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Written for THE TRADESMAN. . **T fully believe,’’ said my friend Pat- ton, ‘‘that man and all the higher ani- mals are dual beings, and that the real man, under certain conditions, and not otherwise, can leave his earthly tenement and go and return as rapidly as the light- ning’s flash; still further, is transpiring around him at such times and fasten it upon his memory even more firmly than when in his dual condition. I see in all this nothing unnatural, but I may say, in passing, that I do not believe in ghosts or goblins. Mankind may be in possession of a long array of facts, but may not always be able to explain why they are so; nevertheless, the facts remain. Something still more wonderful in connection with this duality is an ex- ternal cause sometimes, under certain circumstances, acting upon us with a force which is absolutely irresistible. I will not attempt any explanation, but will simply state facts and leave you to your own reflections. The singular and wonderful incidents which I am about to relate I cannot explain upon any other theory than my own: if shall be pleased, indeed, to listen. “T have a distant relative in one of the Eastern States, by the name of Barnett, who resides in the city of B- , which, at that time, had a population of about 15,000. I was then residing in a country village about forty distant from B——, with which we were connected by rail ina direct line. We had formerly been residents of the same town, had been school-boys together and were firm friends. He was the oldest son of a Boston merchant. He had been for years employed in a general dry goods store owned by his father, and was con- sidered thoroughly conversant with the business. He was now a married man over thirty-five years of age and desirous of engaging in business for himself and allowing a younger brother to take his place at home. ‘“‘Having business on the railroad line somewhere west of the village where I resided, Barnett managed to stop off over night while passing, to pay me a brief visit and to make me a proposal of part- ‘You remember Ned Ryan, do others can, I miles nership. you not,’ said he, ‘who attended school with us at Amherst, Mass?’ I nodded in the affirmative. ‘Well, he had a fall of $5,000 not long ago and wants to put $4,000 of it in business. I have $10,000 more, but that is not enough capital, and I want you to put in $6,000 more to make up $20,000, which is what we really ought to have. You may bea silent partner and remain where you are if you prefer. I store at B——, on this line of road, where we shall have connection direct with New York, and shall, of take charge and put Ned in as our chief sales- man. If business demands more help, we will look for it at B. Our stock will | be dry goods only, and more than half | of it will consist of gents’ fine suiting | wind- intend to course, that he is} often able to take cognizance of all which | locate the | GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1891. | cloths ‘NO. 383. and ladies’ best silk and dress goods. We shall carry the richest lines | of ladies’ and gentlemen’s furnishing goods within an area of one hundred | miles, for in these are the larger profits. 1 if ‘you agree to this, Patton, I will have the articles of partnership drawn up for you to sign when the store is ready, take your check for the amount and at once put in the stock.’ “The result of’ this further renewal of old acquaintance was that, in less than a month, the new firm of Barnett, Patton & Co. was doing business in B——, and 1 had made a trip to that city to take a look at the stock in which about one- half of what I was worth was invested. I was more than pleased with my new venture with two old and tried friends, and trade was opening up with very flat- tering prospects. Young Ryan, the old school-mate whom I had not seen for five or six years, had developed into a tall, fine-appearing business man. He talked about little outside of business, dressed plainly and put his entire time into the work. He made acquaintances only as they brought custom and be- longed to no expensive clubs. Ned was a bachelor. His neatly furnished room on the second floor was reached by an inside stair-way, which also entered a room where extra stock was stored. The store itself was the central one in a block of five, all of which were constructed of brick and iron as far as possible. The block was 120 feet deep, the stores open- ing into a spacious alley in the rear. 1 neglected to say that the windows of the first story in the entire block were guarded at night with the old-style wood- en blinds, fitted as closely together as might be, which bad a heavy, flat bar of iron placed across them on the outside, with strong bolts passed through holes in the ends and through the casings, where they were securely keyed heavy lock, having a inches and extending on the inside. A brass key fully six weighing six ounces, was used upon the front door. As a further precaution, a strong bar was bolted doors on the inside, which effectually prevented entrance from the outside even keys. We were soon obliged to hire a young man as extra clerk. His name was Allen, and he boarded and lodged at his parents’ home in the city. I have been thus minute in my descriptions that what follows may long iron across the with our own be more plainly understood. ‘Three years had passed since the firm of Barnett, Patton & Co. commenced bus- We had done exceedingly well the first year, declaring a large dividend on the investment. The second year commenced well but times in general were not so good. Money was close and obtainable only at high rates with the best securities. ‘If merchants make.a living, pay expenses and keep free from debt, it is all we can expect,’ was said. “As the third year was nearing its | close, one evening during the month of November, I received a letter from Bar- | nett, requiring my presence, the follow- iness. wes bgitahilipens Lecrrchyh ad ea wk nes Mo Serra einen a ears 2 THE “MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ing day, at B on very important bus- iness. Taking an early morning train, I made the run in a trifle over one hour and went directly to his After breakfast we repaired to a private residence. room and were closeted together for more than an hour. I was informed that the discovery had been made that our store was being systematically robbed of its most valuable goods in entire pieces, principally fine silks, broadcloths, heavy beaver cloths and cassimeres. How long this peculation had been carried on, or to what of knowing, except count of the stock clerk, as has been stated, was residing extent, there was no taking hand. by an ac- on Our only with his parents and never had a key to the store. Even if he had have had one, it would have been impossible for him to effect an entrance, as every door, front and back, the The salesman, Ryan, was not a sound was barred on inside. and, with his bedroom door, which opened, as I have stated, on sleeper, the stair-way to his room, nearly always left ajar, he was certain that no move could without his hearing it. be made below Nothing was found in disorder in store when goods were missed, but every- thing, if removed at all, seemed to have been replaced by the thief or thieves be- fore departing. of goods would be missed from the coun- the From one to four pieces ter and drawers, by either one of the clerk. Sometimes pieces had been ceunted day after day, just after closing the store at night, and, the partners or when counted again next and sales of them carefully deducted, | whole pieces would again be missing. It seemed evident that someone must I therefore should take them during the day. suggested that a detective stationed at some point above where he | could have his eye upon everyone who | entered and departed during All concurred with this plan and decided that it should be carried out at once. A point of observation was chosen on the floor the ceiling and an ingenious arrangement of above, and, by an opening in mirrors, a person could see almost every point of the room below and could have a good view of every one entering or de- parting from the door. the person That which puz- zied us most was seeming impossi- bility of any removing, without detection, the large and heavy pieces of cloths from the store in broad daylight, We could understand that pieces of silk and other or even one at a time. better fine dress goods might be removed, but that twenty to thirty-five yards each and from pieces of cloths containing from thirty-six to forty-two inches in length, should be spirited away day after day was astounding. To be sure, the winter had been very cold, and large overcoats barely were worn, and it was possible that the pieces could be hidden inside of of these. “During days, we kept of the watch every hour the store was open for without the least the thieves. this time two hundred and fifty yards of a certain the next ten one the keenest detectives on business, obtaining clue to During class of goods had mysteriously gone to join its kindred. I think that I was the coolest man of the firm at the expiration Barnett and and Ryan were fairly boiling over with rage! We held a short consultation, dis- charged our detective and had Mrs. Bar- nett take his place for one week. It need of our ten days’ espionage. means | the | the | evening be | the day. | jhardly be added that there were four | others in the store, for I remained in | B——- all this time, who were also con- | stant watchers. Curiously enough, while the lady missing was on duty not a thing was from the store. .t the end of the week she was also withdrawn from her post, and it now seemed as if the or more afterward nothing disappeared. We were just making preparations to take inventory when a new development arrested our attention and delayed the work. ‘‘T had returned home with a mind ill at ease, as, so far as I could see, it was one of the most mysterious cases of rob- | bery on record, and, if not soon made clear, must result in our closing up our While the detective in |our service we had placed him in the street duty several until nearly midnight, where, fre- quently in sight of the store, it was kept under surveillance on the from both front and back, but at no time was any I need not tell you that my mind was con- tinually oceupied upon the subject of | this robbery to the exclusion of almost that letters passed be- tween myself and partners concerning it almost daily after my return home. ‘One night some time after this, ata late hour, 1 found myself on the streets of B——., of business. was on evenings passing outside he rewarded with discoveries. every other, and going in the direction our |store. The night was neither very cold jnor stormy but exceedingly dark and still. I seemed to be entirely alone with no sound of life around me. I remember | distinctly how well and how full of life /and health I seemed, how lightly and air- ily I walked and how keenly alive were all my senses; in truth, I had never felt so perfectly well. In passing in front of the store, | naturally halted a moment and looked toward it. A few rays of through a crevice between |the blinds in one place only, where the boards had shrunken a little. I stepped lightly but cautiously to the window and placed one eye to the crevice. For an instant all was inky dark, and I fancied myself a victim of an hallucination; but i light came retaining my position for a few mo- ments, the light again penetrated the crevice and brought to my view two| strange men in the store. One of them | was holding a dark lantern, with the} bull’s-eye turned toward one of the counters, so that I could neither plainly beyond them nor nearer the front door. ‘Here are our burglars,’ I said to myself. At that moment the position of the lantern was changed to the front, and I saw both men plainly. I seemed endowed with almost unnatural powers of observation and took tia at a glance. lantern was plainly dressed. face. in every minu- The man holding the short and stout and He had an was He was marked for life. His companion, who was examining the cards attached to the ends of the goods, was more before. spare and was older, and his skin man’s. His dress was much the same as the other’s, no jewelry, not even aring. | As he turned his face squarely toward the counter, I saw an excrescence like a depredations had ceased, as for a month | see | intelligent | There was a cicatrized scar upon the left temple, as if from a burn years | taller—somewhat | was as fair as a wo-| | 4 : | j IMPORTERS AND | GRAND RAPIDS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ; Dealers in {lUminating and Lubricating -OLLS- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. | Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK STATIONS AT Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand Haven, Ludington, Howard City, Mus- kegon, Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan. : Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN CO., 3 Tea, Coffee & Spice Department | | THOMAS FERGUSON, Manager Hit the Nail on the Head By Handling Goods of Standard Purity and Strength, such as ‘Absolute Tea, | Absolute Spices, Absolute Baking Powder, One Trial will convince you of their Superiorit only by y. Manufactured a » . . | mole or wart on the left side of his neck | a little below the ear. Unarmed though I was, and without a thought of the con- j sequences or why I acted as I did, I | TELFER SPICE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. weer - ellen z = instinctively stepped to the door, gently turned the latch, pushed it open and| stood within, closing it after me without | a sound. The two men had changed | their position and now stood with their | backs toward me, evidently unaware of | my presence. I stood with my back | against the door I had just closed, watch- | ing theirgproceedings, when the shorter | one of the two suddenly turned to look | toward the door, his light falling full) upon me. With a look of horror I can never forget, and an exclamation I did not clearly understand, he whipped out something from his pocket, and I looked through ten feet of space into the bright steel barrel of a heavy revolver. ‘Don’t shoot!’ I remember saying, and the same instant, with a frightful groan, I fell like a log upon the floor. I heard a noise of shuffling feet and of chairs fall- ing. Then there was a brilliant light in the room and I heard the voice of my own wife. ‘Will, Will, what in the world is the matter?’ ‘*T was lying on the carpet a few feet from my bed, and she was bathing my face with a wet towel, and there was a look of extreme distress in her face. I think I must have fainted through terror. Recovering myself, however, in a mo- ment, instead of answering her, I looked wildly around for the burglars. ‘You must have been dreaming, Will,’ she said. ‘Are you injured, for you fell so heavily.’ ‘Where are those men! were my first words, ‘and how came you here?’ Thinking, evidently, that I had gone in- sane from some cause, she commenced weeping, when with a great effort, I arose, and, realizing that I was at home and that my wife had said something about dreaming, I began to sooth her and to talk more sanely. I must have fallen very heavily, as I was somewhat bruised. ‘What do you mean by asking for those men?’ again queried my wife. ‘There is no one here.’ ‘I have seen our burglars, Mary,’ I answered, ‘who have evaded us for so long. Iam sure of it, and I shall know them if I ever see them again? ‘Well,’ she replied, ‘I hope that they will never again come to this house to be recognized by you and give me sucha fright as I have had to-night! ‘I donot think they came at all, Mary,’ I rejoined, ‘but it was I who went and found them. lam puzzled to know how they entered that store, but I feel confident that we shall yet capture them.’ *‘T obtained no more sound sleep that night. The next morning in a letter to Mr. Barnett, I gave him a minute descrip- tion of my vision—I cannot be induced to say dream—asking him to watch the store at night. While he laughed at my vision, and said that there was noth- ing in dreams excepting a disordered stomach or imagination, he admitted the fact that two pieces of goods had been stolen from the counter that very night, and that they were the first we had lost in six weeks! “Another week passed. One night I awoke with a forcible impression that I must go to B at once. I lay confus- edly thinking about it for several min- utes and wondering whether I was really awake or only dreaming; but, almost be- fore I realized what I was doing, I had struck a light and was dressing. Then I glanced at the clock. It was just 1 a. m. The night express would be going east in thirty minutes, and would run through in one hour, including one stop at a sta- tion fifteen miles distant. I continued dressing but awoke my wife to inform | her that business called me to B——on the first train. { begged the privilege of not answering, until my return, her , anxious questions concerning my sudden | departure, assuring her, however, that I was never more sane nor in better health | in mind and body in my life. ‘The train was on time. As I entered a car and found it already filled, I was) obliged to pass through a third one be-| fore obtaining a vacant seat. Now that I was on board, a change of feeling came | overme. All my nervous anxiety was gone, and I experienced a quiet relief. | I felt that it was right and proper for me | to obey the strong impressions which had so suddenly aroused me from my slumber. Ieven became drowsy. Half | asleep, with my head pillowed on my} overcoat, I was aroused by the long shrill whistle announcing the _ fifteen mile station. We halted for a moment | only. Iwas lying down in my seat as | well as I could in a cramped position, when, as the train pulled slowly out, | heard the door open at the rear end of | the car, and two men came tramping up | the aisle. As I partially raised my head to look at them, they took seats in front of me. One glance at them, even in the dim light of that car, sent the blood swifter through my veins. I sank lower in the seat to avoid notice. I should have known the men among a thousand— they were my burglars! [CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.] Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company, will be held at the general office, in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday , March 4th, 1891, at one o’clock p. m., for the election of thirteen Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may be presented at the meeting. J. H. P. Huenart, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP Would you like to carry a side line and establish agents or sell to the trade? If so, address Bell Farniture aud Novelty Co., NASHVILLE, MICH. P.J, DEYYENTHALER | | JOBBER OF Bulk and Canned []YSTERS And Fresh and Salt Lake Fish & Ocean Fish Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. | See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. ee ee ee |improved and new THE PUYNAM GANDY CO. Wholesale Manuta cturers. Fruit and Nut J obbers. |ASK FOR PRICE LIST. CHANGE IN FIRM. Grand Rapids, Dec. 24, 1890. The firm of Hawkins, Perry & Co. has been this day dissolved, Geo. R. Perry retiring. The business will be continued by the remaining members of the firm, Lewis E. Hawkins and Wm. L. Freeman, under the style of Hawkins & Company. Bespeaking for the new firm a continuance of the kindly patronage accorded the house in the past and wishing our patrons a happy and prosperous New Year, we are Yours Truly, HAWKINS & COMPANY. RINDGE, B 12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST.. GRAND RAPIDS, ERTSCH & Co., Ask our salesmen or call and see our lines of Men’s, Boys’ and Youth’s Shoes for Spring trade. We are making the best lines for service offered by any one. Our river goods lead all others. We carry a full line of jobbing goods and offer most everything at old prices. Spring & Company. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons. Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. if Nabi ee ate Lianinieinss nensniebiiiediees rca enim nap ier teats ee me THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Cassopolis—Chase & Underhill have | opened a new grocery store. Wolverine —S. Goldstick’s general stock has been seized by the sheriff. Detroit—Beyer & Blum are succeded by Edward Blum in the drug business. & Bliss sueceed Victor Filteau in the grocery business. Three Rivers—M. J. Walton succeeds Walton Bros. in the dry goods business. Owosso—M. A. Sprague & Co. have purchased the drug stock of Stephen B. Pitts. Sullivan—Hiram Munger succeeds Munger, Watson & DeVoist in general trade. Mancelona—H. F. Hansburger has opened a dry goods store. He hails from Cadillac. f Jackson—Frank McLean & Co. suc- ceed Belden & Belden in the hardware business. Adrian—G. D. Kinney & Co. will open a furniture, crockery and glassware store about Feb. 1 Charlotte—Geo. Brackett has sold his *‘Corner Grocery’’ stock to C. D. Kimber> ly, of Bellevue. Detroit—E. D. Foster & Co. succeed Mumford, Foster & Co. in the leather business. Cedar Springs—H. W. ceeds T. B. Haines in the crockery business. Flint—Christopher Green & Freeman in crockery business. North Lansing—Lemon Bros. T. Rork & Lemon Bros. in the merchandise business. Detroit—Joseph Huettemann succeeds Huettemann, Rademacher & Co. in the wholesale grocery business. Reed City—P. H. Hoonan contemplates removing to Montana, as drug stock is disposed of. Cassopolis—Wm. Pollock and Hayden & Co. have consolidated their grocery stocks under the style of Hayden & Pol- lock. Mecosta—E. F. Burdick has purchased from Chas. Calkins his undertaking iness and will put in a new stock of fur- niture. Hudson—Horace Goodnow has bought McBryer grocery suc- and Green succeeds the grocery succeed soon as the grocery stock of A. O. Laughlin, and | will continue the business at the same loeation. Carleton—J. N. Covert has sold his grocery stock to Frank Houghtalin and Chas. Fleming, who will continue the business. Cassopolis— Peter Stetner, for several years past clerk for Hayden & Co., engaged in the grocery business own account. Newaygo—wW. H. Cole has retired from the firm of Husband & Cole, harness. The business will be continued under the style of R. W. Husband. Sparta—Field & Ballard have sold their hardware stock to S. H. Ballard, who subsequently sold the stock to C. H. Loomis, stock. Hart—The Journal is authority for the statement that the Patrons of Industry contemplate purchasing the general store of W. E. Thorpe and running it on the mutual plan. Cheboygan—Louis Pinkous has retired from the firm of Henry Pinkous & Son, | has on his dealers in who consolidated it with his | handling lines of groceries, and | general | bi | corporated by Fred B. Potter, 1S | bus- | one caps. | ued by the remaining partner under his own name. Charlotte—Foote & Church have sold their hardware stock to C. M. Jennings, of this city, and Munger & Pettit, of faton Rapids. The purchasers will take possession Feb. 1 The business will be contin- | Greenville—J. S. Cyosby has opened a | general store at the corner of Main and | Mountealm streets under the ment of L. with O. C. Miller & Son. Banfield—L. N. surprised on the occasion of their silver wedding, Jan. 9, by eighty friends, who brought with them a handsome silver service. Hastings—Frank Goodyear has retired from the firm of Goodyear & Barnes, dealers in dry goods and groceries. The business will be continued style of Geo. A. Barnes, Agt. Levering—The report that M. C. Cran- here Crandall and F. L. consolidate their stocks by both firms. M. C. | Burger have, however, joined hands up- | manage- | Osborn, who was formerly | | | One day, when I had been in the store | about a year, Jones came to me with a. smile on his face—the kind of a smile he used to carry around with him when he | wanted some extra work done. “Tommy,” he said, ‘‘we’re loaded down with eggs. a year, on account of having a large farm- | ers’ trade. Suppose you go out this after- noon and work them off. We are retail- ing them at sixteen, but, if you can un- load at a shilling, ’11 make you a pres- | ent.”? Mosher aud wife were | the appearance of | Work them off? Well! I had an idea that I could work off bricks at five for a quarter, and Lintimated as much to Jones. ‘Perhaps, perhaps,’’ was the cautious reply. ‘‘Spruce up a little and try it, any- way. And you had better make a start quite a distance from here. The grocers |/around here are probably in the same under the | shape that we are in regard to eggs. l | will make up a basket of samples and we | will see what stuff you’re made of.’’ dall & Co. and F. L. Burger propose to} is denied | |I started out to sell eggs. | So, that afternoon, gorgeous in clean collar and new twenty-five cent necktie, At last, i didn’t ride off in was a drummer. I der the style of Crandall & Burger and ja hack; 1 waS minus the two grips and | the diamond pin, but I had made a start. opened a branch store at Cross Village, provisions, flour and feed and staple drugs. wholesale | MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Vermontville—-The MeCotter factory has been purchased by A. D. D. Wood, of Rives Junction, who will con- vert it into a fruit evaporator. Detroit—The Detroit Electric Soap Co. has leased the three-story brick building at the corner of Brush and Woodbridge streets and will be ready to begin opera- tions in about 30 days. Detroit—The Michigan of which $18,000 is paid in, has been in- Fred B. Gray, Charles L. Williams and Charles W. Fox. en CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER. L. Written for Tom TRADESMAN. not want to be a drummer. cheese | Upholstering | j}and Furniture Co., capital stock $25,000, | I wouldn’t have traded my basket of eggs and my opportunity for Jones & Com- pany’s whole store. 1 walked about a mile on air. I have since discovered that there are wide pine walks on both sides of the streets I trav- eled that day, but I didn’t realize it then. At last, I foundea corner grocery that had an encouraging look and went in. The proprietor was alone in the back end of the store. I tried my best to act like an old-timer as I walked up to him and set my basket down on the counter with the question: ‘‘How are you off for eggs to-day?’’ The proprietor transferred his specta- 'cles from the bridge of his nose to the eenter of his bump of benevolence and un- covered the basket without even looking ; at me. ‘How much are you paying to-day?’ iI asked, and lam afraid there was just a I recollect that the first thing I did, af- | ter placing the display goods in front of first morning of my service there, was to! : | Anything you want in the store?’’ sit down on the cover of a sugar barrel | and imagine myself, clothed like Solomon in all his glory, with two “grips remember, hustling into the store 9? too, that that wicked cover barre! in such shape that the senior clerk had to come and help me out. able that, while L was a drummer only in my mind, I had to be helped ont of a I hadn’t any idea then that things of that sort went with the business. I found that out afterward. To my mind, a drummer was a bigger man than Speaker Reed. I heard their talk about ‘‘hitting the wire” when they wanted money, I the city in hacks, I scrape. sniffed the odor of and a diamond pin. 1} I have neighborhood thought since that it was a little remark- | 7 i | little tremble in my voice; < : I can’t remember the time when I did | , te ahora question didn’t sound, even to my own ears, as if a real drummer had asked it. “One dozen,’’ said the merchant, count- : : | ing out my precious samples six at atime. Jones & Company’s retail grocery on the | i , ” oe : | “*Ten cents in cash, shilling in trade. To tell the honest truth, there wasn’t anything in the store I wanted just at that moment except my nice, large samples. The merchant had actually mistaken me : : : | for a country boy who wanted to bar opened inthe middle and landed me in the | : . — eggs for groceries! somewhere in I wanted to get away | some thinly populated and think it over; and, | while I stood there in the deepest humil- | iation, wondering if | would ever again be as large as I was when I entered the | store, and feeling every patch on my un- mentionables burning a large hole in my | anatomy, the cold and cruel merchant | | stood there carelessly drumming on the! | counter with his knuckles. | saw them riding about |! | | their ten-cent cigars, [even knew of their | being familiar with hotel clerks and slap- | ping railway conductors on the shoulder. In all the wide range of favored people, who could have greater privileges than | these? To use a sarcastic expression of | | the senior clerk’s, I cared no more about} being a drummer than I did about my dealers in dry goods, clothing and hats | right eye! ‘‘Cash or trade?” he demanded. At last I found my tongue. ‘*Those are samples,’’ I said faintly. am with Jones & Company. I—” ‘Hah?’ ‘Samples—eggs—Jones & Company—’’ “Oh! Do Jones & Company sell eggs | by sample?” All 1 could do was to look little. ‘I suppose Jones & Company lay these eggs themselves?”’ We get that way about once | “ey | stand there and | | I was so seared I couldn’t havetold an eight-day clock from a sugar cured ham, | and I answered: “Yes, I think they do.” ‘The egg market is falling,’ said the /merchant, with a malicious look in his | eyes, ‘but if Jones & Company have a | large line of real nice, old eggs, I might | make a dicker with them. I have been wanting some eggs of the vintage of 1,700 for my hotel trade. Did you notice wheth- er any of the eggs these samples came from had whiskers?”’ If the merchant had only been out on the common somewhere! If he had been anywhere on earth except in his own store, and I had my samples again! **] suppose you’ve got a license to ped- dle eggs,” continued the merchant, ‘‘cause if you haven’t you’re likely to get into trouble. Last week the police caught a kid selling eggs without a license, and they cut off one of his ears and sent him over the road for five years.” Of course, these eggs might have paid a license eight or ten years ago, but that don’t count, un- less you can show that they are old enough to vote.”’ I was new in the business then and did not Know how to talk back. I took my empty basket and went out. The air on which [ had walked before wasn’t thick enough to hold me up. I didn’t dare go back to the store to be laughed at, for I had an idea that Jones had put up a job on me. I walked the streets until after dark, and then crawled tearfully into bed to dream of a benevolent home for aged and infirm eggs, and a barber shop where their whiskers are trimmed free of charge. [To BE CONTINUED. | BUSINESS CHANCES, ge SALE--WE OFFER FOR SALE OUR DRUG BUS- iness in Chase, —— s stock, store build ng and residence valued at $2,500. Will exchange for Grand Rapids residence. H. Matthews & Co., 74 Sixth st., cor, Broadway, Grand Rapids, Mich. 180 SS eS BY AN EXPERIENCED DRY goods. clothing, boot and shoe and grocery salesman. Would invest a few hundred dollars in a good paying business ina live town. Address No. a care Michigan Tradesman. 179 YOR SALE—CLEAN STOCK, COMPRISING HARD- ware, groceries, crockery, harness and general Irmberman’s supplies. Stock will inventory from $12,- 000 to $15,000. To a purchaser with a considerable quantity of cash, a great bargain will be given. > Bros. & Martindale, Kalkaska, Mich. 174 v= SALE—A CLEAN GROCER STOCK AT HART, County seat of Oceana County the Banner fruit belt. Will invoice at about $1,200. Good reasons for selling. A crisp snap for a live man. ee & Henwood, Hart, Mich. OR SALE—CLEAN DRUG STOCK. aTeUATED Gil best retail street in Grand Rapids. Expenses small good paying patronage. Address No. 162, care Mich. Tradesman. io SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK, IN- ventorying about $1,200, situated in good coun- try town of 500 people. Reason for selling, proprietor has other business. Address ;No. 173, care Michigan Tradesman. 173 S SALE—SPOT CASH CLOTHING AND MEN’S FUR- - nishing goods stock in live factory town of 2,000 people. No competition. Expenses light. For par- ticulars write to M. J., 4837 West Kalamazoo avenue, Kalamazoo, Mich. 170 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 d Rapids. 135 OR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX- | tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a | bargain. ‘address for particulars 3 z Hicks” Lowell, | Mich. 124 | ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. tg dress No. 26, , care » Michigan Tradesman. OR SALE—FULL LINE OF GROCERIES, INCLUD- ing 150 bushels first class potatoes in a good loca- tion. Will sell cheap for cash. Enquire of Wm. | Drueke, 16 Cresent avenue. 166 ‘OR SALE—A FIRST CLASS FRUIT AND “CONFEC tionary store. Bestlocation in the city. A well | worked-up wholesale and retail trade. Good reason | for selling. Capital, stock and fixtures, about $800. Address 8. 8. Mittenthal, 204 East Main Street, Kalama- | zoo, Mich. 1 AMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE- | tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will | write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Sn i Albany, N. Y. SITUATIONS WANTED. | V ANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED GRADU- | ate of the School of Pharmacy of the Universit; | of Michigan. Four years experience. German. W- | | Kirchaesener, Ph. C., 84 Canal St., Grand Rapids, | | V ANTED—POSITION -BY REGISTERED PHARMA- | cist. Four years practical experience. — prefered. Address Box 149, Hastings, Mich. ANTED — SITUATION IN OFFICE BY foUNG lady of 20, who has had the advan of col- iate education; does not write short hand, but is le; on not so much an object as a pleas- | St ches tos to asi aneune Z, care Michigan Trades- GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Riley Reed, meat dealer at Mulliken, has added a line of groceries. The stock was purchased in this market. Martin Elenbaas has opened a grocery store on South Prospect street. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. T. W. Preston, grocer and druggist at Millbrook, has added a line of fancy goods and notions. P. Steketee & Sons furnished the stock. Geo. I. Herzog has sold his meat mar- ket at the corner of Hall street and Mad- ison avenue to Wm. Kindra, who will continue the business. Wm. Brummeler has taken his three sons—Alfred J., Wm. G. and Richard J. Brummeler—into partnership with him in the tinware, rag and metal business. The new firm will be known as Wm. Brum- meler & Sons. D. Viergever has formed a copartner- ship with his sons, Martin and James, under the style of D. Viergever & Sons and opened a grocery store at 157 Clancy street. Musselman & Widdicomb fur- nished the stock. A. Austin and F. G. Hough have formed a copartnership under the style of Austin & Hough and will embark in the grocery and boot and shoe business at 79 West Leonard street. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. will furnish the groceries. John Deegan has purchased the inter- terest of M. Cain in the grocery firm of Deegan & Co., at 802 South Division street. The business will be continued by Jas. P. Deegan and John Deegan un- der the style of Deegan & Co., having re- moved to the new store building at the corner of South Division and Wilder streets. ——-—~» -2 ~<— ~ Gripsack Brigade. Jas. S. Knox has gone on the road for the Goshen Sweeper Co. M. W. Monnett has taken the position of city salesman for 8S. K. Bolles & Co. W. J. Richards, the elephantine whip salesman of Union City, was in town Saturday. Ed Pike has lost the use of his legs, but is feeling better otherwise than he has for months. B. F. Winch, formerly engaged in the grocery business at Bangor, has gone on the road for the Alabastine Co. Jas. D. Wadsworth, formerly with the Lemon & Wheeler Company, is now on the road for a San Francisco spice house, covering a portion of Northern Cali- fornia. , John H. Payne, shipping clerk for the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., has engaged to travel for Hawkins & Company, tak- ing the territory formerly covered by Greg. M. Luce. John Shields, who has been seri ously ill with malarial fever, is conval- escing at the home of his parents at Hilliards. He will start out on the war- path again about Feb. 1. Wm. B. Kieft, who has engaged to cover the Muskegon trade for the Muske- gon Cracker Co., was formerly engaged in the grocery business—not lumber bus- iness, as stated last week. Herbert A. Filler, formerly Michigan - representative for the P. J. Sorg Co., is now State agent in Ohio for S. W. Vena- ble & Co., of Petersburg, Va. He is ex- Sa ——— renee AN. pected to visit his Grand Rapids friends | early in February. A. F. Peake, A. A. Howard and W. Richards recently putin a few days L Chicago, stopping at the Tremont House. Unfortunately, Peake succumbed to an | attack of freshness, compelling his com- rades to give him an ice treatment. The Grand Rapids traveling men hav- | ing voted to furnish a room at the Ma-| sonic Home, the management of that in- stitution has assigned the fraternity the front room on the second floor, directly | over the main entrance. It has a fine bay window and is one of the most desir- | able in the building. Secretary Seymour | is now anxious to make the necessary | collections with as little delay as possi- | ble and requests all the members of the | fraternity who wish to contribute $1 to the fund to hand or send the amount to) him on or before Feb. 1 —————- “> 4 Purely Personal. H. Matthews, the Chase druggist, will | reside in Grand Rapids for a time. J. Steinberg, clothing merchant at} Traverse City, was in town last Thurs- day. A. Norris, the Casnovia merchant, who | is undergoing treatment at Mt. Clemens, | is improving. Homer Klap, formerly behind the coun- ter for C. E. Smith, is now acting as col- lector for W. E. Cooper. M. C. Griswoold, Cashier of the Lowell State Bank, was in town Saturday and | Monday, having spent Sunday with old friends in Middleville. D. W. Higgins, who contemplated ac- cepting a position in a drug store at Aberdeen, Wash., has concluded to re- main with W. H. Hicks, the Morley druggist, another year. Ike Van Westenbrugge, the Comstock addition grocer, passed around the cigars Saturday in celebration of the advent of an eight pound boy, which arrived at his home the evening before. M. L. Decker, the Lacota druggist, is anxious to secure the location of a physi- cian at that place. He will answer any enquiries concerning the town from phy- sicians looking for a desirable place to} locate. Wm. N. Ford, western manager for the | Jas. G. Butler Tobacco Co., of St. Louis, | Mo., is in town for a few days. Mr. Ford | is now a stockholder in the company, which was merged into a corporation a | few weeks ago, but is none the less lofty | on that account. J. H. Thompson, formerly engaged in the wholesale grocery business at De- troit, but now at the head of a large spice house at St. Joseph, Mo., writes THe TRADESMAN as follows: ‘‘This is a fine place for business, as merchants concede to St. Joe the largest trade of any place along the river. It is some- what like Grand Rapids as to hills, only much more so. It is all up and down, with very little level country, except in | the outskirts. The streets are narrow, | but the mode of travel is fine—all oes tric power—and for the size of the place, | it is well covered with car lines, the pop- ulation being only about 52,000. The wholesale houses are fine, both for style and size; being much larger than any at Detroit.” ————-_ > A man is overstocked with good mo- tives if he fails to put them to practical use. _——>_-—_——- Luck is a good thing if you put the letter P before it. e BANKRUPT SALE Of Sporting Goods Having bought Spalding & Co., 100 Monroe St. ‘assignee, it must be sold out at once below wholesale prices. ‘this opportunity. the entire stock of of the at way Avail yourselves of Cc. Bm JU Grand Rapids, Mich | The Finest bing of Gandy in the State, RED The most effective Cough Drop in STAR ‘a.e.prooksé co COUG the market Sells the quickest and pays the best. Try them, DROPS C. N. RAPP & CAD, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits. 9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HEADQUARTERS FOR ORANGES, LEMONS and BANANAS. Heyman & Company, 68 and 65 Canal St., Manufacturers of SOW Cases Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. Ma First-Class Work Only. -~ GRAND RAPIDS. Muskegon Cracker Co CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET GOODS. LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE SPECIAL ATTENTION 457, 459, 461, 463 W. WESTERN AVENUE, PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. MUSKEGON, MICH. No Connection with Any Cracker Trust THE NEW YORK BISCUIT 60, S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manutacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids. ‘THE: MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. | : | " DEMINS. ‘ Dry Goods. | Prices Current. mina. oe 11% Voi L, Her alsheiner ¥ i ' See..... 14% lancaster ee, = ‘ : UNBLEACHED COTTONS. " brown .13 mi ees % Tue TRADESMAN is not given to ‘“‘blow- Atlantic A Ls 7 Minoan Ccc........ smc ge a ve No. 250. ae Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy ing its own horn,’”’ but will venture the a ean oA ‘ World Wide. ‘s “” brown. ....12 . No. 280. ...10 | stateme he ade j al is 2 " oc ce a! GINGHAMS. j statement that no trade journal - quoted ae a Ha Full vert Wide.. 6% Glenarven.......... 6%| Lancaster, staple... 6% | a OO XS) F from more frequently than this paper. | Amory........... . Tq Honest Width....... 6% | Lancashire.......... 64) “ fancies... 7 | The current issue of the Boot and Shoe | }isverpam Ak. Hanford $e | Rontrow Deean...... T3419 recoroctormandis | NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS. 5 : : eaver Dam AA. adras 5% | Renfrew Dress...... 74; WestDrooK.......-.. ; . . \ : i 6 aoe. eee ee FF cece _ } 4 ’ ’ which is one of the foremost | Blackstone O, 32....5 (Noibe R............. 54, | Toil du Nord... .10@10% reeee > — ™ ? : bey ‘ Black Rock ........ 7 |Our Level Best..... 6% Amoskeag Lhe sone i ee ee ox | ® trade journals of the world, contains | Boot, AL........... Tcextora B........,.. 6% AP. 1 10%|Hampton..........- | Manufacturers of ; three article whieh originally appeared Chapman cheese cl. 3% —— ice eae ce = —— cceeteen aoe = ee cic kee 3 sd aaa se . Comet. a eee ates............--. 6%|/Cumberland.... .... 3 in these golumns—‘More Light in Dwight Star......... 1% Top of the Heap.... 7% | Warwick.... ...... 8i4|Eesex.... ........... 4% | Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Ete, : e . on ao . ' : BLEACHED COTTONS. CARPET WARP. ‘, ; Stores,’ Five Phases of the Credit Aneel meni 7 | Peerless, wuite...... 18 |Peerless colored. ..20% | $ Business’ and ‘‘Can’t Always Tell.” | Blackstone AA..... 8 (Gold amet ee 74 GRAIN BAGS. % i" 3 l .... 4%/|Gree ie 4 , | 3 3 ‘a i THe TRADESMAN aims to make a paper Cleveland... Slr te - be Amoskeag......... 5 rater City Sevens ieee | Complete -Fall Stock now ready for a> — eee ee | Corian ...... --: § (/GTCAL PAlB..--...-.. ae. aie, : suited to the wants of its paying patrons foes? eae 6a eat or eteee me =" yoko cen ie ae 44% | inspection, including a fine line of Prints, *g y i --- OUMBidgUse. VUUL...... b é and is pleased to note that in doing so, it Dwight Ane hor.. _-. © (one eee cae 7% stalia iit iii a a ™ | Underwear, Pants, Gloves, Mittens and i ae ‘ shorts. 8% i i... 7% | Clark’s e End.... oer es... .... | ’ : ; : meets the generous appreciation of its | pawards...... cnn ~~ Lonsdale Cambric._10% | Coats’, J. & P....... 45 \Marshall’s.......... gg | Lumbermen’s Goods. Chicago and Detroit U { — as well. mene he . nn” - @ 8% | Holyoke............. 22% | prices guaranteed. : ‘arwell.. 7% | Middlesex KNITTING COTTON. | ; oe vrem of the Loom. 8% oar aa 7 White. Colored. White. Catena’. | 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., y te . - 7%/Oa ow... “ N 38 INo. Be 42 The North Shore Limited. a. eee eee Oe eg ee lO Which runs between Chicago and New | Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 Pride of the West.. a ea 35 oe ae 44 York and Boston, over the Michigan Hangs ea a en ~ ag er a “ 12..,....36 41 |“ 20.......40 ba : Central, New York Central and Boston | Geo. ie een 8% — Leas 848 | Sater ° 3g) Wasitugton 4% | : & Albany railroads, has probably ex- HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. : White Star. Le 414|Red Cross. . ma 414 i cited more comment of most favorable | cabot............... 7%| Dwight Anchor..... 9 Boe Gaere.....,...... 4% Lockwood Pte seein 4% WHOLES A ] Ee Eo character from the traveling public in) Farwell....... ..... 8 meee woes ones -- = alae wesc cece is general and metropolitan press in particu- |. UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, Bdwards....... fT Te le than any other train on wheels, | TTemontN.......... 54%(Middlesex No. 1. ..10 : ee : Linol iF at, san any 0 é si v~i~> | Hamilton N. --- 6%] en Vieweee...... -..... air © .......-..... 5 2% Carpets, inoleums, bE ; The New York World says: ‘*The train is “ cc... ts “ ££... (Oeste... .... see... 32% . i : made of Wagner buffet, smoking and li- | Middlesex AT...... é | “ “ 7....18 Talbot XXX cae >. ger. See cc ee =. Mattings, Oil Cloths, ; ary ~eping. dining ¢ -awing-r . X........ 7 cS Hameeiees...... .... St cee... .... —. aes acoeane — a “ Wo. 35... 8 | a gg Rugs and Mats, Dra- @ cars bul expressiy tor this service. BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey S ay. te 17% : They represent the best possible out-| HamiltonN......... 7%| Middlesex A A ee 1 1 eee Bl. 22% Wentern W . i peries, Brass and Wood 2 . > car-builder’s art. ¢ very | Mid ilesex oa -weeoke | WIMGROE.,.... -..-0- ieee P...........-.-4 > oa ~ a —- - < . ry AF. 9 fs A 6. i 13% | 6 oz Western........ 21 Plushing XXX. ue Poles, Brass Rings, appliance for ease and safety as been a ZA... - i . ‘....., a 22%4|Manitoba........... 2Bi4 B k Et drawn upon in the construction of these “ cf... Le pownr PLANMEL, rackets, Cc. rolling luxuries. Once on the flying DRESS GOODS. Poaeten.... 8 Oe titi... 9 @10% : . trip the passenger does not suffer the | Hamilton . oe {Nameless.. ; ia a %4@10 Cc 12% Send for circular and price list. sast 3 "ance, passing over such ¢ : eter ence Pe ae sn CANVASS AND PADDING. cee Semayenes, pasting ever suck am ee "10% --+++-++++-2778 | Slate. Brown. Black. |Slate. Brown. Black. easy graded and curveless route as these | GG Cashmere...... 2 “ a 9% 9% 94/13 13 13 ® two roads combine to make. The ves- | Nameless ... .... a og a ys 10% 10% 10%| 15 2 S ibule arrangeme t the trai es sreeeeees 11% 11% 1144|17 tibule ; arr _ uae : of = : = m™ ike s siiiaies seauee 12 1212 1 20 20 20 : gee J — ae ‘ = ee Biddeford. ee 6 Naumkeag satteen.. a4 5 rom end toend and the day spent on | Brunswick. ... + CU ROCRPORE....... .... Severen, 8 oz...... os tWest Point, 8 0z....10% the trip between the sea-side metropolis PRINTS. $ Mayland, = ae Sr 10 10 oz... i GRAND RAPIDS. ¢ he gre; ‘ity » lakes e Allen, staple... ; Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% | Greenwood, 7% oz. “ag oe... and i st andl =, 2 A - 1 a . a 4 . Reppfurn . 8% Greenwood’ 8 oz... “1338 leer i 13% not _— sie p — y ee ; 1€ ' 7 - - | Tobes.... S 5 Pacific fancy is i pointed hotel. 1@ meals served are | American fancy.... 53 fe Peoes. 2... 64% | white, doz......... 25 |Per bale, 40 doz....87 50 from choice menus, with all that is sub-| Americanindigo.... 534|Portsmouth robes... 6 | Colored, doz........ 20 | , stantial and delicious in the great mar pment ag shirtings. 4%4/Simpeon mourning.. oy SILESIAS ogane oe _ oo nay ——— | Are 6% - aaa. 6% . le kets at either end of the line. The se long cloth B.10% - Solid black. 6% | Slater, Iron Cross... 8 (Pawtucket.......... 10% : oo : : & C. 8i%4|Washi indi 6 Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie.............. 9 sleeping arrangements include well cciieisicakaa on rose i a i eeomes 10%|Bedford.... 7.70.1! 10% heated, ventilated and lighted cabinets, cold el | “ India robes.. 1% oe 1244) Valley City......... 10% Grand Rapids, Mich. where the utmost privacy and ease may “« Turkey red. "10% _ plain T’ky x % 84 CORSETS, be enjoyed.” | Berlin solids. 4 -— (COReee........-. 45 89 50/Wonderful.... .... #4 75 ne . Ce 5 clases ie the thee ceed oil blue...... 6%| “ Ottoman Pur. Sona s......... oO trightion.. ........ 4% >y the rec ent change 1D the time cart stg Y ek ..., Ol See ees............ 6 SEWING SILK, A. J. BownzE, President. of the Michigan Central’s Grand Rapids | Cocheco fancy...... 6 ‘Martha Washington Corticelli, doz....... 7% (Corticelli knitting, i i 7 division, the train which formerly left " madders...6 | Turkey red X..... 7% twist, doz. .37% per S408 baell...... 30 D. A. B. opextt, Vice-President. si R: ae oo leaves | E@dystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington 50 yd, doz. .37% H. W. NASH, Cashier Grand Rapids at 11:55 & m., ROW !€aves | Hamilton fancy. ... 6%| Turkey red........ 9% HOOKS AND EYES—PER GR ee a at 1:20 p. m., except Sundays, arriving * staple .... 54%/Riverpoint robes....5 | No 1 Bl’k & White..10 No 4Br ke White, = at Jackson 4:20 p. m. and Detroit at 6:45 ee Sct eer gold th ticket wis 3 = “ - “ a CAPITAL, = $300,000. + -.. eg ene ae the North eon Merrimack D fancy. rd indigo Vue... x —. _ simited, bringing the passengers into TICKINGS, es Shien ee 50 |No4—15 F 3%...... 40 ; a ‘ 20 Transacts a general banking business. the Grand Central depot at New York at | Amoskeag AC A....i3% |Ac A a 12 ri 3—18,8C...... ae " . i 4:00 p. m. and Boston at 6:00 p. m. on | Hamilton N......... ‘74 pemberton AAA. No 2 White & BI’k..12 No 18 White & BI, .20 the following day. No extra charge is 4 wing 12 SOUR ive. aCe ap 4 ist 23 ene ber mn ooo coe made for this magnificent and sumptu- | Farmer. .. 8 |Pearl River......... imi” & i aed “2 ' - 26 Country Merchan ous service nor for the wonderful speed — Prize... --11%4) Warren. fan i UT 288 INo3.. a with which the passenger is safely and | “©P0% 0s ee sia | 4 uxuriously carried. Atlanta, D. le 6% Stark A werent OP ee weenuge ren m. 40 DON’T BE A ] For accommodation and any information | Boot...-........ .... 6%/No Name......... 7% | Growely’s.....-. 1 35\G0ld Eyed... 2-21 ; desired, apply to G. W. Munson, City | Clifton, K........... 7/Top of Heap........10° | Marshall's... 22... 1 00| Ticke > vi ‘oe St.. or r Vw SATINES. TABLE OIL CLOTH. Ticket Agent, 6 Momres _ ee es ee 10% |5—4....225 6—4...3 25/5—4....19 6—4...2 — General Agent, Grand Rapids, i 18 Black aes 9@ 9% “ @0 «3s 10! Mich. “ a -—: hl 10% Cee...) . ss ee - xy oe a a “=~ 2 ' =, DO EIRMAKRIERIS € JING pI (} ( ~e ™\ om FA Ee . Nw, ding dl § WHOLESALE Vi 3 f : SEND FOR PRICE LIST. TRADESMAN COUPONS e } Hanie ig i . And avoid the losses and annoyances incident ; Y , Close Prices and Prompt Shipment Guaranteed to the pass-book system, Samples and price list ; 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. | THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, i | ‘83 Monroe and 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 Fountain Sts, - GRAND RAPIDS, Grand Rapids. i 3 ' i My ane: THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. HARDWARE. Getting Started. From the Christian Union. One of the great things in life is to get started. The shores are lined in every direction with craft of all sizes which seem unable to get themselves launched; they are eager for the water but fail to reach it. A host of men and women are in this position; they are bewailing the | fact that they are not at work, and are going about in every direction seeking for openings, but they find nothing to their mind. Now, while it is true that there is nothing more difficult, in many cases, than to get a start in life, it very often happens that the inherent difficulty of the undertaking is immensely in- creased by the laék of practical sense on the part of the man or woman who is making the endeavor. Gaspar Becerra, in Longfellow’s poem, waited a tedious time for the wood fit to receive the image which he meant to carve when the proper material came to hand. Despairing at last of securing what he was waiting for, he picked up the thing nearest—a piece of burned wood—and earved his image out of that. It was a wise decision, but it would have been wiser if it had been reached earlier. Too many men and women wait for “just the thing’ they want, not know- ing that just the things one wants are very difficult to get, and when gotten very often turn out to be the very things one does not want. The true way to get a start in life is to take the first chance of getting into the race. It may be a very inferior and unattractive chance, but it is a chance, nevertheless. It takes one out of his stationary, waiting posi- tion. gets him into the field, loosens his limbs, and puts him into training for whatever lies before him; and it often happens that these very unpromising chances are straight roads to fortune. No man ever sueceeds who refuses to do anything until he can do it on his own terms. The man who succeeds is the man who is willing to do the thing on any honorable terms. We must begin as servants if we wish to end as masters. We must take what we can get if we hope finally to get what we want. The first opportunity is the best opportunity if it really opens a door into life. —_——— oO Virginia is recognized as the largest producer of peanuts. In 1889 the crop was very short, owing to unseasonable weather, but the crop for 1890 was esti- mated at 2,700,000 bushels, which netted the farmers $2,000,000. a Look before you leap, and don’t leap until you know where you are going to alight. we DERFECTION MEAT CUTTER Tre Latest, BesT ano Most ImMPRoveD ror Famiry Use. CUTS Instead OF Masues. } } | | Requires No Repairs. | | | | EQuatteo By None FoR Famity Use. Simpce To Use. Easy To CLEAN. CannoT cet Dutt or OUT oF Orver. 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 Aueficen St., St., Philade!phia, Pa. No. 3—$4.00. | JOHN H. 1. GRAHAM & CO., fens. Acents, 113 Chambers St., New York. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. dis. AUGURS AND BITs. GALVANIZED [IRON i 16 ta 2:: 2S and BM: Band %: 2% 3 | List 12 13 14 15 18 “Teiieouk 60 GAUGES. dis. ee 60 on 40 Semmenan See... ke. 2 cenminge , Mitten 200... 50&10 AXES. First Quality, I $8 50 D. B. Bronze : S. B. 8. Steel : ee 14 00 BARROWS. ne 8 14 00 CO ee net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. eee 50410 Cc i Mew tee 70 —............... Li... 40&10 Sleigh Me 70 BUCKETS. Woe eee... ee $3 50 oe a 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cust Boose Pin, Grared...:.... ............. W& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10 Wrogeoe (tee Pre... es ....... 60&10 Wrought Table, ........... eee ee seo eet e cee 60&10 my rovers (Oe lee... .. 5. ...... a roe ee ee , OO EE 7&1 reas, Careers... sel 70&10 Peties, PO 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 CRADLES, Cam... ...... . dis, 50&02 CROW BARS. Ree ceoer........ 8. per® 5 CAPS, Meee perm 65 ee 60 = ee 35 ae. . 60 CARTRIDGES Rim Fire..... eo 50 Comrat Hire... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. OE Wg es ve ey ce 70&10 ee a 70&19 oe 70&10 emis BOR ee 70&10 Beceem Tenecd Firmer................... 40 COMBS. dis. Comae. Tetenees......... 40 Pooeceeeee.. wn se 25 CHALK, White Crayons, per gross.......... 124)12% dis, 10 COPPER, Planished, Zz og cut to size...-.. per pound 30 m Pee, Fee. 28 Cold Rolled. Bros ond foe... ...... =... 25 Cold Rolled, Pee ee 25 __ . ' 27 DRILLS. dis. Dee 6 tet See... 50 ‘Teper ane straight Sheank................... 50 Miorne & Taper rie... 5... ; 50 DRIPPING PANS. ee Se seat ee eee cule 07 Large sizes, per pound.. 6% ELBOWS, [com 4 pore Cin... do oz. net % [ore dis. 20&10&10 BE ee ee dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Ciark’s, ameil, $15; largo, @26................ 30} Tyee’, 1, $18; 2 OM; 3, 86 25 FILEs—New List. dis. Disston’s . Se a Now American .. 60810 a agg Wc .. . .60&10 se ie awe + 50 Sateers tieces Rasps.. es 50 HAMMERS. a Maydole & Co.’s............ .. dis, 25 | eee ts... dis. 25 | Yerkes Pee, dis. 40410 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............ . .80e list 60 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30¢e 40&10 | HINGES. 3 Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,3..... . - dis.60410 | es yer doz. net, 2 50 | Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and | eee 3% | Screw Hook and Eye, = net 10 | a. net 8%| “ce “ se a .. net 7% | " i " ey -..net 76] Strap and T.. : nan . Gis. 70 | HANGE RS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Champion, anti-friction.......... 60&10 | Breoer, Wood Weck ............... i. 40 HOLLOW WARE. _——— eee 60 | (OT ea 60 Spiders .... eect fone 60 Gray enameled. .. 0&10 | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS | .... new Met 70 | Stamped Tin Ware. Sciota Bench nancusky Tool Cos, fancy................. Bench, first quality Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &10 | PANS. Fry, Acme.. . dis, 60—10 | Common, polished. . oa. dis. 70 | RIVETS. dis. | Iron and Tinned...... = Copper Rivets and Ra oo PATENT FLANISHED IRON. | “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 - 27 19 20 | ““B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20) | Broken aan 4c per pound extra. ee All sheets ROPES. Sisal, 4% inch and ee cd iS Manila... ee sQvAnE: 3. dis. Seoer ar WsOn..... ....- hee Me c. 7 Try and Bevels.. ! en Gea 60 Mitre ' Loe Soe 20 ‘SHEET TRON, Com. Smooth. Com. | Nos. 10 to 14 cag, . 4 20 83 10 Nos. i5to17... . 42 3 20 | Nos. 18 to 21... 4 Ww 3 20 Nos. Ztom.... .4m 3 8 Nos. 2 to 26 4 40 3 40 | NG. 20... 4 60 3 50 ‘No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra List acct. 19, °86.. Silver L ake, SAND PAPER. i" .. dis. 40&10 SASH ¢ ORD. White A.... es .. list 5ti Dig i besa i 55 White B.. eee lS ve 50 ren... ' " 55 woeec............ te . 35 Stiacinlanth, 10. poled Byes................. 14x20 IX, 20x28 IC, 14x20 IC, 14x20 IX, 20x28 Ic, 20x28 IX, Tire ss... 14x31 IX. 14x56 IX, ‘for 1rd, *" Each additional X on this grade 81.50. 60 | 14x20 IC, SASH WEIGHTS, .. per ton 825 dis. SAWS, Japanned Tin Ware....... . 25 | Granite [ron Ware ..... _.. New list 334%¢&10 } . Hand . a 20 WIRE GOODS. am. | >it Steel Dia. X Cuts, ‘per ‘foot, jw Bright. ..... : uuewe. . - 0&10E10 | pecial Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 Screw Eyes. -- 79810E10 | . mae ial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. 30 Hook's i. 70&10&10 | ‘ Champion and Electric Tooth xX Gate Hooks and Eyes. os WGtoete, Cuts, per foot... ee LEVELS. im - | TRAPS. dis. Stanley Rule and Leve! Co.’s 70 | Steel, Game ' 60&10 KNoBs—New List. dis. | Oneida Comm unity, Newhouse’s 35 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ....... . 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s .. 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings......... 55 | Mouse, choker w+. -.,... 106 DOr Goa, Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......... 55 | Mouse, delusion $1.50 per doz, Door, porcelvin, trimmings _ ' 55 | w / is. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain... 70 | Bright Market / ie .. & LOCKS—DOOR, dis. | Annealed Market ‘ _. ee eee Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... oo | Copperce Market........................... 60 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.......... Gedo 55 | Tinned Market.... so . B% | Branford s ...... eee. 55 | Coppered Spring Steel... ae 50 es .................... _ i 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized 3 40 MATTOCES. | painted . ! 2 80 Adze Bye ..... bones poeccs sa. c 0M On, Gin GO HORSE NAILS. Hunt Eye LL 00, dis. 60 | Au Sable. Lo dis. 25&10@25&10&05 Heese... ... Gs Mh Gin 26510 | Putnam. dis. 05 MAULS. Gn « WOorthwoemtern..... ................ dis. 10&10 Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handled... ... a WRENCHES. dis, oe dis. | Baxter’ s Adjustable, nickeled........... 30 Coffee, on ae Co.’ l 40 | Coe’s Genuine . Lo a 5D .. 5. & W. Mie. Co.’s Malieables. .. 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural wrought, a 75 C ie Ferry ack Ga............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable i 75&10 ‘¢ Enterprise _. 25 | MISCELLANEOUS dis. MOLASSES GATES. dis. | Bird Cages ...... : tee, 50) Stebbin’s Pattern... i _ 66800) Pumee, Cistern............ |... ~n Stebbin’s Genuine............ ee au howe New tie. i ) Huterprise, self-measuring.................. 25 | Casters, Bed and Plate... 50&10&10 NAILS |} Dampers, American oe LO eee 1 95} Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods i 65 Wire note eee ee LETALS, Advance over base: Steel. Wire. | PI@ TIN. Se en i Base Bose | Pie laree...... 28¢ ee... eee 0) tte Bare... 30c Me eee eo reece... | 20 “ZINC. a eee oe 20} Duty: Sheet, 2i4c ee eee, -—..... 15 poof boned sone aaa ‘ a 1... 15 35.| Per pound. . ee 7% es 15 35 | SOLDER. By ewe ose wens wae ewe 20 40| 4 MG ....- noe. .18 . | oo 50| Extra Wiping ee 7&6. _« 68] The prices of ; other qualities of ee . oo 90 | solder in the marke icated by private brands Eee 1 60 1 50} vary according to composition. ee 2 00) ANTIMONY eee 1 &O on) Cogueiom.... per pour 1d - ee a oe —. TIN--MELYN @RADE. - £8 90 | 10x14 IC, ¢ ‘harcoal. So 87 00 Finish 10 . | 14x20 IC, . «ff 0 es yee eee y eke te cues 1 00 | 10x14 IX, 8 75 ee 4 15 ia, | « TT 8 75 a | .......................... 85 Each additional X on this grade, 81. 75, Ca 1 00 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. : ee eee Maid IC, Charcoal ....... ' . 862 Barrey %......-.-..... 2... 1% | 14x20 IC, i ee 6 25 PLANES. | 10x14 1X, - 7% nin Tool Co. 8, famey .......-....- | 14x20 IX, 7 ROOFING PLATES Worcester... - 6 25 ‘ ‘ a i 775 : r idee ees 13 00 ' Allaway Grade . 5 50 bay . is : 7 00 r . . 11 50 ° iy . : 14 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, a $14 00 Ss aati aie ee -15 50 ws | per pound... 10 HEADQUARTERS FOR FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. GRAND ‘ Sen RAPIDS, MICH or, Price List. 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | any statement to the contrary discloses a Che Michigan Tradesman | lack of familiarity with the subject on Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. | the part of the writer. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. 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, JANUARY 21, 1891, COUNT YOUR SEEDS. ‘Count your pickles” having come in- to common pariance with the grocery trade of Michigan, through the instru- mentality of this paper, THe TrapEs- MAN now offers another pertinent sug- gestion to the trade—‘‘Count your seeds”. It will soon be time for the large seed growers to send out their boxes on con- signment, each box bearing a list of the packages alleged to be contained therein. How many persons have ever counted the contents of a box, to yerify the invento- ry of the shipper? Probably less than one ina hundred. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the inventory of the grower was correct, areporter of THE TRADESMAN solicited an opportunity to count the contents of a half dozen a year ago. boxes Every box was short from $3 to $6 worth of seeds, the average be- | @ | Written for THz TRADESMAN. were | > ske . 2 > : F their! fa then asked to count the contents of their | of capital afford wip . on | the was the inventory an honest one, but the | . 43 oo ' . | ether circumstances they are a_ positive agent who came around at the end of the | injury season to settle for the packages sold}. aff i : icaias for : kage i | in the hands of unscrupulous and avari- nade ne aCTIiC 8 age Cli i. : . wane SS empection te She sherk ARE or Lele parties whose only object is the rOVID con- | * EER ' . co - | accumulation of wealth clusively that he was aware of thefraud-|_. : y " | without a thought or desire for the hap- T | piness or welfare of the masses, it then sig | becomes an out and out steal, ing about $4.50. Other merchants boxes, with similar results. In no set forth by the merchant, ulent character of the inventory. In the light of facts, TRADESMAN is confident it is offering a suggestion which will put dollars in the pockets of thousands of merchants when it gives birth to another crystalized cau- tion—‘‘Count your seeds!” these When THe TRADESMAN published its exposure of the Patrons of Industry, two the Vertican-Krause-Woodsworth trium- be regarded with suspicion. This advice Now it is announced ance of an enemy. as Supreme Treasurer, having spent the e " : Fatr . 5 2 2-avoring . ° funds of the Patrons in endeavoring to | ing at the lowest prices” should f _ | watch-word for resignation | establish his Western Farm and Home. Wadsworth has sent in his as Supreme Secretary, for reasons best known to himself. The saintly Vertican still remains at the head of the organiza- tion as Supreme President, but the indi- eations are that he will be relieved of that office at the March meeting. bly THe TRADESMAN’s advice was good after all. Possi- Some of the ideas set forth by ‘‘Ob- server,”’ of careful but the that suburban dealers are with dead-beats will grain of allowance. trade is confined to a particular locality usually look after their customers closer than their brethren in the more central portions of the city, it is impossible even perusal, statement received with a While dealers whose be then to avoid all the losses and annoy- | ances incident to the credit business, and | |} hame. ' : | subject years ago, it warned the Patrons against | | book combinations, virate, giving reasons why they should!,. . pan Sree Honeem 7 ? 1 high price of school | branches | consequences and an enormous tax upon in another column, are worthy} not troubled Ir is unofficially announced that the National Wholesale Grocers’ Association has concluded to abandon its plans of} | reforming the present system of doing Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable | business. The experience of the starch |! combination with the Association was so | disastrous as to preclude any further attempts in that direction. Much hard | work has been done in the Association’s behalf, but many evidences of disinte- gration are plainly manifest. The leaders of the Patrons of Industry are alarmed at the rapidity with which the organizations are changing over into Farmers’ Alliance clubs and are making a desperate effort to stem the tide of se- eession. As the funds on hand by the local and county bodies are turned over to the new organizations, the officers of the P. of 1. are taking measures to pre- vent what they term the ‘‘misuse of funds.”’ Count your pickles and report the re- sult to THe TRADESMAN. If the packer is giving all he agrees to, he is entitled to honorable mention; if he is not fulfill- | ing his guarantee, the trade ought to be warned against him. Vigorous Protest Against the Copy- right Bill. While in many instances combinations benefits to and under numberless people, at other times When the combine or trust is for themselves, and peo- ple should not hesitate to call it by that There is a new copyright bill now before Congress, which, if passed | without amendment, will become a steal | of the first magnitude. The Scientific American for Jan. 10 article this which should be widely read. We have already seen the evil effects of in the enormously books throughout furnishes an exhaustive on : | the country and do not desire to see them was disregarded and treated as the utter- | classes of literature. extended to all : Ce Oe | This copyright bill works largely to the that Krause is $1,400 short in his accounts | interest of foreigners and does gross in- “The best read- be the America. Cheap books always means increased business for authors, engravers, book-binders, paper- makers, publishers and the many thous- justice to our people. ; ands of workingmen who furnish mater- | ial and do the work, and the direct effect of this bill, unless it should be modified, will be a partial cessation of these of business, with disastrous the reading public, and much of the profits will pass into the pockets of for- eigners. No reciprocal benefits with foreign countries can be pleaded in exten- uation, as there is no comparison be- tween American and foreign readers. There are twenty to one in our favor. One of the greatest objections to this bill is that it grants book patents to for- eigners for forty-two years. In its prac- tical operations it would stand ‘as an- other degrading ‘‘fugitive slave law bill” in that it makes it obligatory on the offi- | cers of the post-office and treasury de- | partments of the United States to pry |into, spy out and seize any and all in- fringements for the benefit of these for- eign monopolists. I take a broader view of the intelligence of our law-mak- ers than to believe that the bill will pass. And I hope that, when the time comes for its last reading, it will be quietly re- legated to the shades of the past. Howie. i Thirty-Six Out of Forty-One. At the examination session of the State Board of Pharmacy, held at Saginaw last week, forty-one candidates presented themselves for registration. Of this number, seventeen passed as registered pharmacists and nineteen received cer- tificates as assistant registered pharma- cists. The list of the successful ones is as follows: REGISTERED PHARMACISTS. William C. Church, Detroit; Harry Dol- son, Saginaw; Adolph E. Dryer, Ann Arbor; A. B. Fleischer, Saginaw; M. D. Henes, Bay City; C. T. Hicks, Pontiac; J. R. Lewis, Otisville; H. N. Meloche, Belding; U. M. Montin, Ishpeming; C. L. Osborn, Vandalia; F. A. Sandford, Grand Rapids: F. C. Schirmer, Saginaw; A. F. Dunlop, Alpena; J. F. Vannest, Peck; E. C. Voght, Escanaba; David Watson, Detroit; August Werner, Sagi- naw. ASSISTANTS. W. C. Babeock, Britton; W. R. Bacon, Ann Arbor; C. W. Burdick, Flint; W. E. Decker, Saginaw; Thos. Dugan, Lapeer; John Fairbairn, Detroit; C. R. H. Fischer, Saginaw; Elizabeth Golden, Fenton; C. L. Grube, Saginaw: H. A. Herzer, Saginaw; T. Karmsen. Greenville; H. Keller, De- troit; A. L. Kirtland, Lake View; H. B. Longyear, Mason; G. McGillivray, Ionia; B. E. Matthews, Wayne; W. P. Payne, Lake Odessa; W E. L. Smith, Fenton; E. Anschutz, Saginaw. >> —_ The Pharmacy Appointment. LANSING, Jan. 19.—It is generally con- ceded that Geo. Gundrum, the Ionia drug- gist, will receive the appointment of mem- ber of the State Board of Pharmacy, Goy- ernor Winans having expressed himself as intending to pursue that course in the near future. This appointment is not in keeping with the recommendation of the druggists of the State—Mr. Gundrum hay- ing received only 64 votes to 174 cast for Mr. McDonald—but is due to a combin- ation of influences brought to bear against the Kalamazoo gentleman. In the first place, Mr. MeDonald does not pull with the ‘tring’? which has nearly always dominated the Board. This naturally gave him the serious opposition of Messrs. Jesson and Parkill, who are support- ed by that prince of wire pullers, Frank Wells, of this city. A crusade against Mr. McDonald was begun by those gen- tlemen several months ago, on purely personal grounds, resulting in poisoning the mind of the Governor against him. Mr. Wells being an old friend of Govern- or Winans, it has been comparatively easy to lead him to promise the office to Mr. Gundrum, although, in doing so, he over- looked the Lansing candidate, who stood second to Mr. McDonald in the unofficial vote of the pharmacists. This has, very naturally, excited the antagonism of the Lansing druggists, who unanimously sup- ported their townsman, and they promise to make it very uncomfortable for the Governor from this time on. Mortar. > 2 - Open to Criticism. MUSKEGON, Jan. 19—In my opinion, THe TRADESMAN’S statement of last week relative to Hawkins & Company’s onslaught on Holt & Co. is open to criti- cism. Hawkins & Company have not yet got their money and I rather think they never will see the color of their $450 claim. Their sharp practice will avail them nothing in this case. CREDITOR. Electrical interests have become so important that an electrical journal of Berlin is now published daily. Dissolution of Copartnership. Notice is hereby given that the eae heretofore existing between Jas. P. Deegan an M. Cain, under the style of Deegan & Co., has been this day dissolved, Cain retiring. The bus- iness will be continued under the same styleJby Jas. P. Deegan and John Deegan, who assume all the liabilities of the former firm and to whom all debts owing the late firm must be paid. Grand Rapids, Jan. 12, 1891. DEEGAN & Co. VALENTINES | Our assortment includes the “Cream” of several leading manufacturers, Lace Valentines, Comic Valentines, Valentine Novelties, Booklets, Cards and Souvenirs. Sample lots and assortments to any amount, carefully selected to PLEASE THE TRADR. NO OLD STOCK. Order AT ONCE to get best selections. Dealers who have not received our Catalogue should send for one, with special discounts. FRED BRUNDAGE, Wholesale Drugs, Druggists’ Sundries, aints, Cigars. Stationery and Novelties. 21, 23, 25 and 27 Terrace St., MuskeaGon, Mica. NEW STYLES FOR 1891. GRAND Rapips, Jan. 1, 1891. Ihave this day associated with mein business, my sons Alfred J., William G. and Richard J., under the name and style of Wm Brummeler & Sons. My sons have worked with me for years, they are well acquainted with the businees, are hard workers, and we trust, by strict attention to the wantof our trade to push to the front. We shall continue to man- ufacture Tinware, do a general rag and metal business and hope to merit your confidence. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a continuance of the same, we remain Yours Respectfully, Wa. BruMMELER & Sons. Furniture Styles New, Cheap, Medium and Expens sive. Large Variety. Prices Low. a ? THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. FINANCIAL. Local Stock Quotations. BANK. be ee ee 100 Fourth National.......... ee . Grand Hapids National.............. Gram Rapids Savings... ............... «125 meee Comes See 8. 131 ee 135 ee ee 135 — eee ce 105 Michigan Trust Co. . a es | JOBBING. Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. ...103 Haseltine & Perking DragCo ....... ......... 100 MANUFACTURING. Arecoe Manutacturing Co..................... 60 re emer COL ew. ee ene 150 Antrim Iron Co Lec a Belknap Wagon & Sleigh an. 100 Berkey & Gay Furniture Co.......... “Gia. Se Grand Rapids Brush Co . 100 Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co... %5 Cena Hanids Pelt Hoot Co.............. ..... “110 Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.... ...... 110 gees arre Ce... 5... tt 100 Tee, Meaieee Cp el. 100 New England Furniture Co...... .. ......... 100 paceees Peers Ce... se... 80 Sligh Furniture Co ..... Widdicomb Furniture Co. oe ie ee, MISCELL ANEOU Alpine Gravel Road Co. i Canal Street Gravel Road Co.................. 80 Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. . ee Grandville Avenue Plank Road Co.. as dee Plainfield Avenue Gravel inoue Ce. 2 Walker Gravel Road Co cae occa, OO —- _—~— oe > a Financial Miscellany. The First National Bank of Maniste has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. The Priestley Express Wagon & Sleigh Co. paid an 8 per cent. dividend. H. K. Jennings has been elected Cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank of Char- lotte. The Michigan Barrel Co. paid a7 per cent. cash dividend and a 5 per cent. stock dividend from the earnings of 1890. The Second National Bank of Owosso will be merged into the Owosso Savings Bank as soon as possible. The same of- ficers and directors have been selected to manage the affairs of the new institution. Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine has purchased Capt. C. G. Perkins’ $48,400 stock in the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., making his holding in that corporation nearly $90,000. Mr. Perkins’ place as Vice Pres- ident has been taken by H. B. Fairchild, M. S. Goodman succeeding him as Secre- tary and Treasurer. The Manistee County Savings Bank has been organized with a capital of $50,- 000, the directors being E. Golden Filer, Thomas Kenny, Edwin Russell, J. H. Grant, Thos Barry, Joseph Kirster, Ja- cob Aarons, Fred C. Reynolds and C. A. Waal. Thos Kenny has been elected President and Edwin Russell Vice-Presi- dent. The Cashier has not yet been se- lected. Bowne, Combs & Striker, who estab- lished a private bank at Lowell Oct. 1, 1888, under the management of M. C. Griswold, have merged it into a State bank under the style of the Lowell State Bank. The new institution has a capital of $25,000, the directors being A. J. Bowne, of Grand Rapids; R. E. Combs, of Middleville; Daniel Striker, of Has- tings, and M. C. Griswold and Jennie C. Griswold, of Lowell. A. J. Bowne will act as President, Daniel Striker as Vice- President and M. C. Griswold as Cashier. As the business of the Bank is already well established,‘the principal stockhold- ers men of long experience in banking, and the Cashier a man who has seen sev- eral years service—having formerly acted as Cashier of the Bowne & Coombs bank, at Middleville—there is every reason for thinking that the new institution will meet with an unusually successful career. GENERAL. it is stated that the H. B. Claflin Co., the incorporated dry goods house of New York, has earned in its first half year nearly 20 per cent. on its common stock. The new banking law of North Dako- ta compells every private banker receiv- ing deposits to incorporate and have his business examined by the public examin- er. By this method the safety of deposit- ors is insured and the banks are taxed in proportion to their capital and business. 2 Another Whip Factory for Michigan. A Massachusetts whip manufacturer is ; considering the plan of locating a factory /in some Michigan town. He is favorably disposed toward Three Rivers, owing to the water power privileges to be secured there. : eS 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 8S. K. BOLLES. EK. B. DIKEMAN. §S. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Wholesale Cigar Dealers. & w 1Vaew wr because it is equal to market. The “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a competitor against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, any 10c cigar on the PATENTED 1889 TRIMO Pipe Wrench Made of Forged Steel and Interchangeable in all its Parts. SOLD BY HESTER & FOX, - - | WALES GOODYEARS, |} HOME RUBBER CoO., - Grand Rapids, Mich. | G. R. MAYHEW, - ORDER Jennings’ Extracts. See Quotations, The “HOME! RULE” Family Ol AND GASOLINE GAN. ‘sa1edod 10} 10 WOTJONAISQO JO BBO aa a et head Sa Ld See i Ss eran mis eae = gio Pe Ld oN 4481, uUoyeiodeag pues wiq ‘urey Ajeynftosqy Has a Strong Hinged Cover over entire Top, and may be carried in the Rain without getting Water in the Can. SBE $joyre ou} uO uBO ATIMB_ [VooVIg JOM OWL No Dirt in the Top to be washed into the Can with the Oil, and no Screw Top to get Lost or Damaged. Ul UVO oy} WO eTquaomoY sit Yorum ‘dung weelj}g ‘yoojteg poeojuvieny uBvo AOA £pvoig THE WINFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. AT WHOLESALE BY WARREN, OHIO. FosrER, STEVENS & Co., Grand Rapids. Danpr, Warson & Co., Saginaw. Curtiss & Co., _ WELLS-STONE MeRcrT. Co., OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER Co., ‘ Wauz & KELLER, a ee Co., o G. W. BRUSKE, Geo. C. WETHERBEE & Co., Detroit. JENNISON & Co., Bay City. 6 WausH & EpINBOROUGH, W. Bay City. H. D. Woop & Co., Toledo. DUNSCOMB & Co., - STALLBERG & CLAPP, cpanel JENKS & Co., E. F. PerctvaL, Port Huron. D. ROBESON, _ Rosson Bros., Lansing. SHEDS If You want to buy or sell Clover Seed or Beans, please corres- pond with us The Alfred Brown Seed Store. Seed Catalogues will be ready January 15. RUBBERS 38 and 6 WOONSOCK ETS 40 and 5 CONNECTICUTS, 38, 6and 10. RHODE ISLANDS, 40, 5and 10. 60. Grand Rapids, sus i uses Ne leh SNL COIN aacby nin: ected plat Tibi bcd arate OHO sei Br Ea AC PES EP A Fi er et Sad 5 nen Seda iaicicnehcidaereaaatiineatictihe dict cas aie cele nats tanh diaeieeiaeeTeasaameaabaiieunaiiamenpaia re ssn — ee a ee 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Three acob Jessorn, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. retary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo McDonald, Kalamazoo. Meetings for 1891—Grand Rapids, March 3; Ann Arbor, May 5; Star Island (Detroit) July 7; Houghton, Sept. 1; Lensing, Nov. 4. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw. Tirst 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. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, June, September and December. Grand egies Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. A Talk Heard about Drugs. A short time ago, I sat listening to a conversation in which I was not only per- sonally interested, but, knowing that, in part, at least, it was true, I believed it would also interest many readers of THE TRADESMAN. The trioof gentlemen who were talking were evidently familiar with business methods, and one of them was the traveling salesman for a whole- sale drug house of Chicago. ‘Why is it,” asked Mr. A., ‘‘that the wholesale druggists all over the country are doing a flourishing business, while the retail drug stores are all the time complaining that the business is no long- er what it used to be, and many of them are glad to sell out at any price and en- gage in some other business? I am not mistaken when I[ make this statement, for I have made it a point to keep my eyes open, and I know what I’m talking about. These parties’ who are leaving the busi- ness are graduates in pharmacy, and the most of them have been at the work for years. Caneither of you enlighten me as to the reason of this condition of af- fairs?” “J think that, perhaps, I can,” replied Mr. B. ‘‘There are several causes, some of which are more prominent than oth- ers. While it is probably true that the to- tal amount of the drug trade will aggre- gate far more now than at any time since the war, it is no less true that, from the close competition in the business and the combination of capital, the margin of profit has decreased in proportion to the sales. The numerous bazars and so-called department stores have made serious in- roads in the sales of not only the fancy and miscellaneous goods formerly sold by druggists, but also in the sales of arti- cles pertaining directly to, and sold in connection with, medicines prescribed; for example, the long line of rubber and glass goods which have, from time imme- morial, been kept and sold by druggists only. In their ignorance of the laws which should govern fair profits, or through their cupidity, these general dealers sel] the class of goods mentioned at nearly one-half less than they should be sold for at retail. I suppose that these parties imagine that they are using good judgment when they sell a rubber water bag atthe same per cent. profit which they would exact on a pound of tea, when they ought to know—and will certainly sooner or later find to be a fact—that, compared with the sales of the tea, only 5 per cent. of the rubber goods will be disposed of. Such dealers have yet to learn that there , # Medicines. cumstances for their sale, the same as do | medicines for the sick, and which at any other times cannot be sold at a profit, if, at all; on that account it would not pay to | manufacture and sell them at any ordi- | nary profit. This isthe class of dealers | who not only injure the legitimate drug | trade, but also make a sworn enemy of | that class of merchants.” “You surely do not question the right of other merchants to deal in the class of | goods you mention?” said Mr. A. “Oh, no, not the right, although I do} question the policy,” rejoined Mr. B. “Much has been said, from time to time, | about the druggist keeping his own lines more closely drawn, some claiming that | no article should be kept by him for sale | which does not come under the head of | medicine, or is not for the use of the pa- tient. Were this course pursued, two- thirds of all the retail druggists in the country would at once be obliged to seek some other employment.” “While this is a free country for all,” said Mr. A., ‘‘and until, like Russia and some other countries in the East, certain privileged classes obtain, this and many other lines of trade will be overdone, and constant changes will take place—there is no other alternative.” “Let me point out another cause,” said Mr. C., ‘‘why the retail druggist suffers from a diminished trade, and which has largely increased within a few years; it is this—a class of manufacturers of an al- most unlimited list of pharmaceutical preparations, consisting of elixirs, pills, granules, ete., ostensibly for the trade market, and all of them first class, if not officinal in their character, for causes best known to themselves, send out their agents not only among the retail drug- gists, but also among country physicians, many of whom are obliged to furnish their own medicines. They supply these goods at the same or lower prices than they are offered to the druggist for, and already they have a large trade with physicians. As all the new preparations which they wish to bring into use cannot at first be sold to the trade, these manufacturers take this method of creating a demand for them and will often furnish them to physicians at the bare cost of materials in order to introduce them.” “With the introduction and created de- mand for these medicines, is the sale with- drawn?” enquired Mr. A. ‘“‘Not at all,’’ replied Mr. C., ‘‘and the further injustice lies in their having, in the meantime, sold more or less to drug- gists, who cannot now readily dispose of them. These agents go over the ground from three to six times a year with their samples, and these physcians are grad- ually encroaching upon the trade of the local druggist. I am acquainted with a respectable physician in Southern New York who says that one agent visits him regularly as often as mentioned, and each time he takes his order for an invoice amounting to $75 or $100. The manufact- urers of these preparations find it conven- ient to keep in stock most of the crude drugs and a few of the tinctures in gen- eral use among physicians, and the agent soon finds out what quantity they are in the habit of purchasing and quietly sup- plies them at the regular wholesale rates. The physician whom I mention had pre- viously bought nearly all his drugs in the neighboring village, but now got there only what he was compelled to use im- mediately. On looking over the last bill are kinds of goods which depend upon cir- | from his agent, which he showed me, I noticed, among others, the following goods: 2 gals. Aqua Ammonia 3f. 1 gal. Spts. Nit. Dule. 1fb Tinct. Opii. 2 th Opii Camph. 2 tb Brom. Potass. 1 tb Iod. 1 t Brom. Ammonia. 2 oz. Quinia Sulph. 1 ” Morphia 5 5 ” +e yds. Surgeon’s Plaster. "| (oust ‘ “It will readily be seen that this agent for pharmaceutical preparations was tak- ing the cream of this physician’s trade out of the hands of home druggists, and, at the prices he was paying, rendering it impossible to make any profit upon goods, should he afterward become a customer.” “Do you know,’ asked Mr. A., ‘‘wheth- er this species of piracy in trade extends to other states than New York?” “T only know,’’ answered Mr. C., ‘‘that it is practiced in several of the Eastern States, but the probability is that it has extended farther than the druggists gen- erally are aware of. You see, the tenden- cy is to enlarge the wholesale trade in drugs and to lessen, comparatively, the retail trade in the same line. Only a short time ago, a personal friend of mine who is traveling for a wholesale drug house assured me that there is no better place in America, to-day, to open two or three large wholesale drug stores than in Chi- cago. ‘The following are some of the reasons for this,’ said he: ‘those now lo- eated there have more business than they ean well manage; they are over crowded constantly, and, being independent of further extension of trade, they treat the small customer as if he amounted to very | little, anyway, and they are disposed to limit all accommodation, discounts, etc., often to the disgust of those who find, after transferring their patronage from one house to another, that they have prac- tically jumped out of one frying pan in- to another. A new wholesale drug house would, therefore, secure a large trade from the start, provided it could com- mand sufficient capital. A new house should start with a cash capital of not less than $1,000,000 and should expect to keep a resident buyer in Europe. From $5,000,000 to $8,000,000 in sales can be made yearly.” Looking just then at his watch, the speaker started to his feet. “Good morning, gentlemen. I must be at the train in fifteen minutes.”’ And the company separated. oh A Boycott of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The retail druggists of Utica, N. Y., numbering some sixty shops, have, with the exception of two small concerns, united in a boycott of Hood’s Sarsapar- illa. The reason for this action is the persistence of the Hoods in selling their preparation to a big dry goods establish- ment kept by one Meyers, who, to draw trade, has cut the price to a point where there is absolutely no profit in handling the article. Without special reference to the Hoods, we sincerely hope that ‘‘No pent-up Utica’? will*‘contract the pow- ers’’ of this boycott, and that the exam- ple thus set will extend until the princi- ple involved can claim that ‘tthe bound- less universe is ours.” If, in every town and city where patents and proprietaries are placed and kept in the hands of gro- cers and dry goods men, the druggists would quietly unite in refusing to han- dle such goods so long as they remain in the hands of cutters, the evil would soon be throttled. It will not take the Messrs. Hood long to decide whether they would rather have the trade of sixty retail drug- gists or of one dry goods man, A Hard Nut to Crack. Bie Rapins, Jan. 17—I1 note that the chivalrous attorney-detective of the Board of Pharmacy has been after the widows again, having lately prosecuted the brother of a worthy lady druggist at Hersey, whose business does not warrant her employing a licensed pharmacist. The man who was prosecuted and fined was studying hard to fit himself for an appearance at an examination session of the Board, which renders the prosecution all the more groundless and unnecessary. The action of the Kalamazoo attorney in this city meets the condemnation of every fair-minded citizen. Mrs. T. D. Mulberry was left a drug stock by her late husband and has done her best to conduct it suecessfully. Dr. Burkhart, who bears a_ professional reputation which is not confined to the limits of Big Rapids, occasionally puts up prescrip- tions in the absence of the owner and on one occasion happened to wait upon the Board’s spy. The result was a prosecu- tion and fine, which was paid. Why Mr. Kinnane is so anxious to per- secute the widows of the drug trade, while he makes no effort to suppress such arrant old frauds as Dr. Pattison, at Milbrook, is one of the things which Iam unable to reconcile with common fairness or half way decency. DRUGGIST. The Drug Market. Gum opium is dull and lower. Mor- phiais unchanged. Quinine is steady. Citric acid is firm and advancing. Bal- sam peru is lower. Cacao butter is low- er. Cooper’s gelatine has declined. Cod liver oil is advancing. Malaga olive oil has declined. Golden seal root has de- clined. Cloves are lower. White lead has declined. — _—.—> —- Become as intimately acquainted with every customer as possible. When the salesman knows all his peculiar tastes and wants, he will be able to secure almost his entire trade and please him every time. Remember that acquaint- ance, combined with kind actions and a pleasing address, is always good capital in trade. | | } A swindler got in his work in Kalama- zoo last week by means of a scheme whereby he said the victim’s credit at a certain grocery store would be increased by paying a certain amount of cash. After swindling 65 families of amounts ranging all the way from $2 to $8, the sharper skipped. —--———_—_—_— Old age, as a rule, is what youth makes it. If you want the pathway of life to be strewn with roses, plant the roses now. For Fall painting you have to use a DRYER in mixing WHITE LEAD USE OUR GROWN JAPAN [)RYER. We call your attention to our CROWN JAPAN DRYER that we can guarantee equal in every respect to any on the market. Its points of superiority over all others, are: ist. 1t will mix with RAW or boiled oil. 2d. it will dry any paint without tack. 3d. It will dry with a good gloss, thus ADD- ING a GLOSS to the paint; rather than making it FLAT, as most Dryers do. 4th. It is free from Rosin, and is entirely without sediment, and will not thicken. 5th, It is always reliable and isthe STRONG- EST LIQUID DRYER in the market. Put up in one gallon square cans. Write for special prices. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., "sais Rains THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Nothing. ACIDUM. oe pete ie ce cee 12 00@12 ra Rostra... s@ 10} #xechthitos.. Erigeron ..... oo cons 00 oe ee 2 00@2 10 Carbolicum ........... 28@ 38| Geranium, ounce..... @ % Citricum ... 50@ 55| Gossipii, Sem. gal..... O@ 7 Hydrochior ........... 3@ 5 Hedeoma | pisces eesti i—- N — teeta 10@ 12)? uniper + Oxalicu J 13 Lavendula . 20g? 00 Phosphertan, a Limonis ........ 4 80@2 80 Mentha Piper.......... 2 90@3 00 Seeviewm ........... 1 40@1 30 1 5 | Mentha Verid Sg 2 50@2 60 Sulphuricum. . ... aoe M WeiNiGnN,............ 1 4 60 orrhuae, gal......... 80@1 00 Tartaricum...........- a ounce......... @ = AMMONIA. Picts § Liquida, ‘(gal..35) 1: = ——o > “@ +: ae Oe doe. 54@ 7 Casbonas 00000 .... 2. 12@ 14| Rosae, ounce.,........ @6 00 @hloridum ............ 12@ 14 on pe fears sos < ANILINE. a peecee somes cca. 3 -— . ‘ 9 9 ASSAITAS . _— Browa 00000000000. sot 00 Sinapls, es, ouii6s.."” 85 Peo 2 G3 0 mpm 2 0g 5 BACCAE. Theobromag........... 15@ 20 a 1 60@1 75 POTASSIUM. paren ay EE oa 15@ 18 Xanthoxylum......... 2@ 30 / Bichromate........... 13@ 14 . Pramieee.............. 37@_ 40 BALSAMUM. eT 12@ 15 —- ee @l = Chlorate, (po. 1 144@ 16 eru nee mr a Terabin, Canada ©-/-° 35@ 40) Yoqtae 2922220002020. 2 BW? 90 oo) 40@ 4 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 30@ 33 CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart, com. @ . Abies, Canadian... 18] Poise Nita’ PAB an mee cS Euonymus atropurp........ -: hr Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 RADIX. Prunus Virgini............-.. Aconitum ............ 2@ 2 ieee OP0..,..........-.. es 25@ 30 ——— TT. 5 vs cn “— = Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... on oe... 3 Cee, .............- 20@ 50 aa 25 Giyenrrhine ( : 100 8 hiza Glabra... 2@ < ychrrhiza, ts Glyeyr i ee = = oe Canaden, as _ box... 2 1 bec eee 35 — ae cere s 13@ 14 aloes, Ala, po.... 5b@ BD . 4s Ee eases 14@ 15 —— me... .....-. 15@ 2 ee 16@ 17 Ipecac c, Pip. a)” 186 Tis plox (po. 20@22 3 PERRUM. Jalapa, 50 Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 aah, a “Anca “"— 35 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Podophyilum, pe 1b@ 18 Citrate Soluble........ S fing 75@1 00 Ferroc: ee... @ Ww a "eat. Lie @1 %5 Solut Chloride. . @ 15 vy. el ss Sulphate, = @ 2 oneln. Etat 48@ 53 pure......... @ 7 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ Ww FLORA Serpentaria............ 40@ 45 : L EN eee ane ee 50@ 55 Arnica GE = = Similax, Officinalis, a @ 40 nthe es } 6 Mipgriearie ...... .-.-- 3@ 3 Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 FOLIA. — a Foti- a oes .......--..-- rE is lt Pa : Gussie. “Acutifol, = ; Valeriana, a Saw .30) m = ae a ee 10@ 15 Salvia officinalis, 8 @apeiper j........-. 2 ea Se...... 2.2... 12@ 15 SEMEN. Vine Urel............... 8@ 10] anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 @UMMI. Apium (graveleons).. 15@ . Acacia, 1st picked... @ 00 F 4 ; — laosssnu esos Oe a “ “ @ 80 ‘ a Comeneram..........- 10@ 12 . —_—e- sorts... : a = Cannabia Sativa. ...... 34@ of eS Aloe, Gan (i ‘@... = 6016 Chenopodium |... .... 10@ 12 “ Soc ed po po. 60). @ 50 Dipterix Odorate...... 2 00@2 25 otr Poemiculimm........... @ 15 — 1s, Cees 44s, ei Foenugreek, po... . @ 8 aaa... a eee .....-.....-....--- 4 @4% Assafcetida, (po. 90)... @ 18} Tone gi “w@ 40 awe eS Bhariaris Gainarian.... 34@ 4% E orbium oe 35@ 10 Ceecee reser ceeseece Ga ut. oe we ® Sinapis, ee. ue s a wpene oe... ... Se ee ee ork. toe 40) @ 3 SPIRITUS. Kino, (po. 25)......-.- @ | Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 astic... .... @ # "D. BF. R....-1 75@2 00 Myrrh, (po. 45)........ ole RE a 10@1 Opii, (po. 4 00)........ 2 35@2 50 Juntperis Go. 62 P1221 OI 7 Shellac . ee %5@3 lea bleached. . dean #3@ «35 Sen charum N. E...:.. TS@2 Tragacanth ........... 30@ 75 Spt. Vint =," os i 75@6 50 HERBA—In ounce packages. ot OMOreO .........-; 25@2 Absinthium ee % Ni Aree... :.. 1 25@2 00 Ne eae oe w cleu a a 2 SPONGES. oi pecs ets 25 Wiovida shoore wool, eT Dt igigesens-sn —e oe 2 25@2 50 Mentha ha Piperita, ee = x assan _sheeps? ‘oul si ee. io a EE ET 2 =a a 1: ( 25] Extra yellow sheeps’ MAGNESIA. eCamieee.............. 85 Calcined, Pat.......... 5d5@ 60 — sheeps’ wool car- a he Se Carbonate, z & _ ae 25 | Hard for slate use. % Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36] Yellow Reef, for slate a acaok. SO ——-: ee 00@5 50 SYRUPS. Am dalae, Dulc... .. Me ee 50 alae, Amarae.. - 00@8 > 50 eens 90@2 Ip Aurant Capex. ...:.. @2 50 oP MD psec tse cunse 3 75@4 50 Cal pat saierssrh st ‘ oat = EOE 20s 3. 5 os 3 a podii Ceres ciae ar = OROEEE occ. cess PU oe iea ee 1 20@1025 Citeomieie .. os... . sos @ MS vio naters 35@ 65 eas vais atone 1 13 | | | Declined—Gum Opium, Balsam Peru, Cacao butter, Cooper's Gelatin, | | Malaga Olive Oil, Golden Seal Rt., Cloves, White Lead, Red Lead. Pe, 8. P. & W. — 30@2 55 aN. v.64 & | semaine Canton...... Myristies, No. 1....... | Nux ee (po 20) .. | Os. Sep’ 7 @ W@ 2 2 3 Seidlitz Mixture...... @ B — beeeu cas @ 18 | = - Snuff, } accaboy, De 18 Ween @ 35/ Snuff,Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 | Soda Boras, (po. 13). 12@ 13) Soda et Potass Tart.. 30@ 33} eee Ce. 14@ 2 | Soda, Bi-Carb. ' @ 5&i foe, Ae... —_ 4} Soda, Sulphas. 2 | Spts. Ether Co ........ so 55 | “ Myrcia Dom... @2 2 | - Myrcia bop... . @3 00 | * Vint Heat bbl i = 2).... @2 33 | lon 5¢ gal., cash ten days. Strychnia C rystal bouce @1 10 Sulphur, Subl.. 24@ 3% ae... 24@ 3 Tamarinds . . = = Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 Theomromac .........- EG@ 55 | —... ........... 9 ‘= 00 | Zinei Sulph.. a 8| OILs. Bbl. Gal | Whale, winter........ 70 70 | tard, Ofte. .......... 60 | tora. No, f........... & 50 Linseed, pureraw.... 53 56 | Whiting Lindseed, boiled .... 56 59 Neat’s Foot, winter —........... 69 SpiritsTurpentine.... 43% 50 PAINTS. bbl. Ib. med Venetian. ......... 1% 2@3 Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 ee. 1% ne Putty, commercial. ...2% 2 ‘strictly pure.. . 2% aes Vermilion Prime Amer- ican . 13@16 Vermilion, English... 85@88 Green, Peninsular LS. W@7 [lead wa. @Q7 _ white . QM, | Whiting, white Span.. @70 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @x | White, Paris American 1 00 Paris Eng. chi . 1 4 | Pioneer. Prepared Paintt 2g! 4 Swiss Villa Prepared rans... 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES. | No. 1 Turp Coach.. _ 10@1 20 | Extra Tur -160@1 70 Coach Bo y.. See eee 2 75@3 00 No. i Turp Far... .. 1 00@1 10 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 | Japan — No. 1 urp. wtccuuss CO Oe HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO Importers and Jobbers of ~-DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundrie: Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Sole Agents forithe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. TINCTURES. Pe sin fea. H&P. Dd. a Se, 2 ( Aconitum Napellis = oe 60 | Piels Liq, N. C., % gal at tees ae @2 00 Aloes..............0. 0.22.02. 60 | | Picis Liq., quarts @1 00 enue niyweh..... |... ae. @ 70 MNO 50 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80) @ 50 ORG | Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 Atrope ioeaegeeamauen .| | Piper Alba, (po €) @ 3 Benzoin....... | Pix Burgun.. i a 7 eee es 50 | Plumbi Acet . 14@ 15 Sanguinarla stsseressssee++. 50] Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 ee Pyrethrum, boxes H Canthatides................. | &P.D. Co., dos..... @1 25 Capsicum Syed ceeds eee seee« 50 | Pyrethrum, pv........ 30@ 35 Ca damon... tecete cece eee TF Mae... 8@ 10 CO..... eee eee. 7 | Quinia, S.P. & W..... 3@ 42 ee et 1 “ S. German.... 27 35 ceeeene. 50 | Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 Cinchona ................... = Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 40 eS : Salacin.. ~o---8 COGS 10 ee en ey = Sanguis Draconis..... 0@ 50 Ce eee ee Santonmime ........ mi @4 50 ee, 50 Sano. W 12@ 14 ee ee 10@ 12 ae. 50 ‘ G ot saa er @ 15 Coen... ell ees ' e Le 60 oe 50 —— ' ree 60 eee 50 a 50 CO ew 15 . Coemees,...... v] Wer Chloridum............ ' 3 ee 50 ee 50 ee. 50 Max Vomica................ 50 Opii Oe es 85 * Cam -. . w ‘s Deodor. ee Auranti Cortex... Loci Oe —_ CS 50 — : 50 ee 50 Cassia Acutifol.. 50 ey, 50 oe. 50 POI 60 more ............. 60 Valcrian —... oo Veratrum Veride............ 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Aither, Spts Nit, 3 ,.. sO 4F.. 0@ 8 ies edie Canes . 2%@ 3% . — (po. e.. . a. oa « ee 55@ «60 Antimoni, po.......... 4 5 o et PotassT. 55@ 60 Ataipyrim............. 1 35@1 40 Area. ............ 2 Argenti Nitras, ounce @ ATOMIC 4... 5... .... 7 Balm Gilead Bud..... son 40 ee 2 10@2 20 ae Chlor, 1s, (48 ; ee eens 9 Caniharides Russian, a 1 7% Capsici — 2 Z se “ec $ iB Caryophyllus, Pa 8 183@ + Carmine, No. 40 . ae 50@ 38@ Roe as Cera Alba, Sey. Core Ciave............ i. .: Cassia Fructus........ Coreeee.............. eee... 8... 8, Chloroform ..... bales “ce bs . u Chloral Hyd ‘Gest ae 1 50 Ceanerae.._......... 2 20 40 20 0 45 63 10 75 oe Corks, list, dis. per ee @ 60 Creasegmm ............ @ 80 Creta, Deng or... @ ft eee cok 5S@ 5 e precip... eee wee 9@ 11 ' ubra.. : @ 8 rece ................ @ 3 Cugbesr............... @ «UA Cupri Sulph oe 7 Ce 10@ 12 a ........... 68@ 70 Emery, ail numbers... $ . Ergota, (po.) 60....... 50@ 55 Flake White cau 122@ 15 eee... @ B aoe... 7@8 Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 70 Laine @ 60 Ging, Srown.......... 9@ 15 eie........... 13@ Greco ............. 7 @ DB Grana Paradisi........ @ BR ee 25@ 55 Hydraag Chior =: @1 00 Co @ 9 " Ox Soeiin @1 1 " Ammoniati. @1 2 . Unguentum. §0@ 60 Hydrargyrum...... @ 80 Tehthyoboila, Am. 1 25@1 50 ines ............ 75@1 00 Iodine, Resubl 3 TE@3 85 Todoform....... @4 70 Tupelin .....-. 60@ 65 Lycopodium 50@ 55 Mem... 4... 80@ 85) Liquor Arsen et Hy- | Oe ieee 27 | Liquor Potaas Arsinitia 10@ 12) on Sulph (bbl nm 3 Mannia, 8. F......... @ 60 We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Rume. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D.& Co, Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar ‘antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re ceive them. Send in a trial order. Harelting & Perkins Drvg 60, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SAI R RANARA PAP N R SEE A SR A ie = 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERIES. The Grocery Market. Refined sugars are considerably firmer, Spreckles having started the upward movement on Thursday. Referring to the market, Willett & Gray write as fol- lows: Refined is without special comment, as far as regular demand goes, but several expressed wishes of grocers to buy a sup- ply for April delivery are met with total refusal to name prices. In this connec- tion, it may be well to eall attention toa difficulty which may prove temporarily serious either in March or April. The new tariff law which permits refining in bond during March contemplates that a refinery which engages in this business must abandon refining duty paid sugars during the same time. Hence some re- fineries will work in March on duty paid sugar and some refineries will work on ‘in bond’’ sugars. If too many refineries work in bond in March. then refined for Mareh delivery will be scarce and high, while if too few work in bond in March refined will be searee and high in April. This can be avoided by the Government permitting the refining of duty paid sugars to con- tinue up to the first of April. and allow- ing the usual drawback on all refined in warehouse on April ist, the same as if exported. It is very doubtful, however, if this will be done and refined sugar buyers may have to prepare for such acontingenecy as is suggested. At the close to-day sales have been made to re- finers in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore of five cargoes Cuba 96 degrees Centrifugats at 31¢¢., cost and freight. We understand that Philadelphia refiners are selling moderately of refined for all April delivery at 4!4c. for granulated. Canned corn and tomatoes are very aclive and prices are getting firmer. There are no stocks to speak of in job- bers’ hands and Eastern packers are get- ting in shape to ask their own prices. Canned fruits are about in the same shape, gallon apples, which are firm at $3.75 at first hands. The new oatmeal combination is as yet in statu quo, no definite agreement hay- ing been reached. — >.> More Short Count Pickles. GRAND Rapips, Jan. 13.—I recently bought a barrel of J. S. Walker’s pickles through a local wholesale grocery house, and, seeing the complaint of John Sny- der published in a recent issue of Tue TRADESMAN, concluded to count its con- tents. The count showed-an even thou- sand—no more, no less. As about 10 per cent of the pickles exposed for sale are usually consumed by ‘‘samplers,’’ the profit on short-count goods is reduced to a granulated sugar basis. I think it is time the retail grocers banded together to put an end to the cheats and frauds in trade. especially IsAAC VAN WESTENBRUGGE, Cor. Center and Third Sts. Some Observations by an Old Merchant. DUSHVILLE, Jan. 15.—What’s in a name? Perhaps considerable. My name is Ailyn, it having been spelled that way for many years by my Scotch ancestors. Allen is English. Allan is Highland Scotch. Allin is Irish. Alleine is Welsh. Allinje is Dutch. Forty-eight years ago, at the age of 14, 1 was badly crippled in the left arm by a runaway horse. My father gave me two dollars. My mother gave me a market basket. These, with my bodily defect and my natural pluck, constituted my stock in trade. I have since then ped- dled for about ten years—with a basket, with a tin box, with two tin boxes, with two satchels, with one horse, with two horses. I have sold essences, Yankee notions, almanacs, pictures, maps, shirts, washing machines, bibles and tracts in English, French and Spanish, fence posts, cull shingles, beans and clover seed. For ten years I conducted a general store near the ‘‘Father of Waters” in Iowa. Eleven years have been spent here in a general store. Ten years teaching and ten years of growing boyhood and a few years in miscellaneous operations round up the writer’s days past three score years and passing toward the ten If, in those various callings, some les- sons have not been learned, some truth- ful pictures seen, tory sheet. With the consent of Tuk TRADESMAN, I will endeavor, as opportunity presents itself, to give statistics, facts, ete., that have come under my personal observa- tion. They may prove interesting and useful to younger merchants and other would-be merchants. It has been a considerable part of my business to keep a general supervision of the work, and I would say to the rea- ders vf THE TRADESMAN that short count pickles are not the only shorts in our business. Our pails of candy lack from two to three pounds of the candy that is paid forin a pail. Kerosene oil lacks full measure often from three to seven gallons to the barrel. I say to the retail merchants of Michigan, look to this matter. Many of your goods which come by the gallon in barrels are sealed or gauged too high in the interest of the large companies much to the detriment of the small trader. In fact, the retail merchants’ business is so punctured with gimlet holes that it is a wonder that any escape bankruptcy. I am pressed for time just at present, but I will have more to say about this matter another time. P. ALLYN = _~- > your correspondent | would be too dull to pen this,gintroduc- |‘ It is understood that the business of | the late firm of Pliny, Watson & Co., wholesale grocers at Toledo, will be con- tinued under the same style by the re- maining members, Mr. Watson’s heirs having assumed his interest in the busi- ness. A partnership has accordingly been formed for one year, with Lawrence Newman as a special partner, and Messrs. E. E. Dow and A. J. Snell and the heirs of Mr. Watson as general partners. 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 & C0., State Ageuts for LYCOMING RUBBER CO. 158 and 160 East Fulton Street. MOSELEY BROS. 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, wil! be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPID PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Green, #4.25@4.50 for choice eating and $3.50@%3.75 for cooking stock. Evaporated are firm at 13@14c, and sun-dried are strong at 9@10c. Beans—The market is more active, but no ad- vance has taken place. Handlers pay $1. .65@1. 80 for country picked and find no difficulty in mak ing ‘sales at $2.05@2.10 for city picked. Beets—50c per bu. Butter—Dairy is quiet and in small demand at 17@20c perlb. Creamery finds moderate sale at 25@.26e. Cabbages—*0c per doz. or $4 per 100. Carrots—20@25c per bu. Celery—20@25c per doz. — barrels,$1.25; produce barrels Cranberries—Cape Cod commands $11@13 per bbl. and Bell and Cherry are held at $9.50@310. Eggs—Fresh are firm!¢ held at 22@24c. Cold — and pickled stock are about out of mar- x rield Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.60 per bu.; medium, $4.10@4.30. Timothy, $1.50@1.60 per bu. Lettuce — There is less demand than usual, — to the great amount of celery on the mar- et. Onions— Nearly out of market. $1.25 and hold at #1.5) per bushel. Potatoes—The market is steady, the demand continuiug good from nearly all points of the compass, Shippers are paying from 80@90¢e per bu. Squash—1c per lb. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried a are scarce, readily commanding $4.50 per bu Turnips—30@35c per bu. Dealers pay PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. ee ee 11 00 ee ee ee ae 11 00 Aes CHORE Dee, SOLE OUS..........-......, 12 50 oer Come, We... ... ce, eee Oe ee. wl, 12 00 ee 12 50 ee ee, ee . c 12 Standard clear, meet Gus, Heme... . .-..-..... 12 50 sausagE—Fresh and Smoked. Pere ces. 6% ee ie is 9 Tongue Sausage............ bets be teeta enue 9 Peers eee ............-......00.. 2... 7% eee ee... L..-.e. Bologna, — ee cea ee soe ace ae 8 Head Cheese. . LarD—Kettle Rendered. — Lisle cn eneh bs ceet eer uneer scr ease ceaeupae 6% Ee Lal a 7 50 + Tl pee cee td cette ce ee ae, 7 LARD. Com- Family. pound, OE eases 2. 54 oon se, rem.......,..:..., 5% 5% 3S tb. Patis, 2) in & case......... 6% 64 Sib. Pails, i2in a case....... .. 635 636 ib. Pails, Sim 8 Cane........... 6% 6 20 Ib. Pails, 4in a case..... -6 5% Ma ee Lo cuba 5% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06 Extra Moss, Chicago packing................ 7 00 Pees, Ce eee... 8 75 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average = ee 8% ss - SO 9 - sa oe... es... . i 6 ' eee le 9 ee ee eS 53 Seer aces, Sees... ................ 8 ee ee are eee 5% Briskets, ee 534 vs ee a 53 FISH and OYSTERS, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH, Whitefish............. fica sae cease @10 " smoked. eeu | ae ee @9 (et. @18 i ee ee a @4 Flounders petals ebee daa |. @9 BineGsh ..... @10 Mackerel.... @5 I a @10 es I ee se, @18 oOYSTERS—Cans. Pereeaven Comeie...:................,: @35 Po. eee. es @28 Selects .. @23 7.2.0... @22 Anchors.. @20 Standards @18 Favorites. .. @16 SHELL GOODS, Oysters, per a 1 25@1 50 Clams, ge ae SS a 75@1 00 BULK GOODS. Standards, per ieee et enut ews @1 25 | ee Ce ones @1 65 Serimps, ey ee 1 50 Clams, eS ee ee eee 1 50 Scallops, ee ll anc llc lc unc 1 50° FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, I oa cing ee sos oe iw es 5 @ 6% — quarters.- We uce cone says cougeys, 6 @ 6% 5%@ 4 . @10% @ 8% 5 @b6 @9 414G@ 4% @5 @Tz - eee @ 6% Sausage, blood or head.. 4. @5 We @5 ' Frankfort... oe g TM Ee 7 eal. 7% CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. cantare, +9 ee @ 8 bee le eeee lc ueu ee ee @ 8 as Twist ee ee @8 . pails or Lppeheass. met weight....... SY - Dee Seek... Ket ee SE ee 10 We icici cs ceca a a, Rate BM Ce 10 MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Boxes, eoaeare, per... 7% 8 ee i, ca i*% 8 SOOO cc te sens ane ie seen i 8% Me ee ee & 8% ee ee 9% ee a ek a 9% Midget ..... -10 English Rock.... - 9% Oe ee -10 ee a ee ee — ee eee 9% ee 10% eee a cae bee bee isda eat sar eee i ee eee 12 wees (eee 14 FaNcy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Lemon Drope.......... eee ees ee eng ees see 60 ee TI sine n eee mene eens esteae sca 60 Peppe! eee ise cee cce ee ea a 90 EE nen 75 Cee ee... 9 a ee 8 40@50 Rae eee. 00 A, B. Lheurees Peowe.........-....-.-..-- Lozenges, —n........ ees ee Ce EE oc rete c ey eee cee. OO i ee ete met tenees oeetie ee ss = ae or... res ree eens eee e eee eee ie@is Teen) Me Crone... ........6.2.555- X@1 00 eee Ce. 80 ee el es 1 00 ae. 75 eee Bee... 1 (0@1 10 rere eee... .-. 70 Fancy—In bulk. Lozenges, a4 WM A a ones ears cocees 12 -_ eer eee. 13 Chocolate rops, in a ese 2 i ee OA eee. Moss Drops, in pails. . ee ace 1 ie ee ee... 10 Seepewteie, Tra PARIS. ......---. 2. -2 .. 22 si 12 ORANGES. Floridas, fancy 250-200 17.-150... 83 75@M 00 138-126... ee ae Oo ee eee ae 3 25@ 3 00 Russets, fancy 200-176- eee. 3% ere a a 3 50 Valencias, choice to fancy 420. : Messinas, 300-240 .... 3 00@3 25 C ’ 260 Sea 3% LEMONS. Messina, MnO Oe. ks. 2 75@ 3 25 ee @ 3 50 ~ ene Mee c.... @ 3 50 co are. 3 75@ 4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 18@20 choice ro ieee @16 oo “ce “ce vagal ne Hn @12% ne Fard, 10-1b. box SS ner @10 . ae @ 8 - Pusch, wee, ON. @ 5% NUTS. Almonds, sues. ue woes cence dens @18 ee @i7 ' California @i7 ee oe @1i7 eee es ec a @11% Walnuts, Grenoble. Ce ee 16 eee @i2 = —..... ..... @10% Table Nuts, — : ee cae @16 ee @14% Pecans. Sean i Se 16 Cocoanuts, full aan 4 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., ioral @6 - “Roasted bee cen ee 8 @ By Fancy, H. Pp, eee oa @5 OM oi. ose 7 Q@™% i Choice, H. P. Bx Frees ....... _ @5 ! : eee .......-- +. @re i Fancy, -_ P. i Steamboats ey @ Bonsted....... @ CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE. Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich. eet nina dat die ai sh in 2 lia ie cients; Pes ee te The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers uho THE pay promptly and buy in full packages. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. APPLE BUTTER. Crteago soods............ 74@8 AXLE GREASE. POOP og ee sca #2 40 a ee 1% Pee. oc a ie oe ee 2B BAKING POWDER. Thepure, 10¢ packages. $1 20 Le. lr 56 . 6 oz a 22 _ ¥% Ib oo 2 76 . 1202. CC 4% . 1lb. | ee 5 40 - 5 1b. a 26 00 Less 20 per cent. to retailers. Absolute, 4% ~ cans, doz.. -1 00 %1 . “ lb. “ “ 1 ae Acme, \% Ib. oe . oo % Ib. ne o A oa “ ; a“ 1 10 Os I ss oe ee Telfer's, *s cans, do . «& o * - “ “ mn 1 . Arctic, 7 . CANS ... ...... 60 feeeae case 12 . 4 b Se 2 00 . a 9 60 Red Star, is > cans........ = ae 4D Te Se BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 ae ft ”lUmUmCCz vis) American. 2 doz. sa case... @ BLUING. Gross Arctic,” em ovals ee 4 00 eres eeeeer + ' us eared .......- 10 50 ' 0. 2 sifting poz... 27 > 7. 3; .@ oo * 7e.5 ' --- OO ~ 200 ee 450 BROOMS. - i 1% me ee ol 2 00 Ne, ie .. .. 2 2 No. _ ijt 2 50 Facies ean. ia. 2% Common Whisk Looe eee ae... --.-.... BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Ristie Sam .. ....---.-.---- 5 00 —————————e are Wein... .... ---.. «----- 4 50 CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes. . _. Bee keen nee 9% ——_—_ Te See |... ... 25 wane —_—" Clams, 1 Ib. Little Neck..... 110 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10 Cove Oysters, 1 Ib. “e.. 1 2 2 lb. --2 2 Lobsters, 1 Ib. picnic be iaeue 1 90 ae 2 65 . 1 ‘b. pee... 2 50 . 2 ib Siar.....-.-- 3B Mackerel, o4 Tomato Sauce 3 50 im ene ....... 120 “ 2 ib. ge ene 2 00 . 3 1b. in Mustard.. " $lb, soused.. Salmon, . 7 Columbia 1 "15@1 90 Alaska.. @! 60 Sardines, domestic a... 6 a... @8 “ Mustard \s...... @1) “imported 448...11 @12 ° epiced, 48 ...... 10 Trout, 3 Ib. brook ....... 2 50 PRUITS. Apples, gallons .....-. ..4 00 Apricots ..... ceceaeeenn eB ae... ........ 1 Cherries rod...........--... 1 30 - pitted .............. 1 40 es ia Eee Plums...........-.+.+.. 1 59 Gooneberri¢s ..............-- 110 Green Gages.........-. --.- 1t0 Peaches, oe... ._.. 1 90@2 00 . eeoonds .....-..-.-- 2 30 ' We oe ie 2 65 . Cansormis. ......-. 2 85 ae 1 50 Pineapples, common..... ..1 oe ... ...... 27 - eretea.... ......5 oe ee | ..... se 110 peerian, | — eee ‘7 eee eee a 1 40 iden ee on oe 1s Wy iortloberries.............. 1 40 MEATS. Cnaes beet |... 2 00 oee...... 1% VEGETABLES. Beans, soaked Lima........ 85 « ‘Green Lima........ @1 60 OM EG ic cudaceess @ W = Bemmees.........-..- 90 ‘ Lewis’ Boston Baked ..1 40 Corn, stand. brands..1 1 0G +] Peas, eee. 7 oe i @i 30 « gene cene....:.......- 1 40 OE ln eskesv ese 1 75 * One Vreneh.......-. .2 0 Museo... ...... ....... 1 — kin --@1 00 eae 110 Succotash, oe ele 85 coneeed........- 30 SennienMaok br’ds @1 00 sete SAEEI, German Sweet.. ..... . 22 ae Se ek cde: suas es = Breakfast DeeGhs | Mottled German. SOG eee aes DC | Old German.........-......- 2 | vee Daet.............. 8 @l0 Lemon. Vv anilla | U.S. Bie Gareain..... . ...1 @ Tropaccos—Fine Cut. 2 02 folding box... %5 1 25 | Pict, Proater........... ...3 D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. 302 100 1 59 | Cocoa Come ..............8 Gt eee §=....:.--.... 60 402 “ "450 2 00 | Cocoa Castile, Fancy.. .....3 3%} Sweet Cuba......... 34 6 oz “ "*"2 00 3 00 | .. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. TOBACcOs—P. lug. 8 oz “ 2 6 aco Old Comunity, 30... -........ .-6 20| Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s we @UN POWDER. Cee se. 3 50 | Something wane Mee... ..-& 60 Bouncer, 100.. 3 00 Peach Pie .....-.----- Half ieee lS SODA. aaa oor a aan HERBS. eeu. i i“ opaccos—Smoking. CE ee i 15 Hector.......... .... Be as woe. English “seen ies Plow Boy, 2 oz.... i JELLIES. nn 1% aS we Chicago soods.............. 4 Granulated, boxes.......... 2 a a LAMP WICKS. so SEEDS. pane 2 . yi Rica ree 40 so gata aes 44@ ee 9 eae oat 50 Cee 7 PAPE 00 -NWARE LICORICE ae... oe PER & WOODEN & Pure... .--- 3,-2.0... al 13 PAPER. Calabria a Re 6 Curtiss & Co. quote as fol fee. see es 18 | Mustard.. LL lL ag | oe ip yniy “SALT s eae Condensed, 2 doz........... 1 25} Common Ring per bbl. ae asia eae - re Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks embelwrace, 240 No.9 salphur..-. 00... OO Oe ieee 1 Bakers . Anchor parlor. . . +4515 CO 2 Dry Goods.. ee tt aaa _ z _—. bon ceded cues we ln — SC LLLULULLL LL 2 Sate Manilla. ......... 6% 2@8 mport parior..............- 4 00/ Ashton bu. bags . Red Express No. 1. MOLASSES. Higgins ‘* eS : : ecm Gerey............... 17 | Warsaw ‘ Co “ae Cuba Baking. ....... - | 44 bu ae bey a eon... Porto Rico.. i= s+e SOQ Diamond Cry stal,, cases....1 50| Cotton, No. 1.-...-..05--.-- 22 New Orleans, ood 35 | ct -Ib sacks 25 ‘ ee choice...... 40 | " " 56-1 “« 50] Sea Island, assorted....... 40 . fancy. ...... 50 . 60 pocket.2 25 | No. 5 Hemp aL. 18 One-half barrels, 3c extra i 28 a a ‘ : OATMEAL. 7 "| Tee 7 Wee ts 7 re 8. 67 ' Half barrels......-.--------- 3 50 sr ca a te ll ROLLED OATS Chureh’s, Arm & Hammer.. .544 | TUS; ae Sea ar cent acc tt oo Bareela aT @6 5 ——— reeeees By ea a eee ee é 5 toe mats 8 wt weles «ok | 4 ao r a PICKLES. — DeLand’s Cap Sheet... 5ig | Pails, No. 1 1, » two hoop... : = a a. 54 | crothespins, Ser boxes... 90 ae. 900| SYRUPS. ae Ee % a 5 @0 | Corn, barrels.......... 25 i Sk > OF PIPES. the one- “+ goon “meio yd os Clay, No. — Ll, 7 ure Sugar, cee oes- - ++ eee . ' ee eee Soe nD. full coum. -.°- 7 half barrel:-..32@42) (, ‘sssorted, Tis and 1s 2 50 Cob, No. 3... a SWEET GooDs. Baskets, market. * 35 RICE. Ginger Snaps.........- 7 bushel ..... 4 Curolina head.........-...... 7 | Sugar Creams......... 8% “willow el’ ia oi 5 75 Re 6% | Frosted Creams....... 8 “ "No.2 6 2 ORs ey 6 @ Graham Crackers..... 8 “ “ “ No37 3 Japan, zs 2 Lee ee ade 7 | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 { ooo No.1 3 & De ee eats eae 6 ss = a Hl ‘ ‘ “+ Nae é os eau Jettine, i bee... ae: “ ‘ “ , a. ee 5 25 sig TE: v - —Te a ere. ...... ..... |. ae JaPaN—Re rular. 3 cEDS , SAPOLIO. wae... . le @20 — Kitchen, 3 doz. in box i. ee @22 WHEAT. Hand TF ee * 2 50 | Choice. i. a oo A i ec cee esse oe i SOUPS. Choicest.. was coe G@IAG | Hed........-.....-.... Gnider’s Tomato... .....-.- 0 10 @14 All wheat bought on 60 Ib. teat. sPices—Whole. Aieeeee.............-......- 10 Cassia, China in mats...... 8 “Batavia in bund....15 Saigon in nelle. ne 35 Cloves, Amboyna.. a ereee..... ...... 6 Mace Patayia....... ....... 80 Nutmegs, fancy.. sos . WO Bo oc: 75 , ee es ........,.... 65 Pepper, Singapore, black ....16 white... (26 ay i 20 spices—Ground—-In Bulk. Alioveee ........-..- 2... 1... 15 Cassia, Batavi 20 raid “Saigon. = - ee ee EE Cloves, Seapeeee s. 6 eS 20 Ginger, eee 2 oo el 15 * Jamaica . ne Mace eh eae peeeres seers 90 d BN ceed es 22 { Mustard, Eng i cig 2 I. M. CLARK “ Trieste..........-.- 2 2 pees, Ff ........-...- 80 Pepper, Singapore, biack....18 Woe, .... -.30 . Cavomne......:.... 23 SUGARS ee @ 75 | Caen oo en @ 6% | Poweewe............. @ 6% | _ EB RR K z N SS Standerd ee ee 634 aia 31 6% , Confectioners’ A...... 64@ 614 | se White Extra C........ @ 5% | | mae ec: Hl es, Furs, OO aLllOW, Oe aaa oe : 5iy Yellow @ 5% Dark Molasses........ NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Less than 100 lbs. \%c advance. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. pila ema respi vias eben dl coal eM OUT AROUND. Facts and Fancies Picked up by an Occasional Contributor. In my travels I may be able to fur- nish a few items concerning business and the curious things I see and hear which may be of some interest to your five or six thousand readers. Having business with merchants and business men generally gives me an op- portunity to study human nature and to note the true road te happiness. I am positive that a greater percentage of the truly happy ones are those who are what the world is pleased to call poor. One principal factor in this happiness is that the rushing, crusbing haste that seems to pervade rich people is quite unknown tothem. Inthe larger towns which I am visiting I find that the happiest and most contented merchants are those in the suburbs, and I believe that I ean give some reasons for this. As a rule, the suburban dealers in merchandise own the store and dwelling, which are geuerally under one roof, where the hus- band is not separated from the family, and where each can, if necessary, assist the others. From adoor opening into the dwelling one obtains a glimpse of the wife or daughter busy with household duties, but ready and capable of aiding in the store when a rush of customers demands. The expenses of this class of merchants are small, even if the build- ing is a rented one. They will carry from $1,000 to $3,000 stock and generally do the business without help, outside of their own family. Why? because their customers do not all come at once, as is so often the case in the business centers of more fashionable trade. With many of this class of dealers trade is very good, but no curt speeches are heard by customers if itis not. They are always pleasant, wear no anxious, careworn ex- pression upon their faces and the stran- ger is not greeted with a crusty saluta- tion. They pay little attention to regu- lar hours, but are up early and often, if the weather is fair keep the store open late. Their habits are plain and their tastes not extravagant. No extremes of fashion oppress or plague them. Of course, they have a leisure hour occas- ionally during the day or evening, and I find that a portion of them improve it in reading and study. While not neg- lecting business,’ often one member of the family will sit and read while the others continue their work and listen. The dead-beat, 1am happy to say, is almost unknown to this class of dealers. The merchants in the central parts of a city doing a far heavier business are often greatly over worked, both physi- cally and mentally. Their rents and taxes are high and other expenses bur- densome, and there is usually more com- plaining among them regarding business | than is heard among the suburban dealers. se 2 Among the druggists, few complaints | are heard in regard to the condition of | trade, if I except a few of their legitimate | lines which dry goods and bazaar stores have cut intoand are making leaders of | at ruinous prices. This too common practice is deplored by them all over the | country, and each has a remedy to sug-| gest for the evil. I found a few curiosities in the way | of orders from the country which may be of sevice to the trade in attempting to | THE decipher similar ones. ample presented I inelude two small | ones from different parties: I 1 oz. Rupart Bark. 1 oz. Serpent Ontario Root. 20z. Why, Who? 20 grs. Saturn Nine. Don’t mix ’em. What the druggist sent was the follow- ing: 1 oz. Rhubarb Root. 1 oz. Serpentaria (Snake root. ) 2 oz. Wahoo bark. 20 grs. Santonin. II 1 oz Vomit Buttons. 2 0z. Fishes’ Bones. 2 oz. Squashy. 1 oz. Oxe Bright. The druggist sent the following: 1 0z. Nux Vomica (Dog buttons.) 2 oz. Cuttle-fish (Os. Sepia.) 2 oz. Quassia chips. 1 oz. Lobella herb (Eyebright. ” Here are four articles sent for separ- ately: Vinegar Silly Sally. Aunt Chuse Root. Golly. Genuine Root. The druggist sent: Salicylic acid. Anchusa root. Galls (Nutgalls or Galla.) Gentian root. It takes an exceedingly practical, well educated and experienced druggist who would dare to assume the responsibility of filling such orders as the above and feel certain that no harm—if no good— would arise from their use. The par- ties from whom I obtained the above or- ders afterward obtained corroborative evidence that the drugs sent were really what were wanted, and also made the statement that when sent to other places they could not be read. The writer would not, by any means, intimate that guessing should, for a moment, be thought of by any person in filling or- ders for drugs and medicines, unless the use and effects were fully known. Such very faulty orders as these are a proof of the great value of close observation and long experience. Many well-educa- ted persons may often be awkward in expressing themselves regarding medi- cine, as they have paid no attention to that particular subject, and few, indeed, are supposed to know about the nomen- clature of drugs; but some of the mis- takes made are, to say the least, ludi- crous in the extreme. *#2 Grocers in the retail trade, while they do not actually complain of hard times, say that, as a business, it is not so pleas- ant and profitable as in the past. I am told that the number of articles in their line which they are expected to keep for sale is continually on the increase, which | requires larger capital with no corres- | ponding increase in the profits. A few say that the credit system in their busi- | ness is alone responsible for more than | half the failures and that, without a com- | bined and determined effort, nothing can be done by the few to stay its prog- ress of ruin. Said one grocer: ‘‘One-half the population in cities and | villages have no permanent abiding place |; and are on the move continually. We | cannot know this of each one personally, | having neither the time nor opportunity. They live from hand to mouth, hardly knowing why or how, purchasing their supplies often but in small quantities, at first paying cash, then asking for a In the first ex- | | he owes me forever. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. few days’ credit. Then, perhaps, they | pay up what they owe and pay cash 'again. IfI refuse to credit any more —perhaps he already owes me a little— | perhaps he goes to the next grocer, gets accomodated(?)and I lose him and what This is the course generally pursued, so anxious is each dealer for trade. I lose 10 per cent. of all my sales, annually, by the credit sys- tem, to say nothing of worry and wakful hours at night and the shoe leather I wear out in trying to collect it. The facilities for getting away secretly are now so great all over the country that these migratory people take their de- parture some dark night for some dis- tant town or state, leaving no clew be- hind of their intended destination, and most of them are never found again. You see the situation—what can we do? ‘“‘Why, refuse to credit anyone at all,”’ 1 replied. “Then, situated as lam, I might bet- ter close my business altogether and save expenses, asI could not pay rent and live.’’ ‘*Probably your competitors also suffer from the same cause, and why will they not join you in an endeavor to stop this kind of business?” I asked. ‘They pretend they are not crediting when I know they are, and, sir, itis only a question of the deepest purse who can stand it longest.’’ - *¢ 2 One evening at my hotel, I sat listen- ing to a party of commercial travelers who were conversing with some farmers. Their conversation turned upon cold weather, and the ‘‘oldest inhabitant” granger had told his experience, when one of the men remarked that those so far south as Southern Michigan knew but little about the wonderful effects of frost, and said that he would relate an in- cident which occurred up in the ‘‘Soo’’ region one fearfully cold winter a few years ago. Being a stranger to the nar- rator, I do not wish for a moment to question the veracity of that commer- cial traveler, although I will say that he must, in his youth, have perused the ‘“‘Arabian Nights” and, possibly, Baron Munchausen. I afterward admitted to myself that the weather mentioned was quite cold. Said he: “A farmer of my acquaintance north of the ‘Soo’, who considered himself a scientific weather prophet, determined to have an extri good thermometer for that cold region. Accordingly, he ordered one made. It was amonster. The case and glass tubing was nearly six feet long, and the tube and its bulb held ten pounds of quicksilver. This thermome- ter he kept hanging on an apple tree in his orchard the year round. The first winter he obtained it, it was uncommon- ly cold even for that region, and neither the old man nor his family hardly moved away from the house. last days of the May following, the old gentleman told one of his overgrown boys that it was time to commence pre- paring the ground for gardening, as it had now begun to thaw out. While spading in the earth beneath one of the wide-spreading trees, the boy threw out some pieces of metal, and, noticing its Ne brilliant appearance, he went at once to call his father. The old gentleman was delighted and believed it to be silver. An expert was at once sum- moned who quickly pronounced it sil- One day in the| ver of the purest kind in the form of solid erystals—something before un- known. It seemed to be found in good sized veins for five or six feet beneath the surface. The excitement spread and soon a mining company was formed and the entire farm was sold for $50,000. Not long afterward and while the work was progressing, the mineral seemed to give out entirely. An examination re- vealed the fact that it was quicksilver. The intense cold of the past winter had not only frozen the mercury solid and into the mest beautiful crystals, but had caused it to assert its natural tendency to go lower, until it had penetrated the frozen earth almost six feet in depth!’ Another agent then related his exper- ience while camping on the east shore of Lake Superior with a party of seven hunters some five years previous. ‘One unusually cold morning,” said he, “‘as we went from breakfast into the open air, preparing to start out for the day, it was discovered that, although we could talk, there was no audible sound, although we made the most desperate efforts to speak louder and even to yell. Our voices were in the shape of fine en- graving, which was frozed solid and floated off into the atmosphere as fast as it was emitted, the same as smoke from a cigar, as we were obliged to converse by signs. Some of the party were badly frightened and for a time continued to scream as loudly as lungs would permit, thinking that soon they would be able to here each others’ voices. Still no sounds were heard. With the cold so extreme, we concluded to pack up and leave the country at once. The follow- ing spring a party who went up there trout fishing reported that, as the weath- er became warmer and everything be- gan to thaw out, the sounds of men con- versing with each other—voices with en- raged yells and some swearing—came through the air from all points of the compass, at times so intermingled that it seemed as if all were talking at once. Among the voices they plainly recog- nized old John Benson’s by his fearful swearing, also Abe Higgins’ voice, who lives down in the south part of Posey county, Indiana. He was alternately calling and whistling for his dog, and soon after, from the yells and howls of the poor animal, it was inferred that the dog had not heard and was being pun- ished for disobedience. It was nature’s own phonograph reproducing the frozen voices of that hard winter!’’ Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. ee. SHOR... 45 ee ee 50 i 5 OE ie ee 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. eee... 1% eg ee ee ee 1 88 as 2 70 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp We ee ce ec 2 2 0.1 ee ee veelee 240 Re.2 “ _ Oe eee eget tale 3 40 XXX Flint. No.0 Sun, crimp top.. 2 60 No.1 " - .. --.2 80 m2 * . " ..8 86 Pearl top. No.1 Sun, wrapped al and labeled Die eebe eceu ls 3 70 ae. ee Oe 470 No. 2 Hin e, ' " Me 470 La Bas = : Sun, ‘plain bulb, per pe. GSE : = No. i crimp, per, doz Deedee sage pices cued dls 1 35 ae ee eek ge 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Buier Crooks, por wal... 6. sa a: 06% 7 i gal., per. doz ines aya eomede urge eras ity o eee eee eee ee 4 as (ti as fee i a 2 i s a4 % 4 e From the Standpoint of the Buyer. One of the best speeches made at the recent banquet of the Knights of the Grip, at Kalamazoo, was by W. L. Brownell, the Celery City grocer, who responded to the toast of ‘‘The Buyer.’’ THe TRADESMAN solicited an opportu- nity to reproduce the effect, and was cor- dially accorded the opportunity. The response was as follows: The gentleman who requested me to respond to this toast, ‘‘The Purchaser,’ | very kindly informed me that the com- mittee did not expect very much from me in a literary way, and I promised not to disappoint you in that respect, at least. He said that, as mine was one of the last numbers on the program, you would all be tired and sleepy, and that you would not be so particular about the quality, if I would only give you a small quantity. One of the last speakers at a banquet is always at a disadvantage. I am placed at a peculiar disadvantage, as the gentle- man who was to stand in my place to- night is one whom you would all be glad to hear, and one who, I am sure, could have done justice to the subject and the occasion. It requires a man with iron nerve to tell a story in the presence of traveling men, for, if there is any story that they have not heard and repeated to their cus- tomers, it is either very, very new or else very, very poor. I am not so fortunate as the preacher, although I fear I shall be placed very much in the same position. His preach- ing was so dull and uninteresting that the old, bald-headed deacons, try as hard as they would, could not keep awake. This naturally made the preacher a little nervous, and a small boy in the congre- gation, noticing the condition of things for several Sundays, came to service one morning prepared to help the minister out. When the deacons got to nodding nicely, the boy extracted a few mealy apples from his pockets and commenced pecking the sleepy deacons on their shiny bald pates. The minister stopped ab- ruptly, and the boy sang out encour- agingly, ‘‘You go right on with your preaching, mister; I'll keep ’em awake for you.” I think you will all agree with me when I say that human nature is human nature, whether in the form of a buyer or a seller, and that no class of citizens in this country have the opportunity or use that opportunity to better advantage in the study of human nature than do the traveling men, who daily come into con- tact with all kinds and conditions of men. The veteran salesman will size a man up as a dealer would measure a yard of cloth or weigh a pound of sugar. There are some kinds of business— small business—that have a tendency to dwarf men and make them little in their dealings. You gentlemen of the road must—and I know that you do—make allowances for this no very small class. I remember going one night into a lit- tle grocery kept by a man who had seen better days. The store was lighted by two little kerosene lamps that struggled hard to perform their duty, while the fragrant odor from the latest fall style of codfish permeated the atmosphere. Upon the shelves were a few cans of coffee ex- tract, an assortment of soda and starch, while, displayed conspicuously in the window, was a large box of clay pipes. The grocer was seated upon an empty soap box back of the stove, his long neck, with head attached, craned to one side of the stove as I opened the door. A few preliminary remarks led to an inquiry from me as to the condition of trade. “Trade,’’ he said, ‘tis no good. Farmers haven’t much to sell, and what they have don’t bring ’em anything.’’ (Did any of you ever hear that remark before?) ‘**And then this MeKinley bill is knock- ing my business endways.” At this point the cat got up, looked sorrowfully at her master and went into the back room. “No siree; we’ve got to have a change in this country before long or we’re all go- ing to the dogs!’ The door opened, a young lady entered and the grocer, with some of his old-time vigor, pushed his hands through his straggling locks and “ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | sang to her that sweet refrain that has been sung by all merchants since the time that Noah made his contracts for building the ark down to the present era: ‘‘Nice day we’ve been having, but looks some like rain this evening.” The young lady thought so too, and, thus far, both their minds running in the same ehannel, everything looked propitious for a good, healthy trade; but, as it is always either a feast or a famine inthis world, the grocer’s time for feasting had not arrived, for, in one of the sweetest and most cordial voices | ever heard, she inquired if he kept postage stamps for sale. The two little lamps sputtered and flickered, a chunk of alum on the shelf puckered and turned over and the grocer admitted that he did, but hastened to re- mark that the government didn’t allow him to make a cent on them, that he sold them at cost and only kept them as an accommodation. The young lady de- parted; the grocer re-seated himself upon his svap box; the cat came back and laid down in the beans, and the good old gro- cer, heaving a sigh that for expression and volume I never heard equalled, said, ‘*William, you can see for yourself about how my trade runs!’ If one of you gro- cery salesmen had happened in on the old gentleman the next morning, and had not been received with that fervency that you thought should characterize the oc- easion, knowing his trade and what he had to contend with, could you blame him? You must sometimes make allowances. That there is a different and, for the most part, a far superior class of men repre- senting wholesale houses to-day as com- pared with fifteen years ago, is beyond question. It is a fact, too, that is noticed by everyone. As your procession was passing down Main street this morning, you were closely watched by an old lady who stood upon the corner. Turning to her companion, she said, ‘‘Jane, ’ve no doubt some of those men had respectable parents!”’ The traveling salesman is the best business friend a merchant has, espe- cially a small merchant, and the buyer, I care not who he is, how large or how small his business may be, who stands back upon his dignity and us@g the trav- eling man as he uses his dentist—only when necessity drives him to it, and then in small doses and with a wry face— makes a mistake. Buyers, too, should make some allow- ances. Traveling men are like all other men—they cannot always be jolly. A friend of mine and a representative of a large Eastern house, a man who was always good-natured and full of good feel- ing, came into my store one day, and, un- thinkingly, | chaffed him about his long face and sober look, and asked him if some of the boys had stolen a customer from him. The tears came into his eyes. He opened his watch and held it toward me. On the inside case was a sweet baby face. Pointing toit, in a husky voice, he said, ‘‘Baby is dead!’ He had re- eeived a dispatch from his wife that morning and was on his way home then. Gentlemen. we must all of us, buyer and seller alike, sometimes make allow- ances. EDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweley, hh GANA! 8?., Grand Rapids - Mic? Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect December 7, 1890. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going | South. North. ort For Saginaw, solid train ....... + 7:30 am Por Traveree Osey.... .... ..... 5:15am + 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw] 9:20 a m +11:30 a m For Saginaw, solid train........ + 4:30 pm Wor Come ck. cece oe + 2:15 pm + 5:00 pm For Mackinaw..... .t 8:50 pm 10:30 pm Proms RAtAmanee..... 66.0 05..5.. + 3:55 pm TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going | North. South. aw Comer es. { 6:00am + 6:30 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago...t!0:15 am +10:30 am Prom Sagmeaw..... | il 11:45am For Fort Wayne and the East.. + 2:00 pm lo ee + 5:30pm j 6:09 pm For Kalamazo and Chicago. . 10:00 p m {11:05 pm toe bite, erage ne are +10:30 p m Trains marked () run daily; (+) daily except Sunday. Sleeping and parlor car service: North—i1:30 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; 11:05 p m train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive. 7:00 am 10:10 a m i: 15 : pn 3:45 pm 5:40 8:45 pm wireuen 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. co. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEsT. Arrives. Leaves | Seer ree 12:50 p m 1:00 p m frerougn Marl,......... .. 5:00 pm 5:10pm | +Grand Rapids Express. -.10:25 pm “Wiens Exprees........ ... . 6:40am 7:05am Oe ee 7:30 am | GOING EAST. Toeerose Mrpcess.................. 6:50am +Through Mail ae 10:20 a m es eaeeeee........ 3:45pm MINN TREO on. occ een see 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. ‘Datly, Detroit Express leaving 6:5@a m has Wagner parlor | and buffet car attached, and Evening Express leaving | 3:45 p m has parlor car attached. direct connection in Detroit for all points East. Express leaving at 10:55 m has Wagner sleeping ear 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 A8. 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 = connecting lines. A. J. PaisLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent OCTOBER 5, 1890. CHICAGO & WEST MICHIGAN RY. DEPART FOR | A... | P. E. | 7M tP. | ee. Chicago .........| +9200) 1:00/*11:5 Indianapolis a +1:09)§11 | +9:00) +1:00)+11 Benton Harbor. St. Joseph.... t1:00}t11 Traverse City 225] +5:05/t11 os Muskegon. ...... eo: 71:00;'+ 5:06) 46:40 ...... Manistee ....... | 725] 15:05 . bl. Ludington ...... +7 +5205 Po Baldwin ........ i ToOO Tibco. | Big Rapids «| Tes25) 75206 Io bee, Grand Haven...} t9:00} +1:00 t 5:05) +8: 10) Holland . : | +9:00} 41:00 + 5:05) +8:.0 *11: +W eek Day 8. §Exc ept Saturd: ly 9 °()( A. M. has through chair car to Chica ve go. oextra charge for seats. *Every day. 1 () P.M. runs through to Chicago solid | ° with Wagner buffet car; seats 75 cts. | - = P.M. has through chair car to Manis DUD icc. via wa ER OR: to Traverse City. | 1 230 verse Ser P M. solid train has sleeper for Tra- | § Pp P. M.is solid train with Wagner pal- | | 1136 ace sleeping car through to hicago, and also a combination sleeping and parlor car through to Indianapolis, via Benton Harbor. NOVEMBER 30, 1890. DETROIT, XoveMBen 10. Lansing & Northern RR DEPART FOR iA MM.) P.M. | P.M. Detroit and Mast.............] a oes Poe ee, | Granud Ledeo... .......-.....] mame Cdesee.... 2... 8... | Perea cs | mewend Civ... 2... 5.2.3, | Bamore.. .. a ae. sees sree] | a Se Regis | 47:30] +4: Bea Savinaw City. ......-.... 2.1 #7330] 44:30). 0222. *Every Day. tWeek Days. P76) A M. runs through to Detroit with par- é ae) lor car; seats 25 cents. i ef) P. M. Has through Parlor car to De- emi\/ troit. Seats, 25 cents. 6: eS) P. M. runs through to Detroit with par eau) lor car, seats 25 cents. For tickets and information apply at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. Geo. DeHaven, Gen, Pass’r Agt. These trains make | solid train | = _MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’’ } DEPART. ARRIVE = eee 7:20am 10:00pm ee a .. 6:30am 5:00pm pa Pi eee ecosemoe 12:30am 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express. .11:1b pm 6:00am New — WRC OM i icccccecae Sescce 5:40pm 1:15pm *Dai 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. Briaes, 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. FIT FOR \ Gentleman Table: All goods bearing the name of THURBER, WHYLAND & CO., OR ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR. Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited | to calland see us,and if they wish, have their correspondence addressed in our care, We shall] | be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write | us about anything you wish to know. | | THURBER, WHYLAND & 00., West Broadway, Reale & Hudson Streeta New Ycrk City WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. 3EFORE BUYING GRAT ret Circular and Tesumomals. Sent Fr-- eI Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic 5 ALDINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPID , MICH. Soe SE A TTT o | | | For 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. . ereoty per etic ae ae SWCS BRass RUIE Woo VY COD ME fA FURNITURE moe aiaea S11) YN aT ae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THANKS! E take this method of thanking those who, by their generous support, have helped us complete this BY FAR THE LARG- EST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR’S BUSINESS IN OUR HISTORY. It is gratify appreciated. ng to know that our efforts to win friends are so The wonderful increase in our business not only convinces us that we are on the right track, but also enables us to sell goods on still CLOSER MARGINS than ever, and we propose to HEAD THE PROCESSION right along. When in the city STOP WHERE YOU SEE THE MOST BUSINESS GOING ON, and Visit us. Respectfully, OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO. Seen Through a Boy’s Eyes. DEER Ma—you wantid I should rite you wen I got here but I was so buisy I cant till to-day. uncle john and me cume over here from the Cars in an old wagun and it joltid all the way. we are so busy I did not have no time to rite Till now. Papa has a nice big Store and me and papa wate on the peeple. that is What he calls it. The Folk Buy all they want hear, and thar is no other store in this vilage and no other bilding an no place for enny for the trees are not cut down Much Yet. papa says we must make hay while the Sun shines, for there will be More stores here Bimeby and a ralerode and the Cars will Come two. What does he mean ma about makin hay for I didn’t like toast him. there aint no place to make hay around Here till you get One or two Miles off. Papa and me are the post-master here to We Sort over the letters and papers and there is not men- ny to sort over ether. the little male bag come here on a mule with a man Settin on It now. Papa says it will be bigger bime by—the male bag I mean—not the Mule. We live in the back rooms Of the store. The Cat stais there part of the time to. Papa is a good Cook but he Burned the pan cakes Once, and I thot he yoused sware words then for he lookt arownd to me Kind of scart like, but I pertended I dident here. he maikes Good boiled potatoes when I watch The fire under em, and He boils good Beef. He is lots of help I tell you. I bring in the would an bring some water an go down to aunt hanners after the Milk, and part of the time she sends some cream two. papa Likes cream In his coffee. The folks Come to This village to buy snuff And calico and tea and sugar, and They bring some egs and Butter to pay for em and sometims when the egs is all traded out the women reach Down in their shoe or their Stockin—Ime Not Shure which— and pull out a little money, and trade out that too. The egs Is good and tne butter aint so good. it smells sometimes. Papa sends the butter awai somers Where he says they Dont mind if It is strons. I guess its eat By Strong men In the woods. I see Some men Yesterday what looked Asif they eat strong butter. their trousers was Made of striped an checkerd woolen Blankits and they wore long Red flannel stockins Way up over Their neas. A woman Come here yesterday for A let- ter and papa charged her Two cents for it an she Actid mad when she See there Was a stamp on it an said he shouldn’t charge a cent an showed him It was paid. I thought she Was right but she paid it. An mal see a Man take a Big wad of Tobacco out of papa’s pail of what he ealls fire Cut I think, and put it In His mouth quick when He thought No one was lookin, and when I went round and told papa About It he only sed hush and didnt seam to cair. I Thought it was Stealin. Was it right ma. You tell Me in your Next letter. I think next should be scratched out for you Havent wrote any letter Yet at all. We sell a few shoes here and the wimen Take the} I ast one woman why, an! she said they kep her feet warmer And} Stoutest ones. wore longer. I tell That to you ma so you can Bye that Kind. It was A cold day and this woman Had a shawl over Her head and when she took It off there was no bunnit Under it, nothin but a high comb, and she sed I should tell My mother about that too. Well I must stop writin and begin to Get supper. I allers make a fire first and then put on the tee Kittle. Thats rite aintit ma. I’m keepin a diry ma an I shall tell you More in my next letter. papa likes this Country and tells me he’s makin money but sed dont say enny thing about. But 1 thought Id tell you Cause your my ma An I want you to come hear to Live with Us, and papa wants you To come too. he knows I’m writin To you and sed Kiss Mama For Me. I guess he ment send it in the letter. Tell Morty rood I like the Store Business, an That if he wants to See me he’il have to cum to Michigan. Its way ahed of Ohio, and I’m not cumin Back. Your good boy JIMMIE BIRDSELA. ee oe Education makes the man only when character and purpose go with it. = ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS. Michael Kolb & Son, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE Wholesale Clothing Manvtacturers ROCHESTER, N. Y. speaks well for its integrity and j it is just 30 years since Michael Kolb first entered into the wholesale Clothing Manufacturing Business at Rochester, N. Y., and it is an ad- mitted* fact through the trade generally that he has not arival in style, fit and make up of every garment shipped out of that eminent house of Michael Kolb & Son. The senior member of the firm always was and is opposed to leaders or baits in any special line, he adopts the honest system of small profits, one price and quick returns. The firm’s representative in Michigan, William Connor, who is in his tenth year with us, will wait upon any of the trade and show our line, buy or not buy, giv- ing every one an opportunity to see our line, learn our prices and equitable terms and trusting to future events. In addi- tion, Mr. Connor attends periodically at Sweet’s Hotel in Grand Rapids and will be there Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5, 6 and 7, 1891, when customers’ BUSINESS established 30 years expenses are paid who meet him there to buy. Such of the trade wishing him to eall, kindly address William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. MICHAEL KOLB & SON.