VOL. 7. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1890. NO. 838. The Starch Trust. that the eyes of all Thurston’s were The men who make the starch they say upon him as Xenophon himself. HÄR1/EY X HEY8TEK, Have formed a syndicate so they Wholesale Dealers in May stiffen prices right away “It’s too heavy for you,” he said, In methods sly and clever. shortly. “Now, get me a cup of that While washerwomen foot the bill tea I like and my slice of lemon, They’ll now their purses roundly fill, Ana pile up stacks of gold until please.” They’re more stuck up than ever. 'The girl, scarlet and distressed, flew to obey his order. When she returned with Wall the steaming, fragrant Pekoe and had THE SACRIFICE OF ANTIGONE. put in his two lumps' with the little plated sugar tongs which trembled in I. her shaking fingers, she said, in a low Papßr Prof. Kosmos, ex-professor of classic voice: “Prof. Kosmos ?” The professor Apples, and modern Greek at the leading univer­ laid down his book in which he had been Also a complete line of PAINTS, OILS and sity of the country, hurried into the absorbed during the tea interval. “1 BRUSHES. Correspondence solicited. restaurant and sat down at his usual thank you, sir. It was kind of you; but Potatoes, 74 & 76 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich table. Prof. Kosmos was probably the don’t—don’t do that again.” only man in the land who had been forced “And pray why not, my child ?” Onions. W. C. WILLIAMS. A. SH E L E Y . to abandon a professorship for a prop­ “It might make the other girls angry, A. S. BROOKS. erty. His inheritance was large and un­ sir—and—and—it might cost me my expected; and the cutting of coupons place. I—I’ve got to keep the place, and the pursuance of an unsalaried sir; I’ve got to live!” FOR PRICES, WRITE TO WILLIAMS, Greek enthusiasm now occupied his life. Something in the girl’s tone made the His long-looked for volume on “Diogenes scholar lift his head and look at the little SHBLJBY in his Tub” was in press for the fall waitress long and searchingly. She was BÄRNETT BROS, WhCHIC1AGO.alerS’ market. The professor was now at as pale as thin porcelain; the light Wool Minin nan BUSINESS UNIVERSITY & B R O O K S leisure to concentrate his whole nature seemed to strike through her; veins stood llBSt Jalbuiydll AND NORMAL SCHOOL. upon the revival of ancient Greek ©ratory out on her delicate temples and thin (Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.) Successors to Farrand, Williams & Co., in Yankee schools. hands; her large, dark eyes appealed to A thoroughly equipped, permanently estab­ lished and pleasantly located College. The class Thurston’s restaurant was well known him like a dumb animal’s; they were set rooms have been especially designed in accord­ Wholesale Druggists, about town. There lunched the busy deep in a high, full brow, back from ance with the latest approved plans. The faculty brokers and capitalists of the city; and which her hair was brushed severely is composed of the most competent and practical teachers. Students graduating from this Insti­ AT THE OLD STAND there the literary millionaire, being a without fuss or friz. “Why, here is a tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL. The phenomenon, was well known. forehead,” thought the professor. He best of references furnished upon application. Corner Bates and Lamed Streets, Detroit. The professor glanced over the bill of had never reallv looked at it before. She Our Normal Department is in charge of experi­ enced teachers of established reputation. Satis­ fare with a dissatisfied expression, as he was very plainly and poorly dressed in a factory boarding places secured for all who A l l en D u b e e e . A. D. L e a v e n w o r t h . balanced his book against the sugar blue calico and white apron, and she wore apply to us. Do not go elsewhere without first bowl. no ornament of any kind, not even a personally interviewing or writing us for full Allen Durfee & Co., flounce or a frill. particulars. Investigate and decide for your The professor always carried a book, selves. Students may enter at any time. Address and Greek at that. Nothing suited his “There, there!” muttered the pro­ West Michigan Business University and Normal scholarly taste that noon. fessor, kindly. He did not know what School, 19, 21, 83, 25 and 27 South Division St., else to say. He shoved back his chair Grand Rapids, Mich. I FUNERAL DIRECTORS, I With an Athenian sigh, he called for J. U. L e a n , A. E. Y e r e x , olives—and the waitress added crackers and took his hat and bowed to the wait­ Principal. Sec’y and Treas. 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. on her own responsibility. She had ress, with respect. waited on the professor before. Now, the professor did what he had BEN-HUR Fehsenfeld & Grammel, If the professor had possessed the never done before—forgot his book. The (Successors to Steele & Gardner.) human rather than the Hellenic temper­ title of the book was in full sight. Manufacturers of ament, he would have studied that “Oh, you have forgotten your ‘Antig­ CIGARS waitress sympathetically long before one,’ sir,” said the waitress, impulsively. now. As it was, he liked her uncon­ She took the book with a certain tender­ ARE SECOND TO NONE, BROOMS! Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom sciously. She was so modest, she was ness and handed it to him. with a touch SUPERIOR TO ANY, Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials. so quiet—in short, she was so unlike the expressing both the familiarity and the lO and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids. usual young lady who banged (in every carefulness of a reader. A DUPLICATE OF sense) her way to a man’s palate, that Now, indeed. Prof. Kosmos stared at not to feel her presence pleasantly was his waitress. The last one he had at NOTHING, D • D . M a so n , impossible. Thurston’s slapped his famous English Now. the thing which the customer had translation into the gravy one day, and A MODEL FOR ALL. UNDERTAKER and EMBALMSR not noticed until to-day was the pallor then called it “Anti-gone.” SOLD EVERYWHERE. of the waitress, the pallor of poverty When the professor came to Thurston’s, Prompt service given at all hours. and hardship—a color startling, as the a few days after, for his next luncheon, MADE BY Telephone 1002. 3* South Division St. girl stood in the strong light balancing a fat, greasy girl, with bangs and a red GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. on her slender hands a heavy trayful of jersey, knocked his spectacles off with roast and salad china from the next ta­ the bill of fare and peremptorily de­ (iEO. MOEBS Chas. Petterseh, ble, where four men had just expensively manded his order. JOBBER OF dined. His little waitress was gone. In sur­ & CO., “Come here I” the professor beckoned; prise and real distress, he consulted the DomesIiG Glieese he did not like to snap his fingers at this proprietor. 9 2 W oodward A ve., Imported and girl; he did not like to call her Polly or “We don’t keep girls that can’t carry Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. Molly—in fact, he did not know her their own trays,” said that gentleman, D etroit. 161—163 West Bridge St., Telephone 123 name. The girl answered his summons shortly. _ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. quickly and quietly. “But it was no fault of the girl’s,” “You look ready to drop,” said the urged the customer. “I did it, and you’ll professor, in a savage undertone. oblige me, Mr. Thurston, by taking her “I am—a little—faint.” said the girl; back.” “but it isn’t any matter; I often am.” The proprietor was not unaware of the celebrated Greek reputation that dined “That waiter is heavy enough for an off his olives and cheese, and he replied l D DROPS Irishman!” growled the professor. more suavely: “Why, certainly, to “You’re not Irish, are you ?” he pro­ oblige you, professor, if I can find her; Write for jobbing prices Qn ceeded, with the want of tact not un­ AYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. common with scholars. but these girls drop out of sight like a Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and W DETROIT, MICH. “No, sir.” stone in a well. We don’t take their ad­ 500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS dress.” Issued by cities, counties, towns and school dis­ The girl dropped her eyes and flushed The professor sighed. He felt unac­ AlfalfaClover, Timothy, Orchard tricts of Michigan. Officers of these municipal! brightly; but a twitch of amusement ties about to is- ue bonds will find it to their tugged at the corners of her sad and del­ countably sorry. He had blundered so Grass, Red Top, Blue Grass, advantage to apply to this bank. Blank bonds kindly. He went over to the rival and blanks for proceedings supplied without icate mouth. restaurant across the street and lunched Field Peas, Beans, Produce and charge. All communications and inquiries will “Give me that thing—all those dishes— have prompt attention. food enough for Xenophon’s army. abstractedly on cold corned beef. J a n u a r y . 1890. S. D. ELW O O D . T re asu re r. There!” A few nights after, a reluctant hand Before the astonished waitress could rapped at the door of the professor’s WOOL. BASEMENT TO RENT protest, the big professor had seized the eccentrically plain bachelor lodgings. It The large, light and dry basement heavy tray and stalked across the dining­ was the hour for his washerwoman, and under the Steele meat market, in the room with it; his waving black beard he bawled, “Come in,” without lifting McMullen block, 19 and 21 So. Division blew in the draught from the dumb his eyes from his copy of “Agamemnon street. Large doors in rear open even to waiter, as he deposited his burden at the Club,” learnedly proved by him C. Ainsworth, alley. Apply on premises to haughtily, and returned with long, lean not to have been written by Homer. 76 So. D ivision St., Oram i Rapids. W. G. SINCLAIR & CO. strides to his own table, as unconscious A slight figure in a waterproof cloak, 2 THE MICHIGAJST TRADESMAN.

and wearing a thick veil across a bowed found a brighter ending. Dorothy was so great professor looked for her in vain for trembling lips and began to speak with face, timidly entered the study, and a gentle, she was so well-mannered, she fully five minutes. Dorothy had van­ the rhythmic Greek undulation dear to low voice said: “Here are your clothes, was so affectionate, she was so frank— ished. The dismissed waitress at Thurs­ the heart and head of the classic scholar, sir; where shall I find the soiled ones, if how could the experienced hostess know ton’s chuld not make up her mind to and delivered an excellent philippic you please ?” that the proud-hearted little creature meet her customer. The inexperienced against Creon and a piteous, womanly The professor whirled in his revolving held her at bay, and told her all she washerwoman could not face in those wail for Polynices, and a pathetic appeal study chair. chose, and not a word beyond, of her gorgeous parlors the employer whom she to the attentive audience for Antigone’s “Where in—Sparta—is Mrs. O’Hool­ struggling history ? “ironed and mended” every week. Poor own doomed young life, he covered his igan ? She does my washing.” A junior in college? Yes. Competing Dorothy slipped away home — without eyes with that program and felt shaken “She is ill, sir. I’ve taken her work,” for the Greek prize ? Trying to—hoping even her chocolate—and cried and stud­ to his soul. In this Antigone, buoyed in replied the stranger, quickly. to. It was like Prof. Kosmos to offer so ied and shivered half the night in her terrible struggles by love of art that The professor pointed over his shoul­ large a sum—how large ? Mrs. De Witt dingy attic lodging. The other girls no privation could quench, bearing woes der in embarrassed silence. He was not forgot. Two hundred dollars. A very stayed and had a beautiful time. that no Sophocles had sung, he recognized used to veiled laundresses—and young large sum. Dorothy Dreed said. And she But Dorothy was working for the the face of his waitress and the voice of ones, too. Mrs. O’Hooligan was big and thought it quite like Prof. Kosmos, he Greek prize oration. Only one other his washerwoman. 60. and usually wore a red woolen was such an enthusiast in Greek. Mrs. girl student was going to compete at all. She took the prize—of course, she took “cloud” falling off her back comb. Her De Witt hesitated. Was her guest quite The rest were all boys. Dorothy com­ the prize. It was a foregone conclusion silent substitute went to the closet where well ? She had a frail look. Quite well, forted herself by thinking how it would after five minutes. the linen lay tossed about in classic and Dorothy said. Did she live with friends? be if she got that prize. Two hundred The audience had the refinement and masculine disorder, filled the clothes bag No; she boarded. Were her parents dollars! A poor clergyman’s daughter intuition to appreciate the quality of the and got herself out of the room as soon living ? Her father was—and her step­ who had sewed, and copied for lawyers, as possible. She was hurrying away girl’s scholarly work and womanly na­ mother. and washed and ironed, and tutored other ture, and rose to their feet cn masse as without her money. The professor There were boys, brothers. The boys girls, and gone out mending carpets, and Antigone, like a spirit, melted from the called her back and handed her a $2 had been put through college, somehow, waited at Thurston’s, and suffered and stage. bill. “Nevermind the change,” he said, all but one—her little brother Teddy. shivered and starved “for an education” Afterward they sought her — they gruffly. Nobody expected a girl to go. for two years and a half, thought of that “I prefer to return it, sir,” answered sought her everywhere. But, like a “So I came away on my own account sum of money with a kind of dumb, in­ spirit, she had gone; she could not be the laundress, in a scarcely audible voice. and put myself through. I entered fresh­ credulous ecstasy. found. “I will do so next week. I—haven’t it “First of all,” whispered Dorothy, with me to-night.” man year,” smiled Dorothy. One of the girls, who knew her better “I—came—without kid gloves,” added “I’ll get—I’ll get a nice beefsteak. And than the rest (tho’that was little enough), What was it about that voice ? No the poor child, pathetically, looking then. I think—I’ll have some flannels.” said that she thought Miss Dreed was tone of such refinement had ever ob­ down at her bare hands, redder and It was the cold, spring term. very tired and had gone home. She had jected to keeping change in these apart­ “And then,” said Dorothy to herself, ments before. No such syntax had ever rougher than most of the girls’ hauds worked too hard, the girl said; but she were; little, delicate hands put through “I’ll send something home to papa—and kept to herself. They were afraid she before graced the subject of his soiled Teddy. I wouldn’t be selfish with $200 !” linen. Was it a familiar accent? But some rude work foreign to their inher­ was very poor, but nobody knew; she that was impossible. itance and training. She felt that Mrs. III. never told; she studied too hard to make Dewitt would understand that she could There was unusual excitement in Col­ intimate friends. not afford gloves. IY. It was 7:30 o’clock in the evening when lege Hall on a wild March night. The black alpaca nestled confidingly The audience room was packed to suf­ “But, madam, who is this girl ?” cried Mrs. Goodwin De Witt swept through her against the lace and velvet draperies of a Prof. Kosmos, in much agitation. “I drawing-room on her final tour of rigor­ focation. Only the president and Prof. hostess with eyes full of tears that fell— Kosmos, with the five contestants, occu­ want to hand herthe prizemyself. She’s ous inspection before the junior party. or one did—upon the blue satin cushions magnificent! But, madam, do you know Mrs. Goodwin De Witt was one of the pied the platform. Judge and Mrs. where the two sat talking. De Witt were prominently seated in she’s starving ?” most distinguished hostesses of one of “Here is another case,” thought Mrs. In ten words he told Mrs. De Witt all the most hospitable cities in the land. front. At the last, it was rumored that De Witt: her warm heart was overbur­ but one young lady would compete; the he knew. Celebrated men and women met every dened with “cases” all the time. other had backed out in dismay. Her stately form trembled with sym­ week in her beautiful house. All the “Here is a case for the Aid Society. I Now, this oratorical contest was an pathy and sickness of heart. literary, artistic and theological stars of must look her up as soon as I can.” unusual thing, the first of its kind in the “I was going to see her,” wailed that the university town were at home in her But how was even Mrs. De Witt, country, the hobby of its originator, the good woman. “I got her address—but salon. She was a woman of two worlds, woman of the world, protector of poor famous professor. Greek declamation, my husband has been sick. I couldn’t this and the one to come. Her sympa­ students, searcher of girls’ hearts, to of course, was an old story; but an orig­ go. I’ll go to-morrow—tonight. Call thies were as wide as her true culture. know that this “case” was the most des- inal Greek oration, cast in the purest of my carriage, professor! Tell my hus­ She was president of the Students’ Aid I perate in the whole college that she and classic style and delivered in full Greek band! I won’t wait; I can’t wait.” Association and of who knew how many | a handfnl of good women tried to costume by the orator, was a novelty. It “You’d better,” said the judge, calmly, charities; but she never had prettier j “mother” with limited funds and unlim­ was a step in advance of the popular coming up. “You are tired out, my flowers or a more attractive dining-room i ited sympathies ? How was she to rendering of Greek plays in the original. dear. Go to-morrow—and the professor or invited more celebrities than when she know—for there was a stir and a flutter The four young men upon the plat­ will go with you.” gave her annual reception to the junior at the door, and gayly a troop of her form sat resplendent in effective tunics “That I will!” cried the uneasy pro­ class of the college which admitted guests poured in —young ladies and of differing colors, from whose low necks fessor. “It is distressing; it is unheard women. Nothing was too good for these young fellows—chattering and frolic­ their more or less prououneed Yankee of. Who is the girl, anyhow? Does young people who were not invited to some, all in their best clothes and best profiles towered solemnly. The solitary anybody know ?” elegant homes any too often, and who manners, and none—not one in the class young woman sat modestly covered from “She is the daughter of an Episcopal had just begun the long struggle for a of fifty-two—shrinking out of sight in neck to ankles with a dark cloak. clergyman in East Omaha,” sighed Mrs. foothold in the wonderful world which | black alpaca and linen collar and poor, It looked like an old waterproof cloak; De Witt. “She told me—Rev. James she had conquered, and which had bare hands. and. indeed, it was. The stage was Dreed.” crowned her one of its sweetest queens. I The poorest girl in the lot had man­ decorated with a representation of the “Castor and Pollux!” cried Professsor As Mrs. Goodwin De Witt stood deftly aged, somehow. Only Dorothy was too Acropolis, which it is to be hoped Demos­ Kosmos. “Jim Dreed! He was my shaking a long lace portiere into grace­ poor to manage at all. thenes would have recognized if he had classmate at Harvard, and he ranked ful shape, her attention was arrested by How was Mrs. De Witt to know that been offered a platform ticket. above me. Why, I thought the world of the sudden sight of an early guest, a her luxurious home held that night a The four young men, each in his turn, the fellow. Jim Dreed's daughter!" student, clearly. Who else would come girl put to the hardest for the barest ne­ began to spout like four young North V. 1 sharp on the stroke of the hour ? And, cessities of life: a girl friendless, cold. Americans in very creditable Greek syn­ It was an attic indeed; a very poor ah ! who else would dress—if the truth JI half-dressed, ail but starving in that tax. and very natural New England ac­ attic—not on the list of accredited board­ were said—like that? A slight figure, great, rich, generous, studious city; a cent. The brilliant audience listened ing places in the hands of the college frail to transparency, bent a little with girl tenderly reared, who had beaten with a mobile expression of countenance registrar. The poorest student in the embarrassment, parted the lace with a about in attic lodgings and hall bedrooms calculated to show how familiar one was university had fared better than this thin hand. like a desolate waif; who had done every with the dead languages. brave and dying, proud and silent girl. “I see I’ve come too early,” faltered j kind of rough, menial work she could The subject of Phidias was treated in For that she was dying when they the joung guest, with a frankness which | put her little hands to. for bread and rent yellow surah; Plato in brown nankeen; found her no experienced eye could doubt. attracted the woman of society at the i and shoes and fire and books—and never Alexander in purple merino and gold She had crawled home—no one ever first sound. “I don’t know any of the complained of it. never even “told” of it, braid; while Alcibiades, the descendant knew how—after that last flaring flash of girls very well. I am pretty busy. I ! and who sat there now on those satin of Ajax, harangued his soldiers in full strength, in whose strong flame her fad­ had my lessons till the last minute, and cushions, so faint with hunger that the military panoply. These young gentle­ ing life had gone out. She had managed I thought perhaps you’d expect us to be odor of the hot chocolate from the din­ men were all enthusiastically applauded. to creep into her cold little cot—too ex­ prompt, for we’re only girls—and boys.” ing-room made her ravenously giddy ? A hush preceded the announcement, in hausted to save what was left of her She advanced, holding out her hand,| In the course of that happy evening— full Greek, of the last contestant of the scanty fire—and then her landlady, a re­ smiling the easy smile of a girl who was | for it was a very happy evening to those occasion, Miss Dorothy Dreed. She spectable but indifferent matron, had not quite as verdant as her early arrival fifty young people and to the kindly lions would address the audience upon the found her, unconscious, at noon next might seem to indicate. She stood in the j who came to “meet” them—the thought- plaintive and beautiful topic of Antigone. day. splendid room, a quaint little figure in ! ful hostess found a chance to ask the From the shoulders of a little figure, Tho best of everything was done, as it an old black alpaca dress, with linen child point-blank who her father was. trembling very much, the old water-proof is so often, at the last of all suffering and collar and cuffs—these were beautifully I “An Episcopal clergyman,” said Doro­ cloak dropped slowly. There glided to all endurance. Mrs. Goodwin De Witt’s laundried; an old-fashioned brooch, of I thy. “He lives in East Omaha, Nebraska. the front of the platform a lovely crea­ own celebrated physician came and pro­ hair and gold, fastened her collar; her Papa hasn’t a large parish,” added Doro­ ture, slim and swaying, all in white, nounced with his own distinguished lips hair was brushed back from a high fore­ thy; “but he’s a good man.” clinging white, and Greek from the twist the fatal prognosis. head. “You must come and see me,” said of her dark hair to thejsandal on her “No hope. The constitution has suc­ “It gives me the more chance to get Mrs. De Witt, gently; “and let us talk pretty foot and the pattern on her chiton's cumbed to want and work. Make her acquainted with you,” welcomed the more.” edge. comfortable. That is all you can do. It hostess, heartily; “and that gives me I “Thank you,” said Dorothy, prettily; The costume was scrim, and cost five is only a question of days.” pleasure. Miss-----?” “after I have tried for the Greek prize! cents a yard—but who knew? Who In a syncope rather than a fever the “Dreed. Dorothy Dreed is my name.” I shall have to work hard till then.” cared? It was studious, it was graceful, girl’s life ebbed quietly away. She knew Mrs. Goodwin De Witt and Dorothy “Ah ! there,” murmured the hostess, it was becoming, it was perfect, it was them at times and looked at them grate­ Dreed sat down on a blue satin tetc-a-tetc, “is our friend, the Prof. Kosmos him­ Greek—it was Antigone. fully. Gentle hands bore her on a litter and in five minutes were fast friends. In I self.” Prof. Kosmos gave a start which shook to Mrs. De Witt’s own elegant mansion. ten the elder woman knew the younger But when she turned to greet him, the the program from his hand when the In the luxurious guest-chamber of that one’s whole story—or thought she did. ! little girl in alpaca was gone. Dorothy Greek goddess emerged from vher black most Christian home, the obscure little If she only had, our tale would have' had disappeared. Mrs. De Witt and the chrysalis; and when she opened her college girl lay at the last, like a princess t i THE MICHIGAN TU ADE SM A N". 3 —nay, more, like a daughter of the house. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight. The tenderness of home, so long un­ Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. known by her, cherished her to the end. Morley—Henry Strope. Motherly mercy brooded over her, and Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett she gave signs that she knew it and & Son, F. H. Cowles. ¡Wall Paper and Window Shades. was comforted because of it. The col­ Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. lege sent important delegates to honor Nashville—Powers & Striugham, H. M. House and Store Shades Made to Order. her who had honored it; but she seemed Lee. to have passed beyond caring for the col­ Newaygo—W. Harmon. lege. North Dorr—John Uomrich. jNELSON BROS. & CO., She referred to it only once. Then she Nottawa—Dudley Cutler. said—and it was the last word she spoke Ogden—A. J. Pence. | ______68 MONROE STREET. to any person: Olivet—F. H. Gage. “Is the prize money mine—all mine ?” Onondaga—John Sillik. “Yes, my dear.” Orono—C. A. Warren. MOSELEY BROS, “Two—hundred—dollars, professor ?” Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. ----- WHOLESALE----- “Poor child! yes, ten times that, if Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. you could use it.” Remus—C. V. Hane. “Send some of it to papa,” said Dorothy Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. Fruits, Seeds, Oysters 3 Produce distinctly. “And give the rest to Teddy, Reed. to help Teddy go to college. Teddy is Riverdale—J. B. Adams. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. my little brother; and papa is very poor.” Rockford—B. A. Fish. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be E l iz a b e t h Stu a r t P h e l ps. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sheridan—M. 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Wiley. Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Belding—L. S. Roell. Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haver- Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, kate. E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk, Williamston—Thos. Horton. J. K. Sharp, A. Markson. Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. iGrand Rapids Frifit and Produce Go., Brice—J. B. Gardner. Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard. JOBBER OF Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce & Son. WA.NTBIJ. Capac—H. C. Sigel. Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses­ POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED I FOREIGN BRUITS. sions. FRUIT, BEANS Casnovia—John E. Parcell. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. and all kinds of Produce. I ______3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. Fish, B. Tripp. If yon have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let Charlotte—John J. Richardson, Daron ns hear from you. Liberal cash advance»* We are headquarters for the cele- & Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock, F. H. made when desired. brat« d Goodby. Chester—P. C. Smith. EARL BROS., Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell. Clio—John W. Hurd. C om m issio n Me r c h a n ts Conklin—Wilson McWilliams. 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Blilefiald Bananas, Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. Reference: F i r s t N a t io n a l B a n k , Chicago. Dorr—Frank Sommer. Mic h ig a n T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapid.'. Receiving regular consignments. Also Dushville—G. O. Adams. direct receivers of Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- SUSPENDED! chek & Bro. CALIFORNIA Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, Stev­ ens & Farrar, John C. Devitt. Fenwick—Thompson Bros. Flint—John B. Wilson. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. ORANGES X LEMONS Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. Harmon. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. BROWN, Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wil- zinski, Brown & Sehler, Volmari <& Von Grand Rapids, Mich. Keppel. g* C Hart—Rhodes & Leonard. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. m l Hesperia—B. Cohen. O% CV BGG C A S E S «& FIBBERS. Howard City — O. J. Knapp, Herold <9 a Bros., C. E. Pelton. Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan. JETTINi Having taken the agency for Western and Northern Michigan for the LIMA Imlay City—Cohn Bros. Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold 1 Ionia—H. Silver. any climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injui EGG CASES and FILLERS, we are prepared to offer same to the trade in any by Freezing. All others worthless after free, Jackson—Hall & Rowan. ing. See quotation. M A RIELL BLACKIN'* quantity. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, 111. __ . . _ , Lots of 100. Less than 100. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. No. 1—30-doz. Cases, complete...... 33 c. 35c. Laingsburg—D. Lebar. No. 1—Fillers, per set...... 9%c. 10c! Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with every 10 sets of Fillers (no E. F. Colwell &Son, Fred Miller. broken cases sold),making 10 sets with Case $1.25 (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew constitute a standard set). Strangers to us will please remit money with their All & Bro. Cook & B erg tlio ld , orders or give good reference. Langston—F. D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. MANUFACTURERS OF LAMOREAUX & JOHNSTON, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids. Israel) Glicman. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jen­ nings. Lowell—Patrick Kelly. McBride’s—J. McCrae. SHOW CASES,¡Putnam Candy Co., Manton—A. Curtis. Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. Prices Lower than those of HEADQUARTERS FOR Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep- any competitor. Write for cata­ per & Son, Jno. Butler. Richard Butler, logue and prices. John Fletcher. Mecosta—Ferris & Parks. 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. 4 THE MICHIG-AJST TRADESMAN

AMONG THE TRADE. Detroit—The Dowling Screen Works Another Case of False Representation. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. (Peter Ahlberg, proprietor) is succeeded On July 6, 1886, Fred A. Ganson, the Advertisements will be Inserted under this head for two cents a word the first Insertion and one cent a AROUND THE STATE. by the American Screen Co. Lakeview general dealer, reported to an word for each subsequent Insertion. No advertise- Plain well—E. Rufle has opened a jew­ Belding—A company has been formed, agent of Dun & Co. that he was worth ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. elry store. | with a capital stock of §45,000, to engage ! §6,000, over and above all liabilities, and BUSINESS CHANCES. ANTED—GROCERY STOCK; MUST BE CHEAP Fremont—Harry Wilson has added a | in the manufacture of furniture. j that he did not owe anything to any rel- W for cash. Church & Fenn, Charlotte, Mich. 596 o r s a l e —a l u m b e r y a r d in t h e g r o w in g line of cigars to his barber shop. Hamilton — John Kolvoord and K. j ative. F town of Delton, on the Chicago. Kalamazoo & Saginaw railroad; best town between Kalamazoo and Gregory—N. E. Moore succeeds Daniels Zuidewind have purchased a hoop ma- On the basis of this statement, Spring Hastings; good roller mill; stock of lumber has been reduced with a view to selling, on account ot other & Moore in the hardware business. | chine and will soon have it ready for i & Company began selling him dry goods business of one of the partners. For particulars, ad­ Sturgis—M. D. Crandall has bought j operation. I and continued the account about three dress Goss & HaU, Delton, Mich. 595 -VTABHVILLE, MICHIGAN, OFFERS FINANCIAL IN- the grocery business of P. D. Keim. Traverse City — Grelick Bros, have | years. The last order was received June XX dncements te manufacturers looking for desir­ able locations. Address C. W. Smith, Secretary Im­ Fillmore Center—B. Tollman has sold j 6,000,000 feet of hardwood logs in their j11, 1889, the goods reaching the buyer provement Committee, for particulars. 599 OR 8 ALE — CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, his general stock to Wm. Borgman. | mill yard, and, if sleighing holds for a i three days later. In the meantime, on F groceries, boots and 1 shoes and ' hardware, situated In good trading point; will inventory about Bellevue—N. H. Eldred has purchased | few days, will put in 1,000,000 more. June 12, Mr. Ganson gave his wife a S2.000; sales for past three years, $38.060; reason for selling, owner has other business; also double store the harness business of Wilcox Bros. Shelby—C. F. Hale and H. H. Pratt ! mortgage for 88,000, to secure a number and dwelling for ren t a t $15 per m onth. M. 8. MeXitt, Owosso—E. Carr has opened a harness | are buying maple, elm, basswood and of due bills, one of which purported to Byron Center, Mich. 559 OR SALE - HARDWARE STORE, DOING GOOD shop, carrying a line of trunks in con­ | hemlock logs, having a contract to sup- j have been given in 1885 and another business: have good reason for selling out; only one hardware store in the place; for any one looking nection. j ply King & Co., of Montague, 800,000 early in 1886—both bearing date antedat­ for a location, I think they would be well pleased. In­ Caledonia Station—Johnson & Siebert, ! feet. ing the making of the statement to Dun quire of L. C. Cronkhite, Edmore, Mich. 589 OR SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF MERCHAN- general dealers, are succeeded by Kollen- Yassar—McHose, Phillips & Tolbert & Co. dise, invocing about $1,500; building for sale or rent cheap; surrounded by splendid farming country; stein & Bro. | are building a sawmill. The machinery j Satisfied that an action could be main­ on Cincinnati, Wabash £ Michigan Railway. Address H. U. Rapp, Berrien Center, Mich. 588 Detroit—Frank J. Ternes and John H, | is now being put in. The propelling j tained against Ganson, Spring & Com­ HOTOGRAPH, ALSO ¡GROCERY ROOMS AT UNION P City. Mich., to rent; :will exchange property; also Staely, grocers, have assigned to William j power will be water, and the stock comes pany replevined the goods included in brick, sash, door and blind mill at Coldwater, Mich.; also farm and resident- property in j Kansas, bakota Radimacher. | from the Cass and its tributaries. the order of June 11, on the ground and Nebraska; all good property. Chas. T. Allen, Mt. Clemens—A. Eyth & Co., dealers White Cloud—Richard Horn recently that the statement made Dun & Co. B attle Creek, Mich. 585 TTTANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 130 ACRES OR in groceries and crockery, are succeeded I rented a shingle mill of Phil. M. Roedel, was false and that Ganson did not intend V V village property for stock of goods, hardware preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan Tradesman. by Eyth & Dahm. | ran it for three weeks and then skipped to pay for the goods purchased. Suit 573. o r s a l e - h a r d w a r e s t o c k , inventoring Williamston—Parker Bros., dealers in j out, leaving the men in arrears for wages was subsequently brought against the F about $4,000, doing a very prosperous business; can reduce the stock to salt purchaser; best of reason agricultural implements, have sold out | and others who trusted him in mourning. sheriff for the value of the goods re­ for selling. Address A. L. Paine & Co., Reed City to Lounsberry & Jeffers. Rockford—C. W. Parks, formerly en­ plevined, but at the trial of the case at Mich. 563 T HAVE SEVERAL FARMS WHICH I WILL EX- Greenville—O. W. Greene has sold his gaged in the hardware business at Stanton last week, before Judge Smith X change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids city prop erty, or will sell on easy payments; these farms have interest in the firm of O. W. Greene & Mecosta, is endeavoring to interest the of the Montcalm Circuit Court, the jury the best of soil, are under good state of cnltivation. and located between the cities of Grand Rapids and Co., jewelers, to A. W. Nichols. I business men here in the formation of a returned a verdict of no cause of action. Muskegon. O. F. Conklin. Grand Rapids, Mich.______Carsonville—Bowins & Son have re­ stock company to engage in the manu- Spring & Company, who appeared in be­ HELP WANTED. moved their general stock, including no­ ANTED—DRUG CLERK, EITHER REGISTERED ! facture of his patent bug sprinkler and half of the sheriff, were represented by W pharmacist or assistant. Address Box 93, Alle­ tions and jewelry, to Port Huron. I cream can. Peter Doran, of this city. gan, Mich. x TXT ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST OR AS81ST- Charlotte—Squire & Cushing, dealers Dowagiac — The Round Oak Stove Other cases are still pending, tending > V ant. A. E. Gates, M. D., Crystal, Mich._____ 594 in cigars and tobacco, have dissolved. | Works, which have made a fortune for to show the fraudulent character of the SITUATIONS WANTED. mortgage. \TTANTED—POSITION BY FIRST-CLASS DRUGGI8T; C. C. Squire will continue the business. | the owners, have been negotiating with ii nine years experience. Address C. M. Shaw, Gregory—Dunlap & Hotchkiss have Chicago capitalists, who wanted the es- How “The Tradesman’s” Readers Re- ; Sparta, Mich. g g-ard the Change in Form. TTTANTED—SITUATION BY A MAN WHO UNDER- purchased the Spaulding drug stock. ! tablishment located there. The tempta­ VV stands the book, stationery and confectionery S. S. Seefred, actuary Merchants and trade; best reference. Address No. 587, care Michigan Messrs. I). & H. hail from Yermontville. tion has been successfully overcome, and Tradesman. 557 Manufacturers’ Exchange, Detroit Kent City—J. A. Holmes, of the firm the works will remain where they are. MISCELLANEOUS. of J. A. Holmes & Co., grocery and dry “Congratulations on your vastly im­ TOR SALE—CHEAP—A 10 HORSE POWER GAS EN- Traverse City—Caldwell & Loudon I gine, in good running order; reason for selling, proved style of architecture (and for the w ant m ore power and are replacing it w ith a 20-horse goods dealers, recently met death by j have purchased the old Hannah, Lay & gas engine of same kind. Rindge, Bertsch & Co., 12, 11 drowning. Co. store buildings and grounds, and will good story ‘A Shrewd Patient’).” and 16 Pearl St. 600 Chas. B. Johnson, druggist and grocer, /COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE PATRONS OF IH- Detroit—Bobzin & Williams, proprie- | use the same as a factory for the man­ dustry, from the inception of the organization; Palo: “T radesm an just received. I am j only a few copies left; sent postpaid for 10 cents per tors of the Detroit Music Co., have dis- j ufacture of wagons, carriages and copy. Address The Tradesman Company, G’d Rapids solved. The business will be continued j decidedly well pleased with the change e g in t h e n e w y e a r b y d is c a r d in g t h e sleighs. A portion of the old structure B annoying Pass Book System and adopting in by Chas. Bobzin & Co. you have made in its shape. I have its place the Tradesman Credit Coupon. Send $1 for will be torn down and replaced with a sample order, which will be sent prepaid. E. A. Stowe Bangor—Oppenheim Bros., dealers in | brick building. often tried to preserve the papers, but, & Bro., Grand Rapids. * I owing to their bulky shape, I have gotten OAMPLE8 OF “TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, j Grayling — Sailing, Hanson & Co.’s bj retailers will be sent free to any dealer who will | into the habit of throwing them away, write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co., have dissolved, and are succeeded by j sawmill has commenced operations, and Albany, N.Y. 564 J. G. Oppenheim & Son. lumber is being piled up along the mill j I can now file them very easily and shall Detroit—W. M. Adams has retired j tramways at a lively rate. This firm I do so. Long live T h e T ra desm a n .” from the firm of McLeod & Co., dealers j evidently intends to be prepared to meet E. G. Studley, wholesale rubber, belt- in hardware and stoves. J. L. McLeod | the demand of a lively market this sea­ I ing and mill supplies, Grand Rapids: will continue the business. son. Winter lumber operations are not “Allow us to congratulate you upon your improvemement in T h e Mich ig a n Lake Odessa—H. Van Allen & Co. have I so uncommon as they were a few years Nelson, I T radesm an. It presents a good appear­ sold their drug -stock to O. C. Russ and j ago. Muskegon—C. D. Nelson, who operated ance and is much handier for refer­ John Russ, who will continue the busi-1 ence than heretofore. We trust your ness under the style of O. C. Russ & Co. a sawmill in this city for a long time, and M atter i efforts to please your patrons will be The Russ brothers were formerly en-; who owns one of the finest lumber yard duly appreciated and wish you continued gaged in the drug business at Remus, but j sites in the city, has decided to establish | success.” have spent the last three years in the a wholesale lumber yard on the site of I & C o., Upper Peninsula. his old sawmill at “Mouth.” Mr. Nel­ Another Advance Probable. son will be associated with several Chi­ It is not at all improbable that the MANUFACTURING MATTERS. cago capitalists and they expect to carry manufacturers of rubber boots and shoes ------for------New Lathrop—Bozzard & Gustin have I on a large business. It is the intention will shortly announce another advance, started in the planing mill business. to establish a planing mill in connection j as the price of the raw product contin­ Pontiac—Chas. A. Beebe and E. B. i with the business. ues to enhance in value. The advance may be due, in part, to speculation, but Stevens, cigar manufacturers,, have dis- j Oscoda—Pack, Woods & Co. evidently men well posted in the business assert I solved partnership, Stevens continuing. perceive the handwriting on the wall, so I that speculation cuts very little figure— Detroit—Louis Drebes, Delry J. Green j far as the outlook for logs is concerned, j that, while the uses of rubber are con- I and George W. Radford have formed the [ and do not propose to get left for stock | stantly increasing, the production is I Western Paper Box Co., with a capital of | for the season 1890. They have been j steadily decreasing. 86, 000. building a spur from the Mud Lake j Hart—-H. J. Servis and E. T. Mug- j The Boston Boot and Shoe Recorder F iM d re . branch ot the Bay City & Alpena Rail- I attempts to mislead its readers by claim­ ford have formed a copartnership to j road with which to tap different blocks ing that the advance of April 1 is only 6 manufacture the “Perfection Gear-head of standing pine belonging to them, and j to 7 per cent. As a matter of fact, it Pump.” will thereby be fortified against all averages over 10 per cent. Nashville—Subscriptions for 813,000 j emergencies so far as food for their mill i See what they can do in stock have been secured for a $¿0,000 j is concerned. There must necessarily I for you. furniture factory, to be managed by! be extensive summer logging this season BEFORE BUYING GRATESl | get Circular and Testimonials. F r e e . ■ Wm. Parker and Ira J. Mosier, of Battle or considerable idleness for numerous Creek. mills in the Saginaw valley. IEconomical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic. I ALOIN^FIR^PLACE^RiS^iPIDJ^ICBj | TETE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Herman N. Dosker, for the past three years engaged in the insurance, real es- L. Winternitz has placed an order with state and loan business, has formed a the Colby Wagon Co. for three new de­ copartnership with John Van De Riet, livery wagons. who has been engaged in the same busi­ John Engle & Son have opened a gro­ ness for the past five years, and the two cery store on Thomas street. The stock will continue the business under the Equal to Custom was purchased at this market. style of Dosker & Yan De Riet. Made means a great deal. It means that extra care is taken John H. Wierenga has engaged in the M. E. Lapham & Son, who have been grocery business at South Grand Rapids. engaged in the lumber business at Cham­ in the cut; that great pains throughout is required in the Lemon & Peters furnished the stock. paign, 111., have arrangea to open a gro­ stitching; that every portion ot one work must receive the cery store at 15 South Division street, S. K. Beecher, grocer at the corner of closest attention; that the arment when completed shall be Jefferson and Wealthy avenues, has ar­ under the management of L. C. Hedden, ranged to run a bakery in connection. who was formerly engaged in the grocery perfect. business at Flint. The Ball-Barnhart- J. W. Taylor, who recently sold his Putman Co. furnished the stock. You do not often get these qualities in the shirts you buy. grocery stock at the corner of East Leonard and Taylor streets, has re­ Tucker, Hoops & Co. report cash sales It is just that fact that gives us (Michigan Overall Mfg. engaged in business on East Leonard of SI,465 in three days last week in their Go., Ionia, Mich.) such a trade on our shirts. street. Amos S. Musselman & Co. fur­ “Big Store” at Luther, which gives color nished the stock. to the statement that their sales will ex­ We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO. ceed $100,000 this year. They have re­ Cornelius G. Dykema, formerly pre­ duced their mercantile business to a sys­ Our shirts are immense in size. Large enough to fit a scription clerk for H. & F. Thum, has tem, and do considerable jobbing busi­ double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too. opened a drug store at the corner of ness, in connection with their retail West Leonard street and Alpine avenue. trade. Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. fur­ nished the stock. Oscar F. Conklin has traded his 9,000 These qualities, owhen combined in a well-made, neatly- acre tract of pine land in Mississippi for fashioned garment, make shirts that sell—sell easily and at E. H. Manley, formerly engaged in the the stock of the Muskegon Dry Goods grocery business on West Bridge street Co., at Muskegon, which was owned by good profits. under the style of Wellington & Manley, H. N. Hovey. Mr. Conklin will give the has arranged to open a grocery store on business his personal attention for the Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4 50 to East street. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman present. The land is taken by Hovey & $7.50 per dozen. The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns Co. furnished the stock. McCracken, and will be held by them as and pleasing combinations of handsome coloring. H. Haftenkamp, who has been con­ an investment. ducting a galvanized iron cornice bus­ Gripsack Brigade. We should like to have you ask us to send you, at our iness on Huron street, has consolidated James S. Rowley, of Kalamazoo, has his business with that of W. C. Hopson, expense, samples of our line, that you can compare them with engaged to travel for the Globe Casket on Pearl street. The new firm will be Co., of that place. your present goods and see the difference in every way. known as W. C. Hopson & Co. John D. Mangum, formerly on the road Will you? A. G. Clark, the White Cloud druggist, for Stanton, Sampson & Co., is now trav- has formed a copartnership with his son- for S. Simon & Co. in-law, F. M. Gibb, under the style of A. D. Baker, who has been laid up Gibb & Clark, to engage in the drug bus­ with inflammatory rheumatism for the iness at Copemish. The Hazeltine & past two weeks, started out on the war­ Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock. path again Monday. L.ION F. J. Cox, formerly engaged in the Lemon & Peters, who recently bid in grocery business at 694 Madison avenue, the J. B. Murray grocery stock, at White is now on the road for the United States Cloud, at chattel mortgage sale, have Publishing House. Chicago. COFFEE sold the same to Rutherford & Mizner, J. P. Visner, formerly engaged in the who will continue the business as a lumber and builders’ hardware business branch of their Fremont establishment. at Allegan, but now on the road for M erchants, W. G. Hyde and Geo. W. Irish are en­ Edwin J. Gillies & Co., of New York, deavoring to organize a stock company to proposes to remove to this city and make YOU W ANT THIS CABINE! engage in the manufacture of a road Grand Rapids his headquarters. cart, patented by the latter, which is Chas. S. Robinson and “Hub” Baker Thousands of Them guaranteed to overcome the “horse mo­ sold $65 worth of tickets for the raffle of L. L. Loomis’ gold watch, which oc­ Are in use all over the land. It does away with the unsightly barrels so tion” so common in most vehicles of that often seen on the floor of the average grocer. Beautifully grained and class. ______curred last Saturday. The watch was drawn by Joe F. O. Reed, who instructed varnished and put together in the best possible manner. Inside each Buys & Van Duinen, grocers at 725 the committee to return the watch to cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws. East Fulton street, have engaged in the Mr. Loomis. hardware business in a new store they L. M. Mills is in Stanton this week, in have built adjacent to the old establish­ attendance on the Montcalm Circuit ment. Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished Court as a witness in the damage suit Every Wide-Awake Merchant the stock. ______brought against Geo. S. Steere, of Stan­ Sidney A. Hart, formerly engaged in ton, by Jacob Vanderberg, of Chippewa Should Certainly Sell the wholesale liquor business here, under Lake. This case has been dragging the style of Hart & Amberg, has pur­ through the courts for the past four chased an interest in the firm of Fech- years, the intention of the defendant evidently being to tire out the plaintiff, LION, THE KING OF G0FFEE8. heimer Bros., wholesale liquor dealers of Detroit. The new firm name is Fech- every obstacle known to the law having An Article of Absolute Merit. heimer & Hart. been thrown in the way of Mr. Vander­ berg. ______It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. Packed E. E. Hanchett has retired from the only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of firm of Slack & Hanchett, hardware Purely Personal. 120 one-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere. dealers at 197 South Division street. The C. C. Dean, formerly behind the coun­ Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. business will be continued by J. H. ter for L. J. Law, the Cadillac clothier, Slack, who has removed the stock to 487 has arranged to open a clothing store at South Division street and consolidated it Woodland. Woolson Spice Co., with the hardware stock formerly owned N. O. Ward, hardware dealer at Stan- by H. B. Huston, which was bid in at wood, and Chas. H. Smith, druggist at TOLEDO, OHIO. chattel mortgage sale by Foster, Stevens the same place, were in town a couple of & Co., from whom Mr. Slack purchased it. days last week. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN D r y G o o d s • trast to the grave air of the Indian. For Prices Current. my part, I like the stolid wooden Indian, Amoskeag...... ,.1234[ Jeffrey...... 1134 with his feathers and tomahawk. He UNBLEACHED COTTONS. “ 9 oz__ .1434(Lancaster ...... 1234 Atlantic A...... 7 .CliftonCCC...... 634 “ brown .13 Lawrence, 9oz__ -1334 The Production of Calico. seems appropriate. “ H...... 6M Conqueror XX...... 4 M Andover...... 1134 “ No. 220.. ..13 Probably no article used as dress goods “Some other cigar store keepers have *" P ...... 6 I Dwight Star...... 7J4 Everett, blue...... 12 “ No. 250.. --1134 is so little understood or appreciated as “ D...... 6 V Exeter A...... 634 “ brown. ... .12 1 “ No. 280.. ■ 1034 supplanted their wooden Indians with | “ LL...... SMlFull Yard Wide...... 634 SATINES. calico. The low price at which it is sold negro minstrels in full costume, and the j Atlanta A. A...... 634 Great Falls E ...... 7 Simpson...... 20 ¡Imperial...... ■ 1034 gives not the slightest idea of the work igns seem to be rather popular. Other ! Archery Bunting... 4%,iHonest Width...... 6% .18 Black...... 934 required to produce it, and while a buyer I dealer Amory...... 754 i Hartford A...... 5J4 .16 1 “ ...... 1034 strive to give their stores an IBeaver Dam A A. >34!Integrity XX...... 5 Coechco ...... 10341 looking over the different patterns ex- | Oriental air, and the turbaned Turk has Berwick L...... 6* King, E F ...... 634 BINGHAMS. posed for his selection, judges them to | elbowed away many an Indian. Still Blackstone O, 32. “ E X ...... 634 Glenarven...... 6341 Lancaster, staple... 634 be good or bad, according to his taste or j others, filled with loyal patriotism, have Black Rock ...... “ E C, 32 in...... 53% Lancashire...... 634 fancies Boat, FF...... 6% Lawrence L L ...... 534 Normandie...... 8 “ Normandie 834 the locality in which he does business, j banished their stalwart Powhatans and “ 2X...... 6 New Market B...... 53» Renfrew Dress...... 8 Westbrook...... 834 never stops to think of the different pro- adorned their store fronts with genial “ C...... Noibe R...... 534 Toil du Nord...... 1034 “ 1034 cesses required in the manufacture. i statues of George Washington, smoking “ Ali...... Newton...... 6 Amoskeag...... 7 York...... 634 PL, 40 inch. 834 Our Level Best...... 7 AFC 1034 Hampton...... 634 The art of printing colors on cloths j peacefully a painted stump of ‘Ole Vir- j Continental, t Riverside XX...... 434 Persian...... 834jWindermeer...... 534 has been known for centuries, but it is i ginia.’ “ D, 40-in 8»4 Sea Island R ...... 634 Bates...... 694 Cumberland...... 434 E, 42-inlO Sharon B ...... 634 Warwick...... — 8341 Essex. only within a comparatively short time ! “And some of these cigar store war- “ W, 45 mil 434 that the old block, or hand system has | riors have a history. That one out Top of the Heap__734 CARPET WARP. “ H, 48-inl2 Williamsville...... 7 Peerless, white...... 18341 Peerless, colored... 21 been done away with, and the entire j there,” and the tobacconist pointed to Chapman...... 4 Comet, 40 in...... 834 I work done by the aid of the most im- the huge brave who guarded the entrance, Cohasset A...... 734 Carlisle “ ...... 734 GRAIN BAGS. proved and ingenious machinery. “was once the figurehead of one of our Comet...... 7 New Market L, 40 in. 734 Amoskeag...... 1654 (Valley City...... 16 BLEACHED COTTONS. Harmony...... 1534 Georgia...... 16 The cloth used for the standard or ! men-of-war that fought in the war of Amsburg ...... 7 IGlen Mills...... 7 Stark...... 19341 Pacific...... 14 most popular grade of calico has 64x64 j 1812.” Blackstone A A...... 8 Gold Medal...... 734 American...... 1634 iBurlap...... 1134 threads to the inch, and reaches the Beats All...... 434 Green Ticket...... ¿34 THREADS. Good-Bye to the P. of I. Cleveland...... 7 Great Falls...... 634 Clark's Mile End.... 45 | Barbour’s...... 88 printworks 28 inches wide. The pieces Cabot...... 734!Hope...... 734 Coats’, J. & P ...... 45 Marshall’s...... 88 are sewed together and bleached, and the The following are among some of the j '* “ = ...... |Just_Out ------434© 5 Dwight Anchor...... 9 King Phillip...... 734 Holyoke...... 22341 ubsequent work reduces the width to j merchants who have been under contract KNITTING COTTON. “ “ shorts. 8341 “ OP...... 734 White. Colored. White. Colored. about 25 inches. After bleaching, the with the P. of I., but have thrown them Edwards...... 6 ILonsdale Cambric..IO34 No. No. 14...... 37 42 actual work of printing begins. This j overboard: Empire...... 7 ILonsdale...... 834 “ 16...... 38 43 should be divided into four classes. Farwell...... 734 Middlesex...... 534 “ 18...... 39 44 Bellevue—John Evans. Fruit of the Loom.. 834¡No Name...... 734 “ 20...... 40 45 First, the patterns; to produce these, Fitchville ...... 734 Oak View...... 6 CAMBRICS. each printworks employs a number of Blanchard—L. D. Wait. First Prize...... 7 Our Own...... 534 Slater. Fruit of the Loom %. 8 Pride of the West 12 . 4M I Washington... 4M artists, whose business it is to paint on Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner. White Star. 4M Red Cross...... 434 Chapin—J. I. Yanderhoof. Fairmount...... 434 ¡Rosalind...... 734 Kid Glove...... 4M Lockwood__ 4M paper in water colors their ideas of pat- I Full Value...... 634 Sunlight ...... 434 Newmarket...... 4M Wood’s...... 4M terns suitable for the class of work Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Geo. Washington... 834|Vinyard...... 834 Edwards...... 454¡Brunswick...... 4% Dimondale—Elias Underhill. HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. wanted, and the value of a designer de­ Cabot...... 734|Dwight Anchor...... 9 RED FLANNEL. pends upon his ability to catch the pop­ Eaton Rapids—G. W. Webster. Farwell...... 7341 Fireman...... 3234 IT W...... 2234 Creedmore...... 2734 F T ...... 3234 ular taste. The patterns thus produced j Fremont—Boone & Pearson. UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van TremontN...... f 34 Middlesex No. 1. ..10 Talbot XXX...... 30 J R F , XXX...... 35 are carefully looked over by the party Hamilton N...... 634 “ “ 2 Nameless ...... 27J4|Buckeye...... 3234 having charge of this work, and those Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes. I “ L...... 7 “ “ 3 ] MIXED FLANNEL. selected are sent tc the engraving shop, Harvard—Ward Bros. Middlesex AT...... 8 Red & Blue, plaid. .40 |Grey 8 R W...... 1734 Howard City—Henry Henkel. “ X...... 9 Union R ...... 2234 Western W ...... i¿34 where the second process takes place, “ No. 25.... 9 Windsor...... 1834 D B P ...... 1834 which consists in reproducing them on Kent City—R. McKinnon. BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. 6 oz Western...... 21 FlushingXXX...... 2334 copper rollers. Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros. Hamilton N ...... 7341Middlesex A A Union B...... 22341 Manitoba...... 2334 Lowell—Chas. McCarty. Middlesex P T...... 8 DOMET FLANNEL. The intricate work in this department A T...... 9 “ A O. Nameless...... 8 @ 9341 “ ...... 9 @1034 can be better appreciated when it is un­ Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. “ X A...... 9 Millington—Forester & Clough. 834©10 1234 derstood that each color must be en­ “ X F ...... 1034 CANVASS AND PADDING. graved on a separate roller, the circum­ Minden City—I. Springer & Co., F. O. DRESS GOODS. Slate. Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black. Hetfield & Son. Hamilton ...... 8 INameless...... 20 934 934 994 13 13 13 ference of the roller being exactly the 9 25 1054 15 Nashville—Powers & Stringham. “ ...... 1034 1034 1034 15 15 same size as the pattern. This is one of G G Cashmere...... 21 2734 1134 1134 1134 17 17 17 Olivet—F. H. Gage. 30 1234 1234 1234 20 20 the most expensive departments of a Nameless...... 16 3234 20 printworks and requires the greatest Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co. “ ...... 18 35 DUCKS. 8 ° z ...... 934 Greenwood, 8 oz ...1134 care, for, unless the engraving is prop­ Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler. CORSET JEANS. t, 8 oz...... Biddeford...... 6 |Naumkeag satteen.. 734 .1034 West Point, 8 oz ...934 erly done, it is impossible to produce I Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. ood, 734 oz. 934 10 oz •••1134 Rockford—H. Colby & Co. Brunswick...... 634|Rockport...... 634 WADDINGS. good work with the printing machine. PRINTS. White, doz... 18 I Per bale, 40 doz. .85 00 After the engraving comes the actual St. Louis—Mary A. Brice. Allen, staple...... 534 (Merrim’ck shirtings. 5 Colored, doz. ...14 printing of the colors, which is the third Sand Lake—C. O. Cain, Frank E. Shat- “ fancy...... 6 “ Repp furn . 834 SILESIAS. tuck, Brayman & Blanchard. robes...... 6 Pacific fancy...... 6 Slater, Iron Cross... 8 [ Pawtucket...... 1034 process. American fancy.... 6 “ robes...... 634“ Red Cross.... 9 Bundle...... 9 The rollers are taken to the printing Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle. American indigo.... 634 Portsmouth robes... 6 “ Best ...... 1034 Bedford__ 1034 machine, which can most easily be de­ Springport—Cortright & Griffin. American shirtings. 5 Simpson mourning.. 634 “ Best AA...... 1234IValley City...... 1034 Sumner—J. B. Tucker. Arnold “ — 634 “ greys...... 634 CORSETS. scribed as an immense drum, surrounded long cloth B . IO34 “ solid black. 634 Coraline...... 89 50!Wonderful...... 64 75 by a frame, in which are placed the roll­ Williamston—Michael Boweraan. “ “ “ C. 834 Washington indigo. 634 Shilling’s...... 9 001Brighton...... 4 7 5 ers, each being supplied with a color century cloth 7 | “ Turkey robes.. 734 SEWING SILK. “ gold seal...... 1034] “India robes 734 Corticelli, doz...... 85 box containing the different colors re­ “ Turkey red.. 1034 “ plain T’ky X M 834 Corticelli knitting, quired. The cloth passes between the Berlin solids...... 534 “ “ « X...R) twist, doz. .4234 per 34oz ball...... 30 “ oil blue...... 634 “ Ottoman Tur- 50 yd, doz.. 4234 roller and drum, and in its passage takes HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS /oigt, HerpM eiier & Go., “ “ green.... 634 keyred...... 6 No 1 Bl’k & White..10 the color from each roller successively, Cocheco fancy...... 6 iMartha Washington No 4 Bl’k & White.,15 madders.. 6 I Turkey red M...... 734 ..iz I “ 8 “ ..20 and being such a light fabric, the most Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Eddy stone fancy.. .1 2 I “ 10 “ . 25 6 Martha Washington PINS. careful arrrngement is required in order Hamilton fancy. .. 634 Turkey red...... 934 No 2—20, M C... that in its passage through the machine j “ staple ... 6 Riverpomt robes.... 5 -.50 |No4—15,F 334...... 40 Manchester fancy. ‘ 3-18, S C...... 45 I all the different parts of the latter will 6 I Windsor fancy...... 634 COTTON TAPE. work together at the same speed, as I D ry Goods new era. 6341 “ gold'ticket No 2 White & Bl’k.. 12 |No 8 White & Bl’k..20 Merrimack D fancy. 6341 indigo blue...... 1034 “ 4 “ ..15 10 “ 23 otherwise it would be impossible to place t ic k in g s . “ 6 “ ..18 12 “ ..26 each bit of color in its proper place. A Amoskeag AC A. ...1234IA C A...... 1234 SAFETY PINS. Hamilton N ...... 734 Pemberton AAA..! !l7 NO 2. careful examination of any piece of Manufacturers of “ D— ..... 834 York...... 1034 . ..28 |N o3.. .36 printed goods will give the reader a bet­ Awning. . 11 Swift River...... 634 ter idea of how this work is done than Farmer__ .... 8 Pearl River...... 12M , NEEDLES—PER M. First Prize.. — 1134iWarren...... 14* A. James...... 1 50! Steamboat...... 40 any printed or written description can | COTTON DRILL. Crowely’s...... 1 35;Gold Eyed...... 1 50 convey. Shirts, Pams, Oileralls, Eto. 6 734 Marshall's...... 1 00| Atlanta, D...... M [Stark...... TABLE OIL CLOTH. After the goods pass through the print­ Boat...... 6M “ ...... 7 5—4--- 2 25 6—4. ..3 2515—4__ 1 95 6—4.. 2 95 ing machine, comes the fourth process, Clifton, K...... 7 I “ ...... I ” 11II IIlO “ .. .2 10 “ ...3 10| which consists of exposing the colors to Complete Spring Stock now ready for different chemicals in order to make them j fast. Then comes washing, to remove inspection. Chicago and Detroit prices 1* STEKETEE& , all excess of color or dirt, and finally, guaranteed. finishing, folding, etc., all of which are JOBBERS OF interesting, but not different from the 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., same work of any other grade of goods. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Doom of the Wooden Indian. “The wooden Indian in front of our A WNINGS stores,” said a tobacconist the other day, “is like the flesh-and-blood red man. A N D T E N T S . Goods and Notions, He is being sternly pushed out by the white men. “Just look about our streets. In many Overalls, Pants, Jackets, Jumpers, Waists, Flannel Shirts, Domet cases, in front of the cigar stores, in­ Shirts, Cotton and Calico Shirts in all qualities. Embroideries, Lace stead of the wooden Indian we see the Roman soldier blandly puffing a Havana. Caps, Ruchings, Linen Collars and Cuffs, Aprons, Lace Collars, Bibs, Again, in place of the wooden Indian are and a Complete Line of Ladies’ Windsor Ties. those other familiar fancy figures of young men of the period, airy, jocular Selling Agents for Valley City, Georgia and Atlanta Bags. and suave, with the invariable silk hat Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers, Seat Shades, Large Twines, Batts, Peerless Warp, Waddings. Correspondence Solicited. Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc. tilted£ _ on the , back. , of, . the head. ... These Send for Illustrated Catalogue i figures are intended to give a light and \ . a a _ °Kue- —m— m pleasing air to the cigar store in eon-1 S’ T.?.pfin. i«T Strea I 83 M»™ aM 10, 12, 14, 16 i 18 Flllltlil 81l„ GRAND RAPID8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7

HAJZDWA jRE. Prices Current. wire goods. dis. SAND PAPER. Bright...... 70*10*10 List acct. 19,’86...... dis.40&10 Screw Eyes...... 70*10*10 SASH CORD. Hook’s ...... 70*10*10 Silver Lake, White A...... xist 50 Change in Schedule of Cut Nails. These prices are for cash buyers, who Gate Hooks and Eyes...... 70*10*10 “ Drab A...... “ 55 For some time past the nail manu­ pay promptly and buy in full packages. knobs—New List. dis. “ White B...... “ 50 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... 55 “ DrabB...... £> facturers have been receiving requests AUGURS AND BITS. dls. Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings...... 55 “ White C...... “ 35 from various hardware associations and Snell’s...... 60 Door, porcelain, plated trimming* ...... 55 Discount, 10. individual jobbers throughout the coun­ Cook’s ...... 40 Door, porcelain, trimmings...... 55 SASH WEIGHTS. try, asking for such a change in the J ennlngs', genuine...... 25 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain... 70 Solid Eyes...... per ton *25 Jennings’, Imitation...... 50&10 LOCKS—DOOR. diS. sa w s. dis. scheduld of extras on cut nails as would Russell * Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list 55 Hand...... 25@25&5 AXES. Mallory, Wheeler * Co.’s ...... 55 enable them to buy what nails were First Quality, S. B. Bronze...... * 7 50 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, D Branford’s ...... 55 Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot needed for stock without regard to spec­ “ D. B. Bronze...... 12 00 Norwalk’s ...... 5 5 1 50 “ S. B. S. Steel...... 8 50 Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 30 ifications or averages. At the meeting “ D. B. Steel...... 13 50 MATTOCKS. Champion and Electric Tooth of the Western Cut Nail Association, Adze Eye ...... »16 00, dis. 60 Cuts, per foot...... 28 held in Wheeling on February 12, a new barrows. dis. Hunt Eye...... »15.00, dis. 60 TRAPS. dls. Railroad...... $ 14 00 Hunt’s ...... *18.50, dis. 20*10. Steel, Game...... 60*10 schedule was adopted. The only changes Garden...... net 30 00 MAULS. dl8. Oneida Community, Newhonse’s 35 in card are making 50d and 60d base, in­ Sperry * Co.’s, Post, handled...... 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s <0 BOLTS. dls. mills. dis. Mouse, choker...... 18c per doz stead of 12d to 40d, as heretofore, and Stove...... 50*10 Coffee, Parkers Co.’s ...... 40 Mouse, delusion...... *1.50 per doz adding smaller extras on 40d, 30d, 20d, Carriage new list...... to “ P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’sMalleables 40 WIRE. dis 16d, 12d and lOd. We print below, side Plow...... 40&10 “ Landers, Ferry & Cli k’s...... 40 Bright Market...... 65 by side, the old and the new card; Sleigh shoe...... 70 “ Enterprise ...... 25 Annealed Market 0 BUCKETS. MOLASSES GATES. dls. Coppered Market...... 60 Nails, Pence and Brad: Stebbin’s Pattern...... 60*10 Tinned Market...... Well, plain...... * 3 50 Stebbin’s Genuine...... 66*10 62H Old New Well, swivel...... 4 00 Coppered Spring Steel...... 50 50 to 60d...... 80 25 Base Enterprise, self-measuring...... 25 Barbed Fence, galvanized ... 4 00 40d...... SO 05 BUTTS, CAST. dls. NAILS “ painted ...... 3 40 30d...... 10 Cast Loose Pin, figured...... 70& Steel nails, base...... 2 40 HORSE NAILS. 2Cd, 16d and 12d...... Base 15 Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...... 60&10 Wire nails, base...... 3 < 0 Au Sable...... dis. 25*1(X&35A10&05 lOd...... SO 10 20 Wrought Loose Pin...... 60*10 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. Putnam...... ajg 05 Wrought Table...... 60*10 60...... Base Base Northwestern ...... dls. 10&10 All the other sizes are unchanged. Wrought Inside Blind...... 60&10 50...... Base 10 WRENCHES. dis. Wrought Brass...... 75 40...... 05 20 Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled 30 Blind, Clark’s...... 70&10 30...... 10 20 Coe’s Genuine 50 A New Nail Machine. Blind, Parker’s...... 70*10 20...... 15 30 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 75 Blind, Shepard’s ...... 70 16...... 15 35 Coe’s Patent, malleable ...... A new machine for the manufacture 12...... 15 35 75*10 of nails, called the Capewell, has re­ BLOCKS. 10...... 10 40 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85...... 40 8 ...... 25 50 Bird Cages...... 50 cently been tested in London and is at­ 7 * 6 ...... 40 65 Pumps, Cistern...... ’ ’ ’ 75 tracting considerable attention. Each CRADLES. 4 ...... 60 90 Screws, New List ...... SO Grain...... Casters, Bed and P la te ...... 50*10*10 machine is capable of producing in ten 3 ...... 1 10 1 50 Dampers, American...... CROW BARS. 2...... 1 50 2 00 hours over 600 pounds of average sized 5 Fine 3...... 1 50 2 00 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods ¿5 nails, and one boy can attend to four Cast Steel...... __ per 8> Case 10...... 60 90 machines. The process is a simple one. CAPS. “ 8 ...... 75 1 00 METALS. Ely’s 1-10...... perm 65 “ 6 ...... 90 1 25 PIG TIN. The end of a coil of steel bar or wire, on Hick’s C. F __ 60 Finish 10...... 85 1 00 Pig Large...... *c a drum, is put into the machine, which G. D ...... ** 35 “ 8 ...... 1 00 1 25 Pig Bars...... 28c automatically cuts the pieces of the Musket...... “ 60 “ 6 ...... 1 15 1 50 ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 2Hc per pound. CARTRIDGES. Clinch 10 ...... 85 75 length required, and then passes them to “ 8 ...... 1 00 90 600 pound casks...... gu a series of dies, which draw and bevel Rim Fire...... 50 “ 6 ...... 1 15 1 00 Per pound...... 7 them; a revolving plate then catches Central Fire...... dls. 25 Barren %...... 1 75 2 50 SOLDER. chisels. dls. PLANES. diS. H@H...... it them in slots, points and drops them fin­ Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...... @30 Extra Wiping...... ished and ready for use. Any failure in Socket Firmer...... 70&10 Sciota Bench...... @50 The prices of the many other .mailties of any of these operations at once throws Socket Framing...... 7O&10 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy...... @30 solder in the market indicated by private brands Socket Comer...... 70*10 Bench, first quality...... @50 vary according to composition. the machine out of gear, the spot where Socket Slicks...... 70&10 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood . ... *10 ANTIMONY. the fault occurs being marked by a sig­ Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...... 40 PANS. Cookson...... per pound 16 nal. It requires but a few seconds to com bs. d is. Fry, Acme...... dls.60 Hallett s ...... “ 13 Curry, Lawrence’s ...... 40 Common, polished...... dls. 70 TIN—MELYN GRADE. remove the blank and restart the ma­ Hotchkiss...... 25 rivets. dis. 10x14 IC, Charcoal...... 16 6*) chine. Iron and Tinned...... 40 14x20 IC, “ ...... 6 60 CHALK. Copper Rivets and Burs...... 50 10x14 IX, “ ...... 8 35 To Revolutionize the Glass Business. White Crayons, per gross...... 12@12H dis. 10 PATENT PLANISHED IRON. 14x20 IX, “ ...... 8 35 COPPER. “A” Wood’B patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 Each additional X on this grade, *L75. The Chambers & McKee Glass Co. has “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE. Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 28 Broken packs He per pound extra. 10x14 IC, Charcoal ...... t 6 *>o in operation at Jeannette, Pa., two tanks “ 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ...... 26 • ROPES. 14x20 IC, “ 6 ,0 for making glass and a third one in state Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...... 26 Sisal, H inch and larger...... 13 10x14 IX, “ ...... 7 50 of completion. This method of making Cold Rolled, 14x48...... 26 Manilla...... 16 14x20 IX, “ 7 go Bottoms...... 27 SQUARES. dlS. Each additional X on this grade *1.50. glass is entirely new to this country, but DRILLS. d is. Steel and Iron...... 75 j ROOFING PLATES has been in use for some time in Belgium Morse’s Bit Stocks...... 40 Try and Bevels...... 60 14x20 IC, “ Worcester 6 00 and England. The method employed is Taper and straight Shank...... 40 Mitre — .-...... 20 14x20 IX, “ “ ...... 7 50 Morse’s Taper Shank...... 40 SHEET IRON. 30x28 IC, “ “ 12 50 to pour the composition in at one end of Com. Smooth. Com. 14x20 IC, “ AllawayGrade ...... 5 25 the tank, which, after flowing through DRIPPING PANS. Nos. 10 to 14...... *4 20 13 1014x20 IX, “ “ .. e 73 the tank, is taken up in a purified state Small sizes, ser pound...... 07 Nos. 15 to 17...... 4 20 3 3120x28 IC, “ “ “ ...... n 00 by the blowers at the other end. This Large sizes, per pound...... 6H Nos. 18 to 21...... 4 20 3 2030x28 IX, “ “ ...... 14 00 ELBOWS. Nos. 22 to 24 ...... 4 20 3 30 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. process necessitates continuous work at Nob. 25 to 26 ...... 4 40 3 40 Com. 4 piece, 6 In...... doz. net 75 14x28 IX...... §13 the tanks, which is provided for by hav­ Corrugated...... No. 27 ...... 4 60 3 f 0 14x31 IX...... 14 50 ..dls. 20*10*10 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. ( . ing three gangs of blowers, who blow Adjustable...... dls. 40*10 wide not less than 2-10 extra 14x60 IX. “ “ 9 “ ) per pound 9H eight hours per day. The Chambers & EXPANSIVE BITS. dls. McKee people say that with four tanks Clark’s, small, *18; large, *26...... 30 in active operation they can supply all Ives’, 1, *18; 2, *24; 3, $30...... 25 the glass at present demanded by the f il e s —New List. dls. United States. Disston’s ...... fingía New American...... 60*10 Nicholson’s ...... 60*10 The Hardware Market. Heller’s...... 50 The jobbers have advanced single-bit Heller’s Horse Rasps...... 50 GALVANIZED IRON axes 50 cents per dozen and double-bit SI Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 ROPE ROPE List 12 13 14 15 18 per dozen, being about half the advance Discount, 50&10 made by the manufacturers. The glass GAUGES. diS. The rope market is high and advancing, ard the manufacturers have adopted a new list, Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...... 50 price at present is as follows: HAMMERS. SISAL - - 13c pound. which went into effect March 6, being an Maydole & Co.’s...... dls. 25 advance of 10 to 15 per cent. The new Kip’s...... dls. 25 MANILLA - - 16c pound. Yerkes * Plumb’s...... dls. 40&10 list has not yet been adopted by the job­ Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...... 30c list 60 If you cannot Etand these prices, we have in bers, but probably will be by the end of Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand .. 30c 40*10 stock what is called HINGES. the week, or as soon as the new lists can Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3 ...... dis. 60*10 be printed. The continued depression in State...... per doz. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4H 14 and N e w Process Rope iron and nail centers renders iron and longer...... 3« nails weak and on the decline. Barbed Screw Hook and Eye, 54...... net 10 “ “ “ %...... net 814 Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal. We have the annealed wire remains firm. “ 5I£...... net 7H “ “ “ %...... — net 7H following sizes and quote: Strap and T ...... dis. 70 The Kentucky Pride. HANGERS. dis. 1-4, 5-16, 3-8 - - 9 l-2c pound. New York Hotel Clerk (to bellboy) Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10 7-16 and 5-8 - - 9c pound. •"-See what the rumpus is in 621. Champion, anti-friction...... 60*10 Bellboy (returning)—Col. Bluegrass is Kidder, wood track...... 40 WILL YOU TRY IT? mad because there is a pitcher of water HOLLOW WARE Pots...... 60 in his room. Kettles...... 60 Clerk—But that’s not to drink. That’s Spiders...... 60 to wash in. Gray enameled...... 40*10 Foster, Stevens & Co., Bellboy—That’s what I told him, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. he got madder still. He wanted to know Stamped Tin Ware...... new list 70*10 Wholesale Hardware, if they thought he was a heathen. He Japanned Tin Ware...... 25 said he washed before he started away Granite Iron W are...... new list 3314*10 10 and 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St., l e v e l s . dls. from home.” Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...... 70 GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN,

heir to a great estate coming to it un­ sis and her alleged flirtation with the And you don’t like to occupy a room The business man are the inspiring theme. with anyone else, do you ? I don’t, too. Michigan Tradesman prepared by experience for the enjoy­ Well, now suppose you had a long Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. ment or management of great riches Perhaps these jokes are harmless, on ac­ narrow room, with twenty-four beds in A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE suffers it to fall away from him or dissi­ count of their insipidity, and some may it and thirty or thirty-five people sleep­ pates it in riotous living. So also the think they do not deserve the dignity of ing in them; thirty or thirty-five pairs of Retail Trade of the Woliierine State. a remonstrance, but T h e T radesm an boots and shoes—all sorts of boots and church or charity too richly endowed shoes too—standing around the room; attracts to its control either dishonest or feels impelled, nevertheless, to enter a not less than twenty snores in the orches­ The Tradesman Company. Proprietor. easy-going people and fails to do the protest against any attempt to place in a tra? Well, that’s sleeping-car slumber. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable good that a struggling congregation or ridiculous or improper light the honest It beats sitting up all night, all to strictly in advance. and worthy occupation of a woman. All pieces. But it isn’t luxury; and it isn’t Advertising Rates made known on application. company accomplishes through the un­ comfort. It costs like it, and I must say ______Publication Office, 100 Lonis St.______selfish zeal of its individual members. honor to the girl who has the energy and it’s worth the price, but it isn’t comfort. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. But if there is no real use of great riches pluck and determination to qualify her­ It’s merely a protection against greater E. A. STOWE, Editor. except it be in the distribution, and if in self to be self sustaining and make her­ discomfort. that distribution it be wise to divide the self useful in the great world of busi­ In times of siege and famine men have WEDNESDAY, HtRCH 13, 1890. paid §20 for a rat, and have eaten it estate in moderate portions, it follows ness; and blighting, withering, blasting greedily. But that wasn’t because rats DISTRIBUTING RICHES. that the philanthropists who seek to shame be his portion who would place were even then considered luxurious; The pursuit of riches for the sake of found public institutions ought to con­ the lightest straw in her way. There it was because it was rat or nothing. are enough actual follies, weaknesses When the ungrateful man got back to riches goes on from year to year and sider well the scope and needs of their porterhouse steak again, he let the cats century to century, much the same as charitable foundations. This they can and foibles of men to laugh about with­ have the rats. You may talk about though philosophers, from the days of do with certainty only while they are out making innocent women the subject “luxurious palaces of princely comfort” present to direct the operations and ob­ of ridicule by making them figure in in­ —as the man with the pass is apt to do— Solomon'down to the present time, had but I maintain that sleeping in one not not pointed out the vanity of riches and serve the effects of their charitable work. cidents entirely the product of an impure very large room with thirty-five people, that they are the baggage or impedi­ What would have been a large “founda­ imagination. The shafts of ridicule thirty-five snores, thirty-five breaths, and ments of virtue. Bacon observes, and tion” in Bacon’s day would be very small should be aimed only at those who de­ seventy second-hand boots and shoes, is in ours. No limit can be drawn except serve punishment, and there are enongh not luxury: and whatever the man with with much truth, that -‘of great riches the pass may say, I don’t believe that there is no real use, except it be in the that which arises out of the amount of of this class, without tampering with the kings and princes who live in real distribution; the rest is but conceit.” good to be accomplished, but whatever reputation of the innocent. A woman’s palaces sleep forty in a bed room, boots, This truth, at least, is now more gener­ the endowment may be, it is well to keep reputation is too delicate to be roughly breath, feet, and all. True, I have within the limit rather than overstep. handled and any light treatment of her never been abroad, and can’t say how ally accepted than in any previous age. kings may live; but I believe they have Men with great riches have sometimes An institution with a surplus of revenue occupation injures all who are identified more room aud fewer bedfellows than sought to distribute their wealth for the attracts vultures; an institution barely with it. ______that. public good after their deaths, holding able to continue its work invites helpers The man who thinks his business is The P. & B. cough drops give great on to their riches out of vanity until the to join it. Thus the distribution of ac­ the poorest in the world is not apt to satisfaction. last moment of life, but recently there quired riches demands thoughtful con- | sideration on moral grounds as well as take enough interest in it to make a liv­ has been a growing disposition on the ing out of it. □ Elk Rapids—O. J. Holbrook has sold part of rich men to seek the pleasures of because upon the right determination of his store to H. B. Lewis and J. Butler. distribution during their own lives—a I the question depends the good that may The orange growers of Florida have much wiser course in every way. It I be accomplished by the aid of great petitioned Congress to put a protective secures the use of their money for the wealth. ______tariff on oranges. What the public most intended purposes, which a will some­ needs is a prohibitive duty on the Florida jHagic Goffee Roaster. SIBERIAN HORRORS. oranges which never came from Florida. times fails to do, and obtains for the Mr. Kennan’s writings and lectures on The Best in the World. generous giver that reward of satisfac­ political prisoners in Siberia have not It is noticeable that the list of dealers tion which is his due. To this disposi­ been in vain. He first gave us some under contract with the P. of I. is gradu­ tion must be ascribed the building of local idea of the atrocities committed; ally growing smaller, while the list of Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 great public libraries, schools, institutes and since he brought out the facts, it has merchants who have thrown the Patrons toasters—capacity 35 lbs.—1 will sell and colleges and the establishment of been impossible to conceal the truth overboard is increasing with every pub­ r,hem at very low prices. Write for large, useful industries by rich men who longer. We now have all the fullest de­ lication. ______special Discount. have learned in time the lessons of phi­ tails of these outrages; and they have losophy. It is impossible for the very “Teach the boys sense,” says an ex­ been brought to the ear of the Czar. change, but the trouble is a lack of sense ROBT. S. WEST, wealthy to spend or use their incomes Nor is this all. Knowledge of these upon themselves. Their capacity is to teach the boys. The father who has 18-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. atrocities has had the effect to be ex­ sense teaches it to his boys, but what are limited, and beyond that they stand as pected. It is impossible for the present custodians or trustees of a fund which the boys going to do when the father has JB. J* M a so n cV* C o ., condition of affairs to be tolerated in any no sense to spare ? they may squander or donate to others civilized country; and the government Proprietors of or to charity, but cannot use for them­ has ordered the prisoners to be more Julia Ward Howe pronounces this the selves. It is this view of great riches humanely treated in future. No longer “golden age for women,” because an in­ Old Homestead Factory (over and beyond the necessities of the are they to be conveyed down the Volga dustrious woman now finds a thousand GRANT, MICH. individual) as a kind of trust fund that penned up in barges, but by steamers—a occupations open to her, where a few MANUFACTURERS OF is beginning to bear fruit in systematic change which, it is thought, will ma­ years ago there were ten, and because a efforts to distribute fortunes for the ben­ terially reduce the mortality of the trip. I woman now loses nothing in public opin­ efit of the general public. It is some­ Again, the Czarowitz is to make a tour ion by providing her own bread and Preserves, Evaporated Apples what curious to observe that even in the of Siberia to personally examine the con­ butter. ______days of Bacon exactly the same view of dition of the political prisoners there. The Sleeping; Car. Jellies and Apple Batter. men’s duties was taken that is now be­ This is a move in the right direction, Could you sleep in your bed at home ginning to prevail. That philosopher and shows that Russia has been aroused if it was about as wide as a coffin, and Our goods are guaranteed to be made observed: “Therefore, measure not thine by the protests of Europe and America seven feet from the floor and twenty-two from wholesome fruit and are free advancements by quantity, but frame inches from the ceiling, with pillows and compelled to act more humanely. twenty-eight inches square and a blanket from any adulteration or sophis­ them by measure, and defer not charities While we do not expect much from the of two-inch felt, and somebody shook tication. See quotations in till death; for certainly, if a man weigh Czarowitz’s visit (for he will be taken in and swung the bed all night, and at in­ grocery price current. it rightly, he that doth so is rather lib­ charge by the officials, and the prisons tervals a freight train, blowing a whistle eral of another man’s than of his own.” and ringing a bell, ran through the hall The Grand Rapids trade can be sup­ cleaned up for his benefit), still, it is a ] and jumped down stairs, and once or plied by GOSS & DORAN, 138 South There is another suggestion by Bacon confession on the part of the Emperor twice in the night they pulled your house Division street. Telephone, 1150. that has a great deal of force in our day that he recognizes the evil conditions out of the lot and jammed it up against and generation. He says: “Men leave now existing, and is willing to make an I another house, and just as you got A . D . S p a n g le r C o their riches either to their kindred or to calmed down, a truck inspector would investigation. come under your window and yell “try the public, and moderate portions pros­ With such a feeling, it is only a ques­ your air!” and then some men should WHOLESALE DEALERS IN per best in both. A great estate left to | tion of time when the Siberian outrages crawl under the house and hammer and an heir is as a lure to all the birds of prey | will end altogether, and Russia will pound and wrench at the joists for round about to seize on him if he be not twenty minutes, and the engineer should treat its prisoners like other countries. “try his air” again, and the men under F R U IT S bhdPRODUGE the better established in years and judg­ the house should yell “whoop!” and the And General Commission Merchants. ment. Likewise glorious gifts and | TIME TO CALL A HALT. man under your window should yell foundations are like sacrifices without Now that ladies are so generally em­ “whoop! whoopee! Shut her off, Bill!” EAST SAGINAW, MICH. salt, and but the painted sepulchres of ployed as stenographers and typewriter ] and then your bouse should groan and grunt and bump, and then go roaring and alms which soon will putrify and cor- operators, the columns of the newspaper | whirling off down street thirty-five or We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and rupt inwardly.” Who has not observed j press are burdened with course attempts forty miles an hour? Could you sleep? produce and solicit correspondence with the general truth of this warning ? The 1at humor, in which the pretty amanuen­ 1 Well, that’s sleeping-car slumber to me. both buyers and sellers. THE MICHIGAN RA lDESAIA l^ T . 9

Comments of the Local and State Press. The little indentions to keep the needle Mancelona Herald: “T h e Mich ig a n from slipping are made in it, and all the 5L, in T ra desm a n has been decidedly improved other finishing strokes of the perfect by changing its form from eight to six­ thimble put on it. 3 0 teen pages.” The iron is then made into steel by a (/) •N process peculiar to the thimblemaker, o Freeport Herald-: “TnE Mich ig a n and is tempered, polished and brought to T radesm an comes to our table this week o u & in book form, sixteen pages. It is a a deep blue color. A thin sheet of gold is then pressed into the interior of the 0 CD K grand improvement which will be ap­ thimble and fastened there by a mandril. > preciated by its large list of subscribers. Gold leaf is attached to the outside by changed in form to a four-column, six­ dealer, has cancelled his contract with O teen-page paper, stitched. The change the P. of I. is decidedly for the better. It is con­ venient for handling, reading, filing, Frank E. Shattuck & Co., the Sand binding, and the paper can be increased Lake general dealers, refuse to renew in size to suit convenience or necessity, their contract with the P. of I. by adding pages. It is one of the hand­ Notwithstanding the number of mer­ A . HIMES, somest trade journals of the country.” chants who signed with the P. of I. at Shipper and Retail Dealer in v * "W" Grand Rapids Leader: “T h e Mich ­ Lake Odessa, the Patrons have begun to ig a n T radesm an will hereafter be pub­ lished by a stock company, the Messrs. patronize other stores more extensively Stowe, however, retaining a controlling than they do their own. LehighVallegGoalCo.’s I ( ) A I interest in the business. Through ex­ Forum: Whitehall “The topic for dis­ Office, 54 P earl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. JL- cellent management, T h e T radesm an cussion before the New Era P. of I. the has become a valuable property and is THE ABOVE COMPANY’S COAL IN CAR LOTS ALWAYS ON TRACK 3READY POP recognized as a reliable exponent of other night was, iResol/ved, That the SHIPMENT. ______trade interests by business men gen­ Signs of the Times Indicate the downfall erally, whose patronage it enjoys to a of our Nation.’ Query: Is the P. of I. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for liberal degree.” organization one of the signs ?” dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls Grand Rapids Eagle: “E. A. Stowe & Alto correspondence Lowell Journal: out: R emus R o ller Mil l s, 1 Bro. have been succeeded in the publica­ “The P. of I. lodge at Alto now numbers Basswood, log-run...... 13 00@15 00 Remus, Mich., Jan. 20. 1890. j tion of T h e Mich ig a n T radesm an by Birch, log-run...... 15 00@16 00 a corporation, The Tradesman Company, nearly 100. At the last meeting thirteen Birch,— “ Nos. - 1 - and U 2.. @33 00 Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co., Grand Rapids, of which they are the principal stock­ new members were taken in. They are Black Ash, log-run.. 14 00@16 00 Mich.: Cherry, log-run...... 35 00@40 00 Gentlemen—The roller mill put in by holders. Mr. E. A. Stowe, the founder meeting with great success, better than Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2 00 00@65 00 of the paper, the one who has brought it Cherry, Cull...... @13 00 you last August has run from twelve to to its present state of great prosperity, they will six months from now.” Maple, log-run...... 12 00@13 00 fifteen hours every day since it started Maple, soft, log-run. 11 00@13 00 and is giving entire satisfaction. continues as editor, so the general policy St. Louis Shoe and Leather Gazette: Maple, Nos. 1 and2.. @30 00 of the publication is not changed. With “A farmer organization which interferes Maple, clear, flooring. @25 00 Your Purifier and Flour Dresser are Maple, white, selected @35 00 dandies. I have used nearly allo the best this change of ownership comes a change with business is one of the very worst Rea Oak, log-run...... 30 00@31 00 purifiers and bolting machines made,£0 irf and of form, and the paper now appears with Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2. .36 00@38 00 sixteen four-column pages instead of a evils that can befall any community. It Red Oak, >4 sawed, 6 inc h and upw .38 00@40 00 can say yours discounts them all. is like a slow fever, and requires time to Red Oak, £ sawed, regular 30 00©32 00 A ny miller who intetids making any blanket sheet. It is full of matter Red Oak, No. 1, step plauk @35 00 change in his mill will save money to use especially intended for mercantile and eradicate it. The Patrons of Industry Walnut, log run...... @55 00 your machines, for They Can Do the manufacturing interests, and is a neat, will eventually pass into a condition of Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2 @75200 attractive weekly periodical in every re­ Walnuts, c u ll...... @35 00 Work. Yours truly, innocuous desuetude as like organiza­ Grey Elm, log-run... 12 00@13 05 D. L. GARLING. spect. It seems destined to achieve even White Aso, log-run.. 14 00@16 00 greater successes in the future.” tions have heretofore done.” Whltewood, log-run. 20 00@22 00 White Oak, log-run.. 17 00@18 00 § Detroit Journal: “An Evart merchant White Oak, J4 sawed. Nos. 1 and 2 43 00@43 00 The Manufacture of Thimbles. was silly enough to pledge himself to sell The manufacture of thimbles is quite goods to Patrons at 10 per cent, profit. an industry in this country. Millions of The Patrons buy anywhere they please thimbles are made and sold every year. Old Grocers There is the common steel thimble, which and use the foolish merchant’s contract can be purchased for a few cents, and as a leverage. The same sort of com­ Unanimously agree t the famous there are thimbles made of silver and plaint is made from nearly every section F I T F O R gold, and many very elaborate ones in of the State where the millennium- which diamonds and other precious stones are set, for which almost any amount of inducers have established themselves.” money may be paid. Davison Index: “We have it from Thimbles are made on dies of different good authority that the Patrons in the ft gentleman's sizes. The gold, silver or steel is pressed vicinity of Grand Rapids are opening over these dies by stamping machines, and the finishing and polishing and deco­ their eyes to the true status of the cru* rating are done afterward. Some thim­ sade made upon their weasel skins by the TABLB: bles are made of celluloid and rubber. prime movers who alone are reaping any These are molded. The process of mak- benefits from this disguised do-good-or All goods bearing the name f S S S 1», and are, 1ft. ttose in otter com in the making of a gold thimble is the munities, receding from the doom that of Thurber, Whyland cutting into a disk of the desired size a hangs over the organization. Already a Is the most uniform brand on the market and Sc Co. or Alexis thin piece of sheet iron. This is brought number of the lodges have surrendered gives the best general satisfaction, if you are to a red heat, placed over a graduated not handling this brand, send a;.trial order to Godillot, Jr. hole in an iron bench and hammered their charters.” the factory. down into it with a punch. This hole is the form of the thimble. The iron takes Whalebone is so scarce that it now JACKSON CRACKER CO., its shape and is removed from the hole. sells for $12,500 per ton in London. JACKSON, MICH. ÎO THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

Drugs B Medicines. and Jacob S. Farrand, Jr., will soon open Danger of Acquiring the Morphine a wholesale drug house at 33 and 35 Stale Board of Pharmacy. Habit. One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Woodward avenue. The name of the Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. new firm will undoubtedly be that dis­ Professor Dujardin-Beaumetz, Paris, Tnree Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. France, in a recent lecture at the Cochin Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. carded by the successors to the old busi­ «ve Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. ness. Hospital, Paris, France, on the treatment ^resident—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. of nervous diseases, said : Drug Stod For Sale. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. The statement that the new firm will Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. I need not here speak of the advan­ i « fi* “P . . dur ing ISSO-Stai- Island, June 30 and July take the firm name of the old house is tages a,nd dangers of morphine, l have 1, M arquette, Aug. 18 and li; Lansing, Nov. 5 anti 6. probably incorrect, as it is understood many times discussed this subject, show­ For the next ten days we offer Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. Resident—Frank Inglis, Detroit. that the retiring partners signed an ing that if morphine is an admirable the F. H. Eseott Drug Store, on First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. agreement not to resume the former firm analgesic medicament, it is also the most Tnird Vice-President—JntT ^ eilr?:as. Vernor, KePh a Detroit. rt> Berrien Springs dangerous of all by reason of the fact Canal street, this city, at a reduc­ Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. stjle, in the event of their re-engaging that the patient becomes accustomed to Treasurer— W m Dupont, Detroit. in business. It is more likely the new and dependent on the morphine injec­ tion of 10 per cent, from inven­ ^ h i V?0CoJ nm itlSeA A’ Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T. 2 2 ? i ,HJ¥ k.Bon; D* E* PraI1> East Saginaw; Geo. Mc- firm name will be Farrand, Williams & tions, and ends in becoming a morphio- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detroit. maniac. tory, or $3,750—Cash. This is a of ^ p te .S rm Saginaw- beg i^ g third Tuesday Clark. It may be affirmed that morphiomania rare chance for a good druggist <&rand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. has become one of the vices of the day, President. J. W. Hayward. Secretary. Frank H. Eseott. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. and we may almost lay it down as a rule to start in business at an old and rresident,PresTdent F. D. Kipp;F Secretary,C l e rk Albert s ’ A s sBrower. o c i a t i o n . At the regular monthly meeting of the that any patient who for thirty consec­ „ .. Detroit Pharmaceutical society Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, utive days takes morphine injections will established stand. President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackm an. ever after be a victim to the habit, even held at T h e T r a d e s m a n office last Zj*J“***S^ I,r«e Clerks’ Association. when the symptoms to the primary mal­ Hazelline I Perkins Driig Co. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Thursday evening, Frank Powell, the ady shall have completely disappeared; South Division street druggist, was and it will thenceforth be a matter of no Thirty-three Out of Ninety-two. elected to membership. little difficulty to cure the morphine At the session of the State Board of President Hayward, having retired habit, now become a disease more rebel­ Pharmacy, held in this city last week, lious than the affection for which these from the drug business, presented his injections were first ordered. ninety-two candidates were present for resignation as presiding officer, which POLISHINA The number of morphiomaniacs in­ (t r a d e m a r k ' r e g is t e r e d .) examination. Of this number thirty- was laid on the table until the next creases every day, and this deplorable three persons passed the registered vice exists in all classes of society. Un­ meeting. The Best Furniture Finish in the Market pharmacists’ examination and forty-five fortunately, our own profession is not There being no further business, the exempt from this abuse, and I know Specially adapted for Pianos, failed. Thirty-one of these, however, meeting adjourned. quite a number of medical confreres who Organs and Hard Woods. passed the 40 per cent, and over and will have been or are still victims of mor­ phine. be entitled to assistants’ certificates. The full text of President Hayward’s ruiidUIUflPolishina wniw!}i add rfP°T a lustre e grease which and for dirt, beaut; and Four passed the assistants’ examination resignation is as follows : Banqueted Their Fellows. and durability cannot be excelled. 3 and ten failed. From the Muskegon News. Polish inn £ clea-n and easy to Use, as full . Having retired from the drug business, r u iio u m a directions accompany each bottle. The successful candidates are as fol­ it becomes necessary for me to tender to The Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Associa­ lows : t^e Society my resignation as your pre­ tion gave a banquet last night to Jesse Polishina“ ‘“ «I andi8 £ “is t usold R jat n the LARGE moderate BOTTLES. price oi Twenty-five Cents. KEGISTEBED. siding officer. Hoyt, Peter Van Deinse, Gerrit Van Ar­ kle and Sidney Gillett, who recently re­ P n lix h in a 18 Best Furniture Finish In the D. May Beacham, Romeo; John R In doing so, I wish to tender my thanks market. Try it, andmake your old Clark, Grand Rapids; C. F. Collins, Mon- for, and express my appreciation of, the turned from attendance at the Illinois furniture look fresh and new. roe; C. H. Crego, Jackson; M. M. Den­ honor conferred upon me by the Society. College of Pharmacy at Chicago, the first Polishina Is for ®ale by all Druggists, Furni I heartily wish for the Society in the two as graduates and the latter as mem­ ware Stores. ‘ Dealers’ Grocery and Hard ison, Kalamazoo; F. G. Esterday, Jack- future the same harmony which has pre­ bers of the senior class. A very enjoy­ son; H. Elfbrandt, Ishpeming; F. H. vailed in the past. able^ time was had. C. S. Koon was BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. e DT^rr?-Mliarlotte; F' Erwin- Marlette; Gentlemen, let me hope in the future president of the evening and C. M FOR SALE WHOLESALE &. E. Gillet, Muskegon; M. A. Grayhiel, Eggert toastmaster. Port Huron; Charles Harrison, Sparta- that the members, one and all, who are L. Hrnman Sparta; C. J. Jonjejau’ so greatly benefitted by the Society, may HIZELTINE i PERKINS DRUB CO., Grand Rapids; K. G. Kincaid, Detroit, show more interest in the monthly meet­ The Ethics of the Profession. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Geo. L. Lage, Kalamazoo; M. M. Levy ings, assuring you that the benefits de­ Wife—What are you so busy at ? Charlotte; C. J. Loucks, Detroit; W H rived by attendance at such meetings Young Physician—I am writing a let­ Moir, Kalamazoo; H. H. Packard, Che^ will more than compensate each and ter to the newspapers, abusing Dr. boygan; C. Pasternacki, Detroit; J. Ran- every person for the inconvenience in Blank, the great scientist. getting there. “But Dr. Blank has never done you km Richland; F. C. Rolland, Fenton; Thanking you again and wishing you F- t ®chimmsky, Oak Harbor, Ohio; any harm, and you agree with his F. L. Shiley, Fayette, Ohio; C. J. Thorpe, individually and collectively, all pros­ theories.” Coldwater; W. J. Toole, Yale; E F perity in the future, I remain, Yours, “True; but it is against the rule for Trempe, Sault Ste. Marie; G. H. Ugiow’ J . W . H a y w a r d . physicians to advertise, and I must get Vermoutville; G. Van Arkle, Muskegon’; myself before the public somehow.” A. Wheeler, Muskegon; H. P. Wood, The Law Does Not Require It. A sure cure for the A d d Arbor; John Young, Detroit. The Drug: Market. G r a n d R a p i d s , March 10, 1890. Quinine is dull and lower. Opium and ASSISTANTS. Editor Michigan Tradesman: Russian Malady is W. N. Choate, Jackson; T. Forbes 1 have lately received a number of morphia are steady. Citric acid is lower. selling like Hot Cakes. Middleville; C. A. Fuhrman, Muskegon’; circulars, offering for sale lists of ques­ Gum camphor has advanced and is tend­ Julius Peppier, Jr., Muskegon. tions used by the various Boards of ing higher. Borax continues scarce and Pharmacy, of which the following is a Order a sample dozen of your jobber. The next examination will he held at fair sample: high. Beeswax is tending higher. Tur­ Star Island, in the St. Clair River, be­ pentine is lower. Price $8 per doz. Or sent prepaid to any ginning June 30. Another will be held This book contains all the questions part of the U. S. on receipt of $1 or six asked by the various Boards of Phar­ Do Not Wish to Sell. for $5. at Marquette August 13, and the last this macy throughout the different states year will be held at Lansing, Novem­ during the past year. Jas. E. Davis & Co., of Detroit, ber 5. “In order to pass an examination it is are out in a circular to the trade, denying [ necessary to know what to study. A “La Grippe” Medicine Co. The best record made by any applicant the report that they have offered their knowledge of the answers to the ques­ wholesale drug business for sale. 252 Grandvllle Ave., was by W. N. Choate, of Jackson, who tions as here laid down will enable one GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. stood the highest of any one in the class, to pass any examination on practical or technical pharmacy.” It pays to handle the P & B. cough but was prevented from receiving a cer- j drops. tificate as registered pharmacist by It is my opinion that druggists should unite in a protest against the granting of WHITE LEAD reason of his age, being only sixteen | certificates to quiz applicants who have ,& COLOR WORKS years old, whereas the law requires a no practical knowledge of the drug bus­ iness. Yours respectfully, p o o p DETROIT, registered pharmacist to be eighteen a l 1 1 Ta j Infants and Invalids. MANUFACTURERS OP years of age. D r u g g is t . IJ■“ 11 * 1 IGESI1 HL 1 ^success. aot a medicine, butunQu*lified| a steam-! cooked food, suited to the weakest! A protest of the character described stomach. Take no other. Sold by! X * l a t e s t h e r a d e s m a n s OOP druggists. In cans, 35c. and upward! The Sixth Drug House Materializes. by T T ’ correspondent Woolbioh & Co. on every label! The Detroit News of last Friday con­ j would probably avail nothing, as the k MARTISTIC tained the following: ! law does not require a registered phar- The prediction that the members of ! macist to have a practical knowledge of J 1 SHADES the old drug firm of Farrand, Williams ! the drug business. A graduate of one FOR &X /Y • & Co-, who retired at the dissolution of the schools of pharmacy will nearly LIQUOR l POISON RECORD L would not long remain idle has proven COMBINED. j correct. The old firm, now running always pass the examinations of the Acknowledged to be the Interior Ql¿, under the firm of Williams, Sheely & Board, yet he may have never been be­ Best on the Market Brooks, has been busy for several days hind the prescription case of a drug h i accepting the resignations of many of its store. old employes, who declined to state their E . J . STOWE i B R O . , « i X , W i e % EXTERIOR i future intentions. The mystery is now If it is thought desirable to add prac­ explained. A new firm composed o fi tical experience to the requirements for GX2TS22TG ROOT. DECORATION ^ Jacob S. Farrand, H. C. Clark, R. p a certificate, the way to proceed is to Wo pay the highest price for It. Address Williams (a son-in-law of Mr. Farrand) ' . J. WURZBURG, Wholesale Agent, amend the law in this particular. PECK BROS., Ss®"*. GRAND RAPID8 . THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11

Morphia, S. P. & W .. .2 85®3 10 Seidlitz Mixture...... 25 j Lindseed, boiled__ 64 67 Wholesale Price Current • “ S. N. Y. Q. & Sinapis...... @ 18 Neat’s Foot, winter C. Co...... 2 85@3 10 “ opt...... @ 30 strained...... 50 69 Moschus Canton...... @ 40 Snuff, Maccaboy, De Spirits Turpentine__ 48 55 Declined—Quinine, Turpentine. Myristica, No. 1...... 70® 75 Voes...... @ 35 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 p a in t s . bbl. lb. ACIDUM. Cubebae...... 16 00@16 TINCTURES. Os. Sepia...... 32® 35 Soda Boras, (po. 13). . 12® 13 Red Venetian...... 1% 2@3 Aceticum...... 8® 10 Exechthitos...... 90@1 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30® 33 Ochre, yellow Mars__ 134 2@4 Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 Erigeron...... 1 20@1 Aconitum Napellis R...... 60 Co...... @2 00 Soda Carb...... m 2)4 “ “ Ber...... 1% 2@3 Boracic ...... 30 Gaultheria...... 2 20®2 “ “ F ...... 50 Picis Liq, N. C., )4 gal Soda, Bi-Carb...... @ 5 Putty, commercial_2)4 2)4®3 Carbolieum...... 40® 45 Geranium, ounce...... @ Aloes...... 60 doz ...... @2 00 Soda, Ash...... 3® 4 “ strictly pure.....2)4 2%®3 Citricum...... 50® 55 Gossipii, Sem. gal...... 50® “ and myrrh...... 60 Picis Liq., quarts...... @1 00 Soda, Sulphas...... © 2 Vermilion Prime Amer­ Hydrochlor...... 3® 5 Hedeoma ...... 1 60®1 A rnica...... 50 “ pints...... @ TO Spts. Ether C o...... 50® 55 ican ...... 13®16 Nitrocum ...... 10® 12 Juniper!...... 50@2 Asafcetida...... 50 Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50 “ Myrcia Dom...... @ 2 00 Vermilion, English__ 75®80 Oxalicum...... 10® 12 Lavendula...... 90@2 Atrope Belladonna...... 60 Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. @ 18 “ Myrcia Imp...... @2 50 Green, Peninsular..... 70@75 Phosphorium dii...... 20 Limonis...... 1 50@l Benzoin...... 60 Piper Alba, (po g5)__ @ 35 “ Vini Rect. bbl. Lead, red...... @7)4 SaUcylicum...... 1 40@1 80 Mentha Piper...... 2 00®2 “ Co...... 50 Pix Burgun...... @ 7 2 05)...... @2 15 “ w hite...... @7)4 Sulphuricum...... 134® 5 Mentha Vend...... 2 50®2 Sanguinaria...... 50 Plumb! A cet...... 14® 15 Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... @70 Tan ni cum...... 1 40@1 60 Morrhuae, gal...... 80@1 Barosma...... 50 Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1 10©1 20 Strychnia Crystal...... @1 10 Whiting, Gilders’...... @90 Tartaricum...... 40® 43 Myrcia, ounce...... @ Cantharides...... 75 Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl...... 234® 3)4 White, Paris American 1 00 Olive...... 1 25@2 Capsicum...... 50 & P. D. Co., doz...... @1 25 “ Roll...... 2)4® 3 Whiting Paris Eng. AMMONIA. Picis Liquida, (gal.,35) 10@ Cardamon...... 75 Pyrethrum, pv...... 30® 35 Tamarinds...... 8® 10 cliff...... 1 40 Aqua, 16 deg...... 3® 5 Ricini...... 1 24@1 “ Co...... 75 Quassiae...... 8® 10 Terebenth Venice...... 28® 30 Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1 4 18 deg...... 4® 6 Rosmarin!...... 75@1 Castor...... 1 00 Quinia, S. P. & W ___ 44® 49 Theobromae...... 50® 55 Swiss Villa Prepared Carbonas ...... 11® 13 Rosae, ounce...... @6 Catechu...... 50 “ S. German__ 35® 45 Vanilla...... 9 00@16 00 Paints...... 1 00@1 20 Chloridum...... 12® 14 Succini...... 40® Cinehona...... 50 i Rubia Tinctorum...... 12® 14 Zinci Sulph...... 7® 8 v a r n is h e s . Sabina...... 90@1 “ Co...... 60 SaccharumLactispv.. @ 25 ANILINE. Santal ...... 3 50@7 Columba...... 50 OILS. No. 1 Turp Coach... .1 10@1 20 Conium...... 50 Salacin...... 1 80@2 00 Extra Turp...... 1 60@1 TO Black...... 2 00®2 25 Sassafras...... 50® Sanguis Draconis...... 40® 50 Bbl. G&l Coach Body...... 2 75@3 00 80@1 00 Sinapis, ess, ounce__ ® Cubeba...... 50 Brown...... Digitalis...... 50 Santonine ...... @4 50 Whale, winter...... 70 70 No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Red...... 45© 50 Tiglii...... @1 Sapo, W...... 12® 14 Lard, extra...... 55 60 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Yellow...... 2 50@3 00 Thyme...... 40® Ergot...... 50 “ opt ...... @ Gentian...... 50 “ M...... 8® 10 Lard, No. 1...... 45 50 Japan Dryer, No. 1 BACCAB. Theobromas...... 15® “ Co...... 60 “ G...... @ 15 Linséed, pure raw . . 61 64 Turp...... 70® 75 Cubeae (po. 1 60...... 1 85®2 00 POTASSIUM. Guaica...... 50 Juniperus...... 8® 10 Bi Carb...... 15® 18 “ ammon...... 60 Xantnoxylum...... 25® 30 Bichromate...... 13® 14 Zingiber...... 50 Bromide...... 37® 40 Hyoscyamus...... 50 BALSAMUM. Carb...... 12® 15 Iodine...... 75 Copaiba...... 70® 75 Chlorate, (po. 18)...... 16® 18 “ Colorless...... 75 Peru...... @1 30 Cyanide...... 50® 55 Ferri Chloridum...... 35 HAZBBTINBf Terabiu, Canada ...... 45® 50 Iodide...... 2 80@2 90 K ino...... 50 Tolutan...... 40® 45 Lobelia...... 50 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 33® 3f Myrrh...... 50 CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart, com ... ® 15 Potass Nitras, o p t__ 8® 10 Nux Vomica...... 50 A PBRKÏNS Abies, Canadian...... 18 Potass Nitras...... 7® 9 Opii...... 85 Cassiae ...... 11 Prussiate...... 25® 28 “ Camphorated...... 50 Cinchona F lav a...... 18 Sulphate po...... 15® 18 “ Deoaor...... 2 00 Euonymus atropurp...... 30 Auranti Cortex...... 50 DRUG CO. Myrica Cerifera, po...... 20 RADIX. Quassia...... 50 Prunus Virgini...... 12 Aconitum...... 20® 25 Rhatany...... 50 Quillaia, grd...... 12 Althae...... 25® 30 Rhei...... 50 Importers and Jobbers of Sassafras ...... 12 Anchusa...... 15® 20 Cassia Acutifol...... 50 Ulmus Po (Ground 12) ...... 10 Arum, po...... ® 25 “ “ CO...... 50 Calamus...... 20® 50 Serpentaria...... 50 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana, (po. 15)...... 10® 12 Stromonium...... 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24® 25 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16® 18 Tolutan...... 60 “ po...... 33® 35 Hydrastis Canaden, Valerian...... 50 Ilaematox, 15 lb. box.. 11® 12 (po. 45)...... @ 40 Veratrum Veride...... 50 “ is ...... 13® 14 Hellebore, Ala, po__ 15® 20 “ %s...... 14® 15 Inula, po...... 15® 20 MISCELLANEOUS. --■DRUGS™ “ )4s...... 16® 17 Ipecac, po...... 2 25@2 35 Æther, Spts Nit, 3 F .. 26® 28 FERRUM. Iris plox (po. 20®22).. IS® 20 Jalapa, pr...... 30® 35 ‘ u “ 4 F .. 30® 32 Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Maranta, %s...... @ 35 Alumen...... 2)4® 3)4 Citrate and Quinia — ®3 50 Podophyllum, po...... 15® 18 “ ground, (po. Citrate Soluble...... @ 80 Rhei...... 75@1 00 7)...... 3® 4 Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries. Ferrocyanidum Sol__ © 50 “ cut...... @1 75 Annatto...... 55® 60 Solut Chloride...... @ 15 75®1 35 Antimoni, po...... 4® 5 Sulphate, com'l...... 1)4® 2 “ et Potass T. 55® 60 Dealers in Spigelia...... 48® 53 Antipyrin...... 1 35@1 40 “ pure...... @ 7 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. © 20 Serpentaria...... 40® 45 Antifebrin...... @ 25 PLORA. Senega...... 45® 50 Argenti Nitras, ounce ® 68 A rnica...... 14® 16 Arsenicum...... 5® 7 Simllax, Officinalis, H @ 40 Balm Gilead Bud...... 38® 40 Anthémis...... 30® 35 “ “ M @ 20 M atricaria...... 30® 35 Scillae, (po. 35)...... 10® 12 Bismuth S. N...... 2 10@2 20 Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, l/arnisliBs. SpnplocarpuB, Fcetl- Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s POLLA. 11; Ms, 12)...... @ 9 P a i n t s . Barosma ...... 10® 12 dus, po...... @ 35 Cantharides Russian, Sole Agents'for the Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) ® 25 po...... @1 75 nivelly...... 25® 28 “ German... 15® 20 » » A!x. 35® 50 Zingiber a ...... 10® 15 Capslci Fructus, a f... @ 18 Zingiber j ...... 22® 25 @ 16 Salvia officinalis, )4s “ « r Po-.- @ 14 and )4s...... 10® 12 SEMEN. Caryophyllus, (po. 20) 15® 18 We are Sole Proprietors of UraUrsI...... 8® 10 Anisum, (po. 20). .. @ 15 Carmine, No. 40...... @3 75 GUMMI. Apium (graveleons).. 10® 12 Cera Alba, S. & F ...... 50® 55 Acacia, 1st picked— @1 00 Bird, Is...... 4® 6 Cera Flava...... 28® 30 “ 2d “ .... @ 90 Carui, (po. 18)...... 8® 12 Coccus ...... @ 40 WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. “ 3d “ .... @ 80 Cardamon...... 1 00@1 25Cassia Fructus...... ® 20 “ sifted sorts... @ 65 Corlandrum...... 10® 12 Centraria...... @ 10 “ po...... 75@1 00 Cannabis Sati va.... 3%@ 4 Cetaceum...... @ 35 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50® 60 Cvdonium...... 75@1 00 Chloroform...... 50® 55 “ Cape, (po. 20)... ® 12 Chenopodium ...... 10® 12 “ squibbs .. ©1 00 “ Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 Dipterlx Odorate...... 1 75©1 85 Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 50@1 75 Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 )4s, Foeniculum...... @ 15 Chondrus ...... 20® 25 We have in stock and offer a fall line of 16)...... @ 1 Foenugreek, po...... 6® 8 Cinchonidine, P. & W 15® 20 Ammnniae...... 25® 30 L in i...... 4 @ 4)4 “ German 4® 10 Assafœtida, (po. 30)... @ 15 Lini, grd, (bbl. 4 ) ... 4)4® 4)4 Corks, list, dis. per Benzoinum...... 50® 55 Lobelia...... 35@ 40 cent ...... ® 60 WhJLslsies, Brandies, Camphor®...... 55® 57 Pharlaris Canarian _3)4® 4)4 Creasotum...... © 50 Euphorbium po ...... 35® lo R apa...... 6® 7 Creta, (bbl. 75)...... @ 2 Gelbanum...... @ 80 Sinapis, Albu...... 8® 9 " prep...... 5® 5 Gins, Wines, Bums. Gamboge, po...... 80® 95 “ Nigra..... 11® 12 “ precip...... 8® 10 Guaiacum, (po.55) ... @ 50 SPIRITUS. “ Rubra...... @ g Kino, (po. 25)...... © 20 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00®2 50 Crocus...... 35® 38 M astic...... ©1 00 “ D. F. R ...... 1 75®2 00 Cudbear...... @ 34 Myrrh, (po 45)...... @ 40 “ 1 10@1 50Cupri Sulph...... 8® 9 Opii, (pc. 5 40)...... 4 00®4 15 Juniperis Co. O. T ___1 75®1 75 Dextrine...... 10© 12 Shellac ...... 25® 35 “ “ ...... 1 75@3 50 Ether Sulph...... 68® 70 “ bleached...... 27® 35 Saacharum N. E ...... 1 75®2 00 Emery, all numbers.. ® 8 We are Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Oo.: Tragacanth...... 30® 75 Spt. Vini Galli...... 1 75@6 50 “ po...... @ 6 h e r b a —In ounce packages. Vini Oporto...... 1 25@2 00Ergota, (po.) 60 ...... 50® 55 Vini Alba...... 1 25@2 00Flake White...... 12® 15 Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Absinthium...... 25 Galla...... @ 23 Eupatorium...... 20 SPONGES. Gambier...... 7)4® 3)4 Lobelia...... 25 Florida sheeps’ wool Gelatin, Cooper...... @ 90 Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Majorum...... 28 carriage...... 2 25@2 50 “ French...... 40® 60 Mentha Piperita...... 23 Nassau sheeps’ wool Glassware flint, 75 per cent, “ V ir...... 25 carriage ...... 2 00 by box 62% less Rye Whisky. Rue...... 30 Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Brown...... 9® 15 Tanacetum, V ...... 22 wool carriage...... 1 10 “ White...... 13® 25 Thymus, V...... 25 Extra yellow sheeps’ Glycerina...... 22® 25 MAGNESIA. carriage...... 85 Grana Paradis!...... @ 15 Calcined, Pat...... 55® 60 Grass sheeps’ wool car­ Humulus...... 25® 40 Carbonate, P a t...... 20® 22 riage ...... 65 Hy^raag Chlor Mite.. @ 95 We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. Carbonate, K. & M... . 20® 25 Hard for slate use__ 75 “ “ C or.... @ 85 We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders a n d G u a r» . 35® 36 Yellow Reef, for slate “ Ox Rubrum @1 05 Carbonate, Jennlng5. “ Ammoniati. @1 15 antee Satisfaction. OLEUM. u se...... 1 40 “ Unguentum. 45® 55 day we re* Absinthium...... 5 00@5 50 SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum...... @ 80 All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same Amygdalae,Dulc... . 45® 75 Accacia...... 50 Ichthyobolla, Am...... 1 25®1 50 ceive them. Send in a trial order. Amydalae, Amarae... .8 00@8 25 Zingiber ...... 50 Indigo...... 75@1 00 A nisi...... 1 90@2 00 Ipecac...... 60 Iodine, Resubl...... 3 75@3 85 Auranti Cortex...... @2 50 Ferri Iod...... 50 Iodoform...... @4 70 Bergamii ...... 2 80©3 25 Auranti Cortes...... 50 Lupulin...... 85@1 00 Cajiputi...... 90@1 00 Rhei Arom...... 50 Lycopodium...... 55® 60 Caiyophylli...... 1 35©1 40 Similax Officinalis...... 60 M acis...... 80® 85 Cedar...... 35® 65 “ “ Co...... 50 Liquor Arsen et Hy- Chenopodii ...... @1 75 Senega...... 50 ararg Iod...... @ 27 Cinnamonii...... 1 35@1 40 Scillae...... 50 Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10® 12 to ltin e Ì Perkins Dnlg Bo„ Citronella...... @ 75 “ Co...... 50 Magnesia, Sulph (bbl Conium Mac...... 35® 65 Tolutan...... 50 Ü4)...... 2® 3 Copaiba...... 1 20@1 30 Prunus virg...... 50 Maunia, S. F ...... 45® 50 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

grocer for being such a ninny—every­ PRODUCE MARKET. sa u sa g e—Fresh and Smoked. GROCERIES. Apples—Dealers hold winter fruit at $3@ Pork Sausage...... 6% body but Reed. He was indignant, and $3.50 per bbl., Ham Sausage...... 9 his indignation kept increasing. He has Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for unpicked and Tongue Sausage...... 9 Bigger Deal than the Sugar Trust. now brought suit for $10,000 against $1.35 for picked, holding at $1.60 per bu. Frankfort Sausage...... 8 A combination in the sugar trade, Stiffen, and there’s a fair show that he Beets—40c per bu. Blood Sausage...... 5 Butter—There is no improvement in the mar­ Bologna, straight...... 5 greater and more widespread in its rami­ will get a good big verdict, though some ket and no prospect of any improvement. While Bologna, thick...... 5 shyster lawyer may take the lion’s share. fancy grades of creamery and dairy are scarce Headcheese...... 5 fications than the Sugar Trust itself, has and in active demand, low grades are common as been practically consummated as the re­ mnd and about as sluggish and useless, so far as M. B. Liddell has sold the Exchange GANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. sult of extended negotiation, and its de­ business is concerned. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: Bank, at Laingsburg, to Rohrabacher & Buckwheat Flour—$4 per bbl. for New York STICK. tails will soon be officially announced. stock. Standard, 25 lb. boxes...... 9 Hunt, proprietors of the Farmers’ Bank, Cabbages—$7@$9 per 100. Twist, 25 “ ...... 9 The scheme is an elaborate one, and it Cheese—Fair stock of full cream commands Cut Loaf, 25 “ ...... 1034 is the outcome of a situation which for who will continue business under the ll@12c. MIXED. style of the Union Bank. Cider—10c per gal. Royal, 25 lb. pails...... 9 three or four years has furnished an Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels “ 2001b. bbls...... 834 25c. Extra, 25 lb. pails...... 10 anxious problem for the wholesale gro­ Cranberries—Bell and Bugle is in fair demand “ 2001b. bbls...... 9 ¡4 cers of the country. The object sought VISITING BUYERS. at $4 per box or $13 per bbl. French Cream, 25 lb. pails...... 1154 Dried Apples — Evaporated are held at 754@ fa n c y —In 5 lb. boxes. W S Adkins, Morgan Geo McDonald, Kalamazoo 8c and sundried at 4@4'4c. Lemon Drops...... 12 is to equalize the price at which sugar R Brede weg, Drethe C P Parkhill & Son, Owosso Eggs—Dealers pay ll@12c per doz. and hold at C A Brott, Moorland G S Putnam , Fruitport Sour Drops...... 13 is sold to retailers, with the natural John Onnstra, Lam on t A G C lark & Son, • 1254c. Peppermint Drops...... 14 T Armock, W right White Cloud Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50 per bu.; Chocolate Drops...... 14 effect, of course, of making the price to John De Vries, Jam estow n E E Hewitt, Rockford medium, $3.50. Timothy, $1.50 per bu. H. M. Chocolate Drops...... 18 S Cooper, Jam estow n G H W albrink, Allendale Honey—In good demand. Clean comb com­ Gum Drops...... 10 consumers uniform in each locality. M Minderhout, Hanley O C Russ & Co., Lke Odessa mands 1354@14c per lb. Peter Bresnahan, Parnell Eli Runnels, Corning Licorice Drops...... 18 The plan is this: The lowest daily Mas ton & Hammond, D Gale, Parm alee Maple Sugar — 8@10c per lb., according to A. B. Licorice Drops...... 14 Gr&ndville Jos Deal, Gun Marsh quality. Lozenges, plain...... 14 quotation from the refineries shall be the McClelland & Miner, M Walsh, Spring Lake Onions—Good stock is nearly worth its weight “ printed...... 15 minimum price at which sugar shall be Kellogg L Burns, Ada in gold, dealers holding such lots as they are Imperials...... 14 C H Smith, Stanwood R J Side, Kent City able to pick up at $1.75 per bu. Mottoes...... 15 sold by wholesalers in the combination N O W ard, Stanwood D R Stocum, Rockford Pop Corn—4c per lb. Cream Bar...... 13 J R Harrison, Sparta Ezra Brown, Englishviile Potatoes—The market is sick. Dealers pay to retail dealers. This minimum price Jno Farrow e, So Blendon John Damstra, Gitchell Molasses Bar...... 13 W mV erMenlen.BeaverDam Sm allegan & Pickaard, 25c and hold at 35c per bu. Caramels...... 16@18 will be telegraphed daily from New York Bakker Bros., Drenthe Forest Grove Poultry—Dressed is falling off in demand. Hand Made Creams...... 18 W S W inegar, Lowell J Raymond, Berlin'' Squash—Hui bard, 2c per lb. Plain Creams...... 16 by an agent or committee of the Whole­ L M Wolf, Hudsonville Den Herder & Tanis, Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock commands~$4.50 Decorated Creams...... 20 J Jesson, Muskegon Vriesland per bbl. sale Grocers’ National Association to T A Jam ison, So Boardman J T Pierson, Irving String Rock...... 15 M L B ritton, Pewamo H Thompson, Canada Cors Tomatoes —Early Southern stock commands $1 Burnt Almonds...... 22 each of the 490 cities in the country, D E W atters, Freeport Longyear Bros., Mason per peck (7 qts.) box. Wintergreen Berries...... 14 Turnips—30c per bu. fa n cy —In bulk. known as distributing points. The rate Lozenges, plain, in pails...... 12 FRESH MEATS. PROVISIONS. “ “ in bbls...... 11 at the various points will vary according Swift and Company quote as follows: “ printed, in pails...... 1254 to the ruling freight rates, and the rate Beef, carcass...... 4?£@ The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. “ “ in bbls...... 1154 “ hindquarters...... 6 @7 quotes as follows: Chocolate Drops, in pails...... 12 telegraphed to each city will be figured “ fore “ ...... @ 4 Gum Drops, In pails...... 654 on the basis of current freight tariffs, “ loins, No. 3...... @ 954 PORK IN BARRELS. “ “ in bbls...... 514 “ ribs...... @ 8 Mess, new...... 10 50 Moss Drops, In pails...... 10 and must be the actual minimum rate for “ tongues...... @10 Short c u t...... 10 50 “ “ in bbls...... 954 Hogs...... @ 554 Extra clear pig, short cut...... 12 00 Sour Drops, in pails...... 12 that day in the place named. Enforce­ Bologna...... @ 5 Extra clear, heavy...... 12 00 Imperials, in pails...... 11 ment of the arrangement will be secured Pork loins...... @7 Clear, fat back...... 11 50 “ inbbls...... 1054 “ shoulders...... @ 5 Boston clear, short cut...... 12 00 FRUITS. in this way: The refiners will at the end Sausage, blood or head...... @ 5 Clear back, short cut...... 12 00 Oranges, Florida, choice...... “ liver...... @ 5 Standard clear, short cut, best...... 12 00 “ “ Ex. “ 3 75@4 00 of each month make a rebate of one- “ Frankfort...... @ 8 “ “ fancy...... 3 75@4 25 Mutton ...... @ 854 smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain. “ “ golden russets...... 3 50@3 75 quarter of a cent per pound on all sugar Hams, average 20 lbs...... 9 Lemons, Messina, choice, 360...... @3 00 sold during the month to dealers who OYSTERS and FISH. “ “ 16 lbs...... 9Ji “ “ 12 to 14 lbs...... 10 “ “ , “ 300...... @ F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: “ “ fancy, 360...... @3 75 have not undersold the official price. “ picnic...... 6tt “ “ “ 300...... @4 00 FRESH FISH. “ best boneless...... s “ Malagas, choice, ripe...... @ This plan has been in operation at New Whitefish...... Breakfast @s'/i Bacon, boneless...... 854 Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 14 @15 York City for more than a year and has “ smoked...... @ 8 Dried beef, ham prices...... 8 “ “ choice “ ...... 12 @1254 Trout...... @ 8 Long Clears, heavy...... 554 “ choice, 7 lb...... @ worked so successfully that it has been Halibut...... @15 Briskets, medium...... 6 Dates, frails, 50 lb...... @ deemed expedient to extend it all over Haddies...... @ 7 “ lig h t...... 6 “ 54 frails, 50 lb...... @ Ciscoes...... @ 6 lard—Kettle Rendered. “ Fard, 10-lb. box...... @10 the country. oysters—Cans. Tierces...... 6k “ “ 50-lb. “ ...... @8 Fairhaven Counts...... @35 Tubs...... 7 “ Persian, 50-lb. box...... 6 @ 654 Selects...... 22 @27 50 lb. Tins...... 7j£ NUTS. Wool, BUd.es, Furs and Tallow. F. J. D.’s ...... @20 Almonds, Tarragona...... @16 The wool market has not changed ma­ Anchors...... @18 lard—Family. “ Ivaca...... @15 Standards...... @16 Tierces...... 5% “ California...... 15 @16 terially. There was considerable sold Favorites...... @14 30 and 50 lb. Tubs...... 5% Brazils...... @1154 3 lb. Pails, 20 in a case...... 654 Walnuts, Grenoble...... @1554 the past week at the decline. It will oysters—Bulk. 5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case...... “ California...... @13 now take considerable wind from dealers Standards...... @$1 15 10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case...... 634 Pecans, Texas, H. P ...... 10 @13 Selects...... @ 15020 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...... -...... 5% PEANUTS. to boom the market, or cloths must sell Clams...... @1 60 50 lb. Cans...... 534 Fancy, H. P., Bells...... @854 Shrimps...... @1 60 “ “ “ Roasted...... @1054 more freely. Country buyers have an­ Scallops...... @1 50 BEEF IN BARRELS. Fancy, H. P., Suns...... @ 854 Horseradish...... @ 75 Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs...... 7 00 “ “ “ Roasted ...... @1054 other lesson, which will last them Shell oysters, per 100...... 1 00@1 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing...... 7 00 Choice, H. P., G...... © 754 through the coming season. “ clams, “ Boneless, @ 75 romp butts...... 8 60 “ “ “ Roasted...... @954 Hides are quiet and in light demand. Tanners have full supplies and are not looking for stock. Furs are low and dull and are not wanted at any price sellers are willing to let go at. Tallow is weak, with good demand at the low price. The Grocery Market. Sugar continues to advance, the mar­ ket being firm and active. Mild coffees are higher and the market is excited and tending higher. Package manufacturers have advanced their goods another %c. Raisins, prunes and currants are bound to be high, owing to amount of damaged goods likely to be thrown on the market. Malaga raisins are said not to be keeping well. Another cent advance in sal- aratus will go into effect April 1. Led Into Trouble by a Fortune Teller Joseph Stiften, a Kansas City grocer, had a big lot of goods stolen from bis store. He was greatly mystified at first, but he waited upon a fortune teller, who revealed to him that the robbery was committed by “the man he had in his mind.” That was enough for Stiften. He immediately swore out a warrant, charging Thomas Reed, a carpenter with the crime. The case was tried and Reed was acquitted, the jury never leaving their seats. Everybody laughed at the For Sale by Leading "Wholesale Grocers. WÊMKÊÊÊÊÊÊÊIÊÊÊÊÊÊ pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages. ll fu in buy and promptly pay Frazer’s urora A Diamond .J ao o’ gos. 6 goods.. & Co.’s Mason J. E. Absolute, % lb. cans, 100s. .11 75cans, %lb. Absolute, eia, z o 4 Mexican, Fancy “ “ Fancy No. 1 “ ...... 2 50 2 ...... hisk W Common Gem “ Parlor 1 No. 2 Carpet...... No. 75 “ “ 2 Bristol, 45 doz.. cans, c%nb. Telfer’s, cans %lb. Leader, Our 75 3 — doz cans, %lb. Acme, icking.. W “ 1 No. 75 1 url...... 2 H No. arehouse W Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck Little 1 lb. Clams. lmCodr b— lb 3 Chowder, Clam ill M mrcn o.i ae. 70 case... in 2 doz. American. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes 40 lb. Hotel, tr 4 “ 9% *2 “ Paraffine...... 40 Star, packed solid Dairy, case in 2 doz. English, Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic 1 lb. Lobsters, 10 1 stand.... 1 lb. Oysters, Cove 13% — packed solid Creamery, Trout, 3 Trout, 5 %s...... domestic Sardines, 00 . .2 Columbia.. 1 lb. Salmon, 85 Sauce.2 Tomato in Mackerel, a sons Dam re Gages Green rapes...... G Gooseberries 10@11 20 standard Cherries,red stand Blackberries, Apples, gallons, stand gallons, Apples, apere, extra Raspberries, Pineapples hortleberries W Egg Plums, stand Plums, Egg Q uinces...... 1 00 uinces...... 1 Q eu,Lm, stand Lima, Beaus, ta ere...... 15@1 35 berries...... 1 Straw 75@1 85 standi yellow, Peaches, Asparagus, Oyster Bay Oyster Asparagus, Corn, Archer’s Trophy Archer’s Corn, Peas, French Peas, Pears oaos Rd ot. 95@1 00 Coat.. Red 90©1 40 Tomatoes, @1 00Squash standard— Succotash, Golden.. 3lb. Pumpkin, Mushrooms, extra fine extra Mushrooms, Michigan Full Cream 11%@12 Sago Cream Sap Full Michigan Adn Premium” “Alden Breakfast Cocoa Breakfast Cocoa German Sweet German rm...... 37 Broma...... ulk B Spruce...... 30 d...... 7% ed...... R Rubber, 100 lumps Rubber, Felix alyCt...... 85 City...... Valley “ 1 lb. “ 1 “ .... 3 00 3 “ .... 1 50 1 “ “ .... 2 “ 1lb. %lb. “ “ bulk “ “ 1. ..190 9 ....1 “ 21b. “ “ eta roa.. @125 arrofat... extram “ • EryGle. 00 Golden.1 00 Early 1Glory. Morn’g “ “ >• “ “ June, stand June, “ sae...... 80 soaked...... “ Fec,eta ie. . 1 50 fine... extra French, “ “ sifted “ “ rolls “ 1l. . 1 50 1 .. “ “ 1 lb. “ Lws otnBkd 1 40 .1 Baked. Boston Lewis’ “ %l. “ . 85 .. “ “ %lb. “ Gen ia— @ 20 @1 Strings Limas— Green “ “ Srnls, re . 90 ... Erie— Stringless, “ “ lib . “ 50s..18 75 50s..18 50s.. 1000 “ . “ lib lb. “ “ 1 OZ 16 “ “ 2 lb. Star lb. 2 “ s l l o r “ 1l. Star 1 lb. “ “ 2 lb. “ 2 00 2 soused 31b. “ lb. 2 “ “ “ Imported Imported “ “ %s “ %s Mustard “ 90 “ Alaska...... 1 1 lb. “ 65 2 stand 1lb. “ “ lb. 2 “ “ 3 lb. In M ustard.. .2 85 .2 ustard.. M 3In lb. “ sie, %s spiced, “ seconds “ pitd...... 1 40 ...... 1 itted p “ Pi ...... 1 15 ...... 1 ie P “ 8 z...... 60 oz...... 8 “ Bna .. 95®1 00 br stand ... BenHar “ “ “ 200 “ “ 200 “ CANNEDGOODS—Fruits. “ %lb. “ “ %lb. “ The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers wh buyers cash offered ordinarily are as such are below given quotations The “ lib. “ “ lib. “ ...... CANNEDGOODS—F . h s i CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. CANNED VEGETABLES. rd...... 40 ...... 1 red “ ...... BAKING POWDER...... APPLE BUTTER. COFFEE EXTRACT...... I AXLE GREASE...... CHEWING GUM. BATH BRICK. d ...... BUTTERINE ...... odEog9@ 00 Enough95@l Good brook CANDLES ...... 3 25...... 3 ...... BROOKS. bluing CHICORY. CHEESE...... esal t n e r r u C e c i r P le a s le o h W ......

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5 25 3 85 2 70 3 00 ice, o. inbox doz. Kitchen,3 4% Our Leader...... Sheaf DeLand’s Cap 28pocket Corn, barrels Corn, “ “ 3 Hand “ 60 Dwight’s Dwight’s Com Kegs Silver Thread, 15 Silver Thread, gallons air F rnltd boxes..... Granulated, 75 Taylor’s “ “ Higgins rse Creams Frosted bbl per CommonFine cases in Crystal, Diamond Kegs,English Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5%&Arm Church’s, Hammer.. Ginger Ginger Snaps etn,1dz n box 1 doz.in Jettine, Crackers Graham bags bu. Ashton “ 100 asw“ 35 “ “ Warsaw F air...... 14 @15 air...... 14 F Choicest Choice...... 24@29 Good Creams Sngar bbl Sugar, Pure Rock, 56 Solar sacks lb. ama rces 8 Boxes...... 5% Crackers— Oatmeal Choicest Choice...... 24@28 2 pcae...... 50 24 packages...... 1 r Good air F hiet...... @35 @25 Choicest...... Choice...... Choicest fancy Choicest Common to fair Common to Common to fair Common to Common to fair Common to Superior Superior to fine air F fair Common to e Dust Tea fine to Superior xr hie iela ©40 choice, wire leaf Extra Extra finest fine to Extra Fine to choicest to Fine Best Choice fine to Superior Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Wool Furs, Hides, <& PERKINS nam Candy Co. y d n a C m a tn u P e h T Y D N U B . CO., & S K O O R B E A. ue Ane Soap nne A Queen OY LC, 5 ES FLO ST„ FULTON EAST 158 BLOCK, CODY ue Candies. Pure W. 1TT 1TT “ one-half barrels one-half “ “ % bu “ “ % bu “ “ “ 30 “ “ 30 “ “ pure “ ...... “ half barrel half “ ENGLISH BREAKFAST. ENGLISH ...... The Only Hotlse in the State State the in Hotlse Only The ...... lorp,Sz 52 nhs ie o 5QEN NE OP RPES Our WRAPPERS. SOAP ANNE SizeOleograph,15x20 25QUEEN for given inches, Soap in the Market. No Grocery Stock Complete Without This Brand. Handsome Handsome Brand. This Grocers. Wholesale all by sold Soaps Without are Toilet Completeand Laundry Stock Grocery No Market. the Soap in O HRE O PACKAGES. FOR CHARGE NO Gr. Gr...... apan a p ja ...... AKT FIRED. BASKET ...... SWEET GOODS. SWEET ROI OAR A SO IT O TR E D YOUNGHYSON. SAUERKRAUT. HE POLISH. SHOE ...... owder e d w po n u g SALERATUS. SUN CURED. O. 8 ad 2 LUS TET GAD I , ICHIGAN. M S, PID A R GRAND STREET, LOUIS 124 and 182 NOS. : IMPERIAL. The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest Selling Laundry and General Family Family General and Laundry Selling Fastest and Most Known, Popular Best The SAPOLIO...... A SODA. SAL OOLONG. SYRUPS. TEAS. SODA...... SALT — ...... Regular. WiiJiVO, LC BX 7, RN RAPIDS. GRAND 173, BOX LOCK , O V i J i i W A l f ...... y t E AR A TC OF STOCK A CARRY WE ...... ___ . ______TTrTJ' Sls nfr senMichigan, M estern W for an Salesm ' C T A 'T J T r T T A ...... 8% 8 4 @1614 8% 8 @20 ...... __ __ 30 @33 25@35 32@38 0 @3530 @5030 40 @50 20 @35 50@65 30 @40 75 @85 5 @6555 @3025 25 @30 16 @2P 18@22 18 @26 55 @65 ...... 4% @108 ...4 _ F O S R E R U T C A F U N A M E L A S E L O H W @26 1% @24 28@37 26@35 2 50 2 502 90 2 90 1 2 2 15 2 00 20 75 27 80 5% 5% 5 S FR RC LIST. PRICE FOR ASK 00 5% 75 40 gr 50 gr...... 10 lwBy oz Boy,Plow 2 Hector Wedding Cake,blk Wedding ue Manilla Jute Cocoa Shells, bulk Cocoa Shells, Leader Our Our Leader Brands. Co.’s & G.Butler Jas. t f 5Wheel, to Nimrod, Nimrod, 4x12 2x12 and Straw lows: & WOODENWARK PER PA Cuba Sweet ...... 38 Pie Peach r Goods...... 6 Dry Bakers...... 2% Hardware...... 2% Double Pedro Double Good...... 38 Something Hiawatha 3x9, oz 9 Trinket. Big 53x12, Center, 12 oz t f Vinco, 1x6,4% to No. 5 Hemp 48 Cotton Sugar ol,1 nh...... 1 0011Bowls, inch...... Wool “Tobacco” us o ...... 7 00No.Tubs, 1...... 2 Reception, 2-5x12,16 oz Clothespins, 5 Clothespins, gr. boxes “ No.6 Cotton, 2...... 20No.Cotton, Red Express No. 1 No. Express Red Baskets, market Baskets, 50 1 No. 1, Pails, two-hoop.. Sea Island, assorted Island, Sea hite W GRAINS and FEEDSTUFK8 and GRAINS Red All wheat bought bought 60on wheat All test. lb. Curtiss & Co. quote as fol fol as quote Co. & Curtiss $1 barrel for D. Scotten & D.Scotten Co.’s Brands. Lgt Weight Light “ S.& W.Venable Co.’s Brands. N.1 three-hoop No.1, “ N.3...... 5 00 No. 3...... 00 No. 2...... 6 “ “ “ 13 “ “ 13 “ “ 3 “ “ “ 15 “ “ 15 “ “ 15s, 17s 19s and 2 75 “ 19s17s 250 assorted, and “ “ 1 “ 17 “ " “ “ No.3 7 25 7 No.3 “ “ 1 covers 90 with “ " “ “ “ “ No.2 4 25 4 No.2 “ 5025 6 No.2 3 No.l “ “ “ 1 50 splint “ “ “ 5 cl’ths, No.l 75 willow “ bushel “ “ “ N. 500 No.3 “ “ “ ...... 18 oz “ 4 oz “ ...... tobaccos tobaccos No. 2 “ ...... tobaccos MISCELLANEOUS. DEALERS IN DEALERS WOODENWARB...... VINEGAR. FAMOUS ...... whiGh PAPER. TWINES. WHEAT...... VA ...... —S —F ...... K TLO FOR TALLOW KE 78 ...... 78 terial. Warranted it as as it Warranted pure represented, first-class and terial. Candy. Use only the best ma­ best the only Use Candy. —P ...... moking. ine Cut. ine 35 ...... lug...... it od U MT WEIGHT. MET UpGoods Pilts 38 ...... We manufacture all our our all manufacture We __ __ ...... 40 35 62 5 22 75 1 60 40 1 25 32 32 17 16 31 2 752 2 002 18 17 18 8 200 4 180 160 8 38 38 25 37 34 30 36 37 5 . orema...... 1300 meal...... Coarse sacks “ Patent No. 2. 11 50 Ships...... No. 2. Bran a “ Car No. 1 No. ml lots Small Granulated Bolted No. 1 lots “ Small Car Middlings IE, ET ad FURS. lows: and PELTS HIDES, Feed Mixed sacks In Straight, Screenings Deacon Deacon skins NO.1 r Kips Dry Green ul 4 @4% 4 Dry “ extra... steers, Heavy Full Cured.. Part afkn, green Calfskins, ihr...... 00@5 00 Fisher...... 4 kn...... 75® 80 Skunk...... Fox, red Fox, Raccoon Mink, dark Mink, @28wool, 20 Estimated per ft Shearlings Wolf 00@3 dark Martin, 00 Lynx...... 2 50®75 wild...... Cat, Muskrat Badger Otter, dark Otter, Deerskins, per lb per Deerskins, 15® 20 Oppossum...... only. Bear Tallow Beaver Unwashed Grease butter butter Grease wths...... 1%@ 2 Switches...... Washed isn...... 00®2 so Ginseng...... 2 for immediate delivery only. delivery immediate for ekn & es a a fol­ as pay Hess & Perkins pale “ cos...... 2 00@5 40®70 00 grey...... “ cross....'...... 2 “ % No.2.off for bv pie fr No.1 skins for prices Above S S E H Above prices are nominal and and nominal Above are prices RN RAPDS MICH S, PID A R GRAND pl &ylo 6® 75 60® & yellow pale “ TL K S C MTLL ’S O C “ barrels “ “ “ barrels “ “ cured “ ...... MISCELLANEOUS...... MILLSTUFFS...... BARLEY...... »PELTS...... FLOUR ...... MEAL. HIDES. CORN...... WOOL. FURS. OATS. HAY...... RYE...... ______...... 15 00@20 00 @4 @5 3 @ 6 5 4%@5 @ 6 5 5 25 15® 75@1 00 3 @3% 4 @4% oO®6 o° 2 00@8 00 6 00@3 00 2 10 @25 10 @20 25@1 50 1 25@3 00 1 25® 75 15®18 25®50 40®80 @3 2 12@20 25@30 11 50 900 1000 (© 1 @35 1300 00 5 00 4 10 1 10 1 11 00 1360 30 35 20 4 100 5 20 5 3 1 25 28 1 4 THE MICHIGAJST TRADESMAN. SOME OF THE REASONS WHY. L. B. Mitchell, of Hart, in Pentwater News. Another ism that had root WHO URGES YOU In minds of sordid greed, B . E E P FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Has swept our State, and gathered in TO The victims it would bleed. Grand Rapids, Mich. But in a year, or less, this, too. Like isms dead, will die, And that's one reason why, my friend, I’m not a P. of I. A J. Bownk, President. The men who “got up this ’ere thing” Geo. C. Pierce, Vice President. Have lined their pockets well, THE PUBLIC! H. W. Nash, Cashier And how much more they'd like to get No one could safely tell. By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers ere And those who organized the clan, ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods ir CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. And 'round the country fly, A “picnic” have, in these dull times: stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort A talkin’ P. of I. on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas­ Transacts a general banking business. They drop upon the people quick, ers to the store, and help sell less known goods- With words so smooth and nice: But offer all a membership lake a Specialty of Collections. Accounts At half the reg’lar price. ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YODR ORDERS. of Country Merchants Solicited. And if a “feller,” then and there, Don't take it down, then, why, He'll have to pay as much again. To be a P of I. HESTER Sc FOX, A thing that won’ bear scrutiny. Manufacturers’ Agents for Or study for a week; And give to all an equal chance. Is sickly, so to speak. SAW AITO CRIST 2ÆXX.Z. MACHINERT If it is going to be the thing, Send for _« And live, then tell me why Catalogue The people should not pay alike. and ENGINE Who join the P. of I. Prices And now, to get at things of fact, INDIANAPOLIS. INO., U. S. A. By those “behind the scenes,” MANUFACTURERS OF I'm told, the gist of what they say. Is, live within your means. STEAM EHfilNES&BOliERS- Well, that is good, but for advice 'Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock Like that, they charge too high; for Immediate delivery. And I can get it cheaper than To be a P. of I. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery Saws, Belting and Oils. And then they tell about their stores, Where they trade “cheap for cash And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Samph TIME TABLES. But don’t find market for our stuff. Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. And this is where we clash. The man who buys mv farm produce. Write for Prices. 44,46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MIOB For markets low or high, Will get my trade: and not the one Qrand Rapids & Indiana. Who’s leagued with P. of I. In effect Nov. 17,1889. Why. trade has built up all the towns, TRAINS GOING NORTH. — ^ Arrive. Leave. And towns bring railroads, too. Traverse City Sc Mackinaw...... 7 10 a m And now, without these P.’s of I., Traverse City Express...... 9:80 a m 11-30 a m What would you, would you do. Traverse City A Mackinaw...... 3:15 pm=f 4:10pm The dealers who have trusted you, From C incinnati...... 8:50 p m “ K You'd boycott till they die. Cadillac (Mixed)...... 8-S0pm Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10 a m and 4 10 n Now, is this manly, fair and right ? m train . * I ask you, P. of L GOING SOUTH. And so the counts against this thing, Cincinnati Express...... 7*15am Fort Wayne Express...... 11:45am 12 50pm That's sprung up in our State, Cincinnati Express...... 5:30 p m * 6 00 p m I might rehearse, hut what I’ve said From Mackinaw & Traverse City..l0:40 p ni Is all I need relate, From Cadillac...... 9,55 a m And they're enough, it seems to me. Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6 p. m. (and arrivinir To fully satisfy from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m.. runs daily, Sundays in­ The candid mind why I am not cluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. One of these P.’s of I. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7::0a m and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars'for Mackinaw City. South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car Worth Remembering'. and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati. Did you ever spoil a stamped envelope Muskegon, Grand Rapids S t Indiana. in attempting to write the address upon In effect Nov. 10, 1839. it? Or have you lost stamps because Arrive. they had gotten sticky and adhered to each other? If so, you should know Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 m inutes later Through tickets and full information can be had bv that all stamped envelopes which are calling upon A. Almquist. ticket agent at depot, or spoiled by mistakes committed in super­ Geo. W Munson, Union Ticket Agent. 07 Monroe 8t„ Grand Rapids, Mich. ' scribing will be redeemed by the post-office O. L. Lockwood. Gen’I Pass. Agent. department at their stamp value. Post­ DIRECTIONS We nav* cooked the com in this can age stamps damaged by sticking together sufficient!,. Should be Thoroughly Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. in warm or damp weather, or for other Warmed , nwt cooked l adding piece ot Good Butter (size of hen's egg.) and gili GOING WRgT. causes before using, may be returned to of fresh milk (preferable to water.) Season to suit when on the table. None tMornlng Express...... «5» pm ' too p m the department and their value repaid to i genuine unless bearing the signature of tThrough Mail...... 4:10 p m i Sj n m the purchaser or exchanged for new j tG randR apids Express...... 10-40 p m P Kxpr®“ ...... 0:40 a m 7:00 a m stamps. All redeemed envelopes and Bfcvenvori Gamut* Oo, tMixed...... 7:80 a m GOING BAST. stamps are sent by postmasters redeem­ ^ Davenport, la. tD etrolt Express...... ing them to the department and records tThrough Man...... 10:10 a m lo iio a m +57«"»% Express...... 3:35 p m 3:45 p m of the same are kept. These regulations Night Express...... 10 *30 n vn i n .. m are, we think, not generally known at | tDaily, Sundays excepted. »Daily. P m large, and their publication may be ben­ Detroit Express and Evening Express have parlor eficial to large numbers of people. forcars all attached points East. and make direct connections in Detroit Morning express and Grand Rapids express have nar- Ior cars attached. Night express has W agner sleeDinw car to D etroit, a rriv in g in D etroit a t 7-20 a m P * Crockery & Glassware Through railroad tickets and ocean steamship £ J? 2,d„ , 8le£Plnsr ear berths secured a t D., G. H. A M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t the depot. LAMP BURNERS. T — , Jab* Campbell, Citv Passenger Agent. No. 0 Su b ...... 38 J no. W. Loud, Traffic M anager, D etroit. No. 1 “ ...... 38 No. 2 “ ...... 58 Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern. T u bular...... 75 Ionia Pants & Overall Co. LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX. For Toledo and all points South and East, take 6 doz. in box. the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail No. 0 Sun...... 1 85 E. D. Voorhees, Manager. way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections No. 1 “ ...... 2 00 at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M. and No. 2 “ ...... 3 00 connections at Toledo with evening trains for First quality. MANUFACTURERS OF Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin No. 0 Sun, crimp top...... 2 25 nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi­ No. 1 “ “ “ ...... 2 40 nent points on connecting lines. No. 2 “ “ ...3 40 A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’I Pass. Agent XXX F lin t No. 0 Sun, crimp top...... 2 60 No. 1 “ “ ...... 2 80 No. 2 “ “ “ ...... 3 80 Penis, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, EtG. Pearl top. M i c h i g a n CTe k t f a l No. 1 Sun. wrapped and labeled...... 3 70 No. 2 “ “ “ “ ...... 4 70 Warranted Not to Rip. “ The Niagara Falls Route.” No. 2 Hinge, “ “ “ ...... 4 70 La Bastic. ..___ DEPART. ARRIVB Fit Guaranteed. Detroit Express...... 8:45 a m 15 pm No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz...... 1 25 J P “ 1! ...... ,:50 a m 30 p m No. 2 “ “ “ “ ...... 1 50 00 a m No. 1 crimp, per doz...... 1 35 Workmanship Perfect. "Atlantic Sc Pacific Express...... 10:46 p m 00 a m No. 2 “ “ ...... 1 60 Ti°rk ExPress...... 5:40 p m 35 p m STONEWARE—AKRON. "Daily. Butter Crocks, per gal...... All o ther daily except Sunday. 06* Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these goods enables him Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express Jugs, 54 gal., per doz...... 75 trains to and from Detroit. “ 1 “ “ ...... 90 to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade. Samples and prices Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids “ 2 “ “ ...... 1 80 sent on application. v Express to and from Detroit. Milk Pans, * gal., per doz. (glazed 66c) . 65 Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St. “ “ 1 “ “ ( “ 90c) . 78 I G. 8. H awkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. IONIA, MIOH. Gk£ W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 07 Monroe St. O. W. Kuoolbs, G. P. & T. Agent, Chicago. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, 15

MICH. COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIATION. ¡Baton, Lyon i Go p JOBBERS OF WM. SEARS & CO Fishing Tackle, Base Balls and Supplies, Gracker Manilfactilrera, Croquet, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. Hammocks,

Monthly Meeting 1 of the Directors—In­ Lawn Tennis, Etc. vasion from Toledo. State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s D et r o it, March 5,1890. Editor Michigan Tradesman : Sporting Goods. ■1 The regular monthly meeting of the Send for Catalogue. Board of Trustees of the Michigan Com­ Grand Rapids, Mich. mercial Travelers’ Association was held on Saturday evening, March 1, with all members present. Several bids for EATON, LYON & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS IN printing, stationery, postage, etc., were ¿O & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. approved. The applications of E. W. Stoddard and E. H. Moody, of Detroit, were approved. Assessment No. 1 for R oad 1890 have been closed, the result was credited as follows: Beneficiary fund, L o g g i n g $3,500; general fund, $130. The deaths of Sam’l Eckstine, of Lansing, and E. P. SEEDS! Griswold, of Grand Ledge, were re­ D e liv e ry ported, but, as the proofs were not filed no action was taken by the Board, which P le a su re then adjourned. At the same time a If in want of Clover or Timothy, commotion was heard at the door and all were surprised by the entrance of Messrs. Orchard, Blue Grass, or Bed Top, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Strong, Cady and Chamberlain, members or, in fact, Any Kind of Seed, of the Association, a self-appointed com­ mittee, followed by five gentlemen send or write to the whom they introduced as a delegation — tr B ® from the Toledo Traveling Men’s Asso­ TO u GEO. H. REEDER, ciation, in charge of their President, 09 O State Agent S e e d S to re , c t CD James W. Andrews and their Secretary, 0 CD D. J. Pain. After introductions and 71 Canal St„ GRAND RAPIDS. ft a Lycoming Rubbers congratulations on being spared from the S' s merciless grasp of “la grippe,” Mr. An­ 99 B and Jobber of drews stated that the invaders were del­ MTO egated by their Association to come to W.T.LAMOREAUX. Detroit and present to the Michigan 1 * Medium Price Shoes. Commercial Travelers’ Association, as an evidence of their regard and friend­ Grand Rapids, Mich. ship, a resolution, handsomely engrossed and framed, which was duly accepted SATIN OIL CALIE*. and appreciated. The committee, Messrs. Strong, Cady & Co., then an­ nounced that all were invited to repair EDMUND B.DIKEMÏÏN to the “Coffee Swan” where a spread was in waiting, which, with speeches aud mem­ T H E G R E A T The dandy line ories of .the road, required nearly two hours to discuss. of medium weight M. J. Ma tt h ew s, Sec’y. goods. Made in The resolution above referred to is as Watch Jflaker follows: congress or bals, To the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associa­ tion: Gr ee tin g —The feelings which have regular or old always existed between our two Associa­ i Jeweler, tions have been of such a cordial nature gents’ width, and that they could not be strengthened, but the recent reception to our members and in first or second their ladies impresses us with the fact 44 C1MKL 8T„ that we have heretofore been in the quality. dark with reference to the sterling qualities of our Michigan brethren. They are Princes of Hospitality and the Grand Rapids, - Mich, unbounded thanks of not only those who attended but the Association at large are Rixici^e, Bertsch. Sc Co. hereby tendered to the Michigan Com­ mercial Travelers’ Association and all who assisted it in the magnificent enter­ Headquarters for Oranges, tainment prepared for us on September 31, 1889. “Drummers Day” at the De­ Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, Pea­ troit exposition will hereafter be known as the red-letter-day in our Association. nuts, Figs, Dates, Citron, etc. Again we say, thank you. Ask for Price List. T oledo T r a v e l in g Me n ’s A ssociation. FRUIT Sound Business Maxims. P lu m b in g , Always keep your designs and business Steam and Hot Water Heating, The Putnam Candy Co. from the knowledge of others. Brooks’ Hand Force Pump, In­ Be courageous; drop your best friend stantaneous Water Heater, Hot if he shows lack of honesty and integ­ Air Furnaces, Mantels, Grates rity. and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Etc. C U R T IS S & C O ., Avoid litigation as much as possible, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in for lawyers and costs eat up the prin­ cipal. Plumbers’ Supplies. WHOLESALE Prefer small profits and certain re­ 184 East Piilton St., Head of Monroe, turns to large profits and uncertain set­ tlements. Telephone No. 147. Paper Warehouse. Have the courage to discharge a debt 21 Scribner Street, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’ while you have the money in your Telephone No. 1109. TWINE. pocket. GRAND RAPIDS, - MIOH. Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRA.DESMA.ISr.

SAUNTERING SOUTHWARD. To all appearances, the South is as full of Northern men as it was during the war, but the conditions are completely reversed. Instead of being regarded as L e m o n < £ P e t e r s , trespassers, the strangers are received P la p o Garda with open arms; instead of devastating the country, they seek to develop it and unearth its vast and varied resources; instead of being the forerunners of VE ÄRE HERDQUÄRTERS death, they are the harbingers of a peace WHOLESALE which, let us hope, will never again be disturbed. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. * * * A daylight ride on the Cincinnati GROCERS. Southern Railway, from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, discloses many sights Daniel Lyndi, SOLE AGENTS FOR strange to the average Michigander. The rich farming region around Lexington, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. which is the market center of the famous L a u tz B r o s • & C o ,’s S o a p s , blue grass region; the richness of the verdure and the sleekness of the stock Niagara Starch, feeding on the succulent grass; the old plantation homes, some pretentious and We respectfully call your attention Amboy Cheese more of them exceedingly humble, sur­ to the fact that we carry the most rounded by the whitewashed, shanty­ complete stock of seeds In like houses of the darkies; the endless s Western Michigan. Send succession of mountain streams, rushing GRAND RAPIDS. to their destination with the ceaseless energy of a Chicago Board of Trade man; the frequency of bridges, culverts and tunnels; the increasing number of negro faces which greet one at every step, rendering a white face so unusual as to be distinctly noticeable; the musical talk of the darkies and the peculiar twang of the native Southern­ ers— all these things are so different “Oilr LBader’' Goods. from what one sees and hears at home Having stood the test of time and the battle of competition and that they impress the stranger with a Brown's Seed Store, ^ come off victorious, we have no hesitation in recommending to the vividness not soon forgotten. trade our line of •» * * Chattanooga can hardly be called a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. typical Southern city, owing to the great number of Eastern and Northern men Something New Olir Leader Gigars, who make up her leading citizens. The natural depot of a large section of Olir Leader Smokiag, country, she has enjoyed a remarkable Olir Leader Fine Ciit, growth, having trebled her population of Olir Leader Baking Powder, 18,000 in 1882. While not entitled to the Bill Snort distinction of being a jobbing center— Olir Leader Saleratifs, being eclipsed in this respect by Knox­ Olir Leader Brooms, ville, Nashville and Memphis—she is doing an enormous amount of manu­ We guarantee this cigar the facturing and is the natural headquar­ best $35 cigar on the market. WHICH ARE NOW ters of a large section of territory given Send us trial order, and if not over almost exclusively to mining and ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY manufacturing. Her people are intelli­ return them. Advertising mat­ LEADERS IN FACT gent and hospitable and her business ter sent with each order. men generous and aggressive, and no In hundreds of stores throughout the State. If you are not handling these goods, less an authority than Ex-Mayor Hewitt, send in sample order for the full line and see how your of New York, asserts that she is event­ trade in these goods will increase. ually to be the “great commercial em­ "îiarleiioix Cigar MTg Go,, porium of the Central South,” with a population in excess of a million. CHARLEVOIX, MICH. I. M. CLARK & SON. * * * Arrangements are being made for a IS. K. BOLLES. e . B. DIKEMAN. “Central South Exhibition” in 1891, as a nucleus for a more complete and compre­ hensive exhibit at the Columbus fair F.J DETTENTHMR S . K. Holies & Co., in 1892. Speaking of the proposed ex­ JOBBER OF 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. hibition, the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce remarked; “I learned a Fresh and Salt W holesale Cigar Dealers. lesson at the Centennial exhibition from the exhibit made by Grand Rapids. Although fourteen years have passed, I « have never ceased to think of Grand Lake P i i Rapids as the greatest furniture manu­ T O S S U P ! ” facturing city in the country, and this opinion was strengthened by the com­ plete exhibit made by your manu- facturers at the New Orleans exhibition. We will forfeit $l,b00 if the “TOSS U F’ What we hope to accomplish, in both our Ocean Fisti Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of local exhibition and our Chicago exhibit, is to impress the country with the fact Mail orders receive prompt attention. excellent quality, equal to more than the aver­ that we are the headquarters of a great See quotations in another column. age ten cent cigars on the market. mining district, as Grand Rapids is the headquarters of the furniture industry.” 1 GRAND RAPIDS.