“@ I chisan Tradesm VOL. 3. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1885. A WORD TO RETAIL GROCERS Ask your wholesale grocer for Talmage Table Rice. It is equal to the best Carolina and very much lower in price. ALWAYS PACKED IN 100 POUND POCKETS. Dan Talmage’s Sons, New York. PERKINS & MASON, Tnsnrance aud Law Office, SOLICHTORS OF PATENTS. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. PENSION, BOUNTY AND ALL WAR CLAIMS PROSECUTED. Correspondence Solicited. 75 Lyon St., Court Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. y soap MANUFACTURED BY OSBERNE, HOSICK & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. PEIRCE & WHITE, JOBBERS OF CHOICE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, Plug, Fine Cut and Smok- - ing Tobaccos, Specially Adapted to the Trade. 79 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. EATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a fall line of SW. Venable & Co.s PETERSBURG, VA., FLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. CLIMAX - %* PLUG TOBACCO, REO TIN TAC. THF PERKINS WIND MILL, “AUNOW GDAVS anv GLSad HO ANG Ithas beenin constant use for 15 years, with a record equalled by none. WAR- RANTED not to blow down uniess 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. | Asbestos Insole, $1, Warm in LADIES | Acheson ag Winter, }and upwards. Pre- : AND | vent Colds, Croup, — ‘ ai (and kindred ills, in J’ '" ° CHILDREN: | adults and children. }] Wear Send postal guaranteed How to make a | lightsummer sko: | “do” for winter. for circulars. this. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want should NH \ write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. jl 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-li BEANS. I want to buy BEANS. Parties hav- ing any can find a quick sale and better prices by writing us than you can pos- sibly get by shipping to other markets. Send in small sample by mail and say how many you have. W. T. LAMOREAUX, AGT 71 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - HENRY KRITZER, PROPRIETOR NEWAYGO Roller Mills MANUFACTURER OF THE “Crown Prince” BRAN XD. ALWAYS UNIFORM IN QUALITY. FINEST GRADES OF WHEAT AND BUCKWHEAT FLOUR A SPECIALTY. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ROLLER PRO- CESS, GUARANTEED PURE. MICH. The Tower of Strength. Golden Seal Bitters, a perfect renovator of the system, carrying away all poisonous de- posits, Enriching, Refreshing and Invigorat- ing both mind and body. Easy of administra- tion, prompt in action, certain in results. Safe and reliable in all forms of liver, stomach, kid- ney and blood diseases. It is not a vile, fancy drink, but is entirely vegetable. This medicine hes a magic effect in Liver Complaints and every form of disease where the stomach fails to do its work. Itisatonic. It will cure dys- pepsia. It is an alterative and the best remedy known to our Materia Medica for diseases of the blood. It willcure Kidney diseases, Ner- vousness, Headache, Sleeplessness and en- feebled condition of the system. The formula of Golden Seal Bitters is a prescription of a most successful German physician, and thou- sands can testify to their curative powers. Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., wholesale druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. 119 ARTHUR R. ROOD, ATTORNEY, 43 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Collections a Specialty ! WANTED. TO CONTRACT FOR 200 CORDS OF BASSWOOD BOLTS FOR EXCELSIOR. ADDRESS A. DONKER, 383 BROAD- WAY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ALBERT COYE & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF——— AWNINCS, TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc. 73 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich, HEMLOCK BARK, The Hemlock Bark market is steady. We are taking all that arrives in good shape at the current price, $5 per cord delivered. WALLIN LEATHER CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, CINSENG ROOT. We kl the highest price for it. Address Peck Bros,, Druggists, tirand Rapids, Mich. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USH NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to, b. WLS & GO, No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. MAAN 6 2 pi Pr es = LASHES |||] I) J Positively at whole- sale only. Orders by mail receive prompt at- tention and liberal dis- A FRESH ARRIVAL. The Initiatory Services, Which Were Held Over a Tenderfoot in a Lumber Camp. From tht Michigan Manufacturer. His white collar and fancy tie would have placed him under the ban of suspicion. His plug hat and artistically looped watch chain marked him as a person to be actually in- vestigated. So the boys gathered about the corner of the logging shanty where he was engaged in rolling a cigarette, and a com- mittee of one proceeded to open the inquiry by carelessly sitting down on the glossy plug which had been left in a chair to dry. The fresh arrival remonstrated, but the committee wasn’t ready to rise until a report had been prepared. It threw one brawny arm languidly across the back of the fresh arrival’s chair and invited him to ‘‘chaw.” The fresh arrival didn’t chew. He had promised his mother-in-law he wouldn’t. The’boys looked at one another and grinned. It had been a long time between tenderfeet in that lumber camp, and the grins meant that they were bound to raise the very Old Nick with this one. The fresh arrival lit his cigarette with a match taken from a fancy match safe and gazed dreamily into the fire. *Reckon you’ve never been in the woods a-fore, partner?” suggested the committee. No; the fresh arrival never had, and he was glad of it. It was ‘‘awfully beastly, yer know.” “Ever run a cross-cut?” The fresh arrival glanced down at his white and shapely hands and shook his head. “Ever chop?” Another shake of the head. “Drive a pair of seventeen-kick mules?” The fresh arrival loaded another square of rice paper with perfumed tobacco and ad- mitted that he never had so risked his life. The committee made a partial report to the effect that the subject of investigation was a blankety blanked nice galoot to hire out in a lumber eamp, and incidentally brought a pair of boots large enough to ac- count for the upward tendency in the leather market into prominence by hoisting them into a comfortable position on the fresh ar- rival’s lap. The fresh arrival lit his fresh cigarette by striking a match on the broad surface of one boot bottom and kept his dreamy-looking eyes fixed on the fire. “Tt might be, partner,” observed a sub- committee at the back of the fresh arrival’s chair, ‘‘that you’ve come out to this camp to commune with Natur’? and write a book? Ef you have, you’ve filled the fust draw. Here you see Natur’ as sheare. Cometo us for the only, oldest and originalest trackless wilds. All others are blank blank imita- tions, an’ I can eat the ears off the chump what disputes it.” The fresh arrival didn’t seem inclined to dispute it, and the sub-committee contented itself with taking the freshly-lighted cigar- ette from between his taper fingers and con- suming it at one luxurious draw. “Yer off, pard,” interposed the commit- tee, crowding about a yard of tobacco smoke into the six inches of space immediately in front of the fresh arrival’s face; ‘‘this gay young lallah comes from the e-feet palaces of the East to ripen up on bacon and tangle- foot. He’ll weigh a ton in less’n a month, eh, pardner?” The fresh arrival took the playful blow on the back without squirming, and went on rolling a cigarette, paying no attention to the boys who were testing the quality of his clothes by pinches calculated to part the combined locks of a wooden Indian. Before the cigarette was finished three of the lum- bermen had ascertained that the shiny sur- face of his stand-up collar wasn’t a pro- duct of nature by rubbing it with dampened thumbs, and one of them, after carefully measuring one of his ears with a four-foot rule, expressed the liberal opinion that any one who could guess what it was might have it. At this point a sawyer with a fierce black mustache and a facial expression that would have seared a hungry bear out of a hog pen, announced that he had been through all the pockets in the fresh arrival’s overeoat and was ready to report. ©The committee took its feet off the lap of the subject undergoing investigation, the sub-committee removed an elbow from the vicinity of his spinal column, and all arose to receive the report. “T find,” began the report, ‘that it is busted. ’Cause why: a bottle is a necessity in this rare-ified atmosphere. It has none; therefore, it had no money to buy one. Con- sequently, busted. It is a dood. ’Cause why: its got kid gloves an’ had a plug hat. Put two and two together, and you have it. A busted dood come here to compete with honest labor. what we can do with it?” 99 dofyn the fresh arrival’s back. ‘he original committee, ‘‘an’ grow up with the country, only such fellers seem to for- git their friends after they make their pile. {s’pose you remember how Vanderbilt an’ | Jay Gould used to pull a saw and swear at, the gettin’-up bell over in number three? Now they’ve gone dead back on the boys. Queer boy, that Vandy. One day he said to me’n Jay, ‘boys’ ”— “Oh, dry up,” yelled the committee on overcoats. “I go in for nail’n it up toa tree for the purpose of vindicatin’ the sweat of a honest man’s brow. Who’s in for that?” The proposition was carried by majority large enough to do away with all necessity for visiting statesmen, and the chairman proceeded to elevate the fresh arrival by the ears while one of the men kicked away his chair and let him down ina pan of snow water. It was just too funny for anything, and the boys laughed until the shanty wasn’t big enough to hold the ones who could express their merriment only by roll- ing on the floor. When the fresh arrival assumed the per- pendicular again the dreamy look had in a measure faded from his eyes. In fact, he acted like one who had taken a sudden in- terest in life. While he was getting off his coat and vest he said he thought he knew of ause they could put it to. Several of the men remembered that the horses hadn’t been fed when he began to turn up his cuffs, and those that stayed to see it out never could explain how it all happened. When the foreman got down to the shanty the fresh arrival was dealing out arnica and court plaster to a group of men who looked as though they had been attending a Texan society event. Then the foreman doubled up and smiled as audibly that he could have been heard half a mile. ‘Tried to initiate him, did you?” he roared, holding on to both sides. ‘*You’re a nice lot. That’s the prize fighter that’s been doing up all the professionals, and he’s run up here to see life in the woods. And you chaps tried to grind him through the mill, eh!” And the foreman and the fresh arrival went out together, leaving the boys wonder- ing if they would be well enough to go into the woods in the morning. ALFRED B. Tozer. —_—— Oo -2- < — Industrial Economics. From the Michigan Manufacturer. Thirty years ago there were large areas of land in Indiana and Ohio covered with black walnut timber, which, if standing to-day, would be a mine of wealth to the owners. The settlers, in clearing the lands, burned up hundreds of acres of this valuable tim- ber. The use of walnut in the manufacture of furniture was not then so general as now, and the ultimate value of these greai forests was not suspected. There are many farmers yet living who, after years of severe toil and privation, find themselves possessed of farms worth for agricultural purposes, per- haps, one hundred dollars per acre. The same lands, had the walnut timber been al- lowed to stand, would be worth to-day, more than ten times that amount. These facts bear their own lesson. Wanton waste is, under all circumstances, to be deprecated. Economie questions, whatever may be their bearing, are always worthy of careful study. There should be no consumption without the rendering of a useful equivalent, either in heat, energy, or products. To waste anything for the mere sake of getting it out of the way, is wanton and unjustifiable. The study should be, rather, to find some method of converting the waste matter into a useful or merchanta- ble product, or at least of utilizing it in the manufacture of such products. There have been many instances where important and profitable industries have been built up by the ingenious utilization of waste products in various branches of manufacture. Much remains to be done in this field before the conditions contemplated by the ideal econ- omist can be realized. Waste, more or less serious, is a constant attendant upon many manufacturing pro- cesses. In some cases the loss is incon- siderable, while in others it would be suf- ficient to yield, if stopped, a large profit on the entire business. Theclose competitions of modern industries have forced many manufacturers into the adoption of less wasteful methods, until the study of the economics of manufacture has attained great importance. The field is a fruitful one. With the growth of civilization, industrial and economic problems necessarily become more complex. With this complexity the field of application also widens. New in- dustries are developed, new. materials and combinations are discovered, and a market is formed for new products. In industrial evolution, asin physical evolution, the fit- test survive while the weakest are swept aside. The manufacturer who produces the most with the least expenditure has the The boys laughed so hilariously over the | report that one of them who was drinking’ into the trite but sterling maxim, “Economy fro. a dipper of water spilled the most of it | surest foundation for survival, and is there- Will some gentleman tell us| fore the fittest to survive. And so all the great questions of indus- trial economics resolve themselves finally, is wealth.” Seana et ian a “We might let it stay here,” suggested A Drummet’s Telegraphic Correspondence. Dispatch from the house to salesman—‘‘If you cannot make expenses, come home.” Reply of the salesman—‘‘Can easily make expenses, «but find sales very diflicult to make.” Our Patent System. From the Michigan Manufacturer. In many respects the patent laws of the United States are to be commended. They are based on the theory that the widest pos- sible latitude should be allowed to the claims of inventors, and the fullest protection ac- corded to such claims, when covered by ¢ patent. This isa beautiful theory, and it worked very well in practice for half a cen- tury or more, while the inventive spirit was in an embryotie stage of development, and the number of patents taken out each year was comparatively small. During this period, invention was fostered and encour- aged as it had never been before, perhaps, in any other nation. New discoveries in science, and new applications of natural forces, were of frequent occurrence; and under this stimulus the industries of the country were pushed to unprecedented ac- tivity. Fortunes were often made in a few years (and sometimes in a few months), by manufacturers and inventors. The natural outcome of this state of affairs was that many persons turned inventors who never had an original thought in their lives, and who therefore, to secure patents, based their claims upon borrowed ideas. The patent office, in its desire to be as liberal as possi- ble with all applicants, granted many pat- ents which it should not have granted. The ease with which patents could be obtained —the lack of searching scrutiny as to the merits and novelty of anfinvention—bore its fruit in the form of an ever-increasing host of applicants for patents on all sorts of de- vices, from spinning tops to steam cranes. As the number of patents increased, the difficulties environing the patent examiners multiplied rapidly. It often happened that the task of deciding whether an article pre- sented for patent was an infringement on some claim or claims previously granted, was one requiring extensive research, and the highest judicial talent. These were not to be had (and why not?) in the patent of- fice. Besieged by an army of eager appli- eants, often confused by an apparent clash- ing of claims, and beset by technical com- plexities innumerable, the patent office, as constituted under existing laws, was foreed to abandon all pretense of rendering decis- ions which should be final and valid. Through the parsimony of the legislative branch of the Government, which invariably failed to provide for the employment of a sufficient number of clerks, examiners and assistants, the patent office was never able to discharge its duties promptly and efli- ciently. The best, perhaps, that could be done under these circumstances, was done. Doubtful claims were rushed through with- out exhaustive consideration, and all the knotty questions were relegated to the courts. Thus, out of a system plausible in theory and practical in its inception, have grown a multitude of evils. The existing laws governing the methods of the patent office, would perhaps be entirely adequate in a primitive community of small population; but experience has shown them to be inade- quate and impracticable in their application to the requirements of a populous and pro- gressive nation. The necessity for a change is very great and very pressing. Under the present regime anybody ean get a patent for anything. ‘To be patentable, an article need not possess either novelty or utility. It may be plainly an infringement on another patent, and yet secure the nominal protec- tion of the Government—which is also sup- posed to protect the persons representing the infringed right. That this protection is purely mythical, has been demonstrated in numberless cases where patents issued regularly, under the seal of the Commis- sioner of Patents, have been overthrown in the courts. In thus granting conflicting claims, the Government places itself in an anomalous position. In guaranteeing to protect both parties, it guarantees an im- possibility and breaks faith with both. In this matter the Government is in a position very much like that of a sportsman who equips a pair of game-cocks with steel spurs and casts them into a pit, prepared to battle to the death, while he looks calmly on as the tragedy proceeds. When one of the combatants has fallen, it not unfrequent- ly happens that this humane sportsman at once equips another enemy and casts him into the pit, fresh and ‘‘eager for the fray,” to do battle with the exhausted vietim. In common, every-day life, such practices are not only vulgar, but criminal; yet the prin- ciple involved is almost identical in both cases, and the battles which rage in the cock-pits of the courts, under judicial sane- tion, differ little, in a moral sense, from those which are fought in barn lofts at mid- night, under the dim light of lanterns, and before audiences of applauding roughs. A patent, if it be for an invention of any value, is not worth the paper on which it is written, until it has been contested and sus- tained in the courts; and any patent which is likely to prove valuable, is almost certain to be contested. In the intricate juggling with the equities, common to courts of law, the ends of simple justice are too often de- feated. The contest resolves itself into a question of money. Able lawyers are em- ployed, who distort the facts and pervert the testimony, until the main issues are lost always find work at good wages. sight of. In such a contest a poor man has no chance to secure justice, and is often despoiled in the very temples where he has a right to expect protection. The term ‘‘patent right” has fallen into disrepute—has grown to be almost a by- word and a jest. This is owing largely to the fact that so many worthless patents have been granted, and also to the further fact that so many patents have been declared in- valid by the courts. The worthless patents have been hawked about the country and used as a bait to entrap the unwary, while many of those annulled by judicial decrees have subjected their owners to great finan- cial loss. Capital is very timid about in- vesting in patent rights, because of the un- certainty attending such investments. A valuable patent must be defended in the courts, and often a fortune is required for its defense.. To the non-judicial mind, which is apt to view things in a common sense light, this sort of thing seems to be altogether wrong. Ifthe Government takes an inventor’s money it ought to give him something more in return than a worthless bit of paper. A patent right should possess some solid value as a guaranty from the Government to the holder that his patent is not an infringement on the rights of others, and that no rights which infringe upon his own will be granted to others. When the Government, by letters patent, grants cer- tain exclusive privileges to an applicant, and sets its seal upon the !grant, the decision ought to be final. We are told that the pat- ent office has no right to assume judicial powers by determining the many delicate and intricate questions which are constant- ly coming before it in the form of appliea- tions for new patents,fand of improvements on existing devices. But if the patent bureau lacks this power, why not confer the power upon it? If it lacks the high legal ability to decide, intelligently, the ques- tions presented, why not give it the ability also, by creating a court of reference, com- posed of the most experienced, high-minded and well-informed judges, a»whose duty it shall be to examine into and pass upon all difficult questions, and whose decision shall be irrevocable by any other court? A pat- ten granted under the sanction of such a tribunal would have some significance, and would protect its holder from the harassing litigation which isfnow almost certain to be forced upon the owner of a valuable patent. Of course, the most scrupulous care should be exercised—as it would be under the plan above suggested—and all elaims which in- fringed upon existing patents should be rig- idly rejected. The question of infringement would then'be examined on its merits, and by a competent tribunal before the patent was granted. This would eminently proper; for the applicant’s device, if an in- fringement, should not be granted the pro- tection of letters patent; and if not an in- fringement, it would be entitled to such pro- tection. “The question as to the value, or the practical utility, of an iny ention, would not enter into the case. The only questions which would come before the court of ref- erence would be these: Is the device an in- fringement? Does it possess novelty? The object has been, in the present article, rather to point out a few of the evils grow- ing out of our patent system than to suggest, in detail, the remedies needed. That some radical changes are imperatively demanded, few who have given thought to the subject will deny. And it is to be hoped that the National Legislature, whenever it ean spare time from its squabbles over petty appropri- ation bills and federal appointments, will devote a little attention to this subject, which is certainly entitled to rank as one of the most important questions of the hour. be Turo. M. CARPENTER. Oe Of the 500,000,000 eggs annually used in Paris every one is inspected by being held before a candle. Rotten ones are thrown into a vat, which is emptied daily. Those “spotted” and unfit for food are sold to manufacturers, who extract their albumen and other chemical ingredients. The price of eggs is risingin Paris, owing to the in- creased demand of other countries and to onerous customs duties on those imported. A new alloy consisting of 23 to 36 parts tin, one-half to 8 parts of antimony, 50 to 70 of lead and one-fourth part bismuth, has been recently patented. This coating is ab- solutely non-crystalline and will not tar- nish. It combines with the iron sufficiently to prevent the possibility of sealing. If these claims and specifications are correct it will be a very valuable substitute for the or- dinary galvanizing process. He was a fool who said, ‘“‘What I do not know about keeping a country store, I don’t want a trade journal to teach me. What I do know about buying and selling and prices I do know, and what I don’t know, | don’t want to know/” Six months after- wards he was an insolvent debtor, trying to persuade his creditors to accept fifty cents on the dollar, at six, twelve and eighteen months. Fact! The army of artificial flower makers in Paris is said to number not less than 30,000 souls. No country equals France in thisart, and expert artificers—generally girls—can ww ee ee ee - official organ of the Denver Retail Grocers’ _ Association, and a bright exponent of the es The Michigan Tradesman, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Manufacturing Interesis of the State. E, A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1885. Se enned Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—Geo. B. Dunton. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Traverse City Business Men's Association. President, Frank Hamilton; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood; ‘Treasurer, J. T. Beadle. G@ Subscribers 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. Prof. Kedzie, of the State Agricultural College, who has analyzed and tested most of the hand grenades now on the market, states that the component parts of one of the most popular extinguishers is a solution of common salt, acetate of soda and sul- phate of lime, the salt predominating. Fre- quent experiments demonstrated the fact that a bottle containing the above solution when broken upon burning kerosene, instant- ly extinguished the flames. _-_ The Gripsack Brigade. Another red letter occasion—Tuesday evening, December 29. Louis J. Koster, representing Edson, Moore & Co., of Detroit, was in town Sat- urday on his way home. A. Leitelt, Jr., made a business trip to Ludington, Manistee and other lake shore towns last week. Geo. Engelhardt, with Herman Segnitz & Co., of Milwaukee, smiled on the jobbing trade at this market on Monday. All the papers published in the interest of costa. The grocery firm of Oakley & Beach, of Galesburg, have dissolved, Beach remaining proprietor. W. A. Beebee & Co., fish dealers at South Bay City, will opena branch establishment at Marquette. B. F. Parsons succeeds Parsons & Snyder inthe agricultural implement business at Edwardsburg. Thos. M. Wood, successor to Robt. Kew, has moved his boot and shoe stock from Flint to Vicksburg. Jas. A. Weaver, furniture and boot and shoe dealer at East Saginaw, has sold his boot and shoe stock. H. O. Hobart has retired from the firm of A. S. Hobart & Co., crockery and station- ery dealers at Big Rapids. The business will be continued by A. S. Hobart under the old firm name. A. B. Steele, of Advance, writes as fol- lows: My former partner, ‘‘Windy” New- ton, has moved out of my building and I have put in a complete new stock purchased of Arthur Meigs & Co. and Spring & Com- pany. My stock, when complete, will con- Rest oe ee the traveling fraternity are received and | kept on file at Tur TRADESMAN Office, sub- ‘lect to the inspection of the gripsack bri- | gade at all times. Plainwell Independent: A wicked trav- eling man makes affidavit that there are at Otsego 26 widows, 14 grass widows, 10 old maids, 22 widowers, 11 grass widowers, 9 old bachelors, and innumerable fascinating young ladies. A. F. Peake, representing H. A. & L. J. DeLand & Co., Fairport, N. Y.; C. W. Gregg, with the Bortree Manufacturing Co., Jackson; and A. A. Howard representing Co., of | Monday at this market and left Tuesday for a visit with his house. He engaged Chas. W. Holden to work the retail trade of Northern Michigan before leaving. The T. P. A. boys living in Jackson or- ganized a local post last Saturday evening, electing the following officers: President, C. W. Gregg: Treasurer, Edwy Knight; Secretary, J. C. Reid; Advisory Board, J. H. McDonald, A. W. Still, Chris. MeGuire, ' Geo. C. Pratt, A. F. Peake and Lash | “OYSTERS. . Canned in Baltimore. Brook. Se The following hardware men have put in | a» penne at cis nant owe ve OTP Pies TO-Day, Subject to Change without Notice: past week: Sam Winchester, representing | Pratt & Co., Buffalo; W. H. Fox, with Sar- | gent & Co., New York; G. D. Hamilton, Russell & Erwin, New York; and Orton | Ea. & C. selects 28 Reading, Pa. Mr. . 18 \E. & C. Standards - - - this State. ‘Leo. a Caro, Secretary of the Michigan | No. 2 standards ay a C * 1 6 Division, T. P. A., sends THe TRADEs- | an following: "Please pal ; a standard Bulks " - ” - 1 .0O Gripsack column that the Flint & Pere Mar- | quette and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail- ways have decided to grant the T. P. A. the same privileges they have extended to other associations. Also, if you will, a ‘hint? to the effect that the alleged official bulletin of the T. P. A. is causing great dis- satisfaction in Michigan by advertising as first-class hotels, houses that are under in- vestigation, for cause, by the Michigan Di- vision, and that the whole affair is a money- making scheme to extort money from hotel men. You can say, if you wish, that you have received your information from good authority—myself. > -6- <_—__—— | The Traveling Men’s Party. The second meeting for the purpose of completing arrangements for the second an- nual social party of the Grand Rapids trav- eling men was held at Tue TRADESMAN | x office last Saturday evening. Geo. F. Owen, of the Committee on Hall and Musie, reported that the Ionia Street Armory had been engaged for the party— which will be held on Tuesday evening, De- ecember 29—and that Squires’ band had been secured to furnish the music. The report was accepted and adopted, and the commit- tee authorized to complete arrangements for the supper. The following were constituted a Com- mittee on Decoration, which will meet at Hugo, Schneider & Co.’s on the evening of the 28th for the purpose of assigning the duties of each member: Geo. F, Owen, Geo. OIL TANKS, Seymour, A. D. Baker, Valda Johnston, A. | | 1,2 AND 3 BARRELS. B. Smith, W. H. Downs, J. H. Parker, D. | G. Kenyon and Gus Sharp ‘DIAMOND and KING Oil Cans, “GOOD-ENOUGH OIL The meeting then adjourned, to meet at} Tne TRADESMAN office Saturday evening, Cans, all Sizes, December 26. Later—Arrangements have been made for | : supper at the Morton House, to be served | 51 and o3 Lyon St., Grand Rapids. \ from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m., at 75 cents a plate. | ' __—>-- << Purely Personal. = aa Ft << L INT S 38S Fi Ey Ss S, % DEALERS IN Hill, representing Reading Hardware Co., Hill resides at Lowell, Eaton & Christenson, GRAND RAPIDS, - MIiCr8§i. Curtiss, Dunton & Go., HEADQUARTERS FOR A,LINE OF WHITE CEDAR TUSS AND PAILS, THE BEST GOODS IN THE MARKET. EF ELKHART PAPER PAIL, * THE BEST PAPER PAIL MADE. TORTURE AS kX Ue » Dick Sheeran, manager of the Gunn Hard- ware Company, took a run up the Grand | ° Zapids & Indiana as far as Cadillac last | 1 es | rs OO al OW ? ’ ? week. R. B. Reynolds the Inland general dealer, | was in town last week, being in attendance | on the State Grange as a delegate. Tle was | accompanied by his wife. NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. T A. S. Goodman, formerly bookkeeper for | CHOICE BUTTER y-N SPECIALTY! Spring & Company, but for the past few, CALIFORNIA AND OTHER FOREIGN AND s wit é G an & Co., has} Cae cue ea. with a | DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Care- Gunn Hardware Company. He still retains ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. his interest in the book and stationery firm. | M. C. RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa sti, Grand Rapids. nected with one of the leading mills of | Grand Rapids, was in the city the latter part | of the week, looking over the ground for | | vs womeyAolesale & Commission—Butler & Logs a Specialy with which Mr. Rowe is connected pro- | 4 pose to locate several elevators on the line Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. of this road. | CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Cadillac News: Wm. N. Rowe, con-| EFA LUA S, the erection of an elevator. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each. a | The 27 and 99 Canal Street. - Grand Rapids, Michigan JLFFOC/ visvescciters, WT MM Business College is a practical trainer M_. i’. Ss 7 © INN Ss, and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- | WHOLESALE a Send refunar akere 6 eWensoens, PINE AND HARDWOOD LUMBER, Grand Rapids, Mich. ken D 1 hd And Dealer in Pine Land. Correspondence solicited with parties having either to sell. w nv S. | Ay 7 + ala al 4 + > ’ ‘ oe OFFICE, 58 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Probably never in the history of Cough Med- | icines has any article met success equal to that which has been showered upon Dr. Pete’s 35 cent Cough Cure. Thousands of hopeless RI N D H} B R &% eases of Coughs, Colds and Consumption have | 9 *9 -ielded to this truly miraculous discovery. | ‘or this reason, we feel warranted in risking | MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN our reputation and money on its merits. Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., wholesale drug: | gists, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ | a LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, Danae oan Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, | ry 1 1 f lk 1e demand for our Own make full strength and warranted absolutely pure. ! , : e San > ns 4Send for samples and prices. Also dealer in jantee our prices on Rubbers. ‘ Sauerkraut. Arcade, Grand Rapids, Mich. of Women’s Send in } we 9 . ‘our orders and they will be promptly attended to. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, °°”'14 and 16 Pearl Strest, Grand Rapids, Mich, BHRSTHR & FOX, Misses’ and Childs shoes is increasing. ty., put in Sunday and } THE— = ee Thread Tt eee a sani MANUFACTURERS AGENTS FOR HE TRADESMAN Office Monday. range to say, the editor still survives. W T | i AKER SAW AND GRIST MILG MACHINERY, L. W. Rayne, who has represented W. F. 3| Sond for ee S ENRINE —~—-. aH » McLaughlin & Co. among the jobbing trade “a :. i AS KS for several years past, has resigned to en- as , 0 &* ; ; aan: > INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. gage in the brokerage business at this mar- : \ MC MANUMACTURERS OF | ket. Messrs. McLaughlin & Co. have is- \ wood STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.. sued a circular, announcing his retirement rs Sy pea Ce:-y Engines and Boilers in Stock : Ae ; VV ene for immediate delivery. Ma Se from their employ, and wishing him ‘‘all ray ES Be Tie FR. otto the success that a worthy and honorable man Planers, Matchers, Moudlers and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Oe Gree esr onton 44 CANAL STREET, Me Saws, Belting and Oils. a Ns chigan orthern in- Dodge's Patent Wood Split Pniley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample pulley diana representative for W. C. Hamilton & ‘ a and become convinced of their superiority. for Prices. f 130 OAKES STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH D & Medicines STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. r—Geo. M. McDonaid, Kalamazoo. Men voor H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. President—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. | Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. : : { Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 2, 1886. ° Michigan Siate Pharmaceutical Association, OFFICERS. President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. First Vice-President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkell, Owosso. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. : Executive Committee—Jacob Jesson, Geo. Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W. R. Perry and John E. Peck. : Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 12, 1886. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott.. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. : Board of Censors— President, Vice-President nd Secretary. Srard of Trustees—The President, Wm, H Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wm. L. White. : Committee oa a B. Kimm, H. E. sher an m. E. ite. amecsiteos on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeuven. Committee on Legislation—Jas. D. Lacey, Tsaac Watts and A. C. Bauer. : : Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. oe Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, ; S Next Meeting—Thursday evening, January 7, at “The Tradesman” office. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. . Organized October, 1883. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Dupont. : First Vice-President—Frank Inglis. Second Vice President—J. W. Caldwell. Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. Bb. Salt- zer. : Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month, Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. OFFICERS. President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President—C. D. Colweil. Secretary—F. A. King. Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. 4 Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E. Foot and C. H. Haskins. Saginaw County Pharmaceutical So- ciety. TEMPORARY OFFICERS. Chairman—Henry Melchers. Secretary—D. E. Prall. Next Meeting—Wednesday, January 13,2 p.m. Muskegon Drug Clerk’s Association. OFFICERS. President—I. F. Hopkins. Vice-President—John Meyers. Secretary and Treasurer—O. A. Lloyd. ae Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Friday of each month. : Next Meeting—Tuesday evening, December 29. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. The adjourned monthly meeting of the Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society was held at Tuk TRADESMAN Office last Thurs- day evening. Applications for membership were receiv- ed from Dr. Emery J. Bean and Dr. Bhebe A. French, and referred to a committee con- sisting of H. B. Fairchild, H. E. Locher and Wm. H. Van Leeuwen. Wn. H. Tibbs was elected a member of the Society. President Wurzburg announced the fol- lowing standing committees: On Pharmacy—M. B. Kimm, H. E. Loch- er and W. E. White. On Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. VanLeeuwen. On Legislation—Jas. D. Lacey, Watts and A. C. Bauer. Two amendments to the constitution were adopted—one providing for the payment of the dues annnally instead of quarterly and one providing for the election of honorary members. President Wurzburg then announced as the subject for discussion, ‘“To what extent is the druggist justified in using fluid ex- tracts in the preparation of tinctures, syrups and infusions?” H. B. Fairehild—It is a question between the druggist and his pocket book as to which course he pursues in the preparation of tine- tures. President—There is no doubt in my mind that tinctures ought to be made in the old way. H. B. Fairchild—They cannot be made from fluid extracts at the price they are sold for. John E. Peck;—I have always experienced difficulty in making a syrup of ipecac from the fluid extract. It has been impos- sible to keep it from souring. President—I have met the same exper- ience, and I have tried Parke, Davis & Co.’s, Chapman, Green & Co.’s, Squibbs’ and Burrows’ fluid extracts. I have also found it equally difficult to make syrup of wild cherry from the fluid extract without a deposit, although it invariably remains clear when made by the U. 8. P. method. John E. Peck—-We invariably use the Pharmacopoeia method, except in the case of ipecae and wild cherry. H. B. Fairchild—I know of forty country druggists who are disgusted with the Pharm- acopeia and would dispose of their volumes for $1.50. Itis too much trouble for them to figure out the “parts,” as directed. John E. Peck—I think the main trouble is due to the fact that most druggists use avoirdupois instead of Troy weight in the preparation of tinctures. Frank H. Escott—I think the principal reason why druggists prefer to make their Isaae acourse renders it unnecessary to keep a large stock of alcohol on hand. President—Yes, that is the reason why most druggists prefer to make their tinc- ‘tures in that way. So far as strength is concerned, however, the relative weakness of such preparations is usually shown by their color. Wm. L. White—Especially is this the case with gentian and cinchona. So far as Iam concerned, I consider manufacturing the pleasantest part of the business. Wm. H. Van Leeuwen—I heartily agree with Mr. White in that statement. John E. Peck—It seems to me that the fluid extracts are driving out the tinctures. Not one-fifth the tinctures are used now that there were twenty years ago. President—And yet we have several phy- sicians who prefer the tinctures made by the old method. H. B. Fairchild—I think, however, that the average druggist will get better results from making arnica from the extract than from the crude drug. Did any one here ever know of a person being poisoned by arnica? President—Yes, a lady patron of our store cannot use arnica without being attacked with a sort of erysipelas. H. B. Fairchild—A gentleman in Roches- ter used a pint bottle on a lame leg and the limb swelled up to an enormous size. While he was considering the idea of suing the druggist who sold him the arnica, on the claim that something else was sold instead, he received a second poisoning from arnica sold by another druggist. Considering the great amount of arnica sold, it is to be won- dered at that more cases of poisoning do not occur. President—One of our patrons says that arnica acts as on ‘‘anecdote” in his case. Be- fore we pass this order of business, I would like to makesome remarks regarding ‘‘sam- ple bottles.” I know of several families who have sent all their children to our store for sample bottles of King’s Discovery, and when their children were exhausted borrow their neighbors’. Wm. L. White—I know of families who have secured eight and ten sample bottles by such means. I don’t think sample bot- tles are any particular good. At least, goods introduced in that way never seem to sell better than those introduced in the ordi- nary manner. John E. Peck—The whole thing is a big nuisance. ‘‘Something for nothing” is the idea, and I think we ought to discourage the practice. H. B. Fairchild—I iove that the Secre- ; tary be instructed to correspond with the local societies of Detroit, East Saginaw and Jackson, asking them to unite with us in throwing out sample bottles and asking man- ufacturers not to advertise the same in this State. Carried. H. E. Locher—I move that E. A. Stowe be elected a honorary member of this Socie- ty. Carried. The Society then adjourned, to meet at the same place on Thursday evening, Jan- uary 7. a oe Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. MUSKEGON, Dec. 13, 1885. The regular meeting of the Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association was held on the 1ith. Fred. Heath read a paper on ‘Weights and Measures.” Orion Hopper- stead and Jos. Baker were admitted to membership. The Association now has fourteen members. It was decided to give a ball on the 30th of this month for the bene- fit of the Association in purchasing a li- brary. Proper committees were appointed to make preparations for the same. Peter Van Diense was appointed to prepare a pa- per on ‘‘Qunine,” to be read at the second meeting following this, and Fred, Heath to further discuss the subject of ‘‘Weights and Measures” at the next meeting. As the next regular meeting falls on Christmas, it was postponed until Tuesday, Dec. 29. O. A. Liuoyn, Secretary. +O Why the Law Was Enacted. From the Muskegon News. Had ‘‘Jockey” Brown, of Grand Rapids, passed an examination before the Board of Pharmacy, he would be several thousand dollars better off, and a lady of that city, who obtained judgment for heavy damages against him, would be in health instead of a permanent invalid, the result of ignorance in putting up a prescription. It is to pro- hibit the ‘‘Jockey” Browns of every com- munity from becoming possessed of a stock of drugs and ladling them out indiscrimin- ately to the public that the Pharmacy law was enacted. ——- -©

---—— The much-abused drug clerk is not the | only person liable to accidents with poisons. A recent case is cited in Jeannerette, La., in which a father of two sick children/gave | the medicines prescribed for each off them tinctures from fluid extracts is because such ARAME ee to the other, thus killing both child¢en. of Neuralgia, Headache, Cararrh, Ha | Asthma, MENTHOL INHALER 5 ma| co ee. , Designed Expressly for Inhaling Menthol. A superior Remedy for the immediate relief Fever, ronchitus, Sore Throat, Earache, neem, and all diseases of the throat and ungs. Affords quick relief and effects permanent cure by continued use. Every Cranes should order some in the next orderto HAZELTEN k, PERKINS & Grand Rapids, Mich, Ask their traveler to show you one the next time he calls. % CO., Wholesale Druggists, | WHOLESALE ere PRICE Advanced—Alcohol, gum arabic. Declined—Oxalie acid, quinine. OURRENT, PAP ACIDS. Acetic, INO, Mel eo ea ca as 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 RARPOOUG. ae 34 @ 36 CRO re 60 @ 65 Muriatic We Oe. cies cued. 3 @ 5 PB Ob dee... hh @& 2B RAR ee 10 @ 12 Sulphuric 66deg................... 8 @ 4 Tartaric, powdered................ 52 @ 55 Benzoic, English............. B oz 18 Benzolc, German.................. 2 @ 1 ee ce ee, 122 @ 15 AMMONTA. COMPOONREO | ool ona eesc ca ee es Bh 1b @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22c)................ 14 equa 16 dog Or Bf... 0.600. 0- <0 55 0 3@ 5 ae 20 der OF 42... cic 4@ 6 BALSAMS, WN os coon oe acer k asks 40045 a ee a ee 40 4 OUST Ie! Ga er aera ial MOUS: 50 BARKS, Cassia, in mats (Pow’'d 20c)........ 11 Cinchona, yeltow................. 18 Me, ie ewes nk tesco 13 Elm, ground, pure................. 14 Elm, powdered, pure.............. 15 Sassafras, of root................+- 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered............... 2 Hemlock powdered................ 18 WANG Go ccc eeuelacds 30 RTS OPO oak ui enc dane 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 95c)........ 4 @ TOR oc coed ck Su ac ns cece na : €£ @ 7 OMY BAR go. ices cans ce naaceshs 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 b boxes, 25c)... 2 Licorice, ty pe ure..... ve 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ib doxes). ¢ Logwood, 1s (25 ® boxes).......... 12 Lgowood, %s OO eas 13 Logwood, \s Oe cecilia 15 Logwood, ass’d do _.......... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. sc cad as cade 1 @ ll Chamomile, Roman............... 25 Chamomile, German.............. 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes.................- 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 20c)............ 2 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 IR i is in cece eee cence 28@ 30 Arabic, powdered select.......... [5 Arabic, Ist picked................. 85 Arabic.2d Picked...............00- 75 Arabic, 30 picked.................- 7 MPRDIC, GITLAO GOTTS. oo 5 os ok cons oc 0 55 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 25 Pe a iia oe Ge ce cece ws 55@60 as cies i sais ss 25 27 Catechu. Is (% 14c, 48 I6c) ...... . 3 Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40 Galbanum strained................ 80 MIO cake hans cc cnncsces seu W@ 90 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Kino [Powdered, 30¢].............. 20 Ms ici ceases Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47¢)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5 25).......... 3 65 Shellac, Campbell’s................ 30 PMO AG, TEGO oo on. cee ee cea 26 RO, As bi cs ve wea : 24 Shellac bleached.................-. 30 TP MMCOMRIT oo rca boc ok bs ee 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. MO ns os on ba che pon oe ese eee 25 as oa os oe cha warp coed ccenn 25 POTIOPONIIG oa. cs ccacsactsccees pocueuneces 25 mei... cs -40 SOR POIING . ow ss seein e ce os 00 - 24 POT BOM TOPAI ese da ne cso ss an ceescecane 35 is eu eel wsp sh uweeneniaa 25 PU ce cca ames ance as 30 WE OPONWOG sea cae Ge elas 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine......... 4 00 Solution mur., for tinctures 20 Sulphate, pure crystal.. T CP OEE ccs co in ceo oe as PNORDORLO fo. cas cece cus sees cae 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)........... 13 @ 14 Sage, Italian, bulk (448 & 4s, 12c)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. $$ @ 2 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered.................. 22 Senna tinnivelli........... ........ 16 PO ree es cee 10 POOR ooo ask kiss cu ccccans 35 aie alee ce adacssn ce 30 PRONE oo oo nds cok ns ee ca cece ada ce 35 PROB, WOO. os cooks ane cb lees canes 2 3 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’8s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 50 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @1 50 We Oe ook icc usc eau acen 135 @1 %5 WEN, WEOUOING 6 cons ec cca sh ce censs 200 @3 50 NN soon 5 occas ta nek ch acces canes 175 @é6 50 COCA WOR WINGS......5.....20006 cc 125 @2 00 Oy A ag a es a cise cab 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 202Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 2 A er ise cae eco es 65 OILS. A UPAOOE, GWIOOG oo oc oc ck css woe 45 @ 50 PTAOBT, POCTIROG..... 0.50 ccc cases 45 I oe oe bios ca os oa oe ean ease eee 2 00 ee ee ee ea cas 50 PIO os bac ivan sna bence 2 25 ee es Sein a cas ce 174%@ 19 OT aig on bocca cc cece benaeceedans 2 NN a ok a a ea ca nes RN eg de ie ae ce wees wena se 1 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... SOO ee ae cee ON ici cae Gk han se chepicen ence 1 Cod laver.N.B.... 4... -B gal 1 Cod Liver, best......... 3 1 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 MM FW cc ees wha 9 MOE ee ce iw k bs when ueen esis 1 POO ick aca ks chins ce keas kn 2 COOPRRTIII WOK oi ow coe cece ce cess Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. Juniper wood Juniper POTFICS...... 6 css cecscees Lavender flowers; French......... Lavender garden oO Lavender spike Lemon, new cro Lemon, Sanderson’s............... PPTONTROG bic cs conc adecce ss Clive, Malaga..... ..... A Olive, ‘Sublime Italian . : Origanum, red flowers, French Cramer, NO. Boos ance ewes MATSUO RL 6 oo vce os cd cdccec sauces Peppermint, white................ MU Og ks vo ov on wc Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) BOING, BW MS)... ee ec ance pieecale PY rk a obs ok cs oe ba cadn sd cados Sandal Wood, German............ Sandal Wood, W. I TOR oasis cess vkc vcs ch pn eeake PMG 6 so si pee ss cece canbe PP ics pe kb ie bd ch en ce pb asceas 4 50 We Ce OBL BOG). oo cos cae ak ence ee 10 WY TOT OOTE ooo ok ok iw dx cucananns Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... WE OPTOBOOD oo i chin Seca cee e a dace ns POTASSIUM, PIOPOMIOIE bois oa oc ves vente ne ® tb Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... Chlorate, ecryst (Powd 27¢)......... Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... Prussiate yellow.........ccccesesss ROOTS. NG oo rad code nga aens canescens DOO OO ok ca vice a dob sinc aces ces Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and s.... BlOOG (POW TSO). ooo. oc ccc ckccs's Calamus, peeled................... Calamus, German white, peeled.. Elecampane, powdered............ Gentian (Powd 1l5e).......... . Ginger, African (Powd l4e)........ Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ Golden Seal (Powd 25e)............ Hellebore, white, powdered....... Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. alap, powdered................... Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. Licorice, extra select.............. A, TPR Soi hoe os ees Rhei, from select to choice.......1 00 Rhei, powdered E. [................1 10 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ ll Rhei, choice cut fingers........... { Aa SSRN SSSSSSARSRSSRASS SAS SESSRASSSSSIERRSUES wesw DS SPR Oe wa Roe MOD @ Serpentaria.................. 50 en RE 60 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus. 49 Sarsaparilla, Mexican..... 20 Squills, white (Powd 35c)...... ns . 15 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢)........., 1b Bird, mixed in tb packages....... 5 @ 6 Canary, POR... kc. oe 4 @ 44 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c). 15 @ 18 Cardamon, Aleppee............... 1 56 Cardamon, Malabar................ i 75 OE 15 Coriander, pest English......... 10 WOON cee 15 WR, CROWN os oe co oe cen ass 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%4)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 1 @ 8 pomp, Muesian.................... 44@ 5% Mustard, white Black 10c)........ 10 OO ee icc) ac. aA 75 Tee ONGHAN le, 6 @ 7 Worm, Levant. .......6660.5...5... 14 : SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do oe a, 2 00 Velvet Extra do do 110 Extra Yellow do an os 85 Grass do do 2 65 Hard head, for slate use....... 75 Yellow Reef, ee. 1 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.19) @ gal... 2 29 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 150 | Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 32 Seen Po OC es ee) 45 kk bell vee asses e.g b 2% é Alum, ground (Powd 9¢c)...... " 378 ag Annatto, prime.................... 45 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 4%4@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 7 Blue Soluble.’ eed bcuuccueaseuais * 3 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 %5 ay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 ee ee 2 CO — a... 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. ¢ 30 Blue Pill (Powd 70c)............... 50 ee WOR og isc oc 6 @ 7 Borax, refined (Powd 12¢)..... ... lw@12 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 50 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 18 Carmine, No. 40................ 4 00 Cassia Buds............. 12 Calomel. American..... 75 Chalk, prepared drop... 5 Chalk, precipitate English. bas 2 Chalk, red fingers................. 8 Chalk, white lump EPO 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 50 Chloral do do cryst... 1 7@ Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts... 1 75 WOPONOPIN sic kcl , Ww @ 80 Cinchonidia, P. & W...... elie 20 @ % Cinchonidia, other brands......... 18 @ 2% Cloves (Powd 28¢).................. 18 @ 20 Cochineal ........... ES 40 Socom Mattey.......)............ 45 Copperas (by bbl le)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 70 Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 box.. 15 OMRON 5 Coen, prime... ............ 24 Cuttle Fish Bone................... 20 Derek 2 Dover’s Powders.................. 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot powdered................... 45 weener OND A.......... wo. 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts (bbl. 13%).............. 2@ 3 MO OOM oid eck cccuicc ke... 50 Ether, sulphuric, U. 8. P.......... 60 ge a ae 14 Grains Paradise................... 15 Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French .................. 45 @ 7 Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box 60off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... ie, en net... 2 @ lt Gine, white... .............. 4 16 @ 28 Givcerine, pure.................... 146 @ 2 Hops %s and \S................... 25@ 40 FOGOLOFM W O27... oo. coc cc cence 40 A 8 @1% Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ 40 Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes @1 00 Iodine, resublimed................ 4 00 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 AC ee A 7 London Purple.................... 10 @ 15 ee Ee a 15 Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10¢ & 4s 11c) 8 MO oe civ cock ci ccececcucusc, 00 BIPOODOGIIIE ooo oc. occ cc ccc ec. 45 Betis ac aos kesh aavusdne 50 adder, best Dutch.............. bP MOE. ie ci ne i ae te aes eda tad haces. 4, 60 orphia, sulph., P.& W...... oz 2% 20 Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s. . a was 40 Moss, Iceland.................. Pb 10 De ES el 12 Mustard, English.................. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ® cans...... 18 EAM ee 23 mere AG. 60 eee WORMNOS.............. 2... .,.. 10 Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... 45 Were GrOGR occ ccs li @ Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 Doo ea 2 50 Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 RE i oe ees cc ecac cent ac, é@ 7 Quinia, Sulph, P. & W........ boz 8% @ 9 Quinine, German.................. 8@ 90 Red Precipitate............... 8 b 35 Seidlitz Mixture....... ; 28 Strychnia, cryst...... 1 60 Silver Nitrate, cryst. 74 78 Satfron, American. . 35 Sal Glauber............ e 3 Sal Nitre, large cryst.... 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst ous 9 WOE RNG ios vc cede aseceu occce 33 ME ba sca ecw acne ae sec us. 2@ 2% 2 EE en 215 i ia ay 6 50 Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 8¢].............. 4 BET OIBOGE so ok oe nhc cana cneendic acs 48 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 BOSD, GREED dO no ccn cece cncene 17 Soap, Mottleddo .................. 9 POM andes canenecens ll Oe 14 RUIP IU IEIGUO © Ooo cess cc cnc cc acces 26 @ 28 Bpirtie Nitro, 4... kk ccs ane 30 @ 82 pm ad a powdered.............. 35 MTN TUN 6 oe once ene cess access 3 4 EE ee 42 3% MEMES MUO. os a csc cc cc acasncses 60 Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans @ doz 2 70 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... * b 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 55 Mee, BO ooo ns oc cs ve cece 7@ 8 OILS. AOD CPE ow oo on ein n nd sacs ciccnewneunda 7 DN Ny ie is on bhi aed ad aceneuedccecds 60 Conic cides cscsancceccececuucs 5 TURD PEs a iis ca ccecacseauncasebccsas 35 Peerieds MAGHINGry............c cc cc ceccsctcace 30 Challenge Machinery..............cccccccccces 25 PAROS FU POO. . 55 oo oon on ccc s ch ccancucese 30 Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30 CROEGY PEMOUIO CL. ooo occ cans cn scccececeaced. 6C Ty ao oa ak vp ov ce ecedcceke a. 15% I Fe Og oon on nc va Save cd ns bake cacn des 21 Sperm, winter bleached.................0... 1 40 Bbl = Gal TAO Wa ooo oe oo Bikn 5 cock cde ces 70 75 Lard, extra...... buiuih ew eelasdeacan. 60 fA ET get ee 45 55 EAGOOG, DULG LAW... 6-5 scccccacecces 43 46 OG, ORO fo ci kan cuece dees doesn 46 49 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Spirite Turpentine... .. 6 ...cccscecsse 40 45 VARNISHES. RO, 1 Tea GOGO, oo. 6s hace ca wecessacis 1 10@1 20 EM TAR ac ka vk he ne cn ald < ovekeces 1 60@1 7 Coach one Cela cee dieuiscae ak 2 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 MeNCre THEY POSE... . 5... cccccccn ce 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ 75 PAINTS | Bbl Lb | Red Venetian.................. 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 2% 2%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American.. 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 5 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 6%4@ 7 Lead, white, strictly pure..... 64%@ 7 Whiting, white Spa Oiicica @i0 eee Gilders’...... piasclds @90 White, Paris American..... ai 1 10 Whiting Paris English cliff.. 140 Pioneer Pre Faints .... i ‘1 40 Swiss Villa pared Paints.. 1 1 20 cd HAZELTINE, PERKINS & 60, Wholesale Druggists, OFFER TO THE TRADE THEIR EN- TIRE STOCK OF HULIDAY GOODS, ht COST! Until January 1, 1886. THE LINE INCLUDES Brash and Comb Sets In Celluloid Diatite Florence, Odor Cases, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Gents’ Dressing Cases, Cut Glass Bottles, Fancy Perfumes, Manicure Sets, Jewel Cases, Infant Sets, Work Boxes, Game Boxes. AT GOST! AT GOST! Until January Ist. HAIRLINE, PERKINS Ol 5 TCT is The Michigan Tradesman, A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, {Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1885. ‘OUR CLUB. Writtten Expressly for THe TRADESMAN. No. IL The kerosene lamps had been newly filled and trimmed. The benches around the hall had an extra wiping off. Fresh sawdust had been put in the wooden spittoons and the little desk moved into the middle of the hall. At 7:30 sharp, Mr. Rund called us to order and the club opened its second sitting. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, and the next order of busi- ness was the report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws. Mr. Snow, who shone forth on this auspicious occasion in fresh shave, a white tie and a cutaway coat as chairman of the Committee, read the fol- lowing: ‘Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: Your Committee,” and here he gazed around to see that proper appreciation of the fact that he was chairman of that Committee was observed, ‘‘have prepared—for you these rules or—laws—or what your’e a mind to call’em. Of course, we didn’t expect to suit all of you—and any one who thinks these rules are not up to Hoyle is invited to speak his piece.” ‘This was said in a kind of but-we’re-the-boss-and-don’t-you-forget-it tone of voice: Wuerreas—We have lived in this Val- ley, for a number of years and have had no club, and all around us clubs have sprang up like mushrooms in a forest; therefore, recognizing the fact that a club is necessary for our mutual enjoyment, be it Resolved—That we, the undersigned, be the charter members of a club formed for mutual entertainment and sociability. ARTICLE I. This club shall be called ‘‘the Valley Mu- tual Club.” ARTICLE I. Any male white man, over 25 years of age, shall be eligible for membership. ARTICLE Il. The initiation fee to this club shall be $10, payable by a three year note with per- sonal security. ARTICLE IV. Section 1—The officers of this club shall consist of a President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a board of five directors. Section 2—These officers shall be elected semi-annually once a year by ballot. ARTICLE V. it shall be the duty of these oflicers to make all preparations for entertainments, and pay all bills whether there be money in the Treasury or not. ARTICLE VIL. Cushing’s Manual shall govern all business and debates of the club. ARTICLE VIL. The dues of this club shall be 50 cents per month or $6.25 per year, payable in ad- vance, and no deviation from this rule. ARTICLE VIII. This club shall assess each member 50 cents a month if he does not attend all meetings. The money raised in this manner to go into a reserve fund. ARTICLE IX. The order of business shall be: Reading of minutes, reading applications, balloting, unfinished business, new business and clos- ing exercises. Mr. Snow finished reading, laid the bun- dle of papers carefully on Mr. Schamour’s desk, and picking at his collar sat down, his face red with the combined effects of the effort of reading and the pride of being able to lay such an able amount of law before us. Mr. Rocks moved the acceptance of this constitution and by-laws. This being sup- ported, it was put and carried, upon which Mr. Rund said: ‘*‘Brothers, as we now have a set of laws, such of you as desire to be- come membess of this club will please step forward and sign the constitution and by- laws and then we will elect officers.” A recess of five minutes was declared and the following names were signed to the laws: J. N. Rund, C. V. Snow, C. Era, J. W. Schamour, Residue Johnson, W. M. Hostetter, Elihu Flint, Jerry Mia, Abel De Bottam, Fred. Dutch and Chris. Farmer. Mr. Rund then announced that it would be in order for us to nominate candidates for the various offices, and elect them at our next regular meeting. At this point a tre- mendous amount of confusion was caused by one of the wooden benches breaking down and spilling Mr. Snow, Mr. Flint and Mr. Mia on the floor. No one being hurt order was soon restored and Mr. Flint nom- inated Mr. Rund for President, which was seconded by W. M. Schamour. Mr. Far- mer nominated Mr. Snow, who was support- ed by Mr. De Bottom. Mr. Hostetter nom- inated his friend, Mr. Era, for Secretary and Treasurer which was seconded by two or three at once, and‘as I arose to my feet to de- cline the office, Mr. Snow interrupted me by pompously nominating the present in- cumbrance, Mr. Schamour, which was also supported. Now, I didn’t want an office, am too bashful and all that kind of thing, you know; but last winter Mr. Snow, with malice aforethought bought his wife a pair of diamond earrings and it had bred same disturbance in my domicile, because T could not the head of the house a seal skin cloak as an offset; so when Snow nominated Schamour I coneluded to run for the office. CoaL Eras. GRANELLO, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, 1LO7 Ottawa St. Suitings for Manufacturers, Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, AND Overcoats for Everybody. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOL- ENS AND WORSTEDS, THE BEST MANUFACTURED. FINE AND SER- VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL AT PRICES THAT WILL IN- DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. Never to our knowledge has any medicine met with the success as has Golden Seal Bit- ters. It combines the best remedies of the vegetable kingdom so as to derive the greatest medicinal effect, and is making wonderful cures. BROWN, HALL & G0, 20 AND 22 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Fur Robes. We have the largest and most complete stock of these goods in the state. Japanese Goat Robes, Felt Lined. ..$ 5 00 Japanese Gray Goat, Plush Lined...$ 7 50 Japanese Extra Fur, Fancy Lined. . .$ 8 50 White Japanese Fur Robes........ $ 5 co Dyed Black (imitation of bear) Felt esr ao aes $ 9 oo Dyed Black, Plush Lined, or Black Beaver Cloth Lined.............. $12 co Extra Large, Extra Fine Fur, Jet Black, Fancy Lined, this is a very fine Robe...... ‘ .$15 00 Black Center, White Border, or : White Center and Black Border, Fancy DE ik i bs ks oe cc eens s $15 00 Horse Blankets. Cheap Shaped Blankets, 6oc, 75c¢, goc, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, each. Cheap Square, goc, $1, $1.25, $1.40, $1.50, $1.65, $1.75, $2, each. Square Wool Blankets, $2, $2.50, $2.75, $3, $3.25, $3.50. Sizes 70x78, 76x80, 84xg0. Fine All Wool Blankets, $3.50, $3.75, $4, $4.50, $5, $5.50, $6, $7, $8, Gro each. Sixes, 76x80, 84xg0, goxg6. Discount to Dealers. Mail orders will receive prompt attention. THE REW-YORK TRIBUNE An Aggressive @ Republican Paper fer the Whole Country and Allthe eople THE TRIBUNE represents mere accurately : conipletely than any other paper the aspirations aie principles of the Republican party ot the Unite: tates, TUE TRIBUNE willbe goot reading after Con gress mects, When Evarts, herman, Logan, ary other brilliant leaders be ir sis: isk questious hard t: answer, A8 an agricultural paper THE TRIBUNE i unexcelled. ‘Try it fur one year, and see, THE TRIBUNE carnestly advocates a Protec tive Tariff, and itself pays the highest prices to it own men of any office in New York city. A Series of War Storics. THE TRIBUNE offers A PRIZE OF $250 in 2ash for the best story of the late War, written by ¢ rivate soldier or sailor of the Union ae or by ar Micer under the rank of Colonel or Nayy Captain bout §,0090 words in length, relating. a thrilling neident, raid, fight, escape, adventure, er experi nee, of wl hic h he himself was a part o r an eye-wit. 1ess. A PRIZE OF $100 will bo given for the second be story. Twenty-five or more of these tori es will be published during 1836. Every one vecepted will be paid for whe ther it wins a prize cx 10t. The best two will reccive the prizes. Publica. ion begins January Oth. Agents Wanted AYE feed Tho Dai ly, 75 cents @ month Ja vear, Sundry Tribune, alone, €1.59. Semi-Weekly, €2.00in ¢ lub be Veekly, €1.00 jn Clubs. Samy] ples az 1d agents’ outie ree. THE TRIBUNE, New-York. DRYDEN & PALMER’S ROCK CANDY. Unquestionably the best in the market. As clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. Jonn Caulfield, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. J. H. THOMPSON & CO. BEE SPICE MILLS, WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS OF Teas, Coffees & Spices, MANUFACTURERS OF The Celebrated Butterfly Baking Powder, Dealers in Tobaccos, Cigars, Etc., | 59 JEFFERSON AVENUE, ~ DETROIT, MICH. TRY OUR PRINCESS BAKING POWDER, Ul1O Ad 934400 334 AINOK NEL QUOTATIONS IN PRICE-CURRENT. IF. di DETTENTHALER, ‘Jobber of Oysters, KNIFE TOBACCO. PSSiie. fh ‘Lobacco is packed in 3U pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough and Ready Clubs, 16 oz, full weight. A case of 30 knives packed on the top of cach ‘butt, The butt of Tobacco with case of Pocket Knives is branded “‘ Pen Knives;” the one with Jacks, “Jack Knife.” The consumer gets a 16 0z. Plug of the Finest Tobacco that can be produced by purchasing a GOOD KNIFE at 65 cents, well worth the money. Big thing for the Consumer, equally so for the Retailer. Send us your order. W.J.G00LD & C0., Detroit, Mich. STEELE & CO., Wholesale Agents at Ionia for JOYDDYD co CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. ~ OYSTERS. | Eaton & Christenson Are now in the market with | their Famous BIG OYSTERS, CANNED IN BALTIMORE BY W. R. BARNES & CO... - DETROIT SOAP CO. Celebrated Brands of Soaps. QUBHHN ANNE, The most popular 3-4 pound cake in the market. MICHIGAN, The finest of 1 pound bars. AAM ecClegant and cor- oe map of the State with every o=x. Price-List of all their standard Soaps furnished on application. Lots of 5 boxes and upwards delivered free to all railroad points. STH © CO. IONIA. MICE. EF A DAMS & CO.V’S Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco is the very best dark goods on the Market, i Ol & CHristeDson, A , Granda Oe. w= GUN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. ere WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4......25 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |Pepperell, 11-4...... 21% Pepperell, 7-4...... 16% Pequot, Me, Sehecsans 18 Pepperell, 8-4......20 |Pequot, 34......... Z Pepperell, 9-4......22%|Pequot, %-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX,0z..11 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, X,0z...10 Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, 0Z....... 10 (Prodigy, 02......... il Park Milis, No. 50..10 |Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70..12 {York, 1 oz.......... 10 Park Mills, No. 80..13 |York, AA, extra 02.14 OSNABU RG. Alabama brown.... 7 {Alabama plaid..... 7 Jewell briwn....... 9%'|Augusta plaid...... 7 Kentucky brown..10%/Toledo plaid........ 7 Lewiston brown... 9%|Manchester plaid.. 7 Lane brown........ 9% New Tenn. plaid. at Louisiana plaid.... 7 |Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36...... 84\Greene, G, 4-4 .. .. 5% Art cambries, 36. . 11%) Hill, -< Bu ei cesuces TR Androscoggin, oe: 8% Hill, 7-8.. icunete ae Androscoggin, 5 12% |Hope, 4-4. . 6% Havow, &4......«--. 6%\/King P hillip ‘cam- Ballou, A i scien S | Were 44... 0... ..ce5 1% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8% Linwood, ee 7% Boott, B.56........ 7 |jLonsdule, 4-4. . 1% Boott, AGC, 4-4 Beet, Hy 24... ..«s - 9%} Lonsdale’ cambric. 0 a Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, Langdon, ~ay a4 Chapman, X, 4-4... é |Masonville, 4-4..... 8 Conway, 44... . «: 9 ‘Max well. 4-4. Vy Cabot, 44......... . 'New York Mili, 4-4. 10% ty ee 6 |New Jersey, 44. 8 Canoe, 34........ .4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. 7% Domestic, 36....... : 144| Pride of the West. .11 Dwight Anchor, 4-4. {Pocahontas, 4-4.... 74 Davol, 4-4.......... a iSlaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 44.. 84/Victoria, AA.. .% Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. be tw oodbury, 4 4. 5 Fruit of the Loom, |\Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% ecambric, 44...... 3 IW hitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 6%|Wamsutta, 44...... ie Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6 | Williamsville, 36...10% Gilced Age........- 8% SLLESIAS. QeOwn..........<0.:k0 (MasonvilleTs...... Wo. 10..........-..-deve easonvilie &.... “10% OD ek oak se coanedee ee | ee 9% NE en cca dece'ss 15 |LonsdaleA......... 16 Centennial......... iNictory O.. ea Blackburn ......... DEV IUONE on ceacccacs BOI ce csskenaes 4 [VWietors D.......... London....... Pa te 2 ee ae PPOGOUEG «oc cc scence 12 |Phoenix A. es “5H Red Crose..........10 | Phoe nae 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX ..... .. 5 PRINTS. Albion, solid........65¢iGloucester .......... 5% Albion, grey.......; a , |Gloucestermourn’g. 5% Allen’s checks.. 4'Hamilton faney....5% Ailen’s fancy.......! ‘34 |Harte b fancy ........0% Allen’s pink......... 54 | Merrimac D.........5% Allen *s purple oa aa cae 544'Manchester ....... 5g American, fancy....54/Oriental fancy. 5% Arnold fancy. aeeuas ‘6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... 5 |Pacifle robes........ 6 Cocheco fancy...... G& tRIGRreOtd. ... 6. aeccs 6 Cocheco robes.......6% Stee! Rive acs cocce ce Conestoga fancy....6 (|Simpson’s. oes Eddy — coun anes 6 |Washington fane y a Eagle faney.........5 |Washington blues. 7 Garner WHE. . . << + - FINE BROW N COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4. 6%!Indian Orchard, 40. 8 Boott M, OE iscks 6% a Orchard, 36. 7% Boston F, On. 1... ..- 7 uaconia B, 7-4...... 16% Contin 1e ntal C, 43.. 6% Lyman B, 40-in ee 1054 Continental D, 40in 834 Mass. BB. G4... 5x Conestoga W, 4-4... 644|Nashua K, 40-in.... 842 Conestoga D, 7-8... 54)/Nashua R, 4-4...... i% Conestoga G, 30-in. 6 ‘Nashua QO, 7-8....... 634 Dwight X, 3-4...... 54 Newmarket Picasa OG Dwight Y, 7-8.. 5%|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7 Dwight & a a . 6% pore 7 Fe £4... ; bi, wight Star, 4-4.... ( epperel ee 65% amen ce _ 9 Poemens O04... : a interprise EK, ob.. 0 ocasset C, 4-4..... 33 Great F alls M44... 7 (Baranae B........-. 7% Farmers’ A, 4-4 aia a. Saranac E.......<.. 9 Indian Orchard +4 744! DOMESTIC GINGHAMS., Amoskeag ......... 7%| Renfrew, dress styl 9 Amoskeag, Persian 84%| Johnson Manfg Co, WOR co acecnccues HOORIONE . 5605 cas 2Y4 Bates ............... 7/Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire ......... 64%| dress styles......12% Glasgow checks.... 7 ‘Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f’y 7%| styles............. 144 Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 7 royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8 ' Gloucester, new {White Manf’g Co, Stanaara .......;. tial . MOBPMIOM Cc snc. 8% POS oo ci cc ce ces: TM iGONGON 6... ce cccccen PiOORtO? .. i. oc 0 5 8 |Greylock, dress pS | Gd ee ee 1244 | Pepperell, 7-4. a0 WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% Pepperell, 1l-4..... 32% iPequot, 7-4.. ocacee Pepperell, & 4... Pequot, 84. assed Pepperell, 9-4......25 iPequot, 9-4... anne HEAVY arses COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7- 4..21 Androse oggin, 8-4...23 Atlantie A, 4-4..... 7M Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 7 Atlantic H, 4-4..... % |Lawrence Y,30.... 7 Atlantie D, 4-4..... 614: Lawrence L 1 é Ae, 54 Atlantic P, 44...... 54 Newmarket N...... 6%4 Atlantie LL, 4-4.... 5 |Mystie River, 4-4... 5% Adriatic, 36......... 7%|Pequot A, 44....... T% Augusta, 44........ 644 Piedmont, 36....... 6% Boott M, 4-4........ 6% |Stark AA, 44....... 7% Boott FF, 4-4....... 7% Tremont CC, 4-4.... 5% Graniteville, 4-4.... 5% /Utica, 44........... 9 Indian Head, 44... 7 |Wachusett, 44..... 7% Indiana Head 45-in.124 Wachusett, 30-in... 6% 70 KINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...12%)Falls, XXXX....... 18% Amoskeag ‘“* 4- 4..19 |Falls . BO Amoskeag, A..... pn | 11% Amoskeag, B...... 11%/Falis, BBC, 36. 194% Amoskeag, C...... ll \Falls, awning. aie Amoskeag, D...... 10% Hamilton, BT, 32..12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, F....... 9%/Hamilton, H....... 9% Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B........16 |Methuen AA.......12 mera GG... .......+-- 16 {Methuen ASA......16% po eS eee oa Bi a cians 11 Gold Medal 4-4. 15 jOmega A, 4-4....... 8 OC Wc sca nancies 12%/Omega ACA, 7-8....14 CT 4-4 Ce ganentaks 14 |\Omega ACA, 4-4....16 a Ee a 14 |Omega SE, 7-8.. ae Pe eg ce hice ya ndans 16 |Omega SE, 4-4...... 27 MO oes cn acese 19 Omega M. 7-8 ......22 Cordis AAA, 32 nent 14 |\Omega M, 44.. 20 Cordis ACA, 32.....15 [Shetucket SS&SSW 11% Cordis No. i: Wen sace 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SFS ..12 Cordis No. $........ 13 |Stoe kbridge Ae 7 Cordia No. 4. ..<.... 11%4|Stockbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. OHO os 5 oc cccceas The CUE nic on ickc cds Hookset............ 5 [Washington........ 4% Hee CVOO8,. . i544. 5 |Edwards ii dwauaateua 5 Forest Grove....... iS. S. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A......18 00 Old Tronsides...... 15 Stark A........... .20%| Wheatland ......... 21 DENIMS. eee ea GA Cele CO). «conn vkcaces 10% Everett blue....... 13%|Warren AXA...... 2% Everett brown..... oe Warren BB...... -- 11% Otis AXA. .12%| Warren CC......... 10% OO i i cceicines 114%|York fancy........ 12% PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville...... cece (ee BOGe...:. 6 Masegnville......... 6 Garner eee cbecdeuad 6 WIGA Hed Croas.......... 7% Thistle Mills.. ps a eae ae 1% BOG. 5s icdai vacates 8 Garner Th| SPOOL COTTON. PEON cine cs ch cca 50 jEagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F.....55 Mills ball sewing .30 J.& P. Coats.......55 |Greeh & Daniels...25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks ........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 (Stafford . : Charleston ball sew |Hall & Manning. ing thread........ 30 |Holyoke.. CORSET JEANS. POINED cca ov va dens 6% “4 |KRoarsage........... 1% Androscoggin sat.. 74|Naumkeagsatteen. 7% Canoe River........ 6 |Pepperell bleached 7% Clarendon. ........ \4| Pepperell sat....... 8% Hallowell Imp..... 6% Rockport euueees eens 6% Ind. Orch. Imp..... Lawrence sat....... 7% IRIN bisa ak ce eues 44\Conegosat.......... 6% COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 00 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 85 Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 30 Akron Cement per bbl................ 1 30 Budalo Cement, per bbl ec dsnasuacdcnes 1 30 Car lots i eceshdeceniun 1 05@1 10 Plastering hair, per bu................ 25@ 30 RNs, OOF OOK ies kn co cede cenc boscueens 1% EMG DIMBLOT, DOF COM. ... 6c... cic ocas cc 3 50 Land plaster, car lots.................. 2 50 ee VO DOE Dc n vc ccdcsncaccecaces $25 @ $35 are GOS, OE NE 65 co cv iaccccccccus 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$5 75@6 00 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 one = pea) = car bg einecbudiinsnekece whe A SAUD, COP LOU iii ki ccc scenes 3 1093 2 Biossburg or eS car lots.. 4 00 Portiand Cement. + olbswianedwes 00 4 1o"% ‘ IT WAS NOT DEAR JAMES. Distressing Experience of a Seductive Traveler. “Yes, I owe him a grudge, and it would afford me the most unbounded pleasure to get even with him for a little trick he played on me the other day,” said a well-known traveling nan, in referring to a brother grip carrier. ‘You see, I was going to Kalama- zoo the other day, and the first fellow Isaw on the train was Billy. ‘You're just the fellow I was looking for,’ said he. ‘There’s a pretty girl in the front car, and I think | you can get acquainted if you work the thing right. I've tried it myself, but I didn’t seem to catch on.’ ‘Tye got quite a reputation among the boys in this direction, so I easily swallowed all Billy said, and followed him into the ‘smoker. I thought it mighty strange that a girl should be in the smoker, but there she was, sure enough, and you can bet she was adaisy. She was seated by herself when I entered, near two gentlemen. I thought they eyed me rather more than was necessary. However, I didn’t say a word, but quietly seated myself opposite the dame and commenced tactics. ‘‘After I had looked at her once or twice she began to smile. ‘Great Scott? said I to myself, ‘this is easier than I thought.’ So I smiled back. This was all the girl want- ed. She began to move nearer to me. Then she nodded her head and smiled seve- | ral times. In all my experience I never had | a girl act that way toward me in such short | time, and I saw there was something wrong, although for the life of me I couldn’t imag- ine what it was. I wasn’t going to back out, however, so I smiled at her again, and this time she came over and sat down beside me. Then she called me her dear James, and threw her arms around my neck. ‘“At this juncture one of the gentlemen I had noticed came up and explained. He was an officer from one of the northern counties, and was taking the girl, who had gone crazy over a love affair, to the asylum. She im- agined every fellow who took any notice of her to be her dear James. “This was all I wanted to know, and I} started for the door, but it wasn’t any use. The girl hung on, and got more excited every minute. ‘‘In the meantime one or two of the boys had gone through the train, and when they came back they brought with them quite a number of interested spectators. The keeper advised me to humor her, and I did. T humored her all I could. Every time I tried to get away she would get violent, and I didn’t like to excite her more than I could help, as I saw I was making my audience | uncomfortable. Such remarks as ‘Juliet has | found her Romeo’ and the like were fre-| quently passed around, and I was beginning to think it would be a great relief to meet a} train going the other way on the same track, when we drew up at Kalamazoo. “Then a genuine scene ensued. The girl clung to me with the desperation of one in her condition, and when the officer and by- | standers finally tore us apart she sobbed, | ‘Come back to me, dear James! Maybe I haven’t heard that sentence from every | traveling man on the road! But every dog | | has his day, and my day is coming.” o> Put Your House in Order. From the Michigan Manufactuder. Even dull times are not without some} compensations. When business grows slack, the manufacturer should take ad- vantage of the lull to make such improve- ments about his shop as experience or ne- cessity may suggest. When business is | brisk, of course, the stoppage of operations | in ashop, or in any departinent of it, en- | tails financial loss upon the owner. In such cases, though repairs may be greatly needed, they are generally put off as long as possible, for the reason given. If repairs or improvements are made at such a time the work is too often performed hastily and imperfectly. Haste is one of the worst enemies of the careful workman. As the old adage runs, ‘“That whichis worth doing at all, is worth doing well.” Therefore, the careful proprietor will so order the affairs of his establishment that when repairs and improvements are made the workmen shall have plenty of time in which to accomplish the necessary changes. When business is active there is little time to make any im- provements except those which a — impera- tively necessary. The attention of the manufacturer is then directed chiefly to meeting the demands of current trade—the procuring of new orders and the filling of those already on hand. If the shop be properly put in order during the intervals of comparative dullness which all manufac- turers experience now and then, the estab- lishment will be prepared to turn out work when the rush comes, with the least incon- venience. And in many cases this extra precaution willresult ina large saving on the cost of manufacture, through the im- proved methods thereby put into operation, and the more perfect system which will pre- vail throughout the establishment. <> <> An Expert Opinion. Robinson—You area good judge of a ci- gar, aren’t you, Dumley? Dumley—What I don’t know abouta cigar ain’t worth knowing. Robinson—Try this and tell me what you think of it. I bought a few of them for gen- uine Cab Bage Le Aves: Dumley (smoking)—Delicious (puff) Robinson. Delightful (puff) flavor. Robinson—Cab Bage Le Aves. Spanish for cabbage leaves. They, cost four for ten COMING to GRAND RAPIDS CAR LOADS! D, W. Archer's Trophy Corn, Aut WALLPAPER & WINDOW SHADES Mranufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. HOUSE & STORE SHADES MADE TO ORDER. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. D. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Gorn, DW. Archer’s Early Golden Drop Corn EVERY CAN BEARING SIGNATURE OF The Archer Packing Co. OHTILLICOTHE, itr. "LLG, Best 10c Cigar in Michigaii “Common Sense,” Best 5e Cigar in Michigan. CLARK, JHWELL & CO, SOLE AGENTS. The Well-Known J.S.Farren & Co. ARE THE BEST IN MARKET. PUTNAM & BROOKS WHOLESALE AGENTS. G. R. MAY Agent for Woonsocket, Wales-Goodyear, and Meyer Rubber Companies. 86 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, LASTIC STARCH! IT REQUIRES NO COOKING. LARK, JEWELL & CO, SOLE AGENTS, -cents. PUTNAM & BROOKS Wholesale Manufacturers of PURE CAND CRANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, Nuts, Etc. SPRING & sll aii COMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN $ Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, ETO... ETS. 6 and 8 Monfoe Street, Grand Rapids, = OIL, CLOTHS PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Milis, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outtits. cine CHIN” ee co pul id a only Fit : wan eo cLD WW. 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. RETAIL GROCERS ! Who wish to do away with annoyance of book-keeping and obtain a practical sub- stitute for customers’ itemized accounts should try Credit Coupons. They make no mistakes, give customers no chance to dispute accounts, and mer- chants no chance to commit errors; they | cause no delays in the hurry and excite- ment of business, save the expenss of book- keeping, do not require pass books to sat- isfy suspicious customers, and create a feeling of confidence between the merchant and his patron. They are in $2, $5, G10, $20 and $50 books. PRICES: D.OOG MOONS OF COUTIORS. 006 oc cose accccecs:- $25.00 GOs PHI OL COURMOIIG, . «5.650 c scans cs cect 14.00 100 Books of Coupons............. ( 3.00 Thy Pete OF CHOI, 6 65 5c 5 casos case csce 2.00 Send for trial order to HK. A. STOWE & BRO., 49 LYON STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. TIME TABLES. Michigan Central. DEPART. “Detroit Pxprees............:- We ereeene 6:00 a m WE FIMO ORG sooo css cccccacciaces: 12:45 5 m } SION oe oo oh ees 10:40 pm We MNGHEDE. « c. . 505 ce cece esas ccdcas, Geo an ee ARRIVE. WING TER TIPOOE, os aca dhasaduegunsss 6:00 a m fo ae ee 3:50 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:35 p m Ue sien a cee ce cas 5:15am +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic 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 10:30 a.m.,and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:35 p. m. Cuas. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express. ..... 6:25 am Through Mail............-. 10:40am 10:50am +Evening Expr } 3:50 p m geudadie 3:40 p m *Limited Express.......... 8:30pm 10:45pm w~ +Mixed, with coach 11:00 2 m GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 1:05pm 1:10pm ihvougn Mail............ 500pm 5:10pm +*Steamboat Express....... 10:40 p m MN aia blecciadcacn J:l0 am *Night Express.............5:10am 5:35am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *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. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Tratlic Manager, Chicago. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, ee, a seducs ecsscess Gam ~ 4200 me Day TEXpPress. ....... 2.206; 12:35pm 9:25pm “Night Expresa........<... 10:40pm 5:45am Muskegon Express......... 4:20pm 11:20am *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on ail night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 1:00 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. TR ONOGG 65 as occ eccnoescness 1:20pm 7:30pm Express ..... . 8:00am 10:50am All trains arrive and depart from Union De- Ot. ' The Northernterminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P.M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. EXPVeSB.......scsee seer eens 7:15 pm 7:30 a m TN ds icasscccaueceneddatas 9:50 a m 4:00 p m 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 from 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 street and depot. : J. W. MCKENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30 am Leaves. 11:30 a m Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 5:0%pm G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 7:00a m GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinae & Cincinnati Ex. £:05pm 5:30pm Mackinac & Ft. Way: eEx..10:330am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac.10:30 p m All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:05 o’cloeck p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac. Train leaving at 11:30 a. m. has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw City. South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. C. L. LocKkwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. Trains connect with G. Rk. & I. trains for St. Ignace, Marquette and Lake Superior Points, leaving Grand Rapids at 5:00 p. m., arriving at Marquette at 1:35 p.m. and6:10 p.m. Returning leave Marquette at 7:30 a. m. and 2:00 p. m., arriving at Grand Rapids at 10:30 a. m. Con- nection made at Marqnette withthe Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad for the Iron, Gold and Silver and Corner Districts. 1 W. ALLEN, Gen’! Pass. & Tkt.,Agt., Marquette, Mich. Groceries. RETAIL GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION OF GRAND RAPIDS. ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 10, 1885. President—Erwin J. Herrick. First Vice-President—E. E. Walker. Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Coye Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson. Treasurer—B. 8. Harris. Board of Directors—Eugene Richmond, Wm. H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A. Hydorn and W.E. Knox Finance Committee—W. E. Knox, H. A. Hy- dorn and A. J. Elliott. Room Committee—A. J. Elliott, Eugene Rich- mond and Wm. H. Sigel. Arbitration Committee—Gerrit H. DeGraf, M. J. Lewis and A. Rasch. . —" meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem- ean ner mectings—First and Third Tuesday venings of each month. Next meeting—Tuesday 15. trocers’ Association of the City of Huskegon, oO FFICE RS. President—H. B. Fargo. First Vice-President—Wm. B., Keift. Second Vice-President—A. Towl. Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer. Financial Secretary—John DeHaas. Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen- zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. e Finance Committee—Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. Committee on Rooms and Librarr—0. Lam- bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. Me Kenzie, Arbitration Committee—B. Borgman. Garrit Wagner and John DeHaas. Complaint Committee—Wm. is. Keift, D. A. Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot, R. §. Miner and L. Vincent. : Law ere B. Fargo, Wm. B. Keift and A. Tow : Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An- drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer. Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday evenings of each month. Next meeting—Wednesday evening, Dec. 16. Michigan Dairymen’s Association, evening, December 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, Blooming | Chas. E. Bel- knap, Grand Rapids; I F. Cox, Portage; John Borst, Vriesiand; R. C. Nash, Hilliards; D. M. Adams, Ashland: Jos. Post, Clarks- ville. . Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. : i Next Meeting—Third Tuesday in February, 886. Membership Fee—$1 per year. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, TURNING THE ‘TABLES. A Jobber Answers Some of the Complaints Made by the Retail Trade. GRAND Rapips, Dee. 12, Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Srr—In reply to Messrs. Crandall &Son’s letter in the last week’s issue of Tur TRADESMAN, and in defense of this ‘loodthirsty” cartage business, 1 would say afew words. A person unacquainted with the facts of the case would judge from the tone of their letter, and several others which you have published lately, that the city jobbers were a set of robbers, bent on the enforcement of an outrage beside which the tax on tea proposed by that fine old English gentleman, George the Third, some time since deceased, pales into insignifi- eance. Now, we think this is not the case. We have tried to be modest in our demands and we know that the rates proposed by us are insignificant, compared with what we ourselves have to pay in Chicago, New York, Boston, or any other market where we buy goods. It is, and always has been, customary to charge cartage in all the trade centers, Grand Rapids being an exception the last few years, it being an experiment that has been demonstrated to be.a failure. It seems to me to be just as reasonable to ask us to pay freight on your goods as to pay cartage on them. If we are expected to deliver them part way, why not all the way, and the burden on the retailer would be so much the lighter? Why draw the line at cartage? The point is right here: Mr. Crandall buys a bill of goods of a jobber and pays for them and they are his goods; but they areno use to him until in his store. Now, he is supposed to pay freight on them to get them, but does he does so? No, he wants the jo»ber to stand part of it and put his goods in the depot for him. And why not— because it is right? No retailer has made any such claim, but simply because, in their own words it is burdensome to them, and as we have been kind enough to do it for them for a year or two they show their apprecia- tion of it by asking us to continue it indefin- itely. Now, if it is so burdensome to the retailer to pay afew dollars per year cartage, how does it set on the jobber’s thin pocket book to stand the entire shot in one volume? Now, in regard to the travelers’ expenses, we deny that the retailer pays them directly or indirectly. They have grown to be a necessity and while they are a heavy tax on the jobber, they are certainly a great ac- -commodation to the retailer, and were they withdrawn the item of cartage wou!d look so extremely small, compared to the other expenses that their retirement would en- tail on him, that it would take one of Sam Weller’s ‘“‘patent double magnifying glasses of hextra power” to discover it. And as to the hard times: Are they any harder on the retailer than on the jobber? On the contrary, is not the jobber expected to earry his retail friend through the ‘‘valley of the shadow” of a dull season. But who is to carry the jobber? His bills must be met promptly at maturity. He can get no accommodation. It is a bloton his credit to ask it. Finally, in regard to weak pepper, rank pork, swelled canned goods, ete., our ex- perience has been that the retailer is not at all backward about making claims for such items and enforcing thern, sometimes pretty gauzy ones, too. Now, I do not write tais in a complaining 1885. spirit, but merely to try and show Mr. Cran- dall and his brother retailers that they are not--as they imagine—-the only ones who have corns; that there are two sides to this ques- tion, like all others, and that the jobber’s pathway has an occasional thorn in itas well as their own. I could enumerate a long list of abuses to which the jobber is subject- ed by the retailer, sometimes thoughtlessly, and I am sorry to say sometimes apparently through ‘“‘pure cussedness,” but such is not my intention or purpose at this time. All we ask, gentlemen, is a fair, candid | consideration of the case and we are sure you will not think us so very unreasonable after all. Fair PLAY. ZEELAND HEARD FROM. ZEELAND, Dec. 12, 1885. Editor Michigan Tradesmen: Dear Str—In your paper, No. 114, there are four kickers who kick against cartage. You can add my name to the list of those who will pay no cartage. I saw in a paper something about a kicking horse. Please try and buy that horse and get him down to Grand Rapids to kick all this cartage sys- tem out of the city. A. ENGBERTS. SUGGESTS ORGANIZATION—GIFT SCHEMES. Sr. IGNACE, Dec. 12, 1885. | Editor Michigan Tradesman. DEAR Str—If all your big jobbers hold on to their cartage combination, we small | fry have got to submit, notwithstanding we poor grocerymen have to deliver free a pound of sugar or one- -fourth pound of tea, | paratively so. without subjecting himself to a special tax as a peddler of tobacco. The law requirés that not only the person who sells, but the person who ‘offers to sell and deliver manu- factured tobaceo, snuff or cigars, traveling from place to place, in the town or through the country, shall be regarded as a peddler of tobacco.’ ” — & > - Always to the Front. On and after December 15th, and until | January 1 as follows: Ten butts or more, 40 cents per pound. Less quantity, 42 cents per pound. We do this in order to prevent our friends from being imposed upon and trapped into buying unknown and worthless brands of plug tobaceos now flooding the country, of- fering various schemes pretending to enrich the purchaser, but which can only end in a loss to him. Your tobacco trade is the best paying part of your business. Don’t trifle with it. Respectfully, ARTHUR MrIGs & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 77, 79 and 81 South Division-St. _—> -¢- <—- “The Grocery Market. Business is good and collections are com- Hard sugars have advanced about 14¢e, probably owing to the fact that a large number of the Eastern refineries have shut down to take stock and clean up the year’s business. Some, however, assert that the upward movement is due to a shortage , 1886, prices on Red Fox will be no matter if the cost of delivery exceeds the | of the beet crop in Europe, in consequence price of the goods delivered. ought to do is to ever we agree to question, we can troeers’ and other ask touching this delivery | get. Iam glad to see your | maintained for some time. associations and I hope | cided firmness in most of the staples, vT ra! What we, ‘of which the export demand from this coun- combine, also, and what- | | try is largely increased. Tf the latter theory is correct, present prices will probably be There is a de- and to see one established here, so that we could | ‘an advancing market in most articles is buy in car lots, and distribute as per orders | jooked for. given and buy at jobbers’ rates and do our | own middleman’s business. put an end to local cartage and greatly re- | duce expenses. Candy, nuts and fruits are active and That would | | firm. —_———> Order a sample package of Bethesda Min- I was glad to see the big advertisements | ‘eral Spring Water from your grocery job- in the last issue of Tuk TRADESMAN; but I) wish your jobbers would suggest a way by | | ber. See quotations in another column. Grand Rapids grocers should not forget which we retailers can get rid of the odds | the regular meeting of the Retail Grocers’ and ends left over from the numerous gift | Association, to be heldat Tar TRADESMAN schemes which we have attempted to work. | Our stock keeps on increasing, and how to |=" get rid of them without giving them away is | a conundrum not easily answered. We have | | office this evening. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. se quote as follows: been giving away all kinds of things with eh J : te for PORK IN BARRELS. coffee, tea, baking powder, soap, etc., , Mess, Chicago packing, new................ 11 00 the last few months. I have been putting Mess, Chicago packing..................+++ 10 60 . i Lslaat ebinestive Clear, short pork, Chicago packing....... 12 00 up packages of staple articles in attractive Back, clears sort cut, Chicaxo packing.. 2B 50 * icket calling for some beauti- axtra family clear, short cut.............. 11 50 form with a ticket calling for eg : Clear, A. Webster packer, new............ 12 25 ful present and have thus got rid of a few A. Webster pecker, short cut.............. 12 00 of : 2 * » cased, ROPA HIG, SOOKE CUT... coos 5s coc oe ue es 2 00 stickers, with a sigh of relief; and I long! pytra clear, heavy..........+..s.sse. eee 12% for the time when gift schemes shall be a} Clear back, short uit aca eu ce 13 00 thing of the past. Gro. CooKE. DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. a io = | Long Clears, a ee Re EET A 6 : ‘ WOOD oe acs aces esse 6 The Grocer is Laying Himself Liable. ‘e ORG see tse 6 : eo Short Clears, cae aig Susy banda ewes 64% GRAND Rapips, Dee. 14, 1885. GO. moedium...............05.. 614 Editor Michigan Tradesman: do. M@hti 62.6 or ee aes 644 DEAR Str—I am a retail grocer, doing ea oo Om PUA, i business on one of our principal streets, and “ ‘median... cesses eee eed as : - Saveur “are : i. Aven " ook cs se ee oe oe 1044 have two delivery wagons. My driv Oe OF iealeek MAMNE 6. on) 5s cain cce cass onane 10 around among my customers during the poner Peer Bae ea ene 6% : r ast a even eee enh 7% forenoon, and take orders for the next days’ Dried Beef, extra Rs cea, ;” delivery. They frequently bring in orders | Dried Beet, Ham pieces.................+++: 8 y J ! als 8 Shoulders cured in sweet WOO... cc cco 6 for chewing and smoking tobacco, and oe- ii casionally for cigars. A friend of mine was j Tierces ........ 1... ..eee cece sense eee ees 6% : ‘tne the other day wi f z HO OIG GD DTD os ek sks. n2 ss kee 7 in the store the other day when one of my ! 59 » Round Tins, 100 cases............-- 7 drivers brought in an order, among other LARD IN TIN PAILS. roods, for half a pound of chewing tobacco, | 20} Pails, 4 pails in case............... 1% 8 J pm oo 3® Pails, 20in a case................... 7% He said he thought it was contrary to law | 5D > Pails, Singcune .. | ..........:. 73% to take orders in that way, and that I was 10 b Pails. 6 in a case ...... ap starter ccas 4 exposing myself to penalty every time I al- ee EpOeae aimed y lume 1 al) extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 Is........ 9 38 lowed any of my men to do so. We agreed | Boneless, extra........ 2.0.2... 2.seeeeeee ees 13 50 to leave it to Tue TRADESMAN, and I SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. , . : i eee POH TAUEROO. ok ns inno caw sdeecs seek oae ae would be under obligations to yu if you ee ENE ON rere will set me aright in the matter. I don’t Ei eee See We ts beaten neh er sees : ye : ‘rankfo A ocak eevee sete dene want to break any of Uncle Sam’s laws, and Blood Sausage. ee ; es yj 2¢-¢e. rvs rosee j j o1logna straig ki a es if i have subjected myself to prosec ution ee te rennet this matter, a dozen competitors are in the | Head Cheese......................00000: ek same boat. RETAIL GROCER. | PIGS’ FEET. | TR DALE DATVONA 6. e. con eos oo ae een ns os eo 375 The friend is correct. The payment of | $2.40 for a retail dealers’ license does rot | permit the merchant to sell any goods out- i side his own store. If he does, as ‘Retail Grocer” says he is doing—taking orders from his customers for tobacco by way.on— he becomes in the eyes of the law a *‘ped- dler of tobacco,” and must take out an ad- ditional license. This license is $7.20 for a man driving a one-horse wagon and $15 for one driving two horses. Besides the pay- ment of the prescribed fee, the person must give acceptable bonds in the sum of $2,000. If the license is made out in the name of the firm, any member of the firm may oper- ate under it; but if men are hired to do the soliciting, a separate license must be pro- cured for each person so employed. More- over, the possession of a license enables a person to sell tobacco only in full packages —-that is, a full pail of chewing tobacco, a box of cigars or any package containing a stamp. This provision of the revenue law is probably not thoroughly understood among merchants generally, in consequence of which many of them are unknowingly sub- jecting themselves to the penalty attached for violation. In order that no one may question Tue TRADESMAN’S authority for the above state- ments, it has been thought best to accom- pany the above explanation with the cor- respondence in a casein point. A general dealer at Glenn, Allegan county, wrote to the Revenue Collector here for a license, as follows: the road to sell dry goods and groceries. shall take orders for tobacco, but sh ry none, nor sell any off the wagon. That is, what is ordered I will deliver, but not carry any to sell.” This letter was for- warded to Acting Commissioner Rogers, who replied as follows: ‘‘Will you please inform the writer that he cannot do this! ' car- | By GueetOr DATPEIG. © foc ce as be cc dene FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade ating prices as follows: Fresh Beef, sides.................s000- 5 G 6% Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 6 @ 6% Dressed Hogs Be eh bees ca 44%@ 5 Mutton, Carcasses.............. cece eee @4 Veal..... er, sg inde ueeao sae eeak cleus 8 @9 WOT MAUBARO oo os ic aces ova ccs couse ees 64G@ 7 RON go os oo oe bb ns ob ov ne ob ps eh cn cek 640 7 SO ees vc ne ook das ee bc ace 6 @7 Boring CHIOKONS .. 1.2... ees e sce ccce nee 7 @8 MOO se che ee oo cee Qi3 RT sees os chs seks ce eh acdcase @11 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS, Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES. Green ....#% b @ 7% |Calf skins, green Part cured... 8%4%@ 8%|. or cured.... @i0 Fullcured.... @ 94 Deacon skins, Dry hides and ® piece..... 20 xing .2..... 8 @12 SHEEP PELTS. Old wool, estimated washed # tb...... @25 I os iw so a ee ee ee nies 4 @4% WOOs,. Fine washed # th 24@27|Unwashed........ 2-3 Coarse washed.. Ts@22 2 FUR SOME oot ree cal cass Gali 1 00@12 00 ss eae hc a thane eices 2 00@6 00 eg Sok a ae 25@1 00 ME OM sho as ok Res Fe ea se 25@1 00 PO eke ca es cee 28@1 00 PR ok heed by oo a ee Phen 05@ 50 Muskrat, winter tAn ee. 056@ 06 UN ie ae ee es @ 2 i on es a 4 00@5 00 Ns os sds as hes va os 5@ 75 IN gh os cag say cues ee is aaee see 16@1 00 HOO Oe TW i ee oes L 502 50 eer, ee Di a a ee ss W@ 380 MISCELLANEOUS, Hemlock Bark— The local tanners are offer- ing $5 per cord delivered, cash. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.59@1.60 ® b for clean washed roots. Rubber Goods—Loca! jobbers are authorized “T am going to put a wagon on | to offer 40 and 5 per cent. off on standard goods 1} and 40, 10 and 5 percent. off on second quality. BETHESDA MINERAL WATER. H. F. Hastings quotes as follows; Barret, 42 PAUOUE. «. oi 5s osc ves ve cece dese sys Half barrel, DO SAIN vc pce o Snes vn siceaens ee 5 ‘oy (RG 20 PORE, os obs oak cbs aneoke tees ceases 2.50 Carbonated, cases in quart. Mhiuie maaee aawn i > This water will spac paned ‘to the ‘trade by any sees drug or grocery house in Grand ie | ' Prager 6. ...:5..... 90}Paragon ........... 1 89 Diamond X........ 80; Paragan 25 i pails.1 20 Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50|Fraziers, 25 pails.1 25 BAKING POWDER. Thompson’ 8 Butte rfly, as ci. ie as eaeaes 25 6 or 10 f cans...... 27 Hey - 4, 4 doz. in case. 95 as ee : oa 95 J. H. Thompson & Co.’ 8 Princess, ho I 1 25 as _ 6.6... 2 25 " ” - _ a0 acess 4 25 Pas te - - bulk..... 28 ' Arctic, 4 b CAMS......6-eeeeeee tees tees 45 i? 4 re cise ule aes wee ke 75 * % we ca eh vues cane 1 40 “ 1 ee cc ede dure ake ca seees 2 40 a 4 Oe ide cs unne ee co one 12 00 Silver Spoon, 3 dOZ........ 2... s see ee eee eens 7 50 BLUING. Dry, NO. 8... ieee sce g scene cones as doz. 25 Dry, No. ae cca ecduakees doz. 45 Liquid, 4 02,........ 020. es cece ee cees doz. 35 Liquid, 8 OZ. ...... 0. cece enccceceeees doz. 65 APOE BGR ood nnn ie ce coc rn ne nes %® gross 4 00 I Occ ccc os ds ca ccna wn cane aeseeens 8 00 MET TO oe cae a cecbcct di ecedascoees 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box Meee keh ats sun as 2 00 mtg EO hed noasccanan ns ance 8 00 | ArcticNo.3 ‘ ie seuas vnee eae ae . 4 00 | BROOMS. No. 1Carpet........ 2 50)No. 2 Hurl.......... 175 No. 2Carpet........ 2 25|Faney Whisk....... 100 No. 1 Parlor Gem. 2 75|\CommonWhisk.. v5) WO. LUTE coe cc sces 2 00 CANNED FISH. Clams, | standards............--++e++e+- 115 Clams, 2 h standards...........-..0.eeeeee 175 Clam Chowder, 3 D..........62..08.see-ees 2 00 Cove Oysters, 1 standards.............. 115 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards............. 1 Lobsters, 1 picnic. ..........---e eee eee 1 75 Lobsters, 1 D Star... ........... cece eee ee nee 2 00 Tiviatied. BO GIO ooo 6 ec cc scn es ces chen see 2 90 Mackerel, 1 t fresh standards............ 1 10 Mackerel, 5 i fresh standards............ 3 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 f)........... 5 25 Mackerel,3 thin Mustard..............+.-- 5 25 Mackerel, 3 broiled.........--..--.-+see+ 3 25 Salmon, 1 } Columbia river............-. -1 55 Salmon, 2 ® Columbia river...........0.-- 2 30 Salmon. 1% Sacramento..............-+4 1 45 Sardines, domestic 148..........---e eee aes 8@9 Sardines, domestic 8..........-..++205 15@18 Sardines, Mustard '%48..........---0-e eee 10 Sardines. imported \s. Daaas comida akuans 14 Trent. 2D DOO.» .. 0.0. . 216, M6 gyros... .. @I1 85 American T. on @ 0 RICE. Choice Carolina..... ek ea @6 Prime Carolina..... 5M WC i ei ic enc Good Carolina...... 5 |Rangoon....... 54 ioe Good Louisiana..... 5 |Broken.. ..... 34@ 3% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... 5% Dwight’s ..........-: 514 a fT Te 544\Sea Foam........... 5% Taylor's G. M....... 54 Cap Sheaf.. ; "Big 146 less in 5 box lots. SALT. 00 Pocket, FF Dairy...............-:- 2 30 Me Wig sac cevphy cc ansaaeacees 22 TUTE Wh OO ois ok vn ok oc ce eas cetnss 2 50 Saginaw or Manistee.................. 95 UME Fi dc ok se cc en ec. nceenwes 1 60 Standard Coarse... ...........-ceecece ; 1 55 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.. 2 80 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 30 American, dairy, 4% bu. bags.......... 25 Rock, ee ccc 23 SAUCES. WOMAN HE TINA, oe kk ca conse nne sas @2 00 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 7 Pepper Sauce, green es eke @ 9 Pepper Sauce, red large ring.. Be @1 35 Pepper Sauce, green, ae Wie is.) @1 70 Catsup, Tomato, pints. . conaenn @1 00 Catsup, Tomato, quarts” picuuenc thee @1 30 Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 SPICES. Ground. Whole. Pepper ........... 16@25|Pepper ........... @l9 Al aeiee ivctaaas 12@15' Allspice .......... 8@10 Cinnamon........ 18@30 Cassia ............ all Cloves ........ .. 15@25 Nutmegs ........ 60@65 CNOe Co... ies coe eee 16@18 Mustard.......... 15@30 Cayenne ......... OH STARCH. Elastic, 64 packages, per box....-........ 5 35 SUGARS. a os cna: bac ena: @ 7% I i os nc nn ces ccs ceun se @i-69 Granulated, — Oe ceubuedisa as @i-31 Confectionery A.. Peucre deans @ 6% BN Fook occas tee eden @ 6% No. 1, White Extra C.. caccecctceas GG Ge No. 2 Extra C Ce acco dsaauee 6 @ 644 sc ech 5! %@ 6 No ic ae a ae citi c ec caa cede cas 54@ 5% No. 5 i co, 54@ 5% SYRUPS. Or on can cas nies 24@28 A a io i icc bck ce os uns 26@30 Cor, (0 oplion hog@a...... .. 2.066. canes @30 Corn, & @ALON BOGS... 6.5 6. occ c cece ness 30Gb Corn, 4% gallon kegs................... 30@31 Br Pe ee os fn ccc ec 2328 Pure Sugar, % bbl........... Cie eke 25@30 Pure Sugar 5 gal kogs................. @l 50 TEAS. By 15@20 Japan fair to good................4 AE 25@30 MP RO cos oo acs cope ckee cle msendaen ddO45 MURR POUR s ca ube dnc cance cece cas 15@20 TARR PEO oo ea ue ae ch dans Cons 30@50 UN as eo aa on cs ob eee kes 35@50 ea, SI@SSGBEC RO ie el lla, 25@30 TOBACCO—FLNE CUT—IN PAILS. Fisher’s Brunette. ...35| Underwood's Capper 35 Dark Amer icanEagles7 Sweet Rose a 45 The Meigs... .. 5.6... 64 ‘Meigs & Co.’s Stunner38 ROG FP. gs oan sees 50) Atlas De vida biidaaue 35 Gente Beal. .........«« 60|Royal Game.......... 38 Prairie Flower ...... GhiMute Mar............. . Indian Queen........ 60/Fountain............. BOY BPO, goo cn ck ness 60|Old Congress......... és Crown Leaf..... .... 66 Good Luck.......... 52 Matchless ............ 65| Blaze Away..... .... 35 PELAWOERG ........205 65; Hair Lifter........... 30 WE es be kis ecb ces 70|Governor ............ 60 May Flower.......... 70} Fox’s Choice........ 63 WOO gcd ote as 45|Medallion ............ 35 NG AG. 8c seach us 49| Sweet Owen.......... 66 PLUG. Knife, Oe NEE ns acc c ca cs @50 two - lots bi eee es.) @49 * five Re ea vec hee sack: @A8 ck a ake oo lb ba chan wr ceas . @AO ibe vcs cos eh cs ae @A8 NO ooo es os he ea bh panne ces ines @AS8 MI ook as oa ce ns bs cc cearecuuans @50 Seal of Grand Rapids.................. @46 PP vedi cca cckelascucntaeueas @46 UNG ics cases necs pa sdee ee eeseiw tee a. : @48 pI FE ooo oko ck co cds ee cess euacs @46 I ocr ie sn ce cs bs ccccub le des @46 CROGCOTALE CKEAM 55 oo. cco s cece ccccecees @A6 PM aici enc cche de ceeded cadens @A4 ac wes kc wash ca aces daca @A0 BPPORE MARIO... 2.65. cece see cnsenotnees @38 Bee AW CROTON oi ois vie ccew ca tras aces @35 I esha vi ck ce stiaea ce teeeaness @46 meets Or LADOF.. 2... 5.2 55 cc ce cs cece @A6 ic cece cas, @46 Big ae se ok ek ey bee eae es cael ses @32 PO, SEU OG GEE a oa nos cca ccceces @A6 hed vg Pelee ee ee. @37 a TRS A aE Ss eg rs @A6B Old Five i TON. os oi cic ci ewe dee @38 Prune Miumwett, FD... . 5... co. cen ces @62 I ec haus oi cc ce eres ans @A6 Oe a ee a, @38 pe EE as ee @A6B os ES ie ee a tS @46 Me Oo cn cok io ns nu ba secnsnacs @A6 BR CEN ook oi st dns cece cc deeess: @35 Hiaek Prince [Deark).........4.......-« @35 Diack Hacer [DG@rK!..........5.> --—_——— The Hardware Market. Business and collections are both fairly satisfactory. Nails have declined to $2.50, where they are likely to remain for some time to come. Aside from nails, goods in the hardware line are generally advancing. Maydole has gotten out a new list on black- smith and engineers’ hammers, but makes no change on carpenter hammers. MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—A situation in retail drug store. Nine years’ experience. Best of refer- ences given. Address, P.O. Drawer 14, How- ard City, Mich. YARTNER WANTED—A general merchant ~ doing a good business in a thriving lumber town desires a partner with two thousand dol- lars capital. For particulars address, ‘Part- ner,” care the Tradesman. AOR SALE—Bakery in a city of 12,000 inhab- itants with ony. two competitors. Best location in town. ill sell partly on time. Address Stephen Sears, care Wm. Sears & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ 117 OR SALE—Or exchange for stock of mer- chandise, groceries, dry goods, or horses, wagons, sleighs, cash or something else, a two- story frame double sto Can be rebuilt for Situated in wi : chance f: — Wholesale Manufacturers DETROIT, MICH. n . < A, Daily Capacity ° ° ° a (a§"Michigan Agents Woonsocket R Company. &} Woodbridge street West. invited to call on us when in town. PINGREE &SMITH Boots, Shoes and Slippers ubber Office and Factory—11, 13, 15 and 17 Dealers cordially TO THE TRADE. We desire to call the attention of the Trade to our unusually complete stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Successor to P. Spitz,) SOLE AGENT OF The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., above. Fermentum, ARCADE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Was Wesndcn Michioan. Grocers and Bakers who wish to try “FERMENTUM” can get samples and full directions by addressing or applying to the School Supplies And a Genera! 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, Etc., which will be , mailed on application. | Quotations on any article in our stock cheer- fully furnished. We have the Agency of the REMINGTON TYPE WRITER Haton & Lyon 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Petoskey Democrat: THe MICHIGAN stead of 200 cords. The advertisement for basswood bolts, on another page, should read 2,000 cords, in- TRADESMAN came out this week twice its usual size. Tire TRADESMAN is a good pa- per and deserves its liberal support. COMMISSION WEGETABLES, > = WO J O = Zz WHOLESAL J MERCHANT, E DEALER IN OYSTERS, ETC. Specialties: Florida Oranges, Cranberries, Sweet POtatoes. | 18 North Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. FF. J. LAMB & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Hses, Cheese, Etc. 8 and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FILLING ORDERS. NELSON, WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay | promptly and buy in full packages. | AUGERS AND BITS. SOR ONE GEVIO oo ooo. cece es leas dis60&10 | Os i oes eee id cake coc ecee dees dis60&10 | RN ee ine cane ca ceucda sus dis60&10 | OR ees ecw cai dis60K10 | ac iyo klk ewe uk aceeewaas dis60&10 | WH a cia casn ans seaccdescoueass dis40X10 | POPPANGS . WORMING. o.oo oo 555s occ s snes dis 25 ermiinge , TICMHION... <5... ee cee ness dis50&10 | oe BALANCES. | Spring....... Duke uape acne c ted cecuneennees dis 40 BARROWS. | OE ee oa cov deaacs $ 13 00; CRO iol cia saceaiuaaetnl aac ccanssne net 33 00) | BELLS. Hand Ue ak dens cha as is iene dis $ 69£10&10 | Cow ad es aa a Gin ne asda ewe aecs dis 60&10 | Call Cael eee dis BORIS RRO si soces nates ene sera senns dis 25 | FOO OE ook sas ooo sion dis 6e&10 | ‘a BOLTS. | NO a ks ds re Cerra MEW TBE. 5.) cnc snc scecconcs 4 ag 30 Plow meet cece seesee ements acne ereessenes dis 30&1( BS I a ic coke wc cese de ..dis 7a Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 60&10 CRG TRAUTOL TIE oon eck enc dis 60&10 | Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 60 Cast — oes gk dis 60 | Me CEE os se i ce ee dis 60&10 | Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60&10 | Wrought Square ..... -.............06- dis 6010, Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 60 | W rought Bronze and Plated Knob E lush Deo bt hdl awhcsedued ee eccccscces dis 60&10 MGR TH eri. oe, dis 60&10 BRACES. ee dis$ 40! Backus Bg eh os kb ean ee ce ea dis 50&10 | ices oki a tas dis 50 aoe... dis net | BUCKETS. Wine 2 ea »..$ 3 80 WU ccc ees ae BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 70&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... ..dis 70&i0 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60410 | Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 60&10 Wrourht Loose Pin. ........-........ dis 60&10 ; Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 | Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 | a Loose Pin, japanned, silver : WN oad, screen esecics es ae ae is 60& 5 Oe OHRS PR dis F088 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 10&60 WA OR BO sok occ can dee cece dis T0&10 Pog og iy dis 80&10 Oe Tg ...dis 80&10 Ne, WONG Be ooo occ co 5s ass canst dis 70 | CAPS. Web oy m $ 65 eke O. Coa. i LN SR SS es 35 PMeNet i ea 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 kum, “Fire, United States.........:..-... dis50X10 CME, ee eee cas dis40&10 CHISELS. | | BOGHOt WING E. oo c anes ss is Th&10 | | Socket Framing....... adv eeieuda ss rs Teeto Beemer CORNOF ie ec dis 75&10 | Ginbet OMONN dis 75 | Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 | Oe net et COMBS. | Corry, Tawrence’s........... ........ is 40810 | PU a Sis “ COCKS. oe Oa En a 60 | Cee 60 Beer Pe Merit teeta eng el yeah suet aeeaas 40.&10 Wee 60 | COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size........... iS 28 | ree (ee TAO... 2 | Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 19 Pee i "ee a DRILLS Mowe hb Mit Biden... ..............., dis 40 | Taper and StraightShank............ dis 40 | Morse’s Taper Shank............... .dis 40) ' ELBOWS. Ope 4 ede, @ in..............;... doz net $.85 ee Ee Oe dis 20&10 WOAATANNG oo .... dis 3¢&10 | EXPANSIVE BITS. | Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 | ' Tves’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. = dis 2 | : FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis 60&10 j Disston’s ............ 2... 0. eee ee eee ee. dis 66&10 TIO PNOTIOM ces ck. cd cke es dis 60&10 BON aa hone cnc cece occa ns dis 60&10 BI ohn oc scence nc enee ss dis 30 | Heller’s Horse Rasps. ................ dis 30&10 | GALVANIZED IRON, | Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and26, 2% 2% ~ MATTER CO ; URN OUR SPECIAL SALE [TURE Will Eclipse Anything Heretofore Undertake. please all who are Prices that will not only astonish but need of Furniture. | List 12 13 14 15 Discount, Juniata 50Q@10, Charcoal 60@10. GAUGES. 18 | DX XX, 100 Pilate Charcoal.............--% 1 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. | 4’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos.25 to27 9 Broken packs Ke ® bb extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ . 7 00 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 11 00 LX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........ 14 00 ROPES. BOM 56 Wk, AT LATOR. 2. occ ccc acces cease ss 8% MUNIN ice cies ace cs dies deb ead dcdac becuse b SQUARES. MME OD ER on ooo a cca oc cc dace ssees dis 70&10 tip Bo) ee eee dis 50&10 Ne ds cc bac nccnnaenes. chances dis 20 SHEET IRON. : Com. Smooth. Com. TO AA og oo oi kc cecaccdevien $4 20 $3 00 ts io in oo cad ce access 4 2 3 00 Oe ee , 4 20 3 00 ee 4 20 310 PE bic occ c sac cdusedsecs 4 40 3.10 We big rks hn adc caseacun cae 4 60 3 30 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of G00 Ba, @ BD... .. 0... 0. ccncsiee- 6 In smaller quansities, ® .............. 6% . TINNER’S SOLDER. EO I chi ca cn pe acees el danas | 12 00 Market Half-and-half............. .... 14 50 Strictiy Half-and-half......<... 6... Js.. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. Ic, WR CNGOG ook oc carckencocces > 7D IX, TORUS, COATOOGL. ... cnc cucecesncens 7 25 IC, Wears PON «ws cc cap ecesceucts 6 25 LX, WHT CRONE oe vk vc acc cc davans = 7 IC, BOSn CUMPOORD og 5 ines acc ccs cdecas 5 75 Id. TAwee, CONGO! .... <.. oo oc ae ceca ccae 725 Em | SARI COMIOOGL.. ic cc ccc c cco css cess 8 75 Dee ee BON, CUMIOOL 6 occ cc viccacctaves 10 75 TA tee, CRMIOORL, ... 6. i. .cscccaess 12 %5 IX, SAINI, COOOL, go 5 oc cnes cecaccsess 15 50 DC, MG Pinte CRAPOORL. «o.oo. s55cacce: 6 50 DX, 100 Pinte CRAFCORL .« .. .. ... cc cccnse OO TA, 100 Pilate COAKOOEL. ... .... 0c ces cess 10 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 67 rates. eer SONI LO ccc cccccsdss seecsuenes 5 25 Bere, TA, Ecco cc ccs occ ceccesccsss Oe PEt, es NE so ccnckc cuss ceeaecauasus 11 00 Mognna, Mises, ES... .. cee sss: .- 400 TRAPS. TE, CN vw eng cc ccs conde caw sean Onovida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10 Eg oc ode acc aag The dicsseece 60&10 Ow me Wee ete, COVG,, conc cecniacccdehenas 60810 I, CU sca ccc cceceeecas, l8e ®@ doz DOGGEG, GOSURIOU. oo. 66 cess secs $1 50 B doz WIRE. Pivieint Meret... ... 5 5c 5 cc ences es GORI AMMORIOR MATMOL. .. «6. i ee 8 00 LEVELS. Dowell Tubs, NO. 2. eee ee cee cree ne eeen ees .7 00 | Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s.......-..... dis 70} Dowell Tubs, NO. 3.........eseeseeeeerer sees 6 00 MILLS. White Cedar, NO, DF. oe ccc ce ccececcensccnncese 50 | Godlee, Pavkere Ons... 5. .<:.--.«--ie Mk | Waite Cedar, NO. 2. ... ..---...s-+-+canrennns ‘= | Coffee, P.S.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleabies dis 60 | Maple Bowls, assorted GIZGG... .. .. cssccccccce 2 00 | Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis 60 | Butter LAGIOS.... 2... e cece ence ener een tenes 1 2 | COted, MROPOrige. 6. occ cc cece cs ce seses’ Gis 25 | Hollimg Pims...........--eeeee sree eeeeeneres -1 00 | ac ccdiaien ! a DERN, foo ck ssc d cc nc cuedeccecsaenc 75 MATTOCKS. | Clothes Pounders..... acesdeesceeecundiisenu 2 25 ME es ecenien $16 00 dis 60 | Clothes Pins......«.....ssssssccseseucaseres 65 | Hunt Bye............6-.se.ee eee $15 00 dis — 60 | Mop Stocks........ Me cidade seca ues 1 25 | Hunt’s.....-..-.+.-+. Leese ee ee es $18 50 dis 20 & 10 |} Washboards, single................seeeeeeees 1% NAILS. : | Washboards, double..............-. suduerany 2 2 Common, Bra and Fencing. | Shei PE ca fees ns # keg $2 75 | rrr PON ROR GAO cies ae 95 | Diamond Market... .. 2.02.65. ceecceeecesees 40 ONG BAe ee cee 50 | Bushel, narrow band.............-ceeeeeeees 16 BE OE Go. gsc ois eckn cu. 7 | Baphol, wide DANG... ........c0ierccicccsee 1 %5 cloaks cohgck sous eta 1 50 | Clothes, splint, No. 1..........+-serseeeee es BO Se EG BORGO, ooo uc cnk sons ase weds caan's 3 00 | Clothes, splint, NO. 2.........- se esee eee eees 3 75 Clie HANG, BAU, occ csc ckescceedecncss 1 75 | Clothes, splint, NO. 3...........ecccenececees 4 00 | Fimshing 10d 84 6d 4a | Clothes, willow, No, 1..........c.sceeeeeeeres 5 00 | Size—inches 3 2% 2 1% L COMENOE, WITH WE, ING. Bi oo cs oe dc cnccatasdenes 6 00 | Adv.@ keg $125 150 175 200 | Clothes, willow, No.3. ........- se cesesees sees 7 00 | Steel Nails—Same price as above. | _- ike ‘ MOLLASSES GATES. HARDWOOD LUMBER. EE 6 PACUEITE qo occ sic co caecdceceeses 7 . i , i | meatiets Oneal. sc cece Gig 10) ¢rne rummitare factonles Rete pay a6 Slows | Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 | J " | : MAULS. . | Basswood, log-run.......... 60... ees @13 00 Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis D PURI, TORTIE 6 ois cos ccna were suns 16 WU@2) 00 Lo : OILERS. 1 Bien. NOG. ) OG Bis cece cncecscceers » @25 00 Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............-. dis60&i0 | Black Ash, log-rum..........-.....4+. @13 00 Zine, with brass bottom............. .--. Cae BO) Cheery, JOM POD. No. 138 Horse and Wagon. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Southern Vegetables, kt. |: We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. All orders filled at lowest market price. Corres- pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. DEALERS IN NO. 9 IONIA ST. | 4 “ Warranted all of the best manufacture, bright colors, and good sellers at the prices named. A small assortment at low prices, showing FIFTY PER CENT clear profit. Whol. Price. Retail Price. DEALERS IN RAW FURS AND DEER SKINS. :- PERKINS & HESS, SEND FOR PRICE-LIST TO Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., Corner Fulton, rand Rapids, Mich. Total. Jae ldoz. Assorted Animals on Wheels, NO. 39... 02.6.6 cece ee cece eee eens 32 : me rae * Blorses and Midere, NO. 10... .. .. 0... n on uk ewes cc cceeee es cecccccnes 15 10 1 20 *“ Assorted Animals on Wheels, No, 38.......... 0: cece ce eee cree ees 38 10 60) Revolving Groups, No. 82...... 2... ccc cece cece ee teeter e ee eneeenes 75 25 L 00 1 Assorted Wagons. with Horse, No. 134............ 6.6. cece eee e ee ee 70 10 1 20 ye a ue - . WO a eo iv da dccccecese NO 25 1 50 % * Animals and Children on Wheels, No. 41.....-....---022 eee eee es 40 1S 60 City Street Cars with two Horses, No. 241........2. +000 sees seers 1 19 50 1 AO 1-6* Hook and Ladder Machines, NO. 43........ 02. cece cece ee eect eeees 30 25 a0 1 ** Assorted Horse and Cart, No. 153%..... 22... eee eee cece es 35 05 60 1-6 Jroquison Wheels, NO. 4038 2.......... 20. cece ee eee cette eens 4 50 1 00 Large Animals Assorted, No. 404........ 06.6.5 es cece eee eee eens a) 25 1 00 Butterfly and Bell, NO. £19... 2.2.2.2... cece eee eee eee teen ones 67 Pe 1 00 Balk TOR, NO, 400 ooo. on wae ace deer ee cee tenes nse wn en enen er eeees 73 50 1 00 Dic EG aa oa i he see cence cence cs cnedsesee enees 67 25 1 00 1-12" Mechanical Locomotives. NO. 500.......... 6... ce ee eee nett eee eee rts) 1 OO 1-12‘ Kitchens, complete, NO. 50........ 0. cee eee cece e eee eee 16 25 1-6** Stoves, with Furniture, No.3..............-- 30 25 50 1-6 “ ' . " No. 1. tied cela wats nasasue dees 60 50 1 00 1 “ Moy Pails and Cover, NO. 1...............c eee eee 2 ce ee test ee eres ee 35 05 60 S17 6 ment of the money to him for so long a time | and treated the transaction as a loan to his | POX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE, Wholesale Grocers, KNIGHT OF LABOR PLUG, The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the Market. Send for Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. No charge for case. A. L. TUCKER, Commission Merchant, 167 South Water St., CHICAGO. WE HAVE STANDING ORDERS FOR LARGE AND SMALL LOTS OF AP- PLES AND POTATOES, AND CAN PLACE SAME AT ALL TIMES TO THE ADVANTAGE OF CONSIGNORS. WE ALSO MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BEANS, DRIED FRUITS AND CRANBERRIES, AND ARE IN A POSITION ‘TO COM- MAND THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE ON SUCH ARTICLES. | BUTTER! Ove TaRsS! 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 & CO. Grand Rapids, Mich, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE, JELLY, MINCE MEAT and PAPER OYSTER PAILS. Jelly, Mince Meat Bitc. THE LEADING BRANDS OF TOBACCO Offered in this Market are as follows: PLUG TOBACCO. ee ae BIG DRIVE ee ee PATROL ee eee iHSuotELO | | | j | | | | | ' \ | | | | | | | | | | } | | | } | | | | WM. SEARS & CO. | 1 | Reference—First National Bank. 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 if: car lots. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 157 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL. JACK RABBIT ee Se NS SILVER COIN Se eee oe OS Peme - tll my eee Peinoe, PARR *- *-.* 3 BIG ErIUMrF - - ee ee APPLE JACK a ee 2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand. FINE CUT. THE MEIGS FINE CUT, DARK, Plug flavor STUNNER, DARK ee a RED BIRD, BRIGHT eo ee ae “Y7ARREN’S CRIP.” This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents) we put on the market guaranteeing 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. Regular Odors! MANUFACTURED BY Geo. T. Warren &Co E'LINT., MICE, OPERA QUEEN, BRIGHT - - - - FRUIT ee ee oe O SO SWERT Oa ee 2c less in 6 pail lots. SMOKING. ARTHUR’S CHOICE, LONG CUT, BRIGHT RED FOX, LONG CUT, FOIL - GIPSEY QUEEN, GRANULATED - - OLD COMFORT, IN CLOTH se SEAL OF GRAND RAPIDS, IN CLOTH Dim Gwoeen, IN CLOTH - - - °- Cracker Manufacturers, Asents for AMBoY CHEESE. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH! 37, 39 & 41 Kent Strpet, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2c less in 100 pound lots. These brands are sold only by Arthur Meigs & Co. Wholesale Grocers, Who warrant the same to be unequalled. We guar- antee every pound to be perfect and all right in every particular. We cordially invite you, when in the city, to visit our place of business, 77, 79 and 71 South Division Street. It may save you money. ‘e ; * 5 ¥