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GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1885.

Tradesman.

NO, 107.

 

 

VoOrtea'?,

HERPOLSHEIMER

& CO.,

Importers and Jobbers of

STAPLE AND FANCY
Dry Goods!

OVERALLS, PANTS, Ltc.,
our own make. A complete
Line of TOYS, FANOY
CROCKERY, and FANCY
WOODEN-WARE, our own
importation, for holiday trade.

Inspection solicited. Chicago and De-
troit prices gurrantecd.

EDMUND B. DIXEMAN,

THE

GREAT WATCH MAKER,

 

JEWELER,

44 CANAL STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.

GG. A VOlGT & 00

Proprietors of the

STAR WILLS,

Manufacturers of the following pop-
wlar brands of Flour,

“STAR,”
“GOLDEN SHEAF,”
LADIES’ DELIGHT,”
And “OUR PATENT,”

5A, WELLING

WHOLESALE

WEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
Lumberman’s Supplies
FISHING TACKLE

——AND——

NOTIONS!

PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS,
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER-

 

 

 

WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS-
PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT-

TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK-
ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN
STRINGS, ETC.

Particular attention given to orders by
mail. Good shipped promptly to any point.

I am represented on the road bv the fol-
lowing well-known travelers: John D.
Mangum, A. M. Sprague, John H. Eacker,
L. R. Cesna and A. B. Handricks.

24 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

TO THE TRADE.

We desire to call the attention of the Trade to
our unusually complete stock of

SCHOOL BOOKS,

SCHOOL SUPPLIES,

And a General Line of Miscellaneous
Books, Stationery, Paper, Ete.

We have greatly increased our facilities for
doing .a General Jobbing Business, and shall
hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly.

We issue separate lists of Slates, School and
Township Books, Blanks, Ete., which will be
mailed on application.

Quotations on a article in our stock cheer-
fully furnished. e have the Agency of the

REMINGTON TYPE WRITER

For Western Michigan.

EATON & LYON,

20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

LUDWIG WINTERNITZ,

JOBBER OF

Milwankee Star Brand Vinegars.

Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars,
full strength and warranted absolutely pure.
Send for samples and prices. Arcade, Grand

Rapids, Mich.
Parties in want should

CEE \ write to or see the

GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0.

71 CANAL STREET.

THE RICKARD LADDER!

Two Ladders in one—step and extension.
Easily adjusted to any hight. Self-support-
ing. No braces needed. Send for illustrated
price-list.

RICKARD BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich.

ARTHUR R. ROOD,
ATTORNEY,

438 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Collections a Specialty !

 

We carry a full line of
Seeds of every variety,
both for field and garden.

 

 

 

DRYDEN & PALMER’S
ROCK CANDY.

Unquestionably the best in the market. As
clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond.
Try a box.

John Caulfield,

Sole Agent for Grand Rapids.

 

is valuable. The

OF ae Grand Rapids
AMIFLY Business College is
a practical trainer

and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi-
ness with all that the term implies. Send

for Journal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

STEAM LAUNDRY
=

43 and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE BO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO
CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at-
tended to.

LUDWIG WINTERNITZ,

(Suecessor to P. Spitz,)

s

 

 

 

 

 

SOLE AGENT OF

Mermentum,

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.
Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co.,
ARCADE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Grocers and Bakers who wish to try
“RERMENTUM” can get samples and full
directions by addressing or applying to the

above.

 

Many ¢ Good Business Han
Hardworking Traveling Man

IS KEPT BACK BY A
Sickly Wife or Ailing Daughters.
To such men the book on ‘“Woman’s Na-
ture” published by the Zoa-phora Medicine Co.
would be invaluable.
Price only 10c to cover postage.
Address

Zoa-phora Medicine Co., Kalamazoo, M
Mention this paper.

WHEAT’

I want to buy Wheat in car
load lots, one to five cars at a
time. Parties having any for
sale can find a quick sale and
hetter prices by writing us
than they can possibly get by
shipping to other markets.

W. 7, Lamoreany, Ag,

71 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

EATON & CHRISTENSON

Agents for a full line of

SW. Venable & Co.

PETERSBURG, VA,

PLUG TOBACCOS,

 

 

NIMROD, .
E. C.,
BLUE RETER,
SPREAD EAGLE,

BIG FIVE CENTER.

 

NEVER PATENTED.

History of an Invention too Thoroughly
Original to Work.
From the Michigan Manufacturer.

You will not find a description of the wa-
ter meter we invented in any mechanical
dictionary. A perfect knowledge of its ins
and outs dwells now only in the memory of
one man. At least I suppose that to be the
ease. If Charley has forgotten how it was
put together the invention is forever lost to
the world.

Charley enticed me into the scheme. I
can’t say now that I regret it, for if he had
not I should have missed an experience
without which no life is complete. I should
never have felt the exhilaration and depres-
sion of invention.

My motives were not philanthropic. I
had no idea of benefitting the world when I
made the investment. Neither was I ambi-
tious. I never yearned to see my name in
black face letters in encyclopedias. WhatI
wanted was a bank account. Perhaps the
reader will grasp the situation when I ex-
plain that at the time I was city editor of a
country daily. I fell into Charley’s scheme
because it promised afiluence. Charley’s mo-
tives were identical with my own. He pre-
ferred a bank account to an undying name.

It was Charley’s invention, and he let me
into it gradually, as one might open little by
little a door leading from the bottomless
pit into the kingdom of heaven. Perhaps
he thought the glories of the scheme would
dazzle my poor eyes—perhaps he was afraid
I would give it away. I never cared to en-
quire what his idea was. Inventors are
cautious. Charley was an inventor.

After I came to know about it we talked
it over nights, while the printers in the next
room were howling for copy and swearing
that every correction on every proof was an
alteration. Charley had other schemes for
astounding the scientific world, but we chose
the water meter.

He was also at work on a burglar alarm,
an electric clock and an improved steam
chest. The burglar alarm was his particu-
lar hobby, but somehow he never seemed to
meet with proper encouragement when he
solicited men of capital to aid him in bring-
ing it out. I remember how discouraged he
looked one day after a bloated aristocrat
who had made a fortune in pine land had
been urging him to call the burglars of the
country together and demand from them a
royalty on every alarm introduced. He
spent an hour explaining to the pine prince
just how the machine would go off on the
slightest provocation, but utterly failed to
disabuse his mind of the idea that the in-
vention, if generally introduced, would be of
more benefit to burglars than any one else,
and that, in consequence, the inventor should
be rewarded by them.

From the first I was enthusiastic on the
subject of the water meter. Some city had
at sometime offered a reward of $5,000 for
the invention of a water meter which could
be manufactured for five dollars, and I was
afraid someone would secure the prize be-
fore we could complete the details of Char-
ley’s idea and get the model made. I was
to furnish the ready money and Charley was
to supply the brains, but we worked the de-
tails out together. I amafraidiwe used more
white paper in sketching water meters than
in making copy.

Time and again our plans were changed
by the most trivial causes. Now Charley
awoke in the night to find himself provided
with-a new scheme by a dream, Now I
caught a dim idea of how an imaginary
valve or wheel could be made to measure
the amount of water passing through it with
the lower pressure equal to that above!
Then we arrived at a mutual understanding
regarding the motion, but could not agree on
thé means of transmitting the count to the
clock work outside.

One thing we never disagreed on. We
were always unanimous as to the amout of
royalty to be demanded, and as to the man-
ner in which the fabulous sums to be real-
ized were to be expended. I remember now
that a steam yacht occupied a conspicuous
place in our plans, and that a secondary
consideration was a daily newspaper in
which all. advertisers were to be snubbed
most unmercifully. We were to drift over
all the watery world in our yacht
and use the daily newspaper to get
even with the politicians!) Every night dur-
ing the blissful period we went home with
dreams of a future wherein all our hopes
were to be realized and all our enemies were
to be overcome!

At last, one memorable day in autumn,
we completed our drawing and appropriated
the, to us, extravagant snm of five dollars,
for the model. I can give now only a faint
idea of the interior of the machine which
was to revolutionize the water meter busi-
ness. The precious apparatus was designed
to stand on end and there were two valves
—one to let the water in and the other to
let it out. I think it was to be the duty of
the inpouring streams to force the first valve
open and the duty of the first valve to close
the second, so that a constant motion should
be established. How these articles, of their
own evil minds, most miserably betrayed
the trust imposed in them will be seen later
on. ‘I can’t say now how we intended to

 

provide for the hundred and one articles
such as fish, rags, weeds and blocks of wood
which are generously given away to water
consumers in large cities, but we had some
plan to exclude them from the delicate
mechanism of our model apparatus.

How secretly we went about making our
model! Our invention was too precious a
thing to entrust to the care of envious
plumbers and model-makers. Every plumb-
er’s shop in this city had the honor of con-
tributing a portion of the needed materials.
How we pounded and filed and screwed to
get each article into it proper position at
last! Then the packing about the slender
needle{whichfwas to connect the oscillat-
ing (?) valve armin the interior with the
clock work on the%outside! The general
effect of the completed article was not ar-
tistic, but we would not have exchanged it
fora gold mine. Like all inventors in the
first flush of success (?) we imagined our-
selves lifted as far above the toils and cares
of earth as it is possible for an unlimited

bank account to lift anyone, and we were.

correspondingly happy.

We chose a solemn, sunny Sunday morn-
ing for the final test. We had secured a
permit to tap a city water pipe and the ser-
vices of «a plumber. The test was to be
made in a dark ctoset, where no human eye
could witness our triumph. The plumber
was instructed to eut the pipe, insert the
meter in the flowing circuit and leave the
rest to us. Our hearts were literally in our
mouths as he performed his task. To me
his stolid, indifferent manner of working
seemed an insult to the vastness of the
scheme. At last the connection was made
and Iwas dispatched to the basement to
turn on the water.

I was gone only a moment, but when I
returned there was no need to listen for the
click of valves, no need to watch the tiny
needle for signs of motion. Charley’s face
told the story. ‘The miserable plumber had
even deprived us of the privilege of supply-
ing the child we had reared with so much
eare with its first breath of life in the shape
of a stream from Coldbrook. His hand had
turned the faucet. His eyes alone had seen
the faint flutterings of its brief life. There
was amalicious smile on his face as he
gathered up his tools and went away, leav-
ing us alone with our grief. We tried to ex-
plain to each other how such an unheard of
evil could have happened, but our explana-
tions had no power to make the meter go.
There stood the needle, just half way be-
tween the limits of its short stroke. and we
could hear the water rushing like mad
through the valve which we had decided
time and again would be obliged to move at
regular intervals! An equilibrium had been
established inside!

We never made another model. The ap-
propriation was exhausted. Charley’s ideas
drifted into the channel of telephone inven-
tion and the wretched plumber soon after
met retribution in the shape of a lingering
death from lead poisoning.

ALFRED B. Tozer.
Nan nes ae
He Bought Them Cheap.

It was at a certain country hotel in North-
ern Michigan. The single stranger who sat
down at dinner was amazed when the wait-
er handed him a printed bill of fare which
began with oyster soup and clam chowder
and ran down to four kinds of pie and choe-
olate ice cream.

“Pll take oyster soup,” said the guest.

‘“y-e-s, but we haven’t got any,” replied
the waiter.

‘Very well, give me clam chowder.”

“We are out of that, too.”

“Then bring me baked whitefish, fried
sausage, Saratoga potatoes, French wheat
rolls, ribs of beef and a cup of coffee.”

‘We haven’t got any sir. All we’ve got
is beef steak, b’iled taters, and baker’s bread
and coffee.”

At theJast moment the landlord entered
the room, and the ‘guest called out:

‘See here, landlord, but what sort of a
trick is this?”

‘What? Oh, that bill of fare. My dear
sir, let me explain. My uncle kept a sum-
mer resort hotel, and he failed. He had
30,000 bills of fare on hand, and 1 bought
them at private sale for $2. These are hard
times—very hard—and we must utilize
everything, and keep up style at the same
time.”

—————__ >

We Had Another Brand.

‘Have you the ‘Rise of Silas Lapham?”
asked ay oung lady from the city of the
clerk in a country store where they kept al-
most everything.

“T dunno whether we’ve got any of that
particular brand, but we’ve got some all-fir-
ed good rice, jest the same.”

——__—9

From the few data already at hand it is
estimated that the growth of population
for the entire country, since the last census,
is not far from 20 per cent. This would be
about 10,000,000 for each half decade or 20,-
000,000 when the next census is taken. We
would then number 70,000,000 souls, our
population in 1880 having been 50,000,000.
This would be double the present popula-
tion and would almost equal that of Ger-
many and France combined.

 

Money and Morals.
H. R. Lowrie in the Current.

The world is the arena of conflicting ideas.
Some tend to elevate man, to* give impetus
to thought, and to advance civilization.
Others exert influences baneful to the human
sensibilities, hinder intellectual activity, and
produce effects counter to the ultimate peér-
fection of society. Each period of the
world’s history shows one, or one class of
these ideas, to be dominant. Consequently
each has had its part in the history of man
and the development of mind. When the
ideas of learning, of progress, and of moral-
ity have been in the ascendancy, rapid steps
have been taken toward a higher plane of
living.

When opulence, display and wealth have
constituted the pre-eminent aim of a people,
progress has been slow, justice and morality
forgotten, and the march of Christianity
checked.

As long as the Mediterranean States,
which filled so large a place in the world’s
history, sought moral, political and intellee-
tual improvement, so long were their insti-
tutions permanent and their growth rapid—
so rapid, indeed during the reign of law and
virtue that, while the dawning of a single
century opened upon rude barbarism, its
eventide displayed the magnificance of a
high civilization. With wealth as the aim
of life began the reign of inexertion, selfish-
ness and sensuality, which are not compati-
ble with political equity, social justice and
lawful moderation.

The philosophy of wealth, which is an
outgrowth of civilization, is yet imperfectly
understood. It represents the muscle and
brain of former ages. It has been and is a
prime factor in the world’s movements. It
may make or destroy. It may be a power
for good or for evil. Properly used, next to
intellectual force, itis the agency that has
moved and does move the world. The de-
sire of its possession is co-extensive with
man’s history.

The distinction between meum and tuum
has been clearly recognized from the days
of the patriarchs, who fed their flocks upon
a virgin world down to the present.

Wealth is only an evil when its uses are
preverted or contrary to moral principles.
When the rights of the people are disregard
edand their claims ignored, when the idea of
possession becomes more prominent than
the idea of right, accumulation is a wrong
and riches an oppression. Let the ‘‘golden
rule”—which but voices the sense of a normal
humanity—be observed and the evil would
cease. Financial panies would be impossi-
ble. Capital and labor would be twin sis-
ters in the production and division of
wealth, in the maintenance of the good, and
in the promotion of virtue and happiness.
When it becomes the chief aim and ruling
power of life, law is disregarded and the
demands of humanity neglected. It then
becomes the worst of tyrants, knowing
neither restrain nor conscience. Wealth is
desirable and legitimate, but should be es-
teemed as a means and notas anend. It
contains no value in itself; but as its true
use is kept in view or disregarded it be-
comes a means of happiness, an agency of
progress, or an engine of destruction.

Before the Christian era the world was a
chaos of warring nations contending for su-
premacy and possession. Man’s guiding
passion was gain. We look for noble and
humanitarian deeds in those times and find
but few. The principle of equity had not
yet exerted its influence largely upon the
people. Without doubt the rising of the
Star of Bethlehem dates the most important
event in the history of mankind.

Since that morning when its light direeted
the wise men acrosss the Persian plains to
the humble birthplace of the world’s master-
teacher, its rays keeping pace with the cen-
turies, have guided the forces of civilization
through wrong and barbarism. Since that
time the principles of right-living have been
gradually unfolded, and under their influ-
ence the world has beeen grandly progress-
ing. The inordinate desire of wealth gave
way before the progress of thought and the
coming of Christianity.

Intellect may plan, wealth may execute,
but the plan and execution to be of worth
must be in accordance with moral law. In-
tellect and wealth may sit upon the throne,
but morality must be the motive power.
Nations have not fallen for need of intellect
or lack of wealth, but because of the ab-
sence of moral principle which determines
the use of both.

Our highest good should be the aim of
life, and that is foundin the highest good of
our fellows. Let our ideas be high and our
philosophy of living will be commensurate
thereto. Make, on the other hand, wealth
the object of our supreme desire, and all our
efforts aided by craft and ingenuity, are di-
rected toward its attainment, regardless of
the means. It becomes the dominant pas-
sion, the leading incentive, the controlling
motive.

Hence it is easily understood why men
filling honorable and responsible positions
so readily fall. They subordinate all
other desires to the hope of gain. Finan
cial success with them is the only standard
of morality. They risk fortune reputation
and honor. They stop at no suffering; they

 

pause before no calamity; they hesitate at
no danger. By their transactions the nation-

al conscience is enfeebled, if not ruined;
the standard of right subverted; ordinary

business imperiled; and the prosperity of
our nation endangered, if not destroyed.

Out of this grows a false standard of so-
cial life and men are esteemed for what
they have and not for what they are, forget-
getful of the old truth that comes to us
stamped with the official sanction of three
thousand years: ‘*There is he that maketh
himself rich yet hath nothing.” The social
atmosphere became prevaded with immoral-
ities, deceptions and frauds. The good, the
pure and the true are shoved ruthlessly
aside for the gross, the sensual, and the ab-
normal. This is net new. Thousands of
years ago Solomon and the sages nurtured
in pagan philosophy gave utterance to the
same thought. And many-sided Shakes-
peare makes it the groundwork of his grand
conception, ‘“The Merchant of Venice.”

Social materialism has ever worked coun-
ter to the elevation of the masses, and has
usually been antagonistic to any scheme for
bettering their condition. The laborer of
England, the peasant of France, the serf of
Russia, in their hopeless poverty groan un-
der the heavy burden which social material-
ism imposes.

Whatever is of worth or value in the
world is due to law in its highest embodi-
ment. Onthe other hand, who can com-
pute the sum of misery and suffering inflict-
ed by the tyranny of ill-gotten gain, unhal-
lowed and misused wealth, which tramples
beneath its iron heel all principle, all honor,
all charity.

Lawfully gained and rightfully used, it
contributes to our happiness and suecess,
and is a ministry of good. While not the
guiding power, for that is grounded alone
in morality, it isa grand impelling force,
beneficial or harmful as the end sought is
good or evil. Wealth is always tobe re-
garded as a servant, never accepted as a
master. As a servant it is the steady wind
that wafts the ship into the desired haven;
as master it is the fierce gale that drives the
vessel through the angry, tumultuous sea to
inevitable destruction. Its possession affords
opportunities for golden deeds.

Let if be sought, then, as a means of do-
ing good, and getting good rather than as
the base instrument of selfish indulgence or
unholy passion.

—_—— te
Couldn’t take a Joke.

“Little Jake” Seligman, of East Saginaw,
who has made a couple of hundred thousand
in clothing and banking, is of exceedingly
diminutive stature, very vivacious, and
loves a good joke. While in East Saginaw
last summer a reporter called at the oftice of
Tim Tarsney, who has had the congression-
al clothes of R. G. Horr cut over and is
wearing them. While there, ‘‘Little Jake”
came in and roundly upbraided Tarsney for
the serape he had got him into. Said the
diminutive Israelite:

“My friend Tarseny have a vay ven some
mans say, ‘Mine wife haf a leetle paby,’ he

ask dot man, ‘Who do you suspect?’ And
den somepody laughs. Sol say auf my
mind, ‘Dot vash a goot choke; I try dot

choke mineself the last time I got a chance.
Now yooust a half an hour ago I meet von
Sherman friend und he say to me, ‘Shake,
nine wife make me a bresent of von leetle
poy last morning, und I say, ‘Ish dot
who do you suspect?’ Und dot pig Sher-
man veller he crab me py mine goller und
he shade me rount like noddings, und he
say, ‘You infernal leetle Chew! you say
somedings apout mine vife und I proke your
heels mit your neck, confount you!” I don’t
try dot chokes some more, Tim. Youarea
erate pig veller und they much can’t shake
you aroundt: but I got done.” And ‘Little
Jake” dropped into a chair and gazed re-
proachfully at Tarsney, who rested bis duo-
denum over a iable and gave vent to howls
of laughter.

so?

ee
Animals That Blow Their Noses.

Somebody says that ‘‘Man is the only an-
imal that blows his The alligator
has a nose nearly two feet long, yet he never
blows it; the elephant ean reach
nose and tickle his hind legs, and he often
does, but he never blows it. The blue-nosed

nose.”

over his

baboon has a corulean proboscis of which
the noblest animal must feel proud, but it
goes unblown. The double-nosed pointer
has immense capacity for blowing, but he
never will; and the oyster, whose
reaches clear around to his back, refrains
from exercising it. Man alone has to reach
to the height of a pocket handkerchief, and
proudly waves his bandana as a sufficient
proof of his superiority.
i rr

nose

Cabinet work of a finer description re-
quires a more than ordinary lustrous polish.
The following is reeommended for delicate
work: Of linseed oil, half a pint, and the
same quantity of ale, the white of an egg,
one ounce of spirits of wine, and one ounce
of spirits of salt. It should be well shaken
before used and a little should be applied to
a soft linen pad, and lightly rubbed off with
an old silk handkerchief. If kept in a bot-
tle well corked, this polish will keep any
tength of time. ,

 

sa wearer

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE
Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate,
°R. A. STOWE, Editor.

Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1885.

 

 

Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange.

Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884.

 

President—Lester J. Rindge.
Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard.
Treasurer—W m. Sears. : ‘
Executive Committee—President, Vice-Pres-
ident and ‘Treasurer, ex-officio; O. A. Ball, one
year; L. E. Hawkins and R. D. Swartout, two
ears.
Atniication Committee—I. M. Clark, Ben W.
Putnam, Joseph Houseman.
Transportation Committee—Samuel
Geo. B. Dunton, Amos. S. Musselman.
Insurance Committe—John G. Shields, Arthur
Meigs, Wm. T. Lamoreaux. :
Manufacturing Committee—Wm. Cartwright,
E. 8. Pierce, C. W. Jennings. :
Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening
of October.
Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even-
ing of each month.

Sears,

 

(@ Subseribers and others, when writing
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub-
lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver-
tisement in the columns of this paper.

 

 

“MUSKEGON’S FUTURE.”

F. H. Holbrook, one of Muskegon’s most
enterprising citizens, sends the News of
that city a couple of columns of interesting
facts and prophesies relative to ‘‘Muskegon’s
Future.” Mr. Holbrook takes the position
that Muskegon is to be the future commer-
cial and manufacturing center of Western
Michigan, basing his belief on the fact that
she has the best harbor on the East shore of
Lake Michigan. Mr. Holbrook’s system of
reasoning is perfectly lucid, and is suffi-
ciently forcible to appeal to the good sense
of any unprejudiced reader; but it lacks one
essential element—it asserts what can be
done under other circumstances, and is not
based on what has been accomplished in the
past under existing circumstances. That
Muskegon has great natural advantages,
none will deny; but she is equally unfortu-
nate in another respect, for the industry
which has been her principal support—the
slaughter of pine—is demoralizing in its
operations and influences, and has a ten-
dency to unfit men for the more practical
phases of business life. The successful
lumberman is seldom equally successful in
any other branch of business, and it neces-
sarily follows that he must continually make
a change of location, in order to follow the
pursuit which he is best capable of turning
to profit. This means anything but per-
manency-anything but life-time investments.
The secret of Grand Rapids’ success is due
to the fact that her leading manufacturing
operators are here for life, and that their
fondest expectations are to build up estab-
lishments which shall be made even strong-
er by their children and grand-children.
In the case of the lumber business, this con-
dition is reversed. The ambition of the
lumber operator is to cut his timber as rap-
idly as possible, and seek new fields of con-
quest. In the mean time no genuine ‘‘home
feeling” is developed, no pride of home and
surroundings prompts him to make invest-
ments which will redound to the social and
commercial advantages of the place. It is
true that Muskegon has made several at-
tempts at manufacture in lines foreign to
the lumber business, but the disastrous re-
sults which have attended nearly every ef-
fort of the kind have hada tendency to dis-
courage further ventures. In Grand Rapids,

There is strong talk of removing the Man-
celona iron furnace to St. Ignace.

The above, from the Detroit News, is only
partially correct. Mr. Otis confided to his
friends some time ago that a removal from
Mancelona had become a necessity, but
Mackinaw City—not St. Ignace—is the ob-
jective point. Mr. Otis’ determination to
leave Mancelona is not due to any action on
the part of the people of Mancelona nor to a
waning of his regard for the place; on the
other hand, he claims that a change in loca-
tion is foreed upon him by the uncompro-
mising position assumed by the Grand Rapids
& Indiana Railway. Three years ago he
was able to dispose of his product for $20
per ton, $4 of which went to the railway
company for transportation. Owing to the
present condition of the market, he is com-
pelled to sell his pig iron at $15 a ton, and
he naturally asks the railway company to
bear with him in the general shrinkage of
values and reduce their freight rates propor-
tionate to the decline in price—in other
words, give hima $3 rate. This the man-
agement refuses to do, in consequence of
which Mr. Otis is unable to place his pro-
duct on the market in competition with fur-
nacemen who have the advantage over
him of better transportation facilities.
It is not within the province of THE
TRADESMAN to determine whether Mr. Otis’
demand is just or unjust, but the refusal of
the railway company to readjust rates in ac-
cordance with his suggestion has brought
about the determination before referred to.
Besides a considerable saving in the trans-
portation of the ore, a removal to Mackinaw
City means water communication with many
of the Western iron markets during the
summer and competing lines for all winter
shipments. Mr. Otis will continye to main-
tain his coal kilns at Mancelona, but the
furnace and all which pertains thereto will
undoubtedly be removed to the Straits be-
fore the close of another season.

 

The Grocers’ Association of Muskegon is
now an accomplished fact. The character
of the officers elected at the last meeting
gives good ground for the belief that the
policy of the Association will be aggressive,
and that the advantages resultant upon the
organization will be all the most sanguine
could wish. THE TRADESMAN has but one
suggestion to make, and that is the election
of a transportation committee—not so much
for active service as to serve as a menace to
the railways and to demonstrate the fact
that the retail trade of the town is united
and will act in concert on all matters affect-
ing the general good of the trade.

 

 

waukee states that a ‘Slaughter Sale of the
Colvin Boot and Shoe Stock” is advertised
on one of the principal business streets of
that city. Is it possible that the ‘‘sale” of
the T. N. Colvin stoek, at Big Rapids, was
fraudulent in more senses than one, and that
instead of going to its supposed destination
at Bear Lake, it is now being slaughtered at
Milwaukee by Colvin himself?

 

Before this issue of THe TRADESMAN
will have reached all its readers, it is hoped
that the first steps toward the organization
of the retail trade of Grand Rapids will
have been accomplished. THE TRADEs-
MAN has agitated the subject for over two
years, and is glad to see the manifestation
of an active interest in the matter all over
| the State.
|
| The project to build a railway from St.
| Ignace to Sault Ste Marie is one which
| Grand Rapids business men can well afford
to encourage.

 

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE.

on the other hand, success instead of failure |

has been the rule, and men with capital are |

ever on the alert for investments which will
yield adequate returns.

So far as the jobbing trade is concerned,
Grand Rapids will probably continue to lead
her sister cities in Western Michigan. With-
in a territory cireumscribed as to extent and
containing a considerable proportion of un-
developed eountry, the Valley City has

gradually gained strength and prestige until |

she now takes rank with the leading dis-
tributing centers of the country—has_ be-
come, in fact, a first-class market.
er Muskegon can ever attain similar distine-
tion is a question for the future to settle.

In point of population, Grand Rapids is
taking rapid strides in a forward direction.
Judging by the experience of the past,
which shows a doubling of the population
every decade, it is plain toforesee a popula-
tion of 100,000 people in 1900.
gon show an equal rate of increase in the
past, and equally good prospects for the fu-
ture?

Grand Rapids’ lack of water transporta-
tion is as much a matter of regret to our
people as Muskegon’s superior facilities in
this respect are a source of gratification to the
inhabitants of the Sawdust City. Had Grand
Rapids been possessed of Muskegon’s ad-
vantages in this respect, the Second City
would have been the metropolis instead.
Grand Rapids has shown how much can _ be
accomplished without water facilities, and
it remains for Muskegon to demonstrate
how well she can improve the advantages
which have been denied her sister city.
That Muskegon is bound to take rank with
Jackson, Kalamazoo and other growing
towns, no careful observer will attempt to
deny; but her people must never forget that
great natural advantages are not a source of
wealth unless developed to their fullest ca-
pacity—that the best and most enduring re-
sults come from individual effort, when at-

common purpose.

Wheth- |

Can Muske- |

| IN THE CITY.
Smith & Barrett, lumber dealers, are clos-
ing out.

J. Vossen succeeds J. Vossen & Co. in
the dry goods business.
| W.F. Gibson & Co. have a 34%
| potato in their show window.

pound

Gus. Begman has engaged in the grocery
business at Bauer. The stock was purchas-

|
{
|
|
ed here.

G. W. Toms sueceeds A. V. Chapman in
— fruit and confectionery business at 65
South Division street.

j

F. Blount, the box manufacturer, has ad-
mitted F. C. Millerto partnership in the bus-
iness, and the firm name is now Blount &
| Miller.

{. F. Belding has engaged in the grocery
‘business at Sparta. Cody, Ball & Co.,
Clark, Jewell & Co. and Hawkins & Perry
furnished the stock.

Dr. R. A. Sehouten, who removed to this
, city from Hollad about a year ago, has re-
turned to Holland and re-established him-
self in the drug business there.

Ira O. Green has formed a copartnership
| with F. E. Rice, formerly of the firm of
| Rice & Moore, and engaged in the buying
and shipping of apples and potatoes at 30

North Ionia street.

All but two of the creditors of the Valley
| City Manufacturing Co. have accepted the

}

| offer of 35 per cent. in full settlement. Un-
less they come to time within the next sixty
| days, the property will be sold to the high-
est bidder and a new company organized to

| succeed to the business of the old concern,

 

| Edward Telfer, of the firm of Telfer &
| Brooks, has arrived in the city and some of
| the stock is also here.

tended to concerted action and directed by a |

The balance of the
stock and the machinery will arrive during
the present week. O. 8. Brooks, the other

 

member of the firm, will arrive in about a
month, at which time the firm expect to be
able to begin business. No arrangements
have been made yet as to office and travel-
ing force.

The busines men of St. Ignace and Sault
Ste Marie are canvassing the project of
building a railway in a direct line between
the two places. The length of the line
would be about 65 miles, and it could be
built without making many heavy grades or
building many bridges. The road would
open up a section of fine farming land, and
give Sault Ste Marie communication with
the outside world during the time naviga-
tion is closed, whereas the town is now
practically shut up during the winter
months.

The jobbers and retailers at this market
have been waited upon in behalf of the
Knights of Labor and asked to discontinue
the sale of Royal baking powder, because
the manufacturer of the powder advertises
in the New York Tribune, a paper which
refuses to employ union workmen. So far
as heard from, there is a disposition to sub-
mit to the demand. It is expected that the
next thing in order will be an onslaught up-
on non-union cigars, and large stocks of
such goods are accordingly being gotten
in.

AROUND THE STATE.

Peter Wingarden has engaged in general
trade at Vriesland.

The Big Rapids grocers are agitating the
question of early closing.

John Bond succeeds John B. Weaver in
the hotel business at Freesoil.

S. E. Young has bought the drug stock of
Roller & Kingsbury, at Edmore.

The C. R. Mabley clothing stock
has been sold to Andrew Graham.

Geo. R. Hoyt sueceeds John S. Hoyt in
the dry goods business at Owosso.

Harvey & Hoden succeed A. L. Potts
in the meat business at Constantine.

C. W. Hathaway succeeds Waterman
Bros. in the restaurant business at Luther.

Perry A. Powers, who recently assigned
at Muir, has paid a dividend of 10 per cent.

Spencer & Peister, boot and shoe dealers
at Petoskey, have dissolved, Peister contin-
ing.

Austin & Godsmark sueceed A. J. Gods-
mark in the commission business at Batile
Creek.

Geo. G. Bogue has been appointed receiv-
er of the hardware firm of Hilsendegen &
Lavin, at Detroit.

C. Kloeckner & Co., general dealers at
Haneock and Phoenix, have closed out the
stock at the latter place.

Hiram Coykendall, the Allegan croekery
merchant, will shortly begin the erection of
a two-story brick building, 28!¢x85 feet in
dimensions.

Elk Rapids Progress:

at Tonia

S. Yalomstein in-

| tends establishing a store at Hancock, with

his son Max as partner, after his return
from New York.

Crane & Wood, the Adrian clothiers, have
purehased the stock of their strongest com-
petitor, Dan Benedict, and hereafter the
two stores will be connected and run as
one. -
Manistee Times: J. A. Johnson will put
a stock of dry goods and groceries in the
store now occupied by Mrs. Steadman as a
millinery emporium, as soon as the neces-
sary arrangements can be perfected,

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

The flouring mill at Bangor is to be chang-
ed to roller process.

Chas. Dion has engaged in the manufac-
ture of candy at Hastings.

Marshall & Kniffin, handle manufacturers
at Lowell, have dissolved, Marshall suc-
ceeding.

Mr. Morton, the Cedar Creek miller, is
extending his mill flume twenty feet.

Riverside is about to organize a stock
company for the manufacture of cider and
flour barrels and berry boxes.

The striking barrel-hoopers at Greenville,
having become tired of being idle, have gone
back to work at the old wages.

J. Jenks & Co., of Sand Beach, will im-
mediately build a new elevator and flouring
mill to take the place of the ones recently
destroyed by fire.

Big Rapids Herald: C.D. Crandell is
now manufacturing shingles on the land he
lumbered last winter, and is said to be mak-
ing a fine article.

Manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds
for the wholesale trade seem to be shunning
large cities, and seeking places of manufac
ture favorably located near saw mills.

The first saw mill in Michigan was erect-
ed about fifty years ago. At that time it
was estimated that there were 150,000,000,-
000 feet of white pine standing in the State.

Greenville Independent: Wright Bros.
& Co. are building an elevator at their
flouring mill. It will be 30x30 feet, and
feet high, and it is expected to hold when
completed 34,000 bushels of wheat.

Sands & Maxwell, of Pentwater, have pur-
chased 5,000 acres of white pine and cedar
land near Prentice Bay, Mackinac county,
for $20,000. The price includes a saw mill,
situated on the land. Messrs. Sands &
Maxwell value their purchase at $100,000.

Cheboygan Tribune: Mattoon & Robin-
son are talking of moving their saw mill to
some locality on the lake shore. A new foun-
dation is needed for the mill and they have
almost made up their minds to put the foun-
dation down on the lake shore and move the
mill down.

D. H. Stone, of Holly, has purchased
1,000 acres, all the lands owned by S. 8.
Wilhelm & Bro., in Yates township, Lake
county. Mr. Stone proposes improving the

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same by sending up from Holly several fam-
ilies, and fencing in and clearing up the
land, and putting on it a flock of fine wool
sheep. 4

Frank H. Lathrop writes as follows from
Lathrop, Delta county: ‘I am located at
Lathrop Station, on the Chicago & North-
western Railway, thirty miles north of Es-
canaba, and in a good location for the man-
ufacture of pine, hemlock, maple and black
birch lumber. We have a very fine quality
of black birch, the amount being almost un-
limited, suitable for furniture. What Lath-
rop needs most now is some practical busi-
ness man from Grand Rapids or elsewhere,
with a little capital, to point out the way
and help keep the mill running.”

Greenville Call: In 1884 R. J. Tower
sold to Brower & Calkins, of Coral, machin-

ry to the amount of $800, the purchasers

agreeing that the machinery should belong
to Tower until it was paid for. As soon as
Brower & Calkins got the machinery into
their hands, they mortgaged it to Warren
Brower, who transferred it to John H. Alt-
house, of Coral. As Althouse refused to
give up the machinery on the mortgage, a
suit was brought against him and tried in
the Circuit Court at Stanton. The jury ren-
dered a verdict in favor of Tower, giving him
a verdict for $500.

STRAY FACTS.

Rh. F. Waller has opened a wagon shop at
Hart.

Frank B. Jones succeeds Disbrow &
Jones in the manufacture of cigars at Plain-
well.

Mrs. O. L. Andress sueeeeds to the pro-
prietorship of the McKinnon House, pat
Cadillac.

Judgments for $1,021.26 and $5,087.09
have been rendered against the Sparta Mills
Co.. at Sparta.

W. B. Nicholson, who has operated fur-
niture stores at Whitehall and Montague,
has sold the latter establishment to A. F.
Bray.

The Riverside Storage Co. and the River-
side Truek Co., at Detroit, have been con-
solidated under the style of the Riverside
Storage & Cartage Co.

Henry H. Boergert, of the firm of Boer-
gert & Koss, whose tailor shop, at East Sagi-
naw was closed by creditors last week, has
mysteriously disappeared.

The business houses of Greenville, with
one exception, form two straight parailel
lines, and the citizens claim it to be the
handsomest little city in the State.

Plainwell Press: Frank B. Jones, late of
the firm of Disbrow & Jones, is starting a
new cigar factory over Bailey’s drug store,
and will employ three or four hands.

A Dorr correspondent writes: Sommer &
Harp will soon begin work on the building
known as the John Downner place. They
intend to start in trade as soon as they ean
get in shape.

J. P. Seranton & Co. and J. E. Watson,
lumber dealers at Detroit, have merged their
business into a stock company, with an
authorized capital stock of $150,000. The
corporation will be known as the Seranton
& Watson Co.

a
The Gripsack Brigade.

The fashion this year is for thicker order
books.

C. H. Bayley has received a fine Elgin
gold watch from the P. J. Sorg Co., of
Middletown, Ohio.

C,H. Bayley has hiseyeona Newfound-
land pup, which he contemplates taking
with him on his trips through the Upper
Peninsula.

The improvement in trade prospects has
induced incipient nervous prostration among
some of the travelers on account of the di-
latory manner in which their samples are
getting ready.

THE TRADESMAN notes the following
new arrivals in the dog line: Jas. A. Crooks-
ton, Russian pug; L. M. Mills, black and
tan thoroughbred (cost $5); R. B. Hyman,
white bull pup.

About this time, the non-experienced
traveler starts out on a five weeks’ trip
without heavy underwear or an overcoat,
and is brought home on the sofa of a parlor
ear after a four weeks’ siege of pneumonia
or malarial fever as a consequence of his
forthwithness.

J. T. Lowry, Secretary of the Michigan
Commercial Travelers’ Association, sends
Tue TRADESMAN the following, under date
of the 8d: ‘‘At the regular monthly meet-
ing of the M. C. T. A., held this evening,
the following were elected members of the
Association: Eugene L. Devereaux, Ban-
croft, Chas. P. Bissell, Eaton Rapids.

The following communication to Max
Mills mysteriously came into the possession
of THe TRADESMAN: ‘‘Mr. Mills—You
were asking me if I knew of any black and
tan pups. One of our blacksmiths has some
fine ones. He told me to write you and tell
you you could have one for $5. They are
six weeks old. Now if you wantone let me
know and I will tell him to keep one one for
you. They are thoroughbreds.”

The Travelers’ Protective*Association, as
a national organization,fseems to be in the
throes of dissolution. This state of affairs
has been brought about by an unfortunate
quarrel over the removal of the Association
headquarters from Cincinnati to Chigago.
So far as Michigan is concerned, the nation-
al organization will be replaced by a State
association, composed of 1,000 Michigan
members of the parent organization. The
Michigan Division T. P. A. will then be-
come the Michigan T. P. A.

i

W. F. Robinson, representing Reed &
Gamage, fish packers and jobbers of Glou-

cester, Mass., was in the city last week.

 

4

THE MEN ON THE ROAD. |

The Difference Between the American and
English Traveler.
From the Chicago Herald.

The life of the traveling man is not the |
one continued round of pleasure that is pop-

ularly supposed. If he be married and have
domestic ties it is far from pleasant. Coun-
try hotel life to commercial men is miser-
able enough for a man who has a_ place he
can callhome. It is the same old song
from year’s end to year’s end. Tumbling
into the ’bus at the depot, the drummer is
jolted to the hotel, where the clerk stands,
pen in hand, and if he knows the new arri-
val will give the customary shake and small
talk. He will be affable as can be for the
first few minutes, but after he has secured
the guest’s signature he will treat him with
the utmost indifference. He has others to
go through this business performance with.
When he is ready to leave the clerk assumes
the polite again, and makes a point of pre-
fixing Mr. to his name wlien he gives the
change out of the bill. At present the trav-
eling mar is allowed on an average about

$5 a day expenses. This is a fair allow-
ance, even where two trunks are carried.

The principals never expect to pay much

less. If it comes much over 35 they will
grumble. The tourist gives a detailed ae-

count, if required, showing that the hotel
man in exchange for poor entertainment has
collared the bulk, and the traveler puts up
with bad food and aecommodation and the
blame every time. ‘*The whole thing,”
a man who has grown gray in the service,
**so far as hotels are coneerned, should be
taken in hand by the principals, who should
meet and establish a department and author-
ize a representative to correspond with hotel
men in every town, asking for the lowest
rates from each hotel, the lowest bidder
agreeing, in return for commercial patron-
age, to fit up his hotel for their aeeommoda-
tion.

Some of the best informed men to be met
are the experienced traveling men, who
have never lost an opportunity in their tray-
els of obtaining information. Than the
well-iraveled experienced American com-
mercial man there is no sharper, better in-
formed or more attractive specimen in the
world. ‘‘I had an opportunity of judging
of the difference between the commercial
men of England and America,” said a man
who had visited nearly every civilized coun-
try in the word. ‘‘In England young men
are seldom to be met with on the road, the
representative generally being a tried and
trusted man of middle age, who has worked
his way up from inferior positions in the
service of his firm. He devotes himself en-
tirely to one line, and on leaving one house
he would never think of joining a house
where he would have to handle a different
line. He starts out with his trunks as here,
but as English railways have no system of
checking, he is ocliged at the end of his
jonrmey to fish out his trunks, on which he
has some distinetive mark, from among
heaps of other baggage and to point them
out to a railway porter, who is alwaas in at-
tendanece. He then hires one of several
common porters to have them put on a hand
barrow and taken down-town to one of his
customers stores. If the customer is in he
will ‘‘open up” in his store and then go to
the next, and so on. In this way he gets
through a town in a short time as compared
with the American, and in most cases with-
out ever going to the hotel first. But when
he does get to the hotel he makes up for lost
time. In English country hotels there isno
registcr for the commercial traveler—in fact,
there is no necessity for one, for they all
know him and about the time he is due. He
will first on entering have a chat and a joke
with the barmaid. He then joins his fellow
travelers, who will be sitting together in a
comfortable carpeted room, called the eom-
mercial room. At 6 o’clock they all adjourn
to their own commercial room for the feed
of the day (dinner), and they sit down to
soup, fish entree, joint, and pudding or pas-
try washed down with wine, beer or stout.
The eldest man always carves and presides,
and this is the time the fun begins. All
‘shop’ is carefully omitted over the meal,
and jokes, anecdotes, laughter and fun wax
fast and furious. All this tends to promote

says

digestion of the enormous quantities of good |

solid food which will quickly disappear.
As the cloth is removed each man
slippers (provided by the house) brought to
him, and he settles down into a comfortable
position for the evening.
toddy brought in and business and general
topies discussed.
it is true, will sit and smoke eight or ten
pipes, with as many glasses of hot Scotch
or Irish, before retiring, and as it is nearly
always midnight and very often later before
there is a break-up, it is consequently 10 or
11 o’clock next morning before they begin
business—that is about the time the Ameri-
“an has done half his day’s work.”

“But doesn’t this hilarity interfere with
the next day’s business?”
porter.

‘‘Not at all,” was the answer. ‘‘This re-
union every evening and interchange of
ideas is as much a part of the day’s work
to English traveling men as selling goods.
It tends to neutralize home-sickness, and
makes them feel happy. Thedrinking part
of the business is not nearly so pernicious
as one would think, because they never
drink like the Americans, on an empty
stomach or before dinner, and afterward
only such stuff as will help to digest their
food and make them feel good, and then
only when (if spirits) it is well diluted wijh
water. There is a special low tariff for com-
mercial men at hotels which averages (cer-

 

tain sorts of drinkables at meals included)
}

has his |

Pipes are lighted,

Some of the older hands, |

ventured the re-

about $1.75 a day. In doing business the
| Englishman is slower than the American
_and he is not so independent. He is pomp-
| ous in his manner of transacting business,
and that exclusive and don’t-offend-my-dig-
nity style is ever present with him in busi-
ness. Customers in England being always
treated in this stand-offish, deferential way
always expect it, but the American custom-
er, educated by the traveler to the short and
sharp style would laugh outright at the ver-
bose method of the Englishman,”

“The Englishman seems to getting slower
and more pompous,” he added, ‘‘the Ameri-
ean (New England, perhaps, excepted) is
getting brighter and more vivid and imagin-
ative and to resemble closer the Frenchman,
except that the American has what the
Frenchman has not—ballast—in all he does,
owing, doubtless, to the latent English blood
in his veins.”

 

i -@-—<——-
A Question of Insurance.

Messrs. Dingman & Bowers, general deal-
ers at MeBride, write to Tue TRADESMAN
for information on the following legal
point:

In your column on ‘Brief Digests of De-
cisions in Courts of Last Resort,” many
things appear which “are valuable to know.
We have a case and should like your opin-
ion and rulings of courts bearing upon it.
The Hanover Fire Insurance Co., of New
York, has an agent at Ionia. This agent
employs men to solicit insurance, furnishing
them with blanks, ete. His agents fill out
these blanks, specifying rate, amount of in-
surance desired or agreed upon, conditions,
ete., and secure the signatures of parties
to the same. Does it not follow that the
act of these men is the act of the agent—as
much so as if he did it himself? And can

_ the company legally waive responsibility on
the ground that the agent did the work by
proxy.

We were victims of the fire which burned
our town last May, and victims of the Han-
over Fire Insurance Co., also, and not being
content to submit quietly to an outrage,
would like to hear your opinions on the sub-
ject. The sixth day after the application
was executed, and before any policy had
reached us, the fire burned us out. The
company ignores all responsibility in the
matter. As we intend to push the matter to
the very bottom, we desire to go to work
intelligently, so that work once done on the
ease will not have to be done over again.

While Tur Trapesman is always glad
to favor its patrons by answering all legal
points submitted to its editor, it does not set
itself up infallible. Especially is. this
true of questions like the above, which may
hinge upon a technicality rather than gener-
al merits. ‘The most important point in the
above query is omitted—that is, whether
Dingman & Bowers paid the amount of the
premium by cash or note, or the agent ac-
cepted their promise as a waiver of pay-
ment. In the latter or the
premium was paid, Dingman & Bowers have
a good case against the insurance company
and will undoubtedly win. If they did not
pay the amount of the premium and did not
agree to pay on the delivery of the policy or
at some other specified time, the probabilities
are that the case will go against them. Re-
garding the liability of the men employed
by the authorized agent of the company,
THe TRADESMAN is inclined to the opinion
that the company is not bound by their acts,

as

case, in case

but that the agent who employed them is s@*

bound, and is consequently liable for any loss
occasioned through transactions made on
their representations. An instance which
illustrates this point occurred in this city
several years ago. H. M. N. Raymond was
soliciting insurance for Holden & Aspin-
wall, who are the agents for several com-
panies. From Wm. Harrison, the wagon
manufacturer, Raymond took an order for
$1,000 insurance on a ceriain property in
any one of the companies represented by
Holden & Aspinwall. In reporting the mat-
ter to the agents, the latter neglected to
make a note of the same, in consequence of
which no poliey was written. As Harrison
had an account with Holden & Aspinwall,
the question of premium did not enter into
the matter. The property in question short-
ly afterward burned up, and Harrison de-
manded the $1,000. Raymond remembered
| telling Holden & Aspinwall to write the
policy, and the latter also recalled the cir-
cumstance; but as no company was mentioned
in such connection, it was impossible to put
the loss on any one of the companies repre-
sented by the firm, and Holden & Aspinwall
accordingly wrote their own check for the

amount.
= > —>

Purely Personal.

O. W. Biain is expected back from his
trip through the Northwest on Thursday.

Heman G. Barlow has returned from his
_ fortnight’s vacation, refreshed and rejuve-
nated.

Geo. 'T. Warren, of the firm of Geo. T.
Warren & Co., cigar manufacturers at Flint,
was in the city last week.

Henry Newton, vice-president and seecre-
tary of the J. K. Armsby Co., Chicago, was
in town last week.

Harry L. Thompson, representing Hills
Bros., foreign fruit dealers at New York,
was in town last week.

A. C. King, with Carter, Hawley & Co.,
| tea importers of New York and Chicago,

was in the city last week.

Ed. A. Bradford, the White Clgud gro-

_ceryman, was married on the ist to Miss
Maggie Billings, of Fremont.

J. E. Taylor, representing Thos. Roberts
& Co., jobbers in canned goods at Philadel-
phia, was in the city last week.

Alfred J. Brown went to Richmond, Ind.,
last Friday, with a shipment ofapples. He
returned Tuesday, well satisfied with the re-
sult of the trip.

| Ben. W. Putnam took advantage of the
fine weather the last three days of last week
to drive up the Newaygo branch as far as
| ‘Trent, retwning home by way of Coopers-
| Ville and Berlin. He was accompanied by
| his wife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drugs & Medicines

 

STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.

One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo,
Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster. Bay City.
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbuch, Anb
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Seeretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. :
Next place of meeting—At Detroit, November
8, 1885.

Hichizan State Pharmaceutical Association,
OFFICERS.
President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix. —__
First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald, Kal-

amazoo.
Second Vice-President—B. D. Northrup, Lan-

Arbor.

sing.

Third Vice-President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d
Rapids.

Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.

Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.

Exceutive Committee—H. J. Brown, A. B.
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Keller, F. W.
Fincher.

Next place of meeting--At Detroit, Tuesday,
October 13, 1885.

 

dlrand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society,

ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1854.

 

OFFICERS.
President—Frank J. Wurzburg.
Vice-President—W m. L. White.
Secretary—Frank H. Hscott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. i
Board of Censors— President, Vice-President

and Secretary.

Board ot ‘Trustees—The President, Win, H.
Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White,
Win. L. White.

Committee on Pharmacy —Hugo Thum, M. B.
Kimm, A. C. Bauer.

Committee on Legislation—Isaac Watts, O. H.
Richmond, Jas. 8. Cowin. :
Committee on Trade Matters—H. B. Fairchild,
John Peek, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. <8
Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in
each month. ee
Annual! Meetings—First Thursday evening 1n
November, e
Next Meeting—Thursday evening, Novemberd,

at “The Tradesman’”’ office.

 

 

PATENT MEDICINES.

Inside Information. Regarding the Busi-
ness.

There are 5,000 proprietary articles of
home manufacture in our market. Perhaps
500 of these are of importance. Barely fifty
are or can be run as an independant busi-
ness. The proprietary medicine trade of
the United States amounts to about $22,-
000,000 annually. Of this $10,000,000 is
expended for advertising. The proprietors
divide the profits of $5,000,000 annual re-
turn.

ORIGIN AND NAME.

What was the origin of ‘‘patent medi-
cines?”

The quotation marks are not nsed at ran-
dom. There really are not, nor have there
been within the memory of men now living,
patents asked for or granted upon medi-
cines. [A small proportion of proprietary
medicines are patented.—Ep.| It was only
in the infancy of the business in this coun-
try before experience had pointed out the
safest and best methods of conducting that
business that men sought to secure their
rights by means of a patent. They soon
found that the disadvantages of this process
more than counterbalanced its advantages.
In order that their rights should be best pro-
tected it was essential that the formula of
their preparation should remain a secret. It
was found that as soon as it became known
it also became, in a degree for which there
was no practical remedy, common property.
To obtain a patent upon a mixture it was
necessary to state the ingredients, the pro-
portions and all the rest of the information
which made the compound valuable to the
owners. The expedient was soon substitu-
ted therefore of copywriting a trade mark.
The courts protected in a measure the trade
marks from infringement, though they
were not protected by Federal law.

Although lawsuits and litigations without
number have followed in the wake of this
custom, it was found so much preferable to
the other mode of protection that it soon be-
came universal. This took piace
early in the century.

The introduction of patent medicines was
not so much of an innovation and does not
partake so much of the nature cf a new de-
parture as may at first sight appear. Pat-
ented medicines were in fact the outgrowth
of the ancient custom of self-doctoring. Do-
mestic medicines are as old as civilization.
The roots and herbs that the old ladies used
to hang up among the rafters of the kitchen
have come down to us almost directly in the

change

form of many popular proprietary articles.
It was a natural step from the use of these
articles in the homestead to their sale as a

patent medicine to the general public. It
was no more than presumable that some

shrewd Yankee who found a certain rem-
edy so valuable in his own household should
attempt to make money out of it. In this
way the patent medicine originated.

But these were necessarily simple, pri-
mary remedies, and only a few of them have
survived in any form to our day. Modern
proprietary medicines were undoubtedly
born of the physician who, after using the
formula for years, perfecting it, eliminating
its errors and adding to its virtues, finally
sold the secret or himself launched it out
upon its broader mission.

The proprietary medicine business as we
know it to-day is not of very ancient origin.
It is rather the growth of the last half cen-
tury, and it is certain, so far at least as this
country is concerned, that the business as
carried on prior to that time was mainly of
an unimportant and ephemeral character.
Most of our long established and best known
medicines were first heard of under their
present names between 1830 arfd 1840,
though there are a few which are consider-
ably older.

SUCCESS AND FAILURE,

The path of the progress of the proprie-

tary article industry is strewn with the

 

wrecks of the men who madea gallant fight,
but were unable to keep their heads above
water. Not one article ina thousand suc-
ceeds even when backed by a generous cap-
ital.

It will be a surprise to many people who
have read in the newspapers about the
**3200,000,000 made by the patent medicine
men in a single year” to learn that of the
5,000 proprietary articles now on the cata-
logues of dealers not fifty could be run as
an independent business. The large number
of the remainder have been bought up by
wholesale dealers and druggists and are
made to eke out the profits of another busi-
ness, while over 4,000 represent the wrecks
of men who have spent from $5,000 to $20,-
000 each in advertising, in trying to make a
demand for a preparation.

Within the present generation, perhaps
five menor firms in this business in the
country have made,. to average, say $1,000,-
000 each. There may be from ten to twenty
others who have made in the aggregate an-
other $5,000,000 in the aggregate net sav-
ings of all the others in the trade in the
country together.

THE LARGEST CONSUMERS.

The American public probably buy more
‘‘yatent medicines” in proportion to their
number than any other people in the world.
The reason is to be found in the proportion-
ately greater size of the well-to-do middle
classes. There can be no doubt that the
middle class does buy the major portion of
such articles sold. Neither the very rich
nor the very poor buy the ready-made med-
icines. To the latter class the door of the
free hospital and the free dispensary is al-
ways open. The former can afford to call
upon the physician for the most trifling in-
disposition.

A PIONEER.

Swaim, who died a few years ago at an
advanced age, may almost be said to have
been the pioneer of the modern business in
this country, though there was already con-
siderable activity in this direction in Eng-
land. Hewas neither a physician nora
druggist, and knew no more about medi-
cine than the average citizen. He was by
trade a book-binder. One day a receipt for
the king’s evil dropped out from between
the pages of a volume he was at work on.
Swaim was troubled with this disorder, and
had tried all known remedies in vain. He
had the prescription prepared and it cured
him. He then, over fifty years ago, began
the manufacture of the articie, and the price
he set on it was $16 a bottle. This exorbi-
tant figure appears to have been justified by
the prices then prevalent in England where
patent medicines were already being sold.
Other articles started here about that time
were advertised at proportionately large
sums. This was on the ery that the demand
would be limited. It was soon found that
the consumers of patent medicines would
embrace the great majority of the middle
classes. Prices were reduced, and to-day
proprietary articles retail at between twen-
ty-five cents and $1 per bottle.

THE EXPENSES AND PROFITS.

To get at the profit to the manufacturer,
it will be most convenient to consider the
dollar article, which is sold to the trade for
$7 per dozen. Here is a trifle over 50 per
cent. of the retail price. And generally it
may be said that the manufacturer gets
about half of what the consumer pays.
Striking a broad average, about one-fourth
of the manufacturers’ receipts go into ma-
terial and labor. It is estimated that a $1
article will contain twelve and one-half
cents’ worth of material, labor and tax. To
this has to be added rent, freight, express,
clerk hire, and such expenses, which will
nearly double the amount, making it at least
twenty-four cents. Last, but not least, the
advertising bill has to come out of what re-
mains of the manufacturer’s receipts. This
is variable and depends upon the age of the
article. If the medicine is comparatively
new, it may bea great deal more than the
return. If it is an old established medicine
it is at least twelve and one-half cents on
the dollar bottle. This leaves twelve and
one-half cents out of the dollar as the man-
ufacturer’s profit. Somebody else has got
the rest. The jobber buys at $7 and gets
his fifteen off. It costs him 6 per cent. to
do his business. He therefor makes 9 per
cent on the transaction. The retailer is sup-
posed to make 35 per cent. on each sale.
The consumer’s dollar paid for an establish-
ed medicine, is therefore found to be divided
up in this way:

EXPENSES.
Cost of material, labor and expenses....  .24
POI oss ak nice cae aden 12%
SOODET SE GRDGUBOK.... o.0. 0202s cece sccces 03%
Retailer's OXDCUNSBCE.... 2.266. .becs echo ces 21
TOUR] @ADORBOG. . oa 66 66 oe os ss selene. 6le
PROFITS.
Manufacturers’ profit................-.6. 12%
RT ENN oo is io ooo aie a sane cs cs aes 00%
TEOURTIOL W PTIG G6 sobs pos oo dee cee nese cds es 21
NE Poo oi tice hae ks cas cnh esos 38e
oa i ass ecko sb cce as spncoe ss seas $1.00

Many of the smaller country newspapers
subsist almost entirely on the revenue de-
rived from this source. In the last twenty
years proprietary medicine advertisements
have paid the newspapers fully $100,000,-
000, a sum many times greater that the pro-
prietors themselves have saved during the
same period.

{Continued next week.]
a

The Gazette des Hopiteaux describes the
case of a woman who drank a pint of ker-
osene. The dose nearly killed her, and she
was saved only after great suffering and an
active and severe treatment prolonged for
ten days.

‘“‘What kind of pills do you want, little
boy?” asked the druggist. ‘‘Plain or sugar-
coated?” ‘‘Mister, I want the kind that’s
whitewashed.”

 

 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

At the regular monthly meeting of the
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, held
at Tue TRADESMAN Office last Thursday
evening, the following representatives of the
profession were in attendance: President
Wurzburg, Secretary Escott, Isaac Watts,
Albert F. Hazeltine, Theo. Kemink, H. E.
Locher, Miss Locher, Jas. D. Lacey, John
FE. Peck and Derk 8. Kimm.

President Wurzburg, to whom was refer-
red the selection of a subject for debate at
the next meeting, stated that he had decid-
ed to ask the. Society to discuss the best
methods of keeping poisons and precautions
against accidents. The discussion is to be
an open one, and an especial invitation is
extended to all drug clerks to attend the
meeting.

Dr. Watts made a summarized report of
the proceedings of the National Retail Drug-
gists’ Association, to which convention he
was a delegate.

Secretary Escott was asked to present a
subject at the next meeting for discussion at
the subsequent meeting.

The meeting then adjourned until Thurs-

day evening, November 5.
> -o <<

Unique Orders Received by Druggists.

 

The following very original orders are
taken from the scrap book of a well-known
druggist:

Knew Mowed hay perfume.

1 powd Boricks.

Sitern Veneler [citronella].

Santantin.

Sweet ancient [anise].

Uo Ursa of the leves.

Medacommendun.

Uversa leaves.

Dry calma [dry calomel].

Nit Boot oil.

Corroze of Supperment.

Rose of Subliment.

5e woth of gummerabic.

Pure Extract Cineman.

5¢ wurth Reachease.

Tinctur Jesima [gelsemium].

25¢ worth of gross of Implements.

Muradick Acet.

Roll Shell Saults.

Joco Club Perfumury.

Red Pacifie [red precipitate].

Baloment of Potash [bichromate of potas-
sium].

Idafone.

All chohall.

Barum.

Salla Sillia Acet [salicylic acid].

Glover Salts.

Burmatgate oil [bergamot].

Cof medicine.

Effervescence Magnesia.

Brommi moesium. [Dispensed bromide
of potassium. |

her balls oint ment.
herbal ointment}.

Please give me 5 cents worth of Kenille
flowers. [Dispensed chamomile].

Allecampaign root.

R

[Dispensed Brown’s

Flewid Ex Yeler Pereler.

se  **-Pandiline.
“e ** Yeler Dalk.
« * Burdalk. °

Te Rhue birb each 1 once.
Alkahai to fill 8 ounces.

—_——-——~ + --————
An Ancient Prescription.

Victor H. Middleton, prescription clerk
for Peck Bros., has come into possession of
a physician’s prescription written in Ger-
many July 6, 1828. Translated into English,
the prescription reads as follows:

For Peter Gunther, mason at Niedergruen-
dan, July 6, 1828.

MC, CONN a eee eae aaz
Wi PE, ow os onan sc oe aaz
sa Bel VINO... soca c seks aas

UN ks ee a vase aaz

Blix Aelia Maller....... .:.....6.2 5 3
M. st. sig. qtts. 40 to 60 3-4 times daily.
VON URANNA, M.D.
——___—~.-0<—_____

The Drug Market.

To the great surprise of everyone in the
trade, quinine advanced 10 cents an ounce
on the 1st. It was given out by the Ameri-
can manufacturers that the price would not
be advanced during the present year, and as
most dealers placed reliance in these assur-
ances, they consequently find themselves
more or less bare of stock. The demand is
now very active, and as the position of the
article warrants it, the price is likely to go
still higher. Other articles in the drug line
are about steady.
tt 0

 

In Portland, Me., recently, an ingenius
device was discovered for evading the liquor
law. A lead pipe was carried up the chim-
ney to the second story of the house, and
investigation showed that it was carried be-
neath the ground across the yard to another
building fully one hundred feet away.
Here beneath the floor in the second story,
were two barrels of beer, the pipe running
up the wall to connect with them.

9 —
H. J. Brown, of Ann Arbor, is mentioned
as a strong candidate for the presidency of
the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion. Mr. Brown was nominated for the
office at both of the two previous conven-
tions of the Association, and came very near
being elected at the last meeting. It is
understood that he would be peculiarly ac-
ceptable to the Detroit members of the As-
sociation.
a 8

Referring to the recent meeting of the
American Pharmaceutical Association, the
Pittsburg Chronicle indulges in the follow-
ing pleasantry: ‘‘At the meeting of the
Pharmaceutical Association, a committee
reported that there are too many drug stores
in this country for the population. Under
the circumstances it might be well to shut
down some of the drug stores and give the
population a chance to increase.”

—_——— ><

A stranger is surprised by the large num-
ber of drug stores in Montpeller, Vt., but
he need not believe that an unusual trade in
medicine is the cause. Vermont has a pro-
hibitory liquor law, and by far the larger
portion of the drug tradefis in contraband
whisky.

 

 

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT,

 

Advanced—Quinine.
Declined—Castor oil, alcohol.
ACIDS
OUP NO. Bo eo as 4 eaten 9 @ 10
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 380 @ 35
SO cg a en sc been sees eee 34 @ 36
i ioe cute cane 60 @ 65
MuUrietio 10 GOR... 2c. c+ cso san oes s 38 @ 5
DIG SO GOR... .. cee cs oe + ks n @ iB
We a re oa od pecans ba ee hase BR @ 4
Sulphuric 66 deg..........--...+5. 3 @ 4
Tartaric powdered...............- 52 @ 55
Benzoic, English............- B OZ 18
Benzote, German.............. ~ a Se
TE... a ocka bases tap enseecces 4 122 @
AMMONIA.
MOVOTO. ooo oi ccc sme cs ae sts ee gb 1b @ 18
Muriate (Powd. 22C)........0-.eeee 14
Aqua 16 deg or 3f... ..-...-+-+456: 5 @ 6
Aqua 18 deg or 4f.........---+++++- 6 @ 7
BALSAMS.,
Copaiba .... 2.0... cece ee eee ee ee ns 40@45
Uk cece acakeeee er ennedesens ; 40
BN oes ca can cs uenetn pecenceses 2 00
i aac usaa sa nsnqas 50
BARKS.
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)......-. 1
Cinchona, yellow.........--.++++- 18
Wim, BOlOOE... 5. x sa. see le 13
Elm, ground, pure.........-+--+++- 4
Elm, powdered, pure..........+++- 1b
Sassafras, Of roOt...........0 ee eee 10
Wild Cherry, select...........---+- 12
Bayberry powdered..........-+++- 20
Hemlock powdered........-.--++-+ 18
Ny ge kg ba neon een eeeseses 30
Soap ground. . ......--..eeee eres 12
BERRIES,
Cubeb prime (Powd 95c)........-- @ 90
Juniper ...... 2. eee ee ee ee ee eee eee - 6 @ 7
Prioniy AGH... ....4....<00 05-4 ... 50 @ 60
EXTRACTS.
Licorice (10 and 25 boxes, 25¢)... 27 :
Licorice, powdered, 7 eas es 3T%
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9
Logwood, 1s (25 bh boxes).......--- 12
Lgowood, 8 OO ck cceuens 13
Logwood, 48 OO bce cans 15
Lozgwood, ass’d ma ats 14
Fluid Extracts—25 % cent. off list.
FLOWERS.
PIO 0 ac con vse nee dh nt ca ew ee se 10 @ i
Chamomile, Roman...........-+-- 25
Chamomile, German.......-...++- 25
GUMS.
Aloes, Barbadoes..........+--+-+++ 60@ 15
Aloes, Cape (Powd 20C).......-+++- 12
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60¢)....--- . 50
AMMONIA ...- 00 concn center ecceees 28@ 30
Arabic, powdered select.........- 65
Arabic, Ist picked.........----+++++ 60
Arabie,2d picked.........++--++++: 50
Arabic, 3d picked..........---+++++ 45
Arabic, sifted sorts...........-++-- 35
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... _ a
BGQNZOIN..... o.oo oc cece cscs ec cceeas 55@60
Camphor ..........---eeeereeereeees "
Catechu. 1s (% l4c, 48 16c) ...... - 13
Euphorbium powdered.........--- 35@ 40
Galbanum straimed...........-+--- 80
Gamboge........cecececeeeeeee eter: 80@ 90
Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢).......-- 35
Kino Powdered, 30c].........-++-- 2
PERU ess cas ewe edcas tes
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40
Opium, pure (Powd $4.90).....-.--- 3 50
Shellac, Campbell’s..........---+--- 30
Shellac, English.........- nc eeane a
ee ed Gk ask aee =
Shellac bleached.........--+++-++++ t
Tragacanth ..........2... see eeeeee 30 @1 00
HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES.
TE ahO .. ooo. ec snncas cesses te seeteeeses 25
MO aces cohen nen aeaseeneesses 25
Peppermint...... 2.2... ee eeee eens cece ee eees 25
es a pcdenecnen che esacedaeeans 40
Spearmint .......... eee ee cree ee ee es eeesseees z4
Sweet Majoram..........ce eee s cece cece eees 35
MRI on cc ann ccan ns atanceaaceneasersesaes ai
MANO ick cn acca anes sncseraeaesenenean tet 30
MIA WOOD .. 6. oe cc cece wens incense ater ancene 25
IRON.
Citrate and Quinine..............- 6 40
Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20
Sulphate, pure crystal.......-..-- 7
ON ic ke cae been ne neee 80
PHOSPHALE ..... 2... - 00002 n eee seees 65
LEAVES.
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)..........- 1s @ 14
Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & 48, 1c)... 6
Senna, Alex, natural............-- 18 @ 2
Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled... 30
Senna, powdered...........-+-+++: 22
Senna tinnivelli........... ...+2++- 16
aa en ce se eae chee 10
BevGdOnDA. . <2... - 5652 eis ceceseces 35
HOXPIOVE... 00. conn nn cece ce centsseee 30
Henbane ........2---.. sees eee eee , 39
Rose, red... 2.0... cece eee ee ee eee 2 85
LIQUORS.
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 G2 50
Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 1% @2 00
Whisky, other brands..........-.. 1 10 @l 50
Gin, Old Tom...........---22eeeeeee 135 @l 5
Gin, Holland............-.-.-.---s¢ 2 @3 50
OUROI adel ees es ks 1% @é6 50
Catawoa Wines.........--5+se00 ++ 125 @2 00
Wet, Wy ec i sas dp ok oe ot os 135 @2 50
MAGNESIA.
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0Z........ 22
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 2
Calcimed...... 2... cee ee cece een ees 6
OILS.
Almond, GWOCT........0- 20052000000 45 @ 50
Amber, rectified..................- 45
PTI, gi co one ca wer knee dese cness 2 00
FRAT OF. is acc cee ie cence seule E
BOTMAMIONE....... 2. cece cence ese ceene 2 10
a, ks cad ane aeeane li @ 18%
aa ccapeneeceanduee 20
WBPODUE ois ccc dace chen yeds es cnes 78
oo ba dc ct noe we ng tees 1 00
Cedar, commercial (Pure 75e)..... 35
CTEMOTIOI io oka ah os 4 ok nes ct noes 75
Oe a ada esd es nnceeaas 12
pe LI0Or, Miss soaks ane #8 gal 1 20
Cod Liver, best......... oo 1 50
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00
Cues, Fo OW oo ieee es cee ewes 9 00
WOPOPOR, ove os ae cn va oh at comes sae 1 60
MR a aia eas ance en 2 00
Geranium # 0Z...........-.-.s6.:: 75
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 35
Juniper wood.............. edie 50
Juniper berries............++..+-6. 2
Lavender flowers, Frenech......... 2 01
Lavender garden OO ees eka 1 00
Lavender spike GO hecies, 90
Lemon, NEW CYOP.......-..ceese-e 1 65
Lemon, Sanderson’s.............--. 1 80
TLGTAOVIETERS, «soo oso sconce os nn cscs 80
Olive, Malaga........... 4 @ 90
Olive, “Sublime Italian. as 2 75
Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25
Origanum, No. 1.........-..-+6--+ 50
PORNYYOVAL 0.0... sees ces ce seen eee 13
Peppermint, white................ 3 50
BOSC WH OB. ooo on on on 5s ce ca ce secs 8 00
Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65
ike ceca ve es deueneeo snd es @ 6
ee ee i cund onecewee aden 1 00
Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50
Mandal WOOd, We bi. .cssscesseceaee 7 00
ee ie chic cake cas nens _. 65
SPEArMINt . . ere ceeeseeeeeeeeeeess @6 00
NN ei caps eke sn canons ne es 450 @5 00
Tar (Dy @81 50)... .... 0.22 cseseceeaes 10 @ WB
WIRGETATOON ©. oon nn scenes ence vee 2 25
Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... 3 50
MU GMORMGOG 60.5 oc s ss cant anse cwars 2 00
POTASSIUM.
BIGPOMREO. 005.5 ccd sw ccencee es 8 ib 14
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 40
Chlorate, eryst (Powd 27¢)......... 25
Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 3 00
Prussiate yeliow...... Re de acacs 28
ROOTS.
Os cece Fue a dan cn hepa ens 20
MIPBOR, ONG ook seus cca s cd acne toes 25
Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and s.... 33
Blood (POWG 180)...... 6... sec cw eee 12
Calamus, peeled..........-..5...-. 20
Calamus, German white, peeled.. 35
Elecampane, powdered............ 20
Gentian (Powd 15¢).............-+. 10
Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........ nh @ RB
Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 17
Golden Seal (Powd 25¢)............ 20
Hellebore, white, powdered....... 20
Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 1 20
Jalap, powdered... .............0e0 30
Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. 5
Licorice, extra select.............- 18
Pi, CRUG ood ce kas a sees po dese as 38
Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50
Rhei, powdered E. I.............5- 110 @1 4
Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00
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SOP ERII 5 oo ce oe on sce scence 50
TN ic es accep evidasaacns 60 : ‘
Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 49
Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 20
Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 15
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 5
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28e)... 20
SEEDS.
Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 1b
Bird, mixed in b packages....... 5 @ 6
Canary, Smyrna.............- ac & @
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c). 15 @ 18
Cardamon, Aleppee.............+- 1 5u
Cardamon, Malabar,............0e. i 75
REE SE ROE AE A es 15
Coriander, best English........... 10
Ne ies cancdaneaneeboues 1b
WUE, CURT ook ince siveveseeses 38%@
Flax, pure grd (bbl 344)............ 4@ 41%
Foenugreek, powdered..........-- , @ &
WEOPID.  HVUSIAM os 6 cs cece sencenes 4%4@ 5%
Mustard, white Black i0e)........ 10 a 5
I fo oie nc ci shoes ecaeaeences 75
PERG, TEAM oo. 5 oo ee cc seen neesee ¢ @ Tf
MONI, TORTIE. 6 in ca acne cedecss 14
SPONGES. WT
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 holesalc
Nassau do Oe ua 2 00
Velvet Extra do do 110
Extra Yellow do OG 452, 85 a
Grass do ek 65
Hard head, for slate use........ ne 75
Yellow Reef, Oe ie csa, 1 40
MISCELLANEOUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.08) ®@ gal.... 218 a
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 2
Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50
— aoeuren on Leaas 2
rsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 2
Annatto 1 fb rolls.................. 45 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, gr,
MN ig oa ea kes nis ceed ce b 2%4@ 3% i
Alum, ground (Powd 9¢)...... bate 8 @ 4 93 and 95 Louis Street.
AOTALGO, PETG, « «0. ccc ce nccc cscs 45
Antimony, powdered, com’]...... 44@ 5
ee rat '* . IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 5 a)
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 1
aim Gilead Buds................. 40 lll
MOOI TOMI. noi ck vcs nn cs eee ee 2 GO j
i 700 @9 75 j ,
Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2 30 * *
Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... 50
Sg 0 Guceeemenat .o | Paints Sils Varnishes
Borax, refined (Powd 12e)..... ... W@12 5 j 5
Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 00
Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 . as
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 22
Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18
WTO. TA, nos cc cece in dc csns 4 00
WT a ooo ch ac os cw cee oe cea 2
Calomel, American................ 75
Chalk, prepared drop...........++. 5 dsswale
Chalk, precipitate English........ 2 1
coer — eg Deel aakeeeees 8
Ee WE ITI, oo oc cccceccees 2 TEA CTTT . »
Giactam, sans... 1 60 MANUFACTURERS OF
Cotocyn ae. eh ek oad nce es : 60
oral hydrate, German crusts.. 50 . ETT . i
Chloral © do do eryst. .. 17@ | RLEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION
Po = — ao ... 1 90 qe 5
Jhlora oO Oo crusts.. 1 %5 / AN c
ON gcd cisiessncacs 17 @ 80 RLUID EXTRACTS AND ELINIRS.
Cinchonidia, P. & W...... a oe nu ue 18 @ %
Cinchonidia, other brands......... 18 @ 28 a :
CNOVOR (POWE ZBC).. << os <0 s0c000es 18 @ 2 GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR
OE sce ik icc ckcasedcneas 40
Cocoa Butter...............- Saeadee 45
Copperas (by bbl Ie)............... 2 Wolf, Patton & Co., and John ye Whiting,
Corrosive Sublimate............... 70 : !
Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... lAanufacturers of Fine Paint and
Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 :
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ib box.. 15 Varnish Brushes.
Wis ia ei os hoa scan decess 50
Cudhear, Prime... ....--.0essas05: 24 THE CELEBRATED
pene re Pe ns oa ca cc cane ces 2
Ae 2 7 .
Dover’s Powders...............0s. 110 Pioneer Prepared Paints.
Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50
Ergot powdered...............06+- 45 —Also for the—
Miner BUDS... . «5.55... .00-5 32s 110 :
Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 | Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manufacturers of
Epsom Salts (bbl. 19%).............- 2@ 3 :
Wert, FUCA ne ae eo ens sao 50 Hair, Shoe and Horse Brushes.
Ether, sulphuric, U. 8. P.......... 60
WG ice ck vaca csdacaes 14
Grains Paradise...............0... 1 ® 9 5
Gelatine, Cooper’s..............66+ 90 fey
Gelatine, French .............-.--- 5 @ 0 =,
Glassware, flint, 7) off, by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
Glue, C&dNET........ 6... e eee ee eee 2 @
Glue, white................ 6. . 16 @ B® Our stock in this department of our busi-
GVOOCFING, DUNG... ....65c0cesesanace 16 @ 2 i. :
Hops %s and \s........ aa 25@ 40 | ness is eonceded to be one of the largest,
toa OZ... e cece cece e eee eee % @l a best-assorted and diversified to be found in
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ 40 | the Northwest. We are heavy importers of
can > "dea > & res . . ye
—— onder, Eo pine maee @l a many articles ourselves and can offer Fine
Isinglass, American............... 150 |Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng-
RI oo oo oc ks 5 connec sees aescsns 7 os 4 rat) BR
Tete PUnOIE. ..... «+. sccccesas. 0 @ bs lish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive
EGG GOOTREE, . ok onsen sco ecancases 15 prices.
Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10c & 4s lle) 8 . | : :
PRPONG be oli a da casagcacasues 1 00 We desire particular attention of those
— Sac deen ants stenenan tes = about purchasing outfits for new stores to
Madder, best Dutch.............. 12%@ 13 | the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACILI-
i io oo ov as once teen as 75 6. : oss .
eee ee 69 | TIES for meeting the wants of this class of
Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... oz 2 80@3 05 ‘ers WIT IT TLAY ; :
nk Gheton, 1, F. & woe = buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the
Moss, looland. .........00.-s0s- 8 10 |mostapproved and acceptable manner known
* »
Re il esses = to the drug trade. Our special efforts in
pen grocer’s, 10  cans...... _ this direction have received from hundreds
SO z . eee
Semmens We. AOR aa ahaa g) | of our customers the most satisfying recom-
PIES VOUNMGR. «6.05 550 eee cies e nse 10 ations.
Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... 5 mendation
Te CO cake cave ccesees ll @
Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 . .
OR nog ceo ct os dn ence ce ccenes 2 50
Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 Wine and Liquor Henartient
oe gee ae ee ee 6 @ 7 u
Quinia, Sulph, P.& W........ bos 8& @
Quinine, German................+. 82@ 87 . i
Red Precipitate............... #8 bb 8 We give our special and personal atten-
Beige MUCtUre.... .....2..ssscces 28 4 - ‘ : 4 ;
Strychnia, cryst...............00.0 169 | tion to the selection of choice goods for the
ee een sent eeeneeeeees 4 @ i$ | DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit
Ee Co ich soci cdenwane ac @ 2 |the high praise accorded us for so satis-
~ oe pon Ak ae en teens . factorily supplying the wants of our eustom-
oo pocnene Deuba iaees veaccnuans : 7 tomers with PURE GOODS in this depart-
neste canton ess @, 24! ment. We CONTROL and are the ONLY
Santonin ...,........ 2. eeseseeeeeees 6 50 AUT RIZED AGENTS for » sale of
Be ta dcice co dante. |... 33 AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of
Soda Ash [by keg 8c].............. 4 | the celebrated
SOPINAOOT .. 5... ese cee se sere eee 35
Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 44%@ 5
Soap, White Castile................ 14 5
Soap,Green dO ..... ..sseeeees Vi
Soap, Mottled do .............-.. 9 :
soap, One coc cesiccaesd 11
Soap, Mon gah de tas eaaaes . 14
Beirite Wise, OF... 5655 cece scenes 2 @ 2 . e oie : 2
Spirits MORO ois cccacnscesons 39 @ 32 | Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND
Sugar Milk powdered.............. 35 | OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP-
Rvs Ue, HOE... 6-55 ccc cece neces B4@ 4 |. pees naar ME tes
Sulphur, rOll........-+seeeeeee eee ' “3@ 3%/|PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not
ae cr Pine, ig gal. cans @ doz 9 bo | only offer these goods to be excelled by NO
Tar, do quarts in tin....... 140 | OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market,
Tar, do pints in tip......... 85 | — :
Turpentine, Venice........... 48 Tb 25 | but superior in all respects to most that are
Wax, White, 8. & F. brand........ 55) «| exposed for sale To QITARANTEE per-
Mars UNE soya ican econ ce ek ees 7 @ & | exposed for sale. We Gl ARAN TEE per
OILs. |fect and complete satisfaction and where
ee ae settee ee ee ee eeeeee en neee ser eees > i this brand of goods has been once introduced
Pee CORIO og os ccc daa dn dnnncsccemencnnanss 30 | .
ReaD OOPMUAGE 5. ts ca desas ceinaeedes se soustl | the future trade has been assured.
ME ACPOE) TRING cos 50 5s cans os an conse acncesenes Bd |
WEGHIOMG MUGIINONY 6s cccsescasncsetccecssacs 30
Challenge Machinery............,cceeseceeeces 25 We are also owners of the
Meee IO PEIN, © on conan cn cowcscdacascas es 30
Black Diamond Machinery................0+- 30
Castor MOCoime OFF... 6... ccs sc tees ceeceenss: 6C | “ ; 7 “4
ee EE EE EE i 1b | ‘ ‘ i]
I Oe GONE 6 vec eu sett as eaedaascnucusds 21 | h sit
Sperm, winter bleached.............. edacns 1 40 | : I
Bbl Gal
Whale, Winter... ......ccccccscsececece 70 TO wes ‘ if ee
5s vc ca an ds cdot ndncens 5B 60 | Which continues to have so many favorites
Fe WO Bi cnc he ci ca hada cn connis cones 45 55 | « ne druggists w ave st sea gf
TADSOOM, DULG PAW... «6.0 ccceccsesnes 3 46 | — drugg sts who have sold these goods
TT ARBOGEL, HOUOE bo sss ciccnnsacneeaens 465 49 | for a very long time. Buy our
Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 |
Spirits Turpentine.................+. 40 45 |
VARNISHES. ; n ‘ 1 :
Wo. F Turn CORON. o6 cos ccc este cennce 1 10@1 20 | i$ I ll 18S ig 18S
WER CG TUED oso cc oe eens aes ccuaeeuuua 1 60@1 70 | j (i * ‘
Cit PO os i uh cook aac cae 2 75@3 00 |
No. 1 Turp Furniture. .............se0- 1 00@1 10
Hxtra Turn Damar. .........c.cecccees 1 55@1 60 - . as
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp...... ......- 10@ 75 | We call your attention to the adjoining
PAINTS ni ‘ | list of market quotations which we aim to
ih Went os. seca 1% 2@ 3 make as complete and perfect as possible.
py aon ees iz 2@ 2 For special quantities and for quotations on
Putty, commercial ............ 2% 24%@ 3/such articles as do not appear on the list,
Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3) auah ac PATENT A ‘TRIES ote
Vorraiton, a pee: 16 | SUC has PATENT MEDICINES, ete., we
Vermilion, English............ 58@60 | invite your correspondence.
Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 | is eer nee
Lead, red strictly pure ela eae 64 | Mail orders always receive our special and
Lead, white, strictly pure..... 6% srsoOni antion.
Whiting, white Spanish..... ; @i0 personal attention
Whiting, Gilders’.............. @H0
White, Paris American........ 1 10
Whiting Paris English cliff.. 1 40
Pioneer Prepared J aints .... 1 20@1 40
Swiss Villa Prepare: Paints.. 1 00@1 20 j

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A ie re EACH j : 5 Pepperelly 7-1 ee A Peper ell, 3 As ens nes ae
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E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. QO eSa. e rocers a CHECKS.

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BIG DRIVE Kentucky brown..10'% Toledo plaid. . :
The B d Most Att ti Good the Market. Send f a in o . - - = 50 pcg eae brown... o% Manchester plaid..
z e Best an os ractive Goods on the Marke Send for ane brown........ 9% New Tenn. plaid...1
PRIVATE LETTER BOXES. PATROL - - - .46 | Louisiana plaid.... 7 Utility plaid... \
oo FACHED COTTONS.
: : dale, 36....... 84|Greene, G, 4-4...... 54
A Cigar Merchant who Does a Post Office J ACK RABBIT Avon 4 i . 5%
usiness. . Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8% BO OO cccvsc ce aes 6%
aoe ee : SILVER COIN - - o ” - 46 ‘Androscoggin, 54. 12% |Hope, Miss cdnecsaee oa
From the New York Sun. Ballou, 44.......... 64'King Phillip cam-
In a window of a Third avenue cigar store % * PANIC - . zg - * ” * - 46) Ballou, woes 8461 Li bric, ape toteeee 1144
i ee ee le ee eer TLATDY  . .« «-¢ « | Boot, B6s........ 8 Anwood, 44....... 1%
isas sig eh reads: , B.D 7 2 "34 %
ee nee BLACK PRINCE, We te Booth Bb G neoine et |W
» | : i ae Chapman, X, +4.... 6 |Masonville, 4-4..... 8
day found long rows of iron front letter APPLE JACK ~ - - - - ~ 46 Conway, ‘et IMa: Set cia
res arr, rd ¢ » WE 2 side . Cabot, 4-4 bccdainns . 6%\New York Mill, 44.104
boxes arranged along the wall on one side 2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand. Cabot, 7-8..... "1 6 |New Jersey, 44...
of the store. The proprietor, a small Ger- Canoe, 84.......... 4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. a
, : ARgzonts for Fruit of Loom, 44.. 84/ Victoria, AA....... 9
“You see,” said he, “I had a number of THE MEIGS FINE CUT, DARK, P fi Fruit of Loom, 7-8... "ig Woodbury, 4-4...... 5%
customers who had no place to have their ne avor £64 | Fruit of the Loom, “ |Whitinsville, 44... 7%

4 AGENTS F'OFR hawt rng No. wo | \Otis Apron ns huge vas 10%
spe FLUG TOBACCO Pork Mii Nght Pra A
Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as ‘k Mills, No. 70..% ror OM. oon ccascs
: Second- te Matter.) ' a Park Mills, No. 20.15 York. A A,extra 02.14
SNABURG.
RED FOX - - - = oa io . 48 Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... &
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1885. 5 : Jewell briwn....... 954 Augusta plaid......
Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. 4
Art aeuiae Oe AG. osc cc 7%
Boott, O. 4 Ty
i, Boott, R. 3-4....... 54| |Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9%
A reporter who entered the store yester- BIG STUMP - me _ o - ™ 08 Blackstone, AA 4-4, {Langdon, 45........ ‘14 :
axyplai ic new brane P sines Domestic, 36....... 7%4| Pride of the West..11
man, explained his new branch of business Dwieht Anchor,44. 9 \Pocahontas, 44.... 7%
in this way: a . Davol, 4-4.........- 9 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% ¥
; i cambric, 4-4...... - |W hitinsville, 7-8.... 6%
mail sent, and were therefore compelled to AMBO Y ¢ A eS Ee. ; STUNNER, DARK es io .88 | Gold Medal, 44... 4|Wamesutta, 4-4... a

 

call at the Post Office for it. Some of them Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6 “|W illiamsville, 36...104
Gilded Age......... 8%}
asked me to allow them to have their letters . 5. ° . RED BIRD, BRIGHT i " ” ‘ ” OO SILESLAS.
Serie arenrem exter ee ee CreeA QUEEN, BRIGHT - - - - 40;gccoo hee
ieee Loop nok atone ieee. |S FRUIT ‘ oe a eine

of boxes then came to me, and I put it in Centennial......... iNictory O..........

44 43 a . s a
practice, and it works well. Only fifty cents Hl Bas | (Ie (i at ill Michi ail O SO SWEET - _ . - - “ 830 Blackburn ceeseen 8 Vesey Boos
amonth is charged fora box. In fact, I 8 . ay 7 ‘ 2c less in 6 pail lots. EOUGGR...........5- 124%4| Victory K.......... 2%

. ; ‘ POCOMIE o 0 cass cece 2 |Phoenix A.. <<cse
could afford to give them free, it helps my

Red Cross.........- 10 iPheenix B......... - 10%
trade, as almost every one who has a box ‘k . a * . SMOBRING _— impetia 18, hewn Perera te
buys something when he comes here. ” 5 Albion, solid........ 544 | sareeme ee 6
~ aah + oie ; Scr Albion, grey euicues 6 oucestermourn’g r.6
aration ae metre oom] QQMMON abllat, : | ARTHUR'S CHOICE, LONG CUT, BRIGHT 22) its iiss. sienna
i 5 e 6

at boarding houses, and who do not care to Allen’ 8 fi: aney.. teens 34 Bar tel taney eee :
: * : ‘ en’s pink......... j4g|Merrimac D.........
have their mail sent where they live. Some RED FOX, LONG CUT, FOIL - « 26 Allen’ *sburpic... ".1'644|\Manchester ......... 6 «@

....0% |Oriental fancy...... 6 ’

— _ i their — GIPSEY QUEEN, GRANULATED - ‘ 296 Arnold taney. genta robes... 0%
1 1at is none Of my Husiess. . erlinsolid........- 544|\Pacific robes........ 6
the boxes have locks, and the keys are GC j Al f < a By VV HLL &Z CO., OLD COMFORT, IN CLOTH . - - 27 eahoes co Ss ISteel Htiver..........54%

; a al = ‘ ; , f PINT « cotesecnss
held by those who hire them. They SHAT, OF GRAND RAPIDS, IN CLOTH Q4.| Eadystone oe lwashieaton imag.”

are numbered. When the letter carrier Eagle fancy.........! |Washington blues. 7%

brings the letters I drop them in their re- SOLS AGENTS. DIME: SMOKER, IN CLOTH - - - - ,Q4| Garner pink......... 6x4)

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spective boxes through a slit over the door, 2c less in 100 pound lots. Appleton A, 4-4.... 74|Indian Orchard, 40. 8
d > sees them | self. The Boott M, 44........ . 6% |Indian Orchard, 36. 7%
and no one sees them but myself. The let- Boston F, 4-4....... 74s Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% a
ters are simply addressed to my store, and I These brands are sold only by Continental G, 43... 6% |Lyman B, 40-in.....10%
ok A € e . 34 | Mass. je AB cc ccwas 5%
distribute them.” e Conestoga ws 4-4... 654 Nashua R, 40-in.... 84%
ee Conestoga D, 7-8... 5% Nashua R, 44...... ve?
co. . ‘ Conestoga G, 30-in. 6 |Nashua O,7-8....... 6%
The Artistic View of Dress-Making. e | Dwight X,3-+4...... 544, Newmarket N...... 64
Rambler in Chicago News. Dwight Y,7-8....... 5%|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7

Dwight Z, 4-4 a akas 6% | 'Pepperell R, 4-4.... 734
Dwight Star, 4-4.... 7 |Peppet rell O, 7-8.... 6%

Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepper ell N, 3-4.... 6%
Enterprise EE, 36.. 5 |Pocasset_C, 44..<.. 6%
5 Great Falls E, 44... 7 Saranac R.......... Th

‘“‘PDress-making has its humorous side as
well as anything else,” remarked a little
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street. ‘There is the thin woman who will Farmers’ A 44. 4 Pel Saranac E.......... 9 )
dress in snaky stripes, the ;s 7 rir] W W iu : DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.
who insists a fics sen Ce ho warrant the same xo Ne unequalled. oT ae Pe “ia bes Kentrow, dress o ™
¢ r é 9 Valu : S : Amoskeag, ersian ‘Johnson Man & 10,
Sad oNs dads tr Seen ts antee every pound to be perfect and all right in T ERVEB aos nnn 1o4| Bookfold 1
the waist, the match-like maiden who wants every particular. We cordially invite you, when. in| Berksiire 11°222.5.' 6i|" dress styles.....12%
Glasgow checks.... 7 |Slaterville, dress |

Wholesale Mannfactnrers of

PURE CAND

AND DEALERS IN

atorturingly tight bodice, and the fluffy-
puffy little body who wants gathers. But I
never give in to them,” she continued, with
a snap in her eyes; ‘“‘I think too much of the
human race. I believe we all have one duty
toward humanity. Mine is to keep women
from committing artistic suicide. The little
idiots come into my parlor, look at a fash-

the city, to visit our place of business, 55 and 57 | Gisseow enn Ey Oe ee a Ga stay

Glasgow checks, t
Canal st. IT MAY SAVE YOU MONEY. poral styles...-.7 8 [white MEG ree

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PUIMGE ows «5 cose "UA IGORGOEE 6056 cascccees 7%

Lancaster .......... 8 \Greylock, dress
Langdale ..........- TOL BEWIOO 6. oa <: oceces 12%

WIDE BLE ACHE D COTTONS. ?
Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27
Androscoggin, 8-4. 2 |Pepperell, 1l-4..... mi

  
  

 

ORANGES, LEMONS pepeecen £4:-"-- Muibeauct, Sh...
ion- > di ey j : Pepperell, 84...... $ equot, 8- cose
ion re cg = es of a lady in 9 9 Pepperell, oot beccan 25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 27%
green gloves holding her fingers as if they HEAVY BROWN COTTONS.
were covered with molasses-candy, and de- B AN AN AS, FIGS, D ATES, Atlantic A. a4 aks 74 é|Lawrence xx 4-4.. 7%
j , ¢ 20 [i] : : tlantic H, 4-4..... 7 |Lawrence , 20.. a
cide that they want adress like hers. Now, Atlantic D, 4-4..... 6% Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5%
there are nineteen chances out of twenty aoe ty 4k oii Moctic hive ees Oe
e , 4-4.... 544\Mystic rer, 4-4... 53
that the dress was never meant for her at 5 ‘Adriatic, es 7% Pequot A, 4-4....... Tig a
, Hints a win | soho Augusta, 4-4........ 6%4|Piedmont, 36....... 6%
all. If they think so much of dress why Boott M, 44........ 6% |Stark AA, 4+....... ih
don’t they make a study of it? There isa Boott FF, 4-4....... 7% pavement OO, 4-4.... 5%
certain rich lady here, with the face of a Teen tack aa 24 \ Wachusett, 4... 7%
madonna, who came to me last week with Indiana Head 45-in.12%| Wachusett, 30-in... 6%
° ° TICKINGS
goods for a plaid dress! I wouldn’t make it Amoskea > \
g, ACA...14 Falls, a tea caets 18%
for her. ‘Madame,’ I said ‘you must dress WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ——— ‘ o..2 Fails, 7 seceeeees 14
: z oskeag, A...... t UW ls ee /
in gray silk.’ I had my way. There wasn’t imosiae Wig ices ? [ralla, BBC, 36.. "1944
. . Be oe . Amoskeag, C...... 1 alls, awning...... 19
a bit of trimming on that dress nothing ian. D...... 10% |Hamilton, BT, 32..12
but draperies—and she looked like a god- Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9%
: Amoskeag, F 9%| Hamilton, H 9%
r ‘ i 7 <r > a m 9 Ee cocccee ® fLMMULON, Fi......- v7
dess. Then another mistake is the univer 5 Premium A, 4. ‘17° |Hamilton’ faney...10 @
sal adoption of a color because it is announc- Premium B........16 |Methuen AA....... 13%

. Fk Weta 4-4... ....<. cee 16 |Methuen ASA......
ed to be fashionable, regardless of the fact 8 DOZEN LARGE ONE-HALF POUND CANS OF Staple and Fancy Extra 5 “Hh Gea A cad u

that the majority of the wearers are making

: . COR TG, oo ccc csccaxs 2% Omega ACA, 7-8....14
perfect guys of themselves. Heliotropeis a cT 4-4 bul ce caeuces 14 |Omega ACA, 4-4....16

1 RC 7-8 14 ‘oO »ga SE, 7-8 24
point in question. There isa young bride MOR cca ccan lomewa $ SE, 4-4. soe
on State street who came home from Europe PE vosns ccces ee 19 |Omega M. 7-8 ......22

: . : Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |Omega M, a 25
last week with a dress of oT Her silks WITH Cordis Not a Baeas | is Site aay 11%
cin is as dark as ¢ aniard’s ai I AND 14 DOZEN Cordis No. , 3 Loses 5 ‘Ss etucket, S & SW.12
skin is as dark as a Spaniard’s and her hair % Fa ian 4... 4 IShetucket, SFS ...12

and eyes are jet black. She would have
been magnificent in dark reds or a cloud of
black lace—but heliotrope!” and the little
dress-maker nearly died jn esthetic pain.”

—_———__— > -¢ <>

 
 

Cordis No. 3........ |\Stockbridge Biches i *
Cordis No. 4........ 1136 Stockbridge frney. ¢
GLAZED CAMBRICS.
CAPTIOR o6o ssc ccencss 5 |Empire .........-++-
HOOKSCL. . 0... .0 000 5 |Washington aeenaden 4%
pe a ee 5 |Edw IO ccc cscedene 5
5 Forest Grove....... 8S. S. & Sons........ 5

GRAIN BAGS.

 

Spurned the Gold. American A......18 00/Old Lronsides...... 15
The world will be glad of the assurance Savi A. oi ..ssces eye ie ay 21
that there are some men in the humblest PMU ok cas sass se 6% </Otis OO... pauseaauas 10%
eo athe cal scout . 4 Everett blue....... 184%|Warren AXA...... 12%
walks of life who can’t be bought with the verett brow!.....18\Warren BB........ 114
clink of gold. A Hoosier who lost his wife ose eae ae a LW arren CO. os 10% %
1S DDB. .ce ce eee eeee or ACY 2. ccccee

a few weeks ago was waited upon a few OC A RP hi 1S Pavan Cagmurcs. y

. une é é y intro- Manville........:... |S. 8. & Sons......... 6
aaa ee or by a ad os - 9 Masgnviille......... 6 ee MOE oa cccccccuess 6

uced himself as the agent of a Cincinnati WIGANS.

; . . |13¢ PINT PITCHERS > . r :

medical college, and he went right to busi- | Ber Cross... Pate Mi.

ness by remarking: Hor Only S77. 5O, Garner ............. 734

  

 

sé aj = . r +3 SPOOL COTTON.
a - cant mead = - a ~ a Giving to every purchaser a Glass Pitcher or Comport with each can, at 30 cents Brooks oN 50 |Bagle and Phoenix -
ool away. ur wife is dead ana buried. ‘lark’s f.....55 | Mills ba sewing.30
I want her body for the college. I could WWE: GUARANTEE: oe ed soea'ss eens
: : : (ATRE EE AWN ae eww ewewne

snatch it any dark night, but that’s not my The SILVER SPOON Powder to give entire satisfaction. Willimantic 3 cord .40 Stafford ...... oe 80 y
° ries 2 z $ ae
way. How much cash will buy the ca- e e ing thread........ 30 Holyok ke ™ 25

ol Arctic Manufacturing OCo., a

 

 

**Dig ’er up at your own expense ?” BNE asa n ase:
oggin sat.. 844; Naumkeag satteen. 5%
sé ” GRAND RAPIDS, MIOE . Canoe River........ 6 “iy Pepperell bleached 8%
Yes. Clarendon. 64|Pepperell sat 9%
a rt a a a ee a De... 4\reppereu Sav.......
‘* How much’ll you give?” ; Hallowell Imp..... 6%|Roekport........... 7 .

ee: HESTER & FOX, OIL, CLOTHS Tacos agent
**Oh, that’s no a“ to me.” MANUFACTURERS AGENTS FOR COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS,

“* Stranger,” said the widower, ‘‘ you skip SAW AND GRIST MILI: MACHINERY, A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: 9

 

 
  
 

  
  

 

 

 

 

 

; ‘ ’ . Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 00
or Vl shoot. If you think I’m fool enough Catalogue ; EN GINE . Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 85
to throw away a forty-dollar coffin in these de TN STc., WTO. Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 30
hard times, you haven't sized me up K’reet. | , Prices. il eae monte r 4 Sueameet rth ae
Let the old lady stay thar. She isn’t costing a, - = MANUFACTURERS OF = le ll oe ide , ag! 10
anything for _ and lodgings, and there 4 STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. .f , Stucco, per Dbl. ton. seetonnssncnnees 3 1%
ain’t a penny out for repairs. Gesty Engines and Boilers in Stock jj » Per COM. ........eee sree es 35
+> : tor immediate delivery. "co 6 and 8 Monroe Street, fre DME, por Mcwecssssss cscs BO
The Days are Shortening. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood- Working . Msskiabey, ware ends bee UE. aaa ¥
‘“‘Well, the days are growing shorter and Saws, Belting and Oils. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$5 75@6 00
shorter very rapidly, aren’t they?” ? Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 00@6 25
is : ’ And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pniley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample pulley Cannell, car lots........-.....0ee- ees @6 00
Guess you'd think so if you had a note - and become convinced of their superiority. Chto Limp, cer lots. suet t 0s 00
coming due next week, as I have.” Write for Prices. 130 OAKES STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Grand mapids, == Portland Cement.................+.. 3 50@4 00

 

 

 
 

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The Michigan Tradesman.

The Clerk’s Opportunities:
From the Northwest Trade.

The clerk has anopportunity. Is he not in
a position to qualify himself for carrying on
business for himself some day. Very many
of the shopkeepers of the day began life as
clerks and worked their way up in the world
by enterprise and thrift. The most suc-
cessful men indeed, are those who began at
the foot of the hill and made their way by
slow degrees to the top.

Why should the clerk then, not devote
himself to business as if he wished to get
all the experience he could? He ean win
the good opinion of his employer in no way
so well as by manifesting an interest in his
business and a desire to learn. It is true
he may more than earn his wages—no, the
the education he is getting for a business
career of his own, will compensate for any
discrepancy between the work done and the
pay received. He can learn how to win and
hold trade; how to attend to the wants of
customers so that they will be attracted by
him and not repelled; how to judge goods;

 

 

 

the necessity of discriminating in extending’

credits; almost everything, but buying, in
short, and that sometimes.

Contrast with this, the course of the
elerk who simply works for his weekly
wages. He takes no interest in his employ-
er’s business, and goes like a machine that
is wound up in the morning, to run down at
night. He attends to the w ants of custom-
ers because they are in the shop and he can-
not help himself. The fewer people there
are to attend to the better he likes it, and
he apparently cares nothing about the profits
of business. Whenever his interests or
those of his employer conflict, he favors him-
self. A young man who pursues such a
course as this, can never succeed in life. By
neglecting his opportunities to acquire a
business education, you will discever that
he lacks the necessary qualifications to carry
on the business, and when he undertakes to
go into trade on his own account, if he
should ever be foolish enough to make a
trial, he is almost always sure to fail. It
ean be said with a great degree of assurance
that the faithful, conscientious clerk will be
appreciated by his employer, and advanced
to positions of great responsibility and that
business opportunities will continually open
up before him. Energy, hard work, con-
scientiousness and intelligence in the clerk,

will not long escape observation.

He Won the Wagers.

Three or four commercial travelers were
seated in the smoking car amusing them-
selves as commercial travelers are wont to
do. Their conversation was not altogether
of the price of goods or the probabilities of
orders, but occasionally turned to the fair
sex.

“By the way,” said one of the drummers,
‘before you boys came aboard I was back
in the next coach, and I saw there a mag-
nificent girl—as pretty asa picture. I was
crazy to get acquainted with her, but she
wouldn’t have any foolishness. Run’ back
and take a look at her.”

Of course the other drummers sauntered
back, and on their return were loud in their
praises * = stranger’s beauty.
> said the first speaker. ‘I’m
willing to confess it’s a clean case of love at
first sight with me, and just to get up my
courage, I’ll wager any one of you or the
whole party five dollars that before we get
to Petoskey I’ll be sitting beside that girl
and she’ll rest her head lovingly on my
shoulder.”

The other drummers were so eager for the
“snap” that they quarrelled as to which one
should hold the stakes. The four five dollar
bills were deposited with the fourth man as
stakeholder, and the smitten wagerer threw
away his cigar and started for the other car,
telling his companions to keep watch of
him.

They watched him. As he entered the
coach the fair stranger was reading a novel.
He walked boldly to her side and spoke to
her. She looked up, smiled, moved to one
side to make room for him, and when he had
seated placed her pretty head upon his
shoulder as if she had aright to. In half
an hour the lucky commercial traveler drew
from his pocket another cigar, the beauty
raised her head, and he returned to the
smoking car.

‘My wife has excused me long enough
for another smoke,” he said to his amazed
companions. ‘She didn’t want to come
with me on this trip for fear it would cost
too much, but I told her we’d make money
if she would come along. So far we are
about forty dollars ahead of expenses, and
by fall expect to have enough to buy her a
sealskin sacque. Those five dollar notes,
please.”

“Boys,

—_—————_—>-+- <<
What Caused It.
Barber (to customer in chair)—You're
quite bald, sir.
Customer—Yep.
Barber—Young man, too.
Customer—Yep.
Barber—Wear your hat too much?
Customer—Nop.
Barber—Run in the family?
Customer—Nop.
Barber—Roots of the hair diseased?
Customer—Nop.
Barber—Fever?
Customer —Nop.
Barber—Er-wife?
Customer—Nop.
Barber—(desperately) What caused that
baldness?
Customer—Barber’s Preventive.

 

 

BROWNS

Paper Bag
Twine Holder!

(COMBINED.)

Patented April 29th, 1883.
CAPACITY 2,500 BAGS.

Saves time,

 

bags and valuable
counter room. Is neat and orna-
mental, constructed of malleable
iron, neatly Japanned, with steel
wire needles, and will never get out
ofrepair. Weighs about 6 lbs. and
occupies 18 inches square of space.
Can be adjusted to any height of
ceiling. Is suspended from ceiling
directly over counter within easy
distance of salesman. For further
information address

GEO. R. BROWN,
PALMYRA, N. Y.
SOLD BY

Franklin MacVeagh & Co., Chicago, nL

Arthur Meigs & Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

BOOTS AND SHOES.

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO.

We have a splendid line of goods for Fall trade and guar-|

The dem: and for our own iaake |
Send in

antee our prices on Rubbers.
of Women’s, Misses’ and Childs shoes is increasing.
your orders ‘and they will be promptly attended to.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

  
  
      
 

The Well-Known
J.S. Farren & Co.

OYSTER

ARE THE BEST IN MARKET.

PUTNAM & BROOKS

WHOLESALE AGENTS.

 

 

COMING to GRAND RAPIDS

IN

CAR LOADS

D. W. Archer’s Trophy Gorn,
D, W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn,
D. W. Archer’s Early Golden Drop Corn

EVERY CAN BEARING SIGNATURE OF

The Archer Packing Co.

OHILLICcCOTHE, Ii.

 

 

 

See Our Wholesale Quotations else-
where in this issue and write for

Special Prices in Car Lots.
Weare prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we hance.

A.B KNOWLSON,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

SE Mae

READ! READ! READ!

HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO. have
Sole Control of our Celebrated

Pioneer Prevared Paint!

The ONLY Paint sold on a GU
Read it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JARANTEE.

 

When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is put on
j any building, andif within three years it should
) crack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full
| satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint
ithe building at our expense, with the best

White Lead, or such other paint as the owner
may seject. Should any case of dissatisfaction
| occur, a notice from the dealer wil! command
our prompt attention. T. H. NEVIN & CO,

|

| Send for sample cards and prices. Address
|

}

~ Hlazeltine, Perkins & GO.

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

 

b. UTS & UU,

No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids.

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Send for new |
Price - List for | | |
Fall Trade. |
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

 

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VOIRT MILLING ¢0,

Proprietors of

 ORESCENT
‘FLOURING MILLS,

Manufacturers of the Following Pop-
ular Brands of Flour:

|
| CRESCENT,”

| “WHITE ROSE,”

“MORNING GLORY,”

| “ROYAL PATENT,” and
“ALL WHEAT,” Flour.

ENGINES

 

 

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills,
Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft-
ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made tor
Complete | Outfits.

 

Denison,

88, 90 and 92 South Division Street,

cm.

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

51 AND 58 LYON STREET, -

CURTISS. DUNTON & CO.

VW ELOL:ESALE:

PAPER, OILS, CORDAGE, WOODENWARE

 

. The Scena Oil Can,

The Best Glass Can with Tin Jacket in the Market.
CURTISS, DUNTON ck coe.

THF

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. |

 

Grand Rapids.

FFADAMS & CO’'S

DARK AROMATIC

Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco is the very best dark goods on the Wiarkel.

Eaton & CHTIStenSOn, AgTS.

Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20pm

 

Mich.

 

SAMPLE

WALLPAPER & WINDOW SHADES

At Manufacturers’ Frices.

3S TO THE TRADE ONLY.
HOUSE & STORE SHADES MADE TO ORDER.
68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS.

Nelson Bros. & Co.

 

PERKINS WIN

   

It has been in constant use
for 15 years, with a record
equalled by none. WaAR-
RANTED not to blow down
unless the tower goes with
it: or against any wind that
does not disable substantial
farm buildings: to be perfect; to outlast and
do better work than any other mill made.

Agents wanted. Address Perkins Wind Mill

 

& Ax Co., Mishawaka, Ind. Mention Tradesman,
TIME TABI
} BLES.
Michigan Centra).
DEPART.
PRET TEETOG oso sass cccetnsceesscas 6:00 a m
UP MENON ig cs ic ech evccdavcdeesss: 12:45.9 m
GURU ME DTOUB. 5. oc cn cecncccsessess 9:20 p m
Go oo iva bck chccse es dons cecce: 6:50am
‘ ARRIVE,
NOG aio voc cccdcdncdceuess 6:00 am

OE cc cveccucaacescaucdees conedses i

*Grand Rapids Express..............

WOME BUOIR cic in cccsccccecesdcccecn 4 d:
+Daily except Sunday. *Daily.

Sleeping cars run on Atlantie and Pacific
Express.

Direct and prompt connection made with
Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus
avoiding transfers.

The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has
Drawing Room and Psrlor Car for Detroit,
reaching that city at 11:45 a. m., New York 10:50
a.m.,and Boston 3:05 p.m. next day.

A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except
Sunday with drawing room ear attached, arriv-
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:50 p. m.

J.T. ScHuLTz, Gen’] Agent.

Chicago & West I Michigan.

 
   
   

5h) pm
KO pm
bam

 

save. Arrives

+Mail... .. ke Bliss 215 4:25 p m
EMD PISETOSS, ..5 5 00 ose 0e 2:3 10:45 p m
*Night Express Lek acceaccs 8:35pm 4:45am

*Daily. +tDaily except Sunday.

Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.
Through parlor car in charge of careful at-
tendants without extra charge to Chicago on
12:25 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a.m. and
9:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves. Arrives.
I oon bn cen cenccnces 4:15pm 4:04pm
Express. . $:05am il:lbbam

an trains arrive and de “part from Union De-

The Northern terminus of this Division is at
Baldwin, where ciose connection is made with
¥.& F. M. trains to and from Ludington and
Maniste 4

. H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent.
x B. MULLIKEN, General Manager.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO DIVISION.)

 

Arrive. Leave.
EXXPTe6S.........-0.ceee sees 7:15pm 7:30 am
NN i cae ade ccacscunces 9:50 am 4:00 pm

All trains daily except Sunday.

The train leaving at 4 p.m.connects at
White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main
Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep-
ing Coaches trom Chicago to New York and
Boston without change.

The train leaving at 7:30 a.m. connects at
White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with
special New York Express on Main Line.

Through tickets and berths in sleeping
coaches can be secured at Union Ticket office,
67 Monre eS and depot.

a
. McK ENNEY, Gen’! Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

 

 

Arrives. Leaves.
+Steamboat Express....... 6:l7am 6:25am
PUNO MGT. osc ncccsecs 10:10am 10:20am
+Evening Express......... 3820pm 3:35pm
*fLimited Express.......... 8:30pm 10:45pm
+Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 a m

| GOLNG WEST.

+Morning Express......... 1: (05pm 1:10pm

+Through Mail.... 19pm 5:15pm

+Steamboat Express....... 10: 40pm 10:45pm

WN ig desde acdadsnecs T:lvam
‘Night Ex ress. -- 5:10am 5:20am
+Daily, Sund: iys ‘exce pted. *Daily.
Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express

make close connections at Owosso for Lansing
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at
10:00 a. m. the following morning.

Train leaving at 10:45 p. m. will make con-
nection with Mi!waukee steamers daily except
Sunday.

The Night Express has a through Wagner
Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand
Rapids.

D. PorTrer, City Pass. Agent.

GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING NORTH.
Arrives.

 

Leaves.

Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30am 11:30a m

Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 5:00pm
G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:00a m
GOING SOUTH.

G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex 7:15am
| Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 5:00pm 5:30pm
| Mackinac & Ft. Wayne Ex. "10: 30am 11:45pm

Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 11:30 pm ‘
All trains daily except Sunday.
SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.
North—Train leaving at 5:00 o’clock p. m.

' has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Traverse City

and Mackinac. Train leaving at 11:30 a. m. has
— Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw
ity.
South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. bas Wood-
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.
c. L. Lockwoob, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette.

Trains connect with G. R. & I. trains for St.
Ignace, Marquette and Lake Superior Points,
leaving Grand Rapids at 11:30 a. m. and 11:00 p.
m., arriving at Marquette at 1:45 p. m. Return-
ing leave Marquette at 2:00 p. m., arriving at
Grand Rapids at 6:30a. m. and 545 p.m. Con-
nection made at Marquette with the Marquette,

Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad for the
Lron, Gold and Silver and Cope Districts.
LLLIGAN.

Gen’| Frt. & Pass. Agt., Marquette, Mich.

 

Goodrich Steamers.

Leave Grand Haven Tuesday, Thursday and
Sunday evenings, connecting with train on D.,
G. H.& M. Ry. Returning, leave Chicago Mon-
day, Wednesday and Friday evenings, at 7
o’clock, arriving at Grand Haven in time for
morning train east.

 

Grand River Steamer.
The Steamer Barrett leaves her dock for
Grand Haven, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-
days, returning on alternate days.

 

pee ned

a — i

F, J. DETTENTHALER, Jobber of Oysters,

 

 

 

EE
QUOTATIONS
IN
PRICE-CURRENT.

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Groceries.

THE CREDIT GROCER.
Written Expressly for THE TRADESMAN.
Who is it wears a frowning face,
Where lines of thought and care you trace,
Which show he needs his “three days
grace?”
The credit grocer.

 

 

Who is it always buys “on tick,”
And to meet his payments frets till sick,
For fear of the assignment trick?

The credit grocer.

Who is it sees his goods depart

With pain and sinking of the heart,

While tears as big as buttons start?
The credit grocer.

Who, when the drummer doth appear,

Turns red and green with very fear,

Of dun for bills he bought last year?
The credit grocer.

Who deems each customer a foe,

And curses showers on all below

Who will not pay him what they owe?

: The credit grocer.

Who feels he has not e’en a soul,

To call his own, in his control,

And wishes each dead beat in sheol?
The credit grocer.

And who, when dead and in the dust,

Will bear this epitaph so just—

“Died from effect of too much trust.”
The credit grocer.

<-> <>-——--——-—

Running Yet.

He ran to catch a horse-car,
But success did not attend;
For engaged was the conductor
In conversing with a friend.
And he madly waved his bundles,
Shouted “hi!” with might and main;
And he tiourished his umbrella,
But he flourished it in vain;
For up on that conversation
The conductor would not let;
So the other kept on running,
And he may be running yet.
——_~

A Slander on the Profession.

A gentleman who had made the acquain-
tance of a drummer on the train, on reach-
ing Grand Rapids asked him:

‘‘Where is there a cheap but respectable
boarding house in this town?”

“The cheapest and most respectable
boarding house I know of is with my future
wife. I always stop with her folks.”

‘So your intended lives here, does she?”

“Of course, I’ve got one in every city in
the United States of any prominence.”

Courtesy to a Stranger.

“Gentlemen, would you mind moving
along and giving mea seat? I don’t feel
very well.”

“You look well enough to stand; we’re
crowded already,” said a glun young man.

“Excuse me, but I’ve traveledall the way
from Montreal and I didn’t—”

Within two minutes the stranger had a
choice of all the seats, and he wasn’t from
Montreal either.

 

—~> 2
The Grocery Market.

Business continues good. Hard sugars
have declined about 144¢, and soft sugars
ie; and as the canning season is practically
over, the indications are that future move-
ments will be of a downward nature. New
Valencia raisins are now in market. Can-
ned goods are moving off quite freely.

Candy is steady. Oranges are searce and
higher. Lemons are about the same. Nuts
are steady.

——_—_—-0 <<. ____
About the Size of It.
From the Shoe and Leather Review.

Tue MicnigAN TRADESMAN celebrated
its second birthday Sept. 16. Its twenty-
four months of life have been busy and use-
ful ones, and it enters upon the third year
with renewed enterprise, and sustained by
the most substantial encouragement of an
appreciative consitimency.

~ >.>
The Honest Farmer.
From the Muskegon Chronicle.

A Terrace street grocery man bought a
load of fine looking pumpkins froma gen-
tleman from the rural districts. After the
farmer’s departure our grocer friend discoy-
ered that the largest pumpkin in the pile
had been hollowed out and filled in with
hays and stones.

—

The Chicago Times says this week that
merchants are inclined strongly to the opin-
ion that the magnificent corn crop will goa
good way towards compensating the coun-
try for the low prices offered by Great Brit-
ian for our wheat, for, after all, it must now
be admitted that corn is king in this coun-
try. Merchants who depend for subsistence
on the trade of farmers’ families, right in
the heart of the winter wheat country, re
port that the agricultural population in those
sections is far from being disheartened by

the failure of that important crop, for, in
most cases they were shrewd enough to
plow up the winter-wheat acres once more

and replant the ground with corn.

The Sup sxreme Court of lowa has just de-
cided that a hotel-keeper who receives
guests, knowing that a contagious disease
is existing at his hotel at the time, is liable
in damages to any guest who thereby con-
tracts the disease, unless he informs the
guest of the fact when receiving him. The
plaintiff in this case caught the smallpox by
being thus received, afid recovered damages
to the extent of $5,000.

fi ae i

Ground pepper is often adulterated with
the ground kernels of olive berries. If the
mixture is scattered upon equal parts of gly-
cerine and water, the pepper floats upon the
surface and the berries sink.

a 8

E. B. Fisher, of the Eagle, and WwW. B
Weston, of the Leader, will take an excur-
sion to Louisville on the 18th. Fare $8 for
the round trip.

>>>

Choice grapes are selling for a centa

pound, wholesale, on parts of the Pacific

coast.

 

 

‘Ransom’ Cheese.

Old Uncle Billy Stokes, a colored individ-
ual from one of the back counties in Missis-
sippi where old-fashioned wagons with wood
axles are still in use, and where the prima-
tive “tar bucket” is now part of the ‘‘run-
ning gear,” was in Canton Miss., a few days
ago standing in front of Mat Hiller’s store
watching the unloading from drays of new-
ly arrived goods. One dray contained, be-
sides several barrels of groceries a number
of boxes of cheese and a dozen or two boxes
of patent axle grease. Uncle Billy’s eye
rested upon the latter, and he inquired:

“Mars Hiller, what you ax fer one ob dem
little cheeses?”

“Only fifteen cents, Uncle Billy; do you
want one?” was Mr. Hiller’s reply.

“Wal, yas, boss, but ef I buy de cheese
will yer frow in der crackers?”

“Of course I will,” said Mr. Hiller as he
handed Uncle Billy a box of the axle grease
and then passed behind the counter and took
a handful of crackers from a box and gave
them to the old man.

Uncle Billy then walked to the back door
of the store and seating himself on an
empty box, proceeded to enjoy his lunch.
He had been there about five minutes when
Mr. Hiller concluded he would see what
progress he was making, so, going to the
door, he saw the old man, with knife in
hand, spreading the grease on a_ cracker,
while his jaws were vigorously working and
his mouth and chin covered with crumbs
and grease.

‘Well, Uncle Billy,” said Mr.
“how do you like your lunch?”

The old man rested his knife on his right
knee and, drawing a heavy sigh, replied:

“Boss, dem ar crackers am pow’ful good;
but lor, boss, dis am de ransomest cheese,
fo’ God, I ever tasted.”

————
A Valid Objection.

“T yants ter see ein plan uf mine house,”
said a fat German citizen, as he presented
himself the other day before Plan Clerk
Tindale, at the Building Bureau, New York
City. He gave the location of the house
and after ten minutes’ search by Mr. Tin-
dale the plan was handed to him. He ex-
amined it critically and then handed it back,
remarking:

“T not find him.”

“What do you want to find out, anyway?”
asked Mr. Tindale.

“Vell, I dells you. I lives in dot house.
I wants to find eef der owner must put oil-

cloth on der halls.”
_—————_——<>>-+ >

Hiller,

A Secretive Transaction.

Young Man—I am willing to lend you
twenty dollars, Gus, but you musn’t say
anything to anybody about it. If it should
become known that I had lent you money L
would be importuned to death.

Gus (pocketing the money)—Thanks. I
pledge you my word that I will never speak
of it toa soul.

Young Man—All right. About when will
you return me the money, Gus?

Gus—Sh! Mum’s the word, old boy.
————_—-2
Bad for His Business.
‘“‘Well, how is bnsiness?” was asked of a
leading labor agitator.
“Busines is very bad.
worse every day.”
‘“‘Why, everybody else seems to think it
is becoming better. The factories are all
starting up and—”

Getting worse and

“Yes, that’s it. It’s getting so there’s
plenty for the workingman to do. That’s

the reason my business is bad.”

 

Michigan Dairymen’s Association.

Organized at Grand Rapids, February 25, 1885.

 

President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale.
Vice-Presidents—W. H. Howe, Capac; F. C.
Stone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison
Station; F. A. Rockafellow, Carson City;
Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bél-
knap, Grand Rapids; L. F. Cox, Portage;
re Borst, Vriesiand; R. C. Nash, Hilliards;
M. Adams, Ashland; Jos. Post, Clarks-

Pile

Grand

Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe,

Rapids.
Next “Meeting—Third Tuesday in February,

acetic Fee—$1 per year.
Official! Orean—THE ‘ouraast TRADESMAN.

 

Miscellaneous Daity Mowe.

A E. Johnson, the Sparta cheese maker,
was in the city last week.

E. J. Savage, proprietor of the Coopers-
ville cheese factory, sends THe TRADES-
MAN the following report for the month of
June: Number pounds of milk received,
97,433; number of pounds cheese made,
8,786; average price received per pound, 8
cents. ’

, The dairymen of Seotland, as well as their
American brethren, are having a hard time
of it. Butter in the north of Scotland has
not been so low in price for thirty years. In
the Bauffshire district farmers have been
disposing of their prime butter to merchants
for twelve to thirteen cents per pound.
Many of the Scotch agriculturists attribute
this to the competition of finer qualities of
butter from Denmark and America.

—___ > -.
Cranberry Topics.

The New Jersey cranberry crop is said to
be unprecedented. One bog in Burlington
county, containing six acres, yielded 1,904
bushels. There has been slight frost, but
none to injure the berries.

Stanton Clipper: G. Gilbert, of Mecosta,
has sold 200 acres of land at Derby
lake, including his cranberry marsh and im-
ments, to C. T. Wickes, of Saginaw, a
brother of J. L. Wickes, of Colby. Consid-
eration $5,000. Weare informed that Mr.
Wickes’ principal object in making the pur-
chase is to improve the cranberry plantation
and go into the business quite extensively.

 

 

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.
quote as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

Mess, Chicago packing..................08 9 50
Clear, Chicago packing....... el iasca ee J1 50
Rietra Pamiy Clear. :.......5 20... c ces et cwe 11 00
Clear, A. Webster packer.............2.25: 13 25
Extra Clear, heavy...... Diese 14 00
MORNE COB ons oc cna see cane ce ec case
A. Webster, packer, short cut............. 11 00
Clear back, short Cut...... 0... ....-2500-: 14 00
Standard Clear, THE DORE . 5. os scene nss-- 14 50
DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Short Clears, REAVY.............--0s05- 7
do. WOU oy obs a a es r
do. BN es ace a
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
PUSAN, Pos eo coe eb cee hee ce 934
a oo cece aus ccs
PO ue ioe ee blk 1044
Boneless Hams............ bee oe eee 10%
Boneless Shoulders................0.ceeeeea 6
Breakfast Bacon.............. ea 8 ¢
Dried Beet, extra quality..................- 8
Dried Beef, Ham pieces..................-.. 10
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle............ 5%
LARD. .
EO ee ek coe oi eae s 634
BO BG BO AAT io ies ec ks ween es acecee 7
50 ib Round Tins, 100 cases.............. 7
LARD IN TIN PAILS.
20 hb Round Tins, 80 th racks...... une. 746
3 & Palla 20 in @ ORSC................-.> 756
5 Pais, Gin A CRAG. ...........----.--> iM
10 Pails. 6 in a case ................... 73
BEEF IN BARRELS.

Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 tbs........ 9 59
Boneless, Cxtra.........-.+s00055 ada ad 13 50
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Pork SAUSAGE. 2... sess ies ae 7
Ham Sausage eee a ee 12
Tongue Sausage Oo Mg ak eee eeu esa 10”
Pranktort Savusag@e................ here ieee 9
BSIO0G TAMMIRARC, . .. ns oes ene se cece ee pa Ae
Boloens, SUTAICNE:. 0... ........0.05 00 easwars 6
Bologna, Re cack, 6
TRGRG CCRC soa ak os a as is ec ae pense 6
PIGS’ FEET.
BUD TET OI i on as kk bo vk wen 00's cas Ss 3 50
TU GUBTEO’ DAITOIB. 665i ve cc os cn csnanceace

 

OyeTeRS

 

BUTTE!

 

When in want of a good brand of OYSTERS,
don’t fail to get the famous PATAPSCO, which is
guaranteed both as to quality and price. Sold only
by W. F. GIBSON & 00., Grand Rapids, Mich.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and
dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE, JELLY, MINCE
MEAT and PAPER OYSTER PAILS.

 

Jelly, Mince Meat Eitc.

 

ELASTIC

IT REQUIRES

ST ARGH

NO COOKING.

CLARK, JEWELL & CO,

SOLE AGENT'S,

GRAND RAPIDS,

MICH.

 

Pepper Sauce, green, large ring......

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

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

AXLE GREASE,

 

Prawer's,....<...3. 90|Paragon ........... 1 80
Diamond X........ 80) Paragan 25 DB pails.1 20
Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50\Fraziers, 25 t) pails.1 25

BAKING POWDER.
Arctic % teans.... 45)Arctic 1 cans....2 40

Arctic 4 ib cans.... 75) Arctic 5 i cans....12 00
Arctic % beans. . 1 40
BLUING.
TOG, MO. i ons io cn esas vote cans ton ne doz. 25
DEH, NO. Boon oc cote cn aces ve geen ne cas doz. 45
Liquid, 4 02Z,.......... eee eeeeee eens doz. 35
Liquid, 8 OZ. .........cceeesceceececs doz. 65
PO BOR a ne he orcs sce enenes # gross . 2
Arctic 8 0Z..... es hie es ees eens
AEIG VROM, 5 oo nica 40s os each pn dc wanes eden 2 00
Arctic No. I pepper box dee sas beds ce cess 2 09
aoe | je ee ns Ceaasema cass ce 3 00
Arctic No.3 * ee PR RN ae 4 50
BROOMS.
No. 1Carpet........ 2 50|No. 2 Hurl.......... 175
No. 2Carpet.......: 2 2 2% Fancy Whisk....... 100
No. 1 Parlor Gem..2 75|CommonWhisk.. 75
NO. t Pearl. ...s...- 3 Oo
CANNED FISH.
Clams, 1  standards.............--..+-- 1 40
Clams, 2  standards.............--.0.0+6- 2 65
Clam Chowder, i tes chow aes am 2
Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.............. 1 10
Cove Oysters, 2  standards............. 2 00
Cove Oysters, 1 tf slack filled............. 75
Jove Oysters, 2 tb slack filled.............. 1 05
Lobsters, 1 picnic. ..........---- Roeeaa, 1 %5
T pated, 3B BUA 4 ow 0. oa ses seca cece nes 2 00
Tobaters, > W GEAE.. 5. na as ae oo ae we cen en ces 3 00
Mackerel, 1b fresh standards...... ...1 00
Mackerel, 5 i fresh standards............ 6 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 fb........... 3 25
Mackerel,3 thin Mustard...............-.- 3 25
Mackerel, 3 f broiled.................--0¢- 8 25
Salmon, 1 th Columbia river............- .1 40
Salmon, 2 t Columbia river........... vee eB 60
Salmon. 1 t Sacramento...............-6- 1 25
Sardines, domestic 48............2. cece ees i%
Sardines, domestic 48..............0e ee 13
Sardines, Mustard %58...........---0- sees WW
Sardines, imported 148. ..............-06- 14
sd, BW) POOR. ow as os ek eke enacs oases 2 75
CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, 3 fh standards ............++++..-+- 90
Apples, gallons, standards................ 2 40
Blackberries. standards ee as 1 05
Cherries, red standard..................+- 80
oa aca ce chek anna cacenseus 1 00
Egg Plums, standards ................4+- 1 40
Green Gages. standards 2 h........-...... 1 40
Peaches, Extra Yellow .................-6+ 2 40
Peaches, standards.................- i G1 %
Peaches, s Cg ck os ck kaka ck ae anes ae 50
Pineapples, Hrie...............ccee seecees 2 2
Pineapples, standards...............-..++ 17
QUIMOCS oo. once pe nnn eens cen cece ns aeee ee 1 45
Raspberries, Black, Hamburg............ 1 60
CANNED —
Apricots, Lusk’s...2 40)Pears............... 3 CO
Egg Plums......... 2 50/Quinces............ 2 90
FATADES .........-5-- 2 50|Peaches ........-.. 3 00
Green Gages....... 2 50|
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay..........-.--..-06+ 3 25
Beans, Lima, standard..................4 ib
Beans, PiMOIORR, MEIC... 24... access ek cens 95
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 60
MOT, TOU oo an oan cp eee ce en nc nets 1 05
AOR Og co io nn we op dap cena scan aes 1 75
Peas, Marrofat, standard................-. 1 76
WONG VIGAVOR foo. ck na cc cscs cee n etna es 90
Peas, early small, sifted...............-... 1 80
Pumpkin, 3 fb Golden eas ee ia 8d@95
Succotash, standard...................0085 90
ON OEOCR, TROD oo ooo occ ns dace sect acacces 1 00
Tomatoes, FLUISORIC. . 2.00.5 ccck caneneseess 1 00
CHOCOLATE.
PBI Fi i cease ccs 36|German Sweet.......25
POEOP ES ook. isc. ie, 38) Vienna Sweet ....... 23
Rickles’ |... ......... 35)
COFFEE.
Green Rio...... 9@13 |Roasted Mar...17@18
Green Java..... Vi T@nt ‘Roasted Mocha.28@30
Green Mocha. . .28@: B25 ;/Roasted Mex @ib
Roasted Rio.. 10@15 iGround Rio.... 9@16
Roasted Java *"23@330 (Package Goods @15%4
CORDAGE.
%2 foot Jute ..... 125 |72foot Cotton....2 25
60 foot Jute..... 1 00 |60 foot Cotton....2 00
40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (50 foot Cotton....1 75
FISH.
Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 65
OE, OIG 8 eect ce cepa wenime eens cones @5
Coa, NGAI ee ec 54@6%
Halibut Duk aias eels k cess Ca akaseans nese e 1I@l2
WiGrrti ee We og he os bs wae ces ce ccawss 2 50
Herring, Holland, domestic, new........ . &
* porte eek sss. 1 05
PEP rt, ORION ook cock cn cea ca ceen sane 18@22
Mackerel, Penny DDIS....... «5: <0... ce00s--- 5 50
Mackerel, shore, No, 2 2% hha | 5 00
i) 12 Tt kits oo 80
a . OM ae 70
" No. 3s Me te ca a 3 50
+ 12 tb its sees O eevee ieee 62
‘ “ 0 ee a 5d
POTN se ca ab een wee ee cece anes 2 50
Trout, % on Ee 3 25
Oe oo oa as eee eee eee cans 60
RO a ied eaves waned ooo 55
MY IG TOL 1 6 A on ieee cn cede cues s 4 75
White, No.1, 2 BM eons seas eae 80
White, No, i, 10 RS... .. 5. cece eee jv
White, Famili Pe NB: oko ko cic kava neue osas 2 85
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
Lemon. Vanilla.
senives * Mo ase ln ca aes ac 8 doz.100 140
Ws aka d eka hott uae 150 250
i OR oe iia cs cece seca 250 4 00
* Pe i ec ck ha ketene 3850 6 00
* BO. @ TAMOL. -. 1... ces ones 12 150
o vie ise noeces 175 3800
- Ye pint | round oo eas aes ue as 450 750
‘* “t Ts $ 00 15 00
* GB ccc cea cea cc saasn 800 425
“ Wg i aa ee 425 600
FRUITS *
Cherries, dried, pitted................. @i6
OE ris eli acess sensu canes 28@30
ee Ts ee seus 44% @5
POA ONOR, CURA coos ack k va us ce hea on ce 12@13
Pranes, Turkey, NOW.... ........60s000 444@, 5
Raisins, new V ‘shenaia ea ein ecenc ae @ Ww
ee Re he
Maining, GUltAnae. 2... cc cs ss cece nc teas T%@ 8%
Raisins, Loose Muscatels............. @2 “5
Raisins, EOnGOR TAVOrs.. .. 1.6... es @3 50
KEROSENE OTL.
Water White......10% | Legal Test....... . 9%
MATCHES.
Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 00
Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1 jd
Grand Haven, No. 800, parlor.............. 2 2%
Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 1 50
OO ee pa ocak ce co ns ch wane nae 1 00
Or MG. Be eins rn ca ce ook c cd cenwassns 1 50
ea ae kee esas etas 75
Richardson’s No. 8 square............cece0. 1 00
Richardson's No. 9 OM eek asec ae 1 50
Richardson’s No. 7%, round................. 1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 OO. 2 i. 1 50
MOLASSES.
REC OI ea cia cost ewe ce cene ands M@15
Ry a a kb dando sinenene> 28@30
NGW CPIOBDS, BOOK. icc c ese cc ccck ss ae ce on 38Q@42
New Orleans, Choice..... ....0...0008 woes ASAD
WOW OPlGATR, TROT. icc kbs ce vs tk nccnce 52@55
% bbls. 3c extra.
OATMEAL.
Steel cut,.......... 5 25|\Quaker, 48 Ibs......2 35
Steel Cut, % bbis...3 00: Quaker, 60 Ths...... 2 50
Bollied Oate.......- 3 60, Quaker DBIB. .;. «+. 6 00
PICKLES.

CROIGG IN DATOS TAGE, oo 8 cack sec seen cs @5 25
Choice in & Oi oie: @3 25
PIPES.
imported Clay 3 @TO8S............++4. 2 25@3 00
Importee Clay, No. 216,83 gross..... .. @2 2%
Imported Clay, No ‘216, 2% Sross...... @1 %&
Reerigne To Dio o.oo occ cielo ceo cease @ 90
RICE.

Choice Carolina..... : EB anny eran 6 @ br

Good Oarolina...... PMN bs ba bokk ccd:
Prime Carolina.....6 5 Rangoon .. dake ces Bi@ex
Good Louisiana... » 6% fC ASORON S. , i cae nese 3%

SALERATUS.,
DeLand’s pure.. --5%4| ROWE Oo og eae ca ve 5
CUUPON BS on ca cde cs 5 jSea POO; 6 06.6.0 5
Taylor’s G. M....... 5 |Cap Sheaf........... 5
SALT.
60 Pocket, F F Dairy. .... 02062-0554 2 30
Oe ONO eek cae ay cee sana 2 25
MOOD WD POCKOIE. 6 gas seca ese oi ee de 2% 50
Saginaw or Manistee.................. 95
Pe ee is ix coe kics ( kakeoe ue 1 60
Mtandara COAree, . 2... os 0e cscs ee es ‘ 1 55
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 80
Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 80
American, dairy, 4% bu. bags....... ee 25
PROGH: WEIBTGIS, oo 256 io euic uss oe bs oe 28
SAUCES.

Parisian, 36 PINth. «nko s cesses ses @2 00
Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 75
Pepper Sauce, green ............. eee @ 90
Pepper Sauce, red large ring........ ei =

 

 

     

 

Catsup, Tomato, pints...... eae ds - @10

Catsup, Tomato, QUART (bis... eee @I1 35

Horseradish, % pints.................. @1 00

Horseradish, MOURN goog ha cs cnet uate uag @1 ¢

Halford Sauce, WG cc Asan bes @3 50

Halford Sauce, % pints............ @2 20
SPICES.

Ground. \ nole.
Pepper.......... <16@25|Pepper __......... @19
Alispice.......... W@W Alispice ....... 8@10
Cinnamon........ 18@30 Cassia ............10@11
RAOWOR 62.5 oss 0 1h@z5 Nutmegs ........ 60@65
COE Fy os cane’ 16@20'Cloves .........-. 16@18
Mustard....... .. 1530)

Cayenne ......... 25@35|

STARCH.
Elastic, 64 packages, per box............. 5 35

SUGARS.
Oe TOE oc. 2c eke cakes deccacueene @ 7%
RT hoa hb cc nc ua cd ny cece becenners @ i%
MI oo cs cs baka ca aceeduness oa ccas @ 1%
Granulated, Standard................. 7 06@ 7% 7 ly
CRROIOIIAROE, ONE gods cons cide cecaanas 6 94@ 7
COBLOCTIONOCLY A, ... ..c 5 ccc ceces cescace @ 6%
ooo cic isc heeacs se esans
ME a ic case cece caus @6 69
No. 1, Weoite Brera OC... .. occ ck. cs ee 64@ 6%
s — Mi ik 6344@ 6%

Moo ok a deca ceas ua sae csecaeis 64@ 84

ee rer ore: sao 5%
TW eee a ee ee, BL@ @ 5%

SYRUPS.
CN, FRO oo io ces dencctnice cede 380@32
OL, Oa ok oo sca can bn cc cuentas B2Q@34
Corn, (0 gallon kegs..................4. @ 35
Corn, 6 walion Kegs... .... 0. cs scccen scene @l 75
Corn, 4% gallon kegs............00.000. @1 60
We oc ona ca ansecccuoas bbl 283@ 35
Pure Sugar Drips................ % bbl 380G@ 38
Pure Sugar Drips........... 5 gal kegs QI 6
Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... % bbl @ &
Pure Loaf Sugar. ........ .5g¢al kegs @1 85

TEAS.

Re re i 5@20
AIAN TOE 1) OG 6 ok os oc oe cece ce ener ccs RIMS
a caine Chace dace cacaseues BIM45
MT I io sb on oo oe cca ucecesceces 154
OM EE VOOE ooo oe cc cece sens tsceus acuedeas 30@50
(i POWOON  ca, B00
Oc ike cna veduccesacceecn: BIAHAMEC
CE ee

TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS.

 

  

 

Fisher’s Brunette....35|\Sweet Rose..........
Dark AmericanEagle67 | Meigs & Co.'s Stunnerss
The Meigs... .....s6s«- 64) Atlas.... }
mea Hird...........:. 50|Royal Game..........4
Peete Beal... .....5..48 OiMule Mar.............6
Prairie Flower ...... 65)Fountain.. Stance
Indian Queen........ 60/Old C ongress. eae ven }
Be POO... cc aes ouch 60|\Good Luek..........
Crown Leaf..... .... 66| Blaze Away..... .... 35
Matchless ............ G5) Hair Lifter........... ‘
FRI WOCRS 2. 6 05 cass GiiGovernor ............ j
Ee ie icc scaces 70; Fox’s Choice........
May Flower.......... 70| Medallion ............ J
EON ooo aca c ane acess 45| Sweet Owen.......... 66
Old Abe. - 49}
PLUG.
We i eae be cs ak ae pec se sans @A8
I od a a oe vce ec cs anes @50
Seal of Grand Rapids.................. @A6
ee ye @AG
a hes oa ace ae eas : @A8
Po ci can ce ac ae spaces @46
Pe ee @46
OhOeCOIALE Cream .. .. 0. 2.5. cnc c ees cese's @A6
Nimrod.. sce i cess @44
Won a ce cos neveceas 4 @49
Spread ia ces nase @38
Bit PiVO COMIOL. . ooo os vs docs ce eessssee @35
cs ce yee nak cede icsas GAG
Myjigateaot Lapor.............0..-..04s @AG
PIN cia dca sen c cute ceuscanecess @AB
We i ee ceca ss ceca ses ees @32
MeO BAe OPE SEID.. .. . 5 55 ccc ccc cs csne @AG
We rn ie in ae ea cca ass @3t
Te has vec sc nen wskas ce canes @A6
Old Five Cent Times..................: @38
Frane Nuggett, 2m.............-...:. @b62
Pie ee ee ee @A6
che inci heb incs ened deans @38
es ae iene os @A6
OI aay faci che avec ndceak cas: @A6
BO GN ais nck one ec ncaces succes. @b0
BO FU ois os oc ccncansetecsss: @36
Biaok Prince | Dark)... .............4. @36
Binem Hacer [DOrk).........+......+-. @36
Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @A6
os ack oa Voie ec censtess AG
CE ig oe be een e aces cake ss @A6
McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @Ab6
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 tb ecads. @dl
COON OF Une Walk GA. .........4...6.4,- @37
PRO FW os oo hia vo so ce sc dee eves ese @AG
POE ie a oe GAG
ON os a os iis a ot ee ice donne @A44
a ace cae ne eenuas G35
MOTO TR oa co ck esc cele @A0D
ak ye eh ac ete cannes @A6
Coons ve ne ee nadie ch tenes @46
pe ON @A5
PORE OG oc ened cc costae couse @A4
WOR TN ack a oe coos ac cnc wean @36
Ne i oo os hn st cc adn n cous. @36
McAlpin’s Green Shield............... @4h
BOG Ten GME... oo... wc ae once @35
BOMOES BOING. ,.. -. 25. 2. nonce. cence @AB
2e. less in four butt lots.
SMOKING
OG Tar. cn. cack ceen 40,Sweet Lotus..........32
Arthur’s Choice..... 22;Conqueror . saan saa
Men Pox... 6.0. 2 26|Grayling ..02.21221201B8
PE. hacks hoa ss ce MOOSE BRIN... 6. 65055. 30
GOD RIG gin cc ow SPOT RO MO bik oh os ohn c cans 26
Gold Block......... . a0, Onele Sam...........28
Seal of Grand Rapids Lumberman ......... 25
(O1OGR) . oo cal 25; Railroad Boy......... 38
Tramway, 3 0Z....... 40 Mountain Rose....... 18
Ruby, cut Cavendish : = Home Comfort.......25
WO coca ca ecu cess PROCUEE FEUD, ooo cee ca cs al é
Poek s S0n........... 18 Seal of North Caro-
Miners and Puddlers. CM, & OB. ass cones 48
Morning Dew........ 05 Seal of North Caro-
Og cs eo bac ke esas Mat. FE, 4 OR. ook on ccc cs 46
Oe ei cae cas 24 ‘Seal of North Caro-
WORN oc se eek ont MOS SO4...........- 41
Old Tom..............21 Seal of North Caro-
Tom & Jerry......... 24' lina, 160z boxes....40
GR oo cl as wate Mi RU CL eo case cs 27
TEVOUOIO® 5 ok cas cascess 30; Apple Jack........... 24
pT bake 6 25 King Bee, longweut.. .22
Pickwick Club....... 40 Milwaukee Prize....24
Bigger Toad, ... ..... 2 RRtulO® 5. cc cen caccnes cat
MAORI ohne boc aa tase 22 Windsor cut plug....25
CHOU Ck acs wg asce Mee cc ce cue 16
Solid Comfort........30 Holland Mixed....... 16
Red Clover. .........82;\Golden Age.......... 75
Lone Tom.........-.- a Mail Pouoh.......... 25
PIMEIOOGD co cccncceecss 26 Knights of Lakor....30
NS cscs ccceans 26|Free Cob Pipe........ 27
SHORTS.
Mayfiower .. sd is aE oc cis anaes 22
OR ia ci dc icanse "op Old Congress.........4 23
Mule Bar. .........+..201
SNUFF
Lorillard’s American Géatmes ies @ %
" POCO oi in os vad ce ce cess @ 55
Gail & Ax’ ee eae c ede ae cas @ 44
. CD ee a ee @ 35
Railroad Mills Scotch................. @ 45
PP eS ee ee @1 30
VINEGAR.

Star brand, pure dider..................., 8@12
Star brand, White Wine... ...-.4..066.<.0us- S@A2
MISCELLANEOUS.

Rath Brick imported .................. 5
do PEO, 55 os ce cs ne ce 90
TO as as a's a cds Cade henebbens @3
RG, 8 oc eccc scsi 1 00
do PR ee ks beac s ce vensee 1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle Pre... 4... § OO
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 Ib cans......... MW@25
NO rk co ine edad ceed anss 13%
ORI, POOR i oe ca cku ns alt
Pixernot Comod, V. C.... <cccc ccs ccs aes @s8v0
do Te ee ees 1 25
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... 25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. ... ........ Q35
Gun. NI baie a cs went eeuese S0KO35
WRONG TE ccc vacckc bcc unescuces @A4 00
Pg a a 44o@ 5
POMS, Green Bush... 2... 5 cs cas sc cases @1 35
Peas, Golit Propared........<.40.s05.. @ 3%
OM oie ccc cc edannusseeds @3 Tb
PO, FE On i cnn ce cass cens @1 75
OYSTERS AND FISH,
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
OYSTERS.
TOW FOUN COI cos coe ei by ehendesse 38
We DTN, Oe i ks id nw! was ca ens ance ce destass B3
PIOIOOUG on nc ss cone aes Secs iw becca uel meas ews aee 30
iol oc ec cea daunevde say 25
PO ee a aii wong wakes 9454468 22
Shrewsbury shells, #@ 100.................... 1 50
Princess Bay Clams, ®# OR occ ceucie kas Th
Now Yor: Counts, © 100) oo. ccc occ cence ccs 1 50
FRESH FISH,
Mackinaw Trout... 0. ...022550 -seeseeceses 6%
MR os i cy ig dncd bn cia canegevesscuee 6%
a, da ia sda bade uans ukee 2
OO ee i cule aes kes nn begen ees ceed eis 5
Rock Bass.......... Docs ce sui cas acdaaeasus 5.
Ne casey abate e ided snaact ean 4
RI PELE EMD oe on a a coe sen cnn chs dee os che :
WEA GUOE FIRS aoc cco ktcs docs asceeasn esses
Smoked White Fish.............. Wekiaee 3al5 10
Smoked Trout........ Giwet ane aacs Sees 10
Smoked Sturgeon............ AWibhecuescalene

 

 

CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as foliows:

STICK.
Standard, 25 DH DOXES........ 6.0... 000. 84@9
Twist, Mi i cack cases 9B 9%
Cut Loaf OE i ee ccsck. Ga 10%@ll

MIXED
Royal, 25  pails....... ee istickaee e 9@ 9%
Royal, 200 Tb bbIS... 5... Pott i sakdguceesia @38%
Extra, ° 20 paiis..... ..... biapnddessesaa 10@10%
Extra, 200 tb bbis. Bec eed ows donc aces 9 @ 944
French C ream, 25  pails,............. 124013
Cut loaf, ¢ 25 Me ics bi cancnctccscees 1L2%@
Broken, 25  pails....... .. LIG@10%
Broken, 200 Ib bbls.. , . 9B Ve

FANCY—iN 5b BOXES.
Lemon Drops.. Weak dss craic P2@13
ME BI ov os oc oa cnc dae dn cncdccd<, 7 8@14
nD TPO ie occa oc cccneccs M@15
MR CIN og as ng ce nn sh cncacccdacacs bs
HM Chocolate —— .20
Cg a 10
Licorice Drops. . eked scbleee ccc i
A B Licorice Drops.. ceub ec cecsseieds ee
Lozenges, plain........... 15
Lozenges, eee eee a 16
Imperials .. Deu eWGa ie adeee fences 15
i oii bc ches conc eee, 15
MO ys a vac oss hhh ceagccecc cu, I3@t4
A a iy ba cd ao ck caccauccc, 13
os a ao ae Fo oe ck ccenanecs 18@20
Hand Made Creams.: i... ...........<.:..... 20
RI ok chin ckd cases debece, i7
Decorated Creams.. BS Gs daa dchaddeseas ces 20
WOMEN ide os vn cccccs cesdscadesce 146 oS
Etartit ADMORGS. ... 0. ii fois. cane ke
Wintergreen Berries........... cei ; Bb
FANCY—IN BULK.

Lozenges, plain in pails............... G@l2%
Lozenges, plain Te TAs osc cc cce: ccs @it
Lozenges, printed in = Li dladesdaass @12%
Lozenges, printed in bbls. a @l12
Chocolate Drops, in pails. : 4@l13
Cora Spe Th GUIS. «o.oo 55 oo coc ce ca ccc a @i%
Gum Drope, in bbis........65............ @ O%
Moss Drops, in pails.......5...........10 GI0%s
a i
Sour Drops, in i. Dud ee ced elec unesas 2
a ee A ea 124.13
Imperials in bbis.. Sie OD GE

FRUITS

Bananas Aspinwall......../..........1 00@2 50

Oranges, Rodi Messina................ @5 00
Oranges, Naples....... ’
Lemons, eG ie ce. 4 30 5 06
DI, Tok chic cc huce @5 50
meee eee ee... :
Dates, Pee GG. fe cc... @ 4
Dates, MeGo OO .....4-5: 2... .........., SG
I ioc oc occa ede lacccccss
Eo ee Tee

Dates, Fard 10 box ® f.............

Dates, Fard 50 box ® B..............
Dates, Persian an ® Ee Es cous. @ 6

 
 

 

Pine Anores, OB GOR... os occ c acc cance
i + ANU
Pere Ted, VOW © OB. ... . on cccncccce: 4 @4%
Choice do Oe hia cic 444@ 5
Fancy do WO ic ahd be cece es @ 5%
CICS WV IEG, VEO oo nk os vase cccces 5@ 5%
meee FE VE GO vosncanccc cece s. 54%G@ 6
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.. vi sexnvence Ge
VON hick es ceca ce cus de 17 @m%
PR eo ivoire a. @9
Vilberts, Sicily Ie aces bd seis esis cscs. 2 @R2%
_ “ PIPOGIOTE, 0 5k. cs oc ene cae ll @12
Wainute, Grenonie.................... 14 @l4'4
" Noi ook ooo cad saan ccce
” Ld ae ee
- Go
Voces, Tesng, Fi ok... - nee covcceess ll @12%
a" WA coon ce a ace cues: 9 @ 10
COGOOIION, go coo ca cc cance 4 00@4 50
HIDES, PELTS AND FURS,
Perkins & Hess quote as folows:
HIDES.
Green ....@ i 6 @ 6%|Calf skins, green
Part cured... 1%@ 8 or cured....
Fulleured.... 8%@ 9 |Deacon skins,
Dry hides and ® piece..... 20 @a50
MOG . cess 8 @12
SHEEP PELTS,
i occa occ c cc esa, 20 @AC
OM ooo a os ac lc 20 GAO
Old wool, estimated washed # b...... @23
ik a ve sckeccss 4@ 4%
WOOL.
Fine washed #® Ib 20@25|Unwashed........ 2-3
Coarse washed...16@18}

 

FRESH MEATS.

John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling
prices as foilows: i
Fresh Beef, sides.. iste @ 6%
Fresh Beef, hind quarters Sakecieu, 646 7
Dressed Hogs.. ciueues ‘ @ 6
Mutton, carcasses 10 cues 444@ 5%
Oo ooo oc ein n cs cecccsdccvcece: 8 @9
OU Wo os ae ve cc cae deus T%@ 8
Ba oso osc dd enc once cacess 8 @9
Wowme. |... ....., te cde ues ces lacas ll @lR
Brae CO os oo cc os cons cacae @I16

 

COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Apples—Fall fruit commands 1.50 % bbl. for
eating and $1.25 ® bbl. for cooking.

Beans—Dealers pay 50ce@ec ® bu. for un-
picked and sell city picked for $1.25. The crop
is not nearly so large, or as fine in quality as
last season.

sutter—Michigan creamery is in moderate
demand at 20@22c. Sweet dairyis very scarce
andisinactive demand at H@l5e, while old
packed readily commands 18@15e. Low grades
are in plentiful supply at 6@1l2e.

Butterine—Creamery
dairy M@lie.

Cabbages—New stockis in fairdemand at
8 doz.

Cheese—Gradually climbing
torymen now holding full cream at
while the jobber quotes at

Cider—l0c # gal. and $1 for bbl.

Celery —20@25e¢ 8 doz. bunches
z00 or Grand Haven.

commands i8e and

50

the fac-
814@8%e

higher
nig r,
84Q9%e.

for Kalama-

Clover Seed—Demand for fal! seeding ali
over. Fair to good Medium commands $6

and choice recleaned $6.50.
at $6.50.

Cranberries—The market supplied
witha fair article of wild stock, which crowds
out the cultivated berry, commanding $2@2,25
@ bu. Tame berries are worth $8@$l0 $2 bu.
bbl.

Eggs—Sharp demand, and price stiffer, fresh
stock commanding l8e. Pickled stock, l6c.

Grapes—Concords bring 3@te ® th. and Del-
awares, 6@je. Niagaras, 5c,

Green Peppers—§$i # bu.

Honey—Choice new in comb is firm ati3.

Hay—Bailed, $15@316 ® ton.

Hops—Brewers pay 8@l0ec # tb.

Melons—Water, $1 # doz., packages extra.
Musk, out of market.

Onions—Home-grown, 65¢e # bu. or $2 ¥% bbl.

Pears—Ordinary varieties. $1.25@3$1.50 ® bu.

Peaches—Very searce and market not half
supplied. Hill's Chile command $2.50@$8 8 bu
and late Crawfords $8@$3.50.

Pop Corn—Choice commands 4e @ tb.

Potatoes—New potatoes are so plentiful in
most localities that regular quotations are out
of the question. Jersey sweets command
$3 % bbl., and Baltimore $2.25.

Poultry—Market plentifully supplied. Fowls,
i2@13e. Spring chickens, 16.

Quineces—$2.25 per bu.

Squash—Hubbard, le.

Tomatoes—Plentiful at 50c # bu.

Turnips—40e # bu.

Timothy—81.90 ®% bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—5Se higher. The city millers pay as
follows: Lancaster, 88; Fulse, 8c; Clawson,
85e.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 55c in 100 bu. lots
and 5le in carlots.

Oats—W hite, 35¢e
lots.

Rye—Ste P bu.

Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 # cwt.

Flour—No ehanae. Fancy Patent, $5.75
in sacks and $6 in wood. Straight,

bbl. in sacks and $5 in wood.
Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ® bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 ®% ton.
ton. Ships, $14 % ton.
orn and Oats, $22 # ton.

Mammoth is held

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is well

in small lots and 30c in car-

® bbl.

$4.75 B

Bran, $13
Middlings, $17 ® ton.

 

 

 

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OUT AROUND.

 

News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own
Correspondents.

Maskegon.

The Pembroke Knitting Co., which has
sold the jobbing trade only for a couple of
years past, has put travelers on the road and
will hereafter sell direct to the retail trade.
G. F. Cole, J. ©. MeDonald and C,. H.
Hayes cover the Michigan and Indiana trade
and J. M. Silverstone travels through Ken-
tucky. A representative will also be placed
in Tennessee. The company has also add-
ed to its line of ladies’ and misses’ stock-
ings, leggins, and a complete line of men’s
ware, such as men’s socks, lumbermen’s
socks, mits, Scotch caps, ete. Business is
good, the collections easy, the principal dif-
ficulty being to secure wool fast enough to
supply the demands of the trade.

Frank L. Orcutt, who pursued a vascillat-
ing course here for a year and a half as the
head of the produce and comission firm of
Orcutt & Co., has gone the Minneapolis,
leaving numerous creditors to mourn his de-
parture.

Andrew Wierengo went to Chicago last
Tuesday, and from there will proceed to
New York. He is accompanied by his wife,
and will be absent about two weeks.

Wn. D. Carey, whose failure was one of
the most disreputable ever occurring in this
city, is now in the employ of a railway com-
pany in Texas.

J. VanderMolen, of the grocery firm of J.
VandenMolen & Co., was in Grand Rapids
last week for the purpose of accompanying
his wife home.

Receiver Tate states that the Evenwood
matter, which has hung fire for the past
year will be closed up at the present term of
court.

W. H. Erwin, formerly with C. C. Moulton
& Co., has formed a co-partnership with J.
D. Erwin, and the two have engaged in the
produce and commission business at 99 Pine
street under the firm name of W. H. Erwin
& Co.

F. F. Clark has moved his hardward store
to Western avenue.

Dr. Zerah Mizner has moved his drug
store from Pine street to one of the stores
in Lake’s block on Terrace street.

Frank H. Johnson, the lowertown grocer,
was married at Toledo last Wednesday to
Miss Nellie Manning, of that place.

The opinion is growing among business
men that Mrs. Root will pay all the claims
D. Carey &
€o., of which she was the ‘‘Co.” This opin-
ion is strengthened by the fact that she has
paid the Lumberman’s National Bank the
amount the firm owed that institution, and
that she has promised to meet other claims
of the same nature.

W. W. Barcus, assignee for A. G. Jepson,
has closed out the stock of the estate ina
manner highly creditable to his business
ability and satisfactory to the creditors in-
terested.

The meeting of the Grocers’ Association,
held last Wednesday evening, was well at-
tended and the organization was perfected
by the election of the following officers, to
serve until January 1.

President—H. B. Fargo.

First Vice-President—Wm. B. Kieft.

Second Vice-President—Albert Towl.

Secretary—William Peer.

Fin. Secy.—Garret Wagner.

Treasurer—John DeHaas.

Directors—O. Lambert, H. B. Smith, Al-
bert Towl, W. I. McKenzie, W. B. Kelley
and E. Johnson.

The membership is now fifty-one, and is
expected to reach seventy by the next meet-
ing, which will be held on Wednesday even-
ing, October 7. Meetings will be held semi-
monthly. A constitution and by-laws were
adopted at the last meeting, and are now
being printed in pamphlet form.

 

Lakeside,

The Lakeside Iee Co. is erecting
buildings near the present ice houses.

The Shippy Shingle Co. is putting up a
new smoke stack, intending to increase the
steam power of the mill.

The juvenile saloon near the pleasure
grounds at Bluffton has been closed up. A
soaring ambition is thus nipped in the bud.

It is rumored that Nelson & Eastman,
grocers at Port Sherman, are going out of
business.

Johnson Bros. are building an addition to
their store, 16x68 feet in dimensions, which
they will use as a warehouse for salt, oil,
syrups, ete.

hew

Hartford.

Ocobock & Thompson now have their
dress-making rooms, back of the dry goods
store, in running order.

The ‘Deep Cut” clothing firm of Paw
Paw, has rented a store here, and will put
in a stock the coming week, establishing «
branch house here.

C. A. Sherburne is buying and shipping
apples here.

G. W. Blythe has moved his jewelry
stock from the post office building to the
Earle building.

Earle Hemingway, the harness-maker,
has added a line of robes, blankets, ete.

Big Rapids.

F. W. Joslin’s stock of clothing left here
the 2nd for Ashville, N. C. J. 8. Lit open-
ed the 3d, as per previous announcement.

Freiberg Bros., merchant tailors, were
closed up on attachment by Detroit parties,
whose claims amount to $1,400, on the 2nd.
Cc. D. Carpenter, of this city, attached the
sewing machines and unfinished work to se-
eure his claim of $45. The other liabilities
are not yet known.

The Big Rapids Tub and Pail Factory’s
contract with the Woodenware Association
terminates the 14th of the present month, at
which time the factory will be shut down
for two weeks, to make necessary improve-
ments.

It is reported that Crocker & Hudnutt will
loose $5,000 on their court house contract.

Chub & Trebair, former proprietors of the
Canada House, have opened a hotel and bar
in the building on Michigan avenue, just
north of the Brackett House.

It is reported that Timothy Edmunds has
purchased his partner’s interest in the boot
and shoe stock. Mr. Boon, the retiring
member, goes to Wisconsin this week, and
from there intends to go to Florida.

Mrs. C. E. Allen, who lately sold the City
Bakery, has opened the National hotel.

The Michigan Cigar Co. will remove to,
the Newton block when Mr. Lange is through
with the building.

The Bradbeer book store has been removed
from the Northern block to the store parti-
ally oceupied by Squier’s jewelry store, in
the Stickney block.

Three thousand dollars more stock has
been taken in the tub and pail factory by
the present stock holders, who have a grow-
ing faith in the enterprise. Ninety thousand
dollars worth of tubs and pails have been
turned out in a little less than a year.

Uersey.

The amount of lumber in sight and on
track at Hersey is as follows: Pine, 1,000,-
000 feet; maple, 300,000; basswood, 200,000;
shingles, 1,000,000.

Chas. L. Gray & Co. are building, and ex-
pect to have completed by November 1 a
shingle and clapboard mill. The site is on
the Muskegon river, just below Evart. The
capacity of the mill will be forty thousand
shingles, and the amount of clapboards per
day will vary according to the quality of the
timber.

One-half mile below
combination mill is being built by a Mr.
Chadwick for cutting lumber, clapboards
and shingles. D. V. Wait, of Evart, fur-
nishes the capital and the stock, and Mr.
Chadwick is to do the cutting on contract.

There are less shingles in sight along the
line of the G. R. & I. Railway now than
there have been at any time within five
years past.

Otter Lake,

Tanner, Sherman & Stark, proprietors of
the Morning Star Mills at this place, have
just added to their machinery one Wilford
& Northway’s first break, one Wilford &
Northway’s centrifugal scalper and one
double set of Wilford & Northway’s 6x2
smooth rolls, enabling them to make four
different grades of flour.

Jonas MeAlpine, owner of the Peavey and
Pike Pole Handle Factory here, died Oct. 1.
He was an honest, upright citizen, and had
accumulated considerable property through
industry and thrift.

 

 

Luther.
Waterman Bros. have sold their temper-
ance saloon to C. W. Hathaway for $250.
Mrs. E. M. Hovey is in Detroit buying a
new stock of millinery.
Sa

VISITING BUYERS.

The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:

A. E. Johnson, Sparta.

Stephen Bitely, Lilley P. O.

Stephen Bitely, Bitely & Cain, Sparta.

N. DeVries, Jamestown.

Osborne & Hammond, Luther.

Adam Newell, Tustin.

A. T. Burnett, Cross Village.

J. VanderMolen, J. VanderMolen & Co., Mus-
kegon.

Jay Marlatt, Berlin.

Mrs. J. Debri, Byron Center.

Geo. Seribner, Grandville.

T. J. Smedley, Lamont.

W.S. Root, Tallmadge.

Wim. MeMullen, Wood Lake.

Geo. H. Walbrink, Allendale.

E. F. Belding, Sparta.

Morrison Bros., West Troy.

Gaylord & Pipp, Pierson.

C. 8. Comstock, Pierson.

Cook & Sweet, Bauer.

Wn. Karsten, Beaver Dam.

Geo. Lentz, Croton.

Walter Winchester, Winchester & Loveless,
Wyman.

J. Barnes, Austerlitz.

Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove.

Norman Harris, Big Springs.

J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.

C. Cole, Cole & Chaple, Ada.

Mr. Kohlman, Church & Kohiman, Allegan.

Mr. Teft, Hewett & Tefft, Rockford.

Gus. Begman, Bauer.

EK. L. Wright, Woodville.

A. H. Woodin, Sparta.

E. A. Bradford, White Cloud,

John DeJongh, Grand Haven.

A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.

Byron Ballou, Caddillac.

Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam.

Mr. DenHerder, DenHerder & Tanis, Vries-

 

land.
Vorhorst & Co., Overisel.
Dr. J. W. Kirtland, Lakeview.
Fred Hotchkiss, Hastings.
R. A. Hastings, Sparta.
F. E. Campau, Alaska.
Neal MeMillan, Rockford.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
0. S. Holland, Ashland.
J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
G. W. Hoag, Martin.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
Frank Rose, Manton.
Charlie Drury, Sampson & Drury, Cadillac.
Mr. Kanters, Kanters & Son, Hollané.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
Henry DeKline, Jamestown.
—_—--—<> -9- <> __--——
Pull It when It’s Ripe.
Say, hesitating, anxious one,
Why vacillating stand,
And let the best chance of your life
Go slipping through your hand?
Why not brace up your weak back-bone
And show the proper stripe,
By reaching for that chance at once
And pull it when it’s ripe?

A million men have failed, because
They were too slow or fast,
And millions more will do the same,
As long as men shall last.
Why should there be so many folk
Of such unhappy type?
There wouldn’t be, if men would watch,
And pull it when it’s ripe.
———— oo - 9
The Hardware Market.

The principal feature of the week has
been the further advance in nails, local job-
bers now quoting the staple at $2.75. As
the mills are all closed, on account of the
strike, it is impossible to get orders filled on
some sizes, and all the mills are from three
to six weeks behind on their orders. Glass
has also advaneed from 5 to 10 per cent.
Other articles in the hardware line are about
steady.

—_- ><>
Meeting of the Retail Trade.

All retail dealers of Grand Rapids who
are interested in the formation of an asso-
ciation for prdétective and defensive purposes
are requested to meet at Tim TRADESMAN
office Tuesday evening, October 6.

Let there be a general turn out!

Good Words Unsolicited.

L. Burns, hardware, Ada: “like your paper
very much,”

L. H. Sieb, grocer, Michigan City:
your paper very much.”

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“* Like

“The Paper Among Business Men.”
From the Manton Tribune.

Tur MicniGAN TRADESMAN has just
commenced its third year, and it is the pa-
per among Michigan business men.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.
Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week,
each and every insertion. One cent for each
additional word. Advance payment.

 

 

 

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NOR SALE—A copy of the new edition of
Rand, MeNally & Co.’s “Directory and
Shipping Guide of Lumber Mills and Lumber
Dealers.” Enquire at ‘The Tradesman”’ office.

 

AOR SALE—Desirable building lot,on Liv-

ingstone street, 50x125, with alley in the

rear. Price $550 cash or $600 on long time. Mn-
quire at “The Tradesman” office.

>OR SALE—House and lot at 273 Gold street.

Price, $2,200 on time, or $2,100 if one-half

ee down. Enquire at “The Tradesman”
office.

CINSENG ROOT.

e pay the highest price for it. Address

WwW
Peck Bros,, )ruggists, rand Rapids, Mich,

 

 

 

 

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Darodware.

Epitaph on a Blacksmith.

af anvil and my hammer
ie declined,
eee too,
ave lost their wind,

My fire is extinct,

And my forge decayed,
And in the dust

My voice is laid.
My coal is spent,

My iron is gone,
My last nail driven,

And my work is done.
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Brazing Cast Iron.

‘“‘What is the reason that I cannot braze
east iron?” asked a machinist the other day.
“Every time I try it I fail. Sometimes the
east iron burns away, and sometimes the
brass will not stick. What is the trou-
ble?”

Cast iron may be easily brazed, if, like
doing other peculiar jobs, ‘‘tyou know how
to do it.” Have the iron clean; make it free
from grease and acids which may be injur-
ious; choose any soft brass, or make some
for this purpose. The yellow brass used in
brazing copper will do; it must contain a
large percentage of zine, or its melting point
will be much lower than that of the cast iron
itself.

Put on the borax before heating the iron.
Dissolve the borax, and apply the solution
freely to the parts to be brazed. By doing
this before heating, a film of oxide is pre-
vented from forming upon the iron. Fasten
the parts together and heat in a clear char-
coal fire. Soft coal is not suitable; there is
too much sulphur in it.

Heat the work gradually. Apply heat to
the largest piece, and keep that heat the
hottest. Sprinkle on powdered borax and
brass filings,-and use plenty of borax.
Watch carefully and get the iron up to a red
heat before any of the brass melts.
brass will not adhere unless the iron is hot
enough to melt the brass.

Be very careful not to get the iron. too
hot, or away it melts and the job is lost.
When the brass “‘runs,” remove from the
fire immediately, and wipe off the supertlu-
ous brass, cool off slowly and finish up the
joint.

Metal Cups.

The present Parisian faney for gold and
silver tea and coffee cups, from the very na-
ture of the ease, can only be a_ passing
ragary. This is not to be deplored, fora
more unpleasant material than metal from
which to drink anything hot cannot be de-
vised. The true way to take tea or coffee,
as we all know, is to sip it from dainty
Sevres or delicate Chinese poreelain. Metal
cups of any kind can only cause discomfort.
Fanciful silver-gilt egg-cups are in various
shapes, that of abroken egg-shell being most
popular. Salt-cellars of the newest designs
take every conceivable form. Among the
odd devices are stew-pans, gypsy pots hung
from tripods, wheel-barrows, and baskets.
‘Individual’ cruets are shown having an
acorn to hold the mustard, with acorn cups,
one on either side, for salt and pepper.
Another but far less attractive ‘‘individual”
cruet is in the form of an umbrella and pair
of boots.

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Chisels.
Hobart, in American Machinist.

Make chisels short for hard, rough work.
They transifit the power or force of a blow
much better. Long chisels are apt to ‘‘broom
up” on the haminer end, as the long steel
through which the blow passes has more
chance to absorb the force of the blow. The
harder the metal to be worked, the quicker
the blow should be transmitted. Cast-iron
works much better with a short steel chisel
and light hammer than if the blow was
struck upon a very long chisel with a heavy
wooden mallet. In one case the blow is de-
livered all at one, in the other it takes time,
and much of the foree is absorbed.

lane a neemenrneny

A eviled spring inserted .between engine
and machinery is highly beneficial where
extreme regularity of power is required. It
is well known that a steam engine, in order
to govern itself, must run too fast and too
slow in order to close or open its valves,
henee an irregularity of power is unavoid-
able.

Don’t slight a job because you have run
against a snag. You start the job determin-
ed to do a nice piece of work. Stick to it,
and when something breaks or don’t come
right, do not hurry off the job with ‘‘good
enough,” or ‘‘don’t care,” but stick it out
and conquer the thing. Many a man has
failed, when he might have succeeded, had
he ‘‘hung on” a little longer.

Investigations as to the amount of lost
work in many establishments would no
doubt yield results alike interesting and in-
structive, and show that the importance of
the subject, however much attention may
have been called to it, is still very often but
imperfectly appreciated. That the power
required to overcome friction in the running
of machinery is a source of continuous ex-
pense, that this lasts as long as the machine
is actively employed, and that an increased
first cost in the careful arrangement of plant
and the selection of economical machinery
will almost always prove a good investment,
are truths with which many manufacturers
have not yet become impressed. To such,
only practical demonstrations of shorteom-

ings of badly designed and arranged plants

are convincing and capable of inducing re-
construction and = general overhauling.
Those who have undertaken the study of
the subject for the purpose of making the
information of practical value have invar-
iably found that the construction of machin-
ery with a view of limiting the frictional
resistance to a minimum has amply repaid
their labors.

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Alaska’s Great Forests.
From the San Francisco Chronicle. ,

Alaska forests contain enough timber to
supply the world. The forests of pine,
spruce, fir and hemlock cover every island
of the archipelago and a goodly. portion of
the mainland. The trees are straight and
tall, and grow close together. The only
saw-mill at present in operation is at Doug-
lass Island, and so far there has not been a
cord of timber cut for shipment. The trees
as a rule do not always ecutup into good-
sized boards. For fuel, however, the wood
is excelient, and much of it is available for
building purposes. There is little decor-
ative wood, although the yellow pineis rich-
ly colored and might be used to advantage
in interior work. Alaska spruce is an ex-
cellent variety, and often measures five feet
in diameter. It is considered the best
spruce in the world, and the supply is very
abundant. In the interior of the country,
timber is of much heavier growth than on
the coast and on the islands. Regarding
the hemlock, there isa large supply, and
the bark compares favorably with that of
all the Eastern trees used in tanning estab-
lishments.

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An international exhibition of flouring-
mill, saw mill and oil-mill machinery will
be held at Augsburg, Bavaria, beginning
July 11, next year. Motive power will be
included in the exhibits.

 

Vineyard
Skates,

ISTER,
STEVENS

  

Headquarters

FOR

Western Michigan!

  
  
     
   

 

JULY 13-1880
APR: 26—j88)

 

Winoyard CG.

Male bags: BOE

A FINE ASSORTMENT.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

AN D

 

Skate Repairs Carried in Stock.

FOSTER,
STEVENS
& CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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ROO cs OME GIGI, oa ooo ccccacnacecscuenas dis 60
» Wie COO... 5 aes Wed Gaudd dd pnadanes .-.- dis 60)
PROTO oui dave dss dense cen diuadaeunas dis 60
MU gl ss eka baad ct acae Wedeneees dis 60
ok auc iiuh scueuaanadss Goes das dis 60
MO oe ci bund nnc bash cd dadadapeacese dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine............ wisuaacs dis 25
Jennings’, imitation........... ........dist0&10
BALANCES.
RNAI cic hc ates nhac caus sdadsdodaqaasns dis 25
BARROWS.

MO ce hance vs cede ce cde aces & 13 00
MO ec dies is ceca caueuecedaa net 33 00
BELLS.

WORN ace lees cs ....dis $ 60&10
Os ee cine ces ccna cesncku dis on)
Pe ea dis 1 |
We ee in inde be chee dis 20
BO, POT. sc 5 oso oc soak oaks eee dis 55
BOLTS.
os a ih eb eks el kas dis $ 40
WPIOGO. HOW TRG oaks io on ks ceo soc ae oe dis %5
ili cece usec estcci cess dis 3081
PT Oe oka cans ceneece ac dis 7a
Wee TROL FT os ook cca acaces dis 50
Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55
Cast Barrel, brass knobs....... ..... dis 50
Cast Square Spring.............. «one tn 55
WG A i acc osc eee dis 60
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&£10
WE POUIING OUAEO ok kc lect ee weeny dis 55&10
Wrougnt Sunk WMeh...........<...,; dis 30
Wrought Bronze and Blated Knob

er ele tape des ivans HOKLOLG

BVOW FA ick chad e eared uua cick dis 50&10
BRACES.

WO is arb voce dacncciase. .... dis $ 40

Bes iii iceeiecacescceeiis i soesQe 50

hs cosas ck caesar causes neuscss ais 5U

I Ts oink code cass cdvecccee. dis net
BUCKETS.

Or i hak cc cscahcspeacbacas cecuea: $ 400
ME, BIT, oc cc ceu sc ekncyece ccs sce . 6a
BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... ..dis 60&i0
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 6010
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10
WerOunnt L089 PIG, .. oo... vcs cannes dis 60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........dis 60& 5

Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
WR oy cae ne occ cece a oe cas dis 60& 5
We as oo nde ec cece sce dis 60
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60
WPOUONG FirGes. oc... cece eee ccs dis 65&10
WER Ce i ec icaccc cs aaeec as dis TO0&10
Wee, POE 8. os coc cncace vena cces dis T0&10
BUREN, OI Be oc os nec vase ce dis 70
CAPS.
Me oe waded cc cack ua ceee per m $ 65
Be ios goes ck cece ncn scs 60
Wii eck 35
MO og is ok seis a ew cnc ca ces 60
CATRIDGES.
R.m Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 60
Rim Fire, United States................ dis 60
ON I a cc od ea ccc s eee dis 40
CHISELS,
OCIOT PIRIIOE ovo cack as cece cis ccs ceess dis 75
Boeket Framing. ............ Ceadag la. dis 75
PROGR OL CORNED. oo 6 ac cc eae hace snes dis 75
PHOT, INORG. oo oon cc casas caceaeede dis id
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...,........ dis 1)
Barton’s Socket Firmers....2........ dis 20
Bt Ee a i net
COMBS.
Curry, Lawrence’s..... ... Yoel, dis 40
Se ee ari dis 25
COCKS.
Brass, Racking’s.. Dba uid 50
Macs ee i is acc casi eae 50
Beer Pe, 1010
i ace ve 80
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. 2 Ib 30
POR PEI. V6 NO, once ca cenccanecnss 36
DRILLS i
Niorke & Hit SiOGH. .... 26... 55. ose dis 35
Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20
Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30
ELBOWS.

Onn 4 wieoe, © Wn... ... .. .555...-5. doz net $.85
OT og ie ccc se scc decane dis 20&10
| Adjustable ......... ee dis w%&l0
EXPANSIVE BITS.

Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 0). dis 20
Ives’, 3, $18 00; 2, $24 OU; 3, $30 v0. dis 2b

FILES.
American File Association List...... dis 60
oo oka hc aN p ena eacceues- sus dis 60
TOO BOOGIE... a voce ccceess astecess dis 60
PE ee ce chive tas dis 60
Ee AT dis 30
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................dis 334g
GALVANIZED TRON,

Nos. 16 to 20, 22and 24, 25and26, 27 26
List 12 13 4 1b 18
Discount, Juniata 45@10, Charcoal 50@10.
GAUGES.

Stanlcy Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50
HAMMERS,

NNO Ts dis 20
aig ivi need che cena esveneea: dis 25
WOemOG & PIU 6, oo coos hess ec ecencs dis £0
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. 30 e@ list 40

 

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WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows:
AUGERS AND BITS.

 

Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10
HANGERS.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50

Champion, anti-friction............. cis 60

Bidder, WOOG ErAOk.... 5.50... 0045s dis 40
HINGES.

Cote, CMP EA, Gy onc iss ccc cdensss dis 60

hee k cha ccassecces per doz, net, 2 50

Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 4

WE sia ins cnt ccncs scceces 3%
Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10%
Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 8%
Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 7%
Serew Hook and Eye, %............. net i%
UPR) OE ig goes cicc cc ssen ea cceas ais 60&10

HOLLOW WARE.
PURINE ETN WERE osc once cnc esse coe esas GOX1O
JODORNOG TI WFC, ...... <2 5easscasees 20K10
OPW EC PUIG oon goon von en tcc ccce os 25
HOES.
icc bie eck ek cease scans $11 90, dis 40
MR es cs pers ened: ise eees enue 11 50, dis 40
aoe nt nce can ees wediees 12 WO, dis 40
KNOBS.

70, dis 66%

Door, mimer:!, jap. trimmings....$2
3 5U, dis 66%,

Door, porceiain, jap. trimmings..

Door, porcelain, plated trim-

We a a eas us list,10 15, dis 66%
Door, porcelain, trimmings list,11 55, dis 70
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........ ad 40
RUOUOAMONED oc cick ceccders saneeceas dis 50

LOCKS—-DOOR.

 

Steel Nails—Same price as above.
MOLLASSES GATES.

tussell & Irwin Mtg. Co.’s new list...dis 66%
Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s.............. dis 6624
PI oe aici be Cached cep ceccuneas dis 66%
nk eee ccesnee Gace nssenes dis 66%

: LEVELS. ‘
Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s........... .dis 65
MILLS.

Coffee, Parkeré Co.'s. ..... 65: 0ccsess dis 49&10

Cotfee, P.8.&W. Mtg. Co.’s Matleables dis 40&10

Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis 40&10
| Coffee, Hanterprise.........:..sscceeseeees dis 25)
MATTOCKS.
ois he ccs cden sees $16 00 dis 4010 |

WEI PG 6 sic i icc ceca tncscanns $15 00 dis 40&i10 |
PO gy cw ch ds bans c cadence $i8 50 dis 20 & 10 |

NAILS. |
Common, Bra and Fencing.

Ee a See Te # keg $2 75 |
BO OUI oo i cc adacnssaanstesctucesns 25 |
Oe i oie awh eet ns cawe dacs auns 50
Ae I i ns bone cin iene cnc hi nee 75 |
Bb BAVANGE. 45 «40065 see 5 see Gea) ee bead dena cne 1 50 |
eS ED 3 00 |
CUNO EIS, BOW. ooo 8 cas ceeaseseces ents: 1 7 |
Finishing 10d Sd 6a 4d |

Size—inches f 3 2% 2 1%
Adv. ® keg $125 150 175 200 |
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BEGUN E PAGCOIT «oon ccc ss ccc pe ccce cess dis 70}
SLOnbity & GENUINE. oo... cs sns cs ctes cece dis 70
Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25
MAULS.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50}
OILERS. |
| Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent. ............. dis 55
Zinc, with brass bottom............. .... dis 40
PiPARO OF COTDOE: 5c ve bcc we cice cine nandde dis 40
RROQDOR. cos 0s ccc eee resacces per gross, $12 net |
MIABRORE © ics ccc wdscicancnche Mewes 50
PLANES.
Ones Toot CO. 8, TANGY oo ccc ccs ice c ccs casse dis 15
AER i a cc a ciua ein asdhaens dis 25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, faney.... ......... dis 15 |
BENG, HESCUUBILY «oi osc oecece ones ce: BT
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and
PANS.
PxG, AOMG 0 oi oh ces si ceses SL dansadecs dis 50
Common, POHBNEG. «2. 6.6.6.6 5 cing ose es dis60&10 |
MEN, i ch dabei nance sesvienceess Bb 6@T |
KIVETS. |
Tron Grd TINMOG ck. oc oven ccc cen cdes dis 40 |
Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 50&10 |

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.
“A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24to 27 10 |
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9
Broken packs 4c @ b extra.

ROOFING PLATES.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50

[X, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ . 700
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 11 00
IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne......... 14 00

ROPES.

Sisal, 46 tm. and LATOR. iii nc odes cc cccccccs 84
ee. “ue
SQUARES.

Me INT IN, vg roi aki bocce kacans. dis 60&10
Te I COWES oo noc o odo s bcaecc eases dis 50&10
MU 8 ae oe, dis 20

. SHEET TRON,

Com. Smooth. Com.
BR We a viva vc bkccace., $4 20 $3 00
I oe oi van ciccccc.. 4 20 3 00
MM To on os cco dei c ccccas 4 Ww 3 00
pS ee ae 4 20 3 00
me ee Oe Os oc a ca cw 4 40 310
PG hei odes ei ies ss. 4 GO 3 20

All sheets No, iS and lighter, over 30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SMEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 hs, # ib... 2... yaeeance es 8
In smaller quansities, @ t..............
\ TINNER’S SOLDER.
UM Ey Mi on ohn os on duces hi
Market Half-and-hailf............. been 1
Strictly Half-and-half............ dese. 16
TIN PLATES.
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

Ic, Ee CO POONE,. oc ii cesccsss ccs, Oe
IX, 10x14,Chareoal......! Ti cue ene 8 Oe
IC, peg Ba ee
TX, to ge ea 8 50
IC, WAS COOOL oo osc cck odes cisice 6 00
x. ase Charooal.............. , 7 50
Re Wei CORIOOGL oo oc oe cs voce ccc 9 00
Be WOT CTOOOE, oo onc oda oa cnc ccs 11 OU
Be ae, WOM, CORECOGL. . oo ccc cc ccceccee 13 00
Ee. MRM, COMP OOIN 6 oo ono cds i thccs cece 16 00
DC, TOES IMEC CORKOOGL occ oo coi cicccce, 6 50
WO ag | 8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Chareoal......... See 10 50
DAA. 100 Plate Cnarcdal...........ee... 12 50

Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75
rates.
TRAPS.
ES A SO Se
Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35

| Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60a&10

PO se kcei ccc aes, 6UX LO
Oe ee Ge We Bs CO ni coh ccc ccc, 60&10
WN CN si och cckceecnccdas, 2e B doz
ME, COTA og ioc choc ce ccc: $1 50 ® doz
WIRE.
ReMe WN i occ oc coos be ccs dis 60&16
ORIG MIGIECL.... .. 05.56 ccc sccecce dis 70
Coppered Market............. s.005.. dis 55&10
po ge ee ee dis 55
PENRO WO os ok ei sa sacs cake, dis 40
Tinned Broom....... . voee da Maines thas Bb 09
RU NUAU OE RENO ous 65 occas cecacceccesacs Bb 8%
Coppered Spring Steel............ dis 40@40&10
UPPEIGG, PUIG ECOOL. . 5. oo 55 ccs cence cecacc dis 37%
pg a ee #@ b 3%
BIAWID WOUCG. . .. oo icc cs ccceu Ui tesiceeedsss
Wy i cane wade cick 4a cdadaansanas new list net
oi os as en cccneen ck, new list net
WIRE COODS.
ek deb ccieicaces dis 70&1N
Pe ei ciccc dec cccalecas ais TO&i0
WN oa vce dea caue 4 acsecess dis TO0&10
Gate Hooksand Eyes................ dis 7010
WYENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
ee dis 50&10
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 65
Coe’s Patent, malleable..........4... dis 70
MISCELLANEOUS.

Were, CIOROPT: goo i ccscasctmanscomes dis 70
Rr TE ioscan bs cue cues 80
Casters, Bed and Plate... .....cccecess diss0&10
BRTIGTE, ADROVIOCON. oo c5 5 ccccccccccccucs 33%

 

LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES,

The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. o.
b. cars as follows:

Up ga per M $44 00
Uppers, 14, 14 and 3 ined... .. 6.0.6 easeas 46 00
a GS! ee eS ee
Selects, 144, 1% and 2 inch........ sc... 38 00
a Rg OT, Ee 30 00
We OO ccc chce cance ck dtet ~daeee 20 00

Fine, Common, 144, 1% and 2inech. ...... 32 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12in., 12, 14and16 feet.... 15 00

No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet... .... 2... .ccees 16 00
ING, § BROOMS, 12 iih,, PTO. «oo vine ekccae ss 17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00
No. 1 Stooks, 10 in., 18 feet. ... 06s cc cccces 16 00

Ie, 3 Bema, Tinh... BP TOOS. cic cacce cece 24 Oe
No. 1 Stocks, 3 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00

No. § Books, 8 in., 18 TOOC. . .6 icc ce cscdess 16 00
Pee, bn, © TT, DROOL... 5c oc ns cacance 17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 144 and 16 feet..... 12 00
Woe Bicones. Fo it... 16 TOR. 0. oo cc cecccens 13 00
Wo. 2 Stocks, 1) in., DO fees... .....cccccsces 14 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00
IEG), @ BLOCME, FIT... 16 LOOK. . oc ccccsc ts cece 13 00
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet............. <ac Jae
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 1} 00
Pee), ee, © Wi, TE LOGE, og 5c ccecceanees i? 00
No. 3 Stocks, § in., 20 feet... .......-: 18 00

Coarse Common or shipping culls, all

Witne OFC IOTIMENG. . .. <5 co-ssecces 8 WE 9 00
Pe Ge FE RVING, 2 Ol GIN 6. caccccscccacae’ ic 33 00
OF Re, 4 OF GENE, oo 6 cc cecccacccdcce «: 27 2
No. 1 Feneing, all lengths........... cace DOO
No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 feet.......... 12 00
We ts WOODS, 5 oo ccc cucccs ce ctdas 12 00
ee Fra © TON gg asi case ccucasces 15 00
ee, erie © BOGE Cg coi inc coccacacaxe 12 90
Norway C and better, 4or@ineb......... 20 00
Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 18 00
Peer, © TG © oo ici cae ancascenss 14 50
Revel Siding, 6 inch, No.1 Common.... 9 00
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear. .,.....csarae«- 20 00
Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12. 12 to 16ft........ 10 00
$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.
Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B.........5..- 36 00
Dreamed Pioorinw, Git. C..c ccc cccsceccss 29 00
Dressed Flooring, 6in., No. 1,common.. 17 00
Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 common,... It 00

Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.

Dressed Flooring, 4in., A. Band Clear.. 385 00
Dreesed prodring, 419,. C, ...< cccacacscees 26 00
Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.1 com’n 16 06
Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00
Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.

sees 18 in. Standard Shingies......... 3 10
Oe A, Ps ncn can ccasctcdecacesses 3 00
bob oa Se ae 2 15
No. 2 or6in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... l
Io. 260 6 te. C. UG Ii, . csc cca cccaaiccs i 40
a cis wkd n cin cn sends 1 75@ 2 00
WOODENWARE.
ere, TUR ING Fok oe cccaceae-cnceedes: 8 06
es TUG. On Boi 5 ns voids CEE a den cnee 7 00
eas FT Oe... cic nchacdcodecsdcne 6 00
Standard Patie, twohoop.........ccccaceceue 1 60
Standard Pails, three hoop.. .........e.<s<«- 1 85
UE cc cuca hp saan vedcntceaedeesac 210
WO te WL ING Bo ids ccnc sc uegbeeud Cineecacs 8 %5
dg gi et 7 7
Pete re NGO once ca sucecccnces weceeas 6 75
Muple Bowls, assorted sizes...........0.000- 2 60
WRNR ON BS oo inn a onda cd cnsgcegensscedass 1 25
Pe IG gos cccncncocceees daucctevevaces -1 00
We PN oak cco ndncscascceas teacecn: 75
CRO PO IGNG 6 oa hoc occ c das tencendccasees 2 2
TNO BG oon os eh a6  cedadeddcasecds unease 65
POE) ROG, oo ooo dis cc ca ceca cancaseqecacinecsads 1 2
Wr MT OULHINB, MITIGIO. . «acc cscccecescacdaaeees 1%
TUL CLO IIO) oo kw oa ceeccdladevdcem Oe
BASKETS.
TO, PEGI, ooo ods du cso indedaceuses 40
PUL OP EOW TATIG, 5c 5 ooo ac ccc cece dsccenes 1 60
PE, WU ia oi ci as bb da cncded cuncens 1 75
COG, MOTE, TIGA Bo oc cccccacdecccasecdnnes 3 50
Ce, BOTAN, RG Bio os oa ds cc co cuaecc causa ae
OWRNOG, COE, Oe GD. oo 5 cc ce seca ccccncctacs: 4 00
CEOG: WEI, INGOs Bis ocanns ss ep ceapceceiies 5 00
E CUO IOM, WIIWs FEOs Be ccc cscdencccvaccenaces 6 00
SCR, WETIOW, FIO. Bo ov cc aces iveccadencesss 7 0

HARDWOOD LUMBER,

The furniture factories here pay as follows
for dry stoek:

WOO TOOPPTIIN, .. «oc cicacccccscaes @13 00
PUR os cin voces banesnd 16 04@20 00
Beran, Nog. 5 Oi) Bio oc cc ccc icd ces @25 00
Black Ash, log-run....... es ehskuseas @13 00
COW TOGPRTEN, «og oo ss ces can cceccsa: 25 00@35 00
Carey WO. A GOR Bacco cic sd cicdecs @55 00
ONG, OU og cw 6c inv aed caned galas 10 0O@12 00
Pe TOON, os 8. dacs: ss canew ence 12 00@14 00
Mania, GOTt,. lOM-PUN.. 6.05.5 ieee cet 10 WO@12 00
DAMO, NOG. EGTA, 05. vc cc seckecsssee @16 00
Maple, clear, flooring........ ceeeuus @25 00
Maple, white, selected............... @2x 00
Red Oak, log-ruin......<.ceess- cance @1i5 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2........ decueeee G20 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... @25 00
Per URE, TONIITE oc cca c sac cuecavees @A5 00
Pema. OM 1 OE Ds cc os cen cece @i5 00
We icc ken ccccaduangeess 25 00
Water Mim, log-run. .... .... «cc cccece @l1i 00
WeitGe AGN, OGTUD icc cc cece cnsece 14 00@16 00
WeEILOWOOG, TORU... 0.00 cl ii @23 00

MISCELLANEOUS,

Hemlock Bark-—- The local tanners are offer-
ing $5 per cord delivered, cash.

Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.59@1.60 8 Db
for clean washed roots.

Rubber Goods—Local jobbers are authorized
to offer 45 per cent. off on standard goods and
45 and 10 per cent. off on second quality.

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The Michioan Tradesman.

 

 

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts
of Last Resort.

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING-MAJORITY VOTE,

According to the decision of the Supreme
Court of Minnesota in the case of Martin et
al. ys. Chute et al., a majority of the votes
east at a valid stockholders’ meeting pre-
vails where the charter and by-laws are si-
lent on the subject, even though only a mi-
nority of the stock is represented.

 

MEANING OF ‘‘MANUFACTURER.”

A company printing and publishing a
newspaper is not a ‘‘manufacturer,” though
one doing the business of job printing, en-
graving or electrotyping is, according to the
decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court
in the ease of Evening Journal Association
vs. State Goard of Assessors,

 

COMPANY—ACCIDENT—NEGLI-
GENCE.

In the case of Kellow vs. Central lowa
Railway Co., decided by the Supreme Court
of Iowa, it appeared+ that the defendant
stopped one of its passenger trains at Mason
City Junction, and, for convenience in
transferring baggage, the baggage car was
stopped in front of the baggage room of the
depot, so that the rear passenger car was
left standing over a cross-track of the Chi-
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
In moving certain freight cars out of the way
of anengine, the employes of the latter road
pushed the cars on the cross-track, and
some of them being heavily loaded, broke
loose and ran down the grade into the pas-
senger car of the Central, threw it from the
track, turned it over, and fatally injured the
plaintiff’s intestate, a passenger therein.
The court held that the Central Co. was
guilty of negligence and liable for the in-
jury.

RAILWAY

 

EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY——INFANT——CON-
TRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.

‘he ease of Beekham vs. Hiller, decided
by the New Jersey Supreme Court, was a
suit brought to recover damages for the
death of a minor sixteen years old, employ-
ed to manage a cutting machine. In the
running of the machine, it appeared that
it was occasionally necessary for the minor
to displace and replace the belt by which
power was communicated from a revolving
shaft to the machine. He had run sucha
machine for several months before, and was
told to be careful in replacing the beit, be-
cause there was danger of his being caught
in it, and was directed always to call some
one to assist him in the operation who might
hold the belt in place on the machine while
he stood behind the shaft and adjusted the
belt on the driving-wheel. The observance
of this precaution materially lessened the
risk. On one occasion, although assistance
was within call, he attempted to replace the
belt alone without asking aid and was
caught inthe belt and killed. The court
held that he was guilty of contributory neg-
ligence, and that his representative could
not maintain an action for damages. The
court said that although the plaintiffs intes-
tate was stilla minor he had attained to
years of discretion when he became charge-
able with the exercise of due care. Such
care is not, indeed, that required from per-
sons of full age, but it is to be ascertained
with reasonable regard to the ordinary con-
ditions attendant upon his years. When,
however, the standard of due care has been
thus determined, the rule which makes con-
tributory negligence in the party injured a
defense against an action for damages aris-
ing from the defendant’s want of care ap-
plies to the minor as well as to the others.
* * Minor servants are also held to as-
sume by their contract of employment those
ordinary risks of their services which are
obvious to them, or have been pointed out
in a manner suited to the comprehension of
their youth and inexperience. They cannot
ignore the dictates of common prudence or
the instruction of their superiors to guard
themselves from these apparent dangers
and charge the consequences upon the em-
ployers.

 

INJUNCTION—SALE OF ADULTERATED TEA.

The case of the Board of Health of New
York vs. Purdon et al., decided by the
New York Court of Appeals, arose upon an
application by the appellant for an injunc-
tion restraining the respondents from sell-
ing certain teas alleged, to be adulterated,
unwholesome and dangerous. The court
below, though finding that the teas in ques-
tion were adulterated and colored to some
extent with offensive and noxious drugs |
and substances, yet reached the conclusion
that no sufficient evidence had been pro-
duced to prove that the use of the tea was
dangerous to human life, or detrimental to
health and unwholesome, or that the injunc-
tion prayed for was needed to prevent serious
danger to human life or detriment to health,
or that the tea or the selling or offering for

 

sale of the same was a nuisance. This de--
cision was appealed from by the appellant, |
who contended that the findings were incon-
sistent. The Court of Appeals upon a re-
view of the facts sustained the court below. |
It held that in such cases as that before it it |
was proper for the courts to inquire not
alone as to the unlawfulness or offensive- |
ness of the act complained of, but also to its
extent, the circumstances surrounding its |
exercise, and the degree of danger to be |
apprehended from its continuance. Regard-

ing the weight to be given to certain kinds

of evidence in such cases it said: The case

| Call and ex-

on the part of the plaintiff was sought to be
made out by the introduction of expert evi-
dence alone, and this was to the effect that
the use of the teas in question as a beverage
was, in the opinions of the witnesses, dele-
terious and unwholesome. These opinions
were based wholly upon theoretical knowl-
edge of the nature and character of the sub-
stances used in adulteration, and their sup-
posed effect upon the human system when
used in connection with the teas as a bever-
age. Many, if not all of them testified they
never knew neither had they heard of a case
where the use of teas like those in question
had proved injurious to the health of those
using them. These opinions were undoubt-
edly competent to prove the subject of the
issue, but they were certainly of no greater
value as evidence than the testimony of wit-
nesses who had used the teas as to their
practical effect upon the human system
when imbibed as a beverage, and did not
constitute conclusive evidence of the facts
in issue. On the other hand, the evidence
of the defendants tenged strongly to show,
not only that all green teas are similarly
adulterated, but that their use as a_bever-
age was not thereby rendered unwholesome.
A number of dealers of long experience in
the business of buying and selling teas were
called and testified uniformly to the effect
that in-all of their experience they had nev-
er heard of a case where the use of such teas
had proved injurious to those using them.
One of the defendants had drank steadily
and daily for a number of months of the
teas in qnestion, and had discovered no in-
jurious effects therefrom. An expert of es-
tablished character for scientific attainments
and learning was also called by the defen-
dants, and testified that he drank of the tea
in question, and found it very palatable and
followed by no ill effects, and that he had
carefully examined and analyzed samples of
the tea, and that in his opinlon there was
nothing injurious or unwholesome in its use.
To say the least, this evidence raised a ques-
tion of fact for the consideration of the
court below, and one upon which it might
well conclude that the sale and use of these
teas would not produce irreparable mischief,
or anecessity for the interposition of the
court by way of injunction.
A Bad Slip.

“Can you pay that little bill to-day, Mr.
Longwait?”

‘“‘Not conveniently.
week?”

“No. Ishall be away on my vacation.”

“Indeed? So shall 1.”

=< --<e ——

Can’t you cail next

Ask your grocer for Talmage Table Rice.
It is equal to the best grades of Carolina
and is 1¢ per pound lower in price. Always
packed in 100 pound pockets. Dan Tal-
mage’s Sons, New York.

FUDD ck CO.,
JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE

And Full Line Summer Goods.
102 CANAL STREET.

OYSTERS!

State Agency for Wm. L. Ellis & Co.’s

 

 

 

 

BRAN
BALTIMORE OYSTERS

On and after Sept. Ist., we will be prepared
to fill all orders for this well-known brand of
Oysters, canned fresh at the packing-house in

Baltimore. No slack-filled or water-soaked
goods handled. B. F. Emery will attend to the
orders for Baltimore shipment as usual. Spec-
ial oxpree and Freight rates to all railroad
towns in Michigan. We have exclusive con-
trol York River Brand.

COLE & EMERY,

Wholesale Fish and Qyster Depot,

37 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
   

— WITH —

DOUBLE THICK
BALL.

Ordinary Rubber Boots
always wear out first on
the ball. The CANDEE
Boots are double thick
on the ball, and give

DOUBLE WEAR.

Most economical rub-
ber Boot in the market.
Lasts longer than any
other boot, and the

PRICE NO HICHER.

amine the
goods.

E. G. Studley & Co.,

Manufacturers of LEATHER AND RUBBER
BELTING, and all kinds of RUBBER GOODS,
Fire Department and mill supplies. Jobbers of
“Candee” Rubber Boots, Shoes and Arctics,
Heavy and Light Rubber Clothing. Salesroom
No. 13 Canal street. Factory, 26 and 28 Pearl
St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

 
   

G. S, YALE & BRO.,

—Manufacturers ot—

FLAVORING EXTRAGTS |

BAKING POWDERS,
BLOoINGS, BE TO.,

40 and 42 South Division, St.

If in Need of Anything in our Line, it

will pay you to get our Prices.

 

PATENTEES MANUFACTURERS OF

Barlow’s Patent

Manifold Shipping Books,

Send for Samples and Circular.

BARLOW BROTHERS,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

AND SOLE

GRAND RAPIDS, -

MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHERWOOD HALL. MARTIN L. SWEET.

ESTABLISHED 1865.

Brown, Hall & G0.

JOBBERS OF

Wool Roves,
Fur Robes,

Horse Blankets,

Write for Special Prices,

Nos. 20 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids.

ONTLSV'Td

_ SALVUVddv

The Great Stump and Rock

ANNIBHILATOR!

Strongest and Safest Explosive Known
to the Arts,

Farmers, practice economy and clear your
land of stumps and boulders. Main Office,
Hercules Powder Company, No. 40 Prospect
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS.
GUNS, AMMUNITION & FISHING TACKLE,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

ALBERT GOVE & SOND,

MANUFACTUREBS OF

AWNINGS, TENTS,

HORSE AND WAGON COVERS.

 

 

 

 

 

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Ciled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc.
State Agents for the

Watertown Hammock Support.
SEND FOR PRICES.
73 Canal Street, -

 

 

Grand Rapids, Mich,

ANDREW WIERENGO
WHOLESALE GROCER,

FULL LINE OF SHOW CASES KEPT IN STOCK.

 

WIERENGO BLOCK, PINE STREET,

APPLES!

We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local
demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. If you have
any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear from you, and we will
keep you posted on market price and prospects. Liberal cash advances made on dried
fruit, also on apples in car lots.

EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

Reference—First N/ 157 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL.

“YFARREN’S GRIP.”

This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents) we put on the market guaranteeing

¢ =

MUSKEGON, MICH.

 

 

them to equal, if not excel, any cigar ever before offered for the price. We furnish 500
“Gutter Snipes” advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them. We want

one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale.

MANUFACTURED BY

Geo. T. W arren &é& Co

FLINT. MICH.

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H. LEO

Lous MPP

FOR THE FALIL TRADE

Golored Glass Table Lamps.

AMBER, BLUE AND GREEN.

One Barrel Containing

 

 

 

 

1g doz. A Size Stand. Lamps....1.50 = -75
8 doz.B * ‘ € fun 1450
lg doz.C * . oe ee Tas
14g doz. D “ " “« £60 186
$5.00
Less ro per cent. 50
Barrel 35c. $4.50
TRIMMINGS FOR ABOVE.
134 doz. No. 1 Sun Burners..... °55 -97
“don. “* 2 * ea 80 .20
1 doz.7 in. IIlum. &shade,com 3.50 _—.88
Box 25¢. $6.55
No. 1 Engraved Sun Chimney...... per doz .65
No, 2 “ es i Lage ceases 5

. e ATV!
SUN CHIMNEY.
Anchor, Star, or Diamond Brand, which means
Second Quality.

No. 0 San Crimp top. ......<..<55. per doz .26

E INOe © Siete CHIID GOD: 26. 65 55 6c ccc scsecccess at
ING, & i Crime tO. 5. ce. 5 655 cn cece ceeds Fe

th. $
Leader Chimneys.
Warranted Pure Lead Giass.

No.1 Crimp top, hand made.......perdoz .60
No.2 ” . " MT cacisen seeeed 80
No. 2 Plain WOQUIGOG on ccc nace ose: Oo
All boxes charged at Cost. Every style of

Chimneys in stock.

 

 

 

 

NO. 537 ASSORTED BARREL

Fine Decorated Base Table Lamps.

ASSORTED COLORS CENTERS.

1 doz. Assorted in Barrsl, net......... 5.00
zt doz. Trimmings in Boxr......-...... 3.50

 

$8.50

RICH GOLD LIBRARY LAMP.

WITH PRISMS.

Send for our Illustrated Catalogue, show-
ing this line and every other department
we have. The most complete Catalogue
published. Will be ready in about ten days.

 

Pee :
THE EMPRESS GLASS OIL CAN.
The finest Oil Can made. Please con’t com-
pare this can with some in the market. Pack-
ed 1 doz in box, per doz.3.85. No charge for box.

 

 

THE GRAND RAPIDS ROLLER MILs

MANUFACTURE A

NEW IMPROVED PATENT ROLLER FLOUR

“SNOW-FLAKE,” AND “LILY WHITE PATENT,” AND
FANCY PATENT “ROLLER CHAMPION.”

Prices are low. Extra quality guaranteed. Write for quotations.

VALLEY CITY MILLING CO,

EAST END BRIDGE ST. BRIDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

F.J. LAMB & CO,

WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR THE

D. D. Mallory & Co.

Diamond Brand Fresh |

Oysters
In Cans or Bulk. Write for Quotations.
8 and 10 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

PEREINS & HESS,

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

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

O. W.BLAIN & CO., Prone Commission Merchants,

DEALERS IN-——

Foreign and Domestic Frnits, southern Vegetanies, Ele

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc. All orders filled at lowest market price.
pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties.

BFA LU AS,

Wholesale & Commission--Butter & Egos a Specialty.

Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each.
97 and 99 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

      
  

 

 

 

Corres-

NO. 9 IONITA ST.

 

 

CHOICE BUTTER A SPECIALTY!

CALIFORNIA AND OTHER FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Care-
ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.

 

M. C. RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st. Grand Rapids.