V O L .  8 .
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Liability,  $100,000. 
Capital,  $100,000. 

Cor.  Monroe and  Ionia Sts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.
Thomas Hefferan, President.
Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President.
Charles M. Heald, 2d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.

D. D. Cody 
S. A.  Morman 
Jas. G. MacBride 
Wm. McMullen 
D. E. Waters 
Jno. Patton, Jr. 
Wm. Alden Smith 

H. C. Russell
John  Murray
J. H. Gibbs 
C. B. Judd
H. F.  Hastings
C. M. Heald
Don J. Leathers 

Thomas  Hefferan.

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made  it  lowest  rates.  Exchange  sold  on New 
York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. 
Money transferred by mail or  telegraph.  Muni­
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bankers solicited.
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however,  was in  half  a  gross  of  neck- 
kerchiefs,  which  were  regularly  billed 
at the price we stated, but were for sum­
mer use instead of winter,  which we had 
ordered.  The  house  had  persistently 
ignored our complaints to these—to  us— 
important  errors.  All  these  mistakes 
did  not occur with one order nor  in  con­
secutive order,  but,  as  stated,  extended 
over  a  twelve-month.  Each  time we at 
once  promptly  notified  the  house  and 
asked  if  we  might  return them and re­
ceive  other  goods.  To  be  sure,  hose, 
prints  and  cotton  goods  had  been  or­
dered  at  those times and the number on 
the invoice corresponded with  that  sent 
in,  but  not  such  goods as were ordered 
came to us. 
Invariably  we received the 
brief reply that the goods  were  checked 
upon our order when  laid out for us  and 
from the order book when placed  in  the 
bales or boxes and that,  with  their  sys­
tem,  no  errors  could  occur,  and, there­
fore, we must keep the goods.

We began to tire of these mistakes,  as 
we could barely obtain cost for the goods 
they  forced  us  to  keep.  Some of them 
were evidently  intended  for  the  torrid 
zone and,  coming to us in the  winter,  of 
course,  were  a  loss  to  ns;  others were 
patterns  unknown  and  not  wanted  in 
our locality and,  while  good  in  texture, 
would  hardly  sell  there  at  any  price. 
No amount of argument or expostulation 
with them was of any avail.

It was early in April when I concluded 
to visit the house and talk over the  mat­
ter. 
I  found  the head of the firm disin­
clined to re-open  the—to  him—distaste­
ful subject.  He was stubborn  as a  mule 
and insisted upon  quoting  the  standing 
maxims  of  that  firm  which  had  been 
doing business for  thirty  years and had 
them  emblazoned  on  the  walls  of  the 
office to the effect that  it  was  infallible 
and  could  make  no  errors, 
therefore 
never,  no,  never  corrected  any.  “ We 
would sooner lose your trade,”  he  said, 
which  he  assured  me,  in  his  blandest 
tones,  they'valued,  “ than  acknowledge 
any mistakes.”

After  a lengthy argument,  which only 
seemed  to  irritate  him,  1  told him that 
they were unimportant and  dropped  the 
subject.  This  was  the  day  after  my 
arrival in the city.  1  had  a  long list of 
“ wants ”  with me,  and,  after informing 
Mr.  Parker  that  I  would  be  ready  to 
make  selections  the  following day,  and 
he had designated the hour which  would 
be  most  convenient  to  wait upon me, I 
repaired to my hotel to  revise  my  mem­
oranda and arrange them in proper order 
for rapidity of work.

It  was  about  10  o’clock, 

the  next 
morning  when  I  entered  the office and 
shook  hands  with  Mr.  Parker,  who  at 
once  placed  a  special  salesman  at  my 
disposal  and,  witlua peculiar smile and 
a  glance  toward  myself,  cautioned  the 
gentleman  to  take  especial  care  and 
maintain the reputation of the  house  by 
making no errors.  1 felt  just  then  like 
closing my book  and  leaving the firm at 
once and forever,  as I  had  already  paid 
them  in  full;  but  I  choked  down  the 
It
insult  and  accompanied  the  clerk. 

GKAN D  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  F E B K U A R Y  18,  1891.
IDEJONGE  XURN  HEULEN
83 8a.  Division i  130 Oakes  Sts.

A   V A LU A BLE  LESSO N .

Written for Thr Tradesman.

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

Flour. Feed, Hay, Straw, Etc.

Pillsbury’s  and  W ashburn’s “BEST” 

Spring  W heat  Flour.

A full  line of  Schumacher’s goods and 

all other  cereals constantly on hand.

O Y S T E K S

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20-lb. 
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Pails...............................7Hc  per lb.
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5-lb. Cans, 84.00 per doz.
1.2-lb. Cans (usual weight), 81.60 per doz.
Choice  Dairy Butter,  18c.
Fresh Eggs,  17c.

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DAVIS’ CARBOLIC OIL 

LINIMENT.

Detroit, Mich.

Gents—In 1856 I broke a knee-pan in the  Prov­
idence, R. L, gymnasium,  and  ever  since  have 
been  much  troubled  with  severe  pains  in  the 
knee joint.  A few weeks ago I had a very severe 
attack of inflammatory rheumatism in the same 
knee, when  I  applied  your  Davis’  Carbolic  Oil 
Liniment, the third application  of  which  cured 
me  entirely.  Yon  have  my  permission  to  use 
my statements as  you see  fît.  I  am very thank­
ful for the relief experienced.  Yours truly,

ROBT. J.  F.  ROEHM, Jeweler.

Successors to F a r r a n d ,  W i l l i a m s  & Co.

WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS
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JOBBER OF

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V Q T P D Q  
JL  O JL £ j  XI Oj

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

The amount of  assurance  with  which 
many  persons  engaged  in  commercial 
pursuits assert their inability  to  make a 
mistake  and  that  an  error in  business 
matters implies a neglect of  duty  that is 
almost  a  crime,  is  one  of  the  peculiar 
phases  of  business  life  too  freuently 
seen,  and  it  occasionally  happens,  that 
that  such  persons  boast  too  soon  and 
that  they  live  to  acknowledge  it  and 
pay roundly for their tuition.

An older brother and  myself  were en­
gaged in the retail dry goods  business in 
a  small  country  town  near Lake Mem- 
phremagog,  in Vermont.  We had opened
our store in the village of W--------,  four
or  five  years  previous  to  the  incident 
which  I  am  about  to  relate,  had kept 
strictly in the dry goods line,  and during 
most  of  the  time  had  made  our  main 
purchases  from Parker  &  Co.,  of  New 
York,  ^hich  city  we  frequently visited. 
On  one  occasion,  my  brother  made  a 
complaint to the  house  in  question  over 
an  error  made  in  shipping  one  of  our 
orders,  when  the  senior  partner  pom­
pously remarked:

“ It is the boast and pride of our house 
that we never make a mistake,  either  in 
invoicing,  packing or shipping our goods. 
We sell bills from  California  to  Florida 
and from Maine to Old Mexico  and make 
no mistakes,  and I assure  you,  sir,  that 
it is your clerks who must have blundered 
if there was an error.”

“ But,  my  dear  sir,”  1 replied to this 
rather  discourteous  speech,  “ it  is  an 
old adage  that all are  liable to  err,  and, 
while I am willing to grant  that  we,  in 
our  small  retail  business,  are  liable to 
mistakes and are always  willing  to  cor­
rect  them,  it  is  only  natural  for us to 
think  that  other  men  are  also  human 
and  liable  to  err—unintentionally,  of 
course,”  I  added.  “ But,  Mr.  Parker,” 
I  continued,  “ the  small  items  I  men­
tioned  as  having  been  discovered  as 
errors,  contrary  to  our  written orders, 
are unimportant;  and,  as we  still  de’sire 
to  deal  with  your  house,  we will drop 
the subject forever and I will  to-day  se­
lect more  goods.”

Parker & Co.  was  a  very  wealthy  ex­
clusive dry goods firm.  They  carried an 
immense  stock,  and  our  small  annual 
trade  of  $7,000  to  $8,000  was  a  mere 
bagatelle to them,  who  thought  nothing 
of selling a $20,000 bill in one  order,  but 
to us their friendship and  good-will was 
highly important, as they  not  only gave 
us  lower  prices  than  most  others, but, 
being  in  circumstances  to  do  so  and 
knowing,  from  our  commercial  rating, 
that  we  were,  at least, doing a safe and 
careful business, occasionally  carried us 
along  a  few  months  when  collections 
were slow.  During the  past  year  only, 
they had sent with our orders and  billed 
to us several dozens of  ladies’  and  gen­
tlemen’s  hose,  and  also  eight  or  ten 
pieces  of  prints  and  cotton  goods that 
were evidently intended  for  an  entirely 
different trade  and  lQcality,  and  which 
we had certainly never either selected or 
ordered;  but their most serious  mistake,

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

was 4 o’clock  p.  m.  and  time  to  close 
business  for  the  day  before  I was half 
through with my  selections,  and I asked 
the  salesman  the  privilege  of  meeting j 
him an hour earlier the  next  day,  which j 
request was granted.

At  3:30  p.  m., the second day,  a tele­
gram from my brother was placed  in my 
hand,  summoning  me  home at once, on 
account of sudden illness of  my  family.
I looked at my watch.  The train  would | 
leave for the north at  precisely  5  p. m. 
“ I  will  leave  you  to select the balance 
of my goods for me,” said I to  the  sales- | 
man,  “ and  may  I ask that you will de­
vote  some  extra  time  to  the  work,  for 
which  I  am  willing  to  pay  the house; 
and,  if any doubts arise  in  regard to our 
meaning,  wire  us  at  once  at  our  ex­
pense.”

Railroads  were  not  numerous in New 
England  then  as  now,  and  our  goods 
reached the end of  railroad  communica­
tion about one hundred miles  away from 
us.  which distance must  be  traversed by 
the  old-time  freight  wagons.  The  last 
of  our  order  did  not  arrive  until  ten 
days  had  elapsed,  and  nearly  a  week 
more  had  gone  by  before all the goods 
were  opened.  One  good-sized,  heavy 
box was not numbered,  although  plainly 
directed to us,  and by the  same  marker, 
but for which  we  had  no  invoice.  The 
clerks  had  already  opened 
it  before 
noticing  that  it  was not numbered,  and 
we found  its  contents to be  eight  dozen 
extra quality heavy  silk umbrellas,  with 
handsomely ornameuted gold  handle, and 
forty pounds sewing  silk,  assorted  num­
bers and colors,  in  skeins.

Fancy,  if possible,  our  amazement  at 
another  mistake  of  this  house  which 
never  made  mistakes!  At  first  sight of 
the  goods  I  was  disposed  to  be angry 
and  bit  my  lips  with vexation,  but,  re­
membering  that  they  were not charged 
in 
the  bill  and  were  never  ordered 
by us,  I told my brother  that  we  would 
enjoy a little correspondence  with  them 
on the subject;  that this  blunder—about 
a $400 one—was clearly their  own; 
that 
I was rather pleased at its occurring just 
at  this  time,  so  soon  after  a  personal 
interview with the head of the  firm,  who 
had treated me with such insolence;  that 
the  result  would  teach them a lesson in 
business which they had evidently yet to 
learn,  and  that  they  would not only be 
humbled  by having to correct  their  mis­
take,  but  would  be obliged to apologize 
to us for their  hastiness  and  rude  con­
duct

Here  is  a  copy  of  the  letter I wrote 

W— ---, Yt., April 21,  18—.

them :
Parker & Co.,  New York:
Gentlemen—We reluctantly  beg  to  in­
form you that there  is  again  an error on 
your  part  in  the  goods  just  received. 
The entire contents of one  box  are  evi­
dently  intended  for  a  warmer,  a more! 
moist  and  a  far wealthier country than 
Northern  Vermont.  Bearing  in  mind i 
our  last  conversation  upon  this subject 
with  the  head  of  your  firm,  we await 
your reply  with much  interest.

Your most obedient servants,

Jennings  Bros.

In due  time  the  following  reply  was 

New York,  April 26,  18—. 

received :
Jennings Bros., W--------,  Vt.:
Gentlemen—Yours  of  the  21st  is  be­
fore us.  We beg to inform you  that this 
house  neither  makes  nor  corrects  any 
so-called errors.

Yours very respectfully,
Per x.

P a r k e r   &   Co.

“ Still stubborn as  a  mule,”  said  my ,

brother,  after reading the letter.  “ Well, 
their error is to our advantage this  time, 
and I think we can stand it if  they  can. 
Here, James,”  and he called  the  porter, 
** tack  the  cover lightly on that unnum­
bered box and carry  it  upstairs  for  the 
present.”  Then, turning to me,  he said, 
“ That  firm  will  be very apt to come to 
its senses  within  a  month  or  less  and 
will probably address us at  more  length 
and  in  a  more  humble  manner;  if not, 
the  firm  of  Jennings  Bros,  will  have 
more assets on hand in case of a failure.”
Four or five years passed  and  we  had 
not failed but  prospered.  We  had  con­
tinued to purchase goods from  Parker & 
Co.,  and  had  paid them many thousands 
of dollars.  One of us  had  visited  New 
York  once  a  year,  but  the  subject  of 
“ errors ”  past, present or to  come was a 
forbidden one.  A few more  errors were 
made—small  ones,  however—in  the  in­
voices we received but  which  we  never 
In  the  meantime,  we 
even mentioned. 
had  a  few  special 
inquiries  for  silk 
umbrellas and had sold seven  or eight of 
them  at  from  $3  to  $7  each,  and  we 
might have disposed of a few  pounds  of 
the sewing silk.

in 

Oue  sultry  day  in  August,  we  were 
both  pleased  and  surprised  to  see  Mr. 
Parker  himself  standing 
the,  open 
door,  with his Panama hat in  one  hand, 
while wiping the' perspiration  from  his 
brow with the other. 
“ How do you do, 
gentlemen?”  was  his  pleasant  saluta­
tion,  as he approached us.  “ Thought  I 
would  take  a  vacation  for  a  couple of 
weeks during the dull season and run  up 
among  the  cool  hills of  Vermont,  but 1 
feel as if I  had  made  a  mistake—but  l 
never acknowledge that,  you  know—and 
gone  South 
into  the  Carolinas.  You 
don’t  often  have  it  as  hot  as  this, do 
dou ? ”

“ Not  unless  a  good  thunder  shower 
follows to cool off.  Should  we  get  one 
to-day,  we shall probably  be able to find 
you an umbrella, as you seem to be with­
out one,” I answered.

“ Guess you’re about  right,”  he  said, 
with  a  laugh,  “ as  I neglected to bring 
one.  And your predicted shower is sure­
ly  coming,  too,”  he  continued,  as  he 
glanced  toward 
the  Western  horizon, 
where the lightning was  playing  around 
a black cloud.

Mr.  Parker  was  evidently  iu  good 
humor  with  himself  and the balance of 
the world.  Not a customer was in sight. 
Now,  if  ever,  was  the  time to surprise 
him.  With  an  impressive  look  toward 
my brother,  who stood listening,  I  said, 
“ Mr.  Parker,  you  must  not  be  caught 
without an  umbrella  while  you  are here 
among  the  hills  and  subjected  to  a 
shower  of  rain  at  any moment.  Come 
with me,  if you  please,  and  permit  us to 
present you  with one  well  worthy  your 
visit to Vermont.”  And  I  led  the  way 
lid to the stock room above.  Raising the 
from  the  box of  gold-handled  beauties, 
I  said,  “ Take  your  choice of these and 
be sure to make a good  selection.”

A  look of astonishment passed over his 
face,  but  there  was  no  gleam  of recog­
nition.  “ W hat! ” said he,  “ do you sell 
this class of goods up  here  in  the  coun­
try ?  They are  first  class  but  too  good 
for this market I should  think.”

“ Oh,  we sell a few good ones  here  oc­

casionally,” I carelessly answered.

He  soon  found  one  with  a  handle to 
suit his  taste.  “ Many  thanks. 
I  shall 
endeavor to reciprocate  your  kindness.” 
And he opened and  closed  the  umbrella

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several  times,  seeming  in deep thought, 
when,  as  we  started  to  go down stairs, 
he remarked,  “ Guess I shall have to tell 
you a story after I find a seat.”

Knowing the old gentleman to  be fond 
of a cigar, I motioned  for  my  brother to | 
pass  the  box,  at  the  same time offering 
him  an  easy  chair.  The  shower  was 
now full upon us and was  rapidly lower- | 
ing the  temperature,  so  that  we  closed j 
the door,  and all took seats to listen.

“ This  umbrella,”  began  Mr.  Parker, 
“ reminds  me  of  an  incident.  About 
eight  or  ten  years  ago,  our  house  re­
ceived  an  order  from  a  Spanish  mer-1 
chant,  in Mexico,  for  a  large  invoice  of 
the best silk umbrellas,  with heavy gold- 
plated handles. 
It  is  so  long ago that I 
cannot  recall  the  number  wanted,  but, 
with  some  fifty  pounds  of  sewing  silk 
ordered with  it, the  bill  was about $500. 
As an evidence  of  good  faith,  the  mer­
chant enclosed a draft  for  $*¿00  with the 
order  and  also  references 
to  several 
banks  in  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 
Well,  to  cut  the  story  short,  we  ship­
ped  the  goods,  but  they  never  reached 
their  destination;  and,  although  we 
expended nearly the  total  amount of the 
check  in  the  search,  we  have  never, 
from  that  day  to  this,  found  a trace of 
them.”

“ You  certainly  have  seen  them ? ” 

said J.

“ I  do  not  understand  you,  Mr.  Jen­
nings,”  rejoined  Mr.  Parker.  “ I  just 
told  you  that  I  have  never  even  heard 
from them.”

“ But,  still,  you  have  seen  them,”  I 
persisted,  without  a  change  of  expres­
sion.

“ Never, sir ! ” emphatically protested 
the  old  gentleman,  who  did  not yet see 
the point.

At  this,  clerks  and  all  roared  with 
laughter.  Just a moment  only,  a  shade 
of  anger  passed  over  Mr.  Parker’s face 
as  he  glanced  from  one  to  another. 
Then  a  new  light seemed to dawn upon 
him and a smile came to  relieve  the  em­
barrassment.  “ Yes,  gentlemen,”  said 
he,  “ I think, now,  that I have  both seen 
and  found  the  lost  box  of  umbrellas ! 
And I will  acknowledge  that  it  was  my 
own fault (hat I did not find  them  years 
ago.  The  circumstance  all  comes  back 
to me now. 
I  have 
no fault to find with  anyone  except  my­
self.  The  box  was  evidently  mixed up 
with  your  goods  and  was  marked  as 
yours by mistake,  and,  had  it  not  been 
for  my  crusty  reply  to  your  letter  in­
timating that an error had  occurred,  you 
would  have  returned  my  lost  goods  at 
once.”

It served  us  right. 

“ Well,”  I  replied,  “ I  believed  that 
the  time  would  sometime  come to show 
you  that  box,  and  it did,  but 1 was sur­
prised that you  did  not  instantly  recog­
nize  your  lost  goods.”  Turning  to  my 
brother,  “ George,”  said I,  “ make  out a 
bill  of  the  umbrellas  and  silk  already 
sold,  have  Mr.  Parker  receipt  for  the 
amount and we will  ship  the  balance to 
his house to-morrow.”

“ Never I ”  exclaimed  the  old  gentle­
man,  rising  to  his  feet.  “ That box of 
merchandise is  yours,  although  it is not 
sufficient to compensate  you for my mis­
takes  in  the  past  and  my  dogged  de­
termination  never  to  acknowledge  an 
error. 
In  the  later  years  of  my  life, I 
have begun to see my own faults and am 
willing to believe that no merchant  lives 
who  is  not  liable  to  mistakes and that 
the  true  principle  is  to  acknowledge

I  must  say  that I am astonished 
them. 
at your patience  and  forbearance  in  re­
maining our patrons so long, considering 
the  provocation  you  have  had for leav­
ing us,  and I trust that this incident will 
leave  a  valuable  impression  upon those 
who are yet young  and  are soon to occu­
py our places in the marts of trade.”  H.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED j 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f you  have  any  o f  the  above  goods  to 
ship, or anything  In  the  Produce  line,  let 
us  hear  from  you.  Liberal  cash advances 
made  w hen  desired.

E A R L   BROS.,

Com m ission M e r c h a n ts
Reference: First National  Bank,  Chicago.
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

F. J. BARBER.

A. C. MARTIN.

BiRBER,  MARTIN  &  CO.
Commission  Merchants

GENERAL

FOR  THE  SALE  OF

Blitter, Eggs, PoiJttry, Frilit, and  all 

Kinds of Coilnttg  Proddce.

191  South  Water  Street,

CHICAGO.

MHNUPÌCTURER8'  MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE  COMPANY,

ANNUAL  BEPORT.

December, 31,1890. 

1,030
1,577
2,607
1,551
1,056

Total number of  policies in force De­
cember 31,  1889................................  
Total  number of policies added  dnr 
ing 1890............................................. 
Total............................................. 
Deduct cancellation and expiration.. 
Total number in force Dec. 31,1890... 
Amount at risk.......................................$1,616,773 06
Resources................................................  186,275 85
Liabilities,  including  re insurance
reserve.................................................  
53,275 30
Income  ...............................  • • 
----- 
Losses paid in 1890 (including $7,427.24
paid for loss in 1889)............................ 
Outer  expenses....................................... 

27,439 46
22,164 79

50,153  99

A.  M.  GRANGER,  See’y.

1

lur  line  of  Rubber  Goods 
annot  be  surpassed in the 
tate. 

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Miscellaneous  Robber Goods.  1 8 8EM«__ -   ™

ORDER AT  ONCE. 

H | g g g   £

We  also  carry  a  large  and  H  
complete line of Mill Supplies,  n  
Sporting  Goods  and  Fire  De­
partment Supplies.

Stodley & Barclay, 

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MlSiSlSl

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Grand  Rapids, 

Mich. 

Send for 

catalogue.

THE  PUTNAM  CANDY  GO.,
Wholesale
Man ufacturers.

Ffuit  and  Nut  Jobbers.

ASK  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Buy our Custom Made River 
Boots  and  Shoes.  We  make 
the  Correct  Styles  in  River 
Goods.  The  bottom  stock  is 
solider  and  fitting  on  upper 
stronger  than  any other  lines 
made.  Our  New Spring  lines 
have proved great sellers.

S .  K . 

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

H o lies &   Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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

« T O S S   U P I 99

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

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

T H  h:  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,
Nunica—Fremont Brown  has  sold  his 
interest in the  hardware  firm  of  Brown  ] 
A  Parkhurst  Bros,  to  his partners,  who  j 
will  continue  the  business  under  the  1 
style of Parkhurst Bros.

Jackson—J.  W.  Hewitt  is  succeeded 
by  F.  Hanam  A  Co.  in the manufacture 
of buggies and road carts.

Detroit—Fitzsimmons  &  Creary  suc­
ceeded Fitzsimmons A Fink  in  the man­
ufacture of overalls.

4

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
AROUND THE STATE.

Addison—A.  D.  Swartout  has sold his 

meat market to Humphrey Bros.

Graafschap—Thos.  Boven  will  re-en- j 

gage in general  trade in the spring.

Quincy—E.  A.  Jones  is  succeeded by

A.  Whitney in the hardware business.

Detroit—John  J.  Gorman  succeeds  E. 
& J. Gorman in the hat and cap business.
Bay  City—Jennison  A  Son  succeed 
Jennisou  & Co. in  the hardware business. |
Saginaw—The  West  Side  Furniture 
Co.  is  succeeded  by  the  West  Side Art 
Co.

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Belding—Foote A  Sons  are  succeeded 
by  Geo.  Hauk  in the boot and shoe bus­
iness.

Kalamazoo—F.  P.  Ford  succeeds  Ford 
&  Humphrey  in  the photographing bus­
iness.

Woodland—Bolter  A  Gates  succeed J. 
W.  Hathaway in the wood,  lime and salt 
business. 

Fremont—Wm.  Boone  succeeds  Wm. 
Boone A Co.  in  the  furniture and  under­
taking business.

Ann Arbor—C.  F.  Staebler  &  Co.  are 
succeeded by Staebler  Bros,  in the paint 
and oil business.

Lake  Odessa—W.  Elliott  &  Co.  have 
put  in  a  line  of clothing,  hats and caps 
and men’s furnishing  goods.

Manistique — Andrew  Anderson  has 
suffered  the  loss  of  his  boot  and shoe 
stock by fire.  No insurance.

Ithaca—J.  B.  Beemer  & Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by  Geo.  W.  Stambaugh  in  the 
agricultural implement business,

Montague—L. G.  Ripley talks  of  put­
ting a stock  of  dry  goods  in  the  store 
soon to be vacated by G.  H.  Mason.

Battle  Creek—Murphy  & Kelleher are 
succeeded  by  T.  J.  Kelleher  in the dry 
goods and furnishing goods business.

Detroit—King,  Klugh  A  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by  Louis  B.  King  &  Co.  in  the 
wholesale  and  retail  crockery  business.
Saginaw — Groll  &  Nothhelfer,  boot 
and  shoe  dealers,  have  dissolved,  each 
continuing business on his own  account.
Ypsilanti—Stowell H.  Dimick,  one  of 
the first men  to go  into  business here,  is 
dead.  He  started  a  drug  store  here in 
1847.

Stauton—John  W.  S.  Pierson  &  Co. 
their  hardware  business 
have  merged 
into  a  stock  company  under  the  same 
style.

Rogers City—W.  W.  Hunter,  Hartwell 
A Co.  are succeeded by  Fingleson,  Hart­
well & Co.  in general trade and  the saw- j 
mill business.

Climax—R.  E. Jeff has  sold  his  inter­
est in the drug and grocery firm of Pierce 
A Jeff to A.  S.  Lee.  The new  firm  will 
be known as Pierce A Lee.
□ Cheboygan—Reid A Co.  have dissolved 
partnership and retired  from the grocery 
business.  The partners  were John Reid, 
of this city, and Geo. Thomas, of Owosso.
Belding—C.  G. O’Bryon  has purchased 
of H.  T.  M.  Treglown  his  stock  of boots 
and shoes  and,  in  exchange,  Mr.  Treg- 
lowu  has  taken  Mr.  O’Bryon’s  line  of 
carpets.

Belding—J.  Cornell,  formerly  propri­
etor  of  the  Commercial  House,  at  St. 
Louis,  has purchased  the  grocery  stock 
of Wm.  F.  Bricker and will continue  the 
business.

Allegan—The lines of business  formed 
by the consolidation of Sherwood A Gris­
wold and  E. C. Jenner will  hereafter  be 
conducted  under  the style of  Sherwood, 
Griswold A Co.

Woodland—J.  W.  Hathaway  has  sold 
his elevator to Willard  Bolton and  Abi­
gail Gates,  who will  continue  the  busi­
ness under the style of  Bolton  A  Gates.
Stanton — Epply  A  Devine  have  pur­
chased  10,000  acres  of  land near Beech- 
wood,  Iron  county,  and  will  put  in  a 
shingle  mill  and  supply  store at Beech- 
wood. 

Hudson—The  Kefuss  Milling  Co.  has 
leased  the  Hudson  Milling  Co.’s  plant 
for  three  years  and  will  operate  both 
mills  hereafter.  The  lease  dates  from 
Feb.  18.

•

Au  Sable—There  is  a  rumor  on  the 
Huron  shore  that  a  syndicate is negoti­
ating for the timber of the Potts concern, 
both pine and hardwood,  and that  if  the 
deal  is  closed  the  mill  will  be stocked 
and operated  until the timber  is  all  cut.
Detroit  — Robert  M.  Dalton,  Mary 
Hutchinson  and  David  Barry  have  in­
corporated 
the  Dalton  Manufacturing 
Co.,  with $5,500 capital, $750 of  which is 
paid in.  The company  will manufacture 
a  combined  sprinkler  and  seeder  and 
other farm implements.
Marquette—The Cleveland Saw Mill Co., 
is  doubling  the  capacity  of  its  mill  at 
this  point,  putting  in  two  more  band 
saws.  Last year it sawed a large amount 
of defective timber in  which,  of  course, 
there  was great waste. 
It has now, how­
ever,  sold all of its poor  logs  and timber 
suitable for shingles,  which  will  be sort­
ed  out  and  manufactured  at  a shingle 
mill to be erected  here  by  auother  con­
cern early in the spring.

Otsego—Geo.  E.  Bardeen,  President of 
the  Bardeen  Paper  Co.,  writes  The 
T radesm an  that  the  paper mill  now in 
process of  erection will  make super-cal­
endered,  calendered and machine finished 
book paper, the same as the present mill. 
In 
the  near  future,  the  company  ex­
pects  to  build  a  third  mill  to  use  the 
refuse of  both  mills in  the  manufacture 
of bogus  manilla,  red express  and  wrap­
ping papers.

Dushville—P.  Allyn  and  Caleb  Bundy 
have  formed  a  copartnership under  the 
style of  Caleb  Bundy  &  Co.  to carry on 
the grocery,  flour and feed, meat, notion, 
hardware and tinware business.

Dushville—P.  Allyn  has  sold  his  dry I 
goods,  clothing  and  boot and  shoe  stock 
to  John A.  Drew,  who  will remove  same 
to Two  Rivers—Caldwell  postoffice—and 
consolidate it with his general stock.

Plain well — The  Michigan  Paper  Co. 
has  purchased  the old  B.  F.  Lyon  paper 
mill,  which has not  turned a wheel since 
August,  1887,  and  expects  to  have  the 
same in operation  within sixty days.

Nunica—J.  Brown  &  Son  have  pur­
chased considerable new machinery,some 
of which has already arrived, which they 
are  to  put  in  their  flouring  mill  here, 
making it a full roller process mill.

Saginaw — Charles  Adams,  who  has 
been carrying on  the grocery  business at 
623 North Porter street,  has  sold  out  to 
A.  M.  Fellows,  who  will  continue  the 
business.  C. E.  Hodges,  who  was  with 
Mr.  Adams,  will  have  the general man­
agement of the business.

Cheboygan — Barber  A  Grieve, 

the 
Third  street  meat  market  firm,  have 
desolved  partnership,  Mr.  Grieve  retir­
ing and Barber  continuing  the  business 
at the old stand.  Mr.  Grieve has bought 
out Lee Clark,  the  Main  street  butcher, 
and  will  continue  in  the  meat  market 
business at that stand.

Detroit—A.  McPherson  A  Co.,  whole­
sale  commission  merchants  on  Wood- 
bridge street,  west,  have  given  a chattel 
mortgage  on  their stock  and  fixtures  to 
the  American  Exchange  National  Bank, 
and have closed their doors for an inven­
tory.  The  senior  member  says that  he 
doesn’t  know  whether  business  will  be 
resumed  or not.

Detroit—S.  Simons A Co.  have  filed  a 
chattel  mortgage,  executed  by  Ryan 
Brothers,  in  favor  of  the  firm filing,  in 
the  sum  of  $17,000,  covering  all  the 
goods,  merchandise aud personal  proper­
ty,  composing  the  entire stock in  trade, 
all  machinery, engines,  boilers,  etc.,  and 
all  stock that may hereafter  be added  to 
the general stock of  the  knitting works. 
The mortgage  secures  certaiu  promisory 
notes  make  by  S.  Simons  A Co.  and in­
dorsed by the Ryan Bros.

Jackson—The item in a recent issue of 
T he  T radesm an  regarding  the success­
ors of Clark,  Baker A  Co.  in  the  whole­
sale grocery business  is  a  little mislead­
ing.  The  Jackson  Grocery  Co.  is not a 
corporation,  albeit  it  has  a  corporate 
style,  the copartners being W. D. Thomp­
son,  the  banker,  H.  S. Griggs,  another 
Jackson man,  and Frank  H.  Bower,  who 
traveled along  the  Michigan  Central  for 
five  years  for  Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit.  The new house has ample  cap­
ital and starts  out  under  most flattering 
auspices.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS. 

Fenwick—B any ani A Preston  succeed 
I Ban yard  &  Johnson  in  the milling bus­
iness.

Detroit—The  E.  J.  Robinson Lumber 
! Co.  has been  incorporated, with a capital 
stock of $8,000.

Douglas—Jas.  Gardiner  has  been  ap- j 
I pointed receiver of the basket  factory of 
i Wm.  Weed A Co.

G ood  W o rd s  U n solicited .

M. J. Goss, lumber dealer, Prairieville:  “Can’t 

keep house without The Tradesman.”

F.  B. Clark,  grocer,  Lowell:  “Can’t  do  with­

out the paper.”

Milo  J.  Thomas,  hardware  and  agricultural 
Implements,  Corunna, Ind .:  “The  T radesman 
is a No. 1 paper and we could not do without it.” 
Stiekney  &  Co., general dealers,  Paris:  “We 

want the paper continued.”

M.  S.  Brownson,  grocer,  Kingsley:  “I  have 
taken The  Tradesman  several years and  value 
it.  Do not stop it without my order.”

Dennis  Leggett,  drugs  and  groceries,  Paris: 
“Glad to see  you,  sir.  The  Tradesman  is  all 
right and we want it.”
Cairns  E  Smith,  general  dealer,  Cairns:  “I 
look  forward  with  pleasure  each week for Tms 
T r a d e s m a n .

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

try town of 500 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 

191

188

190

178

BJOR SALK—STORE BUILDING WITH  OR  WITHOUT 

stock of furniture and  undertaking:  goods.  New 
hearse.  Living rooms overhead.  Cottage  adjoining. 
Barn.  Terms to suit.  Address No. 190,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

EpOR SALE  CHEAP—NEARLY  NEW  GRAIN  SCALE, 

especially  adopted  for  flour  and  feed  dealer. 
Owner  has  no  use  for  it.  Geo.  Lehman,  40  West 
Bridge street, Grand Rapids. 
TT rANTED^TO  EXCHXNGE  TWO  GOOD  STORES 
VV 
and good brick residence, with stock of  general 
merchandise, for a  good  water  power  custom  roller 
mill  on  railroad  in  good  town.  Northern  Michigan 
preferred.  Adpress I. P. Roberts. Springport, Mich. 189 
ITOR SALE-HALF INTEREST IN  MANUFACTURING 
r   business.  Small plant and  valuable  patents.  In 
running  order  and  doing  business.  Exceptional  op­
portunity for man with push and  $2,000.  Address  No. 
188. care Michigan Tradesman. 

IX)R SALE—CLOTHING & FURNISHING GOODS Bus­
iness, established five years in good town  of  1.800 
people.  A snap for someone, as there is but one  other 
clothing store here.  L  R. Hinsdill, Hartford, Mich. 181
Ft OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK,  IN- 
ventorying about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
has other  business.  Address  No.  178,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman._______________________________  
F OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK  AND 
new  fixtures  in  desirable  location  in  this  city; 
will sell  at  invoice  on  reasonable  terms;  reason  for 
selling,  owner  has  other  business.  L.  M.  Mills,  54
South Ionia street.  Grand Rapids.______________ 185
OR  SALE—A  CdMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK  AND FIX- 
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell,
Mich.__________________________________________194
TXT ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CA8H  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
W   general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 
T   WANT  A 8TOCK~OF  GOODS  IN  EXCHANGE  FOR 
X  a  good farm between Muskegon and Grand Rapids 
or  a  house  and  lot  in  Grand  Rapids.  Write, giving 
particulars, to O. F. Conklin. Grand Rapids._______ 186
QAMPLE8  OF TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE- 
i j   t&ilers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany. N. Y. 
1X>R SALE—DRUG  STOCK AT $1,800 IN CITY OF 5000 
JL1  Only  three  other  stores in the  city.  Owner  is a 
non-resident and  will  make  favorable  terms  to  good 
man.  For particulars address C. A. Jerman, care Lord, 
Owen A  Co., Chicago, 111. 

I TOR SALE—BRANCH  DRUG  STOCK,  IN  CITY  OF 
1  50,000.  Sales $6 to $8  per  day.  Price,  $500  Will
sell half interest to responsible party.  Address No. 198,
care  Michigan  Tradesman._____________________ 198
RUG STOCK—NEAT  AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW 
hardwood  fixtures.  Excellent  location  on  best 
reta'l street  in  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  light 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory,  just 
completed, $2,600.  On account  of  failing  health,  will 
sell "at  Invoice  or  for  $2,400  cash,  if  sold  by  March 
15.  Otherwise will hold it as an  investment.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  investigation  solicited.  Ad­
dress “F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co., City. 197 
TTOR  SALE—AN  EXCELLENT  AND  WELL  ESTAB 
Jl  
lished business in  Petoskey,  Michigan,  requiring 
a capital of $4,000,  It  is  a  first-class  chance  for  an 
energetic m an; satisfactory  reasons  for  selling.  Ad- 
dress Lock box W, Petoskey, Mich-______________ 196
i WR  SALE  CHEAP—A  WELL-ESTABLISHED  MER- 

chant tailor shop.  Must sell on account of death. 

Inquire of Mrs. J. D. Eden, Niles, Mich. 

195

194

564

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SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

WANTED — 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 

______________________________________ 122

MISCELLANEOUS.

YTTANTED—I  WILL  PAY  CASH  FOR  GENERAL 
W 
stock of from $7,000  to  $16.000,  if  offered  cheap 
192
for spot cash.  Will Wood, Sheridan,  Mich. 
---- ANTED—A STOCK OF GENERAL  MERCHANDISE,
clothing or shoes, will pay spot cash, they  must 
be cheap.  Size  no  objec  ion.  Address  Box  478,  Mid 
dlevllle,  Mich._________________________________ 198
■ BOL18H  THE  PASS  BOOK  AND SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
■ ANTED—I  WILL  PAY  CASH  FOR  GENERAL 
stock of from $7,000 to  $15,000,  if  offered  cheap 
192
for spot cash.  Drawer, 87, Sheridan,  Mich. 
I TOR 8ALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  5-ROOM 

house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

187.

H eym an   &  C om pany,

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T ED E  MTCKCTGA.^N'  T R A D E S M A N .
Bert Remington, formerly on  the  road 
for  Musselmau  &  Widdicomb,  has  en­
gaged  to  travel  for  H.  C.  & C.  Durand, 
of  Chicago,  covering  the  central  and 
southern  portions  of  the  State.  The 
Messrs.  Durand  now  have  three  sales­
men in  Michigan—Dick Savage,  John R. 
Price and  Mr.  Remington.

Manufacturers  of

Of  Every  Description.

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

GRAND  RA PID S  GOSSIP.

G. 

N.  Wagner & Bro.  are succeeded by 

Wagner  Bros.  &  Co.  in the lumber and 
shingle business.

Chas. Sach has opened a  grocery  store 
at 219 Coit  avenue.  The  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman Co.  furnished the stock.

Miller Wilson has  engaged  in  the gro­
cery  business  at  New  Era.  The  Olney 
& Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.
W. W.  Bracey  has  removed his grocery 
stock  from  217  Coit  avenue  to  the  form er 
location  of  K ryger  &  Oom,  551  O ttaw a 
Street.

Beckstrom  &  Nelson  have  opened  a 
hardware store on  Houston avenue,  Mus­
kegon.  Foster,  Stevens & Co.  furnished 
the stock.

Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.  have  enlarged 
the office of  their wholesale  department, 
affording S.  F.  Stevens and his assistants 
more elbow  room.

Meina  E.  Tuinstra  will  remove  his 
grocery  scock  from  the  corner of  North 
Coit  avenue  and  Madison  street  to  32 
West Leonard street.

Herman Burger  has  removed  his  gro­
cery stock from 32  West  Leonard  street 
to the  former  location  of  A.  Mulder  & 
Sons, 33 West Leonard street.

Louis Sands has put in a stock  of  gro­
ceries  and  mill  supplies  at  Lake  City 
under the management  of  his son, Chas. 
Sands.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
furnished the stock.

Gripsack  Brigade.

C.  F.  Williams,  traveling  representa­
tive for L.  Perrgo & Co.,  of Allegan,  was 
in town over Sunday.

Cornelius  Crawford  and  family  have 
left  the  Warwick  and  resumed  life  in 
their own home on Paris avenue.

A.  R.  Brandt,  traveling  representative 
for Riedeburg  &  Bodden Co., of Milwau­
kee,  was in town  several days last  week.
Wm.  Jones  has recovered  from  his  re­
cent indisposition  and  resumed his visits 
to  the  trade  of  the  Lemon  <Jfc  Wheeler 
Company.

Emil  Fecht,  traveling  representative 
for J.  J.  Bagley & Co.,  put  in last week 
at Grand Rapids.  He  was  accompanied 
by his wife.

M.  L.  Campbell,  druggist  at  Leslie, 
has pulled  off  the  road  for  Lambert & 
Lowman.  He is succeeded by his  clerk, 
L. C.  Reynolds.

Joe  F.  O.  Reed  has  been  called  to 
Denver  by  the  illness  of  his  mother. 
Frank  Hadden  will  cover  his  territory 
during his absence.

Chas.  F.  McLain is rapidly  recovering 
from his recent attack of  typhoid  fever, 
but will be too weak to resume  his  trips 
on the road for a couple of weeks yet.

Capt.  Lon.  H.  Hascall, Michigan repre­
sentative  for  Wheeler,  Blodgett  &  Co., 
of Boston,  received  a  welcome  valentine 
Saturday in the shape of a buxom boy.

John Q.  Ryan,  formerly  with  John  C. 
Sullivan,  of  Detroit,  has  engaged  to 
travel for  the  cigar  department of  I.  M. 
Clark  &  Son,  taking  the  D., G.  H.  & M. 
east and  the  G.  R.  & I., C.  & W.  M.,  and 
Michigan Central  north.

A.  L. Thompson,  formerly  engaged in 
the drug business at Harbor  Springs and 
more recently engaged in  the  same  bus­
iness in  this  city,  has  gone  on  the road 
for G.  G.  Green,  the  “ August  Flower” 
man.  His  territory  includes  the  entire 
State.

The 

Jackson  Grocery  Co. 

has 
three  men  on  the  road—Orson  Leach, 
who  covers  Southern  Michigan  and 
Northern  Indiana  and  Ohio;  Chas.  S. 
Hitchcock,  who calls on the  trade on  the 
Michigan  Central,  west  of Jackson,  and 
Frank Ganaird,  whose  territory includes 
the 
towns *on  the  Michigan  Central, 
north and east of Jackson.

T.  P.  S.  Hampson,  formerly  specialty 
salesman  for  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug Co.,  but  for  the  past  seven  years 
on  the  road  for the Anti-Kalsomine Co., 
has engaged to travel for the U.  S.  Gutta 
Percha  Paint  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
paints  and  varnishes  at  Providence,  R. 
I.  His  territory  includes  all  the  large 
towns from Michigan  to California.

One hundred and  forty dollars was ex­
pended  in furnishing the traveling men’s 
room at the Masonic Home and Secretary 
Seymour  has  succeeded  in  gathering in 
about 890.  As about  850  more is needed 
to  meet  all  the  bills,  the  Secretary  re­
quests The T radesm an to ask those who 
have  not  contributed  their  dollar  to  do 
so  as soon as convenient.

Purely Personal.

O.  A.  Ball  went to Lake City  last week 
to  sell  Louis  Sands  his  new  grocery 
stock.
L.  E.  Bahle,  of  the firm of  L.  E. Bhale 
&  Co.,  general  dealers at Sutton’s  Bay, 
was  in  town  last  Saturday  on  his way 
home from Milwaukee and Chicago.

C. C.  Philbrick,  of  the  firm  of  Foster, 
Stevens  &  Co.,  left  to-day  for  the  Ber­
mudas.  He  is  accompanied  by his  wife 
and  expects  to be  absent a month or  six 
weeks.
W.  F.  Chapman,  formerly engaged in 
trade at 344 South Division,  is  now  con­
nected with C.  M.  Linington  at  Chicago 
Mr.  Chapman was identified  with  Foster, 
Stevens & Co.  for  seven  years  and  with
H.  Leonard & Sous  for three years.

Educate  the  Consumer.

Grand  Radios,  Feb.  14—In  my  opin 
ion it is rather late in  the season to begin 
to  agitate  the  oyster  situation,  as  set 
forth in an interview with Fred L. Fallas 
in  Iasi week’s  T radesm an.  The  whole 
trouble lies with  the consumer,  who con 
tinually  demands  something  cheap. 
If 
one  dealer  asks 25  cents a can  at  retail 
and another  asks 20 cents,  the  consumer 
invariably  takes  the  cheaper  can,  al 
though  the  chances  are  he  does not  get 
over  half  the  oysters  he  would  in  the 
higher priced  can.  As a matter of  fact 
solid  filled  cans  are now  worth 27 cents 
per  can  by the  case,  and  no  dealer  can 
afford  to  pay transportation  charges and 
sell for  less than 35 cents per can.  Edu 
cate  the  consumer  up  to  the  idea  that 
low  prices  invariably mean  cheap  goods 
and  the  dealer  will  be  glad  to  handle 
good goods and good goods only.

Oyster J o bber.

A  Close  Resemblance.

Emil Fecht, the  Detroit  tobacco  sales­
man,  recently  noted  a  remark  by a Teu­
tonic gentleman which  pleased  him  im­
mensely.  A friend met the German  and 
congratulated  him  on 
the  fine  appear­
ance  of  his  span  of  mules,  when  the 
owner remarked that there was  only one 
trouble with the animals.

“ What is that ? ” asked the friend.
“ Each look so tarn much  like  both dat 
I can’t tell ’em togeder,”  was  the unique 
reply.

6 3   a n d   6 8   C an al  St.

C R A C K E R S ,  B IS C U IT S   A N D   S W E E T :G O O I)S .

M usk ofron Cracker C o
L A  R G B S T  V A R I E T Y  IN  T H E  S T A T E
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Ho  Connectton  f i   My  tate  Trust
Pennsylvania  Lniterman’s.

SPECIAL.  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

- 

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

S ta te   A g e n t a f o r  

L Y C O M IN G   R U B B E R   CO . 
and  160  East  Fulton  Street.

T H E

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

I D E I P y ^ I R T I M I I E n s r T

BUILDINGS, 

MACHINERY, 

PATENTED  ARTICLES, 

PORTRAITS.

Estimates atxl Samples on application.

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

S E E D S ! Parties  wishing  seeds of  any  kind  for  garden 

or  field  please  send  for  our  catalogue  and 
wholesale price list before buying.

We  carry the  largest  and  most  complete stock of  seeds in Western  Michigan, 

and offer only such seeds as are of the highest grade.

The  Alfred  Brown  Seed  Store.

Parties having Clover Seed to sell,  please correspond with us.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

D r y   G o o d s•

P r ic e s  C urrent.

Dry  Goods  Notes.

The newest in silk handkerchiefs  have 
a border or corners of the  open  Mexican 
drawn-work.

It is said that velveteens are  having  a 
large consumptive sale  this  season,  and 
promise well for the  future.

A  foreign  correspondent  writes  that 
the Grenoble  glove  industry  is  agitated 
over the duty now proposed  to  be levied 
on imported raw skins,  and  that  strenu­
ous  efforts  are  being  made  for the pro­
tection of the industry. 
l  Germany  has  had  a  very poor year in 
its  textile  departments.  Mills  which 
formerly  paid  a  handsome  dividend 
either  paid  none  at  all,  or a very small 
one.  Average profits  were probably not 
one-third what they were last year.

Chilian merino wool has  made  its  ap­
pearance in  this  country. 
It  resembles 
a  low  Australian  crossbreed,  and 
is 
grown  on  a  cross  between  the English 
and the native sheep.  The  merino  sells 
in New  York  at  16K  to  17c.  in  bond; 
the  mestiza,  a  coarser  grade,  at  15* 
to 16c.
Diagonals,  basket effects, etc., in hard- 
finished  black  and  blue  fabrics,  are  no 
longer  popular,  but  the  same  class  of 
patterns  in  rough,  lustreless  finish and 
light steel-bluish mixtures are in  control 
of  the  situation.  So,  at  any  rate, the 
best informed men  in  the  clothing trade 
say.
A  London special  announces  that the 
silk  trade  of  Italy  is  in  a  critical  con­
dition,  and the demand has  fallen  off  to 
such  an  extent  that  numerous  failures 
are occurring.  Three large silk factories 
at  Milan  and  the  vicinity  have  been 
forced  to  make  assignments,  with  lia­
bilities aggregating eight million lire.

Boucle effects in wool  dress  goods  are 
not  likely  to  last  much  longer,  if  the 
opinions  of  retail  salesmen  are  of  any 
value.  They  have  had  a  run  now  for 
two years. 
In summer fabrics  the effect 
is  hideous.  The  boucle  pulls  out  and 
catches  the  dust,  but  the  people  have 
wanted it,  and they have had it.
Not  Up  on Webster.

From  the  Merchants’  Review.

A  gift  tea  store  in  Tenth avenue dis­
plays  a  sign  in  its  window bearing the 
following legend:

ONE  COUP  AND  SAUC1R

;
:  A POUND OF OUR FINEST TEA.  :

.G IV E N   W ITH  

If that dealer’s knowledge of tea is  on  a 
parity  with  his  spelling  his  customers 
will run a good chance of “ getting left.”
Saginaw—C.  M.  Hill  expects  to  ex 
haust his timber in this district  the com­
ing season,  and  has  been  looking  about 
for  a  location  for  his  mill.  He owns a 
large  amount  of  timber  in  the  Duluth 
district,  and also a  tract  in  the  vicinity 
of Sau it Ste.  Marie.

Spring Season 1801.

I f  You  desire  to  sell

Carpets  by  Sample

Send for

Circular  and  Price Lisi.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A..............  7  ¡Clifton CCC...........  6%
“  Arrow Brand 5%
H..............  6% 
P ..............6 
“  Worldwide..  7
D..............654 
“  LL...............   5
LL..............  5S£|Fu11 Yard Wide...... 654
Amory.....................  7  I Honest Width.........   6 \
Archery  Bunting...  4  Hartford A  ............   5J4
Beaver Dam  A A ..  Sit!Madras cheese cloth 62£
Blackstone O, 38__5  [Noibe R....................  55*
Black  Rock  ...........  7  Our Level  Best...... 6%
Boot, AL...............   754 Oxford  R  ..............  654
Chapman cheese cl.  32£ Pequot....................  754
Comet.....................   7  Solar.......................   654
Dwight Star............  754¡Top of the  Heap__754

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Amsburg.................
Blackstone A A......
Beats All................   454
Cleveland.............  7
Cabot......................   754
Cabot,  %.................  654
Dwight Anchor......854
shorts.  854
Edwards.................   6
Empire...................   7
Farwell.....................754
Fruit of the  Loom..  854
Fitchville  ...............754
First Prize..............654
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount..............  454
Full Value..............654
Geo.  Washington...  854

BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Glen Mills
Gold Medal............   754
Green  Ticket........... 854
Great Fails.............   654
Hope......................... 754
Just  Out........  454® 5
King  Phillip.............754
OP......  754
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1054
Lonsdale...........  @854
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   754
Oak View................. 6
Our Own................   554
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind...................754
Sunlight.................   454
Vinyard..................  854

“ 

R ALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
It

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A O........1854

N aumkeag satteen.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Blddeford........
Brunswick.......
Allen, staple...
fancy...
robes...

Middlesex No.  1.  ..10 
2....11 
3....12
7. ...18
8. ...19

: Middlesex A A........11
2 ......... 12
4 
5 

Nameless............... 20
.................25
.................2754
.................30
.................3254
..............  35

Cabot......................   754¡DwightAnchor.
Farwell...................8 
|
TremontN..............  554
Hamilton N............   654
L............   7
Middlesex  AT........  8
Q
Y 
No. ¿5 . : : :  »
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N __ ....  754
Middlesex PT.
....  8
A T.
....  9
X A.
....  9
X  F.
...1054
DRESS
Hamilton  ----
....  8
....  9
.........
..  .1054 
G G  Cashmere.
....21
Nameless.......
....1»
...18
CORSET
....  6
...  654
PR IÎ
....  554
....  554
....  5
American  fancy__554
American Indigo__554
American shirtings.  454
Arnold 
654
long cloth B.1054 
“  C.  854
century cloth  7
gold seal......1054
Turkey red.. 1054
Berlin solids...........  554
“  oil blue.......   654
“ 
“  green —   654
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Eddy stone fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
staple__554
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6
TICK
Amoskeag A C A__1354
Hamilton N ............754
D............ 854
Awning. .11
Farmer....................8
First  Prize.............. 1154
Lenox M ills...........18
COTTON  DRILL.
Atlanta,  D..............6541 Stark  A
Boot........................  654 No  Name  ...
Clifton, K...............   754|Topof  Heap.
Simpson..................20
.................18
.................16
Coechco................. 1054

Merrim’Ck shirtings.  454 
“  Repp furn .  854
Pacific  fancy.......... 6
robes............  654
I 
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  6
greys..........6
solid black.  6 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  India robes___ 754
“  plain T’ky X 54  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34........ 754
Martha  Washington
Turkey red..........   954
Riverpoint robes....  5
Windsor fancy......... 654
gold  ticket 
indigo blue..........1054
ENGS.AC A...................... 1254
Pemberton AAA— 16
York........................1054
Swift River..........  754
Pearl  River.............1254
Warren................... 14

Imperial................. 1054
Black................9@ 954
............1054

SATINES.

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Amoskeag.............. 1254
9oz......1454
brown .13
Andover.................1154
Everett, blue..........12
brown...... 12

Jeffrey.................... 1154
Lancaster................1254
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 1354
“  No. 220.... IS
N0. 25O....II54
“ 
“  No. 280.... 1054
GINGHAMS.Lancaster,  staple...  654
fancies__7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Westbrook..............8
.........................10
York........................654
Hampton...................654
Windermeer........... 5
Cumberland........... 5
Essex...................... 454
• 2054

Glenarven................ 654
Lancashire.............   654
Normandie............... 754
Renfrew Dress........754
Toil du Nord... ,10@1054
Amoskeag.............. 7
AFC........1054
Persian.«.................. 854
Bates.........................654
Warwick...............   854
Peerless, wnite. CARPET  W ARP.

__18  ¡Peerless  colored.
GRAIN  BAGS.

“ 

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■ 1554 
.1554 
• 1454

 

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THREADS.

...88
...88

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Amoskeag............  .1654 ¡ValleyCity.
Stark......................2054  Georgia • ••.
American.............. 1654¡  Pacific......
Clark’s Mile End... .45 Barbour'b .
Coats’, J. & P.
...... 45 Marshall’s .
Holyoke.........
......2254
KNITTING  COTTON.
White. Colored.
38 No.  14...... .37
No.  6  ..  .  33
8........ 34
39
16......
.38
“  
18...... .39
“   10........ 35
40
“  12........36
41
2 0 .......... .40
Slater............. 
454
White Star.............  454
Kid Glove..............   45<
Newmarket............   454
Edwards...................454
Fireman.................3254
Creedmore............. 2754
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless............... 2754
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R ................. 2254
Windsor................. 1854
6 oz Western.......... 21
Union  B.................2254
....................1754
....................16
Nameless......8  @ 9541 
......   854@10  I 

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Washington............  454
Red Cross...... .........  454
Lockwood................ 454
Wood’s..................   454
Brunswick...........   454
T W ........................2254
F T ......................... 3254
J R F , XXX........... 38
Buckeye.................3254
Grey SR W.............1754
Western W  .............1854
DR P ............. 
1854
Flushing XXX........ 2354
Manitoba................ 2354
9 @1054
“ 
1254
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
Slate.
13
»54
15
1054
17
1154
20
1254
Severen, 8oz..........   954
West Point, 8 oz__1054
Mayland, 8 oz......... 1054
10 o z ...1234
“ 
Greenwood, 754 oz..  954 
Raven, lOoz............ 1354
Greenwood, 8 oz — 1154
Stark 
............ 1354
W ADDINGS
White, doz............ 25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz___ 87 50
Colored,  doz..........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  ¡Pawtucket.............. 1034
“  Red Cross....  9  ¡Bundle....................  9
“  Best  ............1054 Bedford................... 1054
“  Best  AA......1234lValley  City..............IO34
Coraline................ 89 50|Wonderful............84 75
Schilling's............   9 00! Brighton................4 75
Corticelli, doz.........75  [Corticelli  knitting,

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

»54 13
1054 15
1154 17
1254 20

DOMET  FLANNEL.

SEWING  SILK.

BILBSIAS.

CORSETS

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2 
3 

..12 
“ 8 
..12  I  “  10 

twist, doz. .3754  per 34oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz.. 37541
HOOKS AND  ETES— P E R  GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & Whlte..l0  ¡No  4 Bl’k & Whlte..l5 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No2—20, M C.........50 
|No4—15  F  354........ 40
‘  3-18, S C .......... 45 
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No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“ 
.23
“ 
.  26
No 2........................28 
|No3.........................36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“ 10 
..18  |  “  12 
SAFETY  PIN S.

PIN S.

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4 
6 

NEEDLES— P E R   H .

A. James................ 1 60| 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 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“  .. .3 10

“  ... .2 10 

P. 

SWKK\lW\mif  SO MS,

Wholesale  ■ Dry ■ Goods

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

W e  have  just  received  a  large  line  of  Outing 
Shirts  in  Flannel,  Silk,  W ool  and  Linen,  Domett, 
Cheviot and  Satine;  also a complete  line of cheap 
and medium price  PANTS.  Inspection invited.

J.&P.COATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

IN

FOR

FOR  SALE  BY

WHITE,  BLACK  AHD  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.
Voigt, HemoM eier & Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oiieralls,  Etc.

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

48, SO and 52 Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH

Playing Gards

WE IRE HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lynch.

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

D.  A.  B  o d g b t t , Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general  banking business.

R sk s a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Oonatry Merchants Solicited.

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

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

“ 
“ 
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BARBOW8. 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................1850
D. B. Bronze  ..........................  12 50
S. B. S. 8teel........................ 
D. B. Steel............ : ...............  14 00
Railroad......................................................• 14 00
Garden.................................................   net' 30 00

bolts. 
Stove.  ..................... 
50410
70
Carriage new list.................. 
Plow.............................................................. 40410
Sleigh shoe  __ r ......................................... 
70

*  dls.
 

 
dls.

 

 

9 50

BUCKETS.

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

butts, cast. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin,  figured................................704
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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

65
60
35
60

50
25

dis.

dls.

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

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

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

Socket Firmer..............................................70410
Socket Framing............................................70416
Socket Corner................  .............................70410
Socket Slicks...............................................70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.................  ........ 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ......................................  
HotchkisB....................................................  

40
25

White Crayons, per gross..............12@12K dis. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

COFFER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
30
14x52,14x56,14x60 ....................... 
28
25
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
25
27
Bottoms.............. 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..................................... 
50
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
50
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound................................   644

DRIPPING PANS.

 
drills. 

dls.

 

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ........................... doz. net 
75
Corrugated.....................................dis. 20410410
Adjustable............................................ dls.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, $18; large, 826 .......................  
Ives’, 1, »18;  2, »24; 3, *30............................ 

30
25

piles—New List. 

dlS.

dls.

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

 
GALVANIZED IRON

 

 

12 

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

13 
GAUGES. 

Discount, 60

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

14 

28
18

50

Pouches.

Locks  U sed  on  United  S tates  Mail 
“It is a very  risky thing  nowadays for 
a mail agent to interfere with the lock on 
the mail pouches in his care,” said Assis­
tant  Postmaster  Gayler  to  a  World  re­
porter,  as he handled a burnished copper 
lock  which  lay  upon  his  desk.  “This 
lock  makes  it  practically impossible  for 
any interference to go undiscovered.  Ex­
amine  this  lock,  and  you  will  see  that 
each time you  turn the  key,  the  register 
moves  up one  number. 
I  lock it on  the 
number 1,234.  Now you unlock it.  See, 
the number is now 1,235.  And you can­
not  get  it  back  to  the  first  number,  do 
«vhat  you  may.  All  our  locks  begin at 
1  and stop at 9,999, giving them  a life of 
service of thirty-three years.  When the 
last number  is  reached  the lock will not 
work any more unless it is  sent  back  to 
the factory and  ‘upset.’  This  fact  was 
unknown to the route  agent  who ran be­
tween  Altoona  and  Harrisburg  in  1881, 
when  the  lock  was  first  adopted by  the 
government.  He  had  no  difficulty  in 
procuring  a  key  to  open  the lock,  and 
figured  that  he  could  manage 
to  go 
through  the  contents  of  his  pouch,  and 
by the use of  a  turning  lathe,  which  he 
took  in  the  car  with him,  he could soon 
send  the  numbers  flying  till  he would 
get back to the  number  charged  against 
him  on  leaving  the post office at Harris­
burg. 
It  was  mail  lock  No.  102,  reg­
istered  out  on  No.  23.  After  going 
through  the  contents  of  the  pouch  and 
getting a  good  swag  he  placed  his  lock 
in the lathe and commenced  to  turn. 
It 
didn’t  take  long  to  make  9,000 revolu­
tions on the lathe, but when  the lock re 
fused  to  go  past  9,999  the  fellow  got 
frightened and,  throwing his booty down 
on the floor of the car,  he jumped off and 
took to the woods.  This  was  a warning 
to  others,  and  we  scarcely  ever hear of 
any  attempts  to  tackle  this lock. 
It is 
the best kind  Of  a  protection against so- 
called  honest  fellows  who  don’t  mind 
stealing  a  few  hundred  if  they  risk 
nothing—fellows who are in  positions of 
trust. 
if 
one of the  men  acts  dishonestly,  it just 
tells  on  him.  That’s  all.  But  it  tells 
every time and can’t be bribed.”

It  simply  keeps  watch,  and 

The  Hardware  Market.

Nails  are  without  change.  The  bar 
iron and sheet iron  market  is  weak  and 
prices can be shaded  from  present  quo­
tations.  Barbed wire is without change. 
Tin has advanced  25@50c.  per  box  dur­
ing  the  past  week.  Rope  is still  weak. 
Glass is lower and weaker.

~7/i&

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ERS  THE  FREEZER  THAT  WILL GIVE  THE  BEST  RESULTS.

DO  NOT  ALLOW  YOURSELVES  TO  BE  IMPOSED  UPON  BY  THOSE 

V. HO  MAY  TRY  TO  SELL  YOU  OTHER  FREEZERS  BY 

TELLING YOU  THEY ARE  “  JUST AS  GOOD 99  OR

“  J u st  the  same  as  the  Gem. ”

If you  can’t  get  the  Gem  from  your  regular  jobber,

WRITE  TO  US AND  WE’LL  TELL  YOU  WHERE  YOU  CAN  GET 

THEM OR GIVE  YOU  PRICES AND  DISCOUNTS.

A M E R I C A N   M A C H I N E   CO.,

Lehigh  Ave.  and  A merican  S t ., 

-  

PHILADELPHIA.

J o h n   H .  G r a h a m   & C o .  MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, 

*>• 

113 CHAMBERS 8TREET,  NEW  YORK.

HAMMERS.

 

 

 

. 

dls.

dis.

HINGES.

dis.
dis.

MATTOCKS.

WIRB GOODS. 

longer...........

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

44...........
%...........
X ...........
%.........
HANGERS. 

May dole  4 Co.’s....................................dls. 
25
25
Kip’S................................ ...................... dls. 
Yerkes 4  Plumb's................................. dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand 
. ,30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ........  .................... dls.60410
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 414  14  and
344
10
......  net
Screw Hook and  Eye, 14
net
844
.. 
.  net
744
aet
744
dls.
70
Strap and T ......
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track..  .50410
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60410
40
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
Pots............................................................... 
60
Kettles..........................................................  
60
Spiders....................  
60
Gray enameled...........................................  40410
HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  TinWare................................... new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware........................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 3314410
Bright...................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70410410
Hook’s .....................................................70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
levels. 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’8 
. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings......... ... 
55
.. 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings—  
. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings....................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..........  
dls.
55
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
Mallory, Wheeler  4  Co.’s ..................... 
55
 
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
Adze Eye  .............  
116.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye.............................................. »15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s  .....................................»18.50, dls. 20410.
dls.
50
Sperry 4 Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  CL  k’s ................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.................................... 
25
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60410
Stebbin's Genuine........................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails, base..............................................1  95
35 
Wire nails, base.
Steel. 
Advance over base:
Wire.
.. Base 
60...............................
Base
.. Base 
50...............................
10
05
40...............................
2020
.. 
30...............................
10 
30
.. 
15
20.........   ...................
35
15
16.............................
12....................
35
..  15
10....................
40
20
8............................
...  25 
50
65
746.........................
...  40 
..  60 
90
4................................
1  50
...1 00 
3................................
2.
...1  60
2  00
Fine 3................................................ 1 50
2  0090
Case  10.............................................  60
8.............................................  75
“ 
1  00
1 25
-“ 
6.......  
90
Finish 10..........................................   85
1  001  25
“  8..............................................1 00
1  50 
“  6  ........................................... 1  15
75 
Clinch  10.........................................   85
90
8...........................................1 00
“ 
6...........................................1 15
“ 
1  002 50 
Barrell %............................. -..........1  75
dls.
@4(
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..........................
Sciota Bench...............................................   @6*
Sandusky Tool Co,’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality.......................................  @60
Stanley Rnle and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  410
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
Common, polished................................ dls. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

patent planished iron.

MOLASSES GATES. 

mauls. 
mills. 

rivets. 

NAILS

Broken packs 44c per pound extra.

PLANES.

FA N S.

dls.

dls.

 

BOPE8.

dls.

SqUARES. 

Sisal, 14 inch and larger.............................  
814
Manilla.........................................................  1214
Steel and Iron............................................. 
75
60
Try and Bevels............................................. 
20
Mitre............................................................ 
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

SHEET IRON.

»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...................................... »4  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. 
Sliver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A................................   “ 
White  B.............................   “ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
BASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

dls.
“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. 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  root............................................  

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton »25
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneiaa Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... »1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market 
...........................................  65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market........................................... 
6214
Coppered  Spring  Steel............................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..............................   3 40
painted...................................   2 80

. wire. 

dls.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable...............................dls. 25410@25410405
dls. 05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern................................ 
dls. 10410
diS.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...............................75410
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern.................................. 
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
CasterB, Bed  and  Plate..  ...................... 50410410
Dampers, American..................................  . 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods...... 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dls.
~5

HORSE NAILS.

METALS.
PIG TIN.

63£
7

ZINC.

26c
280

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 244c per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound.................................................... 
44@44.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the many  other  qualities  of
solder in the market Indicated by nrivate brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett's......................................  
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ »750
14x20 IC, 
...................................   .  7 50
10x14 IX, 
9  25
 
14x20 IX, 
 
9 25

Each additional X on this grade, »1.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14IC, Charcoal...........................   1650
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade »1.50.

6  50
8 00
8 00

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ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester..........................  6 50
“ 
............................  8  50
“ 
...........................  13  50
5  76
“  Allaway Grade................  
7 25
“ 
“ 
12 00
“ 
15 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC. 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX............................................................ »14 00
14x31  IX............................................................. 15 60
lSeo ix   f“r N°‘ I  BOl‘‘e" ' \ per pound  .. 

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HAJtDWAJEtB.

Prices  Current.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

7

CAR  STOVE.
Used Largely  by  those  Shipping  Potatoes.

FOSTER,  S T E V E N S   &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

MANUFACTURED  BY

8
I he Michigan Tradesman

in 

chinery.

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

Written for The Tradesman.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

The  Innovation  Made by  Modern  Ma­

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association,

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  18,  1891.

Entered at the  Grand  Rapida Poet  Office.

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

stricter in advance.

Retail Trade of the Wolilerine State.
The  Tradesm an  Company,  Proprietor.

What a fine  display of  hardware  you 
have  in  your  windows  to-day?”  I  re­
marked  to  a  merchant  who stood  upon 
the  sidewalk surveying  his  work  of  an 
hour or two, in order that there might be 
an attraction  on  that side of  the  street. 
Curiosity  is  alluring,  and  within  five 
minutes two  admiring examiners had at­
tracted  five or six  more, and  still  others 
were doming.

In  a conversation  with  a  Chicago gen­
tleman  who  is  interested  in  Board  of 
Pharmacy  matters 
Illinois,  T h e 
T radesm an  learned  that  the  Illinois 
Board did not elect  their  clerical officers 
from among themselves,  but  that the of­
fice  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer  was in­
vested  in  one  person  who,  although 
elected by the members  of  the  Board  to 
perform  those  duties,  was  not  himself 
a  member  and  had  no  connection  with 
the Board,  except  in  his merely clerical 
capacity. 
It  appears  that  the  purpose 
of this arrangement was to do away with 
the  bickerings  and  dissentions  over the 
salaried  offices  among  the  members  of 
the Board. 
It is generally  admitted that 
in  the  Michigan  Board  a  good  deal  of 
feeling has sprung up among some of the 
members  relative  to  the  disposition  of 
the  offices,  and  especially  that  of  the 
Secretaryship,  which  is  the  only  office 
that has much of a  salary  attached to it. 
Would  it  not  be  a  wise  policy  on  the 
part of Michigan  pharmacists  to adopt a 
plan similar to that of the  Illinois Board 
and  elect  a  competent  person outside of 
the  Board  to  fill  the  office  of Secretary 
and Treasurer? 
It would seem that such 
a  course,  by  eliminating  the  greed and 
plotting  for  office,  would  tend to secure 
a greater degree  of  harmony  among  the 
members and to  that  extent increase the 
efficiency  of  the  Board.  The  result 
would be that the only office held by any 
member  of  the  Board  would  be  that of 
President — a purely honorary one —and 
one that could be passed around  without 
injuring  the  pocket  of  any  member  of 
the Board.________________
The G rocer  W aileth.

I entered the store with the proprietor, 
when he said,  “When I look at the varied 
display  in  that  window,  I  think  of  my 
boyhood days and  what an excitement  it 
would  have  created  then.  Still, no dis­
play of this kind was  possible,  nor prob­
ably would  be to-day  were it not  for the 
aid of  machinery.  Look at  that modern 
brace,  with all  its improvements, and  at 
that  implement  for  pulling  nails  from 
boxes, capable of doing its work as if  by 
steam power and saving its price in nails 
in a few days.  And see that most simple 
yet  wonderful  invention, 
the  modern 
serew-driver,  which  performs  its  work 
perfectly  and  with  almost  electric 
velocity.  These are the fruits of  inven­
tion and  machinery combined;  yet it is a 
question,  with  a  majority of  those  who 
use  these  articles,  whether  all  the  ma­
chinery employed  has, in  the  aggregate, 
benefited the human  family.  Less  than 
a  century  ago,  what  a  list  of  valuable 
household and other useful articles made 
of iron  were fabricated  by hand, nothing 
worthy  the  name  of  machinery  being 
used in their  production. 
I  might name 
some  of  the  articles  made  of  wrought 
iron  that  wonld  come  within  the  cata­
logue—butcher  knives,  table  knives and 
forks,  axes,  scythes, sickles,  horseshoes, 
horse-nails, every  piece  of  iron  used  in 
the  construction of  a  wagon,  sometimes 
the iron  shoes of a sleigh  and nearly the 
entire  list  of  sharp-edged  tools. 
I  will 
leave  it  for  the  dealers  in  hardware to 
decide whether these  hand-made  articles 
were  as  good  or  better  than  those  now 
produced  so  rapidly  by  the  aid  of  ma­
chinery.  Many of the articles then made 
have gone out of  use and  something else 
has taken their  place.

near, and who saw an involuntary  move­
ment of my nose as  I  bent  my  head  to 
examine it,  ‘but  La  suz!  onions  is  jest 
the  healthiest  herb  that  grows.  Set 
that  butter  in  the  shade  where 
the 
wind’ll blow on it half an hour,  an’  you 
wouldn’t know an onion  had been  with­
in a mile of it.’  And that basket of eggs, 
with the large ones picked out and  care­
fully left at home!  What  should  I  say 
to the honest old  P.  I.?  He  didn’t  lay 
em. 
It’s just the time of year for  fresh 
egg,  but it would be as much as  my  life 
no, my trade—was  worth  to  say  one 
word; yet  I  know  for  a  certainty  that 
the man forgot to wash ’em,  and that the 
hens stole their nests in  the  rank  grass 
under the current  bushes,  near the  barn 
ard fence,  and they  have  very  silently 
reposed  beneath  the  benign  rays  of  a 
summer sun and nightly dews, and  have 
been past due  and  protested  for  thirty 
days.  As a grocer, I have  to  take  ’em, 
and let him trade  ’em  out,  else  I  shall 
catch it’  from his  entire  neighborhood. 
And  when the glorious  Fourth  of  July 
comes  rushing  around, and  the  crowds 
are  happy  in  their  best  Sunday-go-to- 
meeting  clothes,  I am obliged to stay  at 
home and roast peanuts  and  wait  upon 
customers,  as usual, and probably  sell a 
barrel of  sugar that day  at  a  net  profit 
of 25 cents for weighing it out.  Oh  yes, 
this keeping a grocery store is  a  profita­
ble and  elevating  business—in  a  horn! 
When I told a man just what  granulated 
sugar cost me the other day,  he  shouted 
out ‘What! will you stand  there  and tell 
me you only make half  a  cent  a  pound 
on that sugar?’  as if  1  had  deliberately 
lied to him, and when  I  assured  him  it 
was true,  he  consoled  me  by  throwing 
back his head and  with  a  hearty  laugh 
informed me that  there  was  no  danger 
but  1  would  make  up  all  the  profits 
necessary  on  other  goods!  Then  there 
is another  lovely  shade  of  the  grocery 
business—I  should  have  said  shadow’, 
as that portion of  my  experience  is  all 
ghostly—and  that is the  ‘sweet  bye  and 
bye’  credit  business. 
It  is  a  veritable 
sweet brier—a beauty!  How persuading 
are those  promises  to  pay!  How  touch­
ing  their  tenderness!  How  softly  they 
steal  upon  the  memory  in  the  waking 
hours of some dark night—more especially 
when  a  bank  note  is  about  due!  How 
“Yes,”  said the grocer,  “I do constant­
the artful  but  honest voice of  the  dead­
ly deplore the fate that first led  me  into 
beat who carried the goods lovingly from 
the grocery  business,  and  I envy the far­
your  door is reproduced upou the phono­
mer,  the  mechanic and every other voca­
graph  of  your  memory,  and  how  yon 
tion  under the sun except this confound­
think you wonld enjoy mopping the floor 
ed one of selling  groceries.  Everything 
with  him,  if  you  only  felt  physically 
else is more pleasant and profitable,  and 
equal to the task!  1 have not the courage 
just how it ever happened that I engaged 
to even  look at my old  ledger. 
It stares 
in  this business  at  all  is  what  puzzle; 
me in the  face  with the  persistency of 
me.  Then,  too,  I  am  obliged  to  be  so 
graveyard  whenever I go  near it   Some 
kind and courteous to every man, women 
of those entries would give me the  chills 
and child in  the  country,  whether  they 
and fever, particularly those sweet entries 
abuse me or not,  and even  if insulted,  it 
upon which  I  made  half  a  cent a pound 
wont do  to  say  a  word  back  with  all 
profit;  and  the  coffee  upon  which  if  I 
those  customers  standing  around. 
I 
sold  ten  pounds  at  once 1 cleared  S  per 
must just smile and say all sorts of  mild 
cent.  Cleared,  indeed!  The  dead-beat 
sweet things—or  nothing  at  all.  Have 
cleared  with  both  my  principal  and 
to buy white livered,  pie-bald|butter,too, 
interest.  Only $800 on  that book  donat­
and am expected to say  ‘How nice!’  ‘Gilt 
ed.  That  is  all.  Others  may be fascin­
edged”  etc.,  when  I  feel  at  the  same 
ated  with  the  retail  grocery  trade, may 
“It  might,  at  present,  be  almost  or
time that it is a little too stout  to  grease 
be  piling  up wealth  in  it,  but  my stock
is for  sale at any  price short of  a ‘yaller  quite impossible to manufacture and sup-
wool  with.  Then  comes  the  ‘fair  and 
ply the  demand  for  many  articles  made 
lovely  spring  time  time’  butter!  How 
dog’  and  1 will  agree to bind  myself out 
of  iron  without  the  aid of  modern  ma­
its delicate odor of  flowers  and—well,  I
as apprentice to a gimlet  maker,  if there 
chinery.  Take, for  example, just horse-
don’t like to tell—floats upon  the  air  of I is nothing else to do;  as there is more real 
my grocery like  fresh  limburger  cheese  happiness in  a  chicken ranch, or  a  pop-1 shoes  and  the  nails to accompany them, 
‘It stood near a barrel of  corn  stand, for the  dreams of  such  men j Modern  machines  turn  them  out  by the 
in a ball room! 
onions  arter I worked  it over last night,’ j are  not  disturbed  by the  night-mare  of  million  and 
in  greater  perfection,  at 
least,  so  far  as  appearance  and  comfort
remarked the good  old  lady  who  stood j credit.” 

“Reasonable proof is produced to show 
that all our  modern machinery  has come 
to  us  at  just  the  right  time and  that it 
would  have been an injury to the human 
family  in  the  past  when  the world  was 
less  densely  populated.  On  the  other 
hand,  it  is  assumed  that  every piece of 
machinery  made to perform the  work  of 
ten  to  fifty men  deprives of  labor every 
man  out of  this number  not  required to 
feed and operate it.  Now, so  far as that 
particular  work 
is  concerned,  this  is 
certainly  true,  and  yet  an  advocate  for 
machinery  says,  ‘The  other  men  not re­
quired  will  find  some  other  kind  of 
work,’ or,  ‘The product being cheapened, 
there will  be  created  a  demand  for  it, 
which will  bring it into almost universal 
use,  and,  consequently,  other  machines 
and other men will  be employed  and the 
greatest beneficial results will follow.’ 

Written for Ths Tkadesxav.

Grocer. 

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

to the  animal are  concerned,  than  those 
formerly made by hand.”

“It is,  I believe, conceded that all pro­
ducts of machinery are more uniform and 
perfect than can be made by hand,  to say 
nothing  of  their  cheapness  in  price,”  I 
said to the merchant.

If  machinery  has 

“ Yes,”  he  answered,  “I think  there 
is  no  doubt on that point.  And machin­
ery is turning out  all  articles of  kitchen 
hardware so rapidly and cheaply that the 
dwellings of  the  poorest in our  land  are 
better  supplied  with  articles  of  con­
venience  for  lessening  women’s  work 
the  wealthiest  fifty  years 
than  were 
ago. 
thrown  on^ 
half  the  people  out  of  their  old  vo­
cations,  I  believe 
they  have  adapted 
themselves  to  others  quite as  beneficial; 
and the added comforts for their families, 
from the use of  machinery, with  the un­
paralleled cheapness,  on  its  account,  of 
all  else  they  require  in  manufactured 
goods,  have  far more  than  compensated 
for any loss in the direction of labor.” 
H.

_____ ^  

MUSKEGON.

Headley,  Kroff  &  Co.  will  open a dry 
goods  store  about  April  1 in the vacant 
store  in  the  Lyman  block. 
It  will be 
known as the “ People’s Store.”

the  hotel  building  at 

William Tegge has disposed  of  his in­
terest  in 
the 
Heights,  which  Tegge  &  Yogel  were 
building, to Edward Bertrand  for $2,000. 
The building is being pushed  to  comple­
tion and will be ready for  occupancy  by 
April 1.

E.  M.  Woycke  has sold  his  interest in 
the dry goods firm of  Johnson & Woycke 
to  his  partner,  who  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style of  A.  L.  John­
son.

Mrs.  M. J. Sharp,  who has  been  keep­
ing a millinery and fancy dry goods store 
in Pontiac,  has opened  the  store former­
ly occupied by Miss  Foster,  on Jefferson 
street.

Sheriff Hancock,  who  still  holds  po- 
session of the Holt & Co.  grocery  stock, 
has rented one of the stores in the Albers 
block on Terrace street,  aud  moved  the 
stock to the new location.  He expects to 
dispose of it at auction.

Wools  Strong—Hides  and  Tallow  Firm 

—Furs Weak.

Wools are strongly held at an  advance 
of  lc.  per  pound,  with  small stocks of­
fered.  Large  manufacturers  are  well 
supplied,  and many of  the  smaller  ones 
are  in  the  market.  Dealers  are  in the 
West buying and soliciting  and  many of 
last  season’s  purchases  that  have been 
held in the  State  until  now  have  gone 
forward.  This  advance  will  not  pay 
over the cost of holding  and  holders  are 
free sellers if they  can  get  their  money 
out.

Hides  are  firm,  with  No.  Is in light 
supply  and  all  of  an  inferior  quality. 
Tanners are fairly well  stocked  and  are 
not anxious to buy.  The leather market 
is dull, with small  sales  and  low  prices 
that will not give a profit if any  advance 
is paid for bides.

Tallow is firm,  with supply ample  and 

light export trade.

Furs are weaker and lower—not  lower 
than  any  actual  market  may  indicate; 
but the excitement among dealers is less, 
as most of them have loaded up and now 
find at prices paid  It  is  hard  to  realize 
and do not want any more at such a high 
I cost.

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own to charge against, the depositor must 
necessarily foot the bill.
The  proposed remedies for  the  above 
condition  appear to  be  numerous.  The 
one  proposing to forbid  the  use  of  the 
name “ bank”  or “bankers”  except to in­
corporated banks, will certainly not avail 
anything in the  protection of  the public.
The “bank”  will become the “exchange I 
office,”  “loan  and  deposit  office,”  etc., 
and  do  business at the  same  old  stand, 
with  the same  dangers  and  opportunity 
for dishonesty  as  before.  The proposed 
measures compelling  reports to the Com­
missioner of Banking, and the one allow- 
ing  the  organization  of  banks  having 
$15,000  capital  in  villages of  1,500, are I 
steps in the right direction.

The  private bank  exists  in  this  State 
not  because  it  affords a chance for  rob- ! 
bery,  but  because  there  are  sound busi- I 
ness  reasons  for  its  existence,  and  be- | 
cause  it  occupies  a  field  which,  under j 
present  laws,  cannot be profitably  filled | 
by incorporated  banks.  As the law now 
stands  no  bank  can  be  chartered  with 
less than $25,000 capital. 
In the average j 
country  town,  surrounded  by  a  good  | 
farming country,  a  well-known,  respon- ; 
sible  firm  will  attract  deposits  which, 
added  to  the  required  capital,  will  cer- j 
tainly burden them with a surplus,  i.  e., 
idle money which there is no opportunity j 
to loan on good paper.  This, on its face, j 
may  look  desirable,  but  inasmuch  a s ; 
competition  forces  all  biankers  to  pay 
interest  on  deposits,  they  must  either 
make this surplus earn something  or see 
their  profits  disappear  into  the  wrong 
side  of  profit  and  loss  account.  This 
easily  leads  to  more  than  one  loss on 
paper  known  to be  a  little  “ off,”  but 
which  is  chanced  to  make  the  surplus 
earn  something.  There  is  no  defense 
for this policy,  but human nature is very 
much the same,  whether in  the members 
of  a  banking  firm  or  the active(?) dis­
count  committee  of 
incorporated 
competitor.

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WOONSOCRETS 

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CONNECTICUTS, 

45, 5 and  10. 

RHODE  ISLANDS, 

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Local  Stock  Quotations.

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MANUVACTUBINO.

Fifth  National  ................................................ 100
Fourth  National  ..................... 
100
Grand Rapids National.................................... 140
Grand  Rapids  Savings....................................125
Kent County  Savings.......................................131
National  City................................................... 135
Old National.....................................................135
People's Savings............................... 
105
Michigan Trust Co............................................115
Aldine Manufacturing Co.................................60
Anti-Kalsomine  Co......................................... ISO
115
Antrim Iron  Co....................... 
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co............................100
Berkey & Gay  Furniture Co............... 
86
Grand Rapids  Brush Co..................................  90
Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co..............................110
Grand Rapids School  Furniture Co............... 110
Michigan Barrel Co..........................................100
Nelson, Matter  & Co.........................................100
New England  Furniture Co............................ 100
Phoenix Furniture Co........................................ 60
Sligh Furniture  Co............................................85
Wlddicomb Furniture Co.................................130
Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co.  ...103 
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug C o ......................... 100
Alpine Gravel Road Co...................................   75
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co..........................   80
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.....................120
Grandvllle Avenue  Plank Road Co................150
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co.................  25
Walker Gravel  Road Co  ................................   80

KISCELI.ANXOUS.

MERC ANTI I. E.

 

Financial  M iscellany.

The  American  Strawboard  Company 
has  declared  a  quarterly  dividend of 2 
per  cent.,  payable  March  16  to  stock­
holders of record March 9.

The Chicago & West Michigan Railway 
has  declared  a  dividend  of  2 per cent., 
payable February  16  to  all stockholders 
who were recorded Feb.  10.

Furber & Kidder have  opened  a  bank 
at Hopkins Station under the style of the 
Exchange  Bank  of  Hopkins  Station. 
The  National  City  Bank  is  the  Grand 
Rapids  correspondent  and  the  Chase 
National  Bank  the  New  York  corres­
pondent.

Daily  Business  thus  summarizes  the 
financial  situation  at  Chicago:  “ Money 
is  dull  and  plenty.  General  trade  is 
only  fair  in  any  department,  and  the 
needs of the business community are not 
large.  There is a good demand  far  A  1 
commercial paper, and all such is readily 
negotiable at 6 per cent.”

The stock of the  Third  National Bank 
of  Chicago,  which  failed  some  thirteen 
years  ago,  is  now  said to be worth $170 
per  share,  or  $70  above  par.  This  is 
owing  to  the  fact  that  a  large tract of 
land  which  was  among  the  assets,  and 
not  thought  to  be  worth  much  at  the 
time, can now be sold for $1,000,000.

The  creditors  of  the  Park  National 
Bank of  Chicago, which closed its  doors 
on June 20,  1890,  are  not  going  to  fare 
so  badly  after  all,  and  it  now looks as 
though  they  would  receive 100 cents on 
the  dollar.  The  Controller  of  the Cur­
rency has declared  a  second  dividend of 
20 per  cent.,  making  80 per cent,  in all, 
in favor of all claims proved up, amount 
iug  to  $458,966.  Local  speculators  are 
offering 90 cents for proved claims.

A  Plea  for  the  Private  Banks.

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Under the laws of the State,  the  prop- 
ertyof members of  a  firm  is  liable  for 
the full amount  of  the  firm’s  indebted­
ness.  Thus,  if  A.  & B  partners, each is 
responsible  for  the  debts  of  the  firm, 
even though he  has  but  $500  invested, 
and  the  indebtedness  of  the  firm  be  a 
hundred times that,  he must pay as  long 
as  he  has  to  pay  with. 
In  case  of  a 
stockholder  in  an 
incorporated  bank 
holding $500 stock,  even  though  he  be 
worth $1,000,000, $1,000 is the  extent  of 
his liability.  Thus it will  be  seen  that 
a banking firm, all or any of whose mem­
bers are worth $50,000,  is liable  to  their 
depositors to  as  great  an  extent  as  an 
incorporated  bank  of  $25,000, 
even 
though the firm have  only  $10,000  actu­
ally invested in their  banking  business. 
Instead  of  adopting  some  law  which 
would only  result  in  annoyance  to  the 
banker, disturbance to the financial  con­
dition of the interior towns and no added 
security for the depositor,  why not unite 
the strong  points  of  State  examination 
and control with the  unlimited  liability 
of  partners  under  which  the  private 
banks now operate, thereby creating  for 
small villages  a  banking  system  which 
shall be safe and not so  cumbersome  as 
to be unprofitable?  For  instance;  when 
any firm shall  desire  to  embark  in  the 
business of banking  without  incorpora­
tion,  let them be required to  file  with  a 
proper  State  officer  a  schedule  stating j 
I under oath that they are worth above  all 
debts and  exemptions  at  least  $25,000, 
and if the  statement  be  found  correct, 
let a certificate be  issued  them,  author­
izing them to do business  as  unincorpo­
rated bankers, subject  to  the  same  ex­
aminations and  reports  as  incorporated 
banks.  Let them be compelled  to  place
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on all drafts and stationery the responsi- |  H KS 1  h i t  
bility of the firm as fixed by law,  so  that

JUCt  in c u i  u c  w u .p c . i c u   W 

THE  WIHF1ELD  MANUFACTURING  CO.,

AT  WHOLESALE  BY

Foster, Stevens & Co.,  Grand  Rapids. 
Curtiss & Co.,
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.,  “
Gunn Hardware Co.,
Geo.  C.  Wetherbee & Co.,  Detroit. 
Fletcher, Jenks & Co.,
E. F.  Percival,  Port Huron.
D.  Robeson,
Robson Bros., Lansing.

Dandt,  Watson  &  Co..  Saginaw. 
Wells-Stone Merct.  Co.,
Walz & Keller,
G.  W.  Brüske,
Jennison & Co.,  Bay City.
Walsh & Edinborough, W.  Bay City.
H.  D.  Wood & Co., Toledo.
Dunscomb & Co., 
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Stallberg & Clapp,  “

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Grand Ranids, Mich.

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T.  P.  Steadman,  Cashier of  the  Elsie 
Bank,  at Elsie, makes the  following plea 
for the State inspection of private banks:
Apropos  of  the  present  agitation  for 
State control of  unincorporated  banks, a 
glance at the situation from  the banker’s  those  not  personally  acquainted  with  ___  
side  of  the  fence  might  not  be  amiss,  the firm may have some guide  when  do-  M> 
The  numerous  alleged  and  admitted  ing business  with  them. 
faults of  the  no-supervision  system may  at  any  time  show  serious  loss  of  net 
be summed up as follows: 
(1.)  The  op-  worth, let them be placed  in  the  hands 
portunity offered to dishonest  bankers to  of a  receiver.  Then  let  it  be  made  a 
defraud  their  depositors,  as there  is  no  misdemeanor  for any firm or  person  not 
means of  knowing  aught of  their  stand-  having State authority to  receive  depos­
ing  until  too  often  the  information  is  its or in any other way conduct the busi- 
afforded  by the  assignee. 
(2.)  It  allows  ness of banking,  and  in  the  opinion  of 
irresponsible parties of small or no wealth  the writer the question of  how  to  man- 
to  embark  in  the  business,  and  when  age  private  banks  will  be  practically 
losses  result,  having  no  capital of  their I solved.

If  they  shall J Æ-9 K JA  L v j  

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I  want  500 to  l,ooo  curds of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and  54  inches long.

I  also  want  Bass-wood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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T H E   MICTÏIGAJST  TRADESMAN

D r u g s   M e d ic in e s *

State  Hoard  o f Pharm acy.

One  Tear—Stanley E. Par kill, Owoseo.
Two  Tears—Jacob  Jeeson,  Muskegon.
Three  Tears—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Five Tears—George Gundrum, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor. Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Meetings  for  1891—Grand  Rapids,  March  3-,  Ann 
Arbor. MayS;  Star Island (Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, 
Sept. 1; Lansing  Not. A____________________________

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

President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
Tirst 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.________
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Esoott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 
June, September and December.__________________
Grand Rapids D rug Clerks’ A ssociation. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W, C. Sm ith_______

D e t r o it   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty  

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

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

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

MIND  OB  MATTER?

W ho  Can  Explain  the  M ysterious Con­

nection ?

Written for Thk Tradesman.

“1 was conversing with  my friend, Dr.

M-----said the druggist, concerning the
cariosities  of  amputations.  He  fully 
believes  that  there  is  sensational  con­
nection between  an  amputated  limb and 
the  body for a long time  after the separ­
ation  has  taken  place,  and  in  some  in­
stances  during  the  entire  life  of  the 
patient. 
I  am  aware  that  numbers  of 
similar  instances  are on record,  yet I am 
often  somewhat  incredulous while  read­
ing' them,  especially  as — quoting  the 
standard maxim  of  old Dr.  Wilson  when 
in doubt—‘It occurred a good while  ago, 
was a long way off,  and mebby ’taint so.’ 
In  this  instance,  however,  all  the  facts 
are so well  known by many persons, and 
so  well  authenticated, 
that  to  me  an 
unusual  interest  is  attached  to  it,  and 
thus  I  conclude  it  must  attract  the at­
tention  of  all  thoughtful  persons. 
If 
you can spare the  time this  evening,” he 
continued, “please listen to a letter from 
a friend of  mine,  written some time ago, 
which I know can be relied upon in every 
particular, and  then  I  would  like  your 
opinion upon the subject.  He also gives 
a  brief  account of  a  second  case,  which 
yon  will  notice  is  similar  in  a  degree. 
He writes:

“ ‘This case of intimate connection be­
tween  an  amputated  member  of  the 
human  body and that body itself  or,  per­
haps more  correctly, between  the  ampu­
tated  member  and  the  sensations of  the 
brain of  the  person  losing  the  member, 
which  you  ask  me to describe  is  one  of 
those  curious—not  to  say  wonderful— 
occurrences  which  the  surgeon  with his 
cunning skill and  the anatomist with his 
profound  knowledge of  the  human  body 
is as powerless to account for as the most 
unpretentious student of  the strange and 
curious.

“ ‘On  July  4,  1888,  Peter  Johnson  a 
laborer,  aged about  thirty-five years  and 
a native of Sweden, was engaged in  firing 
a  cannon  at  Elk  Rapids,  Mich.  From 
some  cause  the  piece  of  ordnance  was 
prematurely  discharged,  mangling  both 
his  arms  badly,  burning  his  face,  and 
temporarily,  at  least,  blinding  him  and 
severely injuring  his  side.  He  was  at 
once conveyed  to  his  home  and a physi­
cian  summoned.  The  third  day  after 
receiving  the  injury, the  right  arm was 
amputated  above  the  elbow,  and  all of-
his  left  hand  except  the thumb  and in­
dex finger removed.  He positively knew 
nothing  of  the  operation,  being  under

as 

the 

very 

also, 

the  influence  of  chloroform  during  the 
time of its performance.

fingers  of 

easily; 
the 

“ ‘From  the time the  accident  first oc­
curred,  he  has  known  that the  arm  was 
broken,  but supposed the fracture would 
be reduced,  and that he might eventually 
recover its use.  His eyes have also been 
bandaged  from  the  first,  so  that he can­
not  ascertain the extent  of  his  injuries 
by sight.  He  has  no idea  that  any am­
putations  have taken  place;  says he  can 
move  his  right  hand,  and the  fingers of 
that  band, 
as 
well 
left 
hand,  which,  as stated,  are  all  removed 
except  the  thumb  and  index 
finger. 
The  sixth  or  seventh  night  after  the 
amputation,  Mr.  Johnson  awoke  from 
a  sound  sleep  at  11:30 and  complained 
that  the  fingers  of  the  right  hand were 
cramped and  pained  him,  also that they 
felt  hot  and  burning.  The  attendant 
quieted  him  by  placing  cool  cloths over 
the  board  to  which  the  stump  of  the 
missing  arm  was  fastened,  and  after  a 
few  minutes he said the  fingers  felt bet­
ter  and  dropped  off  to  sleep. 
I  ascer­
tained  the  next  day from  his  physician 
that at 11:30 o’clock the previous evening 
several gentleman  had called at his office 
to  look  at  the  amputated  arm.  One  of 
them  removed  it  from  the  alcohol  in 
which it had  been  placed, and  used it in 
illustrating  the  manner in which  the ac­
In doing so he  bent the 
cident occurred. 
fingers  of  the  hand  together. 
It was at 
this  moment as near  as could  be  ascer­
tained  by  the  watchers,  when  the  pa­
tient awoke and complained of the cramp­
ing of  his fingers.  He complained of  no 
peculiar sensations in this hand previous 
to this  time, nor  has  he made  any such 
complaint  since.’  “Now,  perhaps,” said 
the  druggist,  “if  there  were  no  similar 
cases on  record,  we might  call  this a co­
incidence  and  drop  the  subject,  but  in 
this age of  research it will  not do to dis­
miss it thus summarily.  The second case 
reported and vouched for by my friend is 
as follows:

“Several  years  ago,  Dr.  George  II. 
Bailey,  of  Elk  Rapids,  amputated  the 
leg of  a French  girl above  the knee. 
It 
was  in  the  winter,  and  the  limb  was 
placed in a box  and temporarily set  on a 
shelf  in  an  outbuilding,  quite  remote 
from any fire.  That night,  and  after the 
girl had  fully recovered  from the  effects 
of  the anesthetic,  she  complained of  the 
cold  in  that  leg,  saying  it  seemed  to  be 
freezing. 
It  pained  her so long  and she 
caused  the  attendants  so  much  trouble, 
that  the  physician  was  sent  for.  He 
came,  brought the leg into the house and 
examined it,  and it was  found to be  par­
tially frozen.  As  soon  as  it was  placed 
by the fire in an adjoining room and care­
fully  warmed,  the  girl  experienced  no 
further trouble and quietly went to sleep. 
During  all  this  time  she  did  not  even 
know  that  the leg  had  been  amputated.
“If  this  connection  between  a  dis­
severed  portion of  a body,  and  the  ani­
mated  trunk  can  be  satisfactorily  ex­
plained in any rational and philosophical 
manner,  it is highly important that man­
kind should hear it.”

A third well-authenticated case of  this 
kind occurred over twenty  years  ago,  in 
the  person  of  Charles  Clark,  afterward 
of  the  firm  of  Clark  & Lonsburg,  drug­
gists  at  Reed  City,  who  subsequently 
held some county office at  Hersey.  The 
accident  which  deprived  Mr.  Clark  of 
one  leg  occurred  in  Chicago. 
It  was a 
most  serious  fracture,  resulting  in  the

the 

amputation of the entire  limb,  from  the 
effects  of  which  he  did  not  recover for 
several  months,  remaining  in  that  city 
during  the  time. 
Immediately  follow­
ing the amputation,  the limb was packed 
in a box,  sent to  his  father’s  home  near 
Lawton, VanBuren county,  where  it was 
buried in a field.  While still confined to 
his bed,  be often complained  of  pain  in 
the severed  limb and  requests  by  letter 
were made to  his  frieuds  at  home,  ask­
leg  be  examined  and 
ing  that 
straightened,  or 
it 
changed.  These 
however, 
were  not  complied  with.  Afterward, 
when  Mr.  Clark  returned home,  he still 
insisted that the buried  limb must yet be 
in a cramped  position—being  under  the 
impression that his first request had been 
complied  with—as  he  still  experienced 
pain  from  it.  As  usual  in  such cases, 
he  was  laughed  a t;  assured  it  was  ail 
right and was only a “ fancy ” of his.

the  position  of 
requests, 

From  time  to  time,  however,  the man 
begged bis friends  to  again  disinter  the 
limb and straighten it  out.  Their  reply 
was  that  the-ground  was  frozen  quite 
hard,  and as soon as  it  thawed out,  they 
would  attend  to  it.  One  evening  soon 
after this, as the men came in  from their 
labor, Mr. Clark said to  them:  “ So  you 
have obliged me at last.  You have sure­
ly straightened my  limb in  the box  for  1 
now  suffer  no  more  pain  from it.” 
It 
was true.  The men  had  purposely  kept 
the  matter  a  secret,  believing  it would 
make  no  difference  in  his condition,  al­
though interested in  testing  it,  but  had 
that  day  disinterred  and  straightened 
out the bent or cramped  member  for the 
first time.

What mysterious  power  connected the 

man  with his severed leg? 

H.

Turned  the  Tables  on  Him.

From  the  St.  Paul  Pioneer-Press.
“ You ought to get five cents’  worth of 
chloride of lime.”
“ What for?”
“ For a nickel.”
The  above  was  passed  around freely 
among  a  number  of  St.  Paul  citizens, 
and  was  in  each  case  recognized  as a 
practical joke of considerable  merit.
Acting  upon  the  suggestion  a  prom­
inent  merchant  of  this  city  determined 
to work it off on his book-keeper with an 
original  variation.  So he said:
“ You ought to get five cents’  worth of 
potash.”
Contrary  to  the  merchant’s  expecta­
tions,  the  taciturn  book-keeper  merely 
bowed  his  head  and went on  footing his 
trial balance,  while his employer  retired 
discomfitted.
The  next  morning  he  received  a note 
from his book-keeper to this effect:
“ 1  took  the  five  cents’  worth of pot­
ash,  and I am as sick as a horse.”
China  W edding  at  Marion.

Marion, Feb.  13.—Levi  Yandecar, the 
genial  grocer  and  druggist,  celebrated 
the  twentieth  anniversary  of  his  mar­
riage last  evening.  There  were  eighty- 
nine  invited  guests  present,  many  of 
them  from  a  distance.  The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler Company sent a handsome china 
set  and  “ Hub.”  Baker  brought  up  a 
fruit set.

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

Advanced—Nothing. 

Declined—Morphia, Quinine P & W, Corks, Turpentine.

ACIDUM.

Aceticum.....................  
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  oo
....................  
30
Boracic 
Carbolicum.................   28® 36
Citricum......................  58® 60
Hydrochior................  3®  5
...................  10® 12
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum....................   11® 13
Phosphorium  dil........ 
20
Salley licum .................1  40® 1 80
Sulphuricum................  1K@ 5
Tannlcnm....................1  40® 1 60
Tartaricnm.................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

a 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3K@  5
20  deg................54®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAK.

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

BALSAMCM.

Copaiba......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  80
Terabin, Canada  ......  35®  40
Tolutan......................  40®  45

COBTBX.

 

 

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

EXTBACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra..
po.........
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
I s ................
KB..............
K8.........
VERRUM.
Carbonate Precip......
Citrate and Qulnla...
Citrate  Soluble.........
Ferrocy anidum Sol...
Solut  Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l —
pure...........

“ 

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

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15 
IK®  2 
®  7

FLORA.

Arnica................  28®  30
Anthemis...........  20®  25
Matricaria 

......  25®  30

FOLIA.

Barosma 
Cassia .-Acutifol,  Tln-

..................   20®  22

nivelly.............  25®  28

Alx.  35®  50
and  Kb....................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Kb
FraU rsi...................... 

“ 

“ 

eUMMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st picked__  @1  00
2d 
....  @ 90
3d 
....  @  80
sifted sorts...  @  65
po.........   75@1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)' . ..  50®  60 
Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, 1b, (Kb, 14 Kb,
16)..........................   @  1
Ammoniae.................  25®  30
Assafcetlda, (po. 30)...  @  15
Benzoinum.................  50®  55
Camphor»...................  50®  52
Eupnorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum...................  ®3 00
Gamboge, po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  40)  ..  @ 35
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @  20
Mastic.......................  ©  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opil.  (po. 3 85)........... 2 25@2 40
Shellac  ......................  28®  40
“  *  bleached........  5*3®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75
hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  <3>
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia..................................... -.  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  32
Thymus,  V..........................   25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat......  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...  20®  22
Carbonate, K .& M ....  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®  36

*  

OLEUM.

Absinthium................5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc.  45®  75
Amydal&e, Amarae__8 00@8 25
A nlsi..........................1 90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   ®2  50
Bergamll  ...................3 75®4 00
Cajlputl..............   90@1  00
Caryophylli................1  20@1 25
Cedar..................  35®  65
Chenopodil...............   @2 00
Clnnamonll................1 20® 1  25
Cltronella..................   @  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  ............. .....1  20@1.3O

 

Cubebae.................. IS  oo@l2 50
Exechthltos...............   90@1  oo
Erigeron......................... 1  90@2 oo
Gaultherla......................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gos8ipii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................l  85@2 00
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis.......................... 1  80@2 80
Mentha Piper...................2 90@3 00
Mentha Verid.................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal............   80® 1  00
Myrcia, ounce............  @  50
Olive..........................  80@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. ,35)  10®  12
Ricini............ 
1  16@1  28
 
Ro8marlni............  
75®1 00
RoBae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @ 65
Tiglii..........................  @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 S0@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTASSIUM.

" 

RADIX.

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa ..  ...............   15®  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus.....................   20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 10)...................  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 40@2 50
Ins plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   45®  50
Maranta,  K8.... .........  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei...........................   75@1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Splgelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 20
Scillae, (po. 35)..........   10®  12
Syuiplocarpus,  Fceti-
  @  35
 
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20 
lngiber a ..................   10®  15
22®  25
Zingiber  ].

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

“ 

“ 

“ 

Anl8um,  (po. 20). 
.  @ 15
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon....................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........   44©  5
Cydonium..................   75@1  00
Chenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........ 2 00@2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L ini...........................   4  @ 4K
LCMi, grd,  (bbl. 34)...  4  @ 4K
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__34® 44
Rapa.......................... 
6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu............   8®  9
,r  Nigra...........  11®  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R......1  75@2 00
1  10@1 50
 
Juniperls  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

 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ...............  
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
65
riage  ..... 
Hard for  slate  use__ 
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 
1  40

 

 

SYRUPS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutaa...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg.........................  50

“ 

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TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconltum  Napellis R. 
F.
Aloes..........................
and myrrh........
Arnica.......................
Asafcetida.................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin.....................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria  ..............
Barosma....................
Cantharldes...............
Capsicum..................
Ua damon..................
Co...............
Castor........................
Catechu....................
Cinchona  ..................
Co...............
Columba....................
Conium.....................
Cubeba.......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot..........................
Gentian.....................
“  Co..................
Guaica.......................
ammon..........
“ 
Zingiber....................
Hyoscyamus..............
Iodine.......................
“  Colorless.........
Ferri  Chloridum........
K ino..........................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh.........................
Nnx  Vomica..............
OpU............................
“  Camphorated.......
“  Deodor................
Auranti Cortex...........
Quassia.....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei............................
Cassia  Acutifol.........
C o...
Serpentaria...............
Stromonium...............
Tolutan..................
Valerian.................
Veratnim Veride........
MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

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60 
50 
60 
60 
50 !
0 60 
60 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
75 
75 
00 
50 
50 I 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
50 I 
60 
50 
50 
75 
75 
35 
50 
50 
50 
50 
85 
50 
!  00 
50 
50 
50 
50 i 
50 I 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50

“ 

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“ 

‘ 
“ 

11 
ground,  (pq

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen.....................   24® 3K
7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
4®  5
AnUmoni, po.............. 
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................1  85@1 40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  @  70
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N........... 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ks
11;  Kb,  12)..............  @ 
9 I
Cantharldes  Russian,
po............................
@1  75 
@  22 @  22 
Capsid  Fructus, a f...
Ipo.
@  18 
Caryophyllus, (po.  18)
13®  14 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus............
40 
Cassia Fructus...
20 @  10 
Centraria............
_
Cetaceum.............. 
@  45
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Cist........1  50@1  75
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonldine, P. &  W  15®  20
German 3K®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ......................
50 
Creasotum...............   @
50 
Creta, (bbl. 75)..............  @
2 
5
“  prep.....................  5®
9®  11 
@ 
8
Crocus.........................  30® 35
Cudbear.....................   @  24
Cupri Sulph...............   6®  7
Dextrine......................  10® 12
Ether Sulph.................   68® 70
Emery,  all  numbers 
3
Ergota, (po.)  60.........   50®
55
12®  15
Flake  White..............  12®
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler.....................   7  @3
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ®  70
“ 
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerina..................17  @  25
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor Mite.  @  95
“  Cor ...  @ 85
Ox Rubrum  @1  15
Ammoniati.  @1  15
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @ 75
.1  25@1  50
Ichthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo..........................   75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl..........3 7E®3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70 |
Lupulin......................  50®  55
Lycopodium..............  56®  55
M ads.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  II y
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl 
IK)............................. 
a® 3 1
Mannia,  S. F ............ 
50®  60

precip
Rubra

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

po

1 1

61
| Lindseed,  boiled  __   58 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
■ strained...............  
50 
SpiritsTurpentine__  444  50

“ 

b b l. 

p a i n t s . 

lb .
Red  Venetian............. IK  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars... IK  2@4
“ 
Ber........IK  2®3
Putty,  commercial__2K 2K@3
“  strictly  pure...... 24  2K®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
85@88
70@75
Green,  Peninsular...... 
Lead,  red....................  @7K
“  w hite................  @7K
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.........  ......... 1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................160@1  70
Coach  Body............... 2 75©3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar  ... 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................   70®  76

“ 

A 

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. Co.......................2
Moschus Canton........
Myristica, No. 1.........
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Picis  Liq, N.  C., K gai
doz  ........................
Picis Liq., quarts
pints......
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80) 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22) 
Piper Alba, (po g5)..
Pix  Burgun............
Plumbi A cet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et opli 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  B 
4  P. D.  Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassiae.................
Quinia, S. P. & W 
.
S.  German.. 
Rubia  Tinctorum... 
Saccharum Ladds pv.
Salacln.......................2
Sanguis  Draconls......
Santonine  .................
Sapo,  W ...................

“ 

20@2
10®2
@70®

@2  00
@2
@1
@
©
@
@14®
10®1

30®
8®
35®
24®
12®
00@2
40®
@4
12®
10®

Seidlltz  Mixture.......
@ 25
Sinapis.......................
18
opt.................. @
30
®
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes....................... @ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  . 12® 13
Soda  et Potass Tart... 30© 33
Soda Carb................. 14® 2
Soda,  Bi Carb............ @ 5
Soda,  Ash.................. 34@ 4
Soda, Sulphas............ @50®
Spts. Ether C o...........
55
“  Myrcia  Dorn......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
‘  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 23)........................   @2 33
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subi............ 24® 34
“  Roll..............  2K@ 3
Tamarinds............ ... 
8® 10
Terebenth Venice.. ...  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  5G@ 55
Vanilla.................. . .9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph.......... ...  7® 8

OILS.

Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter........ ..  70
70
Lard,  extra............
55
60
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
50
Linseed, pure raw  ...  -55
58

H AZEETINE

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DRUG  CO.

Importera  and  Jobbern of

- - D R U G S -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries

Dealers in

Patent Medisines. Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W 2 x l s ] s l e S '   B r a n d i e s ,

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

W e are  Bole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Oo., 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Qua' 
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re 

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

M in e  i Perkins  Dnlg  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T H E   M T C H T G A  1ST  T R A D E S M A N .

Let  April  Sugar  Alone.

F i.in t ,  Feb.  14—Some  houses  are  ad- 
ising the retail trade to place orders for 
ugar now for  April  delivery, offering  a 
price  about 2 cents per pound  below the 
present ruling price. 
Is  it advisable for 
the retail  dealer  to  become a speculator, 
in  order  to  protect  himself?  Knowing 
that T h e  T radesm an  makes a study  of 
such topics,  I venture to ask  the  opinion 
of the paper in the premises.

Grocer.

On  general  principles,  T h e  T ra d es­
man  advises  its  readers  to  desist  from 
speculating  in  any  product,  especially 
an article  which  is so completely within 
the  grasp  of  a  merciless  monopoly  as 
ugar.  All  grades  of  sugar will  be re­
duced  from  2  to  2%  cents in  April and 
wholesale grocers generally have already 
made  purchases  for  April  delivery  or 
arranged  with brokers  to  hold  stocks in 
bond for them,  so  that  retailers  will  be 
able to secure all the sugar  they  need at 
the  market  price.  Under  the  circum- 
tances T h e  T radesm an would consider 
it very foolish for a  retailer  to  attempt 
to  foretell  the  market to the  extent  of 
many barrels.

P otatoes  and  Onions.

The  potato  market is  still  weak  and 
unsettled,  all  prognostications  at  this 
time being the  merest  conjecture.  Fer- 
rine Bros.,  of  New York, who have been 
the  strongest  buyers  in  Michigan,  now 
acknowledge that the bottom has dropped 
out of  the market.  What the future  has 
in store, no one can  yet foretell.

The price of onions would undoubtedly 
have gone  skyward but  for the  importa­
tion of  French  stock,  several  cargoes of 
which  have  come  to  the  seaboard.  As 
freights from France to this country have 
been  light,  the  transatlantic  lines  have 
been  carrying  onions for  ballast, so that 
importers could  afford to pay the duty of 
40  cents  per  bushel  and  still  sell  the 
stock in  competition  with the  local  pro­
duct  and  make a good  margin.  But  for 
the  importation  of  outside  onions,  the 
price  of  home  grown  would  probably 
have gone to $2 per bushel.

The  Grocery  M arket

The  sugar  refiners  are  making  hay 
while the sun  shines,  having  advanced 
granulated and confectioners J4c  during 
thefiart week,  although  the  market  on 
raw sugars have been  nearly  stationery. 
Corn and  tomatoes  continue  to  stiffen. 
The same  is  true  of  scaled  and  round 
herring,  which  are  very  scarce.  Jelly 
has declined  J^c per pound.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium  is  steady.  Morphia  is  lower. 
Quinine 
is  steady  for  foreign  brands. 
P.  & W.  is 2c. cents  lower.  Corks  have 
advanced.  Turpentine is lower.

The newly-organized  Manistee  County 
Savings  Bank has secured the services of 
W.  J.  Gregory,  of  Rockford,  111.,  as 
Cashier.  Mr. Gregory  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Michigan  University  and  is  highly 
recommended  by  bankers  in  Illinois, 
Iowa  and  Nebraska.  The  Bank  will 
open its doors about May 1.

PRODUCE  m a r k e t .

Apples—Green, $4.25@4.50 for choice eating and 
$3.50@$3.75 for  cooking  stock.  Evaporated are 
firm  at  14@15c,  and  sun-dried  are  strong  at 
10@1054c.
Beans—The  demand is steady and  the  market 
without special change.  Handlers pay $1.65@1.80 
for country picked and find  no difficulty in mak 
ing  sales  at  $2.05@2.10 for city picked.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy is in moderate demand.  Dealers 
pay 15c and  hold at 16c.  Creamery is in fair  de­
mand at 22@24c.

Cabbages—'Oc  per doz. or $4 per 1
Carrots—2rt@25c per bu.
Celery—20@25c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25;  produce barrelB 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape Cods are nowoutof market. 
Bell and  Cherry are held at $9@$10 and  Jerseys 
at $10@$l'i.50.
Eggs—Dealers  pay 13@14c for  fresh  and  hold 
at 15c.
Onions—The high price has  curtailed the  sale 
very materially, few consumers  being willing to 
pay 40c  or  50c  per  peck  at retail  Dealers  pay 
§1.25 and  hold  at $1.50.
Potatoes—The  market is sluggish, there  being 
a few  buyers in the field  on the  basis of 75c per 
bushel.

Squash—1 54c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in good 
Turnips—30@35c per bu.

demand readily commanding $3.50 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new..................   ...............................  10 25
Shortcut.............................t ......................   10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  12 50
Extra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  11  50
Boston clear, short cut................................  12 00
d ear back, short cut....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut. best....................  12 50

s a u s a g e — Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage.....................................................654
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.................... .........................9
Frankfort Sausage 
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick........ 
....................................  5
Headcheese....................................................5

.........................................754

l a r d —Kettle Rendered.

Tubs.

........054
........7

Com-
pound.
554
554
654
654
6
53k
554

Family.
...  5V4
....5*
—  054
...6)4
...6
...5X
REEF  in  barrels.

50 lb. Cans...................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  6 75
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 75

s m o k e d   m e a t s —Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................  854
16 lbs........................................  9
12 to 14 lbs................................  9)4
picnic...................................................  6
best boneless........................................854
Shoulders........................................................  5)4
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................  8
Dried beef, ham prices..................................  8
Long Clears, heavy.........................................   554
Briskets,  medium...........................................   5%
light................................................554

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FISH  and  OTSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH   FISH .

Whitefish.........................
Trout........  ......................
Halibut.............................
Ciscoes 
..............  ..........
Flounders  .......................
Bluefish  ..........................
Mackerel..........................
Cod  .................................
California salmon............
OYSTER8-
Falrhaven  Counts...........
F. J. D. Selects.................
Selects  .............................
F. J. D..............................
Anchors............................
Standards.................#   ..
Favorites..........................

SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100................................
“ 
Clams, 
................................
BULK  GOODS, 
pfii* gal............................
*  “  " 
..........................
..................
..........................

Selects, 
fiprii^DSj 
Scallops, 

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“ 

@10 
@  9 
@18 
@ 5 
© 9 
@10 
@25 
@10 
@18
@35
@28
@23
@22
@20
@18
@16

...1  25@1  50 
...  75@1  00
@1  25
@1  65 
1  50
1  50
1  50

FRESH  MEATS.

 

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Beef, carcass..........................................  454@ 7

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters................................  6  @ 654
fore 
“ 
S54@  35k
loins, No. 3.................................10  @1"K
•• 
ribs..............................................  @  8
“ 
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rounds........................................   @5
tongues.......................................   ®  8 V»
Hogs.......................................................   U4®  4*
Bologna......................  .........................  @ 5
Pork loins..............................................   @654
@454
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @5
liver.........................................  @5
..  ......   @754
Frankfort................. 
Mutton.......................................  
654®  7
Veal.......................................................   654® 7

“  shoulders.................................. 

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CANDIES. FRUITS  and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

 

STICK  CANDT.
Standard,  per lb...................  

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

@8
H.H..........................................  @8
T w ist......................................   @8
pails or packages, net  weight.......... 8)4
24* -lb. bbis  .......................................  8
Boston  Cream  ................................................ 10
Cut  Loaf...........................................................9
Extra H. H...................................................... 10
Pails.
8
8
854
854

M IXED  CANDT. Bbis. 
Standard, per lb...........................754 
Leader....................... '•................. 754 
Special......................................... 8 
Royal............................................8 
Nobby..............................................................  9
Broken.............................................................. 9
Midget............................................................ 10
English  Rock.................................................   9
Conserves..........................................................9
Broken Taffy...................................................net, 954
Peanut Squares............................................... net, 954
Extra...........................................................     1054
Kindergarten  ................................................. 10
French Creams............ ...................................11
Valley  Creams................................................ 14
Per Box
Lemon Drops...................................................60
Sour Drops...................................................... 60
Peppermint Drops............................................70
Chocolate Drops...............................................70
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................... 
40@5O
Licorice Drops...........................................l  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................65
printed........................................... 70
Imperials................................  
65
Mottoes.............................................................75
Cream Bar........................................................60
Molasses Bar................................................... 60
Caramels.................................................. 16® 18
Hand Made  Creams............................... 9C@1  00
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams.........................................1  00
String  Rock.....................................................75
Burnt Almonds.. 
............................. 1 00@t  10
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................65
Lozenges, plain. In  palls.................................11
printed, in pails..............................12
Chocolate Drops, in pails.................................12
Gum Drops, In pails.......................................... 6
Moss Drops, In palls.........................................10
Sour Drops, in palls.........................................10
Imperials, in pails...........................................11
Floridas, fancy 250-300 17i-150...........  3 5C@$3 75
138-126........................   3 25@3 50
96...............................  ©

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

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choice 

Russets, fancy 200-1?6-150-138..............
126-112..........................
Valencias, choice to fancy 420 .................. 
“ 
Messinas, 
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300-240-----  2 75@3 00
200............  
3 00
Messina, choice, 360............... ............ 3 50@ 3 75
fancy, 360...............................  @ 4 50
choice 300..............................
fancy 380  ..............................
@ T H E R   FOREIGN  FRUITS.

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LEMONS.

“  50-lb.  “ 

Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................
.........................
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................4

Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers.......   18@20
........  @16
@1254 
@10 
@ 8 
@ 6
@1754 @17 
@17 
@
@@1554 @12 

Almonds, Tarragona.
Ivaca........
California.
Brazils.......................
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenoble.  .
“  Marbot.......
Chili............
“ 
Table  Nuts, No. 1 —
JNO. Z..........................
Pecans, Texas. H. P ....................
Cocoanuts, full sacks  .................
Fancy, H.  P„ Suns  .......................
“  Roasted 
.........
Fancy, H.  P., Flags 
.........
“  Roasted..........
Choice, H. P.,  Extras...............
“  Roasted........

......
......  14@16
___  @4 50
......  @6
......   754@  «
......  @6
......  754® 8
@5
. . . .   G‘/4@ 7

@1054 
@1554

PBANUT8.

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5 75

12

G R O C B R J P S .

Short  W eight  Oatmeal  and  Pork.
A patron of  T he  T radesm an calls its 
attention  to  short-weight  oatmeal  and 
rolled oats which are  now  being shipped 
into  this  State  by  a  certain  Chicago 
house  whose  low  quotation  on  these 
goods has long been a  thorn  in  the  side 
of  reputable  jobbers  who  give  sixteen 
ounces to  the  pound.  Fearful  that  the 
low price involved some species of sharp 
practice,  a  Cadillac  dealer 
the 
trouble to weigh  several  barrels  of  this 
oatmeal,  resnlting in  the  disclosure that 
every barrel was ten  pounds  short,  con­
taining 170 pounds  instead  of  the  regu­
lation 180.  Grocers who are  disposed to 
accept  a  cut  price  on oatmeal  would do 
well to secure  the  salesman’s  guarantee 
as  to  full  weight  and  charge  back any 
shortage which may be found  to exist on 
the arrival of the goods.

took 

Short-weight  pork  has  again  made its 
appearance on the market,  greatly to the 
disgust  of  those  who  handle  straight 
goods  only  and  suffer  competition  with 
If  196  pounds  of 
short-weight  goods. 
fresh  pork  are put  in  the  barrel, 
the 
meat  will  take  up  from  ten  to  twelve 
pounds  of  salt,  so  that  the  net  weight 
should be 206 to  208  pounds.  As a mat 
ter of  fact,  T h e  T radesm an’s  attention 
has  been  called  to  a  shipment  of  pork 
which  did  not  average  190  pounds net 
A convenient method of  ascertaining the 
exact contents of a barrel  is to  weigh the 
barrel  and  contents,  minus 
the  head 
when it is  opened,  mark  the  weight  on 
the barrel and then  weigh the barrel and 
brine  after  the  pork  has  all  been 
moved  or  sold  out.  The difference will 
show  the  exact  amount  of  meat  in the 
barrel.  Salesmen or houses offering pork 
below  the  market  price  should  be com 
pelled  to  guarantee  the  weight,  to  the 
end  that  no  shrinkage  may occur in re­
tailing the meat.

S h o rt-W eig h t  E u a p o ra te d   Apples. 
S a ginaw,  Feb.  16.—If  there  is  any 
one thing I like about T h e  T radesm an, 
more  than  another,  it  is  the  outspoken 
stand  it  takes  on  the cheats and frauds 
of  trade,  especially 
the  short-weight 
nuisance. 
I  have  suffered  hundreds  of 
dollars  loss  from  this  cause  alone  and 
welcome  your  attempts  to  set  matters 
aright  by  your  wholesale  exposures  of 
crookedness,  no  matter  where  found  or 
by whom they are abetted.
I  have  made  careful  investigation  of 
the evaporated apple business during the 
past season  and  have  about  come to the 
conclusion  that  all  manufacturers  put 
the  goods  up  short  weight.  1  have 
handled  upwards  of  twenty  boxes  over 
the counter during the past three months 
and  every  one  has  been  from  one  to 
three pounds  short—the  average  weight 
being  forty-seven  pounds. 
I  have  in­
variably  charged  back  the  shortage  to 
the  jobber,  and  if  the  jobber  would do 
the  same  with  the  evaporator,  I appre­
hend  there  would  be  less  trouble  from 
this cause another  season.

L iv e  Grocer.

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
J, L. Strelitsky has leased the store  at 
grade teas, spices,  etc.,  see  J.  P. Yisner,
10 South  Ionia  street  and  will  remove
17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co.,  New  York  his wholesale cigar business  to  that  lo 
City. 
P E R K I N S   <&
H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

cation.

352tf 

NOS.  182  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RA PID S,  MICHIGAN. 

WE CARET  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

C U R T I S S  

C O .,  *
Paper  Warehouse.

WHOLESALE

4FLOUR  SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T H E   M IC ÍH G ^ J S T   T R A JD E SM A L lSr

W h o le sa le   t* r ic e   C u r r e n t,

The  quotation*  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers  a ho 

pay promptly and buy in  fu ll packages.

.

SUGARS

TEAS.

*s I 
1  50: 
1  55

Jettine. 1 doz. in  box  .. 
.t a p a n—Regular.

“  Af.......... __*.  80 1  50

SWEET GOODS.
GingerSnaps..............
... 
Sugar Creams............
! Allspice............ ........   80
! Frosted  Creams.  ......
I Cinnamon  .........
....  84
Cloves...  ........... ......  84 1  55 !1 Graham  Crackers......
Ginger. Jam ...... ........   84 1  55 ! Oatmeal  Crackers—
SHOE  POLISH.
Mustard. 
Pepper  .. 
Sage......
Cut  Loaf.
@ 7 
Cubes........................
@ 6*  
Powdered..................
& 6*  @6.81 
Standard  Granulated.
@6.81 
Fine...........
© 6.56 
Confectioners’  A........
@ 6 
White Extra  C.........
Extra  C......................
@ 5* 
C ................................
@  5* 
Yellow
&  5*
Dark  Molasses  ...
Less than 100 lbs.  *c advance 
Tea,'2 lb, 'tin  scoop........* 6 50

F air......
Good__
Choice... 
Choicest 
Dust  ...
F air......
Good ..  . 
Choice... 
Choicest. 
Dust......
F air__
Choice.. 
Choicest.

SUN  CURED.

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.10

BASKET  FIRED.

@20
©22
@29
@36
È14
@20 
@22 
.24
@29 
32  ©?6 
10  @14
@20
@25
@35
7 25 1 Extra choice, wire 1«>af @40
s 75 | 
8 75 I Common to  fair — . .25 @35
..50 @65
11  00 i  Extra fine to finest.
. .75 @85
12 25 1 Choicest fancy......
13 25 1 
OOLONG.
. .25 @30
14  75  Common to  fair  ..
1 Superior to  line— . .30 @50
Fine to choicest — . .55 @65
6*4 
.  6* 1 Common to  fair — .. .20 @35
i  Superior to fine...... ...40 @50
@26
Common to  fair..........18
@40
Superior to  fine..........30
ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.
F air.............................25  @30
Choice..........................30  @35
Best............................. 55  @65
Tea  Dust.....................  8  ©10

OITNPOW D: k .

YOUNG  HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

CHICORT.

“  fine French..................2 10
Mushrooms...........................1 80
Pumpkin  ......................... @1  00
Squash  ............................... 1  10
Succotash, soaked..............   85
standard..............1 30
“ 
Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1  00@1  10
CHOCOLATE— BAKER’S.
German Sweet................  
22
Premium..........................  
34
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 
40
Bulk.....................................4
R e d ......... 
.......   ...  7
Fancy Full  Cream  ..  11 @1114
Good 
...1 0   @1014
“ 
Part Skimmed.............  8 @9
Sap Sago
@22 
Edam  ......................
@ 1  00 
24®  25 
Swiss, imported.......
15®  16 
domestic  —
...  15
Limburger...................
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps........
200 
........
Spruce, 200 pieces.  ...
Snider’s, *  pint.................. 1  35
pint.......................2 80
quart.....................3 50
CLOTHES  PIN S.

...... 35
......40

CHEESE.

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5 gross boxes  .....................50
COCOA  SHELLS.
Bulk.............................4
@4V4@7
Pound  packages...........
7 GO
COFFEE  EXTRACT.
75
Valley City.....................
..  1  15 
Felix...............................
65
Hummel’s .......................
coffee—Green.
Rio, fair......................
@20
“  good....................
@21
“  prime..................
@22
2 00
“  fancy,  washed...
@24*
.  “  golden.................
@23*
2 50
@23
Santos......................... 20
@25
Mexican & Guatemala 23
@26
Java,  Interior.............24
@29
“  Mandheling— 27
Peaberry.................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add *c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 pier cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
24*
Bunola.............................
24*
in cabinets.........
.24*
McLaughlin's  XXXX.
.24*
25
Lion  ................................
“  In cabinets  ................25*
Durham............................. 24*
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  35
1 50
175
2 00
2 25
1 00
1 15
Eagle.................................   7 50
Anglo-Swiss............ 6 00@ 7 70

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

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“Tradesman.”

COUPONS.
“Superior.”
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8 1  per hundred...............   2 50
* 2, 
..............3 00
$ 5, 
................  4 00
................  5 00
*10, 
*20, 
....................  6 00
* 1, per hundred..............2 00
* 2,  “ 
...............   2 50
................3 00
“ 
* 5 
*10, 
“ 
................4 00
*20, 
“ 
................  5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over............ 5 per  cent
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter.................   7*
Seymour 
5*
Butter....................................5*
“  family.......................... 5*
“  biscuit......................... 6*
Boston....................................7*
City Soda............................... 7*
Soda.....................................6
S. Oyster...............................5*
City Oyster, XXX.................  5*
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’.............................  
25
DRIED  FRUITS.

...........10 
...........20 
CRACKERS.
“ 

CREAM TARTAR.

“
“

 

DOMESTIC.

“ 

Apples, sun-dried...... 10*@11
evaporated__ 14  @15
•  “  — 20 @21
AprlcotB, 
9
Blackberries “  —  
Peaches 
“ 
...... 20 @22
PRU N ES.
Turkey.......................  @  9
Bosnia........................  @10
French.......................  @11
Lemon........................  
18
Orange.......................  
18
In drum.....................  @18
In boxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels.......  @ 5*
in  *-bbls.......   @ 5*
in  less quantity  @  6
r a i s i n s  —California.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

PEEL.

“ 
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APPLE  BUTTER.

“
“
“
“

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
** 

AXLE  GREASE.

Chicago goods................7*@8
Frazer’s  .............................Sä 4U
Aurora.................................1  75
Diamond............................. 1  75
Wise’s ................................   2 25
BAKING  POW DER.
.11  20 
Thepure, 10c packages.  .
..  1  56 
*  lb. 
.  2 28 
6 oz. 
.  2 76 
*  lb. 
.  4 20 
12 OZ. 
.  5 40 
lib.
.26 CO
61b.
Acme, >4 lb. cans, 3 doz  ...  45
*  lb.  “ 
“ ....  85
lib.  •' 
“ ....  1  10
bulk.................  10
45
T e lle r’s,  u  lb. cans, d o z .. 
86
“ 
“  .. 
g i b .  
“  ..  1  50
1 lb. 
“ 
60
* 8» “ 
.............  1 20
2 00
 
1 ft “ 
9 60
5 1b  “ 
 
 
*  lb  “ 
80
1 lb  “ 
...........  1 50
BATH  BRICK.
80 
75 
70
Gross

Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
“ 
•* 
*• 
“ 
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“ 
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“ 
“ 
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English, 2 doz. in case... 
Bristol,  2  “ 
Am erican. 2 doz. in  case.
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals.................... 4 00

Red Star, 14 tb  cans...  40

Arctic, 14 lb can s......  

BLUING . 

2 
1 

 
 

“

 

 

 

“ 

8oz 

“ 
“  pints,  round  .........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
. . .4  00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ...................4 50

 

 

“ 

90
....................  1 20

No. 2 Hurl...............................  1 75
No  1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................    2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...............................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
M ill........................................  3 :»
Warehouse.............................   2 75
BUCKW HEAT  FLOUR.
Rising S u n ..............................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising  ......................... 4 50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................10
Star,  40 
Paraffine..............................11
Wicking..................... 
 

CANDLES
“ 
 

914

 

*7 
“ 
BROOMS.
 

CANNED  GOODS.

FISH .

 

“ 

21b.  “ — 2 25

Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  10
Clam Chowder, 3 lb— ........... 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand.... 1  25 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic........... 1  90

“ 
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2 65
“ 
1 lb.  Star.................... 2 50
“ 
2 1b. Star.................  3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce 3 50
“ 
1  lb.  stand  ..........1  20
“ 
2  lb. 
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .3 50
“ 
31b.  soused..........3 50
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1 75@1  90
“ 
1 lb.  Alaska..  @1  60
Sardines, domestic  14s........ 
6
* s ........@ 8
“ 
“  Mustard * s ...  @10
.11  @12
“ 
“ 
10
2 50

imported  )4s 
spiced,  *s  ......... 
Trout, 3 Id. brook  ............ 

“ 

“ 

2 00

 

11®

3 75

Pears.

2 25
2 "?

Peaches.

FR U ITS.
Apples.
York State,gallons...
Apricots.
Santa  Cruz...............
Lusk’s .......................
Cherries.
1  20 
Red............................
1  40
..
Pitted Hamburg. 
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Gages.
B rie................................. 1  3S@1 45
Gooseberries.
Common  — .............. 
p ie ................................... 1  60@1 75
Maxwell...................- 
Shepard’s ................... 
California....................... 2 25@2 50
Domestic......... ..........
Riverside......... —Pineapples.
Common...........  ......
Johnson’s  sliced.......
grated  ......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red.............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Strawberries.
Lawrence...................
Hamburg...................
Common....................
Corned  beef ***.” .'................. 2 00
Roast.........................................1 75
Beans, soaked  Lima...........  85
“  Green  Lima...........@1  60
“ 
String....................@  90
“  Stringless...................   90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1 40 
Corn, stand.  brandB..l  05@1  25
Peas, soaked.......................  75

1  25
2
1  30
2 40 
2 65
1  10
1  30
1 40
1  10
2 00
1  40

Whortleberries. 

VEGETABLES.

“  marrofat.......................@1 30
“  standJune........................1 40
«  sifted  * 

@1  75

“ 

 

B ags..........................7
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
3  “ 
fancy. 
Muscatels.2crown  ... 
.... 

3  “ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

2 20

2  10
2 35
1  65
3 00

Foreign.

8

“ 

“ 

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

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Valencias......... 
Ondaras.....................   8*@ 9
Sultanas...........  ......16  @20
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs............   04
Hominy,  per  bbl.................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box. . .   55
imported..........  @11
Pearl  Barley..............3  @  3*
Peas, green...................   @110
“  split.......................   @ 3*i
Sago.  German...............   @5 |
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...  5  @ 6
Wheat, cracked.........  @5
Vermicelli,  import__  @11
domestic...  @55 
FISH — SALT.
Cod, whole.................  5*@ 5*
“  bricks...............  7*@  8
“  strips  ................   7?g@  Sf.j |
Halibut.........................   @10
5 25 |
Herring, gibbed.  bbl —  
“ 
*  bbl  . 
3 001
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
12  00 j
75
“ 
.. 
“ 
Scaled........... 
22
Mackerel, No. 1, *  bbl.. 
12 00
“ 
10 lb  kit. .1  10
Pollock.......................3 00@,3 25 j
Trout,  *  bbls...............   @5 
..............  80
White,  No. 1, *  bbls..  @7 oO !
10 lb. kits..  95 j
..  3 01 
kits 
55

“  10  lb.  kits 
“ 
“ 

“ 
Family,  *  bbls 

“ 
“  kegs, 

“ 

“ 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

H ERBS.

JELLIES.

LAMP  WICKS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla ;
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75
1  50 i
...1  00
3 oz 
“ 
2 00 ;
4 oz 
...1  50
“ 
3 00 i
6 oz 
.. .2  00
“ 
4  tO
8 oz 
.. .3  00
“ 
GUN  POW DER.
Kegs...................................5 so
Half  k eg s..........................3 00
Sage......................................15
Hops.....................................25
Chicago  goods....................  4
30
No.  . . .  
........ . . .  
40
No. 1 .............................. . . .  
50
No. 2.  ............................ ... 
. . .   30
Pure..............................
25
Calabria.......................
. . .  
is
Sicily............................
. . . .  
...1   25
Condensed,  2 doz........
....2 00
No. 9  sulphur......................
Anchor parlor.....................
. . . 1   7(1
. . . . 1   10
No. 2 home.............................
Export  parlor..................... 4 21
Black  Strap...................... 
16
Cuba Baking.................... 
19
Porto  Rico........................19@23
New Orleans, good..................... 25
choice.................. 35
fancy................... 45

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LICORICE.

One-half barrels. 3c extra

“ 
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LYE.

OATMEAL.

PICKLES.

ROLLED  OATS

Barrels  ............................... 6 00
Half barrels..............................3 25
Barrels......................  @6 0o
Half bbls....................  @3 25
Medium................................   *7 50
“ 
*  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
“  N o .l........................6
“  No. 2................  @ 5
Japan, No. 1.......................... 7
“  No.2...........................6

“  T. D. full count...........  75

PIPE S.

RICE.

SAUERKRAUT.

Barrels......................................5 25
Half barrels.........   .............300
Kitchen, 3 doz.  In box......  2 60
Hand 
  2 50
Snider’s  Tomato......................2 40

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.
SPICES.

3  “ 

 

Whole Sifted.

“ 

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“ 
“ 

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
Batavia in bund — 15
Saigon In rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................25
Zanzibar..................15
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy.
“  No.  1.......................TO
“  No. 2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
white...  .25
shot.........  ............. 19
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon.................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
“  Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African...................15
“  Cochin.....................18
Jam aica.................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .25
“  Trieste....................27
■Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
“ 
“  white...... 30
“  Cayenne................. 25
20

Sage.................... 

“ 

 

splint

13
No.l 3 50 
No.2 4 26 
No.3 5 00

i G R A IN S  and  FEKDSTU1 

84
g
8
g

MEAL.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.
I W hite........................
Red............................
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.
| Bolted...............................
Granulated.................
Straight, in  sacks  .........
“  barrels...........
“ 
I  Patent 
••  sacks.............
barrels..........
Graham 
sacks...........
Rye 
...
“ 
MILLSTUFFS
Bran........................
Screenings.......
Middlings................
Mixed  Feed.............

“ 

93
93
test.
1  45
1  65
5 00
5 20
6  00 
6  20 
4 80
2 00
19 50 
18 (0
20 50 
22  00 
22  00
@55
..  1  25
..  1  20

RYE.

HAY.

OATS.

CORN.

BARLEY.

58
55
fit!
__ 48

No. 1
No. 1.
No.2.
Small lots.
Car
Small lots
Car
9 00 
No. 1. 
No. 2,
8  00
HIDES.  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal:
H IDES.
Green.....................
Part  Cured..............
Full 
..............
Dry.........................
Kips, g reen ............
“  cured......  ....
Calfskins,  green........  5
cured....
Deacon skins...........
No. 2 hides *  off.
PELTS.
.10  @25
Shearlings...............
Estimated wool, per tb 20  @28 
WOOL.
Washed............................20@30
Unwashed.....................10@22

@   7@ 5 @ 5* 
@ 6 
.  5  @ 7 
.10  @30

@ 5 
@ 5 
@   5 *  

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FU R S.

Badger*......... ......ÍO 20@*1  00
Bear............... ......  5  U0@30 00
Beaver............ ......   2 00® 8 ( 0
Cat,  house...... ......  
05®  25
so
...... 
io ® 
Cat, wild........
.  . 
25®  1  00
Coon  ..............
Fisher............ ......  4  00® 6 00
Fox.,  cross  — ......  2 00® 5 00
Fox,  red  ....... ......  1  00®  1  75
Fox,  gray...... ...... 
40®  70
Lynx............... ......   2 00@ 3 00
Martin, pale and yel­
40@  1  00 
1  50@ 3  00 
Martin, dark......
25®  1  25 
Mink..................
07 
20
Muskrat..............
05 
15
Opossum............
3 00 
Otter..................
10  00 
1  40 
Skunk.................
10 1 00
3  00
Wolf  ................
Beaver castors, pi
5 00
l b ....................
2  00

low  .....................

deerskins—Per  pound.
Thin and green....................
Long gray............................
Gray............... ....................
Red and  blue......................
Tallow........................  8  @  4
Grease  b u tte r............1  @ 2
Switches....................  1*@  2
Ginseng 
.................2 5 1@3  0*

MISCELLANEOUS.

35

OILN.

follows:

The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as 
I 
Water White.............   @9
: Michigan  test............  @ 8*
Naptha.......................  @ 7*
I Gasoline.... ................  @ 9*
Cylinder.................... 27  @36
Engine......................18  @21
Black, 15 Cold  Test...  © 9*

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  *• 
........
“It5-lb,  tin  scoop........
........
“  brass  “ 
“ 
Grocers', 11-tb,  tin  scoop 
brass  “  .
“  .
brass  “  .

22-ib,  tin 
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes.....................
40-lb 
....................
Gloss.
50
1-lb packages  .....................   6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
.......................  6*
10 and 50 lb. boxes..............4*
Barrels  ...............................  4*
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy. in jars....... —  .35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43
|  Detroit Soap Co.'s Brands.
Superior...................... ....... 3 30
! Queen  Anne.......................3 85
! German  Family  ................
I  Mottled  German. 
............3 00
; Old German....................... 2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain...............2 00
I Frost,  Floater.....................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  ....................3 00
Cocoa Castile. Fancy..........3 36
Old Country, 80...................3 20
Uno, 100...............................3 50
Bouncer, 100....................... 3 00

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

SN U FF.

SOAP.

SEEDS.

SAL  SODA.

Boxes...................................5*
Kegs, English...................... 4*
Kegs.................................  
1*
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
Mixed bird...........—   4*@ 6
Caraway............................. .  9
Canary................................   3*
I Hemp.....................................4*
Anise................................... 13
Rape...................................   6
|  Mustard.................................7*
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  2f
51
56-lb 
60  pocket.2 21
28 
2 10
barrels... 1

“ 
“ 
*  bu  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
** 
“ 

SALT

“ 

“ 

“ 

 
 

SALERATUS.

“ 

Church’s, Arm & Hammer...
Dwlght’sCom.  .....................5*
Taylor’s .................................5*
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf. ..  — 5*
pure.........................5*
Our Leader........................   5
Corn,  barrels.................... 
one-half barrels—  
Pure  Sugar, bbl...........
“ 
half barrel.

25
27
.30@ 40 
. 3 ¿@ 42

SYRUPS.

“ 

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.'s Brands.

tobaccos—Smoking.

Hiawatha  ................. 
60
34
Sweet  Cuba...............  
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brandi
Something Good.................... i
Peach  Pie  .............................!
“Tobacco” ............................. .
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz —
.31
4 OZ...
16 oz.....................Si
VINEGAR.
40 gr.....................................  8
50 gr.....................................  9
Tin foil cakes, per doz  .........15
Baker's, per  lb.....................30

yeast—Compressed.

“ 
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“ 

PAPER.

TW INES.

P A P E R  & W O O D  E N W  A  K 1 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw 
................................. 175
Rockfalls..............................200
Hardware............................. 2*
Bakers.................................. 2*
Dry  Goods..................   5*@'l
Jute  Manilla...............   6*@S
Red  Express  N o.l...........   5
No.2  ............4
48 Cotton  .........................25
Cotton, No. 1.......................22
Sea  Island, assorted__
No. 5 Hemp...................
No. 6  “ ..........................
Wool.............................
WOODKNWAKK.
Tubs, No. 1....................
“  No. 2....................
“  No. 3....................
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three hoop 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.
Bowls, 11 Inch...............
................
13  “ 
15  “  ...............
17  “ 
...............
assorted, 17s and 
“  15s, 17s and
Baskets, market............
bushel.............
“  N
••  n

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, N
“ 
•• 

“ 
.. 

2   50 
2  75

1  75 
r>0 
1 00

EL  Puritano  Cigar.
The FinestlO Cent Gigar

O N   E A R T H .

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILW0RTH  BROTHERS,

•IT T S  B U R G H .

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY *

I. M. CLARK  &  SON,

f BRADD0CK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
3 

Grand  Rapids.

Bay  City.

l 4 t

404  STRONG.

List  of  Traveling  Men  Working  for 

Grand  Rapids Houses.

The following  is  believed  to be a cor­
rect list of the traveling  men  who  work 
for Grand Rapids  houses. 
If any  errors 
have crept into the list or  there  are  any 
omissions,  the  same  will  be  gladly  cor­
rected in subsequent issues:

Adams & North—I.  D. North.
Aldine  Manufacturing  Co. — W.  H. 
Z.  E.  Allen—E.  S.  Matteson,  ------

Pierce,  E.  F. Gilbert,  E.  F. Pomeroy.
Graham, O.  M.  Bugbee,  W.  S.  Emery, 
Edward Ward,  Geo.  Lewis.
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.—Prof.  T.  P.  S. 
Hampson,  D.  R.  White.  G.  M.  Wheeler, 
W.  H.  Fuller.
Alabastine Co.—Geo.  W.  Gage,  D.  W. 
Ensign,  G. H. Southard,  W.  T.  Merritt, 
Frank Blood, Daniel Beecher,  H. C. Foot, 
W.  C.  Harper,  James  Wykes,  Samuel 
Lewis,  A. C. Antrim,  B.  F.  Winch.
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an  Co.— J.  B. 
Evans, D.  S.  Haugh,  B.  F.  Parmenter, C. 
M.  McLain,  Robert Hanna.  Geo.  McWil­
liams, Anthony J. Quist, Thos. Ferguson, 
Arthur S.  Fowle.
□ Barlow Bros.—W.  A.  Morse.
J.  A.  Bauman—N. A.  Parker, 
j  Belknap W.  & S. Co.—I).  W. Johns.
Wm. A.  Berkey  Furniture  Co.—L.  D. 
Berry,  Fred Hills,  A.  M.  Joues,  W.  H. 
Melhuish, Geo.  S.  Knapp,  Geo.  B.  Stod­
dard.
Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper  Co.—Geo.  S. 
Sanford,  O. W.  Dunn, C. R. Bacon, W. C. 
Foote,  C.  H.  Bass. J. J. Van Leuven,  C.
B.  Howard.  E.  H.  Hudson.  C.  C.  Wood­
ruff, C.  W. Williams.
S. K.  Bolles  &  Co.—Geo.  W.  Thayer, 
Jr, W.  P.  Townsend,  M.  W.  Mon nett.
Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons—Wm.  G. 
Brummeler.
A. E.  Brooks &Co.—Wm. B. Edmunds, 
J. Henry  Dawley,  Geo.  W.  McKay,  A. 
Oswold.

Brookings Lumber Co.—H.  H.  Snell. 
Brown & Sehler—T.  B.  Snyder,  F.  E. 
Brown,  Frank  Stage,  Jno.  L.  Bailey, 
Chas. J. Rice.

Bunting & Davis—E.  A.  Ives.
Buss Machine Works—Geo.  Buss,  Ed. 
Buss.
Cappon &  Bertsch  Leather  Co.—C. C. 
Harley,  E. E.  Woodford.  J.  Haefner,  R. 
T. Scott,  N.  H. Adams.
Chase Bros. Piano  Co.—S.  H.  Gissin, 
L. C. Banghart,  Geo.  E.  Boltwood, O. C. 
Clock, J, H. Campbell,  F. V. Streeter, A. 
E.  Bolt.

M.  E. Christenson—Hi.  Madden.
I.  M. Clark & Son—H.  A.  Hudson,  J.
E. Ireland, Jas. A.  Massie,  H.  S. Powell,
J.  McBurney,  O.  B.  Shaw,  Jas.  G. 
Cloyes, J.  A.  King, John Q. Ryan.

Perry,  W. J. Jones.

Corl, Knott & Co.—W. J.  Deppen. 
Curtiss & Co.—Frank H.  White,  O.  A. 
A.  S.  Davis—A.  S.  Davis.
W.  C.  Denison—E.  F.  Snyder,  N.  W.
Barker.
W.  H.  Downs—W.  H.  Downs,  S.  F. 
Downs.
Wm.  Drueke—Chas.  Drueke,  Elliott F. 
Coveil.
Eaton,  Lyon & Co.—J.  L.  Kymer,  Geo. 
H.  Raynor, Peter Lubach, W. B. Dudley.
Elliott Button  Fastener  Co.—Wm.  E. 
Elliott.
E.  Fallas—Edwin Fallas.
Folding  Chair  &  Table  Co.—W.  A. 
Sammons, John B.  Logan,  Geo. Lewis, S. 
Luther, S.  S. Chesebro,  J.  P.  Olmstead. 
Foster, Stevens  &  Co.—A.  D.  Baker,
F.  R.  Miles,  Harvey B.  Baxter.
C.  C. Folmer & Co.—F.  E. Powers.
Frey Bros.—Henry Geiges,  Geo.  Gute. 
Gelock Bottling Co.—John Sparks. 
Theo.  B. Goossen—John Hagens. 
Goshen  Sweeper  Co.—John  V.  Riley, 
Jas.  S.  Knox,  Chas.  H.  Lyon,  A.  C. 
Gonter.
Grand  Rapids  Brass  Co.—Ervin  D. 
Whitlock.
Grand Rapids Brush Co.—C.  S.  Paine,
C. W. Peck,  Wm. Clark.
Grand Rapids Cabinet Co.—McKevitte, 
Chesebro & Garnsey,  Henry  J.  Ringold, 
E. T.  Barnes.
Grand Rapids Cabinet Furniture  Co.— 
Henry J. Ringold.
Grand Rapids Chair Co.—A. A. Barber, 
J.  R.  Shelley.

Harvey & Heystek—H.  J. Heystek. 
Hawkins &  Company—A. S.  Doak,  W.
F.  Blake, D. E.  McVean,  John  Brumme­
ler, Johu H.  Payne, G. B.  Conkey.
Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co.—L. M. 
Mills, C. Crawford,  A.  W. Peck.
Hester & Fox—M.  Hester.
I  Hirth & Krause—A. B. Hirth.
Jennings & Smith—W. H. Jennings, E.
N.  Morgan, J.  T.  Avery,  S.  V.  De Graff. 
W.  R.  Keeler—W.  R.  Keeler,  W.  A.
McWilliams, F.  H. Beagle.
Alex.  Kennedy—John  Green,  John  J. 
Dutmers.
Kent  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.— 
Chas.  W. Disbrow,  S.  Luther.
J.  E.  Kenning & Co.—John E. Kenning, 
Chas. Flynn.
Klingman & Limbert Chair Co.—G.  W. 
Dunn,  Ed. Klingman, B. C. McYey,  F. L. 
j Moone, J.  K.  Milligan,  W.  E.  Failing, 
John A.  Specht, J.  E.  Bussey.
Kortlander & Murphy—R.  D.  McGann, 
Wm.  Kortlander, H.  B.  Ware.
Kuppenheimer Bros. —Augustus Kup- 
penheimer.
Kusterer  Brewing  Co.—Jno.  Sparks, 
Jos.  Vogt.
Lamoreaux & Co.—Geo.  W.  Turner,  C.
I H.  Allen, Chas.  H.  Bacon.
Lemon  & Wheeler  Company—Herbert 
Baker,  Manley Jones,  Will  Jones,  Louis 
j Immegart, John P. Osting,  Chas. E. Hall, 
Dick Warner.
H.  Leonard & Sons—Jœ  Reed, Wm. B. 
Collins,  Frank Hadden.
Lustig Cigar Co.—A.  B.  Gates,  P.  D. 
Armstrong, Jacob Lustig.
Daniel  Lynch—J. C.  Watson,  John  M. 
Shields, Geo.  Bloss,  H.  B. Amer.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Co.—Jas. 
B.  Martin.
McCord  &  Bradfield  Furniture  Co.— 
J.  W.  Wheeloek,  J.  R.  Shelley,  C.  J.
| Wenderoth,  Frank Wenderoth.
C.  B.  Metzger—Jas.  McCard.
Michigan  Can  Manufacturing  Co.—R. 
Mills &  Lacey Manufacturing Co.—W. 
Moseley Bros.—H.  Elmer Moseley. 
Musselmau  &  Widdicomb—Valda  A.
| Johnston, Chas.  Brooks, John C.  Utman, 
j Dell Wright, Seneca Rademaker.

L.  Bonfoly.
E.  Hurd, O.  K. Olmsted.

Nelson Bros.  & Co.—Wm.  Van Zee. 
Nelson,  Matter & Co.—M.  L.  Fitch, J.
| B. Watkins,  W.  S. Wells,  Geo. S. Knapp,
J Geo. B.  Stoddard, J.  W.  Wheeloek.
New  England  Furniture  Co.—W.  S. 
Emery,  G.  B.  Lewis,  E.  H.*Ward,  M. C. 
French, Geo.  L.  Withers,  W.  M.  Camp­
bell, J. P.  Olmsted,  A.  W.  Slack,  W.  B. 
Rose.
New York Biscuit Co.—C.  F.  Ballard, 
J.  P.  Oggle, C. L.  Lawton.
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.—Ed. Frick, 
Jas.  A.  Morrison, Jas. N. Bradford, Jerry 
Woltman, B. S.  Davenport, H.  S. Robert­
son, John Cummins,  A. O.  Freeman.
Oriel Cabinet Co.—W.  H.  Boyns,  Geo.
I. Somes.

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

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

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

COUGH  ,b£ n. T'y 
DROPS

Jennings'

Flavoring  Extracts

Are  Acknowledged  the  Most  Profitable.

a  n  

c a  

Orand Rapids,1 Mieh.

J- 
MANUFACTURED  BY

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co.—Jas. Hall. 
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Co.—J.  C. 
More, L. C. Stow.
Grand Rapids  Hand  Screw  Co.—Wm. 
B. Bennett.
Grand Rapids  Manufacturing  Co.—A. 
T.  Davis, D.  H. Moore,  E.  N.  Carrier.
Grand Rapids Mattress Co.—Albert  L. 
Russell,  Henry J.  Ringold.
Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 
—Chas. S. Robinson, John Garvey, Jr.
Grand Rapids Parlor Furniture Co.—A.
| W.  Slack,  J.  F.  Muir,  J.  C.  Gorham, 
--------Barnes.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.—Geo.
M.  Lovelock, S.  Engel,  A.  W.  Bond,  J.
H.  Barrett,  E.  H.  Brittan.
Grand Rapids  School  Furniture  Co.—
E.  K.  Fassett, Frank M.  Bemis,  Seth  E. 
Wells, J.  L.  Waite,  E.  S.  Phillips,  D. 
Witmer.
Grand  Rapids  Stave  Co.—Geo.  W. 
Hewes.
Grand Rapids Steel  Wire Nail  Co.—G. 
W.  Kelsey.
Grand Rapids  Table  Co.—W.  H.  Ka- 
than,  R. J.  Stow.
Grand  Rapids  Wheelbarrow  Co.— 
Arthur Brittan,  E.  H.  Brittan,  Arthur 
Bond, Geo. M.  Lovelock.
Gunn  Hardware  Co.—A.  H.  Nichols, 
W.  K. Manley,  B.  F.  Tinkham.
Wm.  Hake—Frank J. Wilmes.
Harrison  Wagon  Works — John  M. 
Pratt, C. R.  Pugh, Chas. Eastman,  F.  W. 
Russell, Jos.  Baker,  B.  W.  Chase,  Jno. 
Parker.

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

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

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

9  No.  IONIA  ST., GRAND  R APIDS,  MICH. 

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O R A N G E S ,  L E M O N S  and  B A N A N A S .

ESTABLISHED  30  YEARS.

ONE  OF  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE

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

Michael  Kolb  &  Son,
| Wholesale  Clothing  [manufacturers
»BUSINESS  established  30  years 

'speaks’well  for its  integrity  and 
it is  just 30 years  since  Michael 
Kolb  first  entered 

C lo th in g  M a n u fa c tu rin g  B u sin ess 
at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  it  is  an  ad­
mitted  fact  through  the  trade  generally 
that  he  has  not a rival  in  style,  fit  and 
make 'up of  every garment  shipped  out 
of that eminent house of Michael Kolb & 
Son.  The  senior  member  of  the  firm 
always was  and is opposed to leaders  or 
baits  in  any special  line,  he  adopts  the 
honest system of  small  profits,  one price 
and quick returns.
The firm’s  representative in  Michigan, 
William Connor, who is in his tenth year 
with us,  will wait upon any of  the  trade 
and  show. our  line,  buy or not  buy,  giv­
ing  every one  an  opportunity to see  our 
line, learn our prices and equitable terms 
and  trusting£to future  events. 
In  addi­
tion,  Mr. Connor  attends  periodically at 
Sweet’s■jHotel in Grand  Rapids  and will 
be there  Friday and  Saturday,  February 
27 and  28,  in  room  82,  when customers’
expenses  are paid  who  meet him  there to buy.  Such of  the  trade wishing  him to 
call,  kindly address William Connor, Box 346, Marshall,  Mich.
M I C H A U D   K O L B   «6  S O N .

into  the  wholesale 

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

| F r u its ,  S e e d s , O y s te r s  § P r o d  uce

------- W H O L E S A L E -------

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If yon are in market td*bny or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will bf 

126,28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from yon.
- 

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GRAND  RAPID^

"

 The Niagara Falls Route.”

B. Jarvis, R. B. Kellogg.

Michigan (Tentral

D EPA RT.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................  7:20 a m  10 .00 p m
5:00pm
Mixed  .................................................. 6:30am 
Day  Express........................................12:00 a m   10:00 am
•Atlantic A Pacific Express..............11  1ft p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express...............................5:40 p m 
1:15 p m
•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Express to  and  from  Detroit.
Fred M. Briggs. Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Upion  Depot.
Grò. W .  Munson,'Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. R ugglrs.G . P.  A T. A gent., Chicago.

T I  L 111  M l  C Æ Ï I G A J S T   T R  A /D T C Ö M  A 1 S T
J.  L.  Strelitsky—J.  N.  Louckes. 
Studley & Barclay—W.  Y. Barclay, W. 
M.  L.  Sweet—R.  W. Reynolds.
Telfer Spice  Co.—Peter  Lankester,  1. 
H. Cole.
Tradesman Company—M.  J.  Wrisley, 
Dr.  F.  A.  Howig.
M.  H.  Treusch & Bro.—E.  Treusch,  C. 
W. Shaw,  F. T. Blakeslee, M. T. Streeter, 
A. J. Sink.
Universal  Tripod  Company — R.  J. 
Ferris, J.  P. Olmstead.  W.  M.  Campbell.
Valley City Milling Co.—G.  H. Jacobs, 
Thos.  Wilkinson.
Veit & Rathmann—Jack  Veit.
C. G.  A.  Voigt & Co.—Edward C.  Man­
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.—Ralph 
Voigt Milling Co.—A.  L.  Braisted,  A.
E. E. Walker—J. J.  Wright.
J.  S. Walker—C. J.  Clark.
Peter  Weirich  Brewing  Co.—Geo.  C. 
Bratt.
Western  Plaster  Agency—Frank  B. 
Christopher.
Welch Folding  Bed Co.—L.  W.  Welch,
W. S.  Earle.
Widdicomb Furniture Co.—Charles W. 
Jones,  A.  A.  Barber, T.  C.  Langley,  F. 
W.  Powers.
Welch Folding Bed Co.—A.  A. Barber. 
Winchester & Daniels—J.  C.  Mulford. 
Arthur Wood  Carriage  Co.—Chas.  A. 
Worden  Furniture  Co.—Klingman  & 

tNo.  14 tNo.  16ltNo.  18*No.  38
3 45pm 110 55pm 
6 50am
I  4 52pm 12 37am
7 45am
5 40pm  1 55am
8 28am
6 4npm  3 15am
9 15am 
8 45pm; 
........
11 05am 
9 35pm!..........
11 55am 
8 0i pin  5 40am
11 10am
10 30pm I  7 35am
3 05pm
8 55pm  5 50am
10 57am
9 50pm!  7 20am
11 5  am
WESTWARD.

gold,  Wm.  H.  Sigel.
Blocksma  Henry Snitseler.
V. Wood.

TIME  TABLE

Trains Leave 
G’d  Rapids,
Ionia.........
St.  Johns  ...
Owosso__
E.  Saginaw 
Bay City 
..
F lin t.........
Pt.  Huron..
Pontiac......
Detroit.......

D etroit
GRAND HAVEN
Milwaukee

10 30am
11 25am
12 17am 
1 30pm 
5< 0pm 
0 35pm 
3 55pm 
G 50pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

♦No. 81
7 05 am
8 50 am

tNo. 11
1  00 pm
2 15 pm

tNo. 13
5  10 pm
6 15 pm

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

Trains Leave

eastward.

RAILWAY

Grand  Rapids,  Lv 
Grand  Haven.  Ar 
Milwaukee Str, Ar 
Chicago Str,  Ar

Wood.
Limbert.

arius, W.  L.  Smith, M.  H.  Hawkins.
Duffy, R.  H. Smith,  Albert Fecht.
Frank F.  Davis, W.  B.  Watson.
Geo. Ward.

Palmer  Shirt  Co.- O.  Davis, M.  Zacli- 
Perkins & Hess—J.  B. Tanner, Edward 
Perkins  &  Co.—Clinton  C.  Durgin, 
Perkins &  Richmond—C.  B.  Perkins, 
C.  O.  & A.  D.  Porter—J. S.  Logan. 
Powers &  Walker  Casket  Co.—W.  S. 
Bush, Chas.  R.  Baxter, A.  D.  Estabrook. 
F.  G.  Smith,  Chas.  A.  Shaffer,  C.  E. 
Ferry.
Phoenix  Furniture  Co.—J.  C.  Riley,
Paul F.  Markoff,------- Donagon.
Putnam  Candy  Co.—F.  W.  Orsinger, 
Chas.  R.  Remington,  Geo.  Cox,  W.  A. 
Van Leuven,  H. L.  Gregory, J. H.  Miller, 
Chas.  Long.
Princess  Dressing  Case  Co.—F.  D. 
Tarleton.
Priestley  Express Wagon & Sleigh Co. 
—Geo.  Arnott, T. J.  Beaubien.
H.  Rademaker & Sons—C.  E.  Clark, J. 
Rademaker.
F.  Raniville—Thos.  D.  Haight,  Peter 
Dosch.
C. N. Rapp & Co.—Wm.  R.  Mayo,  W. 
C. Wood.
Geo. H. Reeder & Co.—Geo. H. Reeder, 
J.  P.  Reeder, Juhn Fell, Robert M. Earle.
Rindge, Bertsch & Co.—Will A. Rindge, 
Geo.  J.  Heinzelman,  John  A.  Sherick, 
Russell  W.  Bertsch,  Fred  E.  Walther, 
Lew C. Becker.
H. Schneider & Co.—Geo.  H. Seymour, 
Chas.  Richardson.
Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle—Ben.  J. 
Van Leuven,  Wm.  F.  West.
Sligh Furniture Co.—E.  M.  Mills, S. G. 
Estabrook,  D.  B.  Starkweather,  E. 
Rochat,  G.  F.  Keck,  Jno.  H.  Lewis, J. R. 
Shelton,  A. T.  Drinkle.
Spiral Spring Buggy Co.—W.  F.  Fan- 
dell.
Spring &  Company—Geo.  C.  Bonnell, 
Joe Finkler,  B.  Beneker.
Standard Oil Co.—R.  J.  Coppes,  E.  H. 
Poole, J.  W.  Esler.
P.  Steketee  &  Sons—F. J.  Michmers- 
huizen,  E.  Kuyers,  B.  Dosker.
Stow & Davis  Furniture  Co.—Geo.  R. 
Davis,  Frank D.  Forbush.

Notice  to  Stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad  Company, 
will  be  held at the general  office, in'the  city of 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 
4th. 1891, at one o’clock p. m., for the election of 
thirteen Directors to serve  for the ensuing year, 
and  for the  transaction of  such other  business 
as may be presented at the meeting.

J. H. P. Hughart, Secretary.

3EFORE  BUYING  GRATES!
,.et  Circular and Testimonials.  S e n t   F r e e .  I
i  Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic.»  I
^ L O IN ^ IR ^ L A C M R A S D B i^ ^ i^
Buckwheat Pancakes

Are now in Season.

OUR  BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR

Is  guaranteed  absolutely  pure  and  unadulterated.  You  will 
please and increase your trade by handling our brand.

COERESPONDENCK  SO LICITED .

- 

T H E   G R EA T

Proprietors  Standard  Roller  JVlills,

THE  WHL8H--DE  RUO  MILLING  GO,,
H O L L A N D ,  
-  M I C H .
EDMUND B. DIKEMAN BfiaHS a il C lO ierM
Watch pilaker 
i Jeweler,
|M .

M   CÄNRL  8T„
Grani Rapids,  - 

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

always in the  market.
W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO.

We  also want
P o t a t o e s  
In car lots.

We pay highest market  price  and  are 

128,130 and 132 Went Bridge St., 

a n d   O n i o n s

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

15

Grand  Baplds  & Indiana.

In effect February If 1891.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

South. 
For|Saginaw, solid t r a in ..........  
For#TraverseCity........................ |  5:15am  
FonTraverse  City & Mackinaw Q  9:20 a m  
For Saginaw, solid train............  
For Cadillac..................................t  2.15 p m 
For Mackinaw....................... . ...t   7:45 p m 
From Kalamazoo..........................t  8:55 p m

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
t 7:30 am
t  7:05  am
f 11:90  a m
+ 4:30  p m
t 5:00  p m
110:30  p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

North. 
For  Cincinnati.............................|  6:00am 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .fl0:15 a m 
From Saginaw...............................  11:45 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
ForCincinnati.............................. t 5:30pm  
For Kalamazo and  Chicago 
tl0:00 p m 
From Saginaw...............................tlO.30 p m

South.
t 7:00  am
tl0:30  a m
t  2:00  pm
|  6:00  pm
¡11:06  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 pm  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—7:00 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6p m  
train, Wagner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:05  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car  for Chicago.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  between 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

via d., l.  a n.

Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA  D., 8. H. A M.

Lv. Grand Rapids a t......6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.

W. II. B ennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

FIT  FOR

T a b l e :

All  goods bearing the 

name  of

THURBER. WHYLAND  & CO..

OK

ALEXIS  OODILLOT. JR.

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

THHEBEB, WHYLAND  & 00., 

West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Streets, 

New Ycrk Oily

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

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88,  90,  92 [So.  D ivision  8t„ Grand  Rapid*, 

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10 a .  m  , 3:35 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82,Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Campbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

CHICAGO 

JAKHARY4,i8M. 
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

P .  M.

t 8 : 4 0

P.  M.  I  P. M.

DEPART  FOR

P.  M.
*-*■

+5:05Ì
t l  :00 t   5 :0 5  
t l  :0 0 it  5 :0 5

t l : 0 0  *1 1 :3 5  
tl :09  § 1 1 :35 
t l : 0 0 +11:35 
t l : 0 0 |t l l : 3 5  
t 5 : 0 5 |............
+ 1 :0 0  t  5 :0 5  
+ 5:05  ............
..........
+5:051 

A.  X .
Chicago............
Indianapolis__ t9 :0 0
Benton Harbor..
t9 :0 0
St. Joseph.........
t9 :0 0
Traverse  City...
t7 :2 5
Muskegon.........
t9 :0 0
Manistee  .........
t7 :2 5
Ludington........
t7 :2 5
Baldwin  ...........
t7 : 2 5
Big Rapids........
+ 7:25
Grand  Haven... 
t9 : 0 0
tS :4 0
Holland............
t 8 :1 0 *1 1 :3 5
t9 :0 0
tWeek Days.  »Everyday.  § Except Saturday.
9 ,A A   A. M. has through chair car to Chica- 
«UU  go.  > o extra charge for seats.
-j  ,A A   P  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
i  ,U U   with Wagner buffet ear;  seats  75 cts
5,A P   P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
•U tJ  Manistee,  via M.  & N.  E. R. R.; solid 
■  ,O C   P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal- 
DETROIT,

train to Traverse City.
ace sleeping  car  through to t hicago.

NOVEMBER 30,  1890.
Lansing & Northern R R
P .  M.

DEPART  FOR

A  M.

P.  M.

Detroit  and  East..................
Lansing................................
Howell...................................
Grand  Ledge.........................
Lake Odessa..........................
Plymouth...............................
Howard  City.........................

* 6 :2 5
*6 :2 5
*6 :2 5
* 6 :2 5
* 6 :2 5
* 6 :2 5

t 7 : 2 5
t l  :20
t 7 :2 5
t l  :20
t 7 :2 5
t l  :20
t7 :2 5
t l  :20
t 7 : 2
t l  :20
t7 :2 5
t l  :20
t4:3f>
t7 :3 0
+ 7:30 + 4 :30
+ 7:30 + 4:30
t l  :30
t7 :3 0
t4 : 3 0
t 7 :3 0

St. Louis  ...............................
Saginaw  City........................
tWeek Days.

♦Every Day. 
rr.O p r  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
I  . t i i i  lor car;  scats 25  cents.
1.0 /Y   P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
,tmiO  lor car, seats  25  cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

M u sk e g o n , G ran d   R a p id s  &  In d ia n a .

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive.

7:00  am  
11:15  am  
6:40  pm  

10:10 am
3:45 pm
8:45pm

Through tickets and full Information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almqulst,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 57 
Monroe street. Grand Baplds, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O.L. LOCKWOOD,

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M U SK EG O N ’S  PR O G R ESS  FOR  1890 As follows:  Three  lines of  Electric  Railway,  six  miles of  paving,  making 
twenty-five miles in all;  new Water Works with  Lake Michigan as source of 
supply;  four  miles 24-inch  main  put in;  five new school  buildings,  several churches, numerous  residences,  and  the finest public library in the  State were  built.  The 
Muskegon  Iron and  Steel Co., The Chase Bros.  Piano Co., The  Sargeant  Manufacturing Co., The  Heaps Earth  Closet Co., The  Muskegon  Cracker Co., The Muskegon 
Milling Co.,  The Kelly Bros.  Manufacturing Co., The Michigan  Washing  Machine Co.  and The Electric Power Co. each  built a good plant.  All of  these are now com­
pleted  and  running.  Besides the nine  factories above  enumerated several  more were started  and are well  under way,  viz.:  The  Muskegon  Machine Co.,  The R.  D. 
Scott & Co.  Carriage and Cart Co., The Morton  Key Seatiug Co.,  The  Muskegon  Malleable Iron  Works,  The  Morton  Implement Co.  These  together with  the Nelson 
Piano Co., The Gray Bros.  Manufacturing Co.,  The  Muskegon  Furniture Co., The Muskegon  Wire  Nail  Co., The Alaska  Refrigerator Co.  and  others will be pushed to 
completion early this spring.  Come and see for yourself or send for printed matter to

F .  H.  H O L B R O O K ,

Secretary  of  the  Board  of Trade.

CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER.

V.
Written f o r  T h b  T r a d e s m a n .

I didn’t  miss the first train  out  of  the 
village.  On  the  way  to  the  depot  I 
stopped at the  tavern,  at  the  special re­
quest of  the  kicker,  and  told  the  land­
lord more about the circus.  Then i gave 
him a description of  a commercial friend 
of  mine  who was  certain  to  stop  there 
within  a  day  or  two,  explained that he 
would  insist  that  he  wasn’t  connected 
with any circus until he had sized up the 
town,  and  went on my  way  with a light 
heart and a big order.

I had  just secured my seat in the train 
when  a  grizzly  old  chap  with a vicions 
eye  and  a  jaw  like a  bull  dog  entered 
with a young  lady and sat  down in front 
of me.

The lady’s face was closely  veiled,  but 
I  could  see  that  she  was  crying.  Her 
escort  seemed to pay  no  attention to her 
tears, and I began  to think  up some plan 
by which 1 could  comfort her.  You see, 
I hadn’t been on the road long enough to 
learn to mind  my own  business. 
I  pre­
sume  I  would  have  braced  up  to  a  she 
bear  in  those  days if  I  bad  got an  idea 
into  my  foolish  noddle  that  she  wasn’t 
giving one of her cubs a fair shake.

At last  old  grizzly took  himself  off  to 
the  other side of  the  car,  and  1  saw my 
chance.

1 leaned forward,  as though to arrange 
the boxes at my feet, and whispered very 
softly in the ear of the tearful  lady:

“I  beg  your  pardon,  madam;  are you 

in trouble?”

“Oh, sir,” came  back the  soft  answer, 
“I am being taken away against my will. 
I beg of  you to aid  me  in  escaping from 
that man.”

If one tear will stir the heart of a com­
mercial  tourist,  what  will  a  sweet,  im­
ploring  voice  do? 
I  would  have  given 
my last—and first—order to have been of 
service to her. 
I don’t know but I would 
even have made terms with the canine of 
the  stake-aud-ridered  fence,  if  he  had 
been  there and  felt  disposed to graze on 
the  form  of  the  tear-proof-escort.  The 
world  is  getting  mighty tough  when  a 
man can’t sit in a warm and pleasant car 
and extend  his  sympathy  to  a  suffering 
lady at the  rate of  thirty  miles an  hour.
I  thought  of  appealing  to  the  con­
ductor. 
I  had  rather  appeal  to  a  con­
ductor  for a lady  any  time  than  try  to 
stiff him for a ride for myself.  But there 
is something so cold and forbidding about 
the  eye of  a railway  conductor when  he 
has his gold  braid and  his train manners 
along with him that 1 refrained.

I thought of  raising  the  window  and 
advising the fair creature to leap out into 
the gathering darkness and the company’s 
right of  way, but  a  hasty  action of  this 
kind always leaves one in so much doubt 
as to the futnre  postoffice  address of  the 
leaper that I did  not feel  like giving  the 
advice.

I thought of  a pretty  country  eottage, 
embowered in roses  and mosquitoes  dur­
ing  all  the  long  summer  days  which 
would  be  lonely  without  her  pleasant 
voice urging  the chore  boy not  to be  all 
day driving  that  pig  out of  the  garden, 
and was about to offer to die for her when 
a  strong  band was  laid  firmly upon  my 
shoulder.  When I looked up, two vicious 
eyes were  boring down  the whole length 
of my spinal column.

“You’d  better  hurry up your  mash on 
this woman,” said the bull dog jaw.  “She

gets  off  at  the  next  station,  and  stays 
there five years for larceny!”

I  bought a paper of  the train boy  and 
read it closely  as  long  as  I remained on 
the train.

For several days 1 sold goods and  kept 
my sympathies and my  jokes  to  myself.
As between  the two  I  found  it a good 
deal harder to restrain the jokes than the 
sympathies.

I  was getting along  nicely  when  1 ran 
against  something  that  caused  me  to 
wish that I had pursued this course from 
the start.

Away  up in  Northern Michigan  I  met 
the man  1  had described  to  the landlord 
as the contracting agent for the circus.

Of  course,  I  knew  when  I  promoted 
him  to the  circus  business—in my mind 
—that  in all human probability  1 should 
meet  him some day,  and  my imagination 
had  selected  a  spot  for  the  encounter. 
This  spot  was  not  a  wild  and  barren 
moor,  where the wild  birds sang  and the 
clouds cast  fantastic  shadows over miles 
of  level  land  that would  have  to  be an­
nexed to the  city of  Chicago  in  order  to 
be worth two beers per acre.

I  had  decided  that  when  1  met  this 
much injured man it should  be in a Sun- ] 
day school, I did not know when I should 
visit a Sunday school, but I was unselfish 
enough  to  be  willing  to  postpone  the 
meeting until we should  attend the same 
Sunday school on the same day.

There  is  something  so  mollifying— 
something so antagonistic  to  all  carnal 
combat—in  the  sweet  songs  and  tender 
tales of the Sunday school, that I thought 
the  spirit  of  the  occasion  might  in  a 
measure  assuage his  grief. 
I  imagined 
him  sitting  in a front  seat  with a smile

on his  face  and  designs oh  the  quarter- 
off-for-cash superintendent  in  his  heart, 
listening to that beautiful story in which 
two  bears  and  forty children  play such 
prominent parts.  I figured it all out how 
we  would  meet  in  the  vestibule, clasp 
hands  over  the  radiator, and  go  out  of 
the circus business together.

But it didn’t  come out  that  way.  We 
met in a place where there were no sweet 
lips  and  rosy cheeks  from  which tender 
hands had but recently removed  the pie. 
We met in a large,  wide room behind the 
office  where  each  had  gone to  select  a 
night-cap.

I cannot set down here the impassioned 
words  with  which  he  addressed  me,  as 
he  removed  a  ruby-colored  night-cap 
from  a  bottle  with  a  long  neck.  The 
publisher  of  this  paper  and  Anthony 
Comstock would both  object to my doing 
so.

He was so excited over the matter that 
he declined to relate to me the experiences 
of  his  first  and  only day  in  the  circus 
business. 
I  gleaned  from  his conversa­
tion,  however, that  he  wasn’t  any  too 
enthusiastic over the lift I gave him.

I am afraid the affair would have ended 
in blows if someone hadn’t picked me up 
after I had  fallen  down  over a cuspidor. 
The man who did it explained afterwards 
that  he  shouldn’t  have  interfered, only 
the  ex-circus  man  was walking  around 
there so  carelessly  that  he  might  have 
stepped on me.

After  that  the  landlord  went  out  and 
got an  oyster and  put  it  where it would 
do the  most  good,  and  we  purchased  so 
many night-caps that I could hardly turn 
over  in the  morning  on account of  their 
weight.

[to  bb  continued.]

