Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

VOL. 8.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1890.

NO. BTA

 

ENGRAVING

It pays to illustrate your business.
Cuts of Business
Machinery, etc.,
graphs,

THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Portraits,
locks, Hotels, Factories,
made to order from photo-

 

 

Playing Gards

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel Lynch,

19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

BEACH’S
New York (offee Rooms.

61 Pearl Street.

Five Cents Each for all dishes served
from bill of fare.

Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All Kinds of
Order Cooking a Specialty.

FRANK M. BEAOH, Prop.

Grand Rapids Fire Insarance Co.

CASH CAPITAL -

 

 

$200,000.00

 

Fair Rates.

Prompt Settlements.

Call on our agent in your town.

JULIUS HOUSEMAN, President.
S. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary.

 

ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH.

Allen Durfee & Co.,

FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

 

ESTABLISHED 1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R.G. Dun & Co.

Reference Books issued seo Collections
attended to throughout United States
and Canada,

PATTERN
MAKING!
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Drawing Made to Order.

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sal and Clover Seed

Parties having beans or clover seed
for sale will find a purchaser, if samples
and prices are right.

We also want
Potatoes and Onions
In car lots.

We pay highest market price and are

always in the market.

W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO,

128, 130 and 132 West Bridge St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, ~ MICH.

 

W. C, WILLIAMS, A. SHELEY.

A. 8. BROOKS.

WILLIAMS,
SHELBY
& BROOKS

Successors to

FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,

AT THE OLD STAND.
Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit.

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.
20 LYON ST., - GRAND RAPIDS.

OYSTERS

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2 ib Cans (usual weight), = = per doz.

Seek. Cider, Pure, 15¢ per yond
Pure Cider Vinegar, 10c nik
Choice Dairy Butter, 16c.
Fresh Eggs, 20c.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

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A FRONTIER STORE.

 

True Story of the Indian Massacre in
Minnesota.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

It was a warm and bright day in Au-
gust, 1862, that Carl Magnussen, on leay-
ing his house to go to his store only a
few steps away, noticed several persons
in the road coming frem the North on
foot toward his place of business. He
could not at that distance away dis-
tinguish who they were, but guessed
they were Indians. He stood watching
them for several minutes as their seem-
ing haste was quite unusual. As they
came nearer, he noticed that they looked
about over the prairie rather excitedly
and, with a seriousness which was al-
most alarming, they came up and warm-
ly shook hands. Magnussen was inti-
mately acquainted with them all and he
knew them as his best friends among
the natives. He noticed—what was very
unusual—that they were unarmed.

‘‘How, how!’ was their friendly greet-
ing as they clasped his hand.

‘‘White man well,’? was his reply, as
he straightened himself to his full height
and with his left hand struck himself
several times on the breast, to show
them he was sound at heart. “How
Beaver, how Shoojohn, how all?”’ and he
glanced at the five stalwart forms before
him. ‘*‘Where guns?’’ he continued, as

his look of surprise went from one to the
other.

Instead of replying, one of them led
him into the store, the rest following;
then looking hurriedly over the room and
seeing no one else present except one of
the younger Magnussens, the Indian
turned to him and said, while with one
hand he pointed to the North, ‘‘Bad
Injin there. Injin heap mad. He all
come bimeby down here.. Kill all white
man; all white squaw, all papoose.
Mebby kill all Magnussen.’’

‘I do not understand,’’ said the mer-
chant. ‘What has white man done?
What has Magnussen done?’’

“Injin can’t talk now. Notime much.
Bad Injin mebby come next night—
mebby next sunrise—can’t tell. Youand
boy—and he touched him with one finger
—make iron cloth [sheet iron] over win-
dow, make ’em all tight, lead him squaws
all in store, never mind house, put horse,
put cow under store; Injin can’t shoot
through;’”’? and he affectionately patted
the wall with one hand. ‘‘Won’t burn.
Magnussen make little hole, put gun out
—shoot bad Injin—heap more come—
shoot more—bimeby all go way—dead
ones stay on prairie. No time much,
can’t go St. Peter now. Injin must go
other way;” and he pointed to the West
instead of the North. ‘‘Me, Shoojohn,
Beaver, Fastwind, all be killed if go
back now. Good-bye. Fix allup tight
timé sun go down;’’ and, with a word to
his stoical companions, they moved to-

ward the door.

‘“‘Stop!”? said Magnussen. ‘‘Chief has
no gun, no meat, no bread. Wait! and
sending his son to the house for a few
loaves of bread he rolled up a large piece

of dried beef and a quantity of bacon for
them.

 

While waiting uneasily for the food,
the Indians were talking rapidly with
each other, one of them occasionally go-
ing outside to get a view of the country
round about. As the food was placed in
their hands, the spokesman of the party
again addressed Mr. M.: “You good
man toInjin. All we good to Magnus-
sen. We stay help shoot bad Injin,”’ and
he touched himself with one hand while
with the other he singled out two of his
companions and pushed them aside, then
motioned the other two to be gone.

“Wait! Wait a minute,’’ said Mr. M.,
hastily, at this unexpected denoument,
and taking his boys aside—for the second
one had now entered—he asked if they
ought to accept the proffered aid.

‘‘We dare not,’”’ said both the boys in a
half whisper’ ‘‘If the Indians are really
rising in a body we must not trust even
our friends among them. There may be
treachery after all, for they come without
arms possibly on purpose. No, they
must not stay. Some of our neighbors
are home from camp since enlisting in
the army and they must come in with us
and hold this as our fortress.

**As you say,’’ replied the father, and
he again took the hand of the savage in
his and, looking him squarely in the face,
said: “Chief Charley and all’’—and he
waived his hand over the other four—
‘“‘must not stay. Magnussen like ’em all
—mebby get hurt—must go. We put up
iron paper, no bullet come in—all good;”
and, motioning to his sons, they brought
two shotguns with a quantity of ammu-
nition, which he placed in the hands of
the chief, as he did so saying, ‘‘Mebby
want’em. Me wantnopay. Take’em.
If hungry, shoot rabbit. If bad Injin
come, shoot him;’’ and, with a last hand
shake, the five walked rapidly westward
some two miles and were lost sight of in
a valley beyond.

Carl Magnussen was the proprietor of
a small one-story brick store a little
northwest of St. Peter, Minnesota. He
carried a general stock, such as the set-
tlers of a new country on the confines of
civilization most required, and it included
many of the heavier goods, such as
stoves, guns, agricultural implements,
ete. His was the only store within many
miles in any direction. It was built of
brick, simply because it was not only
warmer, but cheaper, also, than any
other material at hand at the time. <A
neat frame cottage about 400 feet from
the store, arranged more for convenience
and warmth than for beauty, was the
home of the family, which consisted of

 

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himself and wife, one daughter of eigh-
teen years and two sons, respectively
twenty and sixteen years of age. They
were all Scandinavians by birth, except
one bey, but were now all well educated,
thoroughly Americanized, and intensely
loyal to the land of their adoption. Mag-
nussen’s store stood upon the southwest
corner of 160 acres of land owned by
himself and in the angle where two
wagon roads—one a _ sectional line—
erossed the other. As before stated, it
was built of brick’ and placed upona
solid wall of stone for its foundation,
with a cellar or basement ten feet deep,
beneath the entire building, which was
18x46 feet. On the North end, was a
large_and “easy entrance to this cellar,
whose floor was dry the year round. The
roof was flat and was covered with tin
and painted, as shingles were hardly ob-
tainable at the time, and as extensive
prairie fires were frequent in that new
region, Mr. Magnussen thoughtfully con-
eluded to have one building as nearly
fire proof as possible, in case it became
necessary for the protection of his own
and his neighbors’ families.

The Magnussen family had been on the
most friendly terms with the Indians in
this region for years. The red men were
remnants of the Sioux and Pottawotamie
tribes, at that time on large reservations
of theirown. They were the wards of
the nation and were paid their annuities
about the first of May in each year.
Nearly all the merchants throughout the
region near the boundaries of the reser-
vations gave the Indians with whom they
were acquainted more or less credit in
small sums, which was usually settled in
some manner two or three times a year.
Wild game and furs of various kinds
were taken in pay for goods and sent east-
ward for a market. Carl Magnussen had
not a known enemy among the Indians,
but he had very many good friends, who
he felt confident would, if necessary,
fight in his behalf. The entire family of
Magnussens were actuated by a high
sense of honor in dealing with these say-
ages; treating them as they would chil-
dren, never taking the least advantage
nor charging them a penny more than
they did their best white customers. It
was not unusual for Mr. M. to make some
of them small presents, and that they
were appreciated was shown by the many
attempts to return the favors. If ducks
or deer were plenty, the Magnussen
larder contained a supply, and no Indian
was ever allowed to go from their door
without food, if it were known he was
hungry. It was by no means un-
usual to see Mr. M. hand a paper of
smoking tobacco and a clay pipe to half
a dozen Indians about to leave for home
on a cold winter day, and for fear astorm
might force them to camp over night, he
would add a bag of crackers, some dry
fish and a few ounces of ground coffee,
that they might have some of their favor-
ite beverage, if not too lazy to build a
fire by the wayside.

The sun was just setting on that brignt
summer day mentioned in the opening of
this narrative. To hundreds of happy
people in that new region it was setting
for the last time. The stillness in the
sparsely settled country seemed but the
presage of the coming storm. Nature
was robed in her richest dress. Some of

the harvest had been gathered. Some of
the grass had been cut and cured, but
much more was yet ready for the scythe.
-The scattered families in the neighbor-

 

hood of Magnussen’s store had been
warned by him that trouble with the dis-
satisfied Indians was impending and sev-
eral of them at once sought protection in
this only possible place of safety near
them. A few could not be made to
believe there was personal danger and
refused to abandon home, stock and
crops to the mercy of the savages. The
little store was at this hour a fortress in
earnest, and thirty-four men, women and
children were within the building. The
front windows of the store, unlike those
of to-day, were comparatively small, and
heavy wooden shutters closed over them
at night. They were now closed and
securely fastened, the outside well cov-
ered with heavy sheet iron, except small
openings at the top to admit light and
air. A span of horses and one cow had
been led into the basement and supplied
with food for a siege. Among those who
were therein assembled were five ‘‘boys
in blue,’”’ to participate in their first bat-
tle with a more relentless and demoniac
foe than they ever expected to meet.
They were justin from acamp of raw
recruits for the army, to take a farewell
vacation with families and friends. All
had been actively busy during the after-
noon and the appearance of the store was
suggestive of a camp of immigrants.
Two cook stoves had been set up and
quantities of provisions and water
brought into the basement. Loopholes
had been made in different parts of the
building, many of them close beneath the
roof, that the Indians might be kept
away from close contact with the build-
ing, if possible. As darkness began to
settle over the land, the distant horizon
to the North and Northeast was lighted
up here and there, as if from the burning
of the tall, dry grass. This light also
served to reveal any moving objects on
the land at long distances away. Shortly
after dark, Indians were seen moving
rapidly but cautiously toward the store.
As they came nearer—stopping occasion-
ally to take a view of the premises—it
was noticed that they had no guns and
one or two carried a white cloth fastened
to a short stick, occasionally held aloft
and moved back and forth. Now and
then they stood apart from each other
and raised their hands, as if endeavoring
to attract closer attention. As no answer-
ing signals were made in return, they
seemed careful to keep out of the range
of shots from the store, but were not as
particular regarding the house. While
one of them watched the store building,
the others — three in number—began
rounding up the horses, cattle, sheep and
pigs belonging to Magnussen, which
were standing or lying scattered about
on the open prairie, and drove them off
toward the Southwest. It was impos-
sible to account for their strange actions,
particularly as they offered no violence
to any of the outbuildings or the house,
which latter building they could have
set on fire had they desired, under the
eover of darkness. None of the grass
round about was fired by them, as was
expected, and the increasing darkness
prevented any of the little garrison recog-
nizing whether they were friends or foes.
They departed with all the haste which
the stock could be forced to make.
{CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. ]

Howard City—Barr Bros. have leased
the building formerly used as a creamery
and organized the Barr Cabinet Co., to
engage in the manufacture of fancy
brackets, ottomans, stands, etc.

HOGLE OT CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Oils
and Makers of Fine Lubiicants.

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. WORKS—OnC & W. M. and G. R. & I. R.R.,one
Telephone No. 319. | mile north of Junction. Telephone No. 611-3R

The largest and most complete oil line in Michigan. Jobbers of all kinds of
Cylinder Oils, Engine Oils, W. Va. Oils, Lard Oils, Neatsfoot Oils, Harness Oil,
Signal Oil, Axle Grease, Boiler Purger, Kerosene Oils, Naptha, Turpentine, Lin-
seed Oils, Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle Oils, Machinery Grease, Cotton Waste
Ete. See Quotations.

 

ESTABLISHED NEARLY 30 YEARS.

Michael Kolb & Son.,

ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE

Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers,

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

 

Instead of closing out our entire line
of winter goods to one or two large mer-
chants, we give every retailer an oppor-
tunity tosecure great bargains in Chevoit,
Kersey. Melton, Chinchilla and other
material Overcoats, Ulsters, Pea Jackets
and Vests. Also elegant Chevoit, Cassi-
mere, Faney Worsted and other suits in
Cut-Away Wretks, Single and Double-
Breasted Sacks, Prince Albert Coats and
Vests and a few bargains in Pants.

Our representative, WILLIAM
CONNOR, will be at Sweet’s Hotel,
Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday and
Friday next, Nov. 13 and 14. Call and

inspect these bargains. No better make

 

 

or fitting in the market. Expenses allowed,
Any Merchant writing at any time to WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall,
Mich., where he resides, wishing him to call upon them, he will gladly do so, and

if he does not have what the merchant requires, there will be no harm done.

 

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.

 

 

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THE MICHIGAN

    

TRADESMAN. 3

 

A CarnivaloDuring Fair Week.

E. B. Dikeman makes a good sugges-
tion in connection with the next annual
fair, which the merchants of Monroe and
Canal streets would do well to consider.
He proposes that a carnival be held on
the Wednesday evening of fair week,
during which time the two streets be il-
luminated as Canal street was on the oc-
easion of the christening of the new
pavement; that trade displays on vans

. and wagons be made for an hour, after

which a thousand maskers be given the
right of way. Such an entertainment
would be new to most of the strangers
who visit Grand Rapids on the occasion
of a fair and would add largely to the
pleasure of the exhibition. The cost
would probably not exceed $1,000, as the
expense of the Canal street ‘‘blow-out’’
was only $310, and the expenditure
would give the city one of the best ad-
vertisements she ever had. Mr. Dikeman
is satisfied that all the manufacturers
and jobbers would gladly avail them-
selves of an opportunity to advertise
their lines before so large a crowd and
the retail dealers on the two streets
would jump at a chance to contribute to
a common fund to supply the necessary
illumination.

In this connection, it may be stated
that a movement is on foot among the
directors of the West Michigan Fair As-
sociation to secure a lease of the Com-
stock property, float bonds to a sufficient
amount to erect the necessary buildings
and resume the holding of the fairs for
which this society has acquired a well-
merited reputation. The gentlemen who
are identified in this movement assert
that the sentiment against the site se-
lected by the directors of the Kent county

 

society is so strong as to warrant them in
taking this step. A meeting in further-
ance of this project is to be held in this
city to-dry.
>_>.
Some Reasons Why Merchants Should
Take ‘‘The Tradesman.”

Every retail merchant should take THE
TRADESMAN because it is his organ and
is devoted especially to his interest.

It watches the markets in his interest
and informs him of those matters which
are to his personal advantage.

It gives timely warning of contemplated
changes in prices, to the end that full
stocks may be purchased when an ad-
vance is imminent, and small purchases
made when a decline is likely to occur.

It is the uncompromising foe of trusts,
pools and combinations and is always
alert to devise methods to controvert the
influence of the bloodsuckers of trade.

Its reading matter pertains almost ex-
clusively to mercantile affairs, making
the paper of more value to him than any
other journal.

It contains more strictly original mat-
ter than any other paper of its class.

Every wholesale merchant should take
Tur TRADESMAN because it gives him
especial information regarding the move-
ments, the changes and new establish-
ments of the retailers throughout this
territory.

wee a
Cheaper to Borrow.
Mrs. Bingo—I want to get some pie

plates.
Salesman—Yes, ma’am. How will
these do? Ijust sold half a dozen to

your next door neighbor.
Mrs. Bingo—If that’s the case, I guess
I won’t need any.

 

BANKRUPT SALE

Of Sporting Goods.

Having bought

the entire stock of

Spalding & Co., 100 Monroe St., of the
assignee, it must be sold out at once at way

below wholesale prices.

this opportunity.

Avail yourselves of

Cc. B. JUDD.

 

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CoO.,

12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

We ask the trade to examine our line of Lumbermen’s Socks.

All the staple

kinds, men’s and boys’, at popular prices; also the best line of Felt Boots made, in

prices from $9 to $14.
foxed and plain, turns and M. 8.

+

We can show you a fine line of Beaver Shoes and Slippers,
Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Company.

 

 

F F [) S WwW... H.MOREHOUSE &CO
GRAIN, CLOVER and TIMOTHY

Hungarian, W hite Clover, Red Top,
Millet, Alfalfa or Lucerne, ‘ Blue Grass,

Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, POPCORN, ete.
CHOICE CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEEDS
a specialty.

Orders for purchase or sale of Seeds for future delivery

A ee ey De gy pene solicited.
arehouses—¢ 27 Erie St.
Office—46 Produce ‘alas TOLEDO, OHIO.

BESTER & FOx,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., U. S. A. &-

MANUFACTURERS OF

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STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. tiie
Saat sty Engi d Boilers in Stock Bem :
se wy - “ior lenmediale delieary. ock Bekins

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Workinp Machinery,
Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.,. GRAND RAPIDS, MICK

WANTED!

Potatoes and Onions
Car Lots.

GRAND RAPIDS FRUIT AND PRODUCE CO.,

GRAND RAPIDs.

WM. H. THOMPSON & CO.,

WHOLESALE

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

SPECIALTY

POTATOES!

No. 166 South, Water St., Chicago. Fair cash advances made on consignments,

Write for Prices.

in

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.

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 RAPIDE

c ww. RATE & CO.

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Foreign and Domestic Fruits.

9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Headquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoes

WE HANDLE MICHIGAN POTATOES IN CAR LOTS.

ALFRED J. BROW WR,

SEEDSMAN AND

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Fruit Commission Merchant.
We are direct receivers of CALIFORNIA and FLORIDA ORANGES and are headquarters
for BANANAS all the yearround. The leading features in our line just now are

Cranberries, Grapes, California Frait, Bananas, Oranges, Etc, tc.

Parties having Clover Seed and Beans to offer please mail samples and we will endeavor to
make you a satisfactory price.

 

 

 

 

THE ALFRED BROWN SEED STORE, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

  

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE,

AROUND THE STATE.
Rockford—Grummett & Stevens

opened a meat market.
Sturgis—Dale & Gephart succeed C. E.
Tracy in the meat business.

have

Sturgis—S. G. Newman has sold his
grocery stock to J. C. Keim.
Adrian—Geo. A. Young has sold his
grocery stock to Jas. Metcalf.
Sturgis—M. D. Crandall has sold his
grocery stock to C. H. Beecher.
Lowell—A. B. Johnson has sold his

grocery stock to Frank B. Clark.
Dundee—Geo. W. Barton succeeds Col-
lins & Wright in the meat business.
Millington—Thos. M. Maisey has re-
moved his bakery business to Gladwin.
Bellevue—I. D. Brackett has sold his
clothing and grocery stock to John
Evans.

High Bridge—Geo. H. DeBois has ar-}

ranged to open a grocery
near future.

Union City—Mrs. N. Vosburgh suc-
ceeds Mrs. G. W. Carpenter in the mil-
linery business.

Eldridge—Julia E. Tennant has opened
a grocery store at the former stand of
Jesse M. Tennant.

Muskegon — Boyce Bros. have sold
their meat market on Pine street to E. H.
Norton, late of Shelby.

Petoskey—Bower & Barber have pur-
chased the L. J. Fasquelle drug stock of
JohnJ . Dodds, the mortgagee.

Pierson—C. E. Coburn has moved his
grocery stock into his new store build-
ing, 20 x 52 feet in dimensions.

Wayland—E. H. Morse is manager of

Dr. A. Hanlon, of Middleville.

Saginaw—R. M. Rob-ns has sold his| 7, B. Townsend, who recently purchased

store in the!

| has sold its

| pany will operate the mill during the)

|run with business in their custom

stock of his Lansing and Owosso stores,
and will continue the business at the old
stand in this city.

Woodiand—H. C. Carpenter is arrang-
ing to build a two-story brick block early
inthe spring. Of the four stores in the
block, H. C. Carpenter & Son will occupy
two with their hardware, C. C. Deane one
with his clothing stock and Sek Aspin-
wall one with his cigar and confectionery
stock.

Martin—The P. of I. Stock Co. has
been organized by three or four business
men and about 100 farmers. with a capi-
tal stock of $5,000, of which $3,500 is
paidin. Wm. H. Hooper is President,
N. A. Campbell, Vice-President, and C.
C. Murray Secretary and Treasurer. The
company will carry a general line and
sell goods on 10 per cent.

 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
Lake Brewster—Chas. E. Brewster is
rebuilding his sawmill, recently destroyed

by fire, and expects to start up again by

ESTABLISHED

Dec. 1.

Saginaw—Brown & Ryan will put in
10,000,000 feet of pine, hemlock and
hardwood logs this winter, which will
be manufactured here.

Alpena—The Morse Manufacturing Co.

the Alpena Water Co. The Morse com-

season of 1891. The consideration was
$29,000.

Aarwood—A. Newell & Son are over-
saw

{and planing mill and are looking up a
| larger power, contempjating putting in

an addition of a forty-horse-power engine
the new drug store recently opened by)

grocery stock to Charles Robins—not C. |
i

R. Tobias. as previously stated.
Plainwell—J. A. Sidle has

and boiler.

Ionia—J. E. Just, ©. J. Rumsey and

the plant of the defunct Capital Wagon |

| Works, at Lansing, are negotiating with

sold his}

grocery stock to Burt Granger, who will |

continue the business at the same loca-
tion.

Belding—J. B. Vincent has sold his
dry goods and grocery stock to Willis D.
Sinclair, who will close out the dry
goods.

Cassopolis—H. J. Webb has sold his

| one place or the other.

the business men of this city and Belding,
with a view to removing the factory to
It is proposed to
organize a stock conipany, with a capital
of $100,000, $30,000 of which the present

| owners of the plant will take for their

| interest.
| subject, and lively bidding for the enter-
| prise is anticipated.
drug stock to his clerk, O. E. Wood, who} ot

will continue the business at the old!

location.

| 1 A Woodard, Ashland

Muskegon—The Viaduct Drug Store|
has been opened at the corner of Wash- |
ington avenue and Beidler street under |

the management of Garrett Van Arkel.
Palo—C. B. Johnson has sold his drug
stock to C. H. Mandeville.

Both towns are awake on the

VISITING BUYERS.

Wm. De Pree, Leeland M V Gundrum, Leroy

A Norris & Son, Casnovia

W R McMurray, Ada B8 Holly, Woodland

F Narregang, Byron Center C A Dimling, Brutus

Carringtou & North, Bailey J D Noah, Moline

L. Day, Grandville Frank Narregang,

N. B. Granger, Piainwell Byron Center

= S Barker, Morley mry Meijering, Jamest’n
M. Edick, Benton Harb’r w D Struik, Byron Center

i H Van “enn a John Meyersns, Noordeloos

|

He will con-}

tinue the grocery and book and station-|
ery business, adding thereto a stock of}

erockery and glassware.

Sebewa—P. F. Knapp’s general stock
was completely destroyed by fire on the
1ith. The loss is estimated at $8,000,
partially covered by insurance.
was of incendiary origin.

Nashville—Col. M. B. Houghton,
C. Houghton and Judd E. Houghton will
form a copartnership under the style of
M. B. Houghton & Sons and embark in
the cigar and tobacco business here about
Jan. 1.

Galesburg—The Masonic fraternity is
building a two-story brick block, 28x100
feet in dimensions.
be occupied by the owners as a lodge

room and the ground fioor will be used |
| Buys & Son, Sullivan
| Monroe & De Haven,

as a public hall.

| WN Hutchinson, Grant

The fire |
| Kohlenstein Bros.

John |

| J R Harrison, S
| Mrs. G Mueller, Muskegon

| Jorgensen & a.
| O P De Witt, 8t. Johns

| O Green, Martin

The upper floor will |

Owosso—D. R. Salisbury has purchased | p

the boot and shoe business of his brother, | § kK Northam, Traverse C’y

L Cook, Baue
Smallegan = Pochaet,
Forest Grove

John De Vries, Jamestown
L A Knowles, Stetson

W L Heazlit, Wayland

T Van Eenenaam, Zeeland
W R Lawton, Berlin

John Damstra, Gitchell

.M. Westover, Fruitport
M Cloud, Cadillac
Raymond, Berlin

C Morris, Mulliken

sawmill and water power to)

The Gentlemanly Bank Teller.
From the Boston Post.

It always amuses me when I receive a
notice to the effect that my bank account
is overdrawn (and, by the way, I trust
that I shall fall in nobody’s estimation
through the frank admission that I am
sometimes overtaken by this misfortune).
The manner of itis this: A messenger,
not the postman, brings me a letter
couched in the following terms:

DeAr Srr:—I make your account over-
drawn $575.84 (it is usually a little less
than that), and I think the mistake is
yours. Yours truly,

 

’
Teller.

The politeness of this pleases me very
much. Of course the teller knows that
the mistake is mine, but, with a kind of
Chinese civility, he puts the unpleasant
fact in the form of a mere opinion. Per-
haps this considerate formula has come
down as a traditian in banks from the
old and courtly days. It only remains
to add that my bank account is over-
drawn, not because my resources are
straitened, but because I have such a
lavish, careless, munificent way of throw-
ing my money about.

 

L. Perrigo, manufacturing chemist at

Paw Paw, was in town last Friday.
—_—~ +4

For the finest coffees in the world, high
grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner,
17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York
City. 352tf

——__—

Galesburg—Barlow & Youmans have
begun the erection of a windmill factory
near the depot.

Menominee—The Kirby-Carpenter Co.’s
three sawmills cut a total of 500,000
daily when in full operation. During
October the company made its largest
month’s rail shipments, and now has
45,000,000 feet in pile.

West Bay City—The sawmill property
of L. L. Hotchkiss & Co. has been sold
to the Kern-Heisner Manufacturing Co.
for $40,000. ‘The company has been in-
corporated with a capital stock of $50,000,
and will build a stave mill, and a saw-
mill to contain two bands.

IS7A.

Sere ace eee eesti

1 offer to the trade of Western Michigan, at prices that will compare favorably with

business, a large and well selected line
magnificent assortment of

any house in the trade, a complete stock of every article pertaining to the drug

of Druggists’ and Stationers’ Sundries, a

Holiday
Goods

Comprising the latest novelties in Plush, Metal and Leather Fancy Goods. Euro-
pean Pottery, Albums, Dolls, Toys and Games in endless variety.

Many years of experience in purchasing goods especially

adapted to the trade

of Western Michigan enable us to bring together a collection of saleable and

Popular Priced

| Articles not to be seen elsewhere, and with greatly
| outdone all previous efforts for the present season.

increased facilities, we have
Dealers who are looking for

something new, will find it to their interest to call and look over our samples before

placing their orders.
attention.

Orders by mail for any goods in our line will receive prompt

Fred Brundage,

21, 23, 25 and 27 Terrace St.,

MUSKEGON, MICH

 

A Ball, Dighton

R McKinnon, Shelby
ohn H Miller, Muskegon
* Comwell, Griswold

JL Thomas, C.
H Van Nord. Jamestown
Paul J Tanis, Murkegon
J W Mead, Berlin

AW Fenton. Bailey
C H Deming, Dutton
AC Wait, Coat’s Grove
: Steketee, Holland Geo J Stevenson. Bangor
Maston & Hammond, David Holmes, Woodville
Grandville JB Watson, Coopersville
RA Hastings, Sparta
Thos. Hefferman, Baldwin
L M Wolf, Hudsonville
G Tenhoor, Forest Grove
Neal McMillan. Rockford
A J White, Bass Rirer

M ESiemons & Co., Edmore
G B Nichols, Martin
A Shoak, Coral

Caledonia
J H Manning, Ashland
JW Colburn & Bro,
Caledonia

John Giles & Co., Lowell Osborn & Hammond,

Geo Schichtel New Salem Luther

Mrs B. Burbank, Spring L’k Frank Cornell, Sedews

J A Woodard, Lake P O A A Eckerman. M

Lamoreaux & Beerman,
Fruitport

A G Bush, Clarksville

RB McCulloch, Berlin

SJ Koon, Lisbon

Ashland
P H Kilmartin, Orange

J Ensing, Kalamazoo
H man, Mancelona
Williams & — L
Reed City WmVerMeulen BeaverDam
JL Farnum, Mancelona F Narregang,

D D Harris, She! byville | E 3 Botsford, Dorr
te E Burley, Canada Cors Carrington & North, Trent

A Purchase, So Blendon
é Rodenbaugh of R Bros.,
Mancelona
- Goeees. Ferrysburg
nm, Bangor

Bangor
Dr. W H Andrews, Fennv’le
| Mills & Mills, Ashland

H Remingto:
| FD Cleveland, Shepardv’ ie r of I Stock Co., Martin

J. F. Salisbury, and will consolidate the’ Henry Roe, N

C E Coburn, Pierson

J V Crandall & Co.,Sand Lk |

Stene & Hull, Vermontville
| My stock includes everything generally kept in my line, which I sell at rock bottom
| Send me your mail orders.

P. B.

WM. RR. REELER,

JOBBER OF

412 SOUTH DIVISION ST.

prices.

OYSTERS.

The packing and distributing of FRESH OYSTERS among the trade in

meren Cents | Michigan is one of the features of our business, and from September first to the

| > fol i ' 5 : :
aha Wea cont. Deas | Say following, we are headquarters for these goods, and shall appreciate and

promptly attend to all orders sent us, as heretofore, guaranteeing quality, measure
| and satisfaction.

Confectionery and Fruits, Nuts aud Cigars

TELEPHONE 92-3R.

1 will guarantee satisfaction.

P. B.

THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO,

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADES

MAN.

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

Zalsman Bros. have engaged in the
grocery business at Holland. The Olney
& Judson Grocer Co. furnished the
stock.

Geo. Coons, Chas. H. Pierce and John
Westervelt have formed a copartnership
under the style of Geo. Coons & Co. and
engaged in the grocery business at Alba.
Lemon & Peters furnished the stock.

It is reported that tRe new Peoples
Savings Bank has secured a lease of the
store at the corner of Monroe and North
Ionia streets, now occupied by C. B. Judd
and W. R. Cushman, and will take pos-
session of the same about the first of the
year.

John B. Hughes uttered three chattel
mortgages last week—$2,150 to Henry B.
Grady, $1,875 to Henry A. Britt and
$1,000 to Edmund M. Staher. The mort-
gages cover his saloon property on North
Ionia street, his half interest in the sa-
locn on Pearl street and his horse and
two carriages. The unsecured creditors
also hold claims to the amount of nearly
$5,000. The failure is attributed to
Hughes’ extravagance in fitting up his
places of business.

Stimulated by the success of the Mich-
igan Trust Co., it is reported that a num-
ber of local capitalists are considering
the plan of inaugurating another institu-
tion of that character, using the present
plant of the Grand Rapids Safety Deposit
Co. as a nucleus. Sidney F. Stevens,
Treasurer of the Deposit Co., would
neither affirm nor deny the truth of the
report, when questioned in regard to the
matter, which gives ground for the belief
that negotiations are now in progress
with the prime movers of the proposed
undertaking.

0
Gripsack Brigade.

C. F. Williams, traveling representa
tive for L. Perrigo & Co., of Paw Paw,
put in Sunday with friends here.

Chas. Livingston has pulled off the
road and embarked in the real estate
business as a member of the firm of
Hogadone, Moorman & Co.

Chas. G. MeIntyre has gone on the
road for Wm. Taylor, Son & Co., whole-
sale dry goods dealers of Cleveland. He
covers the same territory he did for F. A
Wurzburg & Co.

Judd E. Houghton, traveling repre-
sentative for P. Lorillard & Co., is ac-
companying Byron 8. Davenport on his
rounds this week. Dealers on the line
of march would do well to take to the
woods.

C. H. Brown, traveling representative
for Martin Maier & Co., of Detroit, died
on the 6th and was buried on the 9th.
He was a member of the Michigan Com-
mercial Travelers’ Association and the
Detroit members attended in a body.

M. J. Matthews, Secretary of the Mich-
igan Commercial Travelers’ Association,
returned to Detroit Monday, having se-
cured about a dozen applieations for
membership as the result of a four days’
stay here.

 

 

 

A
Association Notes.

Owosso Times: ‘‘The Business Men’s Associa-
tion is agitating the question of more grain ele-
vators for Owosso and is endeavoring to have
the railroad companies erect them ”

Traverse City will send three delegates to the
State convention.

Those who propose attending the State con-
vention should not fail to send to the Secretary
for reduced rate certificates previous to the
meeting.

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,

N UST BE SOLD ON ACCOUNT OF FAILING

health, a No. 1 stock of boots, shoes and rubbers,
groceries and provisions; best location and good
trade; easy terms and a big bargain. For particulars
see Rindge, 8ertsch & Co., Olney & Judson Grocer Co.,
Grand Rapids, or address Lock Box 25, Harbor Serine,

 

 

Mich.

eS ATION IN GROCERY BY AN EX-
perienced grocery clerk twenty-one years old;
best of references.
Tradesman.
FS SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES—GOOD

business; established six years; will sell at inven-
tory. O. H. Richmond & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

140

Address No. 1i4, care Michigan
144

 

 

por SALE OR EXCHANGE—A GOOD HOME IN
Charlotte for grocery stock; any location Address
J. D. Burkhead, 694 South Madison, Grand Rapids. 142

LOTHING MEN—ATTENTION—NEW STORE VERY

centrally located in one of the smartest villages
in Michigan can be had for the clothing business;
rent reasonable. Address 139, care Michigan Trades-
man, 139

OR SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK AND
new fixtures in desirable location in this city;
wiil sell at invoice on reasonable terms; reason for
selling, owner has other business. L. M. Mills, 54
South Ionia street, Grand Rapids. 135

OR SALE OR RENT—IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE
attention tomy jobbing trade, I will sell my re-
tail store at 45 South Division street, Grand Rapids;
store is near Monroe street and has done a successful
flour, feed and grain business for the past fifteen
years; will sell store to make good investment or will
rent for term of years; a good chance for the right
—— ‘ For particulars address Thos. E. Wykes, Grand
pids.

OR SALE—SHOE STOCK. J. E. FOSTER, DOWA-
giac, Mich. 136
V ANTED—TO PURCHASE STOCK OF MERCHAN-
dise, hardware, groceries, boots and shoes; send
137

 

particulars. Address Box 67, Salem, Neb.

OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—INTEREST IN SAWMILL
and planer, store or orange grove in Florida to
right party who will take charge of same. Also house
and lot and small farm in Michigan for larger farm or
stock of goods. Smith & Co , Hanover, Mich. 182

YO EXCHANGE—I HAVE $40.00 IN FARMS AND

city property to exchange for merchandise in

— of $1,000 or upwards. G. W. Watrous, Lansing,
Mich. 130

OR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX-

tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a

ee Address for particulars 8. P. Hicks, Lowell,
ch. 124

 

 

 

 

OR SALE—NEW STOCK OF GROCERIES AND
fixtures; one of the best locations in city; reason
for selling, poor health. Address Grocer, care —
igan Tradesman. -
OR SALE—$300 STOCK OF DRUGS. ADDRESS 2 5B...
care Michigan Tradesman. 115
OR SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE AND BUILD-
ing in the best town of Northern Michigan. Ad-
dress No. 96, care Michigan Tradesman. 96
ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A
general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Pong
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.
SITUATIONS WANTED.

\ ANTED—POSITION BY REGISTERED PHARMA-
cist; four years’ practical experience. Address
Box 170, Bangor, Mich. 141
Vv A YOUNG MARRIED MAN OF FHREE
years’ experience, position as clerk and book-
keeper in some general store in small town of 500 to
2.000 inhabitants. Address, G. C., Box 153, Lowell,
Mich. 119

 

 

 

ANTED— SITUATION IN OFFICE BY YOUNG
lady of 20, who has had the advantage of col-
legiate education; does not write short hand, but is
good penman; wages » ot so much an object as a pleas-
ant place to work. Address Z, care Michigan ="
man

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANTED—A SECOND-HAND SAWMILL, WITHOUT

ower; must be cheap for spot cash; give de-

scription, condition and price f. 0. b. cars. Chas. E.
Brewster, Lake Brewster, Mich. 138

 

\ ANTED—5,000 BUSHELS OF NEW CLOVER SEED;
state price and how much you have for sale.
Gooding & Son, Gooding, Mich. 133
OR SALE OR RENT—A NICE BRICK STORE IN
the village of Morrice; size of store, 25x60 feet;
insurance low; good opening for general store. Call
on or address B. F. Rann & Son, Morrice, Mich. 121

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 in

praise of its effectiveness. Send for sample order,

which will be sent prepaid on receipt of $1. The
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

QAMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE

 

write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co.,
Albany, N. Y. 564

KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP

 

 

Would you like to carry a side line and
establish agents or sell to the trade?
If so, address

Bell Furniture and Novelty Co,

NASHVILLE, MICH,

 

 

tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will [

PF. J. DETTENTHALER,

JOBBER OF

Mail Orders Receive
CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED.

Prompt Attention.

Uysters

——AND——

Salt FI

See Quotations in Another Column.

 

The P. B. Cough Drops

HAVE NO EQUAL.

SOLD EVERYWHERE.

MANUFACTURED BY

PUTNAM CANDY CO.

 

The P. B. Cough Drops

ARE PURE, CLEAN AN

D HIGHLY MEDICATED.

MANUFACTURED BY

PUTNAM CANDY CO.

 

 

ne —_—_ Preerenetl

"EL PU RIT ANO

 

 

 

Mi. Furtiano Cigar.

The Finest 10 Gent Gigar

ON EARTH

MANUFACTURED BY

DILWORTH BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE SUPPLIED BY

I. M. CLARK & SON,
Grand Rapids.

Lp BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO.,

Bay City.

Heyman & Company,

 

683 and 65 Canal St,

Manufacturers of

SOW Cases

Of Every Description.

 

WRITE FOR PRICES.

First-Class Work Only.

- GRAND RAPIDS.

 

CURTISS & Co.,

WHOLESALE

Paper

Warehouse.

FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE.

 

Houseman Block, >

Grand Rapids, Mich.

6

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

 

Dry Goods.

 

 

The Value of Good Light.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
1 plead for light—more light in dark
stores. Iam satisfied that our suburban
and village merchants do not sufficiently

appreciate the value of a well-lighted
store. People are like flies and moths—
they are attracted by light. Did you
never observe how people will walk by a
dimly-lighted store and stop at the one
most brilliantly lighted? It is no apology
for darkness that you have no gas works
or electric plants near you.
est of all good lights now is kerosene oil,
and the improvement in lamps to burn it
is such that a gallon consumed every
night will light a store room 25x80 equal
to the noonday sun. Ten cents a day
for oil. Think of it. Sixty cents a week |
for light! Itis not probable you burn
half that now, or your store would attract
more people. Two quarts a day in an
ordinary country store will answer very
well—and you cannot afford to burn less
—and will, in the course of the season,
pay for itself many times over. Under
no circumstances can you afford to light
your store poorly. Two or three sales in
an evening will pay for your extra oil
and eventually add a large interest to the
investment.

1 took a walk the other evening in the
suburbs of a city not a thousand miles
away and some of the stores I passed
reminded me of the days of tallow can-
dles. Only a faint glimmering light
emanated from the antiquated lamps
standing on showcases and barrels. The
night was moonless and starless, with a

drizzling rain coming down, and, conse- |

quently, nobody out—no trade. That is
just the reason there should have been a
better light than usual. It will be noticed
by the few who are on the street, and
they will take special pains to go past
your door—if they do not call—as they
can see better to avoid the mud and storm
and should they not stop, ten to one but
they will notice something in the bright
window which they will send for within
twenty-four hours. Atsucha time that
extra well-lighted store will be noticed
by your neighbors at home, a block or
more away. Dark, stormy nights, when
you do not expect much trade, are just
the times to advertise, and a brilliantly
lighted store will do it. Where is it you
find the crowds of people walking, to see
and be seen, on any pleasant evening, if
dark? Itis on any of the main streets of
a village or city, simply because they are
usually best lighted. Those merchants
know the value of good lights. It will
tell you at once whether the best-lighted
stores will pay, by noticing the fact that
the most people walk on the side of any
street having the most brilliant lights
and they go slower, and stop oftener to
feast the eyes upon the goods they can
see so plainly. The very last economy a |
merchant should practice is economy in
light. A dirty store is inexcusable, but
a dark and dingy one is worse. Get
plenty of lamps and use plenty of oil—if
you burn oil—and. continue the brilliant
light until, if possible, your place of
business would be easily recognized by a
stranger, on that account. a

— ><

Plainwelli—J. W. Shepard and H. E.

Buxton have formed a copartnership
under the style of Shepard & Buxton and

engaged in the grocery business.

The cheap- :

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

    

    

     

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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oas...-- 14%|Lancaster........--- 12%
UNBLEACHED COTTONS. ham . brown .13 Lawrence, 9os.-....15%

Atlantic A.......-.. 7 |Clifton CCC........ 6% | Andover. ..........-- i oot

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BLEACHED COTTONS. CARPET WAR
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stale — ee 7 THREADS.
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| First Prize.......... 6% |Our Own.......-.... Min ¢. = = 37 42
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| Full Value.......... 6% Sunlight Li Skbeceien ee 4%] « 49.......36 41
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seen ee 35 | 10% 10% 1044) 15 15 15
—— JEANS 11% 11% 11% = 17 big
Biddeford.......-..- |Naumkeag satteen.. 7% | 124% 12% pion 20 20
Brunswick. .... .... bs Hock eo 6%
PR Severen, 8 0Z........ 9% tWest Point, 80z....10%
Allen, —_ toes 5% s| Merri’ ck shirtings. 4% Mayland, co........ 10% 10 0z....12%
5% ——- 8% Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% eae 100z es 13%
' —. . 5 |Pacific fancy.. — Greenwood, 8 0z.. ee 13%
—— fancy... - 5% “ robes... ovens 6% WADDINGS.
merican in go... 5 |Portsmouth robes... 6 j
— shirtings. ep eater mourning.. 6% os. a. = og bale, 40 doz....87 50
ro be ereys ...... 6% viagra am alias

“ 1 “ SILESIAS.

“ long , oth B. 10% solid wnek. _- Slater, —— —- ; Dundie... a 10%

“  eentury cloth 7 «“ Turkey robes.. 7% E © ‘OSS...- UNGIC.... 60. eee ee 9

« gold seal..... 10%4| “ India robes.... 7% a Bost.........-. We odrord.... .... .... 10%

“ Purkey red..10%| “ plain T’ky x % 8% Best AA..... eo a es cane 10%
Berlin — Pees 5% - - 2.

“ oh bee... 6%) “* Saye Tur- Coanes...........2 9 30 Wonderful bce wees . :

“66 green .... 6%| keyred...........- Scbiiting’s.......-. 9 OO0jBrighton.. ........
Cocheco ae. .... 6 |Martha Washington SEWING SILK

madders... 6 Turkey red &..... “ oa. GOK... 2+ = 7% {Corticelli knitting,
Eddystone fancy... 6 |Martha Washington twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball...... 30
Hamilton fancy. ... 6% aS ee 9 50 yd, doz. .37%
" staple 5%/|Riverpoint robes.... 5 HOOKS AND EYES—PER GRO:
Manchester ancy. one ———— eae 6% No 1 B’k & White.. 10 No 4 BIk & “White.. 15
new era. = ticket 2 -12 8 -20
Merrimack D fancy. on indigo blue....... —ci* s . -.12 | “ 10 ” 125
ne PINS.
| Amoskeag AC A |ACc ey 12% | No 2-20, M C.......50 = a  ..... 40
Hamilton N........- 4 Pemberton AAA....16 3—18, S C.....-.. 45
cele 8i%|Yo OTK von woe on ood COTTON TAPE,

‘“ Awning. .11 Switt River........- 1% No 2 White & BI’k..12 {No 8 White & BI’k..20
ee ce re 8 |Pearl River......... oS i --15 | 1 ti . 23
First Prize.......... ey = ie 6 fos | ann - 26

COTTON DRILL. r
Atlante, eo 6% (stark . 7% OR tees me tee... 2c 36
ee 6% | o Name.. ee NEEDLES—PER M.
Clifton, K........... 7\Top of Heap........ (Ah. ceeeee. 2... 1 50|Steamboat.... ......
a. een... 6... +s. 1 35\Gold Eyed.......... i 30
Simpson ee eee imperial ........ ...- Marshail’s........... 1 00)
ohana 18 mee a. TABLE OIL |
kee 8 ee eee es, 108 5—4....22% 6—4...3 25/5—4....195 6—4...2 %
Cones ..:..: ...-.- 10x 066: lh hF oe
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WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS,

FOR

Hand and Machine Use I

FOR SALE BY

P, STEKETEE & SONS
Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Go, ;

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 i
inspection, including a fine line of Prints,
Underwear, Pants, Gloves, Mittens and
Lumbermen’s Goods. Chicago and Detroit
prices guaranteed.

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WHOLESALE.

 

Carpets, Linoleums, {
Mattings, Oil Cloths, }
Rugs and Mats, Dra-

 

peries, Brass and Wood :
Poles, Brass Rings,

Brackets, Etc.

Send for circular and price list. i
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cy,
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

A. J. Bowne#, President.
D."A. BLopeErt, Vice-President.
H. W. Nasu, Cashier
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cy,

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

HARDWARE.

The Latest Fad.

Men in all walks of life have fads, but
traveling men, probably have the ‘‘most
complete ljine,’’ and some one of the
“boys on the road” are always on the
qui vive to inaugurate some new idea and
to get his fellow drummers infatuated
with it. While riding on a Boston street
ear recently a reporter inadvertently
was made acquainted with the latest.
This is how it happened :

Two well dressed gentlemen occupied
a seat immediately in front of the re-
porter, and when the conductor’s saluta-
tion of ‘‘fares, please,’? reached their
ears the one who afterwards turned out
to be a drummer pulled forth a roll of
money, and tendered a $2 bill to the rail-
way Official, and said: ‘Two out.’’

The conductor thought the man was
trying to give him ‘‘a roast.”’

‘*‘I have some change,”’ said the friend.

‘Never mind, take it out of this.’’

The conductor looked volumes, but
said nothing, and the traveling man re-
ceived a handful of small change.

‘‘What did you do that for ?” asked the
companion of the man who paid.

After carefully picking out the 10 cent
pieces and putting them in a separate
pocket, the traveling man said :

‘It’s the latest. Haven’t you heard of
it? Itis the 10 cent fad. All the boys
on the road have got it.’’

‘‘How does it go?’’ asked the friend.

‘*‘We spend a great deal, and this is one
way in which we can save money. I
save every 10 cent piece I can get a hold
of. If I want a cigar or a drink, and
only have a dime in change, I either go
without or break @ bill. In either case,
I hold on to all the dimes I receive in
change. I caught onto the wrinkle about
two months ago, and in this way have
managed to put away a good many dol-
lars that I would otherwise have spent.
If you want to save your cash just try
it. You will never miss a dime, and ten
of them make a dollar.’’

——
Failed to Grasp the Situation.

Hunter—Did you see a fox and a dog

cross the road here about twenty minutes

pgo?

Countryman—Yes, sir, I should say it
was just about that time when they
crossed.

‘sWell, how were they making it?’’

“It were a pretty close run, sir. If
anything, I should say the dog werea
leetle ahead.’’

——_—

Caro—A. D. Moreland succeeds More-
land Bros. in the agricultural implement
business.

ERFECTION
Meat CUTTER

Tue LaTEsT,
BEsT ano
Most IMPROVED
ror Famity Use.

 

 

 
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
  

CUTS

Instead OF Maswes.

 

Requires
No Repairs.

EQuattep
By NONE FoR
Famicy Use.

Simpce To Use.

——

Easy TO CLEAN.

Cannot GET Dutt
or Out oF
ORDER.

No. 1--$2.00.

No. 2—$2.75.
Liberal discount to the trade, and
descriptive circulars on application to
AMERICAN MACHINE Co.,

MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE SPECIALTIES,

Lehigh Ave. and Aes | St., St., Philadelphia, Pa.

No. 3—$4.00,

JOHN H. {, GRAHAM & CO.,
fens. Agents, 113 Chambers St., New York,

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

SASH CORD.

Silver Lake, a list 50
See ee 55
. Wie 5... . 50
. a “ 55
- Whe co ' 35

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.
EE per = Sigg
SAWS.

. Hand.
Silver Steel Dia. X ‘Cuts, per ‘foot, . 70
' a Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. . 50
. cial Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot.. 30

by r ampion and Electric Tooth X

 

 

 
 

Cee ee Te

TRAPS. dis.
OO EEE ee 60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s...........
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70
Mouse CoG i 18¢ per doz.
Magee, Golungo $1.50 = _

WIRE.
rie eee ~~
ee eee... .... 70—10
Coppcrem meenmee
Wiece Meee 62%
Barbed ¥ Seems Steer... ...... 50
Bar ed Fence, — ested ewes la. 3 60
——......... ....... 3 00
ae NAILS.
—_ = ae dis. ———
‘amiepeuian cS dis. t0a10
RENCHES. dis.
Baxter’s Aijutenie, miemered.,............. "30
COG Ce 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wae. ue 75
Coe’s Patent, malleable.. owas
MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
se... Ct a 50.
Pumps, Cistern.. a an
Screws, New Ty
Casters, Hed and Fiaée........... ...... 50&10810
Dampers, i a 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65
METALS,

PIG TIN.
ie... — —
ae 30¢

ZINC,
Duty: Sheet, 244c per pound.
600 pound oa EET 74
Pe
SOLDER.
a 18

4@
EE 15
The prices of the many other qualities of

solder in the market indicated by private brands

vary according to composition.

sian ANTIMONY.
i, r pound 16

 — i n? 13

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

10x14 IC, Charcoal be ee eee acl ee ees oe ee $7 00

14x20 IC, ky ae wcgea ue ug adula 7 co

10x14 Ix, eee 8 75

14x20 1x, . 8 75

Each additional Xon this grade, 81. TB. W
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

 

10x14 IC, Charcoal ee $6 25
OEE 6 25
loxi4 IX, ia ee ee ee <2
14x: c a a
Tach e additional X on this grade 81.50. '
ROOFING PLATES
14x20 IC, * Wereemer............., .... 6 25
14x20 IX, . da oe 7%
20x28 IC, . > 13 00
14x20 IC * Allawey Geede........... 5 50
14x20 IX, ee 7 00
20x28 IC, - ch oT 11 50
20x28 IX, wa ' oe 14 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
a 814 00
aa... -15 50
| Hae IX, for No. : Boilers, t per pound... 10

 

Dow

eking,

Choke Bore, Blasting,

Crystal Grain.

 

Wholesale Selling Agents for

If the jobber of whom you buy will not

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

33,35, 37, 39 and 4] Louis St.,

7 LEVELS. dis.
Prices Current. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s - 70
KNoBs—New List. dis.
These prices are for cash buyers, who | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .......... oo
l “ Door, porcelain, jap. perro, aa ue 55
pay promptly and buy in full packages. Raw, gereeinte, Plated trimmings. el 55
Ocr, porcorein, Gimmaings............. ... 55
Snell’s ee oe a, Drawer and Shutter, porcelain..... 70
Gusk's HORROR ee mm ee mm ee ee ee ee 40 LOCKS—DOOR. dis.
Jennings’, genuine...... nn 25 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’ s new list 55
Jennings’, imitation ..........-.-----.-+--+- “eso. =
AXES, Gr ee ee, 55
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.................. 88 50 MATTOCKS.
3 Tine... 12 50 Adze Bye... vee - M6. > dis, 60
“ . BSS... CS 815.00, dis. 60
‘ (Set a = OE ee $18.50, its! —
AUL
Railroad —r oo Sperry & Co.’s, Post, Samed. ia
Oe eb sle eeese ee eee eee se cl MILLS. 8.
ee ee. net 30 00 Coffee, Parkers Co.’s........ .... . 40
BOLTS. dis. P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.'s ee: 40
Se 50610 ‘* Landers, Ferry & Clr k’s............ 40
Cormage new He “Enterprise ....... ....--- - wh
a soaio MOLASSES GATES. dis.
Sleigh Cee Stebbin’s Pattern.... . ssees s+, ++ 6010
Mania Genuine 66&10
BUCKETS. Enterprise, self-measuring.. a. 25
a ee... $3 50 s
Wer eee 400 — ——. a ee 1 95
i ee ee a 2 45
Cast Loose Pin, figu ee ae a 2 Advance over base: Steel. Wire.
Wrought Narrow, ‘bright Bast joint..........60&10 | pee “a
Weemees loess Pn... 60&10 | 7 20
Wrought Table. Dede eat hee ceteey saseu cd 60&10 | : 20
Wroukne aide BinG.... 2... ek ane 60&10 30
EG ec eee cect oc ecas %5 25
ee 70&10 35
Blind, Pees oe a 40
ibid Shaner 50
BLOCKS. 65
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 | 4 =
Nd ed alia te diatug aa als 4 1 50 2 00
Ts dis. 50&02 Fine ‘- ee ee ieee eee eae hues 1 50 2 00
CROW BARS. 1 =
Coe perb 5 1 25
CAPS. 1 00
eat... 8... per m 65 13
OE 60 150
ee eine cee ce ye ‘ 35 15
Nee " 60 90
oe 1 15 1 00
nn SA ange RE ela 17% 250
mee Pee 50 TLANES. dis
ee dis 25 Yo.’ ,
. Obie Tool Ca.'s, taney... ..... 5... ........ @4)
CHISELS. dis. a eh
SE ee eee 7&10 | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.............---. @w
Socket Framing................. ‘7o&1e | Bench, first quality.....-...... 0... . 0s eee
Socket Corner... 70&10 | Stanley Rule and axe. Sf, wood. ..... &
Neches BHens............... -70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................... Fry, Acm rete tte eeees - dis.60—10
Caan, aie. a ea dis. 70
COMBS. dis. RIVETS. dis.
Cures. terencen -...-....... ee i 40
Peeeeeee je 5 | Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50
CHALK, “a Wood's patent plsnished Nos, tot 30 2
n 1 os.
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | «BR» Wood's r at. sienna, Nos. 25 to 27... 920
COPPER. Broken packs 4c per pound extra.
ROPES.
— lacs, faxes. 1a a ~~ — = Steal, 56 Inch and larger .................... 10
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... 22002000021 9g | Manilla... 2... eee eee eeee cee eee a
ne eee 28 — -
i este ce uee cake cm ast ree setae =
cay ang bovers..... .. . 60
DRILLS, Ne a a 20
Morse’s Bit Stocks............... See ad acess 50 SHEET IRON.
Taper and straight Shank................... 50 Com. Smooth. Com.
ee _ = a 10 to = ee eee " = . =
Ce
oe a ee 420 320
Small sizes, ser pound ...................44. Ce eal 40 320
Tieewe Stace, por pound................ ..... AG | Wee Mtoe 4 40 3 #0
ELBOWS. “Ail shesis No. i8 and light toed S ‘ _-
sheets No an ghter, over nch
Se 402. Wet yg 79 | wide not less than 210 extra
DE eh dis. 40410 arn
List acct. 19, °86.. - .. dis. 40&10
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark’s, small, 818; loree, OS. ...........-... 30
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, . 3, Ce 25
FILEs—New List. dis. j
Disston’s . ee oe
Noe See eae
Nicholson’s i 60&10
eee ai one ' 50
Helier’s Horse Raspes............ 50
GALVANIZED IRON
Nos. 16 to 20;022 and 24; 2% and 26; 27 28
List 12 13 14 = 8
Discount, 60
GAUGES, dis. :
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ......... 50 i , ifle, Eagle Du
HAMMERS.
Mascaa £0 6............ |... - S&
ee... -
VWores & Prams... .. ..... .... dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. 30c Hist 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30c 40&10
HINGES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3. ede - dis.60&10
ee es per r doz. net, 2 50
“Tae Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 1% 14 and ‘“
ee %
screw Hook and Bye, ¥ ated y cena ces net 10
' 8%
1%
7" «
elas pers e have been appointed
Barn Door sioner Nie Co., Wood —-. a
Champion, anti-friction.......... 60&10 ‘ iu
Kidder, wood track .........00.0.. 40| Western Michigan.
HOLLOW WARE
ee eS. oe 60 :
Kettles. 00000 @ supply you, order of us direct.
re —.
Gray enameiod.......... ..... eae .. 40&10
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Stamped Tin Ware... . esse. sew list 70
Japanned Tin Ware. .... 25
Granite trom Ware .........-.... new list 33% 410
i WIRE GooDs. isietiien
Bright. . ‘oo ad eine wine 70d 1
Screw Eyes espe ieee tk bate tee 10&10 10 and 12 Monroe St.,
Hook’s eee Sasceaccee. |
Gate Hooks god Mee. 10810

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH.

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

 

 

A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State,

Tradesman Company, Proprietor.

 

yep gy Price, One Dollar per year, payable

strictly in advance. :

Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.
E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1890.

 

 

The narrative begun on the first page
this week is substantially founded on
facts, several persons now residing in this
city having furnished the necessary data.

SN EEE

 

An interesting article on kleptomania
is in preparation for next week’s paper.
It treats the subject from the standpoint
of the dealer and embodies the experi-
ence of leading Grand Rapids merchants,
as well as the life long observations of
the writer.

 

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

The merchant or his clerk is not al-
ways to be censured for being a little
cross—in fact, for speaking his mind
plainly but kindly to a customer who is
either too wilful and thoughtless or too
ignorant to handle goods as a lady or
gentleman ’should. I saw a man ask to
look at some pocket knives the other day
—he did not say he wished to buy any—
in a first-class store where, if he had any
sense, he would know that it was only
necessary to ask for a good knife and he
would get it, or a cheap one and he could
have that, but, instead, he wanted to
handle them all over. He commenced
by opening the blades of each one in
turn and, taking the bright polished
blade of one between his moist thumb
and finger and rubbing it back and forth
caressingly for a moment—it was so
smooth, you know—he then coolly raised
it to his open mouth and exhaled upon it
several times. The gentleman in attend-
ance, who was first nervous at the ma-
nipulation by the hands, now paled at
this last action and said: ‘‘My friend,
do you not know that moisture will rust
and injure fine cutlery? Why do you
breathe upon the blade?” ‘‘O,” replied
the man, ‘didn’t you know that was
the best test for good stuff in a knife?
If that is good steel, that breath 0’
mine ’ll go off on a run, but if it’s
poor stuff, it goes off very slow.”
1 instinetively looked around for the
fool-killer, but, unfortunately, he was
out of town.

+2 &

From some cause there are a class of
merchants, or, rather, a certain number
from all classes, who are dissatisfied
with the amount of business they are
doing, in their particular line. If a dry
goods store, for instance, the proprietor
adds asmall line of groceries, such as
are easily and quickly handled and—be-
ing put up in packages—upon which he
can stiffer no lossin weight. Now and
then the druggist dabbles a little in gro-
ceries, perhaps confectionery and sta-
tionery also. The grocer, feeling a little
jealous that he is hardly getting his
share of the trade, adds a few articles
outside of groceries to his stock, and all
are led to believe it is a more or less
profitable way of doing business. The
real tendency of the over-competition in
the retail trade, in this bustling, hurry-

 

 

 

 

ing age, is to go backward instead of
forward. Very many stores are rapidly
becoming the general stores of a century
ago, in which everything, from a needle
to a ship’s anchor, including all food and
clothing, was kept or represented. One
of the most disagreeable features of such
unfriendly competition is that a leader is
made upon the very article, perhaps,
that your next door neighbor is selling
as astaple and upon which a fair profit
should be made; but in selling this at
just what it cost, all parties are forced
to the alternative of handling the article
—if at all—without the least remunera-
tion or offending a good customer by
what, to him, seems an overcharge. The
true remedy is not plain. How or in
what way this kind of business will end
is difficult to foretell, but the assertion
may be ventured that one of two things
will happen—a real return to the olden-
time general store or a thorough weeding
out on the line of ‘‘Darwin’s survival of
the fittest,’? which, in trade and negro
parlance, is ‘‘de longest pole knocks de
persimmons.”
ay iene
Communication from President Whit-
ney.

It being desirable that a great deal be
done in a short time at the coming con-
vention of the Michigan Business Men’s
Association, at Grand Rapids, 1 suggest
that local associations and individuals
having subjects they would like to pre-
sent at said meeting have the subject
matter embodied in as eompact form as
possible as resolutions, questions, etc.,
and written out, that they may be pre-
sented at the opening of the session and
referred to the appropriate committees
and placed upon the order of business
for consideration. Such resolutions may
be forwarded by mail to Secretary Stowe,
in case the local organization is not rep-
resented or the individual presenting the
matter cannot attend.

I would particularly invite resolutions,
suggestions, etc., upon the matter of
business men’s organizations — their
scope and field of operating, the means
to be used and the results to be obtained.
Questions relating to insurance, legisla-
tion, trade interests, transportation and
other matters that affect the interests of
business men should receive attention.

A word to the wise is sufficient and I
trust the above request will receive due

 

attention. C. L. WHITNEY, Pres.
2
Wool Strong---Hides Lower---Tallow

Steady.

The wool market remains strong, with
light sales. Sellers are still busy grad-
ing, to fill previous sales. Many lots are
withdrawn from the market, anticipat-
ing still higher prices, which, on the
present outlook, will not soon be real-
ized. Manufacturers are well supplied
with both wool and orders for cloths and
are free buyers if the price is not ad-
vanced. Some grades are scarce, being
closely picked up and all assortments
broken.

Hides are lower, dull and droeping.
There is no market to quote and sales
can be made only as one coaxes the tan-
ner to buy at an extremely low price.
Brokers say they will submit any offer
made, but can not say what price will
be accepted by seller. Bottom has not
been reached yet.

Tallow isin fair demand, with price
slightly lower. The market can be said
to be steady and good.
—_ 2. —_

Good Words Unsolicited.

J. A. & J. A. Rose, grocers, Ovid:
have it.”

Cc. L. Martin & Co., druggists, Elk Rapids:
“Cannot do business without THz TRADESMAN.”

——__—~<>-9 <>

Galesburg—L, L. Bowen has opened a
grocery store,

 

 

“Got to

A GREAT AMERICAN MAGAZINE.

 

The Success of ‘“‘The Century” and Its
Plans for 1891.

The Century Magazine is now so well-
known that to tell of its past success
seems almost an old story. The N. Y.
Tribune has said that it and its compan-
ion, St. Nicholas for Young Folks, issued
by the same house, “are read by every
one person in thirty of the country’s
population’’—and large editions of both
are sent beyond the seas. It is an in-
teresting fact that a few years ago it
was found that seven thousand copies of
The Century went to Scotland—quite a
respectable edition in itself. The ques-
tion in England is no longer ‘‘Who reads
an- American book?” but ‘‘who does not
see the American magazines?”

A few years ago The Century about

doubled its circulation with the famous
War Papers, by General Grant and
others, adding many more readers later
with the Lincoln History and Kennan’s
thrilling articles on the Siberian Exile
System. Our great feature of 1891 is to
be
‘““pHE GOLD HUNTERS OF CALIFORNIA,”
describing that remarkable movement to
the gold fields in ’49, in a series of richly
illustrated articles written by survivors,
including the narratives of men who
went to California by the different routes,
accounts of the gold discoveries, life in
the mines, the work of the vigilance com-
mittees (by the chairman of the commit-
tees) etc., etc. General Fremont’s last
writing was done for this series. In No-
vember appears the opening article, “The
First Emigrant Train to California”—
crossing the Rockies in 1841—by General
Bidwell, a pioneer of pioneers. Thou-
sands of American families who had
some relative or friend among ‘“‘the Ar-
gonauts of °49” will be interested in
these papers.
MANY OTHER GOOD THINGS ARE COMING—
the narrative of an American’s travels
through that unknown land Tibet (for
700 miles over ground never before trod
by a white man); the experiences of es-
caping War-Prisoners; American News-
papers described by well-known journal-
ists; accounts of the great Indian Fight-
ers, Custer and others; personal anec-
dotes of Lincoln, by his private secreta-
ries; ‘‘The Faith Doctor,” a novel by Ed-
ward Eggleston, with a wonderfully rich
programme of novelties and stories by
most of the leading writers, etc., etc.

It ls also announced that The Century
has purchased the right to print, before
its appearance in France or any other
country, extracts from advance sheets of
the famous Talleyrand Memoirs, which
have been secretly preserved for half a
century—to be first given to the world
through the pages of an American mag-
azine. All Europe is eagerly awaiting
the publication of this personal history
of Talleyrand—greatest of intrigues and
diplomats.

The November Century begins the vol-
ume, and new subscribers chould com-
mence with that issue. The subscrip-
tion price (4.00) may be remitted directly
to the publishers, The Century Co., 33
East 17th St., New York, or single copies
may be purchased of any newsdealer.
The publishers offer to send a free sam-
ple copy—a recent back number—to any
one desiring it.

———> 2a
Meeting of Traveling Men.

A well-attended meeting of Grand Rap-
ids traveling men was held at Sweet’s
Hotel Sunday noon. The meeting was
called to order by H. 8S. Robertson, Pres-
ident of the Grand Rapids Traveling
Men’s Association, when an informal ad-
dress on the benefits of life insurance in
general and the advantages of a policy
in the Michigan Commercial Travelers’
Association in particular, was made by
M. J. Matthews, Secretary of the organi-
zation named. The address was well re-
eeived and resulted in the addition of
several new members.

The following letters were read by the
chairman:

Granp Rapips, Nov. 12, 1890.
H. S. Robertson, Pres. :
Dear Str—Your letter, under date of Nov. 10,

addressed to Capt. H. N. Moore, tendering, in the
name of the traveling men of the eity of Grand

 

Rapids, the offer to furnish a room in the Ma-
sonic Home, was handed to me ‘with a request,

in behalf of our Board of Trustees, that I say to
ou how grateful we are for your kindly action
n this matter.

We accept the offer, in the spirit in which it is
made, and assure you we feel deeply obligated
for this generous move on the ae of the Grand
Rapids’Traveling Men’s Association.

It is the prayer of one and all that no member
of the Association may ever have occasion to
use the room so dedicated, but, should the con-
trary be the case, we hope to make hisstay there
as pleasant as possible and his heart as light as
your generosity merits,

We will, in the future, consult further with
you and others in this matter as to selection of
room, etc., also the inscription you desire placed
upon the door thereof.

“What you give may you find again, and, when
found, may it be multiplied may times to you
and yours.” Very ae

au. P. InnEs, Sec’y.

 

Granp Rapips, Nov. 12, 1890.
H. S. Robertson, Pres.:

DEAR SiR— The preamble and_ resolution
adopted by your Association Nov. 8.in reference
to the Union Benevolent Association Home and
Hospital are at hand. I desire to say, in behalf
of the Trustees of said institution, that under
the present rules of the Home and Hospital, all
is granted that you ask for. No one is debarred
or ever has been from any of the privileges or
advantages of the Hospital.

The room you so generously furnished at the
Hospital is at your service at any time you may
wish to occupy it, with privilege of choosing
your own physician, and the Trustees respect-
fully invite all members of your fraternity to
make the Home and Hospital their refuge when
sick and in need of good care.

Respectfully yours, Cuas. SHEPARD, Pres.

J. N. Bradford then offered a resolu-
tion, endorsing W. G. Hawkins for the
position of Warden of the Ionia House
of correction. The resolution was
adopted, but not unanimously, and cre-
ated so much ill feeling that the motion
was reconsidered and the resolution
withdrawn. An adjournment was then
taken and an opportunity given those
opposed to the resolution to retire, when
it was adopted informally, in the follow-
ing form:

WueEreas, It,has come to our knowledge that
an honored and respected traveling man, in the
person of W. G. Hawkins, has entered the field
as a candidate for the wardenship of the Ionia
House of Correction; and

WueEreas, We believe him to be an honest and
capable person for the position; therefore

olved, That the traveling men of Grand
Rapids, at an informal meeting held at Sweet's
Hotel, Nov. 16, endorse him for the _ position
named and petition Governor-elect Winans to
appoint him.

<< —_____———

FINANCIAL.

 

Local Stock Quotations.
Reported by the Michigan Trust Company.

Anti-Kalsomine Co...... 022.2200. -eecessceees 150
Alpine Gravel Road Co.... .....eeeeee eee eres 7
Aldine Manufacturing Co...........+---+++++ 60
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co.........-..+- -+++ 100
Canal Street Gravel Road Co...........-+-++++ 80
Fifth National Bank..............--sceeeseeees 100
Fourth National Bank............--- ace cee 100
Grand Rapids Brush Co.... ......-----++++++: 85

Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. ...102
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.. ....... <<i.aae
rand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co... %
Grand Rapids Savings Bank.............

Grand Rapids Chair Co ........
Grand Rapids National Bank
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co...........
Grandville Avenue Plank Road Co...... -150
Kent County Savings Bank.......--..--- «+++ 125

  
   

 

Michigan Barrel Co....... .....-ce0e coecceves 100
New England Furniture Co............--++++- %
National City Bank.......... 002 sos ccseceess 132
Old National Bank.............2--ssesseceeees 132
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co........---- 25
Phoenix Furniture Co.............ceeseecceeeee 60
Sligh Furniture Co............-sereeeeeee cee 85
Street Railway Co. of Grand Rapids.......... 40
Walker Gravel Road Co .........-.-+++-eeeeee 80
Peninsular Club 4 per cent. Bonds........---- %

 

Financial Miscellany.
The Whiskey Trust has declared a
monthly dividend of }¢ per cent.

The stockholders in the Corn Exchange
National Bank of Chicago recently paid
in 40 per cent. for the surplus fund,
which is now $1,000,000, the same as the
capital.

If consolidation and absorption con-
tinue at the present rate, it is estimated
that within twenty years 90 per cent. of
the railroads will be owned by about a
dozen companies.

The Chicago Brewing and Malting Co.
has declared a dividend equal to 15 per
cent. per annum, payable December 3,
for the period from June 3 to December
3, equal to $3.3734 per share.

The annual report of the American
Cotton Oil Co. for the year ending Au-
gust 31 shows a gross business of the
year of $23,750,000, but a loss on the
year’s operations of $1,741,000.

i es

Thetford—A. H. Black has sold his

 

general stock to M. L. Miller, formerly
of Flint.

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. |

 

 

M. B. M. A.

 

Official Call for the Fifth Annual Con-
vention.

The fifth annual convention of the
Michigan Business Men’s Association
will be held at Grand Rapids on Tues-
day, Nov. 25, convening at 9 o’clock a.
m.

All local Business Men’s Associations
are requested to send full delegations,
and a cordial invitation is extended all
business men to attend the convention,
irrespective of affiliation or opinion.
All will be accorded equal privileges of
voice and vote, the intention being to
make the convention truly representative
of the business interests of the State.

Recognizing the importance of the con-
vention, and its influence on the business
public, the Railway Association of Mich-
igan has kindly accorded the usual one
and one-third rate of fare to those who
procure certificates of the Secretary prior
to the meeting and secure the signature
of the ticket agent at the time ticket is
purchased.

A most interesting programme is being
arranged for the meeting and it is to be
hoped that all will come prepared to at-
tend every session of the convention.

Assurances have been received from
most of the pioneers of the movement
that they will surely be on hand, so that
the meeting will take on the character of
a re-union, as well. Come one, come all!
E. A. STOWE, Sec’y.
C. L. WHITNEY, Pres.

 

THE PROGRAMME.

So far as already arranged, the pro-
gramme will be as follows:

MORNING SESSION—9 0’CLOCK SHARP.

. Call to order.

. Prayer by Rev. Chas. Fluhrer.
Address of welcome by Mayor Uhl.
. Response by Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw.
President’s address.

. Secretary’s report.

. Treasurer’s report.

. Report of Executive Board.

. Report of Committee on Transpor-
tation.

10. Report of Committee on Legisla-
tion.

11. Report of Committee on Insurance.

12. Report of Committee on Building
and Loan Associations.

13. Report of Committee on Trade In-
terests.

14. Appointment of special commit-
tees on President’s address, Secretary’s
report, Treasurer’s report, Credentials,
Order of Business and Resolutions.
AFTERNOON SESSION — 1:30 0’CLOCK

SHARP.

1. Report of Committee on Order of
Business. |

2. Report of Committee on Credentials,

3. Paper—‘‘How to Improve Our Col-
lection System,” by E. W. Hastings,
Traverse City.

4. Paper—‘‘Fire Protection,” by P. J.
Connell, Muskegon.

5, Consideration of reports of standing
committees.

6. Paper — ‘‘The Lard Bill now. be-
fore Congress,” by H. C. Bannard, Chi-
cago.

7, Paper—*‘How to Secure Manufactur-
ing Enterprises,” by F. H. Holbrook,
Muskegon.

8, Address—‘‘What Shall We Do to be
Saved?” by L. W. Sprague, Greenville.

9. Paper—'‘Some Phases of the Insu-
rance Question,” by Geo. B. Caldwell,
Grand Rapids.

EVENING SESSION—7:30 O’CLOCK SHARP.

1. Report of Committee on President’s
address.

2. Report of Committee on Secretary
and Treasurer’s reports.

8. Paper—‘‘Fire Insurance Problems,”’
by B. D. West, Manager Michigan Inspec-
tion Bureau.

4. Address—‘‘What I Know about Oil
Wells,”’ by H. H. Pope, Allegan.

5. Paper—‘‘The Value of Persistency,”
by Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.

6. Unfinished business.

%. Election of officers. _

WOODARD WWE

 

 

8. Report of Committee on Resolu-
tions.
9. Adjournment.
——— ll
Slightly Incorrect.
The last issue of the Chicago Grocer
contains the following:

The Traveling Men’s Association of
Michigan met at Grand Rapids last week
and resolved to build a $100,000 hotel at
Petosky.

There is no organization known as the
Traveling Men’s Association of Michi-
gan.

No convention of traveling men has
been held at Grand Rapids for three
years.

No resolution to build a hotel at Pe-
toskey—not Petosky, as spelled by the
Grocer—has been adopted by the travel-
ing men of any city.

With these few exceptions, the state-

ments made by the Grocer are correct.
~~ <———_—_——

In buying your blank books, don’t for-
get that Barlow Bros., Grand Rapids,
keep in stock ledgers and journals made
from A 1 linen paper and bound with the
Philadelphia patent flat opening back—
the strongest blank book ever made. Send
for sample sheets with prices.

VUrniture

N elson,
Matter
& Co.’S

Styles New, Cheap,
Medium and Expen-
sive.

Large Variety.
Prices Low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RUBBERS

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WOONSOCKETS,
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CONNECTICUTS,
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

Drugs # Medicines.

State Board of Pharmacy.
One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.§
Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.

Meetings for 1891—Saginaw, second Tuesday in Janu-
ary; Grand Rapids, first Tuesday in March; Ann
Arbor, first Tuesday in May; Detroit, first Tuesday in
July; Upper Peninsula, first Tuesday in September;
Lansing, first Tuesday in November.

 

 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw.
First Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo.
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor.
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.

Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith.

it Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.
Next meeting—Nov. 14.

 

 

 

 

The Practical with the Theoretical.
Written for THE TRADFSMAN.

‘“*You never told me, Tom, about your
mercantile venture in the root and herb
line. I heard something about it at the
time, but it was so long ago that I have
forgotten. How did it ‘pan out,’ as old
miners say?”

“You've got the wrong end of the
story, George. Isimply went in for the
‘practical study of botany and the teacher
took the cash for the sale of our pro-
ducts.”’

“] would like to hear about it, if your
time is not too valuable. I remember
hearing you had a ‘picnic’ while engaged
im 1t.”’

“T was at that time about twenty-four
years old and was one of aclass of five
young men who agreed with our in-
structor to gather, prepare and make
ready for market certain roots, barks,
herbs, leaves, seeds and flowers indigen-
ous to the region of the county of Elgin,
Ontario. We were to have our board and
lodging furnished, and small wages be-
side. The instructor was also to furnish
everything we required in the prosecu-
tion of the work—text books, tools,
horses and wagon, etc. We were ex-
pected to spend the summer and autumn
in the woods and fields when the weather
would permit. The only ‘picnic’ about
it was that we seldom ate a warm dinner,
except on Sundays, as our lunch basket
was always ready and bountifully filled
when we started out, and it occasionally
happened that we camped out over night,
if far from home. The radius of our
field of labor—three miles from the north
shore of Lake Erie being the center—was
from eight to ten miles. The country
was then almost a wilderness, but there
were a large number of small, neglected
clearings where comfrey, digitalis, spike-
nard, lobelia and sculleap flourished in
abundance, undisturbed. It was, as I
now remember it, a veritable botanist’s
paradise. Our books always went with
us, and about one-half the time in the
heat of the day we were engaged in study
and comparing notes. The doctor re-
viewed our work at night. Our teacher,
Dr. Isaac K. Eves, was what was known
as a Reformed Quaker, which meant that
while holding strictly to all their best re-
ligious tenets, he went beyond and
adopted more widely liberal views of his
own. He also possessed many very pe-
culiar characteristics, but, withal, was
one of the best of men. He was an edu-
cated Thompsonian physician, of the
more modern and liberal school, and was
very successful in his practice. He must
have stood fully six feet high in his

 

stockings; well formed—if I except high
cheek bones—straight as an Indian, jet
black hair and dark complexion, and a
stranger who did not hear him speak
might well take him for an Indian chief,
more especially when as in winter he
often wore a large white overcoat made
from a fine Indian blanket. He was
sometimes known as the ‘Indian doctor,’
by which appellation he felt honored.
His brief but expressive sayings were
often the text for a splendid sermon.
One day while half dozing in his chair,
as I was engaged in reading, he suddenly
started up and said: ‘Tom, which
would you rather be—at the head of a
mouse or the tale of a rat?” What a wide
and extended meaning in that brief sen-
tence! It might be interpreted, would I
choose the lowest office under the presi-
dent of a great nation, or be the owner
of a grocery store with one or two clerks
for my assistants. But to return to bot-
any: Dr. E. had contracts with whole-
sale drug stores in the eastern American
cities and in Montreal where they were
glad to receive all the medicines fur-
nished in good order. We were required
to gather each in its proper season.
First, in the early spring our attention
was directed to flowers, of which the
American dogwood (Cornus Florida) was
wanted in large quantities. These were
gathered in the cool or cloudy days, if
possible, and carefuly dried in the shade
before packing. Rather later, the barks
were gathered, of which the slippery elm
(Ulmus Fulva) was largely required.
Sassafras, poplar and wild cherry barks
also received our attention. A descrip-
tion of gathering and preparing one kind
will, in a measure. apply to each: The
trees being felled and branches removed,
the trunk was ready for the work of the
entire class. We chose the largest and
oldest elm trees growing on the highest
lands, sometimes devotiug an entire
week upon one such tree, first carefully
removing the ‘ross’ or rough external
bark from the surface; then, as the bark
would peel easily, it was quickly re-
moved and cut into strips and taken to
the drying room where, by the aid of a
cutting box, it was chopped into bits the
size of Indian corn, then thoroughly dried
in the shade and taken to the mill to be
ground—the miller refused to bolt it—
and it was then sifted by hand, the fine
flour being afterwaad packed into two
and four ounce squares or cubes and la-
beled. The coarser or fibrous portion
was shipped in bulk. Occasionally an
order came for a thousand pounds in
twenty-four inch strips of the dry crude
bark. Roots were dug in the early
spring or after the top was dead in the
autumn. They, of course, had to be
carefully washed before drying. Lobelia
and sculleap were gathered when fully
matured but before any frost had
touched them, as it was important not
only to have the full strength of the
leaves but to save the seeds, also. We
sent over fifty different kinds of medi-
cines to market during that season and
we all look back upon that time as among
the happiest years of our lives. It was
not a thoroughly scientific knowledge of
botany that we obtained, but a knowl-
edge of far greater practical value to
some of us who engaged in the drug bus-
iness afterward. Such an education en-
ables one to not only tell the kind and
species of medicine at a glance, but also
to judge instantly as to its quality and

whether inert and worthless by improper

 

curing. Two of the class afterward
made a specialty of botanic medicines in
their drug stores, and had the almost ex-
elusive sale in that branch in their re-
spective localities.”’
ean
Result of the Lansing Session.

The following is a list of the persons
who passed a successful examination and
were registered as pharmacists and assist-
ant pharmacists at the recent meeting of
the Board of Pharmacy at Lansing:

PHARMACISTS.

Henry Emil, Mt. Clemens; William L.
Baldwin, Vassar; Edwin Ballard, Sagi-
naw; Reuben T. Bower, Petoskey; David
C. Burley, Port Huron; Cornelius Chud-
zinski, Saginaw; Charles W. Cook, Grand
Rapids; Andrew R. Cunningham, Port-
land; Walter L. Day and James W.
Downey, Detroit; Andrew H. Elliot,
Harrison; Theron Forbes, Middleville;
Frederick Fox, Marlett; Albert J. Gies,
Detroit; Ernest W. Goff, Tecumseh; Mac
Herriman, Cadillac; Charles C. Hessey,
Bangor; John W. Hoffman, William E.
Johnson, Walter E. Judge, Oscar Karn-
sen, Detroit; Albert W. Lindbohm, Han-
cock: John W. Luckham, Sarnia, Ont.;
Albert I. Luke, Detroit; Harry D. Luke,
Wingham, Ont.; Charles W. Morse, Do-
wagiac; William W. Monger, Portland;
Lorenzo E. Norton, Hesperia; Edwin F.
Owen, Petersburg; Julius F. Peppler,
Muskegon; Harry T. Richter, Tecumseh;
Milton H. Robertson, Otto Schmidtt, De-
troit; James N. Taggert, Potterville;
Harry Thorp, Warren, Ind.; Henry Van-
dervelde, Grand Rapids; William H.
Vaughan, Oscoda; Wilford W. Wells and
John A. West, Detroit; Charles Williams,
Ann Arbor; Franklin S. Wilson, Mt.
Clemens; Grant W. Woolsten, Jackson
and Edward Young, Detroit.

ASSISTANT PHARMACISTS.

Clement A. Davis, Grand Ledge; Evard
W. Decker, Harry Dolson and Charles R.
H. Fischer, Saginaw; Frank N. Fisk,
Edwardsburg; Arthur B. Fleischer, Sagi-
naw; Walter J. Foster, Bath; Hart P.
French, Mulliken; W. F. Gallinger, North
Branch; Edward J. Garner, Petoskey;
Albert N. Harris, Frank L. Hayes, De-
troit; Eugene Hume, Owesso; Henry I.
Isbell, White Pigeon; Joseph S. Kirchner,
Detroit; Addison L. Kirtland, Lakeview;
William F. Knapp, Monroe; Henry B.
Longyear, Mason; Uno N. Montin, Han-
cock; Wallace E. Newark, Brookfield;
Charles L. Osborne, Vandalia; William
T. A. Payne, Detroit; Herman T. Raible,
Monroe; William A. Repp, Detroit; T. E.
Reily, North Branch; Henry Rickel,
Grand Rapids; Charles A. Rebertson,
Coopersville; Hiram W. Schall, Three
Rivers; Frederick C. Schirmer, Saginaw;
Robert W. Shaw, Port Huron; Edwin N.
Snyder, Sunfield; J. Harry Triece, New
Buffalo; Henry J. Loon, Detroit; James
T. Van Est, Peck; John G. Fryd, Detroit;
Peter J. Dykema, Grand Rapids; Ernest
R. A. Hunt, Lowell; Fred A. Pfannen-
schmidt, Detroit.

 

2 <——$___——
Meeting of the Grand Rapids Druggists.

At the annual meeting of the Grand
Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, held at
Tue TRADESMAN Office last Thursday
evening, applications for membership
were received from E. A. Parkinson, 245
South Division street; S. A. Soule, 139
Monroe street; L. M. Mills, 54 South
Ionia street; H. E. Grand-Girard, 128
Monroe street; John C. Dutmers, 438
South Division street. On motion of
F. J. Wurzburg, all of the applicants
were accepted and the Secretary author-
ized to cast the ballot of the Association.

The report of the Secretary-Treasurer
showed a balance on hand of $10.66. The
report was adopted and the Secretary
was authorized to hire a conveyance and
collect the outstanding dues.

Election of officers for the ensuing year
resulted as follows:

President—W. R. Jewett.

Vice President—R. A. McWilliams.

Secretary-Treasurer—F. H. Escott.

Board of Trustees—President, John E.
Peck, F. J. Wurzburg, H. E. Locher,
W. L. White.

On motion of W. L. White, the salary
of the Secretary was fixed at the same
sum paid him previous years.

 
 
  
   
 

 

John E. Peck suggested that the regu-
lar meetings of the Association be held
quarterly, instead of monthly, as hereto-
fore. As the suggestion involved a
change in the constitution, written notice
of such amendment was offered by W. L.
White.

After a lengthy discussion on trade
interests, it was decided to meet ‘the
prices on toilet articles and perfumes
made by the dry goods stores.

On motion of John E. Peck, John D.
Muir was authorized to procure an analy-
sis of ‘‘Malvina’’ and publish it in the
city papers.

The meeting then adjourned.

_—~>-> <<
Six Meetings Next Year.

Detroit, Nov. 15.— The Board of
Pharmacy has decided to hold three extra
meetings in 1891, which will make the
meetings about as follows:

Saginaw, second Tuesday in January.

Grand Rapids, first Tuesday in March.

Ann Arbor, first Tuesday in May.

Detroit, first Tuesday in July.

Upper Peninsula, first Tuesday in Sep-
tember.

Lansing, first Tuesday in November.

Yours truly,
JAMES VERNOR, Sec’y.

 

Ree
The Drug Market.

Quinine is weak and lower for foreign.
Domestic is unchanged. Opiumis dull
and weak. Morphia is unchanged, as
yet, but will be lower soon. Nitrate sil-
ver has declined. Oil peppermint has

advanced. Oil wormseed is_ higher.
Glycerine has declined. Turpentine is
higher.

 

 

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CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price for it. Address

}PECK BROS., “eusies Rabie!”

    

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

Wholesale Price Current.

 

Advanced—Oil Peppermint, Oil Wormseed, Turpentine.
Declined—German Quinine, Nitrate Silver, Glycerine.

 

ACIDUM.
Aceticum . 10
Benzoicum ‘German.. goo! 00
ME io. occ oc uos 30
Carbolicum ..........- 30@ 38
COO .... 05 ose ones 50@ 55
Hydrochior ..........- 3@ 5
Witrocum .........-.-- 10@ 12
—————_  ——— 1i@ 13
Phosphorium dil...... 20
Salicylicum ..........- 1 40@1 80
Sulphuricum.. .2 1%@ 5
Tannicum..........--- 1 40@1 60
Tartaricum...........- 4@ 42

AMMONIA,
16 = Lea ona 84@ 5
Age ox one 54@ 7
canines. ciaaeccds oes 12@ 14
Chloridum .......----- 12@ 14

ANILINE.

IGOR oo... ccc teen 2 0O@2 25
Tieete.... ...---0-- +22 80@1 00
Lee woesdensneneeces 45Q@
Weew . <<... +--.--+5-- 2 50@3 00
BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1 50....--- 1 60@1 75
—— Ce acetce ess 10

Xanthoxylum .....----
BALSAMUM.
a bees oe eae . 60@ 6

 

 
 
  

erebin, Canada
WolMtAN . ... 50. eos 000+
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian 18
Cassiac .......-- 11
Cinchona Flava .. 18
Euonymus atropurp 30
Myrica Cerifera, po. 20
Prunus Virgini.....-. 12
nes wl PT i... 5. - oo =
Ulmus Po (Ground i2)...... 10
EXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@ 2%

 

 
 

PO......-- 3 =
. ib. box... 1 2
— ae 13@ 14
f a —s 14@ 15
irs MEO. c s+ sees 16@ 17
FERRUM
Carbonate Precip.....- @ 15
Citrate and Quinia.... _@3 50
Citrate Soluble.....-.. @ 80
Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 0
Solut Chloride......-- @ 15
Sulphate, eom’l....... 1%@ 2
pure.......-.- ao t
FLORA.
Arnica .....-. 30
Anthemis 25
Matricaria ...... ----- 30
eee ee eee 22
co *,cutifol, Tin-
ni ell gees dade B@ 228
en al _ 35@ 50
alvia officinalis, 448
ON UB... o nase os ese 12@ 15
it 8@ 10
eUMMI.
t picked.... @1 00
ee 2s
“ “ @ 80
— > sorts.. @ 6
eee cece 75@1 00
Aloe, oan. (po. § 50@ 60 |
Cape,  - @ 12
“ ~=sgocotri @
Catechu, 1s, Can, ru nae
Bi ae ee ee @ i
Ammoniae ........-+-- 25@ 30
poo mr (po. 30) .. @ 15
Benzoinum........-.-- wW@ 55
Camphore®......--++-+- 50@ 52
Euphorbium po .....- 35@ 10
Galbanum.........---- @3 00
Gamboge, po..-..----- 80@ 9%
Guaiacum, (po 40) @ 3
—- (po. 25)....-.--- @ Ww
7 a G can g =
yrrh, po. 45 FN OUOGE
Myrrh Oo a 3 10@3 25
ae. 2B@ 40
" bleached...... 23@ 35
Tragacanth .....-.-.-- 30@ 75
HERBA--In ounce packages.
Abies ........-.-.-.-.-- 25
—— ton cape euie . =
else ae tos ee 25
Majorum......-....-.-- 28
Mentha —- beac 23
Vir eae 25
cl ee 30
Tanacetum, V .....-..-ss0e-- 22
Thymus, V.......--+-+-++++ P3)
MAGNESIA,
Caicined, Pat.......... 55@

60
Carbonate, PR coos ee 22
Carbonate, K. & M.. 20@ 2%
Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36
50
v3)

  

OLEUM.
Absinthium. .........
Amygdalae, Dulce... >. 45@
Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25
eee ce 2 00@2 10
Auranti Cortex....... @2 50

Re ccc ewewee 3 25@4 00
Cadipatl ...... 2.0.00. 90@1 00

ophylli ... 1 25@1 30
eee ae =
Cinnamonii ........... 1 40@1 50
CRENOIID ois cc eer acs
Conium Mac........ ae &

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cmpcees..........-... 13 50@14 00 TINCTURES.
Exechthitos ieeed beens 90@1 00
Mite 1 90@2 00 | Aconitum Napellis R....... 60
Gaultheria ............ 2 00@2 10 ; NE ee 50
Geranium, ounce..... @ % Aloes Dl ie ee eee eues 60
Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75 and myrrh............ 60
Hedeoms i 1 85@2 00 — scenes eee kee oe 7
uniperi............... ee ee eee
Tavendula ae 90@2 00 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60
Limonis een 1 50@2 20 re a a. =
entha Piper.......... oe. Ce ee
Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 | Sanguinaria................. 50
Morrhuae, gal......... 80@1 00 eee 50
Myrcia, ounce.. i ae ee
a... N@2 7 MEN deed aden seoeesens 50
Picis | Liquida, (gal..35) 100 12 ea %
cael ..1 16@1 2 (eoddeuecacaa cane oe
Rosmarini.. @1 ES ie 100
Rosae, ounce @6 00 Coppa cs, 50
Succini..... . 0@ 45 Cinchona eee eee ee ene 50
Samine.......... . 90@1 00 o 60
ie "18 50@7 00 | Columba ................-4-, 50
ae LS ee a cent sete eee see ce ees .
usin Gee Culed....| | @ 65 |Cunena.-...--.---.
Tigitt g = =e ee ee cue =
io. BO | Brgot.... 2.2.26. eee eee ewes
um ee. 50
a 1b@ 2], COs. se esses cece cree es 60
ues ed eee uaica ees oe =
a 1 Sim a CU
Bic romete ........,.. 3a 14 —— eter enaane 50
MME. os iccss tac mm so =
ae ee ee =
Contents, (os. 18)... 14@ 18) wernt Chloridum 0.010000... %
Fate 222 Ia 802 90 | ENMO, «=~ ---+0+---+ oe eee =
Potasss, Bitar, pure. 30 33 — Bee pe ee ees eeu. cee =
tama. Bitart, com... 15 | MYETB..-- eee eee ee eee eee eee
Potass Nitras, opt a 8@ 10 Pe -
cial ——n le a T@ 9| OPM a---- 2-22 cee aeee weeenee
Prose .....-.....-.- 208 33 a = ee noe eg ae ° 50
Sulphate po..........- as lL 7
aaeei AurantiCortex.............. &
i MIGERIG, 20 oc sees neon cence 50
BOOMING ......2...... ee pe 50
aes eek... 50
20 Cassia er. 50
= . oe seeneess 50
20@ ee
Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 ‘semana oo 80
Givenreoise, (oy. 15).. 16) Ii Torten.............. ..... @&
Hydrastis Canaden, Weenies oc...) ol 50
a. eels @ 40| Veratrum Veride............ 50
_ oo Ala, po.... 1@ = ante
nula. - oe ee 1 ELLANEOUS.
Tpeeee, po. 2 40@2 50
cacao ee. ee
eeeeoe, Pe......,...... 60@ 65] aj oe =
Marense, 64...,...... @ 3 na ground, (po. 24@ 3%
Podophyllum, po...... a4 ”)h CUM A
Rhei... seee = Annette 55@ 60
35 Antimoni, erg halen ze <— &
t Potass 55@ 60
= ——— See ews ee 1 35@1 40
tae 5 Ariifeprin ......,..s... P25)
Sereta sete ceeeeees 55 ———— © Nitras, ounce @ 774
eee eee eee e eens poentene. 5@ 7
Similax, Officinalis, = . = Balm Gilead Bud.. a 38@ 40
¢ t -2 10@2 20
Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Geicin
Symplocarpus, Feeti- — ae oo 1s, (4s
a Ee SS @ Wil dias aiass Bist
Valeriana, Eng. (po. '30) @ B — Russian, io
German... 15@_ 20) POrse-ceetccee eee
ingiber a.. .. tog Capsici Fructus, of... e 16
Zingiber $0000.04... R@ 2 mi 7 .<
SEMEN. Caryophyllus, 20) 1 1
Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 Gunes No. ge iB, a
te aa. 15@ 4 — Alba, 8. _oaP..... 50@ 55
De aces eens 5 a 38@
Carul, oo i... ‘ =. = a eee aa @ 40
ac os 00@1 z Dassia Fructus........ 20
Conan acum. .........- te ti Contrara.............-. g 10
a Sativa....... x “a Seas eee eee cee @ 4
donium. ee orelui ........... 60@ 6
Cheno tee lu 10@ 12 . squibbs .. @1 ‘0
Dipterix Odorate...... 2 00@2 25 | Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 85@2 00
Wocmentm........... @ | Chendros............. 2@ 2%
ee me... i — = Cinchonidine, P& W 15@
Link ged, (bb. gig). 4 ifm mean
Opes. .....:--..----- 35 ee ee ey 60
Phariaris Canarian.... 34@ 4% | Creasotum ............ 50
COS a ene os 7 Creta, oe ND eee @ =
Sinapis, A —_ ee aene Se 4 PEED. wees eee ees 5S@ 5
ceca on 1 12 a Lee cee une %@ i1
SPIRITUS. _ irahes Desc oes @ 8
2 00@2 Oe oes. 30@ 35
Frumenti, = ow = T5Q2 = bone ee QA
se Ree 10@1 50 Comm falpe........... Ge ¢
Seaton Co. 0. T....1 75@1 75 ee 7 as =
CAS 75@3 eee eocerosne
Saacharum N. E...... ie. oe
Spt Yin Galt 77 Boge oo | Brgota, (po.) 66.0200. 50 8
9 | PIBEROS VV BIGS. .0c cccces 2
"Wink Albe..........2.. 1 25@2 00 Gall heienenenmneaen @ B
SPONGES. eer. ce. c.., 8 @9
Florida _sheeps’ wool, . ee
eurrtags..... 0.6... .. 25@2 50 PCH... .---
Nassau See wool Glassware flint, 70 percent.
CarTlAge nes 2 00 a . %@ 1
Velvet extra sheeps’ a
wool carriage....... 110| White. - B@ 5
Extra yellow sheeps’ Glycerina ..... 18 @ %
Carrere... 88... 85 Grana een : @ 2
Grass = a wool car- Humulus..... - 2@ 55
a 65 | Hy draag Chior Mite.. @1 05
Hard for slate use. 1 au Cor . @ %
Yellow Reef, for slate Ox Rubrum = @1 15
8 1 40 a Ammoniati.. — @1 25
' Unguentum. £0@ 60
SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum ......... @
peeiben Lod beaks een ueeece oy = 1shthyobols, Am. «A meat 50
led a eee ene MO i ec c cu cues 00
SS 60 | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 7E@3 85
— ae eo ua cave cuse as = — — Cus pee se ee as @A 70
uranti Cortes —— ae 85@1 00
ee a 80 | Lycopodium .......... 60
Similax Officinalis.......... 60 ee ot. 85
Se EE A ite nest on = Liquor — et Hy-
I oo es ua eee eyes OE os i 27
ees cae ewe 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12
OO ccc sads ccc es GOL Ome, Saipn (bbl
EA Se ane repr Oe Pees ee  ee sop 3
Prunus firg...,..:,--,-+-+-» 90 | Mannia, OP .....4., 60

 

 

 

 

Morphia, S. P. & W...2 60@2 85/| Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2 | Lindseed, boiled .... 61 64
S.N. Y. Q. & ——. ieee ce ote come @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter
© OO oc ioe 2 50@2 75 = Le iuceaae @ wi siaiee............ 50 69
Moschus Canton...... @ #0 — accaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 46% 50
Myristica, No.1....... fom Tol Voee................ @ 3 PAINTS. bbl. 1b.
Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ . suuf, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 .
Cn Sole Soda Boras, (po. 13). . 12@ 13| Red Venetian. ........ 1% 2@3
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33| Ochre, yellow a “72 2@4
[a @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 wee 2@3
Picis Liq, N. C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5/| Putty, commercial. “age 2%4@3 -
Eg Ta age @2 00|Soda, Ash.............34@ 4]... — pure.....2% 24@3
Picis ‘Liq., quarts ..... @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2| Vermilion Prime Amer-
TN sas @ 70|Spts. Ether Co........ 50@ 55|,_,ican....... we tees aseees 13@16
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50| ‘ Myrcia Dom..... @2 25 | Vermilion, English....  85@88
Piper Nigra, (po. 22) .. @ 18 “ Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00 Green, Peninsular..... 70@T
Piper Alba, (po ¢5).... @ 35 i Vini Rect. bbl. Lead, red Sees cews sew os @i%
Pix Bursun.... 2... _.. i el eam @2 33}. ,,, White ........... 734,
Plvent Meat 0... 14@ 15| Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... @i0
Pulvis Ipecac et opli..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... @1 10 =. Gilders’...... @x
Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl......... L440 344 White, Paris American 1 00
& P. D. Co., doz..... @1 2 Bem 24@3 | Whiting, Paris Eng.
Pyrethrum, pv........ 32 %| Tamarinds............ 8@ 10 cliff .... bi sisit ais cos oi 1 4c
IN oon <: 8@ 10} Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 | Pioneer Prepared Paint! ng! 4
Quinia, & raw..... 39@ 414] Theobromae .......... 55@ 60 | Swiss a ee
S. German.... 27@ 37| Vanilla............... 9 00@16 00} Paints. . 1 00@1 20
Rubia Tinctorum..... 1 141 Zinel Sulph........... 7@ VARNISHES.
Saccharum Lactis pv.. @ 40 No. 1 Turp Coach.. A 10@1 20
Selaee oss... 2 40@2 50 OILS. Extra Turp.... 2.2... 160@1 70
Sanguis Draconis..... 0@ 3 Bul. Gal | Coach Body........... 2 75@3 00
Santomine ............ 50 | Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn......1 00@1 10
Sapo, c/a oe «4 ] Lee, Gxire........... 55 60 | Eutra Turk Damar. ...1 55@1 60
- wo fom Tel ber Ne 7........... 45 50} Japan Dryer, No. 1
ee @ 15| Linseed, pureraw.... 58 61 We 70@ 75

 

 

HAZELTINE
& PERKINS
DRUG CO.

Importers and Jobbers of

~-DRUGS~

Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundrier,

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,

Sole Agents forithe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints.

We are Sole Proprietors of

«|WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rums.

Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & Cc,
Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite
Rye Whisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.

We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Gu:r-
antee Satisfaction.

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

Haxelting & Perkins Drug 60,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

      

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

GRVUCERIES.

Purely Personal.

Chas. B. Johnson, the Palo grocer and
bookseller, was in town one day last
week.

B. S. Holly, general dealer at Wood-
land, was in town a couple of days last
week.

Phil. M. Roedel, the White Cloud gen-
eral dealer and banker, was in town last
Friday.

Wm. H. Hooper, President of the P. of
I. Stock Co., of Martin, was in town
Monday.

John Pedrick, head clerk for Monroe &
DeHaven, grocers at Bangor, was in town
last Friday.

J. E. Mills, of the firm of Mills & Mills,
general dealers at Ashland, was in town
one day last week.

F. D. Cleveland, general dealer at
Shepardsville, was in town last week, for
the first time in two years.

E. M. Everts, Secretary of the Bell
Furniture and Novelty Co., at Nashville,
was in town last Thursday.

C. L. Mauer, of the firm of M. V. Gun-
drum & Co., general dealers at Leroy,
was in town acouple of days last week.

A. H. Perry, manager of the S. K. Nor-
tham hardware business, at Traverse
City, was in town a couple of days last
week.

Jas. V. Crandall, general dealer at
Sand Lake, put in several days in the
city last week, hovering around the
Masonic Fair.

Peter Dykema, formerly with Thum
Bros., has taken the position of prescrip-
tion elerk for A. H. Eckerman, the Mus-
kegon druggist.

H. E. Decker, formerly with L. M.
Mills, has taken the position of prescrip-
tion clerk for E. A. Parkinson, the South
Division street druggist.

Sid. V. Bullock, prescription clerk fer
H. M. Gibbs, the Howard City druggist,
is devoting a couple of weeks to the pur-
suit of deer and other game ‘‘up north.’’

Frank D. Green, formerly city sales-
man for Jennings & Smith, but for sev-
eral years past chief clerk at the Bennett
House, Galesburg, was in town several
days last week.

Jno. J. Dodds, of Detroit, was in town
last Thursday on his way home from Pe-
toskey, whe:e he took possession of the
Fasquelle drug stock, subsequently sell-
ing same.to Bower & Barber.

O. H. Richmond, the South Division
street druggist, has removed to Chicago
and is reported to be coining money and

 

 

fame in organizing lodges of the Order of |

Magi, of which he is the originator.

Bryant H. Howig, formerly proprietor
of the Big Rapids Herald, but for the
past ten years connected with some of
the largest printing offices of Iowa, has
taken the position of foreman of the
printing department of the Tradesman
Company.

© 2s
A Dirty Grocery Store.
From the Denver Grocer.

A little hint to the retail grocer as to
the condition of his store may be some-
what superfiuous, considering that he is
being badgered to death by every trade
paper on that question. However, it oc-
eurs to us just now that we were in a
grocery store yesterday, which, for dirt,
disorder and general chaos was playing
@ most successful star engagement. It
reminded us of a general store an old
uncle of ours used to keep down in
Maine. Hedid a tremendous business
in his way and never found time to put
things away. The result was that along

 

in the afternoon the codfish, dry goods,
clothes lines, molasses, vinegar, vermi-
fuge, boots, shoes, wood saws and stick
candy were one conglomeration. His
soda barrel and tea chest stood side by
side, and in weighing out a pound of the
former the residue stood equal chances
of finding its way among the tea, instead
of back to its rightful place. The result
was that tea drawn from that particular
chest presented a bright green hue,
which denoted in his argument a per-
fectly new importation of a superfine
grade. And would you believe it, a
great demand arose for that particular
tea and when the chest was sold out he
had to purposely mix soda with the next
in order to retain his customers.
The Value of Small Things.

It may be cash in every merchant’s
pocket to give just two minutes of his
time in reading and thinking about this
stickful of truth:

The amount of money that is obtained
from apparently indifferent and immate-
rial businesses is sometimes very large.
For instance, the value of the paper
thrown away in some large stores is suf-
ficient to pay a good many salaries. The
managers of a large dry goods house in
New York awoke to this fact when they
learned that the man who had the con-
tract for cleaning their establishments
was rapidly acquiring a fortune by sell-
ing the waste materials found on the
floors. He had undertaken to provide
help and see that the place was cleaned
nightly in return for the waste paper and
pasteboard boxes. It required very little
attention, as the man had a foreman to
see that the work was done properly. At
the expiration of his contract it was not
renewed and the house now takes the
profits.

——____—~_ -6
The Grocery Market.

Sugars are ke. lower. New Orleans
goods are in market and will probably
meet with a good demand as soon as cold
weather comes. The raisin market is
firm and prices are likely to go higher.
Arbuckle has issued a circular to the
trade, authorizing a cut of %e on his
package goods, when ordered in lots of
300 pounds. The lot must be sold to one
firm and billed and shipped at one time.
The P. J. Sorg Co. is out with a circular,
offering a discount of 2 cents a pound
from its published list on all brands of
plug tobacco.

een >< >-—$_$____
Status of the Peters Failure.

* MANISTEE, Nov. 17.—Judge Judkins
will hold court in chambers here next
Monday for the purpose of confirming
the sale of R. G. Peters’ interest in the
wholesale grocery firm of Lemon &
Peters, at Grand Rapids.

It is understood that Mr. Peters has
decided that the interests of the estate
can best be managed by a receiver and
that he will recommend the appointment
of same at the meeting of the creditors,
on Friday of this week.

 

 

Langeland Mfg. Co.

Wholes Manufacturers of

SASH

—AND—

DOORS

DEALERS IN

‘Lumber, Lath and Shingles,

 

Office, Mill and Yard:
East Muskegon Ave,, on ©. & W. M. R’y.
MUSKEGON, MICH.

 

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Green, $3.50 for choice eating and
$3 for cooking stock. Evaporated are firm at 13c,
with every indication of an advance to J5c in
the near future.

Beans— The market is firmer and higher.
Handlers pay $1.75@1.80 for country picked and
find no difficulty in making sales at #2.10@2.15
for city picked.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

   
 

 

 
  

 

    
 

 

BULK GOODS.

Roamans, Ob wal i
Selects, oe Sat aa eee oeees ¢ ak ene
Scrimps, Ma a saeus Gener sblcu ye csc
Ciams, _

Scallops, Oe ese cues dendeccuce

FRESH MEATS.
Swift and Company quote as follows:

  
  

   
 

 
 
 
  

 

 

  

: meee, Ceres wk... -- 4 @5%
Beets—50e per bu. “uo i 5
Butter—Dairy is firm andin good demand at] ,, — quarters. ' Hee e.

a perlb. Creamery finds moderate sale at ee ee 8 @ 8%

25 26e. . oe Oe pic
Cabbages—f0c per doz. or $4 per 100. " erent eo ee ae Ss : $ :
Carrots—20@25¢ per bu. et re ie @

s ss eae ce @
Celery—20@<5ce per doz. Hoes 44% @ 4%
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels B 6 i i i i Li i i ie Sg 5

25e. 0 — Dg ee ee te ‘ @ .
Cranberries—Michigan berries are in fair de- Pork cociaas es eee g 6
mand at $2.75 per bu. Cape Cod commands $10 Ceueuaa MERA Ge heh @5
per bbl and Bell and Cherry are held at $2. The a tee ce a ee
~tieliraearasing : saat le eae See : 4
Eggs—The market is almost completely bare of iattcin Lees nme @ 6%
fresh stock, all offerings meeting a ready demand ae 4 o%@ 7
ate. Cold storage and pickled stock are in | *“""------*--*-"-* -°**-*-*-*--*---*--*-- '
“ ng oe at i a CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
ield Seeds—Clover, mammoth, 84.60 per bu.; 1 ‘
medium, $4.30@4.49. Timothy, 31.5) per = The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
Game—Venison, 13¢ per lb.: Rabbits, 75¢c per STICK CANDY.
doz.; Partridges, 5c per pair. Seeder wer ip... .... 2 i... @9
Grapes—All varieties are out of market, except “ Bee oe @9
Catawbas and Concords, which are held at 33@ “ es ...... @ 9
40e per 9-Ib basket. : ‘« pails or packages, net weight....... 9%
— Sugar — 8@10c per Ib., according to « «6 > -Ib. bls Deca eee cl ete ah ue 9
quality. Dosen Cree 11%
Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal. OT 104%
een ee — is firmer, dealers paying | Bxtra H.H........ ....... ee 11
80c and holding at #1. ne
Potatoes—The market is wild, but no more so et ee
than the buyers, who are crowding prices up- | Standard, per Ib................0...cccceceecee 8%
ward quite as fact as the market warrants, Theil Leader......... ...... 2.2.0... ..ccscses oo 0s). 8%
anticipations excited by the attitude of the buy- | Special........... ...... 0.0... (-ltnukecetess o. 9
Ore hes cameed the farmers holding the larcer | MOVE... o.oo. ee. le aca coe 9
lots to withdraw them from the market for the | Nobby....................cccseeeees a eee 9%
present, so they will probably not be moved until | Broken... ............5000 ccs coos ccesccceece 9%
Aorime, Present quotations are Weeeec, with | Midget ool... a 10
still higher prices in prospect, eee i 10
Squash—1\e per Ib. Cee 16
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, €2.75 per bbl: Jer- | Cut Loaf..... . 0... 2.2.0 cece ese cece ca cle cee 10
seys, 83.25 per bb). coe, eee ct, -10
Turnips—30@35c per bu. Broken Tary.................. -16
PROVISIONS. Peanut PQUMEOS......,..... .10%
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. eee aa | zs
quotes as follows: French Creams. Ee 12
ies ee FORK 15 BARRELS. 1 59 | Valley Creams...............000seeeeeeeeeee es 13
oe ee vanor—In Sib. boxes. Per Box
Eixara Clear pie, short ows. .................. 13 75 | Lemon Drops....... en copiee eee ce Gece aca. 65
ee cree ee ee . 65
ee tee OR ee om
Boston clear, short cut....................:. 13 50 | Chocolate Drops.......... <-ae
oe eee eo. 13 50] H. M. ChocolatesDrops. sao
Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 1S Oe es ee 40@50
SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Ree es 1 00
Pe ee oe oo Cre COM £0
ee 2 Dee, ee Zu
ee 9 - ee ee 5
Peeeeeee coeeees. |... 8 ON ee ec cece ccc 70
eee 5 ES ee en a eee ccecuadl e. 75
eee 5 MO I ie coc eee eee oc 65
Bologna, thick. theres led coogi Oe 65
Pee PN ee 16@18
LaRD—Kettle Rendered. ene mene Cree... .....0..5.55..., #@1 00
ee o freee eee 80
Ly, Ee aes TE | COTES COR ce ec. woes oes 1 00
cicmttvmet (tt to ee eee TiC cere ee ee 75
LARD—Family eee ee. 8 1 (0@1 10
ee ee 6 Wiemereroon Berries... sk. 70
seand 60 ih. Tabs .............. ee ie, 6% Fancy—In bulk.
Pon cer ee Cee... . Lonsnnes, wate, 1 OAs..................-. 3. 12
i ee ee 6% " Finted, i peilg.........,......... 13
ie Pelee Cea cee........... Ge | Conley Frou, te eli... sk 13
oe eee eee ee ee ee 6
dlc apt a oraacg Co Seo an EG A Cate Melia ue | ee ro, eee... ce 11
BEEF IN BARRELS. mer ree ee. 11
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 Opt Sarees, Oh peeee............... ..5........, 12
Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 00 ORANGES.
Cores, Set Pee, ee @
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. ” ee 176... . . ree
Ree, Se ta a ok. @ 4 50
' ee 10 LEMONS.
. iy pe Mis......... ~m00G | Meemtna, Chotee, S00........... 5.0.3... @
. ON ec = ° ee, eee @ 5 50
“ eee 9% Onis eae ceed @ 6 00
Pe eee oe @
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 8 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.
Dried beef, ham prices.... oe Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 18@19
rr rn ee. 6 - _ ae @16
res SO <i " _ ig se. @13
tiget ..... et eee eW ele dus Goa 6% - Fard, > box ele eee opera @10
e _ F A eld eae 8
FISH and OYSTERS, + | Poeten Sie bee. 6 g 6%
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: NUTS.
FRESH FISH. Rincmes, Terramee. @17%
CN @ 7% “ Pe Nat 17
- ccc marattt eT CCE NTI Eocene aE @8 C A ecb eeces cee 2
ee ee EE vie ht @17
oe hE EE ro | Wee, Gree, 2... @17%
Ceeeee. .... oe eee ies ee eo @ 4 . @13%
ee ec @9 . @lv
ee @10 . Chili @12
PE osc ce @% meee Wee ee 8. @16
ee @10 “ Ee @I15
hE el @e | Potans, Tex, 8.F ........ ..-. ..14 @i16
oY8STERS—Cans. Cocoanuts, full sacks............. : @5 00
Perera CUES. ss @35 PEANUTS,
ee ee @28 remy. GF. Bee... ie. @ 8
i o ee. @25 o - OO @i1
ee ee ce ee «| weney, OF eee | i , e 8
eee. @21 - ” | eee os @ 9%
I @19 | Choice, H. P., Ex Prince........ oe @8
SHELL GoODs. o . Pal, @ 9%
Oysters, per 100....... genes neck an 1 B@i 80 | Fancy, H. P., Steamboats............... @ &%
Clams, . ely, T@1 50! * * - Roasted....... @10

 

 

MANUFACTURED BY

Grand Rapids, Mich,

The Fine ine of Gandy in the State,

most effective Cough Drop in
the market
quickest and pays the

A. E. BROOKS & CO, CO UG

Sells the

best.
them,

DROPS

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Wholesale Price Current.

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.

 

APPLE BUTTER.
CHicano goOds.............:
AXLE GREASE.
Pees. $2 40
ee oe nes .
Seen. 3...
Wise’s..
BAKING POWDER.

 

Thepure, 10¢ packages. $1 20
ee cer 56

TS Om. ae 25
= % lb. eae 2 76
i 1202. oe ee 4 20
1 a 5 40
_ 5 lb. ee 26 CO

Less 20 per cent. to retailers.

  

Absolute, 4% Ib. cans, doz...1 00
e _ on
o mh = ¢ . 2 oo
Acme, 4% lb. cans,3doz ... 45
_ ce’ 2s oe
om — . 3 * ...38
Ts 10
Telfer’ 8, ‘ * cans, — ]
“ * = “ce “ ES 4 50
Arctic, 6 . cams ... ...... 60
eae a ak 1 20
’ * tb Fe ee cag ee 2 00
is oe 7 9 60
Red Star, is - cans........ =
. % b ee. 150
BATH BRICK.
English, 2 doz. in ease..... 80
eee ST eee v6)
American. 2 doz. incase... 70
BLUING. Gross
Arctic, : Oz ovals eed panes 4 00
eo 7 00
" Rate wound, ....... 10 50
2 sifting mee: 26
C -. £00
“ce = oe cu 8 00
— 268 Ball Pea eey eee ees 450
BROOMS.
oe 2eer................. 1%
a. a ==
No. 2 Car i oO
0.1 - 2 2
Pesrorcem............. - 2330
Common Whisk bee ees cree 90
Fancy 12
ee 8 2
Warehouse. . : 2.7
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.
Mises Gen... ..........-... 6 00
York State.. ape oes
CANDLES
‘Hotel, 40 Ib. ee iio
Star, 40 .
Perens .. ...-.-.- 11
i eS ee 25
CANNED GOODS.
FISH.
Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck..... 1 10
Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 Ib. —: 12
2 Ib. 11.2
Lobsters, 1 Ib. picnic aa ee 1 90
Ste = ........ 2 65
* 1 ib. ce 2 50
- oo 3D
Mackerel, 7 Tomato Sauce 3 50
11 b. stand eee ees 1 20
Se ae 2 00
. Sb; in an .3 50
- Sih, soused....... 3 50

Salmon, 11b. Columbia 1 75@1 96
11b. Alaska. . @1 60

   

Sardines, domestic 4s ies gis
" staal ee
“« imported \4s...11
' spiced, 4s.......
Trout, 3 1 . brook a ng oe
FRUITS
Apples, gallons......-. ..---
Apricots on . 2 50
Blackberries.... .. 2.10
Cherries, red........... ook oe
_ ee a Ee 140
Maeeeee 45-5)... 54s.
Moe Pluma........--.--..... 159
iGoomepenries.....-........-. 110
— — lea euei ecu seep : =
Peac! ee eS
: seconds EGR GE 2 30
- —_— ne 2 65
e California. ‘eater sce Oe
aoe. ee ee : =
Pineapples, common..... ..
- — 2%
. eraso.... .... -- 3 00
ide eee aa pide 110
Raspberries, Peeee...--- 1 30
WO i nee 1 40
Shinttetion Dees cel aves 1%
Wiericugrries............... 1 40
MEATS.
tenes beet. ...s 2 00
oee...-.. ae
VEGETABLES.
Beans, soaked Lima........ 85
Green Lima........ @1 60
SS es cae eee @ %
NR ions. ck aes 90
‘* Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40
Corn, stand. brands..1 00@1 25
Peas, coated. ..,..:......... 7
Oe NS so os seu @1 30
1 gee Pe. ce 140
Oe ail @1 75
* Soe Brenen..:....-. 2 10
Maes... ...... . 1 80
Pee 8. @1 00
PN ies boca eens sens 1 10
Succotash, soaked. . 85
. standard......... ..190
Tomatoes, stand br’ds @1 00
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet............ @B@
a vgn sce 34
Peer ch cece casks od 38
Breakfast Cocoa........ 40

 

    

COCOA SHELLS.

Bulk..
Pound ‘packages. . _
COFFEE EXTRACT.
Walley (ey... 2... 1...
vous...

cOFFEE—Green.

Hae deer. ....... 21...
* goed ........ .-.: 21

. oe... .-......

‘* fancy, washed...
 WOneee 5s 23
Cae... ..........:.. 22
Mexican & Guatemala 8
eave, Interior......... 24
a Mandheling....27
POspeery .....-,.--...: “99

Mocha, genuine.....

ee e............

CHICORY.
oor et EE TORE ATES NET 6%
Red... Cees 7
CHEESE.
Fancy Full Cream 11 Gili
Good ----10 @ICK
Part oe Soe e: 8 @9
—— Sago.. 8 @22
fee es Ck. @1 00
Swiss, imported ..... 24@ 2
domestic .... 15@ 16
CHEWING GUM.
Rubber, = lumps Bes dase ccs 30
a sae 40
Spruce, 500. pieces. ..40
CATSUP,
Salers, & pane........... :
ie pans ....

. =

_- - io
65

@2A

26
To ascertain cost of roasted

coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-

 

age.
cone anes
Bunola.. ea eee 24%
“in cabinets..........- 2514
McLaughlin’s XXXX....254
Diem oe: 2534
2 eee 6 26
Dire ... Le 25
CLOTHES LINES.
Cotton, 40f....... per doz. 1 35
. ee....... e 150
abe 1%
a 2 00
“e 3 25
Jute 1 00
° 1 15
mee. 7 50
mae Swiee.......... 6 00@ 7 70
COUPONS.
“Superior.”
$1 per hundred ee eae 2 50
.- *.hCUmreC TC C*# ee 3 00
8 5, ’ a es 4 00
a, * eee 5 00
=, “ eee ous 6 00
“Tradesman.”
S 1, per hundrod....:...... 2 00
.- eee cece ee 2 50
5, * eae. 3 00
0, * - 40
a, a 1. 5 00
Subject to the following dis-
counts:
200 or over......... 5 per cent,
ee ce ee 10 ~
eae 20 -
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter............. by

A. Oyster .........

 

 

City “Oyster, ee ee, 5%
CREAM TARTAR.
Sareiie pore............... 38
eT ee Ee
DRIED FRUITS.
DOMESTIC,
Apples, sun-dried..... 8 @9
' evaporated....13 @14

Apricots, ’ ne =

Blackberries ‘ pias

Peaches yea 20 @x

PRUNES.
URN co. iso cc @ 8%
ee @ 9
PEEL.
a - 18
ee 18
CITRON.
a Gre. 8. cs is @i8
ee @20
CURRANTS.

Zante, in barrels...... @ 54
" in %-bbls...... @ 5%
' in less quantity @ 6

RAISINS —California.
ees

London Layers, 2 er n

3 2 50

: fancy. 2 %5

Muscatels,2crown ... 2 00

. = 2%
Foreign.

Walonere...:.... .....

on AE TE TEN IN 8%@ 9

See oc, 13 @l7

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Varina, 100 ib, Kegs......... 04

Beainy, per bhl............ 4 00

Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.. 55

imported tas @i1

Poem Harey.:.......- @3

Peas, NS eck a eas @i1 10

BE ii sats cdaues @ 3%

Sago, German......... @5

Tapioca, Wk 0 orpri...5 @6

Wheat, cracked....... @5

 

Herring, gibbed, ge 5 25

%b bl.. 3 00

. —— bbis.. 12 00

Nig es ... %

~ Scaled 20

Mackerel, No, 5 \% bbl. 12 00

10 1b kit..1 10

Trout, % bbie......... @4 75

~ 70 i ee... 60

White, No.1, % bbls.. @5 50

- iO Th. kite. .... 80

. Family, % bbls.... .3 00

aie... 65

FLAVORING EXTRACTS- —
DC DC

Lemon. V' —

2 0z folding box... &
3 OZ -.1 00 i 50
40z r 1 oO 2 00
6 oz ’ , 2700 3 00
8 oz - .3 00 4:0
GUN POWDER.
woes... “o4.s oo
Half beng 0) Se
HERBS,
es 15
Tie
JELLIES.
Chtcage gooda.............. 5%
LAMP WICKS.
No. ons 30
ee oo. cle, 40
No, &.. ieee ee
LICORICE.
—...................,.... 30
Coren. 25
Co 18
LYE.
Condensed, 2 dow..........- 1 2%
MATCHES.
ro. © cutyhur..............: 2 00
AvuChOr PARIOR.:............. 170
Noe Seome .................7
Rigor parier............. 4 00

MOLASSES.
Ce
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico..

 
  

New Orleans, “good. ease eua
— ice... - 40
. fancy.. £0
One-half nena. 3c extra
OATMEAL.
a 67
Mat errele.... 3 50
ROLLED OaTs.
erro. |... @6 75
ait tee.. ......-.... @3 50
orn,
miehiogn Tom.............- 9%
Waser Wolte.....-._........ 10
PICKLES.
Medium Ce a, $7 50
Del .....-: 1. on
Small, ee... ...._........ O ae
wy CT 5 60
PIPES.
Clay, Ce 1%
7. ©. tol count........ 5
i ee 123
RICE.
Carolina eae 7
mo f.....,..,-.....2 6%
* Mee. 6 @
Japan, No. i en ie 7
a 6
Rossage eam
Tea, 2-Ib, tin scoop. ..... $6
- - wee” .. 73
“~ om, Gi aeoop....... 8 7
. 7 eae... 8 75

Grocers’, 11-ib, tin scoop.
' eae .. 25

  

. 22-tb, tin ... =
’ . wees” . 46S
SAPOLIO.

Kitchen, 3 doz. in box a 2 50
Hand 7 UT 2 50
SOUPS.

Snider's Tomato... .......2@
sPices—Whole.

BOR ce ccs cae ce 10
Cassia, China in mats...... 8

" Batavia in bund....15
- Saigon in rolls...... 3
Cloves, SeeOyee.....: 5... 22
ee a 16
Mince Betayvis....... ..-.-... 80
Nutmegs, _ | 80
Z ieee =
ca 2 ieee uiuaacuues
Pepper, Singapore a. 8
- ee... 20
ina In Baik
ee ee 15
Cass ja, Batavia pene esa 20
and Saigon. =
eee 8 ws:
Cloves, (Aeey ee. oo... F4
Za — os 20
Ginger, African.. node
Cochin. .

° Jamaica . be
mace Barivie....:.........:
Mustard, English ee eep eres 22

and Trie. .25

' oT 27
Nuteers, No.2 ............. 80
Pepper, on a —_

i imine. ed eden 25

SUGARS.
Cam toe... .:........ @ 7%
Cee cc @7
Powders ......,.--... @7
Standard See. @ 6%

eee acs @ 6%
Confectioners’ A. @ 6%
White Extra C........ ' 5K@ 6
cla saus 54™@ 5%
OF ceca heey cel cue es @ 5%
WE @ 5%
Dark Molasses........ @5

Less than bbl. 4c advance.

 

STARCH — Combination Prices.
Lump in Bulk

 
 

Large boxes and barrels.... 4%
22D howes ......... bee a. 5%
Gloss.
1-lb packages alee eee eeau ce 6%4
a CtCi C8 63
6-1b Geos 7

orn.

reight seal
Lots of 500 Ibs., freight paid and
5 per cent. discount

Goods made by manufacturers
notin the trust are sold from
4%@¢c lower.

SNUFF.
Scotch, in bladders......... 37
Maccaboy, in jars.. ++ a0
French os _ Jars..... 43
Detroit sues Co.'s Brands.
ONION 3 30
Gueen Anne................ 3 85
Gorman Vargiiy.. ..........
Mottled German............ 3 00
-_ Gorman ......... 27
U.S. Big Bargain.. +o ae
Frost, Wreee 3@
@ocoa Castile 0000 3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy........ 3 36
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Old Country, OF... ...... 3 20
Uno, 100.. ees ce ..3 50
Bouncer, So 3 00
soDA.
ee 5g
cae, nets ae 4%
SAL SODA.
oa 1%
Granulated, boxes.......... 2
SEEDS.
Misca bird .........- as

 

   

 

Rape
Mowe... ™%
SAL
Common Fine : bel..... @&
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 2
Oe 17
60 . ‘
2 15
vis)
5
35
u 20
‘Diamond Crystal, cases....1 50
28-Ib sacks 25
- c 56-Ib 50
. 5 60 pocket.2 25
o oo 28 “ = 10
“ . barrels .. .1 75
SALERATUS.
Church’s, Arm & Hammer...5%
DwiehreCom........-+....... 5%
oy
DeLand’s Cap Sheaf........: 5%
6. ...... ........ 5%
Joo 5
SYRUPS.
Corn, Derrels.............. @Qx
‘© one-half barrels. ...@36
Pure Sugar, b a 30@
half barrel... .32@42
- SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snape....-..... 8
Buse, Creams......... 8%
Frosted Creams....... 8
Graham Crackers..... 8
Oatmeal Crackers.... 8
SHOE POLISH.

Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... -%
TEAS.
JAPAN—Regular.
eee ................,.. @20
Co SS Se @22
Choice. i.e oe
OE, cece aes ee Ce
Sa 10 @l14

 

SUN CURED.

Wale... . 8... ‘

WA, @22
a tl EI : 24 @29
CMGReGMe. 2.008... 8. 32 @26
........ oo oe Gi

BASKET FIRED.
va. ................. @20
yaeee ......_...,..... @%5
Celica. ..........._.. @35
Extrachoice, wireleaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair....... 2 @3
Extra fine to finest. ..50 @é6F
Choteest fancy........ % @s
OOLONG.
Common to fair... ...2% @20
Superior to fine....... 30 @0
Fine to choicest....... 55 @65
IMPERIAL.
Common to fair....... 20 @35
Superior to fine........ 40 @50
YOUNG HYSON.
Common to fair....... 18 @%
Superior to fine....... 30 @40
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
Tae... 25 @30
oeece..... |... 30 @35
fem. ...... 55 @65
Wee Deet....,..2...... 8 @10
Topaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
Po 62
sweet Cube........... 36

ToBaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands.
Something Good.............. 37
Pearce Fe 34
wOeeeee 35
ToBpaccos—Smoking.
Ce 7
Plow Boy, : wll. 32
oe 31
. 15 oz. --32
VINEGAR.
a eee eee 8
ee 2
PAPER & WOODENWARE
PAPER.

Curtiss & Co. quote as fol-
lows:
oe et . 150
eee 180
Miepeware 2... 2%
eames... Lees cee 2
ey Goods. ........... 54@5
wute Maniia........... -
Red Express No. 1..

me em oe. :

TWINES.

48 Cotton.. dee eeee el.
Cotton, No. oe Lewec oun 2

ee 1
Sea Island, uae’ aa 40
me Giron... 8k 18
me cal, q
eee... 8

WOODENWARE

Yl 8 00

_ 7 00

~~ Bes. 6 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 50

No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 75
Clothespins, Ser.bowes.... 3
Dowie, V1 ten... ....-...... 1 00

. a. aS
ie — 2 00
i ee 2
‘* assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50
. "158, 17s and 19s 2 75
Baskets, market............ 35
" Deane: ........... 150
. willow cl’ths, No.1 5 75
oe “ee se No.2 6 25
ar co “ No.3 7 25
. splint “ Nailso
o e . No.2 4 2
ray se acs No.3 5 00

 

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

  

WHEAT.

—— ee ose cee eae .
All wheat bought on 60 Ib. wae
MEAL.

Dorea... ................ 27
Granulated ........... 1%
FLOUR.

Straight, meee ........ Se

~ Sarre. ...... Goo
Patent ‘ sacks. —.. Cn

’ Bees. .2..) 6 30

Graham “ skeks.... ... 4 3
Rye . a ee ee 3 70

MILLSTUFFS.
Ce
Screenings
Middlings .. —
Musea Feed -.............
Coarae meal....... ....... 22 50

RYE.

Mee ee @60
BARLEY.
Net... 1 20
ee 1 15
CORN.

Small lots ated Cat cuce caueu 60

OT a ee aa 7
OATS,

Small lots ede ute deus ca. 52

a 48
HAY.

met 9 00

a 8 00

HIDES, PELTS and FURS,

Perkins & Hess pay as fol
lows, nominal:

   

HIDES.
ae 4%@ 5
Part Cured.. 54@ 5%
Fur * 5%@ 5%
ie... ... 6 @i
ee ~ edae! caus 4@5
“. Care neccee GOGE ©
Calfskins, green io 5 @ 7
cured...... 6 @8
Deacon eking.......... 10 @30
No. 2 hides \ off.
PELTS,
Shearlings, ........... 0 @25
Estimated wool, per bh 20 @28
WwooL.

Washed.. - -20@30
Unwashed ......... --- 10@22
MISCELLANEOUS.

Teli ......... 3 @4
Grease butter ........1 @2
Synecmer...... 1%@ 2
Ginseng 2 5a3 09

LUBRICATING OILS.
The Hogle Oil Co. quote as
follows:
ANIMAL OILS.

  

Extra WS Lard....... 53 @58
- neat ~ -«-+--40 Gao
No. 1. ee
Pure Neatsfoo*.... 52 @60
LUBRICATING OILS.
W Va Summer... .... 7%4@l12
“© Medium Winter. 8 @12
Cold Test........... 9 @13
Pere... 4... 5 10 @i4
Old Reliabie Cylinder @65
600 Mecca @50
Anti-monopoly ‘ 35 @40
Corliss Engine ....... @40
Golden Machine...... 18 @25
Mower and Reaper....25 @30
Castor Machine....... 2 @s
CASTOR OIL.
Pu wee ceace on a: oe
Distilled . aaa $1 10@1 25
Minera 0 @ 3
BURNING OILS,
Water White.......... @10
Michigan test end
Gaeotine..... 22. wos. | 9%4@14

PAINT OILS.

Linseed Oil, boiled. . @ %
Faw.... = @i2

INeaptha................ eee

TWerpentine..... ...... 45 @50

 

CAUTION!

 

Our Absolute Spices in bulk can be

obtained only by ordering direct from

us, as they are never sold through the

wholesale grocery trade.

Telfer Spice Company,
GRAND RAPIDS.

 

PEREINS & BESS

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

DEALERS IN

   

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

NEW YORK TRIBUNE.

asol.

The Tariff and the Farmer.

The Tribune will devote much space during 1891 to
the Tariff as it affects the Farmer and the Mechanic.

Hon. Roswell G. Horr, of Michigan, has been added
to the Tribune's staff of Tariff writers for this pur-

He will, through the columns of The Tribune,

devote himeelf to this topic, and will invite and an-
gwer questions upon points which perplex the Ameri-
can Farmer and Mechanic. He will also, so far as
other duties will allow, attend Farmers’ Institutes and
agricultural gatherings the coming winter and spring, |
and expound the principles of the Tariff.

Those who desire the presence of Mr. Horr at
Farmers’ Institutes, etc.. are invited to communicate
promptly with The Tribune.

 

 

Young Men who wish to Succeed. |

1

Many aman feels the lack of early direction of his
energies and early inculcation of the maxims which |
promote the formation of character and success in |
after life. Every such man would gladly see the young |
men of to-day beiter guided in youth than he was. |
The Tribune has planned the following series of val- |
aable articles, which will appear in this paper only :

What shall I Do? ByS.S8. Packard, President
of Packard’s Business College.

Suggestions for the Boys on the Farm who
are Ambitious. By the Hon. J. H. Brigham, of
Delta, Ohio, Master of the National Grange.

Education without the Help of a College.
By President C. K. Adams, of Cornell University.

A Continuation of ‘‘ How to Win Fortune.”
By Andrew Carnegie, whose remarkable article of last
Spring was so full of encouragement to poor men.

Maltiplicity of Paying Occupations in the
United States. By the Hon. Carroll D. Wright,
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Present Needs and Future Scope of Ameri-
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Tue Trreunz, New York.
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Goods Appropriate to the Season.
Written for THz TRADESMAN.

In no respect is the shrewdness of the
merchant and the progress of the times
better illustrated than in the good taste
now used in the display of goods appro-
priate to the seasons. This was once
only accidental with merchants, while

| the ides of November are here.

now it is intentional, and each seems to
vie with the other in artistic perception
of effect. Contagious, you say? Yes, it
is the contagion of thought. Everything
that draws custom and cash is contagious
in this age, and where the results are
good it elevates humanity and is worthy
of commendation.

Yon grocer’s window reminds us that
What
could be more seasonable than those
fancy packages of buckwheat, canned

| goods, apples, pumpkins, squashes and

turnips; nuts from our native and foreign

forests, and baskets heaped high with

popeorn in the ear? Next door the
butcher displays his most tempting sau-
sage and bacon in the most conspicuous
| place—fit companions for those bags of
buckwheat and oatmeal. Come with me
| in front of this dry goods window. Here
| are piles of woolen dress goods, all
grades, and a dazzling variety of pat-
terns. Look inside the store. See the
|ladies making purchases of the latest
|styles and latest prices. And in this
other window, what a rich display of
hosiery. Even a view of it fairly causes
a feeling of warmth and comfort. The
merchant does not appear to be ashamed
of his low prices, as the bright cards
attached speak for themselves. The win-
dow of the hardware store is no longer
a wilderness of fancy cutlery and curious
novelties; but, instead, stands a monarch
of the drawing room or kitchen, with
beauty and strength combined, and with
aname suggestive of its fuel and the
happiness it will confer.

Here we are in front of a clothing
store. How changed in appearance
within the past six months! The cotton
and linen goods have vanished with the

fallen leaves, and overcoats, flannels,
heavy Scotch goods and underclothing
have taken their places. Fur caps and
gloves are gradually brought into view,
and thoughts of Thanksgiving, Santa
Claus and the new year which is coming,
steal over us, and cause us to feel per-
ceptibly older. Hy.

Bicycles,
Tricycles,
Velocipedes

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 8&t.,

 

Call and see them

or send for large,
illustrated cCata-

GRAND RAPIDS | logue.

 

 
  
    

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SAMPLE SHEET" PRICES

BARLOW BROS.GRAND RAPIDS,MICH

 
 

 

| Mail for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw +4:30 p

 

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In effect October 5, 1890.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrive from Leave goin,
South. orth.

 

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For Saginaw, solid train ....... + 7:30 am
For Traverse City.... .... ..... §:15am + 7:05 am
For Traverse City & Mackinaw] 9:20 a m +11:30 am
For Saginaw, solid train........ + 4:30 pm
Oe CRG ic. cece e unos se 8:15pm 5:00 pm
Por Mackinaw. ....0..0.<. ...¢ 8:50pm {10:30 pm
From Kalamazoo..... penne + 3:55pm

TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Arrive from Leave going
South

    

orth. oO
Dor Cinctenett.................. | 6:00am + 6:30 am
For Kalamazoo and Chicago...t10:15 a m +10:30 am
From Saginaw..............- 11:45am
For Fort Wayne and the Eas : + 2:00 pm
Ber OR ORORL... 0400040050 + 5:30pm j 6:00 pm
{11:30 pm

For Kalamazo and Chicago....t10:50 pm
From Saginaw. ........sccecseess +10:30 p m

Trains marked (jj) run daily; (t) daily except Sunday.

Sleeping and parlor car service: North—11:30 a m
train. parlor chair car for Mackinaw City; 10:30 p m
train, Wagner sleeping car for Mackinaw City.
South—6:30 a m train, parlor chair car for Cincinnati;
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6 pm
train, Wagner sleeping car for Cincinnati; 11:30 p m
train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago.

 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive.
7:00 am 10:10am
11:15 am 3:45 pm
5:40 pm 8:45 pm.
Through tickets and full information can be had by
calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta-
tien, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67
Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Cc. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

 

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

 

   

 

GOING WEST.

Arrives. Leaves.
a a Ce nkmes 12:50 p m 1:00 pm
PThroewe MAIM.........ccccccccessees BO DM 5:10pm

+Grand Rapids Express........... 16:25 pm
-.. 6:40am 7:05am
ik babe eee kooeetneeneees 7:30am

GOING EAST.
+Detroit Express 6:50am
+Through Mail. . 0:10am 10:20am
+tEvening Express $:35 pm 3:45pm
*Night Express... ion oo on 10:55 p m
+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Detroit Express leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor
and buffet car attached, and Evening Express leaving
$: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 Wagner sleeping
car to,Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a m.

Tickets and sleeping car berths secured at
D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

48. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.

Jxo. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.

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

A. J. PaisLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent

HICAGO & WEST MICHIGAN RAILWAY.
Fruit Belt Line.
DEPART.
Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lud-

ington, Manistee & Traverse City.. *7:25 a m
Express for Chicago and Muskegon... +9:00 a m
Waat Mati for Culcne....... ... ..... +1:00 p m
Express for Muskegon and Hart...... +5:0) p m
Night Express for Chicago.......... *11:35 pm
Night Express for Indianapolis .... §11:35 p m
Mail for Big Rapids, Manistee and

| ee a
Ex. for Grand Haven & Muskegon... +8:40 p m

ARRIVE.
Night Express from Chicago ......... *6:30 a m
Night Express from Indianapolis . $6:30 a m
Ex. from Muskegon, Hart & Pentwaterti0:45 a m
Express from Big Rapids, Baldwin

ona Travers City............. ..-..tien Pm
Mail from Chicago and Muskegon .. ¢3:55 pm
Express from Grand Haven..... ..... +5:50 p m
Fast Express from Chicago .. ....... +10:15 p m
Ex. from Muskegon and Pentwater..+ 5:50 p m
Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse City. t5:40 p m
Express from Traverse City........... *10:40 p m

*Daily. — except Sunday. qDaily 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
through to Chicago solid. Through sleeping
ears between Grand — and Chicago on
night express trains. hrough combination
—. and chair car between Grand Rapids
and Indianapolis on night express trains.

Wagner drawing room buffet cars on trains
leaving Grand Rapids 1 p m and Chicago 4:40
pm. 4:40pm train leaving Chicago connects
with sleeper leaving Grand Rapids 11:30 p m for
Traverse City. The5:05pm train has through
free parlor car to Manistee via M. & N. E. R’y.

For tickets and information, apply at Union
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot.

Gro DEHAVEN,
Gen Pass. & Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

_o- LANSING & NORTHERN R. R.
Lansing Route.
DEPART.
Express for Saginaw and Bay City.... t7:30 a
Mail for Lansing, Detroit and East... 7:25 a
Express for Lansing, Detroit and East +1:20 p

Fast =x. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 p
- ARRIVE.

Mail from Saginaw and Bay City. ...+11:45 a

Mail from Lansing, Detroit and East.+12:10 a

Fast Express from Lansing and East. *5:05 p

Express from Lansing and Detroit... +9:50 p m

Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Almati0:30 p m

*Daily. +tDaily except Sunday.

The shortest line to Detroit and the East. Elegant
parlor cars between Detroit and Grand Rapids.

Solid trains between Grand Rapids and Saginaw.
Two solid trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit,
leaving Grand Rapids 7:25am and 6:25 p m, leaving
Detroit 1:15 p m and 5:00 p m.

For tickets and information, apply at Union Ticket
Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Bethy
GEO. DeHaven, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids.

BBB BBBEB

 

MIGHIGAN CENTRAL

“‘ The Niagara Falis Route.’’

DEPART. ARRIVE

Detroit Express. ........ccccccccceces 7:20am 10:00pm

MOE oncccecpeccscccacesscvesesesces 6:30am 5:00pm

Day EXxpress........-..ssscecccceees 11:55am 10:00am

*Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 11:15pm 6:00am

Now York Express.....c.cscee ceocces 56:40pm 1:23pm
*Daily.

All other daily except Sunday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

EDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

= Jeweler,-
hi GANAL SY.,

Grand Rapids - Mich.

WANTED.

POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any of the above ods 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, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.

PFiT FOR
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Table:

All goods bearing the

 

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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, Reale & Hudson Streets,
New Ycrk City

 

 

3EFORE BUYING

set Circular and Testimonials.
Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic.

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tm. wEewaanw & SONS,

Alfred Meakin, Tunstall, England---

Johnson Bros., Nanley, England---

Haviland & Co., Limoges, France---

And Many

If Any
Merchant
Handling

Our Lines

Of merchandise has not
received our Illustrated
Catalogue of Holiday
Goods by this time, please
write for it, as the omis-
sion was unintentional.
And, if it is quite impos-
sible for you to call upon
us in season to secure
this profitable line, please
advise us and we will
endeavor to make some
arrangements to show
them to you, or, if you
will leave the selection
to us or to any one of our
agents with whom you
are acquainted, we will
use our utmost endeavors
to select our choicest

values.

CORRESPONDENCE

INVITED.

H.. LEONARD

 

 

Other Manufacturers of England, France and Germany.

 

 

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the
Michigan
Masonic
Fair

Bronght us the greatest
number of customers we
ever had ina single week,
we are pleased to state
that our assortment is
unbroken as yet. Some
few items are naturally
exhausted, but the vari-
ety is still with us. No
where can you see such
an assortment of wares

suitable for

Holiday Lines

as we present, and with-
out hesitation we say
that it will repay such
small expenditure as will
be necessary to call and
examine goods and prices

in person.

ONE BLOCK FROM

UNION DEPOT.

& SONS,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SPECIAL AGENTS FOR
W hite Granite, Lustre Band and “Rosaline” Patterns.
Enameled “Margaret” and Printed “Rosedale.”
Choice Gold Band, White and Decorated China.

ih LOR AOR

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

The Introduction of Corn Flour.

Another article for grocers, and one
they will takea conscious pride in selling,
is certain to come into public favor soon,
It is well known that the States of Ne-
braska and Iowa are chief among our
corn producing districts. In fact, it is
their great staple product and their peo-
ple are making every honorable exertion
to enlarge its consumption and demand,
and lastly—but not less important to
them—its price. Not content in attract-
ing attention to this grain by their
unique corn palaces, they have sent spe-
cial agents among the nations of Europe
with samples of this grain, from that in
the ear to every delicate preparation of
the meal ready for the cuisine, among
them being ‘‘corn flour,” a new product
of the West, differing from corn meal by
its finer grinding and bolting. An arti-
cle in a late number of the Omaha Bee
says: ‘‘The demand for American corn
products in Europe is already in excess
of the supply;” and William Hilditch, of
that city, further adds in support of this
statement, ‘‘For a few weeks past (Oct.
18) I have had an order for several car-
loads of American corn flour, without
being able to execute it, although I had
written to half a score of Nebraska
millers, who stated they had not yet
turned their attention to its manufac-
ture.” Mr. Hilditch further says: ‘I
am in a position to make a contract for
the supply of ten carloads weekly of this
corn flour alone.’’ Here, then, is an arti-
cle of food which, so far as its nutrition
and healthfulness are concerned, will be
unequaled, and only a brief time will be
required to educate a taste and prefer-
ence for it among our own people.
There are millions of laborers in Europe
who do not know and can hardly esti-
mate the value of this new flour, either
as a luxury or a necessity in their house-
hold, which, once introduced, would cre-
ate for itself a demand that would favor-
ably affect every grower of corn in the
Union. Fora short time, at least, this
new article of food should be put up for
the market in ten to twenty pound pack-
ages, that it may more readily be intro-

Wall Paper and

 

duced by the grocers and given a trial by
every family. As no complex machinery
will be required to manufacture it, prob-
ably that already in use for other cereals
may, by slight modifications, answer ev-
ery purpose, making it cheaper than
wheat flour and a much more hearty and
strengthening food. All honor to the in-
genious perseverance of those who con-
fer this boon to mankind! H.
een En
Manual Training School.

Chas. H. Leonard authorizes THE
TRADESMAN to state that he will be one
of twenty men to subscribe $500 each for
the purpose of organizing astock company
to inaugurate and maintain a manual
training school. Mr. Leonard asserts
that unless Grand Rapids takes some
steps in this direction she will be blind
to her best interests and that her manu-
facturers will suffer from the absence of
local recruits in the skilled branches.
The training school at Chicago, conducted
on a stock company basis, has proved to
be a remarkable success, both financially
and in point of educational value, and
there is no reason why Grand Rapids
should not be similarly favored.

 

 

Crockery & Glassware

 

 

LAMP BURNERS.

= 0 Sun pcb bree bee dese eee biel pene becasue 45

Ti ce ee 50
No. hi ee elon eee es eneeneoes a
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LAMP CHIMNEYs.—Per box.
6 doz. in box.

 

 

No. 0 Sun eee i.e

ee oe 1 88

ic ies chek tenes seuk ed 270
First quality.

No. 0 Sun, crimp top Ao eee 2 25

ee ee ce 2 40

-_s i hen ek 3 40
XXX Flint.

No. 0 Sun, crimp top ci lion ote eeeeicnn we 2 60

ie ete eee ee 2 80

nas * " OF ad os des ace beeles eons coc 3 86
Pearl top.

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled ene 3 70

No. 2 +.

No. 2 Hinge, oe “ae “e 4 70
La Bastic.

= : Sun, plain bulb, per doz. ince bwsccueas 12

——— de 150
Ne. i crimp, per, ie (adopt rce pss eeeaccrenaeeea 1%
ee 1 60
STONEWARE—AERON.

Peer eee, ee ee. 8, 06%

Jugs, is gal. “per, doz Leeaepee oe ek cc coue oe vis)
C68 Se

Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 65
oe “ 1 ae se ( 73 90c) : 3

Window Shades.

jHouse and Store Shades Made to§Order.

NELSON BROS. & CO.,

68 MONROE STREET.

Florida Oranges

We are agents for Hillyer’s celebrated
Stag brand, which is the finest fruit sold in
Michigan.

The Putnam Candy Co.
Muskegon Cracker Co

CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET GOODS.

LARGEST VARIBTY IN THE STATE

SPECIAL ATTENTIONOPAID TO MAIL ORDERS.
457, 459, 461, 463 W. WESTERN AVENUE, MUSKEGON, MICH.

No Connection with Any Cracker Trust

S. K. BOLLES.

 

 

E. B. DIKEMAN.

S. K. Bolles & Co.,

77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Wholesale Cigar Dealers.

“TOSS UP

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.

REMOVAL!

GEO. H. REEDER & CO. have removed from 24 Pearl street to 158 and 160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

East Fulton street, where they have more room and better facilities for handling

their increasing trade. Customers are invited to call and inspect the new quarters.

WM.SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manvfactvrers,

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

 

 

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THIS CABINET HOLDS 50 bs

worthless boxe:.

the store is apparent.

guarantee the Coffee to give perfect satisfaction.

DON'T SCATTER YOUR FIRE, OR WASTE COSTLY AMMUNITION QSS==EES

CROMAED URE

UNNECESSARILY--DECIDE UPON WHAT YOU WANT, THEN REACH FOR IT.

 

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HERE IT IS! AND WE GIVE THEM AWAY FREE!

and cents to you, Boxes and Barrels are good in their place, but these Cabinets dress up your store,
and cost you nothing.

of making Boxes, consequently we can use them instead of the old-tumbled-down-Barrels and

These

k@-LION COFFEE NOT SOLD

They are made by regular Cabinet Makers at a slight expense over the cost

Cabinets are beautifully Panelled, Painted and Varnished.
The 50 Ib. Cabinet is made particularly for the Counter
Shelf; the 100 Ib. Cabinets to take the place of the unsightly Barrels so
often seen on the floor. To secure these Cabinets you have only to buy your Bulk Roast-
ed Coffee of the Woolson Spice Co., or order through your Jobber. You assume no risk for we fully
It will cost you only one cent for a Postal Card
addressed to the Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio, for Price-list of Roasted Coffee in Cabinets.

They are dollars

Their use in

 

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