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We invite correspondence or personal inter- view with a view to business relations. C. B. Judd H. F. Hastings ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. RAYON, LYON & 60, JOBBERS OF Nlallonery ald Books A Complete Line of HAMMOCKS, PISHING TACKLE, MARBLES, == BASE BALL GOODS —= Our new sporting goods catalogue will be ready about February 10th. FATON, LYON &CO., 20 and 22 Monree St. Wm. H. White & Co, HARDWOOD LUMBER, Maple, soft and Rock Elm, Basswood, Birch and Hemlock. Mills at — oe on oo. _— and at Boyne the G. R. &I. R’y. Correspondence Solicited. BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN, IT WILL PAY YOU To Buy ALLEN B.WRISLEY’sS G00 CHEER SOAP Leadin$ Wholesale Grocers keep it, _GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNES SDAY, FEBRUARY 2 OYSTERS We quote: SOLID BRAND —Selects..... ...... oo oe oe ™» Me Standards +20 DAISY BRAND—Selects eee be aed ee aay 22 Standards.. 18 - . Favorites. . 16 Standards, in bulk, 81. 25 per g gal. Mince Meat. BEST IN USE. 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Gents—In 1856 I broke a knee-pan in the Proy- idence, R. 1., gymnasium, and ever since have been much troubled with severe pains in the knee joint. A few weeks ago I had a verysevere 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. I am very thank- ful for the ge Bac verienced. Yours truly, . J. F. ROEHM, Jeweler. WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to FarRRaNnD, WiLLiams & Co. i i al ENN WEALTH AN ACCIDENT OR DESIGN? ‘* Are you a reporter for the ————— Journal ?” asked an old gentleman with a book in his hand, as | stepped into an office to transact a little rainy day. ‘*T am,” was my short reply. ‘*T thought you were the man,”’ he re- joined, ‘‘and, as I was reading some- thing here which reminded me of a sim- ilar incident in my own life, I think you ought to hear it. As it is an unpleasant day to be out of doors, please be seated and I will try to interest you. Do you know, my friend,’? continued the old man, whom I will call Thomas, as he asked me not to use his name, ‘that a far greater number of persons become wealthy by accident than by design?” ‘© I do not,’? was my reply. ‘*T am much older than you are,’’ said he, ‘‘and, from long and careful obser- vation, such is my opinion. We hear a great deal about good and bad luck in the world, you are aware, and many often sagely remark that people make their own good and bad luck. Those who. speak in that manner have general- ly been the lucky ones, and they ego- tistically imagine itis all the result of their own genius and talent, when, were it not for a chain of fortunate circum- stances they would, to-day, have been ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water.’ I myself have the credit of being, at least, a careful and thoughtful man, had the advantage of as good country schools as there were in my boyhood, the good advice of the best of parents and, lastly, in maturer years was left what was then considered a small fortune in money and property, which, in attempting to in- crease, and, through no fault of mine, was nearly all transferred to the coffers of strangers. ‘“I was a middle-aged man with a wife and child, and with only $2,000 in cash and a few ordinary household goods, when I made up my mind to change my residence, then in Southern Indiana.” Here Mr. Thomas relapsed into deep thought for a few moments, while his eyes were directed toward the storm without. At length, he said, ‘‘I sup- pose that, in duty and justice, I ought to tell you that I possessed a wife who was a treasure and whose suggestions, advice and assistance were, in all probability, a capital of $2,000 more—at least, 1 have often thought so, and she shall have the eredit of it. She my education and diplomacy, having been a teacher before our marriage. sudden of the greater portion of our property naturally caused us to drop out of the society in which we had _ previously moved, and her opinion, with which I fully concurred, move to some new section of country business one was superior in generally, Our loss was that we ought to where a little money would do more for} if possible, we might re- | us and where, cover a part of what we had lost. My | father had been a country merchant in| his day, and why, with $2,000 capital | earefully invested, 1 in a high school | could I not follow | tence snes aerate an NO. 388 upon the then wilderness of Northern Michigan as our future home. This was in the month of May, 18—. Placing a higher value upon the judgment of my wife than I did upon my own, I asked her to accompany me, and we would ex- plore the new region together. This was fortunate incident No. 1, as she suggested that the future advantages of our making a home in the midst ofa good agricultural region, where good roads would naturally be constructed first, and also near the shore of a small lake, near which, if a railroad was ever surveyed through the State, it would, in all probability, come. ***But where are our come from,’ her, customers to I anxiously - enquired of ‘if we embark in the mercantile business in this new region ?’ *** Why they are coming from Indiana, from Southern Michigan and from all over the country?’ she asked. ‘Have we not found a family here and there all through the woods, as we traveled along, and have we not passed many others who are seeking homes? Are there not two log farm-houses in sight on the borders of this lake already ? There is not a store from which to buy even a pound of nails or sugar within thirty miles of this place, and I assure you that we shall do business from the start. You will want to take up 160 acres of this hard-timbered land, and, for a time, I may attend the store oc- casionally while you oversee and assist in clearing a few acres about the house for a garden, as we will wish to havea few fresh vegetables in season. Besides, you will, occasionally, get a little work to do in this new country in the way of surveying.’ ‘**] decided that her advice was wise, and here we made our selection for a home. Finding a family not far distant who were willing to board my wife and child while I returned to Indiana and brought mechanies to assist in building, purchased my stock of goods, ete., I out, with my horse and wagon, to return alone. Desiring to see as much of the country as possible, I followed a new route for a portion of the way and ob- tained a still more favorable impression. My general stock of merchandise [ purchased in Chicago, leaving the goods subject to my order when the room should be nearly completed to receive them. Engaging two well-known house carpenters from my own neighborhood and packing up our personal and house- Scale. set Perfection The Latest Improved and Best, ‘Does Nat t Reauire Dow ¥ Weight Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter. safely in his footsteps? We decided | For sale by leading wholesale grocers. secon aa (Rae a NRE atin Lang ame ie mmppneamaCmanaleneD farainen FE ihe eae tee: Revhpmipio 2 a aR aie ees rnerbagantecise pa Bs $4 e ae : ba = fe 2 hold effects, 1 hired a farmer, with his | horses and wagon, to transport us and the boxes to the spot where our future home was to be. A good milech cow was tied behind the wagon, and a smali coop of chickens was carried within, as milk and eggs we thought indispensable in| any civilized country. As there was no sawmill cutting lumber within a reason- | able distance of our lake in the woods, we had previously decided to construct our house and store of legs and, when convenient to do so, afterward ceil with boards on the inside. In the meantime, I would send this farmer about thirty five miles distant where I had learned that some seasoned pine lumber could be purchased, two loads of which would answer for the floors and finishing. by the carpenters from pine on the south- east shore of the lake. Everything seemed to favor us, and by June 20 we had a fair-sized log store, two stories high, with a smal! log kitchen and din- ing room attached, covered with good residence portion. The goods had been ordered shipped by water from Chicago to a point on Lake Michigan, and my teamster would leave on the morrow to bring them from the landing, when an incident occurred which was probably one of those unforeseen and unknown causes which often produce permanent and startling changes in the lives of many persons. ‘** During the night, which was warm and rainy, I was called from my bed to find two teams in front of my premises, in which were four men who craved the hospitality of a shelter for themselves until morning, as they had traveled a long distance during the day and were wet and weary. Upon procuring alight, there was a mutual recognition between two of the men and myself, as I had transacted business with them in past years. Their names were Weir and Robinson, the first a Scotch shoemaker, the latter a blacksmith, both possessed of considerable property when I had known them. The other two strangers were Swedes who had been in this region before I came. They had taken some land as homesteads and had also purchased and paid for one section of heavily timbered pine land not far from the south shore of our small lake. In conversation with one of these brothers, (Mr. Olafsen), the following morning, he stated that they had intended build- ing a small steam sawmill about two miles distant the present summer, if possible, in connection with which they would operate a shingle machine, that their means in ready cash was some- what limited, as it was principally in- vested in lands, and, finding that I was | opening a general store at this point, he asked if it would be possible for me to give a limited credit for themselves and their workmen, provided ample security was given me in advance upon their timber and land, for which they held a} clear and undisputed title. From my previous experience, also from the known truthfulness and honesty of this | nationality of people, I did not hesitate to answer in the affirmative, provided I was satisfied with the security. I was also anxious that my acquaintances, Weir and Robinson, should remain near me, as, in a new country, the right kind THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. would not only te valuable aquisitions but would naturally bring me much ex- tra trade. Their objective point, upon leaving Indiana, was the Traverse Bay region, and it seemed to be to my in- terest to offer such inducements as would induce them to change their plans. I, therefore, explained to them the mutual advantages which would accrue by their remaining and doing business near the mill which the Olafsen brothers were to | erect and, further, that it was my inten- | tion to found a village on my own land | as soon as time would permit me to lay out the streets. I offered to donate to os ;each one acre of ground fronting the main street and, as near as might be, op- posite my own store, in consideration of | their at once erecting buildings thereon Doors and windows could be had ready | made, and the shingles would be made} and prosecuting their trades and agree- ing to remain for a certain length of time. Being anxious to lose no time, having left families behind who must come north during the warm. season, the two agreed to my proposition if I would immediately stake out the main street | and the land upon which they were to shingled roofs, and were occupying the | build, in order that they might assist ;each other in the erection of rough buildings. They would also gratuitous- ly aid me in the work of the survey, by earrying chain, making and driving the stakes, cutting away trees, ete. ‘* By the time my teamster had trans- ferred all my goods from the harbor, the first street in the present village of W— was laid out nearly on a north and south line, was graded for a distance of six hundred feet and connected in one di- rection with a’state road survey. **| will not weary you with the inci- dents and changes that occurred during the summer, only to say that the first of October had brought many new acces- sions to our county, that lumber was be- ing manufactured at the new Olafsen mill and that my own business had been even more prosperous than I had an- ticipated. As is often the case in the settlement of new regions, a majority of the immigrants brought considerable money; consequently, for the first year or two, little credit was asked for. Many of them, I found, had previously suffered from being in debt and, in com- mencing life anew, were adopting the wise motto of ‘pay as you go.’ ' There were already five families in our small village, and they seemed contented and happy in their new homes. Both the pine and hard timbered lands for several of men of their particular vocations | miies in any direction were fairly well settled upon. Under these conditions, 1 need bardly say that my mercantile bus- iness had been, and still was, gratify- ing in the extreme. People came from long distances to trade at ‘the log store by the lake,’ as my place was called, frequently camping in the woods near } and remaining severaldays. Flour, salt, hardware and other heavy staples being | constantly required, 1 was _ obliged to engage a permanent man and his team | to haul my supplies from the nearest har- | bor on Lake Michigan and, as the winter was approaching and navigation must | close, to stock myself with all the goods I could afford to purchase. The Olafsen Bros.’ trade had been considerable. They had already paid me several hun- |}dred dollars and were indebted for $500 ; more, for which I held a mortgage upon two hundred acres of land, covered prin- |cipally with heavy pine. They had not | yet added the shingle machine to their sawmill, but the work was progressing, | BALL BARNHART PUTMAN CO. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT 60, S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manufacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids. ~ Wholesale Grocers. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. i and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS STANDARD Oh 60, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Dealers in [llUminating and Lubricating -OLlLS- 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 LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers GRAND RAPIDS. a. ate atl and, during the winter, they expected to employ nine additional men. That, to me, meant several more families re- quiring supplies. **It was time that I was visiting the! markets once more and selecting my winter stock. Leaving my wife and her sister, who was visiting us, in sole charge of the store, I went with my man to the harbor in a lumber wagon and en- gaged passage in a steamer for Chicago. | My credit was fair, and, with the money at my command, I was able to bring my stock up to over $3,000. The press of business in the store had prevented any improvement of my farm, and little had been done by me for ‘the village with one street and no name.’ We were great- ly in need of a hotel, as all travelers were dependent upon the hospitality of the inhabitants, whose homes were none too large for their own requirements. At my request, the Olafsens often kindly converted their large boarding house in- to a temporary hostelry until a storm abated, for which they would accept a small sum from the grateful travelers. 1 had advertised the situation, had opened correspondence with several parties and had made a gratuitous and generous of- fer of a fine location one block away from my store to the right man who would erect and furnish a good-sized hotel, but, thus far, to no purpose. The question of a public house was continu- ally in my mind, and I occasionally had long conversations with Olafsen Bros. concerning it. They had proved them- selves thorough business men and had made money ever since they came. They had now seen sufficient to convince them that there was money in such undertak- ings, and they had more than once re- marked to me, ‘Had we money to pay you and save our timber, we would build a hotel ourselves.’ Another win- ter passed and still there was no hotel. A large bakery had, in the meantime, been built by a man from Canada, and he was accommodating the public ina small way under the name of a boarding house. The village had added a few more desirable families and one grocery and confectionery store, so that I now had competition, which is said to be ‘ the life of trade.’ ‘‘T had been in business considerably more than a year when, one dull after- noon in summer, Peter Olafsen, the elder of the brothers, came in, as he re- marked, to make me a proposition. At that time, the two brothers owed me $1,000—all I would allow them to have on the security 1 held—and I much pre- ferred the money to the land, as my business was still increasing and I was desirous of building a new frame store and enlarging my stock. Succeeding better than I had expected, I had lost all desire for a farm or for speculation in anything, and my wife had lately been advising me to dispose of the farm and confine myself to merchandise only, so that I was quite disposed to listen to my friend’s proposition. ** Mr. Olafsen, speaking both for him- self and his brother, said, ‘If you will cancel our indebtedness for the $1,000 now due you from us and will deed us your farm of 160 acres, reserving for yourself 50 x 150 feet on the main street for your business and one entire block for a residence, we will, in return, deed you the 200 acres of land upon which ' you now hold a lien of $1,000, pay you i in cash and agree to erect a large CHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 hotel within two blocks of your store, to/es are the exception and not the rule. AVOID THE be completed and occupied the coming|A majority of our lumber kings are | autumn. This will place us out of all; those who invested, at first, in pine| | | a |danger of failure, give you additional | lands with little thought of their pros- | money in your business, benefit the en- pective value, but with the intention of| _ tire village and, ultimately, your own|making manufacturing a pleasant and | property and business. It would simply | fairly profitable business, like any other | be impossible for us to raise the $1,000 | vocation; and still others invested be- | BY USING for you at present, much as we desire to cause they believed the soil better for | “PRADESMAN” pay you, and we do not think you will| farming purposes than it proved to be | “SUPERIOR” Coupon Books ever regret taking the land.’ | later.”’ FA ‘**Come to me at this hour to-morrow,’ —— = ee . l replied, ‘and I will give you my ans-| wer,’ and we shook hands and separated. | ‘*When I make known to my wife the offer I had from the Olafsens, I saw that | she was excited. ‘*** What is the matter?’ Lasked. ‘If) you disapprove of the sale, that is suf- ficient. Our fortunes are inseparably connected, and I will make no sales of | our real estate without your advice.’ ‘“**T do not disapprove,’ she replied, | recovering her self-possession. ‘On the contrary, I am not only pleased with the otter, but also think it the most desira- ble transaction you ever made. With your time and energies devoted wholly to trade, and with the $500 in cash at} this time, you will be able to carry the amount of stock you require and will own a piece of real estate which will, eventually, be worth as much, or more than, your store business itself with all the profits of years added.’ e ‘*¢T think you a little wild in your Sp ge & > P Vv. views of pine land three or four hundred Tin om an 3 miles from any market,’ I replied. ‘Stillit may prove a good investment for the future.’ IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN “We thereupon agreed to risk the Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, trade and say nothing further about ° : - farming for the present. The Olafsen Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Bros. at once commenced to improve Gloves, Underwear, W oolens, their village property, and they offered Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, every inducement to desirable settlers. Pri d D ti C tt Several new streets were laid out. The rints an omestic ottons oromised hotel was at once commenced oe : : : ae 1 We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well and was completed within the specified time, and a man was found who honored assorted stock at lowest market prices. the position of landlord and satisfied the o people. The village prospered, and S & C strangers came to look at the valuable Pring ompan } * timber in the locality. ‘“*Four years after the trade with the two brothers was consumated, I disposed of all my village property, personal and real, and moved to this city. That was many years ago and all Northern Michi- gan has vastly improved since. Where, then, was a dense wilderness is now a rT thriving farming community. Lumber- men have repeatedly asked me to place | a price upon my 200 aeres of pine land. I have always referred them to Mrs. Vi holesale Thomas, saying that I would ratify any contract she made. It was only a short Man utac turers, time ago that she received an offer which pleased her and we both signed the deed. s ‘**Here is the ‘similar incident’ I Fruit and Nut Jobbers spoke of reading.’? Here Mr. Thomas a handed me a Chicago paper he held in his hand. I read as follows: LARGE SALE OF PINE LAND. On Tuesday last, S. W. Thomas, Esq., ASK FOR PRICE LIST. of this city, sold two hundred acres of first quality white pine, located in county, Michigan, to C. B. Cheesbro & Cc e N e R A P P & CO °9 Co. for the sum of $160,000. . : LESALE DEALERS IN ‘*And, now, my friend,” said Mr. WHOLES r wil jou vot agree win me att EOLELON and Domestic Fruits, have been made wealthy by accident and not by design ? I will admit that a few far-seeing individuals may have design- 9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HEADQUARTERS FOR edly done the same thing, but those cas- ORAN GES, LEM ON S and BANANA S. sducretaiiheaidaaia oe oc ticipnadtiahin ach panitabhetnninanaeiecptatiigriaaente tiituiapiaicirentateets: gO h meta prema ces tre hen teat eienieninintniinicsemtintibiet alte tots nampa ihe tree = E = 4 Se ee en Ree ae ee ae ae eee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Stanton—E. G. Curtis has opened new grocery store. Kingston—C. L. Soper has sold drug stock to J. K. Thomas. Blissfield—C. W. Back has sold book stock to Henry Rouse. Saranac—Lester & Co. their dry goods stock to Ada. Burr Oak—P. E. Cooney succeeds Buffham in the meat business. Union City—Chas. E. Mason his grocery stock to Rob’t F. Watkins. St. Clair—J. R. Whiting & Co. succeed H. Whiting, Son & Co. in general trade. Union City—Herbert Brown has pur- his his A. kins. Saginaw—Chas. Roseland is succeeded by Otto M. Rohde in the grocery busi- ness. Three Rivers—Daniel Sherwood is suc- | the meat busi- | ceeded by G. W. ness. Pislawell—H. J. meat market to H. Wayland. Cole in H. Kelly, late of Lowell—E. E. Chase has sold his gro-| eery and confectionery stock to Chas. E. Lawrence. ‘ Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell suc- eeeds G. A. Goodsell & Co. in the cery business. Jackson—Gallup, Luther & Co. is suc- ture business. to Crystal Falls. Charlotte—Ellis & Miller are ed by John C. Millerin the agricultural implement business. Stanton—Maurice Lightstone will re- from Belding to this place. Elk Rapids—A. G. Hanson left town, return inafew days. Failing to put in an appearance, Jas. Saulsbury foreclosed his chattel mortgage on the grocery stock and other creditors have since come to town, including the attorney for | which | the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., is interested in the failure to the tune of $400. Harrietta—Representative Alexander has introduced a bill in the Legislature providing for the incorporatien of the village of Gaston as the successor of the present hamlet of Harrietta and the postoffice of Springdale. The desire for fuller authority to make public improve- | ments, to secure better goverument, and | to have the village and postoffice alike in name, are some of the reasons given for desiring the incorporated village and the | new name. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Mears—Geo. A. Wagar will remove his | sawmill from Point Sable to Pentwater. Detroit—McLaughlin Bros. McLoughlin Bros. & Co. in the manufac- ture of cigars. Rogers City—The Rogers City Mineral Paint Co. has already received orders for 500 tons of paint for spring shipment. gle machinery in connection sawmill and is running same day and night. Standish—Clarence Judd, the Saginaw | banker, is building a cheese factory at j this place. | maker. his | | purchased the carriage and road cart ay jou |. a | tinue the same under the style of J. W. | Hewitt Co. has sold/ ._ : : . . : i /45x100 feet in dimensions, which will |OKent City—B. L. Hall | cannery chased ihe grocery stock of Will Wat- | | H. Winans 975, S. P. the | leather in this country. gro- | | ment of seventy-five men. | frequently amounts to $600 per week. ceeded by Gallup & Lewis in the furni- recently | leaving word that he would | succeed | Douglas—Jas. Manufacturing Co.—not Wm. Weed & Co., as erroneously stated last week. Jackson—Ferdinand Hanaw & Co. have business of J. W. Hewitt and will con- Belding—Belding Bros. have arranged to erect a three-story brick building, be leased to W. H. Ballou, of Becket, Mass., as a basket factory. will start a here the coming season, if a sufficient number of contracts ean be made with the farmers to furnish vege- tables and fruit. Mr. Hall hails from Benton Harbor. Kalamazoo—The Winans & Pratt Car- Manufacturing Co. has filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. | The capital stock is $30,000, of which Brown has sold his | $20,000 is paidin, being held as follows: G. Winins 25, A. L. Pratt 900, E. T. Pratt 100. Whitehall—The Eagle Tanning Co. is largest manufacturer of Russia The tannery has a capacity of 40,000 sides of this leather annually, requiring the employ- The payroll Lansing—Geo. B. Caldwell, D. R. Corey |and S. E. Oviatt hav : - Garden—Max M. Savlan has removed | oT ee ee his dry goods and furnishing goods stock | Wagon Co. to engage in | wagons made on the succeed- | For the present the wagons will be made !on contract by J. M. Clark & Co., of | Howell, but the salesroom and office will | be located here. move his dry goods and clothing stock | an nership under the style of the Oviatt the sale of Oviatt patents. Detroit—Carlton H. Mills, Frank J. Lingemann, August Hertz, Louis Tall- man and Henry Peters have incorporated as the F. J. Lingemann, Hertz & Tall- | man Co., with a capital stock of $10,000, of which $5,400 is paidin. The business of the company will be buying, selling and manufacturing lumber. i — _< Purely Personal J. M. Welker, general dealer at Bryan, Ohio, is in town for a few days, the guest of a daughter. Wm. T. Hess is happy over the receipt | of a pair of live opossoms, the gift of Albert Fecht, who picked up the pets in Indiana. E. A. Mosely has gone to Philadelphia and will spend a month or six weeks at that city, Baltimore and Washington. He is accompanied by his wife. John M. Hinehman, of the wholesale drug firm of T. H. Hinchman & Sons, was married last Thursday to a Boston lady and is now off on a wedding trip. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS, No. 0Sun Be ee pee ee eee eee ee. Meat - bee cite eee ca coe ce 50 ee _ 2 Tubular ee 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. No. 0 Sun pee eee oe ee 5 No. : 88 No. i 2 70 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top Dee ees eee sea ccae igode 22 a 2 40 az ~ - Oe 3 40 xx Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp COP... 0. eee ee eres eee eee oes 2 60 ee see wns 2 80 No.2 ‘ pe eS ie a 3 86 Pear] top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled Oe ee ee 3 70 eee ee 470 No. 2 Hinge, “ " eee ee 470 La Bastic. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. See ae w cease 12 N 1 50 No. 1 crimp, per oe 1 35 EEO OO 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, per gal......... -........-+. 06% Jugs, is gal., per doz.... “ = “a oc “ec Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 75e).... 65 ae ( sc 90¢e). WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapides. Cia ees SAMPLE SHEET OA aie os BARLOW BROS. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH News of the death of W. R. Keeler was lreceived too late to call the traveling | men together on Sunday, in which case | In lieu of a personal | Liberal cash advances i GRAND RAPIDS. Buy our Custom Made River Boots and Shoes. We make the Correct Styles in River Goods. The bottom stock is more solid and the fitting on the upper is stronger than any other lines made. Our New Spring lines have proved great sellers. 5 457, 459, 461, 463 W. WESTERN A MAIL ORDERS. VENUE, MUSKEGON, Muskegon Cracker Co CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET:cGOODS. LARGEST VARIBTY IN THE STATE SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MICH. No Connection with Any Cracker Trust bers in the market. Lycoming Rubbers on hand. them. State Agents for LYCOM!ING RUBBER CO. Pennsylvania} Lumberman’s. The best fitting Stocking Rub- A full line of Try GEO. H REEDER & CO. | 158 and 160 East Fulton Street. SEEDS!" arties wishing seeds of any kind for garden or field please send for our catalogue and wholesale price list before buying. We carry the largest and most complete stock of seeds in Western Michigan, and offer only such seeds as are of the highest grade. The Alfred Brown Seed Store. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Parties having Clover Seed to sell, please correspond with us. THE BEST HESTER & FOX, Sole ON THE MARKET. Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. Improved = gaa Manufacturers of Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. First-Glass Work Only. GRAND RAPIDS. ‘ Heyman & Company, SOW bases Dry Goods. AMBITION. Fred Warner Shibley, in Boston Globe. The German emperor end I Within the self-same year were born, Beneath the self-same sky, Upon the self-same morn; A kaiser he of high estate, And I the usual chance of fate. His father was a prince: and mine— Why, just a farmer—that is all. Stars still are stars, although some shine And some roll hid in midnight’s pall; But argue, cavil all you can, My sire was just as good aman. The German emperor and I Eat, drink, and sleep the self-same way ; For bread is bread an pie is pie, And kings can eat but thrice a day, And sleep will only come to those Whose mouths and stomachs are not foes. I rise at six and go to work; And he at five and does the same. We both have cares we cannot shirk; Mine are for loved ones, his for fame. He may live best, I cannot tell; I’m sure I wish the kaiser well. I have a wife and so has he; And yet, if pictures do not err, As far as human sight can see Mine is by long odds twice as fair, Say, would I trade those eyes dark brown, Not for an empress and her crown. Aniso the emperor and I On this one point could ne’er agree; Moreover, we will never try— His frau suits him and mine suits me. And, a his sons one day may rule, Mine stand A 1 in the public school. So let the kaiser have his sway, Bid kings and nations tumble down; I have my. freedom and my say, And fear no ruler and his crown; For I, unknown to fame or war, Live where each man is emperor. — 2 <-> - A Glance Backward. LANSING, Feb. 20.—I recently visited | the old store in which I took my first | lessons in store-keeping; where I had | unpacked the cases of crockery and| washed and placed them upon the} shelves, and had received reprimands for | having broken too many while engaged in the work. I had left it, an orphan fifteen years old, and after experiencing | all the vicissitudes of youth and man- | hood that forty years could bring, my | footsteps had again fallen upon its floor. How changed was everything | about it! The old porch in front, be- neath whose grateful shade so many had | reposed, had been torn from its founda- | tions and removed entirely. The invit- ing board benches under each front win- | dow, whereon the men and boys had sat, talked and whittled, had disappeared. | The modern architect had changed its | square, old-fashioned windows in front, over which I had so often put up the} wooden shutters at night, and fashiona- | ble cloth blinds on the inside now dark- | ened them instead. My kind old em- ployer and his wife were sweetly a) ing in the cemetery on the hill and their | children had taken their places in this busy world among the sons and daugh- | ters of men. The vacant lots adjoining | the old store, and across the street from | it, had disappeared and in their places | modern business blocks several stories | in hight seemed to look down with} derision upon their old diminutive | neighbor. I glanced around me. Not) one familiar face was seen, nor one re- membered voice heard. in my own land. z, Spring Season 1991, If You desire to sell Carpets by Sample Send for Circular and Price List, —o——. SMI & Saniora, GRAND RAPIDS. I was astranger | THE MICHIGAN "TRADESMAN. waenmaone Atlantic S bcaescueee | “ = - 2... 6% | . LL cee ee 5%) ‘see... . | ry Archery Bunting... 4 | Beaver Dam A A.. S44 i Prices Current. | D COTTONS. Con COC. ....... 6% “« Arrow Brand 5% “ World Wide.. ; a” eS Full Yard Wide..... oy Honest Width....... 6% ern... : 5 14, Madras cheese cloth 6% | Blackstone O, 32.. 5 {Noibe ee ee By | Rieck Bock ........ 7 |Our Level Best..... 6% aoe, Oh... TM) ‘Oxford me 6% | Chapman cheese ci. 3% Pequot LS 7% ‘oer... 1... ..-. ee 6% | Dwight a... ™% Top of the Heap.... 7% BLEACHED COTTONS. Aree. 7 ion Mib.......... 7 | Blackstone AA... 8 fee eoee......... Tq eae 4%/Green Ticket....... 84 Cleveland ...... ... [ Meee Pale... .:..-.. 614 eS 74 \H OF ee Thy | | Ga bot, | = Just Oat...... 4%@ 5 | Dwight Anchor cones 8% king Phillip cee oie a —— os lis... | Edwards. . . 6 |Lonsdale Cambric. "104 vse u cect cs, 7 |Lonsdale...... . @8 —a 7%|Middlesex.... .. Fruit of the Loom.. 8% |No Pee... ee. 7% Fitchville ..... 7% Oak + cana bec erees 6 [pee Pree... ...... 6% oe oe. ....6 1... 5% | Fruit of the Loom %. 8 Pride of a West... .12 [| oes... 4% es 7% | Pulk Yorss.......... eee... .,......,, 4% | Geo. Washington. . Se oo 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ae ax Dwight Anchor..... 9 i UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. | Tremnont 7 ecco. 5% Middlesex No i. Hamilton N te = ae Be---dd Middlesex AT...... 8 . a ae al Bisses Oo : - ¢.... . ze. %.... 9 BLEACHED em FLANNEL. Huasiiton ......... Middlesex A - Middlesex P T.. is < ee A . a . [ ‘.. “ “ 5 ee Goons. | Hamilton Nameless...... .....90 ee 9 — 25 Ce 10% aE 27% |@G Cashmere...... 21 Pe lew eeeee 30 | Pees ... ....... 16 aa 32% - oo : is) poser JEANS Rineemere.... 2 N sumkeag satteen.. 7% | Dranewiek..... ...- Ha Dees... |... 6% PRINTS. Allen, oe... .... 5% Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% ae ........ _ Reppfurn . on ” ae... Pacific Temey........ American fancy.... 5% ooe......... 6% Americanindigo.... 5% American shirtings. 4% | Arnold - 6% o long cloth B. i ¥: “ century cloth ; “ old seal..... 10% = urkey red. .1044 Berlin solids........ 5% . oe... . 6% “oe “se green. -— | Cocheco ee Portsmouth robes... 6 Simpson mourning.. 6 “ grey 6 - Solid black. 6 Washington indigo. 6 ‘“ Turkey robes.. 7% “India robes.... 7% i plain T’ky x x, on “ Ottoman tar madders. . 8 % eaten ae: -¢ Martha Washington } Hamilton — Turkey eae... .. 9% fe .. Be Riverpoint robes.. | Manchester ancy.. Windsor Teney...... 7 ew era. 8 old ticket | Merrimack D fancy. 6 indigo blue....... 10% TICKINGS. Ameo ACA ga CaA......... 12% Hamilton = es Z 4 Pemberton AAA... York 0% CF. coe | . Awning 1) iSeGt Miver......... 7% | Farmer.. <--ae-s © tee Oeeer......... 12% First Prize.......... "11% eee... | Lenox Mile ........ 18 COTTON DRILL. a, . . 6% |Stark A oko ee. io Meme ....... . | chitton, B............ 2 ee Oe TORD........ 10 —— ; | Simpson pene Seebu bee 20 |Imperiai. 10% ee 18 |Black........... 9@ 9% a a. 10% eee 10%) DEMINS. Amoskeag Sees ede Sica... ss 11% oes. .... 14% Lancaster dake heucues 12% " brown .13 Lawrence nee... 138% Ameer, ............ 11% No. 220....13 Everett, peee......<- 12 . No. 250.. --11% brown. ....12 . No. 280....10% GINGHAMS. eemeeven.... ...... 6% Lancaster, staple... 6% Lancashire.......... 6 fancies . 7 Normandie. . <<. 2 - Normandie 8 | Renfrew Dress...... 7361 Weathbrook.......... 8 Toil du Nord.. —_— ee ae 10 oskeag ee ai Ok oe 6% APG.... 10% re. . 4 6% SE 8%|Windermeer.... .... 5 on, 6%|Cumberland.... .... 5 ae... jw. eee. cs, 4% ARPET WARP. Peerless, wauite...... 18 ‘iors colored. ..20% GRAIN BAGS. Sneiens os ‘Plasma a 15% ee oe 204% | Geor; oo. coe Deanne ieee 16s |Paci . aus coer ees i THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88 MOORE 5 0. Bo oo+ses 45 |Marshall’s.......... 88 Holyoke. Lick hgh ai 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. ae 6. oe 3.-INo, 14.......87 42 . oo 34 -. Se 43 - st 39 44 wee 36 41 r=... 45 CAMBRICS, Pe 4%4|Washington......... 4% White Ster......... #¢iRed Cross........... 44 Kee Giove........>.. #4 \Lockwood.... ...... 4% Newmarket......... woods... ........ 4% Rew eres. 2)... cy 44\Brunswick ........ 4% RED FLANNEL. cso 8a Te we a 22% Soames... 2... oe R% Talbot i -_ er ee... 35 Nameless...... — ee. 32% D FLANNEL. | Red & Blue, plaid. 40 Grey SRW......... 17% | Union R Western W . 2 | Wie... .... eee es 6 oz Western Flushing XxX il Union eee... -...... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. 9 CANVASS AND PADDING Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. Brown. o- 1 9% 9% 914/13 10% 10% 10%} 15 15 15 11% 11% 114%4)17 17 17 12% 12% — 20 20 Severen, § oz........ 94 (West, Point, Sos....10% Mayland, BOS. ..0:.. 10% 00z....12% Greenwood, 7% 02... 934 Raven, 1002 eu 13% Greenwood, 8 oz.. ..11%/8 oso c ee WADDIN _oee oee......... = jPer in, 40 doz....87 50 Colored, dos........ SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Croas...8 [Pawtucket..........10% Med Cree.... 9 iemdie............;. 9 - ee 10% pecrara..... .... --10% ” Best AA..... 12%) Valley City......... 10% CORSETS, Coraline. ..........0 89 50|Wonderful .... ....84 75 Sontiling 8. ........ Seren... ........ 4% SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 75 {Corticelli knitting, twist, doz..37%| per %oz_ball...... 30 50 0 yd, doz. .37% OKS AND EYES—PER GRO No ~ gp x & White.. -- No 4Brk & White. 2 o : oa AR “ 10 “ ss No 2—20, M C....... 0 lesen © oe...... 40 ~ 2-8 C.......: No 2 White & Brk.12 ie "8 White & BI’k..20 “ 4 se ..15 o 10 “oe f 23 “6 _ —— 1° = nig - 26 SAFETY PINS. Bee... 28 _ be ead cues ae cg 36 NEEDLES—PER M. A. James se 1 S0|/Steamboat.... ...... 40 Crowel — Be peies cule : 35, cee myed........., 150 Maas... ....... seen ~f CLOTH. --2% 6—4...3 26j/5—4....195 6—4...2 95 —— Ul lo 0) P. Wh STIEKIE 63d GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FEE & SONS, Ury - Goods, 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. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. | A. J. BOWNE, President. >. 5. ‘ DGETT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounta of Country Merchants Solicited. J.&P.COATS SIX-CORD Spool Cotton WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS, FOR Hand and Machine Usa. FOR SALE BY P. STEKETER & SONS. Voigt, Herpolshelmer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS. Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, ts. 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 amd 52 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH Playing Gards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. as sentence < ntl acapella age eta meee ee ae : THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. nea ale ee et Sapien ee pine eet iy anette ne en apa Rene ei eget ie oe Settee epee ner HARDWARE. Prices Current. HAMMERS. ROPES. ae a SCa ee dis, 2 — inch and larger .................... 8% ee en : 7 C0000 Se eee eee ener The Mica Industry. pay era ee ss . 8 who Yerkes & Plumb’s a ais 40&10 i es _ 8 widen th y an uy in fu ackages. ason’s cation 30e list 60 | Steel and [ron..... ede bueeetucee ls i an the Engineering and Mining Journal. y Pp 8 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30c 40810 Try and Bevels.. Lee ea aaa ee oo With the extraordinary growth of the Snell’s AUGURS AND BITS. dis. HINGES. | Mitre ...............-.-..-. Seicwee ie electrical industry in the United States COOKS onan seate cite eee HSER TEA z — Clark's, 1,2,3...... ........-- aaa dis. on er ~~ Smooth. Com ee eee toe 40 | State....-.......-......-......... oz. net, 2 50) w : " - Com. for a number of years past there has been Jennings” a ee hoa en eee ee os 14 and Nos. 15 to - ec oe > ea created a new and steady demand for AXES. Screw W Hook and Eye, %-........ = aa oe oe eee Bho eee eevee eee teteees <2 330 : ! Nos. 22 to24...... ‘ mica, which curiously, has failed to stim- First ess B. : Bronze adie ned ool dea ae a $8 50 se se ss . a 4 Nos. 25 to 26 ie a ; - ; = ' cn Se ee Te Be NR nanan seo ciinns 2 ‘ 4 | No. 3 Lean aie ulate the mica mining industry in this : coo —. Berea ae en Ra a 460 63 80 , bi D. B. Steel eee dis 50 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches / country; the most important mines, in- es ee -— HANGERS, ee deed, show a decided decrease in produc- CeO $1 4 00 cation a — track.. 50410) List acct. 19, pana dis tion during this time, and the business | @72!--*+---1 reer net” 30 00 Kidder, wood track ................ a SASH CORD. : is now in a depressed condition. In the = dis. ee ee = .¢ construction of dynamos, electrie moters | Carriage ew list. 000000 000000000000 ee 2 : See ee and some other electrical appliances ee “4080 ae veteee ee eeeees ees es : ao ee ee micais a very important element, val- Sleigh ee I Gray enameled.......... .. “ia 40£10; Discount, 10 pe ress ee ued on account of its flexibility and ex- BUCKETS. Stamped Tir ous agoapcesaeamans | | SASH WEIGHTS, cellent insulating qualities. For this | Well: Platm.............ssssereesreren $3 50| Japanned Tin ae oo ee ge ee GM, hes, Ges 4 de 4 00 | Granite Iron Ware ............... “new Uist 333410 “ Hand wi , ner for foreign mica, the Cana- aii — CAST. dis. Bright... WIRE GOODS. ee | Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, D an ‘4 ud tis ff Oe Pan Geren ee 7 = haa weeeeee +++ 7010 10 | “Special Steel Dex X Cuts ie “amber mica” being generally used. | Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast join j= Screw Ms aces 7010810 | Special Steel Dia. X Cute, per a. 30 The increased demand has had but little | Wrought Loose Pin..... *“e0&10 | Hook's... ......-_-........ teeecees 70&10&10 |} ‘* Champion and Blectrié "Te ath ¥ " effect upon the market for the domestic Wronalt Talia g0&10 Gate Hooks and ae... 70&10&10} Cuts, per foot......... . ny 30 product. Wrought Inside Blind.....................4. 60es10 LEVELS. dis. | TRAPS. or Mica i : Wrst Pe Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 70 | Steel, Game........ - 00&10 ca is employed in dynamos and elec- | Blind, Clark’s............-...-.-...-0-005 moat KNOBS—New aa" dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...... = tric moters, mainly in building up the BI ihd, Cee ee 70&10 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . os 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s _ 70 : : : Bitid, Ghapard’a Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... -.. 55 | Mouse, choker. ' armatures, strips of various dimensions,| 4° 70 Dae Gama Cn , Strips of various dimensions, Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. 55 | Mouse, delusior ee ae but usually about one inch wide, and BLOCKS. Door, porceluin, a i 55 | ' ‘WIRE. — — from four to eight inches long being Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain.... 70 | Bright Market scat ae r : used. CRADLES. Se ‘ae taco one dis. | Annealed Market..... eels LE The foreign mica is considered prefer- gala GRR ayer Pars oP dis. 50&02 | Mallory, Wheeler & *Go." ae ee ss a 3 | Tencd aecket oN Cae ar able to that of the North Carolina for | cao ae en Smt ate: 55 | Barbed F nn tee “¢ this purpose, in that while the latter can we BOGE... ......,. Se perb 5 ee . * Barbed Fence, falvanlacd, eves ceseee..c., - be split into thin sheets, it is by no | Bly’s110... — NS ak 16.00, dis. 60 | was, a , means so tough, which is an important Hick’s Rent aati ae, OAANE per m 65 Hunt Eye eo eo. 616.06, din. @) | Au Sable..................... dis. 25&10@25.410&05 oS requisite. it ee may, perhaps, ni a CT me te i & OE a a $18.50, ‘ite’ a | mee oe eee dis. 05 a found in the United States, but up to Musket TE " 60 | Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ae a a “| western ..... i ats. 10810 the present time there is no doubt that} py) Fire kaeanmness Coffee Potom — 40 C oes Ge ee he aan? a a i i ee 50 DL EW Wis Go's ML e Joe's Genuine ...... 00... -.ee eee ee eee eee e ee have proved more | Gontal Pre... ai | os L S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s _— i 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, en. oo = a a for em purpose than the usual CHISELS dis ‘ Landers, ee .... 40| Coe’s Patent, malleable "7510 omestic grades. anita ities . . prise -. 25 | iad acme ae é ie) ee ie 70&10 MOLASSES GATES, dis, | Bird ¢ rs Hitherto the most important, in fact SCC ee mjgie| Stebbin’s Pattern.... ..... 2.2.0... 2... oe 60d10 | a Ua GU een 5 almost the only important use for mica | Socket Commer............2-1- 00.0 cesses 70410 Stebbin’s A RES! 6010 | Screws, New List............... a PEO has been in stoves, and the demands and | Butchers’ ee ee 70&10 | Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 25 | Casters, Bed and Plate.. .. 5010410 , u g Se 40 LS Dampers, Americat consequently prices of the article for COMBS. dis, | Steel nails, base............ 0... 2. cress eee 1 95| Forks, hoes, rakes Roa all steel goods... 6 this purpose have been such that mica Lawrence's “40 aa a aire. | gg aie z mining was carried on at considerable —— CC — To solves profit ne eae bees es . Lessa es ep eeeec ute wee een, aaa, = Base | = POO eakee ey 26¢ cl EE a ase eee. ae The chief mines in the country are in| White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 MO. eee eee cee cette ceee ee ee eee ee OB 20 | / ZINC. an _ 4 New Hampshire and North Carolina, but COPPER, ee ee oe : principally in the latter state, these pro- | Planished, 14 oz cut to size. .... per pound 30 35 | ‘cham seeseeeaneseeaeceseesass -. 6% ducing an excellent quality of the miner- | (4 Ron ix eae ak etm We eeiteey as sane 28 35 | ae SOLDER, os al. Several years ago changes were | Cold Rolled, 14x48... 25 | eee Winks aR made in the patterns of stoves whereby | Bottoms .......... 0.0... 65| The ees of the many other sii sf smaller and correspondingly less expen- : DRILLS. dis. 90 | solder in the market indicated by gaat on ebvh sheets of len. were aed, and the | Sees Be eee. -------------------- 50 se ee ee lower prices resulting depressed the in- geuce teers —e ee . 2 00 a ..per pound 16 —_— greatly, especially in North Caro- ee ER ae ; i beer eee 8 ina, where many mines were closed. | small sizes, ser | i TIN—MELYN GRADE. 4 . foe 25 | Y 7 50 The total value of the product in the Large sizes, nab cote ee ene 1 OO 14530 1c. 206 sae ents United States decreased from $368,625 in ELBOWS. us : : _< 125|10x14IxX, “ cesses ie a 9 25 ‘ 1884 to $70,000 in 1888. During the | Com. 4 piece, 6 in Cie ie a ee . -- 99 : J OR Hq Clinch ens 5 75 | C - same time the imports of mica, which, Gaetan ee dis. 20&10&10 enn, OD 90 1 ‘ass mia co eireeenest. 7. prior to 1884, had been of but trifling |“ se dis. = i ee eu 115 15 1 00 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal en 8 6 50 : : : eae BITS. gs, | Barrell %........-..--.-+--2----- ee 2 50| 14x20 IC, ae 5 importance, increased from $28,284 t0| mars small, 818; large, 826.. a PLANES. dian. |\ixix “ : = $57,541. ae... Sh ee eS ee 8 00 en FiLEs—New List. dis. | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, ‘fancy... ol S40 | ies soma 5 ak ana _— = Disston’s - sgiecaeteeteeetoretseeessees | . - 60616 ——, as wes nes yen nee ecec serene noes @60| 14x20 IC, | Worcester ......... 6 50 | IMITATION [8 THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY?? x uh Ison’ sees - g0dzi0 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s, wood. . .... &10)} 14x201X, ‘ a 8 0 | THAT THE GEM FREEZER IS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST 18 PROVEN ic o - Be eodag a nae PANS. aie al | — 28 1” ° ' 13 50 | BY THE WAY OUR COMPETITORS ARE IMITATING ITS GooD QuAL |] | Folens Horse Rasps............., - ee eee eee tes 8. 0 | 14x20 IC ‘* Allaway Grade q | THES, ANO USE IT AS THE G6TANDARD OF COMPARISON WHEN Heller 8 Horse Re 59 | Common, a. wives, . . dis. “ 70 | —— Ix, = iad aa oe oe } . . | an ) ie wy - . | — N 16 20; pe pga | oo Iron and Tinned.. oe. ' =I | 2ox2 ue = ' ‘ ' ci 15 . os. to 20; 22 and 4; 2% and 2%; 2% 28 | Copper Rivets and Bare BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. _ : List 12 13 14 15 18 i J “ : 1 PATENT FLANISHED IRO * 14x28 IX. 14 00 Lav scount, “A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. “4 to27 10 20 | 14x31 IX.. ea 15 50 GAUGES, dis. B”’ Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boll lers, | | hisettinthelTAd Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.... 50 Broken packs %c per pound extra. ‘a 14x60TX. “ ; per pound 10 We ONLY CLAIM A DOUBLE ACTION FOR THE GEM FREEZER ‘ \ BECAUSE IT 1S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MORE THAN TWO MOTIONS * FROM ANY SYSTEM OF GEARING IN USE AT PRESENT IN ANY FREEZER. WE MAKE NO CLAIMS THAT CANNOT BE FULLY PROVEN. ‘OST iR DO NOT BE IMPOSED UPON BY THOSE WHO MAY TRY TO BELL YOU S | OTMER FREEZERS GY TELLING YOU THEY ARE “Just as Gooo | on ‘JUST THE SAME AS THE GEM." INSIST ON HAVING THE ie | GEM AND IF YOU CANNOT GET IT FROM YOUR REGULAR JOSSER, E | WRITE TO US AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET IT, & OR QUOTE YOU PRICES AND DISCOUNTS. 5 j Mt. Gem Heeger Exclusive Agents for heddettinttEltd. WESTERN MICHIGAN. MANUFACTURED BY mown to the aVtae AMERICAN MACHINE CO., | LeHIGH AVENUE & AMERICAN STREET, PHILADELPHIA. POW Dp E R & US E CA PS JOHN H. GRAHAM &@ CO Grand Rapids ie Mish pl El tri MMi e "Go a 3 qr Manerne, Aeants, 113 CHamBens Sr., New York. ‘ ' ec Cc ining oO Sq MERROW kee, AND ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING. ry = .4 pire a RO Sea Bt haa ERR A RAR ca a hh BL See cae ican pre avons eoaaae aaben ate earn aaimnee NC Pe oe oS ae Ee ee 8 A> : back at the annual convention of the [he Michigan Tradesman °,, Dairymen’s Association at Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. | Lansing last week. —_——— — A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable | strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1891. POOR ECONOMY. E. L. Lockwood, of | Petersburg, Monroe county, who owns 1,080 acres in one parcel and several | smaller farms in the same locality, open- lly asserted that his wheat crop was harvested at a total expense of 33.98 cents per bushel, while his corn crop | cost him only 9% cents when deposited in the crib. This statement was chal- |lenged by the editor of the Michigan | Farmer, who laughingly asserted that | such disclosures tended to disparage the ciation has repeatedly declared itself in | ; i : oo — . |ever, repeating his assertion with the | Statement that he could present his | books in support of his claim. favor of a State Food Commissioner. The same is true of the Michigan Dairy- men’s Association, each annual conven- tion for the last four years having adopt- ed resolutions asking for the enactment Fruit Manufacturers’ Association has | i taken the same stand on the occasion of | Mt . ~ j two annual conventions and is now cir-| culating petitions by the hundred, which will be presented to the Legislature later in the session. THr TRADESMAN is not fully informed on this point, but | 5 believes the Michigan State Grange also favors such a measure, which has re- | | | } ! ceived the endorsement of numerous | farmers’ organizations for the past half | dozen years. The demand for sucha law being so general and coming from so many dif- ferent classes of people, what is to pre-| Nething but the} vent its enactment? editorial whinings of no inconsiderable Tae Michigen Besinces Mes’s Asso- | POTtion of the agricultural press. Mr. S oo Ss : 4AsS ! Lockwood was as stolid as a rock, how- Another farmer, L. H. Heydlauff, of Ionia township, Ionia county, presented o 4, | an itemized statement of the cost of of a law creating suck an officer. The| ee i growing 180 bushels of wheat on nine acres of Jand, as follows: int, Om Sond @ 7 per Cont. ........5......... $ 37 80 14 bushels seed @ Ohc.............--. a. [2 Gaye Gone One Grilling................. 3 00 rors Ceea ie. ............ 224 aes... 2 00 mem 6) Renton eieck........ 4 00 Eeip to Gireen........_- 3 00 (ee 450 ost of marketing....... ... 8 00 aoe. TT 74 RECEIPTS. peld 199 bushels @ G0c....<.......... .....0iae © aes ... 9 00 ea... $153 00 RESULTS. Net promt... ee $ 75 26 Percemameo ir prone... 6.00 9 Pownall 8 38 stolid attitude of the majority of the | Legislature, the members of which assert | to great reform and that no new offices | will be created. The health of the peo-'! ple, in other words, must be subordina- | ted to the hue and ery for economy in|. . : ou in the mercantile business” ? public expenditures! THE TRADESMAN does not believe that any considerable number of legislators As Mr. Heydlauff has figured his land at $60 an acre and his crop at 80 cents a bushel, whereas as high as 90 cents has i ; : : ib id in his ket, his estimate of with gusto that this session is pledged | ee ' r profit is by no means overdrawn. Isn’t it about time to inter the thread- bare statements to the effect that ‘‘ There is no money in farming” and ‘‘ No money There is | no money in either pursuit for men who will stand in the way of such a measure, | and the clamor for its enactment. fish and game are to be protected, why And if the officer entrusted to the former | duty can make his office more than self- supporting through the medium of fines are devoid of the necessary amount of business capacity, but for men who pos- te : s |sess the attributes of thrift, economy in view of the necessity for its existence | ‘ If the | 224 foresight, there is as large a per- centage in farming as in any other | legitimate business. not also protect the people’s stomachs? | . od One of the thiags which makes a city | great is a steadfast belief in its future on the part of its people. and penalties, is there any reason why | a Food Commissioner should not do the same—in other words, make his office a instead of a burden on the people? of an executive officer to enforce them; for the sake of the farmer and manufac- turer, whose products are depressed and depreciated by the flood of impure and cannot be sold because of the watchful- Such a spirit has played no small part in the progress of | Grand Rapids and has been an insepara- 'ble handmaid of growth to every aty of source of revenue to the public treasury, | considerable importance. One of the last | cities to feel the effects of such an in- For the credit of the State, whose food laws are laughed at because of the lack | fluence is Muskegon, whose people have largely been croakers and complainers. Having changed their tune, however, and | fallen into line with such spirited leaders as Hackley, Holbrook, Mason, et al., | THe TRADESMAN expects to welcome the adulterated goods from States where they | ness of Food Commissioners; for the sal- | vation of the people’s stomachs and the | preservation of the public health, which are in constant jeopardy through the) existence of sophisticated food—Tur TRADESMAN hopes that every legislator pledged to reform will consider the term in its truest meaning and see something in it besides the sordid view of fiscal economy—no matter at what expense of health and life! The stock argument of the rural agi- tator, there is no money in farming at | the present time, received a severe set- time when Muskegon will take rank with the leading commercial and manufactur- ing communities of the country. In the death of Wm. R. Keeler, Grand Rapids loses a young business man who would, undoubtedly, have made his mark in the commercial world. He was ener- getic and aggressive, knowing no such word as fail when only personal effort stood in the path of accomplishing a cer- tain end. For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner, | 17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich. Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York | City. 352tf CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER. VI Written for THR TRADESMAN. ° When I became a commercial traveler, I felt that I had a mission to perform in the interest of the fraternity. I believed that there were a good many abuses lin- gering about the hotels of the land which might be ameliorated with the aid of a good hard cheek and plenty of kicking. The first abuse against which I set my lance was the bell boy abuse. The bell boy is born, not made. He rageth about the corridors of the inn, seeking whom he may aggravate unto the pitch of pro- fanity. Early in my mad career I be- came convinced that he who could take the hide off from two bell boys where the hide of only one had been taken before would go down to posterity as a public benefactor. I resolved to make an example of the first bell boy who fell into my hands. I found him on the line of the Michi- gan Central Railway, and a more inno- cent looking rascal I never met. He sat on a bench in the office reading ‘‘Bloody Bob; or, the Black Burglar from Blind- man’s Bay.’’ It was in the middle of the afternoon, but I went to my room for the express purpose of holding an executive session with him. I rang the bell at 2:45 and sat down to write some letters. At 3:05 the door opened with a bang and my friend of the gory romance entered. “Did you ring?’’ “Did I ring?” I repeated, musingly. “T believe I did ring for some wood a long time ago, but the summer is here now, and you may bring me some ice water.” The youthful villain made a face at the door knob that would have done credit to Quilp and went out. At 3:25 he came back with half a pint of water and a piece of ice a trifle small- er than the marbles he was rattling in his pocket. ‘“‘What’s that?” I asked. ‘Ice water.” ‘“‘Where’s the ice?’’ ‘In the water.’’ “Oh, I didn’t see it anywhere around and I thought perhaps you had it in one of your vest pockets. Ice come high now?”’ “This ice come four stories high. Anything else?’’ “Yes, if you think you can get back before dark, go to the bar and get me a cigar.’’ ‘‘Fiver ten?’’ “en.” At 3:45 he came back with a broken cigar and one match. “Did you have to wait long, sonny?” I asked. ‘Hah?’ ‘‘Did you have to wait long?” ‘Wot fer?” “For some bootblack to throw this away.” “It’s just as I gotit. Is that the first cigar you ever had, mister?” “Yes, sonny, and you may take it and tie it to the tail of the first cow you see climbing a telegraph pole.”’ ‘“‘Anything else?” “Yes; I’m coming here again in Jan- uary, and you may as well begin to build a fire now. What became of Bloody Bob?” *‘Oh, he got fresh an’ the devil turned him into a drummer. Anything else?’ I couldn’t think of anything else just then, and the boy went away, leaving me to my letters and my sad thoughts. For the next half hour every one who passed my room stopped a@ moment and went away laughing. At last I opened the door and found this placard: BEWARE! Crazy man in this room. Please do nothing to agitate him. Lappealed from the bell boy to the clerk. If IL could have secured possession of the boy for about ten minutes, the ap- peal would never have been taken. I saw the smiling face of the young imp peering around an angle of the hallway as I passed down stairs, but I did not attempt tocatch him. Once or twice in my lifetime I have endeavored to arrest the small boy in his hasty flight, and I am satisfied that these were the most unprofitable moments I ever knew. I placed the placard on the counter before the clerk. : ‘““What’s that?”’ he asked. ‘‘Read it.” He adjusted his eyeglasses to the bridge of a nose that immediately reject- ed them, and then proceeded to read the placard without their assistance. “That seems to be all right,’’? he said with a smile meant to be encouraging. ‘*But I found it posted on the door of my room.’’ “‘Oh; inside or out?”’ “Outside, you blasted idiot.’’ ‘‘Did you put it there?’’ “Did 1 put it there? you——” “Oh, never mind,” said the clerk go- ing back to his books, ‘‘I didn’t know but you carried your sign with you when you traveled. Shall I do it up for you?” I intimated to the clerk that if he’d take the bell boy and go out in the back yard I’d do them up. ‘Yes, yes,” said the clerk, impatiently, ‘I have plenty of opportunities like that. What’s the boy got to do with it?” ‘‘He put this thing on the door of my room, I tell you.’’ The clerk hit the bell and young As- modeus came skulking out of the check room. “Did you make clerk. *‘Noap.’’ “Did you post it on the door of No. 47?” ‘‘Noap.” **Ever see it before?” ‘‘Noap.”? ‘You can go.’’ He stepped around the corner of the counter, ran his tongue out about three inches and vanished. I sank into a chairin a sort of daze. There were plenty of things I might have said, but as I ran them over in my mind they all seemed inadequate to the occasion. ‘See here,” I said at length to the clerk, I believe you wrote that.” He never looked up from his books. ‘‘And bribed that young imp to hang it on the door of my room.” Scratch, scratch, scratch! ‘And Vl advertise your bed-buggy old shebang the whole length of the road!’’ The clerk hit the bell and the boy again skulked out of the check room. ‘Bring a bag of ice for this gentle- man’s head and a pound of salt.” **¥ oasir.’? There wasn’t any use of my staying there and collecting a crowd, was there? I went to my room and packed up. The bell boy nuisance still exists. that?’ asked the ~— 7 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. x . a cee oe Bo, SA aan NTE IT TSS FINANCIAL. Wool Firm--Hides Dull--Tallow Firm-- | | The “HEIOME: RULE” "aati Furs Quiet. Local Stock Quotations. ES Stocks of fleece wool are not large or | | OJ I t A D GASO! ‘ Cc GA ESSN EES, Gabe SEAS RES 100 in good assortment. Sales have been | i Grand Rapids Nationel 22.00.0000. 002002040 | S@al, as selections were not to be had Grand Rapids Savings.. ..................... 125| and some good lots are held above the | - Poems COMGY ONVINGS.................... «1... 131 : Ce 135| market. The available supply to go. Old National. " —_ ' " " eee Ne , 105 forward is not as large as supposed and Michigan Trust Co........... ..115| prices are above manufacturers’ views, | MANUFACTURING. who buy only as immediate wants re- | Aldine Manufacturing Co.. veceesceeeeees 60| Quire. Australian wools have sold free- | Ajoynjosq vy & $yoyIvW oy} UO uBO ATIMBVA TeooVlg 3OW oy, ene OO 150 , | Antrim Tron Co. S81 Viitticrttrtt tis | ly for American use, as manufacturers | z i elknap Wagon & Sleigh Co.............. .... 100 } : i" ‘ oe ! y a ae tan 85 find them better to mix with inferior | 5 i Grand Rapids Brush Co ... 90} home-grown. Prices on such are firm. ; Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co... %5 Grand Rapids inte 110 Hides are scarce and in light supply | ran apids School Furniture Co.... ...... 110 i TT : reek > | ; Withiean Barrel Co yeh and light demand. The past week has | ; Niles Mater SOG. 100} shown the dullest leather market for ' New England Furniture Co.. co Powe eanieets. go| years. There was no demand and tan- | ames Penne CO.... i... Lee. 85 rS Ww > hides ns eeeeeecrsy PeronareCo................ __... 120 ina ~ buy hides at the advance < . . ‘ > > 1 siidiiiia aii - : by : ders. — are held at 4 Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. ...103 7 eee eee ——— views and sales | Hazeltine & Perkins DrugCo ....... ......... 100| are made on a concession where tanners | were actually obliged to have them. It | Aaaten a . %| is not a healthy market. anal Stree ie . | Grand Ttapias Fire Geen Co. ae | Tallow shows some firmness, but no | Grandville Avenue Plank Road Co........... 150 5 ies i ail Sieihdahd Ayoune Geavel hoad Co... | eee «= Sep ttes are ample, with con Walter Grave: Head Co... 80 | siderable trading done. ; Furs are more quiet in tone, the ex- | citement having abated. Buyers are! well stocked at high prices, and now are | endeavoring to hedge. Only well-fured skins suitable for dying are in demand, | cent., payable March 12 to stockholders i _ or choice natural colored furs. The}! of record March 4. aie “ Seaneir Chemical National Bank stock sold re-| POOF STaeS MUSt BO lower. : a : —~—>-?-—____—- i cently at New York for $4,750 per share. | proposed Business Ventures at Delton. | There is said to be in the market an of- ‘saredoa 10J 10 UOTJONAJSQO JO O8BO se og on MISCELLANEOUS. Sepa. so ae Alpine Gravel Road Co. a Co ete ma iS) ak ee 2 i (mea Pee Drea eed nt CE am ‘4q31y, wonsiodvay pue WIC Financial Miscellany. The Diamond Mateh Company has de- ¥ clared a quarterly dividend of 2% per Wo Dirt in the Top to be washed into the Can Ul UBO OY} MO’ eTQBAOMOY st Gorym ‘dung uveig Has a Strong Hinged Cover over entire ‘’op, and may oe carried in the Rain without getting Water in the Can. with the Oil, and no Screw Top to get Lost or Damaged. ‘yooslog poojuBieny UBD AdoATT Apvoig sey DELTON, Feb. 23—A. P. Leonard, for- | fer of $5,000 per share for a round lot of 100 shares. Whatever ill fortune may have over- merly engaged on business here, but now | a resident of Grand Rapids, contemplates | embarking in the boot and shoe business. | M. J. Goss, formerly engaged in gener- | MANUFA‘ 2 gu BY THE WINFIELD MANUFACTURING CO, WARREN, OHIO. taken the Westinghouse Electric Com-|al trade at Prairieville, is a AT WHOLESALE BY pany, Mr. Westinghouse says the air-|the plan of opening a dry goods store| Fosrer, STEVENS & Co., brake company is earning 30 per cent. ce with Mr. Blackman, of | | Curtiss & Co., ayear. It paid 18 percent. in 1889 and| A. A. Aldrich, hardware dealer at | OLNEY & JuDSON Grocer Co., 16 in 1890, besides putting $500,000 into} Hickory Corners, announces his inten- | GUNN HARDWARE Co., DaNDT, WaTSON & CoO., WELLS-STONE MERCT. Co., Wauz & KELLER, G. W. BRUSKE, Grand Rapids. Saginaw. new plant. tion of erecting a building here in the| Gro. C. WeTHERBEE & Co., Detroit. JENNISON & Co., Bay City. The elevation of S. F. Aspinwall from | SP™"8 and open a hardware store. | FLETCHER, JENKS & Co., “ WaALsu & EprnsorovuaGn, W. Bay City. 4 the position of Secretary to that of Pres- = E. F. Percivax, Port Huron. H. D. Woop & Co., Toledo. 4 The Hardware Market. Bar iron is weak. The manufactur- ers of strap and T hinges have adopted a new list, which will be out ina few days, | 7 T DUNSCOMB & Co., au STALLBERG & CLAPP, ‘‘ | D. RosEson, i” | Rosson Bros., Lansing. ident of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance ~ Co. meets the hearty approval of every- one familiar with the company and the : ° s : oe : S =| = = = — a : _— at the same time changing the discount | Good Bar Tennis = ny a | 2 z = managed. Mr. Aspinwall’s incumbency e : oe os os SS a, > ic. a "| from 75 to50 per cent. Glass is with-| 2 os a of the highest office in the gift of the di- ai : i BALS. 80 | .75 15 . out change. Sisal and manilla rope are | rectors means a continuance of the pol- il alae icy which has proved so successful in the|°" ™ a W A ES Goodgear Tennis past and is likely to meet with even}; The embargo put on the shipment of | | a : OXFORDS. 62 | 56 | 68 | 56 | 62 | 2e greater returns in the future. of syrup and molasses in pails and | it iti kits—the doubling of the freight rate MUSKEGON. amounting to an embargo—has left some The attachment suit of Hawkins &|of the grocery jobbers with large stocks Company, of Grand Rapids, against Holt}on hand, which it will be difficult to & Co., the Lakeview grocers, was! move, as little of the goods is sold in the | a capia ae a - at oe oa brought to trial in Circuit Court Friday, | city, the demand being mostly from the | CHAMPION OXFORDS. oe Te ee : ; resulting in a disagreement of the jury | country. | ie. R., M A YHE WwW, ms Grand Rapids. the day following. During the trial H. M. Butts, book-keeper for Hawkins & Company, was arrested on a capias, Holt & Co. claiming $5,000 damages to their ~~ business and reputation. Bail was) .onnot be surpassed in the promptly furnished, the Grand Rapids | state. parties announcing their intention of SHOES CLOTHING ? ’ fighting the matter to the bitter end. AND —_—_-- > Suggests a Mass Meeting of Merchants. | Miscellaneous Rubber foods. ORDER AT ONCE. FIsHER STATION, Feb. 21—As_ the We also carry a large and Wholesale RUDDEr Gols. Bolts Wanted! Our line of Rubber Goods I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplur Excel- sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches long. I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths as above. For particulars address J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. all Paper and Window Shades. House and Store Shades Made to Order. INELSON BROS. & CO. | 68 MONROE STREET, eountry in this vicinity is literally over-| run with peddlers, I suggest that a mass}; a ae = og meeting of merchants be held at Grand | 2POTHns Goods and mire e- in p : partment Supplies. Rapids at some time in the near future for the purpose of raising a fund to en- St dl & B ] force the law relative to peddlers. I do by are dy, not believe in shutting out the peddlers Quant Mens. Mich. completely, for that would work hard- ships in mamy cases. All 1 approve of} é is the thorough enforcement of the law, | to the end that the peddler may share the | burdens now borne by the merchant) Send = alone. NicHoias Bouma. | ontalogas, ile te! snipe dion oops ea -« enmeiea rages sca abel OEY AE RW, dasa dinapdeninasatlaiisdindeaamineie iain dantans dliscant tendinastieadaenstienietanamasonadmameananaiial 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. Staie Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Five Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. freasurer—Geo McDonald, Kalamazoo. Meetings for 1891—Grand Rapids, March 3; Ann Arbor, May 5; Star Island (Detroit) July 7; Houghton, Sept. 1; Lansing Nov. 4. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw. Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detreit. Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Treasurer— Wm Dupont, Detroit. Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, June, September and December, Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President C.S. Koon; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. Tales Told by Two Druggists. Written for THE TRADESMAN. It is not a pleasant position to find yourself an unwilling listener to a con- versation of others, but as I am one of the craft, and will not divulge names, I will give the readers of THE TRADESMAN the benefit of an evening chat by two druggists which I overheard only a short time ago. It is, no doubt, true to the letter, as it all sounds familiar to an old pestle-grinder. “I would find no fault with my cus- tomers if they would exercise a little reasoning power when they come to me with a prescription,” said No.1, ‘‘Pre- suming too much upon their intimate acquaintance and patronage, they are entirely too familiar, and often really impertinent. It hardly seems possible that true ladies and gentlemen would talk and act as seme of my customers do. Yesterday a young fop of a man ap- proached me with a prescription for a lady; and his first salutation was, ‘I say, old boy, I want you to tell me what that medicine is in English,’ pointing with his finger to one prominent article in it. Without answering his question, I said ‘do you wish this prescription put up here?’ ‘Why,—yes,’ he replied hesitat- ingly, ‘if I knew what that article was.’ ‘Perhaps it is unnecessary for you to know what it is,’ I rejoined, ‘but if you must know, the only way open to you is to consult the physician who wrote it. The business of the druggist is only to prepare the medicine, and it would bea violation of good breeding in the pharma- cist who would converse with others con- cerning it. He growled out something about ‘might answer a question’ and said l might prepare the medicine if I would. Others often hand me a prescription, re- marking that they suppose they must wait for it, and hope it won’t be long, and at once take a seat as near me as they can conveniently get and voluntari- ly commence a story, when I am obliged to ask them not to talk to me while I am at work. Still others who seem to be acquainted with the names of drugs used are now curious to have all their uses explained in detail and to this class I usually say, ‘Pardon me, I am not here as a teacher in the art of pharmacy.’ ” ‘‘Your experience is mild, compared with mine,’’ replied No. 2. “A man came to my store in great haste a few days ago for medicine which could not be prepared in a hurry, and as I placed some powders, which required careful trituration and manipulation, in a mor- tar and he saw me take up the pestle, he came forward at once and remarked that APRS tes SA ew oe he guessed as he was in a hurry he would | ‘grind’ the powders, while I prepared the remainder. I gave him a short answer to the effect that as I was responsible for its correctness, I would do the entire work myself, and if it was impossible for him to wait, he might leave fifty cents with me and go home for fifteen or twenty minutes, when I would have it ready. Women are also very curious and trouble- some occasionally. Still, I never forget the deference due them, while secretly wishing they had received a different education. I have one lady customer who often comes after cough medicines and, after making her purchases, she seats herself and watches like a hawk while I wait upon others, sometimes be- coming so interested that she will remain nearly an hour, and after they have all left and we are alone she plies me with many such extremely pointed questions as the following: ‘Who was that old lady in the dark dress who asked for the soothing syrup?’ ‘My eye sight is poor, but I just thought I would ask whether that bottle the young lady bought was morphine?’ ‘I noticed you gave that boy a box of rat pizen; isn’t there a law against it?? ‘Do you have many opium eaters among your customers?’ ‘I sup- pose in this business you can’t help mak- ing a mistake once in a while?” ‘You ought to be very careful, hadn’t you” ‘Does old Mrs. Jones buy her drugs here?’ ‘Do you suppose old Marvin bought the pizen of you that he gave his wife.’ ” A man is obliged to have a large amount of human kindness in him to stand such questioning, and remain good natured; and then this is only one day’s persecution of this kind. Verily the drugger is not to be envied. OnE Wuo Knows. >. —_ Unfounded Charges, Recklessly Made. Detroit, Feb. 14—I notice the follow- ing screed in the Detroit News of a few days ago: “There were nine fatal cases of poisoning last year in this city, and in a majority of the cases the poison was procured from the druggists without the necessary formalities prescribed by the statute.” said a well known physician. “There is a law which if carried out would pre- vent many suicidal and accidental deaths by poisons and would also prevent that most in- famous form of murder—secret poisoning. “Section 9320 of Howell’s annotated statutes prescribes that druggists who sell poisons shall affix on each package a label with the word poison printed thereon, and also the name of some simple antidote. The penalty of failing to do this is a fine of not more than 8100. “Section 9321 provides that every druggist shall keep a book in which shall be recorded the sales of poison, the kind and amount andthe name and address of the person to whom sold, which shall be open to inspection by any cayeicion or police officer. The "a for neglect is a fine of not more than %50. Other sections provide that any purchaser of poison who gives a false or fictitious name to the druggist shall be liable to a fine of 350, and if a physician while drunk prescribes any poison he may be fined not less than $500. “The law is all right,” said the physician; ‘but I doubt very much whether it is lived upto by pharmacists or enforced by the state. It would be a good thing to insist that where such cases are discover by the coroner, he be ——— delegated to prosecute druggists under the state law. It was recently shown that many druggists in this city sold liquor illegally, and I believe thatsome are guilty of the same offense in regard to poisons.” In my opinion, this attack is a rather reprehensible way of intimating that a highly honorable and respectable class of merchants are so mercenary as to be guilty of criminal carelessness or of wil- fully ignoring the laws while pursuing their legitimate business. A law of the State compels the druggist to pass a most rigid examination in pharmacy, if not in chemistry, before he is allowed to dis- pense poisons at all. He cannot, there- fore, be accused of incompetency, but as deaths are frequent from accident or suicide, some one is supposed to be guil- ty of carelessness or informality, and it is convenient to accuse the druggist, and to “doubt very much” whether he obeys the laws, even without a shadow of preof. A ‘‘well-kmewnr physician’ sheuld bear in mind that he resides in a glass house and that a pebble from some drug- gist, carefully thrown, might produce a | fracture in his dwelling. Is it not just possible that accidental deaths are some- times caused by overdoses prescribed by physicians? Our interests with those of physicians are so closely allied that, without the strongest proof, I cannot believe they would make the direct as- sertion contained in the aboye item, and I can hardly credit the source from whence the News obtains its information Druggists are by no means as ignorant of the laws pertaining to their own business as is implied by the above interview, and I consider it a gratuitious insult to the intelligence of the registered pharmacists of Michigan to parade these two sections of the law before them. Not content with the most stringent laws for the safety of the people—with which we find no fault—it seems as if there are those who would, if possible, force us to aban- don the business in disgust, at the treat- ment we sometimes receive. We do not like to be accused, even by implication, of either neglect or wilful evasion of the law. PHARMACIST. a The Drug Market. Opium is steady. Morphine is un- changed. Quinine is firm, with an up- ward tendency. Citrie acid is very firm and tending higher. Chloride hydrate is down. Nitrate silver has declined. Cloves are advancing. Sassafras bark is scarce and will be higher. The Paris Green Association announces that it will name the price on April 15. Linseed oil is very firm and another advance will be made March 1. _—_—_————-O-—— Frustrated an Attempt at Suicide. Felix Moloche, @f the firm of Moloche Bros., druggists at Belding, recently at- temptled self-murder by means of acon- ite. It took all the doctors in the town to dissuade him of his purpose. AWNINGS AND TEPFTS. Horse and Wagon Covers, Seat Shades, Large Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, ete. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. CHAS. A. COYE, 11 Pearl Street. Teleshone 106. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. W.Baxer & Cos Cocoa from which the excess of oil has been removed, \\\\\ Is Absolutely Pure ‘\\\\ and itis Soluble. are used in its prepar- i jation. It has more ||| than three times the i Wistrength of Cocoa we mixed with Starch, rrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far 1ore economical, costing less than one cent @ up. It ie delicious, nourishing, strengthen- 1g, EASILY DIGESTED, and admirably adapted or invalids as well as for persons in health. Sold by Grocers everywhere. J. BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS, FUrniture siti ci Nelson, Matter & Co.'s Styles New, Cheap, Medium and Expense Sive. Large Variety. Prices Low. PAUL EIFERT Manufacturer of Tronks, Traveling Bags and Cases SAMPLE TRUNKS AND CASES MADE TO ORDER. Write for Prices, 41 SO. DIVISION ST., Grand Rapids, - - Michigan. DE JONGE & WAN HEULEN 83 So. Division & 180 Oakes Sts. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Flour Feed, Hay, Straw, Ett. Pillsbury’s and Washburn’s “BEST” Spring Wheat Flour. A full line of Schumacher’s goods and all other cereals constantly on hand. = : : < is M = & < r-) <4 2 z 4 S 6 4 > = 2 nw Send for Quotations. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS Manufacturers of and Jobbers in Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags, Metals, Iron, Kubber and Wiping Rags 264 So. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS. Telephone 640. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., “Guinn mavibs.” ne ace a ee er ee oN a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Petne Current. Advanced—Nothing. Declined—Nitrate Silv Chloral Hydrate. ACIDUM. Pecmcwm -..... ....... 8@ 10 Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 oeeene ...4.-........ 30 Carporcem ........... 2 36 Seer Go... 58@ 60 eee ........... Se SS eee ee 10@ 12 ee 11@ 13 Phosphorium dil...... 2 Seloeicum ........... 1 40@1 80 Saulpauvicum...... .. It@ 5S a ol... 1 40@1 60 aero... 40@ 42 AMMONIA. = 16 deg ecb ete eee 384@ 5 oo an 5%4@ 7 colina Peete ess 12@ 14 eS ee 12@ 14 ANILINE. wiaee.................. 3 ae oo aee..:...... Leo ce. 80@1 00 a 45@_ 50 ae 2 0@3 00 BACCAE. Cubeae (po. 1 50.......1 60@1 75 mente ..2....-.-.. 8@ 1 Xanthoxylum......... 25@ 30 BALSAMUM. oe: . oo & ae... . se @1 80 verabia, Canada ..... 35@ 40 fereee ............... 0@ 45 CORTEX. Atjes, Canadian............ 15 ee 11 Cinchona Fiava ............ 18 Euonymus ae. i... 30 Myrica Cerifera, po.. = Pranus Virgo............. 12 memes, @re................ 12 Ee 12 Ulmus Po (Ground 1%)...... 10 EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@ eee. 338@ 35 Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 11@ 12 Me 13@ 14 - ie... 14@ 15 _ os... ke 16@ 17 FERRUM. Carbonate Precip...... 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50 Salut Chioride........ @ 15 Sulphate, com’l....... 1%@ 2 . pere......... @ 7 _FLORA. eee cs 23@ 30 Meeeomem .......--.... 3 25 Matricaria HAZELTINE i = dt & PERKINS Me ol . $5 | ee 3 DRUG CO Se ste OT . Hhatany Se ee =| ee Le Cassta Aeatitai’ = Importers and Jobbers of Co 2 Soran... 50 eee... PMOmeee ct, 60 Co ee 50 Veratrum Veride.... ........ 50 ae Se [) R | G oe Se EE MISCELLANEOUS. Aither, ‘hal Nit, ; 7 26@ 28 30@ 32 e Alumer pi . 2%@ 3% | ° ° 4 e a roan Go ~ .chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries nna °. ae f 60 Antimoni, prea 2 “co 5 ng et Pota: 60 i a mune 3001 40 Dealers in Aerts... @ B&B Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 68) Arsenicum ............ on a p en . . : Hime oat" =~ Dahent MeLiGines, Paints, UI Bismuth §, N......... 2 10g2 20} } } } 5 Calcium Chlor, 1s, (%8 1. a Cantharides Russian, 9| Sole Agents forithe Oelebrated ,Pioneer Prepared Paints. @1 75 Capsici Fructus, af... @ 2 “ ‘“ po. @ 18 i Caryophyllus, (po. 18) 13@ 14 We are Sole Proprietors of Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 — Alba, 8. ar... ~ : ern Pinve............ 3 oom con @ i WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY Centraria.............. @ 10 I oe cae enone @ TT Chloroform ee 60@ 63 squibbs .. @1 10 Chondrus.<--.... 90@. 35 We have in stock and offer a full li Cinckonidiae, 2. & W — 6 have in 8 and offer a ne of Corks, list =o: 040 - oo . 59 Whiskies, Brandies, Greta, (DDL 78) 2200... o 2 ins. Tin — Ti : © FD) cece eees i — eee uee caus oO a CG 5 as, B. i... = 9 a 35 — *e x Copel Suiph.....-....- 6@ 7 a 10@ 12 . ° e fiery. a "aaa “3 ‘i Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Oo., Pree ei @....-. OB oS Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Le Sa @ Gar Ra 7 @B i i i i saab ae ag a Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite a WOM. aon nu ete Ses. Spree Rye Whisky. Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 " eee... ae, 13@ 2 a GOOTIAS 5... o 40 ees WG & Grana Paradisl........ : @ 2 Hydraag Chior Mite: “¢ 5 We sell a for Medicinal epeecs ~~ or cc ae We give our Person ntion ail Orders and Guar “ aes é 15| antee Satisfaction. Jnguentum. 45 = Hydrergsram All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day were 13 shthyo olla, Am. 1 1 20 ceive them. Send in a trial order. lodine,Wesiibi..-'3 3 7s 85 | Iodoform. . a oe ee 3 Lycopodium .......... ie =: Hareltine & Perkins Drug Go, ibeuar! eas Arsinitis 10@ 12) Magnesia, Sulph (bbl GRAND RAPIDS,iMICH. ssi As “aa soe tant pense orn ee atu sue tigre som renee teeth OSE oy rreesreieneigEty Steers [Re Re err Emer: r y : < ; : 5 z i. * 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERIES. An Advocate of Bogus Jelly. Detroir, Feb. 21—In THE TRADEs- MAN of Feb 4th, I notice that A. S. Mus- selman is puzzled to know how manufac- turers of jelly can pay fiye cents per pound for apple parings and cores and then sell the manufactured product so cheaply that it can be sold by the jobber at four cents. As Lincoln used to say in war times, “This reminds me of a story.’’ It ap- pears that, at one time, an English scien- tist visited Hindostan and among his many instruments was a powerful micro- scope. One day while endeavoring to convince an old Parsee that roast beef was a superior kind of food and that he would be a better man by renouncing that portion of his religion which for- bade him to eat anything that had} once lived, he saw the old man drink a/| There!’ said have swallowed large goblet of water. the Englishman ‘‘you refuse to taste a piece of cooked beef.’’ With a doubtful shake of the head and a sickly smile the Parsee looked incredu- lous. ‘I will convince you” said the Englishman and placing a drop of water | } from the jar containing it upon his ob-| ject glass, he bade the old man examine | it. One long and earnest gaze was suffi- | cient, and with an expression of horror upon his face he dashed the instrument upon the stone floor, ruining it forever, and exclaimed: ‘Go! thou curse of civili- zation, destroyer of all my happiness on | S0OtD” ’ bs , | principles I do not believe in buying earth and my hope of heaven.” Thus I hesitate before allowing Mr. Musselman a view of this jelly through | my microscope or description as it is generally made, fearing it may taste for the saddle of roast venison, which in the judgement of an epicure is quite insiped Accompaniment. ever, that the jelly I describe is just as fine and healthful, if carefully made, and contains even more nutrition than if made from the fruit alone. The secret is that the apple parings and cores are only to impart the flavor to animal jelly. Of course, different makers use quanti- ties of apple juice, according as its price will allow, and leave them a margin of profit. After the juice ruin his | loranges to any without the well-known | Allow me to say, how- | 'It strikes high and it strikes low—and is purified and | refined by steam and certain chemicals, a | quantity of gelatin is dissolved and many times the weight of that made from the ap- | ple is added and properly sweetened and spiced, if desired. Formerly ealled French gelatin was used, but there is no possible reason why Ameri- ean gelatin should not be made just as fine and quite as cheaply as the foreign. One pound of this refined gelatin will eost in large quantity not to exceed six- | teen cents, is exceedingly wholesome and nourishing when properly prepared and no one should offer the least objec- tion to its use. The manufacturer is only making a fair profit, while fur- nishing a really good article at a low price to the consumer. As we are talk- ing particularly in regard to price, it should here be stated for the benefit of those who may not know, that one pound of solid gelatin will, by the absorption of liquid, make many pounds of the mer- ehantable article. The writer answers the query of kindly spirit, and would scorn to class adulterated preparations. CHEMIST. ——————__ > +> Mysterious Disappearance. From the Shelby Herald. W. E. Hightower, since engaging in| business some years ago, has had an/| eventful and not altogether pleasant ca- | reer. His latest venture was the run- | what was | } a ning of a shingle mill in Ferry township | j and he left last week on nected with the same, turned. has gone to Washington. The men who business ¢on- | and has not re-| It is believed by many that he} have been working in the mill and those} who have cut and hauled logs are the | in this leetle paper o’ smokin’ and a clay pipe,” laying her hand on a thousands of animals alive, and yet you | | and no retailer should accept it as a bar- a Steeenl - t st | ers and jobbers are putting in bond, and ee ee it is not unlikely that the refiners will this food with the army of factitious or | |improve the opportunity Told by a Kalamazoo Merchant. “Ts that the fruit of your own farm, Ma- tilda?” said a merchant to an eld colored woman who had deposited a basket of eggs on the top of a barrel as she came in, and then approached the counter. The woman turned and gave a half- startled glance toward the basket, as if she expected to witness some wonderful transformation, and then replied: ‘‘Wy, how ye starkled me, Mistah Jones. Them’s aigs; no frutein datbasket. Tse low down in eddycation, but I knows aigs frum frute. How much is ye payin’ fer aigs?’’ “Twenty cents, Matilda.” “Can’t ye say twenty-one?”’ ‘I cannot.” “Well, ye. can take ’em, ef yell throw terbacker, half pound package of the weed. As she had six dozen, they closed the, bargain for the ‘‘fruit.” nnn A Grocer’s Crusade Against the Gossip. W. L. Brownell, the Kalamazoo gro- cer, makes the following generous offer through the medium of the press of his city : I have no furniture, crowbars or fine- tooth combs to give away, and on general trade, but as an inducement for people to be good, and for the purpose of stirring up business, I have decided to make the following magnificent offer: I will give one dozen nice 15-cent man or woman between the ages of 21 and 100 years, who for one week will refuse to listen to idle and malicious gossip circulated in regard to their neighbors. ‘‘ From the center way round to the sea,” and from the asylum clear down to the river, this seething, rushing torrent of personalities carries everything before it. No one is exempt. still there is a scheme to enlarge the city limits. —— > 2. > How Pork is Packed. GRAND Raprps, Feb. 21—The state- ment in this week’s paper that 196 pounds of green pork should be packed in a barrel is susceptible of correction. As a matter of fact, it is the rule with packers all over the country to put in only 190 pounds, which increases in weight to 200 inside of twenty days. A barrel of pork which does not contain 200 pounds net when it reaches the re- tailer should be regarded with suspicion rel, as it was clearly packed weight. The Grocery Market. Sugars ruled steady all last week until Saturday, when the refiners advanced hard grades a sixpence.’ From the pres- ent outlook, sugars will be searce next month, owing to the great amount refin- short- PACKER. to advance | prices 1g to %e. Sauerkraut is lower. | Holland and sealed herring are higher. New maple sugar is beginning to come | in, the season having opened earlier than |ever known before. The indications are | that the crop this year will be the largest | | ever recorded. Fresh meats are higher, beef having | sustained an advance of about Ic. per| pound. a Thanks, Gentlemen! KALAMAZOO, Feb. 17.—At a meeting | of nearly $700, liens for which have been | Grip, held at the Kalamazoo House last filed on a quantity of shingles valued a€| evening, your paper was recognized as $200. This is acase of first come first | the official organ of the Association and served, however, andit looks as if the esas be so reported to our order. laborers were left. | | creditors of Mr. Hightower to the amoun§)| of the Directors of the Knights of the | | G. E. BAEDEEN, Pres. PRODUCE MARKET. titan ne cs $4,.25@4.50 for choice eating and 75 for cooking stock. Evaporated are a 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 active demand. Dealers pay 16c and hold at 18c. Creamery is in fair de- mand at 22@24c. Cabbages—f(c per doz. or $4 per 1 Carrots—2)@25c per bu. Celery—20@25c per doz. — barrels, 81.25; produce barrels Cranberries—Cape Cods are nowout of market. Bell and Cherry are held at 39@#10 and Jerseys at $10@1/.50. Eggs—The ‘‘cold snap” has interfered with — and brought about an active demand and an advance in price. Dealers pay 15c for strictly fresh and hold at 17c. Onions—The high price has curtailed the sale very materially, few consumers being willing to pay 40¢ or 50¢° per peck atretail Dealers pay 1.25 and hold at #150. Potatoes—The market is looking brighter all along the line, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St. Louis having increased their paying price from 9c to $1 per bushel. The demand is +tronger and a return to the old time paying prices is by no means unlikely. Squash—1'4c per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Kiin dried Jerseys are in good | demand readily commanding $3.50 per bu. Turnips—30@35c per bu. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. aes ....... ee eer... .- OS Extra clear pig, short cut.......... - 2S ee en ae oe. t 80 meee eee, ee ............-....... 12 00 Coeme Gece. Seer eeu ............--, ... 2. 12 00 Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 12 50 sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. ee Oe 6% O_o 9 Oe ce —- 2 ees eee occ ee 7% en 5 Pee. See 5 Pees eee. 8 5 Pee eee. ee, 5 LarRpD—Kettle Rendered. eee 6% ee ae ae re............ 7 LARD. Com- ae pound. I ice _. oe 5% Sand SO tb. Tabs...-...... 5% 5g Sib, Patie, ip @ Care.......... 6% 6% 5 1b, Pails, mimeaces........... 6%, 645 10 1b. Pails, 6in a case........... 6% 6 7h. Fete, din & Case. .........6 5% ih Cee... -.5% 5% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06 Extra Mess, Chicago packing... _s.e ee ee 9 75 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average oe... 8% ee 9 . eT a _ — oie |. B ere 8% neg EE eS ee ai 5X ean rat oon, Deeiee.................+-- 8 ee eee, Oe ees. re eee 5% Rees, eee. ee ee ™ ee 5% FISH and OYSTERS, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as tollows: FRESH FISH, eee .....3 @10 ae. oe @9 ee @18 Ciscoes @5 Flounders @9 Ce @10 ee... @2 ee ee. @10 Covers eee... @18 oYSTERS—Cans, Peirhevee Copmts.......-.....-........ @35 v2 eee... . . . @30 ee a a ae @25 wees ae ee, @23 Sees... Cate ae @20 See @18 SHELL GOODS. Oysters, per oo 1 25@1 50 i 7@1 00 BULK GOODS. Standards, per ON ee nee @1 25 Selects @1 65 | | Serimps, 1 1 50 | Clams, ao 1 50 Scallops, eee ee eed ee 1 50 FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, ae a 5%@ 7% hind quarters. . @ 7% . re @ 4% Sli, PO Be es 1944@11 x Wee ee @9 . oeeee..... 5 @t' Sees 8g ee es @10% ee a @ 4% aes @5 eee ce, @7z ‘* shoulders. . @5 Sausage, blood or head. - @5 @5b @ 7% + @ i™ : Ke a. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Standard, —s @S SE OST Ei @8 - OE @8 - pails or packages, net weight. ..... 8% . 24 -lb. bbis Poston Cree .....i+4.. . eS i. | 2 aa 10 MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Pails. Standard, = a el 7% 8 Leader ee ep ee 7% 9 eer... Ce .. .. 9 eee eee. net, 9% Ee net, 9% ec nee 10% OEE ee 10 Pee... it Valley Creams.. oo tase cece tenn vinee-lie 5 Tb. ciel Per Box Pie ee 60 ee ee i 60 Pere a 70 Copeoic Dram. .:.......,..... wa ae H. M. Chocolate Drops. -90 a eee 40650 Deoneoe a. 8 A. B. Licorice Pe 20 Lozenges, oie... Ce 65 eee ee Peer i, oc 65 ee 7 eee = Molasses Bar.. Cece neces ee ee “i6@18 eee ee X@1 00 Plain Creams. - Lee ee - B0@90 Decorated Crommes..0 00) r 00 String Roc oueue. Burnt Almonds. . a ee Wintergreen Be 65 Fancy—In bulk. Lozenges, ete 1 eee... 11 - rinted, nets... 12 Chocolate Drops, in ee woul CO EEE 6 CE ee ee 10 Sour Drops, in pails...... oe Imperials, in pails........... ORANGES, Floridas, fancy 250-200 17¢-150 . . 3 G83 75 138-126 a -. 3 3@3 50 _ on........... @ Russets, fancy as Orde ok. ese 5 25 see ee eww ee weet ae 3 Ov Valencias, choice t = fancy oe 5 %5 Messinas, 300-240..... 2 75@3 00 e is 200. ae 3 00 LEMONS. Messina, Omen, Oe. 3 50@ + 00 ee 4 50@ : 6 . a, 4 00 . PO backer see oka. 4 50@ 4 75 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers eee 18@20 choice cease @16 « ss a @12% . Fard, 10.10. box oe ee, @10 - ae @8 - Persian, 50:1b, Oox.: 0 2 oe NUTS, Almonds, ae aaa eee @17T% i @17 - California eee eee ee Biz lc... @ Filberts . @ Walnuts, Grenoble. @15% eee eee eee es 12 . SO ee @10% Table Nuts, No. 1 ie ee ees @15% ee a ek @14 Pecans, Texas, Se 14016 Cocoanuts, ee @4 50 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., Sur ok ole Scie ae elo @6 - “Senied. eye eases 7%@ 8 Fancy, H. P., wee 8 a a @ 6 ‘¢ “Roasted. . ios. One Choice, io. P., Beers... . @ 5 “Roasted... _. -.. oes CURTISS & CoO.,, WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. ‘ FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE. Houseman Block, ” Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and bwy in full packages. APPLE BUTTER. Ciicago g00ds.. ....... AXLE GREASE. Frazer’s. Wood boxes, per doz .. 3 doz. case... oe “cc per gross.. 25 Ib. pails, per doz....... pr. per gross..... Aurora, Wood boxes, per doz.. Diamend, Wood boxes, per doz ..,.. 3 doz. case... “ce “ per gross.. Peerless. 2a tO pedis ..:... BAKING POWDER. Thepure, 10¢ packages. ¥ Ib. ae ~ Com, . oa “oe \% lb. “ a a 1202. . ee + se « --7%4@8 . 80 80 2 40 oo .13 00 . § SO . 80 60 3 doz. case... per gross.... or io 00 BS an 50 _ 5 lb. _ Less 20 per cent. to retailers. Acme, = cans, 3 doz i. = . 44 Ib. 2 .. - ia igs rc... oo 10 Telfer’ - ‘ ~ cans, doz.. 45 ve 1 85 oe 1 ag “cs cig ae 4 50 Arctic, % tb cans a 4 ae 1 20 . i” .2....... 200 ies Som oo, 9 60 Red Star, is > cans. 40 eee £0 i % Db cae en 1 50 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 90 a %5 American. 2 2doz.incase... 7 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4 * ov als ts elec ee 4 = en Hy pints, round........ 10 50 “« §6No. 2, stiting box... 2 7 " moa, = +. 400 a No. 5, . .-. 6 OO * (eee .....-.,.... 45) BROOMS. 0. 2 Hurl Wee oe eomew ce 1% No ee a 2 00 No. 2 — a 2 ee coe 2 50 Piles Oe 27 Common Whisk eae ete Coa 90 a 1m me. 3 25 Warehouses. 00. oll lL, 2% BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Misige oun... .........)... 3 Oe eee. oe SE OEE eae 4 50 CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. 10 — =| - ........... 9% Poe. ow il Ce 25 CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck..... 1 10 Ciam Chowder, S Ib......... 2 10 Cove Oysters, i Ib. — --1 3 2 Ib. 2 2 Lobsters, 1 Ib. “pienic Seat e ..1 90 2e * C#..: 2 65 . 1 ‘b. Star cee 2 50 : 2 Ib. Star.. -3 Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce 3 50 Ib. stand a 1 20 - tsi 2 00 “ 3 = in Mustard .3 50 " Sit. Goueed....... S SO Salmon, at. Cctebte i T5@1 9G 1lb. Alaska.. @1 60 Sardines, domestic : 5@ 6 - Mustard Ms. 2 oe @10 . imported \4s.. @i: - spiced, 4458 -..... 10 Trout, 3 1 ee 50 —— a ples. York State, gallons.... 8% ues Santa Cruz.... . 2:25 eee 2 40 Cherries. ee 1 20 Pitted Hamburg. 1 40 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. nia ............---..,. 1 35@1 45 Gooseberries. oO 1 10 Peaches. ae... 1 60@1 75 eee 3 ac 2 2% Bees 8... .......... 2 25 CesOrniaA.......-..-.. 2 25@2 50 Pears. Dome... ......... 1 2% Riverside... 2 Pineapples. ae 1 30 Johnson’ s sliced...... 2 40 grated ..... 2 65 Quinces. Common 2.4. ..2.,...,: 1 10 Raspberries. Bee 1 30 Black Hambur 1 40 Strawberries. Lawrenee ....:..-....- 1 10 Meee... 4 ky, 2 00 Vy hortleberries. Coe 1 40 MEATS. oe a lee ee 2 00 ee, ck seek VEGETABLES, Beans, soaked Lima........ 85 " @eeen Lima........@1 GO — ree A. @ Mo: 90 ‘“ Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1 40 Corn, stand. brands..1 05@1 25 Peas, segeeu...............: 75 7 SOevOses .......... an ao * stapddune.............1 ie | ...... als “fine French......... .2 10 Musiroams........ 1 80 Pomeuse . ..... . . @1 00 Saueee 1 10 Succotash, soaked.......... 85 = eteandard......... 1 30 Tomatoes. stand br’ds 1 00@1 10 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet.. ..... oe 22 ate 34 ee ee 38 Breakfast Cocoa........ . 40 CHICORY. ee Red ee 7 CHEESE, Fancy Full Cream 1 @L% Sood 10 @1ic% Part Skimmed......._. 8 @9 Sap Sago See Q2 Eom @1 00 Swiss, Imported ..... 24@ 2 domestic 15@ 16 a. a - HEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 lamps. 35 ee eu cue 40 Spruce, 500. pieces. ..40 CATSUP. Snider’ 8,% — . i. pint. oa quart... i ‘oc oe CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross boxes .... a COCOA SHELLS. ure... ow N, 4 @4% Pound packages........ @7 COFFEE EXTRACT. x a ny... 75 a iss Hovennel® eB. a = c o¥FzE—Green. Rio, or. @20 a @21 ee a ee @22 “ fancy, washed... @2A% ee @23% eee @23 Mexican & Gira 3 @25 éava, Interior... ....- @2%6 - ee e @29 Peery ©... cc) cy 22 @%4 Mocha, genuine. . 26 @28 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age cCOFFEES—Package. Bunola.. oo 2444 “ ineabinets ..... .. 2434 McLaughlin’s XXXX....243; fiom. 2434 ™ tn cabinets ............ 251% Durham. . -. 4% CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40ft......- per doz. 1 35 . Sete... ... “ 1 50 . 60 ft v 1% . ote....... “ 2 00 oe 80 ft “ee 2 25 Jute on......: _ 1 00 ' at .....- _ 16 CONDENSED MILK. Ree 7 50 Anglo Swiss.......... 6 00@ 7 70 COUPONS. “Superior.” $ 1 per hundred ee 2 50 el Te 3 00 $ 5 “ “ee i 4 00 S10, “ Cee ola. 5 00 o « See e ee ous 6 00 “Tradesman.” © 1, per hundred..:........ 2 06 2 ~ a 2 50 5 ees aes 3 On ao * se 4 Ov oo *~ Sees 5 00 Subject to the following dis- counts: 200 or over. eo. 2 per cent. 1000 oe i cy 20 ve CRACKERS. Renosha Butter............ 7% ee se 54% a 5% RANOMEE 6% eee ca 8 7 he ee a 7 Seen... 4... 6 S Otek 5% City Oyster, A3X........ 544 CREAM TARTAR. Setety pare....7.........- So DRIED FRUITS. DOMESTIC, Apples, sun-dried. ...: 10%@11 — 14 @15 Apricots, : dd @20 Blackberries “ . 9 Faken Mo geete 20 . PRUNES. NO cs Sn he a iss oe @ 9 WO cue @10 a ck ne cn ewes @\i1 PEEL. ReeOk:. ....<. Seed yeas 18 POO. . acces... 18 CITRON. PO OO, otic pee @18 een NN cys @w CURRANTS. Zante, in barrels...... : in %-Dbis...... o in less quantity RAISINS —California. Mere : i London Layers, 2 er’n 2 10 S s 2 20 a fancy. 2 3 Muscatels,2crown ... 1 65 icy -_ Loa 2 00 Foreign. Valencias....... 8 Onmees 84@ 9 Bole... ... 6... 16 - FARINACEOUS GOODS Farina, 100 Ib. kegs. . . & Hominy, pee oe 400 Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.. 55 ia import cod... Poeel Maviey ......... 3 @ _ Peas, Green... os. @1 ‘split eee eae @ se Sago, German.. @ 5 Tapioca, fi’k or DP’ rl... 5 @ 6 Wheat, cracked....... @s | Vi ermicelli, import.. @it | domestic... 7) a FISH—SALT. | Cod, whele............ Sig@h 54 | a... TOs | Stree ..... |... Tae Gi | Halibut ..... @10 | Herring, gibbed, ‘bbl... 5 25} 4 bb i 3 00} “ Holland, *pbls.. 12 00 | - lo «C«i;#«i« 80 | aled . 25 | Mac erel, No, 1, % bbl.. 12 00 | 0 Ib kit. 1 10} Pollock oe oe 3 00@3 25 Trout, % aged ogee @ BO | 10 Ib. kits a. 80 | White, No. pH 4 bbls. 7 60 | b. kits ce 95 | _ Family, ‘4 r= 3 . ) | ' Kis... 5 | FLAVORING EXTRACTS. | Jennings’ D C. | Lemon, Vanilla | 2 0z folding box... 75 1B} 3 02 : a. 130 4 0z . ia oO 2 00 6 0z ° ~-e Ge 3 00 810z . «2 0 4 00 GUN POWDER. a ee 5 50 tiait kegs... ....-.... 3 00 HERBS. Sage... , JELLIES. Chiteeo socgs............. 4 LAMP WICKS. ee 30 med. 40 a 50 LICORICE. ee 30 Coreen 25 BOGUS. 5. ees se... 18 LYE. Condensed, 2 Gox........... 1 2 MATCHES. Wo. O scpier.......<....... 2 00 Anchor perlor:.............. 170 nO 2 1 10 Mpert parctor....._.....-_.: 4 25 MOLASSES. ee eee = Cuba Baking........ Poste: tee. “19@38 New Orleans, peod...:.... 25 oe Coos 35 “ce far acy . One-half hence. 3c extra OATMEAL. Barre 6 00 es 3 2 ROLLED OATS Barrer... 4........ @6 00 Malt bbis.. ... i @3 2% PICKLES. Medium oe $7 50 % bbl . oe Small, — . .,..... 9 00 ee 5 60 PIPES. Clay, (oe 1% a. D. full count........ 75 Oe, 12 RICE. Carolina hand a 7 i ee 6 ' pe a ee eee @5 eee, We t.... ............- . ' Roe... .. .....2 6 SAUERKRAUT. ES en 4 50 Vigie egret. .......--.:. ..- 2 i6 SAPOLIO. Kitchen, 3 doz. in box os 2 50 Hand 2+) CL 2 50 SOUPS. Snider’s Tomato.. 2 40 SPICES. Whole —— ‘Aleece.... 2... 10 Cassia, China in mats...... z . Batavia in bund....15 ' Saigon in rolls...... . 35 Cloves, See... 5... 25 a ebbe ust eo 15 Mace Batavia.. a Nutmegs, fancy.. Se ee 80 a my ee oe oes = 75 Bee 65 Pepper, singapore — — -<—_ ° ehos...........--... 19 Pure ecuall in Bulk. OG ay cy cscs epee 15 Cassia, Batavia Cl atewas 20 een Saigon. - By Ginger, —— ede cece o yeas 1m SYRUPs. eran il. 18 Corn, Werrehe. G..-. 5.2... 25 i . “ Janata die oe o ce eae 20 | Pu sige i Men ace Batavia .80 re Sugar, bbl........... 30@40 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25 half barre]... .34@42 "Trieste iG 27 SWEET GOODS. heii Me 2... 45 | Cuiegte Soere.......... 7 Pepper, Singapore, ee ..20 | Sugar Creams. i 8% white..... 30 | Frosted ¢ ‘reams....... 8 . Cagemie........ 25 | Graham Crackers..... 8 ae 20 | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 »solute”’ in Packages. SHOE POLISH. “Absolute” in Pack | : 14s s| Jettine, idea. te box...... .% aes 80 1 | TEAS. —— Seoul. = ; ba as JAPAN—Regular. i Ginger Jam Dooce. 84 1 55 | ae a, = ee 80 1 50! ¢ hoice. 24 @29 Mustard... 84 155! Choicest.......... 32 @36 Pepper .....-...2.---- 84 (oo. hlmlmlmlmUmhmhmUmUU 0 @14 Baee....... eta _—.. on . SUN CURED. DO cee ea. @xr ete. ..dhlC(iC ow Ce pes Cunce ..........,_.. @i7 | Ch e. 24 @29 Powdered ........_.. @it \¢ hholeest Ss a6 Standerd — a 6% | Dust. 10 @14 Confectioners’ A... @669| pair... ‘adn i @x Witte Extra C....... @ 6 Choice @25 fa CO @ 5% | Ghotcan. 3: ; ne oicest.. @35 women: / $ oie 5% ¢ | Extra choice, wireleaf @40 Dark Molasses... : | Common ca 25 @35 pens seal = Ibs. 34¢ advs ance | Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Tea, 2 2-tb, tin scoop. 50 | —— gonoNG = im . . brass © ....... : 25 | Common to fair.. 25 @30 So a — 3 = | Superior to fine....... 30 @) Ss oe 55 3m Grocers’, 11-Ib, tin scoop. 11 00} Fine to ee ae “oS brass ** .. 12 25] Common to fair....... 20 @35 (Reb, tin, .. 13 25 5 | Superior to fine........ 40 @E ___ brass “ .. 147 YOUNG HYSON. Se a Common to fair....... 18 @2 site bees Corn. “ , | Superior to fine....... 30 @40 aU- PURGE sess ccccee cases ) t sh hlUvtrhmrmmCiCtidsizaC 6a | ENGLISH a @ices OT ayaa @30 1-lb packages. SS 6 | Choice................. 30 @35 = co ee 6 a 55 @65 61 i |... 6% | Tea Dust...........-.. 8 @i0 aeed 50 Ib. boxes... . <4 TOBACCUS— Fine Cut. Oe Ee 43% D. Seotten & Co.'s Brands. SNUFF. Seawetne@,. ............ 60 Scotch, in bladders. ........ 37 Sweet Cuba......... 34 Maccaboy, in jars...........35 TOBACCOS— Plug. French meee in Jere... 4B OAP. Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. oorr...........2..,..... 3 30 iG@ueen Anve..............<.3 & German Wamily.. .......... Mottled German............ 3 00 Old German................. 27 U.S Bie Rarecain..... .....200 Wreck, Piogier........... aw Cocoa Castile ....... _ 00 Cocoa Castile, Fancy ... 3 36 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, S0...-........ 3 20 Veo we. 3 50 Moanicer, 100........ 2... 2. 3 00 sODA. ee . Bly on English De eee toga 4% SAL SODA. ee ee 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 2 SEEDS. Mixed bird. ........... 444@ 6 Cees... .... 5... 9 eee... 3... s+ one eee... 4% — Ree ees ede dies cos «+e ade 6 enn ce 7% Common Hine aor bi... @% Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 27 a pock ee... 8. 1 75 Cee ee cee 2 00 ‘00 Oe eeee seca ened sess eues 215 Ashton bu. bags . a. Higgins ‘‘ . . 7 Warsaw ‘“‘ eee Gace 35 - % _ oe 20 Diamond Crystal, cases....1 50 Ib sacks 25 a “ 56-1b “oe 5O a ‘< =—s @® —pocket.2 & “oe ay 28 a) = 10 iy " barrels... .1 75 SALERATUS. Church’s, Arm & Hammer...5% Dwight’sCow. ee ee 4 oo ge ee 5% ielente ce ap Shoat... ...... 5% ee. 5% Our aoe ee a 5 Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s ae Something Good............ Peach Pie ae “One Topaccos—Smoking. Peete. Plow Boy, 2 0z.... “ce 4 o 16 Gs.... YEAsT—-Compressed. Tin foil cakes, per doz........15 Rarer s, por fo... .......... PAPER & WOODENWARE PAPER. Curtiss & Co. quote as fol meee. 8 ne Moers .................. 200 Mmerdware......... ae rs: Bakers . oe Dry G ode 5%4@ 5 gute Manilia........... 6% 2@8 Red Express _ 1 eS aS... ., ie TWINES Seen... le Cotton, No. 1 Bee bea woes 22 aes es 18 Sea Island, aa oo 40 No. 5 Hemp ao oo i? i i a q WOODENWARE, Tubs, No. 1 i 7 00 aa 6 00 - No 3. 4.0 Pails, No. 1, two- hoop.. 1 50 “« Nol, three-hoap.... 1 % Clothespins, Ser. baxes.... oe Te ............ 1 00 baa eee 13 a = ._ 20 . za . assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 c ‘ 158, 17s and 19s 27 Baskets, market. . | oe ee a 1 50 willow Y "ths, 3 No. i a4 ia No.2 6 2% § = “ Nos? = " splint “ Nols ' i * No24a se oe “e No. 3 5 00 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. oe... ........ 93 De 93 All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test. MEAL, Bolted. _ 1 45 Granulated.. elas eS " PLOUR. Straight, in sacks 5 00 barrels. 5 20 Patent ‘ sacks --. Ce e barrels........ 628 i Graham ‘“* sacks.... 430 | Rye ‘ - a“ 2 00 | MILLSTUFPFS, a 19 50 Screenings oe - 18 Mitee................. oo Mined Peed ............... 22 00 Coarse meal. 2 00 RYE. No. 1 oo @55 BARLEY No. 1. oo. 13% ss... 1 2 “CORN. Small lots ee 58 Car hig se de eee 55 OATS. Smal! lots : oe Car ..48 “HAY, No. 1 a ee 9 00 noOf........ ok 8 00 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as fol lows, nominal: HIDES. Goce ........... 4 @5 Part Cured...... @5I a ee 5 @ 5% ee: t @7 Ripe, eee ..... ..... 4@5 ered... |... 5 @ 5% Calfskins, green...... 5 @6& . cured... .. 5 @7 ees -..10 @30 2 hides 1 off, PELTS. Siieariings, 0... 10 @2 Estimated wool, per fb 20 @28 wooL. Washed . ++ -0@30 Unwashed ' 10@22 ¥URS. Outside prices are for No. 1 only Dacgeer... . ..-- 80 20@31 CO Bear .... 5 00@30 60 Heaveor ......... 4 2 00@ & 60 Cat house.......... OG Cat. wild...... 10a Coon ‘ 23@ 1 00 Wiser ..-... 4 00@ 6 00 Fox, cross .. 2 00@ 5 00 Fox, “a ...... .1@eata Fox, seis ee 40@ 798 Lyne. ... . 2 00@ 3 00 Martin, pale e and. yel- low eo 40@, 1 00 Martin, dark...... Mink... : Mmusrrat........ . CWC CiGGer..... Skunk Vor ....... Beaver c astors, per lb DEE RSKINS—Per Thin and green... Long grt Ly ee ea Red and blue..... . MISCELLANEO ae Grease butter ... Sweecnes.......... Ginseng OILS. The Standard Oil Co. - @9 follows: Water White........ Michigan test. . be Gasoline.... Cylader ........_-.. Engine Black, 15 C old Test.. . 150@ 3 & 25@ 1 25 O07 20 05 3 00 10 1 06 15 10 00 1 40 3 00 2 00 pound. 5 00 us, quotes as @ 8% ie @ 7% i @ 9% 27 @36 3 @21 @ % El. Puritano Cigar. MANUFACTURED BY DILWORTH BROTHERS, PITTSBURGH. TRADE SUPPLIED BY I. M. CLARK & SON, 5 Grand Rapids. - BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO., Bay City. The Finest 10 Cent Cigar ON EARTH. 3 od SO Pear aN Bl a Meee SUB nec ademeie ahah bet Vaan aa Maiyah LAD ame Eran it cceeti ORR OIE SES, og , . PAPE ORT ty 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. A Singular Taste Gratified. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Years ago, I was engaged in the retail grocery business in the Southeastern part of Erie county, New York, which was then rather famous for its superior cheese and which found a cash market in Buffa- lo, whence it was distributed to the mar- kets farther west. That was before the days of creameries and cheese factories, and every farmer who had a certain number of cows made butter and cheese. I generally bought one or two tons of cheese each year, if I could obtain it in exchange for goods. | always endeavored to buy new cheese, and cure or ripen it myself, as by that means I could secure a far larger profit. 1 had a cheese room built adjoining the store expressly for this purpose, and I seldom offered any cheese for sale until it was ten or twelve months old, and I often obtained a fancy price for three and four years old stock. This, however, was some time -after an accidental discovery gave me a better market. One summer, when money was close with every one and trade unusually dull, 1 found I could purchase large quantities, if so disposed. at a lower price than usual, as the farmers wanted goods and had little cash. As I did not wish to remain idie during the summer and would not be obliged to ask for much eredit, I concluded to take the risk and buy what 1 conveniently could. With the assistance of one man and my wife as clerk, I purchased almost seven tons during the season. Cheese being low in price and an inferior cash market for the green product, I drew the trade from long distances away and quite unex- pectedly would now and then get con- siderable cash from the same parties, so that at the close of the season I was out of debt, with a fair stock of goods on hand, and my cheese well under way in the ripening process. Trade did not pick up during the following winter, as usual, and I managed through the cold weather with as little help as possible. Spring opened early and warm and I put a man among my cheese again, as they needed turning, rubbing and airing quite often. My commission merchants in Buffalo had informed me that the prospect for a mar- ket in the west was anything but good. and that I ought not to buy any more for the present. I felt rather uneasy with so much on my hands and was revolving the question of a market in my mind, as I desired very much to dispose of a part of the stock, when the thought suddenly came to me that Canada was full of eheese-eating Englishmen and Scotch- men, and, as the duty was almost nothing, and | had some relatives not far from St. Thomas, I would run over into Her Ma- jesty’s dominions and see what could be done there. conceived than put into execution. With- in twenty-four hours | was on board a steamer at Buffalo which was to touch at Erie, and not more than twenty miles south of the point which I desired to reach. During my visit with friends, I made several journeys to St. Thomas and surrounding towns and received several invitations to attend some genuine Scotch and English dinner parties. course at these tables was the old time bread and cheese, with ale or wine as an accompaniment, and let me assure the reader, if he is not already aware of the fact, that the representative people of those countries are connoisseurs in their The project was no sooner | The last | | judgment of cheese, but that tastes differ I must admit. The custom at that time was to bring the entire cheese upon the table and, after a portion of it was cut into small cubes by the host, it was himself. Judge of my surprise, when the cheese was passed, to find it |veined throughout with a light blue mould which was not only considered undeniable evidence of its richness, but | superiority in flavor as well. While the article would not have sold for three |cents a pound in the Buffalo market, I was obliged to admit that it was a very lrich cheese, and a person also soon | relished the peculiar flavor imparted by | the delicate mould. In this instanee, the host was evidently proud of his dessert, jas he took occasion to remark that, al- | though it was Yankee cheese, it was | equal to that of old England when three | years old, as this was. To an enquiry | from someone as to the cost of such |cheese, | heard the reply that he had paid ninepence ha’penny per pound, which was equal to about sixteen cents in American money. I then made a wish that all my cheese would mould as rapid- ly as possible. After dining with some of the first families and learning their peculiarities of taste in cheese, I may as well confess that my hopes for a market in Canada fell below zero. Finding that no single retail dealer would purchase more than half a ton at one time, I was forced to look farther for a wholesale market where two or three tons, at least, could be disposed of. Taking with me letters of introduction from two or three of my Canadian friends, among whom was Neil McAlpine and Captain John Shore, of St. Thomas, I at once set out for London. Here I was told that, if my cheese was approved by such men as those whose letters I brought and to whom I was to send samples, it was sufficient and they would then make me an offer for what I had on hand, to be delivered in London Junei. It was now the last of April. Just as I was preparing to return home, a letter from my wife informed me that the continued damp and warm weather together was softening the cheese, and that an exam- ination revealed a slight mould upon several of them, and, fearing loss if not immediately attended to, she asked for instructions. Mailing a letter to her at once, I left for home on the first steamer, Arriving at Buffalo, I consulted an old expert in the business, at the same time stating my discovery in regard to the taste of our Canadian neighbors. “Take advantage of this circumstance at once,” was his reply, *‘for, unless they are removed from the place they are now in, you will lose themall. Remove them | from the boxes and wipe them as dry as | possible, then pack them in bright dry | oat straw—not any chaff—in barrels, and | as tightly as may be without crushing. | | : Port Stanley, on the north shore of Lake | phen ship them at once and take your | | chances for a market in Canada.”’ | first and get opinions of the quality?” | f asked. | ‘It would be too late,’’ he answered “If you value my opinion, I say no, | | Mould is a plant, and, under | |= | the right conditions, such gs warmth and | |moisture afford, it grows like a mush-: decidedly. room, while a change of temperature and |dryness will check that growth and put |money in your purse. Dry oat straw will absorb much moisture from them during | passed around for each guest to help| ‘Had I not better send samples of it| | & MOSELEY BROS. —WHOLESALE— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters Produce All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - - GRAND RAPID PHEREINS & BESS DEALERS IN Hides, F'urs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. RED The most effective Cough Drop in STAR the market Sells the quickest and pays the a.e.pr00K8&00COUG HAT trem.“ them, DROPS Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts |. Are Acknowledged the Most Profitable. SEE QUOTATIONS. Grand Rapids, Mich, The Finest Line of Gandy in the State, ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS. Michael Kolb & Son, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers ROCHESTER, N. Y, speaks well for its integrity and j it is just 30 years since Michael Kolb first entered into the wholesale Clothing; Manufacturing; Business at Rochester, N. Y., and it is an ad- mitted fact through the trade generally that he has not arival in style, fit and make up of every garment shipped out of that eminent house of Michael Kolb & Son. The senior member of the firm always was and is opposed to leaders or baits in any special line, he adopts the honest system of small profits, one price and quick returns. The firm’s representative in Michigan, William Connor, who is in his tenth year with us, will wait upon any of the trade and show;our line, buy or not buy, giv- ing every one an opportunity to see our line, learn our prices and equitable terms and trusting;to future events. In addi- tion, Mr. Connor attends periodically at Sweet’s Hotel in Grand Rapids and will be there Friday and Saturday, February 2% and 28, in room 82, when customers’ BUSINESS established 30 years expenses are paid who meet him there to buy. Such of the trade wishing him to eall, kindly address William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. MICHAEL KOLB & SON. PT eam ns 5s Thao Ee raat scant ptehaien etic & ew Taal AME a ee pans ees ae _ aeehnieinictpsnsns tte. te RARE RRM AB 2 agp ad - Canad ad a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. transit and they will present a better appearance in market. If in the condi- tion represented in your letter, you would lose money by attempting to sell them in this city. Your only hope is Canada now and I would advise to take what- ever you can get, if it is only first cost.” Determined to act upon his advice, I purchased at once and shipped home a quantity of new flour barrels and hastened to follow them. Within one week afterward, my cheese was all on its way to Port Stanley and I was a passen- ger on the same steamer. No change in the temperature of the weather had oc- eurred when I reached port, although it was once more clear and dry. Leaving my cargo in care of the warehouseman, I shipped one barrel to St. Thomas, in eare of my English friend, Captain Shore, whom | asked to be present when it was opened. I here mention, with pardona- ble pride, the fact that my cargo of cheese was produced by the most ex- perienced makers, was full cream and, while new was ranked as number one. This was now in its favor. A rich smell peculiar to old cheese arose from the barrel as its head was removed, and, from the brightening of the old Captain’s eye and the movement of his lips as if already tasting it, I gained courage. As a large knife divided one of the cheese and a few minute globules of butter were seen to break from the cells, while a few light blue veins ran irregularly from its circumference toward the center, my friend remarked, ‘‘Very fine in appear- ance, sir—will improve by age, I think.’’ And he proceeded to taste it. *‘As I have received a letter from my friends in Lon- don,’’ he continued, ‘‘and am authorized to reject or purchase your stock on hand, we will adjourn to the hotel and, over a sample of this cheese and a bottle of ale, we will discuss the question of price.” I had not informed him that my entire stock was in the Province, while he sup- posed that I had only shipped a sample; neither did I make the fact known until after the sale. I will only say, in ref- erence to this, that, after a lengthy con- versation and the consumption of several bottles of ale, in which the genial land- lord, Mr. Mann, was invited to join, Captain Shore purchased for H., B. & Co., grocers, of London, my entire cargo at sevenpence (Halifax currency) per pound, or about eleven and a half cents American money. While I had paid goods for my cheese, upon which I made a fair profit and had now realized about $350 more by this fortunate sale, when I had expected to lose money, it may be imagined that I felt quite satisfied with my venture. Quite unintentionally, I had also opened up a new market for my own brand of Erie county cheese, where, for several years after, I shipped my stock to advantage. 1 visited my Scotch and English friends there several times afterward, and on one occasion my wife and I were specially invited to pay Cap- tain Shore a Christmas visit, when, after partaking of a dinner consisting of a monster wild turkey and a saddle of ven- ison, with the standard English plum pudding and brandy sauce, the company were informed that arare treat was in store for them in a sample of famous old Berks county English cheese. It was found to be very rich and quite variegat- ed with mould, but rather dry with age to suit an American taste. It was voted excellent quality. After listening to its praises, the jolly old Captain, with a merry twinkle in his eye, arose and said, ‘“‘This cheese is Erie county, New York, brand of ‘Old English’ and is one of the original cargo first brought to this dis- trict by our friend, Mr. G., who evidently does not recognize it, and I will place it beside any English brand in our market for richness and delicacy of flavor.” GROCER. Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company, will be held at the general office, injthe city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 4th, 1891, at one o’clock p. m., for the election of thirteen Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may be presented at the meeting. J. H. P. Huewart, Secretary. F.J. DET TEN fHALER JOBBER OF MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE ON Is oo cece se cses 7:20am 10:00pm meee... .... - 6:30am 5:00pm a: Me 12:00am 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 11:15 pm i am 1:15 pm Bow Work Bagreee.. .c.cccscce ccceee 5:40 pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid Express to and from Detroit. FRED M. Briee@s, Gen’! nt, 85 Monroe St. G. 8. HAWKINS, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Ruaaes, G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIME TABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT GRAND HAVEN Yast eae EASTWARD. Trains Leave \tNo. 14|+No. 16|tNo. 18|*No. 28 (se G’d Rapids, Ly| 6 5%am|1 20am) 3 45pm|10 55pm Homie ........ Ar, 7 45am/}11 25am) 4 52pm/12 37am St. Johns ...Ar| 8 2¥am/12 i7am| 5 40pm; 1 55am Bulk and Canned Owosso . Ar} 915am} 1 20pm) 6 40pm) 3 15am E. Saginaw Ar/i105am| 5(0pm) 845pm! ...... Bay City ...Arj11 55am) 6 25pm) 935pm).... .. Flint ....... Arj11 10am) 3 55pm) 8 0! pm) 5 49am Pt. Huren...Ar} 305pm/ 6 50pm/10 20pm! 7 35am Pontiac ...... Ar}10 57am} 3 05pm) 8 55pm! 5 50am Detrom....... Ar!11 5°am| 405pm) 950pm) 7 20am J WESTWARD. Trains Leave | *No. 81 | +tNo. 11 | tNo. 13 | Grand Rapids, Lv; 7 06 am | 1 00 pm | 5 10 pm And Fresh and Salt Grand Haven, Ar} 8 50am hake Fish & Ocean Fish Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. Beans and Glover 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, j MICH. EDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, 44 CANAL SY, Grand Rapids. - Mich. .et Circular a Mini Sone bres i ical, , Cleanly an istic. ALDINE FIRE. PLACE, GRAND RAPIDS, MIGR, 215 pm | 6 15 pm Milwaukee Str, Ar Petes cee 12a... Chicago Str, Ar *Daily. +tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. Ben FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. CHICAGO pacino fare & WEST MICHIGAN RY. DEPART FOR | A. = eee el ee | Pe Crease... : ...- 492001 £1:00)*11:35) ...... pms a ne Indianapolis ...-7...... 7) Opti caer... ...... Benton Harbor..| +9:00) +1:00}t11:35)...... Dae St. Joseph....... +9:00) +1:00|+11 :35 i Sraverse City. (| f7-e tote... Muskegon....... 200} Manistee ....... Ludington ...... 7325) Baldwin ........ Lees tt ee Big Rapids...... fo Grand Haven...} +9:00) ti :00\+ 5:05] 48:40) ...... Holland... .....| 9:00] +1:00)+ 5:05) +8:10)*11:35 *Every day. §Except Saturday. +Week Days. 9 “() A. M. has through chair car to Chica- e go. No extra charge for seats. 1 (00 P. M. runs through to Chicago solid e with Wagner buffet car; seats 75 cts. 5:05 P. M. has through free chair car to eVey Manistee, via M. & N. E. R. R.; solid train to Traverse City. 11 235 P. M. is solid train with Wagner pal- e ace sleeping car through to Chicago. DETROIT * NOVEMBER 30, 1890. ’ enh ee eR Lansing & Northern R R DEPART FOR Lime. FL. Detrott and East............. +7225] +1:20) *6:25 ee. 7:25} 1:20) *6:25 CO T7:25} 1:20) 76:25 Grane, tedee........:........ $7:25) $1220] *6:25 Pale Odd | +7:2:| 41:20] *6:25 Po +725} +1:20) *6:25 Sewers Cay... cic taco... eee es vin 14:00)..... Ee IP i |, Oe ee Tian 16-90). ...... Peamere 4M. 7-20, 14:20)... .. *Every Day. +tWeek Days. F225 A M. runs through to Detroit with par- ° 3) lor car; seats 25 cents. 1:20 P.M. Has through Parlor car to De- ° troit. Seats, 25 cents. 6: P. M. runs through to Detroit with par eae? lor car, seats 25 cents. For tickets and information apply at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. Gro. DEHAvEN, Gen. Pass’r Agt. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 7:00 am 10:10am 11:16 am 3:45 pm 5:40 7. 8:45pm Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tien, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. oO. L. LOCKWOOD, @eoneral Passenger and Ticket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect February 1, 1891. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. Nort 0! For,Saginaw, solid train ....... + 7:30am Wow Traverse Ofte... .... ..0.. 15:15am + 7:0 am For.Traverse City & Mackinaw] 9:20am +11:30 am For Saginaw, solid train........ + 4:30 pm Wor (eee. uct ee + 2:15pm + 5:00 pm ee ee +745pm {10:30 pm Diem Nelesiesed....... 2... + 8:55 pm TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North. f a eee... ............ 16:00am +t7:00am or Kalamazoo and Chicago...t10:15 a m +10:30 am From Saginaw,.............. . 11:45am For Fort Wayne and the East.. + 2:00 pm Wor Ctaeteeees...... 42... .... + 5:30 pm q 6:00 pm For Kalamazo and Chicago....+10:00 pm {11:05 pm rem eee ss. +10:30 p m Trains marked (j) run daily; (+) daily except Sunday. Sleeping and parlor car service: North—11:30 a m train. parlor chair car for Mackinaw City; 10:30 pm train, Wagner sleeping car for Mackinaw City. South—7:00 a m train, parlor chair car for Cincinnati; 10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6 pm train, Wagner sleeping car for Cincinnati; 11:05 p m train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee offers a route making the best time between Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., L. & N. Lv. Grand Rapids at.....7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at ...... ....1:10 p. m. and 17-00 p. mi. VIA D., @. H. & M. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m. Ar. Toledo at...........1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. mi. Return connections equally as good. W. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. FIT FOR A Gentleman’ Table: All goods bearing the name of THURBER, WHYLAND & CO., OR ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR. Grocers visiting New York are cordially invite: to calland see us,and if they wish, have their correspondence addressed in our care. We shal) be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write us about anything you wish to know. THORBER, WHYLAND & CO., West Broadway, Reale & Hudson Streeta New Ycrk City For Portable or Stationary Engines, 1 to 400 Horse Power, Portable or Station- ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, Boxes, Wood-working Machinery, Plan- ers, Matchers, Moulders, ete., call on Ww. C. DENISON, Manufacturers’ Agent, 88, 90, 92 [So. Division St., Grand Rapids, Estimates given on Complete Outfits. Saereotyper’s 3;< anoles ZING Engi'av pale RZ a ELS eo Cae Neath sl ees aC ated Goo = ge ae eR LY, 1a Rcd es THE M ICHIGAN_ TRADESMAN. o | aD mm mm a7 ‘ 3D " oo FF ‘ ss seni 9) , z0 | 4s is m = = = “ah GPP Roe ‘AVIA, Ope1L, MO Siv9q 9Seyoed A19Aq .” : Zz t ; z t 3 = Z i: | = mM “a ; = mm a SNE z33 eS e229 N Le rea - - Rss FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO =£3O> MANUFACTURERS. ae a a oe * S40 > % Gr a i. o, = : > = > - oO f v= me NO DEALER EVER LOST A CUSTOMER BY S...LING HIM D =< 222 = cc. we zi neg THE FRAZER Sa oe me IBIS SSF Ea eam 2 > Om ALWAYS UNIFORM. OFTEN IMITATED. NEVER EQUALLED. -Ngo KNOWN EVERYWHERE. NO TALK REQUIRED TO SELL IT. Zar : = wv m Good Crease Makes Trade Cheap Crease Kills Trade. oh amen MUSKECON’S PROCRESS FOR i890 As follows: Three lines of Electric Railway, six miles of paving, making twenty-five miles in all; new Water Works with Lake Michigan as source of supply; four miles 24-inch main put in; five new school buildings, several churches, numerous residences, and the finest public library in the State were built. The Muskegon Iron and Steel Co., The Chase Bros. Piano Co., The Sargeant Manufacturing Co., The Heaps Earth Closet Co., The Muskegon Cracker Co., The Muskegon Milling Co., The Kelly Bros. Manufacturing Co., The Michigan Washing Machine Co. and The Electric Power Co. each built a good plant. All of these are now com- i pleted and running. Besides the nine factories above enumerated several more were started and are well under way, viz.: The Muskegon Machine Co., The R. D. Scott & Co. Carriage and Cart Co., The Morton Key Seating Co., The Muskegon Malleable Iron Works, The Morton Implement Co. These together with the Nelson Piano Co., The Gray Bros. Manufacturing Co., The Muskegon Furniture Co., The Muskegon Wire Nail Co., The Alaska Refrigerator Co. and others will be pushed to completion early this spring. Come and see for yourself or send for printed matter to F. H. HOLBROOK, Secretary of the Board of Trade. Rete WR ee tate Hikes 9 MPR a ati + Sa or Pe ae eee