GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH  11, 1891.

NO. 390

YOL.  8.
EATON,  LYON  »  GO,,

JOBBERS OF

PAUL  EIFERT

Manufacturer of

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A Complete  Line of

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MADE TO ORDER.

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HARDWOOD  LUMBER,

Maple,  Soft  and  Bock  Elm,  Basswood 

Birch and Hemlock.

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CHICAGO.

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WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

New  York  City.

Represented in Michigan by

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17  Hermitage  Block,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

MYSTERIOUS VARIATION  IN  TRADE.
There  were  three  men  beside myself 
sitting around the stove in my  store. 
It 
was  midwinter,  with  a  foot of snow on 
the ground,  and the  afternoon  was  cold 
and  boysterous  and  customers  scarce. 
Every  one  of  us was,  or had been, con­
nected with mercantile business,  and the 
conversation had for  some  time been de­
voted to our varied  experiences  in  that 
line.  The  other  three had just listened 
to my recital of the finding  of  a  box  of 
notions in my store only a few  days pre- 
ious,  which I believed had  been  stolen 
four years before and supposed was  lost 
to  me  forever,  when, as I closed and all 
were congratulating  me  upon  my  good 
luck,  one  old  gentleman  who had been 
an 
listener  said,  “ I  once 
passed  through  an  experience  which 
astonished—I ought to  say  frightened— 
m.e  more  than  any other incident of my 
life,  as I expected,  for the moment,  that 
my  business  was  ruined  and  myself  a 
pauper.  A crashing thunder storm from 
a clear summer sky would not  have  sur­
prised me more than the  denouement  of 
that singular experience. 
I  was  simply 
the innocent victim of an  accident—that 
was all.”

interested 

Tell us the story,  Uncle  Westover,” 
came from three  of  us  almost  simulta­
neously,  and  I  arose  to  replenish  the 
stove  with  coal  and pass the tin pan of 
apples around, after which the  old  gen­
tleman went on :

You  all  knew  Percy  Marvin,  who 
died  here  a  few  years  ago ?  Well,  in 
1846  Marvin  and  I  were doing business 
in  a  small  village  up  in  the  northern 
part of Warren county, New York.  Any­
one  who  was  ever  there will remember 
what a rough,  hilly region it is and what 
the scenery is  to  the  north  and  north­
west  up  in  the  Adirondacks,  but  the 
country has been settled  wherever there 
was room to own  a few acres of  soil ever 
since Ethan Allen thundered at the gates 
of old Fort  Ticonderoga ;  consequently, 
there was a  large  population  requiring 
almost everything that a general store in 
a country town is  supposed  to  keep. 
1 
cannot say  that  it  was  a  rich  farming 
country  in  the  full  sense  of the word, 
but a large number of cattle  and  horses 
were  raised  and  sold,  and  the farmers 
managed to produce quantities  of  excel­
lent butter, together with eggs, chickens, 
turkeys  and  ducks,  which  all  found  a 
ready  market  at  remunerative  prices. 
All  these  were  taken  from the country 
stores by middlemen, as they were called, 
who dealt in special  kinds of produce for 
the Boston and  New  York  markets and 
who came at stated  times  for  that  pur­
pose.  We purchased all  our  dry  goods 
and groceries from one  wholesale  house 
in  New  York,  and  the  balance of  our 
stock  we  picked  up  where  most  con­
venient.  We  had  already  been  doing 
business  there  a  year or more previous 
to  the  date  I  mentioned, and our trade 
had  been  satisfactory,  considering  the 
times at that period. 
It  was uow in the 
early  summer  months,  and we had just 
received  a  quantity  of  new goods from 
the  metropolis.  We  were,  as  usual,

trade 

exhausted, 

buying  almost  everything  the  farmers 
produced for twenty miles about us—if I 
except  cord  wood—and  paying for it in 
goods.  There  being  two  of  us  in  the 
store,  we  managed to get along without 
other help, although there  were times in 
the  year  when  receiving  quantities  of 
butter, eggs and fowls that we were only 
able to wait upon our  customers  during 
the  day,  busying  ourselves  afterward 
until near midnight taking  care  of what 
we  had  received  in  part  payment. 
It 
may have  been  ten  days  after  opening 
and  getting  our  new  goods  upon  the 
shelves  that  we  were  gratified  to  find 
o lr 
increasing.  At  any  other 
season of the year this would  have  been 
expected,  but  just  now,  when farmers 
were  supposed  to  be occupied at home, 
it  was  unusual,  and,  to  our  astonish­
ment,  the  trade  continued  to  increase 
from day to day.  We were not  only  re­
ceiving more  produce  than  ever  before 
in  the  same length of time, but  also far 
more cash.  Before  the third week after 
receiving  the  additional  new  stock one 
or two lines of our prominent goods were 
completely 
necessitating 
large orders for more.  Among  our  late 
customers  were  many  strangers  who, 
upon  enquiry,  we  found resided a day’s 
journey with a wagon  distant,  and  who 
generally made their purchases  in  other 
localities.  The  cause  for  this  extra­
ordinary  increase  in  trade  at  this time 
was  a  puzzle  to  us  and  we  began 
to 
search  for  it.  No fault was found with 
either the goods  or  our  prices,  yet  we 
had  both  noticed  that  customers  were 
notional  and  required  more  time  than 
usual  to  make  selections  and  consider 
what kind  of  goods  they  wanted.  We 
examined  closely  everything  we  were 
receiving  in  payment,  especially  from 
strangers, 
the 
money  might  be  spurious or else some­
thing  wrong  with  the  produce.  Then 
we  examined  the  quality  of  the  goods 
last  received,  also  the 
invoices,  com­
paring the prices  with  those  previously 
purchased,  and  were  at  last obliged to 
console  ourselves  with  the  belief  that 
we  were  buying  goods  less  than  some 
others and perhaps selling them at a less 
profit.  After  an 
ten  or 
twelve  days  more  we  noticed  another 
singular phase of the  trade,  which  was 
that certain  kinds  of  goods  only  were 
wanted,  our  stock  of which was,  there­
fore,  soon gone.  These  particular kinds 
of  goods  consisted  of 
sum­
mer  dress  goods  of  all  shades  and
S c a le ,
Perfection
and  Best.

fearing  that  some  of 

The  Latest  Improve!

interval  of 

ladies’ 

Does  Not R ep o   Don  Weiilt.

Will Soon Save  Its  Cost on any Counter. 

For  sale  by  leading  wholesale grocers.

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infancy.  Very 

customary to give short credit  for  small 
amounts  and  take  our  chances  of  col 
lecting i t ;  and when I say  small amount 
I mean one,  and not  to  exceed  five  dol­
lars,  and  until that was paid, not a cent 
more.  The majority of the people  were 
then poor and associations of retailers to 
protect  them  against  bad debts were in 
their 
few  merchants, 
therefore,  outside  of  wholesale dealers, 
could have access to the ratings  of  any­
one.  The well-known honor and prompt­
ness of a man was  worth  everything  to 
him  at  such  a  period,  and  to the very 
poor  man  it  was  the  only  capital  he 
possessed,  and  he  was  compelled  to 
hoard it carefully.  The result  of such a 
condition  of  affairs  was that we seldom 
lost a debt, even by death, as neither the 
debtor nor his family could afford  to  re­
fuse payment. 
I speak of this system of 
credit to show  a  mysterious  connection 
of it with our more mysterious  trade the 
present  season.  Two  or 
three  such 
customers  of  ours  had  obtained  credit 
once or twice,  and had  voluntarily  paid 
in  full,  before the time  we allowed them 
had  expired,  and  for  several  weeks 
afterward  some  member  of  the  family 
would make frequent visits to our  store, 
and with much seeming care and caution 
make larger purchases  than  usual,  and 
astonish  us  by  paying  cash. 
It  some­
times  seemed  to  us  as  if  they  had re­
ceived a  legacy  from  some  unexpected 
source.  Now and then some party  would 
drop in,  as if  accidentally,  and  for  the 
information  of  a  friend (?) ask whether 
we had received any  new  goods  of  cer­
tain kinds—naming  them—since  such  a 
date,  or were  we  expectin*,  any,  and,  if 
so,  when ?  This  occurred  so often that 
our curiosity was again  excited  and  we 
to  watch  our 
made  up  our  minds 
customers  still  more  closely 
the 
future.  What  could  be  the  reason  of 
such a change in the  sale  of  apparently 
the  same  goods  from  the  same house ? 
What  bad  our  customers  so  suddenly 
discovered that injured the sale?  Since 
they  knew  that  all  our  dry  goods and 
groceries  came  from 
the  same  house, 
why  wait for any new stock—even  to the 
extent  of  exhibiting  some  anxiety  re­
garding it?
“These and other bewildering questions 
arose  in  our  minds,  which  it  was  im­
possible to solve.  As people  must  con­
tinue  to wear  clothing and to eat groce­
ries, even  in summer,  we  continued  do­
ing  our  old-time  ordinary  business and 
as  September  was  ushered  in  1  con­
cluded to visit New York  in person for a 
fail  and  winter stock.

in 

[CONCLUDED  NEXT  W ill.]

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

S T A N D A R D   OIL  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Dealers  in  Illilminating  and  Lubricating

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N A P T H A   A N D   G A SO LIN ES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterwortli Are.

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kegon,  Reed City,  Manistee,  Petoskey, Allegan.

BULK STATIONS AT

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Wholesale
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patterns—texture of no  consequence—30 
to  32  inches  wide,  doable  fold,  also 
prints, brown and  bleached  cotton, tick- 
ings, denims,  drills, etc.  Often  without 
any  apparent  cause  perhaps  a  dozen 
individuals  at  different 
times  within 
twenty-four  hours  would  call  for  and I 
carry  away  our  entire  stock  of  some 
trifling  article,  and,  while .it seemed to 
be from some common impulse,  we often 
discovered  they  were 
residing  many 
miles  apart  and  were total strangers to 
each  other.  Several  gross  of 
spool 
thread, of assorted colors  and  numbers, 
did  not  last  a  week. 
In  fact,  it  was 
hardly possible to keep a supply of spool 
thread of one particular  make  on  hand. 
Four  dozen  cheap  wood  mouse  traps, 
after  one  or two had been sold,  went off 
like hot cakes,  several parties offering to 
pay  for  one  dozen  in  advance  if  they 
could be ordered for them at once.  An­
other  and  a  better  kind of trap,  which 
we  had  had  on  hand  many  months, 
would not sell at any  price.  About  the 
same  time  a  few articles in  the grocery 
line,  in packages only, had the  same un­
precedented  run,  such as starch,  spices, 
saleratus,  shaving and toilet  soaps,  clay 
pipes and  smoking  tobacco.  We  tested 
some  of  these  articles  to  find  whether 
the quality  was  superior,  or  what  was 
the reason why  they  should  have  such 
an  extra  sale,  but  found  them  worth 
only  the  price  we  asked.  Enquiries, 
cautiously made,  of course,  of  our  cus­
tomers as to the quality and price  of our 
goods,  compared  with  others, disclosed 
nothing. 
It was not uncommon  for peo­
ple  to  purchase  entire  pieces  of  dry 
goods  when  they  had  sufficient  money 
or  produce  to  do  so.  We  knew  that 
many of them had bought an over-supply 
of saleratus and starch,  and  others  pur­
chased thread enough,  seemingly,  to last 
an  ordinary  family  for  years,  but,  as 
they seldom said a word about  the price, 
why  should  we  care  how  much  they 
wanted ?  The  more  they  required,  the 
better for  us.  We  had  kept  memoran­
dums  of  the  goods  having  the  largest 
sale,  and our  orders  had  gone  forward 
from  time  to  time  to  our  New  York 
bouse. 
It  was now the last of June and 
the goods were beginning to arrive.  For 
a short time  only  did  our  sales  of  the 
new  stock  keep  up to our expectations, 
and,  to our utter astonishment,  they  al­
most  as  suddenly  dropped  off.  To  be 
sure,  it  was at a time when farmers were 
supposed to be busily  engaged  in  work 
upon  their  farms  and  dull  times  were 
expected  everywhere  for  a  few  weeks. 
Now  and  then  some  of  our  customers 
from long distances  came  in,  making  a 
few  cautious  purchases  and seeming to 
take more time in closely  examining the 
goods  than  usual,  preferring  the  older 
stocks  to  those  just  received.  Their 
actions were inexplicable  and  we  made 
free to jokingly enquire what  caused the 
difference  in  the manner and amount of 
their trade, and  begged  they  would  in­
form  us,  if the goods were not  all  right, 
or if the prices did not  please,  but those 
who would converse with  us only  replied 
that they were suspicious the  new  stock 
was not the same;  and  when  shown  that 
the  invoices  were  all  from 
the  same 
house,  they  looked  at  each  other  in­
credulously  and  seemed  as  badly  em­
barrassed and mystified as ourselves.

“ From  this time on our trade was not 
the  same,  but  fell  back to our old-time 
business and no inducement to customers 
In those days, it  was
would increase i t  

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  46
No. 1  “  .........................................................   60
No. 2  “  .........................................................   76
Tubular..................................... -  ..................  75

lamp chimhxts.—Per box.

6 doz. In box.

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First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun....................................................... 1  75
No. 1  “  ................................................  ......1  88
No. 2  “  .........................................................2 70 |
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................... 2 25
No. 1 
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No. 2 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
...... ............................... 2 80
No. 2 
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Pearl top.
No. I Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................8 70
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 70
I  La Bastic.
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz. 
.................. 1  25
No. 2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... 1  35
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| Butter Crocks, per gal..................................  06H
Jugs, H gal., per doz....................................  75
....................................  90
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Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)....  65 
“  90c)....  78
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P.  S t EKEt EE  &c SONS,

W holesale  •  Dry  ■  Goods,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

W e   have  ju s t  received  a   larg e  line  of  O uting 
Shirts  in  Flannel,  Silk,  W ool  and  Linen,  Domett, 
C heviot a n d   S atin e ;  also a  com plete  line o f  cheap 
and medium price  PANTS.  Inspection invited.

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Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s , 

D re ss   G o o d s,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s, 
N o tio n s , 
H o sie ry , 
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 e ts ,  G in g h a m s , 
P r in ts   a n d   D o m e stic   C o tto n s

W e  invite the attention of the  trade to our complete  and  well 

assorted stock at lowest  m arket prices.

Spring & Company.

THE  PUYNRM  GUNDY  GO.,
Wholesale
Man ufacturers.

Fruit and Nut Jobbers.

ASK  FOB  PRICE  LIST.

BEBTSCH & CO.

G R A N D   R A PID S.

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

The Story of a City Merchant.

W ritten fo r Th b  Tradesman.

It will  sometimes  astonish  a  man  to 
find  what  he  really  can  do,  provided 
circumstances  fairly  force  him  to  the 
work.  He will take hold  of  a  business 
that in more prosperous days  and  under 
different conditions he would  have  con­
sidered menial and beneath  his  dignity. 
Nothing equals  poverty  to  remove  silk 
hats and kid gloves,  and  a  mountain  of 
dignity,  also.

“When  I was first married,”  said  the 
merchant,  “I was at  one  time  plodding 
along in a small  grocery  business,  pay­
ing  $20  a  month 
for  a  poor  store 
room and the  story  above  for  our  resi­
dence. 
I was  barely  able  to  meet  the 
monthly  payments,  keep  up  my  stock 
and feed myself and  wife. 
I  had,  like 
hundreds of  other  youthful  merchants, 
given too much credit,  and  ‘man’s  inhu­
manity to man’  had caused me not only to 
mourn,  but to forget where anger resteth, 
and while I  am  naturally  a  jolly  good 
natured man,  I  could  now  hardly  con­
ceal  my  cross  and  ugly  feelings,  as  1 
surveyed  my  situation. 
I  was  really 
going down hill and concluded to  ‘balk.’ 
The facts were that the expenses  of  do­
ing business,  and the losses by  promises 
never  fulfilled,  were  far  beyond 
the 
profits.  My wife was not only my house­
keeper but  my  clerk  as  well,  and  one 
stormy  day,  as  we  sat  discussing  the 
situation, I said to her ‘we  will  make  a 
change.’  I owned a lot,  50 x 150 feet, on 
a side street, five or six blocks out,  in  a 
growing city.  We had plenty  of  house­
hold furniture for our comfort  and  con­
venience, and had kept  opt  of  debt—in 
fact, did not owe a dollar.  But we  must 
stop this constant drain for rent.  Twenty 
dollars a month was $240 a  year,  and  it 
haunted us  equal  to  a  nightmare.  My 
piece of land was worth  $1,500  and  was 
practically worthless to me as it  was. 
I 
reasoned that it was on a good street and 
already business houses were not far away 
I  at 
and  I  would  make  it  available. 
once  wrote 
to  an  old  friend 
in  an 
Eastern  State  who  knew  me  well  and 
who was loaning money. 
I had not seen 
him for years, but  I  frankly  stated  the 
condition I was in and requested  him  to 
send me $800, promising to return  him  a 
mortgage  upou  the  ground,  informing 
him,  also, that 1 would  at  once  erect  a 
two-story building upon  it,  and  occupy 
it as soon as completed.  After sufficient 
time had elapsed and  no  reply  came  in 
answer to my letter,  a  lumber  merchant 
one day accosted me, asking  if  I  would 
not like to let some of his men have  gro­
ceries, a few at a time, and  take  lumber 
for my pay. 
‘I want $800  worth’  I  an­
swered,  ‘providing you  will spread  that 
amount  over  two  years  for  your  pay.’ 
‘Thank you,  was his reply  ‘you can have 
it at once by saying where it is to be  de­
livered.’  Several good  mechanics  were 
already indebted  to  me  who  agreed  to 
begin the  work  immediately. 
I  had  it 
well under way,  when a  letter  from  my 
friend came,  enclosing  a  draft  for  the 
money asked,  and many apologies for not 
attending  to  the  matter  sooner.  Of 
course,  I did not now require the  money 
and,  placing a sufficient amount  with  it 
to cover all his expenses for the  trouble, 
I returned it, together  with  a  volumin­
ous letter  of  thanks  and  explanations. 
Finding I  had  a  larger  bill  of  lumber 
than necessary for my store,  which  cov­
ered  twenty-five  feet  front,  I  added  a 
a small one-story building  on  a  part  of

the remaining  twenty-five,  which  I  be­
lieved would rent well.  When  finished, 
a butcher rented it for a meat market  at 
$5 a month, which,  although  low  rent,  I 
} thought the extra custom it would  bring 
to my store worth as  much  in  addition. 
This was rent coming in,  instead  of  go­
ing out.  He paid  promptly,  but  I  no­
ticed he was doing too  much  credit  and 
after  running  it six months, he one day 
came to  me  and  asked  if  I  would  not 
make an offer to  buy  him  out. 
‘I have 
not  much  to  sell,’  said  he,  ‘except the 
tools and blocks.’ 
‘ I am  no  butcher,’  I 
replied,  ‘.and  what am I to do with it ?’
‘ You  can  purchase  your  meat  dressed 
and delivered to you,  and  I  will  stay  a 
week  and  instruct  you  about cutting it 
up.’  A  little  over  $50 bought him out, 
and I was called  ‘the  butcher’  at once.
I am certain I was a butcher—in printers’  , 
parlance,  at least—and one of  the  worst 
kind.  My instructor  went  on  a  drunk 
at once,  and I received no first lessons in 
the  art.  My  wife said it was laughable 
to see my efforts to please and  to  notice 
that  I  always had plenty of surloin and 
porterhouse steak on hand,  even if  there 
was only part of a fore shoulder in stook. 
The  simple  truth  was,  1  hardly  knew 
one  part  of  the  animal  from  another, 
when cut up,  and many of my  customers, 
witnessing  my  anxiety  to  serve  all,  if 
possible,  often  kindly  instructed  and 
aided  me,  until  I became familiar with 
the  work. 
It  was  a  dull  season  with 
merchants  and  I  saw  that  meat  was 
wanted  daily,  and,  with  the  aid of my 
wife,  we could  run both  places  of  busi­
ness,  and from the first I was determined 
to succeed. 
I at once cut off every credit 
customer from  the  meat  department  of 
my  business.  At  first  a  few  were  of­
fended,  but some of them  returned,  and 
the first month the  net  profits  paid  for 
my  entire  outlay and rent and left me a 
quarter of beef on hand. 
I  need not say 
to you that I was pleased  with  my  new 
department in business and that  it  grew 
into large  proportions.”

As  my  time  was  valuable,  I arose to 
leave my genial friend,  when  he  button­
holed me,  and  said:

“Just one moment!  Let me say to you 
that a meat market  to-day  requires  the 
least capital or knowledge  of  any  other 
business as lucrative,  from the  fact that 
no matter where you are on  the  line  of 
even one railroad,  you  can  obtain  your 
meats dressed readily and quickly and of 
good quality and your instructions  from 
a good butcher will not exceed  $5.  Few 
know what  a  grand  opportunity  it  of­
fers a  man of small means,  provided,  of 
course, he is not afraid of  soiling  hands 
or clothing,  is willing to remain close  to 
his business, be honest and work.”

An Unsympathetic  Parent.

Young  Lady  (just  home  from Olivet 
College)—Father,  as  you  are  going  to 
town,  please  stop  at the drug store and 
get  me  half  a  pound  of  “ New  Mown 
Hay.”

Honest  Granger — New  mowed  hay ! 
Well,  Belle,  if  that  pony  you  brought 
home can’t live without half a  pound  of 
new  mowed  hay  from  the  drug  store, 
he’ll  have  to  die,  and  if  you  haven’t 
learned  that  new  mowed  hay  can’t  be 
had in January up in Michigan,  I’ll  take 
you in hand at home.

JEFORE  BUYING  GRATES
fe e t  Circular  and T estim onials.  S e n t   F r e e r .
I  Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic. *  ,
U loine  FIRE  PLACE,  BRAND RAPIDi, MICH. |

T i r u   M T C i n a ^ i s r   t r a d e s m a n ,
Detroit—W. H. Miller  succeeds  Annis 
&  Miller  in  the  manufacture  of  furs 
The  business  will  be  continued  under 
the style of W.  H.  Miller & Co.

4

AMONG  THE  TBADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Rea—Harry Shaw has sold his  general 

stock to A.  E.  Overmire.

Stockbridge—A.  W. Curtis, of the drug 

firm  of A. W.  & 0. Curtis,  is dead.

Detroit  Mary Schuitz  succeeds  Chas. 

C.  Hensel  in the dry goods business.

Otsego—D.  A.  Drew  has purchased a 

re­

stock of lumber and will open a yard.
Monroe—Mark  Liebermann  has 
moved his dry goods stock to Monroe.

Port Huron—Conger  &  Sutton will re­

move their variety stock to Coldwater.

Bay City—John  L.  Root  is succeeded 

by Calvin Root in  the grocery business.

Adrian—Harris &  Bollenberg  succeed 
Jewitt Williams in the grocery  business.
Gaines—Geo.  W.  Arms succeeds  N.  P. 
Leland in the drug and grocery business.
Orion—Miss Sarah W.  Owen  succeeds 
Owen  &  Whitely  in  the millinery busi­
ness.

Chesaning—Stuart  &  Morehouse  suc­
ceed  Stuart  &  Co.  in  the hardware busi­
ness.

Meredith—Patrick  W.  Sweeney  has 
sold his grocery stock to Kennedy  & Mc­
Millan.

South  Manitou—R.  Kitchen  has  sold 
his  general  stock  to  the  Garden  City 
Land. Co.

Bancroft—Shelley  &  Martin  are  suc­
ceeded by  Shelley Bros,  in  the hardware 
business.

Carrolton—Winters & Spickerman  suc­
ceed Oliver & Spickerman  in the grocery 
business.

Detroit—Geo.  B.  Reese  succeeds Reese 
&  Co.  in  the  auction  and  commission 
business.

Detroit — Hunt  &  Roehrig  succeed 
Youngblood,  Hunt & Co. in the hardware 
business.

Kalamazoo—C.  L.  Persing  succeeds 
Harwood  &  Persing  in  the  hardware 
business.

Lapeer—F.  Lincoln  is  succeeded  by 
Wm.  Hawks in the grocery and  boot and 
shoe business.

Midland—A.  D. Salisbury is succeeded 
by  Salisbury  &  Randolph  in  the  drug 
and grocery business.

Newbury—Chas.  Rosenthal  succeeds 
Rosenthal & Goldman in  the  dry  goods 
and clothing business.

Chesauing—Green  &  Nason  are  suc­
ceeded  by  Whipple  Bros.  & Granger in 
the hardware business.

Northville—Ida (Mrs. G.  M.)  Long has 
sold her millinery and fancy  goods stock 
to Mrs.  H. P. Murphy & Co.

Port Huron—A. Foster &  Sons  is  suc­
ceeded by Andrew Foster & Foster  Bros 
in  the boot and shoe business.

Manistee—J. Hoare has sold his bakery 
business at Ludington and purchased the 
Steamboat bakery at this place.

Oakland—Hunderman Bros,  have pur­
chased the  Heyboer  Bros,  general  stock 
and  will continue the business.

Wayland—H. J. Slade and John Yeakey 
have formed a copartnership for the pur­
pose of handli ng farm produce.

Bloomingdale — Myers  &  Vickers,  of 
Glendale,  have  bought  E.  J.  Merrifield’s 
meat market and taken possession.

Cadillac—Deskey  Bros,  will  shortly 
remove their clothing stock to  Salt Lake 
City,  where they  will  re-engage  in  busi­
ness.

Plainwell—Fred  F.  Patterson has pur­
chased an interest in the dry goods stock 
of S. B.  Smith.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as S. B. Smith & Co.

Shelby—S.  Kohler has  associated him­
self with Floren Fuller,  late of Hart, and 
the firm has purchased the  meat  market 
formerly conducted by Mr.  Kohler.

Lakeview—A.  S.  Frey,  who  purchased 
the Gansen grocery stock some  time ago,
I is  now  the  owner  of  the  Macomber  &
I Bale grocery  stock,  having  purchased it 
about  ten  days  ago.  He  is conducting 
both stores separately for the present.

Fowler—The  F.  J.  Eilenburg  drug 
stock  has  been  purchased  by Fildew & 
Millman,  the  St.  Johns  druggists.  The 
business  will  be  conducted  under  the 
management  of  Fred  Covert,  who  was 
formerly  engaged  in  the  drug business 
at Paw Paw under the  style  of  Covert &
| Bartram.

Saginaw—The Gately & Burr Co., which 
has  been  incorporated  with  a  capital 
stock of 820,000,  succeeds  John Gately & 
Co.  in the silverware and clock business. 
John Gately, of  Chicago, is  President of 
the corporation, G. W. Burr is Treasurer, 
and  Charles  P.  Anderson  is  Secretary. 
The two last  named are residents of  this 
city.

Plainwell—An 

interesting  landmark 
of Plainwell, the old  hotel  at  the corner 
of  Main  and  Allegan  streets,  is disap­
pearing. 
It  has  been  sold  to  J.  H. 
Clement  for  82,500  and  gives  way to a 
brick block of three stores,  to  be erected 
at once, O.  B.  Granger  and  H.  L.  Bliss 
joining  with  Mr.  Clement  in  building. 
The  hotel  was  photographed  before  it 
was  demolished,  for  it  was  older  than 
| the town,  existing  long  before Plainwell 
even had a name.

Montague—Certain  creditors  of  E.  L. 
Dodge  recently began  pressing  him  and 
two  writs of  attachments were  levied on 
his  drug  stock.  These  were  provided 
for,  and the stock was  released,  but Geo. 
E.  Dowling,  who  held  a  8300  mortgage 
on  the  stock,  then  stepped  in and  took 
possession.  The  store  was  closed a few 
days,  when  C.  S.  Dodge  arranged  all 
matters and  business was resumed.  The 
stock will  be sold on a mortgage held  by 
the  elder  Mrs.  Dodge  and  the  business 
will  be started on a new footing.

Detroit—Moran.  Fitzsimons  &  Co.  are 
succeeded  by  the Moran-Fitzsimons Co., 
Limited,  in the  wholesale  grocery  busi­
ness.
meat market to C.  A. Waal.

Manistee—A.  Bauman  has  sold  his 

Armada—Herman Teitz has purchased 
the boot and shoe and  harness  stock  of 
Wm. Gierk.

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A TT E R S.

Detroit—The  Beals  &  Selkirk  Truck 
Co.  has  decided  to  increase  its capital 
stock and erect a new  factory.

Gladwin—The Detroit Coal Mine Co. has 
purchased Simon’s shingle  mill,  on  the 
Gladwin branch, and will  also  erect  ten 
coal kilns there.

Coral—Ewing McLennan has purchased 
an  interest  in  the  milling  business  of 
Isaac  Morris.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as  Morris & McLennan.

Kalamazoo—R.  Arthur Stone has  sold 
the  plant,  patents,  stock  and good-will 
of  the  Noyes  Cart  Co.  to  R.  C.  Lull & 
Co.,  who  will  continue  the  business at 
the same location.

Benton  Harbor—R.  E.  Werkman,  the 
furniture manufacturer of  Holland,  will 
build a factory at this  place.  The  capi­

tal  is  850,000,  and the contract calls for 
a 75-man power factory  in three months.
Saginaw—Nease  &  Co.,  of  this  city, 
who have erected a planing mill and sash 
factory at the  “ Soo,”  have  purchased a 
quantity  of  lumber at Dollarville,  which 
will be shipped to their mill and factory.
Gladwin—The Noland &  Co.  hoop mill 
in  Gladwin  county  is  giving  work  to 
twenty-five  men,  and  the  firm has pur­
chased  700,000  feet  of  logs  to  stock the 
mill this sesson.  A shingle  mill is to be 
erected in connection.

Naubinway—The Nelson Holland  mill 
cut 15,000,000 feet of lumber last  season 
and is being stocked for another season’s 
operations.  Chas  Holland,  who  has 
charge of the concern there,  and  who  is 
a brother of Nelson  Holland,  is ifow here 
on  a visit.

Eaton  Rapids — The  firm  of  Irish & 
Deaninger,  of  the  Island City Flouring 
Mills,  has  been  succeded  by  Shaw, 
Deaninger  &  Co.,  Mr.  Irish having dis­
posed  of  his  interest  to  Joseph E.  and 
Edwy K.  Shaw.

Loomis—S.  C.  Zeiter’s saw and shingle 
mill  is  running  steadily.  Mr.  Zeiter  is 
purchasing  a  large  quantity  of  shingle 
bolts and  logs.  There is a good  deal  of 
scattering  timber in this  locality,  and  he 
thinks he will be able to operate his mill 
ten years  get.

Bay  City—The  Wilson  Hoop  Co. 

is 
building an extension to its  plant for the 
purpose  of  accommodating  a  new  and 
improved  hoop  machine,  a recent  inven­
tion of  Mr.  Wilson’s. 
It  is  particularly 
adapted to work up poor  logs to the  best 
advantage.

Traverse City—The  Norris  grist  mill 
has been sold to the Traverse Bay Milling 
Co.,  a new  corporation  which  has  been 
organized  with a capital stock of 850,000. 
Wm. Core is President  of  the  company, 
A.  H.  Brown,  Secretary,  and  W.  L. 
Jones, Manager.

they 

Gladwin—Dyer  Bros.,  who  for  years 
have been operating a  saw  and  shingle 
mill in  Gladwin  county,  will  complete 
operations this  month  and  will  remove 
to  Champion,  about  forty  miles  from 
Marquette,  where 
have  pur­
chased a body of pine timber.

Rockford—John  C.  Smith  &  Son,  of 
Middleville,  have purchased Mr. House’s 
third  interest  in  the  Rockford  Roller 
Mills and enough of  Mr.  Watkins’  inte­
rest  to  give  them  a half interest in the 
property.  The junior Smith will assume 
the management of the business  immedi­
ately.

Detroit—Bills of  sale,  transferring the 
Home  Knitting  Works  to  the  newly or­
ganized  Peninsular  Knitting  Co.,  were 
recorded on the 4th.  Geo. Hanley and S. 
Simon  &  Co.  transfer  their  interest  for
840.000, the  People’s  Savings  Bank  for
815.000,  Frank Howard and Geo. C.  Balch 
for  815,000,  Ryan  Bros,  for  85,000  and, 
Geo. C.  Balch for 85,000.

Manistee — Buckley  &  Douglass  shut 
down  their  mill  a  week ago for repairs 
for the coming  season,  and  will start up 
again  in  about  four  weeks,  as  it  will 
take  them  about  that  length of time to 
complete  the  necessary  repairs.  This 
mill has made  the  unprecedented  record 
of  eleven  months’  straight  run,  night 
and  day,  equal  to  twenty-two  months, 
day run,  without the loss  of  an  hour for 
repairs.  The  only  idle  day  since 
it 
started  last  spring  was  the  Fourth  of 
July.  Any one  who  has  had experience 
in  keeping  up  a  mill  on day run only, 
will recognize what a strain a run of this

kind is on the millwrights  and  men who 
have the mill in  charge.

A.  G.  Walters,  for the past three years 
on the road for Berdan & Co., of  Toledo, 
has  engaged  to  travel  for the Lemon & 
Wheeler  Company, 
taking  Southern 
Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana  as his 
territory.  Mr. Walters was at  one  time 
on the road for the American  Eagle  To­
bacco  Co.,  having  previously  been  en­
gaged  in  trade  on.  his  own  account at 
Weston and Montpelier,  Ohio.  He  will 
continue to reside at Adrian.

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

352tf

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents w ill be Inserted  under  th is  bead tor 
tw o  cents  a  word  th e  first  insertion   and  one cen t a 
word  for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken fo r less th an  85 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

in ess, established five years in good tow n  o f  1.300 
people.  A snap for som eone, as there is b ut one  other 
clo th in g  store here.  L. R. H insdlll, H artford, Mich. 181

FOR SALE—CLOTHING A  FURNI8HING GOODS  Bus­
I to r   s a l e —c l e a n   g e n e r a l   s t o c k ,  e x c e p t

.  drugs and hardware, si tuated a t good country trad 
in g  p oint, 22 u lies  from   Grand  Rapids.  -Stock and fix­
tu res w ill inventory about 32,600.  Purchaser w ill g et a 
b argain, as owners h ave oth er business which requires 
th eir atten tion.  Postoffice in connection.  C.  Eddy  & 
Son, G rattan, Mich. 

FOR SALE—LARGE  GENERAL  STOCK.  WELL  L o ­

cated. and carryin g th e good w ill o f a  long  estab- 
Ushed,  successful  business.  G oods  stap le  and  all 
bought fo r cash.  This is a  g rea t  bargain  and  a   rare 
op portunity  fo r  anyone  lookin g  fo r  a  good  busi­
ness opening.  Phil M. Roedel, W hite Cloud, Mich. 204 

205

201

OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN  ONE  OF  THE  BEST 
v illa g es in M ichigan.  W estern fever  is  cause  o f 
w ish in g to sell.  E asy term s g iv en  to  sn y  one w ho can 
furnish security.  For  fu ll  p articulars  address  “H as­
son,’’ care o f M ichigan Tradesm an. 

IV>R SALE—STOCK  OF  BOOTS,  SHOES.  HATS  AND 

caps.  W ill sell on e or  both.  B argains  fo r  som e 
one.  For  particulars,  address  18  E ast  Main  street,
B attle Creek. Mich .  ______________________________ 202

ANTED—TO BUT A SMALL  STOCK  OF  GROCER- 
ies fo r cash, in  a  liv ely  tow n o f about 800 inh ab i­

tan ts.  Address B ox 174, W hite  Cloud,  Mich, 

FtO R  SALE—'WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK.  IN- 

ventorylng'about $1,200,  situ ated   in  good   coun­
try  tow n o f 600 people.  Reason fo r sellin g , proprietor 
has o th er  business.  Address .No-  173,  care  M ichigan 
Tradesman. 

173
OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG STOCK  AND

new   fixtures  in  desirable  location   in  th is  city; 
w ill sell  a t  invoice  on  reasonable  term s;  reason  for 
selling,  ow ner  has  oth er  business.  L.  M.  Mills,  64 
South Ion ia street,  Grand Rapids. 

135

199

Mich. 

can  be  b ough t  a t  a 

tures;  stock w ell  assorted 

bargain.  Address fo r  particulars  8. P. H icks,  Lowell, 

FOR SALE—a   COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK  AND F ix­
■ ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAT  FOR  A 
Samples of two kinds  of  coupons  for  re-

tailers  w ill  be  sen t free  to  any d ealer  who  w ill 
w rite fo r them  to  th e  8utUff  Coupon  P ass  Book  Co., 
Albany. N. T . 

dress No. 2«, care M ichigan Tradesman.____________ 2»

gen eral  or  grocery stock;  m u st be cheap.  Ad­

124

66*

RUG STOCK-NEAT  AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW 
hardwood  fixtures.  E xcellen t  location   on  b est 
retail street  in   Grand  Rapids.  E xpenses  v ery   lig h t 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  in ven tory,  ju st 
com pleted, $2,600.  On a ccoun t  o f  fa ilin g   health ,  will 
sell  a t  Invoice  or  fo r  $2,400  cash,  if   sold  b y  March 
16.  O therw ise w ill h old it a s an  investm ent.  A  gen u ­
ine  bargain.  Personal  in v estig a tio n   solicited .  Ad- 
dress “ F.,” care H aseltln e P erkins Drug Co., C ity. 197

Fo r  s a l e   o r   e x c h a n g e —b e i n g   d e s ir o u s   o f

d ev o tirg  our en tire tim e to   our  lum ber interests, 
w e have  desired  to   offer  our  stock   o f  general  mer­
chandise,  con sisting  o f  dry  goods,  groceries,  hard­
ware, stoves, tinw are, boots and sh oes, h ats  and  caps, 
notions, farm ing to o ls  and  agricultu ral  im plem ents, 
togeth er w ith th e store furn itu re  and  fixtures,  which 
w ill invoice about $4,000, a t a  bargain, or w ill esch an ge 
th e w hole fo r lum ber, eith er  hard  or  so ft  w ood,  and
urther particulars w rite us a t Paris, Mich  , or address 
our a gen ts Geo.  F.  Lewis  &   Co.,  o ver  37  Monroe  St. 
Grand Rapids,  Mich.  Bticknev A Co. 

?;ive  good  responsible  p arties  a   good   chance.  For 

200

SITUATIONS WANTED.

ANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BT  TOUNG 
lady o f 20, who  has  had  th e  ad vantage  o f  co l­
leg ia te ed u cation ;  does n ot  w rite  short  hand,  but  is 
good penm an; w ages i  o t so m uch an o b ject as a  pleas- 
I  a n t place to  work.  Address Z,  care  M ichigan  Trades 
m an 

1**

MISCELLANEOUS.

j  Bessem er, Mich. 

RUGGIST—APPRENTICE  WANTED FROM It TO  21 
years o f  age, address J. J. Coulson,  care  Box  336 
usr HATCHED—EASTER PAMPHLET  CONTAINING 
fresh laid schem es fo r  d isp layin g  goods  in  show  
I  windows and interior store  d ecorating,  w ith   Ulustra- 
I  tlon s.  P rice 60 cents.  Send for a  cop y to   H arry  Har­
m an,  d ecorator  and  window  draper,  P.  O.  Box  113, 
Lou isville,  K entucky._____________________________207

206

I TOR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  6-ROOM 

1  house on North  L afayette st„  cellar, brick found- 
I  ation   and  so ft  w ater  in  kitchen.  1 1.200.  Term s  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investm ent.  Address  No-
187. care M ichigan Tradesman.___________________ 187.

OOM AND POWER FOR RENT IN GOOD  LOCATION 
on r  ilw ay track.  H. Radem aker A  Sons,  Grand
R  plds, Mich.____________________________________   208
WANTED—I  WILL  PAT  CASH  FOR  A  CLEAN 
stock o f boots and sh oes or hardware in  a   good 
liv e tow n, Northern Mlohigan preferred.  Address No. 809
care M ichigan Tradesman. 

_____________________209

OR SALE—CLEAN  DRUG  STOCK,  INVENTORYING 
about $800, in  good lo ca lity , in suburb o f boom ing 
city .  W ill be B o ld  cheap, as ow ner h as o th er  business. 
Address 99 New H ousem an block. Grand Rapids.  210

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

5

Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
N E L S O N   B R O S. &  CO.,
Pennsylvania  L a ta i's.

H ouse  an d   S to re  S h ad es M ad e  to   O rder.

68  MONROE  STREET.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

W.  H.  Gibbs  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Grawn.  The stock was furnished 
by I.  M.  Clark & Son.

W.  C.  Gray  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at  Keno.  The  Ball-Barndart-Put- 
man Co.  furnished the stock.

J,  W.  Everhart  has  engaged  in 

grocery  business  at  Allendale. 
Clark & Son furnished the stock.

the 
I.  M. 

Adams  &  Hart  succeed  the  former 
firm of Adams &  North  in  the  agricul­
tural  implement  business  at  12  West 
Bridge street.

White  &  Co.  have  sold  their  drug 
stock  at  141  South  Division  street  to 
Edgar Campbell <& Co.  who will continue 
the business.

Theo.  Trobridge  has  sold  his  drug 
stock at 501 South Division street to Geo. 
G. Steketee,  who  has  presented  it to his 
son, John G. Steketee.

Volmari & Yon Kepple have sold their 
grocery stock at  27  No. Waterloo  street 
to John Damstra,  who  was# formerly  en­
gaged in general trade at Gitchel.

boxes,  withholding  them  all  from  sale 
until  such  time  as  the  jobbers  will 
restore the price.

Gripsack Brigade.

A local authority on pedro is preparing 
a  new  set  of  rules  for  the  benefit  of 
“Hub” Baker and Charlie Hall.

Chas.  D.  Crosby,  traveling  salesman 
for J.  E. Doyle & Co.,  of  Kalamazoo,  is 
confined to his house by illness.

Adams & Hart are represented  on  the 
road by Geo. W.  Hart,  H.  E. Clark, O. Y. 
Baker and F.  M.  Schermerhorn.

Dave Haugh has  let  the  contract  for 
the  erection  of  a new residence on Ter­
race  avenue,  the  contract  price  being 
$3,800.

C.  H.  La  Flamboy,  traveling  repre­
sentative for  the  Hanselman  Candy Co., 
of  Kalamazoo,  was  in  town one day last 
week.

Chas.  L.  McLain  writes  from  Toledo 
that his  sister is now  out of  danger  and 
that  he will  bring  her  to Grand  Rapids 
as soon as she is able to travel.

Olin W.  Tarr,  formerly  of  this  city, 
but now on the road for Cooper, Wells & 
Co.,  of  St.  Joseph,  has arranged to em­
bark in the clothing business at Missoula, 
Montana.

Geo.  S. Jones and Chas. J.  Clark  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of Jones & Clark and  opened  a  grocery 
store at 602 South  Division  street.  The 
stock was purchased at this market.

C.  U.  Clark  and  C.  W.  Galer  have 
formed  a  copartnership under  the  style 
of  the Electric  Construction Co.  and em­
barked  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
electrical supplies at 11 Canal street.

John  Ferguson,  formerly engaged  in 
the grocery business  on  South  Division 
street,  has re-engaged in the  same  busi­
ness at 132  South  Division  street.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler Company.

The New York Biscuit  Co.’s  two  new 
ovens  are  now  completed and dried out 
and the new  machinery  will  be  put  in 
the present week.  The bakery will then 
have a capacity of 600 barrels of crackers 
per day, running ten hours.

Alexander Rutkoski and  Frank  Gwiz- 
dala have formed a copartnership  under 
the style  of  Rutkoski  &  Gwizdala  and 
engaged  in  general  trade  at  Hilliards.* 
p.  Stekettee  &  Sons  furnished  the  dry 
goods  stock.  The  groceries  were  pur­
chased of several  houses.

L. W.  Toles has purchased the interest 
of  C.  A.  Soule  in  the  Soule  Drug Co. 
The new firm will  be known as the Toles 
Drug Co.  Mr.  Toles  was  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Eaton 
Rapids  under  the  style  of  Wilcox  & 
Toles. 

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Boss  &  Barr  have  leased  the store at 
45 South  Division  street,  formerly  occu­
pied b^Thos.  E.  Wykes,  and  will carry 
on  the  flour  and  feed  business  at  that 
location.  Mr.  Wyles  will  continue  to 
handle feed,  lime  and  builders’  supplies 
from  his  warehouse  at  the  corner  of 
South Ionia  street  and  Wealthy avenue.
The  wholesale  grocers  have  reduced 
the paying price for empty boxes  from 5 
to  3  cents  apiece.  The  wail of the re­
tailer is heard from Sweet  street  to Bur­
ton avenue,  but the jobbers are obstinate 
and  refuse  to  restore  the former price. 
Martin  Goossen  is  as  obdurate  as  the 
wholesalers and  proposes  to organize an 
association to get  up  a eorner on  empty

T.  P.  S.  Hampson,  traveling  repre­
sentative  for  the  United  States  Gutta 
Percha Paint Co.,  of  Providence,  R.  1., 
is putting  in  a  week among the trade of 
the Saginaw Valley.

Andrew  Olsen,  of  the  recent grocery 
firm of Olson &  Gustafson,  at  Cadillac, 
has taken the position of traveling repre­
sentative  for  the  Sweedish  Importing 
and Exporting Co. of  Chicago.

Geo. F.  Owen expects  to remove to his 
new  residence  at  59 North Union street 
about April 1.  Geo.  has bossed  the  job 
from  the  fdhndation  up  and 
flatters 
himself he has a home a little better than 
the average.

E.  A.  Withee, formerly with the Telfer 
Spice Co.,  has engaged to travel  for  the 
Jos.  Biechele Soap Co.,  of  Canton,  Ohio, 
covering the Northern  half  of  the State. 
He will make Grand Rapids headquarters 
for the next four weeks.

Corl,  Knott  &  Co.  now have five men 
on  the road—F.  H. Wood, F.  C.  Arthur, 
W.  N.  Corl,  W.  Bieneman  and  W.  J. 
Deppen.  Mr. Wood  was  formerly  with 
Cooper  &  Putney,  of  Ionia,  and  Mr. 
Arthur  was  until  recently  on  the road 
for C.  H.  Bassett, of Cleveland.

A.  O. Freeman  will  sever  his  connec­
tion with the  Olney & Judson Grocer Co. 
on the  15th and  resume his  former  posi­
tion with a Cincinnati safe concern.  His 
trade will be covered by H.  S. Robertson, 
who will  hereafter  work  for  the  house 
continuously,  instead  of  only  half  the 
time,  as heretofore.

Harry  T.  Goodrich,  for several years 
past on the road for  the  Chippewa Lum­
ber Co., of  Chippewa  Lake, has engaged 
to travel for  the  Stronach  Lumber  Co., 
of  Manistee.  The  Stronach  company 
has  heretofore  shipped  its  product  by 
cargo,  but  has  concluded to establish a 
yard  at Stronach  and embark in the rail 
trade  exclusively.

The Tradesman has  in preparation a 
list of the traveling men  living in Grand 
Rapids  who  represent  outside  houses. 
Eighty-five such names are already listed 
and an effort is being made to increase it 
to  100.  All  persons  coming under this 
category are requested  to  forward  their 
names  and  houses  to  this office as soon 
as convenient.

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

State  Agents for 

INCOMING  RUBBER  CO.

RED T h e   m o s t  e ffe ctiv e   C o u g h   D ro p  in  

158  and  160  East  Fulton  Street.

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Grand Rapids, Mich, 

A. E. BROOKS & CO. 
The Finest  Line  of  Gandu  in  the  State. 
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WE CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE._____________

READY-MADE,  CLOTHING !

ALL  SIZES  AND  A G E S !
Merchants  will  best  consult  their  own  Interests  by  looking 

through the samples of

Michael  Kolb  & 

Wholesale  Clothing  Mamlfactilrers,

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

ONE of  the  largest  trades  in Michi­

gan,  secured  by  selling  excellent 
made and  well-fitting  garments  at 
such  low  prices  as to meet  the  require­
ments  of  the  merchants  generally,  who 
when once they get Michael Kolb & Son’s 
goods  into  their  store  are  constantly- 
sending mail orders.  As we supply forms 
and  instructions  for  measurements, our 
fits  and  make  up are  equal  to  the  best 
custom  made.

Write  our  Michigan  representative, 
William  Connor,  at  Marshall,  Mich.,  to 
go and  show  you  our  line  or meet  him 
(as  we  pay expenses  of  customers)  at 
Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  on 
Thursday  and  Friday, March  26  and  27, 

room 82. MICHAEL KOLB  It SON-

In addition  to  the  above William Con­
nor calls  attention to his  elegant  line  of

BOYS’  AND  CHILDREN’S  SUITS»

Which  have  been  pronounced  by experienced  judges as the  nicest,  cleanest  and 
neatest fitting,  at lowest prices seen this season.

ßoilpon  Books

Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

Couctry  and  Save  Money.

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

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T H E   MTCHlGkAN  TRADESM AN.

Dry  Goods•
M ore  C are  N ecessary .

It is the duty of every merchant to im­
press  upon  our  farmers 
the  necessi­
ty  of  putting  up  their  produce  in the 
best  of  condition  for  the  market.  All 
know that good appearances  attract  the 
eye and go far toward making  ready and 
advantageous  sales.  Especially  is  this 
the  case  with  wool.  To  do  this  our 
growers  must  use more care in washing 
their  sheep,  and  in  the  care  of  them 
after washing until shorn, by keeping on 
clean pasturage.  Again,  if  they  would 
use  as  much  care  in keeping out of the 
fleece  the  tag  locks  as  they do to keep 
them in,  they will  realize  more for their 
wools.  Reports from manufacturers say 
that  our  wools  are  in  worse condition 
than formerly  and  steadily tend to show 
less want of care.  This  shrinkage  from 
dirt  left  in  wool  makes  them  avoid  it 
even at market prices. 
If growers wish 
to  retain  their  prestige  and  obtain re-1 
munerative  prices  on  their  clips,  they 
must exercise more care  or  not  attempt 
to  wash  at  all.  The  grower now has a 
competitor in Australia  and  other coun­
tries which take pride in  their work, and 
no  duties  that  can  be  levied  will shut I 
them out. 

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H ow   to   W a sh   a   L ace  C u rtain .

Men in the trade do not do that  sort of 
thing,  but  as  many a retailer has lost a 
customer  through  the  customer’s  igno­
rance  of  how  a  lace  curtain should be 
laundered,  the  knowledge  is  worth  ac­
quiring.  The washers of  nice lace form 
a class of labor quite by  themselves,  and 
few people have an idea  of  the  amount 
of labor involved in the  cleansing opera­
tion,  and  of  the  skill and knowlege re- | 
quired.  The labor, of course,  comes  in 
chiefly in drying,  for the washing  is  but 
a  simple  thing  in comparison.  A table 
is cushioned and covered closely  with  a 
spotless  cloth,  and  on  this  the  lace is 
stretched  with  an  intricate  care that is 
amazing.  Through  every  mesh a pin  is 
placed to hold it in place,  and the  whole 
pattern  is  thus  pricked  out  till  every 
leaf  and  spray  and  sprig 
firmly 
fastened,  so  that  it  cannot  shrivel  or 
contract,  a  whole  day  being sometimes 
used up in preparing a single yard of the | 
lace,  so that when dry it is lifted  off soft 
and perfect and unimpaired in the design.

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The  S to ry   o f a   H am .

thought 

“ Young man, take my advice and  pay | 
for things  as  you  go.  Do  not  run  up | 
bills.”
This  was  the  sage  advice  of  a well- 
known grocer. 
“ Why ?” continued he.
“ Because in the  end  you  will  have  to 
pay for it all, and there is no telling how 
much  else  beside. 
I  will  tell you of a 
litttle  incident  that  came  under  my 
observation  recently,  and  you  will  see 
why I say so.  The proprietor  of a large 
provision store in this city  made a credit 
sale of  a  fine  ham  to  one  of  his  cus­
tomers,  but  much  to  his  surprise  be j 
found  out  a  little later he had forgotten
to whom he sold it,  and  failed  to  make 
any note of it.
“ This  bothered  him  somewhat  until j 
a  happy 
struck  him.  He | 
cudgelled  the  gray  matter  in his brain j 
and recalled the names  of  thirteen  men j 
who happened  to  be  in  the store at the j 
time the transaction took  place,  though j 
for  the  life  of  him  he could not think 
who  had  gone  off  with  that  piece  of 
swine.  But, nothing  daunted,  he  w ent! 
back and told his book-keeper  to  charge 
up  one  ham  to  each  of  those thirteen 
different  accounts,  telling  him  at  the 
same time that when twelve of  the  men 
objected to paying  for  it  to  explain  to 
them  that  it  was  a mistake that would 
not occur again.
“ What  happened?  Why,  twelve  of 
that  party  paid  their  bills  without  a 
question,  and  only  one  raised  any  ob­
jection on account of the pork item.  So 
at  least  eleven,  and  very  likely  all 
twelve,  had paid for something  they had 
not  bought  and  that  someone  else had 
disposed of.  Steer clear of bills.”

Shepherd—Mrs. Austin Wetzel  is  suc­
ceeded  by  Miss  Etta Hawley in the mil­
linery business.

Prices  Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“  Arrow Brand 5)4 
Adriatic.................  7
“  World Wide..  7
Argyle  .'.................  6)4
“  LL............... 5
Atlanta AA............   6)4
Pull Yard Wide...... 6)4
Atlantic  A........—   7
Georgia  A..............  6%
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Honest Width.........   6%
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“  D............6*
Hartford A  ............ 5)4
Indian Head...........  7)4
“  LL.............   53k
King A  A...............   6%
Amory....................   7
King EC.................  5
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Lawrence  L L ........  5)4
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5& 
Madras cheese cloth 63k
Blackstone O, 32
63kl Newmarket  G---- ..  6
B...... .  5V4
Black  Bock  ..
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Boot, AL........
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Capital  A ............. 
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X ---..  7
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Cavanat V.............5)4
33k|Noibe R............... ..  5),
53k| Our Level  Best —..  6H
7  ¡Oxford  R  ........... ..  63k
73k Pequot................. ..  7)4
6)4 ¡Solar.................... ..  6)4
¡Top of the  Heap....  7)4

Comet.....................   7
Dwight Star...
Clifton CCC..

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.........   8)4|Geo. Washington.
A B C .  ......
Amazon..................... 8  ¡Glen Mills.
Amsburg....................7  Gold Medal............... 7)4
Art  Cambric............ 10  Green  Ticket.......... 8)4
Blackstone A A......  8  Great Falls..............   6)4
Beats All................ 4)4 Hope. ................. . 
7)4
Just  Out........ 
5
Boston....................12
King  Phillip...........734
Cabot...................... 7)4
OP......  7)4
Cabot,  %.................634
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10H
C h a rter  O a k ...............  5V4
Lonsdale...........  @ 834
C o n w a y  W ...................   7)4
Middlesex........   @5
Cleveland.............  7
shorts.  834 Oak View...............   6
Edwards.................   6  Our Own.................5)4
Pride of the West.. 42
Empire...................   7
Rosalind.................7)4
Farwell...................73k
Sunlight.................   4)4
Fruit of the Loom..  83k
Utica  Mills.............. 8)4
Fitchville  .............7
First Prize..............  6)4
Vinyard..................  8)4
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
White Horse...... 6
Fairmount..............  4)4
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Full Value..............634
Cabot......................   73k|Dwight Anchor.......9
Farwell...................  8
TremontN..............  5)4 [Middlesex No.  1.
Hamilton N............   6)4 
L............   7 
Middlesex  AT........  8 
X...........  9 
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

“  Nonpareil  ..11

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

2— 11
3....12
7....18
8....19

Hamilton N ............   7)41 Middlesex A A........11
2........12
Middlesex P T ........8 
A T ........9 
A O........13)4
4........17)4
X A.........9 
X F ........10)41 
5......16
Peerless, wnite...... 18  ¡Peerless  colored...20)4

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DRESS  GOODS.
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G G Cashmere........21 
.................30
Nameless  ............... 16 
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.................35
Corallne................69 {»¡Wonderful............64 75
Schilling's............  9 OOjBrighton............... 4 75
Biddeford...............6  ¡Naumkeag satteen..  7)4
Brunswick..............6)4|Rockport.....................6)4
Allen turkey  reds..  53k¡Berwick fancies__4)4
robes...........  5)4 Clyde Robes...........  5
pink & purple  6)4 Charter Oak fancies 4)4
buffs............  6  DelMarine cashm’s. 6
mourn’g  6
pink  checks.  5)4 
staples  ........   5)4 Eddy stone fancy... 6
chocolat 6
shirtings...  4%\ 
rober—   6
American  fancy—   53k 
American indigo—   53k 
sateens..  6
American shirtings  4)41Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
staple__5)4
Argentine  Grays...  6  I 
Anchor Shirtings...  43k¡Manchester fancy..  6 
Arnold 
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new era.  6
j Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B. 10)4, Merrim’ck shirtings.  4)4 
“  Reppfum .  8)4
“  C.  8)4 
century cloth 7  ! Pacific fancy..........6
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robes............  6)4
gold seal......10)4 
green seal TR 10)4'Portsmouth robes...  6 
yellow  seal.. 10)4'Simpson mourning..  6
serge............ 11)4 
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Turkev  red..10)41 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid black..  5  ¡Washington Indigo.  6
colors 
Turkey robes..  1%
Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes__7)4
red and  orange  ..  5)4
plain Tky X 3k  8)4 
Berlin solids...........  5)4'
“  X...10 
“  oil blue........  6)4 i
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
“  “  green —   6)41
Martha Washington
“  Foulards__5)41
Turkey red 3k......... 7)4
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% ............   9)4  M arth a  W a sh in g to n
T u r k e y  r e d ............  9)4
4  4 ............... 10 I 
3-4X X X X  12  Riverpointrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy.........  6 Windsor fancy...........6)4
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gold  ticket
leni...  6  I 
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XX twills..  6)41  indigo blu 
lue.......... 10)4
solids........  5341

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Amoskeag A C A__13)4 A C  A...................... 12)4
Hamilton N............ 7)4|Pemberton AAA 
York.......................10)4
Swift River............  7)4
Pearl  River............12)4
Warren...................14

D............ 8)4
Awning.-.ll
Farmer....................8
First  Prize..............11)4
Lenox M ills...........18
COTTON  DRILL.
Atlanta,  D..............63k¡Stark  A 
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Boot........................ 63k No  N am e................7)4
Clifton, K...............   7>4|Top of Heap..........10
¡Simpson..................20  ¡Imperial..................10)4
.................18  Black.................9@ 9)4
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SATINES.

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9 oz...... 14)4
brown .13
Andover..................11)4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
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Boston Mfg Co. b r..  7 
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“ d a  twist 13)4
Columbian XXX br.10 
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Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue........ 73k
brown...  73k
Jaffrey.....................11)4
Lancaster................12)4
Lawrence, 9 os........ 13)4
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“  No. 250....11)4
“  No. 280.... 10)4

GINGHAMS.

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fancies —   7 
Normandie  8
“  Persian dress  8)4 
Lancashire............. 6)4
Canton ..  8)4
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Manchester............ 53k
AFC........12)4
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Monogram.............. 6)4
Arlington staple —   6)4 
Normandie............. 7)4
Arasapha  fancy—   43k 
Persian................... 8)4
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
Renfrew Dress......
staples.  6)4
7)4
Rosemont............... 6H
Centennial.............. 10)4
Slatersville........... 6
Criterion................10)4
Somerset................. 7
Cumberland  staple.  5)4
Tacoma  ................. 7)4
Cumberland........... 5
Toil  du Nord......... 10)4
Essex........................4)4
Wabash.................
Elfin.......................  7)4
seersucker. Wo
Everett classics......8)4
Warwick...............
Exposition............... 734
8)4
Whittenden........... 63k
Glenarie.................  634
heather dr 8
Glenarven................ 63k
indigo blue 9 
Glen wood...........
W&msutta staples...  63k
Hampton...................6)4
Westbrook............ 8
Johnson Ch&lon clo 9)4 
indigo blue 9)4
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Windermeer........... 5
zephyrs__16
York........................63k
Lancaster,  staple...  63k
Amoskeag.............. 16)41 Valley City.............. 15)4
Stark...................... 20)41 Georgia...................15)4
American...............16)41 Pacific.................... 14)4

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Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour s................88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall's...............88
Holyoke..................22*1

KNITTING  COTTON.

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6  .:
8... ....34
10... ...35
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12...

White.  Colored.
42
43
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White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
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“  18... ...39
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“  20... ...40
41
CAMBRICS.
Washington............  434
Bed Cross................  434
Lockwood.................434
Wood’s ..................   4)4
Brunswick...........   4)4
BED  FLANNEL.
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JR F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................32)4

Slater......................   434]
White Star............   4J4
Kid Glove...............  434
Newmarket.............. 434
Edwards.................  434
Fireman................. 82)4
Creedmore............. 27)4
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless............... 27)4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  ¡Grey S R W............ 17)4
Union R ...............22)4 W esternW .............. 18)4
Windsor.................18)4 D R P ....................... 18)4
6 oz Western..........21  Flushing XXX.........23)4
Union  B................22)41 Manitoba..................23)4

DOMET  FLANNEL.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Nameless...... 8  © 9)41 
...... 8)4@10  I 

......   9  @10)4
....... 
12)4
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
11)4
20
12)4

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
11)4
20
12)4

934 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20

Severen, 8 oz..........   9)4 [West Point, 8 oz— 10)4
May land, 8 oz.........10)4 
10 oz— 12)4
“ 
Greenwood, 7)4 oz..  9)4 Raven, lOoz............ 13)4
Greenwood, 8 oz — 11341 Stark 
.............13)4
WADDINGS.

“ 

White, doz..............25 
Colored, doz...........20 

| Per bale, 40 doz__67 50
|

siLEBiAs.

Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9

“ 
“ 
“  Best AA 

12)4

B est.10)4

Pawtucket...............10)4
Dundle....................  9
Bedford...................10)4
Valley  City.............10)4

SEWING  SILK.

2 

“ 
“ 

Corticelll, doz.........75  [Corticelli  knitting,

..12  “ 8 
..12  j “  10 

twist,doz..37)4  per )4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz..37)41
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White..lO  [No  4 Bl’k & White..l5 
..20
“ 
“ 3 
..26
PINS.
No 2—20, M C........ 50 
|No4—15  F  3)4.........40
‘  3—18, S C..........45 
I
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“ 
.23
“ 
..26
No 2....................... 28 
|No3.......................... 36

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

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 
6 

NEEDLES—PER  M.

y’s

A. James............... 1  50] Steamboat.................  4
Marshall’s............. 1 00}
5-4. ...2 25  6-4...3 25[5—4....1  95  6-4...2 96 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 101
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2 10 

“ 

Nashua...................18
Rising Star 4-ply.... 17
3-ply__17
North Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17) 
Powhattan............ 18

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic............... 18)
Anchor...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
IX L ....................... 18
Alabama.................  63k¡Mount  Pleasant__ 6)
Alamance...............   6)4 Oneida.....................  5
Augusta.................7)4 Pyrmont
Rândelman.......... 6
An sapha...............   6
Georgia.................. 63k
Riverside...............   534
G ranite.................   53k
Sibley  A.................   63k
Haw  River............5  j
Toledo....................  6
Haw  J ....................5  !

PLAID  OSNABUBGS.

Playing Gards

WE  BRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lynch,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

FOOETH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A  J.  B o w s e , President.

D. A.  11  < d g e t t , Vice-President.

* 

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

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

J.&P.GOATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

IN

« 

FOR

FO R   S A L E   B Y

WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
P.  STEKETEE  & SONS.
Yoigt, imoM eier & Go.,
j Dry Goods
Shirts,  Pants,  Oiieralls,  Etc.

\  NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Manufacturers of

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

48,50 and 52 Ottawa S t,

I  GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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  MICH

T H E   MTCHIG^NT  TRADESMAN,

?

H A J t D W A R B .

Prices  Current.

HAMMERS.

 

 

I  had  some  important  business 

How  He  Got  Even  with the  Drummer.
to 
transact  with  a  merchant  in  a Northern 
Michigan town, bnt we  had  scarcely got 
seated in his private office  when in came 
a drummer for a Chicago house.  He was 
probably new to the road,  and he wanted 
some  of  his  cheek  shaved  off.  He  was 
politely informed that  nothing whatever 
was wanted,  but he  talked  and hung on, 
and had to be fairly turned out. 
In half 
an hour he returned to the attack  with a 
fresh stock of gall,  saying:

“ I  know  you  must  want something, 

and I’m bound to have an order.”

Again he was  turned  away,  and again 
he returned to the attack.  The merchant 
was  now  mad  all  the  way  through, but 
he  concealed  the  fact  and  quietly  re­
marked :

‘‘Come  to  think  of it,  I do need a few 

things.  Get out your order book.”

“ Ah,  ha! 

I knew you would give me 
an  order  if  I  hung  on  long  enough!” 
exclaimed the drummer.  “ Nothing like 
perseverence in this profession.”

The  merchant  ordered  ten  barrels of 
sugar,  ten chests of  tea,  five bags of cof­
fee, and a lot of other goods, and the drum­
mer  was  on  his  high  heels  as  he  with­
drew.

“ Pretty big order,” I observed.
“ No order at all,”  he replied.
“ How ? ”
“ He’ll mail it to Chicago to-night,  and 
to-morrow I’ll countermand by telegraph. 
Did  it  to  get  even with him for hanging 
on,  you see.  All  the fun  in this thing is 
not on the side of the traveling men.”

Young clerks who desire to rise should 
never hesitate about doing any work that 
comes in their way.  They  should  crush 
out  the  idea  that  many  seem  to  have, 
that it is the proper  thing  to  do as little 
work as possible for the largest  pay. 
If 
a  clerk  expects  to  make  a  successful 
business man  his  first  thought  must  be 
for  his  employer’s  interest.  He should 
turn his hand to whatever  he  sees to do, 
and not let  his  employer’s  interests suf­
fer because  the  work  happens  to  be the 
duty  of  someone  else.  The  clerks  who 
advance  to  positions  of  trust  and  im­
portance,  and  possibly become members 
of the firm, are those who  stand ready to 
perform  any  required  duty,  no  matter 
who has neglected to perform it.

“ im it a t io n   is t h e   s in c e r e s t . f o r m  

OF  FLATTERY”

THAT  THE  GEM  FREEZER  is  recognized  as  the  B est  is
PROVEN  BY THE  WAY OUR  COMPETITORS  ARE  IMITATING ITS  GOOD  QUALI­
TIES,  AND  USE  IT AS A  STANDARD OF  COMPARISON  WHEN TRYING  TO  SELL 
THEIR  OWN  GOODS.  WE  LEAD—OTHERS  FOLLOW.

THE  GEM  FREEZER  nothing  that  cannot  be 
WE  ONLY  CLAIM  A  DOUBl E  ACTION  BECAUSE  IT  IS 
,.n  motions  fhom  any  system  of

we  CLAIM 
fully  proven.  WE  ONI
IMPOSSIBLE  TO  GET  MORE 
GEARING  IN  USE  IN 
DO  NOT  BE  IMPOSED UPON

DOUBLE  ACTION.

Wh ite  Cedar  P ail. 
Gearing  Completely 

covefed

Self-Adjusting  Scraper. 

Cans  Full S ize. 
Use  Smallest 

Possible  Q uantity 

of  Ic e.

w ell Advertised. 

T horoughly  Wrapped
FOR  PROTECTION  IN

Shipping.

JOHN  H.  GRAHAM  &  CO.,
MANUFACTURERA•  AGENTS'
113  Chambers  S treet, 

New  YORK.

MANUFACTURED  BY

AMERICAN  MACHINE  CO.,
LEHIGH  AVE.  A  AMERICAN  S T ., 
‘V*

P h il a d e l p h ia . 

B O FES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

8V4
llVi
dis.
75
60
20
Com. 
83 10 
3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Sisal, Vi Inch and larger.............................  
Manilla.
Steel and Iron............................. ................
Try and Bevels.............................................
Mitre............................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to 14......................................84 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............... ......................dis. 
Silver Lake, White A............................. list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................  “ 
DrabB.................................  “ 
White C................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
56
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dis.

dis.

wire. 

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Commuuity, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a   Norton’s —  
70
Mouse,  choker................................    18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion...............................81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market..........................................  60
Tinned Market............................................   62Vi
Coppered Spring  Steel................................ 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 40
 
 
Au Sable.............................. dis. 25410025410405
Putnam.................................................  
dis. 10*10
Northwestern................................ 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75
Screws, New List........................................  70*10
Casters, Bed  and  Plate.......................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
65

painted.......................  

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dis.

dlS.

“ 

2 80

dis. 05

40

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

AXES.

bolts. 

 

 

HINOES.

(Us.
dis.

BLOCKS.

 
dis.

dis.

BUCKETS.

hansebs. 

BABBOW8. 

MATTOCKS.

Discount, 10.

wise goods. 

BUTTS, CAST. 

LOCKS—DOOB. 

HOLLOW WARE

SASH WEIGHTS.

60
46
25
50410

AUGUBS AND BITS.

k n o b s—New List.

CBAOLBS.
CBOW BABS.

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

 
HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

Grain.......................................................dis. 50402

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

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

pay prom ptly  and  buy  in  full  packages,
dis.

Snell’s..........................................................  
Cook’s ......................................... .'............... 
J ennlngs’, genuine......................................  
Jennings’,  Imitation............................... 

Railroad..................................................... t 14 00
Garden............................................   ..  net  30 00
Stove..............................................................50*10
Carriage new list.........................................  
TO
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70

Cast Steel............................................ per 1b  5
perm 65
Ely’s 1-10..................................... 
60
“ 
Hick’s C. F ............................................. 
G. D ........................................................  “  ®
60
Musket................................................... 
“ 
Rim  Fire....................................................  
501
Central  Fire........................................dis. 
25

Well,  plain................................................... 8 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60410
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60&10
Wrought Table.............................................60410
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60410
Wrought Brass................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s............... *............................. 70416
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .........................................  
70

M aydole  & Co.’s ....................................... dis.
I Kip’s.
These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who  YerkM* Plumb’s.... .. ....................... dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand— 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ........  .................... dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4Vi  14  and
longer.......................................................   3Vi
Screw Hook and  Eye, Vi.........................net 
10
“ 
“  %.......................... net  8V4
X.......................... net  7Vi
“ 
“ 
“  %.......................... net  7V4
“ 
Strap and T .......................................... dis. 
50
dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50410
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60410
Kidder, wood track ..................................... 
40
Pots............................................................... 
60
Kettles..........................................................  
60
Spiders  ........................................................  
60
Gray enameled.............. 
40410
Stamped  TlnWare.............................. new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware............................... 
25
Granite Iron W are....................new list33J6&10
dis.
Bright...................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70410410
Hook’s..  ................................................ 70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
LEVELS. 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ....................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
Russell 4 Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ...........................  
55
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
55
Adze Eye......................................... 816.00,  dis. 60
Hunt Bye......................................... 815.00,  dis. 60
Hunt’s   ................................... 818.50, dis. 20410.
dl8.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. 4 W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables  ... 
“  Landers, Ferry & Clr  k’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
26
Stebbin’s Pattern—   .................................. 60410
Stebbin’s Genuine.........................................60410
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Steel nails, base................................................... 1 95
Wire nails, base................................................... 2 35
Steel.  Wire.
60......................................................Base 
Base
50  ’ 
Base 
10
40......  
05 
20
so:::.................................................  w 
20
30
15 
20..................................................... 
35
15 
16 
35
12..................................................... 
15 
40
10 
20 
..............................................  25 
8
50
7 4 6 ..................................................  40 
65
4 
....................................   60 
90
1  50  vary according to composition.
3:.:;;................... 
....................... 1  00
2 .....................................................1  50
ANTIMONY
I 00
Fine 3................................................ 1 50 
2 00
90
Case  10.............................................  60 
«  8 ............................  
  75 
1 00
6.............................................  90 
“ 
1 25
g'.............  
1  00 
“ 
« 
6 ..........................................1  15 
Clinch; 10.........................................   85 
8  ........................................ 1  00 
« 
6........................................... 1  15 
“ 
Barrell X...........................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @4"
Sciota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................dis.60—10
Common, polished................................dlB. 
70
Iron and  Tinned....................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.........................  
50
“A” Wood’B patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
9 20
"
“B” Wood's  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27.. 

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

dis.
Dlsston’s ..................................................60410
New  American........................................ 60*10
Nicholson’s .............................................60*10
Heller’s....................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps............................... 
50

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

Com. 4  piece, 6 In...........................do*, net 
75
Corrugated.....................................dis. 20410410
Adjustable............................................ dis. 40410

Small sizes, ser pound............................  
07
Large sizes, per pound............................   6Vi

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

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

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

Finish 10..........................................   85  100

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14X20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX. 
14x31  IX.
14x60 IX* 

Nos.  16  to  20;  23  and  24;  35  and  26;  37 
15 
List 
HIS.
50

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

13 
GAUGES. 

Discount, 60

30
28
25
25
dlS.
50
50
50

Broken pacxs Vic per pound extra.

Advance over base: 

PATENT PLANISHED  EBON.

GALVANIZED IRON

piles—New List. 

METALS.
PIG TIN.

MOLASSES GATES. 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

DBIPPINO PANS.

CARTBIDOES.

 
D BILLS. 

planes. 

rivets. 

chisels. 

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dis.

40
25

 

27

combs. 

CHALK.

dlS.

30
25

NAILS

dis.

dis.

14 

28
18

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dlS.

dlS.

 

. 

PANS.

dis.

12 

“ 

ZINC.

26a
28c

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars....................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per  pound.................................................... 
Vi@Vi.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands

SOLDEB.

69£
7

 
 

“ 

Cookson........................................per  pound 16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MXLYN GRADE.
10x141C, Charcoal........................................8 7 50
7 50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9 25
14x20 IX, 
9 25
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal......  ............................. 8 6 50
6 50 
14x20IC
10x14 IX, 
8 00 
14x20 IX, 
8  00

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

............................. .
..................................
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.
BOOPING PLATES
Worcester..................

“ 
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Allaway  Grade............... 

... 
6 50
....  8 E0
........................   13 50
5  75
7 25
 
...............   12 00
15 03
 
114 00 
.15 50

“ 
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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS.

’ I BoBers’ j- per  pound 

10

FOSTER, 

STEVENS 

&  CO.,

Exclusive Agents for

WESTERN  MICHIGAN.

Grand  Rapids, 

- 

JIM.

Btnmp before a blast.  I Tramenta nftes a blast.

STRONGEST and  SAFEST EXPLOSIVE
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Michigan Tradesman

Official O rgan o f M ichigan Busin cm Men’«  A caodaUon.

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Retail  Trade of the Wolverine State.
The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

EnUred, at the Grand Rapids Post Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY. MARCH  11,  1881.

Suit  was  begun  about  about  a  year 
ago in the Eaton County Circuit Court  to 
recover of  a married woman  a  debt due 
for  groceries,  physician’s  services,  etc. 
The court refused to allow any  evidence 
to be introduced until it was shown  that 
the defendant’s  husband  refused  virtu­
ally  or  directly  to  provide  necessaries 
for  the  family.  The  counsel  for  the 
plaintiff could not or would not introduce 
the evidence  required  and  the  decision 
was rendered in favor of  the  defendant. 
The case was appealed  to  the  Supreme 
Court,  where the position of the plaintiff 
was fully sustained,  that  tribunal  hold­
ing that a  married  woman  is  liable  on 
any contract for the  purchase  of  goods, 
or professional  services,  where the  cred­
it is  extended  directly  to  her  and  the 
contract is for the  benefit  of  herself  or 
her family.  The  decision  is  an  impor­
tant  one  to  business  men  and  T he 
T ra desm a n will  have  more  to  say  on 
the subject hereafter.

TH M  M ICH IGAN  TRADESM AN.

I.  M.  Clark  is  confined  to  his  house 
with  rheumatism — common,  every-day 
rheumatism.  Mr.  Clark  is  too  plain a 
man to have any fancy frills around him, 
even  when  entertaining  so  pleasant  a 
guest as Old Rheum.

Edward  Telfer  has purchased an acre 
of land at North Park  and  is getting out 
plans  for  a commodious summer  home.
If the country  air  agrees  with  him,  he 
may conclude  to  make  North  Park  his 
permanent abiding place.

Mr. Colvord,  who  has  his  hands  full 
nowadays  in  combatting  the  boycotts 
placed on C.  I.  Hood & Co.’s goods by the 
druggists  in  various  parts  of the coun­
try,  will be here Thursday  to meet  with 
the  Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  So­
ciety.

Wm.  H.  Hoops has purchased  a  band- 
some  residence  at  the  corner  of Fifty- 
first street and  Eimbark  avenue,  Chica­
go,  and  will  remove  to the Windy City 
about July 1.  Mr.  Hoops  has  been  an 
aggressive  and  enterprising  citizen and 
his removal  from the  city  will  be a mat­
ter of general regret.

P.  J.  Connell,  whose  determined  face 
and emphatic manner of expressing him­
self are familiar to all who have attended 
recent conventions of the Michigan Busi­
ness Men’s Association,  leaves Muskegon 
about May 1 for a  two  months’  tour  of 
Europe.  He  will  attend  the  Interna­
tional  convention  of  Good  Templars at 
Edinburgh  on  May  26,  subsequently 
visiting England and the more important 
countries of the  continent.  He  will  be 
accompanied by his wife.

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24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
MOSELEY  BROS,

F R U IT S ,  S E E D S ,  P R O D U C E

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All Kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

M u s k e g o n   C r a c k e r   C o.

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.

Manufacturers of

Finest QVality  and  Largest Variety in the  State.

M U S K E G O N , 

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M IC H IG A N .

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

Jennings’

Flavoring  E xtracts

A re  A cknow ledged  th e   M o st  P ro fitab le.

The warning  given in another  column 
on the  subject of  over-weight  should  be 
considered  by every  man in trade. 
It is 
an evil which follows every store, leaving 
loss  inevitably  in  its  wake.  Too  little 
care is given  this  subject on the  part of 
the average dealer.  The  intimation that 
clerks  make  a  practice  of  giving  over­
weight  and  over-measure  in  order  to 
ingratiate  themselves  in  the  estimation 
of  their  customers  is  probably  true  in 
some  cases,  but  T h e  T radesm an 
is 
rather  inclined  to the  opinion  that  the 
practice is more  frequently due  to  care­
lessness. 
It is a capital point to consider 
—now that the dealer has finished count­
ing his  pickles and  has not  yet begun to 
count  his  garden  seeds—and  will  bear 
the  closest  sort of  scrutiny and  stand a 
considerable wholesome reformation.

F in an cial  M iscellany.

The  American  Waltham  Watch  Com­
pany  has  declared  a  semi-annual  divi­
dend of 4 per cent., payable March 2.

The  Pullman  Company’s  earnings  are 
at  a  rate  which  will  show  this  year 
§1,000,000  ahead  of  last  year.  The  car 
department alone  is  earning  at  the  rate 
of 6 per cent, on the entire capital stock.
The bank of Grosvenor & Co., of Jones- 
ville,  established in 1854, will on April  1 
be  reorganized as ¿he  Grosvenor Savings 
Bank.  The following directors have been 
elected:  E.  O.  Grosvenor,  John  A.  Sib- 
bald, John  S.  Lewis,  E.  A.  Wisner  and 
Charles  F.  Wade.  The  officers  are  as 
follows:  E. O.  Grosvenor,  President;  J, 
A.  Sibbald,  Vice-President;  Charles F, 
Wade,  Cashier;  W.  M.  Wetmore,  Assis 
taut Cashier.

It is barely  possible that  the author of 
“Confessions of  a  Drummer” goes  a  lit­
tle  too  deep into the  subjeet in his  con­
tribution  of  this  week.  The  situations 
he  describes  so  graphically  may  have 
happened 
in  his  own  case,  but  T h e 
T radesm an  is confident  that many trav­
eling men  have won  recognition and suc­
cess  on  the  road  without  indulging  in 
the excesses  so  repulsively  set  forth  in 
the  writer’s  portrayal.  The  time  has 
passed—if,  indeed,  it ever  really  existed 
—when  traveling men  must  necessarily 
indulge  in 
order to sell goods.

lapses  of  intemperance 

P u re ly   P erso n al.

J.  J.  Bale,  of the  firm of  Macomber & 
Bale,  sawmill  operators  and  dry goods 
dealers at  Lakeview,  was  in  town  one 
day last week.

Jas.  Blair, Jr., succeeds D. Chas.  Bene­
dict  as  assistant  book-keeper  for  the 
Ball-Barnbart-Putman Co.  Mr. Benedict 
has  taken  the  position  of  head  book­
keeper for C. C. Comstock.

A  C om m endable  M ove.

S herw ood,  March  4—The  Sherwood 
Business Men’s Association met  for  the 
first time in nearly  a  year  last  evening 
and resolved to pay up their dues  to  the 
State Association and to advertise in T h e 
T radesm an for correspondence in regard 
to securing some factories  here;  also 
an association to be united  by  every  tie 
of a common  interest  to  help  build  up 
one of the best little towns  to  be  found 
in any state.  W.  R.  Mandigo,  Sec’y

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar is a little lower, but much uncer- 
in I tainty exists as to the probable action  of 
the  refiners  between  now  and  April  1. 
All will  be  glad  when  the  Rubicon  is 
I passed.  Mild  coffees  are  firmer  and 
higher, the package manufacturers  hav­
ing  advanced  their  prices  a  full  cent 
during the past seven days.

MUSKEGON.

[T h e T radesm an wishes to secure the 
services  of  a  first-class correspondent at 
Muskegon, with whom a  liberal arrange­
ment will be made.]

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S.  A.  SEA R S,  Manager.

C ra ck e r M a n u fa ctu rers,
G r a n d   R a p id s .

8 7 , 8 9  a n d   41 K e n t S t., 

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TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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T e a s, C offees  a n d   G ro cers*   S u n d r ie s .

1 and 3 Pearl  Street,

c . N.  R A P P   &

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

GRAND  RAPIDS
CO.,

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

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

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

ORANGES,  LEMONS and  BANANAS.

Parties  wishing  seeds of  any  kind  for  garden 
or  field  please  send  for  our  catalogue  and 
wholesale price list before buying.

SEEDS!
The Alfred Brown Seed Store.

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

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

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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such,  and on our part, at least, it will  be 
a generous and honest rivalry.

“The old firm of Thurber,  Whyland & 
Co., expired by limitation on February  1 
the present year, but the Thurber, Why- 
laud  Company  will  endeavor  to  be  a 
worthy  successor,  and  with  sincere 
thanks for past favors,  solicits  the  con­
tinued patronage of  the  grocers  of  the 
United  States  and  other 
countries. 
Respectfully  yours,

“ T h u r ije r,  W hyla n d Company,

“By F.  B. Thurber, President.”

Q0LD  MEDAL,  PAEIS,  1878.

O

a m S C mas! 
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil lias been removed,
Is A bsolu tely P u re  
a n d  it is Soluble.
No Chemicals

are used in its prepar­
ation. 
It  lias  more 
than  three  times  the 
of  Cocoa 
mixed  with  Starch, 
and  is  therefore  far 
rrowroot  or  Sugar,
ore economical, costing less than one cent a 
It  is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
p. 
g,  e a s i l y   d i g e s t e d , and admirably adapted 
r invalids as well as for persons in health. 
I. BAKES & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS.
A   W N I N G S

Sold  by G rocers everyw here.

A N D   TEN TS.

El.  P uritano  Cigar.
TheFinestlOOentGlgar

O N   E A R T H .

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

Grand Rapids.
BRADD0CK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.

•  •  T H E   •  •

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

I D I E I P - A .I R T X Æ I E Ï S r T

---- Views of  ——

BUILDINGS, 

MACHINERY, 

PATENTED  ARTICLES, 

PORTRAITS.

Estimates and Samples on application.

Tie  Tradesman Comiiy

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

B o lts  W anted!

I  want  500 to 1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and 54  inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.
H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,

GOING  FORWARD.

The  old firm  of  Thurber, Whyland & 
Go. always  maintained  the  position  of a 
leader  among  the  great  grocery jobbing 
firms  of  the  country,  and  in  a  circular 
just issued they say

“ The  merging  of  the  old  firm  of 
Thurber, Whyland & Co., into a corpora­
tion  known  as  the  Thurber,  Whyland 
Company,  with  a  capital  of  $3,000,000 
($1,500,000  preferred  stock,  $1,500,000 
common stock)  has been  a great success. 
The preferred stock offered  to the public 
was  subscribed  for  two  and  one-half 
times  over,  and  all  that  was  left  of the 
common  stock  was  a  small 
remnant 
which had been placed  in  the  hands  of 
bankers  for  underwriting  purposes,  and 
we have  succeeded  in  getting  the  privi­
lege  from  them  of  selling  this balance 
through our salesmen  where  it  will  do 
us good with the trade.

“ While the old house always occupied 
the first position  in  its  line  for  size and 
quality  of  business,  the  new company, 
under  the  same  management,  with  in­
creased  capital  and largely co-operative 
in  character,  will  undoubtedly  make 
still greater progress.

“ In  the  future,  as  in  the  past,  the 
Thurber, Whyland Company will always 
stand  for 
'Good  Quality  and  Honest 
Quantity’  of  goods,  and endeavor to be 
progressive in everything  that  improves 
and  elevates  the  grocery  trade and the 
grocers’  guild.

“ We were the  first  house in  the trade 
to  advocate  pure  goods, honest weights, 
measures  and  gauges.  We  suggested to 
the  American  Grocer  the  advice  it gave 
its readers—4 Count, Measure, Weigh and 
Gauge Everything You Buy.’

in  France, 

“ We  were  the  first  in  our  prune 
factories 
to  pack  French 
prunes of honest count—the A. G. brand.
“ We  were  the  first  in  our spice mills 
to swing out  the  banner,  4 Pure  Spices 
Only,’  and refused to deal in adulterated 
spices,  and we have just now resolved on 
a new,  important and progressive step of 
adopting the key, or seif-opening  attach­
ment for our  leading  brands  of  canned 
goods  which  we  pack  in  our own facto­
ries,  and  will  give  the  preference  in 
purchases  of  other  goods  in  this line to 
manufacturers who  use  cans  with  this 
device,  which we believe to be the great­
est  step  forward  in the popularizing of 
canned goods which has ever taken place.
“When  we  reflect  that  most  canned 
goods are opened by women,  who are not 
as strong as  men;  that  can-openers  are 
often out of order,  and sometimes not  at 
hand; that hands are often  cut—any  de­
vice which is so convenient,  quick,  safe 
and  cheap  as  the  key-opening  attach­
ment for canned goods,  must  inevitably 
take the front rank.

“Consumers  will  gladly  pay  a  little 
more for goods thus packed,  but  as  the 
cost amounts to less than half a cent  per 
can, it is probable  that  many  manufac­
turers  will  themselves  assume  the  ex­
pense of  this attachment without raising 
the price of their  goods  to  the  dealers, 
as is indicated by the  action  of  Messrs. 
Richardson  &  Robbins,  Armour  &  Co. 
and  others.

“This  will  be  our  course  wherever 
possible,  and we shall, in this,  as  in  all 
other  things,  endeavor  to  deserve  the 
confidence and patronage of  the  grocery 
trade, but while doing so we have  not  a 
word to say against our worthy  and  en­
terprising competitors.  There are many

Flairs, Horae and  W agon  Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Um brellas,  OUed  C lothing,  W ide  C otton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A .  COYE, 
It  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  C atalogue.

Telephone  106*

Grand Palace Hotel

81 to 83  North Clark St., Chicago.

Four Minutes from Court House. 
u i „ „ a . 

WEEKLY.  »3.00
notti  Flans•  t r a n sie n t s, boc, up
R estaurant by Com pagnon, la te Chicago Club Chef. 

POPULAR  PRICES I  NEW  BOUSE 1 

Cut th is ou t fo r fu tu re reference.

Our  line  of  Rubber  Goods 
cannot  be  surpassed.in the 
State.

SHOES,  CLOTHING,

AND

Miscellaneous  Robber  Goods.
ORDER AT ONCE.
We  also  cany  a  large 

complete line of Mill Supplies, 
Sporting  Goods  and  Fire  De­
partment Supplies.

Stndley & Barclay,

Grand  Rapids,

M ic h .

Send for

catalogue.

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

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
First-Glass  Work  Oulu.
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

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R eg istratio n .

69 OUT OF 93.

L ist  of  th e   S u ccessful  C a n d id a te s  for 

many cases of  violation.  The  first  year i crystalized  soda,  chlorate of  potash, sul­
phuric  acid, muriatic  acid,  sulphur, etc. 
the  Board  was  in  existence  $2,500 was 
The trust  has  also  purchased salt  mines 
turned  into  the  State  treasury and  the 
and works over a large extent of country,
second  year  $1,000  was  turned  over  to 
The works which the trust  has acquired, 
number  in  England,  thirty-five;  in Scot­
the State, but since that time the expense 
land,  four;  and  in  Ireland,  one.  Five 
account  has  run  in a different direction.
firms have  control of  the management of 
the business of the trust  The combined 
production of  the  works  consist  of  the 
following 
immense  amounts:  700,000 
tons of  sulphuric  acid,  most of  which  is 
used in the production of  600,000 tuns of 
salts,  as  in  the  manufacture  of  150,000 
tuns of chloride of lime, 5,000  tuns chlo­
rate  potash,  180,000  tuns  caustic  soda, 
140,000  tuns  calcined  soda, 140,000 tuns 
crystalized  soda,  60,000  tuns of  the  sul­
phate, 40,000  tuns  of  sulphur,  and  also 
large  quantities  of  muriatic  acid,  etc. 
The  trust  also  produces  yearly,  8,000 
tuns  of  the  salts  of  strontium.  They 
also  manufacture  superphosphates,  and 
other  useful  fertilizers,  soaps,  glycerin, 
bichromate  of  potash,  potash,  caustic 
potash,  sodium  hypophosphite, 
liquid 
glass,  permanganate  of  soda,  sal  am­
moniac,  sulphate  of  ammonia,  ultrama­
rine and bi-carbonate of soda.

There were 93 applicants for  examina­
tion before the Michigan Board.of  Phar­
macy,  at Grand Rapids,  March 3  and  4. 
Certificates  as  Registered  Pharmacists
that  of
Assistant Pharmacists  to  forty-five,  the 
remaining  twenty-four  failing  entirely. 
The names  of  the  succesful  candidates 
are as  follows:

R E G IST E R E D   P H A R M A C IS T S .

. 

.

.

Babcock, Wm.  C., Britton.
Borrodaile,  Fredrick H.,  Ann Arbor. 
Davis,  A. Clement.  Grand Ledge. 
Fenton,  Geo. C.,  Bailey.
Fisk, Frank M.,  Edwardsburg.
Golden,  Enos,  Fenton.
Goodwin, Andrew J., Detroit.
Hayes, Frank L., Detroit.
Herrick,  Archie W., St.  Louis.
Lamb,  Bert,  Detroit.
Miller,  Mort.  F.,  Cadillac.
Mortimer, Wm., Yale.
Newark, Wallace E., Brookfield. 
Patterson, Albert A., Grand  Rapids. 
Pierce,  Edwin P., Allegan.
Ramsell,  Geo., Red  Jacket.
Rannells, Chas.  S.,  Vermontville. 
Riggs,  Miles E.,  Cheboygan.
Schall,  Hiram W., Three Rivers.
Servis,  Richard A., Pentwater.
Smith,  Samuel  R., Grand Rapids. 
Sriver.Alva P.,  Grand Rapids. 
Tuxbury,  Fred S.,  Hart.
Webber, Forest M., Detroit.

ASSISTANT  PHARMACISTS. 

Andrews,  Henry W.,  Adrian.
Bacon, Wm.  Royal,  Sault  Ste.  Marie. 
Barth, Wm., Grand Rapids.
Beall,  Lucien M.,  Richland.
Bidwell,  Myron E.,  Dowagiac.
Connell,  Harry J.,  Belding.
Day, Wm.  D.,  Belding.
DeJonge, Cornelius, Zeeland.
Erb, Ernest L.,  Coopersville.
Foley, Bion E.,  Lakeview.
French, Hart P.,  Mulliken.
Holland, Wm.  L., St.-Joseph. 
Humphrey, Curtiss E.,  Holly.
Johnson,  Geo. A., Boyne  City.
Jones, Freeman R.,  Muskegon. 
Kaeding, Julius F., Detroit 
Karin sen, Theodore, Greenville. 
Kincaid,  Richard E.,  Hersey. 
Kirtland,  Addison L., Lakeview. 
Knabb, Win.  F.,  Monroe.
Lane, Frank,  Detroit.
Leonard, Oliver B.,  Grand Rapids. 
Loppenthein, John W., Ludington. 
McDonald, Newell, St. Johns.
Maser, John J.,  Lansing. 
Mastenbroek, John,  Muskegon. 
Mulloy, Wm., Minden City.
Nichols, Omar A.,  Battle Creek. 
Perry, Artemas A.,  Dowagiac.
Rensch,  Moses E..  Ionia.
Rickerd, Vinton J., Grand Rapids. 
Reichel,  Henry, Grand Rapids. 
Robertson, Chas. A.,  Coopersville. 
Ross, Zimmerman,  Marlette.
Sweet,  Fred A., Detroit.
Von Nostitz,  Geo.,  Detroit.
Ware, Cornelius N., Colon.
Weinman,  Fred, Lansing.
White, Claude,  Lakeview.
Bosma,  Ben J.,  Gfand  Rapids. 
Chappell,  Lewis E.,  Grand Rapids. 
Col, Albert Grand  Rapids.
Fox,  Henry W., Grand Rapids. 
Risinger,  Harry, Cedar Springs. 
Eckerman, Chas. T., Muskegon.

G rand  R apids  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society.
The quarterly  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society,  which 
will be held  at  T h e  T radesm an  office 
on Thursday evening,  promises to be  an 
unusually interesting one,  as the  matter 
of handling or  boycotting  Hood’s  goods 
will probably come  up  for  decisive  ac­
tion.  Most  of  the city  druggists  have 
put Hood’s goods under the counter  and 
sell  them  only  when  the  customer  re­
fuses to  take  any  other.  Only  two  or 
three city druggists have  signed  the  re­
bate contract,  the remainder refusing  to 
ree to  sell  an  article  at  a  minimum 
price of 83 cents,  when  there  is  no  ne­
cessity of selling it below the  established 
price of  $1.

Opium 

The  D rug  M arket.
is  steady.  Morphine  is  un­
changed.  Quinine is weak and lower for 
foreign brands.  Domestic makes are un­
changed.  Nitrate silver is lower.  Borax 
is scarce and higher.  Cream  tartar  and 
tartaric  acid  are  both  firm  and  tend 
higher.  Citric  acid  will  probably  ad­
vance  again  soon.  American  saffron is 
lower.  Malaga  olive  oil  has  advanced 
and tends higher, on account of  the  cus­
tom  house  officials  classing  it  as salad 
oil,  on  which  there  is  a  higher  duty. 
Cuttle bone tend: 
Turpentine is higher, 
and  brimstone  have 
higher.  Sulphur 
cent.  Oil  anise  is
both  advanced 
lower.

Put on the  "C utters’  List.” 

Through the influence of the Hazeltine 
&  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  H.  B.  Larsen, of 
Manistee,  has been put on  the  “ cutters’ 
list”  of  the  National  Wholesale Drug­
gists’  Association  by  the  Committee  on 
Proprietary  Goods.  This  will  prevent 
Mr. Larsen from getting his  supplies  of 
proprietary remedies from any wholesale 
reputable  druggist—if  he  secures  any 
hereafter, they will have to be purchased 
clandestinely 
retailer. 
This  is  the  first  case  of  listing  in the 
State,  but  it  will  probably  not  be  the 
last,  as  several  dealers  in  Detroit  are 
still advertising cut prices.

through  some 

Send for Quotations.

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS

M anufacturers o f and Jobbers in 

Fieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags,

Metals, Iron, Rubber and Wiping Rags 

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,  

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.

Reference:  First  National  Bank,  Chicago. 
M i c h i g a n  T r a d b s m a n . Grand Rapidr.

Pilrnililre
Nelson, 
M atter 

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& Co.'s

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

Large  Variety. 

Prices Low.

C X X T S X X T G   R O O T .
W e p ay th e h ig h est p rice fo r it.  Address

PECK BROS.,  WGRAND  RAPîSs
SHIPPERS

IO
D rugs ^M edicines»

State Board of Pharmacy.

One  T ear—Stanley E. ParkUl, Owosso.
Two  T ears—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Three  T ears—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit, 
fo u r  Tears—O ttm ar F.berbach, Ann  Arbor 
F ive T ears—G eorge Gundrum, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, M uskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, D etroit.
Treasurer—8.  E. P arkill,  O wosso. 
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M eetings  fo r  1891—Ann  Arbor.  May  5;  Star  Island 
(D etroit) Ju ly 7;  H oughton, Sept. 1:  L ansing  Not. *-
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical Aim’d.

President— D. E. P rall. Saginaw .
Tiret Vice-President—H. G. Colem an, K alam azoo.
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor.
Third V ice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Kent M eeting—At Ann Arbor, in   October, 1891._________
Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
P resident. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott 
,
R egular M eetings—F irst W ednesday evenin g o f March,  w e r e   i s s u e d   1 0   t w e n t y - I O U r   a n a  
June, Septem ber and Decem ber._____________ _____ .
Grand Bapids Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, F. D. Kipp;  S ecretary, W. C. Sm ith._______

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Detroit Pharmaceutical Society, 
president, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

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

THE  DRUGGIST.

Written for Th e Tradesman.
What man is he who night and day 
Is at Mb store to serve alway,
Who hastes to aid without delay,
Often for kicks, Instead of pay ?

The Druggist.
Who on some cold and stormy night 
Bounds from his cot and turns the light. 
Admits some bruised and luckless  wight 
And binds his head, jammed in the  tight?

The Druggist.

Who when some dire asthmatic wheeze, 
When all our food has failed to please 
And naught can give our body ease 
Will then our aches and pains appease?
The Druggist

Who keeps a balm for every pain,
A lotion for each painful sprain,
Presents to us our duty plain 
And kindly says “please call  again?"
The Druggist.

Whose gentle hand bathed aching  head 
“With menthol in some form." he said; 
Whose tarter cream made light our  bread, 
Nor gave us alum in its stead?

The Druggist.

Who sells us ointments, salves and pills, 
And all that quiets human  ills;
Who keeps pure liquor from the stills,
That surgeon’s wish may be fulfilled?
The Druggist.
With suffering child as ne'er before 
When rain and sleet through darkness pour 
I go where crashing thunders roar—
How welcome is that lighted  store?
The Druggist.

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In after years when frail with  age 
He glances back on memory’s page 
While other cares his thoughts engage 
How bright the prospect of that sage?
The Druggist.

F. H.

T he  B oard  of P h arm acy .

Stanley  E.  Parkill  succeeds  Geo.  Mc­
Donald  as  Treasurer of  the  State Board 
of  Pharmacy,  pending  the  annual  elec­
tion  of  officers,  which  will  be  held  at 
Star Island  in  July.  There  is  consider­
able  speculation  as  to  bow  the  Jesson- 
Parkill-Gundrum triumvirate will  divide 
the salaried  offices at that  time,  but it is 
safe  to  predict  that  the  Secretaryship 
will  go to  either  Mr.  Parkill or  Mr. Jes­
son  and  that the  one who  does not  take 
the position of  Secretary will get that of 
Treasurer.  As  there  is  no  salary  con­
nected  with the  office of  President,  it  is 
not unlikely  that it will  be permitted  to 
go outside the triumvirate.

Sentiment in  favor of  a change  in  the 
present  law, electing  the  Secretary out­
side of  the  Board,  appears to be gaining 
ground in all  parts of  the  State, several 
letters  having  recently  come  to  T h e 
T radesm an  office, commending the pos­
ition  taken  a  few  weeks  ago.  Such  a 
the 
change *  would 
remove  the  unseemly 
wholesale drug trade  that no dealer who 
scramble  for  appointment  now indulged 
has  not  signed  the  rebate  agreement of 
in whenever a candidate has  the salaried 
I January 20 shall  be  sold  their  goods  at 
positions in  view, either  for  himself  or 
the $8 per dozen  rate,  but  must  pay the
friends,  and  do  much  toward  bringing
about a greater degree of harmony, which I been endeavoring to effect, is at last com-  *onS price of  $10 per dozen.  As only an 
is  absolutely essential  to  the  success of i  pleted.  The trust consists of those chem-  inconsiderable  number of  the  druggists 
I ical  works in which the  Leblanc process  in this  State have signed the  agreement,
e 
of chemical manufactures are made, such  the  sale of  Hood’s goods  is  likely  to  be
The Board  is  not  now self-sustaining, ; as  chloride  of  lime,  calcinated  soda,  considerably  curtailed in consequence of 

The  trust of  English  alkali  manufac­
turers,  which  for  some  time  they  have, 

C.  1.  Hood  &  Co.  have  notified 

The  E nglish  A lkali  T ru st.

J ames V eknob,  Sec’y

H ood’s  M an d ate.

owiug  to^the  expense  of  prosecuting so ! caustic  soda,  refined  soda,  sulphates, | this  mandate.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

Wholesale  Price  Current•

Advanced—Malaga olive oil, turpentine, 

sulphur, brimstone.

Declined—Quinine foreign, nitrate  sliver, saffron 

oil anise.

achdthc.

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

Acetieum...................  8@  10
Benzoicnm  German..  80@1 oo
Boracic 
30
Carbolicum................  26®  38
Citrlcum....................  58®  60
Hydrocnior...............   3®  5
Nitrocum 
.................  10®  12
Oxalicnm............... 
  11®  13
Phosphoriom dll........ 
20
Salicylicum.................1 
Sulpnuricum..............  IX®  5
Tannicum....................1 
Tartarlcum.................  40®  42

40@1 80
40®1 60

AMMONIA.

o 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  314®  5
20  deg..............  5)4®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

50@3 00

00@2 25

BACCAE.

60®1 75

Cnbeae (po. 1 50...........1 
Juniperus..................   8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30
Copaiba ......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  80
Terabin, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan......................  40®  45

BALSAMUM.

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po............   20
Prunus Virgin!....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   «
Sassafras  ............................  }*
UlmuB Po (Ground 12)........  10

EXTRACTTJM.

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Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is...............  13®  14
Ug.............   14®  15
3 s .............   16®  17
YBRRUM.
®  15 
Carbonate Preclp....
@3 50 
Citrate and Quinia..
®  80 
Citrate  Soluble...........  ©
®  50 
Ferrocyanidum Sol....  @
®  15 
Solut  Chloride...........  @
2 
Sulphate,  com’l .........   1)4®
7
pure............   @

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Arnica.......................  **©  30
Anthemls..................   20®  25
25®  30
Matricaria 
Barosma 
..................   20®  22
Cassia CAcutifol,  Tin-
nivelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50

and  tts....................   121“
8®

“  2d 
«  3d 
sifted sorts... 
“ 
*•  po........  75@1 

Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
tira Urta............
Acacia,  1st  picked—   @1 00
.  ..  ®  90
....  ®  80
®  65
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (V4s, 14 fcs,
16)..........................  
©  1
Ammoniae.................  25®  30
Assafcetlda, (po. 30)...  @  15
Benzoinum.................  50®  55
Camphors.............  
  50®  52
Eupnorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum...................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po...... .......  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  40)  ...  @ 35
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @  20
Mastic V.. 
Myrrh, (po. 45)..............  @, 
Opil,  (po. 3 75).......... 2 25@2 40
SneUac  ......................  28®  40
bleached........  f3@  35
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

“ 
herba—In ounce packages.

................  @

Absinthium................... —   25
Bupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Maiorum.............................   *8
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
«  Y lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  »
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  56®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. & M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®  36

MAONESIA.

OLEUM.

Cubebae.................. IS 00@12 50
Bxechthltos...............   90@1  00
Erlgeron......................... 1  90@2 00
Gaultherla......................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gosslpii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Juniperl......................  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............................... 1  00@2 75
PlciB Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
R ld n i.............................. 1  16@1 28
Rosmarlnl............  
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce..............  ®6 00
Succlnl.......................  40®  45
S ab ina.....................  90@1 00
Santa!  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @ 65
Tiglfi..........................  @1  50
Thyme.......................   40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20
B1 Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate................  13®  14
Bromide.....................   37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 80®2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
®  15
Potassa, Bitart, com... 
Potass Nitras, opt...... 
8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®  9
Prussiate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTASSIUM.

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RADIX.

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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. 40)..................   @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 40@2 50
Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 
IS®  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   45®  50
Maranta,  X*>..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut......... ............  @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foati-
dus,  po............ .......  @ 35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
ingiber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®  25
SEMEN.
15
..  @
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®
Bird, Is................ 
4®
Carul, (po. 18)......  
8®
Cardamon.................. 1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.........   10® 
12
Cannabis Sativa....4)4® 
5
Cydonium..................   75@1  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate....... 2 00@2 25
Foeniculum.........  @ 
15
Foenugreek,  po........ 
6®  8
L ini............................4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @4)4
Lobelia.................  35® 
40
PharlarlsCanarian....  8)4® 4)4
Rapa....................  6®
Sinapis,  Albu...... 
9
8® 
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
Juulperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
1 
Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galll............1 
Vini Oporto................ 1 
Vini  Alba....................1 

75@3 50
75@6 50
25@2 00
25@2 00

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SPONGES.

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

25@2 50
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc  ..  ..  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae__8 00@8 25
Anlsi ...........................1  70@1 80
Aurantl  Cortex.........   ©2 50
Bergamll  ...................3  75@4 00
Cajiputi......................  90@1  00
Caryophylll.................1  20@1 25
Cedar  .........................  35®  65
Chenopodli...................  ®2 00
Cinnamonll................ 1  20®1 25
Cltronella..................   @  45
Conium  M ac.............  35®  65
Copaiba  .....................l  20©1 30

SYRUPS.

Accacia  ..............................   50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Aram.......................... »50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
SclUae..................................  50
44  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  flrg.........................  50

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Aconitum Napellls R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................  60
and myrrh..................   60
Arnica..................................  50
Asafcetida............................  0
A trope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sanguinarla..........................   50
Barosma...............................  50
Cantharldes..........................   75
Capsicum.............................   50
Ca damon.............................   75
Co.......................  75
Castor.......................................1 oo
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona.............................   50
Co.......................  60
Columba...............................  50
Conium......................... 
 
Cubeba..................................  50
DigitaUs...............................  50
Ergot.....................................  50
Gentian................................   50
4  Co.............................   60
Guaica..................................  50
ammon...................  60
1 
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................  50
Iodine....................................  75
Colorless....................   75
Ferri Chloridum..................   35
K ino.....................................  50
Lobelia..................................  50
Myrrh....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
Opil......................................   85
44  Camphorated............ 
50
Deodor............................. 2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany  ...............................  50
Rhei.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentaria..........................   50
Stramonium..........................   60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVeride...................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

44 

44 

41 et Potass T.  56®  60

ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
44  4 F ..  30®  32
u 
4 
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3)4
44 
ground,  (po.
3®  4
) ............................. 
Annatto......................  55®  60
4®  5
Antlmonl, po.............  
Antipyrln..................   @1 40
Antifebrln..................  @  25
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  @  65
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
@  9
11;  >4s,  12)..............
Cantharldes  Russian,
@1  40 
P O .......................................
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
@  25 
@  28 
@  18 
4 po.
13®  14 
Caryophyllus, (po.  18)
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75 
50®
Cera Alba, 8. & F ......
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  20
Centraria....................  @  10
Cetaceum..................   ©  45
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squibbs..  @110
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  40® 1  65
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
German 3)4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
51
cent  .....................
Creasotum...............
50
@
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
@ 2
5® 5
44  prep..................
....
44  preclp.............. 
9® 11
44  Rubra...............   @
@ 8
28® 30
Crocus.......................  28®
© 24
Cudbear............
6® 7
Cupri Sulph...............   6®
10® 12
Dextrine....................  10®
68® 70
Ether Sulph............
Emery,  all  numbers
@
® a
po...............
50® 65
Ergota, (po.)  60......
12® 15
Flake  White...........
@ 23
Galla
7  @ 8
Gambler..................... 7
@ TO
Gelatin,  Cooper
40® 60
French.............   40®
44 
Glassware  flint,  TO per cent, 
cent.
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown................   9®
44  White..................  13®
Glycerins.................. 17
Grana Paradlsl
Ilumulns.......................  25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..
44  Cor 
Ox Rubrum
Ammonlati..
Unguentum.

9® 15
13® 25
17  @ 25
@ 22
25® 55
95
§
@ 85
@1  (5
@1  15
4:@ 55
Eydrargyrum............   @  75
IcnthyoDolla, Am. 
.1  25@1  50
Indigo..........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 7S@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 TO
Lupulin.......................   50® 55
Lycopodium................  50® 55
80®  86
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy
ararglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltis  JO®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IX).......................  2®  8
M anni a,  S .F ............   50®  60

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 20@2 45 
C. Co......................2 10@2 35
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstlca, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @200
Plcls Liq, N.  C„ )4 gal
doz  .........................  ©2 00
Plcls Liq., quartB......  @1  00
junta.........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Pix Burgun...............   @  7
Plumb! A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil.. 1  10® 1  20
Pyre thrum, - boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quassiae....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......   35®  40
S.  German__  23®  30
Rubia  Tlnctorum......  12®  14
SaccharumLactlspv..  @  40
Salacin...................... 2 00@2  10
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Santonlne  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
,r  M.......................  10®  12
44  G.......................  @  15

50

44 

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

OILS.

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

Bbl.  Gal
TO
60
50
58

44 

paints. 

Lindseed,  boiled  ....  58 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   50 
Spirits Turpentine__  45 

11
61
69
50
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  IX  2@4
44 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2X 2)4@3
44  strictly  pure......2)4  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
85@88
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7X
44  w hite................  @7X
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
1 00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.....................1  00@1 20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10®1  20
Extra Turp................160®1  TO
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  56@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  76

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Full  lie of  ¡Me  Dnugists’ Sundries.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

Weatherly’s  jHIicbipu  Catarrh  Remedy.

We  Have in Stock and Offer a Fall Line of

W H IS K IE S ,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive them.  Send in  a 

trial order.Jiaxeltine i Perkins Drill Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM A IST.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Green, $4.2604.50 for choice eating and 
$3.50@$3.75 for  cooking  stock.  Evaporated  are 
firm  at  14015c,  and  sun-dried  are  strong  at 
10@10*C.
Beans—The demand is steady and  the  market 
without special change.  Handlers pay $1.6501.80 
for country picked and find  no difficulty in mak 
ing  sales  at  $2.0502.10 for city picked.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—The scarcity  of  choice  stock  has  ap­
proached a famine.  Dealers are  offering 20c for 
all  offerings of  dairy  which  will  pass  muster. 
CTeamery is firmly held at 28032c.

Cabbages—50c  per doz. or $4 per 100.
Carrots—20025c per bu.
Celery—20025c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,$1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape Cods are nowout of market. 
Bell  and  Cherry  are  held  at  $9  and  Jerseys 
at $9.50. 
Eggs—The market is  nominally  weak, dealers 
paying 14c and holding at 15c.
Honey—Scarce at 16018 for clean comb.
Onions—Unchanged.  Dealers  stand  ready  to 
pay $1.26 aod hold at $1.40.
Potatoes—The  market  is  stronger  at  all  the 
principal consuming  markets, an  advance of 5c 
having been  sustained  during  the  past  week. 
Handlers are now offering 8u®iX)c ana shipments 
are likely to be lively for some time to come.

Squash—l* c  per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in good 
Turnips—30035c per bu.

demand readily commanding $3.50 per bu.

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P R O V IS IO N S .

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new....................................................   10 00
Short c u t......................................................  0 75
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  11  75
Extra clear,  heavy.......................:..............
Clear, fat back.............................................  11  00
Boston clear, short cut................................   11  50
Clear back, short cut................................ -   11  60
Standard clear, short cut. best— .............   12 00

sausaok—Fresh and Smoked.

l a r d . 

Family. 

l a r d—Kettle Rendered.

Pork Sausage.....................................................6*
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Frankfort Sausage 
.........................................7*
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................ 5
Bologna,  thick................................................  5
Headcheese.....................................................  5
Tierces............................................................
Tubs............................................................ . 
7
501b.  Tins........................................................7
Corn-
pound.
5*
5*
6*
6*
6
5%i
5*

Tierces......................................5* 
0 and 50 lb. Tubs.....................5J£ 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.............6* 
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case..............6% 
10 lb. Pails, 6 In a case..............6* 
90 lb. Pails, 4 In a case.............6 
501b. Cans.................................5X 
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  6 75
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 75
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................  8*
16 lbs.......................................  85i
12 to 14 lbs...............................  9*
picnic...................................................  5M
best boneless........................................8*
Shoulders..  ....................................................  5*
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................   7*
Dried beef, ham prices.............................. .  8
Long Clears, heavy..........................................5*
Briskets,  medium..........................................   5$£
light................................................5J£

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

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FRESH MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows: 

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Beef, carcass.

hind quarters.........................
fore 
........................
loins, No. 3..........................
ribs........................................
rounds...................................
tongues.................................

0  7* 
0  S 
© 4* 
011 
0   9* 
0
010*
Bologna.....................................................  © 5
Pork loins..................................................  © 6*
shoulders......... .............................  © 5
Sausage, blood  or head............................ 
0  5
liver....-........  .......'................   © 5
“ 
Frankfort....................................  © 7*
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Mutton...................................................7*08
Veal........................................................  6 * 0  7

CANDIES,  FRUITS  and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

10

STICK  CANDY.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Standard,  per  lb....................................  © 8
“  H.H..........................................  © 8
Twist  .......................................  © 8
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pails or packages, net  weight........... 8*
“ 
240-lb. bbls  ........................................  8
Boston Cream  .............................  
Cut  Loaf.........................................................   9
Extra H. H.......................................................10
MIXED  CANDY. Bbls. 
Pails.
Standard, per lb...........................7* 
8
Leader.......................................... 7* 
8
Special..........................................8 
8*
8*
Royal............................................8 
Nobby..............................................................   9
Broken.............................................................  9
M idget............................................................ W
English  Rock.............................................  • •  9
Conserves.......................................................... ?
Broken Taffy...................................................net, 9*
Peanut Squares............................................... net, 9*
E x t r a . . .......................................................   10*
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@50
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................65
printed............................................70
Imperials..........................................................65
Mottoes.............................................................75
Cream Bar........................................................60
Molasses Bar................................................... 60
Caramels................................................... 16018
Hand Made  Creams......   ...................... 9C@1  00
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams.........................................1  00
String  Rock.................................................. --75
Burnt Almonds...................................1  (0@1  10
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................65
Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................................11
printed, in palls..............................12
Chocolate Drops, In pails.................................12
Gum Drops, in pails........................................   6
Moss Drops, in palls........................................ 10
Sour Drops, In pails...........................  
10
Imperials, in pails....................... 
11
Floridas, fancy 250-200 176-150... 

fancy—In bulk.

...  3 E0@$3 75
138-126 ........................   3 00@3 25
96................. .............  @

ORANGES.

Russets, fancy 200-1'76-160-138 ................... 
126-112 ................................ 
Valencias, choice to fancy 420 .................. 
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“  300-240.......   2 7503 00
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3 00
LEMONS.
Messina, choice, 360.............................3  75©  4 00
fancy, 360...........................   4 50© 4 75
4 00
choice 300............................. 
fancy 390............................. 4  500 4 75

200............  

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3 25
3 00
5 75

W ritte n   fo r  T h e  Tradesman.

of the next meeting.

poses of  Protection.

NEW  ASSOCIATION.

The  Evil  of Over-Weight.

The  Retail  Grocers  Organize for  Pur­

GROCERIES.

“By  virtue of  my official  position  as I ing. 

No  one  else  volunteering  to  call  the  dealing with credit customers, 

Resolved, That  kerosene oil  be sold  at 
10 cents per gallon  straight on  and after 
March 15.
Resolved,  That  we  cut  off  all  credit 
customers who  do not  pay their bills the 
first of each month.
Resolved, That we  hereby resolve  our­
selves into an  organization,  to be  known 
In  response  to  a  call, circulated early 
as the Millenium Retail Grocer’s Associa- 
in  the  week,  about  fifty  retail  grocers 
monopolies and com-
met at Opposition  hall  last Friday  even-  tion,  to fight trust . 
ing for the purpose of  forming an organ-  binations formed  by others  and  to main- 
ization  to  combat  the  encroachments  of  tain such  combinations  among ourselves 
the  trusts  and  the  arbitrary  actions  of I as  we  may form  to  secure better  prices 
and  bring about  more  uniform action in
the wholesale grocery trade. 
meeting to  order,  Mr. Snoozen  arose and 
The  report  was  unanimously  adopted 
addressed  the  Knights  of  the  Scoop  in | by a  standing  vote,  but  the  election  of 
the following spirited manner: 
| officers was deferred until the next meet-
chairman of the last picnic,  1 assume the  As T he T radesm an was made an hon- 
liberty of calling this gathering to order,  orary member  of  the  Association,  it  ex- 
The retail  grocers of  Grand  Rapids  are j  pects to  be  able  to present a full  report
writhing  under  the  heels  of  many  op­
pressive  monopolies. 
In the  first  place, 
the yeast  combination  utterly refuses  to 
sell  us  bulk  yeast,  thereby  compelling I 
There  is  probably  no  other  fixtures 
us to handle  the filthy stuff put up in tin 
foil  packages.  Then  the wholesale  gro­
connected with  a  grocery  store  so  im­
cers all  agreed  to  sell  sugar  at a profit. 
portant  to  both  merchant and customer 
The idea of wholesale grocers making any 
as  its  weights  and measures.  The  first 
money  on  sugar  is  preposterous  and 
point is the correctness of  both.  This is 
ought to be frowued down upon  by every 
retail dealer in the  land !  Not  yet satis­
usually  attended  to  by  the  sealer  of 
fied,  the  wholesale grocers  have  formed 
weights  and  measures.  The  second  es 
a  combination  on  the goods  they  buy as 
sential is that they be kept  scrupulously
well  as  those  they  sell,  and  refuse  to |
allow  us  more  than  three  cents  apiece  clean,  and  this  must  be  attended  to 
In the name of all  either by the merchant or his clerk.  We
for our empty boxes. 
that is fair  and  square,  I protest agaiust 
occasionally hear customers  complain of 
such a tyranieal assumption of  authority 
short-weight  or  measure,  but who ever 
on the part of  the wholesale  grocers and 
| heard  one  complain  of  over-weight  or 
other trusts and suggest  that we form an 
j  measure ?  A pound of  anything  is  not 
association  to  combat  such  injustice. 
I 
will  act  as  chairman  of  the  meeting, 
sixteen  and  a  half ounces, nor even six 
reserving the  right to speak  on any  sub­
teen  and  a  quarter,  but  is exactly six
ject at least seven times.”
Mr. Squint  arose and  said  he deplored j teen,  and  anything  more  than that is as 
the  fact  that  kerosene  oil  was  now sold | unjust to  someone  as  anything  short of
so low that  there was no  money in it for 
it.  No  honorable  customer  desires that 
the dealer.  He moved  that on  and  after 
the merchant should give him  more than 
March 15  the  price  be fixed  at  10  cents 
he pays for,  any  more  than  he does that 
per gallon.
Chairman—The motion is out of order.
he  should  give  him  less.  With  many 
This meeting was  called for the  purpose 
customers  it  is  a  stock  remark,  while 
of combatting combinations—not to create 
j  watching  the  process  of  weighing  their 
new ones.
goods, to cry out,  “ Give me good weight, 
The  motion  was  seconded,  however, 
and was  put  to a vote  and  unanimously 
now ! ”  This  is  generally  accompanied 
passed.
by a laugh and  the  remark,  “ You  fel-
Mr.  Art complained  that a certain gro- 
Under
cer  on  Monroe  street  had  been  selling  lows need watching, you know, 
the guise of a little cheap wit,  this  class
oranges below cost. 
is out  of of  customers  are,  to  say  the least,  very
Chairman—The  gentleman 
order. 
insolent.
The Monroe  street  dealer  was  hauled  My  experience  and  observation teach 
over  the  coals,  however,  and  his action me that  employes  too  often  give  over­
condemned  as  unueighborly  and  dis-  weight.  Perhaps, as  a  rule,  it  is due to
courteous  to  the  other  members  of  the  carelessness  only,  although 
in  many 
trade. 
cases  there  may  be  a motive and it may
In  the  articles  of 
against  a  wholesale  bouse  from  which  tea  and  coffee,  from one to four ounces 
he  purchased  a  crate  of  eggs.  At  the  have been  found to be in excess.  May it 
end of  five  weeks  he found  some of  the  not be  possible  that  employes intending 
to engage in business  for themselves are 
eggs  to  be  bad,  but  the  jobber  utterly 
refused to take  them  back.  Referred to  in this way  attempting  quietly  to  esta- 
the Complaint  Committee. 
blish  a  reputation  for liberality,  which
Mr. De Spoken complained of the action j  would at  once  surround  them with good 
of  another  jobber  who  refused  to  take  customers from the start ?  Think of the 
back  half  a pail of  jelly which  was un-1  aggregate  of  losses  incurred  by  such
constant  over-weight  or  measure  to  a 
salable because his cat jumped into it by 
merchant  doing  a  large  business! 
In 
mistake.  A  customer  saw  the  accident 
weighing out one pound  of  any  article, 
and reported it around the neighborhood, 
if  only  one-eighth  of  an  ounce  over­
so that  his jelly trade fell off  altogether. 
weight  is  added,  it  is  one pound loss in 
Referred to the Complaint Committee.
every 128 pounds and  half  an  ounce  is 
Another  dealer  complained of  the  ac­
one pound in every 64. 
If “ a small leak 
tion of  another  house  which  refused  to 
will  sink  a  great  ship,”  may  not this 
take back  half a cheese  he found to be a 
trifling  leakage  sink  many  a  business 
slow  seller.  Referred  to  Committee on 
house ?
Complaints.
The  writer  would  not  intentionally 
Another  grocer  filed  a  peculiar com­
impugn  the  motives  of  any  clerk,  but 
plaint.  He  purchased  a  barrel of  rice 
that  over-weight  is  given in large num
when  the  price was  low,  but  afterward
concluded  he  would  not  need it and  re-  bers of cases be is positive.  He has also 
turned  it. 
In  the  meantime  the  price  been  told  by  reliable  parties that occa- 
advanced % cent a pound, but the jobber  sionally  a  merchant  instructs his clerks 
refused  to  allow  him the advance.  Re- ! to do this very thing,  in  order  either  to 
ferred to the Complaint  Committee. 
| do  a  little  supposed  advertising  or  to 
In  the  meantime,  the  chairman  had | obtain customers from a few competitors 
appointed  a  Committee  on  Resolutions,  of whom he may be jealous ;  but he may 
rest assured that such  a  procedure  will
which reported as follows: 
Resolved, That we denounce the action  in  the  end  result  in  many ways to his 
of  the  wholesale  grocers in  putting  the  disadvantage. 
“ Right wrongs no one,” 
price of  sugar up and the  price of  boxes j  and the true way  for  all  merchants is to 
down. 
| give exact weight  and  measure—neither
Resolved,  That  we  will  transfer  our  more nor less—and  see  to  it  that  their 
trade  from  any  jobber  who  presses  us  employes  do  the  same,  and  success will 
too hard for his pay. 

filed  a  complaint j be  done  purposely. 

be more likely to follow.  Observes.

Mr.  Pingleburg 

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FISH and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Det ten thaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

Whitefish...............................................
Trout......................................................
Halibut...................................................
Ciscoes...................................................
Flounders..............................................
Bluefisb............ ...................................
Mackerel................................................
Cod.........................................................
California salmon.................................
Fairhaven  Counts................................
F. J. D. Selects......................................
Selects  ..............  ..................................
F. J. D....................................................
Anchors.................................................
Standards...............................................

o y s t e r s—Cans.

010 
0  9 
©18 
0  5 
0  9 
012 
025 
©12 
018

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

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Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........  18020
“ choice 
........  @16
012*
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010
box.......................... 
........................  
0  8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................4  @6

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Almonds, Tarragona.................... 

50-lb.  “ 

NUTS.

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017*
017
Ivaca..................................... 
California.............................   @17
Brazils, new...........  . -..........................  
012*
030
Filberts.......................... .......................  @H
©25
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................  ©15*
©23
“  Marbot..................... .............   @12
©20©18
Chill.......................................   @10*
“ 
Table Nuts, No. 1..................................  @15*
No. 2..................................  ©14
SHELL  GOODS.
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................  14016
Oysters, per  100.....................................1  2501  50
Cocoanuts, full sacks............................  ©4 50
Clams, 
.....................................  7501  00
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns  ...............................  @6
@1  25 
Standards,  pergal. 
“  Roasted  ...................7*@  8
01  65
Selecta,
1  50  Fancy, H.  P., Flags  ........  ...................  © 6
Scrimps,
“  Roasted...................   7 * 0  8
1 so 
Clams,
Scallop«,

Choice, H. P.,  Extras

BULK  GOODS.

PEANUTS.

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Roasted.................6*@

C U R T I S S   &  C O .,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR  SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T K A lD E S M A lNT.

Wholesale Jt^rioe  Current•

The  quotation*  given  below  cure  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

OILS.

follows:

The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as 
Water White..............  @  9
Michigan  test............  @ 854
Naptha.......................  @ 754
Gasoline.....................  @ 9J£
Cylinder..................... 27  @36
E ngine.......................13  @21
Black. 15 Cold  Test...  @954

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OXFORDS.

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.56

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.56

.51

CHAMPION  OXFORDS.

.45  1 

.42

.39

.42

.39

CANDEE  TENNIS,  50  Off  List.

Send  your fall orders on  Woonsocket  Rubbers, 50 off.  Rhode  Islands, 50 and  10 off,
G. JR.  MA.YHBW,  Grand  Rapids.

 

 

 

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MEAL.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

splint 

1 3
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 76
Baskets, market................   35
bushel..................   1 50
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6  25
“  No.3 7  25
“  No.l  3  50
“  No.2 4  25
“  No.3 5  00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
W hite......................... 
94
Red............................. 
94
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted.................................  1 45
Granulated.........................  1 65
Straight, in sacks...............  5 00
“ 
“  barrels...........   5 20
Patent 
“  Backs...............  6 00
“ 
“  barrels...........  6 20
Graham  “  sacks............  4 80
Rye 
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2 00
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran........................................ 10 00
Screenings............................  18 10
Middlings................................21 00
Mixed Feed......... ............   24 50
Coarse meal..........................   24 00
Milling................................   80
F eed...................................   60
Brewers, per  100  lbs........... 1  25
Feed, per  bu.......................  60
Small  lots........................   635*
Car 
“  .........................  6054
Small  lots........................... 55
Car 
“  ............................52
No. 1......................................   10 00
No.2......................................  9 00
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal:
Green..........................   4 @5
Part  Cured....................   @5
Full 
5 
Dry...............................  6 @ 7
Kips,green...................4 @5
Calfskins,  green.........  5 @ 6
cured...........5 @ 7
Deacon skins................10 @30

“  cured...... ............5  @ 054

barley.

HIDES.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

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No. 2 hides 54 off.

FURS.

WOOL.

Shearlings....................10 @25
Estimated wool, per 9) 20  @28
Washed............................20@30
Unwashed....................... 10@22
Outside prices are for No. 1 only
Badger.................... $0 20@$1  CO
Bear.......................  5  00@30 00
Beaver....................  2  00© 8 CO
05®  25
Cat,  house.............. 
Cat, wild................. 
10A  50
Coon  .....................  
25@ 1  00
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
M'artin, pale and yel­
40@  1  00
low  ...................... 
Martin, dark...........  1  50© 3 00
Mink....................... 
25@  1  25
Muskrat..................   07 
20
Opossum................. 
05 
15
Otter.......................  3 00  10 00
Skunk.................... 
10  140
Wolf  .....................   100  300
Beaver castors, per

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

deerskins—Per  pound.

Thin and green....................   10
Long gray........................ 
  20
Gray....................................... 25
Red and  blue...................  35
Tallow.......................... 3  @4
Grease butter  ...........  1  @2
Switches....................   154® 2
Ginseng...«...............2 59@3 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

@ 654

Snider’s  Tomato.................2 40

SOUPS.
SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice...............................10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
u  Batavia in bund__ 15
Saigon in rolls........ 35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................25
Zanzibar..................15
” 
Mace  Batavia..................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy.................. 80
“  No.  1.......................75
“.  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
Sage..................................... 20

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54s 

SUGARS.

54s
Allspice......................  80  150
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger, Jam...............   84  1  55
Af..................   80  1  50
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper......................  84  155
Sage..............................   84
Cut  Loaf.......................   @754
Cubes.........................  @7
Powdered..................   @7
Granulated................. 6.81® 67»
Confectioners’ A........65s© 6.69
White Extra  C.........  @ 654
Extra  C......................  @ 5%
C ....................................  @554
Yellow.......................  @ 554
Dark  Molasses...........
Less than 100 lbs.  54c advance 
Tea, 2 lb,  tin scoop...........$ 6 50
...........  7 25
“  5-tb,  tin  scoop.........   8 75
“ 
...........  8 75
Grocers’, 11-9),  tin  scoop.  11  00
brass  “  ..  12 25 
“  ..  13 25
brass  “  ..  14 75

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  brass  “ 

22-9),  tin 
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..........................  654
40-lb 
.........................  654
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  6
3-lb 
 
6
6-lb 
......................654
40’and 50 lb. boxes..............  454
Barrels................................   454
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SALERATUS.

barrels ..  .1  75 
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .554
Dwight’s Cow........................ 554
Taylor’s.................................554
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf.............554
pure,....................... 554
Our Leader.........................  5
Corn, barrelB.................... 
25
one-half barrels—  
27
Pure  Sugar, bbl................30@40
“ 
half barrel— 33@42

STRUTS.

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

7
854
8
8
8

“ 

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

GUNPOWDER.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @20
Good...........................  @22
Choice.......................... 24  @29
Choicest.......................32  @36
D ust.............................10  @14
F a ir............................  @20
Good..........................   @22
Choice.......................... 24  @29
Choicest....................... 32  @i"6
Dust............................. 10  @14
F air............................  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40 
Common to  fair...........25  @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy............ 75  @85
Common to fair...........25  @30
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
Common to fair...........20  @35
Superior to fine............40  @50
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
F air.............................25  @30
Choice..........................30  @35
Best.............................55  @65
Tea Dust.....................  8  @10

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

TOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

t o ba c c o s—Smoking.

Hiawatha................... 
60
Sweet  Cuba................ 
34
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................   37
Peach  Pie  .............................34
Tobacco” ..............................35
Hector.................................17
Plow Boy, 2  oz...................32
4 oz.................... 31
IS o z...................32
VINEGAR.
40 gr.......................................8
50 gr.....................................  9
Tin foil cakes, per doz........... 15
Baker’s, per  lb....................... 30

t e  a st-  -Compressed.

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SODA.

SEEDS.

PAPER.

SAL  SODA.

PA PER & WOODEN WARE 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw 
................................. 175
Rockfalls..............................200
Hardware..............................254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods...................  554@6
Jute Manilla...............   654@S
Red  Express  No. 1............  5
No. 2..............4
48 Cotton.....................  
  25
Cotton, No. 1....................... 22
“   2 ...................................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........  40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
Wool...................................   7

Old Country, 80.....................3 20
TJno, 100................................ 3 50
Bouncer, 100....................— 3 00
Boxes..........................  ...... 55*
Kegs, English.......................4%
Kegs.................................  
154
Granulated, boxes................2
Mixed bird.................  454® 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary.................................. 354
Hemp.....................................454
Anise....................................13
Rape...................................   6
Mustard.................................754
Common Fine per bbl......   @95 .  „   „
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27 |
28 pocket.............................. 1 75
60 
............................. 2  00 ,
“ 
7 00 
100  “ 
............................. 2 15  Tubs, No. 1
No. 2......................
“  Tirr*  2
Ashton bu. bags.................  75 ' 
6  00 
5 00 
“  No. 3......................
Higgins  “ 
.................  75
1  50 
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
.................  35
Warsaw “ 
1  75 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop.. 
  20
........ 
50
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes..
Diamond  Crystal,  cases— 1  50 
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1 001  25
“  28-lb sacks  25
50
“  56-lb 
2 00 
“  60  pocket.2 25
2 75

“ 
“ 
54 bu  “ 

WOODENWARE.

TWINES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

SALT

“ 

“ 

“  

 

WALES Goodyear  Tennis
WALES Goodyear  Tennis

APPLE  BUTTER.

Chicago goods..  ............ 754@8

AXLE GREASE. 

Frazer’s.

“ 
“ 

Wood boxes, per  doz  ......10 80
3 doz. case... 2 40
“ 
per gross.......9 00
“ 
25 lb. pails, per doz  ..........13 00
15 lb.  “ 
per  gross........  8 50
Aurora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz...... $0 60
3 doz. case...  1  75
per  gross__ 6 00
Wood boxes,  per doz  ......$0 50
3 doz. case...  150
per  gross__ 5 50

Diamond.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
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Peerless.

BAKING  POWDER.
* lb . 
6 oz. 
54 lb. 
12 OZ. 
lib. 
51b.

25 lb. pails..............................$0 90
Thepure, 10c packages. — $1  20
1  56
2 28 
2 76
4 20
5 40 
.26 00
45
Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 
2  “  .... 
85
1  “  ....  1  10
bulk............  10
Telfer’s,  M lb. cans, doz..  45
“  .. 
85
“  ..  1  50
Arctic, 14 lb can s.............. 
60
..............  1 20
14 9)  “ 
..............  2 00
1 lb  “ 
5 lb  “ 
..............  9 60
40
 
14 lb  “ 
80
...........  1  50
i lb  “ 
BATH  BRICK.

Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
“  Hlb.  “ 
lib .  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Red Star, 14 1b  cans.......... 
 

14 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

2 dozen in case.

 

 

“ 

8oz 

b l u in g .  Gross

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  70
Domestic.............................   60
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4 00
“ 
7 00
“  pints,  round.......... 10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  .................  4  50
No. 2 Hurl..........................  1  75
2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2  25
2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.........................  2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.................  1  20
Mill .  .................................  3 25
Warehouse...........................2 75
BUCKWHEAT  PLOUR.
Rising Sun...............................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising............................... 4 50

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b u t t e r in e .
Creamery.

Dairy.

Solid packed....................  1354
Rolls................................   14
Solid packed....................  11
Rolls................................   H14
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  10
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................11
Wicking............ ................ 25

CANDLES
“ 

..............  914

Strawberries. 

“ 

MEATS.

Whortleberries. 

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,  brands.. 1  05©1  25 
Peas,  soaked.......................  75

VEGETABLES.

CHICORT.

“  marrofat............ ...@ 1
“  stand June......... ........1
“  sifted  1 
.........
...@1
2
“  fine French........
Mushrooms................
......i
Pumpkin  ..................
....@i
Squash....................... ........i
Succotash, soaked__
...... i
standard...
Tomatoes, stand br'ds 1  0Q@1  10
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet............. 
22
 
Premium..........................  
34
Pure...............:................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa..............  %  40
Bulk............. .......................4
Red......................................7
Fancy Full  Cream___11 @1154
Good 
10  @1054
Part Skimmed.............  8 @ 9
Sap Sago....................  @22
E dam ......................   @1  00
Swiss, imported........  24©  25
domestic  __  15©  16
Limburger..........................   15
CHEWING  GUM.
...35
Rubber, 100 lumps.........
200  “ 
.........
...40
Spruce, 200 pieces........... . ..40
Snider’s, % pint............
pint..................
quart...............
CLOTHES PINS.

CHEESE.
 

.  .1  35
...2 30
...3 50

5 gross boxes................... 50
Bulk.............................4  @454
Pound  packages...........  @7-

COCOA  SHELLS.

CATSUP.

“ 
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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

COFFEE.
GREEN.Rio.

Santos.

Fair.................................... 2054
Good...................................21
Prime.................................2154
Golden............................... 2254
Peaberry  ............................23
Fair.....................   ............ 2054
lood....................; .............21
Prime.................................2154
Peaberry  ............................2254
Mexican and Guatemala,
Fair....................................22
Good...................................23
Fancy.................................25
Prime.................................2254
M illed.................................24
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth................... 26
Mandehling........................29
Imitation........................... .25
Arabian............................... 27

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.

 

“ 

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 lb. Star.............. 3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce 3 50
“ 
l lb.  stand  ........... 1  20
“ 
2 lb. 
2 00
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .3 50
«• 
31b.  soused......... 3 50
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1 75©1  90 
“ 
lib. Alaska.. 
©140
Sardines, domestic  548 —   5® 6 
“ 
54s....  7® 8
“  Mustard %s.........  @10
Imported  J4s...  @11
“ 
spiced,  54s  ......... 
“ 
10
2 50
Trout, 3 Id. brook  ......... 

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FRUITS.

4 00

2 40

Peaches.

York State, gailous...
Apricots.
Santa Cruz...............
Lusk's.......................
Cherries.
Red............................
Pitted Hamburg.  ...
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Gages.
E rie............................  @1  65
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  10
P ie............................. 1  60® 1
Maxwell.................... 
2
Shepard’s ...................... 
2
California.................. 2 60@2
Domestic....................
Riverside...................
Pineapples.
Common.....................
Johnson's  sliced.......
grated.......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red.............................
Black  Hamburg.........

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

Pears.

“ 

ROASTED.

PACKAGE.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXX X __ 25J4
Lion......................................25*£
“  in cabinets..................2654
Durham................  
2554
EXTRACT.
75
Valley City......................... 
Felix.......................................   1 15
Hummel’s..........................  
65
CLOTHES  LINES.
.. .per doz.  1  35 
Cotton, 40 ft...
1  50
“ 
50 ft...
1  75
“ 
60 ft...
2 00
“ 
70 ft...
2 25
“ 
80 ft.  .
“ 
1  CIO
60 ft...
1  15
“ 
7 2 ft..
CONDENSED MILK.
7 50
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss..............6 00@ 7 70

«
«•
Jute
“

COUPONS.
“Superior.”

“Tradesman.”

“  “ 
“ “ 
“  “ 
“  “ 

“  “ 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“ “ 

$  1, per hundred...............   2 50
$ 2 
..............3 00
................  4 00
$5, 
$10, 
................  5 00
$20, 
....................  6 00
$ 1, per hundred............... 2 00
...............   2 50
$ 2 
....................  8 00
$5 
$10, 
..........4<W
$20, 
................5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.............. 5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter...................  754
Seymour 
554
Butter..................................554
“  family...........................554
“  biscuit.......................654
Boston..................................754
City Soda............................. 7*4
Soda.....................................6

10 
 
...  ...... 20 
CRACKERS.
“ 

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S. Oyster...............................554
City Oyster. XXX............,..  554
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’................................ 
25

CREAM TARTAR.

DRIED  FRUITS.

" 

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CURRANTS.

DOMESTIC.
evaporated 

Apples, sun-dried......1054@ll
14  @15
...14  @20 
Apricots, 
9
Blackberries1 
....20 ©22
Peaches 
1
@9
Turkey. 
Bosnia.. 
...  @10 
French.
@11
18 
Lemon.. 
18
Orange.
@18 
In drum. 
In boxes.
©20
Zante, in  barrels........  @554
in  54-bbls........  © 554
in less quantity  @ 6
r a i s i n s  —California.

3  “ 
Foreign.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Bags...........................7
2 10
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
2 20
3  “ 
2 35
fancy. 
165
Muscatel8,2crown  ... 
2 00
.... 
Valencias................... 
8
Ondaras......................   854@ 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  @354
Peas, green.................  @110
“  split....................  @354
Sago,  German............   @5
Tapioca, fi’k or  p’rl...  5  @6
Wheat, cracked.........   @5
Vermicelli,  import—   @11
domestic...  @55
FISH—SALT.

“ 
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“ 

“ 

“ 

Scaled 

Cod, whole.................  554® 554
“  bricks...............  754®  9
“  strips..................  754® 9
Halibut......................  @10
5 25
Herring, gihbed,  bbl —  
3 00
“ 
54 bbl.. 
“ 
12 00
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
80
“  kegs, 
“ 
... 
25
. 
** 
. . .  
12 00
Mackerel, No. 1, 54 bbl.. 
10 lb kit..110
“ 
Pollock.......................3 00@3 25
Trout,  54 bbls............   @5 50
“  10  lb.  kits.................  80
White,  No. 1,54 bbls..  @7 «0
10 lb. kits......   95
“ 
Family,  54  bbls...... 3 00
“ 
*• 
kits..............  56
FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

“ 

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“ 

Jennings’ D C.

HERBS.

JELLIES.

LAMP WICKS.

’’
.1  00 
.1:50 
1
1
.2  00 
.3 00
GUN  FOWDER.
 

Lemon. Vanilla
25
1  50
2  00
3 00
4 00
5  50

2 oz folding box.
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
5 oz
Kegs...............  
Half  kegs................................ 3 00
Sage......................................15
Hops.....................................25
Chicago  goods....................  4
No.............. 
............   30
No. 1.................. ................   40
No. 2...................................  50
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   18
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
No. 9  sulphur.......................... 2 00
Anchor parlor...............— 1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 25
Black  Strap...................... 
16
19
Cuba Baking.................... 
Porto  Rico........................19@23
25
New Orleans, good........... 
35
choice........ 
fancy.........  
45
One-half barrels. 3c extra

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

MATCHES.

LTE.

“ 
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OATMEAL.

PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  ...............................6 00
Half barrels............................. 3 25
Barrels......................  @6 0o
Half bbls....................  @3 25
Medium................................   $7 50
“ 
54 b b l......................... 4 25
Small, bbl............................9 00
“  54  bbl..............................5 60
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25
Carolina head.......................7
No. 1....................... 6
“ 
“ 
No. 2...............   @5
Japan, No. 1..........................7
“  No. 2.......................... 6

“  T. D. full count...........  75

PIPES.

RICE.

SAUERKRAUT.

Barrels..................................... 4 50
Half barrels..............................2 75
Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox......2 50
Hand 
2 50

SAPOLIO.
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14

CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER.

VIII
W ritten fo r Th e Tradesman.

I had yet to strike the gay and  festive 
merchant. 
I had been held  prisoner  by 
dogs,  fired out  of  busses,  put  off  from 
trains,  abused by cranks and  insulted bv 
idiots,  but I  had  not  met  the  gay  and 
festive dealer with a large trade.  When 
a man  has a large trade  and  pays  cash, 
he can have my plug hat  to  walk  on  if 
he wants it,  and in this I  presume  I  am 
not built differently  from  most  knights 
of the  grip.

I met my gay and festive  man  on  the 
D.  &  M.  on  my  second  trip  out.  He 
didn’t look as though he had any use  for 
a place that wasn’t in  harmony  with  the 
prohibition  movement,  but  he  had,  in 
fact,  thoroughly  mastered  the  business 
of getting his little finger  up  above  his | 
nose.

After I had booked  his  order,  he  put 
on his hat and went out with  me  to  the 
hotel.

He broke up  two  games  of  billiards, 
put  the  balls  in  his  pockets  and  got 
everyone in the room up  to  the  bar  be­
fore  he  had  been  there  a  minute. 
I 
found out afterwards  that  he  furnished 
the hotel with most of  its  supplies,  but 
I didn’t see as that was any  reason  why 
he should fire the bartender out in  front, 
put on a white apron  and  mix  cocktails 
in a lemonade  shaker.  But  the  barten­
der didn’t seem  to  object,  and  I  didn’t 
see why  I should,  especially  as  he  con­
cocted rather a superior  brand  of  cock­
tail.

“Now, gentlemen,” hen said,  after  the 
mysterious mixing  was  over,  “you  can 
order anything you like,  but nothing but

know  the  merchant,  and  after  he  had 
searched  every  one  for  a  bottle  and 
failed to find one he sent  the  porter  out 
for some wine.

“Now, gentleman,”  he  said,  “observe 
the sly  coquetry  of  the  lady  near  the 
end of the board.  The last time  I  came 
here she  smiled  upon  my  efforts.  But 
you must never  count  on  a  lady  being 
in the same mood twice,  so here’s five on 
the queen with a  button.”

The queen seemed  to  have  a  wonder­
ful appetite that night, for she  devoured 
every dollar placed in  her  custody.

“When I get  into  the  common  coun­
cil,”  observed 
the  merchant,  as  he 
borrowed the ten  I had  taken  with  me, 
I’m going to have  the  queen  taken  out 
of  the  pack.  Now, 
there’s  the  little 
tray.  She don’t  wear  fine  clothes  like 
the queen,  and seems  to  be  less  expen­
sive in  her  habits.  Here’s  ten  on  the 
tray.”

The cards seemed  to  come  right  that 

time, for I got my ten dollars  back.

“See here,  Mr.  Syrup & Co.,”  said  the 
merchant,  your  money  won’t grow  in 
your hand; put it down on the board and 
help pay the boy’s rent. 
I’ll  bet  dollars 
to apples that if yon never saw the game 
before you’ll win.”

But I did not win; at least that’s  what 
the man who seemed to do  all  the  deal­
ing said,  and  I  went  into  a  rear  room 
and laid down.

At three o’clock the next  morning  we 
all stood at the bottom of the stairs, feel­
ing in our  pockets.

There wasn’t a cent in the crowd!
“Well,”  said  the  merchant,  rattling 
the keys in  his  pocket,  “someone’s  got 
I  could  drink  the
to  get  to  skating. 

cocktails  go. 
I  can’t  waste  my  talent 
on  people  who  smoke  cigarettes  and 
drink  beer.”

T H E   MICHIG^JST  TRADESM AN«
was getting tired, and I managed  to  get 
out covered with glory and seltzer water..
“Gentleman,” said the merchant, “meet 
at my  store  to-night  when  I  close  up, 
and we’ll go out and pull the tail  out  of 
the  tiger.

One of the  gentlemen  who  had  been 
playing  billiards  said  he  didn’t  drink, 
but  he’d  take  a  meal  ticket,  and  was 
promptly fined a pint of  cocktail.

I never was  much  of  a  drinker,  and 
the gay and  festive  merchant  filled  his 
lemonade  shaker  so  often  and  got  so 
many kinds of strong liquor in  it  that  I 
began to wish the bar would  stay  in  its 
place and not wiggle around the room like 
a Pullman sleeper off the track.

“I don’t approve of strong drink,  as  a 
rule,” observed one of the gentlemen  in 
front of the bar,  “but  if  some  one  will 
remove that dude from  the  rear  of  the 
counter,  I’ll endeavor  to  show  you  the 
correct thing in the time  of  gin  fizzes.”
I didn’t want a gin fizz any more  than 
I wanted to see sugar cane  growing  out 
on my hat,  but 1 believe I  helped  empty 
the gin bottle.

“Now, then,” said the  merchant,  tak­
ing off the bartender’s apron and putting 
it on  me,  “ we  have  a  gentleman  here 
who seeks the acquaintance of people  in 
our line. 
If he can mix a cocktail, we’ll 
take him into our  Most  Noble  Order  of 
the Red Nose.”

I  knew about as much about  mixing  a 
cocktail as I did about making  lace,  but 
I had to get behind the bar. 
If the  bot­
tles had staid in their  places,  I  think  1 
could have emptied a  few  of  them  into 
the lemonade shaker,  but  they  insisted 
an  keeping on the move. 
It is  my  opin­
ion that if  I  had  remained  behind  the 
bar one more minute  the  next  crockery 
salesman  that  came  along  would  have 
received  a  large  order,  but  the  crowd

I was innocent in those days,  and  had 
never participated in that  highly  moral 
ceremony  known  to  the  initiated  as 
“pulling the tail out of the tiger.”

Even after two hours sleep and several 
seltzers, I did not  feel  like  pulling  the 
tail out  of  anything,  put  I  wanted  to 
stand well  with my gay and festive  mer­
chant,  and get all the orders I  could,  so 
1 went to his store at the appointed time.
“Now,  gentlemen,”  he  said,  looking 
as innocent as the head man  at a Sunday 
School picnic,  “this tiger is  a  voracious 
beast,  and has sharp claws,  so  any  man 
that’s got more  than  ten  dollars  in  his 
clothes puts  it  in  this  safe,  where  the 
high  card  cannot  corrupt  nor.  the  last 
turn make it afraid.”

We all did as directed and started  out, 
my companions in a jovial mood  which I 
did not  share.  The  street  lamps  were 
walking about in a highly  reprehensible 
manner  as  we  proceeded  arm  in  arm 
along the principal thoroughfare,  and  I 
felt  as  though  I  would  have  given  a 
year’s salary to have been tucked  snugly 
away in some ten acre lot where  I  could 
have laid and rested  without  falling  off.
I don’t remember how we got  into  the 
“menagerie,” as  my  companions  called 
it,  but  I  do  know  that  in  about  five 
minutes we were  all  seated  at  a  green 
table that looked as though someone had 
been playing seven up there and  left the 
cards frozen into the  table.

All the people in  the  room  seemed  to

H. LEO N ARD  &  SONS, Grand Rapids.

Wholesale  Agents  for  the  National  Vapor  Stoves.

30  FEB  CENT.  DISCOUNT  FROM  LIST.  CRATING  EXTRA.

THIS ELEGANT CABINET. No.  15 

List each $28.00.

1  Burner National Junior Stoves,  Lilt $4.00 each.
2  Burner National Junior Stoves, List $6,00 each.

3 Burner National Vapor Stoves, List $8.00.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 5

PENBERTHY  INJECTORS.

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

town pump dry if it  only  had  the  good 
sense to run red liquor.  Let’s try, Bill.”
I  remember  that  I  weakly  protested 
against trying  Bill,  and  suggested  that 
we try a small lunch and a bed,  but  my 
motion was declared out of order.

After they had got me away  from  the 
friendly support of  the  railing,  and  on 
my way up the  street,  I  felt  somewhat 
revived, and even  entered  into  negotia­
tions  with  a  policeman  to  run  in  the 
whole party.

The officer seemed to  have  the  honor 
of being acquainted with my companions, 
and got away  before  any  one  saw  him 
talking with us.

“Bill” was evidently a gentleman  liv­
ing in retirement.  He lived up  a  flight 
of back stairs,  down  two  crooked  halls 
and down another  flight  of  stairs.  His 
door  plate  consisted  of  a  round  hole 
about an inch in  diameter  with  a  slide 
on the inside.

When we got into his place—which we 
did  only  after  a  succession  of  private 
raps  and  gently  spoken  words  which 
might have been  heard  a  block  away— 
we were met by a frowsy headed  gentle­
man who looked as though he  had  been 
in  bed  and  was  then  walking  in  his 
sleep.

“Well?” he said.
“if
“Well,”  repeated  the  merchant, 
up
you’ll  all  get  your  vest  buttons 
against the bar we’ll take a drink  before 
we  get  kicked  out.  And  you  needn’t 
mind mingling water  with  your  liquor; 
the bartender does that  when  he  opens 
up the saloon in the morning.”

I managed to swallow about a  drop  of 
liquor that would have cut the throat  of 
a  brass  dog  before  I  fell  back  to  the 
sweet companionship of a beer table.

When I  awoke  my  companions  were 
still drinking,  and the bartender was  of­
fering to give  them  all  a  situation  sit­
ting  in  a  rainwater  barrel  until  extra 
proof whisky  could  be  drawn  from  it. 
1 felt as though almost  anything  except 
money and  an  inclination  to  make  an­
other night of  it  could  be  drawn  from 
any barrel they chose to soak me in,  but 
I kept still so they wouldn’t know I  was 
awake.

“Now, Mr.  Gambrinus,”  I  heard  the 
merchant  saying,  “the  next  time  the 
Governor  of  the  State  conies  in  here 
and changes a fifty dollar  bill,  you  just 
take this all out and give him my regards. 
He won’t kick if he don’t know anything 
about it.”

I  could  have  hugged  the  bartender 
when he marked the bill down  on  a  tab 
and  turned  out  the  light,  for  I  knew 
there  wouldn’t  be  any  more  “rounds” 
that night.

I have only a faint and  indistinct  rec­
ollection of getting out  of  “Bill’s”  and 
going to bed with my hat on to dream  of 
the  queen  and  the  tray,  both  loaded 
down with ten dollar bills, dancing a  jig 
on top of a cracker  floating  on  a  quart 
of whisky.

The next day when I got to my friend’s 
place  of  business  I  found  him  selling 
goods  at,  a  2:10  gait  and  looking  as 
though he  hadn’t  taken  a  drink  for  a 
month.

Whenever I struck that city after  that 
I always had  special  business  to  trans­
act in the  evening.  One  night  of  that 
kind was  enough.

[to be continued.]

L. E.  Hawkins has gone to Santa  Bar­
bara, Gal., where he will spend  a  month 
with his family.

The  Most  Perfect Automatic  Injector 
H ESTER  <£  FOX,

Made.

Sole Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

F.J.DETTENTfMR

JOBBER OP

Bulk and Canned

Qy s t e r s ,

And  Fresh and Salt

Lake Fislii Ocean Fish

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt Attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

We  also want
Potatoes  and  Onions
In car lots.

We pay highest market  price  and  are 

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

128,130 and 132 West Bridge St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMR|i
Watch fUakcr 
b  Jeweler,
Grand Rapids,  -  filali.

44  CRNÄL  ST.,

G ran d   iia p id s  & In d ian a.

In effect February 1,1891.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

For'Saginaw, solid t r a in ............ 
For Traverse C ity............................ | 5:15 a m  
For Traverse  City & M ackinaw!  9:20 a m 
For Saginaw , solid tra in .............  
For Cadillac.......................................t 2:15 p m  
|  For M ackinaw............................. . . . t  7:45 p m  
From K alam azoo............................ t  8:56 p m

South. 

Arrive from   L eave g o in g  
North.
t  7:30  a m
t  7:05  a m
t i l  -.30  a  m
t   4:30  p m
t  6:00  p m
010:30  p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from   Leave g o in g  

South.
North. 
t   7:C0  a m
I  For  C incinnati................................|   6:0 0 a m  
tl0:80  a  m
i  For K alam azoo and  C h ica g o .. .+10:15 a  m 
From S aginaw .................................11:45 a m
f   2:00  p m
i  For F ort W ayne and the  E a st.. 
|  For C incinnati..................................t  5:30 p m  
|   6:00  p m
i  For K alam azo and  C h ica g o .... tl0:00 p m 
|11:06  p m
I  From Saginaw ................................ 110:30 p m
I  Trains m arked (f|) run daily; (t) daily excep t Sunday.
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—11:30  a   m 
[ 
!  train , parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw C ity;  10:30 p m  
!  train,  W agner  sleep ing  car 
for  Mackinaw  City.
|  South—7:00 a  m train , parlor chair car fo r  Cincinnati;
|  10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6 p m  
j  train, W agner sleep ing car for  Cincinnati; 
il:05  p  m 
train, W agner sleep ing 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.

V IA   D ..  1 .   A  N .

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

V IA   D .,  G .  I I.  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. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

F IT   F O R
>

il 

¡T 

T a b le :

All goods bearing the 

name  of

THUR1ÎER, WETLAND  &  CO., 

OR

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

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

THOEBEB, WHYLAND  & 00., 

West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Streeta 

New York City

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express......................................  7:20 a  m  10:00 p m
Mixed  ......................................................6:30 a m  
6:00 p m
Day  Express................................. ....1 2 :0 0 am   10:00a m
"Atlantic A  Pacific Express.................11:15 p m  6:00 a m
New York Express...................................5:40 p m   1:15 p m

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

"Dally.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping:  cars  ran   on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F red M. B r i g g s . G en'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. H aw kins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Ge o . W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. R uggl.e s. G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

I  20am
II 25am 
12 liam 
1 20pm 
510pm 
0 25pm 
3 55pm 
6 50pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Tonia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Owosso......  Ar
E.  Saginaw.  Ar
Bay City  __Ar
Flint  .........   Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit.........Ar

tNo.  14 tNo.  10 tNo.  18 »No.  28
3 45pm 10 55pm
6 5"am
4 52pm 12 37am
7 45am
5 40pm !  1 55am 
8 äfam
0 40pm  315am
9 15am 
8 45pm I..........
11 05am 
9 35pm j..........
11 55am 
8 Ot pin  5 40am
1110am 
10 "Opm!  7 35am
3 05pm
8 55pm !  5 50am
10 57am
9 50pm 1  7 20am
11 5'am
WESTWARD.
1  »No. 81
Trains Leave
Grand  Haven, aV  7 05 am 
Grand  Rapids, 
Ar  8 50 am
M ilw a u k e e  S tr,  Arj 
C h icag o  Str,

tNo. 11
1 00 pm
2 15 pm

tNo. 13
5  10 pm
6 15 pm

»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40.a. in., 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 ear.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
B en F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as.  Ca m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

CHICAGO

JANUARY 4, 1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.
A. M.  j  1*.  M. P. M. P. M. P. M.

Chicago...........
Indianapolis 
Benton Harbor.
St. Joseph........
Traverse  City..
Muskegon........
Manistee  ........
Ludington......
Baldwin  .........
Big Rapids......
Grand  Haven.. 
Holland...........
tWeek Days.  »Every day.
9 : 0 0  
1:00 
5 :0 t5

t9:00  tl:0 0  *11:35
.......... 
tl:0 9  §11:35
t9:00  tl:0 0  +11:35 
t9:00  tl:0 0 |tll:3 5
t7:25  t5 :0 5 [..........
t9:00|  t l  :00jt  5:05 t8:4rt : : : : : :
+7:25  +5:05
+7:25|  +5:05
t7:25|  t5:05 
t9:00  tl:0 0  
t9:00|  t l  :00

..........
t8:40
t8 :i0

t   5:05 
..........
*11:35
t   5:05
§ Except Saturday.
A. M. has through chair ear to Chica­
go.  h o extra charge for seats.
P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
with Wagner buffet car;  seats  75 cts 
P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.; solid 
train to Traverse City.
P. M.  is solid  train  with Wagner pal­
ace sleeping  ear  through to Chicago.

1 1 :3 5

DETROIT,

NOVEMBER  30,  1890.
Lansing & Northern R R
A  M. P. M. P. M..
DEPART  FOR
t7:25 t l  :20 *6:25
t7:25 t l  :20 *0:25
t7:25 t l  :20 *6:25
t7:25 t l  :20 *6:25
tl:2 0 *6:25
t7:2
+7:25 t l  :20 *6:25
t7:30 t4:30
t7:30 t4:30
t7:30 t4:30
t7:30 t»:30
t7:30 t4:30

Detroit  and  East.
Lansing...............
Howell.................
Grand  Ledge...  .
Lake Odessa........
Plymouth............
Howard  City......
Edmore..............
Alma...................
St.  Louis.............
Saginaw  City.  ...

»Every Day.  tWeek Days.
iT.O pr  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
I  .tiM  lor car;  seats 25  cents.
1 *90 p
Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
Seats, 25 cents.
JL .¿ A J troit.
.fkjr  p. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
0.«£<A lor  car, seats  25  cents.

For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

Ge o.  D e H a v e n, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For Portable  or  Stationary  Engines, 1 
to 500 Horse Power,  Portable or Station­
ary Boiiers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, 
Boxes,  Wood-working  Machinery,  Plan­
ers,  Matchers,  Moulders, etc.,  call on
W.  C .  DENISON,

Manufacturers’  Agent,

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

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive.

10:10 a m
3:45 p m

7:00  a m  
11:16 a m  
5:10  p m  

8:15 p m
Through tickets and full inform ation  can  he had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  tick et  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 07 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.O. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

W i& ù k  s
Roy 
óÀaPlE 

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GRANO RAPIOS MICH.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

THE  FRAZER

A LW AYS  UNIFORM .

O F T E N   IMITATED.

N E V E R   EQ U A LLED .

KNOW N  EV E R Y W H E R E .  NO  TA LK   REQU IRED  T O   S E L L   IT.

C ood C rease M akes Trade 

Cheap Crease Kills Trade.

O ne  P o u n d   D eco rated   T in s

1  DOZ.  IN   A  CASE.

FRAZER HARNESS SOAP 
FRAZER HARNESS OIL 
FRAZER  MACHINE OIL

MUSKEGON’S  PROGRESS  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 Seating Co., The Mnskegon 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.  HOLBROOK,

Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade.

