The Michigan Tradesman. VOL, 3. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1886. NO. 130. PINCREE &SMITE Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. 2a rs SM HS So = 2 San 8 S Ay fe és) > egies SOS Qa km ("Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company._&] Office and Factory—i1, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. Our Special Plug ‘Tobaccos. “3 100 .30 CO. 1 butt. SPRING CHICKEN .38 MOXIE 130 ECLIPSE 30, Above brands for sale only by OLNEY, SHIELDS & GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DETROIT FREE PRESS CIGAR. 10c Cigar for 5c. Brown Bros. MANUFACTURERS, DETROIT, - MICH. A Warning. Pain is given for the wise purpose of inform- ing us of the presence of danger and disease. Any little excitement of an unusual nature disturbs the balance of the system, the ner- vous energies are exhausted, and headache and a hundred other disturbances are the re- sult. Many of the miseries of modern man and womanhood might becured and prevent- ed were their approach heeded and resisted, having their origin in derangements of the liver and blood, dyspepsia, jaundice, indiges- tion, costiveness and other unwholesome con- ditions. Evils of a diseased nature find a cer- tain cure by the use of Golden Seal Bitters. In this medicine, nature, aided by art, has pro- duceda rare combination of medicinal prop- erties, wisely adapted for the cure of diseases common to mankind. The vitilizing principles embodied in Golden Seal Bitters willassuredly cure the broken down dyspeptic. Sold by Haz- eltine, Perkins & Co., wholesale druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ PLUG TOBACCO. TURKEY .39 Big 5 Cenis, oO Dainty ae All above brands for sale only by BULALEY, LEMON & HOOPS WHOLESALE GROCERS, GRAND RAPIDS, -- LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Suecessor to P. Spitz,) JA fine revolver / )with each butt. } MICH, SOLE AGENT OF FermMentum, The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., 106 KENT ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Grocers and Bakers who wish to try “FERMENTUM” can get samples and full directions by addressing or applying to the above. EATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of SW. Venable & Co. PETERSBURG, VA, PLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. Sweei (6 Laundry soap MANUFACTURED BY OBERNE, HOSICK, & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. ‘ WE LEAD—OTHERS FOLLOW. C= is valuable. The F Grand Rapids MMIFLE’ Business College is : a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send for Journal. ‘Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. GUSTAVE A. WOLF, Attorney. Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407. COLLECTIONS Promptly attended to throughout the State. References: Hart & Amberg, Eaton & Christen- son, Enterprise Cigar Co. TO THE TRADE. We desire to call the attention of the Trade to our unusually complete stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, School Supplies And a General Line of Miscellaneous Books, Stationery, Paper, Ete. We have greatly increased our facilities for doing a General Jobbing Business, and shall hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly. We issue separate lists of Slates, School and Township Books, Blanks, Etc., which will be mailed on application. Quotations on any article in our stock cheer- fully furnished. We have the Agency of the REMINGTON TYPE WRITER For Western Michigan. Haton & Lyon 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. C.ROovSsS & CC. W7hips & hashes 2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Having been witnesses of the truly miracu- lous cures made by Golden Seal Bitters, we do not hesitate to say that there is no other rem- edy for blood, liver, stomach, and kidney dis- eases, half its equal. JUDY ce CO. JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want should Hi} \ write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO, 71 CANAL STREET. ALBERT COYE & SON, MANUFACTURERS OF AWNINCS, TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Ete. 73 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address Peck Bros., Druygists, trand Rapids, Mich. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, JOBBER OF Milwaukee Star Brand Vinegars. Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, full strength and warranted absolutely pure. Send for samples and prices. Also dealer in Sauerkraut. 106 Kent St., Grand Rapids, ARTHUR R. ROOD, ‘ATTORNEY, COMMERCIAL LAW and LOANS, 43 PEARL Sv., GRAND RAprIps, MICH. Refers by permission to Foster, Stevens & Co., Peck Bros., Nat'l City Bank, Morgan & Avery, E. A. Stowe. Télephone call 375. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— IHW hie FR. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND, RAPIDS, - ABOLISH YOUR PASS BOOKS GROCERS! Start in the New Year by Introducing the SUTLIFF COUPON SYSTEM. The only Complete Coupon System in existence, making business safe both for the merchant and his customers. A CARD. In presenting to the trade my COUPON SYS- TEM, which has been revised and improved, I claim that I have the most complete, safe and cheapest system for simplifying business on the market. Customers can send their ser- vants with the Coupon Book to the store with no danger or discrepancies, as by the record which is kept on inside covers, amountof each sale is recorded. All books are numbered when sold, and when not paid for in advance, are secured by note, one of which is in every book. Every Coupon has engraved signature of the merchant, together with the card; cov- ers have the merchant’sadvertisement on, and their size makes them desirable to the custom- er as well as the cashier. As they are now made the smaller numbers below the five cent ean be detached, same as the larger ones, thus obviating the necessity of a punch and stamp. MERCHANTS CONTEMPLATING CHANG- ING FROM CREDIT TO CASH, can still hold their old customers by introducing this sys- tem, which I claim is the only system where both customers and merchants are absolutely protected against all loss. Send for sample. J. A. SUTLIFF, Proprietor ALBANY, N. Y. GRANELLO, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, LOT Ottawa Si. Suitings for Manufacturers, Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, ° AND (vercoats for kveryhody, VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL. AT PRICES DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOL- quickly and without risk came up for con- ENS AND WORSTEDS, THE BEST sideration among the bankers of London. MANUFACTURED. FINE AND SER- It was agreed that aroom should be hired SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- THAT WILL IN- CLEARING HOUSES. Their Origin in London and Adoption by the United States. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. From $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 change hands within five minutes every business day in an upstairs room on La Salle street. It is nota bank nora resort of ‘thigh rol- lers.” Plain letters on the dusty glass door say, ‘Clearing House.” The room is plain, without the appearance of a business place, but rather looks usually as if the tenants were in theact of moving out, and had most of the furniture already away. A wire sur- rounded compartment in one corner contains an old flat-top desk, where the manager sits during the few hours the room is open, most of the time having no associate but the janitor. The greater part of the floor is taken up with a massive desk in the form of an oval. Inside it is about 8 feet-across, and from end to end about 36 feet. Ashelf for writing runs all around, and a few pig- eon-holes hold the accumulated dust of months, for they are hardly ever used. Above the top of the desk, all around the oval, a walnut frame extends, the support- ing posts dividing the desks into thirty-six spaces, numbered on plates to correspond. ‘What is the clearing-house, anyhow?” do you say. Few persons who are fortunate enough to have a bank account to draw on ever con- cern themselves how the cash is obtained on their drafts, unless they are to be pre- sented in person. Obviously they have to ibe cashed somehow, and finally by the bank whose style they bear. Suppose the check is deposited in another bank, how is it eashed then? That is to be explained here. All bankers nowadays are 1n daily receipt from their customers of numerous checks and drafts on other bankers. These papers are usually credited at once to the depos- itor, so that he may make his own checks against their sum, but nevertheless they are not cash. In places where there are only a few banks, the checks each has on the other are sorted and presented for cashing by a clerk at each of the other banks in turn. While the sum of these exchanges at any one time may not be temptingly large, car- rying the cash from them through public thoroughfares is attended at all times with undesirable risks. In larger places, where business is on a larger seale, of course the exchanges have greater bulk, and to makea circuit of the banks with them ealls fora great deal of time and necessitates much additional clerical force. About the time when Bunker Hill was getting into history in the last century the problem of cashing checks on each other in a central place, where a representative of »ach house should appear at a stated hour on business days, and present checks on the others and receive checks on itself. Ata later hour in the day all owing on the ex- Cushrmman’s For Sale by Farrand, Williams & Co., Jas. E. Davis & Co., John J. Dodds & Co., T. H. Hinchman & Co., time he ealis. lungs. The neatest and most eflicient way of using menthol. Try Them. They Sell Readily. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids. { Detroit, Mich. Ask their traveler to show you one the next change was taken in coin to the same place and given to clerks waiting therefor. This was called ‘‘elearing” aceounts and plainly did away with theclerks running from bank to bank, and required carting gold to but one place instead of all around. The plan worked successfully from the start and was pursued unchanged for many years. Then the transactions grew to where the settle- ments were unwieldy, and it was decided to adjust balanees by checks on the Bank of England, where each member of the clear- ing-house kept an account. On this side of the Atlantic it was not till quite a generation later that there was any decided National center of trade. Banks were few, too. With the finish of the first third of the present century commerce and manufactures were in a healthy state of de- velopment, and banking affairs threatened to soon reach the same shape as in London. Albert Gallatin, the great financier of the time, in 1841 issued a pamphlet, suggesting A superior Remedy for the immediate relief of Neuralgia, Headache, Cararrh, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bronechitus, Sore Throat, Earache, Toothache, and all diseases of the throat and NEW BRANDS OF SUNSHINE, STANDARD, ROYAL BIRD, KEY VEST, LOVE LETTER, BUNNY, I SHOULD BLUSH, DICTATOR. ABOVE ARE ALL Coldwater Goods, OF WHICH WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE SALE. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CIGARS! Haton & GHTISteNSOD, among other things a clearing-house in New York on the English plan. If a clearing-house ever were needed in London, it was infinitely more necessary in New York. The currency then in vogue was various, and banks ran great risks in handling the wild-cat issues of other banks. Exchanges were demanded with promptness and frequency as a matter of financial safe- ty. The area covered by New York was steadily extending, and the distance be- tween banks changed to correspond. The clerical staff necessitated by the cireum- stances was a burden in many ways. Yet it was not until 1853 that the clearing-house was considered thoroughly desirable, and a year passed then before organization was completed, although business had meantime been done on the plan, The asssociation had a membership of the fifty leading finan- cial institutions, headed by the ancient and solid Bank of New York. It was establish- edon the basis that still exists, and has since been followed by all the principal cities of the country. Chicago got along in the style of country towns’ till early in 1865. On March 3 of that year a meeting was held at the Sherman House and an association formed. W. F. Coolbaugh, was elected President; Josiah { The managing committee com-| manager. prised E. E. Braisted, E. I. Tinkham, Ira | Holmes, L. J. Gage, John DeKoven and A. | C. Badger. Mr. Gage was the manager but | a short time, being sueceeded by Geo. A. Ives, who remained in charge for some) years after. Rooms were taken inthe Seam- mon building. To the end of the year the total of the exchanges reached the very re- spectable sum, even for war times, of $319,- 000,000. The figure is in strong contrast with the annual total of some of the clear- ing-houses in the smaller cities to-day. Lowell, Mass.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Spring- field Mass., and St. Jo., for instance, each aggregates under $50,000,000, and there are only ten cities in the United States whose figures for a‘yearyet exceed that first return of Chicago. Of course, there was an increase the year afterward, and the increase has continued annually since, with but one or two exceptions. The largest sum was for the year 1883, being $2,517,000,000. The greatest increase in any one year was in 1880, which showed $500,000,000 over 1879. The exchanges last year were $2,318,000,- 000. The largest clearing in any day was nearly $30,000,000. May 2, 1883, they were over $23,000,000. In explantion of the appar- ent diminution of the sum of bank ex- to say that it is brought about by the estab- lishment of a clearing-house on the Board of Trade for exchanges among its members. The yearly amount of these is quite $100,- 000,000, reducing the bank totals just so much less. The bank clearings are always in exact figures, and represent something tangible. Therefore they afford the best data obtain- able to prove the condition of general trade. Tramsactions are few when the totals are small. ‘Their statistics long since demon- strated the fallacy of the universal opinion that London was the business center of the world. The exchanges of New York are far ahead of those of the British capital, and the greatest of any city. Chicago is but 10 per cent. or so behind London, and clears three times as much in a year as -aris. The weekly clearings of New York are two-thirds those of the entire country. The Clearing House Association occupies an important place in the affairs of every city where it exists, for through it, when necessary, the consolidated banking capital speaks. Rigid rules are adopted for mem- bership and government of exchanges. phe Chicago association originally had more members than now, having at first accepted private bankers. It was subsequently de- termined, however, that new members must have either a State or National charter and have a capital of not under $200,000, and these conditions still Old private bankers retiring left only Preston, Kean & Co. of their number for some years past, and their place is now taken by the New Metropolitan National. ‘True, the checks of private bankers are yet cleared regularly, but arrangements for that have to be made through accepted members. Of these there are but nineteen. Each distinctive number, by which it is known to the other. Following is the list: 1, First National Bank: 2, National Bank of America; 3, Mer- chants’ National Bank; 4, Northwestern National Bank; 5, Commercial National Bank; 6, Union National Bank; 7, Mer- ehants’ Loan and Trust Company; 8, Corn Exchange Bank; 9, Trader’s Bank; 10, Met- ropolitan National Bank; 11, Hibernian Banking Association: 12, National Bank of Illinois; 13, Bank of Montreal; 14, Hide and Leather National Bank; 15, Union Trust Company; 16, Canadian Bank of Commerce; 17, Home National Bank; 18, Chicago Na- tional Bank; 19, Continental National Bank. This list is printed in a variety of forms, for use between members and at the Clearing House, and is also supplied to many leading business houses, which have checks for de- posit in quantity, so that they may put their paper in order, and reduce work in their bank. Till about five minutes before 11 in the morning the room of the clearing-house sel- dom has an oceupant besides Manager Paul Smith and his janitor. Suddenly the door is shaken and in pops a bustling, beardless youth, with a rusty gripsack in hand, rap- idly followed by others of the same genus, not all being similarly encumbered, how- ever. The crowd is a motley one, doubtless containing embyro financiers in number. Zach bank sends a settling clerk and a mes- senger. The clerks have ready prepared a form, showing just what paper they bring against each other, and a ticket with the total of their banks’ clearings alone. One minute before 11 the first nineteen spaces in the oval should be oceupied and the man- ager taps a warning bell to make ready. The messengers are outside and the clerks inside. The former hold great bundles of checks all smoothed out and in a band hay- ing the sum of the enclosure marked there- on. With the checks is a ticket showing the figures of each in order as arranged and footed up. An instant later the manager gives two taps more on the bell and the out- side line begins to move. Each clerk has a bundle slapped before him with a sheet fol- lowing, so he can compare the figures on each, Then he notes on alist of his own stand. has its “Lombard, Vice-President, and L. J. Gage, what he has received. Five \minutes after changes within a year or so, it is necessary | 11 the cireuit has been made and the ex- changes completed. The messengers take the bundles in their grips, and disappear. Millions have gone up and down the stairs within ten minutes. The clerks remain to foot up their sheets. One after another fin- ishes, putting the total on the ticket brought, and disclosing whether his bank owes all the rest or is owed by them. These tickets the manager takes, and enters on a sheet before him. The last ticket in, they are footed up, and the result of the clearing is known in all of its details. The publie learns of it in a single sentence only, something like this: ‘*The clearings” were $7,500,000.” To insure aceuracy and attention to busi- ness on the part of the clerks, a schedule of fines is established. Prankishness, annoy- ing the crowd, costs $2; keeping the clear- ings waiting, the same; an error in figures not found in a certain number of minutes, the same, and so on. At 12:30 the Clearing House has another uisit. At that hour the cash due on bal- ances is brought there in iron-bound boxes chained to the wrists of the messengers. Those banks to which money is due on the exchange have men to receive the same. Fifteen minutes’ time suffices to effeet the transfers, and the business of the day is ended, so far as the clearing-house is con- cerned. Any differences about checks have to be settled at the banks themselves. Just as soon as the messénger of a bank returns from they are distributed among the bookkeepers, and it quickly develops what “shinning” may have been done by customers the day before. The doubtful paper of all kinds is picked out, marked ‘‘no funds,” or whatever may cause it to be questioned, and returned for cash to the bank that took it in deposit. The economy of the clearing-house sys- the elearing-house with his checks, tem is most remarkable, but it is all so sim- ple that comment on it is not often seen in print. Without it, business would be great- ly restricted for want of actual cash. This fact was what most forcibly impressed itself on the originators of the plan in London, and afterward on the New Yorkers. The weekly total of for clearing- houses in the United States alone will aver- ‘These are re- exchanges age over a billion of dollars. ported from Portland to San Francisco, and Orleans. The conveyance of this bulk of coin to and fro is from Minneapolis to New a practical impossibility. There is not in existence enough for trade to continue, and such a bulk of money to be in transit for any distance whatever. = i A New Way to Co For the benefit of our readers ect Bad Debts. - we givea synopsis of the method yursued by the Uni- formed Collection Company of Elmira, N. Y., in collecting bad debts: “The way the Uniformed Collection Com- pany works is this: Such persons as de- sire our serviees become subscribers to our plan, and pay a fee or bonus of $1. We furnish each subseriber with blanks, which he fills out and debtors, with a statement of their accounts. sends to his delinquent The blank is simply arequest for them to re- mit the amount, with the declaration that if they do not to the Uniformed When the company receives a case a coliec- 4 tor is sent at onee to the debtor to their eases will be turned over Collection Campany. solicit the payment of the amount due. if he still refuses to pay, send another collector who wears a striking uniform, with the word ‘Collector’ in very distinct letters on the band of his hat. tor visits the debtor three successive days, at his house or place of business. If the third visit does not result in obtaining the money, the collector wears a hat on the band of which are the words, ‘Collector of Bad Debts.’ His are to call on the debtor daily and demand payment of the claim or claims against him. These calls soon attract the attention of the neighbors and become the talk of the town. It has to be a ease-hardened old pensioner in the confidence of his butcher and baker and candlestick maker who ean boldly face more the gentleman we This collee- orders than half a dozen ealis from with the suggestive hat band, and the conse- quence is that an arrangement satisfactory We charge the creditor 10 or 15 per cent. of the to the creditors is always effected. amount eolleeted, as the case may be, and everybody is happy but the man who has come down with the skids, method of collecting bad debts is no experiment. We have tried it different places, and never lost a case yet. The sys- tem originated in Canada. We have had several collectors very neatly ‘done up’ by irate debtors, but our men expect that, and assume all such risks when they enter our employ. If a collector is disabled, we puta bigger man right on in his place, and it has got to be a very sultry day when we let a man rest easy while we’ve got a bill against him.” This in a hundred ~~ 0 <> T. W. Snook sueceeds Snook & Robinson in the stave and heading business at Mt. Clemens. Arbuckle & Co., sawmill operators at Lake City, have added a planer, matcher and moulder, furnished by Hester & Fox. The Michigan Tradesma, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in adv ance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1886. It begins to look as though somebody be- sides the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Bell Telephone Co. had some rights in this country. For years every decision wherein the interests of the people and the monopolies were in conflict was invariably recorded in faver of the corporations. But a new era seems to have dawned, in which monopoly is destined to take a back seat. The recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court, relative to the rights of the people to resist overcharges for telephone service, is a case in point, and the verdict of a jury in the United States Court at Detroit is an- other. Briefly stated, the latter is as fol- lows: J. Jenks & Co., the owners of a steam flouring mill at Sand Beach, have agents at Portland, Me. On December 29, 1884, their agents telegraphed them that a contract to supply 1,000 barrels of flour at $4.25 per barrel had been closed that day. Through some mistake on the part of the Telegraph company the dispatch was not delivered, and the firm remained in ignor- ance of their agent’s contract until January 6, 1885. In the meantime the price of wheat had adyaneed, and the firm had to fill the order at a loss. If the message had been promptly received, the firm could have bought the wheat and made the flour at a profit of $617. Suit was brought for that amount, the company contesting it on the ground that the dispatch was not a repeated message, and that hence, under the printed rules on every blank, they were not respon- sible for any mistakes or delays that might occur in transmitting it. The jury heard the evidence and promptly brought in a ver- dict for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed. An obscure lawyer made himself conspic- uous at the meeting of the stockholders of the new Fifth National Bank by moving that the salary of the cashier should not ex- ceed $1,000 a year. Inasmuch as the Na- tional banking law vests the authority of fixing the salaries of all the officers of a bank with the directors, the resolution was out of order and should have been so consid- ered by the chairman of the meeting; and inasmuch as the motion was offered after the election of thirteen directors had been accomplished, it cannot fail to be regarded as a reflection on the gentlemen composing the board. The latter, however, will un- doubtedly ignore theaffront, and the alleged attorney who offered it, by placing the sal- ary of the cashier at a figure commensurate with the responsibilities and requirements of the position. NS ET RY SSO Grand R ebids snail wait for the season to open, but has concluded to begin boom- ing, regardless of the weather. Real estate transactions are increasing in number and amount and the prospects are that business will break loose with a vim and virility when the grass begins to get green, seldom witnessed in towns of this size. A casual calculation of the amount of building con- templated the coming season brings it up to the vicinity of a round million. NE A SERRE IE NS TRS Lawyer Felker ae put himself on record as opposed to decent salaries—in fact any- thing-decent is seemingly foreign to his com- prehension. In his small mind, $1,000 a year is ample salary for the cashier of a National bank. It is such men as Felker that make embezzlers and defaulters. Pay men sal- aries commensurate to their worth and— nine times out of ten—the temptation to de- fraud their employers is removed. The Fifth National Bank. The West Side has finally effected the or- ganization of one of those substantial com- mercial institutions which are so necessary to the prosperity and development of a busi- ness conununity. The Fifth National Bank begins operations with a paid-up capital of $100,000 and the personel of its directors and officers is a sufficient guaranty of the substantial character of the institution. The thirteen gentlemen comprising the Board of Directors are all representative business men and will guard well the trusts reposed in them. Wim. Dunham, who has been elected to the Presidency, possesses a keen business foresight and is in every way worthy of the fiduciary position which he holds. W. H. Fowler, who is really the father of the project, and who has been selected to act as cashier, is well and favorably known among business men, having served as in- dividual bookkeeper for the Old National Bank for. over five years. He previously held a position of trust in the National Bank of Auburn, and his somewhat varied bank experience has rendered him thorough- ly familiar with the work in every depart- ment of a National bank. This advantage, coupled with affable manners, exceptional energy and unusual shrewdness, will enable Mr. Fowler to discharge the duties of cash- ier to the satisfaction of himself, the bank and its patrons. The Fifth National Bank is to be congrat- ulated on its choice of directors and officers and Tur TRADESMAN expects to see it take front rank among our reliable monetary in- AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. The new two-story refrigerator room of the Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. is now completed. Frank T. Roberts has engaged in the gro- cery business at Rockford. Bulkley, Lem- on & Hoops furnished the stock. John Cummings succeeeds Duggan & Cummings in the garriage making and black- smithing business at 386 North Division street. E. M. Reed, tobacconist at Coopersville, has put in a line of groceries. Clark, Jew- ell & Co. furnished the stock. Wm. Rowe & Co. will shortly engage in the drug business at Manistee. The stock will be furnished by the Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co. The Grand Rapids School Furniture Co. has closed a contract with the Board of Ed- ucation of Kalamazoo for 182 sittings, in the face of active competition. A. V. Chapman has sold his interest in the grocery business of T. B. Martin & Co., on South Division street, to T. B. Martin, who will continue the business in his own name. The indications are that the Peirce & White matter will so shape itself as to pre- sent an offer of compromise to the creditors, from 35 to 50 per cent. The creditors will all probably jump at the offer. A. Van Duren, for several years past in the employ of G. R. M@yhew, has formed a copartnership with his brother under the firm name of Van Duren Bros., and pur- chased the B. V. K. Van Raalte boot and shoe stock at Holland. The Peninsular Novelty Co. has recently perfected a new and unique hand-tool for attaching buttons to shoes. The machine is accompanied with three tubes, each hold- ing twelve buttons. The tubes may be filled with buttons and fasteners with very little trouble, after which the machine works automatically. AROUND THE STATE. W. A. Masters, grocer at Grayling, has sold out. W. R. Phillips, druggist at Battle Creek, has been attached. R. Reid sueceeds Reid & Mills in the har- ness business at Clarkston. W. R. Cutter succeeds Taylor & Cutter in the drug business at Ionia. H. Sorkness, the Manistee erecting a new store building. D. W. Mills succeeds D. W. Mills & Son in the grocery business at Caro. F. Sable, formerly of Chase, will open a clothing store at Lake City about April 1. Wright, Kay & Co. succeed Roehm & Wright in the jewelry business at Detroit. C. R. Richardson & Co. sueceed S. C. Gayer in the boot and shoe business at Flint. Fall & Hendricks, clothing dealers at Ann Arbor, are succeeded by J. 'T. Jacobs & Co. J. R. Godfrey has purchased Wm. Dean’s store and hardware stock at Parma. D. Silverhorn succeeds Silverhorn & Fra- zer in the feed mill business at Greenville. T. Edmunds, boot and shoe dealer at Big Rapids. has been closed on execution. B. E. West & Co. succeed T. C. West & Co in the drug and book business at Lowell. Wn. Stage, general dealer at Hazelton, will erect a new store building the coming season. B. B. Faeder succeeds Slesinger & Faeder in the hide, pelt and fur business at East Saginaw. + Jones Bros. succeed John H. Young in the confectionery, news and cigar business at Flint. Arvis, Newman & Co. succeed Hixson, Newman & Co. in the hardware business at Portland. Geo. A. Young succeeds Geo. A. Young & Co. in the crockery and notion business at Manistee. Showerman & Warner succeed Shower- man & Foster in the grocery business at Paw Paw. Chas. Tasker has sold his grocery stock, at Bonanza, to D. M. Crane, and will emi- grate to Dakota. The grocery stock belonging to the estate of J. K. Seafuse, at Lake City, has been sold to L. Wolverton. J. A. Mayrand and Daniel Lancteau, com- posing the ‘‘East Lake Drug Firm,” at East Lake, have dissolved, Mayrand continuing. Muskegon News: Dr. MeDonald has sold his interest in the Pine street drug store to C. L. Brundage. Mr. B. has taken posses- sion of the store and will conduct it hereaf- ter. Mr. Heffernan, until recently manager of the H. Mathews & Co.’s drug store, at Chase, has purchased the J. H. Creegan & Co. drug stock, at that place, and will con- tinue the business. Wm. H. Andrews, the Fennville druggist, is still confined to his house with sciatic rheumatism. He will take a trip to South- ern California as soon as the weather mod- erates, in hopes of obtaining relief. Mancelona Herald: W. W. Wise has sold his interest in the hardware store to Ellsworth Varnes, and hereafter the firm will be known as Wise & Co. All out- standing debts must be paid to W. W. Wise, who is authorized to receive and receipt for the same. Herbert E. Johnson has disposed of his grocery business at Lansing to Robert B. Shank, of the late creamery firm of Farrand & Shank, from whom Johnson purchased the business several years ago, Possession will be givén April 1. Johnson will engage in other bysiness. grocer, is STRAY FACTS. Cooley & Webb, bakers at Paw Paw, have sold out. John Morse succeeds C. J. Bachant in the hotel business at Chase. Jas. McLeod succeeds Jas. Fox in the sa- loon business at Muskegon. Miss Dottie Kelly succeeds Miss Maria L. Stone in the millinery business at Marshall. Manton Tribune: High Kibbe, of Kibbe Bros., of this place, has opened a branch meat market in Grand Rapids. Milmo & Stokoe, of Manistee, have pur- chased 26,000 acres of bottom timbered lands in Louisiana. They have established camps and are deadening and trailing cy- press logs, and expect to make a large fioat this spring. A local paper states that thus far the ex- cellent maple and beech timber in the vicin- ity of Manistique has not been utilized otherwise than as firewood. There is evi- dently an opportunity for pioneering in the hardwood mill business in that vicinity. It is estimated that fully 1,000,000 pieces of cedar will be cut in Presque Isle county this season. >—-?<—__—— Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. have Caledonia is bidding for a cheese factory. The Pontiae Creamery Co. expects to be- gin operations April 1. The company hasa paid-up capital of $5,200. C. B. Lambert is authority for the state- ment that 300 patents have been granted to churn inventors in this country and that there are 900 patents on cans, pans and other dairy appliances. The patrons of G. B. Horton’s Home Cheese Factory, at Fairfield, held their an- nual meeting on the 10th, when the follow- ing showing was made: ‘Total pounds of milk received, 1,492,041; number of cheese made, 3,138; pounds of cheese made, 149,- 660; gross sales, 12,24 18.14; Losses, pos- tage, exchange, ete., $255; making, farnieh- ing and selling, $1, 870. 74; net to patrons, $10,172.405 general average, 68 17-100 cents per hundred pounds milk. Yield, 9 96-100 pounds milk to one of cheese. = ene Tue TRADESMAN acknowledges the re- ceipt of the fifth annual review of the com- merce, manufactures and business interests of the Saginaw Valley, from the Saginaw Board of Trade. The publication is a valu- able one, and reflects much credit on the or- ganization which directed its compilation. Purely Personal. Gaius W. Perkins is in New York and will spend several days in Boston before re- turning. M. J. Clark has returned from Pelatuma, Cal., where he spent the winter. He is as as brown as a berry. Geo. A. Sage, the in town last week. goods, however. see the leg show. S. M. Frost sueceeds James E. Granger as shipping clerk for Cody, Ball & Co. Mr. Frost formerly occupied a similar position with Rice & Moore. W. J. Gould, head center of the whole- sale grocery house of W. J. Gould & Co., at Detroit, was in town a couple of days last week. He is interested in the Peirce & White failure to the amount of a cool thou- sand. The many friends of Landlord Maxfield, of Coopersville, will be pleased to learn that he has nearly recovered from the effects of his broken limb. During his illness, the wants.of his patrons have been faithfully supplied by Mrs. Maxfield. W. H. Willard, the Manistee druggist, will shortly wed Miss Hattie Fox, the charming daughter of Col. P. V. Fox, of this city. By way of a farewell to his Man- istee bachelor friends, he recently gave them an elaborate symposium. James E. Granger, who has been connect- ed with the wholesale grocery house of Cody, Ball & Co. for the past seven years— four years as shipping eclerk—has resigned to engage in the merchandise brokerage busi- ness, his resignation to take effect on the 20th, at which time he will take a trip through the East to'arrange for desirable connections. ‘‘Jim” has many friens among the jobbing trade, who will undoubtedly ac- cord him as cordial a reception as is consis- tent with the presence of half a dozen other brokers in the same line. a ——— -@-

Drugs & Medicines Explosives to be Met With at the Prescrip- tion Counter.* The phenomenon which is classed under the head of explosion, is due toa violent and considerable expansion of matter. It is always accompanied by the production of sound, which is in proportion to the extent and suddenuess of the expansion, and the amount of resistence to be overcome. Ex- plosions may be produced by a very rapid conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas or vapor, through the action of heat, producing a sudden change in the state of matter. Heat is, therefore, the most important source of explosion. Explosions may be produced by the alteration in the state of matter, resulting simply from chemical change. Such changes may be affeeted very suddenly, and quite independently of any heat developed, the sudden expansion pro- ducing the effect of an explosion. There are numerous instances of combi- nations of a very energetic character, be- tween compound bodies, but few are Recom- panied by explosive results, the combina- tion proceeding in a gradualmanner. It de- pends upon the intensity of chemical affinity between bodies when brought together, whether a sufficiently sudden expansion of matter is produced to cause an explosion. If active, elementary bodies, such a brom- ine on the one hand, and potassium or iron on the other, are brought in contact, we find that a violent, rapid combination takes place. The intense heat, suddenly generat- ed, which suffices to produce a powerful ex- plosion, by the instantaneous generation of great volumes of vapor. In a few instances combination, causes explosion. But many more explosions are the result of instantan- eous or rapid decomposition of a chemical compound. There are several classes of compounds remarkably unstable in their character, par- ticularly among the organic bodies. There area few inorganic compounds waich are remarkably unstable, for instance, iodide of nitrogen, which is formed whenever iodine and ammonia are brought together. If quite dry a very slight touch will cause an explosion. The combinations of mereury and also of silver with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, are remarkably explosive. Explosive proper- ties are manifested by various organic com- pounds, produced from non-explosive, or- ganic substances, by the action of an acid remarkable for the amount of oxygen which it contains, and for the tendency which it has to impart that oxygen to other sub- stances nitric acid, and thus producing from cotton gun cotton and nitromannite, by the action of this acid upon the sweet principal, from manna, bect root, parsnips or onions. Passing to explosions resuiting from reac- tion upon each other of substances, not chemically combined, there are substances rich in oxygen, such as oxides of manganese and lead. These substances lightly part with their oxygen, so that bodies easily ox- idizable, such as sulphur or phosphorous, or the sulphides of arsensic or antimony, when brought into intimate contact with these sources of oxygen, will produce ex- plosive materials. Take, for instance, bin- oxide of lead with sulphur, or nitric or chlorie acid incombination with metals such as potassium sodium, ete., to which explo- sive properties are given, by mingling them with oxidizable substances, such as resin or sulphur. A great influence may be exerted upon the properties of an explosive mixture, by the degree of intimacy with which its compon- ents are mixed. The more perfect the mix- ture, the more powerful will be the explo- sion. Substances supplying oxygen in ex- plosive mixtures, manifest equally impor- tant differences in their mode of action. Take, for example, nitrate of potash, and chlorate of potash mixed with amorphous phosphorous. The mixture with nitrate of potash burns. brilliantly with the aid of heat. While the contact of phosphorous with the chlorate results in violent explosion, chlorate of potash is most readily acted upon. Sulphuric acid, decomposing the salt, transforms the chloric acid into dangerous compounds, and the re- sulting heat from the chemical changes thus effected by the acid in a small portion of the mixture of chlorate of potash with an ox- idizable body, such as sugar or sulphide of antimony, if sufficient to ignite it, and the whole be almost instantly exploded. Again, fric tion will res ulily ignite some of these mixtures, for example, by rubbing to- gether in a mortar a few grains of chlorate of potash and sulphur, ete. But a selection of explosive mixtures, such as are likely to be found at the pre- scription counter will be of most interest to the pharmacist. The following are afew of the leading ones: 1. Chlorate potash, pow’d galls, tannic acid. Mix, for gargle. The powders should not be rubbed together, but mixed separate- ly with the water. 2. Chlorate potash, pow’d catechu. Mix, for dentifrice. It should not be dispensed alone. If other combinations are made, the danger is averted. 83. Chlorate of potash, hypophosphite of soda. If the salts are rubbed together, they will explode; but if dissolved separate- ly in water and mixed, no harm results. 4. Chlorate of potash, tannic acid, gly- cerine, water. Ifthe tannic acid, chlorate of potash and-glycerine are rubbed together, an explosion ensues, but if the acid is first dissolved in the glycerine, and the chlorate * Paper read by Isaac Watts before the last peony of the Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical clety. *% * of potash in the water, and then mixed, no harm follows. 5. Chlorate of potash, Tr Ferri Chlor, glycerine, of each one-half ounce. In these proportions, if warmed, an explosion en- sues. 6. Chlorate of potash, muriate ef mor- phia. Great care must be taken in dispens- ing these together. 7%. Chlorate of potash, muriate of am- monia. In tablets. Explosive when in tight containers. ' 8. Chlorate of potash, acidtannic. Mix. While rubbing these in a mortar, a clerk in Turner’s drug store, at Frankford, Penn., vas terribly injured in his face and hands, and his hair destroyed. 9. Chlorate of potash, prussiate of potash and sugar. When triturated together, are explosive. 10. Chlorate potash, roll sulphur. When triturated together, are explosive. 11. Potassium Permangan, glycerine. This is one of the common mistakes. It almost certainly produces an explosion. Nevertheless, they may be combined. The glycerine may be very slowly and in very small quantities, added to the potash. 12. Potassium permangan, alcohol, aqua, distill. This may be dispensed by adding the potash slowly to the alechol and water, previously mixed, and by dispensing ina loosely-stoppered vial. But it is quite lia- ble to explode. 13. Potassium Re- permangan, Ferri dact. These ingredients took fire while mixing. On being again prepared by the addition of 45 grs. tale, reaction was pre- vented. 14. Potassium permangan, morph acet. When rubbed together there was a rapid emission of sparks, followed by explosion and evolution of gas smelling like chlorine. Pure morphia and sulphate and chloride were attended with like results when used in the same combination. 14, Potassium permangan, extract mil- foil. Mix and make pills. Is liable to in- flame. 16. Postassium permangan, manganese, pow’d oxalic acid. turated together, explode. 1%. Possium permangan in concentrated solutions of aleohol is liable to explode. 18. Iodine, ammonia. Form a_ very powerful explosive agent when combined, unless some water is introduced into the mixture, which seems to retard the forma- tion of nitrogen iodide, upon which the ex- plosive properties seem to depend. 19. Hydrarg ammon, grains twenty. Iodine, grains fifteen, water, sufficient quantity, lard, one and a half ounces. The first two, mixed and moistened with a few drops of water, begin to react upon each other with faint, explosive snaps. 20. Iodine, spirits turpentine. Iodine acts energetically upon turpentine, produc- ing substitution products, ete,, liberating hydrogen, which may take from the violence of the reaction. 21. Iodide of sulphur, sulphur, or hypo- chloride of sulphur. Is apt to explode if the bottle is only lightly tapped. 22. Iodine, half a dram, Linim Camph. Co., Linim Saponis, of each two ounces. Mix. ‘This is said to have exploded, owing to the formation of nitrogen iodide. 23. lodine, hydrarg ammoniati, alcohol. When alcohol is added to the white precip- itate and iodine, a violent oxplosion takes place. 24. Tincture of iodine and ammonia are often prescribed together, the rarity of ac- cidents from which is due to the fact that the iodide is not in a condition free from water. 25. Chloride or iodide of Nitrogen is formed by the addition of chlorine, or a chloride or iodine, or an iodide, to ammonia, and this compound is liable to violent ex- plosion on coming into contact with phos- phorous, iodine, arsenic, olive or cod liver oil, turpentine, ete. 26. Even the vapor of ammonia on com- ing into contact with iodine may produce an explosion. This may account for the acci- dent which happened to Mr. F. J. Trauten, on July 1870, who, having filtered a strong solution of Lodine in Iodide of potas- sium, left the filter to dry in the funnel till next morning. On taking it out, the paper and funnel were shattered to atoms, covering the walls and his body with stains of Iodine. 27. Had Fergotten the Combination. A wealthy citizen had been out until the small hours with convival companions, and he arrived home slightly exhilerated. He managed, by describing several erratic rath- er than geometrical lines, to get to his bed- room and into achair. Then he called to his wife in a stage whisper:— “T can’t get my boots off.” ‘‘What’s the matter with your boots?” ‘‘Nozin,” in a faint whisper. ‘“What’s the matter with your hands, then?” ‘*Nozin.” “Why don’t you pull your boots off, then?” “Maria, I’ve forgot the combination!” <--> ___—- State Board of Pharmacy. The next meeting of the State Board of Pharmacy, for the examination of applicants for registration, will be held in July, but the place of meeting has not yet been deter- mined. If there area large number of ap- plications from Northern Michigan, the meeting may be held in that section of the State; but if only a few applications are re- ceived from that part of the State, one mem- ber of the Board will probably be delegated to hold an examination at some convenient point, while the remainder of the Board hold the principal examination at a more central location in Eastern and Southern Michigan. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO} s CHEMICALS, Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. Prices, 25e, 50e and $1 pér bottle; $1.75, $3.50, $7 per doz. A JUSTLY CELEBRATED REMEDY. Perry Davis Pan Killer! TAKEN INTERNALLY relieves the most accute Pains suffering from Pains and Cramps in the Stomach, Rheumatic or Neuralgic Pains in any part of the sys- tem; and in Bowel Complains it is a sovere ign remedy. USED EXTERNALLY it is equally efficacious, and as a Liniment, nothing gives guic ker ease in Burns, C uts, Bruises, Sprains, Stings from insects, and Sealds. i"Directions ace ompany each bottle. Price, 25¢c, ec and $1 per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Trade supplied by HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. MICHIGAN DRUG EXCHANGE, Mills & Goodman, Props. GRAND RAPIDS, : —PA. MICH. WA, to buy a stock of from $1,000 to $2,000 in or near Grand Rapids. VW 7 ANTED—Situations by registered pharm- acists and assistants. Also situation by young man of some experience but not regis- tered. Will work for very small salary. Can furnish good references. NOR SALE—We have on sale stocks of from $500 to $5,000 value in almost any part of state. Stocks for sale on easy terms. ‘MALL STOCK of about $500 with building and lot in Grand Rapids will exchange for real estate in some small town. TOCK of about $5,000 in midst of splendid farming region doing business of $15,000 per annum for sale on very reasonable terms. TANTED TO ‘EXCHANGE— Real estate, village and farming, for drug stocks. Ww HAVE also many other stocks for sale, the particulars of which we shall he pleased to furnish on application. Michigan Drug Exchange instantly, affording relief and comfort to the patient: WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, Advanced—Nothing. Declined—Flint glass ware. ACIDS. Acetic, -s Meee ceca ecu i swe es 9 @ 10 rAcetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 OL OUG coc sc cic leer ease acess ees 34 @ 36 I ee ea cece sway 8 @ 90 PAMPINGIG 18 GOR. oo. es oes k css sees 3 @ 5 PUUEEIC BO COG ioe cae s . A @ 8B OO ee cucaieuse 10 @ WB Sulphuric GF GSM:. ......cekccuscess 3 @ 4 Tartaric powdered................ 52 @ 55 Benzoic, English............. 8 Oz 18 Benzore, German. ..... 1) <......... 2 @ bb I aca sy a ho oak ee 2 @ bb AMMONIA. CBP DORARO oo oe ccs ech cs sees gh 4 @ 16 Muriate (Powd. 220) se ueeivas eas os 14 Pirie 16 GeG OF Bho. shee sccck ecdens 38 @ 5 eae 18 Ger OF 40)... os 3 coisa ces ss 4@ 6 BALSAMS, AIO oi oo ccd hos a ence one eens “ae ieee wast ae cage wane Oe a oa ees cena ew enn 17 OU a ial aes oe 45 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ il Cinchona, yellow..............50. 18 Plt, BOIOOE ck okie ns en oho odd as eae 13 HM, ATOUN, PUTS. . ..... 2. ..000045 14 Elm, powdered, pure............0% 15 RARSOATTOR, OF POOL... .. «sco os ose cn ne 10 Wild Cherry, select............-...- 2 Bayberry powdered............... 20 Hemlock powdered................ 18 PO a sie eae dae anens 30 Py OPO ie esac kee e an ees 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 95c).......... @ 9 URE no oc nd nc bcs econ ee _ 2 @ 7 eaakte J Bee ea 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 b boxes, 25¢).. 2 Licorice, powdered, pure teeccans 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and2 ) Tb doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 ib boxes)........-. 2 Lgowood, 748 OO eau ae ae 13 Logwood, 4s MO yiciacsces 15 Lorwood,sa8a GO .......+-- 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. UN on oa vc ns Gi ec cecnans eR 2 @ 15 Chamomile, Roman.............-. 25 Chamomile, German...........+.- 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes........«......+- 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (CPOWE 200) 6: 2) ch cscs 12 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60¢)....... 5 Apamomine 0 28@ 30 Arabic, powdered select.......... 90 Arabic, Ist picked...........+..00 90 Arabie.2d PiCHOd...........002-65 80 Arabic, 3d picked...............04- 75 Arabic, sifted sorts...............+ 55 A ssafoentida, prime (Powd 38dc).. 5 20 PROTPOT ono sw hone cc ew ss hans co 55@60 ATOTOROP |. os acct uk wae pene nese ss 23@ 27 Catechu. Is (4% l4e, 4s 6c) ...... : i 13 Euphorbium powdered...........- 35@ 40 Galbanum strained................ 80 MPAIAORE eee e cogs naan en on 80@ 80 Guaiae, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Kino | Powdered, BO is koa acu es 20 Ts as canine 1 26 Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c).. 40 Opium, pure (Powd $4 75).......... 3 40 Shellac, C eon eg ee kkk aecacs 30 Shellac, os coc s cane cans 26 Shellae; OI eke ans 24 Shellac bleached..............ecee- 30 MV ACMOE 8 obec. 4 co cates canes 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. BROOME ooo ooo on a ones ca cane cncuceeeses 25 rie cdc anos ts sawn nneneee 25 PODDOTMINE. «2.55 snc ee ce eens cee cn oe waes 25 BO ic oe pea ccwsd te none ts <6 een ee cceman ye 40 AUIS oc ne ence ccna tt tana ce eanes 24 Mweet MAJOFANL... .. 0. 25.250. e see esc esces 35 as i hse y eke me nce h en acess nee 25 A a ok ees cae beeen nee ee cans oe nee 30 WOLrMWOO0d .... 6... cece ee cece ee eee ee eee 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine............--. 4 00 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal............ : NEO ke a i ae PR ORGDRUG ce. i ewes cated a es 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 13 @ 14 Sage, Italian, bulk (448 & 4s, 12¢).. 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 30 @ 33 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled... 40 Senna, POWGEreG.... <0. ..66ss00- 25 PONG TIT V GU ci aac sn ces cca cones 20 Ree PR ie en eos 10 TIO UOGOUTAG, 6 oo os rhe s sana on womens 35 WOMOIOVG. 0... cee avec ceee nc cae as 30 PEOTIUANO oon cia ae occa pe tee cee es 35 ee a Ee Re oe - 285 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 50 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 7% 75 @2 00 Whisky, other Drands............- 110 @1 50 Gin, RO a, 135 @1 75 PICA cca cd ch cessacons 200 @3 50 Te ksi sh cramens snes 1 75 @6 50 acer WOR. . ois. tksecns sea’ as 125 @2 00 ORE WOE. ico oe coc Fae cea ss cues 1 33 @z2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0Z........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2.0Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 ae heck cc se iu adenaes 65 OILS. PROG, BWORE os aos 5. cae tas cc ae 45 @ 50 Amber, reetified...............6..6 45 a aca ee ease aee 2 00 MOO Te Bohs is ces es ca cd en ene 50 PU OP AION ooo oc os es pc eres cnns cena 3 25 CuntOY ile ale. TI ON ow ocd sis is cosa enue onc ecece 1 75 OG en icc ec es canescens 75 OE ads cas cident esses 90 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75e)..... 35 ONE OPOLR Fo oa ck ioe ke ban atc an ncs y (3) MOVES ik era coc ese ce cence eess 1 25 Cod liver, N.f.... . sass -8 gal 1 20 Cod Liver, Gene... .. 5c. 1 50 Cod Liver, _ = & Co. *3,16- 6 60 ees FW ices cce es fc ccanas 8 50 PO oo on. ce ec oe a se ee 1 60 UNE a chi nas cs cnh sees aes 2 00 Geranium @ OZ.............-5.56- 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75e).. 35 Juniper hows esau eae Rie ai 50 atiniper DEFTIO“..........-.0-0e56- 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garden OO 2.45. 4cas 1 00 Lavender spike OO fhe icikae 90 E.GmnOn, NOW GLOD. . oo... 2.5 c-eecee 3 00 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 3 50 TOON OV GR ik). cea cack cake cans 380 Olive, Malaga........... @ 90 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian 2 %5 Origanum, red oo French. . 1 2% Cretan, INO ba cid gens pede ee sans 50 POT PPOVGL ois iccs suds cdacaesdceas 1 30 Peppermint, white................ 4 50 RRs OE ca cesar scdecn sans 8 00 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 RO, Oe Rs cic han cach cnvanances 2 75 BOTT gc ove oe ce pe ab naan eaes cates 1 00 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 RANGA WOOK, Wa bawvccncsnsccscess 7 00 TP ng oon cd otek cag ocee teens 5D Spearmint Se ee se nee vac ee san es @9 00 I oss bs haus cu acan sashes 400 @4 2 ae Ce Rt SO). os cic aa ce cede noes 10 @ 1 RU STORET OGNE 6 os nan ons ts ac nnce ose 2 35 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... 3 50 WUD 5 es bys cs ch ake secccas 2 0 POTASSIUM. PROP EG o e ok ris ns as eens a Ib I2@14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 40@43 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23¢e)......... 22 Iodide, eryst. and gran. bulk..... 3 00 Prusstate VEllOw.......cccccccsccene 28 ROOTS. es pcs a be ab caw dae 20 DI OG evi ee eile cc soks xi 25 Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 7 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and \%s.... 33 Blood (POW 180) oon. coc e os ceeds | Calamus, HOOGE ec esas 20 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 35 Elecampane, powdered............ 20 Gentian (Powd 1l5c)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd l4e)........ i @R Ginger, Jamaica bleached,....... 17 Golden Seal (Powd 25e).. iukce 20 Hellebore, white, aceaeal, iis es 20 Ipecac, Rio, powdered Ci ahisko dese « 1 20 JOIBD, DOWOOTOG ooo. 05s ca ansecseces 30 Licorice, select (Powd 15).. 18 Licorice, extra select.............. 20 PION, COUC iio ck Cid bia as os och cearee 85 Rhei, from select to choice.......100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered Ei. [........ peavuees 110 @1 20 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 carpenter Usk en code 4 045 hake bees j ; 65 NN oh oo ss owe v a Bunec syns cass ‘ 60 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 4) Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 20 Squilis, white (Powd 35ce).......... 15 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢).... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢)......... ‘ 15 Bird, mixed in b packages........ 5 @ 6 Canary, MI ce ce cas oe 4@ 4% Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c).. 15 @ 18 Cardamon, Aleppee..............- 1 5b Cardamon, MN ooo se cnc de cake i 75 ON aa nc oe ecu nee dense 15 Coriander, pest English........... 10 ea ae 15 Ie Ce ccc a.s, 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%4)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 1@ & FIG, Hiemian. 2... .. 5... sc scans 4%@ 5% Mustard, white Black 10e).. 10 MO ac. 15 BEODO, TOTIPUBIE oso 5 os ca neice cee sas ¢@ 7 Worm, GOvVant.....:.......5 tea 14 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 2 25 @ 50 Nassau do GO ccc 2 00 Veivet Extra do do wees 1 10 Extra Yellow do GO 85 Grass do GO ocai 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, TO Gecee cece, 1 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bb1 $2.19) ® gal.. 2 29 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ret. 1 50 Anodyne Hoffman’ Boge cl, 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 2 or OE a ian vss cscs 45 MO cee cece age b 2%@ 3 Alum, ground (Powd 9e)...... = 3° " PRION PEG ook ck ccc ecaee 45 Antimony, powdered, com’l... .. 44@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... e@ 7 ES Sa 50 Bay Ruin, imported, best......... 2 75 Bay Rum, domestie, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Baim Grtlogd Huds... ........ 2... 40 WO, TO occ sc co ce ccc seas: is 2 00 Wee, VOIR cn oo oc coos ce once cus 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2 30 Biae Pill (Powd We)............0.. 50 Re ly ae 6@ 7 Borax, refined (Powd lle)..... ... 9@10 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 25 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, Atrican pow’d.. 22 Capsicum P: a Bombay do... 14 COPING, INO. fo oo oo os oo cn coc c case 4 00 nee... 14 Calome)]. American................ 75 Chalk, prepared drop hs sei daeenes 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ 12 Chatk, red flogers.....:........... 8 Chalk, ee 2 Chloroform, PAY By cooks occas 32 Coloeyntn anples.................. 60 Chloral bydrate, German crusts.. 1 50 Chloral de do __eryst.. iy Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chioral do do erusts.. 1 75 OE SCN ee a ne @ 48 Cinehonidia, FP. & W......0.....-... 20 @ % Cinchonidia, other brands. ieeaeues 18 @ 2% Cloves ( WU oes occ vce 18 @ 20 oo a ae 40 Cecoa Butter............... ae 40 Copperas (by bbl lc)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 70 Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. 15 Oca ee ck vn cha ac cde: 50 CMGHCOt, PHINNIO........4654.025.: pe 2 MAUS FIRE PROTO ooo gos cs os woe nes 20 ic ck iachewcdavecsse 2 Dover's Powders............... ee 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 MAPBOL POWGGIOG. . .. 5. 000s ccceuse 65 Ether Squibb’ EE EE 1 10 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts (bbi. BIG a cance aces cs 2@ 3 I oc ck oo sa ceo aw ee 50 Ether, suiphuric, U. 8. P.......... 60 WU WE ook cs ce cae ca ne 14 CRO POVOGICE.. .. o.oo 5 ces ee sanse 15 Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French ........ 25. .s. _—- The Gripsack Brigade. J. M. Dunlap, representing the Defiance Cigar Co,of New York, waggin town over Sunday. J. W. Bryden, representing John Planker- ton & Co., of Milwaukee, was in town over Sunday. W. H. Jennings, is still flat on his back, although his symptoms are considered more favorable. E. P. Dana is taking a trip over his territory for the house. J. Friend has engaged to travel for Fox & Bradford, taking the Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana trade. T. B. Threlkeld, general Western repre- sentative for Weisinger & Bate, of Louis- ville, was in town Monday and Tuesday. S. W. Bush, general traveling represen- tative for Jas. Craig, the Detroit fish and salt jobber,.put in Sunday at this market, and left Monday for Kalamazoo. C. A. Banker, who pursued the brokerage business at thls market fora brief period with indifferent success, is now on the road for N. K. Fairbanks & Co., of Chicago. He has as many good-looking daughters as ever. J. H. Brown, whose name and fame are only eclipsed by the house whose goods he has had the honor to represent—P. Lorillard & Co.—put in Sunday and Monday at this market, and left Tuesday for the Saginaws. The report that Mr. Brown is a retired prize fighter is happily without foundation. It undoubtedly is due to the fact that he is in- variably successful in ‘‘knocking out” the goods of other manufacturers, whenever he comes in ¢ontact with them. A well-known traveler writes THE TRADESMAN as follows: Knowing that the traveling men of this city are benevo- lent and ready to enter in any matter that may redound to their credit, I desire to lay the following before them through the col- umns of your esteemed paper: Let the traveling men of this city raise a fund and furnish one or two rooms in the U. B. A. Home. I would suggest that a subscription paper be circulated, or be in the office of Tue TRADESMAN. I would nominate as trustees of this fund Steve Sears, Geo. Owen and Geo. Seymour. I will readily pay $5 to this fund as a starter whenever the committee call upon me. oo -9- << The Coopersville Cheese Factory. The annual meeting of the Coopersville cheese factory was held on the 9th, a large number of farmers being in attendance. The annual reports of the officers showed that the product had been placed at remun- erative prices and the indications are that the product for 1886 will be considerably in excess of last season. Addresses were made by C. B. Lambert and E. A. Stowe. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved—That it is the sense of this meeting that a Dairy Board of Trade ought to be established at Grand Rapids. ~—_ ¢ < Old Country Soap is rapidly coming to the front in this terri- tory, as its superior merits commend it to the consumer, and its consequent fast-sell- jug properties render it a firm friend of the dealer. Those in need of a brand which will walk off the shelf of its own accord, would do well to make arrangements with the manufacturer of ‘Old Country,” or his selling agents, without delay. —_———— —— © -. The Grocery Market. Business and collections are both satisfac- tory. Sugars are a trifle weaker, but a firmer feeling is predicted. Package coffees have advaneed 14¢., and kerosene is down 16¢c. a gallon. Other articles in the grocery line are about steady. Oranges are a shade higher. Lemons have taken quite a decided advance. Nuts are steady and without change. a Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides are extremely dull, as is evidenced by the fact that there were no buyers in Bos- ton last week and no prices quoted. Pelts are quiet. Furs are firm. Tallow is %e. lower. Woo! is quiet, and lower. ee De The days are almost at hand when the man who can’t do a day’s work, on account of his back or stomach or some other por- tion of his system being inadequate to any drain upon it, will take a heavy shotgun up- onhis shoulder and trudge off fifteen miles in an afternoon, through mud and high grass, and come home with a single bird and tell his neighbor that he never saw ’em so thick in his life. Hunting is fine sport, but it should be strictly confined to able-bodied inhabitants. Harry Snedeker, representative for Lautz Bros. & Co., Buffalo, took an order for 1,050 boxes tof soap from Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops last week. This is claimed to be the largest purchase of soap ever made by any jobbing house at this market. “Silver King” coffee is all the rage. One bacco! present given with every 1 pound / package. HANG THIS ON THE OUTER WALL HAT HE WHO RUNS MAY READ. You Will Never See the Like Again. The Greatest Offers Ever Made the Purchasers of Tobacco Since the Discovery of the Weed. We have seen all the schemes, and now come to the front with one that DOUBLE DIScouNTs anything ever placed before the public. IT IS SHORT, SWEET AND DECISIVE. l Taking advantage of the war between Plug Tobacco Manufacturers, we secured 000 Butts, 28 Ibs. each, R. & R., 2x12, 15-0z., SPACED 6, OF McAlpin's Famous Gold Shield Plug, Well known to be one of the finest and most reliable brands of Plug Tobacco manufac- tured in the United States, and we now offer to the trade of Michigan, the grandest bar- gain ever put before them. Our offers are only good for THIRTY DAYS, as we cannot DU- PLICATE them. It will be “‘first come, first served.” Our FULL GUARANTEE goes forth with these offers that everything is just as we represent it. The country has been flooded with tobacco schemes for the past year. It made us tired to keep track of all the schemes that have been issued; it was equally perplexing to our customers. And now, for a grand round-up, we have decided to cap the climax by offering such a practical list of gifts with the above brand that all other tobacco schemes will be driven from the field and sink into oblivion. We eall attention of the public to the fact that we are offering a FIRST-CLASS piece of Plug Tobacco AT A MUCIL LESS PRICE than POOR SECONDS are being forced upon the public, backed by schemes that have no merit, while we claim that never in the his- tory of the Tobacco Trade have such expensive and meritorous articles been offered with any Tobacco as the JAMES Stewart Co. have the pleasure of naming in this sheet. A careful perusal of the list must convince everybody that such is the case. If you desire further proof, PURCHASE a butt or more of Gold Shield, select your articles, and we will warrant a duplicate order by return mail. PRICE, ONLY 58¢ PER POUND. We cordially Invite our friends to inspect the dazzling display of articles now on ex- hibition in our office, purchased for above purpose. A GRAND OFFER. We Offer with 4.0 BWutts of Gold Shielda Very Fine Organ, Valued at $125. AN ELEGANT OFFER. We offer with SO Butts_of Gold Shield a “Superb Tea Set, comprising Five Pieces of Rogers Bros.’ Finest Ware, Gold Lined and eautifully and Artistically Engraved. List price, $80. A HANDSOME OFFER. We offer with [DO Butts of Gold Shield a Very Handsome Silver Tea Set, comprising Six Pieces of Rogers Bros.’ Finest Triple-plate Ware, Embossed. List price, $60. With 1© 28-lb Butts Gold Shield we Offer One of the Following Articles: One-half Chest Japan Tea, 80 ths., J. S. Co., L., No. 5, @ 25e. This Tea is our own importation. Retails quick at 40 cents per Ib., making this offer net the retailer $32. Four Barrels My Flour, @ $5.00 P bbl, $20.00. This is our Famous Patent Roller Process Flour. Six Hundred 100 Per Cent. Cigars, @ $35 3 M, S21. This is our own brand, and one of the finest 5-centers ever sold in Michigan. Nets re- tailer $30. One Thousand Henry Clay Cigars, $25. This brand is one of our best sellers and ean be retailed for five cents, netting $50. Two Thousand Pennsylvania Stogas, @$12.50, $25. These are new goods in our market, much better than a low- grade cigar, at eight for a quarter will net the retailer the large sum of 362.50. One 24-tb Butt Drummond’s Horse Shoe Plug. One 30-lb Butt Wilson & MeCauigf's Big Ring§ Plug. One30-tb Butt Garland Plug. Elegant chew. One 30-tb Butt Motspur Smoking Plug. Seventy-five ths. Topsy Granulated Smoking, put up in 3-oz. cloth, retails at 10¢e per pkg. One Berry Dish, silver and glass combined. This is one of Rogers Bros.’ elegant pieces, listed $28. One Beautiful Silver Cake Basket, Rogers Bros.’ Triple-p!ated ware, listed at $20. With FS Butts Gold Shield One of the Following Articles will be Given to the Purchaser: Two Barrels My Flour. Two Hundred and Fifty James Stewart Co.’s 100 Per Cent. Cigars. Five Hundred Henry Clay Cigars. One Thousand Pennsylvania Stogas. Thirty-five pounds Topsy Granulated Smoking. One-half chest Japan ‘Tea, P. M. (P.) 101-2, new erop, 56 pounds. Our jobbing price, 22c; retails at 35e. One- half chest Dust, No. 6, (M.) 80 pounds. Our own importation, retails quick at 25e. Five 414 pound baskets Choicest Japan Tea. These baskets, or Japanese boxes, are works of art, showing the wonderful skill of the Japanese in working colored straw into artistic designs. ‘These baskets are our own importation under Queen Brand Tea, retails at 75¢e to 85e per pound. We have them in 44, 2!¢ and 1 pound boxes. Eight 21¢- pound Baskets Queen Brand Japan ‘Tea. Sixteen 1-ib Baskets Queen Brand Japan Tea. These 1-tb baskets have been retailed at 51. One Silver Pitcher, Triple-plated, Satin Finish, $10. One beautiful Silver-Flower Vase, listed $8.50. One Silver Cake Basket, elegant design, 39. One Very Handsome Toilet Set, listed $10. One Silver Butter Dish, chased, $8.50. One Triple-plated Silver Caster, 5 bottles, listed $8.75. One 10-th Butt McAlpin’s Santa Claus Plug, 5-0z. plugs and one of the finest chews ever put up in Plug Tobacco, retails 80c. One 10-th Butt MeAlpin’s Suecess Plug, a gilt edge, first-class piece of fine tobacco. Nothing finer sold in the fancy line of plugs than McAlIpin’s Santa Claus and Success brands. With $ Butts Gold Shield We Offer an Extremely Attractive List: One Elegant Ice Cream Set, of finest French china, consisting of one Large Platter, and one dozen plates, handsomely decorated, valued at $8. One Beautiful Water or Lemonade Set, comprising one handsome Hammered Brass Salver, one Pitcher and Four Tumblers of genuine, imported Bohemian Glass, worth $7.50. One Barrel My Flour. One Hundred and Fifty One Hundred Per Cent. Cigars. Three Hundred Henry Clay Cigars. Twenty ths. Topsy Granulated Smoking Tobacco. Five Hundred Pennsyl- vania Stogas. One Dozed Red Sox, retail at 60c per pair. Two 41¢ th Baskets Queen Brand Basket Fired Japan Tea. Three 214 th Baskets Queen Brand Jbpan Tea. Ten 1-tb Baskets Queen Brand Japan Tea. One Silver Flower Vase, listed $6.50. One Silver Caster, four bottles, 56.25. One Berry Dish, Silver and Glass combined, $7.50. $7. One Handsome Toilet Set, $ With > Butts. The Articles in this Class are W orth from $2 to $5.50. One Dozen Bohemian Glass Tumblers, warranted genuine, very beautiful. tg Sacks My Flour. 100 100 Per Cent Cigars. 200 Henry Clay Cigars. 300 Pennsylvania Stogas. 10 ths Topsy Granulated Smoking Tobacco. 6-tb Butt McAlpin’s Peavy Plug. One 414-tb Basket Queen Japan Tea. Two 21¢-tb Baskets Queen Japan Tea. Six 1-tbBaskets Queen Japan Tea. One Silver Pickel Dish. One Dozen Sheffield Dinner Knives, steel. One Handsome Silver Pepper, engraved. One Silver and Gilt Owl Pepper. One Silver Boot Pepper, very unique. One Silver Tea Bell. One Elegant Napkin Ring. One 7-th Gursey Blanket. One Handsome Glass Clock, canary color, $3. One Genuine Meerschaum Smoking Set, Elegant Plush Case, contains a Beautifully Carved Pipe, also Cigar Holders, Cigar Clip and Match Safe, retail price $5.50. ee — 1 Butt. The Articles in this Class are Worth from $1.25 up to $2.25. One-half Dozen Bohemian Glass Tumblers. One-quarter Sack My Flour. 50 100 Per Cent. Cigars. 100 Henry Clay Cigars. 5 tb Topsy Granulated Smoking ‘Tobacco. One 214-tb Basket Queen Japan Tea. Three 1-tb Baskets Queen Japan Tea. One Case No. 9 Matches. One 5-gal. Keg Buffalo No. 6 Syrup. Ten tbs Prime Roasted Rio Coffee. One dozen Silver-plated Spoons. One-half Dozen Shef- field Dinner Knives, $1.50. One Handsome Lumberman’s Sash, $1.25. One Silver Napkin Ring, $2.26. One Silver Owl Pepper, $1.50. One Silver Cup, 32. THE JAMES STEWART CO.,Ltd, | EAST SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 22, 1886. L; 3 sf Two WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. BUREOr Goi esis ses 90|Paragon ........... 210 Diamond X........ 60| Paragon 25 fb pails. Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50|Fraziers, 25 ib pails.1 , _BAKING POWDER. Thompson's Butterfly, bulk................ a” o 6 or 10 ) cans...... 4,4 doz. in case... se “ > ss % a J. H. Thompson & Co.’s Princess, Mia esis 1 oe oe . oe Yo sé a6 “ “ ss “ be se te Arctic, 4% CANS.....- +. sees eee oe yy 1 rT) 4 4 Oe cia kak Roda sa ea ne onatc 12 00 BiUVEP BO0ON, S GOB. oo. occ eck ec esn cee es ee 75 BLUING. OEY, IO es cin cad a haks ses .. doz. BU i cn ha ek tack ene doz. BE OO eo os occa nccacancedaes doz. 35 DE, OOM os ee a os a a a enw us doz. 65 POTN © OR ooo i nae gu dose bemees ® gross 4 00 a ii cs wh pnsccaeacace caus 8 00 eR Pe oa ack cs odin ak cond causeenecs 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box.................... 2 00 Arctie No. 2 ' Oks ceca cs bis ene as 3 00 Arctic No.3 “* ve . 400 BROOMS. Wo, 1 Hr... ss 2 00}/;Common Whisk.... 90 No. 2Carpet........ 2 25|Fanecy Whisk...... 1 00 No. 1 Carpet........ ys cee cea tsuan 3 50 No. 1 Parlor Gem..2 75 CANNED FISH. Cinms, 1 Th, Littlo NGGK.. 2... 66.6 ce cene ces 1 30 Clams, 2 tb. Little Neck.......... co weve an CMMA TC OWUGRE, FUP ee cso cans ne os san cee 2 15 Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.............. 1 00 Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............. 1 75 BORER FC occ cons cnc tases 1% TODGLOES, 2 PICHIG. .. 6.5 2. sen ence ws 2 50 DUEL OYE: 1 Tp BEG. oa no conc oes ses weer eee 2 00 Lobscers, 2 Star... cc onc s see ee coe snes OO Mackerel, 1 f fresh standards............ 110 Mackerel, 5 i) fresh standards............ 4 25 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 B........... 3 60 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.................- 3 00 Mackerel, 3 i soused................ 2.006: 3 00 Salmon, 1 fh Columbia river............... 1 40 Salmon, 2 tb Columbia river............... 2 25 BAYOINGG, GOMOCBEIOC 148... .. ..- 2-00 ene cose ees Sardines, domestic '48................... MAVOIROS, DEUSIBTO 366... 05.0550 ese cose ess Sardines, imported 148.................05- Mot, 3 DEOOM. co ce .salse esse <> CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 standards ............ 0c. ceeee Apples, gallons, standards....... pieti 2 Blackberries, standards............-...54: Cherries, rod StAGard..............<-...- Oe i a i can amneceenas Teve Pius, SIBNGAPGR . 2... oo. ccs ene ce cs 1 25 Green Gages, standards 2 Ib........-...... 1 Peaches, Hxtra YOLUOW ..............s.005. 1 POHCHOS, STANCAYGOS. . .. 2... 0. 00.000. ce secs 1 60 PORINEE, BOQQNGR. oo. oo. issn cece nn asescacs 1 25 PIMGRODIOS, TECIO. oo. os occ cass ccc ess caces Lé Pineapples, standards.............-..ee00 1 Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... .......... 26 Pineapples, Johnson's, grated...... .....2 RO cs ch ctu nase ce ca hwes ovem seen as 1 TRB DDOITICE, CXITA. «25 50 bcos kw inne cksese es ie SPR WCTPICR Fo) 5.5. kw cc ees ons nese ess: 1 35 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Lusk’s. Mariposa. POOOTE coc acs cceees ie 2 30 210 POO PUI, oc vans ccsh bay cexk 2 00 PPPS in oe ck sags cs ence eae 2 80 Green GAGES. .......-.-. cae. 2 00 Oe. cian wedi eas 2 2 20 SUIOOG yo. oan oe kce kc ede ances 2 TPOACROS oo cic cs. cas cee no ote 2 25 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay.................-.- 3 00 Reams, [Ldme. SIOMGRIG. ... .....2.6.-0.000s 75 Beans, Stringlioss, Erte... .......-...6.665s 95 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 65 Carn, Archer's Toppy. ...........-6.-0-<¢ 1 00 Oe ee ch nek aucun seme aaee 1 00 eS ue ae 90 DO I saab wk ca kacescunseneul 1 00 POR POON ok oo oka cans chan neem acs 1 65 Peas, Marrofat, standard.................. 1 40 OAR VON a inc cc daca pcan scenas> 70 PURIEIN, & GOON. 25 6... een ne een nin ns ja MUMOOTRRT, BEAPGGAIG. 2. oo. 5 co cece eacste ses 75 Oe ecru lianas tanec gane 1 00 CA EOOG, TBCOR ook as hia kee oa nh 1 20 CHEESE. Michigan full cream.................. W4@12% Wi@tr BIO)... oo 21 cnc. -o oe 10% Skim . @6 25 45 12 12 14 4 00 wD CHOCOLATE. BMG E . 2. inca 3744/German Sweet....... 23 TICS 4. oe ccs as cee 35| Vienna Sweet ....... 22 COCOANUT, SChOMps, CAKE DOK... 6... ck ec en en senes G@27% “ 4g @28 @26 @27 @28 @20 Oh ahah eae Oe eed ae ke en akan ee Matoy bm rounG...... 2... esse . assort - baa a cane aes MAR ORUIRM, DAUB. 6 coi 6 cies sss ese 5 COFFEES. | Roasted. Lo a a i@l5 iGoiden Hio......... 16 TOOILOG | oi. coin cn vuse I7 IMATIORNO.........55 \7 me Leewe. os... -24@G26 O. G, Java.......... 24 |O. G. Java.......... 28 Mocha ............- me IMoGna... .......... 28 COFFEES—PACKAGE, 60 Ibs 100 Ibs 300 Ibs PORTE Bo ooo ks coi ck Se ees 1344 12% BO ce sec dicn cece cceen< $ DRG og ace sec nase PPIIONIO © doce cane cs nsn-s. ’ TT ae cheeses secures sone ER oa os es ee ee cs aw ee CORDAGE. 25 |72 foot Cotton....2 00 60 foot Jute..... 1 00 =|60 foot Cotton....1 75 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 [50 foot Cotton....1 60 CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. X XXX Pb ‘ Green. i ..:. 60. st 9@12 Golden Rio......... 12 Bante. 264 os . aks 13 MAPIOSDO...... 6.5 - I AUR 006s eas een %2 foot Jute ..... : BRenoshe Buiter... oo... cece ss Diamond BUtCOL. . 0. cen ases ess Sevmour BUvter.............5- Oi cy ct cans coke sees PANGT BUTE... 6. .kccercdene’s> S. Oyster... RD os oe khan ca eee ua ces BRHOY OVEN. oi ii ns aces cose ne POY Ua oo acc bcc ten unes ON oe os hs cca nnee ai cap aseee Mee... ea ee eas ae es Graham ......:..- ge EE ee eae ee Pretzels, hand-made........... POT i cas ake wets oo OS onc oe ks ocec cheese sae Berm CHOR, 22. ce csc cus cscs PVOGIOG COB, cc. ose cen nce Gineer SORE... 6 cnckes coe ase, No. | Ginger Snaps............ DOMOn BORG... 6.2... cess eens MOO CARGE. «5. es e'c ss ccc see BOmOO WALLS. «5. vies snca cscs Me i cae Extra Honey Jumbles......... Frosted Honey Cakes......... reat Geis. 05.5... 5c. => ss 4s BAPIOVE GlOIDR,. 05.05 255s snes OGG BOMOG, o.oo oso oes en cs &. & MM. CONGR. ....5.2.4.2 62. FISH. Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 75@380 i PAGO Boone cs hehe cn din tae bane pee cass 4@5 Oe IO ck ines 5 hea cach ene as 5@6% ia icdes decane 10@11 Blerrina, round, 34 Bibi ccc icc cece seek eons 2 2 Moerring round, BOL... 6. os ce ve ee 1 2 Herring, Holland, DDIB.... «0.20. s0-..2005 11 60 Herring, Holland, kegs................... 80 PROUT, ORIOG oe asi dk ck eae uicessecies 2@% Mackerel, Penny bbls...............00000- 4 Th5@5 Mackerel, shore, No. 2, % bbls............ 5 * ea Ie Be ec. 1 00 1 +e 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% “se Me Bs okie eee sce h ky ce 3 Ue NOB: ib sen cen eee es 10 “6 ot oT _ No. 3, 77 ee “ec “ss 55 WB Me RE os ce ek cs coh see osedaede «aceum OO I A TN id eds is ws os ces ce uonee 4 00 ees i as eheaee ign eka tans 80 Wy ite, NG. 1, 6 De i iw nk ae cosa cane eeecent 6 50 White, No.1, 2 ® Bits... 2... 66k cin jcacweus 1 00 White, No. 1, 10 b kits............ Peiedleas 90 While, PAY, 16 DOB. i ow os cece acne ce bee ce 2 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Vanilla. PONMINONW FOB... 0.5. oot cas # doz.100 1 40 “ 4 07 1 50 NOv? FOOL. ... 25. secs es 1 25 Oe Gye. 1 75 ¥% pint round.............. 4 50 1 ay eae sake <<.ae a0 Ph Pes os a bande vee oes 3 00 DG is cece eeee: 4s 4 25 FRUITS—DOMESTIC. Apricots, 25 ib boxes.................. ‘ Cherries, pitted, 50 ib boxes........... Egg plums, 25 boxes.............. es Pears, 25 Tb boxes......... hada Ricewa van Peaches, Delaware, 50 h boxes....... Peaches, Michigan.................0005 Raspberries, 50 Ib boxes............... Raisins, Sultanas.,............ eeeeeses RPTL, VICE, gc v5 a ea eu ve scaneees FRUITS—FOREIGN. MR NMONN io ni ne ob AU oe c Ko eee bc ceded SC UPR TIE con eo eo eae occ ee MUON PROGR ce si. oe cee oi sent SPU i choc cs ci lees cous: @ Prunes, Cronen, OOS... ok os oc gaan RK%G@ Pr@pos, FPrenen, S08. .... 60... ccc cscs 844@ WU POPE occ nos conc nea cacese 44@ @ @ @ SAM, TONNE iso 5 svn nna nnes ss 3 T5@4 00 | Raisins, London Layers............... 38A0G3 20 | Raisins, California ** Raisins, Loose Muscatels.............. Raisins, Ondaras, 28s... @ 9% @10% @3 50 10% PRMEIOR, TION. vk 5 occ ce ac sens cuca’ KEROSENE OIL. Water White......124 | Legal Test....... MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 00 Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro........... 1 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1 Grand Haven, No. 30, parlor.............. 2 Grand haven, No. 7, rownd.....i.+......+. 1 Oenkoem, NO: 2............ ou eia ew aes a a \ MN PE ci ocak ache dw nwen ceannes 1 ie ade bc ccks scacncakcccades: (i Richardson’s No.8 square...............0-. 00 Richardson's No. 9 do 50 Richardson’s No. 7%, round..............66. 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 do 5 MOLASSES. Black Strap...... Ws sie ae a paces ccucsna 15s@i9 ia 25 00 a ne oe ee a ee TROP CTOMNIG, BOOK Fs oo oi concn cso cc cc ce caus 38@A42 GW OrleGng, ODOIGE. 0.6. co... es asec encase 48@50 | EG CIEGUE., TANOU) ink foe cs os ic cease 52@55 44 bbls. 3e extra. OATMEAL. Steel cut.......;..- 5 06! RolledOats,Shields’3 Steel Cut, % bbl....3 00) Rolied Oats, Acme.3 Rolled Oats........5 50,;Quaker, 48 tbs......3 25 Rolled Oats, 4bb1..3 0¢) Quaker, 60 tbs...... 2 50 Rolled Oats, cases.5 25,Quaker bbls........ 6 00 PICKLES. ee asc u se desea nee @5 Be TO ck oan ic uscd ckcn @3 a cae ae, @3 PIPES. Imported Clay 3 gross. .............2.. 2 25@3 Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 @l 8&5 @ 90 25 25 2b 25 a wo Medium ee or Imported Ciay, No. 216, 2% gross...... PIO TT no ae os te wdc ned RICE. Choice Carolina..... OM AVG .....4..... Prime Carolina..... TAG PRUNE oo. oon cces aves 5% Good Carolina...... & |Rangoon.......544@ix% Good Louisiana..... 5 (Broken... ..... 34@3% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... 6% |Dwieht's ............ 5y COmreGn BS oo. .... 2. 54 Sea Foam f Taylor’s G. M.......544|Cap Sheaf 144¢ less in 5 box lots. SALT. 6) Pocket, F F Dairy.................. We ols peeece ce ucaas EM OO sooo g bod cc de case e ee Saginaw or Manistee.................. ME oo oa ca cc cae PEON CORNNO, ooo... si 55 cane cence ‘ Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... American, dairy, 4% bu. bags.......... MOG, WBN. ii a Waray, [Airy DG... |... 2... 6... 0se, SAUCES. OR, WO Woon ce ccc ccc cc aes Pepper Sauce, red small.............. Pepper Sanee, creen. ... .. .........06-. Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... Catsup, Tomato, pints................. Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. BIBLONG CAUCE, DENIS... 6.6565 occ cscs Halford Sauce, + pints................ SOAPS' Shamrock.......... 3 30; Acme, bars........3 Blue Danube....... 2 9! Acme, blocks..... 3 : London Family....2 60) Best American....: Meonin............. 4 85\Cireus .... fi Co) ae 4 75 Big Five Center...3 % White Marseilled..5 60) Niekel.............. 3 White Cotton O11..5 60:Gom................ 3: SPICES. @2 00 @ i0 @ 80 @1 25 @1 50 @ 80 @I1 20 @3 50 D2 20 5 2 < d ) 5 ) Ground. Whole. Penger........;.. 16@25| Pepper ........... @is PBOIOO oo. ck oes 12@15| Alispice .......... 8@10 Cinnamon........ 1S@50| Cassia ............ l0@11 MUOWOG: occas 15@25 Nutmegs, No.1.. @é60 COOe oe as 16@20 Nutmegs, No.2.. @50 Mustard....... ..16@0iCloves ........... 16@18 Cayenne ......... 25Q35 STARCH. Electric Lustre........ @3 20 Dr, EOE G 8 occ euas ve cacs: 34@ 4 WE, OS ok cea ccs cass cases 514@ 6% TOWN CN oii io os occas aces @ 6% SYRUPS. 2226 2427 Cry, BAFVOle oo. oii icicc., a A, A on onc co kw nc cas a, ON, TROT OOS, og oo occ ken ccacas G29 Cromer, F OOTIOD BOGE. «oo. 6 5 oc os daca ccaes l 35 WG A eo ci cena seossccaanccee 2226 Pg a) en 24@28 Pure Gugar OG gal kegs..............:.- @1 50 SUGARS. Cubes . ia os ee wg anne boas oe cnes Granuiated, Standard................. CRO ORIOIOPY Bic oon soc cca wen cc unkes @6 31 EE ge a @6 18 eG, 3c Wite extra C.... 0 ..00.ccscees CO OB en ig a asaecaee. Hy 54, No.8 C 5546@ 53 No.4C 534@ 5Y ae casas 5144@ = TEAS. RORY CPO 8 i 5 ac cc i ces ccnc seus 15@20 UMDRN Tory tO ROOG., ...... 05.25.6555 .25@30 Japan fine............ Suda he ed bese uhdeoeiens 35@45 6 a 15@20 a a Te Ea 380@50 NT PO ogee wee ve awk cenceccenens 35,50 OTN 5a ick ccc econ Wi es eas 89@Q@55@6C Ma ack os wh ce cc ea csnees 25@30 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. Yur Wurm. .......6:- SOME TRING 6 oc a5 on ces ct Sweet Rose.......... 32, Underwood’s Capper 35 May Queen....... -65|\Sweet Rose.......... 45 Oy TINO. . cn 54s. 40 Meigs & Co.’sStunner35 Dark AmericanEagleé7| Atlas. ................ 35 "HG MG@IGE.. :... +4... 62) Royal Game.......... 38 Bee PP... kya ccs cs BE I oS 65 State Seal... .........s 60| Fountain............. 74 Prairie Flower :..... 65) Old Congress......... j Indian Queen........ GiiGood Taick........... y WOU BP nc cane 60|Blaze Away.......... 35 Crown leat..... .... 66|/Hair Lifter......... ae BRIRWALDA oc 5.6 cose 6}\Jim Dandy.........-. 38 OM ees av scsaad One TG... c icc. a 2 May Flower.......... 70 Brother Jonathan... .28 SMOKING Pe nk vs Caan MON oi. a Ruby, cut plug...... PO oie cts cv caees i Navy Clippings...... 20;'Two Nickel..........24 ROOIOE sa iesa'ssass 15 Duke’s Durham..... 40 peared “TMOR.........5.- 32 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26 I oo ka kde neck as 28 Owl. 16 OTE ceca cenenye 40 ROD BOY. oo. os. escesss 26 Arthur’s Choice..... ea Une BAM. so... 46.45 28 OO BOR is sede ew se a 26, Lumberman ......... 25 UNG bs ba canes vee 28) Railroad Boy......... 88 Gold Dust............ 26 Mountain Rose....... 18 Gold Block........... 30 Home Comfort....... 25 Seal of Grand Rapids Old Rip............... 60 COIQT), os nc ka see 25'Seal of North Caro- Tramway, 3 0Z....... ay tne, 2 O8. oo. ce sak 48 Miners and Puddlers.28 Seal of North Caro- POCHIONS onc ssc. ee SA Hmne, 4048... 5 oc cc cnes 48 MUOMIOOKG «oo. ios cccsss 20 Seal of North Caro- OPE RONEN oi cen se ge ae ie ie See... Tom & Jerry......... 24 Seal of North Caro- OOS ic civesetes 24' lina, 160z boxes....42 TPERVOIO® cies ces ans 35 King Bee, longeut.. .22 TIGRE 6 is ven s bi cass 25|Sweet Lotus..........32 Pickwick Club.......40:Grayling .:........... 32 Nigger Head......... POOUE RR so ance dee 30 MIO OIG 6c i ceceaccens 22'Red Clover...........32 PO PPOON oo. ke vas ns sees IbiGood Luck. .......... 26 PLUG. PW ace ees cae hs was @A2 GRRE TE, oooh a cis eke ks Weawcckac thos @3B2 EO TENG oo ak in cc vida cwccdens caaes D2 AVON aa iii oak va ke oon coke ccc ce WU oo ooh ca ince cases Bave OG Let Live... 0... coccccc sce cease No ick he veka iscisncess ee ea kes cases PROG TEOW he oak oo nn adv aphasuaae: es UT PROTIONET ooo oo icc wana scccegse tsusays Ee os oe ee cee cccas WOM CITIES ood ic coin cxudisn e cade seas PY. @ 7 Q@ 7 GB 6% 45 igs fo in wabae ua ce seek avecns MONI i veh kee jide da tech aeieawue sae Black Jack......... Seuetseabyackeesskss BEN oan due acaecnskcusecaad onde Musselman’s Corker................... Turkey Re EU CO oc con be ca geteceuagea ses BP hs Seach ices euav acs cceu’ as os eo ia ga aes 4 os Sse aad does bene's Old Soldier........... dadueaeuescy wanes Meite. BI BEE. oo 5 ck eens i cans - two oS" Rc cunc vac eeaes Ty five se “ss PR iii baad voclccud setae wae fi Mone Red Fox..... eat daa a eine eed cowed cence Big Drive......:.... Liveleiacebaces uss : Seal of Grand Rapids.................. Bo) Aenean caw euas heen eees ; SRM MAD 5 Fe a cu en ica kas cbeaveses cesciate CHOAM.«. 00... eee sees ee eeeees BA Vee we em ewe ee en nw meen we anes B. O.;..0. Sucka veseseted si bankas cies ji TEE BEN ovis cs acc Su ietass ee cness te AW CRG ee oa a occ ccw esa ceccn ON eg ono se hale oc 4a cv ca secs bdace ME NEIN oa oa wc venue aestucs. A I as oc cock Lassies. wasee ORM Ne ok oli cau ve ba ae cc os sci ROMO Oe oon cout cucces Leggett & Myers’ Star................. MIM 6g oo sds; Beng ces oa secs ues cance I ccd ecco ncdccc clans MUNN ON oc s elcc: 2c. less in three butt lots. SHORTS. Leader a hice ikaw MITER. «oe os oc cus. Mayflower ........... 23'Old Congress......... 2 SRN ie ih cece se cncs ey Leet,...... 27 Pete WOW... cc canes 23 @38 @36 (33 @A2 @A4 @35 @35 @35 @39 @42 GAO @39 20 | 50 | 00 | SNUFF. Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... ae meee 5. Gail & Ax’ Me i luaal a cccscads iS Pe ee a, | Railroad Mills Scotch................. Lotzbeck | VINEGAR. Star brand, pure cider,................... 8@12 star brand. white witie.................... s@l2 @ @ @ @ | } ' | | | MISCELLANEOUS. | Bath Hrick imported ............:..... do PRIN odo ocnccncle.. Dee NO os 5 ok ooo ok cee... do No. 2 | Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... | Cream Tartar 5 and 10 eans......... OR Ns oo ona os oa cece acne... | AN PO oe pleerens Comes. ¥. ©. .................. do Wet es gs. | Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... Gum, Rubber 200lumps. ............ a ete ON. oe... eee ag, 30G35 PRs ON Es oso oo oc koe. @3 50 Ao a a a ee 4%@ 5 PPOGrt DOOw 26g ci icucl ks... 220 3 Pees, Grom BOO). ...... 23 @1 35 WOGH DONG PYONGNOG,... .....6.0...0.. @ 3 Power WOO |... @3 00 wun 36 BOO. @1 90 Co Se Tes @ 18 95 75 1 00 1 50 7 80 15@25 @12% @l4 @s0 3d CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Standard, 25 B boxes.................. Twist, do Cut Loaf do 84@9 IG 9% deecheucae da l04,@H MIXED Beyer me PAG, 2... ........ BOVer Wm ON se Petra mom pele..... ....... Extra, 200 ib bbls French Cream, 25 b pails.......... 12@12% Cut loaf, 25 ® cases...............0 0000. 24O ao e.........:.......... an | Broken, 200 bbls... 2000S IIIIIIII 9@ 9% FANCY--IN 5D BOXES. Donon aie... Sour Drops Peppermint Drops Chocolate Drops 15 H M Chocolate Drops........ 18 ui Drops Peete ee eeseeesecs « BACOTIC® DVODG................ AB Licorice Drops.. ee MOnennee, DIMI. ............... saaec css Je Eowmraes, oruted... Imperials meee 8 15 OMe NN 31: Poaee nee... ~~ eee... 18 Hand Made Creayms................ 18 Pan tenes ee @ 9 @8% asec eel OQlOw IQIM% IRP@1S3 13@14 H@I15 16@i7 POM sees secs scarstececensst 20 mneeGr OOM. ..............:.... Burnt Almonds............... pM Wintergreen Berries............. . 20@22 oer 1H@ls FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in paiis............ Lozenges, plain in bbls sees Lozenges, printed in oo Lozenges, printed in bbis........... || 114@i2 Chocolate Drops, in pails..... ce “@l2% Gum Drops in pails......_. scseccc a Coe me... ll “@ 5 Rie rpoeinnis Moss Drops, in bbls Lo Sour Drops, in pails......... Imperials, in pails...... ; Imperials in bbls... 14@12 1l0%@11 4 O17 @l2% 3:12 @12% . 10%@1 FRUITS Bananas Aspinwall........ Oranges, California, fancy...... a Oranges, California, echoice...... ||” Oranges, Jamaica, bbis.......... Oranges, Florida. . Oranges, Valencia, cases... Oranges, Messina......... Oranges, Naniog.......... | Pane oniee. @3 50 ioe tee 4 00a 50 Figs, layers, new, 2D.......___ . "421 .@i6 ee rer rece 8@ 9 Pasee frau OG ®) 4! Petree aaGo GO ....6..... 05 @ 5 ? MMUOMMU ccc. He re Seen... Dates, Fard 10 box ® t.......0 07°" Dates, Fard 50 box # .... .. Se Dates, Persian 50 t box # h.....1 1777" Pine Apples, ®@ doz...... aaeecic PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw @ D......... 4 Choice do * SS ek ener Fancy H.P. do OO ic Cuneo Witte. Vaan... . money r.. Va da ....... 50 00 50 1 50@2 ..B 0@4 2 Onmgag® «0 «0G vO @3 00 ..5 50G6 @10 @ 9 @ 7% @ 4% @ 5 @ 5% 5 @ 5 Os pee ee 64%@ 7 @ 6 3 & Almonds, Tarragona.................. 16 @17 “ Ivaca MME AUS si Sennakeacec sak 1s @i6 Callfomia ..........4.. . lb @16 eae. .. 9 GO PM Pune Glee 1144@12 “ Barcelona...............00... “"@l0 PPOMOMIO. ... sc. .ccs.. D144 oe ee WYOOOn 7 6... 8 @ll REE s.. .. sso, @lL Texas, H. P @Ii3 : ME si btasos cn ccnccay i) 84@ 9 Cocoaiute, 100.22 ................. @A4 50 os Walnuts, “ “ee Pecans, * PROVISIONS, The Grand Rapids Packi ¢ Provisi , aaa co ee S$ Packing & Provision Co. PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, Chicago packing, new. . Cer OP be: Seer COL new.. foi Back, clear, short cut............_ one Extra family clear, short eut........ 0°." Clear, A. Webster, new ........ Extra clear pig, short eut..... Patra clear heatyc)........ . Clear quill, short cut......... Boston clear, short cut...................7 < VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: H. M. Harroun, MeLane. H. W. Potter, Jennisonville. J. DeGraff, Zeeland. Rose Bros., Allendale. Gus Begman, Bauer. R. Purdy, Fremont. Henry Henkel, Howard City. Mr. Frace, Frace & Hubn, Saranac. © B. Diekerson, Bellaire. H. W. Marsh, Hobart. E. E. Hewett, Hewett & Teft, Rockford. Arthur Cheesbrough, Reigler, Roush & Co., Freeport. N. De Vries, Jamestown. Jno. Gunstra, Lamont. Jas Murray, Cadillac. D. W. Shattuck, Wayland. J. Grutter, Grandville. J.J. Wiseman, Nunica, W. J. Clark, Harbor Springs. Walter Struik, Forest Grove. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. F. C. Stone, Cedar Springs. 8. T. McLellan, Dennison, O. D. Chapman, Stanwood, Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. Win. Kowe & Co. Manistee. Sisson & Lilley Lumber Co., Lilley. W. B. Wilson, Muskegon. J. B. Watson, Coopersville. B. E. West & Co., Lowell. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. Severace & Rich, Middleville. Jas, Campbell, Westwood. A. L. Dennis, New Era. Cc. E. Coburn, Pierson. M. N. Parris, Kent City. ————$— 9 < The Strobridge Lithographing Co.’s large calendar for this year is fully up to the elab- orate souvenirs of previous years in point of artistic excellence. Tur TRADESMAN is indebted to State Agent Maybury for a copy of the work. : ; , ee ee ( MISCELLANEOUS. path nat ar aprpntnite dn armarsathntmiratcenctenant tpt em Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay- ment. Advertisements directing that answers be sent in eare of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, ete. | eg SALE—Cheap and onterms to suit, store with dwelling attached, in the liveliest manufacturing town of 2,000 population in the State. Splendid opening for grocery or drug store. Only one drug store in the place. Will notrent. For terms, ete., address J. W. Her- rick, Muskegon, Mich. 135* us SALE—General stock, comprising lines of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, drugs, ete. Owner is postmaster, at salary of $300 per year. Am doinga good pay- ing business, but compelled to close out at sacrifice, on account of ill-health. Address R. B. Jennings, New Troy, Mich. 135* AOR SALE—Drug store at a bargain. Ad- dress C. L. Brundage, 79 W. Western ave., Muskegon, Mich. NOR SALE—1 wish to engagein aspecial line of business and offer for sale half interest in the general merchandise store at Richland, Mich. Wm. B. Tyler, Richland, Mich. 130* Fe SALE—Drug store and house and lot. For further particulars inquire of or ad- dress Box 172, Muskegon, Mich. 132* Pee ER WANTED—A grocery merchant with fifteen years’ experience and doing a business of $20,000 per year in oneof the best towns in Northern Michigan desires a partner with $2,000 capital. For particulars, address CB., care THE TRADESMAN. 182* ¥NOR SALE—The font of brevier type for- merly used on THE TRADESMAN. The font comprises 222 pounds, with italic, and can be had for 30 cents a pound. Apply at the office. COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples—Choice winter fruit is in fair de mand at $1.75. Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75e ® bu. for unpicked and hold ordinary hand-picked for $1.10@$1.20. 4 Butter—Michigan creamery is easy at 28@30. Sweet dairy is in fair demand and firm at 16, while old is dull at 5@8c. Butterine—Creamery packed commands 20c. Dairy rolls are held at 14@15c and solid nacked at LP@lic. Cabbages—In fair demand at $8@$10 ® 100. Cheese—The best grades of October and November make are selling at 11%@12%. Cider—8e # gal. and $1 for bbl. Celery—25c @ doz. buriches for Kalamazoo or Otsego, and searce. Cranberries—The Michigan crop is about played out. New Jersey berries are slow sale at $2 per bu. box, and Wisconsin Bell and Cherry berries are in occasional demand at $5 per bbl. * Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced, 8@3'c. Evaporated, 64%@7c, according to quality. Dried Peaches—Pared, l5c. Eges—Weak and supply largely in excess of demand. Jobbers are paying 9@i0c, and hold- ing at about llc. Honey—Choice is new in comb firm at Ife. Hay—Bailed is active and firm at $15 per ton in two and five ton lots and $13 in ear lots. Hops—Brewers pay 8@1l0c @ b. Lettuce—25e #8 bb. Onions—Home-grown, 75¢ ® bu. or $2.25 ® bbl. Pop Corn—Choice new commands 2%c ¥% b and old de ® b. Potatoes—Buyers are paying 35¢e for Rose or Burbanks. Pieplant—se @ b. Poultry—Searce and high. Fowls sell for 10@10%e; chickens, 11@114sc; ducks, 12c; and turkeys, 12c. Squash—Out of market. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys, $4 8 bbl. Turnips—25e B bu. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—No change. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 88; Fulse, 85c; Clawson, 85e. 3 Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45e in 100 bu. lots and 88@40c in carlots. Oats—W hite, 38¢ in small lots and 33@35e in ear lots. Rye—48@50e ®@ bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 @ ewt._ Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5.50 @ bbl. in sacksand $5.75in wood. Straight, $4.60 @ bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ® bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 ® ton. Bran, $15 %@ ton. Ships, $i6 ®ton. Middlings, $16 % ton. Corn and Oats, $18 # ton. FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard guotes the trade selling prices as follows: Fresh Beef, sidos............5...2000- 5 Gi Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 64@ 7% Dressed Hogs.................- .- 5A@ 5% Mutton, carcasses.............. 6 @6% bc iies bce te ee eo ae es 8 @9 Pork Sausage.............- 7 @i% BODIORUE, «ooo pcos e~ sock se 64a 7 Ne cise csaesne 10 @10% Spring Chickens......... ll @11% SOUS oi oes oes ove canes G@I2 OR ico oa ook sk pedieds 5 ces ce cece @12 FOX & BRADFORD WHOLESALE TOBACCONISTS! FULL LINE OF ALL STAPLE PLUGS KEPT IN STOCK. Sole Agents for Celebrated F. & B. Boquet, Spanish Fly, Pantilla, Rosa DeOro, Amer- ican Club, Jim Fox Clipper, Moxie. 76 South Division St., Giand Rapids, Mich. Exclusively Wholesale. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Importers and W holesale Grocers. Sole Agents for Daniel Scotten & Co.'s “HIAWATHA” Plug Tobacco. Lautz. Bros. & Co.s SOAPS. Niagara STARCH. Dwinell, Howard & Co.'s Royal Mocha and Java. Royal Java. Golden Santos. Thompson & Taylor Spice Co.’s “Mag- nolia” Package Coffee. SOLE PROPRIETORS “JOLLY TIME” Fine Cut Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods on the market. In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment of fancy groceries and table delicacies. Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 05, 97 and 29 Tonia St. and 51,53, 55, 57 and 59 Island Sts. Grand Rapids, Mich. AMOS S, MUSSELMAN & GU Cnecessors to Fox, Musselman & Loveridee W holesale Grocers. AGENTS FOR MUSSELMAN’S GORKER PLUG AND RUM CIGARS, The best and most attractive goods on the market. SEND FoR SAMPLE Burr. SEE QuoTrarions IN PricE-LIsT. GUNN HARDWARE COMPANY, Exclusively Wholesale, Present to the Trade the Larcest and Most Complete Line OF Shelf and Heavy Hardware RVER SHOWN IN WESTERN MICHIGAN. Our Stock Comprises Everything Included in a First-Class HARDWARE STOCK Dealers visiting the City are Cordi- ally Invited to Call and Inspect our Establishment. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Prodics Commission Merchants, ——DEALERS IN—— Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Southern Veootabies, Ett, We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. All orders filled at lowest market price. Corres- pondence splicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. NO. 9 IONIA ST, JT LUNG ®* Write me for prices. WHOLESALE DEALER IN tter, Eegs, Pop Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, POP CORN A SPECIALTY. w. T. LONG, VICKSBURG, MICH. FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, Designers Engravers and Frinters Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. : Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature. Address as above 49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO, MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. We have a splendid line of goods for Fall Trade and guarantee our prices on Rub- / bers. The demand for our own make of Women’s, Misses and Childs’ shoes is increas- { ing. Send in your orders and they will be promptly attended to. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. WM. SEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 3'7, 389 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. GOOD FOR ONE DOLLAR TO ONE FIRST DEALER IN EVERY TOWN. THIS ADVERTISEMENT, IF CUT OUT AND SENT TO US WITHIN THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS, WITH AN ORDER FOR 500 OF “ WARREN’S GRIP” CIGARS, (PRICE $35 PER M, DE- LIVERED), IS GOOD FOR ONE YEARS SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS PAPER, “THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.” WE SELL THIS CIGAR TO BUT ONE DEALER IN A PLACE. SO SECURE THIS PAPER FOR ONE YEAR FREE, AND THE AGENCY FOR THE BEST-SELLING 5 CENT CIGAR ON THE MAR- KET BEFORE YOU ARE TOO LATE. GEO. T. WARREN & CO., Flint, Mich. « FEBRUARY 1ST, 1886. GO TO Pitamn & Brooks URANGES, LEMONS, > = Figs, Dates, ETC. Heavenrich Bros. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, MANUFACTURERS OF PERFECT FITTING Tailor Made Clothing, AT LOWEST PRICES. Mail Orders sent in care L. W. ATKINS will receive Prompt Attention. 138 and 140 Jefferson Ave. and 34 and 36 Woodbringe St., DETROIT. dae - what it cost him, and that many of his out- standing ony worthless. GRAND RAPIDS, OrL, CANS. Per doz. 8-gal. “Good Enough, ” Tin poacdeeiceeet 12 00 a eae ce cdeesnetes 15 00 5-gal. se Wood Jacket.. .-18 00 10-gal. 2 24 00 %-gal. Glass Can, Tin Jacket puss kacecee 3 00 Be ikassaeseuseee 3 50 e-gal, Tin Can Noose cub iekenseee acess . 160 We isc eres cress skeen esas 2 No charge for boxes. Assorted Package Glass Standard Lamps. NO, 46. ¥% doz. No. 171 A. Stand Lamps Sr eeknie 1 00 50 TE POE CEG ON ed ee 1 40 70 ¥ doz. No. 191 A eas 110 55 ¥ doz. No. 191 B a ee 150 ° %5 % doz. No. 191 C eae 2 25 113 ¥% doz. No, i191 D gas 2% 1 38 % doz. No. 155 B eka 1 75 ts % doz. No. 700 Low Hand Lamps Passes 80 8640 1 doz. No. 702 + 80 % doz. No. 8 Footed Hand Lamps....135 68 U7 Rs ah cece dvnrencecanee 50 8 27 Less 10 percent on $7 77........ 77 7 50 4% Gor. No. 1 Burners...........-..--- 50 2 25 1 doz. No.0 spac elise 45 10 20 Sold either with or without the Burners. Assorted Package Fine Glazed EKarthenware “Common Sense’’ Stew Pans. 12 %-gal. Milk Pans, flat bottom...... 6 42 Sh a Es oe eu eanaws 8 192 2 1-gal. . round bottom..... 8 96 14 Prk 1-gal. Stew Pans, round bottom? 60 67 14 doz. %-gal. 1 50 56 477 PROM ARO oo 5 ohio 65 ose 25 5 02 A complete stock of AKRON OHIO STONEWARE constantly on hand. We are agents of Akron Stoneware Association and will make special prices in car lots de- livered to any point in Michigan or Indiana, One Crate Assorted “Burgess & Goddards’ White Granite English Ware, “Crown” Shape. Diamond X. 4 doz. Plates, — DU euaiacebes esse 48 1 92 4 doz. NOR aba uko ks bhcone sues 58 2 32 11 doz. ea Breakfast ............. 69 7 59 3 doz. . BOB io ics cee ease 80 2 40 1 doz. t PPIUID oss nes pe seer ee 69 69 6 doz. Fruit Saucers, 4 in............. 32 1 92 6 sets Handled Teas.................. 2 2 52 18 sets U nhandled Teas. ast art gotstng 85 6 80 { 3 15 platters 7in. Sin. 9in.18in. Lin. 12in. 2 54 8 9 i 646 22 27 4 each. 16 Bakers5in. 6in. Tin. 8 in. 07 09 =.12 AT 1 80 6 each. 24 Seollops,5in. 6in. Tin. 8in. 07 09 12 aay 2% 2 Cov ered Dishes, 7 7 " Sobeea ices doz 4 46 74 2 oe deo i he caene 5 10 85 1 Sauce Boat, 14e; 2 Pickle, 13050 053. 36 4 Covered Butters ee ese she ea ki 3 83 128 Pe ENAR PN ic aca se ko ose nb eee 3 40 57 6 Sugar Bowls, 24s....................2 0: 14 i (CRIN, 2A8, ok. oes ce ok ees oe 1 28 64 3 Bowls, quarts....... .........22+0-+ 1 06 27 5 mint on 8 EIT... ...c.. +. 85 2 6 . OUE as s e eees cee 71 5) 6 4 4 6 24 Pitchers, 6s 128 248 30s 36s 33 we ls Cl OO 414 4 pair Ewers and Basins, Risa ce: 8 08 2 69 6 Covered Chambers, Ss... ........ 5 10 2 5D 6 Soaps, 27c each; 6 Mugs, .07 each.. 2 06 OPT cc ck bios nese ee ee o> . 2 50 53 55 Lines of Crockery Carried in Original Packages or Repacked to order: Wedgewood & Co., White Granite; Knowles, Taylor & Knowles, White Granite: T.& R. Boote, White Granite; Wedgewood & Co., Lustre Band; W.#H. Grindley & Co., Dec- orated Ware; T. & R. Bootes, Decorated ‘Ware. The Square “Windsor” Dinner Ware. Price-List on Application. This new decorated pattern is the success of the trade and readily retails at $48.50 per set of 125 prices. Positively the hand- somest set on the market. No. 101 Hobnail Tumbler. No. 101 Hobnail Tumbler. One Box Containing $ doz. No. 101, Canary Tumblers. ASSORTED CRATE “QO. Meakins” Lustre Band Dec- ig a. ae. 1%°“ “ Crystal - oration “Albion Square Total, 6 doz. @0............. 4 : Mee eee ese ean 5 Shape. $4 ikke e sting Table Tumblers. 4 doz. Plates, hin. Or Pie... ....5.... 73 2 92 ain Table Tumblers. 4 doz Gin. or Tea............ 89 3 56 One Barrel Containing 18 dozen _ 10doz. ‘“ TVin.or Breakfast..... 1 06 10 60 ASSORTED COMMON TUMBLERS. 3doz. ‘ 8in.or Dinner........ 112 3 66 4 doz. Plain 3g pint. 6 doz. Fruit Saucers, 4im......... ... 49 2 94 4 doz. _ star bottom. 2 doz. Soup Plates, 7 i in ee 106 212 4 doz. Star “ 4 4 2 3 doz. Fluted, ‘ 21 Platters,8 in. 9in. 10in. Hin. 12in. Min. 3doz. Panel “ a4: 36 Ok O88 4L ST «6 30 aor 4 each. 18 doz. @ 800 @ don................ 5 40 12 Bakers, 7 in. Sin. 9in. PR ae a ee a ceca 35 16 24 23 2 92 4 sheath 6 each. $5 75 24 Scollops, 6 in. Tin. Sin. 9 in. . poi esp gg| alf Gallon Water Pitchers. 2 each. W. : 6 Covered Dishes, 7 7 - Sin. 9in. Half Gallon ater Pitchers. .65 13 3 90 925 CEN’ 6 Boats, 2 60; 4 Pickles, 195 1 95) ,, CENT BARGAING. 2 Sauce Tureens , complete ais doz 9% 163} “Empire,” Ds G07, ip DDL i... 6... per doz 19% 4 Covered Butters, 5 a ee ee § 8 1951" Patience, Assorted, idoz.inbbl. per doz 2 25 12 doz. individual Butters So . 33 3 96| “Owl,” Assorted, 1 doz. in bbl....perdoz 2 00 1 4 Casseroles, 7 a 8 in, 9 in. |New Glassware for Spring Trade .65 13 1 292 | : 3 Tea Pots, 24s, 5 20; 6 Sugars, 248,439 3 49| New Glassware for Spring Trade Pe eet ey ees 1 95 TABLE SET Of 9-D Pattern. Extra Heavy Flint Glass. ASSORTED CASK NO. 9-D WARE. MA Gn, Get) BOTS... co oka wns es sees 3 7A 1 87 44 G07. 9-D Celories .........+-6 0-600. 1 40 46 1% doz. 9-D Pitchers, haif gallon.....2 25 jd 2 doz. 9-D Comports, 4 im........... 30 60 2d02. 9D) Taempiers ..........6. 25. 50 1 00 2 G04. SP) GOvIOts.. .... 5. sc cane ees 48 96 144 doz. 9 D Comports, 8in......... .1 40 35 % doz. 9-D Balver, 9 in... ..........6. 2 2% 56 44 doz. 9-D Salver, 10 in..............2 7% 69 4 doz. 9-D Pickles Dade dena usninss 45 23 ¥% doz. 9-D Oval Berry, 8 in.......... 60 15 ¥% doz. 9-D Oval Berry, 9 in.......... 80 20 \% doz. 8-D Bread Plates............. 1 50 38 8 2 Fg aa ca hn cae h nc naes 75 8 95 Less 10 per cent. on $8 20...... 82 $8 13 | Five sia Ten Cent Colored ‘Table Glassware New Packages for 1886, su-| perior to any goods now sold. | | llustrations of all lines of new glassware will be forward- ed on request and we would be! pleased to have the trade call | and examine our new goods in| person when in the city. Our Great Specialty of Barealn COUMer Goods, Suitable for all lines, that may be retailed at the popular prices of 5c, roc and 25c, continues in favor with the trade, and is 6C 3 97 on ee a irene 5 6 m | The ‘‘No. 100 Lace” Pattern. 18 poets, “a os _~ ; a Most Graceful and Stylish Shape in Amer- de e ¢ Jo | i ica 3 6 3 6 6 : 24 Pitchers, 68 1s 24s 308 368 | Sets, Blue Amber or Canary........ each = 80 58 390 228 195 1 63 5 76 | Sets, Cry OR ee venue cs each 65 3 pairs Ewers and Basin, 9s.........12 35 3 09| Sauce Plates, a — color eevee ened sem —_ 80 3 Covered Chambers, 98.............. 95 | Were chet ars shhns ss.8) ae a inane, nce oy fae 1: ‘iis i 3h 80 3 26 Salvers, 10 in., any COOP. coos ska doz. 6 00 24 sets Handled Teas.......... per set 65 15 60 | traivia 10 in., crystal.............++ doz. 5 00 cotcniedtoeen "3 4 ndividual Butters, assorted colors....... 45 Crate ye | Cov ered Sauce Bowls, any color.......... 6 00 Ke daetbeen bane aebeaeeh ak dae « w ‘ OPV ce. 5 00 ILLUSTRATIONS MAILED. “O74 14 i a help to every merchant who uses it. THE OLD RELIABLE MASON'S PORCELAIN GAP E'ruit Jars. Bock Bottom Prices Guaranteed. oe \ Ra { { Pe Mi | | 4 ! 4 Patented Jan, &,°? Re-lasued Juno 6,’ Fes Pat, April 25,’S2. The “Lightning” Neli-Sealing, Patent Top Frait Jar, Increasing in favor every year. Maxims for Merchants. Energy in action is a requisite to even) moderate success in business. More is required in the management ofa business, as a whole, then in special actions or items of it. A grum, surly look and tone of voice often | drive away a customer when the merchant really means nothing harsh. Some men seem to do business without | any opinions of their own. They are the. subjects of circumstances and the prey of ; other and more decisive men. | Perseverence is necessary to success in al- | most any undertaking in life. A business | is not built up ina year, and often not in| three or four years. A man of energy controls many circum- stances otherwise unpropitious, and opens up opportunities for himself, by which he | advances to honor and wealth. The prompt recognition of persons who have before traded with him, and the prompt recollection of their names, are of great im- portance to the merchant. In actual business the powers of the mem- ory should be exerted to remember the prices of the goods, the amounts of the special out- standing accounts and their maturity. While circumstances may often make or mar a man’s life, wemay often make the cir- cumstances. The only way to conquer cir- cumstances is to be the biggest circumstance yourself. An ability to remember everything else ex- cept matters pertaining to business should be regarded as a serious drawback, and worthy of more attention than a mere pass- ing regret. If the possibility of a disastrous termina- tion to the business be dwelt on continually or too frequently, when the danger is not really imminent, it will tend to produce ir- resolution and wavering. Economy or a careful avoidance of unne- cessary waste, both in the goods that are dealt in and in the expenses of conducting a business, are matters which should enlist the closest attention of the merchant. Have an honorable purpose and pursue it with enthusiasm, resolution and diligence, and the turning points in life will turn in your fayor. Be your best self. Obey your highest convictions or right and duty. A man should take care in starting out in life that he does not overrate himselk, lest when he gets into practical business, he is too easily dissatisfied, and discouraged by every postponement of success, and thus be- comes vacillating and changeable in his business aims. ] It should be remembered that, as a gen- eral thing, the insolvency of a man in busi- ness does not come upon him suddenly. It comes often through his shutting his eyes to the fact that much of his stock is not worth | | | | | | | accounts are uncollectable and | ger cheese is now very small. The Importation of Foreign Cheese. | From the Chicago Grocer. If our American makers keep on, there will soon not be any necessity for importing any foreign cheese. American ingenuity is rapidly solving the cheese problem. We! already produce a domestic Swiss cheese, which is considered fully equal the imported | article, although the latter brings five cents | more in price. The importation of Limbur- | Still the im- | portation of foreign cheese into this coun- try last year amounted to over $1,000,000. The principal foreign cheeses are the Stil- ton, Cheddar Cheshire and Gloucester cheese | | from England; Gruyere from Switzerland, Roquefort, Camembert, Pont P Eveque, Fromage de Brie and Neufchatel from Franee, Edam cheese from Holland; Par- mesa fromage Romans and Caecio Cavallo- poli from Italy. Stilton cheese is in the shape of a cylinder, ten inches in height and eight inches in diameter. It is worth 45 cents per pound wholesale. Cheddar is similar to factory cheese in appearance, and is worth 32 cents. Both Cheshire and Glou- cester are flat cheeses and are worth 28 cents. The genuine Gruyere cheese comes from Switzerland, although an inferior article is made in France. The Swiss Gruyere cheese measures three feet across. Four cheeses weighing about 150 pounds are packed in a tub for exportation. Swiss Gruyere is worth 25 cents per pound. Roquefort cheese is made from the milk of goats, ripened in limestone caves. Each cheese weighs five pounds and is worth 35 cents per pound. Anold French gentleman, residing on Staten Island, owns a large herd of goats and makes a very fair article of Roquefort cheese. He supplies quite a number of dealers, and is worth quite a little fortune made in the business. Camembert cheese is imported in boxes of five dozen pieces, and wholesales at $3.50 per dozen. Pout I’ Eveque is worth $3 per dozen and Fromage de Brie $1.50 per piece. Neufchatel, a species of pot-cheese, is worth 10 cents per portion. Limburger made here is worth 12 cents per pound and Munster cheese 20 cents. The bright red Edam cheese from Holland, as round as a cannon ball and al- most as hard, is worth $10 a case of a dozen loaves. Permesan cheese, almost exclusive- ly used in the preparation of macaroni, comes from Italy in tubs containing five loaves, and is worth 28 cents per pound. The favorite cheese of the Italians is the Caccio Cavallo or horse-head cheese, which is shipped to this country from Naples, and retails at 30 cents. Itis only a question of a very little time when all these varieties of foreign cheese can be successfully reproduc- ed here in our own dairies. ———__—<-9-<—-—_—_— Nearly all the mining corporations of the Marquette district have advanced the wages of underground employees 10 per cent. since March 1—an excellent method of preventing MICHICAN AUTOMATIC INJECTOR. strikes. HBRESTER & FO, Agents for Manufacturers’ Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machin- ery, Saws, Belting and Oils. 4a Yr, x ‘“LAMUVN AHL NO Ls « @0 Ts 36 Depot for Independence Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample pulley and be- come convinced of their superiority. Write for prices. 130 Oakes St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. @Q U A. CHULA BRATEHD ROASTED COSTA RICA COFFE IN 1lb. PACEAGES. cy Mexican, Price, 100 pound Cases, 15 A Mixture of Java & Selec . 15 1-8 oS 15 1-4 cS Santos Goffe cents per ponnd. 66 500 pounds and over 1-2 cent per pound rebate. W7.J-QUAN & CO. COMI CA CO, ITLL T&S. APPLES! We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. If you have any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear from you, and we will keep you posted on market price and prospects. Liberal cash advances made on dried fruit, also on apples in car lots. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Reference—First National Bank. 157 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL. CREAMERIES.= STODDARD MOSELEY’S Creamer ry & Refrigerator § Cabinet Creamery,2-°0° > Have No Equal on the market. Adapted to large & small } | dairies, families, factories, the cream-gaihering system, hotels fi} etc. Used with and without ice. The ** Stoddard » has’ patents |)j } attachment. Cream drawn off the milk, No possibility§ of a drawn with it- Milk or cream drawn at any time, £=aqm Be thick walls and double air space, > a Perfect Refrigerator, | THe BEST! eee sca ‘ MORE’'S. PYRAMIDAL STRAINER) does pet clog, because milk falls on point of fers, aes rints, Dog Powers and Factory Suppties.¢ Wis MOSELEY rd STODDARD Mi'g Co. Poultney. Y tks JOHN PRESTON, ae Dees Grand Rapids, Mich. JOHN CAULFIELD, WHOLESALE GROCER, Grand Rapids, Mich. DLERS, RAILROAD =| B. LEIDERSDORF & CO, MILWAUKEE, WIS., MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED UNCLE SAM, ROB ROY, MINERS AND PUD- BOY AND HURRAH SMOKING; COMMANDER AND HAIR LIFTER CHEWING TOBACCOS. Headquarters for above named brands at z OoORN SO WHOLESALE GROCER.