The Michigan Trade Silat. =» Oe VOL. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1886. ‘NO. 13. Lupwic WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum, THE ONLY RELIABLE Compressed Yeast. Man’f’d by Riverdale Dist. Co. 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. WHIFS & LASHES AT WHOLESALE ONLY. Goods at jobbing prices to any dealer who comes to us or orders by mail, for eash. Ga. ROYS ct CO., Manufacturers’ agents, 2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. The true remedy has at last been discovered. It is Golden Seal Bitters. It is to be found at your drug store. It makes wonderful cures. Use it now. It will cure you. It is the secret of health. 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. PINGREE &SMITEH Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. RS ooo PAI Warranted, i” a ("Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company._&} Office and Factory—11, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge strect West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. Daily Capacity WE LEAD—OTHERS FOLLO W. is valuable. The d Fr Grand Rapids MMIKLE Business College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send forJournal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. . We pay the highest price for it. Address ok Peck Bros., Druggists, rand Rapids, Mich. BELKNAP Wagon and Sleieh Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Spring, Freight, Express, Lumber and Farm WAGONS! Logging Carts and Trucks, Mill and Dump Carts, Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have overy facility for making first-class Wagons of all kinds. [Special Attention Given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich. TO THE RETAIL GROCER. Why don’t you make your own Baking Powdecr And a hundred per cent. profit?) I have made mine for years. Twelve receipts, including the leading powders of the day, with full directions for preparing,—the re- sult of 30 years’ collecting, selecting and experiment- ing, sent for a $1 postal note. Address Cc. P. Bartlett. Baldwinsville, N. Y. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. ¢ STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. A, H. FOWLE, House Decorator and Dealer in FINE WALL PAPERS, Room Mouldings, Window Shades, Artist: Materials PICTURES, - PICTURE FRAMES, And a full line of Paints, Oil & Glass. Numbers and Door of Embossed, Cut and Enamel Letters, Plates, and all kinds Ornamental Glass. Special attention given to House Decorat- ing and Furnishing, and to the designing and furnishing of stained glass. 37 Ionia Street, South of Monroe. A Million Dollars. Millions of dollars would be saved annually by the invalids of every community, if, instead of calling in a physician for every ailment, they were all wise enough to put their trustin Golden Seal Bitters, a certain cvre for all dis- eases arising from an impure state of the Blood and Liver, such as Scrofula inits various forms, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Female irregularities, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Exposure and Imprudence of Life. No person can take these Bitters accord- ing to instructions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by min- eral poison or other means, and the vital or- gans wasted beyond the point of repair. Gold- ed Seal Bitters numbers on its list of cures ac- quired a great celebrity, being used as a fam- ily medicine. Sold by Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. 143 Our Special Plug Tobaccos. SPRING CHICKEN .38 36 MOXIE 38.36 ECLIPSE 30. 30 Above brands for sale only by ~ Diney, SHIELDS & Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. § fra ; 2 (St i lA re & Son DEALER IN AWNINGS, TENTS, Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, Hammocks and Spread- ers, Hammock Supports and Chairs, Buggy Seat Tops, Etc. Send for Price-List. 783 Canal St. JUDD c& CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. L. §. Hill & Co. Fishing Tackle A Specialty at Wholesale and Retail. Dealers are invited to send for our new Illustrated Catalogue for the trade only. Don’t purchase your Spring Stock of Tackle until you have received our prices, as we have many new and desir- able goods, with prices guaranteed as low as the lowest, on Rods, Reels, Lines and Leaders, Snelled Hooks and Hooks of every variety, all sizes of French Trout Baskets with capacity 6 to 25 lbs., new Cane Poles, Artificial Baits, etc., and a general line of Sporting Goods. L. S. HILL & CO. 21 PEARL STREET, GRAND Rapips, Mici. PLUG TOBACCO, TURKEY 39 Bie 5 Cenis, co Dainty § A fine revolver | 422 BULLY LEMON & HOOPS WHOLESALE GROCERS, GRAND RAPIDS, EATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of y. W. Venable & Cos PETERSBURG, VA., FLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. MICH. PARTNER WANTED. A man with twelve to fifteen thousand dollars to take interest in a first-class furni- ture business, well established. Good saw mill in connection with the furniture factory. Factory and mill situated in good locality. Timber plenty and cheap. Address E. Howard, Gobleville, Mich. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, 102 CANAL STREET. both for field and garden. Parties in want should CEE) \ write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. 71 CANAL STREET. PIONEER PREPARED PAINTS. Order your stock now. Having a large stock of the above celebrated brand MIXED PAINTS, we are prepared to fill all.orders. We give the following Guarantee: When our Pioneer Prepared Paintis put on any building, and if within three years it should crack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint the building at our expense, with the best White Lead or such other paint as the owner may select. Havelting & Perkins Drag Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JBwW BLEF. 44 CANAL STREET, FOR SALE. A large tract of good farming land, cov- ered with valuable timber, for sale or ex- change for merchandise. Also two steam mills, 40 and 50 horse-power, well located to cut the timber on said tract, both in good repair and now running. Any party having merchandise to exchange must give particu- lars when writing. For further information, address W. L. Beardsley, Hersey, Mich. An Enterprising Firm. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. can al- ways be relied upon not only to carry in stock the best of drugs, but have secured the agency for Dr. Pete’s 35-cent Cough Cure, which they warrant. Jt will cure all Throat, Lung and Chest diseases, and has the reputation of being the best Cough cure ever discovered for Con- sumption. Granello, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, LOT Ottawa St. Suitings for Manufacturers, Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, Overcoats for Everybody FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOL- ENS AND WORSTEDS, THE BEST MANUFACTURED. FINE AND SER- VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL AT PRICES THAT WILL IN- DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. An Offensive Partisan. Wm. H. Maher in the American Grocer. Andrew Hoover had been postmaster at Lumberville so long that he had come to look upon the office and business as his own. Naturally of a not very amiable dis- position, he had grown crabbed with ad- vancing years, and latterly had served the public under protest, and as if each eall was a personal insult. If the public felt at all aggrieved because of his snappish answers and boorish manners they made no open protest, far they were sure Andy was “‘solid” with the party leaders and would not be dis- turbed so long as his party was in power. To be village postmaster is eagerly desir- ed by the average village merchant. He reasons that the possession of that office compels every person to come into his store, and gives him great advantage over any competitor. He looks upon it, before he has it, as of wonderfully great help, and he pulls every string he has to gain it. If he does not succeed in getting the appointment he is sure that his competitor’s success has been of great help to him in his business, and he is apt to blame his misfortunes in business to his faiiure to secure the post office. But if he is successful and can, like Mr. Nasby, write P. M. after his name, it is not long until the post office is an old story, and he is ready to declare that it is a nuis- ance and of vastly more damage to his busi- ness than it is of good. Andrew Hoover was not only postmaster put for many years he had the exclusive hardware trade of the village in hardware. He bought his stock in much the same way as he delivered his mail. He was cranky and cross with one man and sociable with another. He paid when it suited him, and thought no more of returning a draft for a past due bill than he did of throwing an official envelope into the waste paper bas- ket. But much to his surprise and wrath he heard one day that some man was going to open another hardware store in Lumber- ville. He could not believe it. He would have believed as readily that some one would open another post office. He was convinced that he had just as good a right to the hard- ware trade of Lumberville as he had to the exclusive handling of the mails. Neverthe- less it was true. Phil Smith was going to lay in a stock of hardware in the building just across the street from the post office, and Andy was in a state of mind painful to witness. There are two classes of business men who can be very amiable with a competitor; one is very shallow, the other is broad minded. The shallow man _ shrugs _ his shoulders and says, ‘Competition is the life of trade,” and he lounges around his competitor’s store until he is a nuisance. The broad built man says, ‘‘It will only help the fellow if I show that his coming here in any way hurts me, and the best way for me to do is to be friendly and sociable.” But there is an intermediate class who look upon a competitor with hatred; they think of him all day and dream of him at night. They buy a thing because he has it; they cut the price not so much with the idea of helping themselves, as of hurting him, and they continually run him down to their customers and acquaintances. Andy belonged to this latter class. To his mind Smith was a whelp who ought to be taken out in the fields and shot. He watched every traveling man, and if he sold Smith he could not sell him. If a customer came from Smith’s place to his the chances were he would not wait en him, but tell him to go to Smith’s and get it. When Smith came for his mail Andy had oppor- tunity to show how much he hated and de- spised him. He kept him waiting always as long as he possibly could; he threw out his letters as he would throw away something defiling to the touch; and he sold him stamps as if he hoped they would explode and send Smith to—sheol. Smith saw it all, put up with it and pros- pered. He was a well-balanced man and a natural merchant. Where Andy had been exorbitant he cut down, and on some goods that he WHS sure Ardy was selling at less than cost he asked a good profit. If Andy was out of an article he never ordered more till a salesman came around, or he went to town. Smith ordered at once, and got many little things by ex- press every week to help people who were in a hurry. : Suddenly Smith began to have trouble about his mail. He sent orders for goods and never heard from them. He wrote for quotations and never received answers. He received goods and had to send for dupli- cate bills, sometimes oftener than once. When he spoke to the postmaster about it he was gruffly told it was no business of his. He made complaint at Columbus, (Lumberville being in that district) but he was told that the fault must be with his correspondents. The annoyance grew worse and other people began to complain of trouble with their mail. Finally, Smith was so persis- tent, that a special agent of the service was sent tc investigate the matter and catch the offender. He satin my office a few even- ‘When the mail was made up at Colum- | bus I counted the letters for Lumberville, | then rode on the wagon to the depot, saw | the bag thrown into the car and followed it The clerk there did not know where 1 | was going nor wnat I was working on, and in. after the train started I went out of his car) to give hima chance to take the letters if) he was doing that kind of business. Just | ' duction of the majority of the inferior} goods now flooding our markets, and until our re- tailers see the necessity of keeping them- selves posted as to different brands and their relative values, and jobbers encourage such a ruinous practice. see this practice still in progress, to great detriment of the grocery trade cease to we will the very at large. Eo before we reached Lumberville I came back Jelly Made from Apple Peelings and Pom- is | and asked to see the Lumberville mail. | There were twospostal cards and three let-| put in as decoys. All the mail was there | that 1 had seen at Columbus. When the; ni | walked up town behind the man who car | ried it. Isaw it placed in the post office; | ture developments. In due course of time | he went for his mai], and was given two | him what to say if he did not get all I had | seen in the bag for him. ‘Is this all there | letter from Columbus that was sure to be| ° co. ; ’ ® | on this train.’ ‘I don’t care anything about | what you expected,’ said, Andy, as snap-| pishly as he could. ‘Have you distrib- for you, and that’s all you’re concerned in.’ | He came back to the store and showed me. eard on the envelope; I remembered it dis- | tinctly. It was time for me to act. I walk- alone. I spoke quietly and pleasantly. ‘Mr. Hoover, I think you must have overlooked mailed him at Columbus that you did not give him just now; it is one that Iam in- and answered shortly and_ sarcastically. ‘Well, I'll write him one; that’s what post- the one that was written; are you sure it didn’t come just now?’ ‘Yes, Lam.’ ‘You ter on the car and I saw it put in the mail bag; Iam an®agent of the postal service (1 for tampering with the mails.’ ” ‘What did he say?” I asked. ‘‘His face | on the show-ease behind which he was standing. He came to in a moment, and | missing letter in his waste-paper basket, unopened, and found many letters there called in his bondsmen and turned the office over to them, while I took Hoover to Col- I don’t think he was dishonest—what he did was from spite—but he was unfit to hold ‘‘He loses the office?” “Oh, yes,” said the agent laughing; ‘‘he > -2<.—___ The Real Remedy for Cutting. There isa constant ery from the retail merchant that his neighbor is cutting prices, cheaper goods with which to run him out. There is possibly no vice in the mercantile prices, putting prices down below regular and established values in order to get ahead sure to demoralize business honor, and will cultivate habits not to be thought of by a When once started, the tradesman has no idea that he will overstep the limit; at first The propensity for cutting grows stronger, and stronger and in a short time from a gotten to just a shade above cost. In many eases of envious neighbors and com- then comes the pruning process which cuts even a little below the cost. cutting? Why, simply a resort to dishonest dealing—suppaying inferior goods in the profit. The first cut is frequently the first e . . » . step to a ealling of a meeting of creditors. cut the most fail the oftenest, and the num- ber of failures would decrease materially if than one hundred eents, and sell goods to no dealer who does not insist on a decent the seller alone is to blame, as the greed of close buyers and their smooth way of ed by Messrs. So & So for less money, fre- quently causes a cut price; and no one can paid back in their own coin by getting an article inferior to the one bought. sellers are alone to blame. Frequently, in cases- of overstock and short fnnds, they ciently below the regular rate to induce those in immediate want to buy. ting, and works a great amount of mischief to fair traders. ters in it for Smith. Some of these I had bag was thrown off I kept it in sight and | then I went over to Smith’s to await for fu- postal cards and two letters. I had told | is for me,’ he asked; ‘I expected another | | uted everything?” ‘That’s all there The one held back was one with a business | ed over carelessly and found the postmaster a letter for Mr. Smith; I am sure one was terested in.’ He took me to be a drummer, masters are for.’ ‘He would rather have are not telling the truth, sir; I saw the let- showed him my badge), and I arrest you turned deathly white and he fainted, falling | took possession of the office. I found the that had been torn and thrown away. I umbus before the United States Marshal. the office.” is removed for offensive partisanship.” From the Kansas City Grocer. and that he must either get ‘‘insides” or world more prevalent than that of cutting of your competitors, and if persisted in is successful merchant. he is just a little below the regular price. little below the regular price he has petitors, prices have been cut to actual cost; What is the result of this indiscriminate place of the one sold in order to make a It is a very well known fact that those who jobbers would refuse to compromise for less profit. Who is to blame? We do not think pretending that the same goods were offer- sympathize with such buyers should they be There are occasions, of course, where come into market with their goods suffi- This is ong of the worst features of cut- Cutting has been the cause of the duie ace. Most people familiar with the operations of a fruit evaporator lrave probably noticed that after the regular work of the day is completed the apple peelings are thrown in- to the dryer and kept there until every par- ticle of moisture is removed. The peelings come out as erisp as crackers and, frequent- ly, as black as ahat. They are packed in barrels and shipped to Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and other trade centers. A consider- able proportion of them are soaked up with water and fermented, the object being to utilize the acid so obtained in the manufac- ture of vinegar. The following excerpt from an Eastern paper indicates that the peelings subserve other uses than those of the vinegar maker: Three glasses purporting to contain cur- rant, pineapple, and apricot jelly were plac- ed before the reporter. Each was labelled ‘-warranted genuine.” They tasted like the genuine articles, and they were made, the dealer said, from apple peelings taken from a canning factory on Long Island. The peelings were brought to the city as dry as bones and were black and ill-looking, but the steam boiler and flavoring extracts made them palatable. The dealer said the jellies cost less than one-third of what pure jellies would cost and were retailed in every gro- cery inthe city at 10 cents a glass. He thought the manufacture and sale of the stuff perfectly legitimate. The same authority also exposes another constituent of jelly, as follows: Apple jelly made from good fruit is all well enough in its way, but city cider mak- ers know a trick worth two of that. They use the apple pulp left in the press, after the cider is squeezed out, for the body of the jellies. The pulp is shovelled into close vats and steamed until it is melted into thin paste. This is then strained into another vat, where it forms avery unsavory stew, but its unsavoryness does not discourage the jelly maker. He puts in glucose, sugar and flavoring and coloring material liberally, and directly the apple pomace becomes currant jelly, or any other kind that the market de- ; mands, the flavoring and coloring chemicals being changed to suit. ————_ > ++ Eggs by Weight. From the American Rural Home. It is annoying to the breeder of blooded and fine fowls to find, when he offers for sale eggs nearly twice as large as his neigh- bors’, that they bring no more per dozen than do the smaller ones. Also, the con- sumer is often vexed to find that he must pay the same price to-day for a dozen eggs weighing a pound that he yesterday paid for a dozen weighing a pound and a half. Besides, an egg from a well fed fowl is heavier and richer than one from a common fowl that is only half fed, so that weight compared to size is an indication of rich- ness. Thus, eggs of which eight will weigh a pound are better and richer than those of apparently the same size, of which ten are required for a pound. Of course, with eggs at four and five cents a dozen (and hundreds of dozens have been sold in past years at these prices), it is not much matter as to the size; but when the price ranges from twenty-five to fifty cents per dozen, it is a matter worth looking after. It is high time that the old style of selling and buying eggs were discontinued. It is a relic of the past, and reminds us of the time when dressed hogs sold for a dollar each without regard to size, and were dull sale at that. Insist upon it, then, you who raise poultry and eggs for market, that the price for eggs shall be so much per pound, and then it will be some inducement to farmers to raise a better class of fowls, and all will get what is their just due. -<.>___—— _—_—_ ra Something New In Cards. Letter to the Minneapolis Tribune. Let me tell you about a new thing in per- sonal cards that is just now affected by a class of Boston men. I suppose there is a class, for the gay fellow who had the speci- men that I saw and who seemed to be pret- ty proud of it was a distinet type. He was a man around town—the jolly kind who knows everybody and is known by every- body, belongs to all those clubs that are not literary, but that can give you the best sherry in town and the stiffest game of poker to be had on Beacon-st. Poker in Boston does not cost as high as in Wash- ington, of coarse, but at some of the club tables the amounts lost are enough to make: it very interesting for the losers. But about: the ecards. It was, of course, of the finest and most expensive board, and the good taste of the owner as well as the engraver was shown in the small and plain lettering of the man’s name and the business address on the lower line. In the upper left hand corner was a beautiful exhibition of the en- graver’s art, a fine head and bust of Venus, and in the opposite corner an equally well drawn and executed head of a spirited horse. There you had the index to the man’s likings and aspirations—for women and horses. He seemed quite proud of the delicate way in which he had been photo- graphed on the card. ‘ a The Michigan Tradesman, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State, BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1886. Merchants and anufacturers’ Exchange, Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. muety. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—Geo. B. Dunton. : Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Mectings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Merchants’ Protective Association of Big Rapids. President—N. H. Beebe; First Vice-Presi- dent, W. E. Overton; Second Vice-President, C. B. Lovejoy; Secretsry. A. S. Hobart; Treas- urer, J. F. Clark. Grand Rapids Dairy Board of Trade President—Aaron Clark. Vice-President—F. E. Pickett. Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe. Market days—Every Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. Traverse City Business Men’s Association. President, Frank Hamilton; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood; Treasurer, J. T. Beadle. Business Men’s Protective Union of Cheboygan. President, A. M. Wesgate; Vice-President, H. Chambers; Secretary, A. J. Paddock. Luther Protective Association. President, W. B. Pool: Vice-President, R. M. Smith; Secretary. Jas. M. Verity; Treasurer, Geo. Osborne. Ionia Business Men’s Protective As- sociation. President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Vice-President, H. M. Lewis; Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr. Merchants’ Union of Nashville, President, Herbert M. Lee; Vice-President, C. E. Goodwin; Treasurer, G. A. Truman; Sec- retary and Attorney, Walter Webster. Lowell Business Men’s Protective As- sociation. President, N. B. Blain; Vice-President, John Giles; Secretary, Frank T. King; Treasurer, Chas. D. Pease. Ovid Business Men’s Association. President, C. H. Hunter: Secretary, Lester o1ley. t® Subscribers and others, when writing oO advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- sher by mentioning that they saw the adver- isement in the columns of this paper. WHEREIN LIES THE REMEDY? Noel & Johnson, the Palo merchants, write Tut TRADESMAN as follows under date of June 12: We have read with much interest the pro- ceedings of the Retail Grocers’ Association, in your paper, and think it a grand thing. But what can two or three merchants in a town like ours do? There are not enough of us to effect an organization and yet we suffer most wickedly from the miserable -dead-beat. Has the Association any ‘‘Balm of Gilead” for such as we? Palo merchants have the same remedy as those in other localities similarly situated— they can enlist the co-operation of the deal- ers in neighboring towns and organize an association on the basis of wide member- ship. Instead of confining membership toa single town or city, it can be extended so as to include every merchent doing business within a certain number of townships or limited to county lines. Such an arrange- ment will enable the merchants to present a strong front to the dead-beat, numerically, and with proper direction on the part of the officers and cordial co-operation on the part of the lay members, an association can be made invaluable to every one connected with it. Senator Conger made a just and witty protest against the appropriation to pay a part of the expenses of an international commission on a decimal system of weights and measures. For years past a knot of ‘specialists, with Dr. Barnard at their head, have been pressing this proposal upon the country. It has not been adopted and it will not be. Our system of weights and measures is immeasurably superior to any that can be based on our decimal notation, which itself is notoriously unsatisfactory and far more in need of reform. No law could now alter the habits of our peuple in this regard. Such laws have failed to pro- duce any such affect in Europe, where the old local and provincial standards still maintain their existence alongside the new legal standard. And it is the height of ab- surdity to waste the public money—however small the sum—on projects which have no more importance to the American people than has the Keely Motor. That the telephone has become a necessi- ty to business men no one will attempt to deny. That itis also indispensable to the happiness of the young men and women who work in offices supplied with tele- phones is also patent to all observers. In- deed it has become an open question wheth- er the telephone was intended for the cur- tailment of business duties or the encour- agement of the noble art of courting. Cer- tain it is that half the appointments inci- dent to the latter stage of existence are con- summated over the wires and that much time which rightfully belongs to the em- ployer is frittered away in senseless ex- changes of sentiment and fancy. The Lowell bankruptcy bill has come to grief in the Senate. Its enemies succeeded in striking out an essential feature, and its friends abandoned it as worse than useless. The decision was probably a wise one. The passage of the bill as amended would prob- ably have stood in the way of a better meas- ure. So its defeat, though to be regretted, was the best that could be done. For another year at least the country must con- tinue under the operation of state laws, which differ as widely as possible. The Traverse City Business Men’s Asso- ciation has designated Tuesday, July 20, as a general holiday, to be spent in taking an excursion on the City of Traverse to Old Mission, where a picnic will be held. Asa people, we have plenty of holidays, but the merchant and his clerk are too seldom en- abled to enjoy them. Tur TRADESMAN commends the plan adopted by the Traverse City business men and hopes to see it fol- lowed by the merchants in other localities. The New York Retail Grocers’ Advocate is impatient because the grocers’ associations of Michigan do not form a State organiza- tion. THE TRADESMAN would respectfully inform the Advocate that a State Associa- tion will be formed whenever the proper time comes—that the movement is in good hands—and that the Advocate can best sub- serve its own interests and the grocery trade of Michigan by confining its impertinent suggestions to its own field. The prospects for the final passage of the oleomargarine bill are not as flattering as they were ten days ago. The opinion seems to be general that the Senate will allow the bill to die on their table, and that even though it pass the Senate the President will veto the measure. Should the latter event occur, it will be impossible to secure the necessary two-thirds vote in either house to pass it over the head of the executive. Sturgis is now moving in the matter of a merchants’ union, which will probably be organized within the next ten days. AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. J. A. Averill has engaged in the grocery business at 524 Second street. Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the stock. Cornelius J. Van Halteran succeeds Van Halteran & Schram in the grocery business at 95 South Division street. Delos Barrows, general dealer at Johns- ville, has added a line of drugs. The Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock. oe a _ G, W. Boughton has engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Second street and Lane avenue. Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the stock. Patrick Sullivan and Martin Lambrix, both experienced boiler makers, have gone to Hurley, Wis., to engage in business on their own account. McFellin & Co. have engaged in general trade at Boyne Falls. Amos. S. Mussel- man & Co. furnished the groceries and Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the hard- ware. Benson & Crawford, of Saranac, are about to introduce a new sprinkler, which they claim to be more convenient and durable than the one now in general use. The sprinkling ‘‘rose” is placed below the reser- voir and is operated by a valve. Assignee Darragh has finally wound up the estate of Sowers & White, the Ovid bankers who failed two years ago, each creditor having received 6424 cents on the dollar. This is generally considered a good showing, as many of the creditors did not expect to realize over 50 cents on the dollar and some were prepared to settle on the basis of 40 per cent. The court allowed the assignee $4,000 for his services in the matter. Edwin Densmore, E. P. Chamberlain and | W. H. Cray, of Toledo, have formed a co- | partnership under the firm name of the| Grand Rapids Portable House Co. to engage in the manufacture and sale of the Dens- more patent veneer cottage. The firm has leased the power, buildings and machinery formerly owned by the Grand Rapids Bend- ing Works, on Prescott street, and has fifty cottages now under way. The firm expects to sell about 100 cottages the present season and to increase the output to 1,000 another Phatteplace in the grocery business at Kal- amazoo. Gary, Ward & Baker succeed Gary Bros. in the clothing and boot and shoe business at Ludington. C. H. Klumph succeeds Sprague & Klumph in the coal, wood and lime busi- ness at Bay City. R. Winsor & Son succeed Razek & Win- sor in general trade and the manufacture of salt at White Rock. Harris Netzorg, formerly of Greenville, has bought the dry goods and millinery bus- iness of Eli Loeb, at Alpena. Chas. B. Mum, formerly of the firm of S. C. Seott & Co., at Howard City, has opened a new drug store at Decatur. Geo. E. Burgess, grocer at Vassar, has assigned to J. R. Bancrofts. The assets and liabilities are about equal. J. B. King has purchased an interest in the grocery business of C. N. Leach, at Howard City. The firm name will hereafter be Leach & King. F. B. Watkins, the Monterey general dealer, expects to moveshis stock into his new brick store building at Hopkins Station about the middle of July. J. B. Yeiter has sold an interest in his drug business at Lowell to Dexter G. Look, formerly with J. Q. Look, and the firm | name will hereafter be Yeiter & Look. Howard Record: George L. Smith, of Wood Lake, formerly of Coral, has moved : his stock of groceries and provisions into | Liabilities and Assets of Jos. H. Spires. Assignee Smith has filed a schedule of the liabilities and assets of Jos. H. Spires, the Leroy shingle manufacturer, from which it appears that the liabilities aggregate $5,723.15, distributed among thirty-five creditors in the following amounts: Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.,G’d Rapids, $500 04 y, Ball & Co. sa 165 13 nee Bertsch & Co. . C. B. Dreseler I. C. Levi G. R. Mfg. Co. W. 'T. Lamoreaux Houseman, Donnally & Jones Foster, Stevens & Co. A. Leitelt Eaton & Lyon E.G. Studley B. M. Stowe S. A. Morman Bradstreet Co. - D. J. Leathers - First National Bank, Grand Haven..... Dwight Cutler * Morris & Martin, Reed City............ J. G. Gonsolus, Big Rapids....... ...... Tt ree, Ceeege. og oi eos cease Smith & Woodard, Kalamazoo.......... J. W. Bosman, Holland................. J. W. Cummer, Cadillac......... 00.2... Uoorborst & Gleurum, Leroy.... H. M. Patrick Co. mo M. V. Gundrum J. Cocherton Frank Smith Geo. Brooks J. Davidson ” James Williams “ J. W. Grover A. Kimball Mortgage on muleS...................08 The assets included in the assignee’s schedule amount to $1,546.22, comprising | land, shingles, mills, buggies, sleighs, har- | nesses, ete. “ss ss se “ Ty oe “6 “cs “es se Sis i Ses Se RESSSSuKRser “ee se oe Big Rapids. The Council has granted C. D. Harwood >|and a thousand various ways. Accidents Will Happen No one can tell how or when--- accidents by railroad, steam- boat, horse or carriage travel G.A.H. & CO. Merchants and manufacturers will find a complete line of Stationery, BLANK BOOKS, And SUPPLIES, At lowest prices at GU. A. HALL & 0.8 29 MONROE ST. TRY US. The only safe way is to be in- sured in the PHOPLES Mutual Accident Association when they happen. The BEST, most LIBERAL and CHEAP- EST Accident Insurance is granted by the Peoples Mutual Accident Association, of Pitts- burg, Pa. Features new and original not to be secured in any other company. Address 96 Fourth Ave., Fittsbureh, Pa, the Ayers building, which has just been | the privilege of removing the store building vacated by C. N. Leach. — — ' ag et with a stock e ee . Toanre.| Of groceries to North Michigan avenue and ed E. paneer: — bors vanes | it is generally understood that N. H. Beebe MAN that the firm of Hallenbeck & Co. has | has purchased the lot and will erect a sub- sold its stock of general merchandise at stantial brick this season. Hoytville to Wm. Crane for $6,500, who! A little misunderstanding between Wm. re . oe ; | Jacques, who purchased the Edmunds boot will continue the business at the old stand. | and shoe stock, and some Detroit parties, D. E. Hallenbeck will collect all the notes | has resulted in the temporary closing of the and accounts of the late firm and settle all | store. liabilities. _ Henry Gerts, of Gowen, is to remove his Martin Howard, of Chicago, has bough’ | SOk* _ this city and will occupy the old ’ _ 5’ | Jefts stand on North State street. The the hardware stock at Quincy owned by! Stickney drug stock will be removed to Mrs. Chas. Knowlton, who has conducted | Gowen and Wm. Remus will be one of the HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: Basswood, log-run................... @13 00 po Ee a 16 00@20 00 Biren, NOS? sand 2. ..... 1... 555.55 ess @25 00 Black Asn, logy... 0... ..c0 cece ces @13 00 STONY, FOREN oi cn on cone cca cone 25 00@30 00 Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2........... .. 45 00@50 00 CMGPEF. GU. c cases scanec ne a @10 00 Maple, log-run............. : ...15 00@15 00 Maple, soft, log-run............ ..-12 00@14 00 Mame, NOS. Lana? .................. @20 00 Maple, clear, flooring................ @25 00 Maple, white, selected............... G@25 00 WRGG OG, LOU-PUN. «5 osc c ccc case cee @18 00 Red Oak, Nos.1 and 2.......... au Q22 00 Red Oak, No. 1,step plank.......... @25 00 WE OUI 6 oon ook dns cca ccces @a5 00 Walnut, Nog. 1 and 2................. @75 00 EATON & LYON, Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries, the business since her husband’s death, three years ago. The building has been oc- cupied as a hardware store for twenty-two years. Mr. Howard’s son takes charge of the business. STRAY FACTS. The drouth has set the Kalamazoo celery | crop back three weeks. | A Chicago baker will start a bakery at | Bronson the coming week. A Boston knitting factory company talk | of locating at Battle Creek. E. D. Cooper succeeds Cooper & Pierson | in the meat business at Charlotte. Berrien Springs has organized a smelling committee to hunt for minerals, oil and gas. | Bullock & French succeed Pembroke & | Bullock in the livery business at Kalama- | } Z00. P. C. Sullivan succeeds Sullivan & Man- | ners in the blacksmith and wagon making ; business at Mt. Pleasant. Fennville is anxious to have acannery es- | tablished there and would extend such an | enterprise considerable encouragement. Newman, Sears & Co. succeed F. A. Newman & Co. in the earriage and agricul- | tural implement business at East Saginaw. | Two of Bronson’s merchants had a knock | | $5 to $5.50. | proprietors. J. J. Hewett, of Albion, Penn., has pur- | chased the Fuller planing mill just north of | the lower depot and will convert it into a | coiled hoop factory with a capacity of two ' car loads a week. | The Merchants’ Protective Association ;has been fully organized and officered as follows: President—N. H. Beebe. Vice-Presidents—W. E. Overton and C. B. Lovejoy. Secretary—A. S. Hobert. Treasurer—J. F. Clark. The Association adopted the constitution 'and by-laws of the Grand Rapids associa- tion, with some slight changes and addi- tions. --_—~— 2 <> - Why is the Wayland cheese better than any other? Because the maker operates the factory on the sweet curd theory, and does not allow the goodness in the cheese to burn up with the acids. Oranges are scarce and prices range from Lemons are in good demand and prices are a shade higher. Bananas are in good supply and prices are low. ‘*Fermentum” the only reliable compress- ed yeast. See advertisement. MISCELLANEOUS. ~~ —— eee Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, WERE, CO cis cea c canoes. @25 00 Gyréy Fim, log-run. ....... 2.05 ....... @13 00 White Ash, log-rum...............0.. 14 (O@16 00 Whitewood, log-run................. @23 00 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. _ ‘The following BAKING POWDERS have no LOTTERY SCHEME CON- NECTIONS: Each can has a present of equal value. iil “Hoh Nail” Baking Powder. 1 lb. cans, tall, packed 4 doz. case with 4 doz. 10 in. oblong Glass Dishes, assorted FOR BS1iS.co. LVER SPOON BAKING POWDER 10 oz. cans, tall, packed 4 doz. in case, with 1 doz. sets Colored Glass, 4 piece each colors down argument last week about a matter of | or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay- | ment. rent, and the courts have been ealled upon 1 Advertisements directing that answers be FOR $10.00. year. The factory will be kept running all winter to supply the Southern demand and | make up a stock for, the season of 1887. | The cottages are made in various styles and | sizes, the most common 0 80g being 13x | 1914 feet in demensions, with a veranda on | one side 7x191¢ feet, four windows and | two doors. All the ornamentation possible with the use of paint and colored glass is! also utilized. ‘The houses are so construct- | ed that two men can put one up or take it | down in two hours. AROUND THE STATE. Eppink & Coleman bought the Sebastian Bros. grocery stock at Allegan. Wm. Eves, druggist at Plymouth, been closed under chattel mortgage. Leavenworth & Co. have moved their gen- eral stock from Forman to Midland. Chas. Chapman succeeds Chapman & Hyde in general trade at Southfield. W. T. Phelps succeeds John M. Laber- teaux in the grocery business at Marshall. Perry & Carman succeed E. & M. Zim- merman in the grocery business at Flint. Clarence A. Fellows succeeds Fellows & Thorp in the drug business at Big Rapids. B. T. Kent will remove his hardware stock from Augusta to Reed City next week. $ Fred. H. Phetteplace succeeds Haines & x t has to settle the affair. Referring to the organization of the retail | trade at that place, the Big Rapids Herald remarks: ‘‘Dead-beats will soon find their | calling at an end in this city. They will be | passed around pretty likely.” Big Rapids Current: H. W. Swift, who | has been operating a shingle mill at Rodney for several months past, with headquarters | in this city, will shortly remove his mill to | Bear Lake, tweny miles north of Manistee, where he will have afive years run. | Allegan Journal: The machinery for the new machine shop to be started here by | | Bareus, Duthie & Parks, of Muskegon, has | been arriving this week and is being put in | place in the Eagle foundry. This addition to our manufactories seems to be an assured ! fact. William Harris & Son, of Chase, sold | their shingle mill and cedar lands to Irwin McCall, M. E. Sargent and O. N. Gage, of | Carson City. Irwin McCall afterward sold | his interest to Geo. E. Thayer, of Carson ' City, and the firm will be known as Thayer, | Sargent & Co. R. G. Peters, of Manistee, is branching | out in the Menominee region under the firm | name of Morrison & Peters. The firm has | 8,000,000 feet of logs on the upper waters, | all of which will go down to the mouth of | the Menominee for sawing and_shipment. | About 5,000,000 feet will be sawed this sea- | son, none of it having been sold at a late | date. —— - Purely Personal. W. B. Sweet, late of Saginaw, has taken the position of shipping clerk for Fox & | ‘Bradford. E. P. Brett, of the firm of Brett Bros., | sawmill operators at Ashton, was in town a couple of days last week. A. E. Curtiss, Michigan manager for Al-| den Batcheller & Co., sawmill operators at | Bachelor, was in town last week. Dr. O. N. Moon and wife, of Fennville, were in the city Saturday on their way home : from Jackson, where the Doctor attended | the annual meeting of the State Medical So- | ciety. W. E. Cooper and the editor of THr | TRADESMAN go to Sturgis next Wednesday to assist the merchants of that place in the | organization of a protective union. Mer-| chants from other towns who wish to famil- | iarize themselves with the workipgs of trade | organizations would do well to be present. | + ; sent in care of this office must be accompanied | by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, ete. OR SALE—A drug store situated on the Chicago & West Michigan Railway in one of the finest fruit and farming counties in the State. Stock of $1,500 or under, Also a fine practice to be disposed of at the same time, to a physician who wishes to practice medicine in connection with drug store. Competition light. Address **Sun,” care THE oa 143tf }OR SALE OR RENT~—In the fast-growing village of Paris, north of Big Rapids, a two-story frame double store, 75x43, with a stone cellar, 24x23. Will sell cheap for cash, or on easy terms, or rent. Building can be easily converted into a hotel. Will also take merchandise or city property in pay. Address ox 11, New Era, Oceana Co., Mich. 145* re SALE OR EXCHANGE—A druggstock in Grand Rapids. - <—>—_—_—_ The Literature of Pharmacy.* Respecting the uses of the journals, com- ing by mail while the cruggist is pressed with work; coming upon a desk strewed with letters, and bills, and prices current, what is to be done with them? As they accumulate, they become lumber; the very lumber for the building of a pharmaceutical library. Take care of them as they come: 1. Put each number in its place and keep the files in order. 2. See what articles are in the last number, and read current intelligence as soon as there is time for it. 3. Read such of the solid articles as are of interest and profit to you when there is leisure for that, reading, if possible, with frequent reference to your library. 4. Fasten upon the index to the com- pleted volume, and keep it as the key to the value of that volume in your library. If the index disappears, send for another at once, before the index number gets out of print. A back volume without an index is rubbish, and a broken volume impairs the set. ‘Any periodical in pharmacy that pro- vides a good alphabetical index deserves to be preserved. When any volume is completed, the soon- er it is bound the better, but if it be not de- sired to incur expense for binding every set at once, the volumes may be stitched or banded, or placed neatly in order for possi- ble reference, and against a probable future wish to have them bound. A set in very cheap binding, strictly uniform, is pleasing to the eye and satisfactory to the owner. * * * ‘The literature of pharmacy is by no means confined to the supply of medi- cines, though this must continue to be the most responsible portion of pharmaceutical practice. ‘There are indispensible branches of applied science, other than the know- ledge of medicines and their supply, the lit- erature of which is found largely in pharm- aceutical publications. For information on important parts of sanitary science, indus- taial chemistry, general analysis of mater- ials, the quantities of food and water, and the technology of common life, we must needs go to the repositories of pharmaceuti- cal learning. When the law against the adulteration of food went into effect in Eng- land a dozen of years ago, and practical science was found poorly prepared for its duties, the best resources at hand were ob- tained from pharmaceutical authorities. Under the early operation of similar laws in our eastern states at this time pharma- cists are creating a literature that must be had if the work is to be done. Of the four questions presented for discussion at the late pharmaceutical congress of all countries, by the committee on organization, one was on sophistications of food and the related legislative service, and one was on the best means for analysis of potable waters. ee ee A Retail Drug Clerk. Of all the toilers retail drug clerks are the poorest paid. It takes at least three years to learn the business, and about the same time to get familar with its details; so you may say that it requires five years to be- come a competent clerk. Now, this is so much of the best part of his life that is thrown away, and for what? Simply to know how to earn $12 or $14 per week. A man who drives a car can earn more than that, and it requires no time to learn. The drug business may not be a profession, al- though it is generelly so considered, but at the least calculation it comes under the head of skilled labor. No one can pretend to deny that drug clerks are intelligent. From my experience with men in general 1 think they compare favorably with any other class, and are far above the average. I know comparatively young druggists who read Latin and Greek and are excellent English scholars. They study botany, geol- ogy and anatomy between prescriptions. One thing is certain, a dunce can not work long in a drug store. He will be found out *Extracts from the address of Professor Al- ceutical Association. bert B. Prescott, before the Detroit Pharma- before he knows it. Asamatterof facta dull and careless man can not get adiploma from any of our better class of schools of pharmacy. The position occupied by the retail pharma- cist is one of great responsibility. Errors made by the doctor are often corrected by the prescriptionist. The retail drug clerk is ‘expected to be always on hand, night or -day, wide-awake, active and reliable; and no labor of like character receives so little compensation. a Oceana Druggists to Organize. From the Hart Argus. The druggists of the county met at Pent- water on the 8th, with some Mason county druggists, to see about forming a Mason- Oceana Pharmaceutiéal Association. This they decided not to do, and will meet at Hart next Tuesday to organize an Oceana Association. The party took a sail on the yacht Norden. ——_— -« > —___ ‘ The Drug Market. Business is good and collections are ditto. Quinine, morphine and opium are dull. Paris green has advanced 1 cent per pound. Gum arabic has advanced 5 cents per pound, all grades. —— -2 < The published proceedings of the third an- nual convention of the Michigan State Phar- maceutical Association, which was held at Detroit last October have just been issued un- der the direction of the Secretary. The volume comprises 260 pages and cover, and bears the impress of careful editing and ar- rangement. Secretary Parkill requ@sts Ture TRADESMAN to announce that the Grand tapids members of the Association can pro- cure copies of the report by calling on Local Secretary White, the Muskegon members on Jacob Jesson, and the Detroit members on Farrand, Williams & Co. According to the calculations made by a scientific writer lately, it requires a prodig- ious amount of vegetable matter to form a layer of coal, the estimate being that it would really take a million years to form a coal bed 100 feet thick. Michigan Drag Exchange, Mills & Goodman, Props. GRAND RAPIDS, : MICH. OOOO LOL DLA NLL LLLP ANTED—Registered drug clerks, either pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, honest, industrious and willing to work on moderate salary. ys D—To exchange house and lot (with barn) and physician’s practice in a town ot 800 inhabitants for drug stock in some good location. Real estate valued at $1,500. Prac- tice about $2,000 per year. OR SALE—Stock of about $1,800 in town of 1,000. Doing business of not less than $20 per day. Can be bought at large discount or will exchange for good property. {OR SALE—Stock of about $2,000 in midst of fine farming region. Doing good bus- iness which could be very much increased. VOR SALE—Small stock of about $700 on lake shore and railroad. Can be bought very cheap. yOR SALE—One of the handsomest stores in the State. Well located in Grand Rapids. Stock about $4,000. VOR SALE—Stock of about $7,000, centrally located in Grand Rapids. Doing business of $15,000 per year. POR SALE—Stock of $6,000, well located in Grand Rapids. Will sell whole stock on liberal terms, but would prefer to sell half in- terest for cash. OR SALE—Dentist office in town of 800 can _ be bought very cheap. No other dentist within ten miles. Aes many other stocks, the particulars of which we willfurnish free on application. rroO DROUGGISTS desiring to secure clerks we will send the addresses and full par- ticulars of those on record free on application. CUSHMAN’S MENTHOL INHALER CATARREL. For the treatment of this disease, the Menthol Inhaler is without doubt superior to any other known remedy or device. There is no irritating fluid or powder ap- plied to the already diseased membrane. On the contrary, mentholized air produces a cool, soothing sensation through the head, with a feeling of instant relief, and by con- tinued use the duration of the relief will be gradually extended and a final cure effected. All druggists should keep the Menthol In- haler. Retail price 50 cents. THE OLD RELIABLE Perry Davis Pain Killer, Established 1840. All Druggists Should Keep It. PRICES TO THE TRADE: Per Bottle. Per ~~ ) IOI ITO ooo cs sock seece css 25 Medium Size................... 50 3 60 SHUR BIT. oo ooo oes oe cca 1 00 7 20 Beware of Imitations. There is but One Pain Killer. Get the Genuine. J. N. Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O. Proprietors for the Southern and Western States. For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. Allen’s Lung Balsam The Great Remedy for Curing CONSUMPTION, Coughs, Colds, Croup, And Other Throat and Lung Affections. t#"We call your attention to the fact that the old Standard Remedy, ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM, is now put upin three sizes—25 cents, 50 cents and $1 per bottle. PM so our ede ks: des Shi oe $1 %5 per dozen PROG 6 cs cee eaek dc cia eleis 3 50 ws TOUR is aa es 7 00 “ J. N. Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, OPPO PLP RRL Advanced—Paris green; gum arabic. Declined—Cinchonidia; gum opium, ACIDS. Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 15 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 15 Bird, mixed in b packages....... Canary, Smyrna.............. aid Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20e), 15 @ 18 grt gat eae ee CT ree 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 Cardamon, Aleppee............... 1 Ww MO es cialis aus oa ce 35 @ 38 Cardamon, Malabar................ i 25 Citric... skeen Uedeee hsw eae os sane mm OO CMe 15 Muriatic OOM ee a, 3 @ 5 Coriander, pest English........... 10 PERRO OOO oo iiss esecesncs ee ae ee OE ee 15 Oxalic DAihNe wah das bial baeniae esky Ma @ 3 | Wiek, clean... 38%@ Sulphuric 66 deg................... 83@ 4 Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)............ 4@ 4% Tartaric powdered................ 50 @ 53 Foenugreek, powdered............ 7@ 8 Benzoic, English...........;. 8 oz 18 Hemp, Russian.................... 44@ 5% Benzoic, German.................. 12 @ 15 | Mustard, white Black 10e)..).''"" MINING oe ea i a Fas 6 R@ Lb Oe eee 75 AMMONIA. = pe, mate ERAVA Gas bu bedalelauaess 6 @ 7 Carbonate...... Ne 8b 2 @ U Fe ceca ates vi 14 Muriate (Powd. 22¢)............044. 14 | Florida sheevs’ wool, carriage.....2 25 @2 50 A qua 16 deg Oe Fe ae ck 3 @ 5 Nassau do do 2 00 Aqua 18 deg or 4f teen ee ewer meee ceee 4 @ 6 Velvet Ey+ do do : : : : 1 10 BALSAMS, Este Ye « do Ge is. 85 RIOD oo oie eke eoic cc ccicb iene é 2 rass _ do 6 44.4, 65 ee ” Hard ' -for slate use........... 5 BO ooo did aie 17% | YellowReef. do ........... 1 40 oy 5 MISCELLANEOUS. PO coe a. ae 45 Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) Soar .. 2 30 3 . Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ 1l_ | Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Cinchona, yellow................. 18 | Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 oS 13 | Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 Elm, ground, pure................. 144 | Annatto 1Drolls.................. 45 Elm, powdered, pure.............. ee ack a. Pb 2%@ 3% Sassafras, of root.................. 10 | Alum, ground (Powd 9c).......... *38 @ 4 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Annatto, prime.................... 45 Bayberry powdered............... 20 | Antimony, powdered, com’l... .. 44@ 5 Hemlock powdered................ 18 | Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7 NO oe rl as case dna cae 30: | Blue Soluble....................... 50 ROMY STOURG. 6 oo... cs cusses cc ek 12 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 75 i BERRIES, = oe a H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Cubeb prime (Powd 1 B0c)........ 3 21% | Beans eee seeeeene on uniper AeA bd GAR GAG KE DASH OS 04 06 bo . Beans, Vanilla... ee ” 9 75 Prickly Ash.............-.....004+ 50 @ 60 | Bismuth, sub nitrate.!1).°.°.°***"" ° " 30 EXTRACTS. Blue Pill (Powd RRs ioe ak iual. 50 Licorice (10 and 25 b boxes, 25e)... 2 UO VIEMOL 6@ 7 Licorice, powdered, pure......... 37% | Borax, refined (Powd Ile)..... 9@10 Logwood, bulk (12 ond an tb doxes). 9 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 25 Logwood, Is (25 fb boxes).......... 12 | Capsicum Pods, African.........: 18 Lgowood, %s do. 13 | Capsicum Pods, African pow’'d... 22 Logwood, 4s a Le 1b Capsicum Pods, Bombay do ... 14 Logwood,ass’d do .|......... 14 Pexmaine, OA Es ae 4 00 Fluid Extracts—25 ® cent. off list. assia Buds... Page eee ne 14 Calomel, American................ 75 FLOWERS. Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 MPU oi ic ccs ch asccacas cs eees 13 @ 15 | Chalk, precipitate English...... 2 Chamomile, Roman............... 25 | Chalk, red fingers................. 8 Chamomile, German.............. 30 | Chalk, white lump..............._. 2 GUMS Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 25 i a Colocynth apples.................. 60 Aloes, Barbadoes.................. 60@ %5 | Chloral hydrate, German crusts. 150 Aloes, Cape (Powd 20c)............ * |Chloral © do do eryst 1 7@ Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 | Chloral do Scherin’s do .”" 1 40 PPBIOONIOR foc vice weet ne eacn ees 78@ 30 |Chloral do do crusts. 1% Arabic, powdered select.......... 85 | Chloroform ............... : @ 47 Arabic, Ist picked................. 85 | Cinchonidia, P. & W.... devia a 1b @ 20 Arabie,2d picked.................. 80 | Cinchonidia, other brands... |!’ 12 @ 15 Arabic, 3d picked.................. 65 | Cloves (Powd 25¢)............1! 3 @ 2% Arabic, sifted sorts................ OO | Caekincal oo ee 40 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... = |Coe Butter... 40 MUO aca a caw euckas cesses & 50@55 Copperas (bY DD Ie).......... | 2 Camphor............ tte seen eee es “5@ 27 | Corrosive Sublimate......-:..7. 7" 70 Catechu. Is (4% léc, ¥s 16c) ...... . 13 | Corks, X and XX—40 off list! 71 Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40 | Cream Tartar, pure powdered... @ 40 Galbanum strained................ 80 | Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 box... 1B Gamboge. gett ence ee cece cence eens 80@ 90 ANOOEOIO. occ cie ccc ac 5... 50 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 | Cudbear, prime....... 0°) °°°°""**" 24 Kino [Powdered, 30c].............. 20 | Cuttle Fish Bone...........°°7°°""" 20 Mastic....... eee eee 1 25 ee Oa i 2 Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 | Dover’s Powders.........../.7.°"! 110 Opium, pure (Powd $4 40).......... 310 | Dragon’s Blood Mass...... 1.1.7)” 50 Shellac, Cam bell’s th neha caseasba 25 Ergot powdered......... : a eee 65 Shellac, English................... 2 | Ether & Wc 110 Shellac, native...............0ccee 20 | Emery, Turkish, all No.’s.. |). 7" 8 Shellac bleached................... 30 Epsom Salts (bbl. 1%).......... 7! 2@ 3 MMII 6h oe os secon cei acde 80 @100 | Ergot, fresh...............0007°°°"° 50 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Hher, sulphuric, U. 8. P.......... = NN ies ch cit en cn ed ceseean 25 | Grains Paradise.........2.'7°'2""" 15 THONG os odin as ahs calanae se asnn gee .-25 | Gelatine, Cooper's................. 90 Peppermint.................... --25 | Gelatine, French ........2°')7'""" 45 @ 70 ae --40 | Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 & 10 less Spearmint ............... --24 | Glassware, green, 60 and i0 dis.... Sweet Majoram...... a 1 GWG, OR NOE...................... 2@ 17 TOUROM sen aone xs oo --25 | Glue,white............ pe 16 @ 28 Theme .. 0.0.0.6 6..: -30 | Glycerine, pure................... 16 @ WVOVMAWOOG oc ee ee ce 25 | Hops %s and \s................02! 25@ 40 IRON. — OM inc ccie sc cl. 40 : ee 85 1 00 Citrate and Quinine............... 400 | Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 3 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Insect Powder, H., P. & Co., boxes @1 00 oe pure crystal............ ’ ene. raennieed Hodweeccclaguec: 4 00 sy eal ee atl le alate ok i Singlass, American............... 1 50 Phosphate ..............0.020e0000 "ee eee 7 LEAVES. London Purple.................... 10 @ 15 Buchu, short (Powd 25e)........... 13 @ 14 | Lead,acetate............00.00000... 15 Sage, Italian, bulk(\s & %s, 12¢)... 6 | Lime, chloride, (14s 2s 10e & 4s lle) 8 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 33 @ 35 MUNN oleae ke cu eie a ccuua . uL. 1 00 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 50 | Lycopodium ...............0.00..., 50 Senna, powdered Pe es a a ce ak 25 ME ao ds os de nah kckchcccaci. 50 Senna tinnivelli........... 0.2.42. 25 | Madder, best Dutch.............. L%@ 13 ye Gre Be UN Boi aii sced nc kedescavases 15 MoHeADNOa oc eek i coca s me eenreuey..........,;. Ce 60 ee SE a 30 oe sulph., P.& W...... Boz 2 25@2 50 PIOHUENE 35 | Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40 MOON POM oie vical eccs 235 | Moss, Iceland.................. Bb 10 LIQUORS. MOO, FIO ccc cl, 12 ; , ve Mustard, English.................. 30 W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @250 | Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ib cans...... 18 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... Sin GRO bP Niiteata 23 Whisky, other brands -110 @150 | Nutmegs,No.1.............0000077" 60 Gin, Old Tom...... -135 @175 | Nux Vomica.............0000°7777° 10 Gin, Holland. ---2 00 @3 50 | Ointment. Mercurial, %d__.1.1) "7! 45 Brandy ..... belt --175 @650 | ParisGreen................005°77! 18 @ 26 Catawba Wines.. .............. .. 125 @200 | Pepper, Black ee 18 Port Wines...... AE ee. Loo Ge | enam 2 50 MAGNESIA. aa Burgundy............. 7 5 PR eos ae doen ee cs ke ceca auas 6 7 Carbonate, Pattison Bim O%........ 22 uinia, Suiph, P. & Wo Boz 70 g 75 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20z......... 37 uinine, German Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 ed Precipit ce ee 60 @ 65 ee 8. 65 Sede Geom Too tee sn esse ve &S Seidlitz Mixture................... 28 Os. Strychnia, cryst.................... 1 60 PTAORG. SWORE... 5 6 o.oo ccc cease 45 @ 50 Silver Nitrate, cryst woes eenedeeae ne 74 @ %8 Amber, rectified................... 45 | Satfron, American................. 35 Bela 180 | Sal Glauber........................ @ 2 BAP MOF ee 50 | Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 BGPOOMIONG. . 0... ob e koe e cece laces 300 | Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 esses oe 1 42@1 60 | Sal Rochelle..........2........0.0.. Pr ee Rie PR OO 2@ 2% RR 5 oosks io dgcininccesis cance 15 elie peccle bs cous sce. 215 OS ST Oe Seay OF ois se nc ncsrecccede sees 6 50 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 35 | Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 35 CORONER a, 75 | Soda Ash [by keg 3e].............. 4 OR ae BO ties scence scence: Cod Liver, N.F..... ...... -# gal 1 20 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%@ 5 Cod Liver, best......... Loe 150 | Soap, White Castile................ 14 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s,16 6 00 Soap,Green do ..... .......... 17 Cubase, PW ices, cies ee es 950 | Soap, Mottleddo ................ 9 MOONGE oo occ. 160 | Soap, do do... ll POO oe once cei cle cas cck. 200 | Soap, Mazzini..................., 14 Geranium B OZ... 665.5. .cncnc ces %5 | Spirits Nitre,3F............0000... 26 @ 28 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75e). i % 35 Spirits Nitre, Oe 30 @ 82 Juniper wood..................0.-- 50 ron ae Milk powdered.............. 35 Juniper berries.................... SD Fy soon assis ccc cscs. 34@ 4 Lavender flowers, Freneh......... 201 Sulphur, roll de eheh eee vadoadeeeaaace 3 Lavender garden oo. Gl. 100 Tartar Emetic AO O6 Oe a6 ee ee teenaneace Lavender spike aa 90 | Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans ® doz 2 70 Lemon, new crop.................. 300 |Tar, do quartsintin....... 1 40 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 275 | Tar, do _ pintsintin......... 85 TOMONGrASS....... 6... e oe ccna cs ce 80 | Turpentine, Venice........... #8 bb 25 Olive, Malaga.....-........0....... 90@1 00 | Wax, White, S.& F. brand........ 55 Olive, “Sublime Italian .......... 2 tb Ma, BOIDTALO. 6 oo oo ood es dec ccocc ac 7@ 8 Origanum, red flowers, French... 12 OILs. Origantim, NO. 1.2... 6... c cs eco ces 50 i Bbl Gal Pennyroyal......... TOR | WRMIG, WIRTOR. 5) ooo... occ cc ke ccac ec 70 75 Peppermint, white. 3 90@4 00 | Lard, extra......... cee cece eee 55 60 I osama se bdsasinns ces 800 | Lard, No. 1....... 0... cece ee eee 45 55 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 | Linseed, pure raw................... 37 40 Salad: @ gal. 2b Linseed, WORN cess asin dc eaieanseruccs 40 43 Caen ee 100 | Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Sandal Wood, German 4 50 Spirits arene» sa amenans sees 33 43 an ood, W. 7 00 le Sassafras.......... 4B INQ: 3 Tue COACH oo. ooo cicccecccc ce 1 10@1 20 Spearmint . . @7 50 | Extra Turp......... WSded ane i cauens 1 60@1 7 Tansy ......... 400 @4 2% Coach Body..... ee tases sb be oesaenin ce 2 75@3 Tar “a gal 50c) 10 @ 12 | No.1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 Wintergreen .... : 225 | Extra Turk Damar.................... 1 55@1 60 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... 350 | Japan Dryer, No.1 Turp.............. 0@ 75 NV OVIREOCR oo oc, 2 00 PAINTS Bbl Lb POTASSIUM, Red Venetian.................. 1% 2@ 3 Bicromate.............0..cc00. # Db 12@14 | Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 37@40__| Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23¢)......... 22 | Putty, commercial ............ 2% 2%@ 3 Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 300 | Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3 Prussiate yellow...............0005 28 | Vermilion, prime American... 18@16 ROOTS ‘| Vermilion, English............ 5 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 IMAOG eis hc cs cek dca c seen ccs 20 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. "@ 7% Althea, cut........ sp ttteeeeesceeees 25 Lead, white, strictly pure..... 1@ 7% Arrow, St. Vincent ees cea ckene 17 Whiting, white Spanish....... @70 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and ¥s.... 33 | Whiting, Gilders’.............. @ Blood (Powd 18¢).............0cc0c6 12 | White, Paris American........ 1 10 Calamus, a Wes biked shed ces 20 | Whiting Paris English cliff. . 1 40 rel ee ae peeled.. = Pioneer Pre ared Faints..... 1 20@1 40 ob Were... ccc cceces Sw Ti , i Gentian ‘Pow A Ibe wii ets a 10 iss Villa Prepareé Paints 1 00@1 20 nger, can (rowd 14c)........ ro OILS Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 17 Stas Golden Seal (Powd 25c)............ 20 ge nari Hellebore, white, powdered....... 20 WU os oo ao oe ie kk bak i ca doce caes 1154 Tpecac, Rio, powdered............. Df OUIOR TRG ke viv devo ec oe ce desc c coscc 10% alap, powdered................... 30 LUBRICATING. Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. Ee | CRDICOL CVU OP oi ink cic chins cs cavccdes tans 3614 Licorice, extra select.............. Mt + AGGO) CVG, oon. oko es nc va ceca cases 31% Pink, tFU@.; 065 6.660. eet epa es uisa be BO fF Briel Celinder, 2 ou. .c cscs c'cccccnes cs cccs 26% Rhei, from select to choice....... 1 00 3 50 | Eldorado Engine................ 0.0... cc ceee 2444 Rhei, powdered E.I.......... -»--110 @120 | Peerless Machinery.....................0... 221% Rhei, choice cut cubes...... g:: : 200 | Challenge Machinery........................20% Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 NI ee ere occ cue cne bcee ckasetae 20% Serpentaria.......... 20... cceccccees 65 Black, Summer, West Virginia............. 10 TRO Noe oe oven cs th evo ckk cack Oy Fe ee ids ccc ccacccwcccocs ll Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... BY SP PON I Cy Divi sie cons yak cvacscceechaacce 114 Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. OO CPM don rau ae oe vac ce dad vies ois ihc cha 13 HAAEL TINE & PERKINS ‘DRUG 60, § WHOLESALE Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, gr, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals Paints, Oils, Varnishes aud Drugaist's Suuiries MANUFACTURERS OF Elegant Pharmaceatica Prepare- tlons, Fmd Extract aud hlixirs olf, Patton & Co. and John L. h_ iting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Var- nish Brushes. THE CELEBRATED Pioneer Prepared Paints, ALSO FOR THE Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu- facturers of Hair, Shoe snd Horse Brushes. WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Care Which is positively the best Remedy of the kind on the market. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing outfits for new stores to the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL- ITIES for meeting the wants of this class of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special ef- forts in this direction have received from hundreds or our customers the most satis- fying recommendations. Wine and Lignor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit the high praise accorded to us for so satis- factorily supplying the wants of our custom- ers with PURE GOODS in this depart- ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of the celebrated WITHERS DADE'& C0,°S Henderson Co., Ky., Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned Hand-Made, Copper- Distilled WHISKYS. We not only offer these goods to be ex-- celled by NOOTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are exposed to sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis- faction and where this brand of goods has been once introduced the future trade has. been assured. We are also owners of the Driggists’ Favorite Rye Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gils, Brandies & Fine Wines, We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list, such as Patent Medicines, Etc., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co, | The Michigan Tradesman, E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, -! Umntered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as ;* Seoond-cluss Matter.1 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1886. A Bad Dollar. Cattleton, the old grocer, knew that some- one was robbing his money drawer. Nat- urally his suspicions fell upon old Steve, the negro porter. Steve protested his inno- cence. Cattleton was determined to search him, so one night, about the time Steve was ready to go home, the grocer approached him and said: “Steve, I must search you.” **Whut fur, boss?” “You know what for. Come, take off your clothes and shake them.” Steve obeyed. Nothing was discovered. The next day the grocer saw Steve hover- ing over the cash drawer. : That evening the grocer said: ‘Steve, you are a thief.” ‘““Who said so, sah?” eey do.” «*Who tole yer so?” “‘Never mind, I know it. You have been robbing me for some time, and—” ‘“‘Well, s'arch me, sah.” ‘“‘Keep on your clothes.” “S’arch me if yes want to, sah.” “Never mind. Say, what’s the matter with your voice?” *‘Nothin’.” “Yes, there is something. Open your mouth.” **Kain’ open it’much, boss. Sorter got de lockjaw.” “T think that I can assist you.” The grocer bent Steve’s head over the counter and placed his thumb under the ne- gro’s jaw. Silver rattled on the counter. “Spit out some more.” *‘Kain’ do it, boss, fur dat’s all.” “Spit again, I tell you.” Five nickels fell from Steve’s mouth.” *‘Come again.” ~“Clar to goodness, boss, I kaint spit no mo’,” “Go ahead, I tell you.” A twenty-five cent piece fell out. “Once more,” said the grocer. ‘‘Come again. W’y,” he added, as a fifty cent piece rolled on the counter, ‘“‘you’ve gota mouth like a ground squirrel.” “‘Now, boss, dats all. Hope I may die dead if it ain’t.” “‘Try just one more time.” “‘Sw’ar dar ain’t no use, boss.” ‘Come again, or I'll break your jaw.” “Out rattled a dollar. ‘‘There,” said the grocer, releasing his hold on Steve, ‘‘You may go now.” “‘Ain’t gwine ter discharge me, is yer?” “Of course Iam. Go on away.” ‘“‘Whut, discharge me jes fur dat little caper?” “Go on, or I’ll have you arrested.” “Didn’t know yer wuz so ungrateful, sah. Been wuckin’ like a slabe fur yer an’ dis is allde thanks I git. Ef yer’ll jest keep me I sw’ar I won’t neber tech yer money no mo’.” “No, I don’t want you.” <‘Wall, gin me er rickermend ter some white man.” “J won’t do that, either. Get out of here.” ‘All right, sah. An’ all dis,” he mut- tered as he moved away, ‘‘wuz all on er- count of that old trade dollar what ain’t much account, nohow. Hadn’ crowded dat in my mouf mywoice wouldn’t gin me er way.” ———— Recent Publications. THE COUNTRY BANKER. His Clients, Cares and Work, from an Experience of Forty \ Years. By George Rve. With an American Preface by Brayton Ives. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Grand Rapids: Eaton & * \ Lyon. . Although the writer of the above book is | can Englishman and treats of English bank- . ing, yet the volume may be read with pro- fit by anyone. It discusses the usually dry subjects of securities, deposits, discounts, exchanges, etc., in a spirit which causes them to be divested of dullnéss. With the best banking system in the world, half the people of the country fail to appreciate its value, and the tendency of such books as “The Country Banker” is to awaken inter- est in a subject with which everyone ought to be thoroughly acquainted. ENGLAND AS SEEN BY AN AMERICAN BANKER. ‘ Notes of a Pedestrian Tour. Boston: D. Loth- ‘ rop & Co. This work is one of the best descriptive works of travel we have seen for along time, and absolutely more satisfying to the reader who wishes for clear impressions of places and people than Richard Grant White’s England Without and Within, which is regarded by most Americans as the standard book on the subject. The author has a way of making readers see what he sees; he notes the little traits which make those whom he is among different from the people of his own country; he com- ments shrewdly and ‘curiously upon these differences and the reasons for them; he de- scribes charmingly the scenery of the var- ious districts through which he traveled, the towns he visited, the people he saw, and the facts he collected. He very decidedly contradicts some statements which English- men have made about themselves, and which American readers have accepted as facts. He tells us, for instance, that English boys are not so strong and vigorous looking as American boys, that the popular opinion to the contrary has no real foundation. It is written in an off-hand, easy style, which makes it peculiarly agreeable to read, and ean be set down as really one of the notable books on En iish travel that we have had From Jest To EARNEST. By E. P. Roe. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Detroit: Detroit News Company. This is a cheap edition—cheap only in the matter of price—of one of Roe’s most suc- successful stories. Published at the low price of 25 cents, while all other volumes of the series are sold at $1.50 apiece, this edi- tion ought to sell to the extent of a million copies. AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST for June. New York: O. Judd Co. With its one hundred original illustra- tions and original articles, by forty-four well-known writers in various parts of the Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the American Agriculturist for June reaches the apex of excellence. Every number of this periodical is better than its predecessor and the publishers announce that they are providing for still new features. ——_—> -2 << Evidently a Homepathic Opinion. ‘Do you believe this can be true? A girl at Saginaw, intent on suicide, is said to have swallowed matches, horse medicine, aconite, tincture of iron, and paris green without effect.” “Tt may be, dear.” “But it doesn’t seem possible.” ‘Well, there’s no telling. May be she was brought up under allopathic treat- ment.” —_—_—__—— California carries on a large business in sea shells, which are gathered on its coast and shipped to Europe. One firm has a con- tract to ship forty tons of shells every sixty days. They are worth from $700 to $1,000 a ton. ‘“Fermentum” the only Reliable Com- pressed Yeast. See advertisement. Smoke the celebrated ‘‘American Field.” Fox & Bradford, sole agents. “Silver King” coffee is all the rage. One silver present given with every 1 pound package. TIME TABLES. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, PON a pv ncc nb cee cacee ens 9:00am 4:00pm +Day Express..............- 12:50pm 8:55pm *Night Express.....:...... 11:00pm 5:45am Muskegon Express......... 4:45pm 11:00am *Daily. tDaily except aera Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 1:00 p. m., and through coach 0n9:15a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. BURPRORS .... 2-22. oceans ee 3:50pm 5:20pm BOMAIORR 5 ooo oes es oa ceed 8:00am 10:50am All trains arrive and depart from Union De- pot. The Northernterminus of this Divisionis at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. Going West. Going East. 7:09 m......-. Houghton....... ... 8:30am 3:00 pm, D..... Marquette ........ A, 1:00pm 2:05 p m,A..... Marquette......... D, 1:40 pm 10:40 am........ BONOY.. 2.526055 .. 4:50 p m Tb OM... +055 St. Ignace..... .. 8:15pm 6:15am........ Mackinaw City....... 9:30pm 5:00 pm........ Grand Rapids........ 10:30 am Express trains Nos. 1and2 make close con- nections at Mackinac City with Michigan Cen- traland G. R. & I. R. R. Connections also made at St. Ignace with steamers of the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company and all lake steamers. At Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, for all Lake Superior points. A. WATSON, Gen. Supt., Marquette, Mich. E. W. ALLEN, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, Marquette. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Leave. Arrive. Ex.and N.Y. NY. ON YY. Mail. Mail. Mail. Ex. p-m. a.m. a.m. p.m. 4:40 7:50 Dp..Grand Rapids...Ar 9:50 7:15 5:58 9:07.....-. Allegan .........--. 8:32 5358 6:55 10:05...... Kalamazoo......... 7:50 5:00 9:50 11:40...... White Pigeon...... 5:50 3:30 a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. £715. 5220...... TOIOWO: .. «ccs o- 008 11:15 10:40 8:20 9:80...... Cleveland .......... 6:40 6:30 p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. 2:40 3:30...... Buffalo ...-.. > 11:55 11:55 a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. 5:40 8:00...... Chicago ........ Lv 1130 8:50 A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at1p.m., carrying passengers as far as Allegan. All trains daily except Sunday. J.W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30am 11:30a m Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 5:05pm G’d Rapids & Trav, City Ac. 7:00a m GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 6:05pm 5:30pm Mackinac& Ft.WayrneEx..10:30am 11:45am Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac.10:30 pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:05 o’clock p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac. Train leaving at 11:30 a.m. has — Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw ity. South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. bas Wood- ruff eernns Car for Cincinnati. Cc. L. Lockwoop, Gen’) Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express. ..... 6:20am 6:25am +Through Mail............. 10:15am 10:50am t+Evening Express......... 3:40pm 3:50pm *Limited Express.......... 6:25pm 6:30pm +Mixed, with coach........ 11:00am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 1:56pm 1:10pm +Through Mail............ 5:00pm 5:10pm +*Steamboat Express....... 10:40pm 10:45pm WER ooo soc cen coos csses- 7:45 am ee WOME. cco cc esses 5:l0am 5:35am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. PorTEer, City Pass. Agent. Gro. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Michigan Central. DEPART. ; TGtPOLE TEKWTORS.. - 25. oo once ess esos see 6:15am TOOT TORDEOMR. oo occas hoa cies on 3s ia scae 1:10 9m *Atlantic Express.................05006 10:10 pm SN EES RT EA ee aun er 6:50 am ARRIVE. *Pacific Express..........-..-....005.. 6:00 am oad eh es lay cack: bcd ee nee 3:00 p Grand Rapids Express................ 10:15 pm PAU ie ised oe eek s chau ene 5:15 pm *Daily. All others daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit, Direct connections made at Detroit with all through trains East over M.C. R. R. (Canada Southern Div.) for the past half-dozen years. ~ JENNINGS Flavoring Hxtracts! MANUFACTURED BY JENNINGS & SMITH, Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co., GRAND RAPIDS, . 5. T. BELL & CO., Saginaw Valley Fruit House And COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits. Reference: Banks of East Saginaw. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. East sacinaw, Mich. MICH. P. STEKETER & SOM, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, AND NOTIONS, 8383 Monroe St.. AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 6 } | American and Stark A Bags : : A petla iV. Wall Paper Window Shades At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. House and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. DIRECTIONS We have cooked the corn in this can sufficiently. Should be Thoroughly Warmed (not cooked) adding piece of [PNY H] Good Buiter (size ot hen’s egg) and gill FA of fresh mil referable to water.) Season to suit when onthe table. None genuine unless bearing the signature of iB ee EN aT THis EN? 2 Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with signature and stamp on each can. Sole Agents for “Jolly Tar” Plug Tobacco. Plug Tobacco. Niagara STARCH. nolia” Package Coffee. SOLE PROPRIETORS on the market. of fancy groceries and table delicacies. guaranteed, Daniel Scotten & Co.’s “HIAWATHA” Lautz. Bros. & Co.’s SOAPS. Dwinell, Howard & Clo.’g Royal Mocha and Java. Royal Java. Golden Santos. Thompson & Taylor Spice Co.'s “Mag- “JOLLY TIME” Fine Cut Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction 95, 27 and 29 Tonia Stand 51, 53, 55, 57 and 59 Island Sts, Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesale Mannfacturers of PUTNAM & BROOKS PURE CANDY! ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, Agents for WM. SHARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Amos $. Musselman 2 Co, Snecessors td Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, :| Wholesale Grocers. AGENTS FOR he best and most attractive goods on the market. MUSSELMAN'S CORKER PLUG AND RUM CIGARS; i CHAS. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent SEND FOR SAMPLE Butt. SEE QUOTATIONS IN PRICE-LIST. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, *: Importers and |W holesale Grocers. , ABSOLUIE ¥ SPICES. Warranted to be Pure Goods, Manufactured Only by TELFER & BROOKS, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. | }* The Michigan Tradesman, > clear over on his beam ends, but he never BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. POWER OF CORPORATION TO MAKE CHATTEL MORTGAGE. In the absence of any charter provision to the contrary, a corporation may execute a chattel mortgage of its property for the purpose of procuring credit, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Michi- gan in the case of the Eureka Iron Works vs. Bresnahan. DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY—NEW PROM- ISE. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in the case of Bigelow vs. Norris, held that the expression ‘‘I will send you the next V or X I have,” contained in a letter did not fairly import a promise to pay absolutely $5 or $10 so as to take the debt of the plaintiff out of the operation of the defen- dant’s discharge in bankruptcy. STOPPAGE IN TRANSIT—DELIVERY. Where goods are removed by a railroad company and placed in its warehouse to await payment of freight charges and deliy- ery to the vender the implication of the law is that the goods are still in transit and sub- ject to the vendor’s right of stoppage. So held by the Supreme Court of Kansas in the case of Symus et al. vs. Schotten et al. EXTENSION OF TIME—RELEASE OF SURE- TIES. In order to work a release and discharge of the sureties, an extension of time to the principal of a note must be fora definite period of time, and not a mere forbearance to sue for an indefinite time, however long it may be continued, according to the decis- ion of the Supreme Court of Indiana in the case of Beach vs. Zimmerman et al. JOINT AND SEVERAL NOTE—PART PAY- MENT. According to the decision of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, in Willoughby vs. Irish, a partial payment made on a promissory note by one of the joint and several makers, and indorsed upon it before the note is bar- red by the statute of limitations and within six years of snit brought, will not prevent the running of the statute as to others. AUTHORITY OF COLLECTION AGENT. According to the decision of the Supreme Court of Kansas in the ease of Dolan vs. Van Demark, an attorney at law and ban- ker who has claims in his hands for collec- tion has presumptively authority to take as collateral securiry and in his own namea promissory note secured by a chattel mort- gage, where the same is necessary to secure the collection of such claims. BROKER—RIGHT TO COMMISSIONS—SALE. In the recent case of Duclos vs. Cunning- ham, the New York Court of Appeals re- affirmed the rule that where a broker em- ployed to effect a sale has found a purehaser willing to take the property upon the terms named, and of sufficient responsibility, he has performed his contract, and is entitled to the commissions agreed upon. The court further ruled that in such a case where the principal, upon being notified by his broker of a sale, absolutely refuses to perform at the price named, he will be deemed to have waived any objection to the notice on the ground that it did not contain the name of the purchaser. a A Drummer’s Luck. From the Merchant Traveler. Charlie Baker is a traveler out of Phila- delphia, and a very good man, but some- times he runs against somebody who is one too many for Charlie. He tells this one on himself: “You see,” said he, in reply to a ques- tion for particulars, “it was this way: I was at a hotel table not long ago, and when the waiter came round for my order I rush- ed the ram, lamb, sheep or mutton part, and wound up by calling for a five dollar bill, expecting to throw the hash producer smiled and only said, ‘Yes, sah,’ and went to the kitchen. In a few minutes he re- turned with my order, and in a nice silver dish was a bran new five dollar bill. I thought it was a job on me of some kind, and in the coolest manner I stuck it in my pocket and went ahead to demolish the viands. Ihad been in the hotel a couple of days and was to leave that afternoon. So right after dinner 1 went tp the clerk for my bill, and to order my baggage down. ** “What's the bill?’ I asked. *“*Two days at $2 a day is $4,’ replied the clerk, ‘bath 25 cents, one five dollar bill, $5.50; $9.75 in all.’ ‘**What do you mean by charging a half dollar extra for that five dollax bill?’ I ex- claimed angrily. **Didn’t you order it at dinner?’ ** ‘Of course I did.’ ***Tt wasn’t on the bill of fare, was it?’ ***T didn’t see it there.” **But you did see there a note which read: ‘‘All dishes ordered not on the bill -of fare will be charged extra, didn’t you?’ “That broke my heart,” continued Char- lie. ‘‘I hadn’t a word to say nor a thing to do but pay the extra half dollar and lay for that clerk and that waiter, and I’m laying for them, you bet.” tng The Farmers’ Bank of Mason has been reorganized under the State banking law with a capital of $75,000. M. D. Chatter- ton is president; L. C. Webb; vice-president; John M. Dresser, cashier. CURPISS DUNPON & C0. PO OC os Wool Twine, Binders’ Twine, Tarred Felt, Tarred Board, Building Board, Etc. LYON st, - GRAND RAPIDS. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE. CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and Burglar Proof SAE ES Combination and Time Locks, 1] Tonia Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. SPRING & COMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, Oil, CLOTHS ETC... TO. "6 and 8 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, -- Michigan. SMOBRING TOBACCO, Nallonal K. of L. Cooperative Tobacco Co, RALEIGH, N. Cc. Arthur Meigs & Oo, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., STATE OF MICHIGAN. This is the only authorized K. of L. Smoking Tobacco on the market. stock of this corporation is all owned by the K. of L. Assemblies in the U. S., and every member will not only buy it himself, but do his utmost to make it Dealers will therefore see the advisability of putting it in stock at We will fill orders for any quan- tity at following prices, usual terms: 202,46; 402.44: 807,43: 16 02, 42, ARTHUR MEIGS & C0, Wholesale Grocers, 77, 79, 81 aud 83 Sonth Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. popular. once. KE OF Manufactured by the Wholesale agents for the The Putnam & Brooks \. FOR ANGES, LEMONS, Figs, Dates, ETC. THE BEST IN THE MARKET. AN SSS = PALO as One. Fin Weight. V 82.84.86 & 88 SOUTH WATER STREET CHICAGO. \ Pound Dry Goods. The following auotations are given to show relative values, but they may be considered, to some extent, ‘outside prices,” and are not as low as buyers of reasonable quantities can, in most instances, obtain them at. It will pay every merchant to make frequent visits to market, not only in respect to prices, but to keep posted on the ever-changing styles and fashions, many of which are never shown “on the road.”’ WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..17 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 19 Androscoggin, 7-4..134% Pépperell, 1l-4...... a Pepperell, 7-4...... 13 |Pequot, %-4......... Punnevell, 8-4 os bas 15 lPeauoe 8-4. eeeseuce Pepperell, 9-4...... Mt (Peat, O46. 6.46c> +0 Humbuggery in Allegan County. From the Allegan Journal. Two men claiming to be agents for a De- troit wholesale house have been canvassing the county for the delivery of groceries at wholesale prices and have succeeded in ob- taining a number of orders. It is said that the man in whose interest they claim to travel buys the goods from wholesale houses and forwards them to fill the orders, making a handsome profit. The men have been arrested for selling goods without a license and will be tried before Justice Day next Wednesday. When will people learn that it is safer and better to trade with home merchants, who not only spend their money here, pay their taxes, and aid in the building up of our county, but who are also ready to warrant their goods, and do not misrepre- sent them. The desire to be humbugged seems inherent, however, in some people. peepee Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. MUSKEGON, June 13, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Srr—The M. D. C. A. held their regular semi-monthly meeting at the Ar- lington Wednesday, June 9. The atten- dance was fair. Geo. LeFevre was appoint- ed critic for the evening. A paper on ‘‘Po- tassium” was read by E. C. Bond, and ac- cepted. Orien Happenstad also presented a very interesting paper on ‘‘Alcohol,” which was accepted. The subject ‘‘Potassium” being so extended and important Mr. Bond was appointed to prepare a second paper on the same subject to be due four weeks from date. Fred. Heath and P. Van Deinse were also appointed to prepare papers on ‘‘Man- ipulation” and ‘‘Aqua,” respectively, to be due same date. After discussing the papers read, the critic’s report was heard, and the meeting adjourned. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, June 23. L. B. GLovER, Secretary. a et Has Accomplished a Good Work. From the Lowell Journal. The Lowell Business Men’s Association has already accomplished a good work among the slow-paying and non-paying classes. The Association is really and ef- fectually doing the work of a reformatory institution, and therefore its mission be- comes practical from the very outset. —_— 2 In Danger of Being Outre. Stranger (St. Deadman’s Gulch)—These collars will do, but those cuffs are too short. Have you no long ones? Shopkeeper—Only one pair, wouldn’t advise you to buy them. *“Out-of style here?” ‘Well, the trouble is that they show.” and I The Bungling Clerk. From the American Grocer. A sure way to drive away patronage is the employment of stupid-looking, half-grown boys for counter service. We came across one the other day who could not give the price of ten pounds of. sugar without stop- ping to use pencil and paper, and then his mistake cheated the store out of more than a good profit. Slow and awkward in his movements, he answered questions with a frightened look, sometimes confessing: ‘‘I don’t know.” And such a chap was left in entire charge of a store for hours at a time! Three dollars per week for such help is the most expensive sort, for blunders and ignorance could easily cost the store thirty dollars. Besides the loss of money there is a loss of prestige, for the bungling clerk isa reflection upon the merchant and his meth- ods. He moves slowly, makes ungainly parcels and in every way shows that he is better adapted for digging dirt than distrib- uting merchandise. Don’t hire that sort with any idea of econ- omy. If you are afflicted with such a one get rid of him promptly. Recently a firm dissolved, largely because the life of one of the partners had been made miserable by a stupid, bungling son of another member of the firm, who could not see the boy’s de- fects, and that his retention as clerk had steadily driven away business. ——_ -9 Wail from a Colorado Grocer. From the Denver Retail Grocer. There are times when a grocer is justified in giving short weight and scrimping in his measures, and that time and opportunity arrives when he sees a woman with a baby carriage plant the vehicle across the door, then start in on the cherries, strawberries and oranges, gobbling them upin an absent- minded way, as if her mind was pre-occu- pied with weighty family affairs, which it isn’t. She knows just what she is about, she eats rapidly, although she is giving the appearance of merely nibbling and always chooses the best. Thus will she meander through the stock, ending up by boring a hunk out of the middle of the cheese, tak- ing bits off a whole cake of chocolate and grabbing a handful of the choicest candy for the baby, who all this time is blocking the way at the door. O! that is the woman to get the best of and make pay for the stuff she has so innocently devoured! She sel- dom buys much, but invariably goes home with her appetite spoiled for dinner. How- ever, she is gladdened with the idea that she had got the best of that grocer. It is said some become so mean with this habit that in {the absence of all eatables the potatoes and turnips have been made to suffer. a - 9 No Synonyme for B-butter. Apropos of the long-drawn out oleomar- garine discussion, I am reminded of a story that acting Secretary of the Treasury Fair- child told a few evenings ago. ‘‘A friend of mine was sorely afflicted with an impediment in his speech,” said the Secretary. ‘His only way of going ahead with his conversation when he stuck ona word was to think of its synonyme. He could then utter the desired word without difficulty. He was dining out one day and during the progress of the meal began to stammer. ‘* ‘Please p-pass me the ——,’ and there he stuck. ‘**Think of the synonyme,” suggested a neighbor who knew the man’s weakness. ‘* «There is no synonyme for b-butter.” He was right in all respects—there is nothing that will take the place of butter. —_ -2 a The Tanbark Market. Hemlock bark is coming in quite freely, readily commanding $5 per cord, delivered. The dry weather has shortened the peeling season very considerably, in consequence of which less bark will probably be marketed than for several seasons past. The Shoe and Leather Review, under date of the 10th, gives the status of the market as follows: ‘‘Hemlock in Chicago and vi- cinity is without important transactions. Contracts for liberal amounts have been | placed for the new peel, but as yet no re- ceipts have been reported. Prices are steady at $7.50@$7.75. In Boston and vicinity the supply promises to be large, with a fair consumptive demand. The best Canada bark is selling at $9, and off grades at $8.50. The peel has commenced in Canada, and is some three weeks earlier than for many years.” ‘ sa He Was Speculating in Hogs. From the Chicago Herald. ‘*These fancy farmers that come out from the city with more money than brains make me laugh,” said a passenger from Elgin. A chap like that started in near our place not long ago. He bought a lot of pigs for $40, purchased $65 worth of corn to feed them with, and then sold the lot for $62. ‘* ‘T didn’t expect to make any money on the corn,’ he said; ‘it was in hogs that I was speculating, and I have come out with a profit.’ ” -—- > At a meeting of hop growers in England, about the 1st of May, to take into consider- ation the present disastrous condition of the hop-growing industry, it was stated that between 1883 and 1885 the acreage for grow- ing hops had been increased by about 3,000 acres. The phrase ‘“‘C. O. D.” was invented a quarter of a century ago by a prominent boot and shoe dealer of Boston, who sold goods subject to payment on delivery. The express order, ‘‘Collection on Delivery,” was thus abbreviated. ‘Fermentum” the only Reliable Com- pressed Yeast. See advertisement. FRED. D, YALE. DANIEL LYNCH. ED. DL YALE & €0. SUCCESSORS TO CHAS. S. YALE & BRO., WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF Baking Powders, Extracts, Blnings, AND JOBBERS OF GROCERS’ SUNDRIES, All orders addressed to the new firm will re- ceive prompt attention. 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. = A ‘ON; ee Guaranteed absolutely Pure, HiGHEsT GRADE, CULTIVATED coffee, and free from any mixture with the rank acid coffees grown on uncultivated lands, which cause dizzi- ness, indigestion, sleeplessness, ete. Sold in 1 tb pink paper bags, 1 tb foil lined cartoons, and 2 tb tins by all leading Retail Geocers. HOWARD W. SPURR & CO., Importers, Roasters and Packers, BOSTON. BULL DOG Tobaccos. TRADE UNION ——-AND—— LABOR UNION, The largest amount of good tobacco for the least money. AND EXTRA GOOD FINE CUTS These goods are all UNION MADE, and each box is duly stamped with the Union Label. No scan work goes from this fac- tory. Every employee is a Union man and aK. of L. If your jobber don’t sell it, your order di- rect will be filled promptly at prices quoted, and delivered to your railroad depot free of freight. Bull Dog Tobacco Works, CovINGTON, Try. . | os Ea d s ‘ & Cel WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. 80|/Paragon ........... 2 10) PROTO? By ooo oo ks uss 90/Paragon 25% pails. 90} Diamond X........ 60|/Fraziers, 25 ib pails.1 25 Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50 BAKING POWDER. Arctic, % I cans, 6 doz. case............... os 4 “ 4 oe ees $ oe > ‘ ~ 1 ee “e » “ o Challenge.......... oe 5 se se 1 Victorian, 1 i cans, (tall,) 2 doz..... ...... 2 MATAODE, VOR i ie ee BLUING. RW ooo rac co cece cae doz. OG a de a cee es ce doz. PM, © OF oc aes doz. 35 PAs, © OMe ie eos. ee eee ce ek doz. 65 PTT OB nov iw cds nee ay Gees #® gross 3 50 URTCUNE S O0 i eeor eeee cj ak caw es To MOUS OD oe Sia vks vcs ces ee yecn sie oes 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box..................4. 2 00 Arctic No. 2 iy Oe ee ceed eoavve cs 3 00 Arctic No.3 ‘ : 25 45 No. Suri. .... 6.3 <. 2 00|Parlor Gem........ 3 00 NO. } url... ssc 2-25};Common Whisk.... 90 No. 2Carpet........ 2 50\Fancy Whisk...... 1 00 No. 1Carpet........ mT eee ia. 3 75 : CANNED FfsH. Clams, | tb, Little Neck.................... 1 35 Clams, 2 tb. Little Neck....... Gea a 6 oa oe Clam Chowder; @™...... 5... 60.02 sce ase 215 Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.......... 95@1 00 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards............. 1 75 TODSTOTS, E DPIENIC. 6... i. ec ccc ccc cccencs 1 75 PiODBURTE, BD, DICHIC, .. 0 oases cee sas noe ee 2 50 Berere, © Wy OU. ooo cic eee a cc uocss 2 00 TIODSTOIS, SD BEAL. v0. ooo se nk ve cc ee occ ees OO Mackerel, 1 fresh standards............ 110 Mackerel, 5 i fresh standards............ 4 25 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... é Mackerel,3 bin Mustard......... Mackerel, 3 hb soused........ Salmon, 1 i Columbia river. Salmon, 2 tb Columbia river. Sardines, domestic 34s..... Sardines, domestic %s...... : Sardines, Mustard s..................... Sardines, imported \8.................... MYOUL, BM DROOK. .c 6 ooo ccc cee ance nes CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 standards ...................-. 75 Apples, gallons, standards............ 2 00@2 20 Blackberries, standards................... 110 Cherries, red standard.................... 95 MOOGUGHOOS oe eis ec ee ea, 1 00 Egg Plums, standards 1 20@1 25 Green Gages, standards 2 ........... Peaches, Extra Yellow ........ POAChes, STANGATAE.. .. 2.5... eek kk cw eee 16 POSCHER, BECONGS.. |... i. 2.26.0 ees e es once cs 1 2 Pineapples, standards..................... 1 50 Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... .......... 2 60 Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...... ..... 275 OO ICE es aU ee eR 1 25 Raspberries, extra.................2 1 20@1 30 BEPAWOGITICS ooo 6 coo e ie eek c cease ee 1 10@1 25 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Lusk’s. Mariposa. PUIOOTR oo kak ence ce cecas 2 25 2 00 Wee PAS. cei ck ene ce cence 2 POR ieee cc eas cece 2 Green Gages. ...............5.. 2 OT a voce neve cas ehadses es WOOD oo ic sce tek ws sckedees POROOR So og on oa occ oes dacae 2 3d CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay.................... 3 00 Beans, Lima, standard.......... ba aes 80 Beans, Stringless, Erie.................... 95 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 65 Corn, Archor s Trophy. ....... 06.60.46 0s 00 1 00 Morne Glory....................- i i ces Sea ke 1 00 I os ik ons oo ce cae See 90 OO ok cee ccc 1 00 WO FTO on oa oi oe wee es cae 1 65 Peas, Marrofat, standard, Erie............ 15 Peas Peas, Fink, Dwyer & Co.................. Pumpkin, 3 i Golden..................... id Succotash, standard..................... T5@1 Squash 1 00 Tomatoes, standard brands........... 1 15@1 20 CHEESE. Michigan full eream..............\... CHOCOLATE. Makers .........5.. 374%|German Sweet....... 23 Miueklew ...... 5.5... 35' Vienna Sweet ....... 22 COCOANUT. G 9% @27% 2 * Rissa vee ens a Manhattan, pails...........5.6...0.0:- COFFEES. Roasted. Oe HO... c esac... T@15 Golden Rio......... 12 |Golden Rio......... 16 POUR cc uae 16. 1BENtOR.... 6... oo cos I7 Maricabo........... 18 |Maricabo........... 17 ON oe es W0G@25 JAVS......:... . 24@26 O, Gi JAVA... 6. ci c.cs 24 10. G. Java.......... 24 MOCHA ics. 2G iMOehS... .......1..20 COFFEES—PACKAGE, 60 bs 100 hs 300 bs Oe ieee eke: 138% 18% 138% SOME Book oso coke ee ioe lcs. 1353 AO ee ci ak 13% PPOUOM IO Bock ecccscseccacaacas 138% 13834 German ..:.....<.. ecto. é POONA inca cace no eesi ase ce 135, VON MI co si ccc sees ccc WOORIORR cia rce le eels. 16 CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute..... 100 |50 foot Cotton.... 72 foot Jute ..... 125 |60 foot Cotton.... 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 |72 foot Cotton.... CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. a Asx Kenosha Butter................ Seymour Butter............... eR ee ok Faney Butter... 0.0... 6..00.6- i MOVER oo des. ea aa ee « CMG ee ee ea cao, sos Maney Oveter.... 2. ices. ce WOnCy BOGS. oo ccs sees ccc aes Oy MOG eee ey RO ook ios ee oh acces 4% 4% 4% Pretzels, hand-made........... gc Ne Ae AS pe OPROR OGG oo ioe ckiced area Lemon Cream..............e20 Frosted Cream................. Ginger Snaps.................. No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ Lemon Snaps................5- Coffee Cakes................... Lemon Wafers................. IO, i ook eek oe even cscs Extra Honey Jumbles......... Frosted Honey Cakes......... Cream GOm6.............-...<: 1 Cod,Boneless...... Halibut .......... Herring, round, % bbl. Herring ,round, 4 bbl. Herring, Holland, bbls. Herring, Holland, kegs FAOPIG CRO ois vn on on wo nc be cnece ck: Mackerel, shore, No. 2, % bbls........ hg “ ‘© 12 b kits oe ory “ oe 60 alo TRO. By 26 Bek ooo ook bees ceed aces 3 50 a6 We Bee OP is: 62 s eee, 55 OOM, eee case ee cecil. 2 50 Trout, # BOM ee 3 00@3 25 6A Wage hey be tei caGace ak, 75 White, No.1, 34 DDIE 0. oooh .c5 ee ee cc oe 5 85 Waite, 10,4,30 © BUGS... co 80 White, No. 1, 10 hb kits............. ee cane 70 White, Family, % bbls..................... 2 2% FLAVORING EXTRACTS, - Lemon. Vanilla. Jennings’ D. os OM i oieucas #@doz.100 1 oe “ "7 1 50 an sé 1 % pint, round.......4 50 1 ee OP St eke cae 9 00 No. 8 panel.......... No.8. *.., — 3 MONO a i iac cg iin cys 25| Ce ed SU BDO OT SRRSSUSES No.10 “ DRIED FRUITS—DOMESTIC. Apricots, 26 BH boxes. 5. Cherries, pitted, 50 tb boxes........... Egg plums, 25 boxes................ PGGrs, 2) OO8O8.: ook ec can | Peaches, Delaware, £0 th boxes....... | Peaches, Michigan............0.06.0005. | Raspberries, 50 i boxes............... DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. OO ee oy ieke deck tls Currants Lemon Peel. @ Orange Peel...... agi as uma alee a bs uk @ Prunes, Frorch, 606... .... WOMOIOS. ... i ecsic cos, 9 RIPIOG HOOK, OXUFA. o.oo cece esccck cock, Ws - ROM “PRICES. 6.2.6 oes oeecdclac, 13% LARD. aise sie danccc as 30 and 50 Tubs .............0.. 0.00000. 50 Round Tins, 100 cases.............. LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 Ib Pails, 4 pailsin case............... 3D Pails, 20 in a case................... 5 bb Pails, 12 in a case. 6% 7 6% 6% BEEF IN BARRELS. - Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 Ibs........ 8 50 BROMGIOGR, GEORG. ooo coos occ ic ce coecss aoc. 13 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. OM CMG. os Sis. ccgcsccsneting esc os MN, PUNO SS Soo ican scckadendcas 60s 4, Tongue Sausage.............. cece ec ceeee Frankfort Sausage................00006 cece REM PAUNBNG oo. ook os div de cobs ok cdkcc ek. BOIS, SEEAIAIE. ooo... 5 oc vnc s vc cec ce cccs Bologna, thick..................0.05. scbbeaes MOO CAO a oo ig ons ok os cade ds ve oc oe onc, PIGS’ FEET. BY OTE POO oe oo oo oc sdk cade noc cusncel.e, 3 50 UM Quarter DARTGIG.. 6... 5. 50k. coca cece cece OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. ROW NOUN COWIE oii idee cccccccecce uc, 40 FRESH FISH. ME as Gi bs pune Ch es 960k oe bcc cc cc sacks. PAO goo bo eekckcbus venbocsssecsiea Mackerel........... Wisiceies car suic cick Mackinaw Trout................cccccce ON 1s halls vin enkccs o0esRibiko SUT es ova doubde bt tw dde ccs os ducks ad. 3 Whitefish ..... a shape bed be Cad icakda ones _ S egseges * — Ss _ Sle me bo OS rd Sd 31M HESTER & FOR, Manufacturers’ Agents for Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machin- ery, Saws, Belting and Oils. MICHICAN AUTOMATIC INJECTOR. ‘LAMUVW AHL NO isa 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. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN HS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. ww. GO Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. ironing use ** Electric Lustre’”” Starch. It is all prepared for immediate use in One Pound Pac ‘es, which go as farastwo pounds of any other Starch. Ask your Grocer for it. The Electric Lustre Starch Co, 204 Franklin St., New York. JOBEN CAULFIELD Wholesale Agent, GRAND RAPIDS, - For eas MICH. WHOLESALE -TOBACCONIST FULL LINE OF ALL STAPLE PLUGS KEPT IN STOCK. Sole Agents for Celebrated L. C. B., American Field, Pan- tilla, Our Nickle, The Rats, Fox’s Clipper. 76 South Division St., Giand Rapids, Mich. JEXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE. ORDER SAMPLE M by MAIL. The Gripsack Brigade. Chas. R. Baxter is now on the road for the Powers & Walker Casket Co. John Miller is now working the city trade for Putnam & Brovks, secing his customers once a week. A. V. Chapman, formerly engaged in re- tail trade at Fruitport, is working the city trade for S. A. Welling. Albert C. Antrim, Southern traveler for the Alabastine Co., has returned from asuc- tessful tour through about a dozen States. Mr. Thompson, Michigan traveling rep- resentative for Daniel Scotten & Co., of De- troit, was in town a couple of days last week. A traveling man named Rowley, who sells furnaces for a Marshall manufacturer, is serionsly ill wlth inflamation of the bow- els at the Sebring House at Bangor. J. G. Barrows, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey and Kentucky represen- tative for E. W. Gillett, was in town Mon- day, interviewing the jobbing trade. Henry Herpolsheimer is now on the road for Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., covering all the trade of the house except the Holland colony, which is taken by Ralph Blacksma. J. B. Saeger, for several years past Northern Michigan representative for John- son Bros., of Milwaukee, has engaged to travel for Wm. Sears & Co., taking the ter- ritory North of Cadillac and the Upper Pen- insula trade. The report that the traveling men will in- dulge in a lying match at their picnic is probably without foundation. In fact, Will Hawkins is the only one who is anxious for such a game and no one would dare to enter against him. If any any of By Gee Crip’s customers have not yet heard his story of the perils he endured while lost in the woods near Lud- ington one night a year or two ago, they would do well to ask him to relate the cir- cumstance on his next trip around. The de- noument of the tale is decidedly tragic. B. E. Bushnell, traveling representative for the Saginaw Manufacturing Co., and Miss Jennie Belle Wylie, eldest daughter of J. M. Wylie, of the firm of Wylie Bros., shingle and salt manufacturers, were mar- riek at the residence of the bride’s father last Thursday evening. The wedding was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Bushnell left for Cleveland on their wedding tour. A Belding correspondent writes: ‘‘The young ladies who assist Mrs. Pifer at the Belding Hotel have a grievance against Doe. Evans, and the next time he comes to town the chances are that he will find a dose of worm medicine in his tea. The last time he was here he invited the young ladies to take a ride with him—an invitation they gladly accepted. Instead of taking them back to the hotel, however, Evans attempted to ab- duct the young ladies and succeeded in get- ting them out into the country a couple of miles, when they managed to escape from the vehicle and walked back to town. It is understood that the girls are negotiating for a pillow and a can of tar for decorating pur- poses.” The preliminary meeting to the third an- nual picnie of the Grand Rapids traveling fraternity was held at Tuk TRADESMAN office last Saturday evening. Steve Sears was called to the chair and Chas. M. Falls officiated as secretary. After discussing the advantages of the various locations suggested for the picnic, it was decided to hold the jubilee at Reed’s Lake on Satur- day, July 3, the landing to be selected by a committee consisting of Messrs. Sears, Logie and Hawkins, who are also author- ized to perfect all other arrangements inci- dent to the oceasion, except the selection and engagement of the band, which is left to Geo. H. Seymour. The nomination of the latter gentleman as permanent treasurer was confirmed. A reception committee was selected as follows: Jas. N. Bradford, Lloyd Max (climb-in-the-window-stamp-his- own-ticket) Mills, Geo. F. Owen, —_-o-<——_——_————- VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: W. J. Lewis & Co., Boyne City. Narragang & Son, Byron Center. Mrs. Jacob DeBri, Byron Center. C. Miller & Son, Saugatuck. J. E. Thurkow, Morley. Neal MeMillan, Rocktord. Childs & Carper, Childs’ Mills. R. A. Hastings, Sparta. A. DeKruif, Zeeland. C. E. & 8. J. Koon, Lisbon. Paine & Co., Greenville. Chas. H. Deming, Dutton. Plumb & Sons, Plumb’s Mills. R. B. McCullock, Berlin. H. D. Harvey, Bangor. L. E. Paige, Sparta. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. A. C. Barkley, Crosby. O. W. Blain, Dutton. Myers & Burton, Alleyton. Jud. Rice, Rice & Lillie, Coopersville. Rk. R. Perkins, Boyne City. Mr. Roberts, Darling & Roberts, Premont. Mr. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. : E. C. Foot, West Carlyle. M, Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe. John Brusse & Son, Zeeland. H. Bakker & Son, Drenthe. Wm. Brugma, Vriesland. Geo. Cook, Grove P. O. H. T. M. Treglown, Lowell. Chas. Morton, Sand Lake. H. M. McCoy, Grandville. Wim. Thompson, Nunica, S. D. Thompson, Newaygo. i Mr. Hewitt, Hewitt & Tetft, Rockford. W.F. Rice, Alpine. J. Grutter, Grandville. S. M. Geary, Maple Hill. Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland. D. A. Warren, Everett. O. D. Chapman, Stanwood. J. L. Handy, Boyne City. M. E. Dewey, Newaygo, Frank Boonstra, Drenthe. J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake. Cole & Chaple, Ada. Wm. Hudson, Vriesland. A. F. Harrison, Sparta. Walter Struik, Forest Grove. Dell Wright, Berlin. Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. John Demstra, Forest Grove. A. B. Foote, Hilliards. C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. N. Bouma, Fisher. O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. Wyngarden & Peterson, Grand Haven. J.C. MeFellin, MeFellin & Co., Boyne Falls. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Mr. Den Herder, Den Herder & Tanis, Vries- land. H. M. Harroun, McLain. R. J. Side, Kent City. John Kamps, Zutphen. A. Purchase, South Blendon. Wm. Thompson, Nunica. L. D. Webster, Reed City. ¥. B. Watkins, Monterey. E. P. Brett, Brett Bros., Ashton. C. O. Smedley, Lamont. M. J. Howard, Englishville. J. H. Anderson, Edgerton. L. T. Kinney, Woodville. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove. A. Patterson, Dorr. Jno. Cartin, Cannonsburg. Jno. Van Geldren, Zeeland. Byron MeNeal, Byron Center. FE. Conklin, Ravenna. Geo. Carrington, Trent. A. B. Foote, Hilliards. Gus. Begman, Bauer. J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Jas. Barnes, Ansterlitz. C. BE. Clapp, Martin. Irwin Hill, Hopkins. F. G. Thurston, Lisbon. oO -0- < Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. A. Purdy has started a cheese factory at Shelbyville, beginning operations on June 7 with the milk of ninety cows. He ex- pects to increase the number of cows to 150 before the end of the season. Paw Paw True Northerner: Our cream- ery is now in full blast and buttermilk is as free as the pure air of heaven, and butter- milk tipplers are on hand every morning at 15 minutes past nine ready for their daily allowance, which they get and go away re- joicing, singing words of praise in behalf of the new enterprise. The Ottawa Creamery Co.’s creamery at Zeeland started up June 1, turning out 141 pounds of gilt edge butter. A week later the output had increased to 409 pounds and about 500 pounds is now the regular daily product. No difficulty is experienced in plac- ing the butter in the hands of the trade along the lake shore towns. Mr. Lahuis manages the business and Richard Redhead ofticiates as maker. —__—> -+ Beginning Work. Cigarette Manufacturer (to young woman applicant)—Have you ever had any exper- ience in making cigarettes? Young Woman—No@, sir. C. M.—H’m; what size shoe do you wear? Y. W.—Twos. C. M.—We will give you a trial. Y. W.—Thank you, sir. Whatshall Ido first, sir?” C. M.—Havye your photograph taken. —__——>--. << An exchange says that shingles may be made fireproof by setting the butts intoa trough of water into which half a bushel of each of lime and salt and six pounds of pot- ash have been dissolved. . MOULTON & REMPIS, SETTEES, ROOF CRESTING SONS ESSE SSS LAWN VASES. And Jobbers in Gray Iron Castings. WRITE FOR PRICE-LIST. 54 and 56 North Front Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. COUNTRY PRODUCE, Asparagus—30c per doz. bunches. Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75e ® bu. for unpicked and hold ordinary hand-picked for $1.10@$1.15. Beans—String, $1.50 # bu. Wax, $2 @ bu. Beets—New, 25c # doz. bunches. Butter—Michigan creamery is in poor de- mand at 15@léc. Dairy is a drug on the market at 1@1Ce. Butterine—Out of market. Cabbages—$1@$3 # crate, according to size. Carrots—25c # doz. Cherries—$2@$3 # bu. Cucumbers—35c #8 doz. Cheese—May and June stock of Michigan full cream is in fair demand at 94c. Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced, 3@3'4c. Evaporated, 64@7c, according to quality. Dried Peaches—Pared, l5c. Eggs—Somewhat scarce. 10% and sell for I@11%4. Honey—Easy at 18@14c. Hay—Bailed is dull at $14 per ton in two and five ton lots and $15 in car lots. Lettuce—ic #@ b. Maple Sugar—7@c. Onions—Green, 12@18e Southern, $1.75 # bu. Parsley—25c # doz. Peas—Marrofat, $1.75 ® bu. Pop Corn—Choice new commands 24%ec % b and old 8c ® b. Potatoes—Southern command #@$4 #® bbl. Pieplant—Out of market. Poultry—In fair supply. Fowls sell for 10@10%c; turkeys, 12c. Ducks are out of mar- ket. Radishes—lic # doz. Raspberries— Black and red are held at 7@9e 8 qt. Spinach—b0c ® bu. Strawberries—Home grown command 5@7c., Tomatoes—Southern, $1.40 ® box. Turnips—40c ® bu. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Jobbers pay 10@ # doz. bunches. The city millers pay as 78; Fulse, 75e; Clawson, Wheat—2e lower. follows: Lancaster, de. Corn—Jobbing generaily at 44@45e in 100 bu. lots and 388@40c in carlots. Oats—W hite, 40¢c in smail lots and 34@55e in car lots. ' Rye—48@s0c #@ bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® cwt. Flour—No charige. Fancy Patent, $5 #% bbl. in sacksand $5.25in wood. Straight, $4.20 bbl. in sacks and $4.45 in wood. Mea!l—Bolted, $2.75 @ bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 @ ton. Bran, $12 # ton. Ships, $15 @ ton. Middlings, $13°2 tor. Corn and Oats, $17 ® ton. a MISCELLANEOUS. Hemioek Bark—Loca! tanners are taking all offerings of new bark on the basis of $5 per cord, delivered, cash. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.75 @ t& for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers are authorized to offer standard goods at 35 and 5 per cent. off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 16 per cent off. COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. Ohio White Lime, car lots............. Louisville Cement, per bbl............ Akron Cement per bbl................ Budalo Cement, per bbl............... 1 30 Car lots ” Me acca ve 1 05@1 Plastering hair, per bu................ 23@ 30 BEMCOO, DOP DUE ooo ecco no cok cae ce sce 1 7% Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 Land plaster. car lots.................. 2 Hire DICK, POT M..... 6... cee cee ceca as Bite O1OV, DEP OU. ok 6. occ sas ee a ae COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots.. #5 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 CAROL, CAR IO. i. oc cis ccecacceass Ohio Lump, GaP 1018... , 026. oe cies oe ‘ Biossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. Portland Cement............. ssacdss 3 0G 2 50 $25 @ $35 3 00 75@6 00 LO@6 25 G6 60 FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling prices as follows: Pregh Beet, S1Ge8,. .. ......06 00 vee en ce 5 @T Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 8 @9 Dressed Hogs........... me ehards ses ce ke 544@ 534 Mutton, Carcasses.... 2.6.0.0. ce ee ees 6 @ bB% Spring Eos oso as nsw Fone eae eee ( Wa nc wea bs wk Ces hoc ede bb oe Ce ke 64@ 7 POEM GOOSBRO. 6 ooo s cso deck sees ccs oe 7 @7% RROOIB oo och ek weak te de co he cee 64@ 7 ee eae ae ll @12 Ducks UPON os vedi ace daacdueesuuescdcches 12 @i4 COOPERAGE. Quay, Killen & Co, quote as follows, f. 0. b. at Grand Rapids. STAVES. Bed oak flour bbl. staves......... M 6 @ m it os os White oak tce staves, s’d and 2: White oak pork bbl. “ “ M 18 50@20 HEADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled, set.... 15@ Pork, - “i ces to Tierece heads, square.......... 8 M 23 09@26 90 Pork bbl. ** Pe a ee #8 M 18 00@20 00 Basswood, kiln dried, set............ 4 HOOPS. White oak and hickory tce, 8f’t. M 11 00@12 50 White oak and hickory * 7%f’t.M 10 00@11 00 Hickory flour bbl................ M 7 00@ 8 2% Ash, round ‘* M 6 25@ 7 00 Ash, flat racked, 6% f’t........... M 3 50@ 4 BARRELS. White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M White oak pork barrels, machine.. White oak lard tierces............. Beef and lard half barrels......... Custom barrels, one head.......... Wiotee DOUPOIS.. 666 eas ioe cb cece Produce barrels................006: 00 00 00 00 16 10@ 110 85@ = 95 1 16@ 1 25 75@ 1 00@ 1 10 30@ BT 23@ 5 The paper used instead of wood in Ger- many in the manufacture of lead pencils is steeped in a7: adhesive liquid and rolled around the sore of the lead to the required thickness. After drying it is colored to Darodware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS. he ieee ca cs vas ncn es dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine..................... dis Jennings’, imitation........... ........ dis50£10 : BALANCES. Be ico dis 40 BARROWS. MOOOE oo eae os eee cays eee $ 13 00 OOfGee ot ee net 33 00 BELLS. MO shi cepnaessusedscsccantances dis $ 60&10&10 + 608510 Whe deuswcaccent eon dis POON, PORTONE ooo... coke icc cee dis BOLTS. PONG dis $ Corviage new list...................:. dis MO ec de ces ee dis RG OM dis Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis Cast Barre: Holts..................... dis Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis Cast Square Spring................... dis OOS CN ook eased cls cl. dis Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis Wrought Square ..... ................ dis Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Pe dis BVOW TOR ii dis BRACES. ET pikes dal cue. dis$ 40 Backus eee ab aN bases oun ii dis 50&10 RO coi i iecca. dis 50 Oe ee dis net BUCKETS. Weer a $ 350 Well, swivel - 400 BUTTS, CAS. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed. .dis Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis Wrought Loose Pin.................. dis Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver OE rei ii oak ack cue al dis Wronent teni6...,............,......- dis Wrought Inside Blind................ dis Wrougnt Hrase.... dis Hee, Ores... la wcee ds dis MOG, PAPMOP 6... oo... aie Pa, GHGMaT s. dis CAPS. yee ee ee CE EE ne OR e CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 Rt Bee dis30&10 CHISELS. POCKEO Pier. dis mOOnGY PEGUIUIG. 02.0.0 0). 00. dis BOCNGn COMMON i dis mOGmCt HOME... 6... dis Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis ee ae net COMBs. Curry, Lawrence’s.................... dis PON dis COCKS. DOORG PGGRIO Eo ea RO Fenns’ a 70&10 7010 1060 1060 wo 80&10 S0&10 70 m $ 65 60 35 60 per T5&10 T5&10 75&10 75 40 20 40&10 25 60 60 40&10 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. 8b Wee SAO, PAOD. Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. Cold Roved, 4x68 0 DRILLS morse s Bit Stoek............... dis Taper and StraightShank............ dis Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 in......., sees. d0Z net $.85 CORTUGAION oo. ce. dis 20&10 MOIUOORING i006 ce dis %&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. ' Clar’s, small, $18 60; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $15 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 : FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis 55&10 Disston’s PAGE ds sate sees ealet Vulcans, dis 55&10 ew Aierieen........ 6... ok, dis 55&10 Nicholson’s hs cha ho 65000 cdesecdss.... dis 55&10 Heller's ibe eae scien se asec asante. dis s5&10 Heller's Horse Rasps................. dis 55&10 GALVANIZED IRON, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 40 40 40 eaae Nos. 16 to 20, List 12 ‘ 14 15 Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis HAMMERS. MER VOOKG COCR sac ie eee c sees dis 25 Ly ee hes dis 25 Zerkee & Plumb’s.................... dis 40&1¢ Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50816 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10 Kidder, wood track................... dis 40 HINGES. Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 28 18 50 on per doz, net, 2 5 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 ONG (ONO icc lice ce. 3% Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Eye 5.............. net 8% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net SOOTY MINE ooo ecco iwc ceca caso. dis HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware, .........6.scccccecess Japanned Tin Ware..................... Granite Iron Ware....................,. HOES. Oran Da. $11 00, dis 60 ON Fe so dnks wae decease vi ci. 11 50, dis 60 OOP eo ace pc hacu eds c.. 12 00, dis 60 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....... dis Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ Door, porcelain, plated trimmings Door, porcelain, trimmings............. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........... MAN cee cincec so ccuecee. dis LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis Pe OG eee eee dis PRON ee tices accel. dis LEVELS. Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis MATTOCKS. PM TEV sce acc cdc oes $16 00 dis 60 MUNG WG a ok anh os bode cues ans $15 00 dis WEUATID Os hii lads ates ca wennscwee ad $18 50 dis 20 & 10 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’s..............-..: dis 40&1 Coffee, P.S.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 60 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis 60 Coffee, Enterprise... ....... ccc cece cnes dis 25 ‘ MOLASSES GATES. BEODDIO G PAGCOR 666... c coc alan acscceee dis Stebbin’s Genuine...... ................. dis Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis S NAILS. Common, Bra and Fencing. 10d to 60d ® keg $2 We Ot Oo oc ee lak cs 25 6d and id adv....... pees hsbc ae es abe ees: We A BG oo on eos ooo oe cctwcsacie, Ty Nh eked ccdadeesntvscdcccces Wet ED BAVETCE, oo. 5 occ hac ccacecacnceacees Oe E,W oss soe acdc c cuecens Finishin 10d Size—inches Adv. ®@ keg Steel Nails—2 30. ILERS. oO Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&10 Zinc, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Brass or Copper.................. Leama dis 50 EOS Ve SE are per gross, $12 net Olmstead’s . 50&10 70 70 1 7 Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................0..- dis 15 POPOEA THOU os ics bain is cose nas vaetaanes dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, famey.... ......... dis 15 Bench, first quality.............. sel ehkus dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .dis20&10 PANS. : BEV ROMO. is erin ecevnaedaaedancs dis 50&10 Common, polished...................... dis60&10 POUT soi sc cocs BVey ca ik cancun desescet 8 ib 6 : RIVETS. Tron and Tinned...............se+«++-dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs........ omens PATENT FLANISAED IRON. “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 Broken packs 4c ® b extra. ROPES. SRO, 56 UL, GUN TAPOE, 6 oo os ac cna nn cansages 8% NMI oo cea goo csc soc cnsccaecas Jeecak aaa 13% SQUARES. Pens INE BE oo cs oc ccc cs ce kcacneoes dis TE MNEE CHOU O ME css cad ccccnccea cesses dis URNA ooo ce cir cscce cs icacee edeanss dis SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Nog, 10 to 14...... 2.2... taesed ee $4 20 TRO Ue OO FE ook cock cc cc caccce 4 20 ee 4 20 TRO, Be UE See gos cos ccc co cece ccccca 4 20 MOM oO OEE MN i bo hoe cc ok kc aca 4 40 MO oie hick chic ccca cs eacs 4 60 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 hs, ® D.................. In smaller quansities, ® t.............. TACKS. American, all kinds......../......... dis ET GS ES ee ee dis Wee UR MINI cos ncn cdc cceee: dis rite Be TMOG. 6. 8. cs bases Caadece dis OU THOM POONIG So ooo a vcd s ccacds codecs dis I FOI cic aces ececascca dis Common and Patent Brads.......... dis Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks. dis Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis TINNER’S SOLDER. WO goon do Coc ccc caccks Market Half-and-half............. .... Strictly Half-and-half.................. TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. BOxM4, Charodal ....... 6... 00s0cseces WOES CMUODEL. 5 ccc ucccavccvcse MEE, CMMPOOML, «05 cn ccccscecuccaae Pie, CROANGORL «o.oo oc cc cc cccusecs JASE, CUBROOGL. « oo oc occu cccccscces Wate, COGIOOGL.. .... .. 65s cccsness en SAMI, CMMNOOEL oo. co oa cccacccsecas IXXX, 14x20, Charcool..... IXXXX, 14x20, Charcoal.................+ IX, Sem OIE oc oo aks ccc cchacas 15 50 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal...............s.. 6 50. DX, 100Plate Charcoal.................. 8 50 wageggessse “SF Soke SSS DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 5O Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. mune, NAW TG oo oc cacccé acca cucces 5 2 Manat, MAMI, Oc, cies Soncacaccccscs 6 BNO I NO goog onc c oc cn cacce esac, ll UME, I, oo on cnc cacicccccels saci TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 [X, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ . 700 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 11 00 LX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........ 14 00 TRAPS, BOGE CN coi ae chee 60£10 OneidajCommuntity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s..60&10 WOR ech pice ekiiascce a 60X10 TO OW, ER, CO oa coos vccceccccadaas 6010 EE i 18e 8 doz MEOUEG, GOTOBION, . .. o.oo ccc csc css ..- $1 50 B doz WIRE. PRUE OOS coco ceca caccecenecacs dis 67% MerOGlOG BEGFEOE. ... oc 055000: ccceccs dis 70 CR WEAPNOT, ... . 5 oa cc cc us ccaccasas dis 62% ee PU gg as | oo a vcs cunbocncaei dis 55 Tinned Market..... ecwakieeec opus a dis 62% PE PION gcc coon ce cos cence .--8b 09 CE RURNENE MERION cc a os occa decuncceceies Bt 8% Coppered Spring Steel............ dis 40@40&10 CE RNINOGs UPENOEREOL. ... . 5 ccc aces ccucce dis 50 RMI IO oo oa as oan cas kdcs de ccccaked Bb 3% Barbed Fente, galvanized..........4. scceee- 4% le DN aie ee oo ccc cceeec le 3% Ee new list net el coos eee cue cee, new list net WIRE GOODS. arc cub edocs ca dis a eee dis 70&10&10 FO&10&10 ‘ TOX10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 70&10&10 WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... od fe ee dis 60 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 75&10 Coe’s Patent, malleable............ dis T5&10&10 MISCELLANEOUS, Bird Cages Me! CUMLONE, og ok. ccc ckecesccas. dis RMON, TOW TAG. occ ccccuicccccccancs 15@10 Casters, Bed and Plate............. dis50&104&10 EOIORG, AUIOMIOOD «oo. 5 5a. 5 cece cscs ace: 40&10 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. .60&10&5 WI BUONO oo isn on cs avec sa cece ces 21e 50 70810 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. 0. b. cars as follows: ee epee per M Uppers, 14, 144 and 2 ineh................ ey Ee a a Selects, 14, 1% and 2 inch........ Wane Common. 1 1NOM. « ... 65s cccs OS ee ee Fine, Common, 144, 1% and 2inch. ...... 2e No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet.... 15 90 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet... .... 00.22.00. 16 00 Beek, 5 eee, Ee T1., DOLOOE. .... 5 ok case cece 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 5 No. 3 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet. 3... 6... cnc ae No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........... .... No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... ING, 5 BEOONS, S Ii,, TA TCCEL, . 2... oc ceccccacs INO. T Stocks, S in., BO fee6. . ... .. oc ccccccces No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 T6et..... .. 6. ccccccce No. 2 Stooks, 19 in., W feet... .......cccacce No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet. ..... 2... 65600 zo 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet. ....... 0.5605. 10. $44 00 46 00 25 00 —_ = rs bet ee ed BS ret S a Pad bed famed mre Cl 4c ne COicet 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. No. 2 Stocks, 8in., 20 feet................ Coarse Common or shipping culls, al widths and lengths......... ....... 8 00 A and B Strips, 4 or 6in ............... 2. © ere, © OP 6 on oa ccc cncccccce us No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 feet.......... NO. 2 WONGINng, 16 L606... . 5... cence cc ccces Bee. § meena, & ING, oo. oc oceans cc cdcccce No. 2 Fencing, 4 imoh.. .. 02.0... We cccce Norway C and better, 4or6inceh......... Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.. .. .......6.ccccee Bevel Siding, 6inch, No. 1 Common.... Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft........ $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. Dressed Flooring, 6 in. Dressed Flooring, 6in., No. 1, common.. Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 common.... Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in., A. Band Clear.. Dressed Flooring, 4in., C.............002. Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.1 com’n Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.2 com’n Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. 1 XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... io SE bet BO Oret & S SSSSSSSSSSSSSsS SESESSSSSSESS bet et DS et et et mSOm DSW r= 2D AAs Win. Thin........... Me WR io os oe bccn vcdan cs cuuecds. No. 2 or6in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... moO, 2Or Gin. C. Bi. IG im. . oo... occ ceccecses bond ve da vd as ceca essucceucdedeea 1 75@ HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES. @6 {Calf skins, green i@ 7%4| orcured.... 8 @10 @ 8%4|Deacon skins, ‘ #® piece..... 20 Green ....8 Db Part cured... Fullcured.... 8 Dry hides and Kipe «....... 6 SHEEP PELTS. Old wool, estimated washed ® b...... 20 @22 MIMI, os gs ag she ee sn bde cence cece ee vcds 2%@ § WOOL, Fine washed # tb 25@27|Unwashed........ Coarse washed.. .20@24\ 23 WOODENWARE. Beendard Tut, NOs 2... ccc ccccaccs cecusavd GR TG, INO, Bai. oc ce ccc ccs cecuawees Standard Tube, No. 8... .cccccccecnccccuces Standard Pails, two hoop................... Standard Pails, three hoop.................. Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................. MR WI AO ooo si bc nd ccncondiacecncesdl RUMI BIN 6c ries cd dw ccc ceveccdacccentcads I io i nce aweddesscecs Potato Mashers.................00. CHOEMGG POOIGERGE,.. 6.5 ccccccctccccccccsaacas 2 I HII Sin soc dd dwn sade deduuds ccocecccel I ck aki adeksdveevecaniéke baswagans Washboards, single................ccceceeess Washboards, double.................... BASKETS. TOUMOT BEREMOE. o.oo ccc ccc c ds ce vc cecccecs Bushel, narrow band.............-......00e: BORG: WIG DRGs os oie os ones duces cauenei PlOCNOR, OPTAt, NOs 2. oo. occ. cccnccevccesesee 3 50 CURR BEE. | NO. Boo. coos cei s icc ceucacss 3 75 Clothes, splint, No. 8............c.ccceceu ces 4 00 Clothes, willow No. 1...........6.0 ccc cee n ee 6 00 Clothes, willow No. 2...... + ih a bead pend BS DS iad bet CO OE ASSSSESRESE Rew 60 | Clothes, willow No.3...... etka tee Gkeus 8 0p ‘ Bae Baus ~ WHOLESALE CROCKERY, H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS MICH. | PRICH LIST. HOUSHHOLD DEPARTMENT. PART 9°. “Terms Cash. Sixty days or 2 per cent. discount for Cash in ten days, on Crockery and Glassware. We present a few Specialties in English Decorated Dinner Sets from leading Factories. Merchants will do well to carry a line of goods on this order, as the people constantly demand more and more; need not keep very much, because we carry so many patterns in open stock, and are glad to keep up the assortment for you, and sell in any quantities. Perhaps the very best decorated line now is WEDGEWOOD & CO’S LUSTRE BAND which we would be pleased to quote. 102 Pieces, $16.75. Decorated with 102 Piece Set Contains Dark Green Lucerne. 104 Pieces, $9.50. Brown Chatsworth. Pink Chatsworth. 104 Pieces, $10.50. DINNER SHTS, Printed on Ivory Body, New Square Shape. 104 1 doz. Pie Plates, 1 doz. Fruit Saucers, 2 Bakers, 8, 1 Boat, 1 Casserole and Cover. 1 Sugar, Tea Sets in Great Variety. 56 pieees, see Cut ADOVE, PEF SCt...... 0... sees cece eee eee ee eset e eee e es $3.50 Plain Print, “Victor,” “ “Brazil,’”’ 56 pieces. Both above patterns in Brown, Pink, 1 doz. Breakfast Plates, 1 doz. Individual Butters, 1 Covered Dish, 1 Water Pitcher, 1 Cream, New square shape. Perse Piece Set is Composed of 1 doz. Dinner Plates, 1 Pickle, 1 Bowl, 1 doz. Handled Teas. 3lue and nes Green Decorations. 4 Platters, 1 each 8, 10, 12, 14, 1 Butter Dish and Cover, Soe ee ee ee ares cee $3.00 1 doz. Pie Plates, 1 doz. Tea Plates, 1 doz. Breakfast Plates, 1 doz. Fru. Saucers, 1 doz. Ind. Butters, 3 Platters, 8, 10, 12, 1 Sugar, 1 Cream, 2 Bakers 8, l “ 1 Slop Bowl, 12 Dinner Plates, $2 extra. can be furnished. Blue Japanese. 104 Pieces, $9.50. SEINE PATTERN. DECORATED TOILET WARE. Plain Printed Sets composed of 1 Ewer and Basin, 1 Covered Chamber, 1 Soap and Cover, 1 Mug, 1 Small Pitcher, 1 Brush Vase—making 9 pieces, and 1 Slop-Pail and Cover—making 11 pieces, in Brown, Pink, Blue and Green Colors. 9 Pieces, Seine Pattern, per set, $2.75. 1x * ‘6 $5.00. on hand. DINNER SET NO. 1052, Fine Pink and Grey Flowers, with Gold. 1 Boat, 1 Pickle, 1 Covered Dish, 1 Casserole, Butter, 12 Handled Teas, This pattern is carried in open stock and any pieces wanted (itts ae . S “a SSy = mK A eS RS i ‘ 2 102 Pieces, 318.7 Dinner Set No. 1022a, Decorated With Fine Blue and Grey Flowers, with Gold. New “Windsor” Square Shape. h (See list of 102 piece set to the left.) 12 Dinner Plates, with above Set $2.25 extra. _ We carry this pattern in open stock, and can furnish any articles de- sired at proportionate prices. LAHORE. 102 Piece Set, $11.00. “BROWN LAHORE” DECORATION ON IVORY BODY. A fine, soft, conventional decor. manufactured by T. & R. BOOTE, ENGLAND, and is recommended as the MOST SMOOTH, PERFECT AND PLEASING MEDIUM-PRICE SET on the market. Also carried in open stock with a complete assortment constantly 12 8 in. Dinner Plates with above Set $1.60 extra. GUNN HARDWARE COMPANY. The Most Completely Equipped Jod- bing House in the West. The Gunn Hardware Company, which has lately been merged into a stock company with ample capital to carry on the business and experienced officers and assistants to cater to the wants of the trade, is pleasant- ly situated in the fine, new block recently erected by Mr. Gunn at Nos. 5 and 7 South Tonia street. A reporter of THe TRADES- MAN recently made a tour of the five stories and basement comprising the large building and was surprised at the immense stock dis- played in every branch of the business and the convenience with which any article can be packed and moved. Regarding the strength of the building, a few words will not come amiss. Aside from a strong stone foundation, the bottom posts rest on a solid cement or artificial stone work twelve inches thick, which covers the entire basement floor, rendering it impossible for rats or other vermine to undermine the walls or weaken the build- ing in any way. Aside from the bottom posts, the floors are supported by eighty-six iron columns and the joists are but eight inches apart. Every precaution has been taken to make the building fire-proof as well as strong, and nothing short of a Chicago conflagration would injure it. The basement contains nails and heavy hardware, which are unloaded from cars on the sidetrack in the rear by means of a shute. The first floor is level with the fioor of the cars, which renders it possible to un- load a carin seventeen minutes and saves the house and its patrons the usual expense of cartage, which is estimated at $8 per car. The segond floor comprises three fine offices and the finest sample room in the country. The third floor contains 2,400 bins, which are used for shelf hardware, and tables for shipping purposes. The fourth and fifth flocrs are filled to overflowing with sash, doors and other bulky goods, arranged in ap- ple pie order. Taken as a whole, the estab- lishment is a model one and any merchant having a few minutes’ time could not do bet- ter than to cell around and be shown over the premises. ——_——_-2 Good Words Unsolicited. M. A. Kniffin, grocer, St. Johns: a good paper.” West & West, grocers, Gd. Ledge: fine, newsy sheet.” E. B. Sunderlin, grocer, Palo: paper. It fills the bill.” H. H. Steffy, general dealer, Crystal: much pleased with your paper.” Stellwagen & Kynock, hardware, St. Ignace: “We appreciate your efforts to please.” Mr: .A. A. Sherlock, general dealer, Otia: “I would not be without it for twice the amount.” Wm. H. Simmons, general dealer, Mt. Pleas- ant: “I think it a good and valuable paper, such as ali merchants should have if they “You make “Itisa “Like your “Tam Maxims for Merchauts. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. If a man is doing a good business, he should not tie up his surplus or take a ven- ture on the street. What men eall accident is often the fruit of years of careful study, patient endurance, and devotion. Men generally fail with a large amount of property on their hands. They are so greedy and avaricious that they are not con- tent with small and sure gains. Scarcely a man fails unless he is dabbling in outside matters, or carries more trade than his capital will warrant. It is the educated manhood of the mer- chant that wakes up the sleeping oil, covers the earth with good, gathers in the golden harvest, clothes the naked and feeds the hungry. Trade is steady and uniform and can be carried on at all times; speculation only oc- casionally, or when opportunity offers. There is certainty in the former and uncer- tainty in the latter. Commerce is nearly as ancient as the world itself; necessity set it on foot, the desire of convenience improved it, and van- ity, luxury and avarice have largely contrik- uted to raise it to its present pitch. Without capital there can be no exercise onalarge scale of the mechanic arts, no manufactures, no private improvements, no public enterprises of utility, no domestic exchanges, and no foreign commerce. Out of Goods. From the American Grocer. Nothing more annoys customers when asking at the store for an article than to be met with the response, ‘‘We are all out.” In these days of rapid transportation there is no excuse for making such a reply. If the rule of the store is that each one of the force shall note on a book specially set apart for the purpose, every article the sup- ply of which is light, there will rarely be occasion to confess to a customer that your service is inefficient. It is the merchant’s business to study the nature and variety of his stock and keep it fresh and full; the time required to secure the transportation of different articles from various points, making allowance for delays—and then he will be prepared to meet the demands of his patrons. ‘‘Old Budd,” as he was called, became rich by keeping a store at one end of a long and narrow village, simply be- cause everybody was in the habit of saying to inquirers after different things, ‘‘Oh, you can find it at ‘Old Budd’s,’ for he keeps everything.” ‘Hold to a strict account every clerk care- less in noting a deficiency in stock. Being out of gooods is a sure way to drive trade to your competitors. _—— <> -o-<-——————— Thos. Harvey succeeds Wm. Boswell in the photograph business at Flint. PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. Be. FATGUAS, Makes a Specialty of Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges, Cold Storage in Connection. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No.1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each. 97 and 99 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. Weare prepared to wake Bottom Prices on anything we handle, A.B. KNOWLSON, 8 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO,, MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, BOOTS AND SHOES. Grand Rapids, Mich. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Butter, Eges, Cheese, Eitc. Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers. 8 and 10 Ionia St, Grand Rapids, Mich F. JU. LAMB & CO., Fruits, Vegetables, ORDEFE Our Leader Smoking |Our Leader Fine Cut 15c per pound. | 33c per pound. Our Leader Sherts, Our Leader Cigars, 16c per pound. | $30 per M. The Best in the World. Clark, Jewell & Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee. POTATOES. We make the handling of POTATOES, APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special feature of our business. If you have any of these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us hear from you, and will keep you posted on market price and pros- pects. Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired. Agents for Walker's Patent Butter Worker. EARL BROS., Commission Merchants. 157 Ss. Water St., Chicago, Til. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK. OLNEY, SHIELDS & CO., WHOLESALE CROCERS, And IMPORTERS OF TEAS. Our Stock is complete in all branches. New, fresh and bought at latest declines and for cash. We have specialties in TOBACCOS and CIGARS possessed by no other jobbers in the city. SOLE AGENTS FOR McAlpin’s Peavey Plug. The P. V. is the Finest Tobacco on the market. ALSO SOLE AGENTS FOR MENDEL & BROS.’ Celebrated CIGARS, Finer quality and lower prices than any handled in the market. VISITING BUYERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL AND EXAM- INE OUR STOCK, AND MAIL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE- FUL ATTENTION. 5 and 7 Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.