VOL.  8._____________ GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 10,  1890.____________ NO.  377.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

For  Rent  by  Dnnton  &  Bates,
A corner store on Cherry  Street.  One  of  the 
beet locations in the city for a hardware  store.
A single store on Ionia  Street.  An  excellent 
location for a restaurant or harness shop.
'  A single or double corner  store on South Divi­
sion St.  Good place for drug store and grocery.
te n a n t s .   D U N TO N   &  BA TES, 
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R o o m s  13 A 14  W id d ic o m b   B ’ld ’g , G r a n d  R a p id s , M ich.

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

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

O Y S T E R S

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SOLID  BRAND—Selects............................. Hi
E. F .................................... 22
Standards................ 
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DAISY  BRAND—Selects............................. 22
Standards.......... .-............. 18
Favorites............................16

Standards, in bulk, 11.25 per gal.

M in c e   M ea t.

 

BEST IN  USE.

20-lb. Pails..............................7Kc  per lb.
40-lb.  “ 
2-lb. Cans (usual weight), $1.50 per doz.

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Pure  Cider Vinegar,  10c per gal.
Choice  Dairy Butter, 20c.
Sweet Potatoes, $3 per bbl.
Fresh Eggs, 22c.
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Prop’s Valley City Cold Storage, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH

STOREKEEPING  IN  ’49.

Experience  of a  Merchant  at the  Cali­

fornia  Gold  Diggings.

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

In any part of  the  world  where  from 
any cause there is a  heavy  tide  of  emi­
gration flowing,  and more particularly in 
mining regions where all is in the nature 
of  a  lottery,  and  where  fortunes  are 
made or lost in a few days  or weeks,  the 
experiences of its  initial  merchants  and 
business men are often  both  interesting 
and startling.  All  the  old  methods  of 
doing business are generally ignored and 
everything  is  made  to  conform  to  the 
circumstances and conditions of this new 
and  conglomerate  order  of  society. 
Here human nature asserts itself at once. 
The most prominent traits  of  individual 
character  come  upon  the  surface  as 
rapidly as oil upon water and  the spend­
thrift and miser will be known without a 
question. 
I take,  for example,  the most 
thrilling period of the gold excitement in 
California  in  1849.  The  kaleidoscopic 
changes in conditions,  in the fortunes of 
individuals,  and in  the  prices  of  every 
thing—often  in  a  single  day—were  so 
sudden,  wild  and  startling  as  to  seem 
totally 
incredible  and  to  many  of  the 
present  generation  the  statements  are 
looked upon as fiction,  unless  most  sub­
stantially  verified;  and  even  then  cum 
grano sails.

It was at  one  time  my  good  fortune, 
with that of half a dozen others, to listen 
to a recital  of  the  experience  of  an  old 
merchant who was  numbered among  the 
argonauts and  who  thought  he  saw  an 
easier way to fortune by furnishing daily 
supplies to the multitude of  gold seekers 
than  by  trusting  the  fickle  goddess  of 
fortune in the sands.  James Martin,  the 
merchant mentioned,  was  a  young  mar­
ried man  in  the  grocery  trade  in  New 
Jersey,  but on the first news  of  the  dis­
covery of gold  on  the  Pacific  coast,  he 
converted his stock of  goods  and  house 
and lot into cash; sold everything  he had 
with the  exception  of  his  personal  ef­
fects, household goods and furniture and 
secured a passage  for  himself  and  wife 
by the first out-bound ship  for  the  har­
bor of San Francisco,  which  city  was  at 
that time hardly entitled  to  the  dignity 
of a village.  Fortunately,  he  was  suffi­
ciently thoughtful to  purchase his  stock 
of goods,  which were  to accompany  him 
to his new home,  in New York, investing 
over $3,000 in  groceries.  Freight  could 
be  secured  at  that  time  at  low  rates, 
while six months and a  year afterward it 
had  quadrupled  in  price.  Martin  and 
his young wife had planned  all their  fu­
ture movements  before  starting.  They 
intended  going  directly  to  the  mines, 
taking their goods with  them,  and open­
ing business in close  vicinity,  wherever 
it might be,  and—well,  let us  now listen 
to Martin’s own words:

“Wife and I,” said Mr.  Martin,  “bade 
our  friends  good bye  one  bright  after-: 
noon  the  last  of  March  and  went  on 
board with all our effects,  the  ship  sail­
ing  that  night.  Our  route  lay  around 
Cape Horn and,  after a  pleasant  voyage 
of several  weeks, the  ship  passed  in  at

the Golden  Gate,  entering  the  hay  and 
harbor  of  San  Francisco.  We  found 
many vessels and  crafts  of  all  descrip­
tions lying at anchor,  but  most  of  them 
entirely deserted, as the  contagious  gold 
fever had  attacked  and  taken  them  off 
from  captain  to  cook  and  deckhand. 
Several thousand  people  were  then  en­
camped in and around the  village of San 
Francisco,  but  all  were  preparing  to 
move toward the diggings,  as  the  differ­
ent localities were called,  where the gold 
was taken out.  Many  of  the  stores  in 
the little hamlet  of  San  Francisco  were 
closed and  both  proprietors  and  clerks 
had gone to dig for  the  precious  metal. 
Save for  the  numbers  constantly  arriv­
ing, the  town  would  have  been  almost 
deserted.  We  soon  engaged  a  native, 
with his ox teams,  to haul our goods  and 
ourselves over the  dry  and  dusty  roads 
to a camp in Placer county,  on  the north 
fork of the  American  River,  where  we 
arrived in due time and without  any  loss 
of goods by the  way.  As  timber was  to 
be had  for the  cutting  in  that  vicinity, 
my  teamsters  and  their  animals  were 
brought into requisition,  and soon  I  had 
constructed  a  good-sized,  two-story  log 
building and had the first  floor converted 
into a very respectable  grocery,  with  an 
apparently  ample  supply  of  goods. 
I 
had no competitor  in  business—if  I  ex­
cept the dealers  in liquid refreshments— 
nearer than five or six miles and a popula­
tion of  6,000  within  a  radius  of  three 
miles around me,  and  rapidly  augment­
ing in numbers.  To fix priqes as I ought 
upon my goods was now a most  perplex­
ing  question,  so  before  I  was  fairly 
opened for business I made  a  friend of a 
man from New York and engaged  him  at 
$10 a day,  for a few  weeks to  assist  me. 
He was first to  visit  neighboring  camps 
in different directions and  talk  with  the 
miners and get prices of goods  they were 
purchasing. 
inter­
viewed many of those near  me,  who  did 
not  yet  know  the  ‘new  store-keeper.’ 
My new assistant,  Mr.  Strong,  returned 
with  ample 
information  and  we  com­
menced  marking  our  goods  during  the 
middle of the day,  as  during  the  morn­
ing and  at  night  until  a  late  hour  we 
were all  busy  with  our  customers. 
It 
was truly  a  cosmopolitan  population  at 
that time  and,  seemingly,  every  nation 
was  well  represented,  but  such  severe 
and  summary  punishment  was  visited 
upon offenders under the  impartial  code 
of miner’s law that,  as a  rule,  we  lived 
in a peaceable  community. 
In  cases  of 
theft,  unless  prompt  restitution  was 
made,  the punishmenc  was  the  same  as 
for murder—death.  The next  day  after 
the return of  Mr.  Strong,  three of us,  in­
cluding my  wife,  took in for  goods a  lit­
tle over  $1,800  in  gold  dust  at  $16  an 
ounce.  There was no  coined money  ex­
cept what the  new  comers  had  brought 
with them,  and for  some  time  after  we 
arrived paper money  was  not  current  at 
any price. 
I  will  give  you  prices  of  a 
few things, as I remember  some  of them 
well.  Plug tobacco was  from $3  to $6  a 
pound; fine cut chewing from  $4  to  $10; 
(white)—$1  per  pound—(the
sugar 

I  also  personally 

Playing Bards

WR  ÆRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpcli,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

B E A C H ’S

Parties  having  beans  or  clover  seed
for sale will find a purchaser,  if  samples 
and prices are right.

We  also want
P o t a t o e s   a n d   O n io n s
In car lots.

We pay'highest market  price  and  are 

always in the  market.
W. T.  LAMOftEAUX  &  00.

128,130 and 132  West Bridge St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

W .  C.  W ILLIA M S. 

A.  SH ELEY .

A .  8 .  BROOKS.

New  York  Qoffee  Rooms.

W I L L I A M S ,

S M H L B Y

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Gents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fafe.

Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All  Kinds  of 

Order  Cooking  a  Specialty. 
FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

Grand Rapids  Fire  tarante  Co

CASH   CAPITAL 

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$200,000.00

F a ir   R a t e s . 

P r o m p t  

S e t t le m e n t s .

Call on our agent in your town. 

JULIUS  HOUSEMAN,  President.

8.  F.  ASPINWALL,  Secretary.

A l l e n  D d h f e e . 

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

A l l e n   D u r fe e   &  C o.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

108 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

&   B R O O K S
Successors to

FARRAND,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 

W holesale  Druggists,

AT  THE  OLD  STAND.

Corner  Bates  and  L a r n e d  Streets, Detroit,

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ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
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SPECIALTIES:

Graham,

Wheatena, 

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
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Rolled  Oats.

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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.  Agente for the Boston Rubber Shoe Company.

BANKRUPT SALE

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Grand Rapids,  Mich.

freight being the same on low grades,  we 
kept none); butter  (not  always weak and 
feeble),  as  every  pound  came  from  the 
East, $5  a  pound;  pork,  salt  or  fresh, 
from 75 cents  to  $1  a  pound;  lard,  $2; 
flour, $1; salt, 50 cents;  eggs  (sea  birds, 
no others then in the  country)  $2  to  $3 
per dozen.  There  were very few canned 
goods of any kind then  in  existence,  ex­
cept sardines,  and those  we sold in  large 
quantities. 
I  remember  that  any  acid 
fruits or vegetables sold  rapidly.  For  a 
long time 1 could get no vinegar,  and my 
wife  made  three  barrels—from  what  I 
have forgotten—of vinegar  so  sour  that 
the  proverbial  pig  would  squeal  if  he 
smelled it,  but it pleased the  miners and 
it sold on the run for  50 cents a quart  or 
$2 a gallon.  Afterward some one in Sac­
ramento  got  to  manufacturing  vinegar 
there and as freights  were lower we  pur­
chased it,  but 1  shall  never  forget  how 
some of the  customers  looked,  nor what 
they said when  we  first  drew  from  the 
Sacramento  stock.  During  the  hottest 
weather they would  make five  or six gal­
lons from one of vinegar  by  the addition 
of water and then  sweeten  it to taste and 
use it  for  a  common  drink  during  the 
day,  under the idea that as  they required 
so  much  fluid  while 
laboring  it  would 
be  more  healthful.  When  purchasing 
the vinegar they  would  invariably  taste 
it,  and one evening after I  had filled  the 
jugs and pails of three  or  four  persons, 
and they were tasting  it  and  looking  at 
one another in  a questioning  way,  two of 
them spoke almost  at  once. 
‘See  here, 
Mr.  Storekeeper,  this  isn’t no  Mrs.  Mar­
tin vinegar,  no how you can fix it; you’re 
tryin’  to  sell  us  somethin’  else.  That 
woman  herself wouldn’t do sich a  thing. 
You jest call her in  here.’  Of  course  1 
called her and she came. 
‘Is this  yew’re 
make o’  vinegar ma’am?’  and  the speak­
er extended the cup toward her. 
‘I need 
not taste it,  boys,’ she  smilingly replied; 
‘no,  it is  not  my  manufacture,  but  the 
fact is I had no time to make any and we 
bought  the  best  we  could  for  you.’ 
‘Thank you,  ma’am,  1  know’d  that  wo­
man  would tell  the truth an’  now  its  all 
right;  we’ll make it do ’till you can make 
us some  o’  the  real  simon  pure,  Mrs. 
Martin.’  Something sour was continual­
ly  wanted,  and  at  times  for  months 
pickles  could  not  be  had  and  beans, 
which were  a  standard  food  when  ob­
tainable,  had  to  be  eaten  without  any 
acid  except  a  few  lemons  occasionally 
brought up from Mexico.  All  our  flour 
at that time was  self-rising  or,  in  other 
words, contained sufficient  cream  of tar­
tar and bi-carbonate of soda  to  cause  it 
to rise after being mixed  with  water and 
placed in a hot oven  or  upon  a  griddle. 
Even  at  the  high  prices  obtained  for 
goods,  our  sales  were  enormous  and  I 
had  to keep two teams continually on the 
road  between  my store and  San  Francis­
co  or  Sacramento  (as  the  latter  place 
was beginning to keep  supplies in larger 
quantities and  was not half  the  distance 
away)  in order to meet the demands upon 
me.

“About this time—six  months  after  I 
put up my store—two  others,  one  a  dry 
goods and clothing store,  located  not  far 
away; but there was  room for us  all,  and 
at good  round prices still.  Although  we 
merchants  were  not  coining  money  as 
were the lucky miners, yet we were mak­
ing a clean  profit of from $1,500 to $2,000 
per month  and  were  satisfied. 
It  was 
sure  and  constant.  One  hot  night  I 
started with a mule  team  and  driver  to

Sacramento after a load  of  supplies. 
I 
I arrived the next morning and  got loaded 
up so as to start on our  return  at  about 
4 p.  m.  and  get  the  benefit  of  a  cool 
night to travel. 
1  bad,  luckily,  found a 
small  barrel  of  cucumber  pickles,  for 
which I paid $100,  and  was  looking  for 
another one to make out my load  when  I 
saw a barrel standing on the narrow side­
walk near a store with a piece  of  brown 
paper tied around  it with  a  string  upon 
which  had  been  daubed  with  a  little 
black  paint,  ‘Sowr  Crowt  dert  cheep,’ 
That  was sufficient. 
I sprung  from my 
seat in  the wagon,  and ran to  the barrel. 
The  head  was  out  and 
it  was  three- 
fourths full  of  as  fine  sauerkraut  as  I 
ever saw. 
I asked a man  who  cam*  to 
the door what he wanted for  that  barrel 
‘Seventy-five  dollars,” 
just as  it  was. 
was the ready reply. 
I  stepped  inside, 
drew  my  bag  of  gold  dust,  and  the 
amount was weighed out.  We  were soon 
on the road toward home,  and  I  thought 
that barrel the prize package of  the  day 
—and  it  was.  On  my  arrival  at  my 
store, the wagon  was instantly surround­
ed  by a crowd,  as  usual,  to  see  what  I 
had  that  was  new  to  eat.  One  man 
caught sight of the  kraut,  and  in  an  in­
stant handed me  a two-quart tin  pan  to 
fill with  it.  As I passed  it to him, others 
caught sight of it and  when  I  answered 
his question  ‘How  much?’  with  the  re­
marks  ‘Five  dollars,’  a  score  of  others 
answered  by  saying,  ‘I  want  the  same 
amount.’ 
I  had spoken  the  price with­
out thinking,  but I thought it  would do, 
and 1 asked the first  man  with  whom  I 
was acquainted to please  hand  me  back 
his pan while  i  used  it  for  a  measure, 
and as fast as  I  could  fill  the  pan  and 
empty it they  passed  into  the  store  to 
weigh  out the price in dust and 1  got  so 
near the bottom of  the  barrel that 1 had 
to scrape around a long  time  and  make 
believe it was empty in order  to  save  a 
little for my own table.  How much did 
I make out of that barrel?  Well,  I don’t 
like to tell, only  this,  that  whenever  I 
taste any sauerkraut  since,  it  seems  to 
bring that to mind and  pinches  my  con­
science a little. 
I lost no money on  that 
sale, and sold the empty barrel  for $15 to 
a Chinese wash house.

“It would  astonish  you  to  have  seen 
in  our 
the  changes  which  took  place 
camp during the first  year  I  was  there. 
A mining people are  generally  the  most 
visionary  and  uneasy  persons 
in  the 
world and are never satisfied  with  doing 
well, consequently they are ever ready to 
move on at the first rumor of  richer  dig­
gings  and,  although  new  parties  came, 
still larger numbers left.  Thus  in time, 
it  dwindled  to 
in  place  of  thousands, 
hundreds and I had more leisure. 
I had 
discharged my  clerk  and  my  wife  and 
myself managed the business.  One Sun­
day morning  I  arose  early—there  were 
no Sabbath days  in mining regions—and, 
taking hay gun,  told my wife I  would  re­
turn to breakfast at 9  o’clock  and  bring 
some rabbits for  our  dinner. 
I  struck 
out on a rocky ridge  in  an  opposite  di­
rection from  the mines  and,  after  walk­
ing several miles without getting  a shot, 
sat down to rest beside  a  mountain rivu­
let  whose  crystal  water  bounded  from 
rock to rock  far above and  some distance 
below me.  Through the  scattered pines 
around me a rabbit  now  and  then  came 
into view and from  my  rocky  seat,  with 
gun in hand,  1 soon  secured  the  number 
I desired.  As  I  sat  near  it  the  black 

(concluded  on  t h ir d pag e.]

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and refined young women have made val­
uable friends for life  by  their  courtesy 
to an accomplished customer.
Always remember,  that  duty  to  your 
employer demands your best service,  and 
duty to yourself also.
Seek to be  a  model  saleswoman,  and 
some  one  will  soon  recognize  your 
merits.
Dress modestly and avoid cheap  jewel­
ry.  The  best  ornaments  are promptness 
politeness, a  well-modulated  voice,  and 
strict attention to duty.
Have your  hair  neatly  combed,  your 
teeth well brushed and  your  finger-nails 
tidy.  Customers  are  often  repelled  by 
untidy clerks of either sex.
Remember always, that you are  super­
ior  to  circumstances,  only  when  you 
make yourself so.  The most selfish,  ex­
acting  employer  will  gladly  recognize 
the merits of an efficient clerk.
Frown down  with  womanly  scorn  the 
nonsensical title of  “saleslady.”  It  is a 
grand thing to be a woman  any  time;  if 
you  are a true and good  woman,  a  good 
clerk is infinitely more  respectable  than 
a so-called “saleslady,” and the term has 
a  shoddyish  ring  which  is  totally  un- 
American.
Out of two hundred  clerks  in  a  large 
establishment,  the  favorite  with  nearly 
all of the customers 
is  a  young  woman 
who invariably dresses modestly in black, 
and has such charming  manners  that  it 
is a positive pleasure to visit her  depart­
ment.

A  Pertinent  Enquiry.

Ca d ill a c,  Dec.  5—I  have  been  very 
much interested  in  reading the  proceed­
ings  of  the  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association, 
but  am  somewhat  surprised  to  find  so 
few references to the dead-beat and poor- 
pay  customer. 
Is  it  possible  that  our 
stock of  this  material  is  running  out— 
becoming so scarce  as to be  unworthy of 
notice  in a convention of  business men ?

Grocer.

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

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

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

H EA D Q U A R TER S  FO R

ORANGBS,  LBMONS and BANANAS.
ALFRED  J.  BROWN,

Fruit C o m m is s io n  Merchant•

SEEDSMAN  AND

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

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

f a t e s ,  Grapes,  California  M , Bananas,  (taps,  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.

SEEDS W .H .M O R E H O U S E & C O
GRAIN

GRAIN, CLOVER andTIMOTHY
Red Top, 
Hungarian, 
Millet,  A lfalfa  or  Lucerne,  Blue Grass, 
Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, POPCORN,etc.

CHOICE  CLOVER  and  TIMOTHY  SEEDS 

Orders  for  purchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  fiiture  delivery 
Warehouses—325 & 327 Erie St*  )  t o i  irnn  n m n  
Office—46  Produce  Exchange,!  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

promptly attended to.  Correspondence solicited. 

Wholesale Dealers in

White Clover, 

-----AND-----

a specialty.

Mention  this paper.

WM.  FI.  KEELER,

JOBBER  OF

ConTecüoneiT  a i   Fruits, Nats a i   Cigars,

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST. 

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

STORBKBBPING  IN  '49. 
[c o n t in u e d  fr o m   seco nd  p a g e ] 

sand  in  the  little  stream,  now  almost 
dry,  attracted my attention  and I at once 
began handling it and washing  it  in  my 
drinking  cup  to  look  for  gold. 
I  ob­
tained the color in  almost any  place  but 
nothing  that  would  pay.  Leaving  my 
game where  it  lay,  I  passed  down  the 
instant  here  and 
stream,  stopping  an 
there to test  the  sand. 
I  noticed  that 
this rivulet,  like  all  others  here  at  cer­
tain  times 
in  the  year,  was  a  large 
stream  and  its  torrents  of  water  had 
worn deep  holes  in  the  rocks  where  it 
had fallen from precipices ten  to twenty 
feet high. 
It occurred to me to go to the 
bottom of a  few  such  cavities,  as  tljere 
ought and might be gold beneath  all  the 
sand  and debris.  The first rocky  pocket 
I emptied furnished me  about  $5  of  the 
precious metal,  which  paid  me  well  for 
my fifteen minutes’  work.  As  I  passed 
lower  down  and  emptied  three  or  four 
more,  I obtained  far  less,  and,  in  one, 
none at all.  Glancing at the  sun,  1 saw 
it was yet early and,  retracing  my  steps 
some  distance  above  where  my  rabbits 
lay,  I there commenced to  clean  out  an­
other and larger basin.  Here was  a sur­
prise for me.  As  I  learned  afterward, 
the high water at  certain  times  washed 
the banks  of  those  mountain  streams, 
and gravel,  sand  and grass came down in 
quantities.  The  surface  gold  had  been 
borne along with it,  but  its  weight  was 
such that it seldom  left  the  first  pocket 
or basin where  it  sank,  and  from  this 
largest one I washed out and tied up in a 
stout haudkerchief a  little  over  eighty- 
four ounces of gold,  having a cash value 
of a fraction over $1,500!  Most of it was 
in flat and  ragged  pieces.  Afterward  I
spent many an hour and wandered  many 
miles  along  the  banks  of  that  stream, 
searching  for  more  such  bonanzas  and 
also,  if possible,  to discover the fountain 
head from whence my  previous rich find 
had been taken  by  the  rushing  waters, 
but 
labor. 
Others  may  have  been  before  me  and 
taken the prize.

little  rewarded  my 

very 

“The following year  I  bought  a  good 
home and farm near a  village in the San­
ta  Clara  Valley  and 
left  the  mining 
camps  and  the  mercantile  business  to 
others. 
I prefer to spend  the remainder 
of our lives here,  although we have made 
one visit  East  and  will  probably  make 
another soon.”

Good  Advice  for  the  Girls  Behind the 

Counter.

Kate Tannatt Woods, in Ladies’ Home Journal.

If 1 were asked to give  a  set  of  rules 
or suggestions for girls  whose  days  are 
spent  behind  the  counter,  they  would 
read something like this:
Remember that all  the  time  spent  in 
the store belongs to your employer.
That courtesy behind the counter wins 
even the most captious customers.
That gossip about young men,  or  with 
them,  is unbusinesslike,  and,  under  the 
circumstances,  rude.
Never attempt to instruct  a  customer; 
while you may suggest,  or politely  ques­
tion the desirability of this or that.
Do not say.  “Here,  Sade,  hand me your 
pencil,” to your  neighbor.
Never say,  “No,  we haven’t got it,”  in 
a short orisp tone; far better a polite,  “I 
in 
am sorry to say  we  do  not  have 
stock.”
Do not thrust a package at a  customer 
as you would a  pistol  in  the  face  of  a 
highwayman.
Never throw goods with  an  air  which 
seems to say  “I do not care whether  you 
boy it or  not.”
Bemember  that  the  purchaser  often 
sees more in the seller  than  she  thinks,

it 

C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

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No. 2  “ 
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Milk Pans, K gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)....  65 
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Bicycles, 
Tricycles, 
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods
I  Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s  I 

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

AND

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

4  Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

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

My 9tock includes everything generally kept in my line, which 1 sell at rock bottom 

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

-------WHOLESALE------

F r u its ,  S eed s, O y s te rs  g P ro d u c e

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from you.
- 

- 

GRAND  RAP1J

20,28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

In theDealer’sOwnHands.
Dead-beats,

Iu our opinion the three chief drawbacks of the retail trade are

Peddlers and

Combination Goods.

The Dead-beat can  be avoided by giving no credit;  the Peddler can  be ostra­
cized by enforcing the State law;  and goods not controlled  by  trusts and combina­
tions can be obtained by  dealing  with  our  bouse.  Every dealer,  therefore,  has it 
in his own hands to curtail the abuses which serve to make retail trade unprofitable.
Telfer  Spice  Companv,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T h e   P .  B .  C o u g h   D r o p s

H AVE  NO  EQUAL. 

SOLD  EVERYW H ERE. 

MANUFACTURED  B T

P U T N A M   C A N D Y   C O .

T h e   P .  B .  C ou gh   D ro p s

A R E   PURE,  CLEAN  AN D   H IGH LY MEDICATED.  MANUFACTURED B Y

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

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

AMONG THE  TRADE.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Topinabee—Geo.  H.  Turuer  succeeds

A.  W.  Sayles in general trade.

Union City—C.  H.  Mann  succeeds  S. 

S.  Hasbrouk in the grocery business.

Hudson—Geo.  S.  Rogers has purchased 
the drug stock  of  the  late G.  W.  Cutler.
West Bay City—Win. Jaissler  succeeds 
Henry Gunterman  in the  meat  business.
Union  City—Dennison  &  Allen,  gro­
cers,  have dissolved,  Dennison  succeed­
ing.

Quincy—McGinnis &  Rawsou  succeed 
J.  R.  R.  Dagget  in  the  furniture  busi­
ness.

Hillsdale—Geo.  E.  Kilbourn  succeeds 
Lincoln & Kilbourn  in  the  grocery  bus­
iness.

White  Cloud—T.  J.  Courtney  &  Co. 
succeed D.  Collins  & Co.  in  the meat bus­
iness.

Perrinton—F. C.  Brisbin  w ill’ shortly 
open a branch of his  general  store  here 
at Perry.

Medina—Mosher  &  Palmer  succeed 
Webber & Mosher  in  the  blacksmithing 
business.

Bay City—Bwzalski &  Skory  are  suc­
the  grocery 

ceeded  by  J.  Bwzalski  in 
business.

Montague—R.  Hoffman  has  removed 
his  grocery stock  to  Muskegon,  locating 
at Lakeside.

North  Branch—Harwood  &  Durgy’s 
dry goods  stock  has  been  seized  under 
chattle mortgage.

Carrolton—Henry Bell’s  grocery  store 
and meat market have been closed  under 
chattle mortgage.

Cheboygan—M.  F.  Bradley  has  pur­
chased  the  E.  D.  Davis  boot  and  shoe 
stock of  the mortgagee.

Cheboygan—Ralph  Paddock,  whose 
grocery stock  was recently destroyed  by 
fire,  has resumed business.

Evart— Priest  &  Co.  have  opened  a 
new store  here  handling  dry  goods,  gro­
ceries,  and boots and shoes.

Freesoil—A.  B.  Dean has increased his 
one-third  interest  in  the  cfrug  firm  of 
Dean Bros,  to a one-half interest.

Vanderbilt—L.  A.  Harris  has  moved 
bis drug  stock  into his  new store  build­
ing and has added a line of holiday goods.
Montague—Burrows & Jones have sold 
their  building and  grocery stock to  Her- 
ren  Bros.,  who  will  add a  meat  market.
Petoskey—L.  J.  Fasquelle,  formerly 
engaged in the drug  business  here,  has 
opened  a 
line  of  fancy  and  holiday 
goods.

Detroit—Stanton,  Morey  & Co.  succeed 
Stanton,  Sampson & Co.  in  the  manufac­
ture  and  jobbing  of  men’s  furnishing 
goods.

Hastings—Phin  Smith  has  purchased 
the  variety  stock  formerly  owned  by 
Hutchins  Bros,  and  has  added  a  line  of 
dry goods.

Sears—C. V. Priest has sold his grocery, 
crockery  and  hardware  stock  to  Frank 
Jeffs.  Mr.  Priest  has  been  engaged  in 
trade here for seventeen years.

Sparta—S.  P.  Van  Zant  has  retired 
from  the firm of Van Zant & Co.,  dealers 
in meat.  The business will be continued 
by the remaining partner,  M.  Haas.

Shelby—Phil  Ernst,  late  of  Hart,  and I
B.  Morse,  formerly of Dickey,  North  Da- I 
kota,  have formed a copartnership  under I 
the style of Morse & Ernst and embarked 
id general trade.

Mancelona—The  H.  L.  Welling  stock 
was  sold  at  sheriff’s  sale  to P.  Medalic, (

of  Grand  Forks,  North  Dakota,  the con­
sideration being  $9,205.  The  stock  was 
inventoried at $13,000.

Muskegon—M.  Bierema  has  sold  his 
hardware  stock  at  132 Pine street to M.
I Waalkema  and John Klooster,  who  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  firm 
name of Waalkema &  Klooster.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Detroit—The  Bently  Lumber  Co.  has 
been incorporated, with a paid up capital 
of  $10,000,  to  manufacture  lumber  at 
Leonard.

Greenville — The  Greenville  Potato 
Starch  Co.  has  ceased  buying  potatoes 
until a test is made of the sorts for starch 
mrking purposes.

Ionia—The requisite amount of capital 
—$70,000—having  been  subscribed,  the 
Capitol Wagon  Works  will  be  removed 
from Lansing to this place.

Rockford—J.  N.  and J.  T.  Parker have 
opened a repair  shop  here  and  contem­
plate  engaging  in  the  manufacture  of 
chairs in the near future.

Ionia—The  new  furniture  factory  is 
running  sixty-five  men. 
The  stock­
holders  have voted  to  increase the capi­
tal stock from $25,000 to $60,000.

Detroit—John  G.  Rumney,  Chas.  A. 
Rathbone,  Henry Toe and S.  T.  Douglas 
have incorporated the Crescent Brass and 
Iron  Works  with  $25,000  capital,  of 
which $10,000 is paid  in.

Bay City—The  Standard Hoop Co.  will 
resume  operations  about  the  middle  of 
the  month.  The  company  has  250,000 
feet of logs at Pinconning ready for ship­
ment,  but  has  been  unable  to  obtain 
transportation.

Detroit—Geo.  W.  Robinson,  M.  C. 
Hawks,  Robert A.  Young,  F.  D.  Parker, 
E.  B. Bancroft,  William  C.  Stevens  and 
W.  F.  Breakey have incorporated  as  the 
Eastern Oregon Mining Co,, with $100,000 
capital.  No money is  paid  in,  but  the 
incorporators claim the mines  are  worth 
$50,000.

Saginaw—Col.  A.  T.  Bliss  has  pur­
chased the interest of his brother,  L.  W. 
Bliss,  in  the  firm  of  A.  T.  Bliss & Bro., 
operating a mill  here,  and  has  also  pur­
chased the entire interest  of  L.  W.  Bliss 
& Co., consisting of  about  $75,000  worth 
of pine land in  Presque Isle county.

Bank  Notes.

A  private  bank  has  been  opened  at 
Dundee  under  the  style  of  the  Monroe 
County Bank.

Chas. Fishbeck is President of the new 
First State and Savings Bank of  Howell.
P.  C. Purdy &Co., of Caro, have opened 

a private bank  at Gagetown.

Some of the business men  of  Coopers- 
ville,  dissatisfied  with  the  inadequate 
banking facilities of  the  place,  are  agi­
tating the matter of organizing  a  saving 
bank,  with a capital stock of $25,000.

Allan  Campbell,  who  was  formerly 
engaged in the banking business at Evart, 
has been  arrested on a charge  of  embez- 
zliug $2,282.25 from  the  village.  Camp­
bell decamped  in  January,  1889,  going 
to  Canada.  He  returned 
in  eighteen 
months and announced that  he  intended 
to commence anew and  satisfy'the  debts 
left behind.  Not having made any head­
way in the latter direction,  and,  as  the 
limit of time in which he could be arrest­
ed on a criminal  charge  had  nearly  ex­
pired,  the  village authorities  decided  to 
take no further risks,  and the  charge  of 
embezzlement  was  placed  opposite  his 
name on the court records.

Here,  There  and  Everywhere.

Man  wants but little  here  below,  but 
when he gets on top  he wants the  earth. 

*  *  *

*  *  *

An old saying has it that  if  you  keep 
adding a little,  you’ll soon  have  a  good 
store.

It’s the  fellow  who  “saws  wood  an’ 
says nothin’ ” who gets  to  the  front  in 
this world.  We don’t  mean  to  say  it’s 
the fellow who crawls into his  hole  and 
pulls the hole in after him,  like  a  snap­
ping turtle,  but the  fellow  who  attends 
carefully to his own  affairs,  and  allows 
his neighbors to do the same.

*  *  *

idea  under  his  hat. 

You  make  a  mistake  if  you  imagine 
the newspaper editor knows  it  all—just 
as big a mistake  as  he  does  if  he  gets 
that 
In  fact,  it 
really takes but a few issues of  a  news­
paper  in  which  to  tell  all  you  know. 
After that you have to work like a steam 
engine to  find  out  something  new  that 
you didn’t know  before,  and  tell  that. 
The priming of  a  new  editor,  however 
prodigal it may be in quantity,  holds out 
a surprisingly short time,  and he  is  like 
a gun,  compelled to charge up for  every 
succeeding  shot.

*  *  *

There 

is  a  big  chunk  of  wisdom 
wrapped up in  the old newspaper saying 
that  when  a  paper  becomes  sanctimon­
ious and  whines about being “the  friend 
of the people,”  in every issue,  it is about 
time for “the people”  to give that  paper 
a wide berth,  for it is never safe to  trust 
anyone who has to remind  you  continu­
ally that he is your friend.  We  did  not 
dare say this before election  for  fear  of 
being accused of  originating  a  political 
battle  with 
some  of  our  exchanges. 
But now that the  “cruel  war  is  over,” 
we give it as a pointer—and it is  a  good 
one,  too.

His Symptoms.

People who go to apothecaries to  have 
their  diseases  prescribed  for  occasion­
ally get very  strange  diagnoses. 
In one 
case a man,  wearing a long  countenance, 
is said  to  have  entered  an  apothecary’s 
shop  and  remarked:
“  I seem to  have  something  queer  in 
my stomach,  and I want you to  give  me 
something for it.
“What are your symptoms?” the apothe­
cary  asked.
“Every  little  while  something  seems 
to rise up,  and then  settles  back  again, 
and  by and by it rises up  again.”
The  apothecary  put  his  chin  in  the 
palm of his hand,  and  meditated  a while.
“Look  here!”  he  said  gravely,  “You 
haven’t gone and swallowed an  elevator, 
have you?”

Begin the  New  Year Right 

by having your books  written up,  closed 
and re-opened correctly January  1st. 
If 
you  need any assistance,  or wish to adopt 
improved methods  of  book-keeping,  call 
on Da n’l G. Garnsey, expert accountant, 
room 79,  Wonderly Block.

What  Does  It  Mean?

Co o per sv ili.e ,  Dec.  5—A Grand Rap­
ids man came to town  in  a good deal of a 
flurry  one  day  this  week  and,  after  a 
spirited controversy with the local  bank­
ers,  departed  with  500  silver  dollars in 
his  valise.  Some  of  the  business  men  j 
here wonder why he did  not take a draft 
instead. 

En q u irer.

In buying your  blank  books, don’t for­
get  that  Barlow  Bros.,  Grand  Rapids, 
keep in  stock ledgers and  journals made 
from A 1  linen paper and bound with the 
Philadelphia  patent  flat opening back— 
the strongest blank book ever made.  Send 
for sample sheets with prices.

MRS.  BEECHER’S  STORY.

The Great Preacher’s Widow is to Write 

of “Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him.”
It is granted to but few  women  to  be 
part of such an eventful life as has  been 
that of the wife of Henry Ward Beacher. 
No man of this century had such a  busy 
life,  filled  with  so  many  honors  and 
achievements; and to view such a  career 
through the eyes of his life-long compan­
ion is a pleasure rarely given  to  a  pub­
lic.  Mr.  Beecher was a lover of  the  do­
mestic fireside.  “My home  is  my  tem­
ple,”  he once said,  and in  that  home  he 
gathered  round  him  what  his  nature 
loved best: birds,  flowers,  and dainty bits 
If  he  was 
of  china  and  costly  gems. 
great  in  public  life,  Mr.  Beecher  was 
greater in his home-life. 
In the one  ca­
pacity he gave himself to the  public;  in 
the  other  he  reserved  himself  for  his 
family. 
In this latter  light  he  will  be 
viewed by his  widow in a  notable  series 
of  reminiscent  papers 
in  the  Ladies' 
Home Journal, of  Philadelphia,  during 
1891.  The articles will cover  the  entire 
period of their marriage from  their  first 
year of  married  life,  when  the  couple 
lived on $300  for  twelve  months,  until 
the closing of Mr. Beecher’s great career. 
Mrs.  Beecher will tell  of  “Mr.  Beecher 
as  I  Knew  Him,”  and  thousands  will 
gladly listen to her interesting story.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  nnder  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 t6 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

155

150

Fo r  sa l e—c le a n  stock  a n d  b e st   c o u nt ry

trade in Michigan.  Beautiful new store and cottage 
for sale at half price.  Post  office  and  railwav  ticket 
office goes with store.  Terms  easy.  Reason  for  sell­
ing. must retire  from  business.  No.  159,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
159
OR SALE—CHEAP  TOR  CASH.  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
general merchandise invoicing $8.000 in  flourishing 
manufacturing town in  Saginaw county; best location 
and building in town, turrounded  by  flrst-class  farm­
ing  country;  doing  best  cash  business:  bargain  for 
right person; reason  for selling too  much  other  busi­
ness.  Address box £00. St.  Charles  Mich. 

trade in Grand Rapids on  one  of  best  streets,  will 
Invoice  about  $2.500.  This  is  the  best  opening  in 
Michigan for limited  capital,  best  reasons  given  for 
sale.  Address 155 care Michigan  Tradesman. 

Fo r   sa l e-^je w e l r y   stock  w it h   sp l e n d id
FOR  SALE—DRUG- STOCK  AND“ FIXTCRES^GOOD 
business;  established six years;  will  sell  at inven­
tory.  O. H. Richmond & Co., Grand Rapids. Mich.U0
Mu st  b e   sold  o n  a cc ou nt  o f  f a il in g
health, a No. 1 stock of boots, shoes and rubbers, 
groceries  and  provisions;  best  location  and  good 
trade;  easy terms and a big bargain.  For  particulars 
see Rindge, Bertsch & Co., Olney &  Judson Grocer Co., 
Grand Rapids, or address Lock Box 25, Harbor Springs, 
Mich. 

Charlotte for grocery stock; any location.  Address 

J. D. Burkhead, 894 South Madison, Grand Rapids. M2

the village of  Morrice;  size  of  store,  25x80 feet; 
insurance low;  good opening for general  store.  Call 
on or address B. F. Rann & Son. Morrice, 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
Fo r  sa l e   o r   e x c h a n g e — a   good  h o m e  in
Fo r   sa l e—w e l l-se l e c t e d  d r u g  stock  a n d

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,  58 
South Ionia street,  Grand Rapids. 
OR  SALE—SHOE  STOCK.  J.  E.  FOSTER,  DOWA- 
giac, Mich. 
OR  SALE—A  COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND FIX- 
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 

Fo r sa l e —$300 stock  o f d r u g s,  a d d r e ss j . b .. 

care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 

dress No. 28, care Michigan Tradesman. 

185

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138

124

115

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SITUATIONS  WANTED.

— 

Box 170. Bangor, Mich. 

TTTANTED—SITUATION  BY  AN  EXPERIENCED, 
W   thoroughly  competent  book-keeper.  Address 
Dan’l  G.  Garnsey.  Accountant,  79  Wonderly  block
city._____________ ______________________________ 168
TTTANTED—SITUATION  IN  GROCERY  BY  AN  EX 
VV  perienced  grocery  clerk  twenty-one  years  old; 
best  of  references.  Address  No.  1M,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
ANTED—POSITION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
cist;  four years*  practical  experience.  Address 
ANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 
lady of 20, who  has  had  the  advantage  of  col­
legiate education;  does not  write  short  hand,  but  is 
good penman; wages 1 ot so much an object as a pleas­
ant place to work.  Address Z,  care Michigan  Trades 
man 
ITT ANTED—SITUATION BY  A  REGISTERED  PHAR 
W   macist, in drug  or  drug  and  general  store.  Six­
teen  years*  experience.  Best  of references.  Address 
A. D. C.. box 533, Cadillac,  Mich. 
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MISCELLANEOUS.

BOLI8H  THE  PASS  BOOK  AND  SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
6,800  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.
AMPLES OF TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE- 
tailers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Butliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Oo.. 
Albany. N. Y. 

I?OR SALE—LIVERY  AND BUSS LINE.  LOCATED  IN 

a good Michigan  town.  No  competition.  No  bet­
ter opening for a sure paying business  anywhere. 
157

Address H. B. Cols,  Chariotts,Mich. 

584

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Greiner & Lypps  have  opened  a  meat 

market at 474 Broadway.

G.  S.  Clark  has  moved  his  grocery 

stock from 205 to 245 Plainfield avenue.

W. C.  Denison  has  sold  the  Hastings 
Furniture Co.  the machinery  for its  new 
factory.

Nashville—Buel & White, who  recent­
ly  purchased  the  Brady  grocery  stock, 
have sold it to H.  L.  Walrath.

Brown  & Spafford,  grocers  at  Ganges, 
have added a line of dry goods.  P. Stek- 
etee & Sons  furnished the stock.

Saunders  &  Sipple  have  opened  a 
grocery store at Sheffield.  The  Olney  & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

A.  C. Bauer has  opened  a  confection­
ery store at  the  former  location  of  his 
drug store, corner East Bridge  and  Bar­
clay  streets.

Dressmakers’  Phrases.

The terms used by dressmakers are  an 
unknown  language  to  the  uninitiated. 
“Drops,” “bias,”  “side-forms,”  “kilts,” 
etc.,  are  all  readily  understood  by  the 
sisters  of  the  fashion-modelers.  Other 
sisters,  however,  may  be  ignorant  of 
their true meaning,  and to such  the  fol­
lowing definitions will be  interesting:
A “drop”  is  a  skirt  made  up  of  the 
dress material,  independent of the lining- 
and then hung or  dropped  over  it  from 
the same belt.  A “bias,”or “dart,”  is  a 
seam taken in the front of a waist, which 
fits it to the figure.  A  “side-form” is] an 
additional seam made under the  arm,  to 
give a smoother effect to the waist,  and a 
“kilt”  is a skirt entirely of plaits.  There 
are  various  kinds  of  plaiting.  Knife- 
plaiting is very narrow  folds,  all  going 
one way,  and  pressed  down.  An  accor­
dion skirt is one in which the plaiting  is 
done after the manner  of  an  accordion. 
There are machines for doing it—indeed, 
it cannot be done save by machinery  and 
heat.  Box-plaiting is a fold to the  right 
and  one  to  the  left.  The  number  of 
terms is infinite,  and increases as fashion 
changes.

H eym an  &  Com pany,
Slot  Cases

Manufacturers  of

Of  Every  Description.

6 3   a n d   6 5   C a n a l  S t.,
F\ 

B. O Y S T E R S . 

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
Pirat-Glass  Work  Only.
G R A N D   R A P I D S .
B .

It is  reported  that  the  proposed  P.  of
I.  store will be located  on  Taylor  street, 
and that all lines of goods will be carried 
except  drugs.

J.  A.  Wiley,  meat  dealer at the  corner 
of  Spring and  Oaks  street,  has  added a 
line of  groceries.  The  stock  was  pur­
chased here.

E.  B.  Downing has removed his grocery 
stock from  245 Plainfield  avenue  to one 
of the stores in the new Shanahan block, 
on the same street.

Ruffie & Poole, grocers at the corner of 
Quimby  and  Madison  streets,  have  re­
moved  to a new  location on  South Divis­
ion  street,  south of  the city limits.

A. Cordes  and  Wm.  McLaughlin  have 
formed a  copartnership  under  the  style 
of  Cordes & McLaughlin,  and  leased  the 
works of  the Grand Rapids Refining Co., 
in Walker township.

W.  A.  Swarts & Son have opened  their 
new drug  store  at  Fennville  under  the 
management  of  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Andrews. 
The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 
furnished the stock.

W.  J.  Hull,  grocer  at  256  Plainfield 
avenue,  has sold  his  stock to Pennock & 
Peck,  who  have  consolidated  it  with 
their  own  stock  at  the  corner  of  East 
street and Wealthy avenue.

Chas.  Hoffman,  who  sold  his  bakery 
and  confectionery business  at  112  Mon­
roe ^street  to  the  Woman’s  Exchange 
about two  years  ago,  has  regained  pos­
session and resumed the business.

J. J.  Wagner  has  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  of  Albert  G.  Wagner,  197 
East Bridge street, the  transfer  to  take 
place on Jan.  1.  A.  G.  proposes  to  go 
west in search of renewed  health.

John L.  Deal,  formerly of  the  firm  of 
Frank  L.  Deal & Co.,  general  dealers  at 
Lacota,  has engaged in general  trade  at 
the  same  place.  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer 
& Co.  furnished the  dry  goods  and  the 
Olney A Judson Grocer Co.  the groceries.
There is a well-founded rumor that  M.
J. Clark  and  Frank  Jewell  contemplate 
engaging in  the  wholesale  grocery busi­
ness  at  Duluth.  Both  deny  the  report 
with some show of  earnestness,  but  sev­
eral of their friends assert that the  state­
ment is founded on fact.

Holly has organized a Business  Men's  Associ­
ation with Col. J. H. Cummins as President  and 
James Slocum as.Secretary.

FINANCIAL.

L ocal  S to ck   Q uotations. 

Reported by the Michigan Trust Company.
Anti-Kalsomine  Co........................  
150
Alpine Gravel Boad Co...................  
77
 
Alaine 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...........................120
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 Co  .............  
80
Peninsular  Club 4 per cent. Bonds...................75
L a n g e l a n d  M fg ,  C o .

 

Wholes*  Manufacturers  of

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DOORS
Liber, LatR  and  Shingles

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

MUSKEOON,  MICH.

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP

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

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Coupon  Booh Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 
OIÜ  RfiD  GAS0ÜIJ4E  CAN.

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THE  WINFIELD  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

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AT  WHOLES AI. E  BY

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

Bell  Furniture  aid  Novelty  Co.,

NASHVILLE,  MICH.

F oster, Stev en s & Co.,  Grand  Rapids. 
Curtiss & Co., 
“
Oln ey  & J udson Grocer Co.,  “
Gunn H a rdw a re Co., 
“
Geo.  C.  W e t h e r b e e & Co.,  Detroit. 
F le tc h er,  J en k s & Co., 
E.  F.  P e r c i v a l ,  Port Huron.
D.  Robeson, 
“
Robson Bros., Lansing.

“

Da n d t,  W atson  &  Co.,  Saginaw.
Wel ls-Stone Mer c t.  Co., 
W a lz  & Ke l l e r, 
G.  W.  Br ü sk e, 
J ennison & Co.,  Bay City.
W a lsh  & E dinborough, W.  Bay City.
H.  D.  W ood & Co., Toledo.
Dunscomb & Co., 
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Sta llb er g & Cl a p p,  “

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

D r y   G o o d s .

P r ic e s   C u r r e n t.

Spring  &  Company’s  Side of  the  Con­

troversy.

Gr a n d  Ra pid s,  Dec.  2—In your  issue j 
of  last  week,  we  notice a  druggist  has 
taken  exceptions  to  our  soap  and  per- j 
fumery  department.  He  endeavors  to 
fortify his belief in our seeming injustice | 
by claiming that he confines his business 
to  his  legitimate  class  of  goods.  Are I 
cigars and  tobacco  necessary  in  a  drug 
store?  or are  bath  towels  and other arti­
cles  which  we  might  enumerate?  If the 
gentleman will take the trouble to inform 
him  elf,  he will find  that all  the  leading 
or  progressive  dry  goods  houses in  the 
larger  cities  of  the  United  States have 
departments of this kind.
We  are  aware  that  hundreds  of  our 
customers  have  been  sending  to  dry 
goods  houses  in  Chicago,  Detroit  and j 
New York  for these  goods,  as the  prices j 
were more  acceptable.  We  believe  this 
business can and should be done at home 
and,  in  justice to our  customers  as  well 
as ourselves,  we  concluded  to  give  the 
department  the  prominence  it  deserves.
We are in competition with other cities 
and sell our  goods at what we consider a 
reasonable profit,  and  not  at  cost,  as  we 
are  not  in  business  for  pleasure alone. 
“Cleanliness is next  to  Godliness,”  and 
at our  prices all classes  can  afford to in­
dulge  in  the  luxury  of  a  better  toilet 
soap.
Doubtless the objection  is  more  to the 
superior  goods,  prices  and  variety,  than 
to any other  feature.  We  should regret 
the  fact  of  losing  the  trade  of  half  a 
hundred druggists, and we give them  the 
assurance  that  we  and  the  hundred  or 
more  who are  employed in our establish­
ment shall continue  to  buy our  drugs of 
the druggists doing  business in our city.

Spr in g & Com pany.

Grand  Ra pid s,  Dec.  4—Since writing 
the above reply,  we note the communica­
tion of  “ Drug Salesman ”  in  your issue 
of December 3.
“ Drug Salesman”  fears  that  our  cut 
prices will  prove  disastrous  to  the  out- 
of-town-trade  as  well.  We  hope  the I 
effect will  be felt in Detroit and  Chicago | 
and,  while we  may incur the displeasure 
of  some  of  the  druggists,  we  also  are 
aware that we  receive the commendation 
of those who are not in trade.  The public 
have  never  condemned  us  for  selling 
goods  cheap  and  we  think  they  never 
will,  and  a  discussion of  this  kind  will 
be no disadvantage to us.
Grand  Rapids is  known  far  and  wide 
as  an  active  and  progressive  city,  and 
this  fact  is  largely due  to  its  business 
men.  We shall endeavor  to  keep apace 
with this idea and  promote our  business 
in  every  branch to the  best  interests  of 
our customers. 
In  regard to  the  couple 
from  the  North  who were  persuaded  to 
give  a  rival  house  the  benefit  of  their 
lady  showed  her 
trade,  we  say  the 
preference  probably  for  good  reasons, 
and  possibly,  “ a  woman 
convinced 
against  her  will is of  the  same  opinion 
still,”  and what  might have  been can  be 
gained  by the  general  approval  of  our 
business  methods  of  selling  goods  at 
popular prices.
inconsistency  of  “ Salesman’s ” 
argument  lies in the  fact that  the house 
that secured  the  trade is running a simi­
lar  department,  although  probably  in­
ferior to ours  in  variety.  We  shall con­
tinue  supplying  our  patrons  with  the 
best goods  and  greatest  variety  as  long 
as that  policy meets  their  approval  and 
our  increasing  business 
is  substantial 
evidence  of  the  fact  that  we  have  not 
made an  unwise  choice in  placing a line 
of goods on  sale that  belongs as much to 
the  dry  goods  as  the  drug  trade.  We 
would  feel 
if  we 
received only the patronage of those who 
have sent out of  town for these goods on 
account  of  the  high  prices  prevailing 
here. 

fully  compensated 

Spb in g  &  Com pany.

The 

Where  is  Mr.  Oberley?

Big  Spr in g s,  Dec.  5—Does  any  one 
know  the address of  M.  Oberley?  He is 
not  known at this  office,  but  has a large 
quantity of  mail at this  office,  including 
notice of an express  package at Conklin.

N.  Harris,  P.  M.

U N BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

H..............  634 
P ..............6 
D..............6% 

Atlantic A..............7  [Clifton CCC.............634
“  Arrow Brand  5)4
“ 
“ 
“  W orldw ide-7
“  LL............... 5
“ 
“  LL..............  SXjFnll Yard Wide...... 6*
Amory.............. 71a!Honest Width................. tit
Archery  Bunting...  4M Hartford A ............
Beaver Dam  A A ...  5£  Madras cheese cloth 6It
Blackstone O, 3*__5  Noibe B......................51«
Black  Bock  ...........7  jOur Level  Best........6)4
Boot, AL................  714 Oxford  B  ................614
Chapman cheese cl.  33£ Peqnot......................7)4
Comet..................... 7  Solar.........................   614
Dwight Star............  714)Topofthe Heap__ 714

BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

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Am sburg..............7  ¡Glen Mills...............   7
Blackstone A A___ 8  Gold Medal................ 714
Beats All.................414 Green  Ticket........... 8I4
Cleveland.............   7  Great Falls.............   6J4
Cabot.....................714 Hope........................... 714
Cabot,  X .................614
Just  Out........  414® 5
Dwight Anchor...... 9
King  Phillip...........714
shorts.  814
OP.....  714
Edwards.................6
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale..........  @854
Empire....................  7
Farwell...................714
Middlesex........   @ 5
Fruit of the  Loom..  814 No Name.................. 714
Fitchville  ............. 714 Oak View................. 6
First Prize..............614 Our Own..................   514
Fruit of the Loom X-  8  [Pride of the W est. .12
Fairmount..............414 Rosalind.....................714
Full Value..............  614 Sunlight..................  414
Geo. Washington...  814IVInyard..................  814

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B A LT   BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

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U N B LEA C H ED   CANTON  PLA N  N IL .

Cabot...................... 714 ¡Dwight Anchor........814
Farwell...................7141
TremontN..............  514 [Middlesex No.  1— 10
Hamilton N............ 614 
“  2— 11
“  8. ...12
L............ 7 
Middlesex  AT........8 
“ 
X...... . 
9 
“  8....19
No. 25....  9
BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FL A N N E L .
2.
A O.
4.
5.

Hamilton N ............ 714 Middlesex A A..........11
Middlesex P T..........8
.12 
A T..........9
■ 1314 
X A..........9
.1714 
X F ........ 1014
.16
Nameless................ 20
............. 8
................. 9
......... 25
 
......... 2714
G G Cashmere........21
......... 30
Nameless  ...............16
......... 3214
» ............. 18
......... 85

Hamilton 

D R ESS  GOODS.

1014

“ 
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CORSET  JE A N S .

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PR IN T S.

Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeagsatteen..  714
Brunswick..............6)4 j Rockport.....................614
Allen, staple...........  514 ¡Merrim’ck shirtings.  414
fancy...........5)4 
“  Beppfurn .  814
robe*...........  5  Pacific  fancy............6
American  fancy__  5)4; 
“ 
robes..............614
American indigo__ 5)4 Portsmouth robes...  6
American shirtings.  414 Simpson mourning..  614
Arnold 
greys.........6)4
solid black.  614
C.  814 Washington indigo.  6
Turkey robes..  714
India robes___ 714
plain T’ky X 34  8)4 
“  X...10
Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred )£........ 7)4
Martha Washington
Turkeyred..........   9)4
Biverpoint robes__  5
Windsor fancy..........614
gold  ticket 
indigo blue..........1014
AC A.....................1214
Pemberton AAA__16
York.......................1014
Swift Elver............714
Pearl River............12)4
Warren...................14

“  —   614 
long cloth B. 1014 
century cloth 7
gold seal...... 1014
Turkey red 
-1014 
Berlin solids....
-  514 
“  oil blue..
■  «14 
“ 
“  green
•  614 6
Cocheco fancy..
“  madders...  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614 
staple...  514 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  614 
Merrimack D fancy.  614
Amoskeag A C A.... 13
Hamilton N............   714
D............ 814
Awning. .11
Farmer....................8
First Prize..............1114
COTTON  D U L L .
Atlanta,  D..............6)i|8tark  A
Boot........................ 6* No  Name...
Clifton, K................7*4|Topof Heap
Simpson................. 20
................18
................. 16
Coecheo.................10)4

■  7* 
-  714 
.10
Imperial................. 10)4
Black................ 9@ 914
......................1014

TIC K IN G S.

SA TIN ES.

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Amoskeag..............1214
9os......1414
brown .18
Andover.................1114
Everett, blue..........12
brown...... 12

“ 

Jeffrey....................1114
Lancaster...............1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........1314
No. 220....13
No. 250.... 11)4
No. 280....10)4
Lancaster,  staple...  634

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fancies — 7
“ 
“  Normandie 8
Westbrook.............. 8
“ 
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York....................... 6«
Hampton................ 6)4
Wlndermeer........... 5
Cumberland........... 5
Essex..................... 4)4
.2014

CA R PET  W A R P.
___18  ¡Peerless  colored.

Glenarven................ 6)4
Lancashire.............   614
Normandie...............714
Renfrew Dress........714
Toil du Nord....l0@10)4
Amoskeag.............. 7
AFC........1014
Persian..................... 814
Bates.......................  634
W arwick..............  814
Peerless,  unite.

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TH R EA D S.

M IXED  FL A N N E L .

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

Amoskeag...............17  (Valley City..............1514
Harmony................ 16H ¡‘Georgia...................1514
Stark..................... 2014 Pacific..................   .14)4
American................16141
Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s...............88
Holyoke..................22141
White.
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
No.  6 ..  ..33
“  16 .......38
39
8 .......34
“ 
“  18 .......39
40
“  10 .......35
“  20 .......40
41
“  12 .......36
C A M B R IC S .
..  414 ¡Washington...........  414
Slater.........
.  4)4 Bed Cross.. -..........  414
White Star.. 
..  4)4 Lockwood............... 4)4
Kid Glove... 
..  4)4 [Wood’s.................  4)4
Newmarket. 
..  4)4ÌBrunswick...........   4)4
Edwards....
R E D   FLA N N EL.
Fireman..................32)4
T W....................... 2214
F T ............ ............. 3214
Creedmore.............. 27)4
J B F , XXX........... 35
Talbot XXX....... ...30
Buckeye................ 32)4
Nameless................ 2714
Bed & Bine,  plaid. .40  ¡Grey S B W............ 1714
Union B.................22)4 Western W  ..............1814
Windsor.................18)4 D B P ..............  
1814
6 oz Western..........21  Flashing XXX.........2314
Union  B................22)41 Maai toba..................2314
9 @1014
Nameless...... 8  @ 9)4j 
...... 814Ô10  I 
1214
Slate.  Brown. Black. ¡Slate. Brown. Black.
13
9)4 
15
10)4 
17
11)4 
20
12)4 
...  9)4 West  Point, 8 oz ...10)4
Severen, 8oz....
10 oz ...12)4
May land, 8oz...
...10)4
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Greenwood, 755 oz..  9% Raven, lOoz......
...13)4
Greenwood, 8 os ...11)4 Stark
...13)4
.......
W AD D IN G S.
White, doz............ 25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz___17 50
Colored, doz..........20  |
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  ¡Pawtucket..............1014
“  Bed Cross....  9  Bundle...................   9
“  Best  ............10)4 Bedford...................10)4
“  Best AA..... 1214) Valley  City..............1(»H
Corallne................89 50|Wonderful............84 75
Schilling’s ............   9 00 Brighton...............4 75
Corticelli, doz........ 75  [Corticelli knitting,

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
U)4
20
12)4

91i|13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4120
DUCKS.

DOM ET  FLA N N EL.

SEW IN G   SIL K .

..12 
“ 8 
..12  j “  10 

twist, doz. .3714  per 14oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz.. 37141
HOOKS AND  EYES— P E R   GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  ¡No  4 Bl’k & White.. 15 
2 
“ 
..20
“ 3 
..25
PIN S .
No 2-20, M C.........50 
|No 4—15, F  3)4.........40
■  3—18,8 C..........45, I
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
"  
.  23
“ 
..26
No 2........................ 28 
|No8..............   •....... 36

COTTON  T A PE .
..15 
“  10 
..18  I “  12 
SA FETY   F IN S .

siL B B iA s.

CORSETS.

“ 
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“ 

“ 
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4 
6 

“ 

N E E D L E S— P E R   M.

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

1  95  6—4.-.2 95

TA B L E   O IL   CLOTH.
“ 

“ ....2 10 

...3 10

Voigt, Hemols&eimer & Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oileralls,  Etc,

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

48,50 and 52 Ottawa S t,

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.

M U  & M o ri,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bo w n e, President.

D. A. B lodgett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

Hake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

J.&P.COATS

Y MAS  HOODS

IN  HANDKERCHIEFS,  MUFFLERS,  GLOVES,  NECKWEAR, 
TABLE  COVERS,  NAPKINS,  SPLASHERS, APRONS, DOLLS, 
PERFUMES,  JEWELRY,  CLOCKS,  FOCKETBOOK8, KNIVES, 
FANCY  SOAPS,  FANCY  CASES,  PAPETERIES,  AND  A 
COMPLETE  LINE  OF  FANCY  NOTIONS.

fJ.  S T B K B T B B   & 

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS,

,

81  and  83  MONROE  ST. 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

IN

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

B 
WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
F.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

FOR  SALE  BY

FOR

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T K A lH E S M A J S T

7

P r ic e s   C u r r e n t.

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

A UGURS AND B IT S. 

60
Snell’s ........................................................... 
Cook’s .......................................................... 
40
25
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50410

d ig .

AXES.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze.......................... $ 8 50

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

,T 
“ 
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BABBO W S. 

d lS .

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

b o l t s . 
d i s .
Stove...................................... 
50410
70
Carriage new list.......................................... 
Plow.......................... .•.................................40410
Sleigh shoe  .................................................  
70

BU C K ETS.

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

d lS .

704

B U T T S,  CAST. 

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

 

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85

40

Grain................................................... dls. 50402

CROW  BARS.

Cast Steel............................................per 1b  5
Ely’s 1-10............................................ perm 
“ 
Hick’s C. F .......................................... 
G. D ......... ...........................................  “ 
Musket................................................ 
“ 
Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire............................................dls. 

CA RTRID G ES.

65
60
35
60
50
25

Socket Firmer..............................................70410
Socket Framing............................................70410
Socket Comer...............................................70410
Socket Slicks...............................................70410
Butchers’Tanged  Firmer..................  
40

 

chisels. 

combs. 

dls.

dls.

Curry,  Lawrence’s....................................... 
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per gross..............12@12*4 dls. 10

CH A LK .

C O PPE R .

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 .......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms............................................... 
 
dls.
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.....................................  
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

drills. 

31
29
28
28
30
50
50
50

D R IP P IN G  PA N S.

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

07
6*4

d ig .

dls.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In.........................: .doz. net 
75
Corrugated...................................... dls. 20410410
Adjustable............................................ dls.  40410

EX PA N SIV E  B IT S. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, ®26.......................  
Ives’, 1,118; 2, «24; 3, fee............................ 

30
25

piles—New List. 

Disston’s ...................................................... 60416
New  American............................................. 60410
Nicholson’s ..................................................60410
Heller’s .......................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
50

GALVANIZED  IRON

12 

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

13 
gauges. 

Discount, 60

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

14 

28
18

50

elbows.

HAMMERS.

 

dls.

dls.

dls.

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“  

dls.
dls.

LEVELS. 

.HINGES.

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

locks—door. 

HOLLOW WARS.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
 

Maydole  4  Co.’s ........................................ dls. 
26
E m .................................................... . 
25
dls. 
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ...................................   dls. 40410
Mason’B Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and— 30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ................................. dis.60410
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14  and
3*4
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Eye, V4.......................   net 
10
8*4
% ........................... net 
“ 
X .........................   net  7*4
“ 
“ 
» ........................  net 
7*4
Strap and T .............................................  dls. 
70
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60410
Kidder, wood tra c k .........................  
 
40
60
Pots..................................................................... 
Kettles................................................................  
60
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  Tin W are..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.  ........  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 33*4410
Bright.........  ................................................70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks aod Eyes........................ 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ................... 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings..................  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ......................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.................... 
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
Branford’s ......................... ..............................
Norwalk’s ....................................... 
55
Adze Eye  ....................................  ••• 116.00,dls. 60
..........................................115.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye 
Hunt’s 
....................................... 118.50, dls. 20410
dlS.
Sperry 4  Co.’8, Post,  handled.......................  
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables. . .  
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Clf  k’s ................... 
“  Enterprise 
.......................................  

50
40
40
40
25
Stebbln's Pattern..............................................60410
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base........................................................ 1 95
Wire nails, base........................................................2 45
Steel.  Wire.
Base
go...........................................................Base 
10
50...........................................................Base 
20
05 
40 
...................................................... 
30............... .......................................... 
20
10 
30
15 
20..........  
16..........................................................  
35
15 
35
12..........................................................  
15 
10..........................................................  
40
20 
8........................................*...................  25 
50
65
7 4 6 .......................................................  40 
4 ............................................................   60 
90
1  50
3.............................................................. 1 00 
2.............................................................. 1 50 
2  00
2  00
Fine 3.....................................................1 50 
90
Case  10.  ..............................................  60 
“  8......................................   .........  75 
1  00
“  6..................................................   90 
1  25
100
Finish 10...............................................   85 
1  25
“ 
8.................................................1 00 
1  50
6  .............................................. 1  15 
75
Clinch  10..............................................   85 
90
8.............................................1  00 
6............................................... 1 15 
1  00
B arrellX ...............................................1 75 
2  50
dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   @40
Sclota Bench....................................................   @®l
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   @40
Bench, first quality..........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
60
Copper Rivets and B ars................................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

patent planished ibon.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

NAILS

FANS.

dls.

dls.

“ 
« 

Broken pacxs *4c per pound extra.

 

 

hopes.
 

 

squABEs. 

sheet ibon.

Sisal, *4 inch and la rg e r..............................      in
M anilla................ 
15
dls.
Steel and Iron..................................................  
Try and Bevels................................................. 
M itre.................................................................  

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

Nos. 10 to  14..........................................14 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ........................................   4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................   4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4  40 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra 
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dls. 40410
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
50
 
“ 56
Drab A ...........................  
White  B ..................................  “ 
50
Drab B......................................  “ 
55
White C..................................... “ 
35

sand paper.
sash cord.

“ 
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Discount, 10.

SASH WBIGHT8.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

H and............................................ 

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

Solid Eyes.................................................per ton «25
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion.................................. «1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright M arket..................................................   65
Annealed Market..............................................7C—10
Coppered Market.............................................  go
Tinned Market.................................................  62*4
so

K red  Spring  Steel...................................  

d  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 so
“ 
painted.......................................  2 90

wire. 

dls.

horse nails.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable................................. dls. 25410@25410405
dls. 05
Putnam .............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10410
dlS.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.......  ........................ 75410
Bird C ages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern................... 
~s
Screws, New List.............................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate.............................50410410
Dampers, American.......  ............................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods................... 66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dls.

 

 

METALS.

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

28c
30c

SOLDER.

The  prices  of  the many  other  qualities  of

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
754
Per  pound.........................................................  
7*4
V4@*4......................................................................  18
Extra W iping......................................................  15
solder In the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................ «700
7  f 0
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  75
14x20 IX, 
8  75

Each additional X on this grade, «1.75.

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 

10x14IC,  Charcoal.......................................... «625
6  25
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
7  75
14x20 IX, 
7 75

Each additional X on this grade «1.50.

 
 

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester..............................  6 25
14x20 IC, 
..............................   7  7.
“ 
14x20 IX, 
13 OO
........................... 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
5  50
“  Allaway Grade.................. 
14x2010, 
7  00
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
11  50
20x28 IC, 
14 50
“ 
20x28 IX, 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  r x .......................................................  
«14  CO
14x31  IX ...........................................................  15  50
in
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers.  I 
14x60 IX,  “ 
f 
10

nound 
P°una 

“  9 

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H B Æ D Q U Æ R B O R

H J U t n W A J Z B .

Beware  of Warranted Goods.

W ritte n  fo r T hk T radesman.

It is frequently the case that a customer 
bargaining  for  goods  at  a  store,  after 
becoming  satisfied  that  the  article  is 
what he wants and that the price  is  sat­
isfactory,  suddenly recollects that he has 
forgotten something and says to  the  one 
with  whom  he 
is  dealing,  “Will  you 
warrant  this?”  If  “Yes”  is  the reply, 
the  “warrant,”  may  mean  almost  any­
thing the customer desires, or,  still  more 
enigmatical,  nothing at all. 
In  a  suit at 
law, the vendor may swear that  he  war­
ranted it to be an axe,  or a pair of  boots, 
as the article may have  been,  while  the 
buyer  might  say  he  understood 
the 
meaning to be that he would  make  good 
any loss arising,  if it  did  not 
last  one 
or two years. 
In truth, it is one of those 
thoughtless sentences whose  meaning  is 
about  obsolete,  which  few  understand 
and should never be asked.  A “warrant” 
is  of 
little  or  no  value  unless  in  the 
proper form in writing; all else is  simply 
“talk.”  If  you  are  purchasing  goods 
you are acquainted  with,  do  not  deluge 
the merchant with  too  many  questions. 
Let your five senses be your judge.  And 
when you desire an  article  you  are  not 
acquainted  with,  either  place  confidence 
in  the merchant,  or let another in  whom 
you can confide,  and  who  is  acquainted 
with  the  goods,  judge  for  you.  Even 
then,  you must take some  risks,  for  the 
man or woman  who deals in  any  kind  of 
wares may be deceived,  and it  would  be 
injust to ask another  to  assume  all  the 
loss where  both  buyer  and  seller  were 
equally confident in their  own  judgment 
of the good quality of the article.  There 
is no better and no more equitable  axiom 
extant in our dealings  with  each  other, 
either physically and mentally, than this, 
“Always be willing to  grant  to  another 
anything we would ask him to grant us.” 

J u stic e.

The Hardware  Market.

Nails  still  remain  without  any  ap­
parent  change  or  any  prospect  of  a 
change.  The  axe  combination  firmly 
maintain the  established  price and sales 
are made without serious difficulty.  Lead 
pipe,  pig  lead  and  shot  are  declining. 
There is no  change  in  glass.  The  rope 
market continues in a low condition.
s* P E R F E C T IO N

•  M e a t  C u t t e r

No. 1-$*.00.  No. 2—12.76.  No. 3-S4.00.
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  H.  GRAHAM  &  CO., 

..— O R  T O --------

tovm. Agents. 

*>3 Chambers St.,  New York.

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

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

Retail Trade of the Voliferine State.

The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapid*  Poet  Office.

E.  A.  STOWB,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  DECEHBEB  10,1890.

A  SERIOUS  MATTER.

One of  the worst  things that  can  hap­
pen to  a  merchant  is  to  be  drawn  as a 
juror for the October term of  the United 
States  Court,  as  such  service  usually 
compells him to remain in Grand  Rapids 
or  Detroit  all  through  December  up  to 
Christmas eve, no matter how anxious he 
may be to get  home to attend to his holi­
day  trade. 
Several  merchants  were
drawn  on  this  jury  in  the Western  Dis­
trict  last  year,  and  no  amount  of  per­
suasion  could  be  brought  to  bear  on 
Judge  Severens  to  secure  an  excuse. 
The  same is true of  the  same  court this 
year,  and a half  hour’s visit to the  court 
room  discloses  several  anxious  faces, 
whose  countenances  plainly  show  that 
while they are present  in  Grand Rapids, 
their  minds  are on their  places of  busi­
ness in other  portions of  the State.  Re­
ferring  to  this  subject,  a valued  corres­
pondent of T h e  T radesm an writes:

far  as  possible, 
that 

While  believing  the  intention of  most 
law-makers  to  be 
enactments  of  our 
I  am 
equitable,  so 
insuffi­
strongly  of  the  opinion 
cient  thought is  bestowed  upon  the sub­
sequent  action  of  such  laws  and  their 
liability  to  work  injustice  to  certain 
classes  whose business will suffer loss by 
their observance.  Reference is here made 
to the  drawing of  jurors for  the  United 
States courts in  their respective districts. 
The  law  should  be so  framed  that  the 
venire  would excuse all merchants whose 
business  is  liable  to  suffer  seriously,  if 
taken  from  it,  more  particularly during 
busy  seasons.
’ There  are  other  classes  of  citizens— 
notabiy  farmers  and  mechanics—whose 
business  would not suffer  to  any extent, 
who  possess the  intelligence  and  neces­
sary  qualifications  to  fill  the office  and 
who,  in most  cases,  would  be more  than 
willing  to  serve.  The 
laws  of  our 
country pre-suppose that every citizen is 
in  duty  bound  to  assist  in maintaining 
them,  at  any  cost  to  himself,  which  in 
itself is a correct declaration;  yet,  if any 
law  is found to  work  to the disadvantage 
of  any one  class,  and  others do  not  ob­
ject,  it should excuse the injured parties. 
This  argument is made in the interest of 
merchants who are frequently taken from 
their business 200 miles away at a season 
of  the year when it is all important they 
should  be  at  home.  The  remuneration 
for  such  service  is  trifling,  and,  com­
pared  with  the serious losses entailed,  is 
of no consequence.  I sincerely hope that 
those possessing the power and authority 
to  make a change in the  present  method 
of  drawing  jurors  will,  if  possible,  ex­
ercise  them  in  the  interest of  business 
men.

A  DOOMFD  ENTERPRISE.

Some  men  are  never  content  to profit 
by the experience of  the  past  Fifteen 
years ago the Patrons of Husbandry show­
ed a roster of  1,300  grange  stores  in as 
many towns in this state.  At the present 
time the number can  be counted on  two 
fingers—one at Allegan and  one  at  Lan­
sing.

Notwithstanding  this  unfortunate  re­
cord,  which involved  a  loss  of  several 
million dollars to  the  farmers of  Michi­
gan,  the  Patrons of  Industry  now  pro-

pose  to  repeat  the  experiment,  having 
incorporated a stock  company called  the 
“Patron’s Commercial  Union,”  with  an 
alleged  capital  of  $100,000. 
It  is  an­
nounced  that  the  main  office  will  be 
located  at  Lansing,  and  that  branches 
will  be  started  at  hundreds  of  places 
throughout the State.  The  board  of  di­
rectors  includes  such  shining  lights  as 
A. S.  Partridge, Chas. H. Morse, D. Conk­
lin,  and  D.  A.  Reynolds.  The  person 
last  named  is conspicuous  by reason of 
the  time  he  once  tarried  at  the  Ionia 
House of Correction.

The outcome of  such  a  movement  is 
apparent  to  any  conservative  business 
man.  Those  at  the head  of  the  enter­
prise will  wax  fat from the stealings,  the 
perquisites  and  the  commissions  paid, 
while the poor  fellows  who  are  so for­
getful of  the past as  to take stock in the 
institution  will  be  called  upon  to  pay 
assessment  after  assessment, until  “for­
bearance  ceases  to  be  a virtue.”  If any 
of T h e T radesm an’s readers has a rural
friend who  looks  upon  the  undertaking 
with  favor,  he  will  secure  the  latter’s 
lasting  gratitude  by  showing  him  how 
impossible  it  is  for  inexperienced  men 
to make  a  success  of  a  business  which 
requires experience of no mean order.

WHY MEN GO WRONG.

The frequent repetition of defalcations 
by cashiers,  book-keepers  and  confiden­
tial clerks,  naturally stimulates  enquiry 
as to the causes underlying  these  lapses 
of  trust  and  responsibility.  A  Grand 
Rapids business man,  who  has  made  a 
considerable  study  of  the  subject,  im- 
forms T h e T radesm an  that  his  exper­
ience shows  that  one-thirteenth  of  the 
defalcations are due  to  consorting  with 
lewd  and  designing  women;  two-thir­
teenths  to  gambling  habits;  one-thir­
teenth to extravagant personal expenses in 
other  directions  and  nine-thirteenth  to 
extravagant family  expenses.  This  ap­
pears to be a somewhat  strained  conclu­
sion,  but the gentleman  referred  to  has 
several  series  of  compilations  showing 
conclusively  that  high  living  at  home 
causes twice as much trouble  in  this  re­
spect as all other causes combined.

Purely  Personal.

Geo.  S.  Curtis,  the  Edgerton  sawmill 

operator,  was in town last Friday.

Geo.  E.  Marvin,  the  Clarksville  hard­

ware dealer,  was in  town Saturday.

Chas.  Freyermuth,  general  dealer  at 
town  one  day  last 

in 

McCords,  was 
week.

B.  H.  Rolph,  the  Coopersville  furni­
ture dealer,  was  in  town  one  day  last 
week.

Chas.  Sipple, of the firm of Saunders & 
| Sipple, general dealers  at  Sheffield,  was 
in town Monday.

R.  A.  Deal,  son of  Joseph Deal,  m anu­
factu re r of staves  and  general  dealer at 
Hooper,  was  in  town  Saturday.

W.  H.  White, of the  firm  of  Whit«  & 
Fairchild,  general  dealers  and  sawmill 
operators  at  Boyne  City,  was  in  town 
Saturday.

Will  M.  Bale,  the  Fennville  grocer, 
who  has  been  seriously  ill  at  his  old 
I home at Vermontville  with  typhoid  fe- 
j ver,  is recovering.

Will Gregory,  the Fennville merchant, 
is the  happy  father  of  a  nine  pound 
daughter—the  first  little  stranger  who 
has ever come to his house.

W. J.  Clarke,  the  Harbor Springs gro­
cer and clothier, is  making  an  enforced

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

visit to Grand Rapids  by  reason  of  his 
being drawn  as  a  juror  in  the  United 
States Court.

Phin  Smith,  who  was  engagnd  in ¿he 
grocery  business  at  Hastings  for  seven­
teen years, and has lately embarked in the 
variety  business  at  that  place,  was  in 
town last Friday.

Miss  Marion  Davis,  formerly  cashier 
for  the  Elk  Rapids  Iron  Co.,  at  Elk 
Rapids,  has taken the position  of  steno­
grapher and billing  clerk  for  the  New 
York Biscuit  Co.

Theo.  Kemink, the West Leonard street 
druggist,  has purchased  the  lots  at  the 
corner  of  West  Leonard  street  and 
Broadway,  having a  frontage of  115 feet 
on the former street and  11T  feet on the 
latter,  for $0,000.  The lots  are  covered 
by a two-story block of three  stores,  and 
the purchase is considered a particularly 
fortunate one for Mr.  Kemink.

E.  M.  Holley,  of the firm  of  Holley  & 
Bullen,  general  dealers  and  sawmill 
operators at North Aurelius,  was  in town 
last week  for  the  first  time.  His  firm 
has  secured  a  contract  to  cut  a  large 
amount of  hardwood  timber  near  Hul- 
bert, Chippewa  county,  five  miles  east 
of Soo Junction,  and will  put  in  a  mill 
at that place as soon as spring opens.

Kendall  W.  Hess,  who  has  occupied 
the  position  of  chief  draughtsman  for 
M.  Garland,  of Bay City,  for some time, 
has accepted  a similar position with  the 
Marinette Iron Works of Marinette, Wis., 
and  Duluth  Minn.  He  was  in  town 
Saturday and Sunday,  on  a  visit  to  his 
father,  Wm.  T*  Hess,  who  is  naturally 
proud of the unusual  success  his son  is 
achieving in his profession.

The wholesale  grocery  trade of  Grand 
Rapids has received a valuable accession 
in the person of Austin K.  Wheeler,  who 
comes  to  this  market  to  assume  an 
interest in  the newly organized Lemon & 
Wheeler Company.  Mr.  Wheeler appears 
to  have  been born  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness,  his  father  having  been  connected 
with the  wholesale  house of  Secor,  Ber­
dan & Co.,  at  Toledo,  from  1853 to 1880, 
when  he  retired  from the  firm  with  an 
ample  competence.  Mr.  Wheeler  en­
tered  the  employ of  the  same  house  in 
1873 and  for the  past  fifteen  years  has 
regularly  covered  the  trade  of  Eastern 
and  Southern  Michigan,  with  whom  he 
is familiarly known  as  “Art.”  His  long 
and successful  career  on  the  road  ren­
ders  him  particularly competent  to  dis­
charge  the  duties  of  his  new  position, 
upon  which  he  enters  with  the  hearty 
good  wishes of hundreds of friends.

A  Chapter on  Sweeping.

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

From time to time I read  about  “How 
to sweep a store,”  and  much  of  the  ad­
vice about getting rid of the dirt has  be­
come  an old chestnut  and  is  not  w orth 
the ink consumed,  much  less  the  labor 
of putting in print.  That  old  “wet saw­
dust”  dodge tires me,  as it  will tire  any 
one to get rid  of  it,  after  it  is  on  the 
floor. 
In the first  place,  any  person  to 
sweep well requires  to be instructed how 
to do it,  the same as  to do  anything else. 
As an exchange says,  “You  should never 
use a  leaky  sprinkling  pot,”  and  the 
writer will add,  if you  wish  to  do  good 
work,  put  nothing  but  water  on  the 
floor.  Not more than  one  in  fifty  seem 
to know  how  to  even  sprinkle  a  floor. 
First,  a sprinkler should be kept as clean 
as your water pail.  If not,  its  real  use­
fulness is soon ruined.  The  holes  in  it

of 

be 

twice  as 

you  pass 

you  will 

this  method 

should be small and plenty of  them  and 
if both it and the water are not kept per­
fectly clean  these  holes  become  closed. 
The floor should be sprayed,  as  it  were, 
instead  of  flooded,  because  mud  won’t 
sweep out.  Second,  keep your sprinkler 
(held with both  hands)  in  constant  and 
rapid motion,  so as to  sprinkle  the  sur­
face evenly all over.  Third,  about  one 
minute later—according  to the  tempera­
ture of the room—try it with the  broom. 
If it is yet too wet,  the dirt will  stick  to 
the broom and  will also paste a  little  on 
the floor.  In  this  case,  wait  a  minute 
longer for the moisture  to  dry  and  dif­
fuse  itself  over  the  floor. 
Sweep  by 
drawing the broom along, or toward you, 
and  not  by  a  pushing  motion.  Use 
the  broom 
rapidly,  going  over  the 
along 
surface 
and  by 
sweep­
ing 
pleased  with 
the  result. 
“ Why  not  use  sawdust?” 
says one.  Because nobody  ever  saw  a 
floor free from all  the  sawdust  after  it 
was put on and swept over.  The idea of 
throwing some dirt on the floor  in  order 
to sweep more  off,  is silly reasoning,  and 
sawdust is simply clean dirt.  A woman 
says,  “the dirt must  be  out  of  the  cor­
ners and crevices of  a  room  when  well 
swept,”  and no ordinary broom will ever 
take sawdust from those  places,  while  it 
will  remove  ordinary  dirt.  Not  only 
this but in cleaning a  floor  by  sweeping 
with wet sawdust  very  little  more  than 
half the surface  is  dampened  by  it,  as 
only a portion of the particles ever touch 
the  boards.  Lastly,  it  takes  a  much 
longer time to sweep any floor  with saw­
dust.  A floor may be scoured with very 
wet  sawdust,  and  then  swept  several 
times,  instead of  being  mopped  and  be 
made pretty clean.  At a  low  tempera­
ture clean snow may  be  thrown  over  a 
floor or a  carpet  and  nicely  swept,  but 
remember this  is  not  dirt—simply  con­
gealed water.  When  the writer  was  a 
boy and was taught to  sweep he was un­
der instructions for weeks and  his  work 
was  examined for some  time  afterward. 
The plan of sweeping here laid  down,  if 
followed and supplemented with  a  little 
observation  and  thought,  will  convince 
any  one  that  clean  water  and  a  good 
broom,  with  a  few  ounces  of  common 
sense,  are all that are  required to have a 
clean floor. 

Sw e e pe r.

The  “Anchor”  Brand.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler has always had a re­
markably  good  trade  on  the celebrated 
“Anchor”  brand of  oysters,  but  the  de­
mand for these goods this season  has ex­
ceeded expectation; in fact,  the  owner of 
this popular brand  has  found  it  almost 
impossible to keep pace with  his  orders. 
The large demand  is  due  wholly  to  the 
superiority of the brand and  to  the  fact 
th a t the fill exactly  m eets  the  w ants  of 
the trade.  Those who have not  yet han­
dled this celebrated  brand  should  mak« 
arrangements to secure an  agency  with­
out delay.

Association  Notes.

Gladwin has  re-organized  its  Business  Men’s 
Association, and  It  is  now after  some grist mill 
man with smiles  and fair  promises.  It now has 
no way of getting to a satisfactory  mill  save  by 
shipping  to  Bay  City,  and  then  shipping  ths 
flour back by rail.

Manner is one of the principal external 
graces of  character. 
It  is  the ornament 
of action,  and  often  makes the common­
est offices  beautiful  by the way in which 
it performs  them. 
It  is a happy way  of 
doing things,  adorning even the  smallest 
details of life.

THE  BEST  YET.

The  Pish  Liar  Outdone  by  the  Fowl 

Prevaricator.

W r i t t e n  f o r  T h i   T r a d e s m a n

just  before 

I  wish  to  relate  a  “chicken  story,” 
based on an actual  occurence at Sebasta- 
pol,  Russia,  during the Crimean war. 
It 
may  possibly  sound  to  many  more  like 
the  proverbial  fish  story,  but I will  add 
that,  although it occurred  a  good  while 
ago, it is none the less true.  R. J. Cortis, 
M.  D.,  an  Englishman,  now of  Minneap­
olis,  related  the incident to a few friends 
soon after the close of that war,  when he 
came  direct to America.  Dr.  Cortis  was 
in some manner connected  with the med­
ical staff of one of the English regiments. 
One day two dressed  chickens were pur­
chased of  the regimental storekeeper for 
the  following  day’s  dinner.  Chickens 
were scarce and expensive, as they some­
times are in a time of  war,  the  two ordi­
nary fowls costing one  pound sterling or 
about $5 of  our  currency.  “Rats,”  said 
Dr.  Cortis,  “ were  very  numerous,  large 
in  size,  and  troublesome  at  that time in 
Southern  Russia  and  any  kind  of  food 
they liked  it  seemed  almost  impossible 
to keep from them.  Our old storekeeper 
cautioned  us,  and remarked  they should 
be  locked  in an  iron  box  until  wanted, 
for, if placed in any  wood receptacle,  the 
rats  would  get  them  while  we  slept. 
That  evening, 
taps,  we 
planned a good joke for the rodents.  Our 
tent,  which  was of  much  greater  length 
than  breadth,  was  held  in  position  by 
two  eight  foot  standards,  with  a  stout 
twelve-foot  cross  bar  near  the  top  to 
hold them in place.  From this cross-bar 
—probably  two  inches  in  diameter—we 
suspended  two  stout  pieces  of 
linen 
twine,  such  as  is  generally used  for tie- 
ing small packages.  These bits of twine 
were three and a half feet long,  and  were 
placed four  or  five  feet  apart.  To  the 
lower  end o f. each  string a chicken  was 
firmly  tied  by its  two  legs  and  dangled 
midway in  the  air  from  floor to  ceiling, 
or, more  explicitly,  from  ground to  can­
vas, and  we  retired to our  cots to dream 
of to-morrow’s dinner.  Our  first gaze at 
the chickens upon  waking  the following 
morning  was  a  most  startling  one,  and 
caused  considerable  profane  language. 
The  bare  skeletons  of  those  two  fowls 
were hanging  just  where we had  placed 
them,  with  every  particle of  meat eaten 
away  except a  few  tendons  which  held 
the  bones  together,  and  which  the  rats 
could not  well  Peach.  They  must  have 
climbed  up  the  standards,  gone  out  on 
the cross-har,  and down  that small twine 
and,  after  their  feast,  returned  the way 
they came.”

the directors,  the  following officers were 
elected:

President—Samuel M.  Lemon.
Vice-President—Jno.  A.  Covode.
Secretary—Geo.  B.  Caulfield.
Treasurer—A.  K.  Wheeler.
The old house  was well and  favorably 
known to the trade  and  the new  institu­
tion  starts  out  under  most  favorable 
auspices,  being  backed by ample  capital 
and  having  the  benefit  of  experienced 
management.

Mr.  McDonald  Away  Ahead.

T h e  T radesm an is informed  that 614 
preferences  for  member of  the  Board of 
Pharmacy have been sent in by members 
of  the  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  the vote standing as follows:
Geo.  McDonald..............................................  174
Fred.  Alsdorf.................................................   84
Geo. Gundrum................................................  64
H.  G. Coleman................................................  34
Hugh Thum....................................................   25
Will L. White.................................................   25
Scattering.......................................................   aog
As  Mr.  McDonald’s  strength  is  over 
double  that of  any other  candidate,  and 
as  he  is a Democrat—an  essential quali­
fication with the incoming Governor, who 
has  the  appointment  to  make—he  will 
undoubtedly be  selected to succeed  him­
self for another five years.

Muskegon  Matters.

K.  Wenting has embarked in the retail 
grocery business  near  the  Chemical  En­
gine Co.’s factory.  The  stock  was  fur- 
nisned by  A.  Wierengo.
Gerrit Wit  has  opened a grocery  store 
in  the eighth  ward.  The  stock  was fur­
nished by A.  Wierengo.
Morse &' Ernst,  of Shelby, have opened 
a general  store at that  place.  The  gro­
cery stock was furnished by A. Wierengo.
Olsen,  Degen & Co.,  proprietors of  the 
Whitehall  Rolling  Mill,  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  in  connection  with  their 
mill.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  A. 
Wierengo.
Joseph Lasser  has  purchased  the gro­
cery stock of Boucher & Laura.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars are about  stationary, Spreckles 
continuing to undersell the Trust  % c on 
granulated.  Whitefish are higher.  Ow­
ing to the destruction of Scotten’s factory 
by tire, jobbers are unable to fill complete 
orders for his  goods,  but  hope to be able 
to do so within a couple of weeks.

A  Saloon Drug Store.

Geo  L.  Coryell  opened  a  new  drug 
store at Grand Ledge last Saturday,  with 
a saloon  bar in  the  rear.  T h e  T r a d es­
man’s informant asserts  that  the  upper 
story is  fitted  up  for  poker  and  pedro 
rooms,  making a  combination  decidedly 
unique.

 

An  Old House  with  a  New  Name.
The  Lemon  & Wheeler  Company  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the 
County  Clerk,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$150,000,  of  which  $80,000  is  paid  in. 
The incorporators are as follows:
Samuel M. Lemon  ....................................  $25,000
A. K. Wheeler.........................................  25,(00
Jno. A  Covode 
.......................................  8,000
Geo. B. Caulfield.................  
5,000
5,000
A. E. Worden..........................  
 
6,000
Herbert Baker...............................................  
2,000
Chas. B.  Ju d d ...............................................  
O.P. DeWitt..............................................  
2,000
Chas. W. Watkins..................................... 
l ,000
Wm. M. Robinson.....................................  
1,000
The corporation has acquired the stock 
and  wholesale  grocery,  business  of  the 
former firm of  Lemon & Peters.  At  the 
first  annual  meeting,  held  last  Tuesday 
evening,  five  directors  were  elected,  as 
follow s: 
Samuel  M.  Lemon,  A.  K. 
Wheeler,  Jno.  A. Covode, Geo.  B.  Caul­
field, A. E.  Worden.  At  the  meeting  of

 

HIRTH «6  KRAUSE, 118  Canal  St., Grand Rapida.

T H E   M I C H I G A J S r   T B A D E S M A X

Spring & 

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IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s , 

D r e s s   G o o d s ,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s , 
N o t io n s , 
H o s ie r y , 
G lo v e s ,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o l e n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k e t s ,  G in g h a m s , 
P r in t s   a n d   D o m e s tic   C o tto n s

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well 

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & Company.
BROWN  SEHLER

Dealers in ENG INES, BOILERS and MILL M ACHINERY, Farm Machinery, 

Agricultural Implements, W agons and Carriages.

Corner West  Bridge and North Front Sts.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

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TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

D ue  to   a   R ecent  D ecision.

For  Fall  painting

you  home  to  use  a

Det r o it,  Dec.  3—Referring  to  the 
communication  of  “ Druggist,”  in  this 
week’s paper,  I  would  say in  reply  that 
we have  always  sent  out  the  pharmacy 
certificates  as  printed matter,  but  a  re­
cent  decision  of  the  postoffice  depart­
ment classes them as letter postage.  We 
will  endeavor  to  get  stamps  enough on 
them  in  the  future,  and  I  will  gladly 
recompense  anyone who  has  paid  extra 
postage. 

J a s.  V ernor,  Sec’y.

For Infants and Invalids.

•thce most reliable food 
Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified! 
success.  Not a medicine, but a steam- 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest! 
sold  I»I
stomach. 
drasgisu.  In cam, 36c. and upward. 
WuuLEicg  ft  Co. on erery labci^

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G X X T S B X T G   R O O T .

We pay the highest price for It.  Addreea

"DTI,riT7’  D D f t a   Wholesale  Druggists, 
r i l U A   J j I t U o .i  GRAND  RAPID?.

D R Y E R

in mixing  WHITE  LEAD 

GROWN 

USE  o u r

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. 
It will dry with a good gloss,  thus  ADD­
3d. 
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.

Pat ap In one gallon square cans.

Write for special prices.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

or he  would  never  have  supposed  that 
“customers could make their  own patent 
medicines,”  simply  by  having  the  for­
mulas.  Pharmacy is an art,  and  no one 
having  good  sense  would  undertake  to 
put together ingredients of whose nature 
he was totally or even partially ignorant 
It  would  be  like  taking  the  materials 
composing colored fireworks  and  throw­
ing  them  promiscuously 
into  an  iron 
mortar and  grinding  them.  An  explo­
sion might forever  prevent  a  repetition 
of  the  experiment. 
In  this  country, 
even if the ingredients of any  compound 
were named in the  plainest  English  and 
explicit directions  given  for  compound­
ing it,  it is  extremely  doubtful  whether 
one  in  a  thousand  wouid  attempt  to 
make it.  For many  reasons  our  people 
would prefer to buy it,  properly  put  up 
by  the  discoverer,  with  full  directions 
for using.  Time is money  with our peo­
ple and they would not  waste  it  in  that 
manner.  What an  idea  the  Italian  law 
makers must have,  who permit  a  person 
to manufacture  any  medicinal  prepara­
tion and then debar him  from  saying  it 
has  any  therapeutic  properties!  They 
must be savants of the  first class.  After 
all  this  hedging  about,  it  must  stand 
upon  the  druggists’  shelves  until  some 
physician prescribes it. 
In the cities  of 
Michigan,  it  would  probably  remain on 
the  shelves  until  the  wrappers  were 
musty and moss grown.

I have heard  the  remark  that  people 
were  sometimes  “governed  too  much.” 
Is it not possible that a nation  may have 
too many laws and,  if allowed  to  go  on, 
a time might come when  the term  “class 
legislation” might be more  than a name? 
What would our American  druggists say 
to the  enactment  of  the  Italian  patent 
law  in  this  country?  What 
medicine 
would their customers  say? 
It  is  wis­
dom to think of  these  things  to-day,  or 
the time might  come  when  it  would  be 
necessary for the  continuance of  Ameri­
can liberty to  spill  a  little  more  tea  in 
Boston harbor. 
G ran d   R apids  P h a rm a c e u tic a l S ociety.
At the  monthly  meeting of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society,  held at 
T h e  T radesm an  office  last  Thursday 
evening,  the  constitution  was  amended 
so as to  provide  for  quarterly instead of 
monthly meetings.
President  Jewett  announced  the  fol­
lowing standing committees:
On Legislation—W.  H.  Tibbs,  E.  A. 
Parkinson,  A.  Sanford.
On  Trade  Matters—H.  B.  Fairchild, 
John E.  Peck,  F.  J.  Wurzburg.
On  Pharmacy—John  D.  Muir,  Theo. 
Trowbridge,  John C.  Dutmers.
It  was  decided to continue  the  adver­
tisements  now  running  in  the  daily 
papers.

H.

The meeting then  adjourned.
T he D ru g   M a rk et.

Opium is weak and lower.  Morphia is 
unchanged.  Quinine, 
foreign  brands, 
have declined;  domestic are  unchanged. 
Gum mastic  has advanced.  Turpentine 
has declined.

IO
Drugs  Medicines•

State  Board  of Pkarmacj.

One  Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamasoo.
Two  Year»—8tanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Three  Y ean—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Pour Y ean—James Vernor, Detroit.
«▼* Yean—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Gep.  McDonald, Kalamasoo.
Meetings for* 1891—Saginaw, second Tuesday in Janu­
ary;  Grand  Rapids,  first  Tuesday  in  March;  Ann 
Arbor,  first Tuesday in May;  Detroit,  first  Tuesday  in 
July;  Uoper  Peninsula,  first  Tuesday  in September; 
Lansing, first Tuesday in November.

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Asi’n. 

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

Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society, 
^resident. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 

June, September and December.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks' Association. 
President, F. P. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C- Smith.________

Detroit  Pharmaceutical Society. 
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks'  Association. 

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

B a th e r  T ough  on   P a te n t  M edicine 

M a n u fac tu rers.

Written tor Thb Tradesman.

The physicians are surely  ahead  of the 
patent medicine makers and, necessarily, 
the druggists,  also,  in the  little kingdom 
of Italy, if  one-half  the  truth  has  been 
told.  Possibly the  druggists  over  there 
may,  however, care very  little  about  it, 
as in  monarchies—however  limited—the 
dear people think  very  little,  but  have 
some one to  think  for  them.  Here  in 
these  United  States  there  would  be  a 
vigorous  kick  made  by  thousands  who 
make and deal in proprietary  medicines. 
While  the  manufacturers  may  be  most 
deeply interested in such a  law,  the  re­
tail  dealer,  in  this  country,  at  least— 
would suffer from it also.  A  late  trade 
journal  says: 
“From  the  first  day  of 
January,  1891,  all patent  medicines  sold 
in Italy must  bear  on  their  labels  and 
also in public advertisement  the  quality 
and quantity of the substances  they con­
tain.”  The editor  remarks  that  this  is 
severe on the vendor,  and  his  customers 
will find they can make their  own  patent 
medicines at a fraction of  the  price they 
have  hitherto  been  charged.  The  un- 
kindest cut of all is  “debarring  the  pro­
prietors of these medicines from attribut­
ing  any  special  therapeutic  virtue  to 
their preparations.”  They are  to  be  at 
the mercy of the  medical  profession,  as 
“the medicines  must  pe  sold  solely  by 
the chemists under  the  vigilance  of  the 
sanitary authorities”  and  “the  druggist 
will not be  allowed  to  sell  them  at  all 
unless prescribed  by  a  medical  man!” 
Saints defend us!  Think  of  a  medical 
man  whose time  is  so  valuable  that,  in 
preference to writing  a  prescription,  he 
says,  with  a  wave  of  his  hand,  “Pur­
chase a  bottle  of  Wild  Squizzelem  and 
take according to directions  on  the  bot­
tle.  Five  dollars,  please,  is  my  fee;” 
and he turns  to  attend  to  the  next  pa­
tient.  There  are  some  points  in  this 
* law which will be  quite  amusing  to  the 
trade in this country.  It will  be remem­
bered  that at  one  time  here  many  pro­
prietary medicines bore the  printed  for­
mula of the contents of  package  or  bot­
tle,  in order to comply  with some law—I 
think it saved a stamp  tax—and that the 
whole  arrangement  was  a 
first-classs 
farce,  as  not  one  in  a  hundred  unac­
quainted  with  medical  lore  could  even 
render them into plain English,  still less 
compound them.  They were left  in  the 
dark  and,  if  possible,  more  mystified 
with the  abbreviated  words  than  ever. 
The editor  of  the  article  alluded  to  is 
evidently  unacquainted  with  pharmacy

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Advanced—Gum Mastic.  Declined—Opium, Quinine, Turpentine.

AGIDUM .

8©  10
Aceticum................... 
Benzoicum German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
....................  
30
Carbolicum................  30@  38
Citricum....................  50@  55
Hydrochior...............   3©  5
Nitrocum 
.................   10©  12
Oxalicum...................  It©  13
20
Phosphorium dil........ 
Salicylicum............... 1  40@1  80
Sulpnurlcum.............. 
ix@   5
Tannicum.................. 1  40@1  60
Tartarieum.................  40©  42

AMMONIA.

n 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3J4©  5
20  deg...... .........5V4©  7
Carbonas  ...................  12©  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

A N IL IN E .

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

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  50......... 1  60®1  75
Juniperus...................  8®  10
Xanthoxylum............   25©  30

BALSAM UM .

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

COBTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Cassiae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  ;................  18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica Cerifera, po.............  20
Prunus Virgin!....................  12
Quillaia,  grd.......................   12
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTBACTUM .

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24©  25
“ 
po...........  33©  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11©  12
“ 
Is...............  13©  14
“  Hs..............  14©  15
“  %b..............  16©  17

F E R B U M .

Carbonate Preclp........  ©  15
Citrate and Quinia—   ©3  50
Citrate  Soluble...........  ®  80
Ferrocyanldum Sol__  @ 50
Solut  chloride...........  ©  15
Sulphate,  com’l ......... IK®  2
pure............   ©  7

“ 

FLO R A .

A m ica......... .............  28©  30
Anthemls...................  20©  25
Matricaria.................  25©  30

FO L IA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................  20©  22

nivelly.............   25©  28

Alx.  35©  50
and  Vis....................  12©  15
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  !4s
UraUrsl...................... 

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8UM M 1.

“ 
“ 

“  2d 
“  3d 
sifted sorts... 
“ 
“  p o . .....  75@1 

Acacia,  1st picked—   @1  00
....  ©  90
....  ©  80
©  65
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ©  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 Vis,
16)..........................  
©  1
Ammoniae.................  25©  30
Assafoetlda, (po. 30)...  ©  15
Benzoinum.................  50©  55
Camphors...................  50®  52
Buphorbium  po  ........  35©  lo
Gafbanum...................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80©  95
Guaiacum, (po  40)  . 
@ 35
Kino,  (po.  25)............  @  20
Mastic............... 
  @  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opii.  (pc. 4 50)...........2 75@2 85
Shellac  ......................  28©  40
bleached........  *3©  35
Tragacanth...............   90©  75

“ 
hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
«  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  90
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

M AGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat......  55©  60
Carbonate,  Pat...  20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20©  25
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35©  36

OLEUM .

Absinthium...............5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc.  45©  75
Amydalae, Amar&e_8 00@8 25
A nisl...................2 00@2 10
Aurantl  Cortex.........   @2  50
Bergamll  ...................3 25@4 00
Cajiputi..............  90@1  00
Caryophylll...............1  25@1 30
Cedar.................   35©  65
Chenopodil...............   ©2 00
dnnam onil...............1 20©1  25
Citronella...................  ©  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35©  65
Copaiba  .................... 1  2Q@1  30

RADIX.

Cubebae...................12 00©12 50
Exechthitos...............   90©1 00
Erigeron......................... 1  90@2 00
Gaultheria......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  ©  75
Gossipii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis.......................... 1  50@2 20
Mentha Piper...................2 90®3 00
Mentha Verid................. 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
Rosmarin!............  
75©1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  ©6 00
Succini.......................   40©  45
Sabina.......................  90©1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50©  55
Sinapi8, 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 80@2 90
Potassa, B1 tart,  pure..  30©  33 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  8©  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7©  9
Prussiate....................  30©  33
Sulphate  po...............   15©  18

POTASSIUM.

“ 

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Aconitum..................   20©  25
Althae.........................  25©  30
Anchusa....................   15©  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20©  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10©  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45)....................  ©  40
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15©  20
Inula,  po...... .............  15©  20
Ipecac,  po........................2 40@2 50
Iris  plox (po. 20©22)..  18©  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  55©  60
Maranta,  >£s..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48©  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  © 2 0
Serpentaria.................  40©  45
Senega.......................  50©  55
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
  ©  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
ingiber a ...................  10©  15
Zingiber j .............. 
22©  25
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po. 20). 
..  @ 15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  15©  18
Bird, Is..................  
4©  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
a©  12
Cardamon...... ............1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.. .*.........   10©  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3V4© 
4
Cydonium..................   75@1  00
Cnenopodium  ...........  10©  12
Dipterix Odorate........ 2 00©2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po......... 
6®  8
L ini............................4  © 4V4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3V4)...  4  © 4Vi
Lobelia.......................   35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3V4© 4Vi
Rapa..........................  
6©  7
Sinapls,  Albu............  8©  9
,r  Nigra...........  11©  12

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

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

8PONOE8.

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 

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
140

u se.............  

 

 
STROPS.

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri lod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co...........................    50
Tolutan...............................  90
  80
Prunus  firg............... 

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TINCTUR 

.

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Co.....................  75

Aconitum  Napellis R.........   60
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................   60
and myrrh...................  60
A rnica..................................  50
Asafcetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sanguinaria  .......................   50
Barosma.................................50
Can tharides.........•...............  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon............................  75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................... ,. 60
Columba.............................   50
Conium................  
50
Cubeba.................................  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Guaica..................................   50
“ 
ammon....................   60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino............. 
50
Lobelia.................................  50
Myrrh...... ...........................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................   50
Opii.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............   50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian...............................   50
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.
T‘ 
ground,  (po.

.¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26©  28 
“  4 F ..  30©  32
Alumen....................... 2Vi@ 3V4
7).............................   3©  4
Annatto......................  55©  60
Antimoni, po..............  4©  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin.................. 1 35@1  40
Antifebrin..................   ©  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  70
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 10@2  20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ha
11;  Ha,  12)..............  ©  9
Canthandes  Russian,
po ............................  @1  75
Capsid  Fructus,af...  ©  16
“  DO---  ©  20
®  15
“  B po. 
Caryophyllus, (po.  20)  15©  18
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......   50©  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructua...........  ®  20
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceum...................  ©  45
Chloroform...............   60©  63
squibbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........1 85@2 00
Chondrus...................  20©  25
Cinchonldine, P.  &  W  15©  20 
German  5©  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................  @  60
Creasotum.................  ®  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  ©  2
“  prep...................  5©  5
“  preclp................  9©  11
“  Rubra................  ®  8
Crocus.......................   30©  35
Cudbear......................  ©  24
Cupri Sulph...............   6©  7
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Sulph...............   68©  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
po..................   ©  a
Ergota, (po.)  60.........   50©  65
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  23
Gambier......................  8  © 9
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  90
French.........   40©  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown..............  9©  15
“  White...............   13©  25
Glycerina..................18  @  25
Grana Paradis!...........  ©  22
Humulus....................   25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @1  05
“  Cor_  ®  95
Ox Rubrum  ®1  15
®1  25 
Ammoniati. 
Unguentum.  60©  60
Hydrargyrum........ 
.  @ 85
.1 25©1 50
Iinthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo.........................  75©1 00
Iodine,  Reaubl.......... 3 75@3  85
Iodoform....................  ©4 70
Lupulin......................  60©  65
Lycopodium..............  55©  60
Macis.........................  80©  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg lod.................  ©  27
Liquor Potasa Aralnltls  10©  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mkomiai a . ' i r . » ! "   90$  90

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 45@2  70 
C.  Co..................2 35@2 60
Moschus Canton........  © 4 0
Myrlstica, No. 1.........   70©  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  33©  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o ..........................   @200
Picis Liq, N.  C., Vi gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......  ©1 00
pints.........  ®  70
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po £5)__  @  35
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14©  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30©  35
Quassiae....................  8©  10
Quinia, 8 .P .4 W ......  39©  44
S.  German__  26©  35
Rubla  Tlnctorum......  12©  14
SaccharumLactispv. 
@  40
Salacin...................... 2 40@2 50
SanguiB  Draconls......  40©  50
Santonlne  .................  ©4 50
Sapo,  W......................  12©  14
,f  M.......................  10©  12
“  G.......................  ©  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture........
© 25
Sinapls.......................
© 18
,r  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.................
2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
© 5
Soda,  Ash.................. 3 Vi© 4
© 2
Soda, Sulphas.........
Spts. Ether C o........... 50® 55
“  Myrcia  Dom...... @2 25
©3 00
“  Myrcia Imp........
■  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 23)......................... @2 33
Less 5c gal., cash ten days. 
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subì..............2Vi@ 3V4
Tamarinds................. 
8©  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28© 30
Theobromae......... ...  55© 60
Vanilla.................. . .9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph........... ...  7© 8

“  Roll..............  2V4© 3

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  55
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  53

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
56

“ 

paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  __   56 
59
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
strained.................  50 
SplritsTurpentine__  45H  50
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian............. 1X  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars... IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........1J£  2©3
Putty,  commercial__2U  2Vi©3
“  strictly  pure..... 254  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
85@88
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7X
“  w hite................  @7X
©TO
Whiting, white Span... 
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

VARN ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach  ... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1 70
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar  ... 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turn....................... 
70©  75

HAZBBTINB

&  PBRKINS

DRUG  CO.

Importers and Jobbers of

- D R U G S -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, 1/arnislies.

Sole  Agents  fornthe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

Dealers in

We are  Sole Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and öfter a fall line of

W h i s k i e s ,   B r a n d i e s ,

G i n s ,   W i n e s ,   R u m s .

We are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & O c, 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Eye  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.

[toltine í Perkins  Drug  Co,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

N  1  WHEELER  COMPANY,

Successors  to

LEMON  &  PETERS,

WHOLESALE  GROCERS,

G RAND  RAPIDS.

T T T E   M T C T T T G A l S r   TRADESMAN.

saie Price  C u r r e n t•
elow  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 
:ll packages.

CHICORY.

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CATSUP

COCOA  SH ELLS.

CO FFEE  EXTRACT.

.  11 @1114
...10  @1014

Bulk.....................................
Red..........  
.................7
CH EESE.
Fancy Full  Cream 
Good 
Part Skimmed.............  8 @9
Sap  Sago............  @22
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Swiss, Imported........  24@  25
domestic  __  15@  16
CH E W IN S   Q UX.
200 

Rubber, 100 lumps.............. 30
............... 40
Spruce, 200 pieces.  .............40
Snider’s, 54 pint.................. 1  35
pint...................... 2 30
quart.....................3 50
CLOTHES  PIN S.
5 gross boxes  ...................... 65
Bulk.............................4  @414
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City........................  
75
Felix.................................. 1  15
Hummel’s.......................... 
65
Rio, fair......................  @21
good.....................21  @22
prime..................   @23
fancy,  washed...  @24
golden..................23  @24
Santos......................... 22  @23
Mexican *  Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior............. 24  @26
Mandheling__ 27  @30
Peaberry.....................22  @24
Mocha, genuine......   26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 14c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
c o f f e e s — Package.
Bunoia................................ 24%
in cabinets...............25%
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX....25%
Lion  ................................... 25%
in cabinets  ................26
Durham..............  ..............25
Cotton,  40 ft.........perdoz.  1  35

c o f f e e — Green.

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Jute 

CLOTH ES  L IN E S.
“ 
50 ft........... 
“ 
60 f t........... 
70 ft..........  
“ 
“ 
80 f t.......... 
60 ft........... 
“ 
7 2 ff........ 
“ 
CO NDENSER M ILK .

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

Eagle.................................   7 50
Anglo-Swiss............. 6 00@ 7 70

 

 
 

 
 
 
 

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COUPONS.
“Superior.”
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“Tradesman.”
 

I  1. per hundred..............  2 50
3 00
*2, 
4 00
‘15. 
$10, 
5 00
*20, 
.................... 6 00
t  1, per hundred..............2 00
•* 
“ 
2 50
*2, 
3 00
“  “ 
*5, 
“ 
“ 
*10, 
4 OU
*20, 
“ 
“ 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over........... 5  per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter.................   714
Seymour 
514
Butter..................... 
514
fa m ily ...................................t j t
“  
“  biscuit......................... 6%
Boston......... ..........................714
City Soda............................... 754
Soda.................... ...  ...........6
S. Oyster............ 
5%
City Oyster, XXX.................  514
Strictly  pure........................   38
Grocers’.............................  
25
DRIED  FRUITS. 

................ 10 
................ 20 
CRACK ERS.
“ 

C R EA K  TA R TA R .

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D O K ESTIC .
Apples, sun-dried......8  @9
@14
" evaporated.... 13 
“  — 20  @21
Apricots, 
.... 
10
Blackberries “ 
Peaches 
“ 
...... 20 @22
PR U N E S.
Turkey.......................   @814
Bosnia.........................  @9
Lemon........................  
18
Orange........................ 
18
In drum......................  @18
In boxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........  @5%
in  14-bbls........  @ 514
in less quantity  @  6 
r a i s i n s  —California.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

P E E L .

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2 n0

3  “ 
Foreign.

Bags...........................
London Layers,  2 cr’n
2 50
3  “ 
2 75
fancy. 
Muscatels, 2 crown  ... 
2 25
.... 
Valencias...................  
8
Ondaras......................  8!4@ 9
Sultanas......................13  @17
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy, per  bbl......................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   55
imported......   @11
Pearl  Barley..............3  @ 314
Peas, green.................  @1  10
“  split....................   @ 3M
Sago, German............   @ 5

FA R IN A CEO U S  GOODS.

“ 

Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..
Wheat,  cracked........
Vermicelli,  Import...
domestic..
f i s h — SALT.

“ 

@ 6 @ 5 
@ 1 1 
@55

“ 

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“ 
“  kegs, 
Scaled
“ 

“
“ 
“  
“ 
GUN  PO W D ER .

Cod, whole...................514@  5%
“  bricks...............  7%@  754
“  strips  .................. 7%@  8
Herring, gibbed,  bbl..
5 25 
3 00 
14 bbl
“ 
“  Holland,  bbls 
12  00 75 
“ 
.
20
Mackerel, No. 1, 14 bbl
12  00
10 lb kit..110
“ 
Trout,  54  bbls............   @4 75
“  10  lb.  kits.................  80
White,  No. 1,54 bbls..  @6 50
101b. kits......   90
“ 
Family,  14 bbls........3 00
“ 
kits..............  60
f l a v o r i n g   e x t r a c t s - J e n n i n g s ' 
DC  DC 
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2oz folding box 
. . e r e  
1  50
3oz 
. 1   00 
...1 50
4 oz 
2  003 00
6 oz 
...2   00
4 (0
...3 00
3 oz
.5 50
Kegs
Half  kegs............................. 3 00
Sage...  .................................. 15
Hops.......................................25
Chicago  goods......................  554
30
No.  ... 
No. 1....................................... 
40
No. 2......................................  
50
Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz...................1 25
No. 9  sulphur.............................2 00
Anchor parlor.............................1 70
No. 2 hom e...................................1 10
Export  parlor.............................4 00
Black  Strap........................ 
17
Cuba Baking...................... 
22
Porto  Rico..........................26@33
New Orleans, good............ 
35
choice........  
40
fancy..........  
60
One-half barrels, 3c extra

LAMP WICKS.

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LICORICE.

JELLIES.

HERBS.

LYE.

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OATMEAL.

OIL.

PICKLES.

Barrels  ............................... ..6  7
Half barrels............................3 50
ROLLED OATS.
Barrels........................ 
@6  5
Half bbls......................  @3  50
Michigan  TeBt........................9)4
Water W hite..........................10
Medium....................................  *7 50
“ 
54 b b l............................4 25
Small,  bbl...............................9 00
“  %  bbl................................ 5 60
Clay, No.  216...............................1 75
Cob, No.  3.................................... 1 25
Carolina head..........................7
“  No. 1..........................6%
“  No. 2.................6  @
Japan, No. 1............................ 7
“  No. 2............................. 6

“  T. D. full count............  75

PIPES.

RICE.

SAUERKRAUT.

“ 
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spices—Whole.

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

Barrels......................................... 5 25
Half barrels........................... 3.00
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......2 50
Hand  3  “ 
.......3 50
Snider’s  Tomato........................2 40
Allspice................................. 10
Cassia, China in mats.........  8
Batavia in bund___15
Saigon in rolls.........35
Cloves,  Amboy na................. 22
Zanzibar................... 16
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy....................80
"   No.  1.........................75
«  No.  2.........................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16 
“  w hite...  .26
“  
shot...........................20
“ 
J9PICE8—Ground—In Bulk.
Auspice................................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia....................20
“ 
and  Saigon .25
“  Saigon..................... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 26
“  Zanzibar.................. 20
Ginger, African....................1254
Cochin....................15
Jam aica.................. 18
Mace  Batavia.......................90
Mustard,  English................ 22
“ 
and T rie..25
“  Trieste......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................80
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 18
r‘ 
w hite.......30
“  Cayenne...................25

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SUGARS.

“ 

Cut  Loaf......................  @  7%
C ubes...........................  @ 6%
Powdered....................   @  6%
Standard  Granulated.  654@  6%
F ine............  654®  6%
Confectioners’ A .........  @654
White Extra  C..........   5%@  6
Extra  C...... .................  554®  5%
C ...................................   @594
Yellow 
.......................   @554
Dark  Molasses............  @ 5
Less than bbl.  %c advance.

*2  401  75
i  re
2 25
SI  20
1  56
2 28
2 76
4 20
5 40
26 CO
)rs.
.1  00
.1  90
.3 5045
85
1  10
1045
85
1  50
60
1  20
2  00
9 6040
80
1  50
80
75
70
¡rosa
4 00
7 00
10 50
2 75
4 00
8  004 50
i  re
2  002 25
2 50
2 7590
1  203 25
2 75
.5 00
.4 50
10

9541125

.1  10
.2 10
.1  25
.2 25
.1  90
.2 65
.2 50
.3 25
3 50
.1 20
.2 00
.3 50
.3 50
11  90
11  60
6
• @ 8@10@12
IO2 50

.2 50
.1  10
1  30
.1  40
!l  53
.1  10
.1  co
.1 85
.2 30
.2 65
.2 85
.1  50
.1  25
.2 75
.3 00
.1 10
.1  30
.1  40
.1  25
.1 40
.2 00
.1  75
■  85
11  60
1  90
.  90
.1 40
11  25
.  75
11  30
.1 40
11  75
.2  10
.1  80
11  00
.1  10
.  85
.1  30
11  00
22
34
38
40

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22-lb,  tin 

Lump in Bulk.

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  brass  “ 

Tea, 2-9),  tin  scoop......... S 6 50
.........   7 25
“  5-Tb,  tin  scoop...r...  8 75
.........   8 75
“ 
Grocers’, 11-lb,  tin  scoop.  11  00 
brass  “  ..  12 25
“  ..  13 25
brass  “  ..  14 75
starch — Combination  Prices. 
Large boxes and barrels__4%
12-lb boxes 
..........................594
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ........................6%
 
 
3-lb 
654
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 
54@54c lower.
Scotch, in  bladders........... 37
Maccaboy, in jars.............. 35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

snuff.

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SOAP.

SODA.

SE E D S.

SAL  SODA.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior..............................3 30
Queen  Anne...................... 3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German................3 00
Old German....................... 2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain...............2 00
Frost, Floater.................... 3 re
Cocoa  Castile  .................... 3 00
Cocoa Castile. Fancy......... 3 36
Old Country, 80...................3 20
Uno,100.............................. 3 60
Bouncer, 100....................... 3 00
Boxes...................................5%
Kegs, English.......................4%
Kegs.................................  
1%
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................  454@ 6
Caraway...............................9
Canary.................................. 354
Hemp.....................................354
Anise...................................13
Rape....................................  6
Mustard.................................754
Common Fine per bbl___  @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket............................1  75
60 
“ 
............................. 2 00
100  “ 
............................. 2 15
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
Higgins  “ 
75
 
Warsaw “ 
 
35
.................   20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases__1  50
28-lb sacks  25
50
56-lb 
60  pocket.2  25
28 
.210
barrels..  .1  75

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SALT

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SA LERATUB.

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Church’s, Arm A Hammer.. .554
Dwight’s Com........................ 554
Taylor’s .................................5%
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............554
pure........................554
Our Leader.......................  5
Com, barrels....................
one-half barrels__
Pure  Sugar, bbl................30@40
“ 
half barrel__ 32@42

SY R U PS.

“ 

SW EET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar  Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers__
SHOE  PO LISH .
Jettlne, 1 doz. In  box....

8
854
8
8
8
.75

. 

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

BUN C U RED .

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

F air............................  @20
Good..........................   @22
Choice.......................... 24 @2»
Choicest.......................32  @36
Dust  ..........................10  @14
F air............................  @20
Good..........................   @22
Choice...........................24 @29
Choicest...................... 32 @T6
Dust............................. 10 @14
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
Common to fair............18 @26
Superior to  fine........... 30 @40
F air..............................25 @30
Choice...........................30 @35
Best..............................55 @65
Tea Dust....................... 8 @10

EN G LISH   BR EA K FA ST.

YOUNG HYSON.

GUN PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

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P A P E R .

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Smoking.

Hiawatha  .................  
62
Sweet  Cuba...............  
36
tobaccos—Plug.
Ja8. G. Butler  A  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Peach  Pie  ..............................34
“Tobacco” ..............................35
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.....................32
4 oz.................... 31
18 o z .................. 32
V IN EG A R.
40 gr.......................................8
50gr.....................................  9
PAPER A  WOODEN WAR* 
Curtiss  A  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw 
.................................165
Rockfalls..............................190
Hardware..............................254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods..................   554@6
Jute Manilla................  654@S
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.........................  8 00
“  No. 2.........................  7 00
“  No. 3.........................  6 00
1 50
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
50
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1  00
13  “  ....................   1  25
......................2 00
15  “ 
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 25
“  No.3 5 00

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W OODENW ARE.

splint 

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MEAL.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

13
GRAINS xud FEEDSTUFF» 
W hite........................  
91
Red..............  ........... 
90
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
l  30
Bolted............................... 
Granulated................. 
1  75
Straight, In sack s..........  
5 10
“  barrels............  5 30
“ 
Patent  “  sacks.............   6 10
“  barrels...........  6 30
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...........  4 80.
Rye 
“ 
...........  3 70
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran..................................  17 00
Screenings.......................  15 10
Middlings........................   20 00
Mixed  Feed.....................   22  50
Coarse meal.....................   22 50
No.l  ................................  @57
No.'l..................................  1  20
NO. 2.................................  1  15
Small  lots.........................  58
Car 
“  .........................  54
Small  lots..........................  50
Car 
“  ............................48
No. 1....................... ..........   9 00
No. 2.................................  8 00
HIDES.  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal:
Green..........................  4 @5
Part Cured.................  @5
Full 
Dry..............................   6 @7
Kips, g reen...............  4  @5
Calfskins,  green  ........ 5  @6
cured.........  6 @ 8
Deacon skins............... 10 @30

“  cured......   ........  5  @554

.................  @ 5%

BARLEY.

HIDES.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

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No. 2 hides 54 off.

 

WOOL.
 
FURS.

Shearlings.....................10 @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28 
W ashed..........................20@30
Unwashed  .....  
  10@22
Outside prices are for No. 1 only
Badger......................... *0 20@*1 00
Bear.......................   5 00@25 00
Beaver....................  2 00@ 8 CO
Cat,  house.............. 
05@  25
Cat, wild................. 
10@  50
Coon 
....... ............ 
25@  80
Fisher....................  4 00@ 6 00
Fox,  cross  ............  2 00@ 5 00
Fox,  red  ...............   1  00® 1  50
Fox,  gray.  ............   40@  70
Lynx  .....................   2 00@ 3 00
Martin, pale and yel­
low  .....................   40@  75
Martin, dark...........  1  50@ 3 00
Mink....................... 
25®  1 00
Muskrat...................   07 
15
Opossum................. 
05 
15
Otter............................  3 00  8 00
Skunk............. 
10  1 00
 
Wolf  .....................   100  3 00
Beaver castors, per

l b .............................   2 00  5 00

deerskins—Per  pound.

Thin and green....................  10
Long gray............................  20
Gray.......................................25
Red and blue......................  35
Tallow....................... 3  @3%
Grease  b u tte r...........1  @2
Switches....................   154@ 2
Ginseng.................. 2 51@3 01

MISCELLANEOUS.

El.  Puritano  Cigar.
The FinestIO Gent Cigar

O N   E A R T H

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

I. M.  CLARK  &  SON,

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

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

T T  
J.Z L   J d j

DEALERS IN

I ,   I  <— 4

NOS.  13«  and  134  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY  A  STOCK OF CARR TALLOW FOR MILL  USB.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TKADE8 MAN

A nno u n cem en t to  th e   T rad e.

Grand  Ra pid s,  Dec.  2,  1890. 
We have this  day sold to 
LEMON  &  WHEELER  COMPANY 

our entire  business,  including  stock,  ac­
counts  and  all  evidences of  debt.  The 
business will  be conducted as heretofore 
at the old  stand,  and  with practically no 
change except that of name.
We embrace this opportunity of thank­
ing the trade for  the generous patronage 
so long enjoyed, and bespeak for the new 
company a continuance of the same.

L emon  &  P e t e b s.
Gba nd  Ra pid s,  Dec.  2,  1890.

LEMON  &  WHEELER  COMPANY, 

We  take  pleasure  in  informing  our 
friends  and  patrons  that  we  have  this 
day  formed a corporation under the style 
of
to  succeed the  former  firm of  Lemon & 
Peters.
All  debts  owing  to  the  old  firm  of 
Lemon & Peters  are due  and  payable to 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company,  and  all 
debts  owing by the old  firm of  Lemon <& 
Peters will  be paid by Lemon & Wheeler 
Company.  '
We hope to retain for the new company 
the same generous  patronage,  confidence 
and  pleasant  business  relations  hereto­
fore enjoyed  by our predecessors,  and  to 
this  end  we  pledge  renewed  and  re­
doubled exertions.

L emon  &  W h e e l e r   Com pany.

PRODUCE  m a r k e t .

Apples—Green,  $3.60  for  choice  eating  and 
$3 for cooking stock.  Evaporated are firm at 13c, 
with every  indication  of  an  advance  to 14c in 
the near future.
Beans—The market is hardly as strong as it has 
been. Handlers pay $1.65@1.80 for country picked 
and  find  no  difficulty  in  making  sales  at  $2.10 
@2.15 for city picked.
Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is firm and in  good  demand  at 
I7@20c per lb.  Creamery finds moderate sale at 
25©26e.

Cabbages—fOc  per doz. or $4 per 100.
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Celery—20@-5c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,$1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
C  ranberries—Michigan  berries  are in fair de­
mand at $2.75 per bu.  Cape  Cod  commands  $10 
per bbl and Bell and Cherry  are held at $9.  The 
market is firm, and the  price has  advanced $1 in 
several markets during the past week.
Eggs—Fresh stock is so scarce as to  be  hardly 
quotable, but ali  lots  which  find  their  way  to 
market are grabbed  up at 23c.  Cold storage and 
pickled  stock are in good demand at 20c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.60  per  bu.; 
medium, $4.30@4.4 >.  Timothy, $1.5 > per bu.
Game—Venison, 13c  per  lb.:  Babbits,  15c  per 
doz.;  Partridges, 25c per pair.
Grapes—Catawbas  ana  Concords, 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 stronger,  dealers  pay­
ing 80c and holding at $1.
Potatoes—The market is steady and  shipments 
are still.'made  In  lined  refrigerator cars  and  in 
cars kept warm with stoves.  Dealers  pay 75-80c 
at this  market and 70-75 at the  principal buying 
points in the potato district.

Squash—l%c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln  dried  Jerseys  have  ad­
vanced to $5 per bbl.  All other varieties are now 
out of market.

Turnips—30@35c per bu.

Standards, per gal..................................   @1  25
Selects, 
@1  65
1  50
Scrimps, 
Clams, 
1  50
Scallops, 
1  50

B U L K   GOODS.
 
 
 
 
 

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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  @  6 X
fore 
............................... S  @  3%
loins, No. 3...................................  8  @ 8X
ribs.............................................  @ 7
rounds..........................................  5  @6
tongues.......................................   @

Hogs................................... ....................4X@  4%
Bologna.................................................   @ 5
Pork loins...............................................  @ 6%
“  shoulders......... .............................  @5
Sausage, blood  or head.........................  @5
liver.........................................  @5
Frankfort................................   @ 7%

Mutton.................................................. 6%@
Veal........................................................

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

STIC K   CANDY.

Standard,  per  lb...................................
“  H.H.........................................
Twist  ......................................
“ 
“ 
pails or packages, net  weight.
24i -lb.  bbls  .............................
“ 
Boston  Cream  .....................................
Cut  Loaf.  ............................................
Extra H. H............................................
Bbls.
-  7%
—7%
.8
..8

M IX ED   CANDY.

G R O C E R I E S .

S u g a r  C onsum ption.

F r o m  t h e  C h ic a g o .T rib u n e .

Of 

If  the  Nebraska experiment  succeeds, 
the beet  producers of  the  United  States 
might count  on at least a ton of  sugar to 
the acre where the land is suitable.  Some 
would  do  much  better  than  that,  but 
others  not  so  well,  and  it would  not be 
surprising to see some of  the earlier cul­
tivated  areas  abandoned  because  found 
unsuitable.  But  there  need  be  no  fear 
about others being  extended to meet  the 
limit  of  demand.  Where  can  that  be 
drawn?  At  present  we  consume  about 
2,000,000 tons,  or the product of as many 
acres.  But there is room  for a consider­
able  inurease  up  to  the  per  capita  of 
Great  Britain  if  the price  be  put  down 
to  the  same  parity  as  there—namely: 
about 4 cents per pound at retail and 3K 
when  taken  in  large  quantities.  This 
besides  the  expansion  due to growth  in 
population  at  the  rate  of  28  or  30  per 
cent,  in  a  decade.  That  would  mean  a 
speedy keeping at home of  the 3100.000,- 
000  per  annum  we  are  now  sending 
abroad  for  sugar,  and  a  disappearance 
of  the necessity for asking the  people of 
other  countries to  “reciprocate”  by  tak­
ing  from  us  our  products  in  exchange 
for the desired sweets.
this  quantity  about  380,000,000 
worth is dutiable, which does not include 
that coming  from the  Sandwich Islands, 
or the  almost  equal  amount  made  from 
the  product  of  th e' canefields 
in  the 
Southern States.  To this  saving may be 
added  a  part of  the  cost of  distribution 
at  wholesale,  while  the  retail  profits 
would  stay in the  country as now.  Nor 
would  the  development of  the  industry 
end there.
Not  many  years  would  elapse  before 
the United  States would  become a sugar 
exporter,  offering  its  surplus product  to 
other countries,  as it at present sends its 
wheat  and  flour, corn,  lard  and  meats, 
abroad to be sold in competition with the 
produce  of  foreign 
lands.  This  may 
mean semi-bankruptcy to the West India 
Islands,  rendering  them  far less  desira­
ble  as  possessions  by  the  European 
powers,  and  result in their  seeking poli­
tical affiliations nearer home.  The sugar­
growing  areas  in  South  America  must 
materially suffer from the  loss of  a mar­
ket  for  their  sugar,  though  not  in  so 
great  a  ratio. 
In  fact,  the  possibilities 
of  revolution in existing  conditions here 
and in  many other  parts of  the world  to 
follow  the  successful 
introduction  of 
beet  culture in the  United  States are  so 
vast that one may well pause in consider­
ation of  the  consequences  of  this  great 
economic  change.

The  Old  M an  w a s  P o sted .

Written for Tan Tradesman.

“ Mistah  Brown,” said  Uncle  Abe,  as 
he entered  the drug  store and  deposited 
a  piece  of  paper  on  the  counter,  “I’se 
jes’  leetle  ’spicious  o’  dat  hoss  doctah, 
an’  I’se got to kno’  what dat  one  dose o’ 
med’sin am ’fore I  has  it  made  up.  He 
doan’  like  my  mule;  said  he  was  goin’ 
peaceably  by  ’im  one  day  an’ dat  mule 
hit  ’im  wid  his  foot,  an’  knocked  ’im 
down widout any cause.”

“ I  can  easily  tell  you.  Uncle  Abe, 
what all  the  ingredients  are in that con­
dition  powder.  There  is  cotton  seed 
meal,  sulphur,  charcoal,  salt  petre,  cay­
enne pepper----- ”

“ Dar,  Mistah Brown,  ye kin stop right 
dar,  an’  han’  me back dat subscription,” 
and  the  darkey  held  out  his  hand. 
“ Uncle Abe’s no fool. 
I’se bin to skule, 
an’ I jes’  knose dat my ’spicions am  ker- 
rect  What  ye  has  read  ober  dar,  I 
knows  all  ’bout.  De  cotton  seed  I’se 
’quainted wid frum a chile,  an’ hits good, 
b u t de  sulphur,  charcoal  an’  salt  peter 
when  ye  mix  ’em  hits  jes’  gunpowder, 
an’  de  kayan  am  dat  hot  hit  will  jes’ 
tech  it  off  an’  blow  dat  mule  all  to 
pieces,”   and,  with  a  wise  shake  of  his 
head,  the  old  darky  passed  o u t  of  the 
door.

@   8% 
©   8%  @ 8X 
...  9 
. . .   8 
...11 
. . . 10% 
...11
Boxes.
8%
8%
9
9

........  9%
........  9%

.1 0
.1 0
.1 0
.1 0
.1 0
. 10%
11
.11
.12
.13
Per Box.
.......... 66
...........65
...........75
...........75
....90 
".].40@50
....... 1 00
.......... 80
.......... 70
...........75
...........70
...........75
............65
..........65
__16® 18
..90@1 00
..........80
.........1  00
...............75
1 00@1 10 
.......... 70
12
13
13
6
10
11
12
$4 00 
.  4 25 
.  4 50
@  5 00 
@ 6 50 
@
18@19 
@16 
@15 
@10 
@ 8  
@  6
@17% 

.  @17
.  @17
@17 
@17 
@ 12 @17 
@10% 
@16 
@14% 
.14  @16 
@5 00
@   7 @  9 
@ 6 
@ 8 
@  6 
@ 8

Standard, per lb
Leader............
Special..............
Royal................
Nobby...............
Broken..............
M idget............
English  Rock..
Conserves.........
Cut Loaf...........
Ribbon..............
Broken Taffy... 
Peanut Squares.
Extra...............
Kindergarten  .. 
French Creams. 
Valley  Creams.

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ORANGES.

fancy—In bulk.

f a n c y —In 5 lb. boxes. 
Lemon Drops......................................
Sour Drops........................................ .
Peppermint Drops...............................
Chocolate Drops................................ .
H. M. ChocolateaDrops.......................
Gum Drops.........................................
Licorice Drops.....................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops.........................
Lozenges, plain...................................
printed............ .'................
Imperials......... ..................................
Mottoes...............................................
Cream Bar..........................................
Molasses Bar..................................... .
Caramels........................................... .
Hand Made  Creams......   ................. .
Plain Creams..................................... .
Decorated Creams..............................
String  Rock......................................
Burnt Almonds..................................
Wintergreen  Berries..........................
Lozenges, plain, in  pails...................
printed, in pails................
Chocolate Drops, in pails...................
Gum Drops, in pails...........................
Moss Drops, in palls..........................
Sour Drops, in pails..........................
Imperials, in pails....................... .
Floridas, fancy 123-138....................
151-226..............  .  ...
176-200 ....................
Messina, choice, 360..........................
fancy, 300...........................
“  360..........................
O T H E R   FO R E IG N   F R U IT S .
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers.... 
....
“ 
“ 
Fard, 10-lb.  box......................
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 
.......................
“ 
Persian, 50-lb.  box.................
“ 
H U T S.
Almonds, Tarragona.........................
Ivaca..............................
California......... ...............
Brazils................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble............................
“  Marbot.................................
•  “ 
Naples.............................
Chili....................................
“ 
Table  Nuts, No. 1..............................
No. 1...............................
Pecans, Texas, H. P .......................... .
Cocoanuts, full sacks........................
Fancy, H.  P., Suns............................
“  Roasted  .............. .
Fancy, H.  P., Stars  ..........................
“  Roasted..........   ...
Choice, H. P., Ex Prince...................
“  Roasted..............
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats.................
Roasted__

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choice 

P E A N U T S.

LEM ONS.

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PO R K   IN   BA R R ELS.

s a u s a g e—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess, new.....................................................  11  25
Shortcut......................................................  11  50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  13 00
Extra clear, heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  12 75
Boston clear, short cut................................   13 00
Clear back, short cut..................................... 13 00
Standard clear, short cut. best—   ............   13 00
Pork Sausage..................................................... 6
Ham Sausage...................................................   9
Tongue Sausage................................................ 9
Frankfort Sausage.  .......................................  8
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight.............................................  5
Bologna,  thick..................................................5
Headcheese.....................................................  5
l a r d —Kettle Rendered.
Tierces.......................... ....................
7
Tubs...................................................
501b.  Tins..........................................
Tierces ...............................................
30 and 50 lb. Tubs....................... . 
.
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case......................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case....................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.......................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.......................
50 lb. Cans..........................................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs....................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.................
Boneless, rump butts....................................
s m o k e d   m e a t s — Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs....................................
“ 
16 lbs....................................
12 to 14 lb s ...............................
“ 
“  picnic.............................................
best boneless.....................................
“ 
Shoulders.....................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
Dried beef, ham prices................................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium.  .....................................
-light.............................................

7 0G 
7 00 
9 50
9 *
9 *
.10
o x
.  9 
614 
.  8  
.  9 
.  6  
6 X
o x

l a r d —Family

B E E P   IN   B A R R E L S.

6
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FISH and  OYSTERS. 
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows :

FR E SH   F IS H .

“ 

Whitefish....................................................  @10
smoked.......................................   @  8
T rout...........................................................  @  9
H alibut........................................................  @18
Ciscoes........................................................  @ 4
F lo u n d ers........................... «...................  @ 9
Bluefish  ....................................................   @10
Mackerel  ...................................................  @25
Cod..............................................................   @10
California salmon.....................................  @22
Fairhaven  Counts...................................   @35
F. J. D. Selects..........................................   @27
Selects  .................. 
@23
F. J. D ................................  
@22
Anchors......................................................  @20
Standards............  ....................................   @18
Favorites...................................................   @16
Oysters, per  100........................................ 1  25@1  50
Clams, 
.........................................  75@1  00

otsters—Cans.

SH E L L   GOODS.

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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

JOBBER OF

------ AND-------

F r e s h   a n d   S a lt

F.J.DETTENfHMR
Lake  Fish  -  -  -
- - - Ocean  Fish
Pilrnitilre

Mail Orders  Receive  P rom pt  A ttention. 

See quotations in another column. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

----- AT-----

Nelson, 

M atter 
&   C o /s

S t y le s   N e w ,  C h e a p , 
M e d iu m   a n d   E x p e n ­
s iv e .

Large  Variety. 

Prices Low.

C U R T I S S   &   CO .,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

- 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

15

RANSOM REFLECTIONS.

“Look  at  that 

letter!”  exclaimed  a 
wholesale  grocer,  the  other  day,  “and 
then think of the many men  in  the  gro­
cery business who are no better educated 
than  the  writer  of  this  scrawl. 
It  is 
enough to make me  sick to think  of  it.” 
The 
in  question  announced 
letter 
the  writer’s 
intention  of  embarking 
the  grocery  business  and  asked 
in 
for  quotations  on  a  complete 
line 
of  goods.  The  handwriting,  grammar 
and spelling were all  so thoroughly  orig­
inal as to excite pity for the manwho was 
so unfortunate as to be  hampered in that 
manner. 
It is needless  to  say  that  the 
jobber crumpled  the  letter  in  his  hand 
and tossed it in the waste  basket.

*   *   *

“I always decline  to  sell  such  men,” 
continued  the  jobber,  “for  the  simple 
reason that they never appreciate  a  fair 
deal. 
Ignorant  men  are  proverbially 
suspicious and it is no satisfaction  to sell 
a man who continually  harbors  the  idea 
that  you  are  beating  him. 
I  would 
rather make 2 per cent,  on  a well-posted 
merchant than  10 per cent,  on  an ignor­
amus.  The intelligent dealer appreciates 
a favor,  and  it  will  have  more  or  less 
bearing in  future  transactions,  but  the 
ignorant merchant never ceases  to  cher­
ish the thought that you are  always  try­
ing to swindle him and that  any  conses- 
sion you  may see  fit  to  accord  him  are 
really swindling schemes in  disguise.”

#   *   *

“ I  am  surprised  at  the  few  mistakes 
we  make,”  said  another'jobber,  “con­
sidering  the  indefiniteness  of  many  of 
the  orders  which  come'from  our  cus­
tomers and how  frequently a dealer  will 
omit to  give  us  the  name  of  his  tovfn. 
This trouble is obviated where the writer 
uses printed stationery,  and I wish every 
merchant  was  compelled  to  do  this  by 
law,  as it would  save countless mistakes 
and no end of ill-feeling and loss.”

*   *   *

“ Will the Business'Men’s  Association 
be  revived?” 
is  a  question  frequently 
propounded nowadays.  The  recent con­
vention  'in  this  city  appears  to  have 
given  the 
subject  a  stimulus  which 
should  result in  a  complete  revival  all 
along the line.  Every community which 
had  an  organization  of  this  character 
made  genuine  progress  so  long  as  the 
members maintained the  association and 
many thriving towns  date the  beginning 
of their prosperity from  the birth of  the 
local  organization. 
the 
weapon  associated  effort  puts 
in  the 
hands  of  business  men,  it  will  not  be 
surprising  if  they make  a  concentrated 
effort  to  bring  about  a  revival  of  the 
organizations at an early day.

Considering 

*   *   *

It  is  rather  late  in  the  day  to  crack 
jokes  at  the  expense of  the  typewriter, 
but a  local  jobbing  house  recently  met 
an  amusing  experience which  will  bear 
repetition.  A  typewriter  was  recently 
made a part of  the  office  furniture,  and 
all letters to customers were put through 
the  machine.  An  old  customer  of  the 
house  took  violent  exceptions  to  that 
way  of  doing  business,  closing  his 
epistle  with  the  observation : 
“ You 
need not go to the  trouble of  getting my 
letters  printed  after  this;  1  can  read 
writin’.”

#  *  *

One  of  the  greatest  annoyances  to 
which  telephone  subscribers  are  com­
pelled to  submit  is  the  frequent  use  of

the  lines  by  people  who  wish  to  talk 
with  clerks  and other  employes  on  sub­
jects in no way connected  with the  busi­
ness.  T h e  T radesm an office is only an 
average  sufferer 
in  this  respect,  but 
scarcely an  hour  passes  that  some  one 
does not  ask to talk  with  an  employe on 
one of  the upper  floors. 
In many cases, 
absence  of  one  person  from  his  work 
compels  a  half  dozen  others  to  remain 
idle until  he returns,  thus  depriving the 
office  of  a half hour’s time in  the aggre­
gate.  The  message is almost  invariably 
an  insignificant  one,  entirely  foreign  to 
the business of  the office,  and of so little 
importance that it could just as well wait 
until  the  persons  meet.  To  refuse  a 
request  of  this  character  renders  the 
manager open to a charge of rudeness, so 
the abuse is permitted to continue,  much 
as it costs  the  office in lost  time and  un­
necessary delay.  T h e T radesm an office 
is only one of hundreds which suffer from 
this  annoyance  and will  gladly welcome 
any  concert  of  action  among  business 
houses  looking  to  an  abatement  of  the 
nuisance.

*  *  #

The  world  always  admires  the  man 
who^makes a brave  fight  against fearful 
odds and  wins the battle by reason of  an 
unconquerable  will.  Such a man  invar­
iably commands respect and  compels the 
admiration of  friends  and  competitors, 
no  matter  how sharp  the  rivalry of  the 
latter may be.  After six weeks of sleep­
less  suspense,  Samuel  M.  Lemon  is  now 
receiving  the  congratulations  of  his  ac­
quaintances over his  deliverance^ from  a 
most  embarrassing  position,  consequent 
upon  the  failure  of  his  partner.  After 
the  first  shock  was  over,  Mr.  Lemon 
looked the situation  squarely in the face 
and  resolutely  set  about  the  work  of 
bringing  order  out  of  chaos.  Although 
baffled  on  every  hand  and  hampered  at 
every  step,  he  refused  to-yield  to  the 
voice  of  discouragement but  pressed  on 
until  success  crowned  his  efforts.  Few 
men would have had the courage to rally 
under the  load  Mr.  Lemon  found  on his 
shoulders when the failure of Mr.  Peters 
was  announced  and  fewer  still  could 
have brought to bear the physical strength 
and mental  determination  which marked 
his  course  during  the  weary  weeks  he 
fought like a hero to keep his head above 
water. 
In the  hour of  victory, none are 
so small as to begrudge  him the point he 
has gained or  to fail to congratulate him 
over the splendid'success he has achieved 
in the face of such fearful odds.
C oopersville’s  Offer.

Coopersville aspires to  be  the  county 
seat of Ottawa  county  and  proposes  to 
erect  the  necessary  buildings  and  offer 
them to the county free of cost.  In case the 
honor goes to Grand  Haven  or  Holland, 
the  fortunate  town  will,  probably,  be 
compelled  to  do  the  same  Coopersville 
has offered to do, thus relieving the other 
portions of the county of  the  burden  of 
taxation incident to the erection  of  new 
buildings.

N o t  W holly  D isinterested.

P etoskey,  Dec.  5—As a citizen of  Pe- 
toskey and a patron of T h e  T radesm an, 
I  hope  you  will  do  all  you  can  to  in­
fluence 
the  traveling  men  of  Grand 
Rapids to revive their hotel project here, 
as  I  am confident  two  important results 
would  be  secured—the  traveling  men 
would have  a  good  home  and  a  safe in­
vestment  and  Petoskey  would  get  the 
best advertisement  she has ever secured, 
next to the Bay View campmeeting.  The 
traveling men  can’t talk  as  loud  as  the 
preachers, but they can keep it up a great 
deal longer and a heap sight faster.

Y ek n a h.

G ran d   R ap id s  & In d ian a.

In effect October 6,1890.
TRA INS  GOING  N ORTH.

TRA INS  GOING  SOUTH.

South. 
For Saginaw, solid train
5:15 a m
For Traverse City........................|  6:16
1
9:20 a m
For Traverse  City A  MackinawQ  9:20 a m
'1
For Saginaw, solid train.............
t 2:15 P m
For Cadillac...................................t 2:16 p m
For Mackinaw............................... t  8:60 p m
t 8:50 P m
.t 3:56 P m
From Kalamazoo.........................t 3:56 p m
Arrive from  Leave going 

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
1 7 30 a m
+ 7 05 a m
tu 30 a m
t  * 30 P m
t 5 00 P m
H» 30 P m

North. 
For  Cincinnati............................. |  6:00a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .fl0:15 a m  
From Saginaw...............................11:45 am
For Fort Wayne and the  Cast..
For Cincinnati...............................t 5:30 p m
For Kalamazo and  Chicago... .+10:50 p m
From Saginaw...............................110:30 p m

South.
t  6:80 am
fl0:30  a m
t 2:00  pm  
I  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  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—6:30 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6p m  
train, Wagner Bleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids &  Indiana.
7:00 a m  
10:10 am
11:15  am  
3:46 pm
8:46 p m
6:40  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.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

D etroit, G rand H aven & M ilw aukee.

GOING W EST.

Arrives. 
tMorning Express.............................12:60 pm  
tThrougnMail..................................5:00pm  
tGrand Rapids Express.................10:26 p m
•Night E xpress.    ............................6:40 a m  
tMixed................................................ 
GOING HAST.
tDetroit  Express........................... 
tThrongh Mail.................................10:10am 
tEvenlng Express.............................. 8:36 p m 
"Night Express...................................9:50 p m 

Leaves.
5:10p m
7:06 a m
7:30 am
6:60am
10:20am
3:46 p m
10:66 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  "Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving at  10:66  p  m  has  Wagner  sleeping 
car to .Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a m.
Tickets  and 
car  berths  secured  at 
D., G. H. A  M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot 

sleeping 

J A 8 .  C a m p b k l l ,  C i t v  Passenger Agent.

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth ern .

For Toledo and all points Soutb 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  ail  promt 
nent points on connecting lines.

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

.. 

A R R IV E.

D E PA R T .

Ill :35 p m 

Fruit Belt Line.

BHICAGO  A  WEST  MICHIGAN  RAILWAY. 

Mall and Express for Big Rapids, Lud- 
ington,  Manistee A Traverse City..  *7:25 a m 
Express for Chicago and  Muskegon..  +9:00  a m
Fast Mail for Chicago........................ tl :00  p  m
Express for Muskegon and H a rt...... t5:0’> p m
Night Express for  Chicago 
...........*11:35  p m
Night Express for  Indianapolis 
Mail  for  Big  Rapids,  Manistee  and
Traverse C ity ..................................+5:05  p  m
Ex. for Grand Haven A  Muskegon...  +8:40 p m
Night Express from Chicago  ............   *6:30 a m
Night Express from Indianapolis   
  J6:30  a m
Ex. from Muskegon, Hart A Pentwater+10:45 a m 
Express  from  Big  Rapids,  Baldwin
and Traverse City  ............ ..............+12:15 p m
Mail from Chicago and Muskegon  ..  +3:55  p m
Express from Grand Haven............... +5:50 p m
Fast Express from  Chicago 
......... +10:15 p m
Ex. from  Muskegon and Pentwater..+ 5:50 p m 
Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse City.  +5:40 p m
Express from Traverse City  ..............*10:40 p m
»Daily.  fDally except Sunday.  ^Daily 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 11:15 p  m  run 
through to  Chicago  solid.  Through  sleeping 
carB  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: to 
pm.  4:40pm  train  leaving  Chicago  connects 
with sleeper leaving Grand Rapids  11:3u p m for 
Traverse City.  The 5:<5pm   train  has  through 
free parior car to Manistee via M. A N. E. R’y.
For tickets  and  information, apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot.

Gen  Pass. A Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

Geo D eHa ve n,

D E P A R T .

De t r o it,  la n sin g  a  n o r t h er n  r.  r.

Lansing Route.

A R R IV E.

Express for Saginaw and Bay City —   +7:30  a m 
Mall for Lansing,Detroit  and East...  +7:25 a m 
Express for Lansing, Detroit and East +1 :-*» p m 
Mall for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw +4:30 p m 
Fast Ex. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 p m
Mail from Saginaw and  Bay City.  .. .+11:45 a m 
Mail from Lansing, Detroit and  East.+12:10 a m 
Fast Express from Lansing and East.  *5:1-5 p m 
Express from Lansing  and Detroit...  +9:50 p m 
Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Alma+10:30 p m 
»Daily,  tDally except Sunday.
• The shortest line to Detroit and  the  East.  Elegant 
parlor cars between Detroit and Grand Rapids.
Solid  trains  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw. 
Two solid trains between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit, 
leaving Grand Rapids 7:25 a m  and  6:S5  p  m,  leaving 
Detroit 1:15 p m and 5:00 p  m.
For tickets and Information, apply  at  Union  Ticket 
Office, *7 Monroe street, and  Union bepot.
Geo. DIHavks, Gen. Pass. A Tlakst Agt. .Grand Rap ids.

1:00 pm

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

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPA RT.  ARRIV E
Detroit Express.....................................  7:20 a m  10:00 p m
Mixed    .................................................. 6:30 a m   5:00 pm
Day  Express........................................12:00 a m   10:00 am
"Atlantic A  Pacific Express............. 11:16 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express.............................. 6:40 p m 
1:16 p m

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

"Daily.
Ail other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F r r d  M.  B r ig g s . G e n ’l A g e n t. 86 M o n ro e  S t.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot. 
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglks. G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago. •

8

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMRlf
Watch fllaker 
a Jeweler,
Grand Rapids,  -  Midi.

44 GKNKL 8T„

FIT  FOR

Table:

All  goods bearing the 

name  of

THURBER, WHYLAND  h  CO.,

O R

ALEXIS  GODILLOT,  JR .

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

THtJBBEB, WHYLAND & 00.,

West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Streets. 

New York City

J E F O R E   B U Y IN G   G R A T E S i
ei  i.ircular and Testimonials.  S e n t  
,  ¥
,  Economical.  Sanitary.  Cleanly  and  Artistic.  1
;AlPINE  FIRE  PLACE.  GRASP  RAPID  , Midi  i

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

ber of that firm for fifteen years when,  in 
1889,  he  sold  out  his  interest  and  re­
moved  to  Tacoma  for  his  health.  He 
was a member there of  the  firm  of  Cul­
ver & Leland.  wholesale dealers in glass­
ware.  He had many  friends  in  Detroit. 
His  death  was  not  unexpected,  as  his 
health had not been good  for some  time. 
He was a member of the  Michigan  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Association.

Eaton,  L p n   i  Go,,

Olir Fall Line Now Ready 

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

20 and 22  Monroe  St., Grand  Rapids.

G ripsack  B rigade.

J.  H.  Vaughan,  sundry  salesman  for 
Farrand,  Williams & Clark,  was  in  town 
over Sunday.

Leo A. Caro has retired from  the  road 
and  taken  the  position  of  advertising 
solicitor of the Telegram. IJerald.

Cal.  L.  Martin,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  Dean,  Foster & Co.,  of  Chicago, 
was in town several days last  week.  Mr. 
Martin still  holds  his  interest  in  a drug 
store at Elk  Rapids,  but  now  resides  in 
Chicago.

Charles P.  Baker,  for the past  year  on 
the road for T.  H.  Hinchman  &  Sons, of 
Detroit,  has purchased the interest of  M. 
McDonald in the drug  firm  of  Travis  & 
McDonald,  at  St. Johns.  The  new  firm 
will be known as Travis & Baker.

J.  W.  Morton  has  returned  from  In­
dianapolis,  where  he  engaged  to  travel 
for the overall house of the  C.  B.  Cones 
& Son Manufacturing Co.  His  territory 
comprises the entire Northern portion  of 
the State.  He will continue to reside  at 
Big Rapids.

A.  W.  Peck  is  somewhat disappointed 
over  the  failure of  the  negotiations be­
tween the  traveling  men of  Grand  Rap­
ids  and  certain  property  owners  of 
Petoskey.  He  still  maintains  that  the 
project  is  a  feasible  one  and  could  be 
made 
returns, 
especially if a few representative men of 
Petoskey took  hold of  the enterprise and 
gave it the benefit of their experience.

satisfactory 

to  yield 

Perley W.  Hall,  formerly on  the  road 
for Lemon & Peters,  but who  has  lately 
pursued  the  business  of  selling  patent 
rights,  has taken the grips formerly  car­
ried by Mr.  Burke  for  Merriam,  Collins 
&  Co.,  wholesale  grocers  of  Chicago. 
Mr.  Burke finds that  his  grocery  stores 
at  Dowagiac,  Benton  Harbor  and  St. 
Joseph require all his time and attention. 
Mr.  Hall’s  territory  comprises  South­
western Michigan and Northern  Indiana.
Augustus W. Culver,  formerly a  prom­
inent Detroit business man  and  a  mem­
ber of the firm of Gray, Toynton  &  Fox, 
wholesale confectioners, died in  Tacoma, 
Wash.,  on Nov.  18.  He had been amem-

For  Portable.or  Stationary  Engines,  1 
to 500 Horse Power,  Portable or Station­
ary  Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, 
Boxes,  Wood-working  Machinery,  Plan­
ers,  Matchers,  Moulders,  etc., call on
W.  C .   D E N I S O N ,

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88,  90,  92  So.  Division  St., Grand  Rapids, 

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

F lo rid a   O ra n g es

W e   a r e   a g e n t s  

fo r   H il ly e r ’s  c e le b r a t e d  
S t a g   b r a n d ,  w h i c h   is  t h e   f in e s t   fr u it  s o ld   in  
M ic h ig a n .
T i e   P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co.

Pennsylvania  LumOermaH’s.

The  best  fitting  Stocking  Rub­
bers in the market.  A  full line of 
Lycoming Rubbers on hand.  Try 
them.
GEO. H  REEDER & CO.,

State  Agents  for 

LYCOMING  RUBBER  CO.

158  and  160  East  Fulton  Street.

W M . SE A R S & CO.,

Cracker  Manufacturera,

8 7 ,  8 9   a n d   41  K e n t   S t.,  G r a n d   H a p id s .

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS  AND  SWEET  GOODS

Muskegon Cracker Co
L A R G E S T  
No  Connection  v i  Air  Cracker  Trust
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 

SPECIAL  ATTENTION□ PAID  TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

- 

VARIETY IN STATE

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S .  K .  H o lie s  &   Co.,

?7  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

« T O S S   U P !

99

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.

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T h e   m o s t   e f f e c tiv e   C o u g h   D r o p   in
S e l ls   t h e  
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t h e   m a r k et, 

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c o u g h   sa,  ^
H R O P S

Line  of  Gandy  in  the  State,

MANUFACTURED  BY

A. E. BROOKS & CO.
The  Fine 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

H E R E   IT   I S !  A N D   W E   G IV E   T H E M  A W A Y   F R E E !  They  are  dollars 
and cents to you, Boxes and Barrels are  good in their  place, but these Cabinets dress up  your store, 
and cost you nothing.  They are made  by regular Cabinet  Makers at a slight expense over the cost 
of  making  Boxes, consequently we  can  use  them  instead  of  the  old-tumbled-down-Barrels  and 
worthless  boxe--.  These  Cabinets  are  beautifully Panelled, Painted  and Varnished.  Their use in 
the store Ls apparent.  T he  5 0   lb .  C abinet  is  m ade  p articu larly  for  th e   C ounter 
Shelf;  th e  lOO  lb .  C abinets  to  ta k e   th e   p lace  o f  th e   u n sigh tly  B arrels  so 
often   seen   on  th e  floor.  To  secure these Cabinets  you have only to buy your Bulk Roast­
ed Coffee of the Woolson Spice Co., or order through your Jobber.  You assume no risk for we fully 
guarantee the Coffee to  give  perfect satisfaction. 
It will cost  you only one cent  for a Postal Card 
addressed to the Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio, for Price-list of Roasted Coffee in Cabinets.

THIS CABINET HOLDS 50 lbs 

«©“LION  COFFEE  NOT  SOLD  IN  THESE  CABINETS.'&I

THIS CABINET HOLDS  100 lbs.

