VOL.  8.

GRAND  RAPIDS

Fire  Ifl8iIranßB  Company.

Prompt,  Conservative,  Safe.

W. P. McB a in , Sec’y. 

8. P. A spin w a l l, Pres’t.

PEOPLE’S  SAVINGS  BANK.
Liability,  $100,000. 
Capital,  $100,000. 

Cor. Monroe and Ionia Sta.,

Depositors’  Security, J200,000.

O FFIC E R S.

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

D. D. Cody 
8. A.  Mormati 
Jas. O. MacBrlde 
Wm. McMullen 
D. E. Waters 
Jno. Patton, Jr. 
Wm. Alden Smith

D IB B C TO B 8.H. C. Bussell 
John Murray 
J. H. Gibbs 
C. B. Judd 
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C. M. Heald 
Bon J. Leathers

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Pour per cent, interest paidlon time certificates 
and  savings  deposits.  Collections* promptly
made  at  lowest  rates.  Exchange  sola  on New 
York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. 
Money transferred by mail or  telegraph.  Muni­
cipal  and  county bonds  bought and  sold.  Ac­
counts of mercantile firms{as2well as banks'and 
bankers solicited.
We  invite  correspondence  or| personal  inter­
view with a view to business relations.

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GRAND  R A PID S,  W ED N ESDA Y ,  A P R IL   15,  1891.
BANNER SOAP.
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Dessenberg  Co.,  Kalamazoo;  Jackson  Grocery 
Co.,  Jackson;  Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.,  Sinclair, 
Bvans & Elliott  and  Moran-Fitzsimons  Co., De­
troit;  Saunders  &  Co., Port Huron;  Merrill, Pi- 
field & Co., Bay City ;  Symons  Bros. & Co., Sagi 
naw;  St. Johns Mercantile Co., St. Johns.

Oanton, Ohio.

Sold b y

M i S M r  Sale at a Bargain

On  long  time  if  desired, or will  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  Stock  clean  and 
well assorted.  Location the best in the city. 
I wish to retire permanently from the drug bus­
iness.

C.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. Western Ave. 

Muskegon,  Mich.

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E S T A B L ISH E D   1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G . D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Qanada

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W a H   P a p e r

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Picture Frame Mouldings.
Also  a  complete  line  of  PAINTS,  OILS  and 

Jean De Vere and his bright petite wife 
were residing in a growing village in the 
Great West.  They  were both of  French 
parentage,  although  born  in  America, 
and  were well  educated and  spoke  both 
French and  English  equally well.  Jean 
was  a  mechanic,  a  house  carpenter  by 
trade,  although  now a  prosperous  mer­
chant.  The  young  couple  had  married 
and at once  left  New York City on  both 
a  wedding  and a prospecting  tour,  two 
years  previous  to  the  opening  of  this 
story.  The old-time  stage  coach,  drawn 
over the  then  marshy prairies by four to 
six  horses,  conveyed  the groom  and  his 
bride  from the terminus of a railroad  to 
the little village of S., forty miles farther 
toward the setting sun.  The  last day of 
the  journey  was in the  month of  June, 
and the virgin prairies of  the West were 
one  boundless  field of  wild  flowers, and 
every passing breeze was laden with their 
perfume.  A refreshing  shower  during 
the  night  had  washed  and  purified  the 
air, while the pearly drops still upon leaf 
and flower sparkled  like diamonds in the 
bright  morning  sun.  Groves of  timber, 
with a log farm  house adjacent  here and 
there,  relieved  the  monotony  of 
the 
boundless  expanse;  and  the  low, gentle 
cooing of the wild prairie chickens could 
be heard upon the still  morning air from 
all points of  the compass.  Occasionally 
a  bevy of  these or of  quail would excite 
exclamations of  surprise,  as  they  either 
followed or crossed  the  line of  our  trav­
elers’  pathway.  The  scene  was  all  so 
new  and  strange to our  two  happy  and 
hopeful  passengers as to call  forth  from 
them many expressions of delight.  Their 
six  fellow  travelers  in  the  conveyance 
were  the more  rough, but plain  and  po­
lite citizens of  the West, absorbed in  the 
serious  business of  life,  with little  time 
or  disposition  for  the  romantic or  pic­
turesque around  them.  From  their con­
versation,  DeVere  learned  that  a  large 
hotel  was to be  erected  immediately  in 
the village of  S., also  several stores  and 
dwellings,  and  that  mechanics  were  in 
demand at full  prices.  To him  this was 
welcome  information,  for  although  not 
what the world called poor, Jean  did not 
like  to  remain  idle.  The  country they 
were  now  in  was  one  lately purchased 
by the  United  States  from  its wild  and 
nomadic  inhabitants,  and  until  within 
the past  five  years not an  acre of  it had 
been  cultivated  with  the  plow.  The 
topography of  the country was varied by 
long  stretches  of  level  and  undulating 
tracts,  through  which  meandered  small 
streams fed  by springs of  purest  water. 
Upon  these  streams — generally  in  the 
most  picturesque  locations—the  embryo 
villages  of  fifty to 100  inhabitants  were 
yet  far  apart.  Some  of  these  villages 
had  great  expectations,  and  many  of 
them have since been more than realized. 
The writer  passed  over  the  same  route 
two  months later  in  the same  primitive 
conveyance,  when  each sunrise and  sun­
set  witnessed  the  departure of  day and 
night coaches from the Western terminus 
of  the  railroad;  two  and  three  coaches

NO.  395

closely following  each  other,  with  every 
seat crowded,  and  we  sang in chorus the 
lines of Whittier, as we passed along: 
“Behind the Indian’s  bark canoe,
The steamer smokes and raves,
And city lots are staked for sale 
Above old Indian graves.
I hear the tramp of pioneers 
Of nations yet to be,
The first low wash of  waves which soon 
Shall roll a human sea.”
It was  late in the  evening  when  Jean 
De  Yere  and  his  bride  passed  into  the 
drawing room of the only small two-story 
hotel  in  the  village of  S.  One  glimpse 
of  its interior,  however,  was sufficient to 
assure  them of  its  thorough  cleanliness 
and comfort.  While stopping for dinner 
and  a  relay  of  fresh  horses  that  day, 
Jean had  improved a part of  his  time in 
inter viewing a passenger who was a resi­
dent  of  S.  and  who,  finding  he  was  a 
carpenter,  was  pleased  to  give him  em­
ployment the moment he desired to begin 
work at $3 per  day and  continue as  late 
in the year as the weather would permit, 
which  occasionally  meant  all winter  in 
this  mild climate.  When  the  host  and 
hostess  made  their  appearance  to  wel­
come their guests, there were glad excla­
mations  of  surprise,  with  warm  hand 
shakings, as  Mr.  De Vere recognized the 
landlord  and  his  wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Osprey, as  acquaintances from  Ohio who 
had  visited  friends  in  New  York  five 
years before.  “At  that  time,” said  Mr. 
Osprey,  “ we had no thought of removing 
from Ohio,  but with  the vacation of  this 
region of rich country by the Indians,  an 
emigration  colony of  many families was 
formed  in  our  immediate  vicinity  that 
included  people  of  all  vocations.  The 
Western  fever  became  contagious,  and 
among the  rest wife  and  I  were carried 
off  by  it,  a  fact  which  we  have  never 
once regretted.  You will  notice  on  the 
morrow,”  continued  Mr.  Osprey,  “that 
the location of  our village is on undulat­
ing  and  somewhat  stony  land  and  not 
very desirable  for  cultivation, but a Mr. 
Warren, a farmer who  came  with  us,  at 
once  saw  its  advantages  as  a site  for  a 
beautiful city and while all others passed 
it by, and chose the lovely farming lands 
about  us,  he  selected  and  entered  this 
quarter section,  although  laughed  at  by 
his neighbors,  who were curious to know 
what  he  intended  doing with it. 
In  se­
lecting  this,  he  little  dreamed  of 
the 
value in its  gravel  beds and stone  quar­
ries at the time,  it being underlaid  along 
the  stream  with  almost  the  only  lime 
stone  within  fifty  miles.  Mr.  Warren 
urged  me  at the  time to enter 160  acres 
of  rather  undesirable  land  for a  home­
stead which lies adjoining his on the low 
land  at  the  base  of  these  hills.  With 
much reluctance, I took his advice,which 
is  likely to prove  to  my advantage after 
all,  as  it is exactly  where a railroad  can 
best  establish its depot  and roundhouse. 
I intend to donate  the road to which this 
village  is  the  objective  point  five  acres 
of  that  land,  provided  they will  occupy 
it for that purpose.  Mr.  Warren platted 
the  . illage as soon as possible  and,  as he 
proudly remarked,  laid the right founda­
tion  upon which  to  build  a  city,  if  re­
quired;  one which would  reflect his good 
judgment  and  honor long  after his  last

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sleep within sight of its spires and smoke 
stacks.  A  generous  departure  from  a 
too common  custom of  a  niggardly  sav­
ing of  land was  made  by Mr. Warren in 
laying out  his future city.  First, he has 
two central streets intended  for business 
only, surveyed at right  angles with  each 
other across his land.  These two streets 
are  100  feet  wide and  all  others are 90 
feet,  with  alleys in the  rear of  every  lot 
20  feet  wide.  Every  lot  is 50x150  feet. 
He further donated public school grounds 
in six (supposable)  wards of the city—to 
be—and  two  acres of  land  for a central 
school  or  college  building.  Lands  for 
two  public  parks  were also  platted  and 
reserved.  Mr.  Warren  kindly  donated 
me the two corner lots in  the very center 
of  the  village,  provided  I  would  com­
mence  work at once  and  complete  this 
hotel within sixty days,  as there  was but 
one public house at that time within  forty 
miles.

“You have arrived at a most opportune 
time,  Mr.  De Vere,”  continued  Mr.  Os­
prey,  “when our village and country sur­
rounding  it are  both  enjoying a flood  of 
prosperity,  and  there  is  an  abundance 
of labor required from men of your trade, 
and a more  certain  opportunity  for  safe 
and  profltable  investment  than ever  be­
fore  since  our  colony  came.  We  need 
rather more capital invested in merchan­
dise, as there are only two general  stores 
at present.  Twenty miles north of  u- is 
another  store,  and  had we  larger  stocks 
here, other  desirable trade would  natur­
ally  flow in from  this  direction, particu­
larly the present autumn, as the railroad 
will  then  be  completed  to  this  point, 
which will be the terminus for some time 
to come.”

Jean  De Yere  and  his wife  had  been 
guided to this  then  far Western  village, 
by a printed  circular  describing the new 
country which was  sent  them  by a rela­
tive of Mrs. De Yere from Massachusetts. 
It  simply recited the  facts  pertaining to 
the colony, the natural advantages of the 
country,  both as to agricultural and com­
mercial prospects,  in a very modest way, 
all of  which  a  few  days  after  arriving 
they were satisfied had even  been under­
estimated.  The  fact  that  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Osprey were prominent residents was,  in 
itself,  a  strong  inducement  to  remain; 
already  it  did  not  seem  like  locating 
among  strangers.  Three-fourths  of  the 
inhabitants  were  people  from  Ohio  and 
the  Eastern  States,  with  similar  habits, 
tastes and customs, mak:ng the condition 
of  society a most  desirable one. 
It was, 
therefore, decided  that  for  the  present 
they would make the Osprey House their 
home  and  that the  ensuing  Monday Mr. 
De  Yere  would  commence  work  at  his 
trade.  The  20th of  September the  new 
“ Hotel  Worthington”  was  so  far  ad­
vanced  toward  completion  that  it  was 
thrown open to the  public.  At this date 
the  little  village,  with  only a few  scat­
tered  buildings  in  June,  had  now  in­
creased  to  over  1,000  inhabitants,  with 
seven  different  stores (not  all  yet occu­
pied)  two  good  hotels,  two churches and 
a  two  story  frame  school  house.  The 
railroad  had  accepted  the  five  acres  of 
land  from  Mr.  Osprey,  subject  to  his 
stipulated conditions,  and had completed 
a handsome gothic depot and offices, with 
a  freight  depot,  20x150  feet.  A  round 
house  large  enough  to  hold six  locomo­
tives  was also  commenced and would  be 
completed before December 1.  The rail­
road  was  completed  to  the  village  and 
the  first  passenger  train  arrived  amid

the 
great  rejoicing,  October  8,  giving 
citizens  a  daily  mail  thereafter.  Mr. 
Osprey now platted the remainder of the 
forty acres of  land  upon which  the rail­
road  buildings  stood,  as  an  addition to 
the village  and,  in  doing so, carried  out 
the  original  plans  and  wishes  of  Mr. 
Warren by  joining the streets  and alleys 
to  his,  and  making  them  exactly 
the 
same width.  These plats, once on record, 
assured the  beauty and symmetry of  the 
streets  ever  afterward.  Few there  are 
who  in  founding  a new  village  have  a 
thought  for  its  future.  More  generally 
it is laid  out as if  to be occupied  by one 
generation  only,  whereas  it  may be,  for 
aught  they  know,  the  homes  of  future 
generations  for  many  centuries.  Most 
towns  having  any good  natural  advan­
tages should  be  laid  out with  the  latter 
object in view.  “Study the  future well, 
and  make  provision for  it,”  when  plat­
ting  a  village,  was  the  maxim of  a man 
who  has  laid  out  his  last  city on earth, 
although  thousands  live  to  bless  his 
name  for  his  forethought  and  kindness 
to  those  who  were to  come  after  him. 
Mr. De Yere  had  improved  his  time  to 
the  best  advantage  since  his  arrival  in 
the  Far  West  by  working  at  his  trade 
and  he had  not only  added to his wealth 
but to his weight, also,  and  was never in 
better health than at present.

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

A Silver Lining' After All.
Are you a dealer in dry goods? 

If  so, 
I  am  your  brother  in  trade—a  fellow 
traveler on  the  already  thronged  high­
way to wealth or poverty.  Soon  after  I 
first embarked in trade, 1 often hoped this 
highway might not prove a lengthy  one, 
as  life  did  not  seem  desirable.  How­
ever,  had death  suddenly  stood  by  the 
way side—like the old man in  the  fable 
with his bundle of sticks—I should prob­
ably have said,  “I am not yet quite ready 
to go.”  Still, I felt so at  times—and  so 
have you.  There are some  of  the  most 
provoking incidents connected  with  the 
dry goods trade the human mind can con­
ceive of,  yet with experience and wisdom 
they fade  into  insignificance.  Even  as 
far back as memory will now  accompany 
me,  the business had its pleasant as well 
as unpleasant phases. 
I  used  to  think 
profits were  sometimes  so  small,  while 
now,  as I look back,  I  find  I  was  mis­
It was only the  sales  that  were 
taken. 
small. 
I  sell a hundred  yards  of  dress 
goods now  where 1 did ten at  that  time. 
Suppose I  make  only  one-third  of  the 
profit 1 then did,  am  1 not doing a  better 
business?  Why  do  I  sell  more  now? 
First,  because  almost  everybody  has 
more to  purchase  goods  with.  Second, 
people  then  wore  heavier  and  courser 
fabrics  for  every  day  use,  and  made 
them last longer,  if  they  cost  no  more. 
When I first engaged in  business,  ladies 
hardly thought of changing their dresses 
from two to four  times  daily,  and  cus­
tom permitted them to drop in to a neigh­
bor’s dwelling unannounced,  in the same 
dress they had donned  in  the  morning. 
Now they must  have  a  morning,  after­
noon,  and  evening  dress,  dress,  if  no 
mor.  Do  you  ever  happen  to  have  a 
quantity of unseasonable goods on hand? 
Did you purchase a fine stock  of  woolen 
goods late in the fall,  congratulate  your­
self upon that “good purchase,” only  to 
find in the spring that the oldest  inhabi­
tant could hardly remember such a warm 
winter as the past,  and you  could hardly 
remember such a dull winter for trade in

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rock bottom prices.

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woolens?  Then,  as  if  troubles  never 
came singly,  the  summer  was  as  much 
too cold,  and the  lovely  and fashionable 
styles of muslins  were  rendered unsala­
ble,  and remained to be  carried  over  to 
another year,  by  which  time  new  pat­
terns had  appeared  and  these  must  be 
thrown  into  auction  sales.  These  are 
often the kinds of goods meant when  we 
placard our  window  thus,  “Closing  out 
at  any  price  to  make  room  for  new 
goods.”  This  is  good  policy  for  both 
ourselves and the public, as we shall  be 
making use of the money, be it  much  or 
little, and the people can really afford to 
hold the goods at the very low price they 
pay  for  them.  Do  you  not  sometimes 
find  among  your  purchases  a  line  of 
goods you have hurriedly  selected,  that 
when opened at home have  disappointed 
you sadly? I have been  thus  disappoint­
ed.  They seemed to present to us a  dif­
ferent  appearance,  and  the  more  we 
spread the goods out, turned  them  over, 
carried them to  a  strong  light  and  ex­
amined them, the more we were convinced 
that they would never sell for what  they 
cost us; that we shall never receive what 
we paid for them.  Paid, did I say?  The 
worst may be, that we yet have it to pay, 
as the goods were bought on  sixty  days’ 
time.  And we fret and worry over  that 
8200  worth  of  apparently  dead  stock, 
and wonder what induced that  salesman 
to extole the quality and style as be  did, 
when  all  this  time  we  are  making  a 
“mountain of a mole-hill.”  We are  dis­
gusted with the purchases, however,  and 
place them on the shelves,  a little out  of 
sight, fearing their  appearance  may  in­
jure  the  sale  of  our  really  desirable 
goods.  Some day  a  lady  finds  nothing 
she wants,  and finally  says,  “Please  al­
low me to glance  about  your  store  and 
see what you have.” •  Her eye  catches  a 
glimpse of those objectionable goods and 
it brightens at once.  “Here is just what 
I  want!  Mrs.  Smith  brought  a  dress 
from Chicago precisely  like  this. 
It  is 
just  too  lovely  for  any  thing  and  is 
among  the  latest  goods  out.  Why  do 
you not  bring  these  rich  goods  out  in 
sight?”  Thus she continues to enlighten 
you as  to  who  desire  these  goods  and 
what are the prices  they  pay,  until,  as 
the door closes  upon  the  lady  and  her 
packages,  you  are  ready  to  thank  her 
and to mark those goods  and  give  them 
a front window display; and  they  don’t 
last  a  fortnight.  When time  will  per­
mit, I will mention  many  other  similar 
incidents which will give a broader view 
of the business,  aid  digestion,  lengthen 
life, and,  as  I  remarked,  “Cause  them 
all to fade into  insignificance.”

He  Clot a  Receipt.

“Some time ago I was trading in  a vil­
lage store,” says a  correspondent, “when 
one of the clerks came to the junior part­
ner,  who chanced  to  be  waiting  on me, 
and said:  ‘Won’t you  please  step to  the 
desk a moment?  Pat Flynn wants to set­
tle his bill, and  insists  on  having  a re­
ceipt.’
“The merchant was evidently annoyed. 
‘Why,  what does he want  of a receipt ? ’ 
he said, ‘we never give one.  Simply cross 
his account off  the  book;  that is receipt 
enough.’
“ ‘So I told him,’ answered  the  clerk, 
‘but he is not satisfied.  You  had  better 
see him.’
“So the proprietor stepped to the desk, 
and after greeting Pat with a ‘good morn­
ing, ’ said,  ‘you wished to settle your bill, 
did  you ? ’ to which  Pat  replied  in the 
affirmative.

“Well,’ said  the merchant,  ‘there  is n® 
need of my giving  you a  receipt.  See! I 
will scratch your  account  off  the book;’ 
and suiting the action to the word he drew 
his pencil diagonally across the  account. 
‘That is as good as a receipt.’
“ ‘And do ye mane that that settles it? ’ 
said Pat.
“ ‘That settles  it,’ said  the  merchant.
“ ‘And ye’re sure ye’ll never  beafther 
askin’ me  fur it  again? ’
“ ‘We’ll  never  ask  you  for it  again,’ 
said the merchant,  decidedly.
“ ‘Faith,  thin,’ said Pat,  ‘and I’ll be af- 
ther kapin’ me money in me pocket,  for I 
havn’t  paid it  yet.’
“The merchant’s face  flushed  angrily 
so he retorted,  ‘ Oh, ’  well,  I can rub that 
out.’
“ ‘Faith, now, and I thought that same,’ 
said Pat.
his receipt.”

“It is needless to add that Pat obtained 

All on Account  of Potatoes.

The Register of  Deeds of Osceola coun­
ty, is authority for the statement that farm 
mortgages aggregating over $50,000  have 
been  paid  in  that  county  from  the  pro­
ceeds of  last year’s potato crop.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMRfl
Watch fiatar 

a Jeweler,
44  CANAL  8T.P
Grand Rapids,  ■  fdicli.

THE  PUTNAM  GANDY  GO.,
Wholesale
Man ufacturers.

Fruit  and  Nut  Jobbers.

ASK  FOR  FRICK  LIST.

&
GRAND  RAPIDS.

Buy our Custom Made River 
Boots  and  Shoes.  We  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.

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1891.

81  SOUTH DIVISION [¡ST.,  GRAND RAPIDS.

Correspondence solicited. 

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & Company,

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN".

AMONG THE TRADE.

ABOUND THE STATE.

Belding—Will Bricker  has  purchased 

W. D. Sinclair’s general stock.

Belding—W. W.  Weed succeeds  A.  M. 

Kenyon in the bakery business.

Alpena—F.  G. Holmes succeeds Holmes 

Bros,  in the crockery  business.

Birch  Ran—S.  S.  Tower  has  removed 

his hardware stock to Coleman.

Bancroft—Fuller Bros,  have  sold their 

grocery stock to B. D.  Rathbone.

Lansing — Herrick  Bros,  succeed  E. 

Parmalee in the grocery business.

Gaylord—Mitchell  Bros,  are succeeded 

by John Taylor in the meat business.

Birch Run—A. W. McKee has removed 
his drug and grocery stock to Mt.  Morris.
West  Bay  City—P.  C.  Smith  is  suc­
ceeded by J.  H. Emery  in  general trade.
North  Bradley — Babcock  Bros,  are 
succeeded  by  Wm.  Babcock  in  general 
trade.

Lansing—C. Krause & Son are  succeed 
ed  by  Albert  P. Walker  in  the  grocery 
business.

Middleton—Chas.  E.  Freeman  is  suc­
ceeded  by Geo.  W.  Brown  in  the  meat 
business.

Kalamazoo—Buechner  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by Buechner  &  Bidleman  in  the 
hardware business.

Detroit—The Detroit  Electrical  works 
from 

has  increased  its  capital  stock 
$300,000 to  $2,000,000.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—H.  B.  Nease,  Son & 
Co.,  who operate a planing mill here,  are 
erecting a shingle mill.

Ravenna—L. Gannon has sold his hard­
ware  stock  to  Ed.  Bartholomew,  who 
will continue the business.

Lisbon — Horace  G.  Johnstown  and 
Wm.  Thurston have  purchased  the store 
and drug stock of S. J.  Koon.

Detroit—Edward  Burk & Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by  M.  Laughlin  Bros.  &  Co. 
in  the  manufacture of  cigars.

Coopersville—B.  H.  Rolph  has  sold 
his  furniture  and  undertaking  stock to 
Garlick & Sessions,  late of Hubbadrston.
Shelbyville—Samuel  Wolcott  has sold 
his  general  stock  and  store  building to 
Ransom McIntyre,  a  farmer  living  near 
this place.

Alan son—Cross  Bros.  &  House — not 
Cross  Bros. <fc Hunt,  as stated  last  week 
have purchased  the  general  stock of  H. 
S. Beaman.

Saginaw—Fred  Reidel,  who  has  been 
with  the  Hoyt  Dry  Goods  Co.  for  two 
years,  has  resigned  to  engage  in  busi­
ness on his own account at Frankenmuth.
Bellaire—Owen  Schoolcraft  succeeds 
B.  A.  Nixon and E.  A.  Nixon in the fur­
niture  and  undertaking  business.  He 
will continue under the style of the  Bel­
laire Furniture Co.

Muskegon—S. S.  Morris will again  en­
gage in  business  as a  packer  and jobber 
of provisions in the same place  he  form­
erly occupied on the corner of First street 
and Clay  avenue.

Lansing—The wholesale bakery  estab­
lishment  of  W.  R.  & J. S.  Esselstyn has 
been purchased  by  Krause  &  Haviland, 
of Saginaw,  who  will  continue the busi­
ness at the old stand.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Frost—C.  F.  Martin  will  remove  his 

sawmill to Sault Ste.  Marie.

Saugatuck—A movement is on  foot  to 
convert the basket  factory  into  a  roller 
process flour mill.

Tawas—The sawmills of C. H. Prescott 
&  Son  and  the  Winona  Sale & Lumber 
Co.  are  undergoing  extensive  repairs. 
Both mills will be fully  stocked  for  the 
season.

Baraga—John  Funke,  who  this  year 
replaces  his  circular  mill  with  a band, 
has  sold  his  circular  to  the  Baraga  & 
Watersmeet  Railroad  Company,  which 
will set it up at  Alston to cut  timber for 
construction work.

Beaverton—Ross Bros, have purchased 
shingle  machinery  and  are  building  a 
shingle  mill  to  operate  in  connection 
with  a  sawmill  here.  They  are  also 
buying shingle logs and bolts.

Saginaw—H.  A. Emery has purchased 
a  timber  limit  on  the  Serpent  river, 
Ontario, estimated  to  cut  25,000,000 feet 
or more,  the  consideration  being $40,000 
cash.  The logs will be cut and rafted to 
Tawas to be manufactured.

Douglas — The  plant  of  the  Fruit­
growers’  Manufacturing Co.,  which  was 
recently  sold  by  the  receiver  to  D.  D. 
Tourtellotte for $11,800,  will be operated 
by a new company,  which will be known 
as the Douglas Manufacturing Co.

Saginaw—The Saginaw Lumber & Salt 
Co.  aod the Emery Lumber Co. "have  30,- 
000,000  feet  of  Canadian  logs  to bring 
over.  The  snow  in  the  Georgian  bay 
district has been from two  to  two  and  a 
half feet  deep  during  the  winter,  and 
drives have not yet started.

Marquette—The Cleveland Sawmill Co. 
has  arranged to supply the power  house 
of  the  electric  railway  with  fuel.  The 
slabs and other refuse is loaded on scows 
and towed to the power house, giving the 
railway company cheap fuel and  helping 
the  sawmill  company  to  dispose  of  its 
waste.

Saginaw—Sibley & Bearinger have 25,- 
000,000  feet  of  Canadian  logs  to raft to 
this side,  and they  put  in 40,000,000 feet 
in  Michigan  the  past  winter,  of  which 
22,000,000 in the Marquette  district have 
been sold.  They have  also  sold  nearly 
all of their 10,000,000 feet  of  lumber  on 
hand at Tawas.

Hastings — Edward  Roos  and  John 
Pendergast,  owners  of  the  American 
Wool Boot Co.’s plant and business, have 
sold  their  interest  therein 
to  Chester 
Messer, R.  B.  Messer, Dan. W.  Reynolds, 
Clement  Smith,  P.  T.  Colgrove  and M. 
L.  Cook,  who  have  organized  a  stock 
company under the style of the American
Wool Boot and Shoe  Co.

Bay  City—The  oak  timber  used  in 
Captain Davidson’s shipyard comes most­
ly from  Saginaw  and  Gladwin  counties. 
Two  camps  have  been  operated during 
the winter, one near St. Charles, Saginaw 
county,  and  the  other  near  Gladwin. 
About 160,000 cubic feet was the output, 
and Captain Davidson  has  100,000  cubic 
feet of old timber on  hand.

Oscoda—Pack, Woods &  Co. have pur­
chased a tract of timber on the  Au Sable 
river of the Potts concern,  designated as 
the “ Federal bank tract,”  the considera­
It  is said that 
tion being $270,000  cash. 
the tract will cut  70,000,000  feet. 
If so, 
it is the cheapest tract of timber that has 
been sold in this section in many months. 
Good  white  pine  stumpage  here would 
readily  command  $8,  and  at  that  rate 
the  tract  just  sold  is  dirt cheap.  The 
purchasers  will  build  a railroad to this 
timber from the Au  Sable  river,  and  it 
will  be  lumbered  and  manufactured at 
their Oscoda mill.

Woo 1b  W eaker—Hides  Dull’—Tallow 

Firm—Furs  Quiet.

Wools are some  weaker,  if  anything, 
than they have been.  While  the  stocks 
offered  are  small  and in poor selection, 
dealers  hoped  for a higher price, which« 
does not seem to materialize.  All  kinds 
of prices are reported, which is accounted 
for by having all kinds,  good  and  poor, 
sold. 
In  fact,  it  is  a  market  for odds 
and ends, the cleaning up of the year.

Hides are dull and slow  sale, with few 
offering.  Hides are scarce,  so is  the de­
mand.  Leather is in  large offerings and 
no  advance  can  be  obtained.  Foreign 
trade has stopped,  and tanners are  hold­
ing up on working in,  to a  large  extent. 
Calf are lower and less demand.

Tallow holds firm under a light supply 
and  soapers  hold  out  from  buying  as 
long  as  possible  and  use  all  kinds  of 
greases  to  reduce  cost  of soaps to near 
the selling price.

Furs  are  quiet,  with  no change from 
late  decline.  There  is  a  general 
in­
difference  among  buyers,  with  no snap 
to the trade.

The  Grand Haven  Glass Works.
The machinery belonging to the Michi­
gan Glass Co.,  at  Grand  Haven,  was bid 
in  at  sheriff’s  sale  last week for $4,600, 
the  purchaser  being  Wm.  F.  Kelly,  who 
is  organizing  a  stock  company  to con­
tinue  the  business.  The  new  corpora­
tion  will  be  known  as the Grand Haven 
Glass Co.  and  will  have  a  capital  stock 
of $50,0^0, of which  $20,000  will be paid 
in.  Mr.  Kelly  will  probably  act  as 
Secretary  of  the  company  and  assume 
the general management of the business.
Lower Prices for Button Fasteners.
The Heaton-Peninsular Button Fasten­
er  Co.  has  reduced  the  price  of  its 
fasteners  from  $1  to  65  cents per great 
gross.  The manufacturers of the Duplex 
and Dick fasteners have met the  cut and 
gone one better, putting  the  price  at  50 
cents per great gross.  The fight between 
the  manufacturers  gives  every  promise 
of being a spirited one  and  the  outcome 
is too indefinite to be foreseen.

MUSKEGON.

W. B.  Kieft and C. C. Vos have formed 
a copartnership under  the  firm  name  of 
Kieft  &  Vos,  and  will go into  the busi­
ness  of  manufacturing  brooms.  They 
have  purchased  the  business  and plant 
of  James  Taugher,  who  operated at the 
corner of Oak street and Getty avenue.

We learn wisdom from  folly,  but  it Is 
less expensive  if we  learn  it  from  the 
folly of the other fellow.

PENBERTHY  INJECTORS.

The Most  Perfect Automatic  Injector 
H B S T B R   &  B O X ,

Made.

Sole Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

'FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement« will be Inserted  under  this  bend for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertlse- 
ment taken for less than 86 cents.  Advance  payment.

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

DRUG STOCK—NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW 

hardwood  fixtures.  Excellent  location  on  best 
retail street  In  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  light 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory,  just 
completed, $2,800.  On account  of  falling  health,  will 
sell  at  Invoice  or  for  $2,100  cash.  If  sold  by  March 
15.  Otherwise will hold it as an  Investment.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  Investigation  solicited.  Ad­
dress “F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co.  City. 197

FOR SALE — A  FIR8T-CLASS,  WELL- ASSORTED 

stock of  hardware and building  material, situat­
ed at Port Huron.  Did a business of  $68,000 last  year. 
No old  stock or rubbish.  Will  invoice  about  $20,000. 
Proprietor  sick in  bed  and  unable  to  attend  to  the 
business.  Address Geo. M. Dayton, Lansing. Mich.  228
Fo r   sa l e—f in e   stock  o f  boo ts  a n d  sh o e s
special  line.  No  old  goods.  Everything  desira 
ble.  Good  trade,  mostly  cash.  Excellent 
farming 
country. Address “Shoes,’’care Michigan Tradesman 216
Fo r  sa l e—a good c le a n stock o f  h a r d w a r e

and agricultural implements, situated in  a  good 
town  of  1,500  inhabitants  on  the  Michigan  Central 
Railway.  Good  farming  country  surrounding.  Has 
enjoyed and does now the leading trade.  Good satisfac­
tory reasons for selling.  This is a bargain for anyone 
with energy and push.  Address No. 218  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

218

F o r  sa l e—a  t h r iv in g   b u sin e ss  o f  g e n e r a l

merchandise,  located  on  line  of  K.  A  S.  R.  R. 
Established  twenty  years.  Reasons,  proprietor  has 
other business, doing  a  trade  of  $1,600  to  $2,000  per 
annum, with small stock and expense.  Address  X.  Y. 
Z., care Michigan Tradesman. 

224

OR SALE—DRUG  STOCK  ON  ONE  OF THE’PRIN- 
dpal  streets of  the  booming  city  of  Muskegon. 
Stock wiU Invoice from $3,000 to $4,000.  Will sell build 
ing also.  Good  reasons  for  selling.  For full particu­
lars, address A. H. Eckerman, Muskegon, Mich. 
231

FOR SALE—COMPLETE DRUG STOCK  IN  A  GRf)W- 

ing viUage on good line rof  railroad,  surrounded 
by as fine farming  countryfas  there  is  anywhere  in 
Michigan.  Must quit the business  on  account of  fail­
ing  health.  Address  No.  213  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

213

173

F o r   sa l e—w e l l -se l e c t e d   d r u g   stock,  in -

ventorying about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
try town o f 500 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 
has other  business.  Address  No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
GTr e a t c h a n c e  to  b u y   a  w e l l   e st a b l ish e d
T9 furniture  business  in  one  of  the  best  cities  in 
Michigan¡$20,000  stock;  good  town;  good  trade;  no 
competition; present owner  has  other  business.  For 
full ^particulars  address  H.  C.  Ransom,  Jackson, 
Mich. 

Fo r sa l e- a  c o m plete  d r u g  stock  a n d  f ix -
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  8. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
____________________  
124
W ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grooery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 86

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

W ANTED—POSITION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
cist,  four  years practical  experience.  Address
Box 170, Bangor, Mich. 
___________________ 229
TT7-ANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARM- 
aclst.  Ten  years’  experience.  References  fur-
nlshed.  No. 220, care Michigan Tradesman.______ 220
ANTED—POSITION IN STORE BY  A  SINGLE MAN 
who  has  had  fourteen  years  experience  in  a 
general  store;  can  give  A  No. 1 references.  Address 
Dick Btarllng, Eastmanville, Mich.________________225

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

YTTANTED—AN EXPERIENCED HARDWARE CLERK. 
VV  A married man, who wants  steady  employment 
will  have  the preference.  Send  references  from  last 
employer to box 1,204, Cadillac. Mich. 
230

IX>R  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  5-ROOM 

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

187.

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP BURNERS.

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

 
LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

 

 

6 doz. In box.

 

2 40
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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  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top............................................2 60
2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
,c 
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
.................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.............................1 25
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz............................................. 1 35
No. 2  “ 

....................... 150
........................................1  60

La Bastfe.

Pearl top.

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FRUIT JABS.

Mason’s or  Lightning.
 

Pints................................................................... 87 <x>
Qu arts......................  
7  50
alf gallons....   ...........................................   9  50
Rubbers.........................................................   50
Caps  only.............................................................3 50
Butter Crocks, per gal..................................  06 A
Jugs, K gal., per doz....................................  75
................. ...................   90
.................................... 180
Milk Pans, ft gal., per dos.  (glazed 75cj....  85

STONE W ARE—AKRON.

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

A. Myers  has  opened  a grocery  store 
The  Lemon  & 

at  Grand  Junction. 
Wheeler Company furnished the stock.

Jay L.  Newberry,  who  operates a saw­
mill and shingle mill at Conway, has put 
in a grocery stock. 
It  was  furnished by 
the Lemon & Wheeler Company.

Walbridge & Co., dealers  in  dry goods 
and  groceries  at  360  East  street,  has 
leased the adjoining store and will short­
ly add a line of boots and shoes.

John Jaspers  has  engaged  in  general 
trade on Grandville avenue.  P.  Steketee 
&  Sons  furnished the dry goods and the 
Ball-Barnhart Putman Co.  the  groceries.
J.  M.  Carr,  formerly  engaged  in the 
shingle business  here,  but  for  the  past 
three  years  located  at  Shingleton,  has 
concluded to move bis mill to  Sault  Ste. 
Marie. 

________________

Boven & Knol have engaged in general 
trade  at  Graafschap.  Voigt,  Herpol- 
sheimer  &  Co.  furnished  the  dry goods 
and  Musselman  &  Widdicomb  the gro­
ceries. 

________________

The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. took 
possession  of  the  D.  E.  Watters  drug 
stock,  at Remus,  on a bill of  sale,  subse­
quently selling  it  to  T.  W.  Preston,  the 
Millbrook druggist.

E. J.  Herrick’s  grocery  store  is  being 
lengthened  out,  so  that  his  main  floor 
will be 40x70 feet in dimensions.  A one- 
story warehouse  is  being constructed  in 
the rear, 30x33 feet in dimensions.

H.  H.  Cleland,  book-keeper  for Geo. 
W. Woodburn &  Co.,  has  purchased  an 
interest  in 
the  general  stock  of  his 
father,  at  Coopers ville.  The  new  firm 
will be known  as D. Cleland & Son.

Willemin  &  Westra  have  sold  their 
dry  goods,  boot  and  shoe  and  grocery 
stock at  the  corner  of  Hall  and  Clark 
streets to Parrish & Scott, of Ithaca,  who 
will remove the stock to that place.

A.  D.  Burnham,  druggist  at  Grand 
Ledge, has sold an interest in the business 
to A.  C.  Baldwin,  and the gentlemen will 
also embark in the  grocery business,  un­
der  the  style  of  Burnham & Baldwin. 
I.  M.  Clark  & Son  furnished  the  stock.

list averaging fifteen  persons  during the  J L 3  
past  week. 
In  some  departments,  as 
many  as  three  employes  have  been 
absent,  seriously  interfering  with  the 
usual prompt dispatch of their  business.
At the annnal  meeting of the Michigan 
Can Manufacturing Co., the  old board  of 
directors  was  re-elected  and  the  same
officers were re-elected,  as  follows:  Pres­
ident,  W.  J.  Means;  Vice-President.  O. 
M.  Fisher; Sectretary  and  Treasurer,  L. 
D.  Sanborn.  Having  triumphed  in  the 
litigation in which the company was late­
ly  involved,  the officers  propose to  push 
business harder than ever.

Out of the  Old,  into the  New.

Sa g in a w ,  April  11—The  meeting  of 
salt manufacturers,  which was held  here 
this week, was in marked contrast to the 
previous  one,  the  utmost  good  feeling 
and harmony  prevailing  throughout  the 
proceedings,  resulting  in  the  Michigan 
Salt Company, recently organized to suc­
ceed  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  be­
ing  placed  upon a more sold  basis  than 
the old  one ever was—more  salt,  in fact, 
being regresented than many a year back. 
The  manufacturers  of  Ludington  and 
Manistee who have been holding off, have 
nearly all come  into the  fold, so that the 
new company is not  limited  in  its  terri­
tory  to  the  Saginaw valley  district  and 
now represents seventy-eight firms.
The differential  questions  on  freights 
were  adjusted  on  a  satisfactory  basis. 
Manistee  and  Ludington  manufacturers 
made it as contingent upon their  coming 
into the  proposed  company  that  a  dif­
ferential  of  four  cents  a  barrel  be 
granted  them,  and  that  at  least 90 per 
cent,  of  the  manufacturers of  the State 
go in.  The Iosco  county  manufacturers 
also asked a differential of two  cents per 
Darrel.  These  demands  were  conceded^ 
and pledges of 90 per  cent,  of the manu­
facturers  of  the  State  having  been ob­
tained,  the  desired  result  was  attained. 
As  intimated,  the  new  company will be 
stronger  than  the  old  association  and 
will  handle  in  the  neighborhood  of 90 
per cent, of the salt product of the State. 
Purchasers  in  the  west  and south who 
have been  waiting  in  expectation  of  a 
big  decline  in  salt  by  reason  of  no 
organization in the  State  and the throw­
ing of 1,600,000  barrels  in  the  hands  of 
the old association on the market will be 
disappointed,  as  present  prices  will  be 
kept up.

P. J. Connell, the contractor and build­
er,  has  formed  a  copartnership with  his 
two sons, John J. and Frank W.,  the firm 
being known as P. J. Connell & Sons.

Genuine Peninsular Button Fasteners, per great gross, 
Duplex Button Fasteners, per great gross, 
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HIRTH  &  KRAUSE, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Remember we are headquarters for Shoe Store Supplies.
T U C K E R ,  C O A D E   &  CO.,

Wholesale - Prodilee - Commission - Merchants.

SPECIALTIES :  Butter, Eggs and Fruits.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
56 and 58 South Ionia St., 
REFERENCES:  Grand Rapids National Bank, Elliott & Co.. T. Wasson, B. J. Herrick, Rem­
ington & Horton, all of Qaand Rapids.  Consignments solicited.  Stencils and  cards  furnished on 
application.  Returns made immediately on sale of goods.  TELEPHONE 87.

Write for Quotations.

P E R K I N S  

H E S S

Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  1M and  184 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE CARET  A  STOCK OF  CAKB TALLOW FOB MILL  USB.

TETE  MICHIGA-ÜST  TRADESMAN,
Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.  report  a  sick 

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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 ,

Manufacturers  of

Slot  Cases

Of Every Description.

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

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

chants:

To  Clothing  and  General  Store  Mer­

It cannot be disputed that

Hicbael Kolb l  Son,
Glothing JVIaiiiifaBtiJrers

W h olesale

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Rochester, N. Y.,

W IL L IA M   C O N N O R ,
346, 

Have  had  for  nearly 30 years  past and 
have  to-day one of  the largest  trades  in 
Michigan;  and  why?  Because  the  mer­
chants  who  handle  our  line  know  that 
when a customer  visits  their  store  they 
can rely upon  good goods and  materials,
and a perfect fit.  Our  goods  are made so well  and our  prices so equitable that we 
fear  no competition,  not  even  from  manufacturers  making  inferior  garments  to 
catch the merchants with low prices.
We  c o m m e n c e   A p ril  1st,

•  Marshall, Mich.

CLOSING  OUT

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Our entire  line of  Spring and Summer  Goods at great  bargains and  prefer to offer 
the same to the general trade  rather than to one or two  large houses. 
It  will  pay 
you to write our  Michigan agent, William Connor,  who resides  at  Marshall, Mich., 
to call upon you and look at these

GREAT  BA RG AIN S  IN

Men’s,  Youths’, Bop’  and Children’s  Glothing

William Connor will  be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand  Bapids, on Thursday and Fri­

day,  the 16th and 17th days of April  next.

Pennsylvania  L m kriai’s.

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

S ta te   A g e n ts   fo r 

L Y C O M IN G   R U B B E R   CO.

158  and  160  East  Fulton  Street.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM^JST.
Dry Goods Price Current.

D EM IN S.

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A  CLOSE  CALL.

Some  of 

The firm  of  which  I  was  the  junior 
partner bought large quantities of  wool. 
I  usually  made  the  purchases,  and  at 
times  was  obliged  to travel far into the 
Sierra Nevadas,  taking with  me  several 
thousand  dollars  upon  each  trip.  To 
carry  this  sum  I  used  a pair of saddle 
holsters,  with a receptacle for the money 
and  a  place  for  a  pair of  pistols.  The 
latter  were  necessary,  for  much  of  my 
way  lay  amid  the  wild  and 
rugged 
mountains  far  from the  main  highways. 
When  I  halted at the  wayside  hotels,  I 
was  obliged  to  carry  the  money  to  the 
table  with me and  keep it in my room at 
night,  for few of the stopping places bad 
any secure safes or vaults.  Paper money 
was not generally accepted by the owners 
of  wool,  so that  the  greater  part of  the 
money  was in gold.  Two  attempts  had 
been  made  to rob me,  and  I  had become 
wary and  suspicious;  yet  the  profits we 
made  were so good  that 1 was  unwilling 
to give up the trips.
One  day,  we  received  a telegram  that 
read:  “Secure  all  the wool  you  can;  it 
is sure to advance in price.”
“That  means  a  hard  trip  for  me,”  I 
said,  glancing  at  the  yellow  slip,  “but, 
the  sooner 1 am  off,  the  more wool I can 
get.”
The  telegram  reached  us  at  5  in  the 
afternoon.  At 9 the next morning, 1 was 
on the road and had nearly four thousand 
dollars in gold coin.
For  the  first  three  days, I  gradually 
ascended the  mountains,  and,  by midday 
of  the  fourth, had  reached  the  summit. 
This did  not  mean a rapid  descent  upon 
the  opposite  slope,  but  a  journey  for 
several  days over ridges  rising from this 
central  plateau. 
these  were 
densely  wooded  with  pine,  spruce  and 
fir, while others were more open and con­
tained  fine pastures for flocks and herds.
I  was  desirous  of  reaching one  man, 
who kept  his sheep, during  the summer, 
upon a high and rugged range some miles 
from  my usual  route. 
I  halted  for din­
ner  at a small  public  house  lately  built 
to  accommodate  teamsters  engaged  in 
hauling  lumber  from  a  new  sawmill. 
The surroundings were  not inviting, but 
I was  accustomed  to  the  poorest accom­
modations  while  upon  these  mountain 
trips.  While  a  half-breed  Indian  was 
caring  for  my  horse, I  inquired  of  the 
landlord if he could direct me to Rucker’s 
sheep camp.
“Yes,” was the reply,  “but it’s  a  hard 
place to find,” at  the  same  time  giving 
me the directions as near as possible.
I shook my head as he  ended,  saying, 
“1 could never find the place in  a  year’s 
Is there no  one  here  acquainted 
time. 
with the route who can go with me?”
He hesitated a moment and  then  said: 
“There’s Bill,  the half-breed;  he  knows 
the trail as well as  old  Rucker  himself. 
I reckon you can get Bill to  go.”
Bill was promptly interviewed.  “ You 
pay  me  $2  and  I  take  my  horse  and 
go,” was the brief but satisfactory reply.
The required  sum  was  promised  and 
he at once  prepared  to  accompany  me.
The moment dinner was  eaten  we  set 
off. 
Instead of being sullen and  morose 
like most half-breeds,  my  guide  was  a 
talkative and intelligent fellow and gave 
me  much 
the  sur­
rounding region.
Upon  reaching  Rucker’s  camp,  we 
found the owner absent,  and  it  took  us 
an hour or more to find him and the band 
of sheep  he  was  herding.  He detained 
us longer to tell about the bears and pan­
thers that  annoyed  his  sheep  than  the 
time  consumed  in  bargaining  for  his 
wool and making the necessary  arrange­
ments for shipping it  to  us.  When  we 
got back to the public house,  it was  too 
late to go  further  that  night,  unless  I 
traveled after dark, and to  this  I object­
ed on account of the  gold.
The landlord said  that  he  could  give 
me a straw-bed,  adding,  “You  see,  the 
place is new and  we  have  nothing  bet­
ter for ourselves.”
1 was willing to take  the  bed  and  so 
turned my horse over  to  the  half-breed 
to take care of for the night.
Just before supper two more  travelers 
rode up and desired  to  stop.
Rooms  are  pretty scarce,  as  you  can 
see,  but we can feed you as well as not,” 
said the  host

information  about 

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BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

H A L F   B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

“  Arrow Brand  534 
Adriatic
“  World Wide..  7
Argyle  ...................  634
“  LL............... 5
Atlanta A A............   6%
Pull Yard Wide...... 6*
Atlantic A..............  7
Georgia  A................614
H ..............  6«
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P ..............6
Hartford A  ............ 5)4
D..............  6%
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Indian Head...........  734
“  LL..............  53i
King A  A............... 634
Amory.....................7
King EC.................  5
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Lawrence  L L ........  534
Beaver Dam  A A..  51«
Madras cheese cloth 614
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Black Crow............ 636
Newmarket  G........6
B........534
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL...............   7*4
N........634
DD....  534
Capital  A............... 5V
Cavanat V..............  534 
X ...... 7
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Noibe R.................  53«
Clifton C R ............   534 Our Level Best.......634
Comet..................... 7  ¡Oxford  R .................   634
Dwight Star............  734 Pequot.
Clifton CCC...........  634 Solar...................
[Top of the Heap.
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills..............  7
Gold Medal............   734
Green  Ticket......... 834
Great Falls.............   634
Hope......................... 734
Just  Out........434® 5
King  Phillip...........734
OP......734
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1034
Lonsdale...........  @ 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   734
Oak View....... ....... 6
Our Own.................. 534
Pride of the West... 12
Rosalind...................734
Sunlight.................   434
Utica  Mills.............. 834
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Vinyard..................  834
White Horse.........   6
“  Rock............ 834
9

A B C ......................834
Amazon...................8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A......8
Beats All................ 434
Boston....................12
Cabot...................... 734
Cabot,  %.................634
Charter  Oak...........534
Conway W..............  734
Cleveland..............   7
Dwight Anchor......834
shorts.  834
Edwards..................6
Empire....................7
Farwell...................734
Fruit of the  Loom..  834
Fltchvllle  ............. 7
First Prize..............634
Fruitof the Loom %.  8
Fairmount..............434
Full Value..............634
Cabot......................   7341 Dwight Anchor
FarweU...................8 
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TremontN..............   534,
Hamilton N............ 634
L.............7
Middlesex  AT........8
X.............  9
No. 25....  9
BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FL A N N E L .
Hamilton N .............  734 Middlesex A A
Middlesex P T .......... 8
2 .A O.
A T.........9
X A.........9
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X F .........1034
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Middlesex No.  1.
2 .3.
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| Integrity, colored... 21
“ colored..21

2034 White Star..............1834

Peerless, whlte....... 18 
Integrity..................18341 
Hamilton  ...............  8
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G G Cashmere........21
Nameless..............16
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Nameless.................20
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Cor&line................ $9 50!Wonderful........... $4 50
Schilling's.............  9 00 Brighton...............4 75
Armory..................   63i
N aumkeag satteen..  734
Androscoggin.........734
Rock port...................634
Biddeford...............6
Conestoga.................694
Walworth  ...............62£
Brunswick..............634
Allen turkey  reds..  5 ^ ¡Berwick fancies__  34
robes.............  534 Clyde Robes...........  5
Eink a  purple 634 Charter Oak fancies 434
u ff s ............  6  ¡DelMarine cashm’s.  6
mourn’g  6
pink  checks.  534 
staples.........534¡Eddystone fancy...  6
chocolat  6
shirtings...  434 
American  fancy__5441 
rober__   6
American indigo__534! 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  434!Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
staple....  534 
Argentine  Grays...  6  I 
Anchor Shirtings...  434[Manchester fancy..  6 
“  —   6341 
Arnold 
new era.  6
.  .  6 
Arnold  Merino 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 1034 
“ 
Merrim’ck shirtings. 434 
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“  C.  834
“  Repp furn .  834
century cloth  7
“ 
Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......1034
robes..............634
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“  green seal TR1034 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  6
“  yellow  seal..1034
greys........6
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serge.............1134
“  Turkey red.. 1034 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
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“  Turkey robes..  734
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__734
red and  orange  ..  534
“  plain T’ky X 3k  834 
Berlin solids__....  534
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“  oil blue....... 634
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
“  green —   634
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Martha Washington
red J£
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Turkey red %........734
%...........  934 Martha Washington
“  4 4......... 10 
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Turkey red...........  934
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“ 3-4XXXX 12  Riverpointrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy........  6  [Windsorfancy........634
“  madders...  6  ! 
indigo blue..........1034
“  XX twills..  634! 
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TIC K IN G S.AC A......................1234
Amoskeag A C A.... 13
Hamilton N............ 734
Pemberton AAA__16
York....................... 1034
D............ 834
Awning. .11
Swift River............ 734
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............ 1234
Warren................... 14
First  Prize............. 1134
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D.............  6£  ¡Stark  A
Boot........................ 6*  No  Name  ...
Clifton, K...............   734|Top of Heap
Simpson...................20
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Coechco.................. 1034

Imperial................... 1034
Black................9@ 934
...............1034

gold  ticket

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CORSET  JE A N S .

SATIRES.

CORSETS.

1034

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9 oz........1434
brown .13 
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Andover.................1134]
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
BB...  9
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 

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“  d & twist 1034 
Columbian XXX br.10 
••  XXX  bl .19

Columbian brown.. 12 
Everett, b l u e . . 12
brown.......12
Haymaker blue......   7J£
brown...  7%
Jaffrey..................1134
Lancaster................1234
Lawrence, 9 oz........1334
No. 220....18
No. 260....1134
No. 280.... 1034

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fancies__ 7
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“  Normandie  8

Amoskeag..............   7*4
“  Persian dress 834 
Lancashire.............   634
Canton ..  834
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Manchester............   534
“ 
AFC......1234
Monogram..............  634
Arlington Btaple__ 6*4
Arasapha  fancy  ...  434 
Normandie............... 734
Persian...................   834
Bates Warwick dres 834 
staples.  634
Renfrew Dress........734
Rosemont................. 634
Centennial............   1034
Slatersville............   6
Criterion................1034
Somerset......... .........7
Cumberland  Btaple.  534
Cumberland...........   5
Tacoma  ...................734
Toil  duNord......... 1034
Essex........................434
Wabash..................   734
Elfin.......................   734
seersucker..  734
Everett classics......834
Warwick...............   834
Exposition............... 734
Whittenden............   634
Glenarie.................  634
heather dr.  8 
Glenarven................ 634
indigo blue  9 
Glen wood.................734
Wamsutta staples...  634
HamptoD...................634
Westbrook..............8
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
indigo blue 934
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Windermeer........... 5
zephyrs__16
York..........................634
Lancaster,  staple...  634
Amoskeag..............1634) Valley City...............1534
Stark...................... 2034 Georgia................... 1534
American...............16341Pacific.....................1434
Clark’s Mile End.... 45  I Barbour's................88
Coats’, J. & P.........45  Marshall’s................88
Holyoke................. 22341
White.  Colored. 

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

G RA IN   BAGS.

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No.  14......... 37 
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“  20......... 40 

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CAM BRICS.
__  4*4 [Washington............  434
..  434 Red Cross................  434
...  434 Lockwood.................4*4
...  434 Wood’s..................   434
__  434 ¡Brunswick............  4*4
R E D   FL A N N E L .

T W.........................2234
F T ...........................32H
JR F , XXX............ 35
Buckeye..................3234

Slater.........
White Star.. 
Kid Glove... 
Newmarket. 
Edwards__
Fireman.................3234
Creedmore............. 2734
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless............... 2734

6  ..  ..33 
8..........84 
10..........35 
12..........36 

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

Red A'Blue,  plaid. .40  ¡Grey S R W............ 1734
Union R................. 2234 Western W  ..............1834
Windsor................. 1834 D R P ............. .........1834
6 oz Western...........21  Flushing XXX........2334
Union  B ................ 2234¡Manitoba................. 2334

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Slate.  Brown.  Black.|Slate.  Brown.  Black. 
934 
1034 
1134 
1234 

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
934 
1034 
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lOoz — 1234
Greenwood, 734 oz..  934 Raven, 10oz............ 1334
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1134 [Stark 
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White, doz............   25  ¡Per bale,40 doz.  ..97 50
Colored,  doz...........20  I
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9
“  Best........... 1034
“  Best AA........1234

Pawtucket.. -..........IO34
Dundie....................  9
Bedford................ 1034
Valley  City.............II134

SEW ING  BILK.

Cortlcelli, doz.........75  [Corticelll  knitting,

twist, doz. .3734  per 34oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz.. 3734)

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No  1 Bl’k & White.,10 No  4 Bl’k & White..15
“  2 
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“  3 
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No 2—20, M  C.. ...... 50 No 4—15  F  334  -- ...40
‘  3-18, S C... ...... 45
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2 No  8 White & Bl’k..20
“  4 
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No 2................. ......28 No 3.................... .. .36

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A. James.................1 50[ Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s...............1 35 Gold Eyed............... 1  50
Marshall’s ..............1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4...3 2515—4....1  95  6—4...2 95 

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Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply...17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1734 
Powhattan.............18

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............1834
Anchor..................16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL.......................13
Alabama.................  614[Mount  Pleasant.
Alamance...............   634
Augusta).................734
Ar> saphk................  6
Georgia................   634
G ranite..................  6%
Haw  River............ 5
Haw J .................   6

634
Oneida....................  5
Pyrm ont................  534
Randelman...........6
Riverside..............  534
Sibley A ...................634
Toledo......................   6

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AND  TENTS.

Flags, Horse and  Wagon  Covers,  Seat  Shades,  Largo 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COTE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

J.&P.C0ATC

SIX-CORD

Spool Cotton

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IN

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FOR

WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLOBS,
Hand and Machine Usa
F.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.
Yoigt, Hemolsbeimer & Go.,

FOR  SALE  BY

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Manufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Chatties,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready for inspection.
Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

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Spring  Season 1891.

I f   You  destre  to  sell

Carpets  tip  Sample

Send for

Circular  and  Price  Liai.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash   b u yers,  w ho 
p ay  p ro m p tly   an d   b u y   in   f u ll  pack ag es.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dls.

60
Snell’s ................................................................  
Cook’s ..........................................................’... 
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J  ennlngs’, genuine..........................................  
Jennings’, Im itation ........................................50410

AXES.

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D.  B. Bronze..............................   12 00
S. B. S. Steel................................   8 50
D. B. Steel.................................... 13 50
Ballroad...........................................................(  14 00
Garden........................................................net  30 00

BARROWS. 

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50410
Stove.  ........................................ 
70
Carriage new list.............................................. 
Plow....................................................................40410
70
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 

bolts. 

dlS.

 

 

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60410
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60410
Wrought  Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60&10
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70410
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

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

40

Grain.................................................... . 

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

C A R TRID G ES.

CHISELS. 

dls. 50402

per lb
perm
u
“

5
65
60
35
60

56
25

... dis.

dls.

Hick’s C. F.
G. D ...........
Musket......

Rim  Fire.

Socket F irm er.................................................. 70410
Socket Framing................................................ 70410
Socket Corner................... ................................. 70410
Socket Slicks....................................................70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
H otchkiss.......................................................... 

40
35

dls.

White Crayons, per  gross............... 12@12H dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

COFFER.

“ 

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

DRILLS. 

 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser p o u n d ...................................  
Large sizes, per  pound.................................... 

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

07
8H

ELBOWS.

dlB.

dls.

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, #26.........................  
Ives’, 1, « 8 ;  2, *24;  3, f e e ............................... 

30
25

piles—New List. 

Dlsston’s ........................................................... 6041«
New  American................................................. 60410
Nicholson’s .......................................................60410
Heller’*....................................  
SO
 
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50
GALVANIZED IRON

 

12 

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

13 
gauges. 

Discount, 60

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

14 

28
18

50

The men,  like  myself,  were  not  par­
ticular as to beds,  so  remained  for  the 
night.  They were rather  talkative  and 
I overheard them  ask  the  landlord  my 
name and business.  My suspicions were 
easily aroused,  and  I  noticed  that  they 
seemed interesred in me and the holsters 
I  guarded  so  closely.  As  we  left  the 
dining-room, one of them  said,  “Mighty 
keerful of  yer  holsters,  stranger.  You 
must have struck it rich in thediggin’s?”
I  made  some  evasive  reply.  During 
the  evening,  Bill, the  half-breed, came 
into  the  bar-room  two  or  three  times. 
The  last  time  I noticed that he secretly 
beckoned  to  me  to  go  out  of  doors. 
Waiting until he left  the  room,  I  man­
aged  to  follow  him  without  attracting 
attention.
On reaching the  middle  of  the  wide, 
dusty  road  he  stopped,  approached me 
closely  and  said:  “ You  see  two  men 
come on horseback ? *

I nodded in reply.
He continued:  “ One  a  bad  man.  He 
rob  stage  and  go  to  prison.  Now  he 
come back.”

sent 

“  A stage robber! ” I echoed.
** Yes,”  was the answer.  “ Five years 
ago,  he  rob  the  stage  and 
to 
prison.  Maybe  he  think  no  one  know 
him. 
I  remember.  1  tell  you  and tell 
the boss, so you look out for him.”
I  thanked  the  fellow  and  rewarded 
him  in  a  substantial  manner,  for  the 
warning was of value to me.
On returning to  the  bar-room,  I  now 
watched the two  strangers  with  consid­
erable attention.  There was nothing  of 
the  ruffian  about  either  of them,  and 1 
would have thought nothing  more about 
them  than of any  of the  teamsters  that 
stopped at the hotel for the  night, had it 
not been for the half-breed’s caution.
As the host lighted me to my  room,  he 
told me what the Indian had said  to him 
and warned me to be on my guard.  De­
termined to be on the  safe side, I pulled 
my bed against the door  when  I  retired 
for the night and  securely  fastened  the 
only window. 
I slept  soundly until past 
midnight,  when  I  was  awakened  by a 
movement  of  the  bed. 
It  appeared  as 
though someone was slowly  opening the 
door and causing the bed  to move across 
I  reached  under  the  pillow, 
the floor. 
firmly  grasped  one  of  my  pistols  and 
awaited  developments. 
Inch  by  inch I 
could feel the bed move slowly  over  the 
floor.  My senses were stimulated by the 
excitement of the moment,  and  I  could 
hear  the  breathing of the would-be rob­
ber.  The  door  was  now  sufficiently 
open  to  admit  the  thief.  Thinking to 
capture him,  I sat up in  bed  waiting for 
him  to  approach. 
It  was  too  dark  to 
distinguish his form, but I  could tell his 
position  by  his  deep  breathing,  as  he 
slowly  and  cautiously  approached  the 
head of the bed.  At that instant I raised 
my pistol and cried,  “ Stop,  or I’ll fire ! ” 
Quick  as  a  flash,  he  sprang  for  the 
door and I fired at the same instant.  He 
gave  a  cry  of  pain  but  continued  his 
flight.  1 jumped from my bed, rushed to 
the door and shot  again at the retreating 
figure.  The  ball  evidently  missed  him, 
for he did not stop his mad  race,  and the 
next  moment we heard  the swift  gallop­
ing of a couple of horses.
The  house  was  in  an instant  uproar. 
Men came rushing from their rooms, each 
one  asking as to the  cause of  the shoot­
ing.  The  explanation  was  brief, but  it 
took an hour or more to quell  the excite­
ment, and I am certain that but few slept 
during the remainder of  the night.
It was plain that the two strangers had 
made  their  preparations  and  bad  their 
horses  near by.  Had  they been success­
ful  in  obtaining  my  gold,  they  would 
have disappeared in the night.
When day gave us light, spots of blood 
were  visible  upon  the hall  floor and  on 
the stairs, but a search for some distance 
along  the  road  revealed  nothing of  the 
robbers;  so  it  was evident  that  my shot 
had not been a serious one.
Trusting that I had seen the last of my 
assailants,  I  mounted  my  horse  after 
breakfast and  pursued  my journey.  My 
route  lay for  some miles  through a most 
picturesque and scenic region.  Volcanic 
rocks  rose  abruptly  from  the  hillsides, 
assuming  the 
forms  of  temples  and 
towers.  Here, I  fancied  I  could trace a

[CONCLUDED  ON  FOURTEENTH  PAGE.]

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Hardware Price Current.

HAM M ERS.

7

dls.

dls.

H IN G ES.

dls.
dls.

levels. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

locks—door. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

H...........
« ...........
X ...........
%...........
HANGERS. 

Maydole  4  Co.’s .....................................dls. 
25
Kip’s.......................................................dls. 
25
Yerke8 A Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 80c list 60
Blacksmith's Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..............................dls.60410
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
n   AUSA
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4H  14 and
3H
10
...........net
...........net
8H
...........net
7H
...........net
7H
50
...........dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  antl-frlction................................  60410
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots.....................................................................  
60
Kettles................................................................
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  T ln W are................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are......................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.................... new list 3314410
dls.
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
70410410
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s  .................... 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ..........  
56
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
Branford’s ........................................................ 
56
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
55
Adze B ye......................................*16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.  ......................................... *15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s . .......................................*18.50, dls. 20410.
dlB.
50
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cle.k’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..............................................60410
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base........................................................ 1 06
.2 35 
Wire nails, base 
Wire. 
Advance over base:
Steel.
Base 
.......... Base
60................................
.......... Base
50...............................
10
........... 
05 
20
40..............................
..........  
10 
20
30...............................
20......  ............
15 
..........  
30
..........  
15 
35
16................................
12....................
..........  
15 
35
10....................
............  20 
40
8.....................
............  25 
50
66
............  40 
7 4 6   . . . ......................
90
............   60 
4................................
............ 1  00 
1 50
3.................................
.............1  50 
2 00
Fine 3.....................................................1  50 
2 00
90
Case  10.................................................  60 
1 00
8.................................................   75 
6.................................................   90 
1 25
Finish 10..............................................   85 
1 00
1 25
8.................................................1  00 
6  .............................................. 1  15 
1 50
Clinch! 10..............................................  85 
75
8..............................................1  00 
90
6............................................... 1  15 
1 00
Barren %............................................... 1  75 
2 50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ....................................  @40
Sclota Bench....................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   @40
Bench, first quality..........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.............................................. 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
*‘B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
» 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

N AILS

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

PANS.

dlB.

dl8.

dls.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

 

 

RO PES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, H inch and larger.............................   8
nvt
Manilla.
dls.
75
Steel and Iron..................................................
60
Try and Bevels.................................................
M itre..................................................................
20
Com. 
Com  Smooth.
13 10 
Nos. 10 to  14........................................ *4 20
3 20 
Nos. 15 to 17........................................ 4  20
3 20 
Nos.  18 to 21........................................ 4  20
3 30 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 20
3 40 
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4  40
3 50
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86..........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A .....................................  “ 
“ 
“  White  B ...................................  “ 
“ 
Drab B......................................   “ 
“  White C..................................... “ 

SAND PAPER
SASH CORD.

50
50
56
50
55
%

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

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

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

Solid Eyes................................................ per ton 125
20
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,_______ 70
50
30 
30
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s _______  70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion................................. *1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  65
Annealed M arket..............................................70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market.................................................  62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 40
painted.......................................  2 80

wire. 

dls.

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable................................. dls. 25410@25410406
Putnam .............................................. 
dls.  06
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10410
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75410
50
Bird C ages.............................................. 
 
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
"5
Screws, New List.............................................. 70410
Casters, Bed  and  Plate............................. 50410410
Dampers, American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........  
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

diS.
 

METALS.

PIG TIN.

6£
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

BOLDER

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
600 pound  casks...............................................  
Per pound......................................................... 
H@ H.........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.'
CookBon............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELTN GRADE.
10xl4IC, Charcoal........................................... I 7 60
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

ANTIMONY

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal..........................................I  6  50
6  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 EX, 
8 00
14x20 IX, 
8  00

Each additional X on this grade *1.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester...............................  6 50
14x20 IC, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
...............................   8 60
“ 
..............................  13  50
20x28 IC, 
“  Allaway Grade..................  
14x20IC, 
5  75
7  25
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
12 00
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
15 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX ..............................................................*14 0*
14x31  IX ...............................................................15
14x60i i :  f“r N‘‘-
1®

}V * P°nnd  ■ • • 

“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

1

We  have  taken  hold o f this  line of  goods  with  onr  ac­
customed  energy  and  shall  carry  a full  assortment  of  the 
best makes.  We shall  be glad to give  full  Information  and 
prices to any one desiring to secure an agency.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN'  TRADESMAN.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ic e s  a n d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b ers  o f 

T ea s, C offees a n d   G rocers*  S u n d r ie s.

1 and 3 Pearl  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS

M OSBLBY BROS.,
Clover & Timothy Seeds,

BEANS, POTATOES, EVAPORATED APPLES.

Jobbers  of

26, 28, 30 and 32  Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

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

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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

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

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

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

The  Alfred  Brown  Seed  Store.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

G.  S.  BROWN &  CO.,

-------JOBBERS  OF  --------

C a lifo rn ia   O ra n g e s

^   B lu e fie ld   B a n a n a s .

SEND FOR QUOTATIONS.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
M u s k e g o n   C r a c k e r   C o .,

Manufacturer« of

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.
M I C H I G A N .
M U S K E G O N , 

Finest Quality  and  Largest  Variety  in the  8tate. 

: 

: 

: 

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

Cheboygan, is in town for a few days for 
the purpose of attempting to seduce some 
of  our  manufacturing  enterprises 
to 
locate in his lively and ambitious city.

I.  M.  Clark’s  malady  has  assumed a 
more  serious  form  and  his  recovery  is 
now  looked  upon  as  improbable.  Mr. 
Clark has long  been  an important factor 
in  the  wholesale  trade  of  this  market 
and thousands  of  customers  and friends 
join with T h e  T radesm an in the prayer 
that he may yet be restored to health.

Thos.  Heffernan, the Baldwin druggist, 
will spend  next  Sunday  in  the  city,  on 
his way to  Ireland,  where  he  expects to 
remain  four  months.  When  he  left the 
old home,  ten years ago, he  promised his 
mother he would return within a decade, 
and  this  visit  is  in  fulfillment  of that 
promise.  He  will  be  accompanied  by 
his wife and two children.

Miss Emma  L.  Parsons,  who  has been 
a  faithful  adjunct  of  The  Tradesman 
Company  for  the  past  three  years,  has 
resigned the position of book-keeper and 
cashier  and  returned  to  her home at St. 
Joseph.  Miss  Parsons  was  a  universal 
favorite  with 
the  patrons  of  T h e 
T radesm an office,  and they  will all join 
with the proprietors and employes in ex­
tending  her  their  best  wishes  and  the 
hope  that  her  future  may  be  a happy 
one.  Miss Parsons is succeeded by  Miss 
Lizzie Rowley  as book-keeper  and  Miss 
Frances  Smith  as  stenographer, 
for 
whom  T h e  T radesm an  bespeaks  the 
same  kindly  consideration  which  has 
been shown their worthy predecessor.

Gripsack: Brigade.

John  H.  Payne  will  start  out on the 

warpath again on Thursday.

Wm.  Logie,  who  has been confined  to 
his  house  for  a  fortnight  with a severe 
attack of la grippe,  is out  again.

Geo.  F.  Owen  Is  losing the distinctive 
badge of the Orangeman  and  his friends 
now look forward to his speedy recovery.
Chas.  B.  Hall  has  severed  his  con­
nection  with 
the  Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company  to  take  the  position  of  city 
salesman 
for  Andrew  Wierengo,  of 
Muskegon.

Frank  L.  Kelly,  who  has been laid up 
for two months with  inflammatory  rheu­
matism,  is  able  to  be  about  again  and 
goes  to  Chicago  this  week  to  post  up 
and get his trunks.

returned 

John  Cummins  has 

from 
Bradford,  Penn.,  and  resumed  his trips 
on  the  road  for  the  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.  He  will  remove his family 
to  this  city  as  soon  as  warm  weather 
puts in an appearance.

8

MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Bnglneeg Men*»  A—odation. 

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

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

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapid» Poet Office.

E.  A. STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 15,1891.

IS  THE  RETAILER AT  FAULT?

The New York Shipping List attributes 
the  failure of  the  effort to secure a  uni­
form  price  on  proprietary  remedies  to 
the  retailers  themselves,  improving  the 
opportunity  to  read  them  the following 
lecture on the course they should pursue:
It would  appear as if all the  labor and 
annoyance  which  fell  to  the  lot  of  the 
committee having in charge the rebate or 
coupon  plan  for the  relief of  the  retail 
druggists,  as  well  as  the  manufacturer 
of proprietary goods, have been fruitless. 
The  committee  decided  last  week,  at  a 
meeting in  Philadelphia,  to let  the  mat­
ter drop,  for the reason  that the features 
of  the plan are  declared  illegal, and the 
retailers  indicated  an  unwillingness  to 
give the co-operation which is absolutely 
essential  in  making  any  plans  adopted 
for their protection and benefit a success, 
t  Why should the heavy  burden fall up­
on  the  shoulders  of  a  few members of 
the  Wholesale  Druggists’  Association? 
They  have  received  blows  instead  of 
thanks  and  been  characterized  as  the 
ring-leaders  of  an  immense  drug  com­
bine,  because  they  endeavored  to  have 
the retail trade conduct a more profitable 
business  on  a  legitimate  basis. 
It is a 
matter which directly concerns  the man­
ufacturers  and  retailers,  and  if  they 
want to continue the monkey  and parrot 
exhibition 
the  wholesale 
dealers hereafter should be  quiet specta­
tors,  and  allow  the  retailers  to  knife 
each other and  clean  out  the weakest of 
their class,  if that  is  the  plan  of  their 
campaign.  The  manufacturers  have an 
association to regulate their own  affairs, 
and  if  retailers  desire  to  carry  on the 
cut-rate war with  the  view  of substitut­
ing other goods,  that  is  a matter for the 
manufacturers 
to  consider  and  dis­
courage ; 
it  should  be  regarded  as  a 
picnic to which the wholesalers have not 
been  invited.  The  latter  have  done 
everything possible to bring order  out of 
chaos,  but  competition  is  so sharp and 
jealousy so strong among retailers,  that a 
committee  might  as  well  try  to  make 
water  flow  up  hill  as  to pin them down 
to  any  obligation  of  that  character. 
It 
would  be  unwise  to  make  any  further 
effort at present to stem the tide of reck­
less competition ;  give  them  the balance 
of this year to do as they  please,  and the 
case will right itself.  Selling at or below 
cost  cannot  long  be  continued without 
important  results  and  these  will  be 
shown in due time.

indefinitely, 

Purely  Personal.

Dan Steketee has  been  confined  to his 
house  during  the  past  week  by a com­
bination fever and sore throat.

Frank Hamilton,of Traverse City, spent 
Sunday  with  his  wife  and  niece,  who 
have been in the city several weeks.

D.  D.  Harris, general dealer and cheese 
manufacturer at Shelbyvllle, was in town 
Saturday.  His factory begun operations 
for the season on the 13th.

O.  B.  Pickett,  right  bower  for  M.  V. 
Gundrum & Co.,  Leroy, was in town  last 
Thursday  on  his  way  home  from New 
York City,  where  he was  confined to  his 
bed nineteen days with a severe attack of 
la grippe.

J .  F.  Maloney,  Manager  of  the Che­
boygan  Brewing  and  Malting  Co.,  of

A.  S.  Davis  has  started out two new 
men—David McWhorter  among  the  city 
trade and David Meister among the trade 
of the Pentwater branch and the  Alpena 
country.  Mr.  Meister  hails  from  Bay 
City,  where he traveled for Chas. L.  Fox.
E.  M.  Hopkins, engrossing  and enroll­
ing  clerk  of  the  House  of Representa­
tives,  has  engaged  to  travel  for  the 
Barnes Safe and Lock Co.,  his  duties  to 
begin  as  soon  as  the  Legislature  ad­
journs.  He will  then  take  up  his  resi­
dence at  Owosso.

Sensible  Suggestion.

A  German  physician proposes that the 
manufacturers of preserved meats should 
be compelled to  stamp their cans  with a 
legible date mark.  For a  year  or so,  he 
says, canned meats may remain perfectly 
wholesome,  but  after that  they  deterio­
rate in a way defying alike precaution and 
explanation.

Jennings*

Flavoring  E xtracts

Are  Acknowledged  the  Most  Profitable.

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Always Uniform.

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Other  brands  of  flour  may  occasionally  make  as  good 
bread,  but  for  absolute  uniformity and  reliability  our  brands 
"Sunlight,” "Daisy” and  “ Purity ”  will  be kept at  the  top, as 
they have been in the past.  Write us for quotations.

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HERRICK’S

PATENT  BASKET  STAND.
20,25 and 30 inch  sizes, $3 per Dozen. 

A  QUIET  CUSTOMER.

Some Suggestions  as to  the  Treatment 
Written for The Tbadzsiun.

o f the Thinker.

As a  rule, the  person who  talks  least 
thinks  most.  He thinks  best,  certainly, 
as  his mind  and  tongue  are not  racing 
with each other at the same moment. 
If 
you  are  a  grocer,  have  you  not  noticed 
how  satisfied  some  of  your  customers 
always appear?  Appearances  are  often 
deceptive.  They  are  thinking,  and  you 
may not be aware that their thoughts are 
to  your  disadvantage.  When  you  have 
two qualities of  butter in the store and a 
customer  says,  “Give  me  five pounds  of 
butter,  please,” your  thoughts instantly 
revert to  the  fact that  he  placed  no  ad­
jective  before  “butter,” also  that  he  is 
one who  never  finds  any fault, and  you 
do desire to work off  that first lot of but­
ter and  the temptation to weigh  that out 
for  him  is  strong.  He  is  a  man  who 
never finds any fault and  relies upon the 
honor of those with whom he deals.  You 
weigh out his butter,  and he simply says, 
“How  much?” pays  for  it,  and,  with  a 
kindly  nod  of  the  head  (for  he  is  no 
talker),  leaves  for  home. 
It  takes only 
a  few  such  customers  to  work  off  the 
entire quantity, but  have a care that you 
do not “work off”  those  quiet  customers 
as well.

If  you are  a  druggist,  and a man  has 
been  in the  habit of  purchasing Dr.  Fe­
mur’s  pills,  and  he  sends some  evening 
for a box  of  them  when  you  happen  to 
be  out, do  not  give the  messenger a box 
of  Dr. Ulna’s instead, thinking they will 
be opened and  swallowed without  notic­
ing  the  difference  and  will  do  just  as 
well.  That  man  may  be a thinker  and, 
although you may retain him  for a time, 
some  day  when  you  miss  his visits  he 
will  have  left  you  forever.  There is a 
lady  who  always  comes to you  for  her 
extract  of  lemon  and  vanilla,  because 
she  first saw you  making them  from the 
fruit.  She  has told  you—once only—in 
a  few  words,  “ They  are  just  what  I 
want.”  You  have  missed  her  cheery 
“Gooff morning,” from  your  store,  and 
saw  her  one  day  entering  Jones’  door, 
and  you  wondered  why.  Think  a  mo­
ment.  The  last  time  she  came  for va­
nilla, you  went  behind  the  prescription 
case,  opened a pound bottle of  Fresser «ft 
Co.’s vanilla  and measured  out some  for 
her, thinking she  would  never know the 
difference,  instead of  frankly  explaining 
that  you  were out  of  your  own  make. 
The  woman  was  not  angry;  she  only 
thought  you  were  not  making  it  quite 
as  good. 
is  no  talker — only  a 
“thinker.”  She tried another store—and 
you have lost a valuable customer.

She 

Mr. General  Dealer,  there is  a  lady in 
the print  dress who  seldom  talks  much. 
She is  cheerful  and  good  natured,  buys 
only in small quantities but always pays, 
waits  patiently if  you  are  busy,  and  as 
you are  hurried up  by that  other  snap­
pish  customer  whom  you  fear  will  go 
without the starch she has asked for,  you 
also wait upon her, and a few others first. 
By and  by  you get  around  to the  “ lady 
in  print”  and  wait  upon  her,  perhaps 
offer  an  apology,  which  she  smilingly 
accepts.  A  few  such  apologies  are  all 
right,  but do not presume too much upon 
her  quiet  good  nature.  She  may  be  a 
“thinker,” and you may lose her.

Bear this in mind daily, that your quiet 
customers  are  generally  observers  and 
thinkers, and  if  there  is  any one  class 
you are to appreciate and take care of, it

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is this.  They don't  want you to talk, for 
they  are  not  talkers,  but  in  all  other 
ways they desire to see and feel that you 
not  only appreciate their  patronage  but 
are serving  them with the best  you have 
and,  whenever 
innovations  are  to  be 
made,  advise them at once.  Your scold­
ing,  fault-finding  customer is not half as 
apt to leave you. 
It is his or  her way of 
getting through the world, and the nearer 
the dealer  follows  the  path I have  indi­
cated  with  this  class  of  customers,  the 
greater will be his success. 

V i n d e x .

Can  Fill  All  Orders  Promptly.

The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  an­
nounces  that  it  is  prepared  to  ship all 
orders for sugar,  no  matter  what  grade, 
the same day they are received.
Use  “ Tradesman ”  Coupons.

S .  A . M orm ati

WHOLESALE 

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

Akron, Buffalo and Louisville

C E M E N T S ,
Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe,
FIRE  BRICK  AND  CLAY. 

Write for Prices.

20  LYON  ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Send for (Quotations.

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS

Manufacturers of and Jobbers in 

Pieced and Stam ped Tinw are,  Bags,

Metals, Iro n , Rubber and W iping Bags 

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.

F o m  m m  B u i

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A   J.  Bo w n e, P resid en t.

D. A.  i>  odoett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a  general  banking  business.

Hake a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  REANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

EARL  BROS.,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  First National  Bank,  Ohioago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

Indispensible to every  grocer.  Order  through your  jobber 

or direct of the manufacturer,

E.  J.  HERRICK,

Grand Rapids.

W a r eh o u se  P la tfo rm   T ruck.

This  Truck is designed  for  use  in  warehouses, whole­

sale establishments, flour and feed,  and other stores.

Has  platform 30x38 inches.  Frame  well  made of  hard 
maple.  Wheels  8  inches  in  diameter;  caster  wheel  6 
Inches.  Height  from  floor  to  surface  of  platform  11 
inches.

PRICE,  $5.

MANUFACTURED  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS
HAND  SCREW  CO.,

Grand Rapids; Mich.

THE  MICŒHG^JSr  TRADESMAN,
Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

into  their  burrows  to  die,  but  most  of 
them will be found  dead  on  the  surface 
of the earth.

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Drugs f££ Medicines»

S ta te   B o a r d   o f   P h a r m a c y .

One  Yeaj>-Stanley K. Park ill, Owosso.
Two  Tears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Pour Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Five Tears—George Gundrnm. Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson. Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—S. E. Parkill,  Owosso.
(Detroit) July 7:  Houghton, Sept. 1;  Lansing  Nov, i.
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

Meetings  for  1891—Ann  Arbor.  May  5;  Star  Island 

President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw.
Tlrst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891.________
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Esoott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 

June, September and December.
G ran d  R a p id s   D r u g  C le r k s ’ A s s o c ia t io n , 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C- Smith.________

D e t r o it   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

M u sk e g o n   D r u g   C le r k s ’  A s s o c ia t io n . 

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

Large  Consumption of Strychnine.
Chief among the most active and  dead­
ly poisons in the world is strychnine.  It 
is  the  active  principle  of  a plant—the 
strychnos  nux  vomica—which  is  com­
monly known as  “ dog button.”  A  late 
number of the Industrial  World says:

It will surprise many to know  that the 
wholesale  drug  house  of  Dawson.  Bole 
«& Co., of Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  is  one  of 
the largest dealers in this deadly drug in 
the world.  This firm has handled eighty 
pounds of strychnine within  the last few 
weeks,  which  is  an  enormous quantity. 
The relation of this  quantity  to  the  en­
tire  consumption  of  the  drug  may  be 
imagined  when  it  is  stated  that  when 
the  Winnipeg  orders  were  sent  to  the 
English  dealers  the  effect  was to imme­
diately  advance  its  value  10  per  cent. 
Their  first  order  for  their  spring  trade 
was sixty pounds;  but they were obliged 
to increase this by cable very materially, 
and  their  sales  for  the  season  will be 
well  up  to  100 pounds.  As an order by 
a retail drug store for strychnine usually 
will  not  exceed  one  ounce, 
this  will 
further show the  euormous  quantity the 
Winnipeg  wholesale  house  referred  to 
has handled this season.  The  heavy de­
mand for strychnine here is in the spring 
of  the  year,  and  it  is  required  largely 
for  poisoning  gophers. 
In  Southern 
Manitoba and the territory of Assiniboia, 
this poison is used most extensively.  Of 
course, a great deal of the drug is wasted 
while being used,  as  the  quantity sold is 
sufficient to poison  every  living creature 
in the country many times over.

It  is  quite  probable that it is used for 
that purpose along  the  entire line of the 
Canadian  Pacific,  wherever  an  attempt 
is  made  to  cultivate the land from Win­
nipeg  to  Vancouver,  as  in  the  same 
latitude  (unless  the  country  is  moun­
tainous)  the  different  kinds  of  ground 
squirrels  abound  and  will  consume  the 
seed or destroy the  growing  crop,  if not 
exterminated.  Fifteen  years  ago 
the 
ground squirrels—a different species aud 
much  larger  than  the  prairie gopher— 
were  the  pest  of  the  more  southern 
counties  of  California. 
In  the vicinity 
of  Los  Angeles,  they  were so numerous 
that  strychnine  was  resorted  to,  to kill 
them.  Grains  of 
Indian  corn  were 
placed in sweetened hot  water  for twen­
ty-four  hours  to  soften,  then  a  small 
portion  of  strychnine  in  solution  was 
poured over it, while the grain was yet soft 
and permeable.  This solution is best made 
by  first  thoroughly  dissolving  the  crys­
tals  in  a  small  portion  of  acetic  acid 
(cold).  This  acid  may  then  be  mixed 
with any given quantity of water desired 
and  poured  over  the softened grain. 
It 
is  now  only  necessary  to  place  a  few 
grains of this poisoned corn  in and close 
beside  the  entrance  to  their  burrows, 
where it is sure to be  eaten about sunset 
or just after sunrise.  A  few  will  crawl |

Strychnine  is  a  most  powerful  tonic 
and stimulant,  when used as  a  medicine 
in infinitesimal  quantities,  and is to-day 
very  widely  employed  as  an  adjuvant 
in a line of  the  more elegantly prepared 
elixirs and pills.

A Trick to  Obtain  Morphine.

From the New York Tribune.

A novel  and  adroit  trick for getting 
morphine  was  yesterday 
successfully 
played  upon the manager of a pharmacy 
in Park  Row.
“I have never seen such a clever trick,” 
said the  manager.  “I think I  know  all 
the opium and  morphine  fiends  in  the 
city,  and I am well  posted  on all  their 
tricks, but  the way  in  which  this  chap 
worked  his  little  game  on  me  was  the 
slickest I ever saw.  As I  stepped up  to 
him to see what he wanted, he handed me 
a prescription made out in the regular way 
which only a druggist or physician is sub- 
posed to  know how  to  write.  The  pre­
scription called  for  two  articles,  one  of 
which was  morphine. 
I  filled  the  pre­
scription and came over to where the man 
stood  and  proceeded  to  wrap  them  up, 
when he took out of  his pocket a  memo­
randum and said,  as  he handed it  to me:
“ ‘Oh, by the way, here is a list of some 
things 1 had nearly forgotten,  and which 
I would like to have you make up for me. 
The articles  are for  another person  and 
you  had  better  do  them  up  in  another 
package. 
I’ll  not  trouble  you  to  wrap 
up this first package. 
I will do it  while 
you are filling out that  list.’
‘‘The list contained a number of harm­
less drugs, which he knew would take me 
some time to prepare  in  the  back  room.
‘‘He wrapped up the two bottles which 1 
had  left on the  counter,  and,  turning to 
one  of  the  clerks,  said: 
‘I  will  leave 
these  here until 1 come  hack. 
I  have an 
errand  I  want  to  do,  and  by the time  I 
come  back the other things will  be ready 
for  me.’
‘‘So saying,  he wentout and I have  not 
seen him since.  The packages lay on the 
counter  together all day,  and he did  not 
come in the store  and take  them. 
It be­
gan  to  look a little queer, and, becoming 
suspicious,  I finally opened the first pack­
age  and found an empty morphine bottle, 
identical  with  the  one  containing  the 
morphine,  in  shape  and  size, which  he 
had put  there  in  place  of the  bottle  of 
morphine  which  I  had  filled  for  him. 
It  was  perfectly  clear  to  me  then.  He 
had succeeded  in  getting  the  drug  by  a 
clever  trick  and  by an  adroit  ruse  had 
walked off with it without paying  for it, 
in  broad  daylight  and  before  my  eyes. 
I presume by this time he is working other 
druggists in other  parts of the  city  with 
the same trick he  tried on  me.”
Slightly Incongruous.

From the  Allegan  Gazette.

The P.  of I.  state trade agency,  which 
has he&dquarters at Lansing and seeks to 
supply goods of all kinds to  members  of 
the order  all over  the  state,  experiences 
difficulty  in  finding a  wholesale grocery 
house to fill their  orders,  and sends them 
to  A.  Stegeman  of  this  place. 
It  must 
shockingly  strain Mr. Stegeman’s philan­
thropic  soul  to  abandon  his  four-per­
cent “racket ” and  do business on the P. 
of  I.  ten-per-cent  basis.

The  Drug  Market.

Citric  acid  has  declined.  Balsam  co­
paiba  is  lower.  Assafoetida  has  ad­
vanced.  Gum  shellacs  are  lower.  Oil 
semon  is  higher.  Cod  liver  oil  has de­
clined.  Alum is lower.  Chloral hydrate 
has  advanced.  Gum  opium  is  steady. 
Morphine 
is 
weak.  Sugar  of  milk  is lower.  Cocoa 
butter has declined.

is  unchanged.  Quinine 

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas, spices, etc.,  see  J. P.  Visner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich., general  representative  for  E.  J. 
Gillies A Co.,  New  Tork City.

ELECTROTYPERS

AND

STEREOTYPERS,

And Manufacturers of

Leads,  Slifgs,  Brass  Rifle,  Wood  and 

Jletal  Fifrnitifre.

6 and 8 Erie St.. GRAND  RAPIDS.

F. J. BARBER.

A. C. MARTIN.

BIRDER,  MARTIN  &  CO.
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Blitter, Eggs, Poultry, Frilit,  and  all 

Kinds of Country  Produce.

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Daniel  L pÉ ,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

P A U L   E IF E R T

Manufacturer of

Trnnls, Traveling Baps aod Cases

SAMPLE  TRUNKS  AND  CASES 

MADE TO ORDER.

191  South  Water  Street,

C H IC A G O .

Write for  Prices.

Grand  Rapids,

41  SO.  DIVISION  ST.,

Michigan.

EL  Puritano  Cigar.
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O N   E A R T H .

MANUFACTURED  BY

DIL WORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARE  &  SON,
Grand Rapids.
BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
___________________ Bay  City.

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A  jn  

th e  m a rk et,  S e lls   th e 
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MANUFACTURED  BY

A. E. BROOKS & CO.
The  Finest  Line  of  Gandy  in  the  State.

Grand Rapida, Mich.

COUGH  g * . Try 
DROPS

DO UBLE ACTION.  G EA RIN G  C O M P L E T E L Y  C O V ERED . 

W H IT E  C ED A R   PAIL.  SELF -A D JU STIN G  SCRA PER.

CA N S FULL SIZE. 

U SE S SM A L L E S T  PO SS.BLE Q U A N T IT Y  OF ICE.

T H O R O U G H LY  W R A PP E D  FOR SHIPPING.

T h a t   t h e   G EM   F R E E Z E R   is  r e c o g n iz e d  a s   t h e   E l s t in t k e   m a r k e t   is
PROVEN  BY TH E  FACT T H AT OUR COMPETITORS  ARE  IMITATING  IT S  GOOD  QUALI- 
T lf 8,  AND USE IT AS TH E 6TANDARD OF  COMPARISON WHEN  TRYING TO SELL TH EIR 
OWN COCOS.
DO  NOT  BE  IMPOSED  UPON  EY  T H OSE  WHO  MAY  TRY  TO  SELL  YOU  OTHER 
FREEZERS  BY  TELLING YOU  THEY  ARE  “  JUST A8 GOOD ”   OR  '* JUST  T H E  SAME 
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R FCU IA R  JOBBER  W RITE  T O  US AND WE  WILL TELL YOU  W HERE  YOU  CAN  GET  IT  

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_________Wholesale P rice  Current._________
Advanced—Assofcetida, oil lemon, chloral hydrate.
Declined—Acid citric, balsam copaiba, gum shellac, cod liver oil, alum, sugar milk, cocoa butter.

a c i d u m .

8@  10
Acetlcum................... 
Benzolcum  German..  80@1  00
Boraclc 
..................... 
30
Carbollcum................  23®  35
Cltrlcum....................  55®  58
Hydrochlor................  3®  5
Nltrocum 
.................   10®  12
Oxalicum...................  11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley Ileum.................1  40@1 80
Sulpnurlcum.........  
134®  0
Tannlcum................   .1  40®1 60
Tartaricum...............  40®  42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg................3J4@  5
7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

20  deg..............5H@ 

A N IL IN E .

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

BACCAX.

Cubeae (po. *  30.......... 1  3E®1 40
Juniperus...................  8®  10
Xantnoxylum.............  25®  30

BAL8AM UM .

Copaiba......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  80
Terabln, C anada......   35®  40
Tolutan......................  35®  50

C O R T E Z .

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  20
PrunuB Virgin!....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EX TR A  CTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematoz, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is...............   13®  14
)4s..............  14®  15
*8..............  16®  17
FX BRU M .

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Carbonate Preclp........  @  15
Citrate and Quinta —   @3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  ®  80
Ferrocyanldum Sol....  ®  50
Solut  Chloride...........  ®  15
Sulphate,  com’l ......... 114® 
2
pure............   ®  7

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A m ica.......................  22®  25
Anthemls...................  20®  25
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

FLO R A .

 
FO LIA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tln-

...................  20®  22
nlvelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Ms....................  12®  15
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  )4b
Ura Ural...................... 

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a cu iti.

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Acacia, 1st  picked—   ®1  00
....  ®  90
2d 
3d 
....  @  80
®  65
sifted sorts... 
po.................   75@1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotrl. (po. 60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (14b, 14 its,
16)..........................   @  1
Ammoniae.................  25®  30
Assafoetlda, (po. 30)...  @ 20
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphors...................  50®  52
Eupnorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum...................  ®3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Gualacum, (po  40)  ...  @  35
Kino,  (po.  25)............   ®  20
Mastic.......................   @  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opil,  (po. 3 50)............ 2  25@2 40
Shellac 
....................  23®  30
bleached........  28®  33
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

“ 
H E B B A —In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Rupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V lr.........................  26
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

M AGNESIA.

O LEUM .

75®1 00

Cubebae...................10 50®11  00
Szechthitos.................   90@1 oo
Erlgeron.....................1  90®« 00
Gaultheria..................2 00®2 lp
Geranium,  ounce......  ®  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Jumper!.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Llmonls...................... 2 50@2 85
Mentha Piper...............2 90®3 00
Mentha Verid............. 2 50®2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............1  10®1 15
Myrela, ounce............   ®  50
Olive........................... 1 00®2 75
Plcis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10®  12
Rlcinl.......................... 1  04@1 20
Rosmarinl.................  
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succinl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglfi..........................   @1  50
Thyme.......................   40®  50
opt  ................  ®  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BiCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide......................  37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po.............    15®  18

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 50@2 60
Iris  ploz (po. 35@38)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  pr...................  35®  40
Maranta,  &s..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei..............................  75@1 00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Syuiplocarpus,  Foeti-
  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lngiber a ...................  10®  15
Zingiber  ] .............. 
22®  25
SEMEN.
..  @ 15
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 4)4® 
5
Cvdonium....................   75@1 00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterix Odorate........ 2 00®2 25
Foemculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L lnl............................4  @4)4
Lim, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__3)4®  4)4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Slnapls,  Albu............   8®  9
,r  Nigra...........  11®  12

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

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SPIRITUS.

Frumentl, W.. D.  Co..2 00®2 50
“  D. F. R.........175@2 00
1  10@1  50
“ 
Juniperls  Co. 0. T — 1  75@1  75
1  75@3  50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galll........... 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.....................1  25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba....................... 1 25@2 00

 
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SPONGES.

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

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

 

00@5 50

Absinthium.................5 
• Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A n isi........................... 1 
Aurantl  Cortez.........   @2 50
Bergamll  ...................3 
Cajlputl.....................  90@1  00
Caryophyill........ .•...... 1 
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll................  ®2 00
Cinnamomi................1 15®1 20
Cltronella...................  @  45
Comum Mao..............  86®  65
Copaiba  .....................1 

70@1 80
75@4 00
20@1 25

20@1 80

SYRUPS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac.............................  ..  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Pranas  rlrg.........................  50

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TIN C TU R ES.

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“ 

“ 

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

Acomtum Napellis R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co................ .  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Ferri 
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opil.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deoaor........................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

Colorless........  75
Chlorldum......   35

ammon.........   60

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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d£ther, Spts  Ntt, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen..................... 2)4® 3

r‘ 
ground,  (po.

et Potass T. 

7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
55® 60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  66
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10®2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  &s,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharldes  Russian,
po ............................  @1  40
Capslcl  Fructus, af...  @  25
“ po—   @  30
“ B po.  @  20
Caryophyllus, (po.  18)  13®  14
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @ 20
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetaceum..................   @  45
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squibbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........ 1  50@1 70
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  & W  15®  20
German 3)4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
61
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum...............   @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“.  prep..................  
5®  5
“  precip.............. 
9®  11
“  Rubra...............   ®  8
Crocus.......................  28®  30
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cupri Sulph...............  
6®  7
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  3
Ergota/ipo.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  ®  23
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
“ 
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna...................17  @  25
Grana Paradisi...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  90
“  C or....  ®  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  ( 0
Ammontati. 
Unguentum.  41®  55
Hydrargyrum........ 
.  @  70
Ijnthyobolla, Am. 
.1  25®1  50
Indigo........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........... 3 7£@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  50®  55
Lycopodium..............  50®  55
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor FotasBArsinltis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)..........................  
a®  3
Manilla,  S. F .............  50®  60

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“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. <6 W .. .2 20®2 45 
a  o o .............. ..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...  ..................
@2 00
Plcis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  .......................
@2 00 
@1 00
Plcis Liq., quarts  ... 
@ 85
pints......
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)
@ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)
@ i
Piper Alba, (po r5) ..
@ 3
Pix  Burgun............
@ 7
Plumbi A cet........... ..  14® 15
Pul vis Ipecac et opil ..1  10@1  20
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
@1  25
& P. D.  Co., doz__
Pyrethrum,  pv........ ..  30® 35
8® 10
Quassiae.................
..  33® 36
Qulnia, S. P. & W.... 
..21)4® 30
S.  German..
Rubia  Tinctorum__..  12® 14
Saccharum Lactls pv
@ 33
Salaetn..................... .1  80®1  S5
Sanguis  Draconls__..  40® 50
@4 50
Santonine  ...............
14
Sapo,  W.................. ..  12® 
12
..  10®
@ 15

“  G.....................

“ 

Seidlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Slnapls.......................   @  18
“  opt..................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .  12®  13 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o..........   50®  55
“  Myrela  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrela Imp........  @3 00
*'  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 27)............................  @2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
“  Roll..............2?i© 3)4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  45® 50
Vanilla.................. . .9 00® 16 00
Zlncl  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  56
Lard, No.  1............ . . 4 5
Linseed, pure raw  ...  56

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
59

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faints. 

11
62
Llndseed,  boiled__   59 
Neat's  Foot,  winter
strained...............   50 
69
SpiritsTurpentlne__  44)4  50
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars..'. 154  2@4
“ 
Ber........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial_2Q  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.2)4  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English__ 
Green,  Peninsular...... 
Lead,  red.............  @7)4
“  w hite........  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’.......  
@90
1 00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints......................1  00@1  20

13@16
70@75
70®75

VARNISHES.

No. lTurp  Coach....1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................160@1  70
Coach  Body............... 2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1  00@1  10
Entra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  76

HAZBBTINB

&  PB R KINS

DRUG  C O .

Importers and Jobbers of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES.
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M   H i of  Staile  Druggists’ S i b

We are Sole  Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy,

We Have In Stock and Offer a Full L in o  o f

W ill S K IE S ,  B R A N D IE S ,

GINS,  W INES,  R U M S ,

@1 10

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.jtoltine l Perkins Drug  Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

12

THE  MICHIGAN  TEADESMAN,

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—So meagre are the offerings, that there 
is really no market.
Beans—The  market  is  steady.  Handlers  are 
offering  11.80  per  bu.  for  country  picked  and 
holding city picked at $2.25@$2.30.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—Stocks  are  beginning  to  accumulate 
and  lower  prices are In prospect.  Jobbers now 
pay 17@18c, holding at 19@-J0c.

Cabbages—50c  per doz. or S4 per 100.
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Celery—Entirely out of market.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, tl.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Nearly  out  of  market.  Jerseys 
have entirely  disappeared and  Bell and  Cherry 
are held at $9.50@$10.
Eggs—The  market  is  weak  and  uncertain, 
dealers paying 12)4@13c and holding at 14c.
Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Lettuce—13c for Grand Rapids Forcing
Onions—Scarce  and  firm.  Dealers  pay  $1.40 
Parsnips—40c per bushel.
Potatoes—The  market  continues  strong  and 
high, handlers paying $1 at most of the principal 
buying  points  throughout the State,  while  in 
many  places  competition or  superior  quality of 
stock isUmpelling even higher prices.

for all offerings of choice, holding at $1.65.

Squash—114c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in good 
Turnips—30@35c per bu

demand readily commanding  $3.75 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

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

Mess,  new....................................................   13 00
Short c u t....................................................... 12 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  14 50
Extra clear,  heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  14 00
Boston clear, short cut............................. .*4 25
Clear back, short cut......................................14 00
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
14 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage......................................................
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................................. ...
Frankfort Sausage  ..........................................754
Blood Sausage................................................. 5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick......... .........................  ......... 5
Headcheese.................................................... 5

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard. 

Tierces a .........................................................   714
Tubs............................................................. ”  7»f
501b.  Tins......................................................... 73J
Corn-
pound.
6
614
7U
¿v
61*
6)4

Tierces...................................... 6«  
0 and 50 lb. Tubs......................614 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..............7
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case...............714 
10 lb. Palls, 6 in a case...............7 
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case..............614 
50 lb. Cans..................................614 

Family. 

B E E P   IN   B A R R ELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........................   9 0G
Extra Mess, Chicago packing...........................  9 00
Boneless, rump butts.....................................
smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................  gu
16 lbs.......................................  954
12 to 14 lbs...............................10
picnic.....................................................614
best boneless..........................................8)4
Shoulders........................................................  6W
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................... 8
Dried beef, ham prices.....................................914
Long Clears, heavy........................................... 614
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................   m
614

light............... 

n 

FISH and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

F R E S H   F IS H .

Whitefish...............................................   @10
Trout...................................................... 
a  9
Halibut..................................................   @18
Ciscoes...................................................  @ 5
Flounders..............................................   @ 9
Bluefish.................................................  @12
Mackerel................................................  @25
Cod.........................................................  @12
California salmon.................................   @20
Fairhaven  Counts................................   @40
F. J. D. Selects.......................................  @35
Selects....................................................  @27
F. J. D....................................................  @25

oysters—Cans.

SH E L L   OOODS.

Oysters, per  100.....................................1  25@1  50
Clams, 
.....................................  75@1 00

“ 

G R O C E R I E S ,

The  Apple  Enters  Its  Protest.

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

One pleasant afternoon  in  April I was 
reclining  easily  in  my  arm  chair  in the 
store,  engaged  in  reading a  lengthy and 
graphic account of the  prospective  fruit 
crop for the coming season.  There were 
no  customers  about,  and  my  clerk  was 
busy  at  the  desk.  1  was a connoisseur 
in  fruit  and  already, in  imagination, I 
was eating the delicious  grapes,  peaches 
and  pears  of  autumn. 
I  sat  facing  a 
show window on one side of  the store,  in 
which  the  contents  of  two  boxes  of 
oranges  were  loosely  piled.  Over  the 
top  of  this  golden  fruit  was  carelessly 
scattered ten or fifteen fine  specimens of 
the  Northern  Spy  apple.  As  I finished 
reading,  I allowed  the  paper  to  drop 
from  my  hand  and my eyes to rest upon 
the  pile  of  fruit  before  me. 
1  was 
musing  upon 
the  various  beautiful 
products  of  nature,  for the comfort and 
happiness  of  mankind,  and  was busily 
comparing their  relative  values  as  food 
when — did my eyes deceive me?—I saw 
several  of  those  Northern  Spys  move 
about uneasily among the  oranges,  slow­
ly  rise  up  on  their  fat  little  legs and 
feet,  their  countenances  assume  an  ex­
pression  of  anxiety,  and  then  quietly 
roll  over  and  settle  down  into  their 
places  again.  Suddenly,  one  of  them 
stood upright,  looked me squarely  in the 
face  and  spoke  in  a  squeaky  cracked 
voice:

lemons, 

“ Sir!  I  rise  to speak for  myself  and 
my companions, both here and elsewhere. 
We  protest  against  the  treatment  to 
which  we  are  subjected,  and  we  are 
astonished  at  the  judgment and taste of 
a large class of people.  As a rule, these 
foreigners — oranges, 
pome­
granates, etc.—are given the front seats, 
the  most  pleatant  places,  and  are 
wrapped  with  the  greatest  care,  while 
we  are  generally  kept  in  some  dark 
place,  away  from  the  light  of day—are 
placed  in  your  foul  smelling  cellars, 
often kept so long  confined  in barrels or 
boxes,  crowded 
together,  and  with 
nothing to  cover  us,  that some of us die 
for want of fresh air or a ray of sunlight. 
The  living  are  obliged  to fester and rot 
by  contamination  with 
their  dead  or 
diseased companions.  Not so with these 
foreigners.  You  remove  them  one  by 
one;  handle  them  as  daintily  as  you 
would  an  infant,  remove  their  delicate 
wraps,  and  wipe  the  perspiration  from 
every one, sometimes dressing  them in a 
new  suit.  You  display  them  by  hun­
dreds  and 
thousands  in  the  cheerful 
front  windows  where  they  can  admire, 
and  be  admired,  while  you allow a bare 
dozen  of  us  a  seat  among  them.  You 
pervert the taste of the people  by toady­
ing  to  these  foreigners,  and  making it 
fashionable  to  eat  them,  whether sweet 
or sour—and most  of  them  are  sour—or 
whether  the  people  relish  them  or not, 
and also by the rude and uncivil  manner 
with  which you treat us in their presence. 
Their richness and sweetness is explained 
and  their  beauty  commented  upon  as 
soon  as  fruit  is  asked for,  while every 
one of us is hastily pushed aside,  knocked 
about and told to get out of  the  way,  as 
if we didn’t amount  to  anything.  How­
ever, we have our friends,  and  now  and 
then  a  customer  is  more  sensible than 
you  think.  That  young  lady who came 
in  with  her  mother  yesterday  fairly 
screamed with delight  when she saw us,

too, 

and  caught  me  up  so  tenderly  that  a 
woman who  stood  at  the counter with a 
bag of lemons,  looked disgusted and said 
in  an  undertone,  ‘ Hayseed! ’  Do  you 
remember, 
that  the  young  lady 
cried  out,  1 Mother,  do  look  at  those 
Northern  Spys!  Never  mind  the  or­
anges,  but get a  dozen  of  those  apples. 
Think, mother, what a delicious pie they 
will make.’  And  I  noticed that the girl 
had her own way.  Then  that fat,  good- 
natured  old  lady  who  came  with  the 
market basket  in  the  morning.  1 Don’t 
talk to me about oranges,’ said she.  ‘ I’m 
looking  for  something  for  a  hungry 
family for dinner;  something  that  will 
make an apple dumpling  fit  to grace the 
table of  the  President!  and  an  orange 
wont do that.  Oranges  and  lemons  are 
well enough in  their  place,  but  pshaw ! 
I  should  starve  to  death  on  ’em.*  I 
think,  sir,  that  the  apple family should 
receive  the  treatment  due  to  our  in­
trinsic worth,  not  only  as  an  article  of 
daily food, but a positive luxury as well. 
Our  medicinal  value,  on  account of the 
malic  acid  we  contain,  is  also  beyond 
computation,  and  the 
individual  who 
will eat two or three apples  daily during 
life  will  be  better  for  it,  both  physi­
cally and intellectually.  Were we treat­
ed as carefully and daintily as -the  citrus 
family,  we  should  not  feel  obliged  to 
enter our protest, and would  repay  your 
kindness and expense  many  times  over. 
Even in the  lands  where  oranges  grow, 
we  are  treated  with  more  respect  and 
held in higher esteem  than  in our native 
land.  We  know  that  we  deserve  the 
front seat at every store and the place of 
honor  at  every  banquet  in  the  land, 
whether  it  is  accorded  us or not.  And 
there  is  one  thing  more I desire to im­
press upon your memory and then  I will
close--------”  “ It is  your tea hour,  Mr.
Adams,” said a loud voice, and  my clerk 
gently  shook  my  arm. 
I  had  been 
dreaming,  and I had also been Instructed, 
but I shall  always  regret  that  my  clerk 
did  not  allow  me  to  bear  just  that one 
thing more,  which the Northern Spy had 
to say. 

Gr o c er.

The  Grocery Market.

The  clamor  for  sugar  surpasses  any­
thing of the kind ever before experienced 
by  the  wholesale  grocers  of  the  State. 
The  retailers  are  not  only  meeting the 
wants  of  their  customers,  but  many of 
them  are  buying  on  speculation, which 
cannot fail to result disastrously.  Local 
jobbers  are  attempting  to  combat  the 
speculation  craze  by offering  to  deliver 
sugars in May at 4%@4%c, but even this 
assurance  is  not  sufficient  to  stem  the 
tide.  While  the  refiners  are  oversold 
and  are  unable to fill  orders  for  imme­
diate  shipment,  the  indications  are that 
the  country  will  experience  a  glut  In 
sugar  inside of  six  weeks,  when  the  re­
finers' price on granulated  will  probably 
drop  from  43^c to 4)ic, at which  figure 
there  is a  good  margin  of  profit  at  the 
present price of raw sugars.  This would 
mean  4%c  sugar  to  Michigan  jobbers, 
who would then make their  selling price 
4.56  or  4%c.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  sees  no 
possible prospect of higher sugar and ad­
vises the trade to hold  the demand  down 
as close as possible and buy only in suffi­
cient quantities to meet the  consumptive 
demand.
Package  coffee  has  declined  Kc  and 
oatmeal  is  firm  at  present  quotations. 
Forcing the  price  any higher  would un­
doubtedly curtail consumption which the 
manufacturers will probably avoid.  The 
Jas.  G.  Butler  Tobacco  Co.  announce 
an  advance of  lc  per  pound  on “Some­
thing Good,” “Peach Pie” and “Tobacco” 
May 1.

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass..........................................6)4@ 7)4
“  hindquarters................................  @8)4
fore 
“ 
...............................   5  @6
loins, No. 3...................................   @12
** 
ribs..............................................  @10
“ 
rounds...... ...................................  @
“ 
“ 
tongues....................  
Bologna..................................................  @5
Pork loins..............................................   @10
Sausage, blood  or head.........................  @ 5
liver.........................................   @5
Frankfort................................   @7)4
Mutton...... ....................................  ....  @8
Veal........................................................4  @  5)4

“  shoulders.......................................  @ 6)4

@10)4

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STIC K   CA N D T.
Full  Weight.

Standard,  per  lb...............................  6)4
...... 6)4
“  H.1a....................
...... 6)4
“ 
Twist  ...............
...... 6)4
Boston  Cream  .................
Cut  Loaf............................................7)4
...... 7)4
Extra H. H........................................ 7)4
...... 7)4

Bbls. Palis.
7)4
7)4
7)4
9)4
8)4
8)4

M IX E D   CA N D T.
Full Weight.

Bbls.
Standard...................................... 6)4
.6)4
Leader..........................................6)4
..6)4
..7
Special..........................................7
S I............................................7
,..7
y ...........................................7)4 
Broken.........................................7)4 
English  Rock..............................7)4 
Conserves....................................7 
Broken Taffy................................7)4 
Peanut Squares.............................  
Extra............................................. 
French Creams.............................. 
Valley  Creams.............................  

fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight.

Pails.
7)4
7)4
8
8
8)4
8)4
8)4
8
8)4
9
10
10)4
13)4

* 

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“ 
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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Bbls.  Palls.
Lozenges,  plain...............................10)4 
11)4
12)4
printed............................. 11 
Chocolate Drops................................  
12)4
14
Chocolate Monumentals................... 
6)4
Gum Drops........................................ 5 
Moss Drops........................................ 8 
9
0)4
Sour Drops........................................   8)4 
Imperials...........................................10)4 
11)4
Per Box
Lemon Drops..................................................56
Sour Drops...... .............................................. 55
Peppermint Drops.......................................... 65
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..................................................55
Caramels...................................................15® 17
Hand Made  Creams..................................85@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@9O
Decorated Creams................................   ... .1 00
String  Rock................................................... 70
Burnt Almonds 
......................................1 GO
Wintergreen  Berries......................................65
O RA NGES.
California,  128....................................... 
150.....................................  
176-2 0-226.........................  
300-240.......
“ 
200..............
“ 
Messina, choice, 360 .............................  
fancy, 360.............................  
choice 300.............................. 
fancy 390 .............................. 

4 50
5 25
450
5 00
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy layers........  18@20
  @16
@12)4 
@10 
@8 
@ 6
@17)4 
@17 
@17)4 
•@ 8)4 @11 
@15

Fard, 101b.  box..........................
..........................
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................4
NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.............................
Ivaca......................................
California..............................
Brazils, new...........................................
Filberts..................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................
“  Marbot....................................
Chili........................................
“ 
Table Nuts, No. 1..................................
No. 2..................................
Pecans, Texas, H. P .......................
Cocoanuts, full sacks...................
Fancy, H.  P., Suns................................
“  Roasted  ...................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags  .............................
“  Roasted...................
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................
“  Roasted.................

“ 
“ 
“ 
The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as follows

@15
@13)4 
15@17 
@4 00
@ 5)4 
@  7)4 
@ 5)4 
@7)4 
© 4)4 
@ 6)4

“ 
“ 
LEM ONS.

O T H E R   F O R E IG N   FR U IT S.

“  50-lb.  “ 

choice  “ 

Messinas, 

3 00
3 50
3 50

PEANUTS.

OILS.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

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Water White.......................................-..
Michigan test.................... ...................
Naptha...................................................
Gasoline.................................................
Cylinder............................................... 27
E ngine.................................................13
Black, 15 Cold  Test...............................

@  9 
@ 8)4 

@ 7)4 @ »!4 @36 

@21 
@ 9)4

CURTISS  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR  SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

- 

Grand  Rapids»  Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

A P P L E   B U TTER .

Chicago goods................. 7%@8

A X L E   G R EA SE.
Frazer’s.

“ 
“ 

Wood boxes, per  doz........ 

80
3 doz. case...  2 40
“ 
per gross....... 9 00
“ 
251b. palls,.........................  1 00
151b.  “ 
 
75
A urora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz........  60
3 doz. case...  1  75
per  gross__ 6 00

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Diamond.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Peerless.

Wood boxes,  per d o z ......  
50
3 doz. case...  1  50
per  gross__
5 50
25 lb. palls.........................
90
B A K IN S   PO W D ER .
45 
Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz  ...
85 
>4lb.  “ 
2  “  ....
....
lib .  “ 
1  “ 
1  10 
bulk.........................
10 45 
Teller’s,  % lb. cans, doz..
85
..
..
1 50 
60
Arctic, % lb can s..............
1  20
2 00 
9 60
40 
80 
1  50

" 
“ 
“ 
% lb.  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
lib . 
“  %B>  “ 
...
“ 
“ 
...
...
“ 
“ 
lb  cans.
H »  “  •
“ 
.
“ 
1 lb 
B A TH  B R IC K .

lib  
5 lb 
Red Star, 

“ 
“ 

“ 

2 dozen in case.

 

“ 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................   70
Domestic..............................  60
bluing.  Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals............. 4  00
8oz 
7 00
Sints,  round....10 50
!o. 2, sifting box...  2 75
No. 3, 
. . . 4 00
“ 
No. 5, 
...  8 00
“ 
1 oz ball  ...................4  50
BROOM S.
No. 2 Hurl..........................   1 75
No. 1  “ 
.......................... 2 00
No. 2 Carpet....................... 2 25
No. 1 
“ 
....................... 2 50
Parlor Gem.........................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
..............1  20
M ill...................................   3 25
Warehouse.........................2 75
BU C K W H EA T  FL O U R .
Rising Sun...............................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising............................... 4 50

“ 

B U T T E  R IN E .
Creamery.

Dairy.

Solid packed....................   13%
Rolls.................................  14
Solid packed....................   11
Rolls.................................  11%
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10%
Star,  40 
..............  10%
Paraffine............................12
Wlcking.............................   25

CA NDLES
“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

P IS H .

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Little Neck,  1 lb ..‘............ 1  10
2 lb................1  90
Standard, 3 lb...................... 2 30
Standard,  1 lb....................1  15
21b....................2  20
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb........................... 2  50
“  2  lb........................... 3  50
Picnic, 1 lb..........................2  00
“ 
21b..........................3  00
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb.....................1  20
2  lb................... 2  00
Mustard,  31b...........  ........3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb.............3 00
Soused, 3 lb......................... 3 00
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat........... 1  85
“  tails............1 60
Alaska, 1  lb......................... 1  35
21b......................... 2  10
Sardines.
American  %s..................  5© 6
%s...................7@ 8
Imported  %b................... 11@12
%8....................13@14
Mustard  %s......................  © 9
Brook, 3 It*......................... 2 50

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Trout.
P R U IT S .
Apples.
Apricots.

 

1 40

Whortleberries.

Raspberries.
R ed.....................................  
l so
Black  Hamburg..........  
l 40
Erie,  black........................ 
Strawberries.
Law rence.......................... 
l n
2 00
Hamburg...........................  
l 50
E rie....................................  
Common...........................  
1 40
1 25
F. &  W............................... 
1 30
Blueberries...................... 
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ...........2  10
Roast beef,  Armour’s ...........1  75
Potted  ham, % lb .......................1 10
“  % lb ...................  65
tongue, % lb ..............1  10
% lb ...  :...  65
chicken, % lb ............  95

“ 
VEGETABLES.

MEATS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Corn.

Tomatoes.

Squash.
Succotash.

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.

Beans.
S trin g ....................................  85
Stringless 
...........................   90
Lima,  green.................................1 30
On
**  RftAtrprl 
Lewis Boston  Baked............ 1  35
Bay State  Baked.........................1 35
World’s  F air...............................1 35
Tiger].............................................1 00
P u rity .......................................... 1 10
E rie .............................................. 1 15
Soaked..............  
65
 
Harris  standard...................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.110
Early Ju n e ......... 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
F ren c h .........................................1 80
French.................................17@18
E rie .........................................  90
H am burg...............................  90
H ubbard...................................... 1 30
Soaked....................................  85
Honey  Dew................................. 1 60
Hamburg................................
Van  Camp’s.................................1 10
No. Collins...................................1 10
H am burg....................1  20©1  30
H ancock......................................1 05
G allon.............................. 
2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.............  ... 
22
Premium.............................  
34
38
Pure.....................................  
Breakfast  Cocoa...............  
40
Bulk.........................................4%
Red..........................................7
Fancy Full  Cream__ 11  ©12
Good 
....10  @1C%
Part Skimmed.............  8  @ 9
Sap  Sago.........................   ©22
E d a m ..........................   @1  00
Swiss, im ported........   24©  25
domestic  __   15©  16
Limburger..................... —   15
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................. 35
 
200  * 
Spruce, 200 pieces................. 40
Snider’s, % pint..........................1 35
p in t...............................2 30
quart.............................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

5 gross boxes.........................40
Bulk...................................     @4
Pound  packages............  @7

CHICORY.

CHEESE.

CATSUP

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COFFEE.
GREEN.
RiO.

Santos.

Mexican and Guatemala.

F a ir........................................ 20%
Good........................................21
Prim e.....................................21%
Golden...................................22%
P eaberry................................23
F a ir........................................20%
Good....................................... 21
P rim e.................................... 21%
Peaberiy  ...............................22%
F a ir.........................................22
Good....................................... 23
Fancy......................................25
Prim e.................................... 22%
M illed....................................24
In terio r.................................. 25
Private Growth.....................26
M andehling..........................29
Im itation...............................25
Arabian.................................. 2

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Gages.

ROASTED.

Cherries.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cL aughlin’s^ XXX X ... .25%
Lion........................................ 25J,
in cabinets  ..................26
Durham..................................25
Valley City........................... 
75
Felix.......................................  1  15
Hummel’s, foil......................  1  50

4 00
York State, gallons.... 
Santa Cruz................. 
2 25
Lusk’s......................... 
2 50
2 35
Overland................... 
Blackberries.
F. &  W.......................  
1  10
1  20
Red.............................  
Pitted Hamburg.........  
1  40
W hite......................... 
1  60
E rie............................ 
1 30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................  @1  60
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  10
P ie............................. 1  60@1  75
t i n ......................2  50
Maxwell.................... 
2 25
Shepard’s ................... 
2 25
Cotton,  40 f t ..........per doz.  1  25
California................. 2 60©2 75
1  40 
1  60 
Domestic.................... 
1  25
1  75 
2 25
Riverside....................  
1  90 
Pineapples.
90 
Common....................  
1  30
1  00
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 40
grated........ 
2 65
7 40
Quinces.
1  10  Crown...............................6 60
Common .................

CLOTHES  LINES.
soft.
60 f t.........  
“
70 ft.........  
"
“
80 ft.........  
60 ft.........  
“
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72 ft-........ 
CONDENSED M ILK .

EXTRACT.

Peaches.

Eagle.

Pears.

Jute

“ 

“ 

“ 

Genuine Swiss.................... 8 £0
American Swiss...................7 00

COUPONS.
“Superior.”

1, per hundred..’. ...........2 50
3 00
4 00
5 00
6  00

9 2,
S 5,  -
810,  “
820,  “

“Tradesman.”
“  “ 
 
 
“  “ 
 
“  “ 
“  “ 
 

8 1, per hundred............... 2 00
8 2, 
8 5, 
810, 
820, 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over...............5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

“
“

 
10 
............20 
CRACK ERS.
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Kenosha Butter.................... 7%
5%
Seymour 
Butter....................................5%
“  family...................  
  5%
“  biscuit.........................6%
Boston....................................7%
City Soda...-...........................7%
Soda.......................................6
S. Oyster ............ 
5%
City Oyster. XXX...................5%
Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfers  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10©15

CREAM  T A R TA R .

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

P E E L .

P R U N E S .

Sundried....................   @11%
Evaporated...............14  @14%
California Evaporated.
Apricots........................... 
Blackberries................... 
Nectarines...................... 
Peaches!.........................  
Pears,  sliced...................  
Plums.............................. 
Prunes,  sweet............  
13
Turkey.......................   © 9
Bosnia........................  @10
French.........   ..........  @11
Lemon.....................  . 
18
Orange............................  
In drum......................  @18
In boxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 5%
in  %-bbls......  @5%
in less quantity  @ 5%
r a i s i n s  —California.

Bags...........................7
2 10
London Layers,  2 cr'n 
3  “ 
2 35
fancy. 
Muscatels,2crown  ... 
1  75
.... 
Valencias...................  
7%
Ondaras......................8  @ 8%
Sultanas..................... 16  @17

3  “ 
Foreign.

CU RRANTS.

CITRON.

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19
10
18
20
17
19

18

2 20
1 60

FA R IN A CEO U S  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

4

100 lb. kegs................... 
40
Barrels................................ 3 75
Grits..................................
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................  
6
Maccaroni and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
60
Imported...................... 
11
Pearl Barley.
Kegs............................... 3%@3%
Green,  bbl.............................  .1 10
Split.
German... 
East India.
Cracked.

.5 50
5
5

Sago.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

 

Cod.

6  @6%

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth...........................
Whole.............. 
Bricks.............................7 @8
Strips.............................. 8 @9
Smoked...................... 
10
Scaled......................... 
Holland,  bbls............  
kegs............. 
Round shore,  % bbl... 
%  bbl.. 

24
11  00
80
2 75
1  50
No. 1, % bbls. 90 lbs........... 12 00
No. 1, kits, 10  lbs..............  1 25
Family, % bbls., 90 ibs 
kits, 10 lbs....

Mackerel.

“ 

Whitefish.

“ 
FLA V O RIN G  EX TRA CTS.

Pollock.
Fancy.......................   3 50@4 00
Sardines.
Russian,  kegs.........
Trout.
No. 1, % bbls., 90 lbs...........5 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, % bbls., 90 lbs...........7 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
Faintly, % bbls., 90 lbs........3 00
kits, 10  lbs.............  50
Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box.
75 
..1 00 
1  50
3 oz
..1  50 
4 oz 
2  00
3 00
6 oz
..2 00 
4 00
..3 00
5 oz
GUN  PO W D E R .
Kegs................................... 5 50
Half  kegs........................... 3 00
Sage.....................................15
Hops....................................26

H E R B S .

JE L L IE S .

 

LICORICE.

LAM P W ICK S.
 

Chicago  goods............ 4%@5
No.  ... 
30
No. 1...................................   40
No. 2 ..................................   50
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
Condensed, 2 doz............... 1 25
2 50
3 OP
No. 9  sulphur..................... 2 00
4 00
Anchor parlor.....................1 70
5 00
No. 2 home..........................1 10
Export  parlor..................... 4 25

M ATCHES.

M OLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................  
Ordinary..........................  
Prime...............................  
Fancy............................... 
F air..................................  
Good................................. 
ExtTa good.......................  
Choice.............................. 
Fancy................................ 
One-half barrels. 3c extra

New Orleans.

16
19
19
23
17
20
26
30
36

OATM EAL.

Barrels 200.................  @7 £0
Half barrels 100................ ©3 62
Half  bbls 90..............  ©3 62
Barrels  180.................  @7 00

R O LLED   OATS.

PIC K L E S.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 connt............87 50
Half  barrels, 600 count__4  25
Barrels, 2.400  co u n t..........  9 00
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  5 00

Small.

P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216........................ 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3.............................1 25

R IC E .

Domestic.

Carolina head....................... 7
“  No. 1........................6
“  No. 2................  @5

Imported.

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1..........................6%
“  No. 2...........................5%
Java....................................
Fatna..................................

SA U ER K R A U T.

Barrels................................. 4 00
Half barrels......................... 2 50

Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox.........2 50
Hand 
2 50
Snider’s  Tomato..................2 40

8 A P 0 L I0 .
“ 
SO UPS.

3  “ 

 

“ 

Whole Sifted.

SPICES.
10
Allspice...............   
Cassia, China in mats........  7
“  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 
r‘ 
white...  .25
shot.........................19
i‘ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African................... 15
“•  Cochin.................... 18
Jamaica................. 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
“Absolute” in Packages.

“ 

%s  %s
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam ...............   84  1  55
“  Af...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  155
Pepper.......................   84  1  55
Sage.

84

Cut  Loaf............ -
@  5% @ 5% 
Cubes.................
Powdered...........
@ 5% 
Granulated..........
@ 5 
Confectioners’ A. 
© 476 
White Extra  C... 
@ 4% @ 4% 
Extra  C..............
© 4%
Yellow.......................  @
Less than 100 lbs.  %c advance 
Tea, 2-9>,  tin  scoop......... 3 6 50
.........   7 25
“  5-fl>,  tin  scoop.........   8 75
.........   8 75
“ 
Grocers’, .tl-8>,  tin  scoop.  11  00 
brass  “  ..  12 25
“ ..13 25
brass  “  ..  14 75

s c a l e s—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  cbrass  “ 

22-lb,  tin 
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb boxes.......................6%
.......................6%
•»-lb  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 

 

 

“ 
“ 

Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  6
3-lb 
...... ................   6
6-lb 
6%
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  4%
Barrels.................................. 4%
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars..... 43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

S N U F F .

SOAP.

SALT

SODA.

SE E D S.

SAL  SODA.

Old Country, 80........................ 3 20
Uno.lOO.................................... 3 50
Bouncer, 100..... 
.3 00
Boxes....................................5%
Kegs, English....................... 4%
Kegs...................................  1%
Granulated, boxes................2
Mixed bird.................4%@ 6
Caraway.................................9
Canary.................................. 3%
Hemp.....................................4%
Anise...................................13
Rape..................................... 6
Mustard.......................... 
  7%
Common Fine per bbl......   @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket.............................1  75
60 
“ 
............................. 2 00
............................. 2 15
100  “ 
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
 
Higgins  “ 
75
Warsaw “ 
35
 
.................   20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases__1  50
“  28-lb sacks  25
“ 
“  56-lb 
50
“  60  pocket.2 25
“  28 
.2 10
“  barrels .. .1  75
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5%
Dwight’s Cow........................5%
Taylor’s.................................5%
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf.............5%
pure.........................5%
Golden Harvest.....................5

“ 
“ 
“  % bu  “ 

SA LSR A TU S.

"  

“ 

 
 

SY R U PS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.................................30
Half bbls..............................32
Amber.......................23  @25
Fancy drips...............28  @30
SW EET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
7
8%
Sugar  Creams............. 
Frosted Creams.........  
8
Graham Crackers......  
8
Oatmeal Crackers......  
8
SHOE  PO L ISH .
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75
. 
japan—Regular.

TEAS. 

SU N  C U R ED .  ’

B A SK E T   F IR E D .

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
D ust............................ 10  @12
F a ir............................  @17
Good...........................  @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
F air...... ..................... 18  @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.......... 23  @26
Superior to  fine..........28  @30
Fine to choicest.......... 45  @55
Common to fair..........23  @26
Superior to fine............30  @35
Common to fair..........18  ©26
Superior to  fine..........30  @40
F air.............................18  ©22
Choice.......................24  @28
Best............................ 40  @60

EN G LISH  B R E A K FA ST .

YOUNG  HYSON.

G U N PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

20
19
33
27
39

60
34
24

“ 

22
22
20

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha.......................  
Sweet Cuba....................  
McGinty.........................  
“  % bbls.......... 
Little  Darling........... 
% bbl.. 
1791................................. 
1891, % bbls....................  
Valley  City..................... 
Dandy Jim ...................... 
Searhead......................... 
Joker......................... 
24
22
Zero............................  
26
L. &W........................ 
Here  It Is................... 
28
31
Old Style....................  
Old  Honesty.............. 
4 i
Jolly Tar....................  
33
Hiawatha.......... .  .... 
37
Valley C ity................ 
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Peach Pie...............................34
“Tobacco” ..............................35
Boss..................................... 12%
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...  .....................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew......................... 24
Gold  Block......................... 28
Peerless...........................2 4

Smoking.

 

“ 

P A P E R .

TW IN ES.

V IN EG A R .

W OODENW ARE.

yeast—Compressed.

’’ 
1 
1 
1 
1 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

18
Rob  Roy..............................25
Uncle  Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerrp.....................25
Brier Pipe.......................   . .30
Yum  Yum.............. ...........32
Red Clover.......................... 30
Navy.................................... 32
Handmade...........................40
F rog....................................33
40 gr.....................................8
50 gr.....................................10
Tin foil cakes, per doz...........15
Baker’s, per  lb.......................30
PA PER A WOODEN WARE 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw 
................................. 1%
Rockfalls............................. 2
Rag sugar...................... .....2%
Hardware..............................2%
Bakers.................................. 2%
Dry  Goods.................... 5%@6
Jute Manilla................. 6%@8
Red  Express  No. 1............ .5
No. 2............. 4
48 Cotton..............................25
Cotton, No. 1....................... 22
“  2........................18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 40
No. 5 Hemp.........................18
No. 6  “ ................................ 17
Wool....................................7
Tubs, No. 1...........................700
No.  2........................6 00
No.  3....................... 5 00
.  150 
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
No. 1,  three-hoop....  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
50
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
13  “  .................   1  25
2 00
15  “  ...  
17  “  ...................2 75
assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market.................   35
bushel.................  1  50
75
“  No.2 
6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
W hite......................... 
1 02
Red.............................  
1 02
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  1 70
Granulated.......................  1 80
Straight, in sacks.............  5 40
“  barrels...........  6 60
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks.............  6 40
“  barrels...........   6 60
“ 
Graham  “  sacks..........  2 00
Rye 
“ 
...........  2 20
M IL L ST U FFS.
Bran....................................21  00
Screenings......................  18 bO
Middlings.........................  22 00
Mixed Feed..........................   29 00
Coarse meal..........................   28 50
Milling................................   80
F eed....................................  60
Brewers, per 100  lbs........... 1  25
Feed, per  bu.......................   60
Small  lots.........................  76
Car 
“  .........................  74
Small  lots............................60
Car 
“  ............................ 58
No. 1.......................................  11 00
No.2......................................  10 00
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows, nominal:
Green.........’............
Part  Cured..............
Full 
..............
Dry..........................
Kips, g reen............
“  cured..............
Calfskins,  green....
cured....
Deacon skins...........
No. 2 hides % off.
PB L T S .

.  4 ©  5
@ 5
.  5 @  6
.  6 ©   7
.  4 @ 5
.  5 @ 6
.  5 © 6
.  6 @   6
.10 @30

splint 

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

B A R LEY .

W H EA T.

FL O U R .

M EAL.

CORN.

OATS.

4 25

HA Y .

R Y E .

“ 

“ 

“ 

Shearlings............... ..10 @25
Estimated wool, per© 20 @28
W OOL.
,20@30
Washed..................
• 10@22
Unwashed..............
F U R S .
Outside prices are for No. 1 only
Badger.................... *0 20@81 00
Bear.......................   5 00@30 00
Beaver....................  2 00@ 8 00
Cat,  house..............  06©  25
Cat, wild................. 
10©  50
Coon.......................   25©  80
Fisher....................  4 00© 6 00
Fox,  cross..............  2 00© 5 00
Fox,  red  ...............   1 00©  1 50
Fox,  gray...............   40©  70
Lynx.......................   2 00© 3 00
Martin, pale and yel­
low ......................  40©  1  00
Martin, dark...........  1  50® 3 00
Mink.......................  25© 1  00
Muskrat...................  07 
20
Opossum................. 
15
05 
Otter.......................3  00  10 00
Skunk.................... 
10
1  10 
3 00
Wolf  ......................  1  00
Beaver castors, per 
5 00
l b ...........................2 00

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TETE  MICHIO-AlSr  TRADESMAN,

We  quote  the  best  Flint 
Flasks  to  day  at  $1.85  for  £ 
pints;  $2.20  for  pints;  $3.88 
for quarts, per box.  The com­
bination  is  rapidly  tying  up 
everything,  and  you  will  find 
this price below  many offered.

Tie  New  Process  Gasoline

POSITIVELY, we have the 
agency for the leading stove on 
the market.  We have been in 
competition with all of the new 
lines  and  know  whereof  we 
speak. 
If  our uNew Process” 
is not represented in your town 
write  to  us  for  the  agency, 
which  means a profitable busi­
ness for your store,  if you give 
it the least attention.  No more 
troublesome generators or nee­
dle  valves to perplex  the  wife, 
but is always ready for use. 
It 
lights  as  easily as a gas  stove. 
Order  early to  secure  a  stock 
as the demand is enormous.
Pirate Alan Clod The nickle “Pi­

rate” only 80 cts 
each.  The Princess without alarm,  onlj 
65 cts. each.  We are selling them  by the 
hundred.

Pearl Top  Chimney

chimney which now sells on sight.  Don’t 
let any one tell  you they have something 
just as good,  but  order the “ Pearl Top” 
direct  ( prices  in  another  column)  and 
your customers will appreciate it.

The Thirty  Years  War

between  the  refrigerators since  the  ad­
vent of  the  Leonard  “Cleanable” is clos­
ing in favor of  the  “Cleanable.” 
It  has 
been  a battle of  merit—to be won by the 
most  meritorious—the  “ Cleanable”  is 
that.  The  “Cleanable”  is  clean,  saving 
of ice, has air tight locks and  free drain­
age—is  everything  that  a  refrigerator 
should  be,  nothing  that  it  should not. 
Call and see it at our store.

184-136-138-140 Pillion 81.,

Please  Take  Notiee.

A  RE  you  not in need  of  some of  the 
common,  every  day  selling  goods 
to be found  in  our  stock.  We are  anx­
ious to show  all  buyers the  variety,  the 
novelties,  the  staple  ware  displayed  in 
our sample room, corner Spring and  Ful­
ton  streets  or  illustrated 
in  our  new 
catalogue,  which  will  be  ready  for  the 
mails in  about  one  week, .and  in  which 
may be seen a larger assortment of crock­
ery,  glassware  and  house 
furnishing 
goods,  than  can  be shown  by any  other 
establishment in the west.

We guarantee all goods purchased from 
us to be as represented  and  our  only de­
sire is to  do a straight  forward,  fair and 
square business.

We  carry  the  heaviest  stock  in  our 
lines to be found in the  State,  and make 
extraordinary efforts  to  ship  all  orders 
promptly. 
In this connection would ask 
you to bear in mind  that that  our  goods 
must  be  selected,  examined,  rechecked 
and  carefully  packed  before  they  are 
ready  to  ship,  but,  understanding  the 
value of time,  we  “rush” all orders.
Our  prices  are  as  low,  freight  con­
sidered,  as  any  responsible house in the 
United States.  Our aim is to please you, 
to  merit  your  continued  orders,  which 
can only be  accomplished  by giving  you 
the best of services and the lowest prices.

Means’  English Ware.

We  have  sold  a  lot  of  Al­
fred  Meakins  best  English 
crockery, in  the  white, in  the 
lustre band  and in  his  famous 
printed  patterns  which  are 
carried by us in open stock.
This w are costs no more than 
inferior goods—goods that you 
do  not  dare  to  guarantee  to 
your customers, while his name 
is a household  word.
We are direct importers and 
special  agents  and  carry com­
plete  assortments.  Ask to see 
our lists.

Mason  Fruit  Jars,

As  will  be  seen  by  quota­
tions  in  another  column  these 
jars have never been offered as 
low  as  at  the  present  time. 
Should  the  price  decline  we 
will  give  our  customers  the 
benefit of it up to time of ship, 
ment.

This department has become 
such a staple line, and has been 
adopted  into  so  many general 
and  hardware  stores  that  we 
are glad to quote our. prices to 
the trade, which  will be found 
as  low  as  good  ware  may  be 
sold.  Send  us  your  orders as 
our stock is very complete and 
prompt shipments the rule.

Alfred  Meakins 1

Brown Westmeath. 
MONMOUTH  5HAPE

Headquarters  for

AT LEONARDS’

Cleanly  and  Cleanable

Are the Leonard make  refrigerators—al­
most keep themseldes clean.  Called  the 
“Cleanable.”  Every  place  inside  easy 
to get at and  clean, the flues  removable, 
the  waste  trap  the  surest  known—and 
less  ice  is  needed  than  for  any  other 
refrigerator.  Cost  no  more  than  other 
makes next  in  order of  goodness.  The 
“Cleanable” is also  applied to grocer re­
frigerators.  Catalogues on request.

VELOCIPEDES

FOR  TBE  BOY.

A ssortcn C rate.  No. 15165.

An open stock pattern with us, both in 
a  pretty  plain  brown  print  and  in  a 
colored decoration.  All underneath the 
glaze.  Send for lithographs.

J O H N S O N   B R O S .’

DBßoratBö  Toilet  Sets,

In three colors, Blue, Pink and Brown.
-  82  75
10-piece Toilet Set, 
- 
12-piece Toilet Set,  with jar, 
4  75

- 

- 

DUno,  Bennett  l  Co.'s

“ F O R G E T -M E - N O T  ” 

Toilet  Sets

$3  00
$5  00

peacock blue, 
peacock bine, 

10-piece sets,  brown or pink, or 
- 
12-piece sets, brown,  pink or 
- 
Complete Lines of

- 
- 

- 
- 

English  Toilet  Ware

On hand from $2 per set to $20.  . 

Call upon us and see designs.

Bright Steel Wheels, Steel  Body. 

Painted Red.
Front wheel. Rear.
14 inch.
16  “
18  “
18  “
20  “

16 inches.
20 
24 
26 
28 

“
“
“
“

Net, each.

$1  75
2  00
2  25
2  50
2  75

No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

TRICYCLES  for  the  Girls,

i
The  “ GEM,” Best  Tricycle  offered,  as 
Each.
$6  00
7  80
9  00
11  50

proved by years of use.
No.  1, 3 to 7 years,
No.  2, 7 to 11  “
No. 3,  11 to 14 years,
No. 4, 14 to 18  “

20 in.
24 in.
28 in.
32 in.

Rear wheels.

Rubber Tires, $4.50  each extra.

BOYS’  &  GIRLS’  JUNIOR.

Grand  Ranids,  Mich.

Send, for P rice L ist

A  CLOSE  CALL.

fCO N TIN CED   FRO M   SEV EN TH   PA G K .l

there  a  moss-covered 
rained  fortress, 
arch or massive gateway.
Absorbed  in  detecting  these  fancied 
resemblances to the most noted creations 
of  man,  I had  ridden for a mile or more 
without  seeing  or  hearing  anything  to 
break the silence of my lonely ride,  when 
a loud report rang out, my horse plunged 
violently  and  a  second  later fell  to  the 
ground, carrying me with him.
“We have him!”  shouted  a  voice that 
I recognized as belonging to the man who 
had  asked  me  about  the  holsters  the 
night before.
I  lay upon  my side  with  my right  leg 
under  the  animal.  The  two  men, each 
with a gun  in  his  hand,  ran  toward  me 
from  behind  a  neighboring  rock.  My 
situation was most critical.  I was pinned 
to the earth and  unable to move.  Luck­
ily,  my  hands  were  free  and  I  could 
reach  one of  the  pistols  in  my holsters. 
Determined  to  sell  my  life as dearly  as 
possible,  1  jerked  the  revolver  loose, 
raised  myself  slightly  and  fired  at  the 
robber nearest to me.
The ball struck him  in  the  hand  and 
caused him to  drop  the  gun.  With  an 
oath, he sprang back and the two  sought 
shelter behind a  rock.
I  was  still  in  imminent  danger,  for 
they could make a detour  and  approach 
me in such a manner that I should be  at 
their  mercy.  Their  advance  and  my 
shot took but the fraction of  a  moment, 
so that  both  were  over  ere  the  death 
struggles of my animal ended. 
In  these 
he partially raised himself from my  leg, 
and,  as his  body  was  between  me  and 
the two assassins, I crawled on my hands 
and knees to  a  low  rock  within  a  few 
feet of me.
“We  will  see  whether  you  get  that 
gold or not,”  I muttered to  myself,  as  1 
rubbed my leg,  bruised from the  fall.
The rock behind  which  I  had  sought 
shelter extended several  rods,  rising  in 
places  ten  or  twelve  feet  above  the 
I climbed up  a  few  feet,  and 
ground. 
through a narrow  crevice  examined  the 
situation. 
I saw the glimmer  of  a  gun 
barrel behind a low  rock  and  was  thus 
enabled to locate one, at least,of my ene­
mies.  Stooping down, I ran to  the  fur­
ther end of  the  ledge,  hoping  to  get  a 
shot at him. 
I was disappointed, for  he 
was still hidden from sight. 
I saw  that, 
by crawling up the hill a short  distance,
I could gain the  protection  of  a  second 
rock.  This I  instantly  did,  every  mo­
ment  fearing  that  they  would  make  a 
dash for the gold,  which  was  still  upon 
my horse.
■  They evidently did not  realize  that  I 
had moved from the rock near  the  dead 
animal  and  were  afraid  to  venture. 
Reaching the second  ledge,  I  found,  to 
my annoyance,  that I could  not  yet  see 
the hidden robbers; but,  by  pulling  my­
self along behind  a fallen  tree,  1  was at 
last within  sight  of  them.  They  were 
crouching on the  ground  behind  a  low 
ledge, each peering around the end of  it, 
intently watching  the  spot  where  they 
had  seen  me  disappear.  Although  it 
seemed an age,  it had really been  only  a 
couple of minutes  since  their  first  shot 
was fired at me, and they were  evidently 
waiting until they could  tell  whether  I 
was injured  or  not. 
I  now  raised  my 
pistol,  took careful aim and  fired.  The 
ball struck the man who was holding the 
gun,  killing him  instantly.  The  other, 
with a cry of  rage,  seized  the  rifle  and 
fired three shots  at  me in quick  succes­
sion.  The bullets whistled near me, and 
one of them struck the log behind  which 
I lay.  This was so  small  that  I  dared 
not raise my head to  get  a  return  shot. 
I, therefore,  turned around, still keeping 
flat  on  the  ground,  and  crawled  back 
some  distance.
The tree, in falling, had  struck an  old 
log upon the ground and broken  in  two. 
Where the two crossed each  other  was  a 
space  under  the  broken 
tree  through 
which I could see my  adversary. 
I  rap­
idly cleared the earth away  until I could 
get a shot at him.  He had run  up  some 
rods nearer and now  stood  partially  be­
hind a small rock,  intently watching the 
spot where he had last seen me.  Just as 
I  reached  the  pistol  beneath the log he 
moved quickly,  but I  fired  and  knocked 
the gun from his  hands.

EASTW ARD.

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

“ The Niagara Fa lls Route.’ *

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

Detroit TIME  TABLE

D EPA RT.  ARRIV E
Detroit Express....................................  7  20am   10:00 p m
Mixed  ....................................................6:30am   6:00pm
Day  Express........................................12:00 a m   10:00 am
^Atlantic & Pacific Express..............11:15 p m 
6:00 am
New York Express.............................. 5:40 p m 
1:15 p m

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars ran  on  Day  Express  and  Oramd Rapid 
F r r d  M .  B r i g g s , Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S .  H a w k i n s , Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
G k o . W. M u n s o n , Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. K u g g l k s , G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

T H E   MICHIGkAlSr  TRADESMAN,
Michigan Central
I  instantly  sprang  up,  crying,  “ An­
other move,  and I will kill you.”
He  turned  and  attempted  to gain the 
protection  of  the  nearest ledge.  As he 
whirled  around,  I  fired  again  and  he 
fell. 
I rushed upon  him,  but he was on 
his feet at once and  caught  the  rifle. 
I 
fired  once  more,  breaking  his wounded 
arm and causing him to let fall  the  gun. 
I exclaimed,  “ Stop before I kill you.”
Instead  of  complying,  he  answered 
fiercely,  “ 1 will cut your heart out,” and 
sprang toward me with a  bowie knife in 
his  right  hand.  By  this  time,  he  was 
within  reach  and  made a savage thrust 
at me with the knife.  1 sprang aside  in 
time  to  avoid  the  blow  and once more 
pulled the trigger.  No shot replied—the 
pistol was empty.  My only  chance  was 
at close quarters,  and,  catching  my  re­
volver  by  the  muzzle,  I  struck  him  a 
blow  on  the  head,  at the same time re­
ceiving a slight cut in the shoulder.  He 
fell  at my  feet,  and,  before  he  could 
move,  I  sprang  upon  him,  kicked  the 
knife  from  his  hand and caught up the 
rifle he had dropped in the fight.
I give  up !  Don’t 
He cried,  “ Hold ! 
murder  m e!”
“ Lie still, then,”  I said.  “Don’t you 
move.”
I now  ran  to  my  dead animal,  pulled 
the holsters from the  saddle,  pushed the 
empty revolver into  them  and  took  out 
the loaded one.  Then 1  said,  “ Get  up 
now ! ”
He was a  pitiable looking  object  and 
weak  from  the  loss  of  blood.  He had 
been  twice  wounded,  once  in the hand 
and again in the arm,  while  my  blow on 
his  head  had  cut  an  ugly  gash,  from 
which the blood was trickling down over 
his  face.  1  took  my  handkerchief and 
made  a  bandage  for  his  arm  and,  by 
twisting it tightly with a  stick, managed 
to  stop  the  blood. 
I  now bade the fel­
low go ahead,  and, taking my holsters in 
one  hand  and  the  loaded  pistol  in the 
other, I obliged him to walk  in  front  of 
me back to the inn where we had stopped 
the night before.
Of the excitement  there caused by our 
appearance I need not speak.  The near­
est justice of the  peace  was  sent  for,  a 
coroner’s jury  impaneled  and  the state­
ment of myself and the  wounded  robber 
taken  down. 
from 
all blame,  the  body  of the man I killed 
was buried and,  in  the course  of  a  few 
weeks,  his  wounded  companion  was 
sentenced to a long term in prison.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10 a. m., 3:35 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parle r  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o h n  W. L o u d , Traffic Manager.  * 
Ben Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agent. 
J as. Campbell, City Ticket Agent.

tN o.  14 tN o.  16|tNo.  18!*No.  28
3 45pm! 10 55pm
6 50am
4 52pm ! 12 37am
7 45am
5 40pm {  1 55am
8 28am
6 40pm  3 15am
9 15am 
8 45pm ............
11 05am 
9 3 5 p m ............
11 55am 
8 0i pm 
40am
1110am
10 30pm 
35am
3 05pm
8 55pm  > i  am
10 57am
9 50pm 1  7  20am
11 5  am

I  20am
II  25am 
12 17am
1 20pm
5 (0pm
6 25pm 
3 55pm 
6 50pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

T rains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St.  Jo h n s  ...A r
O w osso.........Ar
E.  Saginaw   .Ar
Bay C ity .......Ar
F l i n t ............ A r
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c .........Ar
D etroit...........Ar

23 Monroe Street.
JANÜARY^ -

&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

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

♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

CHICAGO 

I  was  exonorated 

♦No. 81
7 05 am
8 50 am

tNo. 13
5  10 pm
6  15 pm

tNo. 11
1 00 pm
2  15 pm

Trains Leave

D E PA R T   FO R

P.M .

P .  M.

W E S T W A R D .

t8:40

tS:40
t8:40 *ii:35

P .  M.
A. M.
P .  M.
♦11:35
t9:00 t l  :00 
tl:00 
♦11:35
t9:00
tl:00 
*11:35
tl:00
t9:00
t7:25
+ 5-IK
+1:001+  5:05 
tg:00
+ 5 :0 5   ............
+ 7 :2 5   +5:05 
+7:25  +5:05 
+7-.25  +5:05
t9:00  t l  :00 t   5:05 
t9:00|  tl:0 0 lt 5:05

C hicago...............
I n d i a n a p o l i s   . . . .
Benton H arbor.. 
St  Joseph
T raverse  C ity... 
M uskegon...........
T iiid in p -to n
B a l d w i n  
.................
B i g   R a p i d s . __
G rand "H aven... 
H o llan d ..............
tWeek Days.  »Every day.
9:00
1:00
5:05
11:35
DETROIT,

Lansing

J. P. Visner, broker for Thomas Stokes, 
New  York  City,  jobber  of  salt  fish, is 
headquarters for good  values.  Address 
304 No.  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids,  for 
prices on full weight and reliable quality.

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

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88, 90, 9 2  So. Division St., Grand  Rapids 

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

THAT  GOOD  IDEA

Of yours if developed into invention  may bene­
fit the public and  bring you a fortune, if patent­
ed.  Simple  inventions and  improvements have 
often  brought  wealth,  and  many a good  thing 
has  been let  drop which  might have secured a 
competence to the inventor had it been patented. 
For  an  I n v e n t o r’s  M a n u a l,  free,  giving  full 
information  about securing  American  and  for­
eign patents address 

N.  S.  WRIGHT, 
Patent Attorney,

82 Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.

A. M. has through chair car to Chica­
go.  No extra charge for seats.
P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
with Wagner buffet car;  seats  50 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  car  through to Chicago.

NOVEM BER  30,  1890.
& Northern R R

P .  M.

D E PA R T   FO R

A  M.
P .  M.
t7:25 tl :20 *6:25
Detroit  and  East...................
t7:25 tl:20 *6:25
Lansing................................
+1 “*0
Grand  Ledge.......................
t7:25 tl :20 *6:25
tl :20 *6:25
t7:2
Lake Odessa..........................
t7:25 tl :20 *6:25
Plymouth...............................
t7:30 t4:30
Howard  City.........................
Ed m ore................................. +7:30 t4:30
Alma...................  
........... +7:30 +4:30
t7:30 t4:30
St.  Louis  ...............................
t7:30 t4:30 .....
Saginaw  City........................
♦Every Day.  tWeek Days.
I ,O pr  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
1.C)rt P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De­
vour troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par- 
.A r )  lor  car, seats  25  cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

lor car;  seats 25  cents.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive.

7:00 a m  
11:16 am  
6:10 pm  

10:10am
3:45  pm
S:16pm

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

General Passenger a r t  Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

15

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In effect February 1,1891.
TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

South. 
ForJSagmaw, solid t r a in ........... 
For^Traverse City........................|   5:15am  
For.Traverse  City & Mackinaw3  9:20 a m 
For Saginaw, solid train............ 
For Cadillac...................................t 2:15 p m 
For Mackinaw...............................f 7:45 p  m 
From Kalamazoo..........................t 8.-55 p m

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
f 7:30 am
t 7:05  a m
tll:30  a in
t  4:30 p m
t  6:00 p m
¡10:30 p m

TRA INS  GOING  SOUTH.

South.

North. 

For  Cincinnati...............................3  6:00 a m 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago., .t 10:15 a m 
From Saginaw...............................  11:45 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  Fast.. 
ForCincinnati.............................. t 5:30 p m  
For Kalamazo and  Chicago.... tlO :00 p m 
From Saginaw................................110:30 p m

Arrive from  Leave going 
t  7:C0 a m
tlO-.SO  a m
t  2:00  p m
3  6:00 p m
¿11.05 p m
Trains marked (||) run daily; (t) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—11:30  a  ra 
train, parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 p m  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—7:00 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6 p m  
train, Wagner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:05  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car  for Chicago.
Toledo,  Ann  Arbor & North  Michigan 

R ailw ay.

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

VIA D.s L.  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.

VIA D., G.  II. & 21.

Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 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. 'll.  B e n n e t t, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

PilrnitUrB

-----AT-----

Nelson, 

M atter 
& Co,fs

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

Prices Low.

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

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

We pay highest market  price  and  are 

always in the  market.
W. T.  LAM0 REAUX  &  0 0 .

128,130 and 132  West Bridge St., 

BRAND RAPIDS, 

MICH.
GX2TS22TG  R O O T .
We pay the highest price for it.  Address

- 

TYri/W  u u n o   Wholesale Druggists, 
I  C-tlOn.  D IlU »>|  GRAND  RAPIDS.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

I I   W  

P R O G R E S S  
c r ^ \  D  
r i t V w l l f a V W   ■  \# I % . 

I f i O f )   As follows:  Three  lines of  Electric  Railway,  six  miles of  paving,  making
P H I  
BW1 
I 0 9 V  
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 Muskegon Malleable Iron Works,  The  Morton  Implement Co.  These  together with 'the Nelson 
Piano Co., The Gray Bros.  Manufacturing Co.,  The  Muskegon  Furniture Co., The Muskegon Wire  Nail  Co.,  The Alaska  Refrigerator Co.  and  others will be pushed to 
completion early this spring.  Come and see for yourself or send for printed matter to

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

Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade.

WO  DEALER  EVER  LOST  A  CUSTOMER  BY  SELLING  HIM

THE  FRAZER

A L W A Y 8  U N IF O R M .

O F T E N  

IM IT A T E D .

N E V E R   E Q U A L L E D .

K N O W N   E V E R Y W H E R E . 

N O   TALK  R E Q U IR E D   T O   S E L L   IT.

G o o d  C re a se  M a k e s  Trade. 

C h e a p  C re a se  K H Is Trade.

One Pound Decorated Tins

1  DOZ.  IK  A  OASE.

FRAZER HARNESS SOAP 
FRAZER HARNESS OIL 
FRAZER  MACHINE OIL

