| Michigan Tradesman.

 

Published Weekly.
VOL, 10.

THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
GRAND RAPIDS, Macs Ti ia 9, 1892.

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MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING co,

Successors to

MUSKEGON CRACKER Co.,

HARRY FOX, Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits « Sweet Goods.

MUSKEGON, MICH.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS.

BEANS

AV. T. LAMOREAUZX CO.,

128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

If you have any beans and want tosell,
we want them, will give you full mar
ket price. Send them to us in any
quantity up tocar loads, we want 1000
bushels daily.

‘TELFER SPICE COMPANY, =

MANUFACTURERS OF
Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of
Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries.
Land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS

 

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See Quotations.

 

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cS. & BROWN,

JOBBER OF

Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Wegetables,|™

Oranges, Bananas and Karly Vegetables a Specialty.
Send for quotations. 24-26 No Division St.

 

 

 

Grand Rapids Brash Co.,

Manufacturers of

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses,

AMERICAN
Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan make,

IMPORTED

WRITE FOR PRICES ON
Limburger, Swiss, Fromage de Brie,
D’Isigny, Camembert, Neufchatel and

C H x ES x Caprera. Also our XXXX Orchard.
“aac WINEGAR
BLACK BASS CIGARS

NEVER GO BEGGING. Made only by

G. FE. FAUDE, IONIA, MICH

THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF A NICKEL SMOKE!

HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO,

JOBBERS OF

 

 

 

Boots and Shoes,

Agent for Wales-Goodyear Rubbers,
5 and 7 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS.

WaLes GOQDYEAR-————_-“

 

Don’t Forget when ordering

NUTS, FIGs, urs, Fics, ( AN [)Y dares, 2 DATES ETC,

To call on or address
A. E. BROOKS & CO., Mfrs, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.

Special pains taken with fruit orders.

MUSELEY BROS.,

- WHOLESALE -

 

 

BrusHEs, FRUITS, 8KKD8, BAANS AND PRODUGK,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Green deal Cigar

Is the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because

It is Staple and will fit any Purchaser.

Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

Send Your Wholesaler an Order.

 

 

 

 

i. Mm RAP & CO,

9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

WHOLESALE gFRUITS AND PRODUGE.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.

 

 

 

 

 

It Pays Dealers to sell FOSFON because there are but two sizes, Five Ounces
at 10 cents, Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders.
See Grocery Price Current.

THE BREAD

 

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SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER | demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply i.

' the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods
-osfon Chemical Co, Detroit, Michigan. 'sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known

 

 

 

 

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ce eee eee Sere Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders.
We make an absolute y pure and unadulterated article, and it | os
has the IMPORTERS AND
GENUi1NE OLD-FASHIONED FLAVOR.

Our customers of pre vious years know whereof we spei tel ly
and from others we solicit a trial order. Present price $5 | -@ -
per bbl. in paper I and 1-16 sacks, f ] | ‘ x (| | ‘ I"(} ( p ’S i ;

THE WALSE-VERO! MILLING C0,

Correspondence Solicited. HOLLAND. MICH.

STANDARD OIL CO., BALL la

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

~~~ BARNHART i

Iiluminating and Lubricating

= PUTMAN CO. -
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F. J. DETTENTHALER ©

JOBBER OF

OYSTERS ~

GRAND RAPIDS in

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

NAPTHA AND GASOLINES.

 

Offic., Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave
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BULK WORKS AT SALT FISH
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GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, CADILLAC,
BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. 4 .
ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, POULTRY h GAME e@
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CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED

 

 

 

 

VOL. 10.

GRAND cyttulicites WEDNESDAY,

NOVE! eee 9, 1892.

NO. 477

 

 

OYSTERS!

Solid Brand Cans.

Sees. ee 8 26
Py... 20
Be 18
Daisy Brand.
i eee en $ 24
Ce 13
ee . =o
Standards in bulk . a
Mince Meat---Best in. Use.
ince Ue... 5%
eee... cl. eee scenes coc es 6
40 1b pails.. eee eee | | oe
20 1b x sae ee 6%
10 Ib a ee
21b cans, usual “weight, ‘per doz... -..--+. 00 OO
5 1b Lo es Oe
Choice Dairy Butter 8
Fresh Eggs el ae Oe
Pure Sweet C ider [= n 1S
: Vinegar.. ee
Choice Lemons 300 and 360 ............... 7 00
New Pick.es in bbls, 1200 peor eee mae
- half bbis, 600....... oe
Peach preserves, 2) 1b. patis............. or
Pickle peaches, a 05

EDWIN FALLAS,
Prop Valley City Cold Storage,

215-217 Livingston St., Grand Rapids.

 

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Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections
attended to throughout United States
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THE
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co.
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE.

T. STEWART WHITE, Pres’t.
W. Frep McBain, Sec’y.

S. A. MORMAN,

WHOLESALE

Petoskey, Marble- TLjiIMEB;
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head and Ohio
Akron, Buffalo and Louisville

CEMENTS.

Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe,
FIRE BRICK AND CLAY.
Write for Prices.
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wit PHILA, PAT.FLAT OPENING BACK

Bie
Seek Lae cae

TYPE FOR SALE

One hundred and fifty pounds of this non-
pareil. Extra caps, leaders, figures and frac-
tions included. Will sell the entire lot and
one pair of cases for $3).

     

 

Fifty pounds of this brevier, containing
double allowance of caps but no small caps.
Will sell font and one pair cases for ten
dollars.

Eight hundred pounds of the brevier type
now used on the ‘‘Tradesman.” It is of
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler make and has
been in partial use for only four years.
Will sell entire font for 18¢ per pound, or
50 pound fonts or upwards at 20 cents per
pound. Cases, a dollar per pair.

We also have a choice assortment of second

hand joband advertising type, proof sheets
of which will be forwarded on application.

THE TRADESMAN OO,

GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH,

 

About December 1 we shall send a thermome-
ter to each of our customers. Being desirous of
adding to their number, we will send one to
any dealer whois not now a customer and will
send us an order before Jan. 1, 1893, providing
he mentions seeing our advertisement in this
paper.

Send in your order now for
FOR TH E BABY

 

“<li | / ” MARK:
trae SOULIETT
Children’s Footwear, Overgsiters, Lambs-
woo! Soles, Shoe Laces, Brushes, Dressings,

Blackings, or any other Shoe Store supplies
you may need.

BIRTH, KRAUSE & CO..

12-14 LYON ST.

GRAND RAPIDS,

Per Book of

Coll 100 Leaves

For “Barlow’s Pat Manifold Tracer,” used in
tracing delayed freight shipments), or Fe. ‘Bar-
low’s Pat. Manifold Telegram.’ We have the lat
ter in stock for both Western Union and for
Postal Lines

 

Sent postpaid on receipt of above price, or
will send samples.

BARLOW BROS.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

LE SHELLMAR, an —* 65 Heares Sinvet. a

 

Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with
latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style
at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of
every color. Sign of big spectacles

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency.

The Bradstreet Company, Props.

Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y

CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres,
Offices in the principal cities of the United

States, Canada, the European continent,
Australia, and in London. England.

Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg.

HENRY ROYCE, Supt.

 

COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO.

Successor to Cooper Commercial Agency and
Union Credit Co.

Commercial reports and current collections
receive prompt and Careful attention. Your
patronage respectfully solicited
Office, 65 Monroe St. Telephones 166 and 1030.
L. J. STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS,

C. EB. BLOCK.

BUY THE PENINSULAR
Pats, Shirts, and Overalls

Once and You are our Customer
for life.

STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs.
DETROIT, MICH.

Gro. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan,
Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

AN IRISH URCHIN.

 

His Tribulations and Final Victory Over

Fate.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

Michael O’Brien, or Mike, as he was
familiarly called, came to the ‘‘land of
the free’’ in hobnailed brogans and cordu-
roy. In appearance he was a typical
Irish lad with crisp black hair, wide
mouth, a nose commonly called ‘‘turn
up,’”’ and keen blue eyes. He possessed
the ready wit of the simon pure Irish
who have no taint of red in their hair,
and believe implicitly in Saint Patrick
and his banishment of all frogs from the
Emerald Isle.

Like his
song, he

fellow-countryman in the

“‘Sailed from dear Cork
For the port of New York,
And was six days in crossing

over the sea.”’

This transatlantic voyage was his first
—in fact, about all the journeys under-
taken by him previously had been on
foot. His landsman’s stomach, perfectly
familiar with the ups and downs of a
frugal diet, wrestled vainly with the ups
and downs of the ‘‘sad sea wave,’’ and
their wild playfulness soon forced him
tomake the usual contribution to Nep-
tune.

The vessel in which he took passage
sailed on a pleasant morning in early
fall. The sea was clear and the exhil-
arating salt breeze proved to be an ap-
petizer which enabled him to do justice
to the substantial dinner provided in the
steerage. He passed the afternoon on
deck, ‘‘discoursin’ ” with a group of his
countrymen. (This consists in a general
exchange of views and speculations con-
cerning things past, present and future,
and is a form of sociability ever dear to
the Irish heart.) Atsupper he did his
share toward clearing the table of eata-
bles, and, returning to the deck, enjoyed
the novelty of his first evening at sea,
listening to the inspiring strains of a
bagpipe played by a piper from the
“ould sod’? who chanced to be going to
‘‘Ameriky.’’ Mike had too recently left
his native land to be made homesick by
the piper’s
spirits when he climbed into his berth
that night. But, as the immortal Burns
has said, ‘‘Man was made to mourn,’’
and our young friend’s experience during
the next twenty-four hours was no ex-
ception totherule. The wind freshened
during the night, and the rolling and
pitching of the vessel on a rough sea
waked him some hours before the time de-
seribed by the poet as

“Morn on the water, purple and bright.”’

There was a dizzy feeling in
his head, and he had asense of heavi-
ness in that part of his anatomy which
would have been covered by the front of
his vest had he been wearing that gar-
ment. He soon felt certain that he
ought not to be where he was, but,
rather, in close proximity to some prop-
er receptacle for the contents of his
stomach, with which he began to be sure
he should soon part. In this crisis the
young Hibernian exhibited one of the
distinguishing qualities of the truly

music, and he was in good |

 

sia iha courage to act up to his con-
victions. He, therefore, no sooner felt
it imperative that he betake himself to
another place, than he started thither-
ward with the utmost dispatch. His
berth was the upperone. He had just
come to a sitting posture, and had
dropped his legs over its side prepara-
tory to descending, when the contribu-
tion to which reference has already been
made was delivered. Grasping the berth’s
edge, to prevent his body from following
the contribution to the stateroom floor,
he laid down again and spent the hours
until daylight in restless misery. The
time seemed like years as he laid on his
back for fear of further gastric disturb-
ances, wishing, he hardly knew which
the most, that he felt better, or had staid
in Ireland, or that to-morrow would only
come, and wondering if he should feel
this way during the whole of the voyage.

Soon after daylight he climbed down
from his berth, staggered into his clothes
and out on deck, which at that hour was
deserted, save for a few sleepless ones
like himself, and the officers and crew on
duty. The motion of the vessel made
walking or standing difficult and he was
glad to take the nearestseat. His spirits
were at a very low ebb as he sat gazing
in the direction where the land had fad-
ed from view. The awful feeling inside
was beginning to make him afraid that
it wasn’t sea sickness, but that he had
been poisoned, when a sailor, seeing no
officer in sight, gave hima sledge ham-
mer slap on the back and rallied him on
his doleful appearance. He didn’t seem
to long for breakfast and moped about
the deck for some time, but, as he grew
no better, toward noon he applied to the
ship’s doctor, who, after prescribing,
sent the patient to his berth, where he
remained until supper time, when, feel-
ing a little more comfortable, he was
able to eat, but wisely returned to his
berth, where he succeeded in staying un-
til next morning.

The wind went down with the sun and
day dawned bright and
Mike felt weak and rose late, but he was
beginning to get his ‘‘sea legs”
felt more like himself. After a light
breakfast he went on deck. He had
been walking slowly up and down but a
short time, enjoying the sunshine after
his enforced confinement of the day be-
fore, when he met the fellow-passenger
who occupied the lower berth of the
same stateroom with him. He was a
Frenchman who, with his only child
Marie, a bright miss of sixteen, was emi-
grating to America. Neptune had been
quite as stern to them as to Mike, but
they, too, were convalescent and had
come out for a little exercise. As Marie
moved gracefully along, leaning on her
father’s arm, her pretty face, lighted by
lustrous dark eyes, and her trim figure,
becomingly dressed, attracted many an
admiring glance and made her a very en-
gaging invalid. Mike had formed their
acquaintance the first day out and now
joined them. After the usual salutation,
the promenade was continued. The three
were in good spirits over their recovery

cloudless.

and so

  

2

 

THE MICHIGAN

 

 

 

from seasickness and enjoyed a good |
laugh over their late discomfiture. After |
a few turns the father took a seat to en- |
joy his pipe, but, as is usual in such |
cases, he wasn’t seriously missed by the |
young people who, noticing a school of |
flying fish, stood leaning on the rail.
watching their short flight from crest to |
crest of the waves that concealed the
enemies which forced them to leave their
natural element.
lightful—one of those typical
days when the sky is blue and cloudless,

a delicious

The weather was de-|
autumn
softness pervades the air,
and the peaceful ocean is so perfectly at
rest that hard to believe that |
its shimmering depths will soon blacken

it seems
under the storm rack, and be _ tossed |
mountain high by the fury of equinoetial
gales.
did precisely what any true son of Erin |
would have done had he found himself
tete-a-tete with an attractive bit of fem-
ininity willing to be sociable—made him-|

Mike, on this pleasant morning,

self as entertaining as he could and sue- |
well that the was |
gone before either thought of the flight
of time.

ceeded so forenoon

The sea was calm and the sky was blue |
during the rest of the Our
young friends saw a great deal of each
other and enjoyed life as only light-heart- |
ed youth can, making the bright days

voyage.

follow each other in pleasant succession.
During the second twenty-four hours of |
this first marine experience of Mike’s, he
had feared that his latter end would an-/
tedate that of the voyage. This fear was |
oppressive on the windy |
morning when the jolly tar so roughly

particularly

joked him, but now, at the close of the j
sixth day when land is sighted and a few |
Short hours will see him safely at his
destination, instead of joy at the favor- |
able closing of the voyage, ihe voyager
feels as though

a pleasant holiday is!

drawing to its close. it m ty be sur-
mised that Marie’s bright eyes iad sume-
Mike’s

wouldn’t have admitted anything of the

thing to do with feelings, but he |

sort—in fact, he probably not so much
as suspecied it.

In due time the steamer reached her |
pier and he, bundle in hand, joined the |
crowd that slowly moved down the gang
plank to await the usual formalities at- |
tendant on disembarking. He had heard |
the liberty enjoyed by people as soon as
they reached the United States, enlarged
upon considerably, but his first experi- |
ence after landing did not quite coincide
With his ideas of liberty. ‘The powers |
that be” at the barge office, finally satis-
that he Irish

lad about seventeen years of age, had a!

fying themselves was an

little money, a few clothes, and no in-|
fectious
ed to

diseases, had not been assist- |
turned

loose. |

emigrate, ete., ete., him

Mike, left a friendiess orphan at aten-
der age, was accustomed to rough life in
a great city; but the street Arab, like
his prototype of the desert, has haunts |
to which he is accustomed and, when ab-|
sent from them, feels a sense of strange-
hess: so, as he made his way along the |
unfamiliar streets, jostled by strangers
and with no particular place to go, he
felt as lonely and foriorn as though he
had been miles from human beings or
their manly,
however, to yield to such a feeling, and

dwellings. He was too
proceeded to find acheap boarding house,
where he left his It being too)
late for dinner, he bought a few buns at

a bakery with which to fortify the inner |

bundle.

| feetly.

man, and then started to look fora job.
His object in coming to the New World

was to better his condition, and he had |
indulged in the dreams common to youth |
in whieh everything pertaining to them- |

rose tinted. Thus far Paddy

met with

selves is

had

no serious obstacles and

could say, like the illustrious Roman of |

antiquity, ‘*l came, | saw,’? but here the
analogy ended for some time.

finally he was entitled to add, “1 con-

quered,’’ the conquest was another illus-
tration of the old adage, ‘‘There’s no

royal road to fortune.”
As above stated, he grew up ‘among

When |

that class of unfortunates called ‘street
Arabs:’’ but he had always wished for |

something better, and about two years
before this story opens he had succeeded

| in securing a place as messenger boy for

a wholesale house in Cork. Their fail-
ure had again set him adrift, but the
smal! amount of money saved while em
ployed by them enabled him to come to
America.

He was diligent in searching for work,
but his brogue, peculiar dress and lack
of city references seemed to handicap
every effort. Although he found vaecan-
cies, exhibited the letter of reeommenda-
tion given him by his former employer,
wrote his name ina legible hand when
asked for a specimen of his chirography,

| offered to work cheap and begged hard to

be taken on trial, other applicants al-
seemed to be more
Some turned him away unceremoniously,
more courteous people said that perhaps
he could have the next place at their dis-
posal and invited him to cail again. He
readily understood that this invitation to
“call again” meant that they wished the
present interview ended, which hint he

ways acceptable.

always acted upon promptly. These dis-
appointments were bitter pills to swal-
low; of course, the sugar-coated ones
were more pleasant to take, but each of
the medicines had the same effeet—he
Kept out of little

money he possessed slowly shreuk until

Was

work, and the

a return to the old life of paper selling,
boot blacking and odd jobs seemed iney-
itable.

As he stood one afternoon on a North
River pier watching the stevedores un-
loading a cargo, and wishing that he was
old and strong enough to ‘dock waliop,”’

aclerk witha letter in his hand came

| Out of the office of a large warehouse near

by and looked around as though he

| hoped to see someone. He was evidently

disappointed and turned to go back, with
an exclamation not at ai! complimentary
to the person for whom he was looking,
when Mike, seeing his opportunity, ran
to him and, taking off his hat,
““Plaise, sor, anything 1 can do?”

said,
The

| clerk looked at him sharply, but, as the

that would

delivered at

letter contained
tempt theft and

nothing
must be

|
| once, he handed it to Mike who. by his

former experience as a messenger, ex-
pecting to be asked if he could read the
address, did so aloud, adding, ‘‘Want an
answer?’ The young man had hardly
said, *‘Yes,”? when he was off on a dead
run.

The firm addressed happened to be one
of those to whom he had applied for

work a few days before. Their treat-

ment of him at that time was particular-
ly gruff and he remembered them per-
Having arrived there in a few
minutes and breathlessly delivered the
letter, he took a seat to await the reply,
which was soon put into his hand. The

 

 

 

 

TRADESMAN.

Use Silver Soap.

The shades of night were falling fast,
As up and down the country passed
A “Kid” who bore, all lettered nice,
A banner bearing this device,
USE SILVER SOAP!
{lis brow was hid; his eye beneath |
Gazed on a cake between his teeth,
And like a cut-glass goblet rung,
The aceents of that urehin’s tongue,

USE SILVER SOAP!

In billiard halls he saw the light;

In drug stores all the bottles bright;

ile loafed around the Merchant’s door,

While hundreds read the sign he bore,
USE SILVER SOAP!

Oh stay, the young clerk said, ‘‘and here
Partake’’ of bread and cheese to cheer!
He raised his arm and pointed high,
And he looked up and made reply,
USE SILVER SOAP!

‘‘Beware, some certain brands, beware;

They’re made for show, and fool you
there,”’

He heard the merchant's
night,’

But still he kept that sign in sight,

USE SILVER SOAP!

last ‘good

At break of day, with shoeless feet,
The ‘*Kid” was found on Summit street:
Beside him lay the well-known sign,
Besmieared with mud—but not the line,
USE SILVER SOAP!
There in the morning, cold and gray,
Enwrapped in sleep the urchin lay,
And from the crowd that loitered near.
Escaped a voice that all could hear,
USE SILVER SOAP!

 

Established 1868.
cea te

Hi. REYNOLDS & SON,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Building Papers, Carpet  Lin-
ings, Asphalt Ready Roofing,
Tarred Roofing, Felt, Coal Tar,
Roofing and Paving Pitch, Resin
Asphalt Roof Paints, Mineral
Wool for deadening purposes,
Asbestos products, Pipe cover-
ing, car, bridge and roof paints,
Elastic roofing Cement, Ete.

Practical Roofer

In Felt, Composition aud“Gravel,

Warehouse and Office

Cor. LOUIS and CAMPAU Sts..

Grand Rapi:is, - Mich

OURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

D. A. BLopgert, President,
Go. W. Gay, Vice-President,
Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier,

GAPITAL, - - - $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a specialty of collections. Accounts

 

Playing Cards

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel Lynch,

19 S. I nia St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

Pats, Shirts, Overalls

——AND——

Gents Firnishine Goods,

REMOVED TO

23-25 Larned St., East

DETROIT, MICH.

Dealers wishing to look over our line are in

vited to address our Western Michigan repre-
sentative
Rapids.

Ed. Pike, 272 Fourth avenue, Grand

 

   

DODGE

Independencs Wood Salit Pulley.

THE LIGHTEST!
THE STRONGEST!
THE BEST!

HESTER MACHINERY CO,

45 So. Division Str., GRAND RAPIDS.

 

Wooden Bowls, Clothespins and

 

 

of country merchants solicited,

FRANK H. WHITE,

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

Brooms, Was'iboards. Wooden

lndurated Pails & Tubs,

‘ Rolling
Pins, step Ludders, Washing Ma-
chines, Market, Bushel and De-
livery Bas eis, Building
Paper, Wrapping
Paper, Sacks, Twine and Stationery,

Manufacturers in lines allied to above, wish-

ing to be represented in this market are request-
ed to communicate with me.

125 COURT sr,,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

SUHLOSS, ADLER & C0, - -

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return trip being
break-neck pace, he was able to surprise,
by his quickness, the clerk who sent him.

small coin for the
large praise for the expedition
which it had been accomplished,

with

follow up so favorable an impression, re-
spectfully said that he was leoking for
a place, at the same time producing his
letter of recommendation.

This letter, when first given him, had
seemed to be a wonderful document, and
he had expected that it would provea
veritable ‘‘open sesame;’’? but his nu-
merous failures to secure work inclined
him to think the favorable mention of
himself therein contained rather impo-
tent. His conceit and his confidence in
the letter had altogether departed, and
he was beginning to fear that employ-
ment of the kind sought was not to be

had. However, he proceeded, as you
have seen, to make the best of the situa-
tion. The appeal for work was all the

better for being simple, and he put the
letter in because, like an expletive, it
helped to ‘‘fill up” and he wished to do
everything that could possibly aid him
in securing the place. Mike had another
recommendation of which he was un-
conscious, and this was doing him more
good now than any words which he could
say or his friends could write. It was
what his new acquaintance had been
studying and the thing which impressed
that person favorably when Mike accost-
ed him in the street—his honest face
with its look of quiet resolution.

The clerk now asked Mike to write his
name, age and address and, taking the
paper on which it was written, together
with his letter of recommendation, disap-
peared into the sanctum of a superior,
to whom he told of the prompt execution
ofthe errand. It happened that the boy
to whose place Mike aspired had, for
some time, by his slovenly work, been
trying to convince his employers that
they could dispense with his services,
and his efforts in that direction were
about to be crowned with the success
which they deserved. The writing and
letter of recommendation having been ex-
amined, Mike was called into the chief
clerk’s private office where he was closely
questioned. His answers being satis-
factory, he was told to come in the morn-
ingand begin on a week’s trial.

 

The next morning was cold and a driz-
zling rain added to the general discom-
fort, but Mike reached the warehouse of
his new employersin good season. Find-
ing the doors locked, he sought the shel-
ter of a neighboring stairway to wait un-
til they were opened. He had been
standing a short time looking at the va-
rious craft on the river and occasionally
shuffling his feet, partly to keep up the
circulation and partly for want of some
better employment, when the janitor of
the office in which he was to go to work
made his appearance. Mike followed
him into the office and, after explaining
that he was the new messenger boy, of-
fered to assist in the sweeping. No ob-
jection being made to this proposition,
he took a broom and went to work. Bring-
ing to bear the knowledge of other humble
accomplishments tending to make things
tidy, he exerted himself with such a will
that that part of the day’s work was
soon finished. This enabled the janitor
to get through much easier than usual,

accomplished at a/|

 

THE MICHIGAN

greatly to that functionary’s satisfaction. |
The clerks now began to arrive and the |
|regular routine of the day’s work was |
That young man seemed about to end soon going forward.
their business relations by tendering a/|
service rendered and | intervals during the day when he was |
| not busy, and he had read a little in a
when |
Mike, thinking that he might venture to |

Mike found the
place no sinecure, but there were short

daily paper before time to close the office.

he determined to attend:

rolled as a pupil.

At the close of his week’s trial in the
office, he was permanently engaged, and
life settled into what, to him, was a very
satisfactory round of duties. He made
fair progress at the night school and, by
attending to business faithfully, soon
won the confidence of his superiors.
duties in the office gradually increased
in responsibility until, at the end of ten

months, a vacaney occurring just above |

him, he very naturally dropped into the

place. His pay, which before only kept

him in the barest necessities,

doubled and he felt quite rich.
* * *&

A year has passed since Mike’s first
promotion. Attention to business, hard
study and frugality have enabled him to
prosper far beyond what anyone would
have predicted for the little Paddy who,
two years ago, stood shivering in the
stairway waiting for the office to open.
It is Monday morning and a hot day in
July. Mike has just started for a little
trip up the Hudson to Nyack where he ex-
pects to pass his vacation week. This is
his first rest after entering the office of
his present employers, and he is looking
alittle worn. Sehooling and other ad-
vantages open to ail in our great cities
have wrought a great improvement in
him and he will make a good American
if nothing miscarries.

was how

After a pleasant ride up the river—
named for the redoubtable Hendrick,
he found himself at Nyack and went at
once to one of thesummer hotels. After
securing a room, hestrolled out upon the
veranda, and, having comfortably seated
himself, was enjoying the magnificent
view afforded by the broad river and
pleasant landscape beyond, dotted with
peaceful farmsteads along roads which
wound among cultivated fields and green
woodlands, when a female figure came
down the street. This was Mike’s first
visit at a summer resort, and he was not
looking for the far-famed ‘‘summer
girl’—she, like many other of the de-
lightful evolutions of modern progress,
is an acquired taste, and he was not edu-
eated to the enjoyment of such luxuries.
But something about this person attract-
ed his attention. As thelady came near,
she proved to be both young and pretty.
Mike was on his feet by this time and
hurrying to meet her. Raising his hat
and extending his hand, he exclaimed,
‘Why, how do you do, Marie!” Marie,
for it was no other, though greatly sur-
prised, greeted him cordially, and they
were soon walking toward her home en-
joying each others’ society as much as of
old.

Her father had established himself in
a small business at Nyack, and they were
living comfortably; with Marie installed
as housekeeper, and Mike must, of
course, stay to tea and ‘‘meet father
again,” which arrangement, to tell the
truth, was entirely to his taste, as it as-
sured kim of Marie’s company during the
evening. He went tohis hotel that night

| went back to work at the end of what
| seemed to him the shortest seven sunny
Among other things, he saw in the paper |
a notice of a free evening school,and this |
so after supper |
he found the address and was duly en- |

have invested in numerous packages of
confections and other tritles supposed to
|be more or less dear to the heart of a
;}man’s ‘‘best girl,’? which packages are

His |

 

 

TRADESMAN.

feeling as all young men do who are
yielding to the charms of the girl whom
they are learning to prize above all their
earthly possessions.

Mike’s vacation of a week was all too
short, and it was a regretful boy who

&

Geo. H. Reeder & se,

ji JOBBERS OF

BOOTS & SHOES

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

State Agents for

days and moonlit evenings he had ever
spent.

During the remainder of the summer
he was a frequent patron of Sunday ex-
cursions to Nyack, and he is known to

believed to have accompanied him
his pilgrimages to the Nyack Mecca.
* ~~
Ten years have passed since our emi-
grant left the Emerald Isle. He has
been junior partner for five of them in
the firm who first employed him. Marie
is now Mrs. O’Brien, and there is a wee
Mikey O’Brien to make sunshine for
their happy home. Mike considers him-
self the happiest Irish-American alive.
HENRY Royce.

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158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids.

 

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THE ONLY RELIABLE

COMPRESSED YEAST

Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years.

Far Superior to any other.
Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited.

Endorsed Wherever Used.

JOUN SMYTH Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Telephone 566.

106 Kent St.

     
 

See that this Label appears

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on every package, as it is a

 

 

Pe iy ert guarantee of the genuine
PROALE OST article.
¥

THE P. & B. BRAND WILL PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS
—INCREASE YOUR TRADE—AND MAKE YOU MONEY—

THREE FEATURES THAT COMMEND THEM TO YOUR
NOTICE. SOLD BY ALL GRAND RAPIDS JOBBERS—

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN °

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE,

AROUND THE STATE.

 

 

 

 

Harrisville—D. C€, Emory has sold his |

| stock of hardware and agricultural im-

Holland—J. Donker has opened a meat | Plements to Chas. Conklin.

market.
Newark—W. H. Sower succeeds 5. E.
Sower in general trade.
Brice—S. E. Sower succeeds
Gardner in general trade.
Roseburg—T. H. Moore succeeds J. F.
Umphrey in general trade.
Moorland—Smith & Beers succeed Por-
ter & Beers in general trade.

Kalamazoo—Barrett & Gerow, crockery |

and groceries, are closing out.

Wayne—W. R. Corlett is succeeded by
S. B. Coleman in general trade.

Maple Rapids—H. S. Frisbie has sold
his grocery stock to J. P. Roberts.

Litehfield—D. H. Mills succeeds Mills
& Derby in the hardware business.

Roscommon—Price & Chase succeed
Jas. E. Price in the grocery business.

Ingalis—tIra Carley is to sueeceed Ira
Cariey & Co. in the sawmill business.

Saginaw—Voss & Hearns succeed A.
E. Ballentine in the grocery business.

Constantine—Jonas Wolf succeeds Nor-
man W. Haas in the lumber business,

Port Huron—Thos. Davis has svld his
fancy grocery stock to Geo. P. Parsons.

Kalamazoo—Wilkes & Brown succeed
Austin C. Odell in the grocery business.

Fremont — Hangstafer Bros. have
opened a meat marketin the Hilton build-
ing.

Bay City—H. G. Wendland & Co. sue-
ceed C. Wendland in the dry goods busi-
ness.

Kalamazoo—Geo. Otto sueceeds Bau-
man & Otto in the boot and shoe busi-
ness.

Bellevue—W. K. Armstrong
F. L. Mulvany & Co.
iness.

succeeds
in the jewelry bus-

Reading—A. Walls succeeds

iness,

Ypsilanti—Byron H. Edwards.succeeds
Robbins & Edwards in the hard ware bus-
iness.

Cannonsburg—Geo. M. Hartwell is suc-
ceeded by J. A. Baker & Co. in
trade.

Marine City—Seott. Sackett & Co. have
purchased the grocery Frank
Smith.

stock of

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Kalamazoo—F. BL. Kliphouse succeeds |

Sonke & Kliphouse in the wall paper
business.

3attle Creek—Redner Bros. succeed
Geo. B. Jenkins in the grocery and meat

business.

Waidron—W. M. Robinson & Co. will

remove their general stock to Pawnee
City, Neb.
Wayne—F. B. Coleman succeeds W.

R. Corlett in general trade and the furni-
ture business.

Cheboygan—The boot and shoe stock

of Chambers & Co. has been turned over |

to the creditors.
West Branch—Daniel Jacobs
Chas. Woods & Co. in the grocery and
provision business.
Saginaw — Wm. Newmann
Newmann & Schrems in the

succeeds

succeeds
saloon and
bottling business.

Croswell—Arnot, Miles & Co. succeed

C. E. Pettys in genera! trade and in the |
hardware business.

Mendon—E. J. (Mrs. A. J.) Kerr has
removed her harness business from

Waldron to this place.

Kalamazoo — Wm. C. & H. H. Mer-
shon succeed Woodhams & Mershon in
the fiour and feed business.

-. Bb]
| Sold his grocery stock and meat business |

Walis & |
Mead in the agricultural implement bus- |

general |

| Reed City—Robert F. Armstrong pro-
| boses to add a line of men’s shoes to his
| clothing and furnishing goods business.
| Traverse City — J. L. Immegart has

| to Rinaldo Fuller, formerly engaged in
| the drug business at Shelby and Manton.
| Manton—Ira Kibbe has retired from
| the firm of Kibbe Bros. The business
will be continued by the remaining part-
|ner under the style of Hiram Kibbe &
Co.

Boyne Falls—Wm. Mears and L. S.
| Judd have formed a copartnership under
mill business.

Cadillac—John Olson and Frank H.
| Goodman, both dealers in boots and
| Shoes, have consolidated their stocks
| and will do business hereafter under the
| firm name of Olson & Goodman.

Reed City—Henry Seymour, who has
| conducted the general merchandise busi-
| ness in the McClellan building for about
| eight years, is closing out his stock and
| will retire from business entirely on
Jan. 1.

| Shelby—H. L. Andrus has purchased
|the general stock formerly owned by
Benj. Morse and Te-engaged in trade.
The business and location are both fa-
miliar to him, as it was in the same store
that Paton & Andrus did a successful
business for a number of years.

and E. J. Peck, who will continue the
business under the style of Beall & Peck.
Mr. Beall has been connected with the
| establishment five years in the capacity
of clerk and Mr. Peck is an old resident
of the place, occupying the position of
postmaster,

Port Huron—W. J. K. Martin, member
| Of the general firm of Martin Bros. & Co..,
died some time ago, and the widow moved
to Detroit. Before the death of Mr. Martin
the firm had bought a $10,000 corner lot in
the city, the deed being made out to Mr.
Martin and _ his brother, Abraham,
| and the firm advancing the money. On
| the death of Mr. Martin the property
The firm brought suit
; to have the deed set aside and the
; erty turned over to them. The Circuit
Court has entered a decree to that effect.

went to his heirs.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
Northville—B. A. Parmenter succeeds
Parmenter & Odell in the manufacture
| of vinegar.

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| the style of Mears & Judd and will en- |
fage in general trade and the shingle |

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Alpena—The Alpena Spool Co. is one |
of our successful industries. An entire |
car load of spools was shipped to New.
Jersey last week, and a thread company
in England has invited prices on spools
| to be delivered at the thread factory on
the other side of the Atlantic. |
Muskegon — The Muskegon Booming
Co. has practically concluded its season’s
work and all that is being done is rafting |
from the store booms. The company
brought down the river about 168,000,000
feet, and according to present indications
the drive of next season will not fall but
a very little short of this. |

~~.

“Accuracy in Spelling.”’ |
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

The above was the heading of a short
sketch in your issue of Nov. 2,and it at
once brought to my mind the firmly set- |

 

tled conviction which I have long held, |
that in very many cases good spellers,
and for that matter,bad spellers, also, are
“born, not made.” You will often run |
across an unfortunate individual who |
cannot sing, or whistle, or even hum a|
tune. It is just the same in many cases
with spelling. There are ‘born spellers,”
just thesame as ‘born musicians,’’ and,
for that reason, a person should not be

| ‘makes a break” in the spelling of some

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tichland—J. M. Rankin has sold his |

drug and grocery stock to L. M. Beall | help it;

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tation room and make some of the most

prop- |
| Office in the gray stone building on Lyon

| could twist it.

Marquette—John T. Burke and George |

Oatman will get out

their camp at once.
Marquette—Geo. L.

way from Sturgeon River here, which he
expects to manufacture yet this fall.

East Tawas—-G. H. Chamberlain, W, |

G. Richards, F. F. Freneh and W. Gard-

1,000,000 feet of |
logs near Clowry this winter, putting in

Burtis has a raft |
of 2,000,000 feet of tine large logs on the

| in many eases,

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| the modern conveniences,
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harshly who occasionally |
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common word. The writer does not re-

;member of ever studying a lesson of |

spelling in his life, yet he invariably stood |
at the head, or very near it, in all spelling |
contests; and in making this statement |
the writer takes no credit whatever to
himself—it was simply a case of could not |

it just came natural. When a |
poser in the shape of an unpronounce- |
able word was given out, | would think
fora moment of how the word shou Id |
laok when written and could generally
give the proper spelling of ‘‘teasers” in|
orthography, and vice versa. A class-
mate and, in fact, a seatmate in the old |
stone Union School building, who was |
my peer in some other studies, would |
pore hard and faithfully over his spelling |
lessons and would go straight to the reci-

wonderful and wholly unlooked-for mis- |
takes imaginable. This same sehool- |
mate to-day holds a very responsible
office in the government of this city and
within the last month, in a short business
note, addressed to the writer, from his

Street, | was amused to find a common

everyday word twisted as no one but he
So I say, good spellers |
are born, not made, and they have no}
right to find fault or make-light of what,
may be what might be!
called a physica! misfortune in their |
friends. i oT
eo
Ellsworth Increasing in Importance. |
ELLswortnu, Nov. 4—Fred J. Meech is |
now pleasantly settled in the well- |
stocked general store established here by |
the Pine Lake Iron Co. The store is
heated with a furnace and contains all

Ezra Meech has opened a grocery and |

| provision store here.

ner have purchased the Inglish mill here |

and will cut hardwood lumber.
concern will be known
Hardwood Co.
Saginaw—Britton & Barber, of Ohio,
purchased the Owen-Hutchinson
site several months ago, and have erect-
ed a stave mill which will be ready for

Thenew

as the Ottawa

mill |

Operations in three weeks, but it will |

not be started until a stock of timber has
been secured.

Sleeper & Co. have removed their gro-
cery stock from Norwood to this place,

—_—— >. —
Jackson Grocers to Tackle Scheme
Goods.

Jackson, Nov. 5—At the next meeting of the |
Retail Grocers’ Association, the following sub-
ject will be discussed in all its bearings: |

“Is it a good principle of business and an |
honest policy, for grocers to handle scheme or |
prize goods and thereby run a lottery in con-
nection with the store?”

We have our questions for discussion ar-
ranged for some two or three meetings ahead,

N. 4H. Brancu, Sec’y,

| property is in Ovid, Mich
| Send, Allen Bennett Block, .
| fr’ SALE OR WILL

| short notice.

| With large stock “Excelsior
| Dress Cutting” for families.
| profits—otherwise engaged, must sacrifice,

| worth $1,0u

; man.

| occasion

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

 

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head for two cents a word the first insertion and
one cent a word for each subsequent insertion,
No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents.
Advance payment.

BUSINESS CHANCES,

OR SALE—LARGE PACKING BUSINESS
and meat market with tools and fixtures,
including horse: and wagons. brick block 22 feet
fronton main street, ice house and 2) acres of
land, with slaughter house. This business and
Address L. © Town-
Jackson Mich 6.6
EXCHANGE FOR
grocery stock—New house, barn and store
building in Kalamazoo; lot 4x8: buildings are
worth price asked for entire place. Address
A BC, Kalamazoo, Mich. 589
TO. 1 CHANCE TO STEP INTO A BLUSE
ness of $18,000 to $20,000 per year; dry goods
and fine shoes; will invoice $7 GUO; small pay-

 

| ment down, balance on time to suit purchaser.

Mich, 603

OR SALE—A GOOD CL LAN STOCK OF
hardware in a booming City of 5,000,in the
center of the finest farming country in the State.
Stock will invoice about $9, 00. Can reduce on
Reason for selling, other business,
Address No. 603, eare Michigan Tradesman. 604
re SALE—SAW MILL, YAKD, DOCKS AND
timber land. Entire plant. Capacity 30.000
per day. Good condition. Stock secured for
Coming season. Must be sold, Address No. 601,
care of Michigan Tradesman. 601

Lock box 1, Belding, Tonia Co,

 

F JR SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK OF DRY
goods, notions, clothing, furnishing goods,

tobaccos and confee
of the best business
Doing over $2,500 per month
spot Cash business. Not a dollar of credit.
Stock will inveice about $5,000. Address No.
594, care Michigan Tradesman, 594
XCELLENT OPPOKTUNITY FOR A BUS.
iness man with 35.000 to $10,000 ready money
to embark in the wholesale business in Grand
Rapids and take the management of same.
House well established, Investigation solicited
from per-ons who mean business. No others
need apriy. No. 556, cure Mizhigan Trade-man.
556
ek SALE—a FINE AND W ELL-ASSORTED
stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps
and gents’ furnishing goods, in live railroad and
manufactu'ing town of from 50) to 600 inhabi-
tants. Only business of the kind in th locality.
Other and more important business re res the
attention of the proprietor. We court a tuorough
investigation and will guarantee a protitable
investment. Address No. 571, care Michigan
Tr:desman. 571

shoes, groceries, Cigars,
tionery, located in one
towns in Michigan.

 

 

 

    

MISCELLANEOUS.

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you buy of the largest manufacturers in the
United States? If you do, you are customers of
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
re SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND — PAYING
stocks in banking, manu facturing and mer
cantile ee E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St.,
Grand Rapids 370
OR SALE —BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN
Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet. beautifully shad-
ed with native oaks, situated in gool residence
locality, only 200 feet from e ectric street car
ine. Will sell for $2 500 cash, or part Cash, pay-
ments to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 6 6So4
ANTED—PKACTICAL PRINTER WHO IS
familiar with job work and capable of
editing a country weekly, to start a newspaper
inalivetown No competition Applicant must
have at least $500 cash or its equivalent If you
mean business, address No, 605, care Michigan
Tradesman. 605
ERCHANTS: IF YOU DESIRE TO SELL
or exchange your stock of merchandise,

 

 

  

 

; Send full particulars to G. P. Nash, 361 arcade,

Cleveland, Ohio. 9
VA7 ANT GENERAL AGENT Tu BUY -
« clusive rights, Michigan or Wisconsin,
Tailor System of
Perfect fits, large
“*Kx-
celsior.” Davison Mich. 607
4 a RESIDENCE LOIS IN VILLAGE OF
Belding to exchange for grocery stock
to $1,500. Wil pay difference in
Address No. 470, care Michigan Trades-
510

   

cash.

 

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summer schools in surveying, Shop practice and Field
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equipped. Tuition free. For catalogues apply to the
Sivcster, Houghton, Michigan.

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HOLIDAY PREMIUM OFFER,
For $2.25 I will mail post-paid, The «300 Ways,”
2 book of 250 pages and 150 illustrations. devoted

 

 

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| of business,

price $1.50-—- Harman’s Christmas
Pamphlet. devoted to displays for that special

price 75 cents, and the new improved
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mailed separate if desired). Purchasers of en

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Window Dressing Supplies,
Room 1204 The Temple. Chicago. Il.

C&S.BRAND ENGLISH BREAKFASTS
BUFFALO’ CHOP FORMOSAS

ideas.

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

 

C. L. Gold has opened a drug store at |
Athens. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug |
furnished the stock.

J. Dwarshous? has opened a bakery |
and grocery store at 252 Alpine avenue.
The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished
the stock.

Will Huyge has purchased Mrs. Mary
Grady’s grocery stock at the corner of
Spring and Island streets and will con-
tinue the business.

W. A. Swarts & Son have removed
their drug stock from 198 West Bridge
street to the southwest corner of Jefferson

and Wealthy avenues.

The Putnam Candy Co. shut down
Saturday night for three or four days,
in order that necessary repairs on the
machinery may be effected.

N. Jonker has opened a grocery store
at the corner of Carrier street and North
College avenue. The Olney & Judson
Grocer Co. furnished the stock.

F. & H. Stevenson have engaged in gen-
eral trade at Holstein. Tha Lemon &
Wheeler Company furnished the grocer-
ies and P. Steketee & Sons supplied the
dry goods.

Church & Snyder have sold the Zee-
land Brick Co., of Zeeland, three 100
horse power boilers and a 125 horse power
engine, together with the necessary
equipment for brick making.

 

 

Wm. Brink will shortly retire from the
firm of Brink Bros., general dealers at
54 Grandville avenue. The business will
be continued by the remaining partner
under the style of Adrian Brink.

 

The W. T. Lamoreaux Co. has caused
a sidetrack to be built on the east side
of its warehouse on West Bridge street,
so that shipping can now be done from
one side of the building and receiving on
the other.

A. J. Beardsley, general dealer at
Boyne City, has opened a branch store at
Thumb Lake, where he and his brother
have purchased a tract of timber and will
operate a sawmill. The Lemon &
Wheeler Company furnish the grocery
stock.

W. A. Stowe, formerly Secretary and
Treasurer of the Tradesman Company,
has leased the vacant store at 22 South
Ionia street, formerly occupied by M. H.
Treusch & Bro., and will open a whole-
sale paper establishment therein about
Nov. 15.

 

John Feringa has moved his grocery
stock from his old location on the south-
west corner of Carrier street and College
avenue to his own building on the north-
east corner of the same streets. The
new building is 44x45 feet in dimensions
and two stories high, and contains many
modern conveniences. Mr. Feringa has
put ina dry goods stock, furnished by P.
Steketee & Sons, and a boot and shoe
stock, supplied by H. S. Robinson & Co.,
of Detroit. He hasalso added flour, feed,

hay and straw to his line.
a a ep

Purely Personal,

Peter Prins, the Holland City grocer,
will be married to-day to Miss Lizzie Van |
Dommelen, of East Holland.

Wm. H. White, senior member of the |
firm of Wm. H. White & Co., hardwood |
lumber manufacturers, and White &|
Fairchild, general dealers at Boyne City,

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

, . |
was in town Saturday on his way home |

|
from Chicago. The lumbering firm is |
spending nearly $4,000 in the rebuilding |
of its sawmill, having put in new en-

| gines and boilers, increasing its capacity

from 40,000 to 60,000 per day. The firm |
is also stocking the Thompson mill at |
Boyne Falls.

Frank A. Stone has been granted a
two months’ vazation by H. Leonard &
Sons and will spend the time in England
and on the continent. Mr. Stone has been
identified with H. Leonard & Sons seven-
teen years, beginning as boy of all work
and gradually working his way upward to
his present position as house salesman
and assistant buyer. He has been a
faithful employe and richly deserves the

the vacatian so generously accorded him.
ee

Gripsack Brigade.

C. T. Hurd, representing L. B. Gibson,
a wholesale grocer of Peoria, Ill., has
been spending several days in the city,
in the interest of the re-organized T. P.
A.

In speaking of the invasion of women
salesmen, a well-known traveling man
recently remarked: ‘‘The ladies are in-
vading our domain more and more every
year. It is now no unusual thing to
meet a lady drummer, and most of them
appear to be quite successful. I knowa
young lady who three years ago was act-
ing as saleslady in a dry goods store ata
salary of $8 a week who now gets $2,500
a year and expenses from a _ Boston
wholesale millinery firm. But it is not
every pretty woman who can succeed as
adrummer. Todo so she must not only
possess a thorough knowledge of her
business, but must be able to win the
friendship and retain the respect of the
men with whom she deals. The fact
that she is a woman cuts no figure. In
the matter of securing orders, there is
precious little sentiment in business.”

“The commercial travelers of to-day
are a different class of men from what
they were ten or fifteen years ago,” said
Maj. C. C. Rainwater to a reporter re-
cently, ‘‘and they occupy avery differ-
ent position. They command salaries as
high as $5.000 and $6,000 a year. No
small number of men traveling for whole-
sale houses in the largest cities get $5,000
a year, the pay of a member of Congress.
Ten or fifteen years ago a drummer ad-
vertised his business by getting drunk
and painting the town. A drummer
can’t go into town, get drunk and keep
his trade there now. The standard is
improving all of the time. The drum-
mer must bea gentleman, and a smart
one, or he is a failure. As vacancies oc-
eur through death or otherwise, the very
best of our young men are becoming
commercial] travelers. It is a work that
ealls for the highest order of natural
business talent, and it is a great training
school. The travelers are the coming
business men of the country. It is get-
ting to be more and more the case that
the wholesale house is what its repre-
sentatives on the road make it. Compe-
tition isclose, and the place of the drum-
mer grows better and more important
every year.

ee
The Potato Crop.

The October report of the Statistician
of the Department of Agriculture con-
tains the following details concerning
the potato crop:

The condition of the potato crop,
which has been low throughout the whole |

 

season, shows a further heavy falling off |
during the past month, the September
average of 74.8 declining to 67.7 for the
present return.

ment—1887 and 1890—has the final re-
port been lower. The last report of the
season usually foreshadows the final
yield quite closely. This last return
and the estimated yield made after dig-
ging have been as follows since 1889:

October Yield per acre
Year. Condition. Bushels,
_.................. we 56.4
1890. 5 57.5
1891. 93.9
1892

 

The season has been distinetly unfavor-
able almost from the beginning, especial-
ly in the districts of heaviest production.
Excessive rainfall throughout the Cen-
tral West at time of planting interfered
with germination, causing some rotting
of seed. In some districts this was fol-
lowed by local drouths, which further
reduced the vitality cf the already en-
feebled plants. The early season was
more favorable east of the Alleghanies,
but unfavorable weather during the lat-
ter part of July and August resulted in
low conditions.

en :
The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The market is a little easier
and lower, the refiners having announced
an additional discount of 1-162 on most
of the grades sold in this market. Local
jobbers have accordingly reduced their
quotations to conform to the changed
condition of the market.

Oranges—On or about Nov. 15 the first
shipments will begin to arrive, when
prices will probably drop to about $3.50
per box for the best grades.

Lemons—Spot goods are scarce, but
the new crop—mention of which has
been made heretofore—is beginning to
land and will soon reach us. The quali-
ty will be an improvement over earlier
arrivals and prices will be lower.

Bananas —Little doing.

Nuts—The market is steady and firm.
The demand is strong and there is no
prospect of lower prices until after the
holiday season.

Plug Tobacco — The P. J. Sorg Co.
announces an advance of 3c a pound on
Joker to take effect Nov. 21, at which
time the size of the plugs will be changed

from 1g ounces, 8 cut, to 16 ounces,8 cut.
——

The Dry Goods Market.

The market un bleached and brown
cotton is very firm on account of the
price and limited quantity of raw cotton.
Still jobbers sell at old figures until
stocks are exchanged. Silesias find a
ready sale, many retailers not selling
jeans as much as before, as silesias are
so much wider, being 36 inches wide.
Cambrics keep up well in price. Manu-
facturers are asking an gc. more this
week. Jobbers generally are getting
4lge. for best brands and 4%c. for the
coarser threads. Sewing and dress silks
have advanced about 5 per cent. Staple
ginghams have declined ‘4c. Dress
ginghams are very cheap, all the stocks
at the mills being cleaned up. Black
dress satines have been large sellers this
fall, all the best brands being sold way
ahead of the product of the mills. Simp-
son’s range from 101¢c. to 22c. per yard.
Bates’ mills have added a large line of
new styles in their damasks, which
retail at 50c. per yard. They are beau-
tiful goods.

a
Use Tradesman Coupons.

In but two years in the |
history of crop reporting by the Depart- |

 

5
WALTER HOUSE

Central Lake, Mich., E. Walter, Prop.
Fourteen warm rooms, all newly furnished.
Good table. Rates, $1.50 per day. The patron
age of traveling men especially solicited.

“The Kent.’’

AVING conducted the above named hotel
two months on the European plan, and
come to the conclusion that we can better serve
our patrons by conducting same on the Ameri

 

;can plan, we take pleasure in announcing that

our rates will hereafter be $2 perday. As the
hotel is new and handsomely furnished with
steam heat and electrie bells, we are confident
we are in a position to give the traveling public
satisfactory service.

Remember the location, opposite Union Depot.
Free baggage transfer from union depot.

BEACH & BOOTH, Props.

 

    
 

Teacher—Whatis
the best Cigar soldin
this country to-day?

Class (in chorus)—

Ben Hur!

10c or 3 for 25c.

Made on Honor !
Sold on Merit !

ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER.

GEO. MOEBS & CO,

Manufacturers,

DETROIT. CHICAGO.

 

MICHIGAN

Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

Organized 1881.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

Our Fancy Goods Trade

Has been larger than ever before in
the history of our house.

 

 

Come in and see our samples of

Albums,
Comb and Brush Sets,
Dolls, Books, Kis.

BATON, LYON & CO.

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price forit. Address

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THE GROCER’S IMPEDIMENTS. Dry Goods Price Current. DEMINS.
— | Amoskeag.. --124%/[Columbian brown. .12
Combined Effort Will Remove Them. | wanes at COTTONS. 9oz..... 1344 Everett, — ies 12%
Written for THE TRADESMAN. +s ae “ a Brand 5% bi seein brown . i - , brow . . ---
S.. 2... 6 “World Wide. 6 ste. ymaker Diue. ....
Webster tells us that - word grocer | | Sa a oo 4% | Beaver Creek AAAI . — brown.. ‘—
is > “e > . Atlantic - Petes ee % |Full Yard Wide..... 6 do... JaHrey........ .....
is derived from ‘‘grosser,’’ one who sells | PRE ex Pull Ya amg : 4 tc 1c if cae 125
by the gross, or a wholesaler, and —_ «s P 5\4|Honest Width....... 6% | | Boston Mfg Co. Br. ae Lawrence, 902. ....18% |
le nS ase a ttm meres ue : 0. 5
the modern term means a dealer in tea, . ee a : ee eed Ce ‘ia = ot 10%) [ Mo. lg a
sugar, spices, coffee, fruits. ete. mory .. .--- Coe a B... - 8 een r NO. a - -'-
: 8 pices, coffee een ” But, so Archery Bunting. _f oiieee XXX bl.19
far as the purpose of this article is con-/| Beaver Dam A A. 5i4|Lawrence LL...... GINGHAMS.
> ! » |
cerned, 1 shall define the term to suit | a renannae ge — ex Amoskeng ...... -. 134|Lancaster, staple... 7
, | oe  . is Newmarket ¢ a 5% | ‘Persian dress 8% ‘ fancies . 7
myself. If you were to ask me to define | | oo cy a Licata ce a 8 oe i “s Canton oe ‘ Normandie 8
the term carpenter and joiner. 1 would | Capital Re a nlp DD Bly “ APC. -.--10%|Lancashire.... ’ ox
" Cav a _ x 53% | “ a
say that it meant one who knew how to} ¢ oa cheese cl. 3a Noibe 2... . ao i —— “84 [Normandie oe 7
erect an edifice. It would not be sufti- | Clifton CR......... _ Oxford i Best. “+ OF | Arlington staple... 64|Persian.... .. 8%
. costae % y 7
cient to say that one who owns a kit of | Dwight Star......... 6% Pequot............. 7 | ATasepha fancy . 4%/Renfrew Dress...... 7%
J Clifton CCC. 6% Solar 6 | Bates Warwick dres 8%/Rosemont .......... 6%
tools and can bore a hole or sawa board | Top Tai ee staples. {Eis /Slatersville 6
| Cer : [
in two is a carpenter andjoiner. Andso ABC. BLEAC ny corran gs |c cannon ol Tac bo 7%
gi a r@ a. r
@ man who buys and sells codfish and Amazon ane 8 |Glen Mills.......... 7 ne staple. 2 aback Nord... a
pumpkins is not thereby constituted a Ta! ee woes Lee ae ey ch UN Talw “ecercker. Hy
. , eae ’ SS se warwick.... .. %
grocer. It is the knowing how to buy, oe --- 4% coe _— iat ana ay ta | Everett classics..... $4) Whigtendon oe 6%
sell and handle tea, sugar, spices, coffee Boston «............. 12 |Just Out..... ms ia. ‘ 2 a renin Pra :
fruits, ete., that properly constitutes one | Cabot, ee ee 6% | _— eae Be 7 > mae sete teres o% Cee... x
ee ee eer _orrees........... estbrook..........
a grocer, and that means knowledge and conse Sai. . ra Eau c wegen ™ emeten.. ce : 6% oo 10
“- = J4ULMSBSUEIOC. . 22 ae c
experience. With this definition of the | Cleveland ..... . 7 |Middlesex.... .. 5 | ——— halon cl” %4|Windermeer.... .. :
mer | maigo biee SEVork..... .......... 6%
: . | Dwight Anchor... a eae Deme........._.. 7% | “
term I shall proceed with my subject. shorts. 8 |Oak View... .... ci zephyrs.. 16
. te ‘ . . c Edwards. .. ..... 6 Oar Own .. Oe | ee
The grocer’s path, at the best, 7 Pride of the Weat._112” | Amoskeag....... . 16% | Valley City ..........15%
rough and rugged one, beset with many | Farwell.. .... 7%|Rosalind.. LT ott 19% Georgia : 15%
. i i. - | Fruit of the Loom. PeOleEOs............- 4% | American..... 6 (Perec ........... 18
obstacles. One of the greatest impedi-| Pitehyille ......... 7 [Utica Mills... | eu | ag
ee ee . Lose cide iq | eles Pete... _. Nonpareil ..10 | “anne
me oe that aeenrnt him on every side Fruit of the Loom %. 7%|Vinyard............. By | os 8 eee Ena., 8 stars’ weeaes =
the ignorance and incompet nce, not of | Fairmount.......-.. 434 | White Horse 6 | Hol aS vite trees
his f a i _ 1 Pal Value. ......... 6% | . oe. a eer reteset
is fellow grocers, but of the numerous ce HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. HO COTTON.
ae oe " sal reais ; Cabot. . ; |Dwight Auchor.. 8h te. Colored. White. Colored.
nincompoops who set themselves up to | oa ii | ey —_— Co — ms - =
buy and sell goods and wares similar to! baa FLANNEL. ae mit MM... 38 43
a a i : a Unbleached Bleached. (=a wo. os 40 ‘ a. 39 44
those which the grocer handles. These Housewife ac .- 4% Housewife “cy 5% | ani 36 oe oe 45
quacks in trade come from the byways nl a és - ae oe | CAMBRICS,
: : : Ly. cceee- O78 : +774]
and hedges and their name is legion. ic . a . ' : ed | eee ee % peek ls a4
. : eo 6%) ‘ i. Soe... 4\Lockwood.... ......
Every jackanapes who can repeat the . -.. 63, | “ 7 8 Kid Glove eres. 4%
multiplication table as far as five times L ee z Fe | Mewsnarket......... 4/Brunewick %
' i CC eS 74| - | RED FLANNEL.
twelve, and can distinguish between i : sett tee O74 | e “+ fae See 2%
canned goods and sole leather, and who “ “a a Creedmore.......... ee Se 2%
ane . fe Talbot XXX......... 220, See
is too everlastingly lazy to ‘‘watch gap’’ a a Nameless...... .....27%|Buckeye.... ........32%
in harvest time, somehow gets the idea i . ot MIXED FLANNEL.

i ie : a -* 2 Red & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey SRW......... ™%
into his smallcranium that the Almighty e 14 | Tah“ 22%|Western W ......... 18%
si » i for a groce This fe y AB WARP. i a eer...
de igned him fora grocer. This fellow] pooriess. white. 17%|Integrity colored...20 | Windsor: ----- --+--- 20 "| Flushing XXX 022 Be
—you find him on every side street and gc colored. ...19%4 White Star..........18 | Union B............ 22%| Manitoba 1.23%

ilies Riedl athe be ie cited ;_ | Integrity. .18%| “ “ colored..20 | Scene Lament,
in every bac k alley —Is a serious impedi- DRESS GOoDs. Nameless.....8 @ 9%| “ 9 @10%
ment tu the progress of the grocer. Were | —— eae 8 |Nameless.. --20 . ----- 84@10 | “ a 12%
: : hn Ee 25 CANVASS AND PADDING.
it not for their self-coneceit and the greed | | ei eae 10%) a Slate. Brown. Black.|sSlate Brown. Black.
a i s& ii | = oie % ‘
of the jobber, these fellows might be! Nameless .......... a | ee - 32% 108 108 108 1134 ing ie
- - + “ | as © © ¢
saved for usefulness in other fields for | ce a ce % Ee ee tele a =
which they are especially adapted by | | ees _- sR oicertal $4 50 | DUCES.
| Se a... . : aon. ....-... £ a o. 7 y Lo My
nature, and the legitimate trade be| Davis Waists ... : 00|Bortree’s .......... 9 00 | es —- " ioe 155 wee ao
_.. Lc. | . - tates | Grand Rapids 4 Sj} Abdominal... .... 1 08! Guccawaan it ce
spared this annoyance. takes | © | Greenwood, 7% oz.. 944/Raven, 10oz......... 13%
sp ” - annoyance. It only es | CORSET JEANS. .,, | Greenwood, 8 oz....11%|Stark | “oo... -
about six months, on an average, for one | Armory............. ae Cal | Boston, 8 oa........- 10%/|Boston, 10 0z........
( : ia ea Sie ne 7 %4| Rockport. :
of these felllows to drop his *‘little wad’’ | Biddeford........_. 6 |Conestoga.. WADDINGS.
| r i ’
and bid adieu to the mercantile world. RANE EN — aS [Golored” . — % 30
He enters the arena of trade and traffic! Allen — a 3 [Sipe ‘ie a a ‘sa
i | FOUOGS......-. 3 ( e ODSS.....
with some means anda large amountof| « pink & purple 6 \Charter Oak fancies 4% —— coe ema 9 Dundien- = a ™
oe i cL ' i: CE ag uffs . |DelMarine cashm’s. 6 “ Co 0%| Bedford __ oa
conc eit. He thinks the old war horse S| « pink checks. 6 7 muate « rc —- PT ae we Valley o 7
in trade charged exorbitant prices for} ‘staples ...... 6 |Eddystone fancy...6 [gi i... cee eee ee 10%
: : : _ shirtings 4% chocolat 6 s.r
goods and so he will run his ‘‘soft snap”) American fancy .... 5% ° oar. 6 SEWING SILK
ee cho uichoc of) Aeeceicaninilign 6 i sateens.. 6 | Corticelli, doz.......
more in accordance with the wishes of | @mencal ahartines 434! Hamilton fancy. .. le i io mx "arte =.
the dear people—result, the jobber gob-| Argentine Grays... 6 4 dey 6 50 yd, doz. .37%
: : in eg Anchor Shirtings... 5 ‘Manchester ancy.. 6
bles up his means; his ‘‘soft snap’? gets | arnold %| new era. 6 HOOKS AND BYR PEE GROSS
' , No 1 Bl’k & White..10 No 4 BI'k & Waite. =
so soft that it melts away. and his con-| A™0ld Merino | | Merrimack D fancy. 6 ff Ss ss 12
SO: a t é ¥, ‘ “long cloth B. 10% Merrim’ ck shirtings. = “ 3 “ "32 “ - “i =
ceit goes where ‘the woodbine twineth.” r ceniaenae © Sy) asain oe 8% "PINs ee
: : I 7 an io a e « ,
If this were the end of him, all would be * goldeeel.. 10K “ —.. 6% ose a rotee 4% ee F 3% 40
well; but he no svoner vacates to lookup, « oe ga Ss ) TON TAPE.
Sellow seal.-10+4/Simpson mourning. 6 No 2 White & BI'k..12 |No_ 8 White & BI’k, 20
ajob by the day somewhere, than two; ‘“‘ serge SS le 15 | © 10 “a "33
' : ‘* Turkey red. 10% | ‘“  golfd black. 6 “ “ “YS i
other noodles rush up to take his place, | Ballou solid black. 5 |Washington indigo. 6 é --18 12 - 96
" : ; i . si “colors. 5%| ‘“ Turkey robes.. 7% SAFETY PINS.
and so this impediment to legitimate | Bengal blue. green, | “ India robes... 7% |NO2....... ......... 28 im 2 36
trade is perpetual. | red and orange . - 6 “plain Tky X %& =
: : , .,. | Serliu solids i z. NEEDLES—PER M.
Another difficulty in the way of legiti-| = @iee.... a Ottoman — A. omen. ede ce ee ee OO
, . i‘ - : | . |. oe 6%) keyr ever e...... .._. a eee... ..... 1 50
mate trade is the disreputable habit} « Poulards . 5%|Martha Washington Marshall’s........... a
which s " 2alers have of cateri | ss... 7 Turkey red %..... 1% ae OIL _——
ich ones de - ers nave of ene to| . oe 1 ecieme iach B4....225 64...325)54....195 6-4...29
the gullibility of the public. These fel-| “ “ 44 .....10 Turkey red.. . 9% i 3 10
i ail a ‘ oo “84x XXX 12 |Riverpoint robes.... 5% OTTON TWINES,
Ows are shrewd, keen and know how to Cocheco fanc eke 6 | Windsor fancy i cotton Sail Twine. .28 erent ae ..18
Senne os : | madders. gold ticket owe... .. 1 sing Star 4 ply....17
run a legitimate busines s, but, being so | | ee eae a bees oom _...10% | Domestic 18 aie. “a7
imbued with the spirit of gain and disre- _ a... 5% |Harmony......... . 4% | Anchor . 16 jNorth Star 20
i |. : | TICKINGs. Bristol . ...-.13 |Wool Standard 4 Plyt7%
garding the dictates of conscience, they Amok ACA IMAC A 12% ——T Valley. oo ~ Troweaan...._..
play on the gullibility of the people by | Hamilton N... ' eral 'Pemberton AAA. rer Ppa
D......... OEK........ ........ “10% PLAID OSNABURGS
making use of all sorts of means to at-| c Awning.. 11” Swit aie... 2 | Abeba... 6%| Mount Fisesent.. . 6%
° ae... .. .... © teen Miver......... 12 Alamance, . a 654| Oneida 5
tract attention and catch trade. They | First Prize.......... 11%|Warren....... on seee 13 | Augusta ............ %%|Prymont ....” 5%
succeed to quite an extent in making the , L¢20x Mills mee — Hee ereeee 16 = oe o Randelman. oe
i / cc eee ee. Oe
public believe that they are giving some- | —. Pe : —— a. 8 Secete , . 54 |Sibley A ... eu
\ : ae ae ‘
thing for nothing, or selling goods at! Ciifton,K....2 22.7" Sultop of Heap... Sa. Ee

 

 

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SCHILLING CORSET CO.,

Detroit, Mich. and Chicago, Il.

G. R. MAYHEW,

Grand Rapids, Mich.,
JOBBER OF

 

 

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Woonsocket Rubbers,
Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

 

  

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less than cost. They work prize gift
schemes and advertise leaders at cost
and less than cost, as a means of deceiv-
ing the people and leading them into the
belief that they not only can, but do sell
goods cheaper than anybody else. These
schemers are the of trade;
they are disruptionists and recognize no
authority or business code of honor. In-
stead of educating the people to a proper
standard of doing business, they
duplicity by pandering to their

anarchists

practice
cupidity
and playing on their ignorance, which is
very annoying to the trade.

Another obstacle in the way of im-
provement in the life of the grocer is the
dealer who persists in having everything
his own way. Rather than conform to
the wishes of his brother grocers, he will
sacrifice his own comfort and add to his
own burdens. If one of these fellows be
requested to sign an agreement for early
closing, he will forthwith keep his store
open an hour later than usual, and
squander fifty cents in fuel and gas to
catch seventeen cents in additional trade.
Ask him to close his store on a holiday,
he will forego the pleasure of the ocea-
sion just to be obstinate and keep his
store open. Request him to join a move-
ment for his own benefit, he will prate
about his independence
to run his own business. He would pre-
fer to run his own business into the
earth and drag his neighbors after him,
than to agree to do or not to doa thing
in common with his neighbors. It is a
pity thata fellow of this kind should
ever get into the grocery business. Prob-
he would not if there was any
meaner business on the face of the earth
for him.

Another obstruction in the path of
is the huckster nuisance. It is
certainly very discouraging to a grocer
who pays high rent for a suitable place
in which to keep his stock of fruits, veg-
etables, etc., besides the other expenses
to which he is subjected, including a de-
livery outfit, when his customers all over
the neighborhood are seranaded every
morning by some old huckster with his
soul-agonizing cries of ‘‘t-a-toes,’’ ‘*c-a-,
bitch,” **t-u r-nups.’’ ete. This movable
stock is hauled around by a twenty-five
dollar in a fifteen dollar wagon,
and the fifteen cent driver pays for this
privilege less than the average store-
keeper pays out for charitable purposes.
This nuisance isa thorn in the side of
the grocer
ple.

The jobber who sells to wal hotels,
restaurants, boarding houses, ete., at
eut rates, is another hindrance to the
welfare of the retail trade, and any job-
ber who persists in so doing should be
severely ‘‘sat down upon’’ by the trade.

Is there a way to cure these evils? Yes,
by concerted action, and innoother way.
A man might as well beat the wind in
an attempt to change its course as try to
heal these abuses by acting singly. Gro-
cers of Grand Rapids, do you wish to es-
cape from these impediments and place
the trade on a firm, lesxitimate basis?
Then organize. Throw aside your jeal-
ousies and your suspicions, remembering
that your brother grocer is just as hon-
orable as you are, and that he does not
place any more dependence on your in-
tegrity than you do on his. Cultivate a
little charity—it will do your soul good;
you need it more than any other class of
tradesmen in the universe. Take each
other by the hand and make the acquain-

and his intention

ably

success

horse,

and an annoyance to the peo-

 

THE MICHI GAN TRADESMAN.

 

tance of your brother in trade and agree
to disagree.
try to perfect an
would make a dismal failure of it.
tend the meetings regularly, and be care-

If you can’t do this, don’t |
organization — you |
At-|

ful what you do, and then stick to it if it |

takes the hair off the top of your head. |

If a brother grocer happens to backslide,

don’t get mad and kick over the traces

|

—remember that it is but human to err. |

Pick up the erring one and laber with
him. If he prove incorrigible,
on him hard;’’ the jobbers will
and he will soon repent and return to the
fold. If a jobber undertakes to
**shenanagan,”’ order him to quit;
do for his interest if not for
yours. In union you will have strength
to fortify and protect your interests: to
educate the trade; to seeure legitimate
profits; to find more time for
and rest. You will command respect
and more careful attention from the job-

so own

“sit down |
help you |

play |
he will |

recreation |

bers; you will avoid imposition on the |

part of common
pel the huckster and the peddler to either
retire from or assume their
Share of the common burdens. All this
can be brought about by concerted action,
and without it nothing ean be done. Will
you embrace the opportunity?
E. A. OWEN.
_— —-_- <i
Just Like a Boy.

Boy (to baker)—Do you sell pies?

Baker—Yes, my little man.

Boy—My mamma said you sold pies.
How much are they?

Baker—Ten cents apiece.

Boy—Give me a peach pie.

Baker(looking over his wares)—I'm all
out of peach pies. However, [have some
nice mince pies.

Boy—I want a peach pie.

Baker—Well, I’m all out.

Boy—My mamma said you kept peach
ples.

Baker—So I do; but just now I’m out
of them.

Boy—I’m willing to pay you for one.

Baker—Yes,1 know; but I haven’t any.

Boy—My mamma said if | gave youten
cents you would give mea peach pie.

Baker—So | would if I had any.

Boy—Any what?

Baker—Peach pies.

Boy—That’s what I want.

Baker—Yes, but 1 haven’t one. I
haven’t anything but mince pies left.

Boy—Well, she said to get a peach pie,
an’ I want one.

business

A curious ye t profitable business is the
exportation and reimportation of quick-
silver that has sprung up in California.
Quicksilver for export is sold at $5 less
per flask of seventy-six and a half pounds
than that for home consumption, and
shrewd dealers have not been slow to
take advantage of this rebaie of over 6
cents per pound. They have cheerfully
paid the freight to Australia and back
again, and have cleared nearly 5 cents
per ls croc on the transaction.

 

 

Sesibenins Price Current.

 

These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. dis.
oes... 60
Cook’s..... Wee e tee asic ke cucaeeys « 49
Jennings’, genuine. et cee tees caus cc cet sce. 25
wenrings, Ualtathm ..................... .. 50&10

AXES.
First Quality, & 2 Bees ............ $7 40
" BB treme ................ 12 00
&. B.S Steer, ........... : 8 60
\ ee 13 50
BARROWS. dis.
Bornwoee =... tt .....,..e. 14 00
we net 30 00
BOLTS dis.
Stove. eee ae econ 50&10
Carriage new i 75&10
a emer cease ee ue, 40&10
Sleigh ae q
BUCKETS.
cms, DAME $350
Wo awiva...... 4 00
BUTTS, CAST. dis.
Cast Locse Fin, figured........ oe
Wrought Narrow, | bright 5ast joint. Pecee 60é1 6

carriers, and will com-|

 

 

 

 

  

 

   

 

 

oo — (ie OS GI ene cea haa 60410 | HAMMERS,
rought Table. ee ee %, 2
Wrought Inside Blind. ..22222.22222. 2.02.2. e010 —
Ldn grt ae Fetter eet cette eee e eee eee ee 7 Vormen @ Pegs. dia. 0&1
Blind’ hc eed 10 5 ae ah a sal ale a rt Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... . .80¢ list 60
i eG Bw CEREUS Decco ccecee eee eccevsevscecces ‘ Let
aia LULU 70 Biacksmith’s Solid a Hand... .30c 40410
3ES
BLOCKS. | Gate, Clark’s, L22..hhU dis. 60&10
Ordinary Tackle, Hist April 1892. ... ..... Ce r doz. net, 2 50
CRADLES Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 tn. 46 1 14 and
| Grat . Kens |. }OMOE . 3%
| Grain. ..... eee ee. dis. 50602) Screw Hook and | Eye, % ay - net 10
. CROW BARS. : _ --net 38%
Cast Steg perm 5} ic i = eae mr ta
| FU a il lc ct e ‘

f CAPS. | OO ee ee 50
CE perm = 65 | HANGERS. dis.
Hick’s C.F............ eee eee eee. mp 60 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... 50410
G. D ese ie >) | Champion, anti-friction. oases... COE
Musket ...... 2.00... ee eee eee eee. 60 | Kidder, wood track ...... 40

CARTRIDGES ‘ HOLLOW WARE.
| ae. .h.LhlULULULULULLLLL co 50 —......... ee Bk10
Cenery dis, 3 aan “A A a ae
a. CHISELS. dis Gray enameled.......... .... a . | 40810
Soc et £ Ne 7O0&10 | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Socket Framing............ eh 70&10 | Stamped Tin Ware..... --+ Dew list 7
—— a _.--. 1... a Japanned Tin Ware...
[eOeMOL ORR 70&10 | a
| Dutebern Tenged Wirmer........... ...... 40 | ee we congg: “new list 383410
COMBS. dis. | (eens... a 704104810
Curry, Lawrence’s........0...0 0... a 40 | oo, BY€B....---- 2. -eree eee eee cee ees ee
r c?) eee eoecee cove -é a
Hotchkiss . .. a * | Gate Hooks and Byes. sn 70810610
: CHALK. A LEVELS ais.7¢
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............
COPPER, ROPES,
Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 amar % inch aud larger . cena alse
a ee qoute Ai 26 ae en i rs
Co ollec aaa Pee... Lj .. 23) 7 ie
Geld ielied ioe ni en a. 78
| Bottoms eat a eM error retin rnintees latins 6e
" DRILL. 8. dis. meee... ies fii eee 20
meoene/e Bit StoGee 50 Com. Smooth. Com
Taper and straight Shank...........00... .. Se Nom, tte ga $405 82 95
Morse’s Taper Shank...... S| Nea igtegy . 405 «6805
DRIPPING PANS. ang 18 to 21 eee eee oe 4 05 3 05
Small sizes, ser pound ....................., WY Be eee te ons ne nea ne eee | 32
Haree aiges, per pound) 2 8% oa a 7 = : Z
ELBOWS. All” sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
Com. 4 piece, 6in....... ..¢os.net 75) wide not less than 2-10 extra
Corrugated oc oe 40 SAND PAPER.
————... llr .C..C Gis ats Eitacct dis. 50
. SASH CORD.
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. )
Clark’s, small, $18; large, $26..-2..00..20... ape” wens ~-~y Spgnebaeneebenetaneee - 2
Eyes 1) 18s 2) Seas See 25 ‘ ae STA TES ean
FILES—New List. dis ts ae a ‘ 55
Disston’s Se ..- 60410 “ ae.
New American =. ..... .. « +--OOat® Discount, 10. as
Heller's. Soe, 60410 SASH WEIGHTS,

se eee ere ues deee eae uae 50

Heller’s Horse Rasps ee. oe. 50 cunsnisiesentinel ans ae = #25
GALVANIZED IRON. ° OO 20

Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 / Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per font. .... 70
lt 2B 14 15 16 17 ' Spec ial Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50
Discount, 60 ‘‘ Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30

GAUGES. dis. i c ampion and Electric Tooth X

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ........ 50; Cuts, per foot..... a rie a. 30
, 1 KNoBs—New List. ee ee, 60610
a — ie. oe vsooseees 55] Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... ee:

oor, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55| Oneida Community, oe & en 8. 70
Door, porcelain, plated a i 55} Mouse, choker.... _.... .18¢ per doz
Door, porcelsin, Srimmlge -...........-.. 55 | Mouse, delusion... : 81.50 per doz.
Drawer and Shutter, porceran,............ 70 WIRE dis

LOCK8—DOOR. dis. | Brigh k | ” 65
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Bright Marko. eam my ‘<a
mallory, Wheeler @ Cole 2... | 55} Coppered Market ... a ae
Branford eS... ee. OO) finned Market 62%
Norwalk’s - regen hahaa 3 55 Coppered Spring Steel........ 50
make... anaes es 2
uns Bye... $15.00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS 7
Hont’s......-......... : - $18.50, dis. wa ae ee dis. 40&10
MAULS. Ne dis. 05
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............... Noriiwostera dis. 1030
Cc ffoe Parkers Co.’s apne a. = cone

‘oO | =... ..........

P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleabies.... 40 | Baxter's Adjustable, nleketed. y
i Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ae oe pa
Enterprise ee nn. settee eee ees a Coe’s Patent, malleable LL
Beeboin a Patlern. ... wwe... ll G010 Bird Cages ...... i ISCELLANEOUS. a op
pacuaee es COMME ll 66&10 ec ned cn ee EEE SER SEIT 7F&10
Enterprise, self-measuring............ aces 7) Siroue New Ete 0&19
Casters, Bed a d Plate.. 5810810

Steel nails, base.. — 18 es, a ees aaa i"
ee sl hl . “ fee 30@1 90 Forks, hoes, rakes and aie goods... ._8! &ic

Advance over base: Steel Wire. gene TIN.
eee Base BeBe) Pie Barge 26¢
ee Base 10 Pig Bars.... a 28¢
ae. 05 25 ZINC
30.. 10 25 | Duty: Sheet, 210 per pound.

20.. 15 35 | 640 pound casks. . 6%
a... 15 45 | Per ee 7
EE 15 45 SOLDER.
ee A 50 oe... cyat-e tcc... ... 06
a... 60 ms Wie 15
126... 75| The prices of the many other qualities of
Boece eee cee e eee 90 | solder in the market indicated by private brands
Bocevee cece eens ee vee 1 20| vary according to composition.
a 1 50 1 60 ANTIMONY
Fine 3 : A Cogmag ..per pound
Case 10 60 65 Hallett’s............ a 13
mb ‘ TIN—MELYN GRADE.
90 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal........ .. LL
Finish 10 a 7 | 14x20 1C . ee
i 9 | 1ox14Ix, ae
' Fae a nay LS Se
Clinch; = ..........,................ 70 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.
r 80 TIN—ALLAWAY GEADR.
90 10x14 IC, Charcoal . 1... Se
Barrell “. ee 1% a “5 | 14x20 IC, ee 6 75
PLANES. 8. Oxi4 IX, _ 8 25
mae Teolte w fines ow ti 2 Ix, ‘“ 9 25
ae ee... aoe additional X on this grade $1.50.
San@usay Toa Co.'s, fangy................- ROOFING PLATES
Bench, first quality -- @80/ 4x09 IC, ‘* Worcester............. 6 50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10/ 44x99 Ix, ‘“ Nn 8 50
PANS. Sai, ee 13 50
Bay, Gwe ................. dis.60—10 | 14x90 Ic, “ Allaway Grade a. 6 00
Common, polished ee dis. = 70) 14x20 IX, ee 7 50
RIVETS. dis. | a9x98 ce * “ eT 12 50
Peat Tee ..tt:Ci«C st... 40 | 20x28 1x, “ “ et EN 15 50
Copper Rivets and Bura.................... 50—10 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE
PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ee $14 00
“A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. —— 1020; teem EX... Se eee ee
“B™ Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20| 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, t per oni 10
Broken packs \c per pound extra, 14x60 1x, "9 els

 

  

8

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Michigan Tradesman

 

 

4 WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE
Best Interests of Business Men.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1892.

 

 

 

 

As the interval before the reassem-
bling of Congress grows shorter, the
interest in prospective legislation begins
to quicken. Amongthe important bills
laid over for action during the coming
winter by the last session was the Hatch
anti-option measure, which attracted
such widespread attention during the
closing days of the first session of the
present Congress. The bill actually
passed the House of Representatives un-
der a suspension of the rules, and prac-
tically without discussion: but when it
reached the Senate it was literally
talked to death, and at the last moment
consideration was postponed until De-
cember, when the short session of the
Fifty - second Congress commences.
Whether or not the advocates of this
radical measure will be as anxious to
take it up as soon as Congress reassem-
bles and their successors have been
elected there is no means of knowing,
but it is very certain that the opposition
to the bill on the part of the business in-
terests will be more active and aggres-
sive.

 

Out Wita a New Line.

F. A. Cadwell is now on the road for
the well-known shoe manufacturers,
Snedicor & Hathaway, of Detroit. This
firm manufactures a full line of women’s
shoes and slippers in hand and Goodyear
turned, McKay sewed and standard
misses and children. In men’s
shoes they also make a full line of hand
sewed Goodyear welt, McKay sewed and
standard screw, besides boys’ and youthy’.
In jobbing goods their line is complete.
Mr. Cadwell has been out with spring
samples for two weeks and reports trade
good. Grand Rapids
dence.

screw,

will be his resi-

ee ae eed
Crooked Statements.

She—‘*Where were you last night so
Jate that you couldn’t get home until
after midnight?”’

He—‘‘I was down at Jack Barney’s
effice, helping him make out some state-
ments.’’

She—‘‘Oh, you were, eh? Well, let
me tell you this. If Mr. Barney’s state-
ments aren’t any more reliable than the
one you have just made, there will be
some tall kicking among his customers.”

A TRUE STORY.

 

A Reminiscense of Primeval Times.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

If the pessimistic calamity prophet,
who imagines that everything is going to
the ‘“‘demnition bow-wows,” would study
the history of man and carefully trace
his intellectual development from the
base, senseless,selfish,arbitrary and com-
bative animal that he once was, through
the various stages of development, up to
the high standard of moral excellence, re-
fined intelligence and unselfish and ami-
able disposition to-which he has attained
to-day, he would cease his doleful croak-
ings, and would, nodoubt, be ashamed of
himself.

The incidents depicted in the following
tale, as viewed from our enlightened
standpoint, do not seem credible, but it
must be remembered that all this hap-
pened a long, long time ago, before the
dawn of reason and human intelligence,
and when the judgment of the individual,
meager as it was, was overruled by beast-
ly tyrants and despots.

THE NARATIVE.

In the dark ages, in the most enlight-
ened country of that time, and in one of
the principal cities, there dwelt a class of
traders much given to buying and selling
merchandise consisting of such articles
of food and provisions as were needed by
the dwellers in the city. Unlike the
wise and good merchants of our day,those
early, uncultivated traders, guided by
the dim light of pristine times, actually
told lies about each other, and each vied
with the other in concocting divers
schemes to lead the people to believe
that all of the other dealers were danger-
ous subjects of the king, and that their
goods and wares were poorer in quality
and higher in price than their own. So
far did these barbarous venders carry
their schemes, that the people of the city
demanded of them that they give some
proof of their pretensions, and the an-
cient historian informs us that one Non
Compos Mentis was the first to accede to
this demand. To show how impenetra-
ble was the ignorance, and how exceed-
ingly crude was the stage of mental de-
velopment at that early period of the
world’s history, it is but necessary to say
that Non Compos Mentis—and the fact is
well authenticated — actually believed
that, if he offered sugar to the people of
the city at cost, or less than cost, it would
be sufficient proof that his sugar was
cheaper, and, atthe same time, the peo-
ple would be hoodwinked into a belief
that all of his goods were propertionately
cheaper. Think of a merchant getting
such an idiotic idea into his head in our
day! And yet there are cranks who go
about proclaiming that the world is not
getting better every day.

Now, Non Compos Mentis was too
shortsighted to realize that the adoption
of his scheme would affurd him but a
temporary advantage. He overlooked
the fact that he was not only robbing
himself of his legitimate profit on sugar,
and attempting a base and wicked fraud
on the people, but he was forcing his
brother dealers into a like channel; and
not only so, but, by arousing their ugly
natures, they would be driven into still
more disreputable methods. The result
of this foolish action on the part of Non
Compos Mentis was like throwing a bomb
among those heathen buyers and sellers.
The food and provision trade of the city

 

was thrown into utter:confusion, and

some of the more ferocious and immoral
among the dealers, being worked up to
| a state of desperation, actually attempt-
|ed to make the poor, deluded sojourners
|in that city believe that they were getting
| Something for nothing, by means of va-
rious prize-gift and lottery schemes
which were adopted.

In those days, a person whose mental
equilibrium was destroyed, was sup-
posed to be possessed with an evil spirit,
and so it came to pass that the dealers of
that city were looked upon as those who
were possessed of the devil. But, while
the dealers were thus preying upon each
others’ substance, the people took ad-
vantage of the situation. They went
from mart to mart, buying leaders that
were thrown out as baits at cost and less
than cost. In due course of time, Non
Compos Mentis gave up the ghost, and
his large stock of merchandise was dis-
tributed among the people at prices of
their own naming. All of the authori-
ties agree that Non Compos Mentis, after
his downfall, passed without the gates
of the city and took up his abode in the
tombs, among kindred spirits, and that
passers-by, for years afterward, were
wont to hear his voice in the clefts of
the rocks proclaiming: “It was 1 who
committed the fatal blunder. It was I
who knifed the profits, killed the trade,
and enkindled a spirit of contention, hate
and revenge in the breasts of my brother
dealers. Oh, that I had been strangled
ere I had decided to make such an incom-
prehensible fool of myself!”

Shortly after the disappearance of Non
Compos Mentis, a dealer by the name of
Boniface (which means a benefactor),
conceived the ideaof healing the difficul-
ties by means of organization. He saw
that, by united action on the part of the
dealers, profit could be restored and
maintained, and all the other evils re-
moved. Boniface, like many others of
the world’s illustrious reformers, ap-
peared many generations before his time.
His theory, which was founded on char-
ity and fraternal considerations, was out
of joint in those heathen times. It was
too practical and belonged to our own
Christian Age, after men should have ac-
quired a sufficient amount of intelligence
to discriminate as to what pertained to
their own interests, and also be guided
in their actions, to some extent, at least,
by a desire to avoid doing an injury to
their fellow-men. Boniface, however,
preached the new gospel to his brother
dealers, and called upon them to lay
aside their petty jealousies and bitter an-
imosities, join hands in the common
bonds of friendship and good-will, and
regulate their actions in a union of peace
and harmony, thereby securing mutual
benefits and protection. He pointed out
to them that in no other way could these
great benefits be secured, and these evils
which had demoralized the trade be re-
moved.

It does not seem credible that a dealer
in merchandise, even in that rewote,
idolatrous age, could be so blinded to his
own interests and so utterly oblivious to
the common good as to stand out in op-
position to a movement of this kind; but
such was the fact, and it proves two
things to my mind: first, that Darwin’s
theory is correct;second,that Christianity
exerts a tremenduous influence on the ac-
tions of grocers in our modern Christain
times. Boniface succeeded in persuad-
ing a few to join the movement, but, ow-
ing to their coarse natures, they did so

 

 

only under protest. They openly de-
clared a lack of faith in the integrity of
their fellow-members, and some of them
positively asserted that, at the first visi-
ble sign of any dodging or hedging on
the part of any member, they would kick
it allover at once. The star of liberty
had not yet risen, and the only idea some
of those crude people had of liberty was
the liberty to sell their goods and wares
for less than they cost, if they chose to
do so; and so they would not join the
movement and surrender the only idea
of liberty they entertained. Boniface
and a few of his more enlightened as-
sistants had ordained a set of oracles asa
code for the regulation of the associa-
tion, and a certain nighteach month was
set apart for deliverative work. Some
would not join because they could not
attend the meetings on that certain night,
and they were afraid that their fellow-
traders would, in their absence, enact an
ordinance to have them beheaded, and
they would not be there to defend them-
selves.

I hope that my readers will not too
harshly judge these poor, deluded bar-
barians. Please remember that these
people lived long before the dawn of our
Christian Era, at a time when, according
to Darwin, mankind was not yet many
generations removed from the baboon,
and while the brain was crowded out to
make room for the ears. Let us feel
thankful that we live in Grand Rapids,
in the latter part of this nineteenth cen-
tury. E. A. OWEN.

eCOoror -<e
What Cash Sales Would Do.

If the time ever arives in which all pay
for their purchases in spot cash, when
the consumers live within their incomes,
none asking for credit, and the capital-
ists and wholesale men not tempting any
to become a debtor by offering credit,
then would the world have taken one
vold and important step towards the
ushering in of the millennium.

Let us consider some of the advantages
accruing froma cash business. It would
be economical as it requires only about
half the help, all told, to do the same
business. The dealer could then dis-
pense with some of hisclerks. Hewould
require no bookkeeper. No time would
then be lost in the keeping of accounts,
making out accounts or mailing bills to
customers, or suing delinquent debtors.
The time now spent in investigating the
commercial standing of those requiring
credit would be a great gain. The pro-
prietor could then attend to his own
business instead of watching the finan-
cial affairs of his customers, to calculate
their ability to pay, leaving their willing-
ness entirely out of the question. This
would soon usher in and inaugurate a
better and happier state of socie.y.
I'here would be fewer feuds existing be-
tween neighbors, less capital would be
needed todo business with, and last but
not least, the cash business is to be
recommended because of its absolute
safety.

He spends his money for goods of more
intrinsic worth to him than his money,
and when his goods go out of his store
the purchase money is in his possession,
and he is in no danger of losing his ecapi-
tal by evil, designing and dishonest men,
and this relief to the dealer’s mind would
weigh heavily in the seale of profits. A
smaller number would become ruined by
drink or fill a suicidal grave as the re-
sult of trouble and bankruptey.

—~_ -—.
From Out of Town.

Calls have been received at THE
TRADESMAN Office during the past week
from the following gentlemen in trade.

Den Herder & Tannis, Vriesland.

Frank Smith, Leroy.

G. Herschberg, Bailey.

C. B. Lovejoy, Big Rapids,

Geo. F. Sibley, Whitehall.

Bates & Troutman, Moline.

White & Fairchild, Boyne City.

 

 

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ws

How a Traveler Took a Prize.

The Boston Sunday Globe recently of-
fered four cash prizes for the four best
short stories told by drummers. The
first prize was $50 in gold; the second,
$25 in gold; the third, $15 in gold. Ev-
ery drummer in the United States was
entited to compete.

The first prize was won by John H.
Craine, of Teunessee, who thus described
to a party of traveling associates how he
secured the prize:

‘My most formidable competitor was
aman by the name of T. C. Leech, Jr.,
of Padueah, Ky.’’

“Is he much of a hustler?” inquired a
hardware pilgrim.

**He’s a hustler from Hustlerville,” re-
plied the shirt man, ‘and one of the big-
gest-hearted menin the world; besides,
he’s as handsome as a picture, bright as
anew silver dollar, and possesses man-
ners that would make a Chesterfield
green with envy.

‘Pretty strong competitor,” suggested
a grocery representative.

‘He is; but | downed the dude, and
since | put the trade onto the joke I have
gained a little notoriety at Tom’s ex-
pense, and am now selling trade that I
couldn’t touch before with a ten-foot
pole.

“It was about the first of last April
that I met Leechin Memphis. I had his
route down pretty fine, and was satisfied
that Bolivar was the next town he would
make—just one man there in our line—
both sold him, but, everything being
equal, he would give Tom the preference.
I left on the Tennessee Midland, expect-
ing tou go via Jackson and reach Bolivar
three hours ahead of my competitor,
whom I supposed would go over the
Memphis & Charleston. Imagine my
surprise when J] boarded the car and
found Leech in the smoker, quietly en-
joying a cigarette. My only hope now
was to get off at Whiteville and drive
through the country to Bolivar, so when
we slowed in to that point | jumped off
the rear car and struck a bee line for the
livery stable, but, as 1 went in the door,
I heard someone say, ‘Hurry and give
me the best team you have in the stabie.’
1 looked around and discovered Tom
Leech.

‘+¢Well, it’s a stand-off so far, Jack,’

he said, as he extended his hand. ‘We
are certainly onto each other and if
you say so we will make the drive

together.’

‘**Good as wheat,’ I replied, ‘but let’s
get dinner before we start. It’s now 11
o’ clock

‘“*To thunder with dinner!’ he ex-
claimed. ‘lam not hungry, and if we get
hungry we can get dinner at a farm
house.’

‘*This is our only chance,’ I contend-
ed, ‘and if we leave here without it Vll
bet you a box of cigars we don’t geta
bite before supper.’

‘**Avreed — the cigars go,’ and he
emphasized his acceptance of the wage:
with a hearty shake of my hand.

“In afew minutes we were spinning
over a good country road behind a pair
of fine steppers. At 12 o’clock we
stopped at a granger-looking structure
and asked fora bite to eat—woman was
sick and couldn’t accommudate us; next
place the woman of the house was off on
a visit; next place dinner was over and
cook gone. It was now 2 o’clock and no
dinner, and we were within two miles of
Bolivar.

***I’ve got the cigars on you, old boy,
and you had just as well make up your
mind to pay ’em’”

** ‘Does look that way,’ he acknowl-
edged, not a little diseonecerted; ‘but we
haven’t got to Bolivar yet—say, driver,
what big building is that on the hiJi?’”

‘**Dat’s de new West Tennessee Insane
Asylum, boss.’ ’’

***Who are those people in that grove
this side of the bill?’”’

**It?s a Sunday-school picnic from
Bolivar,’ he replied.” .

* ‘That's good,’ shouted the Paducah
dandy. At the same time he reached
under his seat and brought forth a strong
leather hitch rein. ‘We will have a good
dinner and a bushel of fun_ besides,’
and throwing off his coat and rolling up
his sleeves he presented his shapely
white wrists and requested me to bind
them securely with the leather strap.’’

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAW 9

‘**Your idea is a novel one,’ I observed |
as I caught onto his scheme, ‘and if you |
carry it out successfully Ll will pay the
cigars cheerfully.’

‘In the meantime I had his arms ed
leather shackles and our team had
stopped within a dozen yards of the pic- |
nickers. Leech was raving like a gen-|
uine madman and I was trying to hold|
him in the vehicle. ‘Come to my as-|
sistan e, gentlemen,’ I cried, as 1 ap-!
pealed to the male members of the party;
‘this is a crazy man Il am carrying to the }
asylum. He has an idea that the dinner
you have there on the ground was pre-
pared for him—come at once—if he gets
away he may kill the ladies.’

“Just then Tom jumped over the
wheel, but, as his hands were tied, he
lost his balance and fell sprawling on
his back in a hog wallow. I looked for
the picnickers, but they had gone to the
bushes like a covey of young quail.
‘Well, to make along story short, [!
pulled my companion out of the mud |
and led him to the delicious viands,
where we had a royal feast. After mak-
ing a short talk to the picnickers, who
were still in the bushes, nothing being
visible but their heads, in which I begged
their pardon for the unfortunate affair, I
conducted my insane friend to the car-
riage and left in a hurry.

‘“**‘For Gods sake cut this strap, it’s
sawing my hand off,’ cried poor Tom.’’ |
‘* ‘Drive through the gate and up the |
hill,’ and I placed a shining silver dollar |
in the driver’s itching palm.’’

***Asylum the dickens!’ exclaimed |
Tom. ‘Who wants to go by that horrid |
place? Say, cut this string.’ ”

**We were now through the gate. I shall |
never forget the look Leech gave me.
‘Cut this string or I will cut your throat?
‘I paid no attention to his threat, and
as our vehicle stopped in front of the
main entrance the superintendent came
out to meet us. I took him to one side
and explained that the patient was very
unruly, wanted him put ina cell at
once, would go to Bolivar and return in
two hours with patient’s brother, who
had just come in on train, and who had |
papers of committal and physician’s cer- |
tificate of insanity.

‘*Well, you should have seen Leech |
and heard him swear; the superintend- |
ent tried his powers of persuasion at|
first, but seeing that he was wasting }
words on amadman he called four at-|
tendants who picked him up bodily and |
earried him toacell. After seeing him |
in aniron eage, I assured the superin- |
ten ent that [ would be back in two)!
hours and arrange matters in detail. 1 |
jumped into my carriage and flew to Bol- |
ivar.

“In less than two hours I had taken a |
big order from our customer, written a
letter to the superintendent, in which lL
explained the joke, gave it to a couple of
fom’s friends with a request that they
deliver it, was aboard the cannon ball
and speeding to New Orleans.

“I heard afterwards that the two
young men to whom | explained the joke,
accompanied by a couple of Tom’s lady
friends, went at once to the asylum,
where they found him as mad as a March
hare. I heard that when the girls looked
in on him he was cursing like a sailor,
and had, in his desperation, torn his gar-
ments until he didn’t have enough cloth-
ing on his person to padacrutch. But I
did the square thing with Tom, and’’—

“Did the square thing!’ exclaimed the
crowd. ‘‘Whatin the name of goodness
do you eall the square thing?”

“Why, | paid him the
course.”

 

 

cigars, of

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The lumbering town of Ewen, which

 

 

has sprung into prominence lately as the

heavy logging operations, is to have a
bank. Wm. H. Gardner, formerly the
proprietor of the Edmore Exchange Bank,
will open the doors of the Ewen Ex-
change Bank Nov. 10.
6

The man whois ashamed of his politics

is of as little moral use in a community

 

ligion.

location of three mills, and the center of |

as is the man who is ashamed of his re- |

HENRY S. ROBINSON. CHAS. E. SMITH. RICHARD G, ELLIOTT.

H: S: ROBINSON SDC OMPANY:-

Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

 

Boots, Shoes * Rubbers,

99, 101, 103, 105 Jefferson Ave.,
DETROIT,

State Agents for the Candee Rubber Co.

MICH.

 

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Tasty Tailor-Made Clothing.

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10

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

Drugs # Medicines.

 

State Board of Pharmacy.
One Year—James Vernor, Detroit.
Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia.
Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Expiring Jan 1—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, D> vit.
freasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

na Ja ll

  

  

Next meeting—Saginaw, Jan

 

 

“Wichigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Vice-Presidents—l. H. L. Dodd, I

Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks. Mo
Treasurer—Wm.H Dupont, Detro
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman,

Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J

  

Kalamazoo;

 

r Bassett, Detroit.

E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthu

 
 
    
 

  

r
Next place rt on St.
River: time to be design

 

rand Rapids Pharmaceutical Seciety,

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,
‘Muskegon Drog Clerks’ Association,
ident N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

ere

  

 

Eighty-one Out of Ninety-nine.

At the November meeting of the Mich-
igan Board of Pharmacy, held at Lansing
November 1 and 2, there were ninety-nine
applicants for examination, of whom for-
ty-nine were granted certificates as regis-
tered pharmacists, and thirty-three cer-
tificates as registered assistant pharma-
cists, eighteen failing to receive either.
The names of the successful candidates
are as follows:

Registered Pharmacists — Charles E.
Abell, South Haven: Frank Baggott, Lud-
ington: George F.  Barbarin.
Frank E. Beard, Battle Creek: Anson
Bennett, Potterville: John B. Boyle, De-
troit: Wade B. Camburn, Hanover: Lew-
is Chamberiain, Grand Rapids: John Ep-
pley, Constantine: Paul Fitzgerald, Yale:
Wilder A. Gleason, Newaygo: Ross Haf-
fey, Detroit; Albert L. Hawk, Remus:
Elvin K. Huddle, Bloomviile, O.: Ernest
- A. Hunt, Lowell: Chas. 1. Jewell,
Pontiac; Lucius Judson, Clayton: Adam
L. Klemm, Saginaw: Samuel C. Law_
rence, Detroit; Guy Lockwood, Benton
Harbor; Alfred P. Lower, Hicksville. Q.-
Levi A. McDermitt, Detroit: Allen J.
McLaughlin, Detroit; Herman R. Mar-
winske, Saginaw: Ernest D. Matthew.
Ypsilanti; Richard E. Mercer,
zoo; William L. Newton,
Frederick x. North,
Olson, Ludington; Emory E.
Potterville: Marius C. Preysz
ids; Williz Juigley, Benton Harbor:
Louis F. Rice, Chester; Henry C.
ardson, Ada, O.: Charles A.
Grand Rapids: Edwin C. Rolls,
Fred J.
burg, Muskegon: Will R. Setehfield. Fen-
ton; Peter I. Sauer, Detroit; Garrett J.
Schrouder, Grand Rapids: William Sharp,
Detroit: George S. Sharrard, Yale: RBob-
ert W. Shaw, Port Hnron: John Staley,
Yale: Peter Stewart, Hadley; George F.

 

Stockbridge; Abel

Big Rap-

  

Walker, Detroit: Aiton W. Grandy,
Rives Junction.
Registered Assistant Pharmacists —

Ernest Anschultz, Alpena: Walter Beck.

Charlotte: Fred Burke, Richmond: Clar-|
Lewis Chap- |
Cornell, |

ence A. Cameron, Flushing:
pell, Grand Rapids: David A.
Copemish; Albert M. Edwards, Jr., De-
troit; Burt B. Fish, Edwardsburg: Fred
A. Forsyth, Carsonville: Orrin
land, Mason: Albert F. Gladhill,
trolia, Ont.: Edward B. Hamlyn, Battle
Creek; Theodore A. Jamison. South

Boardman; Fred H. Kelley, Detroit: John |
Le |
Leininger, |
Gladwin; Lester A. Newark, Brookfield; |

Kennedy,
Fevre,

South Lyon; Walter E.
Muskegon; John W.

Charles Niendorf, Colon; Harlan A. Main,
Tekonsha: Menold, Oscoda:

George J.

guchanan; F. W. B. |
ley.

Wurzburg and John }

Clair |
ive Committee.

 

Mason: |}

Kalama- |
Richmond; |

Palmer, }
Rich- |
Robertson, |

Detroit; |
Rothacher, Detroit: Oscar Ry-|

| mainder it will,

H. Free- |
Pe- |

Central Lake on a Boom.

CENTRAL LAKE, Nov. 5—There is no
denying the fact that Central Lake is ex-
periencing a genuine business boom.
| Sixty-five new buildings, large and small,
j have been erected during the present
| season and half as many more are now

in contemplation.

E. Walter has sold his hardware stock
| to Thos. Gould & Co., late of Breedsville,
| who will add to the stock and conduct
the buying and shipping of potatoes in
| connection therewith.

Mr. Walter has leased the east store in
| his new building to E. Davison, a Detroit
| Hebrew, who will shortly occupy the store
with a stock of dry goods and men’s fur-
| nishing goods.
| Geo. W. Miller has erected a two-story
| frame store building,22x44 feet in dimen-
sions and will occupy the lower floor witha
| clothing and furnishing goods stock as a
| branch of his Charlevoix establishment.
| The business here will be managed by F.
| M. Sears, who has been identified with
| the Charlevoix house for several years.

L. E. Boekes has moved his drug stock
into his new building.

C. S. Ramsey contemplates adding a
line of boots and shoes to his grocery
stock.

C. H. Whittington, who conducts a fur-
niture store at East Jordan, is erecting a
two-story frame building, 24x40 feet in
dimensions, and will put in a furniture
and undertaking stock.

Henry Sissons is erecting a two-story
frame building, 22x50 feetin dimensions,
which he will oceupy with his genera!
stock as soon as completed.

Thurston & Co. contemplate the erec-
tion of a two or three-story brick block
on their corner another season. Such an
improvement would be a fitting climax
to the business career of the house, which
has done business in Central Lake about
fifteen years and has acquired a reputa-
tion of which any firm might well be
proud.

E. Walter has decided to conduct a
hotel in the second story of his block and
will style the hostlery the Walter House.
He will cater particularly to the travel-
ing men.

$$
To Detect Counterfeits.

An expert gives the following rule for
detecting counterfeit United States paper
| money. The rule is not strictly infalli-
ble, but is so practically. He says:
“The cheek letter which the United
States notes and cirtifieates have in the
corners diagonally opposite to the note
number are made this way: The notes
are four on one sheet, A, B, ©, D, from
the top. Of course,as the notes are num-
bered consecutively,notes 1, 5, 9, 13, etc.,
would be A, and 2, 0, 16, 14, etc., B, and
soon. Soto get the check letter for a
| hote the rule is to divide by 4: if 1 is left
| over the check letter should be A; if 2, it
| Should be B, if 3. C, and if there is no re-
of course, be D. The
| counterfeiters use but one plate, and
| print all their notes alike, so that three
| out of every four aie sure to be wrong.”’

 

 

 

ct A
The Drug Market.
There are few changes to note this
week.
Linseed oil has advanced 1c per gallon.
Lycopodium is lower.
Lupulin is searce aud higher.
Quinine is steady.
Opium and morphia are unchanged.
2

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

 

 

William R. Murray, Detroit; William eI

Osterle, Grand Rapids; Ralph Pinckney,
Ypsilanti; Elon A. Richards. Saranac:
Harry D. Robson, Williamston: Franck C.
Schmitz, Pontiac; Jay Nelson Swift,
Eaton Rapids; Harry D. Tisdale. Stanton:
Edmon C. Waltersdorf, Charlotte; Ed-
ward C. Warren, Standish: Glenn L. Wil-
liams, Lapeer: William Zergenhagen,
Muskegon.

The next meeting of the Board will be
held at Saginaw on January 11, 1893.

~ > + o>

The man who goes into politics honest
and upright will take a tumble before he
gets out.

HOW’S THIS?

We offer one hundred dollars reward for any

case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s

Catarrh Cure.
r.J

for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin-
ancially able to carry out any Obligation made
by their firm
West & Trvax,
Watopine, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.

CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. |
We the undersigned, have known F. J Cheney |

}

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The Standard

(Patented in United States and Canada.)

 

 

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Is a practical Machine, Appreciated by
Practical Business Men,

It is handsomely furnished Combination
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It records both cash and credit sales.

It records disbursements.

It itemizes money paid in on account.

It enables you to trace transactions in dispute.

{t will keep different lines of goods separate.

It shows the transactions of each clerk,

It makes a careless man careful. :

It keeps an honest man honest and a thief
will not stay where it is.

It will save in convenience, time and money,
enough to pay for itseif many times over.

Each machine, boxed separately and warrant-
ed for two years.

For full particulars address

THE STANDARD AGENCY,

Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUSTA, WIS.

 

CUNFECTIONERY.

THERE’S MONEY IN IT PROVIDING YOU BUY THE BEST AND AT THE

LOWEST FIGURE.

FROM WHOM TO BUY.

OUR TRADE IS BOOMING,
THE TRADE THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN AND

WHICH IS PROOF THAT
ADJOINING STATES KNOW

WE MANUFACTURE A COMPLETE LINE OF

FIRST-CLASS GOODS AND EXECUTE ORDERS PROMPTLY.

THE PUTNAM CANDY Co.

 

75 Cents on the Dollar.

Michael Kolb & Son, wholesale clothiers,
Rochester, N. Y., have instructed me to
elose out balance fall stock, with few
exceptions, at above named reductions.
I always argued that instead of giving
one or two big houses benefit of these
bargains, same should be thrown into
whole market.

I shall be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand
Rapids, for the last time this season on
Friday, November 12, Thanking trade
for many mail orders sent in to the
house from all parts of the country for
Prince Albert coats and vests, it bespeaks
their excellence. They receive promt at-
tention.. Any of the trade desiring to
see me before above date, kindly drop
me a line at my permanent address

Box 346, Marshall Mich,
And I will soon be with you, and if |

haven’t got what you want, thank you
for sending for me.

 

WILLIAM CONNOR,
Representative of Michael Kolb & Son,
Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y.

OUR HOLIDAY CATALOGUE NOW READY,

Send for it!?

Hos Hassocks, Blacking Cases, Foot Rests

Carpet Sweepers.
SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St.

 

PLORIDA

URANGES,

We have made arrangements to receive regular
shipments direct from the groves and shall be in

a position to make close prices.

We have the

exclusive agency of the favorite “Sampson” brand

and will handle the ‘‘Bell”’

brand largely, which

will be packed in extra large boxes and every
orange will be wrapped in printed tissue.

PUTNAM CANDY Co.

 

 

 

HAVE AN ORIGINAL DESIGN

Printed on your Commercial Sta-
tionery, It don’t cost much.

Write to THE TRADESMAN COMPAN Y¥, They Do It.

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’ THER MICHIGAN TRADESMA N. 11

 

 

 

 

 
   

  

 

    

 

 

 

   
 

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GUMMI. Beda (graveleons).. 12@ 7: Cera Flava............ 38@ 40
3 Acacia, ist picked... e z Carul, (po. a 53 12 eae Ce 2 2
= 2s Cardamon............. 1 00@1 25 oes 2 SWISs
if 2 @ 3] Corlandram........... A 6 40
: — sorts... 6m 30 ee bee — - Chloroform | 60m 63
“7 PO eee -- <> Po Gone... ........ 7 : 5
0)... 50@ 60 : @1 25 a ni
Aloe, Barb, (po. 0 ° "@ 12| Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12) cnroral Hyd ri see “1 20@1 40
Cape, (po. Dipterix Odorate..... 3 00@3 2 ‘
66 tae Chondrus 20@ 25
oo; 8 ote (eid ae, 2 | Foonteutum...- 2. G %3] Cincnontaine, P. & W i5@ 20 ° : ; :
oe. 18, (368, 14 8, @ 1 | Foenugreek, po. ‘ o on ‘German 3 @ 12
16) de coe Foe is '
SF mont ig S22 S| Lin, gras (oi... 4g HA Jcoms, et, atm per OF Save Uren)
Assafoetida, (po. 35. @ 3 40
55 | Lobeli Creasotum @ 3
_  Benzoinum...... — = Pharlaris Canarian. 6 @6% ogee settee: 5
™ Campnors.,......-. -- =e a oe, 6@ 7 Creta, ee f...-.... @ :
Euphorbium po eee 35@_ 10 Sires is Albu an 10 @12 “ prep......... 0... 5@ =
Galbanum. es “ = ra Nisa 11@ 12 me precip. ed 7 ;
°7 cranes M(po 30) on : 6 25 SPIRITUS. Crates. ............... 33@ 35 We are Sole Preprietors of
Kino, (po o @ 4 Frumentt, Ww. . Co. 2 w0@2 > Cie @ uw
"i an oe = 1 tog 50 Dextrine 0.1 10 12 's Michi Catarrh Remed
(pit, (po 26... 1 %@1 8° | Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 7@1 75 | Ether Sulph. 68@ 70 Rat gr iH § 18 1gan d [ a
rs - Shellac ‘. a acu 300 = ‘ esl ee ‘a — 7 woe = = numbers... @ .
- bleached..... é jaacharum N. E...... ip! ot) ee
nena i 30@ 75|Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@s6 50 Ergota, ( tas oe 70@ 75 a a Ha
Mi In ounce packages. | Vini Oporto........... 1 2@2 00} Flake White Te 12@ 15 5
secret y,| Vint Alba.............125@200| Gallia. we
eee a Gambier. sores T @B We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of
> Bupatorium ...... = ne Gelatin, Gooper....... @ 70
ee oe - 33 Florida sheepy’ wool i “i French a 40@ 60
ajor a “* Sq | _ Carriage *o@2 50 | Giassware flint, 75 and 10. TO
+ Menghe Piporiea °°" 23 | wea hoop’ wool» | Slemmears, Mint, 7 WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
SUITLITED gp | pp Sattinge . Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 oo
ae a sea sine se lvet extra sheeps ? ee .
, = See eo. 2 — aon nate 110] White 20000000) 4508 2 GINS, W INES, RUMS.,
Thymus, V_..........-.---. 25] extra yellow sheeps’ pi aoa 2
a meenenens.. ee: ——— 25@ 55 L ae L
. Calcined, Pat. ...... = Grace scope’ wool car. 65 | Hydraag Chlor Mite. @ 85 MAT
Carbonate, Pat ‘ 35 | Hard for slate use. 75 :
o cuacanaee ed 300 36 Yellow Reef, for slate ia {0x Rubruin ¢ 7 We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only.
 oLEUM. a 7 ‘“ Unguentum. 4:@ 55/ We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante? satisfaction. !
¢ $ Absinthium ao wees a oan. o All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order.
’ Amygdalae,Dule .. .. 45@ 75]! Accacia eee eee ee = ee 1 aon in
CU .lrrCCCCs.
a re @0 | lodine, Resuibi...:....8 8 @3 9) i
' Auranti Cortex...... 2 ie OO Mer’ fog...) So fodokaras @A = i 2
LJ Berean 8... 3 25@3 50 —< ate = bias eee. = = k 4
\ D ie. 60@ 65|/ Rhei Arom..... Oe ees ) Opodinm .........- 6
Caryophyiif +++» 15@ 80] Similax Officinalis. a i 75@ 80 li : ay
35@ 65 ce 50 | Liquor — et Hy- e x
oe co ee ee 50 rarg Io
3 Chenopodi a 1S oo 50 | Liquor Cotas Arsinitis 10@ 12
Gases MB | on seen sane oot 8S GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
1 Mac.. na Gi Toluten ... .. i 50 a i
el oles --.. 9001 00! Pranus ¢irg........ Wt Manna, &.F......... 60@ 65

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

GROC.

The prices quoted in this list are for the trade onl
going to press and are an accurate index of the local
below are given as representing average prices for
those who have poor credit.

 

greatest possible use to dealers.

AXLE GREASE

doz gross |
Amore... .. 55 5 00
Castor Oil oo 9 (0
oon... Ce 5 50
———........ ... 8) 9
eo ..... 75 8 00
Paragon . 55 6 00
BAKING POWDER.
Acme
44 lb. cans, 3 doz.. _ 45
—— ia, 85
1 Ib. 1 1 00
aa......... 10
Arctic
\% bb cans _ 60
—- | 1 20
tb “— .2o
bb eee 9 60
Fosfon.
5 0z, Cans, 4 doz. in case so
16“ ci. oe i 2 00 |

Pr. Price’s.

Dime Car
1-0z

 

Red star, ¥% ib cans
‘ Kb «
Teifer’s,
_ \&% ib.
i> *

1 . ee
14 lb. cans, doz
+ ae “ee

per doz

a.

1

BATH BRICK.

2 dozen in case.
a, i.
Bristol. ....
Domestic
BLUING,
Arctic, 40z ovals
a Scox« -
pints, round
No.

No. 5,
1 oz ball i.
BROOMS,
ae ceer.......... :
as *

Be SOerpe
ms hl :

ren...
Common Whisk....
Fancy .
Warehouse........
BRUSH
Stove, No. 1 a.

10

ES.

. a oo
Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.
Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.
Palmetto, goose........

RUCKWHFAT

a

 

100 Ib. cases, 2 & 5

2, sifting box..

oO
33

90
80

“
‘

Gross

‘2
ie

4
8

_.o

-t

ak hat pt

he

00
0D
50
7

00
00
50

75

ASR

SRRs

DA

   

lb. pkgs $5 00
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes 10
Star, -40 ee 9
Paraffine 11
Wicking 2

CANNED GOODS.

Fish,
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 Ib
. . f........
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 Ib a
Cove Oysters.
Standard, 11b...
. 2 1b

~ “se .
Lobsters.
sib...
“e 2 ]
Picnic, i lb :
_ 2 eeeees os
Mackerel.
»....

Standard,
< 2 Ib

coed. 26
Tomato Sauce, 2lb........

Soused, 2 Ib

Salmor.
Columbia River, flat....
“ “ce

talis......

ns ic mie
=
8

inivisic
BSVs

1 he
®

&

ax

RRS

 

Sardines.
Aerie ts 4%@ 5
o es ue
Porte is. 1N@t2
' —. 15@ ‘6
Muse’ ird Xs a 7@8
Boneless 20
Tront
| Brook. 3 Ib 23
Fruits.
Apples.
3 Ib. standard
York State gious 3 60
Hamburgh %
Apricots.
Laveoak, ..... . 2 60
Santa Cruz.... 2 00
Luek’s._... 2 00
Overland . 1 90
Blackberries.
B.& W on 95
i Cherries.
| a . 1 20
| Pitted Hamburgh
| White ae 1 30
| Erie 1 20
| Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
| Gages
| Erie... ; 1a
| California lo 1a
| Gooseberries.
Common A 1 2
Peaches,
ae 1 30
Maxwell 2 00
Shepard’s ....... 1 85
California 2 0
Monitor 1 85
—ae |...
Pears.

Domestic . a 1 20
avo... 210
Pineapples.
Common.... .. oe 1 30
| Johnson’s sliced.... 2 30
| grated .. 2%

| Quinces.

Common .. oe 1 10
Raspberries.
— 1 30
Black Hamburg.... 150
Erie. black is
Strawberries.

Lawrence ... oe 12
Hamburgh 1 2
ae 1 30
an. 1 2
Whortleberries.

Common ... on 110
sw... 16
Blueberries ... 110
Meats.

Corned beef, Libby's. .....1 90
Roast beef, Armour’s.......1 7
Potied ham, % Ib..... 1
. . ... . =

tongue, & lb 1 35
. —o. .: 85
chicken, ¥ Ib....... 9%
Vegetables.
Beans,
Hamburgh stringless..... 1 2
Cc French style..... 2 25
. Py... “ok
ome 13
. a 80
Lewis Boston Baked........ 13%
Bay State Baked........... 135
World’s Fair Baked......__ 1 3
rcmiccakes, = =
Corn.
Jamburgh ee
Livingston Eden ...........1 99

 

| Purity Os \
noes Dew. ee
| mores Glory Cs

Soaked .... erence
} Peas,
| Hamburgh marrofat........ 1 35
. early Jane .....
| Champion Eng..1 50
| . petit pois 1 7%
| . fancy sifted .1 90
Peeere 65
(Getrisstendard...... «3%
»| VanCamp’s marrofat..... .1 10
i_- o early June.....1 30
| Archer's Early Blossom....1 35
| French ae i
| Musnrooms.
roe 15@20
Pumpkin.
| ing tte Sn 90
Squash.
ee 1 20
Succotash
ores 1 40
eee 80
aoe Dee... 1 60
ae. 1 35
| Tomatoes
ae. 1 05
meee 110
Tere ane EO 1 10
eee 30
Ot ne aa 2 60

market.

CHOCOLATE,

Baker's.
German Sweet.. .....
——-
Breakfast Cocoa........
CHEESE,
ee... 12
—....... “i
Dveceee
Coe Mem... ...
— | ...... 6 9
ieX...... . 1
oe 1 00
Leiden i. 2
Ltjebarer....._—_. @10
Poe @25
ae. @35
Sap Sago... Lo. 22
Schweitzer, imported. @24
. domestic .... @i4
CATSUP.
Blue Label Brand.
Half pint. 25 bottles 2%
Pint - Lee 4h
Quart i doz bottles 3 50
CLOTRES PINS,
5 gross boxes oe
COCOA SHELLS.
ib On... -_. o
Lees quantity .......... @3%
Pound packages...... 6%Q@7
COFFEE.
Green.

Rio.
ee ee
aoe. me |
os. --18
Golden...... .-20
Peaberry . oe

Santos.
ee -16
a
eee 18
ia... ae

Mexican and Guatamala.
ee Ll
Good..... 2
— | 23
Maracaibo.
—. os
Milled ey . 20
Java,
25
Private Growth.... a
Manteniing | Ss
ocha,
Pattation.. =. si. ae
———- . 00
Roasted.

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.

Package.

McLaughlin’s XXX XK
Bunola

Lion. 60 or 100 1b. case...

Extract.

Valley City % gross
Felix °

Hummel’s, foil, gross...
“ tin “

CHICORY.

ee

Ih

CLOTHES LINES,

Cotton, 40 ft...
_ sort...

ce

“ec

Jute

CONDENSED MILK.

4 doz. in case.
ae
Crown

Genuine Swiss...........

American Swiss.. .....

 

 

Si per tended...
5 * eee,
ss * Ce
8 . “ “ee

219) ‘“ co.
$20, * CC

 

tone a . 2
Sua see

tO

Sey Free

average conditions of purchase.
Subseribers are earnestly requested to point out

 

 

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pron
bial

 

y, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. Ph
It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those
». Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than
any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the

2 50
3 00
3 50
400
5 00
6 00
$ 1, per hundred. #3 00
$ 2, ce 3 50
$ 3, - 400
8 5, - 5 00
$10, - 6 00
$20, . 7 00

Above prices on coupon books
are subject to the following
quantity discounts:

———.... 5 per cent.
oe ° .. "
i000 20 "

COUPON PASS BOOKS,
ie be made to represent any

enomination from 810 down. |

   

teens... ............ $100
Se 2
—_— 3 00
— 6 25
— . 10 00
— eG
CREDIT CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n..... $3 00
—: « sg oe
ae, ee 8 00
Sol pece ll Ue
CRACKERS,

Butter.
ci ammamndlat. 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6%
way sce. CL $
Family XXX, cartoon...... 6%
aoe eee... 6
Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6%
eee ee
ee 8
Butter biscuit... -. 6%
Soda.
pees, 2k... oe 5
ee. TH
Soda, Duchess....... - 8%
Crystal Wafer........ oe
Long Island Wafers ...... 11
Oyster.
eer cee 6
Cmyiyeter. cae... 6
Perms Oyster... ..... 6
CREAM TARTAR.
ao oe... ll
Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35
eee 20@2z25
DRIED FRUITS.
Domestic.

Apples,

Sundried, sliced in bbls. 6

“ quartered “ 5%

Evaporated, 50lb. boxes @8

Apricots.

California in bags.......
Evaporated in boxes. .. 16%
Blackberries,
a 4%
Nectarines.

aoe.

pm bee...

Peaches,

Peeled, in boxes........ 19

Cal.evap. ‘ ee 14
_ . in begs. ..... 13

Pears,

California in bags.....

Pitted Cherries
=e... Ce

oo Dames... 20

a cd. 22

Prunelles,
oot. bomee..........._. 10%
Raspberries,

in een .............. 21%

or Sos... 22

ao 23

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras, in barrels....... 4%
" a 5
. in less quantity.... 5%

Peel.

Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes 20

Lemon xi =” . 10

Orange ee 25“ “ 11

Raisins—Domestic.

London layers, 2 crown....1 65

. “ +e oe

. — 2 00

Loose Muscatels. boxes..... 1 69
Foreign.

Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. @s8

Sultana, 20 ' os @il

‘Valencia,30 ‘ -- T4@ 8

|
i

Prunes.
Poe.
California, 100-120..........

. 90x100 25 Ib. bxs.
80x90 ' .

oe TH x80 oe

o 60x7 .
a 8
ee .

ENVELOPES.

XX rag, white.

%

e

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ee |

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FARINACEOUS GOODS.

 

Farina,
met. kee... 3%
ominy.
Dearcom...... eS es 8 00
I ie lc deeeee cues 3 50
Lima Beans,
oe 4
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 1b. box.... 55
imporea. 10%@11%
Oatmeal.
ease. 5
Halt barrols 100.......__.. 5
Pear! Barley.
ae ct . 2%
Peas
oon we... 1 65
Split perlb ..... ee 2%
Rolled Oats.
oe... Ll...
aor tee... lhl
Sago,
eee 4%
Reine 5
Wheat.
eee 5
FISH--Salt.
Bloaters.
comet
Cod.
eee
Whole, Grand Bank..... 6%
Boneless, bricks.. ...... 7%
Boneless, strips... ™%
Halibut.
Poked... 12
Herring.
Gipped, bbl... |... 8 25
mound, Oi, 9
as — liza, 65
Round Shore, % bbl...... 2 60
' ' . 1 35
eee 16
Mackerel,
ee a 5 %5
Mei ie 5 25
a 100
Family, 90 lbs i. oe
eo... 65
Sardines,
Russian, Kegs.............. 45
Trout.

No. 1, % bbls., 100]bs........ 6 50
Mo. 1, kis, Mike... 90
Whitefish.

No. 1, % bbls., 100]bs........7 50
ee 95
Family, % bbls., 100 1bs_... 3 00
' mite 10 Ihe.........

FLAVORING EXTRACTS,
Jennings’ D C,

Lemon. Vanilla

20z foldingbox... 75 25

3 0z oak -_. 1 50
402z © -.. oO 2

6 oz . a 3 00

3 oz S 6 0 4 u0

GUNPOWDER.

Austin’s Rifle, kegs .... 3 50

ve - ome ..... 2 0

e Crack Shot, kegs _.3 50

c \% kegs 2 00

‘** Club Sporting “ 450

“ % “ 2 50

HERBS.

Hops....

 

INDIGO.
Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes, . 50
LY.
= oo. 85
30 Oe eee o ues 1 20

 

CURRENT.

They are prepared just before

LICORICE.

ere 30

eee 25

ae 12

LYE.

Condensed, 2 doz......... .1 25

. on... ... 2 3%
MATCHES,

Mo, 9 sutphur......... 1 2

Sucker SGN. ..........._.. 7

oe eeme.................. 1 10

Raps parier...............40

 

3 or 6 doz. incase perdoz.. 95
MEASURES,
Tin, per dozen.
1 gallon . i a oe
Mail galion....... 1 40
eee 70
ee 45
a 40

Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.

 

 

oe... 7 00
Half gallon 2 20
aoe.
aa. Ll
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.

Guger ewes... j,k... 14
Cuba Baking.
rei... 16
Porto Rico,
ae 20
Pee 30
New Orleans.

a...  . 18
ae. 2
ee 2
Ceres ne 30
TT —. 40
One-half barrels, 3c extra
PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count. $6 50@7 00
Half bbls, 600 count.. 3 75@4 00
Small,

Barrels, 2.400 count. 7 50
Half bbls, 1,200 count 425
PIPES,
ay, ee 2... ifs

2 Oo. feceet |.
ote. 25
POTASH,

48 cans in case.
Perens 4 00
Poeun Salt Co%s.......... 8 25

RICE,
Domestic.
Carciina head........ 6
63 mai... 5
" as 4%
Pee 3b
Imported.
en et... 6
ee i ee
ere, lea les 5
eee 5
SPICES,

Whole Sifted.
aioe... 8
Cassia, China in mats......

' Batavia in bund....1

' Saigon in rolis...... 35
Cloves, Amboyna.......... .22

Peasieer..... ...
Mace Batavia....... .. a

Nutmogn, fancy............ %
o oO, £5.5,.0,.... 2: 70
ne 2........... .: 60
Pepper, Singapore, black.... 9
Re ' white... .20

<< —,.... | 15
Pure Ground in Bulk,
Oe
Cassia, Batavia.............18
. ' and Saigon. 2:

. ee e
Cloves, Amboyna.....

“

12

22

ne

Zanzibar..... i

Ginger, roe... 14
' ee v7

| Jee... ae
meee Pee WH

Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .i6
: Terme... 18

 

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Nutmegs, No ..00
Pepper, Singapore, black. 20
nie. ...- =
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Mee a
“Absolute” in Packages.
4s Rs

Boreas... “B4 155
Cirimamen. 84 155
Care 8 155
Ginger, —- 8&4 155

Neue el. ao 1s
intel a lo

comer... 84 1 55
Sage ll 84

SAL SODA.
See .
Granulated, boxes.......... 1%

SEEDS.

aimee... @12%

Canary, Smyrna....... 6

Cerewey .............. 8

Cardamon, Malabar... 90

Hemp, Russian....... 4%

mixed Bird .......... 4%

Mustard, white....... 6

ee 9
ee 6

Cutsie bome........ |. 30

STARCH.
Corn
20-Ib boxes ee 6
Ce 53;
Gloss.
= - packages See ee 5\
Se 5%

& Tb eee 6

49 and 50 1b. bexes......._.. 434

Serrom.... ... 5%

SNUFF.

Seotch, in bladders......... 37

Maccaboy, in jare........... 35

French Rappee, in Jars..... 43

SODA,
oe eet ieee scence Shy

meee, Meee... 4%

SALT.

100 31D. 8aCKs.......... ... 82%
Coib. ‘ 2 00
28 10-lb. sacks.. 1 85

ie 23

e350 Caseg............. 1 50

56 lb. dairy in linen sal 32

ai OC drill 18

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32
28 lb. “ec oc ee 18
Ashton.

56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75
Higgins.

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks 75
Solar Rock.

So ie. Sete... CL 27
Common Fine.
as... 80
Roose. 85
SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs, in box.
Charcue |: #3 30
Paes... 3 15
wanes... 3 30
etre 3 00
SOAP,

Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands,
Old Country, 80 1-Ilb........ 3 20
Good Cheer,G01 1Ib.......... 3 90
White Borax, i xX -1D...... 3 60
Proctor & Gamble.
CONOORE, 88 2 80
Ivory, 10 oz. oct. oo

So. 4 00

BemOm . ee ec. 3 65

Mottled German ee 3 15

go es 3 U0

Jas S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands.
Americ an. Family, wrp d. .83 30
- plain... 3 -

Se size.. 4 2
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s cee
Santa Claus 4 Ou

“ a“

Brown, G? bars............. 2 10
OO Bate... 2... 32
Lautz Bros, & Co.’s Brands.
Acme . ones 6:
Cotton Oil. us. 5 75
ee i. 2
Marseilies....... chee rte. © OO
ace...

Se oe

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50

  

hand, 3 doz 2 50
SUGAR.
Cos teat. ......... .. @ 5%
Cages ....,....,....... @5.44
Powdered XXXX. @ 5%
’ Standard.. @ 5%
Granulated, medium. 4.94@5.6
.-4.91@5.06

fine. .
Confectioners’ A.....

4%@ 5
5 .............. @a4
White Extra SC ..o @4.56
= Mee ee te eee @ 4%
ee a @ 4%
Golden es Le @ 3%
Yellow ..... @ 3%
Less than. bbls. ‘We ‘advance
SYRUPS.
Corn.
Peres... <5. ed ee
Pee eee 25
Pure Cane.
Pair .....
Good...
Ci,

SWEET GOODS

  

 

 
 

Ginger oS 8
Suger Creams......... 8
Frosted Creams....... 9
Graham Crackers..... 8%
Oatmeal Crackers.... 8%
VINEGAR.

oe... 7 @8

coer... @9

$1 for barrel.

WET MUSTARD,
rk, perce) 30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1%

YEAST.
Mace, —----- 1... oe
Waters .... oe
Yeast Foam oo 1 00
nee... 8 vie
Royal ei Aa 90

TEAS.

— ee
oe... @i7
Cee. @20
mere 2 24 @26
Cioteese.......... ----o8 Geet
——.. .... 10 @l12

SUN CURED.
eee @Ql7
Oem. 2... B20
Cegiee................ 28 Ge
ICOME et. 32 @34
pes... sa

BASKET FIRED.
Cee. 18 @w
Cheese @25
Choicest. . @35
Extra choice, ‘wire leaf @40

GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair....... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest....50 @65
Choicest fancy........75 @85

OOLONE. @26
Common to fair... ...23 @30

IMPERIAL.
Common to fair....... 23 @26
Superior tofine........30 @35

YOUNG HYSON.
Common to fair....... 18 @26
Superior to fine....... 30 @40

ENGLISH BREAKFAST,
eS 18 @2
Weeee....... |... 24 @28
pen... ._........ 40 @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

Pails unless otherwise noted
Miawethe ............ 62
sweet Cuba......... : 36
McGinty ee 27

 oeee....... 25
Demy Jim... .......- 29
Torpedo ee eee 2

in drums.... 23
Zum Yom ........... 2
—_—...... .. 23

~ @rams......_.... 22

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.
Secannead ......_..... 39
eee 26
Nobpy Pwist........._.. 40

Scotten’s Brands.
Mve.......... eo aes 24
aweane......... .... 38
Naliog Cigy _... 2... 34

Finzer’s Brands.

Old Honesty.......... 40
oomy Tar... 2

Smoking.

Catlin’s Brands.

Kiln dried.... toe eee Oe
Golden shower ............ 19
Huntress oe oe ae
Meerschaum . -29

American Eagle Co.’s ‘Brands.
mayrue Nagy... 41
Ce 32
Dmercan 8... a
a. ..................

Banner Tobacco Co.'s miiame
a... ..... 16
Banner Cav endish 3 38
Game 28

peices Brands.
Wares 16
Honey Dew..
~—— Bieck..... ..-- ....; 30

. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s

_—
eo ee 24
— 18
Standard .... 20

Globe Tobacco C 0.’8 Brands.
i 41

Leidersdorf’s Brands.
Co 24
Unele Sam....... __ «00 -RE@ae
Hed Clower o.. . S: 32

Spaulding & Merrick.
Tom and Jory... 25
Traveler Cavendish.. 38
pice ine... 3u
rom ey 30@32
orn (eee... 16

OILS.

The Standard Oil Co. ay
as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b
Grand Rapids:

 

 

mocene 844
Water White, old test. @8
WwW. W. Headlight, 150° 7
Water White ...._... @ 6%
Pawan... @7
Stove Gasoline........ @ 6%
@36
@21
@™%

 

HIDES PELTS and FURS
Perkins & Hess pay as fol-
WSs:

 

HIDES.
Green . ol... Sage
Part Cured . @ 4
oe @ 4%
as... 5 @5
Kips, —_ bee eee ee 24%@ 3%

——-............ @ 4%

Calfskins, oeen...... 4@5

eured...... @7

Deacon skins. . .10 @30
No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS

Seesrines ..........- 10 @2
eT 25 @ 90

WwooL.

Weshed.. .... .. SS ew
Unwashed .. ..10 @2w
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tene... 34%@ 4
Grease butter ........1 @2
Swicemom.- 1K%@ 2
Ginseng ee eee 2 00@2 75
FURS.

Outside prices for No. 1 only.
eager ............ - 50@1 00
eae 15 0O0@25 00
Beaver . os --3 W@7 00
Cat, ee 40@ 50
Cat ogee... 10@ 25
Mignon . 4 00@6 00
Pex, ted............ .1 00@1 50
HOx, Ceoms........_. .3 VO@5 00
tess 2 Brey Pg eee oe. . OA &
nant 2 00@3 Ou
om. ‘dark. 1.00@3 00

= pale & yellow. 10)

Mok Gark........ 40@1 10
Muskrat a 03@ 10
Opporsnin.. 0... 15@ 30
iter Gare ...... -.5 00@3 00
Maeceeom ........ .... 2 5
Skunk tt succes eek Cn we
a... 1 v0@3 00
Beaver castors, lb....2 00@5 00

DEERSKINS—per pound,

Thin and a. sce. 10
Long gray, dry. 20
Gras dry |... o. 25
Red shor y Blue, dry... .. 35

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 64
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 64
MEAL.

Bened... ............ i... 1a
Cranmumiatod.......... 1 60
FLOUR.

Straight, in encks......... 400

Darrela........ 4 2

Patent “ secks......... 500

. _ barrels... _-. ao Oe
— ray sacks... 2

Buckwheat, Rising Sun....4 %5
Walsh-DeRoo

@&€on Par... ........_. 4 50
MILLSTUFFS.
Less

Car lots quantity
am... “7 50 $14 UU
Screenings .... 12 00 12 50
Middlings..... 14 £0 15 00
Mixed Feed... 18 00 18 Ov

Coarse meal .. 18 00 18 00
CORN.
Con toe... 45
Lesa than car lots.......... 47
OATS.
Car ing... 38
Lesa than car lots........... 40
New oats, = less.
No. 1 Timothy. yo lots....10 50
No. 1 _ ton lots .....12 00
FRESH MEATS.

Swift & Company quote as fol-
lows:

Beef, Carcass...... - 4%@ 5
hind quarters. . 5 @ 5k

" fore LS. . 3%@ 4
loins, No. 3...8 @38%
. ree. 8... 7 @%%

meee... |. $4@ 5
.............. @ is
Pork iofps ............ @ 9%
“ shoulders .. @™%

Sausage, blood or head @5

liver @5

: Frankfort . @8

—s... ll Ci; 7 @s

——.... 7 = 7

|

FISH and OYSTERS.
ge. 2. Dettenthaler quotes as

follows:

FRESH PISH.
Werenteh ........... 8 @2
ares ........ .--.., 8 @9
Balinnt....... bee @15
Ciscoes or Herring.... 5 @ 6
Bluefish... 11 @iz
Fresh lobster, per Ib 20
Soft crabs, per doz.. 1 00)
Shrimp, per i — 1 25}

oF 10 @12

pe 1 Pickerel......... @s
Piee. ooo. ace... @z
Smoked White ... @7

OYSTERS—Cans,

Fairhaven Counts.... @35
Po. . Serectw.....:. @30
BeeCNs 8... @25
PO ce . @2z
engerds .... @i9

SHELL 600Ds.

a, per Oe ci, 1 7 &
0 Ce. 5@1 00

 

THE MIcHI [GAN TRADESMAN.

PRODUCE MARKET,

Apples—Baldwins are about the only variety
offered at present, for which dealers ask
per bu.

Beans—Choice country picked command $1.60
@$1.75 per bu.

Butter — Strong and firm. Dealers pay 18&@
for choice dairy and hold at 20@22e.

Cabbages—Dealers pay $4@%5 per 100, holding
at $6.

Cauliflower—81@#1 25 per doz. heads.

Celery—Choice home grown commands 2@25e
per dozen bunches.

Cider—ize per gal.

Cranberries—The market is weaker and a little
lower Cape Cods are held at $7.50 per bbl. and
Jerseys at $2.50 per bu. crate.

Eggs— Dealers pay 20c for strictly fresh
stock, holding at 22ce. The cold stor rage men are
happy over the prospect of 2c a doz. for
their holdings.

Grapes—Concords command 22c per basket.
Honey—Dealers pay 14@15c and hold at 15@16e.
The crop is generally thought to be short.
Onions—Firmer and in better demand.

lers pay 8J¢ and sold at 9 ¢ per bu

Potatoes—The market is strong and firm, with
no prospect of lower prices. Dealers pay 55¢
here and 5vc at outside buying points

Quinces—§2.50 per bu.

Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce.
seys readily command # per bbl.

Turnips—30e per bu

cp ve

$2.75

20

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PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co,
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

moss, HOW. ..._..._... 13 50 |
Recrceue... 16 00 |
Extra clear pig, ‘short cut. io... oe ORT
mower Chenk Heavy i
Clear, fat beck el . 27 60}
Boston clear, short cut. 17 Ov |

Clear back, suelo a

Standard clear, short cut, best... 17 06
sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage....... Sh

Pe Re 9

 

 

 

 

eee Sa 9
Frankfort Sausage (oie
Blood Sausage....... ..... a 5
Hemgne siiiees S 3
Bologna, fen... to |
Ee oo
LARD.
Kettle Com- |
Rendered. Granger. Family. pound.
Tierces ......934 9 6% 5
50 lb. Tins... .934 914 6% Ge |
20 Ib. Pails.. 9% 944 6% 6% |
10 lb. ia 4 95% 7 6%
Sip. “* ..10% 934 7%, 7
si «6 *Cté«i¥ SG 9 74 7
BEEF IN BARRELS,
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.. 6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing... ooa..., Gon
PeOncions, rump DG 75
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 ee. 11%
Gime... eee esas ee
c ' ite tiie. eee
— mee 814
«best boneless. . oe 93,
Ce ue. 814
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................... 1144
Dried beet, han pricos..................- _ 8
ous Cream Neayy ...... !
Ee 8%
“ light . . 1. wae
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK CANDY.
Cases Bblis. Pails,
Standard, por Ib......... 6% 7%
- eT 6% 1%
ra ve... 6% Ts
Boston Creams ...... .... 8
Cut Loaf. Loe 8%
Extra H. H........ 8%
MIXED CANDY.
Bbls Paiis
oo 6 z
6 7
—..,.......... ...... 644 7%
Neeey... oe 8
Musien Reek.................- oe 8
Comper ven ... .... a 8
ee baskets | 8
PeanutSquares............ 9
French Creama.......... : 10
Valley Creams......... ict es 13
Midget, 30 Ib. baskets eee S
moon com Ce ,, 8
Fancy—In bulk
Pails, |
Lozenges, sare ee 10
5 Mee 11
CHoemaIcrnOMs.... 11%
Chocolate Monumentais....................- 13
— ll... 5%
Moss Drops...... Be ee ae eS |
eee ee. 8% |
nae... mm |
Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box |
remen ee 55
Bees foe eee sees pees eas 55
nt a ee ee ee ce ’
a 6
HM. Choeeiaie rome... ee 90
on sree. 40@50
ERGO CP ee 1 00
| A, im Eicon Eee 80

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written from the experience and observation of
an old merchant. It treats of Selection of Busi
ness, Location, Buying, Selling, Credit, Adver-
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships, ete. Of
great interest to every one in trade, $1.60.

THE TRADESMAN CO., Ag’ts.

Lozenges, plaiz .
vay printed. ia

Imperials..

Mottoes.

Cream Bar...

Molasses Bar.

Hand Made Creams.

Plain Creams..... .

Decorated Creams....

String Rock. !

Burnt Almonds.

Wintergreen Berries..

CARAMELS,

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 1, wrapped, 2 Ib. boxe s 24
Ne. 1, ut 3 So:
No. 2 2 : ' 28

No. 3, 3 . Sena as _. 2

Stand up, 5 lb. boxes... oO

BANANAS.

Small... . :

Medigime .-.  , aa. -) GOA) 75

Large Vs ec. QF

ORANGES.

a @4 50

LEMONS.

Messina, choice, 360.. @

. fancy, 300. .... @
choice 300,..... @
faney 300 Maioris......__..

OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.
Fi igs, fancy lg iyers, 6 bb. od @
10 D. te 4 _ @13
extra 1... dct cu oe a @i6
2... ! @
Dates, Fard, 10 Ib. ..... @&s
Sin @ 6%
. Persian. 50:1. Dox. @ 4%
NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona. a @19
Wace... ... ee @il7
California....... @18%

Brazils, new..... @ 9

Filberts oo G@i1%

| Walnuts, Grenoble @l5

. Marbot @
Chili @10

Table Nuts, fancy. @13%
choice . Le. @i2%

| a Texas, Hy. F., .... 124%@14
| Cocoanuts, full BACKS... @5 50
| PEANUTS.
| Fancy, EP. Sus... be S@ 5%
" ** Roasted @ im
| Fancy, H. P., Flags co @ 5%
| [ ‘* Roasted @i%
| Choice, i. P., Extras... @ 4%
Ea @ 6%
California Wainuts . 1244
Crockery & Gla assware
FRUIT JARS.

ae 8 © oo

| Quarts.. ieee ec | 2. ee

Half Gallons.. oo lhe

—................ ..,...,.,...,........... 2

Zubbers ee ee ee oe 40)

LAMP BURNERS.

No. 0Sun. ie oe. ee ee 5

No. 1 ee ee ae aa le 50

No. 2 oe 75

nas. hl 75
LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box.

6 doz. in box.

Ne Game 6... 1%

Neat ~*~ 1.1... 1 88

Na.> * 2 70

First quality.

No. 9 Sun, crimp a a 2 25

Noi * a a 2 40

Nae * ..3 0

XXX Flint.

No. 0 Sun, crimp ce ee 60

No. 1 80

No.2 “ “ “ 30

Pearl top.
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...
» te se ae se

Phimco wots
pe ¢
>

Oe a
No. 2 Hinge, ‘ . 88
La Bastie.
No. 1 Sun, plata bulb, — (oe dee, 1B
No. 2 Le 1a
mo. 1 Grip, perdos....... 1 35
Nos “ q oe... 1. &
LAMP WICKS.
No. (, per BTOSS ... eee cae. 22
No. 1, at 28
No 2, CT eee eee | | a. 38
No. 3, i.
oli. per doz. oe .. %
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, 1 and @gal............. 06%
Jags, 4 gal. perdos ..........
ree 90
2. ee... .. 2 Se
Mie Fare, eel per ce......... ........ &
' yy ‘ oo os 75
c C : ' . <eeueaes OS
glazed 90

 

“CHASE & SANBORNS

 

iS THE BEST

 

 

COAL AND WHEAT.

The indications are that the advance in
the price of anthracite coal, engineered
by the great combination formed last
January, of the majority of the companies
producing and carrying it, has reached
its limit, and can go no further. |
never shared in the apprehension which
was generally felt, when the combination

was announced, that its power would be}

exerted oppressively.
demonstrated over and over again that
an increased price, even of anecessary of
life, diminishes consumption, and if the
increase is carried above a certain point
it stops consumption altogether. Al-
though winter is now at hand and the
need of fuel would naturally cause an in-
creased demand for coal, and thus an in-
crease of price, the price has not been in-
creased, and the output for the coming
month isto be diminisped.

The ultimate failure of any attempt to
raise artificially the price of acommodity
of general use above its natural level is
conspicuously shown by the recent
course of the price of wheat. A year ago
it was discovered that the wheat har-
vests of Europe had been unusually bad,
while ours had been as unusually good.
At once the growers of wheat became in-
fatua‘ed with the idea that by holding it
back from the market they could com-
mand any price for it, almost, that they
chose to exact, and they did, in fact, raise
the price considerably. But this very
rise, besides inviting competition from
other wheat growing countries, reduced
the consumption of the cereal. and now,
although Great Britain has had another
harvest quite as bad as that of last year,
she has more wheat offered to her than
she wants, and our railroads and our ele-
vators are crammed with the surplus of
last year’s crop. as well as of this year’s,
waiting for buyers at the lowest price
ever known.

This depressed condition of the market
for wheat, which is completely explained
by its excessive supply, will perhaps re-
new the talk which was common twe
or three about the
influence of the fall of
in stimulating exports of the

years azo
silver
grain
from India and thus, by competition
reducing the price of that exported from
this country. That the fall in the gold
value of the rupee had something to do
with the matter at first is indisputable.
The Indian wheat grower, who sold hi:
wheat in the London market when silve
first fell, got more rupees for the pound
sterling than he would have got with silver
at its old value, and thus, seemingly.
was better rewarded for his labor. But
this in the nature of the case could not
last long.
ties have gradually adjusted themselves
to the new value of the rupee, and now
the net proceeds of wheat from Indiaare
no greater in purchasing power than they
were at the old rate.

Other causes, too, have stimulated the
export of wheat from India to Great
Britain and made it a competitor with
ours in the British market. One of these
was the opening of the Suez Canal, which
made the voyage around the Cape of
Good Hope unnecessary, and thus avoid-
ed the long exposure of Indian wheat to
the tropical heat which experience showed
spoiled it for use. Another was the
repeal of an export duty which until 1873
was laid upon it in India. Another and
the most important, was the perfection of
the Indian railway system, which now

The prices of other commodi-

Experience has |

| furnishes an easy and cheap means of
| transportation between the vast wheat
| fields of the northern portion of the
|ecountry and its seaports. The famines
of 1877, 1878, and 1879 prevented, for a
|time, these increased railway facilities
| from producing their full effeet, and it
was not until 1880, several years after
| the fail in silver began, that the exports
of wheat from India assumed importance.
How little the price of silver has had to
dowith increasing them since then is
shown by the fact that they were less in
1581-82 than they were the previous year,
and very much less in 1889-90 and in
1890-91 than they were in 1886-87. Last
year they arose to an unusual figure, ow-
ing tothe same cause which increased
our Own exports, but this year they have
fallen again to where they were year be-
fore last. India, in fact, suffers from
our competition as muchas we suffer
from hers.

with the markets of the world vast areas

doing the same thing. The additional
supply thus furnished has, for the mo-

consumption may
them.

eventually

sylvania have,
fearing a catastrophe like that which has
overtaken the growers of wheat. No
mines of anthracite exist nearer than
Colorado, and both these and the anthra-
cite mines in Wales are too far away to
ve formidable. If the producers can suc-
ceed in perfecting and maintaining the
combination at which they aim, and_ to-
ward which the recent acquisition
by the Reading Railroad Company
of the New York and New England
Railroad is said to be the latest step,
they Can maintain the price of anthracite
at sumething like its present level. But
anthracite coal is not the only fuel inthe
world. Bituminous and semi-bitumi-
and in cheapness of extraction from the
earth, and while the mines which yield
them are more distant from this part of
the country than thuse of anthracite, and
their heat-producing value is less, they
can easily be substituted for anthracite

it.

pletely at the merey of the threatened
authracite coal combination as seems to
be supposed. As to wheat, while we
must expect some reaction from the
present low market, the area of land

alone, to say nothing of the rest of the
world, is too vast for any combination
to control its price. It is true that the
Western farmers indulge in the delusion
that the proposed Anti-Optian law will
enable them to sell wheat at a higher
price than they have been doing, but
that law has not been enacted, and, if it
should be, it would fail of its intended
purpose. Our coal supply and our wheat
supply are both alike safe against mo-
nopoly, and as our immense cotton crop
guarantee us an abundance of cheap cloth-
ing, sO are we sure of plenty of cheap
food and of cheap fuel.
MATTHEW MARSHALL.

 

 

    

‘CHASE & SANBORN’S
A SPECIAL

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While her railway system |
has been bringing into communication |

ment, swamped prices, though a larger |
restore |

indeed, no ground for |

nous coals exceed it in available amount |

whenever the difference of price justifies |

The public is, therefore, not so com- |

capable of producing it in this country |

 

of wheat producing land, ours has been |

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

THE UNPRODUCTIVE SURPLUS.

Written for THE TRADESMAN.

|
|

|for which it was first prescribed may

Among the worries of mercantile life |
a considerable portion may be charged |

up to dead stock. How to keep it from
accumulating, and how to dispose of it
to the best advantage, are questions ev-
er recurring to one who desires to make
the most of his capital. No matter if it
has been bought to the best advantage
both as to price and quality; there can
be no profit from it until sold and paid
for.

In cities and large towns the auction
room is the natural outlet when all other
plans fail to diminish the undesirable
surplus. In spite of the wisest foresight
in buying, every dealer finds a larger
proportion than he has anticipated that
does not move out with the other stock.
The proportion varies with different
branches of business, being largest in
lines where fashion controls sales, but,
at the worst, does not prove a total loss.
The stocks which fashion has outgrown
in the city may meet a profitable demand
in localities where buyers are not con-
trolled by artificial tastes, , at least,
are not so eager to indulge in the expen-
sive luxury of the very newest styles.

The civilization of to-day, thanks to
inventive genius, is rapidly adding not
only to its wants but to its luxuries as
well; but, thanks to the same genius,
these wants are more economically sup-
plied. Asa natural result, this enlarges
the variety kept in every line of trade,
and this indirectly tends to the increase
of dead stock. ‘The dealer of the present
age, therefore, must be peculiarly well
qualified if he expects to meet promptly
the fluctuating wants of a public who
discard to-day what pleased them yester-
day, and select novelties that, in turn,
have an equally short-lived demand.

Country stores, where goods of a mis-
cellaneous kind are dealt in, become the
depositories of dead stock more from
careless good nature while trying to in-
dulge a capricious demand than from any
lack of business prudence in the propri-
etors. By setting aside in a class by it-
self and marking down, such a stock ean
be disposed of at very little loss if the
dealer is fortunate enough to have a list
of profitable customers. Thus, in most
every species of traffic there is a way by
which the dead stock can be cleared up

at some price to repair partially the
waste inevitable in all business ven-
tures.

But, in the retail drug trade a large
portion of dead stock has no hope of a
resurrection; the druggist can be re-
lieved of the deceased remains only by
the help of the undertaker. And the
worst feature in his case is that he can-
not use the lessons of experience, as
others do, by future care in buying. Out-
side the lines of patents, sundries, show
case goods and cigars, his purchases
must be made in a blind belief that Proy-
idence will send buyers as he does dis-
eases. So far as the stock of most shelf
goods is concerned, he is wholly at the
mercy of the medical profession. Un-
like patents, it cannot be unloaded on
customers who may have extemporized
ailments to fit the medicine. The drug-
gist is in_honor bound not to prescribe,
and yet he feels compelled to meet the
demand of every prescription written by
the physician, although it may eall for
special pharmaceutical products that are
only experimental, and may never be
duplicated. Though it may be satisfac-

 

a
tory in its effects, no cases like the one

again occur. In either case, another
product has come to permanently oceu- |
py shelf room and breed another night- |
mare in the druggist’s slumbers already
haunted by many disturbing phantoms
that are the natural outcome of his pro-
fession. Week by week, he sees the list
of fluid extracts increase, although the
aggregate sales may be decreasing.
Their use depends on the demand made
through the medical profession which,
being progressive and liberal, is much
given to the testing of new remedies
that often prove more expensive to the
compounder than to the patient. Then
come the special products of ingenious
chemists, first brought to the notice of
the public by physicians who are expect-
ed to test them and then prescribe what
proves to be an endless combination of
multiplex ingredients. These load the
druggist’s shelves and drawers, adding a
most exasperating feature to his invoice
of dead stock, thus rightly named be-
-ause buried in the list of obsolete rem-
edies. When the price lists of these
multiform compounds sent in from the
manufacturters are all at hand and
eontents noted, one is reminded of the
expression used by the enthusiastic
writer of the last chapter in Revela-
tions. After a careful reading it may
be truly said that, if the products there
enumerated were actually prepared in
quantities sufficient only for samples to
be distributed among the entire drug
trade of the country, ‘l suppose the
world could not contain the medicines
therein mentioned.’’

Once bought for experiment, or be-
cause, like the Thompson doorplate, they
may at some future contingency be called
for, they cannot be sent to an auction
room with any hope of a sale, as may be
done with goods that are simply unfash-
ionable. The man who shall invent a
plan for utilizing druggists’ dead stocks
will deserve their everlasting gratitude;
and, if he can contrive a way by which
the true commercial value of each chem-
ical product may be tested as easily as
its qualitative analysis is determined,
the royalty on the scheme would be
worth many fortunes: until this is
done, the drug trade will stand pre-emi-
nent in carrying the largest proportion of
dead stock.

Although dead or slow-moving stock
is an inevitable disadvantage in all kinds
of business, it may still be counted
among the minor evils, to be avoided or
endured as each dealer manages his line
of traffic. No man can entirely master
the difficult problem of how to avoid
losses of this kind; but, if blest with
fair powers of judgment and memory,
he may learn by his mistakes how to bet-
ter arrange his purchases to catch the
popular demand. If he be a genius, he
may create such a demand, for, if gen-
erous and prudent, he may give away
dead stock and find it returned to him,
like bread ‘‘cast upon the waters,’ in an
increase of trade. The worst use to
which he can put it is to raffle it away,
for that is demoralizing and is not busi-
ness.

To the unfortunate druggist who can |
pursue successfully none of these cours-
es, my advice is to have patience—grin
and bear it. Most people consider you a}
millionaire wallowing in luxurious prof-
its—let them live and die in that com-

 

forting belief. The wealth they impute

to you,
dividends, does not deplete y

account by taxes, insurance or
Let such watered stock balance
dead stock. But, if, perchance,
make an unusually good bargain,
tally put the excess of profit against its

your
repairs.
your
you
men-

due proportion of dead or dormant stock; |

and, in time, you may succeed in wiping
out this undesirable surplus without be-
ing obliged to accept the services of that
dernier resort, the too willing sheriff |
or his accomplished deputy.

P. WHITMARSH.

 

ATLAS |
SOAP

Is Manufactured
only by

HENRY PASSOLT,

Saginaw, Mich.

 

 

 

For general laundry and family
washing purposes.

 

Only brand of first-class laundry
soap manufactured in the
Saginaw Valley.

 

Having new and largely in-
ereased facilities for manu-

facturing we are well prepar-
ed to fill orders promptly and
at most reasonable prices.

 

Micuican CENTRAL

 
   
 

“* The Niagara Falls Route.”
DEPART. ARRIVE
Detroit Express -.. 7:00am 10:00pm
eed .... 4... -- 705am 4:30 pm
Day Expre -. 1:20pm 10:60am
*Atlantic & Pac - 1:00pm 6:0an
New York Express.. 5:40pm 10:45 pn
*Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express

trains to and from Detroit. |

Ekegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit
Express at 7 a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m.
arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

FRED M. Bria@es, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St.

A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.

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

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

TIME TABLE

NOW IN EFFECT.

 

  

ey aula
TUS

Teas
if eT

        

 

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave ijtNo. 14\tNo. 16/tNo.

 

18|*No. 82

- Chicago...
ea Milwaukee. |
G’d Rapids, i | 6 ‘50am|10 20am) 3 25pm) it 00pm
Route... Ar| 7 45am/11 25am) 4 27pm/12 42am

St. Johns ...Ar| 8 30am|i2 17pm! 520pm| 2 00am
Owoss)......Ar} 905amj 1 20pm) 6 65pm! 3 10am
E. Saginaw... Ar |10 50am| 345pm) 8 Opm| 6 6 4am
Bay City -Ar|11 30am] 4 35pm) 8 87pm} 7 15am
Mint -...... Art )10 05am 3 45pm) 7 (5pm) 5 40am
Pt. Huron...Ar| 112 05pm 5 50pm} 8 50pm) 7 30am
Pontiac ......Ar/10 58am} 3 05pm 8 25pm | 5 37am
Betroit..... .. Ar|#1 50am 405pm! 925pm)} 7 00am

 

WESTWARD.

\\*No. 81 |tNo. rm itNo. 13

 

Trains Leave

 

 

Ly. Deteen..... ........] ||10 45pm 6 Sdam| 110 5 50am
G’d Rapids, Ly... ....i| 7 Gam} 1 pm) | 5 —
Gd Maven, Ar....... i} 8 25am] 2 10pm| Gi —

Re
Chicage Stir. “ ... a a ites
*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m.,
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains arrive from the
p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet
car, No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11
Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager,
BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent.
Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent.

west, 10:10a. m., 3:15

although drawing no material |
bank |

 

23 Monroe Street.

15

Grand Rapids é& indiana,

 
 
  
 
 
 
 

 

 

   

 

   

Schedule in effect September 25, 1892
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrive from Leave going
South. North.
as adiNae and Saginaw... 6:15 am 7:20 a m
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm
For Cadillac « t j 4:15 pm
For Petos 10:10 pm
| From C ‘hic are and K
Train arriving from and 9:00am
daily. Others tra ins
Arrive from Leave going
North. South,
| For ¢ it i ee ogee 6:30 am 7:00 am
| For Kalamazoo and Chicago 10:05 am
For Fort Wayne and the st.. 11:50a m 2:00 pm
} For Cincinnati . 5:15 pm 6:00 pm
For Kalan cago 11:00 p m 11:20 pm
From Sagi i - 11:50 a m
From Sagi A Loe 11.00 pm
Train le t at 11 20 p. m.runs daily; all
j Other trains daily except St inday

SLEEPING

& PARLOR CAR SERVICE

~ | NORTH

1:10 p m train has parlor

Rapids to Petoskey and M ve ri aw.

Ee: 10 pm ee ing car Grand
ids to Petoske

‘ar Grand

 

 

sini

 

0 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand

Rapids to Cincinnati

10:05 2m train.—W: agner Parlor Car
Granu Rapids to Chieago.

6:00 pm train. —Wagner Sleeping Car

Grar nd Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;20 pm train. —Wagner Sleeping Car
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

thence via G. RH. @&E E.R.
Lv Grand Rapids _ 05 am 2:00 p m
Arr Chicago 3:35 pm 9:00 p m
10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Slee ping Car.

11:20 p m
6.50am

Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10 pm 10:10 p m
Arr Grand Rapids 1:50 pm 8:35 pm 6:50 am
3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m

train daily, through W val r Slee ee ar.

M uskegon, Gr rand Rapid s&In diana,

For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive
6:55 am 10:00 & m
11:25 am 4:40 pm
5:30 pm 9:05 p m

Dunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05a m, ar-

riving at 10:20 a m. Returning, train leaves Muske

gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Gsand Rapics at 5:45 p m.

 

Through tickets and f ail information can be had by
calling upon A, Almaui: ticket agent at Union Sta
tion, or George W. Mun on, Union Ticket Agent, 67
Monroe 26 street, Grand Rapids, Mic

 
  

.L. LOCKWOOD,
al Passenger and Ticket Agent

CHICAGO

(ener

 

Deer. oy

Qv
» 1892.

 

 

 

     

 

  

AND WES! MICHIGAN R’Y,
GOING TO CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......8:50am_ 1:25pm *11:25pm
Ar. CHICAGO 3:35pm 6345pm *7:05am
RETURNING FROM CHICAGO.

Lv. CHICAGO :25pm *11:15pm
Ar. GR’D RAPIDS. -4>opm *7:05am
TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST JOSEPH AND
NDIANAP LIS.

Ly. G RB t n *11:35pm
Ar. GR “6:10am 3°55pm 10:45pm
To AND FROM MUKEGON,

Ly. & R.. $:50am 1:2 5:30pm
Ar. G. & i. 10458 20pm

TRAVERSE CITY, MANI
ov or...
Ar. Manistee
Ar Felon se City
Ar. C voix
from ” Petoskey. ete., It; from
Traverse ¢ ity 11:50 a m, 10:00 pm
THROUGH CAR SERVICE.
Wagner Parlor ¢ urs Leave Grand Rapids 1:2
pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p ii
WwW agner Sleepers Leave Grand Rapids *}1:35
; leave Chicago *11
ree Chair Car for M:

     

1 735 Pp mM.
Svery day. +Except Saturday. Other trains

week days only

 

 

 

    

 

DETROIT. SEPT 11, 1892

4 a i
“LANSING = NORT HE mn R. R.
GOING TO DETROIT.

Ly.G R 7:00am Spm 5:40pm 1:30pm
AY. DET... .11 30am 23pm 10:35pm *7:30am
RETURNING FROM DETROIT.

Ly. DETR.... 7:50am *1 35pm 5:15pm *11:00pm
Ar.G R.......12:55pm *5:25pm 10:20pm *7:0¢am
TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS,
Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. GR 11:50am 10:40pm
TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R.

opm 5:40pm

... (00am 1

.. 12:55pm 5

THROUGH CAR SERVICE,

Parlor Cars on all day trains

Rapids and Detroit. g

trains Parlor cars to S: iw Oh morning train,
*Every da,. Other trains week days only.

GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

Lv. Grand Rapids...
Ar. from Lowell...

     
  

between Grand
r Sleepers on night

   
 

 

Toledo, Anu Arbor & North Michigan
Railway.

In connection with the Detroit, Lansing &
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e
offers a route making the best time betwe
Grand Rapids and Toledo,
ViA D., L. & B,

Ly. Grand Rapids at 7:15 a.m and 1:00 p. m.

Ar. Toledo at ..... -.- 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p, m.
VIA D., @. H. & M,

Ly. Grand Rapids at .. ee 50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.

Ar. Toledo at.......... 2: 2:55 p.m. and 10:20 p. m,

Return ———— saan as good,
. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent,

Toledo, Ohio.

 

 

  

16

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

The Hardware Market.

General Trade—Business starts off the
first week in November with a rush,
which is contrary to the usual custom
the week before +a National election.
This year everybody seems to be business
first, politics afterwards, and it is much
the best way. Which ever way it goes.
the country is safe. The cold snap put
everybody on the alert to close up build-
ing contracts and get ready for winter.
Stoves, zinc boards, stove pipe, elbows
and all articles in the stove line have
been in specially good demand. Horse
and snow shoes, bar iron and toe calks
have been moving very freely, also, as
blacksmiths are stocking up, getting
ready for snow and ice.

Steel Billits—As the price of steel bil-
lets largely governs the price of wire and
steel nails, barbed and plain wire, the
market price of billets must be closely
watched. At present they are quite
scarce and at from $3 @ $4 a ton higher
than in October. If this advance should
last through the winter, higher prices
must prevail.

Barbed Wire—Owing to firm advances
in steel billets, manufacturers of wire
are withdrawing their low prices, and
are declining to quote except for immed-
iate shipment. Orders are being placed
liberally for spring shipments, with job-
bers who are willing to accept them.

Wire Nails—Mills have withdrawn low
quotations recently made, and are ask-
ing 5 cents a keg more for well assorted
orders. The general impression is that
prices will be higher before they are
lower.

Window Glass—Still very scarce, the
recent advance being fully maintained.

 

80 aud 10 discount is the best price now
being named.

Powder—Another drop in price has
taken place. Dupont has been reduced
to $3.50 per keg for rifle and other sizes
in proportion. Other powder manufac-
turers will follow suit.

The following quotations on seasonable

goods are regular in this market:
‘mcenix horse shees................. $4 25
oe nee. $4 5° to 4 <5
American toe calks...... a - %ete6<c
Bar iron nee wee =o 190 rates
Ausetic horse maiis................- 40 & 10 dis
Common stove pipe .. —— 12¢ jt
> inch cloews...._._... Tse doz
6 ‘“* Russia elbows... i $1 75 doz
Stove boards........... re ..-60 per cent. dis
On betes... _............ a $8 75
a
They Opened a Bank.
Get-rich-quick organizations seem to
be not all confined to the United States,
nor are Americans their only victims, A
curious operation of the kind so popular
in this country is reported from Malta,
where two women opened a private bank
and announced that they would pay in-
terest at the rate of 71¢ per cent. a week
on all deposits of $5 and over. They
soon obtained possession of very large
sums of money, many people depositing
in the ‘‘bank’’ the savings of their lives.
Unluckily for the shrewd speculators the
police kept watch of them and arrested
them just in time to prevent their getting
off with their spoil. A good deal of the
money could not be found, and the
police had hard work to prevent the
women from being lynched.
—— a 2
Lively Cheese,
Customer—‘*What is the matter with
that cheese?’’
Grocer (quietly) —‘*Nothing serious, as
I can perceive.”
Customer—‘*‘But surely there is. It
seems to bealive with maggots.”’
Grocer (much relieved)—‘Is that all?
Then it is all right; for as long as there
is life there is hope.’’

  

 

 

' Molasses.

Sweeter by far than the
sweetest of sweets
Are our Syrups.

E. J. GILLIES & CO.,
Refiners of Pure Sugar Goods.
J P. VISNER Agt.,
167 N. lonia St, Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

POTATOES.

We have made the handling of Potatoes a *‘specialty” for many years and have

a large trade.

Can take care of all that can be shipped us.

We give the best ser-

vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen.
Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value.
Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago.

WM. H. THOMPSON & CO.,

Commission Merchants,

166 So. Water St., Chicago.

 

PEREINS & HESS

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARR7 A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

 

 

RIFLE.

Kegs, 25 lbs. each, Fg, FFg and FFFg ..
Half Kegs, 1214 lbs. each Fg, FFg and FF

Quar. ee 614 ee se

Die tees (oo Ce

1g lb. se oe

CHOKE BORE.

Kegs. 25 lbs. each, Nos. 5 and 7........

Half Kegs, 1244 Ibs, ‘* ri
Quar. oe 614 +e ee ee

EAGLE DUCK.

Kegs, 25 los. each, Nos. 1, 2,3 and 4....
Half Kegs, 12}¢ lbs. each, Nos. 1,2,3 and 4.... 5 %5

©" Lesa...
a iD. Gams (25 mm ase)... ll. ll.

Quar. Kegs, 614% ** '

. im Cans (25 th case)... ,
STAL GR
oe $11 00 ge CPP Kes Aly

. Sue
Weeee esses,

High Prices Kicked Out

ANOTHER
UO?

Du Pont Powder,

   

eT K
.... 28 “ns
Ae = <a
coc: 30 eo Re NO?
Ce 18 ee BP %
orate, favs,
pa “oe
setae? tases
ne #4 50 - " nea Ng "3
ee 3 50
1 40 .@ ecy sRe:
ae : 34 opebe Sen ¢ Anegtoey

8 If 2 Ass
Bean 2386 eis 4,
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Wes

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00 Ne, ieee ie

Vee: 44% ¢ ¥
Always specify “Du Pont” and then Wot $H00», ‘EP
you will get the best powder made. * bor’

& G:

prose TEVENS

ONRO
ae S

 

BARCUS BROS.,

MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAR

 

Equalled by few and excelled by none.

All our saws are made of the best steel by the mose

skiliful workmen and all saws warranted. Burnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the

list price of new saws. All kinds of

SAW REPAIRING

Done as cheap as can be done consistent with good work.

Lumber saws fitted up ready for use

without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. Writ>_or prices and discounts.

MUSKEGON,

 

- MICHIGAN.

 

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WOU HERPOLSHEIMER & C0,

WHOLESALE

Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

~ We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live

Geese Feathers.

b Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks

t

=~

i
;

iy

. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0,

12, 14, 16 Pearl St.,

OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE,

48, 50, 52 Ottawa St.
Grand Rapids.

 

Spring & Company,

Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks,
Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery,
Gloves, Underwear, Woolens,
Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams,

Prints and Domestic Cottons

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well
assorted stock at lowest market prices.

Spring & Company.

 

RINDGE, KALMBACH & CoO.,,

       
  
  
 

Manufacturers of the Best
me Shoes in the mar-
et
Our specialties are Men’s,
Boys’ and Youths’

HARD PAN,
MECHANIC BALS,
HUSTLERS,

and our Celebrated
VEAL CALF
Line. Try them.

Agents for the Boston Rub-
ber Shoe Co.

Manufacturers of

d sian Cases:

Of Every Description.

ene

WRITE FOR PRICES.
GRAND RAPIDS

 

68 and 68 Canal St..

First-Class Work Only.

 

You can take your choice

OF TWO OF THE

Best Flat Opening Blank Books

In the Market.

GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING CO.,
89 Pearl St, Hovseman Bik. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Cost no more than the Old Style Books, Write for prices.

 

lass Covers for Biscuits

Cracker Chests.

 

4 TT HESE chests will soon UR new glass covers are by far the
pay for themselves in the handsomest ever offered to the
Price $4. trade. They are made to fit any

of our boxes and can be changed from

 

breakage they avoid.

| LTE EO BC LET one box to anotherina moment They
will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay
for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each.
NEW NOVELTIES.
We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties:
CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR.
CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES.

NEWTON, a rich finger with fig filling. This is bound to be one of

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CoO.,
S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

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Stamp before s blast. | blast. | Fragments after a blasts

MAG STRONGEST and SAFEST EXPLOSIV

mown to the Arts.

> POWDER, FUSE, CAPS.
Electric Mining Goods,

=unouULms, ES A EON,
a wraTes CULES. POWDER R COUMPAN NY,
ANNIHILATOR. —_ Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohiv,
Je. Ww. WILLARD, Manager.’
Agents for

fosine

Western Michigan.

WRITE FOR PRICES

 

 

 

— BARGAINS IN EVERYTHING!

Note greatly reduced prices in all staple House Furnishing Goods, and the
extraordinary assortment of Fancy Goods suitable for every class of trade.
Space forbids us mentioning the thousands of articles you can purchase to ad-
vantage in our crowded sample rooms.
Mail orders given particular attention

Call and be convinced.

No charge for package or cartage on any ot our House Furnishing Novelties. See our catalogue No. 108 tor terms.

 

See catalogue page 154.
Apple Corers Gem, wooden handle,
31c doz.
Oval Foot Baths 16 inch, $3.20 doz.
Infant’s Bath Tub No, 1 31 in, $11.40

doz. No. 2, 34 in, $12.75 doz.

Bread Raisers covered, retinned, 8 qt.
20.67 Gor. 10 qt, $7.33 dez. 14 at,
$8.50 doz. 17 gt, $9.75 doz, 21 at,

$10.75 doz.

Boilers, copper bottom No. 7 IX,
$10.50 doz. No. 8 1X 11.70 doz. No. 9
IX 12.60 doz; No. 7 XXX 16.80doz; No.
8 XXX 18.85 doz. No 9 XXX $23 doz.
All copper, No. 7, $1.75 each; No. 8,
$2 each; No. 9, $2.25 each.

Cake Closets large, jap’d with key,
1.80 each.

Canisters jap’d tea and ecffee, 1 lb, 75e
doz; embossed tea and coffee, 1 Ib, 75¢
doz; embossed tea and coffee, 2 Ib, 1.10
doz.

Cake Pans tubed, 8 in, 35¢ doz: 10 in,
48e doz.

Cake Moulds tubed, retin’d, No. 720
81¢x3 in, 1.25doz; No. 60, 2 qt. 74x34
in, 1.10 doz; No. 6144, 3 qt. 8x33, 1,42
doz.

Cullenders handled with
Sie doz; 11% in. 1.25 doz.

See catalogue page 155.

Cups embossed 1's pt, 19¢ doz; plain
pieced, 22c doz; stamped, | pt, 21¢ doz.

Mugs embossed, 30c doz; crown em-
bossed, 7Se doz; No. 5 collapsing, 3
compartments, 1.80 doz.

Crumb Brush and Trays No. 3 em-
bossed, 1.90 doz: No. 4 shell, 3.50 dez;
No. 5 shell, 4.50 doz; No. 10 shell, 6 00
doz: No. 11 shell, 9.00 doz; No. 9 niek-
el, 10.67 doz.

Cookie or Biscuit Cutters pieced

foot, 934 in,

biscuit 244 in, 12e doz; 3 in. pieced,
15¢e doz; French cookie 3 in, 30e doz;
asstd figures, 20c doz: asstd animals,

26e doz. seolloped 4144 in, 40¢ doz.

Doughnut Cutters plain round, 22¢
doz: scolloped round, 33e doz.

Dustpans japd full size No. 2, 75e doz;
No. 3 full size 4g covd, 1.25 doz.

Dippers plain stamped, 1 qt, 38¢ doz; 2
qt. 47e doz, retd 2 qt, 60¢e doz, pieced,
1 qt, 50e doz; light 2 qt, 58¢ doz; heavy
2 qt, 90c doz; XXX 2 qt, 1.80 doz.

Suds Dipper pieced 2 qt, 58e¢ doz.

Campaign Horns 43¢ in, 8¢ doz; No.
022, 54c doz; 14 in, col, 44¢ doz; 18 in.
plain, 64¢e doz; decorated asstd colors,
85e doz; 25 in. col, 1.75 doz.

See catalogue page 156.

Flour Bin and Sieves Perfection, 25
Ib, 17.00 doz; 50 lb, 21.00 doz: 100 Ib,
27.00 doz.

Flour Dredge japd. 38c doz.

Flour Sifters Little Gem, 83c doz; im-
perial, 1.75 doz; Electric Light, 1.25
doz.

Mystic Flour Sifter 90c doz.

Funnels ‘4 pt, 20c doz: 1 pt, 28¢ doz: 1
qt, 36¢ doz; 2 qt, 64¢ doz; 4 qt, 89¢e doz.
1 pt, extra heavy, XXX 1.20 doz; 1 qt.

ei OS

134 to

BAX, 1.50 dor: Sat, eX,
Fruit funnels, 50¢ doz.

Ladles No. 139 retd, 38e doz: No. 29,
ebony hdl, 67¢ doz; No. 21, ebony hdl,
73e doz.

See catalogue page 157.

Milk Strainers |. ©. pieced 8 in, 73e
doz; 9'¢ im, 1.00 doz: litg XXX, 3:75
doz; Sanitary, 1.78 doz.

Measures lipped gill, 32¢ doz; \¢ pt,
37¢ doz: 1 pt, 48¢ doz; L qt, 60¢ doz;
2 gt, 1.00 doz; 4 gt, 1.65 doz: I at
graduated, 42¢c doz; 1 pt, XXX, 1.35
aos; 1 ot, AEX, 1.70 dor, 3 at) AX X,
2.15 doz.

Muffin Pans No. 016, six on sheet, 72¢
doz; plain, 6 on sheet, 85e doz; plain,
8 on sheet, 1.20 doz; plain, 12 on sheet,

1.75 doz,

1.75 doz. No. 06, six on sheet extra
deep, 1.10 doz. Muffin Cups only 22e
doz. Muffin rings only 15¢ doz.

Pot Covers hemmed and ringed, 8 in,
27e doz; 81in, 28c doz; 9 in, 29¢e doz;
91¢ in, 32¢ doz; 103¢ in, 39e doz; 111¢
in, 46e doz.

Preserve Kettles ret’d, No.
doz; No. 200, 1.10 doz; No.
doz; No. 240, 1.40 doz: No.
dox; No. 280, 2.00 doz: No.
doz.

Pans plain dairy 4 pt, 18e doz; 1 pt.
20c doz; 1 qt, 24c doz; 14% qt, 29e doz;
2 qt, 32e doz; 3 qt, 40c doz; 4 qt, 5lc
doz: 5 qt, 58e doz: 6 qt, 65¢e doz; 8 qt,
78e doz; 10 qt, 82¢e doz.

Pans ret’d, 4 qt, 78e doz: 6 qt. 96e doz:
8 qt, 1.20 doz; 10 qt, 1.40 doz.

Pans milk, round pieced, 3 qt, 72¢ doz,
4 qt, 90¢e doz; 6 qt, 1.15 doz. Oval pud-
ding, 3 qt, 66¢e doz; 4 qt, 78e doz.

Pudding Pans stamped plain. 1 qt,
32¢e doz; 14 qt, 36c doz; 2 qt, 42¢ doz;
3 qt, 49e doz; 4 qt, 60e doz.

See catalogue page 159.

Scoops pieced spice, No. 2, 28e doz: No.
13 tea scoop, 44¢ doz.

Skimmers flat milk, 18c doz: hdld, 42¢
doz: No. 9, pieced long hdl, 47e doz:
No. 12 long hdl, 62e¢ doz: No. 20 ret’d,
wood handle, 50c doz.

Rinsing or Dish Pans ret'd, 8 qt. 1. C,
1.60 doz; 10 qt, 1 C, 1.73 doz: 14 at, IC,
2.10 doz; 17 qt, I C, 2.60 doz; 10 qt,
aX, 2.15 doz: 14 qt, 5X; 2.60 doz: 17
qt, XX. 3.10 doz; 21 gt, XX. 3.70 doz:
10 qt XXX, 2.62 doz; 14 qt XXX, 3.20
doz; 17 qt XAX, 3.88 doz; 21 qt XXX,
4.35 doz.

Dish Pans IC pieced, 12 qt, 1.72 doz:
14 qt, 1.90 doz.

Sauce Pans ret’d, No. 012, 1 qt, 58¢
doz; No. 014, 14¢ qt, 68e doz: No. 016,
2 qt, 80e doz; No. 018, 24g qt, 89c doz;
No. 020, 3 qt, 1.13 doz; No. 022, 4 qt,
1.25 doz; No. 024, 5 qt, 1.45 doz.

Sieves wood rim, 3 sizes, 90¢ doz: tin
rim, No. 11 pieced Champion, 83c doz.
No. 16 Mans, 1.42 doz.

Sprinkling Cans 1 qt, 1.45 doz; 4 qt,
2.50 doz; 6 qt, 2.92 doz; 8 qt, 3.75 doz;

180, 1.00
220, 1.25
260, 1.70

300, 2.25

 

10 qt, 4.45 doz.

140 Fulton

 

Steamers No. 7, 2.25 doz: No. 8, 2.50
doz; No. 9, 2.85 doz.

See catalogue page 160.

Spice Box Ceylon 6 in. tray, 1.80 doz.

Spice Cabinet 8 tin drawers, 7.20 doz.

Wash Basin plain No. 6, 38¢ doz: No.
7. 53¢ doz; No. 8, 68e doz: ret’d No. 614
64ce doz; No. 7, 74¢ doz. Galvanized
iron, 84¢ doz. Decorated ass’t colors,
85e doz.

Egg Poachers Silvers, 3 ring, 2.25
doz; Silvers 6 ring, 4.50 doz: Shepard’s
No. 1 plain 6 ring, 4.00 doz; Shepard’s
No. 2 ret’d 6 ring, 6.00 doz.

See Catalogue page 161.

Tea Kettles IX flat copper bottom No.
7, 4.25 doz, No. 8, 4.75 doz; No. 9,
5.35 doz. Chicago spout flat copper
bottom IX, No. 8, 5.15 doz; No. 9, 5.95
doz. Favorite, planished, copper bot-
tom, ebony handle, No. 8, 6.85 doz: No.
9, 7.20 doz. Oil stove tea kettles 1C
tin, 1.58 doz. Nickel fancy range, No.
020, 8.15 doz; No. 030, 9.40 doz.

See catalogue page 167.

No. 10 Iron Gem Pans, 2.00 per doz.

Waffle Iron American or patent No. 8
or 9, 4.50 doz.

Kettles Maslin porcelain lined, 3 q’,
18e each: 4 qt, 21¢ each: 5 qt, 25c each;
6 qt, 30¢e each; 7 qt, 38¢ each; 8 gt, 35¢
each; 10 qt, 38¢ each; 12 qt, 42¢ each.

See catalogue page 220.

Ne Plus Ultra Pins Gilt edge papers
in cartoons. No. BB, 30c doz; No. F3\,
3le doz; No. SC, 32e doz; No. MC. 38e
doz.

Adamantine Pins 12 papers in pack-
age, full count, No. 4, 10e doz: No. 3,
12¢ doz; No. 2, 14¢ doz.

Children’s Sleighs packed 2 in a bun-
die. For fuil description see Holiday

Catalogue No. 109 (1892). Net
No. 1 Sleigh 12x31 in, per doz, 3 60
3 iat i2xa. ** ya 3 90

3 rexsi ** iy 5 40

_. . ion ** ™ 6 60
oe - 12x34 * ‘ 6 60
. 6 oe 9x34 . oe 7 80

7 - 15x34 * ee 9 60

. 8 . 16x36 ** - 13 20

‘os 16x36 ** 1 18 00

1. - fauee ny 8 40

ee ' 16x56 ** i 10 80

Boys’ Coasters sold only in packages
of 1-6 doz.

No. 1 Coaster, 11x35 in, per doz, 3 30
ee 2 -s 11x35 oe aa 3 90
2S ieee 72
_s. 5 ae Ss 9 00
é 5 aa “sé oe 8 40
ee. 6 ae 16x48 ee ee 10 SO

Penny Toys.

Large Penny Garden Tools half
gross in box, 1.00 gro.

Wood Rattles 4 doz in package, per
doz, 8c.

Wood Whistles 4'¢ in, 1 gross in box,
per gross 1.00.

Stick Apes 1 doz in package, 75¢ gross.

 

Penny Toys a marvelous collection to
retail at the popular prices.

Tin Flutes 1 gross in package, 1.00 gro.

Toy Trumpets 6 doz in box, $1 gross.

Glass Beads in bags, 1 gross in box,
1.00 gross,

Toy Fish Horns 1 gross in box, 90¢
gross.

Police Whistles 6 doz in box, 90e gro.

Rubber Squacking Balloons 1 gross
in package, 84e gro.

Shell Whistle, 1 gro:sin box, 1.00 gro.

Toy Creams | gross in box, 90¢ gro.

Magnets 1 gross in pkg, 90¢ gro.

Jackstones No. 114 copper, 2 gross in
box, 20e gro; No. 2, 1 gross in box, 25¢

gro.
Cigar Whistles 1 gro in box, 90¢ gro.
Toy Rings 3 doz in ease, 80e gro.
Tops boxwood 6 doz in box, 72¢ gro.

Harmonicas—
No. 764-323, 10 key, The Artist, 90¢ doz.
No. 444-1, 10 key, Gebr. Ludwig Pine-
tree. $1.00 doz.
No. 764-68, 10 key, Brightest and Best,
$1.50 doz.
No. 36-508, 10 key, Davids Harp, $1.75
doz.
No. 169, 10 key, Original Emmet, $1.75
doz.
No. 444 21, 10 key, Tyrolean Jodler,
$2.00 doz.
No. 50-B,
doz.
No. 36-300, 10 key, Original Emmet,
$2.25 doz.
No. 1001, Concert Symphony $2.25 doz.
No. 444 7, Gebr. Ludwigs Concert $3.75
doz.

Jews Harps—No. 7432-5, 25c. doz; No.
7432 6, 25c. doz; No. 7432-7, 25e. doz.
Irish Harps — No. 8786-414, Irish
Bright Harp, 40c. doz; No. 8786-56, Irish
Bright Harp, large, 65e. doz: No. 8786-
508, Lrish Bright Harp, fancy, 75c. doz.

Perfume and Cologne—
No. 705, ass’t 4 kinds, 1 doz in box, 65c.
doz.
No. 666, Vest Pocket, 2
card, 85c. doz.
No. 650, ass’t 4 kind, 1 doz. in box, 75e.
doz.
No. 4123, ass’t6 kind, 4¢ doz. in box,
1.75 doz.
No. 1868, Lilly of The Valley, 1 doz. in
box, 1.95 doz.
No. 3340, cologne, '4 doz. cruet bottles
in box, 1.85 doz.
No. 4098, Basket Perfume ass’t. 1 doz.
in box. 2.00 doz.
No. 3852, cologne in cruet bottles,
doz. in box, 2.00 doz.
No. 4309, ass’t perfumes, 14 doz. in box
2.00 doz.
Many other styles of 20-25-35 and 50ce.
perfumes shown.

10 key, M. Hohners, $1.50

doz. on each

md
4

ONARD & SONS,’

St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

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