Michigan Tradesman.
Playing Garda

GRATED  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 12,  1890.

Incidents Common to the Experience of 

S H E L B Y

W I L L I A M S ,

THREE  SCENES.

NO.  873.

Every Merchant.

YOL.  8.

Written for Tas Tradesman.

W. c. WILLIAMS.

A. 8.  BB00KS.

A.  8HXLET.

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Successors to

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from bill of fare.

Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All  Kinds  of 

Order  Cooking  a  Specialty. 
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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

FARRAND,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 

W holesale  Druggists,
AT  THE  OLD  STAND.

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orders come.  We quote:

Let  your 
Season  is  now  under  way. 
SOLID  BRAND—Selects............................. 27
E .F .....................................25
Standards........................... 23
DAISY BRAND—Selects..............................25
Standards........................... 21
Favorites............................ 19

Standards, in balk, $1.50 per gal.

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2-lb. Cans (usual weight), $1.50 per doz.
E-lb.  “ 
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Sweet  Cider, Pure,  15c per gal.
Pure Cider Vinegar, 10c 
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Choice  Dairy Butter, 16c.
Fresh Eggs, 20c.
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GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH

SEEDS!

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

WEST  BRIDGE  ST.

firm  Rais  M  Store,
W. T.  LAMOREAUX  &  00.
IT W ILL PAY YOU
GOOD CHEER SOAR

To B u y  A llen B.Wr isley's

Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

“I  think  I’ll  take  three  yards,  Mr. 
Wells. 
It’s  very  dear,  though,  and  I’m 
sure I can purchase the same at Russell’s 
for 18 cents, but y.ou know  we don’t deal 
there.  My husband says  he  prefers  to 
trade at one store, because  they  will  al­
ways do a little better  by  us;  still,  I’m 
afraid you don’t do that.”

‘‘We endeavor to sell as  low  as  possi­
ble, Mrs.  Jones,  to  every  one, but  you 
know, of course, we must have a  trifling 
advance upon our  goods.”

“O, there is no fear but  you will  have 
advance enough, let me buy at what price 
I may. 
I’ll look at  this  delaine  again; 
did you say it was fast colors?” and Mrs. 
Jones grasped one end  of  the fabric and 
started for the front window,  and, before 
the  astonished  merchant  could  prevent 
it, nearly  the  entire  piece  was  strewn 
over the counter and  floor.  Giving  it  a 
hasty glance, she observed: 
“This pat­
tern will hardly answer  my purpose, Mr. 
Wells,  but if  you  conclude  to  take  the 
price I  named  for  the  poplin, you  may 
cut off three  patterns  for  the  children; 
and this gingham on  the  counter  (over­
turning a pile of twenty pieces  in  order 
to get at the bottom one)  I  will  examine 
while I am here,  as I may  wish  to  send 
for a few yards of it next week.  By the 
way, what  are  those  mixed  goods,  Mr. 
Wells, on the third shelf from  the  top?” 
and the woman indicated  with her index 
finger what was wanted. 
(The merchant 
throws the contents of  that shelf  on  the 
counter). 
“No, I see  that  isn’t  what I 
supposed it  was,”  and  Mrs.  Jones  gave 
the pile a push sufficient to  topple  them 
over  pretty  effectually. 
“Just  hand 
down those in the  next  tier  beyond. 
I 
guess you think I’m real  particular,  Mr. 
Wells, but then you always say it is such 
a pleasure  to  show  goods  and,  besides, 
you havn’t anything in  the  world  to  do 
except to put them up nice again.  Dear 
me,  I’ve  spent  an  hour  here  already. 
Here is a list of  a few groceries I want— 
you can fill the order soon,  1 suppose.”

Mrs. Jones’  sundries  were  soon  piled 

upon the  counter.

asked the clerk.

“Will you have a bill of  the  articles?” 

“I don’t want  a  bill.  They’re  of  no 
The  children  tear 
account  any  way. 
I 
them in pieces as soon as I get home. 
suppose,”  continued  Mrs.  Jones,  “you 
can send those  parcels  to  my  house  in 
the course of an hour, can’t you?”

“I will endeavor to do  so, if  possible, 
but I may have to disappoint you,  as  we 
are extra busy this afternoon.”

“Well, I must have them by  3 o’clock, 
at the latest,  so you will please  recollect 
the  hour.  Good afternoon,  Mr.  Wells.”
Mr. Wells,  a son  of  one  of  the  firm, 
merely bowed as she spoke, and  the door 
had hardly  closed  when  he  laughingly 
addressed a brother clerk:  “Tom, there’s 
only one way to deal  with  such  women, 
and that is, make it a rule to  ask  20  per 
cent, more than you  intend  to  take. 
I 
am well acquainted with her  style.  Did

you observe  how  I  managed  with  her? 
1 laid on the price  handsomely,  then  she 
commenced bantering in her  usual  man­
ner  and,  after  a  short  conversation,  I 
sold the  goods  aud  obtained  the  usual 
price, and a  trifle  beside;  so  you  see  I 
could afford to  give  her  the  trimmings, 
as I did.  She is a very ignorant  woman 
and knows nothing of  the real  value  of 
goods  of  any  description,  consequently 
she looks upon  all  merchants  as  rogues 
and imagines the only  way  to  get  even 
with them is to  wrangle  over  the  price 
and get  them  to  accept  something  less 
than  they  ask. 
If  she  possessed  any 
knowledge of the value  of  merchandise, 
she would now and then  know  sufficient 
to take a bait thrown out to  her. 
I  of­
fered her  that  colored  flannel—(only  a 
little out of style,  you  know)—at 5 cents 
a yard less than it cost  us,  when she act­
ually stared at me  in  astonishment  and 
wanted to know if I thought her crazy to 
buy that quality of  flannel  at  30  cents! 
It  is  really  amusing  to  see  how  wise 
many persons are  regarding  the  quality 
and value of goods  when  in  truth  they 
know nothing about them.  What a fear­
ful  overhauling  Mrs.  Jones  gave  the 
goods she examined! 
I am sure,  Tom, if 
I were  to  come  in  and  glance  at  that 
counter,  I should know at once that Mrs. 
Jones had been here.  This piece of print 
is left in good shape, isn’t  it?  There  is 
about half an hour’s work to put  that  in 
place again.  As soon as the  boy  comes 
in he must go up with her parcels, or we 
shall have a blow-up from  her.  People 
say her temper  may  be  compared  to  a 
nor’wester.  However,  we  care  little 
about her disposition,  as her  husband  is 
quite responsible for the bills,  but  I  am 
very glad that all our customers  are  not 
of her cast. 
If they were, our new goods 
would soon be old ones.”

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“Walk in,  Mrs.  Reed, I should offer  an 
apology for the appearance of  my  room, 
but the fact is  I’ve  been  shopping  this 
afternoon and only just returned  a short 
time ago.”

“Ah, indeed!” and the  newcomer  cast 
her eyes in the direction  of  sundry  par­
cels lying upon a side table.  “May I en­
quire at  what  establishment  you  make 
your purchases?”

“O, certainly!  They are such  accom­
modating merchants, I feel a  pleasure in 
encouraging all who  will  to  trade  with 
them.  Here is one of  their cards,” con­
tinued Mrs. Jones,  at the  same time pre­
senting  her  visitor  with  a  neatly  em­
bossed card upon which  Mrs. R-----read
the following:

“Wells,  Smith  &  Co’s  general  store, 

N o.-----Liberty St.”

“This  is  the  new firm  which  opened 

last fall, is it not ?”  she asked.

“Yes, the same,” answered Mrs. Jones. 
“My  husband  opened  an  account  with 
them immediately and we  have  done all 
our trading with them 'since.  I have done 
a good deal of  shopping in my day, Mrs. 
Reed, but  I  never found  any merchants 
before who were half  as  patient and ac­
commodating.  They  won’t  even  allow 
me to bring  home  my  parcels,  however

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small.  The clerks,  too,  are so obliging. 
I’ve had half the calico  in  the  store  on 
the counter,  and  all  exposed to the best 
advantage  at  the  same  time,  and  they 
seemed  to  consider it no trouble  at  all, 
even if I didn’t buy twenty cents’  worth. 
But I presume I am  rather a favorite  of 
theirs,  and, Mrs.  Reed, it is truly a pleas­
ure to deal with such a firm and,  besides, 
you can purchase  of  them  at  such  low 
prices.  Why,  if  they ask fifteen  cents a 
yard for print,  they’ll always take twelve 
before  allowing  you to go away without 
it. 
I make it a rule  never to give a mer­
chant all  he  asks for  an  article,  and  I 
generally manage to make them throw in 
all the  trimmings for a dress,  if  I  pur­
chase one. 
It ain’t any sin to beat down 
merchants,  you  know.  They  always 
make an awful profit anyway. 
I suppose 
its about time  my husband  settled  with 
them,  though,  for  we  have  dealt  with 
them ever  since  they opened  here  new 
nearly  a  year  ago,  and  people  do  say 
that “short accounts make long friends,” 
but as we have not had much from there, 
of course the account will be small.  I pur­
chased some winter dresses for the child­
ren  to-day. 
Isn’t  that  a  lovely  plaid, 
Mrs.  Reed ?” continued  Mrs.  Jones,  un­
rolling a parcel;  “all  wool,  too,  and the 
clerk wanted  seventy-five  cents  a  yard 
for it,  but I beat  him  down to sixty-two 
and a half and made him throw in lining, 
thread,  etc.,  so  on  the whole I think it 
cheap  enough.”

“Very likely,”  said her visitor  with  a 

smile.

“ You see the advantage  of  dealing  at 
such a store,  Mrs.  Reed—where  we  al­
ways intend to deal—and 1 trust that you 
will talk to  your neighbors  and  prevail 
upon them to drop in  and  examine  that 
stock of goods.  They will thank you for 
doing so.”

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“Well, Jones, 1 began to think you had 
concluded  to  spend  the  evening  down 
town.  Tea has  been  waiting  nearly an 
hour.  Did  you  not  know  it  is  past  7 
o’clock ?”

“Yes, I knew it was late,  but business 
I 
detained  me  longer  than I expected. 
am sorry, however,  that I kept  you wait­
ing.”

“It  won’t  make  any  difference  with 
me,  as  I’ve  tried  to  keep  everything 
warm,  so sit down  at  once  and,  if  you 
dare entrust me with  the  secret,  tell me 
what business  has  so  detained  you  to­
night.”

“It’s no  secret  at  all,  Jane. 

I  have 
been looking over our account  ata Wells, 
Smith & Co.’s.”

“You didn’t have  much  to  look  over 
there,  I guess. 
It’s  very  little  trading 
we’ve done the past  year,” answered the 
wife.

“Well,  here is  every item  by  itself,” 
said Mr.  Jones,  as he took  the  account 
from his pocket  and  laid it on the table.
“O, I don’t care to look  at  the  paper, 

but what is the full amount ?”

“Eighty-eight  dollars  and  sixty-three 

cents,”  answered the husband.

“Eighty-eight  dollars  and  sixty-three 
cents!” fairly screamed Mrs. Jones, rising 
to her feet and looking  the  very picture 
of  outraged  womanhood. 
“Who  ever 
heard  of  such  cool  impudence!  Why 
didn’t  they  say  $100  and  have  even 
change. 
I’ll  take  my  oath  we  haven’t 
had half of  i t !  Eighty-eight dollars,  in­
deed ! 
I tell  you,  Jones,  1  always had 
an  idea  that  they  charged  more  goods 
than I bought and now  I’ve  no doubt an 
extra price is charged, also.”

T H E   MICHI&AJST  TRADESMAN.

“Better look over  your bills, wife, and 
see how  they compare  with  this.  You 
keep bills each time of  all you purchase, 
do you  not ?”

“Well—no, not exactly.  Of  course,  I 
supposed they were honest  and  I  didn’t 
always wait for bills,  and what few I did 
have the children destroyed.  But,  just 
read over the articles and prices,  please. 
My memory is good  *  *  *  Stop  a  mo­
ment !  What did  you say is charged for 
thread and buttons January 15?  1 recol­
lect  well  about  buying 
that  piece  of 
goods and I told the man he should throw 
in all the thread and buttons.”

“Ah!  but  he  didn’t  say  he’d  do  it, 

though, did he ?”

“No,  but  I  told  him  he  must  or  1 
wouldn’t  take  the  goods,  and  he  tied 
them up.”

“Merchants can’t always  afford to give 
you  thread  and  buttons,  perhaps;  and 
besides,  Mrs.  Jones,  I  think  you  are 
rather sweeping  in  your  remarks about 
the firm. 
I have always found  them  in­
dividually  and  collectively  honest  and 
honorable.  Of  course, most  of  this bill 
was purchased  by  yourself,  and I really 
know but little about  it,  yet  I  imagine 
we have bad the goods and 1 am perfectly 
willing to pay it.”

“Well,  you may excuse them and take 
their story,  if  you  choose,  but,  as  for 
myself,  I’ve  no  patience  with  them. 
They’re  a  thieving,  ungentlemanly set, 
and the  sooner  they leave  this town the 
better  for  the  people.  The  fact  is,  1 
should  have  dealt  with some other firm 
long ago,  but  you  always thought  them 
such obliging and gentlemanly merchants 
that to  please  you,  I went  there.  They 
charge fully 20 per cent,  more  than  any 
other merchant in town,  and I’ve always 
said so, and there  isn’t  one  iota  of  ac­
commodation  about  them—but  1  won’t 
say any more;  I  see  you  don’t  care  to 
listen to me—but one thing,  Jones—they 
ought  to  wait  about  three  months  for 
their pay,  after having  made  out such a 
bill as that.  Still, as we have the money 
in the  house,  you  better  go  to-morrow 
and pay the account, for it’s the last cent 
they’ll  ever  get from  me,  and  I’ll  tell 
every friend  of  mine to keep away from 
there—they may depend upon that.”

Has any of  T h e  T radesm an’s readers 

ever been acquainted with Mrs. Jones?
F.  H.
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP BURNERS.

6 do*, in box.

No. 0 Sun...  ...................................................  45
No. 1  “  .........................................................  50
No. 2  “  .........................................................   75
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LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

Pearl top.

First quality.
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No. 1  “  .........................................................1 88
No. 2  “  .........................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................... 2 26
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per do*.......................1  25
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No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per do*....................................... 1 35
No. 2  “ 
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Butter Crocks, per gal................................   06H
Jugs, % gal., per do*...................................   75
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Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)....  65 
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Mason's, Boyd's or Bowley’s caps.

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Quarts..................................................  
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ESTABLISHED  N E A R L Y   30  YEARS.

[Michael  Kolb  &  Son.,
Wholesale Glolliing MamMihm

ONE  OF  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE

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

Instead  of  closing  out our entire line 
of winter  goods to one or two large mer­
chants,  we give every retailer  an  oppor­
tunity to secure great bargains in Chevoit, 
Kersey,  Melton,  Chinchilla  and  other 
material Overcoats,  Ulsters,  Pea  Jackets 
and Vests.  Also elegant  Chevoit, Cassi- 
mere,  Fancy Worsted and  other  suits  in 
Cut-Away  Frocks,  Single  and  Double- 
Breasted Sacks,  Prince  Albert Coats and 
Vests and a few bargains in Pants.

Our 

representative,  W ILLIAM  
CONNOR,  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich., on  Thursday  and 
Friday next, Nov.  13 and  14.  Call  and 
inspect these bargains.  No better make 
or fitting in the market. Expenses allowed. 
Any Merchant writing at any time to WILLIAM  CONNOR, Box  346,  Marshall, 
Mich.,  where he resides,  wishing him to call upon them,  he  will  gladly  do so, and 
if he does not have what the merchant requires, there will be no harm done.

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P o ta to e s   and.  O n io n s 

C a r   D o ts.

GRAND  R A PID S  FRUIT  A N D   PRODUCE  CO ,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

WHOLESALE

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

SPECIALTY

P O T A T O E S !

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

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  3 P rod ue«   .

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPII !

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  1ST,

SEEDSMAN  AND

JFruit C o m m iss io n   M e r c h a n t.

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

Cranberries,  Grapes,  California  Fmit,  Bananas,  Oranps,  Etc.,  Etc.

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

make yon a satisfactory price.

THE  ALFRED  BROWN  SEED  STORE,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

ONE  OP  MANY.  '

A  Daily  Experiment 

in  New  York 

Retail Trade.

“Say!”  called  out  the  sharp-featured 
woman,  “do  you  warrant  those  musk 
melons to be ripe?”

“We do, madam,” said the grocer. 
“Well, I want to get one.”
Just  as  soon 
“In a moment, ma’am. 
as I tie up this—”
If you can’t wait on 
“I’m in a hurry. 
me just say so, and I’ll go to  some  other 
store.”
“Excuse me just a  moment,”  the  gro­
cer said  to  the  customer  he  had  been 
waiting on.  “Now, ma’am, I’ll be happy 
to—”

“You say you warrant them?”
“Yes.”
“How much is this one?”
“40 cents.”
I  can  get  ’em  like  that 
“My land! 
over here at Hamilton’s for  twenty-five.” 
“I  think  not,  ma’am.  But  we  have 
them at all  prices,  from  40  cents  down 
to five.”

“Take 25 cents for this one?”
“Couldn’t do it, ma’am.”
“How would you sell three  like this?” 
“They would cost you half a dollar.” 
“Sure they’re ripe?”
“If  they’re  not  they  won’t  cost  you 
anything.”
“Well, they  oughtn’t  to.  You  make 
profit enough on em,  anyhow.”
I make about  60  cents  on  the  entire 
lot, ma’am.  Did you say you would take 
those three?”
“No, I didn’t. 
I don’t  believe they’re 
ripe.”
“ 1  assure  you,  ma’am,  they  are  all 
ripe.” 
(To the other customer)  “I’ll be 
(To the sharp- 
there in just a moment.” 
featured wojnan)  “I’ll  let  you  have  the 
three for 45 cents.  That’s exactly cost.” 
“You  say 
you warrant them?”

“H’m!” mused thé woman. 
“We  do.”
“Won’t take 45 cents for  these  four,  I 
reckon?”
“Couldn’t  possibly  do 
it,  ma’am. 
That’s less than cost.”
“Wouldn’t sell these five  for  10  cents 
apiece?”____________________________

“Would be glad  to  oblige  you,  but  I 
couldn’t let them go at that.”
“M’m!  I’ll take this 5 cent one.  Here’s 
It’s the least  I’ve  got.  Give 
a $5 bill. 
me the change as quick as you can.”
Yet people wonder why grocers have a 
bald spot on top of the head and contrib­
ute  so  little  to  the  support of  foreign 
missions.

Money Thrown Away.

“It’s  curious,”  said 

the  commercial 
traveler in the reading  room  of  a  local 
hotel,  “but I never see an accident insur­
ance  policy,  like  that  one  you’ve  got, 
without thinking of a singular thing that 
happened to a cousin of mine in Ohio.”
He flicked the ashes from the end of his 
cigar,  drew  a  long  breath,  as  if  some 
painful or melancholy memory  had been 
stirred, and proceeded:
“We were at a little  town  called  New 
Vienna,  waiting for the train  to  Cincin­
nati.  While lounging about in  the  sta­
tion the sign over the ticket seller’s office 
window,  ‘Accident  Insurance  Policies 
Sold  here,’  attracted  my  attention. 
I 
said to Sam—that was my cousin’s  name 
‘Hadn’t you better get one of  these  poli­
cies?  It costs only a  quarter.’

“ ‘I’m a little superstitious  about  such 
things,’ he said. 
‘I’ve never invested in 
one of them yet,  and I’ve  traveled  thou­
sands and thousands of  miles without an 
accident of  any kind.’
“ ‘You don’t know  when  it may  come 
your turn,’ I argued.
“Well,  to make a long story  short,  he 
paid the ticket seller 25 cents  and  got  a 
policy,  by the terms  of  which  his  heirs 
were to have $3,000 in case  of  his  death 
by  accident  within  twenty-four  hours. 
In a little while the train came along, we
got aboard and----- ”
The  commercial  traveler’s  voice  had 
got unsteady.  He  stopped  and  turned 
his head away, as if struggling to repress 
his emotion.
“What  happened  to  him?”  inquired 
one of the eager  listeners.  An  unshed 
tear glistened in the narrator’s eye.
“Nothing,” he said bitterly.  “He  had 
wasted that quarter  of  a  dollar—and 'it 
would have bought five beers.”________

THE  W U --D E   R00  HILLING  60.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Daily  Capacity. 

AOO^Bbls.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT, 
DAISY, 
PURITY, 
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena, 

Graham,

Buckwheat  Plour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

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u s,  a s th e y  a re  n e v e r   so ld   th r o u g h   th e  
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T e l f e r  S p ic e  C o m p a n y ,

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Wholesale Dealers In

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GRAIN, CLOVER and TIMOTHY
Red Top, 
Hungarian, 
Millet,  Alfalfa  or  Lucerne,  Blue Grass, 
Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, POPCORN,etc.

White Clover, 

CHOICE  CLOVER  and  TIMOTHY  SEEDS 

a specialty.

Orders  for  pnrchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  future  delivery 
Warehouses—3%5 A  3 2 7  Erie St*  )  nr#iT p n n   n m n  
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delivery.

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

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Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

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AMONG  THE TRADE.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

South Haven—Barnes &  Deforest have 

opened a new grocery store.

Perrinton—J.  A.  Crawford  succeeds 
E l v e r  & Crawford  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Hawkins—Delmore Hawkins has added | 
a line of  boots and  shoes  to  his  grocery 
stock.

Otsego—Adam Rufle has  sold  his jew- 
elry  stock  to  T.  F.  Bingham,  late  of 
Abronia.

Tecumseh—Geo.  H.  Seeley has sold his 
boot  and  shoe  stock  and  retired  from 
business.

Sparta—F.  M.  Dole  succeeds  Dole  & 
Haynes  in  the  agricultural  implement | 
business.

S t Charles—Jones  &  Gilford  succeed 
A.  D. Jones in the dry goods and grocery 
business.

South Haven—M. V.  Selkirk's carriage 
and harness stock has been  taken  under 
chattel mortgage.

Owosso—Geo.  E. Ingle has  leased  the 
Williams grain elevator  and  engaged  in 
the handling of grain.

Edmore—Frank Dreese  has  purchased 
the  dry  goods,  clothing  and  boot  and 
shoe stock of W. H. Gardner.

South Haven—George Hale, whose gen­
eral stock  was  destroyed  in  the  recent 
conflagration,  has resumed business in  a 
new store building.

Charlevoix—Harry  Taylor  has  pur­
chased an interest in the meat market  of 
H. Gornell.  The new firm will be known 
as Taylor & Gornell.

Way land—Dr.  A.  Hanlon has  removed 
the Grand-Girard drug stock to this place 
and opened for business  in the store for­
merly occupied by J. C. Branch.

Rockford—E.  W.  Johnson  and  W.  F. 
Hessler  have  purchased  the  hardware 
stock of H. Colby & Co. and will continue 
the business under the style of the Rock­
ford  Hardware Co.

Hart—Frank  Pierce  has  purchased  a I 
half  interest  in the  hardware  and  agri­
cultural 
implement  stock  of  Geo.  R. 
Bates.  The new firm  will  be  known  as 
Geo. R.  Bates & Co.

Grand  Junction—W.  A.  Feazel,  who 
conducted a general store  here  for  sev­
eral years, died Oct. 31  and  was  buried 
Nov. 2.  He leaves a wife and four small 
children in comfortable circumstances.

M ANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

in 

Saginaw—Fred J. J.  Schuett  succeeds 
the  grist 

Schuett  &  Zuckermandel 
mill business.

Bellevue—Caleb  Barlow  has  sold  his 
sawmill to C.  M.  Ford & Co., who will re­
pair and put it in  order.

Cadillac—Diggins Bros, are  putting  in 
a single band  sawmill, erecting  for  that 
purpose a  structure 70 x 125  feet  in  di­
mensions.

Summit—Carton  Bros,  have  started  a 
shingle mill near this place,  which  they 
intend to operate the  year  round.  The 
capacity is 25,000 daily.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Paper Bag Co.  is 
a new enterprise.  Fred A.  Paige is pres­
ident,  A.  R.  Strachan,  vice-president, 
and  J.  N. Courtney,  secretary, treasurer 
and  manager.

Cadillac—The  Cummer  Ladder  Co.’s i 
works have been  supplied  with  electric 
lights.  A new warehouse, 24 x 50 feet in 
dimensions,  has been  erected  just  west 
of the main building.

Saginaw—The  sawmill  of 

the  West 
Side  Lumber  Co.  shut  down  several•

weeks ago.  The stock of  standing  tim­
ber  of  the company has been exhausted. 
If  the owners  can  sell the mill they will 
do  so,  otherwise  it  may be  removed to 
Duluth.
Luther—Tucker,  Hoops  & Co.  are con­
sidering  the  matter  of  purchasing  the 
tract of  Peters’ pine adjoining this place 
on the south.  The tract contains 27,000,- 
000  feet  of  pine  and  would  keep  the 
firm’s mill at this point in  operation  for 
three years.

Detroit—The closing up of  the Anchor 
Manufacturing Co.’s  affairs  promises  to 
be  attended  with  much 
litigation. 
George  Moody,  a  $10,000  creditor,  peti­
tions the Circuit Court  to  admit  him  as 
defendant  against  the  $400,000  suit  of 
Hugh M. Edwards.

Forsythe—Girard  &  Morusette,  who 
have  run  a  band  mill  here for  several 
years,  cutting for  McArthur  Bros.,  have 
sold  their  mill  to  the  latter  and  dis­
solved partnership.  The mill will prob­
ably never be run again here,  as  most of 
the available timber has been cut»

West Bay  City—A  stock  company  is 
being organized here for  the  purpose  of 
erecting a  large  planing  mill, sash  and 
door factory.  F. W. Wheeler  and  C. J. 
Smith  are  the  principal  stockholders,
and the  capital  stock  is  $75,000.  The 
work  of  erecting  the  buildings  will 
shortly begin.

tion.

Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Associa­
At the  meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Traveling  Men’s  Association,  held  at 
Elks’  hall last  Saturday  evening,  Presi­
dent  Robertson  called  attention  to  the 
desire on the part of  some  of  the  mem­
bers that the scope of the organization be 
broadened and  insurance  or  club  room 
features introduced.
The  matter  of  furnishing  and  main­
taining  a  club  room  was  discussed  at 
some length and, on  motion  of  Chas.  S. 
Brooks,  it  was  resolved  to  secure  club 
headquarters as soon as possible.
On motion of  S. A.  Sears, a committee 
of three was instructed  to  ascertain  the 
various locations  available  for  the pur­
pose.  The chair appointed as such com­
mittee S. A.  Sears,  Geo.  H.  Seymour and 
Chas.  S. Brooks.
W.  F.  Blake offered the following reso­
lution, which was  unanimously adopted:
W h er ea s,  A petition is in  circulation 
requesting  that  the rules of  the  boards 
governing  the  U.  B.  A.  Home and St. I 
Mark's  Hospital  be  so  altered that any j 
patient may call in any physician he may 
desire;  and
Wh er ea s,  The traveling men of Grand 
Rapids have  furnished a room in each of 
these  hospitals  and  are  now  debarred 
the  privileges  for  which they  furnished 
such rooms;  therefore
Resolved,  That we, the traveling men 
of Grand  Rapids, do  request  that  the U. 
B.  A.  Home and  St.  Mark’s  Hospital  be 
opened for the admission  of  any patient, 
either in the private rooms or wards,  with 
the privilege of  calling in  any physician 
he or she may wish.
The Petoskey hotel  project  was  intro­
duced and discussed  at  some  length,  but 
the  proposition  to  purchase  the  Page 
property was not  accepted,  as  the  price 
named was deemed too high.
On motion of Chas.  S.  Robinson,  an in­
vitation  was  extended  to  the  Michigan 
to 
Commercial  Travelers’  Association 
hold its next meeting in Grand Rapids.
It was decided to hold  the fifth annual 
social  party  on  Friday evening,  Dec.  12, 
the usual supper to be omitted.  Geo.  H. 
Seymour was constituted  a  committee of 
one  to  rent  the  hall,  hire  the  music, 
secure  the  necessary  printing  and  issue 
the invitations.

The meeting then adjourned.

Why  Not Brand  the  Contents? 

Written (or The Tradesman.

For many years  past  public  attention 
has been directed to “ what we shall  and 
what we shall not drink.”  It seems as if

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

! that question is now to be  overshadowed 
by another,  “ What  shall  we  eat?”  Of 
late, our law makers seem  to  be  always 
ready with a personal axe  to  grind  and 
are  endeavoring  to  introduce  congres­
sional  bills more for personal  than  pub­
lic in terest and,  in  their anxiety to  serve 
themselves—with millions in cash—com­
pel producers of food to stick  closely  to 
the text and virtually eat  nothing except 
what the law prescribes.  T he  “cat”  is 
too plainly visible under  that  meal,  and 
it is quite time to know  whether  we  are 
not fast  drifting  under  a  limited  mon­
archy.  While these would-be purveyors 
for the public are  very  solicitous  about 
discarding some kinds  of  food, they  are 
quite apt to  include  articles  which  are 
cheap  and  healthful  and  ought  to  be 
eaten instead.

The simple truth  is,  a  portion  of  our 
people have  for  years  often  eaten  dis­

eased animal  food  unwittiugly  and,  as 
disease is  often  inherited  and  perpetu­
ated,  it is quite possible that the  time  is 
coming when mankind will be compelled 
to abandon eating most if  not  all  kinds 
of animal food and take its supplies from  
the  vegetable  kingdom . 
No  person 
should be allowed under  any  pretext  to 
arbitrarily  declare  and  enforce  what 
kinds of food another shall  eat,  if  he  is 
of sound mind,  and no person  should  be 
allowed  to  mix  objectionable  kinds  of 
food and  label it any one kind  under  se­
vere penalties.  This is the entire text in 
a nutshell.  Many  proprietary medicines 
bear a printed formula of the ingredients 
contained therein,  if  not  the  quantities 
of  each,  as  a  partial  protection  to  the 
consumer; and in the name of  all  that is 
sacred,  why is it not of  still  greater  in­
terest to so brand our food?

P u re  F ood.

BANKRUPT SALE

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lOO  M o n ro e  S t ,  o f  th e 
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a ssig n ee ,  it  m u st  b e  so ld   o u t  at  o n c e   at w a y  
b e lo w   w h o le s a le   p rices  A v a il  y o u r s e lv e s  o f 
th is o p p o rtu n ity .

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C.  B.  JU D D .

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

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

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.

WTUL  PI.  K E E L E R ,

Coifeciiery  aid Frits, Hits aid Clears,

JOBBER  OF

41»  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST. 

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

If*.  B . 

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

O Y S T E R S . 

My stock includes everything generally kept in my line, which 1 sell at rock bottom 
f* .  B .
The  packing  and  distributing  of  FRESH  OYSTERS  among  the  trade in 
i 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 H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   C O ,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

I.  M. Clark & Son have  secured the re­
fusal of the entire output of the Coopers- 
ville cheese factory next season.

Mrs.  G.  M ueller has  removed  her  dry 
goods  stock from  this  city to  Muskegon, 
where she has resumed busihess.

W. S.  Clark & Co.  have  opened a gro­
cery store  at  490  Turner  street.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  furnished the 
stock.

The  Universalist  church  property  on 
Pearl  street,  66x132 feet,  has  been  pur­
chased  by  H.  J.  Hollister  and  W.  W. 
Cummer  for  a consideration  of  $20,000. 
Possession  is  to be  given April 1.

W.  E.  Knox, grocer at 146 West Fulton 
street, has surrendered  his  stock  to  the 
mortgagee,  W.  F.  Shedd,  and  taken  the 
position of foreman of  the  steam  fitting 
department of  Weatherly & Pulte.

The  compressed  yeast  manufacturers 
have advanced the price of  their product 
to the retailer  from  25  to  30  cents  per 
pound in  bulk and from 15 to 18 cents per 
dozen.  The advance took effect Monday.
The annual meeting of  the Grand Rap­
ids  Pharmaceutical  Society  will  be held 
at  T h e  T radesm an  office  Thursday 
evening. 
It  is  hoped  that  every  mem­
ber  will  find it  convenient to  attend the
meeting.

Geo.  H.  Reeder & Co.  have  removed 
their  boot  and  shoe  stock from the  old 
location on Pearl  street  to  158  and  160 
East  Fulton  street,  where  additional 
room and increased facilities  will enable 
the firm to handle  its  trade to better  ad­
vantage.

Hester & Fox have made the  following 
sales  during  the past  week:  * 10-horse­
power engine to  the  Grand  Rapids  Gas 
Co.; 50-horse-power  engine  to  Armitage 
& Bunker,  Casnovia; 60-horse-power  en­
gine and boiler to Holland  City  Electric 
Light  Co.

Gripsack Brigade.

Chas. E.  Watson,  traveling representa­
tive for S. A.  Maxwell & Co., of Chicago, 
has had his line  open  at  Sweet’s  Hotel 
for the past ten days.

Ezra O.  Phillips,  who  has  represented 
P.  Stekettee & Sons on the road for about 
a year,  has resigned his position  and  en­
gaged in the produce  business  tempora­
rily.

The Grand Rapids traveling  men have 
kindly offered to furnish  a  room  in  the 
new  Masonic  Home.  The  tender  was 
made to Capt.  H.  N.  Moore and  a  reply 
is expected by the end of the week.

It is  calculated  that  Chas.  S.  Robin-
son’s voice—which  vanished  entirely as 
the penalty  of  too  much  and  too  loud 
cheering  subsequent  to  election  day— 
will have resumed  its  former  clearness 
and beauty by the date  of  the  traveling 
men’s  ball.

Probably from a premonition of defeat, 
Fred Blake came home sick  election  day 
and did not recover sufficiently to get out 
for a couple of days.  Les.  Freeman and 
Will Butts both aver that  the  defeat  of 
his party brought a flood of the crystal to 
his drooping eyelids.

The  third  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  will  be 
held at Kalamazoo on  Monday,  Dec.  29. 
The board of directors will h' Id  a  meet­
ing in the forenoon and  general sessions 
will be held in the  afternoon  and  even­
ing, closing  with  a  banquet.  Circular

announcements of the convention will be 
mailed to the members soon.

“Windy”  Hawkins  jumped 

into  the 
field  the  day  after  election  as  a fully- 
fledged  candidate  for 
the  position  of 
keeper of the Ionia House of  Correction. 
It is bad enough to be  compelled to  stay 
inside of prison  bars,  but  to  be  incar­
cerated and compelled to endure the con­
tinuous  vocal  flood  of  Mr.  H aw kins 
would be worse than death.  For the sake 
of the poor fellows who make it  conven­
ient  to  sojourn  at  Ionia  occasionally, 
T h e  T radesm an hopes the  job  will  go 
to some one else.

The Master Hand of Heald.

The Chicago & West Michigan Railroad 
has  increased  its  gross  earnings  from 
Jan.  1  to  Sept.  30, $148,060,  and  yet  de­
creased  its  expenses  $20,000.  The  sur­
plus  for  eight  months  is  $255,071,  or 
nearly 4 per cent, on  the  present  capital 
stock.

Campbell,  Boughton  &  Co.  succeed 
Campbell, Hamilton & Co. in the banking 
and brokerage business  at Detroit.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

137

431

132 

griac, Mich. 

For  sa l e- w e l l-se le c te d  d ru g  stock  and

new  fixtures  In  desirable  location  In  this  city; 
will sell  at  invoice  on  reasonable  terms;  reason  for 
selling:,  owner  has  other  business.  L.  M.  Mills,  54 
South Ionia street,  Grand Rapids. 
1.15
OR SALE—SHOE  STOCK.  J.  E.  FOSTER,  DOWA- 
i 3g
WANTED—TO  PURCHASE  STOCK  OF  MERCHAN- 
dise, hardware, groceries, boots and shoes;  send 
particulars.  Address Box 67, Salem, Neb. 
OR BALE—A  SPOT CASH  CLOTHING  AND  GENTS 
furnishing  goods  business  in  live  town  of  2,000 
population;  factories pay out regularly every week in 
wages $2,500;  only clothing store in town;  rent  $160  a 
year:  stock  will be reduced  by December  1  to  $1,000; 
good  reasons  for  selling.  Write  at  once  to  M.  J. 
Rogan, Otsego, Mich. 
OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—INTEREST IN SAWMILL 
and planer, store or  orange  grove  in  Florida  to 
right party who will take charge of  same.  Also house 
and lot and small farm  in Michigan for larger farm or 
stock of goods.  Smith &  Co , Hanover, Mich. 
r lio   EXCHANGE—I  HAVE  $40.060  IN  FARMS  AND 
X   city  property  to  exchange  for  merchandise  in 
stocks of $1,000 or  upwards.  G. W. Watrou*,  Lansing, 
M i c h . _______________ _____ ____________130

Fo r  sa l e  o r   r en t—in   o r d e r  to  g iv e  more

attention to my  jobbing  trade.  I  will sell my re­
tail store at 16  South  Division  street.  Grand  Rapids; 
store is near Monroe street and has  done  a  successful 
flour,  feed  and  grain  business  for  the  past  fifteen 
years;  will sell store to make  good investment or will 
tent for term  of  years;  a good  chance  for  the  right 
man.  For particulars address  Thos. E. Wykes,  Grand 
Rapids.
FOR  SALE—A  COMPLETE  DRUG 8TOCK  AND Fix­
tures ;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 
FOR  SALE —NEW  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  AND 
FOR“  SALK—A  FIR8T-CLA88  DRUG  STOCK  AND 

fixtures;  one of the best locations in city;  reason 
for  selling, poor health.  Address  Grocer,  care  Mich­
igan  Tradesman. 

IXIR SALE—$300 STOCK  OF DRUGS.  ADDRESS J. HI 

business in  Grand  Rapids  worth  $2,500  must  be 
sickness;  correspondence  solicited.  Address  O.  H. 
Richmond &  Co..  Ill  South  Division 
street..  Grand 
Rapids.  Mention this paper. 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
OR SALE—STOCK  OF  HARDWARE  AND  BUILD- 
ing in the best town of  Northern  Michigan.  Ad­
ANTED—I  HAVE  SHOT  CASH  TO  PAT  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman,__________   26

dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman. 

123

121

115

97

96

sold owing to the absence of proprietor on  account  of 

SITUATIONS WANTED.

WANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  WHO 

has  had  experience in dry goods,  clothing  and 

hoot and shoe  stores;  good  references.  Address  No.

131. Michigan Tradesman._______________________ 131
TTTANTED—BY  A YOUNG MARRIED MAN OF THREE 
VV  years' experience,  position  as  clerk  and  book­
keeper in some general  store in small  town  of  600  to 
2.000  inhabitants.  Address,  G.  C.,  Box  163,  Lowell, 
Mich._________________________________________  119
lady of 20, who  has  had  the  advantage  of  col­
legiate education;  does not  write  short  hand,  but  is 
good penman; wages i ot so much an object as a pleas­
ant place to work.  Address Z,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man 

WANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 

 

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

WANTED-5,000 BUSHELS OF NEW  CLOVER SEED;
state price  and  how  much  you  have  for  sale* 
133
Gooding &  Son. Gooding, Mich. 
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,  25x60 feet: 
insurance low :  good opening for general  store.  Call 
on or address B. F. Rann &  Son, Morrice, Mich. 
BOLISH  THE  PASS  BOOK  AND  SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

Sa m pl 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  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N.Y. 

121 

564

5
W e Manufacture
Everything in the line of

*5

Candy
EL  P u ritan o   Cigar.
The FinestlO Gent Gigar

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed with pleasure. 

Write  us.

$

O N   E A R T H

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILW0RTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

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

H ey m a n   &  C o m p an y ,

Manufacturers  of

Slow Cases

Of  Every Description.

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

6 3   an d   6 8  C an al  S t , 

C U R T I S S   &   C O ^

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  OFOysters

122

-----AND-----

Salt Pish

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

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T H E   MTCTHGAJSr  TRAJDESM AJST.

Dry  Goods.

P r ic e s  C urren t.

Mission of  the  “Sample Girl.”

Written for The  Tkadesxas.

“Notice that lady coming out, Charles,” 
said my companion, as we stood admiring 
the display of  costly fabrics in the front 
window of  one  of  our largest retail dry 
goods stores.

“What a grand and regal figure?5 I ex­
claimed,  “and how  richly and yet admir-
ably dressed!  Do you know  her, then?” 
as I saw him  raise  his hat to her, as she 
passed.

“O, yes, quite well.  She is  known  as 
a 'sample girl5 and is now obtaining lady 
customers for that house,  and  earning  a 
little fortune  for. herself. 
It  was  her 
perfect form and features, and her happy 
and agreeable  manners  which  attracted 
the attention  of  the  firm.  They  found 
her  writing  in  a  railroad  office  in  the 
the southern part  of  the  State.  She is 
well educated and  there is no disguising 
her  beauty, if  she is a poor  girl.  Her
salary is $1,200 per annum  and  the  firm 
furnish  all  her  clothing  and  pay  her 
traveling expenses.  You probably know 
that such firms receive  hundreds  of  let­
ters,  asking  for  samples,  including  the 
prices of dress goods. 
Instead  of  send­
ing  by  mail  to  many  fashionable  and 
wealthy parties, this ‘sample girl5 boards 
a train  and  carries  them  direct  to  the 
lady, and at the  same  time some portion 
of her traveling  costume will display the 
goods made up in the  most  perfect man­
ner.  My  sister  tells me that her ward­
robe is worth a journey to see.  She has, 
of course,  the  richest  and  most  costly 
gowns and, as the firm owns  an  interest 
in a millinery establishment, her hats are 
equally elegant.”

“Yes,” he replied in answer  to a ques­
tion, “ she often works twenty-four hours 
without much  rest, but  that  is  only  at 
certain times in the year or when several 
weddings are on the tapis at  once.  The 
business of the  firm  runs  into  millions 
yearly and  they  now  have  three  other 
‘sample girls,’  perhaps  equally  success­
ful.  The  moment  any  style  of  dress 
goods becomes fashionable—and often to 
make it fashionable—the  modiste  arrays
her  in  a  dress  of  such material.  Her | 
form is so perfect that it is  no trouble to j 
fit the gowns every time;  and to  see  her | 
attired  In  a  gown  of  some  material  a ! 
lady has already set her  heart upon,  and 
listen to her  few  modest  praises  of  its 
qualities, is to make a sale to  a customer 
at once,  where only  a  bit  sent  by  mail I 
would often  be  glanced  at  hastily  and j 
thrown  aside  with  many  others.  Of 
course, her  sales  are  nearly  always  to
those who care little  about  price,  if  the j 
goods suit them,  and  to  see  them  worn j 
by such a model is the one  grand  secret j 
of success.  Of course, others will  ‘catch j 
on5 to it,  but  the  country  is  becoming i 
richer every day and  there  is  room  for 
many more  ‘sample girls.5 55

Reports from  various  points  in  Iowa 
are to the  effect  that  bitter  complaints ! 
are made of  the scarcity of  cars.  Ship- j 
pers are not able to have half their needs 
for transportation supplied.
The new automatic machine now  used 
for stamping in the New  York  postoffice j 
will cancel,  postmark,  count  and  stack 1 
the letters and postal cards at the rate of j 
about 25,000 per hour. 
In two hours and I 
two  minutes  it  canceled,  postmarked,  ] 
counted and  stacked  46,480  letters  and I 
postal cards, of  which  21,000  were  let­
ters.  The machine is driven by an elec­
tric motor,  but it  can  be  run  with  foot 
power like a small printing press.

m iU A C E ID   COTTON'S.

H..............6v 
P ..............6 
i 
D..............63£i 

Atlantic  A..............7  ¡CliftonCCC.............634
“  Arrow Brand 554
“  World Wide.. 7
“  LL............... 5

“ 
- 
“ 
“  LL..............  534 Pull Yard Wide...... 654
Amory.....................71* Honest Width...........634
Archery  Bunting...  4?. Hartford A .............. 554
Beaver Dam  A A...  554 Madras cheese cloth 634
Blacks tone O. 32—   5  Noibe R....................55.
Black Bock  ...........7  Our Level  Best........ 654
Boot, AL................  754 Oxford  B ..............  654
Chapman cheese cl  334 Peqnot....................  754
Comet.....................   7 
.Solar.......................  654
Dwight Star............  7J4iTop of the Heap—   754

BLSACHSD  COTTOSS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Hamilton 

shorts.  834! 

Anuburg.................7  Glen Mills...............   7
Blackstone A A.__ 8  Gold Medal................ 754
Beats AH................   454;Green  Ticket......... 854
Cleveland.............   7  ¡Great Falls..............  654
Cabot...................... 754 Hope...........................754
Cabot,  54.................654 -Just  Ont..........434© 5
Dwight Anchor......  9  King  Phillip...........714
OP.—   754
Edwards.................6  ¡Lonsdale Cambric.. 1054
Empire............. .’...  7  Lonsdale............  © 834
Farwell...................  734 Middlesex.......  @ 5
Pruitof the Loom..  834 ;No Name................ 754
Fitch ville  .............   754‘Oak View............... 6
First Prize..............  654 ¡Our Own...................554
Fruit of the Loom 54.  8  Pride of the West.. .12
Fairmount..............  454 Rosalind...................754
Full Value..............  634 Sunlight..................  454
Geo. Washington...  854iVinyard..................  854
Cabot......................   754¡Dwight Anchor...... 854
Farwell...................  7341
TremontN..............  554 [Middlesex No.  1— 10
I Hamilton  N...........   654 
“  2— 11
L............7 
“  3..-.12
! Middlesex AT........8 
“  7....18
X........ .  9 
“  8....19
No. 25....  9  I
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHES  COTTOSS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
DRESS  GOODS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
CORSET  JEANS.

Hamilton N ............   754 Middlesex A A........ 11
I Middlesex P T........8  ! 
2........12
A T........9 
A 0 ........1354
4........1754
X A........  9 
X F ........10541 
5........16
............... 8  [Nameless.................20
................. 25
...................9 
................. 2754
..............1054 
.................30
j G G  Cashmere........21 
I Nameless.................16 
 
3254
18  I 
..............   .35
! Biddeford...............6  ¡Naumkeag satteen..  754
! Brunswick.............  654 Rockport.................654
| Allen, staple...........  554IMenim’ckshirtings. 454
fancy............  554 
“  Reppfum . 854
robes............5  Pacific fancy...........6
| American  fancy—   534 
“ 
robes............654
i American indigo—   534 ¡Portsmouth robes...  6 
i American shirtings.  454 Simpson mourning..  654
j Arnold 
greys........654
“ 
“ 
solid black.  654
“  C.  854,Washington indigo.  6
“  Turkey robes.. 754
“ India robes 
754
“  plain T ky X 34 854

“  —   654 
“ 
long cloth B. 1054 
“ 
“  century cloth  7 
| 
“  gold seal.___1054 
“  Turkey red.. 1054 
“  X...10
“  oil blue........   6541  “  Ottoman  Tur-
“  “  green___   654 j  key red................. 6
! Cocheco fancy........  6  Martha Washington
“  madders...  6 
|  Turkey red 34........  754
! Eddygtone fancy...  6  ¡Martha Washington
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654  Turkey red..........   954
staple....  554 Riverpointrobes__5
Manchester fancy..  6  I Windsor fancy........654
new era.  654: 
gold  ticket
i  Merrimack D fancy.  654!  indigo bine......... 1054
Amoskeag A C A
H am ilton N .......

....13 
...  754'Pem berton AAA ...16

¡Berlinsolids...........  5541  “ 

“ 
TICKINGS.

!A C A ..................
D ....... —   854 ¡York....................
A w ning..11  Sw ift  R iver.......
¡Pearl  R iv er..........

PRINTS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

F arm er............... __ 8 
F irst  P rize.........

...1254
...1054
-.754
...1254
...14

“ 

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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

A tlanta,  D .........
B oot....................
Clifton, K ...........

Sim pson..............

“

. ..1154iW arren............
COTTON  DRILL.
__ 6%   Stark  A 
....  634jNo  N am e...........
...  754[Topof  H eap— ...10

____ ...  734
.  754

SATINES.

__ 20  {Imperiai.............
__ 18 
....1 6  
..................

....1054
¡Black.................... 9© 954
...1054

“ 

DKHINS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

No. 220.
No. 250.
No. 280.

“ 
“ 
“ 
GINGHAMS.

Andover.................1154 
Everett, blue..........12 
brown...... 12  | 

Amoskeag.............. 1254!Jaffrey............
9 oz...... 1454 Lancaster........
brown .13  (Lawrence, 9oz

1154
1254
135413
1154
1054
Glenarven..............   6341 Lancaster,  staple...  634
fancies —   7 
Lancashire.............   654
Normandie  8
Normandie.............754
54'Westbrook.............8
Renfrew Dress. 
.10
10@1054
Toil du Nord.. 
(York........................634
Amoskeag
AFC........1054 ¡Hampton................. 654
Persian....................  854 Windermeer........... 5
Bates.......................   634j Cumberland...........5
Warwick...............   854¡Essex...................... 454
Peerless,  wnite....... 18  ¡Peerless  colored...2054

CARPET  WARP.

GRAIN  BAGS.

...88
...88

THREADS.

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

knitting  cotton.

Amoskeag............  .17  !Valley City.............1554
Harmony................16M Georgia....................1554
Stark...................... 2054 Pacific.....................1*54
American...............16541
Clark’s Mile End.. 45  1Barbour's..
Coats’, J. & P ...... ...45 Marshall’s.
Holyoke..................22541
White.  Colored.!

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

38 No.  14....... .37
No.  6  ..  ..33
“  16.........38
39
“ 
8........ 34
40 1  “  18.........39
“  10........35
41  !1  “  20.........40
“  12........36
CAMBRICS.
.  4541 Washington.......... ...  454
Slater.........................
...  454
4M [Red Cross.........
White Star...........
.  4MlLockwood.......... ...  454
Kid Glove............
-  454 (Wood's............... ..  454
Neyrmarket.........
.  4M ¡Brunswick.......
454
Edwards..............
.3254IT W..................
Fireman..............
-■2254
•27541f t ............................ ...3254
Creedmore..............
...35
.30 
|JB F , XXX........
Talbot XXX...........
.2754|Buckeye...............
Nameless.................
-.3254
Red & Blue,  plaid .40  IGreySRW ........
...1754
.2254 Western W ........
Union R ...................
...1854
• 1854IDR P ....................
Windsor...................
...1854
.21  ¡Flushing XXX... ...2354
6 oz Western..........
.2254) Manitoba............... ...2354
Union  B..................
Nameless........8  © 954! 
...........9 ©1054
1254
........  854@10  1 
.........
Slate.  Brown.  Black.¡Slate.  Brown. Black.
13
954 
15
1054 
17
1154 
20
1254 
Severen, 8 oz....... ■  954[West Point, 8 oz ...1054
Mayland. 8 oz......
10 oz ...1254
Greenwood, 754 oz .  954 Raven, lOoz......
...1354
......
Greenwood, 8 oz..
...1354
White, doz........... 25 
| Per bale, 40 doz. ..87 50
1 Colored, doz........ • 20  1
j Slater, Iron Cross. ..  8  [Pawtucket........
“  Red Cross.. ..  9  [Dandle.............
“  Best  ......... ..1054(Bedford...........
Best  A A... . .12541Valley  City......
“ 

...1054
...  9
...1054
...1(>54
Coraline................39 SO!Wonderful............ 34 75
Schilling’s ............  9 00! Brighton................4 75
CorticeUi, doz...........75 [Corticelli  knitting,

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

95413 
1054115 
115417 
1254120 
DUCKS.
.10541 
“ 
.1154(Stark 
. WADDINGS.

DOMET  FLANNEL.

88WIK8   SILK.

8ILESIAS.

CORSETS.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

twist, doz. .3754  per 54o>  hall........30
50 yd, doz..3754)
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
..12  “
“ 
8 
..12 j  “  10 
“ 
“ 
PINS.

No  1 Bl’k & White..10  (No  4 Bl’k & Whlte..l5 
“  2 
..20
“  3 
..25
No 2—20, M C...........50 ¡No 4—15, F 354.........40
‘  3—18, S C ............ 45 1
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  (No  8 White & Bl’k.,20 
.23
“  4 
“  6 
..26
No 2..........................28 [No 3.......................... 36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
-.18 |  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

|

NEEDLES—PER  X.

A. James.................150 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................1  35:Gold  Eyed.............. 1 50
Marshall’s...............1 00|
5—4. ...ft 25  6—4. ..3 25|5—4 

1  95  6—4.-.2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

“  ....2 10 

...3 10|

C oeehco.............. ....1054!

YMAS  POODS

IN  HANDKERCHIEFS,  MUFFLERS,  GLOVES,  NECKWEAR,
TABLE  COVERS,  NAPKINS,  SPLASHERS, APRONS, DOLLS, 
PERFUMES,  JEWELRY,  CLOCKS,  FOCKETBOOKS, KNIVES,
FANCY  SOAPS,  FANCY  CASES,  PAPETERIES,  AND  A 
COMPLETE  LINE  OF  FANCY  NOTIONS.

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

81  and  83  MONROE ST. 

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

10,  18, 14,  16,  18  FOUNTAIN ST.,

Voigt, tm olsloiir & Co.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY OOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc,

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

48, SO and 52 Ottawa St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH

W H O L E S A L E .

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.

F0DRT1M O M , BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

D. A. B lodgett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

J.&P.COATS

IN

SIX-CORD

Spool Cotton

a 
VEITE,  BUCK  H E  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa.
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.

FOR  SALE  BY

FOR

 

 

 

dis.

dls.

dls.
dis.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

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

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
m ills. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

LEVELS. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.'s 
TO
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimming's................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelsin, trimmings........................  
55
70
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain........... 
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .  ......  
55
56
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s................. 
 
55
Branford’s ......................... 
Norwalk’s ............................................ 
55
Adze Bye................................ .........116.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye......................................   115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... 118.50, dis. 20*10.
dlS.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................  
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................... 
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__ 
40
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cli-  k’s................. 
..................................  
25
“  Enterprise 
Stebbin's Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
25
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
Steel nails, base......................................
........2  00
Wire nails, base......................................
....... 2  45
Steel.
Wire.
Base
60.....................................................Base
50.....................................................Base
1020
40............................... 
05
30....................................................  
10
20
20.........  
15
30
16.................................................   . 
15
35
12....................................................  
15
35
10....................................................   20
40
8.......................................................   25
50
7 * 6 .................................................   40
65
4....................  
60
90
3.............................................................1 00
1  50
2.............................................................1 50
2  00 
Fine 3....................................................1 50
2 00
Case  10......................  
90 
1  00 
1  25 
1  00 
1  25
1  50 
75 
90
1  00
Barrel! %...............................................1 75
2  50 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................
—   @4o 
Sciota Bench........................................
....  @60 
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.................
....  @40 
Bench, first quality................................
....  @60 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.  .
....  *10
Fry,  Acme............... ............................
dls.60—10 
Common,  polished................................
70 
dis. 
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 

60
8.............................................  75
6.............................................  90
Finish 10..........................................   85
8............................................1  00
6  .......................................... 1  15
85
8..........................................1  00
6..........................................1  15

Clinch'10............................  

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Broken packs Vic per pound extra.

PLANES.

RIVETS.

PANS.

dis.

dis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROPES.
 

 

dls.

SQUARES. 

Sisal, Vi inch and larger......................... 
Manilla.............. 
Steel and Iron.............................................. 
Try and Bevels............................................. 
M itre............................................................ 

10%
15Vi
75
60
20
SHEET IRON.Com. Smooth. Com.
..94 20
13  10
3 20
..  4 20
. .  4 20
3 20
..  4 20
3 30
3 40
..  4 40
..  4 60
3 50
over 30 Inches

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

SAND PAPER.

7

50
55
50
55
36

SASH CORD.

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

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saw s. 

traps. 

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 125
“ 
20
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  TO
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot....  30 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot............................................  
30
Steel, Game...................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s__ 
TO
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion...............................91.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market......... •...................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market..........................................  60
Tinned Market............................................   62V4
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 60
painted....................................  3 GO

wire. 

dls.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable.............................. dls. 25*10@28*10*05
Putnam.......................................... 
dls. 05
N orth western...... .........................  
dls. 10*10
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers,  American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.................  65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dis.

HORSE NAILS.

METALS.
PIG TIN.

 

ZINC.

SOLDER.

714
7$$

The  prices  of 

Pig  Large............................................ 
28c
Pig Bars...............................................  30c
Duty:  Sheet, 2%c per pound.
600 pound  casks..................................  
Per pound......................................... 
V4@V4.................................................................. 18
Extra W iping......................................   15
the many other  qualities  of
solder in the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MKLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................|  7 00
14x20 IC, 
“ 
........................................   7 C0
8 75
..................................... 
10x14IX, ,  “ 
14x20 IX, 
 
“ 
8 75
Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................  .  ...........9 6 25
6 25
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
7  75
14x20 IX, 
7 75

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

Each additional X on this grade 91.50.

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

ROOFING PLATES
Worcester.........

Allaway  Grade

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX...............................
14x31  IX...............................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
14x60 IX.  “ 

“ 9 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

914 00 
.15 50 
10

Di) Pool’s  Powder.

f per pound

“ 

H A R D W A R E .
The  Country  Editor’s View.

Written for The Tradesman.

“What  did  you  pay  for  those  buck 
gloves,  William ?”  asked  a  country edi­
tor of his man of all work.

“Only $1.25,”  was the reply.
“W hat!  only a dollar and a quarter ?” 
and the editor  reached for  a  price  cur­
rent on his desk.  * ‘Why, this very brand of 
glove is quoted at $16 a dozen  only three 
days  ago,”  and he pointed to the figures. 
“It’s less than cost,  you see?  Where do 
you buy them at that price ?”

“I  bought  them  at  Smocks’  grocery. 
He told me,  confidentially,  that he made 
no money on them,  but as  cold  weather 
is close at hand  it  called the farmers  in 
and he was  just doing a little  profitable 
advertising.”

“Well,  w ell!  I  should think  he  was. 
Going  into  dry  goods  a  little,  just for 
advertising purposes,  instead of  making 
use of the columns of my paper, eh ?”

“Yes,  and  he  sells  men’s  socks  and 

suspenders,  also,”  replied William.

“ Well,  as I happen to be the publisher 
of  the Argus  in  this  village  and  have 
heretofore  dealt  with  him,  I  think  it 
about  time I did  a  little  profitable  ad­
vertising, too.  Here,  John, take this bill 
down to Smocks’  and  get the  money for 
three  years’  subscription  to  our  paper, 
and then go to  Smith’s  store  and  select 
these groceries—here’s  the memorandum 
—pay  for  them,  and  ask  him  to  send 
them to the house.  Smith  always seems 
to prefer the  columns  of  the  Argus  to 
gloves  and  suspenders  for  advertising 
purposes,  and he  values the good will of 
all his brother merchants,  also,  so  here­
after I shall give him part of  my patron­
age.”  And  the  village 
typo  looked 
dreamily out  of  the door and thought of 
the “ways that are  dark  and  the  tricks 
that are vain.” 

L o c a l E d it o r.

The Hardware  Market.

There  are  no  indications  of  higher 
prices in nails or iron.  The rope market 
is weak.  The glass manufacturers claim 
to have nearly  perfected  their  new  or­
ganization, which will take possession of 
the various plants od  N ov.  25.

Clinton—M.  S.  Calkins  has  removed 
his drug stock to Toledo._____________

«  PER FECTIO N
*  M ea t  C u t t e r

T h e  Latest, 

Best and

for  Family  Use. 

CUTS

Instead  o f   M ashes.

Reouires 
No Repairs.

E qualleo 
by None for 
Family Use.
8imple to Use.
Easy to C lean.
Cannot get  Dull 

or Out of 

Order.

No. 1—12.00.  No. 2—$2.75.  No. 3—$4.00, 

Liberal discount to the trade,  and 

descriptive  circulars  on  application  to
AMERICAN  MACHINE  CO.,
Lehigh Ave. and American St., Philadelphia, Pa.

MANUFACTURERS  OF  HARDWARE  SPECIALTIES,

JOHN  hT g°RATHAM  & CO.,

ssarm. agents. 

I>3 Chambers St., New York.

Prices  Current.

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

AUGURS AND bits. 

60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s ....................................................................  
40
J  ennings’, g enuine............................................. 
25
Jennings’,  Im itatio n ..........................................50*10

AXES.

F irst Q uality, S. B. B ronze............................... I 8 6 0
D.  B. B ronze................................  12  50
S. B. S. Steel.................................   9  50
D.  B. Steel.....................................14  00

“ 
“ 
“ 

R ailroad...............................................................914 00
G arden.........................................................   n et  30 00

BARROWS. 

bolts. 

diS.

dis.

Stove........................................................................ 50&10
TO
Carriage new  lis t................................................. 
P low .........................................................................40&10
Sleigh shoe  .........................................................  
TO

BUCKETS.

W ell,  p la in ............................................................1 3 5 0
W ell, sw ivel...............................................................  4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................... TO*
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t.................60&10
W rought Loose P in ..............................................60*10
W rought  T able.....................................................60&10
W rought Inside B lin d ........................................ 60&10
W rought B rass....................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................... 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’s ................................................  

O rdinary Tackle, list A pril 17, ’85.................. 

40

G rain ...............................................................dls. 50*02

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel................................................... per lb 

5

Rly’s 1-10.................................................. . per m  65
60
H ick’s  C. F ...................................................  
G. D ................................................................ 
35
M u sk e t........................................................... 
60

“ 
“ 
“ 

CARTRIDGES.

Rim   F ire .......................  
Central  F ire .........................................'.___ dls. 

 

 

chisels. 

dis.
Socket F irm e r......................................... 
TO&10
Socket F ram ing ................................................... 70&10
Socket C orner.......................................................70*10
Socket S lic k s.......................................................70*10
B utchers’ Tanged F irm er................................. 
40

 

50
25

Curry,  Law rence’s .............................................  
H o tch k iss.............................................................  

40
25

W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12@12V4 dls. 10

“  

P lanished, 14 oz cu t to size.........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 ...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 a n a 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
B ottom s................. 

 

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

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07
6Vi

elbow s.

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, sm all, 918; large, 926...........................  
Ives’, 1,918;  2, 924;  3, $30................................. 

30
25

files—New List. 

dls.

D isston’s ............................................................... 60*16
New  A m erican.................................................  60*10
...................................................  60*10
N icholson’s 
H eller’s ...................................................... 
50
H eller’s H orse  Hasps  .................. 
50
GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

28
18

D iscount, 60

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s .........................  

13 
GAUGES. 

HAMMERS.

May dole  *  Co.’s .......................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s ................................................................ dls. 
25
Yerkes *  Plum b’s ....................................... dls. 40*10
M ason’s Solid Cast Steel............................30c list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H an d __ 30c 40*10

HINGES.

G ate, C lark’s, 1, 2 , 3 ................................... dls.60&10
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4%  14  and
3%
lo n g e r................................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Eye,  Vi........................... n et 
10
“ 
% ............................n et 
8V4
X ............................net 
“ 
7V4
% ............................n et 
7V4
“ 
Strap and T ..................................................   dls. 
TO

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
" 
“ 

HANGERS. 

dls.

Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k __ 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction..................................   60*10
K idder, wood t r a c k ...........................................  
40

HOLLOW WARE

P ots.........................................................................  
K ettles....................................................................  
Spiders  .................................................................. 
Gray enam eled.............................................. 

60
60
60
  40*10

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  T ln W are....................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are............................... 
26
G ranite Iron W a re ......................... new  list 33%*10

w ire goods. 

dis.

B r ig h t......  ...................................................70*10*10
Screw  E yes.....................................................70*10*10
Hook’s ..............................................................70*10*10
G aft Hooks and B yes.......................... 
10*10*10

COMBS. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

 
drills. 

dis.

31
29
28
28
30

50
50
SO

dis.

T H E   MXCHXG^LlSr  T R A D E S M A N ,

dls.

50

R ifle ,  K 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 in .

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

Western  Michigan. 
supply  you,  order of us  direct.

F oster,  S tev en s  &  Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33,r35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

8
The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A   W EEKLY  JO U RN A L  DBVOTBD  TO  TH E

Retail  Trade  of the Voliferine State.

Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
A dvertising Rates m ade know n on application.  ,

strictly in advance.

P ublication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapid» Poet  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER  18,1890.

INHUMAN  HUSBANDS.

In his contribution in  another column, 
Mr. Thurston touches  upon  a  phase  of 
real life which is altogether too  common 
all over the country—so common, in fact, 
and so much  worse  than  is  therein  de­
picted that T he T radesman  cannot  re­
frain from calling attention  to  its  enor­
mity.

With too  many  ignorant  people,  both 
native and foreign  born,  the  wife  is  re­
garded in the light  of  a  chattel.  Such 
a man takes a wife from two  very selfish 
motives—the  money  and  pleasure  she 
will bring to him;  or, to be more correct, 
the money and pleasure she can make for 
him; for, often having  no  money,  she  is 
expected  by  her  magnanimous  better 
half to  earn  and  save  some  for  him. 
There is in such cases  not  the  slightest 
thought of her as a woman and  compan­
ion.  The husband has no thought of her 
comfort or happiness, only as she admin­
isters to his.  She is  expected  not  only 
to do all her own work,  but also one-half 
of his,  and a part of  his that  custom has 
assigned to her, and  which  she  expects 
to do,  if her health  will  admit—keeping 
his house in order,  washing  and  caring 
for his clothing and preparing  his  food. 
The wife must bear and rear his children 
and, to a great extent,  will  be  held  re­
sponsible  for  their  characters  as  they 
reach maturity.  The labor the wife can 
perform indoors she will not, as a  rule— 
if both are poor—object  to,  if  well;  but 
when he asks her to  become  a  beast  of 
burden—if  a  farmer’s  wife—and  assist 
him  in  clearing  the  land  and  raising 
the  crops,  she  ought  to rebel at the first 
task  assigned  her. 
If  she  does  not, 
slavery  is her  doom.

This  is  no  overdrawn  picture  and  al­
most  every  reader  will  recall  instances 
where  his  blood  has  fairly  boiled  with 
indignation at the  inhuman  tasks placed 
upon  the  wife  or  children.  Worse than 
all  else  is  the  ingratitude  shown  the 
wife  or  child  if  they  become ill and are 
unable  to  labor,  as  the  result  of  such 
treatment 
The  man  then  frets  and 
grumbles,  and  grudges  them  the  poor 
satisfaction  of  resting  from  labor  or  of 
the  counsel  and  advice  of  a  physician, 
as that  will  cost  money.  We  have laws 
for suppressing  child labor  in our  facto­
ries,  but none for a child upon the farm. 
Such a  man  as our contributor describes 
gives his child  a  young pig or a calf and 
tells him to care for i t  as it now belongs 
to  him.  Some  wintry  night  after  the 
animal  has  grown  to  maturity  and  has 
become  valuable,  the child  returns from 
school  to  find  bis  pet  has  been  either 
sold  or  slaughtered  and  that  the gener­
ous  father  has  pocketed  the  proceeds. 
“The  child’s  calf,  but  father’s  cow.” 
So, also,  when  the crops are  sold  in  the 
autumn,  the man  pockets  the  cash  and 
the  wife—well,  she  has  no  use  for  i t  
She has had  her  board,  perhaps  a  print

obliged to let none  go  out  of  the  store 
unless paid for.”

“O, its all right,”  remarked  Mr.  Hig­
gins,  with a very pompous  manner  and 
tone  of  voice.  “It’s all square, I assure 
you.  You needn’t be afraid of  me. 
I’m 
perfectly good.  Still,”  he continued,  as 
he laid  the  cap  down  again,  “I  don’t 
want  you  to  break  any rules on my ac­
count.”

“No,”  the  merchant  replied,  with  a 
smile,  “of course there’s  nothing  to  be 
afraid of,  as  you remarked, but  I  can’t 
discriminate  between  rich  or  poor  and 
must  not  begin  the  credit  business  at 
all.”

“So  you think  you can’t trust me over 

night, eh?”

“I simply said  that  I  must  not  ¿ven 
begin the credit business; so, of course, I 
must refuse you.”

“Well,  if that’s  your little  game,  I’m 
glad  to  know  it  right  now. 
Perhaps 
you’ll  make  money  by it,  and  perhaps 
you won’t.”  He went out  the  door  and 
spitefully banged it after him.

FINANCIAL.

Local  Stock  Quotations.

Reported by the Michigan Trust Company.
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.......................................... ISO
Alpine Gravel  Road Co..................................   77
Alalne 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....................................85
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...........................130
Grand Rapids Chair Co  .................................. 110
Grand Rapids National Bank...........................135
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co..............................107
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................150
Kent County Savings Bank..............................125
Michigan Barrel Co.......................................... 100
New England  Furniture Co...... .....................  95
National City Bank.......................................... 132
Old National  Bank.......................................... 132
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co...................25
Phoenix Furniture Co.........................................60
Sligh Furniture  Co.......................... .<............85
Street Railway Co. of Grand Rapids..............  40
Walker Gravel  Road C o ...................................80
Peninsular Club 4 per cent. Bonds.................   75

Financial  Miscellany.

Since the organization of  the  national 
banking system national banks have paid 
an average dividend of 7J^ per  cent,  per 
annum on their capital.

The Calumet & Hecla  Mining  Co.  will 
pay its third successive bi-monthly  divi- 
idend of 5 per  cent,  on  Nov.  15.  The 
total  dividends  declared  up 
to  date 
amount to $34,850,000.
The silk industry  of  this  country  oc­
cupies 700 establishments, employs 50,000 
persons  and  yields  a  product  worth 
$60,000,000.  Domestic  silks  for  1889 
were  valued  at  $58,668,780,  as  against 
$34,000,000 for imported.

Something’ Yellow in the Milk.

From the New York Sun.
A  German  woman  came  to  Sanitary 
Headquarters yesterday  morning,  carry­
ing  a tin  pail  containing  half a pint of 
milk.  She explained in  broken  English 
that she had bought the milk  in a Chrys- 
tie street grocery. 
It had not been in the 
house long before  something yellow  be­
gan to gather on it.
“Yellow,” she said, “yellow,  mint you! 
Id musd pe boison!”
Dr.  Walter  examined  the  milk  and 
handed it back to her.
“Madam,” he said,  “it is cream.”
“Gream!” exclaimed the  woman; “vat 
vas dot?”
“It  is  a kind  of  fat,”  explained  Dr. 
Walter;  “it is  not common  in  Chrystie 
street milk, but it will  not hurt you.”
“I  dell  you,” shouted  the  woman,  “I 
pay not for no such yellow stuff like dot,” 
and  she left  and shut  the door  with  a 
bang.

Attention is directed to  the  advertise­
ment of Thos. E. Wykes in the  miscella­
neous column this week.  The stand is a 
good one and the business will  bear  the 
closest investigation.

' I ’H M   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

dress—and  what  more  does  a  woman 
want?

Two places  have  been  suggested  for 
the next meeting of  the Michigan Dairy­
man’s  Association—Grand  Rapids  and 
Lansing.  Both places possess desirable 
transportation  facilities  and  the  selec­
tion of either would insure a  full attend­
ance and a general good time.

There are  unmistakable  evidences  of 
an awakening  in  association matters all 
along  the  line, no less than a dozen  old 
organizations having been revived during 
the past two months.  The remembrance 
of the good work done by the associations 
in their days of activity stimulate a desire 
on the part  of  business  men  to  see the 
work repeated and  this desire will bring 
about a general revival.

The vigorous  protest  entered  by  the 
traveling  men  of  the  city  against  the 
present  narrow-minded  policy  of  S t 
Mark’s Hospital and  the U. B. A.  Home, 
as  regards  the  right  of  the  patient  to 
employ  any  physician  he  may  select 
ought to meet with prompt recognition— 
especially as the same  protest  has  been 
voiced by thousands  of  the leading citi­
zens of the town,  including  nearly every 
person who contributed  to  the  upbuild­
ing  of  both  institutions  and  are  now 
assisting in their maintenance.
A  Customer  Common  to  Every  Mer­

chant.

Written for The Tradesman.

“I thought you said you wanted to pay 
that little bill for tobacco this morning,” 
remarked the grocer to a man  who  came 
in and took an easy chair near the  stove, 
filled his corn-cob  pipe  and  commenced 
to expectorate on every side.

“ Wal—yes, I did want to  pay that bill 
confounded bad, but my  woman  is  sick 
this mornin' and I  cum  down  to  see  if 
you could let her have  half  a  pound  o’ 
tea.”

“It’s well you said,  ‘let her  have,’  an­
“Look here, Briggs, 

swered the grocer. 
you’re not lying now,  are you?”

“O, no; not I; I do want to pay-----”
“Nonsense!  You  know  what  I  mean. 
You never pay  anything,  but  did  your 
wife send for that tea?  that’s  the  ques­
tion,  and  the  merchant  came  to  the 
stove  and  looked  him  squarely  in  the 
face.

“Yes, honest injun, she did.
“Well, I’ll  try  you  this  time.  Your 
wife always pays to the last cent and she 
can have  anything  in  my  store, but  as 
for you”—and he handed half a pound of 
tea to the man—“you  are  too  worthless 
to live and your  wife  is  killing  herself 
by  inches,  working  day  and  night  to 
feed you.  Get home as soon as you can, 
and don’t show yourself  here  again, un­
less she sends  you.”

Did  the  reader  ever  know  another 

Briggs by any other name?

Saginaw—Brown  &  Ryan  have  con­
cluded  not  to  build a mill on the site of 
the one recently destroyed by fire.  They 
are stocking  three  mills  with  logs  and 
are satisfied that they can get their stock 
cut to as good  advantage thus saving the 
expense and detail of  building and oper­
ating a mill of their own.

The  Mackinac  Transportation  Co.’s 
boats have ceased running for the season 
between  Mackinaw and Mackinac Island, 
and in consequence the Michigan Central 
has ceased contracting for  freight  deliv- 
' ery beyond Mackinaw.

IT  FAILED  TO  WORK.

The New Merchant Saw  Through  His 

Little  Game.

Written for The Tradesman.

“Good evening 1”
“Good  evening,  sir!”  answered  the 
merchant, as he looked up at the stranger.
“This is  a  new  store,  isn’t  it ?”  and 
the  newcomer  glanced  around  at  the 
well-filled shelves.

“People call it a new store,  although 1 
six 

have  done  business  here  about 
months.”

“You can’t help doing well here,” said 
the  customer. 
“We  never needed any­
thing as much in this village  as  we  did 
another dry goods store,  and I hear  peo­
ple say they don’t have to pay two prices 
at the new store, either!”

“ Why,  I  supposed  you  were  pretty 
well supplied with stores  before I came, 
but as  I  saw  a  rich  country^  here  and 
there seemed a prospect  of  the  town in­
creasing in population,  with  one or  two 
factories about  ready  to  locate  here,  I 
thought  best  to  ‘take  time by the fore­
lock,’  even  if  it  should be  a  little dull 
for a season.  A new  store locating here 
would  naturally  keep  others  out  who 
otherwise might get ahead of me.”

“Yes,  we  have  plenty  of  stores,  of 
course”—and  the  man  hesitated  and 
looked about him  as  if  to  see  if  they 
were  alone—“but  it’s  well  known that 
they  are  not  the  right  kind  of  men. 
They want to get  rich too fast  and  they 
don’t seem  to  care for  any  one’s  trade 
except  the  big-bugs  whose  wives  and 
daughters drive up to the  store  in  their 
carriages.  A farmer or a poor  mechanic 
like me they take little notice of. I suppose 
our  dollars  are  hardly  as  clean  and 
bright,  or  as  numerous  as  they desire. 
And as to accommodating any one,  that’s 
out  of  the  question,  unless  he’s  got  a 
big  name in the community and  wears a 
plug hat. 
I  don’t  like  to  say  a  word 
against  my  neighbors,  but  sometimes 
it’s best to let strangers know what we’ve 
been obliged to  put  up  with.  My wife 
does most  of  our  trading  and  spends a 
pile of  money in the  course  of  a  year, 
and she’ll be in here in a day or  two and 
will probably tell  you how she has  been 
snubbed and insulted by several of them.”
“Is  there  anything  I  can do for  you 
to-night?”  asked  the  merchant,  as the 
hour was late.

“As cold  weather is coming  on now, I 
really ought  to  have a warm  cap,”  an­
swered the customer.

“What  size  do  you  wear?”  and  the 
merchant reached for two or  three kinds 
of  plush  and fur  caps. 
“Here  is  one 
that will do nicely if it’s No. 7.”

The customer  put it on and glanced in 

a mirror close at hand.

“How much do you get for such a cap?”
“Two dollars.”
“Two  dollars,  eh?  That’s  cheap  to 
what  we’ve  been  obliged to pay in  this 
town.  My  name 
is  Higgins,  James 
I live  on the first  street  back 
Higgins. 
of 
the  Farmer’s  Hotel.  Everybody 
knows  me. 
I’m  an  old  settler.  You 
will please just make a minute of this on 
a slip and drop it in the  drawer  and I’ll 
be in to-morrow  or  next  day and  settle 
with  you. 
I  never  have  anything 
charged.”  He  moved  off  as  if  about 
ready to depart.

“Well,  Mr.  Higgins,”  replied the mer­
chant to  this  unexpected  speech,  “you 
are an  entire  stranger  to  me,  you  are 
aware, and then 1 keep no books, and, as 
you remarked, I sell goods cheap and am

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ARCTIC  BAKING  POWDER.

tions.

8.  Report  of  Committee  on  Resolu­
9.  Adjournment.

Association Notes.

Every mail brings assurances of the success of 
the coming convention of the Michigan Business 
Men's Association on the 25th.  The indications 
aie that the convention  will  be  one of  the best 
attended the Association has ever held.

Muskegon  News:  “It  is  expected  that  the 
Muskegon  Business  Men’s  Association  will 
shortly  resume  its  former  practice  of  holding 
meetings.  There  will  be  a  convention of the 
State Association  in  Grand  Rapids  on the 25th 
inst.  The  local  Association  is  not  dead,  but 
sleeping.”

Evart  Review:  “The  re-organized  Business 
Men's Association  has  received a proposition to 
construct a fifty-barrel roller mill at Evart.  As 
this is a matter of great interest to all our people, 
it was thought best to defer the consideration  of 
it  until  such  time  as  a  full  representation of 
citizens  of  Eyart  and  surrounding  territory 
could be gathered..  The meeting  Monday even­
ing was adjourned until Saturday, Nov.  13,  at 2 
p. m. 
If  a flouring mill is wanted at this point, 
now is the time to strike, and strike hard.”
Coming of the Heavy-Weight Secretary.
Detroit,  Nov.  5.—At last there  seems 
to be a prospect of my getting freed for a 
time from the confinement of  this  office, 
as the collection of  October dues is  clos­
ing and no deaths  have  lately  been  re­
ported. 
I  now  contemplate  visiting 
Grand Rapids on the 12th and  will prob­
ably remain in your city for several days, 
hoping,  with the assistance of  the Grand 
Rapids members of the M.  G.  T.  A.,  to 
secure several new applications for mem­
bership. 
I expect to reach  Sweet’s hotel 
on the evening of  the  12th  and  on  the 
following  morning  will  report  at  your 
office for duty.  A kindly mention of the 
above 
in  T he 
T radesman will be appreciated.

contemplated  visit 

M. J. Matthews, Sec’y.

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

VISITING  BUYERS.

Hastings

O A Rowland, Hesperia 
H Walbrink, Allendale 
r R McMarray, Ada 
S E Phillips, Hastings 
A Steketee, Holland 
F Sleesman, Alpine 
B Steketee, Holland 
lekett Bros., Way land 
J N Wait, Hudson ville 
Van Amberg,
L M Wolf, Hudson ville 
Whitneyville 
Goodyear & Barnes,
H Atkins, West Carlyle 
[aston &  Hammond,
Walling Bros., Lamont 
Grandville 
S E Young, Lake view 
Ritzema, Grand Haven 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
J N Hutchinson, Grant 
E White, Lee 
F Cook. Grove 
H C Thompson, Lake view 
J S Adkins, Morgan 
John Giles &  Co., Lowell 
Jesson, Muskegon 
Geo Schichtel.New Salem 
no F&rrowe, So Blendon 
H Bakker &  Son, Drenthe 
; A Hastings, Sparta 
R Bredeway,  Drenthe 
E Paige, Sparta 
Rice &  Webster, Dowling 
7 R Stansall,Six Lakes 
Herder &  Lahnis,  Zeeland 
F Sears, Rockford 
G Ten Hoor,  Forest  Grove 
[easier Bros., Rockford 
Dean Bros, Freesoil 
eal McMillan. Rockford 
E C Brower, Fife Lake 
1 Young, Ravenna 
Geo E  Marvin,  Clarksville 
! E Hewitt, Rockford 
Geo Barley .Canada Cors 
reo A Sage, Rockford 
Armitage & Bunker,
iarry & Co., Rodney 
Casnovia
(TmVerMenlen.BeaverDam 
Eli Runnels, Coming
[ M Robson, Berlin 
STm Karsten,  Beaver Dam Geo P Stark, Cascade 
Raymond, Berlin 
W Watson, Parmelee
• R Perkins. Boyne City  H W Mann, Owosso 
[ B Pinchcomb,Big Rapids E A Wright, Pentwater

M.  B.  M.  A.

vention.

Official  Call for the Fifth  Annual  Con­

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

E. A.  Stowe,  Sec’y.

C.  L.  Whitney, Pres.

THE  PROGRAMME.

SHARP.

Business.

tation.
tion.

gramme will be as follows:

So far  as  already  arranged,  the  pro­
MORNING SESSION—9 O’CLOCK SHARP.
1.  Call to order.
2.  Prayer by Rev.  Chas. Fluhrer.
3.  Address of welcome by  Mayor  Uhl.
4.  Response by Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw.
5.  President’s address.
6.  Secretary’s report.
7.  Treasurer’s report.
8.  Report of Executive Board.
9.  Report of  Committee  on  Transpor­
10.  Report  of  Committee  on  Legisla­
11.  Report of Committee on Insurance.
12.  Report of  Committee  on  Building 
and Loan Associations.
13.  Report of  Committee on  Trade In­
terests.
14.  Appointment  of  special  commit­
tees on President’s  address,  Secretary’s 
report,  Treasurer’s  report,  Credentials, 
Order of Business and Resolutions. 
SESSION — 1:30  O’CLOCK
AFTERNOON 
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.
EVENING  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.  Paper—“Fire Insurance Problems,” 
by B. D. West, Manager Michigan Inspec­
tion Bureau.
4.  Address—“What I Know  about  Oil 
Wells,”  by H. H. Pope, Allegan.
5.  Paper—“The Value of Persistency,” 
by Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.
6.  Unfinished business.
7.  Election of officers.

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Stale  Board  of Pharmacy. 

One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley E. Parklll, Owoaso. 
Three  Y ean—Jacob  Jeezon,  Muskegon.
Poor Year*—James Vernor, Detroit.
Eire Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Next meeting at  Lansing, S ot. 6 and t _____

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

President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw.
P in t Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Seoond Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vioe-President—Jam. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bngbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, In  October, IML________
G ra n d   B a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  ¡Society. 
President. J. f f. Hayward. Secretary, Prank H. Esoott.
Grand Bapids Drag Clerks’ Association. 
President, P. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.______
Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. J. ff. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon Drag Clerks’  Association. 

President. C. S. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.
Next meeting—Nor. 14.

Another  Testimonial  to  the  Virtue  of 

“Squlzzelem.”

Written for The Tkadesmae.

The  following  letter  is  self  explana­

tory:

S w e e t w a t e b ,  Neb., Nov.  7, 1890.

D e a b   M b .  D io i c a —Be you a  doctor or 
be you not? fer I tell folks you  must  be, 
tew diskiver sech a  wonderful  medicine 
as the wild  Squizzelem.  Me and  my na- 
bors are makin’ good use of it. 
It  seems 
good fer almost everything and new vert- 
ues are being diski vered  about  it  every 
day.
One night I sot the bottle near  a  cent­
ury plant I keep in the  parlor  and  acci­
It would pay 
dentally left the cork out. 
you tew come clear out here on  the  cars 
tew see that plant  (and  you  shall  have 
some of my ham and aigs ef  you’ll cum). 
Dunn’  the  night  it  growed  about  ten 
inches and put  out two  large  blossoms. 
It’s the first time it  ever  blossomed  and 
all onr nabors cum in tew look  at  i t  
I 
told you before what effect it had on ani- 
mils.  We  hev  to  be very careful with 
the Squizzelem on  that  account, er  else 
accidents will happen. 
It isn’t safe tew 
let  the  children  have  it.  One  o’  my 
young ones allowed our dog tew smell  of 
it  the  other  day  and  I  stood  lookin’  at 
’em. 
I hollered  at  the  boy, bnt  I was 
jest a little tew late.  The  dog  had  his 
nose tew it and he yelled  and turned tail 
in a minit,  and the way that  brute  went 
out o’  the yard and  up  the  road  would 
hev pleased a  hoss  jockey. 
I  couldn’t 
say which  jumped  the  highest  when  1 
hollored—that dog er that boy o’ mine.  I 
guess both of ’em  was  dreadfully  scart. 
One o’ my nabors cornin’  from  the  grist 
mill met the  dog  about  four  miles  out 
and thought he’d  gone  mad. 
I  expect 
he’s runnin’ yet.  My sister  was  settin’ 
by the  winder  and  see  the  hull  thing. 
Sister is much older than I am  and  she’s 
sharp and  thinks  quick.  She  watched 
that dog till he was out o’  sight, then she 
riz up and sez she, now I’ll fix  em;  and 
she  took  the  bottle  o’  Squizzelem  and 
spilt a little over  the  cellar  bottom  last 
night, and we see quite a  drove  o’  mice 
and two old rats walkin’ out of  the  gate 
early this morning. 
I think  there’ll  be 
no trouble  tew  git  rid  of  all  varmints 
now. 
I  shall  try  it  fer  drivin’  away 
smallpox and all contagus diseases.

Yewrn amazinly,

J eb u sh y  Dodge.

The Drug  Market.

Quinine is  steady.  Opium  and  mor­
phia  are  unchanged,  but  a  decline  Is 
looked for  soon  on  the  latter.  Arnica 
flowers are very scarce  and  high.  Bal­
sam  pern  is  higher.  Gum  guaiac  is 
lower.  Jalap root has  declined.

Bay Mills—Hall & Buell  will  build  a 
three  mile  branch  from  their  mills  to 
connect with the main line of the Dulnth, 
South Shore &  Atlantic  Railway.  This 
will be principally to bring  in  logs  and 
the road’s course along the  bank  of  the 
river will give over half a  mile  of  good 
dumping ground,  with plenty of boomage 
room.  The  concern  will  also  put  In 
planing machinery and ship to  the  East 
direct by rail.

HUMAN  NATURE.

One  Phase of It,  as Revealed to a Med­

icine Peddler.

Written for The Tkadesmae.

“How  is  Lydia  this  morning,  Mrs. 

Hicks?”

“She is  much  better,  thank  you—al­
most well, I may say. 
In fact,  I  never 
saw any medicine  operate  so  much like 
magic as that Elixir has.  You know how 
bad  she  was  yesterday wben  you  were 
over in the  afternoon ?  Well,  we  sent 
immediately for Dr. Hyatt  and  he  came 
and staid until  dark.  He  told  us  can­
didly, as any physician  should  in such a 
case,  that  he  hardly thought it possible 
she could live.  After he left, I happened 
to think  of  this  medicine,  and as a last 
remedy I concluded to try it.  There was 
a certificate on the  wrapper  signed by a 
clergyman, stating it had cured over fifty 
cases  of 
they  were 
given  over to die.  So I commenced  giv­
ing it immediately and,  as I told you,  she 
is almost well.  She can  sit  up  a  little 
and has a fair  appetite. 
I  know  it  has 
saved her life,  Mrs. Campbell,  and it has 
done  a  world  of  good for  my husband, 
also.  You  know  be  was  at  one  time 
fearfully troubled  with  pleurisy.  This 
Elixir  would  always  check  the pain in 
five minutes and often less.”

this  kind  after 

“Where is  this  Elixir  obtained,  Mrs. 

Hicks ?”

“It’s  Dr.  Matthews’  Elixir,  made  in 
New York City.  Dr.  Matthews swore to 
it before the  Mayor and some  of  it  has 
been  sent  to  the  governors  of  several 
states,  and a heap  o’  great folks.  But 
the  way toe happened  to  have  it,  Mrs. 
Campbell,  a man  came  along  here  last 
summer  and  wanted to leave it on trial, 
to be used and paid for, or,  if  not used, 
returned to him  when  he  came  around 
again,  with the privilege of using part of 
a bottle  as a  trial  of  its  virtues.  The 
price  was  fifty  cents  for  these 
large 
bottles.  He said he  was  leaving it with 
all the families along  the road,  so I took 
one  bottle  and  my  husband  regrets  I 
didn’t take  two or three,  as  we  haven’t 
given it in a single case  without immedi­
ate relief.  When  he  comes for  his pay 
for  this,  which  will  be  in  about  four 
months, I shall get half  a  dozen  bottles 
to keep on  hand.”

“You may get a bottle for  me,  if  you 

please,  Mrs.  Hicks.”

“I’ll be most  happy to do so, for I like 
to encourage the manufacture and sale of 
such a valuable medicine.”

*   *   *

“Is  this  the  residence  of  Mr.  J.  B. 

Hicks ?”

“Yes, sir.”
“I am agent for Dr.  Matthews’  Elixir, 
ma’am,  and my book calls for  one bottle 
left here  last  June. 
It  was  to  be  re­
turned,  if  you  did not wish to keep it.’> 

“Dr. Matthews’ Elixir, did you say?” 
“Yes, ma’am.”
“We’ve  never  had  any such medicine 

in our house sir, I assure you.”

“I don’t wish to contradict you, ma’am, 
but I think if  yon will reflect a moment, 
you will recollect such  an  article  being 
left here.”

“I’m quite sure  you’re mistaken,  sir. 
No doubt,  you think  so,  but  yon  mast 
have made a mistake in the name.”
“Yes,  mamma,  we  did have it. 

I re­
member now  that  pa  took  some  of  it 
wben he was  sick,”  said  a  little flaxen­
haired boy, approaching his mother.

“We  didn’t  have  it,  either,”  replied 
the mother angrily, at the same time giv­

ing the child a piercing look,  as much as 
to say,  “you’ll catch it.”  “That was an­
other kind of  medicine which we bought 
at  the  drug  store.  You  don’t  know 
Elixir from anything else  and  you’ve no 
business  to  interfere  when  people  are 
talking,  either,  you  unmannerly  boy. 
‘Little children  should be seen  and  not 
heard,’ ” added Mrs.  Hicks  (quoting the 
musty old adage)  and she dealt the boy a 
blow in the  vicinity of  one  ear  causing 
him to take  the  hint  that  his  presence 
was no longer required.

At this juncture a little girl cautiously 
approached the agent who  stood  smiling 
at the proceedings  and  placed an empty 
bottle in his hand.

“Ah,  this is the bottle, 1 believe,” said 
the agent, holding it forth  to  the  aston­
ished mother;  “this will,  without doubt, 
bring it to your mind.”

“Well—yes,”  replied  Mrs.  Hicks, hes­
itating.  “I believe now I do recollect of 
a person’s wanting to leave that here last 
summer, but I told him  at  the  time  we 
didn’t want it, and I wouldn’t  have it in 
the house,  but he threw it over  into  the 
yard as he went out the gate. 
I told him 
I should never pick it up, but on he went 
without it.  Some  of  the  children  did 
bring it  in, I  believe,  and  my  hasband 
tried it for some complaint or  other,  but 
it didn’t do an  atom  of  good—might  as 
well have rubbed on so much buttermilk. 
One of the children  had  the  measles  or 
some breaking out  disorder,  and  took  a 
little of it, and we really thought  it  had 
poisoned her. 
I think  she  would  have 
died if we  hadn’t  sent  immediately  for 
the doctor. 
It’s dreadful  stuff  to  have 
around the house  and  I  think  the  man 
who makes it should be prosecuted.”

“Well,  madam,  you say it  was  thrown 
into yonr yard.  Now,  1  happen  to  be 
the very person who brought  it here last 
summer, and if  I recollect  rightly I was 
only in the house about five  minutes and 
you appeared very  willing  to  have  one 
bottle left  and  we  then  had  no  words 
about it, either.”

“You the person who  brought  it,  sir!” 
said Mrs.  Hicks in astonishment,  “Why 
I don’t think you  resemble  him  at  all,” 
she continued, a little chopfallen.

“I am, however,  the  identical  person. 
If the medicine  was  not  good, my  dear 
madam,  why did you not preserve  it  for 
me?  Then all would have  been  right.”
“Well, my husband  said  it  was  good 
for  nothing,  so  we  didn’t  trouble  our­
selves about it and the first I  knew,  the 
children had spilled it;  but we  don’t  in­
tend to pay  for  it  anyway,  and  if  Mr. 
Hicks was here he’d sue you for damages 
for causing us such a  doctor’s  bill  with 
one of our children. 
It’s no better than 
robbery  to  go  about  humbugging  the 
people in this  way, and  I  should  think 
you’d be ashamed of  yourself. 
It’s more 
honorable  to  peddle  goose  eggs  for  a 
living.  There ought to be a law against 
folks  selling  these  quack  medicines. 
They’re  a  downright  imposition—made 
of  nothin’  but  molasses  and  water 
neither. 
I could drink a  hail  bottleful 
and it wouldn’t do me any good.”

“Bat  I  thought,  my  good  lady,  you 

said it was poison.”

“Well,  no  doubt  there  is  arsenic  in 
some of  it, bnt  don’t  you  ever  offer  to 
leave any of  your quack stuff here again 
or I’ll throw it after yon” and Mrs. Hicks 
closed the door with a report  resembling 
the  discharge  of  small  firearms,  while 
the  good-natnred  agent  (who  imagined 
he had remained long enough to  hear  50 
cents’ worth) pursued his  way  to  study 
human nature at the next habitation,

For  Fall  painting  you  have  to  use  a

D R Y E R

in mixing  WHITE  LEAD 

USE OUB

GROWN  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: 
1st.  It will mix with RAW or boiled oil.
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.,

GBAND  BAPIDS,  MICH.

Furniture

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Nelson, 

M atter 

&  Co.*s

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

Prices Low.
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P P H Y   TJX?DC!  Wholesale  Druggists, 
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and 22|Monroe St., Grand  Rapids.

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

Advanced—Balsam Peru, Arnica Flowers.
Gum Guaiac—(po), Jalap (po.)

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RADIX.

POTASSIUM.

Cubebae.................. 13 50@14 00
Exechthltos................  90®1  00
Erigeron...................1  90@2 00
Gaultherla................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   ©  75
Gossipll, Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 85@2 00
Juniper!.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90®2 00
Llmonis......................1 50@2 20
MentbaPlper.............. 2 75@3 75
Mentha Verld.............2 50®2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............   80®1 00
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................  90@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini......................... 1  16@1  28
Rosmarini..... 
00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Sncclnl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
San tal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................   50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglfi..........................   @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 8G@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po................  15®  18
Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................   15®  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
 
@  40
.  Ala,  po....  16®  20
Inula,  po.'...................  15®  20
Ipecac, po...................2 40@2 50
Iris plox (po. 20@22)...  IS®  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   60®  65
Maranta,  >48..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
cat......................  @1  75
pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ..................   10®  15
22®  25
Zingiber  ] .............. 
SEMEN.
@  15 
Anlsum,  (po. 20)..
15®  18
A plum  (graveleons).. 
6 ‘
Bird, is. .................  
  4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3)4® 
4
Cydonlum..................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlx 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
PharlarisCanarian....  3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Alba............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

dus,  po............. 

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Frumenti, W.,D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1 75@2 00
1  10@1  50
Joniperls  Co. O. T— 1  75@1  75
.......... 1 75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  GalU................1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................... 1 25@2 00

 
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SFONOES.

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

2 00
1 10
85
65
75
1  40

SYRUPS.

A ccada..............t ..............   50
Zingiber.............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei Arom...................  
50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   60
Tolutan...............................  50
PNUUU virg..... ...............   B0

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Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
V)
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  o
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...'...........................  60
“  Co..........................  so
Sangulnarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon............................  75
Co.......................  75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................   60
Colnmba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  56
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon...................  60
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Zingiber.............................   60
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opll.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor....................... 2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
.......................  ...  50
Rbei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

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Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F. 
26®  28 
u 
“  4 F .
30®  32
Alnmen....................... 2)4® 3)4
ground,  (po.
7).............................   3®  4
Annotto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin.................. 1 35@1 40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  74
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  fcs,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
@1  75 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
@  16 
@  20 @  15 
ipo.
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 Crst........1 85@2 00
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  & W  15®  20
German  5®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  ..........................   @ 
Creasotum....................  @ 
Creta, (bbl. 75)..............  @ 2
“  prep.....................  5®  5
“  preclp..................  9® 11
“  Rubra...................  @ 8
Crocus.......................   30®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cupri Sulph..................  6®  7
Dextrine....................  10®
Ether Sulph................  68®  70
Emery,  ail  numbers..  ®
Ergotajpo.)  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® 26
Glycerlna...................18)4®  25
Grana Paradis!..............  @ 22
Humulus......................  25® 55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ®1  05 
“  Cor ....  @  95
Ox Rubram  @1  15 
Ammoniati.  @1  2S 
Unguentum.  10®  60
Hydrargyrum................  @ 90
.1 2S®1  50
Iihthyobolla,  Am. 
Indigo..........................   75©1 00
Iodine,  Resnbl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin.......................   85@1 00
Lycopodium................  56® 60
M acis..........................   80® 85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  ®  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
1M).............................  2®  8
Mannla,  8. F ...............  50®

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Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 60@2 85 
C. Co.......................2 50@2 75
Moschus Canton........  @  40
Myrlstlca, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
@2  00
Piets Liq, N.  C., % gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Llq., quarts......   @1 00
pints..........  @  70
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  35
Plx Borgnn................  @  7
Plumbl A cet................  14® 15
Pnlvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1  20 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @125
Pyrethmm,  pv...........  30®  35
Quasslae.......................  8® 10
Quinla, S. P. & W......  39®  44
S.  German....  28®  38
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
SaccharumLactlspv..  @  40
Salacin.......................2 40@2 50
Sanguis Draconls......   40®  50
Santonlne  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W.......................   12® 14

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Seldlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis.......................   @  18
opt...................  ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .  12®  13 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb.................  1%@  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash.................... 3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether Co...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @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
“  Roll..............  2M@ 3

Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  55® 60
Vanilla.................. ..9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  55
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw.. ..  58

Bbl.  1Gal
70
60
56
61

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Lindseed,  boiled__   61 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine__  46 

64
69
50
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian............. IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow Mars__IX  2@4
“ 
Bar........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
86®88
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7X
“  w hite................  @7X
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1 00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00@1  20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach....1  10®1  20
Extra Turp.................160@1  70
Coach  Body............... 2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp Furn...........1  00@1 10
Entra Turk Damar— 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  75

HAZBBTINB

&PBRKINS 

DRUG CO.

Importers  and Jobbers of

--D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries,

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents  forathe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in atock and offer a fall line of

60

50

W hiskies,  Brandies,

G in s,  W in e s ,  B u m s.

We are  Sole  A gen ts  in  M ichigan  for  W. D. & Oo, 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

(kelline i  Perkins Drily  60,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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A ceticu m ......................... 
8® 10
Benzoicum   G erm an..  80@1 go
B oraclc 
30
C arb o licu m ....................   30®  38
d trlc u m ......................  60® 55
H y d ro cn io r..................... 
3®  6
...................  10® 12
Nltrocum 
O x aiicu m ........................  H ®   13
Phosphorium  d ll.........  
20
Salley Ile u m ................. 1  40@1  80
S ulphuricum ............ 
13£@  5
T annlcum .....................1  40@1  60
T artarlcum ......................  40® 42

ammonia.

Aqua, 16  deg................314®  5
Carbonas  ....................   12® 14
Chlorldum...................  12® 14

a n il in e.
Black 
...................2 00@2 25
BiWH.........................  80@100
■Red........................... 
  45® 50
Yellow........................2 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  50.........1 60®1 75
S S S S t a — :::::  &   »
Copaiba......................... 60^ 1  ^
Terabin, C anada......   35®  40
Tolutan...................... 
50

BALSAMUM.

COBTXX.

Abies,  Canadian...... ..........  18
Casslae  ............................... 
j;
Cinchona F lav a.................
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrlca  Cerifera, po.............  2U
Prunus Virglnl....................   J*
Qulllala,  grd.......................   »
Sassafras  ..........  
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BXTRACTUM.

G lycyrrhlza  G lab ra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  oo
Uaematox, 15 lb. box.. 
11®  12
is...............  13®  14
)4s..............  14®  15
3« ..............  16®  17
FERRUM.

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Carbonate Preclp........  @  15
C itrate and Q u in la ....  @3  50
Citrate  Soluble........  ®  »J
Ferrocyanldum Sol....  @  jo
Solut  Chloride...........  ®  1“
Sulphate,  com’l ..........1)4®
pure.............  ®

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FLORA.

A r n ic a ..........................  » ©   ®
A nthém is  ......................  §0®  g
M a tric a ria ....................   25®  30

POLLA.

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutlfol,  Tin-

......................  20®  22
n lv e lly ........................  25®  28
A lx.  35®  50
an d   K i........................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
U ra U rS .........................  

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Acacia, 1st picked....  ®1  00
....  ®  80
ad 
•• 
“  3d 
....  @  80
sifted sorts... 
“ 
®  65
po.................   75®1 00
«« 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 601...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri, (po. 60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (%*, 14 Xs,
16)............................  @  1
Ammonlae.................  25®  30
Assafcetida, (po. 30)...  &  15
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphors...................  50®  52
Euphorbium  p o ........  35®  lg
Galbanum...................  ®3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Gualacum, (po  40)....  @  35
Kino,  (po.  25)............   ®  20
Mastic.......................   @ 80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opll,  (po. 4 75)................3 10®3 25
Shellac  ......................  28®  40
bleached........  13®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

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MAGNESIA.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum..............................  28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
Bue.......................................  30
Tanacetum,V......................  22
Thymus,  v ..........................  ®
Calcined, Pat..............  56®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M....  20®  25 
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36
Absinthium.................... 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A nlsi...............................2 00@2 10
Aurantl  Cortex.........   ®2 50
Bergamll  ...................3 25®4 00
Cajiputi......................  90@1 00
Cuwophylll.....................1  25®1 30
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodil................  ®1  75
Cinnamonll.....................1 40@l 50
Citronella...................  @  45
Coni urn  Mac..............  35®  66
ODpaiba  .....................1  20®1  30

OLEUM.

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T H E   Ü M TC H IG A lSr  T R A D E S M A N ,

G R O C E R I E S .
Profits  o f the  Sugar  Trust.

The official investigation of  the affairs 
of the Sugar Trust clearly  discloses  the 
enormous profits which  have  been  made 
by the octopus.  The investigation covers 
a space of  thirty-five  months—from Oct. 
1,  1887  to  Sept.  1,  1890,  during  which 
time  the profits were as follows:
Dividends p aid.................................ill,900,992.50
Additions to plant.................................2,730,060.00
Stock on hand and accounts  ..........   20,537,828.91
Total, 135,188,823.91 
Liabilities............................................ 9,791,181.89
Net profits,  826,394,647.02
This  is  equivalent  to an  annual profit 
of  18  per  cent,  on  the  capitalization  of 
$50,000,000.

Referring to this subject the New York 

Shipping  List remarks:

Those  who  are  cognizant of  the  oper­
ations  of  the  trust  will  readily  under­
stand  that  a  very  large  proportion  of 
the  profit was made during  the  first two 
years  of its  existence—not,  as  some  ill 
informed  writers  have  claimed,  because 
of the  advance in raw sugar, but because 
during  these  two  years  the  Trust  en­
countered  no  hostile  competition  and 
was then  enabled to exact  from consum­
ers a profit of about 1 H  cents per pound, 
which, 
if  continued,  would  make  the 
Trust a  veritable bonanza.  The compe­
tition of  the Spreckles  refinery in Phila­
delphia  is what cut down  the  enormous 
profits of  the Trust,  and since that thorn 
in  its  side  has  been  in  existence  the 
profits  have  been  materially  reduced. 
If  it is now  feasible, however,  as a legal 
problem,  for  the  illegal  trust to become 
metamorphosed into  a legal  corporation, 
it.would  seem to present a favorable op­
portunity  for investment—not,  however, 
with  the  promise  of  10  per  cent,  divi­
dends, for  keener  competition under  the 
new tariff  will  further materially reduce 
and  keep  down the margin of  profit, but 
with  every  prospect  of  earning  7  per 
cent,  upon  the  preferred  stock  and cer­
tainly 5 per cent, upon the common stock, 
which  would  place  it  in  the  front  rank 
of permanent investments.
Wool  Finn—Hides  W eak—Tallow  Un­

changed.

The wool  market  remains  firm,  with 
decreased sales.  Large  quantities  have 
been sold in  the  past  few  weeks and it 
takes time to open and grade and deliver 
it.  The  results  of  the recent election 
have cast a cloud over the manufacturing 
of  wool,  and  two  manufacturers  who 
contemplated  enlarging  their mills now 
say they will wait on  the  uncertainty of 
political  affairs.  While  the  market is 
strong, no advance is looked for.

Hides show a continual weakness, espe­
cially in light grades.  Tanners will not 
buy, only at  a  concession  in  price, and 
then  only  for  immediate  wants.  The 
leather market is not  good. 
Shoe  men 
hold  off,  claiming  they  cannot  cut the 
stock at  a  profit.  The  situation is not 
pleasant to contemplate and it now looks 
like lower  prices,  with  stocks  in  large 
supply.

Tallow  is  unchanged. 

demand at fair prices.

It  is  in  fair 

A  Strong  Combination.

The National Starch Co. has drawn the 
line so closely that  it  will  be  impossible 
for  any  jobber  to  secure  his  rebate— 
which  comes  from  three  to  six  months 
• after date  of  purchase—in case he is de­
tected in selling at less than the schedule 
price  adopted  and  promulgated  by  the 
combination.

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

352tf

Purely  Personal.

W.  R.  Stansall,  shingle  manufacturer 
at Six Lakes, was in town last  Saturday.
H. W.  Mann,  the  Owosso  bookseller, 
was in town a couple of  days last  week.
E. C.  Brower,  the  Fife  Lake  grocer, 
was in town a couple of days  last  week.
Geo. E.  Marvin,  the  Clarksville  hard­
ware  dealer,  was in town last Saturday.
Frank Smith, the  Leroy  druggist  and 
grocer,  was in town a couple of days last 
week.

R.  R.  Perkins,  the  general  dealer  at 
Boyne City, was in town a couple of days 
last week.

F.  W. Bunker, of the grist mill firm  of 
Armitage  &  Bunker,  Casnovia,  was  in 
town last Friday.

Dan.  Steketee put  in  Sunday  at  Hol­
land, where his wife is spending  a  fort­
night with friends.

O. S. Dean, of- the drug  firm  of  Dean 
Bros.,  at  Freesoil,  was  in  town  several 
days 
last  week,  purchasing  holiday 
goods.

G.  S.  Putnam,  formerly  engaged  in 
general trade at  Fruitport, has  removed 
to this city and taken up his residence on 
Jefferson avenue.

W, D.  Ballou,  who  conducts  a  drug 
store on Ottawa street and makes  a  trip 
to Baldwin every week day in  the capac­
ity of mail route agent,  took  a  vacation 
from both occupations last Friday.

H. E.  Decker,  who has  managed L.  M. 
Mills' union depot  drug  store  for  some 
time, has taken the position of  prescrip­
tion clerk  for  A.  H.  Eckerman,  at  Mus­
kegon.  His place has been filled by Fred 
Mesick,  who  has  clerked  for  several 
years  for  John  Crispe,  the  Plainwell 
druggist.

Winding-  Up  An  o ld   House.

Allan Shelden & Co.  announce  to  the 
trade that  its  wholesale  dry goods busi­
ness,  at Detroit,  will be  wound up at the 
end  of  the  present  year.  The  senior 
partner,  who  has  been  connected  with 
the  house since 1855, is anxious to retire 
from an  active business  life,  having ac­
quired an ample fortune.

The house  was founded in  1833 by the 
late Zachariah Chandler,  who  thus  laid 
the  foundation  of  the  fortune  which, 
once acquired, permitted  him  to  devote 
his time to politics.

Of  the causes for the  retiremement of 
this great house,  T h e  T radesm an  will 
have more to say hereafter.

Fife Lake—E. C.  Brower,  formerly en­
gaged in the  grocery  business  here,  has 
resumed the  business  in  the  store  for­
merly occupied  by W. W.  Brower.

L,angeland M fg . Co*

Wholes  Manufacturers  of

S A S H

-AND-

DOORS
Liber, M  and Shingles.

DEALERS  IN

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

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Green,. 83.50  for .winter  grades  and 
82.75 for cooking stock.
Apples—Evaporated  are  in  lively  demand  at 
13c.  Dealers assert that so little  sundrled  fruit 
was prepared, owing to the high  price  paid  for 
fruit suitable for evaporating, that it will cut no 
figure on the market this season.
Beans—The crop is coming in freely, purchases 
being made on the basis of $1.65@1.80 for country 
hand-picked.  City picked is held at S2@2.10. 
Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  in  good  demand  at  17@2c 
per lb.  Creamery finds moderate sale at 25@26c. 
Cabbages—50c  per doz. or 84 per 100.
Carrots—30c per bu.
Celery—20@<5c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Michigan  berries  are in fair de­
mand at 82.50 per bu.  Cape  Cod  commands  810 
per bbl and Bell and Cherry are held at 88.75. 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  sale at 20c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, 84.60  per  bu.; 
medium, 84.30@4.4 •.  Timothy, 81.51 per bu.
Game—Venison, 13c  per  lb.:  Babbits,  75c  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 Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—The  market  is  firmer, dealers paying 
80c and holding at $1.
Potatoes—The  market  has  stiffened  up  con 
siderably and the flood of  buyers  at  every buy 
ing point of importance has crowded the current 
price up to 60@70c.  The scarcity of cars to move 
the crop is less marked than a week ago.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, 82.75 per bbl;  Jer 
seys, 83.25 per bbl.
Turnips—30@35c per bu.
The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

PROVISIONS.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

lar d—Kettle Rendered.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new....................................................   li  50
Short c u t.....................................................   12 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  13
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
Head Cheese.......... .'................................. 5
Tierces............................................................7
Tubs................................................................ 7^
56 lb.  Tins
lar d—Family
TlPrrPfl
30 and 50 lb.' Tubs'”  ”  ”  ”  ”  I ” .
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..............
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case...............
6X
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.................................”   ¿5
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case........................«14
501b. Cans.....................................................    6J4
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.....................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................   700
Boneless, rump butts...................................’  9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   9^
12 to 14 lbs............................... 10*4
best boneless.......................................... 9*4
Shoulders.......................................................   gk
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.......................... ..  8
Dried beef, ham prices.............................  ...  9
Long Clears, heavy................................ . . ...’  g
Briskets,  medium.  .................................           6*4
light............................................ '.'.61*

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain." 

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

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FISH and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

 

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oysters—C&ns.

Whitefish...............................................   @71*
smoked....................................  @ $
Trout........................ 
@71*
Halibut..................................................   @15
Ciscoes. 
....................... ...................   @ 4
Flounders  .............................................   @ 9
Bluefish  ................................................  @10
Mackerel  .....................................   ......  
' @25
Cod. 
”@10
California salmon.................................   @22
Fairhaven  Counts................................   @35
F. J. D. Selects.......................................  @30
Selects  .:...........  
(»27
F .J .D ....................................................  @25
Anchors  ................................................  @23
Standards
@21
BULK  GOODS.
Standards,  per gal................................   @1  50
Selects, 
........
....................  
@2  00 
Scrimps, 
....................
1  50 
Clams, 
....................
1  50 
Scallops, 
....................
1  50
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.....................................1  25® 1  50
Clams, 
.....................................  75@1 50

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FRESH MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters................................5**@ 6
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Beef, carcass..........................................  4  @  f>y,
fore 
............................... S  @ 8*4
loins, No.  3..................................  8  @  8 V*
ribs.............................................   7  @ 8
rounds..........................................  5  @  6
tongues.......................................   @
Hogs........................................................4}4@  4%
Bologna..................................................  @5
Pork loins.............................................. 7  @8
shoulders....................... ...............  @ 6
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @5
liver.........................................  @5
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Frankfort.................................  @ 7*4
Mutton.................................................. 6  @ 6*4
Veal........................................................  «.V4@7

CANDIES. FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDT.

Standard,  per lb....................................  @9
@ 9
H.H.
Twist
. 9
pails or packages, net  weight........... 91*
2k -lb. bbls  .......................................  9
Boston  Cream ................................................ Ill*
Cut  Loaf...................... 
1014
Extra H. H.......................................................11

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MIXED  CANDY.

 

 

 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Standard, per lb................................................ 814
Leader.............................................................   814
Special......... .................................................... 9
Nobby................................................................914
Broken...............................................................914
Midget............................................................ 10
English  Rock.............................................  ..10
Conserves........................ 
10
Cut Loaf...........................................................10
Ribbon.............................................................10
Broken Taffy..................................................10
Peanut Squares.............................................. 1014
Extra..........................  
11
Kindergarten  ................................................. 11
French Creams............................................... 12
Valley  Creams.................... ...........................13
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................................................... 65
Sour Drops.......................................................65
Peppermint Drops............................................75
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. ChocolatecDrops....................................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..................................................16® 18
Hand Made  Creams............................... 9C@1 00
Plain Creams................................................... 80
Decorated Creams................................   — 1 00
String  Rock.....................................................75
Burnt Almonds................................... 1 00@1  10
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................70

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fancy—In bulk.

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Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................................12
printed, in pails..............................13
Chocolate Drops, in p u ls.................................13
Gum Drops, in pails.......................................... 6
Moss Drops, in palls............................. 
11
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................11
Imperials, in pails............................................12

 

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

Jamaica, Bbl........................................  @
  @
Florida.................................................   @ 4  50

Box 176............................... 

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fancy, 360.............................  ® 7 50

Messina, choice, 360.............................   @
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300.............................   @
..............-   .....................   @
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Malaga 
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........  18@19
 
  @16
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2-lb..  @14
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box........................   @10
“ Fard, 10-lb. 
50-lb.  “ 
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.........................  @8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................6  @ 6*4
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Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @17
Ivaca.....................................   @17
California.............................   @
Brazils....................................................   @17
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................  @17*4
“  Marbot...................................   @13**
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Naples....................................  @17
Chili.......................................   @12
Table Nuts, No. 1..................................  @16
N o.l..................................  @15
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................„14  @16
Cocoanuts, full sacks............................  @5 00

NUTS.

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PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P.,  Bell................................   @
“ Roasted  ...................  @
...........................   @9*4
Fancy, H.  P., Stars 
“ Roasted  ....... .. 
.....  @11
P rince..........  @9*4
Choice,  H. P.,Ex 
“ Roasted....................   @11
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats.....................  @9%
Roasted..........  @11
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For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

T H E   M IC H IG A J S T   T R A D E S M A N .

W h o le sa le   P r i c e   C u rren t»

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

1 50

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HERBS.

“  kegs, 

2 90
Herring,  round, k  bbl.. 
“ 
gibbed...............  
2 75
12 00
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
..  75@  80
“ 
S caled ............  @  20
“ 
Trout,  k   bbls.............   @5 50
“  10  lb.  kits..................   75
White,  No. 1, k  bbls..  @5 50
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121b. kits........100
10 lb. kits........  80
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Family,  k   bbls..'..  .3 00
“ 
kits...............  65
FLAVORING EXTBACTS-JenningS’ 
DC  DC 
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding b o x ...  75 
125
3 oz 
...1  00 
“ 
2 00
...1  50 
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4 oz 
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6oz 
...2 OP 
3 00
S.oz 
.. .3 00 
4 i 0
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GUN  POWDER.
K egs............. .........................5 50
Half  kegs..............................3 00
S ag e...,................................. 15
Hops....................................... 25
Chicago  goods........................5k
No.  ... 
30
............... 
No. 1....................................... 
40
No. 2.............. 
 
50
LICORICE.
Pure.........................................  so
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  18
Condensed,  2  doz...................1 25
No. 9  sulphur.........................2 00
Anchor  parlor.........................1 70
No. 2 hom e.............................. 1 10
Export  parlor.........................4 00
Black  Strap........................ 
17
Cuba Baking...................... 
.22
Porto  Rico..........................26@33
35
New Orleans, good............ 
choice........  
40
fancy..........  
to
One-half barrels, 3c extra

LAMP WICKS.

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

JELLIES.

LYE.

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OATMEAL.

Barrels  .................................. 6  50
Half barrels............................3 38
ROLLED OATS.
Barrels........................ 
@6  50
Half bbls......................  @3 38
Michigan  Test......................  9k
Water  W hite......................... 10
Medium...............................   $8 f0
k  b b l.......................4 50
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Small,  bbl.....  ....................   9 00
“  k   bbl............................5 60

PICKLES.

OIL.

PIPES.

•6k

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RICE.

7  258  75 8  75

spices—Whole.

Clay, No.  216...........................1 75
“  T. D. full count............  75
Cob, No.  3.......:...................... 1 25
Carolina head....................... 7
6  @
.6

“  No. 1....
“  No. 2 ....
Japan, No. 1........

No. 2........................
scales—Perfection.
Tea, 2-lb,  tin  scoop.........
“  brass  “ 
..........
5-B>,  tin  scoop..........
“  brass  “ 
..........
Grocers’, 11-lb,  tin  scoop.
brass  “  ..
“  ..
brass  “

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22-lb,  tin 
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SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

II  00
12 25
13  25
14  75
2 50 
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box__
Hand 
....
2'50
Snider’s  Tomato............... 2 40
Allspice.............................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
Batavia in bund__ 15
Saigon In rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................16
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
• No.  1.....................75
“ 
“  No.  2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__16
“ 
“  white...  .26
shot.........................20
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spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice..............................15
Cassia,  Batavia................. 20
and  Saigon.25
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“  Saigon....................42
Cloves,  Ambovna.............. 26
“  Zanzibar.................20
Ginger, African...................12k
“  Cochin....................15
Jam aica................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.................... 90
Mustard,  English..............22
and Trie. .25
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“  Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................80
Pepper, Singapore, black_18
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white...... 30
“  Cayenne.................25

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APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

Chicago  goods........................
Frazer’s .........................................12 40
A urora...........................................  1 75
D iam ond......................................... 1 75
Wise’s ..  .................................  2  25
BAKING  POWDER.
T hepure, 10c packages........Si  20
1  56
 
k  lb. 
2  28
 
6 oz. 
 
H lb . 
2  76
4  20
 
12 oz. 
1 lb. 
........5  40
51b. 
 
26  CO
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
A bsolute, k  lb. cans, d o z .. .1  00 
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k  lb. 
“ ...3 5 0
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li b . 
Acme, k  lb. fa n s , 3 doz  ... 
45
85
k l b .   “  
2  “  .. . .  
1  “  .. . .   1  10
l i b .  “ 
b u lk ............................. 
10
45
T elfer’s,  k  lb. cans, d o z .. 
“  .. 
85
“  ..  1  50
A rctic, k  lb  c a n s ................  
60
1  20
 
2  00
9  60
 
Bed Star, k   H>  ca n s............  
40
............. 
80
..............   1  50

k  lb. 
1 lb. 
k   B>  “ 
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BATH BBICK.

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bluing. 

A rctic, < oz  ov als......................  4 00

E nglish, 2 doz. in  case.......  
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
Am erican. 2 doz. in  c a s e ... 

80
75
70
Gross
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8oz 
7  00
“ 
pints,  round  ........... 10  50
“  No. 2, sifting b o x ...  2  75 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5, 
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1 oz ball  ....................   4  50

. . . 4  00
. . . 8  00

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BROOKS.

 

No. 2 H u rl....................................   1 75
2  00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet.............'.....................2 00
2  25
No. 1 
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Parlor G em .....................................2 50
Common W h isk .................... 
90
....................   1  20
Fancy 
M ill. .......................................... 3  25
W arehouse.....................................2 75

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BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
R ising Sun  ............................. 6  00
York S tate............................ ..

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21b. 
2  lb.  “ 

CANNED GOODS—FlSh.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................   10
Star,  40 
9 k
P araffine.................................11
W icking......................... 
-••  25
Clams. 1 lb. Little N eck........1  10
Clam C howder, 3  lb — ............. 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. s ta n d — 1  15 
....2   20
Lobsters, 1 lb. p icn ic............. 1  90
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2  65
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1 lb.  S tar.................... 2  50
2  lb. S tar.................  .3  25
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M ackerel, In Tom ato Sauce  3  50
“ 
1 lb.  s t a n d ............1  20
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2  lb. 
2  00
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3 lb. In M ustard.. .3 50
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S ib.  soused........... 3  50
Salm on,1 lb. Colum bia 1  75@1  90 
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@1  60
Sardines, dom estic  k s ......... 
6
k s .........®   8
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“  M ustard k s ...........  @10
-H  @12
Im ported  k s - 
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spiced,  k s   ........... 
10
Trout. 3  Id. brook  ........... 
2 50
CANNED GOODS—FrultS.
Apples, gallo n s.......................
;   50
A pricots  ............... 
B lackberries.......... 
1  20
Cherries, re d — .................... 1  30
“  p itte d ................................ 1 40
D am sons..................................
Egg  P lum s.....................................1 55
G ooseberries................................. 1 25
G reen  G ages................................. 1 50
Peaches,  p ie ................................. 1 90
“ 
seco n d s............................ 2 30
s ta n d ................................2 65
“ 
“  C alifornia........................ 2 85
P ears................................................1 50
Pineapples, com m on............. 1  25
s lic e d ................. 2  75
g r a t e d .... ..........3  00

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re d ......................1  40

Q u in ce s..........................................1 10
Raspberries,  b lack ...................... 1 30
S traw b erries................................. 1 35
W hortleberries..............................1 40
canned  goods—Vegetables.
Beans, soaked  Lima  ...........  85
“  G reen  L im a............@1  60
“  S trin g ........................ @  90
“  S tringless.......................  90
“   Lewis’ Boston B aked.. 1 40 
Corn, stand,  b ra n d s ..1  00@1  25
Peas,  soaked ...........................   75

“  m a rro fa t...........................@1 30
“  stand J u n e ............................1 40
“  sifted  • 
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fine F re n c h ..............  

@1  75
.2  10

M ushroom s....................................1 80
P u m p k in ................................... @1 00
S q u ash ............................................1 10
Succotash, soak ed .................  85
stan d a rd .....................1 30
Tom atoes, stand br’ds  @1  00

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CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
G erm an Sw eet..................... 
P rem ium ............................... 
P u re ........................................ 
B reakfast  Cocoa................  
B rom a......... ........................... 
B u lk ...........................................6
B e d ...............................................7 k

CHICORT.

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34
38
40
37

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coffee—Green.

Fancy Full Cream 
.11  @l:k
Good 
....10  @lCk
Part Skimmed............   8 @ 9
Sap Sago...........   @22
Edam  ......................   @1  00
Swiss, imported  ......  24©  25
domestic  __  15©  16
CHEWING  GUM.
200  “ 

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

5 gross boxes......................C5
Bulk.............................4  @4k
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City........................   75
Felix.....................................1 15
Hummel’s .......................... 
65
Rio, fair.....................   ©21
“  good..................... 21  @22
“  prime..................   @23
“  fancy,  washed...  ©24
“  golden..................23  @24
Santos......................... 22  @23
Mexican &Guatemala23  @24
Java,  Interior............. 24  @26
“  Mandheling__ 27  @30
Peaberry.....................22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add kc. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola............................... 24%
in cabinets..............25k
McLaughlin's  XXX X .... 25 k
Lion  ....................................25k
in cabinets  ................26
Durham..............  ..............25
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton, 40 f t ...
“ 
50 f t...
“ 
60 f t...
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70 f t...
“ 
80ft.  .
“ 
60 f t...
“ 
72 f t . .
CONDENSED MILK.

.. .per doz.  1  35
1  50
... 
175
2  00
2 25
1  00
1  15
Eagle....................................   7  50
Anglo-Swi88............... 6  00@ 7 70

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COUPONS.
“Superior.”
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“Tradesman.”

CREAM TARTAR.

dried fruits—Prunes.

 
10 
............. 20 
CRACKERS.
“ 

$  1  per hundred.................  2 50
“ 
$ 2, 
............... 3 00
 
$5.  “ 
....4 0 0
$10, 
“ 
.................  5 00
$20, 
“ 
..................  6 00
$  1, per  hundred.................2 00
“ 
.................2 50
$ 2 
“ 
$ 5  
.................3 00
“ 
$10, 
.................4 <W
“ 
$20, 
.................5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over..............   5 per  cent
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter...................  7k
Seymour 
5k
B utter.......................................5k
“  family.............................5k
“  biscuit........................... 6k
Boston.......................................7k
City Soda..................................7k
Soda........................................ 6
S. Oyster.................................. 5k
City Oyster, XXX..................   5k
38
Strictly  pure........................ 
Grocers’................................ 
25
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......8  @ 9
evaporated__ 13  @14
“ 
“  — 20  @21
Apricots, 
.... 
10
Blackberries“ 
Peaches 
“ 
.......20 @22
Turkey............ ............   @ 8k
Bosnia...........................  @ 9
18
Lemon..........................  
Orange.........................  
18
In drum ........................  @18
Inboxes.......................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........   @5%
in  k-bbls........   @ 5k
in less quantity  @  6
Valencias.....................  @ 8
Ondaras........................  @ 9
Sultanas.......................   @
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia......................   2 60@2 75
Mus’tels,Cal.,2crown  @i  10
@2 35
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
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’r l... 
Wheat,  cracked..........  @  5
Vermicelli,  Import—   @11
domestic...  @60
fish—SALT.
Cod, whole...................  5k@  6
“  boneless...............  7k@ 8k
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,  k   bbl  12 00 
“ 
“  12  lb k it.. 130
i  “ 
.1  20

DRIED FRUITS—CUITantS.

dried fruits—Raisins.

DRIED FRUITS—Citron.

dried  fruits—Peel.

“  3  “ 

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starch — Combination  Prices. 
Large boxes and barrels__  4%
12-lb boxes  ...........................5%
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ....................... 6k
 
3-lb 
6k
6-lb 
....................... 7
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..........................  7
40-lb 
6%
Lots of  200  lbs., freight paid. 
Lots of 500 lbs., freight paid and 
5 per cent,  discount.
Goods made by manufacturers 
not in  the  trust  are  sold from 
H@kc lower.
Scotch, In  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

SNUFF.

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Detroit Soap Co.’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
Uno, 100.............................. 3 50
Bouncer, 100....................... 3 00

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

SOAP.

SODA.

 

 
 

SALT

SAL  SODA.
 

Boxes...................................5k
Kegs, English...................... 4%
Kegs....................  
1%
Granulated, boxes..............  2
SEEDS.
Mixed bird.................4k@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary.................................. 3k
Hemp...................................4
Anise...................................13
Rape...................................   6
Mustard.................................7k
Common Fine per bbl......  @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......  27
28 pocket............................ 1 75
60 
“ 
............................. 2 00
............................. 2 15
100  “ 
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
 
Higgins  “ 
75
Warsaw “ 
35
 
.................  20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases —  1  50 
28-lb sacks  25
50
60  pocket.2 25
.2 10 
28 
barrels..  .1  75
SALERATUS.
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5k
Dwight’sCom.........   ............ 5k
Taylor’s .................................5k
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............5k
pure.........................5k
Our Leader.........................  5
Corn, barrels.....................@34
one-half barrels— ©36
Pure  Sugar, bbl................30@40
“ 
half barrel__ 32@42

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SYRUPS.

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

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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  @£9
Choicest...................... 32  ©36
Dust.............................10  @14
BASKET  FIRED.
F air............................ 
@20
Choice........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair.......... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest —  50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
Common to fair.......... 25  @30
Superior to  fine.......... 30  ©50
Fine to choicest.......... 55  @65
Common to  fair.......... 20  @35
Superior to fine............40  @50

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

YOUNG HYSON.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

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

62
36

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

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40 gr. 
50 gr.
PA PER & W OODENW ARt 

PAPER.

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Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­

TWINES.

WOODENWARE.

lows:
Straw 
................................. 150
Sugar....................................180
Hardware.............................2k
Bakers.................................. 2k
Dry  Goods...................  5k@8
Jute Manilla...............   6k@9
Red  Express  No. 1............   5
No. 2 .............4
48 Cotton............................  25
Cotton, No. 1....................... 22
“  2........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........   40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool..................  
8
Tubs,NO. 1.........................  800
“  No. 2.........................7 00
“  No. 3.........................  6 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
150
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
55
Bowls, 11 Inch...................   1  00
....................  1  25
13  “ 
15  “  ....................2 00
17  “ 
....................  2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
bushel.................  1  50
75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 26
“  No.3 5 00

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FLOUR.

WHEAT.

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GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF« 
W hite......................... 
92
Red............................ 
92
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted..............................  
l 30
l  75
Granulated................. 
Straight, In sacks........... 
5  10
“ barrels............  5  30
“ 
Patent 
“ sacks............  6  10
“ 
“ barrels............  6 30
Graham  “  sacks...........  4 80
Rye 
“ 
...........  3 70
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran..................................  16 50
Screenings.......................  16  50
Middlings  .......................  19 00
Mixed Feed.....................   23 00
Coarse meal.....................   23 00
No. 1 ..............................   @55
No. 1..................................  1  16
No.2.................................  1  10
Small  lots.........................  62
Car 
“  .........................  59
Small  lots............................52
Car 
“  ............................ 49
No. 1..................................  9 00
No. 2.................................  8 00
HIDES.  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal:
Green........................   4k@ 5
Part Cured.................  @ 5k
Full 
.................  5k@ 5%
Dry.............................  6  @7
Kips,green............... 4  @5
Calfskins,  g reen...... 5  @7
cured........6  @ 8
Deacon skins..............10  @30

“  cured.................  5  @5%

BARLEY.

HIDES.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

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No. 2 hides k  off.
FELTS.

 

WOOL.

Shearlings.................. 10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Washed.............................20@30
Unwashed  ...... 
10@22
Tallow.......................3  @4
Grease  butter  ...........  1  @ 2
Switches....................  lk@  8
Ginseng 
.  2 5T@3 01
LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  Hogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANIMAL  OILS.

LUBRICATING  OILS.

“  No. 1  “ 
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follows:
Extra W S Lard.......... 53  @58
..........45  @50
N o.l  ... 
..........35  @40
PureNeatsfoo1.........52  @60
WVa  Summer...........?k@18
“  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  10@1  25
M ineral....................   30@  35
BURNING  OILS.
Water White..............  @10
Michigan  test 
.........
Gasoline.....................9k@14
PAINT  OILS.
Linseed  Oil, boiled.. .65  @75
“  raw....... 62  @72
Naptha  ..................... 7k@10
Turpentine................ 45  @50

CASTOR  OIL.

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

T  H A   T

Is  b e t t e r   and.  c o s ts  

le s s  

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

th a n   m o s t 

lOi  POUND CASES,  84  3-4;  100-CABINETS,  25  1-4.

FOR  SALE YB ALL GRAND  RAPIDS JOBBERS
t t  * * m   c a   ^  
«XZTa.  J m I 
dZa

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

DEALERS IN

NOS.  182 and  i24  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE-

SUGARS.

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Cut  Loaf.......................   @ 7k
Cubes.........................  @7
Powdered...................  @7
Standard  Granulated.  6H@S-56
Fine...........  6k@5.56
Confectioners’ A....... 6.3t@ 6k
White Extra  C.........   6.06© 6k
Extra  C......................  @5%
C ...................................   © 5k
Yellow..........................  @ 5k
Dark  Molasses...........  @5
Less than bbl. kc advance.

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14

Popülar  Goods 

for  tire  Holidays

Library  Lamps,

Piano  Lamps,

Banquet  Lamps,

Parlor  Lamps,
Rochester  Lamps,

Kitchen  Lamps,

Mill  Lamps,

Street  Lamps,  Etc.,  Etc.

TO  T H E   T R 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

ixtra  L ®   Assortment

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

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.

Tea  Sets,

Dinner  Sets,

Toilet Sets,

Rose  Jars,

Motto  Teas,

Shaving  Mugs, 
Novelties in  China,

Bread  and  Milk  Sets, 

Plate  Sets,  Etc.,  Etc,

Locom otives,

Steamboats,

Sail  Vessels,

Horse  Cars,

Iron  Wagons,
Railroads,

Sawmills,

Steam  Pumps,

Fire  Engines,

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.

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

Child’s  Reading  Books,

Papeteries-New  Designs 

Novelties  in  Brass, 

This Is  JSo  Idle  Talk.

Perfumery,

Fancy  Soaps,

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 
llogue  now  ready.  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

Mechanical  Toys,

Etc.,  Etc.

Special  D epartm ent  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.

Hook  &  Ladder Wagons, 

ments  are  broken.

Etc.,  Etc.

Yours  Respectfully,

H.  L EO N A R D   &  SONS,  G ra n d   R ap id s,  M ich.

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A  GRANGER’S  HARD  LUCK.

The  Old  W oman  w a s  Tough;  but  She 

P layed  Out.

Written for The Tradesman.

“How de do?  How de  do?  How  air 
ye?  Well, I swear. 
I’m awful glad  to 
see  ye, fer  a  fact.  Lookin’  good, too— 
best  you’ve  looked  fer  a  long  time. 
Folks  well?  They  be.  Well, 
that’s 
good. 
I ha’en’t be’n to  town fer a long 
spell—not sence last spring, I reckon.  1 
hain’t be’n no’rs, fer a fact.  Ye see, I’ve 
be’n pretty hard up,  an’  stayed  right  to 
hum an’  worked all summer lookin’  after 
crops ’n’  fit tin’ foller  an’ tryin’  to  keep 
the ole woman and the younguns chawin’
on  suthin’  softer’n  tan  bark. 
Say!  I 
can’t get over  lookin’  at  ye.  Ye  look 
full as  young  as  ye  did  ten  year  ago, 
the  fust  time  1  ever  see  ye.  But  ye 
wanter let that air beard  o’  yourn  grow 
out.  Ye look too much like  Billy  Foot 
with  it cut off like that.”

(Billy happened to be a pure cuss).
“ An’ say, now,  I’m agoin’  to mill.  Me 
an’  you’s had quite a  bit  o’  deal  in  the 
past ten year,  an’ I never  went  by  here 
but what I  sold  ye  suthin’  er  other  to 
pay expenses. 
I’ve got a  bag  o’  taters 
out there on the wagon  that  knocks  all 
the taters’t I’ve seen this year. 
I  want 
ye to buy ’em, an’  I’ll  trade  it  out;  an’ 
I’ve got some more stuff here  in  my  old 
weasle  skin—cash—hard  cash 
that  I 
wanter leave with  ye,  too.  What  d’ye 
say?”

A  trade  was  struck  up  by  which 85 
cents was allowed  for  the  potatoes, and 
he proceeded to “trade it out.”

“Say, now!  Ye got any cheese?  A fel­

ler’ll want suthin’ to chaw  on.”

“Yes.”
“Well,  cut  me  off  a  chunk—half  a 
pound’ll do.  Gimme some  crackers, too. 
How much is half a  pound  o’  crackers? 
There’s  quite  a  lot  o’  eatin’  in  half  a 
pound,  ain’t they?  How much does that 
leave  cornin’  Now,  have  ye  got  any 
I want  a  package. 
smokin’ terbacker? 
10 cents is more’n I 
How much is that? 
kin stand. 
’S that only five?  How is it? 
Pretty  good  smokin’?  Well,  guess  I’ll 
resk it.  Now, I  want  a  plug.  Gimme 
sugar for the rest.  There! that’s all the 
pertaters, ain’t  it?  Nothin’  left.  An’ 
say! I don’t owe ye a  bloody  cent, do  I? 
Everything all square?  That’s  the way 
1 like to do business.  Now,  I  want  to 
look at some s’penders. 
I’ve got a  good 
pair on.  Just look a’ here.”

And, unbuttoning his  vest,  he  exhib­
ited what  would  have  been  difficult  to 
identify as “s’penders” had not  one seen 
them fulfilling the  customary  avocation 
of what the Germans are  pleased  to  de­
nominate  “trousers  carriers.” 
They 
were patched and sewed up  and  tied  to­
gether  with  strings  until  they  looked 
more like worn out carpet rags than sure 
enough braces.

“Now,”  he  continued,  “them’s  be’n 
good s’penders,  an’  they’re  pretty  good 
yet,  considerin’  that  they’ve  stood  the 
wear an’  tear an’ turmoil of  four succes­
sive years. 
I dunno but its extravagant 
fer me to want to get a new pair now, fer 
I could make ’em last quite  a  while  yet 
by bein’ careful of ’em; but,  then,  I don’t 
want to wear  everything  right  into  the 
ground. 
I b’lieve in  ‘live  an’  let  live,’ 
an’ I say’t when a thing’s  done  what  it 
orter do,  throw  it  away  an’  buy  new. 
Them’s my  sentiments  to  a  demonstra­
tion.  Them looks like good ones you’ve 
got  there.  How  much?  Twenty-five? 
Well, I’ll take them, an’  here’s yer cash.

They  hain’t  nothin’  small  about  me
’ceptin’ my  feet.  Haw, haw,  haw!”

(That’s a joke).
“Say! ye orter come down an’ see a fel­
ler.  Ye hain’t never saw my ole woman, 
have ye?  Thought not.  Mighty fine gal 
she uster be.  Gettin’ kinder sickly now, 
though,  an’ I tell her she’s a  gettin hum- 
blier an’ humblier  every  day  she  lives. 
Gosh, but she uster be tough!  I’d ruther 
’a’ had her in the harvest  field  ten  year 
ago ’n the best hand I could  hire  at  any 
common wages.  She could reap an’ mow 
an’  bind!  Gosh!  She  could  keep  up 
with the best cradler ever cut  a  swath— 
an’  saw,  too.  Me an’ her  uster  put  up
our four cord o’ cord-wood every day  we 
worked, when I was clearin’up the farm. 
An’ she could han’le a nax mos’  ez  good 
ez me,  an’  she split her half o’  the  wood 
right along; but she never liked  swingin’ 
a heavy sledge.  She uster do it, though, 
but she said it  jarred  her  up  frightful; 
an’ after she’d be’n usin’ one all  day  she 
uster lay an’ groan so nights’t I  couldn’t 
sleep,  so I had her quit it.  When I mar­
ried that gal,  she could stand  with  both 
feet in a half-bushel measure  an’  shoul­
der a two-bushel  bag  o’  wheat. 
I  tell 
ye, when I got  married,  I  didn’t  get  no 
house plant. 
I wanted  a  woman  what 
could go into the foller an’  saw  all  day, 
an’ that’s  just  what I  got.  But  that’s 
past an’  gone.  The  ole  woman  hain’t 
what  she  uster  be—she’s  jest  about 
played out.  Sickly  all  the  time—back 
weak—docterin’  an’  fussin’  an’  dope, 
dope, dope, till it costs me more  fer doc­
tors’ bills ’n’ ’u’d take to clear up another 
farm!”
And  the  fellow  sighed  heavily,  and, 
after repeating  his  invitation  to  “come 
down an’  see a  feller,”  he  mounted  his 
wagon and went away.

Geo.  L. T hurston.

Bicycles,
Yricydes,
f l É f i
Velocipedes
General SpDIfling Goods

AND

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

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

E. G. Studley,

4   M o n r o e   St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

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

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP

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

Bell  Fmitnre  and  Novelty  Co,

NASHVILLE,  MICH.

M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a t ,

“ The Niagara Falls Route.9*
DEPART
Detroit Express..  ..........................
...  7:20 a m
...  6:30 a m
Mixed  .............................................
Day  Express.................................. ...ll.-55am
...11:15 p m 
•Atlantic A  Pacific Express.........
New York Express..........................
...  5:40pm
•Daily.
All other dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  care  run  on  Atlantic  and  Paclflo  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Brigos, Gen’l Agent, 86 Monroe St.
8. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Offlce, #7 Monroe St. 
O. W. R u o g i.e s . G. P.  A  T. Agent., Chicago.

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

ABBITI
10:00 p m 
6:00 p m 
10:00 a m
0:00 a m 
1:25 p m

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMW
Watrti JUaker 
a Jeweler,
44  CANAL  ST.,
Grand Rapids  -  JUisli.
W Æ N TB D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any  of  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything in the Produce line, let 
ns  near  from  yon.  Liberal cash advance* 
made when desired.

E A RL   BROS.,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

G rocers visiting New  York  a re   cordially invited 
to  cal laud  see  us. a n d   i f   they  wish, have  their 
correspondence addressed  in   our care.  We shall 
be glad to bn o f  u se   to  th em   in   any way.  Write 
us about anything you wish to know.

THJEBSE,  WHY LAND  &  00.,

West Broadway, Bea le & Hudson Streets 

New York City

3EFORE  BUYING  GRATESf
et  Circular and Testimonials.  S en t  F r e .   -  g 
Economical.  Sanitary,  Cleanly and  Artistic.  S 
,i  n in e   cide  p i a d c  
fiRivn rapid  Mini  £

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effeot October 5,1890.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.
South.
For S&jrln&w, solid t r a in ...........
For Traverse City........................I  5:15 a m
For Traverse  City A  Mackinaw!  9:20 a m 
For Saffinaw, solid train.
15 p m  
For Cadillac.......................................t 2
For Mackinaw...................................t 8
50 p m 
From Kalamazoo............................. t S
55 p m 

▲rriTefrom  Leave going
North, 
t 7:80 am  
t 7:05  am  
fll:30 am  
t 4:30  p ra 
t  5:00  pm  
|10:30  pm

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going' 

North. 
For  Cincinnati............................. |  6:00am 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .ft0:!5 a m 
From Saginaw ..................... 
11:45am
For Fort Wayne and the  Bast.. 
ForCincinnati...............................t 5:30 p m  
For Kalamazo and  Chicago... .+10:50 p m  
From Saginaw..............................110:30 p m

8outh.
t  6.30  am
tlO:30  am
t 2 00  p m
|  6:00 p m
|11:30 p m
Trains marked (|) run daily; (t) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—11:30  a  m 
train, parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 p m  
for  Mackinaw  City. 
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
South—6:30 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago: 6 p m  
train, Wagner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago.

For Muskegron—Leave. 

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

From Muskegon—Arrive.

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

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Detroit, Grand H aven & M ilwaukee.

G. L. LOCKWOOD,

GOING WR8T. Arrives.
tMorning Express............................ 12:60 p m
tThrougnMail....................................5:00 pm
tGrand Rapids Express..................10:25  p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 a m
t Mixed................................................
GOING RAST.
tDetroit  Express.............................
fThrongh Mail.................................. 10:10 a m
tErening Express..............................3:36 pm
•Nteht Express.................................. 0:50 p m

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
5:10 p m
7:05 am  
7:30 am
6:50 am  
10:20 a m 
3:46 p m 
10:65 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has parlor oar  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.
J ab. Oa m p b r l l . City Passenger Agent. 

sleeping 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Fruit Belt Line.

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. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. P a i s l e y , Gen’l Pass.  Agent
®HICAGO  &  WEST  MICHIGAN  RAILWAY. 
Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lud- 
In'gton,  Manistee & 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 Hart........  t5:0">  p  m
Night Express for  Chicago  ............   *11:35 p m
Night Express for  Indianapolis  ......111:35  p m
Mail  for  Big  Rapids,  Manistee  and
Traverse City  ..................................  t5:05 p m
Ex. for Grand Haven &  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 & PentwatertlO:45 a m 
Express  from  Big  Rapids,  Baldwin
and Traverse City........................... tl2:15 p m
Mail from Chicago and Muskegon  .. 
t3:55  p m
Express from Grand Haven.............. t5:50 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
»Dally.  tDaily except Sunday.  ID ally except 
Saturday.  tDaily 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  ran 
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 4:40 
pm.  4:40pm  train  leaving  Chicago  connects 
with sleeper leaving Grand Rapids  11:30 p m for 
Traverse City.  The 5:05 p m train  has  through 
free parlor car to Manistee via M. & N. E. R’y.
For tickets  and  Information, apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot.

Lansing Route.

Geo DeHaven,
Gen  Pass. & Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.
■ ETROIT,  LANSING  &  NORTHERN  R.  R. 
Express for Saginaw and Bay City —   t7:30  a m 
Mall for Lansing,Detroit  and East...  +7:25 a m 
Express for Lansing, Detroit and East +1:20 p m 
Mail for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw +4:30 p m 
Fast Ex. forDetrolt, 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 
•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
The shortest line to Detroit and  the  East.  Elegant 
parlor cars between Detroit  and Grand Rapids.
Solid  trains  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw. 
Two solid trains between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit, 
leaving Grand Rapids 7:26 a m  and  4:89  p  m,  leaving 
Detroit 1:19 p m and 6:00 p  m.
For tickets and information, apply  at Union  Ticket 
Office, 97 Monroe street, and  Union Depot.
Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass. A Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

* 

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TEADESMAN,

No  Place  for the  Peddler.

Written for Ths  Tradesman

The world is getting too full of people. 
The daily struggle for what  is  supposed 
to be necessary for happiness has become 
such that the weaker are  crowded to the 
wall and,  with no  capital  except “brain 
and  braun”  to  help 
themselves,  are 
driven to accept any business which  will 
afford  present  relief,  until  something 
else  presents  itself. 
This  numerous 
class often swell  the  army  of  peddlers. 
While the unfortunate of  the world have 
our sympathy, we  may  possess  nothing 
more substantial to give  them,  and  can­
not even afford  to  donate  our  time,  for 
that is valuable also.

them 

There was a time in our  country when 
it seemed as if peddlers were a necessity, 
because they were welcomed in the newly 
settled sections.  That day  is  past  and 
the conditions of society have so changed 
that it is neither  desirable  nor  safe  for 
the community to tolerate a promiscuous 
class of traveling retail merchants of any 
kind.  We are no longer a strictly Amer­
ican people.  All nations have their good 
or bad representatives among us  and the 
criminal  portion  of 
frequently 
adopt  various  disguises  to  cover  their 
real purposes.  A favorite one  is  to  be­
come  ostensibly  a  peddler,  that  they 
may,  if  possible,  gain  access  to  every 
dwelling and learn the  habits  and  char­
acter of the inmates.  It would be unjust 
to question the  character  or  honesty  of 
all peddlers, as there are,  without doubt, 
many  worthy persons so engaged;  but it 
is only strictly truth to say that “none of 
them are wanted.”  A lady  who  would 
hardly admit a peddler  inside her house, 
in reply to one who said, “Madam, I can­
not live unless 1 sell goods in  this way,” 
answered,  “Well, I see  no  necessity  for 
it.”  The man  said  afterward  that  he 
will always be in doubt whether the lady 
meant that  there  was  no  necessity  for 
his existing or peddling!  As a rule, the 
peddler does not give value received—not 
always because he is ignorant  (for  he  is 
not),  but if he makes  sales  at  all, he  is 
often forced to sell for a less  price  than 
the merchant and thus  must sell an infe- 
rior article.  Of  course,  it  is  a  selfish

view to say that he injures  the  resident 
merchant.  He might  add that the mer­
chant injures  him.  That  answer, how­
ever,  will not satisfy the  community and 
cannot be entertained.  The  peddler  is 
intrusive and aggressive.  His presence 
is not invited nor desited. 
If he does no 
worse, he robs every  business  man  and 
woman—and we all  have  some  business 
—of  a  portion  of  their  valuable  time. 
Even if he is a true gentleman or  a lady, 
and is treated as such, the time is equally 
precious.  A druggist and physician who 
formerly lived at  Hersey,  in  this  State, 
whose  time  was  quite  valuable,  when 
asked by a stranger,  whom he  suspected 
was a peddler, if he could spare ten min­
utes of  his time  for  an  interview—and 
which he found generally meant thirty— 
asked this question  before  replying, “Is 
it  for  my  interest  or  yours?”  and  the 
stranger’s reply or equivocation soon dis­
posed of  the  matter. 
It  was  surely  a 
brief,  gentlemanly  way  of  saving  the 
moments and—money.  The  more intel­
ligent the  population  of  a  community, 
the less are they annoyed  with  peddlers 
and street fakirs, as such a  people know 
to a certainty that it is for the interest of 
themselves  and  their  families  to  make 
all  purchases  from  resident  and  well- 
known  dealers,  and  they  waste  neither 
words nor time  with  the  stranger. 
If, 
perchance,  they  should  miss  one  good 
bargain, they have not  lost  by  a  dozen 
other purchases, and the time and annoy­
ance saved is  a  good  interest  in  itself. 
Many of  the  states  are  endeavoring  or 
have already taxed  the  peddlers  nearly 
out of their boundaries and  this  method 
may eventually succeed.  Such  a course 
would meet the approval of all legitimate 
retail dealers and also the  greater  num­
ber of the farmers and rural  population.

O sc e o l a.

The  Good  Die  Young.

Customer (who is smelling the chickens 
and looking them carefully  over)  to  the 
grocer—“These birds have the marks  of 
being young,  but can you assure me they 
are  good?”

Grocer—“In a few  words, sir, you can 
judge for yourself.  Remember  that the 
good die young.”____________________

RED T h e   m o st  e ffectiv e  C ou gh   D rop  in 
. Trjr 
DROPS

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

S e lls   th e 
th e  m a rk et. 
q u ic k e st  a n d   p a y s  th e

COUGH  a

A  
MANUFACTURED  BY

Grand Rapids, Mich.

jr* 

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M uskegon Cracker C o

CB \CKKRS,.BISCUITS AND.8WEET GOODS.

SPECIALBATTENTIONaPAIDOTO  MAIL  ORDERS.

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

Ho  Cometid  witb  Any  Cracker  Trust.

- 

S.  K.  BOLLES. 

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S .  K .  H olies  &  C o .,

77  CANAL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

^ W h o le sa le   C i g a r   D e a le r s .

“ T O S S   U P ! ”

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

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

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST. 

W M . SE A R S & CO.,

Grata  Manufacturers,

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

P.  &  B.  Brand  Oysters,

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

T h e   P u tn a m   G a n d y   Co»

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

HERE  IT  IS !  AND  WE  GIVE  THEM AWAY FREE!  They  are  dollars 
and cents to you, Boxes and Barrels are  good in their place, hut 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.  The  50 lb.  Cabinet is  made  particularly  for the Counter 
Shelf; the  lOO lb.  Cabinets  to take the  place of  the  unsightly  Barrels so 
often  seen  on  the  floor.  To  secure these Cabinets  you have only to buy your Bulk Roast­
ed Coffee of the Woo Ison 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 Roasted Coffee in Cabinets.

»©“LION  COFFEE  NOT  SOLD  IN  THESE  CABINETS.“^ «

THIS CABINET HOLDS 50 lbs

THIS CABINET HOLDS 100 lbs.

