| i wn ame ee mm Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 8. PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. Cor. Monroe and Ionia Sts., | Capital, $100,000. Liability, $100,000. Depositors’ Security, $200,000. OFFICERS. Thomas Hefferan, President. Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President. Charlies M. Heald, 2d Vice-President. Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier. DIRECTORS. H. C. Russell John Murray D. D. Cody 8S. A. Morman Jas. G. MacBride J. H. Gibbs Wm. McMullen Cc. B. Judd D. E. Waters H. F. Hastings Jno. Patton, Jr. Cc. M. Heald Wm. Alden Smith Don J. Leathers Thomas Hefferan. Four per cent. interest paid on time certificates and savings deposits. Collections promptly made at lowest rates. Exchange sold on New York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. Money transferred by mail or telegraph. Muni- cipal and county bonds bought and sold. Ac- counts of mercantile firms as well as banks and bankers solicited. We invite correspondence or personal inter- view with a view to business relations. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. RAYON, LYON & 60., JOBBERS OF tationery and Books A Complete Line of HAMMOCKS, FISHING TACKLE, MARBLES, ——= BASE BALL GOODS — Our new sporting goods catalogue will be ready about February 10th. EATON, LYON &CO., 20 and 22 Monree St. Wm. H. White & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER, Maple, Soft and Rock Elm, Birch and Hemlock. Mills at 7“. City, on Pine Lake, and at Boyne lis, on the G. R. & I. R’y. Correspondence Solicited. BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN. Basswood, GRAN D RAPIDS, ‘DE JONGE i VAN HEULEN. 83 So. Division #130 Oakes Sts. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Flour Feed, Hay, Straw, Bic. Pillsbury’s and Washburn’s “BEST” Spring Wheat Flour. A full line of Schumacher’s goods and all other cereals constantly on hand. We quote: SOLID BRAND-—Selects..... ...... , 2 ' . ee . —— _. PT) DAISY BRAND—Selects.. SN _ Standards... eee ee o _ Favorites <. see Standards, in a. $1. 5 ‘per ‘gal. Mince Meat. BEST IN USE. 20-1b. Pails Eee ete ee Te per Ib. oe UT 746c 5-lb. Cans, $4.00 pn doz. '2-1b. Cans (usual weight), 81.60 per doz. Choice Dairy Butter, 18c. Fresh Eggs, 17c. BE, FALLAS & SON Prop’s Valley City Cold Storage, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ESTABLISHED 1841. _ LA ETL LEN OE THE MERCANTILE AGENCY r.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada. DAVIS’ CARBOLIC OIL LINIMENT. Detroit, Mich. Gents—In 1856 I broke a knee-pan in the Prov- idence, R. I., gymnasium, and ever since have been much ‘troubled with severe pains in the knee joint. A few weeks ago I had a very severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism in the same knee, when I applied your Davis’ Carbolic Oil Liniment, the third application of which cured me entirely. You have my permission to use my statements as you see fit. { am very thank- ful for the — —. + Yours truly, OBT. J. F. ROEHM, Jeweler. WILLIAMS SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to FARRAND, WiLLIAMS & Co, BEACH’S New York Goffee Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. Five Cents Each for all dishes served from bill of fare. Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. IT WILL PAY YoU To Buy ALLEN B.WRISLEY’S g000 CHEER SOAP Leadin$ Wholesale Grocers keep it. F.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. “WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1891. PORT SHELDON. Graphic History of a Long Forgotten City. Written for THE TRADESMAN. iL Since beginning the preparation of this brief historial sketch, the writer has | endeavored to obtain concurrent sta- | tistics to verify those already furnished; | but so few persons are now living who | resided in this vicinity fifty years ago | and were cognizant of the work under- | taken on Pigeon Lake that the writer | has met with little in this di-| rection. Among those who are familiar with the early history of the embryo city is Hon. Thomas D. Gilbert, the banker and gas manufacturer, courteously complied with a request for | an interview. suecess veteran who ‘*It appears to have been the intention | of the promotors of the enterprise, Mr. Gilbert, ‘‘ to found a large several thousand lots were laid out and | placed on the market. Speculative fever ran high in those days, especially in the western part of the State. Villages and | embryo cities were iaid out everywhere, often without much regard to location. There are places along the banks of Grand River where hundreds of were platted, a building or two erected and a few lots sold, where to-day not a trace of a town is left to mark the spot. I was assessor of the township of Grand Haven—which included Port Sheldon— in those days and put down the lots there at $5 apiece. The people in the new city were angry that I should have assessed the property so low and took | frequent occasion to exhibit their dis- | pleasure. ” said city, as} acres | word as ‘’The money to carry on so foolish an undertaking was furnished by the Unit- ed States Bank of Philadelphia—than the foremost financial institution of the} country. Mr. Jaudon, the chief mover in the enterprise, was a cousin of the} cashier of the Bank and obtained a loan of $200,000, secured by mortgage on the entire property. I was Assistant Regis- ter of Deeds in those days and distinctly | remember recording the mortgage. The | company never paid a cent of interest— much less anything on the principal— and when the Bank went into liquida-| tion Mr. Pike was appointed receiver to| wind up the business of the company and convert the assets into cash as rapid- ly as possible. ‘*The store was stocked with the most unseasonable imaginable, little adapted to the needs of a new country whose inhabitants were mainly Indians, | with a small sprinkling of white traders | and trappers. Of course, Mr. Pike made small headway in closing out such a | stock, as there was little market for the | most of it. goods ‘*No inconsiderable portion of the first stock received by vessel from the East | was a choice assortment of wines and | champaignes, which were stored at Grand Haven. Whenever a guest of any sequence arrived at Port Sheldon, a} requisition was made on the storehouse con- |and both gentlemen concur in the | on the same terms. ities of all | universally drank, | pieces, Perfection “NO. 386 ‘ad a general carousal of duration ensued.”’ The first day the Ottawa House was opened eight guests were registered. On the second, third and tenth days as many more arrived. This was in the month of December and the weather may been inclement. The hospitality of Port Sheldon Land Co. must unbounded, according to the statements of both Mr. Pike and Mr. Gilbert, say that, as a rule, strangers arriving at this Hotel any considerable tance were entertained free of several days have the have been who from dis- charge, state- ment that champagne was also furnished That foreign large quanti- wines and been consumed may be inferred from the statement of Mr. Pike that fifty baskets of wines and brandies was no uncommon consignment Although at that period intoxicating liquors were almost kinds of liquors must have to arrive at one time. still drunkenness was extremely rare. Why, then, was Port Sheldon aban- | doned altogether by those who expended their money so Having laid spacious streets with prospective parks, sites for schools and other public buildings, possessing many natural advantages over other rival cities, particularly the initial advantage of ready freely there? been well and blocks, out in large sums of money al- why did not others, seeing the depreciation in values, combine and purchase at a sacrifice this entire property, of more hardy pioneers be discouraged and expended upon it, form a second company could knew no who not who such fail? It is easy to ask these questions, but they are not so easily answered. There came a time when the Port Sheldon Land Co. awoke to the con- | sciousness that its money was exhaust- ed: that its proposed trunk line of rail- | road to connect the East with the West was to remain upon paper only; that immigration had ceased for the time be- jing, and that its ‘‘City by the Lake”’ | was neither increasing in wealth nor in- | habitants. A mercantile journal of the Port Sheldon Land Co., kept by Mr. Pike, is first dated Nov. 1, 1840, probably about the time of which is his appoint- iment as their legal agent to reside there and dispose of the property. the Ottawa House to Father of Holland, for $2,000. removed to He sold VanRaalte, It was taken to the settlement where - Scale. The Latest Improved and Best. ‘Does Not Reguire Down Weisht Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter. For sale by leading wholesale grocers. siiescineneaasinin titers sg ibphorare heh ai RIO a gn Rip ae a RCN Heth 5 hens aman sp ee at AMEND RAP PY Mth eT ME REN ERC eee ota eR eae cakctaielt wo es Ig cecablet gama Nhe AR ib ah ai Holland now stands, and other and smaller buildings constructed from the materials. In a few years thereafter the entire personal property, if not the real estate, was disposed of at a ‘sacrifice. Alexander H. Jaudon had already pur- | chased 3,000 or 4,000 acres of land in the vicinity of the new city, but whether that was sacrificed. isnot known. The furniture and furnishings of the Ottawa House must have been elegant and ex- pensive for that early day in Michigan, judging from the few articles still in ex- istence. The writer was shown two heavy plate mirrors, now the property of Mr. Pike, which once adorned the walls of this pioneer hotel. One of them is about 21¢x4 feet in size, and the other 4x6 feet, with rather plain wood frames, four or five inches wide, heavily laid with gold leaf, still in a good state of preservation. The largest one was con- sidered cheap at $20, even when money possessed double the purchasing power of to-day. The Pike family are also in possession of an excellent full length en- graving of Her Majesty Queen Victoria at the time of her coronation in 1840, the frame of which is finished in much the same style as the mirrors. The hotel was built in 1838, but not completed un- til 1839. Mr. Pike was given every opportunity to study the nature and character of the native Indians and pays them the follow- ing tribute: ‘‘In the main, I found them honest and trustworthy, even affectionate and kind. I have had at times thirty to forty of them sleeping upon the floor of my store at night, with my goods all about them, and yet they did not steal from me. I have credited half the Indians who then resided in the Northern part of the State—opened accounts with them by entering their names upon my books, and in all the years of my dealing with them the small loss I sustained was trifling and generally rendered unavoid- able by sickness or death. When they came to Grand Rapids for their annual pay from the government, it was their rule to settle all accounts to date. To be sure, they were fond of intoxicating drinks and would get more noise and music (if not pleasure) out of one pint of ‘fire water’ than a white man would from a gallon and would usually be found good natured or asleep until its effects had passed away. I have slept on the banks of the Kalamazoo River, surrounded by Indians who had a barrel of whisky on tap and were making night hideous with their yells and dancing, yet I felt even more safe than if alone, as I was confident every one of them THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | 1,000 bushels to Cleveland in 1841, for | which he received 50 cents a bushel. | They cost him from 3714 to 40 cents and |were taken to Grand Haven in barges | and thence by schooner to Cleveland. The retail prices of merchandise fifty |years ago, as shown by the ledger Kept | by Mr. Pike in 1841 and 1842, are in marked contrast to the prices now ruling | for the same articles. | In dry goods, calico was 18 to 31 cents per yard; candle wicking, 13 cents per ball; bandanna silk handkerchiefs, $2 apiece; brown linen, 20 cents per yard; cotton shirts, $1.50 apiece; suspenders, $1 per pair, and men’s wool socks 62%¢ cents per pair. In groceries and provisions, venison was $1 per carcass; brown sugar, 12}¢ cents per pound; flour, $4 per barrel; salt, $2 per barrel; Cavendish tobacco, 621s cents a pound; potatoes, 50 cents per bushel; tea, $1 to $1.25 per pound; coffee, 1214 cents per pound. In hardware, wrought nails brought 19 cents a pound and cut nails 12%¢ cents; stove pipe, 19 cents per pound and el- bows, 25 cents apiece. Quinine appeared to be in considera- ble demand at $3.50 per oz. Letter postage was 25 cents and 3 cents were required to forward a newspaper. Wheat was slow sale at 50 cents per bushel. Lumber was in Small demand at that time, the current price in Chicago for the best grades being only $5 per thous- and. —— i -o-<— A Farmer Who Didn’t Want Any Soap. “You can either beat a farmer as slick as grease or you can’t beat him at all,” said the patent hay fork man as we were talking about his adventures in the rural regions. ‘That is, he is either gullible or over suspicious. Some will refuse a good thing and some will snap at a swin- dle. I think I can illustrate my declara- tions right here, or at least one of them. The man in the seat over there is a farmer.”’ “J should say so.”’ ‘“‘And he’s one of the sort who suspects every stranger. Watch me try him.” He took a cake of toilet soap from his satchel and going over to the farmer saluted him in a pleasant manner, and added: “J have a new make of soap here which I am introducing to the public. It is worth fifteen cents a cake, but I make the price only five.” ‘Don’t want it,’? was the gruff reply. “With every cake goes a $5 greenback, a gold bracelet, a deed of a town lot in Kansas, a pocket knife, a pair of eye- glasses, and a solid gold ring.” “Don’t want ’em, sir!”’ “As I want your opinion of the soap I will give it to you.”’ “*} won't take it.” “But. sir, in order to introduce it into your neighborhood I will give you 100 cakes free, and at the same time leave five watches and five deeds to town lots.” ‘‘L.ook-a-here!’’ shouted the farmer, as he jumped up and spat on his hands, ‘“You go away from me or I'll mash you! would have defended me with his life if|}>m on to your tricks, old man, and if necessary. ferent people from the Sioux and Apaches who have caused so much trou- ble in the West. There was nothing in common between them. Those in Mich- igan were peaceful, kind and hospitable, while the Western races were hostile, implacable and warlike to the last, and for either to meet the other, meant war to the death.” The inhabitants of that day in Michi- gan were limited to a small supply of fruit, and that principally wild, although Cran- berries were the staple fruit and were | gathered in season by both the whites Mr. Gilbert speaks of hav- in one season and Mr. Pike says he shipped in some sections very abundant. and Indians. ing purchased 1,000 bushels They were an entirely dif-| you think you have picked up a hayseed, you are barking up the wrong tree.” And the hay-fork man had to move lively to escape the blow levelled at his nose. SAMPLE SHEET4"5 PRICES BARLOW BROS.GRAND RAPIDS,MIC BALL-BARNHARY-PUYMAN GO. IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers, GRAND RAPIDS. Fine Line of Canned Goods and Cali ornia Fruits, STANDARD Olh 60, » GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Dealers in Ulvminating and Lubricating -OLTLS- 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. THE NRW YORK BISCUIT G0, Ss. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manutacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers GRAND RAPIDS. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries, (Land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS Se ano —— THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. _ 3 Ethics of Horse Trade. Written for THE TRADESMAN. “Hello! Bill.” ‘Hello! That you, Johnsing? Well, by gash!” ejaculated the person ad- dressed. ‘How do, anyhow? Thought you was dead. How’s the folks?” ‘‘Fambly’s all right. Able t’eat their *lowance. How’s yourn?” ‘“* Talluble.” “°S that a new hoss ye be’n a gittin?” **Yaas. How d’ye like ’er?” ‘‘Fair. She hain’t no mate fer ole Bill, here, but I’ve see wuss lookin’ beasts afore now.” “?S that Bill? Waal I’m s’prised. Bill hain’t lookin’ none o’ the best this spring. What ails him?” ‘“‘Fax is, I hain’t fed him his grain’s Lort. He’s one o’ these ’ere hosses w’at it don’t make a ter’ble sight o’ dif’nce on no how. I’low’t Bill’11 do more work on less feed ’n any other hoss in these parts. I’ve had Bill nigh onter ten year, ’n’ he hain’t never went back on me yit. How’ll ye swap off the little mare?”’ “JT @no. What ye call yourn worth?’ “Hunderd ’n’ a half’s a low figger fer 27im. Do ’no’s ’s I'd hardly keer to let ?im go fer that.’ “Hunderd’n’ fifty dollars! By gash! Ye don’t fergit to ast enough fer him. How ole d’ye cal’late he is ?” ‘¢ Six year nex’ June.” “Sixteen ye mean.” “Not by a jug full!” **Yo’ jest said you’d had ’im ten.”’ “Didn’t nuther.” ‘7n? he’s foundered so’s ’t he can’t hardly walk.”’ ‘© Yourn’s got the heaves.” ‘“‘You’d better knock yourn in the head an’ sell’im fer sassage meat, on’y the’ couldn’t nothin’ eat the sassage after ’ was made.”’ *‘ You’re a bloody liar !”’ ‘Same to you.”’ ‘sT don’t take that air fm no man.” ‘‘Waal, wade rightin. I’m yer blue- jay.” They dismounted and glared at each other for a minute. ‘‘Say,”’ said the tall man, at last, ‘‘this hain’t my day fer fightin’, no how. Le’s trade. How much boot’ll ye give?”’ ** Not a red.” “9s your mare sound ?” ‘‘Asadollar. Yourn pull good?” ‘“‘Pull anything. True as steel. How’s yourn ?”’ ‘“‘Pull! You'd like to see ’er pull.”’ ‘*Swap even ?”’ ‘6 Yep.” stT#s a go.’’ They mounted their acquisitions and started on; the tall man soliloquizing: “Thought he was ter’ble cute! The ole hoss’s so lame ’t he stan’s on his hine feet fer a week ata time, ’n’ his teeth’s so long ’t he can’t eat chop feed even, like he orter.”’ While at the same time the other fel- low, with a smile which distorted his thin face into the semblance of a full moon was saying: : ‘‘Wall by gash! Got red of ’er after all. She’s nigh dead with the heaves, ’n’ so balky she wouldn’t pull a settin’ hen off’m the nest. I don’t low the fool killer’s be’n up to Johnsing’s house lately, by gash! No, sir; by gash! he hain’ t.”’ Gro. L. THURSTON. Central Lake, Mich. ——_——_—_>--2 Woodland—The Woodland Roller Mill Co. has voted to increase its capital stock from $12,000 to $20,000. | Notes Taken on a Northern Trip. The unseasonable weather in most parts of Michigan is causing much com- ment and considerable alarm. North of a line drawn East and West through the city of Big Rapids, where it is usual at this season of the year to find good sleighing, there was, last week, more or less complaint of a scarcity of snow the present winter. - There is so much labor required in the forests which cannot be successfully performed without sleigh- ing that many persons are somewhat disheartened at the prospect. In many places the wheat is suffering from some cause. Merchants in all the towns are anxiously hoping for a heavy fall of snow, as that would immediately give anew impetus to trade. Logs, railroad ties, fence posts, cordwood, telegraph and hoop poles, would be brought out to the railroads, reach the markets, and money would return in exchange, and pass at once into circulation. Cadillac and Traverse City have less reason to complain of hard times than most other towns, as both are more met- ropolitan in character,and have had a fair apology for’7sleighing a‘ portion of the time. Both are also confidantly ex- pecting a healthy accession of new buildings and population the coming summer. A new departure has been taken by Hannah, Lay & Co., at Trav- many desirable changes there in the near future. Heretofore it appears this firm has refused to sell business lots on Front street, but has leased them for a short term of years only. Now these lots are offered for sale at $60 per front foot; the lessees being given the first opportunity to purchase. This price is generally thought reasonable. At present the city has the advantages of two railroads and feels confidant of a third from Man- istee. Your correspondent can see no reason why Traverse City should not now rapidly treble its population. It has many natural advantages of situa- tion in its favor and the scenery about it may be ranked among the finest in the State. From its admirable position at the head of a great bay, it naturally should command the heavy trade from at least two or three contiguous counties and eventually build up a considerable wholesale trade. Summer resorts on the shores of the Bay are already attracting many visitors. The highly fertile and well known fruit lands in close proximi- ty to the city will also prove a mine of wealth in the years to come. ADDISON. Wholesale Rubber Goods. Our line of Rubber Goods cannot be surpassed in the State. SHOES, CLOTHING, Miscellaneous Rubber Goods. ORDER AT ONCE.’ We also carry a large and complete line of Mill Supplies, Sporting Goods and Fire De- partment Supplies. Studley & Barclay, Grand Rapids, Mich. Send for catalogue. erse City, which will probably produce | RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO., 12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST.. GRAND RAPIDS, Ask our salesmen or call and see our improved and new lines of Men’s, Boys’ and Youth’s Shoes for Spring trade. We are making the best lines for service offered by any one. Ourriver goods lead all others. We carry a full line of jobbing goods and offer most everything at old prices. YHE PUYNAM GANDY CO, Wholesale Manutacturers. Fruit and Nut Jobbers. ASK FOR PRICE LIST. 8S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN. S. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. "2 OSS UPT The “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a competitor against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, because it is equal to any 10c cigar on the market. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. ow re repre giete wee Sten eS aeceang eshte Saabs i ie reine Aust Abtianedicon ip hePR aia 2g Bie Jl ig pe cf a RED A y ope wep j et RE ea Mi eh eR AEA a ROR TTY Pe ny calseaecokamaen. nmbreasiaiadniananascieatineennin AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Manistee— Thos. Green & Co. opened a new grocery store. Grayling—W. H. Swale is closing out his hardware and tin business. Lansing—Mrs. J. E. Kief has sold her | dry goods stock to Chas. Broas. Alto—D. M. Skidmore has general stock to a man named McKee. Muskegon — J. J. Timmer succeeds Timmer & Ennema in the dry goods bus-} iness. Port Huron — Wm. J. Mulford suc- eeeds Mulford & Howard in the furniture | have | sold his} THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | Big Rapids—A. A. Crane has pur- chased an interest in the dry goods stock |of E. C. Morris, having been associated years. The new firm will be known as | Morris & Crane. Allegan— Irving F. Clapp, who has pursued the grocery business at this place for sixteen consecutive years, has sold his stock to Wm. Walter and Jacob Stein. who will continue the business under the style of Walter & Stein. former has been identified with Mr. Clapp as cashier and bookkeeper and the latter as salesman. Manistee—E. N. Salling, one of our most enterprising lumbermen, does not confine his attention solely to logs and |lumber. He recently bought a tract of iland at Frankfort, on the bluff over- business. West Branch — Dan’! Jacobs is suc-| ceeded by W. H. Rollins in the meat} business. Ludington—O. Bratland & Sons suc- | ceed O. Bratland & Co. in the grocery business. Stanton—Geo. E. and tobaceo stock to D. Barber has sold his eonfectionery F. Taliman. Bangor—Chas. W. Peters has sold his looking Lake Michigan, and with eastern parties, whe are interested with him, he proposes putting up a large summer re- sort hotel and developing the possibili- ties of the place in that line. They will | spend about $50,000 in the venture, if it goes through. grocery and crockery stock to A. Van | Duzen. Evart—l. Kositchek & Bro. will close their clothing store February 12 and re-| move the stock to Alpena. Stanton—Lew. Sterling has closed out his grocery stock to Wilkes Purchase, | who will remove it from the city. Detroit—The capital stock of the De- troit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co. has been increased from $700,000 to $800,000. Hudson—The drug stock belonging to the estate of the late Geo. W. Cutler has been purchased by S. Van Etta & Son, of Orland, Ind. Durand—J. H. Cox is building an ad- dition to his store building, 36 feet in length, which feet long on the second floor. Kalamazoo —W. M. Bryant has pur- chased an interest in the shoe stock of Mrs. M. B. Barnett. 3arnett & Bryant. him a hall 76 . will make be known as Chauncey—J. H. Baker has sold a half | interest in his general stock and mill to D. Stowell, of Mill Creek. will be known as Baker & Stowell. Mears—C. A. Sessions has purchased | Wagar and stock at the general stock of G. A. consolidated it with his Benona. He has gar’s timber on sections 7, 8, 17 and 18. Au Sable—The stock of the J. E. Potts Salt and Lumber Co., at Potts, was last week for 3734 per eent. of the inventory. The _ stock originally invoiced at $35,000. own also purchased general sold Montague—R. B. Johnson has sold his meat market to Frank Coleman and Geo. Beddo. will zrand Rapids to engage in lumber business with Robert Forbes. Allegan—Sherwood & Griswold and E. Johnston move to C. Jenner have consolidated their stocks except the lumber business of the mer. Mr. Jenner will remain in of the boot and shoe department. Ashland Center—J. W. Pollard has sold a half interest in his general stock to Geo. A. Pollard, formerly of the firm of Avery & Pollard, The new firm will Bros. Grand Ledge—Frank O. Lord has sold his grocery and crockery stock to C. W. Jennings, general dealer at Pine Lake, who will remove his stock te this place and consolidate it with his recent pur- chase. for- at Sclocum’s Grove. be known as Pollard The new firm will | Wa-| charge MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Gladwin—R. Colter’s shingle mill is now in operation, cutting 25,000 daily. Holland—The Holland Stone Co. has been. incorporated, with a capital stock of $25,000, Ludington—The Pierce Manufactu- ring Co. has engaged in the manufac- ture of brooms. Farwel’—J. L. Littlefield is putting in | 275,000 feet of hemlock, to be manufac- | tured at his mill here. Roscommon—The Alpine Lumber Co. is receiving a large quantity of logs by rail. Last week 500,000 feet were un- loaded at the mill. Detroit— George M. Corner, A.. M. Rolls and R. V. Hentig have incorporat- ed the Corner Mucilage and Paste Co., with a capital stock of $5,000. St. Louis—The Palmerton Wooden- ware Co. has doubled its capacity, and | will add 100 more men to the payroll. | This coneern is not in the combination. The new firm | South Manistique—Hall & Buell have purchased a large block of timber tribu- tary to the Manistique river of Gen. R. A. Alger, estimated to cut 100,000,000 feet. Detroit—The name of the Millenback Brewing Co. has been changed to the Phenix Brewing Co., and the capital stock has been increased from $30,000 to $75,000. Saginaw—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Linton Manufac- turing Co., it was voted to increase the capital stock of the concern from $50,000 to $100,000. Flint—Stone, Atwood & Co., the wool- en mills firm, has added pantaloon man- ufacturing to its line, and will hence- forth use up alarge portion of its own mill product. Manistee—Henry C. Ward has renewed | his contract with McKillip & Co. to saw for him the coming season. He says he has had the finest winter for logging he has ever known. Harrison—Wilson, Stone & Wilson are building a hardwood and shingle mill near this place, having purchased a large | quantity of hardwood and shingle timber | |land in town 19, north of range 5, west. Saginaw— The Ross Sapless Block | Paving Co., operating a mill at the forks lof the Tobacco river, has received an with the house as clerk for fourteen | The | tease enim |of the Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co., Nel- | that City. | the manufacture of wrapping’ paper ex- order from Chicago fur two miles of sap- less cedar paving blocks to be laid in Saginaw—The Emery Lumber Co. will bring 25,000,000 feet of logs over from Georgian bay the coming summer. These logs will be manufactured at the mills son Holland and Emery Bros., at Tawas. Otsego—The Bardeen Paper Co. has decided to build another paper mill, with a frontage of 126 feet and a floor space of 47.000 square feet. The building will be of brick and will be devoted to clusively. Bay City—The Au Sable Lumber Co. secured a verdict here Friday against the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Chica- go and the Detroit Manufacturing Mu- tual Fire Insurance Co. for $4,048.80 and $3,036, respectively. They refused to settle when the company’s mill was burned, because’ incendiarism was charged. West Bay City—The Crump Manu- facturing Co. has begun the work of erecting a new planing mill and box factory, which will employ eighty hands. The new mill will have six planers, two resawing machines, three rip saws and one box gang. The building will be three stories high and 60x140 feet, with stone foundation and brick fireroom. Last year this company cut 4,821,000 feet of lumber into box shooks, dressed 5,000,000 feet of lumber, and shipped 500 car loads of products. The machin- ery of the old mill will be put into the new one. INDIANA ITEMS. Shipshewana—L. E. Miller has sold his general stock to J. E. Suntheimer, general dealer at Pashan, who will re- move his stock to this place and consoli- date it with his new purchase. Greenville Call: ‘‘One of our attor- neys had business at Ionia the other day, and after his work was through he went to the Bailey House to rest and refresh himself, the arduous labors he having gone through having made him tired. Lighting a cigar he picked out the easi- est chair in the office and sat down with a contented smile beaming all over his countenance. All at once he was heard to give a yell and jump up, almost knocking his head against the ceiling. When he landed on terra firma again, water was seen to be pouring from the bottom of his pantaloons in a copious stream, and still he continued to yell. Investigation proved that Frank Tilden, traveling representative for W. J. Gould & Co., had attached about ten feet of rubber tubing to the faucet of the water | works and, putting the other end into | the attorney’s pocket, had turned on a| full head of water. Although the liquid | was cold as ice, yet for a few moments it was very hot in that office.”’ MANUPACTURERS’ MUTUAL FIRE [NSURANCE GOMPANY. ANNUAL REPOA8RT. DEcEMBER, 31, 1890. Total number of policies in force De- Dea ee ee cember 31, 188% . 1,030 Total number of policies added dur i ee 1,577 ela ise aes a: 2,607 Deduct cancellation and expiration.. 1,551 Total number in force Dec. 31, 1890... 1,056 Ae TOE oo cea sel $1,616,773 06 Cieeees |... -sss--,-- se Liabilities, including re-insurance TT 53,275 30 Income 50,153 29 Losses paid in 1890 (including $7,427.24 paid for loss In 1689) .............«.. 27, Other Openness. ............-,.-.- 6-5: 22.164 79 A. M. GRANGER, Sec’y. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. K° SALE—STORE BUILDING WITH OR WITHOUT stock of furniture and undertaking goods. New hearse. Living rooms overhead. Cottage adjoining. Barn. Terms to suit. Address No. 190, care Michigan Tradesman. 190 a“ SALE CHEAP—NEARLY NEW GRAIN SCALE, especially adopted for flour and feed dealer. Geo. Lehman, 46 West 191 Owner has no use for it. Bridge street, Grand Rapids. W NTED—TO EXCHANGE TWO GOOD STORES and good brick residence, with stock of general merchandise, fora good water power custom roller mill on railroad in good town... Northern Michigan preferred. Adpress I. P. Roberts, Springport, Mich. 189 Fo SALE—HALF INTEREST IN MANUFACTURING business. Small plantand valuable patents. In running order and doing business. Exceptional op- portunity for man with push and $2,000. Address No. 188, care Michigan Tradesman. 188 . SALE—CLOTHING & FURNISHING GOODS BUS- iness, established five years in good town of 1,300 people. A snap for someone, as there is but one other clothing store here. L. R. Hinsdill, Hartford, Mich. 181 rs SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE about 25 miles south of Grand Rapids; also stock of drugs in connection, if desired. All clean stock. Good reasons for selling. Will sell cheap. Rent reas- onable. Address No. 183, care Michigan Tradesman. 183 E ARDWARE—FOR SALE, CLEAN STOCK OF HARD- ware in one of the best towns in Michigan; a rare opportunity for someone; terms cash. Address Wood & Atwood, Flint, Mich. 182 OR 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. Pipp Bros. & Martindale, Kalkaska, Mich. 174 . 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 OR SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK AND new fixtures in desirable location in this city; wiil sell at invoice on reasonable terms; reason for selling, owner has other business. L. M. Mills, 54 South Ionia street, Grand Rapids. 135 JOE SALE— 4 COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX- tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a bargain. Address for particulars 8. P. Hicks, — ch. VU 7ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad- dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26 WANT A STOCK OF GOODS IN EXCHANGE FOR a good farm between Muskegon and Grand Rapids or a house and lot in Grand Rapids. Write, giving particulars, to O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids. 185 Rages ner OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE- tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co., Albany. N. Y. 564 SITUATIONS WANTED. W -ANTED—TO LEARN OF GOOD OPENING FOR F practicing physician. Address 184, care Michi gan Tradesman. 184 ANTED— SITUATION IN OFFICE BY YOUNG lady of 20, who has had the advantage of col- legiate education; does not write short hand, but is good penman; wages : ot so much an object as a pleas- ant place to work. Address Z, care Michigan — man MISCELLANEOUS. 4 ANTED—I WILL PAY CASH FOR GENERAL stock of from $7,000 to $15,000, if offered cheap for spoteash. Will Wood, Sheridan, Mich. 192 = THE PASS BOOK AND SUBSTITUTE THE Tradesman Coupon, which is now in use by over 5,000 Michigan merchants—all of whom are warm in praise of its effectiveness. Send for sample order, which will be sent prepaid on receipt of $1. The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. re SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND 5-ROOM house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- ation and soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address No 187, care Michigan Tradesman. 187. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. No.0Sun... : Le meat FF oe 2 ee oe oc CO _ Gee ee eee 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. Ea ite a ee ok a ce es eee 270 First quality. ma OGen Coeap tp..-.-..-.....-.......... 2 2 2 Rat * - Fa ice arcs gles dalla ip lal oa le 2 40 aa.5 ~ _ Me ies ee ceed odie nes 3 40 XXX Flint. Mn. 6 iam, Comp toe.......-..--...-....., 2 60 ay . TF ec eueden esl oe eee eee. 2 80 war * ag OF eee ets else ee tae 3 86 Pear! top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 3 70 Bos - ' ea eae sence 470 No. 2 Hinge, ‘ rf aes 470 La Bastic. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. .............. 1 No.2 “ . . ee Mo, 1 otis, per Gos... ... 5. oie esos 1 35 76.2 * eds voveat eas te ceees - 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, per gal......... ....-.....- 06% Jugs, % gal., per dOz............ eee eee ee ee ee 75 ke ee a ee cere cee: 90 . “ 0 iets euch dee ks 1 80 Milk Pans, * gal., per doz. (siaged zt ee s pone are i ORE eee Sa aan care GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. DeJonge & Van Heulen, wholesale and retail dealers at 130 Oakes street, have opened another store at 83 South Division street. G. S. Putnam has put in a stock of groceries at 502 South Division street. Musselman & Widdicomb furnished the | stock. Van Every Bros., general dealers at Pellston, have opened a branch store at Ewen. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. | furnished the stock. | BL. Whelpley, hardware dealer at! Mulliken, has added a line of drugs. | The stock was furnished by the Hazel- | tine & Perkins Drug Co. L. Drukker has sold his grocery and boot and shoe stock at the corner of Henry and Logan streets to Horrevoets ness. Wm. G. Hyde has sold his interest in the meat market of Hyde & Verplanke, 796 Madison avenue, to a man named VanWerts. The new firm will be known as Verplanke & VanWerts. John Seven is building a double frame store at 648 and 650 Wealthy avenue. He will oceupy one of the stores with his wall paper and paint stock and the other store will be occupied by his bro- ther with a dry goods stock. The death of John Whitworth removes a familiar face on West Bridge street, the deceased having conducted the hard- ware business on the west side for about twenty years, previous to which he carried on the boot and shoe business on Canal street. Mr. Whitworth was a man of pleasant address and sterling in- tegrity and his death leaves a gap which will never be filled. Those grocers who prefer bulk yeast to the tin foil package have arranged to organize a company on the basis of a personal contribution of $5 apiece and distribute bulk yeast at the uniform price of 20 cents a pound. The supply will be obtained from the Prussing Vine- gar Co., of Chicago, which offers to fur- nish it at 15 cents a pound. All who go into the combination agree to buy yeast of the company, no matter how low the agencies now in the field sell their yeast. ————_ >_< Purely Personal. Dr. Geo. B. Nichols, the veteran Mar- tin druggist, was in town Saturday. D. E. Crandall, general dealer at Grawn, was in town one day last week. J. F. Halliday, the Battle Creek grocery jobber, has leased the Lewis House, at that place, and will try his luck in the ‘‘mine host’’ line. Chas. E. Raper, newsdealer and con- fectioner at Big Rapids, has devised a new method for keeping peanuts warm and will bring his machine to Grand | Rapids to-day to exhibit it to interested parties. W. A. Stebbins, head book-keeper for) the Standard Oil Co., has sold his resi- dence at 656 Wealthy avenue to Miss | Mary E. Dixon, of St. Johns, who will embark in the millinery business there about May 1. Fred R. Messenger, formerly engaged in trade at Sheridan, but now operating as a free lance in handling bankrupt stocks, was intownovertown Sunday. Hebid35 per cent. of the inventory for the Potts & Owendag, who will continue the busi- ae the cutting of a tract of oak THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 stock, at Potts, but some bidder raised | him 21¢ per cent. F. H. Preston, for several years past | connected with the Union School Furni- | ture Co., at Battle Creek, has taken a} position with the Manitowoc Manufactur- ing Co., of Manitowoc, Wis. Mr. Preston is a competent man and is an acquisition | to his new connection. H. C. Norton, for the past two years | wool missionary for Hallowell & Coburn, of Boston, has formed an alliance with | F. W. Hill and embarked in business on | his own account under the style of F. W. | Hill & Co. The new house is located at | 620 Atlantic avenue. | M. M. Cole, formerly with the Olney | & Judson Grocer Co., but more recently | leashier of the Fairman Bank, at Big | Rapids, has purchased an interest in the | lumber firm of Earle & Brown, at School- | craft, and gone to Wolf Lake, Iil., to | | timber owned by the firm. Chas. E. Olney writes from Santa | Barbara that the weatheris very dry there this’ winter, the sky having been cloudless since the arrival of his party, | a month ago. The thermometer has mae gone below 50 degrees in the meantime. | Real estate is dead, property which | would be cheap at $20 a foot finding no | taker at even $10. —___—<—_——_ | Gripsack Brigade. | Chas. Young, formerly engaged in the drug business at Allegan, has gone on the road for L. Perrigo & Co. Ed Pike is steadily gaining ground and is now able to trust his legs again. He expects to be able to get out again by the time the flowers bloom. Wm. Jones came home sick from Big Rapids last Wednesday and is still con- fined to his house with an old bodily ailment. Geo. B. Caulfield is calling on his trade in the meantime. Chas. F. MeLain, who has been con- fined at St. Mark’s Hospital for about ten days with an attack of peritonitis, is rapidly recovering and will be able to be about again the latter part of the week. Geo. W. Haynes, who covered this ter- ritory several years ago for Geo. Hansel- man, of Kalamazoo, died at Brooklyn, Wis., on the 5th, the immediate cause of death being Bright’s disease. The de- ceased was a brother-in-law of Ww. FE. Townsend, of this city. Wm. Connor, who has the wisdom of three score years on the shoulders of a man apparently not over 40, put ina Heyman & 683 and 65 Canal St., ~ Muskegon Cracker Co 457, 459, 461, 463 W. WESTERN AVENUE, No Connection with Any couple of days at this market last week. Mr. Connor is steadily gaining ground in this territory and the time is not far | distant when he will be compelled to come to Grand Rapids more frequently and stay longer when he does come. ———___—~<>- Good Words Unsolicited. D. Holmes, buyer West Michigan Lumber Co., Woodville: ‘Cant keep house without THE TRADESMAN.” Geo. H. Spencer, general dealer, Pomona: oa wouldn't do without THE TRADESMAN for any thing. Itis a guiding star for merchants, and those who follow its suggestions and instruc- tions will be sure to keep on the right truck.” | w. E. Greilick, general dealer, Traverse City: | | “Can't do without THE TRADESMAN Pass me | | another dollar, John, I wish to pay the gentle- | | man for another year in advance.” 1 | | - ~~ | or 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 | 352tt | | City. Company, foe Manufacturers of ot | Sow bases S| Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. First-Class Work Only. GRAND RAPIDS. CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET:cGOODS. ' LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MATL ORDERS. MUSKEGON, MICH. Cracker Trust PEHEREINS 2 3 HESS Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, WICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE Wall Paper and Window Shades, House and Store Shades Made to Order. NELSON BROS. & CO.. 68 MONROE STREET. Pennsylvania Lumberman’s. The best fitting Stocking Rub- bers in the market. A full line of Lycoming Rubbers_on.hand. Try them. GEO. H REEDER & CO., State Agents for LYCOMING JRUBBER CO. 158 and 160} East Fulton Street. Have Some Style Abovt You! The dealer who has no printed letter heads on which to ask for cireu- lars, catalogues and prices, and conduct his general correspondence with, suffers more every month for want of them than a five years’ supply would cost. He economizes byusing postal cards, or cheap, and, to his shame, often dirty scraps of paper, and whether he states so or not he expects the lowest prices, the best trade. He may be ever so good for his purchases, may even offer to pay cash, but there is something so careless, shiftless and slovenly about his letter that it excites suspicion, because not in keeping with well recognized, good business principles. When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer or a jobber, it goes through a most searching examination as to charac- ter, means and credibility, half condemned to begin with. It would be examined anyhow, even if handsomely printed, but the difference to begin with, would be about equal to that of introducing a tramp and a gentleman on a witness stand in court. Besides, the printed heading would answer the question as to whether the enquirer was a dealer and at the same time indicate his special line of trade. 3ad penmanship, bad spelling and bad grammar are pardonable, because many unedu- cated men have been and are now very suecessful in business. But even those are less objectionable when appearing with evidences of care, neatness and prosperity. Please write us for estimates. The Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — - = —_—— " ee a ot oe ee ae tera Se a ae alee near semscnineniiantninsncensinnnrensteerner seen e = : = i 3 Fy re eat decobin m7 eens mem tbat # tN iran ephemera berate ye aRatY quotient THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Dry Goods. The Drummer Must Wait on the Dealer. From the Western Merchant. Selling goods is in some respects very | much like ‘‘popping the question.”’ A | great deal depends upon saying just the right thing at the right moment. The wise salesman will refrain from talking | trade until he thinks his customer is in | the proper frame of mind. If he goes) into a place of business and finds the proprietor’s spirit ruffled about some- thing, his first work is to engage him in | conversation, and by lively gossip and | pleasant stories make him sufficiently good humored to receive a business prop- osition pleasantly. And if any man on earth needs more patience than all the others, that man is the commercial trav- eler. He cannot obtrude himself upon a merchant and secure his trade. He must wait the buyer’s pleasure and con- | venience. And many buyers seem to! take pleasure in consuming as much of | the salesman’s time as possible before | giving him their order. A salesman for a Chicago drug house | thus relates his experience with a buyer | many on the market already. ; at | Prices Current. Amoskeag as coke 12% (Jaffrey ............-- 11% See... 14%/|Lancaster........... 12% UNBLEACHED COTTONS. . Piet brown. iy i ee co a — - 1 meee ae | Atlantic A.......... Feet eC iicand S34 | Everett, biue.......- "| No.g80....11% 2 BLING | Weed Wide. ¢ «"prown. ....12 | “No, 280....10% SS ee % eee GINGHAMS. . LL cee eer ox run Yard Wide..... 8% Gienarvyen.... ...... 6% Lancaster, staple... 6% aoe. 7 |Honest Width....... 6% | Lancashire.......... 6% fancies .... 7 | Archery Bunting... 4 Mistiferg A ......-.. 514 | Normandie......... T™% weg Normandie 8 Beaver Dam A A.. ed |Madras cheese cloth 6% | Renfrew Dress...... 7%| Westbrook........-- 8 Blackstone O, 32.. Se 53, | Toil du Nord....10@10% a eee 10 Rieck Bock ........ 9 }Our Level Best..... 6% Amoskeag ee . eee. ww . an... Soo =... Ae...... 10%|Hampton...... | Chapman cheese cl. 3% — een socc cane 7% | Poraian........ ..--. 8%/| Windermeer... eee... .... 6 \Sola bees e chee eee Gi | Bates... ...... ..-0- = Cumberland... | Dwight Star......... 7%! Top of the Heap.... 7% | Warwick.... .....- a Dee eee eee cece 4% BLEACHED COTTONS. WARP. | Amsburg a z iGlen Mills.. Peerless, on "(Peerless colored. ..20% a AA... 8 Gold Medal ae — 4%/Green Ticke Cleveland . : 7 \Great Falls.. i eee “Healey city A eden we oe ee : eee oa oat... Aoerieee..... sc IAGIPRCIEG ..... .-...-.- 1996 Dwight me —— 8% |King Phiiiip: THREADS. . 8%! 7 Clark’s Mile End.,..45 |Barbour's.......---- 88 eee... ... 6 |Lonsdale —— 10% | Coats’, J. &P....... 45 |Marshall’s.......... 88 a 7 |Lonsdale...... @ 8% Holyoke. os seen coun 2% Pre. 7% |Middiesex on ae @ 5 KNITTING COTTON. Fruit of the Loom.. 8%|No Name............ 1% White. Colored. ‘White Colored. (veo ..... -..- 714\Oak a So cetabees 38 37 se a 6% Our eee Su | Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 /|Prideof "the West. ..12 | Fairmount.......... 4% |Rosalind............ 7% [wall Vor... ..... 6% |Sunlight............. 4% | Geo. Washington.. : Sig | Vinyard ete 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. : ee 7%|Dwight Anchor... . 9 | Kid Glove.. Spring Season 1991, — (5 ———- If You desire to sell Carpets by Sample Send for Circular and Price List. Smith & Sanford, GRAND RAPIDS. : : eo. Se ae Newmarket. . 444 of that kind ina central Illinois town: | UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Edwards..... . - 44 “T called on him in the morning, and was | | Tremont N.. . 5% Middlesex No. 1... RED eee told to come in right after dinner. Went | Hamilton me 6% nn | a Le % in on ae mir aa akan call at 5. | Pcs en : . . 2 See. -- ------ SPT net aR r . | Middlesex .. 8 « 7....18 | Tat Sak......... 30 cd Called again at 5 and was told to come | eo “ “ 8...2) | eeoee........... 27% Buckeye LL 32% around again at 8. It was anew house | 7 No. 25.... 9 AXED FLANNEL. ae and I wanted to make a customer of it. BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW.......-- 1 : é ff 2 | Hamilton N......... 7%| Middlesex AA...... Peewee @.........../ 22%|Western W ......... 18% My patience was about exhausted when | yiddiesex Pr 8 “ cu 12 | Windsor............ EE Fe vi cinmiincs <2 I called again at 8. Even then he aU lL 9 ” AG... 13% | 6 oz Western........ 21 as ee ae 23% not ready todo business. I very mildly | x 5 ee 19% [ : Lee =" Union B...........- 2244|Manitoba........... remonstrated with him, and recounted | a ae ica bers FLANNEL - any the number of times I had called. ‘Is | Hamilton 8 (Nameless..........- ee ae your mind ever at leisure?’ I asked after Me seer eteees ST eae 25 CANVASS AND PADDING. he had snapped out some unbusiness-like | , meee _ Mo gttseeereees — Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. ‘remarks. ‘Yes; at2o’elock in the morn-| Nameless ......0018 | S00 000.0008 = =| 2 13 18 ing. You'd better see me then and I may | as cae RSG 35 ie nae 11ig\17 v7 a buy a bill of goods,’ snarled he. The CORSET JEANS. 12% 12% 7 20 20 train I had made up my mind to leave | | | Biddeford. vet eeecees . es 7% the city on would go at 2:30 in the morn-| Perens sone 6% | Severen, 8 oz........ 9% ‘West Point, 8 oz....10% i I lef il Ak elenk 1| | PRINTS. Mayland, Bes...-... 10% 10 0oz....12% ing. eft a call at 1:45 o'clock. | Allen, staple a 5%|Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% | Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% Raven, 100z......... 13% dressed, and, with the aid of a boy hired | : ae... ...- 54 ie mepptarn - 8% Greenwood, 8 oz.. ace 13% for the occasion, I soon found the drug- | aeciateaes ese tees ox Pacific feo WADDINGS. gist’s house. It was just 2 in the morn- | jae. 5% |Portsmouth seers 6 be aan age oo = ne bale, 40 doz....87 50 ing when I rang his door-bell. A moment | — shirtings. 4% Simpson a : ee erent nt Puc later he stood shivering in his night | A™° 6%) greys .. .... Slater, Iron Cross... 8 is 10% clothes as he peered through the slightly} « ons cloth B. cB vranningial abla. : "Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie.......... . opened door. ‘What is it?? he asked.| “ salen 7 | “ Turkey robes.. 1% “ Best........-. 10%|Bedford.... .... : cxas ; “., cee “ gold seal..... 10%| “ India robes.... 7% Best AA..... 12%) Valley City......... 10% It’s me,’ said I. ‘You told me you’d be : t leis t this ti A wiht wiv « ‘Turkey red..10%) “ plain Tky x % s CORSETS. at leisure at this time and might give me | Berlin astite ee 5%| ‘ omekine. 2. 89 50|Wonderful .... .... ” 75 an order for goods. Now, what can you = @ cine...... S are — Tur. Schilling’s......... 9 00|Brighton.. ........ 475 favor me with?’ It was his first impulse|,.. ¢ereem -*** 88) ey TOG. -- EWING SILK. | Cocheco fancy...... 6 |M tha Washi ee. 75 to become very angry, as] presumed he; « madders... 6 Tuckey 208 a ™ — twist: doz. Be —. ball 30 would, but presently he laughed heartily | | ee a ; — = 9% 50 yd, doz... at the ludicrousness of the incident, and | #@™iton "ancy. --- yexcean Regn mm noes a ) HYES—PER GROSS ee : E . - sta i 5 Riverpoint robes.... 5 No aaah aaa 10 No 4 BI’k & Whi 15 remarked: ‘I’ll have to ask you to call | | Manchester oo wietaertnney a 6% 2 ~ 7 /20 once more. If you’ll come to the store | seat a era. : ; - - a se 3 * —_ * 10 - » 25 errimac ancy. ndigo blue....... a 8 yowsigeey es 4 shied No 2-20, M C....... a "NNo 4-15 F 3%......40 a oaniiaeiseah of iw a | Amoskeag A CA...-13%4)A CA... gcc 3—18, 8 C........ am. et 7%| Pe ton A a | jae como ‘ox | No 2 White & BrE.a2” [No_ § White & BI’. 29 ‘ Awning..11 |Swift River......... Tio : “+ : Meeting of the Soap Manufacturers. I ee one oe 8 |Pearl eee... 12% 7 --18 | “ 12 : - 26 At aspecial meeting of the National Wit Pries.......... —— ee 14 Ne2 SAFETY PINS. Association of Soap Manufacturers, held | Lenox Mills . ee rnnn santo ncaes ee crete eee 3 at Pittsburg afew days ago, seventeen SS wey M. new members were elected, increasing | aussi, v2 On| a os ama oe = the membership to seventy-seven. The | Clifton, K........... 7%|Top of Heap........ [a 1s methods adopted by the Chicago meeting | SATINES. TABLE OIL CLOTH. in October were approved. It was re-| | Simpson.... ....---. = {Black ee ee 10% _ = se 25/5—4....195 6—4...2 % solved not to introduce any more private | « i 16 ee a brands, on the ground that there are too | Coechco...........- 10% j | } P. SFEKEFEE & SONS, Wholesale - Dry - Goods GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, We have just received a large line of Outing Shirts in Flannel, Silk, Wool and Linen, Domett, ‘Cheviot.and Satine; also a complete line of cheap and medium price PANTS. Inspection invited. Playing Gards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. - Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS. Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Kis, Complete -Fall Stock now ready for inspection, including a fine line of Prints, Underwear, Pants, Gloves, Mittens and Lumbermen’s Goods. Chicago and Detroit prices guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bowne, President. D. A. B operrt, Vice-President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a po nat! of Collections. Accounts try Merchants Solicited. J.&PCOATS BEST SIX-CORD Spool Cotton WHITE, BLACK AD COLORS, Hand and Machine Use. FOR SALE BY P, STEKETEE & SONS. ea 4 SS THE MICHIGA AN TRADESMAN. HARDWARE. Why the Glass Trust Failed. From the Chicago News. Since the failure of the window-glass trust, which went to pleces in this city some weeks ago, the prices of glass have gone down until the market is badly de- moralized. ‘In connection with this fact,” said a gentleman to-day, there is a bit of inter- esting history bearing on the dissolution of the trust. It is, perhaps, not gen- erally known that the smash-up of the combine was caused by the refusal of the J. H. Rice Company, of Chicago— which controls the output of several factories in Ohio and Indiana—to go into the trust. A Pittsburg organ of the glass men in arecent article on the death of the trust declares that the ‘big chief of the western manufacturers,’ angered by the refusal of the Rice Company to come into the trust, has donned his war-paint and is cutting prices in revenge. This, of course, has caused the demoralization of the market, and the result is a state of uncertainty little desired by business men. ‘Because a large manufacturer could not perfect a scheme to raise prices he takes the opposite course and depresses them as much ashe can. These people seem to forget that the tendency of the times is against these iniquitous com- bines. However, the organization has been dropped for good and all, and the window-glass market, while now unset- tled, is bound to regain and maintain a healthy state. Here is another object lesson to go side by side with that of the recently defunct harvester trust.” “IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY”’ tar toe GEM FREEZER is recocnizeo as tHe Best is PROVEN BY THE WAY OUR COMPETITORS ARE IMITATING ITS GOOD QUALI- TIES, AND USE IT AS A STANDARD OF COMPARISON WHEN TRYING TO SELL THEIR OWN GOODS. WE LEAD—OTHERS FOLLOW, The Gem theeger we cram for THE GEM FREEZER sortnina THAT CANNOT BE FULLY PROVEN. WE ONLY CLAIM A DOUBLE ACTION BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MORE THAN TWO MOTIONS FROM ANY SYSTEM OF GEARING IN USE IN ANY FREEZER AT THE PRESENT TIME. Do NOT BE IMPOSED UPON BY THOSE WHO MAY TRY TO SELL YOU OTHER FREEZERS BY TELLING YOU THAT THEY ARE ‘* JUST AS GOOD’’ OR ** 3UST THE SAME AS THE GEM.’’ INSIST on HAVING THE ** GEM,’? ANd IF YOU CANNOT GET IT FROM YOUR REGULAR JOBBER, WRITE TO US AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET IT, OR QUOTE YOU PRICES AND DISCOUNTS. Douete ACTION. WHITE CEDAR Pai. GEARING COMPLETELY COVERED SELF-ADJUSTING SCRAPER. CANS FULL SIZE. Use SMALLEST POSSIBLE QUANTITY oF Ice. WELL ADVERTISED. THOROUGHLY WRAPPED FOR PROTECTION IN SHIPPING. MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN MACHINE:CO., LEHIGH AVE. & AMERICAN ST., PHILADELPHIA. . JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS? 113 CHAMBERS STREET, New YORK. mr Beans and Clover Seed Parties having beans or clover seed for sale will find a purchaser, if samples and prices are right. We also want Potatoes and Onions In car lots. We pay highest market price and are always in the market. W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO. 128, 130 and 132 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, : MICH. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. oe EE I ee nn Jennings’, genuine..............-.006- < Jennings’, imitation .......................- “ soatD AXES. 4 BARROWS. dis. OO $ 14 00 Gia 2 net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Ree 50&10 Carriage ons 70 Ce 40810 Sleigh Oe oe ee 8 70 BUCKETS. Well, piaim......-... $350 Well, @WtWel....-........-5.4....., ......... 400 — CAST. dis. Cast Loose Pin, figured........ ..........--- & Wrought Narrow oomekt Sent toins.........- 6010 Wrought — Fae. .......- . 60&10 Wrought Table............- . -60&10 Wrought Inside Mame... 60&10 Wrought Brass............ .ssee cece ee ceee ee 75 Ried ClAPES:... 2.22... --.-- 3... oe a 70&10 Blind, eee 70&10 Blind, Shepard's ..-...........-............. 70 BLOCES. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........-.- 40 CRADLES. ree dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Ce foot... cs. perb 5 Ely’s 1-10. oor 65 were... a m mick eG Bo 60 ae el. - 35 ae. _ 60 CARTRIDGES. ee ee 50 ee dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. ee 70&10 Socket Framing............ Deere eee eee ce 70&10 SeeketCormcr ..........-...- a 70&10 Goeeet ee ce — Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ .----- COMBS. ~< Curry, Lawrence’s..........------2 5 s-++ee-- 40 Hotchkiss ........... Bo ee a cele 25 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut to —_— ciadice per en 30 14x52, 1, oe .........- 28 Cold Rolled, 14x56 recep fe 25 Cold Rolled, 14x48............+-+-++-++- _ 25 Cas . 27 DRILLS. dis. Morse’s Bit StocKs..............ssesee sees 50 Taper and straight Shank.............-....- 50 Morse’s Taper Shank...........-------+++: : 50 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, ser i ee ov Large sizes, per pound..........-...-. -+++- 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6in...........-.--.--- doz. n ve Coueetes se dis. woe10810 MGVUMERING oe ok a ee oo dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, wah, $18; large, 826................ 30 Ives’, 1, 818; 2, $24; oe 25 PILEs—New List. dis. Tiere ....,....:......-..-- eee 6010 Wow American. .:............--.-.--..-.--<- 60&10 Nicholson’s 2 Male... |... 1... ... cee Heller’s Horse Rasps.......-------+--+- s+: 50 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2 and %; 27) 238 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES, dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.........-.---- 50 HAMMERS. ao Stee. ._...... -:.......- dis. 2 ee a Yerkes NO, dis. — Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............- .30e 1 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c Mod10 HINGES. Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3 ..-.....----..---..-- dis.60&10 Cd ..................- r doz. net, 2 50 “oe Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 an 24 Screw Hook and Bye, f-- net 10 net 8% = i i: = - - et 7 Strapand T..........-........-....---- dis. 70 HANGER: dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., “Wood track... .50&10 Champion, anti-friction...........-...-++-- 60&10 Kidder, OGG Ce HOLLOW WARE. Ts edn end nn 60 oe... 60 Seldors se Gray Gnuemeled:......... ........... 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. S$ ia Were .. .---......__... -new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware....... .---- 25 Granite Iron Ware .......-.....-- “new list — WIRE @00D8. rie le ae Geraw Hycs................--- -...--.... 70&10&10 Ee 70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............-.. 70410810 LEVELS. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 70 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings - 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings .: 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings... 55 Door, porcelvin, trimmings ...... -.. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. 70 LOCKS—DOOR, is. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s......... 55 ee 55 Norwemce.....___---....---_...--.. 55 MATTOCKS Adze Eye .. ..916.00, dis. 60 Hunt a oo 815.00, dis. 60 Miate $18.50, dis. — | Sperry & Co.’s, Post, Ce MILLS. dis. Coffee, ry Cos... : 40 P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s ——- a 40 . ee Veerg &Ci ke......-.-.-... 40 -« Enter ....---- 25 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stebbin’s Pattern.. . . Stebbin’s Bd 60&10 Enterprise, ating oe ee 25 Steck nails, bage............ --.-.-- «-------- 1 95 Wire uatla Dage...... .... ...-..--- ---.----. 2 3h Advance over base: Steel. Wire. hes eda cae Base Base ee ee ae Base 10 -_... 05 20 a... 10 20 Mo eee es een een en eee 15 30 8. ee. ec ee 15 35 a... 15 35 mw... 20 40 e.. 25 50 oA6 40 65 a 60 90 CS. 1 00 150 es 150 2 00 Wes. oo nk oes oes w eet we ewe 1 50 2 00 90 1 00 1s 1 00 13 1 50 75 : 90 . 1 00 Barrell : eee oe 2 50 TLANES. dis. Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy ........---+ ++ esse sees @4) a ee. @e) Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........-.--+-+-- @H) Bench, first quality............---++seeee eres Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10 PANS. Mey, Acme. .....-...--._.._.-.....-....- dis.60—10 an, poliahed Oe oes ceca eer ds @F RIVETS. dis. Tron and Timed... ..........-.--...--....- 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.........-------+++- 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON ‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 2 “BY” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. Btow... 9 W Broken packs 4c per pound extra. BOPES. Sisal, % inch and larger .......:..........-- 9 aa 12% SQUARES. dis. Sinsseus teow. 5 Try and Bevels.............--.-------+ «+--+: 60 naa. Cl .......... 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. woe wee e................ -4 20 $3 10 Oe a 3 20 ee 4 20 3 20 wee Bae... 4 3 30 Nos. 25 to 26 .- 44 3 40 of 4 60 3 50 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. List acct. 19, °86.. dis. 40&10 "SASH CORD. Silver Lake, ——— A. cence ee | rab A. a 55 - White ST A IN . 50 . See . 55 < Wiec 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Solid re ee ce per ton $25 SAWS. dis. es ee “20 sitter Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 7 . a Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. . 50 . cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 . C ampion and Electri¢ Tooth X Cuts, por Pee TRAPS. dis. a. Oo. ............,....... . 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s .. 70 Mouse Cos. 18¢ per doz. Miguse. detucion. = -- .. $1.50 per doz. WIRE, dis, Bright Market.......... Annealed Market...... 70—10 Coppered Market....... ie ee 62% Barbed f Spring Steel.. Loe 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized. . 340 painted . Ss HORSE NAILS, Pe —_- dis. nee eo. dis. Northweateri Bee eed eae ce wee dis. 10810 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. Gien Goanmee 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, .... 5 Coes Patent, malicabie................ .. .75&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Bisa Cages. ......-...-. Cf. bole) ee 50 Pumped Crterm............ ............_. Pi Serews, New List.. bee. 50 Casters, Bed and Bi 50810610 Dampers, Avmomeee Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. .... o ET . Pié TIN. Pig Soaee. ee eee cee 28¢ Pig Bars.. is : eee 30¢ Duty: Sheet, 24c per ae 600 pound a 7% Per pound. .-....-...-----... 1% SOLDER, IG nn a we ew eas tale gma = 4 Extra Wining... ss. The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Cocmagm 0.02 per pound 16 Meatawee |... 6... 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, —- eee 7 14x20 IC, de ee eee eee ee 10x14 1x, Ce. 8 75 EE 8 75 Each Caditional X on this grade, 81.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal a os $6 25 Ee 6 2 10x14 Ix, ee es 7% 14x20 1X; bi oo Each additional X on this grade 81.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, « Worcencr............ . €s 14x20 IX, . ' — _ co 20x28 IC, . - EE 14x20 IC, ss 6UAliaway Grade......... ;. =o. 14x20 IX, ° - . o 7 00 20x28 IC, oe “e se i 50 20x28 IX, “ee 6s “ce _. 14 50 : BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. 14x28 = ae $14 00 iénc1 IX ..... ia ee ee 15 50 ae ix, for } s 8 Boilers, | per pound... 10 FOSTER, GRAND RAPIDS. CAR STOVE. Used Largely by those Shipping Potatoes. MANUFACTURED BY STEVENS & CO., MICH. LSS nan gaa ep Teo eased BE thee ceca e poop I VeR PR ek Oe le LN PALS aeiva GW GS PORT HE Gk ECAR ALR AS aA 6 NONE ETE. wah te Ate? sit aniginn aE swith eee iD ayaa ns ta gio partite? iv ibis sre seep gi leg Pipes Ate ea. hve: ‘ sem eentasmtnnstniapeeneeiinmimaiiatniaamaamaiaiia J “t cues 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, | The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. ~ Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. “WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1891. JULIUS HOUSEMAN. In the death of Julius Houseman, Grand Rapids loses a citizen who has publie always been foremost in every undertaking of importance; commercial circles are deprived of a man who was always ready to contribute his quota to an enterprise which promised success; the people generally will mourn a friend who was always ready to impart good advice or assist the needy in distress. For nearly forty years a resident of this community, where the enormous fortune he left behind was honestly accumulat- ed, he leaves behind a record which few men do under similar circumstances—no one can be found to lift a hand and say that he was crowded to the wall or suf- fered any pecuniary loss through any action of the deceased. Other men may have monuments reared to their memory, but a marble shaft reaching to the skies would be less enduring than the memery of Julius Houseman which will be cher- ished by the people who knew him and by their children long after the present Mr. a poli- has passed citizen, generation Houseman’s career as a tician and a business man is a standing rebuke to the frequently uttered state- ment that the days of dealing have long since passed. The legacy of a million dollars which he to his relatives is valuable; but far more val- uable to the people at large is the legacy away. honest leaves of a well-spent life—a universal belief that the deceased improved command to the best possible advantage left the world better for his having lived in it. What more could be said of any man? the many opportunities at his and The new official classification, promul- gated February 2, syrup in pails and kits from first-class to As this rate is practi- cally prohibitive, the sale of syrup in such packages will probably be consider- Tue TRADESMAN ex-| pects to see the jobbing trade unite in increases the rate on double first-class. ably curtailed. an appeal to the proper committee to re- | store the rate to the old figure. To Test The Pharmacy Law. BELDING, Feb. 9.—Dr. Moorman is re- | ceiving many evidences of substantial encouragement in his fight against the | pharmacy law. The _ physicians of | Greenville have raised a purse of $50 to assist in taking the case to the Supreme Conrt and the Lowell doctors make a tender of $40 for the same purpose. a tt : The Drug Market. Opium is a trifle firmer. Morphia is Quinine is steady. Citric acid has advanced and is tending higher. Nitrate unchanged. silver is lower. Hemp seed is higher. Capsicum has advanced. Lin- seed oil is tending higher. — —_— > —<— - The Dry Goods Market. Standard prints open at 6c. Dress) ginghams are firm. Unbleached cottons | and flat fold cambrics are cheaper. | away with. | Hahn, |conplete without more or less illustra- ually, in Sixty Years Hence. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The food before us was good in every |respect, although consisting largely of vegetables and a farinaceous diet general- ly which I was told the majority of the peo- ple now preferred. Many arrangements about the table were entirely new to me. 1 noticed that many persons did not par- take of the food before them, but after looking it over, took from their pockets a small instrument and, applying it to an orifice in the table near them, seemed to be conversing with some one in the basement. The next moment their plate of food would disappear and another, containing different dishes, would take its place. Mr. Earle noticed my puzzled look of enquiry and said, ‘‘Your dinner check dropped in the slot plazes before all alike what is termed the ‘standard dishes of food’ which, if you do not fancy, can be exchanged by speaking to a waiter below, who removes the server before you and replaces it with what is called ‘Course No. 2,’ or, should you prefer, he sends up a bill of fare from which you select half a dozen kinds; al- though this last plan is not usual unless parties have ample time to wait for their meals.”’ Before our dinner was eaten 1 was surprised to see newsboys coming in, erying out, ‘‘Here’s the Mid-day Herald, 12 o’clock edition. Latest news of yes- terday from all nations! Copies of the Central African, Northern Oriental and Siberian Republie, only one and two cents each.” ‘*What does this mean’’ I asked my companion. ‘‘Do you have papers published three times a day?”’ ”» he repiied. ‘‘It is found “Oh, yes,’ to be necessary now, as communication | between nations has advanced so rapidly. | News from six to twelve hours old is considered qnite stale with us.” “This paper I have just purchased,” 1 remarked, ‘‘hasa very singular appear- ance. It looks asif it were nicely en- By what means is it given this peculiar tint?” “Ah Mr. Hahn,” naturedly,” I have prise in store for you. graved. he answered, good then another sur- So far as the publication of newspapers is concerned, all type and presses are completely done They are now only used for certain kinds of job work, which is more or less complicated with cuts. As soon | as dinner is over, we will adjourn to my office, and I will give you an account of the great change.” “There is a wonderful revolution in 'the publication of newspapers since your day,’’ said Mr. Earle, as we were ; seated in his cosy office. ‘‘Requiring: | neither type nor presses, we consequent- ily fave no use for either stereotypes or | electrotypes, only as they are used in pictorial work.”’ - ‘‘In the last century,” interruped Mr. ‘no newspaper was considered tions; in fact all accidents of any kind, | murders, suicides and any extraordinary occurrences were profusely illustrated by artists who were on the spot with their cameras at the earliest moment possible. I cannot conceive how such a radical change should meet the public favor.” ‘It is from the great change intellect- the answered Mr. ” people,” Earle. ‘*You have already, Mr. Hahn, spoken of the physical superiority of our peo- | | } ple, compared with the great majority in your time, and I assure you there is a greater change in general deportment and intellectual refinement. Within my own recollection, the illustration of sub- jects fordaily papers reached a rather degrading point in several ways. Cheap plaster or wax cuts were made to serve half a dozen purposes, and as to likeness- es of individuals, such a thing was out of the question and was simply a bur- lesque upon both the petson and the public. Asa true sense of honor and justice grew with the education of the people, such papers were soon afterward relegated to the very lowest classes, and at last died for want of support. Now editorial rooms and offices, with one large operating room, answers the pur- pose for issuing our large dailies. A brief outline of the process will give you a fair idea of how it is done: Newspa- pers offices have from two to ten type- writers in theiremploy. Of course, you noticed from the mid-day edition of one of our papers that no ordinary type- writer of the last century could perform such perfect work, and our machine of to-day bears little resemblance to those of sixty or seventy years ago. All copy is placed in the hands of these operators which is rapidly printed upon strips of paper eight inches wide, and any desired length. These printed strips of copy from the machines are then pasted in the proper order and form, upon a sheet of heavy card board far larger in dimen- sions than the size of the journal re- quired. This kind of form is made up for each page of the paper. Of course, the proofs are all corrected before the forms are made up. The rapidity with which these forms may be made ready by the use of type writers can readily be imagined. It is limited only by the number of machines employed. It will also be seen that these eight inch strips ean be quickly made, with a pair of scis- sors, to fit any part of the paper, as the form is limited in width to a certain number of columns. Four of these pages are printed at once, probably more could be. ‘These forms or pages, are now photo- graphed down to the required size of the journal, and these perfect copies—or platens—are now placed on opposite sides of a dark closet, and between them an endless strip of chemically prepared paper of the required width is moved by machinery. As this paper comes exactly in front of and between the forms, an electric flash inside the closet gives a fine impression upon each side of the paper. This is, of course. instantaneous, and as it moves out into the light it is cut off by the moving machinery the de- sired length, and dropped, while with the paper still moving another impres- sion rapidly follows, until the entire edition is exhausted. If more than four pages are wanted, another machine pastes them together «before they reach the folder. We have morning, noon and evening editions of the leading papers now. One great advantage to the world is that with improved journalism comes also that of cheapness. All two to four page daily papers published in our own country are now sold at one cent each; eight page, two cents, and four and eight page weeklies at three and five cents each, respectively.” “IT remarked to you at one time,’ con- tinued Mr. Earle, ‘‘ that the railroads and telephones are now owned.by the government, but neglected to add that only the great state and national tele- phone lines belong to it. Those in our towns and cities and other small com- munities are owned by stock companies and individuals, and are operated under certain restrictions of law, that the poorer classes may avail themselves of their use. There are county telephone companies, owned by farmers, and in all our oldest and more densely populated counties every farm house is connected with all others in the county by tele- phone, the conduits of which are all placed several feet under ground. Un- told benefits accrue from such a system, which I will not now outline to you, although I will direct your attention to the great advantage to any community so situated, in case of fire, accidents of any kind or burglars, as aid can quickly be summoned from all points of the com- pass, and a thief can hardly escape from the cordon of neighbors who fly to the rescue. There can be no cutting of wires to prevent communication, you see? “As the railroads are now owned by the government, this policy is found to work more in the interest of the people generally. Passenger fare and freight rates are both uniform, with no rebates. One cent per mile is charged everywhere for passengers. Tickets are issued by the government only, good upon ali rail- roads in the Union until used. Nospecial tickets can be issued for companies or individuals. Ifa ticket is lost and found by another party, the finder is entitled to ride upon it and no questions asked. If such ticket is proved to have been stolen, the real thief, if found, is amenable to the law.’’ ‘*You once promised me some new rev- elation regarding your telephones and why the telegraph has become obsolete?” said Mr. Hahn. “Yes, I recollect,” replied Mr. Earle. “It was soon after I first saw you, and we were at the Aerial Packet Landing. Well, sir, the most curious part of my information to you is to say that from printed records in my library it is shown that our present telephone was actually perfected and an exact graphic descrip- tion recorded of the identical one we are now using as long ago as in the last por- tion of the nineteenth century! It ap- pears from our history of that time that the inventor was a really scientific but poor man—so poor that it was a constant struggle with him for existence, and it was impossible for him ever to find suffi- cient spare money with which to perform his final experiments and obtain his patent. It is said he vainly endeavored to interest others in his invention and offered a half interest to any one who would furnish the means to perfect the experiments and pay for the patent. Of course, he was cautious and refused to reveal the only secret there was about it, and was thereafter called a ‘‘crank’’— whatever that may mean—and avoided whenever he mentioned his telephone. This simple secret of his, for the second time in any known history again set at defiance all the known laws of sound. The old telephones depended upon the vibration of a delicate dise or ‘drum’ at each end of the line, and this vibration was in some manner made possible by means of an electric current near or in connection with it. This old inventor simply discovered that the drum was a fallacy, and that the proper medium or conduit for the sound to follow, or go wpon, was all that was necessary. He| employed the same gaseous substance which is employed to-day and which is similar to ozone, but how it is made I do | not know. The sound was increased to} some extent by an electro-magnetic wad tery at each end of the line and, with the | N single exception of some glass auricles, | no other apparatus is used. You are} already aware that we converse across the ocean by this telephone. When this inventor left the body, the secret was | given to his children and one of his| grand-children now bears the honors and wealth of the invention. This most astounding instrument—if such it may be called—is so far superior to the tele- graph that the entire use of the latter instrument was at once relinquished in favor of the former. “Mr. Hahn,’’ continued Mr. must ask to be excused from further} eonversation to-day, although I could} probably interest you longer, did my time permit. As you more familiar with our people, the customs and the new objects around you, there will arise a wonder why these improve- ments did not enter the brain of man at an earlier period. Ican only say to you that we have improved in everything— and the nucleus of all this is law. We found that the basis of all law was erroneous. It was framed to punish and not to reform. It was framed for the powerful and not for the weak. We} have changed it all. We have given more law making power to the most in- telligent and have new and better meth- ods of selecting them. We have had no| wars or threatened disturbances in this present century and all nations are ad- justing every question by arbitration. The great question of this continent re- garding the physical and intellectual improvement of the people, has been solved by the enactment of the most per- fect sanitary and equitable laws of mar- riage possible, and the most stringent } laws for their execution. Herein lies the secret of our physically people. Your old adage was ‘a sound mind in a sound body.’ making that rule universally possible.” D. W. Earle, ‘I become improved This century is — 2 MUSKEGON. Epitome of Commercial News from a Busy City. {Tue TrapesMAN has arranged for regular correspondence, each week, from the hustling city of Muskegon and will give place to a resume of the work un- dertaken by the Muskegon Improvement Co. next week. | F. G. Hagen has purchased of the | sheriff the stock of groceries formerly | owned by Hagen & Solheim and has re-| sumed business at the former location of , the old firm. K. W. Solheim has opened a grocery | store in the suburb sometimes referred | to as Pinchtown. Andrew W jerengo| furnished to stock. Jas. F. Balbirnie has sold his interest} in the furniture, undertaking and livery business of J. Balbirnie & Son to el senior member of the firm, who will con- | tinue the business under the style of J. | Balbirnie. 2 < ——______—— The University Again. KALAMAZOO, Feb. 5—I have too much respect for the press to allow myself the liberty of persenal criticism, but the University appropriations are of a finan- cial nature and must be treated as such. As only the working and business men have brought this union to a high stand- ard of civilization by their practical work, it seems to me that their rights to criti- cize public institutions of learning can not be contradicted. About a thousand students are enrolled under the department of literature, science and art, in which 59 teachers are employed. The current expenses of this department amount to a large share of the whole. What do the inhabitants of Michigan gain by these young men, with a title to their names, a smell of German and a touch of Greek; young men brought up under the protection of prayer-meet- ings, educated up to supreme prejudice and sublime mediocrity, when perhaps 100,000 active young men in this State are longing for a practical and mechani- cal business education? Does it occur to anyone that the struggle for existence is becoming more bitter day by day, and especially among the working classes? Germany and Scandinavia, with their technical high schools for ordinary me- chanics, have averted great national cal- amities and prevented more innocent bloodshed than a hundred University Websters, with their oratory could do. Time will amply prove that anarchy or the revolution for foodstuff is before us. It is the duty of all, by healthy legisla- tion, to prevent disorder in the commu- nity. As Byron says, ‘‘Revolution alone can save the world from hell’s pollu- tion.”? We should stop the pollution. As to the ‘“‘mob in broadcloth,”’ the citi- zens of Ann Arbor remember the circus row a year ago, the militia trouble and the postoffice mob. It is queer, indeed, that men like Byron, Milton or Messionier never adorned their Christian names with high-sounding University titles. Wen- dell Philips truly said, ‘‘A fool is nota perfect fool until he learns Latin:” When the University ceases to be a respectable house of correction for the wayward progeny of the Boston mob, fifty years ago; when all the expenses are used to further the study of useful science as medicine, law and civil engineering— then a great step toward reform has been taken. One of the most able and com- mon sense men in the United States, Dr. Koch, occupies a University chair at Ann Arbor, but, he, too, used to incur the displeasure of the young nobility at Ann Arbor—the ‘‘mob in broadcloth.” Louis H—. Michigan Board of Pharmacy. Detroit, Feb. 1—A meeting of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, for the purpose of examining candidates for registration, will be held at Grand Rap- ids, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3 and 4, 1891. The examination of both Registered Pharmacists and Assistants will com- mence on Tuesday at 9 o’ciock a. m., at which hour all candidates will please report at the lecture room of Hartman’s Hall, corner of Fountain and Ionia streets. The examination for registration for all candidates will occupy two days. Owing to the action of the last Legis- lature, which caused the Railway Asso- ciation of Michigan to change its rules relative to reduced rates for assemblies, special railroad rates for this meeting could not be secured. Other examinations will be held dur- ing the year as follows: Ann Arbor—May 5. Star Island—July 7. Houghton—September 1. Lansing—November 4. Yours respectfully, JaMEs VERNOR, Sec’y. ‘“‘Mxcuse Me for Being Alive.” There is a little druggist in Brooklyn, but although little he is full of pluck. The other day he got on a horse car and dropped into a corner seat and began reading a paper. Other passengers got aboard and soon the vehicle was crowded. Still the se- renity of the druggist was undisturbed. Suddenly there came a ‘change. It was pronounced and startling. “Ouch!” exclaimed the druggist, with a frown and a glare at a stout man, who had stepped upon his foot and sent shooting pains through his most favored corn. ‘Hey, there!’ he added. ‘‘You are standing on my foot.” The man then removed his pressure, but the druggist failed to hear his in- ‘coherent apology. “Say!” he shouted to the big bear. ‘Please excuse me.”’ “Oh, no,” returned the other, ‘‘it’s my fault; please excuse me.”’ **I beg your pardon, sir,’? quickly re- sponded the little man, “I am at fault; please excuse me for being alive,” and amid a roar of laughter he resumed the perusal of his paper. Traverse City—Rose & Son have leased a store building here and will remove tkeir drug stock from Sherman to this place. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS., "iaiseis Bua GRAND RAPIDS. A & z a ™ fe am Ss S = i r: 2 = a " by > a % Send for Quotations. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS Manufacturers of and Jobbers in Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags, Metals, Iron, Rubber and Wiping Rags 264 So. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS. Telephone 640. Furniture ae Nelson, Matter & Co.'s Styles New, Cheap, Medium and Expen- sive. Large Variety. Prices Low. Sy ig June? Dh aR a AS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. fb Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Citric acid, hemp seed, capsicum. Declined—Nitrate silver. ACIDUM. ' Cabepee............. 1Z 00@12 50 Aceticum . s@ 10| Exechthitos........... 90@1 vv Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 | Erigeron . v-see++-1 90@2 00 Boracic ... 30 Gaultheria ............2 00@2 10 Carbolicum 2 38 Geranium, ounce. .... @ Citricum 58@ 60 Gossipii, Sem. se oe 50@ 75 Hydrochior . 3@ Hedeoma .............1 85@2 0 Nitrocum 10@ 12 Juniper. . casos. Oxalicum ...... 11@ 13 Havendula 01.01. 90@2 00 Phosphorium dil. a | Cerone 1 80@2 80 Salicylicum ...... 40@1 80 Mentha Piper..........2 90@3 00 Sulphuricum. . | 1%@ 5 Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 Tannicum.........--.- 40@1 60 Morrhuae, gal......... 80@1 00 Tartaricum...........- 40@ 42 > ounce......... @ 30 ee 80@2 75 AMMONIA. Picis eres (gal..35) 10@ 12 CE 1 16@1 28 > =» = Po a —— : eeauaiad oe. 1 el 00 enero eu 12@ 14 — aa “ao Ciaoeiaums ............ 12@ 14} Succini................ 45 Poe 90@1 00 ANILINE. ae . . 3 50@7 00 Cee 2 0O@2Z 25 | La8sairas. .... 45@ 50 an ae ance 80@1 00 —— ess, ounce... @ 65 eas 45@ 50 sete eee ee cts eee 16 wee 2 50@3 00 Thyme = ag 50 BACCAE. Theobromas........... 15@ 2 Cubeae 2....... 1 60@1 75 POTASSIUM. Juni 49g ieee ciede ae 8@ 10] BiCarb....... . 1@ 18 Xanthoxylum ........- 25@ 30] Bichromate 13@ 14 Bromide.... 37@ 40 ee. aa 12@ 15 — -— = Chlorate, (po. 16). 14@ 16 eee ete He ees o (versace ..:....... ot 55 Terabin, Canada ..... 35@ 40 — |... 2 - 90 Tolutan .......-------- 40@ 45 a. oe pure.. 30@ 33 otassa, Bitart, com. @ 1b Abi ri aa 18 coo — opt. cea 8@ 10 es otass Nitras i 7@ 9 Casslae ......-------2+-++-++ De 30@ 33 Cinchona Flava .......----- 18] Sulphate po...... .... 15@ 18 Euonymus atropurp........ 30 Myrica Cerifera, po.......-- 20 RADIX. Prunus Virgini | Aconium ........ 20@ 2% uillaia, grd... 1 Alee................. Bi amsafras ............--.---- 12] Anchusa ............ . 8@ ® Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 roe can re. aan = Jalamus. ea EXTRACTUM. Gentiana, (po. 15). a 10@ 12 Glycyrrhiza Glabra. .. a = ictal, 16@ 18 C 11@ 12 po. 40). @ 3 13@ 14] Hellebore, ‘Ala, po.. 15@ W® 14@ 15| Inula, .. eae 15@ 2 16@ 17 Ipecac, po Lo 2 — 50 ris plox (po. — 18 20 Chetan ogg @ 15 ——. pr. 45@ 50 arbonate Precip...... i aranta, ik... oe @ 3 Citrate — —. oes ° 201 Podophyllum, BO! su. 15@ 18 ees 2 eee oe ae Solut Chloride........ mee © oe. 75@1 35 Sulphate, eee i....... 1%@ 2 spig oe” 48@ 53 re @ 7) Sanguinaria, (po 25) . @ ® a a oat Ne Sg ] Ce ee ca eee iia. LL ae 2 Similax, Officinalis, H @4® Ce ee Ww@ 25 M @ 20 Munenaxa __lt--- -- 2@Q@ 30 ami (po. OP as 10@ 12 ‘0 Symplocarpus, cet — N@ R dus, po @ Barosma .- js: ve leriana, ‘Eng. (po.80) @ B Cassia Acutifol, Tin Camwan . isa oo ae B@ 2W d nivel y 3 “ 35@ 50 ingiber a............. 10@ 15 Salvia officinalis, 48 Bineiber j........-. 2 25 one MeL... ........-- 122@ 15 SEMEN. oe... ..... 8@ 10 Anisum, (po. 100 ") — . i Apium — eons Acacia, ist plexed @1 00 | Bird, 1s.. @ & “ ” 94 eat @ Ww Carul, (po. 18). 8@ 12 “a 3d 4 @ 80 Cardamon.. vy essed 00@Q1 25 ba fted 18. @ 6 Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 as = BOrt.-- Qi 00 Cannabis Sativa....... 140 3 ° Peaonmee.... -...-... © Aloe, Barb, (po. 60). 0G 60 Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 Cape, (po. Ss @ 12) Hintertx Odorate......2 00@2 2 . Sovoir, (po i4 @ 50} Foeniculum..... ..... @ 15 Catechu, is, (48, va @1 ceaengeeen, pe. ...- : = a a... 25Q 90) Lint ..-.-- creer gerne: aan oe.. 6 See OM. i: “ Scapa SOG se | phatlaris Canarian... S4@ 4% Buphorbium po. 7. 19 Sinapis, Alba. a 82 2 eae ie 0 we 9 Gamboge, po.......--- 80@ 95 ) nares 40) @ 3 SPIRITUS. Kino, (po. 25).-------- @ ® Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 ee e ] DFR. 1 tog = Myrrh, (po. 45)........ EE 14 Opii, (po. 3 85)........ 2 25@2 40 Juniperts Co. 0. T....1 T5@1 75 Shel ee ee 1 75@3 50 ss pleached...... *3@ 35] Saacharum N. E......1 75@2 00 Tragacanth . es 30@ = Boon Galt. ....... : T@S = ove ckages. n OECD .....-4.+-. 25Q@2 et TEE BI. sn 1 5@2 00 Eupatorium ..........---..-- 20 SPONGES. a iweb esas arenes = Florida sheeps’ wool, eee . carriage..........-.. 2 Mentha Biperita ieee eee e = Nassau sheeps’ wool cl alee aaa eee |... ........ Ru weeeeseoeer ese aeeseeseeoere re Velvet extra sheeps’ > Tanacetum, V........------- = wool carriage....... 110 Thymus, eee eee Extra yellow sheeps’ MAGNESIA. Garage ..........°.- 85 Calcined, Pat.......... Bs@ 60 —er wool car- “a 2@ 2| _Tiage .......-....---- Carbonate, a 20@ 7 Hard for slate use.... 7 Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 Yellow Reef, for slate a. ae... OLEUM. —. es 00@5 50 SYRUPS. Any Sain, Amar ee oe Whereis se alae, Amarae.. of po = — -- ee, = ee eta g sues 9@ Cac Leu e Auranti Cortex. ...... @2 50| Ferri Iod.. 50 is ded 3 75@4 00 — Cortes... 50 Gai a eS ee Seat GO | het Aram........... --.-- 50 Se 1 W@1 - Similax icin ak . fs saps e beads 3@ ee Chenopodii .........--. ee a 50 ¢ i nase 1 = = —. oye = tronella ... We ee Conium Mac.........-. ee Se as... s,s. es 50 Pods ees ae 1 20@1 30| Prunus virg..........-.--::, 9 TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 7 - a 50 | Mea 60 | ee Wee 60 a 50 Asafcetida. . Leecce 8 Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Benzoin eee 60 De el ea caus Gone 50 sine oe 50 ee 50 Re oe oe 50 Cae Gee... 5. 75 | " Ge. aa 100) meena. ............. oO Oe _ Ce... - o Colgewe.._..........-.. 50 eee... ene... Se eee 50 | ae... 50 eee 50 . cL ., 60 (OC 50 : moe... 60 | wisest 50 | cree ................ 50 Mee 75 “ Colewoes, .....-...... 7 Mert Cilorndaum............ 35 | ee 50 | Toneue. ......... 50 Myrrh .. 50 oe Vowses.........-...... 50 Op’ eee eee access 85 " Campborsted......._... 50 ‘* Deodor .2 00 Auranti aneane 50 uassia . Lede ee ae — ee eee 50 ee... 50 Cassia Acutifol.. 50 Co 50 Serpentaria ee ee ee ee 50 Seceeomeaet................. @ ee 60 Najera C8 50 Veratrum Veride............ 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Aither, Spts Nit,3 F.. %@ 28 4F.. 03@ BR Alumen ees betes eee . 2%@ 3% —— (po. a).. ie . 2. SS Annatto. ee es. 55@ 60 Antimoni, me... ...... 4a 5 et PotassT. 55@ 60 — Cee hee tees 1 35@1 40 Avreeris........----. @ BS Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 7 ae oS Ff Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 Hien & ......... 2 10@2 2 Calcium — 1s, (48 7: ae re..........- 9 Cantharides Russian, ee @1 7 Capsici Fructus, af... = “ @ 18 ateniation, (po. 8) 13@ i4 Carmine, No. @3 75 Cera Alba, San 50@ 55 Cera Pa 38@ 40 ne @ 4 Cassia Fructus........ @ eee @ 10 Ce @ Chloroform oe ees 60@ 63 quibbs . @1 10 Chloral Hyd ‘Crst Dede ‘1 0@1 Geecerus............. 0@ Cinchonidine, PR&W bt German 3%@ 1 Corks, list, dis. per eee @ & ee .....--..--. @ Ww creta, _ my. @ 2 dete eee ces . 5 os es ca ee 11 ie ;: Se @ 8 oe W@Q eee... ......-...- @ uA Carel Sulph,.........- eS 7 Deere... ..-....... 10@ 12 Ether Sulph.. 68@ 70 Emery, numbers. 2 ‘ Ergota, ( .) oe... 50@ 55 Flake Oe 12@ 15 Cae... @ Gamer. 1... .... @8 Gelatin, —— eee @ = Cueeen fint, 70 per cent. by box 60 less Glue, Lg Dea ceee ae 9@ 15 ee... .:. 18@ 2% chinmen ea 17 @ Grana Paradisi.......-. @ 2 a ea 25@ 55) Hiydraag we, a @ %} @ 8 . Ox seni @1 (5) r Ammoniati. @i1 15 ao Unguentum. 45@ = Hydrargyrum...... @ Tehthyobolla, Am ‘1 25@1 50 | togieo..........-.-..-. 75@1 00 Iodine, Resubl.. ..3 TQ@3 oS | Todgrems. ....-.:.--..- a4 7 — bea danse 55 | — 50@ 55) ee 80@ 85 Liquor Arsen et Hy- rare lod............ 27 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 | Magnesia, Sulph (bbl Seo | Morphia, Ss. P. & W...2 30@2 55 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 25 | Lindseed, botled .... 3 61 SN. ¥. @ & Sinapis ss @ e | Neat’s Foot, winter C Ce... ot. 2 W@2 . ee @ 3|_ strained..........- 69 Moschus Canton...... — kins, De _ | SpiritsTurpentine.... 45 50 Meyristica, No.1....... 70@ % Woe. @ | | Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 snuff, “Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 i paints. bbl. 1b. | Oa, Sepia... 38 | Soda Boras, (po. 13). . 12@ 13| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 | Pepsin a, H. &P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 | | Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 } . @2 00 | Soda Carb........... 1%4@ 2 Ber. . |e 2@3 | Picis Liq, N N + ¥ gal Seda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5} | Putty, commercial .. ..214 24%4@3 | doz nn @2 00 | Soda, Ash............ Sea 4)” “strictly pure.....2% 2%@3 | Piels Liq., ‘quarts @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas........ @ 2| Vermilion Prime Amer- | pants _....- @ 70| Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ 55 ican . 4 13@16 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80) . @ 530| ‘ Myrcia Dom.. @2 25) V ermilion, English.... 85@88 | Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 “ Myrcia Imp.. @3 00 | Green, Peninsular TQ Piper Alba, _ 85) .. _ @ 3 Vini Rect. bbl | | Lead, a @7% | Pix Burgun.. a Tl 22... = 3 whi @i% Plumb! Aces ........ 14@ 15| Less5dc gal., cash ten days. | whiting, white Span.. @i | Pulvis Ipecac et opil. ‘1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Cr -_ . @1 10| Whiting, Gilders’...... @% | Pyrethrum, boxes Sulphur, Subl. 21%4@ 3% | White, Paris American 1 90 | &) w Co. dus. .... @1 3 Roll. 2 ne 3 | Whiting, Paris Eng. | Pyrethrum, pv........ 30@ 35| Tamarinds... Sa 10) cae... 1 4 ee 8@ 10| Terebenth Venice..... B@ 3 Pioneer Prepared Paint! 20@1 4 Quinia, S. P. & W 37@ 42|Theobromae.......... 56@ 56| Swiss Villa sp rintvcisinieiis” [ * & Gemaae.. 24@ 30| Vanilla... .. is ——— 00 | Paints . : 00@1 20 | Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14} Zinci Sulph.. VARNISHES. Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 40 | No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 [Salneta 2 00@3 10 a | Extra Turp............160@1 70 | Sanguis Draconis..... 0@ 50 Bbl. Gal| Coach Body...........2 75@3 00 | Santonine ............ @4 50 | Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Sapo, Dae Mi herd, cia........... & =| = Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 zl 10@ 12 ioe Ao t........... 45 an ipl - 1 - €&... 2 .._... @ 15| Linseed, pureraw.... 55 for. - _... a = HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CC Importers and Jobbers of —~DRUGS-— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundrie Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Sole Agents forithe Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY’ We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Rums. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Oo., 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 | ceive them. ‘flare and Invoiced the same day we re Send in a trial order. ting & Perkins Drug 60, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee ere eterna ea 12 THE er TRADESM AN. GROCERIES. Should Handle Solid Meat Oysters Only. ‘Why don’t you advocate the adoption of a uniform grade for bulk oysters in THE TRADESMAN?” asked Fred L. Fallas, of the firm of Fallas & Son, the other day. ‘Restricting the amount of water used or the quality of the liquid adulterant ?” replied the reporter. ‘*Neither,’? was the reply. ‘““T mean that the dealers ought to get together | and agree to sell nothing but solid meat | goods and establish a uniform price. Solid standards are now costing us $1.10 per gallon in Baltimore and the freight amounts to 12 cents per gallon. That makes the net cost to us here $1.22 per gallon. Weare content to handle oysters on a 15 per cent. margin, making the selling price $1.40 per gallon. As a mat- ter of fact, we are quoting oysters which cost us $1.22 per gallon at $1.25, and would lose money if we did not introduce the necessary amount of water to give us a living profit. We sometimes have to sell at $1.20 or $1.10, to meet competition, | but the purchaser gets less oysters and | more water—that’s the size of it. If all dealers handled solid meat goods, there | would never be a complaint, they always give satisfaction. watered goods, the dealer expressage on water — that’s what it amounts to—and if a tub happens to | spring a leak during shipment, there is) a big kick over short measure. In my opinion, THE TRADESMAN ought to quote the price of solid meat oysters only, tak- ing the price at Baltimore and adding freight and 15 per cent. for the jobber’s margin. Then the retailer would know that anyone offering him goods less than | that price was selling watered goods.” oe No More Pool for Them. The American Glucose Co., of Buffalo, has issued the following definite state- ment to the wholesale trade: We have been informed that agents of our competitors have circulated the re- port that our reason for declining to sell | goods on time contracts, as heretofore, is that we expect an early formation of a pooling arrangement of glucose manu- facturers. We desire to state. that ever since | the dissolution of the late pool we have believed that its renewal would be an impossibility, and, so far as this com- pany’s interests are concerned, unde- sirable. In this conviction our directors decided that under no circumstances would they again permit the company to | ‘Tranks, Traveling | Bags and Cases etree sassse become party to a pool. This decision is not subject to modification or with- drawal. It is irrevocable. We are impelled to make this announce- ment in the belief: that it will further explain and confirm our position in re- spect of time contracts, as recently com- municated to you through our represen- tatives or by direct correspondence. We have been unable to discover any advan- tage to either buyers or sellers in deal- ing in guaranteed contracts on a declin- ing market. a ee ee Wools and Tallow Higher--Hides and Furs Firm. Wools are firm and some higher. In fact no desirable lots are offered within one or two cents of the offering price. Assortments are small, as nearly all large lines are cleaned up. There is considerable looking around in the West | for wools to go forward to supply stocks. As most lots are being held for higher prices, it does not move freely. Hides are firm and held by dealers because | In buying | simply pays | above what tanners will pay. Tanners being well stocked, are not free buyers, especially at any advance. Light are scarce, but there is no money in the tannage on the present market of leather. Tallow has sustained an advance of 4g@4e, with large supplies offering, which weakens the market. Furs are firm at the advance and are eagerly taken. There is no settled price and offerings for lots of any magnitude vary materially. It is not a question of market, but what will they bring. —_——___ > <—>—___—— Patrons of Industry Mulcted. | Otsego correspondence Kalamazoo Telegraph over one hundred members. store on the 10 per cent. method has been quently a few weeks ago, George F. Heald, a good brother of the lodge, in Son. each was to forfeit $100 if they did not carry out the contract. was placed in athird party’s care until | after the stock was invoiced. The goods | | invoiced more than they expected, hence | |they could not purchase, Truesdall & | Son claiming the $100. It seems that $60 | |of this money was Heald’s own money’ jand $40 the P. of I.’s. Heald brought |suit against the P. of I.’s. The trial be- 1 1 gan Friday morning and lasted until after midnight. The plaintiff won a judgment of $60 and costs of suit, in all amouting | to about $80. |town hall, The suit was held in the) over 200 people attending. | the plaintiff, but the defendants deserve | a fair portion of sympathy, also, because | the whole lodge voted to go into the} scheme, but the blame fell on the three | leaders. >_>. <—- The Grocery Market. Hard sugars are firmer and a little| higher. Soft sugars are without change. | Coffee is in good demand and the market | F is gradually strengthening. Kettle mo- | | lasses are firm, with strong indications | of an advance. Centrifugal goods are in | unlimited supply and will probably not | | vary much from present prices. C anned | ; and will probably go still higher. THE TRADESMAN warns grocers against | | | the freight rate is practically prohibitive, | | having been advanced in the official | classification of February 2 PAUL EIFERT Manufacturer of SAMPLE TRUNKS AND CASES MADE TO ORDER Write for Prices. 41 SO. DIVISION ST, Grand Rapids, - - Michigan. | THOMAS STOKES, WHOLESALE DEALER IN SALT FISH, | New York City. Represented in Michigan by J. P, WISNER, Merchandise Broker esas maa ane. Who will quote prices by mail or call on im wishing a supply for lenten trade. The Patrons of Industry organized here | less than a year ago, though never in- | corporated, and the lodge now numbers | To run a} the burden of their desire, and conse- | company with the association, concluded | to buy the grocery stock of Truesdall & | They made a verbal contract that | The forfeit money | The people in general sympathize with | |ecorn is now nearly all in second eit | ordering syrup or molasses in pails, as | PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Green, $4.25@4.50 for choice eating and $3.50@$3.75 for cooking stock. Evaporated are firm at 14@15c, and sun-dried are strong at 10@10%e. Beans—The demand is steady and the market without special change. 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 in moderate demand. Dealers pay 16c and hold at 18e. Creamery is in fair de- mand at 22@24¢. Cabbages—‘0c per doz. or # per 100. Carrots—20@25¢c per bu. Celery—20@25c per doz. op eneeenns— Peek barrels,81.25; produce barrels Cranberries — The market is easier and the price 25¢c lower. Bell and Cherry are slow sale at $9@$10 and Cape Cod are held at $10@$12. Eggs—Dealers now pay 16¢e for fresh and hold at i7c. The market is fairly strong. Only oc- easional lots of cld eggs are thrown on the mar- ket, being gought for principally by bakers and confectioners. Potatoes — The market is decidedly weaker, prices having slumped off fully 10¢e per bushel since the advent of the new year. The demand | is light as compared with previous weeks, and the indications are far from encouraging, so far | as higher prices are concerned, Squash—1%c per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Kiin dried Jerseys are scarce, | readily commanding $4.50 per bu. Turnips—30@35c per bu. PROVISIONS. | The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Meas, new. ...... . 11 00 | Short cut . ee oe | Extra clear pig, re 12 50 Extra clear, heavy.. hee eee eee eee | Clear, fat back.. a oe a | Boston clear, Ts 12 50 eg ae 12 2% | Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 12 50 sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Pe eee. 6% | ER 9 | Tongue Sausage............ eee 9 Cy Se aa 7% | Blood Sausage....... ... ee ete ee ee 5 Bologna, ——- ee 5 | Bologna, thick. . Oe eee eee 5 FR a i ee ee ee 5 LARD—Kettle Rendered. eee. 6% ee 7 ee te 7 } LARD. Com- | Family. pound. ip ees... .. 2 54 | Gane Wilh. Tuts.......:.......50 5% | 3 Ib. Pails, Min a case.......... 6% | 1 5 1b. Pails, Bima cese........... 6% 644 10 Ib. Pails, Cine caen........... 6% 6 | 20 1b. Pails, 4in a case...... 5 | 50 Ib. Cans.. “3% 514 | “BEEF IN BARRELS. trea Mees, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06 ‘xtra Mess, Chicago packing................ 6 %5 | omen, raeee WEL. ..... 6.2... 9 % SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. | Hams, av erage —e- .. 8% | na 16 — |... 9 im = ee 9% _ SS ae ees 6 ' est boneless. . ee OE EE 534 | Dice raet Cecem, bomeieew.................... 8 | Dried beef, ham prices .... ee Lon Clears, ee By a es Cee a ce apes 534 FISH and OYSTERS, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as tollows: FRESH FISH. Whitefish... 02... 2.22.00. see sees eee @10 | eee: cs. ae @10 See ee elie ess pose ble acne @9 ee @18 | Ciscoes eek ede cue kewews es 5 [eee @9 —. Be eck eee ee @10 Ch eek es @2% Ope es @10 @i18 overane—Cane. | Fairhaven i ies eee. @28 eee Ce aleve ebs ey thee dyes @23 ee @22 PE @20 eee. 8s ks @18 oe, ee @16 SHELL GOODS, Dy mony per mm... oe 1 25@1 50 }Clams, = 6 eos een eens tees sweee 75@1 00 | BULK GOODS. Standards, per os. ....... ee. @1 25! | Selects, @1 65 | Scrimps, _ 1 50 | | Clams, el 1 50 | | Scallops, " 1 50 FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, ON a icies ccs, 44@ 614 hind quarters ee ce Ae He 6 @ 6% ee cee 34%4@ 3% goo. 10 @ - oe | ..-......,-.-...2-..... @8 = ee ee @5 —_—_—————————ee oo @ 82 ee... 44 4% @5 Pee to... @ 6% eee... @5 Sausage, blood SS @ 5 i ee a — @ 5 ° — ae ook. @ i ee: i. 64@ 7 Veal. 7 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Sete oer ...... .......-.......... @ 8 _ ea @8 © NE oo ec eee cen. tee. @ 8 - pails or pees, net weight. ..... 8% " ee Oe 8 ee i ke cee ee, 10 Tt. ee 9 acl are 10 MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Pails. Standard, perid.................<. 7% 8 wree—_O Ee 7% 8 Ee 8 8% oe lL 8 8% I as ese ee csc hanes weds ets oe amen 9 —.. ..t SC se 9 OE ee 10 Macnee BOCk........ 1... 9 eee vee... .. eee 9 eee oe ee ue net, 9% Peanut Squares............ oe 10% EE ee 10 acs iL Weliey Creques........-......-.,..-...-....... 14 Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box hiewion Mrgok...........--.......-............ 60 Oe FO ee teen tse meee ers ewnsag atte 60 Peppermint Drops. ..........----.s-+seeee cess 70 Ceseeeete eee... 5... = H. M. Chocolate Drops... ee ee ee cet eeee yes es, es “080 BRON THI, on ee oi ew ose wie ce oe 1 00 A SB. Lice Orome..................... ----- 80 Lozenges, ee ee ee ee a 65 aS 70 iyeperiais........ oe aE EE 75 ee — eee ee ié@s ee ———_ ee x@1 00 ae. ee 80@90 ree COS. cs ee ac ke tee 1 00 String Rock.. eseeeesiceeas yeas Mi Burnt Almonds.. es, 4 ‘(W@l 10 Wintorereen Gerties............... 65 FANcCY—In bulk. Lozenges, pete, 16 pale..........-.--- ca ale 11 rinted, ee ne. 12 Chocolate Drops, in ee ee 12 Gum Drone, in patis.........-.......-.-...-... 6 Moss Drape, i pas... ...................-.. 10 Sour Drope, in pails.............-.---...------ 10 Imperials, in patie. ..........---. se ccce nee oe 11 RANGES. Floridas, fancy 250-200 176-150... . 3 56@33 75 i is.... ......... 38 eae @ ' 2... eues oe @ } Russets, fancy 200-171 6- Pease 3 56 126-11% oe es ee 3 2% Valencias, uaaen to fancy 420 toe eae S 7 Messinas, . 300-240..... 2 75@3 00 “ + oe... eee LEMONS Messina, Ot Oe ei @3% fancy, de @ 4 50 . ee Oe @ 400 = er ee... @ 4 50 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 18@20 choice eee @16 “ sc “ ef @12% . Fard, 10-lb. box Oe ope eee eee @10 . ee et. @8 “ Peeean, 00m. bex..............- 4@6 NUTS. Almonds, sees. bee bees newt ee eens @17% a @l7z Ke eres. - @iz OO @ Filberts . Se @ Walnuts, Grenoble. @15% han a @12 . Oe set eee sess ie i. @10% Table Nuts, No, -s eS es @15% ‘asieiets Texas. “AL. Fe 14@16 Cocoanuts, Part eee. .....---.-.. --..- @4 50 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., Suns .. es a @ 6 ee Mabe T%@ 8 Fancy, x, P., Flags ' @6 “Roasted... THD 8 Choice, Lo Ps Extras. @5 " Roasted .. 6%@ 7 | | j | CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE . Paper Warehouse. FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE. | Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich. Scenic { ‘ % ancl porns racnatrcemmemmsnenasnarronsinticians fine oe saan ai ere ns eae peices (ome SR vere ooo —— 28 A pc ame ee ee re meine emg eee mney THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 18 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who | Cinnamon. pay promptly and buy in full packages. APPLE BUTTER. Chicago goods.. .........7144@8 AXLE GREASE. oe #2 4u ieee 1% ee 1s MO cece. ee BAKING POWDER. Thepure, 10c packages. ...$1 20 “ % Ib. “ 1 ’ 6 oz. . oo. 27 ee 6S 2 %6 = 1202. 7 42 - 11b. . -. 540 > 5 1b. ees 26 00 Less 20 per cent. to retailers. Acme, 4% lb. cans,3doz ... 45 - ; _*- --... i” 7 * ...2 - ——.. 10 Telfer’ . 6 =~ cans, doz... 45 85 oe = “ se Le 4 50 Arctic, 6 t cans ... ...... 60 oes cus: 1 20 © 4 DT eeseeueses 2 60 “ ae ce 9 60 Red Star, 4 : cans. Las ee 40 i oo £0 . fe * - LA... 150 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case. 80 EN Ee a 75 American. 2 doz. in case... 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, = oven... -...... 4 00 a, = .-...---.- 7 00 . ints, rood ....... 10 50 ' io. 2, sifting boa... 27% S aa 3, .. 40 - =o o : .. OO ™ (ogre ............ 4 50 BROOMS. oe See ...............-.- 1% wai |... 2 00 No. 2 Carpet... 2 25 oe ee 2 50 Parlor Gem.....------.--.-. 275 Common er ec 90 Fancy eee 1 20 —.. ..... . 3 Warehouse........ _ 27 BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Re Ss. «C¥¥ .--.-----.- 5 00 Wore BOGbe...... ...-.-+---- Bolt Hining...... -...: ----.- 4 50 CANDLES Hotel, 40 lb. boxes ss ao ee 9% Pores... i ee ee 25 CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams, 1 Ib. Little Neck. .... 1 10 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10 Cove Oysters, rd Ip. —.. 2 25 Lobsters, 3 ib. aa ee a - 2 Ib. Star... a 3 Mackerel, tf Tomato Sauce 3 50 b. stand Lewes ae 1 20 _ 3 1b. meee eae 2 00 e 3 1b. in aaa. .3 50 . Sib. soused....... 380 Salmon, : 7 Columbia 1 75@1 _ Alaska... @1 ecmede aca \s oo “ + GA 25 Mustard %s.. S imported 4s...11 @l12 - spiced, %s ...... 10 Trout, 3 lb. brook ....... 2 50 FRUITS. Apples. York State, gallons.... 1% or Santa Cruz......-. 2.25 Lusk’s . 2 40 Cherries. TN ai cee cles ccs eues 1 2 Pitted Hamburg. 1 40 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. i a 1 35@1 45 Gooseberries. Coen .... ..+----- 1” Peaches _.................. 1 60@1 75 Maxwell ......-..--- : 2 25 Shepard's .........--.- 2 25 Colearnis............. 2 25@2 50 Pears. eee ......--..-... 1s Riverside.. 2 Pineapples. Comm 1 30 Jcaane 8 sliced.. 2 40 ° grated ..... 2 65 Quinces. on... 4... 110 Raspberries. eae eae 1 30 Black Hamburg....... 1 40 Strawberries. ee 110 as 2 00 VYhortleberries. Cee a 1 40 MEATS. Comie@ beef. ............-. 2 00 Boast...... . 4 6 VEGETABLES. Beans, soaked Lima........ 85 ‘Green Lima........ @1 60 ieee, oe cs. 90 «: Siringiess...... .....-- 90 “ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, stand. brands..1 05@1 25 Peas, soaked...............- 75 ce re @i 30 “ stand June SSB ee 1 40 M ged © wns eee cous @1°%5 “ Mee Prench. ...._... 2 10 Moroes. 1 80 Pompem .. -. --@1 00 See 110 Succotash, soaked.......... 85 . ptendard........ 1 30 Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1 0: ei 10 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet.. ..... a 22 — ee ae 34 Pure... .-. 38 aeakion Cocoa 40 CHICORY. Bulk., ; ; a. Red .o. 7 CHEESE. Fancy Full C ream ll @i:4 Good . ....10 @1c% Part Skimmed....... :. 8 @2 mee ae... @22 Sees. C.. @1 00 Swiss, imported ...... 24@ 2% domestic 15@ 16 Linbureer.......... . CHEWING GUM. Rubber, ee 3d ee ..40 Spruce, 200. pieces. 40 CATSUP. Snider’s, % _—_- As - pie... see oe ° quart. ... 3 00 ee 4 0 “ “ 5 00 Subject to the following dis- counts: 200 or over. ....... 5 per cont, 500 “ ....4.8 bay nme . . CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter............ % Seymour “‘ 5% Bemeee ...........-..:-, . feniy....... “ biscu eae... ....... City Soda a S. Oys % City onan. mee. ........-.. 5% CREAM TARTAR. Bitcuy are,...-....--...: 38 Croceie ......._............ 25 DRIED FRUITS. DOMESTIC. Apples, sun-dried.....104%@l11 evaporated... 4 @2o Apricots, ' .20 @2!1 Blackberries “ oo 9 Peaches i eeuee 20 @22 PRUNES. Pasar eee @ 9 —_—— aa @i10 Wremenll.......-.--.<+4- @\1 PEEL, ee 18 ee. eee a. 18 CITRON. Je dram. .......------- @18 i bees... ws. @20 CURRANTS. Zante, in barrels...... @ 5% . in %-bbls...... @ 54 “ in less quantity @6 RAISINS ee Bag London Layers, es er’ 2 _ bi fancy. Muscatels,2crown ... . bags ae tor Ow feo “Absolute” in Packages. 5 ‘as Biteeee ... 5. 80 1 50 .. & £S5 Gloves 2 84 1 & Gitiner, dame... ....... S 155 . AS... 80 1 50 Muster. ...._.... 64 155 Peer ce os 1s ee...) lL, 84 SUGARS a tor ............ @i7 Cupes ...... i. : @ 6% Powdered ...... @ 6% | Standard Granulated @ 6% i ' Pine... ..... @ 6% Confectioners’ A / @6.31 White Extra C. _ @ 6 | Extra C os @ 5% | - @ 5% | Yellaw @ 54 | Dark Molasses.... i Tea ib, Foreign, Vereneies. ....... ..... 8 wee 8%4@ 9 Sultanas...... ee 16 @20 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Paring, 100 th. kegs. ........ Of Hominy, per bbl. .. 4 @ Macaroni, dom 12 lb box. 55 o imported..... ‘@il Pearl Bariey..........3 @ 36} Peas, green... ..... @1 10 * Spe. @ 3% Sago, German.... @ 5 Tapioca, kor prl...5 @6 Wheat, cracked... @5 Vermicelli, import... pe @it - domestic. @55 FISH—SALT. Cod, whole............ Bigg Sie ~ wee .... . T%O8 “ toe ..... ...... Foe Bae Halibut ..... | @10 Herring, gib »bed, bbl a 5 25 Dbl .. 3 00 _ Holland, *pbis. 12 00 | c “ fo -. 7 ay Sealed ... / 20 Mackerel, No.1, % bbl. 12 ' 10 Ib kit..1 10 Polieck.... Trout, ete... @5 25 10 Ib. kits Oe Ww hite, No. . é bbis.. @é 75 is Ib. kits.. 95 . Family, % bbls.... ‘3.00 | : . kits Dd FLAVORING EXTRACTS-Jennings’ DC »C Lemon. oo? 202 folding box.. 5 3 0z i 00 i 50 | 4 Oz C 18 2 00] 6 oz " .-2 00 3, 00 | 3 02 . 3 00 4.0) GUN POWDER. Kegs . 0 Half kegs. a oo HERBS. Ree ee 15 ho. JELLIES. Chieago soods......-....... 4 LAMP WICKS. ee 30 No. 1 40 Soe 2 50 LICORICE. ron... 30 Crs... .................. Sit ee. 18 LYE. Condensed, 2 dos........... 12% MATCHES. Roe © ealphur...........--.- 2 00 se. parlor.. Loe Oe 1 10 oan Pamor............... 4 25 MOLASSES. Discs Sitap. = Cuba Baking........ Porto Rico.. “19938 New Orleans, “good.. ae. ee ee. 35 o )....... 45 One-half naa 3e extra OATMEAL. Ce 6 00 ail bagrele.....- 3 25 ROLLED OATS ee @6 00 Heli tiis. .......-_.. @3 25 PICKLES. Medium. 87 50 % ‘bbl . ..4 2% Small, bbl. Co eee \% bbl.. eee oe Oe PIPES. Cc ae eo Se. 1 % D. full count. . = Cob, No.3. ass RICE. Carolina _ as 7 he 1.......-..-...-. 6% . No. 2 Ws ae ee aed 6 @ Japan, _ i ee : “4 tERKRAUT. ee Half barrels. . 8 00 SAPOLIO. Kitchen, : doz. in box oes 2 50 ieee 63hUcT,lUlUlU Ce 2 50 SOUPS. Snider’s Tomato... ........2@ PICES. Whole Sifted. ee 10 coat. China in mats...... 7 . Batavia in bund... .15 ne Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Amboyna...... oe - a: coe ee Mace Batavia. . iar ants fancy. ee . 80 me E....-.. -<. 10 ° No. ede a eee 65 Pepper, Singapore | —- <0 25 - bee... 9 Pure Ground in Bulk. Alieeeee 3... ..--..--.- f Cassia, “Batavia, 200) | and ‘Saigon. 25 ’ Saig — _......... Cloves, Amboyna. Jo. oe Zanzibar. . oe Ginger, siacen..., .......-. 15 Cogan... .,...-..5 18 . ae... Mace Batavia.........:.-.-- 8&0 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25 WAM, ois enn ae aes 27 — No. 2 oor aaeain soe epper, Singa re, blac 4 _ e white. .... 30 ° Cayenne. ......---- B ls ieee eee yea eee as 20 -3 00@3 25 | stin scoop. 6 eae 73 “255-1, tin ecoon....... 8 75) Co Bea a 7 | Grocers’, 11-1b, tin scoop. 1 00 . - Dress * _. 12 3 5 22-1, tin as nl brass “* .. 14% STARCH. Corn. 20-1b DOxGs......... 6% oe ee oo. 64 Gloss 1-lb pack CAGES... .. _6 | 3-ib oo. oe ase 6 | 6-lb “ ee 10 and 50 lb, boxes.......... 43% Barreis ... .... Sea cae 434 SNUFF. Seotch, in bladders.... ae Maccaboy, in jars... . .30 French “—- in Jars.....43 Less than 100 lbs. we advance scaLEes—Perfec — AP. Detroit Soap Co. s Brands. a Superior. . we oe 30 Queen Mane! ..3 83 perman Warmily.. .......... Mottled German............ 3 00 1Of@ Goren. -..,........... 2 U.S Bie Bargain .... . ...20 Pres, Poeser........... ...3 & Co Cae ............... 3 00 Cocoa Castile, Fancy. -3 36 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, &..-..........35 © Ce we... 3 50 Bouncer, ~~. .-3 00 soDA. Boxes . Meco tees a6 Se Kegs, English.. Pee sea eas 4% SAL SODA. ee _ i Granulated, boxes.......... 2 SEEDS. Mixed bird............ 44@6 OO ie 9 Comey ok... 3% Hee... a ee 13 Bee 6 MoU 1% SALT Common Fine per bbl..... @% Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 a POekee 75 60 oe 2 00 Ce oe -.2 1 Ashton Du. bags ...........- 75 Higgins ‘‘ een 7 Warsaw ‘‘ Oe ea ee 35 we es cL 20 Diamond Crystal cases....1 50 3-Ib sacks 25 oe oe 56-1 ae 50 ral 60 pocket.2 25 " oS 28 210 " . barrels .. .1 75 SALERATUS Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. 5% Dwight’sCom:....... rs ee 54 DeLand’s C ap ‘Sheaf.. -5% “ oe... 1... .., “-+ Ova teadger................. 5 SYRUPS. Corn, barrels........-. 25 «one-half parrels.. 27 Pure Sugar, Wet... ..30@ 40 half barrel.. eae | SWEET GOODS. | nl splint “« Neilso Ginger Snaps.......... y | : i ~ Nese Suger Creams......... 8% | . _ No.3 & 0 Frosted Creams....... Ss ae Graham Crackers..... 8 | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 SHOE POLISH. Wh WHEAT. Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... 75 | Re a vee = TEAS. Se at ae a A sara —leguiee. eat — on 60 Ib. test. ae... Oo ifalias 1 45 Yo oy peer ee oo Granulated.. . 1 65 oe 29 FLOUR. Choicest ect cehs +e ee Straight, in sacks . : 5 OO iste eg prt ne ase 10 @14 ae Fair UN CURED @n Patent sneke.... .. 6 CO ee ease x barrels. ...... 6 20 Good .. ....--..---+++- >, Gm | Graham eacks.... ... 430 Choteest 00008 = Rye ” oc 2 00 erovecssceceos of Oe te Dust........ .-.--. -.- 10 @14 | Bran...... monuumpareder: 20 00 “BASKET FIRED. HOrCeniNgs ........ 16 «0 Fair .......0..-+2-++-+ @0 | Middlings................. 20 50 ees beeteee ees = Mixed Weed.) 00........1 0. oe Ga cag SA eee Do) | Coarse :..-.. ... ae Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 Ni RYE. in GUNPOWDER. Wai... @57 Common to fair.......25 @35 BARLEY, 7 extra fine to fimest....560 Gob [Nol ............. 1 20 Choicest fancy........ 7 @8 | No.2 ee OOLONG, : Common to faif... ...25 @30 Small —_, i 58 Superior to fine....... 30 @50 Y “ ae Fine to choicest.......55 @65 OATS ’ , IMPERIAL. Small lots... .-. eee eee BR | Common to fair....... 20 @35 | Car eo 48 | Superior tofine........ 40 @50 aie ' | YOUNG HYSON. eG 9 8 | Common to fair.. 18 @26 wae 8 00 Superior to fine. eae @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. HIDES, PELTS and FURS ee 25 @30 a Mee 30 @35 Perkins & Hess pay as fol CE 55 @e5_ | lows, nominal: [ea Set Sto te ST iu | ToBaccos—Fine Cut. cee es eS 4 @5 D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. Full ifs oh Se Hiawatha CU ss sel sis aia as 5 @ 5% Sweet Cuba.. : ga. | Dry..--.-------e-ee ee 6 GT TOBACC os—Plug. Kips, oe a eee ep Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands, | ;, t ee . =o Something Good ....... _. 37 | Calfskins green. + ao Peden Pie a cured... 5 @% “Tobacco” "35 Descon skint 10 @30 ToBaccos—Smoking. vi —— Plow Boy, om)... ae Shearlings.......-.....10 @3s 7 31 Estimated w ool, per 20 @28 ee i 32 enn soit ata _ ay cteeeeee es cones 2 @30 Mgt, ae Jnwashed ..... . -10@22 i lo FURS. adult YRAST— Compressed. ca prices are for No.1 1 outs Tin foil cakes, per doz........15 >> iba ice oa oa eae en >: ayy | SOCAL ..- 2. wwe ee a A Dawers pee 1... .......- 30 | Benwee 2 00@ 8 C0 Cat, house.... 0@ 2% | : uy PAPER & WOODENWARt pas Wild.....-...... 10% A [Coan |... 4 2D 1 1 7 Fa Fisher 4 00@ 6 00 Curtiss & Co. quote as fol | Pox cross . "2 00@ 5 00 lows: Fox, red 1004 17% Be ce cco cee ee 175 | Fox, gray. 1G 7 Moewiale............ ee ee. 2 00@ 3 00 Hace... 2% | Martin, pale and ‘yel- Bakers . oo ane OW .-.... _.. ste Dry Goode 5K@ 5 Martin, dark........ 150 3 @ auee Meniiia........... 614 2@3 ioe... ..... ' 25 1 2 Red Express No. 1. Bo O07 20 No.2 eens LOpessan.........- 05 15 TWINES. | Otter Lo 2 2 oOo a tton, No . : Shite. .......-. 1 150 Sotton o. 1. Wor ...... 10 sO Beaver Cz istors, per Sea Island, aalaaal eee lb LL 200 500 No. 5 Hemp de oe eee ous | DEERSKINS—Per pound. a : Oa eee ce } Thin and green... oe ee 7 Eommerayg... ........ 0.0.28 20 WOODENWARE | Gray .... so stee ee reese 25 Tobe Net. 7 00 | Re d and blue. le, 35 ‘ } SL 6 00 | MISCEL L ANEO us. « Nae 5 00 | | Tallow ............ -- 3 @ 3% Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 50 | Grease butter ... 1 @2 «No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 75 | Switches .............. mare Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes. ... 59 | Ginseng... vee see 5S OD Bows, 11 tace.............. 1 00 rg 72 1 25 OILs. c = ee ee 2 00 | ar Standard Oil Co. quotes as o DT ee. 2 7} ollows: ‘* assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 | Water White @9 “ S ai nae 19s 2 75 | Michigan test @ 8% Baskets, market. . of ee @ 7% Gosher |... |. 1 = @asoline. ee @ 9% c willow [er ths, Nal 6 731 Cylinder..............27 Gag is : No.2 6 25| Engine .. 18 @2i Y . “ Nos7 i Black, 15 Cold Test... @ 9% I. M. CI MANUFACTURED BY DILWORTH BROTHERS, PITTSBURGH. TRADE SUPPLIED BY LARK & SON, EL. & aETORTIO Cigar. The Finest 10 Gent Gigar ON EARTH. Grand Rapids. Bay BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO., City, foe ee ee 1+ STRANGER THAN FICTION. Why James Haven Confessed to a Murder He Did Not Commit. I haven’t a bit of patience with that class of men who are always shaking their heads in a solemn way and declar- ing that many an innocent man has been sent to State prison on circumstantial evidence. Such instances have been known, of course, but they are very rare and it is then the fault of the accused. Iam about to narrate the particulars of a case which excited widespread in- terest in 1863, and I -ask the reader to follow the situations closely and to see what curious combinations can arise through circumstances. James Haven was amerchant in the village of G , lllinois. He had been there fifteen years. He was a church member, had no vices and, while ac- counted rather close-fisted, was said to be strictly honest. A year before the mystery occurred, he had taken a boy named Robert Lisle into his home, the lad being an orphan and his nephew. Bob, as we all called him, was 15 years old when he came. He went into the store as a clerk and a bedroom was made for him up stairs. I was a boy of Bob’s age, and we be- came chums. It thus came about that I learned the cause of certain welts and bruises on his legs and body. His unele, while pretending to feel a great interest in his welfare and while speaking to him in the kindest manner before others, was beating him on the slightest excuse and seeking to make the place so warm for him that he would run away. Some boys would have gone, but Bob hadn’t the courage to get up and face the world without a shilling in his pocket. On the afternoon of the 25rd day of June, 1863, as was sworn to in court, I was in the alley back of the store, and I heard Haven whipping Bob in the store- room. I heard him charge Bob with stealing some money, but the boy vig- orously denied it. After the whipping, Haven told three different customers that he had caught the boy stealing but he suppressed the fact that he had whipped him. I saw Bob about an hour after the affair and he made his denial in such a manner that I felt sure of his innocence. I then advised him to run away, but as I had no money to give him and he had not a penny of his own, he did not think it best to go. He wanted me to come and share his bed with him that night, as I had often done before, but a circumstance prevented. Haven saw us together and ordered me away from the store. At 7 o’clock that evening a man named Chadwick arrived in the village from Chicago to visit a sister. He had $2,000 in money with him and he asked Haven to keep itin his safe over night. At8& o’clock, the store was closed and Haven went home. At 9% o’clock, I left home to go to the store, calculating to call Bob up by throwing pebbles against his win- dow, a signal often made before. As I passed the alley I saw aman skulk away. I afterward swore in court that I beliey- ed this man to be Haven. The sight of him frightened me and I returned home atonce. Next morning ‘‘ the mystery ’”’ opened with a grand blast of trumpets. Bob Lisle had disappeared during the night, and the safe had been robbed of Chadwick’s $2,000. Investigation heightened the mystery. There was blood on Bob’s pillow. A trail of blood led from his bedside to the back door of the store. The safe had been opened in the regular way, and Haven claimed that $400 of his- money had gone with Chadwick’s. The town was at once alive, and the village con- stable proved his enthusiasm and worth by arresting two strangers. One soon identified himself as an honest man, while the other admitted that he was a deserter from the army and atramp. On searching him, $120 in greenbacks was found in one of his pockets. He declar- ed that he found this money in the alley in the rear of Haven’s store that morning about daylight, he having passed the night in a store shed further down the alley. If he expected anyone to believe such a thin story as that, he was sadly taken back. It was believed by all that Re OM rn ee a a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the right man had been arrested and the constable at once became the hero of the hour. A Chicago detective, who hap- pened in the town that same day, looked the ground over and declared the arrest to be a slick job. There had not only been a robbery, but murder had been done, and there was no doubt that both deeds had been accomplished by the same hand. Every- body turned out to look for Bob Lisle’s body, and every spot where it could have been concealed within a radius of three miles was carefully examined. It could not be found, but this fact only strength- ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS. Michael Kolb & Son, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE { Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers ened the general belief in the deserter’s | guilt. name as William Davis and had vigor- ously and continually asserted his in- nocence of any crime whatever. A war- rant had been issued, charging him with robbery and murder, and, inside of a week, he had been examined and held to the higher court without bail. * On the very day that this occurred, a| Down-East Yankee with a patent churn arrived in town, and, of course, he soon heard all about the mystery. To every- body’s surprise he declared Davis inno- eent. He argued as follows: ‘* How was the store entered? As the doors and windows were all right, it must have been entered by one of the doors, with a key. How was the safe robbed? By someone who knew the combination and opened it. The boy was up stairs—the safe down stairs. What need to meddle with the boy at all?” While the heroic constables and others were digesting the above, the Yankee was turning things over in his mind and preparing to add: ‘* What object to kill the boy or even to arouse him? And, if killed, where is the body? Why should the robber have carried it away at all? If Davis is the robber, there must have been blood spots on his clothing. What did he do with the balance of the money? Where did he get his key to enter? How did he learn the combination of the safe?” This line of reasoning upset every- body, and it no sooner reached the ears of Haven than he suggested the arrest of the Yankee as an accessory. It was not done, but the latter heard of it and re- plied: ‘‘ Investigate Haven. He knows more about this than the deserter does !”’ His suggestion turned publie attention and suspicion in another direction, and it was not long before some curious re- sults were forthcoming. I gave out the information that 1 saw him in the alley at about 9 o’clock of the night of the crime. The village blacksmith then came forward and said he saw him on the street half an hour later, and that Haven dodged past him and did not re- turn his salutation. The hired girl at Haven’s house declared that he went out just before 9 o’clock and did not return until 10. It wasso unusual for him to go out of an evening alone that she par- ticularly noticed his going. Three or four of us boys told how Bob had been beaten and misused, and so it came about that, while the deserter was not released, Haven was arrested. His story was that he had caught Bob pilfering from the money drawer on several oc- easions and, that on the day of the mur- der and robbery, he had laid a trap for him and caught him taking $5. He said he had a feeling when he got home that he had neglected to close the safe door, and that he had returned to make certain on this point. After finding that everything was all right, he had stopped to put up some goods left on the counter, and had then returned home. He denied being in the alley at the hour I thought I saw him or meeting the blacksmith. A new and more vigorous search was made for the body, but no trace of it could be found. During this time, a cit- izen picked up a ten-dollar bill in the rear of the store, and everybody at once declared that the deserter must have told the truth. When the man who robbed the safe went out by the back door, he must have lost his grip on the money and the wind had scattered some of it. The case against Davis was dropped when called before the higher court, and Haven was put on trial for robbery. He had, by the way, given his) ROCHESTER, N. Y. speaks well for its integrity and 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 Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28, in room 82, when customers’ A 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. 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