Michigan Tradesman. bP Raton, Lyon & Go, School Supplies, Miscellaneous Books school Books Stationery. Our Pall Line Now Ready EATON,LYON &CO, 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. REMPIS & GALLMEYER, FOUNDERS General Jobbers and Manufacturers of Settees, Lawn Vases, Roof Crestings, Carriage Steps, Hi: g Posts and Stair Steps. 54-56 N. Front St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Medium Clover Mammoth Clover Timothy Red Top Orchard Grass All kinds seeds and lowest market values at The Alfred Brown Seed Store BROWN BUILDING, N. Div. St., GRAND RAPIDS, 2) ee SEEDS| Write for jobbing prices on Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard Grass, Red Top, Blue Grass, Field Peas, Beans, APPLES POTATOES. C. Ainsworth, 76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Will arrive Sept. 3. Let your orders come. We quote: SOLID BRAND-—Selects............ ........30 ° ee eee ce ete 24 . ' Pema 22 DAISY BRAND-—Selects...... .............. 28 . . een 20 o _ Bayo... LL. Choice Full Cream Cheese, 8c. ‘* Dairy Butter, 16c. Fresh Laid Eggs. Choice 360 Lemons, $7. Pure Cider Vinegar, Full Strength, 10e. Our Mince Meat, Best in Use, 6c Ib. 2-lb. Cans (usual weight), 81.50 per doz. i “ " : $3.50 . F, PRALLAS & SON Prop’s Valley City Cold Storage, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 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 Grad Rapids Seed Store, 71 Canal St, GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX. W. C, WILLIAMS, A. SHELEY. A. 8. BROOKS. WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO., Wholesale Druggists, AT THE OLD STAND. Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit. How to Keep a Store. By Samuel H. Terry. A book of 400 pages written from the experience and observation of an old merchant. It treats of Selection of Busi ness, Location, Buying, Selling, Credit, Adver- tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships, ete. Of great interest to every onein trade. $1.50. THEATRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. ENGRAVING It pays to sore seca er business. Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs, THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. PATTERN MAKING! Models, Mechanical and Patent Office Drawing Made to Order. WM. HETTERSCHIED, 131 S. Front St., West End Pearl St. Bridge. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890. Devious Paths. The path that leads to a Loaf of Bread Winds through the Swamps of Toil, And the path that leads to a Suit of Clothes Goes through a flowerless soil, And the paths that lead tothe Loaf of Bread And the Suit of Clothes are hard to tread. And the path that leads to a House of Your Own Climbs over the bowldered hills, And the path that leads to a Bank Account Is swept by the blast that kills; But the men who start in the paths to-day In the Lazy Hills may go astray. In the Lazy Hills are trees of shade By the dreamy Brooks of Sleep, And the rollicking River of Pleasure laughs, And gambols down the steep; But when the blasts of the winter come, The brooks and the river are frozen dumb. Then woe to those in the Lazy Hills When the blasts of winter moan, Who strayed from the path to a Bank Account And the path to a House of Their Own; These paths are hard in the summer heat, But in winter they lead to a snug retreat. S. W. Foss. —.3o- a PARTRIDGE AGAIN DEMOLISHED. Written for Tot TRADESMAN No one will attempt to disprove the proposition that a merchant must buy the right goods at right prices to success- fully conduct his business and meet com- petition; and, in order to buy right, he must keep posted as to values and prices. By comparing the goods and prices of different markets, and of different firms in the same market, he can keep posted, and in no other way. Now, the question is, which is the cheapest way for all the merchants to see the different goods and make the comparisons? Forillustration, say that there are ten wholesale dry goods houses in Detroit and five in Grand Rapids, and that there are, at least, twenty towns on the D., L. & N. Railway between these two cities that will, ata very low estimate, average three dry goods merchants each. On the D., G. H. & M. Railroad, between the same cities, there are twenty-five towns with the same average, making 135 retailers on the two roads between the twocities. It is desired to have these 135 merchants see the goods of the fifteen wholesale houses. An agent must go out from each house and show his samples to the mer- chant, or each of the merchants must go to the two cities. The expense for rail- way travel can be definitely computed, and the amount incurred by each of the two systems will be a fair comparison as to other expenses. Ten salesmen go from Detroit to Grand Rapids and back, and five from Grand Rapids to Detroit and back, each going out on one of the roads named and back on the other, stop- ping at all of the towns. Fifteen men have traveled the full length of both roads, or 308 miles, and all the merchants have seen all the goods. The total dis- tance traveled is 4,620 miles. Being pro- vided with 1,000-mile books, they ride at two cents a mile, and their entire expense is $92.40. Now take the agents off the road, and let each of the merchants go to the two cities to post himself. Each merchant must travel twice the full length of the road on which he lives. A merchant at Howell must go from Howell to Detroit and back and then from Howell to Grand Rapids and back, doubling each end of the road. The lengthof the D., L. & N. from Detroit to Grand Rapids is 150 miles “NO. 364. and doubling it is 300 miles. Sixty mer- chants must travel this distance, making 18,000 miles in all. The distance over the D., G. H. & M. is 158 miles, doubling it is 316 miles. Seventy-five merchants must travel this distance, making 23,700 miles in all. The total distance for all the merchants on both roads would be 41,700 miles; at three cents a mile, the cost would be $1,251. Allowing a reduc- tion of 10 per cent. for buying return tickets leaves a net cost of $1,125.90, against $92.40—a difference of twelve to one in favor of the traveling men. That is, all fifteen of these salesmen ean eall on each merchant twelve times for the same expense that it would cost them to goto the cities once. Fifteen agents twelve times a year is once a month for each, or one every other day, with no more expense than it would cost the mer- chants to go to these markets only once a year. To figure from New York, Chicago or Boston markets, it will be found the same, with expenses proportionately larger. As between Mills and Patridge, a com- parison of the courseof the two men will show most decidedly in favor of the for- mer. Mr. Mills is a traveling salesman and became president of a traveling men’s association, but he stuck to the road. When he writes an article, it is about his calling, and he knows what he is writing about. Mr. Partridge was a farmer, and became president of a farmers’ associa- tion. He jumped into polities and accepted a nomination from any party that would give it to him. When he talks, itis not so much about his own calling as it is about that of other men. He tries to talk about traveling men, knows nothing about them, and makes a botch of it. EDWIN G. Prpp. Bay City, Mich. —_——_ -¢ A Scaly Trick. Grocer—Yes, | want a pair of grocery scales, but—ahem— Hardware Dealer—Oh, the weights are all right. We have a hole in the bottom of each one to be filled up with lead. No pound weight will go over fourteen ounces until filled up. Grocer—Ah, I see. Very well, sir. Your house evidently understands its business; send me the seales. a Pentwater — The Sands & Maxwell Lumber Co. has purchased the interest of A. W. Newark, of Cadillac, and Rob- ert Hyde, of St. Ignace, in the Prentis Bay Lumber Co., doing business at Pren- tis Bay, and will continue the business. Perfection Scale. The Latest Improved and Best. Does Not Require Down Weight. Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter. For sale by leading wholesale grocers. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AN AWFUL TIME. It was an awful time! In the first place, it was the middle of July, and we had to move. Old Mr. Townsend died, and every stick and stone that he owned in Dolliver was sold. His heirs, two sons, (oh! how we hated their very names, knowing no more of them) had been abroad, had come home intending to divide their time between their New York residence and the old family estate at Chester Grove. But they didn’t want to bother with a lot of rented houses in | Dolliver, and these were peremptorily doomed to be sold. Old Conway pounced upon ours at once. Of course he did! Mrs. Conway and her two homely daughters had been hanker- ing for our house for years, for, though we did ‘‘only rent,’? we had lived there for thirteen years, and, oh, the additions and improvements we had made to it! We had doubled its value, I am certain: we beautified it, inside and out; we lav- ished our artistic tastes upon the panels; we adorned the walls; floors puttied, painted and polished, and Teddy had actually painted the most beautiful border and corner pieces of oak leaves and acorns round the entire sitting room. And now, to give it all up! Oh! those hateful Townsends! What added to the distress was the fact that the only house we could find in all Dolliver to rent was a little two-story cottage, quite a distance from all the neighbors to whom we had become at- tached, and in a locality we detested. However, there was no help for it, and as I said before, we had an awful time. It was bad enough to know the dear old home was lost to us, and that the Con- ways were to enjoy all our labors of love on the walls and floors; it was sufficiently exasperating to be compelled to take up cur abode at Jenk’s Corner, a locality we abominated, but these were only the beginning of our tribulations. The day we were tomove was hot—oh, so hot! and the dear mother having done the work of about three men, the previ- ous week, and weighing at her best times about ninety-four pounds, broke dow1 with a blinding, nervous headache Martha, a treasure of a servant, had already laid herself up by spraining her | wrist, in moving a trunk, so there were | Teddy and Jim and I to ‘‘do”’ the mov-}; ing. Teddy is my eldest sister, Theodosia, and Jim is Jemima, my youngest sister: | Iam Thomasine, always called Tom in the bosom of my family. We are all young, we are all blondes, we are all small, and we are all pretty. We have incomes of our own of three hundred dollars a year, and the dear mother has | about twelve hundred a year, so we can | live very nicely, indeed, in a quiet place like Dolliver. When mother patiently fainted away just as the first furniture van drove up| to the door, Teddy and 1 detailed Jim for active duty in the hospital depart- | ment, and promised to have mother’s room made ready the first thing. meantime, she was made comfortable in Jim’s room, and Martha undertook to superintend the loading of the vans, while Teddy and I scampered off to the new house, to see to receiving the furni- | ture. It was clean as a new pin; that was one | little ray of comfort, and we hung up our | hats, and puton the biggest of aprons} and Lady Washington caps, and were| ready for action. Even in my misery I noticed how un- usually pretty Teddy looked. dreds of little rings round her face, and she has a color like a wild rose on each cheek. But on that day, the excitement, the hurry and the indignation combined | had made her blue eyes blaze, her cheeks brilliant as carnations, and every little | curl bristled defiance of the Townsends aud our wrongs. But more was to come! Up drove the first van with one man. Both Teddy and I were at the door, and | exclaimed: ‘*Where’s the other man?’’ ‘Sure, marm, he was sint for by his old woman. One of the childer’s scalded hisself, and it’s half over Dolilver I’ve} been thrying to foind somebody to take | the job, and nivera one is there doin’ nothing at all, at all!’’ we had had the | In the } Her hair | is the purest gold color and makes hun- | Here was a dilemma. | ‘*Well,”? said Teddy, ‘those things |have got to be taken into the house. | You and I can carry some of the light | | ones.”? ;}an audience. Not until long afterward were we aware of the wicked trick that was at that instantdevised. From round the corner of the house appeared two men in flannel shirts, minus collars, neckties or hats; with hair in wild con- fusion and extremely dirty hands and faces. In the richest of brogues one of them respectfully addressed Teddy and requested work. 1 really wonder now that we didn’t embrace them. But we engaged their They did a considerable amount of laugh- ing whenever they were alone, and they | required the most minute directions for everything they undertook, but they put down carpets and put up pictures and | carried in furniture and unpacked glass and china, in fact, worked with might and main, leaving to the driver of the van only the task of going to and fro with the goods, which he managed to load with Martha’s assistance. At noon, we unpacked a substantial lunch, and as Bill and John, our new help, showed no signs of going home, we spread out ameal on the kitchen-table and sent themintoit. I never in my life heard men laugh so much over sand- wiches, hard-boiled eggs and coffee. In all this time, you may be sure Teddy and I were berating those horrid Town- sends at every turn. We called them all sorts of names expressive of meanness and selfishness, hoped their own house would burn down and let them know how pleasant it was to be turned out of a home they loved. We were sure they were sour, grumpy old bachelors and we hoped they would never marry unless it was to some old witch who would worry all the year round. | All this we said in confidence to each | Other, never heeding those quiet, modest |; young men who were so meekly obeying all our orders. The house was really in very nice as we could make it, earriage drove up with our dear invalid, Jim and Martha. Mother was very pale |}and propped up by pillows, and I was | worrying over the necessity of her walk- ing upstairs, when out walked our two | hired men, without any orders whatever | | | raised her tenderly and gently, pillows | | and all, in their arms, and carried her upstairs as carefully as her own sons, had she ever had any, could have done. Jim stared, as well she might, and | Martha muttered ‘‘Holy Moses!’ as she made a dive for the kitchen. | Teddy paid the men; Jim and I did the last few things necessary before resting: j}and then we all gathered in mother’s room. | Such a chattering as followed, the dear mother laughing and talking as merrily | as any of us. ‘But, oh, what guys you two are!’’ | cried Jim. ‘*‘Tom, you’ve torn yourself, ; as usual, wherever there was the smallest opening for a rent, and your cap is hang- ing half way down your back, while your hair defies description. Teddy always does keep nice, somehow; but now—even Teddy will bear an application of soap and water.’’ | ‘Same to yourself,’? said Teddy. ‘I guess you sent all the mirrors away be- fore you washed your face. You’ve got what Marthacalls a ‘smooch’ right across your nose.’’ ‘Don’t be personal, young ladies,’’ | said mother, in a tone of extreme gentle- ness, ‘“‘but perform your ablutions, and see if Martha can make out a tea.’’ In a fortnight we had settled down in the new house, but we did not occupy ourselves, as of old, in beautifying our home. We were advertising far and wide for a house such as we wished, and | we hoped to purchase one. The price of ithe one we had left was beyond our reach, but we thought we could hear of | one at a more reasonable rate. During this time of waiting, feeling as |if we really had no home, we had gone | out but little. Mother was not well, and the heat was very oppressive, while Neither Teddy nor I knew that we had | services at once, and how they worked! | IF. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF | Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. I'S AND—— Salt Fish See Quotations in Another Column. CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED. ESTABLISHED THE ONLY NEARLY 30 YEARS. Michael Kolb & Son., EXCLUSIVE GENTILE Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, ROCHESTER, N. Y. | = |order, and mother’s room as home-like | |- when at last the| |: air fer | tier se | — to00m 82. The name of Michael Kolb is so famil- iar in the clothing manufacturing busi- ness, he being a practical mechanie from his boyhood, and so great in his judg- ment of the stability of goods that other manufacturers ask at the mills or their representatives for what Mr. Kolb has bought, and his styles and make up Their reliable and sold to are being constantly imitated. goods are always retailers at one and the most equitable prices and terms. It will pay merchants who have not seen their line to write WILLIAM CON- NOR, Marshall, Mich., to call upon them, their representative, and if they decide to buy, they will soon find that they will save money and busi- ness increase. All garments guaranteed as represented. WILLIAM CONNOR, For eight years our Michigan representative, attends periodically at Sweet’s Hotel, ; 1 we, > , . 7 Y £ in Grand Rapids, where many merchants meet him, and whose expenses are paid. Mr. Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 10 and 11. Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. HIRTH & KRAUSE, HEADQUARTERS Russet Sho Porpoise Shoe Laces in light, medium FOR Polish, Buttons, Laces, and heavy. Parisian Leather Reviver, Glycerine Leather Reviver, ‘‘Rubberine’’ a waterproof dressing. We carry 13 distinct shoe dressings and a complete line of Shoe Store Supplies. Send us your orders. in namin eatin ince Pal nee Martha’s lame wrist threw considerable | of the house-work on our hands. But one evening, there came an irre- sistible invitation from mother’s dear, old friend, Mrs. Raymond, of Chester Grove, to a garden party and a dance. “You will stay all night, of course,’’ she wrote, ‘‘and I will send the carriage for you at two o’clock. Besure you all come. I cannot spare one of you!’’ But we did not all go. Mother was not equal to the eight-mile drive, and Jim stayed with her. We all wanted to = and finally drew lots, and it fell to im. “Pm not really out, anyhow,’’ said that young person, philosophically; ‘‘and, as you and Teddy seem awfully slow about leaving the family nest, per- haps it is just as well that 1 am not brought forward just yet.”’ “The effect will be overwhelming when you are,’’ said Teddy, laughingly; but secretly we all thought Jim the beauty of the family, for, with the golden hair, she had soft-brown eyes and dark eyelashes. It was with the utmost serenity that Teddy and I accepted Mrs. Raymond’s invitation to stroll about the grounds a little with her, and see some new neigh- bors only lately come to live at Chester Grove. We were arrayed in the finest of linen lawns, white, with a small blue figure, with blue belts, and white muslin shade- hats with blue bows. Blue _ neckties, knots of blue in our curls, and blue- trimmed white gloves constituted our costumes; and I can answer for Teddy’s being exceedingly becoming. Strolling leisurely along, we met two gentlemen in white linen suits and straw hats; we heard Mrs. Raymond say: ‘‘Allow me to introduce the Messrs. Townsends, lately returned from Europe. Mr. John Townsend, Miss Theodosia Brent; Mr. William Townsend, Miss Thomasine Brent.”’ I thought I was going to faint. I heard Teddy gasp. Isaw Mrs. Raymond sail majestically away; and then I looked again. Yes, it was ‘“‘Bill;’ and Teddy was blushing, with drooping eyes, before *‘John.’’ ‘Would you please forgive us ?”’ said John, presently. ‘‘We had just come over to Dolliver, and had heard for the first time that there was any personal feeling involved in the sale of our father’s property, which we had regarded as a mere business transaction. We were coming up the street beside your house, when we saw your distress, and, having nothing to do, we took off our coats and vests and hats, and rubbed a little mud on our faces and hands and—’’ “Tt was just fora lark, you know,’’ pleaded Bill, as his brother paused; ‘‘and you did look just ready to cry, you know.’’ ‘It was very good of you,’’ said Teddy, looking very much as Bill had just de- scribed her. ‘Yes, we are very much obliged,’ I said, thinking of all they had heard us say about them, and wondering how much they remembered. But, somehow, just then we all looked up, and in another second, the air was filled with laughter. It was irresistible. The whole affair was too funny. After that we were the best of friends. The Townsends came often to Jenk’s Corner, and when Jim comes out regu- larly, next winter, she will have no sisterly compunctions about Teddy or me, because there will be a double wed- ding in about two weeks. Teddy and I are going to marry ‘‘those horrid Town- sends.’’ ANNA SHEILDS. a Peanut Oil. From the California Fruit Grower. From a book which has recently been published in New York on the peanut and its uses, we gather the following information regarding the making of oil from peanuts; and, when it is remem- bered that about two million bushels of peanuts are produced yearly in the United States, which are used for food alone, it looks as if the industry of pea- nut growing, which has proved so adapt- able to California, is capable of practi- cally unlimited expansion. THE The oil of the peanut is regarded as equal to sweet and olive oil, and may be employed for every purpose to which these are applied. This would at once give acommanding position to the pea- nut, were it useful for no other purpose. Olive oil is largely consumed for culinary uses, in manufacturing and in the arts. A bushel of peanuts, twenty pounds in the hull, when subjected to hydraulic pressure, is said to yield nearly a gallon of oil. The yield by cold pressure is from 40 to 50 per cent. of the shelled kernels, though if heat be used a larger quantity of oil, but of aninferior quality, is obtained. The best peanut oil is nearly liquid, with a faint, agreeable odor and a bland taste, resembling that of olive oii. Itis more limpid than olive oil and becomes quite thick when exposed to a tempera- ture a few degrees below the freezing point of water. During the late war, peanut oil was extensively applied in the Southern machine shops and was re- garded as superior in its lubricating qualities to whale oil. For burning it is highly esteemed, but the chief use to which the oil is put at the present time is in making soap. There was imported into Marseilles, France, in one year, from the west coast of Africa, nearly $5,000,000 worth of peanuts to be used in the manufacture of soap. The oil cake is highly esteemed as food for cattle. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS, LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. eee... 12 eT 1 88 le EE es 27 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top Se ee eee ee a 2 25 I 2 40 Ne.2 * ' seca e elie slguuiaigd scenes 3 40 XXX Flint. oe. GSan, Crimp top.............. - 2 60 nat . es 80 Nez * a ae 86 Pearl top. No. : Sun, wrapped and labeled bee esas 3 70 | 4 70 No. 2 Hinge, - - es 4 70 La Bas En 1 25 i 1 Sun, ‘plain bulb, per doz. STONEWARE—AKRON. Batter Croces, per eal......... ............ Jugs, i$ gal., per doz... “ 2 “ec “cc Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 65 te os 7 oe “ce ( oe 90c) a 78 FRUIT JARS. Mason’s, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps. ss ue a $ 7 50 Ew w—wCKCO eee 8 00 Half-gallons.. Above quotations are f. o. b. Furniture ep Nelson, Matter & Co.’ Styles New, Cheap, Medium and Expen-# sive. Large Variety. Prices Low. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | 3 WM. H. THOMPSON & CO., WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS. SPECIALTY rPeIrAlLOES No. 166 South Water St., Chicago. Fair cash advances made on consignments, Offers of stock for direct purchase, in car lots, will not be entertained unless quality, size, variety and condition of stock is stated, condition guaranteed, and price named per bushel delivered track Chicago, with weights guaranteed not to fall short over two per cent. from invoice billing. WM. RR. KEELER, JOBBER OF Confectionery and Fruits, Nuts and Cigars 412 SOUTH DIVISION ST. TELEPHONE 92-3R, My stock includes everything generally kept in my line, which I sell at rock bottom prices. Send me your mail orders. I will guarantee satisfaction. MOSELEY BROS. ——WHOLESALE—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produce. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - - GRAND RAPIDS =. MATE & CoO. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits, 9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mr. C. N. Rapp was for two years partner and general manager of Geo. E. Howes & Co. and for the past year has been the senior partner and general manager of the Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co. We are handling potatoes in car lots. iar ewe 6. BROW N, WHOLESALE DEALER IN DIRECT RECEIVER OF California & Florida Oranges Foreign Fruits aud Produce, “"sreesrst Semone Headquarters for Bananas. 24 and 26 North Division St., ~ - GRAND Weekly Price List sent on application. RAPIDS, MICH. We Manufacture Everything in the line of Gandy Correspondence solic- ited and prices quot- ed with pleasure. Write us. We Are Headquarters, as Usual, for Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Fruits and Produce Generally. GRAND RAPIDS FRU AND PRODUCE GO, C. B. METZGER, Proprietor. 3 NO. IONIA ST.,cGRAND;RAPIDsS. FPHEREINGE & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Copemish—Geo. H. Marzolf has opened a clothing store. Iron River—C. C. Hanchett, the hard- ware dealer, is dead. Woodland — Andrew J. Miller has | opened a meat market. Kalamazoo—John R. Jones, the dry goods merchant, is dead. Hanover—F. C. Mellen has sold his grocery stock to C. D. Potter. Howard City—Herold Bros. have en- gaged in the furniture business. Red Jacket—V. Coppo & Sons succeed Frank Ward in the meat business. Corunna—L. Anderson has removed his stock of hardware to Lansing. Battle Creek—Brown & Fuller succeed | Chas. P. Brown in the meat business. Vermontville—Miss E. M. Mikesell is | moving her millinery stock to Belding. Yale—C. H. Niggermon has sold his} stock of jewelry to Henry Doelle & Son. Allegan—Livingston & Co. have sold their stock of dry goods to Lepper & Ce. Traverse City — Henry about to open a notion store at Dowagiac. Northville—Knapp & Yerkes succeed Knapp & Palmer in the hardware busi- ness. Muskegon—M. L. & E. Nobles have purchased the stock of drugs of A. O. Halstead. Woodland — McArthur & McArthur have sold their meat market to Charles Aspinwall. Kalamazoo—Price, Peddle & Co., mer- chant tailors of Detroit, will open a branch here. Owosso—Warren Woodard, the furni- ture dealer, has added undertaking to his business. Marshall—E. E. (Mrs. teaux has sold her stuck Delia Phelps. Muskegon—Charpentier & Charpentier have purchased the stock of groceries of Lander & Co. Hastings—Mrs. Ella Bowen has pur- chased the stock of millinery goods of Miss Sarah Horton. Three Rivers—W. H. Shepard has sold his drug stock to Schall Bros., who will continue the business. Saginaw—Baungarten & Heller, cers, have dissolved. Peter P. continues the business. Sterling—Patterson & Tucker, general dealers, have dissolved. W. H. Tucker continues the business. Bay City—Mrs. Wm. Green Chas. Abrams in the cigar, confectionery | and restaurant business. Overisel—J. Den Herder & Sons, gen- eral dealers, are closing out their stock and will retire from business. J. M.) Laber- of groceries to gro- lIonia—Page, Bates & Co. are succeeded | by W. C. Page & Co. in the banking, pro-| duce, coal and wood business. Kalamazoo—The dry goods business of | the late J. R. Jones will be continued by | his sons, W. A. and D. F. Jones. Big Rapids—Fairman & Woodward, dry goods dealers, have dissolved. F. | Fairman continues the business. Freeport — Misses millinery stock of Mrs. S. R. Hunt. Detroit — Creditors of Thomas E. | Lynch, merchant tailor, have closed up his store and sold out his stock to liquid-' Lyneh has | Mr. with his brother, ate the indebtedness. gone into business James H. Lynch. McManus is} Heller | succeeds | Lottie & Lizzie) Shanks, of Campbell, have purchased the | | | Port Huron—C. D. Sutton has pur- | chased the interest of A. L. Conger in 'the firm of Conger Bros., dealers in no- tions and tinware. | Watervliet—H. J. Pettys has removed his grocery stock to Benton Harbor, | where he has an excellent location op- posite the Hotel Benton. Traverse City—Dr. E. A. Parkinson has given an option on his drug stock. In case a sale is effected, it will probably be consummated by Wednesday. Vickeryville—The Rockafellow Mer- cantile Co., of Carson City, has leased the elevator at this place, putting the business in charge of L. W. Murray. Big Rapids—Ryer & Roner, of New | York, will soon open a furniture stock | in the John Fenning store. James Mad- here. belonging to R. G. Bruce. They will |close out the dry goods, adding a full line of groceries. Saginaw—William Richter has $50,000, for goods destroyed by fire which is supposed to have originated by a bon- fire started by the defendants. Hartford — Geo. Davenport recently $226, subsequently over to H. S. Robertson on a bill of sale. The latter closed it out to the dealers of this place and surrounding towns. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. saw and shingle mill to Horr. Jackson—Keeley & Crowley succeed John Crowley in the boiler making busi- ness. Northville — Yerkes Bros. succeed Simonds & Yerkes in the grist mill busi- ness. Eaton Rapids—J. C. Selby is trans- an evaporator factory. Menominee—The Hubbard Saw and Tool Co. has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $20,000. | Bear Lake—D. H. Hopkins has rented the Bear Lake Roller Mills to Dix & Co. for a term of three years. Bay City—Wm. H. Newcomb is suc- ceeded by McDonald & Ralph in the blacksmith and wagon business. Three Rivers—The carriage firm of Cowling & Skeer is dissolved, James S. | Cowling continuing the business. Kalamazoo—The Fuller Bros. Manu- | facturing Co. has supplanted its 80 horse | power engine by a 250 horse power Cor- | liss. | Owosso—R. Chipman has | an interest in the canning factory and Chipman. Belding—The Belding Manufacturing | Co. is getting out 100 dozen ‘‘California’”’ carpet sweepers, the patent being owned | by Frank H. Perry, of Chicago. Muskegon—At a special meeting of the | stockholders of the Collin & Parker Lum- | ber Co., held Aug. 30, the capital stock | was increased from $20,000 to $30,000. Saginaw—Whitney & Batchelor put in| | 12,000, 000 feet of logs in Roscommon | | county last winter and the work of get-| ting them out has been vexatious and | expensive, owing to the dams having | been carried away twice. Onthe whole} |the streams this season have been driven pretty clean. deh will have charge of the business | East Jordan—Heston & Coulter have) purchased the bankrupt stock formerly | sued | Harper, Heisner & Co., of Bay City, for. gave the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. a} chattel mortgage on his grocery stock for | turning the stock | Remus—B. J. Shourds has removed his | forming the Smith factory building into/| purchased | the style of the firmis now Wiggins &| Manistee—Henry C. Ward is having his logs sawed at the McKillip mill at this point, and seems to be paying strict attention to the sawing himself, as he has been here ever since work was begun on them. Kalamazoo—Geo. C. Winslow has ex- changed his steam feed mill for the Por- tage roller mill, situated three-quarters of a mile south of the Kalamazoo town line, and heretofore operated by Morton & Hoover. Muskegon—The Muskegon Machine and Foundry Co. has been incorporated | with a capital stock of $200,000, of which $120,000 is paid in. The purpose of the company is to manufacture and sell ma- chines of various kinds and metal cast- ings. Detroit—The fiag business of E. A. | Armstrong has been merged into a stock company, with acapital of $200,000, of which $105,500 is paid in. E. A. Arm- | strong has 8,098 shares, F. S. Armstrong | 2,450, T. H. Armstrong 1, and C. W. Ald- | rich 12. Saginaw—Ross Bros. are operating a cedar block mill at Cedarville, Gladwin county. The same firm is operating a camp on the headwaters of the Cedar, and is putting in 70,000 pieces. Other | parties in the vicinity are putting in about 20,000 pieces. Bay City—S. Anker has built a small sawmill on Long Lake, Iosco county, | with a capacity of 30,000feet. A shingle | mill in connection is undergoing repairs, | and both mills are being stocked. The | product will be shipped over the Detroit, | Bay City & Alpena Railroad. | Kalamazoo—The Peninsular Carriage | Co. has purchased the stock of lumber | belonging to the Coldwater Cart Co., in | all over 125,000 feet of ash, hickory and ‘rock elm. The new company is also having 1,000,000 feet of hickory cut at their mills in Farmland, Ind. Bay City—The project to construct a | railroad from this city to the Sebewaing coal field is a receiving quite an impetus. It is said that coal from that field can be laid down here at $1.25aton. If this | should result, it will give a wonderful boom to manufacturing industries. Saginaw—E. R. Phinney has leased the Hoyt planing mill for five years, and will at once put it in operation with a force of seventy-five men. The mill has | been idle about two years, It is one of ithe best equipped plants on the river, }and there is a large yard in connection. | Lakeview — Claude Perry purchased | and paid fora saw and shingle mill at Six Lakes, and was engaged in loading |it on the cars for removal when he was | confronted by a deputy marshal armed ;with an attachment, and thé work |stopped. The matter will now be ad- | justed in the courts. | Whitehall—C. L. King & Co. have | made arrangements with the people of Holland whereby that city secures the | location of the basket and butter plate |factory. A fine site and $7,000 bonus | were the inducements. A large brick | factory and warehouse are to be erected, and a syndicate has platted an addition | opposite the factory grounds. It is be- ‘lieved that the company will operate | their Montague factory as a branch. Jackson—George T. Smith recently se- | cured an order for the officers of the Con- | solidated Middlings Purifier Co. to show | cause why they should not allow him ac- | cess to all the books of the company. | The receivers of the George T. Smith Middlings Co. protested on the ground } j j | |that the books were immaterial and that | Mr. Smith wanted them for personal | ends. The case was argued before | Judge Brevoort, at Detroit, who held | that the company receivers and Mr. |Smith were so antagonistic to one an- | other that it would not be just to let Mr. | Smith have possession of the books. | The bill was therefore dismissed. Saginaw—The discovery of coal at Sebewaing, thirty-five miles from this city, will prove of great benefit to Sagi- naw. The Saginaw Bay Coal Mining Co., in which Mr. Webber is interested, with a capital of $100,000, has been organ- ized, one-half of the capital being held here, and John C. Liken, of Sebewaing, will be President. A shaft has been put down, and the tests warrant 6,000,000 tons of coal underlying the lands owned by the company. S. O. Fisher and others, of Bay City, are also interested there, and have operations in mining well un- der way. The Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron narrow guage, running from this city to Sebewaing and Bayport, is to be con- verted into a standard guage as rapidly as possible. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES, 1 ae SALE—BRADI’S BAZAAR AND ——o store at Flint, Mich tt SALE—DESIRABLE DRUG STOCK; CITY 7 or: best location and trade; reasons for sale. Lock box 18, Clayton, Mich. YOR SALE — STOCK GENERAL MERCHANDISE * Best location in town; stock reduced for purpose of selling; no real estate wanted. Address P. O. Box 130, Caledonia, Mich. OR SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE AND BUILD- ing in the best town of Northern Michigan. Ad- dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman. 96 OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STOCK AND business in Grand Rapids worth $2,500 must be sold owing to the absence of proprietor on account of sickness; correspondence solicited. Address L. J. Shafer, 77 Madison Ave.. Grand Rapids. Mention paper. 7 OR SALE—THE BEST DRUG AND GROCERY BUS- iness in live railroad and manufacturing town in Michigan of 1,200 inhabitants, with splendid farming country to back it up, with no large town within 20 miles; the business comprises drugs and medicines, groceries, school books, crockery, wall paper, notions, ete.; also express oflice and mail to carry to depot in connection; mail and express pay clerk hire; stock complete; business ES $1,000 per year net; stock will invoice about $4,000; business mostly cash: in brick block; rental ines best location in town; also own one-third interest in the block, which rents for $1,500 per year; will sell one or both; reasons fer selling, sickness and death, with other business to attend Address No. 91, care Michigan Tradesman. OR SALE—THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVATOR AND warehouse at Carson City, Mich., recently built by the Carson City Elevator Co. at a cost of $10,000; having become the property of the Carson City Sav- a Bank now in liquidation, will to close out, Al sold for $5,000; will give time for part. Address J.E. — Ionia, Mich. OR SALE—A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHALE investment to secure a light manufacturing busi- ness paying large profits; correspondence solicited only from parties meaning business. Drawer No. 831, La Crosse, Wis. 90 OR SALE OR RENT—A GOOD TWO-STORY BUILD- ing, 24x80 feet, with basement 24x60 feet; the second story is rented for lodge hall. For particulars write to J. R Harrison, Sparta, Mich. 88 r SALE — GROCERY STOCK AND FIXTURES, either by inventory or by bulk; good trade for eash customer. No. 85, care Michigan Tradesman. 85 OR SALE—25 PER CENT. BELOW COST, ONLY hardware stock in Baldwin, lively town on line of two railways; ill health compels sale; store oo cheap. Joseph H. Cobb, Balawin, Mich. OR SALE—MACHINE SHOP PART OF OUR aa ness; arare chance. The Castree-Mallery com- pany, Flint, Mich. 82 OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FIXTURES, splendid location; good reasons for selling. For particulars, address No. 58, care Tradesman. \ ANTED—1l1 HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FoR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad- dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26 SITUATIONS WANTED. SITUATION WANTED — BY FIRST-CLASS BOOK- keeper and office man. Address 101, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 101 XITUATION WANTED—BY A REGISTERED PHARM- 1 acist eight years’ experience; first-class refer- ences. Address No. 102, care Michigan Tradesman. 102 ITUATION WANTED—BY TRAVELING SALESMAN \ of four years’ experience in furnishing — line. Address 87 care Michigan Tradesman. MISCELLANEOUS. HOROUGHBRED IRISH SETTER ag From registered parents $5 each. Chas. K. Farmer, Hartman, Mich. 93 ANTED—A JOB OF CONTRACT SAWING FROM some responsible party; Michigan preferred. Address Holley & Bullen, North Aurelius, Mich. 65 BOLISH THE PASS BOOK AND SUBSTITUTE THE Tradesman Coupon, which is now in use by over 5,000 Michigan merchants—all of whom are warm praise of its effectiveness. Send for sample order, nich will be sent prepaid on receipt of $1. The Tradesman Company, 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 _ ep Albany, N. Y. ee. eS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. A. W. Fenton, dealer in drugs and gro- ceries at Bailey, has added a line of hard- ware. Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the stock. Heston & Coulter, boot and shoe deal- ers at East Jordan, have added a line of groceries. The stock was furnished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. A. M. Amberg, formerly engaged in the cigar business, has formed a copart- nership with his brother, D. M. Amberg, in the wholesale liquor business. Van Anrooy & Steketee, grocers at the corner of Wealthy avenue and Henry street, have dissolved. The business will be continued by Benj. Van Anrooy. Tucker, Hoops & Co. cut 2,035,000 feet of pine at their mill, at Luther, during August, and shipped in the same time 1,860,487 feet. They have now on hand 9,752,000 feet of pine, besides about 2,000,000 feet of hemlock and hardwood. . Mills, Lacey & Dickenson have sold their drug stock to C. A. Soule and E. 8. Cadwell, who will continue the business under the style of the Soule Drug Co. Mr. Soule was formerly engaged in the drug business at Eaton Rapids under the style of Brainerd & Soule. Myron Hester has given an option on the J. l. Zerkle drug stock, at 245 South Division street, which expires on Satur- day. In case the purchase is not com- pleted, Mr. Hester will remove the stock to Madison avenue, retaining Mr. Zerkle in charge. W. W. Huelster, whose box factory was partially destroyed in the fire at the cor- ner of Campau and Louis streets, on July 12, and who has been occupying tempo- rary quarters at 68 South Froni street, expects to take possession of his former location the middle of the month. He will occupy the corner store and both upper stories, having leased the inside store and the entire basement to Harvey & Heystek for storage purposes. The Grand Rapids Camera Co. and the Black- more Manufacturing Co. will not do business in that block hereafter. J. E. Parcell, who removed his dry goods and boot and shoe stock from Cas- novia to this city last May, locating on Cherry street, recently uttered a $2,000 mortgage on the stock in favor of his wife. As he had made astatement in January to Edson, Moore & Co., in which he claimed to be worth $2,000 net—and had not mentioned any indebtedness to his wife—that house promptly caused his arrest, on acharge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. Seeing that he was inatight place, Parcell thereupon settled Edson, Moore & Co.’s claim, which amounted to about $1,300, at 60 cents on the dollar, when the stock was immediately removed to some place, the location of which other creditors have been unable to ascertain. As soon as the whereabouts of the stock is determined, further litigation will probably ensue. a Gripsack Brigade. Frank L. Kelly and bride are pleas- antly settled at 332 South Union street. J. W. Morton, the Big Rapids tray- eler, wasin town Monday. He is still disengaged. Harry Gregory has removed from Fenn- ville to this city, locating at the corner of Wealthy avenue and South Union street. John A. Sherrick, who has been confined to his house three weeks by a bronchial attack, started out on the warpath again Monday. P. Lorillard & Co. have four men in this territory at present—Judd E. Hough- ton, A. F. Campan, A. L. De Muth and L. Williams. Greg. M. Luce has severed his connec- tion with Hawkins, Perry & Co. and leaves shortly for Mississippi. His place is taken by John Vanderwerp, of Mus- kegon. L. Langeland has resumed his trips on the road for the Muskegon Milling Co., after an enforced lay-off—consequent on the destruction of the old mill by fire— for eight months. H. A. Hudson, the elephantine grocery salesman, is a constant attendant at the State Fair, at Lansing, this week. The prize ox nearly turns green with envy when Hudson appears. OWill A. Rindge stayed off the road last week to entertain his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, who reside at Grand Crossing, Ill. He began paying excess baggage again Monday. Geo. F. Owen has purchased a desir- able residence lot on North Union street, between Fountain and Fulton streets, and will shortly begin the construction of a handsome residence, costing about $3,500. Chas. W. Leggett, formerly on the road for Franklin MacVeagh & Co., of Chicago, has taken the position of soap salesman for N. K. Fairbanks & Co., covering the trade of Eastern Michigan. He will continue to reside on his farm near Fennville. The sympathy of the fraternity will go out to Ezra O. Phillips, in the death of his son, Ellis, who had been on the road about a year for F. A. Wurzburg & Co. The deceased was a bright and energetic young man, who gave promise of a long career of usefulness. M. H. N. Raymond was severely in- jured by a fractious horse at Dunean City last Thursday. The animal, which was hired from a livery stable at Che- boygan, took fright at a passing traction engine while hitched under ashed. In endeavoring to hold the horse, Mr. Ray- mond was knocked down, kicked and stepped on, suffering severe bruises. He was able to get home the day following, but will not be out for some days yet. The horse got away, smashed the buggy and injured himself before he was stopped. a 0 A Million Made in Yeast. Maximilian Fleischman, who embarked in the manufacture of compressed yeast at Cincinnati in 1868, died on Sept. 1, leaving an estate valued at over $1,000,000—all accumulated from his profits on yeast. a VISITING BUYERS. Eli Runnels, Corning John Damstra, Gitchell John Baker, Chauncey E L Boynton, Griswold E E Hewitt, Rockford AM Church, Englishville Sullivan Lum Co., Sullivan E 8 Lemons & Co, Edmore J L Ash, Stetson Brusse & Son, Zeeland John Gunstra, Lamont EJ Harrington, Holland S C Sibole, Breedsville R McKinnon, Hopkins W HChase & Co., Bethel Thos Boven, Holland F A Jenison, Manton Pruis & Rooks, Holland Heston & Coulter.E Jordan Alex Denton, Howard City R Craven & Co., Elmira B Gilbert & Co., Moline G D Van Vranken, Cadillac W L Shick, Moore Park C V Snyder & Co, Otisco = 8 Barker, Morley L Cook, Bauer LA Knowles, Stetson Hessler Bros., Rockford J M Bradley, Sebewa H Morley, Cedar Sp: ings M Heyboer & Bro., Oakland Mrs E Lutkios,Coopersville B S‘erker, Jamestown Jas Allen, CedarSprings JW Mead, Berlin Mrs D Do:man,Ceda Sprgs W R Lawton, Berlin A C Barkley, Crosby W D Struik, Byron Center Kohlenstein Bris, Brookings Lumber Co, Caledonia Brookings Sampson & Drury, Cadillac P Bresnahan, Parnell JM Cloud, Cadillac C8 Comstock, Piers«.n Den Herder & Tanis, St Pierson, Irving Vriesland H H Childs, Rockford Smallegan & Pickaard, W Dunn, Kings Forest Grove Pickett Bros. a Worlend G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove W L Heazlit, Wayland Young & Co, Ferry GMD Clement, exford N Bouma, Fisher Repentance Column. The following are some of the merchants who have been under contract with the P. of I., but have found the level profit plan a delusion and a snare: Altona—Eli Lyons. Aurelius—John D. Swart. Belding--L. S. Roell. Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash. Big Rapids—V. io Co. Blanchard—L. J ait. Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard. Carlton Center—J. N. Covert. Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions. Casnovia—John E. Parcell. Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner, B. Tripp. Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof. Charlotte—C, P. Lock. Chester—B. C. Smith. Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Cloverdale—Geo. Mosher. Conklin—Wilson McWilliams. Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co. Dimondale—Elias Underhill. Dorr—Frank Sommer. Dushville—G. O. Adams. Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster, H, Kositchek & Bro. Fork Center—D. Palmer & Co. Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. & Pearson. Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son, F. O. Lord, Geo. Coryell. Grand Rapids—F, W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell, Harvard—Ward Bros. Hastings—J G. Runyan. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. Hesperia—B. Cohen. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Imlay City—C. J. Buck. Ionia—E. 8S. Welch, Wm. Wing. Irving—J. T. Pierson. Kent City—R. McKinnon. Kewadin—A. Anderson & Son | Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., E. F. Colwell & Son, Fred Miller, McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller. Lansing— Lowell—Charles McCarty, McBride’s—J. McCrae. Manton—A. Curtis. Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. Marshall—John Fletcher, John Butler, Charles Fletcher. Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. Millingion—Forester & Clough. Minden City—W. A. Soules, F. O. & Son. Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son. Nashville—Powers & Stringham. Newaygo—W. Harmon. New Era—Peter Rankin. North Dorr—John Homrich. O’Donnell—J. E. Edwards. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co., W. H. Hanks. Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill. Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. Ravenna—R. = Wheeler. Reed City—J. Cadzow. tichasend Kniees & Cudworth. Rockford—H. Colby & Co. St. Louis—Mary A. Brice. Sand Lake—C. O. Cain. Sebewa—P. F. Knapp. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes, Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder. Sjringport—Cortright & Griffin, Johnson. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter & Co. Sumner—J. B. Tucker. Wayland—Pickett Bros. Williamston—Michael Bowerman. Woodbury—Henry Van Houten. Proof Positive. Landlady—Now, really, Mr. Fogg, do you believe that story about Columbus standing the egg on end ?’’ Fogg—Certainly. I have had indu- bitable proof of it. I am confident I had that identical egg for breakfast this morning. Good Words Unsolicited. F. A. Larzelere, grocer, Quincy: ‘‘THE TRADEs- MAN is always a welcome visitor and I do not wish to do without it.” Harmon, Boone Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glicman. Patrick Kelly. Hetfield Powers & Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes AND General Sporting Goods Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s Sporting and Athletic Goods and American Powder Co.’s Powder. We have on hand a complete line of Columbia, Victor and other cheaper bicycles, also a splen- did assortment of Misses’ Tricycles, Children’s Velocipedes and small Safety Bicycles. E. G. Studley, 4 Monroe St., Call and see them or send for large, illustrated cata GRAND RAPIDS | logue. INCREASE YOUR SALES BY A WELL-LIGHTED STORE. 2 INCANDESCENT. -85.50 Each NO. No 2 Incan. Lamp, as shown, brass.. ‘* without springs at top and with tin reflector only, complete 3.50 Eac . No 10 Mammoth Rochester, same style complete... 3. “ny ay Sen for ‘Complete ‘Catalogue H. Leonard & Sons, 134-140 Fulton St., G@’ d Rapids AVOID THE Curse of Cre BY SING Coupon Books Manufactured by “TRADESMAN” OR “SUPERIOR” THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. See quotations in Grocery Price Current. FIT FOR A Gentlenans Table: All goods bearing the name of THURBER, WHYLAND & CO., oR ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR. Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited to calland see us, and if they wish, have their correspondence addressed in our care. We shall be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write us about anything you wish to know, THURBER, WHYLAND & 00., West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets, New York (ity. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Dry Goods. Prices Current. In the Ribbon Market. — m _ Am urnal. 1e de mane people nated long since, ] It is not excessive, | ods being required for : to actual consumption. Satin and failles, in colors, are to those who keep up regular li ored failles with satin edges. in good, fair eee. are much in demand. The commoner made in this class of goods are bei ng sold as an advertisement by many leading houses at actual cost. The fine millinery trade are buying per- fectly plain failles, in staple colors. Satin and velvets, in be very fashionable the balance of sea- son. The fine novelty in colors to-day is satin pnp plush, which is very desirable in all widths with the later They are caper looking on heavy fur and felt hats. There is still an excellent novelties in velvet effects. ver, and steel, mixed with selling well. A great novelty this season has been a broche ribbon beaded with brilliants to look like diamonds. They have been on ail the pattern bonnets a1 id are quite an addition to the features that are especi- ally noteworthy this season. Good staple Seotch plaids are being bought by the genera! trade. The latest novelty, and one very much in vogue in Paris, isa fancy velvet effect with plain envers. Colored and black epinglee continues to be much wanted and very scarce. The demand for novelties and high quality ribbons since our last issue has been fairly satisfactory. The stocks of fine on the market, and in the the commission houses, have and whatever sur- -rican Silk Jo aa for black which feared would have termi- seems to continue but regular, and enter- ribbons, selling Col- nes, rrade S will the colors, trade. iia demand for Gold and sil- velvet, are goods hands of been greatly depleted plus remains is of inferior and trashy goods, the reverse of desirable. Several manufacturers have gone out of existence squite recently, and, asa natural result, this ‘‘weeding’’ process which goes on from month to month will make it better for those who have the ability to hold on. Why some manufacturers are able to keep their looms employed and pay fair wages, while others who have equally as good machinery are compelled, after an experience of a few months, to sell their looms for half what they cost and close their doors, is a masety to the outside public. Among the principal causes, goods that have to result- doubtless, is the making of are not wanted, and that forced on the market at any price. ing in great loss. The future of the be ribbon trade with manufacturers of ability will, it is pre- dicted. be greater than ever before. There may be some delay in its coming ac knowle dged district are me is certain be in general as in years but, unless some of the authorities of the ‘‘silk ly at fault, t to come when rib demand for all gone by. he good ti bons wil purpose great 1] i S. _ 2 The Typical Shopper. Lady Shopper—Have you any more of that cashmere-pattern satine ? Salesman—The kind we've ] lady, it’s a been se ll- 1 li ing for fifty cents? No, sold. Lady Shopper—Oh, I’m so sorry! I set my mind on having a dress pattern if 1 had to for i, off that, and I wouldn’t pay seventy-five cents a either. Salesman—Let me Come to think of it, we have enough for a dress pattern left. Lady suppose tion. Salesman—Sorry, lady, but afford to let it go under fifty cents. Lady Shopper—Oh, well, I only called in to ask forafriend. I didn’t want it for myself, you know. —_————<_>+<—____ Traverse City—C. M. Parker, formerly of Kalamazoo, has formed a copartner- ship with his brother, W. J. Parker, and will engage in the boot and shoe business on Front street. care yard ' SCC : Then I it at a reduc- Shopper—A remnant? l let me have x 9} you ii we can’t UNBLEACHED COTTONS. AGentic A..........7 Kita Cec....__.. 6% ' ns 6% “Arrow Brand 5X 6 « World Wite.. 7 * a! Ee ¥ Full Yard Wide. .... 6% Amory ieee . Honest Width....... os Archery Bunting.. craereeoee A ......... Beaver Dam A A. om Madras cheese cloth ex Blackstone O, 2... 5 Pee Be... ce 55 Biack Mock ........7 Gur Level Bemt..... 6% soot, AL.. 7h ae 64% Chapman cheese cl 4 Pequot.......--.-.-. Th Le ee Ces 7 a cn 6% bi Gier _ Tg Top of the Heap. Thy BLEACHED COTTONS. See... 7 vase W.......... 7 Bl ac xutone AL... 6 Mele Meee. 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Send for circular and price list. Smith & Sanford, GRAND RAPIDS. BEACH’S “8 New York (Joffee Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. Five Cents Each for all dishes served from bill of fare. Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. J.&P.COATS SIX-CORD Spool Cotton WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS, FOR Hand and Machine Use. FOR SALE BY P. STEKETEE & SONS Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS. Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Kts. Complete Fall Stock now ready for inspection, including a fine line of Prints, Underwear, Pants, Gloves, Mittens and Lumbermen’s Goods. Chicago and Detroit prices guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., 83 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fountain Sts, GRAND RAPID8. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH (oo rae a“ oe ms: pee THE MICHIGAN TRADE SMAN. — a HARDWARE. The Notches in His Heels. ‘Do you know,” said a business man, “that I had an experience recently which was not at all complimentary to = vanity. I had oceasion to go to San Francisco not long ago, and on the day after my first night on the sleeping car I noticed that notches had been cut in the heels of both of my shoes. I supposed that the porter had done this to identify my shoes, and was disposed to forget the whole affair. I noticed, however, that the porter was assiduous in his attentions to me, although there was a slight, almost imperceptible touch of hostility in his manner. He was a good porter, how- ever, and when I changed my sleeping ear I tipped him liberally. After my first night on my second ear, 1 remem- bered the notches, and looking at my boot heels found a cross on each. I decided that this was a notice to porters that I was a liberal tipper. Still, I noticed the same concealed dislike of the porter, and his earnest desire to please me. I found his services excellent, how- ever. When I took my next sleeper at Chicago, I met there a porter with whom I had traveled before and who knew who Iwas. While he was brushing me down the next morning, he kept chuckling to himself. ‘What tiekles you so much, Sam?’ I asked, finally. He only chuckled and grinned the harder. At last he said, choking with laughter: ‘Dey’s took you for er spotter, suah.’ That meant noth- ing to me, but Sam explained that the first porter had imagined I was a spy. He found out that I was going to San Francisco, of course, and not knowing how far my wickedness extended, warned all porters whom I should meet. The eross was substituted where the signs changed. ‘There’s esprit de corps for you. I should not wear those shoes if I were to start on another railroad journey to-morrow.”’ ee Cast-Iron Bricks. Foreign technical papers have recently described a new building material which was invented and patented by a German mechanic. It is in the form and about the size of an ordinary brick, but is com- posed of cast iron, and is hollow. The shell is so thin that the brick weighs less than one made of clay. A wall is built of these bricks without the use of mor- tar, and no skilled labor is required in laying them. The upperand lower sides of the bricks are provided with grooves and projecting ribs, which fit into each other easily and perfectly, and form a wall of great strength. There are also two large circular openings in the upper sides of each brick, arranged so as to re- ceive suitably-formed projections on the lower side of the brick that is to be placed above it. One of them is hook- shaped, which ensures a solid hold. A wall of these bricks is very quickly put together. After the wall is built, it is covered with paint. This closes all the cracks, renders the wall air-tight, and prevents the bricks from rusting. By using good paint, the wall can be made highly ornamental. These bricks are very durable, and they possess other great advantages. A wall can be taken down or rebuilt as readily as it can be put up. There will be no mortar to be knocked from them as there is when clay bricks are used. A building made of these bricks is cool in summer and warm in winter, for the large air spaces pre- vent the passage of heat. 4+ The Hardware Market. Sisal rope is a little lower. Sheet iron and elbows are firm and hard to get. Glass remains without change. Nailsare quiet and with no change, although wire nails are scarce pect them to go higher. A Unique Sign. A conspicuous position is given bya Kansas City grocer to a barrel-head bear- ing the following striking announce- ment: DAM Aged Goods or Sale. They have not had as | I have a} It would take} “It | but the | where it has heretofore and | and manufacturers ex- | Among the Trusts and Combinations. WINDOW GLASS, The window glass manufacturers met at Chicago last week and attempted to form a combine, but met with only par- tial success. They meet again Sept. 16. SATINET. The consolidation idea seems to have struck the textile field like an epidemic. Now the satinet manufacturers are talk- ing of forming a company something on the plan of the Card Clothing manufac- turers, and have appointed a committee to report on the feasibility of the scheme. Asalarge percentage of sat- inets are manufactured in Worcester county, Mass., the plan is more feasible than if the satinet mills were scatered all over the country, but it still presents | apparently formidable difficulties to over- come. COTTONS. Agents of English and American cap- italists have made a proposition to about thirty-five of the leading cotton mills of Fall River, Mass., to pool theirissues and form a corporation which would assume control of them all. Notwithstanding the {small quarterly dividends paid a few days ago, and the gloomy prospects grow- ing out of the accumulation of print cloths, capitalists seem to have faith in the possibilities of these mills earning good dividends. In fact, many pay very | handsome dividends now, and their stock | is quoted away up. Ona par value of $100 |}a share, the stock of the Bourne mills is quoted at $145; Globe yarn mills, | $117; Granite mills, $241; Stafford mills, | $118; Seaconnet mills, $120; Union Man- | ufacturing Co., $220; Wampanoag mills, | $120; Troy Cotton and Woolen mills, | $1,000 on $500 shares; American Printing | Co., $125, ete. Out of the thirty-eight mills whose stock is quoted, only fourteen | are below par, and few of them are seri- | ously off. It will be seen then thatin the face of bad business, low prices and over-production, the earning capacity of these mills cannot be questioned. With the marked reduction in the expenses of management which the trust could effect, their dividend-paying qualities -would receive fresh demonstration. GUNPOWDER. Certain Chicago and Cleveland capital- ists have organized the American Powder Co., with a capital stock of $1,500,000, and have modestly given it out by inference and hints that the organization will be in the nature of a gigantic powder trust, which will swallow up all the lesser ex- isting concerns and crowd the Hercules Powder Co. out of the business. Among the incorporators are E. L. Kohans, a member of the banking firm of Schwies- thal & Co., and Frank Bakeman, of the Hinson Car Coupler Co. The latter gen- tleman recently remarked to a reporter: “We intend to devote a large share of our business to the manufacture of an explosive which has twice the force of | ordinary gunpowder and can be made at |/much less expense. Our works are to be distributed over the country, and I may say that we are in possession of | some very valuable secrets regarding the manufacture of new explosives.’’ ~—- > How Palmer Got on His Feet. They were a party of drummers sitting in the Palmer House, telling stories, | when one of them ventured the remark: ‘‘Have yuu ever heard how Potter Palmer |got on his feet after a seige of bad | luek 7’ Some of them had heard and some of i'them hadn’t, so the drummer told the story for the benefit of all. ‘You see,’’? he continued, in the early days Mr. Palmer wasadry goods man, and he has made about as much money and lost about as much as any man I know of. Why, itis only within three or four years that he has succeeded ‘in paying for the Palmer House, and |although the old man is a millionaire | now, with the finest residence in Chicago, 'for several years after the fire he was plunged head and heels over in debt. **Well, along in the ’60’s Potter had a | streak of bad luck, and was flat on his | back, soto speak. At that time the war | was commencing, and the shrewd ones knew that acotton famine was among the possibilities. They also saw that blankets and flannels were likely to be in good demand. Mr. Palmer was one day talking with A. T. Stewart, a special friend of his, when Stewart suddenly exclaimed : ‘**Palmer, I’ll tell you; you go down town and buy up all the blankets and cotton you can get your hands on.’ ‘““*Why, I haven’t got a cent,’ said Mr. Palmer; ‘how am I to buy tham up ?” ** ‘Get your hands on everything you can, and tell them to send the bills to A. T. Stewart,’ said the great merchant prince. ‘‘Mr. Palmer did it and made a hun- dred thousand dollars in a week. He got on his feet, invested heavily in real es- tate, and when the great fire came, wip- ing the most of his property out of existence, his credit was so well estab- lished that he had no trouble in borrow- ing a million or two to build the Palmer house.”’ —_—__ ~~ -¢ << His Victory Came Too Late. A Detroit wholesale house sent an agent into one of the northern counties the other day to investigate and report on a failure of a dry goods man whose assets were below zero. The bankrupt was perfectly willing to explain how it all happened. **You see,’? he said, ‘‘l got married about two years ago. Up to that time the postmaster and his wife had been at the head of society here and run the ranch. He had the only swallow-tailed coat and she the only silk dress in the town.’’ ‘] see.”’ ‘“‘We had to make a lead for the head, and I bought my wife a $12 bonnet and a diamond ring.”’ “Ves,” “The postmaster bought his wife a broncho pony and a pair of diamond ear- rings.’’ een,” “Then I subscribed $200 to a new church, gave two lawn parties and bought a top carriage and a pacer.”’ ‘s*YVes,”? **He came up smiling, with a new brick house, a progressive eucher party, and gave $250 to the heathen of Africa.’’ **T see.”’ ‘‘Well, I had gone in to smash him or lose a lung, and sol pledged myself for the preacher’s salary for a year, lost$400 on a deal in wheat, kept two hired girls, bought three Persian rugs, backed a bar- ber shop, took a half interest in our home newspaper, and presented every church in town with a bell.’’ “That must have laid him?” “It did. He threw up his hands and surrendered, but when you fellows in Detroit drew on me at three days’ sight, I was dished. I am sorry it happened, but you can’t blame me. _ If that post- master hadn’t made a fool of himself, ’d been able to pay 150 cents on the dol- ad —_—_— i -o- <> What We Are All Talking About. From the New York Sun. ‘“‘Now that women are making their way in almost every trade and profession in this country,’’ said a well-known jeweler, ‘‘it seems strange to me that so few of them work at watchmaking. In Switzerland, even years ago, when I learned the trade there, there were many women watchmakers. Now, in that country, there are nearly as many women in the business as there are men. But in all New York there are only four women watchmakers whom I know of, and I am reasonably well informed. One of these women lives up in Harlem, far away from the business portion of the town, and she must make, on an average, from $25 to $35 a week. I send many of the more delicate watches which are brought to me to be repaired, to her, and other jewelers do the same thing. She does good work, and she lives in a quiet neighborhood. The latter is, you know, very important to a watchmaker some- times. The jar caused by the passing of heavily loaded trucks, and by the elevated trains, and so on, is sometimes so violent down here in the business part of the town that it is almost impossible to do fine work.”’ PRO AND CON. Views of Dealers Who Have Been Under Contract With the Patrons. H. A. R. Wyckoff, Imlay City—I still retain the P. of I. contract. Frank Rossman & Co., Bay City—My contract with the Patrons expires Dee. 1. Henry Van Houten, Woodbury — My contract expired May 1, and was not re- newed. F. M. Carpenter & Co., Stanwood—Our contract expired Aug. 25. No remarks are necessary. A. Anderson & Son, Kewadin—We are not selling the Patrons, as our contract expired July 1. Powers & Johnson, Springport—We are not under contract with the Patrons. Our contract expired May 4. Jas. Gauntlett, Blissfield—I am still selling the Patrons under contract. It runs three years, expiring in May, 1893. P. Kelley, Lowell—I have quit them. They tried to use me as a tool to get prices down to hardpan and then go elsewhere for goods. I sent back the contract. M. M. Elder, Spencer Creek—No, one experince is enough for me. The con- tract binds the dealer, but not the Patron. It is unsatisfactory all around. My con- tract expired July 1. H. C. Pettingill, Oviatt—I am not un- der contract to sell the patrons, my con- tract having expired Aug. 3. It was not a satisfactory experiment with me. I am doing more business than ever before and with much better results than when under contract. J. K. Sharpe, Big Rapids—I am still selling to the Patrons of Industry, and think I have the same right to sell to them, so long as they bring the cash, as to any one else, without your interference or publishing whether I have renewed my contract with them or not. Sweet & Clark, Flushing—Our con- tract with the Patrons of Industry ex- pires Sept. 17. We have decided not to contract again. We like the Patron plan of ‘‘Pay as you go’’ and shall continue to sell goods that way. We have nothing to “repent”? of. Weare satisfied with the course we have taken. We are not in business for our health or the good of our competitors. We take Tur TRADEs- MAN and like it. Devitt Bros., Evart—We are under contract with the Patrons until Novem- ber 1, but will not contract again unless they do better by us than they have this summer. We did very well while things were hot here, but most of them have dropped in the old rut again and are buying stuff on time, and further- more, there isn’t deception enough in us to do a two-price business. They don’t live any where near up to their contract with us. A. & O. Brow, Maple City—Judging from the recent tone of Tor TRADESMAN, you are working against the Patrons by boycotting and discrimination. The Patrons of this vicinity will not buy goods of a retail firm who patronizes a discriminating wholesale house. If you are revising your list of dealers on the discriminating and boycotting plan, just remember there are some thirty houses who acknowledge that the Patrons only ask for equal rights with all classes of trade. A. B. Loomis, Carson City—I am not under contract, nor have I been since May 15, my contract having expired on that date. Nor has there been a contract in this town for some time, your state- ment in THe TRADESMAN to the con- trary. I never could see why you should pick out two of us in this town, who contracted with the P. of I. and try to hurt us all you could and never mention three other business parties who held contracts at the same time. I do not know as we ever done you any personal injury that we should merit any thrusts through your organ. I am not ashamed that I took a contract and it benefited me, too. [THe TRADESMAN was never informed that other merchants contracted with the Patrons and does not now know to whom Mr. Loomis refers. Ep. TRADESMAN. | HOW MARY SAVED THE EXPRESS. “Ts it true, John, that you are to bring in the express to-morrow night?”’ There was a world of solicitude in Mary Sexton’s voice as she looked up into John Manning’s face, her eyes show- ing, even more than her voice, the dread which had taken possession of her. “It?s true, Mary, darling, but have no fear. There are no road-agents in these parts, nowadays, and I’m quite sure that the modern tramp has not pluck enough to wreck a train,’’ and John smiled as he endeavored to re-assure his sweet-heart that there was no danger in connection with the trip. “But Long Lake is nearly even full, and it was said this morning that the dam might break. In that case, there will be plenty of danger at Long Lake pass,”’ pursued Mary. “Tush, little one, that’s only the talk of a man who knows nothing about the dam. It’s strong enough and you need never fear about its breaking. Good-bye, sweet-heart,’’ he said, bending over and pressing his lips to hers. But she still clung to him, loth to let him start, but he disengaged himself and stepped into the cab of his iron horse, pulled open the throttle, and slowly the train rumbled away in the darkness from Hornellsville Station toward the mining camp in the mountains fifty miles away, which was the other terminus of the branch, leaving Mary on the platform, her eyes too bedimmed with tears to see her lover. All that night and the next day, a vague feeling of impending danger filled her heart, and her apprehensions became more intense when rain began to fall in torrents early in the afternoon. The D. L. & S. branch runs from Hor- nellsville to Mortality Camp, up in the mountains, fifty miles away. The first ten miles are down a steep grade and toward a narrow valley. Then the track is laid between two ranges of hills, the pass not being more than a mile across in its widest part. Just at the base of Long Lake, an immense body of water which furnished power to numbers of stamping mills close by in the pass, the road turns sharply to the right. To avoid tunnel- ing, the road then doubles completely, and runs back, almost paraellel to its first course, to Downer’s Bend, within two miles of Mary’s home. Thus the first twenty odd miles of the road run in the shape of an elongated loop. The branch then continues on an easy stretch to Mortality Camp. The run from Hor- nellsville to the camp usually occupies nearly two hours, but the return trip could be madeinatrifie over an hour and a half. Every one in Hornellsville knew Mary Sexton, but she was a constant lass, and she had smiles for no lover but the sturdy engineer, John Manning, the friend of her youth, the man who for years had been almost a brother to her, for Mary was an orphan and had known the tender solicitude of a parent only in early child- hood. It was only natural, therefore, that the station and the freight-house were places of engrossing interest to her, and that after she had acquired a knowl- edge of reading and writing, she should solve the intricacies of telegraphy. She was an apt pupil, and for many months had been in the habit of relieving the regular day operator from time to time. It was considerably after eight o’clock in the evening, when Mary left her home for the station, and though she knew she had to wait until 9:40 o’clock for John’s train to return, she could not rest easily while there was any doubt as to the solidity of Long Lake dam. She stepped into the station afew min- utes before the half-hour, prepared to ask for the latest news, but she paused with surprise when she saw that the place was empty. She was still wonder- ing whither the operator had gone, when her acute ear caught the call ‘‘Ky,’’ re- peated again and again with what seemed to be feverish rapidity. Without stop- ping to remove her shawl, she hastened to the instrument, opened the key and gave the answering symbol. There a brief pause, and then hurriedly she read : ‘Dam at Long Lake likely to go at any Water even with top. Stamp- moment. was | ithe combined products of the State of | | Cylinder Oils, Engine MICHIGAN TRADESM a ers have fled to high ground. ie.?? “Hr? was the signature of the opera- tor at the company’s mills, just beneath the Lake, and she recognized it instantly. Opening the key again, she rattled off: ‘‘What time is the express due there?’’ The reply came: “In fifty minutes, or at 9:17. Tried to get Mortality Camp, but got no answer. If the train gets into the pass just as dam breaks, every one will be lost—”’ The message abruptly ended, and Mary realized that something had caused the operator to leave his instrument. In- stinctively she saw the danger to John and the express. Though her heart throbbed like an engine, she lighted a red lantern, and hastening with a wild, unreasoning impulse from the station, she sped breathlessly through the street, hardly forming, in the frenzy of her exertion, an outline of a plan. ‘T have an hour in which to reach Downer’s Bend. John is due there at 8:57,’? she muttered to herself, and her face bespoke the determination she had reached. ‘‘I can reach the switch of the spur track at the Bend in that time. My lantern will slow up the express. Vl throw the switch. That?ll send her up the spur toward the quarries at its end. She’ll stop in twelve or fifteen car- lengths, after passing the switch, and so I’ll save her from entering the pass.”’ She hurried along for many slowly passing minutes, unmindful of the storm which had drenched her, and likewise unmindful of the rough gravel which cut through her thin slippers and bruised her feet. Presently, above the roar of the rain and the wind, she heard the blast of a locomotive whistle. To her agonized mind, it seemed to scream, ‘“‘Mary! Mary!’ dying away in a long moan like that which comes from a per- son in pain. But scarcely had the sound died in the distance, when she became aware of even a more horrid noise borne on the wind from the direction of the pass; a noise like that made by the crash- ing of trees ina gale. Again the whistle sounded, and its shriek pierced her heart like a knife. She quickened her frantic run. A few moments more and she was descending the hill which ended at Dow- ner’s Bend. As she neared the switch, she snatched a moment to cast a look backward, and saw the bright gleam of the locomotive’s headlight. She swung the lantern around her head as she ran. In an instant she had thrown the switch; and even while her fingers were groping for the locking-pin, the locomotive dashed by. She had looked up as it struck the switch-rail, and saw John Manning’s face in the window-slide of the cab; and even while she looked, she heard him ery: “Mary P? Mary Sexton heard, dimly, the whistle for ‘‘down brakes,’’ the sound of escap- ing steam, the click of brake-clamps, and the sound of grinding iron; then she fainted. * % * Three months later, the Hornellsville New Era contained this paragraph: ‘“MANNING-SEXTON. In this city, July 6, 7 Sev. T. I. Plicer, Mary, daughter of the late David Sexton, to John 8S. Man- ning.’’ * > * * EDWARD - LAWLER. — —_— 2 <——_— - The hetdeck Grain Elevator in the World The largest grain elevator in the world was built at Minneapolis Junction in 1886 The building is 336 feet long, 92 feet wide, and 175 feet high. It has storage capacity for 2,000,000 bushels of grain within its walls. D: uring its construction the carpenters and joiners used over 6,500,000 feet of lumber of all kinds, be- sides thirty-two car loads of nails, which, if packed, would make the enormous amount of 10,000 common kegs; the best calculators say that the actual number of | nails used in the mighty building will fall but few, if any, under 20,000,000. The engine used is capable of handling | 175,000 to 200,000 bushels of grain per | day, or enough during the year to equal | Minnesota and the two Dakotas. Two loaded at this elevator in ten hours. ORDER NHUDSON LINEN FOR YOUR STATIONERY. Printers usually buy linens a ream or so ata time, paying roundly for this buying ‘‘hand to mouth.’ By using large quantities we are able to buy of the maker, thus obtaining a paper which, while it is not pure linen, is equal in writing qualities and appearance to that cost- ing the smaller printer double what this costs us. Furthermore, our outputis so large that we have reduced the cost to the minimum, while a margin of a few cents on each order gives us satisfactory returns. In view of the close mar- gins we must insist upon cash with order from all customers not known to us or not having a satisfactory rating with mercantile agencies. COMMERCIAL NOTE HEADS, 5%x8%, $2,.25@$2.50 per M. PACKET NOTE HEADS, 6x9, 2.50@ 2.75 “ LETTER HEADS, 84x11, 3.00@ 4.00 ENVELOPES, 2.60@, 2.75 - - - “se SEND FOR SAMPLES. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. HESTER & FO, Manufacturers’ Agents for Saw 4ND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, ATLAS ENGINE WORKS Ah INDIANAPOLIS. IND., U. & MANUFACTURERS OF Cez7y Engines and Boilers in 1 Stock foam for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working ide Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS. WIcR Write for Prices. Muskegon Cracker Co CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET:cGOODS. LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. 457, 459, 461, 463 W. WESTERN AVENUE, MUSKEGON, MICH. No Connection with Auy Cracker. Trust CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE. Grand Rapids, Mich. FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY Houseman Block, ese OTL, CO. hundred and fifty cars have often been | seed Oils, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Oils and Makers of Fine Lub1iicants. OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St WORKS—OnC & W. M. and G. R. & I. R. R.,one iia No. 319. | mile north of Junction. Telephone No. 611-3R The largest and most complete oil line in Michigan. Jobbers of all kinds of Oils, W. Va. Oils, Lard Oils, Neatsfoot Oils, Harness Oil, Boiler Purger, Kerosene Oils, Naptha, Turpentine, Lin- Machinery Grease, Cotton Waste, | Signal Oil, Axle Grease, Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle Oils, Ete. See Quotations. 10 THE MICHIGAN iii 2: Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Next meeting at 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—W m Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T. Webb, Jackson; D. E. Prall, East jerome ig Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detro Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Amocintion. President, F Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smit Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, P. Van Deinse; Secretary, John A. Tinholt. EAU DE COLOGNE. Five Methods of Making the Article. From the Chemist and Druggist. The following formula are all be ‘‘the original.’’ said to r. (ii of Doreen. ................ .... mie eg ES ES - a... 50 - aoe... 20 . ae 10 . Of) of lavender (Eng.)............... @ - ne cee 10 aeTaee. LCC 5 a Finest spirit.. a Rose water ee Orange flower water................. 14 . IL. as lt... 100 minims ——.s......................... 50 Oil of Portugal Se - aes. C al Of eevee. ......_............... ee i of roecmery....-.- —_ ’ Finest spirit...... oe eee Rose water. . 2 ene Orange flower wi ater ea Distilied water. . ... oO The above ietenine are fer preparing the perfume by the cold method. The prop- er plan is to add the oils to the spirit in the order in which they are set down shake well, and set aside for a few days, shaking occasionally before adding the waters. After these are added, again set aside for some time, and, if not per- fectly clear, filter. 9 drachms “ie ri. Oil of Portugal...... ..... a+ << pao oo ee SR aes LLL c aeons... .. ae 120 : See. 190 e Ono poe 120 - eee 240 a eee Ll. e ae This formula is for the preparation of a concentrated eau de Cologne, which will bear dilution with ten times its volume of fine spirit. Dissolve the oils in the 10 oz. of spirit, and set aside for fourteen days, shaking four timesaday. Then distill the mixture twice, when the re- sult will be 10 oz. of an exceedingly strong perfume, which improves in odor the longer it is kept, and is specially suited for exportation. It is of good odor when freshly diluted with spirit, but in this case also the odor improves on keeping. ry. cite lemon ‘sapeey i on ee. _ ———. tC 60 c eee ll - ere. 60 - carl anc OES ee . | Mittin... ie - (n) of poecmenEy.............. a . ee ee 62 oz, Mix and distill, then add to the distillate 24 oz. of melissa water and 5 oz. orange | flower water, and distill again. The! product is a very fine eau de Cologne, the | formula dating as far back as 1821, but| the following goes even farther, viz., to| 1813: ¥. ao eee = minims | en. eee 0 Ks ree 15 e ott cmmerce, 2 = Ss... 10 . ee. 4% oz. a aN ag Dissolve the oils in a spirit eontnhaea in aretort, giving the mixture a thorough the contents just warm for forty-eight hours, whereby perfect blending of the oils with the spirit is insured. Then place it for twenty-four hours in a cool place, after which filter it through paper until it is obtained perfectly clear. the filtrate mix the melissa water. —_——_—_—>>__—_ Shorter Hours for Pharmacists. The question of the number of hours a drug clerk shou!d be expected to work is | agitating pharmaceutical journal circles | just at present. Itis a hackneyed one j}and has been much discussed without many practical suggestions as tothe rem- edy for long hours. There are aspects of this question which those who aspire to shorter hours may profit by considering. Among these may be mentioned a point made by the cent editorial resume, which well taken, viz: of professional men is not regulated by hours, as in the case of artisans or trades people. It would be a strange thing indeed to find a lawyer, editor, clergy- man, architect or doctor who worked only for acertain number of hours in each day; on the contrary, their work begins as early as possible and continues, oftentimes, well into the night. It is not a question of a limit for working time so much as a limit of working eapacity. This must also be true of the dispensing pharmacist. While the whole- sale druggist or manufacturer, who comes into business contact with the trade only, may open and close his place of business at such times as are custom- ary with business houses, the profes- sional pharmacist must conform, rather, to the customs of other professional men or abandon the professional features of his business. There isno doubt thepublic have become accustomed to finding drug stores open until long after all other places of busi- ness, excepting liquor stores, are closed. This has come about through the need for prescriptions written by doctors who have occasion to make late visits. But there is no good reason why the estab- lishment should be kept open upon the same scale as during the early evening. The gas can be turned down and the place left in the care of the proprietor, ora prescription clerk and an errand boy, after eight or nine o’clock, in most eases, and in this way the public may be led to appreciate that the store continues to be open as a matter of accommodation for those who may need medicines rather than for the sake of profit. This view of the gestion may seem to the drug clerk a one-sided one, but our contemporary skillfully sugar coats the pill by portraying a mitigated method of relieving the clerk and educating the public up to calling for drugs at reason- able hours in the following politic words: “The proprietor is very short-sighted and penny-wise who requires too pro- longed attendance by his clerks. If the circumstances of location and business require that the store should be open from early in the morning until late at night, every employe should be required | to take some time during the day out of the shop, and have achange of occupa- tion and some amusement. If only one person besides the proprietor is compe- tent to prepare prescriptions, then they should co-operate to enable each to have arun outside on business or pleasure. | The ‘dull boy’ who is the result of ‘all work and no play’ is the one who makes mistakes in prescription work, gets care- less in regard to habits, and is easily dis- turbed by the unreasonable demands of customers. And it is more often the overworked assistant, with a hope of |greater freedom, than a newcomer who |; opens the competing store on the next block.”’ | _———> * e———_____—— The Drug Market. } Quinine is very firm and tends higher, ;Opium is firmer abroad, but unchanged | here. Quicksilver has advanced. | >.> — Eaton Rapids—W. D. Brainerd has purchased the interest of his partner in | the drug and grocery firm of Brainerd & Soule and will continue the business. shaking, then close the retort and keep | With | editor of the American Druggist in a re- | we think | The fact that the labor | TRADESMAN. Safety Bottles. A. H. Hassall in British Medical Journal. Valuable lives are frequently lost through taking in mistake’ various | poisonous substances and mixtures in- tended for the most part for external use, or disinfecting purposes. A variety | of contrivances have been devised, many of which have been patented, with the object evil. shape and color of the bottles employed, but these vegy simple means have not proved sufficiently effectual. I given much attention to this subject, and have succeeded in devising a_ bottle which will, I believe, secure absolute safety. In the medicine, and indeed all other bottles now in use, the neck is placed at the top of the bottle in the| | stopper is replaced by a glass bulb or | brush. The true neck 1 place high up} at the side of the bottle, but at a lower level than the original, but now supere seded or false, neck. My safety bottle is two-necked. Now, it is evident that such an arrangement must afford absolute security; no person seeing such a bottle, or even feeling it in the dark, could for a moment fail to dis- tinguish it from an ordinary and non- safety bottle; and thus such lamentable accidents as now too frequently occur would be prevented and rendered almost impossible under any likely circum- stances. My two-necked bottie admits of some modifications, which I will now notice. In one of these the fixed knob is hollow and furnished with an aperture at the top; the knob is coated in the interior with some luminous paint, so as to ren- der it, as has been before suggested, luminous at night. This proceeding is, however, unnecessary, and if adopted the luminosity would, I believe, not be lasting and effective. The double neck affords, in fact, all the security requisite. Another modification more ingenious than necessary is the following: The central or false neck, as I term it, being closed, so that there is no connection between it and the interior of the bottle, the neck itself is somewhat enlarged, so as to be capable of receiving a small bell attached to a small watch spring and cork: on the removal of the cork the bell rings and an alarm is given. S.A. Morman WHOLESALE Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio LIME, Akron, Buffalo and Louisville CEMENTS, Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick and Clay. Write for Prices. 69 CANAL ST., GRAND WHITE LEAD 6 M & COLOR WORKS DETROIT, MANUFACTURERS OF LATEST ARTISTIC SHADES OF FOR Interior AND EXTERIOR DECORATION F, J, WURZBURG, Wholesale Agen GRAND RAPIDS. of diminishing the great risk of | Of these contrivances nearly the | only ones in use have reference to the} have | center, and is perforated for the cork or | stopper. In my bottle this neck is closed altogether, and the cork or RAPIDS. | SUSPENDED! | oc wy |=. os qT a ‘3 rol = Pr RES | 2 5 Bie 08 i 42 = = o ges aes /f BES BS | @ - | om oe oO a B | by S | Os asa) eS & & | | Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold i | any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury | by Freezing. All others worthless after frees See quotation. MARTELL BLACKING » Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Il, ‘Do You Observe the Law ? If not, send #1 to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, For their combined LIQUOR & POISON RECORD. “THE WEAR IS THE TRUE TEST OF VALUE.” ~ We still have in ok tee well-known brand Pioneer Prepared 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 POLISHINA ™=* FURNITURE FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BOWNE, President. Geo. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasa, Cashier - $300,000. CAPITAL, - - Transacts a generai banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BRO Wholesale Druggists, | y GRAND RAPIDS. THE MOST RELIABLE FOOD 4 ees ue eye ae catacl 1 cooked food, suited to the weakes' 4 ae argent Sessa wea] Embassed Cards, PictUre Advertising Cards, Advertising Folders, WooLRICH & Co, on a every la Having a lot of the above goods, consisting of several thousand of different designs, we offer the cards much less than our usual prices. The Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, esi THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. - : Wholesale Pri ———— ' ce Curr M 8@8 aes eas ; orphia, ” . ent. iy ee sae 2 10 Sinapis. Mixturc...... @ 2%| Lindseed, boiled 63 56 Advanced—Quicksilver — C8 "2 85Q3 10 oS @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter _ wt ai sos @ #| snutr, faccados, Be © * | spicitstTurpetitive... 30, 99 } A — Cubenee. 0.60.0... 14 00@14 50 Nux Vomica, (po 20) -- “6 10 10 | Snuff, Scotch, De. ee @ 3 ee ee : Benzolcum German. sh 80@ 10 — eee eae 90@1 00 TINCTURES. a, Sep .....-.... ul 3@ 38 saul jSooich, a = 2 R pee _ > : n 1 perenne , epsin S , D : Levent.” a Geo : es. > aa 0 7 TE ; fons = — —"' > ui 60 x — aad, it 3 - @2 00 Soda a Tart’. 20 33 Oohre, yellow Mars... 1s 2A ‘ Guan, cance... @ t\Aleee........................ 50 | Picis Lig, N. C., % gal ® tard... -..- +++ 1%@ 2 i Citrieum ».-.--. Gossip, a fe a oe. 6 6M ae Ge * | rvssy, ccmmaneicl-” mei i a oe ae 1 Toa 9) | Armbea oe Srila. qi...) | Sod saps Vermilion F a sai : GuaHOGee ........050-- 11@ 13| Lavendula .-.......... @2 00 | A8atco da.222.2222IITIIIIID “o| Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). 70 | Spts.'Ether Co .-...-.. 50@_ 55 | ican, : 4 Phosphorium dil...... Be EI oon ou po es one a 60 Piper Nigra, (po: = 2:.1-2.. ae 00 Vermilion, English. ose cualger tienen sero ons 1 50@2 20 | Benzoin........ APs » \P asia @ 8 Myrcia I 32 , Englis S0@Se ' Sulphuricum.... .. .. -1 400 80 | Mentha Verld........ 2 4003 50] oo | CO-c eserves eens, 60 | Piper Alba, (pogs).... @ 38] * See in, 225 | Lena, Feuiaealer..... Wee 4 L. i 2 50@2 60 | Samguinaria.... 22.2222... ee q7| 22% oo @% . anguma ns Aah op | Morne al gi 8 Rake ip | Prambi Aeet 140, 18 ess ii aia “tir ae = a oe 2 ee om | Daseth 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 41 Whiting, Gilders’...... a Aqua, 16 eater — sLigiiida, (gai. 35) 1 * 100, i Capsicum ...2.. 202.2000. Bi x? _—-. 6 - oe 48 3 White Pari Americas Poo 6 dee... 5@ 7|Ricini.-............... 36 “ Be oe 75 | Tothrum, py..-....-- eh me 3 uiting, Paris Eng ee 7@ 8| Rosmarini........ 2. eat annem 75 | Quassiae ........ penis ......--.--- 10 } cliff ........-- Carbonas srg 118 13| Rosae, ounce.......... | = oe -- i 1 00 | 7 8. P. & We... 300 = ae Venice... oe 20 Pioneer Prepared Paint1 agi 4 BM ic cccc ss RB@ 14 ne Pa eae i" pre ares 50 | S. German.. 30@ 40| V TOMAR .......... 50@ Swiss Villa ——, a =a GROME, «n= ons sense enees 50 | Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14 oon aa covers o@ = 00 Paints . 00@1 20 ial ANILINE. , Santal Meiene ceeee eee .3 50@7 00 | Columba By . ee @ ¥ inet Salph 0001 8 natal nana a 00@2 25 | Sassafras. ............ 50 | C Lge Aaa alain ees (omnes g0@e ¢ v ‘0 I kes anni 80@i 00 Sinapis, ess, ounce. OO 56 | cage weed , = ve oe -— aahammmteacarea its 50 Telit... g. . oo 50 | Santonine conis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal ae aera... 1 60@1 70 EDN NS 2 Sos 00 Thyme ae 40@ 50 a 50 | se 196° 2 Se oy = ag gt oon ae = 2 2 7903 00 Salil ao 2 6 Gentian ---.... sees esee sees. 50] « = CT S@ 10] Bard, No i...0000) 1). 8 60 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Cubeae (po. 1 50.....-.- ace Ce a. oe @ 15| Linseed, pureraw.... 6 50 | Japan — Ne. 1 Juniperus ...... 8@ 10] BiCarb POTASSIUM. Contes 50 a) pal | — seoeeoe® " Do “ss a : eoeeoces a se reee Xanthoxylum......... 25@ 30] Bichromate .... 130 - Zingiber ...... LE = ae Bromide... 190 4 | Hyoscyamus .000..0.200000. 4 i" 65 | CATED. +. sees seeeee ee 1 ope ee Te 5 Per cn “ Chlorate, (po. 20)...... i = Colorless. ............ 2 | H Chlorate, (po.20)...... 18@ 20} werri Chioridum........ 2. 75 | Terabin, C Canada 35@ 40/5 Aber 9g eee ee 50@ 55 —- Chloridum....... 35 ‘olutan . ie ie eects: 4 2 80@2 CN Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 31@ = ETT NG = CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart.com... @ 15) 237™2.---..-- LL Ge Z Abies, Plantae Uy 18 —— = Cpe... 8@ 10 Oil Wonca 50 4 assiae ......-- ee eat FB 9 | OPH cnn esene snes cee rece. ; Cinchona Flava .. oy = Selghete ee ae i a. ee 85 uonymus atropur 30 Pe 15@ 18 acer 00 Ti & Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 RADIX. Auranti Cortex. a Prunus Virgini. 12] Aconitum .... 20@ 25 — neers = ° 4 poor sa grd.. = aueee ce an 30 — 50 Ce i nehusa .. ‘ tae ecee oe Dheus Po (Groand i#)...... 10} Arum, po. 20 Cassa Acutifol = Importers and Jobbers of alamus ‘ EXTRACTUM. oa .- 20@ 50} Serpent = Glycyrrhiza Glabra... U@ DB Giyehrrniag ¢ oe — = Stromoniim = pelle 33@ 35| Hydrastis Pad )-. 16@ 18] Tolutan... = Haematox, . Th boxe... 11@ Bi] Go. %).. sing Valerian ...... D i om Gece eee 4 7 uelicivore a me = Veratrum Verid 50 = on os ot . -aeaaan i ne WO 15@ 20 — es 16@ 17} Ipecac, 5 Se FERRUM. Tris ee — - ther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ 28 Carbonate Precip. ..... @ 15|2alaPa, Pr......-+.---. mss. C0llU eS Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 eters ee a+ @ 35|Alumen............... 2%4@ 3% ° ges ede Gs 3| Podopbyhiin, po". 33a 18] 7)" OWA. Ce Chemicals and Dr ists’ tins Slade By tau Ge S Rerrocyanidum Sol. @ % Bt | ata ae uggists’ Sundries, Sulphate, Gone). .....- 1%@ 2 a — has 4@ 5 pure......--- @ % San 8 55@ 60 guinaria, 25 ee i E 5@ FLORA. Serpentaria. srs “oS S Antife Re 2 * ss pn neil BOE noe nnn Argenti Nitras, e ‘ iateanls eae NN 200 = Similax, Officinalis, H "e 40 Arsenicum ... saat oo * 194 : : Matricaria ...... -.... 26 99| ccitien, (po. %)...... Wo 2 ae... 2 2 d ent elligings Paints i i FOLIA. si Symuplocarpus, | « oe Chlor, is, (48 10@2 20 J J l g, arnls B8, oo 1 20 DO... 35 ey. cue, vaciitel, ee Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) io 25 cantharides —a. °° Sole Agents for.the Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints Ceo : man. 5@ 20 eee ee uae 1 7 ' Ale Zingiber @.........-. ¥ a salvie ftctnais, - 35@ 50 sn a : Capsici Fructus, af.. @ = an oo. e ; a ei Caryophyllus, (po. 20 ag 18 We are G@UMMI. ‘Apium a. = a Carmine, No. 40...... %) 5@ = e Sole Proprietors of Acacia, ist picked... @1 00 7 ag ee pose sau 4@ 6 — Alba, 8. & ar . 50@ 55 WEATHER ‘ per meat. (pe. 18.02... nha. 38@ 40 ’ - = - |... Cardamon......... g omieomtee Snes eec nee a pan - R 5 “ sifted sorts... = = Corlandrum. --..... = oe 3 — a g S 8 MICHIGAN CATARRH MEDY Be, 75@1 00 | Cannabis Sativa....... 3%@ 4] Cetaceum............! @ 10 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60 Gedo). oo. ..... % coats @ 4 psy » (Bo. 2 = . Chenopodium |... .... ion . Chloroform Seca. 55 Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 Dipterix Odorate...... 2 00@2 25 | Chloral H squibbs.. | @1 00 Catechu, 18, (548, 4 M8, — oa. as We ha tock aac: oenugreek, pO..... . poet as ae ” : lacie a Lini fies in oil ee 4 = = Cinchonidine, P&W 1@ = v6 in 8 and offer a full line of Assafostida, (po. 30).. @ 15| Lini, grd, (bbl.4 )... 44@ 4 German 4@ 10 Benzoinum...........- 30@ 55 Lobelia..............+. 35@ % aa —o Whiskies Camphor seeag 50@ 52 a... : s%@p 4% | Creasotum |... 22. a 60 3 Brandies, ghee 0, 10 SR Ai cee se 7 | Crete, ‘(ob a @ 2 CGins sem Fai) eng Nigra! HG we] precip. 00... = s » Wines, Rume. Kino, (Do.'23).--.---- @ 2| Frumentt, W.,D. Co..2 00@2 50 a ED aa Mastic 7 joes Se ni eae @ | Ondbeee........-...... = Opti CPS 40} ater @ 40 ne : jos Cupri Sulph........... om =o oe ray z Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 B@1 7 — So RD 10 a ie eed me fii a 1 75@3 50 Gt Serpe... 68@ 70 W Tr Saacharum N. E...... 1 2 Emery, i i i i agacanth ..........- 30@ 75 Spt. m— : Toes WO ery, all numbers.. @ e are Sole Agents m Michigan for W.D. & aa ounce packages. Vini Oporto EY 1 25@2 00 | Ergota, (po.) 60....... 50@ S Hend C nes Co : Se gs | Vin a 1 25@2 00 — Witte enaerson Absit See gg | Vint Albe..22.-200.00-1 2508 00 | Getty WMG 2@ 15 ount Mad ur Mas & Lo a ee a SPONGES. poem ee a ete g = ys Hand 8 So b - Oe esse Florida sheeps’ Gelatin, Gooper.../°"! i i : Sie occas | Plaid teh WOM, ase sgh Oe Rene Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite ; eos ‘ ao — wool Glassware flint, 70 percent CL A AO NES OATUREDEN A lly nny ox 60 1 Whis ae * Le na = =o =n sheeps’ — Glue, peated 9@ 15 Rye ky. We siaesesatsc oes 25 arriage....... ns ees ge amen see sheeps’ _— Glycerina si ES 1840 = ee Grana Parad ‘ een Pe a 5@ 60 Grass seeps wool car- . Hummus. sages 250 40 WW Shee a 20@ ae 5 d ‘Mite... Carbonate, ZA... SOS Hard | for slate use. z =" ae — 2. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. arbonate, JenningdS.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for slate . Ox ahaa . > 8 give our Personal Attenti en es ae 1 40 “ Asasontats. = = antee Satisfaction a Ordersjand Guar- einthte 1.5... 5 00@5 50 SYRUP: Jnguentum. 47@ 57 i Amygdalae,Duic... .. 45@ 7| A . Hydrargyrum : All orders are Shipped and ee ee ON 50|Izhthyobolla, Am. . on? © | cei aE DOS am Invoiced thegsame da Amydslse, Amsras.... § vos 25 | Zingtber 000 s0 | Ichthyobolla, Am." ".1 2501 50 ceive them. Send in a trial order. oy y we res nd ta . aero .. 60| Iodine, Resubl ‘saa a ie 3 == 00 | Auranti Cortes. 30 a cn QA Cea aan hed Arom.. 0.0.0... ec i Caryophyiii ......222.. 1 25@1 30 | Similax ‘Ofticinalis a Beep 80 : a: aah UC UC Of oo 80@ 85 ‘ Chenopodii .222 112.71! 1 %5| Se - 50 | Liquor Arsen et Hy- - Cinnamonii eo 50 ie : Cinnamonil .........- 1 40g 60 Seillne cea elimutiwaiinidis wh o cheeuee pea 8 AT 3 ion a Sie Co L 50} Magnesia, Sul oe 10@ 12 a Gana olutan ..... ph ( j oe Fis: 1 BQ, S| Polutan «nosso sn Wess 3 etwas Bhitiaweccc €B od GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 GRUCERIES. Purely Personal. T. H. Nevin, President of the Pioneer Paint Works, Pittsburg, Penn., is in the eity for a few days. Dr. John Graves, druggist, died last Tuesday buried on Thursday. and was |affairs occurs, |ready for it. “2425 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. but what he is instantly His vacation is often a change of location or of point of view, not cessation of effort. He cannot stop alto- | gether while in harness, for capital never sleeps and never takes arest. Men may come and men may go, but business goes : | on forever. the veteran Wayland | or 0 | Wool Without Change--Hides and Tal- Geo. P, Fuller, President of the Fuller | Bros. Manufacturing Co., of Kalamazoo, was in town Monday. Chas. Kernan, buyer for the Converse Manufacturing Company, at Newaygo, was in town Saturday. Cc. C. Tuxbury, Manager of the Sulli- van Lumber Co., at Sullivan, was in town one day last week. R. Craven, of the general firm Craven & Co., at Elmira, was in couple of days last week. C. H. Cornell is back from Petoskey, where he spent the summer. He will buy potatoes here during the fall. Smith Barnes, General Manager of the Mercantile Co., at Traverse City, was in town last Saturday on his way home from the Detroit exposition. Howard Udell, book-keeper for I. M. Clark & Son, has gone to St. Louis, Mo., where he will spend a couple of weeks with relatives and friends. Chas. H. Milner, the drug business at Big Rapids, has gone to Shreveport, La., to take the man- agement of an opera house. P. T. Colegrove, the Hastings attorney, was in town Monday for the purpose of effecting a settlement with the creditors of the former firm of Goodyear & Barnes. Fred H. Ball interviewed a barbed wire fence Saturday night. It required eight stitches to get the member together and Fred is now free to admit that the fence came out first best. Will J. Page, manager of the drug store on Plainfield avenue belonging to the estate of the late J. S. Page, has re- turned from a fortnight’s visit with friends at Sault Ste. Marie. Frank A. Jenison, the Manton general dealer, is spending a week in the city and vicinity, visiting relatives and calling on old friends. He reports the potato crop around Manton as superb, both in point of quality and yield, and asserts that some of the farmers have already re- ceived offers of sixty-five cents per bushel for theiz entire crop. a oa EK town a formerly engaged in Business Like Tennyson’s Brook. From the Office. While many business men, book-keep- ers, clerks and office boys are taking their vacations, while all who are able to steal a little while away from business are spending the hours by the seaside or in the mountains in fishing, boating or tramping through the woods, the thought is not out of place that business never takes a vacation. Business, like a river, flows on forever. The surface of the river may bea sheet of ice, but down deep the current still moveson. Bus- iness men may leave their offices, and the newspapers of the land may say that everything is dead and that nothing is going on, but still down deep beneath al] outward appearances business proceeds relentlessly. Much has been writ- ten about interest, how it grows day by day, Sunday and week day alike, whatever may be the season of the year, and whatever may be the condition of | the debtor. As interest goes on so goes on business. Business vacations, but capital stays at home and is ever alert. The financier may be at men may take | the seaside, and may attempt to keep his | mind free from plans and schemes of | low Firm. The wool market shows little change. Sales have been fair, in fact, larger in | fleece than the former week, but at low | prices. Many small holders have been forced to sell to meet maturing paper and manufacturers have taken advantage of it, knowing it would not likely go lower. Prices are fully 2@3c below where they should be to give dealers a margin. Tariff legislation is too slow, as importers are filling our markets to such an extent as to seriously affect home manufacture for some time to come. Hides are firm at the late decline and are likely to hold where they are. Tan- ners have advanced leather to meet the advance in hides, as near as possible, but shoe men hold off, only for immediate wants. No material change is looked for either way. Tallow is firm and in good demand. To obtain any advance, quality must be good. i Bank Notes. A Vicksburg correspondent writes as follows: “J. M. Neasmith, Geo. E. Neasmith and C. B. Mason of this place have purchased the Bellevue Bank at Bellevue, and C. B. Mason has taken charge of the business. B. F. Reid, the former cashier, will be retained under the new management. Geo. E. Nea- smith is at present in Dakota, and on his return will move to Bellevue.”’ a Corporation Notes. The Muskegon Milling Co. has entered the field again, after an absence of about eight months. Local stockholders of the Big Ox Min- ing Co..have been officially informed that the new machinery recently put into the works near Helena works well and that the initial dividend may be expected be- fore Christmas. Fruit Jars. H. Leonard & Sons have a full stock of Mason’s pint, quart and half-gallon fruit jars, and — same as follows: Pints, per gross.. Quarts, . I Wealso quote Schiniuee cans as follows: rae os... $11 00 eee Sele, Ber Pees... 16 00 No charge for case or cartage. An Observant Youth. ‘I had to be away from school yester- day,’ said Tommy. ‘“‘You must bring an excuse,”’ said the teacher. ‘*Who from ?”’ ‘“‘Your father.’’ ‘He ain’t no good at makin’ excuses. Ma catches him every time.”’ >> >. A Head Like a Tack. “Oh, John,’”? exclaimed Mrs. Cumso, “I know how to make a hundred dollars just as easily !”’ “How <"" “Why, down at Mme. Robe’s there’s a lovely Paris dress marked down from $500 to $400.”’ > —<___—_ For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner, 17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich. business, but no opportunity for making | Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York money is presented, no crisis in business | City. 352tf Tired of Shining. ‘Don’t you want to go to the better FISH and OYSTERS, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. world, Tommy?” asked a Sunday school | Whitefish aes Serer cer ettret g a teacher of the new scholar. eu scp ecp apace @ 7% “No, mum,’’ promptly replied the Halibut. ee = frank little fellow. Flounders. @9 Bluefish... @10 ‘“‘And why not, Tommy? Mackerel... @% “Oh, when I die I want to go where | OM iene r Bw feller can rest.’’ aaa Ce, ss y r¥ st there.’’ Fairhaven Counts @35 “Well, my boy, you —_ rest el i coe @30 Well, in that song we sung, it said ee ee @25 we’d all shine there.’’ ee @25 ‘Certainly; don’t you want to eT Oe i @23 99 gi a o> I don’t t to shine there Ee ‘No, mum, I don’t want to shi ’ ? t foll : I get enough of that here. I’m a shoe- DGGE, OATORMnssnsertecnsvnesceseees en 4 @6 black, mum.’’ : hind quarters. .. ee @ 8% ee Toins, a ETRE THO 8% - —_...... @8 PRODUCE MARKET. = nis erecese one S&S @Gc ee ee eed ae 9 Apples—Dried, 8@8%c_ for sun-dried and Hogs. — eee e 11@ize for evaporated. The market is strong. | Bologna.............s..scssssssescseeeee @SO Apples—Fall fruit commands $2.75 for eating | pork Ioins................... 0. . @ 7% and $2.25 for po stock. fi bei eee @ 5% Beans—Dry stock continues to get firmer, being s d LL bij now ane #2.25@$2.50 wd city hand- -picked. me or ae ie g 5 Beets—New, 50@60c per bu. _ Fr nkf eae soe TM Butter—Dairy is in good demand at 14@16c| Mutton ..nses sce ce sees a OK per ee 6 7 a oe grown, 7fc per doz. or $6 per — sui 100 . sialic CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Celery__20@ ine por. eek The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels STICK CANDY. 25c. —— Va cc ee 84O 9 Cucumbers—10e iid era EE 8%@ 9 Eggs—The market issteady. Dealers pay 14c . Twist ee S4@ : and hold at iée. Ce tee Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, 84.75 per bu.;} Assorted Cream ...........0. 0.000. ces ee sees 2 medium, #4.60. Timothy, $1.€5 per bu. ae 11 Grapes—C oo Wordens in good supply, MIXED CANDY. commanding 4c per 1b dard seine 8 Maple Sugar —8@10c per Ib., according to tee ate Le) Sl ceuotereates cue eene ot lo... Bie — iL Be 9 Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal. ee 10 Musk Melons—Home grown, 7c per crate. a. 10 Onions—#1.25 per bu. eee 10 Pop Corn—4c per Ib. Ne 9 Potatoes—Home grown stock isin good de-| Cut Loaf..... .....ccecececccecce ees ce a 10 mand, dealers paying 55@65c for choice stock. i CN ie ee 12 —— stock, $2.50 per bu. ; California, | Valley Creams................-0-2ceseeceeeeee 13 per box ha Peaches—Barnards are beginning to come in Lemon Dro ranct—Iin 5 Ib. boxes. 2 freely, commanding $3@3.50 per bu Lenen D ee Plums—Green Gages and Damsons, $2.59 per | pe nt Drops Ne aE cae la ani bu.; California, $2 per box. one Sohn LC ED Sw mt Potatoes—Baltimores, #3.50 per bbl; Jer- HM ChocolateaDrops aa cai seys, 84 per bbl a. shee ek ia Tomatoes—Home grown are coming in freely, Sead TOps a a being held at 50c per bu. Af Edensice ‘Drops Turnips—30@35¢ per bu. Lozen es plain Watermelons—Indiana stock is coming in very Bes, pr: inted. Ce plentifully, being held at 10@15¢ apiece. Imperials.. oo PROVISIONS. Mottoes...-. hee lh ee = The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | Molasses Bar.........0...s..s.sseeceee sees ce AB quotes as follows: oe i ul “i6@i8 PORK IN BARRELS. ae ees Co 18 Mess, TIEW. --- eee ween ee cone oe eto... 16 Short Cut ......... -....-2..020 eee ee eee eee ee Es 20 Extra clear pig, short cut.......... ee eeee ees ee eT TT 15 Baten Crome, BOR art Se 22 Clear, fat back........................06. --. 12 00] Wintergreen Berries................ 0... .c000e 14 Bomon G:00r, BNOreGGt.... 2.0.2... 2.0... 12 50 FANcy—In bulk. ge ee 12 50 L en es, plain, in pails 12 Standard clear, Snore ens, be... 12 50 | WOzens ee inted, ie th RE : "43 SAUSAGE—Fresh wei Smoked. Cienieen cone “4 pails. ' _ —— eee : Gum Drops, in pai “hg : He eee ede Moss Drops, in pails... ‘ongue Sausage.......... ieee. ictc ow Bane Dro tania Praneeere Comeeee. . 8: 8 Imperi : y a ee, - Blood Sausage. CS aK 5 perials, in pails. . ia i eee eee 5 eee ee 5 Rodi, —-. ee g 7 00 Seen ERG RN en ecm nC ne ge Gi a. ee Lzuoxs. LarD—Kettle Rendered. 7 | Messina, choice, 360........-..--....-4 - @70 7 ‘ Si @ 7% . ee @ 7 50 ™% “ ee a @ LARD—Family. OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS, ao, 6 | Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... @16 anew Tete 6% ard, 10-Ib, box...........+-... @10 oo re eee 7 . HE ni @8 i Pale inieee 6%| ‘“ Persian, 501b, DOX..........0.4.. 6 @7 Pore: Ree, 6 AON, 6% NUTS. es Fite Sindee 6% | Almonds, Toe. fete seen @17% 2a ae... 6% ra MOR... 2. cece cece cee cee @17 BEEF IN BARRELS. eath Califor b iccernieeeeeeccas a, Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 00 Walt oi Grenobie. eas @1b% Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 00 weet ee ee si” el 9 00 Pecans, Texas, H.P . : 14 @I6 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Cocoanuts, full ware cu @5 00 Hams, average MO ec ee 10% PEANUTS. ae 00, | Pamey, &. P., Welt... --.....--..... @10% . . eee... nda cee, 12 @12% ' ee . Fancy, H. Ps Game Cocks eee @ . Pe Roasted ...... @ ceria ae En aan v4 Fancy, Hu. P., Sta AES ee wee e ee eee eee @ 9% Breakfast Bacon, boncless.................... ee @i1% Borers re, NN OR io i een ee ace 108 Choice, x. Ps Ex Premee ....... be ee @ 9% Lon Clears, ic eeki bes oes a, 6 cis @11% Briskets, Piet se 6 | Fancy, H. P., Steamboats ee ere ee @ 9% i ee 6 . Roasted..... oe @i1 REMOVAL Already and within a year’s time, our business has grown to such proportions as to demand larger quarters, which we have secured at 46 Ottawa St., where we shall be pleased to see our friends in the future. Net weights and fine goods tell the tale. Be sure to give them a trial. A. E. BROOKS & CO. pons eons Sete EATON SOROS 2 PATER Ol Rc iat ec es oer ee i + WR a gee ey cm = ARRAS a ti lb i t } t THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. = Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash bwyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. APPLE BUTTER. CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S, KE. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 | German Sweet............ AXLE GREASE. Peoeeees. .. ...-4.. ..-.., 35 Sree Coes oo eee 38 Ai 1% Breakfast COG oc ees ce 40 eee 1 a0] Prema... 37 BAKING POWDER. COCOA SHELLS. Thepure, —~ ——- Le aie... 4 @4% eo ee 1 56} Pound packages........ @7 eT 6 oz. ee 2 28 COFFEE EXTRACT. ss % Ib. - .... 2% yaw Cor... 80 “ 120z. oo 4 eee... cc. 10 - i - 5 cOFFEE—Green. s 5lb. . to) GM Tere. ............. @21 Less 20 per cent. to retailers. Y Oe 21 @2 Absolute, __ cans, aa nis) lhlUhe. @23 % Ib. 50s..10 00] ‘‘ fancy, washed @24 - ee Ogee... 23 @24 Acme, % ib cans,Sdoc.... | Santos ..-_..__....._- 22 @233 “ nm ~*~ = ~ .... 3 oe eer & Guatemala 23 @24 “ 1 tb. *— 1° 38 Java, cs A @% _ ae 20} ‘* Mandheling....27 @30 Our Leader, igib. cans..... it 1 PeOnerey |... 2.5.5... 22 @24 . Mocha, genuine..... 26 @28 tp: : 106 To ascertain cost of roasted Telfer’s, 4 > cans, doz.. 45 | coffee, add ec. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- - 4 ib. “ « 7) 150| age. BATH BRICK. cOFFEES—Package. English, 2 doz. in case..... ee 2% aaa So ee vis} | <2 Galeeeut........... 2544 American. 2 doz. in case... 70| McLaughlin’s XXXX....254 BLUING. Doren (iin 2514 Mexican, 2< Pete vase us 3: * imcabine™ ............ oo... Ce 3 = oa... 90 CLOTHES LINES. BROOMS. Cotten, @f....... per doz. 1 35 a 1% a Gor....... 150 Bs a 2 00 . Onit....... r ea ae SD Caroee 2 25 “ Wt. ...... “ 200 No. ae 2 50 “ or... .... . 2 Peer oem... --... 275 | Jute Gr....... e 1 00 Common Whisk eee cee oe: et... - 16 Peer eee as al... 120 CONDENSED MILK. mee oe 7 50 ee 2%} Anglo-Swiss.......... 6 00@ 7 60 CANDLES COUPONS. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes oe oo 10 **Superior.”’ Se 9% | $1. per hundred oo 2 50 Paraffine .. 2 ee” lUlU Ul 3 00 Wicking... ........-... . B 8 5 i c pam TTR 10/8 Clams, ttle Nec a aa Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10 nen Cove Oysters, 1 1 Ib. — 711 15] 8 1, per hundred........... 2 00 2 Ib. i is 20 7? 2) i, me thtteeeeees ; = Lobsters, 1 Ib. pienic.......- 1 90 | %, SC tH arines a ass oo Se Se ae sta 4 a 2ib, Star........-.. 2 50 ®, Berner 5 “ ih See 325 wo to the following dis- 9°¢ Mackerel, ia _ —s = 200 or over. 2 per cent. , 1 200 a ee S 6 ac 2 lb. = — 25 1000 a bs i © ee ee Kenosha Butier...... 1% va 90 eecccccoscces Salmon, atp, Golumb' s = gu | Seymour “ .........-s- 5% Sardines, domestic 8.....- eae -- 5% es @8 i i - “ Mustard a @W ian aoe we “ CU ia ech ce cote eee ee ‘ “ poe oe gg 8 -_ : “ = oe 7% Trout, 3 Ib. brook |. pe S can Ls es as i ks lah or 0 S16 CANNED GoopDs—Fruits. ity < pou, 2G Apples, gallons......-. ----- c iy Oy | 4 Apricots ........:.---..0-0-- at CREAM TARTAR. Blackberries.... ......-....- 1 20] strictly pure............--- 38 Cherries, ET Sl ie 25 sili — ee eee ae 1 40 DRIED emmee.—sheennaiie. : WE cob wcesesdcscvccdeus Ap es, sun-drie % Egg Plums............------ 1 59 R evaporated Gooseberries ...........----- 1 25} Apricots, & Grapes .......-- S “as Blackberries “ / @ Green Gages... Nectarines ‘ Peaches, pie.......-- Peaches “ . seconds ..........-- Plums “ “stand Raspberries ‘“ “California. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. ee ake @ 6% Pineapples, common. a @ 8 sliced .... .....- 2 50 | California...........-- " grated.... .....- 275 DRIED FRUITS—Peel. = scne ch eded seenns #40 0/6 110 Romon...... Vile keeeee peeeries, | — ede eg seeeeeeeeeeee 1 40 DRIED yaurre—Citron. Strawberries - ee oe 1 35] In drum..... 1 Whortleberries............-- 1th hee 9 CANNED qemee-Teguaten, DRIED FRUITS—Currants, Asparagus ! Zante, in barrels...... 4 Beans, soaked Simm... 1. 85 - in less quantity 6%@ 6% « ‘Green Lima......-. @1 50 DRIED FRUITS—Raisins, See i... @ | Valencias............. “« Sirgiess...........-- 90 | Ondaras...........--.- @ “ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 | Sultamas............... Corn, stand. brands..1 00@1 25| London Layers, Cali- Peas, soaked................ %5 | fornia...... .. ..-.- 2 60@2 75 “© ‘marrofat ..... @1 80 London Layers, for’n. @ “ gtandJune...... .. Mus’ tels, Cal., 2 crown @2 50 «ieee ke wes Gi ~ . a... 60 « fine French......... .. 2 10 GUN POWDER. Mushrooms.......... ..---.- 1 80 com teee cece sees eeseceee aes 5 50 Pee @1 45| Half kegs.............-.--.- 3 00 Squssld .....00. ceveesseesess 110 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Succotash, soaked |... ...... Farina, 100 lb. pet aw a standard......... 1 30| Hominy, per bbl............ 4 00 Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1 05@1 10 Macqroat, vdom 13 ib box.. aie = CATSUP. Pearl Barley... es @ 3 Snider's, = s pint haem ee + eons a = Peas, green............ @1 10 ae er ——e— @ 3 . on aa --3 50 Gene een as @ 6 CHEESE, Tapioca, ak 0 or pri.. 6@ 7 Fancy Full Cream.. a Wheat, cracked....... @5 G eee @ 9% | Vermicelli, import.. @10% Part Skimmed......... : OHe 7% domestic... @60 Sap Sago........ “ @20 FISH—SALT. Edam a Swiss, imported peeaae 24@ domestic .... 15@ 16 CHEWING @uM. Herring, round, % bbl.. 2 90 Rubber, = lumps See ane 30 . gibbed .. 2% eae 40 © olland, bbis.. 12 00 Spruce, 200. si as 40 . kegs, .-. @& CHICORY. . Sealed ........ @ mm ee ee G@ | Trout, % Dbis......... @5 2 SS “20 oe Bee... c: vis) Mack. sh’s, No.2, % bbl 1200 . si : BR lb — 4 = Common Fine per bbl..... @90 White, No. 1, 4 4 bbls. ‘as B80 Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 “ « ano oa a ee = ae . Family, 4008 6 _— Kits.......... 0) Ashton ba. bags .........._. % HERBS Higgins ‘ - |. <= ee 9 Warsaw ‘“‘ ee 35 ee 14 r oe 7 ooo. 20 JELLIES. Diamond Crystal, Cases....1 50 E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 i a 28-lb sacks 25 Chicago goods... .000...... 5Y | | ; 7 oe LAMP WICKS. | i “60 pocket .2 25 ee 30 | . mi ~- . «aw Re Ey “barrels .. .1 75 ee 50 | SALERATUS. LICORICE, | Church’s, Arm & Hammer...5% Te eee me | EPWtee COM, .......--....... 5% ee. ee Soe 18 DeLand’s Cap Sheaf.. 5% LYE. | : UTE. en ee vee oo BMG Com@emeed, 2 Goa........... 1 25 | 1 oee................. MATCHES. oO. 9 auiphur............... 2 00 Sra 9 aa... o ” coemees wena aoe No. 2 home..... I 10 Pure Su ar, bbl. or = °7 oe Muport parior............... 4 00 8 half barrel... Boost MOLASSES. DisGh SAP... ........... ee _ SWEET GOODS. Cuba Baking. ....... .. 24| Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Porto Rico.. ...e.. 30] Sugar Creams......... 8% New Orleans, ae... 24 | Frosted Creams....... 8 choice...... 99 | Graham Crackers..... 8 “ fancy. 2 | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 One-half barrels, 3¢ extra SHOE POLISH. inet —_*, 6 00 Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... 0 alt berrela..... 3 25 De ROLLED OATS. TEAS. eee ae = 00 JaAPAN—Regular. Half bbls.. a a @20 Michigan Vest.............. 9% br aena a alg 24 e Water White. 2000.0. Vina 32 @38 eee ee cae e De Modiunm...... ie SUN CURED. “ ee Va. ax Sait Oe Good .................. @22 ~ tei i, ee 2A @2 PIPES. eros... 30 @33 Or sy it es : ao if BASKET FIRED, rr COUNE........ 75 ‘ aa ‘ea = ae a “we aT a “connie Extra choice, wire leaf @40 Carolina head a 7 GUNPOWDER. 1... 6% | Common to aie... 25 @35 ra No. Be ee oe 6 @ --50 @65 * wa 8... Choteest fancy........ % @s5 Japan, _ a oo .. 7 IMPERIAL. i ee a oe 6 —— ea i.e Ge Superior tofine........ 40 @50 iatah, te Saleen. at epi esssceniinm = Maccaboy, in jars........... 1 a French Happee. in Jate..... 43 | Common to fair....... 18 @2%s6 Superior to fine.......30 @40 Detroit Soap Co. *s Brands. Superior...... ..3 30 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Q@ucen Anne................ woe Wedel. 25 @30 German Family.. .......... Chote 30 @35 Mottled German............ ie yee cue 55 @b65 a on ee Sm tsa hot 8 @10 Dareein..... .....2 OF OOLONG nak Floater ee 38% ran Cocoa Castia (000 10 3 00 | Common to fair... ...25 @3v Cocoa Castile, Fancy........ 3 36 | Superior to fine.......30 @50 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, Fine to choicest.......55 @65 Happy Permuy, To. .-.._-._- 2 9 Country, 80 oe ie We 8 Bounces WO... 3 15 SAL SODA. a 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 2 SAPOLIO. Kitchen, — in box.. . 250 — +. = ... 2 50 SOUPS. Snider's Tomato... .......2@ sPIces—Whole. ACG 10 Cama, ‘China in wets. ..... 8 . Batavia in bund....15 = Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Amboyna...........22 . Paraeoer..... 2.5... 16 Mace Watavieg....... ....... 80 Nutmegs, eee... 80 No. ; Deere ee eae 75 . Ne. 2o......... 0... 4 65 Pepper, Singapore, black....16 white... .26 ° a 20 sPic—Es—Ground—-In Bulk. wee 5... 15 Cassia, Batavia he one caso 20 and Saigon.25 “ ae. 42 Cloves, ane on. 26 Oe ee 20 Ginger, ian Dee ais ete ee 12% a 15 100-POUND CASES, 24 3-4; ' JemmGe ...........18 Mace Batayia............... 90 Mustard, —— 22 nd Trie. .25 a” Trieste. .... ons Det, hee ........ +++. 80 e e Pepper, Singapore, a ed s _ Cagenna........... 25 SUGARS. oe a eee @ 7% MO seats ee ues @ 7% Pewerae «5.5. --++.- @i Standard Granulated. @it Wiee........ @7 Confectioners’ A...... @6.81 | White Extra C........ @ 6% | and satisfaction. ee Weta ae ase cee @ 6% @ 6% Yellow ee ee ae eee @ 5X EEDS. Pe 4K@ : Crewe oo 3 ee 4 — le 8 wee 6 MRI 7% SALT SODA. MEAL. Mee 5M | Bolted... Petepececsess 2 OG Bene, Rogiieh................4% Granulated 00 1 55 TroBpaccos—Fine Cut. MILLSTUFFS. D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. Eran....................... © @) ee 62 Seipe .-. .. 16 50 mwees Cuba........\.. 36 DCrCCHeee............... 15 00 Our Leader........ ' 35 Middttnes 000000010!) ae ToBAccos—Plug. ee ee veceee. 20 50 Jas. G. Butler & Co.'s — vanysineslnaauasshieivebenias mete iiiuas Something Good. il RYE Deuble Pedta = Not .....-....... 50@53 rooce fee ..........-- oe BARLEY Wedding Cake, ae... ae No. 1 115 ‘Tobacco’ . ~--+.04 | Nig ot en 110 TOBACC co—Shorts, CORN Our Leader. a. eee Ce Pode ce 52 ininoceh--Simniioen. Car OT ge eee eee 50 Our Leader................. 16 OATS Meee a 17 : ict Plow Boy, 2 oz. = omit lota........ .-.... “ec ee ee Car ee . na... le HAY. VINEGAR, r 40 gr Q NO. Loe. ee eee eeee seer eveees 10 00 SOI 9 [NOB eee eee 9 00 PAPER & WOODENWARE | HIDES, PELTS and FURS PAPER, Perkins & Hess ; Curtiss & Co. quote as fol ee: 1 & Hess pay as fol ~ ted : ee 150 | HIDES. ‘ce "i ht Weight... on WEOGM ...... +... Ge 2 Sugar . 8 si ' Part Cured............ 6%Q 7 Hardwaee ay |Full“... see. T4@ 1% eee ee PO ee 6 @8 Hamers ............ oa mt os “ar Dry Goods............ ......6 | Sips,green ..... ..... @ 6% tite Marte 8 cured oe @ 1% Red Express a. ...... Gg Calfskins, § reen...... 5 @i ea eured...... 7 9 Deacon skins.. --.10 @av nce TWINES. i No. 2 hides % off. Cotton, No. epee PELTS. a 18 Shearlings.... 10 @x Sea Island, semana bee ee 40 Estimated wool, ‘per bw @2s No.5 Hemp . oe WOOL. NO. 6 ‘fo... eee eee eee eee ee re Washed. 0.0.11... 1.) Sogeee eee 8 Unwashed ... .. 10@20 WOODENWARE. Tubs, Not. on ee MISCELLANEOUS. Hef 7 oo | Tallow .... 28 &e “ oS pepaeonaaane 6 00 | Grease butter ........1 @2 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 50 | Switches .............. %@ 2 “© ’ No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 75 Ginseng ......... ....2 ge @ Clothespins, 5gr.boxes.... 55 an Bow, 11 oen.............. i 00 LUBRICATING OILS, _ 2 1% The Hogle Oil Co. quote as ea ae asa eel ae 2 0 | follows: e000 la: ai a Al A i A A a a~ tiv “ assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 Extr aWs as a“ 53 @58 . *« 158, 17s and 19s 2 7% No. t.. -—- Gal Baskets, Heoeet..... 8. . & * tae. 35 @40 bushel . 1 50 | Pure Neatsfoo’....... 52 @60 « “© with covers 1 90} Harness Oil........... 40 @50 . willow er ths, Noi 5 7%) W Va Summer... _... T%@i12 i No.2 6 2 ‘* Medium Winter. 8 @iz “r “ce “ce hes splint . “cc se “ce No. 35 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFEFS WHEAT. Wate ............. 90 ee. 92 All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test. FLOUR. Straight, in sacks ... 5 10 big “— Beccom .....- 5 30 Patent “ sacks... 6 19 . < berreie........ 6 av Graham “ sacks....... 42 Rye ° 3 50 15 Cold Test. 2 Ge —..l, ..10 @14 Old Reliable C ylinder @65 600 Mecca : @ Anti-monopoly ‘S ..35 @40 Corliss Engine Oil ... @40 Golden Machine Oi1..18 @25 Mower and Reaper Oi125 @30 Castor Machine Oil...25 @30 Boiled Linseed Oil ..63 @66 Michigan W W bone @10 Torpentine. .........- 46 @5l1 Napene................ @ Gaae Gasoline.... ncooce SES Castor Oil, Pure.....31 26@1 30 . Mineral ...30 @35 iy Distilled ..$1 10@1 25 REMEMBER THAT BUNOLA OPFEE. Is better and costs les: package coffees 100-CABINETS, 25 1-4. FOR S than most SALE BY ALL GRAND RAPIDS JOBBERS OYSTERS. rs B. The packing and distributing of FRESH OYSTERS among the trade in Michigan is one of the features of our business, and from September first to the May following, we are headquarters for these goods, and shall appreciate and promptly attend to all orders sent us, as heretofore, guaranteeing quality, measure THE PUTNAM CANDY CQO, 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. MAMMOTH CAVE. A Traveling Man’s Impressions of That Great Natural Wonder. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Eighty-five miles south of Louisville, on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, in Edmondson county, Ky., we find that} great natural wonder of the world, Mam- | moth Cave. Edmondson county is noted for its thousands of sink holes and many | eaverns, but all are but names compared with the Mammoth wonder. It has been a study for years past and will, no doubt, continue to be so for all time to come. We are first landed by our ’bus at the} Cave Hotel, which is a long, low, tavern- shaped building, and after donning a| suit adapted for the journey, consisting | of cap, close-fitting dress, walking stick | and a torch, and securing a guide, we are | ready for our trip of many miles under the earth. There are two routes, one ealled the long and the other the short route, and to travel each avenue separ- ately would cover about 150 miles. Our journey from the hotel is back through a lane toasmall piece of timber land, and there, amid tulip trees and wild grape vines and fringing ferns and mosses, and in anarrow ravine is the | entrance to this underground wonder. From above, a cascade leaps to the rocks | below and at once vanishes from our view, forming no running stream. The |} entrance to the cave is 118 feet below the summit of the bluff on which stands the | hotel. A winding flight of seventy steps leads around the cascade to an ante- chamber, at the end of which is a grated iron door, which is kept locked to keep out intruders. As we enter the cave, our torches are blown out by the reverse current of air in the cave from that in the outer world, but a few feet in we relight and have no further trouble in that respect. The temperature in the cave is about 50 deg. the year around. We soon find ourselves | in Audubon avenue, which is noted for | its numerous bats and we pass on into} the gothic arcade, which is an arched roof, supported by stalagmitic columns. We are informed that we are now directly under the hotel, and we resume our jour- ney to Annette Dome, where a cascade bursts from the wall but immediately disappears. Lake Purity is next before us and we pass on by anumber of pits and domes, beneath which yawns a great ehasm, into which our guide throws lighted oiled paper to show us its im- mense depth, which, later in our journey, | we cross on a bridge, in order to obtain a | better view, which shows us plainly the | wondrous work of water for ages. We next find ourselves in what is called the Fat Man’s Misery, which is a narrow path worn through the rock by water to adepth of thirty inches and but about eighteen inches wide, changing in direc- tion eight times in 105 yards and opens in the Great Relief, where we once more ean draw along breath. From here is also an opening called the Cork Screw, winding aloft 150 feet, which makes a landing but about 1,000 yards from the entrance, saving about three miles of travel. On next entering River Hall, we skirt a cliff sixty feet high, embracing the water called the Dead Sea, and, next descending, go to astill lower depth, where we come to a cascade said to be the reappearance of the waterfall spoken of at the entrance to the cave. We next pass the River Styx and Lake Lethe and | soon find ourselves at the greatest depth in the cave, on Echo River, which is twenty to 200 feet in width and three- quarters of a mile long, and contains the blind fish, which would never see light | except the light of the tourists’ lanterns, /hence nature has not gone into any un- | necessary work to provide them with the sense of sight. We are provided with boats for aride up the River Echo, which has alow, arched roof, at first, which compels us to all bend low to pass under, but soon rises to a height of thirty feet. The harbors on this river are few, and | great care must be exercised by our guide to give us sound footing. Echo River is rightly named, as it would re-echo our voices to perfection, and the sound of a paddle in the water re-echoed as the tinkling of silvery bells. Can you imag- ine anything so marvelous? Compare it | with Niagara, your lake coast or the sea |shore; with our Yellowstone Park or Thousand Islands—and here we have | them, all more than 180 feet under the earth. Riding up the River Echo by torch light, arched with walls glittering with coats of black gypsum and sulphate of magnesia and the re-echo of many voices of our party of boys and girls in song as ‘‘Rocked in the Cradle of the | Deep,’’ ‘‘Pull for the Shore,’’ forms too marvelous a picture for me to find words | to describe, and I will leave it for you to imagine and form your own conclusions. After eating of the lunch which has been carried for us, we leave this won- drous river, passing through Sillimon ; avenue and El Ghor and soon arrive at | Hebe Spring, where we climb a ladder to ;}an upper cavern, which epens into a vineyard named so from the globules formed on the walls by our lights, imi- | tating clusters of grapes. Next we pass | through Washington Hall, studded with semi-spherical masses of snowy gypsum resembling snow balls, and here again | we study the cut figures to be seen on the walls, which one in fancy can imagine almost any form of animal or vegetable before him, changing as his light is |moved to different points on the wall; and beyond us frowns the Rocky Hill | and Dismal Gorge and Croghan’s Hall, | at the end of the cone. W. M. Grpss. ee nel rae Honesty in the Dark. A Michigander who was down in Ken- |tucky on business a few days ago, put jup at a hotel which was very much | crowded, and found himself obliged to |}oecupy a room with a stranger, who | claimed to be from Wisconsin. The pair sat and conversed for a while to size each other up, and then each retired to his own bed. They might have left their money and watches with the landlord, | but each seemed to feel that the valu- | ables would be no safer down stairs than ‘up. After the light was turned out, | proper disposition was made of personal |property, and no doubt each man lay | awake for an hour or two to watch the ; other. Both awoke about the same time | in the morning, and, as they got up, the | Wisconsin man observed: | ‘Isn’t that your wallet there by the | washstand ?”’ | ‘Good lands, but it is! It must have | worked out from under the mattress! | What’s that under the foot of your bed?’’ | ‘Bless me, but it’s my $400 watch. I j;must have kicked round a good deal. | What’s that under the head of your bed?’’ | ‘Hang me, if it isn’t my watch! It /must have worked loose and dropped |through. Is that anything belonging to | you there on the floor?”’ | **f should remark! That’s my wallet!’ | Thus, despite all the precautions taken, | the property of each had been exposed to | the taking, and next night, as they tum- bled into bed, everything was left to hang with their clothing. LEMON & PETERS, IMPORTING AND Wholesale Grocers. SOLE AGENTS FOR McGinty’s Fine Cut Tobacco, Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, Acme Cheese--Herkimer Co., N. Y. Castor Oil Axle Grease. GRAND RAPIDS. Wall Paper and Window Shades. House and Store Shades Made tofOrder. NELSON BROS. & CO., 68 MONROE STREET. Putnam Gandy Go. Vimy les HEADQUARTERS FOR pw ate ORANGES, NUTS, ETC. LEMONS, rere BANANAS, Nuts, etc. Have Some Style About You! The dealer who has no printed letter heads on which to ask for circu- lars, catalogues and prices, and conduct his general correspondence with, suffers more every month for want of them than a five years’ supply would cost. 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. He may be ever so good for his purchases, may even offer to pay cash, but there is something so careless, shiftless and slovenly about his letter that it excites suspicion, because not in keeping with well recognized, good business principles. When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer or a jobber, it goes through a most searching examination as to charac- ter, means and credibility, half condemned to begin with. 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 eare, neatness and prosperity. oR koe Figs, Dates, Please write us for estimates. The Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH eager =~ a oo — = —~i- ~ eager =~ a oo = oe. —~ - THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. 15 THE OYSTER IS HERE. Thousands Welcome the Annual Ap- proach of the Bivalve. From the New York Tribune. The minds of all those millions of peo- ple the world over who live to eat are turning just now to the oyster beds of the Atlantic, for the Atlantic oysters furnish practically the supply of the world. The fat and juicy oyster of Long Island Sound goes abroad, thousands of barrels annually, and the shrunken pro- duct of the North Sea and the Baltic, as well as the oyster of the British Isles with its coppery taste, gives way before its destruetive competition. As for the people of the interior of America, the Atlantic is their sole dependence, and the business of shipping oysters to the West during the season has been enor- mous in former years, and is increasing at such a prodigious rate that some oys- ter planters in the East are beginning to dread the consequences of this drain upon the supply. The method of hand- ling and transporting oysters has greatly improved within afew years. Thanks to swift express trains, the people of Denver and the cities of the Rocky Moun- tain region can enjoy their oysters on the half-shell almost as fresh as the epicure on the seaboard. ‘‘At one time,’’ said Fish Commissioner Blackford, speaking of the methods of handling oysters for transportation to distant markets, ‘‘an arrangement was invented, made of wires, which enclosed the oyster, to be used in shipping oys- ters. The object was to force the oyster to keep his mouth shut and thus retain his juices. This was not found practi- eable, for oysters differed too much in size and conformation. Other schemes proved equally futile. The accepted commercial method of shipping them for asea voyage is to pack them carefully one by one ina barrel, with the deep shell down, so that they lie naturally as they do in their little sea beds. An ordi- nary fiour barrel will hold from 1,500 to 1,800. It is headed up tightly, rolled into a cool place in the ship and ‘let her Zo.’ ” ‘Will the oyster live long out water?”’? Mr. Blackford was asked. ‘*Many oystermen put their oysters in a cellar in the middle of December and leave them undisturbed until March. It is found that not over 10 per cent. of them die. Some oystermen contend that they get fatter during their stay in the of cellar. but this is only apparent; the oyster lives on its own juices in the meantime, and as these evaporate the flesh becomes more solid. I have even heard of people feeding oysters Indian meal to fatten them. That is all bosh; the oyster feeds only on diatones, a vege- table substance of microscopical propor- tions to which adheres a paste form of siliea.”’ ‘““How are oysters shipped to the West?”’ “The great bulk of the western trade is supplied by Baltimore. The inferior Chesapeake oyster is more suitable to the western market. Enormous quan- tities are sent out in bulk in an ordinary box ear, a great deal is sent west In bar- rels and there is a vast business done in oysters shucked and transported in tins and tubs. A westerner gets so accus- tomed to the flavor of tinned oysters or likes the taste of the wooded tub so well that as arule he prefers, when he visits this city, tinned or tubbed oysters to the splendid ones he ean get fresh from Long Island Sound, undoubtedly the finest in the world. Chicago is the largest con- sumer of tinned oysters — pints and quarts. Now tolarge hotels and sum- mer resorts that can be reached within forty-eight hours the method of sending oysters is as follows: They are opened carefully and placed in a tub or half barrel along with their own juice, a piece of ice is put down in the midst of them, the top of the barrel screwed tightly on and they are ready for their journey. Any one in a cottage within forty-eight hours’ journey can rely on getting fresh oysters in the shell in any desired quantity without any trouble, a} little ice being placed with them in warm | weather.”’ “Ts the business of exporting oysters from this city a large one ?”’ “It is growing steadily, though it is in the hands of only afew men. Formerly there was no profit in it, and much money was lost by having to sell on poor markets abroad, but now the American | exporters have beds on the English and Irish coasts, and if the London market is | not good on their arrival there, they put their oysters down again and_ hold them until the market rises. Amer- can oysters go to Norway, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Great Britain and a few to France. It is a great custom about the holidays for Englishmen in this city to send oysters home for presents to their families. The oyster used for export is about the size of an average Blue Point, and comes from Long Island Sound. They have recently begun the cultiva- tion of the finest oyster in the world on the Sound, what they call the mill-pond oyster. It is obtained in ponds where the tide ebbs and flows, causing brackish water of more or less density. There is a pond in Connecticut, the mouth of which is within fifteen feet of the Sound. By an arrangement of gates, the tide is eontrolled and just the proper density is given to the water. About 100 barrels of oysters a year are obtained from this pond. For a long time these went to Delmonico’s or high-class restaurants up town. Then a caterer in Chicago heard of the delicious flavor of the oysters from this pond, so he secured a monopoly of them all. He pays $24 a barrel for them, or four times the price of the best oys- ters obtained elsewhere. The pond is owned by a man in New Haven.”’ — > Iron Mountain—A. J. Rundle succeeds Rundle Bros. in the hardware business. [ Established 1780. | “LA BELLE CHOCOLATIERE.” W. BAKER & CO’S ReGisterED TRADE-MARE. No Chemicals are used in any of Walter Baker & Co.’s Chocolate and Cocoa Prep- arattions. These preparations have stood the test of public ap- proval for more than one hundred years, and are the acknowledged standard of purity and excellence. Taal oN toa SAMPLE SHEET" een BARLOW BROS.GRAND RAPIDS. MICH | TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect June 22, 1890. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave | Big Rapids & Saginaw... ....ccccecce 6:55 am Traverse City & Mackinaw......... 6:50am 7:25am | Traverse City & ror rag --- 95am 1:90am Traverse oe & Saginaw.. 2:15pm 4:10pm pececdeecncccccesceees 8:50pm 10:30pm Train heaton at 10:30 pm, runs ane. Sunday in- eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. GOING SOUTH. Mackinaw Cit: | | Caetarins! MepeGeh, ooo... cc cctcccces 6:00 am 6:30am Fort Wayne & Chicago............ 10:15am 10:25 a m Cincinnati Express... ....o0cccsece 5:40 pm 6:00 p m Ser eee & Cereeeo.. we 10:50 pm = 11:30pm From Big Rapids & Saginaw...... 11:50 am Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. runs daily, Sundays included. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7:25 a. m. and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and parlor cars to Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 11:30am train parlor chair cars to Mackinaw City. South—6:30am train has parlor chair car and 6p. m. train sleeping ear for Cincinnati; 11:30 p m train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago via. Kalamazoo. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 3:45pm 8:45 pm i at depot 7 minutes later. Through tickets and full information can be had by ealling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEsT. Arrives. Leaves. Siormine: Ierprees, oo 12:50 p m 1:00 pm VePOUME MRR 66 ccwence - 6:15 pm +Grand Rapids —- 10:30 pm sameue tia Ccocooae ° 8:45am PG. oc eeccccwcciccenresc ens 7:30am GOING EAST. tDetroit eee et Se sla Oe 6: 245 am 6:50am 10:20am 3:45 pm 10:55 p m ‘Daily, Sundays excepted. Detroit Express leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor and buffet car attached, and Evening Express leaving sDaaly y. 3:45 pm has parlor car attached. These trains make direct connection in Detroit for all points East. Express leaving at 10:55 p m has been sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20a Steamboat Express makes direct cao a Gand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee. tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. JA8. 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. J. PaisLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent ~ & WEST MICHIGAN. DEPART. Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lud- ington, Manistee & Traverse City.. *7:30 a m Express for Chicago and Muskegon.. t9:00 a m Past Mail for Chi¢ago. ..... ... ..... +1:00 p m Express for Muskegon and Hart...... #5:45 p m Night Express for Chicago.......... #11:35 p m Night Express for Indianapolis ..... q11:35 p m Mail for Big Rapids, Manistee and Traverse City 15:05 p m Ex. for Grand Haven & Muskegon... +8:40 p m ARRIVE. Night Express from Chicago ......... *§:30 a m Night Express from Indianapolis .... oo 2 Ex. from Muskegon, Hart & Pentw aterti0:45 a m Express from Big Rapids, Baldwin and Traverse City Bee a +12:35 p m Mail from Chicago and Muskegon .. +3:55 pm Express from Grand Haven..... ..... 15:50 p m Fast Express from Chicago. .......... +10:15 p m Ex. from Muskegon and Pentwater..t 5:50 p m Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse City. +4:50 p m Express from Traverse City....... «se Shh soo Pp *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Daily except Saturday. {Daily except Monday. Through chair car for Chicago on 9:00 a m train; no extra charge for seats. Trains leaving Grand Rapids at 1:00 p m and 11:35 p m run so to Chicago solid. Through sleeping ears between Grand Rapids and Chicago on night express trains. Through combination sleeping and chair car between Grand Rapids and Indianapolis on night express trains. Through sleeper between Chicago and Tray- erse City; leaves Chicago 4:40 pm, except Sun- day; Grand Rapids, 11:30 pm; arrives in Trav- erse City at6am. Leaves Traverse City at 6:15 pm, except Saturday; arrives in Grand Rapids at 11:30 pm; Chicago 7:05 am. Rail and water route between Grand Rapids and Chicago via St. Joseph and Graham & Mor- ton’s new palace steamers, City of Chicago and Puritan. Leave Grand Rapids 1:00 p m, arrive in Chi- cago 8:30pm. Leave Chicago 9:00 p m, arrive Grand Rapids 6:30am. The5:05 pm train has through parlor car from Detroit to Manistee. eee LANSING & NORTHERN. DEPART. Express for Saginaw and Bay City.... +6:55 a m Mail for Lansing, Detroit and East... +7:25 a m Express for Lansing, Detroit and Ez ust +1:00 pm Mail for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw +4:10 p m Fast Ex. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 p m ARRIVE. Mail from Saginaw and Bay City. ...11:50 a m Mail from Lansing, Detroit and East.t1% am Fast Express from Lansing and East. *5:(5 p m Express from Lansing and Detroit... +9:50 p m Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Almati0:50 pm *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. The shortest line to Detroit and the East. parlor cars between Detroit and Grand Rapid GRAND RAPIDS AND REED’S LAKE TIME. TABLE. Daily trains leave Union depot at 9, 10. 11a m, 1, 2, 3, 4,'5, 6.7.8,9,10 pm. Sundays only—1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5, 5:30 p m. Daily trains leave Reed’s Lake (Alger Park) at 9:30, 10:30. 11:30 a m, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 p m. sunday ‘frains—2, 3, 4, 5,5: 30, 6pm. For tickets and informati WM. A. GAVETT, ‘lao Gen. Pass. Agt. "teeing MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’’ DEPART. ARRIVE Detroit Express es ecee de ceeauien 7:20am 10:00pm Ms oe cece et cence sey 6:30am 5:00pm oe Sree 11:55am 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific RU PTene.....o...4- 11:15pm 6:00am | Wow Tore Brgress............ 1.2... 5:40pm 1:22pm | * ” aily. 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 Rapid Express to and from Detroit. FRED M. Briaas, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. G. 8S. Hawkrns, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rueeues,G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS —OR— | PAMPHLETS. | Leave Arrive. | : - 10:10am | For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, 44 CANAL 87, Grand Rapids - Mich. BEFORE BUYING GRATES ret Circular and Testimonials. Sent ae Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artist ic 8. ¢ BALDINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPID, WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ghicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. DRINK LION COFFEE A True Combination of MOCHA, VA and RIO. eal Card Given With every pound package. For Sale everywhere. Woolson i Co., Toledo, 0. StcPeotypers s sic Not wane Engray ix bey ns ae Sue BRASS RULE io) Ean) Mh rant eet rt UAT a See serene THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 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 Wehle L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros. Allegan—Chas, Spear Allendale—Henry Dolman. Almira—J. J. Gray. Almont—Colerick & Martin. Armada—C. J. Cudworth. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Banfield—Andrew Brezee. Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co. Belding—Lightstone Bros., Weter & Wise. Belleyvue—John Evans. Big Rapids—A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson. Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Bowen’s Mills—Chas, W. Armstrong. Brice—J. B. Gardner. Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son. Caldwell—c. L. Moses. Capac—H. C. Sigel. (Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish. Charlotte — John J. Richardson, Daron & Smith, F. H. Goodby. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co. Clam River—Andrew Anderson. Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin. Dansville—Levi Geer. Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. Dowling—Rice & Webster. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. Fenwick—Thompson Bros., 8. H. Rinker. Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & Son, Bar- ney Granite and Marble Works. Forester—E. Smith. Freeport—C. V. Riegler. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Haven—Braudry & Co. Grand Junction—Adam Crouse. | Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wilzinski, | Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Donnally & Jones, | Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas. Pettersch, | Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey- stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg. Hart—Rhodes & Leonard, W. Weidman, Mrs. E. Covel. Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C. E. Pelton. Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan. Hudson—Henry C. Hall. Imlay City—Cohn Bros., H. A. R. Wyckoff, E. E. Palmer. Ionia—H. Silver. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison (mill only). Jones—R. C. Sloan. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. Kingsley—Stinson & Linton. Lacey—Wm. Thompson. Laingsburg—D. Lebar. Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis. — C. Thompson, Andrey All & ro. Langston—F D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H Jennings. Ludington—Wm. Huysett. McBain—Sam. B. Ardis. Mancelona—J. L. Farnham. Manton—Mrs. E. Liddle. Maple City—A. & O. Brow. Marshall—W. E. Bosley,S. V. R. Lepper & Son. Mason—Marcus Gregory. Mecosta—J. Netzorg. Mecosta—Robert D. Parks. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt- lett, James Gauntlett, Jr. Millbrook—Bendelson. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. Minden City—I. Springer & Co. Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman. Morley—Henry Strope. Mt. Morris—F. H. Cowles. Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. Nashville—H. M. Lee. Nottawa—Dudiey Cutler. a J. Pence. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Onondaga—John Sillik. Orange—Tew & Son. Orono—C. A. Warren. Pearle—Geo. H. Smith. Remus—C. V. Hane. Richmond—A. W. Reed. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. — Lake—Frank E. Shattuck, T. J. Blanch- ard. Sebewa—John Bradle Shelbyville—Samuel Sheridan—M. Gray. Shultz—Fred Otis. Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bilz. Springport—Wellington & Hammond, Elmer Peters. Traverse City—John Wilhelm, S. C. Darrow, D. D. Paine. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. » C¢ Breckenridge. White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Hayerkate, Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White. Woodbury—Chas. Lapo. Williamston—Thos, Horton. Woodland—Carpenter & Son. Yankee Springs—T. Thurston. ——»2-2 The Shortage in the Rubber Crop. From the India Rubber World. The whole world has heard this year of the shortage of the Brazilian rubber crop, no doubt with the impression that the falling off has been phenomenal. Such, however, has not been the case. Our advices from Para show that the re- ceipts of rubber there for the year ended with June were 33,682,000 pounds—a fig- ure only once exceeded in a single year, which was 1888-89. The average export of rubber from Para for six years previ- Wolcott. A.) Johnson, from wild coffee plants. has begun to lead the worldin the manu- ous was a little over 30,000,000 pounds annually. The last year has shown a shortage only in comparison with the yield of a phenomenal season. The most striking fact in this connection is the in- crease in the demand for rubber. The Para yield has grown steadily from about 24,000,000 pounds, in 1884, and because the annual ratio of increase was not maintained in the year just closed the price of the commodity has nearly dou- bled in the world’s markets. It is evident that the business of rub- ber gathering is not keeping pace with the progress of the world’s manufactur- ing industries. Rubber manufacturers have become a necessity to millions of people, and the lazy, primitive methods of gathering the gum must give way speedily to the invasion of the South American forests under more intelligent auspices. Next must follow soon the culture of rubber. Before many decades manufacturers will no more think of depending wholly upon native supplies of rubber than the coffee merchants would think of getting their orders filled Since the U. S. facture of rubber, it would only be a fit- ting thing for some of her capitalists to undertake the development of the supply | of crude gum. <>< California Dried Grapes. From the San Francisco Bulletin. California grape-growers are gener- ally in a happy frame of mind. Present indications point to a large yield. That, in itself considered, is not necessarily an encouraging fact. But when there added to it a good demand for table grapes, both for local consumption and overland shipment, a good demand from raisin and wine makers for the varieties suited to their branches of the trade, and a good demand for drying purposes, the outlook is full of promise and _ profit. Shipments overland of table grapes have commenced in earnest, and large con- signments are daily going forward. These are bringing good prices in the eastern markets. Grapes carry well on the cars and arrive out in good condition as a rule. The first box of what promises to be the largest raisin pack ever known on the coast has already come to hand from Fresno. The pack this year is estimated as high as 1,500,000 boxes, but this is probably an over-es- timate as usual. But should the rains hold off, an effort will be made to reach that quantity. The wine yield of the state has been figured out at 18,000,000 gallons, of which 1,000,000 gallons will go into brandy. A comparatively new element of demand is expected this year. For some years more or less grapes have been dried. It was not until last year that the quantity of dried grapes in this state attracted more than passing atten- tion. Some lots were exported to Europe and the Atlantic states with favorable results. The encouragement received along this line will determine others to embark in this branch of trade, while those who were in the trade last year will increase their output. is (Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.) CONTRACTORS FOR Galuanized Iron Gornise, Plumbing & Heating Work, Dealers in Pipes, Etc., Mantels and Grates. Weatherly & Pulte, GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH, Pumps, 8S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN. S. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. "t03Ba Vr The “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a competitor against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, because it is equal to any 10c cigar on the market. An appliance to prevent Ladies’ and Misses’ Rubbers from slipping off from the shoe. The neatest and best device ever invented for the purpose. Do not fail to try the men’s Lycoming, Pa., Stocking Rubber. It is the King of all Stocking Rubbers made. Both only manufactured by the Lycom- ing Rubber Co. For sale by G. H. REEDER, Grand Rapids. Rindge, Bertsch & C0. As it nears the time for school to start, we would call the attention of the trade to We make our Also Mundell’s lines in grain with heels, and our line of school shoes. own factory line, dandies for wear. in goat and dongola in heel and spring heel, turn and M. S., at popular prices. We solicit your fall order for Boston and Bay State Rubber Goods, and guar- antee prices and terms as low as any house selling the same brand. 12, 14 and 16 PEARL ST., Grand Rapids, Mich. CHILDREN El. Puritano Cigar. The Finest 10 Gent Cigar EARTH MANUFACTURED BY DILWORTH BROTHERS, PITTSBURGH. TRADE SUPPLIED BY I. M. CLARK & SON, =. Grand Rapids. = BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO., Bay City. Detroit. WM.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manufacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.