| aa - Michigan Tradesman. VOL. _VOL. 8. ESTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada. For Rent by Dunton & Bates, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A corner store on Cherry Street. One of the best locations in the city for a hardware store. A single store on Ionia Street. An excellent location for a restaurant or harness shop. A single or double corner store on South Divi- — i oo place for drug store and grocery. to good tenants. DUNTON & BATES, pou is = 14 Widdicomb B’ld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. ENGRAVING It pays to illustrate your business. : Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. OYSTERS We quote: SOLID BRAND—Selects............ ........ 24 . c me 22 se - Standards.. Owds cone a0 DAISY BRAND-—Selects Te ee 22 Standaras...... .; elec es 18 o Bs Favorites.... . eee Standards, in bulk, $1. 25 ‘per ‘gal. Mince Meat. BEST IN USE. 20-lb. Pails SE se ae per Ib, 40-lb. 2-lb. Cans (usual weight), 81. 0. per doz, Pure Cider Vinegar, 10c per gal. Choice Dairy Butter, 20c. Sweet Potatoes, $3 per bbl. Fresh Eggs, 22 BE. EALLAS & SON Prop’s Valley City Cold Storage, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH aying Gards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lyneh, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Beals aud Clover see Parties having beans or clover seed for sale will find a purchaser, if samples and prices are right. We also want Potatoes and Onions In ear lots. We pay highest market price and are always in the market. W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO. 128, 130 and 132 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. BEACH’S New York Qoffee Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. Five Cents Each for all dishes served from bill of fare. Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. Grand Rapids Fire Insarance Co CASH CAPITAL - 200,000.00 Fair Rates. Prompt Settlements. Call on our agent in your town. JULIUS HOUSEMAN, President. S. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. WwW. C. WILLIAMS, A. SHELEY. A. 8. BROOKS, WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO., Wholesale Druggists, AT THE OLD STAND. Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit, AVOID THE Corse of (red BY USING Coupon Books “TRADESMAN” OR “SUPERIOR” IT WILL PAY YOU To Buy ALLEN B.WRISLEY’sS 6000 CHEER SOAP Leadin$ Wholesale Grocers keep it. _GRAND RAPIDS, WEDN NESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1890. STOREKEEPING IN ’49. Experience of a Merchant at the Cali- fornia Gold Diggings. Written for THE_TRADESMAN. In any part of the world where from any cause there is a heavy tide of emi- gration flowing, and more particularly in mining regions where all is in the nature of a lottery, and where fortunes are made or lost in a few days or weeks, the experiences of its initial merchants and business men are often both interesting and startling. All the old methods of doing business are generally ignored and everything is made to conform to the circumstances and conditions of this new and conglomerate order of society. Here human nature asserts itself at once. The most prominent traits of individual character come upon the surface as rapidly as oil upon water and the spend- thrift and miser will be known without a question. I take, for example, the most thrilling period of the gold excitement in California in 1849. The kaleidoscopic changes in conditions, in the fortunes of individuals, and in the prices of every thing—often in a single day—were so sudden, wild and startling as to seem totally incredible and to many of the present generation the statements are looked upon as fiction, unless most sub- stantially verified; and even then cum grano salis. It was at one time my good fortune, with that of half a dozen others, to listen to a recital of the experience of an old merchant who was numbered among the argonauts and who thought he saw an easier way to fortune by furnishing daily supplies to the multitude of gold seekers than by trusting the fickle goddess of fortune in the sands. James Martin, the merchant mentioned, was a young mar- ried man in the grocery trade in New Jersey, but on the first news of the dis- covery of gold on the Pacific coast, he converted his stock of goods and house and lot into cash; sold everything he had with the exception of his personal ef- fects, household goods and furniture and secured a passage for himself and wife by the first out-bound ship for the har- bor of San Francisco, which city was at that time hardly entitled to the dignity of a village. Fortunately, he was suffi- ciently thoughtful to purchase his stock of goods, which were to accompany him to his new home, in New York, investing over $3,000 in groceries. Freight could be secured at that time at low rates, while six months and a year afterward it had quadrupled in price. Martin and his young wife had planned all their fu- ture movements before starting. They intended going directly to the mines, taking their goods with them, and open- ing business in close vicinity, wherever it might be, and—well, let us now listen to Martin’s own words: ‘‘Wife and I,”’ said Mr. Martin, ‘‘bade our friends good bye one bright after- noon the last of March and went on board with all our effects, the ship sail- ing that night. Our route lay around Cape Horn and, after a pleasant voyage of several weeks, the ship passed in at the Golden Gate, entering the bay and harbor of San Francisco. We found many vessels and crafts of all descrip- tions lying at anchor, but most of them entirely déserted, as the contagious gold fever had attacked and taken them off from captain to cook and deckhand. Several thousand people were then en- camped in and around the village of San Francisco, but all were preparing to move toward the diggings, as the differ- ent localities were called, where the gold was taken out. Many of the stores in the little hamlet of San Francisco were closed and both proprietors and clerks had gone to dig for the precious metal. Save for the numbers constantly arriv- ing, the town would have been almost deserted. We soon engaged a native, with his ox teams, to haul our goods and ourselves over the dry and dusty roads to a camp in Placer county, on the north fork of the American River, where we arrived in due time and without any loss of goods by the way. As timber was to be had for the cutting in that vicinity, my teamsters and their animals were brought into requisition, and soon I had constructed a good-sized, two-story log building and had the first floor converted into a very respectable grocery, with an apparently ample supply of goods. I had no competitor in business—if I ex- cept the dealers in liquid refreshments— nearer than five or six miles and a popula- tion of 6,000 within a radius of three miles around me, and rapidly augment- ing in numbers. To fix prices asI ought upon my goods was now a most perplex- ing question, so before I was fairly opened for business I made a friend of a man from New York and engaged him at $10 a day, for a few weeks to assist me. He was first to visit neighboring camps in different directions and talk with the miners and get prices of goods they were purchasing. I also personally inter- viewed many of those near we, who did not yet know the ‘new store-keeper.’ My new assistant, Mr. Strong, returned with ample information and we com- menced marking our goods during the middle of the day, as during the morn- ing and at night until a late hour we were all busy with our customers. = It was truly a cosmopolitan population at that time and, seemingly, every nation was well represented, but such severe and summary punishment was visited upon offenders under the impartial code of miner’s law that, asa rule, we lived in a peaceable community. In cases of theft, unless prompt restitution was made, the punishmenc was the same as for murder—death. The next day after the return of Mr. Strong, three of us, in- cluding my wife, took in for goods a lit- tle over $1,800 in gold dust at $16 an ounce. ‘There was no coined money ex- cept what the new comers had brought with them, and for some time after we arrived paper money was not current at any price. I will give you prices of a few things, as | remember some of them well. Plug tobacco was from $3 to $6 a pound; fine cut chewing from $4 to $10; sugar (white)—$1 per pound—(the THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. freight being the same on low grades, feeble), as every pound came from the East, $5 a pound; pork, salt or fresh from 75 cents to $1 a pound; lard, $2; flour, $1; salt, 50 cents; eggs (sea birds, no others then in the country) $2 to $3 per dozen. There were very few canned goods of any kind then in existence, ex- cept sardines, and those we sold in large quantities. I remember that any acid fruits or vegetables sold rapidly. For a long time I could get no vinegar, and my wife made three barrels—from what I have forgotten—of vinegar so sour that the proverbial pig would squeal if he smelled it, but it pleased the miners and it sold on the run for 50 cents a quart or $2 a gallon. Afterward some one in Sac- ramento got to manufacturing vinegar there and as freights were lower we pur- chased it, but I shall never forget how some of the customers looked, nor what they said when we first drew from the Sacramento stock. During the hottest weather they would make five or six gal- lons from one of vinegar by the addition of water and then sweeten it to taste and use it for a common drink during the day, under the idea that as they required so much fluid while laboring it would be more healthful. When purchasing the vinegar they would invariably taste it, and one evening after I had filled the jugs and pails of three or four persons, and they were tasting it and looking at one another in a questioning way, two of them spoke almost at once. ‘See here, Mr. Storekeeper, this isn’t no Mrs. Mar- tin vinegar, no how you can fix it; you’re tryin’ to sell us somethin’ else. That woman herself wouldn’t do sich a thing. You jest call herin here.’ Of course I called her and she came. ‘Is this yew’re make o’ vinegar ma’am?’ and the speak- er extended the cup toward her. ‘I need not taste it,. boys,’ she smilingly replied: ‘no, itis not my manufacture, but the fact is I had no time to make any and we bought the best we could for you.’ ‘Thank you, ma’am, 1 know’d that wo- man would tell the truth an’ now its all right; we’ll make it do ’till you can make us some o’ the real simon pure, Mrs. Martin.’ Something sour was continual- ly wanted, and at times for months pickles could not be had and which were a standard food tainable, had to be eaten without any acid except a few lemons occasionally brought up from Mexico. All our flour at that time was self-rising or, in other words, contained sufficient cream of tar- tar and bi-carbonate of soda to cause it to rise after being mixed with water and placed in a hot oven or upon a griddle. Even at the high prices obtained for goods, our sales were enormous and I had to keep two teams continually on the road between my store and San Francis- eco or Sacramento the latter place was beginning to keep supplies in larger quantities and was not half the distance away) in order to meet the demands upon me. ‘“‘About this time—six months after I put up my store—two others, one a dry goods and clothing store, located not far away; but there was room for us all, and at good round prices still. Although we merchants were not coining money as were the lucky miners, yet we were mak- ing a clean profit of from $1,500 to $2,000 per month and were satisfied. It was sure and constant. One hot night I started with a mule team and driver to beans, when ob- (as we | Sacramento after a load of supplies. I kept none); butter (not always weak and | arrived the next morning and got loaded | | up so as to start on our return at about | ,|/4p. m. and get the benefit of a coo! | night to travel. 1 had, luckily, found a} small barrel of cucumber pickles, for | which I paid $100, and was looking for | another one to make out my load when [| saw a barre] standing on the narrow side- walk near a store with a piece of brown | paper tied around it with a string upon which had been daubed with black paint, ‘Sowr Crowt dert cheep,’ That was sufficient. Isprung from my seat in the wagon, and ran to the barrel. The head was out and it was three-| fourths full of as fine sauerkraut as I | ever saw. lasked aman who came to the door what he wanted for that barrel just as it was. ‘Seventy-five dollars,’’ was the ready reply. I stepped inside, drew my bag of gold dust, and the amount was weighed out. We were soon on the road toward home, and I thought that barrel the prize package of the day —and it was. On my arrival at my store, the wagon was instantly surround- ed by a crowd, as usual, to see what I had that was new to eat. One man eaught sight of the kraut, and in an in- | stant handed me atwo-quart tin pan to fill with it. As I passed it to him, others caught sight of it and when I answered his question ‘How much?’ with the re- marks ‘Five dollars,’ a score of others answered by saying, ‘I want the same} amount.’ I had spoken the price with- out thinking, but I thought it would do, and | asked the first man with whom I was acquainted to please hand me back his pan while | used it for a measure, and as fast as I could fill the pan and empty it they passed into the store to weigh out the price in dust and 1 got so near the bottom of the barrel that I had to scrape around along time and make believe it was empty in order to save a little for my own table. How much did I make out of that barrel? Well, I don’t like to tell, only this, that whenever I taste any sauerkraut since, it seems to bring that to mind and pinches my con- science a little. I lost no money on that sale, and sold the empty barrel for $15 to a Chinese wash house. “It would astonish you to have seen the changes which took place in our camp during the first year I was there. A mining people are generally the most visionary and uneasy persons in the world and are never satisfied with doing well, consequently they are ever ready to move on at the first rumor of richer dig- gings and, although new parties came, still larger numbers left. Thus in time, in place of thousands, it dwindled to hundreds and I had more leisure. I had discharged my clerk and my wife and myself managed the business. One Sun- day morning I arose early—there were no Sabbath days in mining regions—and, taking my gun, told my wife I would re- turn to breakfast at 9 o’clock and bring some rabbits for our dinner. I struck out on a rocky ridge in an opposite di- rection from the mines and, after walk- ing several miles without getting a shot, sat down to rest beside a mountain rivu- let whose crystal water bounded from rock to rock far above and some distance below me. Through the scattered pines around me arabbit now and then came into view and from my rocky seat, with gun in hand, I soon secured the number I desired. As I sat near it the black {CONCLUDED ON THIRD PAGE. ] a little | = THE WALSH--DE ROO MILLING CO. HOLLAND, MICH. Daily Capacity. —— 400 Bbls. BRANDS: SUNLIGHT, “ECONOMY. SPECIALTIES: Graham, Wheatena, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Bolted Meal, Rye Meal, Wheat Grits, Buckwheat Grits, Pear] Barley, Oat Meal, Rolled Oats. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. 12. 14 AND 16 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We ask the trade to examine our line of Lumbermen’s Socks. kinds, men’s and boys’, at popular prices; also the best line of Felt Boots made, in prices from $9 to $14. We can show you a fine line of Beaver Shoes and Slippers, foxed and plain, turns and M.S. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Company. BANKRUPT SALE Of Sporting Goods. All the staple 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. Avail yourselves of * this opportunity. C. B. JUDD. sa Case make Duero meerity Ch is ae 2 hig ant gent ° For Sale by Leading Wholesale Grocers. YRIMO Pipe Wrench Made of Forged Steel and Interchangeable in all its Parts. SOLD BY Grand Rapids, Mich. t] ty PATENTED 1889 HESTER & FOX, - - - THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. STOREKEEPING IN ’49. [coNTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE] sand in the little stream, now almost dry, attracted my attention and I at once began handling it and washing it in my drinking cup to look for gold. I ob- tained the color in almost any place but nothing that would pay. Leaving my game where it lay, I passed down the stream, stopping an instant here and there to test the sand. I noticed that this rivulet, like all others here at cer- tain times in the year, was a large stream and its torrents of water had worn deep holes in the rocks where it had fallen from precipices ten to twenty feet high. It occurred to me to go to the bottom of a few such cavities, as there ought and might be gold beneath all the sand and debris. The first rocky pocket I emptied furnished me about $5 of the precious metal, which paid me well for my fifteen minutes’ work. As I passed lower down and emptied three or four more, I obtained far less, and, in one, none at all. Glancing at the sun, I saw it was yet early and, retracing my steps some distance above where my rabbits lay, I there commenced to clean out an- other and larger basin. Here was a sur- prise forme. As I learned afterward, the high water at certain times washed the banks of those mountain streams, and gravel, sand and grass came down in quantities. The surface gold had been borne along with it, but its weight was such that it seldom left the first pocket or basin where it sank, and from this largest one I washed out and tied up in a stout haudkerchief a little over eighty- four ounces of gold, having a cash value of a fraction over $1,500! Most of it was in flat and ragged pieces. Afterward I spent many an hour and wandered many miles along the banks of that stream, searching for more such bonanzas and also, if possible, to discover the fountain head from whence my previous rich find had been taken by the rushing waters, but very little rewarded my _ labor. Others may have been before me and taken the prize. “The following year I bought a good home and farm near a village in the San- ta Clara Valley and left the mining camps and the mercantile business to others. I prefer to spend the remainder of our lives here, although we have made one visit East and will probably make another soon.” a Good Advice for the Girls Behind the Counter. Kate Tannatt Woods, in Ladies’ Home Journal. 1f 1 were asked to give a set of rules or suggestions for girls whose days are spent behind the counter, they would read something like this: Remember that all the time spent in the store belongs to your employer. That courtesy behind the counter wins even the most captious customers. That gossip about young men, or with them, is unbusiness.like, and, under the circumstances, rude. Never attempt to instruct a customer; while you may suggest, or politely ques- tion the desirability of this or that. Do not say. ‘‘Here, Sade, hand me your pencil,’’ to your neighbor. Never say, ‘‘No, we haven’t got it,” in a short erisp tone; far better a polite, ‘‘I am sorry to say we do not have it in stock.”’ Do not thrust a package at a customer as you would a pistol in the face of a highwayman. Never throw goods with an air which seems to say ‘‘I do not care whether you buy it or not.’’ Remember that the purchaser often sees more in the seller than she thinks, and refined young women have made val- uable friends for life by their courtesy to an accomplished customer. Always remember, that duty to your employer demands your best service, and duty to yourself also. Seek to be a model saleswoman, and some one will soon recognize your merits. Dress modestly and avoid cheap jewel- ry. The best ornaments are promptness politeness, a well-modulated voice, and strict attention to duty. Have your hair neatly combed, your teeth well brushed and your finger-nails tidy. Customers are often repelled by untidy clerks of either sex. Remember always, that you are super- ior to circumstances, only when you make yourself so. The most selfish, ex- acting employer will gladly recognize the merits of an efficient clerk. Frown down with womanly scorn the nonsensical title of ‘‘saleslady.” It isa grand thing to be a woman any time; if you are a true and good woman, a good clerk is infinitely more respectable than a so-called ‘‘saleslady,’’ and the term has a shoddyish ring which is totally un- American. Out of two hundred clerks in a large establishment, the favorite with nearly allof the customers is a young woman who invariably dresses modestly in black, and has such charming manners that it is a positive pleasure to visit her depart- ment. ——_____~<> 2 A Pertinent Enquiry. CADILLAC, Dee. 5—I have been very much interested in reading the proceed- ings of the annual conyention of the Michigan Business Men’s Association, but am somewhat surprised to find so few references to the dead-beat and poor- pay customer. Is it possible that our stock of this material is running out— becoming so scarce as to be unworthy of notice in a convention of business men ? GROCER. Crockery & Glassware a. & Bare & CCD, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits. 9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HEADQUARTERS FOR ORANGES, LEMONS and BANANAS. Misr RTs J. BROW sm, SEEDSMAN AND & e e 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, ite, Ete 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. e & DS W .H. MOREHOUSE &CO S GRAIN, CLOVER and TIMOTHY Hungarian, W hite Clover, Red Top, Millet, Alfalfa or Lucerne, Plue Grass, Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, POPCORN,ete. CHOICE CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEEDS @ specialty. Orders for purchase or sale of Seeds for future delivery promptly attended to. Correspondence solicited. ‘utenciamaen ae & 327 Erie St. 7 Mention this paper. Offce—46 Produce exchange.$ TOLEDO. OHIO. WM. RR. KEEOER, JOBBER OF Confectionery and Fruits, Nuts and Gigars, 412 SOUTH DIVISION ST. TELEPHONE 92-3R. My stock includes everything generally kept in my line, which | sell at rock bottom prices. Send me your mail orders. 1 will guarantee satisfaction. LAMP BURNERS. Bose... 45 i ee ee cece ccomueceon case 50 Ma 2 - .............. z Wed we | 5 LAMP CHIMNEYS. —Per box. 6 doz. in box. No. 0 Sun eee se eee First quality. No. : Sun, crimp top ee eee cee cae aes 2 2 a CoS es cs 240 Na? * . ye a 3 40 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top a 2 60 ee 2 80 Raz * _ Tce eee eye cnc. Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.. No. 2 oe ‘ ac “ce a No. 2 ar " . ' La Bast = 1 Sun, ‘plain bulb, per aaa No. t crimp, per ae ee eee 1 35 Te ee 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, per gal......... -........--. 06% Jugs, i gal. per, doz eee eee S “Qu m4 oa cageae ss 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per d OZ. fs 82 os a . Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes AND General Sporting Goods Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s Sporting and Athletic Goods and American Powder Co.’s Powder. We have on hand a complete line of Columbia, Victor and other cheaper bicycles, also a splen- did assortment of Misses’ Tricycles, Children’s Velocipedes and small Safety Bicycles. E. G. Studley, 4 Monroe 8t., Call and see them or send for large, illustrated cata- GRAND RAPIDS logue. MOSELEY BROS. —WHOLESALE—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters § Produc: All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will bs pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., “ - GRAND RAP? ‘In the Dealer'sOwn Hands. In our opinion the three chief drawbacks of the retail trade are Dead-beats, Peddlers and Combination Goods. The Dead-beat can be avoided by giving no credit; the Peddler can be ostra- cized by enforcing the State law; and goods not controlled by trusts and combina- tions can be obtained by dealing with our house. Every dealer, therefore, has it in his own hands to curtail the abuses which serve to make retail trade unprofitable. Telfer Spice Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HAVE NO EQUAL. The P. B. Cough Drops SOLD EVERYWHERE. MANUFACTURED BY PUTNAM CANDY CO. The P. B. Cough Drops ARE PURE, CLEAN AND HIGHLY MEDICATED. MANUFACTURED BY PUTNAM CANDY CO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Topinabee—Geo. H. Turner succeeds ; A. W. Sayles in general trade. Union City—C. H. Mann succeeds 8. 8. Hasbrouk in the grocery business. Hudson—Geo. S. Rogers has purchased the drug stock of the late G. W. Cutler. West Bay City—Wm. Jaissler succeeds Henry Gunterman in the meat business. | Union City—Dennison & Allen, gro- cers, have dissolved, Dennison succeed- ing. Quincy—MeGinnis & Rawson succeed J. R. R. Dagget in the furniture busi- ness. Hillsdale—Geo. E. Kilbourn succeeds Lincoln & Kilbourn in the grocery bus- iness. White Cloud—T. J. Courtney & Co. succeed D. Collins & Co. in the meat bus- iness. Perrinton—F. C. Brisbin will, shortly open a branch of his general store here at Perry. Medina—Mosher & Palmer succeed Webber & Mosher in the blacksmithing business. Bay City—Bwzalski & Skory are suc- ceeded by J. Bwzalski in the grocery business. Montague—R. Hoffman has removed his grocery stock to Muskegon, locating at Lakeside. North Branch—Harwood & Durgy’s dry goods stock has been seized under chattle mortgage. Carrolton—Henry Bell’s grocery store and meat market have been closed under chattle mortgage. Cheboygan—M. F. Bradley has pur- chased the E. D. Davis boot and shoe stock of the mortgagee. Cheboygan—Ralph Paddock, whose grocery stock was recently destroyed by fire, has resumed business. Evart— Priest & Co. have opened a new store here handling dry goods, gro- ceries, and boots and shoes. Freesoil—A. B. Dean has increased his one-third interest in the drug firm of Dean Bros. to a one-half interest. Vanderbilt—L. A. Harris has moved his drug stock into his new store build- ing and has added a line of holiday goods. Montague—Burrows & Jones have sold their building and grocery stock to Her- ren Bros., who will add a meat market. Petoskey—L. J. Fasquelle, formerly engaged in the drug business here, has opened a line of fancy and_ holiday goods. Detroit—Stanton, Morey & Co. succeed Stanton, Sampson & Co. in the manufac- ture and jobbing of men’s furnishing goods. Hastings—Phin Smith has purchased the variety stock formerly owned by Hutchins Bros. and has added a line of dry goods. Sears—C. V. Priest has sold his grocery, erockery and hardware stock to Frank Jefis. Mr. Priest has been engaged in trade here for seventeen years. Sparta—S. P. Van Zant has retired from the firm of Van Zant & Co., dealers | in meat. The business will be continued by the remaining partner, M. Haas. Shelby—Phil Ernst, late of Hart, and B. Morse, formerly of Dickey, North Da- kota, have formed a copartnership under | the style of Morse & Ernst and embarked id general trade. Mancelona—The H. L. Welling stock was sold at sheriff's sale to P. Medalic, 7 ena of Grand Forks, North Dakota, the con- sideration being $9,205. The stock was inventoried at $13,000. | Muskegon—M. Bierema has sold his hardware stock at 132 Pine street to M. | Waalkema and John Klooster, who will continue the business under the firm name of Waalkema & Klooster. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Detroit—The Bently Lumber Co. has been incorporated, with a paid up capital of $10,000, to manufacture lumber at Leonard. xreenville— The Greenville Potato Starch Co. has ceased buying potatoes until a test is made of the sorts for starch mrking purposes. Ionia—The requisite amount of capital —$70,000—having been subscribed, the Capitol Wagon Works will be removed from Lansing to this place. Rockford—J. N. and J. T. Parker have opened a repair shop here and contem- plate engaging in the manufacture of chairs in the near future. Ionia—The new furniture factory is running sixty-five men. The _ stock- holders have voted to increase the capi- tal stock from $25,000 to $60,000. Detroit—John G. Rumney, Chas. A. Rathbone, Henry Yoe and S. T. Douglas have incorporated the Crescent Brass and Iron Works with $253,000 capital, of which $10,000 is paid in. Bay City—The Standard Hoop Co. will resume operations about the middle of the month. The company has 250,000 feet of logs at Pinconning ready for ship- ment, but has been unable to obtain transportation. Detroit—Geo. W. Robinson, M. C. Hawks, Robert A. Young, F. D. Parker, E. B. Baneroft, William C. Stevens and W. F. Breakey have incorporated as the Eastern Oregon Mining Co,, with $100,000 capital. No money is paid in, but the incorporators claim the mines are worth $50,000. Saginaw—Col. A. T. Bliss has pur- | chased the interest of his brother, L. W. Bliss, in the firm of A. T. Bliss & Bro., operating a mill here, and has also pur- chased the entire interest of L. W. Bliss & Co., consisting of about $75,000 worth of pine land in Presque Isle county. 2 Bank Notes. | A private bank has been opened at | Dundee under the style of the Monroe County Bank. | Chas. Fishbeck is President of the new | First State and Savings Bank of Howell. | a private bank at Gagetown. Some of the business men of Coopers- ville, dissatisfied with the inadequate | banking facilities of the place, are agi- | tating the matter of organizing a saving | bank, with a capital stock of $25,000. Allan Campbell, who was formerly engaged in the banking business at Evart, | has been arrested on a charge of embez- | zling $2,282.25 from the village. Camp- bell deeamped in January, 1889, going to Canada. He returned in eighteen months and announced that he intended | t© commence anew and satisfy‘the debts left behind. Not having made any head- | way in the latter direction, and, as the limit of time in which he could be arrest- ed on acriminal charge had nearly ex- pired, the village authorities decided to take no further risks, and the charge of papticvomee was placed opposite his name on the court records. P. C. Purdy & Co., of Caro, have opened | Here, There and Everywhere. Man wants but little here below, but when he gets on top he wants the earth. tt & An old saying has it that if you keep adding a little, you’!l soon have a good store. x % * It’s the fellow who ‘‘saws wood an’ says nothin’’’ who gets to the front in this world. Wedon’t mean to say it’s the fellow who crawls into his hole and pulls the hole in after him, like a snap- ping turtle, but the fellow who attends carefully to his own affairs, and allows his neighbors to do the same. ££ & You make a mistake if you imagine the newspaper editor knows it all—just as big a mistake as he does if he gets that idea under his hat. In fact, it really takes but a few issues of a news- paper in which to tell all you know. After that you have to work like a steam engine to find out something new that you didn’t know before, and tell that. The priming of a new editor, however prodigal it may be in quantity, holds out a surprisingly short time, and he is like a gun, compelled to charge up for every succeeding shot. “2 ¢ There is a big chunk of wisdom wrapped up in the old newspaper saying that when a paper becomes sanctimon- ious and whines about being ‘‘the friend of the people,’’ in every issue, it is about time for ‘‘the people” to give that paper a wide berth, for it is never safe to trust anyone who has to remind you continu- ally that he is your friend. We did not dare say this before election for fear of being accused of originating a political battle with some of our exchanges. But now that the ‘‘cruel war is over,’’ we give it as a pointer—and it is a good one, too. ae His Symptoms. People who go to apothecaries to have their diseases prescribed for occasion- ally get very strange diagnoses. In one ease a man, wearing a long countenance, is said to have entered an apothecary’s shop and remarked: *“* T seem to have something queer in my stomach, and I want you to give me something for it. *‘Whatare your symptoms?” the apothe- eary asked. “Every little while something seems to rise up, and then settles back again, and by and by it rises up again.”’ The apothecary put his chin in the palm of his hand, and meditated a while. ‘‘Look here!” he said gravely, ‘‘You haven’t gone and swallowed an elevator, have you?” A A Begin the New Year Right by having your books written up, closed and re-opened correctly January ist. If you need any assistance, or wish to adopt improved methods of book-keeping, call on DAN’L G. GARNSEY, expert accountant, room 79, Wonderly Block. e —————>- >< What Does It Mean? COOPERSVILLE, Dec. 5—A Grand Rap- ids man came to town in a good deal of a flurry one day this week and, after a spirited controversy with the local bank- |ers, departed with 500 silver dollars in | his valise. Some of the business men | here wonder why he did not take a draft | instead. ENQUIRER. | a 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. MRS. BEECHER’S STORY. The Great Preacher’s Widow is to Write of ‘‘Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him.” It is granted to but few women to be part of such an eventful life as has been that of the wife of Henry Ward Beacher. No man of this century had such a busy life, filled with so many honors and achievements; and to view such a career through the eyes of his life-long compan- ion is a pleasure rarely given to a pub- lic. Mr. Beecher was a lover of the do- mestic fireside. ‘‘My home is my tem- ple,” he once said, and in that home he gathered round him what his nature loved best: birds, flowers, and dainty bits of china and costly gems. If he was great in public life, Mr. Beecher was greater in his home-life. In the one eca- pacity he gave himself to the public: in the other he reserved himself for his family. In this latter light he will be viewed by his widow in a notable series of reminiscent papers in the Ladies’ Home Journal, of Philadelphia, during 1891. The articles will cover the entire period of their marriage from their first year of married life, when the couple lived on $300 for twelve months, until the closing of Mr. Beecher’s great career. Mrs. Beecher will tell of ‘‘Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him,’’ and thousands will gladly listen to her interesting story. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a wo he first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE--CLEAN STOCK AND BEST COUNTRY trade in Michigan. Beautiful new store and cottage for sale at half price. Post office and railway ticket office goes with store, Terms easy. Reason for sell- ing, must retire from business. No. 159, care Michi- gan Tradesman. pS SALE—CHEAP FOR CASH, CLEAN STOCK OF general merchandise invoicing $8.000 in flourishing manufacturing town in Saginaw county; best location and building in town, surrounded by first-class farm- ing country: doing best cash business: bargain for right person; reason for selling too much other busi- ness. Address box 200, St. Charles Mich. 150 jp SALE—JEWELRY STOCK WITH SPLENDID trade in Grand Rapids on one of best streets, will invoice about $2.500. This is the best opening in Michigan for limited capital, best reasons given for sale. Address 155 care Michigan Tradesman. 155 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES—GOOD business; established six years; will sell at inven- tory. O. H. Richmond & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 140 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, Bertsch & Co., Olney & Judson Grocer Co., = Rapids, or address Lock Box 25, Harbor — ch. 14 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 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A GOOD HOME IN Charlotte for grocery stock; any location. Address J. D. Burkhead, 694 South Madison, Grand Rapids. 142 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—SHOE STOCK. J. E. FOSTER, DOWA- giac, Mich. 136 OR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX- tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a bargain. Address for particulars 8. P. Hicks, Lowell, Mich. 124 ro SALE—$300 STOCK OF DRUGS. ADDRESS J. B.. care Michigan Tradesman. 115 Was HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad- 26 | dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—SITUATION BY thoroughly competent Dan’l city. AN EXPERIENCED, book-keeper. Address G. Garnsey, Accountant, 79 Wonderly — 1 ANTED—SITUATION IN GROCERY BY AN EX perienced grocery clerk twenty-one years old; best of references. Address No. 144, care Michigan Tradesman. . 144 Vy ANTED—POSITION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist; four years’ practical experience. Address Box 170, Bangor, Mich. 141 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 i ot so much an object as a pleas- ant place to work. Address Z, care Michigan Trades- man 122 ANTED—SITUATION BY A REGISTERED PHAR macist, in drug or drug and general store. Six- teen years’ experience. Best of references. Address A. D. C., box 533, Cadillac, Mich. 156 MISCELLANEOUS. A 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. QAaae OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE- tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co., Albany. N. Y. 564 {OR SALE—LIVERY AND BUSS LINE, LOCATED IN a good Michigan town. No competition. No bet- 157 ter opening for a sure paying business anywhere. dress H. B. Cole, Charlotte, Mich. . Aa ¢ ~ a ~ —t ao owe THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Greiner & Lypps have opened a meat market at 474 Broadway. G. S. Clark has moved his grocery stock from 205 to 245 Plainfield avenue. W. C. Denison has sold the Hastings Furniture Co. the machinery for its new factory. Nashville—Buel & White, who recent- ly purchased the Brady grocery stock, have sold it to H. L. Walrath. Brown & Spafford, grocers at Ganges, have added a line of dry goods. -P. Stek- etee & Sons furnished the stock. Saunders & Sipple have opened a grocery store at Sheffield. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. A. C. Bauer has opened a confection- ery store at the former location of his drug store, corner East Bridge and Bar- clay streets. It is reported that the proposed P. of I. store will be located on Taylor street, and that all lines of goods will be earried except drugs. J. A. Wiley, meat dealer at the corner of Spring and Oaks street, has added a line of groceries. The stock was pur- chased here. E. B. Downing has removed his grocery stock from 245 Plainfield avenue to one of the stores in the new Shanahan block, on the same street. Ruffle & Poole, grocers at the corner of Quimby and Madison streets, have re- moved to a new location on South Divis- ion street, south of the city limits. A. Cordes and Wm. McLaughlin have formed a copartnership under the style of Cordes & McLaughlin, and leased the works of the Grand Rapids Refining Co., in Walker township. W. A. Swarts & Son have opened their new drug store at Fennville under the management of Dr. Wm. H. Andrews. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock. W. J. Hull, grocer at 256 Plainfield avenue, has sold his stock to Pennock & Peck, who have consolidated it with their own stock at the corner of East street and Wealthy avenue. Chas. Hoffman, who sold his bakery and confectionery business at 112 Mon- roe street to the Woman’s Exchange about two years ago, has regained pos- session and resumed the business. J. J. Wagner has purchased the gro- cery stock of Albert G. Wagner, 197 East Bridge street, the transfer to take place on Jan. 1. A. G. proposes to go west in seareh of renewed health. John L. Deal, formerly of the firm of Frank L. Deal & Co., general dealers at Lacota, has engaged in general trade at the same place. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. furnished the dry goods and the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. the groceries. There is a well-founded rumor that M. J. Clark and Frank Jewell contemplate engaging in the wholesale grocery busi- ness at Duluth. Both deny the report with some show of earnestness, but sev- eral of their friends assert that the state- ment is founded on fact. 2 Holly has organized a Business Men’s Associ- ation with Col. J. H. Cummins as President and James Slocum as Secretary. Dressmakers’ Phrases. The terms used by dressmakers are an unknown language to the uninitiated. ‘‘Drops,”’ ‘‘bias,’’ ‘‘side-forms,’’ ‘‘kilts,’’ ete., are all readily understood by the sisters of the fashion-modelers. Other sisters, however, may be ignorant of their true meaning, and to such the fol- lowing definitions will be interesting: A “drop”? is a skirt made up of the| dress material, independent of the lining- and then hung or dropped over it from the same belt. A ‘‘bias,”or ‘‘dart,”’ is a seam taken in the front of a waist, which | A ‘‘side-form” is] an | additional seam made under the arm, to} give a smoother effect to the waist, and a} There | fits it to the figure. “kilt” is a skirt entirely of plaits. are various kinds of plaiting. Knife- plaiting is very narrow folds, all going one way, and pressed down. An accor- dion skirt is one in which the plaiting is done after the manner of an accordion. There are machines for doing it—indeed, it cannot be done save by machinery and heat. Box-plaiting isa fold to the right and one to the left. The number of terms is infinite, and increases as fashion changes. FINANCIAL. Local Stock Quotations. Reported by the Michigan Trust Company. Aue Baleowne Oe... 150 Alpame Grave: Hosea ty... 2... %7 Algine Manufacturing Co........../.........- 60 Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co.............. .... 100 Canal Street Gravel Koad Co.................- 80 ite Pe I ee 100 Fourth National Bank. el oe Grand Rapids Brush Co = Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. ...102 Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.. ........... 115 Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co... 75 Grand Rapids Savings Bank...... rk Torr cee... 9 5% | Riverpoint robes.... 5 Manchester t cna. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6% i new era. 6% . old ticket | Merrimack D fancy. bi indigo blue....... 10% —. snes J A ck. we A............. 3 1% i Hamilto ce 7% er AAA.. | — ce eee ee. “40% . Awning. -11 |Swift River.. — eer... ; 6 wee Rive........- 8 | First Prize.......... ‘11%! Pe COTTON DRILL. | Atlanta, a ae A 1% es pee wus GXiNo Name........ Clifton, _ EE 7%\Top of Heap........ 0” SATINES. | Simpson... oe Coecheo ... Amosk ienaie aus (Sa CES SP 11% Rew. ine Lememtee........ ++. 12% - brown .13 Lawrence, 90z ieatee it ee ene rai har No. 220. ...13 Everett, blue........ 12 . No. 250.. 11% . RE e No. 280....10% GINGHAMS. Glenarven.......... ox Lancaster, staple... 63% Lanteshire. ......... fancies . 7 Normenndic..... .... | ' Normandie 8 Renfrew Dress. ..... 744| Westbrook the uc ent 8 Toil du Nord... .10@1 yD eeeeec nee 10 beeen eee eee... ...5. 65.2. ee e Ao. 10%|Hampton........... 6% Pee. oc, tc 8%|Windermeer.... .... 5 SEES IE NCE ie Hr os Cumberland.... .... 5 3 oo ee ieee ee 4% CARPE ARP. Peerless, wuite...... 18 "enon colored. ..20% IN BAGS. 7 (Vener Cy.........- 15% re 164 IGOOERIA .... .....- «- 15% oe eens ce ee 20% | Pacific 14% Aaeeeieen. .... ...,.- 16% THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88 Cee 2. a os o> Peete e.... ...... 88 Holroke. Oe SNe: 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. Be. 6... 38 iNo. 14. ot 42 <> The Hardware Market. Nails still remain without any ap- parent change or any prospect of a change. The axe combination firmly maintain the established price and sales are made without serious difficulty. Lead pipe, pig lead and shot are declining. There is no change in glass. The rope market continues in a low condition. ERFECTION THE Meat CUTTER Tue LATEST, Best ano Most IMPROVED ror Famity Use. CUTS Insteao oF Masnes. Requires No Repairs. EQuatted By NONE FOR Famicy Use. Simpce To Use. Easy To CLEAN. Cannot GET Dut oR OuT oF Oroer. No. 1—$2.00. No. 2—$2.75. No. 3—$4.00. Liberal discount to the trade, and descriptive circulars on application to AMERICAN MACHINE Co., MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE SPECIALTIES, Lehigh Ave. and ecearteg St., Phitadetphia, Pa. io JOHN H. 1, GRAHAM & CO., Moers. AGENTS. 113 Chambers St., New York. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AU@URS AND BITS. dis. oe, Hee SE SC aaa a sna a 60 ciation = eoumieas wenmige ... 8... ts... es. eernanige. SMMOIOTL 6... 50610 AXES. First Quality, Sb. Preree.. .......-.... 2... 8 ' D. B. Bronze.. ie S. B. S. Steel... - me eeeee. BARROWS. dis. Perens $8 14 00 eee... net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Re — Carriage eee ee ele ean ce Hecke oo ae Sleigh eee ee ee 70 BUCKETS. ee ee $3 50 ee ee 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Loose Pin, igured........ .... - Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint. at oe Wet eee. se. Wireman: iietee Bie... 60&10 Wei bees ee 7 me Cee... 70&16 i ge 70&10 Pied peepee .........:......,..- 08... 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 CRADLES. Grae... -..-. -. Cie, SOA cROW BARS. Coat Seoer... pore 5 “ i CAPS. MD es ea eles, ss ee | hr Hick’s CF... . 60 eee. ° 60 CARTRIDGES. a 50 Conteel Five... «2... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. aoe ee 70&10 ee ee 70&10 SeerwetCorser................ ree bet seca cee 70&10 eee 70&10 Buescher Tanged Firmoer................... 40 COMBS. dis. Comey, Comeomeee 8... 40 Roceeaee 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@1i2% dis. 10 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 31 idx np a ae 29 Cold Rolled, 14x56 a ee a 28 Cold Rolled, eee ee 28 a es a ed ie 30 DRILLS, dis. ee 50 ‘Taner and straignt Shank................... 50 MOene bh Pater See... ou... 1... : 50 DRIPPING PANS. Reet) eee ocr pound 3. ov Perec siem, per pouna...........5..-. -.... 6% ELBOWS. Come 4 whece. Gin....._...........;- doz. net vi) ae dis. 20&10&10 Soa... ..............,.. dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; lar: ooh... .. Le 30 Ives’, 1, 818; 2, $24; 3, vILEs—New List. dis. Disston’s . ee ee . .60&10 New American. ee ae eu ee 60&10 Nicholson’s . Be cus .60&10 Pe oa 50 Heller's Horee Hanps...............-. . 50 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 2; 22 and 2%; 2% and 2%; 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 HAMMERS. = Oise se: dis. & oo ee -; -m, Woreen @ Prams... dis. 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. . .80e list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10 HINGES. Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3. aes ..... Gis.60&10 le ce “per r doz. net, 2 50 gg oot Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and = SS i % Serew Hook and Eye, 4%..............-. ‘net 10 s - " ~ 2... net 8% _ ' ' a net 7 ’ ' , -. ee aa. net Strap and T.. dis. ‘ 70 s. Barn Door Kidder Mfe. Co. ‘Wood ae. . .50&10 Champion, anti-friction. . - 60&10 Kidder, wood track 40 HOLLOW WARE. eee 60 ee GO ee 60 ae CIO . 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.. ..+. -new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware. Grate fron Ware ..-............ “new list 3834 &10 WIRE GOODS. — ee ee. 70& 10810 See ee 70&10&10 eee ee -70&10&10 Gate Hooks and —_ oe. 7&10&10 EVELS. dis. Stanley Rule and send Co.’s 70 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . oe, 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . oe 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. . 3. 55 Doar, porcerin, trimmings ................ 55 Drawer and Shutter, ee Leis : 70 LOCKS—DOO dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s ao ioe ....... 55 Mallory, Wheeler m Cas......,.- ae 55 eee 55 ee 55 MATTOCES. hase ee... .............. a ae. CO Petes $15.00, dis. 60 Paes $18.50, dis. gy 8. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘aanenes as i 50 MILLS. dis. omnes as Cos. ......- --.- " 40 & W. Mfg. Co.’s ee a 40 ‘© Landers, Ferry & Clr 40 ‘* Enterprise 25 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Co 60&10 Menten Goumee.. ee Enterprise, self-measuring................-- NAILS Steel nails, base.. ee 1 95 [( 2 45 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. Base 10 SSSSSSSRESSERKSES 1 2 2 1 1% 100 12 150 75 90 6 115 1 00 Barrell % ee ok cee cess ees 1t 2 50 PLANES. dis. Obie Voor Ces taney ...................... @A0 TN @u) Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy........-......-- @4) Benen Gest quality.......................... 5 Stanley Rule and evel Cos, weed. . .... &ie PANS. Bre Acme. |... dis.60—10 aa mained See a ee ae dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. Tron 40g Tamed. ......|....... 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............-- -++- 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “4” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 % 20 “B” Wood's wd at. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. Nu Se a ‘All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inch ROPES. Seeel, 56 ich and lereer ..... ..-..- : ae SQUARES. Ree ake THOM ec Try and — ee Mitre . Monee ee. SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. aaa. 20 $ 10 moe eee ...........,..... 4 2 3 20 oe eee... 4 20 3 20 OO aa ..,. {= 3 30 nag - ome ........... 4 40 3 40 3 50 es wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, Dee ace 1 ee... dis. 40&10 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, bray Mee a, .. List 5G hg Whhte S ... . ' Drab B ‘ 55 se ‘ 35 W Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Sorte yee . per ton 825 dis, SAWS. . OnG we. 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, .. 70 < Soe Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. . 50 a cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 . Cl ampion and Electric a x Cuts, per foot.. “TRAPS. dis. Seo Gemee... . 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......... 35 Oneida > a Hawley & Norton's... 70 mouse, Cuceer.. .... |. |... 18¢ per doz, Mouse, delusion......... WIRE. Bright Market.......... LC . mimbeered MGEECE... kl. Coppered RA (enOG BEGENee. -. Geig . .81.50 per doz, dis, : 65 -7@—10 60 he Barbed Spring Steel... 50 ed Fence, galvanized. ee has. Cs 2 90 HORSE NAILS. {eeu ee. dis. ra Tremthwentern...................... dis. S108 10 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled... 30 Coca Genume 0.2... Mae cay 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, . Loewe, % Coe’s Patent, malleable ++ oo. er MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Bird Cages . ne oe 50 Pumps, Cistern.. ee Screws, New List.. ee 50 Casters, Bed and Plate, -o+- -- 50810810 Dampers, AmeriGam,........-............. 4 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65 METALS PIG TIN. Pig a Ce eel er eee Cla 28¢ Pis Bars.. ce detec ciecg se Duty: Sheet, 24gc per vena. 600 pound cc Ks. Pe OO oe ae SOLDER. nse " 4@s OO ee The prices of the many other qualities a solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY eee. a r pound 16 eee ” 1 TIN—MELYN GRADE, 10x14 Ic, Cc harcoal ee oe 7 OO 14x20 IC ee ep es eae a. 70 be IX, Y 8 75 14x20 IX, ee 8 7 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY @RADE, 10x14 IC, Charcoal eee $6 2 14x20 IC, eee 10x14 IX, . eee es. 7% 14x20 IX, " 775 Each additional X on this grade $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, “ Wercemtier............ 6 2 14x20 IX, . c idee cccaes cel ae 20x28 IC, . . eee ees eee, 14x20 IC, * Allaway Grade........... § i 14x20 IX, ‘ es bay Les 7 00 20x28 aC, oe oe “ce 11 50 20x28 IX, - ° ’ 14 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, oo Te .............. a $14 CO 14x31 x ; a = 1 . 15 14x56 or jo. 8 ollers. 14x60 1K, “ iad pound 10 HEADQUARTERS FOR FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Send for Price List. perpahenarenn iiss THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. [he Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. 4 WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1890. A SERIOUS MATTER. One of the worst things that can hap- pen to a merchant is to be drawn asa_/| juror for the October term of the United States Court, as such service usually compells him to remain in Grand Rapids or Detroit all through December up to Christmas eve, no matter how anxious he may be to get home to attend to his holi- day trade. Several merchants were drawn on this jury in the Western Dis- trict last year, and no amount of per- suasion could be brought to bear on Judge Severens to secure an excuse. The same is true of the same court this year, and a half hour’s visit to the court room discloses several anxious faces, whose countenances plainly show that while they are present in Grand Rapids, their minds are on their places of busi- ness in other portions of the State. Re- ferring to this subject, a valued corres- pondent of THe TRADESMAN writes: While believing the intention of most enactments of our law-makers to be equitable, so far as possible, I am strongly of the opinion that insuffi- cient thought is bestowed upon the sub- sequent action of such laws and their liability to work injustice to certain classes whose business will suffer loss by their observance. Reference is here made to the drawing of jurors for the United States courts in their respective districts. The law should be so framed that the venire would excuse all merchants whose business is liable to suffer seriously, if taken from it, more particularly during busy seasons. There are other classes of citizens— notably farmers and mechanics—whose business would not suffer to any extent, who possess the intelligence and neces- sary qualifications to fill the office and who, in most cases, would be more than willing to serve. The laws of our country pre-suppose that every citizen is in duty bound to assist in maintaining them, at any cost to himself, which in itself is a correct declaration; yet, if any law is found to work to the disadvantage of any one class, and others do not ob- ject, it should excuse the injured parties. This argument is made in the interest of merchants who are frequently taken from their business 200 miles away at a season of the year when it is all important they should be at home. The remuneration | for such service is trifling, and, com- | pared with the serious losses entailed, is | Sipple, general dealers of no consequence. I sincerely hope that | those possessing the power and authority | to make a change in the present method | of drawing jurors will, if possible, ex- | ercise them in the interest of business | men. i A DOOMFD ENTERPRISE. Some men are never content to profit | by the experience of the past. Fifteen | years ago the Patrons of Husbandry show- ed a roster of 1,300 grange stores in as | many towns in this state. At the present | time the number can be counted on two fingers—one at Allegan and one at Lan- sing. | Notwithstanding this unfortunate re- cord, which involved a loss of several million dollars to the farmers of Michi- | gan, the Patrons of Industry now pro- | pose to repeat the experiment, having incorporated a stock company called the ‘‘Patron’s Commercial Union,” with an alleged capital of $100,000. It is an- nounced that the main office will be located at Lansing, and that branches will be started at hundreds of places throughout the State. The board of di- rectors includes such shining lights as A. 8. Partridge, Chas. H. Morse, D. Conk- lin, and D. A. Reynolds. The person last named is conspicuous by reason of the time he once tarried at the Ionia House of Correction. The outcome of such a movement is | apparent to any conservative business man. Those at the head of the enter- prise will wax fat from the stealings, the perquisites and the commissions paid, while the poor fellows who are so for- getful of the past as to take stock in the institution will be called upon to pay assessment after assessment, until ‘‘for- bearance ceases to be a virtue.” If any of THE TRADESMAN’S readers has a rural friend who looks upon the undertaking with favor, he will secure the latter’s lasting gratitude by showing him how impossible it is for inexperienced men to make a success of a business which requires experience of no mean order. WHY MEN GO WRONG. The frequent repetition of defalcations by cashiers, book-keepers and confiden- tial clerks, naturally stimulates enquiry as to the causes underlying these lapses of trust and responsibility. A Grand Rapids business man, who has made a considerable study of the subject, im- forms THE TRADESMAN that his exper- ience shows that one-thirteenth of the defalcations are due to consorting with lewd and designing women; two-thir- teenths to gambling habits; one-thir- teenth to extravagant personal expenses in other directions and nine-thirteenth to extravagant family expenses. This ap- pears to be a somewhat strained conclu- sion, but the gentleman referred to has several series of compilations showing conclusively that high living at home causes twice as much trouble in this re- spect as all other causes combined. Purely Personal. Geo. S. Curtis, the Edgerton sawmill operator, was in town last Friday. Geo. E. Marvin, the Clarksville hard- ware dealer, was in town Saturday. Chas. Freyermuth, general dealer at McCords, was in town one day last week. B. H. Rolph, the Coopersville furni- ture dealer, was in town one day last week. Chas. Sipple, of the firm of Saunders & at Sheffield, was in town Monday. R. A. Deal, son of Joseph Deal, manu- facturer of staves and general dealer at Hooper, was in town Saturday. W. H. White, of the firm of White & Fairchild, general dealers and sawmill operators at Boyne City, was in town Saturday. Will M. Bale, the Fennville grocer, who has been seriously ill at his old home at Vermontville with typhoid fe- ver, is recovering. Will Gregory, the Fennville merchant, is the happy father of a nine pound daughter—the first littie stranger who has ever come to his house. W. J. Clarke, the Harbor Springs gro- cer and clothier, is making an enforced visit to Grand Rapids by reason of his being drawn as a juror in the United States Court. Phin Smith, who was engagnd in the grocery business at Hastings for seven- teen years, and has lately embarked in the variety business at that place, was in town last Friday. Miss Marion Davis, formerly cashier for the Elk Rapids Iron Co., at Elk Rapids, has taken the position of steno- grapher and billing clerk for the New York Biscuit Co. Theo. Kemink, the West Leonard street druggist, has purchased the lets at the corner of West Leonard street and Broadway, having a frontage of 115 feet on the former street and 117 feet on the latter, for $6,000. The lots are covered by a two-story block of three stores, and the purchase is considered a particularly fortunate one for Mr. Kemink. E. M. Holley, of the firm of Holley & Bullen, general dealers and sawmill operators at North Aurelius, was in town last week for the first time. His firm has secured a contract to cut a large amount of hardwood timber near Hul- bert, Chippewa county, five miles east of Soo Junction, and will put in a mill at that place as soon as spring opens. Kendall W. Hess, who has occupied the position of chief draughtsman for M. Garland, of Bay City, for some time, has accepted a similar position with the Marinette Iron Works of Marinette, Wis., and Duluth Minn. He was in town Saturday and Sunday, on a visit to his father, Wm. T- Hess, who is naturally proud of the unusual success his son is achieving in his profession. The wholesale grocery trade of Grand Rapids has received a valuable accession in the person of Austin K. Wheeler, who comes to this market to assume an interest in the newly organized Lemon & Wheeler Company. Mr. Wheeler appears to have been born in the grocery busi- ness, his father having been connected with the wholesale house of Secor, Ber- dan & Co., at Toledo, from 1853 to 1880, when he retired from the firm with an ample competence. Mr. Wheeler en- tered the employ of the same house in 1873 and for the past fifteen years has regularly covered the trade of Eastern and Southern Michigan, with whom he is familiarly known as ‘‘Art.” His long and successful career on the road ren- ders him particularly competent to dis- charge the duties of his new position, upon which he enters with the hearty good wishes of hundreds of friends. -_—-—~<>-2-< A Chapter on Sweeping. Written for THE TRADESMAN, From time to time I read about ‘How to sweep a store,’’ and much of the ad- vice about getting rid of the dirt has be- come an old chestnut and is not worth the ink consumed, much less the labor of putting in print. That old ‘‘wet saw- dust’’ dodge tires me, as it will tire any one to get rid of it, after it is on the floor. In the first place, any person to sweep well requires to be instructed how to do it, the same as to do anything else. As an exchange says, ‘You should never use a leaky sprinkling pot,” and the writer will add, if you wish to do good work, put nothing but water on the floor. Not more than one in fifty seem to know how to even sprinkle a floor. First, a sprinkler should be kept as clean as your water pail. If not, its real use- fulness is soon ruined. The holes in it should be small and plenty of them and if both it and the water are not kept per- fectly clean these holes become closed. The floor should be sprayed, as it were, instead of flooded, because mud won’t sweep out. Second, keep your sprinkler (held with both hands) in constant and rapid motion, so as to sprinkle the sur- face evenly allover. Third, about one minute later—according to the tempera- ture of the room—try it with the broom. If it is yet too wet, the dirt will stick to the broom and will also paste a little on the floor. In this case, wait a minute longer for the moisture to dry and dif- fuse itself over the floor. Sweep by drawing the broom along, or toward you, and not by a pushing motion. Use the broom rapidly, going over the surface twice as you pass. along and by this method of sweep- ing you will be pleased with the result. ‘‘Why not use sawdust?” says one. Because nobody ever saw a floor free from all the sawdust after it was put on and swept over. The idea of throwing some dirt on the floor in order to sweep more off, is silly reasoning, and sawdust is simply clean dirt. A woman says, ‘‘the dirt must be out of the cor- ners and crevices of a room when well swept,’’ and no ordinary broom will ever take sawdust from those places, while it will remove ordinary dirt. Not only this but in cleaning a floor by sweeping with wet sawdust very little more than half the surface is dampened by it, as only a portion of the particles ever touch the boards. Lastly, it takes a much longer time to sweep any floor with saw- dust. A floor may be scoured with very wet sawdust, and then swept several times, instead of being mopped and be made pretty clean. Ata low tempera- ture clean snow may be thrown over a floor or a carpet and nicely swept, but remember this is not dirt—simply con- gealed water. When the writer was a boy and was taught to sweep he was un- der instructions for weeks and his work was examined for some time afterward. The plan of sweeping here laid down, if followed and supplemented with a little observation and thought, will convince any one that clean water and a good broom, with a few ounces of common sense, are all that are required to have a clean floor. SWEEPER. The “Anchor” Brand. F. J. Dettenthaler has always had a re- markably good trade on the celebrated ‘‘Anchor” brand of oysters, but the de- mand for these goods this season has ex- ceeded expectation; in fact, the owner of this popular brand has found it almost impossible to keep pace with his orders. The large demand is due wholly to the superiority of the brand and to the fact that the fill exactly meets the wants of the trade. Those who have not yet han- dled this celebrated brand should make arrangements to secure an agency with- out delay. Association Notes. Gladwin has re-organized its Business Men’s Association, and it is now after some grist mill man with smiles and fair promises. It now has no way of getting to a satisfactory mill save by shipping to Bay City, and then shipping the flour back by rail. ——_—~_-- Manner is one of the principal external graces of character. It is the ornament of action, and often makes the common- est offices beautiful by the way in which it performs them. It is a happy way of doing things, adorning even the smallest details of life. THE MICH] GAN TRADESMAN. THE BEST YET. The Fish Liar Outdone by the Fowl Prevaricator. Written for THE TRADESMAN I wish to relate a ‘‘chicken story,’’ based on an actual occurence at Sebasta- pol, Russia, during the Crimean war. It may possibly sound to many more like the proverbial fish story, but I will add that, although it occurred a good while ago, it is none the lesstrue. R. J. Cortis, M. D., an Englishman, now of Minneap- olis, related the incident to a few friends soon after the close of that war, when he came direct to America. Dr. Cortis was in some manner connected with the med- ical staff of one of the English regiments. One day two dressed chickens were pur- chased of the regimental storekeeper for the following day’s dinner. Chickens were scarce and expensive, as they some- times are in a time of war, the two ordi- nary fowls costing one pound sterling or about $5 of our currency. ‘‘Rats,’’ said Dr. Cortis, ‘“‘were very numerous, large in size, and troublesome at that time in Southern Russia and any kind of food they iiked it seemed almost impossible to keep from them. Our old storekeeper cautioned us, and remarked they should be locked in an iron box until wanted, for, if placed in any wood receptacle, the rats would get them while we slept. That evening, just before taps, we planned a good joke for the rodents. Our tent, which was of much greater length than breadth, was held in position by two eight foot standards, with a stout twelve-foot cross bar near the top to hold them in place. From this cross-bar —probably two inches in diameter—we suspended two stout pieces of linen twine, such as is generally used for tie- ing small packages. These bits of twine were three and a half feet long, and were placed four or five feet apart. To the lower end of each string a chicken was firmly tied by its two legs and dangled midway in the air from floor to ceiling, or, more explicitly, from ground to can- vas, and we retired to our cots to dream of to-morrow’s dinner. Our first gaze at the chickens upon waking the following morning was a most startling one, and caused considerable profane language. The bare skeletons of those two fowls were hanging just where we had placed them, with every particle of meat eaten away except a few tendons which held the bones together, and which the rats could not well reach. They must have climbed up the standards, gone out on the cross-bar, and down that small twine and, after their feast, returned the way they came.” —_—.— — An Old House with a New Name. The Lemon & Wheeler Company has filed articles of association with the County Clerk, with a capital stock of $150,000, of which $80,000 is paid in. The incorporators are as follows: Samuel M. Lemon ....... . $25,000 A. K, Wheeler...... 25,00 ee Be ei, 8,000 OO Fe OR eee lek ieee cl ee 5,000 | le hao recall eee ee) Be Herbert Baker.. 6,000 Chas. B. Judd.. 2,000 O. P. DeWitt.. oe. Se Chas. W. Watkins. Wise t seg ce, ee ee ces a, 1,000 The corporation has acquired the stock and wholesale grocery. business of the former firm of Lemon & Peters. At the first annual meeting, held last Tuesday evening, five directors were elected, as follows: Samuel M. Lemon, A. K. Wheeler, Jno. A. Covode, Geo. B. Caul- field, A. E. Worden. At the meeting of the directors, the following officers were elected: President—Samuel M. Lemon. Vice-President—Jno. A. Covode. Secretary—Geo. B. Caulfield. Treasurer—A. K. Wheeler. The old house was well and favorably known to the trade and the new institu- tion starts out under most favorable auspices, being backed by ample capital and having the benefit of experienced management.

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Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 40 No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Ci 2 40@2 50 GELS. Bitra Veep. 160@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bol. Gal | Coach Body........... 2 75@3 00 MeMbGnIne .......... @4 50| Whale, winter........ 70 701 No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Sapo, Me oe 11 Led, Gxoe........... 55 60 | Eutra Turk Damar ...1 55@1 60 - =... 10@ 12 Lard, Ne t.. .. 50 | Japan ee: No. I - @...... @ 15| Linseed, pure raw --. om 56 ‘urn. . 7@ 7% HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of -- DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundrie: Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Sole Agents forathe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Rumse,. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & O« , 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 Cuar- antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re: ceive them. Send in a trial order. Haxelting & Perkins Drug bo, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. LKMUN & WHEELER GOMPANY. Successors to LEMON & PETERS, WHOLESALE GROCERS. GRAND RAPIDS. Siri tanita RY ei. ornare ez: Fr clio abate = ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 138 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are abacnaniied offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. APPLE BUTTER. Coceas goede 2... AXLE GREASE. eee co au Po ee .. 1% ee 1% tg ee 2 BAKING POWDER. Thepure, 10¢e packages. ---81 20 \% Ib. 1 oo 56 . 6 oz. Ss 2 28 e % Ib. oo 2 76 a 1202. ana 42 rey 2 = a 5 40 o eC 26 co Less 201 wees cent. to retailers. Absolute, 4% _ cans, doz...1 00 se Ll “ - 4 .1 90 ay 1 b. o “ i Me 50 Acme, 4% lb. cans,3doz ... 45 - » 7 2 “cc Ty Telfer’ “ty 6 ip cans, doz.. 45 85 tg a " 1 Arctic, 4% bb Cans ... ...... 60 ce io r eg 2 00 - —- . 9 60 Red Star, 4% > cans........ 40 ee £0 . he 4c 1 50 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 ae 8 | vis) American. 2 doz. incase... 7 BLUING. Gross Arctic, Pho ovals a 400 _ | we uate round . Loney ou 10 50 - m : sifting —_: <2 a . 400 ae = o ee 8 00 “ 1oz Ball ee ee 450 BROOMS. meee... 1% a. - 2 00 ee SOs. .c....-.c...,-- 2 2 0. -" ae eee neeea eee 2 50 Peter eee ee 27 Common Whisk ole ee bana 90 Fancy Dea cee eee 1 20 ce ce 3 25 eo ....... ........ 2% BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. eee Gan .. ... ee Self Rising . | on oe CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.......... 10 — oo 9% Paraffine . _. 2. Wicking.. = CANNED acoms. Clams, 1 ib. Little Neck..... 1 10 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10 Cove Oysters, BE ng stand... ‘7 = Lobsters, 1 Ib. "picnic Coe aoe ‘1 90 Sik * ........ 2 65 . ee 2 50 ” 2 oe oeee.:....-.. 3B Mackerel, ie Tomato Sauce 3 50 b. stand tele. 12 - = a 2 00 - 3 Ib: ~ Mustard -3 50 - 3 lb. 50 Salmon, 1lb. Golumbia i 75@1 90 11b. Alaska.. @1 60 Sardinee, domestic 48 oeece 6 a @ 8 . cali ——.... @10 - —. %s...11 @I12 oe 10 Trout, 3 vu. brook........ 2 50 : FRUITS. Apples, gallons........ eke Apricots sates iiss eeee ss Blackberries. . : oes) 20 Cherries, red.. 30 - pitted .. 40 Damsons . Egg Plums. . 59 Gooseberries a 10 Green Gages.. <<. oo Peaches, pi@............006- 185 W MOOOEE ... 44.068. ce 2 30 = a 2 65 - Californias. ........ 2 85 oS Se 1 50 Pineapples, common. lis ~— 27 . grated ee ie 3 00 ON ids can sin dee mes os 110 pherries, | - ASSES 1 30 tee G, 40 nnn. ey ec as awe ee 1B Whortleberries.............. 1 40 MEATS. echoed DOL, -......,...... 2 00 Roast...... 1 % VEGETABLES. Beans, soaked Lima........ 85 Green Lima........ @1 60 ee @ # © Seog... .. 5.5.2: 90 ‘* Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, stand. brands..1 00@1 25 Pees, SeGred......-:-...-.... 5 - weet... . @1 30 = mee ene.....:..5... 1 ee ne use cae @1 7% * Oe Peonen......... -2 10 meee... cs éi S WO oes cue ae. PRIN ieee Cec es io wes 110 Succotash, eoeked.... ..2..< ‘standard......... 1 30 Tomatoes, stand br’ds @1 00 nee ee. Sweet.. 2 34 38 40 CHICORY. a aoe... Bee eee Z CHEESE. Fancy Full Cream 11 @1:% Good - ....10 @ICc% Part Skimmed......... 8 @9 | @22 Bee gy @1 00 Swiss, imported ...... 2 25 domestic .... 15@ 16 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 lumps a eS 30 — " |... 40 Spruce, 200 pieces. .........40 CATSUP. Snider’ 8, 4 pint........... .135 pene... .... coed 2 30 _ quart : 3 50 CLOTHES PINS. Sera bores ...:..2....... €5 COCOA SHELLS. ie. ee 4 @4% Pound packages........ OT COFFEE EXTRACT. Warley Cary... % ae in Hummel’s. , 65 corFEE—Green, mio, fom @21 ee, ee 21 @2 - poe. @23 “ fancy, washed @24 ' @Oeeew @xA Seneen. ..... 2 @23 Mexican & Guatemala23 @24 Java, Interior......... 2A @2%6 “ Mandheling....27 @30 Poamerey .1). 8: 22 @24 Mocha, genuine..... 26 @28 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add ‘4c. per 1b. for roast- ing and 15 per cént. for shrink- age. See Seanee, Pee a » « eae ~ imcaenets .......... 25% MeLaughlin’s XXXX....25%4 Ts 2514 * capes ............ 26 Se 25 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 f%....... per doz. 1 35 o a ' 1 50 = —........ . 1% - e....... " 2 00 . 80 ft bu 2B Jute on... .... ’ 1 00 . ae... 1% rs CONDENSED MILK. a eu, 7 50 Anglo-Swiss.. 6 00@ 7 70 COUPONS. ‘*Superior.” ® 1. wee onred.......-.. : 50 “ “ css ee -, ea, 5 00 a toe Eee ea 6 00 “Tradesman.” ei, per hundred Debs usewen 2 00 ae ae ee S10, ‘ a, 400 $20, a 5 00 counts: 200 or over «oS per. cent. —- § §...... 8. ..10 —- ... 20 . CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter ee ae ™% S. Oyster . ead City Oymter, A22............ 5% CREAM TARTAR. ee sPUre....------ ees. 38 Cote a 25 an ED FRUITS. ESTIC, Apples, sun- dried ae 8 @9 —-- a @14 Speiots, c 0 @21 gama . oe 10 ares. of ee 20 @22 PRUNES. Wueeey .... kc. @ 8% ooo i ck @ 9% PEEL. DO oe ccs a 18 eeoee.....--.....-... 18 CITRON. i Gree... oe. @i18 Im boxres...... Nad acc ce @20 CURRANTS. Zarte, in barrels...... g 5% in V-Dbdis.....- @ 5% . in less quantity raisins —California. @6 Bag ae London Layers, 2 : ern . fancy. Muscatels,2crown ... “ 3 ae row tw RSas Foreign. : Seneies..........-.. 8 eee. 8%@ 9 NN oo de ce. 13 @17 FARINACEOUS GOODS, Farina, 100 Ib. a Cleans Hominy, per bbl 4 Macaroni, dom 12 1b box.. 55 Tapioca, fk or prl...5 @6 Wheat, cracked....... @5 Vermicelli, import. . @il1 domestic... @55 PISH—SALT. Cod, whole...........- 54@ 5% * ‘bricks . 740 7% a... eee 4@ 8 Herring, gibbed, bbl.. 5 % “bbl. 300 . Holland, bblis.. 12 00 C " =o, ..- 75 ‘ Scaled a Mackerel, No. 1 % ‘bbl... 10 Ib kit. 4 10 Tromt, 4 bits......... @4 75 ~ Wy, ois............ 80 White, No. 1% ‘4 bbls. @6 ° ° Family, 3, bbls.. FLAVORING a DC DC Lemon, Vanilla 2 0z folding box... 075 1 2 3 0z ..1 2 1 50 402 . 1 & 2 00 6 Oz ' oe 3 00 8 oz “ 3 oo 4:0 @UN POWDER. eee ee ee ae 5 50 Half bees... 3 00 HERBS Ee 15 Hops. es 25 JELLIES. Chicago goods.............. 5% LAMP WICKS. No. .. 30 sl. 40 No. 2. co. 50 LICORICE. Pee i. 30 Ceres 8 25 ea. 18 YE. Condensed, 2 ~ aaa 13 MATCHES, Mo. 9 eubplur..............- 2 00 ieee pewrer......,........ 170 pe ee ee 1 Bapert pertor............,.. 400 MOLASSES. Wiack Soap............... 17 Cuba Baking. ....... _. 22 Porto Rico.. we eee OOO New Orleans, “good. ee na 35 tae. oo 40 ~~ te... 80 One-half =, "36 extra OATMEAL. Bee ee. 67 Hialt Deeteis. ............-... 3 50 ROLLED OATS. Bees... @6 5 Haat Ghie.. ........... @3 50 OIL, Michigan Test.............. 9% WSUOE WHI 10 PICKLES. eae * 50 e ee -..4 25 Small, ee . 9 00 a ..:..... ns 5 60 PIPES. J Lg Me i = = comms... Cob, No. oe 3s RICE. Carolina ae... 7 OS a ee 6% . os: 6 @ oanee. Mot... ........ 7 — ee. 6 SAUERKRAUT. Barrels. . ———— Coopersville’s Offer. Coopersville aspires to be the county seat of Ottawa county and proposes to erect the necessary buildings and offer them to the county freeof cost. In case the honor goes to Grand Haven or Holland, the fortunate town will, probably, be compelled to do the same Coopersville has offered to do, thus relieving the other portions of the county of the burden of taxation incident to the erection of new buildings. lh — el Not Wholly Disinterested. PETOSKEY, Dec. 5—As a citizen of Pe- toskey and a patron of THE TRADESMAN, I hope you will do all you ean to in- fluence the traveling men of Grand Rapids to revive their hotel project here, as I am confident two important results would be secured—the traveling men would have a good home and a safe in- vestment and Petoskey would get the best advertisement she has ever secured, next to the Bay View campmeeting. The traveling men can’t talk as loud as the preachers, but they can keep it up a great deal longer and a heap sight faster. YEKNAH. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect October 5, 1890. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North For Saginaw, — cam ....... + 7:30am For Traverse oe coe comes {5:15am + 7:0 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw] 9:20 a m $11:30 a For Saginaw, solid train........ + 4:30 pm We Ce ie oie ccwcrane + 2:15pm + 5:00 pm ee ee + 8:50 pm {10:30 pm Prom Relarmasoe......... 2... + 3:55 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH. rrive from Leave going North. jouth. ee CoE on te omeeees | 6:00am + 6:30 am For oo and Chicago...ti0:15 am +10:30 am Drom Segieaem................... 11:45am For Fort W: ayes and the East.. + 2:00 pm er CUTIE og oo econ t es + 5:30pm { 6:00 pm For Kalamazo and Chicago....+10:50 pm ]11:30 pm Prout Gageeaw................... +10:30 p m Trains marked ({]) run daily; (+) daily except Sunday. Sleeping and parlor car service: North—11:30 a m train, parlor chair car for Mackinaw City; 10:30 pm 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. 11:15 a = 5:40 p "avon fehete and full information wn QA hae 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. Soon Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. tMorning Express................. 12:50 p m 1:00 pm aa 5:10pm 7:05am 7:30am GOING EAST. Tetross Mxprass.................. 6:50am Trecceee wer............... 10:10 a m 10:20 a = +Evening Express..... . 3:35pm 3:45 p MPS TERT, oo cnc cs ac cen 9:50 p m 10:55 : a +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor and buffet car attached, and Evening Express leaving 3:45 p m has parlor car attached. These trains make direct connection in Detroit for all points East. Express leaving at 10:55 m has bee une sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in — at7:20a Tickets and slee ping ca berths orl at D.,G. H. & M.R’ offices, 23 anon St., and at the depot 8. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit. Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern. For Toledo and all points South and East, take the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and connections at Toledo with evening trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin. nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and ail promi- nent points on connecting lines. A. J. Paistey, 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 es: +9200 am Fast Mail for Chicago....... 1. to pm Express for Muskegon and Hart ..... +5:0) p m Night Express for Chicago ........ *11:35 p m Night Express for Indianapolis ... 411:35 p m Mail for Big Rapids, Manistee and Traverse City ... . 3:6 pm Ex. for Grand Haven & Muskegon.. . 8:40 pm ARRIVE Night Express from Chicago feet *6:30 & m Night _ ess from Indianapolis .... {6:30 a m Ex. from Muskegon, Hart & Pentwatertl10:45 a m Express from Big Rapids, Baldwin and Traverse City ... 22:15 Dp Mail from Chicago and Muskegon - . 12:55 pm Express from Grand Haven..... ..... +5:50 p m Fast Expreasfrom Chicago... ....... ... +10:15 p m Ex. from Muskegon and Pentwater..t 5:50 p m Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse City. +5:40 p m Ex ress from Traverse City .... -*10:40 p m except aily. io except Sunday. " €Daily Gelantas. tDaily 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 andi11:35p m run through to Chicago solid. Through sleeping ears between Grand Rapids and Chicago on night express trains. Through combination sleeping and chair car between Grand Rapids and Indianapolis on night express trains. Wagner drawing room buffet cars on trains leaving Grand Rapids 1 p mand Chicago 4:10 pm. 4:40pm train leaving Chicago connects with sleeper leaving Grand Rapids 11:30 p m for Traverse City. The5:5pm train has through free parlor car to Manistee via M. & N. E. R’y. For tickets and information, apply Es Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot. Gzo DEHAVEN, Gen Pass. & Ticket Agt., Grand Rapids. ETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R. R. Lansing Route. DEPART. ress for Saginaw and Bay City.... +7:30 Ma 1 for Lansing, Detroit and East... +7:25 ress for Lansing, Detroit and East +1:25 fall for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw +4:30 Fast Ex. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 ARRIVE. Mail from Saginaw and Bay City. ...+11:45 Mail from Lansing, Detroit and “Bast. +1210 Fast Express from ———. and East. *5:05 p m Express from Lansing and Detroit... t9:50 p m Ex. from hs inaw, St. Louis and Almati0:30 pm *Daily. aily except Sunday. Thes heal line to Detroit and the East. parlor cars between Detroit and Grand Rapi Solid trains between Grand Rapids and Saginaw. Two solid trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit, leaving Grand Rapids 7:25 ph m and 6:25 p m, leaving Detroit 1:15 p m and 5:00 p For tickets and Information, =, apely at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, and Union Depot. Gxo. DaHavan, Gen. Pass. Ticket Agt.,Grand Rapids. pp Coupe BB BBEBEB Elegant ds. MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’’ DEPART. ARRIVE POCORN PIONS. 5. os cece 7:20am 10:00pm Mixed 6:30am 5:00pm es Sepeews................... °712:00 am 10:00 am *Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 11:15pm 6:00am ro ka eee 640pm 1:15pm ai y 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. Briees, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe * G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Dep aq Gro. W. MUNSON, Union Ticket Office, oF Monroe st. O. W. RuGGLEs, d. P. & FT. Agent., Chicago. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, 4 GANAL 8Y., Grand Rapids, - Mich. FIT FOR A trentlewan's Table: Alt goods bearing the name of THURBER, WHYLAND & OO., oR ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR. Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited to calland see us,and if they wish, have their correspondence addressed in our care. We shall be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write us about anything you wish to know, THURBER, WHYLAND & 00, West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Street, New York City 3EFORE BUYING GRATES j et Circular and Testimonials). Semt Fre. . 5 Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic. j ALONE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPID . MICH WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above to _. or anything in the Produce line, let ear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MEROHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. RIKROFDY EG eas by deena sate Aachen Zing, Engr’ cy new > LEADS SWCS. BRass RULE See TAL Fy Cae va i ae eae RITA DCR HE aa Rea are rats Wes th ae Se Gripsack Brigade. J. H. Vaughan, sundry salesman for | Farrand, Williams & Clark, was in town over Sunday. Leo A. Caro has retired from the road and taken the position of advertising solicitor of the Telegram. Herald. Cal. L. Martin. traveling representa- tive for Dean, Foster & Co., of Chicago, was in town several days last week. Mr. Martin still holds his interest in a drug store at Elk Rapids, but now resides in Chicago. Charles P. Baker, for the past year on the road for T. H. Hinchman & Sons, of , Detroit, has purchased the interest of M. McDonald in the drug firm of Travis &| McDonald, at St. Johns. The new firm | will be known as Travis & Baker. J. W. Morton has returned from In- | dianapolis, where he engaged to travel | for the overall house of the C. B. Cones | & Son Manufacturing Co. His territory comprises the entire Northern portion of the State. He will continue to reside at | Big Rapids. A. W. Peck is somewhat disappointed over the failure of the negotiations be- tween the traveling men of Grand Rap- ids and certain property owners of Petoskey. He still maintains that the project is a feasible one and could be made to yield especially if a few representative men of Petoskey took hold of the enterprise and gave it the benefit of their experience. satisfactory returns, Perley W. Hall, formerly on the road for Lemon & Peters, but who has lately | pursued the business of selling patent rights, has taken the grips formerly car- ried by Mr. Burke for Merriam, Collins & Co., wholesale grocers of Chicago. Mr. Burke finds that his grocery stores at Dowagiac, Benten Harbor and St. Joseph require all his time and attention. Mr. Hall’s territory comprises South- | western Michigan and Northern Indiana. | Augustus W. Culver, formerly a prom-} inent Detroit business man and a mem- ber of the firm of Gray, Toynton & Fox, | wholesale confectioners, died in Tacoma, Wash., on Nov. 18. He had been a mem- | ber of that firm for fifteen years when, in 1889, he sold out his interest and re- |moved to Tacoma for his health. He was a member there of the firm of Cul- , ver & Leland, wholesale dealers in glass- ware. He had many friends in Detroit. His death was not unexpected, as his health had not been good for some time. He was a member of the Michigan Com- mercial Travelers’ Association. Katon, kyon & Go., Schoo! Supplies, Miscellaneous Books dehoo! Books Stallonery. Our Fall Line Now Ready EATON, LYON &CO., 20 and 22 Monree St., Grand Rapids. Fer Portable.or Stationary Engines, 1 to 500 Horse Power, Portable or Station- ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, | Boxes, Wood-working Machinery, Plan- ers, Matchers, Moulders, ete., call on Ww. C. DENISON, Manufacturers’ Agent, 88, 90, 92 So. Division St., Grand Rapids, Estimates given on Complete Outfits. Florida Oranges We are agents for Hillyer’s celebrated Stag brand, which is the finest fruit sold in Michigan, The Putnam Candy Co. worthless boxe ° guarantee the Coffee to give perfect satisfaction, DON'T SCATTER YOUR FIRE, OR WASTE COSTLY AMMUNITION UNNECESSARILY--DEGIDE UPON WHAT YOU WANT, THEN REACH FOR IT. —ameegesc SS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Pennsylvania © Lumberman’s. The best fitting Stocking Rub- bers in the market. A full line of Lycoming Rubbers on hand. Try them. GEO. H REEDER & CO., State Agents for LYCOMING RUBBER CO. 158 and 160 East Fulton Street. W™M.SEARS & CO,, Cracker Manvfacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. Muskegon CrackerCo CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET GOODS. LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE SPECIAL ATTENTIONOPAID TO MAIL ORDERS. 457, 459, 461, 4643 W. WESTERN AVENUE, : MUSKEGON,» MICH. “No Connection with Any Cracker Trust 8S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN, S. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. “TOSS UPI" 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. RED The most effective Cough Drop in STAR the market, Sells the quickest and pays the MANUFACTURED BY A.E.BROOKS& co. OUG best. Try them, Grand Rapids, Mich, The Fine ine of Gandy in the State, DROP. S ‘4 @ .8° sae S_9 HERE IT IS! AND WE GIVE THEM AWAY FREE! They are dollars and cents to you, Boxes and Barrels are good in their place, but these Cabinets dress up your store, and cost you nothing. They are made by regular Cabinet Makers at a slight expense over the cost of making Boxes, consequently we can use them instead of the old-tumbled-down-Barrels and These Cabinets are beautifully Panelled, Painted and Varnished. Their use in the store is apparent. 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 i-LION COFFEE NOT SOLD 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. IN THESE CABINETS.“@a THIS CABINET HOLDS 100 Ihs. “iis