A.D. Spangler & Co

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

FRUITS axe PRODUGK

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.

EEDS!

Write for jobbing prices on

 

Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and
Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard

Grass, Red Top, Blue Grass,

Field Peas, Beans, Produce and

WOOL.

C. Ainsworth,

76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids.

West ighi an BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
Qall aNp NORMAL SCHOOL.

(Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.)

A thoroughly ee. permanently estab-
lished and pleasantly located College. The class
rooms have been especially designed in accord-
ance with the latest approved plans, The faculty
is composed of the most competent and practical
teachers. Students graduating from this Insti-
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL. The
best of references furnished upon application.
Our Normal Department isin charge of experi
enced teachers of established reputation. Satis
factory boarding places secured for all who
apply to us. Donot go elsewhere without first
personally interviewing or writing us for full
particulars. Investigate and decide for your
selves. Students may enter at any time. Address

 

West Michigan Business University and Normal |
Division St., |

School, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 South
Grand Rapids, Mich.
J. U. LEAN,

Principal.
Ww* YNE COUNTY SAVINGS
OLTROIT, MICH.
500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS
Issued by cities, counties, towns and school dis
tricts of Michigan. Officers of these municipali
ties about to is-ue bonds will find it to their
advantage to apply to this bank. Blank bonds
and blanks for proceedings supplied without
charge. All communications and inquiries wil)
have prompt attention.
January, 1890. Ss. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer

P. O. Voorheis,
GENERAL INSURANCE
AND LOAN AGENT,

TELEPHONE 980.
41 Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids.

HARWEY & HEYSTEK,

Wholesale Dealers in
AND

A. BE. YERExX,
See’y and Treas.

 

BANK.

 

 

Picture
Frame
Mouldings.

 

 

 

Also a complete line of PAINTS, OJLS and
BRUSHES. Correspondence solicited.
74 & 76 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich

| ALLEN DURFEE,

Allen Durfee & Co.,

FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.
Fehsenfeld & Grammel,

(Successors to Steele & Gardner.)
Manufacturers of

BROOMS!

Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom
Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials.
10 and 12 Plainfield Ave.. Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apples,
| Potatoes,

 

FOR PRICES, WRITE TO

BARNETT BROS, “*enteaas:

FOR SALE.

We have a stock of Dry Goods and
Millinery to sell. Can be bought cheap
for eash. Appraised value, $1,332. Can
be seen at our store.

SPRING & COMPANY.

 

 

 

Playing bards

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

 

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel Lynch,

19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

W.C, WILLIAMS. A.
A. 8. BROOKS,

WILLIAMS,
SHELLEY

SHELEY.

Successors to Farrand, Williams & Co.,

Wholesale Druggists,

AT THE OLD TAND

 

Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit,

A, D, LEAVENWORTH. |

Wholesale Dealers,

& BROOKS

BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME.

| the small room that had been the espe-
} cial sanetum of his brother-in-law, Tom
Thorpe, his brows knit in perplexed

Michigan Tradesman.

“GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1890.

Herbert Denison paced up and down |

| book

(thought, his fingers nervously rattling |

his wateh chain.

sofa.

‘Jessie, dear,’’ he said, presently, ‘‘it
only get some really clear idea of
business, I might, perhaps, help you.’’

Jessie sat up, and tried to still the
not yet a month dead—had called forth.
She was a woman with fair hair and blue
; eyes, and young enough still to make her
| deep widow’s mourning doubly pathetic.
‘“*“About the house?”’ she said.

‘“*Yes. You say it is almost paid for

‘The price was $6,000 for the house

9?

|and grounds.. There is a very large
(orchard and vegetable garden, besides

ithe garden in front. Tom was to pay
for it just as he could, but not less than
$300 a year. We were so anxious to have
a home of our own, Bert. that we worked

know all about it. I putall my writing
money in, too; nota vast sum, to be sure,
but it helped along.’’

“And you are sure there were $5,000
paid to Mr. Paxon?’’

‘“*T am positively certain of it.’’

‘And the receipts are lost?’’

‘Lost! Gone entirely. Bert, | never
dared say it, for I cannot prove it, but I
firmly believe Mr. Paxon stole Tom’s
receipt book.’’

‘oWhy?’’

‘Well, he is a man whois not much
respected, and there have been several
stories told about him that throw a doubt
over his honesty. Still, he keeps clear
of the law. ‘Tom took the receipts for
the payments on the house ina small,
red account book, tnat had nothing else
init. That day—no, 1 am not going to
ery again, dear—that dreadful day, he
sent word to Mr. Paxon that he would
pay him $500. He had sold a lot of wool,
and I had $200 saved. I know he had it
when Mr. Paxon came. Then there was
that dreadful hemorrhage, and how could
we think of anything but Tom for the
|next three days? But, Bert, Mr. Paxon
| was alone with him when he was taken
| ill, and gave the alarm. There was noth-
| ing to prevent his slipping the receipt
| book into his pocket, and I believe he did
| it. It cannot be found, and Mr. Paxon
| would not dare to assert that he has never
{been paid anything but rent for the
| house, if he did not know I cannot pro-
duce the receipts.”’

“Fm! Yes, isee! Bat one
aceuse aman of such a crime
without some proof.’’

*“T understand that. 1 think he in-
tended, if Tom got better, to pretend it
was a mistake, or he might have meant
| to cheat him.’’

“Was there never any witness to the
payments?”’

“*No. He would come over, or Tom
would go to him and pay whatever we
could spare. But I have seen the receipts
often! And think, Bert, how that $5,000
would help me now!”’

Bert did think of it! He was a young
man who had made for himself a home
ina Western State, over which he had
asked his widowed sister to preside. He
had come to her with open hands and
| heart, to offer a home to her and her two
| boys, knowing that his brother-in-law
had lived upon his salary as a clerk in a
wholesale house. But he had found that
these two, by close economy, by Tom’s
experience in sheep raising, and Jessie’s

 

cannot
as that

 

nearly secured a home of their own, when
a sudden rupture of a blood vessel had
ended life for one and left the other
desolate.

 

|
| is cruel to make you talk, but if I could |
the |

Jessie, his only sister, |
Tom Thorpe’s widow, was sobbing on the |

sobs that the talk about her husband— |

  

9) °

NO. 342.

Many long talks the brother and sister
had about this e:uel wrong pressing upon
her, but arriving always at the econelu-
sion that only the finding of the receipt
could help her. They were still
talking, in the room that Tom had de-
voted to his wife’s literary labors and
his own business affairs, and dignified by
the name of library, when Bert, pointing
to the wall, said:

‘‘Where on earth did you ever get that
horrid daub, Jessie? What is it?’’

“The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,”’
said Jessie, smiling. ‘It isa daub, Bert,
but Tom was fond of it for the sake of
his only brother, who painted it. Poor
Fred! He imagined himself a great art-
ist, and this picturea mast: rpiece. But
after vainly trying to sell it, he gave it
to Tom. It was a dreadful job to get it
up, and you see it takes all the space on
that side of the room. How we are to
get it down is a mystery.”’

**Do you value it?”’

‘No! I seareely knew Fred, who died

| ten years ago, and the picture is fright-
a. «6?

‘““H’m!—I think I see a light!’ said
Bert, musingly. ‘‘Well, dear, as there

very hard for it, and that is the reason I |

eontributions to magazine literature, had |

 

is nothing to be gained by staying here,
how soon will you be ready to go to
Serantonville with me?”’

“I will begin to pack to-day.”’

It proved to be a tedious job to gather
all the household goods into traveling
compass, to start off box after box, to
take leave of neighbors, and make prep-
arations for the long journey and new
home. But Jessie found comfort in con-
stant work, and the next week most of
her packing was finished.

But the day before that appointed for
their start, Bert sent for Mr. Paxon, to

make one more appeal to his honesty.
There was a long, rather stormy inter-
view in the dismantled library, where

only the huge painting and two chairs
had been left. Bert had left the room,
under some pretense of questioning his
sister, and Mr. Paxon was peeping about
in a Paul Pry way that Jessie had told
her brother was habitual with him, when
he madea discovery. There was an ugly
space in arecess, where Tom Thorpe’s
stationary desk had stood for ten long
years against the wall. Scraps of paper
and string, torn envelopes, all the debris
of packing, were scattered about, but
wedged into the top of the base-board
was an envelope, almost concealed, that
Mr. Paxon was sure contained an inelos-
ure. Warily he crept up to it, seized it,
and found it asealed envelope, directed

‘To Jessie, my wife. To be opened

only after my death.’’

He crammed it hastily into his pocket,

and when Bert returned took his depar-

ture. Something important must be in
that paper, that had evidently slipped

out of the desk when it
eseaped observation. But the disclosure
was a startling one. Without any seru-
ple of honor or honesty, Mr. Paxon broke
the seal and read:

was moved, and

“DEAR JEssIE: It has been long known to you,
dear, that my life was a precarious one, and you
will not be surprised that I have made a little
provision for you and the children. Poor Fred
left me $10,000 in United States bonds, and, un
willing to trust it to any bank, I have hidden it
away in the lower right hand corner of the pic
ture he gave me. The interest will run on until
you take the envelope from its hiding place. as
no one else will ever move the picture. Forgive
me for keeping this one secret from you.

‘Tom.

No one else! Why, they might tear it
down it any moment. A cold sweat
broke out all over the raseal’s body. Al
his hoarded wealth, the result of sechem
ing, cheating, saving, was nothing com-
pared with this newly discovered treas-
ure. Nobodyelse must find those bonds!

But when he returned to the house he
found everything in hurried confusion
and Bert issuing hurried orders,

“TI can’t talk to you now,’’ he said, as
Mr. Paxon came up. ‘I am obliged to
leave on the 7:30 p. m. train from B——,

Nea

 

   

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2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

and it is nearly 2 o’clock now. There is | | they require feeding at regular intervals
still a wagon load to go, and the children | | daily with mulberry leaves during their
and Jessie are getting dressed for the | | life. This is‘a large item of expense, if
carriage at 3 o’clock.”’ | the cultivator does not grow and gather
‘“*But I must speak to you.’’ his own leaves, but is compelled to pur-
‘“‘And that confounded picture has to chase them
be packed, too, ” cried Bert, bustling into |

the house. ‘‘Here, some of you fellows,| "gaa ae ae
bring a ste P- ‘ladder!

“Wo, nor’ cried Mr. Paxen. ‘i—1/ DRI NK
came over to see if I couldn’t buy that |

picture.’’

“Bey it?’ Gert cried. “You might |
as well ask Jessie to sell you one of her
boys! Why, her dear brother-in-law |
painted it!’

“But it looks so well where it is, and |
will be so awkward to move !”’ cried Mr.
Paxon, watching with horror Bert’s
preparations to tear the painting from |

 

the wall. ‘I will give you a good price.” | A True Con nation of MOCHA,
‘How much? But I am sure Jessie |

will never part with it!’ |
‘Five hundred dollars.”’ Picture. ‘Card in
“Bah !? | With every pound package. For
**A thousand !”’ __Sale everywhere. Woolson Bpice Co., Toledo, 0.

 

**A thousand dollars for such a work |

of art as that! Why, man alive, if Jessie

ever could part with it, it ought to bring | Cook y" Ber told

five times that sum !”’ 5
“Five times that sum! Five thousand |

dollars !? cried Mr. Paxon.

|
‘Certainly !’ said Bert, coolly. ‘But!

we do not wish to sell it at all. Come,
hurry up! Take out the top nails very |
carefully there.”’ (
“Pll give you five thousand for it!’ | t

cried Mr. Paxon, desperately, rapidly |
calculating the ten years’ interest on the |

MANUFACTURERS OF

Prices Lower than those of

bonds.

‘“‘But we leave here in half an hour!| any competitor. . Write for cata-
You don’t carry $5,000 around in your} logue and prices.
pocket, do you ?”

“No, but I carry my check-book. [|| 06 Kent St. - Grand Rapids, Mich.

|
give you a check !’
“Won’t do! I cannot stop to cash it.’ |
“Pll run over to the bank with it my- |
self.”
‘Well, you haven’t much time. You|
get the money, and I'll speak to Jessie |
while you are gone. Iam not sure she}
will take it ?”’
Off darted Mr. Paxon, and Bert hur-|
ried the last boxes on the wagon and sent | i
it off just as the carriage drove up. | General 8 orn Goods
Jessie and the boys were already seated |
when Mr. Paxon came around the corner, |
actually carrying the money in his hands. | _ Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s
Very carefully Bert counted it, the | ee a —
crisp notes for $500 each, that repre-|
sented the exact sum that Tom had paid| We have on hand a complete line of Columbia.
the raseally landlord for the house his | Victor and other cheaper bicycles, also a splen-
ce Nig a | did assortment of Misses’ Tricycles, Children’s
widow was leaving. Velocipedes and small Safety Bicycles.
‘Correct !”’? he said, presently. ‘**There |

LEI
is no need of areceipt. You can see the | E G Studle

picture through the window. Good-|+ 4 ys Call and see them
bye!’ The carriage whirled off, and i
Mr. Paxon entered the empty house. 4 Monroe St,
The workmen had gone with the wagon, illustrated cata-
but when he pulled the corner of the} @R4AND RAPIDS | logue.

canvass, he found it already loosened | i
from the frame. A large, yellow en-|
velope, with three immense red seals, was

behind it, and with trembling fingers he VA AN ] ED.
tore it open. A long slip of paper was

the only enclosure, and, half-fainting, POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
the disappointed schemer read: FRUIT, BEANS

“This makes our account square.’

 

 

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or send for large,

 

 

ANNA SHIELDs. and all kinds of Produce.
—_—o > If you have any of the above ty to
Why Silk is Expensive. ship, or anything in the Produce line, let

: |us hear from you. Liberal cash advances
To produce sufficient silk to make a| made when desired.

dress ene Liat and capital sie, E A R L B R O S es
most people would imagine, remarks a

contemporary. If we take one and a} ‘COMMISSION MERCHANTS
quarter pounds as the weight of wane | 157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

| Xeference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.

silk required, this would be equal to two MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapids.

 

pounds of raw silk. To produce two
pounds of raw silk would require the s
esi sic aained com 2.0000 5000 Maye Goff ee Roaster
worms, allowing a percentage for death '
by disease and other casualties.

It may be interesting to state that these The Best in the World.
young worms, when newly hatched,
would searcely weigh one-quarter of an
ounce, yet in the course of their life,
which only lasts some thirty or thirty- tlaving on hand a large stock of No. 1
five days, they will consume about 300 or Rvoasters—capacity 35 Ibs.—1l will sell

00 s of leaves, increase i i i
400 pounds of leaves, and increase in|thom at very low prices. Write for
weight about 9,000 times.

Consumers of silk will not wonder at | Special Discount.
its high value when they consider that

to raise two pounds of raw silk, so much ROBT. S. WEST,

time and money is required. Besides the |
original cost of the eggs or young worms, ' 48-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO.

 

THEMSELVES

Retailers, read what the leading shoe ;
dealers of the State say about the goods of

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Annval Sales $3,800,000--Largest inthe World!

Handled by thirty retailers in Chicago, and by the largest
retailers in Rochester, Syracuse, Toledo, Pittsburg, Columbus, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minne-
apolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Port-
land, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and all leading cities in the South.

SKA, SCHWAB & GO., Chicago.

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The P. of I. Dealers.

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had
not cancelled their contracts at last accounts:

Ada—L. Burns.

Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Webhle,
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros.

Allendale—Henry Dolman.

Almont—Colerick & Martin.

Altona—Eli Lyons.

Armada—c. J. Cudworth.

Assyria—J. W. Abbey.

Aurelius—John D. Swart.

Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co.

elting—i. S. Roell.

Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash.

Bellevue—John Evans.

Big Rapids—Verity & Co., A. V. Young, E. .
Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A.
Markson.

Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.

Brice—J. B. Gardner.

Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.

Capac—Il. C. Sigel.

Carlton (enter—J. N. Covert.

Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions.

Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish, B.

 

 

——.
Charlotte — John J. Richardson, Daron &
Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby.
Chester—P. C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodseil.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. |
Dorr—Frank Sommer. |
Dushville—G. O. Adams. |
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. |
Eaton Rapids—Knapp «& Rich, H.
& Bro. |
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. |
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Kositchek

Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. Harmon.
Gladwin—John Graham, JD. Sanford, Jas. |
Croskery. |

Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.

Grand Ledge—¥ rank O. Lord.

Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wilzinski,
Brown «& Sehler, Volmari & Von Keppel, House
man, Donnaily & Jones, Ed Struensee. |

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.

Hart—Rhodes & Leonard.

Hersey—John Finkbeiner.

Hesperia—B, Cohen.

Howard City—0O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C.
Pelton,

Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.

Imlay City—Cohn Bros.

lonia—H. Silver, Wm. Wing.

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.

Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew All &
Bro.

Langston—F D. Briggs.

Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs, Israel) Glic-
man.

Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H Jennings.

Lowell—Patriek Kelly.

McBride’s—J. McCrae.

Mancelona—J,. L. Farnham.

Manton—A. C —

Maple Rapids—L. 8S. Aldrich.

Marshall—W. E eeies & V. R. Lepper & Son.

Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.

Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt-
lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.

Millingt fon—Chas. H. Valentine.

Morle ee may f Strope.

Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son,
F. H. Cowles.

Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.

Nashville—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.

Remus—C. V. Hane.

Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. Reed.

Riverdale—J. B. Adams.

Rockford—B. A. F =

Sebewa-—P. F. Knapp

Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.

Sheridan—M. Gray.

Shultz—Fred Otis.

Sparta—Dole & Haynes.

Springport— Powers & Johnson, Wellington &
Hammond.

Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co.

Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.

Traverse City—John Wilhelm, S.
D. D. Paine.

Trufant—I. Terwilliger.

Vassar— McHose & Gage.

Wheeler—Louise (Mrs.
Breckenridge.

White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley.

Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate.

Williamston— -Thos. Horton.

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A Little Out of the Gena Order.
The Whitehall Forwm contains a ‘*sep-

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C, Darrow,

A.) Johnson, H. C.

aration notice which is contrary to the
usual run of such nuisances, as follows:

My wife, Ray Carpenter, having got
mashed on other men and having run out
of funds wherewith to supply me with
smoking tobacco, and having left me out
in the eold on several oceasions, now
therefore, because. whereof all saloon
keepers are hereby warned not to furnish |
or give my said wife, Ray Carpenter,
anything except onion juice, and all |
dealers in smoking tobacco are notified
not to trust or harbor my said wife as
ean’t borrow any more money to pay my

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debts with. (Signed) AB. DAVIS.

Crockery & Glassware

LAMP BURNERS.
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LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Pér box.
6 doz. in box.
noose. LL 1%
No. 1 ea gee eee cel cee eae
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First quality.
No. 0 Sun, crimp -- ee. 2
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No. 0 Sun, crimp - . 2 60
No. 1 2 oe
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Pearl top.
No. 1 Sun, wrap; ed and labeled _ 2
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz ul 1a
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No. 1 crimp, per, aoe. .... ee eee 135
EO ls 1 6
STONEWARE—AKRON. 3
Butter Crocks, per gal .. ' . 06% | |
Jugs, 4 gal., per. doz _.. 7 |
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3 hey a a. 1c
Milk Pans, * gal., per doz. (g lazed 6ée) . &
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EB. J. Mason & Co.,

Proprietors of

Old Homestead Factory

GRANT, MICH
MANUFACTURERS OF

Preserves, Evaporated Apples
Jellies and Apple Butter

Our goods are guaranteed to be made

 

 

from wholesome fruit and are free
from any adulteration or sophis-

tication.

grocery price current.

See quotations in

The Grand Rapids trade can be sup-
plied by GOSS & DORAN, 138 South
Division street. Telephone, 11590.

HE JAXON GRAGKE

IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET.

 

 

SEND A THIAL ORDER TO

JACKSON CRACKER C0,,

Jobbers of Candy, Nuts, Cheese and Cigars.

JACKSON, MICH.

MITCHTG AN TRADESMAN.

  

Wall Paper and Window Shades

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

NELSON BROS. & CO..

68 MONROE STREET.

A J. BROWN,

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. send for Price List, Issued Weekly

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HEADQUARTERS FOR

| 16 and 18 North Division St.,

HESTEHER & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

ATLAS iii,

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. &. A.

MANUFACTURERS OF

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.

 

       
 

Send for
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and

  

 

Cez-y Engines and Boilers in Stock ae
for immediate delivery.

Shamans, Siaduewe, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working diehinene,
Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Samp):
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.
44. 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS “Fs

PEREIN:S & HESS

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS.

Write for Prices.

 

122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF (CAKE TALLOW FOR MTT! US

We Manufacture

Everything in the line of

~ Gandy

Correspondence solic-

ited and prices quot-

ed with pleasure.
Write us.

 

 

 

KDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker
= Jeweler,

4h CANA! 8%,

Grand Rapids. - Mich.

MOSELEY BROS.

——_WHOLESALE——

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produc:
All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

lf you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes will b
pleased to hear from you.

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.. - GRAND RAPP

 

 

 

 

 

 

| EDWIN BPALLAS,

JOBBER OF

it tter. Bugs, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Fruits, Mince Meat, Nuts, Et

Special Bargain in Choice

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast.
: Let your orders come.

Dairy Butter.

\Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mic!

 

AMONG THE TRADE.

AROUND THE STATE.
D. KK.
grocery store.
Greenville—H. W. Riley
the meat business.
Adrian—Frank
merehant, is dead.

Saranac Rogers has opened a

has resumed

Buck, the hardware

Alpena—Szezukowski & Mainville will

open a meat market.

John J. Atherton has again

engaged in the meat business.
Charlotte—Harry Pierson and S. Wal-

ter have opened a harness shop.

Bancroft

lonia—E. G. Copeland, of
engaged in the produce business.

Hart—W. Hart & Son sueceed Ryason
& Dempsey in the meat business.

Sherwood—Wm. W. Turner
A. R. Klose in the meat business.

succeeds

Detroit, has |

dealers,

Alpena—A. E. McGregor has_ pur-
chased the ‘‘Red Cross’ drug store.
Port Huron—C. E. Perkins, of the!

firm of Perkins & Botsford, is dead.
Detroit—-F. Schmidt has retired from
the grocery firm of F. Schmidt & Co.
Alma—S. H.
stock of furniture to John P. Peters.
Pontiac—Jacobs Bros. have sold their
stock of hardware to H. B. Seagrave.
Kalamazoo—Boerman & Bogart have
bought the Van Male hardware stock.
Hamilton — Dick Polacker pur-
chased the meat market of Mr. Parker.
-C. H. Thomas has purchased

Loveland has sold his

has

Owosso

the restaurant business of John Vinkle.

Roscommon—John Mason has sold his |

| his stoek of clothing and gents’ furnish-

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

{purchased the general stock of John
/ McLennan.

Flint—Pierce & Wick, grocers, have
|dissolved. W. C. Pierce will continue
the business. .

Houghton—August L. Krellwitz sue-

ceeds Krellwitz & Monette in the under-
taking business.

Lansing—Peter J. Abfelter, dealer in
agricultural implements, is succeeded by
Abfelter & Waldo.

Saginaw—L. G. W. Kohn
chased the boot and shoe
| Mrs. Louisa Kohn.

Traverse City—J. Martinek is prepar-
ing to engage in the furniture business
and cabinet making.

Saginaw—H. & E. Goeschel, general
have Ed. Goeschel
will continue the business.

Kalamazoo—H. P. Shutt & Co. have
bought the agricultural implement bus-
iness of H. H. Deming & Co.

has
business

pur-
of

dissolved.

 

White Pigeon—R. F. Jarrett has sold

ing goods to Frank A. Reynolds.
Greenville—J. E. Oliver and
Belknap bought the

J.
interest

W.
of

have

| John Greenin the firm of Oliver, Belknap |

Fennville—F. A. Deming & Co., gen-
eral dealers, are succeeded by E. E.
|Coons, who will continue the business

stock of groceries to Freeman & Adams. |

lonia—Mrs. Kate Gates has

sold her |

stock of millinery to Coolidge & Spauld- |

ing.
Reed City—B. B.
Davidson & Oaks in the

Davidson succeeds

restaurant busi-

ness.

Kalamo—Morris H. Bradley has pur-
chased the general stock of C. M. Wood-
ward.

Milford—John W. Stephens, cigar and
newsdealer, is succeeded by Stephens &
Potts.

Cushing succeeds

the

Charlotte—Chas A.

Squires & Cushing in tobacco bus-

iness.

Onekama—Shaw & Wexstatff are sue-
ceeded in the meat business by Amos
Shaw.

Jackson—T. C. Brooks & Co. have

opened a new grocery store on East Main
street.
Saranac—-O. A. Jubb has sold his store

building and stock of groceries to Orin
Hunter.
Battle

has sold

W.
market

Robinson
io G&G

Creek—Charles

his meat
Rupert.

Fenton
of
Golden.

Elk—lI. E. (Mrs.
her

W. Davis
and

his
E.

sold
to

John has

stock groceries drugs
G.

stock

M.)
of

Linabury has

removed hardware to
Corunna.
Judd have

to West

Greenville—Grow Bros. &
their
Bay City.

Howell

signed.

moved stock of clothing
I. M. Wooden, grocer, has as-

Assets, $900: liabilities, about
the same.
North

their

-Fox
of

have
to G. H.

& Holmes

groceries

Branch
sold stock
Cummings.

Onekama—Hansen & Kirsh, dry goods

dealers, have dissolved. Mr. Kirsh will
continue the business. Mr. Hansen
will probably engage in the bark and

wood business.

jmarket to A. Lindsay and T.

| for many years aclerk at the Bee Hive

| the same business on his own account.

| closed again.
' stock under the directions of Page.

& Green.

 

under the old style.

Detroit—Beavis & Freeman, dealers in
and wood, have dissolved. Chas.
H. Beavis will continue the business un-
der the same firm name.

Monroe—Paul P. Morgan has moved
his grocery stock into a three-story brick
building, 40x150 feet in dimensions, and
will add a line of crockery.

Reed City—-Asa Buck has sold his meat
Sullivan,
who will continue the business under the
style of Lindsay & Sullivan.

Plainwell—S. B. Smith, who has

coal

been
dry goods store, will shortly embark in

Adrian—H. J. Hudnutt has purchased
the interest of D. W. Peabody in the drug
firm of Peabody & Hudnutt and will con-
tinue the business under his own name.

Vickeryville—J. E. Davis, formerly a
stockholder in the Rockafellow Mercan-
tile Co., at Carson City, has opened a dry
goods, grocery and boot and shoe store
here.

Greenville—O. C. Miller has purchased
the interest of his partner, K. L. Paine,
in the and firm of Miller &
Paine. O. C. Miller & Son will continue
the business.

Vestaburg—E. F. Owen has sold his
W. C. Van Lien, who
Mr. Owen
engage in the same business at an-

boot shoe

drug stock to Dr.
will continue the business.
will
other location.

Cheboygan—E. F. Newell has pur-
chased the boot and shoe business of
O. M. Clement. Mr. Newell has been

behind the counter for W. & A. MeArthur

 

for the past eight years.
& Huhn,
business

after ten
life, have
dissolved. Mr. Frace takes the general
stock the store buildings, and Mr.
Huhn takes the mill and all its appur-
tenances. |

East Jordan—An injunction was served |
Friday on H. L. Page, assignee for R. G.
Bruce, of East Jordan, who assigned |
about ninety days ago, and the store is |
Bruce was closing out the |

Saranac—Frace

years of successful

and

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
Cheboygan—McRae & Morrissey have
started a cigar factory.
Detroit—The Automatic Cigar Seller
Co. has removed to Toledo.

Sand Beach—H. W. Warnica has de-
cided to start a furniture factory.
Hart — Gill & Wickoff contemplate

erecting a sawmill near this place.

Maple City—Cook & Weston are suc-
ceeded by F. F. Cook in the sawmill bus-
iness.

Judd’s Corners—J. M. Fitch & Son
have removed their saw and planing
mills to Corunna.

Killmaster—Killmaster & Gustin’s new
sawmill will soon be completed. It will

| be equipped with two circulars.

Otsego—Henry Derhammer and Chas.
Boosley have formed a copartnership to
engage in the manufacture of cigars.

Zeeland—-De Pree & Boone are suc-
ceeded by De Pree & Elebass in the
wagon making and planing mill business.

Bay City — Bousfield & Co., whose
woodenware works were recently burned,
are running again, and will build a ware-
house.

Manistique—The Western Furnace Co.
has been incorporated, with a capital
stock of $100,000, to erect and conduct a
blast furnace.

Jackson—Geo. T. Smith is endeavoring
to interest his friends in the formation
of another company to engage in the
manufacture of purifiers.

Detroit—The Gale Sulky Harrow Man-
ufacturing Co. has changed its name to
the American Harrow Co. and increased
its capital stock to $300,000.

Greenville—The contract for the con-
struction of the starch factory has been
awarded to T. J. Warren, of Belding,
whose bid was a little less than $6,000.

Petoskey—C. W. Coskey, who is never
so happy as when he has a dozen irons in
the fire, has purchased the Husted plan-
ing mill and will increase its capacity by
putting in additional machinery.

Owosso—Geo. Carpenter and W. Lee
Crow have formed a partnership to man-
ufacture carriages and carriage trimming
and to engage in the sale of agricultural
implements, wagons, harnesses, ete.

Saginaw—Wickes Bros., founders and
machinists, and Wickes Bros.’ Boiler
Works have been merged into a corpora-
tion, under the style of Wickes Bros.,
with a paid-in capital stock of $150,000.

Detroit—John Oades, Harry S. Hodge,
Aaron A. Parker, H. W. Dyar, B. W.
Parker, A. R. Munger and W. H. Oades
have filed articles of association as the
Penisular Transit Co., with $94,000 cap-
ital

Cadillac—The Cadillac Manufacturing
Co. has been organized to manufacture
Wade’s patent hobby horse and other
novelties. C. C. Chittenden is President
of the corporation and Samuel S. Wall is
Secretary.

Bear Lake—Bunton & Hopkins’ new
sawmill, which replaces the one burned
last fall, started up last week. It will
turn out 40,000 feet of hardwood or 60,-
000 to 70,000 feet of hemlock daily. The
plant cost $20,000.

Allegan—Joseph Ambler, Arthur Hill-
abrandt and H. E. Stanley have formed a
copartnership, under the style of the
Allegan Straw Board Co., to manufac-
ture straw board, and have resumed op-
erations at the old mill.

Big Rapids—Amos 8S. Yeomans, who
had been superintendent of the McElwee
picture backing factory for the past three

 

years, has gone to Louisville, Ky., to ac-
cept the management of the Cornell
Wind Engine and Pump Works.

Freesoil—Reynolds & Kitzinger, who
bought the old Rothschild mill and prop-
erty which went under at the time of the
Engelmann failure, have completed re-
pairs, and started up last week, having a
full stock of about 2,000,000 feet of
hardwoods.

Detroit—The Fontaine Safety Signal
Co., which is stocked for $1,000,000 and
chiefly by Detroit capitalists, will remove
its small plant from Toledo and establish
a much larger one in this city. The sig-
nal to be manufactured, in connection
with the mile posts, shows the length of
time which has elapsed since the last
train passed the point indicated and en-
ables the engineer to keep asafe distance
behind the train he is following.

8 <
Gripsack Brigade.

Frank J. Kruse is taking A. S. Doak’s
trips during his absence in Canada.

Chas. W. Gregg, who has been on the
road several years, has become landlord
of the Stowell House, at Jackson.

J. H. Gibbons, who has represented
Vail & Crane, the Detroit cracker bakers,
for many years, was in town one day last
week.

Martin Wefel, who has been on the
road for Meyer Bros. & Co., of Ft. Wayne,
for the past three years, has purchased a
retail drug store at Ft. Wayne and retired
from the road.

H. S. Powell, formerly on the road for
W. I. Brotherton & Co., of Bay City, now
covers the trade of the Upper Peninsula
for I. M. Clark & Son. Mr. Powell re-
sides at St. Ignace.

Frank Collins, Kansas representative
for W. F. McLaughlin & Co., of Chicago,
was in town several days last week. He
took care not to be seen by those to
whom he is indebted.

Greg Luce has returned from Mobile,
near which place he owns an interest in
a tract of pine land. He will retire from
the road in September and remove to Al-
abama, putting in a mill to cut the tim-
ber.

Osear D. Fisher, formerly on the road
for Phelps, Brace & Co., has engaged to
travel for W. I. Brotherton & Co., of Bay
City, covering the same _ territory
before. He spent last Saturday with
Grand Rapids friends.

W. H. Downs has severed his connec-
tion with S. Simon & Co., of Detroit, and
has taken the place of his brother, Jas.
R. Downs, on one of his notion wagons.
J. R. has returned to agricultural pur-
suits, on the family homestead near
Union City.

E. W. Campbell, formerly on the road
for Howard & Salon, of Jackson, has en-
gaged to travel for the Grand Rapids
Fruit and Produce Co., taking the trade
South and East of the city. The North-
ern trade of the house is still covered by
W. R. Mayo.

Herman F. Nick, who has represented
Meyer Bros. & Co., of Ft. Wayne, in
Northern Indiana for about two years,
has engaged to travel for the Hazeltine &
Perkins Drug Co., taking the same terri-
tory as formerly. He will start out on
his initial trip next Monday, continuing
to reside at Ft. Wayne.
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Good Words Unsolicited.

Fildew & Milburn, druggists, St. Johns:
is a good paper.”

W. H. Easterly & Bro., groceries and notions,
Milan: “It is a good paper and well worth

as

 

“It

its price.”

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

 

Dr. Peter Beyer has removed his drug
stock from Sullivan to this city.

Nye & Co.
at Elkhart,
chased here.

have opened a grocery store
Ind. The stock was pur-

Cole Bros. have opened a grocery store
at Kalkaska. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman
Co. furnished the stock.

Dick Andrie has opened a grocery store
on West Leonard street. The stock was
purchased at this market.

in the
Lemon &

A. B. Mukautz has engaged
grocery business at Manistee.
Peters furnished the stock.

 

H. B. App has engaged in the grocery
business at Bristol, Ind. The stock was
supplied by a Grand Rapids house.

F.
their

 

 

remove
business to 56 and 58
opposite the union depot.

J. Lamb & Co. will shortly
commission
lonia street,

Hale & Traver have opened a grocery
store at Carson City. The stock was
furnished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman
Co.

Eugene Klein has sold his drug stock
on West Bridge street to H. A. Durkee,
late of Nashville. The consideration
was $2,000.

R. D. Swartout has taken the man-
agement of Spring & Company’s whole-
sale department, including the buying
and pricing and the handling of the
traveling men.

J. A. Lindstrom, formerly engaged in
trade at Tustin under the style of Lind-
strom & Lovene, has opened a grocery
store at Manistee. The Ball-Barnhart-
Putman Co. furnished the stock.

Wm. Laban has opened a dry goods
and boot. and shoe store at the corner of
Alpine avenue and Eleventh street. P.
Steketee & Sons furnished the dry goods
and Rindge, Bertsch & Co. the boots and
shoes.

The transfer of the gas works to the
outside syndicate has been postponed un-
til May 1. The proposed investors are
anxious to have their option extended
until October 1, but an answer has not
yet been given on that proposition.

John Degan has sold a half interest in
his grocery business, at 800 South Divis-
ion street, to F. E. Rice, late of Sparta.
The new firm, which will be known as
Degan & Rice, has leased the adjoining
store and will add lines of dry goods and
boots and shoes.

J. B. Horton is endeavoring to secure
subscriptions for $30,000 in stock of the
Pneumatic Power and Railroad Gate Co.,
in consideration of which the corpora-
tion agrees to remove its factory from
Chicago to this city. About one-third of
the amount has been secured to date,
with fair prospect of obtaining the
balance.

The damage suit brought against Amos
S. Musselman & Co. by James W. Robin-
son, of Walkerville, was decided in the
Superior Court, after a trial lasting a
week. The plaintiff was given 6 cents
damages, but was muleted to the amount
of the costs. While the verdict is satis-

factory to Musselman & Co., it is not so
to the plaintiff, whose attorneys announce
their intention of asking for a new trial.
In case that request is granted,
will go to the Supreme Court,

the case

 

It means that extra care is taken
in the cut; that great pains throughout is required in the

closest attention; that the garment when completed shall be
perfect.
You do not often get these qualities in the shirts you buy.

A report having gained currency that |

the Grand Rapids Storage and Fisasiec|

Co. proposed to embark in the jobbing |

of fruit and produce, Tue TRADESMAN |

is authorized to state that such is not the |

case—that the company proposes to con- |

fine its operations to the transfer of |

freight and the storage of such goods as |

require storage, especially perishable | |'Made means a great deal.

goods which require cold storage. With

this end in view, the company has pur-

chased the transfer lines formerly owned stitching ; that every portion O. une work must receive the
by Horace Davis and Washington Davis,

giving it practical control of all the rail- |

way cartage business of the city with the

exception of the D., G. H. & M. Railway, |

and has nearly completed the construc-

tion of an enormous warehouse near the . - . : .

cian kk a oe eck Itis just that fact that gives us (Michigan Overall Mfg.
G. R. & I. Railroads, on the west side.
Between 600 and 700 tons of ice have been |

'Co., Ionia, Mich.) such a trade on our shirts.
We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO.

put in the cold storage department, |
which will not require’ replenishing Our shirts are immense in size.

Large enough to fit a
‘double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too.

|

again for two years.

 

~ ll — i lim

Purely Personal.

Sam. Morrison has gone to
with the idea of locating there.

Robert F. Armstrong, the Reed City |
clothier, was in town a couple of days |
last week. | good profits.

Emmett Hagadorn, the Fife Lake gen- |
eral dealer and lumberman, was in town
one day last week. '$7.50 per dozen. The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns

F. Walker, general dealer at Glen|
Arbor, is in town for a few days, making | and pleasing combinations of handsome coloring.
purchases of spring goods.

John Wallace, prescription clerk for
Wm. McDonald, the Kalamazoo druggist,
was in town one day last week.

A. S. Doak is in Coaticook, Ont., called |
there by the death of his brother and the | |
serious illness of his mother and sister. |

N. B. Blaine, the Lowell dry goods |
dealer, was in town acouple of times |
last week, on his way to and from Chi-
cago. |

Fred D. Lyon, formerly engaged in the |
merchant tailoring business here, is now |
city ticket agent for the Rock Island |
road at St. Louis, Mo.

C. M. Myers, of the firm of Myers &|

Se Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt.
UIUTA, |
These qualities,;;swhen combined in a well-made, neatly-

fashioned garment, make shirts that sell--sell easily and at

Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4.50 to

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.
Will you?

 

Lemon & Peters

WHOLESALE
GROCER

SOLE AGENTS FOR

Dudley, who operate shingle mills at |
Lilley, Diamond Lake and Worcester |

Hill, was in town one day last week.
John Snitzeler, leaves the latter part |
of the week for Harriman, Tenn., whence |
he proceeds to New York and Boston for
the purpose of purchasing summer goods.
P. J Coppens and wife leave to-morrow |
for a trip through Eastern Tennessee,
|

}

S.

P. J. will return in about ten days, but; Dauttz Bros. & Co.’s Soaps,
Mrs. Coppens will spend a month or six
weeks at Memphis before starting home- |
ward.

Osear F. Conklin, President of the
Traverse Point Association, and Jas. A. |
Hunt, President of the Universalist Re- |
sort Association, are in Traverse City |
this on business connected with |
their respective organizations. |

Niagara Starch,
Amboy Cheese

GRAND RAPIDS.

week,

 

 

 

Wanted.-Potatogs, BGG CASES & FILLERS.

| Having taken the agency for Western and Northern Michigan for the LIMA
|EGG CASES and FILLERS,
| quantity.

 

we are prepared to offer same to the trade in any

I want potatoes in car lots, and solicit | Lots of 100.

Less than 100.
No. £S0@-doz Cases complcete............................ ¢ i & 35¢e.
correspondence with those having stock d0-dOZ. Cases, complete..........+.--

Wo. 1 Millers, Ber Set 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.

W. T. LAMOREAUX, 71 Canal St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

3 Ke

in that quantity.

W. T. LAMOREAUX,

71 CANAL ST.

 

 

 

 

Goods.

How Oilcloth is Made.

The body of oilcloth is what is called
burlaps, made of jute and imported from
Scotland. This coarsely woven fabric is
limp, and is stiffened by being passed
through a mixture of starch and glue
and over hot rollers, coming out, it might
be said, laundered. It is then
the paint machine, where it is given the
body. There are four qualities of oil-
cloth, depending on the number of body
coats of paint. That which is to be the
best quality receives five or six coats; the
poorer grades a less number. The cloth,
in pieces twenty-five yards long by two
yards wide, is dried in racks which are

Dry

 

 

constructed in tiers of twenty. The}
factory has a rack capacity of 11,000
square yards. The thickness of each |

coat of paint is governed by a steel knife,
in manipulating which a workman be-
comes so proficient that he can tell nearly
toa pound what a piece of cloth will
weigh when the
pleted.

ing fifty square yards each.
tion of coating the first-quality cloth oc-
cupies a week, as each
twenty-four hours in which to dry. It is
then sent to the rubbing machine, where
surfaces
rapidly over the side
printed. ridding it of all

another coat of paint,
ready for the printers.
interesting part of the operation.

This is the most
For

every color in the pattern to be trans- |

ferred to the oilcloth there must bea
block. These
They are about two inches
layers of wood. The surface to be used
is of maple, crossed and
narrow grooves, which form a surface of
small squares, 144 of them to the square
inch. These squares look like, and are
in reality, so many pegs. Where the
pattern is desired to show the pegs are
left standing, those on the portion of the
surface which is not to be printed from,
being cut away. The styles in patterns
change twice a year. Some are designed
in Utica and others come from Philadel-
phia and New York. Some
containing many colors, require
twenty-five to thirty blocks, and,
quently that number of impressions, to
reproduce the design. Rug patterns are
the most difficult to make, as it requires
different blocks for the corners, sides,
and the center. The printing is done on
the top floor, so that the oilcloth can
hang for a distance of fifty feet to dry.
Each printer has a table with eight pads,
on which he smears his colors. Pressing
a block to the pad containing the re-
quired color, he transfers it to the sur-
face of the cloth,
only. Having done this
block, as each transfers but
and, consequently, but a small portion of
the complete design, he has finished
about four feet square of the printing,
and goes about repeating the operation
on another portion of cloth, and so on.
Two men generally work at a table, and
ean turn out but 100 to 150 square yards
of oilcloth a day, when printing seven or
eight color patterns. The paint used is
similar to the ordinary house paint.
When the printing is completed another
block is pressed on, which gives the em-
bossed surface, of which there are two
kinds. pin and line finish. The wet
eloth then hangs from the loft for a
week, when by an ingenious mechanism
it is transferred to the drying room,
where for another week it remains in a
temperature of 130 degrees. “The door
to this dry-room is fifty feet high, allow-
ing that length of vilcloth to be passed
through without rolling or bending.
Coming out it is varnished, three men
with the aid of a machine varnishing
6,000 yardsaday. Next, it is trimmed
and the cloth is ready to be shipped.
_> —-

Points to Hosiery Manufacturers.

There seems to be a screw loose in the
hosiery business somewhere, says the
Dry Goods Economist. Manufacturers

with every
one color,

are all complaining, not so much regard- |
ing volume of business as of low prices. '

ready for |

coating process is com- |
Three men ata paint machine
can turn out in a day 100 pieces contain- |
The opera- |

coat requires

eoated with glue and sand pass |
which is to be}
irregularities. |
The better qualities are afterward given |
when they are|

blocks come from Maine.
thick, two}
feet square, and are composed of several |

reerossed by |

patterns |
from |
conse- |

using hand pressure |

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

r
| Formerly this state of affairs was attrib- |
| uted to competition from imported goods, |
‘but that opinion is hardly tenable when |
the fact is taken into consideration that |
|foreign hosiery has advanced on a low |
| estimate 10 to 15 per cent., while domes- |
| tie manufacturers, in the face of the ad-
vaneed price of cotton and silk, are
taking orders this season at last year’s |
prices.

Supply and demand invariably regulate
prices, and until hosiery manufacturers |
restrict their production severely to the
wants of the market, it is hard to see}
where any improvement can take place.

A peculiar fact in the hosiery situation
'is that notwithstanding the increased |
production of domestic hosiery, importa-
tions show no diminution. It is an ac-
knowledged fact that never before were
so many high grade goods put on the mar-
ket by our domestic manufacturers as
| there are to-day, and yet comparatively

few firms show any inclination to com-
pete with the finer qualities of lisle and
| silk hosiery imported, for which grades
there is a large and increasing demand.
Does not this branch of the business
offer a profitable field to manufacturers |
who find the cotton goods they make a
drug on the market ?

We offer these suggestions to those

interested as a possible relief from the |
present

unprofitable condition

 

 

 

 

 

Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers. Seat Shades, Large
Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, ete.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue.

CHAS. A. COE, tf Feart Sireet.
Telephone 106.

Volgt, Herpolshelmer & CO,

 

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Dry Goods

Manufacturers of

of the!

 

 

Shirts, Panis, Overalls, Ets.

Complete Spring Stock now ready for |
inspection.

guaranteed.

Chieago and Detroit prices

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St.,

 

GRAND RAPIDS, - -  MICH.|
:: Note quotations |
lire You >: of TRADESMAN

. + COUPONS in the}
Using _ |

>} Grocery Price Cur- |

: Coupons te

rent.

If Not,

Send in ee . !
order, and put: | You lire
your

business on ae

Losing
Money!

a CASH BASIS.

 

THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,
Grand Rapids.

Prices Current.

ee COTTONS.

 

  

Atlantic - . Ciifton CCC.. -. 6%
bod coe ce 6% Conqueror oe x
> ce eee © (wight Star......... 74
ea ec oe hE 6%
~ oh... 5%|Full Yard Wide..... 6%
| Atlanta A.A. ... OiGreat Falls E....... 7
Archery Bunting... 4 (Honest Width....... 6%
ee . Ceeeriora &...+...... 54
Beaver Dam A A... 54|Integrity XX........ 5
Berwick &.......... 6% King, EF..... ..... 6%
Blackstone QO, 32.. "4% a 6
piace Bock ........ 7 * £0 2c... 5s
ce a 6%|Lawrence LL....... 5%
- @2a.......... 6 ae Bee... 5
. Cl eee By
en Vac ewiem ...... ... ~
“PL. 40 ineh... 844|Our Level Best..... 6%
Continental, ot 74|Riverside XX....... 4%
D, 40-in 8%|Sea Island R........ 6%
ise K,&inl) (Sharon ........... 6%
. W, 45-inil Top of the Heap.... 7%
a H, 48-ini2 |Williamsville. ...... z
Chapeean..........- 4 Comet, #in........ 8%
a (ee a 7%
eee cc 7 |New Market L,40in. 7%
— COTTONS.
| Amsburg ... ahen Baiis.......... 7
Blackstone A A..... 8 Gong Modal......... 7%
eS 4%|/Green Ticket....... 84
(Cleveland ......-.. 7 Waseat Palis.......... 6%4
Cape... eee. 7%
eee ek en ee 4%@ 5
Dwight Anchor.. \King Phillip cee eee 7%
“shorts. 83 rs T%,
Roe, ..... Lonsdale Cambric..10%
Empire. . ; Lonsdale. ..... @ 8}

 

 

Farwell... 7%) Middlesex.
| Fruit of the Loom.. 54 (No Name............
| ween... -.-. 7%|Oak a
Post Pees. ...-..... oer Owa............ 5%
Fruit of the Loom %. 8 |Prideof the West .12
Peirmount.......... @eiRosslind............ 7%
| Pull Vaiue.......... Cue ............ 4%
| Geo. Washington... 8%|Vinyard............. 8%
| HALF BLEACHED COTTONS.
oe. 7%4|Dwight Anchor..... 8%
Parwe....... .__.- 734)
UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL,
7s oe ....-.....- 514{Middlesex No. 1. ..10
| Hamilton . .... 6% . = 2...
i... 3, e _ 2-3
Middlesex o Les 8 . < oe
oe - “ §....39
” No =... 9
BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL.
Hamilton W......... Ha Middlesex AA...... 11
Middlesex Pe... . a
ee ce 9 a AO ..13%
. La... 9 “ . 17%
“ ry. 10% “ . 16
DRESS GOODS.
OE & (Nametews...... ....- 20
ee ee 9 ee tee ee ee 2
Sees ope 10% qe 27%
GG Cashmere...... 21 >.
Nameless oe eee 16 qe 324%
Coe 18 '

 

CORSET JEANS,

Daadererd,.......... 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7%
Brunswick. ... Ee 6%
PRINTS.

Allen, staple........ 5% Merrim’ ckshirtings. 434 |
. ee 5% re - oh

- rebes........5 (Weciie fancy... .

American fancy.... 6 + vee ox

American indigo.... 5%/|Portsmouth robes... 6

American shirtings. 4'%4|Simpson mourning.. oe

Arnold . . 6% C reys .

grey 6%
. long cloth B. 10% ' solid black. 6%
1 8% Washington indigo. 6
‘century cloth 7 7 ‘* Turkey robes. . 1%
* gold seal..... 10%| “ India robes.... 7%
“ Turkey red..0¢i “ plain Tky = % Bs
Berlin solids. . vi 5% -
“oil blue...... 6%; “ Ottoman
- "™ eee .... Ol Seveee............
Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Martha Washington
“« madders... 6 Turkey red % 7

tur

 

Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington
Hamilton fancy. ... 6%) Turkey red........ 9
" staple... 5% Riverpelet rebes.... 5
Manchester fancy. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6%
' new era. 6% ' gold ticket
Merrimack D fancy. 6%} indigo blue....... 10%
TICKINGS.
Amoskeag AC A. me me wn. 7
Hamilton N .... 74%|Pemberton AAA.
" a 8%) York . tie
. oe. ‘11 |Swift River.. +
Farmer.. ' -- © ieee Baver.. ..... R
First Paseo 114/W oe... ene |
COTTON DRILL.
—* oe 5% | Stark ee Se cee wee 7%
ee . 6%| eee
Clifton, a... Clie ee 10

  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

DEMINS.
Amoskeag Cee eres ere... -..- -...- 11%
eos... 144i Lancaster .......... 12%
. brown .13 —e 90Z...... 13%
ee 11% io. 2....03
Everett, blue.. . 12 . Ne. 250....11%
. brown. ....2 o No. 280....10%
SATINES.
Simpson os caved So Wepertal........ _.._ 10%

cee ee . 2... was’ o*

Ce 16 EY 10%
Cones... 10%

GINGHAMS.

Gienarvyen.... ...... 6%|Lancaster, staple... 6%
Lancashire. oa. ah " fancies 7
Normandie... | . Normandie 8%
Renfrew Dress. ..... Mrestpreon.... ...... 8
Toil du Nord.. i010 e Leu
Amoskeag ae Vork.....

APC...... 10% a 6%
Toren... .-. ..... 8%/|Windermeer.... .... 5
peer... .. 6%|Cumberland.... .... 5
weree.... ...... 84 ee... ..

CARPET WARP
Peerless, white...... 18 |Peerless colored.. .20%
GRAIN BAGS.
Asoskeoar......... -16%4/V mabey Ciby ........-. 16
Harmony..... a 16
Pore... ..... 19%4 Paciac..... ee
Areeoeen..... ...... ieee... .... ... 11%
reo
Clark’s Mile pe eer... 1 8&
Coste’, d.& F.. “3 meee es... ..-... 88
Teolyoke............- 22%
KNITTING COTTON.
White. Colored. White. Colored.
_ 6... = ine. 12......27 42
" Se SOU... 38 43
a. -_ 40 oe 39 44
ea 36 41 =... 45
CAMBRICS,
a 4%|Washington......... 4%
Weite Giar........- @4itted Croes.. ........ 4%
noe aeee..-.. --.-- 4%|Lockwood.... ...... 4%
Nowmarket..... ... 444:Wood's........ oo. a
............ “16 Granswick ......... 4%
RED FLANNEL.
ieee... 8k eure Ws. ......... 5 eee
Creetmore.........- eee ee -- 6 32%
Tata ek... ..... 2 Wee, See......... 35
aes... 27%|Buckeye.... .... - B2%
MIXED FLANNEL,
Red & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey SRW......... 7
oe &...... ...... 22%%4|Western W ..... ...18%
ae... .. 2.2 mio e f.....-......... 18%
Sos Western. ....... 21 iFlushing XXX ....- —
vos S......-. . 22% Manitoba... .......25%
DOMET FLANNEL,
Nameless ee : @ i 9 7
a 14@10 ss Lo 12%
=e AND PADDING,
Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black.
9% 9% 914) 15 13
10% lu 10%/15 15 15
11% 1% 11%4)17 17 a
12% 12% 12% fl 20 20
DUCK
Severen, 8 oz.. ..... 9% West Point, 8oz .. 10%
Mayland, 8 oz. --10% 10 0z....12%
Greenwood, i% 02. , 4imaven, 10om......... 12%
Greenwood, 8 uz 114% a eee 15
WADDIN
| White, Gox......... 18 Per bale, 40 doz ...85 00
Colored, o.......- 14
SILESIAS8,
Slater, Iron Cross... 8 [Pawtacket........ 7
Red Cross. S i endie........
.  ......... -.10%| Bedford : 19%
' Best AA..... Tigi Valley City......... 10%
CORSETS.
Cocina... $9 50; Wonderful $4 75
Scalers. ....-.-.- 9 0O|\Brighton.. .... 475
SEWING SILK. .
Corticelli, doz. ...... 85 {Corticelli knitting,

twist, doz. .42%
50 oye. doz. .424%
0OKS AND EYES—PER GR
No 1 BI'k & White.. — No 2 BI’k e White. 15
20

per %oz ball .....30

 

 

 

” 3 . AR ' 10 ” . 25
NS.
No 2—20, M C.... 50. "No 4-15, F —. ...2
© 2 39 C.....-.1 & |
OTTON TAPE
No — & BY’ . 12 |No sw hite & BI’k. =
a | 10 23
“ : 4 18 “ 42 “ ss
SAFETY PINS.
oe... ........ ee . 36
NEEDLES—PER M.

A. ee... 1 50| Steamboat. . , 2
Crowns. ...... .-.. i 35 Gold Eyed.. con oe
Marshall's. 1.

“TABLE OIL CLOTH,
22% 6—4...3 265—4....19 64..2%

“sa 3 101

 

P. STEKETEE & SONS,

JOBBERS OF

ry Goods

and Notions.

 

Overalls, Pants, Jackets, Jumpers, Waists,
Shirts, Cotton and Calico Shirts in all qualities.

Flannel Shirts, Domet

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.

83 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fovntain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS

 

 

HARDWARE.

Changes in the Style of Broom Corn.

A leading broom manufacturer re-
cently remarked: ‘tA few years ago, all
broom corn was so bleached with sulphur
fumes as to make it so white that it
nearly destroyed its pliability, and it
sometimes broke to pieces much more
rapidly than it should have done. Now
the broom-makers have gone to the other
extreme. They dye their broom corn so
green that housekeepers are afraid to
break off one of the splints to test a cake
with, for fear they may be poisoned with
Paris green.’’

‘‘Why do they do so?”? he was asked.

‘“‘Well,’’ said he, ‘I don’t know, ex-
actly, but I suppose styles must change.
Then, again, the housekeepers may have
found out that the white brooms didn’t
wear so well, and caused a demand for
green ones.”’

‘“‘But are they really dyed with Paris
green ?”’

“T can’t say as to that. It doesn’t look
like it to me, but Id rather be on the

safe side and not eat any of i”
i 2 Ai

Good-Bye to the P. of I.

The following are among some of the
merchants who have been under contract
with the P. of 1., but have thrown them
overboard :

Blanchard—L. D. Wait.

Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard.

Casnovia—John E. Parcell.

Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.

Central Lake—H. Sissons.

Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.

Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.

Dimondale—Elias Underhill.

Eaton Rapids—G. W. Webster.

Fremont—Boone & Pearson.

Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son.

Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van
Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley
Russell.

Harvard—Ward Bros.

Howard City—Henry Henkel.

Kent City—R. McKinnon.

Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros.

Lowell—Chas. McCarty.

Marshall—John Fletcher, John Butler.
Chas. Fletcher.

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.

Rockford—H. Colby & Co.

St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.

Sand Lake—C. O. Cain, Frank E.
tuck, Brayman & Blanchard.

Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle.

Springport—Cortright & Griffin.

Sumner—J. B. Tucker.

Williamston—Michael Bowerman.
ll Li lp

The Hardware Market.

There is a downward tendency in most
articles of hardware, except axes, which
will probably be further advanced by the
Association soon. Wire and steel nails
and barbed and annealed wire are weaker.

 

 

Shat-

 

 

HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories here pay as follows for
dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls

out:

Ash, Black, log-run. ..14 00@16 00
Ash, White eee 14 00@16 00
Basswood, heron... Ce 13 00@15 00
Birch, log: i 15 00@18 00
Bireh, te tees... .......... 22 00@24 00
Cherry, Meee... s,s 30 00@40 00
Cares, ee tee F.......... 0.0... 60 00@65 00
en ee. @12 00
ire coeee, toma... 8. 12 00@13 00
Mae lean 12 00@13 00
Mame: Sort, toe ran............... 11 00@13
Mane, Nos. lands.................... 20 00
Maple, clear, flooring................. 25
Male, white, sclected................ 25 00@30
Re Oak, Ne a. 20

Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.. 26

Red Oak, 4 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d. =

Red Oak, 5 Se women... 25. ....
Red Oak, No. 1, step _— De ee
Walnut, log ae
Walnut, EE

 

Hel §
SSSSsSVsssssssss

Walnuts, ee ie
hitewood, log-run. 20

White Oak, log- PN icin aie ene enon 17 18

White Oak} \% sawed, Nos, 1 and2....42

 

THE

Prices Current.

 

These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. dis.
ee, 60
Ogee 40
pommel. 25
Jenniogs, Ware... 5010

AXES.
First Quality, S. B. we Se te eee 8750
D. i Geeee.....-.... 1... 12 00
° Sb eS oer... Ck 8 50
° @ See... 13 50
BARROWS. dis.
Ee 8 14 00
eee Foe eee yas net 30 00
BOLTS. dis.
See. 50410
— new lis' ms 70

  

Plow as
Sleigh —...... ..
BUCKETS.

CO ee $350
Wer teeve..........

BUTTS, CAST.

 
 

‘Cast Loone Pin, figured........ ............- 70&

Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10
Wrcgee Poems Fn... 60&10
MCCeeee Wee 60&10
Wrouget muede Bling............... 60410
(OO OE Ee %
ee oes. 70&10
ee ee e............ 7&10
oe eae... 70

BLOCKS,

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40
CRADLES.
eee dis. 50&02
CROW BARS.

CO perb 5
CAPS.
te ma nm 6
Peete... be 60
Ge. ........... ie 35
eee . 60
CARTRIDGES.
oe ee 50
SC eee dis. 25

CHISELS. dis.
ee 70&10
BGGrcePreeene..........................00.. 70&10
OO 70&10
Ce 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...... ieee accra 40

COMBS. dis.
Ciumty. Tawreneee............-............. 40
HotenEies ................. ea eae a al 25

CHALK,
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz Cut to o. —_— per pound 28
14x52 ; Peo, feeee.......... ...... 26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and rer ee 26
Cold Rolled, ee ee 26
eee gs l 27

dis.

DRILLS.
Meee es ee Seem... 50
Taper and straight Shank................... 50
Mores Teper Gee... . 50
DRIPPING PANS.
peel mises ser pein .............. 07
Larec efeen, per pound................ ..... 6%
ELBOWS.
(oem, 4 wieee, Gin... ... gnet %
Cee = 20&10&10
eee 8 dis. 40&10
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark’s, small, eo: tapes, Gs... .... 30
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, 824; 3, : ea a 5
rias—New List. dis.
Disston’s . _- .-.. oon
ee ee 60&10
eee... ........ ete a
Heller’s.. ee 50
Heller’s Horse ‘Rasps.. eee eee yee 50

GALVANIZED {RON

= 16 to M- Wand M: Bande: 2 Bw
ist 12 13 14 15 18
eel 50410

 

 
   

 

GAUGES. dis.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... oe 50
HAMMERS.
eres BOn ee... dis. &
ee dis. &
Toren & Pee e........-......- dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........... 30¢ list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30c 40&10
HINGES,
eg dis.60410
eee ecuesweeians per doz. net, 2 50
god = and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and -
iy
Screw ‘Hook and Bye, - 10
“oe “ we
“ “ 7%
Oe Z vw
HANGERS, dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10
Chesapeon, and friction................. - 60&10
Kidder, wood track ........ ooo. : 40
HOLLOW WARE
60
60
eee 60
Ne 40&10
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Steeped Ti Were................. new list 70&10
aupennog Tau Waere..................... 25
Cranice Irom Ware ............... new list 334410
LS. dis.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s a

 
  

 

 

 

wide not less than 2-10 extra

MICHTG AN TRADESM. AN.

WikKK GUUDB, dis,
ioe... C8 70&10&10
perew leyos................ Lie + = es « CO
Hook's... -70&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.. .. 70&10&10

KNoBS—New List. dis.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .... 55
| Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings 55
| Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 55
| Door, porcelvin, trimmings 55
| Drawer and Shutter, porcelain 70
LOCKS—DOOR. dis.
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list 55
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s....... 55
Branford’s 55
Norwalk’s 55
MATTOCKS.
OE $16 90, dis. 60
Hue eee. 815.00, dis. 60
as. $18.50, dis. 20410.
MAULS. dis.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled.. 50
MILLS. dis.
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.. : 40
P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleables 40
‘« Landers, Ferry & Cl: 40
“ Enterprise .. 25
MOLASSES GATES. dis.
iemees Petters... ww. «++ e+ OGIO
eons Gemmime. 60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.. Le 25
NAIL
| Steel nails, base...... 1...
Wenge hee. Ce 2%
Advance over base: Steel. Wire.
oe. Base Base
eee Base 10
a... . 20
kk 10 20
eo. 15 30
1... 15 BS 9)
Ee eT ce 15 35
eee eed s Ciaee uel. 20 40
x 50
65
90
1 50
2 00
2 00
90
1 00
13
1 00
1 13
ee 164 18
ctinen § 10 eee. 85 vi)
Sheet eset eee eee ou. OM 90
. - sd 1 00
Pana +... 1G 2 50
PLANES. dis.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, aes oe @x
Sciota Bench.. Ls @x
Sandusky Tool Co. °s, ‘fancy... @x
Bench, first quality.. @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood . &10
PANS.
Fry, Acme.. dis. 60
Common, polished. . dis. 70
RIVETS. dis.
Iron and Tinned.. 40
Copper Rivets and Burs.. 50
PATENT FLANISHED IRON.
“A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 2
“B” Wood’s = planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 2
Broken packs 4c - pound extra.
OPES.
Sisal, % inch and larger ee ee 13
Manilla ‘ 16
"SQUARES dis.
Steel and Iron... 75
Try and Bevels.. 60
Mitre . eee eee eee tee ee 20
"SHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth. Com
ee 4 20 83 10
mee tee 4 20 oo)
Nos. 18 to 2 ee eect cee tees. Se 3 20
ee 4 20 3 320
ae eect es 4 40 3 40}
oe a 4 60 3 £0]

 

    

7

SAND PAPER,

List acct. 19, °36.. .. dis. 40&10
"SASH CORD.

Silver Lake, White A ae list 50

maa - 55

“ Wie 8... a a 50

. Rae. i " 55

- wore. .... . 35

Discount, 10.
SASH WEIGHTS.

Solid Eyes...... per ton 825

‘SAWS. dis.
_ Hand ......... 25255
Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 70
‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 50
‘Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 30
‘© Champion and Electric Tooth X
Cuts, per foot. 28
TRAPS. dis.
eee, Game............ 6H&10
Oneida Community, New house’s 35
Oneida Community, ws & Norton’s 70
Mouse, choker : . 18¢e per doz
Mouse, delusion..... . $1.50 per doz
WIRE. | dis.
Bright Mareet................ i 65
Avncaica Merket...................... . 2
Coppcrce Mare. = 60
Tinned Market.... So 62%
Coppered Spring Steel a. 50
Barbed Fence, galvanized ' . 3 8
painted 3 25
HORSE NAILS,
Aueeeee. dis. 258125410805
Fuso... dis. 05
Northwestern .... dis. 10&10
WRENCHES. dis.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled . 30
Coe’s Genuine 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 3
Coe’s Patent, malleable oe T5&10
MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
Bird Cages ..... SO
Pumps, Cistern : a
Screws, New List 50
Casters, Bed and Plate 10K 10
Dampers, American 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods 65
M TALS,
PIG TIN.

Fis Laree...... oe . 26
Fis Bars.... . / _.. 28¢
ZINC,

Duty: Sheet, 2%c per aa
600 pound casks .. oo ' 6%
Per pound. .... _ 7
SOLDER,
| 46@% l 16
Extra Wi iping w

%
The prices of the many other yualities of
solder in the market indicated by private brands

) vary according to composition.

ANTIMONY.
Cookeaon...... .
Pale e..........

per ponnd 16
o ‘ 13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.

10x14 IC, ( *harcoal $6 &
14x20 IC 6 6)
10x14 1x, 8 3
| 14x20 IX, . 8 35

a sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 Inches [1 14x56 IX, for No 8 Berthe rm

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE,

10x14 IC, Charcoal $600
| 14x20 IC, bi 610
10x14 IX, . 730
14x20 IX, 7%

Each gaditional X on this grade 81.50,
ROOPING PLATES

14x20 IC, Worcester 6 00
14x20 IX, 7 7 530
20x28 IC, . : 12 3
14x20 IC, Allaway trade 5
14x20 IX, “ [ 6 75
20x28 IC, “ . ° 11 00
20x28 IX, ' u o 14 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
| 14m $12
14x31 IX 14 50
14x60 1K, * 9 jp per pound 9%

 

ROPE |

OPR

 

SAL -
MANILLA

stock what is called

1-4, 5-16, 3-8
7-16 and 5-8

WILL YOU TRY IT?

Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal.
following sizes and quote:

The rope market 's high and advancing, ard the
price at present is as follows:
SI

- 13c pound.
~ 16c pound.

If you cannot stand these prices, we have in

New Process Rope

We have the

~ 9 1-2c pound.
- 9e pound.

 

10 and 12 Monroe 8t.,

 

 

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

Wholesale HNardware,

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41; Louis St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

    

8

THE

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

ihe Michigan Tradesman |

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. |

 

A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State,

The Tradesman | Company, Proprietor.

Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable
strictly in advance.
Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication Office, 100 Louis St.
Entered at the Grand — Post Office.

E. A. STOWE

 

E, Editor.

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1890.

 

 

WITHOUT COMPETITION.

Should Mr. Bellamy’s Nationalist party
be firmly established, then will it hap-
pen, and most surely not till then, that
throughout the length and breadth of the
land there shall be no more competition,
the chief principle of its platform being
formulated in the words, ‘* The principle
of competition is simply the application
of the brutal law of the survival of the
strongest and the most eunning.’’ This
isa new reading of the text, ‘*the sur-
vival of the fittest,”’ and it can
regarded as an improved one.
general understanding of the
was the survival of the strongest,
best: not of those who were physically
strong only, but otherwise best adapted
to survive. Mr. Bellamy proposes to do
many difficult, some apparently impossi-
ble, things, but he has not distinctly
stated that he intends to repeal Nature’s
Yet, that is precisely what
must do in order to eliminate competi-
tion from the social and economic plan
It is a plan quite as old as

seareely
The
original

be

laws.

of mankind.
any of which there is recorded evidence.
In the first civilized government of which
history bears authentic record, the fittest,
wisest or best was chosen
al-
all
emulation

the strongest,
Chief. The
ways strictly followed,
individual

early example has not
been but in
free governments
plays avery important part—and it is
the competition there isin emulation that
we are chiefly considering here.

Mr. Bellamy totally denies the trite old

|

| above a common standard of purposeless

| from

'as to the
of the |
|right of appeal to the courts against the

/Supreme Court of the State upheld the

|Court overrules this, deciding
he |

|road objected as showing an unfair par-

| tice
| State.

proposition that ‘competition is the life |

of trade.’? Most people will agree with |
him to this extent, that competition is |
not always vitalizing, but sometimes

death-dealing—but it is often, in the kin-
dred form of emulation, the life of per-
It is that which makes
virtuous, or rich, or influential;
which makes one man excel in
science, art; it that which
better mechanic

makes

sonal excellence.
one man
it is that
literature,
makes

is

one man a or
his home
warm, In the Na-

tionalists’ new republic there is to be no

laborer, and which

snug, comfortable.

such competition, and, of course, no
ambition to excel. All men are to be
upon the same physical, mental, moral
plane, and, equally, of course, upon the
very lowest, as the human heart and
mind are to be deprived of the desire or
purpose to excel. Matthew Arnold’s
‘‘remnant’’ will not be present in the

Congress of the Nationalists’ new repub-
lic to help to elevate the masses of men,
who will be all upon the same dead level
of intellectual inertia.

This peculiar sort of a republic
not seem better than the present one,
which offers to every man an open field
The

privilege of competing is denied to none,

does

to work his way or run his race in.

yet to some there must come failure, and,
possibly their successful rivals, or the
crowd looking on, will give them little
sympathy. Even that, though,
appear so bad as a whole community or

does not |
‘chant.

| cause it will not remember that his policy

|

|Orleanist Prince are

nation inspired by no spirit of emulation,
|/no ambition, no hope even of rising
inaction.

It is not likely that however fascinat-
ing some parts of the Nationlist’s party’s
platform may seem to be to poor men,
they will be willing to accept it, in view
of the barrier it raises between them and
advancement, as in this country there
are few who would be content to

fice, through the removal of competition,
their hope and expectation to rise to|
greater heights than those of the mere
hewers of wood and drawers of water.

sacri-

 

THUS FAR AND NO FURTHER.

The Supreme Court has pronounced a
decision Western railroad
which is a distinet notification
Granger States that they must infer
its previous decisions that it is
ready to sustain any and every kind of
legislation for the regulation of the rail-
roads. The Railroad Commission of Min-
nesota tried to prescribe the maximum
charge for handling freight cars and for
earrying milk, without giving the repre-
sentatives of the railroad any hearing
reasonableness of their orders.
As the State law gives the railroads no

ease,
to the

on a

not

unreasonableness of such orders, the
decision as in accordance with the laws
of the State. But the national Supreme
that the
order of the Commission amounted to
taking away the property of the corpora-
tion process of law, and
was, therefore, in violation of the
amendment to the Constitution. Justices
Bradley, Gray and Lamar united in a
dissenting opinion.

It is notable that one of the points
taken against the orders of the Commis-
sion was that they required the railroad
to carry milk over unequal distances at

the same rate of eharge. To this the

without due

tiality to the more remote points, a prac-
forbidden by the statutes of the

 

TIME WILL TELL.
Is Bismarck playing a deep diplomatic
game in resigning the Chancellorship?
Europe is exercised by this problem, be-

always has been one of straightforward-
ness, and that thus he has in
duping the diplomats and the adminis-
trators of Europe better than he could
have done by any kind of deception.
That his sons have insisted on giving up
office along with him, is proof enough
that he parts company with the young
Emperor definitely.

That the Emperor will break down in
his efforts to do without a servant who
overtops him, remains to be seen. The
Hohenzollerns have a way of surprising
Europe, and Frederick the Great did not
excite very lofty expectations of success
when he took possession of the throne of
Prussia. At any rate, he and the young
saving monarchy
from the monotony of commonplace.

sueceeded

 

Some one has said that the permanence
of a plan determines its value. If such
is a fact, the P. of I. has little merit.
Out of about 200 merchants who have
been inveigled into signing the trade
contracts of that organization, less than |
a half dozen have been willing to renew |

the same on their expiration. Experi- |
ence with the level profit plan is evi-}
dently far from satisfactory to the mer-

 

Comments of the Trade and State Press.

New England Grocer: ‘* The change in
form in Tor MiIcHIGAN TRADESMAN is a
decided improvement. Congratulations.”’

Cedar Springs Clipper: ‘‘THe MicH-
IGAN TRADESMAN has been changed in
form and is more useful as well as orna-
mental.”’

Pharmaceutical Era: ‘*THe MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN, that enterprising Grand
Rapids weekly, has discarded its old
style newspaper form, appearing as a
sixteen-page, wire-stitched, 14x10 pub-
lication, a most satisfactory alteration.
THE TRADESMAN has a large constit-
ueney which it holds and adds to by its
progressiveness, and its faculty of ac-
ceptably catering to the wants of its
many classes of patrons.’

West Coast Trade: ‘‘The proprietor-
ship of THe MicuiGAN TRADESMAN,
founded by E. A. Stowe at Grand Rapids,
about six years ago, is now vested ina
$30,000 stock company. Under the ex-
cellent management of Mr. Stowe, THE
TRADESMAN has become the recognized
exponent of trade interests throughout
Michigan, Northern Indiana and Ohio.
It has changed its form to sixteen four-
eolumn pages, and otherwise im-
proved.’’

New Jersey Trade Review: ‘‘ THe Micu-
IGAN TRADESMAN, published at Grand

is

Rapids, Michigan, is one of our most
valued exchanges. Its editor, Mr. E. A.

Stowe, is not only a vigorous writer, but
seemingly just in his treatment of ques-
tions incident to trade interests.
shows
in the recent change of style of his paper,
by adopting the quarto, and discarding
the blanket sheet form which was never
suitable for trade journals. Its improved
appearance shoud make THE TRADES-
MAN a welcome visitor to every retail
merchant in the Wolverine State. Edi-
torially, it is all they could desire.

——_ 2 <—-
Dimling, the Brutus general
was in town one day last week.

Cc. «A.
dealer,

BASEMENT TO RENT.

The large, light and dry basement
under the Steele meat market, in the
Mec Mullen block, 19 and 21 So. Division
street. Large doors in rear open even to
alley. Apply on premises to

W. G. SINCLAIR & CO.

 

 

 

He |
to be a man of excellent judgment |

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

 

rane

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.

 

 

gg EXCHANGE—80 ACRES OF HARDWOOD TIMBER
land for stock of drugs, balance cash. Address
No. 11, care Michigan Tradesman. it

 

NROCERIES WANTED—TO THE VALUE OF 3600
for two Grand Rapids city lots, or I will sell my
grocery and provision business situated in the fruit
belt of Oceana county. Address E. 8S. Houghtaling,
Hart, Mich. 13
Bae 4 OFFER—IF TAKEN BEFORE MAY 1, I
will sell my stock of drugs and groceries at a dis-
al of $1,000; a rare chance for some one. R. _—
Vicksburg, Mich
OR SALE OR RENT—FOUNDRY AND wAGHINE
shopin one of the finest villages in Michigan.
—— solicited by R. Baker, — oe
Mic
OR SALE—STORE, DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES,
including postoffice fixtures, for sale on easy
terms, owing to ill health; only drug store in town,
situated in center of fine fruit section, Address Dr.
S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Mich. 4
‘OR SALE—AN ATTRACTIVE DRUG STORE FOR
sale or exchange, situated on a principal business
street of Grand Rapids; good reasons for selling. -
dress Physician, care Carrier No. 15.

Wt. one STOCK; MUST BE

Saat
forcash. Church & Fenn, Charlotte, Mich. 596

“ASHVILLE, MICHIGAN, OFFERS FINANCIAL IN-
ducements te manufacturers looking for desir-

able locations. Address C. W. Smith, Secretary Im-
provement Committee, for particulars. 599

W AxTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120 ACRES OR
village propert iy for stock of goods, hardware
preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan ore

 

 

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
Mich. 568

 

FIELP WANTED.
\ 7ANTED—EXPERIENCED CIGAR SALESMAN TO
travel in Southern Michigan and Northern
Indiana; must come well recommended. Call at 130
Canal St.

 

SITUATIONS WANTED.

\ ANTED- SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA-
cist; two years’ experience and graduate of
Chicago College of «harmacy. Address Box 94, —
land, h.
V ANTED—A REGISTERED OR ASSISTANT Puan:
macist; would prefer one who speaks the Hol-
land language. Jonker & Bruqma, Grand Rapids 8

V ANTED—POSITION BY FIRST-CLASS DRUGGIsT;
nine years experience. Address C. . Shaw,
Sparta, Mich. 2

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

\ ANTED—EXPERIENCED MAN, WHO WILL FUR-
nish outfit, wants partner with $500 or $1,000 to

engage in the meat business. Address No. 7 care "Mich-

igan Tradesman. 7

OMPLETE 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
EGIN THE NEW YEAR BY DISCARDING THE
ae 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.

.AMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE
tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will

write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co.,

Albany, N. Y. 564

 

 

 

 

Have Some Style About You

The dealer

who has no printed letter heads on which to ask for cireu-

lars, catalogues and prices, and conduct his general correspondence

with, suffers more
supply would cost.

every

month for want of them than a five years’
He economizes byusing postal cards, or cheap,

and, to his shame, often dirty scraps of paper, and whether he states

so or not he expects the lowest prices, the best trade.
may even
shiftless and slovenly about his letter that it
because not in keeping with well recognized, good

When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer
it goes through a most searching examination as to charac-
ter, means and credibility, half condemned to begin with.

so good for his purchases,
something so careless,
excites suspicion,
business principles.
or a jobber,

He may be ever

offer to pay cash, but there is

It would be

examined anyhow, even if handsomely printed, but the difference to
begin with, would be about equal to that of introducing a tramp and a

gentleman on a witness stand in court.

Besides, the printed heading

would answer the question as to whether the enquirer was a dealer and

at the same time indicate his special line of trade.

Bad penmanship,

bad spelling and bad grammar are pardonable, because many unedu-

cated men have been and are now very successful in business.

But

even those are less objectionable when appearing with evidences of

care, neatness and prosperity.

Please write us for estimates.

The Tradesman Company,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

 

A. BE BROOKS & Co.

WHOLESALE

Pure

MANUFACTURERS OF

Candies.

The Only Hovse in the State which Puts Goods Up NE? WEIGHT.

NO CHARGE FOR PACKAGES.

CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, “

GRAND RAPIDS, MICR

 

 

BUSINESS HONOR.

Mercantile Sermon ona Well-known
Shoe Trade Incident.
A story recently current is to the effect

that a boot and shoe maker failed in
Newark, N. J., several years ago. He

settled with his creditors for twenty-five
cents on the dollar and turned his bus-
iness over to his daughter, an energetic
woman, as manager. She soon put it in
paying shape, but her father did not live
to witness more than the promise of her
suecess. Her prosperity continued, and
her friends failed to comprehend her
tenacity and devotion to business, which
continued far beyond the point at which
she might have relaxed or even retired.
Her recent conduct furnishes the explan-
ation. She has paid each of her father’s
ereditors the balance of his claim with
interest, though the sum
nearly $50,000. The receipts in full,
signed by the creditors, were handsomely
engraved and bound in a volume ded-
icated to the memory of her father.

Her act
for many reasons. The claim was only a
moral one; there were no legal means of
enforcing it. Indeed, the creditors had

no legal claim on her father, or on her, |
after receipting in full all demands for

the partial payment which he was able
to make. Butthis girl saw past the legal
immunity to the honorable obligation,

and gave the proceeds of years of toil to}

its discharge in honor of her father’s
memory.

It is a selfish age. Men who read this
can readily recall more cases than can be
tallied on their fingers, of men who hold
up their hands in the community after
ruining their bondsmen or _ sureties.
Many are comfortable, as far as physical
comfort goes, and seem to never feel a
twinge at the poverty of former creditors,
whose confidence betrayed was the begin-
ning of the loss of their fortunes.

Perhaps it was always so. Maybe, in
the seats of ancient empire, which were
necessarily the centers of finance and
commerce, these things were as they are
to-day. But this time seems to be more
grasping in its tendencies, and the keen
sense of honor and that sentiment which
puts a good name above rubies, better

than fine gold, seems to be less felt as aj}

restraint upon cupidity than ever before.
There is much preaching, but there is
little practice, and that seems to account
fer the small store set by the preaching.

The grasping hand is the sign set on
all things. Patriotism is made merchan-
dise; politics is not settled by principle,
but by gain, and there is an unpleasant
feeling abroad that in the strong there is
no conscience; that a man cannot depend
upon the honor of his fellows; that merit,
especially in intellectual lines, has no
security, but is made the plaything of
mammon.

Upon such a background we cast the
image of this daughter’s act. <A fortune
won by her genius and toil goes to prove
the honor of her dead father; to put his
name beyond the reach of reproach; to
lift from the old head the last risk of
suspicion. Her example is worth more
to her country, to its commercial honor,

to its moral life, than many victories in|

battle, or many paraded reforms, which
are billboards for personal display. Every
bank in America should set in its wallsa
tablet in her honor, and the legend she
has created should be written on the
lintel of every mercantile exchange and
commercial body in the country.

Ce

P. of I. Gossip.

Henry Sissons, of Central Lake, ran
his store for three days on the P. of I.
10 per cent. principle, then he announced
that he had made but 40 cents a day, and
should continue the 10 per cent. system
no longer.

West Campbell correspondence Free?
port Herald: ‘‘Somebody from some-
where held a P. of IL. meeting at the
school-house Tuesday evening of last
week. He did not say who he was or
where he was from, but he
liked to have had $13 just the same.
was a slick talker and gave usa few good
stories, so we all had a hearty laugh.”’

required was |

is conspicuously exemplary |

would have |
He |

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

Allegan Gazette: ‘The Patrons of In-
dustry are quietly but busily preparing
to organize in this vicinity. What they
will do to secure 10-per-cent. merchants
is not yet known; but imagine the indig-
nant surprise Bro. Stegeman—who pre-
tends to sell goods at 4 per cent. mar-
gin—would manifest should they walk in
some day and demand that he cease sell-
ing at 4 per cent. and charge 10!’

As an example of the utter disregard
of business characteristic of the
average P. of I., THE TRADESMAN com-
mends the experience of a large produce
with number of the shining
lights of the Greenville lodge. Having
| large stocks of potatoes on hand, they

honor

house a

 

recently authorized one of their number

to go to Rochester and dispose of the
tubers as advantageously as possible.

After negotiating with the commission
men there for some time, the agent finally
closed adeal with the

| ayreeing to sell that

Farrin Bros. Co.,
house 17.000 bushels
at 40 cents a bushel, was at that
time the top of the The agent
| returned home and was everywhere con-

which
market.

| gratulated on the good price he had se-
cured. Before many earloads had been
shipped, however, the price advanced
and other houses came the field
offered several cents a bushel more than
the Rochester house had contracted to
give. The men who had agreed to stand
by the acts of their agent totally disre-
garded their agreement and sold to the
highest bidder. The Rochester house,
being unable to fill orders it had secured
on the basis of the agreement made with
the authorized agent of the
turned the tables on the repudiators by
suing them for damages. By the time
the Patrons get through with the Farrin
Bros. Co., they will probably realize that
| ‘honesty is the best policy’? and that the
man who repudiates his own acts is an-
swerable to the iaw.

in and

Patrons,

- eo

Hotel Notes.

 

| <A. D. Huntington, late of Bancroft,
| has leased the New Herrington, at St.
| Louis.

| The Traverse Point Association is

| looking for a landlord for its proposed
hotel at Traverse Point.

| Mrs. E. C. Campbell, of Petoskey, suc-
| ceeds Col. Dickinson as manager of the
| Emmet House, at Harbor Springs, having
| leased the hotel for a
| Fred Houek
|the Franklin House, at Belding, having
| purchased the interest of Thomas Ben-
;man, who will shortly remove to Detroit.

J. J. Hawkey is building a new hotel
on the site of the old Park House, at
| Petoskey. The new building will be
three stories high and have twenty-eight
sleeping rooms.

It is reported that Mort. Rathbone, who
stood behind the counter so many years
for the Morton House, at Grand Rapids,
is in receipt of a yearly stipend of $5,000
as manager of the Tremont House, at
Chicago.

Boyd Pantlind, who greets the guests
of the Morton House, at Grand Rapids,
still hankers after the management of a
Chicago hotel and holds himself in read-
iness to change his base at the earliest
opportunity.

H. D. Irish, who conducted the Cutler
House, at Grand Haven, for many years,
is now manager of the Wright House, at
Alma. The former landlord of the

year.
is now sole manager of

 

 

 

Wright, S. Smith, has taken the manage- |

‘ment of the Bryant House, at Flint.

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10

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

Drugs & Medicines. |

 

 

State Board of Pharmacy. |

Une Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. j
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 Ass’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, Detreit.

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.

 

A Present Scarcity of Paris Green.
From the Paint, Oil and Drug Review.

It is reported that the members of the
Paris Green Association are only accept-
ing orders for Paris green subject to|
their future ability to deliver same, and
not on a guaranteed promise to deliver |
at any certain date and price.

This is because the European strikes
affecting heavy chemicals naturally have
their influence upon all products employ-
ing those chemicals, which is the case |

with Paris green. Blue vitriol, a neces-
sary component, cannot be_ properly
combined with arsenic, according to

Paris green formula, without the use of
sal soda and other chemicals, and im-
porters have absolutely none on hand.
Hence the manufacture of Paris green is
delayed until new importations arrive.
There are, it is true. more or less sal
soda and other heavy chemicals in the
hands of speculators, but they are only
obtainable at abnormally high prices, far
in excess of what the Association can
afford to give in order to sell the manu-
factured product at the price ruling. |
The members of the Association are also |
remaining inactive at present because it
is expected that before the actual season
opens, new importations of chemicals
will arrive, and the prices will have be- |
come sufficiently reasonable to warrant
use in manufacture. |
For the present, however, orders are |
accepted as first stated, strictly on the}
basis of ability to deliver. It is pre-
mature to predict what effect this will
have upon prices. They are apt to be
higher in the height of the season, with- |
out other incentive.
—- ><. |
No More Drug Jobbing at Ft. Wayne. |
Meyer Bros. & Co., who have conducted |
a wholesale drug business in connection
with their retail store at Ft. Wayne since |
1854, have concluded to
jobbing trade and are removing the stock |
to St. where it consol-
idated with the stock of the Meyer Drug |
Co. The latter corporation now conducts |
at St.
The retail bus- |
° oy ° ~~ . |
iness will be continued at Ft. Wayne un- |
der the same style as before.
> - >< >-_$__$_$_—__—
Echoes of Dodds’ Retirement.
Four of John J. Dodds & Co.’s men go |
to Williams, Sheley & Brooks—A. R.
Thayer, F. W. Smith and A. E. Gregg of
the road force, and Will H. Dodds of the
office force. |
It is stated that John J. Dodds takes
the position of buyer for Farrand, Wil-|
Clark, at a salary of $3,000 a

discontinue the

Louis, will be

establishments Louis,

Kansas City and Dallas.

wholesale

 

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|
|

liams &
year.

—_———__—<—><—___
Lost His Trade-Mark.

Ted—lI guess you remember that young
fellow who has just passed. He used to
black shoes at the hotel. I wonder if he
is still in the business. |

Ned—Hardly. You see his own shoes

are polished.
oo 2

Flint—M. C. Bamey succeeds Bamey « |
;
Kingsley in the marble business.

 

| cloak.
| with it, she said,

i the

| thing,

| Oxalic acid is higher.

LESSON FOR STORE-KEEPERS.

Three Incidents from the Life of a
Skillful Female Thief.

| From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From a curious source, two or three
incidents in the life of a professional

| thief may be set down here. They might
be termed confessions of a shoplifter.

Stores in both Alleghany and Pitts-

| burg have sutfered by the depredations
| of a remarkably skillful thief, who isa

woman. She prides herself on her skill

| in shoplifting, and itis from her mouth

that the following narrative originally
came.
Once she visited a large store in Alle-

ighany and asked te be shown some ex-
| pensive cloaks.

The goods were brought
out, and the stylish-looking shopper took
off the jacket she wore and tried ona
She was not entirely satisfied
and the saleswoman
who was waiting upon her went off to
another part of the store to get some
more cloaks. This was the thief’s
chance. She walked away, leaving her
jacket as a token of her regard. On the
stairs—the cloak department was on the

second floor—she met one of the owners
of the store.
‘“‘Have you been waited upon ?’’ he

asked, politely.

“Yes, thank you, and Iam very well
satisfied with this cloak,’’ she replied,
and sailed on. She escaped.

Another time she visited a shoe store
in Pittsburg. She had asmall foot and
was proud of it. It was no easy matter
to please her, the affable young salesman
found. The stock of fine ladies’ shoes
was ransacked to suit her taste. It was

| all in vain, for she departed without buy-

ing anything. Under her dress were two

| more shoes than a woman ean wear, how-

ever.

When she looked at the stolen shoes

| after arriving home, she found that they

were not mates. She was very much an-
noyed; in fact, the discovery took away
her appetite for supper.

The next afternoon found her in the
shoe store again. ‘‘The shoes you sold
me the other day,’’ she said to the sales-
man, who was not the one who tried to

| suit her fastidious taste the day before,

‘are not mates, and will you kindly

| change them ?’’

The store was crowded — shoplifters
seldom venture into an empty store—and

| the young man hurried off at once with-

out further inquiry. In another minute
he returned with a pair of shoes properly

|mated and gave them to the supposed

customer. She did not stay to give

| thanks for the gift.

Once only did her confidence, some
would call it impudence, desert her.

She visited a store one morning with
intention of appropriating some
ostrich plumes. As usual she was very
particular about the quality of the

| feathers; she would look at none costing

less than $6 or $7 apiece. But although
the best feathers in the store were
brought out for her inspection, she found
none that were long enough, heavy
enough, or black enough to suit her.
She apologized sweetly to the young
woman behind the counter for the trouble
she had given her, and promised to call
again when the new consignment —
which, of course, was coming next week

| —should arrive.

As she was leaving the store she be-
came aware that she had dropped some-
and she looked behind her. A
fine ostrich feather lay-on the floor; it

| had slipped from under the cloak where |
| the thief had concealed it, or, to be more

precise, it had not gone into the deep

| pocket in the cloak specially designed

for its reception.

She hesitated for a second, loth to

|leave her prey, and yet afraid to stoop

down and take it. Her assurance was

|/not great enough to carry her through
| the second theft,

and she left the store.
The feather was not noticed till she had
gone.

_ >

The Drug Market.
Quinine is firm. Opium is unchanged.
Logwood and log-
wood extracts are firm and advancing.
Paris green has advanced }¢ cent.

 

When a Druggist is a Failure.

When he does not understand his bus-
iness.

When he is too honest, giving more
than he gets for his money.

When he is too anxious for trade, giv-
ing credit indiscriminately.

When he allows all his clerks to han-
dle his cash.

When he is cranky, crusty or ill-tem-
pered.

When he depends upon others to buy
his goods for him.

When he or his clerks are untidy or
unclean.

When he is too
journals.

When he knows more about race
| horses than he does of the quality of the
drugs he sells.

When he is careful about the bung-
hole and never looks at the spigot for
leaks.

When he buys common goods and sells
them for first-class.
| When he is continually watching his
neighbors, borrowing their ideas in place
of using his own.

When he signs documents which he
does not read or fully understand.

ee > <—_————
A New Way to Cut Beefsteaks.

A young married couple have just
gone to housekeeping on Duffield street.
The other morning the neighbors were
treated to this bit of colloquial entertain-
ment as the two parted at the gate:

He—What shall I order for supper,
precious ?

She—A piece of beefsteak, and oh,
darling, do tell the man to cut it the
right way of the goods, so it will be
tender.

busy to read trade

Recommending a Show Case.
Dealer—Now, here’s a show case that
will magnify the goods you put into it.
Customer—Great Scott! Then I don’t
| want it. I’m a shoe dealer, and I want a
ease for displaying women’s shoes.

 

 

SUSPENDED!

Wo

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Autres Aq WIA

asoduy 0} Lo[vap OY} SUIMOT[V IO

mig

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Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Molc 1
any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injiry
by Freezing. All others worthless after fre:
ing. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKT*¢
CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Il.

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price for it. Address

PECK BROS., “3ws’ais Bases’

GRAND RAPIDS
THE MOST RELIABLE FOOD
For Infants and Invalids.

 

 

 
   
  
    

success. Not a medicine, but asteam-
cooked food, suited to the weakestt
p stomach. Take no other. Soid b
dru gists. In cans, 35c. and upw.
OOLRICH & Co. on every lai

 

 

ALWAYS UNIFORM.
KNOWN EVERYWHE® ~.

Cood Crease Makes Trade.

 

daton, kyon & Go,

Fishing ‘Tackle,
Base Ballsand
Supplies,
Croquet,
Hammocks,
Lawn Tennis, Etc.

 

State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s
Sporting Goods.
Send for Calalogue.

EATON. LYON & CO,,

0 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids

 

 

“THE WEAR IS THE TRUE TEST
OF VALUE.”

We still have in stock the well-known brand
Pioneer
Prepared

 

Used everywhere, with unqualified)

OFTEN IMITATED.

Let Petroleum and Imitation Greases
Alone, and Buy the GoueFRAZE

Paint.

|
MIXED READY FOR USE.

Having sold same to our trade for over ten
years, we can say it has fulfilled the manufac-
turer’s guarantee. Write for sample card and

prices before making your spring purchases.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

SOLE AGENTS

POLISH IN A 2 FURNITURE
Do You Observe the Law ?

If not, send $1 to
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,
For their combined

LIQUOR & POISON RECORD.

WHITE LEAD
& COLOR WORKS
DETROIT,

MANUFACTURERS OF

LATEST
ARTISTIC
SHADES

OF

 

 

       
      
   
      
      
    

 

FOR
‘Interior

AND

4 EXTERIOR

4 DECORATION
F, J. WURZBURG, Wholesale Agent,

GRAND RAPIDS.

  

  

 

AreyouSour? Lost Trade? Gheap Grease!

NO DEALER EVER LOST A CUSTOMER BY SELLING HIM

THE FRAZER

NEVER EQUALLED.

NO TALK REQUIRED TO SELL IT.

Cheap Crease Kills Trade.

Every Package Bears our Trade Mark.
Putup in Boxes,Cans,Pails, Kegs & Bbis-

 

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THE

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Wihuteause ‘Pies fe ‘

 

Advanced--Paris Green, Oxalice Acid.

 

ACIDUM.

Aceticoum ...... ....-. 8@ 10

Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00

Boe .............. 30

Carbolievm ..........- 40@ 45

Cthcem .............. 50@ 55

Peyarocnior ..........- 3@ 5

Niarocem ........—.. 10@ 12

 ...... ss... 12@ 14

Phosphorium dil...... 20

Salevucwim ..........- 1 40@1 80

Sulphuricum.... .. -. 14@ 5

‘amicwm.........-.-- 1 40@1 60

‘apeerecum............ 35@ 38

AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16 deg.. ae
5 aeg.........-. 4@ 6
Combes | ....-.... 11@ 13
Chioridum:......--...- 122@ 14
ANILINE.

Big 2 0O@2 25

ReOweh.......-.-..-.-.- 80@1 00

Hee | oo

Vellow ......./1. 1... 12 Sigs 60

BACCAE,

Cubeae (po. 1 60....-..- 1 75@1 85

oe. ......... 8@ 10

Xanthoxylum......... 2 30

BALSAMUM. A

Copaiba ........ .----- W@ 75

Peni... Leese @1 30

Terabin, Cc anada neil 45@ 50

Tolutan . i... SS

CORTEX.

Abies, Canadian. . 18

ee li

Cinchona Flava .......----- 18

Euonymus atropurp.. ce

Myrica Cerifera, po........- 20

Prunus Virgini..........-.--- 12

Quillaia, grd.......--...---- 12

Sassafras 1

Ulmus Po (Ground 12) .. on 10

EXTRACTUM

Glycyrrhiza Glabra... AG 2%

33@ 35

Haematox, 15 lb. ‘box.. 11@ 12

i.......... 13@ 14

. a 14@ 15

_ be eee 16@ 17
FERRUM.

Carbonate Precip...... @. 15

Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50

Citrate Soluble......-.. @ 80

Ferrocyanidum —.. @ D

Solut Chioride........ @

Sulphate, com’l....... 1%@ x
E pard......- @ i

FLORA.

Aeeree .. 8... 14@ 16

Aoteoees ........... 30@ 35

Matricaria ...... -...- 3@ 35

FOLIA.

Barosma 10@ 12

Cassia Acutifol, “Tin-

nivauy ...... -.----- 23@ 2%

Aix. 3@ 3

Salvia officinalis, 448

ene 4G8.............- 10@ 12
es ie. .......--...-- 8@

@UMMI.

Acacia, ist picked.... @1 0
. 2d se , @ 9
tt
" sifted sorts. . @ 6
la TH@1 00

Aloe, Barb, (po. 60) - 5O@ 60

“« “Cape, (po. 20). @ 12

= Socotri, (po. *. @

Catechu, 1s, (i481 14%

16). @ i
ee 2@ 30
Assafcetida, (po. 30)... @ b
Bensotnum..........-- W@ 55
Camphors........--.-- 60@ 65
Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10
Gaipanum. .......-.-- @3 00
Gamboge, po.......... 80@ 9%
Guaiacum, (po. 55) ... @ 5O
Kino, (po. 25) .-------- @ w
Mie... 6.1... @1 00
Myrrh, ~~ 45) Loe @ 40
Opt, (pc. 5 2) ......--3 Bas @
Shellac .. —.. 2. 2

bay bleached. —.. 2a oo
Tragacanth 4 30@ 75

HERBA—In ounce packages,
Absinthium 25
Eupatorium 20
oe: eden ee 25
Majoru Leste.
Mentha | Piperita. cee cease ae 2

. Vir i ._

ie ......... 30

Tanacetum, V 22

Toa, V...-.- 25

MAGNESIA.

Caicined, Pat.......... S@ @

Carbonate, ree ..... W@ 2

Carbonste, K. & M. *20@ 2%

Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35@ 36

OLEUM.

Abainthium. .... 5 00@5 50

Amygdalae, Dulc... .. 45@ 75

Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25

ae 1 90@2 00

Auranti Cortex....... @2 50

Béervamii .............2 S@s o

eer... .........., 90@1 00

Caryophylli. .«+-k 23@l W

Corer 35@ 65

Chaneeaitt bees cueen ts @1 75

Cippamont ......... -1 35@1 40

eee Se ms %

Conium Mac.......... 65

eens 5. s.. 15s 1 2001 30

 

 

Cabepee. .......... 16 00@16 59
Bxecnthitos........... 90@1 00
ae 1 W@1 30
Gauitheria ............2 10@2 @
Geranium, ounce. @ &
Gossipii, Sem. gal. oc W@ 75
Roeoomes ............-8 Ge
eer... 5O0@2 00
beavendole ...........- 90@2 00
Eso 1 50@1 80
Menthe Finer.......... 2 0O@2 10
Mentha Verid......... .2 }0@2 60
Morfiuac, gal......... 80@1 00
Myrcia, ounee......... @
ho ea 1 25@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. -, 10@ 12
ee 1 20@1 32
Bogmaeri......... T3@1 00
Roese, ounce.......... @6 00
i 40@ 45
........ ........ oo
Santel ...... .........8 Sie
Sassafras. ... 50@ 55
Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65
cee ee os Ql
ae 40@ 50

- — ...... ' @ 60

Wheobromaes.......... 15@ 2

POTASSIUM.
Bi Carb. .. ae
Bichromate ...... ~.. Io
Bromide 27H 40
_—).................., 12@ 15
Chlorate, ™ - ude 146@ 18
Cyanide . ._... on oo
ie 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 2@ 3)
Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15
Potass Nitras,opt .... &@ 10
Pogens Nitras.......... am 9g
Frases .......... . =o =
Sulphate po...... 15@ 18
RADIX.

oe a re 20@ 2%
‘tii... 25@ 30
Anchssa .............. Ig @
aye, Po.............. @ B
Cees. 8... 0a BW
Gentiana, (po, 15)..... 10@ 12
Glyehrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18
Hydrastis C anaden,

— oo)... .... Q@ 4
He lebore, Ala, po.. 15@ Ww
fuels, pO... cs. 15@ Ww
Ipecac, ee 2 25@2 35
Iris plox (po. — 18@ 2
Jalapa, pr. 38@ 40
Maranta, ks.. oe @ 35
— po a 15@ 18
a T5@1 00

CE @1 7

' oF... T5Q@1 35
Spigelia . ... 2 &
Sanguinaria, (po : 25) .. @ 2

Serpentaria............ 40@ 45
Senega ee 45@ 50
Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40

“ce “ec M @ 20
Sefliac, (po. 3%)........ 0@
Symplocarpus, Feeti-

aus, po......... @ 3%

Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ BD

- German. 15@

ote 4............. 10@ 15

Zager j........-. 2Q
SEMEN.

Anisum, (po. 20). .
Apium (graveleons) ..
Bi 16...

_
>
oe

g et ee

Amwaw

Comm, oe. 18).......... am F
Cardamon.............1 @@l
Cormdtias........... 10@ 12
Cannabis Sativa....... 34%@ 4
ae TQ@1 00
€ 1enopodium dee 10@ 12
Dipterix Odorate......1 75@1 85
Poenicwiimn..... ..... @ 15
Foenugreek, po..... ee §
Bee eee. 4@4%
Lini, grd, (bbl. 4 a 44@ 4%
Lower . oa @
Pharlaris C anarian. 34@ 4%
— oa 7
Stnanpis, Albu........ 8S&@ 9
. Miera...._... 11@ 12
SPIRITUS.

Frumenti, < ~ Co..2 00@2 50
. a. THQ@2 00

. .- 10@1 ©
Juniperis Co. oO. T.. 75@1 75

i 7503 50
eT 1 75@2 00
os T5@6 50

Saacharum N.
Spt. Vini Galli..

Vinl Oporto ........... 25D 00
Vint Abea.........-_.. 1 25@2 00
SPONGES.

Florida sheeps’ wool |
earciaee...._...- 25@2 50
Nassau sheeps’ ae
carriage . 2 00

Velvet extra ‘sheeps’

wool carriage. . 10
Extra yellow sheeps’

CATING ........--... 85
Grass sheeps’ wool Car-

Te i ea 65
Hard for slate use. 75
Yellow Reef, for slate

ie... .. 2... 1 40

SYRUPS.
ae... ee
Prices .....-..............
eS 60
Ferri Iod.. “a
Auranti Cortes.............- 50
Hee Aww... Cf... 50
Simitax Officinalis.......... 6

“ a Co 50
cc 50
ree

Oe ie ela wala eae a 50
OU, nO
Praume Wire. .......<:..-....- 50

 

 

 

TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis R... 60 |
_ 7... 50
mies... i... 60
“and myrrh 60
Aroiees ........ 50
Asafecetida.. - »)
Atrope Belladonna 60
Benzoin eels 60
a... on 50
Seanguineria.......... 50
Baroems ....... Hele 50
Cantharides....... 7
Cape .......... 50
Cordasson... ._.......- 1

' co... i —. 10
ee
Carecea.............. 50
ee 50

ia Ce. 5... 60
Cohimba ....... — 50
Conti 8... 8. be
Alpena... .... 8. Bu
ieee 8 50
mere... ge. 50
one ..........., 50

[ co... 60
Guaica ....... .. on

' ee 60
oo he 50
HivosGyanis ............. 50
Iodine. . : ~

ay Colorless. . is
Ferri Chloridum.. 35
oe ..... ' l 50
Lobelia 50
Myrrh. — BO
Nux Vomica. 50
=, oe - 85
i Camphorated. . _. 2 oo
Degen 2 00
Buren Covtem...... ....... 50
Gueseia -.......... 50 |
Rhatany . 50
Ener..... 50
C assia Acutifol. 50 |
Co... 50
Serpentaria 50
Stromonium.... 60
Tolutan . 60
Valerian ... 50
Veratrum Veride 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Asther, Spts Nit, 3 F.. B@ x

i ' “<4F..aea =

Ajames .......... ...- 24@ 3%
. ground, (po.
le ae
Po ee . oo Gi
Antimoni, ~..... a Si
et Potass T 55@ 60 |
Po ory 40
Antifebrin ...... . 25
Argenti Nitras, ounce g 68
Arsenicum . . oo. @
Balm Gilead Bud. ac 38@ 40
Bismuth S. N. 2 10@2 20
Cale — hior, ‘Is, jn
i: 12) . @ 9
conbbariaes Russian,
po .. ie. @1 75
Capsici ‘Fruetus, at. @ 18
i @ 16}
e e 3 po. @ 14
Caryophyllus, - 2) 1@ 18
Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 |
Cera Alba, S. @ -... 5O@ 55
Cera Flava. . 33@ 35
Coccus | oe @ 4
Cassia Fructus. . oe. @ Ww
ss ..ttt.. @ 10
Ceeseemm ............ @ 35)
Chiorororm ........... SO@ 565}
= squibbs .. @1 00
Chioral Hyd Crst...... 1 50@1 75 |
Chondrus .... a oT
Cine honidine, P. &W b@ @
German 4@ 10
Corks, list, dis. per |
cont .........-..... @ 60
Cresn0cim ........... @ BO
Crete, (bt. %).......- a 2
“ ween... 1... — te 5
" fooe........... oe
eo @
Cwdems 000... ee Se
ee ae @ |
Comttalon........... a
Desiue ._.......... 10@ 12
Ether Sulph.. . Ra
Emery, all numbers.. @ &
po. : a |
Ergota, (po. ) 60.. 50@ 55
Flake White.. 12@ 15
Go........._.. Seaae @ 2
Gambier. . +... 2 @s
Gelatin, Cooper os 90
‘ French........ 40@ 60
Glassware flint, 75 per cent.
by box 62% less
Gina, brown.......... 9@ 15
co Weome.......... 13@ 2%
Giveerwma |. R@ 25 |
Grana Paradisi. @ 15
| Pans........... 23@ 40
Hydraag Cc hlor Mite. @ %
Cor @ 8

“ Ox Rubrum @1 05

e Ammoniati. @1 15

' Unguentum ~~ io
Hydrargyrum . . 80
Ichthyobolla, Awe. iy 250 50
Indigo.. a“ T5@1 00 |
Iodine, Resa ls TE@3 85 |
lodoform. oo a @4 70
Po 85@1 00
7 copodium 55@ 60
eee oc, 80@ 8d
- quor Arsen et Hy-

Grace log. ..._....... » BW
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 100 12
ae Sulph (bbl

i 2@ «3 |
Manna, 5. F...,..... 45@ 50

TR. ADESM- AN.

   

2 85@3 10 ;

 

 

  

| Morphia, =. §. a WwW. Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2| Lindseed, boiled .... 65 68
x. YY. © & Peres: ......-,.-.... @ 18} Neat’s Foot, winter
ee 2 85@3 10 " on............. @ Ww ae ............ 50 69
| Moschus Canton...... @ 40/| Snuff, Maceaboy, De Spirits Turpentine.... 47% 55
| Myristica, No. 1......- me Gl Yeea............... @ 35} PAINTS bbl. Ib
Nux V omica, (po 20). @ 10| Snuff,Scotch,De. Voes @ 3 ie mini :
Ce Sera. 32@ 35/| Soda Boras, (po. 13). 12@ 13 Deh Venetian. .... a G3
— Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 | Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4
eee ce a. @2 06 | Soda Carb... .... x@ « Ber... 14 x@3
Pic is ‘Lig, N. C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb ( P utty, commercial . 2 2A@3
goa... . @a 00 | Soda, Ash... strictly pure.... 244 2%@3
Picis Liq., quarts ...... @1 00/| Soda, Sulphas.... Vermilion Prime Amer os
“ Wins... |. @ 70! Spts. Ether Co .. ican . oso ts 13@16
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80) @ ww Myrcia Dom Vermilion, English T@S8O
Piper Nigra, (po. 22) @ 18 Myrcia Imp... Green, Peninsular WBS
Piper Alba, (po #5) @ 35 Vini Rect. bbl Lead, red : Qi%
Pix Burgun. i a tt Fe)... @2 15 white @i4
Plumbi Acet ... 14@ 15| Less5e gal., cash ten days. ; Whiting, white Span. Gio
Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 Strychnia Crystal @ 10 | Whiting, Gilders’..... @w#
Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulp hur, Subl 2%@ 34% whi ; Paris American 1 00
& P. D. Co., doz @1 25 Roll 244@ 3 | Whiting, Paris Eng.
Pyrethrum, pv 30@ 35| Tamarinds... 20 10; Cliff ..............--- 1 40
Quassiae .... . &@ 10} Terebenth Venice 23@ 30\F ioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1 4
Quinia, S. P& W 41@ 46) Thecbromae 50@ 55] V Wiss Villa Pre —
S. German. 30@ 36] Vanilla.. 9 00@16 00} Paints 1 00@1 20
Rubia Tinetorum. 12@ 14} Zineci Sulph %7@ 8} VARNISHES.
Saccharum Lactis pv. @ B| 'No.1Turp Coach....1 10@1 20
Salsein:__. ..--1 80@2 00} OILs. | Extra Turp ....1 @@l
Sanguis Draconis _... Sa Si Bbl. Gai | Coach Body «cae em (eee OF
Semtonine ........ @4 50} Whale, winter.. 70 7 | No. 1 Turp Furn......1 OO@i 0
Sapo, W. 190) 14| Lard, extra... .... 55 60 | Eutra Turk Damar 1 55@1 60
ee Se i0 | Lard, No f........ 45 50;Japan Dryer, No. 1
G... @ 15| Linseed, pureraw.... 62 65 Turn 70@ 75

 

HAZELTINE
& PERKINS
DRUG CO.

Importers and Jobbers of

DRUGS

‘ Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole Agentsjfor 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,
Gins, Wines, Rumse.

We are 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 Gua -
antee Satisfaction.

All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we res
ceive them. Send in a trial order.

Harelting & Perkins Drvg Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 
 

 

  

GROCERIES.

Mackerel from Africa.
From the Baltimore Sun.

The Baltimore fish commission men are
greatly interested in six barrels of mack-
erel which will arrive to-morrow morning
on the Merchants and Miners’ Line
steamship from Boston. The fish are

 

 

THE

MICHIGAN TRADESMA IN.

 

| terially.
| tain line, he

part of the first shipment of mackerel |

from Africa to America, and tell a story
of American enterprise. For some time
past the quantity of American mackerel
has been on the decrease, until now there
are not enough of the fish caught to sup
ply the demand, and Ireland and Norway
have had to be drawn upon to make up
the deficiency. The annual catch has
fallen from 450,000 barrels in 1884 to
about 28,000 barrels in 1889, and prices
have advanced from $2.25 to $9 per bar-
rel to $18 to $26 per bar rel. For more
than two years Ireland and Norway
have been depended upon for the best
grades of mackerel, Norway
about 4,000 barrels a year, to $8,000 bar-
rels from Ireland. While the same in
appearance as the American fish, they
are larger and of a better quality, those
coming from Norway being the best.

The cause of the fish leaving Ameri-
can shores has been a problem which the
scientists have bothered their brains over
in vain, as far as any practical results
are concerned, and as there is over
$5,000,000 invested in the fishing indus-
try of the New England States,
question was a serious one.

sending |

Wool, Hides, Pelts and Furs.
The wool market does not change ma- |

takes it at the
obtainable; if not wanted
@4c less than asked. Sales are light.
Hides are still low, with fair demand.
A slight advance is obtainable on No. 1
light and calf, on account of scarcity.
Calf is not so firmly held, as receipts are

best price |

>

,s his offer is 3

If a manufacturer wants a cer- |

| paying 15@16¢

larger and becoming more plenty as/|
spring advances.
Tallow is firmer, with %e advance,

With some
market.

Furs are in demand at the decline, but
goods are poor and go at the lower prices
largely.

large consumers out of the

 

a
The Grocery Market.
Sugars are a trifle lower, and the mar-

 

ket is by no means as strong as some
would like to see it. Seotten has ad
vanced his brands of fine-eut 1¢ per lb.
Oranges show a strong market and prices
are gradually tending upward, with fair |
supply and good demand. Lemons are

| also firm and active, at about last week’s |
| bbl.

the |
The fisher- |

men believe that seining was in no small |

way accountable for it. Prior to 1880 it
was the custom to bait the fish and then
to catch them with hook and line. This,
however, was too slow for the Yankee
‘“*hustler,’?’ and immense drag-nets were
used, which would enclose whole schools
and haul them in by the
thousands. This, it is thought, has had
the effect of scaring them away, and it is
believed that those now caught off Ire-
land and Norway are the same that fre-
quented American shores, and those
caught off the coast of
‘**bull-eyes,

prices, although the Eastern markets

|show an advance, which must soon
| reach us.
—_—-o <>
The Potato Market Wild.
The recent advance in potatoes has

being

hundreds of |

Africa are the |
”? which were caught off Cape |

Cod in great numbers about two years |
ago.
Last summer afew of the old fisher-

men studied the matter out, and decided
that mackerel ought to be found some-
where in the neighborhood of the Cape
of Good Hope.
Alice, of Provincetown, Mass., was fitted
out in September for a six months’
cruise to the coast of Africa on a search
for mackerel, and a few days ago arrived
at her home with thirty-three casks,
holding about three barrels each of No.
1 mackerel, which had been caught off
the Cape of Good Hope by New England
fishermen, and cured and packed on a
New England fishing boat. They were
opened for inspection in Provincetown,
and were examined by a large
the local fisherman, who
them fully equal if not better
own fish.

than their

been almost without precedent, the flurry
due largely to the fact that the
condition of the roads have prevented the
farmers getting to market with their |
product. Thirty-five cents and upward
is now freely offered at the principal |
buying points, competition in some cases
having forced prices far above the legit-
imate market.

 

2
Cash Is Good Enough for Him.
T. V. Childs, the Reed City grocer,
writes THE TRADESMAN as follows:
The only true way to conduct a retail
business is to sell ata small profit and

| have the pay when the goods are passed

Accordingly the schooner |

over the counter. I would rather have
my goods than notes or accounts. I have
‘**been there’? and have about $2,000 of
that kind of pay that accumulated in my
past businees here years ago and Ido}

| not take any more of it.

_> ? a

Palm Station—Cain & Smith have sold |

their general stock to Robert Meyers.
Otter Lake—Harris & MecCornick, gen- |
eral dealers, have dissolved. W. E. Mc-

oe will continue the business.
| - eo 8 ——

crowd of |
pronounced | i ,
|Co. received four carloads of

In speaking of the fish the Gloucester |

Times said: ‘‘In quality they are about

thirteen to fifteen inches long, and the}
flesh is firm and white. The only way
they differ from American mackerel is}

in the stripes, which come a little lower
down on the sides of the fish, something
like the bulleye mackerel caught off this

| National Bank on

coast several years ago. They are much |
superior to mackerel caught on the
American coast in the earlyspring. One

thousand dollars was offered for the lot
unopened in Boston and_ refused.
Everything goes to show that scien-|
tific men and_ shoal-water _ sailors,
who have hardly been out of sight of
land, were sadly mistaken in their pre-
diction that Captain Si Chase, in the
schooner Alice, was going on a wild-

a chase. To Provincetown, and to
Captain Chase in particular, is due the
honor of opening up entirely new mack-
erel fishing grounds over 8,000 miles from
home.”’
_——__—>- <>

Association Notes.

Herald: “At the B. M.A.
evening, Will Hobbs, F. E.
E. Brown, of Peninsula,
Monroe Center,

Traverse
Tuesday

Grand
meeting,
Austin, of this place, F.
and W. H. H. Brownson of
were admitted to membership.

|
|

The Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce |

last week.

Fred Gulembo has renewed his lease of

the Filer House, at Ludington, and is re-
pairing and refurnishing the hotel.

It is stated that the Muskegon National
| Bank will reorganize as the Hackley |
the expiration of its
present charter, a few months hence.

—_ 2.
VISITING BUYERS.

A D Martin, Lilley

J 8 Toland, Ross

J Raymond, Berlin

J Kinney, Kinney

T Armock, Wright

GH Rainouard,

C H Deming, Dutton

L M Wolf, Hudsonville N F Miller. Lisbon

JN Wait, Hudsonville Geo P Stark, Cascade

JL Thomas, Cannonsburg H Thompson, Canada Cors

RA Hastings, Sparta L Maier, Fisher Station

A Purchase, So Blendon John De Vries, Jamestown

Horning & Hart, Woodville W Borgman, Fillmore

H Van Noord, Jamestown J Colby, Rockford

J Kruisenga, Holland Silas Loew, Burnip’s Cors

Den Herder & Tanis, E Young, Ravenna
Vriesland J Herringa, E Saugatuck

O’Conner & Thompson, N O Ward, Stanwood

John Giles & Co., Lowell
L Cook, Bauer
J C Miller, Saugatuck
Maston & Hammond,
Grandville
Smalliegan & Pickaard,
Forest Grove

F P Aopper, Fremont
Fred Hotchkins,
Hyde Bros., McBrides

| Carpenter, Foote & Co.,

| McBrides

E N Parker, Coopersville

Lee Deuel, Bradley

John Damstra, Gitchell

8 Cooper, Jamestown

| C F Walker, Gien Arbor Wm Karsten, Vriesland

| C A Dimling, Brutus Eli Runnels, © orning
RF Armstrong, Reed City ern A Sage, Rockford
N B Blain, Lowell EE Hewitt, Rockford
MV Wilson, Sand Lake W L Squires, Plainwell
WmVerMeulen. ne Rankin & Dewey, Shelby
John Smith, A John Baker, Chauncey

* John Sean Tanent E Hagadorn, Fife Lake

bananas

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Golden or Roxbury russets or North-
| ern Spys command $3.50 per bbl.

Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for unpicked and
| $1.35 for picked, holding at $1.50@$1.65 per bu.
| The market is firm.

Beets—40c per bu.

Butter—The market is easier, except for strictly
| choice. Creamery is in fair demand at 26c. Choice
| grades of dairy are in active demand, dealers
and holding at 17@18e

Buckwheat Flour—$1.75 per 100 Ibs.

C abbages—#8@89 per 100.

Cheese—Fair stock of full cream commands
11@1 12¢,

Cider—i0e per gal.

Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.2
25c.

Cucumbers —$1.50 per doz.

Dried Apples — Evaporated are held at 9@
10¢c and sundried at 5@6c.

Eggs—Dealers now pay llc and hold at 12e.
Now that Easter is past, the market is likely to
slump off a little, unless the roads get worse
than they are at present.

Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, &3.50 per bu.;

medium, $3.50. Timothy, #1.50 per bu.

Honey —Scarce and nez irly out of market.

Lettuce—15e per lb. for Grand Rapids grown.

; produce barrels

      

Maple Sugar — 8@i0e per lb., according to
quality.

Onions salers pay $1.75 and hold at $2 per bu.

Parsnips—60¢ per bu.

Pop Corn—4e per Ib,

Potatoes—The market is excited to the verge
of insanity, owing to the strong demand at the
principal buying markets in the East. Shippers
have paid as high as 5vc, but there is litile con
fidence that the price will hold up to that figure,
or anywhere near it, for any length of time.
From 35@45¢ is nearly the price paid at most of
the shipping points.

Radishes—35c per doz.

Squash—Hut bard, 2¢ per Ib.

Sweet Potatoes—A few lots are held at %5 per

Tomatoes —Early Southern stock commands $1
per peck (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—25c per bu.
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS,

The Putnam aie Co. quotes as follows:
Standard, 25
Twist, 25
Cut Loaf, 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIXED,
Royal, mie eee.
eo oot... 2... 844
Extra, —e ae 10
i... oeee.........-........, - 9%
Frenc ‘i c ream, 25 lb. pails. ol 11%
FANCY—In 5 Ib. boxes.
Ee 2
Sour Drops ..... . eee eee ae
Peppermint Drops. ee oe
(Ceeceteee ree 14
|. =. (oc Deome................... a
ee 10
Licorice Drowe.. ...... ee -18
| A. B. Licorice mo eee 14
ees eee 14
. printed... ne hei eet,
Imperials.. eerie eee ee ee oe
Ce eo
ME ie 1
Beeeeees Dee... . 13
Caramels ...... Aa ea Te 16@18
Hand Made C reams. ee 18
Paar reer. 16
Decorated Creams................ cee
String Rock.. So
| Burnt Almonds... ......... ee ete eee ees 22
Wireterercen Herriog.................. 14
FANCY—In bulk.
| Lozenges, plain, ~ - ee. -.12%
Dbis.... ae
. eee in = bees cia
a . oem. --11%
Chocolate Drops, -" Pee. ooo euee
Gum Drops, ee 6%
' Pa Gree...............,,...... . oe
| Moss Drops, in pails. . eee ee oe 10
inbbls..... ... 9%
| Sour rons, pee. eo
Imperials, in = 11
ae. 10%
FRUITS.
Oranges, Messina, choice... ........... @ 3 %5
' = aay... @ 4 00
Florida, choice.......... 75@ 4 00
ia es ee 40@ 4 75
Riverside, fancy soto acg coe 200
e a” 3 50@ 3 75
. Wash.’ Navals, nr ee @ 5 00
c Valencias, large.. oo @

Bridegton

Kent City Sampson & Drury, Cadillac |

Hastings F Narregang, Byron Center |

Lemons, Messina, choice, ae .
oe...
” . fancy, oe. ee.
” . me
Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy lsyers......
ee. acl 13
me ween Fe el

Dates, fre ils, 50 Ib.

ly frails, 50 Ib. @
e Fard, eS @10
‘ ee @ 8
. Persian, 50-lb. box......... 44@
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona nee ees @16
Ivaca. a @15
‘ Cc alifecuio.. eu, ee es @l4
Brasiis..... ec @11%
Walnuts, Be @16
. eee. ws. ‘ @13
Pee, Tepes Or. 8 11 @i4
PEANUTS.
Peace, UF. Bene... ...... ole @ 9
* * Roasted....... . @10%
Fancy, H. P., sane... @ 9
‘ ' ** Roasted @10%
Choice, H. P.,G.... Le 8
’ . Roasted @ 9%

PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co.
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

ae... 11 00
Deoeseus......, ............-........,... 11 00
Extra clear pig, ‘short cut. 12 00
EE 12 00
Clear, fat back. Pate ene ec 11 5
Boston clear, short cut... 12 00
Clear back, short cut. ..... eee cc ee
Standard clear, short cut, Soe 12 00
SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
Me Coe ee eee eee see 7
Ham ET a
Toneue Senseee............ ee 9
Preeerort woes, ws. 8
Blood Gausiee,...... ..... ede oeee ee eo Se
Pores See... oT
Bologna, thick...... ee 5
aire 5
LAaRD—Kettle Rendered
a Uh,
ea eb eeu Lesetiees Oe
oe ee TM
LARD—Family.
eae. 55¢
orem Pi Ww ll, 5%
oi. ee ee OMe ll, 65
mi, Pee Nee 6%
cap. Pale Gia Cees... oe
wim. Pee, 6 a ceee,...... ......... ss oe
—...ll.,C:C;:C CC, 55g

BEEF IN BARRELS
Extra Mess, warranted 210 ibs.............. 6
Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 00
Boneless, rump butts &
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or —
Hams, average 20 Ibs.

 

 

See

. _ 12 to 14 lt

icnic .

. en boneless... . oo 8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless. feed 8%
PriOG MOET, DAK) OFICGR.....................,.. 8
Long ¢ ‘lears, a 5%
Briskets, medium. Le ede eee ee cease 6

° Pees i oo ©

OYSTERS and FISH,
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
FRESH FISH,

Writer... ......... Meee ee ele lees a, @ 7%

_ | @8
MO ce ec ee @ 6
eee @l5
——-......... @4

OYSTERS—Cans,

Peirmaven Couow...................... @35
Se ae ae
Ps Oe. ee @2
aoe. 8 @20

FRESH MEATS.
Swift and C ~_— — as follows:
Beef, carcass. . 54@ 5%

 

hind quarters. ed, eects... @i
, to . eee eee yl 4@4%
ee @10
si a 8 @8%
en tongucs........ oe 8 @10
ae @ 6
eee ee @5
(Poe fee @7%%
ee @6
Sausage, plood or head. 10000 1 @ 5
et @5
2 Pramkfort........._.. eee @8
ae... Cs le @ 8%

 

BANANAS! :

more fruit than

‘an be handled by any other house at this pee

Ve are receiving

from two to four

-arloads of bananas
week, which is
temember

We Are Headquarters.
GRAND RAPIDS FRUIT AND PRODUCE co.

Y

it Care oP JuiTve mA

se

Wy, dink

ees

K ge~ 3

For Sale by Leading Wholesale Grocers.

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

Wholesale Price Current.

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who

pay ——— and —_ im a —

APPLE BUTTER.

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6
AXLE GREASE,
Frasers .................. @ 60
—s............... _1
— ss... 1 60

 

BAKING POWDER.

Absolute, ¥4 lb. cans, 100s..11 75

co. ” 50s..10 00

. ib. * ewe

Acme, \% Ib. cans, 3 doz.. . =

a & 2 <a

S 1 1b. . 1 “| sn

’ rx... a

Our Leader, = cans. , ._ =
441b

oe 90
Tit . _.. 2. oO
14"lb. cans,

Telfer’s, doz.. 45
se % 1b. “ - 85
= in ™ 2 oe

BATH BRICK.

English, 2 doz. in ease... 80

ino, = “ i 15

American. 2 doz. incase... 70

BLUING. Dozen

moncan, 4o8............. 30

. Se 60
. Be........ 90
BROOMS.

No. 2 Hurl. boa cu ce 1%

No.1 eee. 2 00

No. 2 Carpet. Peewee sll.

Fs hCtC«CC Ce 2 50

Pero Gem..........,...... 2%

Connon Woee............

Fancy go 1 20

ai ......... Leesa cee eee 3 25

Warehouse........ 2

BUTTERINE

Dairy, solid packed.... ... 12%
Vee, _.

C reamery : — pac ked.. 13%

rolls . =
CANDLES

Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. Lc... oe

Star, 40 33%

Parseee.. ............,... 10

Wee ............... . =

CANNED Goops—Fish.
Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck.....1 2
Clam Chowder, 3 Ib... .... a 1
Cove Oysters, iy stand. }

“ce “

Lobsters, - i“ ce
e 1 y ae
ea = Ib. Star.
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
b. stanc
“cc 2 lb. oe
is 3 Ib. in Mustard.
r Sip. eoueed.......
Salmon, = Columbia. .
» Sigeee........ 1 90
Sardines, domestic 48 oo 5
“ a8 seen ue @ 9

C Mustard %s...

isi imported % S.

_ spiced, 48. as
Trout, 3 lb. brook. '

CANNED GOODS—FTuits.

  

Apples, gallons, stand. ....2 75
Sicciaeecian, era... ..... 80
Cherries,red standard 1 10@1 20
° pitted Di eeee eases 1 40
Damsons . et 115
Egg Plums, ‘stand.....1 15@1 35
COGHeDerrren ...............- 1 00
ne ae ee suaaas
Green Gages.......... 1 15@1 35
Peaches, yellow. stand! 75@1 85
. seconds ...... 1 10@1 45
" Pee... 24... a
Qo 13
Pincappies ...........- 1 10@1 50
MOOR ec 1 00
kaspberries, extra.......... 1%
c yen... 40
Birawoerriog .......... 1 15@1 35
Whortteperres.............. 75
CANNED VEGETABLES,
Asparagus, Oyster Bay......
Beans, Lime, stand......... 6
* Green limas.... Gi
" Cees. ......... @ 90
* Stringless, Erie. 90
‘Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40
Cc orn, Archer's Trophy...... 90

“ Morn’ g Glory. 90

i . Early Golden. 90
roos Fienes................ 1 68
‘* extra marrofat. @1 2%

 

“~ oeee................. 80
* June, mand..... 140
c - oree....... 4 65@ 1 85

 Wreneh, extra fine... .§ 50
Mushrooms, extra fine......2 15
Pumpkin, 3 1b. Golden... @1 25
Succotash, standard... ..90@1 40
ce ot el. in
Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @95

Good Enough @

wy Ben Her ... @9%
. stand br.... @%5
CHEESE.
Fancy Full Cream. @12
Good o — @11%
Part Skimumed......... 9 @10
a 19 @20
Poe .......-. ...-,.. @1 00
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S,
German Sweet.. ...... 23
“Alden Premium”........ 28
te 38
Breakfast Cocoa.......... 48
Pee 37
CHEWING GUM,
Rubber, Lao lumps es 25
aoe 35
Pcs. 23
CHICORY.
Pi i, 6
i 7%

 

   
 

 

 

 

COFFEE EXTRACT,

Vatios City ..... ee etree 85
ene... ....... 1 10
COFFEE—Green.

Rio, fair. __.
ney good ole, i.e

~ prone...
* Taney, washed.

 

eden... 28
Santos. 22
Mexican & Guatemala 23
Java, Interior. a

: Mandheling .. oe
Feaberty........ . 22
Mocha, genuine..... 26 @28

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add 4c. per Ib. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.

COFFEES—Package.
en Ss AAA.
Durem. ....- oa

 

Lion ,
Cabinet.
CLOTHES LINES,
Cotton, 40 ft. . per doz. 1B
- 2 1 50
. a " i.
. ~~... ° 2 00
“ wee... a 2 2
Jute ire... .. . 1 00
. i ' 11
CONDENSED MILK.
Ragie...... ede eee 7 50
Anglo Swiss.. ..6 00@ 7 60
cou PONS,
couProNs— a rior.’
$ 1. per hundred i. 2 50
$2 =. a,
75, * " . £00
oo * eo 5 00
, ° - 6 0
courpons—“Tradesman.”

8 _ a hundred eee. 2 00
_....... 2 oe
85 . eee ee 3 00
810, . ” 4 00
$20, * ‘ 5 00

Subject to the following dis-
counts:
200 or over 5 per cent.
sa (2a ce -
100 “ 20 ‘
CRACKERS,

Kenosha Butter. TM
Seymour “ 5%
Butter. M4

. family. %

«< biscuit
Bosten....-.

Ft Uta2-2 OCT

 

0 | City Soda ig
Re %y
21S. Oyster .... %
| City Oyster, rx 5%
ree... ...... 544
CREAM TARTAR,
Strictly — — 38
Grocers’ iC 25 |
DRIED FRU rre—Domestic, |
Ap ples, sun-dried.... @ 5% |
evaporated, @10
Apricots, Bl ' @19
Blackberries ‘ so ae |
Nectarines ‘ eee |
Peaches ' ao &@A1S |
Plums a ete
Raspberries ‘ c) cee
DRIED FRU rt—Pr runes.
Turkey... 4... .l.. 64@ 6%
Boena....._-... ‘ 64@ 7
California. ..... 10 @H |
DRIED FRU 3—! eel,
Lemon....... : 18
Orange. ered cueues 18
DRIED FRUITS—Citron.
Pe Gtm....... ....... @23
Hi besee @25
DRIED FRUITS—Currants.
Zante, in barrels...... @6
' in less quantity @ 64
DRIED FRUITS—Raisins.
Valenciag....... @10
Ondaras....... @11%
eo 10 @12
London Layers, Cali
fornia. --.. 2 COG
London Layers, for’n. @

Muscatels, California.1 90@2 25

FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Farina, 100 (>. kege......... Of

 

Hominy, per bbl. oo
Macaroni, dom 12 ib box.... 60
_ imported.. : @ 9%
Pearl Barley . @ 2%
roan ereen........... @1 10
~ Sieh. k 3. .. @ 3
Sago, German. , @ 6
Tapioc a, fi’k or. p rl. 6@ 7
Wheat, cracked... i @5
Vermicelli, import.. @10
domestic. . @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole.. .5 @G
“ "boneless... . - 64@ 7%
a @10%
Herring, round, 4 dbl . 2 65
se gibbed.. 2 %5
c Holland, ‘pbls.. 12 00

“ " kegs, new @ %
“ Scaled ...... -20@ 22
Mack. sh’s, No.2, % bbl 12 00
- . “ i ib sit...
10 -

“ “ “ 1 20
Trout, ” Dole........, 4 00@4 25
PTO Sie........_.,. 60
White, No. 1, % bbis..5 50@5 75
_ igs T2 Ib, kits..... 1 00
e o 10 th. ita... .. 80
c Family, % bbis.... .2 50
' — Mie... 50
GUN POWDER.
eee eee cece case 5 2

 

Half Rouen... .......,..,.... 2

  

 

Allen B, Wrisley’s Brands.

 

| Bags Pomily, 75...........2 96
Old Commiry, 80.............. 3 30}
One, 8... 1, 3 65
Bouncer, 100............. 3 15

SAL SODA.
more. 1%
Granulated, bexes.......... 2

SAPOLIO,

Kitchen, 3 doz, in box. 2 50
Hand 3 ‘ ) 2 5
sPICEsS—Whole.

milapece. ... 8... 10
Cassia, China in mats....... §
fe Batavia in bund....11
Saigon in rolis...... 40
Cloves, Amboyna...... .26
. Oe 20
Mace Batavia. a
Nutmeg ZS, fancy. aaa 80
No. -- eo
No. 2. eas Oe
Pepper, Singapore, black ....18
white... .2%
——............. 20
spices—Ground—-In Bulk,
Allspice . +o
Cassia, Batay ia. -20
“ ' and ‘Saigon. 25
Se Beare 42
Cloves, Amboyna. ee
. Zanzibar........... 25
cHnger, African............. 12% |
. Aen... ..... 8
ns Jamaica ... i
mace Uetavs............... 90
Mustard, English....... 22
“ . and Trie..25
. Trieste .. 21
mupnens, Ne. 2 ............. 80
Pepper, Singapore, black. ...21
white. ....30
Cayenne....... 25

SUGARS.
2 @ 7%
Cubes ..... @ 6
Powdered . @ 6%
Standard Granulated. @6.31

Pre........ @6.31
Confectioners’ A... @ 6
White Extra C........ @ 57
- aie @ 5%
ae ‘a @ 5%
a, Lievey cui @ 5%

 

 

 

TOBACC os—Plug.
W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
aa 4x12 and 2ui2....
Reception, 22-5x12, 16 on
Vinco, 1x6, 4% to m
Big 5 Center, 3x12,
Wheel, 5to b.. .
Trinket, 3x9, 9 ea

a Os...

Jas. G. Butler & Co.'s Brands,
Something Good...... .38
Double Pedro .. se
Peach Fie ..... 36
Wedding \ ‘ake, blk ca

mVawecee .......... 37

TOBACCOS—F ine C ut.
D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

rawetes. ......... 63
wees Cuba......... 36
Our Leader...... 35
TOBACC Ls EERGE:
Our Leader...... eee
Meceor.......... .... 7
riow Boy,2oe.... ._.......28
bey S06... 12. 31
. tae... | 32
VINEGAR,
eT  .  o
ee 10

81 for barrel
MISCELLANEOUS
Cocoa Shells, bulk.........
PAPER & WOODENWARE
PAPER.
Curtiss & Co. quote as fol
lows:

 

Straw oat, 160
: Light Weight. . -200
Sugar Slee eee eu .- 180
Hardware ...... Selec ue. 2%
Bakers ...... os . 2%
Dry Goods........ 8
Jute Manilla...... tects
Red Ex xpress _ 1. 2... 9
No 2... 4
TWINES.,
a
Cotton, No. 2... ee
. ge
Sea Island, assorted....... 40
No. 5 —: cues oe
m6”. Le
Ww oe . &
WOODENW ARE,
Tubs, No, 1 7 00
et
' No. 3 betes tceeey cues of GU
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 50
No.1, three-hoop 1%
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes... 65
Bowls, tlimen......_ 1 00
| ba Pee 1
| 15 2 00
Cs a 2 75
| assorted, 17s and 19s 250
| ‘ 15s, 17s and 19s 2

Baskets, Wasrket.......-
. masher... .- _..
“with covers
willow el’ ths, No.1

2 Se Ot ht et

No.2 25
. No.3 7 2

splint “ Nolsa
. ' = 42

‘ . * Noss
|GR AINS and FEEDSTUFFS
WHEAT.
rweile... ............. =

oe

| All w heat bought on 60 Ib. pe

 

 

 

  

MEAL
Bolted. . 1 00
Granulated.. 1 10
FLO oO oe
Straight, in sueks......... 416
. ‘ oe....... a
Patent “ saeee......... 5 10
' ™ Dervele........ 5 30
MILLSTUFFS,
a... 13 00
cee. 014 00
Dereon... 12 00
_ocoss................. oo
Mince Ford. .............. 14 50
Coarse meal 14 60
CORN,
Small lots.. Leeesuae 4{)
Car Y
OATS,
a
Car  ..........  e
RYE,
nat... @w
BARLEY,
“1... i... 110
nes... | 1 065
HAY
Neat .-........ 10 00
9 00
HI DES, PELTS and FURS.

Perkins & Hess pay as fol-
lows:

HIDES,
een 4 @4%
Part C ured. ues oe @ 4
ee @ 5
Heavy steers, extra...
2 er
hie .............5 Ge
Calfskins, green...... B @5

a cured...... 444@ 5
Deacon skins..........10 @20
¥¢ off for No. 2.

PELTS,

POCariinen ............ 10 @25

Estimated wool, per ih 20 @2s
FURS—10 per cent. off.
Mink, dark.... 10@ 50

big pale. ..... 5@ 25
Meccoon . oo... 1... = %
Skunk..
Muskrat..
Fox, red. ..

rods. ..

™ grey.
Badger
CT
Fisher...

Lynx...

 

Martin, dark... ......

" or & yellow 60@ 3
Otter, dark. i. -4 00@6 00
ee 2 00@3 00
Bear 400,12 00

3eaver . 2 00@4 00
Op possum. occ Ce oo
Deerskins, per Ib... a 10@ 20

Above prices for No. 1 skins
only.

  

WOOL,
Wasbed.. . -20@25
Unwasned......... . 10@18
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cemow ...............38 @ ae
Grease butter _- | @e

Switenes.............. 14%@ 2

Ginseng 2 0O@M2 50
Above prices are nominal and

for immediate delivery only.

 

 

SEEDS,
Mixed bird.. . 44@ 6
Coe 9
et - 3%
Heng ...._... . 3%
Ae. |... sooo c. oS
wore... _a
HERBS. | muetara............... . ™%
Biee.. ..2............,.... st SALT
Mage 14 | Diamond Crystal, in cases
a | 24 packages. pew uk oO
EJ Sees eae ba |; Common Fine per ai 80
Chicane eoode ~8 8. mi | Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27
é 5 oe ee eee “7 | = Doeeee... 1 90
: LAMP WICKS, | 66 ° oie oe ..« OO
oc... = 30 | 100 © ..2
Ba t....................... 40 | Ashton bu. bags ue. 5
eee, . 50 | Higgins ‘ ‘ 75
LICORICE | Warsaw oe 35
Pure. Se ny te bu Mette ee teens 20
Catena... | ,, SALERATUS.
Sicily. 1g} Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5%4
i _ | Dwight’sCom... 5%
acta | Vaylore..) 514
Condensed, 2 doz ..1 25} DeLand’s C ap Sheaf.. 5%4
MATCHES. G _ 54
No. 9 sulphur.... ....-..2 99 | Our Leader................. 424
Anchor parior........ 1 et SYRUPS.
Me fio UC 1 | Coen, berreia. ..... @24
Export parlor. . ..4 00] ip one-half barrels.... @26
De ean | Pure Sugar, bbl. - -26@35
=e “ half barrel. ...28@37
Black Strap.... iL. 20 : "
Cuba Baking. 2425 | ci oer
p | : 35 Ginger Snape......... 8
New Orleans, one 30@35 | Sugar Creams...... 8%
goo. -. | Frosted Creams..... 8%
“ eneles -. » | Graham Crackers.... 8
One-half barrels, 3¢ extra _ Gntmecel ¢ mGoDa. §
OATMEAL. | Boxes .... 544
Muscatine, Barrels .........5 2% | Kegs, English.. / . 4%
' Half barrels.....2 75} SHOE POLISH.
. Cases... 2 15@2 2% | Jettine, 1 doz. in box... Wi
ROLLED OATS | TAS
Muscatine, Barrels. @5 25 | ee
Half bbls.. @2 7%5/| JaPan—Regular.
6 Cases......2 15@2 2 25 ra... . 14 @l6
a [Geo@................. ie ee
se | v Ta) yy 9G
Michigan Test... Ala CC 2
Water White... 10% | Hib hah ee
“| SUN CURED.
PICKLES. | Fair .. oe @l15
Medium. ae . oe S02) Good... |... .. <-..16 Gol
. % bbl o io | Coeiee. 1. ..... 24 @2z8
Small, bbl... .7 50 | Choicest. to .---.c0 Gao
_ e ObL........ 4 25 | BASK T FIRED.
ees [rat ...... a @20
Clay, Xe a 1 wm) Caeice. 3 Q25
" D. . count. ge Choicest a oi pete eeee @35
Cob, tt ae 1 25 | Extrachoice,wireleaf @40
ie | GUNPOWDER,
lloangamntellmtam | Common to fair....... 25 @35
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 8 | Extra fine to finest....50 @é65
RICE. | Choicest fancy...... 7 @85
toad mie | IMPERIAL.
—" — aC | Common to fair... _.- 20 @35
No. 2 Superior tofine........40 @50
és No, 3 YOUNG HYSON.
Japan oc y, | Common to fair...... 18 @2b6
/ Superior to fine.......3) @#
/ SNUFF. 4 OOLONG.
Scotch, in bladders ae — | Common to fair... ...25 @30
Maccaboy, in jars......-....35 | Superior to fine.......30 @5
French Rappee, in Jars -43 | Fine to choicest...... 55 Qs
SOAP, | i ENGLISH BRE AKPAST.
Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. fii tees
| Superior......... Soe Bese ....55 @6
' Queen Anne...... 3 85] Tea Dust...... ....... 8 Gi
German Family... ........ i
Mottled German.. 3 00
Ord Geriagn................ 2 70
U.5. Bie Barrain..... -.2 OO
Frost, Floater. st
Cocoa Castile .........._.. 3 00 : cage
Cocoa Castile, F ancy Lene ae

fr

Giand Rapids.

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$1.80 Per Foot—6 Feet or Over.

W¥ e still continue to sel! our
HEYMAN & CO.,

oval or square front show cases

with metal corners for

 

 

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14

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

FORCED INTO BEING CHARITABLE.

Questionable Methods of Furthering
Good Causes.

“Speaking of duns,’’ said a dry goods
drummer, the other night, ‘‘there is no
more persistent dun than your charitable
collector, who insists on presenting the
needs of his or her (a female collector is
by far the worst) worthy cause, in sea-
son and out of season, with a polite inde-
fatigability that is truly exasperating.
The ruder you are with them, the more
credit do they take to themselves for
traveling the straight and thorny path,
and the longer you hold out the more you
are expected to give in the end. By far
the best way, according to my experi-
ence, is to acquiesce the moment the col-
lector opens her mouth, and you surprise
her so that you can come off with flying
colors under cover of a very small
amount.

“Some men are thrown into a panic by
this class of persons, and while they hate
to give, fear equally to refuse, especially
merchants whose trade depends some-
what on their personal popularity in the
community. I remember once, when in
a Western city trying to sell goods to an
exceedingly stingy storekeeper, that the
man while talking to me was suddenly
thrown into a state of nervous fear by a
clerk telling him that there was a lady
in the front part of the store who wanted
to see him about a subscription to a
Christmas tree for the Orphans’ Home.

** ‘Confound the woman,’ he said. ‘Do
you know who she is?’

*\ ‘No,’ said the é¢lerk, ‘and I guess she
does not know you, for she called me by
your name, and when | told her she was
mistaken, apologized by saying she had
never met you.’

«+ -Let me see her,’ said the merchant,
as he peeped through ascratch in the
ground glass partition of his office. *She’s
a lady.’ he muttered, ruefully, ‘who has
only lately joined our church. Oh. hang
it, 1 never was any good at bluffing a
lady.’

“Now, the old curmudgeon had treated
our house shabbily in the only sale we
ever made to him, a rival drummer had
secured the cream of his trade anyway,

 

and 1 felt that I could afford to vent a}

little of my spite on him. So I spoke up
with: ‘Let me tackle her. lm an expert
at dealing with these people. When ’m
home, our house always turns al! of them
over tome. I can talk them blind and
deaf, and I once made one of them plank
down a dollar for a fund 1 pretended
to be getting up for a widow with ten
children, whose husband had been killed
by falling down our own elevator shaft.
Just introduce me to her as Mr. M——,
the owner of the store, and Tll get her

out of here in ten minutes, as pleased as |

if you had grumblingly given her $10.’

lonia Pants & Overall Co.

E. D. Voorhees, Manager.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, Ets.

Warranted Not to Rip.
Fit Guaranteed.

Workmanship Perfect. |

Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these goods enables him
to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade.
sent on application.

IONIA, MICH.

 

     

 
    

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}00¢ Butter (size of hen’s egg.) and gill
* fresh milk (preferable tO water.)
Season to suit when on the table. None
genuine unless bearing the signature of

————— —

Davenport Cannirg Oo,

_ -Davenport, Ia, ®.
on panel

 
    

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Samples and prices |

 

WHO URGES YOU

TO hEEP

SA POLIO’

| THE PUBLIC!

‘¢‘F don’t like to try it,’ said the old |

fellow, hesitatingly. ‘I havea good deal
of confidence in your ability as a talker,
but I don’t think you can do much in
this case.’

«“ ‘You just try me,’ I said, as he
walked toward the woman, and before

Mr. M—— fully realized it, the clerk in-
troduced me as Mr. M——, while Mr.
M—— himself drew away from her as if

she were dangerous and fell to counting
the money in the cash drawer silently.

‘‘ ‘J came to ask you, Mr. M——.,’ she
began, ‘to subscribe something to a
Christmas tree for the Orphans’ Home.
We are hoping to—’

‘* Don’t say another word, madame, I
broke in. I know all about the Home,
and I wish a Merry Christmas to every
little duffer in it. Put me down for $25
and mark it paid. James,’ I added, turn-
to Mr. M , ‘give the lady
he till and be quick about it.

 

ing sharp!

$25 out of ft

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till
She has a good many places to go to-day,
doubtless, on her noble mission,’ and
with my sweetest smile I checked the
pretty little woman’s thanks and stood
by to watch the effect on old M——.

‘He was struck dumb at first, and
could only glare at both of us. Slowly
he took it allin. He was ina bad hole
and he knew it. What could he say?
Nothing. without making matters worse.
He could have got off with $5, if he had
relied on himself, at the worst, and here
I had played a trick on him that would
cost him five times that. Slowly he

By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre
ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods iz
stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort
‘on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas

ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.

ANY JOBBER WILL BEGLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS

A. HIMES,

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Lime, Cement, COAL AND WOOD
Fire Brick, ete '
Yard and Warehouse on Line of

Main Office, 54 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
GR&L, C&W. M. and L.S. & M.S. Rys.
———__ALIL SHIPMENTS MADE PROMPTLY.———

Putnam Gandy Go,

HEAT OF'ARTERKS FOR

 

 

1865.

Pes yes

FRUIT Soeur
Ae Ee Lemons,
ere Bananas,

 

Figs, Dates, Nuts, etc,

 

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

| Grand Rapids, Mich.

A. J. BowNE, President.
Gro. C. Prerce, Vice President.
H. W. Nasa, Cashier

'CAPITAL, - - - $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

 

Makea Specialty of Collections. Accounts
| of Country Merchants Solicited.

 

 

| TIME TABLES.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

TRAINS GOING NORTH.

 
 
 

|
| Arrive. Leave.
Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:10am
| Traverse City Express..... to... 9:20am 11:30am
| Traverse City & Mackinaw..........3:25 pm 4:10pm
re CO ie wee 9:15 pm
Cadillac (Mixed).........ccscccsesees 6:30

pm
Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10 a m and 4:10 p

m train.

GOING SOUTH.

  
  
   

 

| Cincinnati Express................ 7:lbam
| Fort Wayne Express -.-11:45am 12:25 pm
| Cincinnati Express.... - 5:30pm 6:00 pm
| From Mackinaw & Traver --10:40 p m

| ie Oe 9:55 a m

Train leaving for Cincinnati at6p. m. and arriving
from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in

| eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday.
| Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7:00 a. m.
| and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for
| Mackinaw City. South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car
| and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

 

| Leave Arrive.
DF eee i . 10:15am
| 1 Owe... 3:45 pm

GOD D MR, oc ccccocevecccesccsevccccevecseseccccces 8:45 pm

Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes “oh tha
Through tickets and full information can be had by
calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Oo. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEsT.

   

Arrives. Leaves.

{Morning Express. ..............0. 12:50 p m 1:00 pm

| Peres ee... 4:10pm 4:20pm
| ¢Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm

oe ee 6:40 am 7:00am

I ie ih berccevecencnen sees 7:30am

GOING EAST.

Detroit Hauprows.................. 6:50 am

?*Through Mail........ .--10:10 am 10:20 am

+Evening Express.... - 3:35pm 3:45 pm

Sy Fe oa cicsiccccewesen ses 10:30 p m 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 St., and at the depot

Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.

Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail
way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo with evening trains for
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. PatsLey, Gen’l Pass. Agent

MIGHIGAN CENTRAL
“* The Niagara Falls Route.’’

DEPART. ARRIVE
TCROEE TEI. oo 5.5 os nc cece once ee 6:45am 10:15pm

ixed «+. 68am 5:30pm
cay Seeree.............. ---11:55am 10:00am
*Atilantic & Pacific Express. ...10:45pm 6:00am
ee Tn

*Daily.

All other daily except Sunday.

Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express
trains to and from Detroit.

Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids
Express to and from Detroit.

FRED M. BricGs, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St.

G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.

Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.

O. W. Rueeuxs,G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago

 
 
 

 

BEFORE BUYING GRATES
vet Circular and Testimonials. Sent Free.
Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic.

ALDINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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counted the bills out and bitterly he
grudged each one.

‘**Let me open the door for you,
ma’am,’ I said, as I led the way to the
front entrance, bowed the collector out
and stepped out after her. I knew
enough not to remain behind with old |
M

 

|

|

‘“**You will pardon my saying so, Mr. |

M
smile, ‘but lam gratefully surprised at
your generosity. lam a stranger in this
city and was told that you were a rather
difficult person to approach and seldom
gave liberally to any cause.’
***Don’t believe all you
plied.
lector,

 

hear,’ I re-

you know;

? said the little woman, with a sly |

‘A great deal depends on the col- |
whenever you want

anything for the orphans, call around at |

my store and I’ll chip in my mite.’
Whether old M
utation and how much it cost him to do
it, or not to do it, I never disecovered.”’
“That’s a pretty goon story,”’’
listener, ‘‘and it’s not

 

said a

sustained this rep- |

often that a col- |

lector finds the way paved for her like |

that. But some of their methods for
overcoming the natural selfishness of
mankind are worthy of study. I remem-
ber when I was running a store of my
own in a town of about 15,000 inhav-
itants, an effort was made to build a hos-
pital. <A lot of indefatigable women
took hold of the scheme, and chose one
of their number, more indefatigable than
all the rest, to canvass the larger mer-
chants of the town and see what they
would contribute.

‘When she came to me she produced a
subscription list on which some fifteen
or so of my fellow-merchants had put
themselves down for $250 each. Nobody
seemed to give less than that, and the
collector remarked that Mr. A , whose
name stood at the top, had started the
list with that sum, and the others were
evidently doing just as well in their bus-
iness as he was, and were not going to be
beaten by him in the matter of gener-
osity. She worked on my pride in the
usual deft way they have, and though I
eould not well afford it, I did not want
to seem less prosperous than my rivals
nor less publie spirited. About $100
would have been more my size, buta
single $100 on that unbroken

 

 

list of |

$250s would look so conspicuous that I |

hesitated, was lost and made No.
give a quarter thousand.

“The next day I met my cousin Jim,
who also was in business for himself
there, and as the subject of the proposed
hospital came up in conversation, I

16 to |

asked him how much he had subscribed. |

‘*sT gave $100,’ he replied. ‘I think
that’s quite enough for a man in my cir-
cumstances. I see you gave $250, the
same as A , the millionaire, and some
other fellows. Are you making more
money than we think, old man ?’

‘* ‘No,”? I said, ‘$100 was just what I
thought of giving, but everybody on the
list had subscribed $250 and I hated to
be the first man to lower the standard.
Who was bold enough to break the ice,
anyway ?’

*“< ‘Tee be jiggered,’ he replied, ‘why
did you not put your name down on the
other list ?’

‘““*What other list?’ I replied in con-
sternation as the truth began to dawn
on me.

‘“* ‘Why, the list of small subscribers,’
he said. ‘There are two lists to this
thing, you see, one for the subscriptions
of $250 or more, and one for those of
less. I put down my hundred among a
lot of $5 and $10 fellows, and it shines
out there like a gold
gravel.’

 

nugget among

 

‘**Well, may heaven paint me a neat

sky-blue,’ I said, ‘if ever I am
boozled that way again.’

bam- |

*¢sServed you right, old man,’ laughed |

Jim, unfeelingly, ‘for being willing to
give more for pride’s sake and the adver-
tisement, than for pure, unadulterated
charity.’ ”’

a

Double Entry.
‘I am not a business man, you see, and
I should be glad if you would enlighten
me as to what is meant by double entry.”’
“By double entry we mean two sets of
books, one of which may be produced in
court, if required, but not the other.’’

 

 

THE MICHIGA

 

Nelson,
Matter |
& Co.,

FOR

HUrniture.

See what they can do
for you.

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,.

 

 

| has no equal.

Remus ROLLER MILLS, }
Remus, 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 hawe used nearly all the best
purifiers and bolting machines made, and
can say yours discounts them all.

Any miller who intends making any
change in his mill will save money to use
your machines, for They Can Do the
Work. Yours truly,

D. L. GARLING.

 

 

  
 
     
     

  

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Sa Sela

7 ig NS es a
SAMPLE SHEET PRICES
BARLOW BROS.GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

 
 

IN TRADESMAN.

 

15

Bertsch & Co.

Satin Oil Galf

The dandy line

Rindge,

   
 
   
 

of medium weight

goods. Made in
congress or bals,
regular or old

gents’ width, and
in first or second
quality.

MICH.

12, 14 AND 16 PEARL

ST., GRAND RAPIDS,

 

WM.SEARS & CO.

Cracker Manufacturers,

37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

CURTISS & CoO.,

 

WHOLESALE
Paper Warehouse.
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’
TWINE.
Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

The Fine Frosting Sugar now being sold in this
market is the finest goods known for frosting fine
eakes, and all pastry work, and easily used. To
prepare icing, simply mix the sugar with a little
warm milk or water to the proper consistency and
flavor to taste. No trouble to make, no eggs, no
beating or boiling to be done.

SUGAK

The Fruit Powdered Sugar, for all kinds of table use, especially for fruit,
| berries, jellies, ete., and for lemonades and all kinds of summer and winter drinks,
It dissolves quickly, and when once introduced is always in demand.
| These Sugars are warranted strictly pure, and sold in pails, half-barrels and barrels

 

Duplex cle inale

Business

| for pleasure.

‘THE BELKNAP WAGON & SLEIGH 00., Grand Rapids.

| by all the wholesale grocers in Grand Rapids.

 

 

One of the most perfect wagons ever produced, combining strength, durability
and cheapness of price. Just the wagon for light delivery, farmer’s run-about, or
Send for price list and description.

 

GEO. H. REEDER,

State Agent

Lycoming Rubbers

and Jobber of

Medinm Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

‘reqqny Zuryqo003g But
“180M 2 3UI}}1T S8Og ST,

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. _

 

H. LEONARD & SONS, Gait Riis Mich:

We are Wholesale Agents for WHEELS, VELOCIPEDES, TRICYCLES,
Gasoline Stoves, Lawn Mowers, Ete.
We are Manufacturers of Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Creameries, Ete.
ASK FOR PRICES BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE,

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  

    

BOY’S “JUNIOR” SAFETY.
Regular Bearings, List, Each. ....935
Full Ball ' . - oS

We also havea line
of Children’s Safe
ties, for Girls and
Boys,which list #12,
$18 and #25 each.
Similar in shape to
the “Juno.”

 

LADIES’ SAFETY, SAME PRICE.

 

 

Refrigerators.

We have too many styles to illustrate here, but issue
a catalogue which shows our full line, which will be
sent on application.

 

 

   
   

 

Regular Bearings, List, oc... - $60
opsernensenntt th ORE tain REO aM mast o we Sees WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
THE “GEM” SAFETY, 24-WHEEL.
The Gem Safety, Lict, Rach...................035

 

Grocers Refrigerators,

 

  

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GENTS’ “CRESCENT” SAFETY.
Regular Bearings, List, Each......75
Full Ball [ " ' oe

 

 

\Quick-Meal Gasoline Stove.

We are agents for above line, ask for quotations.

 

 

 

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Sees =| No. 1 Gem, 26-inch Rear Wheel, List, Each... .#10
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tae Sie lee ee Lawn Mowers.
Full Ball Bearings, List, Each. ...$115 Same with Rubber Tires, List, $7 each extra. Vapor or Gasoline Stoves. Three Sizes to select from, at Bottom Prices.

 

 

 

 

We respectfully call your attention FIT FOR

to the fact that we carry the most

complete stock of seeds in

weve wai. Sed A Gentleman's!

for our wholesale price

 

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in our line at lowest Ete,
Thurber, Whyland & Go.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ALEXIS GODILLOT, Jr. erecA.R

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° S. K. Bolles & Co.
Bill Snort ee 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. r

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; We guarantee this cigar the ake ish 0 66 99
i best $35 cigar on the market.
Send us trial order, and if not °

 

 

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ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY

; return them. Advertising mat- of

| ter sent with each order. 7 i

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mas (egan Fish We will forfeit $1,000 if the “TOSS UP”

Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of

‘ { i, af Mail orders receive prompt attention. excellent quality, equal to more than the aver- :
Charlevoix Cigar M f J Co., See quotations in another column. age ten cent cigars on the market.

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLEVOIX, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS.