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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1890.
S .  A .  M orm an

Experience of the  Inventor of Wooden 

WOOD  CORKS.

NO.  371.

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PART  V.

Written for The Tradesman.

Arrangements  were  made  with  this 
man,  in case more of the wood was want­
ed, to  fill the  company’s  order  for  any 
number  of cords  at  a  stipulated  price, 
and Wilson left for the North the day fol­
lowing.  That evening he was introduced 
to  an official  of  the  British  consulate, 
residing in Brunswick, who was of Scotch 
parentage, and who was deeply interested 
in the invention.  A very enjoyable hour 
was  passed  with  this  gentleman,  who 
proffered  any  international  courtesy  in 
his power for the company.

During  Wilson’s  absence,  Mr.  E.  had 
been in correspondence with  an  eastern 
party  who  had  a  power  cork  tapering 
machine to  sell,  which  was nearly  new 
and  said to  be worth  $500, but,  as  the 
sale was  imperative, it could  be had far 
Being  complicated  in 
less  for  cash. 
mechanism, 
it  was  necessary  that  a 
machinist  should  take  it  in  pieces  for 
shipment,  who was afterward to set it up 
again.  Upon Wilson’s return, therefore, 
Mr. E.,  accompanied by  his workmen, at 
once  left for  the  East  to  complete  the 
purchase  and  ship  the  machine  home 
The  wood arriving  soon  after  from the 
South, the cutting  machine already  des 
cribed was placed at  work.  A  fine  cir 
cular saw,  with a very rapid motion,  was 
found best adapted to first cut the timber 
into discs having the  required  thickness 
for the various lengths of stoppers.  The 
sizes were, for obvious reasons,  duplica 
ted  and numbered  from the  bark  corks 
then in use. 
It was  found that an extra 
amount  of labor  was  necessary  in  first 
sand-papering these discs,  in  order  that 
the ends of the stoppers  should be  suffi 
ciently  smooth  and  present  a  finished 
appearance,  and  for  a  long  time  no 
method could  be devised to  lessen  their 
expense.  At length,  accidently  visiting 
an  inland  town  in  the  State,  Wilson 
heard of a new  factory  for  manufactur 
ing what is termed short siding, whereby 
No.  1  clear  siding,  or  clapboards  are 
produced from inferior or  knotty logs by 
cutting  out the  knots, and  utilizing the 
four  to  six  feet  pieces  between  them 
Here  his  attention  was  directed  to 
the  wonderfully 
surface  of 
the  ends  of 
the  boards  which  were 
jointed  by  a  circular  saw.  No  planed 
surface was smoother.  The  wood  from 
which these boards were made was white 
pine, and there  seemed to  be no  reason 
why  this saw  should  not  cut a  similar 
but  lighter wood  with the  same  finish 
An examination of this saw when at rest 
disclosed a peculiar setting of teeth, hav 
ing  a cutting  edge which  he had  never 
before  heard-of.  Here  was  one  more 
difficulty  solved and  much time  and ex 
pense  saved.  When  Wilson  returned 
home,  several  feet of  the catalpa  were 
sent at once to this factory to be cut into 
discs by this unique saw.

smooth 

The  result  was all  that could  be  de 
sired.  A  saw  of  this  kind  was  soon 
obtained, at a cost of  about  $30, and  be­

About  this 

came a part of  the new  factory.  While 
this  southern  wood  seemed  at  first  to 
produce corks of a more  uniform quality 
than  any other,  it  was soon  found  that 
no  two lots or batches of  them  could be 
turned  out  alike,  even  with  the  same 
careful  treatment  in  every  particular. 
This  discovery,  after  so  many  impedi­
ments  had  been  met,  was  a  very  dis­
heartening one; and Wilson  appealed  in 
vain  to  several  chemists  and  scientific 
men for a  solution of the  mystery.  The 
interviews  usually  ended  with  the  re­
mark,  ‘‘you  apparently  know as  much 
about this matter in question as  we do.” 
time  many  commercial 
agents were traveling from  the Lakes to 
the Gulf of Mexico,  and  East  and  West 
from  ocean  to  ocean,  with  samples  of 
this  new  production  in  their  pockets, 
hich  were  exhibited to  hundreds who 
were hungering for anything  to take the 
place  of  the rapidly  deteriorating  bark 
corks,  and created a  profound  sensation 
many sections of  the country  and the 
branch factory”  was deluged  with  let- 
containing  large orders  from drug­
gists and dealers; also asking for agencies, 
territorial  rights,  etc.  One  wholesale 
house wanted 500  gross of one  size  sent 
at  once, and  another wrote  for the sole 
agency  of  Pennsylvania,  for  which  he 
ould pay a premium,  if necessary.  To 
all this’W.  &.  E.  could  only reply  that 
no sales in quantity, nor any propositions 
for  agencies,  could  yet  be  entertained, 
as the machinery  and apparatus for  the 
manufacture  were  not  yet  completed. 
That time, however,  seemed yet  to be in 
the  dim and  uncertain  distance  of  the 
future,  as no  sooner than  one  obstacle 
was  surmounted,  another  arose  requir­
ing  attention. 
It  was  now  found  that 
the pores of  the  wood  did not fill suffici­
ently to render every stopper impervious. 
Powerful microscopes were brought  into 
use,  and a minute  examination of  those 
finished,  developed  the  fact  that  they 
were  filled  very  unequally—many  not 
at all,  and these only served their intend­
ed  purpose,  by the  compression  of the 
pores  as they  were forced  into the vials 
or bottles. W. & E. both reasoned that the 
pores  of the  wood,  being  already  filled 
with  air,  which  was  itself  elastic,  the 
melted  wax could not  enter them  fully, 
by simple immersion,  as had  been  prac­
ticed;  but  that  an  apparatus  must  be 
devised by which the wax could be forced 
into them.  First,  a  strongly-made  me­
tallic  tank or  receiver  was constructed, 
having  an  air  tight  door  or  opening, 
which would  contain a bushel  or  more. 
Connected  with  this  tank  by  a  small 
brass tube, entering it at the bottom,  was 
a second smaller metallic  vessel  to  con­
tain the wax.  These two receptacles were 
supplied with stop cocks to  close or con­
nect  them with  each other.  A  vacuum 
guage  and an  air-pump  were  also  con­
nected with the cork receiver.  This air- 
pump  was constructed  to be  worked by 
hand  or steam  power.  To  operate this 
rather  strange  appearing  apparatus  it 
was first necessary to place the  stoppers 
as  they  came  from  the chemioal  tanks 
softened, washed and dried,  into the  re­
ceiver; then close the lid.  The wax now

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being in the smaller vessel, the stop cock 
between the two was closed,  and  by  the 
aid of steam the wax was quickly melted 
and  kept  at  a certain  heat.  Next  the 
air-pump  was  operated  to  exhaust  the 
cork receiver;  the air  guage  registering 
the  pressure  to  prevent  accident  and 
show  the  vacuum.  The  stop-cork con­
necting  the receiver  and  the  vessel  of 
melted wax now being  opened, the  fluid 
was  supposed to rush  in to  the vacuum 
containing  the stoppers and fill them in­
stantly.  The vessel of  wax,  being a lit­
tle the lowest,  the  superfluous  quantity 
would in a few minutes return  by gravi­
tation to its own receptacle,  and the con­
nection  between  the 
tanks  was  then 
closed.  The  cork  receiver  now  being 
allowed  to  become  sufficiently  cool,  a 
stop-cock upon the top is opened and the 
air allowed to fill  it; relieving  the  pres­
sure  that the  lid may  be  opened.  The 
stoppers are found to be coated with wax 
and are as  hard  as  pebbles.  They  are 
then at once thrown into a tank of scald­
ing  water  and  rapidly  stirred  about, 
when  they quickly part  with their coat­
ing.  After being washed in a fresh sup­
ply  of hot  water,  they  are  found to  be 
bright  and clean, free  from the wax ex­
ternally and the pores of the wood  quite 
uniformly closed.

Having  devised  and completed  many 
improvements in apparatus,  and  appar­
ently doing  better  work,  it is  now per­
tinent  to enquire  why either  portion of 
the  Cork Co.,  at San  Francisco,  or  the 
Eastern  branch,  were  not  supplying  if 
part  of  the  constant  demand  for  their 
product,  and even beginning  to pay divi­
dends?  Those  having  charge  of  the 
work  in  California  were  meeting  even 
more discouraging results than W.  &  E., 
as both their wood and  money  were  ex­
hausted,  and the cork stock was  rapidly 
dropping  out  of  sight.  The  Secretary 
and Treasurer of the company about this 
time  becoming  discouraged  with 
the 
prospect, abandoned everything  and left 
that  part  of the country  to engage  in a 
more lucrative business elsewhere—until 
such  time  as,  it  was  earnestly  hoped, 
Wilson should report still  more  encour­
aging work in  Michigan.

If at this date Mr. E. had not expended 
the  entire  stipulated  sum  of  money, 
which  was  to  make  the  business  self- 
sustaining,  he  had,  at least,  paid  out all 
that Wilson  was willing  he should,  and 
this startling  news  from his  colleagues 
had a further  disheartening  effect  upon 
It was  seemingly “the  last  straw 
him. 
upon  the  camel’s  back,”  and 
to  him 
foreshadowed an entire failure,  with  his 
loss  of money  and labor,  and  his  rele­
gation to poverty if not  dishonor.  Mak­
ing  illness  an  excuse—but  which  was 
really a  fact—for a  journey home,  Wil­
son  now left  the scene  of  his  troubles 
never  to  return  and  take  part  in  the 
work again.

How long Mr.  E.  prosecuted the  work 
alone,  or when  or  in  what  manner  he 
disposed  of  it  and  the  costly  working 
material on hand, the writer never knew, 
and to approach Wilson upon the subject 
would  only  be  to  re-open  his  already 
bleeding wounds afresh.

them  ask 

At  this late  day in  the history  of the 
wood  cork,  all  who  see 
in 
wonder  why  it  should  fail  of  success; 
and  why  not  revive  it  again?  There 
were several causes why the work would 
not  pay,  but chief  among them  was the 
refractory nature of the wood.  Of course 
it  was worse  than  useless  to  send  out

T E T E   M IC IT T Q A IS r  T R A D E S M A N .

stoppers upon the market  with  one-half 
of  them unfit  for use,  and to  select the 
good  from the bad,  which  could only be 
done  one by one,  was to  bring  the cost 
where  it would  exclude  them  from the 
market altogether.

Among the  thousands upon  thousands 
of  patented  inventions,  it  is  said  that 
only 10 per cent,  are a  financial success, 
and,  among those,  a large  proportion are 
very  simple articles,  cheaply made  and 
sold  at a  very  low price,  thus  bringing 
them within the reach of all. 
Inventions 
are usually the creations of  accident and 
not  from a  studied purpose,  yet  it is no 
less  true 
invention  begets 
another,  as  the  constantly  progressive 
ratio  of increasing  numbers in  our pat­
ent  office will  show. 
It will,  therefore, 
be  seen  that,  as  a  vocation,  inventing 
would be a precarious and unsatisfactory 
one,  as  while  only one  road leads  to a 
competence,  ten  may lead  to an  insane 
asylum or  death.

that  one 

In  dismissing  this subject,  it may  be 
of service to the world, and stimulate the 
thought  of some  future inventor  to add I 
that  Wilson is still  positive the  coming 
cork  for the world  is to  be of  wood, in 
some  form,  and  that  the  next  century 
will  witness  it  perfected  and  with  at 
least half a million people engaged in its 
production  and  manufacture.  He  be­
lieves  that the already rapid  advance in 
chemistry, as applied to many inventions, 
will overcome several refractory kinds of 
wood,  and,  at  last,  like  a phoenix from 
its ashes, his dead product will  arise,  re­
habilitated with a life and  beauty which 
will never perish. 

A l p h a .

A  GENUINE  MOSSBACK.

Typical  Experience  of  a  Backwoods 

Merchant.

Written for The Tradesman.

Grizzled  and  solemn,  with  hooked 
nose,  small  gray  eyes,  wrinkled  fore­
head,  and a heavy voice,  he  entered  the 
store.  * His suit  of  farmer’s  homespun 
did not fit him like a glove—at  least, not 
like some gloves—and his boots  were  of 
the  kind  generally  denominated  “cow­
hide”  and  clumped  dolefully  as  he 
walked.

It was not an unusual visit.  He comes 
quite often,  and to tell the truth  he  had 
been in only the  day before.

“Good  day,”  said  he. 

“Nice  day 

ag’in.”

I replied in  the  affirmative,  though  it 
was hardly my ideal of the kind of a day 
he had mentioned.

“Think it’s a  goin’  to  keep  like  this 

all spring?”

I didn’t know; but thought  very likely 
we might have a change  before  a  great 
while.

It was a circular.

“Is there any mail for  me?”
There was. 
“Is that all?”
“Yes.”
“Ain’t there no postal card?”
“No.”
“I was  expectin’  a  postal  card  from 
It  didn’t  come, 

John  James’s  folks. 
eh?”

“No.”
“1 was goin’  to  buy  a  ye’rlin’  heifer 
from  Joshua  White  and  John  James’s 
woman was a goin’ to write an’ tell me if 
I could get her on time.  You hain’t seen 
nothin’ of John James around  here  late­
ly, have you?”

I hadn’t.
“I was kind o’ expectin’ on  him  up to 
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“No, that circular was all  there was.”
“It must be about  time  for  them  fel­
lers at Elk Rapids to send up the  money 
for the last scale,  ain’t it?”

I thought likely it was,  though  I  had 
given the  matter  no  deep  thought  and 
consequently wasn’t thoroughly prepared 
to say.  Their alcohol house had burned 
down only  a few  days  before,  and  per­
haps that had something to  do  with  the 
delay.

The old man eyed  his  circular  suspi­
ciously  for  a  few  minutes,  and  then 
asked where it was postmarked.

I told him that it  was  not  marked  at 

“Is it good ?”
Most likely it was.  Some folks thought 

so, anyway.

“Guess I’ll have  to  get  some  o’  that 
some day.  How much did  you  say  you 
asked for it?”

“Five cents.”
“Sell six pounds for a quarter ?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll see  what the  old  woman  thinks 
about i t   Mebbe I’ll get some next  time 
come  up.  Have  you  got  any  cattle 

cards ?”

We had.
“How much be they ?”
We had several kinds.  Exhibit  made 

“I thought they allers had to postmark 

and prices quoted.

all.

letters.”

“So they do,” I  replied,  “but  this  is 
nothing but a circular and  they  are  not 
always so particular about them.”

A little“ investigation  showed  that  it 

was from Chicago.

I be?” he demanded.

“How did^them fellers find  out  where 

they are like.”

“Hain’t you got none bigger ’n these?” 
“No.”
“Why don’t  you get some o’ them with 
rubber backs ?  They beat  these all hol­
ler.”

“Never saw  any.  Don’t  know  what 

“Jollys!  They’re  good  ones.  They 
beat these  all  to  pieces.  You  want  to 
git some o’  them.”

I said I’d see about  it.
“I didn’t want to  git none  to-day any­
way;  but I guess I’ll  have  to  have  one 
pretty soon.  My old one’s  about played 
out.  Got any hoarhound  candy ?”

“Yes.”
“Got any of the round sticks?”
“Yes.”
“Jollys!  That’s  the  best  stuff  for  a 
cough  I  ever see. 
I  had  a  noffle  bad 
cough week  afore  last,  and I e’t a piece 
of that round hoarhound  candy about as 
big as my  little finger  an’  it  stopped it 
right off.  How much is it a stick ?”

“A cent.”
“Yes, I thought so.  That’s  what  you 
charged  me  for  it  before.  Guess  I’ll 
take  a  stick.  Thanks.  That’s  right, 
ain’t it ?  A cent ?  Yes,  I  thought  so. 
Well,  guess I’d  better  be  gettin’  along. 
I’ve got  all  the  chores  to  do  to  hum. 
How much do  you ask for  clover seed  a 
bushel! 
I  come  pretty nigh a fergittin’ 
that.”

“Four and a half.”
“Four  and  a  half,  eh ? 

seed?”

“Yes, first rate.”
“Let’s see some of it.”
The seed was produced.
“Jollys!  That looks  like  good  seed 
They was a tellin’  how’t your seed wan’ 
no good and I wanted to see some of it to 
make sure.  -That’s  as  good a sample  of 
seed  as  I’ve  seen  fer  years. 
’Twa’n’ 
growed now’rs around here was it?”
“No.  Did you want to get some ?” 
“No, I didn’t  want to git none  to-day 
but I  wanted  to  see  some  of  it,  so’s’ 
when them fellers  git  to  blowin’  about 
your  seed a bein’  no  good I c’d tell  ’em 
that I knowed better,  cause  I’d  seen  it 
myself.  Well,  guess  I’ll have to be git 
tin’ along  home.”

And so,  at last,  he  gradually slid out 
of  the door  and was lost to view.  He is 
a pretty good  sort of a fellow;  but he al 
ways prices  everything  that  he  can see 
when he comes to the store,  and  he  will 
never get over it.  Sometimes  he  really 
buys some goods,  and he is an  easy cus 
tomer to sell  to  when  he  is  in buying 
trim;  but  a  man  might  as  well  try to 
make a sale to the  Statue  of  Liberty in 
New  York  harbor as to get him  to  buy 
goods when he doesn’t feel like it.

Geo.  L. Thurston.

Tanner—B.  Burmeister  has begun the 

erection of a 30x60 foot store.

Of course'T didn’t know.
“Idon’t'know  a ¿'soul  in'.Chicago  ex 
ceptin’Jsome^excursioner  fellers  what 
was upTiere two years ago a tentin’  out 
and 1 sold them some taters.  Mebbe it’s 
some of them.”

I told him that I thought  he  had  cen 

tered the mark the first shot.

Presently he began to walk around the 
store,  and as he did so he  took  occasion 
to examine the goods that were  lying  on 
the counters.

“What sort o’ stuff do you call this?”
It was a piece of dress goods.
“How much do you ask for it?”
“Sixteen cents.
“For a yard, eh?”
I responded in the  affirmative.
“Cheap enough, too. 

It’d make a nice 
dress  for  the  old  woman.  Guess  I’ 
have to get her a pattern ofFn that.  Are 
you buyin’ butter now?”

I was.  We  were  paying  20  cents 

pound.

“Jollys!  Can’t you do as good as they 
do  to  Bellaire? 
Last  time  Zebediah 
Bangs was there  Hemstreet  offered  him 
twenty-four,  an’  he  told  him  he’d  pay 
more’n that if he’d take it in trade.” 

“Have you any butter to sell  to-day? 
“No, we  don’t  make  no  butter  now 
The old cow’s cornin’  in  in  a  couple  of 
weeks,  and then we’ll have lots of butter 
to sell after  leeks  is  over.  You  don 
buy no leeky butter,  do you?”

We didn’t.
“No, I  s’pose  not.  Some  don’t,  but 
then ag’in some does.  What’s  thiq,  ’ere 
stuff?”

“Cracked wheat.”
“Cracked wheat,  eh?  Well, I’ve heerd 

o’ that stuff often, but this is  the  first 
ever seed.  How d’ you s’pose they make 
it?”

I didn’t know, exactly.  Thought  like­

ly they just cracked it.
“To a grist  mill, eh?”
“Probably.”
“Why couldn’t they do  it  to  the  mill 

up here?”

“Probably they could.”
“This wa’n’t made up here,  was it?” 
“No.”
“Where was it made?”
I didn’t know.
“Probably down south somewhere?” 
“Very likely.”
“How much do you charge for it?” 
“Five cents a pound.”
“What do they do  with it?”
Make pudding of it, I thought.

W 3SÆ.  R .  K E E L E R ,

CoBfecfioneTT  aid Fruits, Nits aid Cigars,

JOBBER  OF

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TELEPHONE  92-3R.

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A L F R E D   J.  B  Ft O  W  3ST,

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Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Fruits 

and  Produce  Generally.

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No.  166  South W ater St., Chicago.  F air cash advances made on consignments.
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.

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AMONG

A ZfA TSV TEZ »TATE.

A a  Sable—K. F. Load  ha»  ssM  Ms

furniture stock î** o . R»  SSiÉL

Beginaw—Biciari. M.  Eobt*  La-  sold

hi* grocery stock Ify 11   B. Tobia«.

Chelsea—W m . PtliW—t 

grocery  stock  to 'Ì V /É- Wil&ìdNPflL.

ift&É  jtl*

Perrin tom—J.

A

Ni ver k  Cmrfvr'&  m

C f A w t ^

f a i t

W est Brasca—W. H~  J'A&jr -rr  i &mjmié§

A lbert S tep a o a  iS ta 'Ä S I  WMHM9NL

t

Lake  Odeees—F.  1C-  T

A.  dt G.  Halier is tL*: 

Grayling — M.

Joseph  Mark* ia xm *lvzkïzi4 u
Oakley—L.  Y. HôweîS  A O
Km s u a L.  Rood is tfee dry food*
hzjt

Cadillac—C. C.

Mv  —T b w u  à; Besdcrriho; s&eeeed 
basi-

Augusta*  A  Giea*on  in  tfee 

P w . l i t   ---   1>AaIÌ  W hïZ Sfild  SaCCeedâ
Soju-r A WMtÊirkS  in  the  jtn>t<Tj  b-j*i-

Sashvj‘te — P irk «   A  Baldwin  have 
purchased  the  Frank C.  Boise hardware 
stock.

■.A* Saper *u<seefed*  Saper k
Petali
ÏÏÛtîiHId lu  1the  grocery and  provi »lau
S>ÌMI
Weit Bra& f:b—Henry k Thompson are
«meeeeded by E.  B.  Henry in the  grocery
badoeia

Be Johns—McDonald A Travis s&eceed 
McDonald A Steel in the drag  and  book 
business.

Pontiac—Cfaas.  E.  Sagendorf  ha*  sold 
hi*  *toek of  musical  instruments  to  F. 
H.  Daniels.

Muskegon—C. C. Moulton i- succeeded 
in the produce  commission  business  by 
August RudelL

Dimondaie—C.  E.  Norton 

succeeds 
Phinney  A  Norton  in  the  agricultural 
implement business.

Lansing—Cba*.  5. Gamer is  succeeded 
in  the  agricultural  implement  business 
by Hopkins  A Tenney.

Battle Creek—Carl  Binder  has opened 
a meat  market at the  stand  recently oc­
cupied by John  Walz.

Tustitt—Ide A Berry have  closed their 
meat market here  and  re-engaged in the 
same business at Marion.

Owosso—The Owosso Fancy Goods Co. 
has opened a new  store, carrying  a  line 
of fancy good* and  notions.

St. Charles— O.  D.  Hamilton  A  Son 
have dissolved and transferred their drug 
stock to Caroline A.  Hamilton.

Kothbory—C.  A.  Robinson  has  sold 
his store building to  L.  W.  Davis,  who 
now occupies it with  bis grocery stock.

Hart—Wm.  Hen wood  has  purchased 
the interest  of  W.  Stitt  in  the grocery 
firm  of  Htitt A Sanford.  The  new firm 
will  be known as Sanford A Henwood.

Big  Rapids—The  Grand-Girard  drug 
stock,  lately  owned  by  L.  A.  Winans, 
has  been  sold  to  Dr.  A.  Hanlon,  for­
merly engaged  in  the  drug  business  at 
Middlcville.  The stock  will  be removed 
to some other place.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—Pomeroy,  Kruse  A  Kern, 
cracker  manufacturer»,  have  dissolved.
Orangeville—The grist  mill  has  been 
leased  by Henry Spicklin,  late  of  York- 
vllle.

Owosso—It Is reported that  the  Estey 
Manufacturing Co.  will  build a large ad­
dition  to  its  furniture  works  in 
the 
spring.

iuaber ässhaess  to  t&e  I p d lis d   L t» - 
ber Oo.

A :v « d —D.  Flanagair » «aw ilL  » Lieh 
recestly  buraed.  will  be  immediately

Jack*»—Austin  k   Phillips  are  *ue- 
eeeöed in tse maaufacture of  broom»  by 
PMIIip*  A C eddy.

Sagisaw—The  nasoe  of 

the  Newton 
Xi^Lite  Ca  ha*  beeo  eLanzed  to  the 
Valley Maefcln* Co.

Vitfctirttrf—Turner A Hinebat^gb Lave 
parchased the stock and good  will of  the 
V ietiharz Lomber Co.

Ion La—The  oew  fcrnitare  faetory  i* 
a u i r z  500 iedrwai  iciti for  the  Estey 
Macnfaeturing Co.,  at Chro-so,

Paio—W.  M.  POtter,  formerly  of  St. 
Johns, ha*  Joeated a  sawin:';  hexe to ent 
the oak timbeT  on 190 acre* of  land near 
tlii» place.

Ka.i^SBBSzoo— Ira V.  HIeks ha* rented  a 
snit&ble bailding and  will  at  onee  eom- 
meuce the manufacture  of  buggies  and 
road  wagon*.

ItiLaça—W.  F.  Thompson’s  factory is
Putìing out  1,500  buliter  toi/* a day arid
mieittinery  I*  being placed to  run  out
500 <randy pail* a  day

Gì•and Ledge—The Grand
Min-
iîii- Co.  «   turning up  coal
in  paying
quaiititie*.  and  will  begin  to ship  it  as
W'tfMl a« ite  new $por track is baili.

Gladwin—McDougall k   Hoi man are
cotti ng 3.090 cedar pohr* for the Western
Union Tellerapb Co. One pole  cut last
week wâ»  eighty-five feet  and  seven
inchess loDjr.  iaid  to be the  longest  <ever :
cut in tbfr »tate.

We*t  Ray City—It

is  reported that
Kern. Helsneir k  Co* wiil build a  mil1  on
the H<debkis*; mill  site.
The  stock for
the mili will !5e  rafted here  from  other
point«, the report being that the firm  has 
made extensive purchases of  timber.

Bay City—The Robinson Salt  A  Lum­
ber  Co. has  contracted  to  manufacture 
between  200,000,000  and  300,000,000  feet 
of Canadian  logs  for James  Kneeiand. of 
Milwaukee.  About 2,000.000 feet  are  to 
be delivered every month under  the con­
tract

Detroit—Frank  H.  Kidder,  of  Terre 
Haute,  Ind.,  and  George  F.  Piper,  of 
Mankato.  Minn.,  who recently purchased 
the Union  flouring  mills  property,  will 
spend over §50,000  in refitting  the  prop­
erty.  The mills  will have a capacity  of 
at least 1,000 barrels per day.

IN D IA N A   ITEM S.

La Grange—Chas.  Hunt  has  sold  bis j 

grocery stock to  Seaton & Co.

Sbipshewana—This is one  of  the best | 
locations in  the  State  for  a  grain  and j 
produce buyer,  as the farmers hereabouts 
raise  large  quantities  of  wheat,  oats,  j 
corn,  potatoes,  onions  and  bogs—all  of i 
which have to be marketed at other trad­
ing points,  for the lack of a buyer nearer I 
home.

The  Potato  Market.

The potato market is  exceedingly  act-1 
ive, there being more buyers in  the  field ! 
Strong as the eompe- j 
than ever before. 
tition  is, the price  has  held  remarkably j 
steady,  55c  apparently  being  the top of 
the market,  while most of  the purchases 
have been  made on the basis of  50c.  The 
greatest difficulty is experienced in secur- j 
ing cars, the demand  being largely in ex­
cess of the  ability  of  the  railway  com- j 
I panies to supply.

M.  B.  M.  A.

vention

Official Call for the  Fifth  Annual  Con­

The  fifth  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association 
will  be held  at  Grand  Rapids  on  Tues­
day.  Nov. 25, convening at  9  o’clock  a.
BL

All  local  Business  Men’s  Associations 
are requested  to  send  full  delegations, 
and a cordial invitation  is  extended  ail 
business men to  attend  the  convention, 
Irrespective  of  affiliation  or  opinion. 
All  will  be accorded  equal  privileges  of 
voice  and  vote, the  intention  being  to 
make the convention truly representative 
of  the  business  interests  of  the  State.
Recognizing the importance of the con­
vention, and  its influence on the business 
public, the Railway Association of Mich­
igan  has kindly accorded  the  usual  one 
and one-third rate of fare  to  those  who 
procure certificates of the Secretary prior 
to the meeting  and secure the  signature 
of the ticket agent at the  time  ticket  is 
purchased.

A  most interesting programme is being 
arranged for the meeting and it  is  to  be 
hoped that all  will come prepared  to  at­
tend  every  session  of  the  convention. 
Assurances  have  been  received  from 
most of  the  pioneers  of  the  movement | 
that they  will surely be on  hand,  so that I 
the meeting will  take on  the character of 
a re-union,  as well.  Come one, come all!

E.  A.  Stow e,  Sec’y.

C.  L.  W h it.vey,  Pres.

SHARP.

AFTERNOON 

Business.

s e s s io n   — 1:30 

o’c l o c k  
1.  Report  of  Committee  on  Order  of 
2.  Report of Committee on Credentials.
3.  Paper—“ Jlow  to  improve  Our Col­
lection  Bystem,”  by  K,  W.  Hastings. 
Traverse City.
4.  Paper—“ Fire Protection,”  by  P. J. 
Connell,  Muskegon.
5.  Consideration of reports of standing 
committees.
<5.  Address—“The  Lard  Bill  now  be­
fore  Congress,”  by  EL  F.  Bannard, Chi­
cago.
7.  Paper—“A Model  Improvement As­
sociation,”  by  F.  II.  Holbrook,  Muske­
gon.
8.  Address—"What Shall We  Do to be 
Saved?” by L.  W. Sprague, Greenville.
9.  Paper—“Some Phases of  the  Insu­
rance  Question,”  by  Geo.  B.  Caldwell, 
Grand Rapids.
EVENIN'*,  SESSION—7:30  O’CLOCK  SHARP.
1.  Report of  Committee on  President’s 
address.
2.  Report of  Committee  on  Secretary 
and Treasurer’s reports.
j  3.  Address—“ What I Know  about  Oil 
Wells,”  by H.  II.  Pope, Allegan.
4.  Paper—“The Value of Persistency,” 
by Julius Schuster,  Kalamazoo.
5.  Unfinished business.
6.  Election of officers.
7.  Report  of  Committee  on  Resolu­
8.  Adjournment.

tions.

Rich  Potato  Harvest.

Kin g sley,  Oct.  25.—The  farmers  in 
this vicinity are reaping  a  rich  harvest 
on their  potato  crop.  From  800 to 1,000 
bushels are  being  purchased  here every 
day by local  buyers.  Taken  as a whole, 
the farmers have never had as good crops, 
which turned  so  easily into  ready cash, 
as this season.

T H E   PROGRAM M E.

So far  as  already  arranged,  the  pro­

gramme will be as follows:

MORNING  SESSION— 9 O’CLOCK  SHARP.
1.  Call to order.
2.  Prayer by Rev. Chas.  Fluhrer.
3.  Address of welcome by  Mayor  Uhl.
4.  Response by Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw.
5.  President’s address.
6.  Secretary’s report.
7.  Treasurer’s report.
8.  Report of Executive Board.
9.  Report of  Committee  on  Transpor­
10.  Report  of  Committee  on  Legisla­
11.  Report of Committee on Insurance.
12.  Report of  Committee  on  Building 
and Loan Associations.
13.  Report of  Committee on  Trade In­
terests.
14.  Appointment  of  special  commit­
tees on President’s  address,  Secretary’s 
report,  Treasurer’s  report,  Credentials, 
Order of Business and Resolutions.

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F. J. D ETTEN TH A LER,

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Salt Fish

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Ella  L.  Kellogg  succeeds  Kellogg  & 
Miller in the drug business at 618  South 
Division street.

Kline &  Lacey is the style of  the  firm 
which succeeds S.  Megaw in  the  grocery 
business at 183 Broadway.

H.  M. Dodge will  shortly open  a  gro­
cery store  at  Saranac.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co. is putting up the stock.
Henry J. Viukemulder & Bro.,  grocers 
at  445  and  447  South  Division  street, 
have opened a meat market in connection.
Whitney  &  Remick  have  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Wyman.  The 
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the
stock. 

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T.  G.  Biggs  and  B.  A.  Kenyon  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of  Biggs & Kenyon and embarked in the 
fruit and produce  business at the corner 
of South Ionia and Louis streets.

M.  L.  Sweet  &  Co.  have  leased  the 
King & Kimball  elevator,  at Ionia,  and 
will conduct  the  same  under  the  local 
management of  E.  H.  King and  John H. 
Hamilton.

Dayton & Parmenter, formerly engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  shingles  near 
Sears,  are now engaged in the manufact­
ure of mattresses and spring  beds  at  39 
South Division street under the  style  of 
the Valley City Spring Bed Co.

K.  Dykema &  Bro.  have  arranged  to 
erect a roller mill on the vacant  lot  east 
of  their  elevator,  on  Fulton  street, for 
the  manufacture  of  bolted  and  granu­
lated meal,  graham and buckwheat Hour. 
The building will  be 18 x 66  feet  in  di­
mensions and two stories high, the inten 
tion being to halve  everything  in  readi 
ness to begin operation by March  1.

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

Every merchant is interested in all  the 

goods and wares which  he  handles; 
terested in knowing everything connected 
with  their  production,  growth,  manu 
facture and  quality.  With  the  know! 
edge of all this comes his success in buy 
ing and his good name and profit in their 
sale. 
In these degenerate  days of  fact! 
tious and adulterated goods,  it  is  to  his 
interest  to  readily  distinguish  the  true 
from the false and—let it  be  said  in  all 
kindness—his  interest  to  impart  that 
knowledge to his customer. 
It is  also to 
his interest to call each article by its true 
name, as far as possible. 
If in doing  so 
one sale is lost,  ten others will  be  made 
instead.  Do not  call  butterlne  butter, 
nor any preparation coffee  which  is  not 
genuine.  They  may  be  harmless  and 
nutritious, but by and by some  one  will 
say,  “You do not sell me what I ask  for. 
I want to know  when  I  send  my  child 
that he gets what he is sent  for." 
It  is 
all right to sell both the adulterated  and 
factitious goods,  if  you  can  know  they 
are not harmful, because  the  public  de­
mand them,  and many  are content to use 
them on account of their cheapness;  but 
don’t call them by a  wrong  name  inten­
tionally.  Even our laws forbidding  the 
sale of some substitutes may  not  always 
be just, for our law makers are not infal­
lible,  but,  as  good  citizens,  we  should 
obey the laws.

The Hardware  Market.

Bar and sheet iron are firm.  Nails are 
weak.  There is no  change  in glass, al­
though since the formation  of  the  large

combine, there have been  indications  of 
an advance.  The  rope  market  is  still 
excited,  with a downward tendency.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Middlevllle 

Sm allegan & Pickaard.

Caledonia  T J  Sheridan,

Geo Schichtel,New Salem
John V  nkemulder.G'dville 
H TM Treglow n,  Gd Ledge
C A Robinson, Rothbury 
W W atson, Parmele©
T Armock, W right 
H orning & H art, Woodville 
Den H erder  A  Tanis,

J  L Thomas,  Cannonsburg  P M Van Drezer, Saranac 
L A Scoville, Clarksville 
J B W atson, Coopersville 
Forest Grove
Sampson & Drury, Cadillac W R McMarray, Ada 
Frank Somers, Dorr
T H Atkins, Carlisle 
H Bakker & Son, D renthe
J W Colburn & Bro, 
A Shook. Coral 
Eagle River. Wis
Geo Burley .Canada Cors 
8 Cooper, Jamestown 
Carrington & North,  Trent H Van Noord,  Jamestown 
M E Haskell, Traverse City J  Ensing. Kalamazoo 
Severance & Rich, 
W H Hicks, Morley 
C A Brott, Moorland 
C A Barnes, Otsego 
L Heath. Hastings 
N W ait, Hudsonville 
8teketeev  Holland 
M Wolf, Hudsonville 
Cook, Baner 
M Robson, Berlin 
F Braden, Lakeview 
M Patrick, Leroy 
W alling Bros.. Lam ont 
“7 J Pom eroy. Lisbon 
,uce& Jackson LutnberCo, W R Lawton. Berlin 
Scranton. Miss  E E Hewitt, Rockford 
Geo A Sage, Rockford
f O W ard, 8tanwood 
John G unstra, Lamont 
,eroy Moore, Ltanwood 
8 T McLellan, Denison
[ M Dodge, Saranac 
FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

E J  Manshum, Fisher
J  F Henry. East  Paris
Wm Kars ten,  Beaver  Dam J Barnes.  Austerlitz 
O H W albrink, Allendale 
Maston A  Hammond,
Grandville
J  W Mead. Berlin

WmVerMeulen.BeaverDam  B Wolf, Ot-ego 

Vriesland

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

¡tOR SALE—A  COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND  FIX- 
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  a t  a 
irgain.  Address for  particulars  8. P. Hicks,  Lowell,

__ ___________ ______  

jX)R SALE—WE  WILL SELL  WHAT  IS  KNOWN  AS 
J: 
the “ Model Cash Grocery,” the only cash  grocery 
in the c ity :  m ost centrally located upon the  west  side 
of  Main  street:  annual  sales  about  $35,000  cash,  no 
credit:  reason for selling, the ju n io r m embers want to 
go  W est.  Address C. S. Mather & Sons,  E lkhart,  Ind
125
Fo r   s a l e  — n e w   s t o c k   o f   g r o c e r ie s   a n d

fixtures:  one of the best locations In city:  reason 
for  selling, poor health.  Address  Grocer,  care  Mich
igan  Tradesm an. 
123
OR” SALE-AFIRST-CLASS  DRUG  STOCK  AND 
_  
business in  Grand  Rapids  w orth  $2.500  m ust  be 
sold owing to the absence of proprietor on  account  of 
sickness;  correspondence  solicited.  Address  O-  H. 
Richmond &  Co..  I ll  South  Division 
street..  Grand 
Rapids.  Mention this paper.  __________________
TX)R  SALE—THREE-STORY  FRAME  HOTEL,  WITH 
F   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, with furniture  and  good  will 
big  bargain,  $2,000.  Address  A.  C.  Frost.  Alpena. 
___________! ■
Mich. 
115

IVOR SALE—$300 STOCK  OF DRUGS.  ADDRE88 J. B 

care Michigan Tradesman.___________
OR  SALE-A  NICE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 
_  
located on corner in a  good town  of  5.000  inhabl 
tants;  good point for a  physician-,  nice  paying  trade 
owner has o ther business to look after.  N. H. Winans 
3 and 1 Tower Block, Grand Rapids.  ____________1

FOR  SALE—BRADT’S  BAZAAR  AND  MILLINERY 
store a t Flint. Mich. 
Fo r  s a l e—st o c k   o f   h a r d w a r e   and  b u il d
ing in the best town of  N orthern  Michigan.  Ad­
dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman.__________
W ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR 
general  or  grocery stock;  m ust be cheap.  A 
dress No. 2«, care Michigan Tradesman.___________26

_______ 1

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

W ANTED -  SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 
lady of 20, who  has  had  the  advantage  of  col 
leglate education;  does n ot  write  short  hand,  but  is 
good penman; wages s o t so much an object as a pleas 
an t place to work.  Address Z,  care  Michigan  Trades 
m an 

__________

MISCELLANEOUS.

OR  SALE  OR  RENT-A  NICE  BRICK  STORE  IN 
the village of  Morrice;  size  of  store,  25x60 feet: 
insurance low;  good opening for general  store.  Call 
on or address B. F. Rann & Son, Morrice, Mich.

BOLISH  THE  PASS BOOK  AND  SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesm an  Coupon,  which is now In use by over 
5 000  Michigan  m erchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 
praise  of  Its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
The
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1. 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
C3AMPLE8  OTTWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE 
o  
tellers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them  to  the  Suiliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co 
Albany, N. Y.

Playing Garda

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICK  LIST.

Daniel  L ph,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF

See Quotations in Another Column.
WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

W e Manufacture
Everything in the line of

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed with pleasure. 

Write  us.

EL  P uritano  Cigar.
The FinestlO Cent Cigar

EL  PURITANO

O N   E A R T H

I 

CUBAN  HAND  MADE

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILW0RTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,
I 
Grand Rapids.
f  BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   TH AJDESM ^JST.

Dry  Goods•

P r ic e s  C urren t.

Another Instance  of Profit-Sharings 
Here is  another  practical  demonstra­
tion of the fact  that  capital  is  not  the 
grasping and tyrannical  monster  that  it 
would  be  made  to  appear. 
The  old 
hands  at  the  Victoria  mills,  at  New­
berry port,  Mass., were treated  to  a gen­
uine and most  agreeable  surprise  when 
they went up to draw their  pay last Sat­
urday.  Each operative who had been  in 
the employ of the company for  a  period 
longer than  five  years,  some  ninety  in 
number,  received an extra  envelope con­
taining a sum of  money equivalent  to  a 
fortnight’s or a  month’s  wages,  accord­
ing to his period of service.  The  oldest 
workman had  served  twenty-five  years, 
and quite a number have  been connected 
with the mill fifteen years.  This  unex­
pected act of  generosity  was  performed 
by  the  heirs  of  the  late  Theophilus 
Walker, owner of  the mill, and it is said 
that all who were  employed  by  him  in 
whatever capacity  for  a  long  term  are 
being remembered in like manner,  a tithe 
of  a  big  fortune  being  given  back  to 
those  who  helped  to  make  it.  Agent 
Farley and Paymaster Mills of the Victo­
ria were handsomely remembered, and in 
all some  $2,500  in  gratuities  were  dis­
tributed.

She Wanted a Few Samples.

There  is a  dry  goods house  in  Utica 
which  thinks there  is  such  a  thing  as 
overdoing  the  “sample” business.  The 
Press of that city  says the firm  recently 
received the following modest request:
“Will  you please  send me a  few sam­
ples,  as I want to  purchase  some  goods, 
and if you will favor me with your kind­
ness and send me a sample of your cream 
color cashmere and  pink and  heliotrope 
and  drab and  plush  of  different  colors 
and  of black  silk and  satin and crushed 
plush and all their prices and  how much 
is  your black  surah silk  and your  sash 
ribbon in black and lace in point in  black 
and  send me  a dark red  and a red  cash- 
mere all at  once.”

The Effect of Male Attire.

Mrs.  Jenks—Oh,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
what shall we  do with our  daughter? 
I 
heard her  talking to herself  in her room 
just  now,  while  she  was  dressing,  and 
she said d-d-damn  twice!”
“Mr.  Jenks—Let’s  see.  She  has  be­
gun  wearing boiled  shirts,  like a man’s, 
lately, hasn’t she?”

Mrs. Jenks—Yes; but what has—?”
Mr. Jenks—She  probably lost  her col­
lar button down the back of her neck.”

The  D octor’s  In stru ctio n s.

“It’s pretty damp for a person with the 
rhuematism to be prowling about,  Uncle 
Josh.”
“ Mebbe,  boss,  but  it’s  der  doctor’s 
advice.”
“Do  you  mean to tell  me  the  doctor 
advised you to be out nights?”
“Not ’zactly dat  away—but  he  said  I 
must have chicken brof.”

N othing  L ike  a   Bluff.

An  Idaho  bank on which  there was a 
ran,  piled  upon  the  counter  what was 
supposed  to  be  $40,000 in gold. 
This 
stopped the run and  brought  in  deposi­
tors,  and  when the trouble  was over the 
gold  was  taken  down.  The  packages 
contained iron  washers cut to  the  thick­
ness and size of $20 gold pieces.

B E A C H ’S 

New  York  ßoffee  Rooms.

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All  Kinds  of 

Order  Cooking  a  Specialty.
FRAN K   M.  BEACH,  Prop.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A..............7  ICliftonCCC.............  6%
“  Arrow Brand 554
“  H ...............  63S£ 
*• 
P ................  6  I 
“  Worldwide..  7
“ 
D........  ...  6* 
“  LL...............   5
“  LL..............  5* Full Yard Wide...... 634
Amory.....................7 i  Honest Width...........   6M
Archery  Bunting...  4  Hartford A  ............. 534
Beaver Dam  A A ...  5%¡Madras cheese cloth
Blackstone O, 32__5 
iNoibe R....................  51«
Black  Rock  ...........7  Our Level  Best........ 614
Boot, AL...............   714 Oxford  R ...............   654
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Pequot.....................734
Comet..................... 7  Solar.........................   614
Dwight Star............  7J4lTopof the  Heap__ 714

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Amsburg.................7
Blackstone A A......  8
Beats All................   414
Cleveland.............   7
Cabot...................... 714
Cabot,  %.................654
Dwight Anchor......  9
shorts.  854
Edwards.................   6
Empire...................   7
Farwell...................754
Fruit of the  Loom..  854
Fitchville  ............. 714
First Prize..............614
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount..............  414
Full Value..............654
Geo.  Washington...  814

“ 

Glen Mills..............  7
Gold  Medal............   734
Green  Ticket........... 814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope......................... 7J4
Just  Out........  454® 5
King  Phillip.............734
OP......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale...........  © 854
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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814

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UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Cabot......................  714|Dwight Anchor
Farwell...................  7341
TremontN..............  514
Hamilton N............ 654
L.............7
Middlesex  AT........8
X............   9
No. 25__ 9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

.10 
Middlesex No.  1.
.11
2.
3 . .  
7 .. ..18
8 .. 

Hamilton 

COSSET  JEANS.

“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
DBESS  GOODS.

Hamilton N............ 714
Middlesex P T ........  8
A  T..........9
X  A..........9
X  F ........ 1044

Middlesex A A....... 11
2 .........12
A O........1814
4....... 1714
5.......16
.............   8  Nameless................20
9
.25 
..............1014
• 2714 
G G  Cashmere........21
.30 
Nameless  ...............16
■ 3214 
............... 18
35
Blddeford...............  6  INaumkeagsatteen..  714
Brunswick..............634|Rockport.................. 614
Allen, staple...........  514
Merrim’ck shirtings.  434 
fancy...........  514
“  Repp fura .  814
robes...........  5
Pacific  fancy..........6
American  fancy__6
robes............  634
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo__654
Simpson mourning..  614
American shirtings. 
....  614
Arnold 
greys..........6*4
solid black.  614 
long cloth B.1014 
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. .10*4
Berlin solids...........  514
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue....... 614
key red................   6
“  green ....  614
“ 
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy........  6
madders...  6 
Turkeyred 54......  714
Eddystone fancy...  6 
Martha Washington
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614
Turkey red............ 914
staple__514
Riverpointrobes....  5
Manchester fancy..  6 
Windsor fancy..........614
gold  ticket 
new era.  614 
Indigo blue..........1014
Merrimack D fancy.  614
TICKINGS.AC A......................1214
Amoskeag ACA
Hamilton N............   714
Pemberton AAA__16
York........................1014
D.............. 814
Awning..11
Swift River.............. 734
Pearl  River.............1234
Farmer......................8
Warren................... 14
First Prize.............. 1114
Atlanta,  D..............  6541 Stark  A
Boot........................  634  “ 
......
Clifton, K............... 7>4I  “ 
......
SATINES.
Simpson.................20
.................18
................. 16
Coechco.................1014

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

COTTON  DRILL.

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“ 
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Amoskeag............ 1214
9 oz...... 14H
brown .13
Andover................. 1114
Everett, blue.......... 12
brown.......12

Jeffrey.....................1114
Lancaster................1214
Lawrence, 9oz........ 1314
No. 220....13
No. 260....1114
No. 280....10H
Lancaster,  staple...  654

“ 
“ 
“ 
erNOHAMS.
Glenarven................ 654
fancies__7
“ 
Lancashire.............   614
“  Normandie  8
Normandie...............714
Westbrook..............8
Renfrew Dress........  714
Toil du Nord... .10@1034
........................10
“  
York........................654
Amoskeag................ 654
Hampton.................634
AFC........1014
Windermeer........... 5
Persian...................  814
Cumberland........... 5
Bates.........................634
Essex......................414
Warwick.................  834
Peerless, wnite........18341 Peerless  colored...21

CARPET  WARP.

“ 

GRAIN  BAGS.

“
“

No.

THREADS.

.12
..19

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

Valley City............ 16
Georgia................. 16
Pacific.................. 1434

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Amoskeag...............17
Harmony................ 17
Stark.......................2014
American............... 17
Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's..
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke..................22141
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....87
“  16...
39
...38
••  18... ....39
40
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
Washington............  414
Slater......................   414
Red Cross..  ...........   4*4
White Star............   414
Lockwood.................414
Kid Glove.................414
Wood’s..................   414
Newmarket.............. 414
Brunswick...............414
Edwards...................414
T W ........................2214
Fireman.................3214
F T ............ ............. 3214
Creedmore............. 2714
J R F , XXX............35
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless............... 2714
Buckeye.................3214
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  IGrey 8 R W............ 1714
Union R.................2214 Western W  ..............1814
Windsor............... 1834 D R P ............... 
1814
6 oz Western..........21  Flushing XXX.........2314
Union  B................2214;Manitoba..................3314
9  @1014 
Nameless...... 8  @9141 
...  834010  I 
1214
CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
Slate.
13
13
934
914 
15
15
1014 
1034
17
17
1134
1114 
20
20
1214
1234
Severen, 8 oz..........   914 West  Point, 8 oz__1014
May land, 8 oz.........1014 
“ 
10 o z ... 1214
Greenwood,714 os..  914 Raven, lOoz............ 1314
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1114 Stark 
............1334
WADDINGS.
White, doz............ .25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz___67 50
Colored,  doz...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9
“ 
“  Best AA 

Pawtucket...............1014
Dundle....................  9
Bedford...................1014
Valley  City.............1014
Coraline................ 19 50¡Wonderful............64 75
Schilling’s ............   9 001Brighton............... 4 75
Corticelli, doz......... 75  [Corticelll  knitting,

»34 13
1034 15
1134 17
1234 20
DUCKS

Best.1014
1214
CORSETS.

DOMET  FLANNEL.

SEWING  SILK.

..12  “ 8 
..12  | “  10 

twist,doz..3754  per 14os  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .37141
HOOKS AND EVES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White..10  INo  4 Bl’k & White.,15 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2—20, M C......... 50  INo 4—15, F 314........40
‘  3—18, S C...........45 
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k.,20 
4 
“ 
.23
“  6 
..26
|No3.........................36
No 2.........................28 

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

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3 

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A.James............ ...1 501 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................ 1  35 Gold Eyed..............1 50
Marshall’s...............1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4. ..3 2515—4__1  95  6—4.. .2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

“ ....2  10 

...SIM

Grand Rapidi  Fire Instance Co.

CASH  CAPITAL

$200,000.00

F a ir   H 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.

8  F.  ASPINW ALL, Secretary.

J.&P.GOATS’

SIX-CORD

IN

FOR

Spool  Cotton
B 
V ITE,  BUCK  AND  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
F.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.
Voigt, Hemolsheiir 4 Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

FOR  SALE  BY

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  OUeralls,  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 St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH

JF*. 

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

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  flolions,

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 r y   a n d   G loves.
Floor Oil Cloth in all widths and  qualities.  Rugs in new designs.

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

Valley  City.

WADDINGS,  BURLAP, TWINE, BATTS  and  COMFORTS.

88 

10,12,  14,16  1 18  Folliteli  8te„  GRAND  RÍP1D8.

WHOLBSALB.

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

Snlii & Sanford,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

rlTFTT0  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

£

A XES.

dls.

dis.

......

dis. 

bolts. 

BLOCKS.

dls.
dls.

“ ’ 
“ 
“ 

buc kets.

NAILS

BARROWS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR.

AUGURS AND BITS.

MAULS.
MILLS.

Advance over base:

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

Prices  Current.

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

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

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.

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

Snell’s. 
Cook’s .
Jennings’, Im itation....................... ...........50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..............
...........» 8 50
D.  B. Bronze.............
...........  12 50
S. B. S. Steel.............. ...........  9 50
D. B. Steel................. ...........  14 00
Railroad................................... ....... ____ 1 14 00
Garden.................................................. net  30 00

LEVELS.
70  8
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s
knobs—New List.
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings......
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings...
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings
55
Door,  porcelvln, trimmings.........
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain —
55
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ............
55
Branford’s .....................................
55
Norwalk’s ...................................
•16.00, dls. 60
Adze Eye......................................
115.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye......................................
Hunt’s ......................................618.50, dis. 20*10.
dis.
50
Sperry * Co.’s, Post,  handled......
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s  ..................
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables...
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & d r   k’s..
25
“  Enterprise 
....................
dis.
MOLASSES GATES.
.60*10
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................
.66*10
Stebbin’s Genuine.........................
25
Enterprise, self-measuring...........
...2 05
Steel nails, base............................
...2  50
Steel. Wire.
Base
60................................................... Base
10
50................................................... Base
05
20
40...................................................
20
10
30...................................................
15
30
20...................................................
15
35
16..................................................
35
15
12...................................................
40
20
1  10...................................................
50
1  8.................................................... ..  25
65
7&6.............................................. ..  40
.  60
90
4....................................................
1  50
3.................................................... ..1  00
2.................................................... ..1  50
2 00
FlneS........................................... ..1  50
2 00
90
Case  10.  ...................  ................. ..  60
1  00
8.......................................... ..  75
1  25
6.......................................... ..  90
1  00
Finish 10....................................... ..  85
1  25
8........................................ ..1  00
1  50
6  ....................................... ..1  15
9 
75
5  Clinch’ 10...................................... ..  85
90
..1  00
8.....................................
9 
1  00
6...................................... ..1  15
2 50
.1   75
Barrell %.....................................
dis.
8 
.  @41'
>  Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...............
..  @60
Sciota Bench...............................
..  @40
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........
..  @60
«  Bench, first quality.....................
X  Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood........ ..  *10
........dis. 60—10
U  Fry,  Acme..................................
70
.......  dis. 
w  Common,  polished.....................
dis.
40
0  Iron and  Tinned........................
50
8  Copper Rivets and Burs..............
“A” Wood’s patent plauished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12Vi dls. 10
0  “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27. ..  9 20
1 
i   Sisal, Vi inch and larger............
2  Manilla........................................
75
S  Steel and Iron.............................
60
u  Try and Bevels............................
20
Mitre...........................................
0 
Com. Smooth.  Com.
0 
93  10
0  Nos. 10 to  14................................ ...#4 20
3 20
Nos. 15 to 17................................ ...  4 20
3 20
Nos.  18 to 21................................ ...  4 20
3 30
7  Nos. 22 to 24................................ ...  4 20
6Vi
3 40
..  4 40
4  Nos. 25 to 26...........................
No. 27........................................... ...  4 60
3 50
*  All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter, over 30 Inches
„  wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER.
X 
°  List acct. 19,’86..........................

Cast Steel............................................  per 1b
Ely’s 1-10.................................................per m
Hick’s C. F .......................................... 
G. D ....................................................  
Musket................................................ 

Morse’s Bit  Stocks.....................................
Taper and straight Shank..........................
Morse’s Taper Shank................................
Small sizes, ser pound...............................
Large sizes, per  pound................................  

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

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

Com. 4  piece, 6 in............................doz. net

Broken packs Vic per pound extra.

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

Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

..  10VÍ
..  14
dis.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

DRIPPING PANS.

CARTRIDGES.

dis. 50*02

SHEET IRON.

CROW BARS.

SQUARES.

ELBOWS.

COPFBB.

Grain.

rLANES.

DRILLS. 

RIVETS.

ROPES.

PANS.

CAPS.

dis.

dis.

“
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“

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

BASH CORD.

Drab A.....................
White  B.................
Drab B.....................
White C...................
SASH WEIGHTS.

SAWS. 

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

0
“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cats, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................'................
<

t r a ps. 

7

2070
50
30

dls.

red  Spring  Steel.

painted...............................  3 00

HORBB NAILS.

dls. 06 
dls. 10*10 
dis.
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled
30
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. 

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

dls.

METALS,
PIS TIN.

 

ZINC.

28c
30c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.................... .'.............................. 
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
7J4
660 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound.................................................... 
7V4
V4@V4...................  
18
Extra W iping.................................................  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.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20IC, 
...................................
10x14 IX, 
....................  .............
14x20 IX, 
..................................
Each additional X on this grade, 91.7%.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY SHADE.
10x14IC, Charcoal........................  
“ 
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 

  9625
........................................  6 25
........................................  7 75
 
77J

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

.9 7 00 
7 fO 
.  8 75 
.  8 75

Each additional X on this grade 91.50.

 

 

 

 

 
 

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BOOPING PLATES
Worcester..........................  6 25
14x20 IC, 
7  7i
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC, 
Allaway  Grade...............   5  50
14x2010, 
 
7 00
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC, 
...........  ..  14  50
20x28 IX, 
14x28 IX....................................................  914 00
14x31  IX.......................  ................. .............15 50
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
10 
14x60IX.  “  “  9 
io

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

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1
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13 00

11 50

H A R D W A R E .

Slightly  Mixed.

Written for Thu  Tradesman.

A prominent merchantfand lumberman 
—a  resident  of  Saginaw—was  several 
years ago traveling toward  home on a F. 
& P.  M.  train.  He had been  to  Muske­
gon, consummating a sale  of  a  tract  of 
pine land,  and,  as was not  uncommon in 
those days,  he had indulged  in  the flow­
ing  bowl  just  sufficient  to  render  him 
thick tongued,  extra loquacious  aud  his 
generally bright memory  slightly  “off.” 
The old  gentleman  was  so  elated  with 
his good fortune  that  he  could  not  re­
main in his seat and was weaving up and 
down the aisle as best he could,  shaking 
hands with every one  he  knew,  and  re­
citing briefly the history of his fortunate 
sale, when some one asked how much  he 
received per acre?  As the question was 
answered,  another  said  to  him,  “My 
friend,  you  sold  that  land  too  low?” 
With a knowing chuckle, the old man re­
plied,  “Never  you  mind. 
’Sail  right. 
Y’  know  ‘a bird in the hand  saves nine.” 
The laughter and cheers that greeted this 
remark fairly drowned the  noise  of  the 
train and, glancing about him a moment, 
he saw  there  was  evidently  a  mistake 
somewhere and,  raising his  voice, yelled 
out,  “Hold  on,  gent’lmen,  hold  on! 
I 
meant to say that a  st’  stitch  in  tim e’s 
worth two in the bush!”  The old gentle­
man never heard the last of  “that  sale.”

She Could  Use the  Coal Hod. 

There is a tradesman in  a  village  not 
over 100 miles from  Grand  Rapids  who 
occasionally gets off a good  thing.  The 
fact  that  he  is  innocent  of  any intent 
to joke adds force to his comical sayings. 
The other day a lady called at  his  place 
of business and asked:

“Have you spittoons?”
“Eh?” said the  merchant, pricking  up 

his ears.

“Can  you  show  me  a  spittoon?”  re­

peated the lady in a higher key.

“No,”  said  the  merchant,  “I  have 
nothing of the kind; but,” he added, hos 
pitably,  “you can spit in  the  coal  hod.” 
The  listeners  chuckled  audibly,  and 
the lady smiled and took a  hasty depart­
ure.
ss P ER F EC T IO N

*  Meat C utter

T he  LATEST,
B e s t  ano 

M o st  I mproved 
pon Family U s e .

CUTS

I n st ea d  o f   M a sh e s.

R eq u ir es 
No R epairs.

E qualled 
by No n e for 
Fam ily U s e .

8<m ple to U s e . 

E a sy t o  C lea n.

C an no t o et  D ull 

o r O u t o f 

O r d er.

Liberal discount to the trade,  and 

No. 1—12.00.  No. 2—12.76.  No. 3—94.00.
descriptive  circulars  on  application  to
AM ERICA N   M ACHINE  CO.,
Lehigh Ave. and American St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

MANUFACTURERS OF  HARDWARE SPECIALTIES,

JOHN  hT gRAHAM  & CO., 

mnfm. aoents. 

«3 Chambers St., New York.

BXPANSIYB BITS.

Clark’s, small, 918; large, #26.......................
Ives’, 1, 918; 2,124; 3, #30............................ 

25

piles—New List 

dls.

dls.

Dlsston’s  .....................................................60*16
New  American............................................60*10
Nicholson’s 
...........................................   60*10
Heller’s...................................................... 
50
Heller's Horse Rasps........................  
50
... 

galvanized iron

14 

12 

28
18

13 
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

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

Discount, 60

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.....................  
50
Maydole  * Co.’s .....................................dls. 
25
Kip’s ....................................................  dis. 
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. 4Vi  14  and
longer.......................................................   3Vi
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, Vi........................net 
“  H.........................net 
“ 
8Vi
“  X .........................net 
7Vi
“ 
“ 
“  %.......................   net  7Vi
Strap and T ...........................................  dls. 
70
dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............. 
60*10
40
Kidder, wood track........  ..........................  
Pots............................................................... 
60
Kettles..........................................................  
§0
...................................................„   60
Spiders 
Gray enameled  ...................................—   40*10
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware.............................. new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..........................  
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new Hst33V4*10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............................................ 70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10

HOLLOW WARE

wire goods. 

HANGERS. 

dls.

 

 

.........dls. 40*10

DO Pont’s  Powder.

J-perp ouna  ... 

_~nnrt 

“ 

R ifle,  E a g le   D u c k in g ,

C h o k e   B o re ,  B la s tin g , 
C r y s ta l   G r a i n

We have been appointed  Wholesale  Selling  Agents  for 
If the jobber of whom you buy will not 

Western  Michigan. 
supply you,  order of us direct.

Foster,  S tevens  &  Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

8

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association. 

A  WEEKLY  JOUMMAL  DSTOTBD TO  THB

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierioe 8tate.
Tradesm an  Company,  Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapid»  Poet  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 9 ,1890.

LOOKING  AHEAD.

A few  persons already  realize that the 
question of lumber and timber is  soon to 
become  a  serious  one  in  the  United 
States, yet  the masses  of the  people  re­
gard  it  as  so  far  in  the  future  that  it j 
should  cause  neither  comment  nor  un­
easiness.  When  it  is  remembered  that | 
millions  of  railroad  ties  are  called  for 
yearly—and  thus  far  no  universal  sub­
stitute  to  take  their  place—here  is  a | 
demand  from  one  source  alone  which 
may  well cause  apprehension  as  to how I 
long the supply can  be  furnished.  Now 
that the white pine in the  more northern 
states  is rapidly being  exhausted, atten­
tion  is being  given to  the hard  timber, 
and the consequence is,  the price of hard 
timbered lands is advancing beyond any­
thing heretofore  known.  Certain  kinds 
of  hardwoods  indigenous  to  the  north 
temperate  zone have become fashionable 
for  several  purposes,  as  for  finishing, 
furniture,  etc.  Some  of 
these  woods 
have  actually  doubled  in  price  within 
the last two years.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n  would not be thought 
an  alarmist  on this  subject,  but  it  will 
not be surprised to see the more fashion­
able woods used with a piain finish,  soon 
double  in price  once or twice more.  As 
supply  and demand  will alone  regulate 
the price,  it is surely  only a  question  of 
a  very  few  years  at  most.  Sagacious 
capitalists  already view  this in the  light 
of one of the safest and best investments. 
One man is said to own  54,000,000 worth 
of timbered lands in  Michigan,  and is in 
the market to purchase more. 
It may be 
said that Oregon.  Washington  and  Alas­
ka  have yet  their  primeval  forests,  but 
as  the great  bulk  of  both  lumber  and 
timber  is used  thousands  of  miles  from 
those  sections  of  the  country,  it  will 
readily  be seen  that it  can cause  no de­
pression  in the  eastern  markets,  as  the 
freight  would be  a constant  barrier. 
It 
may be argued that numbers of our hard­
wood manufactories might be transferred 
to  those distant  points,  but,  financially, 
they  would  be  in  no  better  condition. 
The point  is this :  Neither  this nor  the j 
next  generation  can  expect  to see  any 
lumber grown  that can  take the  place of 
that  now standing,  and  exactly  in  the 
ratio  of its  decrease,  will  it  continue to 
advance  in  price. 
If ‘‘necessity is  the ! 
“mother  of  invention,”  her  illustrious 
offspring must lose no time in  giving the I 
world some substitute for  wood,  at least 
for indoor finishing,  at a price  not much ! 
above  that of  wood  to-day. 
It  is quite I 
that  aluminum  will  soon  fill 
possible 
that honorable position. 
In  some of the 
prairie states of the  West,  black walnut, 
hickory  and a  few other  kinds of  wood 
have  been  grown,  and  with the  almost 
complete  extinction  of  those  kinds,  it 
turns out a paying investment, even after 
thirty  to thirty-five  years  patient  wait­
ing.  A  farmer  in  central  Illinois  has

Only an  Incident.

“Be you the storekeeper?”  enquired  a 
I female, as she  approached  a  gentleman 
at the office desk.

“I  am  the  proprietor  of  this  store, 

i madam,” was the  reply.

“Wal, your man there refused  to  take 
[ my  butter  an'  he’s  bin  takin’  all  that 
come sense I  brung mine in. 
I  see  him 
look at it and smell of it,  an’ I’ve  a  kind 
of  a  sneakin’  notion  that  he  thinks it 
ain’t jest right, but he  didn’t  say  so  or 
I'd hev slapped his mouth.”

“I presume  your  butter  is  all  right; 
probably gilt  edged,  but  he  may  have 
purchased all he wants.”

Tallow Lower.

“Wal,  it’s not jest the price of that  lot 
o’  butter  that  I  care  about,  but  with 
Merlindy Jones watchin’ this  trade,  he’ll 
take it, or this store  pays  big  damages. 
What Miss Jones sees with her own  eyes 
goes all over this connty  and  then  good 
bye to my dairy  business.  That  butter 
o’ mine’s no oily marjoram,  ner  lardeen. 
Yon hear!” and with a  prophetic  nod  of 
her head and blood in her eye, she turned 
her attention to the basket again.
Wool  Strong  and  Higher—Hides  and 
than  a  week  ago. 
Sales are  less.  Large  lines  have  been 
withdrawn  and  others  are  held  above 
buyers’  views.  Dealers  have  their  inn­
ings now, and keep  the asking price 1 to 
2c  per  pound  ahead  of  buyers.  The 
foreign  markets  are  firm  and  higher. 
The goods market  shows an advance and 
large  orders  have  been  placed.  Wool 
and  wool  goods  show  a  direct  benefit 
from the  McKinley bill, with a tendency 
of  those  handling to inflate prices.  Old 
and new mills  are  being fitted to a large 
extent for various wool industries.

Wools  are  firmer 

Bides are again lower and  the  market 
is weak,  with a large supply.  The  West 
has  sent  train  loads  Gf  light  cattle  to 
market,  for want of  feed.  Leather  cut­
ters  will  not  buy  at  the  advance  in 
leather.  As one  tanner  expresses  him­
self,  “The leather men are on top of  us 
again,  and we  must  have  hides  lower.” 
The decline is % cent per pound,  or  be­
low the July price when the bottom went 
out 

Tallow is dull  and weak.  The supply 

•

is ample.

Purely  Personal.

C.  A.  Barnes,  the  Otsego  grocer  and 
druggist,  was in town one day last week.
C. A. Robinson, general dealer at Roth- 
bury,  was in town  last week for  the pur­
pose  of  buying a dry goods stock,  which 
he will locate  at  Thompsonville,  under 
the  management  of  his  step son, R.  E. 
Farr.

Lon  A.  Felton,  formerly  engaged  in 
the hardware business at Morley—during 
which  time  he  left  his  creditors  and 
family in the lurch for  several months— 
has repeated the operation,  to the annoy­
ance of  his creditors and the  disgust  of 
his friends. 
It  is  supposed  that  he  is 
tarrying at Portland, Ore.

Precocious Drug- Clerk.

Old Lady (in drug  store,  to small boy) 
—What  am  1  to take this  medicine  in, 
sonny?
Sonny—Take it in  your  mouth,  mum. 
’Taint to be rubbed on.

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

SUBURBAN  STORES.

Some Advantages They Offer over Vil­

lage  Locations.

Written for Thb  Tradesman

increase 

To those who,  with limited capital, de­
sire  to  engage  in  the  retail  trade, the 
question of the most desirable location is 
a very important  one.  The  young  man 
who is about  to  embark  in  business  is 
apt to say,  “1 mast locate in some  coun­
try village,  as it will be  impossible  with 
my  limited  means  to  succeed  in  any 
fair-sized city.”  From causes not wholly 
known,  it is a well-known  fact  that  the 
population  of cities  is  increasing  more 
rapidly in proportion than the  rural dis­
tricts.  Possibly one chief  cause  is  the 
heavy emigration of  the poor from other 
lands.  Not having  the  means  to  pur­
chase homes in the country or never hav­
ing resided outside of  a  city,  it  is  quite 
natural that they seek  a  home  and  em­
ployment in the same  localities here.  A 
new store,  opening in a  country  village, 
necessarily has a  limited  trade,  beyond 
which it cannot well bring  its  sales,  ex­
cept as both the  village  and  contiguous 
country 
in  population  and 
wealth; and it is the exception if  this in­
crease is not slow.  - Among  the  middle 
and poorer classes in  the  country,  it  is 
not expected that as much money will be 
in daily and hourly circulation  as  in the 
cities, consequently less will  be  paid  to 
merchants  for  the  necessaries  of  life. 
Then,  also,  what  is  generally  thought 
quite correct to do in the  country towns, 
in regard to dress, supplies for the table, 
etc.,  is not  exactly  right  in  the  cities, 
and therein lies more and  a  better  class 
of trade in the  latter  location. 
“But,” 
says one,  “the  expenses  in  a  city  will 
bankrupt me.” 
I  answered  this  objec­
tion by the statement that it is not neces­
sary for you to locate on any of the prin­
cipal streets of a large city.  You  have, 
of course, no use for  three  to  five-story 
buildings.  Did  you  never  think  that 
there are dozens of better  and  far  more 
prosperous  villages  in  the  immediate 
suburbs  of  cities  than  in  the country? 
In most cities with a population of  from
40.000 to 100,000  there  are  hundreds  df 
homes with no stores close to  them,  and 
it is comparatively easy to find  localities 
within a radius of half  a  mile,  contain­
ing within its boundaries  from  2,000  to
3.000  people,  most  of  whom  own  their 
homes, are free from debt and have some 
permanent business.  Here,  then,  is  a 
village, if you please,  which already  has 
wealth, is growing  more  rapidly  and  is 
in every way more  prosperous  than  the 
small village five or twenty miles  in  the 
country, that already has  enough  stores 
for its demands. 
In this outside portion 
of a city,  the inhabitants will welcome  a 
general store,  a grocery or a  drug  store, 
and it will not be their fault if the owner 
does not have a fair trade from the start. 
They will often send  or  go  to  him  for 
some required article, simply  because  it 
is  so  close  at  hand,  when  they  would 
have gone without it rather than  walk  a 
mile or more  down  town.  Women  and 
children  largely  patronize  such  stores. 
Women feel a delicacy  about  appearing 
upon the gay and fashionable  streets  of 
a city  in  their  every  day  working  ap­
parel, but will not hesitate to  drop  into 
a store within a few blocks  of  them in a 
neat morning wrapper,  make  their  pur­
chases and carry the small articles home. 
These purchases they might never  make 
if obliged to change a dress  on  purpose, 
go down town and consume nearly half a

I some fifteen acres in  black walnut  trees 
planted  thirty-five  years  ago.  The di- 
1 mensions of the trees or the number can- 
! not now  be given,  bat it  has been  esti- 
] mated that they would sell as  they stand 
j to-day for over §75,000.

No  parent can  leave to his  children a 
| more valuable bequest than  from ten  to 
I twenty  acres  of  timbered  land,  and  it 
! will  prove of  far  greater  value  if it be 
| planted  by himself  and includes  one or 
I all of three different species—black  wal- 
1 not,  hickory  and  chestnut.  The  fruit 
! from  such trees  will be  a  generous  in­
come,  long before it would pay to remove 
[ them from the soil.

As will  be noted by the call  published 
in another part of this week’s paper, the 
Executive Board of  the  Michigan  Busi­
ness  Men's  Association  has  decided  to 
hold  a  general  convention  of  business 
men  in  this  city  on  Tuesday,  Nov. 25. 
The date is  by  no  means  desirable  for 
merchants, as it is  in  the  midst  of  the 
busy season,  but  anyone  can  afford  to 
throw aside ordinary duties for a  day  in 
order to  attend  so  profitable  a  meeting 
as the conventions of  business men have 
always proved to be.  While the conven­
tion will be general in its scope and com­
position,  ample  time  will  probably  be 
given to the consideration of  a  question 
dear to the hearts of  many business men 
—the perpetuity of the local associations 
which  have  accomplished  so  much for 
the members in particular and communi­
ties in general.  This  question  is  now 
uppermost in the  minds  of  many  busi­
ness men all over the State  and  its  suc­
cessful solution  would  be  warmly  wel­
comed everywhere.

The 

last  number  of 

the  Scientific 
American  contaius  an  illustration  and 
description of  the  design  of  a  colossal 
monument to  commemorate  the  discov­
ery of America by Columbus.  The con­
ception is grand  and  strikingly  unique, 
being a hollow sphere, 984 feet in diame­
ter and resting upon a base  of  beautiful 
design,  262 feet high.  The  total height 
of the monument is to be 1,312 feet.  Of 
course,  it is intended  to  be  constructed 
wholly of iron,  although  other  material 
may be used  for  internal  finish.  This 
immense globe may be utilized  as  a  re­
pository for a Columbus  library, for mu­
seums  of  zoology,  mineralogy,  botany, 
etc.  An immense auditorium could  also 
be constructed in this sphere  for  public 
entertainments.  No other idea could  so 
perfectly  and  appropriately  symbolize 
the memory of Columbus  as  this.  The 
design  was  happily  conceived  by  M. 
Palacio,  a Spanish architect,  and  native 
of Bilboa.

Chary of Her Beputation.

Old lady to the grocer  (whose boy  had 
accidentally deposited her dressed chick­
ens on a pile of iimburger cheese)—“No, 
don’t move  them  chickens;  let  ’em  lay 
there;  they’ll  go  back  hum;  they  was 
killed and picked  last night,  but I  guess 
the weather was tew hot for ,em;  nobody 
shall ever say that  Aunt  Banner  Beard 
ever sold spiled hens—never!”
Grand Rapids  Traveling  Men’s  Associ­
Grand  Ra pid s,  Oct.  27.—A  special 
| meeting of  the Grand  Rapids  Traveling 
j  Men’s Association  will be  held  at  Elks’
] Ball  on  Saturday  evening,  Nov.  8, for 
! the  transaction  of  important  business.
1 Committees  will  be  appointed  and pre­
liminaries arranged for the annual social 
j party.  A full attendance is requested.
B.  S. Robertson, President.

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day  in  the  same  amount  of  shopping. 
In  such  a  location  a  store  can  avoid 
considerable  of  the  expense  of  deliv­
ering goods,  as the individual  sales  will 
generally be small.  Here, also,  the  peo­
ple seldom expect credit from a  stranger 
and,  if  they  ask  and  are  refused,  they 
are not so apt to be offended as people in 
the country.  The  grocer  in  a  country 
village  can  make  comparatively  few 
sales of  vegetables,  from  the  fact  that 
gardens of greater or less size are  added 
to most of the homes.  Even butter  and 
eggs are often produced on the premises; 
while in the  city  all  of  these  must  be 
purchased day by day from  the  grocers.
There  are  still  other  advantages  for 
the youthful merchant in these ‘‘villages 
within a city.”  Granted that  his  rents 
will be as much—they will be  no more— 
his many other expenses will be less and 
his sales, with  proper  management,  are 
so much increased that he will  be  grati­
fied to do business there.

If  he  deal in farmer’s products,  it  is 
usually easy to have a store  where  their 
wagons will pass his door  in  coming  to 
market. 
It will then  be his own fault if 
his store is not  well  supplied  with  the 
best  of  farm  produces,  fresh from  the 
garden,  farm  and  dairy,  and,  should 
there  be  a  limited  supply of  them,  he 
will be apt to have some when others are 
‘‘left  out.”  He  may  also  do  business 
with far  less  capital,  as  his  purchases 
from the  wholesale  house  can  be  made 
daily and in smaller quantities than if in 
the country.  He will be  at  no  expense 
for freight, boxing or drayage. 
If a cus­
tomer drops in  while  going to his morn­
ing work for some article—even if out of 
his usual  line—he can say,  “Please call 
on  your  return  home and I will have it 
ready for  you.”  The  telephone will or­
der it sent  to  you  and,  if  necessary, it 
can be  placed  in  the  customer’s  hands 
within an hour.  Your  location  may be 
in the vicinity of  a  ward  school  to  ad­
vantage.  400 to 800 children of  all ages 
have a world  of  little  wants  to  supply 
and their pennies and  nickles  will  keep 
you in  small  change.  A  friend  in  an 
Eastern city,  who  has  made  a  study of 
securing good locations for  many  years, 
has found it profitable in more ways than 
one. 
If  desiring  a  change,  he finds  no 
difficulty in disposing of  his stock to ad­
vantage.  At one time he was sufficiently 
far-seeing 
locate  opposite  a  large 
school  in  an  otherwise  undesirable  lo­
cality.  His first  business  was  to  gain 
the friendship of those pupils, by obtain­
ing attractive  advertising matter to give 
away, meeting them  as  they passed  his 
door and  placing it in their  hands.  As 
a result, he soon  had  their  entire  trade 
for books, stationery, confectionery, etc., 
and they would go far out  of  their  way 
to  visit  him,  if  sent to a store  by their 
parents.  Many  an  examination  day 
morning he has sold two  reams  of  legal 
cap paper,  sheet by sheet, to those pupils 
within an  hour,  amounting  to  $4.80—a 
good hour’s work for  the commencement 
of the day and  you may be sure that was 
not all those children  bought that morn­
ing. 
In  such  locations,  as  prosperity 
brings increase  of  capital  and business, 
it is often the case that  one  of  the  best 
investments is to purchase  the store and 
grounds  you occupy.  The rise in  value 
—oftentimes  in  one  decade—will  give 
you  the  premises  rent free.  This  can 
seldom be done in rural towns.

There are still other minor advantages, 
such as water  and  light,  and—it is said

to 

in  all  seriousness—fuel  in  the form  of 
“electric  fire”  also  brought  into  your 
store and your house to lessen your care, 
trouble and expense.  There  is  a  satis­
faction with such a location  in  business 
that can hardly be over-estimated  by the 
man of  small  means. 
If  intellectually 
inclined,  he is near  libraries and lecture 
halls,  which he may enter almost at will, 
and drink from these fountains of knowl­
edge. 
Educational  facilities  for  his 
children are the best,  and  the  daily and 
hourly events  of  the  world  are  within 
the compass of his voice. 
Important Announcement to  the  Cigar 

H.

Trade!

Dilworth Brothers, 

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Manufacturers  of  Cigars,  }- 
} 

957, 959 & 961  P enn Ave. 

P ittsburg,  Oct.  18,  1890.—Owing  to 
sharp advances in  the  higher  grades  of 
Havana  and  Sumatra  tobaccos,  caused 
by the passage of  the new tariff  law,  we 
will be compelled to advance the price on 
“El Puritano” cigar $5 per M.  We claim 
for this cigar  boldly,  that it is the Finest 
10 cent Cigar on Earth,  and  the  growing 
demand from all sections of  the  country 
bear us out in  our  statement.  Much  as 
we dislike to make  this  advance,  we are 
obliged to do so in order to  keep  up  the 
high standard  of  the brand.  All  other 
high grades of our goods will be advanced 
at the  same  rate.  This  advance  is  to 
take effect Nov.  15, 1890.

Dilworth  Bros.

The Field Still  Open.

Shipshewana, 

Ind.,  Oct.  25.—The 
opening for a clothing  dealer is still  un­
occupied.  As  many  of 
the  country 
people hereabouts  are  German, a dealer 
who speaks that  language  would do bet­
ter than one who does  not.  The  writer 
will  promptly answer  any enquiries  re­
garding  this  place  which  may  be  pro­
pounded by any reader  of  T he T rades­
man. 

E.  C.  Stowe.

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W . H .M O R E H O U S E  & CO
GRAIN, CLOVER and TIMOTHY
Hungarian, 
Red Top,
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Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, POPCORN,etc.

Wholesale Dealers in

White Clover, 

CHOICE  CLOVER  and  TIMOTHY  SEEDS 

a specialty.

Orders  for  purchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  future  delivery 
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Office— 46  Produce  Exchange, f  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

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Third  Quality.

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establish  agents  or  sell  to  the  trade ? 
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Drugs &t Medicines.

S ta le   B o a r d   o f   P h a r m a c y .

One  Tear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Tears—Stanley E. Parkill, Owoseo.
Three  Years—Jacob Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  Tears—James Vernor, Detroit.
Fire Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Next m eeting at  Lansing, Nor. 6 and A______________
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

President—D. E. Pi all. Saginaw.
First Vice-President— H. O. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vioe-Presldent—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Kent Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1881.________
B r a n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Kscott.
B ra n d  B a p id a   D r u g  C le r k s ' A s s o c ia t io n . 
President, T. D- Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

D e t r o it   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

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

President. C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, T. A. Wheeler.

Curious  Mediums  of  Exchange.

the 

same  purpose 

It will be of interest to merchants  and 
business  men  generally  to  know  what 
strange  and  curious  mediums  of  ex­
change were in use in the earlier ages  of 
the  world,  before  and  after  metallic 
money was coined. 
It also may  or  may 
not agree with the ideas of  all  to  know 
that the basis of  all these various substi­
tutes for money was  an  actual  value  in 
itself and  not  merely  a  representative. 
To-day,  singular as it  may  seem  to  us, 
there are a few savage, half-civilized and 
civilized nations  who  still  make  use  of 
substitutes for coined money, where that 
universal medium is scarce.  Salt is used 
in  Abysinnia  and  whales’  teeth  in  the 
Feejee Islands. 
In China,  where quanti­
ties  of  base  metal  subsidiary  coin are 
used,  pieces  of  silk  also  pass  as  cur­
rency. 
Pressed cakes  of  tea  are  used 
for 
in  Thibet. 
Stamped pieces of  metal—generally cop­
per or bronze—were used  by the ancient 
Greeks and Lydians as  far  back  as  800 
years  before  the  Christian  era. 
The 
writer saw a copper coin  about  the  size 
of  our  cent,  which  was  found  in  the 
hands of a  lady  in  Michigan,  and  was 
purchased by a numismatist for  a  silver 
dollar. 
It  was  coined  in  the  reign  of 
Xerxes, King of Persia, in  the  year  465 
B. C. 
It was in a fair state of preserva­
tion and bore  unmistakable  evidence of 
being genuine.  The coin  was not made 
with a die,  but was forged either with or 
without heating,  and Jts  periphery  was 
very irregular.  One hundred dollars has 
since been refused  for  this  coin. 
It  is 
believed that the  earliest  substitute  for 
coin used by mankind was  the  skins  of 
animals.  The early Romans used.bits of 
brass  clipped  directly  from  the  mass, 
without shape or polish.  The  Hebrews 
once used jewels as money.  Before the 
introduction of coined money  in  Greece 
spikes of  iron were  used. 
In  parts  of 
Africa iron  spikes  are  still  used,  after 
the Spartan fashion.  At one  period  in 
Scotland nails  were  used  as  subsidiary 
coin.  Perhaps from this comes our term 
ten-penny-nail—ten  for  a  penny.  The 
Aztec currency,  however,  was  no  “fiat” 
money. 
It  consisted  of  transparent 
quills filled with gold dust,  being  a  visi­
ble  vaine  of  the  most  precious  metal. 
The earliest coin made  in  America  was 
in  1612 by  a  Virginia  company  on  the 
Bermuda islands. 
It  was  called  “hog- 
money.” having the  rough  picture  of  a 
hog on one side in memory of the abund­
ance of those  animals  found  in  a  wild 
state on first  landing.  Oar  early  colo­
nists were compelled,  for  want  of  coin, 
to use as a  legal  tender  tobacco,  skins, 
codfish,  corn,  beans  and  wampum  or 
shell money.  Oar North  American  In-

T H E   M I C H I G ^ J S r

dians have used many of  the above  arti­
cles as money and the writer now has  in 
his possession half a dozen round  pieces 
of wood, similar in shape and  size to our 
silver dollar,  which were  obtained direct 
from the Indians of  the  Northwest  and 
at one time used  as  money.  They  are 
worn  perfectly  smooth  from  use,  and 
their value as an exchange  is  unknown.

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.
Muskegon,  Oct.  14—At the  last  regu­
lar meeting of the M. D. C. A.,  the semi­
annual election was held with the follow­
ing result:

President—C. S.  Koon.
Vice-President—N. Miller.
Secretary  and  Treasurer  —  T.  A. 
Wheeler.
The  Association is  now in better  con­
dition than  ever  before,  a  goodly num­
joined 
ber  of  new  members  having 
during the past six months, among whom 
are C. Furhman,  J.  Peppier, N. Germain 
and R.  A. Abbott  There  are  now  not 
less than  seventeen  attending  members 
and two or three are waiting to join us at 
the next meeting.  This  pleasing  result 
has been attained by the earnest  work of 
the members  mutually. 
It  shows  that 
where  harmony exists  among the frater­
nity in general, an Association  with  the 
purpose  of  mental  improvement  and 
social intercourse is not an impossibility. 
In large cities  where there are a number 
of  drug  clerks, a society of  this  nature 
would be found very beneficial. 
It  will 
afford  us  great  pleasure  to  hear  from 
brother pharmacists elsewhere,  who  are 
striving to organize,  or from  those  who 
have already done  so.  Perhaps  in  this 
way the  time may be  near  at  hand  for 
the forming of  a State association.  The 
State of Virginia has now a union of this 
kind,  and  why  cannot  Michigan  have 
one, also?  Let  drug  clerks  in  various 
sections  of  the  State unite for this pur­
pose. 
Let  the  associations  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Detroit,  and  other  places  set 
forth efforts,  and  invite  those  who have 
not  yet organized to do so and  it  would 
not be very difficult to reach  the  desired 
end.  Let one and all express their opin­
ion on this subject in  T h e  T radesm an.

J .  N.  T xnholt,  Sec’y.

Tit for Tat.

From the Boston Saturday  Evening  Gazette.

A druggist had  fitted up a  neat corner 
store  and  had  established  a  fine  trade. 
One  day  another  druggist  entered  his 
store and said :  “I want to buy you  ont. 
How  much  will  you  take?” 
“I  don’t 
want to sell,”  was the reply.  “I expect­
ed  that answer,”  said  the  encroaching 
person,  “and I am prepared for it.  Now 
if you don’t sell out to me, I will open  a 
drug store in opposition  on the  opposite 
corner.  How much will you take.”  The 
druggist, offended at this species of brow­
beating,  said he would sleep on it and re­
port the next morning.  At the appointed 
hour  the aspirant  was in  the store, and 
a  large price  was named.  The  bargain 
was bound.  The druggist who  had been 
thus ousted from a corner  which he  had 
fitted  up with  a view  to years of  peace 
and  profit, sought  the owners of  the op­
posite corner which had been  held out to 
him  as a  threat, secured a  long lease on 
it,  worked night and day, and  now has a 
drug  store  in  which  any  community 
might  take  satisfaction  and  repose con­
fidence.  What  is  more,  he  is  doing  a 
better business than he did in the former 
locality.

The Drug  Market.

Opium  has  declined and it is believed 
that it is as low as it will be,  as  the  de­
cline is about equal  to  the  duty remand 
by  the  new  tariff  law.  Morphine  has 
declined 25c per ounce.  Ginchonidra has 
advanced.  Quinine  is  steady.  Castile 
soap,  pare mottled,  has advanced.  Car­
bolic acid has  declined.  Blue  vitrol  is 
lower. 
Percipitated  chalk  is  higher. 
Gum guaiac is lower.  Jalap root has de­
clined.  Nitrate silver is lower.  Alcohol 
is  higher.  Turpentine  has  advanced. 
Oil  peppermint  is  higher.  Aqua  am­
monia is lower.

The  Latest  Addition  to  the  List  of 

Patents.

Written for The Tradesman.

A patent medicine  manufacturer  thus 

advertises his latest  production:
ASTOUNDING  DISCOVERY ! 

THE  COM­

POUND  EXTRACT  OF  WILD 

SQUIZZELEM  !

The most wonderful scientific discovery 
of  the age.  To  be  used  internally, ex­
ternally and eternally! 
It  instantly re­
lieves  any  ache  or  pain  of  any  kind. 
Where the skin is unbroken,  one  strong 
snuff from the bottle  will positively cure 
the patient in one hour. 
If  the  skin  is 
broken  (as  it  might  be  if  there  was 
trouble  in  your  family),  a  permanent 
cure could be guaranteed  in  two  hours. 
In this case  ten  drops  of  the  medicine 
must  be  applied  to  the  raw  surface. 
For 
infants  and  young  children  it 
is a  boon  to  thousands.  For  a  crying 
baby,  four  drops  only,  placed  upon 
a  strip  of  cheese  cloth  and  closely 
bound over its  mouth,  will  relieve—the 
family—at once.  Rubbed upon the gums 
of an infant, a fine set  of  first teeth will 
be produced in a few days any time after 
the child is two months  old.  To restore 
hearing in case of deafness of long stand­
ing,  pour one teaspoonful upon the organ 
of  marvelousness—situated  near the ear 
—and  then  gently tap  the  spot  with a 
tack hammer. 
It will  startle the patient 
instantly.  Rubbed upon any part of  the 
human face or  head for  one week,  a fine 
growth of the most silky hair will he pro­
duced.  Directions  on the bottle will in­
struct you how to obtain any color of the 
hair you desire.  To  produce  refreshing 
sleep,  ten  drops  in  half  a  tumbler  of 
whisky,  well sweetened, never fails.  For 
want  of  appetite,  fast  three  days  and 
then  take  twenty drops  in  a  little  hot 
coffee,  just  before  sitting  down  to  the 
table—with food on it.  For  all  the  ills 
that flesh is heir to,  see  circulars  at  all 
druggists.

This  wonderful 

root  was  first  dis­
covered by a naked  savage  on  an island 
in the South Pacific Ocean.  The present 
proprietor purchased  the island and con­
trols  the  supply.  The  demand  is  so 
great that it  is  rapidly being  exhausted 
and,  as it requires thirty years to mature 
the properties of this wonderful root,  the 
public should lose no time in purchasing. 
It may be had (if  applied for soon) at all 
drug stores at $5 per  bottle  of  two  and 
one-half  ounces or  six  bottles  for  $25. 
Beware  of  counterfeits  and  notice  the 
steel engraving of a naked Indian spring­
ing  about  three  feet  into  the  air  and 
holding a piece of  the Squizzelem in one 
hand.  All  infringements  of  copyrights 
will  be  prosecuted to the full  extent  of 
the law. 

R.  T. Dio ica.

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Wholesale Price  Current*

Advanced—Clnchonidra, Castile Soap, Preclp. Chalk, Alcohol, Turpentine, Oil Peppermint. 
Declined—Opium—(po), Morphia, Carbolic Add, Bine  Vitrol,  Gum  Guaiac,  Jalap  Root  Ni 

Silver, Aqua Ammonia._________

ACIPTJM.

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

Acetlcum...................  8®  10
Benxolcum  German..  80@1  oo
Boracic 
30
Carbolicum................  30®  38
Cltrlcnm....................   50®  55
Hvdrochlor................  3®  5
Nitrocum 
.................   10®  12
Oxalicum....................   11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley Ileum.................1  40®1 80
Snlphuricum......... ... 
IX®  5
Tannicum....................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum.................   40®  42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg................3X@  5
20  deg................5M@  7
Carbonas  ...................  11®  13
Chloridum .................   13®  14

ANILINE.

Black...........................2  0002 25
Brows.........................  80@1 00
Red.............................   45®  50
Yellow........................ 2  50@3 00

Cnbeae (po. 1  50......... 1 6001 75
Jnniperus...................  8®  10
Xantnozylum..............   25® 30

BALSAMUK.
Copaiba........... ;.........  60®  S5
Peru...........................
Terabln, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan........................  45® 50

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Casdae  ...............................  }J
Cinchona P lav a..................  18
Enonymus  atropnrp...........  30
Hyrlca Cerlfera, po...........  20
Prnnua Virginl....................   12
Quillala,  gm .......................   12
Sassafras  ............ 
J*
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

 

 

po-

BXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhixa  Glabra...
H aem atoz, 15 lb. b o x ..
“  
I s ..................
“  M«..............
“  Ufi............
v ebkum.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate an d  Q u in ta-----
Citrate  S o lu b le ...............
Ferrocy anldnm  i 
Ferrocy anldum  S ol----
Solut  Chloride. 
Sulphate,  com'l. 
pure...

•* 

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

®3 50 ®  SO ®  SO 

®  15 
1M@  2 
®  7

FLORA.

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FOLIA.

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euipa.

Arnica.......................   20®  22
Anthemis...................  20®  25
Matricaria.................   25®  30
Barosma  ...................  20®  22
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tln-
nivelly....................   25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
and  Ms....................   12®   15
UraTJm......................  8®  10
Acacia,  1st picked—   ®1 00
2d 
....  @  90
....  ®  80
3d 
sifted sorts...  @  65
po........  75@1 
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 601...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,
16)............................  @  1
Ammo n ia s...................  25®  30
Asaafmtida, (po. 30)...  ®  15
Benzolnum.................   50®  55
Camphors...................  50®  52
Enphorblum p o ........  35®  lo
Gafbanum..................  @3 00
Gamboge, po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po 50) ....  @  40
®  20 
Kino, (po.  25)......
®  80
Mastic ...
Myrrh, (pa 45)...........  ®  40
Opll,  (po. 4 75)............3 10@3 25
Shellac  ......................  28®  40
bleached........  33®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

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hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum..............................  28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V lr.........................  26
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  Y..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at....?...  20®  22 
Carbonate,K. &  M ....  20®  25 
Carbonate, JennlngO..  35®  36

MASNEBIA.

OLEUM.

Absinthium................ 5 00®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc____  46®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae__8 00®8  25
A nlsi...........................2 00@2 10
Aurantl  Cortex.........   ®2 50
Bergamli  ...................3 25®4 00
Cajlputl......................  90®1  00
CuyophylU.................1  25®1 30
Cedar.........................  36®  65
Chenopodil................  ®l  75
Clnnamonil.................l 40@l 50
Cltronella...................  @  45
Conlum  Mao..............  85®  66
Oopalba  .....................l 20@1  80

Cubebae.................13 50®14 00
Bxechthltos.................   90®1 00
Erigeron......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultherla......................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   ®  75
Gossipil,  Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  60@1  70
Juniper!.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula..................   90®2 00
Llmonis.......................... 1 50@2 20
MenthaPiper...................2 75@3 75
Mentha Verid................. 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80®1 00
MyTCia, ounce............   ®  50
Olive............................  90®2 75
Plds Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini.............................. 1 24@1 32
Rosmarlni............  
75® 1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succlnl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglfi....................  ...  @150
Thyme.......................   40®  50
opt  ...............   @ 60
Theobromas...............   15®  20
BiCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide......................  37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide............................. 2 86@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass NItras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Ultras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  35®  38
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

POTASSIUM.

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RADIX.

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................   15®  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (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..................   65®  70
Maranta, 
..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel.............................   75@1 00
“  cut......................  @1 75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpent&ria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................  10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®  25

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Anlsum,  (po. 20).. 
.
@  15 
A plum  (graveleons).
15®  18
Apium 
Bud, Is 
Carui, (po. 18)
8®   12
Cardamon........................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3M@ 
4
Cvdonium...................  75® 1  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterix Odorate........ 2 00@2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L in i............................4  @ 4M
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4M® 4M
Lobelia.......................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian....  3M© 4M
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Slnapis,  Albu............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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8FIRITUS.
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  Galli........... 1 75@6 50
Aani Oporto.................... 1  25®2 00
Vini  Alba....................... 1 25@2 00

 

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

SYRUPS.

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod...... ......................  50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhel Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
Co......................... ...  50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prongs vlrg.........................  50

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Aconltum Napellls R .........   60
F ..........  so
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
„  “  Co..........................   50
Sanguinaria........................   50
Barosma.............................  50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon............................  75
„  “ 
Co......................  75
Castor................................. 1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................  60
Columba.............................  50
Conlum................  
50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon..................  60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless................   75
Ferri  Chloridum...............  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   so
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opii.....................................  85
Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................ 2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   so
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVeride................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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“ et Potass T.  55®  60

11 
ground,  (po.

.Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen....................... 2M® 3M
7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
Antipyrln..................1 35@1  40
Antlfebrln..................  @  2b
Argenti  NItras, ounce  @  75
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 1002 20
Calcium Chlor, is, (Ms 
11;  Ms.  12)..............
@  9
Cantharides  Russian, 
po............................
@1  75 
Capsici  Fructus, af...
@  16 
@  20 
«  Ik:-
“ 
@  15 
Caryophyllus, (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...............   55®  60
squibbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........1 85®2 00
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  &  W  15®  20
5®  12
German 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .......................
@  60 
Creasotum.................
®  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
5®
9®  11 @  8
35
Crocus.................   30® 
Cudbear................  @ 
24
7
Cupri Sulph..........  6® 
12
Dextrine..............   10® 
T®  70
-   -  - 
Ether Sulph.
@
Emery,  all  numbers..
po...........  @ 
a
Brgota,  (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  white........  12® 
15
Galla....................   @ 
23
Gambler.....................   8  @ 9
Gelatin,  Cooper........   @  90
“ 
60
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent,
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown........  9® 
15
“  White..........  13® 
25
Glycerine.............18M@ 
25
Grana Paradlsi..........  @  22
Humulus..............  25® 
40
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @1  05
“  Cor__   @  95
Ox Rubrum  @1  15
Ammoniati.  @1 25
i0@  60
Unguentum. 
Hydrargyrum........  ..  @  92
.1  25®1  50
TchthyoboUa, Am. 
Indigo.........................  75®1 00
Iodine, Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lnpulin......................  85®1 00
Lycopodium........  56® 
60
85
Macis...................  80® 
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod...........  @ 
27
Liquor Potass Arslnltis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IX )....................   2® 
8
Mannia,  S. F .......   50® 
60

French.....  40® 

,ubra.........

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Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 6002 85
C. Co......................2 50@2 75
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristlca, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Liq, N. C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  70
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  35
Pix Burgun................  @  7
Plumb! A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10®1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quassiae.................... 
8®  10
Quinta, S. P. & W......  39®  44
S.  German....  28®  38
Rubla  Tinctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 38
Salacin......................2 0002 10
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W.....................   12®  14
,T  M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  @  15

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fa in t s. 

Seidlltz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapls.......................   @  18
‘‘  opt...................  @  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda BoraB, (po. 13).  .  12®  13
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb..........   1M@ 
2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash.................... 3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   ©  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  MyTCia  Dom......   @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
*  Vlni  Rect  bbl.
2 23)........................   ©2 33
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiychnia Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............ 2M@ 3M
“  Roll..............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae..............  55®  60
Vanilla...  ............... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph...............   7®  8

Lindseed,  boiled__   63 
66
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
69
50
Spirits Turpentine__  46 
lb.
bbl. 
Red  Venetian............. 13£  2@3
Ochre,yellow  Mars... IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial_2>4  2M@S
“  strictly  pure.....2M  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
85@88
Green,  Peninsular.....  
70@75
Lead,  red.............  @7X
“  w hite........  @7X
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’.......  
@90
1 00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints......................1 00@1  20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach...
Extra Turp..............
Bbl. Gal
Coach  Body.........
70 No. 1 Turp  Furn__
Eutra Turk Damar  .
60
50 Japan  Dryer,  No. 
63
...............

Whale, winter......... .  70
Lard,  extra.............. .  56
Lard, No.  1.............. .  45
Linseed, pure raw  .. .  60

.1  1001  20 
..16601  70 
.2 7503 00
.1  00®1  10
.1  55@1  60
1
.  70®  75

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We have in stock and offer a full line of

W hiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Rums.

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

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  On  r- 
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re 

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

f t o l t i n B   l Perkins Dnlg B o.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

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GROCBRIBS.

Gripsack Brigade.

A.  S. Doak  has  returned  from  Coati- 
coak,  Quebec,  where  he  spent  three 
weeks with his parents.

Geo. W.  Haynes,  who  traveled several 
years for Geo.  Hanselman, of Kalamazoo, 
is very low with sugar diabetes  and will 
probably not live many weeks.

Willis  P.  Townsend,  traveling  sales­
man for S. K.  Bolles & Co.,  was  laid  up 
by illness last week.  His route was cov­
ered in the meantime by  Geo.  Halloway.
J.  McBurney,  formerly engaged  in the 
grocery business at Cadillac, has engaged 
to travel for I. M.  Clark & Son, taking as 
his territory the trade north  of  the F.  & 
P.  M.  Railway.

M.  L.  Campbell,  who  sold  his  drug 
stock at Leslie about  two  years  ago  to 
C. D.  Kirby  and  went  on  the  road  for 
Lambert & Lowman, of Detroit, has con­
cluded to re-engage in the drug  business 
at the same place.

J.  M.  Wilcox,  who  has  been  with 
Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.  for  the  past  two 
years, has  taken  the  position  of  book­
keeper  and  traveling  salesman  for  the 
dissolvent department of  the Elk Rapids 
Iron Co.,  with  headquarters iu this city.
A Cincinnati salesman struck  lshpem- 
ing a short time ago and took  his sample 
trunk  to the  store  of  a  merchant  who 
concluded not to  purchase for  the  pres­
ent.  Two hours late*, when the traveler 
came for his trunk,  the  merchant  made 
him put up $2 for  storage.

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A Clerk’s Idea of the Market.

A  grocer’s  clerk  was  told  to  issue a 
market  report  of  certain  articles  and, 
having  no  authoritative  data,  was  re­
quired to word it in such a manner  as  to 
be non-committal,  in case an  action  was 
brought for misrepresentation.  The fol­
low ing is his report: 

June 25.

gently.

Tea—Weak, but the Japan leaf moving 
Coffee—Strong, but  going down. 
Tobacco—Quite fluctuating, yet strong, 
as large quantities  have  been  destroyed 
by fire.
Butter—Weak,  with a run on the  mar- 
k6t.
Lard—Moving slowly iu  small  quanti­
ties at this season of the year.
Fish (Cod)—So strong as to be virtually 
out of the market
Chickens—Scarce, going off on the run. 
Eggs—Weak  and  feeble,  with  a  ten­
Cheese—Very lively,  with  an expected
Pork (in bbls)—Heavy and  stationary. 
Saleratus—Rising.
Sugars (all grades)—Going  down  rap 

dency to break on the market.
run.

idly and in favor of consumer.

Status  of the  Peters  Failure.

There are no  new developments in the 
Peters matter.  Assignee Henry has filed 
his  bond  and  applied  to  the  Manistee 
Circuit Court,  Monday, for  permission to 
continue  the  business  of  the  Manistee 
Salt and Lumber Co. without interruption 
and also to  dispose  of  Mr. Peters’ inter­
est  in  the  wholesale  grocery  firm  of 
Lemon & Peters  at  private  sale. 
It is 
understood  that  several  parties  stand 
ready  to  purchase  the  interest,  as  the 
firm has the reputation  of  having  made 
money. 
the  meantime,  Lemon  & 
Peters are doing business as though noth­
ing had happened.

In 

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

352tf

y e a r n s   f o b   MICHIGAN.

Iowa  and  California Not Equal  to this 

State.

seemed 

The following  letter,  which  comes  to 
T h e  T radesm an  from  a  former  mer­
chant of this State, plainly indicates that 
there  are  worse  places  to  do  business 
and live than the Wolverine State: 
P eta ltm a,  Cal.,  Oct.  15.—You  may 
be surprised to learn, that I  am  now  on 
the Pacific coast. 
I settled in Iowa, as  I 
intended when I left  Michigan,  but have 
delayed writing you,  as I  promised, hop­
ing to speak more favorably of  both  my 
business and also the country. 
I carried 
a general stock of  goods in  Iowa,  avoid­
ing giving credit as far  as  possible,  but 
the farming  is so different from  what  it 
is in Michigan that even a partial failure 
of crops means a scarcity of  money until 
another season and I was  unfortunate in 
finding this condition of  things while  iu 
business there.  Corn,  cattle  and  hogs 
seemed to be the staples in the  section  I 
was in and, being so  far  from  Chicago, 
which was the market for such products, 
the transportation was so expensive as to 
leave a small margin of profit to the pro­
ducer.  While  there  we  were  visited 
with several fearful  wind  storms,  leav­
ing  more  or  less  destruction  in  their 
path, which so alarmed  my  family  that 
they had little pleasure in  life  until  we 
left  the  State  entirely. 
The  weather 
during  the  winters,  while  possibly  no 
lower in temperature than  in  Michigan, 
was far more  bleak  and  severe,  on  ac­
count  of  the  continued  and  sweeping 
winds,  which 
to  penetrate 
through the warmest clothing  and  drive 
people within doors for  days  at  a  time.
We came to California to  find  a  more 
mild and genial climate, if  possible,  but 
my trade is quite unsatisfactory.  Here, 
also,  the farmers do not  cultivate a vari­
ety of crops,  but confine  themselves to a 
very  few  kinds,  largely  devoting  their 
attention to the culture  of  fruits,  which 
must be shipped to the  East  for  a  mar­
ket.  Delays occur in the  sales and more 
less  credit  is  wanted  by customers, 
which necessitates the merchant carrying 
a larger stock of goods and extending his 
own credit more than is desirable.  The 
majority of eastern people with  whom  I 
converse agree with me that when a bus­
iness man leaves Michigan  to  better  his 
condition in trade in any other  State,  he 
is very apt to regret it, as I  do.  People 
from the East  frequently  express  them­
selves as feeling “banished  from  home” 
and in that condition  cannot  be  happy. 
We are  so far from  all  our  old  friends 
that even a thought of  them brings  sad­
ness,  as  if  they  were  buried  from  our 
sight. 
It is a fact not  generally  known 
that  Michigan  has  more  harvests  than 
any other State in the union.  This may 
seem a  sweeping  assertion,  but  let  us 
enumerate: 
In  the  spring,  you  com­
mence with the wool and the  berry  har­
vest,  both of which  are  large  and  com­
mand  ready  cash  at  prices  far  higher 
than in Iowa or California.  Next comes 
the hay and grain harvest,  followed later 
by fruits, for  which  Michigan  is  so  fa 
mous.  Then you have a fish harvest  of 
no  small  importance.  Next  the  fuel, 
timber and lumber  harvests  bring  hun­
dreds of thousands into the  State  annu­
ally.  And still  the  half  has  not  been 
told, as we add to these the millions paid 
for your iron and  copper  and  the  more 
precious metals of the  upper  peninsula. 
Only a small portion  of  those  rich  har­
vests can by any ordinary possibility fail 
in the same year.  Thus,  on  the  whole, 
better  and  more  prosperous  times  for 
merchants  is  assured 
in  other 
states.  The facilities for  marketing all 
this is  unequaled  in  the  union,  as  for 
seven  months 
there  is 
water  communication  with  both  New 
York  and  Chicago,  the  two  foremost 
markets in America.  Do not  think  me 
too enthusiastic—for I  am  going  to  re­
turn  to  Michigan  to  stay—when  I say 
that considering all  its  advantages  and 
disadvantages, your State  is  without  an 
equal for the  merchant,  if not  for  other 
classes. 
I  predict  that  comparatively 
few  years  will  elapse  until  the  entire 
eastern shore of Lake Michigan, from St. 
Joseph to Charlevoix,  for a few miles in­
land,  will  be  one  continuous  orchard,

the  year 

than 

in 

devoted to the raising of  all the  market­
able fruits of the temperate zones.  The 
limit in the true value of  such  lands  is 
yet far from being reached. 
It is to  be 
hoped that  all  those  engaged  in  mer­
chandise in that State will  not  abandon 
it for another until  they,  at  least,  visit 
other portions of the union  and  see  for 
themselves.  Your  state  is  quite  free 
from those  storms  and  cyclones  which 
are alike destructive to life and property 
and, notwithstanding its  early  prestige, 
it is now remarkably healthy. 
It is the 
pioneer State in education for the masses 
and  the  homes  of  a  prosperous  and 
happy people.

Yours  very truly,

H. B. J.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Green,  $3.50  for  winter  grades  and 
$2.50 for cooking stock.
A pples—Evaporated  are  in  small  demand  at 
13c.  Sundried are not yet in market in sufficient 
quantities to quote.
Beans—The crop is coming in freely, purchases 
being made on the basis of $1.65@1.E0 for countiy 
hand-picked.  City picked is held at $2@2.10. 

per lb.  Creamery finds moderate sale at 23c. 

Beets—hew, 50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  in  good  demand  at  16@17c 
Cabbages—50c  per doz. or $4 per 100.
Carrots—3>kj per bu.
Celery—20@*5c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,$1.25;  produce barrels 
25cCranberries—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.
jjgga—The market is firmer and higher, owing 
to the  higher  prices  uling  at  all' the leading 
consuming  markets  of  the  country.  Dealers 
pay 18c delivered and hold at 20c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.60  per  bu. 
medium, $4.30@4.4->.  Timothy, *1.50 per bu.
Game—Venison, 13c  per  lb.:  Rabbits,  75c  per 
doz.;  Partridges, s5c per pair.
Grapes—All varieties are out of market, exce 
Catawbas,  which  are  held  at  40@45c  per  9- 
bftskctMaple  Sugar —8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to
Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—The market is  firm  and  higher, deal 
ers paying 75c and holding at 90c.
Potatoes—The market is strong at the principal 
consuming markets.  Local handlers pay 50@55c 
here  at the principal buying  points in the State 
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, $2.75 per bbl;  Jer 
seys, $3 per bbl.
Turnips—30@35c per bu.
The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co, 

PROVISIONS

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new....................................................   11  50
Shortcut.....................................................   12  50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  13 75
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....................  13 50
Pork Sausage...................................................7
Ham Sausage...................................................  »
Tongue Sausage................................................ 9
Frankfort Sausage.  .........................................8
Blood Sausage..................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick................................................5
Headcheese.....................................................  5
Tierces..............................................................7
Tubs.................................................................  ¿94
501b.  Tins......................................................... 754
Tierces..............................................................6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................634
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...................................   7
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case......................  
6X
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.......................................63£
20 lb. Palls, 4 in a case.......................................614
501b. Cans...... ................................................. .634
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing............................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts..........................................  9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   9!£
16 lbs....................................... 10
“ 
12 to 14 lbs................................1054
“ 
ilcnic.....................................................7*
jest boneless.........................................10
Shoulders.............................................  
 
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...............................8
Dried beef, ham prices..................................    9
Long Clears, heavy........................................... 6
Briskets,  medium.  .......................................... HI
614

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

lar d—Family

light.................................. 
FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

„ 

 

FRESH  FISH.

Whitefish................................................  @714
smoked.......................................  @8
Trout............................ 
....................:  @ 714

“ 

Halibut.............................................. . 
@15
Ciscoes...................................................  © i
Flounders..............................................   @9
Blueflsh  ................................................  @10
Mackerel  ..............................................   @25
Cod.........................................................  @10
California salmon.................................   @22
@35
Falrhaven  Counts..........................
@28
J. D. Selects................................
@25
Selects  ............................................
@23
J. D..............................................
Anchors...........................................
@20
Standards................................. —
oysters—Bulk.
Standards,  per gal................................   @1  25
Selects, 
.................... ...........   @1  15

oysters—Cans.

“ 
FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

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

Beef, carcass..........................................  4  @ 6V4
........  .  554®  5
hindquarters..................
...........  S  @354
fore 
...................
...........  754@ 854
loins, No. 3................. .
.........   7  @ 8
rounds............................ ...........  554@ 654
<a
.. .*......  
•vue»»».........................
...................................................•>  G OJ4
X  r
tftt 5
...........8  @854
...........  @ 6
...........  @ 5
...........  @5
...........  @754
Mutton.....................................................634@ J
Veal.......................................................   654@  •

“  shoulders.........................
Sausage, blood  or head............
liver.............................
Frankfort.................

R nn 
nupD................................  
RaI non« 

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CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

 

 

 

“ 

MIXED  CANDY.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

Standard, per lb.......................................814® 9
T w ist......................................   854@  9
Cut  Loaf...................... 
}0
Assorted  Cream  ............................................. }2
Extra H. H...................................................... II
Standard, per lb...............................i..............814
Leader............................................................. 854
Royal...............................................................   •
Extra..............................................................  JO
English  Rock..............................................-••10
Conserves........................................................ IJJ
Broken......... .................................. 
*
Cut Loaf............................................ 
JO
French Creams................................................ J*
Valley  Creams................................................ 13
Lemon Drops................................................... J2
Sour Drops......................................■............... 13
Peppermint Drops............................................14
Chocolate Drops...............................................14
H. M. ChocolateoDrops....................................18
Gum Drops...................................................... 10
Licorice Drops..................................................18
A. B. Licorice  Drops....................................... 14
Lozenges, plain................................................ 14
printed............................................15
Imperials..........................................................14
Mottoes.............................................................15
Cream Bar........................................................ J3
Caramels................................................... 1®@J§
Hand Made Creams.........................................18
Plain Creams................................................... 16
Decorated Creams............................................20
String  Rock..................................................... 15
Burnt Almonds................................................22
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................14
Lozenges, plain, in pails.................................12
Tops,in ptuls................................12
Gum Drops, in pails........................................   6
Moss Drops, in pails.........................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................12
Imperials, in pails............................................12
Jamaica, Bbl  .......................................  @7 00
«  Box 176...................................  „  «4 3 75
Florida............................. ...................4  50@ 4 75
Messina, choice, 360.............................   @
300.............................  @
fancy, 360.............................  @
.  ......  .....................  @ 6 50

Srinted, in pails.............................13

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

50-lb. “ 

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

California...............................  @

Malaga 
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........  18@19
“ 
“  .........  @16
“ choice 
“ 
“ 
“ 
**  2-B>..  @14
“ 
“ 
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
“ 
“ 
« 
............................  @8
“ 
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  @7
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @17
Ivaca..................................  @17
Brazils....................................................   @16
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @1754
“  Marbot....................................  @1354
“ 
“ 
7

Naples..................................  @17
Chili........................................  @12
Table  Nuts, No. 1..................................  @16
@15
Pecans, Texas. H. P  ............................. 14  @16
@5 00
Cocoanuts, full sacks
Fancy, H.  P.,  Bell  ......................
“  Roasted 
........
Fancy, H.  P., Stars 
...........
“  Roasted  .........
Choice, H. P., Ex P rince............
“  Roasted..........
Fancy, H. P„ Steamboats............
Roasted.

“ 
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No. 1.......  

@1054 @1254 @ 954 @1154 

@ 954 
@1154 
@ 954 
@11

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For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

TH E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

13

Detroit Soap Co.'s Brands.

SOAP.

S E E D S ,

SALT

SAL  SODA

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Queen  Anne............ ......... 3 85
German  Family.......
Mottled  German...... ......... 3 00
Old German.............. .........2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain__
......... 2 00
......... 3 75
Frost, Floater...........
Cocoa  Castile  ......... ......... 3 00
Cocoa Castile. Fancy..........3 36
Old Country, 80......... ......... 3 20
Uno.100.................... ..........3 50
Bouncer, 100.............. .........3 00
Kegs.......................... .  ... 
IK
Granulated,  boxes... ......... 2
Mixed bird............... .  494© 6
Caraway.................... .........  9
Canary..................... .........   394
Hemp........................ .........   4
Anise......................... ......... 13
Rape......................... .........   6
Mustard.................... ......... 794
@96
Common Fine per bbl.
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks
28 pocket.................................. 1 75
“ 
60 
.............................2 00
 
100  “ 
2 15
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
 
Higgins “ 
75
Warsaw “ 
..................   35
..................   20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases —  1  50 
“  28-lb sacks  25
50
“  56-lb 
“  60  pocket.2 25
“  28 
.2 10
“  barrels..  .1  75
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .514
Dwight’s Com........................514
Taylor’s .................................514
DeLand's Cap  Sheaf.............514
pure.........................514
Our Leader........................   5
Corn, barrels.....................834
one-half  barrels —  @36
Pure  Sugar, bbl................30@40
“ 
half barrel...  33®42

“ 
14 bu  “ 

SALERATUS.

“ 
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SYRUPS.

“ 

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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
Sugar Creams............  
Frosted  Creams......... 
Graham  Crackers......  
Oatmeal Crackers—  
SHOE  polish.
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75

8
814
8
8
8

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F air............................  @20
Good..........................   @22
Choice.......................... 24  @28
Choicest..................... 32  @36
D ust............................ 10  @14
SUN CURED.
@2'
F air............................
Good..........................
@22@29
Choice.........................24
Choicest......................32
@?6
@14
Dust............................10
BASKET  FIRED.
F air............................
@20@25
Choice.........................
@35
Choicest.....................
@46
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
@35
Common to  fair..........25
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
Common to  fair.......... 25  @30
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @50
Fine to choicest.......... 55  @65

OOLONG.

IMPERIAL.

Common to fair...........20  @35
Superior to fine............40  @50

YOUNG HYSON.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST. 

Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
.
F air.............................25  @30
Choice......................... 30  @35
Best............................. 55  @65
Tea  Dust.......................8  @10

SODA.

Boxes...................................51«
Kegs, English..............  ......4*

D. Scotteu & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.
Hiawatha  ...................... 
Sweet  Cuba.................... 
TOBACCOS—Plug.

62
36

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PAPER.

No. 1.  5

TWINES.

tobaccos—Smoking.

Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................   37
Double P edro....................... S3
Peach  P ie ..................  
34
Wedding  Cake, blk — ..........33
“Tobacco” ..........................   35
Hector..................................17
Plow Boy, 2  o z ...................32
4 oz.................... 31
IS oz.................... 32
VINEGAR.
40 gr...............................—   8
50 gr............................  ......   9
PAPER A WOODENWARK 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw 
.................................150
Sugar.............................. — 180
Hardware............................. 214
Bakers.................................. 894
Dry  Goods.................  594©5
Jute  Manilla................6Lj@S
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
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
13  “ 
.....................  1 25
15  “  ...................... 2 00
17  “ 
.....................  2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
bushel......................  1 50
75
“ 
NoJi 6 25
No.3 7 26
“ 
“  No.1 3 50
“ 
No.2 4 25
No.3 5 00
“ 
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
W hite........................  
96
Red...........................  
95
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Bolted..................................1  35
Granulated...................... 
1 55

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WOODENWARK.

WHEAT.

splint 

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MEAL.

PLOUR.
Straight, in  sacks  ...........  5  10
barrels.  .......   5 30
6 10
sack s......... 
Patent
barrels.........  6 30
sacks__  ...  4  80
Graham
3 70
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MILLSTUFPS.

RYE.

CORN.

BARLEY.

Bran..................................  16 <0
Ships  ...............................  16 00
Screenings.......................  Iff 00
Middlings.........................  18 00
Mixed  Feed.......................  22 50
Coarse meal.....................   22 50
No.l  ..............................   @55
No. 1.  ...............................   1  15
No.2...............................  
1  10
Small  lots....................... 
60
“  .... ....................  56
Car 
OATS.
.......................  50
Small  lots 
Car 
“  ..........................  48
HAY.
No. 1.......................   ........  9 00
No. 2.................................   8 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FUR«.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows:
Green........................   5  @ 54
Part Cured.................  5v»@  6
Full 
@  6V4
Dry.............................  fi  @ 7
Kips, green  ................. 594©  6
“  cured...............   6  @694
Calfskins,  green.........  5 @7
cured.........  7 © 894
Deacon skins............... 10 @30

HXDSS.

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No. 2 hides 94 off.
PELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings.................. 10  @25
Estimated wool, per ® 20  @28
Washed.......................... 20@30
Unwashed................ 
10@22
MISC ELL AN EO US.
Tallow.........................3  @4
Grease  butter  .............1  @2
Switches....................  194©  2
Ginseng 
2 5 <®3 01
LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  Hogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

ANIMAL  OILS.

LUBRICATING  OILS.

"  N o.l  “ 
“ 

follows:
Extra WS Lard......... 53  @58
..........45  @50
N o.l.  .. 
..........35  @40
PnreNeatsfoo’.........  52  @60
W Va  Summer...........?9»@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....... 18  @25
Mower and Reaper— 25  @30 
Castor Machine.........25  @30
Pure...............................$1  26@1 30
Distilled........................$1  1P@1 25
Mineral  ....................   30®  35
Water White..............  @10
Michigan test 
Gasoline.....................  994@14

CASTOR  OIL.

BURNING  OILS.
.........
PAINT  OILS.
“  raw 

“ 

Unseed  Oil, boiled .. .65  ©75G 
..  .62  @72  ]
Naptha  ...................     7V4@10  1
Turpentine  —   ....... 45  @50J

R E M E M B E R
B U N O L A

T H A  T

Wholesale h*rlce  Current.

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

“ 

HERBS.

*'
1  00
*
1  50
1
2 00 
*
3 00
GUN  POWDER.

2 90
Herring,  round, 14 bbl.. 
“ 
glbbed.............. 
2 75
12 00
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
.“  kegs, 
..  75@  80
“ 
Scaled...........  @  20
“ 
Trout,  14  bbls............  @5 25
11  10  lb.  kits................   75
White,  No. 1,14 bbls..  @5 50
“ 
“ 
121b. kits....100
101b. kits....  80
“ 
“ 
Family,  14  bbls....... 3 00
“ 
kits.............   65
‘ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS-JennillgS' 
DC  DC 
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box.
3 oz 
1  50
4 oz 
2  00
3 00
6 oz 
8 oz 
4  iO
Kegs..................................5 50
Half  kegs...........................3 00
Sage.....................................9
Hops....   ............................14
Chicago  goods....................  514
LAMP WICKS.
No.  ...
No. 1..........................
No. 2. .......................
LICORICE.
Pure.........................
Calabria....................
Sicily........................
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
choice.................  40
fancy................... £0

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

JELLIES.

One-half barrels. 3c extra

LTE.

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OATMEAL.

OIL.

PIPES.

PICKLES.

Barrels  ............................... 6 50
Half barrels......................... 3 39
ROLLED OATS.
Barrels...................... 
@6  50
Half bbls....................  @3 38
Michigan  Test....................  914
Water White.......................10
Medium............................  $8 fO
“ 
14 b b l...........  •....4 25
Small, bbl..........................  9 00
«  14  bbl.........................4 75
Clay, No.  216........................1  75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3............................1  25
Carolina head.   .................7
“  No. 1....................... 614
“  No. 2............... 6  @-
Japan, No. 1..........................7
“  No. 2.......................... 6
Tea, 2-8),  tin  scoop.........$ 6 50
.........   7 25
“ 
“  5-®,  tin  scoop.........   8 75
“ 
..........  8 75
Grocers’, 11-®,  tin scoop.  11  00 
brass  “  ..  12 25
“ ..13 25
brass  “  ..  14 75

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  brass  “ 

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22®,  tin 
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SNUFF.

RICE.

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3  “ 

spices—Whole.

SAPOLIO.
*r  
SOUPS.

Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43
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 
ft 
“  white...  .26
shot.........................20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice.............................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.................. 20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................42
Cloves,  Amboyna...............26
“  Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African..................1214
“  Cochin.....................15
Jamaica.................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................90
Mustard, English...............22
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and Trie..25
“  Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18
white...... 30
“  Cayenne................. 25

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bluing. 

94 lb.
11b.  -

94 lb.  “ 
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APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

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BROOMS.

Less 20 per cent, to retailers.

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ft  U lb. 
6 oz. 
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94 lb. 
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12 oz. 
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94®  “ 
1 ®  “ 
5 lb  “ 
94®  “ 
1 ®  “ 
BATH BRICK.

Chicago goods....................
Frazer’s...................................$8 40
Aurora.....................................  1 75
Diamond................................... 1 80
BAKING  POWDER.
Thepure, 10c packages.  .. .$1  20
1  56
 
2 28
 
 
  2 76
 
4  20
......   5 40
...... 26 CO
Absolute, K lb. cans, doz.. .1  00
.1  90 
.3 50 
75 
Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz  .. 
1  50 
94lb.  “ 
2  “  ...
3 00 
1  “  ...
lib .  “ 
bulk.......................
20 45 
Teller’s,  14 lb. cans, doz.
85
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1 50 
“ .
60
Arctic, 14 ® can s..............
1  20
............
2 00 
............
9 60
.............
40 
Red Star, 14 ®  cans.........
80 
.........
1  50
.........
80 
English, 2 doz. In case... 
75 
Bristol,  2  “ 
70
American. 2 doz. In case.
Gross
Arctic, < oz  ovals..............  4 00
“ 
7 00
“  pints,  round  ..........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ................. 4 50
No. 2 Hurl..........................   1  5
NO. 1  “ 
I 00
2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.........................“ 50
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
J  20
Mill .  .................................  8 28
Warehouse...........................“
BUCKWHEAT  PLOUR.
Rising Sun  ......................... 6 00
York State..........................
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................  “
Wicking.............................   25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  10
Clam Chowder, 3 lb.............2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. Btand —  1  15 
....2  20
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  90
“ 
2 65
2  lb.  “ 
lib .  Star..................2 50
“ 
“ 
2 lb. Star..................3 25
Mackerel, In Tomato Sauce.2 25
“ 
1 lb.  sta n d ............1 20
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2 lb. 
2 00
“ 
2 lb. In Mustard.. .2  25
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Sib.  soused.........
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1 75@1  90 
“ 
lib . Alaska.. 
@1 60
Sardines, domestic  !4s........ 
6
“ 
94s........® 8
“  Mustard 14s.........   @10
Imported  14s... 11  @12
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10
spiced,  94s........... 
Trout, 3 Id. brook.........   2 50
CANNED GOODS—FrultS. 
Apples, gallons 
.2 50
Apricots
Blackberries......................... 1 20
Cherries, red.........................1 30
“  pitted.......................1 40
Damsons.............................
Egg  Plums............................1 53
Gooseberries........................ 1 25
Green  Gages........................ 1 fO
Peaches,  pie........................1 90
seconds................... 2 30
“ 
stan d .......................2 65
“ 
“  California................2 85
Pears.....................................1 50
Pineapples, common........... 1  25

CANNED GOODS—Fish.

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COPPER EXTRACT.

coppee—Green.

.11  @1:94
...10  @1CH

CHEESE.
Fancy Full  Cream 
Good 
Part Skimmed............   8 @9
Sap Sago............  @22
Edam  ..................... 
Swiss, imported 

@1  00
......  24@  25
domestic  __  15@  16
CHEWING  GUM.
200  “ 

Rubber, 100 lumps.............. 30
............... 40
Spruce, 200 pieces...............40
Snider's, 94 pint..................1  35
pint...................... 2 30
quart.................... 3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes  ......................(5
COCOA  SHELLS.
Bulk.............................4  @414
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City.........................  75
Felix.................................. 1  15
Hummel's......................... 
65
Rio, fair......................  @21
“  good  ...................21  @22
“  prime..................   @23
“  fancy,  washed...  @24
“  golden.................23  @24
Santos.........................22  @23
Mexican & Guatemala23  @24
Java,  Interior.............24  @26
“  Mandheling— 27  @30
Peaberry.................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 14c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
coppers—Package.
Bunola................................24I£
in cabinets.............. 2514
McLaughlin's  XXXX....2594
Lion  ....................................2514
“  in cabinets  ................26
Durham........  ....................25
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  35
“  150
“  1  75
“  2 00
“  2 25
“  100
“  1  15
Eagle.................................   7 50
Anglo-Swiss..............6 00® 7 60

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

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COUPONS.
“Superior.”
“ 
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“Tradesman.”

 
10 
...  ...... 20
CRACKERS.
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$ 1. per hundred..............  2 50
..............3  00
8 2,  “ 
$5.  “ 
...............   4 00
$10,  “ 
...............   5 00
$20,  “ 
................   6 00
$ 1, per hundred............... 2  00
................3  00
$5;  “ 
$10,  “ 
................4  ft)
$20,  “ 
................5  00
Subject to the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.............. 5 per  cent
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter..................   714
Seymour 
&94
Butter....................................514
family.......................... ^94
biscuit.........................614
Boston....................................714
City Soda..................... 
7v4
Soda.......................... 6
S. Oyster............................... 514
City Oyster, XXX...................514
Shell..  ................................6
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’........................... 
  85
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......  814®  9
evaporated__  @14
ft 
“  —   @21
Apricots, 
....  @10
Blackberries “ 
Peaches 
“ 
............   1614
Turkey.......................  @0794
Bosnia........................  @ 814
Lemon........................  

dried fruits—Prunes.

dried  fruits—Peel. 

CREAM TARTAR.

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red................... 140

sliced....................2 50
grated....................2 75
Quinces....................................1 10
Raspberries, black................... 1 30
Strawberries............................ 1 35
Whortleberries......................... 1 40
canned  goods—Vegetables.
Beans, soaked  Lima...........  85
“  Green  Lima...........@1  60
“  String......................@  90
“  Stringless...................   90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1 40 
Corn, stand,  brands.. 1  00@1  25
Peas,  soaked.......................   75

“  marrofat.......................@1 30
“  stand June........................1 40
“  sifted  • 
“  fine French.................  
.2 10
Mushrooms...............................1 80
Pum pkin.............................. @1 00
Squash......................................1 10
Succotash, soaked..............   85
“ 
standard..................1 30
Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1  05@1  10 
chocolate—baker’s.
German Sweet.................. 
22
34
Premium........................... 
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
40
Broma...............................  
37
B u lk ............................................. 6
B ed .................... 

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“  3  “ 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

dried fruits—Raisins.

dried fruits—Currants.

In drum......... ............  @18
Inboxes.....................  @20
Zante, in barrels........  @614
in less quantity  694® 614 
Valencias...................  @ 814
Ondaras......................  @  9H
Sultanas.....................   @12
London  Layers,  Cali­
Mus’tels,Cal.,2crown  @

fornia.....................  2 60@2 75
.  @2 35
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy, per  bbl.................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box —   60
imported......   @11
Pearl  Barley..............  @3
Peas, green.................  @110
“  split....................  @3
Sago,  German............   @6
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...  6@ 7
Wheat,  cracked.........   @5
Vermicelli, import—   @11
domestic...  @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole.................  5  @6
“  boneless..............614® 8
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,14  bbl  12 00 
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.1  20
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Is  better

and  costs  less  than  most 
package  coffees

UK  POUND CASES, 84  3-4;

lOO-CABINETS,  2S  1-4.

FOR SALE  BY  ALL GRAND  RAPIDS JOBBERS

P .  B.  O Y S T B R S . 

B.

SUGARS

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Cut  Loaf....................
Cubes.......................
Powdered.................
Standard  Granulated
Fine..........
Confectioners’ A.  ...
White Extra  C.........
Extra  C....................
C ...............................
Yellow 
..................
Dark  Molasses.........

The  packing  and  distributing  of  FRESH  OYSTERS  among  the  trade in 
@ 714  Michigan is one of the features of our business,  and  from  September  first  to  the 
@5Ai  May  following,  we  are  headquarters  for  these  goods, and shall appreciate  and
@694  promptly attend to all orders sent us,  as heretofore, guaranteeing  quality, measure 
@ 654 
@ 6 
HI 
O/B

TUB PUTNA.M C A J C O .

and satisfaction.

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

H  LEONARD  &  SONS,  G ran d   R apids,  Mieh.

All that we try to show you this week is a few leaders selected from our sample room, corner Springand Fulton streets, only  one  block  from 
Union Depot, wher/we are also  showing a complete line of  Holiday  Goods, consisting of Vases, Tin and Wooden  Toys, Cups  and  Saucers, Picture

T a r G B ST A SSO R TM B N T IN THE W BST

“CORAL”  Assortment  Half-gallon 
Pitchers, Clear Crystal Glass.  Packed 
21 Pitchers In barrel.  Four  Leading 
Styles

ONLY  $1.85  Per  Do*.

In  Syrup  Pitchers  we  display  im­
mense variety in  all colors glass that 
may be retailed at  from ten cents up­
ward.  Above style is one of the best.

La G R IPPE  a t  $2.50  Do*.

“Glass Fount” Kitchen  Lamp, with 
handle, to  be  used  as  hand  lamp if 
desired.  Bright Tin Reflector.  Com­
plete, with Sun Burner and Chimney,

ONLY $3.25  P er  Do*.

No  183 New Glassware.  Richest and Finest Effects yet shown. 
Very Stylish and  Elegant.  Sold  in  original  packages  containing 
Sets,  Tumblers,  Molasses  Cans,  Pitchers,  Sauce  Bowls, Celeries, 
Nappies,  Oil  Bottles,  Peppers  and  Salts, Olive or  Pickle  Dishes. 
Full barrel assortment at medium prices.  Four piece set will retail 
at 90c to 81.  BARREL ASSORTMENT COMPLETE for $8.25.

DINNER  SETS  in dozens of decorations and best styles.  Our 
stock is largelv imported direct from best English  makers  and  in­
cludes the choicest  goods  made  on  the other side, combined with 
the best factories of this country.  Above  illustrates  our No. 1081. 
Pattern with bright pink and blue flowers.  Best porcelain bodies.

ONLY $18.  Special Price to Dealers.

This  Sugar  Bowl  shows  our  new 
“Margaret” pattern  and shape that is 
Johnson 
having  a  marvelous sale. 
Bros.’  Best  English  Semi-Porcelain, 
in  crate  lots  or  repacked  to  order. 
Dinner Set

ONLY  $13.50.

Special Price to Dealers.

“Palm”  Decorated  Toilet  Sets  in 
various colors, on Best English Goods. 
A  Magnificent  Variety  of  them  to 
select from and all  offered  as low or 
lower than ever before.  No Advance 
with us.

Ten-Piece  8et,  $2.50.
Twelve “ 
4.50.
Special Price to Dealers.

“ 

“Forgetmenot.”  Extra  large  and  flue 
English  Toilet  Set;  Finest  Shapes;  new 
style  slop  jar  from  best  English  maker. 
Six  diffefent  styles  to  select  from,  that 
please every one  we  have  shown them to. 
10-Piece 8et 84,  12-Plece Set 87. 

Special Price  to  Dealers.

No.  988  Satin  Engraved  Quadruple  Plated  Tea 
Service, above syrup showing only the graceful outlines 
of the shape ana  pattern.  Sold  in  separate  pieces  or 
complete  sets,  as  follows:  Syrup, each,84.50.  Spoon 
Holder, gold lined;  Cream, gold lined, and Sugar Bowl; 
89.90 for the three pieces.  Coffee  Pot, 85.

No. 999  Satin  Finish  Quadruple  Plate Sugar Bowl. 

Warranted to last a lifetime.

Price  Sugar,  Only  83.30 
“ 
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Cream, gold lined, only 83.20 
“  83 20
Spoon Holder, “ 

Special Prices  to Dealers.

No. 1266 Hotel or Family Silver Dessert  Set  “ Three Pieces, Sngar, 

Cream and Spoon Holder.  Quadruple Plate, Satin Finish.
P r ic e   C om p lete  $ 9 .7 6 .

Special Prices to dealers.

Japanese  Tea Pots, in many styles, 
to be sold at from 12c to SI each.  Can 
be  placed  on  the  stove  to  steep in.
A b o v e  is  o u r   “ W a te r  D ro p ”   P o ts,  a t 

In Children's Goods our line is bound! ess.  Our 
department of Dolls’ Carriages, Hobby  Horses, Shoo 
Fly  Horses,  Baby  Swings, Wheelbarrows,  Sleighs,
r  ly  n u rses,  d» uj  owiukd,  w u w * */«** * vw
Express Wagons, Tricycles, etc.,  Is  most  complete. 
Above  is  our  No. 47  Doll  Carriage,  at  $4.50  Net
r „ D„ ,.  s in d f «  

No.  335,  Hear- 

tal 
Glass Molasses Can. Hand­
some new pattern from the 
best  makers  iu  the  U. S. 
We have them from  a  ten 
cent can upward.
“ S S S S V fS K ii  D ... 

Above,

25c, 35c and 50c  Each. 
____________  
(Special Price to Dealers.
IK  N A M IN G   PRICES  o f  
IN  NAMING  PRICES  ON  ALL  CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE  THE  USUAL CHARGE  FOR PACKAGE  A «u  lak x k u*. 

IM P O R T E R S   CRO CKERY  &   CHINA

GWSSWARE  THE  USUAL CHARGE  FOR PACKAGE  ARB  CARTAGE  WILL  BE  MADE  IH  ALL CASES.

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P r i c e   O n l y   $ 4 . 8 8 .

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No.  100  Assorted  Package  Glass  Table  Lamps.  A  complete 
assortment, packed  In  barrels, fourteen  different  styles,  3)4  do*, 
lamps of the above patterns. 

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Money  Made  in  Specialties.

One of the first elements of  success  is 
a determination to  produce  the  best  of 
its kind,  no  matter  how  small  the  ar­
ticle may be. 
If  you make the best gim­
let or fish-hook  in  the  world,  and  then 
continue 
to  make  all  successive  ones 
equally good or better,  the  longer  your 
lease of  life,  the  better for  your  heirs. 
If  the other  requisites to success are ob­
served,  a competence  is  just  as  certain 
as to him  who  manufactures  boots  and 
shoes or gold watches.

It is interesting to note  the  number of 
small fortunes  which are being  accumu­
lated by making the most trifling articles 
which 
the  multitude  want,  and  for 
which  a  demand  is  easily  created,  by 
their very cheapness. 
It  is  usually un­
necessary  to  patent  such  articles,  pro­
vided 
the  maker  is  determined  to  be 
honest with the  public.  A  copyright— 
costing one  dollar—upon  the  label  and 
name placed upon each package  is  quite
sufficient,  and is ample protection, as the 
longer  one  remains 
the 
greater  the  demand for  this  particular 
brand,  unless, 
in  an  unfortunate  mo­
ment,  he decides  to cheapen,  adulterate 
or in some manner  lower  the  quality of 
the goods;  from that moment he  loses in 
the race  and  some  honest  man  defeats 
him.

in  business 

It is a source  of  still  greater  wonder 
that frequently one single  article  alone, 
to which his  every thought  and  care  is 
directed, succeeds best.  We  are  living 
in an age  of  specialties,  and it is found 
that perfection  is  sooner  attained  with 
all  our  energies  concentrated  to  one 
focus.  There  are  now  specialties  in 
agriculture, in  trade,  in  mechanics,  in 
science and art,  which  defy all the labor 
of  all the  past  ages  to  equal.  Several 
years  ago two Germans went to Chicago. 
They were poor in cash,  but full of  hard 
days’  works and had some wisdom.  They 
noticed a small  want  which no one sup­
plied,  and  they purchased two  acres  of 
ground in the suburbs of that city which, 
being  marshy,  was  considered  of  little 
value. 
It was ditched  and  drained  and 
planted to  one  vegetable—horse-radish. 
Soon this pungent little root was peddled 
all over the city,  both in its natural state 
and grated and put up in  vinegar.  As a 
grateful condiment  it  “took”  with  the 
people  and,  for  a  time,  it  was  almost 
impossible  to  supply the demand.  The 
grocers now carry it  in  stock  and  it  is 
needless to add that the two Germans are 
wealthy,  and  their  two  acres  of  rich 
muck are worth fifty times the price they 
paid for it.  Take a walk through any of 
our wholesale  grocery stores  and  notice 
the casks,  boxes and bales of  a  hundred 
such small specialties  and  you  will find 
that 
these  articles  are 
enormous and,  though  small  and low in 
price,  in  the  aggregate  they amount  to 
thousands of  dollars in every city in the 
land.  There  are  probably more  oppor­
tunities for  acquiring  a  competence,  if 
not  a fortune,  in  producing  some  spe­
cialty of  food  than  all  others,  as  new 
dishes soon become fashionable  and that 
at once  creates  a  steady demand.  The 
producers of frogs—frog farming,  it may 
be  called—in  various  portions  of  this 
country are amassing fortunes  and  even 
at the high prices  the demand is increas­
ing.  Fish farming  is  now  also  a fixed 
and profitable  industry.  By the  aid  of 
artificial heat,  the  productions  of  eggs 
and spring chickens the  year round is  a 
financial  success.  There  is  absolutely 
no limit to the production  of  specialties 
in every department  of  trade  and  com­
merce,  and success is ensured by honesty 
and perservance.

the  sales  of 

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about men and things,  and  some  people  don't; 
but  everybody likes  to  get  hold  of  thé  news­
paper  which is never  dull  and  never  afraid to 
speak its mind.
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Sun has fought in the front  line for Democratic 
principles, never wavering nor  weakening in its 
loyalty to the true interest of  the party it  serves 
with  fearless 
intelligence  and  disinterested 
vigor.  At times opinions have differed as to the 
best means  Of  accomplishing  the common  pur­
pose;  it  is  not  The  Sun’s fault  if  it  has  seen 
further into the millstone.
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great  year in  American  politics, and everybody 
should read The  Sun.
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DOORS
Liier, Leti ai SM.

DEALERS  IN

Office,  Mill  and  Yard:
East  Muskegon  Ave.,  on  O.  Si  W.  M. R’y.
MUSKEGON,  MICH._______

Bicydes, 
Tricycles, 
Uelocipedes
General Sporting Goods

AND

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

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

E. G. Studley,

4  Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

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

FIT  FOR

Table:

All  goods bearing the 

name  of

THUBBEB, WHYLAND  k  CO., 

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

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

THUBBEB, WHYLAND  &  00., 

West Broadway, Eeade  &  Hudson Street* 

New York Oity.

Grand Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect October 5,1890.
TRAINS  going  north.

South. 
For Saginaw, solid t r a in ........... 
For Traverse City......................... ¡5:15 am  
For Traverse  City & Mackinaw]  9:20 a m  
For Saginaw, solid train............  
ForCadillac................................... +  2:15 pm  
For Mackinaw............................... + 8:60 p m 
From Kalamazoo..........................t 3:55 p m

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
t  1:30 am
t  7:05  am
+11:30  a m
t  4 :30  p m
t 5:00  pm
¡10:30  p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

 

North. 
For  Cincinnati............................. J  6 00am  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .+10:15 a m 
From Saginaw............. 
11:45 am
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For Cincinnati...............................t 5:30 p m 
For Kalamazo and  Chicago__ +10:50 pm  
From Saginaw............................... +10:30 p m

8onth.
t  5:30 am
+10:30 a m
t 8:00 p m
J  6:00 p m
¡11:30  pm
Trains marked (¡) rnn daily; (+) daily except 8nnday. 
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—11:30  a  m 
train, parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 pm  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—1:30 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6 p m 
train, Wagner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 am
7:00 a m  
11:15  am  
3:55 p m
5:40  p m 
8:45 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Arrives.
tMornlng Express............................ 18:50 p m
tThroufch Mall....................................5:00 pm
tGrand Rapids  Express..................10:25 p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 a m
tMixed.....................................
GOING EAST.
tDetroit  Express...........................
tThrough Mail...................................10:10 a m
tEvening Express..............................3:35 p m
•Night Express.................................. 6:50 p m

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
5:10 p m
7:05 am  
7:30 am
6:60am 
10:20 a m 
3:45 p m 
10:65 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving at  10:55  p  m  has  Wagner  sleeping 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit  at 7:20 a m.
Tickets  and 
car  berths  secured  at 
D.,G. H. A M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.
ja b. Campbell, City Passenger Agent. 

sleeping 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

GOING WEST.

Toledo, Ann Arbor Ss  Northern.

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

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

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Fruit Belt Line.

■HICAGO  A  WEST  MICHIGAN  RAILWAY. 

Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lnd-  .
ington,  Manistee & Traverse City..  *7:25 a  m 
Express for Chicago and  Muskegon..  +9:00  a  m
Fast Mail for Chicago.........................+1:00 p  m
Express for Muskegon and H a rt...... +5:0 > p m
Night Express for  Chicago  ............  *11:35  p m
Night Express for  Indianapolis  ...  Ill :35  pm  
Mail  for  Big  Rapids,  Manistee  and
Traverse City  ..................................  +5:05 p m
Ex. for Grand Haven A  Muskegon...  +8:40 p m
Night Express from Chicago  ............  *6:30 a m
Night Express from Indianapolis  __  *6:30  a  m
Ex. from Muskegon, Hart &Pentwater+10:45 a m 
Express  from  Big  Rapids,  Baldwin
and Traverse City........................... +12:15 p m
Mail from Chicago and Muskegon  ..  +3:55  p m
Express from Grand Haven............... +5:50 p m
Fast Express from  Chicago..............+10:15 p m
Ex. from  Muskegon and Pentwater..+ 5:50 p m 
Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse City.  +5:40 p m
Express from Traverse City...............*10:40 p m
♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.  IDally except 
Saturday,  ¿Daily except Monday.
Through chair car  for  Chicago  on  9:00  a  m 
train:  no extra charge for seats.  Trains leaving 
Grand  Rapids  at  1:00  p  m  and 11:35 p  m  run 
through to  Chicago  solid.  Through  sleeping 
cars  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago  on 
night  express  trains.  Through  combination 
sleeping and chair  car  between  Grand  Rapids 
and Indianapolis on night express trains.
Wagner drawing  room  buffet  cars  on  trainB 
leaving  Grand  Rapids  1 p m  and Chicago 4:10 
pm.  4:40pm  train  leaving  Chicago  connects 
with sleeper leaving Grand Rapids  11:30 p m for 
Traverse City.  The 5:05 p m train  has  through 
free parlor car to Manistee via M. & N. E. R’y.
Rail- and water route  between  Grand  Rahlds 
and Chicago via St. Joseph  and Graham & Mor­
ton’s new palace steamers, City  of  Chicago and 
Puritan.
Leave Grand  Rapids  1:00  p  m. arrive in Chi­
cago Sam, except Sunday and  Monday.  Leave 
Chicago 9:30 a m, arrive Grand Rapids 10:15 p m, 
except Saturday and Sunday.

■ETROIT,  LANSING  A  NORTHERN  R.  R. 

Lansing Route.

Express for Saginaw and Bay City —   +7:30  a m 
Mail for Lansing,Detroit  and East...  +7:25  a m 
Express for Lansing, Detroit and East +1:20 p m 
Mail for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw  +4:30 p m 
Fast Ex. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 p m 
Mall from Saginaw and  Bay City.  .. .+11:45 a m 
Mail from Lansing, Detroit and  East.+12:10  a m 
Fast Express from Lansing and East.  *5:05  p m 
Express from Lansing  ana Detroit...  +9:50 p  m 
Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Alma+10:30 p m
•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
The shortest line to Detroit and  the  East.  Elegant 
parlor cars between Detroit  and Grand Rapids.
Solid  trains  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw. 
Two solid trains between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit, 
leaving Grand Rapids 7:25 a m  and  6:25  p  m,  leaving 
Detroit 1:15 p m and 5:00 p  m.
For tickets and information, apply  at Union  Ticket 
Office. 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot.
Gbo. DbHavxn, Gen. Pass. A  Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

15
Michigan (Central

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’'

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................   7:90am  10  00 pm
5:00pm
Mixed  ...................................................6:30am 
Day  Express........................................11:56 a m   10:00 am
•Atlantic A  Pacific Express............. 11.15pm 
9:00 am
New York Express............................... 5 .40 pm  
1:25 pm

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

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  ran  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s , Gen’l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglks. G. P.  A  T. Agent., Chicago.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

----OR----

P A M P H L E T S .

For the best work, at  reasonable prices, address

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 
_______ Grand  Rapida, Mich._______

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B, DIREMO
Watch JUaker 
s Jeweler,
|M .

44  GANE  8Y„
Grani Rapida  ■ 

W ANTED.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

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

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

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

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

D. A. Blodgett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general banking  business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

1EFORE  BUYING  GRATES]
I.et  Circular and Testimonials.  S e n t  Hr*-.  .
Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic.
.AL0INEFIRE  PLACE.  GRAND RAPID . BlCB.j

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

FINANCIAL.

Local  Stock  Quotations.

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Reported by the Miehioan Trust Company.
A nti-Kalsomine  Co.........................  — ..........
Alpine Gravel  Road C o .......................................¿7
Aldine Manufacturing  Co....................................J*{
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co............................. ™
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co............................
Fifth National Bank...........................................JJJj
Fourth National Bank........... ............................‘¡™
............  J*
Grand Rapids  Brush C o.... 
Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co.  ---10- 
Grand Rapids Fire  insurance Co  . . . .  
• - -  »1?
Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids  Savings Bank.....................—  l~o
Grand Rapids Chair Co 
................................J JJJ
Grand  HapidsNational Bank............................. J "
Grand Rapids » elt Boot Co.................................J*“
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................. lou
Rent County Savings Bank................................ 1-®
Michigan Barrel Co.............................................
New England  Furniture Co..............................
National City Bank..............................................J“*
Old National  Bank  ...............--.........................
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co.....................jjj?
Phoenix Furniture Co..........................................
Sligh  l-urniture  C o....  ... -•••••  : ; ................... 22
Street Kailwav Co. of  Grand Rapids...............  40
Walker Gravel  Road Co  ..........•  ......................*
Peninsular  Club 4 per cent. Bonds..................   ,s

Financial  Miscellany.

The First National  Bank of New York 
with a capital of §500,000, has a  surplus 
and undivided profits  of  §6,700,000  and 
total resources of §31,000,000.
Spreckles has increased the  capital  of 
his California sugar  refinery  front  §10,- 
000.000 to §20,000,000.  He has bought an 
enormous amount of Manilla sugar.

Made  at  Troy,  Instead of Chicago.
The “ Duplex”  button fasteners, which 
happen to  work on  the  Peninsular  ma­
chine, are manufactured by R.  L.  Ham & 
Co., of Troy—not by Mr.  Whitehead,  of 
Chicago, as stated  last week. 
It  is  re­
ported that  Mr.  Whitehead  will shortly 
embark in the  manufacture  of  the same 
class of fasteners,  arrangements  to  that 
end  having  been  under  way  for  some 
time.  Those who are using  the unortho­
dox fasteners assert that  they work  bet­
ter in  the  machine  than  those made by 
the Peninsular company.

A  Slight  Misunderstanding.

Lady  of  the  house  at  the telephone, 
speaking to her grocer and  baker (rather 
hard  of  hearing)—Hello!  Is  that  you, 
Mr.  Samuels? 
Please  send  up  some 
pound  cake  and  almonds  for  tea  not 
later than 5 o'clock.  Do you get it ?

Mr. S.  (who  is  also  partially  deaf)— 
Yes, think I do, but I’ll  just repeat your 
order:  “Round steak and salmon, if you 
have them in stock.”

Lady-Yes,  I  think  you  understand. 
Don’t disappoint me, as I  have company.

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP  BURNERS.

45
No. 0 Sun................................................
No. 1  “  .........................................................   22
No. 2  “  .........................................................   ™
Tubular...........................................................  to

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

6 do*, in box.

„

Pearl top.

First quality. 

“ 
XXX Flint. 
;; 

No. 0 Sun........................................................}  ¿5
So! 2  “  ..................................................*TO
_ _
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................... * ~
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................* «0
no. i  •• 
; ; ....................................... |  *
No. 2  “ 
.......................................3 88
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
No. 2  “ 
....................4 ^
f
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz...................... 1
.......................
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz...................................... }  35
No. 2  “ 
........................................1 60
Butter Crocks, per gal..................................  06*4
Jugs, % gal., per doz....................................  75
»» 
....................................  90
i  44 
«  2  “ 
.................................. I  80
Milk Pans, V4 gal*, per doz.  (glazed 66c)  ...  65 
*. 
“ 
“  90c).  ..  78

“ 
STONEW ARE— A KRON.

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F R U IT   JA R S .

Mason’s, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps.

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

Quotations on fruit  jars  and  lamp  chimneys 

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

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

W M . SE A R S & CO.,

Cracker  Manufacturers,

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

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 houses  or  given  to  their agents, and same will be 
promptly filled.  They  are  fine  goods—packed  daily—and  guaranteed to be the 
equal of any brand ever placed upon the market.  We shall appreciate your favors, 
either to us direct or to your jobber.

T he  P u t n a m   C a n d y C o ,

CR ACKERS. BISCUITS  AND^SWEET GOODS.

Muskegon Cracker Co
L A R G E S T  V A R I E T Y  I N  T H E  S T A T E
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.

No  Collection  will  Any  Cracker  Tmsl

SPECIALBATTENTIONnPAIDaTO  MAIL  ORDERS.

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R IN D G E , B E R T S C H  &   C O . ,

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

,

S.  K.  BOLLES.

S .   K .  H olies  &  Co.,

mm  n i  v i i   B*P  G R A V I I   R A P I D S .   M I C H .

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

W h o l e s a l e   C ig a r   D e a le rs .

“ T O S S   U P ! ”

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

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._____  

DON’T SCATTER YOUR FIRE, OR WASTE COSTLY AMMUNITION
UNNECESSAR1LY--DEC1DE  UPON  WHAT  YOU  WANT,THEN  REACH  FOR  IT.
H ERE  IT  I S !  A N D   W E  GIVE  THEM  AW AY  F R E E !  They  are  dollars 
and cents to von, Boxes and Barrels are  good in their  place, but these Cabinets dress up  your store, 
and cost you nothing.  They are made  by regular Cabinet  Makers at a slight expense over the cost 
of  making  Boxes, consequently we  can  use  them  instead  of  the  old-tumbled-down-Barrels  and 
worthless  boxe .  These  Cabinets  are  beautifully Panelled, Painted  and Varnished.  Their use in 
the store is apparent.  T h e   5 0   lb .  C a b in e t  is  m a d e   p a rtic u la rly   fo r  th e   C o u n te r 
S h e lf;  th e   lOO  11».  C a b in e ts  to   ta k e   th e   p la c e   o f   th e   u n sig h tly   B a rre ls   so 
o fte n   se e n   o n   th e   floor.  To  secure these Cabinets  you have only to buy your Bulk Roast­
ed Coffee of the Woolson Spice Co., or order through your Jobber.  You assume no risk tor we fully 
guarantee the Coffee to  give  perfect satisfaction. 
It will cost  you only one cent for a Postal Card 
addressed to the Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio, for Price-list of Roasted Coffee in Cabinets.

IS CABINET HOLDS 50 lbs

i ^ l io n   c o f f e e   n o t   s o l d   in   THESE  CABINETS.-««

THIS CABINET HOLDS 100 lbs.

