Michigan  Tradesman

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  23,  1887.

BAXTER’S  CELEBRATED

BEFORE  TH E  WAR.

U

YOL.  4.

.BEANS
WANTED.

Highest  Market  Price Paid 
for Beans, Picked or Unpicked.

ff.T .U M O R B M U ft

71 Canal Street, 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

KAHN,  LOSTRO  &  CO.,

FRUITS,  PRODUCE,

ANI>  GENERAL,

Commission  Merchants,

C o n s ig n m e n t s   S o lic it e d ,

3  NO.  IO N IA   ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Orders promptly filled.  All kinds of produce in car lots.
We carry » full  Une of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

M l )  RAPIDS  GRAM  AND  SEED CO.

71  CANAL  s t r e e t .

FOR  SALE.

Six Thousand Dollar Stock of Dry Goods, 
Clotliing  and  Groceries  in  good  farming 
town in Northern  Michigan.  The  firm  has 
done the largest trade in the place, the sales 
for 1886 aggregating 860,000.  “The Trades­
man  has  investigated  the  offer,  and  can 
recommend same  as  exceptional.  Address

THE  TRADESMAN,  Grand Rapids.

BELKNAP

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MANUFACTURERS OF

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

W A G O N S !

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of m aterial, and have 
every  facility  for  m aking  first-class  W agons 
of  all kinds.
|3©r"Special  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
P ainting and L ettering.

Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

Use

Heckers’ 
Standard 

Manufactures.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 K ent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  D O O M   FIRST-CLASS  WORK  AND  USB  NO 

CHEMICALS.

O rders  by  Mail  and  Express  Prom ptly  A t­

tended  to.

JTJIDD  cfc  OO-,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

A nd Full Line W inter Goods.

108  CANAL  STREET.

EDMUND  B.  DiKEMAN

—AND—

JEWELER.

44  CANAL  STREET,

DIARIES

OFFICE  TICKLERS.
CALENDARS

MEMORANDUM

FOR

1 8 8 7 .

Now is the time  to  make  your 
selections to get what you want 
before the stock is broken.
Geo. A. Hall & Co.

29 Monroe St.

J S / L

Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly 
for food,  is made of only the best white corn 
and ts guaranteed absolutely pure.

The popularity of  Muzzy’s  Corn  and Sun 
Gloss  Starch  is  proven  by  the  large  sale, 
aggregating  many  million  of  pounds  each 
year.

The State  Assayer of Massachusetts says 
Muzzy’s Com  Starch  for table  use,  is  per­
fectly pure,  is well  prepared,  and  of  excel­
lent quality.

Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table 
use,  is  the  very best  offered  to  the  con­
sumer.  All  wholesale  and  retail  grocers 
sell it.

APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

Ousliman’s

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

MENTHOL  INHALER
Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron­
chitis,  Sore  Throat  and  Severe 

Colds, stands without an equal.

Air  M entholized by passing through the Inhaler- 
tube, in which the P ure  Crystal» of M enthol are 
held' thoroughly applies this  valuable  remedy  in  the 
most  efficient  way,  to  the  parts  affected.  I t   sells 
read ily.  Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, 
and let your customers try it.  A  few  inhalations  will 
not hurt the inhaler, and will do more  to demonstrate 
its efficiency than a half hour’s talk.  R eta il  price 
5 0   cen ts.  For Circulars and  Testimonials address 

H.  D.  C ushm an,  T hree  R ivers,  M ich. 

H a zeltin e & Perkins  D rug Co., G’d R apids. 
And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago.

Trade supplied by

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Grand Rapide, Mich.

For Prices and terms, address

WHIPS graham  roys>
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Fermentum!

STATE  AGENT  FOR

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Oo.

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich.

TELEPH O NE  566.

Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for 
their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. 
Niftie genuine unless it bears above label.

CHARLES  A.  COYE,

Successor to

A. Coye & Son,

DEALER  IN

AWNINGS 5 TENTS

Horse and W agon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

W ide Ducks, etc.

Flags & Banners made to order.

73  CANAL  ST., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

POTATOES.

W e make the handling of POTATOES, 
APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special 
If you  have  any 
feature of our business. 
of these goods to ship, or anything  in  the 
produce line, let us hear from you, and  we 
will keep you posted on  market  price  and 
prospects.  Liberal  cash  advances  made 
on car lots when desired.
Agents for Walker’s Patent Batter Worker.

Earl Bros., Coiiissioi Merchants,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Reference:  F ir st  National  Bank.

f«f\SM 0K E   / M Í

■ M Y

M anufactured by

ROPER  &  BAXTER  CIGAR  CO.,

51 and 53 Wabash Ave., C h ic a g o .

This  famous  brand  is  now  handled  by  the leading 
druggists  and  grocers  of  Michigan.  In  towns where 
the cigar is not handled, I am prepared to give  the  ex­
clusive agency to good parties, druggists preferred.

J. L. STRELITSKY,

STATE  AGENT,

128 Canal Street, 

-  Grand Rapids.

For the Fieli ani Garden.

71 Canal Street,

Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden 

Seeds in Bulk.

Medium Clover,

Mammoth  Clover,

Alsike Clover,

Alfalfa Clover,

W hite Dutch Clover, 

Timothy,

Red  Top,

Blue Grass,

Orchard Grass,

Hungarian Grass, 
Common Millet, 

German Millet, 

Flax Seed.

M O S E X i Z T C "   B R O S .

-WHOLES ATÆ-

,  AllWAAM,

And Produce.

26, 28, 30 and 32  OTTAWA  ST..  G’D  RAPIDS

THE  NEW

Soap  Company.

As  previously  announced,  the  trade  is 
now being supplied with Soap from this new 
factory.  Two  brands  are now introduced,
the

H e a d l i g l i t

Little Daisy.
Both free from adulterations of all kinds, 
and contain pure Ceylon  Cocoa  Oil,  Steam 
Refined Tallow,  Glycerine and Borax.  The 
former  is  a  first-class  Laundry Soap, and 
the latter, being fine and  milder,  is  one  of 
the  best  Bath,  Laundry  and  Toilet  Soaps 
combined now on the market.

For terms, please apply to the  iactory,  in 
(Telephone 

person, by letter, or telephone. 
No. 578-5 rings.)

Shall we receive your  encouragement  by 

way of a trial order f

Respectfully,

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S ,

20  and  22  donroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mioh.

11

A  Reminiscence  of  Louisiana 

Slavery  Times.

in  Old 

In the quiet  of  one’s  home,  the  remem- 
branches of childhood’s days,  the stories  of 
the fireside,  the associations of  people  who 
have passed away,  come back to us at times 
with such vividness that we see  the  objects 
before us and hear  the  people relating their 
stories over again, as  if  the  past  was  but 
the present.  While the  bitterness  of  sec­
tional strife departed  many  years  ago  and 
the  days  of  salvery are  no  more  in  this 
country,  the  following  account  of  one  of 
the terrible results of the  old  slave  system 
can not but  interest  the  reader  of  to-day, 
and may bring  up  in  the  minds  of  those 
who  remember  the  slavery  times,  other 
memories.

the  gentlemen 

The  code  and  laws  of  Louisiana  are 
founded  on  the  Code  Napoleon  and  that 
on the Code Justinian of Rome, and is more 
explicit and peculiar  in  its  workings ^than 
the laws of  our  other  States.  During  the 
year  1854,  a  wealthy  slave-trader,  named 
Botts, a Virginian by birth, who lived in the 
garden suburbs  of  New  Orleans,  and  who 
owned a slave crawl on Common street, was 
suddenly stricken  with  apoplexy and  died 
without making a  will.  The  law  requires 
that on the death of any person  of  wealth, 
more  or  less,  the  Judge  of  the  District 
Court shall then  appoint  a  notary  to  take 
an  inventory  of  the  property, 
together 
witli a curator,  also  an  attorney to  repre­
sent  absent  heirs  and 
two  appraisers. 
After  performing  the  duties  prescribed, 
the document is  signed  by  all  the  parties 
and submitted to the  Judge  for  homologa­
tion.  Judge Kennedy, in the case of Botts, 
appointed Edward F., notary, Tom Howard, 
attorney  to  represent  absent  heirs,  a  Mr. 
Sewell,  curator,  and  two  young  French 
creoles, appraisers.  On receiving their  ap­
pointments, 
in  question 
visited the office and bank where Botts  had 
kept his deposits and titles to slave  proper­
ty,  and then went in carriages  to  the  resi­
dence of the  deceased,  which  was  on  the 
outskirts  of  the  city. 
It  was  an  elegant 
Southern home,  embowed in all  the  luxuri­
ous splendor of shrubbery for which Louisi­
ana  is  known,  its  whole  aspect  denoting 
opulence and luxury.  As the party alighted, 
they  were  greeted  with  the  sound  of  re­
ligious  music,  one  of  those  magnificent 
requiems for the dead,  sung  by two  female 
voices in Italian,  and so pathetic  and  soul­
ful, that with one  accord  these  men  stood 
bareheaded  until  it  was  ended;  then  ad­
vancing to  the  door they knocked and were 
admitted by a lady,  tall and commanding of 
gure,  courteous  and  graceful,  dressed  in 
deep mourning,  who had such an air  of  re­
finement that they all were  astonished  that 
Botts should have been  so  fortunate  as  to 
have  secured  such  a  woman  as  his wife. 
The notary briefly announced  the  business 
of  the  party,  and  they  were  immediately 
ushered  into  the  spacious  parlors.  After 
the house, grounds, household furniture, and 
effects had  been  examined  and  appraised, 
the negro slaves were admitted individually 
to the presence of the  gentlemen  and  were 
examined,  valued and  approved,  according 
to custom.  The notary then announced that 
their  business  was  terminated,  on  which 
the  attorney  for  the  absent  heirs,  Mr. 
Howard,  who had been  talking  aside  with 
the curator,  said that he desired to  question 
Mrs.  Botts, which,  of course,  was  his  legal 
right and duty.  He asked,  “Are  you  Mrs. 
Botts?”  To which she replied with  a bow. 
Continuing his questions, he said:  “I  don’t 
want  to  distress  you,  madam,  but  it  is 
necessary that you show me  your  marriage 
certificate.”  At which  the  lady  burst  into 
an agony of tears  that  effected  even  these 
stern men of law.  Ignoring the indignation 
readable on the faces of  his  associates,  he 
continued:  “On my honor, madam,  I  have 
no wish to wound or pain  you,  but  simply 
have a duty to perform,  and I must ask you, 
Are you a free woman of color? and,  if so, 
show  me  your  free  papers  and  end  this 
most  terrible  and  unpleasant  interview.” 
There was no reply to this  except  renewed 
sobs  and  almost  total  abasement  of  the 
body.  She was not the  wife  of  Mr. Botts, 
nor had she her free papers.  All  the  gen­
tlemen  withdrawing  but  the  notary,  she 
told her history,  which was  this:  She  was 
thé daughter of a wealthy  Virginia  planter 
and had been reared  in  luxury and  sent  to 
France to complete her education.  On  her 
return to her father’s house,  ignorant of her 
social status, she was received  as  the  hon­
ored daughter of an  ancestral  house.  Her 
father,  dying  of  paralysis,  was  unable  to 
perform what he had promised  her  mother 
to  do—furnish  the  mother  and  her  child 
free  papers—and  so  left  his  unfortunate 
family,  skives  in fact  and  in law,  to the 
mercy of 1ns relatives,  who  came  forward 
apparently  indignant  at  the  manner  in 
which money had been spent  on  “a  negro 
fam ily,”  and  botli  mother  and  daughter 
were jsold  as  slaves.  Botts  secured  the 
daughter  at  the sale, aud, becoming  inter­
ested and enamored with  her,  promised  to 
make her free,  if she  would  live  with  him 
as his wife.  She  assented,  simply because 
she  could  do  nothing  else,  the  result  of 
which  I  have  shown  you.  The  situation

was so appalling and was so appreciated by 
the gentlemen appointed  by the court, that, 
to the honor  of  the  Judge,  this  lady  was 
promptly freed and sent  North,  with  suffi­
cient money to  make  her  comfortable  and 
beyond want.

And this occurred in  the  United  States, 

the land of liberty,  the home of the free.
R o b e r t  M.  F o r d .

Soliman Snooks’ Opinion on Several  Sub­

jects.

Ca n t  H ook  Co r n e r s,  Feb.  15,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —I have not  had  time to write 
you very often of late, on account of business. 
My  trade has been about 25  per  cent,  bet­
ter this winter than  last,  but  no  knowing 
how soon it  will  be  knocked  higher  than 
the  late  Mr.  Gilderoy's  kite,  by 
labor 
troubles  breaking  out  again,  as  they  did 
last  spring. 
I  hardly  know  What  this 
country  is  coming  to  yet  with  so  much 
damphoolishness in it,  ready  to  break  out 
at a snap of some bosses’ fingers.

Then, there is Spain sassing us on the South 
and  Canada  threatening  us on the  North. 
By the great horn spoons,  I  am  beginning 
to  get  mad.  We  have  had  more  trouble 
over the confounded  codfish  and  mackerel 
than the whole  thing is worth.  Every time 
I weigh out a pound of  codfish  at  a  profit 
of only one cent,  I get madder.

But that is not the  real  point  at issue in 
this  question.  The  point  is  not  as  to 
whether  it  will  pay  or  not,  but  as 
to 
whether we are going to set  still  on  our— 
dignity and let  these  foreign  powers  slap 
us in the face and kick  us  on  the  cheek— 
and then  turn  the  other  also. 
I  say,  by 
thunder,  not. 
I  am  willing  to  pay  my 
share towards  making  a  lot  of  guns  and 
terpedoes and  patching  up  our  old  scows 
and  gun  boats  and  again  slinging  our 
starspangled  banner 
I 
fought  for  this  country  four  years,  but 
rather than to see our old eagle cuffed about 
and his few remaing tail feathers pulled out,
I  would  take  up  anus  again  as  a  Brig. 
General or—a sutler.  We have got a  lot of 
chaps  in  this  country,  anyhow,  who  are 
“on the list” and “never  would  be missed” 
if they were killed.

to  the  breeze. 

I used to know an  old  chap  named Doc. 
Jenison, that had a theory that  the  human 
system must have a regular cleaning out once 
a month or  else  enjoy  a run of  fever.  So 
once a month he used to round up his fami­
ly in the kitchen,  bleed eacli  one, give  each 
a dose of blue mass,  after  a  strong  emetic 
had operated and then wind up  next  morn­
ing with a dose of  castor  oil  to  all  hands 
and the cook.  Sick or  well,  he  followed 
this practice.

Now,  I think a country  needs  about  the 
same treatment.  Just about  every  twenty 
years we need a war.  We  must  bleed,  to 
get rid of  our  bad  blood  and  take  a  few 
blue pills, made of  lead,  ami  follow  it  up 
with  castor  oil  in  the  shape  of  lots  of 
money  to  oil 
the  wheels  of  commerce. 
This treatment comes  allfired  dear,  but we 
must have  it.

Some  people  claim  that  killing  off  the 
men 
is  apt  to  leave  a  large  surplus  of 
women that  cannot  find  husbands  at  any 
price. 
I will admit that  this  is  an  objec­
tion; but to  obviate  this  I  would  suggest 
that a law be  passed  alowing  each  man— 

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Mrs. Snooks happened in just now  and  cut 
out three lines,  so my brilliant idea will not 
go to press.

Canada puts me in  mind  of  a  boy  that 
used to go to school where I did.  This boy 
had a big stout  broth er  named  John,  who 
was a regular bully.  When John  was  any 
where within hearing,  the little fellow  used 
to crow  like  a  bantam  roster  and  sass us 
boys exasperatingly.  But when  John  was 
away,  Willy was as  meek  as  a  lamb  and 
real accommodating.

I see by the morning papers,  that Canada 
talks of suing us far  trespass  on  the  case. 
If  she  should  bring  us  up  before  some 
justice of the peace on a summons,  we could 
do  nothing—as  I  see—but plead  a  set off 
and demand a bill of particulars.

It is raining to-day and the  creek  is  ris­
ing.  The  goose  pond  is  full  and  the 
cantkook  factory is threatened.  Thus  our 
mercantile and  manufacturing  interest  are 
threatened on all sides.

Yours pugnaciously,

S o l im a n  S n o o k s.

To Distinguish  Oleomargarine  from  But­

ter.

A  piece  of oleomargarine  the  size  of  a 
hazlenut is placed  in  a  test  tube,  and  the 
end made air-tight. 
Into another test  tube 
a like quantity of  butter  is  treated  in  the 
same way.  When both test tubes  are  held 
in the hand,  the  oleomargarine  soon  liqui­
fies, forming  a clear solution;  whilst butter 
requires  double  the  time  for solution,  and 
when dissolved is not so clear  as  the  oleo­
margarine  solution.  When  the  tube  is 
filled one-third with  either,  the  oleomarga­
rine is easily dissolved,  and  does  not  pro­
duce any turbidity or precipitate on  the  ad­
dition of alcohol.  Butter, when  treated  in 
like manner, yields a precipitate.

A  French  court  has  decided  that  lin­
seed oil is not a medicine.  This,  however, 
will not prevent its use in therapeutics.

NO.  179.

IT  PLEASED  THE  BOYS.

Social Attention Which Catches the Trav­

eling  Men.

“We traveling men have our little  weak­
ness,” said a gossipy member of  the  itiner­
ant  and  commercial  brigade,  “and  that  is 
craving for social attention while out on the 
roan.  We  get  so  tired  of  hotels,  and  of 
male society exclusively,  that  the  custom­
er who invites us to his  house is looked up­
on as a friend indeed. 
I know one old chap 
out in Iowa  who  years  ago  sized  up  this 
trait of drummer nature,  and who  lias  fair­
ly made a fortune on  account of his shrewd­
ness.  He lias three pretty,  pert  daughters 
and  a  wife  who  is  the  very  soul of hos­
pitality.  The  old  man  invites  all  drum­
mers to his house,  and the ladies give  them 
good  dinners,  good  cheer,  music,  games, 
bright conversation,  winsome smiles—why, 
there  isn’t  a  drummer  who  lias  had  the 
pleasure of spending a night  in  that  house 
who wouldn’t ride 100 miles any time to get 
there.  Often three  or  four  traveling  men 
are there at once,  and on  Sundays I’ve seen 
a half dozen under that roof.

“Of course it costs money to entertain  so 
many guests,  especially as  the  old  man  is 
free  with  his  cigars  and  wines.  But  it 
doesn’t  cost  him  as  much  as  you  would 
think, for lie is continually  receiving  pres­
ents of boxes of cigars from cigar salesmen, 
cases of wine from liquor  travelers, caddies 
of fruit,  fine groceries,  etc. 
It beats all the 
quantities of samples  that  disappear  from 
drummers’  cases  when  they  strike  that 
town. 
I think that if the truth were  know 
the family is  actually  ahead  on  the  deal, 
particularly if  you  count  the  jewelry and 
tidbits that  are  given  those  daughters  by 
the guests.  About three out of four of  the 
boys lose their hearts to one girl or the other 
—I’Ae been there myself—and when a man’s 
in love you know how generous lie is,  espe­
cially  with  other  people’s  property.  The 
young  ladies  appear  to  keep  their  own 
hearts fancy free and have, besides,  a  very 
pleasant way of curing a man  of his infatu­
ation and of retaining his  friendship.

“I once heard that  some  of  the  jewelry 
and other nice  stuff  that  finds  its  way  to 
the house is afterward sold at the old man’s 
general  store,  but  this  may be  a  slander. 
One tiling is certain,  the shrewd old chap is 
getting rich  out  of  his  little  play  on  the 
weakness  of  our  tribe.  How?  Why,  he 
has the largest general store in  his  county. 
He not only retails,  but he  jobs  to  smaller 
dealers in the country towns.  And he buys 
his goods cheaper on an  average  than  any 
man in the northwest.  The fact is  that  he 
buys  them  at about cost,  and,  of course,  is 
able to knock out all of his rivals.  Besides, 
he is mighty slow pay.  He never pays  un­
til he is almost compelled,  to  save  trouble, 
and can persist in  this  because  all  of  the 
traveling men  when written  to  about  him 
declare that lie is gilt-edged,  and  tell  their 
employers to be patient;  that their money is 
sure and safe in time.  And so it is,  for the 
shrewd old merchant merely delays his pay­
ments that he  may loan  out  Ills  money at 
big rates of interest.  He has thousands out 
all the while on shaved notes,  chattel  mort­
gages,  aud interest  due  bills. 
If  he  only 
had some young girls  growing  up  to  take 
the place of the three who are now  in  their 
prime when these latter get married or  lose 
their  charms  of  youth  and  vivacity,  he 
would be as rich as an  Astor  in  15  years. 
Aud I can say for my  part  that  he  is  wel­
come to every cent  he  is  making.  He  de­
serves all the prosperity his  shrewdness  is. 
bringing him.  So say we all.

A Rule that Worked Both Ways. 

From the Boston Record.

A  story is  told  of  a  groeeryman  of  the 
shrewd old Yankee  stock,  who  on  several 
occasions  was  surprised  to  find  sums  of 
money in his sugar.  Where  it  came  from 
was a  mystery. 
It may have  been  hidden 
by slaves for some  purpose,  but  for what it 
would be hard to say.  The  storekeeper be­
ing  too  conscientious  to  keep  the  money 
without trying  to  find  an  owner,  ami  like­
wise being very loath to give it up, hit upon 
this plan to satisfy conscience and  keep the 
money.  Going to the  merchants  of  whom 
he purchased the goods he inquired whether 
they  were  responsible  for  the  sticks  and 
stones, and other things that were in it.

“No,  sir,” was the reply;  “you must take 
the sugar just as we receive it.  We are not 
responsible for anything in the barrels.”

It is needless  to  say that  the  storekeeper 

did not press the matter.

They Are “Short” in  Oil.

A stranger  dropped  in  on  Sand Lake a 
short time ago  and  stated  that  lie had  on 
hand a bankrupt stock of kerosene oil;  that 
the merchants  had  been robbing their pat­
rons  right along  on the oil  dicker;  that he 
would furnish  anyone  with  ten gallons  of 
water white and a tin can  for Si.  The man 
insisted upon  cash  in  advance  in each in­
stance,  and  after  collecting  about  twenty 
dollars he  took  the  train  for greener pas­
tures.  The  people  who  paid  for  oil  at 
bankrupt prices  have given  up ever seeing 
either the oil or  their  money, and some  of 
them have come to think that the merchants 
are not  so very exorbitant  in  their charges 
after  all.

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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Mannfactiiring Interests of tie State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Term s 81 a year in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade know n on application.

WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  23,  1887.

G ran d  R a p id s T ra v e lin g  M en’s A ssociation.
President,  L.  M. Mills;  Vice-President, S. A. Sears;  Sec­
retary and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour;  Board of Di­
rectors, H. S. Robertson,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  J.  N.  Brad­
ford, A. B. Cole and Wm. Logie-

Subscribers  and  others.  fVhen  w riting 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e  pub­
lishers  by m entioning th a t th ey  saw the adver­
tisem ent in the colum ns of  th is  paper.

Prof.  Vaughan 

It is somewhat noticeable that  several  of 
the coterie of New York sensationalists who 
are talking themselves hoarse on  the  ques- 
of food adulteration are more or  less  inter­
ested in preserved foods. 
In  view  of  this 
fact, the statement of  Victor  C.  Vaughan, 
Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the  Michigan 
University, may  throw  some  light  on  the 
motives of several of the half  hundred  men 
who called themselves a  “National  conven­
tion.” 
assures  Tiie 
T r a d e s m a n   that  “the  decomposition  of 
preserved foods presents  a  greater  menace 
to  the  public  health  than  adulteration. 
People are relying,  more than  ever  before, 
on preserved goods, and the worst  need,  at 
the  present  time, 
is  a  sure  and  simple 
method  of  detecting  the  decomposition.” 
As the thief sometimes  yells “lire.”  to dis­
tract  the  attention  of  those  who  might 
otherwise detect him  in villainy,  is it  not  a 
possibility that some of the men who  made 
themselves conspicious at Washington prate 
about adulteration in  others’  goods  to  dis­
tract attention  from  the  decomposition  in 
their own?

For years the platforms  and  declarations 
of the Knights of Labor and kindred organ­
izations have teemed with denunciations  of 
the black-list, as applied to  the  roll  of  in­
competent  and  untrustworthy  workmen 
kept by  railroads  and  other  corporations. 
Recently,  bills have been introduced  in  the 
Legislatures of  several  states,  prohibiting 
such black-listing.  This has  resulted  in  a 
change  of  front  on  the  port  of  organized 
labor, as the latter have come to realize that 
their  pet  weapon, 
the  boycott,  is  only 
another form of the black-list and  that  the 
menace they set up  against  the  non-union 
workmen  is  only  another  species  of  the 
same class.  T h e  T r a d e s m a n  is no friend 
of the black-list, except when  used  by  the 
merchant to  hold  in  check  the  idler  and 
dead-beat,  but  considers  the  boycott  the 
most  contemptible  weapon  ever  used  by 
any class of people,  the  Chinese  stink-pot 
not excepted.

One of the heaviest jobbers at this market 
—a man who has accumulated  over a quar­
ter of a million of dollars  by  Legality  and 
good management—says that the  first thing 
lie asks a man when he approaches him  for 
a line of credit is  “Do you know how to say 
no?” On the nature of the answer he receives 
to this enquiry,  depends,  in great  measure, 
the conclusion he forms  as  to  the  man’s 
ability to pay his bills  promptly. 
If  it  is 
desirable for the jobber to do business  with 
such men only as know how to refuse credit 
to irresponsible persons,  how  much  more 
essential is it for the merchant’s  own good, 
that he cultivate the faculty of saying “no,” 
when  it  is best he  should  give  such  an 
answer.

According to Governor  Luce,  the  butter 
sold at Lansing is vilely bad.  At  a  speech 
before  the  Michigan  Dairymen’s  Associa­
tion  at  Flint  last  week,  His  Excellency 
stated that Lansing people “get their butter 
in  their mouths as quickly  as  possible and 
then groan.”  T in s  T r a d e s m a n  expects to 
hear next that the people  of  Lansing  have 
begun impeachment proceedings against the 
Chief  Executive.  They  have  now  more- 
grounds for such action than  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain  had.

The representative trade  journals  of  the 
country are saying some pretty  hard things 
of the forty or fifty men  who met at Wash­
ington on January  19,  called  themselves  a 
“National  convention,”  and  proceeded  to 
inform Congress what  it  must  do  for  the 
fifty millions  of people  not  represented  at 
the alleged convention.

If  fifty  men  are  sufficient  to  make  a 
“ National  convention,”  how  many  com­
prise a State convention, by the same species 
of reasoning?

Annual  Meeting  of the  Michigan  Dairy­

men’s Association.

The third annual convention of the Michi­
gan Dairymen’s Association, which convened 
at Flint last Tuesday and  closed  its  labors 
on Thursday,  was the most successful gath­
ering of the  kind  ever  held  in  the  State. 
Mayor Warren and the hospitable people  of 
Flint did all that lay in their power  to  ren­
der the convention a pleasant and  profitable 
one and  succeeded  to  an  unusual  degree. 
President Horton presided with dignity and 
discretion,  and  his  unanimous  re-election 
was a foregone conclusion after the first ses­
sion of the convention.  The papers o'f Pro­
fessors Johnson,  Beal  and  Vaughan  were 
well received,  and the address  of  Governor 
Luce, on  Wednesday  afternoon,  filled  the 
hall almost to suffocation and was  in  every 
way worthy of the occasion.  Thirty-five new 
names were added to the membership, which 
swells the total to 122.  Adrian was selected 
as the next place of meeting.

AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

C. D.  Richardson,  late  of  Negaunee,  has 
engaged in the notion business  in the  new 
Cody Block, on South Division  street.

Frank E.  Pratt,  late  of  Greenville,  has 
engaged in the grocery business at Cadillac. 
The stock was purchased at this market.

F. P.  Hopper,  late  of  Fremont,  has  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  at Middle- 
ville.  Amos S.  Musselman & Co. furnished 
the stock.

Arthur Meigs  &  Co.  sold  over  830,000 
worth of hardwood lumber last Friday from 
their  yards  at  Breedsville,  Crofton  and 
Alba.  The  purchasers  were  Studebaker 
Bros.,  of  South Bend,  Ind.

John Walsh,  son  of  the  veteran  Spring 
Lake merchant, has leased the corner  store 
in John Caulfield’s block,  on  Canal  street, 
and will fill the same with groceries.  Buck- 
ley, Lemon & Hoops furnish  the stock.

Wm. II.  Bartholomew and “Money” Lies- 
velt have formed a  copartnership under  the 
firm  name  of  Bartholomew  &  Liesvelt, 
and purchased  the  grocery  stock of  Delena 
(Mrs.  Frederick)  Seegmiller at 559  Cherry 
street. 

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Sam. Olander and John R. Anderson have 
formed a copartnership under the firm name 
of Olander & Anderson and  will  engage  in 
the grocery business in the  two-story frame 
building they have just completed  at  Cadil­
lac.  Arthur Meigs & Co. furnish the stock, 
M.  M. Mallory placing the order.

When  the  late  Wm.  Thum  died, three 
years ago,  he had in process of construction 
the three-story brick building at  the  corner 
of West Bridge and Scribner streets,  which 
he intended to devote to the  purposes  of  a 
wholesale  drug  business.  His  death,  of 
course,  changed the plans of  his  sons  very 
materially,  and the building was rented  for 
other  purposes.  They have since arranged 
their affairs so that by  the  end  of another 
year they hope to be at the head of a whole­
sale drug department, run in connection with 
their retail business.  Their  intention  now 
is to turn their  present  store over to F.  W. 
Wurzburg,  at the expiration of  their  lease, 
when they will  endeavor to secure a double 
store somewhere on the same street.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Lowell—Geo. W.  Parker &  Co.,  grocers, 

have sold out.

is closing out.

have dissolved.

Muskegon—The Muskegon Dry Goods Co. 

Weston—Lepper Bros», hardware dealers, 

Leslie—II. Grove is about  to  discontinue 

the grocery business.

the grocery business.

Burgess—Geo.  Saunby  has  engaged  iq 

Jasper—Cone Bros,  will shortly engage in 

the hardware business.

the hardware business.

Lawrence—Fred Seymour has engaged in 

Capac—Fuller Bros,  succeed  Brooker  & 

Fuller in general trade.

Walled Lake—Theo.  Moore, general deal­

er,  is about selling out.

Deford—A.  Fruchey  succeeds  F.  H.  Os­

born in general  trade.

Croswell—Jas.  Pannell succeeds  Pannell 

& Stewart in general trade.

Plymouth—A.  A.  Teft  succeeds  C.  B. 

Crosby & Co.  in general  trade.

Acme—A. T.  Hoxie succeeds Chandler  & 

Hoxie in the grocery business.

Elmira—Manes & Buckman succeed J. R. 

Combs in the grocery business.

North Adams—O.  C.  Smith  succeeds  E.

J.  March in the grocery business.

Mt.  Clemens—E.  T.  Snook  succeeds  E. 

T.  & D.  D. Snook in general trade.

Mason—E.  Woodworth  succeeds  A.  J. 

Edward & Co.  in the drug  business.

Battle Creek—Taylor & Son succeed John

K.  Lotheridge in the grocery business.

Ypsiianti—II.  Fairchild  &  Co.  succeed

Fairchild & Smith in the meat business.

Lowell—A.  Fisher  &  Co.  succeed  Geo. 

W.  Parker & Co.  in the  grocery business.

Allendale—Van Farro we  &  Dalmon  suc­

ceed VanFarrowe Bros,  in general trade.

Marshall—Sarah M.  Webster  succeeds C. 

B. Webster in the boot and shoe business.

Decatur—Stewart & McNaughton, grocers 
and druggists,  have  assigned  to  B.  O’Dell.
East  Saginaw—M.  S.  Couse  succeeds 
Couse & Gemmili in the hardware business.
Lake Linden—Nathan Newman  succeeds 
Newman & Hart in  the  clothing  business.
Bay City—Buck,  Leighton &Co., produce 
dealers,  have dissolved,  O.  Bump  retiring.
Detroit—J. F.  Macauley succeeds  Macau- 
ley Bros,  in the  book  and  stationery  busi­
ness.

Coldwater—Z. G. Osborne & Son succeed
H.  N.  Moore in the drug  and  grocery busi­
ness.

Blissfield—Gauntlett & Koester, dry goods 
and boot and shoe dealers,  are succeeded by 
It.  Koester.

North Dorr—Peter  Brantigan,  the  New 
Salem general dealer,  has moved  his  stock 
to this place.

Weston—A.  P.  Phillips,  late  of  Lyons, 
Ohio,  will put in a stock of  dry  goods  and 
groceries here.

Coopersville—John Busman  and  August 
Busman have joined hands and  engaged  in 
the meat business.

Coopersville—W.  F.  Storrs  has  sold  his 
bazaar stock to Mrs.  Lutkins,  who will con­
tinue the business.

Cheboygan— Langmaid & Clark,  saddlery 
and  harness  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Mr. 
Langmaid succeeding.

Jenisonville—Martin Gezon has purchased 
the general stock of  Andre Bros,  and  will 
continue the  business.

Hartford—Henry  L.  Gleason has hought 
the grocery stock of  Charles  Nicolson  and 
will continue the biftiness.

Fred. S.  Kieldsen, who is arranging to re- 
! engage in the grocery business  at  Cadillac, 
is in tow'll purchasing  stock.

Cadillac—Report  has  it  that  Fred.  S. 
Kieldsen will succeed Newark & Soreuson in 
the grocery business on May 1.

Maskegon—Horace  Cummings is defying 
the laws of the State  by  conducting  a  lot­
tery in  connection  with  his  grocery  busi­
ness.

Burnip’s Corners—Allen Twining lias  re­
tired from the firm of Goodman &  Co.,  gen­
eral dealers.  His interest  is  taken  by  W. 
Hfilmer.

Muskegon—J.  M.  Dobson  has  retired 
from the firm of G. Riordan &  Co., dealers 
in dry goods.  The firm name  remains  the 
same as  before.

Cheboygan—A call has been issued  for  a 
meeting of the druggists of Cheboygan coun­
ty,  for  Wednesday,  Feb. 23,  to  osganize  a 
county association. 

Cheboygan—The  G.  A.  Davis  boot  and 
shoe stock was bid in at  attachment sale by 
Oscar Adams for II. A.  Wetmore, who  will 
continue the business  in  company with  C. 
E. Davis.

'

East Jordan—The assets of  C.  G. Lewis, 
who recently assigned,  are in excess of  bis 
liabilities,  and arrangements  will  probably 
be made which will enable  him  to  resume 
business.

Flint—Alex.  F. Sharp  and  Fred. Ander­
son have  been  admitted  to  partnership  in 
the firm of W.  E.  Braman & Co., wholesale 
and retail tobacco  and  cigar  dealers.  The 
firm name remains the same as before.

Perrin—Pliinney  & Bullock are  building 
a hotel,  W.  S.  Sawdy a hardware  store,  J. 
W. Creagor a meat market,  and J. A.  Sick- 
els & Co. have  already  opened  a  general 
store.  C. II. Jones, of Henderson  will also’ 
remove his grocery stock here.

Grand Haven—Mr.  Roseboom has  retired 
from the  hardware  firm  of  Pfaff  &  Rose- 
boom.  The business will  be  continued by 
Fred,  and Charles Pfaff under the firm name 
of Fred.  Pfaff  &  Co.  Mr.  Roseboom  will 
re-engage in the same business here.

Muir—Elmer H.  Ely has sold his  interest 
in the firm of Ely Bros.,  general  dealers  at 
Muir, to Oliver  N.  Ely,  who  has  formed a 
copartnership  with L.  A.  Ely and will con­
tinue business under the firm name of L. A. 
& O.  N. Ely.  Elmer  H.  Ely  lias resigned 
the  secretaryship  of  the  Muir  Business 
Men’s Association.  L.  A.  Ely is temporari­
ly filling the position.
Fennville—Dr.  W. 

II.  Andrews  w'rites 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  as follows:  “I am fixing 
up my store building in good shape and  ex­
pect to engage in the drug  business  perma­
nently early in the spring.  There  will not 
be three drug  stores in Fennville, however, 
as I am negotiating with Moon  &  Goodrich 
for their  stock,  which  is  new  and  fresh.' 
Dr.  Moon wants to  go  away to some larger 
place.  We have  a  nice  store, 24x60,  and 
the postoftice is in  one  corner. 
I also  ex­
pect  to  have  a  partner  in  the  business, 
when the  proper time arrives.”

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Hubbardston—Ithaca parties  will  start a 

spoke factory.

Kalamazoo—Dunbar &  Trumbull,  manu­

facturers of cultivators,  have dissolved.

Mayfield—Gibbs Bros, are adding machin­
ery for  the  manufacture  of  chair  stuff  at 
their mill.

Cheboygan—Murray  &  Rich,  machinists 
and foundrymen,  will enlarge  their  shops, 
owing to increase of business.

Harrison—W.  II.  Mosteller,  who  runs  a 
shingle mill near here and manufactured 7,- 
500,000 shingles last year,  will  put in a cir­
cular saw with a capacity of  25,000  feet  of 
lumber a day.

Big Rapids—Trowbridge Bros., for several 
years  past engaged in  the  manufacture  of 
clap-boards and shingles,  have  arranged  to 
put  in  machinery for  the  manufacture  of 
barrel staves.

Detroit—Report has it that  the  Michigan 
Car Company recently declined a bid for 5,- 
500 freight cars, for the reason that its shops 
are  full  of  work  that  cannot  possibly be 
turned out for several months.

Cheboygan—L.  P. Swift, purchaser of the 
W. S.  Smith mill property,  is  getting ready 
for the season’s work.  He combines the re­
quisite amount  of  pluck  and  push,  and  is 
backed by capital to make it r success.

Alpena—A movement is on foot  here  for 
forming a stock company of mill owners for 
the purpose of building  a  box  factory,  the 
lumber  for  consumption  to  be  furnished 
from the several mills.  The Minor Lumber 
Co.’s mill will not be converted  into  a  box 
factory,  as was previously  reported, 

Saugatuck—The Saugatuck  Basket  Man­
ufacturing Co. was organized  on  the  21st, 
with a capital stock of 810,000.  The stock­
holders so far enrolled are as follows: Capt. 
R.  C. Brittain,  Calvin Whitney,  Chas.  Mil­
ler and A. Nyson, each 81,000; Chas. E. Bird, 
D.  L.  Barber, John Nies,  H.  Palzer and  H. 
F. Marsh,  each 8500.  All kinds of  baskets 
and fruit packages will be manufactured.

STRAY  FACTS.

Lansing—L.  Price  &  Co.  succeed  F.  I. 

Moore & Co. in the lumber business.

Lenox—Jacob P.  Bender succeeds  O.  W. 
Gleason & Co.  in the milling and lime busi- 
. ness.

Manistee—W.  E.  Sawyer succeeds W. E. 
Sawyer & Co.  in the lumber inspecting bus­
iness.

Overisel —Hofman & Nykerk are building 
an addition to their grist mill  in  the  shape 
of a warehouse.

Grand Haven—F. Metz has sold his  (con-

troling)  interest in the  Metz Leather Co.  to 
J. A.  Nyland & Son, of Holland.

Manistee—R. G. Peters has been offered a 
large sum by the Standard Oil Co.  to  cease 
boring for oil.  He has the offer  under  ad­
visement.

Lisbon—We  have  30,000  bearing  peach 
trees within a radius of  two  miles  of  this 
place.  Prospects  were  never  better  for  a 
large crop.

Three Oaks—The Warren Featherbone Co. 
now gives employment to  150  persons  and 
consumes  30,000  quills  and  125  miles  of 
thread daily.

Charlevoix—The bay shore  from  Charle­
voix to Traverse City is lined with  railroad 
ties,  banked for shipment.  A  man  named 
Durga has contracted  to  deliver  12,000  at 
Yuba.

Falmouth— Logging  operations  in  this 
vicinity are more extensive  than  ever  this 
season.  Logs to the amount  of  50,000,000 
feet will be put into Clam river  and  floated 
to Muskegon for  sawing.

Harbor Springs—Michael Davitt  recently 
cut a tree near here that had an ax imbedded 
in it, covered with concentrite  growths that 
indicated that the ax was wielded and thrust 
into the tree 100 years ago.

Mnskegon—Wm.  F. Ninneman has  retir­
ed  from  the  Muskegon  Bottling  Works. 
The business will  be  continued by Gottlieb 
Ninneman,  Otto  G.  Meeske  and  Gustav 
Meeske under the same firm  name.

Muir—L. A. Ely writes as follows: “Lyons 
and Muir are  variously  united—by a union 
of the  two Business Men’s Associations; by 
highway,  railroad, side-walk, balloon; three 
lines telephone; swimming; ice bridge; boat­
ing,  and by trading in and visiting each oth­
er’s towns.”

Detroit News:  The business men of Alle­
gan  are  mad  because  they  are  convinced 
that  the  Lake  Shore  railroad  is  working 
against  them  in  the  matter  of  getting the 
proposed Otsego paper mill.  They  all  be­
long to the Business Men’s Association,  and 
they propose to move  at  once  for  railroad 
connections  which  will  make  them  inde­
pendent of the Lake Shore,  in every way.

Marshall—The commercial  department in 
our high school  is  conducted  on  strictly  a 
business basis;  so much so, in fact, that one 
of  the  enterprising  students  attempted  to 
make an assignment,  not long ago,  of  what 
there was due him from  the  professor,  but 
the statute of  limitation  was  brought  into 
play for the assignee’s relief and the shrewd 
business youth was,  perforce,  compelled  to 
bear the burden of his obligations  where  it 
did him the most  good.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Woodville.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
II. II. Rolph, Coopersville.
P e te r Brantisran, N orth Dorr.
C. F. W illiams, Caledonia.
John Giles & Co:, Lowell.
S. A. Bush,  Lowell.
W. B. K ickart, Lowell.
J. E.  Rice. Rice &  Lillie, Coopersville.
J. F. Mann, Lisbon.
J . F. Clark,  Big  Rapids.
H. H unger. Nunica.
Ed. K eats, Lilley P. O.
Gus Bcgman,  Bauer.
J. F. H acker. Corinth.
C. W. A rm strong, Bowen’s  Mill.
Cole & Chapel, Ada.
C. K. H oyt, Hudsonvillo.
H. B aker & Son, D renthe.
Sm ith & Bristol, Ada.
D arling & Roberts.  Sparta.
M. M inderhout, Hanley.
Jo h n  G unstra, Lam ont.
N. Boum a, Fisher.
Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
R. D. M cNaughton, Coopersville.
A. Purchase, South Blendon.
Farrow e Bros., A llendale.
Sidney Stark, Allendale.
D. W. Shattuck, W ayland.
D. B. G alentine, Bailey.
Win. Tnompson, Nunica.
C. V. Nash, Bravo.
B. A.  Kliese, Sullivan.
J. K. Sharp, Big Rapids.
Wm. VerM eulen, B eaver Dam.
Fred K. Kieldson, Cadillac.
Wm. B. K ieft. Muskegon.
M. J. Lewis, Boyne City.
R. Gannon. W hite Cloud.
Sm ith & Bristol,  Ada.
M yers & B urton.  W hite Cloud.
Jas. Broderick, Kingsley.
G. T. Clapp,  Glenn.
G. V anLopik & Sons, G rand Haven.
C. W. Caskey, H arbor Springs.
G. M. H untley, Reno.
David Holmes, W est  M ichigan  L um ber  Co., 
Lilley & Lilley, Allegan.
Dr. G. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
F. P. Hopper, Middleville.
Dell W right,  Berlin.
Mr. Spring, Spring & Lindley,  Bailey.
J. McMichael,  M anton.
L.  V allier, Frem ont.
Den H erder & Tanis,  V riesland.
M.  M.  Elder,  M.  M.  Elder  &  Co.,  Spencer 
Jo h n  M eijering, Overisel.
Jo h n  Kamps, Zutphen.
Mrs.  G.  Miller, Muskegon.
M oerdyk D eK ruif & Co., Zeeland.
Miss Em m a S. Ellis,  Casnovia.
H. B. Church,  Lowell.
W. C. M urray,  Lowell.
C. M. W oodard,  Kalam o.
R. Neil, A shland Center.
F. C. Stone & Son, Cedar Springs.
A. N orris & Son, Casnovia.
Jno. Giles & Co., LowOll.
F.  V oorhorat & Co., Overisel.
A - F. H arrison, Sparta.
D. H. D ekker, Zeeland,
V anFarow e & Dalmon, Allendale.
W alter Struik,  Jam estow n.
Wm. VerM eulen,  B eaver Dam.
Dr. G.  B. Nichols, M artin.
C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville.
Blakeley Bros.,  Fife Lake.
T. J. Sharp, Big Rapids.
Will A shton,  A shton Bros.. T raverse City,
E. C. Foote,  W est  Carlisle,
Jo h n  K am ps, Zutphen.
R. G. Sm ith, W ayland.
Velzy Bros., Lam ont.
D. R. Slocum, Rockford.
Nelson F. Miller, Lisbon.
W.  H. Struik, Forest Grove.
J . Raymond, Berlin.
Jo h n  Sm ith, Ada.
E. W.  Pickett, W ayland.
L. A. 8coville, Clarksville.
L. N. Fisher, D orr Center.
Wm. K arsten, B eaver Dam.
H oag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
Jos. P. Cordes,  Alpine.
8. Cooper, Jam estow n.
Jos. Omler, W right.
S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
L. Cook. Bauer.
L. A  Paine, Englishvlllo.
N. H arris, Big Springs.
C. S. Comstock, Pierson.
I.  J. Quick. Allendale.
C. F. Sears, Rockford.
G. C. Baker, La Barge.
W alling Bros., Lam ont.
J. B. W atson. Coopersville.
J . N. W ait, H udsonvllle.
C. F. W illiams, Caledonia.
G. H. W albrink. Allendale.
M. H eyboer & Bro„ D renthe.
A. D eK ruif, Zeeland,

Creek.

Rights of Passengers  Purchasing  Tickets

of Station Agents.

In 1882, Aaron Hufford purchased a ticket 
of the station agent  at  Manton,  which  the 
agent represented was good for a ride  from 
Manton to Traverse City.  The  ticket  was 
part of an excursion  ticket,  good  when first 
issued  from  Sturgis 
to  Traverse  City. 
After purchasing it,  Hufford  noticed that  it 
was not like the tickets he had been  accus­
tomed to  purchase,  asked  the  agent  if  it 
was good,  and was assuaed that it was.  On 
presenting his  ticket  to  the  conductor,  he 
was informed that the  latter  could  not  re­
ceive it for fare,  whereupon Hufford  stated 
to the conductor the facts as  to its purchase 
and the statements  of  the  agent,  and  re­
fused to pay the fare  a  second  time.  The 
conductor  then  laid  hands  upon  Hufford, 
rang the bell and informed him that  unless 
lie  paid  he  should  put  him  off.  Hufford 
paid the  fare  demanded  under protest and 
began suit  against  the  company  for  dam­
ages,  which  resulted  in  a  verdict  for  the 
plaintiff.  The  defendant  appealed  to  the 
Supreme Court,  which reversed the decision 
of the lower court and ordered a  new  trial, 
Judge Cooley and a  majority  of  the  bench 
rendering an opinion that the conductor can 
accept in payment of fare such tickets  only 
as bear  upon  their  face marks, words,  let­
ters and figures required by the  railroad  to 
be placed thereon.  On the  second  hearing 
of  the  case  in  the  Circuit  Court,  Judge 
Montgomery  charged  the  jury  upon  that 
theory and a verdict was rendered  in  favor 
of  the  defendant. 
In  the  meantime,  the 
complexion of the Supreme Court had  been 
somewhat  changed  by  the  retirement  of 
Justices Cooley,  Graves  and  Marston  and 
the accession of  Justices  Champlin,  Morse 
and  Sherwood.  Satisfied  that  a  different 
view of the matter would be  taken  by that 
body, as now constituted, the plaintiff again 
appealed to the Supreme Court, which prac­
tically reversed its former  opinion  by a  re­
versal of  the  verdict  of  the  lower  court, 
Justice Sherwood  rendering  the  following 
opinion,  which was concurred in by Justices 
Campbell and Morse:

1.  That Hufford had a right to  rely upon 
the statements of the agent  that  the  ticket 
was good and entitled him to a ride between 
the stations named. 
It was a contract  that 
the agent had a right to make and did make 
with plaintiff.  The ticket was the evidence 
agreed upon by the agent and passenger  by 
which the  railroad  company should  there­
after recognize the right  of  plaintiff  in  the 
contract,  and neither the  company  nor  any 
of its agents could  thereafter  be  permitted 
to say the ticket was not such evidence, and 
conclusive upon the subject.
2.  Passengers are not interested in the in­
ternal  affairs  of 
the  companies  whose 
coaches they ride in,  nor  are  they required 
to know the rules and regulations  made  by 
the directors  for the  control  of  the  action 
of  its  agents  and  management  of  its  offi­
cers.
3.  When Hufford  informed the conductor 
of the facts,  as  before  stated,  it  was  his 
duty to accept the  plaintiff’s  statements  as 
tme, no matter what the ticket contained in 
words,  figures or other marks.  All sorts of 
people travel upon the cars and  the  regula­
tions  and  management  of  the  company’s 
business and trains,  which will  not  protect 
the educated and uneducated, the  wise  and 
the ignorant alike,  are unreasonable indeed. 
On the undisputed facts in the case I  think 
the plaintiff was entitled to ride  to  Walton 
upon the ticket presented to the  conductor.
4.  The Court sustains the act of  1885,  al­
lowing error to be assigned upon the charge 
of  the  trial  judge  in  the  Supreme  Court 
without  taking  exceptions  at  the  Circuit, 
holding it to be a remedial statute,  affecting 
a question of practice and intended to apply 
to cases pending at  time  of  its  passage  as 
well as to those thereafter commenced.

P u re ly   P erso n al.

J. 

T.  Avery,  the Grand Haven cigar man­

ufacturer,  was in town Monday.

Ben.  W. Putnam is confined to his  house 

by illness,  induced by a severe  cold.

Dr.  G.  W.  Crouter,  of Charlevoix,  passed 
through the city  Friday,  on  his  way home 
from  Jackson.

Harry Blanchard,  formerly of the firm  of 
Blanchard  Bros.  &  Co.,  is  now  engaged 
with L.  S.  Hill & Co.

W. T. Lamoreaux lias been delayed in get­
ting  his  White  Swan  combination  on  the 
road,  owing to the prolongation of the  bean 
season.

Thos.  Curry,  the Hudsonville sawmill op­
erator, was in town last Saturday.  He is one 
of the several men who have  under  advise­
ment the purchase  of  the  Northern  Manu­
facturing Co.  property at Boyne Falls.

Geo.  L.  Medes,  formerly  with  Jennings 
& Smith,  and  later  with  H.  Schneider  & 
Co.,  but now book-keeper for the Chippewa 
Lumber Co.,  at Chippewa Lake, put in Sun­
day at Grand Rapids,  basking in the  smiles 
of a certain fair lady.

D.  G.  Crotty,  of  Muskegon, sustained  a 
fractured arm by the  derailment  of  a train 
on the Luther  branch  of  the  G.  R.  &  I., 
last Saturday  morning. 
IlaiTy Morris,  of 
Muskegon,  and  Frank  E.  Chase,  of  this | 
city,  were also among  the  passengers,  but 
escaped serious injury.

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

W.  D.  & A.  Garrison expect to  get  their j 
new creamery,  at Yernon,  in  operation  by j 
April  1.

The Cassopolis creamery fetill stands  idle I 
and is likely to until Davis & Rankin  come 
to tlieir senses.

Wolters  Bros,  expect  to  get  their  new j 
creamery,  at Overisel,  into operation by  the 
latter part of March.

Dwight Stone, of Kalamazoo, has engaged j 
to travel through Michigan for F.  B.  Fargo ; 
&Co., of Lake Mills, Wis.

The Holly creamery is  badly  in  debt,  as 
the  result  of  inexperienced  management, 
and unless  the  property passes  into  other 
hands,  the  factory  will  probably  not  be 
operated the coming  season.

Abram  Scott  and  J.  E.  Sandburn  have!

i  formed a copartnership under the firm name 
i of Scott & Sandburn, for the purpose of put- 
j  ting in a cheese factory at Maple Ridge, Ar- 
j enac county.  It is expected that the factory 
| will be in operation by the middle  of  May.
| The milk from 800 cows is  promised.

East Saginaw business  men  are  moving 
| in the matter of a creamery,  which  will  be 
j  located  a  short  distance  outside  the  city. 
Among  those  interested  are  L.  A.  Clark, 
j Thos.  Saylor,  W.  L.  Webber,  II.  P.  Smith, 
j  Wm. Callam, John C. Brown, Archie Brown,
; Jno.  G.  Owen  and  Chas.  Holland.  The 
| proposed creamery will have  a  capacity  of 
j  1,500 pounds daily.

The Gripsack Brigade.

|  Michigan  is  blessed  with  another  lady 
traveler in the person of Miss Emma George.
| She hails from Chicago and sells paints, oils 
| and brushes.

J.  N. Bradford,  who  has been laid up for 
two weeks with a partial  dislocation  of his 
I shoulder,  received by  falling  on  the  side- 
| walk at Fremont, started  out  on  the  war­
path again Monday.
I  W. S.  Horn  has  severed  his  connection 
with  Amos S.  Musselman & Co.,  to  accept 
| a similar  position  with  John A.  Tolman & 
j Co., of Chicago.  He is succeeded by Yalda 
j  Johnston,  who  has  given  up  his  position 
j  with Gray,  Kingman & Collins for that pur­
pose.

A porter on a western  train  says:  “The 
drug  drummer  is  a  queer  fellow;  so  nice 
and neat,  and smells  of  his  drugs;  always 
smokes a cigarette;  has  a  way of  dressing 
that  suggests  a  calico  dressing  gown  and 
slippers; 
recognizes  in  the  conductor  a 
necessary  evil;  always  has  his  1,000-mile 
ticket in the last valise lie looks into,  yet  is 
a  very  pleasant  man  with  very  pleasant 
weaknesses.

Furniture Facts.

Ludington—O.  S.  Stout,  furniture dealer, 

has sold out.

tory in prospect.

Benton Harbor—A  church furniture  fac­

Ludington—G.  W.  Spear  succeeds  ().  S. 

Stout in the furniture business.

Detroit—Keenan & Jalm  succeed  Kireh- 

berg & Keenan in the furniture business.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  of 25 words o r  less  inserted 
in th is colum n at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  th ree weeks.  A dvance  pay­
m ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be 
sent in care of this office m ust he accom panied 
by 25 cents ex tra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

181*

XT'OR  SALE  OR  EXCH ANGE—For a stock of 
A 
hardw are  or  general  m erchandise,  12 
acres  fru it  and  garden  farm   adjoining  city 
lim its.  Elegant  buildings, etc.  A ddress  Box 
65, G rand  Rapids. 
XT'OR  SALE—General stock of drygoods, gro- 
4  
ceries,  boots  and  shoes,  crockery,  etc., 
situ ated  in live railroad town near G rand R ap­
ids.  Stock will inventory about $4,000.  Reason­
able term s to responsible parties.  Trade good. 
Address  No.  51,  "T radesm an”  office,  Grand 
Rapids. 
XT'OR  SALE—W ell-selected general  stock,  lo- 
I  
cated a t a place trib u tary  to a large farm ­
ing trade.  Stock will  inventory  about  $6,000. 
Address for full particulars, “I. J.,” care "The 
Tradesm an.” 
XT'OR  SALE—Clean stock of dry  goods, cloth- 
X 
ing, hats and caps  and  boots  and  shoes, 
situated  at Plainwell, a lively  town  with  two 
railw ays.  Stock will  inventory  about  83,500. 
For  term s  of  sale,  apply  to  W. H.  Hoops, a t 
Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, G rand  Rapids.  177tf

ITstf

isi*

iT'OR  SALE—D rug store. A rare chance. One- 

half  in terest  in  an  old-established, good 
paying business.  This  is  a  chance seldom of­
fered to secure so g reat a bargain.  Will stand 
close investigation.  An ex tra opportunity for 
a.ohysician.  Address L. S. Willson,  Lock  Box 
6'3, St. Joseph, Mich. 

179*

179*

iT'OK  SALE—A 

large  N ew foundland  dog, 
eighteen  m onths  old,  good  w atch  dog, 
broken for being  in  office  or  store.  Address 
Jos. Omler, W right, Mich. 
A  BARE  CHANCE—An  eighty  acre  farm , 
XX  which  unites  all  advantages,  one  mile 
from  the  flourishing  village  of  Coopersville; 
good buildings: the very richest of soil; w ater­
ed  by  springs  of  living  w ater, and no  rough 
land—a perfect garden.  I will sell on term s to 
su it purchaser, or will exchange  for first-class 
residence in G rand  Rapids;  o r will take  stock 
of goods for whole o r p art paym ent.  The farm  
is w orth $6,000.  ■ >. F.Conklin, Coopersville.  175
XT'OR  SALE—A thirty-year old  grocery stand 
A 
in  Kalamazoo.  A two-story fram e  store, 
w ith good tenem ent rooms  above, and  a  good 
tenem ent house on sam e lot, also barn.  Three 
blocks from   M.  C.  depot.  $3,500,  p art  down, 
balance in easy  paym ents.  Possession  given 
in May.  J.  Van Zolonburg, Petoskey.  174tf

IT'OR  SALE—Two-story brick building, 24x60, 

with clean grocery and m eat  stock  ( wood 
business in connection) on  principal  business 
street  of  th riv in g   N orthern  tow n.  Term s, 
$5,000, half down, balance on tim e to  suit  p u r­
chaser.  Address "B argain,” care "The Trades­
m an.” 

i pOR  SALE—Best  bargain  ever  offered  for 

general  stock  in  grow ing  tow n  in  good 
farm ing  com m unity  in  N orthern  Michigan. 
Stock  will inventory  about  $8,000.  Sales  last 
year were $60,000.  Address "The T radesm an,” 
G rand Rapids. 

177tf

jsi

179*

ÏpOR  SALE—Business and store buildings a t 

W alton.  As we desire to close up all o u t­
side  m atters,  we  shall  offer  for  sale 
the 
stock,  fixtures,  store,  warehouse,  realty and 
good will of our branch house a t Walton.  This 
business has been established fo r ten years, is 
well equipped, located a t  the  junctiou  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Bailway  and  Trav­
erse City Railway, and presents  a  good  open­
ing to r one who has a small  capital, combined 
with energy.  For term s 01  sale  apply  to  our 
Mr. Leavenw orth  on  th e   prem ises.  H annah, 
Lay & Co. 
TXT ANTED—Small stock of drugs in  good lo- 
” » 
cation in  railroad  town.  Place  w here 
good physician is needed preferred.  Address, 
Box 66, Maple Rapids, Mich. 
TAT ANTED—A  m an  having  an  established 
T T 
trade am ong lum berm en to add  a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
m an a splendid chance will be  given  to  m ake 
m oney w ithout  e x tra  expense.  Address “ B,” 
care Michigan T radesm an. 
TXTANTED— E very dealer  to  know  th at  we 
are  in  position  to  give  e x tra   induce­
m ents to cash  purchasers  and  would  respect­
fully  solicit  correspondence.  Wo  are  over­
stocked in tu b u lar  lan tern s  and  will  m ake  a 
special  price  to  dealers  w anting  any.  Also 
low  prices  on  globes,  chim neys,  burners, 
shades,  etc.,  Cum m ings  &  G raham ,  Cor.  So. 
Division aud Fulton St. 

178tf

181*

179

Bank.  Address, sta tin g  term s dem and­

ed, “ P urchaser,” care “The T radesm an.”

■ 7"ANTED—Stock  in  K ent  County Savings 
IF   YOU  WANT—To get into business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
to  g et  a  situation,  if  you have an y thing  for 
sale o r w ant to  buy anything, advertise in  th e 
M iscellaneous Column of T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  A  
tw enty-five word  advertisem ent  costs  b u t  25 
cents a  week or 50 cents lo r th ree weeks.

P O T A T O E S !

CAR  LOTS  A  “SPECIALTY.”

Wo offer Best Facilities.  Long Experience.  Watchful  Attention.  Attend  Faith­
fully to Cars Consigned to us.  Employ  Watchmen  to  see  to  Unloading.  OUR  MR. 
Issue  SPECIAL  POTA- 
THOMPSON  ATTENDS  PERSONALLY  TO  SELLING. 
TOE  MARKET  REPORTS.  KEEP  OUR  SHIPPERS  fully posted.  OUR  QUOTED 
PRICES  CAN  BE  DEPENDED  UPON.  WE  DO  NOT  quote irregular or anticipated 
prices.  Consignments Solicited.  Correspondence Invited from  Consignors  to  this  mar­
ket.  References given when requested.

WM, H, THOMPSON & CO.

J

166  SOUTH  WATER.  ST.,

CHICAGO. ILL.

ORDER A  SAMPLE 0 7  

OUR  PURE  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  - 
ON  TIME  FINE  CUT, 
- 
UNCLE  TOM  “  ' 
NOX  ALL 
“ 
-
CINDERELLA“ 
IRON  PRINCE  CIGARS,  -

-
- 

- 

-

15c
-  60c 
37c
-  35c 
25c
$35 per M

J. H. THOMPSON & CO., Wholesale Bracers,

59  Jefferson  ave., Detroit, Mich..
OBERNE,  HOSICK  &  CO.,

Manufacturers of FINE  LAUNDRY and TOILET  SOAPS.

More Facetiousness  from  Boyne City.
B o y n e  Cit y ,  Feb.  19,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
D e a k  S ik —I write  you  again  to  assure 
you  that  the  Boyne  City  Business  Men’s 
Association  is  warming  up  to  fever heat. 
The deathly order so  often  heard  in  days 
agone,  “chalk this  down,”  now  rings  but 
little in our ears. 
In place thereof we hear 
more frequently the clunk of dimes and dol­
lars  in  our  money  drawers. and  feel ,the 
greenbacks in our pocket-books.  The  Blue 
Letters  (I  almost  wrote “Blue Pills”) are 
| making fearful inroads  up  in  the  forests, 
j They find  their  way among  the  big  hem- 
locks  and elms,  away down  in  the  cedars 
! and pines, anywhere and everywhere where 
I an old account stands uncared  for  and  un- 
I protected.  On - <#j  \>ur  merchants  says  lie 
I hqs been enabled to haul  in  one  line  that 
| has been set for nearly five years.  Another 
I sees  the  bob  go  down,  twich  and  twist,
I which he has watched for over three  years. 
One man angled, fished, prayed  and begged 
and almost cried for over two years and now 
laughs, crows and “hollers”  praises  to  the 
Blue Letter,  because  it  has  done the busi­
ness and he  has  the  money.  He  says  he 
was never so happy in his life over so  little 
money.  Some of our fellow  borrowers  aie 
swearing mad.  One man  swore  he  would 
never buy another dollar’s worth  in  Boyne 
City.  He would go  to  East Jordan, where 
white  people  live, and  where  they do not 
put names of honest debtors on a Dead-beat 
list, simply because they did  not  pay when 
they were always willing  to pay. 
Imagine 
that man’s astonishment  when  he  went  to 
East  Jordan  and found  out  that they,  too, 
had  “one  of  them 
tilings”  there.  But 
enough.  More anon.

Yours truly,

F. M. C h a s e , Sec’y.

One and One-third Fare.

Frank  Hibbard,  of  Evart,  writes  The 

1 1 1 . 

We make the following brands:

1 2 0  Mioliigan St., d iicago,

W hite Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Country  Talk, Mermaid, it w ill float, Silver Brick, Daisy,

T r a d e s m a n  as follows:
I  Are any provisions made for reduced  rail 
road fare or hotel rates for those wishing to 
attend the Michigan Business Men’s Associa-
HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, W hite Satin, j tion convention in March?  It is quite an item 
of expense for those who would  like  to  be 
present, but who have no particular interest 
I  think  reduced  rates  would
in  coming. 
Our  HARD  WATER  Soap can be  used  in  either  hard  or  soft  water,  and  will go ] largely increase  the  attendance,  if known.
A one and one-third rate of fare has been 
secured over ail the railways  of  the  State, 
providing reduced  rate  certificates  are  ob­
tained in advance  of  convention  from  the 
Secretary.  Material  reductions  in  hotel 
rates have also been obtained  at  several  of 
the hotels.

one quarter farther than any  other  Soap  made. 
(Trade  mark,  girl  at  pump.)  We  are 
getting orders for it now frpm all parts  of  the  country.  Send  for  a  sample  order.  We 
pay all railroad and boat freights.  Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing houses.

A. HUFFORD, General Agent, Box 14,  GRAND  RARIDS,  MICH.

W rite  m e  for  P rices.WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers.

St. Charles in Line on Organization.
S t .  Ch a r l e s ,  Feb.  17,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

Agents  for

A M B O Y   O H

EESE.
Rapids,  Michigan.

3 0   &   4 1   K e n t   S t r e e t ,   G r a n d

Wall Paper i Window  Shades

At  Mannfactnrors’ Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

Nelson  Bros.  &  Co.
P E R K I N S
J:
:les, Furs, Wool & Tallow

DEALERS  i n

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NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS  STREET.  G RAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

OLD BARRELS

e tti h g  a b o u t 
acting n a ils c 
n terp risiiig  g 
o n v en ien t  li

theirZiion Coffee  Cabinet,

Of wl
ICC DIr,prinving cut giives  hut  a  parti
th<
ìì>in'et is paè&fid li!0 0]lie-pound packag<
ln t lì i
idea.
j<e, utnd we  oiY*ör  the goods  at  a
of IJ o n €<j
prii
enablin? the* g t•ocei• to secure thiese cabinets  withoi
cost t10 hiims<eli.
ÏÎ)icy are made 0iir-tight, tongued ar
groenre ci. beaititiifull y ì?rained
l  Varnished,  and  ai
put t<>get her‘ in the‘  in*t  posidbl<3  ntanner.  Coniplei
set of' CB>¡!iter8, Vritti seriews,  imside tlitis  cabinet. The
use ir1 eviery gT(je e r
fter this» eo ffiii? Is sold out. is  a
parenit;  jiust th e th i ng from  Vihic h  1to  retail  oatmea
ho inin y, diridi  fi ui tí5f  ttread,  and  a hm
rice,]
iti des. Furth er. th<i.*V take  up  no moi
(ired i
floor room thiin  a heirrei.  and do away  with the*
unsi?li «3•  tltin;<8  111  a store. Fc>r  ]price-list  of  Litt
€oíf<ee in t hei¡45 cabinetK. see pri
current in  th is pi
per. Reaid  l
>el<9W  ìvhoit  we  say as to  the  quali ty   (
Ju i o n  t  i
»m
Ì6.

D e a r   S ir—Our  Association 
is  now 
thoroughly  organized  and in good working 
order,  being officered as follows:
. President—B. J.  Downing. 
Vice-President—A.  Stewart.
Secretary—E.  E.  Burdick.
Treasurer—F. Ackley.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary, Treasurer,  Clias.  Ditzler  and  C.  W. 
Hamilton.
Business  Committee—J.  T.  Syms,  Benj. 
Sandford and F. Ackley.  Yours truly,

E.  E .B u r d ic k ,  Sec’y.
White Cloud Talking Organization.
W h it e  Cl o u d ,  Feb.  16,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —I  would like  to  inquire  into 
the workings of the Business Men’s Associa­
tions. 
I have  been  talking  the  thing  up 
here for some time  and  I  think  we  could 
start  one.  How many  does  it  require  to 
organize?  Please give me the  full  particu­
lars,  as near as you can,  and oblige 

Yours respectfully,

M.  D.  H a y w a r d .
Plainwell Joins the State Association.
P l a in w e l l ,  Feb.  17,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r   S ir—Enclosed  please  find  postal 
note for $2.40,  being  per  capita  dues  for 
twenty-four  members,  to unite  our  organi­
zation with the Michigan Business Men’s As­
sociation.  We have now a  membership  of 
twenty-six and are in  good  running  order.

Yours truly, 

•
J.  A.  S id l e ,  Sec’y.
The  Cadillac Association Growing.

Ca d il l a c ,  Feb.  14,  1887.

E.  A.  Stowe. G rand Rapids:

D e a r  Sir—Enclosed please  find  our  de- 
I linquent list No.  2.  Our Association is in a 
flourishing condition  and  doingx very much 
work.  Since joining the State Association, 
we have increased our number to  forty-five, 
with prospects of soon  adding  many  more.

Respectfully,

J.  C. McAdam, Sec’y.

Will be on Hand.

H a r t f o r d ,  Feb.  14,  1887.

I  E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  Sir—Tuesday,  Feb.  22,  will do us.
II am now  confident  that  we  can  organize
j with every business man  in  our  town,  ex­
cepting one or two  “old fogies” who always 
kick.  We will let them go now and in a short 
time they will be tapping on the door for ad­
mission. 

Very respectfully,

F r e d .  F .  A l l e n .
“ New Members at Every Meeting.” 
F r e e p o r t ,  Feb.  14,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r   Sir—Enclosed I send you  the  first 
delinquent list of our Association.  The As-? 
sociation is in  a  flourishing  condition  and 
the  members  are  thoroughly  alive  to  the 
work.  We are receiving  new  members  at 
every meeting.  Yours truly,

A .  J .  ClIEESEBROUOII.

This Coffee Cabinet Given Away.

A GOOD  BREAKFAST

Is  ALWAYS 
possible when a good cup of eof- 
fee  is  served 
The  grocer  who  sells  LION 
his 
COFFEE  to  his
cpre  this  result  to  them.  LION  COFFEE 
is always uniform;  contains strength, flavor and 
true  merit; 
is  a  successful  blend  of  Mocha, 
Java and Rio.  Packed only  in  one-pound  air­
tight packages;  roasted,  but  not  ground;  full 
net weight,  and is never sold in bulk.

A Beautiful Picture Card
In every package.  We solicit  a  sample  order 
for a cabinet filled with  LION  COFFEE.

trade  can 

For sale  by  all  Wholesale  Grocers  every­

where, and by the

Woolson Spice Co.

92 to  108  Oak St., Toledo, Ohio.

Ink Which Will not Freeze.

Four parts finely pulverized  anilin  black 
are added to a mixture of four parts concen-
.
.
invariably  se- | tutted muriatic acid ant) 200 parts pure alco­
hol.  The resulting dark blue solution  is di-
I luted with a hot solution of six parts of gly- 
! cerine in  115 parts of  water.

.

 

.

|  The business men of Benton Harbor liaVe 
j laid their  heads  together  and  organized  a 
; $50,000 church,  opera house and office furn- 
I ishing company, because a Chicago firm sent 
| out word that it would  take  $10,000  stock, 
run the thing  for  a  year  and  guarantee  a 
| profit of 10 per cent.,  under penalty  of  for- 
i feiting the entire interest.  The promptitude 
1 with which their olfer was snapped up made
the Chicago men dizzy, but they are coming  aM  
t0 time* 

I 

Ca b in e d

e x p a n s i v e  b i t s .

Association Notes.

C O O PE R A G E .'

** 

“ 

.. 

___ __ 

STAVES.
*• 

President*Hamilton  organized  Sherman j 
last Wednesday evening with ten  members. 
The snow blockade has prevented  a  report
„  ,, 
of  tb s  m eeting reaching  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   W hite oak pork bbl. 
in time for this week’s issue.
,  D.  F.  Watson,  President of the Ada Bus­
iness Men’s  Association, was  in  town  last 
Saturday.  He was  recently elected  as  the 
delegate of  the  Association  to  the  March 
meeting of the  State  Association  and  will 
be on hand bright and early on the 15th.

D. Quay & Co. quote as follows, f. o. b, H ailey: 
Claris, small, $18  00;  large, 126 00. 
I  Ives’, 1. $18 00;  2. $34  00;  3, $30 00. 
!*, j 
@ 6 @ 6 
Red oak flour bbl. stav es..............M
Elm 
..............M
5!  A m erican File Association  L ist.........dis
@20 00 
,  W hite oak tee staves, s’d and j ’t.M
D isston’s .................................................d is
“  m
@18 00 
New  A m erican........................................dis
I  Produce barrel stav es....................M
@  4  50 
Nicholson’s ............................................... dis
Tight bbl, and h ’ds to m atch ........M
@17  £0
H eller’s ............................................ .....d is
H eller’s  H orse  R asps.......................... .dis
@20 001 
Tierce  heads,  sq u a re.................... M
@18 001 
Pork  bbl.  “ 
“ 
Produce barrel, set.............................
@  4 @  4* 
F lour 
“  
*‘  ............................
Cull  wood  heading...........................
@  3*
W hite oak and hickory tee, 8f ’t.  M  1*1  00@12 00 j
W hite oak and hickory  “  7 * f’t. M
H ickory  flour  b b l..................4___M
Ash, round  “ 
“  ..........................M
Ash, flat racked, 6*  f ’t .................M
Coiled  elm ...........................................

27
15
D iscount, .Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. 

g a l v a n iz e d   ir o n ,
22 and  24,  25 and 26, 
14 
•  13 

£ 
0 00@
5  50@  6 00 
3 50®  4 50 
5 00®  3  CO

g a u g e s.
HAMMERS.

Nos. 1« to 30, 
L ist 

f il e s —New List.

................M

HOOPS.

h e a d s .

dis 
dis 

12 

“ 

i n

20
25

C0&10 
60&10 
60&10 
60&10 
55&10 
50&  5

28
18

Three more local associations  have  affili­
ated with  the  State  body  during  the  past 
week—Plainwell witli twenty-fourmembers, 
Rockford with twenty-six members and Cas- 
novia  with  twelve  members.  This  gives 
the State Association a total auxiliary mem­
bership of 1,307, comprising  forty-two local 
bodies.  All but  sixteen  associations  have 
now  qualified  for  State  membership  and 
they  are  expected  to  swiug  into  line  by 
March 15.

Charlevoix Journal:  At a recent meeting 
of the Business Men’s Association, the mat­
ter of  early closing  of  stores  came  under 
discussion.  Some little  opposition  on  the 
part  of  consumers  had  been  manifested, 
probably on account of the matter  not  hav­
ing been sufficiently  advertised  in  advance 
to avoid  some  disappointments  whish  oc­
curred last week.  On the part of the  deal­
ers  it  was  believed  that  the  movement 
would occasion no  material  loss  of  trade, 
would result in a saving of fuel  and  lights, 
and would relieve  business  men  and  their 
clerks of some of their extra hours of  night 
work, and give them  more  time  for  social 
enjoyments.  There was some complaint  in 
regard to the ringing of the  bell at the hour 
for closing,  it  appearing  that  all  did  not 
hear  it. 
If  a  good-sized  farm  bell  were 
placed  on  either  F.  W.  Craine & Co.’s  or 
Stockman & Iddings’ stores,  and  the  rope 
properly secured from  mischievous  boys,  it 
would(overcome this difficulty,as such a bell 
could easily be  heard  the  entire  length  of 
Bridge street.  The spirit of the movement, 
properly  adjusted  and  carried out,  cannot 
fail of good results.

Toronto  Merchant:  We  heartily  com­
mend the new feature  of  instructive  enter­
tainment agreed upon by the  Toronto  Gro­
cers’ Association,  at the  last  meeting.  A 
committee was appointed to  make  arrange­
ments for  a preliminary debate,  at the next 
monthly meeting in  February,  upon  some 
practical subject of  direct  interest  to  the 
trade.  We understand it is the intention to 
hold debates thereafter  at regular intervals, 
during  the  winter  season  at  least,  and 
while the leaders  will  be  selected 
in  ad­
vance,  the discussions will most probably be 
open to all the  members who wish  to take 
part.  This is certainly a  step  in  the right 
direction.  There is unquestionably a  good 
deal of  debating talent of  no  mean  order 
among the members of this association,  and 
as the topics to be discussed will be of direct 
practical interest,  these debates should form 
an additional  attraction  to  all  progressive 
grocers who have not yet joined the Associ­
ation to attend the  meetings  and  become 
members. 
If they only knew  how well  it 
pays to belong to the association,  there  are 
few grocers in the city who would not make 
the necessary  sacrifice  to get  to the  next 
meeting.

G ot  th e   D a te s  W ro n g .

H a r t ,  F eb.  5,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids:

D e a r  Si r —I notice in T h e  T r a d e s m a n  
that the special convention of the  Michigan 
Business  Men’s  Association  is  called  for 
March 15 and 10  in  Grand  Rapids,  and  I 
write  this  to  ask  if  the  date  cannot  be 
changed,  for these  reason:
1st.  The Department Encampment,of the 
G. A. R.  is called in  Grand  Rapids  on  the 
same dates and, doubtless,  a great  many of 
the business men are (like  myself)  interest­
ed in that organization  and wish  to  attend 
it as well as the  convention,  and as now ar­
ranged cannot attend both;
3d.  There are from 600  to  800  delegates 
to the G.  A. R. encampment,  besides numer­
ous  old  soldiers,  who  are  not  dele­
gates,  who  will  attend,  which  will  crowd 
the hotels and make it impossible for  all  to 
get suitable accommodations.
Other reasons might be given which I  do 
not  need  to  state  here,  but  which  will, 
doubtless, suggest themselves to you.
It  seems  to  me  that  if  our  convention 
could  be  changed  to  the 17th and 18th,  it 
would accommodate many and be productive 
of a more interesting meeting.

Respectfully yours.

W. E. Thorp, y 
Pres.  Oceana B.  M. A. 

Mr.  Thorpe is laboring under a misappre­
hension.  The G. A,  R.  Encampment  con-, 
venes on the evening of  Wednesday, March ! 
16, continuing through  Thursday  and  Fri- j 
day.  The M.  B.  M.  A.  convention  con- 
venes on the  morning  of  Tuesday,  March ! 
15,  continuing  until  the  afternoon  of  the j 
following  day. 
Simultaneous  with  the 
coming in of  the delegates to the  G.  A.  R. 
meeting will occur the departure of  the del­
egates to the M.  B.  M. A.  convention.  The 
original intention was  to hold  the  conven­
tion on Wednesday  and Thursday, but  the I 
dates were changed on purpose to accommo­
date many—like  Mr. Thorpe—who wish to j 
attend both conventions.

“ P leased   w ith   th e   A sso ciatio n .” 

S o u th  Bo a k d m a n ,  Feb.  12,  18S7.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

Dear Sir —Our Association has decided to 
join the  State  organization,  and  you  will 
find enclosed the  per  capita  dues on seven 
members.  We all are well pleased with the 
Association. 

Yours truly,
S. E.  Nkihardt,  Sec’y.

“ W a itin g ,  O nly  W a itin g .” 

H u b b a r d ,s t o n ,  Feb.  21,  1887.

E.  A.  Stowe,  G rand  Rapids:

D e a r   S ir —We  are  waiting  your  time

“S’

L.  W.  R o b in so n .

BARRELS.

“  

Spring & Lindley quote as follows:
“ 

W hite oak, pork, hand m ade............... 1  00@1  05
lard tierces, hand  m ade.. .1  15@1 25
B eef and lard, *  bbls., 
...  75®  90
Custom, one head .................................... 1  00@1  10
F lour  .........................................................  30®  35
Produce  ....................................................  25®  30

“ 

“ 

W O O D EN  W A R E .

...................................  4  00

Standard  Tubs, No. 1............................................. 5 75
Standard  Tubs, No. 2............................................. 4 75
Standard  Tubs, No. 3............................................. 3 75
Standard Pails, two hoop.......................................l 35
Standard Pails, th ree hoop................................... l 60
Pails, ground wood 
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................................. 2 00
B u tter  Pails, a sh .................................................... 2 50
B u tter Ladles........................................................... 1 00
R olling P in s.........................................................  75
P o tato   M ashers..................................................  50
Clothes P o u n d ers.................................................... 2 25
C lothesP ins.........................................................  eo
Mop Stocks............................................................... .1 00
W ashboards, single..................................................1 75
W ashboards, double..............................  
2  25
Diam ond  M arket...............................................  40
Bushel, narrow   ban d ............................................ !i 60
Bushel, wide band................................................... 1 75
Clothes, splint.  No. 1..............................................3 50
Clothes, splint.  No. 2 ..............................................4 25
Clothes, splint,  N o. 3....................................... 5  00
Clothes, willow  No.  1............................................. 5 50
Clothes, willow  No. 2.................................... ’ ’0  50
Clothes, willow  No. 3................................  
.7 50
W ater  Tight, b u ......................................................3 75
half b u .............................................2 85

b a s k e t s .

“ 

“ 
H A R D W O O D   LU M B ER .

The fu rn itu re factories  here  pay  as  follows 

15 00@18  00
@25 00
@13  00

for dry  stock:
Basswood, log-run.....................................12 00@14 00
Birch, log-run..................  
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2...............................  
Black Ash, log-run..............................  
Cherry,  log-run.......................................... 25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  an d  2................................. 45 00@50 00
Cherry,  cu ll...........................................  
@10 00
Maple,  log-run.......................................12 00® 14  00
Maple, soft,  log-run................................. 11  00@13 00
@20 60
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2...............................  
Maple, clear, flooring.......................... 
@25 Oo
Maple, w hite, selected........................  
@25  Go
Red Oak, log-run....... .•.........................  
@18  00
Red Oak, Nos. 1  and 2.................... 
  @24  00
Red Oak, q u arter  saw ed................... 26  00@30 00
@25 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step  p lan k ................ 
W alnut, log-run....................................  
@55  00
@75  00
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2............................ 
W alnuts,  cu lls...................................... 
@25  00
Grey  Elm. log-run...............................  
@13  00
W hite Ash,  log-run...................................14  00@16 00
W hite wood,  log-run............................ 
@23 ¿0
W hite  Oak, log-run.............................  
@17  00

COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.

“

“ 

Ohio W hite Lime, p er  bbl. ...................  
1  00
Ohio W hite Lime, car lots.
Louisville Cemeni,  per bbl ................... 
1  30
A kron Cem ent per  bbl__ ................... 
1  30
Buffalo Cem ent,  per b b l... 
................... 
/I lio
Car lots 
...................1  05@1  10
P lastering hair, per b u __ ...................  25@  30
Stucco, per bbl.....................
Land plaster, per to n .........
Land plaster, car lo ts......... ................... 
2  50
Fire brick, p er  M.......
...................$25 ® $35
F ire clay , per  bbl................
3 00
.................. 
COAL.
A nthracite, egg and grate. car lo ts.. $5  75@6 00
A nthracite, stove and  n ut, car lo ts..  6  00@6 25
Canneli,  car  lots................. .................   @6 00
Ohio Lum p, ear  lo ts.........
................  3  10@3 25
Biossburg or  Cum berland, car lots..  4  50@5 00
Portland  C em ent...............
................  3 50@4 00

 

pay

BARROWS.

These  prices  are  fo r cash  buyers,  who 

BOLTS.
.........

AUGERS AND BITS.

W rought Sunk F lush.......

I  prom ptly and buy in full  packages.
Ives’,  old  sty le............................................dis
N.  H. C. Co........................ »....................... dis
I  Douglass’...................................................... dis
dis
Pierces’ ......................................  
Snell’s
.............. dis
Cook’s  ........................
.............. dis
Je nnings’,  g e n u in e .. 
25
............dis 
Je nnings’,  im itation.
............dis50&10
BAI
Spring......................
...........dis 
40
Railroad 
................ $  14  00
G arden..
............ n et 33 00
H a n d ..............
• -dis  $  60&10&10
Cow.................
...d is 
60&10
C a ll.................
3Û&15
...d is 
G o n g ..............
..d is 
25
Door, Sargent
60&10
3
Stove................. . 
.dis  $
40
Carriage  new  list............
..dis
7G & 10
Plow  ............................. .
. .dis 30&1Ü
Sleigh Shoe..........................
..dis 70&10
W rought B arrel  Bolts__
.dis 60&10
Cast  Barrel  B olts..............
.dis 60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  k n o b s..
.dis
60
Cast Square Spring............
.dis
60
Cast  C h a in .......................
.dis
e o & io
.dis 60&10
..dis 60&10
. dis 
60
b
.dis 6Û&10
.dis 60&10
.dis $
40
.dis
50&10
dis
50
..dis
net

F lu sh ....................................
Ives’  D oor...............................
■ 
BRACES.
B a rb e r................. ; ..................
B ackus............................... . 
!
I  Spotford.................................. !
Am. Ball..................................
BUCKETS.
i  Well, p lain ...............................
Well, sw ivel.............................
Cast Loose Pin, figured.........................dis
I  Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed.........dis
I  Cast  Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 
I  W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t..dis
I  W rought  Loose  P in .............................. dis
i  W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............ dis
,  W roughtLoose Pin, jap an n ed ............dis
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
rjjg
W rought Table........................ . dis
W rought  Inside  B lind............. ... ....d is
W rought B rass.............................. ! !. !dis
Blind, Clark’s ...................................!!!".! dis
Blind, P ark er’s ........................   !!.".'!!.".'dis
Blind,  Shepard’s.............................'.'. .".dis
CAPS.
Ely’s 1-10...............................
H ick’s C. F .................................  
.........
g . d . ...............................................
M usket...............................................!
Rim Fire, TT. M. C. & W inchester  ne
Rim  Fire, United  S tates.....................
Central  F ire ......................................... .
CHISELS.
Socket F irm er......................................... <jjg  71
Socket  Fram ing......................
Socket  C orner........................ .
Socket Slicks............................
B utchers’Tanged  Firm er. . .
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers__
Cold.............................
COMBS.
Curry,  Lawrence’s ..............
.......... dis  40&10
H otchkiss  ............................
25
.......... dis 
COCKS.
Brass,  Racking’s ..............
................ 
60
Bibb’s ................
60
................ 
B e e r .............................
...............   40&10
Fen ns’...................
...............  
60
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....... ..............$  lb  28
14x52,14x56, 14 xOO.................
............... !...  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.
......................   23
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........

r  listSO&lO 
.. dis50&10 
..dis30&lO
70&I0
0&Ï0
0&10
0&10
40
20

70&10 
70&i0 Ü0&10 
60&10 
60&.1I) 
60& 5 
60&  5
60&  5 
10&60 
LG&6Ü
80 
80 i

__ dis
... dis 
.. .dis 
.. .dis 
... net

tip p e d .......................... 

p er  in $ 63 
60

b u t t s , c a s t .

CATRIDGF.S.

$

 

 

DRILLS

T aper and S traig h tS h an k .........
40 i
Morse’s T aper  S hank.................
40
ELBOWS.
Com. 4 piece, 6  In ........................—  doz n et  $.85
C orrugated............................
.......... dis  20&10
A d ju stab le............................
.........dis  * & 10|

.........dis 
.........dis 

50

HANGERS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...............dis
S I  May dole & Co.’s ....................................dis
K ip’s ..........................................................dis
Y erkes  &  Plum b’s ................................. dis
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.......................30 c  list 50
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel.  Hand. .30 c 40&10
B am   Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood track   50&10
Champion,  anti-friction........................ dis  60&10
40
K idder,w ood  tra c k ..............................;.dis 
G ate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3......  
dig 
60
S tate...............................................p er doz.net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4 *   14
3*
and  longer................................................
10*
Screw Hook and Eye,  *   ............... . .net
Screw Hook and Eye %......................  net
8*
Screw Hook and Eye  a ....................... net
7*
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................net
7*
Strap and  T ......................................... dis
65

HINGES.

HOES.

WARE.

KNOBS—NEW  LIST.

HOLLOW 
Stam ped Tin W are.........
10
_
Japanned Tin  W are__  
G ranite  Iro n   W are...........................  .  . 
25
G rub  1..................................................$11  00, dis 60
G rub  2..................................................   11  50, dis 60
G rub 3....................................................  12 00, dis 60
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings........... dis
60
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings............
60
Door, porcelain, plated  trim m ings.......
60
Door, porcelain,  trim m ings.....................
60
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain......... dis
70
P icture, H.  L. Judd &  Co.’s .......................
40&10
H e m a e ite.................................................¿is
45
Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis
60
Mallory, W heeler &  Co.’s ......................dis
60
Branford’s ............................................... dis
60
N orw alk’s ................................................dis
60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .....................dis
70
60
Adze  E ye...........: ...........................$16 00  dis 
H unt  E ye....................................... $15 00  dis 
60
H unt’s ...........................................$18  50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s  Post,  handled..
..4.. dis  50
Coffee, P ark ers  Co.’s ....................................dis  40
Coffee,P.S.&W.Mfg. Co.’sM aileables  ..  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, F erry & Clark’s ..............  dis  40
Coffee,  E n terp rise........................................dis  25

MAULS.
MILLS.

lo c k s—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEVELS.

MOLASSES OATES.

Stebbin’s P attern   ................................. dis  60&10
Stebbiu’s G enuine..................................dis  60&10
E nterprise,  self-m easuring................ dis 
25.

NAILS—IRON.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

lOd to  60d.............................................. $1 keg $2  56
8d and 9 d adv.................................................. 
25
6d and 7d  adv..................................................  
50
4d and 5d  adv..................................................  
75
3d  advance.......................................................   1  50
3d fine  advance.............................................  
3 00
Clinch nails,  adv.............................................  1  75,
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. W keg 
Steel Nails—2  65.
OILERS.
Zinc o r tin, Chase’s P atent,
Zinc, w ith brass b o tto m ........... ...............“^¡s
Brass o r  Copper...................... !!! ‘.dig
Reaper...................................
Olm stead’s ........................

I  lOd 
$1  25  1  50  1  75  2 00 

di&60&10 
50
lis  50 
per gross, $12 net 
...................   50&10

8d  6d  4d
1*

2 *  

2 

PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy .............................  
15
Sciota Bench............................. .................... dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy. .!!  " . d i s   15
Bench, first q u ality .............................."  
.dis  2C
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.!!!’dis20&lC 

tii3

PANS.

Fry, A cm e. . . . . . . .   ................................. dis 50&1C
Common, polished........................  
diabO&U:
t
D ripping................................................. jp   ft 
Iron and  Tinned................................... dis 
df .
Copper Rivets and  B u rs....................dis 
60
“A ” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 
*’B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 
9

PATENT FLANISAED  IRON.

RIVETS.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Broken packs * c 
ROPES.

lb extra.
Sisal, *  in. and  la rg e r...............................
Manilla............:............................ . . ’ll'.
Steel and Iro n .........................................dis
Try and Bevels................... 
dis
M itre  .............................................!!!!!!dis
, 
Com. Smooth.
Nos.  10 to  14....................................$4  20
Nos. 15 to  17...................................!  420
Nos. 18 to  21....................................   4  20
N os.22to  24..................................  4  20
Nos .25 to  26....................................  4  40
No. 27...............................................  4 60
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over  3 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   a ...........
In sm aller quansities, ¡p  fb...
A m erican, all  k inds................
Steel, all kinds..........................
Swedes, ail  kinds  ...................
Gimp and  L ace........................
Cigar Box  N ails......................
Finishing  N ails........................
Common and P aten t  B rads..
H ungarian Nails and Miners'
T runk and Clout N ails...............
Tinned T runk and Clout. Nails.
L eathered C arpet  Tack

............ dis
............dis
............ dis
............ dis
............ dis
............ dis
............dis
T aeks.dis
............dis
s .......... dis
............ dis

TACKS.

TINNER’S SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined.................................
M arket  H alf-and-half.................
Strictly  H alf-and-half.................

..  10* 
•  13*
70
60
20
Com. 
$2  90
2  90
3 00 
3 05 
3  15 
3 25
inches

6
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35

12 50 
16 00 
17  50

TIN  PLATES. 

rates.

TIN—LEADED.

Cards fo r  Charcoals $6  75.
ft
10x14, Charcoal.................
7
10x14,Charcoal.................
ft
12x12, Charcoal..............
r*
12x 1.2,  C h a rc o a l................
ft
14x20, Charcoal.................
*t
14x20,  Charcoal.................
14x20, C harcoal................. ..............  8
..............10

IC,
IX.
1C,
IX.
JC,
IX,
IX X ,
IXXX, 14x20, Chareool.......
IXXXX, 14x20,  C harcoal...
12  55 
IX , 
20x28, Charcoal.......
15  50 
DC, 
100 Plate C harcoal... 
6 50 
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal... 
8  50 
DXX,  100 Plate C harcoal... 
10 50 
DXXX,  100 Piate Charcoal.
12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  P late add 1  50  to  6 75 
Roofing, 14x20, IC ...........................................   5 25
Hoofing,  14x20,  IX ..........................  ............   a  75
11  00 
Roofing, 20x28, IC ..............
Roofing,  20x28,  IX ...............................
14  00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne.......
5  50 
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  T erne  ...
7  00* 
IC, 20x28, choice  Charcoal T ern e.......
11 00 
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  T e rn e ....
14  00
Steel, G am e...............................................
.60&10-
One a UiiCommu ntity.  New house’s ...
.di
Oneida Community, Hawley &  Nor ton’s.. G0&1O
H
-60&10
S, P. &  W.  Mfg 
................... 60&ÎO
Mouse,  choker 
doa
............ 18c 
Mouse, .delusion
. . . . .  .$1  50 
doz
B right  M arket.
............   dis  67*
A nnealed M arket................... .
...........dis 
70
Coppered  M arket.....................
...............dis  62*
E xtra B ailing..............  ...........
................  dis  65
Tinned  M arket........................
.............. dis  62*
Tinned  Broom ..........................
................ $  » "  09
............$ » 8*
Tinned M attress.......................
Coppered  Spring  S teel..........
....d is   40@40&10
Tinned Spring S teel.................
................dis  60
Plain F en ce...............................
..................’gMb  3*
Barbed Fence, galvanized__
........................   4
p ain ted ..........
.............
Copper........................................
—  now  list net 
B rass...............................
-----new  list net

TRAPS.

WIRE.

Co.'

“ 

WIRE GOODS.

.. .dis 
...d is 
...d is 
. ..dia

70&10&10
70&10&10
70&10&10
70&10&10

ooks  and  E yes..............
WRENCHES.

B rig h t..........
Screw E y es.. 
H o ik ’s  .. 
Gifte Hot
B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled................
Coe’s G enuine................. ....................... ¡jjg
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&I0
Coe s  P aten t, m alleable...................dis 75&10&10
Bird Cages....................................................  
¡-q
Pum ps,  C istern................. dis 
70
Screws,  new   lis t.......................... 
ye
Casters,  Bed  and  P late...........’..V.VdisBO&lO&lo
4(,
Dam pers, A m erican ............ ...................  
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods! 60&10&10 
Copper  B ottom s........................................ 
*>30

MISCELLANEOUS.

"  

Model Constitution for Local Associations.
The following  constitution  and  by-laws 
were reviewed and amended by  the  officers 
of the  Michigan  Business  Men’s  Associar 
tion,  at their meeting  here  last  week,  and 
are presented herewith as  representing  the 
most approved thought on the subject up to 
the present time.

PR E A M B L E .

W hereas, com parison of ideas and m ethods and con­
cert  of  action  are  essential to the  well being  of any 
com m unity,  and
Whereas,  We believe that a Business Men’s  Associa­
tion will accomplish these objects;  therefore
Resolved—That  we,  business  men  of  Hartford 
and  vicinity,  duly  assembled  on  February  22,1887, do 
hereby organize  ourselves  into  such  an  Association,; 
and adopt the constitution and by-laws following: 

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I .— NAME.

The name of this organization shall be  the  Hartford 

Business Men’s Association.

[.— OBJECTS

proper <

The  principal  obje 
ition  shall be as
follows:
iterprises;  to  pro 
L  To  encourage  » 
mote the  proper  pro 
n  and  increase  of
the trade and growth
id foster the liigh- 
2.  To increase acqi 
est commercial integ 
>e  engaged in the
various lines of busin
: to adopt shorter hours 
3.  To encourage th 
for doing business.
I of all national
To promote tl
holidays and more frequent intervals for rest  and  rec­
reation.
5.  To take concerted action  against discriminations 
by railway and express  companies.
6.  To  induce  equitable  insurance  rates  and settle­
ments.
7.  To secure immunity from inferior and adulterated 
goods, short weights,  counts  and  measures,  fictitious 
brands and labels and misrepresentation in public  and 
private.
8.  To influence legislation in favor  of  better  collec­
tion laws, affording more safely to creditors in general.
9.  To introduce the cash  system,  wherever  practi­
cable.
10.  To guard against unnecessary extensions of credit 
to unworthy persons,  through  the  interchange  of  in­
formation gained by experience and  otherwise.
11.  To maintain a collection department  for  the  col­
lection  of  doubtful  accounts  and  the  blacklisting  of 
dead-beats wrho prey upon business men.
ARTICLE H I.— M EMBERSHIP.

Any firm or individual doing  an  honorable  business 
may  become  a member of this Association on the two- 
thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  regular 
meeting,  by  paying  to  the  Secretary the  sum  of  $1 
membership fee, and agreeing to pay 25 cents quarterly 
dues in advance, and any  assessments  w hich  shall  be 
voted by the Association to meet  expenses.

ARTICLE IV .—OBLIGATION.

Every person or firm becoming a member  of this As­
sociation shall be honorably bound to  conform  to  the 
rules, regulations and by-laws.

ARTICLE V.— NON-PAYMENT  OF DUES.

Any member of this Association who shall neglect or 
refuse to pay his  dues, or  any  assessment  ordered  by 
the Association, for three months after  such  sums  be­
come due, shall thereby forfeit his membership.

ARTICLE  V I.— O FFICERS.

The officers of this Association shall consist of a Pres­
ident, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an 
Executive  Committee  of  five  members (of which  the 
President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be three)  and 
a Business Committee of three members.  These officers 
shall be elected annually by ballot and shall hold office 
until their successors are elected.

ARTICLE V II.— DUTIES O F O FFIC ER S.
Section 1—The President shall preside at all meetings, 
if present;  in his absence, the Vice-President.
Section 2—The Secretary shall receive all  money  due 
the Association from any source and  pay  the  same  to 
the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor;  keep  a  rec­
ord of all meetings;  conduct all  correspondence;  keep 
a list of all members In a book provided  for  th at pur­
pose;  and notify all committees of their  appointment.
Section  3—The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  monies 
from the Secretary, giving his receipt therefor; pay all 
bills when approved by the Executive  Committee,  and 
report the condition of  the  treasury  at  each  regular 
meeting.
Section  4—The  Executive  Committee  shall  have 
charge of the collection department and  the  compila­
tion and publication of the delinquent lists;  shall  pro­
vide rooms for the Association;  audit all  bills  and  ex­
amine the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer previous to each annual  meeting.
Seetion 5—It shall be the duty  of  the  Business  Com­
mittee  to  look  after  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
growth  and  well-being  of  Hartford;  to  use  all  possi­
ble inducements to secure the location of mills, factories 
Hid  other  improvements;  and  to  endeavor to secure 
«ny needed concessions in freight,  express  and  insur­
ance rates.

No compensation for services shall be paid any officer, 

ARTICLE V III.— COMPENSATION.

except tlie Secretary.

ARTICLE IX .— M EETINGS.

Section  1—The  annual  meeting  of  the  Association 
hall tie held on tlie first Friday of each January. 
Section  2—The  regular  meetings of  the  Association 
shall be held on tlie tiret Friday of each month.  Special 
meetings shall be called by the President on the written 
•equest of live members.
ARTICLE  X .— ORDER O F BUSINESS.
1.  Reading minutes of the last meeting.
2.  Admission of new members.
3.  Reports of standing committees.
4.  Reports of special committees.
5.  Reading of correspondence.
6.  Communications from State Association.
7.  Communications from local associations.
8.  Unfinished business.
9.  New» business.
10.  Election of officers  and  appointment  of  commit­
11.  Report of Treasurer.
12.  Adjournment.
This  constitution  and  by-laws  may  be  altered  or 
amended  by  a  two-tliirds vote of those present at any 
regular meeting,  providing  a  written  notice  of  such 
■.Iteration  or  amendment  has  been  presented  at  the 
proceeding regular meeting.

ARTICLE X L —AMENDMENTS.

tees.

ARTICLE  X II.— BY-LAWS.

By-laW's  not in conflict with this constitution may be 
stablislied for the government  of  the  Association  on 
tlie two-thirds vote of tlie members present at any  ses­
sion.

BY-LAW S.

ARTICLE I.— QUORUM.

ARTICLE I I .— EXPULSION.

Five members shall constitute a quorum for the tran- 
action of business.
Any member of this Association who shall  he  placed 
on the delinquent list shall stand expelled from the As­
sociation;  and any member doing any act  which tends 
'o briug the Association into dispute shall  be  expelled 
by the two-thirds vote of the  members  present  at any 
regular meeting.

ARTICLE  I I I — DELINQUENTS.

Sec. 1  The  Association  emphatically  asserts  that it 
hopes to collect all debts due the members without pub­
licity, and that it neither desires or intends, in  any  in- 
tance, to permit its  members  to  intentionally  annoy 
or  persecute  any  person  indebted to members of  the 
Association.
Sec. 2.  That  no  injustice may be done  to, or  advan- 
age  taken  of  any  debtor,  by any member of the  As­
sociation, it shall be the duty of every  member, before 
«porting a person to the Association as  a  delinquent, 
o send him the first official notification sheet, known as 
tlie “Blue Letter,” setting forth the fact  that  he  owes 
he writer a stated sum and that he  is  granted  fifteen 
lays from the date entered on such letter  in  which  to 
pay the debt, or to satisfactorily  arrange  for  its  pay­
ment;  that if after the expiration  of  the  fifteen  days 
thus granted, the debtor shall have failed to pay  or  to 
have arranged for payment  the  member  shall  report 
him to the  Secretary (giving in each case his full name, 
occupation and place of residence),  when  that  officer 
shall  mail  him whe  second  official notification sheet, 
setting forth the fact that he is indebted to the member 
named in the sum stated, and that unless he pays, or ar­
ranges to pay the amount within ten days he will be re­
ported to the Executive Committee as a delinquent ; and 
n the absence of extenuating circumstances, that Com­
mittee shall then place the  debtor’s  name  on  the  De­
linquent List.
c. 3.  The second circular letter sent to  the  debtor 
shall be enclosed in the authorized envelope of  the  As­
sociation, on which shall be printed. “If not  called  for 
in  ten  days,  return  to  the  Hartford  Business  Men’s 
Association,” and the non-return of  any circular letter 
thus  mailed  shall  lie  deemed  sufficient evidence that 
the said letter was received by the debtor addressed.
See. 4.  Disputed  accounts  shall  be  investigated  by 
the Executive  Committee, whose  report  on  the  same 
hall be acted upon by the Association.
Sec. 5.  Any  member trusting a man whose name ap­
pears on the Delinquent List shall be fined 810.

The Book-keeper Swore.

The head of a certain jobbing  house  is  a 
tery  good  and  pious  man,  and  the  head 
book-keeper,  who is called Sam for short,  is 
also a church member.  One  day  Sam  and 
the chief were in the office  alone,  and  Sam 
was wrestling with an  account  which  per­
sisted in not coming out as he wanted, it to. 
Finally  he  became  so  provoked  that  he 
slapped  the  ledger  shut  and  vindictively 
muttered:  “Damn  the  thing.”  The chief 
was so shocked at first as to  be  speechless, 
and he gazed  at  Sam  in  horror.  Then  lie 
spoke:

“Samuel,”  he  said,  slowly  and  firmly, 

“shut the office door  and lock it.”

Samuel obeyed,  and returned to his desk, 

wondering what was going to happen.

“Samuel,”  continued  tlie  chief,  “let  us 

Then the door was  opened  and  business 

pray.”

was resumed.

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WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  23,  1887.

M ichigan  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—E. J. Herrick, Grand Kaplds. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—JuluisSchuster, Kalamazoo.
Executive Committee—President, First Vice-President, 
Secretary, N. B. Plain and W. E. Kelsey.
Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City;  P. Ranney, Kalamazoo;  A.  W.  Westgate,  Che 
boygan.
Committee on Legislation—W. E.  Kelsey,  Ionia;  J.  V, 
Crandall, Sand Lake;  J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. 
Committee on Membership—H. S.  Church,  Sturgis;  B. 
F. Emery, Grand Rapids;  the Secretary.
The following local associations have mostly 
been  organized  under  th e  auspices  of  th e 
Michigan Business Men’s Association, and  are 
auxiliary thereto:

Ada  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, D. F. Watson;  Secretary, Elmer Chapel.
A llegan  Business  M en’s  Association. 

President, Irving F. Clapp: Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand

Itellaire  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, John Rodgers;  Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
M erchant’s Protective Ass’n o f B ig   Rapids 
President, N. H. Beebe;  Secretary, A. S. Hobart.

B oyne  City  B usiness Men’s A ssociation. 

President, R. R. Perkins;  Secretary, F. M. Chase.

Burr  Oak  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, C. B. Galloway;  Secretary, H. M. Lee.
C adillac  B usiness  Men’s  A s’n. 

President, A. W. Newark;  Secretary, J. C. McAdam.
Casnovia,  B ailey  and  Trent  B ,  M.  A. 
President, H. E. Hesseltine;  Secretary, E. Farnham.
Cedar  Springs  B usiness  Men’s  Association, 
President, T. W. Provin;  Secretary, L. H. Chapman.

C harlevoix  B usiness  Men’s A ssociation. 

boygan.

President, John Nichols;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
B usiness  Men’s  Protective  U nion  o f  Che­
President, J. H. Tuttle;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
Coopersville  B usiness  Men’s  Association, 
President, E. N. Parker;  Secretary, R. D. McNaughton,
R etail Grocers’ Trade Union A s’n o f Detroit, 
President, John Blessed;  Secretary, H. Kundinger.
Dorr  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, L. N. Fisher;  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.

East port  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President,  F.  H.  Thurston,  Central  Lake;  Secretary, 

Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake.

E lk R apids Business Men’s Protective A s’n. 
President, J. J. McLaughlin;  Secretary, C. L. Martin.
Frankfort  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, Win. Upton;  Secretary, E. R. Chandler.

Freeport  B usiness  Men's  A ssociation. 

President, Foster Sisson ;  Sec’y, Arthur Cheseborough,
Grand  H aven  Business  Men’s  A ssociation, 
President, Fred. D. Voss;  Secretary, Fred A. Hutty.

R etail  Groeers’  A ss’n  o f Grand  Rapids. 

President, Jas. A. Coye;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

G reenville  B usiness  Men's  A ssociation. 

President, L. W. Sprague;  Secretary, E. J. Clark.

H astings  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, L. E. Stauffer;  Secretary,  J.  A.  VanArman.

H olland  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jacob Van Patten ;  Secretary, A. Van Duren.
Ionia  B usiness  Men’s  Protective  A ss’n. 
President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Secretary,  Fred. Cutler, Jr.
K alam azoo  R etail Grocers’ A ssociation, 
resident, P. Ranney;  Secretary, M. S. Scovine.
K alkaska  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

’President, A. E. Palmer;  Secretary, C. E. Ramsey.

K ingsley  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, C. H. Camp; Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster.

Leslie»  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 

President, Wm. Hutchings;  Secretary, M. L. Campbell.
L ow ell  B usiness  Men’s  Protective  A ss’n. 
President, N. B. Blain;  Secretary. Frank T. King.

L uther  Protective  A s’n. 

President, W. B. Pool ;  Secretary, Jas. M. Verity.

Lyons  Business  M en’s  A s’n. 

President, A. K. Roof;  Secretary, D. A. Reynolds.

M anceloua  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 

President, W. E. Watson;  Secretary, C. L. Bailey.

Manisti<|ue  Business Men’s A ssociation. 

President, F.  it. Thompson;  Secretary, E. N. Orr.

Mauton's  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, F. A. Jenison ;  Secretary, R. Fuller.

M uir  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation, 

President, L. Town;  Secretary, Elmer Ely.
Grocers’  A ss’n  of  the  City  o f  M uskegon. 
President, H. B. Fargo;  Secretary, Win. Peer.

M erchant’s  Union  o f  N ashville. 

President, Herbert M. Lee;  Secretary, Walter Webster.

Oceana  B usiness  Men’s  A s’n. 

President, W. E. Thorp ;  Secretary, E. S. Hough tali ng.

Ovid  B usiness  Men’s  A s’n. 

President, C. H. Hunter;  Secretary, Lester Cooley.
Owosso  B usiness  .Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jas. Osbum;  Sec’y, S. Lamfrom.

1'etoskey  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jas. Buckley;  Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

P laiu w ell  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 

President, M. Bailey;  Secretary, J.  A. Sidle.

R eed  City  B usiness  Men's  A ssociation. 

President, C. J.  Fleisehauer: Secretary, H. W. Hawkins.

Rockfcml  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Geo.  A. Sage;  Secretary, J. M. Spore.

St. Charles  Busin« 
resident—B. J. Downing

M til's  Association, 
îcretary, E. E. Burdick.

S t .J o h n s  M erch a n t s' 1‘r o lc c i iv e  A ss o c ia tio n . 
President, H. L. Kendrick;  Secretary, C. M. Sferrili.
B usiness Men’s Protective Ass’n o f Saranac. 
President,  Geo. A. Potts;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.

South  Boardman  B usiness  M en’s  Ass’n. 

President, H. K. Hogan;  Secretary, S. E, Kichardt.
So. Arm a n d  E . J o r d a n   B u s in e s s  Men’s A s’n. 
President, i>. C. Loveday;  Secretary, C. W. Sutton.
Sparta  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, J. R. Harrison;  Secretary, M. B. Nash.

Sturgis  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, Henry S. Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jorn.
Traverse  City  Business  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, Geo. E. Steele;  Secretary,C. T. Lockwood.

Tustin  Business  Men's  A ssociation. 
President, G. A. Estes;  Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins.
V erm ontville  Business  Moil's  A ssociation. 
President, W. H. Benedict;  Secretary, W. E. Holt.

W ayland  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. E. W.  Pickett;  Secretary, H. J. Turner.
W hite  Lake  B usiness  Men’s A s’n. 

President. A. T. Underman, Whitehall;  Secretary,  W. 

B. Nicholson, W hitehall.
W oodland  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, John Veite;  Secretary, I. N. Harter.

Grand  R apids  B utchers’  Union. 

President, John Katz;  Secretary, Chas. Velite.

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BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in  Courts 

of  Last Resort.

D EATH   OP  PARTNER.

Where a banking firm gave  its  certificate 
for money deposited with it,  and one of  the 
partners  subsequently  died,  the  Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania held that the payment 
of the interest from year to year on the  cer­
tificate by the survivors,  who continued  the 
business,  was not an assumption of the debt 
by the new and a release of the old firm, and 
that the estate of the deceased  partner  con­
tinued liable for it.

TR AD E-M A R K  —  INFRINGEMENT —  INJUNC­

TION.

The case of the Sanitas Company vs. Con- 
dy, decided lately by Mr. Justice Kay, of the 
Chancery Division of the High Court of Jus­
tice (England),  involved a trade-mark ques­
tion.  It appeared that the plaintiff company 
had registered the term “Sanitas” as a trade­
mark some years ago.  Subsequently, the de­
fendant began to sell what he called  “Sani- 
tants,”  and  called  himself  “Condy’s  Sani- 
tant's Company,” and lately he began to sell 
“Condi-Sanitas  Crystals.”  The  plaintiff 
asked for an injunction to  restrain  the  de­
fendant from infringing its trade-mark ‘ ‘San­
itas,” and Justice Kay granted  the  applica­
tion,  saying that  there  could  be  no  doubt 
about the infringement,  which would not be 
lessened by adding other words.

SUBSCRIPTION  TO  STOCK.

Where subscriptions to the stock of a cor­
poration were made  on  condition  that  the 
whole  amount  should  be  subscribed,  and 
some of the subscribers were married  wom­
en who were not bound,  the other  subscrib­
ers were held to have waived this condition, 
where,  with knowledge that some of the sub­
scribers were married  women,  they  paid  a 
large part  of  their  subscriptions  as  called 
without objection,  and took an active part in 
the meetings of the stockholders.  The Court 
held,  however,  in Hahn’s Appeal, that a sub­
scriber as to whom  there  was  no  evidence 
that lie had waived  this  condition  was  re­
leased.  Married  women  in  Pennsylvania, 
it appears,  can hold  stock  and  transfer  it, 
but the statute does not  empower  them  to 
contract to pay for it, and their subscriptions 
for stock create no legal obligation  on  their 
part.

I/EGAU1TV  OF  COM BINATIONS  TO  E E G U - 

I jA T E   COM PETITION.

the  production  of 

An  interesting question  was  involved  in 
the  case  of  Central  Shade  Roller Co.  vs. 
Cushman,  decided  recently by the Supreme 
Court of Massachusetts. The point raised was 
whether a number of  manufacturers  under 
several patents of  certain  curtain  fixtures, 
known  as  “wood  balance  shade  rollers,” 
could  form  a  corporation,  of  which  they 
were the stockholders, for the purpose of pre­
venting,  or  rather  regulating,  competition 
between the parties in the  sale  of  the  par- 
particular  commodity  which  they  made. 
The contract  between  the  parties  put  no 
restraint  upon 
the 
in  question,  and  offered^o 
commodity 
to  any  person 
inducement 
to  produce 
less 
than 
to 
the  full  extent  of  his 
capacity. 
It  did  not  restrict  the  sale 
of the commodity,  but  provided  that  sales 
not at retail or for export  should  be  in  the 
name of the corporation  and  reported to it, 
and that  when  any  party  should  establish 
an agency in any city or  town  for  the sale 
of a roller,  made  exclusively  for  that  pur­
pose,  no other party should take  orders  for
the same roller in the  same  place. 
It  was 
further provided that the price for rollers of 
the same grade,  made  by  different  parties, 
should be the same,  and should  be  accord­
ing to a schedule contained in the  contract, 
subject to changes which should  be made by 
the company upon recommendation made by 
three-fourths of its stockholders.  The court 
said  that  the  contract  was,  in  effect,  an 
agreement between three makers of  a  com­
modity that for three years they would  sell 
it at a uniform price fixed at the outset  and 
to be changed only by consent of a majority 
of them. 
It,  however,  held  that  the  pur­
pose was a lawful one,  and that  the  means 
adopted for carrying it out were legal.  The 
court said:  “The agreement  does not  refer 
to  an  article  of  prime  necessity  nor  to  a 
staple of commerce,  nor  to  merchandise to 
be bought and sold in the  market,  but  to  a 
particular curtain fixture of the parties’ own 
manufacture. 
It does not look to  affecting 
competition 
from  outside — the  parties 
have a monopoly  by their  patent,  but  only 
to  restrict  competition  in  prices  between 
themselves.  Even  if  such  an  agreement 
tends to raise the price  of  the  commodity, 
it is one which the parties  have  a  right  to | 
make.  To hold otherwise would be to  ini-1 
pair the right of persons to  make  contracts 
and to put a price on the  products  of  their 
own industry.  But we cannot assume  that 
the purpose and effect of the  combination is 
to unduly raise the price of  the commodity. 
A natural purpose and a natural  effect is to 
maintain a fair and  uniform  price,  and  to 
prevent the injurious  effects,-  both  to  pro­
ducers and consumers,  of  Jluctuatiug prices 
caused by undue competition.  When it ap­
pears that the combination  is  used  to  the
public detriment,  a  different  question  will 
be presented from that now befor  us.  The 
contract  is,  apparently,  beneficial  to  the 
parties to the  combination  and  not  neces­
sarily injurious to the public,  and  we know 
of no authority or reason  for  holding  it  to 
be invalid as in restraint  of trade or against 
public  policy.”

He  Brought Him to Time.

From the Detroit Free Press.

A well-known  druggist  in  this  city  was 
filling an order for a lady the other evening, 
when a  hawk-eyed  young  man  whose  rai­
ment bespoke hard  times  stood  by  without 
making any errand.  As the  lady went  out 
he was asked what  he desired:

“Twenty-five  cents  to  pay  for  a night’s 

lodging, please.”

“Well, you won’t get it.”
“Very well,  sir.  You put up quinine for 

that lady?”
“I did.”
“Suppose I follow her home and raise the 
query of whether you didn’t make a mistake 
and put up morphine?”
“But it was  quinine.”
“No doubt,  but just  to  show  you  how  a 
word will upset some people I will run after 
her and—”

“Here!  How  much  did  you  say  you 

wanted?”

“A quarter,  please.”
“Well,  here  it  is,  and  as  you  probably 
haven’t had any supper  here’s  fifteen  cents 
extra.”

“Thanks,  sir,  and  may  you  never  make 

another fatal mistake.  Good-night!”

The man who  desires  to  lead  in  cheap 
goods should have  ample  capital  and  buy 
right down to rock bottom figures every time. 
He should see that he obtains a paying profit, 
while taking care that he offers indisputable 
value.  Then let him stick to his prices,  and 
the public will soon learn to trust him.
The CELEBRATED  EMERY  $3  SHOE
HATCH  &  EMERY,  Chicago  am i  Boston. 

MANUFACTURED  BY

D.  G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman,

227 Jefferson Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

GERMAN  £.  Wintemitz,
MUSTARD.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich
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PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY

From  2 to 150 Horse-Power,  B oilers, Saw  Mills 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shn.lt 
m g,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made  for 
Complete Outfits.

C ,  X> O ü lfât 013L,

88, BO and 32 South Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
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TIME  TABLES.

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MICH.

C hicago  &  W e s t  M ichigan.
Leaves. 
tM ail.....................................................  9:10 a m 
tDa.v  Express......................................12:30 p m  
■»Night Express..................................U:00pm  
Muskegon Express........................... 5:00 p m  

Ai rives.
3:55 p m
9:45 pm
5:46 a m
11:00 am

»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night  trains.  Through 
parlor ear in charge of careful attendants  without  ex­
tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach 
on 9 a. m. and II p. m. trains.

N ew aygo  D ivision.

Leaves. 
Express................................................  8:45 p in 
Express.................................................  8:00 a m  

Arrives.
4:50 p m
10:30 a in
Ail trains arrive and depart from Union Depot.
The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, 
where close connection is  made  with  F. & P. BI. trains 
to and from Ludington and Manistee.

W. A. U a v k t t ,  Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J. B. M u l u k k n ,  General  Manager.

GOING  NORTH.

Saginaw express runs thr oligli ’solid.
7 a m tritin has chair ear for  Ti averse  City

G ran d   R a p id s  &  In d ian a.
Arrives.
9:20 am
7:30 p m
3:é0 p m
.11:25 a m
.10:30 a m.

Traverse 'ity Express.......
Traverse Jity and Mackinaw Ex.
Cincinnat Express............
Petoskey and Mackinaw Express.
Saginaw 1Express.................

Leaves.
7:00a 111
11:30 a ill
5:05 p m
7:20 a m
4:10 p m
11:30  a
m train h is chair car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City.
5:05 p m ti a in has sleeping and ehair cars  for Petoskey
and Mackinaw.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
Fort Wayne Express....................... 10:30 a m 
Cincinnati  Express.........................  4:40 pm  
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .11:09 p m 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
M uskegon,  Grand  R apids  &  Indiana. 
Leave. 
Arrive.
7:25 a m ....................................................................   9:15 am
1:00 p m ....................................................................  1:00 p m
5:20 p m ....................................................................   7:10 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

7:15 a m  train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 

7:15am
11:45 a
5:00 pm

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Arrive.

K alam azoo  D ivision.

Leave. 

N. Y. Mail.  N. Y. Ex.
Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
4  35 pm   7:45 a ill. .Grand Rapids.  9:45 a m  0:10 pm
5:55 pm   9:02 a m. .A llegan..........8:28 am  
5:00 a m
7.05pm   10:00a in..K alam azoo...  7:30a m  
4:oOpm 
8:30 pm   11:35 a ill. .White Pigeon.  5:55 a m  2:20 pm
2:30 a in  5:05pm .. T oledo............11:00 p m 
9:45am
5:35 am
8:30 a ill  9:40 p ill. .Cleveland.......0:40 pm  
2:50pm 
3:30 a in. .Buffalo........... 11:55am  11:10pm
5:40am  
0:50 p m. .Chicago..........11:30pm 
0:50am
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1  p  in,  carry­
ing passengers as far as  Allegan.  All  trains  daily  ex­
cept Sunday. 

J. W. McKknnkv, Genera! Agent.
Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
I.eave
6:25am
3:50 p m
10:55 p m
11:00 am
l:!0p ra

GOING  east.
Arrives. 
tSteamboat  Express........................ 
■¡•Through  Mail....................................10:40 a m  
tEvening Express................................ 3:16 p m 
♦Limited  Express...............................  9:20 p m 
tMixed, with  coach.......................... 
GOING WEST.
tMorning  Express...........................   1*05p m  
fThrough  Mail....................................  5:00 p m  
tSteamboat Express.................................10:40 pm
tMixed.................................................  
♦Night Express....................................  5:10 a m  

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
Passengers taking the  6:25  a m   Express  make  close 
connection at Owosso for Lansing,  and  at  Detroit  for 
New  York,  arriving  there  at  10:30  a m the following 
morning.  The Night Express has a through Wagner ear 
and local sleeping car from Detroit to Grand  Rapids.
D. Potter, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B. R eeve, Traffic Manager Chicago.

7:45 am

10:50 am

5:05 p m

5:35 a m

Michigan Central.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

Detroit Express............................................................   6:15 
Day  Express..................................................................  1:10 
•Atlantic Express......................................................... 10:10 
M ixed..............................................................................  6:50 
»Pacific  Express...........................................................  6:00 
M ail.............................................................................  3:00 p m
Grand  Rapids  Express............................................... 10:15 
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M ixed..............................................................................  5:15 
♦Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids Express to  and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over 
M. C. It. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

I). W. J ohnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.
O. W. Ruggi.es, Gen’l Pass. andTicket Agt., Chicago.

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Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going West. 
:00 a 111 
:20 p m  
:30 p 111

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6:50 a m. .St. Ignace.......8:30 p m
9:40 a m. .Seney..............5:15 p m
12:40 p m ) . .  
(  2:15 pm
12:50 p m )  Mai queue .. 
2 ;00 p m
1:40 p m. .Negaunee....... 1:25 p m
1:55 p in .. Ishpem ing.... 12:58 p m 
5:30 p m. .Ho Ugh toil  ....  9:20am
5:60 p m. .Hancock  ....... 9:01am
6:35 p in..C alum et.........8:15 a m

Going East.

5:55 p m 
12:35 p m 
7:00 a m

Mixed train leaves St. Ignace  at  7 am :  arrives  Mar­

quette 5:30 p m. 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket  Agent, Marquette.

E. W. Allen,

Engravers and Printers

Designers

Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, 

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. 

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Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading  Feature. 

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Address as above
49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich.

GERMAIT  COFFEE,
Best  Package  Goods  on  the  Market.

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Manufactured by

TOLEDO  SPICE  CO.,  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

Order Sample Case of your Jobber.  See quota­

tions in  Price-Current.

PRESENTS  W ITH

BAKING  POWDERS

Order a  Case.

D I R E C T I O N S

We have cooked the corn in thie can 
■uiiiciently.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed (not cooked) adding  piece ot 
Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) aud gill 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

CHILLICOTHE  IU.

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

White  Star  Baking  Powder.
Decorated China given with each can

Pound cans, 2  doz. in  case  for  $9.  A  large  piece 

Family  Baking  Powder.

Pound cans, 2 doz. in  case for $8.  Given with each 
can,  a  large  Hob  Nail  Oblong  Berry  Dish, as­
sorted colors.
Silver  Spoon  Baking  Powder.
10 oz. cans, tall, 3 doz. in case for $7.75.  With each 
can,  choice of a quart Pitcher, 8 inch  Nappy,  7 
in. Comport.  All Mikado Pattern, Crystal Glass.

Arctic Manufacturing Co., Granii Rapids.
The Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

PEA  NUTS 

OYSTERS

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

THE  PERFECTION  O F   Q U A L I T Y .

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME I

A LW A Y S  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  T H E S E   GOODS.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,
.AJSriD ÎSTOTIOInTS,

8 3   M o n r o o   S t . ,

AND  10,  12,  14,  16  AND  18  FOUNTAIN  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

] A Specialty.

FULLER  &  STOWE  COMPANY,

The  accompany iE g  illustrations  represents  the
Boss Tobacco  Pail  Cover.
It will fit any pail, and keep  the  Tobacco  moist 
It will pay for itself in a short time.
You cannot afford to do without it.
For particulars, write  to

and fresh until entirely used.

ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  CO.

W holesale Grocers,

S O .lo   A g e n t s ,

77 to  83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

I

Regular Meeting of the Retail Grocers’ As­

sociation.

The regular semi-monthly meeting  of the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association,  which  was 
held last Tuesday evening,  was  fairly  well 
attended.

President Coye  stated  that  he  had  met 
with the Executive Committee  of the Mich­
igan Business Men’s Association, by request 
of the latter,  and extended an  invitation  to 
them to hold the March convention in Grand 
Rapids.  The  invitation  was  accepted,  as 
was also the tender of a  banquet  at  one  of 
the hotels.  He suggested the  appointment 
of  Committees  on  Entertainment  and  Re­
ception.

The President was instructed  to  appoint 
such committees,  when he announced  them 
as follows:

On  Reception—Ilydorn,  Dunaven,  Pet- 
tersch,  Farnsworth,  Lawton,  Ferris,  Keat­
ing,  Kaseh,  Geo.  Bends,  Dettenthaler, 
Elliott,  AVurzburg,  Meech,  Dunnebacke and 
Wintenntz.

On Entertainment—Walker,  Emery, Leh­

man, DeGraaf and Randall.

On  suggestion  of  Treasurer  Harris,  he 
was instructed to remit to the  State Associ­
ation the per capita dues on  the  new  mem­
bers.

On motion of B.  F.  Emery,  it  was  voted 
to furnish free tickets to the banquet to  the 
delegates, and that members  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers  Association  be  in­
vited to attend at Si a plate.

Collector Cooper’s report of the  collection 
of  $21.74  since  his  last  report  was  read. 
President Coye urged those having accounts 
in  the  Collector’s  hands  to  see him in per­
son.

The Secretary reported  the  issue  of  the 
first 
regular  semi-monthly  Notification 
Sheet and stated that  such  sheets would be 
printed regularly  hereafter.

President  Coye  stated  that  he  had  ob­
tained a legal opinion in regard to the char­
ter  amendments  and  that  the  Common 
Council had passed  the  bill  in  accordance 
with the petition  signed  by  the  Executive 
Committee.  He stated  that  on  motion  of 
Alderman DeGraaf,  the  clause  prohibiting 
a public market had been stricken out  with 
only one dissenting vote. 
If the  charter  is 
passed by the  Legislature,  as recommended 
by  the  Council,  the  power  to  establish  a 
public market would rest with the  Council.
President Coye stated  that  this  meeting 
had  taken  only  forty  minutes,  and  urged 
the members to be more  prompt  in  getting 
to the meetings.  The meeting the adjourn­
ed.

“ Modern Competition” Clearly Defined.
A well-known Muskegon grocer issues the 
following circular to his patrons, which T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   cordially  commends  to  its 
readers:

During the past year competition has been 
so strong,  and the  desire to  undersell com­
petitors so  great,  that anything  cheap—no 
matter wliat the quality—has  been  eagerly 
bought by those whose main  idea in  life is 
to “lead in low prices,” regardless of quality.
The public has  become  so familiar  with 
these flaring advertisements,  and the subse­
quent  disappointments in  finding  out  the 
trashy  quality of the  goods  so  advertised, 
that a new device has become  necessary  to 
allure people to their places of business, and 
they have gone so far as to defy the laws of 
the State of Michigan by openly advertising 
and conducting  a  lottery, thereby  not only 
making themselves liable for  such violation 
of law,  but courting the just  condemnation 
of all honest,  law-abiding citizens.
In this connection,  it  is pertinent  to  ob­
serve that  a dollar is worth a hundred cents 
anywhere in this state,  and any man  trying 
to sell silver dollars for ninety  cents would 
give color to the idea  that he  was either  a 
fool or a knave—a  fool  for  working  for I 
nothing and  giving  away  his money, or a 
knave  for  selling  counterfeit dollars;  and  I 
does not a man who advertises to sell goods 
at cost put himself virtually in the same po­
sition  as the man  selling silver dollars  for 
ninety cents? 
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It is  some satisfaction to know that there 
are some dealers who  will not stoop to such 
means of increasing their  trade,  but  stick 
to the  old  and  honorable  way  of  selling 
good goods at  fair  prices,  giving  sixteen 
ounces to  the pound and  four  pecks  to the 
bushel.
As one of the latter,  adhering to my mot­
to of “Quality before  quantity,” I invite all I 
who approve of the latter way of doing bus­
iness  to give me a call.
Amending the  Law  Relating  to  Peddlers.
Hon. J. B.  Goodrich favors T h e  T r a d e s ­
m a n  with a copy of the bill which he  intro­
duced in  the  House  on  Jan.  28,  amending 
the present law relating to  peddling,  so  as 
to make it effective.  The bill is as follows:
A bill to amend section 21  of  chapter  28 
of Howell’s Annotated Statutes of Michigan, 
being  compiler’s  section  No.  1202, relative 
to hawkers and peddlers.
Section  1.  The People of the State of Mich­
igan enact,  That section 21 of chapter 28  of 
Howell’s Annotated  Statutes  of  Michigan, 
being  compiler’s  section  12(52,  relative  to 
hawkers  and  peddlers,  be  amended  so  as 
to read as follows:
Section 21.  Fvery  person  who  shall  be 
found  traveling  and  trading,  or  soliciting 
trade within the limits of this State, contrary 
to the provisions of this chapter, or contrary 
to the terms of any  license  that  may  have 
been granted  to  him as a  hawker  or  ped­
dler,  shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean­
or, and upon conviction thereof  before  any 
court of competent jurisdiction, shall be pun­
ished by a fine of not  more  than  fifty  dol­
lars and costs of prosecution  and  imprison-1 
merit in the county jail for a period not  ex- 
ceeding three months,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment,  in  the discretion of the 
court or magistrate before whom conviction 
may be had.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars  are  a  trifle  lower.  Pickles  are 
higher,  but  as  all  the  jobbers  have  large 
stocks, they are selling less  than  inanufac- j 
turers’  quotations.  Other  articles  in  the j 
grocery line are steady.

Benton  Harbor  Changes  Form  of  Berry 

Boxes.

At a recent meeting of the Fruit Exchange 
a report of  the  Executive  Committee was 
discussed and amended until  the  following 
was adopted for the season of 1887:

All berries usually put in  “quart”  boxes, 
to be shipped in 24-quart  crates,  each  box 
to be five inches square and two and eleven- 
sixteenths inches deep, containing 07  cubic 
inches, or full  quart;
Pint boxes to be just one-half  the  size of 
quart boxes— 5x5  inches  square,  and  one 
to 
and eleven-thirty  seconds  inches  deep, 
hold a full pint;
Apple barrels to have a 17-inch head,  and 
to hold three full bushels.

A proposal to have the boxes hold a little 
less than pints  and  quarts  was  rejected. 
This is a highly important  departure,  both 
on account of its honesty of dealing and the 
change in the form of the  boxes. 
In  both 
respects  it is worthy of imitation.
Hides, Pelts  and  Furs.

Hides are dull  and  unsettled.  Pelts  are 
quiet and rather dull.  Furs are firm and in 
fair  demand.  Wool  is  dull  and  lower. 
School  furniture  is  in  heavy demand  and 
steady at the highest  market quotations.

O ILS.

ILLUMINATING.

LUBRICATING.

W ater W h ite..............................................  
\i%
M ichigan  T est.....................................................10%

 

G asoline.................................................................1154
Capitol Cylinder................................................36\
Model  Cylinder...................................................3114
Shield  Cylinder...................................................2654
Eldorado  E ngine............................................... 23
Peerless  M achinery.......................................... 20
Challenge M achinery........................................ 19
Paraffine  ............................................................ 2954
Black. Sum m er, W est  V irginia....................... 9
Black. 25°  to 3 0 ° ................................. 
10
Black, 15°  C.  T ............................................ . . . i n
Z ero ...........................................................................12 V.

PRO V ISIO N S.

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

p o r k   i n   b a r r e l s .

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago  packing.........................................14 00
Mess, new .......................................................... .15  00
Short Cut, new ......................................... M... 15  25
S. P. Booth, c le a r......................................A. .15  25
E x tra clear pig, short c u t...................................16 50
E x tra clear, h eav y .................................................is 50
Clear quill, short  c u t............................................16 50
Boston clear, short c u t.................................. 16  50
Clear back, short c u t......................................17  00
Standard clear, short  cut, b e s t..................17  00
DRV  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, h eavy................................... 
8
m edium ................................  
8
l ig h t.....................................  
8
814
Short Clears, heavy................................... 
m edium ................................  
8*4
lig h t....................................... 
814
Hams, average 20  fts.......................................   11«
16  » s ........................................ 11%
12 to 14 fts............................... ia
picnic  ......................................................  9
b o n eless........................   ................... .
best  boneless........................................'.11
Shoulders ............................................................   8
b o n eless...........................................   814
B reakfast Bacon, boneless.............................       914
Dried Beef, e x tra ........................................... !  9'
ham   p rices........................... ".” 12

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BEEP IN  BARRELS.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

Tierces  .......................................................
30 and 501b T u b s ............................................. 
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  ease..................................... 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case................................
10 ft Pails. 6 in a c a s e ..................................... 
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in  case........................  
E x tra Mess Beef, w arranted 200 fts............   8  00
Boneless,  e x tra ...................................................... 12 00
Pork  Sausage......................................................  714
Ham   Sausage.....................................................   7(4
Tongue  Sausage.............................................
F ran k fo rt  Sausage.........  ...............................   8
Blood  Sausage....................................................  0
Bologna, stra ig h t...............................................  6
Bologna,  th ic k ....................................................  6
Head  Cheese....................................................  .  6
In  half b arre ls....................................................  3 00
In  q u a rte r  b arrels............................................   1 65  !

SAUSAGE—FRESH  AND SMOKED.

PIGS’  FEET.

COUNTRY  P R O D U C E .

A pples—The b est w inter varieties are scarce 

a t $3@$3.50 $  bbl.

R u ta  Bagas—$1 $  bbl.
Beans—Country hand-picked  command $1.15
bu., and city picked  $1.50.
Beets—40c $  bu.
B uckw heat—2 ^ c  $) ft.
B u tter—Michigan  cream ery  is  in  good  de­
mand  at28@1Cc.  D airy is in active dem and at

Cabbages—$4@$51? 100, according to  size.
C arrots—40c f)  bu.
Celery—Kalamazoo, 25c 
Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan full cream  is 

doz.  Scarce.

firm a t 13J4@14c.

Cider—1254c $  gal.
C ranberries—Choice  Bell  and  Bugle  and 

Cape Cod  are  steady  a t  $9 $  bbl.

D ried  Apples — E vaporated,  9@llc 

quartered and sliced,5@554c $  ft.

D ried Peaches—Pared, 13c.
Eggs—Strictly 

fresh,  20@22c  and 

lower.

going

H oney—Good dem and a t  9@13c.  |
H ay—Bailed  is  m oderately  active  a t  $15 
per ton  in two and five ton lots and  $14  in  car 
lots.

Onions—Good  stock  Is  scarce,  readily  com 

m anding $3.25®$3.50 $  bbl.

Potatoes—B uyers are paying 35e@40c  at this 
m ark et and tow ns w ithin convenient shipping 
distance of this m arket.

Pop Corn—254c 1) ft.
Squash—H ubbard, 2c ^  ft.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

W heat—Lower.  City  m illers  pay  78  cents 
for L ancaster and 75  fo r  Fulse  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing generally a t 46@47c  in 100 bu. 

lpts and 42®43c in earlots.

Oats—W hite, 38c in small lots  and  32@33c  in 

car lots.

Rye—48®50c ^  bu.
Barley—Brew ers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—H igher.  P aten t,$5.20 $  bbl.  in  sacks 
and  $5.40  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.20 $   bbl. in 
sacks and $4.40 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $13  $  ton.  Bran, $14 
I? ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $15 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats,  $18  39 ton.

H ID E S , PEL TS  A N D   FU RS. 

P erkins & Hess pay as follows: 

RIDES.

G reen __ ^  ft  554®  6
P a rt  c u re d ...  7  ®   75;
Full cu red  
Dry hides and

  754®

k ip s ............   8  @12

Calf skins, green
or cured__  7  1
Deacon skins,
$  piece...... 20  1

SHEEP PELTS.

WOOL,

Old wool, estim ated washed ^  f t.........25
Tallow.........................................................  3
Fine washed $  ft 
Medium
FURS
Bear  ....................................
B e av er.................................
B a d g e r.................................
Wild C at...............................
H ouse C at............................
F o x ,re d ...............................
cross............................
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F ish e r..................................
L in x ......................................
M in k ........................ ............
M a rtin ............................
O tte r ....................................
C oon......................................
S k u n k .................
w o lf.............................
M uskrat,  w in te r.........
fa ll........................
Deer,  ^  f t ............................

1 ft 25@38!Coarse w ashed.. ,20®34 
— 27@30|Unwashed............  
3-3
10  00@15 00 
4  00®  8  00 
75®  1  00 
75
50® 
10® 
20 
1  00®   1  25
3  00® 5  00 
1  00®  1 25
4  00®  8  00 
3  00®  8  00
30®  60
1  00®  1 25
5 00®  8  00
4P® 
90
90®  1  00
2 00®  3  00
12® 
14
06®  08
5®  25

These prices are fo r prim e skins only.

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John  M ohrhard  quotes  the  trade  eelliu 
554®  654
6  @ 754 
654®  6?.i

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides............................
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs...........
Dressed  Hogs...................................
M utton............................. ..
Lamb  .............................................
V eal........................................... ” ” ’
Pork  Sausage............................... ..
Bologn a ............................
Fow ls................. .*........................’ ’
C hickens.................................
Ducks  ...................................
Turkeys  ............................... . . . . . ”

Crown  ...................
F ra zer’s ..................
Diam ond  X ...........
Modoc, 4  doz.........

AXLE  GREASE.
—   80IParagon................. 2
90 Paragon 25 ft pails. 
60 Fraziers, 25 ft pails. 1 
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54 ft 
2 ft 
B u lk ...................................................... 

85
1  60
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...........................  3  00
35
Princess,  54s.........!...........................................  1  35
54s......................................................  2  25
28
b u lk .................................................. 
A rctic, 54  ft cans, 6 doz. case........................  
45
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1  40
2 40
12  00
2 00 
15

V ictorian, 1 ft cans, (tall,) 2 doz.......
Diamond,  “bulk.” ................
BLUING
Dry, No. 2...............................
. ..doz.
tSò
Dry, No. 3.............................................doz.
...doz.
45
Liquid, 4 oz,..........................
...  doz.
35
Liquid, 8 oz...........................
. ..doz.
65
A rctic 4 oz............................
. . . $   gross 3  50
A rcticS   oz...........................
7  20
A rctic 16 oz.......................................................  12  00
A rctic No. 1 pepper box.................................2 00
3 00
A rctic No. 2 
A rctic No. 3 
4 00

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¿ROOMS.

No. 2 H u rl............... 1  75jCommon W hisk___  90
No. 1 H u rl....2  0U@3  25|Fancy W hisk............1  00
No. 2 C arpet...............2 25 Mill............................... 3 75
No. 1 C arpet....... 2  501 W arehouse  .................. 2  75
P arlo r  Gena............3 OOl

CANNED FISH.

Clams, 1 ft, L ittle N eck................................1  10
Clam Chowder,  3 f t ...................................... 2  15
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  stan d ard s...............90@1  001
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  standards.....................  1  751
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.......................................1  75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic............................  .......2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r .......................................... 2  00
Lobsters. 2 ft s ta r ........................................... 3  00
Mackerel, 1 ft  fresh  sta n d ard s...................1  50
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s.................   .5 25
Mackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t................. 3  50
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard..............................3  50
M ackerel. 3 ft  soused.....................................3  50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r.........................1  60
Salmon. 2 ft Columbia riv e r....................... 2  80
Sardines, dom estic 54s ..................................6®
Sardines,  dom estic  54s...............................   1C@12
Sardines,  M ustard  54b...................................  9@11
Sardines,  im ported  54s ..................................12@1E
Trout. 3 ft  brook...............................................  4 00

CANNED FRUITS.

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................................l  25

Apples, gallons,  sta n d ard s................................3 25
Blackberries, sta n d ard s....... .......................   90
Cherries,  red  sta n d ard .......................................1 10
D am sons.................................................................1 00
Egg Plum s, standard? 
G ooseberries...................................... 
95®1 00
Green  Gages, standards 2 f t.............................. l 25
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow ............................ 
2 00
Peaches,  sta n d ard s..............................................1 60
Peaches,  seconds.................................................1 45
Peaches, p ie........................................................... 1 20
Pineapples, sta n d ard s.............................    .1  40
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced............................ 2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, g ra te d .........................2 75
Q u in ces.............................................................115
R aspberries,  e x tra ..............................................l  25
r e d ........................................... l   35
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Straw berries  ........................................... 1  2C@1  j
W h o rtleb erries...............................................  90
A sparagus, O yster B ay.................................3 00
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .................................  75
Beans. Stringless,  E rie.................................  90
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked............................ 1 70
Corn,  A rcher’s T rophy.......................................1 15
“  M orning  G lory.........................................; 10
“  A cm e........................................  .......1 1 5
“  Maple L eaf...................................  . 
1  10
“  Excelsior..................................................... 1 30
“  O nondaga..............................................135
“  D a rb y .........................................................'.1 50
“  O sb o rn .........................................................1 00
“  New  P ro cess..............................................l  00
“  B a rtle tt........................... 
..1  10
Peas, F ren ch ..........................................................1 50
Peas, e x tra   m a rro fa t.....  ................... !i  20@1  40
Peas,  soaked....................................................  75
*  Early Ju n e, sta n d ................! .!! !i’50@l  75
4 
sifted ..................................2  CO
‘  French, ex tra fine................................. 20  00
Mushrooms, ex tra  fine........................................ 20 00
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden...........................................1 co
Succotash, sta n d ard ................................  .80@1  30
lu a s h .................................................................... 1 00
Tomatoes, standard  b ran d s...............................l 20
Michigan full  cream ..............................  @14
York  State, A cm e...................................  @14

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E .  F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

Cold Storage in Connection.  All  Orders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention.

We H andle th e Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” Oysters.

No. 1 Egg Crates  fo r Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 p aten t fillers used.  50 cents each,

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

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and 99 Canal Street, 

STATE  AGENTS FOIJ

D. D. Mallory & Co.’s

F .  J .  LAMB & CO.
DIAMOND BRAND OYSTERS
Also  Fruits and Country Produce.
OTTENBERB’S  CIGARS

Hazel Kirke 
La Rosa  Celeste 
Sw eet  Catawba

10 cents. 
5  cents.

Having  secured  the  Sole  agency  for  S.  OTTENBERG  & 
BROS.’  Celebrated  Cigars,  I  take  pleasure  in  recommending 
them to the Trade, as the Finest and Best

5   a n d .   I O   C e n t   C i g a r s

Ever placed on the Market.  They are made of the Finest Qual­
ity of Imported Tobacco without artificial  flavor.
GIVE  THEM A  TRIAL,

I w ill send to any responsible  first-class  dealer a sample of 
these Cigars on trial, to be  returned  if not  satisfactory, within 
60 days.  W e send advertising matter with above Cigars.

Morris H. Treusch,

SOLE  AGENTS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

CHOCOLATE.

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Roasted.

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W ilbur’s  P re m iu m ..351 Germ an  Sw eet.......... 2£
Sw eet.........25 V ienna Sweet  ...........25
B’k f’tCocoa 45 B aker’s ...................... 37
Cocoa-theta 42! R uukles’ .................!! ¡35
Vanilla Bar 2S|
, I s ......................................
.........  @25
Is and  54s .....................
.........  @26
54s.................................... ......... 
©27
Is in tin   p ails...............
.........  @2754
54s 
................ .........  @2854
3,  IS.................................... .........  @2354
Is and  54s .....................
....  @24
54 s ................................... .........  @3454
an,  p ails.......................... .........  @20
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M altby’

Peerless

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Rio
Santos.......
M aricabo..
J a v a .........
O. G. Ja v a. 
Mocha  __

1654@17 ¡Rio............... .16  @18
17  @19 ¡Golden Rio..,.18  @20
15  @17
Santos.......... ............20
.........18
M aricabo__ — 18@21
.. 25@30
J a v a ................  .25© 20
28.  @30 O. G. J a v a ... .25  @29
.........23
1M ocha........... .27  @28
JOFFEES—PACKAGE.
60 fts 100 ft 
300 fts
....19?4
1954 1954
1954
1954joa
1954
1954191/
1954
20
19)4
18?6 1354
19)4 18?4
17 ?i

x x x x .......................
A rbuckle’s  ...................
D ilw orth’s .....................
Standard  ........................................
G erm an ............ .......................... .
G erm an, in  b in s............................
L io n ..................................................
Lion,  in  cab in ets........................
M agnolia..........................................
R oyal................................................
E agle................................................ 195J
M e x ican ..........................................

CORDAGE.

60 foot  J u te .......1  00  ¡50 foot Cotton.  . .1  60
72 foot J u t e .......  1  25  60 foot C o tto n .... 1  75
40Foot C otton— 1  50  173 foot C otton__ 2  00

CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

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K enosha B u tte r..........................
Seym our  B u tte r................................  
B u tte r...................................................  
Fancy  B u tte r.............................   454
S.  O yster..............................................  
P ic n ic ...................................................  
Fancy  O yster.............................   454
Fancy  Soda................................. 
5
City Soda..........   ........................
Soda  .................................
M ilk...........................
B o sto n .......................  
G rah am ...............  
O at  M eal......................................  
Pretzels, hand-m ade.................. 
P re tz e ls..................................................... 
C rack n els....................................  
Lemon Cream .............................  
7 
7 
Sugar C ream .............................. 
Frosted C ream .........................................  
G inger  Snaps.............................  
7 
No. 1 G inger  Snaps...................  
7
Lemon  Snaps..................................... 
Coifee  C akes...............................
Lem on W afers............................
Ju m b les........................................
E x tra H oney Ju m b les..............
Frosted  Honey  Cakes..............
Cream  G em s...............................
Bagleys  G em s................. .'........
Seed Cakes...................................
S. &  M. Cakes.............................
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
C itro n .......................................................
C u rra n ts......................................
Lemon  P eel.................................
O range P eel.................................
P runes,  French, 60s...................
French, 80s...................
French, 110s and  120s.
P runes, T u rk ey ..........................
ltalsins, D ehesia........................
Raisins, London  L ayers..........
Raisins, California  “ 
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Raisins, Loose M uscatels.........
Raisins, Ondaras,  28s...................
Raisins.  S u ltan as............................
Raisins,  Valeneia, n ew ................;
Raisins,  Im perials..........................

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Cod, w hole...................................................4^4®
Cod, boneless............................................. 
554@7
H a lib u t..................................................   ’.\"9@1C54
H erring, round,  54  b b l..........................  @3  25
H erring .round,  %  b b l.................................  1  75
H erring, Holland,  bbls.............................il  00
These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay  H erring, Holland,  kegs 
.........75® 80
H erring,  Scaled................
...........................................  @34
M ackerel, shore, No. 1,54  bbls.
12 ft kits
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Old Solder..............
Clipper  .................
C o rn ersto n e.........
Scalping  K n ife...
Sam Boss................
N e x t......................
Jolly  T a r................
Jolly  T im e............
Favorite  ...............
Black  B ird..........
1 ave and L et  Live
Q uaker.................
H iaw ath a.........
Big  N ig ............
Spear  H ead .......
P.  V........................
Spring Chicken 
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Eclipse  .................
T u rk ey ................. .

O ur  L ead er..........
M ayflow er............
G lobe......................
Mule E a r................

PLUG.
.  39]S p len d id ...................  38
.. 37  Red Fox....................... 40
.. .34  Big  D rive....................40
. .34 Chocolate  C ream __ 40
. .31 Nimrod  ........................35
.  "4  Big Five C enter......... 33
. ,29 P a r r o t .........................43
.‘C  B u s te r.........................35
. .32 Black P rin c e...............35
. .43  Black  R acer...............35
. .53 Climax  ....................... 43
..32; Acorn  .........................39
.38  Horse  Shoo................ 37
..43j V in co ...........................34
. .37  Merry W ar..................26
..39 Ben  F ran k lin .............33
. .40  M oxie.......
.........34
..38 B lac k ja ck  
. .30 Musselman 
rker. 30
. .391
SHORTS.
.. 16] H iaw ath a.
. .23 Old Coiigre!
..22 May  Leaf.
. .231 D a r k .........

..20

N OFF.

rioan G entlem en.
“ 

L orillard’s Am
M aeeoboy__
__
Gail & A x’ 
R appee.........
Railroad  Mills  Scotch... 
Lotzbeck  ..............

TEAS.

Ja p an   o rd in ary __
Ja p an  fair to good.
Ja p an  fine__ «........
Ja p an  d u st..............
Young H yson.........
G u npow der............
O o lo n g .....................
C ongo......................

W hite W ine...
C id er...............
York Stato  Ap >le.

do 
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No.  2.................

MISCELLANEOUS
Bath Brick im p o rted .................
A m erican.......... .. . .
Burners, No. 1 ......................
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ra n d .. 
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft c a n s..
Candles, S ta r................
Candles.  H o te l....!!!.................
Camphor. 0/.., 2 ft boxes...........
E xtract Coffee, V.  C................”
Gum,  Rubber  100 lum ps 
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps.
Gum, Spruce.......................
Hominy, (¡¡}  bbl.........!  ...............
Jelly, in 30 ft  p ails. . .. . . . . . .  ..
Pearl  B arley................... !!!!!.
Peas, G reen  B ush.........!  ........
Peas, Split  P re p a re d .................
Powder, K eg.....................
Powder. 54  K eg .! !! !! ! !............
Sage  ............... ..........."
.............
S a u e rk ra u t__ _!!...............

F e lix .......  

do 

'

®  55 
®  44 
®  35 
@  45 
@1 30

...,18@20
----25@30
----35@45
----15@20
----20@45
----35@50
33@55@6C 
...  25®30

60® 7  TO 

90
75
100
I  50
@25 
@11 
@12 
©35 
@80 
@1  20 
@25 
@35 
30@35 
@3 00 
4®  454 
î?4@  3
©1 15
® 3
@5 00
@2 75
@ 15
00

 

44 
“ 
44 

“ 

44 

75

“ 
“ 
“ 

10ft  k its...........................

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

!!!!!l  50
....... .......1  25
No. 3. 54 bb ls...................... . .......7  75
Sardines,  spiced, 54s............................. .......io@i:
T rout, 54  bbls..........................
. . . . .  5  25
.......  95
W hite, No. 1,54 b b ls ............................. .......7  00
W hite,  No. 1,12  ft k its............... ....! .
.......110
W hite, No. 1,10 ft k its.......................Ü .......1  OO
W hite, Fam ily, 54 bbls.......................... .......3 50
k its............................... .......  75
Lemon.  Vanilla.
Jen n in g s’ D. C.,2 oz................
. D doz.  1  00
1  40
“  4 oz................
............ 1  50
2  50
“  6 o z................
............ 2 50
4  OO
“  8 o z................
............ 3 50
»  5 00
“   No. 2  T aper.
............ 1  25
1  50
.
“  No. 4 
............ 1  75
2  75
d .......... 4  50
7  50
“  1
.......... 9 00
15  00
“  No. 3  pa 
............ 1  10
1  65
“  No. 8
............2 75
4  25
6  00
................4  25 
“  No. 10 
Grand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u are..........................]  00
'  1  20
Grand H a /e n , No 9, square, 3 g ro ......... 
Grand  H aven,  No.  200,  p arlo r............... ! 
1  75
G rand  H aven,  No.  300, p a rlo r..............! 
2 35
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ..........  
.........1  so
Oshkosh, No.  2................................. 
.......1  m
O shkosh,N o.  8..............................!!!!!!!!! 
1  50
Swedish................................. 75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq u a re ..!!!!!!!!.!!!!" !‘i  ob
Richards’on’s No. 9 
1  50
Richardson’s No. 754, ro u n d __
................1  00
Richardson’s No. 7 
.......
................1  50
Woodbine, 300...........................
.........90® 1  10
MOLASSES.
Black  S tra p ..................................
............16® 18
Cuba B aking............................
............ 25@28
P orto  Rico............................. , ! “
............ 24@30
New  Orleans,  good.....................
............ 28@34
New Orleans, choice...................
............44@50
New  Orleans,  fan cy .........  .......
............52@55
54  bbls. 2c e x tra 

MATCHES.

"do
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“ 

Roiled O a ts ,b b l....5  50|Steel  cut,  b b l.........5 50
“  54  b b l...3 00

OATMEAL.
“  54 bbl.3 OOj  “ 
“ 
PICKLES.

“ 

cases  3 25]
M edium ............................
Small,  bbl........................

“ 
“ 

54 bbl......................
54 bbl........................
PIPES
Im ported Clay 3 g ro ss....
Im porte ■
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........
Im ported Clay, No. 216, 254 gross.........
A m erican  T. D..........................................  75
Choice Carolina.......654 Ja v a   .............
P rim e C arolina.......554 ¡P a tn a ............,
Good  C arolina.........454'R angoon___
Good Louisiana.......5  ¡Broken.
Table  ........................ 6  ¡Ja p a n .............
DeLand’s p u re .........554 ¡Dwight’s ........
Church’s  ................. 5  Sea  F o am ....
Taylor’s  G.  M .......... 5  ¡Cap S h eaf....

SALERATUS.

RICE.

.0/4

54 c less in 5 box lots.

@7 00 
@4 00 
@8  00 
@4  50
!5@3 00 
@2 25 
@1  85 
75®  90

SALT.

** 

“ 

54  “ 

SAUCES.

60 Pocket, F  F   D airy.............................
28 P o ck et................. ............................
100 3 ft  pockets.............................
Saginaw o r  M anistee....................
Diamond  C................................................
Standard  Coarse........................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s.........
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s__
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  b ag s........
A m erican, dairy,  54 bu. bags................
Rock, bushels...........................................
W arsaw, D airy, bu.  bags.......... !!!!!"
.......................
_  
P arisian, 54  p in ts....................................
@2  00 
P epper Sauce, red  sm all............
@  70 
P epper Sauce, green  .............................
©  80 
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g .......
@1 25 
P ep p er Sauce, g reen, large rin g .........
@1  50 
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................
©   90 
Catsup, Tomato,  qu arts  .......................
@1  20 
H alford Sauce, p in ts.............................
©3 50 
H alford Sauce,  54 p in ts..........................
@ 2 20
A c o rn .......................3 85; E x tra Chicago
im-
M a ste r..................................... 4  00 
il y ...........
...2   94
New Process, 1  f t ..3  85!N apkin......................
New Process, 3 f t ..8  96 Towel  ............ * 
4
Acme,  b ars.............3  55, W hite  M arseilles'.‘.5
Acme,  blocks.......  3 05!W hite Cotton  O il..5
Best  A m erican— 2  93, R a ilro a d ..............  8
Circes  ..................... 3  70|U.  G __  
a
Big I n  c  Center
.4
N ickel.................
Sham rock..........
Blue D anube__
London  Family.
G round.

..3  85jMysticWhite..
..3  45 Saxon  B lue............2  60
- .3  15 Palm er’s, 100 b a rs..5  50
.'.’3  301 S t a r ......................!!;j 75

SPICKS.

P e p p e r__
16@25;Popper..................  @20
A llspice................12@15 A llspice................  8@10
C innam on........... 18@30| C assia.....................10® 11
Cloves 
— 15®25jNutmogs.  No. i..  @60 
G inger  .. 
—  16@20jNutmegs,  No. 3..  ©50
M ustard. 
..15@30 Cloves  .................   @28
Cayenne
. .25@3ol‘
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes, 1  ft  pkgs 

STARCH.

Whole.

SOAPS.

. 

 

“ 

“ 

44 

44 

44 

44 

3 ft 

.20»  

44 
“ 
“ 

48  “ 
40 ft 

TOBACCO—FINE C UT-IN   PAILS.

Royal. G loss, 1 ft packages......... 

i'irm enich, new process, gloss,  1ft 

@  53/
4 4 
“ 
...  @514
“  b u lk ...........  @4
44  72 ft  crates, 6 ft boxes..  @  O'a
44  Corn, 40 ft boxes,  l ft p k g s__   @  6
1 ft  “ 
„ .  “  „  “ 
....  @  654
K ingsford s Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs__   @  7
6 ft b oxes...  @754
bulk  ...........  @  ¿54
P ure, 1 ft pk g s...................  @554
Corn, 1  ft pkgs...................  @ 7
@  5K
44 
b u lk ................................... '  @  4
“  C o rn ..............................................  @  6 •
©   5.14 
3 f t....  @  554
44 
44 
44 
6 f t__   @  654
44 
“  bulk, boxes or bbls  @  4 
@  o
44 corn. 1 f t 
SUGARS.
Cut  L oaf.................................
@  6% 
Cubes  ......................................
@  654
P ow dered............................. .
©  6J4 
G ranulated,  S tan d ard .........
@6  06 
Confectionery A ...................
©5  69 
Standard A ..............................
©5 56 
No. 1,  W hite E x tra  C...........
@  554 
No. 2, E x tra C........................
5  @  5! 8 
No. 3 C....................................
@  iU  
No.4 C........................ . .!
@  45* 
No. 5 C ....................................!
©   454 
New Orleans, in  h ds............
4?4@  4?»
SYRUPS.
Corn,  b a r r e ls .../................... ................
25©27 
Corny 54 bbls........................................... .
27@29 
Corn,  to gallon kegs..........................
@30 
Corn, 5 gallon kegs...............................
@32 
P u re  Sugar, bbl....................................
23(§D35 
P u re Sugar, 54 bbl................................. "
25@37
C h e rry ........................BOiCross C ut............... 
35
Five and  Seven....... 45 O ldJim ___  
'35
M agnet.........  ............ 35 Old  T im e...........!!!!! !;i0
Seal of D etro it......... 60|Underwood’sC apper 35
Jim   D andy................ 88 Sweet  Rose..........  
45
O ur  B ird....................25i'Meigs & Co.’s StunnerSS
B rother  Jo n a th a n ...27!A tla s..................  ■ 
35
Jolly  T im e................ 36] Royal G am e.. . . ! ......... as
O ur  L eader...............83 Mule E a r.......................65
Sweet  Rose...............32 F o u n tain .......................74
May  Q ueen...............65 Old C ongress........... 
64
D ark AmericanEagle67!Good L u ck ............... .52
The M eigs..................60  Blaze A w ay..................35
Red  B ird....................50; H air L ifter..................!3o
P rairie  F lo w e r........65 H iaw ath a..................... 65
Indian  Q ueen........... 60j Globe  .................  
65
May Flow er...............70  Bull  D og.....................*57
Sweet  P ip p in ........... 45 Crown  L eaf..................66
H u s tle r......................22t
Our  L eader...............lolUnit  ..............................30
Old V et....................... 30 Eight  H ours................24
Big D eal......................27 L ucky  .....................  30
Navy Clippings........ 26 Two  N ickel.................24
L e a d e r........................15 D uke’s  D urham .........40
H ard  T ack.................32 G reen Corn Cob Pipe 26
D ix ie...........................28 Owl.........................  
10
Old T a r........................4Q Rob Rov....................   26
A rth u r’s  Choice.......23Uncle  S a m ................28
Red F o x ......................26 L u m b e rm an ................25
Gold  D ust...................361 Rail road Boy................38
Gold  Block................. 30 M ountainR ose............18
Seal of G rand Rapids 
Tram w ay, 3  oz..........40|Seal of N orth Caro-
.'ina, 2  oz................
M inersandPuddlers.28l 
Peerless  .....................24 Seal of N orth  Caro-
lina, 4 oz.........
Standard .....................20 
Old Tom ......................20Seal of N orth  Caro-
Tom &  Je rry ..............24 
lina, 8oz........... •___
Jo k e r...........................25 Seal of N orth  Caro-
T ra v e le r.................... 35 
lina, 16oz boxes.
M aiden........................25K ing Bee, longcut..
Pickw ick  Club..........40Sw eetLotus..
N igger  H ead............. 26G rayling....................
Holland .
...................22Seal S k in ..........
G erm an .........’. ........... 15Red C lover................
K. of  L ................. 42@46Good  Lu  k .  .
H oney  Dew............... 25Queen  B ee.............
Colonel’s  Choice...... 15

(cloth)...................25 Old Rip.
lux way, 3  oz.......... 40 Seal of î.

¡Home Comfort

SMOKING

9%

854

CANDY. FR U ITS AND  NUTS. 

Putnam  & Brooks quote as follow s:

m ix e d

do
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Standard, 25 ft boxes.....................
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
"!!!!!!!!
„  
'.  „  
Royal, 35 ft  p ails.......
Royal, 200 ft bbls....... 
..............
E xtra, 25 ft  pails.......
Extra. 200 ft  bbls...........................[
French Cream, 25 ft p ails!!!!!!!!
Cut loaf, 25 to  cases.....................
Broken, 25  ft  pails..........
Broken, 2u0 ft  bbls............. !!!!!!!
FANCY—IN  5 ft  BOX!

Lemon  D rops.............................
Sour D rops........................ !.!!!..
P epperm int  D rops.......
Chocolate  D rops.................. ! .!...
H M Chocolate  D rops.................!
Gum  Drops 
........................... !'.!
Licorice D rops...............................
A B  Licorice  D rops.. 
..!.!!!!
Lozenges, p lain ....................!!!!!!!
Lozenges,  p rin te d ......................’! [
Im p e ria ls...............................!.!
M o tto es...........................!.!.!!!!!!
Cream  B ar............................
Molasses B ar................ !!!'.!!!!!!!!
Caram els.............................!!!!!!!!
H and Made Cream s.................... !!
Plain  Cream s.......................!!!!!!!
D ecorated  Cream s........................
String Rock........................... . . . . . .
B urnt A lm onds.................. . . . . . . . '
W intergreen  B erries...!!!!!!!!"!
FANCY—IN  BULK.
Lozenges, plain  in  paiis...............
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.................
Lozenges, printed in pails............
Lozenges, printed in  bbls............
Chocolate Drops, in pails..............
Gum  D rops  in pails.................. .!.
Gum Drops, in bbls....................
Moss Drops, in  pails....................   !
Moss Drops,  in bbls  ................!!!!
Sour Drops, in  pails............... .!!.
Im perials, in  p a ils .......................!
Im perials  in  bbls.................. !.!.!!
Bananas  A spinw all......................
Oranges, California, fa n c y ..........
Oranges, California,  choice........
Oranges, Jam aica, bbls.................
Oranges, Florida.............................
O ranges, Valencia, eases.......... . .
O ranges, M essina............................
Oranges,  N aples.................. !!!.!!!
Lemons,  choice......................!!!!!!
Lemons, fa n c y ....................... !!!!!!
Lemons, C alifornia............... !. . . .
Figs, layers, new,  ¡¡jl  lb...................
Figs,  Bags. 50 f t......................... .'!.'!
Dates, frails  do  ...........................
Dates, 54 do  d o .............................
Dates, sk in ......................................
Dates,  54  sk in .................
Dates, Flint  10 ft box "¿1 f t . .
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft..............
Dates. Persian 50 ft box 
ft..........
Pine Apples, ^   doz..........................

FRUITS

NUTS.

44 

Almonds,  T arrag o n a......................
Ivaea  ..........................
C a lifo rn ia......................
B razils................................................
Chestnuts, p er b u ..............!.!!!!!!!
Filberts, Sicily...................................
B arcelona...........................
W alnuts,  G renoble..........................
Mar bo...............................
F rench.............................
C alifornia.........................
44 
Pecans,  Texas, H. P ........................
44  M issouri..............................
Coeoanuts, $  100...............................

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PEANUTS.
Prim e  Red,  raw  $   ft......................
Choice 
d o ......................
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ..........
Choice W hite,  Va.do  ............... .  .
Fancy H P ,.  Va  do  ...................’
H .P .V a ....................................

854®  9 
@  9 
@10
@  9 
©   8 
@10 
©  9 
@115 
@10 
@10 
®   9

@1154
©1054
@1354
@1.154 
©I254 
@  654 
@  554 
@10 
@  9 
@12 
@1254 
©1154

@4 00 
.. .3  60@3  75
.  .2 50@3 50 
. •.  @5  50
...  @3  75
...3   75@4  00 
... 4  25©4 50
: !. 10  @15 
©   6 
@  554 
©654

954@10 
@  8 
7  @  75

@17 
• ■ 1154@13
!!l054@ll 
@  9 
..15  @17 
1254 
11
..13  @16 
.11  @14 
..  @  9
.5  50@6  00

4?4@

®  4 
@ 454
©  554 
@  6 54 
@  6?4

OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follow s: 

o y s t e r s.

Nov/  York  C ounts.................................................&
H.  F.  H. & Co.’s S elects....................................   gy
S e le c ts.............................  
...!.!..'.!!!!!!!!!!". '.2s
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i(
A n c h o rs..............................  
stan d ard   ............................... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" it
avorite.
14
P rim e .................................
Selects, bulk, §)  g a l.............!!!
g a l..............
Standards, bulk, 
New York Counts, 
shell, $   1U).
Clams, shell, ¡¡1  109.....................
FRESH  FISH

........................ 

160  ..

Cod  .....................
H addock...............
M ackerel...............
Mackinaw T ro u t..
P erch ......................
S m e lts...................
W h itefish ..............

@10 
@  7 
@20 
©  8 
@  3 
@11 
@  9

..10

M ISCELLA NEOUS.

Hem lock B ark—T anners all have  large  sup- 

13  plie8'  D ealers are paying $5 for good bark.

G inseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50  f!  ft  fo r 

15  clean washed roots.

j  R ubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
22  I authorized to offer standard goods a t  35  and 5 
¡2  Per cen t, off, and second quality at  35,5 and 10

per cen t off.

IClover,  m am m oth..

“  m edium __
1 Tim othy, prim e.......

D  SEEDS.

...4   85@5  00 
.. .4  85®5 00 
2 10

TH E COUNTRY  DRUG  STORE.

Two Praiseworthy  Publications.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT,

wormwood, oil anise, Germ an quinine. 

A dvanced—Bromide potassium , m orphia, oil 
D eclined—Salacine.

ACIDUM.

A ceticu m ..................................................
Benzoicum,  G erm an..............................
C arbolicum ...............................................
C itric u m ...................................................
H y d ro ch lo r...............................................
N itro c u m ..................................................
O x alicu m ..................................................
Salicylicum .............................................. 1
T annicum ..................................................1
T artaric u m ...............................................

AMMONIA.

•* 

Aqua, 16  deg.............................................
18  deg.............................................
Carbonas....................................................
C hloridum .................................................

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g

s   &   f l f t e b i d n e s

Stale  Board  'of Pharm acy. 

One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Two Years—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor. 
Four Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Years—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso. 
President—Ottmar  Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 1 and 2.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass'n. 

President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids.
First Vice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. 
Second Vice-President—Henry Harwood, Ishpeining. 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit-. 
Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo. W. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, 
Local Secretary—Guy M. Harwood, Petoskey.
Next Place of Meeting—At  Petoskey, July 12,13 and 14.

Frank Wells, Geo. Gundrum and Jacob Jesson.

Grand  R apids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 

ORGANIZED OCTOBER », 18*4.

President—Geo. G. Stekettee.
Vice-President—H.  E. Locher.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott..
Treasurer—Henry  B. Fail-child.
Board of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  and  Sec-
Board of Trustees—The President,  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
Kimm, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond, 
wen, Isaac Watts. Wm. E. White and Wm.  L.  White. 
Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and lingo  Thum.
Committee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo. 
Kemink and W. H. Tibbs.
Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, A. C. Bauer and 
Isaac Watts.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
month.
Annual Meeting—F irst  Thursday even ingin November. 
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  Mar 
.3,  a t  The 

Tradesman office.

Saginaw  County  P harm aceutical  Society. 
President—Jay  Smith.
First Viee-President—W. H. Yamall.
Second Vice-President—R. Bruske.
Secretary—D. E. Prall.
Treasurer—H. Melchers.
Committee on Trade Matters—W. B. Moore, H. G. Ham­
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  afternoon  in 

ilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and R. J. Birney. 
each month.

D etroit  P harm aceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

President—A. F.  Parker.-
First Vice-President—Frank  Inglis.
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae. 
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each  month.
Jackson  County  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President—R. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F.  A. King.
Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey.
Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E- Foot  and C. H. 
Annual Meeting—First Thursday in November. 
Regular Meetings—First Thursday in each  month.
M uskegon  D rug  Clerks’  A ssociation.

Haskins.

President—I. C. Terry.
Vice-President—P. VanDiense.
Secretary and Treasurer—Geo. L. LeFevre.
Regular  Meetings—Second  and  fourth  Wednesday  of 

each month.

M ecosta  County  P harm aceutical  Society.
President—C. II. Wagener.
Vice-President—Nelson Pike.
Secretary—A. H. Webber.
Treasurer—C. A. Fellows.

Oceana County Pharm aceutical Society. 

President—F. W. Fincher.
Vice-President—F. W. VanWickle.
Secretary—Frank Cady.
Treasurer—E. A. Wright.

Mason  County  Pharm aceutical  Society, 

President—F. N. Latimer.
Secretary—Wm. Heysett.
Treasurer—W. H. Taylor.
Meetings—Second Wednesday of each month.

Clinton  County  D ruggists'  A ssociation. 

President—A. O. Hunt.
Vice-President-A. S. Fildew.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. S. Wallace.

The  Drug  Market.

The excitement  in  opium  lias  subsided, 
although price  is  firm.  There is  a  larger 
stock in  Smyrna  than  was  reported  and 
there  is  more  of  a  disposition  to  sell  by 
large holders but at  full  prices.  Morphine 
was  again  advanced  10  cents on the 15th 
and is now very firm at 82.85  in ounce vials 
and 83 in one-eighths.  The  London  bark 
sale  last week was watched with  much  in­
terest  by  quinine  manufacturers.  The 
greater part  of  the  offerings were  sold  at 
prices  fully up to those of the last sale and, 
in consequence, quinine  is  firm  at  quota­
tions.  One  manufacturer  writes  that  the 
prospect of  a general war in  Europe during 
the summer will  have  a  great  deal  to  do 
with determining  the  future  price.  The 
long-promised  advance  in  bromine  took 
place on the 15th, advancing bromide potash 
5 cents, also bromide ammonium and sodium. 
Oil anise is in  light  stock  and  advancing.' 
Oil wormwood is  very scarce.  Stocks  are 
much  depleted  and  none  offered  by  pro­
ducers.  Arnica flowers  have advanced two 
cents per pound.  Small stocks and an active 
<lemand are given as the reason.  The stocks 
of  high grades  of  tinnervelly  senna leaves 
is 
lias 
again  been  advanced.  Anise  seed is  very 
active and higher. 
Ipecac  root is very firm 
at the advance  noted 
in  our  last,  82  per 
pound being predicted by one holder.  Nut­
meg is firm ami  tending higher.  Gum cam­
phor is very firm and hardening in price.  The 
spring demand for this article  will  advance 
the price materially. 
Insect powder is firm 
at the advance and .is  selling rapidly.  We 
anticipate  a  further  advance  when 
the 
heavy spring orders come in.  Salacine  has 
further declined. 
The  advance  was  too 
rapid and could not be sustained. 
It would 
cost 810 to  import,  but stock in our market 
is full.  Balsom  copaiba is tending higher.

exhausted 

about 

price 

and 

Information  Wanted.

E v a k t,  Feb.  16,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
Dear Sir—I send you  a  receipt  for  the 
druggists of the State  to  study on. 
It  lias 
evidently been taken  from  some  old  book 
and has frequently been presented to me  to 
put up. 
I have  always  put  it  up,  leaving 
out the sixth article,  which I  am  unable  to 
make out,  it being very vague in the receipt. 
The party insists that there is sfuch an  arti­
cle and spells it out to me in different  ways 
as follows:  “K Muir,” “K Mini,” “K Murr” 
—the  “K” and  capital  *‘M”  always  being 
prominent.  Who knows wiiat is meant?
Frank Hibbard.

Yours truly,

The prescription to which  the  writer  re­

fers is as follows:

R

Alcohol, 1 pt.
Gum M yrrh, 1  oz.
Cayenne Pepper,  A oz.
H artshorn, 1  drain.
Oil Cedar, 1 dram.
K  M uir o r K Miru, 2 oz.
Oil P ennyroyal,  A oz.
Cam phor Gum, 1 oz.
Mix.
Let stand 3 days.

How a Young Clerk  Lightens the Tedium 

of Business.

From  Tid-Bits.

The young drug-clerk is alone.  His  em­
ployer has gone to  the  city  to  buy  stock 
There has  not  been a customer in the store 
for  over  an  hour.  The  drug-clerk  feels 
lonesome.  He gazes  pensively  out  at  the 
deserted village street,  and muses upon  the 
vanity of all things  here  below.  An  open 
book lies upon the counter  before  him. 
It 
is “Daniel Derouda.”  Somebody has advised 
the drug-clerk to read it,  and  he  has  been 
trying to do so.  But he doesn’t like it   He 
is disappointed,  for he  began  it  under  the 
impression that it was a detective story. 
It 
makes him sleepy.

The drug-clerk is a thing of  beauty,  and 
is calculated to be a joy forever.  He wears 
a check suit,  a blue scarf with  a  large  pin 
representing a mortar  and  pestle  (sugges­
tive  of  his  devotion  to  business),  and  a 
very  high  collar.  His  natural  attractions 
are further enchanced by  a  large  amethyst 
ring upon the little finger of his right hand, 
and a blonde bang,  which long  and  careful 
training has reduced to a state  of  complete 
subjection.

But see!  the  expression  of  gloom  upon 
his features gives place  to  a  sunny  smile. 
He sees  a  maiden  coming  up  the  village 
street, and lie knows that  the  chances  are 
very large that she will not be  able  to  get 
past the  door.  He  pulls  down  his  cuffs, 
and assumes what he believes  to  be  an at- 
tude of unstudied grace.  The  door  opens, 
she enters,  and the  following  dialogue  en­
sues:

She—All aloue,  Cy?
He—Why! good afternoon,  Addie.  Yes, 
things  are  rather  quiet.  Hain’t  seen  you 
for an  age.

She—You saw me at church last Sunday.
He (with a  killing  glance)—Well,  three 

days away from you seem an age.

She—Cy Whitaker,  you’re  getting  worse 

and worse!

He—I know I am. *  Guess you’ll  have  to 
(Brief  inter­

undertake  my  cure.  Hey? 
mission for  giggling).

She—What  are  you  reading?  “Daniel 

Deronda.”  Do you like it?
He (guardedly)—Do you?
She—I  think  it’s  perfectly  splended. 

Don’t you?

He 

(promptly)—Perfectly  magnificent! 
Going to the Methodist tea-party to-morrow 
night?

She (with scorn)—Me?  No,  sir;  1 don’t 

mix with that set.

He—Kinder  severe,  ain’t  you,  Addie? 
Some  nice  folks  down  to  the  Methodist 
Church.

She—Oil,  yes,  I  s’pose  there  are—the 
Griswold  girls,  for  instance.  T   heard  it 
said yesterday that the  Griswolds  must  be 
a mighty  unhealthy  family—judging  from 
the number of times a week those girls visit 
this store.

He  (slightly  hysterical)—He!  he!  he! 

Now,  that amuses me.  Who said it?

She—I shan’t tell you.
He—Yes, do!
She—I won’t.
He—Well, I know  who  it  was;  it  was 

that Higgins  girl.

She—Perhaps  it  was,  and  perhaps  it 

wasn’t.

He  (insinuatingly)—This  ain’t  the  first 
time that girl has tried to  make  trouble  be- 
tween you and  nie.  But  she  cau’t  influ­
ence me.  And as  for  the  Griswold  girls, 
you can judge how much  I  care  for  them, 
when  I  tell  you  that  though  they  were 
round here this morning, urging me to go to 
the tea-party,  what you  have  said  lias  de­
cided me  not  to  attend  it. 
(Assumes  an 
expression of tenderness.)

She—I am sure it  is  a  matter  of  indif­

ference to me whether you go or not.

He  (ignoring  the  remark)—I 

think  I 
shall take in the concert  at  the  Presbyter­
ian Church—that is,  if I  can  get  any  one 
to go witli me.

She (unbending  slightly)—You  seem  in 
such demand that there  ought not to be any j 
difficulty about that.

He—Well, I’m  a  little  particular  about 
my company.  But if you would accompany  j 
me—”

She—Oh,  Cy!  Fanny Berry will be there;  j 
and  what  would  she  say?  She'd  be  just 
wild!

He (with dignity)—Miss Berry’s opinions 

are a matter of perfect indifference to me.

She—Well, I’ll go,  Cy,  and I’ll  wear  my 
plum-colored silk; and you  be  sure  to  call 
for me very early,  and—oli,  my goodness!

He—Why,  what’s the matter, Addie?
She  (in  great  agitation)—I  forgot  all 
about it!  Grandma has got one  of  her  fits 
—a dreadful one,  this  time—and  ma  sent 
me 
the  old  pre­
scription put  up  (produces  bottle);  and  I 
forgot all about it, and  poor  grandma  may 
be dead by this tim§.  Do hurry and get the 
stuff ready,  Cy!

round  here  to  get 

The young man  prepares the prescription 
in  about  thirty  seconds,  and  hurries  his 
visitor off feigning great  solicitude  for  the 
neglected  invalid.  And  as  Addie  disap­
pears round the corner,  he murmurs:

“Just in time! 

In another  minute  Susie 

Griswold would have been here.”

Then lie  wipes  his  brow  with  his  silk 
handkerchief,  and adorns his features in one 
of his most fascinating smiles,  as  lie  turns 
to welcome Susie Griswold,  who enters and 
greets the conqueror of  all  hearts  with  an 
ill-assumed air of  indifference.

So runs the world away.

M.D.

MiiDouald  &  Travis,  dniggists,  St  Johns: J  ThU 
‘Wo think it is a good trade journal. 
C. E. Silver, general  dealer,  Acme:  “Can’t j 
¡ell goods without it.” 

id 1885.

^  imported §129,175 worth  of 
. 
,
arabic m 1886,  and over twice as much 

, 

. 

The new catalogue of  the Grand  Rapids 
Pharmaceutical Society  is  now ready  for 
distribution. 
It  comprises 108  pages  and 
cover and  contains the  name  and schedule 
price of  every proprietary  article  sold  in 
the State.  A considerable’ number of  extra 
copies were printed,  which will  be furnish­
ed other local  societies on  the basis  of  50 
cents per copy.

Secretary Parkill  is  out  thus  early with 
the proceedings of the  fourth  annual  con­
vention of  the Michigan  State  Pharmaceu­
tical Associaion,  which  was  held at  Grand 
Rapids last October.  The  book  comprises 
241 pages,  exclusive  of  cover,  and in point 
of typographic excellence and literary merit, 
surpasses any  previous  publication of  the 
Association.  Every member is  entitled  to 
a copy, and  those  who wish  extra  copies 
will be supplied  with  same  for  50  cents 
apiece.  Secretary Parkill accompanies  the 
book with the following timely reference  to 
the next annual meeting:

The next meeting of the Association  will 
be held at Petoskey July  12,  13  and  14, 
1887.  We hope every member will  plan to 
attend.  Cheap rates on  all  railroads,  and 
reduced rates at hotels will  be given  Drug­
gists and their  families.
Take a rest from your  work  during  the 
heated July  days,  and meet with  us  for  a 
season of rest and enjoyment, at the famous 
Summer  Resorts  of  Northern  Michigan. 
Take  an  excursion  down 
the  beautiful 
Traverse  Bay,  and  catch  a  trout  on  the 
Jordan.
The interest in the meetings of  the Asso­
ciation has grown every year,  and we  can 
promise that the coming meeting will  be as 
rich  in  pleasure and  information  as  any 
former one.

Getting Turpentine by a New Process.
The process of extracting turpentine from 
pine knots was invented  by E.  Koch  about 
a year ago,  when  lie constructed temporary 
works on the  present  location  in New Or­
leans.

He selects the  richest  pine knots,  which 
are loaded upon iron skeleton  cars,  holding 
about tliree-fourths of a cord of wood each. 
These are  run  by an  inclined  railway into 
iron retorts,  one of which is now placed  on 
its  brick  foundation.  The  foundation  for 
the larger retort, which is above referred to, 
holds two and a half cords of wood.  These 
retorts,  when filled, are charged with super­
heated  steam,  while  the  furnace is fired 
with wood from beneath.  After  six  hours 
there is gas evolved in the process,  and it is 
used as fuel.  When the gas  begins to gen- 
rate a discharge  begins  from the rear end 
of  the retort of  a liquid mass of  cmde tur­
pentine  and tar, from which the gas, being 
more volatile,  separates.  The former flows 
into a bath,  from  which  it  is pumped into 
the still.  Here the  crude  turpentine is re­
fined and flows from the  mouth of  the still 
into barrels  ready for  shipment, while  the 
tar  is  discharged  from  another  opening. 
After tweuty-four  hours  the  doors of  the 
retort are opened and the red-hot charcoal is 
by rail transmitted to a cooler, from whence, 
also by rail,  it is transported to the charcoal 
warehouse,  and is ready for market.

A cord of wood is estimated to yield from 
thirty-five  to  forty gallons  of  turpentine, 
over two barrels of  tar and  from twenty to 
twenty-five bushels of  charcoal.
Minor Drug Notes.

Madras indigo  is  said  to  be  adulterated 

with anilin.

The United States exported about $42,000 

worth of glue in 1886.

The American Druggist suggests “Rough 
on Fevers” as a popular name  for  some  of 
the new proprietary antipyretics.

This  country  exported  over  81,300,300 
wortli of patent  and  proprietary  medicines 
in 1886.  This is a slight increase over 1885.
The Committee on Mutual Fire Insurance 
of the National Wholesale Druggists’  Asso­
ciation are taking  steps  to  accomplish  the 
end for which the Committee was appointed.
A man living  at  Wayne,  N.  Y.,  bought 
peppermint oil from the farmers,  sold  it  to 
menthol  manufacturers,  bought back the de- 
mentholated oil, and sold it in the New York 
market.  A warrant is out for his aarest.

M i p   D ri  Exclanp.

M ills &  Goodman, Props.

375 South Union St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.
WANTED—A t  once  a  Scandanavian  regis­

tered Pharm acist.  Also o ther registered 

P harm acists and  A ccountants.
TXT ANTED—To  exchange  farm   and  tim lier 
W  
land for d ru g  stocks.  Also  good  farm ­
ing lands in D akota  fo r  exchange.
TpOR  SALE—Very  desirable  stock  o f  about 
*  
$3,500 in tow n  of  about  2,000  inhabitants
(county  seat)  in  Illinois.  Doing  very  good 
business.
TpOR  SALE—V ery  desirable  stock  of  about 
in 
Southern  Michigan.  Doing  a  very  fine  busi­
ness.

$4,500  in  tow n  of  4,6)0 

inhabitants 

can be bought very cheap.

Reason fo r selling, poor  health.

ing tow n.  Doing good business.

800 inhabitants  in  eastern   p a rt  of  State. 

FOR  SALE—B ankrupt  stock  o f  about  $700 
F OR  SALE—Stock of about $1,200 in lum ber­
FOR  SALE—Stock of about $1,400  in tow n of 
■ LSO—Many  o th er  stocks,  th e  p articulars 
of which we will  fu rnish  on  application.
T O  DRUGGISTS—W ishing  to  secure clerks 
we will furnish th e  address  and  fu ll  par­
ticulars of those on o u r list  free.
T in   E  HAVE also Beeured  th e   agency  for J. 
VV  h . Vail & Co.’s m edical publications and 
can  furnish  aDy  m edical  or  pharm aceutical 
w orks a t publishers’ rates.

Michigan Drug Exchange,

357 South Union St., 

- 

Grand Rapids.

G X 2 T S S 2 T G   H O O T .
We p ay th e highest price fo r it.  Address
Peck Bros.. Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.

SPONGES.
Florida sheens’ wool, c a rria g e ... 
Nassau 
...,
do 
V elvet E xt 
..  ,
do 
__
E xtraY e  * 
do 
do
Grass 
,for slate u se...............
H ard ! 
...............
Yellow Reef. 
MISCELLANEOUS.

do 
do 
do 
do 

do 

@2 50
2 00
1  10 
85
€ s
5
1  40

 

.

26® 28
30® 32
2/4(0  3^4
3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
55® 60
© 68
5® 7
38® 40
15@2 20
© 0
@2 25
@ 15
@ 16
@ 14
30® 33
@3 75
50® 55
28® 30
@ 40
@ 15
@ 10
@ 50
38® 40
@1  00
50@1 75
10® 12
15® 20
12® 17
40
© 50»>
5® 6
8® 10
@ 8
25® 30
@ 24
6® 7
10® 12
68® 70
© 8
@ 6
50® 60

ASther, Spts. N itros,  I F ........................
A lu m e n ......................................................
A lum en,  ground, (po. 7)........................
A nnatto  ....................................................
A ntim oni,  po...........................................
A ntim oni e t P otass  T a rt......................
A rgenti  N itras,  ; ....................................
A rsenicum .................................................
Balm Gilead  B ud....................................
Bism uth  S.  N ........................................... ;
Calcium  Chlor,  Is, (As, 11;  J^s, 12)__
Capsici  F ructus, a f ...........................
Capsici F ructus, p o ............................
Capsici F ructus, B, po ......................
I  Caryophyllus,  (po.  35)......................
j  Carm ine. No. 40...................................
C< ra Alba, S. &  F ..............................
Cora  F lav a...........................................
! C o c cu s..................................................
[  Cassia F ru c tu s....................................
C e n tra ría .................................
C hloroform ............................
Chloroform,  Squibbs..........
Chloral H ydrate  C ryst.......
Cinchonidine, P. & W ..
Corks, see list, discount,  per  c e n t__
C reaso tu m ...................................A ..........
Creta, (bbl. 75)............................... \
........
C reta  p re p .......................................A ...”
Creta, p recip ............................. ..........’„,
C reta R u b ra.......................................... A!
C ro c u s..................................................
C u d b e a r ...................................................
D e x trin e......................
E th er S uiph.................
Em ery, all  num bers..
Em ery, p o .....................
Ergota, (po. 60)............
G a lla ...........................................................  @
G a m b le r......................................*
7®
G elatin, Coopor........................................  @
Gelatin, F ren ch ........................................  40®
G lassw are Hint, 70&1Ü by box.  60&10, less.
Glue,  B row n.............................................  9®
Glue, W hite...............................................  13©
G ly cerin a................................................. 25 A®
G rana  P aradisi........................................  @
H u m u lu s .............................................       25®
H ydran: Chlor. M ite.............................! 
@
@
H ydrnrg  Chlor.  Cor....................
@
H ydrar.f Oxide R ubrum ..............
Hydra: *  A m m oniati...................
@1  00 
Hydra rg  U n g u en tu m ...................
©   40 
H y d ra rg y ru m ...............................
@ 6 5  
Ichthyocolla, Am  ........................
.1  25@1  50 
Indigo..............................................
.  75® 1  00 
Iodine,  R esubl...............................
.4  00@4  10 
Iodoform   ........................................
@5  15
@ ‘>-
Liquor A rsen e t H ydrarg Io d ...
Liquor Potass  A rsinitis..............
10® 12
Lupuline  ........................................
85@1 00
L ycopodium ..................................
55® 60
M acis................................................
60© 65
Magnesia. Suiph, (bbl. 1A)..........
2® 3
M annia. S. F ....................................
90®1 00
Morphia,  S, P, & W.......................
85©3 10
Moschus C anton............................
@ 40i;..
Myristica, No. 1..............................
vji
N ux  Vomica,  (po. 20)...................
@ 10
Os.  Sepia.........................................
...  23® 25
Pepsin Saac, H. &  P.  D. Co.........
...  @2 00
Picis  Liq,  N. C.. A  galls, doz__
@2 70
Picis Liq.,  q u a rts..........................
@1 40
Picis Liq., p in ts.............................
@ 85
Pil H ydrarg,  (po. 80).....................
@ 50
P iper  N igra,  (po.22).....................
© 18
@ 35
Pix  B urgun...............................
@ 7
riu m b i  A cet.............................
...  11® 15
Potassa. B itart, p u re ..............
... 
© 40
Potassa,  B itart, com ..............
@ 15
Potass  N itras, o p t...................
... 
8© 10
_
Potass  N it ra s............................. 
7© »
... 
Pulvis Ipecac  e t opii............................. 1  lö@l  20
P yrethrum , boxes, H. & P. D. Co., doz.  @1  00
P yret h ru m , p v .........................................   45®
Q uassiae..
8®   10 
Quinia, S, P. &  W..........
70®  75 
Quinia, S, G erm an.........
68®  73 
Rubia T inetorum ..........
12®  13 
Saccharum   Laetis, pv..
@  35 
S alacin .............................
@5 50 
Sanguis D raeonis..........
40®  50 
Santonine........................
@4  50
Sapo,  W ......................................................  12®
8®
apo,  M.
Sapo. G ........................................
©
@
Sèidlitz  M ixture......................
@
S inapis........................................
©@
Sinapis,  o p t...............................
Smi if,  Maccaboy,  Do.  Voes.. 
@
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes.
8®  10
Soda Boras, (po.  10)................................. 
Soda et Potoss T a rt...................
............  33@
35
Soda  G arb....................................
............   2©
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............................
......... 4©
54.
Soda  S ulphas............................. ............   @
Spts. E ther  Co............................ ............   50® «55
Spts.  Myrcia  D om ..................... ..............   @2  (X)
Si>ts. Myrcia Im p ...................... ............
2  50
Spts. Vini Beet, (bbl.  2  25)....... ............  
®:2 35
Stryehuia, C rystal..................... ............  
© 1  30
Sulphur, S ubl............................. ............   2A@ •jiz
Sulphur,  R oll............................. ............  2M©  3
T am arin d s.............................
8® 10
............  
T erebenth  V enice..............
............   28® 30
T heobrom ae............................... ............  
© 40
V anilla  ........................................ ...........9  00@16  (¡0
7® 8
Zinci  Sulnh................................. ............  
Gal
60
55
43
46
80
50

Bbl
W hale, w in ter............................. .........  70
Lard, e x tra .................................. .........  55
Lard, No.  1............................
.........  45
Linseed, pure  ra w ..................... .........  40
Liuseed, b o ile d .......................... .........  43
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strained.. .........  50
Spirits T u rp en tin e..................... .........  44

OILS.

... 

PAINTS

Red  V enetian...........................
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles.......
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda.........
P utty, co m m ercial.................
P u tty , strictly p u re .................
Vermilion, prim e  A m erican.
Vermilion,  E nglish.................
Green,  P en in su lar...................
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ...........
Lead, w hite, strictly p u re __
W hiting, w hite  Spanish.......
W hiting,  Gilders’.....................
W hite, Paris A m erican..........
W hiting  P aris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  I  aints  ... 
Swiss Villa Prepare*  P aints.
VARNISHES.
No.  1 T urp  Coach.....................
E x tra  T u rp ...............................
Coach  Body...............................
No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ..............
E x tra T urk  D am ar..................
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8001  00 
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70®  75 
3®  5
10®  12 
11®  13 
85®2  10 
40® 1  60 
50®  53

3®  5
4®  6
12®  14 
12®  14
85@2  10 
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7
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38®  40 
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18
30
20
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12
12
12
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24®  25 
83®  35 
8®  9@  12 
@  13 
@  15

@  15 
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@  80 
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...  20®  25 
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20

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20®   22 
20®  25 
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...1  75@3 50
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BACCAE.

BALSAMUM.

Cubebae  (po.  1  75.
Ju n ip e ru s  ............
X a n th o x y lu m __

C opaiba................
P e ru ......................
Terabin,  Canada. 
T o lu ta n ................

c o r t e x .

Abies,  C anadian..............................
Cassiae  .............................................
Cinchona F lav a.................................
Eaonym us  a tro p u rp .................... .
M yrica  C orifera, p o .....................
P ru n u s  V irg in i.:.......................
Quillaia,  g rd ....................................
Sassfras  ..........................................
U lm us..................................................
Ulm us Po (Ground  12)...................

e x t r a c t u m .

G lycyrrhiza G labra........................
p o .................................
Haom atox, 15 lb boxes.....................
I s ....................................
A s  ..................................
Ms  .................................

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“ 
“ 
“ 

FERRUM.

Carbonate P re cip .............................
C itrate and Q uinia...........................
C itrate Soluble..................................
Ferrocyaniduin Sol..........................
Solut  Chloride..................................
Sulphate, com ’l,  (bbl. 75)................
p u re .................................

“ 

FOLIA.

B a ro sm a.............................................
Cassia A eutifol, T innivelly............
A lx ........................
Salvia officinalis,  34s and  A s.........
U ra  U rsi.............................................

“  

“ 

GUMMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked............................
2nd 
“ 
............................
3rd 
............................
“ 
Sifted  so rts........................
“ 
p o ..........................................
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)..........................
“  Cape, (po. 20)............................
“  Socotrine,  (po. 60).................
A m m oniae  ........................................
A ssafoetida,  (po. 30)........................
B en zo in u m ........................................
C a m p h o rae.................................
Catechu, Is,  (’As,  14;  As. 16)...........
E uphorbium ,  p o ...............................
G albanum ...........................................
Gamboge, p o .......................  .............
G uaiacum ,  (po. 45)............................
Kino,  (po. 25).................   ..................
M astic..................................................
M yrrh, (po.45)....................................
Opii, (po. 5  25)....................................
S hellac................. ...............................
bleached...............................
T ragaeanth ........................................
herba—I n ounce packa
A bsinthium   ......................................
E u p a to rlu m ......................................
Lobelia  ...............................................
M ajorum  ...........................................
M entha P ip e rita................... , ..........
V ir ........................................
R u e ......................................................
T anacetum ,  V ...................................
Thym us. V ..........................................

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MAGNESIA.

Calcined,  P a t....................................
Carbonate,  P a t.................................
Carbonate,  K. & M ..........................
Carbonate,  Je n n in g s.......................

OLEUM.
A bsinthium ..........................
Am ygdalae, D ulc................
Amydalae, A m arae............
Anisi  .............. 
..................
A uranti  C ortex...................
B ergam ii............................. ..
C ajiputi  ...............................
C aryophylli..........................
C edar......................................
C benopodii..........................
C innam onii..........................
Citronella  ............................
Conium  M ac........................
C opaiba.................................
Cubebae  ...............................
E xechthitos..........................
E rig e ro n ...............................
G au lth eria............................
G eranium , 5..........................
Gossipii, Sein, g a l................
H edeom a...............................
Ju n ip e ri.................................
Lavendula ............................
L im onis.................................
Linl, g a l.................................
M entha P ip e r...................
M entha V erid.......................
My rei a,
Picis Liquida, (gal.  50)__
R ic in i............................. •...
R o sm arin i..........................
Rosae,  ?................................
Buccini  ..........................

r a d i x .

A lthae  ........................................
Anehusa................................
A rum ,  p o ..................................
Calam us........................................
G entiana,  (po. 15).......................
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15)..................
H ellebore,  Alba,  p o ...
Inula,  p o ........................
Ipecac, po......................
Jalapa,  p r ......................
M aranta,  A s.................
Rhei

“  p v .................................
Spigelia  ...............................
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)..........
S en eg a...............................
Smilax, Officinalis,  H __
Mex.
Scillae,  (po. 35).................

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A nisum , (po. 22).

Carul,  (po. 20)..........
C ardam om ..............
Coriandre m ..............
Cannabis  S ativa__
Cydonium .................

Foeniculum .
L in i........................
Lini, grd, (bbl,  3).
R a p a .......................
Sinapis,  A lbu.......

SPIRITUS.
F rum enti,  W„  D. & Co.........
F rum enti, D. F. R ...................
F ru m e n ti.................................

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S assafras......................................
Sinapis,  ess, 5.............................
T ig lii............................................
T h y m e ..........................................
o p t....................................
Theobrom as.................................
POTASSIUM.
B ichrom ate.................................
B ro m id e......................................
Chlorate, (Po. 22)........................
Io d id e.........................................................3 00©3
P ru s s ia te .........................  .  .  ..

14
...  axa *K>
...3   00®3 25
...  25® 28

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,

117  Monroe St.,  Grand Rapids.

H. LEONARD  &  SONS.

the tax-payers.  But under  the Danish con­
stitution the King has been able to carry out 
his policy in spite of the  resistance  of  the 
tax-payers.  He has had the support  of the 
sristocratic branch  of  the  Parliament,  and 
when the two branches cannot agree upon a 
budget he has the  power  to  proclaim  one. 
So he has had his  fortifications  and  arma­
ments  in spite of  the  tax-payers.  And  he 
probably has responded  very readily to  the 
French  advances,  if  any have  been  made. 
If  they  have,  they  mean  that  France  has 
joined hands with the only European power 
which lias the same reason  with  herself for 
hating Germany.

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THE  CHANCES  OF  EUROPEAN 

WAR.

The extent  of  the  panic  in  London  and 
Paris last week,  when valuable stocks went 
tumbling as iu another Black Friday, shows 
how serious and how genuine are the appre­
hensions of war in  Europe.  People  do not 
sacrifice valuable  property  in  this  way  un­
less they have what  they regard  solid  rea­
sons  for  thinking  that  there  is  trouble 
ahead,  and we do  not  believe  that  in  this 
case  the  keenest-witted  business  men  in 
Europe  were  scared  only  by an  offensive 
article in the Berlin Pont.  They must have 
had advices from what  they  thought  trust­
worthy sources which gave to that article  a 
significance which does  not  appear  on  the 
surface.  And later despatches seem to show 
just what those advices  amounted to.

It  seems  that  Prince  Bismarck  has  no 
wish  for  a  war  with  France.  He  is  not 
cynical enough to regard  a  periodical  inva­
sion and devastation of France as necessary 
to the peace and the  strength  of  Germany. 
But  he  is  satisfied  that  France,  and  more 
especially  General  Boulanger,  have  been 
playing a game which treatens  an  invasion 
of  Germany.  His  spies  have  detected  a 
French conspiracy with a  power  hostile  to 
Germany,  on the hope of  a  joint movement 
upon  Berlin.  This  is  the  significance  of 
the ostentatious display  of  the  evidence  of 
France’s conspiracy with Hanover  in  1867, 
which he made in his speech  to  the  Reich­
stag in advocacy of the Septenate Bill.  He 
was hinting to France that, just  as  Prussia 
held all the clues to that  plot,  so  Germany 
held  the  clues  to  this  similsrr  movement. 
And he was intimating to the opposition  in 
the Reichstag that there was more than  ap­
peared in his demand  for entire and perma­
nent control  of  the  military  forces  of  the 
empire.

But which of the European  powers  is  in 
this  new  plot  with  France?  The  news­
mongers suggest Russia;  but the suggestion 
is not supported by the probabilities  of  the 
case.  Russia has no grievance against Ger­
many.  Rather she has great reason for grat­
itude to Germany,  iu view  of  the  Chancel­
lor’s indifference to the Russification of  the 
Baltic provinces, and the support of Russian 
pretentions in Bulgaria.  Nor  is  there  any 
evidence  that  any  coolness  has  arisen  be­
tween Berlin  and  St. Petersburg,  whatever 
may be true of Vienna  and  St.  Petersburg. 
Austria-Hungary has intererests in the Bal­
kan Peninsula which are  in  collision  with 
the’Russian policy;  but  Germany has none, 
and she has avoided a  collision with Russia 
in the quarter where  the  Muscovite  policy 
might have provoked it.  She  has  stood  by 
and seen the German language, religion and 
inli uence suppressed in the Baltic provinces 
—suppressed  by  Russian  laws,  so  far  as 
laws could do this.  And  while  individual | 
Germans,  like Julius Eckart,  have  protest­
ed against this, there has  not  been  a  word 
of  official  protest  from  the  Kaiser  or  his 
Chancellor.

As Italy  and  Spain  are  both  hostile  to 
France and friendly to  Germany,  neither of 
them can have been the  scene  of  this  new 
international  intrigue.  And  as  Austria- 
Hungary has everything to hope  and  noth­
ing  to  fear  from  Germany,  it  also  is  ex­
cluded from  the  supposition.  This  leaves 
only Denmark,  and we are  satisfied  that  it 
is  with  the  Copenhagen  government  that 
Gen.  Boulanger has  been  carrying  on  the 
secret negotiations which Bismarck has  de­
tected,  and at which he was  hinting  in  his 
speech.  Denmark’s  relations  with  Ger­
many are very similar to  those  of  France. 
She has been  stripped  of  provinces  which 
partly are  thoroughly  German  and  partly 
are Danish, or  nearly so.  She has  a  more 
substantial  grievance  than  France,  in  one 
the  retro­
respect.  She  was  promised 
cession  of  North-Sleswig,  which 
is  a 
purely  Danish  conntry.  But  the  prom- 
proinise has not been kept,  and  everything 
that Germany  could  do  to  Teutonize  that 
province has  been  attempted,  though  with 
small success. 
In  Sleswig,  as  in  Alsace 
and Lorraine,  the people cling to the  tradi­
tions Germany  is  trying  to  eradicate,  and, 
if they were left to themselves,  they  would 
go back to the rule of Denmark with almost 
entire unanimity.

It may  be  thought  that  Denmark  is  too 
weak a power to be worth  the  risk  France 
would) take  in  such  negotiations.  But 
“every little helps,” and,  in case of a  great 
European war,  the little kingdom  might  be 
of  considerable  service  to  the  enemies  of 
Germany.  To  a  country which  possessed 
an effective fleet—and  the  united  fleets  of 
France and Denmark would  be  superior  to 
those  of  Germany—the  Danish  Peninsula 
might be used as an effective base for opera­
tions which would prevent  the Kaiser  from 
throwing  his  whole  force  on  the  French 
frontier.  Denmark has  50,000  soldiers  in 
her army,  which could be  doubled  at  least 
by a levy on her population of two millions. 
She lias forty war vessels  of  all  sizes, car­
rying upwards of two  hundred  guns.  And 
she would attract volunteers from  the other 
Scandinavian Peninsula and from  Sleswig, 
if she could  not  enlist  the  government  of 
Sweden  anti  Norway  in  her  behalf.  For 
years past it has been the effort of the Dan­
ish government to increase the  military im- 
l*ortance  of  the  country  by  a  system of 
great  fortifications.  The  Folkething,  the 
more popular branch  of the national Parlia­
ment,  has resented this  policy,  not—as  the 
Germans  flatter themselves—out of  a  hope 
of cultivating  more  friendly relations  with 
the Empire which plundered  them, but  out 
of the pure selfishness of a  body elected  by

New York.

Incidents of a Voyage  from  Barbadoes  to 
From the Grand Traverse Herald.
Leaving Barbadoes  on  Friday,  Dec.  31, 
we found ourselves  at  Martinique  on  Sat- 
I urday  morning,  thence  sailing  along  the 
I lovely  shores  past  Dominica,  Guadaloupe 
and Maria-Galaute,  to  Antigua  on  Sunday 
morning,  making  a  brief  call,  and  on  to 
Nevis  for  Sunday.  Here  we  visited  the 
town of  Charleston—the  ruins  of  a  large 
and originally a handsome hotel,  erected in 
1803,  where  the  wealth  aud  beauty  of 
I Nevis,  Dominica  and  St.  Lucia  made  a 
Saratoga  of  it  and  its  warm  medicated 
I baths.  This  was  the  centering  point  for 
the  wealthy  slave  owners  and  the  whale 
ship owners of the day, both of whom “roll­
ed in wealth,” so to speak—the  unholy  re­
sults of unpaid slave labor.
We rode up the hill two miles  to  the  old 
church  where  the  marriage  of  England’s 
naval hero,  Lord Nelson, to  a  lady  of  the 
island was recorded,  and  near which it was 
solemnized,  nearly or quite  a  century  ago. 
He afterwards  deserted  her,  as  was  then 
quite the usual thing  among  English  aris­
tocracy.
At eve, on to  St.  Kitts,  spending  Mon­
day afternoon in receiving  cargoes of sugar 
aud  rum,  passing  close  by  the  Sulphur 
Mountain,  a  minature  Gibralter,  with  a 
large fort near its base and its  top  1,200  to 
1,500 feet high,  bristling with a network  of 
fortifications,  which at the  time  were  con­
sidered  impregnable,  but now and for long 
years all a dismantled ruin,  tenantless  and 
going to decay.
Sailing at eve to St. Croix and completing 
our cargo with rum,  we  took our last stroll 
upon  land,  amid tropical foliage and bloom 
everywhere  running  riot  in  its  exuberant 
vigor and freshness; strolled among its soft- 
speaking native and  mixed-populace,  made 
our adieus  to  our  late  shipmates,  hoisted 
anchor,  fired our  evening  gun,  furled  our 
colors,  and  turned  our  prow  towards  St. 
Thomas and  the  “sail-rock”  passage,  and 
as we turned in at 1 p. m.  on Tuesday night 
our course was laid  for  Sandy  Hook,  and 
home.
Neptune,  with his  trident,  has  thus  far 
favored us,  our only  protest  being  against 
quite so much rolling of  the  deep  blue  sea 
—preventing our  sleeping,  and,  at  times, 
making  it  no  easy  thing  to  keep  in  our 
berths.
Three of us are  making  the  round  trip, 
which makes it very agreeable.
My stay at Barbadoes  was one of interest 
—a  little  world  containing  fourteen  sec­
tions,  less than five of  our  townships,  164 
square  miles  of  laud,  sixty  of  which  is 
either worthless or wooded  land.  As  com­
parisons  are  sometimes of interest,  I glean 
that the total cost  of  running  the  govern­
ment of  the  island  is  §563,675  per  year, 
distributed  among  the  following  items  in 
the amounts given:
Governmental proper, such as legisla­
tion, police, prisons,educational,etc. 318,020 
Ecclesiastical, such as support of  the
clergy, parochial schools,  etc......  57,130
Judicial...............................................  56,350
Civil, such as Governor-general and all
public officials.................................   116,790
Of which the governor gets a salary 
which  with  house,  grounds  and
servants makes..............................   20,000
Colonial secretary................................ 
4,175
“ 
treasurer..............................  
7,500
auditor.................................... 
3,000
“ 
The salaried officials  are  almost  invaria­
bly appointed by  the  Queen  or  by  the one 
whom  she  appoints  governor,  taking  the 
control  of  expenditure  almost  completely 
out of the hands of the  citizens,  who  have 
to pay all the  taxes,  which  are  levied  di­
rect,  as follows:
On horses at $ 1.50 each.......................8  2,700
4.2C0
On mules at 90 cts. each...................... 
On wagons at 82.40 each...................... 
5,950
On carriages at $2.40 each................... 
3,450
For road taxes,  480 miles....................  40,463
The public debt is..............  
95,0t0
Total  imports......................................2,233,000
Total imports from U. S. A..................1,721,000
Of which salt meats are.....................   222,000
¿"lour....................................................  446,000
Corn  meal...........................................   180,000
Corn and grain....................................  148,000
Oil  meal..............................................   100,000
Lard.....................................................   75,000
Lumber...............................................   85,000
While total exports to the U. S. A. are. 1,853,000 
Of which sugar and molasses are........ 1,825,000
All of which make a good showing  as  to 
the trade with us, notwithstanding which it 
is an evident fact that we could not afford to 
have the island attached to us,  as  the  cost 
of  protecting  it  would  exceed  any  pos­
sible revenue therefrom.
The above facts will  startle the conserva­
tive  thinker when he comes to compare  the 
cost  of running this little territory witli our 
home expenditures. 
In some of the islands 
and in British  Guiana  it  considerably  ex­
ceeds these figures.
The temperature has  been  so  mild  that 
for twenty-one nights there  have  been  but 
three when a light blanket was needed,  the 
other  eighteen  nights  requiring  no  more 
covering than a linen sheet to  be  comforta­
ble—sometimes even  that  was  to  warm— 
mosquito nets being occasionally used when 
on land.
January 7—850 miles from  New  York— 
mercury 80  degrees— sea  smooth—weather 
as perfect as a June day 
January 8—We are begining  to  run  into 
the Gulf stream,  that  wonderful  river  250 
to  400  miles  in  width,  by  1,200  feet  in 
depth,  flowing northeasterly at  the  rate  of 
two miles per hour,  until it  loses  itself  on 
the shores of old England and in the  North 
sea,  tempering the adjacent  shores  of  con­
tinents and islands on its ronte.  The  mer­
cury has reached  72  degrees  showing  our 
approach to the “ice-bound” north.
January 9—Nearly off Cape Hatteras, and 
a rough road  to  travel.  Twenty  hours  of 
tossing.
January  11—Arrived  at  New  York—ice 
cold. 

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Or.  Xiaparle's  Celebrated  Preparation, Safe and 
Always  Bailable. 
Indispensable  to  L A D IK 8 . 
Bend  4 cents  for Sealed Circular.
CALUMET CHEMICAL CO.,  Chicago,

134 to 140 East Futi ton Street.

Assorted Package Diamond K Thirds.

WHITE  GRANITE  WARE.

B akers

9 doz. 5 inch  P lates 
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Our Leader Skcrts,  Our Leader Cigars, 

16c per pound. 

$30 per M.
Tlie  Best  in  the  W orld.

Clark, Jewell & Co.,

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Dwinell, Hayward & Co.'S Royal Java Coffee;  and 

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

PURE

NEW  PROCESS  STARCH.

SWEET.
This Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
One-TliirdL  Less

removed,

Can be used than any other in the Market.
FIRMENICH  MNFG.  CO.

M anufactured by  th e

Factories:  M arshalltow n,  Iow a;  Peoria,  Ills.

Offices  at  Peoria,  Ills.

STRONG.  Clark,  Jewell  &  Co.

FOR  SALE  BY

L.  D.  HARRIS,

SURE.

W liolesale Dealer in

33  NORTH  IONIA  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

where in this issue and w rite for

See  Our  W holesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in  Car  Lots. 
We are prepared to male Bottom Prices on anythin! we handle.
A. B. KNOWLSON,

3  Canal Street, Basement,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

REMOVAL.

The firm of S.  A .  W e l l in g ,

24 Pearl St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.,

Has this day been discontinued. 

Its assets (stock, 
accounts, fixtures,  etc.)  have been transferred to, and its obligations assumed by W e l l in g  
&  Ca r h a r t t ,  Detroit,  Mich.,  who alone are authorized to collect all accounts due said firm.
Thanking you for the patronage so kindly bestowed upon me, ami  trusting  you  will 
continue the same with the new concern, I am,  Respectfully Yours,
J a n u a r y  81. 
24  P e a r l   S t .,  G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ic il

S. A.  WELLING.

BTJSHSTESS  OELA-ISrG-E.

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I have discontinued business at 117 Griswold St.,  Detroit,  and have  sold  and  trans­
ferred my stock,  accounts, etc.,  to W e l l in g  & Ca r h a r t t , .139  Jefferson Ave.,  who  are 
authorized to make all collections due me.
Hoping you  will extend your favors to the new concern as you have so  kindly  done 
to me in the past, 
J a n u a r y  81. 
117 G r isw o l d  S t .,  D e t r o it ,  M ic ii.

I am, Your Obedient Servant,

HAMILTON  CARHARTT.

OOISTSOILIID^ATIOISr.

Having  purchased the stock,  accounts,  etc.,  of  S.  A .  W e l l in g ,  of  24  Pearl  St., 
Grand Rapids, Mich.,  and of H a m il t o n  Ca r h a r t t ,  of 117 Griswold St.,  Detroit,Mich., 
and removed the same to the large and commodious four-story building,

No.  139  JEFFERSON  AVENUE,  •

we beg leave to inform the trade that we have added to these stocks an  immense  line  of 
Spring Furnishings and Notions, purchased direct'  of  the  manufacturers,  and  are  in  a 
position to take care of your trade better than ever before.
We shall manufacture our  own  PANTALOONS,  OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SACK 
COATS and WORKING  SHIRTS in a manner we firmly bylieve  to  command  your  ad­
miration.  Our whole aim is to be not unworthy a fair consideration at your hands.
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Mich.  WELLING  & CARHARTT.

Very Respectfully,

