@ Michi ys 1 BEN-HUR CIGARS ARE SECOND TO NONE, SUPERIOR TO ANY, A DUPLICATE OF NOTHING, A MODEL FOR ALL. SOLD EVERYWHERE. MADE BY GEO. MOEBS & CO.. 92 Wooprwarp Derrorr. SEEDS! Write for jobbing prices on AVE. Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard Red Top, Field Peas, Beans, Produce and WOOL, C. Ainsworth, Grass, Blue Grass, 76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids. FOR PRICES, BARNETT BROS, “ewrerest™ West Michigan BUSINESS UNIVERSITY WRITE TO AND NORMAL SCHOOL. (Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.) A thoroughly ec eres. permanently estab- lished and pleasantly located College. The class rooms have been especially designed in accord ance with the latest approved plans. The faculty is composed of the most competent and practical teachers. Students graduating from this Insti tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL. The best of references furnished upon application. Our Normal Department is in charge of experi- enced teachers of established reputation. Satis- factory boarding places secured for all who apply tous. Do not go elsewhere without first personally interviewing or writing us for full particulars. Investigate and decide for your selves. Students may enter at any time. Address West Michigan Business University and Normal School, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. J. U. Lean, A, E. YEREx, Principal, Sec’y and Treas. | W. C. WILLIAMS, A, S. BROOKS, WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to Farrand, Williams & Co., Wholesale Druggists, AT THE OLD STAND, Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. A. SHELEY. Fehsenfeld & Grammel, (Successors to Steele & Gardner.) Manufacturers of BROOMS! Whisks, Toy Rrooms, Broom Corn, Broom Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials, 10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids. Learn Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Ets., AT THE Grond Rays Busuness Gallege Corner Ottawa and Pearl Streets. Send for Circular. K. W. HALL PLATING WORKS, ALL KINDS OF Brass and Iron Polishing Nickle and Silver Platin; Pearl and Front Sts., ‘¢rand Rapids. D. D. Mason, Prompt service given at all hours. Telephone 1002. 34 South Division S:, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Daniel G. Garnsey, PERT ACCOUNTANT Adjuster of Fire Losses. wenty Years Experience. Koeferences furnished if desire #4 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Chas. Pettersch, JOBBER OF [mported and Domestic Cheese Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 161--163 West Bridge St., Telephone 123 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Dy COUGH wy stee PS&TROIT, MICH, BANE, 500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued by cities, counties, towns and school dis tricts of Michigan. Officers of these municipal! tfes about*to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply to this bank. charge. All communications and inquiries wil) have prompt attention. January, 1890, 8S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER Blank bonds |} and blanks for proceedings supplied without | GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1890. (?) Written for THE TRADESMAN. Into this world has no man come Who can, however he strive, Meet success in leaving the same While yet that man is alive. And none now dead have made return, To teach us of that unknown bourne. Then, how may we figure out this Problem of whether or not Beyond there’s a kingdom of bliss, Or a Hades somewhat hot? M. J. WRISLEY. ee RANDOM REFLECTIONS. 3usiness men who aspire to public office have a complacent way of assuring us that they will apply business princi- ples in the management of such posi- It is true that business principles bear a very high reputation with every one, and it sounds encouraging to talk about them. different required in the executive duties of high public offices. tegrity, system and enterprise will do almost everything in gaining success in tions. But there is something far Intelligence, in- | business affairs, but the same forces ap- plied in a like way in public affairs will not produce equally satisfactory results. Those business men who have succeeded in public life—and there have been and are many of them—have sought, also, to practice statesmanship and to respond to the requirements of their relations to the public good rather than to carry out any pet and rigid systems associated with mere personal ends. Whatever may be useful in business methods, or in any- thing should be invoked by the man called to a publie trust: but he who supposes that he can else, iness principles a substitute for states- manship, experience with public ques- ltions and knowledge of the ways of the politicians, will discover that he has made a grave mistake. When he can unite these other weighty things with | business principles, or readily and quickly acquire them in a greater or less degree, he may reach a success in which | the training of a business life will give him a sure foundation for all that he can build. upon it in the pursuit of his am- bition. soon % # & Unpopularity is one of the worst diffi- culties under which aman in de- partment can labor. Sometimes persons, especially those who are young and in- experienced, care very little for either | private or public opinion. They even take pride in putting themselves in con- stant antagonism with the views and | prejudices of others. All this is a mis- take, as they will find outif they live long enough. sycophant, orto be humble and yielding to an absurd degree, but it is common sense and the best policy, particularly in any rather than the reverse of it. | mining his interests by making himself | unpopular with those who have business | | dealings and intercourse with him. Often i it is thoughtlessly done, but in most cases ‘it is the unfortunate triumph of nat- urally perverse and disagreeable qual- | ities of ‘character. New firms and young salesmen will find that popularity is one find in mere bus- It is not manly to bea! business, fora man to seek popularity | Many a} ;}man to-day is slowly and surely under- | om gan Tradesman. NO. San Oo. of the first things that they should se- eure, and that it will smooth many a rough place along the road to success. Trade is constantly taking a wider scope, with grander enterprise and better meth- ods, hence the greater necessity of those who wish to succeed in it to act in har- mony with those traits and principles which will win for them the personal good-will of their fellow-men. * % & In the course of business there is much to disturb the temper of the most ami- able man. But there are some persons who look at everything with the true philosophy of not giving an advantage by showing their own ill-temper. When a man has such a control over himself jn all the relations of business, it certainly has a powerful influence over his own affairs and of those who come in contact with him. Go into any large establish- ment where there is a man of this kind in a prominent position, and see the harmony, energy and contentment which exist about him. And observe, in a re- view of years, that success and popular- ity in business follow such a condition of affairs with almost unerring certainty. ee ¥ If there is one thing which the busi- ness man wants more than another it is to the Developed, actual events and conditions do not concern him to the same extent as that the subjectof conjecture. When each season is to be prepared for, his judgment and foresight are the sole reliance which he foresee future. which is has for his heavy investments of capital and. as the basis of all his plans. Itisa great risk to take, and when he considers it under the light of daily events, he often finds his utmost courage fully taxed to sustain him. Taking allthe departments this extraordinary judgment is required, no one ean fail to | marvel at the general accuracy, amount- ing almost to the wisdom of prophets, which characterizes it. And it is this pressure of thought and anxiety which is the wearing and prostrating thing in business life. It isnotso much the labor and energy which are required in selling goods and advancing trade, as it is the absolute necessity of reading in some degree coming events. of business where ee And now steel beams for architectural purposes are being furnished more cheaply than cast work can be turned out by architectural foundries. A con- tract for $125,000 worth of beams and columns, which went to a steel manu- facturer at Chieago last week, substan- tiates this. ‘Perfection Scale. The Latest Improved and Best. ‘Does Not Require Down Weight. C— Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter, For sale by leading wholesale grocers. A LITTLE TOO ENTERPRISING. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Modern newspaper enterprise is some- thing truly appalling. Your metropol- itan gatherer is no respecter of persons, and, in his something new, tite not only with carrion from the slums, but no family matter, however sacred, is sanctified from his unhallowed touch. A week ago, than the Detroit Tribune, we saw latter statement verified. news insatiate greed for stays his morbid appe- in no less a paper the | over-trimming. | about her fad.’ | then, so ostentatious about their under- | commendation ? A female—we with- | hold from her the sacred name of wo- | man—in that issue published a letter | Pepper is not yet done: purporting to have been written at our | national capital; true is neither here nor there. writing about ‘“‘fads,’’ and the names of some of the most prominent ladies of our nation dropped from her ill-omened pen. After investigating the private affairs of Mesdames Harrison, Blaine, Windom, et al., course of her Postmaster-General Wanamaker. At first, this name is given as Caroline Pepper, unable to discover any particular * to which Mrs. Wanamaker was addicted, but as her (the Pepper woman’s) nose was pointed in the direction of fads, and correspondent, whose wear a calico gown.” she comes, in the natural | terrifying career, to Mrs. | | before her dresses, for she cares not at} | was published simultaneously in a num- | | ber ‘are furnished ready to print, fad she must find, she, presumably, went rearing and charging through the Wan- amaker mansion until, when she had at last overturned madam’s bureau draw- ers. she succeeded in her fell purpose. She here discovered that Mrs. maker was the possessor of a quantity of fine. white underclothing, and her amaze- ment thereat knew no bounds. This was, indeed, a ‘‘fad.”’ She says: ‘“‘Mrs. Wanamaker’s fad is her under- clothing. has the finest underwear of any capital. People soon find out the wonderful re- finement of the wife, and in no way is it shown than in her taste for dress.” Indeed! Mrs. Wanamaker truly elated to know that people are fast She probably woman at the more will be finding out her ‘‘wonderful refinement,”’ and will wish that the Pepper critter had imbibed a little of it herself. But she hasn’t, for she complacently continues: “Every bit of her lingerie is white. She has never been touched by the crazes for black or pale yellow or searlet undergarments. The use of any- thing but white lent to her, and for years she has purchased the is almost repel same filmy silk or cambric goods from the same house in Europe.”’ This might, information ordinary Wwo- but, of Wanamaker’s truly interesting shock but of common of “wonderful refinement’ bit, and it would be a pity did not every home in the material and in what manner are the pet- ticoats of the Postmaster-General’s wife perhaps, an man, made clay, course, a person Mrs. won’t mind ita land know of what sort of composed. Evidently the Pepper woman is ot the same opinion, for she continues : “Next to unpardonable in her eyes, and everything made by hand. Any num- fad of sewed underclothes. now that they know eolor, machine stitching is she wears is ber of women adopt the hand- French women of refinement do it, but Mrs. Wanamaker has always done it, and she has the first lien on the undercloth- ing fad. finished by inch-wide Valenciennes lace, made by the nuns of a Carmelite convent in Southern France. Very little of it is Every dainty bit she wears is used on each garment, as she dislikes | whether or not this is | She was | was | ‘tan? | |W anamaker, when, after a long day’s Wana- | work | weary bout with persistent office seekers, | maker | THE Mrs. Wana- is not in any sense —""l | * * * Holy saints! Are American women, | wear that this is a case worthy of special | We are glad to know that the lady in question will not ap- prove of having her washing hung, ready labeled, upon the public clothes-line, and we wish that the Pepper woman had been inspired with a sense of delicacy such as she attributes to Mrs. Wanamaker. But thisis not all. Listen, for Miss “She does not satisfy her taste because she is a very wealthy woman.” Snobbery! “It is just her innate refinement, and | said once that, no matter what her | income, she would have dainty things | next her skin even if she must needs she Gush! “She always buys her under-clothing | all for outside show.”’ The article here quoted bears the ear- | marks of a ‘syndicate story’’—that is, it | These articles | and the | editor of each paper writes the heading | to suit himself or the imagined taste of his readers. Can we imagine the feelings of Mr. of different papers. in his department and many a | he dons his slippers, draws an easy aan ito a convenient place, WANAMAKER UNDERWEAR. Postmaster-General’s picks up a paper | and the first headlines which arrest his | | attention are: | IT IS ALL HAND MADE. | Nothing But White Tolerated by the | Wife of the Postmaster General. ALL ABOUT HER DAINTY LINGERIE. We can. in imagination, see that worthy man wipe the prespiration from his brow | before taking another look to verify his | first impression. But, after a time, becomes sufficiently the master of him- | self to open another paper, when his eye | is straightway caught by this announce- ment: WEARS WHITE UNDERCLOTHES! | he | Mrs. Postmaster General Wanamaker | Wears the Daintiest Undergar- ments at the Capital. BUT SHE MAKES NO VAIN Dis- | PLAY OF HER UNDERWEAR. Where She Buys Her Shinto These Gauzy Garments are Decorated. Our next mental view we sincerely trust that he will fill her full of bird shot. The only defense make for which Dollar. She was bread; but, in this we can give her a pointer worth two of her ill- starred articles. Had she taken her ‘story’ to Mr. Wanamaker with an explanation of its intended use, her connection, writing for daily he it at ten times the highest price possibly have received for it elsewhere | and then he would have fired it into the | stove. Gro. L. THURSTON. |THE ABOVE of the husband | of this much-abused woman shows him | out gunning after the Pepper critter, and | so invading the privacy of an | American woman is that of the Almighty CANDY would have bought | she could | MICHIGAN TRé ADESMAN: ee - BEACH’S New York (Joffee Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. OYSTERS IN Abb STYLES. Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop., Magic Coffee Roaster. The Best in the World. Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 Zoasters—capacity 35 lbs.—l will sell them : at very low prices. | special Discount. Write for ROBT. S. WEST, | 48-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Nelson, Matter & Co., FOR Furniture. See what they can do for you. lonia Pants & Overall Co. E. D. Voorhees, Manager. Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture |to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade. | sent on applica tion. MANUFACTURERS OF Dants. Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, kts. Warranted Not to Rip. Fit Guaranteed. IONIA, Workmanship Perfect. of these goods enables him Samples and prices MICH. Aehigh ValleyGoalGo.’s A. HIMES, Shipper and Retail Dealer in Office, 54 Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. COAL COMPANY'S COAL IN CAR LOTS JALWAYS ON TRACK READY FO} SHIPMENT. DETROIT SOAP CO., Manufacturers of the following well-known brands: TRUE For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current. MP TEI TLE TTT QUEEN ANNE, BLUE, Ww, G. HAWKINS, Caroline can | MOTTLED GERMAN, SUPERIOR, HOENIX, ROYAL BAR, CZAR, MASCOTTE, CAMEO AND OTHERS, a A a TREN OO ES For quotations in larger quantities, address, LOCK BOX igan, Salesman for Western Mich GRAND RAPIDS. 173, We manufacture all our Candy. Use only the best ma- Warranted it as represented, pureand first-class terial. ASK FOR PRICE LIST. The Putnam Candy Co. L- 3S ame tee tHe M ICHIGAN TR ADEHSMAN. 1 OO The P. of I. Dealers. The following are the P. of IL. dealers | who had not cancelled their contracts at | last accounts: Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Wehle, L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros., Sharp & Baker. Allendale—Henry Dalman. Almont—Colerick & Martin. Altona—Eli Lyons. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co. Belding—L. S. Roell. Big Rapids—W. A.Verity,A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson. i Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Brice—J. B. Gardner. Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard. Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce & Son. Capac—H. C. Sigel. Carson City—aA. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses- sions. arcell. Cedar Springs—John Beucus, Fish, B. Tripp. Charlotte—John J. Richardson, Daron & Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby. Chester—P. C. Smith. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell. Clio—John W. Hurd. Conklin—Wilson MeWilliams. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. Dorr—Frank Sommer. Dushville—G. O. Adams. Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- chek & Bro. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, Stev- ens & Farrar, John C. Devitt. Fenwick—Thompson Bros. Flint—John B. Wilson. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. Harmon. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. Grand Rapids—Joseph Beries, A. Wil- zinski, Brown & Sehler, Volmari & Von Keppel. Hart—Rhodes & Leonard. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. Hesperia—B. Cohen. Howard City — O. J. Knapp, Bros., C. E. Pelton. Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan. Imlay City—Cohn Bros. Ionia—H. Silver. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. Laingsburg—D. Lebar. Lake hristian Haller & Co., E. F. Colwell & Son, Fred Miller. Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, All & Bro. Langston—F. D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glicman. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jen- nings. Lowell—Patrick Kelly. McBride’s—J. MeCrae. Manton—A. Curtis. Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep- per & Son, Jno. Butler. Richard Butler, John Fletcher. Mecosta—Ferris & Parks. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. 8.) Knight. Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. Milton Junction—C. A. Warren. Morley—Henry Strope. Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. & Son, F. H. Cowles. Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. Lee. Newaygo—W. Harmon. North Dorr—John Homrich. Nottawa—Dudley Cutler. Ogden—A. J. Pence. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Onondaga—Jobn Sillik. Orono—C. A. Warren. Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. Remus—C. V. Hane. Richmond—Knight & Cudworth. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sand Lake—Brayman & Blanchard, Frank E. Shattuck & Co. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. B. A. Herold Andrew Vermett Sheridan—M. Gray. Shultz—Fred Otis. Sparta—Dole & Haynes. | Springport—Powers & Johnson, Well /ington & Hammond. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & | | Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Traverse City—John Wilhelm, S. C. | | Darrow, D. D. Paine. | Trufant—l. Terwilliger. Vassar—MecHose & Gage. | Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, | H. C. Breckenridge. White Cloud—J. | Wiley. | Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haver- | | kate. Williamston—Thos. Horton. ——_— > <> Good-Bye to the P. of I. The following are among some of the | with the P. of I., but have thrown them overboard : Bellevue—John Evans. Blanehard—L. D. Wait. Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner. J. I. Vanderhoof. Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Dimondale—Elias Underhill. Fremont—Boone & Pearson. Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes. Harvard—Ward Bros. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Kent City—R. MeKinnon. Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros. Lowell—Chas. McCarty. Millington—Forester & Clough. Minden City—I. Springer & Co., F. O Hetfield & Son. Nashville—Powers & Stringham. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co. Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler. Rockford—H. Colby & Co. St. Louis—Mary A. Brice. Sand Lake Jain. Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle. Springport—Cortright & Griffin. Sumner—J. B. Tucker. Williamston—Michael Bowerman. > —-o<>—-—_——- Promoted by His Wife. First Clerk—I was given the position of tloor-walker last night. Second Clerk — What are you _ giv- ing me ? First Clerk—We hada baby come to our house. Cook & Bergthold, MANUFACTURERS OF SHOW CASKS, Prices Lower than those of any competitor. Write for cata- logue and prices. “$§ Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS 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, EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO eference: FIRST Mabie’ BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRAD&SSMAN, Grand Rapids, C. Townsend, N. W. | merchants who have been under contract | MOSELEY BROS. | ——WHOLESALE—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produce | All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. | if you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.. - @RAND RAPID: EDWIN FALLAS, JOBBER OF ‘Batter, Egos, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Fraits, Mince Meat, Nuts, Et “Oy ster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast. Dairy Butter. Special Bargain in Choice Let your orders come. = and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mict Grand Rapids Frvit and Produce Ge JOBBER OF | POREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty 3 NORTH IONIA S8T., GRAND RAPIDS. We are headquarters for the cele- Blvefield Bananas, Receiving regular consignments. Also direct receivers of CALIFORNIA URANGKS & LEMONS Grand Rapids, EGG CASES & FILLERS Having taken the agency for Western and Northern Michigan for the LIMA EGG CASES and FILLERS, we are prepared to offer same to the trade in any quantity. Lots of 100. Less than 100. No. E--30-doz, Cases, complete...............0..-0.+.45-5- 33 oC. 35¢e. eee ee aces 93f¢. 10e. Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with-every 10 sets of Fillers (no broken cases sold).making 10 sets with Case $1.25 (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards eonstitute a standard set). Strangers to us will please remit money with their orders or give good reference. LAMOREAUX & JOHNSTON, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids. Putnam Candy Co., HEADQUARTERS FOR FLORIDA ORANGES, LEMONS, NUTS, ETC BLIVEN & ALLYN. Sole Agents for the Celebrated _ “BIG F° Brand of Oysters. | In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS. We mak aspecialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time. We solicit consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, ete. H. M. BLIVEN, Manager. 63 Pearl St * RES, nett, - <> —_—_ It pays to handle the P & B. cough drops. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. PAA AAA ADAP DLE PAD Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. V ANTED—GROCERY STOCK; MUST BE CHEAP for eash. Church & | Fenn, oc harlotte, Mich. 596 OR SALE—GENERAL STORE AT FRANKFORT, | Mich.; clean, well-assorted stock of clothing, dry | goods, boots and ‘shoes, doing good business; will in- voice about $5,000; town on the boom on account of new railroad; recognized as leading store; cause for selling, desire to close out all my branch stores. Ad- | dress Harry Ward, Logansport, Ind. 597 OR SALE—A LUMBER YARD 1N THE GROWING town of Delton, on the Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw railroad; best town between Kalamazoo and Hastings; good roller m‘ll; stock of lumber has been reduced with a view to selling, on account of other business of one of the partners. For particulars, ad- dress Goss & Hall, Delton, Mich. 595 N -ASHVILLE, MICHIGAN, OFFERS FINANCIAL IN- Es ducements te manufacturers looking for desir- able locations. Address C. W. Smith, Secretary Im- provement ¢ committee, for partic ulars. 599 710R SALE — CLEAN ‘STOCK OF DRY GOODS, ; groceries, boots and’ shoes * and hardware, situated in good trading point; will inventory about $2,900; ‘sales for past three years, $38,000; reason for selling, owner has other business; also double store and dwelling for rent at $15 per month. M.S. —* Byron Center, Mic h JOR SALE OR HANGE— TIMBER L TaNDS a3 Oregon. Address No. 592,care Tradesman. 592 TANTED—TO EXCHANGE A FARM OF 90 ACRES for astock of groceries; value of farm, —. Address K. R., Box 30, Mason, Mich. 59 F' 9R SALE—THE FURNITURE AND LEASE OF THE best-paying small hotel in Southern —— Address 8S. H. Foster, Clayton, Mich. 90 \OR SALE — HARDW ARE STORE, DOING oc business: have good reason for selling out; only one hardware store in the place; for any one looking for a location, I think they would be well pleased. In- quire of L. C. Cronkhite, Edmore, Mich. 589 For SALE—SMALL DRY GOODS BUSINESS AT ; Muskegon. Address No 5. care Tradesman, 593 STOCK OF DRY Fo SALE—AT ONCE, C goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, gents’ fur- nishing goods in a good town of 2,000 population; two railroads; low rent and insurance; waterworks; stock about $8,000: can be reduced to $5 000; if yon want a clean, nice business, look this up; will not want to sell after April 1. Address No. 582 care Tradesman. 582 . CHANCE TO BUY THE ONLY DRUG STORE in Central Mic higan railroad town of nearly 400, with fast-growing farming country; stock and fixtures invoice $1,300; haif cash, balance on easy payments; good new fixtures; only drug, book, stationery, wall paper, paint and jewelry stock in town; splendid opening for young man; good reasons for selling. If you wantit, address for particulars, L. M, Mills, 568 Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 578 Fo SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF MERC AN- dise, invocing about $1,500; building for sale or rent cheap; surrounded by splendid farming country; on Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway. Address H. U. Rapp, Berrien Center, Mich. 588 pe aa APH, ALSO GROCERY ROOMS AT UNLON City, Mich., to rent; will exchange property; also brick, sash, door and blind mill at Coldwater, Mich.; also farm and resident property in Kansas, Dakota and Nebraska; all good property. ‘ Chas. T. Allen, Battle Creek, Mich. 5 W TANTE TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120 ACRES OR village property for stock of goods, hardware preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan Tradesman, 573. me SALE—HARDWARE STOCK, INV ENTORING about $4,000, doing a very prosperous business; ean reduce the stock to suit purchaser; best of reason for selling. Address A. L. Paine & Co., Reed City Mich. 568 F YOU “WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR goods for a farm, large or small, STOCK OF write to No. — care Michigan in Tradesman. HAVE SEVERAL FARMS WHIC ICH I WILL =x change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids city prop erty, or will sell on easy payments, these farms have the best of soil, are under good state of cultivation, and located between the cities of Grand Rapids and Muskegon. O F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich. NOR SALE—-WE OFFER FOR SALE, ON VERY favorable terms, the F. H. Escott drug stock, at 75 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Price, $4,000. 531 HELP WANTED. W? ANTE D_REGISTERED PH. ARMACIST OR AS ASsIST- ant. 4 . E. Gates, M. . D. 1c lic SITUATIONS WANTED. W ANTED—POSITION IN DRUG STORE, s, BY AGRAD uate in pharmacy; registered by examination; good reference. J. W. Hoyt, Muskegon, Mich. 598 oe BY A MAN WHO UNDER- stands the book, stationery and confectionery trade; best reference. Tradesman. Address No. 587, care Michigan 587 MISCELLANEOUS, F°, SALE—CHEAP—A 10 HORSE POWER GAS EN- gine, in good running order; reason for selling, want more power and are replacing it witha 20-horse gas engine of same kind. Rindge, Bertsch & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St. 600 | (COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE PATRONS OF IN- dustry, from the inception of the organization; only a few copies left; sent postpaid for 10 cents per copy. 1e Tradesman Company, G’d Rapids | i | | not looking | 20,000 pounds, even, and will | | B JEG W YEAR BY DISCARDING THE 2 annoying Pass Book System and adopting in its place the Tradesman Credit Coupon. Send $1 for | sample order, which will be sent prepaid. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. GAMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF WW COUPONS FOR retailers will be sent free to any dealer who wil, | write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book ee Albany, N. Y. SP ae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. J. W. Gardner & Co. have embarked | in the grocery business at Farwell. I. | | M. Clark & Son furnished the stock. iat } The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. has | bought the first and second mortgages on | the grocery stock of Arthur B. Clark, at Gobleville, and have taken possession of the stock. Morrison Bailey and J. M. Travis have formed a copartnership under the style of Bailey & Travis and embarked in the drug business at Plainwell. The stock | was furnished by the Hazeltine & Per- | kins Drug Co. John Richard has retired from the firm of Leppink, Joldersma & Co., deal- | ers in coal, wood, lime and cement at 127 | Grandvilleavenue. The business will be continued by the remaining partners un- der the style of Leppink & —— LO - —___—_ As Per Schedule. Mr. Nibbs—Oh, Miss Snoozer, I love you devotedly, truly, lastingly! On my knees I beseech you, will you be mine? Miss Snoozer—I have heard your ap- plication. Here is ‘‘Form No. 1,’? which 1 wish you would consider and fill out the answers to the questions and file the same with me to-morrow. FORM NO. 1. 1. Did your mother ever have any bad | luck in baking a pie? 2. Was the last young fused you entirely without fault? 3. How many lodges a week attend ? 4. Do you think that women’s rights go any distance beyond marriage rites? 5. After man and woman are made one, which is the one? 6. How long, do you think, does woman maintain her good looks ? 7. What should be the difference be- tween aman waiting fora meal and a meal waiting for a man ? 8. What is the tween a wife’s relations and a husband’s? 9. Define the point between liberality and stinginess ? a | The | woman who re- | do you relative difference be- | 10. At what age does short-sightedness } strike in your family? > ——_- The Best of Them All. “You are taking a good deal of interest in horse-racing of late,’’ said one travel- ing man to another. “Yes. 9 “I suppose you are well posted as to | all the different styles of gaits ?”’ “Pretty well. I ought to be.’ “Well, of them all, whichdo you think is the best ?’’ “Well, as a man of experience, I'l! tell | you. The best of all is the old front gate, at 9:30 in the evening, with the lit- tle black-eyed girl on the other side | of it.’’ ‘all the clerks full of vim and energy. “Yes,”? asserted the proprietor, ‘‘we close early to-day and they are all getting ready to go home. i The man who buys but does not pay Inspires rem: urks censorious, And all who know his doings say His methods are note owe-rious. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Atlantic A. ......-.- 7 ;Cilften CCC........ 6% .....-.--- 63{,Conqueror XX...... 4% . re 6 Pwigitoiur........- 7% a. 6% | ie a ES 6% - LL. 5%; Full Yard W ae. .... 64 . 64%/Great Falls E....... Archery baa 414 Honest Width. ...... 34 aay... .-..+_- : Te Hartford A. oe 4 Integrity ee | | F. A. Wurzburg & Go., Exclusive Jobbers ofn DRY GOODS, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR, 19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICB. AWNINGS AND TENTS. Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers. Seat Shades, Large Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. CHAS. A. COYE, 11 Pearl Street. en Amoskeag...... i yao... -... ..... 11% = 9 oz. “Tae Lance (||. 12% wi brown .13. |Lawrence, 9 0z Bh ie ............ 11%! No. 220... .18 Everett, blue.. 12 No. 2 300.1% brown. ....12 | ° No. 290. ...10% SATINES. Simpson ble cece eee \poperal........ ..-- 2.10% Deca i (Glace. ee es ee 10% Cocebco........-..- 1014} GINGHAMS. Glenarven.... ...... 6%|Lancaster, staple... 634 Lancashire. ..... = | Ane fancies 7 Normandie... . Normandie 8% Renfrew Dress...... 8 Ww estbrook ee oreo 8% Toil du Nord.. ee 10% Amoskeag oe 2 (ORR. .... isc: 5... 6% ae... 1044 Hampton . 6% Persian. - (+4. Se acne... <) 6 Bates... ........... SaCeaperane.... _... 434 Warwick.. a, 4% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......184|Peerless, colored. . .21 GRAIN BAGS. Senne eee ee [Valley Ciiy...... .--- 16 ae... . eos... .... -16 ee 14 Pacihe...... .14 | Amoericee..... .-..-- 16%4|Burlap...... 11% i THREADS. Clark’s Mile End.. 45 |Barbour’s Bo 8& Coa. 42.4Ff......- 45 Peacsieirs.... ...... 88 | Holy I oc et a 2! KNITTING coTTo White. Colored. | “White. oe “e «66h. 38 |No. 14 37 . ...... 39 | M.. . ' -... 40 . 1: 44 | eee 36 41 | a 40 45 CAMBRICS, (oer... .. .-. 4) Waesnington......... 4% Wile Ghee, ..... .. ieee Coee.. ........ Oe ee ee... ss Lock wood.... ...... 4% | Newmarket ee woods... ........ ae Bavaras............ BU Brumewiee 45g RED FLANNEL, | Fireman...... elt W. ‘ 2% | Creedmore.... .. ss . 32% | Paroot XXX... ... "30 IRF, a7 t..... a [ees ..... ...- .271%4|Buckeye a 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, ens - reve a w......... 17% | Union H...... .-22%| Western W ......... 18% Wise... 5. ee 18% |6 oz Western........21. |Flushing XXX -....3% Union B.... .224%| Manitoba.... . -%3% DOMET FLANNEL, | Nameless ..... 8 @ 944] - |. 9 @10% “ ee ee 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. /Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 914)18 13 13 10% 10% 10%) 15 15 15 11% 11%4 114/17 17 17 12% 12% 1244|20 20 20 DUCKS, Severen, 8 oz.. ..... 94%|Greenwood, 8 oz....11% | Mayland, 8 oz. . 10%} West Point, Boe ... % | Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9%! 10 oz ...11% | WADDINGS. | White, doz......... 18 |Per bale, 40 doz 5 00 Colored, doz.... ...14 | SILESIAS. Slater, Tron Cross... 8 {Pawtucket... 10% Red Cross.... 9 |Jundie........ 9 _ Best ...---10%| Bedford 1n\% _ Best AA. 12i Valley City......... Wy ion Coraline............89 5@}/Wonderful 4 75° | Shillings ....-. .. one... .... ... SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 85 |Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. -4214| per %oz ball .....30 50 yd, doz. .42! 9) HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No 1 BI’k & Ww hite..10 {No 4 BI’k & White..15 — is. 8 .-20 ‘s 3 “6 12 | * 10 “ -. PINS. Not. w C....... 50 |No4~—15, F 3% .... 40 oe ee a COTTON No 2 White & BI’k..12 No "8 Ww hite & BI’k..20 o . etl 23 ou 6 “ .18 “ 12 “ 26 SAFETY PINS. No2 oe Tee. . ae | NEEDLES—PER M. | A. James ....1 50|/Steamboat.... 40 Crowely’s....... ....1 35,Gold Eyed ..150 Marshall's ae TABLE onion CLOTH, r—4 23 6—4...3 Bi5—4....1%6 6—4..26 2 10 3 10) ee ei |King, EF. ‘ | Blackstone O, 32.... 5 | Bx. 3 | Black Rock ........ 7 L EC in i. oo eo ee... wiLawrence LL....... 5% (= =. ’_ 6 |New Market B.. . Sy . = — Ne 5% Noibe R. . 5% ah KiNewten ...... .-. tt = PL. 40 —-- S34 Our Level Best..... a | Continental, a. 74 |Riverside XX....... 4% | D. 40-in 84|Sea Island R.. 644 | _ E, 42-in16 |Sharon B .... . 6% | . W, 45-ini1 wil of the Heap.... 74 | - H, 48-inl2 |Wi ——o one 7 | Chaypesan...... -..-- 4 |Comet, 40in. 84 Coe A.......... Sheree «C.«. } 7% oe. a 7 |New Market L,40in. 74% | BLEACHED COTTONS. ee... = Mien Bie... a | Blackstone AA... 6 eld Meu... 74 meats a0 ........-... 4%4iGreen Ticket....... 84 Cyeverand .....: --. 7 werent Pais.......... Gi ae. ... <..... .-.-- Th ee 7% Cabot, : 6% jJust Out...... 434{@ 5 | Dwight Anc hor. 9 |King P aie ....... 7% shorts. 83 | or... 7% | Edwards. ........... 6 Lonsdale C. eae _ | oeeere...-...---.-. ce Lonsdale. . ae A iawn... ....... _imemoreeer.... ...... | 5y Fruit of the Loom.. 8% eo oeee............ 7% | Pitchvilie ...... .-.- 7neek Veew..... .... | Pit Priee.......... 7 \Our Own.. ... .- 5% | Fruitof the Loom %. 8 /Pride of the West 12 | Fairmount.. ae ee 7% Ton Vare.......... COP TNTEES «wows es 4% » | Geo. Washington... 84 ‘viyerd....-.-.....,. 8% HALF BLEAC HED COTTONS. reek... % iy Dwight Anchor..... 9 ‘Perwell....... ..... UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Ts .....-.... -10 | Hamilton N i ae i. 7 _ s - 2.2 oo ae. 8 = > +. X.... 2 4 . = £... - No. 2 _* | BLEAC akD CANTON FLANNEL, | Hamilton z... - Ti Middicoe A A......11 Middlesex P T...... Sj . cn on 12 - ge 9 o A O...... 12% e xi 9 ne 17% : Ff... 10% 1... DRESS GOODS. Hamilton , 5 eeens...... ...-. gc ee 9 © joie. ae 10% ao . 2% G G Cashmere...... = See ee 30 Name —— 16 | ra -32% ame aoe oe 4 pa 30 CORSET JEANS. | Biddeford a 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7! Peaereee, .... ---» 6%)| Rockport...... 64 | PRINTS. | Allen, staple........ 5%|Merrim’ck shirtings. 5 . ia ........ 6 Reppfurn . 8% " robes... - 6 Pactic fancy........ 6 |; American fancy. -* — ee... - 6% American in¢ digo.. . 6%| Portsmouth robes... 6 ' American shirtings. 5 _ Simpson mourning.. 6% Arnold 5 greys... 6; Ye ’ long ec loth B. 10% . solid black. 64% i - 844 Washington indigo Git | century ¢ loth 7 7 “ Turkey robes.. 7% * gold séal.....10%| ‘“‘ India robes.... 7% «“ Turkey red. -10%| ‘ plain T’ky X % 8% | Berlin solids........ 5%| “ . Ao . plue.. i 6%! “ Ottoman Tur- - * green . 6%| key red.... 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Martha W ashington " madders...6 | Turkey red ¥ 7 Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha WwW ashington Hamilton fancy. ... 6%| Turkey red........ 9% “ staple... 6 |Riverpoint rebes.... 5 | Mane hester ancy.. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 new era. 6% ' gold ticket | Merrimack D fancy. 64%} indigo blue....... 10% TIC KINGS. | Amoskeag ACh... Sea B.........,..... - | Margitien = ..-.:.- ee AAA. Lone a 10% Awning..11 (Swift River. . 6% Farmer.. _------ 8 (Pearl River 12% | Firat a aieeoe....... 14 COTTON DRILL. | Atlanta, a. ai Stark hte were eres cr es 7% | DE ks eee eee UE hte oes ome wuss ” a as 10 Telephone 106. ‘Voie, Herpolsheimer & Go, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Ets. Complete Spring Stock now ready for |inspection. Chicago and Detroit prices guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., ‘GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. ence cena ant 3 STEKETEE & SONS, Wholesale Dry Goods. iis boa new line of fancy prints are 4 all ; Alle Indigo, Merrimac, Simpson’s, Gar- -ner’s, plain and sative styles. ' Also our new Satines in new colors and patterns in stock for coming season. n’s, Hamilton, Washington, imported fine Dress Ginghams, Seersuckers and Fancy Flannels, Zephyrs, ToiJe du Nord, Amoskeag, A. F. 0, Cotton Powers Underwear, Overshirts, ' Jackets, Overalls, Pants. A large line of Notions, Neck- ' wear Windsor Ties, Etc. Correspondence solicited. We Import AllOur Fancy Buttons and Laces | 88 Monroe a ‘10, 12, 1, 16 & 18 Fountain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS "= a Camel THE MICHIGA N TRAI TF: tS M 4 AN. 4 nl { aia | 7 | WIRE GOODS. dis. SAND PAPER. HARDWARE. Prices Current. en i --- TO&TOEIO | List Wet 19, "86... eaves 8 0810 | a, Even. ..._......._... .. T&10E10 : SASH CORD. i ook’s .. WEIN 1 | Silv er Lake, Ee list 50 Combining the Axe and Tool Interests. | These prices are for cash buyers, who | Gate Hooks and Eyes. oe — | — Se 55 | K —New List. e oe 5 The event of the past month has been | pay promptiy and buy in full packages. | poor, mineral, jap. trimmings : " # . a ae 55 the completion of the or ganization of the | AUGURS AND BITS. dis. Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings 55 | a oC .................... “ 35 American Axe and Tool Co. This cor-| aes Ce tek ue tly | | Doee ae a = Discount, 10. a Se oe 55 | SASH WEIGHTS. poration, according to the press dis- | | Jennings’, genuine...... CS 25 | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain madd eee per — - patches, has succeeded in purchasing a1) | Sensing’, Troitation ............-.-...-..... 50610 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. | i saws. the axe manufacturing concerns in the! AXES. “Wulory Wheeler @G08 — al seine: mdik tae Nua as meses country save one, and in the future all | First Quality, S. B. Bronze............-----. $700) Branforda 55| ‘Special Steel Dex X Horgerd — » orders for axes, both domestic saa | C 7 Sa ae woe eeetet ee ec eees . a" a oA Special Steel ~ X Cuts, per foot ... 30 : : am : . B.S. Steel.......----- +++ MATTOCKS | ‘“ Champion and Electric Tooth X foreign, must be supplied from the « [eee 13 00| Adze Byo.........-.-..20e0e $16.0, dis, €0| Cuts, per foot..............0...0...024 eu American Company. which will desig- BARROWS. dis, | Hunt Bye... 215.00, dis. 60 | TRAPS. dis. nate which of the several factories who | Railroad 8 14 a Hunt's Li sense ee. 018.50, die, 20410. Seeel, Gene oD . .60&10 Oe ee | ee ee roren nes eenecinen 7” MAULS. dis. | Oneida Community, New house’s ... 35 are in the trust shali make the specific | Garden...............- 2.20. eeseee eee net 30 00) sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled. 5 | Oneida Community, Hawley pg ey =) brands called for by the various indus- BOLTS. dis. | MILLS. dis. | Mouse, choker .18¢ per doz. tries. There are about thirty-five axe | Stove..........0......20 eee eee ee teen ees 50&10 | ss io os a 40 | Mouse, delusion... . . 81.50 per doz. J . —_ Ce ae 70 g. Co.’s Malleables 40 | WIRE. dis. factories in the United States, and they | Se 4o&i0| i. Ferry & Cl> k's Ge ee eas turn out 700,000 dozen axes per year and | gieigh shoe. J.00 10000 I 70| ‘“ Enterprise... 25 | Annealed Market............... 70 employ 6,000 men at an expense for labor Ee ea | eiaiinie Hes MOLASSES GATES. = | Commend | M — 60 go 2 | Stebbin’s Pattern. 60410 | ‘Tinnec arket oe 62 rae of eet ,000. 7 names of the [Well sini 8 3.50 | Stebbin’ Gainey 6a 1C | Coppered Spring Giese 4 eading and heavy concerns 1n connection Well, swivel. ...........:........-. ...+.-..- 4 00 Enterprise, self- oemaring 25 | Barbed Fence, galvanized. 4 00 with the new organization give reason | — CAST. dis. sieelicamia: § ILs painted 340 for predicting its permanency, and the | Cast Loose Pin, figured........ -... .....--- 10& | Laan i si 2 50 HORSE NAILS next point of interest is its probable | | Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 6810 | —— ae base: ‘Steel. Wire. ones. L. eT ——e cues effect upon the hardw are trade. | Fees Loose Pin ee pment - ee pose Base Northwestern .... . S dis. 10410 Sache Sein mie sal sicin Sein tie did: Siete ae Se | PN oc ia saad weescleenamadee sores esene jase 10 | Ww RE NC HES. dis. Te Wrought Inside Blind.............-. SE 05 20| Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Separate Iron from Ore. waaa’ late, a eee “nan | TE Ee 10 S| Coes Gennes 50 A press dispatch says that Edison has| Blind’ Parker's.............-cscccoscs0222.70810 | 3 . 30 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, ......._. 75 lately invented a machine which sep- Bd, ee 10 | 45° 15 =| oe’s Patent, mallea -75&10 arates iron from the ore. Itis one of BLOCKS. 10 40| Bird Cages ae Aina NiO ee the simplest and, at the same time, most | Ordinary Tackle, list etl 90 = - Pumps, Cistern on 75 ingenious devices for saving labor that CRADLES. | eee GO a 2a secaaae has been invented. The machine con-| Grain........---+--2+2- 0 sesesreeeecceee dis. 50&02 1 80] Dampers, oe _——s sists of a crib surmounted by a hopper. CROW BARS. 2 as Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods 65 By a system of magnets the iron is sep- | Cast Steel..........-- +--+ +++-s0seeeees- per 5 * 90 | “aes arated from the ore while falling from CAPS. 1 00 | i t LOTT the hopper to the bottom of the crib. | Bly’s110 .......-....-..-+-ss-sss-2005 perm 65 pet Pig Bare... )... wees 26¢e The magnets, of course, are arranged a Be... ee eee ee erence eect ee eee ul = 3 to ee LL. 280 under the hopper but not directly under Ta “ 60 . 1 50 | z Si ai kl by i i i lh =e ; ee Duty: Sheet ; e per ound, it. They are placed on the side of the CARTRIDGES. Clinch io = 600 pound — i 6% crib, so that as the crushed ore filters | Rim Fire....... .......--.--+-+- ee 50 ‘ 6 1 00| Per pound.......... 7 through the hopper the tailings fall di- Cnnteal Wie dis. 25| Barrell % ieee SOLDER. rectly to the bottom without being CHISELS. dis. | ohio Tool Co.’s, taney won. . — Wiping 134 diverted from their course, while the | Socket Firmer .......-..-.--------- +--+ +-+- 70410 | Sciota Bench..........-.---.--. a x | The prices of the many ‘other qualities of ieee. oe the other band, ix altracted to] Sen 7&1 | Sandusky T Tool Co.'s, fancy. gx — ea a ee one side by the magnets and is caught in | Socket Slicks Die ie eosaade isi Beneh, first quality in sri pot Be CENTIMONY. apan. Mr. Edison is now arranging to | Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................... 40 ' ia la gy | Cookson...... per pound 16 introduce the machines and has already COMBS. dig! ||| Mey, Aemel 0252001 Oe i 13 several of them in successful operation | Curry, Lawrence’s......--....--.+5 ss+++++- 40 | Common, polished. aaa (0 | 40x14 1C, Charcoal. — Cee 86 60 at iron.mines in Northern New Jersey. PR ceed oceinins sent ameninan ct oe Asim RN a ed ao. Ivers. a a | 14x20 ~ TD 6 60 __$§——-9 <> CHALE. Copper Rivets and Burs.. 50 | 10x14 bi 8 35 The Hardware Market White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | PATENT FLANISHED IRON. | i4x201X, * 8 35 "= it cat “A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. The unseasonable weather continues to “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 | TIN—-ALLAWAY GRADE, ue on - oz cut to size...... aa a 28| Broken packs 4c per pound extra. 10x14 IC, Charcoal $ 6 00 demoralize the hardware market. While 52, 14x56, 14x60 - 26 Tee | 14x20 IC, “ .. 600 the raw material costs as much as before, | Gold sit re and 1 14x60. = = sige elena si. -« ca ‘ = Mee ee, . | (i manufacturers of iron and nails are anx- | Bottoms - ‘ ne _ me SQUARES. dis. Each >= age grade 81.50. DRILLS. dis. Steel and Iron..... oe. 7 DOFING FLA ious to sell, owing to the lack of orders. | yorses Bit Stocks...........-2..--0-- Hae ™ 4o | Try and Bevels.. en 60 | 14x20 [C, ‘* Worcester ......... 6 00 Tin is weak here, as well abroad. The — and —o Misak 40 | Mitre ...........-.- onan «6 6 a 2 combination among the axe factories will — DnirPi Pans a i ™ Com. Smooth. Com. | ‘* Allaway Grade : 25 : ls . Nos Wie 16... ....... . $4 20 5 t : > result in an advance of from $1.50@$2 per | small sizes, ser pound . ee 07 | Nos t 40 3 10| fe sg i 7 im 11 00 dozen—the exact figure not having yet Large sizes, per pound............ 5% 42 ee i me ELBOWS. 4 2 3 25 | BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. been decided upon. : 4 10 3 | 1aucs Ix... i 813 Com, 4 mece,Gin..................- doz. net 75 oF 46 5 pl No. 27. 4 U0 345) ea TX. ve 14 50 i : : ' _ | Corrugated dis. 20&10&10| All sheets No.i8 and lighter, over 30 Inches | 14x56 LX, for No. 8 Bi silers, | _ Wire nails continue to make surpris- | Adjustable. dis. 4010 | wide not less than 2-10 extra ly4xe0tX, “9 t per pound 9% ing raids on the market. Recent trade EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. —— - ee reports indicate that, within the past| Clark’s, small, 818; large, os... month or two, the demand for wire nails | Ives: 1; 818; 2, 824; ses S| has grown out of all proportion as com- voce List. dis. | pared with cut nails. It had been as-| ee a - cama from the progress of trade, during Nicholson’ | 60&10 the past year, that wire nails had won | Heller’ 50 | for themselves a permanent footing, | Heller $ Horse Rasps. vent eteees 50 i which could be measured at nearly half GALVANIZED IRON of the Western demand for nails. Or- | Nos 16 t 20; ® —= eo FS = ders received almost invariably called | ~ piscount, 50&10 7 ; : , anci for an equal amount of cut and wire GAUGES. dis. The rope market 8 high and adv cing, avd the nails. Now, however, a somewhat sud-| Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.... 50 price at present is as follows: den change has occurred. Wire nails HAMMERS. SISAL - - 13c pound. seem to have grown in popularity in| Maydole & Co.’8..........+. -s++--+++++: dis. 2% MANILLA ~ a 16¢ pound. sections which had been slow to adopt| Sips. at eeenee tense dis. 25 . sagt sag ) See | See a eee... ..---.--.- dis. 4010 If you cannot stand these prices, we have in them. .The consequence is that jobbers | yason’s Solid Cast Steel....... 0c list 60 are finding wire nails freely called for, | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand .30¢ 40610 stock what is called while eut nails are only moving in about HINGES, the quantity usually called for at this ry Clara 1.25 ....... i dis.60&10 y season. It is possible, as a contempo- | State.-----.--- anos is al —_ = eC VV I OCeES Ope rary remar ks, that the present movement Serew i eee eae Sees —_* ” * _— 3% in wire nails is merely a spurt, without serew Hook and Eye, Coa net «6 * . . i re al. special significance, but it is being) ,, “ “ - al e% | Which - gags - —- ee Wwe Rave closely watched by the hardware trade; « = « oe 7 | following sizes and quote: to see what it really means. Coane dis. 70} aa P SRI a 1-4, 5-16, 3-8 . - 9 1-2c pound. Iron is now rolled so thin that 12,900 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. . .50&10 7-16 and 5-8 iv i 9c pound. sheets are required to make a single inch ee sine teeeaecseeseeees 60&10 wri. YOU TRY W? in thickness. Light shines as readily a pocket — through one of these sheets as it does ‘heme 60 | through greased tissue paper. a +. SpIGers .... 2... eee seer sence ceee cece ee eecnes 60 | OS er e V e } } S O. A horseshoe in sections, with elastic | Gray enameled.........-.-------+++++-+- +++ 40810 | 9 9 cushions between and rivets connecting | the sections, making a shoe which will | yield to the jar of a horse while travel-| ing over rough roads, is the new patent of two Wisconsin men. Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s ts eocneenens . HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware...........- . new list —S Japanned Tin Ware....... ... Granite Iron Ware ...........---- “new list 38%4810 | | dis. 70 Wholesale Nardware, 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41,Louis St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 10 and 12 Monroe &t., THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Michigan Tradesman )Micial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE detail Trade of the Wolverine State, | ment has a chance—perhaps by the exer- cise of considerable self-denial—to get | jone month ahead of his wages, so that | he will have money in-hand with which | | to purchase for cash whatever he wants. |The man who will not take the pains to do | The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1890. CHANGES IN “THE TRADESMAN.” Agreeable to the wishes of an apparent majority of THe TRADESMAN’S readers, the change in form so long under consid- eration by both proprietors and patrons has finally been decided upon and the present shape wil] be maintained until | | | he gets his money once a month, will be | United States. of exclusive jurisdiction | cey Depew enthusiastically remarked: | : : : : u |behindhand and in debt when he shalljover Behring Sea, in a very summary get it once a week. The trouble, in such | |acase, is not with the system of pay- ment, but with the man. man in good health and with employ- | this when he is paid monthly will not do it when he is paid weekly. He is just the kind of aman upon whom the so- | called *‘pluck me’’ and installment stores prey—stores which encourage a man to such time as it seems desirable to make | further changes. The present form will enable the publishers to increase the number of pages, as the business of the paper warrants, with greater facility than under the old newspaper form, and will also add to the value of its columns, in an advertising way, by avoiding the massing of advertisements so common in a blanket sheet. To the reader, the new | form will be found to be more handy, as | well as more attractive, and convenient for reference and preservation. The change involves an additional expense to the publishers of about $1,000 a year, buy without cash, at high prices, and pay as it suitshis convenience; whereas, any man of sense would far rather accu- mulate the money beforehand, because that is the cheapest way of buying an article of any kind. One thing ought to be engraved in the mind of everyone—that you cannot make men wise or thrifty or economical by law. The individual controls his own actions; and a prudent man will be pru- | dent, and a fool will be a fool, in spite of | any law which may be put upon the statute books of any state. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. The State convention of the P. of L., which was held at Flint last week, plainly showed the inherent weakness of | | the organization and was the sure fore- but itis the confident hope of the pro-| prietors that it will add more than that | amount to the value of the journal, in | bership claimed for the organization ex- the estimation of its patrons. Another change which has been under consideration for some time has been the | stock “The merging of the business into a company under the style of Tradesman Company.’ finally been consummated and with this issue THE TRADESMAN passes into the ’ hands of the new corporation, having a paid-up capital stock of 330,000. This is more of a change in name than in reality, as the founders and former own- ers of the paper own a controlling inter- est in ‘‘The Tradesman Company,’’ the same editor will continue in charge, and This project has | runner of its early dissolution. The report of the financial offizers dis- closed the fact that the enormous mem- isted only in the minds of those who made the claims. While the delegates present assumed to represent a member- ship of 115,000, the receipts of the Treasurer showed the actual membership | to be less than 43,000. ' bezzlement the same editorial and business policy | observed in the past will be continued in the future. Thankful for the patronage accorded the paperin the past aud proud of the record it has made as a reliable exponent of business men and business interests, THE look forward to a career of increased TRADESMAN has every reason to usefulness. A USELESS MEASURE. An effort is being made to have a law passed by the New York Legislature, compelling all incorporated employers of labor to pay wages ‘‘within six days of the time when such wages are earned.”’ A prominent member of a workingmen’s organization expresses the opinion that such a bill ‘twill mean an increase of | ternity. The fact that charges of fraud and em- were brought against the principal officers of the order; that the salaries were cut down to beggarly sums, on the ground that ‘‘the stealings would even ’em up;’’ that they scored everyone for extravagance except themselves; that the sessions were devoted almost wholly to aimless talks and wrangles elements of weakness are a sure indica- tion that the woof of the fabric is broken | and that no community of interest still remains to hold the membership gether. And the sooner it is abandoned the better it will be for all concerned. THE TRADESMAN favors organization among the farmers, for the same reason that it favors unity of action among all classes of men—protection, elevation and fra- It opposes the P. of L., because that order attempts to array one class against another and attempts to build itself up at the expense of others. Such |an organization is not in keeping with the genius of our institutions and the |spirit of the age, and it is because of from 10 to 20 per cent. in the purchasing | power of the men’s wages. them more independent, too, as at pres- ent, being constantly in debt, they can- not make any successful effort to better their condition.” It will make | this fact that it cannot succeed. The day of cannibalism and savagery is past and the people will never consent to a | return of the methods in vogue when the Tue TRADESMAN fails to see any ob-| jection to urge against the measure. If men want their pay weekly, they ought to have it; but THE TRADES- proposed | MAN ventures the assertion that the man | who is behindhand and in debt because ‘claim, made by some instincts of the savage were law and gospel. AN INTERNATIONAL COURT. The relations between the United States and Canada are discussed in an able article in the Atlantic Monthly by Charles B. Elliott. Every work- | all these | to- | He disposed of the | in behalf of the’ | - . is mainly based | manner. This claim | upon the transfer of Alaska and the | adjacent waters to us by Russia. Mr. | | Elliott says that the sea is incapable of | | dominion, and that rights incapable of | being acquired can not be transferred. | Behring Sea is not a closed sea. It is connected with the Arctic Ocean by a} strait thirty-six miles wide, and with the Pacific on the south by many passages, | the widest of which is broad enough for | half the navies of the world to ride at anchor and, at the same time, be out of | sight of land and of each other. Such being the state of the question | viewed from the standpoint of interna- | | tional laws, Mr. Elliott gives his unqual- | ified approval to the plan ef Mr. Bayard |to protect the seal fisheries by interna- | tional arrangement, and in this conuec- tion makes a suggestion worthy of care- | ful consideration. Questions affecting ‘our commercial relations, he says, are | |fer statesmen and should be settled as | the interests of the country dictate; but international for jurists and courts and into the decision | of these selfish permitted to enter. Negotiations are} now fettered by disagreements as to questions of law. It would be easy for the United States and Great Britain to |agree upon a case and a tribunal for the settlement of the questions in dispute. |The tribunal might be made up of the | Chief Justice of the United States, the Lord Chief Justice of Great Britain and la third jurist of equal rank. The de- |eision of such a court wovld command general respect and would pave the way | to such international agreements as would permit the effectual protection of /our seal fisheries in Behring Sea, now threatened with destruction. questions of law are interests should not be} JOHN JACOB ASTOR. Upon few rich men has so much praise been lavished as from every quarter has fallen upon the bier of John Jacob Astor. Nor do the eulogies which have been pronounced on the dead millionaire ap- | pear to be the perfunctory utterances of | the press with regard te one whose im- portance was chiefly dune to the control of immense wealth, for from very dif- ferent classes and conditions of men and from every quarter, there is nothing but praise. The Astor furnishes one of the | few marked instances in American biog- raphy in which a family that has been made distinguished and famous by some | clan one strong character has not soon weak- | ened and in a few generations died out. TUBN ABOUT FAIR PLAY. The Marshall Statesman notes the fol- | lowing: We understand the P. of I. of North | Marshall have arranged to purchase their | dry goods, groceries, clothing, hardware, etc., in Chicago, and that James B. Laing, who lives on the H. L. Day farm, will act as distributing agent. The quickest way to kill such a craze | is to let the farmers who do their trading in Chicago find a market there for their products, also. The relations of the mer- | chant and farmer should be reciprocal, and when either one goes out of the way | to make them one-sided, their interests | are not identical and the one is under no | obligations to the other. The day before it was decided to hold | the world’s fair at Chicago, Chaun-' York.”’ | localities in the State and | potato growers to “There’s a light as bright as that of Damascus, and it shines direct for New Some one must have happened around and put out the light. The habit of beating down on prices 1s |a confirmed one with many buyers, and there: are a good many merchants who will, rather than loose a customer, sell him the goods at about cost, with the hope that future business will enable them to make up their loss. It is rarely, however, that they are enabled to do so. Buyers will take advantage of their | knowledge that ‘‘offers’’ will be accepted and always act accordingly. The most successful merchants are those who ask |a fair price and firmly adhere to it. ERAGE a EEE Tue TRADESMAN is pleased to note that the people of Greenville have organ- ized a company for the purpose of em- barking in the manufacture of potato starch. If this branch of manufacture can be prosecuted successfully anywhere, it can certainly be done at Greenville; and if the venture is a success at Green- | ville, it can be repeated at many other thus enable avoid the quently sustained on account of the ab- sence of a local market. loss fre- KL LLL Nothing insures more confidence in tradethan prompt pay. Theman who pays promptly is always a welcome customer. His trade is sought after. Nobody can buy at any better figure than he. Prompt Pay is the best business man and makes the most money. He always knows | where he stands; his head is level, conse- quently he aims to collect just as promptly as he pays. Slow Pay, on the other hand, is looked upon as asortof necessary evil. His trade is wanted, because he pays after a while at any rate. He is really better than no customer at all. No one enjoys doing business with him, how- ever, and would not if he could get all the Prompt Pays he wanted. Sifted down very fine, Slow Pay is really doing busi- ness as long as he can on other people’s money. Let every young man in the trade understand fully the position in which he will be catalogued among busi- ness men if he decides to be a slow pay customer. It has come to pass in the patent bus- |iness that a patent costs more than it comes to, unless it covers some matter of great importance, like the telephone, the | air brake or the Bessemer steel process. iIt must be of undoubted priority and | must be backed by great capital in order really: to protect the article for which protection is sought. Again, it takes a year’s time to obtain a patent, and it has been decided that it is anybody’s prop- erty until the patent is actually granted. In the rush of our modern life, and owing ito our desire for constant change, the article sought to be patented may have outlived its purpose within a year. The government should not grant a patent | which is at all doubtful, but when once granted, the power granting it should protect it. It is not right that a poor man should be put to the expense of lit- igation which may result in his patent being lost, and his business being ruined, when he was basing his action on letters | patent obtained from the government in good faith. Let the government grant only such patents as it is willing to de- fend in the courts. - - Swedish Inventions in the Dairy Line.* The different stages of this world’s progress and existence, even from the beginning of time, have been character- ized by the spirit of invention. The man who first fashioned a rude stone axe was the greatest benefactor of his fel- low-man of his time, for he introduced a newer and higher civilization, upon which we look downward and backward as the Stone Age. The man who first fashioned a bronze sword must have been considered a god by his fellows, so great was the improvement of the bronze weapon over that of stone; but the first, rude, imperfect bronze weapon was the beginning of a still higher era of civil- ization, and the inventive artist who first made a bronze sword was in his time and to his people a public benefactor. While we are too apt to underrate the import- ance of these earlier inventions, yet they prove that man has been an inventive | animal since his existence. It is a long stride in the material prosperity of the world from the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, of whose inventions no protecting patent office has preserved to us the records, to this the Age of Steam and | Electricity, when inventions crowd each other into existence with such unseemly haste that the present century deserves | Invention. IL} to be called the Age of doubt if the young man of to-day, riding | in palace cars at the rate of fifty miles per hour and with all the comforts of a | hotel, able to send a message from don to New York and have it read five hours earlier, knows that there are men living to-day who are older than the Lon- | steam railway. the ocean steamship and | f : : 'that will compel milk to give up its cream will furnish us the butter direct; | the telegraph, to say nothing of the tel- ephone, typewriter and electric light. | The inventions of the present time are | so numerous, so great and remarkable, | that they have actually ceased to be re- | markable. The inventive genius of the citizen of this great, broad, progressive country is so ample for our needs, work- ing as it were miracles before we have felt the first throb of expectation, much less the pangs of need in that particular direction, that we are too prone to keep our eyes turned inward rather than watch as we should the people of other coun- tries. And, perhaps, we are right, for the in- ventions that have had their birth iu this country and have been given to the world, making life pleasanter, men bet- ter and nations happier, are a sufficient excuse, if excuse were needed, for our existence. It was needed a Boston, with its Boston Common, to provide a field for a Franklin, in which, with his kite, to capture the lightning, and to-day elec- tricity is all around us. Given a John Eriesson, it was needed an America as a condition to the production of a Monitor; and it is the country that could produce an Ericsson that the ‘‘cute Yankee” must watch with a jealous eye, or he will lose his prestige and be forgotten by the surprises to the world of which Sweden is capable. When the statement is made that the Swedes are an inventive people, how few there are, at least in America, prepared to accept the statement without at least a grain of suspicion; yet the statement is true. The Monitor and the screw pro- pellor, now so common, are the results of the great Ericsson’s genius. These are the greatest and most important of inventions, kut in all the range of inven- tions down to the most unimportant of trifles the Swede has a foremost place. When we come to the dairy industry, our Swedish friends have literally ‘‘earried coals to Neweastle’’ in furnishing us with improved methods and labor saving appli- ances. While our inventors have given us innumerable forms of churns—good, bad and indifferent, pans of all possible varieties for setting milk, and butter packages too numerous to mention, our Swedish friends have aimed at the dis- covery of hidden principles and endeay- | months Foe an ant Samana depth of treacherous seas, the hardy Norseman’s intelligence has been mos abnormally sharpened and he has thor- oughly understood the art of supplement- ing by invention what he has found to be the ordinary conditions of his national surroundings. Perhaps no invention has been of equal importance to the dairy industry, certainly none that I now recall exceeds centrifugal separators, and, while that invention is yet a child in swaddling cloths, it is superannuated. separators in this country are worn out, | | they have already outlived their useful- ness, and the separator must take its place with the old fanning mill, where it was placed when grain separators and threshers were introduced, and with the sickle and grain cradle, untouched since reapers were brought on the farm. It does not require great age to remem- While few | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | | | | | 2eMuUS ROLLER MILLS Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890. § Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. : | you last August has run from twelve to fifteen hours every day since ut started \and is giving entire satisfaction. Your Purifier and Flour Dresser are dandies. I have used nearly all the best | purifiers and bolting machines made, and can say yours discounts them all. | Any miller who intends making any | change in his mill will save money to Use | your machines, for They Can Do the Work. Yours truly, D. L. GARLING. ber the old-time harvest work when the | field of wheat was harvested with the | sickle by men, women and children cut- ting and binding the golden grain, which | was hauled to the barn hand, and now, the same machine that | to be threshed | out with the flail—everytning done by | | | Gentlemen—The roller mill put in by Old Grocers Unanimously agree that the famous the market and ul satisfaction. If you are brand, send a trial order to Is the most uniform brand on gives the best gener facti not handling this the factory. JACKSON CRACKER CO. cuts, threshes, and the grain is taken di- | rect to the granary—so great has been | the progress of a few years. And inthe dairy, cream is no longer a resting place in the journey of milk from the cow to the firkin, for the Swed- ish dairy inventors, not satisfied with the achievement of slow process of raising, the force no necessity for cream, that the and while this Swedish ‘‘short cut’’ of | extracting butter is still young, we have still another, and one which | believe I} have the honor of first describing to a| Michigan audience. Ihad the pleasure of spending five during 1889 in Sweden. | Extractor had not then been introduced |already being considered of minor im- | | percentage of protein, is valuable as an} ored to accomplish startling innovations. | Centrifugal separators were not invented in America, and two of the most impor- | tant of these inventions are the product of Swedish brains. It seems to me that, in the unequal | secondary process, struggle of wresting a livelihood from a rock-bound and barren soil or from the | *Paper read by F. K. Moreland, at the annual conven- tion of the Michigan Dairymen’s Association. in America, and as I knew nothing of it, I was, of course, on the qué vive to learn, and here is what I learned—that the pro- cess of extracting butter direct was portance, in view of a still later inven- tion, which was nothing less than a pro- cess giving value to a hitherto almost worthless produet—skim milk and whey, the entire refuse product of the dairy. Surely, we live in an age of progress. wresting by foree the | eream from the milk, avoiding the old, | making useless | vast array of pans with attendant | labor, have demonstrated that there is | The | eae JACKSON, MICH. SUSPENDED! - mos FIT FOR ‘ ne ae pa eck 3 See BnteMans a we) 4 2 on o ee oO Sac. TABLE ° , RE R a : ee Bo All goods bearing the name . a of Thurber, Whyland x SNS 5 § & Co. or Alexis eae a Je... 125 2 Godillot, Jr. BASEMENT TO RENT. | The large, light and dry basement under the Steele meat market, in the MeMullen block, 19 and 21 So. Division street. Large doors in rear open even to alley. Apply on premises to W. G. SINCLAIR & CO. One invention in 1889 makes an entire | revolution in the process of butter-| making, and another invention steps in and inereases manifold the value of the | In | regard to this new process in dairying, 1 | results of my study in} for | Suppose the creamery has | entire waste product of the dairy. will give the Sweden, and themselves. a large quantity of skim milk. Now and heretofore this had no other use than as food for calves and swine, and as such a value, under the most favorable circum- let dairymen judge stances, of but about two cents per gal- | lon. But our Swedish friends want more, and they handle it not asa refuse product, but as a wealth producer. This process is to take a portion of this skim milk and curd it, as for skim milk cheese, but at a higher temperature | and witha larger amount of rennet to make the precipitation more complete. | These curds are then put in a common cheese press and pressed, but at a much greater pressure than for cheese, and the product is dried and ground, making what the inventor has called ‘‘caseine.”’ This caseine, containing a very high ingredient in feeding eakes for cattle, horses, dogs and poultry. By mixing a small percentage of this | nitrogenous caseine with cheaper kinds | of grain—tmilling offals—a valuable feed- | |ing cake is produced, and there is hardly | anything in the form of feeding eakes | where this substance will not yet play an important part. Still more interesting, importance. The whey from the process already de- | seribed is mixed with the balance of the | skim milk, or, in other words, the whey |and skim milk are mixed in nearly equal ' {CONTINUED ON TWELFTH PAGE. } however, is a/| but one of primary not to Thieken, Sour or Mold i Quality Guaranteed Against Injury by Freezing. All others worthless after frees ing. See quotation. MARTELL; BLACKING CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Il. Warranted any Climate. , Begin the New Year Right! By using the “Complete Business Register,” the best arranged book for keeping a record of Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures, ete. Call at “The Tradesman” office and inspect the books. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. | 1 x Ko We still continue to sell our oval or square front show cases with metal corners for Grand Rapids. ee A BO Per Foot—6 Feet or Over. $1. HEYMAN & CoO., : RD | i i ! i ' ' ' 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. | State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Meetings during 1890—Grand Rapids, March 4 and 5; Star Island, July land 2; Marquette, Aug. 13 and 14; Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Frank Inglis, Fg First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. See’d Vice- aaa aoaee Kephart, Berrien Springs Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer— Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, East Sagins = Geo. Me- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detro Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand SS Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower Detroit Pharmaceutical societs President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W . FB. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. The Pharmacist’s Toast. May his occupation never become a drug in the market, as long as he sticks, like his own plasters, to business! May he never be bruised in the mortar of ad- Mr. Pestle’s Trials. He was the slickest man I ever saw— slick in his dress, slick in his manners and slick in his talk. He came into my store oneevening, about two weeks ago— | came in bowing and smiling, shook hands | with me, floated into a chair, lit a cigar i and said—well, I don’t know exactly | what he did say, but at the end of an | hour he shook, hands again and bowed ;and smiled himself out, carrying in his | pocket an order from me for a new press- ure percolator and still, which were going to revolutionize my methods of business and greatly increase my profits. Long after he had gone, I sat thinking over what he had said and finally con- been an ufacturer egregious fool, paying the man- a big profit for many of my | pharmaceuticals when I might have been |; making them myself and | but all this would saving which only required to be set going, like MORE ee ee Ho a soon be at an end. [| 'W° pints of fluid extract, but that was j}had ordered a combination of apparatus | ° | from the | plus spirit. | a clock, and it would faithfully grind out | versity by the pestle of misfortune, and | may his rise in his profession be as accu- rately marked as his graduated measure! May his career be as unsullied as dis- tilled water and as smooth and pleasant as pure Narbonne honey! May his suc- cess neyer be alloyed by a mixture of ill- luck or atineture of regret! May his counter prove the crucible whereby he transmutes human ailments into precious metal and precipitates the golden deposit into his own pocket! May he never be called upon to swallow the bitter pill of cruel spirit of enmity! Should fickle For- tune ever refuse him her smiles, may he find an antidote in the soothing opiate of woman’s love, be strengthened by the pound after pound of finid extracts, etc., at an average saving of 25 per cent.—at least so said the man of smiles and slick- ness who had just gone, and no could smile as he did and so warmly press your hand while guile lurked in his heart. In less than a week, my new perco- shelf especially prepared for the purpose in my back shop. One of my first duties, at least so I considered it, after getting all connections made, was to invite most prominent physician, Dr. Podo- phyllin, to step in and addition I had made to my facilities for producing promptly and accurately the a } , | principal ingredients of his prescriptions. disappointment or be macerated in the | tonic of experience and purified by the! sudorific of patience! Thus, days being evaporated and the lamp of existence past trimming, when Dr. Death sends to his shop the dreadful preserip- tion endorsed ‘*To be taken at bed time,”’ may he be found ‘‘carefully prepared,’’ accurately dispensed, permanently en- tered in the day-book of memory, neatly put up in the white wrapper of purity, sealed up with the melting tears of friends, stamped with the trade-mark of honesty and duly labelled and directed for heaven! + > The Drug Market. Opium is weak, under conflicting crop reports, but not quotably changed. Qui- nine is steady. Morphiais unchanged. Borax is searce on spot and_ higher. Castile soaps are tending higher. Cassia buds have advanced. Oil peppermint is lower. Senega root has declined. Sugar of milk is lower. days he his best} While he stood gazing on my treasure, | explained how I would from now on be in a position toindependently produce some of those galenical products which were so frequently subjected to sophistica- tion, and could assure my customers and medical friends of their purity, because I had made them myself. That gument conclusive for the learned M. D. He warmly grasped my hand and said he | would make it a point to influence his | patients toward bringing their | tions for my dispensing. | dripping into the receiver. | percolator witha properly comminuted drug, filled the reservoir with q. s. of | menstruum, hauled it up near the ceil- | | table. prescrip- With eneour- agement of this nature and from sohigha source, I was most anxious to get the apparatus loaded, wind it up and sit quietly reading or smoking while I watched the 25 per cent. profit quietly I packed the ing, made all connections according to specifications and then lighted a and prepared to watch it drip. That was just a week ago yesterday, and that cigar is not yet half smoked. I sat and watched the receiver till 1} grew dizzy, but wever a “drip’’ If thought I must have packed the drug too tightly and that stirring it up would ac- celerate matters. I stirred it up. I lost about a pint of alcohol in doing so, but then I knew I could recover enough with my new still to make that but a trifling affair. When I started things going once more, the menstruum went through with such arush as to pull one of the tubes from its connections, and, before | could stop the ‘‘flow of spirits,’? my perecolator was playing a quarter-inch stream of dilute alcohol on the hot coal stove, which left my store smelling likea distillery. By the time I got this fixed, the reservoir became exhausted. 1 let it down and refilled it, made all secure, and then started for dinner. When I got back, I found the reservoir acting asa stand-up collar for the percolator and the apprentice mopping up about half a gal- lon of dilute alcoho! from the floor and The nai! to which I had attached | the rope holding the reservoir had pulled ‘fluid extract. out, allowing it to fall upon the perco- lator, which punched the bottom out of it. This was very discouraging, but I had vowed to manufecture my own fluid extracts or perish in the attempt. I had a new bottom placed in the reservoir, swung it into place again with a fresh half-gallon of menstruum, and at the end |of four days 1 had secured two pints of Ispent the afternoon of ' was @I-! in my hands. | ufacture theory. | that day in testing my product and com- | paring it with other manufactures in my dispensatory. The fact that three sep-| arate investigations yielded three differ- | ent results did not prevent me from feel- | ing somewhat inflated at what IL was pleased to call my success. proud as a small boy with his first pair | of top beots. l took my quart of 25 per cent. profit | home to show to my wife. bly affected and considerably enthused, but when she found me slipping the bottle under my pillow before retiring, she uttered a positive protest, so 1 had to} placing it on the finally | content myself with dresser and watching it until it cluded that for a number of years I had | ™elted into my dreams. The next morning, I proceeded to ge my still in operation and recover the sur I knew I had already lost about three pints of aleoholin making only an incentive to recover all I could exhausted drug. Iwas now thoroughly interested in the home man- 1 left my store entirely |in the hands of my apprentice, a lad fif- one | teen years of age, took off my coat and vest, rolled up my shirt sleeves and made jready for a couple of rounds with the | still. Somehow, things did not run along First one joint steam would as smoothly as | wished. would leak, then a jet of : | issue from another, while a glimpse into lator arrived and was duly set up on a} my store did not mend matters. Ox. es) eae @ wiv ‘Veride.... oy a ae 13@ 14 nolisboxe, Ala, po.... 15@ 20 pret Teeter ctn sees - _— ee eC 14@ 15| Inula, po.....-........ 1@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS. “ lys........- 16@ 17} Ipecac, po............. 2 256@2 35 i" . cui nanan. “ase es eS Comenete Sree faa. 15 erente as rk er 2 pe er ai one a6 ° . Citrate and uinis.-”” 350] Podopngittm,po.---- 388, 18] y . Srounes_ Pe Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundrie: Ferrocyanidum Sol. ... @ 3 — SS = e MM ies sus ss so 00 Pci. Solut Chloride........ “ @ i5t « mo 35 Antimoni, ua 4@ Sulphate, —_ Plo... —_— : Siteelie al 48@ 53] 4 et PotassT 55@ en Dealers i pure.....-. Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 0 or ERIE «2 = v2 ore a 40 oes ¥LORA. Serpentaria........-... 40@ 45] % — onrpee baat 25 ie vq 16 | SEDER ease “a st rr é = es ee Amc 3. eevee: 14@ 18) Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40 eh mde a a Patent Ml Matricaria .....- ----- 30@ 35] Scillae, (po. 35) a 100 2 Bismuth S. N......... -2 10@2 20 ‘ 16188, aif § | § arnishes FOLIA, Symplocarpas, Feeti- 7 a Chlor, is, (48 ~ Sole A ie 8 , : ' Baros ( 2 A, PO... yk 35 : sit pai pet aly @ 9 O16 en i z Comte Acutifol, Tin- = Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ 95 | C8 ninarides Russian, 8 nae ie Clee See Prepared Paints nivelly ....-- --..--- 2B@ Ww ne Oe ee > c i’ Are 35q@ 50 | Zingibera..........-.- 10@ 15| Capsici Fructus, af.. @ 18 TT oe Salvia officinalis, 48 OE —— ae 2@ 2% co a @ 16 One See. 10@ 12 SEMEN. : i @ i4 : Wak CH... 6s Ol axteum: Com 0. PE i gy 2) 15@_ 18 We are Sole Proprietors of GUMML. Aptum ae 10@ 12| Cera Albee 8 ei oo om = oacla ce ne te 6)C face 30 cate vcged.. ioalBetytac gens Mee) cunt 2) WEATHERLY'S MICHIGAN CATARRH “ ¢ “ woe @ 80 Gardamon......_......1 0@1 % Cassia. Fructus a @ = REME DY “ sifted sorts. @ 65 Cocsnagrin........... 10@ 12] Centraria ee 23 “ ees cas TH@1 00 Cannabis Sativa.......38%h@ 4/¢ Nekaeoume 0, S - ——_—— a Aloe, Barb, ie. 60)... 50@ 60 ee %@1 00 | Chloroform ........... 50@ eee ey ce \ “Cape, (po. 20). @ 12|¢ enopodium ........ 10@ 12 squibbs .. @1 | “ — Socotri, - 60) . @ 50 ame Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 | Chloral Hyd Crst boeee 1 50@1 1% i Catechu, 18, (148, 14 4S, Fowl —. vss» @ 15} Chondrus 20@ 2% We have in stock and offer a full line of 16) @ 1 a. po. beaes ‘ 6@ ‘- 8} Cine honidine, P&W 15@ 20 ( 30 BUTT 2. ce cer ccc cc scesces (es German 4@, 10 ‘Assafcetida, (po. a 5 | Lini, grd, (bbl. 4 - . 44@ 4% ‘orks ind Wr Aart, (6. 3) m oS Lobelia. . su 40 —— — cai @ 60 hiskies. Brandies Camphor®..........--- 55@ 57 Pharlaris Ganarian... .- 34 4%|Creasotum ............ @ 50 , Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10 a j 71 Creta, (bbl. 75) a al Galbanum. ........--- gp | Sinapis, Albu........- 8@ 9) “ “iE 5 5I Galbemam. ----------- we 2 Nigra... man = ee Bl a, See, Se os (po.55) ... @ 50 SPIRITUS. 7 Rubra... eae ar ino, oP coe @ 2 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 ® 5 | CrOCUs ........ 5 38 oh ada meaprenes Gi © WP, 00. 3 002 00 | Codpent owas ae (po = ee @ 40 oe ea 1 10@1 50 Coprt Salph......... i 8@ 9 + ae Gy... oc 4 — z Juniperis Co. O. T....1 75@1 75 eee 2... 10@ 12 ee = = es ae 1 75@3 50} Ether Sulph........... 68@ 70) W e are Ss A t J a ao — = Seacherese HE oe 1 Qe 00 Emery, = numbers.. @ 8| ole gents in Mi chigan for W. D. & Co ease aeets 5 | Spt. falli........1 75@6 50 a HERBA—In ounce packages. Vini Oporto ... ..1 25@2 00 | Ergota, (po.) 60..... - 50@ 55 i. . pirinthtam nen Vind 222000 Baga op | Flake White. ..20000.2 me Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash a 2 SPONGES. Gambier.............1. 7%@ 3% Whi ~ . oe = Florida sheeps’ wool Gelatin, Cooper....... ‘ i 90 isky and Druggists’ Favorit Mentha Piperita. sips 23 | -catriage...........-. Sie 85| W Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for slate . Ox Rubrum é1 05 | : give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar esting Ce 1 40 - Ammoniati. of i, antee Satisfaction. Absinthium. .........5 00@5 50 SYRUPS. i Se ee All i an i Amygdalae, Dulce... .. 45@. 7 | Accacia ..... 50 Eichoakane, i... 2, | i | on. taken oo 7" er — eae. ---4 por 25 | Zingiber a ke 50 Indigo. sespeanentas "Ba 00 | —" — Send = trial order. fice c eter voces cscs - @2 00 TpeCae. 2st cee cece 60 ine. Resubi........37 ears ot aga oe re @2 50 | Ferri Iod.. i oe oe ee “— S| Onltoati (ca dcesweenes 2 80@3 25 | Auranti Cortes............... 50| Lupulin Ph sebes an 85@1 00 ei cess ean 90@1 00) Rhei Arom.............+-.+- 50 | Lycopodium .......... 55@ Caryophy Se 1 35@1 40 | Similax Officinalis.......... 60) Macis Ce 08. ak beep ce ones “2 = bei ce...... 50 —— Arsen et Hy- cee “1 3501 a 50 rare toc...._,....... @ faa ae e : ea ..seses.eeee- 50] Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ : ay Contum A aaa 35 65| Tolutan Seer deet ies we = — Sulph (bbl o BEMRDR otc case 1 20@1 30| Prunus virg................. 50|Mannia, $.Foo...00... | EROS SHE 50 | Mannia, 8. ¥.......... 5@ 3 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘aa MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERIES. Purely Personal. ell & Co., general dealers at Coral, was in town over Sunday. ilton & Milliken, Traverse City, was in town one day last week. M. Notier, of the firm of Notier & Ver- schure, proprietors of the Holland cream- ery, was in town last Thursday. Fred Beard, the Morley merchant, spent Sunday in the city, visiting his wife, who is undergoing medical treatment here. Sam. Snow, formerly in the employ of Dr. F. M. Latimer, at Ludington, has engaged in the drug business at that place. J. E. Wilson, formerly behind the counter for Sam. Folz, at Kalamazoo, has taken a similar position with Houseman, Donnally & Jones. Wm. G. Herpolsheimer has returned from Harriman, Tenn., where he pur- chased twenty and residence lots at the auction sales last Wednesday and Thursday. Morrison Bailey, who conducted a drug store at Plainwell for eighteen years and business |quantities and evaporated, Geo. Newell, of the firm of J. S. New-| has arranged to re-engage in that busi-| ness at the same place, was in town Mon- day, buying the stock. Jacob Vandenberg, buyer for the Chip- pewa Lumber Co., at Chippewa Lake, was in town over Sunday and let the con- tract Monday for the construction of a house on his lot on Wealthy avenue, just east of the city limits. berg’s family will occupy the house as soon as completed, and he hopes to eall Daniel Cleland, the Coopersville mer- chant, recently met with a severe acci- dent by which he lost the thumb of his right hand. He was taking his horse to water, leading him by a rope hitched around the The animal, feeling very lively, was about to get away, when Mr. C. tried to stop him by throwing the rope abouta post. His thumb caught between the rope and the post, squeezing it off. > > <> Advance in Rubber Goods. THE TRADESMAN is confident that it is the first trade journal in the country to announce an advance on rubber and shoes on April 1, the manufacturers having grown tired of turning out goods at the small margins made on their pro- ducts during the past season. The ad- neck. was boots | accrue Swedish Inventions in the Dairy Line. [CONTINUED FROM NINTH PAGE. ] the result being a nearly solid, water-free cake. } Everything that was an element in the | milk or whey has now been reduced to! | this substance and is ready for the pro- Frank Hamilton, of the firm of Ham- | cess by which it is to be utilized. This substance is called and is cut into small cubes and roasted and ground. **‘Lactoserin’’ | In this state it is used for | mixing with coffee, cocoa and different | beverages, various human foods and pas- | tries. edged repute have highly endorsed the value of this product as used for these purposes. From my own observations I have no doubt of the importance of this process. I believe it is to becomea great factor in the dairying industry. In re- gard to the question which all dairymen will ask first—what is the profit?—I will say, three gallons of skim milk will pro- duce one pound{of ‘‘Caseine”’ and three pounds of ‘‘Lactoserin.’’ The manufac- turers of feeding cakes in Sweden pay 4 cents per pound for the ‘*Caseine,’’ and cocoa manufacturers pay 5 cents pound for the ‘‘Lactoserin,’? making 19 cents for three gallons, or 614 cents a gallon for a raw material which I ques- tion has hitherto been worth to exceed 2 cents per gallon. While lam unable to give an idea of the cost of this process, Swedish physicians of acknowl-| per | yet I believe it is quite inconsiderable in | comparison with the results to be. ob-| tained. The individual farmer can esti- mate for himself the results that will | to him individually when this process has been placed within his own reach, and it needs but a glance at sta- tistics to appreciate the results to the| dairy industry. There was produced in | this country last year about 1,300,000,000 pounds of butter and 450,000,000 pounds | Mr. Vanden- | of cheese. Allowing two gallons of skim milk to each pound of butter and about | one gallon of whey to each pound of | cheese, the great waste of wealth that will be arrested and turned | channels may be easily understood. Grand Rapids home within a year or so. | And, in conclusion, I may add that it is a source of gratification to me that at last our dairymen have the prospect of | being able to utilize, and in a profitable manner, all the valuable milk, sugar and vance amounts to exactly 10 per cent., | the new discounts to be as follows: Standard goods, 38 and 6 per cent. Seconds, 38, 6 and 10 per cent. Slight changes will also be made in the list, which THe TRADESMAN hopes to be able to announce next week. ec The Grocery Market. Sugars are a little higher than a week ago and the market was somewhat ex- cited on Monday, leading some to be- lieve that still higher prices would rule before the end of the week. The oat- meal combination is evidently ‘off’ again, as oatmeal and relied oats are down 50c per barrel. a Good Words Unsolicited. 8. R. Jones, grocer, Hersey: “I am well pleased with the paper.” G. O. Adams, general dealer, Dushville: “I can't get along without THE TrapEsMAN.” C. H. Mann, hardware dealer, Clio: “Have received several sample copies of your journal and thoughtI could get along without it, but have changed my mind. It is asplendid paper and no live business man can do without it.” vate senor era ema pesenegs ats salts heretofore wasted. raw material for this new manufacture, and the marketable product itself, having all the nutritious qualities of skim milk condensed, will furnish in many forms a And the great | magnitude of the dairy industry, provid- | ing as it does such vast quantities of the | into useful | cheaper article of food and thus prove an | unmixed blessing to consumers. extent to which this process may become a great industry in this country will bene- | fit many classes, and none more than the farmer. Such an invention could never have been more welcome than at the pres- ent time, when slight margin for profit, and is a promise that the dairy industry of this country will enter upon a newer and brighter era and compensation be more in aceordance with the labor performed. - >.> A man living ina small town in Penn- sylvania took some dynamite home the other day and put it on the stove to dry. It is generally conceded that he will not repeat the experiment. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood, log-run ....... ---13 00@15 00 oe ree... 15 00G@16 00 eee, ee tee... @22 00 oe ee. l..UhULtCt—~«i—iCSCC 14 00@16 00 Cherry, log-run........ cts s eu cee ee oe (ers So tenes. 60 00G65 00 es fee @12 00 oe, Sere. 12 00@13 00 Maple, soft, log-run...................11 00@13 00 more, Hos. tends... @20 00 mame, Clone. Goortes............._... @25 00 Te i ee @25 00 Peer ai. 20 00@21 00 mee ee Mee tenes... 26 00@28 00 Red Oak, 4% sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@%40 00 Red Oak, m4 Sawed,reguiar............ 30 00632 00 med Oak, No. 1, step plank........... @25 00 wees, es. G55 00 ae oe ies... @i5 00 aes oe... ........... doe oe @25 00 aes. 12 90@13 05 eee ae eee 14 00@16 00 Dewees, ee ran........ 20 00@22 00 ee ee ee eee 17 00918 00 White Oak, % sawed, Nos. 1 and 2....42 00@43 00 | The | dairying offers but a/ PRODUCE MARKET. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, Apples—Dealers hold winter fruit at 8@j| The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: $3.50 per bbl., STICK Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for unpicked and Seandord, Ih beeen 9 $1.30 for picked, holding at #1.60 per bu. Twist 25 CT 9 Beets—40e per bu. | Cut Loaf, 25“ Ce alee Butter—There is no improvement in the mar- | MIXED. ; i ket and no prospect of any improvement. While | Roel Bi oe 4 fancy grades of creamery and dairy are scarce | ‘«: oi ae Se 8% } and in active demand, low grades are common as | Rea ei a 10 mud and about as sluggish and useless, so far as | ee ee 9% business is concerned. | French Cream, 25 Ib pails COE ee oheas w tir i i a Cok | . (ee 4 oe heat Flour—# per bbl. for v | FANcy—In 5 lb, boxes. Cabbages—37@9 per 100. ag Drops SH cee ene sede me dcemes yee scuba: 2 Cheese—Fair stock of full cream commands | Sour Drops... 0.1.0... eee eect ee eee 13 11@12¢. P eppermint ee 14 Cider—10e per gal. ge ap as be eer en es wen acceed es yale su 14 Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels H. M. Chocolate Pe awh ede ecb dee ea. 18 25e, Ce 10 Cranberries—Bell and Bugle is in fair demand | Licorice Drops a to ae at $4 per box or $13 per bbl. | A. B. Licorice Drops................ eee ee 14 Dried Apples — Evaporated are held at 7%@ | Lozenges, plain ee ee 14 8¢ and sundried at 4@414e. : eg a ee a 15 Eggs—Dealers pay 12¢ per doz. and hold at 14e, | Imperials.................5.... Cee ae eth sees 14 Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.50@4.75 per | Mottoes a SS eG a OG eT 15 bu.; medium, 3.25. Timothy, $1.50 per bu | Cream Bar. .... 2.22... ...0sseeeeeeeeseeeeeeees 13 Honey—In good demand. Clean comb com- | Molasses Bar.............2.. 0.2... 0.0. cece 13 mands 13%4@14¢ per Ib. | ¢ aramels ..... ee 16@18 Maple Sugar — 8@10e per Ib., according to| Hand Made Creams..................... 00002. 18 quality. Spcadhiainionrnat tee EN +50 Onions—Good stock is nearly worth its weight | Decorated CPCAMB.....-.. 6... eee eee eee eee 20 in gold, dealers holding such lots as they are | String Rock............. 0.0... eee eee 15 able to pick up at 31.73 per bu. PO BOOM 22 Pop Corn—4e per Ib. | Woterereen Herticn 14 Potatoes—The market is weaker. Dealers pay | FANCY—In bulk. 25¢ and held at 35¢ per bu. Losengos, plain, i paile......... |... 12 Poultry- -Dressed is falling off in demand. ' SOP... 11 Squash—Hui bard, 2e per Ib. . oes eee... 12% Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock commands $4.50 ’ . Lee eae 11% per bbl. Chocolate Drone. tn peils..................... 12 Tomatoes —Early Southern stock commands #1 | Gum eee, SA 6% per peck (7 qts.) box. “ o ae 54 Turnips—3ve per bu. mom Tree Ines... 10 aa [ C eee 9% PROVISIONS. Ot ee te 12 The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. ee ein ESE Oe a em 10% | quotes as follows: sea nea PORK IN BARRELS. Oranges, Florida, choice............... meen nee... 10 50 r ne we cumese coset CUERE OO aoe 10 50 ' . fancy. ........... 3 75@4 25 meore Cleur pis, short cuk................_._ 12 00 - _ golden russets.......3 50@3 %5 Bien coer Boaey.. Lemons, Messina, choice, 360........... a, eer Oe 11 50 c : ' ies La @ Boston creer, dhorécat...................... 12 00 ' “ fancy, 260...........3 7ig@a 00 Clear GAGE, aeori cul. ....................... 12 00 - - So 4 (0@4 50 Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 00; " _ Malages, choice, ripe... .... @ SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. | Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 14 @15 a i fi oe . . comce | 2 @12% Hams, average 20 Ibs............ 00.02.0222. 08, 8% 1 @ ehotee tip... oo @ Lu i 1G BiG. --- ---- noes sree seer ceneee 9’2 | Dates, frails, 50 Ib...............-.. oe . 12 to 14 Ibs......... 2.1... eee. OM | | eee oe @ aa oe Oe ead ok one oe eeu ei ge ae 6% | sc Fard, 10-lb. box @10 oe Oe 8 a es @8 Breakfast Bacon, bonciess.................... 8% “ so. lllUlm ey Dries Deer, Nei yerees 8 re, oe — avteue eas Oe ROE ACA ON 5% ' Briskets, | ay Almonds, Tarragona. .................. @I16 “ i La 6 ne 3 eters eee eines 15 = CPOE “s q LaRD—Kettle Rendered, Brass... " ee @i1% Seereee 6h | Waiaes Grepeplie. @15% Coe 7% . Cereal @13 i ee 124 | eee, Pee a P 10 @13 e LARD—Family. e = Phen PEANUTS. ee BY, ancy, H. a 3e! Re te ast esse oko @ 8 Pen se Tae oe na . Roasted......4. ..+.. @10% (oie Pee ee eee 6% | Fancy, H. P.,Suns.............. @ 8% oie Pee ee, etka. , _, Roasted ............. @10% oO Pee Cia kee 64 | Choice, H. P., Gove erence tenes © 7% oth, Tete SIR RCARe eae Roasted... . ........ 944 Soe 544 BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 60 Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 00 FE. J. Mason & Co., Pomeires sep Oat & 50 Proprietors of SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. | Pk ore 6% | are... acne. 9 PrAneries ONUUNEO. ol y ee eee 5 GRANT, MICH. een ee 5 MANUFACTURERS OF re ee LL 5 é ROUOG Clee 5 P i { (l A | FRESH MEATS. PENer VES, Vapord f DD oS Swift and Company quote as follows: | oer COPeeme 44@ 6 i , ooo... 54@ 6% f 168 all DD rf ll er Se 3%@ 4 : . sone, GS... ie sia Oe eee 7 b T% « aan a) ' 7. 7 Our goods are guaranteed to be made HORS... .- 202.02. eee sees cree cess eeeeees @5 from wholesome fruit and are free Core @5 Hl 2 ee 6%@ 7 from any adulteration or sophis- k ers 5 : . ~ : : Sausage, blood or head 200700000 @8 tication. See quotations in ay Poa sete ttt ae eee es S ; grocery price current. de D § Butte... iy " iE @ 8% The Grand Rapids trade can be sup- OYSTERS and FISH. | plied by GOSS & DORAN, 138 South F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: | Division street. Telephone, 1150. FRESH FISH, sl @ 8% | sc ORG @s | a es A.D.Spangler & Co Halibut . @15 | een @7 Ceo @ 6 | WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OYSTERS—Cans, | Parruaven Counis...................... @35 | SO ee ieee | A Ee cn ae GO | AND ee ee lo @is8 | comgiheieertitene TET EEE ee nano rai ing @16 Favorites.........-.00..seeeree eee @i4 | And General Commission Merchants. : OYSTERS—Bulk, SREB ovis wronene sere mnise tin wre on EAST SAGINAW, MICH. eee. a @1 50 Bi 50 | ‘ Seallops a i 30 | We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and pace soem ope eeaeerds aeetech can | produce and solicit correspondence with “clams, “IID ~~ @ =«95! both buyers and sellers. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. —— = Wholesale Price ay eal SODA. ToBaccos—Piu MEAL Meme: —o. 15 W. Venable & Co. _— a 1 00 The quotations giwen below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers wh Granulated, boxes.......... 2 wieesk. 4x12 and Bele. ..... .. PGremimieted................ 1 10 SAPOLIO. Reception, 22-5x12, 16 Oe 36 FLOUR. pay promptly and buy in full packages. Kitchen, $3 doz. in box..... 2 50} Vineo, 1x6, 444 to ........... 30 | Straight, in sacks........ 4 00 Hand pe ne 2 50 — ie Hoz.... — . Pas : ~ Pearem........ 4 20 LE BUTTER. We en 22 ORIC a a | le ae a Py reed atent ‘“* sacks......... 5 00 Ez. J. as Co.’s goods.. 6 “ fancy, washed... e Pore....... nae ae 30 | Silver Thread, 15gallons....2 90 ao aoe 9 On... 2 25 7 i barrels nd a ag 5 20 AXLE GREASE, 1 ONE eu oe eee 25 | me = OS eee ee cae ca 0 U0 ana. a 0hUCC - SYRUPS. oe Good.. w-+e e+e 38] Bram..... 2.2... eee e ee eee e es 11 50 Ane 1 75| Mexican & Guatemala22 @23 MATCHES. Corn, barrels.............. @24 oat a Bee retires nate = Pa ee 1 50 Wet 1 60 | Java, Interior......... 23 @25 |No.9 mailer... 2 oe one-half barrels...._ @26 Ww reddit a aa 38 M anton, vrtteereeeeeeees 11 00 BAKING POWDER. | Mendnetug....o5 Gee | Suchor parior...............1 70) vane —, bbl........... 26Q35 | “Tobac cog ae at 38 = dlings....... vseseeeees 13 00 Absolute, 44 Ib. cans, 100s..11 75 PoOnpemey 20 o) @e 1 Ne Shome.... oi... 1 10] half barrel... .28@37 2 - wack 6 66h ixed F eed tree ceeteeee ees 13 CO “ % Ib. 50s..10 00 | Mocha, genuine....... 2 @27 | Export parlor............... 4001 a; 4a D.s er C08 — ine ute rrr rire ica nesrt ty 18 00 He 1lb. ‘ 50s..1875| To ascertain cost of roasted MOLASSES. a | Ginger Snape. -..-..--. : Hiaw ath co s ] ren 5 Acme, i“ Ib. cans, 3doz.... | 75 coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast- | Black Strap............... eos 8% fieees Cut a Se ame eee raters tansy 35 Ib. 2 -- 150} ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- | Cuba Baking........ - AGB Bite: weal ian omg 8% La a Pereeaneehtotan * “ “ “ > Graham Crackers.... 8 Our Leader...... 39 OATS, 4 Ib, 1 . 3 6) Gee. Porto Rico ..-+--80@35 | Oatmeal Crackers il 8 ToBAccos—Smoking Small lots 28 bulk... .e eee eee 20 coFrFEES—Package. New Orleans, eet E28 | ' ee oT 7 Ae Uae oc 72.16 | Car Le NN 25 Our Leader, —_ cans..... = = | choice... .. 30@35 | Boxes oe 51, | Hector "47 ee c ‘ 14] a = |. & ‘ far a |» settee eee cece asec scons %4 woe io . ie . mp. | .--- 1 60 One-half barrels. 3¢ an : soot 4 “3 a ee ” Telfer’s, 4 a cans, doz.. 45 OATMEAL. : SHOE POLISH. H west eee eee 31 i: ei ¥ Ib -. Muscatine, Barrels .........5 25) Ne Fe ee Ee --- a eo 7 Be Rett seh ay ata teaire 1 10 « a. 2° ee Half barrels. ..__2 75 TEAS. 40 gr Fi @ sca a a acc 1 05 BATH BRICK. - Cases......2 15@2 25|_. . JAPAN—Regular. NT 10 : English, 2 doz. in case... 80 ROLLED OATS : Pee 14 @16 rs PE Bien ieettee " 00 hit Se % Muscatine, Barrels..... @5 ‘5 Good ................ -18 @2 MISCELLANEOUS. ~~ ~+| HIDES, PELTS and 1 = American, 2 doz. in case... 70 Half bbls... @: 7% | C OG on 9 Cocoa Sheils, bulk. i e i FURS. Dozen “ Gases. |. 9 tee a5 | Choieest...... 32 PAPER & won nee 1s é ess a as fol- Mexican, $ — “30 OIL 7 SUN CURED. PAI ODEN w ARE Mexican, to2...-:-.....-. : ha | MH >APE HIDES. “ oe 60} - Micmigan Tet 94 bo wre t ee eeeearecee ee 14 @is Cartisg & Co. quote ag fol | Green ................ 4 @4% . 16 Oe ee vay | W ater W _ eae aaa 10% La = 3g | lows: Part Cured............ @4 oe gavings O51; PICKLES, Pewee tee tcee eee ees a 160 CS ge a No. 2 ) Hurl. nee el 1 %5| MeLaughlin’s XXXX_.- (243 Hoon oll no Ten @6 50 | © easeer aa “Light Weight...."...1/200 | Heavy steers, extra... = Ne 2 00 Durham.......... .....-.... 24% | gall wr 1. 375 | pair SASKET FIRED, pine See a 5 @6 No. 2 Carpét....--..-.------ 225] COFFEE EXTRACT. eae ae aa ' aware $6) Dry Hips ...00...). 6) a6 a 2 50 yay ee ; & %b ae Maia 35 ao oor EPA RD 2% | Calfskins, green...... 3 @5 Parlor Cee 9 a5 WN esc cece acl. 0 Be on ' os | Extre 2 oice. ead 40 Goog........... 6 ‘“ eurcd ..._. 144@ 5 fou 90 cine een Clay, 4 ee Lo . 3 | oe @« Jute Manilla.. aS Deac on dgking..........10 Gal Pay ete tase ene 1 20} Cotton, => cee per doz. 1 25] Cob, No. 3. nce 5s | Comm on to fair ; Red Express No. A oo ¥% off for No. 2. CN ea ee ar eae i Se ee eats est No PELTS. ag arehouse 2% “ “i ft PP 17% PRES SERV ES. Ct ra a to fines .. Shea rlings. 10 @25 i ld a hol * a al ae y, 2 | a Wal si a / Bac + Go eee 6 mance Estimated wool, per 20 G28 Dairy, solid aed. 1. ae 80 ft. ..... S225 Carolina meet eS 64% | Common to fair.......4 Y lay 3 Mink, dark alii BQ 7 ee a 1g |Jute GOft....... “ 100 : Superior tofine........ Ge | ce talked. aoneceed mt ht dark tease 25@ Creamery, solid ——- . 13% v2 ft" ...... ae . YOUNG HYSON. | No. 5 Hemp oe 18 | Race ee re 8 al aa * scianaseieiiiianeieae: ms ee Common to fair.......18 @6 |No ¢ mM eG. = ——— ted dedeeeeu ca on 80 ee Ragle. aa Gee BY sex | Sapetion teifine. 30) Qa) twa a 7 es a cl oy | Anglo-Swiss..........6 0@ 7 60 SALT PL OOLONG. ci nace ey i cee eee aoe — = lb. ci nae 7 suena Diamond Crystal, in cases Common to fair... ---25 @3 | pubs, No” \ODENW ARE, Fox, se os served pe = Paraffine . Te nig || 24 packages. . 1 50| Superior to fine.......30 @@ | « Nos eee a 40@ 70 Wickins |... moore 8 51, | Common Fine per bbl. . 80 | Fine to choicest.......55 @65 . SO Se. Badger 2/00 eee ae CARED es eee Poe ee 2 po ‘ket. 56 lb. sacks..... 27 / ENGLISH BREAKFAST. _ Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 1 Cot wild.............. 50@ 75 Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck.....1.20]° {f family................. Sia eae 1 90 | Bait oo. e cece ee. 25 @30 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 75 | Fisher.................4 00@5 00 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10 . a —_ Me 6 pe een setts ee ter ens e 4 . a e 35 Clothespins, oar boxes.... 66| Lytcx.. rear ert 2 003 00 lb. s a4 ete 8 ee 6% ee 3es wots eee ee sere eee ee ck 55 ; Bowls Le 1 00 | Martin, Gore... 4... 25@3 00 Cove Oysters, Jib. —.: Gg he | Sar th RO ee ce w% Ashton bu. bags seen ee ceenes 7 | [ea Dust....... i | . a oe pale & é wae 60@ 75 eee | ee te 8. : eee ae COUPONS- “Superior.” | nay 15 2 | Otter, dark............6 00@8 00 Lobsters, 1 et i Ee = con, 5% Warsaw : esters eee eee 35|%1 per hundred,......... Oo | Wor........ «ate oas a. GOGieE OO “ ‘in Star. 2 15 | | Clty Oyster, MR! 5% Ma PU ween es tenes 20/82, & . nee _sco; | assorted, Hieend 198 250 | Hear................. “15 00@: 20 00 ‘“ Si Siar... 3 15 | eee. 8 5M Church's Am & 1 ee z ee eo 4 00 i ‘ 15s, 1%s and 198 3 Beaver 8 2 p06 00 Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85 | CREAM TARTAR. Dwight’ 7. ia 8 ammer.. - = ie eae ) 00 Baskets, WAGTIEG@E. ......... | (ppOestm...... -...... 15@ 20 2b, pea 1 20/| Strictly pure.. 38 | Taylor's. ieee ee oe ' minis t 6 00) i bushel .......... | Deerskins, per Ib...... 15@ 25 6s 2. hl Cl 2 00; Grocers’ ........ 25 | DeLand’s Ca oe ceo | : bg pons— Tradesman.’ | ' ‘ with covers 1 90 | Above prices for No. 1 skins i 31b.in Mustard... 2 85| Fe ng eae 48 Sb. g 2 BM 1, per hundred . 2 Ot | “ Ww illow el’ ths, No.1 5 75 | only. - Sib. sonsed....... 2 85 | Apples, sun-dried. ... 446@ 5% | Our Les Je ee 4a | 8 $ eo aaa taunt a oe No.2 6 25 WOOL. Salmon, i1ib. Columbia... ..2 00! ™ evaporated. . @ 8% ee 4 B10" C i cennenaass, OOO | i : , Res Tao) we ashed. ao .- .25@30 4 ib. Alaska. .1 90 | Apricots, “6 a @16 SNUFF, i “4 0 Lh i salt ania aa : 00 | ‘ splint No.1 3 50 Unw ashed. ae sistent domestic \s...... 51 Biackberries” _...._.... ; |Scotch, in bladders........ 3% ee bi wy i No.2 4 25 | MISCELLANEOUS + “6 iy a @ 9 Nectarines “ oa Maccaboy, in jars.. eee u ject to the following yoy se ‘6s No.3 5 00| Tallow .........00..005 3 @ 3% “s Mustard 4s oy @, 9| Peaches “ ae French Rappee, in Jars. . << counts: ! | GRAINS and FE EDSTUFFS | Grease butter......... 2 @3 “ — gt Ms. -104@16 Plums oo a SOAP. ae or ov er. 5 per cent a WHEAT. Stenee 1%@ 2 “ spiced, 48....... 10] Raspberries “ “og Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. aan cee 1 iN W Bite .. .... 76 | | Ginseng. cs 2 OWA FO Trout, 3 Ib. oc Loe 2 60 DRIED FRUITs—Prunes. Sanerior........... a 3201} 5000 rece eee OD | Red. 76 lt Above prices are nominal and CANNED GOODS—Fruits. Wares. 5 @ 5) Queen Anne........__.. ---3 85 | rai coco | All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test. | for immediate delivery only. Apples, gallons, stand, .....2 25 Boe 6 @ 614 German Warmily.. .......... Blackberries, ennnd......... Ot Carroriia........... 8 @10 Mottled German............ 3 00 | Cherries,red standard 1 me 20 DRIED FRUITS—Peel. Oe Geran... |... Se CE . ete 18 | U.S Bic Sareain..... 2 00 | Dameons .......- ee i561 1 15] Orange...... 18 | Frost, Floater........... 7 iy Egg Plums, stan --1 15@1 35 DRIED FRUITS—Citron. Cocos Castile .......- 3 00 | , 3 y Gooseberries ...............- 1 00] In drum. ‘ @23 Cocoa Castile, Fancy...... 36 | padnsepiaiaa cin Grapes ..............-..+.-.- in boxes... 0... : Q25 Allen B. Wri s Brands. —. i Green Gages.......... 1 15@1 35 DRIED FRUITS—Currants Happy Family, 75. 2 95 Daily Capacity. Peaches, yellow. stand1 75@1 85} Zante, in barrels...... @ 5% | Old ¢ Mouttry, O0..............3 h: 400 Bbls. <' peconds ...... 1 = a inless quantity @6 | Una,100.. ae = . “ i ia . jenelas. FRU —— Bouncer 000 3 15 BRANDS: oe ae ee 25} Valencias a @ 8% a a UNLIGHT Piseeries ............ 1 ing 50 | Ondaras. ae | Mixed bird. un _.. 4K%@ 6 ea ’ Quinces ..............------- )| Sultanas...... CIO | Caraway, 9 PURITY, Raspberries, eeere. 1... i 75 | London Layers, Cali- | Canary : By, MORNING STAR, fee. 36s. 1 40 a 2 OO TO ere Page IDLEWILD. Strawberries .......... 1 15@1 35} London Layers, for’n. @ eee a | DAILY BREAD Whortleberries oe 75 | Muscatels. California-1 a2 25 | Rape Ce le “ECONO aw pepaChtED VeGERABLES. | FARINAGHOUS GOODS. | Mustatd-sscccs..ccecce soa.s TH eee sparagus, Oyster bay...... arina ». kegs. os Hi d sale a Asparagus, 03 stand... So 85| Hominy, per bbl...........- ..3 00 ___ SPICES—W hole. SPECIALTIES: “Green Limas.. @1 2 | Macaroni, dom 12 Ib box.... = Allspice..-..- 20s. sees e eee ee 10 Graham, a @ W “ imported. . . @ € assia, ( hina in mats.......8 Wheatena, “ Stringless, Erie....... 90| Pearl Barley.......... 2%@ a ‘“ Batavia in bund....11 Buckwheat Flour, “ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40} Peas, green............ @!1 10 Saigon in rolls...... 40 i Rye Flour, Corn, Archer’s Trophy...... re @ 3 | Cloves, Amboyna...... ++ 26 ' Bolted Meal, “ " Morn’g Glory.1 00| Sago, German......... @ 6% Zanzibar..... .....- 20 i tye Meal, - «Barly Golden.i1 00} Tapioca, fk or p'rl... 6@7 Mace Batavia....... vores 80 Wheat Grits, Peas. Hreneh. 0.0.2... 5... 1 68 | Wheat, cracked....... @ 5 — —— er ee te cewenns 80 = Buckwheat Grits, “extra marrofat... @i1 25| Vermicelli, import.. @10 a NOs Rae es asa aaa Pear] Barley, * poemed................. 80 domestic... @60 No. ee 65 Oat Meal, ~ 2eoe oe ......... 1 40 PISH—SALT. Pepper, Singapore, black.. --18 Rolled Oats. «ae, 1 @1 96 | Cod, whole............ G a i white.. - 36 “« French, cxtra fine... .{ 0 ** boneless shot.........-...-.. 0 CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2 15| Halibut . sPices—Ground—In Bulk, Pumpkin, 31b. Golden.. @1 00] Herring, round, % bbl.. 2 65 | Alispice ......-.....-.+. +05. 15 Succotesh, standard... -.90@1 40 “ pod.. 2 %5 Cassia, Batavia setsese seers 20 PERE oe a 1 10 . Holland, bbls.. 12 00 . and Saigon. = Tomatoes, Red Coat.. 95@1 00 i — ae) new @ 7% Cloves SS settee eee ” y r 95 7 ) , Sea a Dy, 22 » AMVDOYDG.....---e ue he y TH WHT +“ “ Sand Bacar 00 Mack. sh’s, No. 2, bbl 4 O0 Zanzibar.........- 2 WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF “ stand br.... 95@1 00 “ "32 Ib kit.. 1 39 | Ginger, African............. i 24 CHEESE. a . my 1 20 ‘ pris —_- an Michigan Full Cream 114@12_ | T¢"b ib. ki ee cena, | en -neonaene & mem Oe... wk waa 16 @16% Ww hite, No. L a Mustard, Er aglish. 22 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S, xi . ne and Trie. 25 7erman Sweet.. ...... 23; “ 10 Ib. kits..... 80 : t ieste settee eee ees wi “Alden Premium” .......- 2; ¢ Fami % bbls.... .2 50 | Nutmegs, No. 2............. 80 Hi “Alden Premium’... 2. ws] « 1y, 34 bbls... ea ee ae tinct. a The Only House in the State which Puts Goods Up NET aa Breakfast Cocoa.......... 48 GUN oo white. ....30 NO CHARGE FOR PACKAGES. ee, 37 gs oe “| Cayeane.s.) 0... 2 | CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH CHEWING GUM. Hale kegs... eS ee SUGARS. Rubber, 100 tompa od 25 HERBS. Cut Loaf........-..--. @ 1% r HE Et kx L IN Ss 3S Ea BG Ss Ss a: 35 Se oe eee te @ 74 eee 30 ————— 14 Pomacred ............. b 7% DEALERS IN ourcory JELLIES, Standard Granulated .6.56@ 6% | Bulk. . 6 E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 . Bine........ 6.56@ 65% Hi ee ea 7% Chicago moods. .........2.. 3% | Confectioners’ A.....- 6%@6.44 6s, | rs, O a Ow, ‘seni. ein eaten LAMP WICKS. White Extra Si ceee 66@ 6% | aa... : @20 oe i ou a eer creets ns a 556 | NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, c Le... eee sone 20 @21 -_ we 1s ee ee es ae 544@ 54 WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. 14 What Puzzles the Men. The man who wants to dress well and | ean afford to pay good prices for his | clothes has always more trouble with his neckties and his shirts than any other | article of his apparel. He pays his shoemaker $9 a pair for his shoes, and that tradesman sees to it that his custom- | er’s feet are trimly and comfortably booted. He goes to the hatter’s. pays 35 for the latest style Dunlap or Knox hat and walks away. knowing that he has} bought the best thing obtainable. He strolls into the tailor’s where his meas- ure is, selects a piece of cloth that strikes his fancy and thinks no more about it | | And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Fr until that suit is sent to him. But the cravats and shirts, and even the collars, are quite a different thing. He usually spends as much money on THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | HESTER & FOX, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW er GRIST MILL MACHINERY Send for Catategue an a, Pp INDIANAPOLIS, ot 9 S.A MANUFACTURERS Planers, Matchers, Moulders and ail kinds of Wood-Workinp Sheahiieey Saws, Belting and Oils. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Samp: Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock for immediate delivery. ulley and become convinced of their superiority. Write for Prices. 24, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS. Witt these things as for all the rest, and he | doesn’t get half as much satisfaction from his outlay. Soda Fountains as Fire Seuitinayeeiieie. Pharmacists who carry on work and | store inflammable material in the cellar should not forget that soda fountains can be made to serve as excellent fire extin- guishers by extending a line of gas pipe through the entire length of the cellar and to adjacent rooms, with suitable short hose and nozzle connections; also that, in the absence of such pipe connec- | tions, two strong workmen can easily | carry asmall steel fountain to a point from which its contents can be emptied on the fire. i > i He Had a Reputation to Sustain. A new driver for a Canal street grocer sent in his resignation after serving for two days, matter, replied : “T began with a delivery horse which | could make his mile in eleven minutes and have worked down toseven. I came here to find that the best any of your horses ean do is fourteen minutes. and I must resign to save my reputation. I would be looked upon as working fora cheap house.”’ —_$_—~» 9 <.____—- What He Didn’t Believe In. She (sentimentally)—I often think that the world is full of unsung songs. and, when asked what was the | He (practically)—What’s the use of | them, if we never hear them? She—Ah! we can feel them. a song in the flower, in the flying cloud, the— He—Well the world may be full of unsung songs, but Iam going to take care that it is not full of unkissed kisses. Let the curtain be drawn. —— > ee Not the Same Party. Pastor (to hired boy)—So I have caught you stealing apples out of the barrel ? Hired Boy—Yes, parson, I own up. “Don’t you know, Thomas, that when you steal you commit a heinous sin? Moreover, there is a Being who sees all that we do, before whom even I bow my head with fear and trembling. Do “you know whom I mean ?”’ “Your wife, I suppose.”’ Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS No. 0 Sun 38 —s hl. 38 Og i er ne a Ne 58 Tubular ee i 2 5 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. eee... oe cl ll No. 4 ee eae lee y - & tele ee 3 00 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp - ee ee ee ee 2 No. 1 - ee eee lid oes eee oe Ros * ' Yee oe ee 3 40 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top te hee oe 2 60 ee 2 80 mas ” ee eee che 3 86 Pear! top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled. ss No. 2 CRA No. 2 Hinge, “‘ . cee cee 47 La Bastic. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. Ee a ee ale 1 2 No. 2 1S rs No. 1 crimp, per doz............. beste ceen eee ns OS ee 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocs, pen gel---7 > 64 On the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas. | sae : oe % ers to the store, and help sell less known goods. Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... “ “ : a oe ¢ “cc 90c) ‘ oi There is Conk isd / We zav~ cooked the corn in this cau a sufficients oe.|| Warmed ut cooked) adding piece o! AN 400#1 Buiter (size of hen’ s egg. and gil ! Season to suit when on the tabie. None genuine unless bearing the signature +, x Davenport, Ia. & = —_— ce FROM = FeR = =FOM DIRECTIONS Should be Thvroughly < fresh milk (preferable to waier.) Davenport Oannirg 0o, | 4 %. | to om liga Fire and Marine Insurance Co ORGANIZED 1881. CASH CAPITAL $400,080. CASH D. Whitney, Jr., President. ASSETS OVER $700,000, LOSSES PAID $500,006 Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y. The Directors of ‘“The Michigan’”’ are representative business men of Fair Contracts, our own State. Equitable Rates Prompt Settlements, Insure in *The Michigan.”’ WHO URGES YOU TO BEEP SA POLIO’ Loa POUBLIC! > By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre y ask the trade to keep the goods i: stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort | 3 ate a demand, and onl ‘ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS. | | | Detroit Express | Day OR iin | | | | | \ FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bowne, President. Gero. C. Prercs, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier - $300,000. CAPITAL, - - Transacts a general banking business. take a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. CAREKROPDY LEGTROTYPERS, Pn Saat -NOTO& Zing ENGI dv wan Soe aie ney Wood & METAL FURNITURE foie POLI eee TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 17, 1889. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:10 a m Travered Oily Expres... 000.0000. 9:20am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw..........3:l5pm 4:10pm Bons Ce ns oo 8:50 p m I oi oo ence Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10am oon = Se Pp m train, GOING SOUTH. (Cincinnati Express................ 7:15am Fort Wayno Exprees............0. 11:45am 12:50pm Clncheah Marek... oo. oes. e es 5:30 pm 6:00 pm From Mackinaw & Traverse City..10:40 Pp m POE CFG oo ioc case innie eee os 9:55 am Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. and arriving from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in- eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7::0a.m. and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for Mackinaw City. South—7:1l5a. m. train has chair car and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 10, 1889. Leave Arrive. Fe Ri onic cetseswsncreaswscsoncceuseeege 10:15am 11:15 @ M....... 3:4 oe NE oi cep cnpenes un cucnnccpotanses eee 8:45 p Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes fehee. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. Coeers OE. 6oonn oe t oe 12:50 p m 1:00 pm +Through Mail 4:20pm +Grand Rapids Express *Night Express 7:00am Tined......... 7:30 am GOING EAST. eerere Dares... 6:50am Ce, ES 10:10am 10:20 a m Ch kee he A ee Be pm 3:45pm ee I oie cc dines es vee 0:30 p m 10:55 pm +tDaily, Sundays excepted. ‘pally, Detroit Express and Evening Express have parlor ears attached and make direct connections ia Detroit for all points East. Morning express and Grand Rapids express have par- lor cars attached. Night express has Wagner sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a. m. Through railroad tickets and ocean steamship tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit. Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern. For Toledo and all points South and East, take the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and connections at Toledo with evening trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin- nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi- nent points on connecting lines. A. J. PaisLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent MICHIGAN CENTRAL “« The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE *Atilantic & Pacific Expres _ }) Ww TOE POON... ect e ccs 5:40pm 1:35 pm *Dail All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express | trains to and from Detroit. Parlor carsrun on Day Express and Grand Rapids | Express to and from Detroit. FRED M. Briees, Gen’l Agent. 85 Monroe St. G. 8S. Hawks, Ticket Agent, Union Depot Gro, W. MUNSON, Union Ticket Office, Ha Monroe St. oO. W. Ruaa.es, G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. eee =. THE LUCKY PENNY. Some of the Peculiarities of Carriers of Mascots. The cherished preservation of odd or particular coins as pocket-pieces is an old and harmless sort of idolatry fre- quently indulged in by a large percent- age of humanity. Such souvenirs often possess intrinsic value as well as leg- endary importance, but, whether repre- sented by a.broad piece of gold or a bat- tered copper token, all have associations or little histories of peculiar interest to their owners. When these treasures are under inspection in a social way, remarks of the following tenor are frequently heard : “This is the first bit of silver I earned when I left home.”’ “YT found this half-penny near Shakes- peare’s tomb.’’ ‘Daniel Webster gave that Spanish quarter to my father when he was a boy for hoiding his horse.’’ ‘*Here,’”’? said a man noted for his un- thrift, ‘‘is the only money I ever saved, and I wouldn’t have saved that were it not made of German silver.”’ It is acustom for many kind old per- sons to say, when tendering a bright piece of silver or gold to an emigrating lad orlass: ‘‘Keep this in your pocket and you’ll always have money.”’ The present and injunction are, per- haps, intended for a practical suggestion of thrift, although in most cases the les- son is likely to be disregarded. Few people possess the quality of economy to an extent that will allow them to join Shylock in his boast of ability to make coins breed. A large number of these mementos struggle into the hands of money- changers whose locations give them daily opportunity of dealing with emi- grant arrivals. While speaking of this incident in the business, one broker said: “It used to give me a pang when some poor fellow or woman would unwrap a time-smoothened piece of foreign money, or remove a perforated one from achain or faded strip of ribbon, and tearfully offer it for sale or exchange. But, one soon loses sentiment in this business, and, in a matter-of-fact way, as you see heaped in that tray. after keepsakes could be prosperity have returned time to see if their identified aud recovered, but the crucible | of the assay office had generally put them beyond hope.’’ Sometimes a special piece of money is kept sight of with almost religious inter- est. Instances are known where pawn- brokers have made advances often enough on a revered coin to make the interest exceed its nominal value many times over. It is a case of indescribable horror when the owner of a metallic ‘mascot?’ or prized talisman has paid it away in some unguarded moment. Hal- lowed heirlooms have been thus ruth- lessly swept into the coffers of an un- sentimental railroad or more profane tills. This risk is always likely to pre- vail, regardless of the many ways of safely storing such _ precious things. Nine out of ten of the devotees of these little gods would decline the use of the safe-deposit boxes or bank vaults, be- lieving, as they do, that the luck or eharm chances of the object only become potent by personal contact. ————— He Needed Rest. Anxious Wife—Doctor, how is my husband ? Doctor—He will come around all right. What he needs now is quiet. 1 have here a couple of opiates. ‘*When shall I give them to him ?’ “Give them to him! They are for you, madame. Your husband needs rest.’’ To Die Like a Dog. Mrs. Crabbley—Did you hear the Wig- gins dog howl last night ? Crabbley—I did, and I believe it to be asure sign of adeath in the neighbor- hood. Mrs. Crabbley—Do you really? Who do you think is going to die? Crabbley—That dog. I simply pay for | the weight of most of such odds and ends | P’ve had | eases wherein persons who had _ struck | a long! ‘THE SEEDS If in want of Clover or Timothy, Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, Any Kind of Seed, send or write to the Seed Store, 71 Canal St, GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX. or, in fact, KDMUND B. DIKENAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, Kh CANAL SY., ‘Grand Rapids, - atch. Nec Plum ay Steam and Hot Water Heating, Brooks’ Hand Foree Pump, In- stantaneous Water Heater, Hot Air Furnaces, Mantels, Grates and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Ete. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Plumbers’ Supplies. 184 Kast Fulton St, Head of Monroe, Telephone No, 147. 21 Scribner Street, Telephone No, 1109. GRAND RAPIDS, - AND MICH. Katon, kyon & Co. Fishing ‘Tackle, Base Ballsand Supplies, Croquet, Hammocks, Lawn Tennis, Ete. State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s Sporting Goods. Send for Catlalogue. EATON, LYON & CO,, 20 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. MICHIGAN Phe Belknay Wagon an Sleigh Co TRA DESMAN. 15 Grand Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS IN SLRIGHS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Road Logging Delivery ions g GEO. H. REEDER, 2 Lycoming Rubbers = z — iia of = & Medio Price Shoes. # Grand Rapids, Mich. RAILROAD BALS. The best shoe made for railroad men, truckmen and wherever hard wear is required. As durable as a plow shoe and as good style as a light shoe. Made in fresh split veal calf and Milwaukee grain,in bals and congress, two soles and tap. Rindge, Bertsch & Co, ST., 12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ' Headquarters for Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, Pea- nuts, Figs, Dates, Citron, etc. Ask for Price List. The Putnam Candy Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’ TWINE. Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich. WM.SEARS & CO,, Cracker Manviactvrers, 37, 89 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. ‘ ' ' THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. John B. Beavis Taken to Kalamazoo. | From the Pentwater News. Peter Fish. of Chicago, had plenty of | B. Beavis, | money and his friend, John had plenty of experience, and about two years ago they concluded to two and engage in the lumbering ness near Walkerville. 000 and Beavis his time. of the articles the copartnership was to expire Jan. 1,1890. Mr. Beavis com- menced the business; timber was pur- chased, a mill erected and the manufact- ure of lumber commenced. A farm was bought and improved. Finally, in the course of time, the $20,000 run short, and $10,000 more was borrowed by the firm, a bonus of $250 being given. Beavis purchased land, taking the title in his and Fish’s name. He _ subse- quently sold his undivided half, reserv- ing the timber upon it, and took a mort- gage back, which he assigned to his wife. Fish never received anything. The lumber was undisposed of, and the prop- erty of the concern was worth about $20,- 000. Fish was ealled upon and was obliged to pay the $10,000 borrowed. Thinking that Beavis was wronging him, he filed a bill in chancery and made ap- plication to Judge at chambers, for the appointment of a receiver. Answer was filed by Beavis, and the appointment of a receiver was refused by the court. on the ground that the court had no power to appoint at chambers. In the mean- time, Mr. Beavis has been taken insane and removed by his friends to Kalamazoo | for treatment. — > 2 oe P. of I. Gossip. A. Curtis has signed with Manton. Dudley Cutler has contracted to sell the P. of I. at Nottawa—the first mer- chant in St. Joseph county to take such a | course. McCartney Bros., general Lake Odessa, write as follows: take our name from the P. of L. dealers, unite the} busi- | Fish put in $20,- | 3y the terms | ro tL at | dealers at **Please as we are no longer selling goods under | acontract. Wehave gone back to the old way of doing business—one price to everybody, either P. I. or I. P.”’ Flint Daily News, Feb. 27: ‘‘A phy- sician of this city, who lodges at one of the hostelries where a large delegation of Patrons of Industry are holding forth, | had a peculiar dream along toward morn- ing. It was to the effect that a mule was raising Cain with his features. When he awoke, he heard a great hubbub in an adjoining room. His expectation of finding the room full of mules was let down considerably when he found that it was only about adozen P.’s of I. prac- ticing the speeches which they were to spring on the convention. They had arisen at5o’clock and were pitching into capital and labor at a terrible rate.”’ ——~. > The P. of I. on the Wrong Track. From the Detroit News. The Patron of Industry knows some-| thing is wrong. His transactions are} generally with the village merchant. It is with him he trades his produce for necessaries. It is the merchant who/| seemingly gets so much and gives so lit- tle. Sosome of the Patrons have resolved to cut the claws of the ‘‘rapacious’’ coun- try merchant. They will only give him amargin of 10 per cent. for his goods. | Thus the farmer will get more, the others will get less, and an equilibrium will be established !° Fiddlesticks ! How many country mer- chants are rolling in wealth ? Isn’t their lot, as a matter of fact, nearly as hard as that of the granger? Isn’t their seeming prosperity mainly asham? If the Pat- rons of Industry could see the ledger accounts of the country merchants they deal with; if they could appreciate their worry and anxiety, their animosity would often be turned to pity, and they would look enemies. a Manistique — Gaspard Roleau has opened a bakery. upon them as comrades instead of i | | We respectfully call your attention | to the fact that we carry the most | complete stock of seeds ir 5 Western Michigan. Send | for our wholesale price list and _ catalogue before buying | Clover, ONION SRTS, Timothy, Red Top. In fact, everything vy Ete., kte, in our line at lowest market values. Brown's Seed Store, S GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our Leader’ Goods, Having stood the test of time and the battle of competition and come off victorious, we have no hesitation in recommending to the trade our line of Our Leader Cigars, | Ovr Leader Smoking, Our Leader Fine Gut, | QUr Leader Baking Powder, OUr header Saleratus, OUr Leader Brooms, Something New bill Snort We guarantee this cigar the best $35 cigar on the market. Send us trial order, and if not ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY return them. Advertising mat- ter sent with each order. harlewoix Cigar M'f'g 6Go., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. F.J DEY TENTHALER JOBBER OF Fresh and Salt Lake Fis} —AND— ———- Fy h Mail orders receive prompt attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. aying Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynsh, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. WHICH ARE NOW LEADERS IN FACT In hundreds of stores throughout the State. If you are not handling these goods, send in sample order for the full line and see how your trade in these goods will increase. I. M. CLARK & SON. S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN S. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. “1QSBS UFtT We will forfeit $1,000 if the “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of excellent quality, equal to more than the aver- age ten cent cigars on the market. Lemon & Peters, WHOLESALE GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, Amboy Cheesc« GRAND RAPIDS. S _ pon