Michigan Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 5, 1890.

NO.  372.

S. A .  JVIormaii

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

L IM E ,

Akron, Buffalo and  Louisville

C E M E N T S ,

Stucco and Hair, Sewer  Pipe, Fire Brick 

and Clay.

W rite  for  Prices.

20 LYON ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

To Buy A llen B.Wr isley's

IT WILL PAY YOU
600D CHEER SOAR
O Y S T E R S

Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

 

orders come.  We quote:

Season  is  now  under  way. 
SOLID  BRAND—Selects 

Let  your 
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B. F ..................................... 23
Standards............................21
DAISY  BRAND—Selects..............................23
Standards............................ 19
Favorites.............................17

Standards, in bulk, $1.35 per gal.

Mince  Meat.

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BEST IN  USE.

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20-lb. Palls...............................7!ic  per lb.
40-lb.  “ 
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H  bbls.....................................6J£C  “
2-lb. Cans (usual weight), $1.50 per doz.
E-lb.  “ 
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$3.50 
Sweet  Cider, Pure, 15c per gal.
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Pure Cider Vinegar, 10c 
Choice  Dairy Butter, 16c.
Fresh Eggs, 20c.
B .  P A L L A S   <£  S O N

P rop’s Valley City Cold 8torage, 

GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH

SEEDS!

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

Grand  Rais  Seed  Store,
W. T.  LAMOREAUX  &  CO.

WEST  BRIDGE  ST.

A.  8HELET.

W. 0. WILLIAMS. 

A. 8.  BROOKS.
WIL,L,IJLMS,
S H B E B Y

&   B R O O K S
Successors to

FARRAND,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 

W holesale  Druggists,
AT  THE  OLD  STAND.

Corner  Bates  and  Earned Streets, D etroit.

THE  MYSTERIOUS  THIEF.

Written for The Tradesman.

Iowa. 

Just previous to the rebellion a  young 
man and his wife from an  Eastern  State 
settled in a small village  in  one  of  the 
Southern  counties  of 
They 
brought  a  goodly  sum  of  money  with 
them and proceeded  at  once  to  bnild  a 
store  and  house  together,  intending  to 
engage  in  trade  with  a  general  stock. 
The entire main building  was  of  brick, 
with rooms for  residence  in  the  second 
story,  with a small one-story  brick addi­
tion for dining room and kitchen  adjoin­
ing it in the rear.  The bedrooms, closets, 
drawing room and library were  over  the 
store.  There  was  a  stairway  leading 
from the dining room below to the rooms 
above,  also a stairway from  above open­
ing upon the ground at a  back  corner of 
the  building.  The  only  entry  to,  or 
egress from,  the store in  the  rear  was a 
door opening into  the  dining  room.  A 
small frame two-story woodshed  was put 
up roughly twenty feet hack of the brick 
kitchen and connected with  the latter by 
a  narrow,  covered  hall-way  of  rough 
lumber, so that in case of fire in the shed, 
this hall could  be quickly  torn  out  and 
the brick buildings saved  from  destruc­
tion.  The second story of the woodshed 
was boarded up  tightly  for  about  three 
feet from the floor with three-eighth inch 
material, and the  balance  of  this  room 
was left unfinished.  A substantial stair­
way led from the outside  door  below  to 
this chamber, which was used in summer 
as a genera]  store-room  for  the  family, 
and in cold weather  was  nearly  empty.
I have been thus  minutely  particular  in 
describing the premises so  that  what  is 
to follow will be made more plain.  Mr. 
Clark’s new store had been  in  operation 
about a year, and during the last quarter 
of  that  period  many  daring  burglaries 
had occurred in the villages of  this  and 
adjoining counties.  A few of the thieves 
had been captured and  convicted,  but  a 
number had escaped with their  plunder. 
The country was  comparatively sparsely 
settled; the locality was near the borders 
of a State known to be hostile to  a  civil­
ized  and  enlightened  people,  and  the 
question of slavery and secession rapidly 
approaching a climax when  outlaws and 
criminals of all grades might be expected 
to ply their  calling  in  all  parts  of  the 
West.  All signs of  the times boded im­
pending trouble of  a political  nature  to 
the nation, and  this  and  the  numerous 
recent robberies were the  general  topics 
of conversation in the stores  and taverns 
of every village;  and every stranger  was 
looked upon with suspicion,  unless bear­
ing  well-approved  credentials.  Mr. 
Clark was exceedingly  nervous  over  the 
situation, and  many  a  night  the  clock 
struck the hour of  twelve before the dis­
cussion of the subject between  him  and 
his  wife  ended.  She  noticed  that  his 
rest was broken and that he  talked a lit­
tle in his sleep and occasionally cried out 
about robbers.  He would also suddenly 
start up and call  for  help.  Mrs.  Clark 
was one of those plucky and  nervy little 
women  with  undaunted  perseverance
and grit and faith in  her  own  power  to 
conquer, and  she  made  every  effort  to

VOL.  8.
B O L T O N

S T E E L

S A F E
Is better than the best.  Over 
12,000  sold  and  have given uni­
versal  satisfaction.  We  have 
them in sizes to accommodate the 
Grocer,  Druggist,  General  Mer­
chant,  Physician,  Lawyer,  Real 
Estate or Insurance Agent.  They 
range  in  price  from $25 to $500.

FREIGH T  PREPA ID .

Michigan  Office  Supply  Go.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

A n .iw  D u r f e e . 

A. D . L e a v e n w o r t h .

A lle n   D u rfee  & Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

ESTABLISHED  1841,

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THE  TRADESM AN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

REMPIS &  GALLMEYER,
FOUNDERS

General Jobbers and Manufacturers of 

Settees,  Lawn Vases,  Roof  Crestings,  Carriage 

Steps, Hi 

g Posts and Stair Steps. 

54-56 N. Front St. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SEEDS!

Write  for  jobbing  prices  on 
Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke  and 
Alfalfa Glover, Timothy, Orchard 
Grass,  Bed  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Field Peas, Beans,

APPLES
POTATOES.

AMD

C.  A i n s w o r t h ,

70 So. Division Su, Grami Rapids.

langh  away  the  fears  of  her husband. 
“We have a double  barreled  shotgun  in 
the  house  and  also  ‘Bernie,’  who  is 
worth any two men  in  a  case  of  emer­
gency,” she said to him one  day,  “and  1 
want you  to  dismiss  all  anxiety  about 
me, as I fear nothing in this  country  ex» 
cept fire.”

“Bernie,” to whom she referred, was a 
large and highly intelligent  New Found- 
land dog which  they  had  brought  with 
them,  and he now had comfortable  quar­
ters in  the store at night.  The stock  of 
goods was valued  at  from  six  to  eight 
thousand  dollars;  trade  was  booming, 
and  there  were  no  banking  privileges 
nearer than ten miles  away, and  rightly 
Mr. Clark reasoned that  he  was  obliged 
to keep too much cash in the store.  His 
courageous  little  wife  made  bi-weekly 
trips to the bank with the cash  on  hand 
and to obtain the needed  drafts  to  send 
East, never starting before  11  o’clock a. 
m.,  so as to have the  highway  with  her 
treasure in the most seasonable  hours  of 
the day.  On returning, she had less fear 
of being molested,  when it  would  be  in­
ferred that her pockets were empty.  She 
carried a good revolver, which she would 
not hesitate an instant to use if  her com­
mands  to  strangers  were  not  obeyed. 
“They take the chances, not I,”  was her 
suggestive remark one day,  when  asked 
what she would do if people  insisted up­
on a too close acquaintance.

The only clerk  Mr.  Clark  had  in  his 
employ was a stout, sixteen-year-old  lad 
who lived at home with his  parents  and 
who came early in the morning  and  left 
at 9 o’clock at night. 
If trade was unus­
ually lively,  Mrs. Clark was  called as an 
assistant,  to tide over  such  contingency. 
One day, after a  period  of  more  excite­
ment in the  community  with  regard  to 
thieves, Mr. Clark said to his wife:

“I am losing money for  which it is im­
possible to  account, unless  it  is  stolen, 
and how the  thief  manages  to  reach  it 
and cover up his footsteps  is  a  mystery. 
I am systematically robbed almost  every 
week and have been  for  the  past  three 
months,  if  not  more.  Nothing  except 
duplicate  keys  can  account  for  it, and 
even  then,  how  the  money  is  always 
readily found and only a part of it taken, 
and the  dog  silenced,  still  deepens  the 
secret. 
I  have  purposely  hidden  my 
cash  in  some  of  the  most  improbable 
places and at other times under lock  and 
key, and still with all my  precautions it 
disappears. 
If  1  were  a spiritualist, I 
should surely think  the  ghosts  took  it. 
You  will  recollect  asking  me  several
P e r fe c tio n   S c a le .

The  Latest  Improved  and  Best.

Does Rot Repire  Down Weight.

Will Soon Save  Its Cost on any Counter. 

For  sale  by  leading  wholesale grocers.

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T H E   M XCHIGJLlSr  T R A D E S M A N

times  why  our  deposit  was  so  much 
smaller, when our  business  was  appar­
ently improving? 
I evaded  your  ques­
tion, hoping to discover the  leakage,  but 
confess my inability to do so.”

“Have you ever missed  any  from  the 
cash drawers?” enquired  the  wife,  “and 
may not the thief be your clerk?”

“Impossible! 

I would  as soon expect 

my wife or father to rob me.”

“Has not some one in the village made 
a friend of ‘Bernie?’” queried Mrs. Clark.
“ 1 had not  thought of that,  and I have 
noticed, too, that every man in town pets 
him. 
It may be best  for me to  sleep  in 
the store for a few weeks  and  see  what 
will occur.  Yes, I will do so.”
It was now  the  month  of  September, 
1860.  Mr. Clark had slept  in  his  store 
every  night  during  the  previous  two 
weeks,  “Bernie”  lying on  a  mat  within 
three feet of the cot on which he  himself 
lay.  Generally he had  retired  late  and 
risen early—often lying  awake  an  hour 
or two after his light  was  extinguished. 
From some unknown cause his sleep was 
disturbed  and  several 
times  he  had 
started up  suddenly  under  the  impres­
sion that  some  one  beside  himself  was 
in the room; but, upon  striking  a  light, 
the dog was found in his place and show­
ing no signs of alarm.  During this time 
cash had been taken from several  places 
where it had been secreted  in  the  store, 
and once from a secret  drawer  that  had 
been locked by Mr. Clark and was  found 
still locked in the morning.  As  an  ex­
periment he had one night  deposited $50 
beneath his wife’s pillow in her bedroom, 
unknown to her,  locked  the  door  of  the 
room after she  slept  and  carefully  laid 
the key in a secret place in  the  kitchen, 
where it was  found  next  morning,  and 
both to his and  his  wife’s  astonishment 
the $50 had disappeared during the night 
and left no trace.  A part of this money 
was silver coin and only a  few  days  af­
terward  “Bernie”  was  found  playing 
with two silver half dollars, tossing them 
up and catching them  again in his mouth 
on the  grass.  As half dollars  were not 
very common in that year—paper  money 
being  principally  used—it  was  readily 
remembered that probably these belonged 
to the missing money  from  the  package 
in the bedroom,  but  this  only  served  to 
make the enigma still more  inexplicable. 
It was not possible that the dog  was  the 
thief,  as he was  securely  locked  in  the 
store  that  night  and,  had  he  been re­
leased by the thief, how should the silver 
come  into  his  possession  without  any 
outcry or evidence of a struggle. 
It fol­
lows that “Bernie” could  prove  an alibi 
and call upon  his  master  as  a  witness.
It now seemed plaiu  to Mrs. Clark that 
more  than  one  person  was  engaged in 
this strange series of  robberies  and  she 
prevailed upon her husband  to allow her 
to quietly take his place in  the  store  at 
night,  while he slept in the  room  above. 
She would remain awake constantly and, 
armed with the  shotgun,  would  capture 
or kill at least one of  the  robbers.  For 
a week or more she watched in  vain.  Al­
though she slept  some  during  the  day, 
she occasionally fell  asleep  for  a  short 
time  during  the  night.  Several  times 
she was startled by a  cat-like  tread, ap­
parently in the room, but, on  striking  a 
light,  the dog,  who was on the  alert  and 
standing near, would look at  her  an  in­
stant and then  about  the  room  as  if  to 
gay “everything is  all  right,”  and  then 
curl himself up again on the mat.

One  evening,  while  Mrs.  Clark  was 
still acting as nightly  sentinel, her  hus-

to 

in  size 

| band had occasion to open some boxes  of 
bottled goods which were packed in saw­
dust  and  which  had  become  quite wet 
from standing in the  rain. 
It  occurred 
to him that this would serve a  good pur­
pose,  by scattering a thin layer of it over 
the floor. 
It would take up some of the 
dust and deaden  the  noise  and  for  one 
day would be a change,  and he  gave  or­
ders to the young man to  omit  sweeping 
the next morning.  Being in the store at 
an early hour the  following  day  he  no­
ticed with surprise footprints in the damp 
sawdust from the  back  door  to  several 
distant points in the  store,  of  a  person 
going  and  returning,  and  his  surprise 
was increased as he discovered footprints 
of a dog that had evidently  accompanied 
him constantly.  The  footprints  of  the 
person were small and might  have  been 
those  of  a  man  or  woman, as  the feet 
were to all appearances encased  in some 
kind  of  moccasin.  Those  of  the  dog 
would  answer 
those  of 
»‘Bernie,”  although it could  not  be  told 
for certain whether he had  gone  out  of 
doors with  the  person  or  not.  As  no 
cash disappeared that night  this  discov­
ery  was  still  more  astounding.  Mrs. 
Clark declared she was  not  off  her  cot, 
that “Bernie” had been unusually  quiet, 
and that the back door  was  locked  that 
morning.
One  night  soon  after this  occurrence 
she  was  awakened  by  a  low  whining 
from  “Bernie” close to her cot.  She sat 
bolt  upright  instantly  and  reached  for 
her gun in  the  darkness.  She  did  not 
dare  strike a light,  but felt for  the  dog 
with her left hand,  placing it confidently 
on  his  head,  meanwhile 
listening  in­
tently.  She  could  hear  at  intervals  a 
slight noise in some part of the building, 
in the rear end  of  the  store,  but  could 
distinguish  no  talking  or  whispering. 
How  to  prevent  “Bernie”  giving  an 
alarm was the  question.  She  waited in 
silence a reasonable  time,  thinking  the 
thieves would either enter or try to enter 
the  store. 
She  was  now  thoroughly 
awake and determined.  Her plans  were 
also  quickly formed.  She  remembered 
that some small  linen  twine  was  within 
a  few  feet  of  her  and  it  took  only  a 
moment to obtain a ball,  bite  off  a  suf­
ficient length,  and  noiselessly tie  “Ber­
nie” by the neck to a stout column which 
supported  a  part  of 
the  upper  floor. 
Then putting her  mouth  to  his  ear,  at 
the same time striking  him sharply with 
the palm  of  one  hand on the head,  she 
told him in a loud whisper to “lie down!” 
Feeling that he  had  obeyed  and  would 
make no more noise, she grasped the gun 
and felt her way to the door  leading into 
the dining  room.  Unlocking  and  open­
ing  the  door  cautiously and  leaving  it 
open,  she-felt her way along the wall and 
into the kitchen, the door  of  which  was 
left open at night.  Passing  to  the  door 
at  the  entrance  of  the  hallway,  a few 
rays  of  light  showed  that the  way was 
clear to the woodhouse and  sounds came 
from the upper room of  it  as of  persons 
walking about.  Determined  to  “beard 
the robber,”  she  cocked both barrels  of 
the shot gun and,  holding it at the  posi­
tion of  “make ready,”  she was  quickly 
on the  stairway,  her  head  on  the  line 
with the upper floor,  and a single glance 
across showed  the outline of  a man  in a 
stooping position  near  one  side  of  the 
building.  Without even a warning sound, 
Mrs. Clark  nervously raised  the  muzzle 
of  her gun above the floor and fired both 
barrels in the  direction  of  the  shadow. 
The next instant she was running rapidly

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IMPORTING  AND

Wholesale  Grocers.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

M c G in t y ’s  P in e   G u t Tobacco,
L a u tz Bros*  &   Go.*s  S o a p s,
N ia g a ra   S ta r c h ,
Acme C ieese—Herldmer Co., N. Y. 
G a s to r  O il Axle Grease.

GRAND  RADIOS.

ESTABLISHED  N E A R L Y   30  YEARS.

Michael  Kolb  &  Son.,
Wholesale  Glothing  Manufacturers,

ONE  OF  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE

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

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

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

For eight years our Michigan representative,  attends  periodically at Sweet’s Hotel, 
in Grand Rapids, where many  merchants  meet  him,  and whose expenses are paid. 
Mr.  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  on  Thursday and  Friday,  Nov.  13 and 14. 
Room 82.

H O G L E   O I L   C O ,

W h o le sa le   and.  R e t a il  D e a le r s   in   O ils 

and M a h e r s  o f P in e  L u h iic a n t s •

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. 

The largest and most complete oil  line in Michigan. 

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

See Quotations.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R ^ X X E SM ^ lSr.

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THOM PSO

room 

boy he had been told by his  mother  that 
he was a somnambulist and she was care­
ful where  he  slept  and  usually he  was 
obliged  to  pass  through  her 
to 
leave the house, as she feared  he  would 
meet with  accident.  They all  saw  that 
Mr. Clark’s mind  and  nerves  had  been 
so wrought  upon  by  the  knowledge  of 
robberies at that  time,  and  the  anxiety 
in regard to his money,  that  the  disease 
had re-appeared and he had from time to 
time concealed  his  own  money  in  this 
out  of  the  way  place. 
“Bernie”  had 
evidently  watched  and  followed  him 
while in the store, but  reasoned  that  as 
it was  his  master,  all  was  right.  Mr. 
Clark had moved about  the  premises  at 
night in his  stocking feet only and  had, 
no doubt, deposited all that money in the 
open  space  in  that  unfinished  wall, 
where it might have still  remained  were 
it not for the  untiring  preserverance  of 
his faithful and  plucky wife.  The  cic­
atrized scars upon his arm  and head  are 
quite sufficient to remind  the now happy 
couple that some pitying angel must have 
partially  turned  aside  that  fearful  im­
plement of destruction on  that  eventful 
night. 

F. A. H.
From  Charlevoix to Hoosierdom.
A.  Rosenthal, dealer  in  clothing  and 
dry goods at Charlevoix,  noted  an  item 
in T h e   T r a d e s m a n  to the  effect  that  a 
clothing store was  needed  at Shipshewa- 
na, Ind., and immediately started for that 
place to investigate the field.  He was so 
well pleased with the prospects  that  he 
thereupon leased a building  and  is  now 
engaged in transferring his  stock to  the 
new location.
«¡E P E R F E C T I O N

•  M e a t   C u t t e r
T he Lat est, 
B est and 

Most  Improved 
for Family Use.

CUTS

Instead  of M ashes.

Requires
No Repairs.

E qualled 
by None for 
Family Use.

S imple to Use. 

Easy to C lean.

C annot qet  Dull 

or O u t of 

Order.
No. t—$2.00.  No. 2-*$2.75.  No. 3 -S 4 .0 0 .
Liberal discount to the trade, and 
descriptive  circulars  on  application  to
AMERICAN  MACHINE  CO.,
Lehigh Ave. and American St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  HAROWARE  SPECIALTIES,

JOHN  H.  GRAHAM  &  CO.,

i *3 Chambers St., New York.

Mnfiis.  agents. 

back through the  hall to procure a light. 
She had not reached  the  kitchen  before 
she heard a fearful racket of overturning 
chairs and other furniture and “Bernie,” 
growling  and  whining  at  every  jump, 
bounded  through  the  hall  and  up  the 
stairway.  Returning  in a moment  with 
her lamp, she  came  near falling  at  the 
sight before her.  Half  reclining against 
the siding at the head of  the stairs,  with 
“Bernie” licking the blood from his face, 
sat Mr. Clark.  He was  bareheaded  and 
in his night dress  only.  Blood was run­
ning from one upper  arm and  also from 
the  top  of  his  head  down  over  his 
blanched  face,  and  his  white  clothing 
was already transformed  into  a  ghastly 
picture.  He  had  fainted. 
It  required 
but an instant for  his wife to take in the 
situation.  Water  and  cloths  were 
quickly  brought  and  questions  were 
soon  asked  and  answers  rapidly given. 
Neighbors who had  been  aroused by the 
two almost simultaneous  reports  of  the 
gun  soon  crowded  into  the  house  and 
Mr.  Clark’s  merely  flesh  wounds  were 
soon dressed.  Very fortunately,  the gun 
was in her haste aimed  too  low  and  on 
one side  or  the  man  would  have  been 
killed instantly. 
It  is  thought  that  he 
was kneeling on one  knee  and  the  bent 
position  of  his  body  brought  his  head 
within twelve inches of the floor.  A few 
shot had struck the top of his head,  tear­
ing a portion of the scalp badly and mak­
ing a  ghastly flesh  wound  in  one  arm, 
near the shoulder,  but  severing  no  im­
portant arteries. 
It  was  equally myste­
rious to  Mrs.  Clark  as  to  her  husband 
and  neighbors,  how  he  came  in  the 
place and position where he was injured, 
as he could give no account of  it himself 
and remembered  nothing  except that he 
had experienced a shock.  He had  heard 
no report of  the gun,  and only when  he 
found his wife bathing his face with cold 
water,  and realized  her  distress,  did  he 
wonder what it all meant,  and  how  and 
why he was in the woodshed.  The  doc­
tor  suggested  that  he  must  have  been 
dreaming and  arose  and  went  out  par­
tially asleep;  but all agreed  that  watch­
ing  for  burglars  any 
longer  (unless 
special  police  were  employed)  was  a 
practice fraught with extreme danger and 
must  be  discontinued.  The  morning 
following this exciting  and  tragic  night 
Mrs. Clark repaired to  the  woodshed  to 
examine the effects  of  her  shot  on  the 
wall  of  the chamber.  Her  amazement 
cannot  be  described  at  the 
revelation 
disclosed.  The discharge  of  her gun at 
that short distance from the  stairs  upon 
which she stood had torn a hole  eight or 
ten 
completely 
through both the inside ceiling and clap­
boards  and  within a few  inches  of  the 
floor.  This  discharge  must  have  been 
concentrated  and 
Scattered 
over the floor near the spot were  quanti­
ties  of  bank  bills,  both  entire  and  in 
pieces and the four  inch  space  between 
the  inner  and  outer  boards  was  quite 
filled with the same  valuable  paper,  in­
termixed with considerable coin  in  gold 
and silver.  Upon  raising  a  window  of 
the room and looking  upon  the  ground, 
money was also  seen  scattered  beneath 
in  large  quantities. 
A  basket  was 
brought to her aid and,  after  her  entire 
find  of  cash was harvested and properly 
repaired in condition to use, it amounted 
to nearly $800.  Another  conference be­
tween the Doctor and Mr. and Mrs. Clark 
gave  the  probable  and  satisfactory ex­
planation  of 
the  mysterious  robbery. 
Mr. Clark  recollected  that when a small

in  diameter 

terrific. 

inches 

WM. H. 

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

WHOLESALE

SPECIALTY

P O T A T O E S !

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

■W^Æ.  PL  K E E L E R ,

JOBBER  OF

418  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST. 

TELEPHONE  98-3R.

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

prices.  Send me your mail orders.  1 will guarantee satisfaction.

M O S E L E Y   B R O S ,

----- WHOLESALE-----

F r u i t s ,   S e e d s, O y s t e r s * P r o d u c * .

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to bear from you.
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GRAND  RAP1I  i

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

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.
Headquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoes

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

WE  HANDLE  MICHIGAN  POTATOES  IN   CAR  LOTS.

A L F R E D   J.  B R O W N ,

F r u it Commission M e r c h a n t.

SEEDSMAN  AND

We are direct receivers of  CALIFORNIA  and  FLORIDA  ORANGES  and  are  headquarters 

for BANANAS all the year round.  The leading features In our line just now are

M erries,  Grapes,  California  Friit,  Bananas,  (tap s,  Etc.,  Etc.

Parties having Clover Seed and Beans  to  offer  please  mail samples and we will endeavor to 

make you a satisfactory price.

THE  ALFRED  BROWN  SEED  STORE,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Wholesale Dealers in

W .H .M O R E H O U S E & C O
GRAIN, CLOVER and TIMOTHY
Hungarian,  White Clover, 
Red Top,
Millet,  Alfalfa  or  Lucerne,  Blue Grass, 
Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, POPCORN,etc.

CHOICE  CLOVER  and  TIMOTHY  SEEDS 

a specialty.

---- AND----GRAIN

Orders  for  purchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  future  delivery 
Warehouses—325 & 327 E rie St*  ?  m/tr eftio  h itta 
Office— 4 6   Produce  Exchange,!  1UL1'UU’  u m u *
W e  Are  H e a d q u a r te r s ,  a s  U su a l,  fo r  

promptly attended to.  Correspondence solicited.

Mention  this  paper.

O ra n g es, L e m o n s , B a n a n a s, F r u it s  

and  P r o d u c e   G e n e r a lly .

C. B .  M F T Z G B B ,   P r o p r ie t o r

3  NO.uIONlA|:ST., .GRAND  RAPIDS.

P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  188  and  124 LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CARE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

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TETE  M I C H I G A N   T E A D E 8 M A N ,

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Detroit—E.  F.  Lee  succeeds  E.  F.  Lee 

& Go. in the glass business.

Petoskey—C.  Whitten  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to C. A.  Bacon.

Belding—Mrs. A. M. Lang has removed 

her millinery stock to Greenville.

Bangor—B.  F.  Winch  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to Martin Kingston.

Snginaw—D. B. Cook succeeds Leonard 
Art  in  the  second-hand  clothing  busi­
ness.

Minden City—Marshall A. Coss  is suc­
ceeded by George  H.  Dillon  in  general 
trade.

Owosso—G. J. Gibson,  late of Howell, 
will  shortly open a dry goods and notion 
store here.

Plymouth—John  M.  Moore  has  re­
moved  his  grocery  and  confectionery 
stock to Farmington.

Owosso—Geo. Ingle and E.  A.  Conuis 
have  leased  the  Williams  elevator  and 
are in the market for grain.

Dimondale—S. M.  Horner  &  Co.  will 
shortly  remove  their  hardware  stock 
from Potterville to this place.

Flint—Wetmore,  Smith &  Begole  suc­
ceed Smith & Begole and  H.  &  A.  Van 
Essen in the flour and feed  business.

Cadillac—E.  D.  Dunham—not  C.  C. 
Dunham,  as  stated  last  week—succeeds 
A.  Rathman  in  the  grocery  and  bakery 
business.

Marcellus—Chas. C.  Long  has  moved 
his grocery stock into his new store.  He 
has lately purchased the Harris Hartman 
stock,  at Three Rivers.

Manton—Ballard &  Phelps  have  pur­
formerly 
chased  th e . hardware  stock 
owned by Frank Rose and  recently man­
aged  by C.  A. Shepard, Agt.

Caledonia—Nagler & Beeler,  who have 
conducted a drug  business  here for  the 
past seven  years,  have  dissolved.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by  C.  F. 
Beeler.

Dimondale—C.  E.  Norton  and  Elmer 
Jones have formed a copartnership under 
the style of Norton & Jones and  will em­
bark in  the  sale  of  agricultural  imple­
ments  as  soon  as  a  warehouse  can  be 
erected.

Fruitport—G.  S. Putnam  did  not  sell 
his  general  stock  to  Geo.  Truax,  of 
Spring Lake, as was reported.  The drug 
stock was sold to  W. D.  Ballou,  who  re­
moved it to Grand Rapids.  The remain­
der of the stock was purchased  by  John 
H. Westover,  late  of  Nunica,  who  will 
continue the business at the old stand.

Muskegon—Dr. F. C.  Van  Deinse  has 
sold his drug stock at 137  Pine  street to 
Geo. A.  Abbott  and  John  Tinholt,  who 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
style of Tiuholt & Abbott.  Both partners 
are men of considerable  experience,  Mr. 
Abbott having been  behind  the  counter 
for A.  H.  Eckerman  for  several  years, 
while Mr. Tinholt has  been  prescription 
clerk  for  W.  A.  Sibley  for  some  time 
past.

Detroit—A  couple  of  weeks  ago  the 
old Hull  Bros.’ store  property was  sold 
under  foreclosure  proceedings,  George 
H.  Barbour buying a three-fourths  inter­
est for  about  $19,000.  He  now  files  a 
motion in the Circuit  Court  to have  the 
sale  set  aside  for  the  reason  that  the 
Dick & Meyer case, pending in the United 
States  Court,  is a lien on the property or 
a cloud on the title.  He  asserts  that no 
notice was given at the sale of the United 
States Court  case,  and he was not aware 
of  its existence.

M AN UFA CTU RING  M ATTERS.

Manistee—Wm.  H. Beverly has opened 

a cigar factory at 321 River street.

Hastings—John C. Cole has engaged in 
the  manufacture  of  cigars,  employing 
five hands.

Detroit—The Deveraux Truck  Co.  has 
been organized,  wit*h an  authorized capi­
tal of $10,000.

Detroit—The Hercules Keg and  Barrel 
Co.  has been organized,  with  an  author­
ized capital of $100,000.

Rhodes—The Estey Manufacturing Co., 
of  Owosso,  is  building  a  sawmill  and 
table leg factory near this place.

Grandville—H. E. Velzy has leased the 
Grandville feed mill for a term  of  years 
and has already begun  operations.

Marcellus—Frank  H.  Drummond  has 
sold  his  carriage factory to M.  E.  Gart­
ner,  and will remove to Three Rivers.

Manton—A. Green & Son are  building 
an addition to their  planing  mill, which 
they will devote to  the  manufacture  of 
chair stuff.

Rhodes—A.  M. Bently,  who operates a 
sawmill  near  this  place,  has  made 
arrangements to put in a shingle  mill  in 
connection.

Owosso—The  Robbins  Table  Co.  has 
completed  an  addition  to  its  factory, 
which  will  be  used  for  finishing  and 
storage purposes.

Detroit—The Easy Wagon Gear Co. has 
been incorporated,  with a paid-up capital 
of $20,000.  The  stockholders  are  Jere­
miah  P.  Johnson,  James  E.  Howard, 
Thos. T.  Leele, Jr., Daniel A. Waterman 
and Henry H. James.

Saginaw—Yates & Co.  have  leased  the 
lumber  yard  of  the  Saginaw  &  Averil 
Lumber Co.  and will  do  a  general  yard 
business.  Mr.  Yates  has  been  buying 
and  selling  extensively  of 
late,  and 
shipped over fifty car loads in October.

Bay City—The sawmill of  Hargrave  & 
son started for the  season  on  March  10 
and has only lost  one  week’s  time,  hav­
ing cut about 18,000,000  feet. 
It  is  in­
tended to operate the  mill  until  Christ­
mas.  The mill has been  provided  with 
au electric light plant

Manistee—Seymour Bros,  have sold  to 
the Charles Rietz & Bros.  Salt & Lumber 
Co.  about 5,000,000 feet of  logs,  to  come 
in  over  the  Manistee  &  Northeastern 
Railroad, which have lain  in  Lake  Ann, 
a tributary of the Platte river, for a year 
or more.  The price was $12 in the water 
here.

Grayling—Sailing,  Hanson  &  Co. will 
build  an  extension  to  the  Vanderbilt 
branch of the  Michigan  Central,  which 
will  traverse  several  hundred  million 
feet  of  pine  in  the  vicinity  of  Turtle 
lake, owned by  themselves,  Burrows  & 
Rust,  of  Saginaw,  and  a  number  of 
others.

Adrian—The  Standard  Candy Co.  has 
been organized here, composed  of  C.  L. 
Truesdell,  L. S. Wilcox,  C.  L.  Spence, 
W. T.  Moreland,  R.  S.  Moreland,  E.  W. 
Crane and  J.  S.  Moreland.  R. S. More­
land  will  serve  the  corporation  in the 
capacity of  President,  C.  L.  Spence  as 
Secretary and L.  S.  Wilcox as Treasurer. 
Both manufacturing and  jobbing will be 
carried on by the company.

Advices from  Sioux City,  Iowa,  report 
that the farmers in that section are about 
to engage heavily in  sugar-beet  culture, 
and will put up a bond  for $150,000 with 
the  Oxnard  refinery  people,  pledging 
thomselves to raise 2,000  acres  of  beets 
next year,  if the Oxnards will build a re­
finery  to  cost  $500,000  at  South  Sioux 
City.

Gripsack Brigade.

Cornelius  Crawford  and  family  have 
closed their mansion for  the  winter  and 
taken rooms at the Warwick.

W.  N.  Ford,  Western  representative 
for Jas.  G.  Butler &  Co.,  of  St.  Louis, 
was in town several days last week.

A.  L.  Braisted  and  family  are  now 
pleasantly settled in their handsome new 
home at the corner of  Henry  and  Buck­
eye streets.

Wm. A. Warner, who  has  represented 
T.  H.  Hinchman & Sons on the  road  for 
many  years,  has  severed his  connection 
with that house.

C.  L.  Spence, formerly on the  road for 
the Crescent  Candy Co.,  of  Toledo,  has 
joined his fortunes with the new Standard 
Candy Co., at Adrian.

John  Cordes,  Jr.,  who  has  traveled 
several  years  for  Sherman  Bros.,  of 
Chicago,  will hereafter do the buying for 
the  John Cordes  grocery store, on Canal 
street.

Ed. L.  Forsyth,  formerly  engaged  in 
the retail  drug  business at Detroit,  suc­
ceeds  H.  E.  Tremayne  as 
traveling 
representative  for  Williams,  Sheley  & 
Brooks.

It should not be forgotten  that a regu­
larly called meeting of  the Grand Rapids 
Traveling Men’s Association will be held 
at  Elk’s  Hall  on  Saturday  evening  of 
this week for the purpose  of  making ar­
rangements for the  annual  social  party 
and the transaction of other business.

“It amuses  me  to  hear  the  jobbers 
prate about dispensing with their  travel­
ing  men,”  remarked  a  representative

drug salesman,  the  other  day,  “for  my 
experience satisfies me that the traveling 
man is worth  all  he  costs  in  fixing  up 
shortages, adjusting  rebates  and  patch­
ing  up  disagreements  with  the  house. 
Our house could not hold half its present 
trade if its travelers did not see  its  cus­
tomers at regular intervals and set aright 
the  little  annoyances  which  inevitably 
arise between the jobber and retailer.”

An Elevator W anted.

Riv e r d a l e,  N ov.  1. — The  business 
men here feel the  necessity of  having  a 
grain elevator and will  give  a  generous 
bonus to the man  who  will meet that re­
quirement.

VISITING  BUYERS.

F E Campau, Alaska 
N Bouma, Fisher 
A L Power, Kent City 
Gibbs Bros, Mayfield 
Buys A Bon, Sullivan 
A Norris A  Son, Casnovia 
D Wellbrook,  Rockford 
J C Benbo w, Springdale 
R A Hastings, Sparta 
A Bilz. Spring Lake 
Dr H C Peckham,  Freeport 
J L Thomas,  Cannonsburg 
C S Kiefer, Dutton 
E S Boteford, Dorr 
Heseler Bros., Rockford 
Neal McMillan. Rockford 
W R Minnick, Bailey 
A J White. Bass River 
L Cook, Bauer 
Severance A  Rich,
Matthews A  Chapel,WTroy 
E 8 Fitoh, Way land 
Robert Rouse. Pearl 
C S Comstock. Pierson 
C E Cobum, Pierson 
W Watson, Parmelee 
W R McMurray, Ada 
Isaac Quick. Allendale 
J F Sleesman, Alpine 
J C Benbow, Harriette 
E H Bok,  Hudsonville 
MiloBolender.Hubbardston 
M M Ekstine, Mapleton 
J S Barker, Morley 
T H Atkins, Carlisle 
Ell Runnels, Coming 
8 Cooper, Jamestown 
J Colby, Rockford 
T J Sheridan.
Eagle River, Wis 
Mrs E ScottJDunningville

Middlevllle

L N Fisher, Dorr 
A W Blain, Dutton 
J J Byrne, Grattan 
N B Blain, Lowell 
N F Miller. Lisbon 
H Van Noord,  Jamestown 
John  De Vries, Jamestown 
H Meijering, Jamestown 
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove 
Smallegan A  Plckaard,
Forest Grove
C Wester house,Ferry sbnrg 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
Geo Barley .Canada Cors 
Thos Boven, Holland 
J Netzorg, Millbrook 
John Bishop, Montague 
D F Watson, Ada 
John Damstra. Gitchell 
E L Boynton, Griswold 
M  Hey Doer A Bro., Oakland 
W R Lawton, Berlin 
W D  Struik,  Byron  Center 
Den Herder  A   Tania,
J D Noah, Moline 
M A Side, Kent City 
W H Plpp, Kalkaska 
Ellen Kinney, Ensley 
John Gunstra. Lam on t 
Barry A  Co., Rodney 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
Gilbert Bros., Trent 
8 T McLellan. Denison 
L A Knowles, W Troy 
Alex Denton.  Howard City 
John Dnrsema, Fremont 
Vlnkemulder A Sons,
Grandville
R B Gooding, Gooding

Vriesland 

C A U T IO N !

O ur  A b so lu te   S p ic e s in   b u lk   ca n   be 
o b ta in ed   o n ly   b y  o rd erin g   d irect  from  
us,  a s th e y   are  n e v e r   so ld   th r o u g h   th e  
w h o le s a le   g r o c e r y  trad e.
'T gU g t  S p ic G  C o m p a n y ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

RED T h e   m o st  effectiv e  C o u g h   D rop  in 

t   w p  

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

M A N !  F A C T U R E !)  B Y

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A. E. 6 ROOKS & 00.
The Fine  Line  of  Candy  in  the  Slate. DROPS

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SA.W  A2TX) G R IST 'M t t .t . M A C H IN ER Y ,

C a t a lo g u e

Prices

ATLAS WORKS

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  I 
_______ manufacturers  of
iSTEAM EMIMES t  BOILERS,
'Cary Engines snd Boilers in Stick 

for  iauaediate delivery.

Planer«, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

W rite for Prieea. 

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

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Moseley Bros,  are  putting  in  an  ele­

vator for the handling of beans.

J. B. Graves & Co.  have  purchased the 
lumber yard and planing mill of the Lake 
Shore Co., at Benton Harbor.

J. C. Benbow,  general dealer  at Harri- 
etta, has added a line of groceries.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished  the 
stock.

W. D. Ballou has  purchased  the  Put­
nam  drug  stock, at  Fruitport, and  con­
solidated it  with  his  own  stock  at *545 
Ottawa street.

The Elliott Button Fastener Co. is now 
running its factory  every  evening  until 
10 o’clock in  the  effort  to  get  out  ma­
chines fast enough to fill its  most urgent 
orders.

Frank  Cordes  has  retired  from  the 
management  of  John  Cordes’  grocery 
store, at 127 Canal street, being succeeded 
by John Cordes,  Jr. 
Judd  Cordes  will 
remain with the establishment.

Alfred Coe has  purchased  an  interest 
in the hardware stock of  Benjamin  Ran- 
kans,  at Lamont,  and  the  new firm  will 
be known as Rankans & Coe.  A line  of 
groceries has been added, which was pro­
duced in this market.

John Vissers, Jenness  Yissers, Jerome 
Miedema  and  Louis  Jacobussen  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of  the  Valley  City  Soap  Co.  and  pur­
chased  the  soap  factory  formerly  con­
ducted by H. Weiden, on Walker avenue

Purely  Personal.

in 

Will  Pipp,  buyer 

for  Pipp  Bros. 
& Martindale, of Kalkaska,  is  putting  in 
a few days at this market.

Milo Bolender,  the Hubbardston  drug­
gist, has been in town several  days, pur­
chasing goods for the holiday trade.

The sympathy of the shoe trade will go 
out to Geo.  H. Reeder in the  loss  of  his 
wife,  whose death occurred on  the  29th.
It is reported that  a  movement  is  on 
foot to secure the revocation of  the nota­
rial  commission  of  Heman  G.  Barlow, 
on the ground that  he  is  altogether  too 
careless 
taking  acknowledgments. 
One of the merchandise  brokers  of  this 
city recently  sold  a  piece  of  property, 
which necessitated his  wife  signing  the 
deed.  The  latter  thoughtlessly  signed 
her  maiden  name  and 
the  equally 
thoughtless  notary  re-wrote  the  name, 
without  discovering the  incongruity  of 
the situation.  Of course, the  deed  was 
rejected by the Register, who pronounced 
it invalid,  at the same time  hinting  that 
the notary  was  either  incompetent  or 
subject to spells  of  absent  mindedness. 
Any one wishing notary work done  from 
this on can be  accommodated  by  apply­
ing  to  Mr.  Barlow,  free  of  charge, by 
simply  mentioning this circumstance.

Dull.

Wool  Still  Higher—Hides  and  Tallow 

Wools are strong in price  and  higher. 
The demand keeps up,  as  manufacturers 
have good orders ahead for goods.  New 
spindles and old rusty ones are  being set 
in motion, and all create  a  demand  foor 
wool.  There is  a  stimulus  felt  in  the 
trade which  has  not  existed  for  years. 
Many  are  straining  their  credit,  which 
has been none too good in the past  and a 
strong reaction  is not improbable.  Con­
servative dealers are selling and conserv­
ative manufacturers are only  buying for

immediate wants.  The sales and receipts 
of wool at Boston have been  the  largest 
for a long  time.

Hides are again  lower,  with  the  ten­
dency downward.  They are now 3 cents 
lower than in June  and  there  are  pros­
pects of another 1 cent  drop  during  the 
month.  All prices quoted  are  nominal 
on the demoralized market of  both hides 
and leather.

Tallow is  lower  and  dull.  All  lines 
connected  with  the  beef  trade  have  a 
downward  tendency, on  account  of  the 
large supply of light cattle.
The  New Deal  of the  Starch  Combina­

tion.

The  National  Starch  Manufacturing 
Co.  has  promulgated  a  scale  of  selling 
prices, as follows:

LUMP  IN  BULK.

Large boxes and  barrels..................................4%
121b. boxes  .............................   ......................5%

BLOBS.

CORN.

lib.  packages................................................... 614
31b.  packages................................................... 6J4
61b.  packages...................................................  7

20 lb. boxes........................................................  7
401b. boxes........................................................634
The above prices go into effect Nov.  3. 
The  quantity  discount  is  as  follows:
20.000 lbs., freight paid and 9 per cent.
4.000  lbs.,  freight paid and 7 per cent.
5C0 lbs., freight paid  and 5 per cent.
200 lbs.,  freight paid.

At the  Old  Stand.

F. J. Dettenthaler is  still  doing  busi­
ness at the old stand,  handling  the  sev­
eral brands of  oysters  which have given 
him a reputation  second  t<fc none.  All 
the  favorite  brands  of  last  season  are 
handled this  year,  but  the sales are far 
in excess of  anything he has ever before 
experienced—in  fact,  he  has  had  to 
“hump himself”  to  keep pace  with  his 
orders.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 86 cents.  Advance  payment.

B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S .

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127

T   WILL  SELL  FURNITURE  AND  RENT SHERWOOD 
JL  House.  Charlotte,  Mich.,  three  or five  years,  to  a 
good hotel man;  or will  sell the entire  property.  Ad­
dress G. W. Sherwood. Charlotte, Mich. 
F o r  sa l e—c le a n  stock  o f  boots  a n d sh o e s 

in a  rapidly  growing  town,  surrounded  by  fine 
farming  country;  stock  will  inventory  about  $900. 
Stowe A  Gray, Shipshewana, Ind. 
OR 8ALE—A  COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND  FIX- 
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 
TX)R SALE—WE  WILL SELL  WHAT IS KNOWN  AS 
I  
the “Model Cash Grocery,” the only cash  grocery 
in the city;  most centrally located upon the  west  side 
of  Main  street;  annual  sales  about  $35,000  cash,  no 
credit;  reason for selling, the junior members want to 
go  West.  Address C. S. Mather A  Sons,  Elkhart,  Ind.
185
FOR SALE — NEW  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  AND 
fixtures;  one of the best locations in city;  reason 
for  selling, poor health.  Address  Grocer,  care  Mich­
183
igan  Tradesman. 
Fo r - sa l e—a   f ir st-c la ss  d r u g   stock  a n d

F o r   sa l e—b r a d t’s  b a z a a r  a n d  m il l in e r y
FOR SALE—STOCK  OF  HARDWARE  AND  BUILD- 

business in  Grand  Rapids  worth  $2,500  must  be 
sold owing to the absence of proprietor on  account  of 
sickness;  correspondence  solicited.  Address  O.  H. 
Richmond A   Co.,  141  South  Division 
street..  Grand 
Rapids.  Mention this paper. 
OR SALE—$300 STOCK  OF DRUGS.  ADDRESS J. B.. 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
8tore at Flint. Mich. 
ing in the best town of  Northern  Michigan.  Ad­
96
TTTANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
VY 
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 26
WANTED—SITUATION AS  CLERK  IN A  GROCERY 

or to do collecting by young man of four  years’ 
experience;  best of references furnished.  Address No. 
128 care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 
lady of 20, who  has  had  the  advantage  of  col­
legiate education;  doesnot  write  short  hand,  but  is 
good penman; wages Lot so much an object as a pleas­
ant place to work.  Address Z,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man______ ____________________________________188

dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman. 

S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

97
115
103

128

M IS C E L L A N E O U S .

Fo r  sa l e  o r   r e n t—a   n ic e  b r ic k   st o r e  in

the village of  Morrice;  size  of  store,  85x60 feet: 
insurance low;  good opening for general  store.  Call 
on or address B. F. Rann A  Son, Morrice, Mich. 
A  BOLISH THE PASS  BOOK  AND  SUBSTITUTE  THE 
_Ol_  Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
6,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
Sa m p l e s o f t w o  k in d s  o f   c o u po n s  f o r   r e- 

tailers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 

write for them to  the  Butliff  Ooupon  Pees  Book  Co., 

121 

Albany, N. Y. 

»4

5
El.  P u ritan o   Cigar.
The FinestlO Gent Gigar

O N   E A R T H

MANUFAC rURED  BY

DILW0 RTH  BROTHERS,

P IT T S B U R G H .

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

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

H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,

Manufacturers  of

Slot  Cases

Of  Every Description.

WHITE FOR  PRICES.
First-Class  Work  Only.
-   G R A N D   R A P ID S .

6 3   a n d   6 6   C an al  St., 

CURTISS~&~C0^t

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS, TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

- 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

JOBBER  OF

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS OF  ALL  KINDS OF  WILD GAME  SOLICITED.

W e Manufacture
Everythl ng In the line of

Candy

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed with pleasure. 

Write ue.

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

D r y   G o o d s•

P r ic e s  C urrent.

Written for The Tradesman.

A   Q estion  W hich  W ill  N ot  D ow n. 
This is a somewhat thread bare subject 
to introduce for,  perhaps, the thousandth 
time, but it is one which will bear  much 
discussion.  You  can  hardly take  up  a 
trade  journal of  any kind which has not 
some  argument  against  the  system  of 
retail credits and  more or  less flimsy ad­
vice about “getting around”  or avoiding 
it;  yet only a  year or  two  ago  a  corre­
spondent of T h e T radesm an, taking the 
broad ground that business could be done 
more  successfully without  credit  at all, 
was severely wrapped  over the knuckles 
by others until he  became  disgusted,  if 
not angry,  at what he  termed their folly. 
Now  a  majority  of  writers  are  almost 
reiterating his sentiments, and  questions 
are asked, editorially, in the most  gentle 
manner  possible,  if  there  is  not  some 
way of  avoiding this  disagreeable  busi­
ness.

If 

What is causing this revulsion  of  sen­
timent,  while the same practice still pre­
vails ?  It would seem  to  be  more  con­
sistent  if  those  most  deeply  interested 
would say nothing about  the  subject  of 
credit, or  act according  to  their convic­
tions. 
it  were  possible  to  always 
know our debtors  and trust only persons 
of unimpeachable honor, credit would be 
a far  different  thing,  but  as  society is, 
it is resolved into  “to be or  not to  be.” 
We  cheerfully  and  unhesitatingly  loan 
a  well-known  friend  a  dollar  in  cash, 
confident  we  shall  see it again;  but  we 
hesitate 
stranger 
solicits a loan.  Could this same practice 
obtain  in  the  retail  credit  system, 
it 
would be  a  worthy one  and  would  de­
serve a better name than the word credit. 
It  is  probably conceded by all  that  the 
entire risk is taken by the merchant and, 
if  he  choose  to  assume it,  the question 
simply becomes an individual matter.
F ormer Correspondent.

if  a  comparative 

Playing Garúa

WE  ÆRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpsh,

19  So.  Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

B E A C H ’S

|^ew  York  Qoffee  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............

Clifton CCC...........

7
Arrow Brand 5Vi 
H............ .  63Í
“ 
World Wide..  7
*• 
P ............ .  6
LL............... 5
D............ .  63t
“ 
Full Yard Wide......6Vi
“  LL............ •  534
Honest Width.........
Amory................... •  75*
Archery  Bunting.. ■  454
Hartford A  ............   554
Beaver Dam  A A ...  514
Madras cheese cloth 63£
Blackstone O, 32... .  5
jNoibe R..................  5)»
Black  Rock  .'.........   7  Our Level  Best........614
Boot, AL...............   714 Oxford  R  ..............  614
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Pequot....................  7V£
Comet..................... 7  Solar...........................6V4
Dwight Star............  7!4lTopofthe Heap—   7Vs

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Arnsburg.................7
Blackstone AA......8
Beats All................   414
Cleveland.............  7
Cabot......................   714
Cabot,  %.................  654
Dwight Anchor...... 9
shorts.  814
Edwards................. 6
Empire....................7
Farwell...................734
Fruit of the  Loom..  834
Fitchville  ............. 7V4
First Prize..............6V4
Fruit of the Loom X.  8
Fairmount..............  414
Full Value..............634
Geo.  Washington...  814

“ 

Glen Mills..............  7
Gold Medal............   754
Green  Ticket........... 814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope......................... 714
Just  Out........   434® 6
King  Phillip.............734
OP..... 7V4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale............  @ 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................  714
Oak View................. 6
Our Own................   514
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind...................714
Sunlight.................   414
Vinyard....................814

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

814

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Middlesex No.  1__10
2....11
3.. 
7.. 
8 .. 

Cabot......................   714 ! Dwight Anchor
Farwell...................  734l
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
TremontN..............  514
Hamilton N.............  614
L............   7
Middlesex  AT........8
X...........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............ 714
Middlesex P T ..........8
A T......... 9
X A.......  9
X F ........1014

“  
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“ 
DBESS  GOODS. 
....  9 
.1014
G G  Cashmere........ 21
Nameless............... 16
............... 18

Middlesex A A........11
2 .............12
A O........1314
4....... 1714
5....... 16
Nameless................20
...........25
...........2714
...........30
...........3214
........  .35

. . . .  8 

Hamilton

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COBSET  JEANS.

 

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“ 

“ 
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“ 
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Berlin solids 

Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeag satteen..  714
Brunswick..............6ü|Rockport...................614
Merrim’ck shirtings.  434 
Allen, staple.............514
Repp turn .  814
fancy...........514
robes...........5
Pacific  fancy..........6
American  fancy__6
robes............  614
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo__634
Simpson mourning..  614
American shirtings.
Arnold 
614
greys........614
long cloth B.1014 
solid black.  614 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  C.  814
century cloth  7
“  Turkey robes..  714
gold seal......1014
“  India robes__714
“  plain T’ky X 34  814 
Turkey red. .1014
“ 
“  X...10
514 
“  oil blue...
“  Ottoman  Tur­
■ •  614 
key red................   6
“ 
“  green .
-•  614 
..  6 
Cocheco fancy...
Martha Washington
..  6 
“  madders
Turkey red 34........714
..  6 
Eddystone fancy 
Martha Washington
Hamilton fancy.
Turkey red.......... 914
..  614 
staple.. 
Riverpoint robes__5
514 
Manchester fancy
Windsor fancy........614
6
new era.  614 
gold  ticket 
Merrimack D fancy.  614
indigo  Dlue......... 1014
AmoskeagACA....13 
|A C A ..................... 1214
Hamilton N............ 714 Pemberton AAA___ 16
D............ 814 York..........................1014
Awning..11  Swift River.............  714
Fanner....................8  Pearl  River.............. 1214
First Prize..............1154'Warren....................14
Atlanta,  D..............  6341 Stark  A
Boot........................  634  “ 
Clifton, K............... 7v4|  “ 
Simpson..................20
.................18
.................16

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

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

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

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Coechco..................1014

“ 

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

Jeffrey....................1114
Lancaster............... 1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........1314
No. 220....13
No. 250....1114
No. 280— 1014
634

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GINGHAMS.
Glenarven................ 634
fancies —   7 
“ 
Lancashire.............   614
“  Normandie  8
Normandie...............714
Westbrook..............8
Renfrew Dress........714
Toil du Nord.... 10@10V4
.........................10
“  
York..........................634
Amoskeag.............. 7
Hampton.................614
AFC........1014
Windermeer........... 5
Persian.....................814
Cumberland........... 5
Bates.........................634
Essex......................414
Warwick......... —   814
Peerless, w ni te.......18  IPeerless  colored.. .2014

Lancaster,  staple 

CARPET  WARP.

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GRAIN  BAGS.

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No.

THREADS.

..12
..18
..19

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

8... ....34

Valley City....... ..... 18
Georgia................. 16
Pacific.................. 1414

Amoskeag.............. 17
Harmony................16V4
Stark.......................2014
American............... 1614
Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s................88
Holyoke..................22141
White.  Colored.
White.  Colored.
42
38 No.  14... ....37
..33
6  .
43
“  16... ....38
39
44
“  18... ....39
40
10... ....35
45
“  20... ....40
41
12... ...36
C A M B R IC S .Washington............  414
Red Cross...............   454
Lockwood................ 414
Wood’s..................   414
Brunswick...............414
T W........................2214
F T ............ ............. 3214
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................3214
Grey SR W.............1714
Western W .............1814
D R P ......................1814
Flushing XXX........2314
Manitoba................ 2314
9  @1014 
1214
Black.
13
15
17
20

Slater......................  45*
White Star............   414
Kid Glove...............  414
Newmarket............   414
Edwards.................  434
Fireman.................3214
Creedmore............. 2714
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless............... 2714
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ................. 2214
Windsor..................1814
6 0 Z Western...........21
Union  B.................2214
Nameless...... 8  @ 9141 
...... 814@10  I 
Slate. 
Black.
13 
15 
1014
17
1114
1214 20 
DUCKS.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown.
13
914
15
1014
17
1114
1214
20

“ 
Slate.
914
1014
1114
1214
Severen,8oz..........   9!4|West  Point,8 oz.... 1014
Mayland, 8oz.........1014 
10 oz  ...1214
“ 
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 Raven, 10oz............ 1314
Greenwood, 8 oz. ...1114lStark 
............ 1314
WADDINGS.
White, doz............ 25  I Per bale, 40 doz— 87 50
Colored,  doz.......... 20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8

“  Red Cross_  9
“  Best  ............. 1014
“  Best AA... 1214

Pawtucket...............1014
Dundie...................   9
Bedford...................1014
Valley  City.............1014
Coraline............... 19 SOlWonderful............14 75
Schilling’s ............  9 00| Brighton............... 4 75
Corticelli, doz.........75  [Corticelli  knitting,

DOMET  FLANNEL.

SEWING  SILK.

Brown.

SILESIAS.

CORSETS.

..12  “ 8 
..12 I  “  10 

twist, doz. .3714  per !4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .37141
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White.,10  INo  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“  2 
..20
“  3 
..25
No 2—20, M C.........50  ¡No 4—15, F  314........ 40
‘  3—18, S C .......... 45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
.23
“  4 
“  6 
..26
No 2........................28 
|No3.........................36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
..18 |  “  12 
BAFETT  PINS.

PINS.

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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 

.. .3 lo|

P.  STBKBTBB  &  SONS,

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  flotions,

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

Y a rn , U n d e r w e a r , H o sie ry   an d   G loves.
Floor Oil Cloth in all widths and  qualities.  Bugs in new designs.

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

Valley  City.

WADDINGS,  BURLAP, TWINE, BATTS  and  COMFORTS.

Monro«  and  10,12,  14,16  1  18  Fountain  8ts.,  6R1JÍD  RIPIDI

W H O I s B S A J ^ n .

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Grand Rapili  Fire  Insurance  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.

J U L IU S   H O U S E M A N ,  P r e sid e n t..

S  F .  A S P I N W A L L ,  S e c r e ta r y .

J.&P.COATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

IN

FOR

FOR  SALE  BY

WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.
Voigt,  HemoMeimer & Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oileralls,  Etc.

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

48, SO and 62 Ottawa SU, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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-  MICH

H JLR D W JLR B.

Prices  Current.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

7 75

7 00

WITHDRAWING  WARRANTS.

Manufacturers  of  Cross  Cut  Saws 

Tightening  the  Lines.

The following circular  letter  is  being 
sent out to the trade  by  Foster,  Stevens 
& Co.:

Grand Rapids, Oct. 27,  1890.

As the time is at hand when  cross  cut 
saws will be used,  we would  caution  all 
our customers to be careful in  what they 
say regarding saws being warranted.  We 
desire to see all warrants absolutely with­
drawn,  then the consumer will buy  only 
the better make of saws,  and will also be 
careful in caring fox them.  Our experi­
ence last year with  one  lot  of  returned 
saws (180 in  all), after  being  examined 
by  two  experts, neither  knowing  what 
the other  had  done,  one  reported  eight 
poor blades and  the  other  nine.  With 
such abuse  of  saws  the  manufacturers 
cannot be blamed  for  the  position  they 
now take.  We give below extracts from 
two letters received from E.  C. Atkins  & 
Co.  on the subject:

Indianapolis, Sept.  24,  1890. 

Foster,  Stevens & Co.,  Grand Rapids:

Gentlemen—Your letter  of  the  20th 
at hand. 
In reference  to  the  warranty 
on saws,  the writer did not  have  an  op­
portunity to talk  the  matter  over  with 
you as expected,  and that  matter slipped 
his attention.  We  maae  arrangements 
this season and  have withdrawn all war­
ranty on saws,  except as far  as the deal­
ers are concerned; if  they have any com­
plaint  to make they are to make it direct 
to us and we will adjust it. 
In this way 
we can overcome the abuse of saws.  We 
have largely done so in  all  sections  but 
in your immediate  vicinity, and  have no 
doubt  this  year  will  pretty  effectually 
clean  out  the  warranty  question.  We 
have found also that the other  manufac­
turers are willing  to  take  this position, 
and it will be a better thing for  the  job­
ber, for tiie  manufacturer,  and  for  the 
dealer.  Yours truly,

E.  C. Atkins & Co.

In answer to this  letter,  we  wrote  E. 
C. Atkins & Co., asking them if  we were 
to understand  that  “all  warrants  were 
absolutely  withdrawn,”  to  which  they 
reply as follows:

Indianapolis, Sept.  30, 1890. 

Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids:
Gentlemen—Your letter  of  the  27th 
received,  referring to guarantee on cross­
cut saws.  We would say that  we  have 
in  many  cases  entirely  withdrawn  the 
warranty  through  the  jobbers,  the  in­
structions  being  to  have  the  saws,  if 
claimed defective,  returned  direct  from 
the dealer,  and we will  labor  with  them 
to show them wherein the  alleged defect 
is in most cases no defect,  as nine-tenths 
of the blades returned  as  defective  are 
not so.  But we would  hardly  take  the 
position that we  will  positively  decline 
to receive back any blades from you.  In 
certain sections of the country  we  don’t 
take back any blades,  and here at Indian­
apolis and at other points in this vicinity 
we have declined  to  receive  them  back 
through  the  jobbers,  and  it  has  had  a 
most satisfactory result  during  the  past 
two years,  and the jobbers are more than 
pleased with it; and  we believe  the same 
result can be obtained  in  Michigan, and 
are working toward that end.  We never 
assume an arbitrary position without first 
conferring  and  giving  ample  notice  of 
the same.  Yours  truly,

E. C. Atkins & Co.

We go thus  fully  into  the  matter  so 
you will see it is to our  mutual  interests 
in declining to warrant  cross  cut  saws. 
We find  in  correspondence  with  Henry 
Diston & Sons, The Simonds Saw Co. and 
other makers that they have  all  adopted 
the same rule, only they are more  strict.
To avoid any misunderstanding  in  the 
future, only return to us saws  subject to 
the maker’s  acceptance.

Respectfully,
F.ostbb»  Stevens & Co.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dls.

Snell’s........................................................... 
go
Cook’s ......................................... j**‘* ."* '' 
40
J armings’, genuine.............................................25
Jennings’, Imitation....................................50&10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

First Quality, 8. B. Bronze...........................1850

D. 
B. Bronze..........................  12 50
S. B. S. Steel...............................  9 50
D. B. Steel..................................  14 00

Railroad..................................................... I 14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00

BARROWS. 

bouts. 

dls.

dls.

Stove..............................................................50*10
Carriage new list.........................................  
70
Plow ............................................................ 40*10
Sleigh sh o e.................................................  
70

buckets.

Well, plain...................................................|  3 50
Well, sWIvel......................................................  4 00

butts, cast. 

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

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

40

Grain................................................................ dis. 50*02

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel............................................. per#» 
Ely’s 1-10............................................ per m 
Hinkle, n  -a 
r  „ 
Hick’s C. F.
G. D .......
“ 
Musket.....
“ 
Rim  Fire.....................  
Central  Fire................................... . . . " dls. 

................. "*.!!!'. 
.............................  
CARTRIDGES.

 

 

5
65
gjj
35
60
50
25

chisels. 

dls.

Socket Firmer...............................................70*10
Socket Framing.......................................’ ’ [ [70*10
Socket Corner................................................’ [70&10
Socket Slicks........................................... [ [ [ 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...................  
40
dls.

combs. 

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

40
as

 

White Crayons, per gross..............12©12tf dis. 10

CHALK.

COPPER.

drills. 

31
29
88
88
30

50
50
50

dls.

“ 

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

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

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
Large sizes, per pound................................  

07
6V4

ELBOWS.

dls.

dls.

30
25

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

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

piles—New List. 

Disston’s ...................................................... 60*18
New  American..........................................  60*10
  60*10
Nicholson’s ........................................ 
 
Heller’s.............................................. 
50
Heller's Horse Rasps.............................  
50

GALVANIZED IRON

dls.

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

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

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Maydole  A Co.’s............................. .......dis. 
25
Kip’s........................................... ...........dls. 
25
Terkes & Plumb’s.................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ............................. dls.60*10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4%  14  and
longer........................................................  3H
Screw Hook and  Eye, *4.......................net 
10
“ 
“  %...........................net  8K
Si...........................net  7H
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  %...........................net  7J4
Strap and T ..........................................dls. 
70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
40
  60
Pots............................................................. 
Kettles......................................................... 
60
Spiders........................................................  
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware............................ 
26
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 38 $4 *10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gaia Hooks sad E yes.................. 
70*10*10

HOLLOW WARE

wire goods. 

HANGERS. 

dis.

dls.

 

dls.
dis.

dls.

dls.

NAILS

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

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
m ills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

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

lev els. 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Ca’s 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............ 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings....................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain........... 
70
RusBell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ___ 
55
56
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s.............  
Branford’s ..................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ...................................  
.  . 
55
Adze Eye  .............................. . 
.. .816 00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye 
»15.00, dls. 60
............................... 
Hunt’s .....................................818.50, dls. 20*10.
dis.
Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled..................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................. 
40
40
40
25
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails, base............................................. 2 00
Wire nails, base.............................................. 2 45
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60......................................................Base 
50...................................................... Base 
10
20
05 
40................. 
30.............. 
20
10 
30
20...................................................... 
15 
16...................................................... 
15 
35
12......................................................  15 
35
10 ....................................................   30 
40
50
8.........................................................  25 
65
7 * 6 ...................................................  40 
4......................................... 
90
60 
3 ....................................................... 1  OO 
1  50
2 00
2....................................  
1  50 
2 00
Fine 3................................................1  50 
Case  10..............................................  60 
90
“  8..............................................  75 
1  00
“  6..............................................  90 
1  25
Finish 10..........................................   85 
100
8............................................1  00 
“ 
1  25
1  50
6  .......................................... 1  15 
“ 
75
85 
8.........................................1  00 
“ 
90
1  00
6...........................................1  15 
“ 
Barrell %.......................................... 1  75 
2  50
dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sciota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
Common, polished................................ dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27  ..  9 20 

patent pla n ish e d iron.

Clinch; 10............ 

Broken packs i4c per pound extra.

p la n es. 

r ivets. 

PANS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dls.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, % Inch and larger.........................  ..  1054
Manilla.........................................................  1514
Steel and Iron.............................................. 
75
60
Try and Bevels............................................. 
Mitre............................................................ 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
83 10
3 20
320
330
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... 84 20 
Nos. 15 to 17......................................  4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21.....................................420 
Nos. 22 to 24.....................................  420 
Nos. 25 to 26......................................  4 40 
No. 27 ...............................................   4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis. 40*10

ROPES.

7

50
55
50
55
35

SASH CORD.

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

Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saw s. 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 825

Hand 

TRAPS. 

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
50
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot....  30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.................................. 
an
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s .... 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion...............................»1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   55
Annealed Market.......................................  70  jo
Coppered Market....................................60
Tinned Market............................................   62V4
Coppered  Spring  Steel.............................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...........................    3 60
painted.....................................  3 00

wire. 

dis.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable...............................dis. 25*10@25&10405
Pntnam.......................................... 
dis. 06
dls. 10*10
Northwestern................................  
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine..................................... 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, ....[[[[ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages.................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern..................................................  " 75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate.......................’.  50*10*10
Dampers, American;.................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlS.

HORSE NAILS.

M E T A L S ,
PIG TIN.

28c
3oc

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2J4c per pound.
660 pound  casks........................................... 
7u
Per pound.............................................  .... 
7$$
V4@H.................................................................. is
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT.
Cookson........................................peT  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MELTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ 8700
14x20 IC,
7 10
10x14ix, 
8 75 
14x20 IX, 
8 75
8 6 25
6 25
7 75 
7 71

TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20IX, 
«

............. ................
................................
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

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

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

Allaway  Grade.................. 

14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC,
14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC,
20x28 IX,
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 IX.....................................
14x31  IX............................................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers.
14x60 TX.  “ 

ROOFING PLATES
Worcester............................  6 25
 
13 CO
5 50
 
11  50 
14 50
814 00 
15 50

• per pound
1

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SAND PAPER.

Dil Poni's  Powder.

“ 9 

“ 

R ifle ,  E a g l e   D u c k i n g ,

C h o k e   B o r e ,  B l a s t i n g , 

C r y s t a l   G r a i n .

W e  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 te v e n s  &  Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33, 35, 37, 39 and 4J Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

THE  MICHXaAJSr  TRADESMAN.

8
The Michigan Tradesman

OfflcUl Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association. 

▲  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  TO  T H E

Retail Trade of the Wolileriae State.

T r a d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,  P r o p r ie t o r .

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

strictly in advance.

Publication Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapid»  Poet  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y .  N O V  t M B E R   5 . 1 8 9 0 .

IN  A  DILEMMA.

The New York State  authorities  have 
notified the Sugar Trust that they do  not 
consent to any of the devices by which it 
has been trying to evade the force of  the 
adverse decision of  the  Superior  Court, 
and that they must take steps for the ap­
pointment of  receivers  for  each  of  the 
companies which united  to  organize  the 
tru st  The first plan  submitted  to  the 
Attorney General  of  the  State  was  the 
organization of a new corporation  under 
the  general  laws  of  the  state,  which 
might take over the property held by the 
Trust  both  within  the  State  and  else­
where.  This seemed feasible  under the 
laws of New York, but it  was prescribed 
that the amount of  capital should corre­
spond exactly to  that  actually  paid  up 
by the stockholders of the old companies. 
This would have suited the New Yorkers 
exactly,  as they had been  obliged  to  al­
low the New England  refineries  a  share 
in the  organization  much  in  excess  of 
their paid-up capital in  order  to  induce 
them to join it.  But the New Englanders 
refused to accede to any such  plan,  and 
as the Attorney General  would  not  con­
sent to the injection of  this “ water” into 
the stock of  the  new  concern,  the  plan 
fell to the ground.  The next  plan  was 
to organize under the laws  of  New  Jer­
sey; but the Attorney General refused  to 
assent to the transfer  of  the  control  of 
New York corporations to a foreign  cor­
poration of any kind.  He has to protect 
the interests not only of the stockholders, 
but of the holders of  the  certificates  is­
sued by the  Trust,  and  sold  like  any 
other securities.  These have tangled up 
the question of the  final  settlement,  and 
it now looks as though the New York re­
fineries would have to be  responsible for 
the whole volume  of  these,  as  the  law 
cannot  reach  corporations  outside  the 
State.

It is reported that Spreckles is making 
arrangements for the erection of  an  im­
mense anti-trust  sugar  refinery  in  New 
York.

Jay Gould if credited  with saying:  “I 
expect money will be a drug  this winter. 
There  should be no trouble  about funds 
in this country as the season  advances.” 
It is to be hoped that the Wizard of Wall 
Street is sincere in  what he says.

Judge  Wheeler, of  the  United  States 
District Court,  at  Rutland,  Vt.,  has  de­
cided that the law prohibiting  the  mail­
ing of envelopes  having  on  the  outside 
words calculated to reflect injuriously on 
the character of  any one,  is  violated  by | 
sending  through  the  mails  letters  con­
tained  in  envelopes  bearing  the  words 
“Excelsior  Collection  Agency,”  printed 
in large letters across the  upper  half  of 
the envelope.  This decision is a sweep­
ing one, as it will prevent  any collection

agency from using its  name  on  the  en­
velope. 

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The  proverbial  carelessness  of 

the 
Western Union Telegraph Co. has  met a 
deserved rebuke at the hands of  the  Su­
preme  Court  of  North  Carolina.  The 
suit  was  brought  by  J.  T.  Young,  of 
Craven county. 
It appears that Young’s 
wife went to Greenville,  South  Carolina, 
and there became  severely ill.  Her hus­
band was telegraphed for,  but  the  tele­
gram was  not  delivered  until  six  days 
later.  Meanwhile Mrs. Young  died and 
was buried, Young not knowing of either 
fact until all  was  over.  The  Superior 
Court  overruled  the  demurrer  of  the 
Western Union Telegraph  Co.  and  held 
that  the  action  was  properly  laid  and 
that the  plaintiff  was  entitled  to  dam­
ages.  The  defendant,  without  waiting 
for the case to come to  trial,  appealed to 
the Supreme Court, which  promptly sus­
tained the opinion of the Superior Court.
Business men,  as a class,  are proverbi­
ally  remiss  in  neglecting  the  primary 
work in political matters,  while  the  lat­
ter part of the campaign  finds  them  de­
voting altogether too much time  to insig­
nificant discussions  and unnecessary  ab­
sences from  home, often  to  the  serious 
neglect of their own business.  No part 
of any political  campaign  is  so  impor­
tant  as  the  selection  of  delegates  and 
candidates. 
If  we make the best possi­
ble selection of men,  the  battle  is  more 
than half won.  To do this  it  is  neces­
sary for every one interested to give both 
their presence and voice at  the  primary 
meetings,  that the choice may,  so  far  as 
possible,  meet with the  approval  of  de­
cent people. 
If any neglect of business 
must come,  let it be during the  last  half 
of the campaign, at  a  time  of  the  year 
when absence from business not only en­
tails serious losses,  but  also  disappoint­
ment and loss to patrons. 
“The  eye  of 
the master is worth both his hands.”

Typographical  Blunders.

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  N ov.  3 .—In the article 
upon the growth of the  jobbing  grocery 
trade,  published in The  Tradesman  of 
two weeks ago,  the following  typograph­
ical errors occur: 
“Launching  out into 
the wholesaling of  groceries  exclusively 
until  about  seven  years”  should  read 
“seventeen years;”  also  where  it  reads
“the proprietors or partners of which did 
more or less of their own trading” should 
read “their own traveling.”  Your type 
makes the writer say a “car  load  of  salt 
would cost$2.25.”  It should read “$225.” 
However,  it  may  be  admitted,  without 
disputing  the  fact,  that  the  readers  of 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   are of  the most intelli­
gent class and could  of  themselves  dis­
tinguish the difference  between  a  typo­
graphical error and an inexcusable blun­
der. 

J o h n   C a u l f i e l d .
More  Openings  at  Shipshewana.
S h i p s h e w a n a ,  Ind.,  Nov.  1.—We  all 
feel very thankful  to  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
for securing us a good  clothier, who will 
open up his stock here next week.
We  need  another  grain  and  produce 
buyer,  as the producing capacity  of  the 
country roundabout is  greater  than  one 
buyer can manage.
A flouring mill would do well  here,  as 
the farmers would patronize such  an  in­
stitution liberally.
We need a jeweler, a photographer and 
a local newspaper, and  would  accord all 
of these enterprises a cordial  support.
F ull  inform ation  will  be given  any en­
Postmaster.
quirer on application. 

The charter of the First National  Bank 
of Mason having expired, the  institution 
I has been re-organized as  the  First  State 
Savings Bank of Mason.  H. L. Hender­
son,  who was  cashier  of  the  old  bank, 
' becomes president of the new institution.

Odd  Places  of Business.

Written for THE Tradesman'.

Forty years ago  last  summer  a  canal 
boat was fitted up as  a  dry  goods  store 
and made rather  irregular  trips  during 
the  season  on  the  Erie  canal, between 
Troy and Buffalo. 
In  shape  and  build, 
it  was  what  is  known  as  a  line-boat. 
About  one-eighth  of  its  length  at  the 
bow was partitioned off for a living room 
and berths  for  sleeping,  while  the  re­
mainder was shelved up all around,  with 
drawers  beneath,  similar  to  stores  on 
land.  Across  the  boat, near  the parti­
tion, and the entire length  on  one  side, 
was a handsomely finished counter.  The 
several “towing companies” having horses 
to let expressly for the purpose  of  tow­
ing boats, it was comparatively easy  and 
cheap to have the boat  drawn  from  one 
point to another, as desired.  This float­
ing dry goods and notion house would tie 
up at a convenient spot on  the  heelpath 
side of the canal  in any village  along its 
route and remain from two  days  to  two 
weeks,  according  as  trade  would  war­
rant.  The firm were both  retailers  and 
jobbers and,  as there were  then  few  (if 
any)  commercial  travelers  on  the  road, 
many a merchant was pleased  to see  the 
boat  and  to  replenish  a  low  stock  of 
goods  with  no  additional  expense  for 
freight or boxing. 
It may be  added that 
this  store  was  literally  “packed”  with 
goods and—during an afternoon in many 
places—with ladies  also. 
If  I  am  not 
mistaken, butter, eggs  and  cheese  were 
all  taken  at  this  store  in exchange for 
goods.  As this boat was taken down the 
Hudson river to New York City  on these 
trips,  new  stock  could  be  purchased 
often and the farmers’ products disposed 
of  at  the  best  prices  obtainable  any­
where. 
In  the  main,  this  was a pleas­
ant  and  quite  profitable  way  of  doing 
business.

A man by the name of  Breed, of  Buf­
falo,  a few years later  fitted  up  a  book 
store on wheels and  purchased  a  splen­
did span of heavy horses to place  before 
it,  with the remark that he  should  wear 
out that vehicle traveling about and sell­
ing books in Canada.  This  wagon  was 
in size and shape not unlike some of  the 
handsome circus  wagons  of  to-day,  al­
though not so heavy.  The main part of 
the large box, with  doors  opening  from 
its  roof,  was  constructed  for  carrying 
the goods in stock—books and stationery 
—in packages as  purchased.  Doors  on 
the sides and rear end  of  this body were 
bung  upon  hiflges  near  the  roof  and 
opened upward from the wagon  bed and 
were quickly and easily fastened in place 
at the ends.  Well-made  shelves, ten  to 
twelve inches  in  depth,  were  then  re­
vealed,  all filled with  handsomely bound 
volumes as in any first-class  book  store. 
In  truth,  these  books  were  nearly  all 
standard  publications  and  included  bi- 
bles, dictionaries,  English  reprints,  etc. 
Beneath these shelves all  around  was  a 
row  of  shallow  drawers  of  convenient 
sizes  for  receiving  stationery  and  no­
tions. 
Still  beneath  the  drawers  a 
nicely finished  counter, eighteen  inches 
in width,  was  drawn  out  to  place,  and 
hinged supports  dropped  in  position  to 
hold it Arm y. 
In front was  the driver’s 
seat,  roofed  and 
tightly  enclosed  on 
three sides,  with a water-proof  apron  in 
front.  When all closed and on  the road, 
this traveling  store was  veritably water­
proof. 
In  fair  weather,  Breed  would 
drive up in front of a hotel or other pub­
lic place in  a  village,  unhitch, put  out 
his horses and, when  reedy for business,

open up his doors  (which formed a grate­
ful  shade  in  a  hot  day)  pull  out  the 
counters and would soon  be  surrounded 
by customers.  The vehicle  was in that 
condition for business very  attractive in 
all country towns and  cross-roads.  He 
would  frequently  drive  long  distances 
into  quite  new  sections  of  country, 
where books were  scarce  and  high, and 
here he usually reaped an  abundant har­
vest.  His average daily sales  were from 
$30 to $40.  After following the business 
five or six years,  it  is  said  he  sold  out 
the store to advantage  within  the  prov­
ince, and not many years ago he was  the 
wealthy proprietor of  a large  book  and 
stationery establishment in Buffalo.

A Chinaman in San Francisco  was  the 
owner of  a small tobacco store and cigar 
factory  on  wheels,  so  small  and  light 
that one horse could draw it  from  place 
to place,  as desired. 
It was about 8 x 10 
feet and finished in the oriental  style  of 
architecture, with a really pretty pagoda 
root.  He  had  what  he called “a home 
lot,”  upon  which  it  usually  stood, but 
upon the occasion of  any  unusual  gath - 
ering  in  the  city,  such  as  fairs, public 
meetings,  or  out-door  exhibitions,  he 
would promptly secure an  8 x 10  bit  of
ground  for  the  time  being  and  move 
store and stock  thereon  in  short  order. 
I think he was  not  permitted  to  manu­
facture, except when the  building  stood 
on the home lot.  He was an industrious 
heathen—nearly always found at work— 
and sold a  far  better  cigar  than  many 
other dealers  for  the  same  price.  He 
had one peculiar trait which I  distinctly 
recall, that it would be well to  imitate— 
he  possessed  a  most  extraordinary 
amount  of  suavity;  in  fact,  $very  one 
noticed and admired it and went  far out 
of their way to buy his tobaccos. 
It was 
said that he had studied  how  to  be  po­
lite  and  obliging  on  purpose  that  he 
might  be  more  successful  in  business. 
He had many well known characteristics 
which must have  been  acquired  in  this 
country.  He was often  found  with  an 
open  book  before  him  while  at  work. 
On one page it was in Chinese characters 
and on the opposite  it  was  in  English. 
The  book—which  I  was  permitted  to 
look at—was made up of short sentences, 
mostly  questions  and  answers  which 
would naturally be  used  in  commercial 
business and conversation. 

F.

FINANCIAL.

L ocal  S to ck   Q u o tatio n s.

Reported by the Michiyan Trust Company.
Anti-Kalsomine  Co......................................... 160
Alpine Gravel Road Co...................................   77
Aldine Manufacturing Co.................................60
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co............................100
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co..........................   80
Fifth National Bank.........................................100
Fourth National Bank......................................100
Grand Rapids  Brush Co..................................   86
Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co.  ...102
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.....................115
Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids  Savings Bank...........................120
Grand Rapids Chair C o ...................................110
Grand Rapids National Bank...........................1%
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co..............................107
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................150
Kent County Savings Bank............. 
125
Michigan Barrel Co.......................................... 100
New England  Furniture Co........  ................... 95
National City Bank........................  
132
Old National  Bank.......................................... 132
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co.................   25
Phoenix Furniture Co.......................................  80
Sligh Furniture  Co..........................................  85
Street Railway Co. of Grand Rapids..............  40
Walker Gravel  Road C o ...................................SO
Peninsular Club 4 per cent. Bonds...... ............ 75

 

 

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9

A Mixed Collision.

A  drummer for  a  Buffalo  house  had 
observed  that  he  meant to buy an  acci­
dent 
insurance  policy,  but  forgot  it, 
when the agent for a Wisconsin windmill 
replied:
“I  had  a  little  experience  that  way 
about ten  years ago, and since I got well 
I prefer  to  travel on my shape,  watched 
over more or less by Providence.”
Of  course,  we  all  wanted to hear the 
particulars, and he kindly continued :
“It was on the  Illinois  Central. 
I got 
an accident policy in Chicago, and started 
out  feeling  that  1  had  done  a  correct 
thing.  Six hours  later,  just as the por­
ter  was  making  up  the first  berth,  we 
struck a horse on the track  and half  the 
train went into the ditch.
“You were in the  half ?”  queried  one 
of the group.
“Of  course.  Our  car  turned  com­
pletely over  and fell  or  rolled  down  a 
bank twelve feet high.”
“And all the passengers were killed or 
hurt ?”
“No, sir, not a person  was killed,  and 
I was  the  only one  out  of  twenty who 
I had my skull fractured,  my 
was hurt. 
leg broken, five teeth knocked out,  and a 
foot  smashed,  and  not  another  person 
could show a scratch.”

“How do you account for it ?”
“I was the only one with a policy.” 
“But that couldn’t account for it.” 
“Well, then,  all  the  others  had  just 
accepted  and  were  reading  tracts  just 
handed  them by a roving  evangelist. 
1 
didn’t take one.”
“But that wouldn’t explain it, either,” 
persisted the other.
“Oh,  well,  then,  I  had  just  called  a 
chap  with whom I was  playing  euchre a 
liar,  and I think he and I and  the  collis­
ion got mixed up.  However,  there  was 
a mistake in the date of the policy, and I 
got no benefit,  and I want  nothing  more 
to  do  with  such  insurance.  Makes  a 
policy  holder  too 
reckless  with  his 
mouth.”

How  to  Get  Rich.

From the Boot and Shoe Weekly.
The  average  millionaire,  when  re­
quested to indicate the particular qualifi­
cation necessary to bring  affluence, usu­
ally brings up the  old  chestnuts  of  in­
dustry,  frugality, courtesy to  customers, 
etc.  Of  course, everybody  knows  that 
these virtues are necessary to  any man’s 
success.  Alone they will avail very lit­
tle.
Few men are willing  to  give  the  real 
reason  or  reasons  for  their  success  in 
life, even  if  they  know  it  themselves. 
Not many are as candid as the Lynn shoe 
manufacturer,  who 
time  ago, 
when asked by a well-known Boston job­
ber how he  got  to  be  worth  a  million 
dollars, looked his  inquirer  in  the  face 
for a moment,  and  said: 
“By  kicking 
out of my  reach  every  obstruction  that 
stands in the way of  making honest dol­
lars.”
Besides being  economical  and  honor­
able in all dealings, men must know how 
to get rid of the obstructions  which  are 
constantly arising in  the  path  of  every 
successful man, no matter  what  kind  of 
business he pursues.

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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. 
m.

All local Business  Men’s  Associations 
are requested  to  send  full  delegations, 
and a cordial invitation  is  extended  all 
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 
the meeting will take on the character of 
a re-union, as well.  Gome one, come all!

E. A. Stowe, Sec’y.

C.  L.  W h i t n e y ,  Pres.

THE  PROGRAMME.

SHARP.

gramme will be as follows:

So far  as  already  arranged,  the  pro­
M ORNING  SESSION—9 O’CLOCK  SH A RP.
1.  Gall to order.
2.  Prayer by Rev. Chas. Fluhrer.
8.  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.
18.  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.
AFTERNOON 

tation.
tion.

Business.

8ESSION — 1:30  O’CLOCK 
1.  Report  of  Committee  on  Order  of 
2.  Report of Committee on Credentials.
3.  Paper—“How  to  Improve  Our Col­
lection  System,”  by  E.  W.  Hastings, 
Traverse City.
4.  Paper—“Fire Protection,”  by  P. J. 
Connell,  Muskegon.
5.  Consideration of reports of standing 
committees.
6.  Paper — “The  Lard  Bill  now  be­
fore  Congress,”  by  H. C.  Bannard, Chi­
cago.
7.  Paper—“How to Secure Manufactur­
ing  Enterprises,”  by  F.  H.  Holbrook, 
Muskegon.
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.
E V E N IN G   SESSION—7:30  O’CLOCK  SHARP.
1.  Report of  Committee on  President’s 
address.
2.  Report of  Committee  on  Secretary 
and Treasurer’s reports.
3.  Address—“What I Know  about  Oil 
Wells,”  by H.  H.  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.

U 1R T 11 «S K R A U S E ,  118  C a n a l  S t.,  G ra n d  R a p id s.

T H E   M IC H IG ^JST   T R A D E S M A N

IO
D r u g s 0  M e d ic in e s .

State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

One Tear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Three  Tears—Jacob  Jess on,  Muskegon. 
Four  Tears—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Five Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Next m eeting at  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.

M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A a s’n. 

President—D. E. P i all, Saginaw.
First Vice-President— H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.________
Grand  Rapid«  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks9 Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

Detroit  Pharmaceutical  Society 

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

Muskegon  Drug Clerks9  Association. 

•Resident. C. S. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. 
Next meeting—Nov. 11

Life  Hung  in  a Balance.

Written for Thk Tradesman.

I am a  telegraph  operator  and  drug­
gist.  At  one  time  in my life I was  at 
work in San Francisco, in  a  drug  store. 
A branch  office  of  the  Western  Union 
Telegraph Co.  had been opened in one of 
our rooms in the rear of the store,  which 
was located  about  two  miles  from  the 
main city office.  The stock of goods be­
ing strictly in the  drug line  and nothing 
else, even one  man  could,  if  necessary, 
attend  to  customers, and,  being  within 
a few feet of the instruments in the back 
room, could answer its calls at  the  same 
time.  An old Morse register,  instead of 
a sounder,  was used for receiving,  as  be­
ing more convenient, for it  was only ne­
cessary to start the clock work  and  give 
the signal letters,  “G.  A.”  (go  ahead), 
and go on with  your  work,  and  half  a 
dozen messages could be sent you, if  re­
quired, and could be  taken  off  and  de­
livered  at  leisure.  The  building  was 
narrow but deep and there were  two bed 
rooms back of  the room in which the in­
strument  was  located.  The  first  one, 
with a wide open archway  instead  of  a 
door between the  two,  was  occupied  by 
the proprietor  of  the  store,  a  bachelor 
and Russian gentleman by  the  name  of 
Hollman,  and  one  of  the  warmest  and 
best friends I ever  had.  The room still 
in the rear of  this  was  mine,  separated 
from the others by a hall  running across 
the building and a  door  between, which 
we  generally  left  slightly  ajar,  that  1 
might hear the calls,  if any came  during 
the night,  as I  was  the  night  operator. 
However,  it  was  only  in  urgent  cases 
that we were called after 10 o’clock.

In the “ wee  sma’  honrs”  of  one  hot 
summer  night—probably  2  o’clock—I 
was awakened  out  of  a  half  conscious 
idea that I was wanted  by  a  rapid  and 
nervous  call  which  I 
readily  distin­
guished  was  an  alarm of  fire from  the 
main office.  Not wishing to disturb  my 
friend at this unreasonable  hour,  I  par­
tially dressed myself aud  walked  out  as 
gently as possible in  my  bare  feet  and 
without a light,  answered  the  summons 
and  was just tip-toeing across  the carpet 
of Hoilman’s room,  within a few  feet  of 
his  bed,  when  a  sharp 
loud  “Ha!” 
brought me to a stand  instantly.  Turn­
ing my eyes toward the bed, I saw by the 
dim light of the moon that came through 
the blinds of  a  window,  the  outline  of
Mr.  H-----,  facing  me  and  sitting  bolt
upright in  bed,  with his  revolver  in  one 
hand.  Fortunately  I  did  not  hesitate 
one instant.

“What  is  the  matter?”  I  asked,  my 
blood fairly freezing in  its  course  from 
the thought that the man might be insane.
"O, my God!  la It  your’  was  his  an­

swer.  Both arms then  dropped  and  he 
fell back  on  bis  pillow  as  if  dead. 
I 
rushed to the bed, but for a few moments 
he could not speak to me.  By this time 
I had a light and the  expression  of  that 
pale face I shall never forget,  as he said, 
“One  moment  more  and  I should have 
committed  an  act  which  would  have 
haunted me to  my  dying  hour! 
I  was 
just pressing my finger upon  the trigger 
as you spoke.  My involuntary warning 
word of two letters alone saved your life. 
You came creeping  across  the  room  so 
cat-like,  with  one  arm  extended 
in 
which imagination  pictured  a  knife  in 
the hand of  some  burglar  and  assassin 
who  was  approaching  my  bed.  Your 
steps in the office had  first  attracted  my 
attention,  when  I  grasped  my  revolver 
and  sat  up 
listening  attitude. 
Never, never again pass my  bed at night 
without waking me.”

in  a 

He arose and dressed himself and there 
was no more sleep for us that night.  The 
writer’s only apology  for  inflicting  this 
incident  upon 
readers  of  T he 
T radesm an  is the hope that  it  may  be 
a lesson to the  thousands  who  sleep  in 
their places of business all over the land, 
never  under  any circumstances  to  take 
the risk  of  using  firearms  without  the 
most convincing proof  that  it  is  not  a 
friend instead of an enemy. 

the 

H.

Should  Draw the  Lines  Closer.
“What  is  business  coming  to ?”  re­
marked a retail druggist  the  other  day, 
“when dry goods,  hardware and grocery 
stores will persist in selling our sundries 
at actual  cost,  purposely to  draw  trade 
in their  legitimate  lines. 
I  can’t  turn 
my store into  a  junk shop and  deal  out 
napkins,  cheese  and  nails  at  cost,  on 
purpose to get even  with them,  and  yet 
almost  daily 1  am  accused  of  charging 
exorbitant prices and lose  sales  because 
people can  buy the same thing across the 
street at a dry goods  store for  a  quarter 
or third less  money.  Business  was  not 
always  done  in  that  way  and  I  am 
strongly  inclined  to  believe  the  day is 
not far distant when  jobbers  will find it 
to  their  interest  to  draw  the  lines  of 
trade a little closer to legitimate  dealers 
and emphatically frown down this species 
of piracy.”

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association.
The regular  semi-monthly  meeting  of 
the Muskegon Drug  Clerks’  Association 
was held in the Hotel Cadillac parlors on 
the evening of  Oct.  28. 
J.  F.  Peppier 
was appointed Critic.  The  final  report 
of the retiring  Secretary  was  read  and 
approved.  He  then  bade  adieu  to  the 
office with an appropriate address.  Offi­
cers for the ensuing term  were  then  in­
stalled in office as follows:
President—C. S.  Koon.
Vice-President—Nick Miller.
Secretary  and  Treasurer  —  A.  T. 
Wheeler.
Excellent addresses were  delivered  by 
the new,  as well as by the  retiring,  offi­
cers.
Discussions upon the paper  upon  “Di­
alysis,” by  A.  T.  Wheeler,  were  post­
poned until the  next  meeting,  at  which 
time also a paper upon  “Percolation  and 
Repercolation,” by J. T.  Peppier,  will be 
read and discussed.  The Critics  report 
was read,  and accepted,  and tbe  meeting 
adjourned  until  Tuesday, Nov.  14, 1890.

A. T.  W h e e l e r,  Sec’y.
A  College  of  Pharmacy  at Detroit.
Geo.  S.  Davis, of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
proposes to establish a College  of  Phar­
macy In connection with the  Detroit Col­
lege  of  Medicine.  He  will  supply  an 
outfit to cost about $2,000  and  will  keep 
it in good repair for an indefinite period. 
Two chemists, from Parke,  Davis  & Co’s 
laboratory, will act as professors.

WILD  SQUIZZELEM.

For  Fall  painting  you  ha/ve  to  use  a

Some  of  the  Wonderful  Properties  of 

the  New  Preparation.

Written for The Tradesman.

in 

The following letter explains itself: 
Sweetwater,  Neb., Oct. 20, 1890.

De a r Mr.  Dioica—Yewr  Wild  Squiz- 
zelem cum all  rite  by  the  express  and 
now I must tell yew what it  done.  But 
firstly,  say!  did you  know  what  it  duz 
tew animils?  They air scart tew deth or 
sot crazy by the  smel  of  it,  and  sech  a 
time as we’ve had yew never  see.  Yew 
don’t say  nothin’  about  anamils  on  the 
bottle,  so I consated yew didn’t no nothin 
how it effected  ’em.  Yew  see  I’ve bin 
usin  the  Squizzelem  on  my  cousin’s 
baby’s club foot according  to  directions 
and the baby’s better—the foot, 1 mean— 
and jest as I got thru  yesterday and bad- 
dent  washed  my  hands,  Johnson’s  ole 
cow, that can  lift a gate off  its hinges  in 
a twinkle of yer eye,  broke into a shed to 
git  at  our  cabbages. 
I  dropped every 
thing and run.  As I put my head  in the 
door that  confounded ornery cow  got  a 
smel  of  the  Squizzelem  on  my  hands. 
Land o’ massy!  She give one snort  and 
went past me,  hed and tail  both  up  and 
on the keen  run, and the last seen of  her 
she was goin’ over the  hill,  tail  a  flyin’, 
about a mile an’ a quarter  north  o’  here. 
I tell you,  Dioica, it’s one o’  the wonders 
o’  this world,  and bound to make  a  stir.
O, yes! I must tell you of Miss Jenkins’ 
trip  tew  the  village  sense  that  cow 
trouble  happened.  Miss  Jenkins,  yew 
no, has an old kanser on her somewheres, 
and  heerd 
the  paper  about  yewr 
Squizzelem, so she bundled up  and  took 
a big role o’ butter  and  six  duzen  aigs, 
hitched  up 
the  ole  white  mare  and 
started.  She’d heerd  things  wuz  high, 
on account o’  the  Makinly  bill,  and  the 
groceryman offered her  26  cents  a dozen 
for  the  aigs  aud  15  cents  a pound for 
the  butter.  She sed she was  mad  as  a 
wet hen in a minnit and asked  him  why 
if  the  Makinly  bill  made  aigs  high, 
it didn’t serve butter the  same way.  He 
said he didn’t no onless the canucks were 
smugliu’  in all the butter  they made, fer 
it was mighty plenty  jest  now. 
“If  ye 
don’t give me 25 cents all  round  I’ll jest 
take my aigs and butter both hum agin,” 
she said tew  him.  but  he  wouldn’t  dew 
it,  and so she packed  ’em  in  the  buggy 
agin, pade cash for a bottle of Squizzelem 
and a few other  things  and  started  fer 
hum.  The road  want very  smooth  and 
in going down a hill pretty  fast the cork 
flew  out  o’  that  Squizzelem  o’  yourn. 
The ole mare stopped jest  long enuf tew 
look round and git a  sniff  o’  that  medi­
cine; then she took the bridle  bits in her 
teeth and started.  Ther’  want any whoa 
tu her.  Miss Jenkins dropt the lines and 
hung on with both hans and twan’tmany 
minnits afore the aigs was all bustid and 
flyin all over Miss Jenkins’  back.  Purty 
soon butter and aigs was well mixt, reddy 
fer cake.  Sich a ride as that woman had! 
She never knowed what  the  matter  was 
till I told her about the ole cow. 
It took 
three men to  quiet  and  onharness  that 
mare,  when she  stopt  in  the  barnyard.
I don’t know but  Miss  Jenkins  will  sue 
yew fur damages.  She’s made all  over, 
you  bet.  Mebby  you’ll  hear  from  me 
agin.  Yewrn  amazinly,

J eru sh y  Dodge.

The Drug-  Market.

Foreign  quinine  a  trifle  lower,  but 
very firm.  Opium  is  steady.  Morphia 
is unchanged.  Castor oil  has  declined. 
Linseed oil is  lower.  Nitrate  silver  is 
lower.  Carbonate  of  ammonia  has  ad­
vanced. 
Prussiate  of  potash  has  de­
clined.  Arnica flowers  are firm  and ad­
vancing.  Quicksilver  is  lower.  Hops 
have advanced.  Cocoaine has  advanced. 
Salacine is higher.  Sugar  of  milk  has 
advanced.  Balsam peru is higher.  Oil 
erigeron has advanced.  Oil  pennyroyal 
is higher.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

A. T. Burnett,  general  dealer,  Cross  Village: 
‘Enclosed find $1 for  T h e  T radesm an  another
year.  Can't keep store without It,”

D R Y E R

in mixing  WHITE  LEAD  

GROWN 

USE OUR

JAPAN  DRYER.

We call your attention to our CROWN JAPAN 
DRYER  that we can guarantee  equal  in  every 
respect to any on the market.

Its points of superiority over all others, are: 
it will mix with RAW or boiled oil.
1st. 
It will dry any paint without tack.
2d. 
3d. 
It will dry with a good gloss,  thus  ADD­
ING a GLOSS to the paint,  rather  than  making 
it FLAT, as most Dryers  do.
4th.  It  is  free  from  Rosin,  and  is  entirely 
without sediment, and will not thicken.
5th.  It is always  reliable and is the STRONG­
EST  LIQUID  DRYER in the market.

Put up In one gallon square cans.

Write for special prices.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FJrnitJre

-AT-

N elson, 

M atter 
&   C o .’s

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

Prices Low.
GXXTSXXTG  ROOT.
PPPIT 
Wholesale  Druggist«
CLlOlX  -DJlIU O m  GRAND  RAPIDS.

We pay the highest price for it.  Address 

' T H E   I V T O S T  R E L I A B L E   F O O D  
T S T T F T r a r a   F o r  In fa n ts a n d  In v a lid s .  1 
» 1   I  |   I  U   B ^ lU s e d   everywhere,  with  unqualified! 
VJa  1 1  1 L l iR .“Jsuctvss.  Xot a medicine, but a steam-1 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest! 
J stomach.  Take  no other.  Sold  lm  
fl druggists.  In cans, 35c. and upwanLI 

_Woqlbich_a  C(h on

Eaton,  Lyon  &  Go.,

Olir Fall Line Now Ready

E A T O N , L Y O N   &  CO «

»O and asfacmuroe SU, Grand  Rapida.

THE  MICHIQAJST  TRADESMAN,

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faints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ....  61 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine__  46 

11
64
69
50
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............IX  2@3
Ochre,yellow Mars...  IX  2®4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2X  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4 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
White, Paris  American 
1  00
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.................... 1 00@1  20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach— 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................166@1  70
Coach Boay..............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 

... 1  55®1  60
Turp.........................  70®  75

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S. N.  Y.  Q, &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 60@2 

85
C. Co.......................2 50@2 75
Moschus Canton........ @ 40
70® 75
Myristlca, No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................
33® 38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
@2 00
Fids Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ......................... @2 00
Picis Llq., quarts...... @1 (JO
pints......... @ 70
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..
® 18
Piper Alba, (po g5)__ @ 35
Pix  Burgun...............
7
«
14® 15
Plumbl A cet..............
lü@l 20
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz...... @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv........... 30® 35
Quasslae.................... m 10
39® 44
Quinla, S. P. & W......
S.  German__ 28® 38
12® 14
Rubla  Tinctorum......
Saccharum Lactis pv.. @ 40
Salacin.......................2 40@2 50
Sanguis  Draconls...... 40® 50
®4 50
Santonine  .................
Sano,  W...................... 12®
14
12
10®
“  G....................... @ 15

“ 

Seidlitz  Mixture........
® 25
Sinapis.......................
@ 18
“  opt..................
® 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes....................... @ %
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes ® 35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  . 12® 13
Soda  et Potass Tart... 30® 33
Soda Carb................. 1)4® 2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............ @ 5
Soda,  Ash.................. 3)4® 4
Soda, Sulphas............ @ 2
Spts. Ether C o........... 50® 55
“  Myrcia  Dorn......   @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
*•  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 23).........................  @2 33
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl..............2)4® 3)4
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  55® 60
Vanilla.................. . .9 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

“  Roll................2)4® 3

OILS.

Whale, wiuter........ ..  70
Lard,  extTa............ ..  55
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  58

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
61

HAZBBTINB

  50

& 

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

Advanced—Carb  Ammonia,  Balsam  Peru, Oil  Erigeron, Chloroform, Hops, Sugar Milk, Salacine, 
Declined—Castor Oil, Prussiate Potash, Nitrate Silver, Quicksilver, Linseed Oil._______________

Oil Pennyroyal.

ACIDUM.

8®  10
Aceticum................... 
Benzoicum German..  80@1  oo
Boraclc  ....................  
30
Carbolicum................  30®  38
Citricum....................   SO®  55
Hydrochior................  3®  5
Nitrocum  .................   10®  12
Oxalicum...................  11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley licum.................1 46®1 80
Sulpnurlcum..............  IX®  5
Tannicum....................1 40@1 60
Tartaricum.................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3^@  5
20  deg................5)4®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

Black..........!...............2 00@2 25
Brown.........................  80@1 00
Bed.............................   45®  50
Yellow........................2 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  50.......... 1 60®175
Juniperus...................  8®  10
Xanthoxylum.............  25®  30

BALBAMUM.

Copaiba......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  10
Terabln, Canada  ......  35®  40
Tolutan......................  45®  50

CORTEX.

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

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EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po..........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
Hs...........
Xb...........
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinla....
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure............

“ 

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

®  15 
@3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15 
1)4®  2 
®  7

* 

FLORA.

A rnica.......................   20®  22
Anthemis...................  20®  25
Matricaria.................  25®  30

FOLIA.

...................  20®  22
Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-
nivelly....................   25®  28
35® 50
Alx. 
Salvia  officinalis,  Xs 
„
and  V&b....................   12®  15
Ura Ursl......................  8®  10

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OUMMI.
“ 
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Acacia,  1st picked....  @1 00
2d 
....  ®  90
3d 
®  80
.... 
sifted sorts...  @  65
po ...................   75@1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60). @ 50
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 Xb,
16)............................  @  1
Ammonlae.................  25®  30
Assafostida, (po. 30)... 
®  15
Benzoinum.................  50®  55
Camphorae.................  ■  60® 52
Buphorbium  p o ........  35®  lo
Gafbanum.  ................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  50) —   @  40
Kino,  (po.  25)............   ®  20
M astic.......................   ®  80
Myrrh, (po- 45)...........  @  40
Opll,  (po. 4 75)........... 3 10®3 25
Shellac  ......................  28®  40
bleached........  ¡-3®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

“ 
hkbba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium....................   25
Eupatorium....................   20
Lobelia............................ —   25
Majorum.........................  *8
Mentha  Piperita............   23
“  Y lr....................  »
Rue.................................. 
|0
Tanacetum, V.................  22
Thymus,  V .....................   25
Calcined, Pat...............   55® 60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36 

MAGNESIA.

olbum.

Absinthium...............5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc.......   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae__8 00@8 25
Antal..........................2 00@2 10
Aurantl  Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergamli  ...................3 25®4 00
Ctdlputl......................  90@1 00
Caryophylll............... 1 25®1 30
Cedar.......................  35®  65
Chenopodli................  @1  75
Clnnamonll...............1  40®l 50
Citronella...................  @  45
Conlum  Mao..............  35®  66
Copaiba  .................... l  20@i  ao

Cubebae...................13 50®14 00
Exechthltos.................   90@1 00
Erigeron.....................1  90® i 00
Gaultherla......................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipil,  Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Juniper!.......................   50®2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Limonis...........................1 50@2 20
Mentha Piper...................2 75@3 75
Mentha Yerid................. 2 50®2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80@1 00
Myrda, ounce................  @ 50
Olive............................  90@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
RlCinl..............................1  16®1 28
Rosmarin!...... .... 
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................   40®  45
Sabina.........................  90®1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce....  @ 65
Tiglfl..........................   @1  50
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 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass Nitras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

POTASSIUM.

“ 

RADIX.

Aconitum...................  20®  %
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)..  IS®  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  65®  70
Maranta,  34s..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po...-...  15®  18
Rhel..............................  75@1 00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  @ 35
Yaleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................  10®  15
22®  25
Zingiber  j .............. 

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00@1 25

..  @ 15
Anisum,  (po.  20).. 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon....................1 
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3)4® 
4
Cydonium...................  75@1 00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate.........2 00@2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L ini............................4  ® 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4). . .  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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

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1 

10@1 50

25@2 00
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-  >
rlage.......................  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 
1  40

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................  50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhel Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................  50
“  Co...........................    50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunai virg.
30

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TINCTURES.

“ 

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15 

Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................  60
“  and myrrh...................  60
Arnica..................................   50
Asafoetida............................  0
A trope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sangulnarla..........................   50
Barosma...............................   50
Cantharldes..........................   75
Capsicum..............................  50
Cardamon.............................   75
Co..........................   75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona..............................  50
Co......................  .  60
Columba...............................  50
Conlum.................................  50
Cubeba..................................  50
Digitalis...............................  50
Ergot.....................................   50
Gentian.................................  50
“  Co.............................   60
Guaica..................................   50
ammon......................  60
“ 
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................  50
Iodine....................................  75
“  Colorless....................   75
Ferri Chlorldum...................  35
K ino.....................................   50
Lobelia............................. 
Myrrh....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
Opll.......................................  85
“  Camphorated.................   50
“  Deoaor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia ................................   50
K hatany...............................   50
Rhel.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentaria...........................  50
Stromonium..........................   60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Veride...................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

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“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

“  et Potass T 

“ 
“  Bpo. 

r‘ 
ground,  (po.

ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen......................2)4® 3)4
7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimonl, po..............  4®  5
55®  60
Antipyrln.................. 1  35® 1  40
Antlfebrin.................  @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  ®  74
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Xb,  13)..............  @  9
Cantharldes  Russian,
po............................  @1 75
Capsid  Fructus, af...  @  16
po__   @  20
@  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
Centraria....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  @  45
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd erst........1 85@2 00
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Cinchonldine, P.  &  W  15®  20 
German  5®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................   @  60
Creasotum.................  @  50
Crete, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................   5®  5
“  precip................  9®  11
“  Rubra................  ®  8
Crocus.......................   30®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   6®  7
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po...................  @  3
Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White....*........  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......... ...........8  @ 9
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  90
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerins...................18)4®  25
Grana Paradlsi...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @105
“  Cor__  @  95
Ox Rubrum  @1  15
Ammoniati  @1  25
to®  60
Unguentum, 
Hydrargyrum............   @  90
.1 25®1  50
IchthyoDolla, Am. 
Indigo.............................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 75®3 85
Iodoform........................   @4 70
Lupulin..........................   86@1 00
Lycopodium..............  56®  60
M ads.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
■«mi»;  §.' t

6uj$  60

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P B R K IN
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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

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Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries  .
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents  forDthe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints

Dealers in

We  are  Sole  Proprietors ol

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATAEKH  EEMELTi

We have in stock and offer a fall lins of

W h is k ie s ,  B randies,

Gins,  W in e s,  Rums.

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

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

flaiiine  i  Perkins  Drifg  60,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

12

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

G R O C B R i B S .

Sell  Your  Own  Goods.

From Hardware.
“There are travelers and travelers,”  it 
has been truly said; and we might repeat 
the words a dozen times and not  yet rep­
resent all the different kinds of  commer­
cial salesmen on the road  to-day. 
If,  in 
devoting a little  attention  to  the  drum­
mers,  we hurt anyone’s feelings, we want 
them to step right up and say so.
Sell your own goods for  your own firm 
and let opposition alone.  There is,  per­
haps, no  more  pernicious  habit  among 
traveling men than that  of  crying down 
other  travelers  or  opposition  houses. 
Any buyer  of  ordinary intelligence  un­
derstands the  motive  that  prompts  the 
words;  and,  if  he  believes them all,  he 
not only takes a large grain of  salt  with 
them,  but  is  tempted  to  distrust  the 
backer in  what  he  says  about  his firm 
and his own  goods.  We  have  heard  of 
instances where the  customers  not  only 
did not believe the  stories,  but  actually 
put off buying until the scandalized firm’s 
representative had called  upon  them,  in 
order  that  they  might  judge for  them­
selves whether the stories  had any truth 
in them or not. 
In  this  way the  mali­
cious  traveler gave his  opposition a free 
advertisement, when, by keeping quiet, he 
could have sold his own goods  instead.
First-class travelers will, perhaps, feel 
hurt at these remarks, but they need not, 
for  the  cap  does  not  fit  their  heads. 
Tricks of  this kind are only practiced by 
fifth-rate men.  We have heard of  many 
cases of this kind lately, and would warn 
the trade against such men.

The Potato  Market.

Potato  buyers  are  still  as  active  as 
ever,  but  the  inability  to  secure  any 
where near enough cars to move the crop 
is causing serious inconvenience.  Some 
handlers  claim  that  if  the  necessary 
number  of  cars  could  be  secured  the 
influx of  potatoes  into the principal con­
suming markets  would cause a break  in 
the price,  but  this  opinion is not main­
tained-by all the shippers  who  continue 
to pay from 50 to 55 cents for  good stock 
so long as they can secure  cellars,  ware­
houses and cars in which to deposit their 
purchases.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars  are a little  lower,  the  market 
being  dull and  steady.  The feature  of 
the  week has been the advance in starch 
by the  combination  known  as  the  Na­
tional  Starch Manufacturing  Go. 
It  is 
%c on bulk,  % con gloss and ¿¿c on corn. 
T.  Kingsford & Sons  have  advanced 
on gloss and %c on  corn.  New  prunes 
are expected to arrive in about two weeks. 
They will be worth 9J^c.

Candy has been advanced all along the 
line, all the manufacturers  within a cer­
tain radius having  joined hands to main­
tain prices.

Half Fare to  Grand Rapids.

Half fare rates have been  arranged for 
next week by the  managers  of  the  Ma­
sonic Fair, over the following roads:

Tuesday—G.  R.  & I.
Wednesday D.  L.  & N.
Thursday—M. C., L. S.  &  M.  S.,  and 

D., G.  H.  & M.

Friday—C.  & W. M.
Tickets will be good going  on  date  of 
sale and good to return the same day and 
day following.

This will afford merchants an excellent 
opportunity  to  visit  the  city  at the re­
duced  rate  and  place  their  orders  for 
holiday goods.

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

362 tf

Interview  with  a  Merchant  from  the

“ Up  Country.”

Written for The Tradesman.

A  certain  merchant  from  away  “up 
North,”  came to town one day last week.
I knew him well.  His  general character 
was good,  but there was a first-class hook 
and  line  fisherman  lost  to  the  world 
when he made  a  “bee”  and  put  up his 
log  store,  with  dwelling  rooms  above. 
His will  never be a model  store,  but  as 
his expenses are merely nothing  and  his 
profits  large,  he will generally pay cash 
and his credit will  be  good. 
I took him 
gently by  the  hand,  looked  mildly and 
calmly into  his  face,  welcomed  him  to 
this free-hearted city and—well,  I  inter­
viewed him;  and this is what he said:

“My mercurial friend, I am glad to see 
you  looking so fine  and so fat. 
I  have 
arrove in  your big  village to lay in sup­
plies of  dry goods, groceries,  boots  and 
shoes and”—he looked cautiously around 
about thirty seconds and  then in a lower 
voice and with a beautiful smile over the 
greater part of his face added—“ a small 
supply  of  ‘local  option.’  You  under­
stand ?  The  ager  gits  right  down  to 
bizness np north, and  medicine  must be 
had.  My store  is  the  only  one  within 
there 
five  miles  and 
is  no  drug- 
ger within  ten. 
I  keep  some  quinine, 
paregoric  and  camphor,  but  my neigh­
bors and  the  hunters  what  come  along 
allow  that  quinine is dangerous  sense a 
State officer made a fuss about my sellin’ 
it at all, so we get  along  with  local  op­
tion.  You see, I am  the  ‘local’  and the 
people have the ‘option.’

Still retaining his grasp upon my hand, 
he continued: 
“Lo!  winter  will  soon 
spread her cloak over us.  The drafts  of 
Uncle  Boreas  will rush  dowu  upon  us 
from the  “Soo”  and Lake Superior  and 
chill  us  like  a  driving  snow 
storm 
through a broken winder pane,  while we 
are hastily changing our soiled seclusion. 
The dry and seriously faded  leaf  rustles 
under the tread of  our  heavy boots  and 
the tree  which  was  lately so  lovely ex­
tends its  naked  arms  and  nods  in  the 
wind,  as  if  beckoning some one to bring 
back its underclothing and a winter over­
coat.  Pumpkin pies  will  soon  be  ripe 
and parin’  bee’s  and sich  will be meller. 
Spellin’  schools and huskin’s and red ears 
of  corn  and  bussin’ bees will all be nu­
merous.  But why speak of  these things 
that bring up  the  past,  when  we  were 
young  and  had  chapped  feet,  and  a 
woolen string  tied  around  several  sore 
toes ?  The turkeys begin to  step gently 
and  carefully  and  are  more  suspicious 
than they were two  months  ago.  They 
also held a mass meetin’ out back of  the 
barn  last  week  and  sence  then  have 
roosted high in  the  poplars.  Only day 
before  yesterday one of  them told me to 
‘quit’  several  times,  when  I  had  done 
nothin’,  even  to offend a chicken.  The 
squirrels have been  busy with their har­
vestin’ and the small hen-hawk, also.  The 
sly old muskrat has his house nearly com­
pleted  and  is only waitin’  for  a  heavy 
freeze,  and the sound  of  the small boy’s 
skate near his door,  when  he  will  take 
possession, close  the  winders,  and start 
up the furnace.  Lucky for  that old rat 
if before that  time his  best  dress  over­
coat  is  not  stolen  from  his  back,  and 
found lying with those of his relations in 
the  back  room  of  some  country  store. 
But,  as I said,  why should  we dwell  on 
this  subjec’ ?  Life  is  short,  and  the 
train goes  at  10:30  to-night 
I must git 
all my truck ready to ship to-day.  Lem- 
me see,” and be looked  over  hie  memo­

randum  book,  “candy,  nuts, 
raisins, 
currants, figs,  merlasses.  You  see  the 
kids  and  the  wimmen folks  like  sweet 
goods,  and  come  toward  Christmas  all 
these  things  are  wanted and I must lay 
in a good stock. 
If I can sell a few more 
carloads  of  railroad ties  and  telegraph 
poles, 1 shall run down  agin  once  more 
this year.  Good bye.” 

X X X

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Green,  $3.50  for  winter  grades  and 
82.75 for cooking stock.
Apples—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.£0 for count: y 
hand-picked.  City picked is held at ££@2.10.

per lb.  Creamery finds moderate sale at 23c.

Beets—New, 50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  in  good  demand  at  16@18c 
Cabbages—50c  per doz. or $4 per 100.
Carrots—9>c per bu.
Celery—20@?5c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Michigan  berries  are in fair de­
mand at 12.50 per bu.  Cape  Cod  commands  £10 
per bbl and Bell and Cherry are held at 18.50. The 
market is firm.
Eggs—The market is  firm, dealers  paying  20c 
for fresh and holding at 22c.  Cold  storage  and 
pickled stock find moderate call at 20c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, 84.60  per  bu.; 
medium, 84.30@4.49.  Timothy, il.50 per du.
Game—Venison, 13c  per  lb.:  Rabbits,  15c  per 
doz.;  Partridges, 25c per pair.
Grapes—All varieties are out of market, except 
Catawbas,  which  are  held  at  35@40c  per  9-lb 
basket.
Maple  Sugar — 8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to
quality.
Maple
Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—The market is firm, dealers paying 75c 
and holding at 90@95c.
Potatoes—The activity in the  market still con 
tlnues, but the inability of shippers to get enough 
car» to move their purchases  serves  to  prevent 
much fluctuation in price.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, 82.75 per bbl;  Jer 
sets, 13 per bbl.
Turnips—30@35c per bu.
The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

PROVISIONS.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

8AUSASB—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess, new....................................................   n   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...... ................. ..........................9
Tongue Sausage.............................................. 9
Frankfort Sausage............................... ........ 8
Blood Sausage................................................. 5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick................................................5
Headcheese.................................................... 5
Tierces............................................................ 7
Tubs................................................................ 794
501b.  Tins......................................................... 7H
TiPPCAB 
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30 and 50 lb. Tubs...........................................  6?4
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..................................... 7
5 
lb. Pails, 12 in a case..................................6%
10 lb. Pails, 6 In a case.......................................6Si
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.......................................6(4
501b. Cans......................................................... 6)4
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...............................10H
p icn ic...,......................................„ . . . 7
best boneless........................................10
Shoulders........................................................  7
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...............................8
Dried beef, ham prices.............................  ...  9
Long Clears, heavy........................................... 6
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................   6V4
light..................................................6H

smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain.

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Family

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

OY8TEBS—Cans.
Fairhaven  Counts.......................
F. J. D. Selects.............................
Selects.........................................
F. J. D..........................................
Anchors........................................
Standards.....................................
FRESH  MEATS.

@35
@28
@25
@23
@21
@19

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters................................5*4@  5
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Beef, carcass..........................................4  @ 6H
fore 
............................... S  @  3‘4
loins, No. 3..................................  7V4@  8*4
ribs..............................................  7  @ 8
rounds..........................................  5  @ 6
tongues.............................................. @
Hogs......................................................... 4J4@  \ \
Bologna.................................................   @ 5
Pork loins...............................................7  @8
shoulders.......................................  @6
Sausage, blood or head..........................  @5
liver..........................................   @5
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Frankfort................. 
  @  7 Vs-.
Mutton.................................................. 6  @  6H
Veal.......................................................   tV4@ 7

 

CANDIES. FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

 

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MIXED  CANDY.

fancy—I n 5 lb. boxes. 

Standard,  per lb...................................   @9
“  H.H...........................................   @9
“  T w ist........................................  @9
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pails or packages, net  weight......... 94
“  24C-lb.  bbls  ......................................... 9
Boston Crqpm................................................ 11%
Cut  Loaf....................... 
10H
Extra II. H...................................................... 11
Standard, per lb................................................ 8*4
Leader............................................................... 854
Special.............................................................  9
Royal...............................................................  9
Nobby..............................................................  954
Broken..........................................................    9vj
Midget............................................................10
English  Rock..................................................10
Conserves............................. 
10
Cut Loaf..............................................  
10
Ribbon.............................................................10
Broken Taffy.................................................. 10
Peanut Squares...............................................10(4
Extra..............................................................  11
Kindergarten  .......  
li
French Creams................................................12
Valley  Creams............................................... 13
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................................................... 65
Sour Drops.......................... ........;..................65
Peppermint Drops............................................75
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. ChocolateoDrops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................40@50
licorice Drops..............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................70
printed............................................75
Imperials......................................................... TO
Mottoes............................................................ 75
Cream Bar...........................................   .......65
Molasses Bar.................................................65
Caramels............................I.......... ......... 16@18
Hand Made  Creams............................... 9G@1 00
I Plain Creams................................................... 80
Decorated Creams.........................................1 00
String  Rock.............................................. 
75
Burnt Almonds................................... 1 00@1  10
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................70
Lozenges, plain, in  palls.................................12
printed, in pails..............................13
Chocolate Drops, In palls.................................13
Gum Drops, In pails........................................   6
Moss Drops, in palls.........................................11
Sour Drops, in palls.........................................11
Imperials, In pails............................................12
Jamaica, Bbl  .......................................  @
“  Box 176...................................  @
Florida.................................................   @4  50
Messina, choice, 360.............................   @
300.............................   @

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fancy, 360.............................  @ 8 00
@ 6 50
 
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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Malaga 
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........  18@19
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Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
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..........................   @8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................*   @ 7
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NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @17
Ivaca..................................  @17
Brazils....................................................  
S n q
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @1754
“  Marbot...................................  @1354
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California.........................;..  @

fancy—In bulk.

choice  “ 

50-lb.  “ 

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

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PRESH  PISH.

F.  J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

Whitefish...............................................   @ 7*4
smoked....................................  @ 8
Trout............... .*....................................  @ 7H
Halibut...................................................  @15
Ciscoes.  .................................. •............   @ 4
Flounders..............................................  @ 9
Bluefish  ................................................  @10
Mackerel...............................................   @25
Cod.........................................................  @10
California salmon.................................   @22
Standards,  per gal.................................  @1  35
.................................  @175
Selects, 
O r d e r   a  C a s e   o f   th e

Naples.................................  @17
Chill.......................................   @12
Table Nuts, No. 1..................................  @16
No. 1........................ .........  @15
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................  14  @16
Cocoannts, full sacks..........................   @5 00
Fancy, H.  P.,  Bell................................   @1014
...............  @1214
Fancy, H.  P., Stars 
....................  @  9*4
Choice, H. P.,Ex P rin ce.....................   @  9!4
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats......................  @  9J4

“ Roasted 
“ Roasted  ...................  @11
“ Roasted.....................  @11
“ 
Roasted.........   @11

Reward  Baking  Powder.

oysters—Bulk.

Packed  Two  Dozen  1-lb  Cant.  With  Two  Dozen,  One  Yellow  OLASS  Oil  Can,

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A R C T IC   M A N U F A C T U R IN G   C O M P A N Y ,

GRAND  IA FU W ,  MICH.

THE  MICHIQAJST  TRADESMAN.

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W h o le s a le   lr*rice  C u r r e n t•

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

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APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

“  44 lb.  “ 
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BAKING  POWDER.
 
% lb. 
 
6 oz. 
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lib. 
 
“  51b. 
 

Chicago goods....................
Frazer’s...................................82 40
Aurora.......................................1 75
Diamond................................... 1 75
Wise’s .....................................  2 25
Thepure, 10c packages.......81  20
1  56
2 28
2 76
4 20
5 40
26 CO
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
lb. cans, doz.. .1  00 
“ ...190
“ ...350
lib .  “ 
Acme, 44 lb. cans, 3 doz  ...  75
2  “  ....  1  50
1  “ ....  3 00
bulk..................  20
Telfer’s,  44 lb. cans, doz..  45
44 lb.  “ 
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lib .  “ 
Arctic, 54 ft can s..............  60
............   1  20
.............. 2 00
.............. 9 60
40
 
80
...........1  50
80
..  75
..  70
Gross

English, 2 doz. in case... 
Bristol,  2  “ 
American. 2 doz. in case.
Arctic, '• oz  ovals..................   4 00

K ft  “ 
1ft  “ 
BATH BRICK.

Bed Star, 3* 1b  cans........... 

44 ib  “ 
l ft  “ 
5 1b  “ 

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CANDLES
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.

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BROOMS.

“ 
“  pints,  round  ..........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
. . . 4  00
“  No. 5, 
. .. 8  00
“  1 oz b a ll................. 4 50
No. 2 Hurl..........................   1  75
2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................2 00
2 25
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem.......................... 2 50
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
J  20
M ill. .................................... 3 25
Warehouse...........................2 75
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun  .........................6 00
York State..........................
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................  “
Wicking..................... 
25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  10
Clam Ohowder, 3 lb.............2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  15 
2 lb.  “  — 2 20
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  90
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2 65
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1 lb. Star................2 50
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2 lb. Star.................3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 25
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1  lb.  sta n d ...........1 20
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2  lb. 
2 00
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2 lb. in Mustard.. .2 25
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Sib.  soused.........
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1 75@1  90 
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lib . Alaska..  @1  60
Sardines, domestic  348........ 
6
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44s........® 8
“  Mustard 34s.........   @10
imported  34s.. .11  @12
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spiced,  44s.........  
10
Trout. 3 Id. brook.........   2 50
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons......... ..........
ApricotsI............................2 50
Blackberries....................... 1  20
Cherries, red.......................1  30
pitted................... 1  40
Damsons.............................
Egg Plums..........................1  53
Gooseberries...................... 1  25
Green  Gages...................... 150
Peaches,  p ie .....................¿90
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seconds................ 2 30
stand....................2 65
“ 
“  California.............2 85
P ea rs............................... \
Pineapples, common..........1  25
sliced...............2 50
grated............... 2 75
Quinces............................ 110
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, soeiked.......................   75

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“  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
German Sweet.............  
22
Premium...................... 
34
38
Pure.............................  
40
Breakfast Cocoa.........  
Broma..........................  
37
Bulk.....................................6
Bed...................................7H

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CHICORY.

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COFFEE EXTRACT.

Fancy Full  Cream.... 11  @1134
Good 
....10 @1C34
Part Skimmed............   8 @9
Sap Sago...........   @22
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Swiss, imported........  24®  25
domestic  ....  15®  16
CHEWING  GUM.
200  “ 

Rubber, 100 lumps............... 30
Spruce, 200 pieces................40
Snider’s, 34 pint........................1 35
pint............................2 30
quart.......................... 3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

5 gross boxes...................... C5
Bulk.............................4  @4)4
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City......................... 
75
Felix......................................... 1 15
Hummel’s..........................   65
coffee—Green.
Rio, fair......................
“  good................... 21
“  prime...................
“  fancy,  washed...
“  golden................ 23
Santos........................22
Mexican & Guatemala 23
Java,  Interior............24
“  Mandheling__27
Peaberry................... 22
Mocha, genuine......  26  _
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
7 00
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola................................2434
in cabinets...............2534
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX....2534
Lion  ....................................2534
“  in cabinets  ................26
Durham..............  ..............25
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  35
1  50
1  75
2  00 
2 25 
1 00 
1  15
7 50 
70

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft.
60 ft.
70 ft.
80 ft.
60 ft.
72 ft' 
condensed m ilk.

Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss.............. 6  00® 7

@21
@22
@24
@24
@24
@26
@24
@28

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CREAM TARTAR.

dried fruits—Prunes.

 
10 
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CRACKERS.
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COUPONS.
“Superior.”
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8 1. per hundred............... 2 50
3 2 ,” ’ 
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................4 00
$5.  “ 
$10,  “ 
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*20,  “ 
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1, per hundred............... 2 00
............... 2 50
2] *“ 
................4 00
$10,  “ 
$20,  “ 
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Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.............   5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter.............  
  734
534
Seymour 
Butter....................................534
family...........................534
biscuit......................... 634
Boston....................................734
City Soda............................... 734
Soda.......................................6
S. Oyster...............................5J4
City Oyster, XXX...................534
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’.............................  
25
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.
@
@13
“ 
....  @21
“ 
Apricots, 
Blackberries “ 
....  @10
Peaches 
“ 
............   1634
Turkey.......................   @ 734
Bosnia.........................  @834
DRIED FRUITS—Peel.
Lemon.............................  
18
Orange............................  
18
dried fruits—Citron.
In druip......................  @18
In boxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 534
in  34-bbls........  @ 5%
in less quantity  @ 6 
Valencias...................  @ 834
Ondaras......................  @ 934
Sultanas.....................   @12
London  Layers,  Cali­
Mus’tels, Cal., 2 crown  @

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.................   @1 10
“  split....................   @ 3
Sago,  German............   @ 6
6@ 7
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl... 
Wheat,  cracked.........   @5
Vermicelli,  Import—   @11
domestic...  @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole......... 5 
@ 6
“  boneless............  634@ 8
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2 ,34 bbl  12 00 
“ 
“  12 lb kit.. 130
« 
„  .120

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Raisins.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

“  3  “ 

“ 
“ 

10 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 

HERBS.

“
1  00
“
1  50
“
2 00 
“
3 00
GUN  POWDER.

Herring,  round, 34 bbl.
Ribbed............
Holland,  bbls. 
“  kegs, 
..
Scaled........

2 90 
2 75 
12 00 
75®  80 
.  @  20 @5 25
Trout,  34  bbls.
10 lb.  kltB.................  75
White,  No. 1,34 bbls..  @5 50
“ 
121b. kits.......100
10 lb. kits.......  80
“ 
40
Family,  34 bbls........3 00
kits..............  65
FLAVORING EXTRACTs-Jennings’
DC  DC 
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box
3 oz 
1  50
4 oz 
2  00
6 oz 
3 00
8 oz 
4  >0
Kegs...................................5 50
Half  kegs...........................3 00
Sage.................................... 15
Hops........................... .........2»
Chicago  goods......................534
No.  ... 
30
No. 1....................................  40
No. 2...................................   50
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz.....................1 25
No. 9  sulphur.......................... 2 00
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00
Black  Strap...................... 
17
Cuba Baking.................... 
22
Porto  Rico....................... 26@33
New Orleans, good........... 
35
choice........ 
40
fancy.......... 
10
One-half barrels, 3c extra

LAMP WICKS.

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LICORICE.

JELLIES.

LYE.

“ 
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OATMEAL.

OIL.

PIPES.

PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS

“  T. D. full count...........  75

Barrels  ............................... 6 50
Half barrels..............................3 33
Barrels......................  @6  50
Half bbls....................  @3 38
Michigan  Test....................  934
Water White........................10
Medium............................  $8  CO
34 b b l......................... 4 25
" 
Small, bbl.................................9 00
"  34  bbl..............................4 75
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No. 3.................................1 25
Carolina head........................7
“  No. 1........................634
“  No. 2............... 6  @
Japan, No. 1..........................7
s   No. 2...........................6
Tea, 2-lb,  tin  scoop......... $ 6 50
.........  7 25
“  “  brass  “ 
“  5-lb,  tin  scoop.........   8 75
“ 
“  brass  “ 
.........  8  75
Grocers’, lif t,  tin  scoop.  11 00
“  brass  “ ..  12 25
22-»,  tin 
13 25
“  brass  “ ..  14 75
SNUFF.

scales—Perfection.

RICE.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 

“ 

spices—Whole.

_  SAPOLIO.
3  “ 
“ 
SOUPS.

Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccabov, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box....... 2 60
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
«  N a  2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__16
r‘ 
-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..................1234
*•  Cochin.....................15
Jam aica.................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................90
Mustard,  English...............22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18
•'  white...... 30
“  Cayenne..................25
SUGARS.
Cut  Loaf....................  @ 7ii
Cubes.........................  @734
Powdered...................  @ 734
Standard Granulated.  @ 6 
Fine
Confectioners’ A........644@6 &
White Extra  C. 
@ 644 
Extra  C........
@   6 
@544 
C ......................
Tellow  ...........
@ 544 @5*
Dark  Molasses.

“ 

SOAP.

SEEDS.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

SAL  SODA.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior........................... ..3 30
Queen Anne.................... ..3 85
German  Family...............
Mottled  German.............. ..3 00
Old German..................... -.2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain............ ..2  00
Frost, Floater.................. ..3 75
Cocoa  Castile  ................. ..3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy....... ..3 36
Old Country, 80................ ..3 20
..3 50
Uno, 100...........................
Bouncer, 100..................... ..3 00
Kegs.................................
1*
Granulated,  boxes........... ..  2
Mixed bird.................444® 6
..  9
Caraway..........................
Canary............................
..  344
Hemp................................ ..  4
.13
Anise................................
Rape................................ ..  6
Mustard..........................
-•  744
Common Fine per bbl__ @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.. ..  27
28 pocket......................... -.1  75
..2  00
60 
.........................
“ 
..2 15
.........................
100  “ 
..  75
Ashton bu. bags............
..  75
Higgins  “ 
............
..  35
Warsaw “ 
............
..  20
............
.1   50
Diamond  Crystal,  cases
28-lb sacks  25
50
56-lb 
60  pocket.2 25
.2 10
28 
barrels. .  .1  75
8ALERATU8.
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .544
Dwight’s Com.................
-.544
...544
Taylor’s ..........................
DeLaud's Cap  Sheaf......
...544
pure..................
...544
.  5
Our Leader.....................
Corn, barrels..................
•03i
one-half barrels... @36
Pure  Sugar, bbl.............. 30® 40
half barrel... 3i®42
“ 

,T 
“ 
44 bu  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SYRUPS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SALT

“ 

“ 

“ 

“

‘

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

8
844
8
8
8
.75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F air............................ @20
Good..........................
@22
Choice.........................24 @29
Choicest......................32 @36
D ust...........................10 @14
SUN CURED.
F air............................ @20
Good..........................
@22
Choice.........................24 @29
Choicest......................32 <8^6
Dust........................... 10 @14
F air............................ @20
Choice........................ @25
@35
Choicest.....................
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair......... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest— 50 @65
Choicest fancy...........75 @85
Common to fair.........25 @30
Superior to  fine......... 30 @50
Fine to choicest......... 55 @65

BASKET  FIRED.

OOLONG.

sacks  .........  5 10

IMPERIAL.

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

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air.............................25  @30
Choice.........................30  @35
Best.............................55  @65
Tea Dust...................... 8  @10

SODA.

Boxes....................................534
Kegs, English........................4*

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

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

62
36

tobaccos—Smoking.

Jas. G. Butler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Peach  P ie ..............................34
“Tobacco” ..............................35
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................... 32
4 oz.................... 31
16 oz.....................32

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40 gr. 
50 gr.
PA PER & WOODENWARE 

PAPER.

“ 

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Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­

TWINES.

 
WOODENW ARE.

lows:
Straw 
................................. 150
Sugar....................................180
Hardware............................. 234
Bakers.................................. 234
Dry  Goods.................  534@6
Jute Manilla....-.........   634@8
Red  Express  No.  1...........  5
N a  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
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop —   1  75< 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —   55
Bowls, 11 inch..................... 1  00
1  25
13  “ 
15  “ 
2 00
2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
Baskets, market.................   35
bushel.................  1  50
75
“  No.2 6 25
"  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF» 
W hite......................... 
93
Red............................ 
93
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  I 30
Granulated.................. 
1  75

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

splint 

WHEAT.

“ 
“ 
•• 
“ 

MEAL.

 
 
 

Straight, 
“ 
Patent 
“ 
Graham 
Rye 

FLOUR.
in 
barrels....   5 30
“ 
“ sacks............  6 10
“ 
barrels....  6 30
“ sacks............  4 80
“  “ 
...........  3 70
MiLLSTUFFS.

OATS.

CORN.

BARLEY.

Bran..................................  16 50
Ships.................................  18 00
Screenings.......................   16 50
Middlings.........................  18 00
Mixed  Feed......................  23 50
Coarse meal......................  23 00
No. 1  ...........*Tf.’.............  @55
No.l..................................  1  16
N o.2...............................  110
Small  lots.........................  62
Car 
“  .........................  59
Small  lots...........................52
Car 
“  ............................48
No. 1......................................   9 00
No. 2.................................   800
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows, nominal:
Green.........................  434@ 5
Part Cured.................  @534
Full 
.................  534® 514
Dry...............................  6 @ 7
Kips,green................... 4 @5
Calfskins,  green.........   5 @ 7
cured.........   6 @ 8
Deacon skins................10 @30

“  cured.....................5 @ 544

HIDES.

HAY.

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides 34 oflj.
PELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings..................10  @25
Estimated wool, per 1b 20  @28
Washed.............................20@30
Unwashed  ....................... 10@22
Tallow.......................... 3 @4
Grease  butter  . . . ____  1 @2
Switches........ ...........  134® 2
Ginseng 
2 5 >®3 01
LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  Hogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANIMAL  OILS.

LUBRICATING  OIL3.

“  No. 1  “ 
“ 

follows:
Extra W S Lard...........53 @58
..........45  @50
No. 1.... 
..........35  @40
Pure Neatsfoo’.........  52  @60
WVa  Summer...........?34@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  lfl@l 25
M ineral....................   30@  35
Water White..............  @10
Michigan  test 
Gasoline.......................944@14
PAINT  OILS.
Linseed  Oil, boiled.. .65  @75
“  raw....... 62  @72
Naptha  ......................744@10
Turpentine................ 45  @50

BURNING  OILS.
.........

CASTOR  OIL.

“ 

P. B.  OYSTERS.  P. B.

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

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

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

T H A   T

I s b e t t e r   and  costs  less  th a n   m o s t  

p a c k a g e   c o ffe e s

1 »   POUND  CASES,  24  3-4; 100-CABINETS,  25  1-4.

FOR SALE  TB ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS JOBBERS

1 4

Popdlar  Goods 

for 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

the 

I

olidaysl

Library  Lamps,

Piano  Lamps,

Banquet  Lamps,

Parlor  Lamps,
Rochester  Lamps,

Kitchen  Lamps,

Mill  Lamps,

Street  Lamps,  Etc.,  Etc.

Tea  Sets,

Dinner  Sets,

Toilet Sets,

Rose  Jars,

Motto  Teas,

Shaving  Mugs, 
Novelties  in  China,

Bread  and  Milk  Sets, 

Plate  Sets,  Etc.,  Etc,

Locomotives,

Steamboats,

Sail  Vessels,

Horse  Cars,

Iron  Wagons,
Railroads,

Sawmills,

Steam  Pumps,

Fire  Engines,

TO  TH E  TR A D E:

Perhaps  in  no  line  of  merchandise  are  there  combined  so 
many  useful  and desirable  articles  for the  Holidays  as  can be 
found in  the

I'll

Shown by  us  this  season.  We  have  spent  months  of  labor 
and  travel  in  gathering from  every  leading  factory  at  home 
and  abroad  the  cream  of their wares  for our  home  trade.
Our  lines  are the  useful ones  needed in  every  family.
Our selections  have  been  made  along  the  lines  of  inex­

pensive  necessities  for the home  and  fireside.

Our  prices  are  at  the  bottom— no  advances,  even  where 
combinations  and extraordinary  demands  have  forced  a  rise 
at  the  factories.  We  bought our goods  early  in  anticipation 
of a  rising  market  and  we  are  prepared  to  give  our  customers 
a  benefit.

This Is  JSo  Idle  Talk.

Values  are  rising  and  if you  have  watched  the  markets 

you  know it.

Our lines  have  reached  such  proportions  that  you  can 
select  your  complete  assortment  of  us,  and  we  shall  be 
pleased to  sell you  your stock  of this  line.

If  you  have  not  received  our  illustrated catalogue  No. 
103,  we  will  send  it  on  request.  Our complete  Holiday cata­
logue  will  be  ready  in  a  few  days. 
Please  write  for it,  if not 
received.

CALL  AT  OCR  WHOLESALE  SAMPLE  ROOM,

Only  one  block  from  Union  Depot,  where  you  will feel  well 
repaid in  looking over our line  in  person,  as there  are  always 
many  of  the  choicest  sellers  that  cannot  be  understood or 
even  shown  in  type.

Do  not  delay.  Call  early  as  possible,  before  our assort­

Hook  &  Ladder Wagons, 

ments  are  broken.

Etc.,  Etc.

Yours  Respectfully,

Modern  Glassware,

Fancy Water Sets, 
Opalescent Water  Sets,

Richly  Gilt  Water  Sets, 

Condiment  Sets,

Ruby  Glassware,

New  Designs and Rich Effects 

in  all  table  wares,  etc.

Picture  A B C   Blocks,
Games  for  1890, 
McLaughlin’s  Books, 
Standard  Novels,

Child’s  Reading  Books,

Papeteries-New  Designs, 

Novelties  in  Brass, 

Perfumery,

Fancy  Soaps,

Mechanical  Toys,

Etc.,  Etc.

Special  Department  of 
Fine  Bisque Dolls,

Kid  Body  Dolls,

Papa— Mama  Dolls, 

Fancy  Dressed  Dolls,

Washable,  Bisque,  and 

China  Babies,

Show  Dolls,
Dolls’  Furniture,

Children’s Furniture, 

Etc.,  Etc.

H.  L E O N A R D   &  SO NS,  G rand  R apids,  M ich

THE  MIOHIQ^JSr  TRADESMAN.

I

Resolved  to  Be  a  “Kicker.”

“Ton  saw 

that  fashionable 

looking 
young man  wearing a  silk  hat  who  en­
tered the store as we  came  out,”  said  a 
well to do acquaintance  of  mine,  as  we 
stepped outside a gentlemen’s furnishing 
store the other day.  “Well,  he works in 
one of the railroad offices at $40 a month, 
wears better clothes than 1 do and stands 
off every one he deals with,  until the last 
minute,  and  he  can  buy  goods  10  per 
cent,  less than I can when 1 pay cash.”

“How  is  that?”  I  asked,  with  much 
“I always  supposed the cash 

surprise. 
buyer had the advantage every time.”

“ Well, that’s  where  you  are  fooled,” 
my friend replied. 
“This  young  man’s 
parents are wealthy,  therefore he is  con­
sidered good for any reasonable  amount, 
and is allowed  to  run  up  bills  accord­
ingly. 
In  his  case,  it is  assumed  that 
this ‘limb’ will  some  time  pay, even  if 
he is assisted by his maternal  parent,  to 
protect the credit of the family tree.  He 
invariably  ‘kicks’ on the price  of  every­
thing  and  generally  gets  a  reduction. 
Then,  when  his  bill  is  presented,  he 
makes  another  ‘roar’  and  wants  some­
thing off for cash,  as he terms  it,  and  he 
not infrequently gets it. 
I know it to be 
a fact that when he paid a bill  of  $75  a 
short  time  ago,  the  proprietor  of  that 
store presented  him  with  the  very  hat 
you saw him have  on,  and  it  is  no  un­
common occurrence for him to be allowed 
a selection from  a choice lot of neckwear 
or handkerchiefs on such occasions.  But 
such is the competition in trade now and 
the pulling and hauling to  get  all  there 
is from your neighbor  in  every  kind  of 
business, 
that  modesty  and  diffidence 
with a buyer don’t  count  at  all. 
It  is 
the ‘kicker’  who gets  the  advantage  ev­
ery time. 
I go into a store, order what I 
want and pay for it without a  word,  and 
I  have  known  instances  where  1  paid 
more for the same goods than others who 
wrangled over the price and then  had  it 
put on the slate. 
It seems to  be human 
to  impose  on  good  nature, and  I  have 
made up my mind  to  become  a  ‘kicker’ 
from this time on.”

And away my  friend  went  down  the 
street  to  register  his  first  kick  on the 
price of a ton of coal.

Charlotte—John L. Dolson is succeeded 
by J.  L. Dolson & Sons in  the  manufac­
ture of patent seat  fasteners.
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

6  doz. in box.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................   45
No. 1  “  .........................................................   50
No. 2  “  ..........................................................  75
Tubular...........................................................  75

lam p  chim neys.—Per box.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
YYX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun........................................................1  75
No. 1  “  .......................*............................... 1  88
No. 2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................... 2 26
“  .......................................2 40
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................2 80
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................1  25
No. 2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz......................................... 1  35
160
No. 2  “ 
Butter Crocks, per gal................................  
06K
Jugs, *4 gal., per doz....................................  75

“ 
STONEWARE—AKRON.

La Bostic.

Pearl top.

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Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)  ...  65 
“  90c).  ..  78

1  “ 

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FRUIT  JARS.

Mason’s, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps.

Pints........................................................  

Suarts..  ..............................................  

alf-gallons  .......................................  
Quotations on fruit  jars  and  lamp  chimneys 

SO
00
0 0

are t. o. b.

■é

Bieysles,
Tricples,
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods
( Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s  I 

Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  and  I 
American Powder Co.’s Powder.

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

F I T   F O R
Â (Iflll I ®  IIS
Table:

All  goods bearing the 

name  of

THURBER, 1VHYLAND  &  CO.,

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

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

THUBBEK, WHYLAND  & 00.,

West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Streets.

New York City

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP

Would  you  like  to carry a side line and 
establish  agents  or  sell  to  the  trade ? 
If so, address

Bell  Furniture  and  Novelty  Co,
D a n g e la n d  M fg. Co.

NASHVILLE,  MICH.

Wholes  Manufacturers  of

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M   a i  Sillies.

DEALERS  IN

Office,  Mill  and  Yard:
East  Muskegon  At.,,  on  C.  &  W.  M. H'y.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect October 5,1890.
TRAINS  GOINS  NORTH.

For Saginaw, solid t r a in ........... 
For Traverse City..........................|  5:15 a m  
For Traverse  City & Mackinaw;)  9:20 a m 
For Baffin aw, solid train............  
For Cadillac....................................f  2:15 p m 
For Mackinaw................................ t  8:50 p m 
From Kalamazoo..........................t 3:55 p m

South. 

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
t 7:30  am
t 7:05  am
fll:30 a m
t  4:30  p m
t 5:00  p  in
{(10:30  p  m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going1 

North. 
For  Cincinnati............................. j{  6:00am 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .f!0:15 a m  
From Saginaw..............................   1145 a in
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For Cincinnati...............................t  5 :30 p m 
For Kalamazo and  Chicago... .tl0:50 p m 
From Saginaw.............................. 110:30 p m

South.
t 6:30  am
110:30 a m
t  2:00  p m
3  6:00  p m
¡11 :30  p m
Trains marked (Q) run dally; (t) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—11:30  a  ra 
train, parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 p m  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—6:30 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6p m  
train, Wagner Bleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car  for Chicago.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:00  am  
11:15 a m 
5:40  pm  

From Muskegon—Arrive.
10:10 am
8:45 pm
Through tickets and full information  can  he had hy 
calling upon A. Almquist.  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  Qeorge  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids. Mich.

3:45 p m

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WRST.

Arrives. 
tMornlng Express............................. 18:50 p m 
tThrougnMail.....................................5:00 p m 
tGrand Rapids  Express..................10:25 p m
•Night Express................................ 6:40 am  
tMixed................................................  
GOING RA8T.
tDetrolt  Express................... s........ 
tThrough Mail................................... 10:10 a m  
tEvening Express............................3:S5pm 
•Night  Express.................................9:50 p m 

Leaves.
1:00 pm
5:10 pm
7:05am
7:90 am
6:60 am
S:45pm
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving at  10:55  p  m  has  Wagner  sleeping 
car tOjDetroit, 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.
Jas. Campbell. City Passenger Agent. 

sleeping 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

10:90 am

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor &  North  Michigan  Rail­
way from Owosso Junction.  Sure  connections 
at above point with trains of D., G. H. AM., 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 isle y, Gen’l Pass.  Agent

ARRIVE.

d ep a r t.

Fruit Belt Line. 

■HICAGO  A  WEST  MICHIGAN  RAILWAY. 

Mall and Express for Big Rapids, Lud- 
Ington,  Manistee A Traverse City..  *7:25 a m 
Express for Chicago and  Muskegon..  t9:00 a m
Fast Mail for Chicago.......................!  tl :00 p m
Express for Muskegon and H a rt......  t5:0 > p m
Night Express for  Chicago  ............   *11:35  p m
Night Express for  Indianapolis  ...  141:35  p m 
Mail  for  Big  Rapids,  Manistee  and
Traverse C ity ..................................  +5:05 p m
Ex. for Grand Haven A  Muskegon...  t8:40 p m
Night Express from Chicago  ............   *6:30 a m
Night Express from Indianapolis 
...  £6:30  a m 
Ex. from Muskegon, Hart A Pentwater+10:45 a m 
Express  from  Big  Rapids,  Baldwin
and Traverse C ity .......................... +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..t 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.  IDaily 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  trains 
leaving  Grand  Rapids  1 p m  and Chicago 4:10 
pm.  4:40 pm  train  leaving  Chicago  connects 
with sleeper leaving Grand Rapids  11:30 p m for 
Traverse City.  The 5:i5p m train  has  through 
free parlor car to Manistee via M. A N. E. R’y.
For tickets  and  information, apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot.

G eo  D e IIa v e n ,
Gen  Pass. A Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

ARRIVE.

d epa r t.

Lansing Route. 

■ETROIT,  LANSING  A  NORTHERN  R.  R. 

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 +l:-ii p m 
Mall for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw  +4:30 p m 
Fast Ex. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 p m 
Mail 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  and Detroit...  +9:50 p m 
Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Alma+10:30 p m 
•Dally.  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 7:2o 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.
G io. DkHaver, Gen. Pass. A Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

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Michigan (Tentpal

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’'

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D EPA RT.  A RRIV E
Detroit Express....................................7:20 a m  10 09 p m
5:00 pm
Mixed  ....................................................  6:30 am  
Day  Express....................................... 11  55 a m  10:00 a m
•Atlantic A  Pacific Express.............11:15 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express..............................5:40 p m 
1:25 p m

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

•Daily.
All other daily except 8unday.
Sleeping-  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. M u n s o n , Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.
O. W. Rugglbs.G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago
CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

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P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonableipriees, address 

THE  TRADESMAN .COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMflN
Watch fdaker 
a Jeweler,
Grand Rapids  -  ]Vliit
WANTED.

44  CÄNHL  81.,

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  Bowne, President.

D. A. B lodgett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a genera,  banking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

jet Circular and Testimonials.  Sent Free.

I BEFORE  BUYING  GRATES

Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic.  -
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

The  Changes of Seventy  Y ears..

Written for The  Tradesman.

Does the reader ever stop  to  think  of 
the past—say seventy  years  ago—as  he 
takes a walk  around  any city and  halts 
in front of  the  various  store  windows ? 
What a magical change  has  taken place! 
None but the  aged  can realize this in all 
its  wonderful  imitations.  To  the  ex­
ternal  vision,  hardly  a  shadow  of  the 
past is perceptible.  The store itself  has 
been touched by the wand of  a fairy and 
transformed  into  a  palace  of  beauty. 
The windows are  bright  with  the  bril­
liant  display of  goods,  each  seemingly 
more beautiful than the  other.  Let  us 
walk within.  No dark  and  dingy room, 
dimly lighted  by an  8x10  window  pane 
or  a  tallow  candle  is  here.  Walls  of 
purest crystal admit the softened  rays of 
sunlight  through  mediums  grateful  to 
the eye,  while at night  the shaded  glare 
of  the lightning fills the room.  Beneath 
our feet,  mats and  rugs  and  carpets  of 
the orient deaden the sound  of  our foot­
steps, and in mid-winter the balmy air of 
June enters from  some invisible aperture 
for  our  comfort  and  happiness.  And 
what mountains of  goods in these stores, 
systematically  piled  beneath  the  lofty 
ceilings!  It suggests  a  new  and  supe­
rior  world  to  be fed,  clothed  and  sup­
plied.  Here,  again,  are  the  wide  open 
doors  of  a  grocery  establishment,  five 
stories in  height,  and  filled  from  base­
ment to attic.  Step  into  the  elevator a 
moment  and  merely glance  at  the  con­
tents of each floor.  Here you see a stock 
of  goods  which would have been an  ac­
tual  curiosity to  any  one  on  this  con­
tinent seventy  years  ago.  Many of  the 
goods then sold,  and  which  are  now in 
this stock,  would not be recognized  even

RINDGE, 

by our  grand  parents, so changed in ap­
pearance and improved  are they in their 
new dress.  Walk  farther  on.  Here  is 
this store in the  broadest  contrast  with 
the past in the  display of  ladies’  ready­
made  wearing  apparel — all  unknown 
seventy  years  age—novel  in  style  and 
elegance, and bewildering in their beauty. 
Next door to  this  is  a  book  store. 
It 
bears some resemblance to  those  of  the 
past,  but  the  paper  and  bindings  of 
these volumes, the genius of  science and 
art  could  not  have  produced  in  1820. 
Here  we  pass  a  drug  store.  What  a 
change  in  it  in  seventy  years!  The 
“doctor’s shop”  then stood in its  place, 
as its modest and unpretending predeces­
sor.  The various aids to  the  more  per­
fect and rapid transaction  of  mercantile 
business  has  been  equally  progressive. 
Elevators have taken the place of  stairs; 
young  ladies  and  type  writers  have 
crowded out the prosy old letter  writers; 
speaking  tubes  and 
telephones  have 
nearly supplanted the errand boys; cables 
and  telegraphs  have kept pace with the 
growth  of  the mails;  fast trains  do  the 
work  formerly  covered  by  stages  and 
coaches.  We live in a fast  age,  but  are 
we  any  happier  than  our  predecessors 
of seventy years ago ? 

A. S. M.

The  Grocer’s  Recompense.

A grocer  works  fifty-two  weeks  per 
year;  that’s labor.  Once in a while some­
body pays him for his goods;  that’s cap­
ital.  Once in a while  some son of a gun 
of a dead-beat runs up a big bill and van­
ishes without paying  it;  that’s  anarchy. 
Later  on  justice  will overtake the  last 
named  creature,  for  there  is  a  place 
where he will get  his just deserts;  that’s 
hell.

BERT'S& CO.,

18.  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

S .  K . 

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

Bolles   &  Co.,

H   CANAL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

'W h o l e s a l e   C i g a r   D e a le r s .

a T O S

S

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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.

I T o lc lf 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 
O.  H.  REEDER  &  CO.

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

W M . SEA 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.

The  P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co*

M uskegon Cracker Co
LARGBST V J L R I M T Y I N  T H E , STATB
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 
MUSKEOON,  MICH.

SPECIAL|ATTENTIONDPAlDDTO  MAIL  ORDERS.

CR ACKERS, BISCUITS A ND  SWEET GOODS.

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l i t   Any  Cracker  Trust.

We ask the trade to examine our line of Lumbermen’s Socks.  All  the  staple 
kinds, men’s and boys’, at popular prices;  also  the best line of Felt Boots made,  in 
prices from $9 to $14.  We can show you a fine line of Beaver Shoes and Slippers, 
foxed  and plain,  turns and M.  S.  Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Company.

UNNECESSARILY--DECIDE UPON WHAT YOU WANT,THEN REACH FOR IT.
DON'T  SCATTER  YOUR  FIRE, OR  WASH  COSTLY  AMMUNITION

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H E R E   IT   I S !  A N D   W E   G IV E   T H E M   A W A Y   F R E E !  They  are  dollars 
and cents to you, 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 he  5 0  lb .  C abinet  is  m ade  p articu larly  for  th e   C ounter 
Shelf;  th e  lOO  lb .  C abinets  to   ta k e   th e   p lace  o f   th e   u n sigh tly  B arrels  so 
often   seen   on  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 for 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 Boasted Coffee in Cabinets.

THIS CABINET HOLDS 50 lbs

•STUO N  COFFEE  NOT  SOLD  IN  THESE  CABINETS.“« «

THIS CABINET HOLDS 100 lbs.

