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BASEMENT TO RENT. The large, light and dry basement under the Steele meat market, in MeMullen block, 19 and 21 So. Division street. Large doors in rear open even to alley. Apply on premises to W. G. SINCLAIR & CO. the | GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1890. HARVEY & HEYSTEK, The Starch Trust. The men who make the starch they say Have formed a syndicate so they May stiffen prices right away In methods sly and clever. While washerwomen foot the bill They'll now their purses roundly fill, And pile up stacks of gold until They’re more stuck up than ever. satu a a at -_- THE SACRIFICE OF ANTIGONE. L Prof. Kosmos, ex-professor of classic and modern Greek at the leading univer- sity of the country, hurried into the restaurant and sat down at his usual table. Prof. Kosmos was probably the only man in the land who had been forced to abandon a professorship for a prop- erty. His inheritance was large and un- expected; and the cutting of coupons and the pursuance of an_unsalaried Greek enthusiasm now occupied his life. His long-looked for volume on ‘‘Diogenes in his Tub’? was in press for the fall market. The professor was now at leisure to concentrate his whole nature upon the revival of ancient Greek oratory in Yankee schools. Thurston’s restaurant was well known about town. There lunched the busy brokers and capitalists of the city; and there the literary millionaire, being a phenomenon, was well known. The professor glanced over the bill of fare with a dissatisfied expression, as he balanced his book against the sugar bowl. The professor always carried a book, and Greek at that. Nothing suited his scholarly taste that noon. With an Athenian sigh. he called for olives—and the waitress added crackers on her own responsibility. She had waited on the professor before. If the professor had possessed the human rather than the Hellenic temper- ament, he would have studied that waitress sympathetically long before now. As it was, he liked her uncon- sciously. She was so modest, she was so quiet—in short, she was so unlike the usual young lady who banged (in every sense) her way toaman’s palate, that not to feel her presence pleasantly was impossible. Now, the thing which the customer had not noticed until to-day was the pallor of the waitress, the pallor of poverty and hardship—a color startling, as the girl stood in the strong light balancing on her slender hands a heavy trayful of roast and salad china from the next ta- ble, where four men had just expensively dined. ‘Come here!’ the professor beckoned; he did not like to snap his fingers at this girl; he did not like to call her Polly or Molly—in fact, he did not know her name. The girl answered his summons quickly and quietly. “You look ready to drop,’’ said the professor, in a savage undertone. “I am—a little—faint,’’ said the girl; “but it isn’t any matter; I often am.”’ “That waiter is heavy enough for an Irishman!’ growled the _ professor. ‘‘You’re not Irish, are you ?’’ he pro- ceeded, with the want of tact not un- common with scholars. “No, Si.” The girl dropped her eyes and flushed brightly; but a twitch of amusement tugged at the corners of her sad and del- icate mouth. “Give me that thing—all those dishes— food enough for Xenophon’s army. There!’ Before the astonished waitress could protest. the big professor had seized the heavy tray and stalked across the dining- room with it; his waving black beard blew in the draught from the dumb waiter, as he deposited his burden haughtily, and returned with long, lean strides to his own table, as unconscious that the eyes of all Thursten’s upon him as Xenophon himself. “It?s too heavy for you,’’ shortly. ‘‘Now, get me a cup tea I like and my slice please.”’ ‘The girl, scarlet and distressed, flew to obey his order. When shereturned with were he said, of that of lemon, the steaming, fragrant Pekoe and had put in his two lumps with the little plated sugar tongs which trembled in her shaking fingers, she said, in a low voice: ‘‘Prof. Kosmos ?”? The professor laid down his book in which he had been absorbed during the tea interval. ‘‘I thank you, sir. It was kind of you: but don’t—don’t do that again.”’ ‘““And pray why not, my child “Ti might make the other girls angry, sir—and—and—it might cost me my place. I—lI’ve got to keep the place, sir; P ve got to live ’ Something in the girl’s tone made the scholar lift his head and look at the little waitress long and searchingly. She was as pale as thin porcelain; the light seemed to strike through her; veins stood out on her delicate temples and thin hands: her large, dark eyes appealed to him like adumb animal’s; they were set deep in a high, full brow, back from which her hair was brushed severely without fuss or friz. ‘““Why, here is a forehead,’’ thought the professor. He had never really looked at it before. She was very plainly and poorly dressed in a blue calico and white apron, and she wore ery no ornament of any kind, not even a flounee or a frill. ‘There, there!’ muttered the pro- fessor, kindly. He did not know what shoved back his chair and bowed to the wait- else to say. He and took his hat ress, with respect. Now, the professor did what he had never done before—forgot his book. The title of the book was in full sight. “Oh, you have forgotten your ‘Antig- one,’ sir,’’ said the waitress, impulsively. She took the book with a certain tender- ness and handed it to him, with a touch expressing both the familiarity and the earefulness of a reader. Now, indeed, Prof. Kosmos stared at his waitress. The last one he had at Thurston’s slapped his famous English translation into the gravy one day, and then ealled it ‘‘Anti-gone.”’ When the professor came to Thurston’s, a few days after, for his next luncheon, a fat, greasy girl, with bangs and a red jersey, knocked his spectacles off with the bill of fare and peremptorily de- manded his order. His little waitress was gone. In sur- prise and real distress, he consulted the proprietor. ‘‘We don’t keep girls that can’t carry their own trays,.’’ said that gentleman, shortly. ‘But it was no fault of the girl’s,’ urged the customer. ‘‘I did it, and you'll oblige me, Mr. Thurston, by taking her back.’’ The proprietor was not unaware of the celebrated Greek reputation that dined off his olives and cheese, and he replied more suavely: ‘“‘Why, certainly, to oblige you, professor, if I can find her; but these girls drop out of sight like a stone ina well. We don’t take their ad- dress.”’ The professor sighed. He felt unac- countably sorry. He had blundered so kindly. He went over to the _ rival restaurant across the street and lunched abstractedly on cold corned beef. A few nights after, a reluctant hand rapped at the door of the professor’s eecentrically plain bachelorlodgings. It was the hour for his washerwoman, and he bawled, ‘‘Come in,’’ without lifting his eyes from his copy of ‘‘Agamemnon at the Club,’’ learnedly proved by him not to have been written by Homer. A slight figure in a waterproof cloak, , * mar se and wearing a thiek veil across a bowed | found a brighter ending. Dorothy was so face, timidly entered the study, and a} gentle, she was so well-mannered, she low voice said: ‘‘Here are your clothes, | was so affectionate, she was so frank— sir; where shall I find the soiled ones, if | how could the experienced hostess know you please ?’’ {that the proud-hearted little creature The professor whirled in his revolving | held her at bay, and told her all she study chair. |chose, and not a word beyond, of her *“‘Where in—Sparta—is Mrs. O’Hool-j struggling history 2 igan? She does my washing.’’ | A junior in college? Yes. Competing ‘She is ill, sir. Ive taken her work,’’ | for the Greek prize? Trying to—hoping replied the stranger, quickly. ito. It was like Prof. Kosmos to offer so The professor pointed over his shoul- | large a sum—how large? Mrs. De Witt der in embarrassed silence. He was not} forgot. Two hundred dollars. A very used to veiled laundresses—and young | large sum, Dorothy Dreed said. And she ones, too. Mrs. O’Hooligan was big and | thought it quite like Prof. Kosmos, he 60, and usually wore a red woolen| was such an enthusiast in Greek. Mrs. *‘cloud’’ falling off her back comb. Her! De Witt hesitated. Was her guest quite silent substitute went tothe closet where | well? She had a frail look. Quite well, the linen lay tossed about in classic and | Dorothy said. Did she live with friends? masculine disorder, filled theclothes bag|No: she boarded. Were her parents and got herself out of the room as soon! living? Her father was—and her step- as possible. She was hurrying away | mother. without her money. The professor| There were boys, brothers. The boys ealled her back and handed her a $2/ had been put through college, somehow, bill. ‘Nevermind the change,” he said, }all but one—her little brother Teddy. gruffly. | Nobody expected a girl to go. ‘I prefer to return it, sir,’’ answered the laundress, in a searcely audible voice. “I will do so next week. I—haven’t it with me to-night.”’ What was it about that voice? No tone of such refinement had ever ob- jected to keeping change in these apart- ments before. No such syntax had ever before graced the subject of his soiled linen. Was it a familiar accent? But that was impossible. iL. It was 7:30 o’clock in the evening when Mrs. Goodwin De Witt swept through her drawing-room on her final tour of rigor- ous inspection before the junior party. Mrs. Goodwin De Witt was one of the most distinguished hostesses of one of the most hospitable cities in the land. Celebrated men and women met every week in her beautiful house. literary, artistic and theological stars of the university town were at home in her | salon. She was a woman of two worlds. this and the one tocome. Her sympa- thies were as wide as her true culture. She was president of the Students’ Aid Association and of who knew how many charities; but she never had prettier | flowers or a more attractive dining-room or invited more celebrities than when she gave her annual reception to the junior class of the college which admitted women. Nothing was too good for these young people who were not invited to elegant homes any too often, and who had just begun the long struggle fora foothold in the wonderful world which she had conquered, and which had crowned her one of its sweetest queens. As Mrs. Goodwin De Witt stood deftly shaking a long lace portiere into grace- ful shape, her attention was arrested by the sudden sight of an early guest. a student, clearly. Who else would come sharp on the stroke of the hour? And, ah! whoelse would dress—if the truth were said—like that? A slight figure, frail to transparency, bent a little with embarrassment, parted the lace witha thin hand. “IT see I’ve come too early,” faltered the young guest, with a frankness whieh attracted the woman of society at the first sound. ‘‘I don’t know any of the girls very well. I am pretty busy. I had my lessons till the last minute, and I thought perhaps you’d expect us to be prompt, for we’re only girls—and boys.’’ She advanced, holding out her hand, smiling the easy smile of a girl who was not quite as verdant as her early arrival might seem to indicate. She stood inthe splendid room, a quaint little figure in an old black alpaca dress, with linen collar and cuffs—these were beautifully laundried; an old-fashioned brooch, of hair and gold, fastened her collar; her hair was brushed back from a high fore- head. “It gives me the more chance to get acquainted with you,’’ welcomed the hostess, heartily; ‘‘and that gives me pleasure, Miss ar “Dreed. Dorothy Dreed is my name.’’ Mrs. Goodwin De Witt and Dorothy Dreed sat down on a blue satin tete-a-tete, and in five minutes were fast friends. In ten the elder woman knew the younger one’s whole story—or thought she did. All the} “So I came away on my own account | }and put myself through. I entered fresh- man year,’’ smiled Dorothy. | | ‘‘T—eame—without kid gloves,’’ added | the poor child, pathetically, looking | down at her bare hands, redder and | rougher than most of the girls’ hands/| were; little, delicate hands put through some rude work foreign to their inher- }itance and training. She feit that Mrs. | Dewitt would understand that she could | not afford gloves. | The black alpaca nestled confidingly | against the lace and velvet draperies of a | hostess with eyes full of tears that fell— | or one did—upon the blue satin cushions | where the two sat talking. | ‘*Here is another case.’ thought Mrs. | De Witt: her warm heart was overbur- | dened with ‘‘cases’’ all the time. **Here is a case for the Aid Society. I ; must look her up as soon as I ean.”’ But how was even Mrs. De Witt, | | woman of the world, protector of poor | | Students, searcher of girls’ hearts. to know that this ‘‘ease’’? was the most des- | perate in the whole college that she and a handful of good women tried to ‘mother’? with limited funds and unlim- ited sympathies? How was. she to know—for there was a stir and a flutter at the door. and gayly a troop of her guests poured in—young ladies and young fellows—chattering and_ frolic- some, all in their best clothes and best manners, and none—not one in the class of fifty-two—shrinking out of sight in black alpaca and linen collar and poor, bare hands. | i great professor looked for herin vain for fully five minutes. Dorothy had van- |ished. The dismissed waitress at Thurs- 'ton’s chuld not make up her mind to | meet her customer. The inexperienced |; washerwoman could not face in those | gorgeous parlors the employer whom she “ironed and mended”’ every week. Poor Dorothy slipped away home — without | even her chocolate—and cried and stud- }ied and shivered half the night in her |dingy attic lodging. The other girls | Stayed and had a beautiful time. But Dorothy was working for the {Greek prize oration. Only one other | girl student was going to compete at all. |The rest were all boys. Dorothy com- | forted herself by thinking how it would ‘be if she got that prize. Two hundred |dollars! A poor clergyman’s daughter | who had sewed, and copied for lawyers, | and washed and ironed, and tutored other | girls, and gone out mending carpets, and | waited at Thurston’s, and suffered and | Shivered and starved ‘“‘for an education”’ for two years and a half, thought of that sam of money with a kind of dumb, in- credulous eestasy. “First of all,’?? whispered Dorothy, “Pll get—I’l] get a nice beefsteak. And then, I think—I’l] have some flannels.’’ It was the cold, spring term. “‘And then,’’ said Dorothy to herself, | “I’ll send something home to papa—and Teddy. I wouldn’t be selfish with $200 !”” IIT. There was unusual excitement in Col- lege Hall on a wild March night. The audience room was packed to suf- focation. Only the president and Prof. Kosmos, with the five contestants, oceu- pied the platform. Judge and Mrs. De Witt were prominently seated in front. At the last, it was rumored that but one young lady would compete; the other had backed out in dismay. Now. this oratorical contest was an unusual thing, the first of its kind in the country, the hobby of its originator, the famous professor. Greek declamation, of course, was an old story; but an orig- inal Greek oration, cast in the purest of classic style and delivered in full Greek costume by the orator, was a novelty. It was astep in advance of the popular rendering of Greek plays in the original. The four young men upon the plat- form sat resplendent in effective tunies of differing colors, from whose low necks their more or less pronounced Yankee profiles towered solemnly. The solitary young woman sat modestly covered from neck to ankles with a dark cloak. It looked like an old waterproof cloak: and, indeed, it was. The stage was The poorest girl in the lot had man- aged, somehow. Only Dorothy was too! poor to manage at all. How was Mrs. De Witt to know that her luxurious home held that night a} girl put to the hardest for the barest ne- cessities of life: a girl friendless, cold. half-dressed, all but starving in that great. rich, generous, studious city: a girl tenderly reared. who had _ beaten about in attic lodgings and hall bedrooms like a desolate waif: who had done every | kind of rough, menial work she could | put her little hands to, for breadand rent | and shoes and fire and books—and never | complained of it, never even ‘‘told’’ of it, and who sat there now on those satin cushions, so faint with hunger that the odor of the hot chocolate from the din- | ing-room made her ravenously giddy ? In the course of that happy evening— for it was a very happy evening to those | fifty young people and tothe kindly lions who came to *‘meet’’? them—the thought- ful hostess found achance to ask the child point-blank who her father was. *‘An Episcopal clergyman,’’ said Doro- thy. *‘He lives in East Omaha, Nebraska. Papa hasn’t a large parish,’’ added Doro- | thy: ‘‘but he’s a good man.”’ ‘‘You must come and see me,’’ said | Mrs. De Witt, gently; ‘‘and let us talk more.’ “Thank you,”’ said Dorothy, prettily; | ‘‘after I have tried for the Greek prize! | I shall have to work hard till then.” ‘“‘Ab! there,’? murmured the hostess, ‘is our friend, the Prof. Kosmos him-| self.’ But when she turned to greet him, the little girlin alpaca was gone. Dorothy decorated with a representation of the Acropolis, which it is to be hoped Demos- thenes would have recognized if he had been offered a platform ticket. The four young men, each in his turn, began to spout like four young North Americans in very creditable Greek syn- tax, and very natural New England ac- jecent. The brilliant audience listened | with a mobile expression of countenance calculated to show how familiar one was with the dead languages. The subject of Phidias was treated in yellow surah; Plato in brown nankeen: Alexander in purple merino and gold braid; while Alcibiades, the descendant of Ajax, harangued his soldiers in full |military panoply. These young gentle- men were all enthusiastically applauded. A hush preceded the announcement, in full Greek, of the last contestant of the occasion, Miss Dorothy Dreed. She would address the audience upon the plaintive and beautiful topic of Antigone. From the shoulders of a little figure, trembling very much, the old water-proof |cloak dropped slowly. There glided to | the front of the platform a lovely crea- ;ture, slim and swaying, all in white, | clinging white, and Greek from the twist |of her dark hair to thejsandal on her | pretty footand the pattern on her chiton’s | edge. The costume was scrim, and cost five cents a yard—but who knew? Who cared? It was studious, it was graceful, |it was becoming, it was perfect, it was | Greek—it was Antigone. | Prof. Kosmos gave a start which shook |the program from his hand when the | Greek goddess emerged from {her black If she only had, our tale would have' had disappeared. Mrs. De Witt and the! chrysalis; and when she opened her trembling lips and began to speak with the rhythmic Greek undulation dear to the heart and head of the classic scholar, and delivered an excellent philippie against Creon and a piteous, womanly wail for Polynices, and a pathetic appeal to the attentive audience for Antigone’s own doomed young life, he covered his eyes with that program and felt shaken to his soul, In this Antigone, buoyed in terrible struggles by love of art that no privation could quench, bearing woes that no Sophocles had sung, he recognized the face of his waitress and the voice of his washerwoman. She took the prize—of course, she took the prize. It was a foregone conclusion after five minutes. The audience had the refinement and intuition to appreciate the quality of the girl’s scholarly work and womanly na- ture, and rose to their feet en masse as Antigone, like a spirit, melted from the stage. Afterward they sought her — they sought her everywhere. Bat, like a spirit, she had gone; she could not be found. One of the girls, who knew her better than the rest (tho’ that was little enough), said that she thought Miss Dreed was very tired and had gone home. She had worked too hard, the girl said; but she kept to herself. They were afraid she was very poor, but nobody knew: she never told; she studied too hard to make intimate friends. av. ‘‘But, madam, who is this girl ?”’ eried Prof. Kosmos, in much agitation. ‘I want to hand herthe prizemyself. She’s magnificent! But, madam, do you know she’s starving ?’’ In ten words he told Mrs. De Witt all he knew. Her stately form trembled with sym- pathy and sickness of heart. “T was going to see her,’’ wailed that good woman. ‘I got her address—but my husband has been sick. I ecouldn’t go. Ill go to-morrow—tonight. Call my carriage, professor! Tell my hus- band! I won’t wait; I can’t wait.’ “You'd better,”’ said the judge, calmly, coming up. ‘‘You are tired out, my dear. Go to-morrow—and the professor will go with you.”’ ‘*That I will!’ cried the uneasy pro- fessor. ‘‘It is distressing; it is unheard of. Who ts the girl, anyhow? Does anybody know ?”’ “She is the daughter of an Episcopal clergyman in East Omaha,’’ sighed Mrs. De Witt. ‘She told me—Rev. James Dreed.’’ “Castor and Pollux!’ cried Professsor Kosmos. ‘Jim Dreed! He was my classmate at Harvard, and he ranked above me. Why, I thought the world of the fellow. Jim Dreed’s daughter!’ ‘i 4 It was an attic indeed; a very poor attic—not on the list of accredited board- ing places in the hands of the college registrar. The poorest student in the university had fared better than this brave and dying, proud and silent girl. For that she was dying when they found her no experienced eye could doubt. She had crawled home—no one ever knew how—after that last flaring flash of strength, in whose strong flame her fad- ing life had gone out. She had managed to creep into her cold little cot—too ex- hausted to save what was left of her scanty fire—and then her landlady, a re- spectable but indifferent matron, had found her, unconscious, at noon next day. The best of everything was done, as it is so often, at the last of all suffering and all endurance. Mrs. Goodwin De Witt’s own celebrated physician came and pro- nounced with his own distinguished lips the fatal prognosis. ‘“‘No hope. The constitution has suc- cumbed to want and work. Make her comfortable. That is all you can do. It is only a question of days.” In asyneope rather than a fever the girl’s life ebbed quietly away. She knew them at times and looked at them grate- fully. Gentle hands bore her on a litter to Mrs. De Witt’s own elegant mansion. In the luxurious guest-chamber of that most christian home, the obscure little college girl lay at the last, like a princess —nay, more, like a daughter of the house. The tenderness of home, so long un- known by her, cherished her to the end. Motherly mercy brooded over her, and she gave signs that she knew it and was comforted because of it. The col- lege sent important delegates to honor her who had honored it; but she seemed to have passed beyond caring for the col- lege. She referred to it only once. Then she said—and it was the last word she spoke | to any person: “Is the prize money mine—all mine ?”’ ““Yes, my dear.” “Two—hundred—dollars, professor ?”’ ‘‘Poor child! yes, ten times that, if | you could use it.’’ “Send some of it to papa,” said Dorothy | distinetly. ‘And give the rest to Teddy, | to help Teddy go to college. Teddy is | my little brother; and papa is very poor.’’ | ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS. 8 The P. of I. Dealers. Tie following are the P. of L. dealers who had not cancelled their contracts at last accounts: Ada—L. Burns. Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Wehle, L. T. Lochner, Sharp & Baker. Allendale—Henry Dalman. 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Ketchum, W. Harmon. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, 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. Jonia—H. Silver. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. Laingsburg—D. Lebar. Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., E. F. Colwell & Son, Fred Miller. By His “Better Half,” Herold Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew All & Bro. Langston—F. D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glieman. 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, 8S. V. R. Lep- per & Son, Jno. Butler. Richard Butler, John Fletcher. & Son, F. H. Cowles. Mecosta—Ferris & Parks. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. 8S.) Knight. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. | Morley—Henry Strope. Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. a 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—John Sillik. Orono—C. A. Warren. Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. | Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. Remus—C. V. Hane. Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. | | Reed. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sheridan—M. Gray. Shultz—Fred Otis. Sparta—Dole & Haynes. Springport—Powers & Johnson, ington & Hammond. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Traverse City—John Wilhelm, S. C. | Darrow, D. D. Paine. Trufant—l. Terwilliger. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. H. C. Breckenridge. White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, Wiley. Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, kate. Williamston—Thos. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to Well | Sterling & | A.) Johnson, | N. OW. John Haver- Horton. 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. Xeference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapids. SUSPENDED! We vat &q UBY} IeyyO Fulssoiq PsOdMIT 01 IATRAD OUI n Store 10g ay #uUlpyes eogs JETTINE Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold: any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Inju: by Freezing. All others worthless after free. ing. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKIR®: CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Hl. Gook & Bergthold, MANUFACTURERS OF SHOW GASES. Prices Lower than those of any competitor. Write for cata- logue and prices. 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. Wall Paper and Wi | 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - . | | | | | | | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 ndow Shades. House and Store Shades Made to Order. NELSON mets. & CO, 68 MONROE STREET. 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. GRAND RAPID: EDWIN FALLAS, JOBBER OF Batt ter, Eggs, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Fruits, Mince Meat, Nuts, Bt Oy ster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast. Special Bargain in Choice Dairy Butter. Let your orders come. Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St. Grand Rapids, Mich, Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Go, JOBBER OF FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty 3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. We are headquarters for the cele- brated Bluefield Bananas, Receiving regular consignments. Also direct receivers of CALIFORNIA mess ORANGES &: LEMONS Se A a; Sao W WN Grand a Mich. 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. 1—30-doz. Cases, —, el ee 35¢e. FN ee ey 93fe. 10¢. 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 constitute 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 | FLURIDA ORANGES, LEMONS, NUTS, ETC i + t : + MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Plainwell—E. Rutile has opened a jew- elry store. Fremont—Harry Wilson has added a line of cigars to his barber shop. Gregory—N. E. Moore succeeds Daniels & Moore in the hardware business. Sturgis—M. D. Crandall has bought the grocery business of P. D. Keim. Fillmore Center—B. Vollmari has sold his general stock to Wm. Borgman. Bellevue—N. H. Eldred has purchased the harness business of Wilcox Bros. Owosso—E. Carr has opened a harness shop, carrying a line of trunks in con- nection. Caledonia Station—Johnson & Siebert, general dealers, are succeeded by Kollen- stein & Bro. Detroit—Frank J. Ternes and John H, Staely, grocers, have assigned to William Radimacher. Mt. Clemens—A. Eyth & Co., dealers in groceries and crockery, are succeeded by Eyth & Dahm. Williamston—Parker Bros., agricultural implements, have sold out to Lounsberry & Jeffers. Greenville—O. W. Greene has sold his interest in the firm of O. W. Greene & Co., jewelers, to A. W. Nichols. Carsonville—Bowins & Son have re- moved their general stock, including no- tions and jewelry, to Port Huron. Charlotte—Squire & Cushing, dealers and tobacco, have dealers in in cigars dissolved. C. C. Squire will continue the business. Gregory—Dunlap & Hotchkiss have purchased the Spaulding drug_ stock. Messrs. D. & H. hail from Vermontville. Kent City—J. A. Holmes, of the firm of J. A. Holmes & Co., grocery and dry goods dealers, recently met death by drowning. Detroit—Bobzin & Williams, proprie- tors of the Detroit Musie Co., have dis- solved. The by Chas. Bobzin & Co. 3angor—Oppenheim Bros., elothing, have dissolved, and are J. G. Oppenheim & Son. Detroit—W. M. Adams has retired from the firm of McLeod & Co., dealers in hardware and stoves. J. L. McLeod business will be continued dealers in and succeeded by dry goods, boots shoes, will continue the business. Lake Odessa—H. Van Allen & Co. have sold their drug -stock to O. C. Russ and John Russ, who will continue the busi- ness under the style of O. C. Russ & Co. The gaged in the drug business at Remus, but have spent the last three years in the Upper Peninsula, Russ brothers were formerly en- MANUFACTURING MATTERS. New Lathrop—Bozzard & Gustin have started in the planing mill business. Pontiac—Chas. A. and E. B. Stevens, cigar manufacturers,, have dis- solved partnership, Stevens continuing. Detroit—Louis Drebes, Delry J. Green and George W. Radford 3eebe have formed the Western Paper Box Co., with a capital of $6,000. Hart—H. J. and E. T. Mug- ford have formed a copartnership to manufacture the ‘‘Perfection Gear-head Pump.”’ Nashville—Subscriptions for $13,000 in stock have been secured for a $20,000 furniture factory, to be Ww. Parker and Ira J. Mosier, Creek. Servis managed by of Battle ssiatieinainsns Rimcnassin-aihinmanaamin Detroit—The Dowling Screen Works | Another Case of False Representation. | (Peter Ahlberg, proprietor) is succeeded | Lakeview general dealer, reported to an by the American Screen Co. Belding—A company has been formed, with a capital stock of $45,000, to engage in the manufacture of furniture. Hamilton — John Kolvoord and K. Zuidewind have purchased a hoop ma- chine and will soon have it ready for operation. Traverse City — Grelick Bros. have 6,000,000 feet of hardwood logs in their mill yard, and, if sleighing holds fora few days, will put in 1,000,000 more. Shelby—C. F. Hale and H. H. Pratt are buying maple, elm, basswood and hemlock logs, having a contract to sup- ply King & Co., of Montague, 800,000 feet. Vassar—McHose, Phillips & Tolbert are building a sawmill. The machinery is now being put in. The propelling power will be water, and the stock comes from the Cass and its tributaries. White Cloud—Richard Horn recently rented a shingle mill of Phil. M. Roedel, ran it for three weeks and then skipped out, leaving the men in arrears for wages and others who trusted him in mourning. iockford—C. W. Parks, formerly en- gaged in the hardware business at Mecosta, is endeavoring to interest the business men here in the formation of a stock company to engage in the manu- facture of his patent bug sprinkler and cream can. Dowagiac — The Round Oak Stove Works, which have made a fortune for the owners, have been negotiating with Chicago capitalists, who wanted the es- tablishment located there. The tempta- tion has been successfully overcome, and the works will remain where they are. Traverse City—Caldwell & Loudon have purchased the old Hannah, Lay & Co. store buildings and grounds, and will use the same as a factory for the man- ufacture of carriages and A portion of the old structure will be torn down and replaced with a brick building. Grayling — Salling, Hanson & Co.’s sawmill has commenced operations, and lumber is being piled up along the mill tramways at a lively rate. This firm evidently intends to be prepared to meet the demand of a lively market this sea- son. Winter lumber operations are not so uncommon as they were a few years ago. Muskegon—C. D. Nelson, who operated a sawmill in this city for a long time, and who owns one of the finest lumber yard sites in the city, has decided to establish a wholesale lumber yard on the site of his old sawmill at ‘‘Mouth.”’ son will be associated with several Chi- cago capitalists and they expect to carry on alarge business. It is the intention to establish a planing mill in connection with the business. Oscoda—Pack, Woods & Co. evidently perceive the handwriting on the wall, so far as the outlook for logs is concerned, and do not propose to get left for stock for the 1890. They have been building a spur from the Mud Lake branch of the Bay City & Alpena Rail- road with which to tap different blocks of standing pine belonging to them, and will thereby be fortified against all emergencies so far as food for their mill is concerned. There must necessarily be extensive summer logging this season or considerable idleness for numerous wagons, sleighs, season ‘mills in the Saginaw valley. | Mr. Nel-| |}may be dué, in part, to speculation, but HUrniture, On July 6, 1886, Fred A. Ganson, the agent of Dun & Co. that he was worth $6,000, over and above all liabilities, and that he did not owe anything to any rel- ative. On the basis of this statement, Spring & Company began selling him dry goods and continued the account about three years. The last order was received June 11, 1889, the goods reaching the buyer three days later. In the meantime, on June 12, Mr. Ganson gave his wife a| mortgage for $8,000, to secure a number of due bills, one of which purported to have been given in 1885 and another early in 1886—both bearing date antedat- ing the making of the statement to Dun | & Co. Satisfied that an action could be main- tained against Ganson, Spring & Com- | pany replevined the goods included in| the order of June 11, on the ground that the statement made Dun & Co. was false and that Ganson did not intend | to pay for the goods purchased. Suit | was subsequently brought against the | sheriff for the value of the goods re- plevined, but at the trial of the case at Stanton last week, before Judge Smith | of the Montcalm Circuit Court, the jury returned a verdict of no cause of action. Spring & Company, who appeared in be- half of the sheriff, were represented by Peter Doran, of this city. Other cases are still pending, tending | to show the fraudulent character of the | mortgage. -__ 2 “The Tradesman’s” Readers Re- gard the Change in Form. S. S. Seefred, actuary Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange, Detroit ‘Congratulations on your vastly im-| proved style of architecture (and for the good story ‘A Shrewd Patient’).’’ Chas. B. Johnson, druggist and grocer, Palo: ‘“*TRADESMAN just received. Iam decidedly well pleased with the change you have made in its shape. I have often tried to preserve the papers, but, owing to their bulky shape, I have gotten | into the habit of throwing them away. I can now file them very easily and shall | do so. Long live THE TRADESMAN.”’ E. G. Studley, wholesale rubber, belt- ing and mill supplies, Grand Rapids: ‘‘Allow us to congratulate you upon your improvemement in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. It presents a good appear- ance and is much handier for refer-| ence than heretofore. We trust your | efforts to please your patrons will be duly appreciated and wish you continued success.”’ How te ee Another Advance Probable. It is not at all improbable that the manufacturers of rubber boots and shoes will shortly announce another advance, as the price of the raw product contin- ues to enhance in value. The advance | men well posted in the business assert that speculation cuts very little figure— that, while the uses of rubber are con- stantly increasing, the production is steadily decreasing. The Boston Boot and Shoe Recorder | attempts to mislead its readers by claim- | ing that the advance of April 1 is only 6 | to 7 per cent. As a matter of fact, it | averages over 10 per cent. BEFORE BUYING GRATES | et Circular and Testimonials. nt Free. onomical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic. E LOINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND LAPIDs, MICH, ‘See what FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. 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 cash. Church & Fenn, Charlotte, Mich. 596 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 mill; 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 > MICHIGAN, OFFERS FINANCIAL IN- Ae ducements te manufacturers looking for desir- able locations. Address C. W. Smith, Secretary Im- provement Committee, for particulars. 599 WYOR SALE — CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, groceries, boots and! shoes and ‘hardware, situated in good trading point; will inventory about $2,000; 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. MecNitt, Byron Center, Mich. 559 OR SALE— HARDWARE STORE, DOING GOOD 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- 9 | quire of L. C. Cronkhite, Edmore, Mich. 58! OR SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF MERCHAN- 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 HOTOGRAPH, ALSO{GROCERY ROOMS AT UNION City, Mich., to rent; ‘will exchange property; also j 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. 585. Vv EXCHANGE FARM OF 120 ACRES OR village property for stock of goods, hardware | preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan i. tds OR SALE—HARDWARE STOCK, INVENTORING about $4,000, doing a very prosperous business; can reduce the stock to suit purchaser; best of reason | for selling. Address A. L. Paine & Co., Reed City i 568 Mich. HAVE SEVERAL FARMS WHICH I WILL EX- 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. HELP WANTED. V ANTED—DRUG CLERK, EITHER REGISTERED pharmacist or assistant. Address Box 93, Alle- gan, Mich, 1 } \ 7 ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST OR ASSIST- 94 ant. A. E. Gates, M. D., Crystal, Mich. 5 SITUATIONS WANTED. 7 ANTED—POSITION BY FIRST-CLASS DRUGGIST; nine years experience. Address C. M. Shaw, Sparta, Mich. 2 | SS BY A MAN WHO UNDER- stands the book, stationery and confectionery trade; best reference. Address No. 587, care Michigan Tradesman. 587 MISCELLANEOUS. Foe SALE—CHEAP—A 10 HORSE POWER GAS EN- gine, in good running order; reason for selling, want more power and are replacing it with a 20-horse gas engine of same kind. Rindge, Bertsch & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St. 600 CS 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. Address The Tradesman Company, G’d Rapids 2IEGIN THE NEW YEAR BY DISCARDING THE 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. r QAMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR retailers will be sent free to any dealer who wily write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co., a 564 | Albany, N. Y Nelson, Matter & Co., ——— FOR——_ they can do for you. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 4 2) GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. L. Winternitz has placed an order with the Colby Wagon Co. for three new de- livery wagons. John Engle & Son have opened a gro- cery store on Thomas street. The stock was purchased at this market. John H. Wierenga has engaged in the grocery business at South Grand Rapids. Lemon & Peters furnished the stock. S. K. Beecher, grocer at the corner of Jefferson and Wealthy avenues, has ar- ranged to run a bakery in connection. J. W. Taylor, who recently sold his grocery stock at the corner of East Leonard and Taylor streets, re- engaged in business on street. Amos S. Musselman & Co. fur- nished the stock. has Cornelius G. Dykema, formerly pre- scription clerk for H. & F. Thum, has opened a drug store at the corner of | ness West Leonard street and Alpine avenue. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. fur- nished the stock. E. H. Manley, formerly engaged in the grocery business on West Bridge street under the style of Wellington & Manley, has arranged to open a grocery store on East street. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. H. Haftenkamp, who kas been con- ducting a galvanized iron cornice bus- iness on Huron street, has consolidated his business with that of W. C. Hopson, on Pearl street. The new firm will be known as W. C. Hopson & Co. A. G. Clark, the White Cloud druggist, has formed a copartnership with his son- in-law, F. M. Gibb, under the style of Gibb & Clark, to engage in the drug bus- iness at Copemish. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock. Lemon & Peters, who recently bid in the J. B. Murray grocery stock, at White Cloud, at chattel mortgage sale, have sold the same to Rutherford & Mizner, who will continue the branch of their Fremont establishment. business as a W. G. Hyde and Geo. W. Irish are en- deavoring to organize a stock company to engage in the manufacture of a road eart, patented by the latter, which is guaranteed to overcome the ‘‘horse mo- tion’? so common in most vehicles of that elass. Buys & Van Duinen, grocers at 725 East Fulton street, have engaged in the hardware business in anew store they have built adjacent to the old establish- ment. Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the stock. Sidney A. Hart, formerly engaged in the wholesale liquor business here, under the style of Hart & Amberg, has pur- chased an interest in the firm of Fech- heimer Bros., wholesale liquor dealers of Detroit. The new firm name is Fech- heimer & Hart. E. E. Hanchett has retired from the firm of Slack & Hanchett, hardware dealers at 197 South Division street. The business will be continued by J. H. Slack, who has removed the stock to 487 South Division street and consolidated it with the hardware stock formerly owned by H. B. Huston, which was bid in at chattel mortgage sale by Foster, Stevens & Co., from whom Mr. Slack purchased it. East Leonard | | business at Flint. Herman N. Dosker, for the past three years engaged in the insurance, real es- state and loan business, has formed a copartnership with John Van De Riet, who has been engaged in the same _ busi- ness for the past five years, and the two will continue the business under the style of Dosker & Van De Riet. M. E. Lapham & Son, who have been engaged in the lumber business at Cham- paign, Ill., have arrangea to open a gro- cery store at 15 South Division street, | under the management of L. C. Hedden, | who was formerly engaged in the grocery | The Ball-Barnhart- | Putman Co. furnished the stock. | | Tucker, Hoops & Co. report cash sales | of $1,465 in three days last week in their | ‘Big Store’? at Luther, which gives color | to the statement that their sales will ex- | ceed $100,000 this year. They have re- | duced their mereantile business to a sys- | tem, and do considerable jobbing busi- | connection with their in retail | trade. Osear F. Conklin has traded his 9,000 | acre tract of pine land in Mississippi for | the stock of the Muskegon Dry Goods | Co., at Muskegon, which was owned by | H. N. Hovey. Mr. Conklin will give the business his personal attention for the present. The land is taken by Hovey & | McCracken, and will be held by them as an investment. > - a _—_ Gripsack Brigade. James S. Rowley, of Kalamazoo, has engaged to travel for the Globe Casket Co., of that place. John D. Mangum, formerly on the road for Stanton, Sampson & Co., is now tray- for S. Simon & Co. A. D. Baker, who has been laid up with inflammatory rheumatism for the past two weeks, started out on the war- path again Monday. F. J. Cox, formerly engaged in the grocery business at 694 Madison avenue, is now on the read for the United States Publishing House, Chicago. J. P. Visner, formerly engaged in the lumber and builders’ hardware business at Allegan, but now on the road for Edwin J. Gillies & Co., of New York, proposes to remove to this city and make Grand Rapids his headquarters. Chas. S. Robinson and ‘‘Hub’’ Baker sold $65 worth of tickets for the raffle of L. L. Loomis’ gold watch, which curred last Saturday. The watch was drawn by Joe F. O. Reed, who instructed the committee to return the watch to Mr. Loomis. L. M. Mills is in Stanton this week, in attendance on the Montcalm Circuit Court asa witness in the damage suit brought against Geo. S. Steere, of Stan- ton, by Jacob Vanderberg, of Chippewa oc- Lake. This case has been dragging through the courts for the past four! years, -the intention of the defendant | evidently being to tire out the plaintiff, every obstacle known to the law having been thrown in the way of Mr. Vander- berg. Purely Personal. C. C. Dean, formerly behind the coun- ter for L. J. Law, the Cadillac clothier, has arranged to open a clothing store at Woodland. N. O. Ward, hardware dealer at Stan- wood, and Chas, H. Smith, druggist at the same place, were in town a couple of days last week. Kgual to Gustom Made means a great deal. It means that extra care is taken in the cut; that great pains throughout is required in the stitching; that every portion o: une work must receive the closest attention; that the arment when completed shall be perfect. You do not often get these qualities in the shirts you buy. Itis just that fact that gives us (Michigan Overall Mfg. Co.,Ionia, Mich.) such a trade on our shirts. We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO. Our shirts are immense in size. Large enough to fit a double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too. Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt. These qualities,;swhen combined in a well-made, neatly- fashioned garment, make shirts that sell--sell easily and at good profits. Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4.50 to $7.50 per dozen. Thestyles are exquisite, all the new patterns and pleasing combinations of handsome coloring. We should like to have you ask us to send you, at our expense, samples of our line, that you can compare them with your present goods and see the difference in every way. Li © ia a COFFEE = Merchants. YOU WANT THIS CABINET Thousands of Them Are in use all over the land. It does away with the unsightly barrels so often seen on the fioor of the average grocer. Beautifully grained and varnished and put together in the best possible manner. Inside each cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws. Kvery Wide-Awake Merchant Should Certainly Sell ON, THE KING OF COFFEES. An Article of Absolute Merit. It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of 120 one-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere. Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. Woolson Spice Co., TOLEDO, OF1!IO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. Packed THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Goods. The Production of Calico. Probably no article used as dress goods is so little understood or appreciated as calico. The low price at which itis sold gives not the slightest idea of the work required to produce it, and while a buyer looking over the different patterns ex- posed for his selection, judges them to be good or bad, according to his taste or the locality in which he does business, never stops to think of the different pro- cesses required in the manufacture. The art of printing colors on cloths has been known for centuries, but it is only within a comparatively short time that the old block, or hand system has been done away with, and the entire work done by the aid of the most im- proved and ingenious machinery. The cloth used for the standard or most popular grade of calico has 64x64 threads to the inch, and reaches the printworks 28 inches wide. The pieces are sewed together and bleached, and the subsequent work reduces the width to about inches. After bleaching, the actual of printing begins. This should be divided intv four classes. First, the patterns; to produce these, each printworks employs a number of artists, whose business it is to paint on paper in water colors their ideas of pat- terns suitable for the class of work wanted, and the value of a designer de- pends upon his ability to catch the pop- ular taste. The patterns thus produced are carefully looked over by the party having charge of this work, and those selected are sent te the engraving shop, where the second process takes place, Dry 295 work which consists in reproducing them on copper rollers. The intricate work in this department can be better appreciated when it is un- derstood that each color must be en- graved on a separate roller, the cireum- ference of the roller being exactly the Same size as the pattern. This is one of the most expensive departments of a printworks and requires the greatest care, for, unless the engraving is prop- erly done, it is impossible to produce good work with the printing machine. After the engraving comes the actual printing of the colors, which is the third proc Css. The rollers are taken to the printing machine, which can most easily be de- scribed as an immense drum, surrounded by a frame, in which are placed the roll- ers, each being supplied with a color box containing the different quired. The cloth passes rcller and drum, and in its passage takes the color from each roller successively, and being such alight fabric, the most careful arrrngement is required in order that in its passage through the machine all the different parts of the latter will work together at the same speed, as otherwise it would be impossible to place each bit of color in its proper place. A careful examination of any piece of printed goods will give the reader a bet- ter idea of how this work is done than any printed or written description can convey. After the goods pass through the print- ing machine, comes the fourth process, which consists of exposing the colors to different chemicals in order to make them fast. Then comes washing, to remove all excess of color or dirt, and finally, tinishing, folding, ete., all of which are | interesting, but not different from the same work of any other grade of goods. | ti — lel Doom of the Wooden Indian. “The wooden Indian in front of our stores,’’ said a tobacconist the other day, like the flesh-and-blood red man. He is being sternly pushed out by white men. ‘“‘Just look about our streets. eases, in front of the cigar stores, in- stead of the wooden Indian we toman soldier blandly puffing a Havana. Again, in place of the wooden Indian are those other familiar fancy figures of young men of the period, airy, jocular and suave, with the invariable. silk hat tilted on the back of the head. These figures are intended to give a light and pleasing air to the cigar store in con- Stis trast to the grave air of the Indian. |my part, I like the stolid wooden Indian, colors re- | between the the | In many | see the | CHAS. A. For | with his feathers and tomahawk. He seems appropriate. “Some other cigar store keepers have supplanted their wooden Indians with negro minstrels in full costume, and the signs seem to be rather popular. Other dealers strive to give their stores an Oriental air, and the turbaned Turk has elbowed away many an Indian. Still others, filled with loyal patriotism, have banished their stalwart Powhatans and adorned their store fronts with genial statues of George Washington, smoking peacefully a painted stump of ‘Ole Vir- ginia.’ ‘And some of these cigar store war- riors have a history. That one out there,”’” and the tobacconist pointed to the huge brave who guarded the entrance, “‘was once the figurehead of one of our men-of-war that fought in the war of 1St3.”’ —_—_——— Good-Bye to the P. of I. The following are among some of the merchants who have been under contract | with the P. of L., but have thrown them overboard : Bellevue—John Evans. Blanchard—L. D. Wait. Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner. Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof. Prices Current. U NBLEAC HED COTTONS. Atlantic A. <-. ¢ SaeonCUG........ 6% oe 6% Conqueror XX...... 4% . a SG wient Ster......... 7% me ae 6% mecor 4s 6% — oe... --- 594 Full Yard Wide..... 6% Atlanta A.A. -+ O6(Grent Palie B....... 7 Archery Bunting. . 4| Honest Width....... 6% ree cs : 1% Hartford A. : Big Beaver Dam AA... 5%|Integrity wa 2 peowiek E... 6% |King, Ze... 6% Blackstone O, 2 7 E X. reo 64 Biack Rock .... : a .- 2. 32 in. Musi 5% Boat, a... KiLawrenceLL....... 5% ae — 6 New Market B...... 5 = cimotpe B............. See ite 4| Newton ee te ue [fas 2 tee. ge jOur Level Best..... 2 Contine mea 7 4|Riv ae Ae... 4% D, 40-in 8%) Sea Island R.. - 6% E, 42-inlv |Sharon 4.4... 6% . W, 45-inl1 |Top of the Heap.... vm ' H, 48-inl2 |W ot te ea Leta as Caanen s Comet, 40in........ 8% ComenectA.......... Tighasigie * |... TM ae oe Market L, 40in. 7% BLEACHED COTTONS. Amsburg .... --- © (em es... 7 Blackstone AA..... 8 iad Mega ........ 1% Beats All. - 4%4'Green Ticket.. , 814 Cleveland...... ... 4 jOrent Palle.......... 6% Cabot............... Wop i. Ty eo a os 6% oust Ont... .. 44%@ 5 Dwight Anchor. 9 \King Phillip ee 73% Shorts. 8% 4 7% Edwards. . -.-.. 6 |Lonsdale Cambric..10% Rae... \ onesie... .... 84 _flawe.... ........ Ce eiesex. 54 | Fruit of the Loom.. 8%|No Name............ 7% | Seema! 1... |... 74% Oak View. 6 | Piret Prise... ...... ? jOur Own. oo | Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 /|Prideof the Ww st 12 | Wainount.......... 4% Rosalind l ‘ve ve.......... 63¢\Sunlight .... Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Dimondale—Elias Underhill. Eaton Rapids—G. W. Webster. Fremont—Boone & Pearson. Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes. Harvard—Ward Bros. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Kent City—R. McKinnon. Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros. Lowell—Chas. McCarty. Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. 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. Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. tockford—H. Colby & Co. St. Louis—Mary A. Brice. Sand Lake—C. O. Cain, Frank E. Shat- | | tuck, Brayman & Blanchard. Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle. | Springport—Cortright & Griffin. Sumner—J. B. Tucker. | Williamston—Michael Bowerman. ‘og, Herpolshelmer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods | Manufacturers of | Shirts, Panis, Overalls, kts. Complete Spring Stock now ready for | inspection. Chicago and Detroit prices | guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, - - | MICH. | AWNINGS AND TENTS. = vf Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers, Seat Shades, Large Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, ete. Send for llustrated Catalogue. COYE, 11 Pearl Street. | Telephone 106. | Middlesex PT...... 8 ee ike _ 2 2......8 | : a7... “10% | as Geo, Washington... 844|/Vinyard.. HALF BLEACH HED COTTONS. Cabot. ----- ¢%4| Dwight Anchor.... . 9 Farwell. .. 7 UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. | Tremont N. lg (Middlesex No. ‘....7 | Hamilton N. 644) 2... Lee 2 | Middlesex’ AT. Laeeue B i . “ 7... okt “ Cie “ No. 25.... 9 | BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. oie 11 744|MiddlesexAA...... | . 2 DRESS GOODS. American indigo.... 64|Portsmouth robes... 6 | —— shirtings. 5 a mourning... 6% | Arnold 54 greys . 6% ' long cloth B. 1055 solid black, 6% 4¢|Washington indigo. 6% “* century cloth 7 ‘a Turkey robes.. 744 ‘“< gold seal..... 10%| ‘ India robes.... 71 Le Berlin r may © red. 1054 plain T’ky x % 8 r olids <<. oa ‘oil blue...... 644) ae = - ' (ree .... Go: kevreg...... |. ic oe heco madre ee 6 aie he ac madders... 6 | urkey red &..... 7 Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha W ae Hamilton fancy. .. 6%| Turkey red.. _@ . staple ... 6 |Riv erpoint rebes.... 5 Manchester ancy. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6% e new era. 614| ca gold ticket | Merrimack D fancy. 6%] indigo blue....... 10% | TICKINGS, Amoskeag AC A. --12%4| BCA... 124% Ramitton H......... 744|Pemberton AAA. “ a... oerer.. . Awning..t1 (Gwift River......... 6% | Weegee... ... 5. & jPearl River.........12%¢ First Prize.......... 11% Warren. oT corTon DRILL. a —— -......... 6% Stark el 7% ae — hl 7 | clita, -.......7 el ces 10 DEMINS. Amoskeag Denes cus Seerey. s,s oa 905. .... 144; Lancaster......... a brown .13 exci POR. ..... Be Anew. 11%! No. 2)....18 Everett, blue.. 12 No. 250....11% brown. cr 4 a No. 280. ...101% SATINES. Simpson eee bea oper. 10% Coed seec ee ae a a . 10% Cyeenee............ 1014} GINGHAMS. Glenarven. = Lancaster, staple... 6% Lancashire. . 6% C fancies 7 Normandie. . 8 | - Normandie 8% Renfrew Dress...... 8 | Westbrook a 8% Toll du Nord... ...... x oo . 10% Amoskeag oe a eee 6% ae... 10%! oe ee 6% Pee... 8, 8% Bani: | WOOO li 63% Cumberland.... .... 4% Warwick.... .. green... 4% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white... ... 1844|Peerless, colored. ..21 | GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag......... -20u6) V alley City.......... 16 Harmony .... . _ SBR Geert 16 RN ee ee ae ee eee... ees ee SIeeCen........... 161% Ce ee 11% THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour’s....... .... 8& Lone 2. Or... 45 Pe vies 88 Holyoke eee R% KNITTING COTTON. _——. Colored. | White. —_— he &¢. 38 (No. a. 37 e [2 ~_ 6. 3 ae — = 1° 44 - Zoey... oe 41 ' 45 CAMBRICS, Seer te, ee = Ww ashington eee. 4% Mitte Star... .. Rimed (reas... 8. 4% ee ‘= Lockwood... ...._: 4% Newmarket......... 4% |Wood’s. oe 434 Edwards....... . 4%\Brunswick ......... 456 RED FLANNEL. Fireman...... 3244'T W Creedmore....... yr Talpot AZ... .. | Memectons .......... ‘2714| Buckeye oe eee 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% ee a auyeg| Western W ......... 18% Windsor.. eee ok. 18% 6 oz Western........ a. (|Piushing 22x... .. 45) Unnen B........ 22\4|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless on 8 @ 9%! ooo 9 @10% ae 8%@10 | - ae 12% ANVASS AND PADDING, Slate. ey Black./Slate. Brown. Black, 9% 9% 914/13 13 13 10% 1uW% 1044/15 15 15 11% 11% 114/17 17 bas 12% 12% 1244|2 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz........ 9%/Greenwood, 8 oz + Mayland, co... 1044|West Point,8oz ... 9% Greenwood, 7% oz. 9%4| . 10 oz lag | WADDINGS. | Wiese, doe... ...... 18 |Per bale, 40 doz....85 00 Colored, Gos........ 14 | SILESIAS. | Hamilton 1.2.0 (Meee |. j een ck S 7 ce (ote con ou ee | te tee ‘ iQ@G Cashmere...... — | a r | Meseckees Se 214 eS 18 o -35 CORSET JEANS, Beccetord .......... 6 |Naumkeag satteen.. 7% Brunswick, .... .... Se moe... 6% | RINTS. | Allen, staple........ 5% Merrim’ ck shirtings. 5 . Pee... 2. en: 8% | robes........ GS (Pacific fancy........6 | American fancy.... 6 - Sone... 6% | Slater, Tron Cross... § {Pawtucket.......... Hea Cross.... 9 |Dundis._.... _ Best ......,.. 10% Bedford. oe 10% ' bem AA..... 12% Valley City. eee dn 10% CORSETS, ocanee........: 9 50/Wonderful .... ...84 75 Suiiines...... .... . OF Brighton... ........ 4% SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 85 | Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. .42% per 4408 ball...... 30 50 yd, doz. .424% Z| HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No 1 BI’k & White.. = [No 4 BIV’k & White..15 “ g “ ae ' 3 . 2 | “= . . 20 PINS. No 2-20, M C....... 50 [No 4—15, F 3%...... 49 *“ 3-18,S8 C. an COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 4 |" 2 185 23 oe 6 a7 pe | “ee 12 oe 2 SAFETY PINS, Poe... me ims. ....... - OB NEEDLES—PER M. A. Jemes...... -1 50|Steamboat.... ...... 40 Crowery &....... .... i 35 Gold Eyed.. ae 150 Merete s.....,..... 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. ----2 2 6—4...3 25154....195 6—4...2 sc 2 10 “cc =» 10} LP. STEKETEE JOBBERS & SONS, OF Ury Goods and Notions Overalls, Pants, Jackets, Jumpers, Waists, Flannel Shirts, Domet Shirts, Cotton and Calico Shirts in al! qualities. Embroideries, Lace Caps, Ruchings, Linen Collars and Cuffs, Aprons, Lace Collars, Bibs, and a Complete Line of Ladies’ Windsor Ties. Selling Agents for Valley City, Twines, Batts, Peerless Warp, Waddings, Georgia and Atlanta Bags. Correspondence Solicited. _ RRR aR ETC (83 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fountain Sis, GRAND RAPIDS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. HARDW . Prices Current. | ee wee cae i eee esc a os .-- 70&10&10 | Screw Eyes -- T0&10&10 i Pee. T0&10&10 Change in Schedule of Cut Nails. | These prices are for cash buyers, who | Gate Hooks and Eyes. oa weasOAtO * : KNoBs—New st. is. : For some time past the _nail manu-/| pay promptly and buy in full packages. | Door, mineral, sone Now : a“ facturers have been receiving requests AUGURS AND BITs. dis. | Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings | 55 from various hardware : : Ce © ono nae — a rivamings 55 Pediat taal 3 i : : ca ee. BIngS . 55 individual jobbers throughout the coun | Jenuings) genuine, 0.0.0 25 | Drawer and Shutter, vorcelain 70 try, asking for such a change in the (Jenntnee tbat 50&10 | LOCKS—DOOR, dis. scheduld of extras on cut nails as would | AXEs. ee ae ee 0.’s new list on enable them to buy what nails were | First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................. it ——-. 55 needed for stock without regard to spec- i D > Pee tneenwnetanenoe ne 2 ON 55 > ar > > | 7 2S Bee 8 50 MATTOCKS. - a “ er ages. = the _ Ging | “ Sb eee CeO Meoke $16 00, dis. 60 oO 1e Western Cut Nail Association, ieee dis, | Hunt Bye.... : ( 815.00, dis. 60 | held in Wheeling on February 12, a new Dial ak ba | I oa. -. 2... 818.50, dis, 20410. names i nd. The only changes | pauto8d---------+22:-eeeeeeeeee cee eee tees aes dial se 1eC u e Ww as ac opte € Le on 2 c 1anges | Garden COCHSHCCOHC CO SEES REO OO LES eE SHOES net 30 OO Sperry & Co *s Post, handled 5 in card are making 50d and 60d base, in- | BOLTS, dis. | ' a MILLS. din Stead of 12d to 40d, as heretofore, and | gtoye......................................... 50&10 | Coffee, Parkers Co.'s... 40 adding smaller extras on 40d, 30d, 20d, | Carriage new list.................ccees cesses 70 i ae ee Co.'s 7 Malleables “| 16d, 12d and 10d. We print below, side | Siete dias a a aaa -— ‘ Enterprise va : 25 | by side, the old and the new ecard; ee a MOLASSES GATES. dis. a =o senmm maw Stebbin’s Pattern 60&10 Nails, Fence and Brad: | Well, plain Sis0| tosses eee * “6a&10 la ‘cin (cee Pp eee eee me ees ee eee tayo lace, af COM S GEHUING................ . 606810 ii eie = o ae [Wel awivc 4 00 | Enterprise, self-measuring........ 25 | Oe ek eee ee wea SO 25 ase | 1 i | Base $0 05 | ey agi = Steel nails, base..... = sea a ie 2 40| a Base io | Cant Loose Pin, Sgured........ ............. T0& Wire nz ils, Hae ee aa a Geode Base 15 | Wrought Narrow, — a a 60&10| “Advance over base Steel. Wire | Fe $0 10 20 | Wrought Loose Pin. . veseee ee BOEIO | gg, SED Base _— Base | All the other sizes are unchanged | Wrousht Inerie Bil nd. EEO REO On mni0 bbl eed ee ste etal ae eteerncetoRs _ I ged. = coun ao Teles ee a ae 05 20 | irae & tig wereee eee ee eres escvcecceos 30 ee 10 20 ee a. T&10 a - 2 A New Nail Machine Blind, Parker’s arte ten eet tae = a . » Parker's. ... 2... 0. -0eee 0 cess eee eee es Leet mT AR 15 35 Anew machine for the manufacture | Blind, Shepard’s ........................ oe 15 35 of nails, called the Capewell, has re-| iii ens oe i Be retain mea nietieaas re - cently been tested in London and is at- | O*4!mary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... ae . 40 65 tracting considerable attention. Each ee weno | Acctitettctee cette - 60 90 machine is capable of producing in ten Grae... foes panne rene dis. 50&02 |3 Oe ee : = I = hours over 600 pounds of average sized a a Ce eae 2 00 nails, and one boy can attend to four _— en a ane oe peri 5 | Case 10. tetttctee eres esse es 60 90 machines. The process is a simple one. ‘i es et eae sr et on : be The end of a coil of steel bar or wire, on hob Ce eee = se Lea ee 1 00 a drum, is put into the machine, which|q@D._........1.17227.72177" « a. Pete teat e eee a nae oe coe cane 1 00 1 2 automatically cuts the pieces of the ee " 60} lineh re in ro length required, and then passes them to CARTRIDGES, SE ee eT alee 90 a series of dies, which draw and bevel Rim so ee sae 50 | i : Gevereeerene ceeeeeeeeeeeee eT 15 1 00 them; a revolving plate then catches | Cemirai F1rG....... . soar serenin ae er 25 SArrGll %.......... pesos 1 a 50 them in slots, points and drops them fin- | a ™ | Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy ............ . @ : . . Socket Firmer 70&10 c @ ished and ready foruse. Any failurein|S ce eu oneje | sciota Bench................ Go ’ 2 SoCece ean 0&10 | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, faney |||. : @3 any of these operations at once throws | Nee ee 70&10 | Bench, first quality................ a Qi the machine out of gear, the spot where | nares — saat ala hs reid tne ts 70&10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s, wood a1 the fault occurs being marked by a sig- | BU‘chers’ Tanged Firmer................... 40 : PANS. ie nal. It requires but a few seconds eo aa oF a nen = a remove the blank and restart the ma- | SUtty, Lawrence’s.......................... =I RIVETS, dis. is PO (ES ey s EE CHALK. ‘ Copper Rivets and Burs.. 50 _ : | White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | PATENT PLANISHED IRON. To Revolutionize the Glass Business. ' ee ‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20| The Chambers & McKee Glass Co. has | Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 28 ee ee eee” 2 9 2¢ in operation at Jeannette, Pa., two tanks . 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 .......... 26 , spring for making glass and a third one in state | Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.0000 0011. 20.7) 26 Mibtiwin 13 e au. i Cold Rolled, oe Lo. 26} Manilla . 16 of completion. This method of making | Bottoms .......... 00000007007 i ee equAREs. din glass is entirely new to this country, but | DRILLS, dis, | Steeland Iron..... ... a dsa ss 5 has been in use for some time in Belgium | yorse’s Bit Stocks.......................... 4 | Try and Bevels.................... G0 and England. The method employed is | Taper and straight Shank. 2.220 0000000 22101) 49 | Mitre ....+......... doi ete a to pour the composition in at one end of | Morse’s TaperShank................ o i Com. Smooth. Com. the tank, which, after flowing through | boa a PANS. Nos 10 to 140000. i . 2 83-10 4 r is re in ¢ ifie ats Small sizes, ser pounc a 20 32) the tank, is taken up in a purified state inden te pend. ni ss 420 3 20 by the blowers at the other end. This a POR 2 teee 4 20 3 20 process necessitates continuous work at C 4 of 61 ‘ | Nos. 25 to -_...... 4 40 3 40 the tanks, which is provided for by hav- | Corey ttt tree ee ee. 4 60 3 f0| \ Sy S| g y hk | Corrumaieg dis. 20&10&10 | 41) sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches ing three gangs of blowers, who blow Le dis. 40&10 | wide not less than 2-10 extra eight hours per day. The Chambers & | EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. |: McKee people say that with four tanks | Clark’s, small, 818: large, $26................ 30| in active operation they can supply all the glass at present demanded by the United States. Re OE mp The Hardware Market. The jobbers have advanced single-bit axes 50 cents per dozen and double-bit $1 per dozen, being about half the advance made by the manufacturers. The glass manufacturers have adopted a new list, which went into effect March 6, being an advance of 10 to 15 per cent. The new list has not yet been adopted by the job- bers, but probably will be by the end of | the week, or as soon as the new lists be printed. iron and nail centers renders iron and nails weak and on the decline. Barbed annealed wire remains firm. The P. & B. cough drops give great satisfaction. > «> \Elk Rapids—O. J. Holbrook has sold his store to H. B. Lewis and J. Butler. Magic Coffee Roaster. The Best in the World. Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 toasters—capacity 385 Ibs.—l will sell chem at very low prices. Write for ypecial Discount. ROBT. S. WEST, +8-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. BE. J. Mason & Co., Proprietors of Old Homestead Factory GRANT, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF Preserves, Evaporated Apples bread and | Jellies aud Apple Butter, Our goods are guaranteed to be made from wholesome fruit and are free from any adulteration or sophis- tication. See quotations in grocery price current. The Grand Rapids trade can be sup- plied by GOSS & DORAN, 138 South Division street. Telephone, 1150. A.D.Spangier & Co WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FRUITS ano PRODUCE And General Commission Merchants. EAST SAGINAW, MICH. We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and produce and solicit correspondence with both buyers and sellers. wh THE MICHIGAN RADESMAN. Comments of the Localand State Press. Mancelona Herald: ‘THe MiciiGANn TRADESMAN has been decidedly improved by changing its form from eight to six- teen pages.”’ Freeport Herald: ‘‘Tne MICHIGAN TRADESMAN comes to our table this week in book form, sixteen pages. Itisa grand improvement which will be ap-| preciated by its large list of subscribers. Tue TRADESMAN is all right. Saranac Local: ‘“*THe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN has been changed in form to a sixteen-page paper. attractive in appearance, but now it is a daisy. and it will certainly pay to preserve the numbers complete.”’ Evart Review: Tae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN appears this week in an im- | proved form, and is now published by The Tradesman Company, which has a capital of $30,000. The Messrs. Stowe still hold a controlling interest. THE TRADESMAN is a first-class paper, and is a credit to its founder and editor, as well | as the publishers.’’ Manton Tribune: ‘‘ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN comes out this week in pam- phlet form, with sixteen pages, and printed in excellent form on good paper. ‘Tue TRADESMAN is one of the best trade journals published and is particularly popular among the business interests of the State. May it continue to deserve its present high standard!’ Grand Traverse Herald: ‘*THe Micu- IGAN TRADESMAN comes this week changed in form toa four-column, six- teen-page paper, stitched. The change is decidedly for the better. It is con- venient for handling, reading, filing, binding, and the paper can be increased in size to suit convenience or necessity, by adding pages. It is one of the hand- somest trade journals of the country.”’ Grand Rapids Leader: ‘“TuHe Micu- IGAN TRADESMAN will hereafter be pub- lished by a stock company, the Messrs. Stowe, however, retaining a controlling interest in the business. Through ex- cellent management, THe TRADESMAN has become a valuable property and is recognized as a reliable exponent of trade interests by business men gen- erally, whose patronage it enjoys toa liberal degree.”’ Grand Rapids Eagle: ‘‘E. A. Stowe & Bro. have been succeeded in the publica- tion of THE MicHIGAN TRADESMAN by a corporation, The Tradesman Company, of which they are the principal stock- holders. Mr. E. A. Stowe, the founder of the paper, the one who has brought it to its present state of great prosperity, continues as editor, so the general policy of the publication is not changed. With this change of ownership comes a change of form, and the paper now appears with sixteen four-column pages instead of a blanket sheet. It is full of matter especially intended for mercantile and manufacturing interests, and is a neat, attractive weekly periodical in every re- spect. It seems destined to achieve even greater successes in the future.”’ —>-o-<—___— The Manufacture of Thimbles. The manufacture of thimbles is quite an industry in this country. Millions of thimbles are made and sold every year. There is the common steel thimble, which can be purehased for a few cents, and there are thimbles made of silver and gold, and many very elaborate ones in which diamonds and other precious stones are set, for which almost any amount of money may be paid. Thimbles are made on dies of different | sizes. The gold, silver or steel is pressed | over these dies by stamping machines, and the finishing and polishing and deco- rating are done afterward. bles are made of celluloid and rubber. These are molded. ing a gold thimble is more elaborate than that of the cheaper ones. The first step in the making of a gold thimble is the cutting into a disk of the desired size a thin piece of sheet iron. to ared heat, placed over a graduated hole in an iron bench and hammered down into it with a punch. This hole is the form of the thimble. The iron takes its shape and is removed from the hole. It was always | It is now in good shape for filing | Some thim- | The process of mak- | This is brought | The little indentions to keep the needle from slipping are made in it, and all the other finishing strokes of the perfect thimble put on it. a deep blue color. |at the base of the thimble. The | is then ready for use. \for years. The any time. |only made for persons who have more money than brains. Not long ago a gen- rubies, set alternately. This thimble useful, and if 2 —_—— Whalebone is so scarce that it now ‘sells for $12,500 per ton in London. The iron is then made into steel by a} process peculiar to the thimblemaker, and is tempered, polished and brought to | A thin sheet of gold | is then pressed into the interior of the | thimble and fastened there by a mandril. | 'Gold leaf is attached to the outside by | great pressure, the edges of the leaf | being fitted in and held by small grooves | article | The gold will last | steel never wears out, | and the gold can be readily replaced at | Elaborate thimbles set with jewels are | tleman in this city, blessed with plenty | of this world’s wealth, wanted to make a | | present to a young lady, and he had a| | handsome chased gold thimble made. On | |the top of the thimble was set a large | solitaire diamond and around the rim of | | the thimble was a row of diamonds and | would certainly be more ornamental than | used at a sewing circle | would attract a great deal of attention. | meeting with great success, better than | ‘A farmer organization which interferes | good authority that the Patrons in the | vicinity of Grand Rapids are opening | benefits from this disguised do-good-or- | munities, receding from the doom that | é /99F Aad, ly, fora, Me a ig | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | Sh Grand Rapids. $1.50 Per Foot—6 Feet or Over. We still continue to sell our HEYMAN & CO., ‘oval or square front show cases with metal corners for Shipper and Retail Dealer in Lehigh ValleyCoal Go.'s Office, 54 Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. HARDWOOD LUMBER. dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Biren. logy... ..... .... 15 00@16 00 Birch, Noe. land?...._.....-...- Vas @22 00 Diet Ae toe ran.................... 14 00@16 00 Cherry, log-rum................-.-.....25 QO@a0 00 Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2..................60 M@6 00 Cherry, Call. ....... 2... --..... 5... @ MM? Maple, log tun .....-..-.-__.- Maple, soft, log-run........ | Maple, Nos. 1 and2..............-..--- Maple, clear, flooring..............-.- Maple, white, selected.........-.. Rea Gok loeran.....-........-.. . Red Oak, Noe ftand?...........- ro Red Oak, 14 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 Red Oak, 4% sawed, regular........ Nes Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.... Walnut, log rum...........-.... Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.... White Oak, log-ran..............-.---- 17 0018 00 White Oak, 4 sawed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00 Old Grocers Unanimously agree ! the famous TRaDE-MARE |Isthe most uniform brand on the market and | gives the best general satisfaction. If you are | not handling this brand, send a‘trial order to | the factory. J ACKSON CRACKER CO., JACKSON, MICH. Basswood, log-run ........ a cues 1 oa. kee COD OO] Walrus cull ..........-. se. @2 00 | Grey Elm, log-run......... a. eoee sede OOo (6 White Aso, loe-ron............ woe ee 14 COG @ Whitewood, log-run................--.20 00@22 00 A. HIMES, CO THE ABOVE COMPANY’S COAL IN CAR LOTS ALWAYS ON TRACK SREADY FOF SHIPMENT. 1 The furniture factories here pay as follows for ReMuUS ROLLER MILLS, temus, Mich., Jan. 20. 1890. § Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. : Gentlemen—The roller mill put in by you last August has run from twelve to fifteen hours every day since it 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, They Can Do the Work. Yours truly, D. L. GARLING. for FIT FOR A Gentleman s TABLE: All goods bearing the name of Thurber, Whyland &% Co. or Alexis Godillot, Jr. Drugs & Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy, One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Meetings during. 1890—Star Island, June 30 and July 1; Marquette, Aug. 13 and 14; Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asa’n. President— Frank Inglis, Detroit. First Vice-President—F., M. Alsdorf, Lansing. See’d Vice-President—Henry 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 Saginaw; Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detroit. Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Thirty-three Out of Ninety-two. At the session of the State Board of | Pharmacy, held in this city last week, ninety-two candidates were present for | Of this passed number the examination. three persons thirty- registered pharmacists’ examination and forty-five | failed. Thirty-one of these. however, passed the 40 per cent. and over and will be entitled to assistants’ certificates. Four passed the assistants’ examination | and ten failed. The successful candidates are as fol- lows: REGISTERED. D. May Beacham, Romeo: John R. Clark, Grand Rapids: C. F. Collins, roe; C. H. Crego, Jackson: M. M. Den- ison, Kalamazoo: F. G. Esterday, Jack- son; H. Elfbrandt, Ishpeming; F. H. Emery, Charlotte: F. J. Erwin, Marlette; S. E. Gillet, Muskegon: M. A. Gray biel, Port Huron; Charles Harrison, Sparta; L. Hinman, Peer. 7 Jonjejau, Grand Rapids; K. G. Kineaid, Detroit, Geo. L. Lage, Kalamazoo; Charlotte; C. J. Loucks. Moir, Kalamazoo; H. H. boygan; Detroit: W. H. Packard, Che- C. Pasternacki, Detroit: J. Ran- kin, Richland: F. C. tolland, Fenton; F. J. Schiminsky, Oak Harbor, Ohio; F. L. Shiley, Fayette, Ohio: C. J. Thorpe, Coldwater; W. J. Trempe, Sault Ste. Marie: G. H. Uglow, Vermontville; G. Van Arkle, Muskegon: Wood, | A. Wheeler, Muskegon: H. P. Ann Arbor; John Young, Detroit. ASSISTANTS. W. N. Choate, Jackson; T. Forbes, Middleville; C. A. Fuhrman, Muskegon: Julius Peppler, Jr., Muskegon. The next examination will be held at Star Island, in the St. Clair River, be- ginning June 30. Another will be held at Marquette August 13. and the last this year will be held at Lansing, Novem- ber 5. The best record made by any applicant was by W. N. Choate, of Jackson, who stood the highest of any one in the class, but was prevented from receiving a cer- tificate as registered pharmacist by reason of his age, being only sixteen years old, whereas the law requires a registered pharmacist to be years of age. Te Oo The Sixth Drug House Materializes. The Detroit News of last Friday con- tained the following: The prediction that the members of the old drug firm of Farrand. Williams & Co., who retired at the dissolution, would not long remain idle has proven correct. The old firm, now running under the firm of Williams, Sheely & Brooks, has been busy for several] days accepting the resignations of many of its old employes, who declined to state their future intentions. The mystery is now explained. A new firm composed of Jacob S. Farrand, H. C. Clark, R. P. Williams (a son-in-law of Mr. Farrand) eighteen THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. esi ninnaenteenecsa and Jacob S. Farrand, J r., will soon open a wholesale drug house at 33 and 35 Woodward avenue. The name of the new firm will undoubtedly be that dis- carded by the successors to the old busi- ness. The statement that the new firm will | take the firm name of the old house is | probably incorrect, as it is understood | that the retiring partners signed an | #greement not to resume the former firm | style, in the event of their re-engaging | in business. It is more likely the new firm name will be Farrand, Williams & | Clark. —'>-9 ~~ | Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. | At the regular monthly meeting of the |Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, | held at Tue TRADESMAN office last | Thursday evening, Frank Powell. the | South Division Street druggist, was | elected to membership. President Hayward, from the drug business, having retired presented his | was laid on the table until the next | neeting. There being no further business, the | meeting adjourned. The full text of President Hayward’s resignation is as follows: Having retired from the drug business, it becomes necessary for me to tender to the Society my resignation as your pre- | Siding officer. In doing so, I wish to tender my thanks resignation as presiding officer, which | Danger of Acquiring the Morphine | Habit. Professor Dujardin-Beaumetz, Paris, France, in a recent lecture at the Cochin | Hospital, Paris, France, on the treatment of nervous diseases, said : | Ineed not here speak of the advan- | tages and dangers of morphine. 1 have | i | | | Drng Stock For Sale For the next ten days we offer | many times discussed this subject, show- ‘ing that if morphine is an admirable | analgesic medicament, it is also the most | dangerous of all by reason of the fact | that the patient becomes accustomed to }and dependent on the morphine injec- | tions, and ends in becoming a morphio- | maniac. | may be affirmed that morphiomania | has become one of the vices of the day, | | and we may almost lay it down as a rule | | that any patient who for thirty consec- | utive days takes morphine injections will | /ever after be a victim to the habit, even | when the symptoms to the primary mal- jady shall have completely disappeared; | and it will thenceforth be a matter of no | | little difficulty to cure the morphine | the F. H. Eseott Drug Store, on Canal street, this city, at a redue- tion of 16 per cent. from inven- tory, or $3,750—Cash. This is a rare chance for a good druggist to start in business at an old and established stand. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. | habit, now become a disease more rebel- | | lious than the affection for which these PO J ISHT N A (TRADE MARK’ REGISTERED.) | injections were first ordered. | The number of morphiomaniacs in- | creases every day, and this deplorable | —- | Vice exists in all classes of society. Un-| The Best Furniture Finish in the Market | fortunately, our own profession is not | Specially adapted for Pianos, ;exempt from this abuse, and I know Organs and Hard Woods. | quite a number of medical confreres who | | have been or are still victims of mor- | -2. <<. The Law Does Not Require It. GRAND Raprips, March 10, 1890. | Editor Michigan Tradesman: 1 have lately received a number of | | circulars, offering for sale lists of ques- | tions used by the various Boards of | Pharmacy, of which the following isa fair sample: | “This book contains all the questions | asked by the various Boards of Phar- macy throughout the different states during the past year. “‘In order to pass an examination it is necessary to know what to Study. A/| knowledge of the answers to the ques- | tions as here laid down will enable one to pass any examination on practical or | technical pharmacy.”’ It is my opinion that druggists should | unite in a protest against the granting of | certificates to quiz applicants who have | no practical knowledge of the drug bus- | I: iness. Yours respectfully, DRUGGIST. A protest of the character described | by THe TRADESMAN’s correspondent | would probably avail nothing, as the | law does not require a registered phar- | macist to have a practical knowledge of | the drug business. 2 . © € = y oe eS MEMEATIOR ..-............-.-. ae | Apehusa .......... 15@ 2 Cassia Acutifol oo 50 Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 sre, Pe. ps Podophyllum, pe... 15@ 18} 2 8 " 3@ titrate Soluble........ CS CoG OOF Merson Tir inrte sate FerrocyanidumSol.... @ 50) @ag IT ete ; 2° Solut Chloride........ @ 15 ene 75@1 35 | Antimoni, << weeees ip 4@ 5 Sulphate, com'l....... ee 2 Spigelia a 48@ 53] antipyrin — 1 met = pure....... @ i Sanguinaria, (po 25)... @ 21] anti ea TE nN ies FLORA. Serpentaria........-... 40@ 45| argenti Nitras,ounce @ 68 _(ooncee 8. yal a oie 5@ 50 Arsenicum : 5m 7 — aie cee amie sia ae z Similax, Officinalis, e = = Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 Se Q@ x “ “ 20 oe a See Matricaria ...... ..... 30@ 35] scillae, (po. 35)........ “6 Bie SS — a Cc 7 ae Chlor, 1s, “(4 FOLIA. — Feti- “ * 12 @ 9 2 oe, Pe... Se Hiawe isa. poo \ eee rge’ are 1, in, 1 1 Valeriana, Eng. (po. 3) @ B cantare Russian, as CMV ae BOB German BB is |Cangiol Fructus af. @ is Ge tx. 35@ 50 mea a 10@ = 0. @ i6 Salvia officinalis, MS 8 eee aie ap “ 6 @ 14 and 1%48........-....- 12 SEMEN. Caryophyllus, (po. PO) 15@ 18 ee Ge 8@ 10) Anisum, (po. 20). 15 | Carmine, No. 40....... %5 G@UMMI. Bhd ts (graveleons).. = ‘ Cera Alba, S, oF i. 50 55 - > yt oe Si Cera Plaga. ........ 28@ 30) Acacia, _ picked... > = Carui, (po. 18)......... am dee @ 40| _ 3d oo @ 80 Cardamon.............1] 06@1 2 | Cassia Frauctus........ @ 2 a ift dsorts... @ 65|Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 Ceniraria........... |. @ 10 “ a re 75@1 00 par area Bastve......-. Ae 2 Ceétaccum ...... . @ 35 aa ae ee tCyGG@ramin.... ........ 2 ¢ Chloroform ———4.-. SO So Aloe, — (po. _ a = Chenopodium .... 10@ 12 squibbs . @1 00 a Senet’ too 60). @ 50 | Dipterix Odorate. . 1 — = —— Hyd Crst. 1 BO@I 7 : ering ea ce ' | eoemiedive........... @ 15|Chondrus . 20@ 2% . 18, (148, 14 48, ( Foenugreek, po..... : %@ ; 8 Cinchonidine, PL & W 15@ 20 ee inne — |... @ 4% German 4@ 10 pees nega a = Lini, 2 ord, (pbl. 4 ).. 1 ‘4 Corks, list, dis. per ga ’ i . EE ae 35 ) — ...........,... Q@ 6) Benzoinum..........-- 0@ 55 | Pharlaris Canarian... . 336@ 436 | Creasotum ............ @ 50 | +» BB@ 5 Rapa . on © Creta, (bbl. 75) é ra Eu = a ee - =~ Sinapis, Albu a Ss 9 pee 5@ 5 Gambege, po teases 80@ 95 Nigta.... 1... H@ 121 ‘ precip a 8@ 10 st . OA... @ 8 Guaiacum "(pO. 35) . @ 50 SPIRITUS. © in ion 3 a... a @ 2% Frumenti, W., Ds Co. .2 00@2 50 Crocus tetetwotetecece, GO Oe Mastie gi 60 ‘“ eR 1 T@? 00 Onan orig ee a _ Myrrh, (po 45)........ Cee 1 10@1 50 per See. | ( . Opii, Ps o@)........ 4 oe 15 Juniperis Co. O. T....1 %5@1 7% Ether Sulph oe 6a = Smeuac .. ........---- oe et 1 75@3 50 | & Sulph........... @ i ‘“ bleached...... 27@ 35] Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00| Emery, all numbers.. @ 8 Tragacanth ........... 30@ 75) Spt. Vini Gaili........1 75@6 50 Ergota, po aie son e , ¥ fine Coote i... on? 1) | rE Ota, ( po.) OVU....... * ou ounce pines” bce — . 7 2@2 ais Flake oe labial 120 1B ae we ee ee @ B Eupatorium ...... veveee 20 SPONGES. annem TH4@ 814 — pees = Florida sheeps’ wool Gelatin, Cooper eed oe @ 90 ee: er ni ON. 2 25@2 50 French........ 40@ 60 Ment a La +... = Nassau sheeps’ wool ———. Rape 75 per cent. Re CR ee ls i 2 00 y box 6235 less oe eee 30 Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, a ice eece gs se = : wl ae a aa ce wool carriage....... 1H)... A gieahccth hd he SQ & I Feiiicrwcese lon. S| wien pollen anand Glycerina 00000200... R@ W MAGNESIA, Carriage oo, 85 a . ond = ‘alei 30 | Grass sheeps’ wool car- syaycuige hae able wx le 65 | Hy@raag Chior Mite.. “@ 9% Carbonate, K.& M.... 0@ 2% Hard for -_ use. % de On a » ng Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for slate ‘ x “i aa ae ' NN 1 40 mmoniati.. @1 15| OLEUM. " Unguentum. 45@ 55 | Absinthium. .........5 00@5 50 SYRUPS. Hyerareyrum ......... @ 80! Amygdalae, Dulce... .. ie 77) ROCA, 50 | Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 2@1 50 | munyoaiae, Amarac....6 Oks | Zingiber .................... 50) Indigo......../005..... 75@1 00 | PS eS Oa a Wee OF) Ieee... ............... -- @Oi todine, Resupl........ 3 75@3 85 | Auranti Cortex....... Oe oe vere fon... ms OOP... wl... @4 70 | ed EE REE 2 80@3 25 | Auranti Cortes.............. Oe toruim............... 85@1 00 | i mat OO; Isbel Arom........0--. 02... 50 | Lycopodium .......... 55@ 60 | Caryophylli sudsea couse 1 35@1 40 | Similax Officinalis.......... mrt eee 80@ 85} fone —o ot : Ce... 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- a, code ef eae mer co] memes 50 rare oe... @ 27 | Cinnamon ......... -+ Goeet St Seiiee....... 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12/ Cee. ta. 3S - je ee —* Sulph (bbl Contam Mac.......... wo 50 Te. 2 3] Comatose... ee. 1 3001 30 Pres VE se 50 Mannia, OP... 45@ 50 HAZELTINE: & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of --DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, CGins, Wines, Rumse. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co.. Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we res ceive them. Send in a trial order. Hazelting & Perkins Drug Go, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERIES. Bigger Deal than the Sugar Trust. | | | body but Reed. |grocer for being such a ninny—every- He was indignant, and | his indignation kept increasing. He has |/now brought suit for $10,000 against Stiften, and there’s a fair show that he A combination in the sugar trade, | greater and more widespread in its rami- fications than the Sugar Trust itself, has been practically consummated as the re- sult of extended negotiation, and its de- | officially announced. | tails will be The scheme is an elaborate one, and it is the outcome of a situation which for three or four years has furnished an soon | will get a good big verdict, though some | sShyster lawyer may take the lion’s share. anxious problem for the wholesale gro-| cers of the country. is to equalize the price at which sugar is sold to retailers, with the natural effect, of course, of making the price to consumers uniform in each locality. The plan this: The quotation from the refineries shall be the minimum price at which sugar shall be sold by wholesalers in the to retail dealers. This minimum price will be telegraphed daily from New York by an agent or committee of the Whole- sale Grocers’ National Association each of the 490 cities in the known as distributing points. is lowest combination to country, The rate The object sought daily | at the various points will vary according | to the ruling freight rates, telegraphed to each on the basis and the city will be figured of current freight tariffs, rate | and must be the actual minimum rate for | that day in the place named. Enforce- ment of the arrangement will be secured in this way: Therefiners will at the end of each month make a rebate of one- quarter of a cent per pound on all sugar sold during the have not undersold the official price. This plan has been in operation at New month to dealers who | York City for more than a year and has | worked so successfully that it has been deemed expedient to extend it all over the country. Wool, Hides, Furs and Tallow. The wool market has not changed ma- terially. There was considerable sold the past week at the decline. It will now take considerable wind from dealers to boom the market, or cloths must sell freely. Country buyers have lesson, which will last through the coming season. Hides are quiet and in light demand. Tanners have full supplies and looking for stock. Furs are low more an- other them and dull re acre M. B. Liddell has sold the Exchange PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Dealers hold winter fruit at ®8@ $3.50 per bbl., Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for unpicked and $1.35 for picked, holding at $1.60 per bu Beets—40c per bu. Butter—There is no improvement in the mar- ket and no prospect of any improvement. While fancy grades of creamery and dairy are scarce and in active demand, low grades are common as mud and about as sluggish and useless, so far as business is concerned, Buckwheat Flour—# per bbl. for New York SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. ee ee 6% ee 9 Tongue Sausage........... evel Sl eeu dueuce 9 Pee aeroe, Ceemeeo. .. we 8 Bee TO oe so ic ec. 5 Srna, Bip a 5 Meee, See. cs i 5 Wee ClO 5 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: “ts sega a 6 STICK. es Aan: to Rohrabacher & stock. i Standard, ag boxes a 9 Hunt, proprietors of the Farmers’ Bank,| Cabbages—37@9 per 100. es Te : : i Cheese—Fair stock of full cream commands Cut Loaf, = Ce. 10% who will continue business under the} 11@12c. MIXED. ee + Cider—10c per gal. Royal, = oe 9 | Style of the Union Bank. Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25; produce barrels Ya. 8% —> -2-~<—— Extra, 2 °b eee eget 10 Poeisetitnien-tbiell — Bugle is in fair demand ». bbls ec 9% VISITING BUYERS. at $4 per box or $13 per o ene cue 25 Ib. pails ee 11% Dried Apples — Ev ee are held at 74@ FANCY—In 5 Ib. boxes. W S Adkins, Morgan Geo McDonald, Kalamazoo | 8c and sundried at 4@4\4c. Lemon Drops....... be aes os bees c ou euls tall. 12 R Bredeweg, Drethe C P Parkhill & Son, Owosso Eggs—Dealers pay 11@12¢ per doz. and hold at} gour Drops 13 - . a eee . . Ss cine a — 12%. Prenenaien beape Ss hee cone eecu ates sneha hoes ia ohn Gunstra, Lamon ark & Son ; lll ee e........-... 2... T armock, Wright Ww hite Cloud Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50 per bu.; | Chocolate MN 14 John De Vries, Jamestown E E Hewitt, Rockford medium, $3.50. Timothy, $1.50 per bu. mw. Cee Tiree... ... ......... — | 8 Cooper, Jamestown G H Walbrink, Allendale Honey—In good demand, Clean comb com- ET SE 10 j os ae ee " oe a = Co., Lke Odessa | mands 13%4@l4c per lb. Licorice Drops 18 eter Bresnahan arnell Eli Runnels, Corning ania Gueear..taite ne cording aa ee a uate & ee eae fee g — Sugar —8@10ce per lb., according to| 4_ B. Licorice Drops............-...-... s+... 14 Grandville Jos Deal, Gun Marsh quality. a ae Lozenges, plain..........-. 0.66. cesses ee eee es 14 | McClelland & Miner, M Walsh, Spring Lake Onions—Good stock is nearly worth its weight ee 15 Kellogg L Burns, Ada in gold, dealers holding such lots as they are ee C HSmith, Stanwood RJ Side, Kent City able to pick up at $1.7 per bu. eee 15 N O Ward, Stanwood D R Stocum, Rockford Pop Corn—4c per Ib. Cream Bar B J R Harrison, Sparta Ezra Brown, Englishville Potatoes—The market is sick Dealers pay | Mol ee ce Jno Farrowe,SoBlendon John Damstra, Gitchell 25¢ and hold at 35c per bu. _ : ' g rar 13 WnmiVerMeulen.BeaverDam Smallegan & Pickaard, sau ce RORe. BS ae DET HU. a MOMNOUCIS os = Bakker Bros., Drenthe Forest Grove Poultry—Dressed is falling off in demand. Hand Made Creams..... W S Winegar, Lowell J Raymond, Berlin’ Squash—Hui: bard, 2c per Ib. eee Ee ig L M Wolf, Hudsonville Den Herder & Tanis, Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock commands $4.50 | Decorated Creams................ ia maeen ae ened JT Pi a String Rock so Seg ig seid i a : i ee . ethan Poe H inane, tee iui T oe ao Southern stock commands $1 Ee RN eee ata 22 D E Watters, Freeport Longyear Bros., Mason per peck (7 gts.) box. wrmeomereen Mertiee 14 Turnips—svc per bu. FANcY—In bulk. Lozenges, plain, a... 12 FRESH MEATS. PROVISION ee 11 Swift and Company quote as Pe — . printed, = ag oT 12% Beef, carcess a %@ 64| The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. i . bien , a PON as eee ay cin 11% ee... > @ ae a ocolate Drops, - _ en eh en ce 12 ~ ope ee $i 4 per an Se: Gum Drops, ee 6% 8 NE Ee @ 9% PORK IN BARRELS. in Dbls..............--..--00 2-0. 54 CA a 10 60 | Moss Drops, be ee ee 10 Ee Ce 10 50 mane ee ee 9% Ss! LL ee 12 00 | Sour Drops, in ee... 12 Bologna .. ms | Metrétleer, Beavy..... 12 00 | Imperials, = — oT 11 aia at ee ter 11 50 ee 10% CO ee @5 Peeees COORe, Cee Gae................... .. 2@ RUITS. Sausage, blood or head. . Ms Teer eee ee 2 00 | Oranges, Florida, choice ete eeer cece sees a @ 5 _ | Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 12 00 ; : Ex, ns dheeee bau. : 75@4 00 se Frankfort. aS a @ 8 cn eee i : ACY, ............. ea = i ec RHA @ 8% SMOKED MFATS—Canvassed or Plain. “ + sohaan russets....... 3 50@: Hams, average 20 lbs...............0....2...-. 9 |Lemons, Messina, choice, 360........... os oo OYSTERS and FISH. . Coc ay : a Sante sees @ Me UV SRAM eee eee eresres sees eseese — . yo F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: CE 6% “ ‘ taney, Bose oventoow ne 3 00 FRESH FISH, ' ON 8 - Malagas, choice, ee @ | Whitefish....-..0-.. 22.0.2. 2... sees see @ 8% | Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 8% Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers. ee 14 @15 smoked.. @8 ete hock, See eetoen....... ... 8 cnchce ~* ..... 2 @12% ae... @8 oe cee Bee ......................,...,. 5% “ see ee... @ EieMibus......... 2.0.0. ne. 2 as eons @15 ree, Me. cw 6 Dates, frails, - _............ ace @ HOGGI6S. ... .... 2.0 seneeeses nei venreoree @7 . a 6 Re A, OD, ec eene er eecs cous @ Ce @ 6 LARD—Kettle Denies . Fard, => box bee cniy ee touneges @10 | oysTERS—Cans. PORN 6% ei ae @8 ere Ooee......................, @35 Tubs ee a Persian, ‘0 Ib, — aaa 6 @ 6% uae EE EE eee ee... 1, ee @20 a Se snes iors @18 Larp—Family. A ea @15 8 ee ea bY, it California................ --15 @I16 Cll @16 ee oe mae ee 5% Brazils..... 00... ee .eee eee cece cence ee @11» ans Bulk Si Pale, ie Cave. 6% | Walnuts, Grenoble. .................... @15% bide ee (oie Te er Oe 6% c California.............-...2... @i13 eae B--ee ns ereeensersseresee conse @#1 15 | 10 Ib. Pails, 6in a case...............-. 0.0. 614 Pecans, Jemeg, EF... 1.4.2... 10 @13 - COWS. ++ 02. ne sen neneenceeeee wenenree @ 1 50 | 20 1b. Pails, 4 in a case.......: Se eae 5% PEANUTS uc ae lit a od ET 54 Fancy, H. P., Bells.....-. 22... ses... 8% NEE ee @1 50 | i “ _ Ronsted ee aa @10% SO @1 50} BEEF IN BARRELS. Fancy, H. P., Su a @ 8% Horseradish...... @ 7% | Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibe............... 7 60 o ‘enanod oe @10% Seer Oyeeers, per e.......... ... 22... 1 00@1 50 | Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ (eich rr. 6... ® 7% “ ciams, —OO°= Te @ %' Boneless, rump butts............. 0 " _ . ‘Roasted... @ 9% are not | and are not| wanted at any price sellers are willing to | let go at. Tallow is weak, with good demand at | the low price. _ i Ai The Grocery Market. Sugar continues ket being firm and active. tending higher. Raisins, prunes and well. Another 4% cent advance in aratus will go into effect April 1. ninco >__—_—_—— Led Into Trouble by a Fortune Teller Joseph Stiften, a Kansas City grocer, his | had a big lot of goods stolen from store. He was greatly mystified at first, but he waited upon a fortune teller, who revealed to him that the robbery was committed by ‘‘the man he had in his mind.’? That was enough for Stiften. He immediately swore out a warrant, charging Thomas the crime. The case was tried and Reed was acquitted, the jury never leaving their seats. Everybody laughed at the to advance, the mar-| Mild coffees | are higher and the market is excited and | Package manufacturers | have advanced their goods another ce. | currants are bound to be high, owing to amount of damaged | goods likely to be thrown on the market. Malaga raisins are said not to be keeping sal- | Reed, a carpenter with | een ene OM et sicnismesecntesse: —— . Par fes ri ro PY t (bar MAL J : ae” rn et rg TR EA cers PAG nse, ctier te blank ¥ é —_ THE MICHIGAN TRADES SMAN. MEAL We ae, 1 00 Granulated. 110 FLOUR. Straight, in sacks. _ parrels......-. 4 2 Patent paces. ....... &O c DONOR... 5 20 MILLSTUFFS. ee 11 50 Shape... 11 50 ae 11 00 Middlings.... . 18 0 mee Feod............... 13 00 Coarse meal..... ee wcu ey 13 00 CORN, fanell tote. 2... 35 Car a 30 OATS, _ ae 28 Car Tee 25 RYE. nos... @35 Creee ................. 4 @4%4% Part Cured...... @4 on Cl - 4 @ 4% Heavy steers, extra. ee 5 @6 ley Kips 1... a me Calfskins, green......3 @ 5 . Cured... .. 44@ 5 Deacon seking..........10 Gao 4 off for No. 2. »PELTS, Shearlings..... 10 Q25 Estimated wool, ‘per 20 @28 FURS. Mige Gark............ 2@ . pele............ 7a oe maccodn .............. ae Lo. Q Miushrag. 3 Q Wom ved............4.. 1 25@1 50 Mm @6roee...2...:__... 2 00@5 00 aaa 40@ 7 Pegeer......,......... aa Cnt wid... 50@ 75 ee 4 00@5 00 oo 2 00@3 00 Martin, dark... ...... 1 25@3 00 - pale & yellow 60@ 7 ~~ dark Qs Wolt........ Bes el Beaver oe Oppeesuin...... ....... 5@ 20 Deerskins, per lb...... 15@ 2% Above prices for No. 1 skins only. WOOL. Weebed... ........ L «no 5 Unwashed...... .... n-ne MISCELLANEOUS. WOOW ...5-- 006... 0... 3 @ 3% Grease butter. ........2 @a Setenes 2... 1K%@ 2 Ganaene........-. ---2 W0@Q2 50 Above prices are nominal and for immediate delivery only. BESS TSE We manufacture all our Candy. Use only the best ma- Warranted it as represented, pure and first-class ral Family This Brand. Handsome WRAPPERS. SOAP Our Salesman for —_—— Michigan, RAND RAPIDS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 2 W a ] pP SALT Topaccos—Piug. holes e rice Current. ee Crystal, in cases S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands The quo iven below are such as are ordinarily o od. & , Ps ae Se a 1 50 | Nimrod, 4x12 and See... 37 as — y offered cash buyers wh Common Fine per bbl....... 80 | Reception, 22-5x12, 16 0z......36 pay promptly and buy in full packages. —— — 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 — iin6. 416 to Mo...) 80 oe ee 1 90 ig 5 Center, =e 2 ...... 34 a 2 00} Wheel, 5to b. Se APPLE BUTTER. _ COFFEE—Green. White, No. 1, % bbls..5 50@5 75 a 2 15} Trinket, 3x9, 9 oz............. 25 E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 | Rio, fair. ............. on Gt : «22 Ib. kits.....1 00 Laan bu. bags ............ 75 | Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. — g BO0d........ -. a1 @R * |, 10 Ib, kits.. Siemens = 8 %5 | Something Good.......... 38 = a ° = iv — Bese ea? = “ Family, 4 bbis.... .250| Warsaw’ loool so lo. 35 | Doubic Pedio........... .....36 el 7 ancy, washed... M2 ” oe... 50 se ee 6 Posck C16... 3 Diamond. ..... ........-..-. 160] sotdce....... 23 @4 GUN POWDER. SALERATUS. Wedding Cake, blk. .88 BAKING POWDER. a Santos. 22 @23 i 5 25 | Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. 5% | “Tobacco”’.............. .- 38 Absolute, Ib. cans, 100s..11 75 | Mexican & Guatemala23 @24 Half eee 2 68) DwiehtaCom............. Big ToBaccos—Fine Cut. “ (ne ae = Mandh ling... = oe HERBS. Taylor’s. nat : a D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. " 1b. “= Se % : Mandheling....27 @30 BM ee ee fc ee 9 DeLand’s Cap Sheaf........ 4.| Hiawatha 62 Acme, % > cans, 3 doz.. 75 a Ue eae oe 22 @24 ae... 14 — = | Sweet Cuba. co 35 % 2 ‘ .... 150] Mocha, genuine..... 26 @2 JELLIES. Our Leader. (3.00... ...... 4% | Our Leader...... 35 - in ¢ 1 ¢ 3 00 To ascertain cost of roasted | E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 SAL SODA. v ToBaccos—Smoking. - ete 20 | coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- | Chicago goods.............. oe | ORS... aa at 1 Gow beader................. ; a 2 gs ac eee 1% ue Loucaes 16 Our Leader, 4 Mlb. cans..... 45 | ing and 15 per cent. forshrink-| _ LAMP WICKS. | Granulated, boxes.......... 2 Mee 17 iu lb, “ ..... 90 | age. No. i. 30 | SAPOLIO. Plow Boy, 2 oz. oo Telfer’s vgs cans doz. = corrgEs—Package. = Veo eeeeesveeee see eeeeeee 4 een, aes. ia bee... 2 50 “ 4 oz. EE iz — i ee and -_ oa 2 50 Wek aaa 32 ie oe ' : 85 LICORICE. SAUERKRAUT. oor = 1 1b: - . 150 Pere... ge... 30] Silver Thread, Heallons.... = i Wer..................,...... 8 BATH BRICK. Cals0ria....-.5. 25 ' = = - |... 40 ae... 10 ee 2 doz. in case..... S 18 é . STRUPS. $1 for barrel ee ee ae a. orn, barrels.............. @24 MISCELLANEOUS American. 2 doz. in case... 70 No.9 sulphur.......... -..2 00} one-half barrels.... @26} Cocoa Shells, bulk..... 5 BLUING. Dozen Anchor parlor.. ----1 | Pure Sugar, bbl. 26035 PAPER & WOODENWARE Mexican, 407z............. 30 No. 2home .............++5. 1 10) half barrel... .28@37 PAPER. “ ee 60 Export pan ee 4 00 | ‘ owt Goons. ; Curtiss & Co. quote as fol o ; ox... 2... 90 2 JLASSES, | Ginger Snapes.......... 8 ows: : ROOMS Black Strap............... __20| Sugar Creams......... 8% | Straw .. -160 No. 2 Hurl " 1% So Cubs Baking........ . 24@25 | Frosted Creams....... 8% 7 ight Ww eight... ee Noi anh a eta See 2514 bs ee ae | Graham Crackers..... Se 180 ae 2 25 - i eae ew leans, £00 +++ ++ --24@28 | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 Eeorcware jG No. tee ge EN LAU i. MeLaughitn’s KXXX_11 95%; i eons. sopa. eR ee 12% a ee Tm ‘ | ancy aed | Bowes. ee ey Goede... |... Parlor Gem...........---+-- & 15 | Durkass » One-half barrels, 3c extra | Kegs, English....-..... oe nee 8 Common Whisk.........-.. 90 CLOTHES LINES. OATMEAL. | ST gee ea ea % Red E Express NoL 5 ‘ oy ®. s 4 a = eta sna : 20 | Cotton, aa crea per doz. ; = Muscatine, Barrels .........5 25 Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... 15 Nee 4 Ww: ae 9 7 “ ne “ag alf barrels.....2 75 | TEAS. TWINES. eee ’ ~ oe — oo Cases...... 2 15@2 25 | gapan—Regular. a5 Catton.) 00000... ee BUTTERINE os wae ie 2 oe ROLLED OATS eee 14 @16 Cotten, No.2... 2... 1... 20 Dairy, solid packed. . 1a Sut 60 ft. i i 00 Muscatine, Barrels. . ae oe ................. 18 @22 ’ 2... 4. 18 TOUS... oe. -o-e5 e+: — ea + ce Half bbis.. @2%5| Choice.............. ..24 @29 | Sea Island, assorted....... 40 Creamery, = packed... "Tis ce ' " Cases...... 15@2 25} Choicest.......... .... 32 @38 | No.5Hemp............. ... 18 CONDENSED MILK. i orn, | SUN CURED. MOG. seul me CANDLES Bagle.-....-..-+---es-2- 220 7 50} Michigan Test.............. 9%4 | Fair .....-.---...eee ee 144 @15 | Wool......._.... Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes ou 10% | Anglo-Swiss.......... 6 OG 7 | Water White................ a 16 @2 | WOODENWARE. Se I% COUPONS. PICKLES, : Charce....... Sewoccu cee Glee | Tubs, No. 1 a 7 00 ee a ley er hundred. > xq | Medium. . ae @s 50 | Choicest...............¢ 30 @33 | eet Oe — See 25 per hundred.......... 2 50 %6 bb ee BASKET FIRED. 1 “wo: . 5 00 pa i ae : Te eat matte 8 00 Small, ot SC 3 50 _— ee @20 | Pails, No. 1, tw o-hoop.. 1 50 Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck..... 1Vlao « " coke Te ocean at testa Qf on a NO three hoop. .-. 1% Clam Chowder, 3 Ib 2 40 | 32% & - 500) PIPE ee @35 | Clothespins,5gr.boxes.... 60 C aoe we sl Ib. stand...-1 10 | 2 a ,6 00| Clay, No. 216................ 1 75 | Extrachoice,wireleaf @4f | Bowls, llinch.............. 1 00 ove USter 2 1b. 1 90 : i, = hoe “Tradesman. ae in a. oe a v5 | GUNPOWDER, ie Te oF ‘i i “ No.3 5 00 18. : ee tae ee eae + 5'4 | French Rappee, Jara... .. 45 | oe | an wn “ eens 48. Butter.. ee 5% | ee ENGLISH BREAKFAST. | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS _ . ic so SAE SN SI ie Se @3 WHEAT. . ae @ 16 i family.....------------ 341 petroit Soap Co.'s Brands, aa Soe aw... zs Trout, 3 1b. oar. a 2 60 Oe, 6% | SUperiOr.....----. sees eee eet Cee ms Ge j|ked........ Ee ae City Soda.......: viz | Queen Anne............ oe Go| Tea Duet, ........-.. 8 @10 |All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test. CANNED Goops—Fruits. Ss i a a2 (German Wamily.. .......... Souies. os —- 2 = 7. ones. Te Bie Mottled German............: 3 00 _ By ; RFR K L iS j oe &S ckberries, stand. ...-.--. Teri ts ee Oa aera cL 2 70 | Cherries,red standard 1 — 20 nd pOveter, Sm 5% oa ae dae wae ee % | an ole pitted .........-6++5 1 is — a. 5% | Frost, Floater.........-. 1113 9 | Sia eRR Nim ranean aT a os Ste og AR. Cocoa Castile ..............3.00| Bee ami 1) sty pre gz coe due vas. 3% FLIGes, Furs, Wool & Tallow Guoseberrica bee eee eee ee ee 25 | 5 sn : Allen B. Ww risley’s s Brands. 3 3 eee a ese 1 i15@1 35 | Ap pegpaegg an! sage Hagges Paraiy, fo... ....... 2 | . , “ET a > "| Y 1AN “meter Son ae 9 qB@1 85 oo rated. - me Old Country, 80.........0.... 3 30 | NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, wi ise 1 10@1 45 | Apricots,“ 5 Gig | CRAM... ------.--- ----- 3 65 | WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL _ Pie... nee “1 15 | Blackberries “ @13 | Bouncer, 166 3 15 | oe... -- ak a ef ee, ee ee ew a eee eee oe i 25| Nectarines ‘‘ 14 ‘ SEEDS, | Pineapples .. iiss 50 | Peaches : ees 14 M iced Wine... 44@ 6 QUINCES ........ 20 eee eee eee 1 00 Plums Se tena . Caraway... -.-.-e eee scene 2 Raspberries, Oxtra......-... 1 75 | Raspberries 9B 6) Centers ...................... Sag roa... ..... 1 40 DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. Heme... ts. 3% | sienentendies. ee 1 15@1 35; Turkey.. 6 @ ye | Baie. gs. _@ | * Whortleberries..........-.-- vis] Bosna..... Ce 8 GG | Rabe 6 | terial. CANNED VEGETABLES. Caervernis............- i & ee | Mogterd............... 7% | Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... ‘ DRIED FRUITS—Peel, sPIcEs—Whole. | oo ima, —* Seen eee o = —- ae = Abies ja | ia reen Limas. @1 * Wemge... i... 2. 8 ‘assi ‘hi i , | c Strings he ene @ # DRIED FRUITS—Citron. —_—" a Pag te a | ASK FOR PRICE LIST. “ Stringless, Erie.....-- 90 | In drum....... . @23 “Saigon in rolls...... 40 | ‘“ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40} In boxes............... @25 | Cloves, Amboyna...... ie ( an O Corn, Archer’ a Tropny...... 1 00 DRIED FRUITS—Currants, “ Gansiier |. on | 8 Morn’g Glory.1 00} Zante, in barrels. aoe @ 594 Mace Battle |. oa | - _ Early Golden. : 00 ~ in less quantity @6 Nutmegs._ faney oe so. | Peas, French.........-.----- 1 68 DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. s CC a | 9 “extra marrofat. . @1 2 Valencias ee 84@ 8% ie i heh apna aaa DE’ ‘RO [’] ‘ &s OA P CO fens, ‘ : a Leet ease ; = — ete eee a a Pepper, Singapore, s black... Leah a cee ce ) ee i on a “ “ sifted....... 1 eg 85 ere Layers, Cali- sana “ Se 20 FAMOUS ‘© French, extra fine... .1 50 ornia.. « sesas me ORE . Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2 15| London Lays ers,forn. @ i es—Ground--In a Pumpkin, 3 1b. Golden.. @1 00 | Muscatels, California.1 75@2 2% o issia, Batavia Ses eane eas = f } l } Succotash, standard... .90@1 40 _ _,_ FARINACEOUS GOODS. — e sath ‘Gaon, 35 Squash ....... agers soit = —_—. oe oe Seca a Nateaes ‘2 0 ee PEPE sas evcsccus Oe ee Toe, a Enoughs@l 00 sine. Pipl wWibbox.... @ Cloves, Amboyna. . a+ Ow The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest Se Ning Lau or and Gene - BenHar ... 95@1 00 imported..... @ 9% Gi o Zanzibar... sete eeeeeee io | Soap in the Market. No Grocery Stock ¢ om Ww Lge ¢ Peas! Wawiey.......... a3, | Ginger, African............. 28 | Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches, given for 25 QUE f ‘ —— ok —" a Pacer , ea 10 7 a settee eeseees » | iameas and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale Grocers. CHEES : si eau aa daa 3 “ ie e | 1“ oe @ 3 amaica -- +18 a Full Cream _ 2 Se Sago, Germali... ie @6 6% mene a eli gE 90 Ww, G, HA WKINS, LOCK BOX 173, BP SAGO.....--------- “21 Tapioca, fi’k or prl.. 6@ 7 | Mustard, Eng Pe se cee 22 CHOCOLATE —BAKER’s 8. Wheat, eracked.. @ 5 i and Trie. .25 German Sweet.. ...... Biv ermicelli, import.. @10 _ Trieste ee at ao Premium”. 28 domestic. . @oo | Nutmegs, No. 2.......... 80 OO 38 PISH—SALT. Pepper, ar —— —. | Breakfast Cocoa. .. -- 431 Cod, whole.......... 5 @6 : . nite. .... ald > ACTTT oot SFE © Vaan. oy 6@ 4 “ Cayenne... ee eee 25 | WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF a *@10 SUGARS. | HEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 Tumps..- oe 25 Herring, seen 16 % bil 2 65 — Soar... |... e* 7% | ee 35 * ribbec 2 7 Canes... 4... @® 735 eS a 30 : {olland, “pbls.. 12 00| Powdered............. @ 7% . ay kegs, san” = 75 | Standard Granulated. @ 6% Bulk CHICORY. 6 # Sealed . 22 « Bike|)... @ 6% | toner Cer eels yee ts ¢ Mack, sh’ 8; No. 2, % bb 7. 00 | Confectioners’ A. @6.56 | ’ ‘ + eee a 12 Ib kit..1 30] White Extra ©... ax) The Only House in the State which Puts Goods Up NET WEIGHT, COFFEE EXTRACT. . . “ = 1m Extra Me. oe. @6 ed ee ee Valley Oley eo 85 | Trout, i bls eta AOA El @ 5% NO CHARGE FOR PACKAGES. Pe ic... eeadn sos 110 ee ca ce 60! Yellow ...... eee tae oxo 5%! CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, = 14 SOME OF THE REASONS WHY. L. B. Mitchell, of Hart, in Pentwater News. Another ism that had root In minds of sordid greed, Has swept our State, and gathered in The victims it would bleed, But in a year, or less, this, too, Like isms dead, will die, And that’s onereason why, my friend, I'm not aP. of I. The men who “‘got up this ‘ere thing” Have lined their pockets well, And how much more they’d like to get No one could safely tell. And those who or 1ized the clan, And ‘round the country fly, A “picnic” have. in these dull times: A talkin’ P. of 1. They drop upon the people quick, With words so smooth and nice: But offer all a membersh : : ; And if a “feller,” then and there, Don’t take it down, then, why, He'll have to pay as much again. TobeaP of L. A thing that won’ bear scrutiny. Or study for a week; And give to all an equal chance. Is sickly, so to speak. If it is going to be the thing, And live, then tell me why The people should not pay alike. Who join the P. of I. And now, to get at th By those “behind tl I'm told, the gist of w live within your 1 Well, that is good, but for advice Like that, they charge too high; And I can get it cheaper than To be a P.of L ings of fact, 2 scenes,” t ti say, And then they tell about their stores, Where they trade “cheap for cash ;” But don’t find market for our stuff, And this is where we clash. The man who buys my farm produce, For markets low or high, Will get my trade; and not the one Who's leagued with P. o Why, trade has built up all the towns, And towns bring railroads, too. And now, without these P.’s of L, What would you, would you do. The dealers who have trusted you, You'd boycott till they die. Now, is this manly, fair and right ? I ask you, P. of L And so the counts against this thing, That's sprung up in our State, I might rehearse. but what I’ve said Is all I need relate, ‘re enough, it seems to me, i.did mind why I am not 2 of these P.’s of — -2 |e = : = SESE) | = = s\5 = \e ‘ S -\¥ \ Za = a yaa len S DIRECTIONS @ superiority. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICB sufficienti: Should be Goo Butter (size of hen’s egg. and gi o* fresh milk (preferable tO water. Davendort Cannirg Qo, . Davenport, Ia. i _————__— —* EN AY ruts Ene We nav~ cooked the corn in this cap i i _ Thoroughly Warmed ‘net cooked) adding piece ot Season to suit when on the table. None x genuine unless bearing the signature ut 4 Li +) Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these | to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade. | sent on application. ae... Ll. 1 85 me 2 00} ee 3 00 | First quality. | No. 0 San, crimp top............ eae 2 25 =a r Y hehe doe chee ook ded a! 240 as * eee 3 40 XXX Flint. oO, 0 San, crimp top.............. .2 60 i. eo gS an nen on | 2 80 Beas * ' eee ale oe wigliie ek ec 3 80 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....... --8 2 neo.2 * C . — 470 No. 2 Hinge, ‘“ ' go ie La Bastic. | Bo. 1 San, plein bulb, per doz. .............. 1 Bi se “ o is —._ +s ie sdos cans ke ae eee. 135 ms .* i 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. eee pote, per eel......... .........., 06% ae oe oe oe,.........., 75 eo. CS etkeeieel ae esol a ce 90 a —EECOC 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 65 te “ 1 “ “ec ( id 90¢c) cat 7 | E. D. Voorhees, Manager. MANUFACTURERS OF Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, Rte, Fit Guaranteed. IONIA, MICH. Workmanship Perfect. goods enables him Samples and prices FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. | A. J. BOwNE, President. Gro. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier - $300,000. CAPITAL, Transacts a general banking business. take a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. Rone ‘LECTROTYPERS P ST a OA ae Phoio& Zing Engray aS LEADS SWS. BRass RULE 7 = & Boxy, WYOODS METAL aT h at )i1 3 eae 040 TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 17, 1889. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 10am Traverse City Express...... 9:20am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw.. 3:15 p mPf _4:10 pm From Oincinnati............ 50 Comes (eee 6:30 p m Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10am and 4:10 p m train. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express......... 7:bam Fort Wayne Express. 12:50 pm Cincinnati Express.... 6:00 pm From Mackinaw & Traverse Ci TN, eee cen Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6 p. m. fand 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::0 a.m. and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for Mackinaw City. South—7:15a. 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. he chee occa ce cn 10:15am 1:15 ao m..... 3:45 pm ee 45 pm “sd ewae 8:45 p minutes later. Through tickets and full information ean be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe 8t., Grand Rapids, Mich. 0. L. Lockwoop, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves +Morning Express 750 p m 1:60 p m +Through Mail... - 4:10pm 4:20 pm +Grand Rapids Ex -10:40 pm *Night Express. - 6:40am 7:00am ee, 7:30am WROGORE MiagPONs...... 5.0.6 ccccs... 6:50am +Through Mail 10:10am 10:20am +Evening Express. . on 3:35 pm 3:45pm Tigges MEprees... oc... ccc en ce 10:30 pm 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express and Evening Express have parlor cars attached and make direct connections in 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 8t., and at the depot. AS. 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, Cinecin nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and ail promi nent points on connecting lines. A. J. PaisLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent MIGHIGAN CENTRAL, “The Niagara Fails Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE th uni cos setae ee Te an 6:45am 10:15pm Mixed Shee heel ed ew heel seeenedacncewes 6:50am 5:30pm me Eee 11:55am 10:00am “Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 10:45pm 6:00am pow cork Bie. 5:40pm 1:35pm *Daily. 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. Briggs, Gen’] Agent. 85 Monroe St. G. 8. HAWKINS, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Otfice, 67 Monroe St. O. W. RueGuzs, G. P. &_T. Agent., Chicago. ‘TEE MICHIGAN TRADESMA 7 15 | MICH. COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ | ASSOCIATION. | | Monthly Meeting of the Directors---In- | vasion from Toledo. DeErTRotItT, March 5, 1890. Editor Michigan Tradesman: | The regular monthly meeting of the | Board of Trustees of the Michigan Com- | mercial Travelers’ Association was held | on Saturday evening, March 1, with all} members present. Several bids for | printing, stationery, postage, etc., were | approved. The applications of E. W. | Stoddard and E. H. Moody, of Detroit, | were approved. Assessment No. 1 for} 1890 have been closed, the result was | eredited as follows: Beneficiary fund, | $2,500; general fund, $130. The deaths | of Sam’! Eckstine, of Lansing, and E. P. Griswold, of Grand Ledge, were re- | ported, but, as the proofs were not filed no action was taken by the Board, which then adjourned. At the same time a commotion was heard at the door and all | were surprised by the entrance of Messrs. Strong, Cady and Chamberlain, members | of the Association, a self-appointed com- | mittee, followed by five gentlemen | whom they introduced as a delegation | from the Toledo Traveling Men’s Asso- | ciation, in charge of their President, | James W. Andrews and their Secretary, | D. J. Fam. After introductions and | congratulations on being spared from the | merciless grasp of ‘‘la grippe,’? Mr. An- | drews stated that the invaders were del- | egated by their Association to come to} Detroit and present to the Michigan | Commercial Travelers’ Association, as | an evidence of their regard and friend- | ship, a resolution, handsomely engrossed | and framed, which was duly accepted | and appreciated. The committee, | Messrs. Strong, Cady & Co., then an-| nounced that all were invited to repair | to the ‘‘Coffee Swan’? where a spread was in waiting, which, with speeches and mem- | ories of the road, required nearly two hours to discuss. M. J. MATTHEWS, Sec’y. The resolution above referred to is as | follows: To the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associa tion: GREETING—The feelings whieh have always existed between our two Associa- tions have been of such a cordial nature that they could not be strengthened, but the recent reception to our members and their ladies impresses us with the fact that we have heretofore been in the dark with reference to the sterling qualities of our Michigan’ brethren. They are Princes of Hospitality and the unbounded thanks of not only those who attended but the Association at large are hereby tendered to the Michigan Com- mercial Travelers’ Association and all who assisted it in the magnificent enter- tainment prepared for us on September | 21, 1889. ‘Drummers Day’? at the De- troit exposition will hereafter be known | as the red-letter-day in our Association. Again we say, thank you. TOLEDO TRAVELING MEN’S ASSOCIATION. ————— Sound Business Maxims. Always keep your designs and business from the knowledge of others. Be courageous; drop your best friend if he shows lack of honesty and integ- rity. Avoid litigation as much as possible, for lawyers and costs eat up the prin- cipal. | Prefer small profits and certain re- turns to large profits and uncertain set- tlements. Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your pocket. | State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s Katon, kyon & Go,, JOBBERS OF Fishing Tackle, | Base Ballsand Supplies, | Croquet, | Hammocks, Lawn Tennis, Ete. Sporting Goods. Send for Calalogue. EATON, LYON & CO., 20 & 22 Monroe S8t., Grand Rapids. SEEDS! If in want of Clover or Timothy, Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, or, in fact, Any Kind of Seed, send or write to the Seed Store, 71 Canal St,, GRAND RAPIDS. W.T.LAMOREAUX., | KDMUND B. DIKEMAN WM.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manvfacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. The Belknap Wagon and Sleigh Co, Grand Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS IN Road Logging Delivery Pleasure | | SLKIGHS, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. GEO. H. REEDER, State Agent Lycoming Rubbers and Jobber of Medinm Price Shoes, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘teqqnyY Bury00}g But “BOM % SuI}4LT ssO_ OTT, THE GREAT Watch Maker cS — eS WF { 44 CANAL S Grand Rapids, - M PROUL >