‘GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, ‘DECEMBER 7% 1887, NO. 220, a = \ ttorney and Solicitor, @RAND RAPIDS, MICH. _ Over ‘Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407. WHOLESALE AND ean COAL and ‘WOOD. : E.A. HAMILTON, Agt., 101 Ottawa §$t., Ledyard Block. iconaaterceindh 909—I R. TUBS! We have 150 oo first quality wash tubs, which we will sell F. 0. B. as follows: No. 3, $3 per doz.; No. 2, $4 per doz.; No. 1, $5’ per doz. Packed % doz. in bdl. with straw. Qual- ity unsurpassed. ‘Address PIERSON’S BAZAAR, Stanton, Mich. Stoneware, 6c. per gal. F. O. B. the difficulty in obtaining a FIRST-CLASS FIVE-CENT CIGAR, we have concluded to try and meet this demand with a new Cigar ¢ called - SILVER SPOTS This Cigar we positively guarantee a _clear Havana filler, with a spotted Sumatra Wrapper, and entirely free from any arti- ficial flavor or adulterations. It will be sold on its merits.- ders filled on 60 days approval. Price $35 per 1,000 in any quantities. Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. Handsome advertising matter goes with first order. Secure this Cigar and increase your Cigar Trade. It is sure to do it. GHO. 7. WARREN & U0, .¥§ Mich. Sample or- EAYON #LYON Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries, 20 and 22 Aonroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. BELKNAP TON and Neigh Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Spring, Freight, Express, Lumber and Farm WAGONS! Logging Carts and Trucks Mill and Dump Carts, Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We ca. a large stock of material, and have every facility for making first-class Wagons of all kinds. (= Special attention given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. Shops on Front St, Grand Rapids, Mich, EDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, Kh CANAL 8Y., Grand Rapids, - fillch. SEEDS Garden Seeds a Specialty. The Most Complete Assortment in Michigan. Don’t Buy un- til you get my prices. ALFRED J.BROWN Representing Jas. Vick, of Rochester. 16-18 N. Division St., Grand Rapids Grandpa s Wonder Soap THE BESY SELLING GOODS ON THE MARKET, MANUFACTURED BY Beaver & Go., Dayton, Ohio. SOLD BY A. 8. MUSSELMAN & GO, Grand Rapids, - Mich. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BOWNE, President. Gzo. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. P. BAKER, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialt~ -f Collections. Accounts ofCountry, ~chants Solicited. HIRTH & KRAUSE, LEATHER ‘And Shoe Store Supplies, SHOE BRUSHES, SHOE BUTTONS, , SHOE POLISH, SHOE LACES. Heelers, Cork Soles, Button Hooks, Dress- ings, ‘ete. Write for Catalogue. . 118 Canal Streei, Grand Rapids. WANTED. Butter, Eggs, Wool, Pota- toes, ‘Beans, Dried Fruit, Apples and all kinds of| Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. Karl Bros., Commission Merchants, 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapids. JACOB BROWN % G0,, WHOLESALE Furnishing Goods and Notions, Manufactures of Lumbermen's Supplies a Specialty. WE ee A FULL LINE OF ASKA SOCKS AND MITT 193 and 195 Jefferson Ave., Cor. Bates St., DETROIT, - MICH. TRANSIP MILL COMPAR WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Feed, - Grain - | baled Une # fl lovr, AWNINGS : TENTS CHARLES A. GOYE, Successor to . A. Coye & Son, DEALER IN Horse and Wagon Covers, . Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly for food, is made of only the best white corn and ts guaranteed absolutely pure. ty The popularity of Muzzy’s Corn and Sun |. Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, aggregating many million of pounds each _ 7, The State Assayer of Massachusetts says Muzzy’s Corn Starch for table use, is per- fectly pure, is well prepared, and of excel- lent ee Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table use, is the very best offered to the con- sumer. All wholesale and retail grocers GRAND RAPIDS TO THE— FRONT —AGAIN.— We are now supplying the Trade with our new Brand of Soap “BEST FAMILY.” It is the LARGEST and BEST bar of white PURE SOAP ever retailed at Five Cents a bar. Respectfully, Grand Rapids Soap Go. FURNITURE T0 ORDER. Anythingor everything in the line of Special Furniture, inside finish of house, office or store, Wood Mantels, and contract. work of any kind made to order | Auxiliary Associations, on short notice and in the best. manner out of thoroughly dried lumber of any kind. Designs furnished when desired. Wolverine Chair Factory, West End Pearl St. Bridge. CALL FOR SCHUMAGHER'S ROLLED AVENA, From the best White Oats. Oatmeal, Parched Farinose and Rolled Wheat in Original Packages. oe use these choice cereals is to learn how to live. STANTON, SAMPSON & GO. Manutacturers and Jobbers of Men’s Furnishing Goods. Sole Manufacturers of the ‘‘Peninsular” Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls, State agents for Celuloid Collars and Cuffs. 120 and 122 Jefferson, Ave., DETROIT, - MICHIGAN. POTATOES. We give prompt personal attention to thesale of POTATOES,APPLES, BEANS and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best facilities and watchful attention. Consign- ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash advances on Car Lots when desired. (Wm. H. Thompson & Co, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 166 South Water St., CHICAGO. - Reference : _ SELSENTHAL, GRoss & Minter, ‘Bankers, "TALLEY CIty ILLING U0 OUR LEADING BRANDS: Roller Champion, Gilt Edge, Matchless, Lily White, Harvest Queen, Snow Flake, White Loaf, Reliance, Gold Medal, Graham. OUR SPECIALTIES: Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Granulated Meal, Bolted Meal, Coarse Meal, Bran, Ships, Middiings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed. Write for Prices. Grand Rapids, Michigan. SEEDS FOR EVERYBODY. For the Field or Garden. If you want to buy GLOVER OR TIMOTHY SE Or any other kind, send to the Seed Store, 71 CANAL ST, W. Y. LAMORRAUX. Grand Rapids, Mich, Wishing to procure outfits for their Col- lection Departments, are invited to exam- ine the following quotations, which are for fine work on good quality of paper: FULL QUTFIT-~$I5, 30 Books Blue Letters, 50 in book. 500 Record Blanks, 500 Notification Sheets. 250 Last Calls. 500 Envelopes. HALF OUTFITS--SI0, 500 Blue Letters, old style. 250 Record Blanks. 250 Notification Sheets. 125 Last Calls. 500 Envelopes. In place of old style Blue Letter in above $10 Outfit we can substitute 10 books Blue Letter in latest form, as reeommended by the recent State convention, for $12.50 Prices in other quantities furnished on ap- plication FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, ENGRAVERS and PRINTERS, 49 Lyon St, Grand Rapids, F. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF OYSTERS! | on a regular shopping expedition, to sh THE GROCER’S AMBITION. Written Especially for THR TRADESMAN. To find the man who pays his debts And never buys on “tick,” Or kicks and groans about short weight And claims the scales are ‘*slick.”’ Who always knows just what he wants, And never haggles o’er The price of butter or of pork— In winter shuts the door. Whom politics does not enthrall, Nor on the floor will spit; Who buys his goods and then goes home Nor on the counter sit. —RELLUF. q@qo@qmu oo THE THIEF. Wr tten Especially for THE TRADESMAN. Entering a certain large, fashionable dry- goods store on Monroe street almost any pleasant afternoon, you will discover a crowd of shoppers who are being served by _| neatly-dressed, good-looking young ladies and stylish male clerks, who, in their ef- forts to fill the wants of their many custom- ers and please their employers by their rap- idity in disposing of the varied -assortment of goods under which the counters and shelves groan, remind one very forcibly of a lot of bees getting in their fall crop of honey. Especially is this true during the three or four weeks of holiday trade, and it is the custom of the proprietors to insert an adver- tisement in the daily press of the city, read- ing something like this: Ae yours inate to hypy ee ay dry store during holidays to Mr. Howell, at the store. from B10 9, Tupslay a. m. HOWELL & KLINE. Long before Mr. Howell had drank his coffee and read his morning paper, the pri- vate office was filled with no less than a score of young ladies, all having more or less claims to good looks and the larger share being endowed by lavish nature with positive beauty, patiently awaiting his ar- rival. Nor was beauty entirely unadorned in most cases, for jackets and hats of the latest and jauntiest style were far from in- frequent, and the absence of such garments was a matter of remark among the more fa- vored ones. There were two or three rath- er poorly-dressed girls in the crowd, but the Shabbiest was a girl of about seventeen, who sat quietly ina corner and kept aloof from the chatter of conversation around her. Al- though poorly clad, she was the most con- spicuous person in the room by reason of her big black eyes, the purity of her com- easily discerned in a well-bred person. As Mr. Howell entered the office, there was an instant hush and an air of eager ex- pectation settled upon the crowd. Now it was a strict rule of the establish- recommended—ribbons, laces, gloves and other articles of women’s apparel are so easily secreted in the folds of a girl’s dress or other convenient place. On Mr. Howell’s examination of these young ladies, only four out of the twenty were satisfactory to his critical judgment, and these were at once assigned to work. As the girls left the room, it chanced that our quiet, shabby girl was the last to be examined. ‘“‘What is your name, Miss?” enquired Mr. Howell, rather sharply. **Polly Lathrop, sir.” ‘*Have you any recommendations?” **] have nothing but a letter from Mr. Amsden, my former employer. You will have to rely on his word if you give me work, for he died a little over a year ago.” Mr. Howell scrutinized the letter careful- ly. He had heard of the writer but did not know him personally. It stated that the young lady was of respectable parentage, honest and conscientious in her work, but further than this—nothing. After a few questions as to her ability, Mr. Howell decided to give the girl a trial. Some way she interested him, both on ac- count of her apparent poverty and her pret- ty face. Polly Lathrop had been installed behind a glove counter about two weeks. At first, the girls in the store had been inclined to sneer at her and run upon her for her ignor- ance of their slang, and because she did not attempt to ‘‘mash” all the malefclerks, as was their custom. However, she bore it all very patiently and went quietly on with her work. When they saw that Polly was de- termined not to mix with them and be one one of the ‘‘clique,” their sneers turned to positive insults and the girl’s existence was made utterly miserable. However much her fellow-clerks disliked | her, the patrons of the store did not seem inclined to shun Polly’s counter and her sales were often far greater than those of the older clerks. This, too, was laid up against her, and a resolve was formed among the ‘‘smart’’ ones to ruin her, if possible. In pursuance of this plan, she was watched constantly and her dinner-basket searched secretly, time and again, in the vain hope of finding stolen goods—judging others by themselves. “One cold day. in December, an elderly lady, richly-dressed, alighted from a car- riage and entered the store, evidently bent ‘Passing plexion and the air of refinement that is so | ment that all persons hired must be well were always of the most costly goods to be found in the market. The old lady was childless, and her almost unlimited means were expended in lessening the burdens of the poor, in the absence of any nearer ties. After her numerous purchases had been completed, Mrs. Drummond stopped at the glove counter over which Polly presided, and it so chanced that Mr. Howell, together with several of the clerks, was standing there admiring some elegant gloves just opened. Mrs. Drummond was, of course, invited to inspect them. In trying ona pair which she had bought, Mrs. Drummond un- clasped a very peculiar bracelet—a half-hoop of plain gold with chains of silver to com- plete the circlet--and placed it upon the counter. When she went to replace it upon her arm it had mysteriously disappeared. Search was at once instituted but no trace of the missing ornament was to be found until one of the girls standing by, startled them by exclaiming: “Polly Lathrop has got that bracelet. I saw her put it under the counter!” Mr. Howell was thunder-struck and at that moment heartily wished he had never trusted the dark-eyed girl. ‘*Miss Lathrop,” said he, ‘‘I will trouble you to step into the office for a moment,” As he spoke, he stepped behind the counter and pulled out the bracelet. ‘‘What excuse have you to offer for such conduct?” he asked, as they reached the of- fice. ‘‘Don’t you know that you have ren- dered yourself liable to the law?” ‘*T did not steal that bracelet,” said Polly, almost crying. ‘‘It was given me by my father just before he left me and I have worn it ever since.” All Mr. Howell’s efforts to get the girl to confess were unavailing. The bracelet was returned to Mrs. Drummond and Polly was discharged. Mr. Howell could not find it in his heart to have her arrested and Mrs. Drummond had requested that he would not, so Polly went out into the world followed by the triumphant looks of malice given her by her fellow-clerks as she passed through the store. Two weeks passed, and one day Mr. Howell, in looking over the glove stock, was electrified by finding a bracelet exactly similar to that stolen from Mrs. Drummond, snugly ensconced between a pair of gloves, which would have concealed it forever had they not been opened. Thoreughly mystified and alarmed through fear of having done Polly a gross injustice, Mr. Howell hastened at once to Mrs. Drnm- mond’s residence and asked tosee that lady. “Mrs. Drummond, will you pardon me if Lask you a very impertinent question?” saidhe. ‘‘Itisin regard to that bracelet. There is some mystery here, and I am afraid we have done that poor girl a wrong. Will you give me the history of your possession of it?” **Certainly, Mr. Howell. ”? responded Mrs. Drummond. ‘‘If there is a possibility that she is not connected with the affair I shall be only too happy to be able to clear her. The bracelet,” she continned, ‘‘was given to me by my brother, just previous to his death. He had left a little child—a girl—in England, and had given her the other half of the bracelet, which explains its curious appearance. He tried to tell me where the girl was, but his utterance failed him and he died with the words on his lips. His name was Lathrop, and that of the child, Char- lotte Lathrop. For years I made every ef- fort to find the little girl, but have failed utterly and almost given it up.” “T think I have found her for you!” ex- claimed Mr. Howell. ‘‘In looking through the stock of gloves on the counter where your bracelet was lost, { found this!” and he gave Mrs. Drummond the other bracelet. Mrs. Drummond quickly unclasped the bracelet from het own wrist and compared the two. They were exactly alike, and on the inner side of the one Mr. Howell had taken from Polly was engraved, ‘‘Charlotte Lathrop, from her father, George Lathrop.” ‘It is my neice! Where does she live?” ‘TJ don’t know her address,’’ replied Mr. Howell; ‘‘but we can find out by asking some of the clerks at the store.” “Tet me get my wraps and we will go at once,” said Mrs. Grummond, eagerly. ‘‘It makes me ashamed to think of the poor girl being disgraced through the careiess- ness of her only relative.” Accordingly, they proceeded at once to the store and interrogated the girls as to Polly’s whereabouts, which were in a Shab- by-genteel boarding house not far away. Many were the surmises of the clerks as to this sudden anxiety to find Polly.- How- ever, there was only one conclusion to be arrived at—Polly was to be arrested for the theft. Itisa trite saying that ‘‘the best laid plans o’ mice and men gang aft aglee,” and imagine their consternation when they discovered that Polly was Charlotte La- throp, Mrs. Drummond’s neice and the heir to her wealth. _ I suppose this story ought properly to be | concluded by marrying Polly to Mr. Howell, but, unhappily in this instance, Mr. Howell. ; arried, ae thus rent hae PICKED UP. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN, He wore the regulation garb—a red and : o yellow striped flannel shirt, a Jersey. eap, red flannel drawers and felt boots, andhe was six feet tall and ‘‘full asa tick,” sothe >, bald-headed man in the double seat said. ‘*Whoopee! ” he yelled, flourishing a quart bottle of double-refined poison. ‘*Whoopee! Don’t look me full in the face for my glance © i is lightning and [ll wither you! ” He reached over and. snatched a paper from a rustic-looking chap and howled at i: him; ‘‘Ain’t ye got no manners? when I’m a-talkin’, or lll paralyze you!” © The newsboy passed him at this moment with an armful of books, and he grabbed two or three of them and threw them on the floor, gave another howl, took about six fin- gers of the poison and started down the car. The bald-headed man left for the rear car; so did the tall passenger and the man with the spec’s on. Asthe wild and untamed reached the rear of the car, he encountered the brakeman, a small, undersized Irish lad, gave him a withering look and let off ay or three Indian war-whoops. The brakeman took in the situation at a glance, reached up and slapped the big man’s face twice, threw him into a seat, shook him np, took his bottle away from him and said: ‘Say! IfI hear another peep from ye, ye divil, it’s break yer dom neck Oi will!” The fellow sank into an humble heap, and | never another word did we hear from him. The bald-headed ‘man twisted him mustache . and loudly told the tall passenger about how he used to spar when he was a boy. The man with the spec’s on blew a cloud of smoke into the bad man’s face, and the farmer picked up his paper. The war was over, and the train hurried on to its destina- tion. ‘‘Well, this rebel business is getting to be too thin! Iam a Southerner, and I want to give you fellows just a few things to think of,” began the tall passenger. ‘Don’t you think we have any feelings? What if Jeff. Davis did kiss that old, tattered rag? Did n’t our brave soldiers, who kept you Union men so busy for four years, fight and bleed for it? There were only nine millions of us and thirty millions of you. We had no manufactories and no arms but what we got. from the North. We fought for a principle that was as dear to us as yours was to you. Your Grand Army holds its annual - meet- ings and weeps and cheers over its old, tat- tered flags and rejoices once a year in the victories it won. Well, that’s all right, you have cause to rejoice. Can’t you let us mourn and weep over our old flags and the dead, who were heroes in their way just as yours were2” “Well,” said the bald-headed man, who Don’t read sold groceries and woreaG. A. R. button on his coat lapel, ‘‘that’s all right, in its way, but you fought for a wrong principle. It was the South that brought on a war that cost billions of dollars and a million human lives. It was the South that wished to de- stroy the Union that our forefathers bled for, and the North, as victors, have .the right to rejoice, just as much as we all, North and South, rejoice every Fourth of July. 1t makes all the difference, you know, whose ox is gored. You certainly realize that if we indifferently allowed the South to keep up the old feeling, sooner or later an- other conflict would arise. Hence, l believe that, as the vanquished, the South should forget its errors and unite with us in rejoic- ing over the saving of the Union.” **Yesh,” chimed in the little man who sells clothing for Sinsternitz, Hammellfleish © & Shinken, ‘‘dot is clear like mud. You pays your monesh aind takes your shoice.’” Leo. A. Caro. -_——--——~< -8- <>. The greatest satisfaction in the world is getting something for nothing. It doesn’t matter what it is, the less useful the more ~*~ valued. You expect to pay for anything _ “ you get any use out of, but there’s an awful amount of satisfaction in getting something you don’t want for nothing. I suppose it is the basis of Christmas and birthday pres- ee ents, but if permeates human nature all through. I believe that there is only one - ‘ thing a man cheerfully pays for, and that’s, a drink. He resents the necessity of eating A and feels that he’s swindled, somehow; but. it seems as if he could never be grateful enough for the boon of whisky. PERFRGYION SAI DOES NOT REQUE will Seon Rave its The Latest Improved and Best. ¥ ee xf a e-E. H. AYER, 49 is paper are not discontinued at ex- 380 ordered by the subscriber. B.A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887. E TORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. ‘ ‘Cuicaco, Dec. 5—I have frequently paid ‘tribute, in my humble way, to the commer- ial growth and greatness of the Garden City, and four days meandering among her jobbing and manufacturing establishments serves only to augment my respect fora market which is destined to maintain its _ supremacy as the second commercial mart _ of the New World. The enterprise of ‘her _ business men, which finds typical expres- sion in the erection of looming structures and the employment of representatives ' which span the continent, is a source of * wonder to the stranger, envy to the compet- itor, and of profit to themselves. One of the first men I called on in Chica- -- go was Robt. M. Littler, Secretary of the _. National Butter, Cheese and Egg Associa- _. tion, which recently held an annual conven- _tion at Manchester, Iowa. Referring to the _~ non-action of the Convention on the subject - of “eggs by weight,” Mr. Littler said he ’ thought the country was not ready for that innovation at present—that the best thing - to do under the circumstances is to import from Europe the method in use there in the - handling of eggs. Unlike the custom of this country, eggs are there sold according to their ‘size. For instance, one size of -eggs is sold eight for ten cents, another “size nine for ten cents and a still larger size ten for 10 cents. The price varies, of course, according to the scarcity of the product, but >. ,w%he relative standard of sizes does not _~ hange. It occurs to me that such a method ee _ would be infinitely preferable to the system in use in this country, and I am inclined to _ the belief that Mr. Smith Barnes, who is _ probably the father of the eggs-by-weight theory, will agree with my conclusions in _ this respect. I asked Mr. Littler what the policy of the dairymen would be regarding the oleomar- garine law and whether an attempt would be made to secure any amendments at the >. present session of Congress. He said he _ considered the law good enough as it stands, providing it is properly enforced, and that the policy of the Association is to let it alone, but endeavor to get the Government _ to spend a greater proportion of the revenue received from taxes and licenses in secur- dng its strict.enforcement. The butterine manufacturers are rushed | ‘with business, bet claim the margins are ‘tar from satisfactory. I casually remarked 4#oadeading manufacturer that 1 supposed this time of the year was his harvest, when _ ‘heemphasized his reply by pointing to a pile ‘of uncancelled stamps—‘‘No, it is the _ Government’s harvest.” ~ . The sauer kraut men have done consid- erable figuring lately, as a result of which they claim to have ascertained to a certain- ty that this year’s product is exactly 47 per cent. as large as last season’s. The decreas- . © ed output is typically illustrated in the ad- -. wance in price, $7.50 per barrel being now , the ruling figure from first hands, against $3.50 per barrel at the opening of last seas- .on’s business. _.. 4 happened to run across a paper bag - Ma..—a gentleman handling paper bags, to be more explicit—on the street, and in-the - course of a general conversation he volun- _ teered some information which was new to -_ me. He said there were but four mills in _ the country making the satchel bottom bag and but seven manufacturing the square bottom. The factories operate patented ma- chines on a royalty basis, the territory of each manufacturer in the two varieties of bag being so arranged that one will not con- flict with the other. This prevents the ru- inous competition met with in the manufac- tare of common bags and serves to keep the quality of the bags up to the standard. ‘The combination among the flour sack nufacturers is said to be working accept- ‘toall embodied in the agreement. _ The hardwood manufacturers of Michigan swill be interested to learn that quarter-sawed le has put in an appearance in the lum- berdistrict. The lumber is used in piano ock, for which use it is claimed it will be- very popular. Isaw an Indiana man had contracted to furnish a considera- quantity at $25 per thousand. heard more complaint than usual in the district from manufacturers who eir lumber to Chicago in car- -averred that between dockage, ere | as expecting to Peer ee IGAN TRADESMAN, has done more to make the Grocers’ Associations a success than any ‘man in the West. He is a hard and con-| scientious worker for the Gause, and the Business Men’s Association of the State of Michigan. is to-day one of the strongest in the United States. We hope Mr. Stowe will attend the Pure Food convention at Washington, even if his views are somewhat ‘different from others, as such a man is -| needed there. We believe in fair play and hope that every opposer to this movement will be given an opportunity to explain his | reasons, etc. The editor of THE TRADESMAN has no) desire to attend the Washington convention. There was a time when he thought he could subserve the interests of the retail trade by being present, but matters have taken such a shape that it is evident the retailer will be given little consideration—that the ‘‘cut and dried programme” already concocted in New York City will be rushed through without unnecessary ceremony. Not being in the employ of any jobbing house, the edi- tor of Tut TRADESMAN has no place in the convention—in fact, he has been in- formed, more forcibly than courteously, that he is not wanted in the convention. Fortunately for the retail trade of this country, however, there stands a formidable barrier between the so-called Pure Food convention and the enactment of an iniqui- tous law. Mr. Thurber and his henchmen may approve of a certain measure, but THE TRADESMAN labors under the impression that a little body called Congress will have something to say about it, before it finally becomes a law. Such being the case, THE TRADESMAN believes that the best course to pursue under the circumstances is to de- fer action until after the outcome of the con- vention is known. If wiser counsels pre- vail and a praiseworthy measure is evolved from the mass of rubbish now presented by the ardent [$$ $$] champions of a Nation- al Act, Tok TRADESMAN will give it cor- dial and active support; on the other hand, if the present intention of the idiotic secre- tary of the convention is carried out and every one who will not dance to Royal music is excluded from the deliberations of the gathering, and as a result of such exclu- siveness a lop-sided measure is sanctioned, there will be such a delegation of Michigan merchants in the halls of Congress as. will make the devotees of class legislation sick at heart. BANK CHECK PRESENTATION. In the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, a decision was recently rendered by Judge Riddle on a question relating to the presentation of bank checks for payment. The case was that of the State National Bank of New Jersey vs. Weil. Suit was brought upon a check drawn on the 26th of May, 1885, payable at the Shackamoxon Bank, but the check was not presented for payment until the 29th of May, after the bank had suspended payment. The defen- dant claimed there were sufficient funds to his credit when the bank failed, and that if the check had been presented at any time prior to the 29th of May, it would have been paid; that the loss was caused by unneces- sary delay in the presentation of the check. Judge Riddle said: ‘‘The liability of the drawer cannot, it is apprehended, be de- layed by circulating the check, and there- fore to charge him, if the banker fail, the check in whosoever hands it may be, must be presented within the period within which the payee or first holder must have present- ed it, but as against the party transferring the check to the holder it is sufficient, what- ever the date of the check, to present it or forward it for presentment on the day next after its tfansfer. The reason for this strictness is said to be that a check, unlike a bill of exchange, is generally intended for immediate payment and not for circulation, and thereforeit becomes the duty of the hold- er to present it for payment as soon as he reasonably may. He keeps it at his own peril. Negotiability is not of their essence, but at most merely an optional quality. Therule, therefore. is well established in the two greatest commercial cities of the world that a check on abank, where all the parties are residents of the same city, must be pre- sented on the day upon which it bears date or on the next day, and if not the risk of the solvency of the drawee is upon the payee. We think that rule should be ap- plied to this case, there being no circum- stances to except it from its operation, and that thedelay in the presentation of the ckeck was unreasonable. The defendant is therefore not responsible for its non-pay- ment.” The Independent Grocer, so-called,. ex- horts THE TRADESMAN to speak the truth and in the same paragraph utters three dis- tinct untruths. This is a good deal like the colored preacher denouncing the penchant of his congregation to raid hen roosts while he hasa stolen fowl concealed behind the pulpit. | THE TRADESMAN would as soon think of extracting ambrosia from the Chicago River see truth or consistency ex- oe) | | Dwight B Watters has bought the Mr. E. A. Stowe, the editor of Taz Micu- | tone Ee 6 Rindge, Bertsh & C ». furnished ¢ iness. MJ. Butler, dry goods dealer at Sand | Lake, has. added a line of groceries. J. H. Thompson & Co. furnished the stock, Thos. Ferguson placing the order. It is Luke Palmer—not Luke Nichols, as heretofore stated—who is to join Geo. H. Reeder in the wholesale boot and shoe busi- ness here. Mr. Reeder is now in Boston, buying goods. Geo. Joslin has engaged in the grocery business at Cedar Springs, opening up in his own brick store. Bulkley, Lemon’ & Hoops furnished the stock, Hub. Baker placing the order. ’S Rindge, Bertsch & Co. are now in full oc- cupancy of their new building. The base- ment and first floor are used for storage pur- ‘poses, and the second, third and fourth floors are made a part of the factory. E. R. Hutchins and L. A. Symons have formed a copartnership under the style of Hutchins & Symons and engaged in general trade at Glenn. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops furnished the groceries, Voigt, Herpolshei- mer & Co. the dry goods and Thompson & McClay the notions. _ The plaster business is reported to be un- usually dull by the manufacturers. One of them tells THz TRADESMAN that more plaster was shipped the first eight months of the year than during the whole of 1886, but the ratio of increase has fallen off con- siderably during the last four months. The manufacturers receive 85 cents a barrel from the pool for every barrel shipped, while the pool sells at an average price of $1.60 per barrel, the margin left after deducting ex- | penses bring eventually divided among the manufacturers comprising the pool. The outlook for next season is considered good. AROUND THE STATE. Alpena—F. S. Dewey, grocer, has been attached. Morley—A. Wittimer & Co. have engaged in general trade. Muskegon—O. Lambert, grocer, is offer- ing to compromise. Mason—Pratt & Child succeed, W. Pratt in the grocery business. Mecosta—A. W. Lobdel & Co. are closing out their general stock. Sheridan— M. Gray succeeds Gray & Gray in the grocery business. Alpena—John M. Blakely, grocer, has been partly burned out. Allegan—Ed. Messinger has opened a confectionery and fruit store. : Cadillac—Frank Griffin succeeds Griffin & Fisher in the grocery business. Bellaire—Chapin & Bennett succeed E. J. Childs in the furniture business. Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman suc- ceeds M. C. Oviatt in general trade. East Saginaw—L. C. Smith, dealer in oils, has assigned to Jas. A. Harris. South Fairfield—Edgar Franklin succeeds David Stever in the grocery business. Freeport—Norman & Hinkley succeed John Norman in the harness business, Rodney—V. G. Danforth & Son have moved their general stock to Stanwood. *-Charloitte—White & Barney succeed John S. White in the boot and shoe business. Greenville—O. C. Kemp & Co. succeed Ida E. Wright in the stationery business. Alabaster—Benj. F. Smith, general deal- er and alabaster works, has given a chattel mortgage for $2,000. Marion—C. E. Grant, formerly engaged in general trade at Blanchard, has engaged in general trade here. Clare—Fagan & Derby, late of Harrison, succeed A. A. Shaver in the furniture and undertaking business. Paw Paw—C. F. Young has sold his drug and grocery stock, to D. Salisbury, giving possession December 1. Lake Odessa—Dr. W. S. Hart is moving his drug and grocery stock from Bonanza to his new. store at this place. Hillsdale—W. B. Childs is closing out his dry goods stock, preparatory to removy- ing to Birmingham, Alabama. Holly—Chas. A. Wilson succeeds H. M. Chureh in the drug business. The latter retains his stationery business. . Bear Lake—The Hopkins Manufacturing Co., saw mill and general dealer, has been closed under chattel mortgage. Bay City—Whitney & Co., cracker bak- ers, recently sustained a loss by fire to the amount of $7,000. Partly insured. — ‘Otsego—C. I. Clapp, who recently sold his grocery business to Bertha Wolff, will shortly open an overall factory here. Milbrook—Mrs. Flora Howd succeeds Mrs. M. E. Slocum in the grocery and crock- ery business and will add a line of dry goods. White Cloud—M. M. Cole is closing out his hardware stock and will leave for Ashe- ville, N. C., where his family now is, about Dee. 15. « : Benton Harbor—J. R. Price and Perley | W. Hail bought the D. B. Kramer grocery ck a couple of weeks ago and have suc- 1 peddling it out along the C. & W. : drug | stock and store building of A. M. Herring- ton, at Freeport, and will continue the bus- Ferry—W. H. Churchill has been appoint- ed receiver in the Fogg & Hightower mat- ult Ste Marie—N. .C. Morgan & Co. succeed Walker & Morgan in the meat busi- ness. Summit City—A- E. Pulver has opened a meat market in connection with his grocery store. Port Sanilac—R: Platts succeeds S. Cop- pernoll & Son in the drug and _ stationery business. ‘Freeport—J. W. Fogelsong succeeds Hunt & Fogelsong in the furniture and undertak- ing business. Plainwell—E. Putnam has sold his gro- cery stock to J. W. Shepard and Bert Granger, who will continue the business. Big Rapids—A. Volmer is sojourning in California and will return in the spring. His brother, V. Volmer, is attending to his grocery business during his absence. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Detroit—Wells Burt, President of the Peninsular Iron Co., is dead. Kalkaska—The sawmill of Jones & Tin- klepaugh was started up last week. Niles—Stebbins & Williams succeed Steb- bins & Hanson in the manufacture of knit goods. | Kalkaska—Wm. H. Thompson’s handle factory starts up this week. It will employ sixty men. Cadillac—The Cummer Lumber Co. has put ina large planer, which rests on a stone foundation. Cheboygan—The Cheboygan Co-operative Association has been organized to engage in wood working manufacture. Hancock—The Sturgeon River Lumber Co. will move its plant from this place to Pike Bay, Portage Lake, in order to get more room. Mecosta— M. Globusky, grocer, has bought 400 acres of pine of Clark & Co., at Horse Head Lake, and will stock Crosby & Collins’ mill at that place. Menominee—The Kirby-Carpenter Com- pany is said to have cut 80,000,000 feet of lumber the past season with its three mills and by contract with other mills. Kalkaska—D. F. Lewis has sold _ his wooden bowl factory to Williamsburg & Chapman, of Perrysburg, Ohio, who will increase the capacity and run the year around. Traverse City—Kenney & Albright have bought the broom manufacturing business of Mr. Renwick and will increase the capac- ity of the factory. Mr. Renwick will re- main with the new firm as foreman. Muskegon—H. C, Akeley’s lumber opera- tions, the past season, have been the largest yet reported. Lumber shipped in 1887, 80,869,543 feet; lumber manufactured and not shipped, 10,347,129 feet; total, 91,216,- 672 feet; shingles manufactured and sold, 66,274, 750. Menominee—The Soper Lumber - Co.’s bay shore mill is having an: addition built, 24x165, two stories and attic. The circular will be replaced by two band saws this win- ter, which requires an addition in power of one engine and two boilers, making a bat- tery of seven boilers. New tramways have been erected in the yard, and the plant is successfully lighted by an incandescent electric light system. Muskegon—The Muskegon Shingle & Lumber Co. suspended operations last Sat- urday, having run 197 days without losing a single day, and manufactured 90,000,000 shingles. In 1886 the company turned out 110,000,000, running nights. It has been the policy of shingle makers to curtail the manufacture this season, consequently the night run was suspended. The company has on the docks about 3,000,000 shingles, and hold over from two to three million feet of logs. STRAY FACTS. & Mechanics’ Association, is dead. Saugatuck —A. B. Taylor has sold his banking and exchange business to Wisner, Rowe & Co. Traverse City—Mr. Huellmantel has pur- chased Mr. Duval’s interest in the merchant tailoring establishment of Duval & Huell- mantel, and will continue the business in his own name. Mr. Duval goes to the Up- per Peninsula. Jackson—The Gig Saddle Manufacturing Co. has been organized, with a capital stock of $50,000. Among the stockholders are Hovey Bros., J. M. Quivey, W. H. With- ington, H. A. Hayden, C. C. Bloomfied, A. B. Robinson, G. W. A. Dodge, J. F. Sam- mons and James O’Donnell. Glenn—The general store of G. T. Clapp was broken into early last Tuesday morning and the safe blown open, the force used be- ing great enough to throw the heavy door nearly the length of the store. After secur- ing their plunder, the scoundrels set fire to the store and made good their escape, leaving noclues. Mr. Clapp lives near the store and the first knowledge he had of what was go- ing on was caused by the bursting of about twenty-five pounds of gunpowder, kept in the store, the report of which aroused him from ‘his sleep. With the remark, ‘“There| | goes my safe,” he rushed to the door to find ‘his store a solid sheet of flames. About) $125 in currency, $1,500 all hi ac- and. other. r | Burdick Palo—Albert VanVieck, of the Farmers gan Railway and the Thayer Lumber Co. have each given $500 for the Home of the Friendless at this place. oe ee a Gripsack Brigade. A. b, Cole started Monday for a trip to Louisville, Ky. Geo. F. Owen has engaged with Stanton, Sampson & Co., of Detroit, for another year. . e John D. Mangum, with Stanton, Samp- son & Co., is in town to-day, on his way to Detroit. G. J. Lewis, traveling agent for the Dia- niond Wall Finish Co., started out Monday, to be on the road until June. Chas. B. Parmenter, general traveling representative for the Gleason’ Wood Orna- ment Co., is home for the holidays. All traveling men are invited to partici- pated in the banquet of the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association thisevening. Chas. M. Falls put in a couple of days at Chicago last week, during which time he signed with Gray, Kingman & Collins for 1888. _ Fred. G. Aldworth, formerly with Peck Bros., but now on the road for John Wyeth & Bro., of Philadelphia, was in town last week, Geo. F. Owen came near being cremated at Chase last Friday night. But for his timely efforts, the hotel would have been burned. ; Geo. W. Carpenter, late of Dubuque, Iowa, is getting out a line of furnishing goods samples for the new house of Thomp- son & MacClay. W. A. Collins is now on the road for W. F. McLaughlin & Co., of Chicago, his terri- tory comprising portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Lewis Cass Bradford has engaged to tray- el for Olney, Shields & Co., carrying cigar and tobacco samples only. He started out on his initial trip Monday. “Dick” Prendergast has severed his con- nection with Sheftel Bros., of Milwaukee, to accept the position of city salesman for Amos 8S. Musselman & Co. A. M. Love, the cutlery man, has return- ed from a trip through Western Indiana. He “‘allows” that trade was ‘right smart,” but ‘‘reckons” the weather was ‘dead against” business, although it looked like “lifting.” The Inter-State Commerce Commission, in deciding that the drummer is not a privi- leged person, shows that it has not traveled much. When it comes to know the drum- mer, the Commission will discover its mis- take and reverse its decision. 2 C. B. Lamb, the handsome representative of Adams & Ford, the Cleveland boot and shoe jobbers, was in town over Sunday. Mr. Lamb has engaged with his house for 1888, taking the same territory as before— Western Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Did you ever notice the noiseless move- ment of a drummer’s lips when he discovers that he has missed a departing train by only a second or two, and marvel at the wonderful self-control which enables him todo justice to the situation in so quiet a manner? The Entertainment Committee of the Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association met at THE TRADESMAN office last Satur- day evening and decided to defer the annual traveling men’s ball until the latter part of January. Another meeting will be held about the holidays to arrange the necessary preliminaries. Manley D. Jones, traveling salesman for Clark, Jewell & Co., was married yesterday afternoon to Miss Emma Cooper, for sever- al years cashier in the retail department of Arthur Meigs & Co. The ceremony occurred at the residence of the bride’s parents, 180 Scribner street, and the happy couple took the evening train for Kalamazoo, the bride accompanying her husband on his trip this week. THE TRADESMAN joins the travel- ing fraternity and the trade at large in ex- tending congratulations. There is an unwritten code of ethics among commercial travelers that is consid- ered as binding upon each and every one as though oath was made to obey it in every particular. This law is known as ‘‘profes- sional courtesy,” and prescribes that no traveler shall take, or seek to take, any ad- vantage of a brother salesman. One of the greatest acts of discourtesy which one com- mercial man can show to another is to in- terrupt him while talking to acustomer. It is a rule, never broken by experienced men, to silently await their turn, in case the buy- er is engaged with one of their own craft. To a young salesman, making his first trip, this law is not always imperative, but: he usually learns to respect it before he reaches the end of his trip. ————»>-2a Purely Personal. C. C. Bunting, of the firm of Bunting & Davis, has returned from a business trip through Ohio. Hamilton B. Carhartt, of the wholesale notion house of Welling & Carhartt, at De- troit, wasin town Monday. Jas. Thompson, of the wholesale notion firm of Thompson & MacClay, leaves for the East soon to purchase additional stock. Ed. Killean, formerly engaged in the gro- i 1 | Chicago ‘och f | who has been spendi : : Pot Co... | friends here, has ret | ~“Muskegon—The Chicago & West Michi- : ty. me Hoth A. H. Clelland, for the past three years head clerk and book-keeper for his father, D. Clelland, the Coopersville general deal- er, entered Swensberg’s Commercial Col- lege yesterday. : : T. R. Bentley, who built the insane asy- lum at Traverse City, but who is now liv- ing in Milwaukee, was in town Saturday on his way to Traverse City, where he owns and operates a hardwood sawmill and di- mension stock factory. é R. R. Perkins, the Boyne City Pooh Bah, was in town Saturday on his way home from Chicago, where he had negotiated the ‘sale of several cavticied of cull lumber. Mr. Perkins ships most of his hardwood lumber to Buffalo and Tonawanda. Me Alfred J. Brown, the commission mer- chant, was married at Irvington, Ind., last Wednesday to Miss Sallie B. Thrasher, the ceremony oceurring at the residence of the bride’s parents. The happy couple left on the evening train for Chicago, where they spent a couple of days at the Tremont House, stopping with friends at Kalamazoo on their way home, where they were imme- diately ensconced in their own cozy home at 258 Cherry street. The wedding presents were numerous and costly, including an $800 piano from the parents of the bride, a draft for $100, three china after dinner sets and silverware in profusion. Mr. and Mrs. Brown will be ‘‘at home” to their friends on and after the 7th. Chas. H. McConnell, formerly book-keep- er for Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, died at his late home on Maple street early yesterday morning, as the result of galloping con- sumption. Mr. McConnell was born in Tecumseh, this State, in 1845,- and came to this city about twenty-five years ago, where he worked at his professiei— that ofa printer. About twenty years ago, he removed to Big Rapids and engaged in the book and stationery business, subse- quently retiring from that business to take the local editorship and business manage- ment of the Big Rapids Magnet, a position he filled for several years. He returned to this city about six years ago, during which time he has served the house referred to in the capacity of book-keeper and _ financial clerk. Mr. McConnell was a man of strong likes and dislikes, but held his friends firm- ly through all the vicissitudes of fortune incident to his somewhat. varied career. He was an indulgent husband and father, a good citizen and a hard worker. He leaves behind him a record which many others could properly emulate. —_— OOo VISITING BUYERS. * The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: D Clelland, Coopersville S J Case, Fulton CE Pratt, Moline R Bredeway, Drenthe Reese & Detterick, Rosina OF&W P Conklin, Raventa Shirts Bros., Shelby S MeNitt & Co, Byron Center Jno Damsta, Gitchell J C Drew, Rockford ET Van Ostrand, Allegan Neal McMillan, Rockford J R Odell, Fremont RT Parrish, Grandville J C Benbow, Cannonsburg RA Hastings, Sparta DE Watters, Freeport AG Clark & Co, White Cloud Severance & Rich, Middleville W J Roach, Lake City ES Botsford, Dorr W H Andrews, Fennville E E Rice, Croton Walling Bros, Lamont H Carbine & Son, Hesperia G B Nichols, Martin M K Griflin, Coopersville DB Galentine, Bailey S L Alberts, Bavenna Van Lopik & Son, Grand Haven T Vau EKenenaam, Zeeland Mr Huhn, Frace & Huhn, Saranac CS Judson, Cannonsburg Jas Colby, Rockford J P Cordes, Alpine Morley Bros, Cedar Springs G P Stark, Cascade C E Coburn, Pierson CH Joldersma, Jamestown Smith & Bristol, Ada Henry Strope, Morley RR Perkins, Boyne City. MS Brownson, Kingsley Eli Runnels, Corning Parker & Hobbs, Kalkaska Cole & Chapel, Ada J L Rademaker, Reno Sarah Tompsett, Edgerton McRae & Lally, Grand Ledge Fred Tracey. Cummer Lumber Co, Cadillac Dick Fisher, Gray & Fisher, Lawrence CR Holiister, Wayland Jim Darling, Darling & Smith, Fremont Hutchins & Seymour, Glenn IF Gunweller, Croton W G Clark, Saranac Geo Sage, Rockford Frank Narragang, Byron Center H Van Noord, Jamestown N Smith, Cadillac Sidney Stark, Allendale Jobn Farrowe, South Blendon Hi Johnston, Shelby S Juistema, Grand Haven Dell Wright, Coopersville J Raymond, Berlin W HStruik, Forest Grove ' G@ Begeman, Bauer C W Armstrong, Bowens Mills Wm Barker, Sand Lake P Hisen, Zeeland L Cook, Bauer Alonzo Yates, Allen Creek ’ Walter Smith, Newberry E A Botsford, Dorr P DeKraker, Holland S Sheldon, Pierson John Smith, Ada LN Fisher, Dorr D W Shattuck, Wayland H Thompson, Canada Corners L Maier, Fisher Station P Allyn, Dushville John Fair, Greenfield Mills, Ind A MLendstrom, Tustin — Furber & Kidder, Hopkins Nevins Bros, Moline . PLACE to secure a thorough and useful education is at the - GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.) BusI- NESS COLLEGE. write for Col- lege Journal. Address, C. G. SWENSBERG. , | the little things mak . Bl Sine alia Dee ret See, : ‘dime lars. ' orget to his post of du-| more than you think. It bh more than you think. It has been the basis of every man’s fortune who started without money, and has been the means of those having it being able to hold it, MISCELLANEOUS. POPOPOPOPPIPUPIPIPPP PI PPP PIP PAL IP PPP P PPP PPP Advertisements will be inserted under this head for one cent a word, or two cents a word for three inser- tions. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment, Advertisements directing that answers be sent in care of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of Doinae. OR SALE—Whole or part interest in a first-class meat market in a thriving town of 1,000 inhabitants with two railroads. Average sales $30 per day. Good reasons for selling. Address H.,care Tradesman. 219-tf OR SALE—Drug stock and fixtures in a live town in Southern Michigan. Onty those with eash need apply. Best of reasons. given. Address, W. Ks Mandigo, Sherwood, Mich. 219-223 Pee SALE—Stock of general merchandise. Will trade for real estate in Southern Michigan. Address Box X. care Tradesman Office. . 220* OR SALE—General stock of goods. Will rent or sell building. Good reason for selling. Address J. C. Stitt, Dollarville, on ok SALE—At a bargain. A clean stock of hardware and mill supplies. Address Wayne Choate, Agent, East Saginaw. 210tf pee SALE—The best drugstore m the thriv- ing city of Muskegon. Terms easy. C. L. Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 198tf ANTED—Every store-keeper who reads this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to a cash basis, and save you all the worry and troubles that usually go with the pass book plan. Start in January Ist with the new system, keep pace with the times, and you will never regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent by addressing (metioning this paper) J. H. Sutliff, Albany, N.Y. 219-6. ANTED—A second-hand buzz planer and wood saw. Call or address Sherwood, Manufacturing Co., South Division, St. 218-4 ‘WV 4ANTED-Simation by a registered phar- macist, five years’ experience. First- class references. Address, S. F. B., care Tradesman. 219* ANTED— Agents to handle the new Chemical Ink Erasing Pencil. Greatest novelty ever produced. Erases ink in two seconds, no abrasion of paper. 200 to 5v0 per cent. profit. One-agent’s sales amounted to ¥620 in six days; another $32 in two hours. Territory absolutely free. Salary to good men. No ladies need answer. Sample 35 cents. For terms and full particulars, address The Manu- facturers, J. W. Skinner & Co., Onalaska, Wis. 221* AJ ANTED—Grocery stock 1n exchange fora small farm in St. Joseph county. Ad- dress F’. H, Lester, Mendon, Mich. 218* w= TED—To exchange farm worth $2,500 for astock of goods. Address Box 23, Tradesman office. 2U8*tf Wats man Aaving an established trade among lumbermen to add a spec- ial line and sell on commission. To the right man a splendid chance will be given to make money without extraexpense. Address “B,” eare Michigan Tradesman. 1'78tf ARTNER WANTED—To take half interest in stock of drugs and groceries in one of the smartest towns in Southern Michigan, Sales last year $21,000. Address all commu- cations 104, this office. 221* ~ A LESMEN—Will receive special attention, steady work and good pay, by writing Ed. O. Graham, Nurseryman, Rochester, pee 1,500 STOCK—Of groceries and drugs for 60 per cent. Few fixtures; good town; am no druggist. Cash. R., Lyons, Mich, 220* COUPON PASS BOOK Combines the Advantages of a Pass Book and the Coupon System. PRIGK LISY---DELIVERED. 20 Coupon Pass Baoks............ $ 1 00 1000 Money can be sent by postal note or post- office or express order. K. A. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids, Mich. GENUINE K. of L. CIGARS. The product of Organized, Working Ci- garmakers. Established Sept. 1, 1886, on the Co-operative plan by members of L. A. 6374, K. of L. Smokers and Friends of Labor, Attention! If you are opposed to filthy, tenement-house factories, the servile labor of coolies, the contracts for convict labor, give our Cigars a trial. If you arein favor of shorter hours of labor, the Saturday half-holiday, and last. but not least, the payment of hieher and living wages in solid cash, give our Cigars a trial and accord them your most liberal patronage. The yel- low K. of L. label on every box. Qne hun- dred thousand sold within three months in the city of Detroit alone. Warranted to be strict- ly five and ten cent goods. For further partic- ulars, terms, prices, references, tc., address W. E. KRUM & CO., Wernersville, Berks Co., Pennsylvania. GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT TELEGRAPH 00, NO. 3 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, Electrical Supplies, Burglar Alarms and Fire Alarm Boxes put in cities. Hotel Annunciators and Electric Door Bells at wholesale and. retail. Drawings sent. with Bells, so anyone can put them up. Messengers, , Hacks, Express Wagons on hand day and night. oe manufacturing center, it being so well situ- Clement, Che din; es Fone Associations—F. L. Parkill, Owosso; Will. Em- on “The p tolipetig ancillary associations are op - erating under charters granted by the — te - BUSES. Men’s Association: _o Ne. 1 eaverso City B. M. A. eocunene Geo. -E. Steele; Secretary, L. L. Roberts. . “No, 2—Lowell 6B. . M. A. : President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, F: Frank T. King. oe “No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. f President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. : Ne, 4—Grand Rapids M. A. — President, Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B, M. A. President, a B. Fargo; Secretary, W. C. Conner. e No. 6—Alba S. M. A. President, OR. Smith; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No. 7—Dimondale B, M. A. —* M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. shan ld o. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, F. es ‘Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A. President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins. *%o. 10—Harbor Sprinzs B. M. A. President, a J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson. o.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President, H °. Whipple; Secretary, C. H. Camp. o. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, < a ee C. W. Bennett. o. 13—Sherman B, M. A. President, 7 3. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. G. Shane. No. 14—No. Muskegon #. M. A. President, = A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens. o. 15--Boyne City B. M. A. President, = 'R. Perkins; Secretary, J. F. Fairchild. o. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, 7 %. Crandall: Secretary, A. P. Comstock. No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A. President, M. Bailey, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M, A. President, W. A, Woodard; Secretary, 8. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 20—saugaiuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21—Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. o. 22—Grand Ledge B. M. A. Persident, W. E. Wilson; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. o. 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, 7-H A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. O. Trask. No. 24—Morley 68. M. A. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No, 25—Paio B&B M.A, President, Ira 8. Jeffers; Secretary, H. D. Pew. No. 26—Greenville '. M. A. President. L. W. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark. No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A President, J. H. Tuttle; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Setretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E.S. Houghtaling. N:.. 31—Charlotte #&. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, G. W. Watrous; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. President, John Nicholls; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 3$4—«aranne B. M. A. President, Geo. A. Potts; Secretary, P. T. Williams. ' No. 35—Bellaire B. M.A — President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, G. J. Noteware. Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. Treen O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A. President, Geo. H. Rowell; Secretary, Jno. P. Stanley. No. 38—Scottville B. M. A. President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 -Burr Oak B. M.A. President, B. O. Graves; Secretary, H. M. Lee. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, F. H. DeGalin; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Scudder. No. 42—Fremont 8. M A. President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary C.J. Rathbun. No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. aw Estes; Secretary, G. W. Bevins. : No. 44--Reed City B. M, A. President, C. J. Fleischhauer; Secretary, W.H. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A. President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay. President, G Association Notes. C. L. Bailey, Secretary of the Mancelona B. M. A., was in town Saturday on his way home from Allegan, where he had been spending a week with friends. Howard City Record: Many of the Busi- ness Men’s Associations throughout the State are preparing to give a reception and banquet during the winter. Would it not be well for the members of the organization here to make a similar move? Tustin’ Hecho: ‘‘The Tustin Business Men’s Association has just received their charter from the Michigan Business Men’s Association, as an auxiliary. It is the first charter issued in Osceola county. Other associations ‘should fall into line.” The Reed City Association has since secured a charter and Leroy has applied for one. Evart and Hersey should now swing into line. Cadillae News: The Business Men’s As- sociation is working up some reliable in- formation for the purpose of booming Cad- illac. The officers have sent to all the su- pervisors of Wexford and Missaukee coun- ties, also to those in the parts of Osceola county which are tributary to Cadillac and have asked them to furnish estimates of all the hardwood timber in their respective ‘towns, and ‘when collected and figured up, it will furnish ; a sound basis on which to of- fer inducements to manufacturers, to locate “here. Cadillac ought to become a prominent Gi ated for exporting to first-class markets. ‘Fremont Indicator: The editor of the Indicator, a3 a. member of the Fremont usiness — fen 's Association, is quite sorry to learn of the erroneous fonception some of our farmers in ae oo have of tion and by-laws in adopt local ones y~] in” conformity with the State dittoand the Act of Incorporation; Se instruct your Executive Committee to pro- ‘| ceed to incorporate the Association, the preliminary steps of which are the filing of an application for charter and auxiliary -|membership with the State Secretary, ac- companied by a charter fee of $3 and annual per capita dues of 25 cents for as many names as you have on your membership list. On the approval of the application, a char- ter will be issued in the name of the State body, when the filling out of a blank arti- cles of association and the filing of the same with your county clerk completes the work of incorporation. sR PRS eom-os ct Yn ot Urea RGAE RE Listing Delinquents. BRECKENRIDGE, Dec. 3, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DrAR Str—More information wanted. In case a man’s name appears on the delin- quent list and the Wife is in the habit of do- ing business in her own name and paying for all she contracts for, shall she be placed on the delinquent list for the wrong-doings of her husband? Or, in case it is the re- verse—the wife’s name on the list and the husband good pay? Please let us know at once and oblige BRECKENRIDGE, B. M. A.., C. E. ScuDDER, Sec’y. The rules are pretty plain on this point. No person’s name can be placed on the de- linquent list because some one else’s name is.there. Before putting a name on the list, the person must be ‘‘ground through the mill”—that is, be sent the Blue Letter and Notification Sheet and the case must be in- vestigated by the Executive Committee. These provisions tend to prevent any injus- tice being done the debtor, but they do not preclude the dealer using his own judgment in extending credit to persons not on the de- linquent list. a ee The Anniversa y Banquet. The third anniversary banquet of the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association, which will be held at the Eagle Hotel this even- ing, promises to be the most enjoyable occa- sion of the kind ever given by the organiza- tion. The toast programme has not yet been entirely arranged, but some idea as to its general excellence may be gleaned from the following assignments, which have been accepted: 1 Our City— 2 Our Association—Jas. A. Coye. 3 The State Association—N. B. Blain, Lowell. 4 The Press—E..B. Fisher. 5 The Retailer—E. J. Herrick. 6 The Jobber—Amos S. Musselman. % Fish Liars—B. F. Emery. 8 Benefits of Organization—Myron H. Walker. 9 The Drummer— 10 The Ladies—Robert M. Floyd, Chi- cago. 2 Hoytville in Line on Organization. HoytTvinxe, Dee. 2, 1887. EK. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—Our business men met in the postofiice building this afternoon for the purpose of organizing a Business Men’s As- sociation. After the objects and benefits of the organization had been explained by L. M. Mills, of-Grand Rapids, an Association was formed, to be known as the Hoytviile Business Men’s Association, with the follow- ing officers: President—D. E. Hallenbeck. Vice President—Dr. A. N . Hixson. Secretary—O. A. Halladay. Treasurer—Frank West. * The following firms are represented in the Association: J. H. Wasson, B. I. Whelp- ley, O. S. Bailey, M. D., West & Co., A. N. Hixson, M. D., D. E. Hallenbeck & Co., Horatio Hovey, E. L. Halladay, J. F. Earthman, A. T. Morris, A. Hunt, L. D. Fisher, Jennie Stall. The business men of Shaytown have sig- nified a desire to unite with us and the pros- pects are good for a live, prosperous Associ- ation. O. A. HALLADAY, Sec’y. —————q@21> > ___—_ Good aa from the Burr Oak Associa- tion. Burk OAK, Dee. 1, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—I have received the Member- ship Book, with thanks. It is just what is needed. Our Association is at work with renewed vigor. At our regular meeting, held on the 25th ult., we accepted the names of two more of our business men for membership, with a prospect of more to follow. We have the best opening for a good first- class hotel (not an elaborate concern, but a neat little place) of any place in the State. All the business men will support and en- courage anyone who will come with influence and money. Wecan stand a boom or we will encourage any laudable enterprise in the same way. A committee was appointed to work up the hotel boom, consisting of H. M. Lee, A. O. Willer and F. W. Shel- don. We solicit correspondence. Yours, H. M. Ler, Sec’y. —__ > 6 Grand Rapids Mercantile Association. GRAND RAPIDs, December 5, 1887. DEAR Siz—The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association will be held at W..C. T. U. hall, on. Pearl street, Tuesday: evening, Decem ber 6.. The routine exercises. will be | shortened as much as possible, in order to ae time to listen. to.addresses by | to receive a daily statement of "| Account,. als Receivable, Bills es ; also provides for _ Dear Sir—In regard io aoe peredanl ne _| 'Bges” before he last convention of the National Butter, Cheese and Egg Associa- tion not being discussed more thoroughly, I cannot explain to you, as I was not present. ‘I have been informed, however, that the time was principally taken up with prepared or written addresses, hence the seeming lack of attention to more important matters. In. reply to my request to know what dis- | position was made of it, have been told by the Secretary, Col. Littler, that 1t caused considerable attention and would appear. promptly in book-form with the other pro- ceedings. 1 was under the impression that I was the first and only person that advocat- ed the handling of eggs by weight. You will perceive, by my report, that the man- ner of arguing and proposing it is original, at least. Iam in search of facts, however, alittle more to the point than I am in pos- session of yet and if the party you speak of [Mr. Smith Barnes, 6f Traverse City, is the gentleman here referred to—Ep. ] would give.me some information regarding his practical experience, it would, no doubt, prove of very great advantage to. me in bringing this reform before.the public. Yours truly, - JAMES ANDERSON, —————> 2a New Enterprise in Prospect at Whitehall. W. B. Nicholson, of Whitehall, writes THE TRADESMAN as follows: The citizens of Whitehall held a meeting at Engine Hall last evening to start an organization to be known as the ‘‘Co-opera- tive Novelty Manufacturing Co.,” for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of specialties in furniture. We went so far as to elect a chairman, secretary and a commit- tee of three to _ investigate mat- ters and work up a_ subscription list. So far, we have $3,300 pledged and will try to work it up to $5,000. The factory will give employment to twenty or thirty peo- ple, winter and summer, and be a great ben- efit to the business and laboring classes. Parties having suitable machinery to sell can address me. ——q@7-2>___ Kindly Remembered. C. E. Cones, formerly State agent for S. W. Venable & Co., the Petersburg, Va., tobacco manufacturers, now a prosperous real estate operator at Meade Center, Kan- sas, thus writes Tom TRADESMAN: The papers you kindly favored us with are at hand and we find much.of interest to us. Aside from being bright, spicy papers, we find mentioned many of our friends, and as we read your columns, and look over the lists of goods quoted, and scan the adver tisements, it brings to our mind many fa- miliar and kind faces, and takes us back to familiar scenes. Please find enclosed draft and address for your paper for one year. Permit us to add that we wish long life and prosperity to THE TRADESMAN, its editor and all its patrons. Oe Hides, Pelts and Furs. The hide market is demoralized and any quotations we may make to-day must be considered nominal. There seems to be no bottom; at least it has not been reached, and we can only quote prices from day to day. While we wish to protect our customers as far as possible, we advise selling at every opportunity, and if shipped to us, we will pay all we can afford, as to market when re- ceived. ‘The cause for this decline is, first, hides have been too high, according to the prices for leather, and tanners are tired of their own efforts. Again, the ~stringency of the money market East forces them. to the ‘‘hand-to-mouth” policy. We predict lower prices, going down to the prices of 1878-9. Perkins & HEss. The Hardware Market. Tin has sustained a further adyance, re- sultant upon the corner in the tin market by the French syndicate, which has forced the price of pig tin from 23 to 36 cents per pound, which has resulted in a correspond- ing advance in tin plates and all kinds of pieced tinware. The same syndicate has also cornered the copper market and it is re- ported that the lead market is in the same condition. The nail market still remains flat. Bar iron isa little weaker and sheet iron is still scarce and weak. The rope market i isa little weaker East, but there is no particular change West. ————j]]> oe For Sale. As I have got to move, owing to the late. fire, I shall have a nice six-foot show-case, pair counter. scales, a job lot of teas and coffees and quite a small stock of groceries to dispose of reasonably. Call at once. B.. F. Emery,. 37 Canal St. >_> The Philadelphia Grocery World an- nounces a special edition for the issue of December 20, which the editor promises will exceed in point of scope and originality any attempt heretofore made in that direc- tion. BEGIN THE NEW YEAR Right by using the “Complete Business Record,” A New Account Book For Grocers and General Dealers. This pook has Printed Headings ‘planned ales, Pur- chases, Cash Received, Cash Expended, Bank Weekly, aoe and ayable, etc., | ft the Reg- his lia- ras Zs, ee Jennings’, imitation.......... on BALANCES. TENE es 6 dis BARROWS. foe BUIPORG 5 0 oe a $ 14 00 arden. 2 ee net 33 00 a e S .-us8 ‘25 dis 60&10 ; dis $ 0 Carriaae new NGG oese 2 SG ai et Plo Sleigh Shoe... 70 Wrought Barrel Bolts..:............. dis - 60 Cast Barrel Bolts..................... dis Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis Cast Square Spring................... dis GRE OHRID ees Seg dis Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis Wrought Square weae bose daavec toposes. dis Wrought Sunk Flush dis wae ht Bronze and Plated Knob dis. 60&10 ives’ Door Bees tae Pee D en es ce dis 60&10 BRACES. PARED OT soe. ao ee ee oak lee eee ces dis $ 40 BACKS ooo re eae ak es dis 50&10 cponord pepe Soccer oe eer cece. haa oe dis Aim. alt ob ea a, dis BUCKETS. net oe 50 | TX, :. 6. hoses ey, dis30&10 CHISELS. Bockop Mirmer. og ee dis 70&10 Socket Framing... ...............0000 dis Socket Comer. 3. 2.0.50. -5..0 3. dis SOcCKet SUCKS... 5 oe ee dis Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis Cold eee eee net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s..... Bee ee ee dis HIOtCRIISS 3) ee ee. dis COCKS. Brass, RaCRIN eB os eo Bibb’s BORr soe ee ee a PONNS ee eae a ee COPPER. Planished, 14 oF an LOSIZE: oo es, 8 Ib 28 14x52, 14x56, 1 Cold Rolled, Ee ee ISOUUOMIS ie es ae DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis Taper and Straight Shank............ dis Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 in...........0...... doznet $.75 COLTHERICD ss ee os se Gis20&103 &0 AGJUBIADIO? 200 ee dis 4%&10 XPANSEVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis Ives’, 1, $18 60; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00.. dis FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis PIRStON Ses es -...dig New American. ...0. 0) 200200 os. dis MICHOISOW BF ee dis FON Gr Bie ee dis Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 List 12 18 14 15 Discount, 60. 10& 70& 60& 60&10 60810 60& 5 UGES. Stanley Rule andevel Cos... dis HAMMERS. Pag We COCR ea ce S Kip’s Yerkes & Plumb’s.................:.. eo Lowid Mason’s Solid Cast Steel c list 56 Blacksmith’s Solid vee shone Hand. °30 ¢ c40& Barn Door Kid derMfg. Co. “Wood track 50& Champion, anti-friction...:.......... dis - 60&16 Kidder, wood track HINGES. Gate, Olark’s, 1,2, 3... 6.2. ....5.0-.... dis 50 BUBtO. ee ee per oor net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and longer Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net Screw Hook and Bye %.............. net’ Screw Hook and Hye &%.............. net Screw Hook and Eye, %.:........... net Strap and Pov. oe, dis HOLLOW WARE. Spiders Gray enameled HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware..... ......new list Japanned Tin Ware.. Granite Iron Ware HOES. Grab Be ee $11 00, dis 60 Grupa. ok, 11 50, dis 60 Grubs. bt easeecns BR 00, dis 60 KNOBS—NEW LIST. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....... dis Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. .... Door, porcelain, trimmings Drawer and Shutter, porcelain Gs ais 70. Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........... 40&10 Hemache dis 45 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. he s new wee x Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s . Branf 55 55 55 55 a Norwalk’s LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ MATTOCKS. Agze Wye. oe a, $16 00 dis 60 Hunt Eye... $15 00 dis 60 MUN 8. $18 50 dis 20 & 10 55 -dis 70 Sperry & Co.’e, Post, bandied ee ae dis 50 M Coffee, Parkers Co.’s Coffee, P.S.& W.Mfg. Co.’s Malleables . Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s dis 40 Coffee, Ent re Be ee se dis 25 OLASSES GATES. Stebbin’s Pattern Recut de con eee ne cs dis 60&10 Stebbin’s Genuine...... ............. dis 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring Lepe oS dis © 25 ® ‘NAILS —TRON. one Brad and Fencing. 10d to 60d 8 keg $2 10 Stands d-adv coe ee ee 25 Ob and Fd Bday. es. oo Fs ak, 4d and §d adv.................. acs sans 8d advance od fine advance................. Po Ns eee Clinch nails, adv...... oo... ee eee eee ees Fini 10d “sa” 6d” 4d 2% 2 1% Adv.@keg $125 1650 1% 2 00 Steel Nails—2 20. Zine or tin, Chase’ ola CO a ee Zinc, with brass MOON. 6s | dis ‘Brass or Copper...... Bert a So eee oe dis Reaper. s oD .--per gross, ve net aon 3 "goas0 cor BC, DX, 100Plate Charcoal...... DxXX. Plate Charcoal be Fat fad et pe Joe 2 2S Roofing, 14x20, IC Roofing, 14x20, IX Hoan: aoa Ic TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 6 80 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne 7 ot IC, "20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 0e IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne......... 16 00 TRAPS. Steel, Game... oe 60&16 Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s.. -dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & N orton’s. .60a&k HMOtCGhiise” oc eee BW&1U SP. & W. Mic. Oo.'s..000225 2 ea 60k: Mouse, QHORGE eee oe 18¢ # dez Mouse. delusion................0227! $1 50 8 doz WIRE. Brigneé Market... sos... 00 dis 67% Annealed Market..........2... 0.2.2... dis 7&1 Coppered Market...........0........... dis 6245 Extra Bailing......... nose COSC nace, dis Tinned Market, 0.652. 2055. oe dis 2, Tinned Broom tb Tinned Mattress................0..000... 8 Ib gee Coppered Spring Steel.... ............ dis 5 Tinned Spring Steel............ Shon oar ce dis 40814 Plame Henee oe a, #2 Ib Barbed Fence, galvanized........cséee ccc ee 4 10 painted... 2.600. .3 3: COMPOG. ee new list ne: ISTASRe Sel) ee oe new list ne: WIRE GOODS. Bright 22) oe eo ee dis 0&10&1: Serew Hyes...2.8.005 dis 0&10&1: HIOORS ea eee dis %&10&16 Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 7O&l0&xk WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled Coe’s Genuine dis : Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis Coe’s Ptent, malleable dis T3816 MISCELLANEOUS. Bird Cages........ Pumps, Cistern.. Screws, new list......... Casters, Bed and Plate. Dampers, American Forks, hoes, Tees A an all steel goods...d Copper Bottoms.. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out; Basswood, TOSRUN oe 13 00@15 0v Bireh, log-run Ue Ge ce ete, 15 00@18 00 Birch, Nos. 1 and 2 @2%» 00 Black AshHlogrun®. 2600650050 ok 14 00@16 50 Cherry, log-run eee es ee 25 0U@35 00 Cherry, Nos.1 and 2................. 45 00@50 00 Cherry, cult... @10 00 Maple, log-run Peay Goda Moc cae ee 00@14 00 Maple, soft, log-run................. Maple, Nos. land 2................... Maple, clear, flooring................ Maple, white, selected........... ... Red Oak, log-run...... 5.0.0... ...0005 1@20 Red Oak, Nos.1 and 2.......... -24 00@25 . Red Oak, %4 sawed, 8in and upw a. “40 00@45 00 Red Oak sf regular.......... 30 00@35 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank melee: Walnut, fog-run Dees aCe nae cet ee: Walnut, Nos. land 2.............. .. Walnuts, CUS EE a Grey Elm. log-run................... OI 00 White Ash, log-run.................. 14 00@16 50 Whitewood, TOR-BUT. oo 20 00@22 00 White Oak, log-run............. «- 1% 00@18 U0 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. FINISHING AND Poe Dank hate 1% tO Zins 2.6.0 cece 3l 00 Pin Aye ee ee eee eS i fe 00 Strips. A&B 6am 4 00@36 00 Oe aa or 00@2¥ 00 Strips. A & B,4 in.......:.0...5.. . 80 00@31 00 Cc 21 £22: OO Shop. t4 tO I ee soc eae 22 00G24 00 PE ee ge eo ae 16 (0@18 00 Norway strips, C & better, 6 in. .. 16 00@18 00 SOME Ue SUS nen ae es ce 15 60@16 00) COMMON BOARDS AND STRIPS. No 1, 10 in, 18 & 20 feet.............. 17 00@18 00 10 fect and under............----« 16 00@17% 00 Wide com. ae No. 1,16 ft. & un’ r 16 00@17 00 Com. fene..No. 1, 16 in, 16 ft & un’r 16 O@17 00 Com. st’k, No. 1, 8610 i in. 16 ft., un’r a C0@16 00 Com, strip, No. 1, 4 in., 16 ft. &un'r 15 G0@i6 00 Com: stocks, No. 2, 16 ft. & under.. 3 6 5G, i . No. $ 221 ord’s Be Wide com. No. 2, 16 ft. & under Com. boards, No. 2, 16 ft. & un’r... Com. fenc., No. 2, 6in., 16 ft, & un’r 12 0@13 00 BAD eS ee. See 8 00@10. GO Shipping culls, in...........0....... 10 00241 00 Norway fencing, No. 1., 6 Mees : 00@13 60 INGi es Se ae ee ce 9 0O@10 CO PIECE STUFF AND TIMBER. Piece stuff, 18 ft. & under......... 9 00@10-00 Add $1for each extra two feet in 11 W@Iz2 CO length. Tim. '2x12 & un’r and 18 ft. & un’r. 12 00@i3 00 Add $1 for each extra two feet in length. Norway car sills..................25 16 OC@17 00 Car decking, I8ft......0...0.0... 0000 12 00@14 00 SHINGLES AND LATH. Thick star, 18 in.,5 to 2%........... Clear, 6 in Thin star, 18in., 5 to2in........... RAGS ote ee oe ole ce ce cee OF THE AGE ~ EVERY FAMILY ) SHOULD HAVE IT 10x14, Charcoal................ 6 00@s 20, | 8b Query ee none Often the cost would exceed the article | painted. ‘repaint your buggies at a. rifting oe The Most Popular 10¢ cigar, and “x UM voM, The Best Selling 5¢ Cigar in the Market. Send for trial order. BIG RAPIDS, MICE. AX HANDLES! - 1 x Ax Handles ax ox 4X o x Dbl. Bit 4x $ 75 1.25 2.00’ 2.50 1.50 2.25 6¢ 66 66 66 Ge C. & D. LANTERNS, © On. CANS AND TANKS, And a General Line of PAPER & WOODENWARE. CURTISS & DUNTON, NOVELTIES! Sailor Hat Perfume - Plug - small large Tooth Pick round Slipper small medium . large 4) | Cornicopia « Chair Cat Tooth Pick Perfume, large - China Shoe Perfume, large 7 All above in assorted colors. ORDERS BY MAIL’ SOLICITED. Jennings & Smith, 38 and 40 LOUIS STEET, Grand Rapids, Mention Tradesman. ce Mich. PUTNAM & BROOKS. WHOLESALE OYSTERS NO BETTER GOODS IN THE LAND TRY THEM 13, 15, 17 South Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDS. = A MARVELOUS RHOCORD. ———— THE SUCCESS OF——_ —_ Neal's Carriage Paints. | ; The Original and Only Complete e. Surpasses any-— thing in the history of Paints. THE CARDINAL POINTS WHICH MAKE THEM A HOUSEHOLD WORD | ARE | QUANTITY, APPEARANCE, ; ECONOMY, DURABILITY, CONVENIENCE. A Long Felt Want Supplied Previous to the introduction of Neéal’s Carriage Paints, an old le could not be repainted wit Nav with Neal’s Carriage Pain’ eost (in colors if ee pes dries |; entirely unnece rit. To restore riginal & brightness, use Neal’s Carriage To p Enamel to live his own. life and be let alone. guess it must be because he is so rare an nimal that everybody immediately takes to im and makes a great deal of him, until he ends by being a conceited ass and loses himself in the vast mass of conceited asses. I heard a fellow once give his own version ‘of a little trouble he had had. In fact, from ‘ what he said I understood that he had been ~ arrested and fined for a little fight he had * *, He was a small fellow, and his antagon- ist was about six feet four and a fighter. + man six feet four. ' > to him—if I could,’d have battered the life out of him, you bet. Look at me,” the little fellow said. ‘“Do ae. _ Took like a quarrelsome man? Well, I ain’t. I goes my own way peaceable and quiet, and never interferin’ with anybody’s business, and they fined me for assaultin’ a Why, I couldn’t get up 1 was in the saloon ne when this tall fellow began bullyin’ me. Pm the most harmless man livin’. -~ I ain’t goin’ to fight. -.Mebbe I did. But you can hit me if you I would n’t hit a boy, I wouldn’t. He began bullyin’ me. ‘Well,’ I says, ‘look here; I’m a.quiet, law-abidin’ man. You want to fight, I see. I ealled you a liar? like. Lain’t a-goin’ to fight, an’ I call all you feller to witness as he did the fightin’. £You call me a liar,’ says the man, ‘an’ ’m goin’ to lick you, do youhear? ‘I hear you,’ says I; ‘I hear you; an’I calls them -fellers to witness, for I’ll have you arrested an’ they'll prove as I didn’t fight.’ Then,” said the little man, “I hit him between the » eyes and onthe nose and under the chin, an’ I bunged him all up, an’ he calls a po- liceman, has me took up an’ all them fellers goes down an’ swears I hit him first. Cir- _ eumstantial evidence ain’t worth a cuss, “anyway.” ' *,* Did you ever study the modest society man? The man who stands in a corner, don’t you know, and strokes his mustache and sighs because, as he says, he is a wall- flower—I do not know the latest name for it. The language has developed into such ~ innumerable slang forms that I can’t follow it, and ‘‘wall-flower” is quite good enough. If you'll notice, the male species of wall- flower always gets into a most conspicuous position, and adopts a most conspicuous pose. The female wall-flower sits down and holds what Oscar Wilde described Jeems Pipes as being in, an ostentatious ob- security. He is modest, the wall-flower of the pure society species. He discovers that he dances badly, that he is not noticeablein the crowd, and he discovers also that he looks well, and it’s intellectual, dignified, snperior, to despise dancidg. He seems to say, ‘Please let me alone; do not drag me from my modest repose and retired place. I assure you | am not at all interesting, and it is painful tome to be admired.” And when they leave him there he gets very mis- erable, very lonely, very much disgusted, and he says he has a headache and goes home. + % * But men have some genuine and just grievances in society and against women. I have hitherto refused to believe that women ever inflicted any pain on men that was un- worthy of them or that the men did not de- serve. ~and abused 'the husband. This action has Ihave always defended the wife been inspired, I now discern, by actual lack _ of experience, my simple-mindedness and gallantry. Iam just beginning to find out _ that there are cases in life of marital infelic- * iy in which women are to blame. I.was ' told*the other day of one of the saddest and most heartrending cases of conjugal cussed- "ness it has ever been my lot to hear of. is a reproach to the sex I haveso fondly de- It *% Ut was in the Police Court, and Police “Clerk Tozer sat in solitary grandeur. There “entered a short, pinched-faced man of about 6 feet 4 inches. He was kind of Jame all over. He seemed to have an ache in each ‘pone: and each ache took its turn to let him have it, and he had it. Mr. Tozer looked an ala expression came over his ” bouan the visitor, in a tone ooo that it pond have made the “No, sir.” “Bridget ee | to lick Pat, you know, and when his friends remonstrated against his | standing it, he said, ‘‘It does her good and it don’t hurt me.” *‘No, sir. The cases are not ‘exactly par- | allel. It does her a deal of good, but it does hurt me; it does me a deal of harm.” “Why don’t you try a bit of beating 08 | her yourself?” ‘T can’t, sir; 1 can’t. I find I have too much heart and she has too much muscle.” ‘*Well, have her arrested and punished for cruelty to animals?” “J daren’t, sir; I daren’t.” “Why?” “‘T did that once. I had her arrested.” “Well?” ‘‘She’s a woman of property, and she took her deeds down to the Court, and—and— and—” ‘*‘What did she do then?” **She bailed herself out, and when she got me home, Lord! how she basted the life out of me.” ‘“Was she punished?” “Oh, no.” ‘‘How was that?” ‘‘Well, sir, before the trial came off she honey-fuggled me an’ I couldn’t go down and appear against her. But I want pro- tection—I want protection.” ‘“My friend, I’m sorry, but I guess the only thing you can doisto go home and take your basting.” Boned with Featherbone which is absolutely un- breakable, .and is not injured by perspiration, or laun- drying. Soft and pliable, giving health and.comfort. | Well, you kno the old story 0 of Pat t and I Bridget?” : anyon TOES, ONIONS, . EAN fee and other Country Produce to of- : CAR LOTSA SPECIALTY. ‘Con- | eiectsenee will receive our best attention. We are willing at all times to make lib- eral advances when drafts are drawn with | bill lading attached. Goods sold on arriv- al or held as-per request of shipper. \s. 7. F'Iiset & Co., : Cemmission Merchants, 189 So. Water St,, Chicago, Ill. REFERENCE—First National Bank, or any Wholesale Grocer here. : COOK & PRINZ, roprietors of the Valley City Show Case Mig. Co., Manufacturers of SHOW GASKS, Prescription Gases and Store Fixtures SEND FOR CATALOGUES, SEND FOR ESTIMATES. 138 West Bridge St.. Grand Rapids. Telephone 374, MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfac- tion. They are simple durable and, econom- ical. No grocer should be without . one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per fection. Send for circulars. ao Robt. §.West, 150 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio. We manufacture a line of Fire Proof Safes that combine all the modern im- provements and meet with ready sale among business men and dealers of a all kind. Any business house can handle our Safes in connection with any other line of goods withont additional ex- pense or interference with any other ’ business. Inside Measure, Outside Measure, Zeta! 23x14x138 in. $30 28x18x18 in. - Weight. No. 2,2501bs. 12x8x8% in. No.8, 500Ibs. 15x10x10 in. ma) No. 4, 700 Ibs. 18x14x12 in. $2x22x2114 in. Liberal Discounts to Trade, “eX ALPINE SAFE €0., Cincinnati,0. My GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. “Now, John, don’t fail to iget some of the DINGMAN SOAP. Sister Clara writes shat it is the best in the nl world for washing clothes and all house - cleaning wor FOR SALE BY P tawkins é¢ Perry Wholesale Agents, @ AMBODY 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street. SHARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for CHEESE. Grand Rapids, Michigan. W. ST FRESH E Packine.& Provision (0, JOBBERS IN MEATS. Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave., Granda Rapids, Mich. | MOSELEY BROS., WROLESALE , ads, Oysters & Produce PROPRIETORS OF Century Spice IMPORTERS OF YEAS, COFFEES # SPIES “OWNERS OF THE FOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRANDS: JAPAN TEHA---“Red Dragon” Chop. COFFEE---O. G. Plantation Java, W.R. KEASEY, Traveling Representative. Imperial, Javoka, Banner, Mexican. The Bast Coffee on Earth, We Solicit Communications.) FOSTER, STEVENS & { Wholesale Hardware. With Additions Lately Made to Our Business, We now Think We have the FINEST AND MOST COMPLETE HARDWARE STORE In the State of Michigan. Improved and we feel better able to meet all MARKETS and PRICES. | We Solicit Orders or Inquiries for anything wanted in the line of Hardware. POSTER, SYRVENS & GO, 10 and 12 Monroe street, and 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Facilities for doing Business have been much}. Having Made a Seoul of _ Fine Mercantile Printing © We are able to offer the Merchants of Michigan the best goods in that line at the Lowest Prices compati- ble with FINE WORK. We quote: EXTRA STOCK OUD =e Anything in the Line of Commercial pies execut- ed promptly and at Reasonable Prices. - Remember that a merchant's business is judged largély by the appearance of his stationery. Orders can be sent direct and printing delivered to any jobbing house at this market, to be shipped with other goods. . Correspondence Solicited. FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, Grand Rapids. VINDEX o-C. CIGAR In the World. STRAIGHT HAVANA LONG FILLER, SUMATRA WRAPPER, CLARK, JAWELL & CO, Sole Agents for Western Mich. SPRING & GOMPANY, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, Hosiery, Carpets, Ete. aid § Monroe Si, Grand Rapids, Business @ards Note Heads Envelopes Bill Heads Statements GOOD STOCK $7.50 GURYISS, DUNYON & ANDREWS ROOFERS Good Work, Guaranteed for Five Years, at Fair Prices. Grand Rapids, Mich. HESTER & FOX, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND CRIST MILI MACHINERY, ATL A ENGINE WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. * MANUFACTURERS OF = STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ndfor £€ Catalogue ; » Prices. ee an Write for Prices. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE. CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and SBurgler Proof W gentlemen who ex- s in the garment which 8, vai as ‘sobopular i in N’e Yorick : now,” was as honest and i ingenious and as - much justified: in securing himself against . loss and the ‘‘Foibles of Customers,” as the inventive individual whose experience with the muddy lamp chimneys was related in a recent number of Tox TRADESMAN; and I s consider his action even less tricky and dis- reputable and unexcusable than that of the party who retailed three kinds of tea out of one chest. That the foibles of customers '” exist, and in no minute degree, is an unfor- tunate and disputable fact; but to argue that the folly or stupidity of one person is a rea- sonable excuse for the duplicity and trick- ery of another is to argue that the common- est principals of honesty are mental thistle- ‘downs to be blown away by the slightest @ breath of personal interest. * * %* * * But it must be acknowledged that what jis commonly termed honesty is more a mat- ter of individual opinion than of fixed rules and principles. _What one party might con- sider a fair and equitable transaction anoth- er might regard as a partially dishonest one. Take the tea question, for instance. A boy -.. comes into my store and says: ‘‘Ma wants a pound of that tea just like she got before.” Now, I haven’t an ounce of that particular tea in stock, but I have matched it as accur- ately as the human taste and smell ean de- termine, and I put up a package and send it off without the remotest compunctions. Or, a whsical old lady brings back a poind, which I know to be the same she has ex- tolled highly on occasions, and declares it / an inferior grade, and I quietly take it Ki back and put her up another pound from the same chest without thinking for a mo- ment that my moral perceptions are out of order. Now, in these cases there are prob- ably individuals who would claim that a _ strictly honest dealer would have informed the parties of the fact that he had substi- tuted in one case and duplicated in another, but, as I cannot discover that I have wrong- ed them, I am content to leave the casuistry of the transactions to those whose con- sciences are, perhaps, less elastic than my own. But I can’t discover by any process of reasoning that if A. sells B. a fifty-cent ar- ai ticle for seventy-five cents and then sells C. « \ E ¢ ; ie the same article for twenty-five cents, he has, by his concession to C., remedied the wrong he had done B. * * * * *% But if B. was a chronic and professional dead-beat, and, while plying his avocation, had victimized A., I would not, without profound reflection and study, like to testify regarding my opinion of A’s registration on the moral thermometer. Of course, froma casuistic standpoint, A. would be techni- ally guilty of defrauding B. out of twenty- five cents, but as B. has, perhaps, defraud- ed A. out of ten or fifty times that amount, the magnitude of A.’s guilt is a matter sus- ceptible of almost unlimited debate and moral side of the question—would, of not be Justified in condemning his le make a mental picture of the possibly, sueceeeds in sucha us may, perhaps, have a ng admiration for sun- . One day, a big, | away puteher of the place was taken vio- lently ill, and the “doctor” was summoned = in great haste to his relief. The practition- er diagnosed the case and gaye the sufferer what he supposed to be a safe but powerful cathartic. An hour or so after returning home, however, he discovered to his horror that he had administered a fatal dose of a deadly poison, and, rushing frantically to the patient’s house, he was amazed to learn that the butcher had entirely recovered and gone to work. A few days arter this episode, a feeble, little humpbacked shoe-maker called for the services of the quack, and, after carefully studying the case, he decided that the dis- ease was precisely the same as that of the butcher, and, remembering the miraculous eure performed on that individual, he un- hesitatingly poured the same dose down the shoe-maker, who immediately went into} convulsions and speedily expired. The ‘‘doctor,” who was a very methodi- cal man, thereupon made the following en- try in his note-book: Mem.—What will cure a butcher will kill | a shoe-maker. * * * * * When I commenced this little narrative, I intended to make it illustrate a point, and point a moral; but, after reflection, I am somewhat in doubt regarding its applicabil- ity; but, with the faint hope that someone will discover my motive for introducing it, I have concluded not to eliminate it from my article. J. EB. FELDNER & CO., CUSTOM SHIRT MAKERS, Men’s Furnishing Goods. NO. 2 PEARL ST., - GRAND RAPIDS Prompt Attention to Mail Orders. T Cagle ~ Biter, ius “LERHE | Oranges, - And Packer of SOLID BRAND OYSTERS. Facilities for canning and jobbing yiticn are unsurpassed. Mail orders filled promptly at lowest market: price. Correspondence so- licited. A liberal discount to the jobbing |. trade. 17, 219 Livingston St., Aen Rapids. Telfer Spee Company, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF ABSOLUTE =SPICKS, Absolute Baking Powder. 100 PER CENT. PURE. JENNESS & McGURDY, Importers and Manvfackvrers’ Agents, DEALERS IN Crockery, China, Glassware Fancy Goods of all Description. HOTEL AND STEAMBOAT GOODS, Bronze and Library Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets,, Ets., 73 and 75 Jefferson Ave., DETROIT, MICE. Wholesale Agents for Duffield’s Canadian Lamps, ULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Wholesale Grocers. IMPORTERS OF Teas, Lemons ad Foreign Fruits SOLE AGENTS FOR “Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. soaps and a Starch. ‘Send for Cigar Catalogue and ask for. Special Inside Prices » in our line. DRY GOODS, AND NOTIONS, S838 Monroe St., AND 10, 12, 14, 146 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, Commission Merchan Specialties: Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots. 20 and 22 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHO. E. HOWES, JOBBER IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits, SPECIALTIES: Oranges, Lemons, Bananas. 3 Ionia St. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Pull line of Notions for the Holiday Trade, to which the inspection of dealers is ON cordially invited. I JAVA MOCHA; | uric a e oe . PW: MocHA, wRlo MocHA, Jina OFFEE COFFEE COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE.CO: _ WOOLgoN SPICE CO. LSON SPICE (AHSAS CITY-HO, TOLEDO-QHIO, SHSASCITY-B0, TOLEDO-GHIG. aoe 10, TOLEDO- CO. Increase Your SALES AND PROFITS BY HANDLING MERCHANTS! LION COFFEE, IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION Tro Consumers, and is, Consequently. a Quick and Flasy Seller. Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storekee all over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are not already handling Lion are urged to give it a trial. We cheer answer all communications regarding prices, etc. Convenient shipping depots established at all prominent cities, acaaenne quick delivery. For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere. Manufactured by the Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. WHY DO S80 MANY DEALERS: In Western Michigan Buy their Line of Gaps 2 Underwear The accompanying illustrations represents the Boss Tobacco Pail Cover. It will fit any pail, and keep the Tobacco moist and fresh until entirely used. _ It will pay for itself in a short time. You cannot afford to do without it. For particulars, write to ARTHUR MEIGS & CO. Wholesale Grocers, SOle Agents, 77 to 838 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, OflL G. LEVI 36, 38, 40 and 42 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. We sell these sends as close, if not oe than any Detroit or Chicago ouse. We make Better Terms, Better Time and Better Figures. BECAUSE BECAUSE SECAUSE BECAUSE We try hard to please every custom- er. Our Expenses being so much less than Chicago or Detroit houses we can af-| ford to sell closer. : | al yourself and be Convinced. Sain articl ids and colored and flavored @ currant jelly, which the land- im answered every purpose, as a ys didn’t know the difference, and it could be procured ata rate much lower than he could afford to sell the pure, deli- 7u8, wholesome article. The dealers ‘would not purchase the pure article, because they sold at retail an article which ‘‘an~ swered the purpose” even. lower than he could afford his at wholesale. The result was, the enterprising man, who thought he would do the people a great kindness by - furnishing them with a pure, delicious arti- cle of currant jelly at a cost less than they could manufac it themselves, had a large quantity on Rand to send to friends — around ‘‘in cases of sickness,” But we haven’t heard of his manufac- setae any more “‘pure currant jelly” for the rket. A few years since a gentleman in Union Village started the manufacture of apple jelly, and he produced a very pure and -@eliciovs article, which should have com- - manded a ready sale at hotels, bakeries and in families, for the table and for tarts, pies, etc. But the business did not prosper, we think. At all events, it was suspended. The above, from the Oswego, N. Y., » Times, is a fair sample of the trash which is | invitea going the rounds of the press at the present time. THE TRADESMAN has no means of ’ determining whether the statements made are wholly false, but enormous quantities of pure jellies are made and sold in Michigan every year, and THE TRADESMAN is loth to believe that the condition of . things in the Empire State is anywhere near as bad as pictured in the above article. ——— The Grocery Market. The Sugar Trust is beginning to show its hand. The closing up of the smaller refin- eries appears to have been determined up- on, and the first step has been to purchase outright the North River at a price various- ly reported at $325,000@$350,000. The machinery is to be taken out of the sugar house, and the property turned to some oth- eruse. Another small refinery is said tobe likely to pass out of existence in the same way. Production has also been cut down so as to keep the supply within the limits of consumption, and thus prevent any accumu- Jation. So, too, ‘‘all the refineries sell at a uniform price, and there is an absence of the competition: that until recently always gavo the buyer an advantage of selection, but now it is ‘take it or leave it.’” With this understanding of the situation, it is no wonder the combination has forced an arti- ficial advance averaging 1c. per pound since the last issue of THE TRADESMAN. There is every probability that the advance will be sustained, as there is usually an ad- ‘vance in sugars the first three weeks of De- ewember. The large foreign demand for cut Joaf has boomed that grade higher in pro- portion than the other goods. Every variety of hog products is booming, the market being irregularly active and ex- gited, with the tendency of prices strongly upward. The advances are not confied to one or two articles, as is usual at this time of the year, but to every article comprised un- a@ler the head of hog products. > _4§ a Bogus Cheese in Chicago. #rom the Chicago Tribune. Persons in the cheese trade in this city zeport that the counterfeiters of this product are unusually active after a period of com- parative quietness.. They say that within a radius of thirty miles of Chicago immense quantities of tallow, cotton-seed oil and oth- er substitutes for the genuine articles of *‘eurd” are used in the naking of alleged cheese for domestic and foreign consump- tion. Itis time for another season of ex- citement in the trade such as_ resulted in a spasin of virtue by the cheese manufacturers avery few years ago. Eternal vigilance would seem to.be the only efficient protec- tion against the wiles of the counterfeiter in food, drink and drugs as well as in cash. An Arbitrary Standard. Referring to the non-action of the Na- Zonal Butter, Cheese and Egg Association |. #on the subject of ‘‘eggs by weight,” Smith Barnes writes THE TRADESMAN: ‘I fear I shall have to write the Secretary of the Association and ask him what ob- ject there can be in fixing an arbitrary _ weight of 24 ounces for ten eggs, in place _ ef the simple method of: selling them as one ‘would sell butteror cheese, by the pound. There seems to be a lack of inclination to ‘meet this question squarely on a simple, ©ommon sense basis, owing to old-time - Rhabits and prejudices. . a = A Good Kind of Drive. A leading South Water street (Chicago) commission firm gives its patrons the fol- Ne lowing good advice on a recent postal card | a -“Drives” an are a deceit. Good square deal- ng pays best. Any one who offers you 100 eents worth of goods for’75 cents won’t do @oas he agrees—very long. There is one “drive,” however, which costs you nothing) and pays you well, We refer to driving| be o. win policy. 2+. - ‘Always: ‘Handle the Best. Nothing gives so much satisfaction to the ness—the push, enerry, ——— handle the best goods on the, States, | e cultivation of figs, should suggest 1 the possibility of a most profitable fig * { While the southern part. of Europe | iyeGza principally relies upon the fig culture as a | fe ture. | sustenance to its inhabitants, America has an article of food. It is especially the white figs: which are valuable for canning, the black ones being less. so on account of their color, though they may be as finely flavored and as. sweet. We ‘see no reason’ why a most lucrative industry should not be built up in this way, and why fig canning shonld not be even more profitable than the canning and drying of peaches and apricots. THURBER, WHYLAND & ne NEW YORK, RELIABLE FOOD PRODUCTS. {it is both pleasant and profitable for merchants to occasionally visit New York, and all such are cordially to call, look through. our establishment, corner West Broadway, Reade and Hudson streets, and make our acquaintance, whether they wish to buy goods or not. Ask for a member of the firm.] BHANS! I have a nice lot of Hand- picked Beans I offer to the trade. Parties in want can get supplied by writing to W. T. LAMOREAUX, 371 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Go, Importers and Jobbers of DRY GOODS Staple and Fancy. ‘ Overalls, Pants, Etc., OUR OWN MAKE. A Complete Line of FaneyCrockeryziancy Woodenware |. OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed. ape ae NNN ght Ranken BLU tt ae Wo eae WY OOD & METAL aT Re roe Ceea TILA Vato a ee Sole aoonts for Chicago Brass Rule eng, for State of Michigan, STEAM LAUNDRY, 43 and 45 Kent Street. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. er PY Mail and Express Promptly At- tended t PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN BS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft Ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made f Complete Outfits. Wanssou,|& 88,90 —e Street, r cents: fited yng : ‘| Fancy Soda..............-..... STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor’ | Clams, 1 ®, Little 4 Lobsters, 1 ib picnic. .| Peaches, seconds | Abeoes not yet recognized the importance of figs as | Bee ot 4% ee “ictorian, 1 cans, (tall,) 2 ae veseee B00 Diamond, “‘bulk,”’ os 8 os oe 50 6 6s Telfer’s 4 b, cas doz INCOSE. 2 ois 2 70 oe 1 6 os ] oe Dry, NO. 2 doz. Dry, NO. 3. ee ca ae doz. 45 DlQuids 4 O25. 056 os... ose sas doz. 35 Liquid, 80z............. WW osce cscs 62 doz. 65 BPCHOA OG oo eels Fass oes 8 gross 3 50 BPCUC BOR oot oe aes ees 7 20 ATCHEIR OZ: oo 12 00 Arctic No. ; pepper box Sade adie tase oc ae os 2 00 Arctic No. : Arctic No. 3 ag BUCKWREAT, King’ 8 euch Ree a CASEB......... $ : 25 BROOMS. No. 2Hurl.......... # 00/Common Whisk....1 00 No. 1 Hurl.......... 2 25|Fancy Whisk...... 125 No. 2Carpet........ 2 50) Mill 3 75 No. 1Carpet........ 2 '%5|Warehouse ..... »..3 00 Parlor Germ........ 3 00 CHOCOLATE. Runkle Bros’. . Vienna Sweet................ : Premium...... Homeo-Cocoa.. é Broaktast: 000. .0. os del ss ° COCOANUT. sen = SUVS Se EN eo se ane roe Maitby’ 8, i Genet be states oooh SS igsand \8............. ee 8 Manhattan, pails...................... PGCrIGSS (oe eo ic oe oe Ss Bulk, pails or barrels.................- COFFEES. Green. MO ee 19@22 Santos.......... 23@25 Maricabo....... ee @27 iM COFFEES—PACKAGE, 30 lbs 60 Ibs 100 bs 434 25 24% 24 sé n Lion, in cabinets............. MM WOTtONS 2 6 552 bs ee cs. MAonOUA 2. os es ss Sco; Honey Bee....... . 25% 2554 German........... Se Sas see es German, in bins.............. Arbuckle’s Ariosa............ = Avorica.......... RONG ee eS OFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS. Bell, Conrad & Co.’ 8 Plantation Java. Mocha... ....... JBVORS .. 655.55. : Imperial......... queer. poke ees. Mex es 66 “ce be oy 6 oe oe oe o6 ae os | Arbuckle’s Avoriea, 50 1D. “double bags * QuakerCy. ‘ os Best Rio ry oe oe ‘“ 6Prime Maricabo - Thompson & Co.’s Honey Bee.......... CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute..... 90 (50 foot Cotton.... 72 toot Jute ..... 120 |60 foot Cotton.... 49 Foot Cotton....1 50 |72 foot Cotton.... CRACKERS AND SWEET One Kenosha Butter..............65 Seymour Butter............... Butter Fancy Butter.................. S-OVaster... 6.6... ss esccseseus BOACVIO eo on ois i's as casas Fancy Oyster.................. 4% 4% 5 City BOGA ook ons. SS SOUR oo se ss sag ewes 3s « WOM ok a eee 4+ ROSGON © 68. ooo oss os eesexccons | Graham |. oo ce eas 3 h Ont Meal... 2). e ss ake Pretzels, hand-made...:....... PROWZOIN Fiore sss heed ee gece es CrACknels nao. oe ceo ee cess é Lemon Cream....... eee an Sugar Cream.....; bo cco g ears Frosted Cream.............c00. Ginger Snaps.................. No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ Lemon Snaps.............22.8 Coffee Cakes...... 2... es cecesse Lemon Wafers...............-. DEIDDIOR. «eos sacs ces si ccc Extra Honey Jumbles......... Frosted Honey eee: Ae Aer Cream Gems.. ae es Bagleys Gems.. pos aee a bs see e Seed CakeS.........0ceccececcee S. & M. Cakes. ; : NED FISH. RONG sess ios ates 1 35 Clam Chowder, 3 ...............2-00 bia e1D Cove Oysters, 1 ib. standards............ 100 Cove Oysters, 2 b standards............. 4 = Lobsters, 2 Ib, picnic................. Dede 2 65 ADStCrS, 11D SURI. 2 fo is 255 oc wiciias ce eee 1 90 Lobsters, 27) star. 2s. 5... 5. ee see. ck cas cee 2 90 Mackerel, 1 fresh standards............ 1 70 Mackerel, 5 ib fresh standards............ 5 00 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ........... Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.................. Mackerel, 3 Ib soused.....................: Salmon, 1 h Columbia river......... 1 aes 10 Salmon, 2 i Columbia river............2.. Sardines, domestic 348.......5....00. 0000005 oe 7 Sardines, domestic 48.................... ears Sardines, Mustard 48................0200¢ 9@10 Sardines, imported 148.................... hee Sardines, spiced, %s. fee eaa bi trout. 8 brooks... CANNED FRUITS. ples, gallons, standards................ 2 15° Bee ckberries, Standards................... 1 30 Cherries, red standard.................... 1 60 Clierriés; pitted: . .. 22.2... 555.6. 0.655: 1 85@1 90 PIR MBOUS isos 5 cee ee ee seas: Sieeeas 1 25 Egg Plums, standards ..............,.... 1 56 MFOODSEDGRTIOR oo oa soos sbi eed ces 1 MQREDOR ee res oc bs Seco ee deve cs (cea : Green GBROR. as is eo ees ck eek ss ase eies all yellow, standards... uo oRes POGGDOS, DIO 56s os oso ce ec oe oes 1 &@I1 63 PORTS ae oo ane oo eke Sole ecee owas. 1 3 Pineapples, .,..-..-----.----2e2--+ 5005+ 1 40@2 7% MINTIOOS 2605 abe ge ac seas Ohba i Weewe eee ae 1 AasDberries, RUT oe ois on ce oe bey eo cee 1 red CANNED VEGETABLES. 8, Oyster Bay......5 002006200 06s -Beans, Lima, standard............... Beans, Green Limas esac Beans, Stri Archer's aoeey So. a ooone g Glory Early G: a Currants. _DRIED FRULTS—FOREIGN. Citron . seewen tur eet ys ; Lemon Peel. pubes iy Ge bese coeds pentees es ba or are oes Sette London Layers. Dee eae ces Raisins, California ‘ : Raisins, Loose pee: Malet. oe Raisins, Loose California.. Hees Raisins, Ondaras, 288... .............. ‘Kg 8% Raisins, Sultanas..../...... a etace: Raisins, Valencias, .......:........0.. %O 4 Raisins, Imperials..................... asm FISH. COW; WG 5 os ee 4%@5 Cod: DONCIOSS: 65065 i a 8 tesee BOT Halibut : ‘ 12 Herring, round, % @3 00 Herring, round, % Herring, Holland, DPBS oe 10 e Herring, Holland, Kegs 80@85 Herring. Sealed." 6. os oe ica kk 22Q@25 Mackerel, shore, No. 1, 2 SD kita Bere oe ae 1 No. 00 ‘Trout, e bbls. ED eae eas Sapien en ceo se ine: 5 2 Wh: RUGS oy a ee oe es ee White, No Doe DIE Gee ees 6 6 White, No. 1,12 Ip kite... ......20205.5 002: 1 20 White, No. 1, ROM RIG ie co ee ee 1 05 White, Family, 6 eee Ruy eee IU ea ats 3 85 visa EXTRACTS. ; Lemon. Vanilla, Jennings’ D.C. oe eee .-#doz.100 1 66 < 2 63 | 250 4.25 “a 06 se 6s he 6 se 66 00 No. 3 panel aan aeons 110 No. _No. ‘0 2s FARTNACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 100 lb, kegs Hominy, #@ bbi 2 o2 oo. e ge Macaroni, damestic 12 Ib, boxes...... i ported Pearl Barley.» bhi:5.< osc ee sada ee es Peas; Green. ii ss eae e eee POAS Split ee Sage, German... ee. ob ds Tapioca, fiake or pearl................ Wheat, cracked Vermicelli, imported.................. @1l% domestic, 12 ib. boxes... @ 65 MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 95 Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro.........-. 110 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1% Grand Haven, No. 00, PAPlORS 6250660 b ees 2 25 Grand Haven,. No. 7, pound... 5.200 150 Oshkosh, No. 5 75 Oshkosh, See 1 50 Swedish %5 Richardson’s No. 8 square.................. 1 00 Richardson’s No. 9 O05 ee 1 50 Richardson’s No. TA, FOUNG. so. boes 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 do 1 Seen es 50 PWOOEDING B00 cas ee Se 115 MOLASSES. Bleek Steep oo ee 17@18 Cuba Bakivie 32 es 22@25 POMO PICO ew ee 24@35 New Orleans, good...................0c00e 383@40 New Orleans. choice..... .............200. 44@50 New Orleans, fancy...... .....2..0205... 50@52 % bbis. ge extra OIL. Michigan Test). 2.60.2... ce bcc. eee. 10 Water White: 4:8. ce il OATMEAL ROLLED OATS Barrels. 2... . 8k. 6 06|Barrels............. Half barrels........ 8 12| Half barrels...... 3 CAaSOS 25. Gl: 2 20\CASOS..... 5525.02... PICKLES. Medium pers See ¥% bbl...... 3 40 PIPES. Imported. Clay, No..216, 3 SYOSS.. Imported Clay, No: 216, ¢ 24% gYOss.. American T. Choice Carolina. ....6%'\ Java ..... Prime Carolina.....6. |Patna ... Good Carolina...:.. be Rangoon .. 5 Good Louisiana... 54%/| Broken. @3"% Table ..3.. EA 5X G6 Japan. ......... 54@6% Head 5 2 eee 6% SALERATUS, DeLand’s am Bice, 5%4|Dwight’s . Churechb’s ..... ..5 (Sea Foam.. Ke Taylor’s G. M.. -5 |Cap Sheaf.... 2... .... 5 we less in 5 box lots. SALT. 60 Pocket, F F Dairy. Bad 28 Pocket. fe esos 1003 b pockets... Saginaw. or Manistee Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags. Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bag: Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags American, dairy, 4 bu. bags. Rock, bushels.....:........ Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags. SAUCES, London Relish, 2.d0z..................0.. 0s 2 50 SOAP. Dingman, 100 bars................0.000..... 4 00 SPICES—WHOLE. Allspiee oo ee. Noe ates Chae 8 Cassia, China in mats.................. * Batavia in bundles............ © Saigon in rolis:............2... Cloves, AYADOVNO Soe. ee PRD ZIRE oo ok cin oe ea 3 Mace Batavia ........... 0... ene e ee eee Nutmegs, FANCY. Gs Daas lace ae. 1 : oe ite < SPIORS—PURE GROUND. Allspice ....... Cassia, Batavia Ree Se ek ey ‘and Saigon............ i SAISON | eos, i eke rs ss Cloves, AMIDOVMS. 6. 8 ck vec a sy Zanzibar .. bes oe Ginger, PT VIC OT oe age aes WOCNIN as ae SS oy AATOOIOR ors ee eee Mace Batavia... 05... c eect eee Mustard, English.. and Trieste........, ge Mrieste.. ol os. eee as INUDMOSS INO. 2) se oa ees Pepper, Singapore DlOCK. Joos. WHITE. 42. “ Cayenne.) 3). 2 i, es Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 b se 66 be bu. lk : & Pure, 1b pkgs............ = Corn, 1 i pkgs er Gloss, . qe oree f > pkgs.. : se 6 40 ff) SPU aoe . ss 62 crates, 6 ib boxes.. . * Corn, 40 b boxes, 1 b pkgs.... 66 20 db to 1 Ib o6 ei WR RAS nS as w SUGARS. Cnt Dont ee UIDOR See a cl ee a POWdered (20 6c. ee Be de ae oe Granulated, aa i ee res es QO EOHOEOEHOEO efet—-' OO Cd Sd Sd H~ GU Ot 3 OU Gd oF ZZ ® ant SARS ae He Corn, b arrels..... @33. Corn, ¥% bbis...... oe Corn, 10 gal. k’gs Pure Sugar bbl. 25@38 Pure ugar. % bbl 27@39 Lorillard’s American Centloraan. ie ped Standards Ol OW 100 y hite Win@s 24. os: eee t ue 8 IGOR se 8 Apple eS eShops ao, ve 10 MISCELLANEOUS. : Bath Brick imported do ° American....... br hee ee Burners, No. 0 do poe Condensed Milk, Eagle brand Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ib cans Candles. Star Me PR ee oe Fire Crickers, per box: . 05 Gum, Rubber 100 lumps Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. Poe elly, in 30 th pails.:....2 0.00000 0.008. 5 6 Powder, Kero a ee ng, 00 poner % Keg @2 2 age Sauer- 2108 00 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. | Standard, 25 i tea seco Twist, Cut Loaf MIX Royal, 25 pails..........5........ ce 8 : Hoval. 200 1 bbis so PH Broken, oe bb pails Broken, 200 ® bbls FANCY—IN 5 b BOXES. Lemon Drops Sour Drops Peppermint Drops Chocolate Drops HM Chocolate Drops Gum Drops Licorice Drops AB Licorice Drops.. Lozenges, plain Lozenges, printed Imperials Mottoes FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails Lozenges, plain in bbls Lozenges, printed in pails..... wieeeaie Lozenges, printed in bblis............. Chocolate Drops, in pails : Gum Drops in pails Gum Drops, in bbls Moss Drops, in pails Moss Drops, in bbls Sour Drops, in pails Imperials, in pails Tmperials in bbls Bananas Oranges, California, fancy Oranges, choice Oranges, Jamaica. bbls Oranges, Florida Oranges, Rodi, Oranges, Messina Oranges, OO bo ee ee Oranges, Imperials.................... @ Lemons, choice @3 75 Lemons, fancy..............0.4: ee 5 C0@5 25 Loe: California figs, layers, new, # tb................. 124%@16 Figs, Bags, 50 b.. * See he eee aan ne Dates, trails do... 2... ooo ke Dates, 4 do do Dates, Fard 10 b box # b Dates, Fard 50 ib box # b 8 @ 8i% Dates, Persian 50 fb box # D........... 6 a TW, Pine Apples, # doz N e Almonds, Tarragona.................. 6s WV8CH ye . California .................. BPAZUS) oo es ge Nilberts, Sictly.: 25.5.5 se ss Barcelona. \... 5.3... Walnuts, Grenoble deena oo eee Un is HON coe ss Pronch Be ate demre cuss ete Pecans, Texga, HP. eee. Missouri Cocoanuts, # 100, full bags Chestante 50 oo se Se PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw B = aus ate @ Giewo a. de 5 @5% Faney H.P. do do SEO te ge ee @ 5% Choice White, Va.do .............:....6 @ 6% Bg H P.. Va d 17@18 @li @li¥ @10 N@12 @8 @16% 15 @ 8% 11@16 446 PROVISIONS. .., The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. guote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. IMOSSi noes ee ee Se a 15 25 SHORUCUG Ve: ue ele is oa 15 25 Short cut, clear, Botsford.................. 14 25 Shortcubl. Morgan eos. ce 15 50 Extra clear pig, short cut.................. 16 25 Bixtra Clear, NOAVY:.. oc .e css ccc decease cbeg eee 16 25 Clear quill, short cut...................0.0. 16 25 Boston clear, short cut..................... 16 25 Clear back, short cut.......05.0.0 0c. cc cece 16 25 Standard clear, short cut, best...:........ 16 25} BGR ee ee SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams, average a TOR ee ot ck il GOS ic. ees ee 114% 2 tO 14 DB... spies. os 116 e oe sé eee cc cece cece sees eb besetacce coe a8 Sa Dansieas acs oh ees Li ae eae iy Shoulders . 5555 .2.5 2 405... 4 bac ee W% Breaktast Bacon, boneless.................. i Dried Beef, extra.............. Hie ke 8% fe DAM PrIGGS. .ocaiiecs Cesc caae 10 DRY SALT MEATS. Long Ce BOA oe chs. cise wees MOGIUIM ss 66h ee oe ee 8 816 30 and 50 Ty DMD ees ee oo ones vee: LARD IN TIN PAILS. 3b Pails, 20 in a case...... 2.22.2... eee 5 Ib Pails, 12 in a Case. ...... 20. ¢.00 00 pr 10 Ih, Pails, 6 in a case ..................-- 20 bb Pails, 4 pailgsin case............... BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 tbs.............. “? 00 Extra Mess, Chicago Packing.. . 158 ‘Kansas City Packing... Phas cau % 25 PURE ee ee ea eek cee ol gees 1% extra late.) oe ee ee ons oan sku cae oes 8 25 Boneless, rump DUCES Se eee. cocks be sces 10 00 - Kan City pkd.. . 9:00 ee oe 6 ou bbl : 5 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. POrk SQUSARO. oo esses i se Se %%, Wain SAUSBRE oss ho oe oe seen on bee dies cenc ceed 11 Tongue Sausage.............ccecccevaceees 9 Frankfort Sausage..............ccceees cece 8 BlOOd ‘SAUSAO:. is. c ice cance cece ccsncsaes 6 Bologna, straight.............cccee cece ceaces 6 BoOlOena, CHiGk: 2.25 oo ls5 ese ky cccces ches 6 CHGGHC? rosy one hoa eek owe 6 PIGS’ FEET. Ey Halt DArrele. 028: occ se cs cn vn ve ee cs cee ce 3 50 In quarter barrels Pee eae. Sues seu e scans 216 " FRESH: MEATS! The W. Steele Packing & “Provision Co. quotes as follows: Fresh Beef, sides ¢ or carcasses... eaves Dressed Hi ‘so Beef loins: . Beef ribs.. Pork ribs. Pork naoreye Peektns Selects, per gale. es ee. 140 Counts, in Lopes » per, 100..... eee ee 115 Clams, tis FRESH FISH. Bldek base oe as 10 Rock bass j WOODENWARE. Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows: Standard Tubs, No. 1..........000. 0000s eck. 5 50 Standard Tubs, No. 2........................ 4 50 Standard Tubs, No.3.... ................... 3 50 Standard Pails, twohoop.................... 12 Standard Pails, three hoop...............:.. 1 50 Pails, ground wood _...................... 4 50 Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................. 2 Butter Pails, ash Butter Ladles BASKETS. Diamond Market Bushel, narrow band, No. 1................. 1 50 Bushel, narrow band, INGOs 232) foo ee 1 a Bushel, wide Dane BU cen ca vacws Sa edes caked 1% Clothes, splint, Clothes, splint, Clothes, splint, Clothes, willow Clothes, willow Clothes, willow No.1........00 2222222220002. 7 5U Water Tight, (acme) DU oes - 5 half bu HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess pay = follows: ES. Green....8@bH5 @ By Calf skins, gress Part cured.. “3 @ 6%! or cured.. Fullcured.. @ %4\Deacon hing Dry hides Ane ® piece..... 10 Kips). i6. 03: 8 ae -26@28 Unwashed........ 16@22 FURS. No. 1 No. 2 No.3 No. 4 Beare 1500 700 4 50 Beavers... 228 6 CO fae Wa Fine washed # fb 2 2995} ee washed.. Medium 27@30 30 1 00 20 2 00 1 00 Mink, Large Dark 10 Small Pale....... , 5 05 Martine. ooo 1 00 6 30 SPRING WINTER FALL KITS Musrats.: 0.6. OUleR eee 6 00 Raccoon, Large Small Skunk........... AS 50 WOE ee ee. 300° 1 00° Deer 8 Skins, dry, te ees per db ee se ee eect Grey, Long “* MISCELLANEOUS. Sheep pelts, short shearing Sheep pelts, old wool estimated Tallow a ee z Grease butter aia Sia ale: eles; sia w miele afcie oo cad 4 cia a, yy fe oe 6s MISCELLANEOUS. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.60@$1.70 #8 Ib for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes—Jobbers are offer- ing 40 per cent. off on first quality and 40 and 124% per cent. off on second quality. PRODUCE MABREET. Apples—$2.25@$2.50 per bhi. Beets—In good supply at ive per bu. Bean—Hand-picked mediums are very scarce, readily commanding $2.25@$2.50 per bu. Butter—Dairy is more active, being now quotable at 20@22. Butterine—Creamery, 16c for solid packed and lic for rolls. Dairy, 14e for solid packed and lie for rolls. Cabbages—S5@$i per 100, according to size. Scarce. Carrots—3(@35e per bu. Celery—25 ® doz. Cheese—Jobbers are Roe: their stocks at 18@138%c. Cider—10e per gal. Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; apple bar- rels, 25c. Cranberries—Home grown, $3 perbu. Cape Cod, $8.50@$8.75 per bbl. Dried Apples—The market is getting strong- erand the demand is more active. Jobbers hol ‘ sun-dried at 5c and evaporated at 8c. Eggs—Jobbers pay 18c for pickled stock and 22¢ for fresh, holding at 2c above those fig- ures. Fresh eggs are hard to get. Honey—In moderate demand, but scarce, readily commanding 16@18c. Hay—Baled is moderately active at $14 per ton intwoand five ton lots and $13 in car lots. Onions— Home grown, %5c per bu. Spanish, $1.50 per crate, Pop Corn—2e # b. Potatoes—The market continues toimprove, the Southern and Eastern demand having late- ly become quite active. Handlers are paying "0 @it5e for Burbanks here and 65¢c: at the Northern buying points. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln-dried Jerseys are scarce and high, readily commanding $5 per bbl. Turnips—20@25c per doz. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—2c higher. City millers pay 79c for Lancaster and ‘vc for Fulse and Clawson. Corn—Jobbing generally at 56c in 100 bu. lots and 52c in carlots, Oats—White, 38c in small lots and Se in car lots. Rye—48@50e @ bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.20 # cwt. Flour—No change. Patent, $5.20% bbl.in sacks and $5.40 in- wood. Straight, $4.20 #@ bbl. in sacks and $4.40 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.40 # bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 ® ton. Ships, $17.50 8 ton. ton Corn and Oats, $18 # ton. COAL! Present Prices: Stove No. 4 and Nut - - Eggand Grate - - - ton. Bran, $17 Middlings, $18 @ 8.00 per ton. 7.75 per ton. We are agents for Brazil Block Coal. The best and cheapest steam coal in the market. Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co., OFFICE 52 PEARL ST., Offer No. 1'74. _ FREE—To Merchants Only: An ece Carving Set (knife, fork and | satin-lined -* Tess | MUSTARD BEST IN THE WORLD. “CANDEE” DOUBIE THICK BALL. Ordinary Rubber Boots always wear out first on the ball. The CANDEE Boots are double thick on the ball, and give DOUBLE WEAR, Most economical Rubber Boot in the market. Lasts longer than any other boot and the PRICE NO HIGHER, < Call and ex- amine the E. G. STUDLEY & CO., Grand Rapids. Jobbers of Rubber and Oil Cicthing of all kinds, Horse and Wagon Covers, Leather and Rubber Belting and Mill and Fire Depart- ment Supplies. Send for price list. ESTABLISHED 1866. Barnery Bros. 152 So. Water Street, Chisago. We do a General Commission Business and offer as inducements twenty years’ ex- perience and clear record. The best equip- ped and largest salesroom in the business in this city. Ample storage facilities—full 20,000 feet of floor space in the center of the best market in the West. Ample capi- tal and first-class references on file with THe TRADESMAN. Write us if you wish information, whether to buy or sell. It will cost you nothing. BARNETT BROS. INCREASE YOUR TRADE ” BY SELLING Composed of iiheradts, African and Mexican J avas, Santos, Maracaibo and Ki selected with especial reference to their fin drinking qualities. The most popular br of Blended Coffee in the market. Sold in 50 Ib. Cans andl Ib. packages, 30, 69 an: Ib. Cases, Mail Orders Solicited by v : prietors. d. i. THOMPSON h ___| Florida she P &| Velvet Rrt 8’ wool, do do pre Te epetdent Fone Me aah, St ek F. Hazeltine J. 4 Teane Watts, Wm. E. White and Wm. L. White, iti aoe Sede ME Pee ee Pee ee ae Hugo“ m.- “Sy *: » Geo oy te oe es —— A. McWijliams, Theo. C tee on Pharmacy. -W. 1, White, A. C. Bauer and Reeuipr Meetings—First._ Thursday evening in each ie month. See “ , . Apnual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November i sn eeting—Thursday Syoniae. January 5, at THE | TRADESMAN Office, - Seen Vice Pendent). J. Crowley. rs Secretary and Treasurer—F. Rohnert. ", Assistan ery. as eee Lee. ~ Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. ntral ra _ Michigan _ Druggists’ Association. os W. Dunlop; Secretary, R. M. Mussell. “Berrien County Pharmaceutical Society. . ’ President, H. M. Dean; Seeretary, Henry Kephart. Clinton County Druggists’ Association. ‘President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A. 8. Wallace. tharlevoix County Pharmaceutical Society eee H.W. Willasd; Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter. lonia County Pharmaceutical Society, President, W. R. Cutler; Secretary, Geo. Gundrum. & Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’n. i” y President, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote. bo Kalamazoo Pharmaceutical Association. President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald. Mason County Pharmaceutical Society. President, F. N. Latimer; Secretary, Wm. Heysett. ecosta County Pharmaceutical Society. : oo C. H. Wacener: Seeretary, A. H. Webber. “Monroe County Pharmaceutical Society. President, S. M. Sackett; Secretary, Julius Weiss. Muskegon County Drugzists’ Association, President, E. C. Bond; Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre. oo Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre. /Newaygo County Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller. Oceana County Pharmaceutical society. President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady. Saginaw County Pharmaceutical Seciety. President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Prall. Shiawassee County Pharmaceutical Society Tuscola County Pharmaceutical Society. . President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. E. Stoddard: ‘ } . Manistee County Pharmaceutical Society. ™ President, W. H. Willard; Secretary, A. H. Lyman. The Mortar That Rang Like a Bell. #rom the Chemist and Druggist. How dear to my heart are the days long de- parted, a When first as an eager apprentice I stood; When life in real earnest for me had but started, . To war through life’s battle the best that I could! The shop of my master, the warehouse be- side it, Well stocked with the goods that a drug- gist may sell; The scale on the counter, the measures close by it, : And e’en the o}d morter that rang likea bell. That bell-metal mortar! That trumpet-shaped mortar! ‘That old brazen mortar that rang like a bell. That beil-metal mortar! How oft I did measure : : My might ’zainstits sides with all strength I could wield; To me ’twas a source of a new-goiten pleas- ure, Exceeding by far all the joys of the field, How — my feelings, with pestle up- ifted, 2 When down to the drug-covered bottom it feil; Again and again, with what strength I was ifted, I code the old mortar ring out like a beli FE That bell-metal mortar! : That trumpet-shaped mortar! ., That old brazen mortar that rang like abell. ' The product well pounded, how pleased to receive it, 2 As. poising the mor ar, Lemptied by dips; And when, with reluctance, the’ time came ___ to leave it, ee ‘My fingers were glowing right down to the - tips. : : But now, far removed from that loved situa- tion, ‘ 4 : : Remembrance of which makes my bosom to sweil With sighs of regret for the long past occa- To ake the old mortar ring out like a bell. That beli-meta! mortar! eee That trumpet-shaped mortar! . That old brazen mortar that rang like a bell. oe , a cr mm ~The Drug Market. Which way the price of quinine will go, is ~ no longerin doubt. A syndicate, said to be _ composed of the leading quinine manufac- turers of Europe, commenced buying at 29 | /, ents and in two days ran the price up to He cents, and it is believed that 50 cents will ~~ be reached before the boomends. Great in- terest'is manifested in the London: bark sales of to-day, as the price obtained for bark will determine if the present price of quinine can be-maintained. P. & W. have advanced their price 10 cents per ounce—4 weents on Noy. 30.and 6 cents on Dec. 3— with rther advanee probable. Quicksilver is ‘also booming upward, advancing 20 cents per pound in three days. English vermil- lion, calomel, corrosive sublimate, red pre- genuine unless bearing the signa‘ " and I haint no hand m’self, so pa, he EVERY LIVE DEALER SHOULD SELL THEM. t t . z yen ort Usnnin pavenP & Co. said es how if you’d back these here envel- The Most Practical Large Sized Can in the market and the ONLY Pump Can which Scbninsee. be opas fer us he know’d they’d go all right ’n’ closes PERFECTLY AIR TIGHT preventing evaporation from either Canor Pump : & port, Ta. 2 ee HALF A MILLION IN ACTUAL USE! Agent Sault Ste. Marie Land and Iinprovement Co, | | RRA TTS EN” I complied with her modest demand and oes : - . ‘placed the following superseription upon| Though imitated in Appearance, by no means Equaled in Merit. eight separate and distinct pieces of paper: Its recognized Qualities and increasing Popularity hag induced imitations and its GL ADSTONE, MICH. Tos. L. JONES, would-be competitors are trying to follow—their eyes fixed on the “GOOD ENOUGH”— Box 66, Gaylord, ; | 3 : : ) " ee ' - o —=The Bright Star That Leads Them All. | D E T R Q IT G (Q) A P (" 0° A pooh ame pon se MuMBudGED wr aemenawaiea maine so-carred |The Stundard of Excellence i “I don’t es: she replied. etuate “GOOD ENOUGH” and guarantee your customers 5 ttl noth’ about i, but gues they! €o) ABSOLUTE SAFETY AND THE GREATEST POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE. K IN( SFORD S HET ROLt, MICE. ; ” ; MANUFACTURED BY— : : : e -— sig ae avo never been ceiea| WYLINiCRG Manufacturi 16 ©0., Warren, 0, a | Manufacturers of the following well-known Brandy _ toany office of public trust and Iean’tim-| asx yOUR JOBBER FOR THESE CANS. INSIST ON HAVING THEM. ee : ! - ggine in what way I have become a public} TAKE NO OTHER. : : | o _ gervant, but such is nevertheless my posi-| —— “ SS = a Lom + tion. Sometime some of these old cranks | | a es at@ S . JU Ee é , fm exiies : + DRE : S8S8SS8 Superior Merit Alone. » a ® Are offered. Immediately tributary to this port are the great- are returned to the Can enters this opening, pre- venting eveporation from a sae See eS who do their trading at Breckenridge’s and who. get me to do all their carting. and| # ENS ’ : | es ' =pritin letter carrying for nothing will| — a ve ; we ~Ne.Y . : : Reasoning dopa mill be the band| i We —— : alee “y “ae, _, (QUEEN ANNE, | MOTTLED GERMAN, of swift and awful justice. |i a ww ares . AES eae || one MICHIGAN, ~ , ROYAL BAR, s _ Joserx W. vee - a —— ~ a : om a - [Oswego ¢ 2 7 ULV es TA ee MONDAY, PHENIX, © "WABASH, CAMEO Kingsford 0 TARCH for Puddings, | po» Quotations address ‘ tz ee hee ae