Radiant Reflector, Complete,
For Only  $3.25  Per  Doz.

DASHBOARD.

No. 13,  Tubular,  Dashboard  Lantern  and 
reflector attached.  Blue  Japanned  Finish. 
Impossible  to  blow  out,  and  handy  about 
house or barn:  % doz. in case.

PER  DOZEN  $7.56.

Case no charge.

: 

BUY THE

PEARL  TOP 
CHIMNEY.

:  It pleases every time.

Per case of 6 doz. 
No. 1 Sun, Pearl Top.  $3.70 
4.70
No. 2  “ 
“ 
No. 2  “  Hge,  “ 
..  4.70

Every Style of Chimney Constantly on 

Hand,  from cheapest  to  best.

The  Famous  Hardened  “ LA  BASTIE ” 

French Glass Lamp Chimney.
“ 

No. 1 Sun ChimneyB, per doz— $1.25 
No. 2  “ 
....  1.50
No. 2  “  Hinge  Chimneys, doz.  1.60 

These  are  positively  unbreakable  by  heat, 

ana are warranted to please.

“ 

LIBRARY LAMPS.

Assorted Package Elegant
This is only one example  of  an  enormous 
variety.  “Assorted Package No. 60” contains 
all the ieaders  for  plain,  every-day  people. 
Our lamps always please, as we buy only the 
best.  Package witn Every  Lamp  Complete, 
with Decorated Founts and Shades to Match

F o r   O n ly   $18.76.

Package 70 cents.

MAMMOTH  CHIMNEYS.

Per Doz.
Incandescent Chimneys,  like cut......... $2.o0

REGULAR  GLASS. 

(Above fits the Incandescent or B & H 
No. 89, Mammoth Lamp.)

No. 3 Rochester Chimneys.....................   1.50
Duffleld Chimneys..................................  1.25

FLINT  GLASS.

Incandescent  Chimneys.........................  2.25
No. 3 Rochester 
2.00
Duffield Chimneys..................................  1  50
Special  prices  on  above  Mammoth Chim­
neys, when ordered in cases of 3  doz.  each. 
Write for quotations.

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If every one of  these  items are not 
in your stock,  they  should  be.  Send 
us  your  order  and  get  invoice  by 
return mail.  We  want  every  dealer 
to have  our  complete  catalogue. 
If 
you have not received  one,  please ask 
for it. 

Yours truly,

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS.

IO

TH E  MICHIG^JSr  TRADESM AN

D r u g s  0  M e d i c i n e s .

State  Board  of  Pharm acy. 

One  Y ear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.^
Two  Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Three  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Xtukegon.
Four  Years—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottm&r Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald. Kalamazoo.
Next m eeting a t  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6._____

Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President—D. E. P i all, Saginaw.
First Vice-President— H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.

Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary» Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids D rug Clerks* Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

Detroit  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.

Muskegon  D rug Clerks*  Association. 

President, P. Van Deinse;  Secretary,  John A. Tinholt.

No More Reporters  Need Apply.
EL  B. Fairchild, Secretary of the Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co., is the  latest 
victim  of  the  irresponsible interviewer. 
He  recently  received  a  call  from a re­
porter  of  the  Grand  Eapids Democrat, 
who  enquired  if  the  enactment  of  the 
McKinley bill had advanced  any articles 
in the drug line.  The  reporter was re­
ferred  to  the  market  review in the last 
issue of T h e T radesm an, from which he 
undertook to write an  interview, but the 
facts were treated so  recklessly that Mr. 
Fairchild awoke the next morning to find 
himself  the  laughing  stock of  the drug 
trade, as he  was  made  to  say  that  the 
recent  advance  in  alcohol  and  several 
other articles was due to  the  new  tariff 
law.

Mr.  Fairchild is patient and  long  suf­
fering and has endured the “roasting” of 
the drug trade with apparent composure, 
but he has registered  a  solemn vow that 
the next  daily  newspaper  reporter who 
seeks an audience with  him  must  write 
out the interview in  his  presence or find 
him as dumb as  an oyster.

To Prevent Price  Cutting.

From the Oil, P aint and Drug Reporter.
The Washington convention of  whole­
sale druggists and manufacturers of pro­
prietary goods had  great interest, appar­
ently, for retailers; their representatives, 
at all events,  were  there in greater num­
ber than  usual  and  the  spirited debate j 
was  participated  in to a large extent by 
the pharmaceutical delegates.  An exten­
sion  of  the  rebate  system  to the retail 
trade is wanted,  and various  plans  were 
discussed for giving the relief  asked for. 
Price cutting is acknowledged to be mak­
ing  greater  inroads  on  the  legitimate 
trade,  and the two  associations  referred 
to are asked to take some  joint action by 
which the growing evil can  be  curtailed 
in  its  progress  or  gradually wiped out. 
Substitution and simulation are also mat­
ters about which  the  manufacturers  are 
very sensitive,  and  if  one  good turn de­
serves another,  it is hoped to bring about 
some  sort  of  a  reciprocity  scheme  by 
which  the  proprietor,  wholesaler  and 
retailer would be equally benefited.  The 
wholesaler also desires  to  be relieved of 
the necessity of selling in a retail way at 
wholesale prices,  and  that  reform is ex­
pected to be inaugurated by adding a few 
words to the present contracts.
The  various  suggestions  are  now  in 
the hands  of  a  conference committee of 
nine, representing the  jobbers, manufac­
turers and retailers,  with  M.  N.  Kline as 
the directing  mind.  Something may be 
evolved from the interesting controversy, 
and the result of the  conference  will be 
watched with eager interest.

From  the W estern Newsman.

How to Utilize  Empty  Cigar Boxes.
The other  day a dealer  called  our  at­
tention to an enormous quantity of empty 
cigar  boxes. 
“ What  shall.  I  do  with 
them,”  he  asked.  We  entered  into  a 
lengthy discussion on the  subject  and  a 
great many ideas  suggested  themselves. 
It was finally determined to build a large

the  Trade.

pyramid  with  them and place it in front 
of  the  store  as  an advertisement.  The 
plan  has  been  carried  into  execution. 
Now, talk about  your Indian figures and 
other carved images,  but that pyramid of 
tobacco pails and cigar boxes  “takes the 
cake.” 
It is the best  advertisement  we 
ever saw,  and  at  little  expense.  You 
will do  well to try it.  When  you  have 
your pyramid constructed, simply give it 
a coat  of  varnish to protect  the  labels, 
and it will stand out bright and glittering, 
and attract universal attention.
The Board of Pharmacy Getting Nearer 
The crusade  inaugurated by Frank  J. 
Wurzburg,  at  the  Petoskey  convention 
of  the M.  S. P.  A.,  two  years  ago,  has 
finally resulted  in  placing  all  appoint­
ments to the  Board  of  Pharmacy under 
the control of  the Association,  as should 
have been the case from the  inception of 
the Pharmacy law.  At  the  recent  con­
vention, held at Saginaw,  the matter was 
introduced  by  President  Inglis  in  his 
annual  address  and,  after  a  somewhat 
lengthy debate, it was decided  to submit 
the matter to the  vote  of  the  members, 
soliciting  each  year from  each druggist 
owing allegiance to  the  Association  the 
names  of  five  persons  from  whom  the 
Governor  may  select  one  for  appoint­
ment  to  the  Board.  Messrs.  Inglis, 
Haynes  and  Caldwell,  all  of  Detroit, 
were  constituted  a  committee  to  carry 
this plan into execution.

The member  whose term  expires with 
the present  year  is  Geo.  McDonald,  of 
Kalamazoo,  who has served on the Board 
ever since it was inaugurated,  six  years 
ago,  and  who is now  acting  in  the  ca­
pacity of Treasurer,

The Drug  Market.

Opium is unsettled.  Morphia is as yet 
unchanged,  but will be lower soon.  Qui­
nine  has  declined  for  foreign  brands. 
Domestic is unchanged.  Borax  has  ad­
vanced.  Copperas  is  higher.  Malaga 
olive oil has declined.  Oil  sassafras has 
declined.  Oil  peppermint  is  higher. 
Salacine has advanced.  Nitrate silver is 
lower.  Golden  seal  root is lower.  Tin 
ointment boxes have  advanced  12%  per 
cent.  White  and  red  lead  have  ad­
vanced  He.

Transparent  Cement.

According to a French journal, a trans­
parent cement can be  prepared from the 
In  a  vial  place  10 
following formula: 
parts  chlorform  with  12%  parts  non- 
vulcanized India rubber (in small pieces). 
The  solution  is  readily  effected;  when 
ended,  add 2% parts gum mastic,  and let 
the whole stand in cold for from  eight to 
ten days.  The cement is perfectly trans­
parent and very sticky.

The prospects of  the American Cotton 
Oil  Co.’s  business  this  year may be in­
ferred  from  the  fact  that  cotton  seed 
is 83  per  ton  cheaper  than  last  year, 
while  oil is  steady in price  and  lard  is 
higher.  The  company consumes 600,000 
tons of  seed per  year,  and the reduction 
in the price of it will alone make a differ­
ence of  $1,800,000 in favor  of  the  com­
pany.

Will  Meet with Approval.

The drug stores of Adrian have entered 
into an agreement to remain closed here­
after  on  Sundays,  except  between  the 
hours  of  8:30  to  10  o’clock  a. m.,  and 
from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m.  This is a sensible 
arrangement  and  will meet with the ap­
proval of the public—and the drug clerks.

Didn’t Know Him.
knew him  to laugh at a joke.”
him tell one himself.”

“Simpson is a curious  fellow;  I  never 
“Then  it’s  evident  you  never  heard 

Alpena—O. E. Gjornd  is the successor 

of John Day in the grocery business.

Why the Elixir Didn’t Take.

pork?”

From th e New York San.
A fakir in medicines  had  just  opened 
out in  St. Thomas,  when a sturdy young 
farmer pushed  his  way  into  the  crowd 
and said:
“See here, mister man,  you  were  over 
at Clifton in June?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You were selling  this same stuff ?”
“I was.”
“ Warranted to  cure  rheumatism,  neu­
ralgia,  headache,  ague,  bad  liver,  indi­
gestion and about  forty other things?” 

I guarantee it.”

“Yes, sir. 
“I had a torpid liver. 

I went to three 
different doctors, and all  of  ’em said she 
I  paid  you  a dollar for a 
was  torpid. 
bottle.”

“Well?”
“Well, she didn’t  cure.  Didn’t  have 
I  want  my 
no more effect than  water. 
money back.”
“Gentlemen!” exclaimed the  fakir,  as 
he  looked  around  on  the  crowd,  “you 
have heard what this man said.  He calls 
my  South  American  elixir a ‘fraud’  be­
cause it didn’t cure his liver trouble.” 
“No;  it  didn’t!”  shouted  the  farmer. 
“Then  let  us  see  why.  Did you eat 
“No, sir.”
“Sleep on a feather  bed?”
“No, sir.”
“Drink tea or coffee?”
“No, sir.”
“Take plenty of exercise?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Have a bath  once  or  twice a week?” 
“Yes, sir.”
“Go to bed early?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Now, then, my friend,  answer me one 
more question.  What  was  the  state  of 
your mind while taking my elixir?”
“P—purty fair.”
“Weren’t you engaged to a girl?”
“Y—yes, sir.”
“And  didn’t  she  give  you the shake? 
Speak right up  now.”
“She — she  married  another  man,” 
stammered the farmer, as he tried to  get 
out of the crowd.
Ah!  I knew it!  Gentlemen,  behold the 
conspirator—the  assassin—the  Shylock! 
He is in love.  His  liver is torpid.  He 
buys a bottle  of  my  elixir. 
It  is war­
ranted  to  take  the kinks out of a torpid 
liver at the rate of forty kinks  an  hour; 
but does he give it a fair show?  No, gen­
tlemen!  This fiend in human  form  pur-, 
sues his  fair victim.  He  offers  her  his 
heart,  but she won’t  have  it.  He  per­
sists.  She still refuses.  He finally loses 
her.  Emotion bangs his liver  from  port 
to  starboard — adds  to  the  number  of 
kinks—wabbles  all  over  Ontario,  and 
then  he  calls  me  a  swindler because I 
haven’t cured  him.  Gentlemen,  who is 
the swindler—the arch fiend?”

The  crowd  cheered  him  again  and 
again,  while the farmer made all haste to 
get  out  of  sight,  and  after  peace had 
been  restored,  the  fakir  held up one of 
the bottles and said:
“Now, then, who takes the first bottle? 
Compounded by a South American hermit 
from herbs and roots grown in a mysteri­
ous  valley,  and  I’ll  give  $100  for  any 
complaint  it  won’t  cure.  This  is  my 
twenty-third farewell tour, and the  sales 
have been 40,000,000  bottles. 
Patented 
in  every  country  on  the earth, and the 
recipient of  sixty-four royal decorations. 
Only a dollar a bottle and who  takes  the 
first?”

No ^ o rk ,  No Pleasure.

Some polemics  argue  that but for that 
unfortunate affair in Paradise, we should 
now be living in a play-day instead  of  a 
work-day world.  Yet labor  seems so es­
sential to  the  happiness  of  the  human 
family as at present constituted, that one 
can scarcely conceive  of  true enjoyment 
without it. 
It is  not  reasonable to sup­
pose that Adam was ever an idle man, or 
Eve an indolent woman.
When we are  past  work,  the  remem­
brance of  our  labors, if  they have been 
honorable  and  useful, 
the  chief 
solace  of  our  retirement.  Does a man 
derive the  same  pleasure from  the  pos­
session of  wealth,  when he has received 
it as an inheritance,  that he would  have 
derived from  a  competence  won  by the 
sweat  of  his  brow or  the energy of  his

is 

brain ?  Every one  knows  that  he  does 
not.  The veteran  merchant  takes  com­
fort in  the  recollection  of  his  business 
enterprises,  when 
the  pastimes  and 
recreations  of  his  youth  and maturity 
seem to him “stale, fiat and unprofitable.” 
Yes, the memories  of  labor are sweet. 
Let the father  who  desires the real hap­
piness  of  his children set them to work— 
endeavor  to  give them  a  relish for  em­
ployment.  No matter how  rich  in  this 
world’s  goods  he  may be able  to  make 
them,  he is not  their  true friend  if  he 
brings them up in idleness.

“THE  WEAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALU E."

We still have In stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

P rep a red

P a in t.

MIXED  READY  FOR  USE.

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

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m

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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SOLE  AGENTS

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

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1  M  1 
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TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN,

W h olesale  P r ic e   C u r re n t•

Advanced—Oil Peppermint, Salacine, White Lead.

Declined—Foreign Qninine, Malaga Oil, Oil  Sassafras, Nitrate Silver, Golden Seal Root

ACIDUM.

Aceticum...................
Benzolcum  German..
Boracic 
....................
Carbolicum ...............
Citricum....................
Hydrochlor..............•
Nltrocum 
.................
OxaUcnm ...................
P h o sp h o r!u rn   d i i ..........
Salley licum ...............1
Snlphuricum..............
Tannlcum..................1
Tartaricum.................
a m m onia.

8®   10 
80@1 00 QA
33@  10 
90®  55 
3®  5
10®   12 
11®  13 
20
40®1  80 
Ili®  5 
40@1  60 
40®  42

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg.................. 
5®  7
20  deg.................. 
7®  8
Carbonas  ......................   H@ 1»
C hlorldum .....................  12® 14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAE.

Cnbeae (po. 1  50.............. 1  60®1 75
Juniperus...................  8®  ™
Xantnoxylum ................  25® 30

BALBAMUM.

Copaiba..........................  60® 65
Peru...............................  @1  3*
Terabln, C an ad a.......  35®  40
T olutan..........................  45®  50

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Cassiae  ..................................  "
Cinchona F la v a ...................  «
Euonymus  atropurp............
Myrica  Cerlfera, po..............
Prunus V lrglnl......................  J •
QuUlala,  grd.........................   J*
Sassafras  .............................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

EXTBACTUM. 
llycyrrhlza  Glabra...
“ 
po.........
[aematox, 15 lb. box..
“ 
Is............
“  Ms..........
“  Ms...........
FEBRUM.
'arbonate Precip........
ltrate and Q,uinla—
1 trate  Soluble...........
'errocy anidum Sol... ■
olut  Chloride...........
ulphate,  com’l .........
pure............

“ 

24®  25 
33®  35 
11®   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15 
1%@  2 
®  7

FLORA.

Matricaria.................  25®  30

FOLIA.

...................  20®  SB
Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-
nlyelly ....................  
28
Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  54s
and  )4s....................  12®  15
UraUrri......................  8®  10

« 

« 

OUMMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @1 00
ad 
“ 
....  @  90
....  ®  80
“  3d 
sifted sorts...  @  65
“ 
»  po ........  75®1 
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri, (po. 60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (54s, 14 Ms,
16)............................  @  l
Ammoniae.................  25®  30
Assafcetlda, (po. 30)...  @  15
Benzoinum.................  50®  55
Campborse...................  50®  52
Euphorbium  p o ........  25®  lo
Galbanum.  ................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po 50) —   @  45
Kino,  (po. 25)............   @  ^
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @,40
Opli,  (po. 6 40).............4 00®4 10
Shellac  ......................  28®  40
bleached........  ?3©  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

“ 
hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, Y......................  22
Thymus,  Y...........................  25

MAGNESIA.

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

OLEUM.

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A nlsl...........................2 0Q@2 10
Auranti  Cortex.........   ®2 50
Bergamll  ...................3 25®4 00
Cajlpntt......................  90@1  00
Caryophylll.................1  25@1 30
Ce<far.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll................  @1  75
Cbmamonll.................1 40®1 50
Cltronella...................  @  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  66
Copaiba  .....................1 20@l  80

Cubebae..................13 50@14 00
Exechthitos...............   90®1  00
Erlgeron.....................1  20@1 30
Gaultherla......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  60®1  70
Juniper!.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis.......................... 1  50@2 20
Mentha Piper........... '.2 50®3 50
Mentha Yerid................. 2 50®2 60
Morrhuae, gal............   80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce............   @ 50
Olive..........................   90@2 75
Plcis Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
Ricinl......................... 1  24@1  32
Rosmarinl............  
75® 1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succinl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglfl..........................  @150
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20
B1 Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide......................  37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30® 33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  33®  35
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

POTASSIUM.

“ 

RADIX.

“ 

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Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  15®  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45)....................  @  40
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po........................2 40@2 50
Iris plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  75®  80
Maranta,  Ms..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
SpigeUa......................  48®  53
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
duB,  po....................  @  35
Yalerlana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................  10®  15
Zingiber  J.............. 
22®  25
SEMEN.
..  @ 15
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon........................1 00©1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3V4® 
4
Cydonlum...................  75@1 00
Cnenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........2 00@2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L in l............................4  @4%
Linl, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4M © 4%
Lobelia.......................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3%@ 4%
Rapa..........................   6®  7
.............................................. 8® 9
Sinapis,  AlbuTJiuriNigra...........  11®  12
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R....... 1  75@2 00
1  10@1 50
Juniperis  Co. O. T....1  75@1 75
...........1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  GalU............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba:..................1  25@2 00

SPIRITUS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

 
“ 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
65
Hard for  slate  use__ 
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
140
u se..........................  

STBUPS.

 

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

“ 

“ 

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum Napellis R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafoetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinaria........................   50
Barosma.......... ..................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor.......................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.....................   .  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum ..............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot....................................  50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Guaica.................................  50
ammon....................  60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pil.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor..............................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany........................  
  50
Rhei.....................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

et Potass T. 

“ 
po—  
“  Bpo. 

ground,  (po.
7)............................. 

A£ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen....................... 2%®  3%
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
55®  60
Antipyrin........................1 35@1 40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  ©  78
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N................. 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
11;  Ms,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharldes  Russian,
po............................  @1  75
Capsicl  Fructus, a f...  @  16
@  20
@  15
CaryophylluB, (po.  20)  15®  18
Carmine, No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  20
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  @  45
Chloroform...............   50®  55
squlbbs ..  @1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst........ 1 50@1  75
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Cinchonldine, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  4®  10 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .......................  @  60
Creasotum.................  @  50
■Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................   5®  5
“  precip...............   8®  10
“  Rubra................  @  8
Crocus.......................  30®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   8®  9
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  a
Ergota, (po.)  60.........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......................  8  @
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  90
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerins...................18%@  25
Grana Paradis!...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  40
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @1  05
“  Cor 
  @  95
Ox Rubrum  @1  15
Ammoniatl.  @1  25 
Unguentum.  50®  60
Hydrargyrum............   @  92
.1  25®1  50
Icnthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo.........................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 7£®3 85
Iodoform....................  ©4  70
Lupulin......................  88@1  00
Lycopodium..............  55®  60
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IM)-.........................  2®  3
Manilla,  S. F ..............  50®  60

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“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

K 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85@3 10 
C. Co...................... 2 85@3 10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstica, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcis Liq, N.  C., % gal
doz  .........................  ®2 00
Plcis Liq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   @  70
Pll Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  35
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumb! A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opli. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrathrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
uassiae....................  8®  10
ulnia, S. P. & W ......  39®  44
S.  German__  28®  38
“ 
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
SaccharumLactispv..  @  38
Saladn...................... 2 00@2 10
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
Santonlne  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
,r  M.......................  8®  10
“  G.......................   @  15

© 25
Seidlitz  Mixture........
Sinapis.......................
@ 18
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De @ 30
Voes....................... @ 35
Snuff. Scotch, De. Voes ® 35
Soda Boras,  (po. 13).  . 12® 13
Soda  et Potass Tart... 30® 33
Soda Carb................. 1H@ 2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............ @ 5
Soda,  Ash.................. 3%@ 4
Soda, Sulphas............ @ 2
Spts. Ether C o........... 50® 55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
**  Vlnl  Rect.  bbL
2 21).........................  @2 31
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............ 2%@ 3%
“  Roll..............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  55® 60
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.  1Sal
70
60
50
65

“ 

paints. 

11
Llndseed,  boiled  __   65 
68
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
69
Spirits Turpentine__  45%  50
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............IK  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__IK  2@4
“ 
Ber........IK  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M 2%®3
“  strictly  pure......2%  2K®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
85@S8
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7K
“  w hite................  @7K
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1 00 
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................ 160@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

HAZBBTINB

&  BBRKINS

DRUG  CO.

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Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundrief,

D ealen in

Patent M ettes, Paints, Oils, l/arnishes.

Sole  Agents  forothe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprieton of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W hiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Buine.

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & C o, 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky 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.

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GRAND  RAP3DS.GMICH.

12

TH E  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

g r o c b r i b s .

A Plea for  Equal Bights and Privileges, j 
J. H. Fenimore in the N ational Commercial Traveler.  J
We  had  finished  our  lunch  of  eggs,  j 
biscuit,  cold  chicken  and  coffee  at  the 
lunch stand  and  asked  the  man  across 
the counter  how  much  we  owed the es­
tablishment, and he  answered by asking 
a question himself,  and that  was,  “Are 
you a railroad man ?”  Of course, we said 
no,  when he meekly replied,  “Seventy- 
five cents.”  Now,  suppose  we  were  a 
railroad man,  how much would this same 
food have cost us ?  After  glancing over 
the empty plates  he  replied forty cents. 
The same  day we  were in a barber-shop 
getting shaved  and  were  handed  a  15- 
cent check,  when  a  man  living  in  the 
same city and shaved at  the  same  chair 
only paid 10 cents. 
It was  the  writer’s 
privilege  to  overhear  a conversation be­
tween two livery men  who had been con­
sulted by a traveling man that day about 
taking him eight  miles  when  one  said, 
“Charge him  S3.50, for he’s  a  traveling 
man and his  house  pays  for  it.”  The 
man  who wanted to make the  drive  was 
posted  and  another  more  enterprising 
and less mercenary man  took him for S2.
In  this  connection,  we  want  to  ask, 
why are the traveling, men discriminated 
against  at  every point ?  Why do hotels 
charge  him from 20 to 50 per cent,  more 
than  they do  other  people  who  eat  as 
much or more ?  Have  the  hotels,  'bus 
men,  restaurant men,  livery men,  barbers 
and the public generally combined to rob 
the traveling  salesmen  and charge them 
more for the same  accommodations  than 
they do others—and  they ease their con­
sciences,  if they have any, with the state­
ment that his house is rich  and  pays the 
bills?  If  so,  it is unfair,  mean and un­
just and  deserves  the  condemnation  of 
all fair-minded  people. 
If  these  same 
pirates who stand with one hand  on  the 
traveling man’s  throat  and the other  in 
his pocket  would  only stop to think and 
be fair, they would see  that,  instead  of 
taking it from his “rich house,”  they are 
taking  it  from  the  poor  salesmen  and 
they  might  be  more  lenient.  We  say 
they  might  be  more  lenient.  Every 
salesman,  no  matter  his  line,  has  his 
salary based on  the  goods  he  sells  and 
what  it  costs  to  sell  them.  Tobacco 
manufacturers  count  cost  per  pound, 
soap men cost per box, iron men cost per 
ton,  starch  men  cost  per  pound,  and 
many  others  on  the  net  profit  of  the 
salesman’s  labor. 
If,  for  instance,  a 
salesman had passes over  every railway, 
for board at every hotel and  had  no  ex­
pense account at  all,  he  would be a de­
sirable  man  for  any  house  and  they 
would pay him a larger salary than other­
wise,  because he would  cost  them  noth­
ing to travel.  So on the  same  principle 
his  house  figures  expenses,  salary  and 
net profit, and  if  his profits are light  at 
the end of the year he gets no increase of 
salary,  if  indeed he retains  his position. 
And you who have charged him in excess 
of  others  on  the  supposition  that  his 
house pays for  it  are  the  cause  of  his 
discharge.  As a class,  we are willing to 
pay for what we get,  but  want  what we 
pay for.  We  want no farmers’  rates  at 
hotels, no  theatrical  rates  on  baggage, 
no passes on railways,  but  we want just 
the same as others  pay for a like  accom­
modation,  and it is only fair  we  should 
have it.  Every man has his  hand in the 
traveling man’s  pocket  and  he  gets  no 
favors  or  special  rates  from  anybody. 
His  customer  expects a dinner,  theater, 
or good  cigar,  “because the honse  pays 
for it,” the waiter an extra quarter,  “be­
cause the house pays for  it,”  and to get 
along  pleasantly  with  his  friends  and 
trade there are a hundred  little expenses 
incurred,  and the house don’t and won’t 
pay for it.  We  can’t cut down expenses 
if  trade is dull, as railways,  hotels  and 
our houses do, for  on  we  must go hunt­
ing,  begging,  scheming for business,  and 
at  the final  “round-up”  employers  tell 
us  our  expenses  are  too  great  for  the 
condition  of  trade  and  are  laid  off  to 
further retrench their expenses.
We make the statement  here,  and  we 
can  substantiate  it  by  dozens  of  men, 
that there is not  one  man  in  fifty  who 
does not use a part  of  his  salary for ex­
penses of  his house;  and this  is  partly.

at least, due to the fact that, as we before 
stated,  every man  wants a whack at the 
money  that  be  thinks  belongs  to  the 
house,  when it really belongs to the sales­
man.  Place us on an equal footing  with 
other  of  your  patrons  and spare us the 
chilly, cheerless  look  of  our  employers 
at the end of the year.

How to Identify  a  Drummer.

From the Boston Journal of Commerce.

“There is no source of  annoyance to a 
traveling man so great,” remarked one of 
the fraternity the  other evening,  “as the 
necessity to  which we are frequently put 
of securing men to identify  us  when  we 
desire  to  cash drafts  or  money  orders. 
We are,  all  of  us,  annoyed  and embar­
rassed at such  time, and I never saw any 
scheme  to  do  away  with  the  difficulty 
until  one  day  last  week in Des Moines, 
Iowa.
‘After dinner a friend of  mine said to 
me,  ‘come  down  to  the bank a minute. 
Want to show  you something.’
‘We went  down  and  he  remarked to 
the paying teller:
“ ‘Draft  here  for  me?’ 
‘Yes  sir,’ re­
sponded the banker.
“ ‘Photograph accompanying it?’  ‘Yes 
sir.’
“ ‘Please look at it  and see if I am the 
man.’
“The clerk did  so.  He  was the man, 
and a moment  later  he  had  his  money 
and had been subjected to  no  trouble or 
mortification at all.

Tallow Lower.

“He told me,  as  be  went  out,  that  he
immediately  returns  the  photograph to 
his house.  They always enclose  it  with 
drafts. 
It’s the cleverest scheme I ever 
saw.”
Wools  W ithout  Change — Hides  and 
Wool markets are  still  stronger,  with 
manufacturers buying freely. 
It is their 
golden opportunity,  believing  wools  are 
as cheap as they will  be for a long  time 
to come.  The advance  has  been  but 2c 
in the last three weeks,  and  the  market 
is back to where  the wools were bought. 
So far,  the  margin  to  dealers  is  small. 
Both growers and dealers  have advanced 
prices  and  hold strong for a further ad­
vance,  which will  be slow and long com­
ing.  Goods  have  advanced,  which  was 
forced by the manufacturers.

Hides are lower.  The decline has been 
as rapid as the advance of six weeks ago, 
and they are likely to  go  lower.  Light 
cattle are  in abundance  on Chicago mar­
ket,  caused  by short  grazing  and  corn 
crop west,  and light hides have  accumu­
lated.

Tallow  is  lower,  with  ample  supply 

and a weak  market.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar is a little  higher.  Corn  syrup 
manufacturers  warn  the  trade  that  an 
advance may be expected soon.  Imported 
macaroni and vermicelli  have  advanced 
l%c per pound.  Crosse  Blackwell pick­
les  have  advanced  25c  per  dozen  all 
around,  owing  to  the  increase  of  the 
duty.  Barrel pickles are  unsettled, ow­
ing to the presence of some stocks bough 
early in the season  at  low prices.  Wil­
son & McCauley announce an advance on 
“No Tax” plug of lc per  pound.
How  to  Sweep  a  Store.

From the Commercial Enquirer.

We don’t use  a  leaky  old  sprinkling 
pot to sop the floor  all  over  in  puddles 
when we sweep.  No, sir!  We have wet 
sawdust, and 1 put a row of it across one 
end of*the  store  and  sweep  that  right 
along to the other  end,  just  like a regi­
ment marching  across a ten acre lot. 
It 
catches all the  dirt  and  carrirs it along. 
If  it  gets a little dry,  I add some  more. 
Some folks scatter  sawdust all  over  the 
floor,  but  Mr.  Vanders  says  that’s  no 
good;  that the reason for  using  sawdust 
is to avoid wetting the floor  all over and 
to have something  that  will  absorb  the 
dust.

Shoes to be Advanced.

A New York  dispatch,  under  date  of 

Oct. 8, is as follows:

About 130  shoe  manufacturers, repre­
senting all parts of the country, met here 
yesterday and decided that there must be 
an advance in the  price  of  shoes.  This 
decision  was  reached  only  after a long 
discussion. 
It was said that the advance 
would be from 25 to 50 cents a pair.

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

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PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Green,  $3.50  for  winter  grades  and 
$2.50@$3 for cooking stock.
Apples—Evaporated  are  in  small  demand  at 
13@14c.  Sundried have not yet put in an appear­
ance in any considerable quantity.
Beans—The crop is coming in freely, purchases 
being made on the basis of $1.65@1.80 for country 
hand-picked.  City picked is held at $2@2.10.

per lb.  Creamery finds moderate sale at 23c.

Beets—Sew, 50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  in  good  demand  at  14@16c 
Cabbages—EOc  per doz. or $4 per 100.
Carrots—30c per bu.
Celery—20@ 5c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,11.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Michigan  berries  are in fair de­
mand at $2.50 per bu.  Cape  Cod  commands  $10 
per bbl. and Bell  and Cherry are held at $8.  The 
market  is  firm  and  dealers  prophesy  higher 
prices in the near future.
Eggs—The market is steady, owing to the high 
prices ruling  in  the  eastern  markets.  Dealers 
pay 15c and hold at 17c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.60  per  bu.; 
medium, $4.30@4.4">.  Timothy, $1.50 per bu.
Grapes—Niagaras  and  Delawares  command 
7@8c. 
Ives  and  Concords  are  entirely out  of 
market.
Maple  Sugar — 8® 10c  per  lb.,  according  to 
quality.
Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—The market is  firm  and  higher, deal­
ers paying 75c and holding at 90c.
Peaches—Entirely out of market.
Potatoes—The market is weaker, owing to  the 
accumulation of stocks at most of  the  principal 
shipping  points.  Local  handlers  pay  50@55c 
here at the principal buying points in the  State.
Quinces—®2@2.50 per  bu.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, $3  per  bbl;  Jer 
Tomatoes—Home stock  commands  $1  per bu.
Turnips—30@35c per bu.

seys, $3.25 per bbl.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new....................................................   11  50
Short c u t.....................................................   12 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  13 25
Boston clear, short cut..............................   13  50
Clear back, short cut...................................   13 50
Standard clear, short cut. best—   ............   14 CO
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...................................................................7%
501b.  Tins......................................................... 754
Tierces............................................................  6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................6J4
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case................................... 7
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case....................  ..............  6%
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.......................................65i
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.......................................654
W lb. Cans...................................... 
654
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing............................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts............... 

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard—Family.

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smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 10
16 lbs.......................................10X
12 to 14 lbs............................... 1054
picnic.....................................................8
best boneless.........................................10
Shoulders................................ .......................  7
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................. 8
Dried beef, ham prices.............................  ...  9
Long Clears, heavy........................................... 654
Briskets,  medium.  .........................................   654
light..................................................654

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FISH and OY8TEKS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

“ 

Whltefish.
smoked.
Trout..................
Halibut...............
Ciscoes...............
Flounders...........
Bluefish  ............
Mackerel............
Cod.
California salmon.......................
o y sters—Cans.
Fairhaven  Counts......... '...........
F. J. D. Selects............................
Selects  ........................................
F. J .D .........................................
Anchors............................
Standards........................
OY8TERS-
Standards,  per gal...........
...........
Selects, 

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.........................................
hindquarters...............................
“ 
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“ 
fore 
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loins, No. 3..................................
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ribs............................................
rounds........................................
“ 
tongues.......................................
Hogs.......................................................
Bologna.................................................
Pork loins..............................................
“  shoulders......................................
Sausage, blood or head.........................
liver.........................................
Frankfort................................
Mutton..................................................
Veal.......................................................

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@ 754 
@  8 @ 754 @15 
@ 4 
© 9 
@10 @25 
@10 
@22
@35
@28
@25
@23
@20

@1  30 
@1  75

4  @ 
554®
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@65i@
654®

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANUY.

 

 

 

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MIXED  CANDY.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

Standard,  per lb...................................   854@  9
“  H.H.........................................   854©  9
Twist  ........................................854®  9
“ 
Cut  Loaf..........................................................10
Assorted Cream  ............................................. 12
Extra H. H......................................................11
Standard, per lb..............................................854
Leader............   ..............................................854
Royal...............................................................  9
Extra.............................................................   10
English  Rock.............................................  .10
Conserves........................ 
10
Broken................  
9
Cut Loaf.......................................................... 10
French Creams................................................ 12
Valley  Creams................................................ 13
Lemon Drops...................................................12
Sour Drops...................................................... 13
Peppermint Drops............................................14
Chocolate Drops...............................................14
H. M. ChoeolateoDrops....................................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
Band 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 palls.................................12
Gum Drops, In palls........................................  6
Moss Drops, in pails.........................................10
Sour Drops, In pails.........................................12
Imperials, in palls.......................................... .12
Jamaica, Bbl........................................  @  7 00
Messina, choice,  360.............................  @ 750
fancy, 360............................   © 8 50
Malaga.................................................   @  6 5o
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........  @16
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  @10
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“ 
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  @7
Almonds, Tarragona............................   @17
Ivaca.....................................  @17
California.............................   @
Brazils....................................................  @16
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @1754
“  Marbot...................................  @14
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................. 14  @16
Cocoanuts, full sacks...........................   @5 00
Fancy, H.  P.,  Bell...................: ...........   @1054
“  Roasted 
.  ..............  @1254
Fancy, H.  P., Stars  ...... 
....................   @ 954
“  Roasted...................  @1154
Choice, H. P.,Ex Prince  .....................   @ 954
“  Roasted...................  @1154
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats......................  @954

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300............................   ©

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

fancy—In bulk.

“  50-lb.  “ 

PEANUTS.

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

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(Z e iJ tc U * + % .  ¿ a U v o   —  

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For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

TH E  MICHIOAISr  TRADESM AN.

W h olesale P r ic e   C u r re n t•

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

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APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

Chicago  goods......................
Frazer’s ..................................82 40
Aurora...................................   1 75
Diamond..................................1 80
BAKING  POWDER.
Thepure, 10c packages.  ...SI  20
a  lb. 
1  56
 
“ 
2 28
 
6 oz. 
“ 
 
“  H lb. 
2 76
4  20
 
12oz. 
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1 lb. 
.......5 40
“ 
51b. 
 
26 CO
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
Absolute, VL lb. cans, doz.. .1  00 
“ ...190
“ 
“ “  .. .3 50
...  75
2  “  .... 1  50
1  “  .... 3 00
45
Our Leader, }£lb.  cans......  
.......  
75
.......  1  50
45
Telfer’s,  14 lb. cans, doz.. 
“  .. 
85
“  .. 1  50
80
75
70

J4 1b. 
1 lb. 
14 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
bulk......................  20

English, 2 doz. in case....... 
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
American. 2 doz. in case... 
Mexican,  4oz................  
8  oz................ 
16  oz............... 

bluing.  Dozen
30
60
90

H lb. 
1 lb. 
BATH BRICK.

Acme, V lb. cans, 3 doz 

141b. 
lib. 

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CANDLES
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.

No. 2 H url..............................  1 75
2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet..........................   2 00
2  25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem..............................2 50
Common W hisk.............. 
90
Fancy 
...................J  *
M ill..........................................3 25
W arehouse..............................2 75
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.................10
Star,  40 
9*4
Paraffine.................................11
W icking............... 
25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.........1 10
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ...............2 10
Cope Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  15
21b. 
20
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic..............1 90
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2 65
« 
1 lb.  Star.................. 2 50
“ 
2 lb. Star..............   .3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 25
“ 
1 lb.  stand  ............ 1  20
“ 
2 lb. 
2 00
“ 
2 lb. In M ustard.. .2 25
“ 
Sib.  soused..........
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  75@1  90 
lib .  Alaska..  @160
“ 
Sardines, domestic  !48......... 
6
%e........ @ 8
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“  Mustard V4s..........  @10
imported  M8---71  @1 2 ;
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spiced,  V4s  .......... 
10
Trout, 3  lb. brook............ 
2  50
CANNED GOODS—FruitS.
Apples, gallons......................
Apricots  .................................f   so
Blackberries................................1 20
Cherries, red ................................1 30
p itted ............................1 40
Damsons................................
Egg Plum s...................................1 53
Gooseberries............................... l «5
Green  Gages............................... J 60
Peaches,  p ie............................... i 9U
seconds........................2 30
s ta n d ........................... 2 65
California....................2 85
Pears.............................................1 50
Pineapples, common..................1 25

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canned  goods—Vegetables.

slic ed .................2 50
grated................. 2 75
Q uinces..................................1  1®
Raspberries,  black.....................1 30
red.................... 1  40
Strawberries..........................1  ®
Whortleberries.......................1  40
A sparagus.... 
Beans, soaked  Lima............  85
“  Green  Lima........... @1  60
“ 
String......................@  90
“  Strlngless.....................   90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40 
Corn, stand,  brands.. 1  00@1  25
Peas,  soaked.........................   75
“  m arrofat....................@1  30
“  stand Ju n e .....................1  40
“  sifted  ‘ 
@1  75
“  fine French........................2 10
Mushrooms..................................1 80
P u m p k in .................................@1 00
Squash......................................... 1 10
Succotash, soaked................  85
standard....................1 30
Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1  05@1  10

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Snider’s, & pint..........................1 35
p in t...............................2 30
quart.............................3 50

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Fancy Full  Cream— 10t4@H 
Good 
“  —   9H@10
Part Skimmed.............  7J4@  894
Sap  Sago............  .......   @23
Edam  ..........................   @1  00
Swiss, Im ported........   24@  25
domestic  —   15@  16 
CHEWING  GUM.
200 

Rubber, 100 lumps................. 30
40
Spruce, 200 pieces..................40
Bulk.......................................... 6
R ed......................... - .............  7*

CHICORY.

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COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
22
German Sweet.................... 
34
Premium............................. 
Pure..................................... 
38
40
Breakfast  Cocoa...............  
37
Broma.................................. 
Bulk............................... 4  @4H
Pound  packages............  @7
Valley City........................... 
75
Felix...........................................  1 15
Hummel’s .....................  
65
 
coffee—Green.
Rio, fair...........................   @21
“  good........................21  @22
“  prime........................  @23
“  fancy,  w ashed...  @24
“  golden.................... 23  @24
Santos.............................22  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior............... 24  @26
“  Mandheling___ 27  @30
Peaberry....................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine.......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola...................................2494
in cabinets................2514
M cL aughlin’s  XXXX....25JC
Lion  ..........................  .......... 2514
in cabinets..................26
Durham........   ...  ............... 25
Cotton,  40 f t ..........per doz.  1  35

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CLOTHES  LINES.
“ 
50 ft..........  
60 f t _____ 
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70 f t..........  
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80 f t .......... 
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60 f t...........  
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72 ft’.......... 
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CONDENSED MILK.

Jute 
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1 50
1 75
2 00
2 25
1 00
1 15

Eagle....................................   7  50
Anglo-Swiss................6 00@ 7  60

COUPONS.
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CREAM TARTAR.

 
10 
............. 20 
CRACKERS.
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$ 1, per hundred.................  2  50
$ 2, 
3 00
 
$5. 
4  00
 
 
*10, 
5 00
*20, 
..................6 00
$  1, per  hundred.................  2  00
2  50
$ 2 
3 00
* 5  
*10, 
4 00
*20, 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.  ..........  5  per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter....................   7*4
Seymour 
5*4
B utter....................................... 5*4
“  family............................. 5V4
“  biscuit........................... 6H
Boston.......................................7*4
City Soda.................................. 7V4
Soaa........................................ 6
S. O yster.................................. 5*4
City Oyster, XXX...................  5*4
Shell....................................... 6
Strictly  pure........................ 
Grocers’................................ 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......8*4@  9
evaporated....  @14
“ 
Apricots, 
“  —   @21
....  @10
Blackberries“ 
Nectarines  “ 
...............
Peaches 
“ 
.......... 
Plums 
“ 
................
Raspberries  “ 
...............
dried fruits—Prunes.
Turkey.........................   @  754
Bosnia...........................  @  854
California....................   @
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum .......................   @18
Inboxes.......................   @20
Zante, in  barrels........   @  654
in less quantity  6%@  694 
Valencias.....................  @  854
Ondaras........................  @  954
Sultanas.......................   @12
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia........................2 60@2 75
Mus’tels, Cal., 2 crown  @
@2  35

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Raisins.

dried fruits—Citron.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

“  3 

1654

38
25

“ 

“ 

“ 

GUN  POWDER.

“ 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

K eg8............................................ 5 50
Half  kegs....................................3 00
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............   04
Hominy, per  bbl........................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box —   60
imported.......  @11
Pearl  Barley...............   @ 3
Peas, green...................  @1  10
“  split......................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @ 6
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl 
"
@ 5 
Wheat,  cracked—
Vermicelli,  import.
@11 
@60
domestic
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole...................5  @ 6
Herring,  round, 54  bbl.. 
2 

2 90
“ 
75
12 00
“  Holland, bbls.. 
...75@  80
“ 
Scaled  ........  .  @  20
“ 
25
“  10  lb.  kits...................  75

“  boneless...............  654@  8

gibbed......  
“  kegs, 

Trout,  54  bbls......  @5 

“ 

H alibut....................  @
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl  12 00 
“  12 lb kit.. 130
“  10 
,.  .1  20 
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls..  @5 50
121b. kits.....100
101b. kits....   80
Family,  54  bbls........3 00
kits.........   65

“ 
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JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Sage... .............................. 9
Hops 
....................  ...... 14
Chicago  goods......................554
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...................... 
17
Cuba Baking.................... 
22
Porto  Rico....................... 26@33
New Orleans, good........... 
35
40
choice........ 
fancy.........  
JO
One-half barrels, 3c extra

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LYE.

“ 
“ 

OATMEAL.

OIL.

PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  ............................... 5 75
Half barrels..............................3 00
Barrels......................  @575
Half bbls....................  @3 00
Michigan  Test....................  9J4
Water White........................10
Medium.................................  *8 ro
“ 
54 b b l......................... 4 25
Small,  bbl.................................9 00
“  54  bbl..............................4 75
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob; No.  3.................................1 25
Chicago  goods....................
Carolina head........................7
“  No. 1........................654
“  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

“  T. D. full count...........  75

PRESERVES.

SNUFF.

PIPES.

RICE.

SOAP.

 

3  “ 

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

SAL  SODA.

spices—Whole.

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior............................... 3 30
Queen  Anne........................ 3 85
German  Family.............
Mottled  German..................3 00
Old German.........................2 70
U. S. Big Bargain......... ......2 00
Frost, Floater...................... 3 75
Cocoa  Castile.....................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy........... 3 36
Happy Family,  75................ 2 95
Ola Country, 80.................... 3 30
,  a, 100................................ 3 65
B  ncer, 100..................— 3  15
Kegs...................................  194
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......  2 50
Hand 
2 50
Snider’s  Tomato..................2 40
Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
Batavia in bund__ 15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................16
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
No.  1......................75
No. 2......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 16 
shot.........................20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................42
Cloves,  Ambovna................26
“  Zanzibar................. 2fl
Ginger, African...................1254
*•  Cochin.................... 15
“ 
Jam aica................ 18
Mace  Batavia...................... 90
Mustard,  English................22
“ 
and Trie. .25
“  Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
“ 
•“  white......30
“  Cayenne................. 25
SUGARS.

“ white...  .26

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Cut  Loaf...... .............  @  754
Cubes.........................  @754
Powdered......................  @7.31
Standard  Granulated.  @9.91
Fine...........  @1.91
Confectioners’ A........  @ 694
White Extra  C...........  6M@ 6?i
Extra  C......................  @654
C ................................   @ 6
Yellow.......................  594@ 594
Dark  Molasses...........  @594

SEEDS.

14 

“ 
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SALT

,T 
bn  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
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Mixed bird................. 4V4@ 6
..  9
Caraway......................
Canary.......................
• •  394
..  4
Hemp..........................
.13
Anise..........................
..  6
Rape..........................
Mustard.....................
• •  754
@90
Common Fine per bbl.
Solar Rock, 56lb. sacks.. ..  27
..1  75
28 pocket....................
..2 00
60 
....................
100 
..2  15
....................
..  75
Ashton bu. bags........
..  75
Higgins  “ 
........
..  35
........
..  20
..1  50 
Diamond  Crystal,  cases. 
28-lb sac
ks  25
*
50
56-lb
60  pocket.2 25
.2 10
28
barrels .  .1  75
SALERATU8.
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5*4
Dwight’s Com..........  .
...594
...5*
Taylor’s......................
Demand's Cap  Sheaf..
...by,
pure..............
.594
.  5
Our Leader.................
Corn, barrels.............. @31
one-half  barrels... @36
Pure Sugar, bbl.........
half barrei
“ 
SWEET GOODS
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar  Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers—

8
8*4
8
8
8

30@40
32@43

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SYRUPS.

“ 

44

“ 

SHOE  POLISH.
ettine, 1 doz. In box.

. 

.75

TEAS.

ja p a n —Regular.

BASKET  FIRED.

Fair............................ @20
Good.......................... @22
Choice......................... 24 @29
Choicest.................... 32 @36
D ust........................... 10 @14
SUN CURED.
@20
F air..........................
@22
Good.........................
Choice....................... 24 @29
Choicest.................... 32 @?6
Dust........................... 10 @14
@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
F air.......................... 25 @30
Choice....................... 30 @35
Best.......................... 55 @65
Tea Dust................... 8 @10
Common to fair........ 25 @30
Superior to  fine........ 30 @50
Fine to choicest........ .55 @65

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

"oolong.

SODA.

Boxes....................................5!«
Kegs, English........................49s

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

62
Hiawatha................... 
Sweet  Cuba................ 
36
Our Leader...............  
35
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler  & Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................   37
Double Pedro  .....................  .33
Peach Pie  ............................  31
Wedding  Cake, blk................33
"Tobacco” ............................  35

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 St WOODENWAR*

Curtiss  A  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw 
................................. 150
Sugar................................. 180
Hardware...........................254
Bakers................................254
Dry  Goods.................  554@3
Jute  Manilla................ 6K@8
Red  Express 
No. 2............... 4
48 Cotton............................25
Cotton, No. 1...................... 22
“  2...................... 18
Sea  Island, assorted.........  40
No. 5 Hemp........................18
No. 6  “ ................................17
Wool........................   8

t w in e s.

“ 

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No. 1.  5

WOODBNWARE.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Tubs, No. 1.........................  8 00
“  No. 2.........................7  00
“  No. 3.........................6  00
1  50
Pails, No. 1,  two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop_  1 75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes 
  55
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1  00
....................  1  25
13  “ 
15  “ 
....................2 00
17  “ 
....................  2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
bushel.................   1  50
willow el’ths, No.l  5 75 
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
W hite........................... 
95
Red..............................  
95
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.

splint 

“ 
“ 
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“ 

W HEAT.

FLOUR.
Straight, in sacks..............  5  10
barrels............   5 30
“ 
Patent  “  sacks..............  6  10
“  barrels.............  6 30
“ 
Graham  “  sacks............  4 80
............  3 75
Rye 

“ 

“ 

1 3

. . . .  
.. 

1  :«
15 5

MEAL.

Bolted.........................
Granulated..................
MILLSTUFF8.

RYE.

OATS.

CORN.

Bran.............................. ....  15 f0
Ships............................. ....  16  00
....  15 00
Screenings..................
Middlings.................... ....  17  50
Mixed  Feed................. ....  21  00
Coarse meal................. __ 21  00
No. 1  ............................ ..  £0@55
BARLEY.
No. 1.............................. ....  1  15-
1  10
.. 
No. 2............................
Small  lots.................
57
... 
... 
53
Car 
“  ..................
....  45
Small  lots....................
“  .................... .......  42
Car 
....  10 00
No. 1.............................
....  9 00
No. 2.............................
H ID ES,  PELTS  and  FUR«.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol
lows:
G reen........................... 5 
Part  Cured.................. 6  @  694
Full 
..................
Dry..............................
6  @  8
5*4@  6
Kips, g re e n ...............
6  @  694
“  cured..................
Calfskins,  green........ 5  @  7
cured....... 7  @ 9
Deacon skins............. 10  @30

HIDES.

HAY.

“ 

“ 

6

No. 2 hides M off.
PELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings................... 10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @25
Washed......................
Unwashed..  .............
Tallow .......................
3  @ 4
Grease  butter  ..........
1  @ 2
Switches................ H i®   2
Ginseng........................ 2 5)@3  01

MISCELLANEOUS.

..  2C@28
10@20

anim al  o il s .

LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  nogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

LUBRICATING  OILS.

“  No. 1  “ 
“ 

follows:
Extra W S Lard.........53  @58
......... 45  @50
N o.l.  .. 
......... 35  @40
PureNeatsfoot.........   52  @60
W Va  Summer...........7V4@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 
.  __   @40
Golden  Machine........IS  @25
Mower and Reaper— 25  @30
Castor Machine.........25  @30
Pure..........................81  2E©1  30
Distilled...................*1  1P@1  25
M ineral....................   30@  35
b u r n i n g   o i l s .
Water White..............  @10
Michigan  test............
Gasoline.....................  9t£@i4

castor  o il .

PAINT  OILS.
Linseed  Oil, boiled.. .65  @75
“  raw....... 62  @72
Naptha.........................7*4@10
Turpentine.................45  @50

“ 

R E M E M B E R
BUNOLA

T H A   T

Is  b e t t e r   and  c o s ts  less 
p a c k a g e   c o f f e e s

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

than  m o s t 

FOR SALE  BY  ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS  JOBBERS

P».  B . 

O Y S T B R S . 

P .  B .
The  packing  and  distributing  of  FRESH  OYSTERS  among  the  trade in 
Michigan is one of the features of our business,  and  from  September  first  to  the 
May  following,  we  are  headquarters  for  these  goods, and shall appreciate  and 
promptly attend to all orders sent us,  as heretofore, guaranteeing  quality, measure
and satisfaction.

THB P U T N A M   C A N D Y  CO.

14

TH E  M IC m G A N   TRADESM AN,

AN  OBSTINATE  CULPKIT.

One morning, in the spring of 1826, the 
only child of a Mr. Clark,  of  Hempstead 
county,  in the  Territory  it  then  was of 
Arkansas,  a  bright  little  fellow,  four 
years  of  age,  went out to  play  a  short 
distance from the family dwelling.  An 
hour  afterward,  a little  negro  who  had 
been his companion  came  running  back 
to the house in evident alarm, and related 
that two men on horseback had suddenly 
made their appearance, one of whom had 
dismounted,  caught  up  the  child,  and 
carried him off.
It is needless  to  depict  the  grief  and 
anxiety of  the  distracted  parents.  The 
boundless  forests  which  separated  the 
few  widely scattered  white  settlements 
were infested  with prowling wild beasts, 
roaming savages, and men still more sav­
age.  That  their  darling  should  be ex­
posed to any of these  dangers  was  suffi­
cient to excite in the minds of  the father 
and mother  the  most  harrassing  appre­
hensions.
The  rough  but  kind-hearted  settlers, 
though not given to eloquent expressions 
of feeling,  testified their  sympathy  in  a 
more substantial manner  by  turning out 
en  masse  and  scouring  the  woods  and 
prairies in every direction.
At length intelligence  was  received of 
a  man  on  horseback  carrying  a  child. 
Without a moment’s delay,  the  agonized 
father set out in  the direction which the 
stranger, who had two days the start, was 
reported  to  have taken; but after a pur­
suit  of  over  three  hundred  miles,  he 
learned,  to  his  bitter  disappointment, 
that the child he  had so eagerly followed 
was not his.
Every effort ended  in  disappointment. 
The father rode thousands of miles, trav­
ersing  the  country  in  every  direction. 
Advertisements,  offers  of  reward,  the 
persevering search of hundreds of people, 
all  proved  alike unavailing  until  some 
time  in  the  following winter, when  the 
father received a letter mailed at Natchez, 
stating that if he would enclose fifty dol­
lars  to  the  address  of  the  writer, and 
would send  the  mother, unaccompanied 
by any other person, to a house in Arkan­
sas which he designated, with  two  hun­
dred dollars  more, a woman there would 1 
deliver up the child  to its mother.  This ! 
letter  bore  the  signature  of  “Thomas 
Tutty,”  and  was  correctly  and  intelli­
gently written.
By the advice of friends, a letter detail­
ing 
the  foregoing  circumstances  was 
addressed  to  the postmaster at Natchez, 
while another promising compliance with 
the requirements of  Tutty and enclosing 
fifty dollars was directed to him. 
In the 
letter to the postmaster, he was requested 
to keep  watch  for  the  man who should 
call for the other letter,  and see  that  his 
person was secured.
In due season, a man of genteel appear­
ance and manners called and inquired for 
the letter.  The  postmaster,  under  the 
pretext  of  some  difficulty  in  making 
change, detained the man until an officer 
arrived, when he was immediately appre­
hended.  He  was  ascertained  to  be an 
individual who for some time had taught 
a school in the  vicinity  of  Natchez,  and 
whose singular  and  cautious habits had 
previously rendered him, in some degree, 
an object of suspicion.
When  first  arrested, he seemed  obsti­
nately  bent  on  admitting  nothing.  He 
denied  having  written  the  letter,  and 
asserted  that  bis  name  was  not Tutty. 
But when put on  his examination before 
a magistrate, on a charge  of  having fab­
ricated  the  story with a view of fraudu­
lently extorting money from the parents, 
he earnestly affirmed that he knew where 
the child was, and  mentioned  many cir­
cumstances and places which conclusively 
proved that he  was perfectly acquainted 
with  the  entire  way  between  the resi­
dence of Mr. Clark and Natchez.
On the  suspicious  fact  of  his having 
called for the letter, he was committed to 
prison,  and  the  afflicted  parents,  who 
were promptly notified of the fact, with a 
number of friends, repaired  to  Natchez.
When confronted with the  father,  the 
prisoner stated that  in a certain place he 
would find the clothes  worn by the child 
at the time of  his  disappearance, with  a 
number of  bones so disposed as to create 
the  impression  that  the  wearer  of  the 
garments  had  been  devoured  by  wild

LEMON  &  PETERS,

IMPORTING  AND

2 40
S 40

Wholesale  Grocers.

2 80
3 86

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

M cG in ty's F in e G u t T obacco,
L,autz  B r o s•  <6  Co.’s  Soaps,
N iagara  S ta rc h ,
.Acme C h e e s e —H e r k im e r  Co., N. Y. 
C a sto r Oil A .xle G rease.

00

G R A .N O   R A R I  O S .

RRD T h e   m o st  effectiv e  C o u g h   D rop  in
COUGH  th em .  T l”y  
DROPS

A. E. BROOKS & CO.
The  Finest  Line  of  Candy  in  the  State.

th e  m a r k e t 
S e lls   th e
q u ick est  a n d   p a y s  th e

MANUFACTURED  BY

Grand Rapids, Mich,

BRO W N  Sc  SEH LER,

Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS and H IL L  MACHINERY, Farm Machinery, 

Agricultural Implements, Wagons and Carriages.

Corner West Bridge and North Front Sts.. 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

H E S T E R   <Ss  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAHT AITS GRIST 1QLL MACH IN ERY,
.a ta io au e 

ana 
P ric e .

A T

L A S   WORKS
STEAM ENGINES* BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

for  Immediate  delivery.

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for  Pricm. 

44.46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH.

P.  &  B.  Brand  Oysters.

The trade throughout Western and Northern Michigan are  requested  to  order 
the reliable P. and B.  BRAND  OF  OYSTERS.  Your  order  may  be sent to any 
of the Grand Rapids wholesale bouses  or  given  to  their agents, and same will be 
promptly filled.  They  are  fine  goods—packed  daily—and  guaranteed to be the 
eq„ al of any brand ever placed upon the market.  We shall appreciate your favors, 
either to us direct or to your jobber.

T h e   P u tn a m   C an dy  Co.

C r o ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP  BUHNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................   40
  45
No. 1  “  ................................................ 
No. 2  “  .........................................................   60
Tubular............................... 
75

 
lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

 

6 doz. In box.

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“ 
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“ 
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Pearl top.

XXX Flint.

First quality.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun......................................................... 1  75
No. 1  “  ..........................................................1  88
No. 2  “  .................................................. :....2 70
No. 0 Sun,  crimp top...........................................2 %
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun,  crimp top...........................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
No. 2  “ 
....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz............................ 1 25
....................... 1  50
No. 2  “ 
1  35
No. 1 crimp, per doz................ 
1  60
No. 2  “ 
Butter Crocks, per gal...................................  06 %
Jugs, M gal., per doz.....................................   75
....................................  90
..................................   1 80
Milk Pans, 14 gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) —   65 
“ 
“  90c).  ..  78

“  1 
“ 
“  2  “ 
“ 
Mason’s, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps.

“ 
STONEWARE—AKRON.

( 
PRTJIT  JARS.

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Pints............................................................  
Quarts........................................ 
 
Half-gallons............................................. 
Above quotations are f. o. b.

50
 
00

FIT  FOR

T a b l e :

All goods bearing the 

name  of

THURBER, WHYLAND  &  CO., 

OR

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

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

THÜBBEB, WHYLAHD  &  00.,

1 West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Street* 

Hew York Oity.

S .  A ,  M o r m a n

WHOLESALE

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

L IM E ,

Akron,  Buffalo and  Louisville

C E M E N T S ,

Stucco and Hair, Sewer  Pipe, Fire Brick 

and  Clay.

Write  for  Prices.

20 LYON ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

JLangelond Mfg. Co.

Wholesale  Manufacturers  of

SA SH

---- AND----

DOORS
L u te , Lath  and  Shingles.

DEALERS  IK

Office,  Mill  and  Yard:
East  Muskegon  Ave.,  on  C.  ft  W. M. R’y. 

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

beasts;  but he assured Mr. Clark that the 
bones were not those of  his child, but an 
animal, placed there  for  the  purpose of 
deception.  A  subsequent  examination 
fully  verified 
these  assertions;  yet, 
strange to say, neither threats nor  prom­
ises could extort from  this singular man 
the  slightest  information  that  had any 
other tendency than still more  deeply  to 
excite the anxiety of the parents.
In  the  meantime,  several  citizens  of 
Natchez,  stimulated  by  the  warmth of 
their  sympathy,  and  thinking  that  a 
moderate castigation, while it could work 
the prisoner no  injustice, might possibly 
serve to render him more communicative, 
forcibly took him  from the prison in the 
absence of the jailor, whose duty, in such 
cases,  was to be conveniently out  of  the 
way,  and,  by a vigorous  application  of 
raw-hide to a hide  still  rawer,  soon  re­
lieved the proceedings of  the embarrass­
ment occasioned by the culprit’s standing 
mute.  He gave a solemn assurance  that 
if  they  would  send  to  a  certain house 
about fifty miles from Natchez,  the  peo­
ple  there  would  give  positive informa­
tion  as  to  where  the  child  was  to be 
found.  A  messenger  was 
immediately 
dispatched to the designated  house;  but, 
on  his  arrival,  he  found it occupied by 
persons of irreproachable character, who 
were  utterly  astonished  at  his  errand, 
and unable to afford the slightest clew to 
the object of his inquiries. 
It was mani­
fest that the prisoner  had  resorted  to  a 
subterfuge in order to  secure relief from 
the hands of his tormentors.
Having  exhausted  every  artifice  of 
force and persuasion to induce  the  pris­
oner to make a fuller disclosure, the par­
ents and tlieir  advisors at length became 
convinced  that,  although  he  had  been 
implicated in the kidnapping of the child, 
he no longer knew anything of its where­
abouts or condition, and that he had been 
induced to his recent course solely with a 
view of procuring money.
It was fiually arranged that  he  should 
be discharged  from  prison  on condition 
that  he  would  return with the parents, 
who hoped, either by threats or promises, 
to avail themselves of  his assistance and 
information in the further prosecution of 
their search.
He was accordingly released and started 
with the  parents  and  their  friends  on 
their  journey  toward  home.  He  was 
kept  closely  guarded,  and  it  had  been 
intimated to him that unless he disclosed 
to Mr. Clark everything  he knew in rela­
tion to the child,  as soon  as  they passed 
the limits  of  the  settlements, he should 
certainly be put to death.

Having  reached  the  point  indicated, 
the  still  obstinate  prisoner  inquired of 
Mr. Clark how long he intended to permit 
him to live.  The  reply  was  that if he 
persisted  in  withholding  the  desired 
information for six hours longer, his fate 
was  sealed.
The  guards,  who  had  been  lulled in 
security  by  the  prisoner’s  apathy  and 
apparent  indifference  to  his  fate,  had 
abated  much  of  their  vigilance,  and no 
longer  remained  in  close  proximity  to 
their charge,  who, watching  a  favorable 
opportunity, sprang  into the thicket and 
darted  away  with  the speed of one who 
runs for life.  With  equal  fleetness  and 
impelled by a motive not  less  powerful, 
the father pursued.  He was an unerring 
marksman and carried  an excellent rifle; 
but to fire was to imperil the last hope of 
penetrating  the  fearful  mystery  which 
enshrouded the fate of his child.

The race  was  sharply contested;  and 
already had the two  runners  passed out 
of  sight and hearing  of  their  late com­
panions,  when a deep  bayou  intercepted 
the flight of  the fugitive,  and seemed to 
render his capture  inevitable.  Without 
a  moment’s  hesitation,  he  plunged  in, 
and  swam  vigorously  for  the  opposite 
bank.  Already  he  had  reached 
the
middle of the stream, when the desperate 
father raised  his  rifle,  determined  that 
with  his  last  hope  should  perish  the 
wretch  in  whose  grasp  it  was  borne 
away.  The deadly aim had already been 
taken, and  in  another  moment the fatal 
messenger  would  have been dispatched, 
when,  with  a  piercing  scream, 
the 
wretched  criminal  threw  up  his  arms, 
and then disappeared  beneath the turbid 
waters,  whose  crimsoned  surface left no 
doubt that from the  jaws of  an alligator

he had  met  with a fearful  but  befitting 
retribution.
Thus vanished the last clue to the miss­
ing  child,  whose fate  remained as mys­
terious as  the  motive  which  led  to  its 
abduction.

T h e   V a lu e  o f  R e c re a tio n .

From Maher’s P ractical Hints.

When a man has his business in perfect 
working order and knows that, just then, 
a little more or a little less effort  on' his 
part will be answered by increased or de­
creased  profits,  it  is  hard  for  him 
to 
believe it wise for him to leave his duties 
for  an  hour,  even  though  he  is  over­
worked.  But one of the highest duties a 
man owes himself  is to give his brain an 
occasional  rest.  There  is  a  good deal 
more in life than  simply adding to one’s 
bank account.  There is  more  honor  in 
being a good citizen than in simply grow­
ing rich. 
It  is  poor  policy  to be thor­
oughly posted in all  that  concerns  your 
business and be out of all  knowledge  of 
the great world.  A  man wants to forget 
his business occasionally—ought never to 
carry his cares beyond his store door.  A 
fortnight’s  respite  from  business  cares 
will send you back to them  with renewed 
strength and a clearer  head.
Do not imagine that your business will 
go to the dogs if you leave it for a day or 
two. 
If  you  have  been thorough with 
your men—if you have faithful and inter­
ested  employes—the  machine  will  jog 
along smoothly enough until  you return. 
We  are  all  apt  to flatter ourselves that 
we are doing what no other person could 
do;  but, not infrequently, something hap­
pens to show us that we are not nearly so 
indispensable  as  we  imagined—in fact, 
that  a  division  of  labor in our business 
would be vastly to  its  advantage.  Our 
subordinates, if left in  charge  occasion­
ally,  will have a chance to carry out some 
ideas of their own,  and these, in a major­
ity of cases,  are  decided  improvements. 
The man who  repulses suggestions from 
those under him—gives his men no credit 
for knowing anything  beyond the steady 
routine of their employment—loses much 
that would be of  assistance  to him,  falls 
into a rut and stays  there,  much  to  his 
detriment.  The man  who  cannot  learn 
something from contact  with other men, 
whether employes or outsiders,  is  not  a 
healthy man.
Business is a master  that  soon  makes 
abject slaves of us,  if  we will;  but,  with' 
a well  established  trade,  one should be 
master of his  business.  With  probity, 
industry and economy, almost  any  man, 
by well directed effort,  may  be  prosper­
ous.  Whatever progress is made without 
this foundation, is deceptive.

Furniture

-----AT-----

Nelson, 

M atter 

&  Co.'s

S ty le s   N e w ,  C h eap , 
M ed iu m   a n d   E x p e n ­
siv e.

Large  Variety. 

Prices Low.

TH E  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect October 5,1890.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

South. 
For Saginaw, solid t r a i n ........... 
For Traverse C ity........................ |  5:15 a  m 
For Traverse  City & Mackinaw |  9:20 a m  
For Saginaw, solid tra in ............. 
For Cadillac.................................. t 2:15 p m 
For Mackinaw.............................. t   8:50 p m  
From Kalamazoo.........................t  3:55 p m

Arrive from   Leave going 
North.
t  7 :80  a  m
t   7:05  a m
fll:30  a m
t  1:30  p m
t   5:00 p m
1110:30  p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from   Leave going1 

South.
North. 
For  C incinnati............................. II  6:00a m  
t   6:80  p m
110:30  a m
for Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .+10:15 a  m 
From Saginaw............................... 11:45a m
t  2:00  p m
For F ort W ayne and the  E ast.. 
Tor C incinnati.............................. t  5:30 p m  
|j  6:00  p m
for K&l&mazo and  Chicago.. . .tl0:50pm  
(|11 :S0  p m
From Saginaw..............................t!0:30 p m
Trains m arked (|p run daily; (t) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—11:30  a   ra 
train , parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw C ity;  10:30 p m  
train,  W agner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—6:30 a m train , parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train , through parlor coach to Chicago: 6 p m  
train, W agner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m 
train, W agner sleeping car  for Chicago.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M u s k e g o n , G r a n d   K a p id s  & I n d i a n a .
7:00  a m  
11:15  a m  
5:40 p m  

From Muskegon—Arrive.
10:10 a m
8:45 p m
Through tickets and full inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist.  ticket  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  Oeorge  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids. Mich.

3:45 p m

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

GOING WEST.

Arrives. 
tMorning Express............................. 12:50 p m  
tThrongh Mail..................................... 4:10 p m  
tGrand Rapids  Express................. 10:25  p m 
•Night Express....................................6:40 a m  
tMixed................................................  
GOING BAST.
tDetroit  Express................................6:45  a m  
tThrough Mail.................................. 10:10 a m 
fEveningExpress.........................3 :3 5 p m  
~'Night Express................................ 9:50 p m 

Leaves.
1:00 p m
6:15 p m
10:30 p m
8:45 a  m
7:30 a m
6:50am
10:20 a m
3:46 p m
10:55 p m

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has W agner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These train s make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving a t  10:55  p  m  has  W agner  sleeping 
car to Detroit, a rriving in D etroit  a t 7:20 a  m.
Steam boat  Express  m akes  direct  connection  a 
Grand H aven with steam boat for Milwaukee, 
sleeping 
secured  at 
tickets 
>.,G. H.& M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t the depot.
J ab. Campbell. City Passenger Agent. 
J no. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

berths 

and 

ear 

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  A  Northern.

F o r T o led o  a n d  a ll p o in ts S o u th  a n d  B ast, tak e  
th e  T o led o , A n n   A rb o r &  N o rth   M ich ig an   R a il­
w ay fro m  O w osso J u n c tio n . 
S u re   co n n e ctio n s 
a t ab o v e p o in t w ith  tra in s  o f D.,  O.  H.  &  M.,  a n d  
c o n n e ctio n s a t T o led o   w ith   e v e n in g   tra in s   for 
C lev elan d ,  B u ffalo , C olum bus,  D ay to n .  C in cin  
n a tl,  P ittsb u rg , C resto n , O rv ille   a n d   a ll  prom i 
n e n t p o in ts o n  c o n n e c tin g  lin es.

A. J .   P a is l e y , G en ’l P ass.  A g en t 

DEPART.

/C H IC A G O   &  W E S T   M IC H IG A N .
V J  
M ail a n d  E x p re ss fo r B ig  R ap id s, L ud- 
in g to n ,  M an istee & T ra v e rse  C ity ..  *7:30  a   m  
E x p re ss fo r C h icag o  a n d   M u sk eg o n ..  t9:00  a   m
F a s t M ail fo r C h ic a g o ................................t l  :00  p   m
E x p re ss fo r M u sk eg o n  a n d  H a r t ........ +5:4>  p   m
N ig h t E x p re ss  fo r  C h icag o   ................*11:35  p m
I l l  :85  p   m  
N ig h t E x p re ss fo r  In d ia n a p o lis   .. 
M ail  fo r  B ig   R ap id s,  M an istee  a n d
........  +5:05  p   m
E x .  fo r G ra n d  H a v e n  &  M u s k e g o n ...  +8:40  p   m

T ra v erse  C ity  ................................ 

ARRIVE.

N ig h t E x p re ss fro m  C h icag o   ................  *6:30  a   m
N ig h t E x p re ss fro m   In d ia n a p o lis 
...  $6:30  a  m 
E x . fro m  M usk eg o n , H a rt & P entw ater+10:15  a m  
E x p re ss  fro m   B ig  R ap id s,  B a ld w in
a n d  T ra v e rse   C ity ....................................+12:35  p   m
M all fro m  C hicago a n d  M u sk eg o n   ..  +3:55  p   m
E x p re ss fro m  G ra n d   H a v e n ....................  +5:50  p   m
F a s t E x p re ss fro m   C h i c a g o ..................+10:15  p  m
E x .  fro m   M uskegon a n d   P e n tw a te r..+   5:50  p  m  
E x .  fro m  B a ld w in  a n d  T ra v e rse  C ity.  +1:50  p   m
E x p re ss fro m  T ra v e rse  C ity ....................*11:3Q  p   m
♦D aily. 
tD a ily  e x c e p t S u n d a y .  1 D aily  e x c ep t 
S a tu rd a y . 
tD a ily  e x c e p t M onday.
T h ro u g h  c h a ir  c a r  fo r  C h icag o   o n   9:00  a   m  
t r a i n ;  n o  e x tr a  c h a rg e  fo r seats.  T ra in s  lea v in g  
G ra n d   R ap id s  a t  1:00  p   m   a n d  11:15 p  m   ru n  
th ro u g h  to   C h icag o   so lid . 
T h ro u g h   sleep in g  
c a rs   b e tw e en   G ra n d   R a p id s  a n d   C h icag o   o n  
n ig h t  e x p re ss  tra in s. 
T h ro u g h   co m b in atio n  
sle e p in g  a n d   c h a ir  c a r  b e tw e en   G ra n d   R ap id s 
a n d   In d ia n a p o lis  o n  n ig h t e x p re ss tra in s.
T h ro u g h  sle e p e r b e tw e en   C h icag o   a n d   T ra v  
e rs e C ity ;  lea v e s C h icag o  4:10 p m ,  e x c e p t  S u n  
d a y ;  G ra n d  R ap id s,  11:30 p m ;  a rriv e s   In  T ra v  
erse  C ity a t 6 a  m .  L eav es T ra v e rse  C ity a t 6 :15 
p  m ,  e x c e p t S a tu rd a y ;  a rriv e s  in   G ra n d   R ap id s 
a t 11:30 p m ;   C h icag o  7:05 a m .
R ail a n d  w a te r  ro u te   b e tw e en   G ra n d   R ap id s 
a n d  C h icag o  v ia  St. J o se p h   a n d  G rah am  & M or­
to n ’s n e w  p a la c e  steam ers, C ity  o f  C h icag o  a n d  
P u rita n .
L eav e G ran d   R a p id s  1:00  p   m . a rriv e  in   C h i­
cag o  8 :3 0 p m .  L eave C h ic a g o 9:00  p   m ,  a rriv e  
T h e  5:05 p m  tra in   h a s 
G ra n d  R a p id s 6:30 a  m. 
th ro u g h  p a rlo r c a r fro m  D e tro it to  M anistee.

■ E T R O IT , L A N S IN G  &  N O R T H E R N .

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

E x p re ss fo r S ag in aw   a n d  B ay C ity —   +6:55  a   m  
M ail  fo r  L a n s in g ,D e tro it  a n d   E a s t...  +7:25  a   m  
E x p re ss fo r L a n sin g , D e tro it a n d   E a s t  tl:0 n   p   m  
M ail fo r A lm a, St.  L o u is a n d  S ag in aw   +4:10  p   m  
F a s t E x . fo r D e tro it, N ew  Y ork,  Boston*6:25  p   m  
M all fro m  S ag in aw  a n d   B ay C ity. 
...+11:50  a  m 
M ail fro m  L a n sin g , D e tro it a n d   E a s t.+12:05  a   m  
F a s t E x p re ss fro m  L a n sin g  a n d  E a s t.  *5:05  p   m  
E x p re ss fro m  L a n sin g   a n d  D e tro it...  +9:50  p   m  
E x .  fro m  S ag in aw , St. L o u is a n d  A lm atl0 :5 0   p   m  
•Daily. 
The shortest line to D etroit and  the  East.  Elegant 
parlor cars between Detroit  and Grand Rapids. 
GRAND  RAPIDS  AND  REED’S  LAKE  TIME  TABLE.
Daily train s leave Union depot a t 9,10.11 a m,  1, S, 3, 
4, 5, «. 7. 8,0,10 p m.  Sundays only—1:30,2:30,3:30,1:30, 
5,5:30 p  m.  Daily  trains  leave  Reed’s  Lake  (Alger 
Park) a t 0:30,10:30.11:30  a   m,  1:30,2:30,3:30, 4:30,0:30, 
7:30,8:30,0:30.10:30 p m.  Sunday trains—2,3,4,6,5:30, 
6 p m .  For tickets and inform ation.

tDaily except Sunday.

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

15
MlGHIGAN(TeNTPAL

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit E xpress.    ...............................   7:20 a m   10:00 p m
Mixed  ....................................................6:30am  
5:00pm
Day  Express........................................11:55 a m   10:00 a m
•Atlantic & Pacific Express............. 11:15 p m  6:00 a m
New York Express..............................5:40 p m 
1:25 p m

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

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping:  cars  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. B r ig g s , Gen'l Agent. 85 Mcfnroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglks, G. P.  &  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,

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMRN
Watt fflaker 
§ Jeweler,
Grand Rapids  ■  ]fli6h.

44  GÄNRL  8Y„

and all kinds of Produce.

BEFORE  BUYING GRATES
jet  Circular and Testimonials.  S e n t   F r e e r ,
ALPINE  FIRE  PLACE.  GRASP RAPID), Mil'll.

Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

W A .N TB D .

FRUIT,  BEANS 

DRINK

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

E A R L   BROS., 
C o m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F ir s t   Na t io n a l  Ba n k.  Ohicago.
Mic h ig a n  T rad b sm a n. Grand Rapids.

L IO N
COFFEE

A True Combination  of  MOCHA, 
Picture  Card  Given
With every pound  package.  For 
Sale everywhere. Woolsou Spice Co.,Toledo, 0.

JAVA and RIO.

n itew nrp«*

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Boia/  •  : w o o d *iMCTAt Furniture
« c u -0 £*£« GRAND RAPID? M IC H .

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

W ritten f o r  T h e  T r a d e s m a n.

GOLD  DUST  FOB  MERCHANTS. 
With all  due  respect to the boys—and 
even  young  men—a  merchant  should 
know to a certainty where  and  how  his 
clerks  “of  the  male persuasion”  spend 
their off  hours. 
If  he  desires to know, 
the process is easy,  and  it  will pay both 
himself and them. 
If  he is paying them 
a certain  sum  per  week,  and finds they 
are spending  half  as  much more,  some­
thing is wrong,  and  he should  not  rest 
until he knows  where  the  extra  money 
comes from.

Never use, or allow the use of, a sponge 
in cleaning  your windows or show cases. 
It will  give  a  scratched  appearance  to 
the glass in a short time and,  if persisted 
in,  will cause an opacity which can never 
be removed.  The fine,  sharp  sand from 
which  it  is  seldom  entirely free  is  the 
destructive agent.

A mouse seen  running  about the floor 
of  a grocery store by a few lady custom­
ers. daily for a week,  will cause the mer­
chant a greater loss  than  he  can  repair 
in six months—even if he kills the mouse 
afterward.  Never  try to poison  rats  or 
mice in a store  where  any food  is  sold. 
A trap may be  set  to  advantage  or  the 
right  kind  of  a  cat  may be allowed  to 
watch for them.

If  it  is customary for  a  merchant  to 
deliver  goods,  three  things  alone  will 
insure  appreciation  and  a  retention  of 
your customer—dispatch, cleanliness and 
good order.

Personal cleanliness,  in a store of  any 
kind,  is a winning card in attracting cus­
tomers,  and  vice  versa. 
It  is  neither 
necessary nor  in  good  taste to be richly 
dressed while  at  work.  Your  clothing 
should be clean,  if plain or coarse. 
It is 
an  axiom  with many,  that any person— 
if  otherwise  coarsely  dressed—is  quite 
presentable with a clean  collar,  tidy ap­
pearance about the neck, and well-blacked 
shoes.

Butter  and  lard  should never be kept 
openly exposed to the air. 
It is  too sug­
gestive  of  dust  and  insects  to  attract 
purchasers.  A  refrigerator  should  be 
used as a receptacle.

Matches  should be kept on the highest

shelf and,  if  possible,  in a tin  or  other 
metallic box.

Always be conveniently deaf and blind, 
but  attentive  and  happy as a bird  in  a 
cherry trep,  when  waiting upon a surly, 
cross,  or otherwise ill-bred customer.  He 
or she will come again.

If crowded with customers, excuse your­
self to others but give the  aged first, and 
next the children the preference, no mat­
ter how  apparently poor.  This will win 
dollars as well as golden  opinions.

That Upper  Berth  Again.

Detroit, Oct.  10.—As a member of the 
traveling fraternity,  I feel like  thanking 
T he Tradesman for  the  bold  stand  it 
has  taken  in  the  past—and  reiterated 
again in this week’s  issue—in  regard to 
keeping closed the upper berth  in  sleep­
ing cars when not in actual  use. 
I  have 
spent half my nights in sleeping cars for 
the past seven years and have been need­
lessly annoyed and imprisoned  hundreds 
of  times,  simply to gratify the  greed of 
Messrs.  Pullman  and  Wagner  in  their 
attempt to force me to pay for  the upper 
berth. 
I  heartily  agree  with  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n   that  the  time has come for 
the Legislature to step in aud protect the 
traveling public against a continuance of 
the imposition. 

T raveler.

I*uriueiiy alirivm, V» cullici ly A Co.)

CONTRACTORS  TOR

Galuanixed Iron  Cornice,

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

Dealers In

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPID8.

El.  P u rita n o   Cigar.
The FinestlO Gent Gigar

EL  PURITANO

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. BRETOORT, 

S.  K.  BOLLE».

E.  B.  D1KEMAN.

S .  K.  Holies  &  C o .,

T7  CANAL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C igar  D ea lers.

« T O S S   U P T 99

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

H o l d f a s t s

An appliance  to prevent Ladies’ 
and Misses’ Rubbers from slipping 
off from the shoe.  The neatest and 
best device ever  invented  for  the 
purpose.  Do  not  fail  to  try the 
men’s  Lycoming,  Fa.,  Stocking 
It  is  the  King  of  all 
Rubber. 
Stocking  Rubbers  made.  Both 
only manufactured by  the  Lycom­
ing Rubber  Co.  For sale by 
O.  H.  REEDER  &  CO.

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

WE LEAD THE VAN

Other houses may import  cigars  and Holland her­
ring, but the records of  the  Grand  Rapids  Custom 
House  show  that  we  are  the  only house in Grand 
Rapids which

IM P O R T S
IT S   O W N
T E A S

DIRECT

FROM  THE 

GROWERS

IN JAPAN

The  fact  that  our  tea  sales  have doubled every 
year since we have pursued  this  policy,  is sufficient 
evidence of its superiority over the methods of other 
houses.
'T e lf e r   S p i c e   C o m p a n y ,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

R I N D G B , B B R T S C H  &  C O .,

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

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

Cracker  Manufacturers,

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

Send us your rubber order before the rush.  We are prepared to fill your  order 

in Boston and Bay State goods at lowest market price.

