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WILL  HE  COME  AGAIN?

At Strawberry Hill,  in  the old  mining 
days,  I had for a  tentmate and partner  a 
man named  Egbert  Johnson.  They  say 
that opposites attract.  It must have been 
so in this case,  for I was young and reck­
less,  while  he  was  past the  middle  age 
and a quiet, conservative man. 
In those 
days  few  questions  were  asked  as  to 
where a  man  hailed  from  and what  he 
had previously been.  We  sized  him  up 
for what he  was then. 
I  knew  nothing 
of  Johnson  except  that  he  was a  hard 
worker, even  tempered  and  rather  pre­
ferred  solitude  to  company.  He  had 
three or  four  books  among  his baggage, 
and those,  I learned after his death, were 
works  too  deep  for  the mind of  the  av­
erage miner to grapple with.

In a roundabout  way I came to  under­
stand that Johnson had queer ideas about 
death and the  future state, but  he never 
discussed the matter openly. 
It was  my 
own  private  belief that  he  was a  little 
“off”  in  the  head,  and  I  also  realized 
that I was not able to cope with his theo­
ries  mentally.  Although  almost  oppo­
site in our  ideas,  we got  along  first rate 
together,  and never had the  slightest ap­
proach to a quarrel.

One June day my tentmate  was  killed 
by a premature  blast, as  many  a  miner 
had  been  before.  He  was  dead  before 
anyone reached him,  but we could all see 
how his  death had  been  brought  about. 
Next day we  buried him  under the  only 
tree  on Strawberry Hill, as our camp had 
been named,  and  in  a  week  we  had  al­
most ceased to  remember  him.  No  one 
knew  where  to  send  his few  traps  and
the little  cash  he had  on  hand,  and  the 
first were  auctioned  off  and  the  second 
held for a claimant.

Johnson  had  been  buried  about four 
weeks when the men  who were  working 
a claim at the edge of  the  hill on  which 
his  grave  had  been  dug  accidently  ex­
ploded  several  pounds  of  powder.  No 
one was  hurt,  but  a  portion  of  the  hill 
was torn away  and  the coffin  unearthed 
and  shattered.  When  we  gathered
around  it  we  found  it  empty! 
I  had 
helped to lift the  dead man  into it  with 
my own hands,  and had  nailed  the cover 
down  myself,  but  the  body  had  disap­
peared.  There  wasn’t the slightest  evi­
dence that it had  ever been  put into  the 
rough  board  coffin.  Where  had it  gone 
to?  There  were  eighty-four  men  of  us 
in that  camp,  which was  scores of  miles 
from  civilization, and  you  can  imagine 
our  wonder  and  consternation  to  find 
that  body  missing.  We  had  the  grave 
under  our  eyes,  and  no  one  could  say 
that it had been disturbed.

It was no use to speculate.  There was 
the empty box,  and no man could furnish 
a reasonable theory as to where the body 
had gone.  The  idea  of  body snatching 
was absurd.  There  was  no  other  camp 
within twelve miles  of us.  Johnson had 
been  dead  twenty-four  hours  when  we 
buried him.  We  knocked  off  work  for 
the  day  and  gathered  in  groups  and 
talked it  over,  but when  night came  the 
mystery was just as  deep as ever.  Next 
day thirty men packed up and left Straw-

berry Hill for new diggings.  There  was 
something so  uncanny  about  the resur­
rection  that no  money could  have  hired 
them to  remain  another  night.  1  don’t 
deny that those  of us  who remained  felt 
a bit nervous and  uncomfortable,  but we 
were doing fairly  well  in our  respective 
claims  and  were  willing  to  risk  some­
thing by  staying.  We  expected  to  see 
Egbert Johnson’s  ghost  stalk  about  the 
camp any night  after  that,  but,  as  night 
after night passed  away and nothing  oc­
curred, we  gradually came  to  drop  the 
subject and feel more at our ease.

It was, I  believe,  on  the  18th of  June 
that we  buried  Johnson.  On  the  night 
of  July 16,  close  upon  midnight,  I sud­
denly awoke from a  sound sleep. 
I  was 
alone in the tent,  and,  as  it was  a  warm 
night,  the fly at  the door was  tied  back. 
This permitted the  full  moon to light up 
the interior  as bright  as day. 
I  lay  on 
my side,  facing  out,  and the  first  object 
my eyes  rested  upon  was  the  familiar 
form  of  Egbert Johnson.  He  sat  on  a 
box reading one  of his  books, and  for  a 
moment  I  forgot  that he  was dead  and 
buried.  He was dressed in  his  working 
clothes, as on the  day he was killed, and 
the hand which  held  the  book  had one 
finger wrapped up  in a  rag, just as I had 
wrapped it  three  days  before his  death 
to heal a cut accidentally inflicted. 
I re­
peat that  it was  a full  minute  before  it 
flashed upon me that Johnson was a dead 
man,  and  then  I  uttered  a  yell  that 
aroused half  the camp  and rolled off  my 
bunk  and rushed  outdoors. 
In three  or 
four minutes  I  had  thirty  men  around 
me making  inquiries,  but I  was so upset 
that I  could  only  point  to  the tent  and 
whisper  Johnson’s  name.  The  crowd 
moved  forward  and  investigated.  The 
man I saw  had  disappeared,  and  I  was 
unmercifully guyed for having an attack 
of  nightmare.

Did I see Johnson? Was 1 really awake? 
I would have  sworn to  it  a  dozen times 
over,  and yet  not a man  in the  camp be­
lieved my  statements.  The adult reader 
won’t; only here  and there  will  any  one 
be found  to admit that it might  possibly 
have been so.  There  has  never  been  a 
doubt in  my  mind,  however,  and  it  will 
at least interest  you to  learn  what  hap­
pened next day.  We were drifting  into 
Strawberry  Hill  again,  and  it  was  my 
turn at the heading. 
I  was  detained fif­
teen minutes at the  tent to sharpen some 
tools,  and  a  miner  named  Jackson took 
my place temporarily.  He had not  been 
at work  five  minutes  when there  was  a 
fall of rocks and he was crushed to death. 
His  fate  would  have been  mine  had  I 
been on time.  Did Johnson come to warn 
me?  Some  of  the  miners  believed  so, 
and some  still  declared  that 1  had  seen 
nothing.  1  was  undecided,  but 
leaned 
toward the belief that his visit had some­
thing to do with my escape.

A month later, as soon as I could do so 
without exciting  ridicule,  I  left the  dig­
gings and went to Bald Eagle Gulch, fifty 
miles away.  There were  about  seventy 
men on the ground,  and 1  was a stranger 
to all. 
I  staked  out a claim,  put up  my 
tent,  and  was  soon  a  resident  of  the

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T'TTTn  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Gulch.  One night,  about  the  middle of 
September,  having  gone  to  bed  earlier 
than  usual  on  account  of  not  feeling 
well, I  was  aroused  at  exactly half  an 
hour after midnight by  some one  speak- j 
ing my name.  I say I heard a voice call me 
by name,  but 1 can't offer you any proof. 
You  will  say  1  thought  I  did,  as  one 
who  is  aroused  cannot  tell  just  what 
sound disturbed his slumbers.  1 will let it 
go at that.  The instant I opened my eyes 
I saw Egbert Johnson. 
In  this  case  my 
bunk faced  the door  and  the  fly  of  the 
tent  was  down,  while  the  interior  was 
dark.  Where the light came from  1 shall 
not attempt to discuss;  there  was a light, 
however—a light strong  enough  to  ena­
ble me  to  see the  face  and  figure of my 
old teutmate.  1 saw him  just as  plainly 
as I  ever  saw  a living human  being,  but 
only  for a few seconds.  Then  be  faded 
away and  was gone,  and, though terribly 
rattled,  I had not cried out.

After a few  minutes, when  1 could get 
some  of  my  nerve  back,  1  got  up  and 
dressed  and  walked  out.  There  was  a 
light in the tent next to mine on the right, 
but all others were dark.  I  walked down 
to  the creek,  thirty  rods  away,  and  had 
just reached it when there came a sudden 
flash  and a terrific  report,  and 1 thought 
the whole diggings  had been  blown sky­
ward. 
It was a powder explosion  in  the 
tent next  to mine,  where  I had seen  the 
light.  Six  tents  were  swept  away  by 
that  terrific  blast,  and  four  men  were 
killed and six others more or less injured. 
Of the two men in the tent with the pow­
der we found only  fragments. 
It  is  my 
firm  belief that Egbert Johnson appeared 
that  night  to  warn  me  of  the  danger
which  menaced  me.  You  will  smile  in 
pity,  even  though  at  midnight  to-night 
the mysterious tapping of a “death tick” 
in  the wainscoting will  shake your nerve 
and  give  you  unpleasant 
I 
have no  argument; your  smiles  will not 
clear up the mystery or illusion, or what­
ever you choose to call it.

thoughts. 

No one  at the Gulch  knew of my  visi­
tor,  and you  may be sure I did not  spread 
the  information.  While  I  felt  that  in 
one sense my old tentmate had  constitut­
ed  himself my protector,the idea of being 
watched over by  a  spirit  took away  my 
nerve  and,  finally,  induced  me  to  quit 
the country. 
I  went to  an eastern  State 
and engaged in other business,and it was 
two  years before  I  saw Egbert  .Johnsou 
again.  1  was visiting friends at  a farm­
house in Ohio,  and  it was  summer time.
1 occupied a  bedroom off the parlor,  and 
the night  of  which  1  write was  a  close ] 
and sultry one.  This  time  I  was  more | 
certain of  the  cause  of  my  awakening. 
An outside blind on  my  bedroom window 
was swinging to and  fro and giving forth 
a creaking sound.  The  curtain  was  up 
and the sash  raised,  and  L  could  see  the
blind move.

The evening had been  without a breath 
of air,  but now I  felt the  wind and  won­
dered  if  a  storm  was  at  hand. 
I  had 
been  awake at least five  minutes,  when I 
suddenly  saw  my  old 
teutmate  in  the 
room.  He  stood  facing  me,  his  right 
hand resting on the footboard of the bed, 
and he was dressed  the same  as  when  I 
last saw him. 
If  all  the  world  was  to 
tell  me that I  was asleep, or that I didn't 
actually  see him, it would make  no  dif­
ference  to  me. 
I  know  that  he  stood 
there  looking  at  me,  every  feature  as 
lifelike as  the day  before he was  killed, 
and so why should  I argue the case?  For 
one long  minute  1  looked  full  into  his

face,  saying to myself  that he must  be  a 
living  man. 
I  was  not  unnerved,  and 
should  have  spoken  to  him  had he  not 
suddenly disappeared.

What  followed  was  recorded  in  the 
newspapers. 
I got out  of bed,  pulled on 
my  trousers and  went into the parlor and 
looked out of  a west  window  facing  the 
I had  just made out  that a  black 
road. 
thunder  cloud  covered 
the  sky  when 
there came a blinding  flash,  and  I  fell  to 
the  floor.  Half  an  hour  later,  when  1 
had been revived,  I  learned what had oc­
curred.  A 
thunder  bolt  had  struck  a 
flag-staff on  the  roof,  run down  the  cor­
nice to  an  iron  bolt,  and  then,  glancing 
off,  had  penetrated  into  the  bedroom. 
Pictures  were  flung  down,  vases dashed 
to pieces,  and  the  quilts on  the bed  had 
been  fired.  Every one of the family  had 
been shocked,  but I had  got the heaviest 
dose,  and  did  not  fully  recover  from  it 
for  six  months.  Did  Egbert  Johnson 
come  to  warn  me  of  my  danger?  You 
smile again,  but we will not argue.

You remember  the awful  railroad dis­
aster  at  Ashtabula,  O.  1  should  have 
been a passenger  on that train but  for  a 
singular  occurrence. 
I  sat  in  a  depot 
only a few  miles from  Ashtabula,  trunk 
checked and  ticket  bought  and  waiting 
for that train.  There  were  eight or  ten 
of us  in  the waiting room.  Opposite me, 
on  the other side of  the  room,  were  two 
women  and  a  man.  The  women  were 
conversing and the  man reading  a news­
paper.  From his appearance,  I  took  him 
to  be  a  commercial  traveler.

then»  without 

One  reason  why  I  came  to  look  him 
over  was  because  I  happened  to  notice 
that he had lost  two fingers from his left
hand.  They  were  the  second and  third 
fingers,  and  I  wondered  how  he  could 
have  injured 
injuring 
either the  fore or the  little  finger.  The 
second  finger  had  been  amputated at the 
first joint, and  the  third at  the  knuckle 
or  second  joint.  That  seemed  an  odd 
thing,  too, and  having  nothing to do but 
wait,  I  speculated  over  it.  While  the 
man  was perhaps sixteen feet away from 
me,  he sat so that the light fell  full upon 
him, and  I could  notice every line  in  his 
face and every detail of his dress.

The train  was  due  in  seven  minutes, 
as 1  saw by  glancing at  the clock,  when 
the 'stranger  with  the  newspaper  sud­
denly  vanished,  and  in  his  place,  his 
hands empty  and  resting on  his  knees, 
sat  Egbert  Johnson.  He  was  looking 
j full at me,and  for a few seconds I had no 
more doubt that he was  alive than  I  had 
! of  my  own  identity.  Not to  strengthen 
I my  case,  but to add  to  the mystery a bit 
further,  I  will  relate  as  1 sat there look­
ing  at  my  old  partuer,  who  had  been 
buried years  before on  Strawberry  Hill,
| both  women turned in a startled  way  and 
then moved along a little.

You  will  say  in  this  case,  as  in  all 
others,  that 1 did  not see what I  believe 
I saw.  1 have  no  proofs  to  offer that  I 
did; you have none to offer that 1 did not.
1 sat right there with my eyes fixed upon 
Johnson  while  the  train  thundered  up, 
took on  the other passengers and went its 
way to  meet a  terrible  fate.  When  the 
rumble of the trucks had died away in the 
distance Egbert Johnson faded out of ex­
istence, as a June  fog vanishes before the 
summer  sun,  and  1  was  all alone in the 
| room.  Will  he come again?  And  when 
i and  where? 

0.  B.  L ew is.

Beuzonia—H. M.  Gardner, jeweler, has 

I removed to Harbor Springs.

Clothing  and  General  Store  Merchants  will  do  well  to 

Inspect  the  Line  of

Michael Kolb  & Son,

ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.

Most Reliable  House, established 35 years.  The senior  member of  this firm  being 
a practical tailor,  personally  superintends the manufacturing  department,  and  has 
the reputation of  making the best fitting garments and most select choice in  styles, 
patterns-and  designs,  adapted  for all  classes of  trade and sold at such  low prices, 
and  upon  such  equitable  terms as  not  to fear  any competition,  and  within  reach 
of all. 
■  .—
William  Connor,  representative  of 
above firm in  Michigan, begs to announce 
that  the trade  can secure  some  Closing 
Out  Bargains  for  Spring  and  Summer 
trade which  will  be sold at astonishingly 
low  prices.  Mr.  Connor  also  takes 
pleasure in calling  attention  to  his  nice 
line of  Boy’s and  Children’s  Clothing as 
well  as  to  his  great  selection of  Men’s 
Suitings,  Spring  Overcoats  and  Pants, 
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William  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s 
Hotel, Grand Kapids, Mich., on Thursday 
and  Friday,  March  24  and  25, and  mer- 
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THE  BEAUTIFUL  BERMUDAS. 

Written for Th e Tradesman.

Sixty hours  from a raging  blizzard  to 
a  land  of  roses  and  never-euding  sun­
shine!

Such  is  the  wide  difference  between 
our changeable Northern climate and the 
islands  of  Bermuda,  situated  but  600 
miles  east of  Charleston.  That  such  a 
group  of  islands  lying,  as  they  do,  so 
near  us  are  not  numbered  among  the 
possessions of  the  United  States  is  the 
crowning mistake in our  life as a nation.
Discovered in  1515 by Juan  Bermudez, 
twenty-three  years  after  Columbus’  dis­
covery of  America,  they were  at various 
times  visited  by  daring  mariners  until 
1615,  when James 1, of England, granted 
letters  patent  to  a  number  of  English 
capitalists,  who  took  formal  possession 
under  the  name of  the  Bermuda  Com­
pany. 
In  1687,  the  islands passed  into 
the  hands of  the  crown  and  from  that 
date  begins  their  growth  as  a military 
and naval station,  until now  they are the 
most impregnable possession of England, 
with the single exception of Gibraltar.

The  islands  are  said  to  number  365, 
one  for  each  day in the  year, excepting 
the present one.  Only five of  this num­
ber,  however, are of  especial  importance 
and they,  being connected  by  causeways 
and bridges,  practically form  one island, 
which,  in  its  entirety,  resembles  very 
much a gigantic fishhook.
-  At the  southwestern extremity is situ­
ated  the  naval  department,  containing 
among  its  many interesting features the 
floating  dock  ‘-Bermuda,”  the  largest 
dock of its kind in the world.  On Ireland 
island,  near by,  are the works and  shops 
of  the  naval  department,  complete  in 
every respect  and  capable  of  supplying 
any  ship  of  the  eight  which  compose 
Her  Majesty’s North  America and  West 
Indies  fleet,  which  have 
their  bead- 
quarters  here,  with anything from a nail 
to a gatling gun.

Hamilton,  the beautiful  capital of  the 
glands,  lies in the  secure  harbor  offered 
by the curve in the  hook,  is protected by 
the  many  islands  standing  between  it 
and  the  sea,  and  becomes  a  perfect 
refuge  for  the  storm-tossed  ship.  Be­
fore  reaching  this  haven  of  rest,  it  is 
necessary  to  traverse a narrow channel, 
extending  the  entire  northwest side  of 
the  islands,  surrounded  by  submerged 
coral reefs, of  which  the  islands  them 
selves  are a natural  part.  What can  be 
a  more  glorious  sight  than  the  early 
morning  sail  from  St.  Georges  at  the 
north,  to  Ireland  island  at  the  south, 
with the green-colored  hills spotted  here 
and 
there  by  the  typical  Bermudian 
homes,  built  of  the  white  rock  which 
composes  this  oasis in the  sea,  with  the 
same  white  roads  disappearing  in  the 
distance  like  threads.  Then  the noble 
ship finds her way among  the tiny islets, 
sometimes  so  close  to  shore  that a peb­
ble  might be thrown  from  her side  and 
touch  them,  until  she  lies alongside  the 
wharf  at  Hamilton,  the  seat  of  govern­
ment.

We  find  here  a  population of  15,013, 
comprising 5,680 white  people  and 9,333 
negroes—not  the  colored  people  of  the 
States,  but English  in voice and  manner. 
The  governor of  the  islands,  sent  from 
England,  is  also  commander-in-chief  of 
the  military  forces, and is assisted  by a 
legislative council and house of assembly 
occupying quite the  same position as our 
President, Senate  and  House  of  Repre­
sentatives.  The  judicial  department  is

quite the  same as the  English,  with  the 
Court of  Errors  as  the  last  resort.  By 
an  act of  the  legislature of  1872,  a  sav­
ings  bank,  under the  supervision of  the 
local  government,  was  established  and 
receives  deposits  from two  shillings and 
upwards,  paying  on the  same a nominal 
rate of  interest.  The  postoflfiee assumes 
the  same  functions as  our  own,  adding 
thereto  telegraphic  communication  over 
the  islands,  being  operated  by  soldiers 
from the  royal  engineers.  An excellent 
telephone 
the 
islands,  requiring  something  like  300 
miles of  wire for its service.

system  extends  over 

The temperature,  ranging,  as  it  does, 
during  the  winter  months  from  65  de­
grees  to 75  degrees,  permits  the  raising 
of potatoes, onions  (and they are genuine 
Bermudas), tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, 
peas,  beans,  cauliflower,  cabbages,  car­
rots  and  sweet  potatoes.  These,  with 
arrowroot,  which  is  a  staple  product, 
form  the  chief  articles of  export;  and, 
as an  example of  their dependence upon 
the  United States, it  may be stated  that 
1889,  the  exports  of  the  Bermuda 
Islands  to  our  own  country  were  about 
$650,000,  and  to  all  other countries only 
$60,000!

The  grocery  trade  is  carried  on  in 
about  the  same  manner  as  with  us  at 
home,  the dealers  buying  almost  all  of 
their  supplies  in  New York. 
It  might 
be mentioned that one retail grocery buys 
sugar from the American  Sugar Refining 
Co.  in  100  barrel  lots.  A  large number 
of the smaller inland dealers depend upon 
the larger  Hamilton  grocers for the bulk 
of their supplies.

Until  1890, Bermuda  was only in  com­
munication  with  the  outside  world  by 
means of a weekly steamer to New York, 
but now a cable connects it with Halifax, 
and,  although the  rate is 84 cents a word 
to Grand  Rapids, address  and  signature 
included,  it  makes  the  distance  seem 
thousands of miles shorter.

Only  nineteen  square  miles  of  land, 
alone in the ocean,  removed further from 
mainland  even  than  St.  Helena,  but 
worthy  the  expenditure  by  England  of 
millions of pounds sterling for use solely 
as a coaling and military station, it serves 
as  a  lesson  to  America,  who,  secure 
the  time  of  peace,  at  the  outbreak  of 
trouble finds herself without a sure naval 
or  military  station  outside  of  her  At­
lantic and Pacific coast.

F red  H.  B a ix .

Vestaburgh  —  James  Ferguson  and 
Jerry Harrington have gone into the f urn i- 
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Ferguson & Co.

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Bronson—Leet & Gilson succeed L.  M. 

Leet in general  trade.

Climax—Geo.  Perrine  succeeds  J.  F. 

Clark & Co.  in general trade.

Oxford—W.  H.  Travis, dealer  in  pro­

duce,  has made an assignment.

Alpena—Kinsel  Bros, succeed O’Brien 

& Sleator in the drug business.

Lansing—L. C.  Blood has sold  his gro­

cery stock to C.  D. Woodbury.

Lansing—Hunt &  Lloyd  succeed  Geo. 

Brake in the grocery  business.

Hancock—Jos. Pinton succeeds Pinton 

& Bro.  in the hardware business.

Saginaw—Chas.  Knuttel succeeds Jas. 

H. Jerome in the grocery business.

Ilomer—Harrow &  Knight  succeed  E. 

R.  Wallace in the grocery business.

Big Rapids—Thomas J. Sharpe  and  J. 

K.  Sharpe have exchanged locations.

Filer City—A. Rosnou succeeds Rosnou 

& Margynski  in the grocery business.

Cadillac — Mrs.  Ella  Mitchell  has 

opened a resturant and  lunch counter.

Lisbon—M.  L.  Noble has  removed  his 
drug stock from  Muskegon to this  place.
Negaunee— M.  J.  Arland  succeeds 
Morse Bros & Co.  in the dry  goods  busi- j 
ness.

St. Johns— Krepps HeVVitt & Co.  suc­
ceed Rudolph Goette in the jewelry busi­
ness.

Fenton—Frank Thompson  succeeds 1). 
Horton  in  the  agricultural  implement 
business.

Harrison—Thompson & Hamilton  suc­
ceed Mrs. C.  M.  Downey in the millinery 
business.

Iron Mountain—W.  H.  Needham  suc­
ceeds Paul & Needham in the blacksmith 
business.

Muskegon—A.  P.  Conner  &  Co.  suc­
ceed H. J.  Footlander in  the  hat and cap 
business.

Hopkins Station—Mrs.  V.  Sutiill  has 
recently  opened  here  in  the  millinery 
business.

Greenville—Callahan & Miller  succeed 
J.  Callahan  in  the  agricultural  imple­
ment business.

Cheboygan—Andrew  J.  Wheeler  suc­
ceeds Morris Wheeler in the grocery  and 
crockery business.

Vassar—On  April  1,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Allen 
will  succeed  Wm.  H.  Stark  in  the  boot 
and shoe business.

White  Cloud—J.  M.  Romans  has  con­
cluded to close out  his grocery stock  and 
retire from business.

Flint—Geo.  W.  Buckingham  succeeds 
Buckingham  &  Jones  in  the  clothing, 
hat and cap business.

Shelbyville—L. J.  Miller  is  succeeded 
in tue  agricultural  implement  business 
by Brooks & Walker.

Reading— Walls & Mead succeed Walls 
& Culver in  the  agricultural  implement 
and pump  business.

Manistee — C.  H.  Crane,  formerly  of 
this place,  is now in the commission busi­
ness at Seattle,  Wash.

Jackson—  John  H.  Helling  succeeds 
Kingsbury,  Helling & Co.  in the  produce 
commission business.

Waldron—H. T.  DuBois has exchanged 
bis store and general  stock for a farm  in 
Indiana valued at  $15,000.

Bear  Lake—E. C.  (Mrs.  Wm.)  Keys  is 
about to move  her  furniture  and  hard­
ware business to Thompson ville.

Clyde— Johnson  Bros.  &  Co.  have 
bought  of  the  estate  the  general  stock 
formerly owned by L.  S. Johnson.

Sparta—R.  E.  Misner  and a gentleman 
named McLeon have formed a copartner­
ship and will shortly open a new grocery 
store here.

Marquette—F.  P.  Monteith succeeds J. 
H.  Lewis  in  the  restaurant  business. 
The  latter  succeeds G. C.  Preston  in the 
same business.

Cadillac—Gustafson  &  Johnson  have 
removed their tin  shop to 209 So. Mitchell 
street and  are adding  to their line a  full 
hardware stock.

Fenwick—Thos.  Worden,  who was for­
merly  in  the  dry  goods  business,  will 
handle  agricultural  implements  during 
the coming season.

Caledonia Station—John W. Armstrong 
has purchased  the  stock  of Emma ( Mrs.
J.  P.) Ferguson, at  Middleville,  and will 
remove to that place.

Helton—Arthur Nichols has purchased 
a half interest in the general stock of  N.
J.  Streeter.  The new firm will be known 
as Streeter &  Nichols.

Reed City—Win.  H.  Hawkins  has  pur­
chased the grocery stock and store build­
ing  of  D.  C.  Williams  and  removed  his 
stock to the latter location.

Vickeryville — C.  F.  Grinnell  has  ex­
changed his drug  stock and  store  build­
ing for a farm,  George  Rounds being the 
new proprietor of the drug store.

Archie—C.  E. Clapp,  who  recently  re­
moved his grocery stock to Traverse City, 
has taken his  stock  back  to  this  place 
and resumed business at the old store.

Alpena—Bolton  &  McRea,  wholesale 
and retail  grocers, also dealers in lumber­
men’s supplies and cedar,  have sold their 
boot and shoe  stock  to  Kerr  &  Jerrain 
and will close out the remainder of  their 
stock.

Vassar—The hardware stock of Robert 
G.  Lyon has been  sold  by  the  assignee, 
J.  L. Root, to Frank  Carroll,  of Jackson, 
for $4,305.  The  stock  was  inventoried 
at $5,200.

Fremont—R.  E.  Misner  has  sold  his 
interest in the grocery and boot and shoe 
firm of Rutherford & Misner to his broth­
er,  E. C.  Misner.  The firm name remains 
unchanged.

Pentwater—L.  Jensen,  who  has  for 
some time conducted a meat market here, 
has  recently  admitted  John  Brooks  to 
partnership.  The new firm will  be  Jen­
sen & Brooks.

Muskegon—P.  P.  Misner,  assignee  of 
B. J. Parker, an Eighth ward druggist, has 
filed his  final  account  with  the  circuit 
court and been discharged.  He presented 
receipts showing  that  the  creditors  re­
ceived $330.02.

Plainwell—John  L. Woods, of Chicago, 
has  purchased  the  interest  of  W.  W. 
Bishop  in  the  dry  goods  and  clothing 
firm of W.  W.  Bishop & Bro.  The busi­
ness  will  be  continued  by  Mr. Woods 
and John  R.  Bishop  under  the  style of 
Bishop & Co.

Three Rivers—F.  N.  Kinney  was  poor 
but honest after his  failure  in  the  gro­
cery business here  four  years  ago.  He 
now lives  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and, 
having prospered,  he  recently  returned 
to this place and  paid  all the old  obliga­
tions, dollar for dollar.

Jonesville—C.  R.  & W. J. Southerland, 
commission merchants, of Albany, N.  Y., 
have  organized  what  will  be known  as 
the  Jonesville  Produce  Co.,  to  handle 
butter,  eggs  and  poultry.  These  pro­
ducts will be bought in neighboring towns 
and  shipped to Jonesville.  They expect 
to  ship  from  two  to  three  carloads  a 
week.  W. J.  Southerland  will make his 
residence at Jonesville as manager.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Greenville—Fred Holmden  has started 
in the bakery business under the style of 
the O.  K.  Baking Co.

Au Sable—The  Loud &  Sons  Lumber 
Co.  band  mill  at this place  has run  day 
and night all  winter.

Cadillac—The  Chittenden  Lumber Co. 
succeeds  Chittenden,  Herrick  &  Co.  in 
the  lumber business.

Saginaw—J.  Wettlaufer  &  Co.,  furni­
ture manufacturers, are succeeded  by the 
West Side Furniture Co.

Farwell—F.  W.  Bracy  has  purchased 
A.  Shekell’s  interest  in  Robinson  & 
Shekell’s shingle mill and the firm  is now 
Robinson & Bracy.

Muskegon—Frank Alberts and Geo.  R. 
Rosenberg  have  purchased  the  P.  P. 
Leonard saw  and  shingle  mill  and  will 
operate it the coming season.

Matchwood—Davis  Bros,  have  their 
sawmill,  which  they  started  to  erect 
about Nov.  1,  up  and running,  the  daily 
cut being close to 80,000 feet.

Alpena—John Atkinson  is  putting  in 
35,000 pieces of cedar on Hubbard  Lake. 
The stock is for J. J. Widner,  an  exten­
sive operator in cedar at this place.

Ewen—The Ontonagon Lumber Co. has 
just  completed  a  mill  here  which  con­
tains  a band  saw and  two shingle mills, 
and will  begin operations this month.

Bay City—Henry Bearinger  is  cutting 
1,000,000  feet  of  hardwood  logs  on  the 
Loon  Lake  branch  of  the Alpena  Rail­
road.  They will  be railed to  this city.

Big Rapids—Gile & Dowell, cigar mak­
ers,  have  dissolved  partnership,  Jesse 
Dowell  retiring.  U.  G.  Gile, the  practi­
cal man of  the  firm, continues  the  busi­
ness at the old stand.

Rogers City—H.  L.  &  E.  Heath  will 
build a shingle mill  near  the  mouth  of 
the Ocqueoc, and expect to have it in op­
eration by the opening of navigation. 
It 
will have a capacity of 40,000 daily.

St.Clair — The  main  manufacturing 
building of the Diamond Crystal Salt Co. 
was entirely destroyed by  fire early  Sun­
day morning.  Loss about $20,000. 
In­
sured  for  $15,000.  The  works  will  be 
immediately rebuilt.

Pentwater—The  Pentwater  Bedstead 
Co.  has the  material  on  the  ground  for 
the erection of another building. 
It will 
be  brick,  three  stories  high  and 80x100 
feet  in  dimensions.  The  building  will 
occupy the ground  north of  the  present 
building  used  for  the  finishing  depart­
ment,  with a  driveway  betweeu the  two 
buildings  below.

Traverse City—Important changes have 
recently been made in the  establishment 
of  the  Hannah  &  Lay  Mercantile  Co. 
Herbert Montague takes  the official posi­
tion  formerly  held  by  the  late  Smith 
Barnes, that  of  General  Manager,  being 
assisted by E. P. Wilhelm,  who takes the 
title  of  Assistant  General  Manager. 
Frank  Kubec  and  John  Smith  have  re­
signed their  positions,  and J.  A.  Morrell 
resigns to  go  into  business  for  himself. 
A.  Robertson,  of  Luther,  takes  a  posi­
tion in the clothing  department.

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THTg  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

From   a  G rocery  C lerk  to   a   C ap italist. 
From th e P entw ater News.
Many of  Pentwater’s  old  settlers  re­
member Ralph Kellogg and his little gro­
cery about twenty years ago.  The  prin­
cipal clerk in his  grocery  was  a  young 
son named Frank.  He wasn’t much of  a 
clerk,  but even at that age he was “pizen” 
on a trade.  He  would trade jackknives, 
guns,  watches,  boats  or  anything  else 
he could  get  a  proprietary  interest  in, 
and in nine cases  out  of  ten  he  would 
come out ahead.  The  most  satisfactory 
day’s work he remembers doing was when 
he  started  out  in  the  morning  with  a 
jackknife,  made 
three  trades  and  at 
night had the same knife and  fifty  cents 
in money as  the  result.  Pentwater  be­
came too circumscribed for  him  and  he 
went to Chicago.  A few years there, and 
we hear of him in large real estate deals, 
finally as a capitalist.  He always had  a 
tender spot for Pentwater and an abiding 
faith in its future, consequently, he is the 
owner of considerable property  in  Pent­
water,  and to his influence the hotel now 
being erected here is largely due. He is still 
a young man,  but is very nicely situated. 
His wife is a  very  estimable  lady,  who 
has  borne  him a fine family of children. 
In his home surroundings he is especially 
blessed,  and his  greatest  pleasure  is  in 
enjoying its  attractions.

P ric es  in  Billing  H a rd w a re .
As  a  large  percentage  of  the 

trade 
have expressed  a  desire  to  have  goods 
figured out  net,  several  of  the  leading 
jobbing houses in  the  line  of  hardware 
have  decided in so  far as possible to bill 
goods at net figures, as it is plain to be seen 
that  it  simplifies  matters  in  every  re­
spect,  to say  nothing  of  the  additional 
time consumed  in  figuring  out  the  net 
value of an article under a  list  and  dis­
count system.  The  average  citizen,  as 
well  as a hardware man,  would feel  that 
it was a complicated business  should  he 
step  into  the  nearest  furnishing  store, 
and inquire the price of  a  flannel  shirt, 
and be  told that it  was  $4  list  with  75 
and  10 and 7K per cent, discount.  The 
same is true of a gross  of  hat  and  coat 
hooks or one dozen locks, as all the  peo­
ple wish to know just what the article  is 
worth net.  Since  changing  to  this  net 
system,  they have found  not  only  great 
saving of time of bill clerks, but find that 
price  clerks can do twice the amount  of 
pricing.

A  L esson  in  L abeling.

Dispensing medicines in unlabeled bot­
tles  is  inexcusable,  but  to  deliberately 
affix a misleading label to a parcel should 
be regarded as a  criminal act.  The con­
sequences  to  be  expected  from  such 
a  practice are exemplified in  the follow­
ing  note,  which  recently  appeared  in 
current pharmaceutical  literature:
“A  little  incident  occurred in  one  of 
our city drug stores recently which near­
ly cost a man his life.  The man in ques­
tion  had  been  in  the  habit  of getting  a 
bottle filled with gin,  and  having a  label 
put on it  which read  ‘Bug Poison.’  All 
went well until  one day a new  clerk  re­
ceived the bottle  with the order to fill it, 
and fill it he  did, just  as it was  labeled, 
with bug  poison.  The  man  received  it 
and took a generous drink from it before 
he  discovered  the  contents  was poison. 
Some lively work and promptly adminis­
tered  antidote  saved  his  life.  We  un­
derstand that he has since become a total 
abstainer.”

N itra te   o f  Silver.

How many drug  clerks are aware  that 
official nitrate of silver in sticks contains 
about five per cent,  of chloride of silver? 
This is  intentionally  introduced  by  the 
addition of  hydrochloric  acid,  to  render 
the sticks more opaque and tough.  When 
the  moulded  nitrate 
is  treated  with 
water,  a residue of  insoluble chloride  of 
silver remains.

C beap  Y east.

M u sk e g o n,  March  5 — The  Grocers’ 
Associate Yeast Go., of  Grand Rapids,  is 
making an effort to  capture the  trade  of 
this city  and,  to  that  end,  is  delivering 
“Favorite” yeast  in  tin  foil  to  dealers 
free of charge. 

Gob.

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The  style  of  Herold  &  Co., boot  and 
shoe  dealers  at  63  Monroe  street,  has 
been changed to Herold & Bertsch.

W.  A.  Swarts  &  Son  have  purchased 
the drug stock of  C.  W. Cook,  at the cor­
ner of South Division  and Hall streets.

D.  D. Shane,  jeweler  at Grand  Ledge, 
has added a line of books and stationery. 
Eaton,  Lyon & Co. furnished the stock.

Gustafson & Johnson  have  engaged  in 
the hardware business at Cadillac.  Fos­
ter, Stevens & Co.  furnished  the stock.

Geo.  DeHaven  has  bought the  grocery 
stock of  Michael Bauingartel,  at 175 But- 
terworth  avenue  and  will  continue  the 
business.

Cole Bros.  & Co., grocers at  502  South 
Division  street,  have removed their stock 
to  Kalkaska,  where  they  will  continue 
the business under the style of Cole Bros.
Joseph Tschauner,  grocer and baker at 
111  Canal  street,  has  removed  to 97 and 
99 Canal street, where  he has more room 
and light and will be prepared to do even 
a larger business than before.

A.  L.  Shaffer has purchased  the  build­
ing at Middleton formerly occupied by S. 
Ilewett’s  furniture  stock  and  opened  a 
grocery  store  therein.  The  I.  M.  Clark 
Grocery Co.  furnished the stock.

J.  L.  Purchase,  who  recently  sold  his 
general stock at Bauer,  has opened a gro­
cery  store  at  the  corner  of  Houseman 
street  and  Tustin  avenue.  Musselman 
& Widdicomb furnished the  stock.

The Olney & Judsou Grocer Co., which 
bid  in  the  Johnson  drug  and  grocery 
stock,  at Lisbon, on attachment sale, has 
sold the stock to Eaton,  Lyon  & Co.,  who 
will close out the stock as rapidly as pos­
sible. 

________________

T.  W.  Provin,  who  was  for  several 
years engaged in the  grocery business at 
Cedar  Springs, has  concluded  to  re-en­
gage in the  same business at  that  place. 
The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  has  the 
order for the stock.

trio  are  hard  workers  and  their  many 
friends in the  trade will  wish them  suc­
cess. 

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Dickinson & Hollingshead, grocers and 
boot and shoe dealers  at  Colon, recently 
uttered  a  chattel  mortgage  to  Bindge, 
Kalmbach  & Co.,  W.  J.  Gould & Co.  and 
a  man  named  Boughton,  whose  claims 
aggregate  $1,700.  The  mortgage  was 
given  by  Mr.  Dickinson,  and  the  other 
partner subsequently uttered a mortgage 
toother  creditors  for  $1,100  and  swore 
out an injunction, restraining the holders 
of the first  mortgage  from proceeding to 
sell  the  stock  at  public  sale. 
In  the 
meantime,  the  first  secured creditors are 
in possession of  the stock and propose to 
contest  the  proceedings  begun  by  Mr. 
Hollingshead to the uttermost limit.

P u re ly  P erso n al.

Dr.  A.  W.  Nichols, 

the  Greenville 
druggist,  is  flat  on  his  back  with  la 
grippe.

Jonnrad & Truesdell, grocers  at  Ship- 
shewana,  lnd.,  were in town one day last 
week buying stock.

W.  J.  Henwood,  the  Belding  grocer, 
was in town one  day  last  week  for  the 
purpose of adding largely to his  stock.

John I).  DeBoe, chemist  for the Hazel- 
tine & Perkins Drug  Co.,  who  has  been 
dangerously ill with typhoid fever,  is re­
covering.

Frank E.  Leonard is now sojourning in 
the pottery districts of  England,  having 
sailed  from  New  York  on  the  Majestic 
last Wednesday.

Frank A. Le Suer, who has lately been 
behind the counter for  Lamb & Spencer, 
the Charlotte  grocers,  has  gone  on  the 
road for Daniel Scotten & Co.

J.  L.  Hurd, Treasurer of the American 
Cash  Register  Co.,  of  Chicago,  was  in 
town a couple of days last week.  While 
here he engaged  Chas.  J. Clark to  repre­
sent his  company in this territory.

Wat Kelsey,  of the  Toledo  Spice  Co., 
Toledo,  was in town  last  week  and  ex­
ecuted a contract with the Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman Co.  to give that house control  of 
“German” package coffee in this market.

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The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  and 
the Lemon & Wheeler Company have  at­
tached  the  real  estate owned  by  Henry
Lucas,  who  recently  failed  in  the  gro­
cery business at  the  corner  of Hall  and 
Clark streets.  The  creditors who are  in 
no  way  secured  will  probably  receive 
about 10 cents on the dollar.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co. replevined $155.18 
worth of  goods from  the  boot  and  shoe 
stock of Jerome Moore,  at  Shelby,  when 
the  latter  uttered  a  mortgage  on 
the 
stock to his wife,  on  the ground that the 
mortgage was fraudulent and given with­
out consideration.  The matter was tried 
in the Muskegon Circuit Court last week, 
resulting in a  verdict  for  the  plaintiffs, 
the jury taking no stock in the statements 
of Moore to the effect that the goods were 
forced  upon  him and  that the  mortgage 
was given in good  faith.  •

Clarence E.  Peck has  retired from  the 
firm  of  Tucker,  Coade  &  Co.,  produce 
and commission  merchants  at  56  and 58 
South Ionia  street.  The remaining part- 
ners,  O. C. Tucker and J.  C. Coade, have 
formed  a copartnership w ith  F. J. Parker 
under  the  style  of  Tucker,  Coade  & 
Tarker and  the  new  firm  will  continue 
the business  at  127  Louis  street,  paying 
particular  attention  to  the  handling  of 
butter  and  eggs.  All  members  of  the

C o u n try   C allers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
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from the following gentlemen in trade:

S. C. Peterson,  Alaska.
F.  J. Pomeroy,  Lisbon.
B. S. Reed & Co.,  Hart.
W. J.  Henwood, Belding.
John Crispe, Plainwell.
D.  W.  Shattuck,  Waylaud.
Barry Bros.  & Curtis,  Harrietta.
H.  L. Carter,  Sand Lake.
Longyear Bros.,  Mason.
Jonrad & Truesdell, Shipshewana, lnd.

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of our lease after the fire of March 30.  A 
change in our law,similar to the New York 
law,  which provides for the  cancellation 
of leases in the event of  the  destruction 
of  property,  would  be  advisable,  we 
think. 

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learn that there  is  at  least one dreaded  disease 
that science has been able to cure in all its stages, 
and  that is cata-rh.  Hall’s  Catarrh  Cure is the 
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requires  a  constitutional treatment.  Hall’s Ca 
tarrh  Cure  is  taken  Internally, aeting  directly 
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TALKS  W ITH   A  LAW YER.

m e r c a n t il e  a g e n c ie s.—(Continued.)
W ritten fo r The Tradesman.

In  a former  article  I  pointed  out  the 
law in New York,  and that which is gen­
erally followed,  to be  that the  reports of 
mercantile  agencies are  privileged  com­
munications,  exempting  them  from  lia­
bility  for  statements  otherwise  libelous 
when,  and  only  when,  such  reports  are 
made  to  subscribers  having  an  interest 
which  the  law will  recognize  in the  in­
formation  given;  and this  interest  must 
be  more  specific  than  that  which  sub­
scribers have in all  persons reported, and 
must be an interest in the particular con­
cern  or  business  concerning  which  the 
report is made.

The rule is the  same where the reports 

are made in cipher.

The mere statement in  a printed report 
that  persons  interested in a certain  per­
son named are invited to call at the office 
of 
information,  and 
nothing more,  is not libelous.

the  agency  for 

In a New  York  case,  in  1888,  it  was 
decided that a false agency report, to the 
effect that a judgment had been rendered 
against  a  person,  naming  him,  was  not 
libelous  per se,  and  that,  without  proof 
of  special  damage arising therefrom,  the 
agency  was  entitled to a verdict,  the  ar­
gument of  the  judges  being that  this of 
itself  was not  sufficient  from  which  to 
infer unsoundness of  financial condition.
On  the  same  theory a Maryland  case 
held  that  to  publish  falsely  of  a  man 
that he has given  a chattel mortgage was 
not  libelous  per  se,  without  proof  of 
special  damage.

A United  States  Court  case  arose,  in 
1867,  where  the  question  at  issue  was 
whether  the  defendant,  Tappan,  could 
employ in  his  office  some twenty  clerks 
who had  access to records in which were 
written items affecting the credit of mer­
chants, the  business of  these  clerks  be­
ing  to  copy these records and  communi­
cate  their  contents to  customers  in  an­
swer to inquiries,  and  still  enjoy  immu­
nity  from 
liability  on  the  ground  of 
privileged  communications. 
Justice 
Nelson,  delivering  the opinion,  observed 
that,  if  the  defendant himself  had  com­
municated  the  report in good  faith  and 
to  a proper  person,  it  might  have  been 
privileged,  but  the  publicity  given  the 
report in the defendant’s office, by record­
ing it in a book to which  others,  through 
clerks,  had  access,  deprived  it  of  its 
privileged  character.  Courts,  generally, 
have refused to accept  this doctrine,  and 
it  may be considered  as  settled  that the 
agency  may  use  any  number of  clerks 
necessary  to  the  transaction of  its busi­
ness,  and the recording of information in 
books to which such persons  have access 
does  not  deprive  the communication  of 
its privileged  character.

It would  seem  that in Canada the  law 
as to the  liability of  mercantile agencies 
is the reverse of that in this country. 
It 
seems  to  be  held  that  no report  by  an 
agency  is  a  privileged  communication, 
whether made to an interested subscriber 
or not.

Viewed in the lightof the general trend 
of decisions made in our courts,  it would 
seem that  Judge  Cooley, in his work  on 
Torts,  has  stated  the  law incorrectly in 
saying,  “If  one makes  it  his business to 
furnish to others information concerning 
the  character,  habits, 
standing  and 
responsibility of  tradesmen,  his business 
is not privilged, and  he must  justify his 
reports by the  truth.”

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of  whether  they  are  interested  in  the 
communication or not.  The subject will 
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Amazon................... 8
Gold Medal............ 7)4
Amsburg..................7
Green  Ticket.........8)4
Art  Cambric........... 10
Great Falls.............   6)4
Blackstone A A......  8
TTnnn 
7 Li
Beats All..................  4)4
Just  Out."...  434© 5*
Boston.................... 12
King Phillip...........734
Cabot....................... 7
OP......7)4
Cabot,  X.................  6)4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Charter  Oak...........  5)4
Lonsdale...........  © 8)4
Conway W............. 7)4
Middlesex........   © 5
Cleveland.............. 7
No Name................   7)4
Dwight Anchor......8)4
Oak View............... 6
shorts.  8
Our Own................   5)4
Edwards................. 6
Pride of the West... 12
Empire...................   7
Rosalind...................7)4
Farwell.................. 734
Sunlight.................   4)4
Fruit of the Loom.  854
Utica  Mills.............. 8)4
Fltehvllle  .............7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize..............7
Vinyard..................  8)4
Fruit of the Loom X.
White Horse...........  6
Falrmount..............4)4
Full Value...............634
8)4
Cabot......................... 7 | Dwight Anchor.......  854
Farwell......................8 |
TremontN..............  5)4 Middlesex No.  1__ 10
Hamilton N............ 6)4 
“  2— 11
L............ 7 
“  3....12
Middlesex AT........8 
“  7....18
X...........9 
“  8....19
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Rock.
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

CARPET  WARP.

Hamilton N............  7)4|Middlesex A A........11
Middlesex P T ........8 
2........12
A T ........9 
A O........13)4
X A......... 9 
4........17)4
X F ........10)41 
5........16
Peerless, white.......17)4(Integrity  colored...20
colored__19)4 White Star............... 18
“  colored..20
Integrity.................18)41 
“ 
DRESS  GOODS
Hamilton................   8
Nameless............... 20
9
“ 
.................25
10)4
“ 
.................27)4
“ 
.  ..............30
“ 
.................32)4
“ 
.................35

G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless............... 16
............... 18

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PRINTS.

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COBSET  JEANS.

Elnk a purple 6)4

c o  Be
ET8.Wonderful................ 64 50
Corallne.....................69 50
Schilling’s..  .........  9 00
Brighton......................4 75
Davis  Waists......  9 00
Bortree’s ..................   9 00
Grand  Rapids......  4 50
Abdominal...........15 00
Armory...................634
Naumkeagsatteen..  7
Androscoggin.........7)4
Rockport................ 6)4
Blddefora...............  6
Conestoga.................634
Brunswick..............6)4
Walworth..............  ¿X
Allen turkey  reds..  5)4 
Berwick fancies 
5)4
robes...........5)4
Clyde Robes —
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
u ffs...........  6
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  5)4
mouru’g  6 
staples........  5)4
Eddy stone fancy...  5)4 
shirtings...  4
chocolat  5)4
American  fancy__5)4
rober__  5)4
American indigo__5)4
sateens..  534 
American shirtings.  4 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5)4
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__ 5)4
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester fancy..  5)4 
“  —   6)4
Arnold 
new era.  5)4 
Arnold  Merino......6
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
“ 
long cloth B. 10)4 
Merrlm’ck shirtings. 434 
“ 
“  C.  8)4
“  Repp fam  .  8)4
“ 
century cloth 7
Pacific fancy..........5)4
“  gold seal......10)4
robes............6)4
“ 
“  green seal TR 10)4 
Portsmouth robes...  5)4 
“  yellow seal.. 10)4
Simpson mourning..  5)4
“ 
serge.............11)4
greys........534
“  Turkey red.. 10)4 
solid black.  5)4 
Ballon solid Dlack..  5 
Washington indigo.  534 
“ 
“  colors.  5)4
“  Turkey robes  .  7)4
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes___ 7)4
red and  orange...  5)4
“  plain Tky X X  8)4 
Berlin solids...........  5)4
“ 
“  X...10
“  oil blue....... 6)4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  green ....  6)4
“ 
key red................   6
"  Foulards ....  5)4
Martha Washington
.  7 
red X 
“ 
Turkeyred X........7)4
•  »H 
Martha Washington
“  X
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.10
“ 
“ 44
Turkeyred............ 9)4
“ 3-4XXXX 12
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Rlverpolnt robes__5
Cocheco fancy........6
Windsor fancy..........6)4
madders...  6
gold  ticket
indigo blue..........10)4
XXtwills..  6)4 
solids........  534 (Harmony.................  434
AC A......................12)4
Pemberton AAA__16
York.......................10)4
Swift River............ 7)4
Pearl  River............12
Warren...................13

Amoskeag AC A. ...12)4
Hamilton N............7)4
D............ 8)4
Awning.. 11
Farmer....................8
First Prize..............11)4
Lenox M ills...........18
8
Atlanta,  D..............6X|Stark  A
Boot........................6X No  Name.............   ,.  7)4
Clifton, K............... 6 
Simpson................ .20
.................18
.................16

|Topof Heap...10
Imperlai................. 10)4
Black................9© 9)4
■'  BC...........  ©10

COTTON  DRILL.

SATIRES.

TICK IN G S.

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Coechco..................10)4

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Amoskeag...............12)4
9 oz...... 13)4
brown .18
Andover..................11)4
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
BB...  9
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Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 
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bine  8)4 
“  d a  twist  10)4 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
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Amoskeag.............. 7

Persian dress 834 
Canton ..  8)4
AFC........1034
Teazle... 10)4 
Angola. .10)4 
Persian..  834 
Arlington staple—   6)4
Arasapha  fancy__4314
Bates Warwick dres 834 
staples.  6)4
Centennial.............  10)4
Criterion................ 10)4
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................434
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 734
Glenarie.................  634
Glenarven................ 6X
Glepwood.................7)4
Hampton...................6)4
Johnson Chalon cl 
)4 
indigo blue 9)4
zephyrs__16

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DEMINS.

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue........ 734
brown...  7X
Jaffrey.....................11)4
Lancaster................12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........13)4
No. 220....13
No. 280.... 10)4

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No. 250_11)4

GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  7
“ 
fancies__7
“  Normandie  8

Lancashire.............   6)4
Manchester............   534
Monogram..............  6)4
Normandie...............7)4
Persian.....................8)4
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Rosemont................. 6)4
Slatersville.........  6
Somerset...............  7
Tacoma  ...................734
Toll  du Nord......... 10)4
Wabash.................... 7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick...............   834
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Westbrook..............  8
............10
Windermeer........... 5
York..........................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag..............16V4I Valley City.............. 15)4
Stark......................  19)4 j Georgia..................1534
American...............16  ¡Pacific......................14)4

THREADS.

No.

Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour’s................88
Coats’, J. & P.........45  Marshall’s............... 88
Holyoke................22)41
KNITTING  COTTON.
White.  Colored.
...37
38 No.  14...
“  16...
...38
39
“  18... ...39
40
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
Edwards...............   4
Lockwood........... 
4
Wood’s..................   334
Brunswick...........   4

Slater......................  4
White Star............   4
Kid Glove...............  4
Newmarket............   4

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

6  ..
8...
10...
12...

..33
...34
...35
...36

Fireman..................32)4
Creedmore..............27)4
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................27)4

RED  FLANNEL.
T W ...
............... 22)4
F T ..........................32)4
J RF, XXX............35
Buckeye.................32)4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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DOMET  FLANNEL.

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

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ................. 22)4
Windsor.................. 18)4
6 oz Western........... 20
Union  B................. 22)4
Nameless...... 8  © 9)41 
......8)4@10  I 

Grey SR W.............17)4
Western W  .............18)4
D R P ...................... 18)4
Flushing XXX........23)4
Manitoba................ 23)4
9  ©10)4 
12)4
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
11)4
20
12)4
Severen, 8 oz..........
May land, 8 oz........ 10)4
Greenwood, 7)4 oz..  9)4 :
Greenwood, 8 oz — 11)4 '
Boston, 8 oz............10)41
White, doz.............25  (Per bale,40 do*....67 50
Colored, doz..........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best..............10)4
Best A A....... 12)4
....................... 7)4
....................... 8)4

9)4 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20
DUCKS.
9)4 West  Point, 8 oz— 10)4 
10 oz  ...12)4
Raven,  lOoz...........13)4
Stark 
............ 18)4
Boston,  10 oz..........12)4

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

WADDINGS.

BILESIAS.

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SEWING  SILK.

2 
3 

Cortlcelll, doz......... 75  [CorticelU knitting,

..12  “ 8 
.-12  )  “  10 

twist, doz. .3734  per %os  ball........30
50 yd, doz.. 37)41
HOOKS AND EYES—FEB GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  INo  4 Bl’k & White..l5
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..20
“ 
..25
No 2-20, M C..........50  INo 4—15 F  8)4...........40
‘  3-18.SC ........... 45  |
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
.28
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No 2.........................28  INo 3..........................86

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

FINS.

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6 

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James — ...........1  401 Steamboat.............
..........1  35 Gold Eyed............
Crowely’s...
.......... 1 00|
Marshall’s..
TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
6—4. ..3 2515—4....1  95  6—4.
5—4__2 25
“  ...8 IOI
“  ....2 10

COTTON TWINES.

.  40
.1  50

.2 95

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 18)4
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL.......................18)4
Alabama.................6X
Alamance................. 6)4
Augusta...................7)4
Ar sapha...............   6
Georgia...................  634
Granite..................  534
Haw  River............   5
Haw  J ....................  5

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4- ply — 17 
3-ply...-17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7)4 
Powhattan  ............. 18

Mount  Pleasant—   6)4
Oneida....................  5
Prym ont................  5X
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   534
Sibley  A.................  634
Toledo....................   6

PLAID  OSNABURGS

TT-ra.  MICHIG.AJSr  TRADESMAN.

PECULIAR  PEOPLE  IN  TRADE.
One of the most  unique  characters  in 
the mercantile  business  in  Michigan  is 
G.  Martini,  who comlucts a general store 
at  Red  Jacket.  A  native  of  Italy,  he 
first emigrated to the  diamond  fields  of 
South Africa, but was unable  to  achieve 
success in that  locality  and  worked  his 
passage to America, subsequently finding 
his way to Chicago.  Here a friend fitted 
him  out  as  a  scissors  grinder  and  he 
started northward,  with  the  machine  on 
his  back.  Arriving  at  Red  Jacket,  he 
found work in one of the mines there, but 
when the paying clerk  came to  take  his 
name,  the Italian  accent  was  too  much 
for  the clerk  and  the  latter exclaimed, 
“ Your  name  is  Mike  Murphy;  don’t 
forget, now.”  And,  to  this  day,  many 
people of Red Jacket call him “Big Mike” 
and “Mike Murphy,” utterly ignorant  of 
the fact that  his  real  name  is  Martini. 
After  working a few years in the mines. 
Martini  married  a  thrifty  German girl, 
and a few years later they opened a little 
confectionery shop.  The business  grad­
ually expanded and  a  full  line  of  gro­
ceries,  notions  and 
toys  was  added, 
the  establishment  one  of  the 
making 
leading features of Red Jacket.  Not the 
least interesting feature  of  the  concern 
is the  proprietor  himself,  whose  ready 
fund of ancedotes is  always  on  tap.  A 
few years ago,  he  returned  to  Italy  to 
visit his  mother,  when  some  wag  sent 
him a lettre addressed “G. Martini, Duke 
of  Michigan.”  This  title  immediately 
put him on an  excellent social  footing in 
his native country and the  remainder  of 
his  visit  was  crowded  with  receptions 
and complimentary balls.  The man who 
goes to Red  Jacket  without  paying  his 
respects 
the  “Duke  of  Michigan” 
misses  a treat he will afterwards regret.

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Another peculiar merchant  is  W.  W. 
Goff, manager of the hardware  establish­
ment of Hawks Bros  &  Goff,  at  Mauce 
Iona.  He is about sixty years  old,  tall, 
cold and distant—teetotally  unapproach 
able except by a very few men.  His firm 
has  an excellent rating,  being worth up 
wards  of  $100,000,  and  the  Mancelona 
house  meets 
its  bills  with  unusual 
promptness.  He  buys  nearly  all  hi 
goods of one house and probably but one 
man  in  that  house  could  hold his trade. 
He is well posted in ancient and  modern 
history and the current events of the day, 
and converses  for  hours  with  intimate 
friends; but a stranger might as well  try 
to melt an  iceberg  with  a  smile  as  to 
interest him  in  something  he  does  not 
care to investigate.

Hardware Price Current.

T h ese  p rices  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
p ay  p ro m p tly   and  buy  in   fu ll  pack ag es.

auguks and bits. 

dis.
Snell’s .................................................................... 
Cook’s .................................................................... 
Jennings’, genuine.............................................. 
Jennings’,  im itation.......................................50410

on
40
25

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First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................8 7 50
D.  B. Bronze..............................  12  00
S. B. S. Steel..................... 
  8  50
D. B. Steel................................  13  50
die.
Railroad.......................................................... 8  14 00
Garden....................................................... net  30 00

BARROWS. 

bolts. 

dls.
Stove.................................................................50410
Carriage new list.  ..........................................70410
Plow.  ................................................................ 40410
Sleigh shoe........................................................... 

70

SOCKETS.

 

 

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain......................................................• 3 50
W ell,swivel............................................  
 
dlB.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60410
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60410
Wrought Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60410
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s .................. ..............................70410
70
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................  

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

60

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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.................................................per lb 
Ely’s 110................................................. perm  
Hick's  C. F .............................................  
G. D .........................................................  
M usket....................................................  

CAPS.

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5

Rim  F ire........................................................... 
Central  Fire................................................dls. 

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS. 

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

65
60
35
60

50
25

dlS.

dls.

Curry,  Lawrence’s .......................................... 
40
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross................12Q12H dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

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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..................................................-. 50
Taper and straight Shank..............................  
Morse’s Taper Shank....................................... 

 
DRILLS. 

28
26
23
23
25

50
50

dls.

 

DRIPPING FANS.

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

07
6J4

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In.............................. do*, net 
Corrugated.............................................................dls 40
Adjustable.............................................................dls. 40410
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75

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dlB.

dls.

Clark’s, small, 918; large, 926.........................  
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 924;  3, $30..............................  

80
25

piles—New List. 

Dlsston’s ........................................................... 60410
New  American................................................. 60410
Nicholson’s  .  ................................................... 60410
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse  Itaaps....................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

Nos.  16  to  20 :  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
16 
dis.

14 
gauges. 

Discount, 60

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

13 

15 

28
17

50

HAMMERS.

Maydole  4  Co.’s ...........................................dls.  25
Kip’s ...............................................................dls.  25
Yerkes 4  Plumb’B.....................................dls. 40410
30c list 60 |
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................... 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. H and.  . ,30c 40410 j 
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................. dls.60410
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50 |
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4J4  14  and
354  |
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Eye, V4.............................net 
10 j

HINGES.

ROPES.

Sisal, % Inch and larg er................................ 
Manilla.
Steel and  Iron.. 
Try and Bevels. 
M itre.................

914
13
dls.

SHEET IRON.

75
.............  
60
................. 
................. 
20
Smooth. Com.
82 95
...84 05
3 C5
.  .  4 C5
..  4  05
3 (5
...  4  05
3  15
..  4  25
3 25
...  4  45
3 35
over 30 Inches

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dis.

dis.

diS.

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wire. 

saws. 

traps. 

dls.
dls.

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

WRENCHES. 

Discount, 10.

WIRE GOODS. 

HORSE NAILS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

SASH WEIGHTS.

HOLLOW WARE.

MAULS. 
mills. 

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

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

Solid Eyes................................................ per ton 825
20
70
50
30

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

NOS. 25 tO 26 
No. 27...........
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dls.
Silver Lake, White  A ................................ list
Drab A ....................................  “
White  B ................................  “
D rabB ...................................   “
White C....................................“

£ ........................... net  7J4
* ............................net  714
Strap and T .................................................. dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50410
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60410
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60410
Kettles.................................................................60410
Spiders  .............................................................. 60410
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  T lnW are.................................. new list 70
Japanned Tin W are................................... . ■ • 
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 3314410
4 00
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
30
70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
dls.
levels. 
Steel, Game...................................................60410
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s 
70
............ 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ............ 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s —  
70
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings..................  
55
Mouse, delusion................................. 81.50 per doz.
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............... 
55
dls.
_ | 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
0  Bright M arket..................................................   65
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................
] Annealed Market...................."....................... 70—10
Coppered Market  ............................................  60
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
Tinned Market............................................  62V4
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s .............................. 
Coppered  Spring  Steel.............................. 
50
Branford’s .......................................................  
55
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 10
Norwalk’s .......................................................  
56
painted.......................................  2 65
Adze Eye...................................................816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye.................................................. 815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s  .........................................818.50, dls. 20410.
dlB.
50
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ......................................  
40
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cle i k’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
30
Stebbin’s  Pattern..............................................60410
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base...................................................185
Wire nails, base........................................ —  l-2  00
Wire.
Steel.
60..........................................................Base
Base
10
50! ..II...........................................  
Base
 
20
05 10 
20
30
15 
35
15 
35
15 20 
40
50
25 
65
40 
90
60 
1  502 00 
.1  50
Fine 3................................................ 1 50
2  00
90 
Case  10.............................................  60
1  00 
8.....................................  
75
1  25 
6.............................................  90
1  00 
Finish 10............................................, 85
1  25
.................................................1  00
1  50 
1  15
 
75 
Clinch; 10..........................................  85
90
1  00
6...............................................1 15
2  50 
Barren X...........................................1 75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©*’
Sclota Bench................................................  ®60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  Q40
Bench, first quality.....................................
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  410
_
Fry,  Acme.............................................. 
10
Common, polished................................dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  50—io
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
Broken packs %c per pound extra.__________

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars............................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2tfc per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound......................................................... 
V4@14........................................................................ J6
Extra W iping.....................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................... per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN— MSLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................8 7 50
14x20 IC, 
........................................  7 50
10x14 IX, 
...................................   9  25
14x20 IX, 
.......................................  9 25

Au  Sable..................................................... dis.  40
Putnam .............................................. 
dls. 06
dls. 10410
Northwestern...................................  
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,......................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable........ ......................... 75410
Bird Cages.............................................  
50
 
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
Screws, New List..............................................70410
Casters, Bed  a  d  Plate.............................50410410
Dampers,  American.......  ..............................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 67410

10x14 IC,  Charcoal...............   ....................8 6 75
... ...............................   6 75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
....................................  8 25
14x20 IX, 
....................................  9 25

Each additional X on this grade 91.50.
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester..................... 

  6
.............................   8
............................  18
Allaway Grade..................  6

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  EX...........................................................814 00
14x31  IX..............................................................15
14x60 ix’ 
10

' | Bo»er*’ [ per pound  ... 

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“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

8..............................................................................................1 00

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

Advance over base: 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

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METALS.

PIG TIN.

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rivets. 

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dls.

SOLDER.

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26c
280

6J£
7

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Ho. 9 —A ctu al  Sime

W e  ai e  ag en ts  fo r  th is  Spout an d   carry   a  fu ll 

stock.

W©  also  have  the ANCHOR  SAP  SPOCT.

One of the hardest men in Michigan  to 
do business with is  George  Schwab,  the 
Spring  Lake grocer.  Gruff,  morose,  ec­
centric in every respect,  he is  the  terror 
of the new traveling man,  who  soon  dis­
covers that it will  require  a  good  many 
visits  to  Spring  Lake  to  get  on  suffi­
ciently friendly  terms  to  sell  him.  So 
long as a customer remains  in  the  store 
—no matter if he wants  only  a  cake  of 
yeast—the affable grocer will  not look at 
a traveling mail,  and  those  who  cannot 
sell  him  are frank to admit that they do 
not  possess  the  key  with  which  more 
favored salesmen are able to  unlock  his 
heart. 

_

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas,  spices,  etc.,  see  J.  P.  Visner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Capids, 
Mich,  general  representative  for  F.  J. 
Gillies & Co.,  New York City.

Plan.

for  a  hardware  house. 

the Poet Bums Figures.

A  CHAPTER  FOR  SMOKERS.

Something  About a Well-Known Cigar, in which the Name  of 

From!  Siwflay  Advertiser,  New York,  Me  21, ’91:

■ HERE  is nothing so conducive  to  comfort in the way of  the luxuries of  man 

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Cleveland  World:  United  States  Dis­
trict Attorney  Allen  T.  Brinsmade  ex­
amines  his valise  very  carefully  before 
leaving a car  nowadays.  A  few  weeks 
ago he got out of a N. Y., P. &0.  sleeper 
at Pittsburgh too late  to  catch  the  car­
riage for the B.  & O.  depot.  He grabbed 
what  he  supposed  was  his  valise  and 
started.  His  arm  was  nearly  broken 
when he reached the other  depot.  Then 
he  opened the  satchel and found  that he 
had carried off a valise  belonging  to  the 
drummer 
It 
weighed about 140 pounds and the colonel 
had carried it over a mile.  He  now  has 
his name printed in red  on  each  of  his 
traveling valises.
“Lion”  Coffee  Back  on  the  Contract 
T oledo,  Ohio,  March  5 — You  will 
please  take  notice  that  on  and  after 
March 15, the  selling  schedule  price  on 
Lion Coffee will  be restored  and no  cut­
ting will thereafter be permitted.
We shall  continue to  promptly  advise 
you from time to time  of changes  neces­
sary in the selling price and shall expect 
you to sell our goods only at the schedule 
prevailing  in your division  or group.  If 
it shall be  shown  by  investigation  that 
Lion  Coffee  has  been  sold by you or  by 
any  employe  of  yours  at  less  than  the 
schedule  price  prevailing in  your  divis­
ion, or  on  longer time  than  sixty  days, 
or at a  greater discount  for cash  than  2 
per  cent,  in  ten  days,  or  by  rebate, 
freight allowance, or any device whatso­
ever,  which would  bring the price at less 
than schedule f.o.  b. cars  point  of  ship­
ment,  then we  shall deem  it best for  all 
concerned to impose a  fine  on you of §50 
and  decline  to  furnish  you  with  more 
Lion Coffee until such  fine is paid.
In all cases of alleged  cutting in  price 
we shall give impartial  and thorough in­
vestigation,  accepting sworn affidavits on 
form heretofore in use by us,  as evidence 
of  innocence,  unless  successfully  dis­
proved.
Any and  all  fines  collected by us,  we 
will donate to any  charitable  institution 
which shall be designated  by the  person 
bringing the charge.

as a cigar.  Many a bad temper, many an evil thought, has been chased away 
by the soothing  influence of  tobacco.  Nowadays, owing  to  the  high  tariff, 
cigars—that is good  ones—come  under  the  head  of  expensive  luxuries,  and  the 
man of  moderate means  must  go  without  his  favorite  weed—that is,  unless  he is 
well  informed  on  the  subject  of  American  manufactured  cigars  or  will  take a 
straight tip now in that direction.  A cigar now on the market,  and  selling for the 
remarkably low price of ten cents (remarkable because the cigar is a first-class one) 
is being sold extensively  throughout the country,  because it  just meets the amount 
thousands of  men  are  willing to pay for a cigar, and  who,  rather  than go without 
smoking,  would go back to the pipe.
This cigar is called the Robert  Burns.  A brief outline of  its history might not 
be out of place.
In 1861, Messrs.  Straiton  and  Storm  who  were  then  located  in  Pearl street, 
New York, conceived  the idea of  putting a cigar on the  market which  would, in a 
sense become  everlasting.  They established  for it a standard.  At the time it was 
first sold the price of  the goods was  §60 a thousand.  The understanding  was that 
the  standard of  this cigar  should be maintained  right up  to  the  handle, and  any 
change  that took  place would be in the price.  The  war  coming on,  material  and 
workmanship rapidly advanced in price,  and  the goods  rose as high in 1864 as $233 
a thousand.  After the  war the price  naturally receded,  until it is now sold by the 
dealers at 10 cents each.  The most critical judges in New York City and elsewhere 
in the  country smoke the  Robert  Burns cigar  in  preference to imported,  and they 
are found at every first-class hotel in New  York,  such as the  Plaza,  Fifth  Avenue, 
Windsor,  Murray  Hill,  Graud  Union,  Astor,  Brevoort,  Sturtevant,  St.  James, 
Brunswick, Park Avenue,  Buckingham,  Metropolitan,  Cosmopolitan,  Ashland,  Sin­
clair,  Madison  Avenue,  St.  Mark,  Marlborough,  Vendome,  Gilsey  and  the  Conti­
nental,  and in all the best  clubs in the city.
The cigar  is  not  only  sold at these  houses,  but almost  universally smoked by 
the proprietors.  The  filler of  the  goods is of  the very finest  Havana tobacco  that 
can  be imported;  while for the wrapper on the extreme  light ones Sumatra is used, 
and on the darker  ones  tobacco  grown  in the choicest  Florida  lands from Havana 
seed.  The sales on this  brand alone  are running  about three hundred  thousand a 
week at present,  and  showing a gradual  increase  from the  time the  cigar was put 
upon the market, hut more particularly since  McKinley gave a helping hand in  the 
way of the tariff.
The  Owl  Cigar  Company of  New  York  and  Florida,  who succeeded  Messrs. 
Straiton & Storm,  have  always a year’s  stock of tobacco  ahead to take care of  this 
favorite brand. «; Dealers are  supplied  by Robert C.  Bro^rh,  branch,  No. 21 Murray 
streetejthis  city;  the  present  price  to  the  trade is $55-and  $60 a thousand.  This 
cigar  is sold today in all  the best hotels,  drug stores and clubs in the state.
f This house is represented in Michigan  by  J. A. Gonzalez, Grand Rapids,  Mich. \

B I C Y C L E S  I

Very truly yours,

W oolson Spic e Co.

We Control  Territory  on the  Finest and  Largest  Line of Cheap, Medium  and 

High Grade  Machines in the State

8

MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  A ssociation.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail Trade of the Voliferine State.

100  Louis  St., Grand Rapids,

Published at

— bt —

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

One Dollar a Year, 

- 

Postage Prepaid.

ADVERTISING  RATES  ON  APPLICATION.

Communications  invited  from practical  busi­

ness men.

Correspondents must give their full  name and 
address,  not  necessarily for  publication, but as 
a guarantee of good faith.

Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address  of 

their papers  changed as often as desired.
Sample copies sent free to any address.
Entered at Grand  Rapids post office as second- 

class matter.

g3fWhen  writing to any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement In 
T h e  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  MARCH  9,1898.

Gripsack Brigade.

Geo.  R.  Merrill  has  severed  his  con­
nection with  R.  L.  Polk & Co.  and  gone 
to  Denver,  where  he  will  travel  for  a 
soap  house.

C.  W.  Jacoy,  traveling  representative 
for Peter Schneider’s Sons & Co., of New 
York, 
left  Sunday  night  for  a  three 
weeks’  trip in the west.

Wm.  B.  Edmunds,  formerly of the  firm 
of A.  E.  Brooks  &  Co.,  has  engaged  to" 
travel for Thorp,  Hawley &  Co., of  De­
troit,  covering the jobbing  trade  of  the 
house.

Cornelius  Crawford  and  wife  are  in 
Mendon to-day, assisting  in  the  celebra­
tion of  the  wooden  wedding anniversary 
of L. Clapp, junior  member  of  the  drug 
house of  EL  C. Clapp & Son.

James  Derby,  who  has  covered 

this 
territory  several  years  for Spaulding & 
Merrick, of Chicago,  has  made  his  fare­
well trip on the road and taken a respon­
sible position in the house.

Alonzo  Seymour,  who  traveled  over 
twenty years for the former firm  of  Wm. 
Sears & Co.,  is confined to  his  home  on 
Clancy street by illness.  The possibility 
of his recovery is very remote.

A.  C.  Bauer,  who recently sold his drug 
stock  on  East  Bridge  street  to  the  Wol­
verine  D rug Co., has gone on the road for 
the  Acme  White  Lead  &  Color  Works, 
taking Northern Michigan and the Upper 
Peninsula as his territory.

Judd E.  Houghton,  who  has represent­
ed P.  Lorillard & Co.  in this territory for 
the passed two years,  went to Milwaukee 
last  week  and  accepted  a  position  as 
traveling  representative  for  B.  Leiders- 
dorf  &  Co.  His  territory  includes  the 
entire Lower Peninsula.  He enters upon 
the duties of his new position  next  Mon­
day.

lately: 

A well-known  member  of  the  whole­
sale  dry  goods  trade  said 
“I 
heard a traveling man  once  say  that  he 
wo'ild not go on the road for  a  firm  that 
didn’t  advertise,  for  it  took  too  much 
valuable time  to  explain  to  every  sup­
posed buyer who he was,  where he  came 
from and what the  merits  of  his  goods 
were.  He  said,  moreover,  that  if  the 
buyer  bad  all  this  information  before­
hand  he generally received him cordially, 
was glad to see him and had been looking 
for him for some time.”

“Fore Warned is Fore Armed.” 

Grand  L e d g e,  March  4—A  well-ap­
pearing  man,  claiming  to  represent  B. 
W.  Howard & Co.,77 Nassau street,  New 
York,  called at my store offering a prepa­
ration  (“Nickleine” ) for cleaning  nickle 
and brass.  He used some on  a new brass 
scale  scoop, also on my nickle coffee mill 
hopper, entirely  ruining both  scoop and 
hopper.  Within  an  hour after the  ap­
plication they both commenced  to  crack 
and  pieces  broke  off.  He  claimed  it 
would retain  the  nickle  appearance  six 
months; it did not last six hours.
T his man  ought to  be shown  up.  Can 
you  not  w rite  him   up  in  T h e T rades­
man  and p u t the trade on  its guard?  He 
can  spoil  hundreds  of  dollars’  w orth  of 
property  in  this m anner.

E. A.  T u rnbu ll.

The  Grocery  Market.

The sugar market has taken an upward 
turn, 
two  advances  having  been  sus­
tained  since  the  last  issue.  Some  job­
bers are of  the opinion  that  the  market 
will go no higher, while others are equal­
ly confident  that it  will  continue to  ad­
vance.  Lion package coffee has been  re­
duced  %c,  being  now on  the same  basis 
as Arhuckle  and  XXXX.  The  contract 
plan  goes  into  effect  again  on  Lion 
March  15.

“ C A S H , ”

—  OR —

j HONEST  MONEY  FOR  HONEST  PURPOSES. 
I  A  c o n c is e  a n d   p ra ctic a l  tr e a tise  o n   th e  in d u str ia l 

s itu a tio n ,  b y  O.  II. S o l l a u .

Sent postpaid on receipt of the price, $1. 

l Address  O. H. SOLLAU, 295  Broadway, Grand 
| Rapids. Mich
I 

Firelclass men wanted a* Agents,  ¿ai

WRITE  US  FOR 
TERMS  AND  DIS­

COUNTS  TO 

AGENTS.

WE  WANT 

AGENTS IN EVERY 

LIVE  TOWN.

D B R K I N S   &   R I C H M O N D ,

13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.
Spring  Goods.

We  have  the  best  lines 
for  style  and  service  In 
factory and jobbing goods 
to  be  found  anywhere. 
We solicit your inspection.
We carry  the  Bay State 
Tennis Goods,  double  ce­
mented this year, and they 
will  give  good  satisfac­
tion.
Men's Tennis Bills, 75, net
“ 
Boys’ 
72  “
“  Oxf.  57  “
Men’s 
Boys’ 
52  “
“ 
New  prices  on  rubbers 
after  April  1.  Boston,  50 
per  cent.  Bay  State, 50& 
10  per  cent.  Prices guar­
anteed  until  December  1. 
See us  before placing fall 
orders.

“ 
“ 

THE  MICHIGAN  TKAßESMA'N.

9

SWINGING  THROUGH  8PÄGE

The  Earth  Is

25,000 miles in  circumference,  7,950  miles in

diameter,  92Y¡  millions  of  miles  from  the

sun,  and,  moves at the  rate of  18  miles  per

second.

THE  FINEST  COFFEES  IN  THE  WORLD  ARE  THE 

WOOLSON  SPICE  CO.  COFFEES.

LION COFFEE,  0.  D. JAVA  and 
-STANDARD  MARACAIBO-

LION  is our leader,  being composed of  Mocha, Java and  Rio,  sold  only in  1-pound 
packages,  with a picture in each package.  As high  grade  hulk Coffees, O,  D.  Java 
and Standard  Maracaibo  take the lead.  We guarantee  these  Coffees to give satis­
faction in every particular and invite correspondence on. the subject.

Financial Notes.

The  directors  of  the  Capital  Wagon 
Works,  at  Ionia,  have  declared  a  divi­
dend of 5 per cent, out of the earnings of 
1891, payable July 1.  The  net  earnings 
were  85,188.65  and  the  payment  of  the 
dividend will  leave a balance of  $188.65, 
which  has  been  passed 
to  surplus  ac­
count.

Gaylord will  soon have a new exchange 
bank,  A.  B. C. Comstock and J.  A.  Quick 
to be its proprietors.

T o e T radesm an  is  able  to state,  au­
thoritatively, that  the cashiership of the 
new Michigan Savings Bank will  be held 
by Chas.  F.  Pike,  for  several years  past 
Receiving  Teller  of  the  Old  National 
Bank.  Mr.  Pike is  a  gentleman of  long 
experience in the  banking  business  and 
his  wide  acquaintanceship  will  be  of 
great value to the new  institution.

A change has taken  place in  the bank­
ing  firm  of  Geo.  P.  Glazier  &  Son, 
Frank P.  Glazier having sold his interest 
to  his  father, Geo.  P.  Glazier,  and  Gil­
bert  H.  Gay,  who  for  many  years  has 
been cashier for  the  firm,  has  been  ad­
mitted as partner.  Business will be con­
tinued as heretofore  at  Stockbridge  and 
Chelsea under  the firm  name  of Geo.  P. 
Glazier & Gay.

Change  In  Name  and  Location.

Lima, Ind., March 5—On March  15  we 
will  move our stock of general merchan­
dise  to  Cromwell,  Noble  county,  lnd. 
Hereafter the firm  name  will be  Yeager 
Brothers—the same persons remaining in 
the firm and no change occurring in finan­
cial matters.

W.  E.  & J. W.  Yeauer.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

408

419

417

420

F or  sa le- stock  o f  h a rd w a r e  in  a 

farming country, nine miles from any other 
hardware, and in one of the most pleasant towns 
of  Michigan,  situated  near  a  beautiful  lake. 
Good  reasons for selling.  Stock will  inventory 
about  $1.800.  Address  No.  419,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

F o r  sa le  o r  e x c h a n g e—fl o u r  m ill

machinery for nearly a complete mill, good 
as  new.  Some is new.  will  sell  dirt  cheap or 
exchange  for  dry  goods or  most  anything.  A 
bargain for someone.  H. S. Towner, 93 Fremont 
street. Grand Rapids. 

iness  and  outfit.  Location  magnificent. 
Terms  reasonable.  Address  August  Leins, 
Alpena, Mich. 

F OR  SALE—FIRST  CLASS  BREWERY  Bus­
F OR  SALE—ESTABLISHED JEWELRY Bus­

iness,  stock  and  fixtures,  at  Evart,  Mich. 
No  opposition.  Reasons  for  selling, owner de­
ceased.  Splendid opportunity.  F. P. Atherton, 
Reed City, M'Ch. 
FT1HREE HOUSES AND LOTS IN DIFFERENT 
JL  parts of  town,  $1,100,  $1,600  and  $3,200  re­
spectively. 
If you buy of me you are paying no 
commissions.  W. A. Stowe, 100 Louis street.  444
IHOR  SALE  OF  EXCHANGE —A  LUMBER 
'  mill  of  25  M.  feet  capacity,  in  Michigan, 
with  800  M  feet of custom  logs  on  the  yard. 
Price,  $2,000.  Also a  farm  of  80 acres,  with 30 
acres cleared.  Price,  $1,000.  Would  exchange 
for  merchandise,  or  hearse  and  undertaking 
goods.  Address  No.  446, care  Michigan Trades-
man. 
rpH IS  IS  NO  FICTION. 
I  HAVE  FOR  DIS- 
JL  posal, if  I  can  find  the  right persons with 
from $1,000 to 15,000, three  excellent, long-estab­
lished and good paying businesses—two .nothing 
and  gents'  furnishing  goods  and  one  boot and 
shoe  business.  Two  are  situated  in  Southern 
and  one in  Northern  Michigan.  Easy  terms of 
payment, if accommodation  is  required for part 
payment.  None  but  principals  treated  with. 
Address  in  first  instance,  William Connor, Box 
346, Marshall, Mich. 

___________________________ 446

F o r  sa l e—a  clea n  g rocery  stock,

doing a good business.  Reason for selling, 
OR  SALE —SMALL,  WELL  ASSORTED 
drug stock  in  lumbering  town.  Address 

popr health.  W. L.  Mead, Ionia  Mich. 

Druggist, McBain, Mich. 

■ ANTED—PARTNER  WITH  $1,500  CASH 
F o r  sa le—good  n ew   stock  o f  boots

to join with undersigned  in  purchase of 
a well-established  drug  store in Grand  Itapids. 
Martin Cuncannon, 376 West Bridge street.  413
and shoes in best  town in Michigan.  Cause 
of  selling,  ill  health.  Address  No.  383,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

395 

417

383

411

412

stock of clothing, dry goods, and boots and 
shoes,  two-story  brick  block,  which  rents  for 
$475 annually.  Best location in town.  Address 
No. 412, care Michigan Tradesman. 

■OR  SALE  OR  WILL  EXCHANGE  FOR 
IilOR SALE — TWENTY-FIVE  ACRE  FARM 

in Putnam county, Florida.  Ten acres under 
cultivation.  Four acres in orange  trees, lemons 
and  limes,  grape  fruit,  citron,  pomegranates, 
quinces,  peaches,  pears,  plums,  grapes,  figs, 
guavas,  mulberries,  strawberries,  persimmons, 
dates, palms, olives, pecans, walnut, ornamental 
trees, etc.  Two story cottage, barn, buggy house, 
horse, buggy, cart and farming tools.  Place has 
been  cultivated  six  years.  Will  sell  for $2,500 
cash.  A, H. McClellan, McMeekin, Fla.______
store furniture of  the late George Keech, of 
Centerville.  Mich. 
Stock  consists  of  drugs, 
paints,  oils,  glass,  lamps,  clocks,  silverware, 
books, stationery, wall paper and curtains.  Will 
rent  store  for  term  of  years.  W. S.  &  R. E. 
Fletcher. Administrators. 

ElIOR SALE—STOCK OF MERCHANDISE AND 

442

■ OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  Bus­

iness in the  best  town  of  5,000  inhabitants 
In Northern Michigan.  The purchaser can have 
a  trade of  $50,000 a year  at  the  start.  No town 
in  the  State has  better  prospects.  This  is  the 
chance  of  a  life  time.  Address  No.  363,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

363

391

.Jones, M. D. Muskegon,  Mich. 

drug stock — New and clean.  Address F. A. 

F~OR  SALE  CHEAP  —  WELL  SELECTED 
SPLENDID  BUSINESS  CHANCE—ADDRESS 

H. T. T., Courier-Herald  office, Saginaw, E. 
S., Michigan, and get full paiticulars.  To parties 
with capital  and  hustlers In business, who wish 
to  locate in  the  best  city in the  State, this  is  a 
ehanee  of  a  life  time,  and  investigation  will 
prove it, to buy the best stock and an established 
business in  the  city.  Investigate  business  and 
reasons for selling.___________________409

■ ANTED—TO EXCHANGE GOOD  PAYING 

city  real  estate  or  timbered  lands  for 
stock  of  merchandise.  Address  No.  402,  care
Michigan Tradesman__________________ 402
TTIOR  SALE—A  PERKINS  SHINGLE  MILL 
X?  complete.  Will  sell  for  cash  or exchange 
for  stock of  merchandise.  The  mill is in  good 
repair  and  is  capable of  cutting 50,000  shingles 
to-morrow.  Reason  for  selling,  have  finished 
cutting  where  the mill  now stands and  owners 
have too much other  business to attend to.  Ad­
dress M. & S., care Michigan Tradesman. 

403

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TTSTANTED— SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER 
VV  house  or  traveling  salesman  by  man  of 
experience  in  all  three  lines.  References  fur­
nished.  Address No.  413, care  Michigan Trades­
man________________________  

■ TANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 

in  a  drug  or  drug  and 
sixteen  years’  experience  in 
general  store, 
pharmacy.  Best of references.  Address  A. D. 
C., Box 37, North Muskegon, Mich. 
MISCELLANEOUS.

pharmacist 

443

445

416

ANTED  — REGISTERED  ASSISTANT 
pharmacist who  is  experienced  not only 
in his  profession  but  also in groceries and  pro­
visions.  Must  be  a  married  man  and  able  to 
speak  German  or  Swede,  in  connection  with 
English.  Wages moderate,  but  steady employ­
ment to the right man.  A. Mulholland, Jr., Ash­
ton  Mich. 

i iVIR  SALE  —  A  NEW  SODA  FOUNTAIN,

1  which  has  been in use  less  than a season. 
Will  sell  at a large  sacrifice  and on  easy terms. 
Fountain can  be  seen  at  my  store,  89  Monroe 
street.  Geo.  G. Steketee. 
O  YOU  USE COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 
you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.______
17 0 R   SALE-TW O  HUNDRED  ACRES  LAND  (160  IM- 
’  proved), located In th e frn it b elt o f  Oceana coun­
ty ,  Mich.  Land  lifted  fo r  m achinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb  roof  barn  w ith  underground  fo r  stock, 
horse b a m  and o th er necessary farm  buildings.  New 
windm ill furnishes w ater for house and barns.  E ight­
een  acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees, 
tw o years old, lookin g th rifty .  Price,  835 per  acre, or 
w ill exchange for stock o f dry goods.  If an y difference 
will pay cash.  A. R etan, L ittle Rock, Ark. 

F OR  SALE—ABOUT  100  POUNDS  OF  N o n ­
pareil  type,  well  assorted  as  to  figures, 
.fractions  and  leaders.  Just  the  thing  for  a 
country  paper  for  use in tax  sales  and  general 
work.  "Laid in two  cases.  Will  sell fo r25 cents 
per pound and $1 per pair for cases.  Tradesman 
Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

415

359

341

401

410

general  country  store or lumber  business. 
Public hall over store.  Dwelling attached, large 
enough  for two  families.  Enquire of  A. Bonz, 
Alan ion, Emmet County, Mich. 

F or  r e n t —sto re  b u il d in g   fo r  a
■ E  HAVE  VERY  FINE  RED  GUM  TIM- 
■OR  SALE—BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 

ber and  want to contract  with  consumer 
to saw  and  pile  100,000 to  1,000,000  feet.  E. M. 
Ford Laud & Timber  Co., Gilmore, Ark. 

Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in gool  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  electric  street  ear 
line.  Will sell  for $2 WO cash, or part cash, pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
354 
TXT ANTED—GOOD  LOCATION  FOR  HARD- 
V-v  ware store  by a live  dealer who  carries a 
good stock.  No  second-class  town  need  apply. 
Address No. 406, care Michigan Tradesman.  406 
ANTED—MAN  FROM  20  TO  30  YEARS 
of age to canvass for wood working special- 
tv.  Must  have  had  traveling or mechanical ex­
perience, both  preferred.  Address,  stating  ref­
erence and experience. B.  B., care of Carrier No. 
17, Grand  Rapids. 
-  writer.  Reason  for  selling, we  use  a Bar- 
I  Lock and  consider it superior  in  every respect. 

]J10R  SALE—NEARLY  NEW  YOsT  TYPE- 
I DOR  SALE —GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 

.  stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
j can tile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 

I Tradesman Company, 100 Louis street.

421

| Grand Rapids. 

370

ROASTERS OF

Hill  Grafie  Coffees,

TOLEDO,  - 

-  OHIO.

L.  W INTERNITX,

RESIDENT  AGENT,

106  Kent  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Facts  'Talk  Louder  Than  Words !

3,487,275  SOLD  IN 1886.

3,509,575  SOLD  IN  18!17,
15.092,350  SOLD  IN  11888.
5,6510,025 SOLD IH1880,
1 8 9 0 .
6 ,5 9 !Ì.8 5 0   S O L D  
6 ,9 8 3 ,2 0 1   S o l i  

I t

in   1 8 9 1 .

This  is  not  an  ordinary  monument,  but a TABLE of  EXACT  FIGURES, 

showing the monumental success of our celebrated

B B N -H U R  
RECORD  BREAKERS
These Cigars are by far the most popular in the market to-day.  MADE on HONOR. 

(The Great 5c Cigar.)

(10c or 3 for 25c) 

Sold by leading  dealers all over the United States.  Ask for them.

DETROIT  and  OBIGAGO.

TELE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

T hree.

E ig h ty -tw o   o u t  o f  One  H u n d red   an d  
At the meeting  of the  Michigan  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  held 
in  Grand  Rapids 
March 1 and 2,  there were 103 applicants 
for  examination  present.  Certificates 
were granted to 29 as Registered Pharma­
cists and to 53 as Assistants.  The names 
and addresses of the successful ones are as 
follows:

H.  N.  REYNOLDS  l  SON,

W holesale and Retail Jobbers of 

And  All  K inds of

BUILDING  PAPERS,
CARPET  LININGS,

ROOFING  MATERIALS,
COAL  TAR  AND 
ASPHALT  PRODUCTS.

IO
Drugs fü- Medicines»

State  Board o f   Pharmacy.

One  T ear—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Two  Years—Jam es Yernor, D etroit.
Three  Years—Ottraar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Four Years—G eorge Gnndrum. Ionia.
F ive Years—C. A, Bugbee.  Cheboygan.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Yernor, D etroit.
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
land  (D etroit),  July  5;  M arquette,  Aug. 31;  L ansing,  | 
Novem ber 1. 

M eetings  for  1892—Grand  Rapids,  March  1;  Star Is­

_________

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 
President—H. G. Colem an. K alam azoo.
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  P arkill.  O wosso;  L.  P anley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, D etroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons. Detroit.
Treasurer-  Win. Dupont, D etroit.
E xecutive Com m ittee—F. J. W urzburg,  Grand Rapids;  j 
Frank  In glis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  D etroit;  C.  E. 
W ebb. Jackson.
Next place  o f  m eeting- -Grand  Rapids, Aug. S, 3 and 4. 
Local Secreta ry —John  D. Muir. 
j

I 

G r a n d   Rapids Pharmaceutical S o c i e t y . 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E seott, 
Regular M eetings—First W ednesday evenin g o f March 

June, Septem ber and Decem ber.
Grand Rapids Drag Clerks’ Association. 
resident, F. 0 . Kipp;  S ecretary, W. C. Sm ith.

Detroit  Pharmaceutical  Society. 

President, F. Rohnert;  Secretary»  J* P-  R heinfrank.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks'  Association. 

President  N. Miller;  Secretary. A. T. W heeler.________

TW E N T Y   Y EA R S  ON  T H E   ROAD.

C H A P T E R   I .

case, containing  thirty or forty  different 
specimens.  On  this  occasion,  by  steal­
ing out  the back  way and  climbing two 
or  three  fences,  I managed to get out  of 
sight with  the  samples, and  walking  to 
our  nearest  neighbor, 1  marched  up  to 
the  door  and  rattled  the  old-fashioned 
knocker  until  the  farmer’s  wife  made 
her appearance, when I saluted her with, 
“Good  morning,  Mrs. Jones, I  represent 
the  Boston  Hoop Skirt  Company,  and  I 
have the finest  line in the  market;  allow 
me  to  show  you  my samples.”  Here  I 
walked  in,  to  the  astonishment of  Mrs. 
Jones,  set  my sample case on the  break­
fast  table,  and  opened  out  a  dozen  or 
more hoop skirts in royal drummer style.
“Why,  you  young  scamp,”  said  Mrs. 
Jones,  “what on earth are you doing with 
all  thos^ hoop  skirts?  Where did they 
come from?”

Again I attempted  to  speak  my  little 
piece, but 1 saw  Mrs.  Jones was  not  go­
ing to  be  trifled with  or  prove  an easy 
customer,  so  I  confessed  that  I  only 
wanted  to  see  how  it  worked,  being  a 
drummer.

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The  period  of  my  babyhood, 

Twenty years on the road and yet alive!
I  was  born  about  the  middle  of  the 
“ Well,”  said  Mrs.  Jones,  “you  fold
present  century and  reared  on  a  farm.
History,  strange to say,  has  for some un- I them things up right quick, and go home, 
accountable reason  failed  to  record  the  or your mother will  ‘drum’ you.” 
important event of  my birth, and  subse- 
The matter began to look rather serious, 
quent  business  cares  have crowded  the  and  I  concluded  1  had better  take  this 
recollection  of  this  great  day  from  my  advice,  and to make it still  more serious, 
memory.  My  ancestors  and  my family,  I saw my father near by talking excitedly 
however,  insist  upon  the fact,  and  say I  to the farmer.  1  concluded  the samples
had been missed,  but to my horror, when 
was there,  and  1 have  no  particular rea­
I  attempted  to  put  them  back  in  the 
son to doubt the statement.
case,  I  could  not  fold  them;  1 was  in a 
fix, so, catching them  up  as best I could, 
I struck a bee line for home.

A  description of  the event  which  fol­
lowed  immediately  after  is  purposely 
omitted,  but  it  is proper  to  state  that a 
very lively scene took  place immediately, 
in  which a shingle  played a very  promi­
nent  part, which,  for  a  time, dampened 
my ardor for my life’s  calling.

long 
dresses,  short  dresses,  first  pants,  etc.,
(while  undoubtedly  containing  enough 
material  for several  large  volumes)  will 
have to be passed, and we will commence 
this narrative at about the time I arrived 
at  the  eighth  anniversary  of  the  event 
above mentioned,  1  had learned to read 
and  write,  and  at  this  time  the  news­
papers  and  business  public  were  con­
siderably  agitated  over  the  then  new 
Time  roiled  on,  and  I  was  kept  at 
method of  selling goods,  just  commenc­
school for the next four or five years, but
ing  to  be  very  popular,  by  the  system 
known as  "drumming.”  Several friends I the  fixed  idea  of  becoming  a  drummer
never  left  my  mind,  and  so  impressed 
of our family had obtained lucrative pos­
was I with  it,  that  it  used to haunt  my 
itions in the  city,  and  this, coupled with 
very  dreams, and  many a picture I drew 
what I had  read,  filled  me with  the idea 
of  the glorious life I would  lead  when  I 
that I  would  at  the earliest  possible day 
finally cut  the apron  strings and became 
become a drummer.
a drummer in fact.

About  this time  that  almost  forgotten 
commodity  of  female  wearing  apparel, 
known  as  hoop  skirts,  had  become  a 
necessity  in  ail  well-regulated families, 
and  one  of  the  friends  of  my  father’s 
family  had  been so fortunate as to secure 
a  position as traveling  representative  of

Gum  opium is weak  and  lower.  Mor­
phine  has  declined  15  cents  per  ounce. 
Quinine is firm and  foreign has advanced. 
Citric  acid  is  higher.  Lycopodium  is 
largest  hoop  skirt  manufac-1 steadily advancing.  Chlorate potash has 
advanced.  Senega  root  has  advanced. 
tories  in  the  United  States,  located  in 
Sal Rochelle has declined.  Seidlitz mix­
Boston.  This friend,  who made  his  reg­
ture is lower.  The National Linseed Oil 
ular  trips  every 
thirty  days,  always 
Co.  and  the  independent  crushers  have 
managed  to  spend  a day  or  so  at  our 
come to  an  agreement  and  fixed a price 
house,  and  as  he always  had  some  new 
on 
An  advance  of  2c 
experience to relate, and some  new story 
per gallon was  announced  on  Saturday, 
to  tell,  his  monthly  visits  were  always
welcomed  by our  family,  and  by myself j Turpentine  is  lower.  Alcohol  is lower, 
in  particular. 
! Major’s  cement  has  been  advanced  20
1  had  fully settled  the  matter  in  my  cents  per  dozen.  Ergot  has  declined, 
own mind,  and  had  decided to become  a I Oil  anise has  declined.  Oil  orange  has 
drummer. 
advanced.  Oil wormseed is lower.  Hemp
One  morning  during  a  visit  from our  seed has declined.  A combination is said 
friend.  I conceived the idea of borrowing  to have  been  formed  by  manufacturers 
his  case of  samples,  and  making a short  abroad of  hypophosphites,  lime and soda 
trip  on  my own  account,  to  see  how  it  and prices have been advanced, 
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would work.  Our  friend,  the hoop skirt 
drummer,  had a way of  folding the  arti­
cle  into  a  very  small  compass  (which, 
when opened, was big enough for a small 
circus tent), and  his  entire  line of  sam­
ples  coaid  be  packed  away  in a  small

The clock that is set wrong in the morn­
ing will keep wrong  time  all  day.  The 
young man who  commences  life  with  a 
wrong business training will  go  through 
life exhibiting wrong results.

The  Drug Market.

linseed  oil. 

JO Ü U E R 9  OF

M A N U F A C T U R E R   OF

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

SEND FOR PRICE  LIST.

Cor.  LOUIS  &  CAMPAU  STS.,

Horse and Wagon Covers,

Grand  R apids,  Mich

CHUS.  Ä.  COYE,

We  make a specialty of  the  seamless  asphalt 
ready roofing and  two-ply coal tar  ready roofing 
rhich  are  far  superior  to  shingles  and  much 
heaper.
We  are  practical  roofers  of twenty- 
five years’ experience which enables us 
to know the wants of the people in our 
line.

Hammocks and Cotton  Clicks
11  Pearl  81,  Grand  Rapids,  ftiû.

W.  Barth, Grand  Rapids.
M. J.  Bristol,  Kalamazoo.
W.  W. Cartwright, Ada,  Ohio.
F.  L. Childs, Kalamazoo.
A. Coe, Grand Rapids.
W. A.  Conley,  Millington.
J.  S. Cowin, Grand Rabids.
C. T. Eckerman, Muskegon.
T.  Dugan,  Standish.
P.  Dykema,  Grand Rapids.
J. O.  Fogle,  Ada, Ohio.
H.  P.  French, Trenton.
J. A.  H.  Hawkin,  Detroit.
G.  Hun toon, Adrian.
G. A. Johnson,  Boyne City.
H.  O. Jones, Burnip’s Corners.
P.  Kling, Cedar River.
H.  B. Longyear,  Mason.
L.  E.  McIntosh, Clare.
J.  H.  Marsh, Ortonville.
B.  A.  Muskoff, Bolivar, Ohio.
C.  E. Nelthorpe, Sherwood.
B. T.  Reed,  Hart,
W.  A.  Repp,  Detroit.
B.  S. Scott, Ada, Ohio.
C.  B.  Thomas, Hastings.
A.  H. Tillson, Jr.,  Ishpeming.
J.  A. Tillson, Charlotte.
G.  H. West,  New Buffalo.
ASSISTANTS,
A.  Baker, Grand Rapids.
F.  Fleming, Muskegon.
H.  B.  Hull,  Muskegon.
O.  M.  Hayes,  Detroit.
G. Jacaboise, Grand Rapids.
W.  A. Jones,  Ludington.
W.  R. Scotchfield,  Ludington.
A.  Olsen,  Muskegon.
F.  E.  Tilden, Pentwater.
G.  E.  Bangham,  Homer.
B.  T. Bearss,  Yale.
J.  F.  A.  Berglund, Iron  Mountain.
N.  S.  Bristol, St.  Johns.
F. C. Chadwick, Grand  Ledge.
L. Chamberlin, Grand  Rapids.
J.  A.  Dittmore,  Menominee.
L. C.  Forger, West Bay City.
A.  W.  Gleason, Newaygo.
P.  A.  Goodluc, Lansing.
W.  Haines,  Marlette.
C.  T. Harmon, Grand  Rapids.
F.  Harrington, Cedar  Springs.
N.  B.  Healy, Detroit.
D.  C.  Hoyt, Grand  Rapids.
A.  L.  Kirtland,  Lakeview.
A.  L.  Kiemm, Saginaw.
G.  W.  Landis,  Woodland.
W.  N.  Landis, Clarksville.
E.  Liebhauser,  Nashville.
C. Menold, Bangor.
G. J.  Menold,  Luther.
R. C.  Mercer, Kalamazoo.
F. A.  Moon,  Middleville.
W.  L.  Newton, Ft. Gratiot.
J. M.  Perkins,  Negaunee.
U.  D.  Robson, Williamston.
F. J.  Rothacker,  Detroit.
G.  J. Shrouder, Grand Rapids.
M. Smith,  Detroit.
W. A.  Smith,  Detroit.
W.  P.  Stafford, Cadillac.
L.  Taft, Lowell.
C.  N.  Ware,  Detroit.
E.  F.  Weineman,  Ypsiianti.
B.  E.  Wellman,  Armada.
J.  H.  Wells, Mt.  Pleasant.
C.  E.  Whipple,  South Lyons.
L.  Williams,  Grand Rapids.
Mrs.  P. T.  Williams,  Grand  Rapids.
N. I. Witt,  Lake City.
G. C.  Hupp, Detroit.
GRASS SEED, BEANS, POTATOES, 
F.  G.  Johnston,  Muskegon.
T.  Karmsen,  Grand Rapids.
GREEN  AND  DRIED  FRUITS,
The next meeting of the  Board will  be  QR ANyTH|MG Y0U MAY  HAVE  TO  SHIP,  bib- 
held at Star Island, July 5  and 6 . 
o r a l a d v a n c e s  m a d e o n s b i p m e n t s  i f   r e q u e s te d .
W rite us fo r  prices  o r  any  inform ation  you
me 
M0RRIS0N  &  GO..
GZ2TSZ2TG  H O O T .
W e pay th e h ig h est price fo r It.  Address

Wo arc very In nr© receivers of t  he above ar* 
tides and are prepared to  sell your shipm ents 
promptly a t  th e highest m ark et  price 
to
give you quick returns. We also receive a n a  sen
HAY, GRAIN,  WOOL, HIDES,

Daniel  Lpdi,

WE  ÄRE  HEÄDQU5RTER8

or Superior Courm .. j 

Commission  Merchants,

19  S.  Ionia St., Grand  Rapids.

_______ m  m  m_______  

SEND  FOR PRICE  LIST.

DPOTT  "Dvnci  Wholesale  Druggists i 
r ilu A .  DJClUOi,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

174  S.  WATER  ST., 
CHICAGO, ILL
Reforencei M etjroiltan Natl. Bank, Chicago* 

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Be sure and M ention th is Paper.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 1

Wholesale Price  Current•
Advanced—Citric acid, senega  root, chlorate  potash, chi. potash, po., German  quinine, oil orange, 
linseed oil. 
Declined—Gum opium, morphia, sal Rochelle, sedlitz mixtures, alcohol, ergot, oil
anise, oil wormseed, hemp seed.

ACIDCM.

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

Aceticum.....................   8@ 10
Benzol cum  German..  60©  65
Boraclc 
30
Carbolicum................  22©  30
Gltricum...................  50©  55
Hydrochlor................  3©  5
NItrocum 
.................  10©  12
Oxalicum...................  10©  12
Phosphor!um dil........ 
20
Salley licum .................1  3U@1 70
Sulphuricum................ 
IX© 5
Tauuicum.................... 1  40@1 60
Tartaricum.................  36©  33

AMMONIA.

" 

Aqua, 16  deg................3J4©  5
i
Carbonas  ...................  12©  14
Chloridum.................  12©  14

20  deg..............  5*4© 

A N IL IN E .

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

BACCAK.

Cubeae (po.  80)..........  90@1 10
Juniperus..................   8©  10
Yanthoxylum............   25©  30

BALSAM UM ,

Copaiba......................  50©  55
Peru...........................   @1  30
Terabln, Canada  ......   35©  40
Tolutan......................  35©  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.  ..............  18
Casslae  ...............................  JJ
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica Cerlfera, po............   20
Prunus Virginl................. - ■  12
Quillaia,  grd.......................  14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTRACTUM .

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24©  25
po...........  33©  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11©  12
is..............   13©  14
Kb.............  14®  15
Kb.............  16©  17
FERRCM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Precip........  ©  15
Citrate and Quinla....  @3 50
Citrate  Soluble........  @  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @ 50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .........   1H©  *
pure............   ©  7

“ 

Arnica.......................  22©  25
Anthemls...................  25©
Matricaria 
25©  30

 

FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

BarosLia 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

..................    20©  75
nivelly....................  25©  28
“  Alx.  35©  50
,,
and  Kb....................  12©  15
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Xs 
UraUrsl......... ............ 

“ 

g u m m i.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

2d 
3d 
“  
sifted sorts. ■ ■ 
po.........  60© 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   @  80
....  ©  55
  © 40
©  25
80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ©  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  ©  50
Catechu, Is, (Kb, 14 Mb,
16)..........................  
©  1
Ammoniae.................  55©  60
Assafoetlda, (po. 35)...  35©  40
Benxolnum.................  50©  55
Camphors..................   50©  53
Buphorbium  po  ........  35©  lo
Galbanum.  ................  @3 50
Gamboge,  po.............. 
'<2©  73
Guaiacum, (po  30)  ...  ©  25
Kino,  (po.  25)................   @  20
Mastic.......................  @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opll.  (po. 3 00)............ 1  95®2 00
Shellac  ..  .................   25©  35
bleached........  30©  35
Tragacanth................  30©  75

“ 
herba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorium.........................  »
Lobelia...............................
Maiorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  *2
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat.............   55©  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20©  25 
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35©  36 

MAGNESIA.

OLXUM.

Absinthium................ 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dule.......   45©  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A n isi............................1  75@1 80
Auranti  Cortex...........3 00@3 25
Bergamil  ...................3 75@4  00
Cajiputl.................... 
65©  75
Caryophylii...............   75©  80
Cedar  ........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   ®1  60
Clnnamonll.................1 20©1 25
Cltronella..................   ©  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  .....................1  10@1  20

Cubebae.....................   ® 6 00
Bxechthitos..............  2 50@2 75
Krigeron.....................2 25®? 50
Gaultherla..................2 00©2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  ©  75
Gossipll, Sem. gal......  50©  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  40@1  50
Juniperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis..........................2 75@3 25
Mentha Pi per...................2 75®3 50
Mentha  Verid.................2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............1  00©1  10
Mvrcla, ounce............   ®  50
Olive..........................  80@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10©  12
Rlcinl.......................... 1  08© 1 24
Rosmarin!............ 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 50
Succinl.......................  40©  45
Sabina.......................  90©1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50©  55
Slnapis, ess. ounce__  @  65
Tiglii..........................  ©  90
Thyme.......................  40©  50
opt  ...............   ©  60
Theobromas...............  15©  20
BiCarb.......................  15©  18
Bichromate...............   13©  14
Bromide....................  25©  27
Garb............................  12©  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  18©  20
Cyanide.....................   50©  55
Iodide......................... 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  26©  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......  8©  10
Potass Nltras..............  7©  9
Prusslate....................  28©  30
Sulphate  po...............   15©  18

POTASSIUM.

“ 

RADIX.

“ 

Aconitum..................  20©  25
Althae........................   25©  30
Anchusa....................  12©  15
Arum,  po....................  ©  25
Calamus......................  20©  40
Gentiana, (po. 15)......  10©  12
Glyehrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)..................   @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15©  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 65©2 75
Iris  plöx (po. 35©38)..  35©  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   42©  45
Maranta,  M8..............  ©  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
Rhei...........................   75@1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75©1  35
Spigelia.....................   48©  53
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentarla.................  35©  40
Senega.......................  45©  50
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  ©  40 
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  po............   —   ©  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
ingiber a ..................   12©  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
18©  22
SEMEN.
..  ©  15
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  20©  22
Bird, Is..................  
4©  6
Carol, (po. 18)............   8©  12
Cardamon........................1  00©1 25
Corlandrum...............   10©  12
Cannabis Satlva......... 
4@4M
Cydonlum..................   75@1  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10©  12
Dlpterix Odorate........2  10@2 20
Foenlcnlum......  ......   ©  15
Foenugreek,  po....... .  6©  8
L ini........................... 4  ©4M
Lint, grd,  (bbl. 3K).  .  4  © 4M
Lobelia.......................  35©  40
Pharlarls Canarian—   3K@ 4K
Rapa..........................  6©  7
Slnapis,  Albu............   8©  9
Nigra...........  11©  12

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« 

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00©2 50
D. F. R ......1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
 
Juniperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
Saacharum  N.  B........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vinl  Galll........... 1  75@6 50
Vlnl Oporto.................... 1  25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

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

2  00 
1  10

1  40

STROPS.

A c c a c l a ...........................................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferrl  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom...............  
  50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  rirg........................   50

“ 

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TINCTURES.

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconltum Napellis R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetida............................  0
A trope Belladonna..............  60 j
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sangulnarla........................   50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cu. damon............................  75
Co......................  75
Castor................................. 1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................  60
Columba.............................  50
50
Conlum.................. 
Cubeba................................  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon..................  60
“ 
Zingiber.............................  50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless................   75
Ferri  Chloridum...............  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pll.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.................... 
  50
VeratrumVeride.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

1 
“ 

-dither, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26©  28 
“  4 F ..  30©  3it
Alumen..................... 2K@ 3

“ 
ground,  (po.

cent  ............... 

“ e£ Potass T.  55©  60

7).............................  3©  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4©  5
Antipyrin..................   @1 40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  ®  64
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
11;  Ms,  12)..............  ©  9
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  20
Capsicl  Fructus. af...  ®  20
“ 
po__  @ 25
“  B po.  @  20
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  12©  13
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ©3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......   50©  55
Cera Flava.................  38©  40
Coccus.......................  ©  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @ 22
Centraria....................  ©  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform...............   60©  63
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  25@1  50
Chondras..................   20©  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  *  W  15©  20 
German 3  ©  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
Creasotum...............  
©  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................   5©  5
“  precip.............. 
9©  11
“  Rubra...............   ©  8
Crocus.......................  30©  35
Cudbear.....................   @  24
Cupri Sulph...............   5 ©  6
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
po..................   ©  6
Ergota^tpo.)  85 .........   80©  85
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla......... ................  ©  23
Gambler.....................   7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  TO
French...........  40©  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 and 2K* 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown..............  9©  15
“  White...............   13©  25
Glycerins...................15K@  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  ©  22
Humulus....................  25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  90 
“  Cor .... 
©  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  00
Ammonlatl..  @1  10
TJnguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   ©  70
.1  25@1 50
Tchthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lupullu.....................   35©  40
Lycopodium..............  55©  60
Macis .........................  75©  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  ©  27
Liquor Potass Arsinltls  10©  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Manila,  8. F ............   32335

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

R 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  80@2 05 
C. Co.......................1  70@1  95
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristlca, No. 1.........   70©  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia....................  18®  20
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  ©2 00
Picis  Llq, N.»C., K gal
doz  .........................  ©2 00
Picis Llq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   ®  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  ©  50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  ©  1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  ©  3
Plx  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbl A cet..............  14©  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@i  20 
Pyrethrom,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  ©1  25
Pyrethrom,  pv...........  30©  35
Quasslae....................  8©  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  31©  36
S.  German__22K®  30
Rubla  Tlnctorum......  12©  14
SaccharumLactlspv.  @  28
Salacln.......................2 00@2 10
Sanguis  Draconls......  40©  50
Sapo,  W......................  12©  14
M.......................  10©  12
  @  15

“  G........ 

“ 

 

Seldlltz  Mixture........  ©  24
Slnapis.......................   @  18
“  opt..................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  ®  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 12).  .  11®  12
Soda et Potass Tart. -.  27®  30
Soda Garb.................  IK©  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash..................   3K@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50©  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
‘  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................2 16@2 26
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......  @1 30
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
“  Roll..............  2X@ 3K
Tamarinds................. 
8©  10
Terebenth Venice......  28©  30
Theobromae............. 38  ©  43
Vanilla..................... 9 00©16 00
Zinci  Sulph...............   7©  8

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  TO 
Lard,  extra...............   56 
Lard, No.  1...............   45 
Linseed, pure raw —   38 

Bbl.  Gal
TO
60
56
41

“ 

paints. 

Lindseed,  boiled  ___   41 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
Spirits Turpentine__  48 

44
strained..................  50  60
55
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............. IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  IX  2®4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M 2K©3
“  strictly  pure...... 2K 2X©3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .......................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  7  @7K
“  w hite................. 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. lTurp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................100® 1  70
Coach  Body............... 2 7o@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar —  1 55©1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp......................... 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grocery  Price  Current»

The  quotations given below are such as are  ordinarily offered  buyers who pay promptly 

and  buy  in  full  packages.

a p p l e   b u t t e r

“ 

40 lb. pails.........................  5
20 lb. pails.........................  5
Mason's,  10, 20 or 30 lbs —   6
51b.......................   7
a x l e  g r e a s e . 
SS 50 
H gr. cases, per  g r.... 
7 50 
i2*4 lb. pails, per doz  .
.12 00
251b. 
100 lb. kegs, per  lb............   4
250 lb- Vs bbls., per  lb........  391
400 lb. bbls., per lb............ .  354

Graphite.

“ 

“

Badger.

gr. cases, per gr...................*6 50
94 lb. pails, per doz-------- 7 00
lb. 
10 50
00 lb. kegs, per lb............   394
50 lb. 94 bbls., per  lb........  3Ji
400 lb. bbls., per lb ............   3

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BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, 1% lb. cans, 3 doz
“  m b .  “ 
2  «
“ 
lib.  “ 
1  “
bulk...................
“ 
Arctic, 94 lb can s........
“ 
94 ft  “ 
........
........
1 »   “ 
“ 
5 lb  “ 
“ 
........
Dr. Price's.

45 
35 
1  60 
10 60 
1  20 
2  00 
9 60
per doz 
Dime cans..  90 
..1  33
4- oz 
.  1 90 
6 oz
..2 47 
5- oz 
.  3 75 
12-oz 
..*75 
16-oz 
11  40 
2M-lb 
18 25 
111) 5-lb 
21  60 
41  80
10-lb

psPRICE’S
CREAM
Baking
powde*
Red Star, 14 ft cans........... 

•« 
“ 
“ 

94 #> 
“ 
 
i   lb 
“ 
Telfer’s.  14 lb. cans, doz 
94 lb.  “ 
“
1 lb.  “ 
“
BATH BRICK.
2 dozen in case.

40
 
80
...............   1  50
85 
1  50

“

“ 

S o z  

b l u i n g . 

A r c tic , 4 o z   o v a ls ..  —
“  
..............
“  pints,  round  —
“  no. 2, sifting box 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5

E n g l i s h ...........................................  90
Bristol.......................................   TO
Domestic..................................  00
G ross
4 00
7 00 
10 50
2 75 
4 00
8 00
1 oz ball  .................4 50
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl..........................2 00
..........................   2 25
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.....................  2 50
No. 1 
“ 
.......................2 75
Parlor Gem........................ 3 00
Common Whisk.................  1  00
Fancy 
.................  120
Mill .  ................................   8 25
Warehouse...............   ...... 3 00
1  25 
Stave, No.  1.................
1  50 
“  10..................
1  75 
“  15..................
85 
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row 
1  25
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row 
Palmeto, goose...................  1  50

BRUSHES.

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“ 

BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun...........................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising, case.................5 00

CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............  10
Star,  40 
9
Paraffine..............................1014
WIcking...............................25

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CANNED  GOODS.

Trout.

Brook, 3 lb.......................... 2 50

85 
2 40 
2 50

FRUITS.
Apples.
3 lb. standard...........
York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
Live oak.....................
Santa Cruz.................
2  00 
2 50 
Lusk’s.........................
1  90
Overland..................
Blackberries.
90
B.  &  W...  .................
Cherries.
Red  ............................
1  20 1  75 
Pitted Hamburgh  ..  .
W hite.........................
1  20 
Erie — ......................
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
©1  25 
Erie............................
1  70
| California...................
Gooseberries.
Common....................
1  10

Gages.

Peaches.

P ie...........
Maxwell  .. 
Shepard’s  . 
California. 
Monitor 
Oxford__

Domestic.
Riverside.

“ 

Pineapples.
Common.....................
Johnson's  sliced........
grated........
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red  ............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie,  black 
...........
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
E r ie ........................................
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries.
Common....................
F .  &  W .................................
Blueberries...............

MEATS.

I Corned  beef,  Libby's...
1 Roast beef,  Armour’s ...
Potted  ham, 14 lb..........
“  14 lb...........
tongue, 14 lb......
54 lb...
chicken, 54 lb 
VEGETABLES.
Beans.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

1  10 
1  50 
1  30
1  35 
1  25

1  25
2 10

1  30 
1  50 
1  40

1  20 
1  25 
1  20

.1  80 
.1  75 
.1  50 
.1  00 
.1  10 95 
95

“ 
“ 

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas................. 1  40
Lima, green......................... 1  30
soaked......................  80
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 85
Bay State  Baked..................1  35
World’s  Fair............................ 1 35

“ 

Corn.

Peas

“ 
“ 
“ 

Hamburgh............................... 1 25
Livingston..........................
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 50
Morning Glory...................   1 10
Hamburgh marrof a t ............ 1 35
early June............1 50
Champion Eng...1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pois......... 75
fancy  sifted.........1 90
Soaked................................   65
Harris  standard.................   75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early June....... 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom —  1  35
French..................................... 1 80
French..............................16©1S
Erie.....................................   95
Hubbard...................................1 20
Hamburg  ............................ 1 40
Soaked................................   80
Honey  Dew.............................. l 60

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

“ 

Tomatoes.
..........................1  00

PISH.
Clams.

Little Neck,  l i b ...............
“  2  lb...............
Clam Chowder.

“ 

Standard, 3 lb..................... 2 00

1  10 
1  90 I

Cove Oysters.

“ 

Standard,  l i b ........
2 lb........
Lobsters.
2 50
Star,  1  lb...............
.................................. 
3 50
2 00 I Excelsior 
Picnic.

"l‘ib.................. 

“  2  lb

90 
1  70

................3 00 I Eclipse......................................1 60
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Gallon..................................... 2 50

“ 

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...........................1 30
2  lb.........................2 25
Mustard,  31b.......................... 3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb................. 3 00
Soused, 3 lb............................. 3 00

Salmon.
“ 

Columbia River, fiat........... 1  85
tails................ 1 75
Alaska, 1  lb.............................. 1 45
21b ............................... 2 10

“ 
“ 

Sardines.
American  94s .................49s©  5
94s.................694© 7
Imported  94s.....................1I©12
94s.....................13@14
Mustard Ms..................... 7@9
20
Boneless.......................... 

“ 
“ 

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.. 
............
Premium..........................
Pure..................................
Breakfast Cocoa..............

CHEESE.

©©13
Amboy......
Herkimer ..
©
Riverside  ..
Allegan  ...
©
Skim.........
@1013
Brick.........
E dam ......
@1  00 
Limburger 
@10 @25
Pineapple.
R oquefort...................  @35

Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer, imported.
domestic  —
CATSUP.

“ 
Half  pint, common......
Pint 
......
Quart 
......
Half pint, fancy...........
Pint 
...........
Quart 
............
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes............... .
COCOA  SHELLS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

@22
@30
©15
.  so 
1 to 
.1  50 
.1  25 
.2 00 
3 00
.40

@3
35 lb  bags
Less quantity  ..............  @394
Pound  packages..........  654@7

COFFEE.
GREEN.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair.....................................16
Good...................................17
Prime................................. 18
Golden................................20
Peaberry............................ 20
Fair.................................... 16
Good...................................17
Prime.................................18
Peaberry  ............................20
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair....................................20
Good...................................21
Fancy.................................23

Maracaibo.

Prime.................................19
M illed...............................20

Java.

Interior............................. 25
Private Growth.................,27
Mandehling......................28
Imitation.......................... 23
Arabian............................. 26

Mocha.

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 14c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
A r b u c U l e ’s   A r io s a   .........  19.80
M e L a a c liU n '*   X X X X . 
19  80 
L io n , 60 o r 100 lb .  e a s e -----  19  60

PACKAGE.

Valley City....... ............... 
75
Felix
................... 
1  15
..............1  50
Hummel’s, foil..
..............  2 50
“ 
tin  ...
CHICORY.

Bulk..................
Red.................

...............  494
................   7

Cotton,  40 ft__ . .per doz.  1  25 
140
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
1  00

CLOTHES LIKES.
“ 
50 f t . . .
“ 
60 ft...
“ 
70 ft....
“ 
80ft.....
“ 
60 ft—
“ 
72 ft-

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

COUPON KOOKS.

‘Tradesman.’

 

' 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ “ 
“ “ 

t   1, per hundred...............   2 00
$ 2,
 
-  - 
2 50
................3 00
-----
$ 3, 
................3 00
$ 5, 
......
.........
$10, 
................4 00
$20, 
........
..............  5 00
“Superior.’
C  1. per hundred......
“
“ 
» 2, 
*3,  “ 
.......-
“ 
“ 
$ 5, 
“ 
......
------
»10, 
“ “ 
»20,  “ “ 
------

5 006 00

2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00

“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

8  1, per hundred..............  $3 00
»2, 
................3  50
................4  00
»3, 
................5  00
$ 5, 
*10, 
....................6  00
#20, 
................7  00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:

1000 

200 or over............   5 per cent.
500  “ 

10 

“

 

...........................20 

“ 

“

COUPON  TASS  BOORS.

I Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10  down. I
20 books.........................$  1  00
50  “ 
3 00 
100250
6 25 
500
10 00 
17  50
1000

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

CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case.
Eagle.............................
Crown....................... ...
Genuine Swiss..............
A m erica n  S w is s ........................7  00

7 40 
6 25 
S CO

CRACKERS.

B u tter.

Seymour XXX......................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......  (¡14
Family  XXX 
6
Family XXX,  cartoon
614
Salted XXX...........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........  61
Kenosha 
..........................  71
Boston............
Butter  biscuit
614

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City..............................714
Soda,  Duchess  ..................   814
Crystal Wafer......................10
Reception  Flakes................10
S. Oyster  XXX....................  6
City Oyster. XXX.................  6
Farina  Oyster....................   6
Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

Pearl Barley.

 

Kegs...............................3  @4

...........................1

Peas.
CO 
Green, 
.5 00
Split, bbl  ............
Sago.
German.......-.......
494
East India..........................   514
Wheat.
Cracked.................*........... 
5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth...........................  1  10
3K 
Pollock....................
6  @654 
Whole, Grand  Bank.
754 ©8 
Boneless,  bricks  ----
754@8
Boneless, strips........
Halibut.
12
Smoked ....................
Herring.
Scaled.......................
Holland,  bbls...........
kegs............
Round shore, 14 bbl..
“ 
)4  bbl.
Mackerel.

20
11  00 
75 00 
1  50

“ 
“ 

No. 1, 14 bbls. 90 lbs........... 11  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................  1  25
Family, 14 bbls., 100 lbs—   5 50
kits, 10  lbs..........  75
Russian,  kegs....................   45

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, 14 bbls., lOOlbs...........6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90

Whitefish.

No. 1, 14 bbls., lOOlbs...........8 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................1  10
Family, 14 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3 50 
kits  10  lbs............  50

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Lemon. Vanilla 
125
1  50
2 00
3 00
4 CO

Jennings’ D C.
2 oz folding box...  75 
“  , j* ...1  00
3 oz
“ 
...1  50
4 oz
“ 
6 oz
...2100
“ 
...3 00
8 oz
GUN  POWDER.
..5 50
Kegs
Half kegs....................... ...3 00
...15
Sage
Hops.....................................25
M a d ra s,  5 lb .  b o x e s .......... 
5!
S.  F ., 2, 3 a n d  5 lb . b o x e s .. 
51
Chicago  goods............   ©3
Mason’s,  10,20 and 30 lbs..  6 
51b..........................  7

INDIGO.

HERBS.

JELLY.

“ 

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   18
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
4 doz.................... 2 25
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 25
Anchor parlor..........................1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor...........................4 00

“ 

MINCE  MEAT

3 or 6 doz. in case  per doz.. 1 00

Tin, per dozen.

MEASURES.
.........................  $1

1  gallon 
Half  gallon.................... 
1  40
Q uart.............................. 
70
P int.................................. 
41
Half  p in t...............   —  
4i
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q uart...............................  3 75
Pint..................................  2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u se ......................   1394
16
O rdinary............................. 
Prim e............................... 
16
Fancy...............................  
20

New Orleans.

Fair..................................  
Good................................. 
Extra good.......................  
Choice.............................. 
Fancy................................ 
One-half barrels, 3c extra

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200........
Half barrels 100.

14
17
22
27
35

©4 40 
@2 30

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  180.................  @4  40
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 30

D R IE D   FRUITS. 

D om estic. 

APPLES.

“ 

quartered  “ 
APRICOTS.

Sundried. sliced in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes
C a lifo r n ia  in   b a g s .............
E v a p o r a ted  in   b o x e s . 
. . .  
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes......  
...........
70 lb. bags.......................
25 lb. boxes....   ............ 9
P e e le d , in   b o x e s   .............
C al. e v a p .  “  
................
In  b a g s  .........
“  
C a lifo r n ia  In  b a g s  . . .

NECTARINES.

PEACHES.

PEARS.

“ 

“ 

PITTED  CHERRIES
Barrels.........................
50 lb. boxes.................
.................
25  “ 
PRUNELLES.
boxes...............
BASPBERSIES.

30 lb.  boxes................... 

In  barrels...................... 
50 lb. boxes.................... 
...................... 
251b.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.
Patras, in barrels.......
“ 
in  94-bbls........
“  -  In less quantity

494
794
@994

11
1194 12
1294

17
1794
18

© 4 
© 4V4 
© 494

PEEL.

Citron, Leghorn, 251b. boxes 
Lemon 
Orange 

“
“

25  “ 
“ 
25 “ 
“ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.

London layers,  2 crown__1
fancy......... 1
Loose Muscatels, boxes......1
70 lb  bags  @594

“ 
“ 

Ondura. 29 lb. boxes..  794© 
..11  ©1
“ 
Sultana. 20 
Valencia, 20  “ 
..  694© 6J4

Foreign.

PRUNES.

Bosnia........................  ©
C a lifo r n ia , 90x100 25 lb. bxs.

..994
..994
.994
Turkey...............................  654
Silver..................................11

80x90 
71x80 
60x70 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1,694..........................   $1  75
No. 2,694..........................  1  60
No. 1, 6 ............................  1  65
No. 2,6   ...........................   1  50
No. 1,694  .........................  1  35
No. 2,694 
........................  1  25
694.....................................  1  00
6........................................  
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Manilla, white.

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs................... 

4

Barrels.................................3 75
Grits.................................... 4  25

Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 

4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__ 
56
| Imported.....................1094@11V4

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No. 3.................................1 25

“  T. D. full count...........  75

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ..........................  4  00
Penna Salt Co.’s................  3 25

“ 

RICE.

ROOT BEER
Williams, per doz..............1  75
3 doz. case......... 5  00
Domestic.

Carolina head.......................7
“  No. 1...........................6
•  “  No. 2 ..................  @ 5
Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1.........................6
6  No. 2......................... 594
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   5

Imported.

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver Thread, bbl............. $t 00
94 bbl..........  2 50

“ 

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China In mats........  8
“  Batavia in bund— 15
Saigon In rolls.........35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna............... 22
“ 
Zanzibar.................13
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1.........................75
“  No. 2.........................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“  white...  .25
shot......................19

Pnre Ground In Bulk.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................35
Cloves,  Amboyua................30
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African...................15
Cochin...................18
Jam aica.................20
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
“  white.......30
“ 
“  Cayenne..................25
..............................20
Sage
“ A b s o lu te ”   In  P a c k a g e s.

“ 

94s  

94s
A l l s p i c e ..............................   84  1 5 5
C in n a m o n ..........................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  156
Ginger, Jam ...............   84  1 55
“  Af................  84  1 55
Mustard...................  84  1 55
Pepper....................   84  155
Sage.

84

A nise.........................  @12}4
394
Canary, Smyrna.........  
Caraway....................9 
8
Cardamon, Malabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian.........  
494
Mixed  Bird  ..............  494© 594
Mustard,  white.........  
6
Poppy............................. 
Rape................................ 
Cuttle  bone  ................... 

9
6
30

“ 

“ 
“ 

•  694
..  694

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes.....................
40-lb 
....................
Gloss.
..  6
1-lb packages..................
3-lb 
..................
..  694
...................
6-lb 
..  454
40 and 50 lb. boxes.........
Barrels............................ ■ •  454
Scotch, in  bladders........ ...37
Maccaboy, in jars........... .. .35
French Rappee, in Jars.. . . .43
Boxes............................. ...59*
Kegs, English.................
...4 M

SNUFF.

SODA.

SAL  SODA.

Kegs................................
194
Granulated, boxes......... . . . 1 5 4
SALT.
100 3-lb. sacks................. ..#2 25
................. ..  2  00
60 5-lb 
“ 
28 10-lb. sacks............... ..  1  85
2014-lb.  “ 
...................
1  50 
24 3-lb  cases....................
50 
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags. 
18
28 lb.  “ 
.
35
18

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags.. 
28 lb.  “ 
.

drill  “ 

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

Ashton.

Higgins.
Solar Rock.

56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks.  75 
56 lb.  sacks.......................   25
Saginaw and Manistee. 
Common Fine  per bbl......  
90

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count................83 50
Half  barrels, 600 count —   2 CO

Barrels, 2.400  count...... ..  4 50
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  2 50

BALEBATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s .........................   #3 30
DeLand’s ...............................  3 30
Dwight’s.................................. 3 30
Taylor’s ....................................3 00

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

“ 

“ 

Thompson & Chute  Brands.
Silver,  10012 oz.................*3 65
Snow, 10010 oz  ................. 5 00
Mono, 10012 oz  ................. 3 35
German Family, 601 lb —   2 55
7511b...... 3 10
Laundry Castile, 75 1 lb—   3 05
Marbled, 75 1 l b ................3 05
Savon Improved, 60  1 lb...  2 50
Sunflower, 10010 oz...........  2 75
Olive, 10010 oz...................2 50
Golden, 80 1 l b ................. 3 25
Economical, 30  2 lb...........2 25
Standard, 30 2 lb  ..............2 35
Allen B. Wrisley's Brands.
Old Country,  80  M b..........3 30
Good Cheer, 601 lb.............3 90
White Borax, 100  3£-lb.......3 60
Concord.............................  2 80
Ivory, 10  oz....................... 6 75
6  oz......................... 400
Lenox 
............................  3 65
Mottled  German............... 3  15
Town Talk......................... 3 00
Snow, 100 6-oz 
...........3 75
Cocoa Castile, 24  lb...........   3 00
Silverine, 100 12 oz............ 3 50
50 12 OZ..............  If0
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz —   2 50
hand, 3 doz.........   2 50
Potash Flakes, 7210 oz...... 5 00

SCOURING  AND  POLISniNG.
“ 
“ 

Proctor & Gamble.

TOILET.

‘ 

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf....................  @ 5
Cubes.........................  @ 4M
Powdered..................   @4
Granulated.. 
......4.44@ 4)4
Confectioners’ A...... 4.31® 4
Soft A  .......................   @4
White Extra  C............   @4.i
Extra  C......................  @3.81
C ................................   @ 3*
Yellow  ....................3.44® 3)4
Less than bbls. Me advance

STEP LADDERS.

3 feet.
4  “

10 “ 
12  “  

...............................  17!
......................................................   2  2!

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Barrels...............................  22
Half bbls.............................24
Fair............................................  1
G o o d ..................................................  2
C h o ic e ...............................................   3

Pure Cane.

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............
Sugar  Creams.............
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal Crackers__
TEAS.

g
8
9
8*4
8)4

japan—Regular.

@17
F a ir..............................
©20
Good............................
Choice...........................24 @26
@34
Dust  ............................10 @12

SUN CUBED.
@17
F a ir..............................
@20
Good............................
Choice...........................24 @26
@34
D ust..............................10 @12

BASKET  FIRED.

F a ir..............................18 ©20
Choice........................... @25
@35
Choicest.......................
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.

OOLONG.

Common to  fair..........25 @35
Extra fine to finest —  50 @65
Choicest fancy............75 @85
@26
Common to  fair..........23 @30
Common to  fair..........23 @26
Superior to fine............30 @35
Common to  fair..........18 @26
Superior to  fine..........30 @40

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F a ir.............................. 18 @22
Choice...........................24 @28
B est.............................. 40 @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Pails unless otherwise noted.
60
H iaw atha....................
34
Sweet  Cuba.................
24
McGinty......................
A bbls..........
22
22
Little  Darling............
20
54 bbl..
20
1791..............................
1891, A  bbls.................
19
33
Valley  City.................
27
Dandy Jim ..................
20
Tornado.......................
Sorg’s Brand.
Spearhead  ...................
Jo k e r...........................
Nobby Twist..................
Oh  My............................

37
20
38
29

Plug.

Middleton’s Brands.

30
23

Smoking.

Here  It Is................... 
28
Old Style.................... 
31
Jas. G. Butler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight........................... 25
Private Brands.
Sweet  Maple.............. 
L. & W .........................  
Boss....................................  12)4
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath.............................. 14
Banner................................15
King Bee.........................  . .20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head................... ...23
Honey  Dew.........................21
Gold  Block................ 
  28
Peerless..............
Rob  Roy............
Uncle Sam.........
Tom and Jerry...
Brier Pipe...........
Yum  Yum.........
Red Clover.........
Navy..................
Handmade.........
Frog..................
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF’S 

WHEAT.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 

MEAL.

FLOUR.
“ barrels..
“ sacks...
“ barrels.,
sacks...
MILL8TUFF8.

Bolted...............................  1  60
Granulated.......................  1  80
Straight, in sacks.............  4 70
4 80
“ 
5 70 
Patent 
“ 
5 80 
2 20 
Graham
2 65
Rye
Bran..................................  16 00
Screenings.......................  12 00
Middlings...........................16 00
Mixed Feed....................... 17 00
Coarse meal....................... 16 25
Car  lots............................... 44
Less than  ear lots.............. 46

CORN.

OATS.

Car  lots  ..............................34
Less than car lots................37

N o .  1  T im o th y , ca r  lo ta ------13  00
ton lots  ......14  00
No. 1 

^  HAY.
“ 

Single.

Wilson....................................$2 00
Saginaw..................................   1 75
Rivnl......................................   1 40
Daisy.......................................  1 00
Langtry..................................  1 10
Detiance..................................  1 75
Wilson...................................   2 50
Saginaw..................................  2 25
Rival.......................................  1 80
Defiance..................................  2 00
Crescent.  ............................2 75
Red Star..................................  2 75
Shamrock...............................  2 50
Ivy Leaf.................................   2 25

Double.

88 
88

VINEGAR.

40 gr.....................................  7)4
50 gr......................................814

$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ..................  
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
yeast—Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes.. 15 
“ 
per lb-............... 25

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH
Whlteflsh 
.................  @9
T ro u t.........................  @9
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes..........................5  @6
Flounders 
.................  s  @10
Bluefish.......................11  @12
Mackerel.....................15  @25
Cod..............................10  @12
California  salmon__  @15
No. 1 Pickerel............  © 9
Pike............................  @8
S m o k ed   W h ite   .............  @ 8
B lo a ter , p er  b o x ........... 

1  75

T H E   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Scotteu’s Brands

Finzer’s Brands.

W ASHBOARDS

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

$1  00
1  60
1  25
1  25
1  75

OYSTERS—Bulk.
Mediums, per  gal........ 
 
Selects, 
Clams 
 
Shrimps 
 
Scallops 
 
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Counts...  @35
F. J. D. Selects.........  @30
Selects.......................  @23
F  J. D...........................  @30
Anchor.......................  @18
Standards  .................  @16
Favorites....................  @14
Oysters, per  100  ........1  25@1  50
Clams. 
....  75@i 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS’
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

SHELL  GOODS.

lows:
Green........................... 3  @4
Part Cured. 
@  4* 
@ 5 @ 6
Full 
.
Dry.
Kips, green  ...............   3  @4
“  cured.................  @5
Calfskins,  green.........  4 @ 5
cured  ........5  @ 6)4
Deacon skins...............10 ©30

HIDES.

“ 

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No. 2 hides X off.
FELTS

......................50  @1  50

Shearlings..................10  @25
Lambs 
Washed..................... 20  @25
Unwashed.........   — 10  @20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow......................   3)4@ 4
Grease  butter  ...........1  @2
Switches...................   1)4@ 2
Ginseng.....................2 00@2 50

FURS.

Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.......................  50@1  00
Bear........................ 15 00@25 00
Beaver...........  ......... 3 00@7 00
Cat,  wild....................  40©  50
“  house.................  10®  25
Fisher........................4 00@6 00
Fox, red.....................1  00@1  50
“  cross..................3 00@5 00
“  grey....................  50@1  00
Lynx......................... 2 00®3 00
Martin,  dark.............1  0fi@3 00
pale & yellow  50@1  00
Mink, dark.................  40@1  10
Muskrat......................  03©  15
Oppossum...................   15©  30
| Otter, dark................5 00@8 00
Skunk....................... 1  00@1  20
Wolf.......................... 1  00@3 00
Beaver castors, lb......2 Q0@5 00

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deerskins—Per pound.

Thin and  green  .................f 10
Long gray — .......................   20
G ray.......................................25
Red and  blue  ......................  35

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
W.  W.  Headlight,  150 
fire  test (old test)  ....  @8
Water White,  ...........  © "A
Naptha.......................  @7
Gasoline....................  @ 8M
Cylinder....................27  @30
Engine..................... 13  @21
Black. 25 to 30 deg 
@ 7!i

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows 

for dressed  fowls:
Spring  chickens.........12  @13
Fowl.........   .............. 11  @12
Turkeys  .................... 14  @15
Ducks  ........................13  @14
Geese  ....................... 12  @14
Live Broilers 1*4 to 2 lbs
each.......................20 _@25_
PAPER & WOODKNWABE 
Straw 
.................................H£
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar..............................2
Hardware............................. 2)4
Bakers.................................. 2)4
Dry  Goods.................. 5)4@6
Jute Manilla...............   @6)4
Red  Express  No. 1............   5)4
No. 2................4%
TWINES.

PAPER.

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WOODENWARE.

48 Cotton............................  22
Cotton, No. 1........................18
“  2......... ............. 16
Sea  Island, assorted........... 35
No. 5 Hemp......................... 15
No. 6  “ .................................15
Tubs, No. 1.......................... 7 00
“  No. 2...........................6 00
“  No. 3.......................... 5 00
1  35
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
50
Bowls, 11 Inch....................   1 00
.....................   1 25
13  “ 
“ 
......................2 00
15  “ 
“ 
17  “ 
“ 
......................2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
Baskets, market.................  35
shipping  bushel..  1  20
“ 
“ 
..  1  30
full  hoop  “ 
“ 
bushel...................  1 50
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5  75
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3  50
“ 
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“ 
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splint 
‘ 
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No.2 6 25

No.2 4 25
No.3 5 0C

Business. HILLSIDE  JAVA! And  Poor Goods 

Business.

Mar

We  Attirai That 
Good Goods Make 

( j r j ^ O Q e r y •  A.pc  y o u   e n tir e ly   sa tisfied   "with  y o u r   s&les

o f 

H ig h  Grade 

?

A r e   y o u   s u r e   t h a t   y o u   a r e   s e llin g   th e   b est  to  be  o b t a i n e d ?  
H i l l s i d e   J a v a   is  a  scientific  c o m b i n a t i o n   o f  P r i v a t e   P l a n ­
ta tio n   Coffees,  selected  b y   a n   e x p e r t,  a n d   f r o m   w h i c h   it  is 
p o s s ib le   to  m a k e   a  b e v e r a g e   t h a t  
C u p   q u a litie s   a l w a y s   u n i f o r m ,   a n d  
w h e r e v e r   in tr o d u c e d .  D o   you  sell  i t ?

please  you.
is  a  trade  winner 

Roasted and  Packed only by

t h e   j .  nvc.  BOIJR  CO.,
lZO  Summit  St., 'Toledo, O., also Detroit  &  New  York.

W e are represented in Michigan as follows:  Eastern  Michigan,  P.  V.
I I .  G a s s e r ;  W e s te rn

I n d ia n a ,  M . 

I I e c ii l e k ;  Southern  Michigan  and  Northern 
Michigan, Thos.  F e r g u s o n   [“ Old  Fergy”].

THE  MICHIGAN  TKADESMAN.

1 4

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—In good demand  and  firm  at  present 
quotations.  Kussets command $2.25 per bbl  and 
Baldwins and Greenings easily bring $2.50.
Beans—“Dead  dull," as a local  handler char­
acterizes the  situation.  Dealers  pay about $1.20 
for  unpicked  and  country  picked  and  hold  at 
$1.00 for city picked pea or medium.
Butter—Choice  dairy is  in  moderate  demand 
at  lS@20c.  Factory creamery is held at 25c. 
Celery—25c per doz.
Cabbages—50©60e per doz.
Cranberries — Repacked Cape  Cod are in  fair 
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 4J4@5c  and 
Eggs—Handlers pay  13@14c per doz. and  hold 
Honev—14c per lb.
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids Forcing is now on the 
market.finding a ready sale at 25c per lb.
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 50c  per 
dozen bunches.  Dry stock  is  in  small  demand 
and supply, commanding UU@S0e per bu.

demand at $0  50 per  bbl.
evaDorated at6V4@7c.
at l4@15e.

Pieplant—12c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  utterly  featureless, 
the shipping demand being  steady,  without  the 
least  degree  of  animation.  Local  holders  pay 
20c here and  at the  principal  buying  points  in 
Northern  Michigan.
Radishes—60c per doz. bunches.
¡squash—Hubbard, 1V4C per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—The market is a  little  higher, 
choice stock  now  readily  commanding  $3®3.25 
per bbl. 

_ _ _ _ _______
PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BA R R ELS.
 

quotes as follows:
Mess, new................ 
12 50 |
Shortcut.....................................................  11  75
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  14 00
Extra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat  back............................................   13 50
Boston clear, short cut................................   13 50
Clear back, short cut...................................   14 <0
Standard clear, short cut. best....   .........  
14 00

 

 

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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GRAN G ER

 
lard. 

laud—Kettle Rendered

.......................................  714

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

Pork Sausage...................................................7%
Ham Sausage..................................................   9
Tongue Sausage..............................................9
Frankfort  Sausage 
Blood Sausage.................................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick..............  ...............................5
Headcheese................................... ................ 5
Tierces............................................................8
Tubs.................................................................  8J4
501b.  Tins......................................................... 8H
Tierces........................................................ 
”14
50 lb eases...................... 
734
734
20 
8
10  “ 
836
5 
814
3 
Corn-
pound.
514
5*
614
654
614
6
554

Tierces...................................... 534 
30 and  50 lb. Tubs..................... 6 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..............634 
5 lb.  “ails, 12 In a case............... 656 
10 lb. Pails, 6 In a case...............614 
20 lb. Palis, 4 in a case..............6!« 
501b. Cans................................. 6 
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................   6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................6  50
Boneless, rump butts......................................  9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................  914
16 lbs......................................   934
12 to 14 lbs...............................10
picnic...................................................634
best boneless.......................................  814
Shoulders............... .......................................   614
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................834
Dried beef, ham prices...................................  814
Long Clears, heavy......................................... 6*4
Briskets,  medium..........................................   7
light................................................7

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Family. 

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FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.............................................   5  @ 614
“  hindquarters................................614®  714
“ 
fore 
...............................4  @ 414
loins,  No.  3................................   @  9
“ 
ribs.................................................  8  © 814
•' 
“ 
rounds......... ...........................   ©  5
tongues.....................................  @
“ 
Bologna......................................................  
® 414
Pork loins....................................................   © 8
.......................................  © 534
Sausage, blood or head..........................  © 414
liver.........................................   © 414

Frankfort  ..............................   @7
Mutton  .......................................................  
©8
Veal.......................................................  7  @8

“  shoulders 

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E N G R A V I N G

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

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Orand  Rapids,  Mich.

PARENTS—Give your  children  a  knowledge 
of  Book-keeping,  Shorthand,  Typewriting,  etc.
FOR  THEM
IT WILL  BE 
THANMONET.

MUCH

Educate them at me t»rtuid  Rapids, Mich., Busi­
ness College,  Ledyard  Block, corner  Pearl  and 
Ottawa-sts.  Visit us.  For catalogue address  A. 
S. Parish, successor to C. G. Swensberg.

Mention this paper.

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

STICK  CANDT.
Full  Weight. 

Standard,  per lb...............................  6 
“  H.H.......................................6 
T w ist.................................. 6 
“ 
Boston  Cream  ..............20 lb. cases 
Cut  Loaf.............................................7 
Extra H.  H...............................cases 7 

Bbls.  Pails.
7
7
7
814
8
8

MIXED  CANDT.
Full Weight.

Bbls. 

Palls.

 

 

 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

“ 
fancy—In bulk 
Full Weight. 

Standard'...................................... 6 
7
7
Leader..........................................6 
714
Royal............................................614 
8
Nobby...........................................7 
English  Rock.............................. 7 
8
8
Conserves....................................7 
8
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
Peanut Squares................. 
9
“  8 
French Creams.............................  
10
Valley  Creams.............................  
13
Midget. 30 lb. baskets...................................   8
.......................................  8
Modern,; 01b. 
Pails
Lozenges, plain............................................   10
printed.........................................   11
Chocolate Drops............................................   1134
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   554
8
Moss Drops........................................ 
Sour Drops.....................................................  814
Imperials.................... 
10
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................................................... 55
Sour Drops...................................................... 55
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................40@50
Licorice Drops.............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................60
printed........................................... 65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes............................................................ 70
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses  Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85@.9o
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams......................  ................1 00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds........................................... 1  00
I Wintergreen  Berries.......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes....................................  90
Floridas,  fancy.....................................  @3  50
choice.....................................   ©2  75
russets ....................................2 75®3 25
Tangerines.............................. 
.....
Californias,  Riverside  .........................2 25@.2 50
Navais  ..............................
Messinas, choice 200.............................   ©3  50
300..............................  @3  50
“ 
Messina, choice, 360............................. 
©3 50
©4 00
fancy, 360............................. 
choice 300.............................  @3 75
fancy 390.............................  
©

CARAMELS.
 
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ORANGES.

LEMONS.

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3 
2 
3 

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy layers, 6fl>..........................12  ©14
“  101b.............................14  @15
“ 
“  141b...........................  @16
“  extra 
“  20B>...........................  @1714
“ 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  @9
“ 
..........................   © 8
Persian. 50-lb.  box........................414©  5
“ 
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16
Ivaca.....................................   @15
California.............................   @16
Brazils, new...........................................   © 714
Filberts..................................................  @12
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ..............................  @14
ChIH.......................................   @10

“  Marbot...................................   @
“ 

Table Nuts,  fancy.................................  @1214
choice...............................   @1114
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .......................... 11  @14
Cocoanuts, fall sacks............................  @4 00

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PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P., Suns.................
“  Roasted....
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............
“  Roasted...
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.............
“  Roasted..

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@  514 
@  714 
@  514 
©  734 @ 4» 
@  6

BEANS

If you have any beans and want to sell 
we want them, will  give you full  mar 
ket  price.  Send  them  to  us  in  any 
quantity  up to car  loads, we want  1000 
bnshels dally.

W. Y. LÄMOREAUX i GO..

128, 1 3 0 ,1 3 2  W . Bridge St.,

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

The  Finest  Quality  and  Best  Article  for  C  eneral 
Cleaning known in the World.

Sold by all wholesale grocers, or orders may be sent direct to the factory.

Goilpon  Books Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 
Great Feat!

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

Cou  try  and  Save  Money.

He has  great  feet, but  they  are  nothing  like 
the  great feat  that Wadham’s  Graphite  Axle 
G r e a s e   can  be  relied  upon  to  perform  every 
time.  To  try it once is to become  an  ardent ad­
vocate of  it.  To  praise it too highly is  impossi 
ble

Qr4

Paper  Packed 

Screw.

WHITE  FOR  PRICES

Wm. Brilmmeler H ons

M anufacturers and  Jobbers of

Pieced & Stamped Tinware,

260. S. IONIA ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T elephone  640.

See What  is  Said  of  It.

Apr il 25th, 1881.

Wadhams OU & Grease Co., Milwaukee:
Dear Sirs—For the past year 1 have been using 
your  Graphite  Axle  Grease and  have  found it 
will do better work than any other  grease in the 
market. 

Tours truly,

P h il l ip   Sc h a r e t t , Barn Foreman, 

Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Wagon  Jack  Free!

We  are  sending  to  every  dealer  who 
handles  “ GRAPHITE  AXLE  GKEAsE,” 
one  Daisy  Wagon  Jack,  worth  $1,  to  be 
given  to  the  holder of  the  printed  order 
contained  in one of  the 1-lb.  boxes  in each 
case  of one-third  gross, on presentation of 
said order to your dealer,  FREE  of charge.
For sale  by all  Grocers, Hardw are Dealers, 
Harness Dealers and by the M anufacturers,

Wadhams  Oil  &  Grease  Co,
Milwaukee,  Wis.  and  Seattle,  Wash,

OfaLedgers  and  Journals* bound  with 
Philadelphia Pat. Flat opening back. 
The Strongest Blank  Book Ever Made.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

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for our  beautiful Illustrated Catalogue 
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rl  Potatoes.  All the  Standard Sorts and  Novelties in 
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 5

FIVE  HUNDRED  STRONG.

Grand  Rapids  Houses.

List  of  Traveling  Men  Working  for 
The following  is  believed  to  be a cor­
rect list of  the  traveling  men  who  work 
for Grand  Rapids  houses. 
If  any errors 
have  crept  into the  list or there  are any 
omissions,  the  same  will  be  gladly  cor­
rected in subsequent issues:
Alabastine Co.—Albert C. Antrim, Geo. 
W.  Gage, G. H. Southard, Jas.  H. Wykes, 
Frank M.  Blood.
Aldine  Manufacturing  Co. — W.  II.
Pierce,  E.  F.  Gilbert,  E.  F.  Pomeroy 
Henry O. Warner,  H.  A. Marckres.
Z.  E. Allen—R. N. Crouse, M. O. Smith,
G. B. Gardner,  W. J.  Pegg,  J.  M.  Carter,
O.  M.  Bugbee,  W.  H.  Kathan.
D.  M. Amberg—W. D.  Beeson,  Samuel 
Newman,  J. D.  McKay.
American  Handle Co.—P.  J.  Coppens. 
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.—T.  P.  S.  Harnp- 
son,  W.  H.  Fuller,  D.  R.  White.
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an  Co. — J.  B. 
Evans, D.  S.  Haugh,  B.  F.  Parmenter, 
Robert  Hanna,  Arthur  S.  Fowle,  A.  J. 
McDonald, G.  P.  Smith.

Barlow Bros.—M. L.  R. Garvin.
W. E. Barrett & Co.—Fred  I.  Nichols,
J. F.  Shaw.
Belknap, Baker  &  Co.—D.  W.  Barker,
D.  W. Johns.
Belknap Wagon  &  Sleigh  Co.—D.  W. 
Johns.
Berkey  &  Gay Furniture  Co.—R.  W. 
Corson,  M.  L.  Etchison, E.  Greene,  O.  N. 
Bugbee.
Wm.  A.  Berkey  Furniture  Co.—L.  1). 
Berry,  Fred D.  Hills,  Dent & Daggett,  E.
T.  Mills.
Benedict Furniture Clamp Co.—I. Tris- 
sel.
S.  K.  Bolles  &  Co.—Geo.  W.  Thayer, 
Jr.,  W.  P.  Townsend,  M. W.  Monnette, 
A.  D. Chase.
A. E. Brooks & Co.—Wm. B. Edmunds,
J.  Henry  Dawley,  Geo.  W.  McKay,  A. 
Oswold,  Frank  E.  Edmunds.
Brown,  Hall & Co.—John  Groatemaat, 
Jr.
Brown  & Sehler—Nitus  B.  Snyder,  E. 
G.  Warner.
Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons — Wm.  G. 
Brummeler,  Cornelius Heering.
Bunting & Davis—C. E.  Williams.
Buss  Machine  Works — E.  P.  Botts, 
Geo.  W. Willebrands,  John  Ubelmesser.
Cappon  &  Bertsch  Leather  Co.—C.  C. 
Harley,  E.  E. Woodford,  J. Haefner, R. 
T.  Scott,  N.  H. Adams.
Chase  Bros. Piano  Co.—S.  H.  Gissin, 
Geo.  E. Boltwood,  J.  H. Campbell,  F.  V. 
Streeter.
M. E. Christenson—Hi.  Madden, Frank 
Green.
I. M. Clark  Grocery  Co.—H.  A.  Hud­
son, Jas E. Ireland, Jas.  A.  Massie,  H.  S. 
Powell, Jas. G. Cloyes,  H.  A. Berry.
N.  B. Clark & Co.—N.  B. Clark,  W. A. 
Phelps.
Converse Manufacturing Co.—Wm.  H. 
Conrad.
Corl,  Knott  &  Co.—S.  S.  Corl,  H.  A. 
Knott,  F.  H. Wood,  W. I.  Deppen,  II.  A. 
Montgomery.
Daily Democrat—E.  W.  Weston,  Geo. 
W.  Pursell,  E.  B.  Bell,  S. 1).  Waldron, 
J. A. McKellar.
Wm.  H.  Downs—S.  F.  Downs,  B.  F. 
Winch, G. J. Walker.
Wm.  Drueke — Wm.  Drueke,  Chas. 
Drueke, Elliott F. Covell.
Eaton,  Lyon & Co.—J. Leo Kymer, Geo. 
H.  Raynor,  Peter Lubach, W.  B.  Dudley, 
Frank White,  Frank  Warren,  O.  A.  Per- 
ry.
Eaton Printing  &  Binding Co.—v\.  A. 
Morse.
Elliott  Button  Fastener  Co.—Wm.  E. 
Elliott.
E.  Fallas  &  Son—Fred  L.  Fallas,  E. 
Fallas.
Fermentum Compressed  Yeast Co.—L. 
Winternitz.
Folding  Chair  &  Table  Co.—John B.
Logan,  E. T. Barnes,----- Riggs, Wm.  H.
Dunn, W.  H.  Kathan,  Elias  Hall,  H.  G. 
Smith, A. C. Truesdell, C. A. Lewis, Geo. 
H. Allen,  H.  J.  Allen,  S.  S.  Chesebro, 
S. Luther.

J.  B.  Folger & Son—Wm.  Morrison.
C. C.  Follmer & Co.—Frank E. Powers. 
Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.—A.  D.  Baker, 
Fox  Machine  Co.—“I  ain’t  particular 

F.  R.  Miles, Harvey B. Baxter.
about having mine included.”

j  Frey Bros.—Jacob Eisenhardt.
Whitworth.

Furniture Caster Association—Geo.  G. 
Gelock Bottling Co.—John Sparks. 
Theo.  B.  Goossen—Theo.  B.  Goossen, 
John  Hagens.
Goshen  Sweeper  Co.—John  V.  Riley, 
Jas.  S.  Knox,  Geo.  Sanford,  E.  W.  Tay­
lor.
Grand  Ledge  Chair  Co. — Klingman, 
Limbert & Brower.
Grand  Rapids  Brass  Co. — Ervin  D. 
Whitlock,  John  H.  Beamer.
Grand Rapids  Brush  Co.—C.  S.  Paine, 
C.  W.  Peck.
A. A. Barber,
Grand Rapids Chair Co 
J.  R.  Shelley.
Grand Rapids Corset Co.—H.  B. Blaks- 
ley,  Moses K.  Bortree.
Grand  Rapids  Felt  Boot  Co.—J.  E. 
Coulter.
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Co. — J.  C. 
More,  L.  C.  Stow.
Grand  Rapids  Hand  Screw Co.—Wm.
B.  Bennett,  Arthur  Brittan,  E.  Brittan,
A.  W.  Bond, Geo. W.  Lovelock.
Grand  Rapids  Manufacturing  Co.—A.
T.  Davis,  D.  H.  Moore, E. N. Carrier.
Grand  Rapids  Mattress  Co.  — A.  A. 
Raven.
Grand  Rapids  Novelty  Manufacturing 
Co.—L.  A.  Cornelius,  W.  T.  McGurrin.
Grand  Rapids  Packing  and  Provision 
Co.—Chas.  S.  Robinson,  John  Garvey, 
Jr.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.—Geo. 
M.  Lovelock, A.  W.  Bond, J.  H.  Barrett,
E.  H.  Brittan.
Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture Co.—
E.  K.  Fassett,  J.  L.  Waite,  H.  S. Ames, 
A. M. Church,  J.  J.  Losier.
Grand  Rapids  Stave  Co.— Geo.  W. 
Hewes.
Grand  Rapids  Steel  Wire  Nail  Co.— 
George II.  Kelsey.
Grand  Rapids  Table  Co.—R.  J.  Stow. 
W.  H.  Kathan,  Fred  Goll,  S.  A.  Russell, 
Geo.  L.  Withers.
Grand Rapids  Veneer  Works—Adrian 
Van Duzen.
Grand  Rapids  Wheelbarrow  Co.—Ar­
thur  Brittan,  E.  H.  Brittan,  Arthur W. 
Bond, Geo.  M.  Lovelock,  T.  H.  Speedy, 
Wm. C.  Barker & Co.
Gunn Folding  Bed Co.—J.  N.  Murray, 
W.  A.  Sammons,  Tom  Crane,  Walter 
Langley,  Geo.  L.  Withers,  F.  E.  Liven- 
good,  M.  L.  Fitch,  J.  B.  Watkins, W.  S. 
Wells.
Gunn  Hardware  Co.—A.  H.  Nichols, 
W.  K.  Manley,  B.  F. Tinkham.
Gypsum,  Plaster  and  Stucco  Co.—Jay 
D.  Noble.
Haney School  Furniture  Co.—“Would 
not care to give you a list of  our men.” 
Harrison Wagon  Works—B.  W. Chase,
F.  H. Fugh, H.  A.  Dyke.
Harvey & Heystek—Wm. Van Zee. 
Hawkins & Company—A.  S.  Doak, W.
F.  Blake,  1).  E.  McVean, John H.  Payne,
G. B.  Conkey, Jas.  B.  Mclnnis.
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  — C.
Crawford,  L.  M.  Mills,  A.  W.  Peck,  Ed. 
L.  Forsyth.

Hester & Fox—M.  Hester.
Hirth  &  Krause—A.  B.  Hirth,  J.  S. 
Uirth, E. T.  Hirth.
Jennings & Smith—W.  H. Jennings, E. 
N.  Morgan,  J. T.  Avery  S.  V.  De Graff. 
Alexander Kennedy—A.  E. McGuire.
J. E. Kenning & Co.—John E. Kenning, 
Chas. Flynn, Frank J.  Boynton.
Kent  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.— 
Chas.  W.  Disbrow.  S.  Luther, Wm.  A, 
Sammons.
Klingman,  Limbert  «&  Brower—P.  J 
Klingman, C.  P.  Limbert,  Ed.  Klingman, 
B.  C. McVey,  J.  K.  Milligan,  W. E.  Fail­
ing,  John A.  Specht,  H. C.  Shseft'er.
Kortlander & Murphy—R.  D.  McGann, 
Wm.  Kortlander, H.  B.  Ware.
Kuppenheimer  Bros.—Augustus  Kup- 
penhelmer.
Kusterer  Brewing  Co.—Jno.  Sparks, 
Jos. Vogt.
Kusterer  Wagon  Co.—Jacob  F.  Kus- 
terer.
W. T.  Lamoreaux & Co.—Geo. W. Tur­
ner,  C.  H.  Allen.
Lemon  & Wheeler  Company—Herbert 
Baker,  Manley  Jones,  Will  Jones, John 
P.  Osting,  Dick  Warner,  B.  F.  Leiser, 
Rhine Osting.
Collins, Frank Hadden,  Larry Norton.

H.  Leonard & Sons—Joe Reed, Wm.  B. 

Daniel Lynch—J. C.  Watson,  John  M. 

Shields, Geo. Bloss,  H. B. Amer.

T H E

PUTNAM  GANDY  CO.
Extensive Manufacturers.

CHAMPION  OXFORDS,  Black and Check.

.45  I  .42 

.40 

,4S

" 

W AT.F.S Goodyear Tennis
WALES Goodyear Tennis

. . . .  . , _____ i 
Black and  Check Bals, 

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j  .go  |  .74

Black and Check Oxfords,  j  .61  i  .5«
V !b *1 - ~ ,. ! .  . . V« . 1  i 11, A/ilr  I tv  1, k f* f 1 O

56  i  .51

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G.  R.  M A Y H E W ,  G ra n d   R a p id s.
th at  Opens  H at.
Every  Bookkeeper  W ill  A ppreciate  a  Blank  Boo’ 

The MULLINS  FLAT  OPENING  SPRING  BACK BOOK,

Made only In  Michigan toy  the

29-31  Canal  St., 

G ra n d   R a p id s ,  M ieh .

Is  the  Best  tn  the  M arket.  W rite  lor  priées.

^ A n n o u n c em en t

We have removed  our  Manufacturing  Department  to 
the  new  building  which  we  have  erected  solely for  out- 
own  use  at  330  and  333  Lafayette  Avenue, on the  same 
street,  but seven  blocks distant  from  the  new Post Ottice 
building, and  easily  reached  from  our  store  by the Con­
gress and Baker,  or Fort street cars.

Our specialty  in  manufacturing will  be a high  grade 
of  Ladies’  Fine  Shoes  in  Hand-Turned, also  Men’s  and 
Women’s Goodyear Welt and  Machine  Sewed, and Misses’ 
and Children’s in Machine Sewed.

In  “ Low  Cuts,”  both  Hand-Turned  and  Machine 
Sewed,  we are  showing one of  the most desirable  medium 
priced  lines  now  offered to the trade. Sample  orders will 
have prompt and personal attention.

H* 5 - P 0 b1NS°n^ C 0A\PANY

D E T R O I T ,  M IC H .

General  Agency  of the

C a n d e e   R u b b e r   C o

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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McCord  &  Brad field  Furniture  Co.— 
J. W. Wbeeloek,  J.  R. Shelly,  C. J. Wen- 
deroth,  Frank Wenderoth.
C.  B.  Metzger—J.  S.  McCard, Wm.  E. 
Richmond.
Mills & Lacey Manufacturing Co.—Wm. | 
E.  Hurd, O.  K. Olmstead.
Moseley Bros.—E. Elmer  Moseley. 
Murray & Sammons—J. N. Murray, W. 
A.  Sammons,  Walter  Langley,  Thos. 
Crane.
Musselman  &  Widdicomb—Valda  A. 
Johnston, Chas. Brooks,  John C.  Utman. 
E.  D.  Wright, Seneca Rademaker.
Nelson,  Matter & Co.—C.  II.  Limbert, 
J.  B.  Watkins,  E.  B.  Caldwell,  W.  S. 
Wells,  M.  L.  Fitch,  J.  W.  Wheelock. 
New  England  Furniture  Co.—W.  S. 
Emery,  G. B.  Lewis,  E.  II.  Ward,  M.  C. 
French,  Geo.  L.  Withers,  W.  M.  Camp­
bell,  A.  W.  Slack,  W.  E.  Scott,  J.  H. 
Harris, Andrew Jackson,  W.  M.  Mills, J. 
II.  Sarsfield, J.  J.  Levy,  Frank S.  Water­
man, J.  II.  Wolf,  L. C.  Fessier.
New York Biscuit  Co.—C.  F.  Ballard, 
J.  P.  Oggle, C.  L. Lawton,  L.  B.  Bush.
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.—Ed. Frick, 
J. N.  Bradford,  il. S. Robertson,  Jas.  A. i 
Morrison,  Jerry Woltman,  Byron S.  Dav­
enport, John Cummings,  Geo.  H.  McWil­
liams.

Oriel Cabinet Co.—W.  H. Boyns. 
Osterbout  &  Fox  Lumber  Co.—J.  H. 
Barr,  A.  W.  Davis,  Jas.  N.  Rogers, Geo. 
M.  Rogers,  J.  S.  Fisher.  H.  H.  Ness.  A. 
J.  Summerville.
Palmer Shirt Co.—W.  L.  Smith,  F.  D. 
Aldrich, R. G. Evans,  O. Davis, I. Austin.
Perkins & Co.—S.  J.  Logan,  Frank  F. 
Davis.  A.  A.  Barr,  W. B.  Watson,  Clin- j 
ton C.  Durgin,  W. J. Corbin.
Perkins & Hess—J. B. Tanner,  Edward 
Duffy, Albert Fecht.
Perkins  &  Richmond—C.  B.  Perkins, 
M.  O. Smith.
Phieuix  Furniture  Co.—J.  C.  Riley, 
Paul  F.  Markoff,  Wm.  G.  Gilbert,  H. 
Page.
Powers  &  Walker  Casket  Co.—A.  E. 
Perrin, N.  W.  Perry,  Chas.  R.  Baxter,  F. 
G. Smith,  B. J. Duffy.
Princess  Dressing  Case  Co. — S.  A. 
Badger,  John  A.  Cole,  A.  L.  Baldwin, 
Knapp  & Stoddard.
Priestley Express Wagon & Sleigh  Co. 
—Geo. Arnott,  T. J. Beaubien.
Putnam  Candy  Co.—F.  W.  Orsinger, 
W.  A. Van Leuven,  H. L. Gregory, J.  H. 
Miller, T. J.  Everhart.
G.  S.  Putnam  &  Co.—W.  A.  McWil­
liams,  H.  R.  Putnam.
H.  Rademaker &  Sons—J. Rademaker. 
F.  Raniville—Peter Bosch.
C.  N.  Rapp &  Co.—Wm.  R.  Mayo,  W. 
C. Wood.
Geo.  H.  Reeder & Co.—Geo. H. Reeder, 
J.  P.  Reeder,  Milton  Reeder,  Robert  T. 
Rollins.

Wm.  Reid—J. G.  Cooper.
Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.—Will  A. 
Rindge,  Geo.  J.  Heinzelman,  John  A. 
Sherick,  Fred  E.  Walther,  D.  G.  Free­
man.  Fred N. Osterley.
Royal Furniture Co.—R.  J.  Ferris, W. 
M. Campbell.
H. Schneider & Co.—Geo.  H. Seymour, 
Chas.  Richardson.
Scofield, Shurmer  &  Teagle—Franklin 
Pierce, W. C.  Reid.
Chas. W. Shedd & Co.—C. W. Shedd. 
Sligh  Furniture  Co.—E.  M.  Mills,  E. 
Rochat,  Geo.  F.  Keck,  J.  R. Shelton,  T. 
Ashley Dent,  Murray & Sammons, Elliott 
& Cougle.

Spa Bottling Co.—Henry Gieges.
Spring &  Company—Geo.  C.  Bonnell, 
Joe  J.  Finkler, B. A.  Beneker.
Staudard Folding Bed  Co.—Fred  Ans- 
ley, Jas. P.  Hayes.
Standard Oil Co.—R. J.  Coppes,  E.  H. 
Poole, Geo.  H. Chandler.
Stickley  Bros.  Co.—Wenderoth  Bros., 
Allen Bros.,  Knapp & Spaulding.
P.  Steketee  &  Sons—F.  J.  Michmers- 
huizen, E.  Kuyers,  B.  Dosker.
Stow  &  Davis Furniture Co.—Geo.  A. 
Davis,  Frank D. Forbush,  L. G.  Waldron, 
W.  E.  Campbell.

J.  L.  Strelitsky—J.  N.  Loucks.
Studley  &  Barclay—Warren  Y.  Bar­
clay,  R.  B.  Kellogg, W.  B. Jarvis, A.  W. 
Coffin ger.
Telegram  Publishing Co.—F. H. Sullin-1 
ger.
Telfer  Spice  Co.—Peter  Lankester, 
Jack Cozens.
Tradesman Company—E.  A.  Owen,  M. 
J.  Wrisley.

Morris  H.  Treusch  & Bro.—Morris  H. 
Treusch, Emanuel Treusch,  Myron  Nel­
son, D. Stinchcomb,  Frank  T.  Blakeslee.
Tucker, Coade & Co.—Wm. Cummings.
A.  B.  Turner Co.—Frank  W.  Leonard.
Valley City Milling Co.—G.  H. Jacobs, 
D. Crawford,  Thos.  A.  Wilkinson.
Valley  City  Rattan  Co.—R.  Gunzert, 
Jas.  P.  Devreaux,  Frederick  Goll,  J.  P. 
West,  Murray & Sammons.

Braisted,  A.  V.  Wood.
gold.  Wm.  H.  Sigel, A.  E.  Wett.
Blocksma,  Henry Snitseler.

Veit & Rathmann—Jacob Veit.
Voigt Milling Co.—F.  A.  Voigt,  A.  L. 
C. G.  A. Voigt & Co.—Edward C. Man­
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.—Ralph 
Waddell  Manufacturing  Co.—J.  M. 
Wolcott,  S.  C. Eggleston.
Welch Folding Bed Co.—A.  A.  Barber, 
C.  W. Jones,  J.  V.  Riley,  J. C.  Gorham.
Widdicomb Furniture Co.—Charles W. 
Jones,  A.  A.  Barber,  T.  C.  Langley,  F. 
W.  Powers.
Widdicomb Mantel Co.—Chas.  B.  Par- 
menter,  A. C.  Prutzman.
Peter Weirich  Brewing  Co.—“Got  no­
body.  The goods are  so  good, they  sell 
themselves.”
Western  Plaster  Agency—Alonzo  C. 
McConnell.
Winchester  Daniels—W.  C.  Hall,  1. 
C.  Mulford.
Arthur  Wood  Carriage  Co.—Chas.  A. 
Wood.
W.  F. & W.  M.  Wurzburg—E.  0. Phil­
lips,  W.  F.  Wurzburg.

A  M erchant’s   V ie w s  o f  P atern al  G ov­

ern m en t.

Gooijjiakt,  March 3—The  tendency of 
the times is toward dictating prices others 
may have for their products.  One of the 
objects of  trades unions is to dictate  the 
wages  which  manufacturers  are  to  pay 
members of  the union  for their  services. 
One of  the  features of  the  Grange, the 
P.  of  1.  and other  farmers’ organizations 
is to dictate the profits which  the middle­
men,  manufacturers,  carriers,  etc.,  are 
to  have for  their  services and  products. 
The  primary  object  of  business  men’s 
associations  was  to  dictate  who  should 
and  who  should  not  have  credit,  thus 
assuring better profits and less danger of 
loss to members.
The  manifest  tendency  of  the  whole 
people is toward dictating, through legis­
latures, the rates of passenger and freight 
traffic,  also  the  telegraph and  telephone 
toll,  all  of  which  point  to  the  indubi­
table  need  of  governmental control,  not 
only of  railroads  and  telegraphs  but  of 
the whole commercial system of  the peo­
ple.  The moral well-being of  the people 
demands  governmental  control,  and  the 
United States  postal  system will furnish 
the  key  to  the  solution  of  the  whole 
problem.  The attaches have to be quali­
fied  for the special  service each one  has 
to  perform.  Our  State  pharmacy  law 
helps also towards the solution.  A phar­
macist has to have  special qualifications, 
or,  rather,  suitable qualifications  for  his 
special  business.  The  same  should  be 
true of  every individual who proposes to 
engage  in  a trade  or  profession.  Every 
trade and profession has special features 
that  demand  special  qualification.  Our 
system  of  schools  as  affected  by  state 
supervision of  teacher’s  qualifications  is 
another symbol of the wisdom of govern­
mental control.
I  venture  the  assertion,  without  fear 
of contradiction, that  there are  no  intel­
ligent  men  who,  as  non-professionals, 
ever  engaged  in  any  of  the  trades  or 
professions,  with  or  without  success at­
tending, who  will  not,  if  they  yield  to 
their  honest  convictions,  agree with  me 
that special features of  any trade or pro­
fession  need  special  qualifications,  al­
though they  may not  go to  the extent of 
turning  over  to  the  government  the 
supervision of those qualifications.
So  much  in  deference  to  Mr.  J.  W. 
Baker’s  paper,  on  “Government  Owner­
ship”  in  a recent issue  of  T h e  T rades­
man. 

Very  truly,

Gideon  N oel.

For  th e  C om plexion.

From th e B rooklyn Life.
for my complexion.”
tor,  and then he wrote:  R Let it alone.

“Doctor, I  wish  you  would  prescribe 
“Certainly,  madam,” returned the doc­

RUTH NATIONAL BAH

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. Blodgett, President.

S. F. A s p in w a l l , Vice-President.

Wm. H. Anderson,  Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Sol letteti.
GOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1878.

I . B arer & Co:s
Breakfast 
Cocoa

Unlike the

a n d   it is  Solu ble.

Ts  A b so lu tely   P u r t  

Dutch Process

No  alkalies  ot 
other  chemicali 
or dyes  are usee 
in  its  m anufac­
ture.

A  description  of  th e  chocolate 
.¡ant, and  of the various cocoa anc 
hocolate  preparations  manufac- 
ured  by  Walter  Baker  &  Co.,  wll 
»e  sent 
to  any  dealer  or 
.ppllcatlon.  ________
V,  BAKER  & CO.,  Dorchester,  Mass

free 

G rand  R ap id s  & Indian a.
Schedule  in  effect  January  10,1892.

TRAINS  GOING!  NORTH.

Arrive from   Leave g oin g 
North.
7:05 a  m
11:30 a m
4:15 p m
10:80 p m
Train  arrivin g a t 9-.20  daily;  all  other  trains  d aily 

South. 
For Saginaw   and  C adillac..........  5:15 a m  
For Traverse C ity & Mackinaw  9:20 a  m 
For Saginaw  &  Traverse  C ity ..  2:00 p m 
For  P etoskey & M ackinaw ........  8:10 p m 
From K alam azoo and C hicago.  8:85 p m 
excep t Sunday.

North. 

For  C incinnati................................  6:20 a m  
For K alam azoo and  C h ica g o ... 
For F ort W ayne and th e  B a st..  11:50 a  m 
For  C incinnati........................ 
6:30p m  
For  C hicago......................................10:40 p m  
From S aginaw ..................................  10:40 p m
a ll other trains d aily excep t Sunday.

Trains lea v in g  a t 6  00 p.  m. and 11:0o p. m. run daily 

South.
7:00  a m
10:80  a  m
2:00  p m
6 :0 0 p m
11:05  p n

For M uskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 a  m 
7:00  a m  
11:25  a m  
4:40  p m 
5:40  p m
9:05 p m

From M uskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

11:30 a m train.—P arlor ch air  car  G’d 
Rapids to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30 p m  train.—S leeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to   P etoskey and Mackinaw. 
SOUTH—7:00 am train.-P a r lo r  chair car Grand 
Rapids to  Cincinnati.
10:30 a m   train.—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to   Chicago.
6:00  p m train.—W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to C incinnati.
1 1 ; 0 5   p  m  t r a i n . —W agner S leeping Car 

___________Grand Rapids to Chicago.  ______________

C h icago v ia  G. R.  Sc I. R. R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr C hicago 

10:80 a m  
3:66 p m  

2:00 p m  
9:00 p m  

11:05 p m
6:50 a m

10:30 a m train through W agner P arlor Car.
11:05 p m train  d aily, through W agner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 p m
5:15  a m
10:10  p  m 

3:10p m 
Lv  C hicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8:85 p m  
3:10  p m   through  W agner  P arlor  Car. 
train daily, through W agner S leeping Car.

7:0 5 a m  
2.00 p m  

Through tick ets and fu ll inform ation  can  be had by 
ca llin g  upon A. Alm quist,  tick et  agen t  a t  Union Sta­
tion ,  or  G eorge  W.  Munson,  Union  T icket  A gent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General  Passenger and T icket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

R ailw ay.

T oledo,  A nn  A rbor  &  N orth  M ichigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
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.
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.

v ia  d .,  e .  H.  A M.

VIA D ., L.  A N.

Return connections equally as good.

W. ,H.  B e n n e t t , General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

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

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DSP ART.  ARRIVE

D etroit E xpress....................................... 7:00 a  m   10:00 p m
........................................................ 7 :0 5 a m   4:30  p m
Mixed 
Day  E xpress...........................................   1:20 p m   10:00 a  m
"Atlantic A  Pacific E xpress............... 10:30 p m 
6:00 a  m
New York E xpress.................................5:40 p m  12:40 p m

"Daily.
A ll oth er d aily ex cep t Sunday.
S leeping  cars  run  on  A tlan tic  and  Pacific  E xpress 
trains to and from  D etroit.
E legant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express a t 7 a.  m.,  returning  leave  D etroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in  Grand  Rapids 10 p. m.

Fred M. Briggs. Gen'l A gent. 85 Monroe St.
A. Almquist, T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
G so. W. Munson, Union T icket Office. 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. RUGGLBS  G. P.  &  T. A gent.,C hicago.

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Io n ia ............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
Owosso........ Ar
E.  Saginaw  . Ar
Bay City.......Ar
F li n t............Ar
Pt.  Huron... Ar
Pontiac........ Ar
Detroit..........Ar

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10 55pm 
7 45am
12 37am 
8 28am 
1 55am 
903am
3 15am 
10 45am
8.45am 
11 30am 
7  -0am 
10 05am 
5  40am 
)1 55am
7  30am 
10 53am
5 37am 
11 50am
7  00am

1 '20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm 
3 05pm 
3 45pm
3 40pm 
6 00pm 
303pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
o 05pm 
8  0pm 
8 45pm
7 G5pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

WESTWARD.

Trains Leave 

G’d Rapids,  Lv...........|
7 05am
G’d Haven,  Ar...........
8 35am
Milw’kee Str  “ ...........
Chicago Str.  “ .........   |
:::::::
»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

i ♦No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
5  10pm
6 15pm

1  UOpm
2  10pm

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10  a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:50p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetc&r.
John W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
Ben Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J ab. Ca m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

C H IC A G O  

23 Monroe Street.
JAN’Y3-189*-
AND  WESr  MICHIGAN  R’Y.
GOING TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......... 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO............... 3:65pm  5:15pm  *7:05am
Lv. CHICAGO............... 9:00am  4:45pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS....... 3:55pm 10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  ST.  JOSEPH  AND 
Lv. Grand Rapids.  ...  9:00am  12:05pm  *11:35pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids......*6:10am  3:55pm  10:10pm

INDIANAPOLIS.

For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

Lv.  G. R....... 10:0Cam 12 05pm  5:30pm  8:30pm
Ar.  G. R........10:55am  3 55pm  5:25pm 
..........
TO  AND  FROM  MANISTEE,  TRAVERSE CITY  AND  ELK 
Lv. Grand  Rapids.....................7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................11:45am  9:40pm

RAPIDS.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m. ; leave 
Chicago 11:15 p m.  Drawing  Room Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 pm ;  leave Chicago 4;45 p m. 
Free Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids 9:00 a m; 
leave Chicago 9:00 a m.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Manistee—Free 
Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids 5:17 pm; leaves 
Manistee 6:50 a m.
D E T R O I T , 

-JAN:Y-3’1892
LANSING &  NORTHERN  R. R.
GOING  TO DETROIT.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS......7:15am *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DDTROIT..............12:00 m  *5:18pm  10:40pm
Lv. DETROIT..............7:00am  *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS......11:50am *5:15pm 10:15pm
To and  from  Lansing  and Howell—Same as to 
and from Detroit.

TO  AND FROM SAGINAW,  ALMA AND  ST.  LOUIS.
Lv. Grand  Rapids..................... 7:05am  4:15pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids..................... 11:50am  10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL  & HASTINGS B.  R.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:15am  1:00pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............11:50am 5:15pm 
........
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents 
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:05  am ;  arrives in 
Grand Rapids 7:40 p m.  Seats 25 cents.

♦Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DbHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
STUDY  LAW

AT  HOMS.
Take a  course in  th e 

Sprague  Correspon­
dence Hchool of Law 
[incorporated].  Send  ten 
cents [stam ps] fo r p articu­
lars to
J.  COTNER, Jr.,  Sec’y, 
No.  375 W hitney B lock, 
DETROIT*  -  MICH,

Saginaw  manufacturing co.,  Grail Rapila Sta®  i Trapalar Co., m
6Biieral"WarehotfsBrnen  and  Transfer  Agents.

Vinter  St., between  Sbawmilt Sue,  and  V.  Fdlton St.,

Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SAGINAW,  MICH.,

Crescent 
Bei  Star 
Shamrock 
Ivy  Leaf

Wilson
Saginaw
Defiance
Rival

Wilson
Saginaw
Defiance
Rival

DOUBLE

SURFACE
Solid  ZiOG.

Double  Zinc 

Surface.

)

Single Zinc 
Surface.

’  COLD  STORAGE  FOR  BUTTER,  EGGS,  CHEESE,  FRUITS,  AND 

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.*

Dealers and  Jobbers in Mowers,  Binders  Twine,  Threshers,  En­

gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cnltivators, 

Plows, Pnmps, Carts, Wagons, Bnggies, Wind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  946.

J.  7 .  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

S p rin g - & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s , 

D re ss  G o o d s,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s , 
N o tio n s, 
H o s ie ry , 
G lo v e s ,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k e ts ,  G in g h a m s , 
P r in ts   a n d   D o m e stic   C o tto n s

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & Company.

W H O L E S A L E

Dry  Goods. Carpets and Cloaks

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

G-eese  Feathers.

M a c k in a w   S h ir ts   a n d   L u m b e r m e n ’s  S o c k s . 

OVERALLS  OF  OUK  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

TOO, EitiiliMiir i Ca.48' l° J  g'gsr.S1-
P. STEKETEE & SONS
DRY GOODS 1 NOTIONS

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

J
The  above  are  all  superior 
Washboards, 
in  the  class  to 
which  they  belong.  Send  for 
cuts and price-list before order­
ing.

T .  S .  F R E E M A N ,  A g t ,  G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ich .

STANDARD  OIL  C0~

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IK

U lum inating and  Lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave.

GRAND RAPIDS, 
BIG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

BULK  WORKS  AT

MUSKEGON. 
GRAND  E A T E N , 
HOW ARD  CITV ,

M A N IST EE,

PET O SK K T,

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

CA D ILLA C,
LU DING TON .

EMPTY  CARBON  i   GASOLINE  BARRELS.

H. L E O N A R D   <So  SO NS,

Factory  Agent  for  Best  Line  of Steel  Wheel  Baby  Carriages.

Send for Complete Catalogue  and  special discount.  See our  agents  for  complete  line  showing  over  one  hundred  carriages 
from which to make your spring selection.  Terms:  Ship at once if desired and date invoice April 1,1892.

We  would  also call  your  attention to our  line of  steel  wheel Velocipedes, Girl's Tricycles, Steel  Body Express Wagons, Toy 
Wheelbarrows, Etc.  Buyers are respectfully invited to inspect  the above  lines before placing  Spring orders.  We  are  in  the 
front rank and we know it.  Write for prices to

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids.

