Michigan  Tradesman

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  MARCH  2,  1887.

NO.  180.

VOL.  4.
BELKNAP

We have just purchased a 

large invoice of

:  %mm m  co. “plank road flog

MANUFACTURERS OF

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

W A G O N S !

A  Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock o f m aterial, and have 
every  facility  for  m aking  flrst-cla6s  W agons 
of  ail kinds. 
“ Special  atten tio n   given  to  R epairing, 
P ainting and L ettering.

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Shops on Front St«, Grand Rapids, Mioh,

Send us a Trial Order.

Spring  Chicken,  Moxie  and 

Eclipse always in stock.

Olney, Shields & Go.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

Use

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

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Heckers’ 
Standard 

*  Manufactures.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 K ent Street.

ÆY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
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WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AN»  USE  SO 

CHMICALS.

O rders  by  Mail  and  E xpress  Prom ptly  A t­

tended  to.

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t f c   o o . ,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line W inter Goods.

102  CA N A L  STR EE T.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

J   N i "VST"  h ! I_j± l¡ Jrt.

44  CANAL  STREET,

.GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH

BEANS
WANTED.

Highest Market  Price Paid 
for Beans, Picked or Unpicked

W. T. LAMOREADÏ, Ait

71 Canal Street, 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

- MICH

Full  outfits  for  the  Collection  Depart­
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con­
taining all the late improvements, supplied 
to order for $ 13.  The outfit comprises: 
1,000 “Blue Letter”  Notification  Sheets, 
for member's use.
500 Copyrighted Record Blanks,
500 Association Notification  Sheets, and 
500  Envelopes.
Money can be sent by  draft,  post-office 
A|or express order.
Fuller & Stowe Company,

49 Lyon Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

FOR  SALE.

The State  Assayer of Massachusetts says 
Muzzy’s Corn  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.

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APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

Ouslimaii’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 e n th o liz e d  by passing through the Inhaler- 
tube, in which the P u re   C ry sta ls of M e n th o l are 
held' thoroughly applies this  valuable  remedy  in  the 
most  efficient  way,  to  the  parts  affected.  I t   se lls 
re a d 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 e ta il  p ric e  
50 c e n ts.  For Circulars and Testim onials address 

H .  D .  C u sh m an ,  T h re e   R iv ers,  M ich. 

H a z e ltin e  & P e rk in s  D ru g  Co., G 'd  R a p id s, 
And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago.

Trade supplied by

For Prices and terms, address
GRAHAM  ROYS,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

LUDWIG  WINTEUNITZ,
Fermentum!

STATE  AGENT  FOR

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co.

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

T E L E P H O N E   500.

Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for 
their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. 
None genuine unless it bears above label.

Successor to

CHARLES  A.  COYE,
A. Coye & Son,
AWNINGS i TENTS

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

DEALER  IN

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Wide 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 
feature of our business. 
If you  have  any 
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'sPatent Batter Worker.

Earl Bros., Comssioi Merchants,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F irst  National  Bank.

Six Thousand Dollar Stock of Dry Goods, 
Clothing  and  Groceries  in  good  farming 
town in Northern  Michigan.  The  firm  has 
done the largest trade in the place, the sales 
_ fo r 1886 aggregating$60,000.  “TheTrades- 
fPman  has  investigated  the  offer,  and  can 
recommend same  as  exceptional.  Address 

THE TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.

We carry * full  Hne of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

GRAND RAPIDS  GRAIN AND  SEED CO.

71  CANAL  STREET.

For tie Fieli and Garden.

71 Canal Street,

Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden 

Seeds in Bulk.

Medium Clover,

Alsike Clover,

Mammoth  Clover,
Alfalfa Clover,
Timothy,

Red Top,

Blue Grass,

White Dutch Clover, 

Orchard Grass,

Hungarian Grass, 
Common Millet, 
German Millet, 
Flax Seed.

MOSELEY  BROS.

-WHOLESALE-

Anri Prodluce.

36, 38. 30 and 33  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 r t

A N l)

L i t t l e   D a i s y .
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  factory,  in 
(Telephone 

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

Shall ice receive your  cncounujemcnt  by 

way of a trial order?

Respectfully,

WM

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Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S

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

BAXTER’S  CELEBRATED

lSMOKE 

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“LUCKY  STAR”

M anufactured by

ROPER  &  BAXTER  CIGAR  CO.,

51 and 53 Wabash Ave., C h icag 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,

STA TE  A G EN T,

128 Canal Street, 

•  Grand Rapids.

He  Took  One.

The store was dimly  lighted, and 
The clerk my w ants  em ployed 
Leaned o’er the counter tow ard me, while 
H er listless lingers toyed 
Am ong some sam ples of the trade 
Surm ounted by a card which said:

“Take one.”

She raised th e placard  carelessly,
U ntil it touched her lips:
She seem ed to hide a kiss behind 
H er slender linger tip s;
H er blue eyes plainly seem ed to say:
“You can’t, b u t don’t  you wish you m ay?” 
H er lips w ere sm iling coyly, though—
I looked over a t the card, and so 

Took  one.

TH E  DEFENDANT’S  ACCOMPLICE.
A  Story Told by a Witness  for  the Prose­

cution.

During the month of February, 1853, Seth 
Damon,  of Acton,  instituted  an  action  at 
law  against  Gabrial  Butterworth,  of  the 
same town,  for the recovery of  thirty  thou­
sand dollars,  of which he claimed that  said 
Butterworth had defrauded  him.  The  cir­
cumstances were these:

Butterworth owned and  kept  the  princi­
pal store in Acton, and though he had never 
been regarded as  an  exemplary gentleman, 
his  honor  in  business  had  not  been  im­
pugned.  Those  who  had  the  faculty  of 
looking upon  the  undercurrents  of  human 
actions  decided  that  he  was  a  man  not 
bound  by honor,  but  who  uuderstood  the 
laws of self-interest too well to be  guilty of 
small meannesses in business.  What he was 
capable of doing on a grand  scale  was  not 
mooted until the occurrence of which  I  am 
about to speak.

Seth Damon had removed from  Edson  to 
Acton in the  fall,  and  had  purchased  the 
iron works.  Shortly  after  concluding  the 
purchase, he had a payment of  thirty  thou 
sand dollars to make,  and late  on  a  Satur 
day afternoon  he  arrived  from  New  York 
with the money—part  of  it  in  bank notes, 
and part of it in gold.  When lie arrived he 
found that the parties to whom  the  money 
was  to  be  paid  had  left town,  and would 
not  return  till  Monday.  Mr. Butterworth 
had the only reliable  safety-vault  in  town 
and  to  Air.  Butterworth  Damon  took  the 
thirty thousand dollars,  asking  permission 
to lodge it in  his  vault  over  the  Sabbath 
which permission was readily and cheerfully 
granted.

During Sunday  night  the  people  of  the 
village were aroused by  the  alarm  of  fire 
and upon starting out it was found  that  the 
alarm came  from  Butterworth’s  store,  but 
Mr.  Butterworth had been  active.  He  had 
discovered the fire in season,  and,  with  the 
assistance of his boys, had put  it out before 
much damage had been  done.  Upon  look 
ing over the premises it was found that  the 
fire had not only been  the  evident  work  of 
an incendiary, but that  it  had  been  set  in 
several different places.

“How fortunate,” said  the  owner,  “that 

I discovered it in season.”

But  very  soon  another  discovery  was 
made.  The safety-vault  had  been  broken 
open,  and  every  dollar  it  had  contained 
stolen away!  Here was  alarm and conster 
nation.  Gabriel Butterworth seemed  fit  to 
go  crazy.

“For  myself  I  care  not,” he cried, 

few hundreds were all I  had  in  there;  but 
my friend had a great  sum!”

Immediate search for  the  robber  or  rob 
bers was instituted,  and word was  sent  far 
and near to all sheriffs  and  their  deputies 
and to the police of the cities.

Now it had so happened that on that very 
Sunday  evening—or,  I  may  say,  Sunday 
night,  for  it  was  near  midnight—I,  John 
Watson,  had  been 
returning  from  my 
brother’s,  in  Dunstable. 
I  half  left  my 
hired team at the stable,  and on  my way  to 
my boarding house I passed the store of Mr. 
Butterworth. 
In the back yard of the store 
was  a  horse  trough,  and,  being  thirsty,  I 
stepped around that way to  get  a  draught 
of  water.  As  I  stooped  to  drink  at  the 
spout of the fountain I saw a gleam of light 
through a crevice in the  shutters  of  one  of 
the store windows.  Curiosity  impelled  me 
to go and peer through;  for I wondered who 
could be in there at that hour  of  a  Sunday 
night.  The crevice was  quite  large,  made 
by a wealing away of the edges of the shut­
ters  where  they  had  been  caught  by  the 
hooks that held them back  when  open,  and 
through it I looked into the store. 
I looked 
upon the wall within which the safety-vault 
was built, and I saw the  vault  open,  and  I 
saw Gabriel Butterworth  at  work  therein. 
I saw him put large packages into his breast 
pocket,  and  I  saw  him  bring  out  two  or 
three small  canvass  bags,  like  shot  bags, 
and set them upon the floor by the door that 
opened toward his dwelling.  As I saw him 
approaching this outer door a second time I 
thought he  might  come  out,  and  I  went 
away. 
It  was  an  hour  afterward  that  I 
heard the alarm of fire.  And it was not un­
til the following  morning  that  I  heard  of 
the robbery of the  safe.

I was placed in a critical  position;  but  I 
had  a  duty  to  perform. 
I  went  to  Mr. 
Damon, and told him  what I had seen;  and 
also gave him liberty  to  call  upon  me  for 
my  testimony  in  public  when  he  should 
need it.  Until I should  be so called upon I 
was to hold my silence.

While  the  officers  were  hunting  hither 
and thither  Mr.  Damon  kept a strict watch 
upon  the  movements  of  Mr.  Butterworth,

and at length detected him  in the act of de­
positing a large amount of money in a bank 
in  Buffalo.  His  action  immediately  fol­
lowed and Butterworth  was arrested.

This is the way matters stood when I was 
summoned to appear before the  grand  jury 
at Wiltonburg. 
I went  there  in  company 
with Mr. Damon,  and  secured  lodgings  at 
the  Sabine  House. 
It  was  a  small hotel, 
well and comfortably kept,  and  frequented 
by patrons of moderate means.  There were 
two public houses of more  fashionable  pre­
tensions in the place.

It was on the afternoon  of  Monday,  the 
14th day of February,  that I  took  quarters 
at  the Sabine House,  and  after  tea  I  re­
quested the landlord to build  a  fire  in  my 
room,  which he did;  and  he also furnished 
me with a good lamp.  • It was eight o'clock, 
and I sat at the  table  engaged  in  reading, 
when some one rapped upon my door.  I said 
‘Come in,” and a young man, named Laban 
Shaw,  entered,  bringing his  carpet  bag  in 
his hand.  This Shaw  I  had  known  very 
well as a clerk of Gabriel Butterworth’s, but 
I had never been  intimate  with  him  from 
the fact that  I  had  never  liked  him.  He 
must have seen the look of  displeasure  up­
on my face, for lie quickly said:

“Pardon me, Mr.  Watson,  I  don’t  mean 
to intrude. 
I have come down to  be  pres­
ent  at  the  examination  to-morrow—sum­
moned by Butterworth’s  man,  of  course— 
and I got here too late to  get  a  room  with 
a stove in it;  and,  worse  still,  I  must  take 
a room with another bed in  it,  and  with  a 
stranger for company.  And so,  may I  just 
warm my fingers and toes by your  fire, and 
leave my carpet bag under  your bed?”

He laughed when he spoke of  the  carpet 
bag;  but yet he did  not know what  sort  of 
faculty his  stranger  room-mate  might have 
for getting up  and walking off in the night.
Of course I granted him his  request,  and 
he put  his  carpet  bag  under  my bed,  and 
then sat down by my stove,  and we  chatted 
sociably enough for half  an  hour, or  more, 
without once alluding to the business which 
had brought the pair of  us  to  Wiltonburg. 
His conversation was pleasant,  anti I really 
came to like the  fellow;  and  I  thought  to 
myself that I had  been  prejudiced  against 
him without cause.  At length he arose and 
bade  me  good-night,  and  went away,  and 
shortly afterward  I retired.

I had been in bed but a little while,  when 
another rap  upon  my  door  disturbed  me; 
aiM to my demand of  what  was  wanted  I 
received  answer  from  Laban  Shaw. 
lie 
bade me not to light a lamp.  He had  only 
come for his night-gown.  He  could  get  it 
in the dark. 
I arose aiyl unlocked my door, 
and his apologies were  many  and  earnest. 
He  always  slept,  in  winter,  in  a  flannel 
night-gown, and  he  had  thoughtlessly left 
it in his carpet  bag.  He  was  sorry—very 
sorry.  He had thought to try to sleep with­
out it rather than disturb me;  but his room 
was cold, and—

I cut him short, and told  him  there  was 
no need of further  apology;  and  while  he 
fumbled over his bag,  I  went  to  the  stove 
to make double assurance that the  fire  was 
all right. 
I  offered  to  light  a  match  for 
him,  but he said lie had  got  his  dress, and 
all was  right.  He  then  went  out,  and  I 
closed and locked the  door  after  him, and 
then got back into bed.

outside  of  my door  might  have  done  that 
thing!

For a  little  time  my  hands  trembled  so 
that I dared not touch the infernal  contriv­
ance;  but at length I composed  myself  and 
went at work.  First,  I cut the string  with 
my knife;  and then,  as  carefully  as  possi­
ble,  I eased down the hammers of the pistol, 
after which I drew it from the iron case. 
I 
had just done this when I  heard  a  step  in 
the hall outside my door.  Quick as thought 
I sprang up,  turned, the key,  and threw  the 
door open;  and before  me,  revealed  by  the 
light of my lamp,  stood  Laban  Shaw.  He 
was frightened when he saw  me,  aud trem­
bled like an aspen. 
I was stronger  than he 
at any time,  and now he was a child  in  my 
hands. 
I  grasped  him  by  the  collar,  and 
dragged him into my room;  and  I  pointed 
the double-barreled pistol at his breast;  and 
I told him  I  would  shoot  him  as  I  would 
shoot a dog if he gave me occasion.

He  was  abject  and  terrified.  Like  a 
whipped  cur  he  crawled  at  my  feet,  and 
begged for mercy.  His employer had hired 
him to do it with promise  of  great  reward.
It had transpired  that  my testimony before 
the  jury  would  be  conclusive  of  Butter­
worth’s guilt,  and  Butterworth  had  taken 
this means to get  rid  of  me. 
In  his  great 
terror, the poor accomplice made a full con­
fession;  and  when  he  had  told  all,  I  re­
leased my grasp.  He begged that  I  would 
let him go;  but I dared not—my duty would 
not allow it. 
I rang my  bell,  and  in  time 
the  hostler,  who  slept  in  the  office,  an­
swered  by  summons. 
I . sent  him  for  an 
officer,  and at length had the satisfaction of 
seeing my prisoner led  safely away.

On the following day the carpet  bag  was 
taken before the grand  jury,  and  the  iron 
case  examined  by  an  experienced  chemist 
assisted by an old armorer from the arsenal.
It was found to contain a fulminate of mer­
cury,  mixed with bits  of  iron;  and  it  was 
the  opinion  of  both  the  chemist  and  the 
armorer that  the  power  of  the  terrific  ex­
plosive agent,  had it been ignited,  as it was 
placed,  beneatli  my  bed,  would  not  only 
have been  sufficient  to  blow  me  to  atoms, 
but that it would also have literally stripped 
and shivered to fragments  all  of  the  house 
above it.

And  a  simple  pull  of  that  silken  string 
would have been sufficient  to  this  horrible 
end!  And but for my nervous waking—my 
incubus of  forboding—the  destroyer  would 
have come;  the fatal cord  would  have beeu 
touched; the mine sprung; and I should have 
been  launched  into  eternity  as  upon  the 
lightning's bolt!

And so Gabriel Butterworth  did  not  pro­
cure the destruction  of  my  testimony;  but, 
through  that  testimony, 
the  grand  jury 
found  cause  for  indictment  of  far  graver 
character than had at first been  anticipated; 
ami  of  those  graver  charges  he  was  con­
victed.  Seth Damon received  back the full 
sum  he  had  intrusted  to  the  false  man’s 
care,  and shortly  afterward  I  entered  into 
business with  him;  and  to-day Seth Damon 
and I are partners.  Laban Shaw came  out 
from  prison  and  went  to  Idaho. 
I  have 
not  heard  of  him  since.  Gabriel  Butter­
worth did not live to serve out his full term 
of sentence.

But I was not to sleep. 

I had been  very 
sleepy when Shaw disturbed me;  but an en­
tirely different feeling  possessed  me  now. 
First came a nervous twitching in my limbs 
—a  “crawly”  feeling,  as  some  express 
it—that sensation which induces gaping and 
yawning,  but  which  no  amount  of  yawn­
ing  could  now 
subdue.  By-and-by  a 
sense  of  nightmare  stole  upon  me;  and, 
though perfectly awake,  a  sense  as  of  im­
pending danger  possessed  me.  At  length 
so uncomfortable did  I  become  in  my  re­
cumbent position,  that I  arose  and  lighted 
my lamp,  resolved to  replenish my fire,  and 
dress myself,  and see if I could  read  away 
my nervous fit.

My lamp was lighted,  and  as  I  returned 
to the bed-side  for  my slippers,  my atten­
tion was attracted by a string which lay up­
on the carpet—a string leading from the bed 
to the door. 
I stooped  to  examine  it  and 
found it fast at both  ends. 
I  brought  the 
lamp,  and took a more careful survey.  The 
string was a fine silken trout-line, new  and 
strong,  one  end  of  which  disappeared  be­
neath the bed,  and  ttie  other  beneath  the 
door. 
In my then present condition  I  was 
suspicious of evil, and my senses were pain­
fully keen.  Raising  the  hanging  edge  of 
the  coverlet  I  looked under the bed.  The 
carpet  bag  which  Laban  Shaw  had  left 
there was partly open,  with the  silken  line 
leading out from it.  What could  it  mean? 
Had the man accidentally carried the end of 
the line away with  his  night-dress  without 
noticing it?  I drew the bag out from beneath 
the bed,  and as I held  its jaws apart I saw, 
within,  a -double-barreled pistol,  both  ham­
mers cocked, bright percussion caps  gleam­
ing upon the tubes,  while  the  silken  line, 
with double end,  was made  fast to the trig­
gers!  And I saw that  the  muzzles , of  the 
pistol barrels were inserted into the  end  of 
an oblong box, or case, of  galvanized  iron. 
And I comprehended, too, that a very slight 
pull upon that string might have discharged 
i the pistols—and, furthermore,  that  a  man

Hints to Employes.

There is  only one  spirit  that  achieves  a 
great  success.  The  man  who  seeks  only 
how to make himself most useful, whose aim 
is to render himself indispensible to his em­
ployer, whose whole being is animated with 
the purpose to fill the largest possible  place 
in the walk assigned to him,  has in the  ex­
hibition of that spirit the  guarantee  of  suc­
cess.  He commands the situation, and shall 
walk in the light of prosperity all his  days. 
On the other  hand,  the  man  who  accepts 
the unwholesome advice of  the  demagogue 
aud seeks only how little  he  may  do,  and 
how easy lie may render his  place  ’and  not 
lose his employment altogether,  is  unfit for 
service.  As soon as there is a supernumer­
ary on the list,  he  becomes  disengaged  a s 
least valuable to  lus  employer.  The  man 
who is afraid of doing too much  is  near  of 
kin  to  him  who  seeks  to do nothing,  and 
was  begot  in  the  same family.  They  are 
neitiier of them in the remotest degree a re­
lation to the  man  whose  willingness  to  do 
every« ting possible to his touch places  him 
at the head of the active list.

Couldn’t  Account  for  the Difficulty.
A lady asked to be  weighed  at  a  certain 
Monroe street grocery  store  the  other  day. 
She had just purchased a  pound package of 
saturates and had it in  her  hand  when  she 
stepped on to the scales.  “Why, I’ve gained 
a pound,” she remarked to herself when the 
clerk had finished manipulating the weights. 
Then,  remembering  her  salaratus,  she  ex­
claimed:  “Oh Lord!  I  forgot  I  had  this,” 
and  hastily  popped  the  package  into  her 
pocket.  Then  she  began  to  work  the 
weights,  and wondered  why she  could  get 
no different result.  When she left the store, 
with knitted brow,  she  was  still  evidently 
trying to fathom the mystery.

A St. Paul man is possessed with the idea 
that an application of fresh  cat  meat  every 
day  to  his  back  will  cure  the 
lumbago. 
Though cranky,  he is looked upon as a pub­
lic benefactor.

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AMONG TH E  TRADE.

g r a n d   r a p id s   g o s s ip.

The Gripsack Brigade.

O.  A.  Perry has purchased a residence on 
Crescent avenue,  and will move  his  family 
there shortly.

E. I. Goodrich and wife are rejoicing over 
the advent of an eight pound daughter,  who 
arrived in town last Friday.

Aaron Hufford, general agent for Oberne, 
Hosick & Co.,  left Monday for an  extended 
trip through the Upper Peninsula.

J. II.  Hoffstadt,  representing  the  Reuhl 
Moulding Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati, 
was in town a couple of days last week.

C.  W.  Leggett,  representative for  Frank­
lin McVeigh & Co., of  Chicago,  who  took 
up his residence at Hartford  last  fall,  will 
return to Grand Rapids in the spring.

East Jordan Enterprise:  Of  all the fes­
tive drummers that strike East  Jordan,  the 
fair representative of Fox  &  Bradford,  of 
Grand Rapids,  is the  dandy.

Y.  A.  Osborn,  general  traveling  repre­
sentative for Lyon Bros.  & Co., of  Detroit, 
contemplates  removing  his  family  from 
Keelersville  to  Grand  Rapids  as  soon  as 
spring opens.

F. II.  Lester,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at Mendon,  is now  on  the 
road for Amos S.  Musselman &  Co.,  taking 
Southern Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana 
as his  territory.

“By.”  Smith, 

traveling  representative 
for Amos S. Musselman  &  Co.,  made  his 
initial  trip  through  the  Upper  Peninsula 
last week and will  make  regular  visits  -to 
that part of God's country hereafter.

Geo.  Carpenter,  formerly  of  the  firm  of 
Carpenter & Codman,  at  Hartford,  but now 
on the road for I).  W.  Messenger &  Co.,  of 
Chicago,  contemplates  moving  his  family 
from Hartford to this city in the spring.

Irving W. Van  Zandt,  Michigan  repre­
sentative  for  Howard  W.  Spurr  &  Co., 
has 
started  north  on  a  tour  of  the 
Upper Peninsula.  He has Grand Rapids in 
view as an objective point March 15 and 16.
Chas. S.  Willcox has  served  liis  connec­
tion with Hawkins & Perry and leaves next 
week for Wichita,  Kansas, on a prospecting 
tour.  Andy Johnson,  the  Lowell  grocery- 
man,  will accompany him.  Mr.  Willcox  is 
succeeded by W.  F.  Blake, who  has  repre­
sented  John  Morrill & Co.,  of Chicago, for 
several years,  and  will  remove  his  family 
from Chicago to Grand Rapids.

Such is Fame.

The article  entitled  “Before  the  War,” 
published on the first page of T h e  T r a d e s ­
m a n  last week,  is from  the  pen  of Robert 
M.  Floyd—not Ford,  as erroneously  stated.

MUSCATINE

OATMEAL.

Best in the world.  Made by new and im­
proved process of  kiln-drying  and  cutting. 
All grocers keep it.  Put up in barrels, half 
barrels and  cases.

MUSCATINE 

ROLLED OATS.

Made  by  entirely  new process,  and used 
by everybody.  Put up in barrels,  half  bar­
rels and cases.

For Sale Ff all M iclip Jobbers.

SWEET

- ^ S O A P “
The Best Laundry Soap on the Market

TRY  XT 2

FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS CROCEFS.

MANUTACTI'KED

Oberne. Hosick &  S

CHICAGO.

A.  H U F F O R D ,  G en eral  A g en t,

B ox  14. 

G ra n d   R a p id s.
GX2TSX2TG HOOT.
We pay  the highest price for it.  Address
P e c k   B ro s.,  Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.

POTATOES.

W e give  prompt  personal  attention  to 
the sale of POTATOES, APPLES,BEANS 
and ONIONS in car lots.  W e  offer  best 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign­
ments respectfully solicited.  Liberal cas^ 
advances on Car Lots when desired. 
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166 South W ater St., CHICAGO.

Reference

F e l se n t h  a l ,  G ross &  MIDLER, Bankers.

DISSOLUTION  NOTICE.
The  copartnership  existing1  betw een  Klaas 
E. V auderLinde and  Corneilis  D eJongh,  Jr., 
under  th e  firm  nam e  o f Van der Linde &  Do 
Jongh, has this day been dissolved.by  m utual 
consent,  Klaas E.  V anderLinde  retiring.  All 
debts due to and against the ilrm   will  be  set­
tled by  Corneilis  D eJongh, Jr., who will  con­
tinue th e business a t the old  stand.
K l a a s E. V a n   d e r   L in d e ,  a  
Co r n e i l i s   D k J on o n ,  J r .  M  
“

Mu s k e g o n , Feb. 25,1887. 

GERMAN  ¡L.  Winternitz,
MUSTARD.
{Grand  Rapids, Mich

lOO  K e n t St. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

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inserted^ 
j cents per w cekjV

A dvertisem ents  of 25 words or 
in this colum n a t the rate of 
or  50  cents  lo r  three weeks.  A 
m ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be 
sen t in care of this oilice m ust be accom panied 
by 25 cents e x tra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

1 

f iOR SALE—'Two-stcry fram e store  building 

in good, lake shoro town.  Splendid open­
ing for grocery o r general business.  P roperty 
now  brings  in  $60 p er m onth  ren t.  Address 
“Johnson," care T h e  T r a d e s m a n . 
182j

IpOR  SALE—A well-selected stock of grocer- 

ies  and  crockery,  situ ated   a t  Plainwell. 
Stock will  inventory  about  $1,500.  Apply to 
A rth u r Meigs  & Co.,  Grand  Rapids, or  W.  H. 
H iue, Plainwell, Mich. 
182*
IT’OR  SALE—Drug, book and stationery store 
doing good business in  best  location  in a 
JT 
thriving N orthern Michigan railway  town.  Ad­
dress “J unction,” care T r a d e s m a n . 
]S8*

. 

hardw are  or  general  m erchandise, 

17H)K  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—F or a  stock of 

l.'dh 
acres  fru it  and  garden  farm   adjoining  c i t y ^  
limits.  Elegant  buildings, etc.  Address  Box 
1S1*
65, G rand  Rapids. 
, gro-
F OR  SALE—General stock of dry¡
situ ated  in live railroad town near G rand  Rap­
ids.  Stock will inventory about $4,000.  Reason­
able term s to responsible parties.  Trade good. 
Address  No.  51,  "T radesm an”  office,  G rand 
Rapids. 

181*

ij*OR  SALE—Well-selected general  stock,  lo- 

cated at a place trib u ta ry  to a large farm ­
. 
ing trade.  Stock will  inventory  about  $6,000. 
Address for full particulars, ‘‘I. J.,” care "The j 
Tradesm an.” 
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17Stf 
FjiOK  SALE—Clean stock of dry  goods, cioth- 
, hats and caps  and  boots  and  shoes, 
situated  at Plainwell, a lively  town  with  two 
railw ays.  Stock will  inventory  about  $3,500. 
For  term s  of  sale,  apply  to  W.  H. Hoops, at 
Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, G rand  Rapids.  177tf

i pOU  SALE—A thirty-year old  grocery stand 

in  Kalamazoo.  A two-story fram e  store, 
w ith good tenem ent rooms  above, and  a  good 
tenem ent bouse on sam e lot, also barn.  Three 
blocks from   M.  C.  depot,  $3,500,  p a rt  down, 
balance in easy  paym ents.  Possession  given 
in May.  J . Van Zolenburg, Petoskey.  174tf  ^
F
JH)R  SALE—Two-story brick building, 24x60, 
w ith clean grocery and m eat  stock  (wood 
business in connection) on  principal  business 
street  of  thriving  N orthern  town.  Term s, 
$5,000, half down, balance on tim e to  su it  p u r­
chaser.  Address “ B argain,” cure “The Trades­
m an.” 
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. 

177tf

17H)R  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  $6,000.  Sales  last 
year w ere $60,000.  A ddress "The T radesm an,” 
G rand Rapids. 
ANTED—A steady, middle-aged m an,w ithy 
w
i thorough  knowledge  of  the  grocery® 
business.  Address, statin g  age, length of e x -"  
perience and salary expected,  “Grocer,”  care 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n , Grand  Rapids. 
180*
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ANTED—A  good  second-hand  medium- 
sized soda fountain in good  running or­
der, w ith g enerator  preferred.  W ant  to  buv 
at once  for  cash.  Address  H.  Ingalls,  New­
berry, Mich. 
' l l  WANTED—Small stock of drugs in  good  lo- 
W  
cation in  railroad  town.  Place  where 
good physician is needed preferred.  Address, 
Box 66, Maple  Rapids, Mieh. 
181*  A
ANTED—A  m an  having  an  established 
trade am ong lum berm en to  add  a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
man a splendid chance will be  given  to  m ake 
money w ithout  e x tra  expense.  A ddress “ B,” 
care  Michigan T radesm an. 
178tf
w ANTED—Stock  in  K ent  County Savings 
Bank.  Address, statin g  term s dem and­
ed, “ P urchaser,” care “The T radesm an.”
IF  YOU  WANT—To get into business, to sell 

your business, to secure additional ca p ital,A  
to   g et  a  situation,  if  you have anything  f o r ^  
sale o r w ant to buy anything, advertise in  t h e ' 
M iscellaneous Column of T h e  T r a d e s m a n .  A 
twenty-five word  advertisem ent  costs  but  25 
cents a w eek o r 50 cents for three weeks.

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182*

I would respectfully call your atten­
tion to the fact that  I  am  handling  a 
complete line of

GARDEN  SEEDS.

Representing the well-known house^ 
of James  Vick,  of  Rochester,  anyonm 
wishing Seeds in  large or small quan­
tities can obtain them,  true  to  name, 
by  placing  his  order  with  us.  Mr. 
John A. Brummeller, who has been in 
the  Seed  business  for  years, is  now 
with us in this new department.

Hoping you will favor us  with your 0  

orders, which  will  have  our  prompt 
attention, I am

Very respectfully yours,

ALFRED  J.  BROWN,  Seedsman,

16  a n d   18  N o r t h   D i v i s i o n   S t ., 

G K R - Ä L I S r i D  

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  A Æ I O I T . '

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturin'!: Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Term s $1 a y ear in advance, postage paid. 
A dvertising rates m ade know n on application.

WEDNESDAY,  MAECH  2,  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 Win. Logie.

Subscribers  and  others.  xtfien  w riting 
to   advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e puD- 
lisbers by m entioning th a t th ey  saw th e adver­
tisem en t in the colum ns of  this  paper.

The first case of  a  labor  dispute  submit­
ted to State arbitration lias been  decided  in 
Lynn,  Mass.  A Mr. Breed got into  a  dis­
pute with bis shoemakers.  He refused  to 
have any dealings witli. any of  them as rep­
resentatives  of 
the  Knights  of  La­
bor,  and  dismissed 
three  or  four  men 
on grounds connected  with  this  difference. 
There also was a question of wages at issue. 
While the case was in  progress  Mr.  Breed 
withdrew from  it  on  discovering  that  the 
State  would  not  compel  his  workmen  to 
abide by its results.  But the workmen went 
on with the case,  and  have got  their decis­
ion.  All  that  they gain is a recommenda­
tion to Mr.  Breed to take back  into his  -em­
ploy the men he had dismissed.  The  Com­
missioners rule that his refusal  to deal with 
the representatives of  the Knights is a mat­
ter of  no  importance;  and  that  wages  hi 
Lynn,  being higher than in the neighboring 
towns which compete for the shoe business, 
ought  to  be  reduced.  The  Commission 
evidently  have  given  up  the  belief  that 
competition among  working  men  will  re­
duce wages to a common level in  all  places 
near enough  for  the  migration  of  labor. 
But are they sure that the lower wages else­
where are not compensated  by  local advan­
tages—as in the cost of  house-room and the 
price of  food—in which the Lynn workmen 
do not  share?

As the Pine is Cut, the Hemlock Dies.
Thos.  W.  Farrin,  senior  member  of  the 
firm of M.  B.  Farrin & Co.,  sawmill  opera­
tors at  South  Boardman,  is  in  town  for  a 
few days,  in consultation with  his  son  and 
partner,  ,wlio  resides  in  Cincinnati.  Mr. 
Ferrin  was  seen  by  a  reporter  of  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  and asked relative to  the  con­
dition of the lumber business in  his section. 
“ We have  3,000  acres  near  South  Board- 
man,”  said  Mr.  Farrin,  “and  have  only 
enough pine left to last us about four months. 
We have cut  upwards  of  eighteen  million 
feet,  all of which has been marketed in Cin­
cinnati.  We have about three  million  feet 
of hemlock on our  own  land  and  the  far­
mers in the vicinity own  about  seven  mil­
lion more,  all of which we  will  cut  out,  if 
we can make arrangements  which  will  en­
able us to do business  on a margin—that is, 
if we can get the timber at a  fair  price  and 
•obtain a freight rate which  will  leave  any­
thing in  the  business  for  us. 
I  estimate 
that there are three hundred million feet  of 
hemlock along the line of the Grand Rapids 
& Indiana,  which the  road  should  encour­
age placing on the market without delay.  I 
notice that as soon as the  pine is cut off the 
land, the hemlock begins to  die  of  it  own 
accord.  The two kinds of  timber  seem  to 
depend upon each other. 
It  is  foolish  for 
the the railway officials to argue  that  there 
is plenty of time to market  hemlock  timber 
yet.  The  fact  is,  unless  the  hemlock  is 
marketed soon,  there will be  none  to  mar 
ket.” 

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A Common Occurrence.

'They call it a  good  joke  on  an  Owosso 
hardware  man  who  gave  an  order  for  a 
quantity of snow shovels to a Chicago  firm, 
because  when the shovels  came  they  were 
found to have been made by an Owosso firm.
Such an  occurrence  is  by  no  means un­
common.  People who build fine houses come 
a thousand miles to Grand Rapids to buy their 
furniture,  but  when  Grand  Rapids people 
want something fine they go  down  to  New 
York to get it.  When the goods  get  here, 
they find the  Grand  Rapids  trademark  on 
them,  and then they wonder how they could 
be so foolish as to pay two freights  for  the 
sake of buying their furniture in  the metro­
polis.

Over  81,000,000  worth  of  logwood  was 
imported in this country in 1886.  This  is a 
decrease of 20 per cent,  since 1885,  which is 
probably due to  the  introduction  of  anilin 
and other  dyes.

A.  M. Maris succeeds Maris  &  Idema  in 

the hardware business at 115 Monroe street.
Barstow & Jennings succeed  Caleb  Bar- 
stow in the tinware business on East Bridge
street. 

________________

Martin C.  DeJager  succeeds  DeJager  & 
Klap in  the  grocery  business  at  16§  Ells­
worth avenue.

Chas.  H.  Saunders  succeeds  Amos M. 
Wadsworth in the  grocery  business  at 256 
Plainfield avenue.

J.  W.  Mills has engaged in  the  boot and 
shoe business at Hartford.  Rindge,  Bertsch 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

Morrison H.  Slawson,  produce  dealer at 
Greenville,  has  added  a line  of  groceries. 
Clark, Jewell & Co. furnished the stock.

Nuyton Bros,  have  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery business at 301  West  Leonard  street. 
Olney,  Shields & Co. furnished the stock.

Kruse Bros, have engaged in the  grocery 
business at 343 West Bridge street.  Bulk- 
ley,  Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

The Grand  Rapids  Portable  House  Co. 
lias  just  issued  a  handsome  twenty-four 
page catalogue, setting forth the advantages 
of the Densmore veneer cottage.

W. D.  Hembling,  for  several  years  en­
gaged in the grocery  business  at  343 West 
Bridge street,  has removed his stock to Cad­
illac and resumed business there.

A.  R. McOmber has engaged  in  the drug 
business  at  Hastings,  placing  the  same 
under  the  management  of  Fred.  Hotch­
kiss.  The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins Drug  Co. 
furnished the stock.

B.  Wyehoff, the  Butterwortli avenue gro- 

ceryman, has formed a  copartnership  with 
Harry Horning,  and  the  two  will  engage 
in  the  grocery  business  on  Grandville 
avenue,  opposite the engine  house.

Barlow Bros,  have sold their  box  factory 
business to W.  W. Huelster, late  of  Chica­
go,  who will remove the  machinery  to  the 
old Cody block,  on  Pearl  street,  and  con­
tinue the business  on  a  larger  scale  than 
ever before.  The change will  give  Barlow 
Bros, more room for their binding and book 
manufacturing business,  which they will in­
crease to double its present capacity.

Geo.  E.  Howe,  the  Battle  Creek  fruit 
jobber,  has leased the premises  at  3  North 
Ionia  street,  formerly  occupied  by  Kahn, 
Lostro & Co., and will engage in the  hand­
ling  of  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  on  a 
large  scale,  having  placed  Frank J. Lamb 
in charge of the business.  Apropos  of  Mr. 
Howes’ advent to Grand Rapids,  it is stated 
that he has 60,000 barrels of apples  in  cold 
storage,  on which he will realize  the  hand­
some profit of $2 per barrel.  The  fruit cost 
him $1.75 in the fall and he is  now  dispos­
ing of the same at $3.75.

The Grand Rapids  School  Furniture Co., 
which has  made  wonderful  strides  in  the 
manufacture  of  school,  church  and  opera 
furniture,  will  shortly  be  merged  iuto  a 
stock  company,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$100,000.  Only half  of  the  stock  will  be 
taken a first,  the  remainder  being  held  in 
reserve  by  the  corporation.  Messrs.  Per­
kins  &  Hess,  who—with  Mr.  Perigrine— 
were the founders of the business,  will con­
tinue at the head of the institution  as  man­
agers, which is a guaranty that the business 
will be conducted successfully and  that  the 
returns from the investment will be in every 
way satisfactory to the stockholders.

AROUND  THE   STATE.

Morenci—D.  S. Salisbury,  general dealer, 

Leonard—O.  N.  Murphy,  general  dealer, 

has sold out.

has sold out.

Croswell—J.  L.  Thorp  succeeds  W.  J. 

Hannah in general  trade.

Manistee—Roussin  &  Yezina  have  en­

gaged in the meat business.

Sheridan—Cou &  Francis  succeed  F.  R. 

Messinger in general  trade.

New Hudson—A.  J.  McNeal  has  moved 

his general stock to Brighton.

Ionia—S.  B.  Gorhan  succeeds  Alfred II. 

Geek in the  jewelry business.

Cadillac—Robert Johnson is  arranging to 

engage in the grocery business.

Croswell—Willard  Cook  succeeds  C.  A. 

Cowan in the  bakery business.

Marshall— II. J.  Coleman  succeeds  Cole­

man Bros,  in the grocery business.

Bancroft—Wm.  Herman, 

the  clothing 

merchant,  is advertising to sell out.

Ovid—Alonzo  Atherton  succeeds  H.  D. 

Treat & Co.  in the grocery business.

Fenton—Wm.  II.  Sprague,  boot and shoe 

dealer,  has been closed on attachment.

Detroit—Marsh  &  Lawrence 

succeed 

Marsh & Work in the bottling business.

Battle Creek—Stanley  &  Spoor  succeed 
Moulton & Stanley in the  grocery business.
St. Johns—Dutcher & Bro.  succeed A.  E. 
Dutcher & Co. in the boot and shoe business.
Detroit—Jas.  L.  Fisher  is  succeeded  by 
Hodgson & Howard in  the  hardware  busi­
ness.

Battle Creek—N.  E.  Rattallick  succeeds 
Simmons & Rattallick  in  the  gtocery busi­
ness.

Lyons—E.  N. Thayer has started  a  gro­
cery store in the old Isham building,  on the 
west side.

East Saginaw—Jas.  S.  Smart,  Jr., & Co. 
succeed Palmer & Coy in the  confectionary 
business.

Monroe—Krechauf  &  Domer succeed C. 
Krechauf in the grocery,  provision  and sa­
loon business.

Manistee—Pedersen & Nielsen  have  en­

gaged in the clothing,  hat and cap  and  no-1 
tion business.

South Saginaw—Moeller  &  DeLand  suc­
ceed Moeller & Youmans  in  the  drug  and 
book business..

Detroit—Hodgeon & Howard  succeed  J. 
L.  Fisher in the  hardware  and  house  fur­
nishing business.

Fenwick—Wm.  Thompson, 

for  many 
years with H.  J.  Leonard,  at  Belding,  will 
shortly engage in general trade here.

Hastings-^-Ed.  Powers  has  retired  from 
the  firm  of  Greble  &  Powers,  hardware 
dealers.  The business will be continued by 
J. A.  Greble.

Cadillac—Fred.  S.  Kiehlsen  has  resumed 
the grocery business  at  his  old  stand,  the 
Newark & Sorenson stock having been aug­
mented by large quantities  of new goods.

Manton—McFarlan  &  White  have  dis­
solved.  Mr.  McFarlan  will  continue  the 
mercantile  business  and  Mr.  White  will 
hereafter  conduct  the  banking  and  grist 
mill business of the late firm.

Plain well—Jas.  N. Hill has returned from 
the West, formed a  copartnership  with  F. 
E.  Estes under the firm name of  J.  N.  Hill 
& Co.,  and  purchased  the II.  D.  Storms 
grocery stock.  Jim can't give Plainwell the 
“go by,” hard as he has  tried to.

Tustin—Geo.  W.  Bevins  has  sold  his 
general stock to O.  F.  & W.  P.  Conklin,  of 
Ravenna,  who have  removed  the  goods to 
that place.  Mr. Bevins  was  compelled  to 
take this course on account of failing health 
and will  probably  engage in  the  banking 
and creamery business at Tustin in the near 
future.

Petoskey—W.  W.  McOmber  will  close 
out his grocery stock by April  1,  when  he 
will become a member of the  furniture firm 
of R.  C.  Smith & Co.  The  firm  will occu­
py three stores,  two of which will “be  erect­
ed for them in the spring,  and carry a stock 
of new and  second-hand  furniture,  crock­
ery,  glassware and house  furnishing goods.
Manistee—Geo. A.  Hart,  assignee for J. 
E.  Somerville, has sold the book,  stationery 
and wallpaper  stock to P. W.  Niskern  for 
$5,150 and the building and  real  estate  to 
Fred Reynolds  for  $2,875.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  Mr.  Somerville,  as 
agent for Niskern. 
lie  has  compromised 
with some of his creditors  on the  basis  of 
20 per cent,  in full settlement.

M ANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Summit—Bowerman & Todd succeed  the 

Michigan Flooring  and Handle Co.

Boyne Falls—Houser,  Barnes  &  Co.  are 

cutting 25,000 cedar shingles per day.

Hudson—Boies  &  Avis  have  just  com­

pleted a handsome roller process mill.

Charlevoix —Carpenter  &  Bartholomew 

have 15,000 ties and posts on their dock.

Port Huron—Henry  Howard  &  Co.  are 
putting in a new band sawmill, new  boilers, 
and a shingle mill.

Weston—Lone &  Bauer,  late  of  Lyons, 
Ohio, succeed Ezra Cole in  the manufacture 
of wagons and buggies.

Howard City—Messenger &  McCall  have 
purchased the Geo.  McDowell  planing  mill 
and will add sash, door and blind machinery.
Adrian—Joseph  A.  Baier  and  Theo.  J. 
Meyer have formed  a  copartnership  under 
the firm name of Baier  &  Meyer,  and  en­
gaged in the manufacture  and  sale  of  fur­
naces.

FURNITURE  FACTS.

Oscoda—J.  P. Moran has engaged  in  the 

undertaking  business.

Detroit—Teipel & Petz succeed  Teipel  & 

Schulte in the furniture business.

Pentwater—Sands & Maxwell  propose  to 
turn out 100 bedsteads a day from their fac­
tory.

Bay City—A Maine man named A. Getcli- 
ell will start a  boot  and  shoepack  factory 
here.

Freeport—Hunt  &  Yoglesong  have  en­
gaged in the furniture and undertaking bus­
iness.

Royal Oak—Artemus  Hutchins  succeeds 
John Hutchins, deceased,  in  the  undertak­
ing business.

Bay Citt—E.  G.  Sovereign  will  erect  a 
plaining mill at Sault  Ste.  Marie,  as  soon 
as he can procure a suitable  site.

Wolverine—The new veneering mill at this 
place will cost $75,000.  The  mill  required 
100,000 feet of lumber in its construction.

Grand Rapids—G. A.  & S.  N. Bates have 
formed a copartnership under the firm name 
of Bates Bros,  and engaged in the retail fur­
niture business.

Grand Rapids—The Gleason  Wood Orna­
ment Co.  has just gotten  out  a  handsome 
twenty-four page catalogue. 
It is  from the 
press of the Fuller & Stowe Company.

Manistee—It is rumored  that  E.  N.  Sail­
ing and Louis Sands  are  about  to  build  a 
pulp mill at Stronach,  using  an  old  water 
privilege  and  mill  site  which  they  pur­
chased some years ago.

H. Laverock in  the  manufacture  of  cigar 
boxes.

Kalamazoo—John  P.  Windoes  succeeds 
Joshua Windoes in the manufacture of whip 
lashes.

Northport—E.  E.  Chase  has  invented  a 
new-fangled anchor,  which is warranted not 
to foul.

Cheboygan—F.  C. McDonald  has got  out
175.000 railroad ties,  and intends to  put  in
75.000  more.

Ann Arbor—James  M.  Stafford  succeeds 
Winans & Stafford in  the  mercliant  tailor­
ing business.

Hanover—R. Markham succeeds R. Mark­
ham & Bro. in the hardware and agricultural 
implement business.

Cadillac—Considerable  cherry  is  being 
banked  along  the  Manistee,  in  Wexford 
county,  this  winter.

Coopersville—O. F.  Conklin  has sold his 
fine farm,  one mile from  town,  by means of 
an advertisement in T h e   T r a d e s m a n .

Detroit—Marsh & Work are  succeeded in 
the  mineral  water  bottling  business  by 
Marsh & Lawrence.

Nashville—S.  S. Ingerson has sold his in­
terest in the elevator firm of Ingerson & Co. 
to C.  II. Reynolds.

Brutus—Ed.  Jones has purchased a  saw­
mill and has made a contract to cut  a  large 
amount of hardwood timber.

Adrian—Jesse  and  Edwin  J.  Randolph 
succeed  M.  E.  Chittenden  &  Co.  in  the 
wholesale tobacco and oil business.

Traverse City—Jas. R.  Craig  and  Albert 
Kent have formed a copartnership  and  en­
gaged in the harness and trunk business.

Plainwell — Schuleineyer  &  Co.  have 
bought E.  E.  Disbrow’s  tools  and  fixtures 
and. engaged in the manufacture of cigars.

Cheboygan—The  Tribune  says:  “Our 
merchants pronounce this the best winter for 
retail trade  that  Cheboygan  has  ever  en­
joyed.”

Ylpena—W.  H.  Potter  has  sold  to  his 
brother, E.  K.  Potter,  and  partner,  a  one- 
half interest in 6,640 acres of land in Alcona 
county,  for $40,000.

Greenville—John  J.  Foster  &  Co.  have 
purchased from Luther,  Wilson* &  Luther, 
of Luther,  their  entire  cut  of  lumber  for 
1887, estimated at 18,000,000 feet.

Hartford—Mr.  Stoughton, late of  Goble- 
ville, has leased I.  B.  Barnes’  skating rink, 
and will occupy the same with a line of car­
riages and agricultural implements.

Cadillac—The Cadillac Bracket Co.  is the 
style of a new  industry,  of  which  Arthur 
Cummer  is  President,  Howard  Cummer, 
Secretary and Dell Gerrish,  Treasurer.

Port Huron—The Brooklyn Alkaline Co., 
which has bought  200  acres  of  land  near 
here,  will erect the largest  salaratus  works 
in the country.  The company  will  employ 
400  men.

Elk Rapids—Dexter & Noble and the Elk 
Rapids Iron Co. paid  out $248,408 for labor 
and timber and farm products  during  18S6. 
This does  not  include  the  timber  cut  on 
their own lands.

West Chester—Word from the  postal au­
thorities at Washington conveys  the unwel­
come intelligence that West  Chester cannot 
be accepted as  a  name  for  the  postoffice 
here,  owing to its  similarity  to  Chester,  a 
postofliee in Eaton county. 
T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n   suggests the  name  Conklin  in  such 
connection..

Ann  Arbor—A  decision  has  been  ren­
dered in the Circuit  Court  which is of vital 
interest to the creditors  of  Frank  W.  and 
Amanda M.  F.  Goodale,  of  Delhi.  They 
carried  on  an  extensive  milling  business 
at that place until April  5,  18S6,  when  an 
assignment  was  made  for  the  benefit  of 
their creditors,  the liabilities amounting  to 
about $30,000.  This  assignment  has  now 
been set aside and  declared  null  and  void 
on the ground that  Amanda M.  F.  Goodale 
did not make an assignment of  her  private 
property  for  the  benefit  of  the  creditors. 
Most  of  the  creditors  living  around  here 
have 
and 
will  get  their  claim  in  full,  while those 
outside will probably lose all.

garnisheed 

assignees 

the 

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

The emissary of a Chicago  creamery sup­
ply house is talking creamery to the  people 
of Reed  City.

M. O.  Walker is  endeavoring  to  interest 
the business men of  Allegan  in  the  estab­
lishment of a creamery there.

The  Ottawa  Creamery  Co.,  at  Zeeland, 
made 52,000 pounds of butter between June 
1 and December 1,  last year,  which  SQld  at 
an  average  price  of  23  cents  per  pouud. 
The showing made is  excellent  for a  first 
year,  the profits having been  11 per cent, on 
the  capital  invested.  The  company  has 
purchased  the  “Amber”  cheese 
factory 
building and  machinery,  and will  remove 
the  same  to  the  present  location  of  the 
creamery,  making  both butter  and cheese 
the coming season.  Operations  will  begin 
about April 1.

STRAY  FACTS.

Lansing—F. A.  Lorenz,  book  agent,  has 

Purely Personal.

removed to Chicago.

E.  J.  Herrick visited friends at Cleveland 

Frankfort—The salt  well  is  down  1,050 

and Elyria last week.

feet and is now in slate rock.

Detroit—Glover &  Allen  succeed  Glover 

& Nicol,  manufacturing chemists.

East Saginaw—E.  Germain  succeeds  E. 

Germain & Bro.  in the lumber business.

Ironwood—J.  G.  Kuehn  &  Co.,  meat 

dealers,  are about to make an assignment.

Bay City—E. J.  Hargrave,  of  the  saw­
mill firm of E.  J.  Hargrave & Son, is dead.
Cadillac—About  20,000  bushels  of  pota­
toes have been shipped  “outside” this  win­
ter.

Saginaw—W.  J.  Baxter  recently  sold 
90,000 feet of black birch for  $17  a  thous­
and.

Owosso—Fred.  E.  Beebe  succeeds Jas.

C.  B.  Hirschiield has returned from Sault 
Ste.  Marie,  where he will  open  a  clothing 
store about May 1.

Frank E.  Leonard  sails  from  New York 
on  the  German  Lloyd  steamer  Alter  on 
March  10  and  expects  to  reach  London 
about the 18th.

M.  D.  Hamer,  of  the  firm  of  Harner 
Bros.,  clothiers at  Petoskey,  was  in  town 
last  week,  buying  goods  for  the  spring 
trade.

D.  W.  Kendall,  the  crack  furniture  de­
signer of the United  States,  was  in  town 
a couple  of  days  last  week.  He  says  it 
doesn’t seem natural to write  “Detroit”  af­
ter his name.

C O O PE R A G E.

D. Q u v  & Co. quote as follows, f. o. b, Bailey:  Claris, small, $18  00;  large, *26  00.
'  Ives’, 1. *18  00 ;  2. *24  00;  3, *30 00.

STAVES. 

Maxims for Merchants.

From  th e D ry Goods Chronicle.

No merchant  is  worthy of  an abundance 
who is not thankful  for the small degree of 
prosperity.

Whoever  enters  the  counting-rooms  of 
our leading bankers,  whether  his proposals 
are accepted or  declined, 
is  sure  to  meet 
with civility.

A man who is furnished  with  arguments 
from the mint will convince  his  antagonist 
much sooner  than  one  who  draws  them 
from reason and philosophy.

It can be said  with  entire  truth  that  if 
the farmer lived  as  recklessly  as the  ordi­
nary artisan in the city  does, he would  be­
come bankrupt in  short  order.

In a mercantile  age like the present,  the 
value of life economy should be fully appreci­
ated.  Excess of  work or excess  of care  is 
sure to  curtail  the  life  and diminish  the 
strength of man.

An indorser takes  all  the  responsibility 
and  risk  without  remuneration,  and  fre­
quently  without 
thanks.  An  indorser 
should regard every indorsement as an obli­
gation, and provide  for it accordingly.

A merchant with  good  credit  never runs 
after patent medicines; he  keeps a tonic  in 
his stomach every  day.  His  creditors  had 
as lief  take his noteas the money,  for there 
is no trouble  in getting a discount.

What do you give  and  expect  in  return 
from your customer when he is leaving your 
store? the last word?  In extending the kind 
invitation  to  return, you carry your answer 
to him,  which will be either a “thank you,” 
or “I will.”

The only way a youug man without capi­
tal can get on in commercial life is by earn­
ing the good  opinion  of  employers.  Let 
him perform his duties  in a way that shows 
that he is not afraid of  doing  more than he 
is paid for doing,  and  he  need  never  fear 
promotion.

There is hardly  a  retail  storekeeper  in 
the country who is not the stay and support 
in adversity of  some  family whose account 
for necessities  is  allowed  to  run  without 
any regard to the chance  of  it  being  paid. 
Such accounts as these  are  the  truest  and 
purest charity  of  which  masculine  human 
nature  is capable.

The life  of  a  merchant gives  his charac­
ter pretty hard trial.  Not only does it  ex­
ercise his sagacity and prudence,  but it puts

his  integrity  to  the  severest test.  He  is 
surrounded by the  selfishness  of  trade,  he 
sees men profiting  by  cunfiing  and  fraud, 
and he is tempted to try his skill in  artifice 
and deception.  Every  day  his honesty  is 
tried in some way.

The aim  makes  tiie  merchant;  the spirit 
and energy,  the  greatness  or  bitterness  of 
the character and  life.  When a merchant’s 
aim is right,  he  will  have  something  that 
shall survive defeat and glorify even  pover­
ty; and when accumulating prosperity is his 
it shall  not  undermine  his  principles  or 
make him insensible to the uses  of  wealth.
Many a retailer  imagines  himself  to  be 
doing  a  large  and  profitable business  be­
cause  he  is  disposing  of  a  considerable 
quantity of  goods  at  an  advance  on  the 
price paid by him to  the  jobber  for  them, 
but the facts are,  in many  cusps, he is actu­
ally losing money,  as the store expenses and 
cost  of  conducting  his business  exceed the 
profits on sales.

' A statistician puts the price paid  for  the 
food of the people of the United  States  for 
one year at $5,000,000,000.  That would be a 
little less than $100 on an average.  The army 
ration costs about twenty cents, and some of 
the best-regulated public institutions  of  the 
country supply  food  for  their  inmates  for 
less than that. 
It is estimated by  Mr.  At­
kinson,  who makes  such  matters  a  study, 
that the average standard daily ration  of ac­
tual workers—mechanics,  artisans,  factory 
operatives,  or  laborers—represents  an  ex­
pense of twenty-five cents,  including  meat, 
milk, eggs, bread,  butter,  vegetables, sugar, 
tea, coffee, fruit,  salt,  etc.

It is  as  necessary  for  a  business  house 
to have some one of the  number  connected 
therewith,  make it a special study  to  know 
the  financial  standing  and  worthiness  of 
the customers who trade with them,  as  it is 
to divide other branches of work up  among 
those  employed—one  at  fixing  neat  show 
windows and another attending to the shelv­
ing  or  making  daily  records  of  “goods 
wanted,” etc.  No banker  loans  money  to 
men without first having  a  guarantee  that 
the parties are responsible.  Hence,  the  re­
tailer should  have  his  community  investi­
gated,  as it were, on the  question  of  their 
ability to pay their store bills.

Jo h n  Carroll, general dealer,  H orton’s  Bay: 

“ It is an excellent pap er.”

í  F. J. LAM B & CO.

STATE  AGENTS FOR

D. D. Mallory & Co.’s

. DIAMOND BRAND OYSTERS
Also  Fruits  and  Country  Produce.
H I R T H   <&  TCFLAXTSE,

DEALERS  IN

Hides,  Furs  and  Tallow ,

P ro m p t  r e tu rn s   m a d e   on  C o n sig n m en ts.

118 Canal St, Grand. Rapids.

E .  F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

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

We H andle the Celebrated “ ROCK BRAND” Oysters,

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

97  and 99 Canal Street. 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

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OLD  BAEEELS

Setting about a store  are  unsightly,  besides  the  pro­
jecting nails on them are dangerous  to  clothing.  The 
enterprising grocer realizes the value of handsome and! 
convenient  fixtures,  and  to  meet  this  demand  the;
their

iWooLSON  Spick  Co.,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  have  designed 
Lion  Coffee  Cabinet,

Of which  11 e  aceom p m ying cut  gives  but  a partial
idea.  In th a e¿tbiuel ;s packt d 120 01le pound packages
of L ion  C<
e , a*id we  offer  the goods  at a  price
enabling th gr1>C«Tto secure these cabinets without
cost to himt'eíf. Thf y are nia de air-1 ight, tongucd and
grooved, be liutifully frrained and  y íraished, and  are
POSsible  ir aimer.  Campíete
put togethe in the b
set of castei R,  V\1th s(frC*W8,  illside  this  cabinet Their
nse in every gre»eery
fter th e coffee is sold ou t,  is  ap-
parent;  jus tlii thiriff from  which 0  retail  oatmeal,
rice, prunes, hominy, dried  fruits,  bread,  and  a  hu 
dred other  articles.  Further,  they  take  up  no  mo 
floor  room  than  a  barrel,  and  do  away  with  the
unsightly  things 
Coffee  in these 
per.  Read  below 
C ion  Coffee.

For  price-list  of  D io n  
iee price-current in  this pa- 
:  say  as  to  the  quality  of

This Coffee Cabinet Given Away.

A  GOOD  BWXFAST

Is  ALWAYS  possible when a good cup of cof­
fee  is  served.  The  grocer  who  sells  LION 
COFFEE  to  his 
invariably  se­
cure  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 

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LL—L j  net weight,  and is never sold in bulk.

trade  can 

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

0FFEE
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Woolson Spice Co.
0MB!NED  J 92 to  108 Oak St., Toledo, Ohio.

F o r sale  by   all  W h o le sa le  

w h ere, and b y  th e

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QUERIES.

To be Reported  at  the  March  Convention 

of the M. B. M. A.

1.  Are the insurance  rates  on store prop­
erty too high?  Accepted by Frank Hibbard, 
Evart.

2.  Are female  clerks to  be  preferred  to 
male  assistants  under  any circumstances? 
Accepted by Frank Hibbard,  Evart.

3.  Should outlawed  accounts be consider­
ed by our local  associations?  Accepted  by 
N. B.  Blain,  Lowell.

4.  How old should  an  account be  before 
the  collection  system  of  an  association 
should be used?  Accepted by N.  B.  Blain, 
Lowell.

5.  Is a  wife  entitled  to  credit  who  be­
comes  the custodian of  her husband’s prop­
erty, in order to allow him to evade the pay­
ment of his debts?

6.  Ought the newspapers—not trade jour­
nals—to  publish  wholesale  quotations? 
Accepted by A.  C. Barcley, Crosby.

7.  Is it feasible and desirable to quote the 
wholesale price  of  merchandise—hardware 
and drugs accepted—by means of characters 
not understood by the public at large?  Ac­
cepted by A.  C.  Barcley,  Crosby.

8.  Is  it  possible  to  wholly  abolish  the 

credit system?

tailed?

9.  How can the credit system best be *ur- 

10.  Is cutting in prices ever justifiable?
11.  Should an attorney—a member  of  an 
association,  but not the appointed actuary— 
be  allowed to  use our system of blanks for 
collecting  other  than  his own  personal ac­
counts?

12.  Does  an accepted note imply  a settle­
ment of  account and thus  debar  one  from 
using  our  system  to  collect  the  overdue 
note?  Should our  system  for collecting  be 
limited to open  accounts?”  Accepted by J. 
V.  Crandall, Sand Lake.

13.  Should a firm join  a local  association 
as a firm or should each member  join  indi­
vidually?

14.  In case the firm joins by the payment 
of one fee and dues,  should each member of 
the firm be entitled to voice and vote?

15.  In the case of a firm joining as a firm, 
should a member of the firm  be  allowed  to 
use the collection system  for  the  collection 
of his private accounts?

16.  Should not the term  “dead-beat  list” 
be tabooed?  Are  not “delinquent list” and 
“poor-pay list” preferable  expressions?

17.  Is the casli business  conducive to cut­

ting?  Accepted by W.  E.  Kelsey,  Ionia.

18.  Is  the  present  exemption  allowed  a 
married man under the  garnishee  law  just 
to all parties?  Accepted by J. V. Crandall, 
Sand Lake.

A nyone w ho w ill v o lu n teer to  an sw er any 
of th e  above  queries,  o r an y o n e w ho h as ad ­
d itional queries  to  suggest,  is  requested to 
com m unicate  w ith  
th e   ed ito r  of  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   as soon  as convenient.

F lin t  in  R e ad in ess to   O rganize  a n   A u x il­

iary  B ody.

F e in t ,  Feb. 21,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

I   have  also  sounded 

D e a r  S ir —I   have  carefully  considered 
th e lette r and p rin ted  m a tte r w hich you sen t 
m e  last w eek. 
the 
grocers o f th is city  an d   find 
them   u n an i­
m ously in  favor o f im m ediate  organization. 
W e  are  a t  p resen t  circu latin g   a  p ap er 
am ong  th e  grocers,  soliciting  your presence 
here to  perfect  th e   organization.  N in ety  
p er cent,  o f th e dealers  w ill  sign  it.

Y ours,  S a m ’l  M o f f e t t .

SOME  OF  THE  CHARTER  MEMBERS.

F e in t ,  Feb.  23,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r   Sir—I  have procured the following 
named signatures to a paper  requesting you 
to come here and organize our business men 
as a branch of the State Association:  Sam’l 
Moffett,  Edwards Bros.,  A.  D.  Alvord,  L. 
C.  Hedden,  Chas.  L.  Carmon,  Jno.  C. 
Croul, Pierce & Wick,  Berridge &  Collins, 
W.  H.  Dodge,  Pomeroy Bros.,  O. M.  Smith 
& Co., L.  M.  Brey, J. K. Montrose, Granger 
& Allen,  Dan’l Ryan,  C. A.  Mason  & Co., 
C.  L.  Bartlett & Co.,  Pierce  Bros.  & Co., 
Smith Bridgman & Co., Gotsehall& Haynes.
Others  will  sign  whom  I did  not  see. 
When  will you come?

Respectfully,  S a m ’e  M o f f e t t .

SUMMONED  BY  TELEGRAPH.

F l in t,  Feb.  28,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

Come to-morrow—Tuesday,  March 1.

S a m ’l M o f f e t t .

P refers  th e   D a te s S elected.

Gk e e n n il l e ,  Feb.  26,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —I notice in  your  answer  to a 
communication  from  Oceana  county  that 
you say that our convention  does not  con­
flict with the G. A.  R. Encampment.  You 
are undoubtedly led to make  this statement 
from seeing the first call sent  out by the G. 
A.  R. officers, which  was  wrong  and  has 
since been corrected by them.  Their  meet­
ing commences on March 15,  as  does  ours, 
but in place of being  objectionable,  I think 
it advantageous—unless, of  course,  Grand 
Rapids is unable to provide accommodations 
for delegates to both meetings at once, which 
I hardly think is true.  Our  State  Associa­
tion will have 125 to 150  delegates,  if fully 
represented. 
I have attended the last four 
Annual Encampments of the G. A.  R.,  and 
while they may have 800 delegates,  I  have 
never  seen  to  exceed  500,  and  think 400 
nearer the number who will be present. 
If 
Grand Rapids can provide  the  accommoda­
tion,  I believe  it  preferable  to  hold  both 
meetings at the same time,  as  now  called, 
for then we could  see  our  old  comrades, 
transact our business,  and  get  home  in  a 
much shorter time.  Yours truly,

L. W.  S p r a g u e , 
Pres. Greenville B.  M. A.

The  last  issue  of  the Pittsburg Gh'occr 
comprised sixty-six pages  and  cover, eacli 
form being printed  in  a  different  colored 
ink.  For a journal less than  four  months 
old, the Orocer has taken  long  strides  to­
ward the front rank.

Association Notes.

The Ionia Business Men’s  Protective As­
sociation has changed its name to the  Ionia 
Business Men’s Exchange.

Frankfort Express:  The  Business  Men’s 
Association  has  appointed  a  committee  to 
consider the  best  means  of  procuring  fire 
protection for the village.

Secretaries  of  local  associations  should 
report to the State  Secretary the  names  of 
delegates selected to attend the March  con­
vention,  as soon as the selection is made,  in 
order that reduced  rate  certificates  may be 
forwarded  them.

The fourth Delinquent  List  of  the  Mer­
chants’ Protective Association  of  Big Rap­
ids  is one of the largest and most complete 
local sheets ever issued. 
It  bears  evidence 
of  careful  compilation  and  will  prove  of 
much  value  to  the  business  men  of  Big 
Rapids.

Dr. Y.  Sinz, the  Trent  druggist,  writes 
as follows  relative to  the  newly-organized 
Casnovia, Bailey and Trent Business Men’s 
Association: 
“Am perfectly satisfied with 
the  Association, as I  have  already  made 
several  collections  of  from ten to  fifteen 
years’ standing.  Got my money  back,  long 
ago,  with interest.”

East Jordan Enterprise:  The  Business 
Men’s Association at Traverse City is doing 
good in the way of relief work.  They have 
committees  to  receive  contributions  and 
look  up  such  as  are in  destitute circum­
stances and unable to work and render them 
such aid as they need.  This  is  a  move  in 
the right direction,  and we  think  it  might 
be well for our Business Men’s  Association 
to look up the same thing in our village and 
see if there is not need of some such  move­
ment here.

Thirty-four persons,  representing  eight­
een towns,  met at St,  Paul  on  February 23 
and  organized  the  Northwestern  Retail 
Dealers’ Association,  to be  composed of re­
tail dealers of meat,  bread,  wood  or  coal. 
Robert M.  Floyd was present and  gave  the 
convention a talk on adulterated foods.  Of­
ficers were elected and the private collection 
scheme of a St.  Paul man  adopted  for  the 
use of the members of the Association.  The 
next meeting will be held at Minneapolis on 
July 12.

The  organization  of  Sherman and  Hart­
ford increases the number of  local  associa­
tions to  an even sixty.  Two more  associa­
tions—South  Boardman  and  Muir—have 
affiliated with the State body, which  swells 
the number of  affiliated  association  to  44 
and the total auxiliary membership to 1,324. 
The editor of T h e   T r a d e s m a n  will organ­
ize Otsego on  Monday  evening,  Flint  on 
Tuesday evening, Battle Creek on  Wednes­
day evening,  and  other  appointments  will 
be made for Thursday and Friday evenings. 
The officers of  the  State  Association  hope 
to see the number of  associations  increased 
to  75,  and  the  auxiliary  membership  to 
1,500, by the opening of  the  State conven­
tion on March  15.

A   P ro m isin g  F ield.

First Patent  Medicine  Inventor—How  is 
your cough  remedy  selling,  Dr.  Duckling?
Second  Patent  Medicine  Inventor—Fair­
ly, fairly; but it is not likely to set the coun­
try on fire. 
I am thinking of  trying  some­
thing else.

F.  P. M.  I.—Indeed?  Of what nature?
S.  P. M.  I.—A remedy for dyspepsia, 

k  F. P. M.  I.—I should think that that bus­
iness had been overdone.

S. P.  M.  I.—It was,  a few years  ago, but 
there never was a better time  for  putting  a 
remedy of that kind on the market than now.
F.  P.  M.  I.—What makes  you  think  so?
S.  P,  M.  I.—Why,  young  ladies’ cooking 
schools are being organized all over the coun­
pggj
try. 
I’ll 

F.  P. M.  I.—By Jove,  right you are. 

go in witli you.

W a n ts  to Jo in  th e   S ta te   A ssociation.
Bel d ix o ,  Feb.  26,  1887.

E. A. Stowe. G rand Rapids:

D e a r   S ir—I am instructed  by  the Busi­
ness Men’s  Association  of  Belding to cor­
respond with you in  relation  to  the  State 
Association.  What does it cost  to  become 
members of the  State  Association?  What 
are the dues?  What are  the  qualifications 
necessary?  By replying to the  above ques­
tions and also furnishing such  other  infor­
mation as  would  seem  to  you  desirable, 
you will greatly oblige, 

Yours truly,

O.  F .  W e b s t e r .

Five  Delegates  from  Coop'ersville.

Co o per sv ille,  Feb.  28,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —At our  regular  meeting,  last 
Friday evening,  the following were  elected 
delegates to attend the  State  convention  in 
your  city  March  15  and  16:  R.  D.  Mc- 
Naughton,  G.  W.  Watrous,  W. R.  Boying- 
ton,  Wm.  Mines and A.  Wagner.

Yours respectfully,

R.  I).  McN a u g iito x,  Sec’y.
A New Attraction.

First  Shopper—Como  into  Bigg’s  store 
with me a  moment,  dear,  and  then  we’ll 
go home together.

Second Shopper—I don’t think I have got 

time to stop.

clerk say “Cash?”

First Shopper—Have you  heard  the  new 

Second Shopper—Lead on,  my dear.
“Now you tell me that I have a fair mem­
ory,  a great capacity for learning languages, 
a large bump of veneration,  and  a  well-de­
veloped head,  generally.”  “You have,” said 
the phrenologist.  4 ‘Is there anything, ” asked 
the man under examination,  in  the  exuber­
ance of his  joy,  “that  my  head  needs  to 
make it absolutely perfect?” “ Yes.”  “What 
is it, pray?”  asked the man.  “A shampoo.”
A lady had some goods sent home, mark­
ed C.  O. D,  A little nine, year-old  girl  ex­
claimed:  “I  know  what  C.  O.  D.  means: 
Call on dad.’  Which  was  singularly  near 
the mark.

EXPANSIVE b i t s .

dis
dis

30
25

.......dis
.......dis
.......dis
.......dis
__ dis
.......dis

60&10
60&10H0&10
60&10
55&10
50

f il e s —New List.
A m erican File A ssociation  List
D isston’s ........................................
New  A m erican.................... 
7
Nicholson’s .......
H eller’s .................’....'.7.7.7.7.7.
H eller’s  H orse R asps...................
GALVANIZED  IRON,
14 

Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 

70
40&10
45

12 

28
18

HINGES.

22 and  24,  25 and 26, 

27
15
13 
D iscount, Ju n ia ta  50@10, Charcoal 60.
GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 
dis
- HAMMERS.
Maydole & Co.’s ......................
...........dis
K ip’s ......................................... .
.......... dis
Yerkes  &  Plum b’s .................
.......  ..d is
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.......
.......... 30 c list 50
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast Steel 
H and. .30 c 40&10
h a n g e r s.
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood track   50&10
Champion,  an ti-friction........................dis  60&10
40
Kidder, wood  tra c k .................................dis 
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,  3................................. dis 
60
S tate.............................................. per 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 %.........
8*
...n e t 
7*
Screw Hook and Eye  % .........
...n e t 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.......
.. .n et 
7*
Strap and  T .............................
..d is
30
Stam ped Tin W are......................................  
25
Japanned Tin  W are................................ 
25
G ranite  Iron  W are............................. .... 
G rub  1...................................... .'____
*11  00, dis 60 
G rub  2.............................................
,  11  50, dis 60 
G rub 3........................................... .
.  12 00, dis 60
KNOBS—NEW  LIST 
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s...
55
...d is 
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings............
Door, porcelain, plated  trim m in g s.......
Door, porcelain,  trim m ings.....................
D raw er and  Shutter,  porcelain......... dis
P icture, H.  L. Judd &  Co.’s ......................

HOLLOW  WARE.

HOES.

............................................dis
LOCKS—DOOR.

Russell & Irw in Mfg. Co.’s new list..d is
Mallory, W heeler &  Co.’s ..................... dis
B ranford’s ............................................... dis
Norwalk’s ..........................................7! dis
LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.
MATTOCKS.
Adze  E ye...................................
H unt  E ye................................... 
...
H u n t’s ....................................... 7.*18  50dis20& 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.......
dis  60
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ....................................dis  40
Coffee,P.S.&W .M fg.Co.’sM alleables  ..  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, F erry & Clark’s ..............  dis  40
Coffee,  E n terp rise.....   ...............................dis  25

.*16 00  dis 
..... 
.*15 00  dis

MAULS.
MILLS.

...d is  70

... 

MOLASSES GATES.

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

NAILS—IRON.

Common, B ra  and Fencing.

Cd

4d 
1* 
2 00

8d
2*
1  50

lOd to  60d.....................  .......................as keg S3  60
8d and 9 d ad v .................................................. 
2»
Cd and 7d  adv..................................................  
50
4d and 5d  ad v ................................................. 
75
3d  advance.......................................................   1  50
3d fine  advance.
3 00 
Clinch nails,  adv__
1  75
I  lOd 
Finishing 
Size—inches  )  3 
Adv. f  keg 
*1  25 
Steel Nails—2  75.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s P a te n t...
Zinc, w ith brass bottom ........
Brass o r  Copper.....................
R eaper........................................
Olm stead’s ...............................
PLANES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ............
..................... dis  30
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fa n c y .. 
.................... dis  30
Bench, first  q u ality ...............
................dis 40&10
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s,,  wood__ dis20&10
Fry, A cm e........................
............... dis 50&10
Common, polished................................. .dísOO&lO
D ripping.................................... ..............$   a> 
6*
Iro n  and  Tinned...................... .............. dis 
60
Copper Rivets and  B urs....... ............ dis 
60
“A ” Wood’s p atent planished. Nos. 24 to 2 
10  20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27 
9 20

................. dis60&10
...................dis  50-
.................... dis  90
per  gross, *12 n et 
...................   50&1C

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

RIVETS.

PANS.

Broken packs * c  $  tb extra.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, *  in. and  larg er....................................   10*
M anilla................................................................  13*
Steel a n d iro n ..........................................dis
70&10
Try and Bevels.........................................dis
60
M itre  ........................................................dis
20
Com. Smooth.
Com. 
*2  90
2 90
3 00
3 15
3 25
ineh es

Nos. 10 to  14....................................*4  20
Nos. 15 to  17....................................  4 20
Nos. 18 to  21....................................   4  20
Nos. 22 to  24 ....................................   4 20
Nos .25 to  26............................
.  4  40
No. 27........................
.  4 60
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter, over  2 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In  casks of 600 lbs, $   fi>............
In sm aller quansities, $   lb.......
A m erican, all  kinds................... .........dis
Steel, all kinds...................
Swedes, all  k in d s........................ .........dis
Gimp and  Lace............................ .........dis
Cigar Box  N ails.......................... .........dis
Finishing  Nails.  ........................ .........dis
Common and P aten t  B rads................ dis
H ungarian Nails and M iners’ T acks.dis
T runk and Clout N ails.......................... dis
Tinned T runk and Clout N ails...........dis
Leathered C arpet  T acks..................... dis

TACKS.

55ü
6
60
60
60
60
50
50

12 50
16 00
50
17

T IN N E R ’S SO LDER.
No. 1,  Refined...............................
M arket H alf-and-half............................
Strictly H alf-and-half...........................

T IN   PLATES.

rates.

T IN — LEA DED .

Cards for  Charcoals, *6  75.
10x14, C harcoal..........................
IC,
...  5 75
IX,
10x14,Chareoal........................
25
IC,
12x12, Charcoal..........................
...  6 25
7 75
IX,
12x12,  Charcoal  ........................
ft
1C,
14x20, C harcoal..........................
7 *>5
IX,
14x20,  Charcoal..........................
IXX,
14x20, Charcoal...............   ......... ...  8 7.5
IXXX, 14x20, Charcooi........................
...  10 7T
IXXXX , 14x20,  Charcoal........................
55
IX,
20x28, Charcoal............................
50
DC, 
100 P late C harcoal........................ ...  6
100 Plate Charcoal........................ ...  8 50
DX, 
DXX.  100 P late Charcoal........................ . . . 1 0
50
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoai.....................
. . . 1 2
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1  50  to  6
Roofing 14x20, IC ....................................
25
Roofing 14x20,  IX .................................
...  6 75
Roofing 20x28,  IC ...................................... ...  1 1 00
Roofing 20x28,  IX ...............................
...  14 00
TC, 14x2( , choice Charcoal  T erne.......... ....  5 50
IX, 14x30, choice Charcoal  T ern e................7  00
1C, 20x23, choice  Charcoal T ern e................. 11 00
IX , 20x28, choice Charcoal  T ern e............   14  OO
Steel, G am e........................................................G0&1O
OneidaJCommuntity,  Newhouse’s ..........dis  35
Oneida Com m unity, Hawley & N orton’s. .60&1O
H otchkiss’  ........................................................60&1&
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s .....................................60&10
Mouse,  choker.......................................... 18c #  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................. *1  5 0 $  doz
B right M arket....................................................  dis 67*
A nnealed M arket...................................dis 
70
Coppered M arket.................................................dis 62*
E x tra Bailing...............................................  dis  55
Tinned  M arket.................................................... dis 62*
Tinned  Broom ............................................. $  a>  09
.............$fl> 8*
Tinned M attress.
Coppered  Spring Steel...........
50
.............dis 
Tinned Spring S teel................
............ dis 40&1Ô
Plain F ence...............................
............... $fl> 
3
Barbed Fence, galvanize«!__
.......................4  40
p ain ted ..........
...................... 3 65
«Copper........................................
,.... new  list net 
B rass...........................................
.......new  list net
WIRE GOODS.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

“ 

“ 

•* 

•* 

Red oak flour bbl. stav es..............M
Elm 
..............M
W hite oak tee staves, s’d and j ’t.M
W hite oak pork bbl.
M
Produce barrel sta v es..........
.M  * 
T ight bbl, and h’ds to m atch.
M
HEADS.
Tierce  heads,  sq u a re............
.$ M  
............
P ork bbl. “ 
*• 
.$  M
Produce barrel, s e t.................
F lour 
* •.................
“ 
Cull  wood  beading.................
HOOPS.
W hite oak and hickory tci 
W hite oak and hickory  “
H ickory  flour  bbl............
Ash, round  “ 
**............
Ash, flat racked, 6¡4 f ’t . .. 
Coiled  elm ..........................
BAR HE!

®   6 2 i 
@  5  25 
@20 00 
@18  00 
@ 4 50 
@17  50
@20  00 ' 
@18  00 I
4
4%
3*
, 8 f ’t.  M  19 00@12 00
7 * f’t.M 9  00® 11 00
.......... M 6  00®  7 00
.......... M 5 50®  6 00
.......... M 3 50©  4 50
5 00®  3 1«

“ 

“ 

lard tierces, ha
Beef and lard, *  bbls.,
Custom, oue head...............
F l o u r ....... .............................
Produce  __ ♦........................

L9  follows: 
l e .............. .1  00@1
ad  m ade.. .1  15@1

.1 00@1 10 
.  30@  35 
.  25©  30

W O O D E N W A R E.

.........4  75
.........3  75
35
.........1  60
.......4  00
.........3 00
........ 2  50
.......1 00
.........  75
.........  50
.........2 25
.........  60
....... 1 00
.........1  75

Standard  Tubs, No. 1...................
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3....................
Standard Pails, two hoop............
Standard Pails, th ree hoop.........
Pails, ground wood 
................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes........
B u tter  Pails, ash ...........................
B u tter L adles.................................
Rolling P in s....................................
P otato  M ashers............................. .
Clothes P ounders..........................
C lothesP ins....................................
Mop Stocks...................................... ;
W ashboards, single......................
W ashboards, double......................
Diam ond  M arket..........................
40
Bushel, narrow  b an d ...................................... ........................
..1  60
Bushel, wide band.............................................i  751  Hemaoi'te
Clothes, splint,  No. 1........................................3  50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2............................ ...  .'. 4  25
Clothes, splint,  No. 3 ........................................ 5  00
Clothes, willow  No. 1...................................".'.".".'.'.5 50
Clothes, willow  No. 2..................................  ’" «  50
Clothes, willow  No. 3....................................            7 50
W ater  Tight, b u .........................................’ 

BASKETS.

" 3

“ 

h u ll'b u ....................... . . . . . " . . i .2  8i

“ 
H A R D W O O D   L U M B ER .

@10 00

@25  00
@13  00

The fu rn itu re  factories  here  pay  as  follows 

fo r dry stock:
Basswood, log-run.....................................12 00®14 00
Birch, lo g -ru n ............................................ 15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and  2...............................  
Black Ash, log-run...............................  
Cherry,  log-run..........................................25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  3................................. 45  00@50 00
Cherry,  cu ll...........................................  
Maple,  log-run............................................12 00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run................................. 11  00@13 00
@20 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............  
@25  00
Maple, clear, flooring.......................... 
Maple, w hite, selected.......... ............. 
@25  00
© is  00
RedOak, log-run................................... 
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 ................ 
©55  00
W alnut, log-run....................................  
©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 hitewood,  log-run............................ 
©23  00
@17  00
W hite  Oak, log-run:............................ 

 

“ 

“ 

COAL  A N D   B U IL D IN G   M A TE R IA LS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

Ohio W hite Lime, p er  bbl..................... 
1  00
85
Ohio W hite Lime, car lo ts..................... 
Louisville Cem ent,  p er b b l................... 
130
A kron Cement per  b b l.......................... 
1  30
Buffalo Cement,  per b bl........................ 
1  30
.......................1  05@1  10
Car lots 
P lastering hair, p er b u ..........................  25®  30
175
Stucco, per b b l.......................................... 
Land plaster, per to n .............................. 
3  50
Land plaster, car lo ts.............................  
2  50
F ire brick, p er  M....................................*25 @ *35
F ire clay, per  bbl....................................  
3 00
A nthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .*5 75@6 00 
A nthracite, stove and  n u t, car lo ts..  6  00@6 25
Cannell,  car lots..................................... 
@6 00
Ohio Lump, car  lots.............................   3  10@3 25
B tossburgor  Cum berland, car lots..  4  50©5 00 
Portland  C em ent...................................  3 50@4 00

COAL.

I f o a r b w a r e .

 

 

 

dis 

BELLS.

BOLTS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST.

AUGERS AND BITS.

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

prom ptly and buy in fu ll  packages.
Ives’,  old  sty le.............................................dis  GO
60
N.  H. C. Co....................................................dis 
60
Douglass’.......................................................dis 
P ierces’ ...................................... 
60
dis 
Snell’s ............................................................ dis 
00
Cook’s  ..........................................................dis 
40
Jennings’,  gen u in e.....................................dis 
25
Je nnings’,  im itation.................................dis50&10
Spring............................................. 
40
R a ilro a d ........................................................... * 14  00
G arden...............................................7 . 7 . n et 33  OO
Ha n d ................................................ dis  *  60&10&10
70
Cow.....................................................dis 
30&15
£ al1.....................................................dis 
G o n g ...............  
..............................dis 
25
Door. S a rg e n t..................................dis 
80&10
Stove............-•...........................................d is*
60 70 
Carriage  new  list........................  
dis
Flow  ........................................................ [dis
40 
Sleigh Shoe............................................... dis
70 
W rought B arrel  B olts................. 7 . ..'dis
60 
Cast  Barrel B olts.............................7 7  dis
40 
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................. .'.'dis
40 
Cast Square Spring......................... 
dis
60 
Cast  C h a in ..........   ................................ .dis
40 
W rought Barrel, brass  k n o b.............. dis
60 
W rought S q u a re.......  ...... 
dis
60 
W rought Sunk F lu sh............................dis
60
W rought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
T  F lu sh .....................................................dis
60&10
Ives  D oor................................................
60&10
B a rk e r..................................................... d is*  
40
B ackus-....................................................dis 
50&10
Spofford....................................................dis 
50
Am. Ball...................................................dis 
n et
Well, p lain ..................................................... $  3 53
W ell,sw ivel........................................4  00
Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis  70&I0
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed.........dis  70&I0
Cast Loose Jo in t, genuine bronzed..dis  60&10 
W rought Narrow , bright fast  jo in t..d is  60&10
W rought  Loose  P in .............................dis  60&10
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip ........... dis  60& 5
W roughtLoose Pin, jap an n ed ............dis  60& 5
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, sil vet
W rought Table....................................... dis  60&10
W rought  Inside  Blind......................... dis  60&10
W rought B rass....................................... dis 
75
80
Blind, Clark’s .......................................... dis 
Blind, P ark er’s ...................................... dis 
80
Blind,  Shepard’s ...................................... dis 
701
Ely’s 1-10............................................     .p er  m * 65
60
H ick’s C. F .............................................. 
G. D ..... ....................................................  
35
M usket...................................................... 
(jo
Rim Fire, IT. M.C. & W inchester  new  list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States...........................disaO&lO
Central  F ire .................................................disSO&lO
Socket F irm er........................................ dis  70&10
Socket  F ram ing.....................................dis  70&10
Socket  C orner.........................................dis  70&10
Socket Slicks......................................... 
  dis 70&10
B utchers’Tanged  F irm er.....................dis 
40
B arton’s Socket  F irm ers.......................dis 
20
Cold............................................................net
Curry,  Law rence’s .................  . .......... dis
H otchkiss  ...................................
.........dis
Brass,  Racking’s ........................
Bibb’s ...........................................
B e e r...............................................
Fenns’...............................
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cu t to size.......
14x52,14x56,14 x60.................
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...
Cold Rolled, 14x48.....................
Morse’s Bit  Stock.....................
T aper and S traight S hank.......
Morse’s T aper  S hank................
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ......................
C o rrugated................................... .......... dis
A d ju stab le...................................

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

40&10
25
60
60
40&10
60

CATRIDGES.

dis 60&5|

ELBOWS.

CHISELS.

DRILLS

COMB9.

COCKS.

CAPS.

WRENCHES.

70&10&10
70&10&1Ü
70&10&10
70&10&10

B rig h t................................................. dis
Screw E yes.........................................dis
Hook’s ............................................... dis
G ate Hooks  and  E yes....................dis
B axter’s A djustable,  nickeled..........
..  31
Coe’s G enuine......................................... dis
50
..  23
23  Coe’sP a te n t A gricultural, w rought, dis 
75 
..  23
231  Coe’s  P atent, m alleable...................... dis  75&10
.........dis
40
50
B ird cag es...................................................... 
40
.........dis
Pum ps,  C istern......................................dis 
70
.........dis
40
75
Screws,  new   list.......................................... 
Casters,* Bed  and  P la te ......................dis50&10&10
...d o z net $.85
Dam pers, A m e ric a n ................................... 
40
2Ü&10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.60&10&10 
.........dis H &10
Copper  B ottom s........................................ 
73«

MISCELLANEOUS.

▲  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED  EACH 

W EDNESDAY.

K.  A .  S T O W E   &  B K O ., P r o p r ie to r s .

Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. 

Telephone No. 85.

lEntered  at  the  PosUiMce  at  Grand  Rapid*  at 

S eco n d -cu iM a tter.1

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  2,  1887.

M ichigan  B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—E. J. Herrick, Grand Rapids. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.
Executive Committee—President, First Vice-President, 
Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Kelsey.
Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City;  P. Ranney, Kalamazoo ;  A.  W.  W estgate,  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 follow ing local associations have m ostly 
been  organized  under  th e  auspices  o f  th e 
Michigan Business Men’s A ssociation, and  are 
auxiliary thereto:

. 

A da  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, D. F. Watson;  Secretary, Elmer Chapel.
A lleg an   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

B ella! re  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, John Rodgers;  Secretory, G. J. Noteware.
M e rc h a n t’s P ro te c tiv e  Ass’n o f B ig   K apids. 
President, N. H. Beebe;  Secretory, A. S. Hobart.

B oyne  C ity  B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 

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

B u rr  O ak  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, C. B. Galloway;  Secretory, H. M. Lee.
C ad illac  B u sin ess  M en’s  A s’n. 

President, A. W. Newark;  Secretary, J. C. Me Adam.
C asnovia,  B a iley   a n d   T re n t  B .  M.  A. 
President, H. E. Hesseltine;  Secretory, E. Fnmliam.
C edar  S p rin g s  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, T. W. Provin;  Secretary, L. H. Chapman.
C h arlev o ix   B usiness  M en’s A ssociation. 

b o y gan.

President, John Nichols;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
B u sin ess  M en’s  P ro te c tiv e   U nion  o f  C he­
President, J. H. Tuttle;  Secretory, H. G. Dozer.
C oopersville  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, E. N. Parker;  Secretary, R. D. McNuughton.
R e ta il G rocers’T rad e U nion A s’n o f D e tro it. 
President, John Blessed;  Secretary, H. Kundinger.
D o rr  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, L. N. Fisher;  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.

E ast p o rt  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake.
E lk  R a p id s B usiness M en’s P ro te c tiv e  A s’n. 
President, J. J. McLaughlin;  Secretary, C. L. Martin.
E ra n k fo rt  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Win. Upton;  Secretory, K. R. Chandler.

F re e p o rt  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Foster Sisson;  Ser'y, Arthur Cheseborough.
G ran d   H av en   B u siness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, Fred. D. Voss;  Secretary, Fred A. Hutty.

R e ta il  G rocers’  A ss’n  o f G ran d   R ap id s. 

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

G reen v ille  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

H a rtfo rd   B usines  M en’s A ssociation. 

President, V. E. Manley;  Secretary, I. B. Barne*.

H astings  B usiness  Mefi’s  A ssociation. 

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

H o llan d   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jacob Van Putten;  Secretory, A. Van Duren.
Io n ia   B usiness  M en’s  P ro te c tiv e   A ss’n. 
President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Secretory,  Fred. Cutler, Jr.
K alam azoo  R e ta il G rocers’ A ssociation. 

President, P. Ranney;  Secretary, M. S. Scoville.

K a lk a sk a   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

K ingsley  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, C. H. Camp; Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster.

L eslie  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Wm. Hutchings;  Secretory, M. L. Campbell.
L o w e ll  B u s in e s s   M e n ’s  P r o t e c t iv e   A ss ’n . 
President, N. B. Blain;  Secretary, Frank T.  King.

L u th e r  P ro te c tiv e   A s’n.

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

Lyons  B usiness  M en’s  A s’n. 

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

M a n c e lo u a   B u s in e s s   M e n ’s  A s s o e ia tio n . 

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

M a n is liq u e   B u s in e s s  M e n ’s  A s s o c ia tio n . 

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

>1 a u to n ’s  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

M u ir  B usiness  M en’s  A ssoeiation. 

President, L. Town;  Secretory. Elmer Ely.____________
G r o c e r s ’  A s s ’n  o f   t h e   C ity   o f   M u s k e g o n . 
President, H. B,  Fargo;  Secretary,  Wm. Peer.________

M e rc h a n t’s  U nion  o f N ash v ille. 

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

O ceana  B usiness  M en’s  A s’n. 

President,  W. E. Thorp;  Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling.

Ovid  B u sin ess  M en’s  A s’n.

President, C. H- Hunter;  Secretory. Lester Cooley.
O w o sso   B u s in e s s   M e n ’s  A s s o c ia tio n . 

President, Jas. Osburn ;  Sec’y, S. Lamfrom.___________

P elo sk e y   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, Jas. Buckley;  Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

P la in w e li  B u siness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, M. Bailey;  Secretary, J. A. Sidle.___________
R e e d  C ity   B u sin ess  M en’s A sso ciatio n . 
President, C. J. Fleischauer; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins.

R ockford  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Geo. A. Sage;  Secretory, J. M. Spore._______
St. C h arles  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, B. J. Downing;  Secretary, E. E. Burdick.
St. J o h n s  M e rch an ts’ P ro te c tiv e  A ssociation. 
President, H. L. Kendrick;  Secretory, C. M. Merrill.___
B u sin ess M en’s P ro te c tiv e  Ass’n o f S aranac. 
President,  Geo. A. Potts;  Secretory, P. T. Williams.

S ooth  B o a rd  infill  B usiness  M en’s  A ss’n. 

President, H. E. Hogan;  Secretory, 8. E. Niehardt.
So. A rm  an d  E . J o rd a n  B usiness M en’s A s’n. 
President, D. C. Loveday;  Secretary, C. W. Sutton.

S h erm an   B u sin ess M en’s A ssociation. 
President, H. B. Sturtevant;  Secretory, W, Q. Shane.

S p arta  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

S tu rg is  B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, Henry S. Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jom.
T rav erse  C ity  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, Geo. Ê. Steele ;  Secretary. C. T. Lockwood.
T u stin   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, G. A. Estes;  Secretory, Geo. W. Bevins.
V erm o n tv ille   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President, W. H. Benedict;  Secretory, W. E. Holt.

W ay lan d   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President. E. W.  Pickett;  Secretary, H. J. Turner.
W h ite   L ak e  B usiness  M en’s A s’n. 

President, A. T. Linderman, Whitehall;  Secretory,  W. 
B. Nicholson, Whitehall._______________________
W o o d lan d   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, John Veltc;  Secretory, I. N. Harter.
--------------------------------------- -----— ------1-----------
President, John Katz;  Secretory, Chas. Velite.

G ran d   R a p id s  B u tc h e rs’  U nion. 

If Thou  Seeketh  a  Beautiful  £Iome  Be­

MANTON.

hold it Here.

We have oft referred to the many  advan­
tages  offered  to  capital  and  labor in  this 
vicinity,  but  again  let  us  call  attention 
briefly to the things we enjoy  and  are will­
ing  to share with others,  in fact,  we invite, 
cordially, all to come.  We claim that Man- 
ton  and  vicinity  offer  inducements  for  a 
greater variety of investments than any other 
locality  outside  of  Northern  Michigan, 
and  is second to none  fn  this  part  of  the 
State.  We claim also 

Productive soil,
No better markets,
A healthy climate,
Good shipping facilities,
Schools that are the best.
Building materials,  cheap,
The purest and best water,
Beligious and secret societies,
Plenty of work and good wages,
Business and resident lots, cheap,
An intelligent and progressive people, 
Fine trout brooks  with  an  abundance  of 
fish,
Deer,  partridges and other game  in  good 
variety,
'Land in any quantities  at  reasonable fig­
ures and on easy terms,
Birds-eye  and  curly  maple,  basswood, 
elm,  pine,  and nearly every variety of hard­
wood timber used by manufactories.
Any  information  not  mentioned  above 
may be ascertained  by  writing,  or  calling 
upon, 
Secretary Manton Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion.

R .  F u l l e r ,

Hartford in Line on Organization.

The business men of  Hartford celebrated 
Washington’s  Birthday  by  forming one of 
the  most  promising  and,  comparatively 
speaking,  strongest  organizations  in  the 
State.  The editor of T h e  T r a d e s m a n  act­
ed as master of ceremonies.  At the conclu­
sion of bis explanation of the aims  and  ob­
jects  of  organized  effort,  I.  B.  Barnes 
moved that the formation of  an  association 
be immediately  proceeded with, which was 
adopted,  when  the  following  gentlemen 
handed in their names for charter  member­
ship:  J. Oppenheim,  M.  C.  Conklin,  V. 
E.  Manley, F.  Ingraham,  A.  McIntosh,  I. 
B. Barnes, Butler A Roberts, L.P.Husen, L. 
R. Hinsdill, G. T.  Chamberlain,  Fred.  F. 
Allen,  C.  E.  Osborn, John Gross,  Geo. Wil- 
kenson,  Chas. Northrup.

The constitution and  by-laws  printed in 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  last  week  were adopted 
for the government of the Association.

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—V.  E.  Manley.
Vice-President—Geo. T.  Chamberlain.
Secretary—I. B. Barnes.
Treasurer—A.  Oppenheim.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  Treasurer,  C.  E.  Osborn and L.  R. 
Hinsdill.

The election of the  Business  Committee 

was deferred until the next meeting.

The Blue Letter and other blanks  recom­
mended by T h e   T r a d e s m a n   were  adopt­
ed for the use of the collection  department, 
and the Executive Committee was initructed 
to procure the printing of the same.

The  editor  of  the  Day  Spring was re­
quested to print  thé  constitution  and  by­
laws in full in the  next  issue of his paper, 
after which the meeting adjourned.

In company with the officers of the Asso­
ciation  the  editor  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
called, the day following, on every business 
man who was not present  at  the  meeting, 
which resulted in the securing of the follow­
ing members:  W. A.  Engle,  W.  D.  Cod- 
man,  Chas. Mortimer,  Ed.  Finley,  Bennett 
& Palmer, H.  P.  Phelps,  II.  D.  Forsyth, H. 
L.  Gleason,  E.  Hemingway,  Ocabock  & 
Thompson,  S. F.  Warren, J.  S. lleald, Geo. 
W. Merriman.

This gives the  Association a  total  mem-
bership of 28,  which 
includes  every  busi­
ness man in the place.  Look out for good 
results from Hartford!
Organization  of  the  Sherman  Business 

Men’s Association.

T r a v e r s e   Cit y ,  Feb.  17,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids:

D e a r  S ir—1  have  just  returned  from 
Sherman,  where I assisted,  last  evening,  in 
the organization of an Association.  While 
small in numbers,  it is destined  to do good 
work  in  the  future.  The  meeting  was 
called to order by J.  H. Wheeler, temporary 
chairman, who called upon me to  state  the 
objects of the local work.  After hastily re­
viewing the work done  by  similar  bodies, 
fully explaining  our  aims  and  purposes, 
hinting of  possibilities  that lay before the 
business  men  of  Sherman  through  their 
combined  action, II.  B.  Sturtevant  arose 
and, after expressing  himself  decidedly in 
favor of sucli an organization,  citing  cases 
where reforms were needed,  moved  that an 
Association be formed  at once.  The con­
stitution was adopted as read, and the mem­
bership  made  upon  the  individual  basis. 
The  election  resulted  in  the 
following 
named officers:
President—II. B. Sturtevant,
Vice-President—B. II.  Rose.
Secretary—W. G.  Shane.
Treasurer—F. D. Hopkins.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary, Treasurer, E.  B.  Stanley  and W.  J. 
Austin.
The  regular  blanks  of  the  Association 
were adopted,  a vote of thanks was tendered 
me and the meeting adjourned.  The  Asso­
ciation is well officered  and  will  do  good 
work.
The  firm of  Gilbert,  Hopkins &  Co. has 
inaugurated the cash  system in its business 
and has no desire to return to the old  credit 
system.
The  merchants  of  Sherman  have  very 
large,  well-kept  stocks,  and  are  alive to 
their best interests.  The railroad interests 
are  uppermost  there, as  in  all  Northern 
Michigan  towns.  The C.  &  W. M. may 
well seek an  outlet  through  that  section. 
The magnificent  hardwood  forests, the fer­
tility of soil, the improved  farms that lie in 
the vicinity of  Sherman,  rank  above  any­
thing I have seen.
On  my  way  out  1  called  upon  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n ’s  old 
friend,  W.  H.  H. 
Brownson,  and he accompanied me to Sher­
man.  He is a strong advocate of this work, 
and a member of the Traverse City  organiz­
ation.  His ifc a royal good  place to stop at. 
Never pass his house;  a warm welcome will 
await you. 

Yours truly,

F r a n k  H a m il t o n .

L.  M.  CARY.

CAR*? <& LOVERIDGE,

L.  L.  LOVE R ID G E .

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Combination and Time Locks,

11 Ionia Street, 

-• 

(Irani Rapids, Mich.

DO YOU WANT A

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

S. HETMÁN & BON, 48 Call St, Grand Rapiûs.
R I M ,  BERTSCU & CO.
BOOTS  A2TD  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

AGENTS  FOR THE

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14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

OIL & GASOLINE CANS,

Wltn Wood Jaol^et,

LATEST  IMPROVEMENTS  FOR  1887.

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ORAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Manufactured by the Adams & Westlake Mfg. Co., Chicago.

PRESENTS  WITH

BAKING  POWDERS
White  Star  Baking  Powder.
Decorated China given with each can

Order a Case.

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., Grand Rapids.

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS;
W holesale  Grocers?

Im p o rters  axxcL

Sole Agents for

dark and light.
bacco.
Coffees.

Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. 
Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch# 
“Jolly  Tar”  Celebrated  Plug  Tobacco, 
Jolly  Time”  Celebrated  Fine  Cut  To­
Dwinell,  Hayward  &  Co.’s  Roastecr 
Thomson  &  Taylor’s  Magnolia  Coffee. 
Warsaw Salt Co.’s Warsaw Salt.
“ Benton ” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. 
“ Van  Camp”  Tomatoes,  Indianapolis* 
“Acme ” Sugar Corn, Best in the World.
In addition to a full line  of staple groceries, we are the 
only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment 
of fancy groceries and table delicacies. 
f
Mail orders  are  especially  solicited, which  invariably 
secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.

25,27 and 29 Ionia St. and 51,53,55,57 and 59 Island Sts.,

Grand Haplds, Mien. 

*

JOBBERS  IN

SPRING & COMPANY»
DRY  GOODS.
Hosiery, Carpets, Etc.
6 id  8  Monroe St, Grand Rapids.

P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S ,
Hides, Purs, W ool & Tallowf

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  122  a n d   124  LO U IS  S T R E E T .  G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

SNOW-SHOVELS,
SLEDS, 
0
FIRE-KINDLERS,
FOR  SALE  BY 
CURTISS A  DUNTON>

.

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Report.

M EANING  OK  PHRASE  “ CONTAINED  IN .”
A  policy  of  insurance  against  fire  and 
lightning of horses  “contained in” a certain 
bam of the  insured  was  held  to  cover  the 
loss of one of the horses struck by lightning 
while in a pasture  on  the  same  farm.  So 
held by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

CONTRACT  OF 

LEA SE  —  M EANING  OF 

“ PL A N T .”

The goods in a promiscuous country store 
cannot properly be denominated  either  fixt­
ures or tools essential to the conduct of  the 
business of a mill to saw and  plane lumber, 
and are not covered by the word “plant” in a 
contract of lease,  according  to  the  decision 
of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

MISDESCRIPTION  OF  PROPERTY.

Where a misdescription  of  property was 
written in an application  for  insurance  by 
an agent of the insurance  company without 
the knowledge or  consent  of  the  insured, 
the Supreme Court  of  Indiana  held,  in  an 
action on the policy after loss, that the com­
pany was  estopped  from  setting  up  such 
misdescription as a defense to the action.

DISCHARGE IN  BANKRUPTCY— SUBSEQUENT 

PROMISE.

In the case  of  llobaugli vs. Murphy,  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  recently 
held that a promise in these words:  “I will 
pay you  every  cent  I  owe you,” or “I owe 
you the note and will pay you every cent of 
it,” where no note  was exhibited  or  other­
wise  specially  referred  to,  nor  amount, 
nor  date,  nor  circumstances  of 
identi­
fication given,  was insufficient to remove the 
bar of a discharge in  bankruptcy,  although 
the evidence showed that there was then no 
indebtedness between the parties except the 
note in  suit.

LIBEL— DISCHARGE  OF  CONDUCTOR.
A  conductor  upon  a  railroad  was  dis­
charged by the superintendent,  who put  up 
in a waiting-room at the depot a notice stat­
ing that the  conductor  (naming  him)  had 
been discharged “for failing to  ring  up  all 
fares  collected.”  The  conductor  brought 
suit against the company for libel and got a 
verdict.  The Supreme Court of Pennslyva- 
nia reversed this judgment,  saying that  the 
words  were  of  a  very  technical character 
and  that,  without  explanation,  they were 
unintelligible.  The failing to  ring  up  the 
fares, the court  said,  might  have  resulted 
from accident, negligence,  physical  inabili­
ty,  or other causes, and did not  necessarily 
Imply fraudulent motive.

BA N K — DEPOSIT— LIABILITY.

A person deposited money in  a  city bank 
to the credit of his country bank for his use, 
this course being  adopted  as  a  means  for 
the  transmission  of  the  funds  to  the  de- 
’ positor’s place of business.  The  city bank 
transferred the funds  to another  city  bank, 
which was the correspondent of the country 
bank,  without any notice  that  the  country 
bank was a trustee for another.  The funds 
were  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  country 
bank,  and on its failure  they  were  applied 
on  its  indebtedness  to  its  correspondent 
bank.  The Supreme Court of  Illinois  held 
that there  was  no  privity of  contract  be­
tween  the  depositor  and  the  second  city 
bank,  and that  he  could  not  maintain  an 
action against that bank,  but had  his action 
against the first-named bank.

Overcrowding in  the  Retail Business.
An investigation  made  under  the  direc­
tion of  the American Economic Association 
lias resulted in the obtaining  of  some facts 
as to the general  condition  of  retail  busi­
ness in  several  states,  but more especially 
Kansas.  Replies received to inquiries made 
by the committee,  chiefly  from  retail deal­
ers, disclose their view of the present status 
•of  their trade,  and  on thejwhole cannot  be 
said to be very encouraging.  The  result of 
the inquiry seems to siiow that  retail  trade 
is  overcrowded.  This  is  more  especially 
the case in cities the  territory  tributary  to 
which is limited,  and in which the chief cus­
tom comes from  the  city  itself. 
In  cities 
where a considerable  section outside of  the 
city can be depended  upon  for  custom  the 
situation is much  better  and  complaint  is 
less frequent.  Out ol'  58  replies  to a ques­
tion as to whether business was good or not, 
44 answered in the negative  and only 14  in 
the affirmative.  The grocery* trade  appears 
to have complained very generally, as 80 per 
cent  of  them report trade bad.  The fact is 
also brought  out  that  while the population 
in  certain towns and cities had increased 20 
per cent,  in five  years,  the  number  of  re­
tailers doing business  had  increased 90 per 
cent.  The Kansas City Times, from  which 
the above facts  are  taken,  in  commenting 
upon them, charges the trouble to there  be­
ing “no money  in  agriculture.”  This  and 
the taxation to which the  farming  class  is 
subjected,  it is added,, are directly  responsi­
ble for the present inactivity.

Hr.  Ilodgson,  the  Liverpool  cheese  bro- 
r,  makes the total shortage  of  cheese  for 
i year ending May 1 next,  550,000  boxes, 
this estimate be correct, there must  be  a 
w but continuous advance in prices.  The 
irerpool cable report has recently advanced 
sixty-four shillings,  showing  a  firmness 
prices in England.  There is  little  doubt 
it the  market  will  soon  reach  fourteen 
its here.

An Incident of the Snow Blockade. 

Daring  the  recent*  ice  blockade  on the 
Traverse  City  braneh  of  the  G.  R. '&  I. 
Railway,  livery men had a rich harvest  car­
rying traveling men from  Walton to  Trav­
erse City.  Sunday  morning  one  of  Mor­
gan’s teams drove up to McCally’s, at Kings­
ley, and deposited nine traveling men, who, 
in  several  different  languages,  demanded 
breakfast before proceeding further.  Lan- 
dreth, the seed man, and Ferry’s distributing 
agent  (he of the  lavender coat and endless 
stories),  were  there;  also  O.,  S. & Co.’s 
own and only Schweikart was there, selling 
T.  T. T.  pork  (and  his  customers). 
In 
charge  of  the  driver,  who  was a deputy 
sheriff,  was a young man on  his way  from 
Walton to the insane asylum.  He was very 
quiet  and  was  allowed  complete  liberty. 
While  the  party  were  in  at  breakfast a 
farmer approached Brewster and asked who 
the party were.  Brewster replied, without 
hesitation,  “Nine  traveling  men and one 
crazy man, on his way to the asylum.”
U pon being  assured  that  such  was  the 
case,  he replied:  “Wall,  I’ve  had that ’ere 
thing told me afore, and I’ve been watching 
them critters for the last half  hour,  and I’ll
be d -----d if I can pick out the crazy cuss!”

C. E.  B r e w s t e r .

Muir Joins the State Body.

Mu ir,  Feb.  23,  1887.

E. A.  Stowe, G rand Rapids:
D e a r   S ir —Herewith  I  hand  you  the 
names of our members and  one  dollar  per 
capita, dues to the State association.
I also send you our  first  Dead-beat  list. 
Our  membership  is  small,  but  “Strength, 
Unity and Activity”  is  our  motto,  and by 
the number of  delinquents  seut,  you  may 
know  that  we  have  been  active.  Every 
member expresses the  highest  satisfaction 
with the results already attained.
Simon Town has been elected  delegate to 
the March meeting of the M.  B.  M. A.,  and 
Geo.  Pringle alternate.
The Muir  and  Lyons  associations  both 
strongly advocate  leaving entirely alone all 
gift and prize schemes in the future.

Yours truly,

L.  A.  E l y , Sec’y.

Reed  City  to be Represented.

R e e d   C it y ,  Feb.  23,  1887.

E.  A.  Stowe,  G rand  Rapids:
D e a r  S ir —The official notice of the con­
vention of the Michigan Business Men’s As­
sociation was read at our meeting last even­
ing,  and it was decided to send one delegate 
to represent  this  Association in  the State 
convention.  Please  send  us  reduced rate 
certificate.
is  prospering  and we 
have already seen very good results from it.

Our  organization 

Respectfully yours,

H.  W.  H a w k i n s ,  Sec’y.

Satisfactory Results in  the  Oceana  Asso­

ciation.

H a rt,  Feb.  23,  1887.

E. A. Stowe. G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —Our Association is prospering 
and  accomplishing  quite  satisfactory  ob­
jects.
I send you with  this  our  second  delin­
quent list,  which is,  probably,  our  largest 
one.

Sleighing is splendid and trade is good.
E.  S.  H o u g h t a l t n g ,  Sec’y.

Yours truly,

TIME  TABLES.
Chicago & W est Michigan.
Leaves. 
♦Mail...................................................   #.10a m 
fDay  ExprenH....................................J2:30pm 
•Night Express..................................11:00 p m  
Muskegon Express............................5:00 pm  

A» rives.
3:65 p w
8:15pm
5:15 am
11:00 am
•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
rnllm&n Sleeping Cars on all night  trains.  Through 
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  without  ex­
tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p.m ., and through coach 
on 8 a. in. and 11 p. in. trains.

N ew aygo  Division.

Leaves. 
Express..............................................3:15 p m 
Express................................................  8:00 am  

Arrive«.
1:60 pm
10:30 am
All trains arrive and depart from  Union Depot.
The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, 
where close connection is  made  witii  F. & 1*. M. trains 
to and from Ludington and Manistee.

W. A. O avp.t t, GenT Pass. Agent.
J. li. Mullikkn,  General  Manager.

10:30 

a in. 1:10 pm

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING  NORTH. Arrives. 
Traverse City Express..................... 
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x..  8:20 a m 
Cincinnati  Express............................7:30 pm
l'etoskey and Mackinaw Express..  3:40 pin 
Saginaw  Express...............................11:25 a m 

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Leaves.
7:00 a in
11:30 a m
5:05 pm
7:20 a m

7:15 am
‘11:15 a m
5:00 pm
7:15 a m  train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 

Saginaw express runs through solid.
7 a m train has chair car for  Traverse  City.  1130  a 
m train has ehalr car for Potoskey and Mackinaw City. 
5:05 p in train has sleeping and chair cars  for Potoskey 
and Mackinaw.
going  sou th.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
Fort Wayne Express........................ 10:30 a iu 
Cincinnati  Express...........................  1:10 pin 
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x.. 11:00 p in 
5:00 p m train has Woodrulf sleeper for Cincinnati.
M uskegon,  Oraml  Rapids  Si  Indiana. 
Leave. 
Arrive.
7:25 a m ....................................................................  8:15 a m
1:00 p in ....................................................................  1:00 pm
6:20plil....................................................................  7:10 pm
Leaving time at  Dridge street  depot 7 minutes later.
O. L. Lockwood. GenT Pass. Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.'
Arrive.

K alam azoo  D ivision.

Leave. 

Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
N.Y. Mail.  N. Y. Ex,
. :45 a m. .Grand Rapids.  9:15 a m 
6:10 p m
1-35 p in 
8:02 a 111. .A llegan...........H:2Sum 
5:00am
5:55 pin 
10:06 a m. .Kalamazoo ...  7:30am  
l.oOpm 
7:05 p ill 
11:35 a ill.  White Pigeon.  5:55 a in 
2:20 pm
8:30 {I III 
5:05 p III. .Toledo............11:00 p m 
9:15 a m
2:20 am  
9:40 p m. .Cleveland.......6:10 pm  
5:35 a m
8:30 IV 111 
11:55 a m   11:10 pm  
3:30 a m ..l!uffalo____
2:50 p 111 
6 :B0 a m
11:30 pm
__ ____ 
6:50 p m ..C hicago... 
5:19 a in
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1  p  in,  carry 
ing passengers as far as  Allegan.  All  trains  daily  ox 
cept Sunday. 

J. W. McKknNHY, General Agent.
Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING  HAST.

Arrives. 

Leaves

tStenmboat  Express..................................... 
^Through  Mail..................................10:40 a m  
10:50 t
♦Evening Express..............................  8:15 p m 3:60 p m
10:55 p m
•Limited  Express................................9:20 p m 
11:00 am
tMixed, with  coach.......................... 
GOING  W EST.
1:10 p m
tMorning  Express.............................  1:05 pm  
tThrougn  Mail...................................  5:00 p m 
5:05 p m
tSteamboat Express.........................10:40 p m
tMixed.................................................  
7:15 a ra
•Night Express.................................. 5:10 a m 
5:35 am

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Passengers taking the  6:25  a in  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 car 
and local sleeping ear from Detroit to Grand  Rapids.
D. Potter, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager Chicago.

6:25 

a m

Michigan Central.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

Detroit Express........................................................   6:15 a m
Day  Express......................................................................  1:10 p m
•Atlantic Express..................................................... 10:10 p m
Mixed........................................................................... 0:50 a m
•Pacific  Express.........................................................6:00 a m
M ail.............................................................................  8:00 pm
Grand  Rapids  Express.................... , ....................10:15 p m
M ixed.........................................................................   5:15 pm
•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. R. R-, (Canada Southern Div.)

D. W. Johnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.
O. W. Kuugi.es, GenT Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago.

Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going West.

7:00am   6:50am ..S t. Ignace—
12:20 p m   8:10 a m. .Seney............
5:30 pm   tt:*0 P £ }  Marquette..

Going East.
SO p m 
5:15 p m 
2:15pm 
2:00 p m 
1:25 p m 
1:10 p m. .Negaunee.... 
.12:58 p m
5:30 p m..Houghton ....  9:20 am
6:50 p in.. H an cock ....... 9:01am
6:35 p m. .Calum et.........8:15 a m

55 p m. .Ishpeming.

Mixed train leaves St. Ignace  at  7 a m:  arrives  Mar­

quette 6:30 pm . 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Marquette.

E. W. ALLEN,

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

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It will pay for itself in a short time.
You cannot afford to do without it.
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W holesale Grocers,

SOlo Agents,

77 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

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Engravers and Printers

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

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

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

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Adulterating Goods.

From  th e Chicago Jo u rn al  of Commerce.

There are many spasmodic complaints  of 
impure, adulterated,  imperfect and unsound 
articles of production offered  to  purchasers 
and  consumers,  and  remedies  asked  for. 
The sugar is adulterated  with  sand  or glu­
cose;  the coifee and spices with various for­
eign cheaper substances;  the  woolen goods 
are part cotton,  or hair or shoddy;  the  silk 
is weighted or stiffened with colors and jute 
and cotton;  the iron is part cinders or  from 
poor  ore;  nails  made  from  scrap  and old 
rails;  steel is anything but steel;  our silver 
is platinum or  zinc, or  sterling  or  nickel; 
our gold is copper and zinc,  and in  and  sil­
ver and lead;  in short  the world is a deceit, 
a cheat,  a humbug and a fraud.  But, is this 
so?  Is  the  world  shoddy,  paste, padded, 
If  so,  why? 
veneered  and  varnished? 
What is the remedy? 
Is there  no  profit  in 
genuine material,  honest work and  truthful 
results?  But,  again,  we  may  ask,  do  not 
producers make what there is a market for? 
Does the world  want  the  genuine,  honest, 
pure,  and  unadulterated,  or  does  it  want 
something “just as good?”  While America 
has all  the  production  necessary from  the 
foreign cheap and nasty products, she ought 
to be able to  produce  the  genuine. 
If  our 
ports were open and  free  to  the  floods  of 
imitation trasli of the world,  there might be 
excuse  of  trick,  deceit  and  fraud.  But 
where is the blame?  Do  the  people  want 
to pretend for what  they are  not,  want  to 
appear to live above or out  of  their  honest 
spheres?  Is  it  not  the  want  of  genuine, 
honest, healthful  character  on  the  part  of 
the people which gives  market  to  shoddy? 
Suppose it is,  but who  can  tell  the  differ­
ence!  My diamonds shine just as  envy-en­
gendering in paste and  plate  as  my neigh­
bor’s in real.  We eat and drink  and  sleep 
and wear as our inherent  honesty  of  char­
acter compels, and a world  absorbed  in  its 
own affairs takes  little  heed. 
If  our  own 
standard  of  manhood  and  womanhood  is 
satisfied,  justifies  us,  then  where  is  the 
blame?  But  is  anybody  deceived? 
It  is 
not a reflection upon the intelligence of  the 
American people  to  say they are  deceived 
or cheated.  Are there any who  will  admit 
they are so ignorant?  Do we buy two  dol­
lars’ worth for  fifty cents?  Do we ever be­
lieve the representations  of sellers?  Do we 
ever believe our eyes,  our ears or  our  noses 
regarding  the purchase  of  two  dollars  for 
fifty cents?  The world  makes  what  there 
is  a  demand  for.  Cheap  clothes,  cheap 
foods,  imitation ornaments, cheap railways, 
cheap tools, cheap gas, and cheap steam and 
electricity,  and cheap diamonds and—cheap 
people.

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H o w   R ice  is  C leaned  a n d   P o lish ed . 

From  the P o pular Science Monthly.

According  to  the  report  transmitted  by 
our consular officers from England and Ger­
many,  tlie process for cfeaning rice  is quite 
complicated.  The grain,  after  having been 
taken to the top story of the mill and blown 
and sfiived,  is divested of its paddy or husks 
by passing it over a seive having a jumping 
action to tapping motion  at  the bottom,  or 
by being carried  between  stones like  those 
usually  employed  for  grinding  wheat. 
These stones,  in England, are of a composi­
tion of magnesian calcinate and  emery,  and 
always keep a sharp  face  through  the dif­
ference in hardness  between the emery and 
the  magnesian  cement.  Shelling  stones 
covered with cork have been tried and given 
up;  and in Italy a surface of  hard wood set 
on end is sometimes used,  like the Burmese 
native hand mills. 
In the process of  shell­
ing, a meal or flour is made from the crush­
ing of the rice-paddy,  and the three pellicles 
which, 
inside  of  the  paddy,  inclose  the 
grain, are  removed  by  apparatus  adapted 
for the purpose.  The  husks  are separated 
from the  grain  by a  blast  or  exhaust,  and 
the pellicles which still  adhere to the grain 
by braising in a  mortar.  The  rice  is  then 
winnowed  again,  milled,  re-screened,  and 
polished,  in polishers that generally consist 
of a sheep-skin covered  drum—the  skin of 
a South Down is preferred, on account of the 
thickness of its wool—which revolves inside 
of  a fixed wire casing  about  eighteen  hun­
dred  to two thousand feet per minute in its 
peri phery.  The form of an apparatus mostly 
used is  that  of  an  inverted  frustram  of  a 
cone.  The general principle of its operation 
is that of  a wooden  cylinder revolving in  a 
wooden  mantle  of  wire-work,  between 
which the rice* has to  circulate  and be rub- 
bed.  Sometimes the  rice,  as it  passes into 
the polisher,  is  subjected  to an infusion  of 
indigo toned down with  rice-flour to  a pale 
blue.  This gives the rice a bluish tint, that 
is liked better in  England  than the natural 
creamy whiteness of  the grain  itself.  On 
leaving the polishers,  the grain  is blown or 
aspirated,  and  separated  into  whole rice, 
broken rice or rice of different sizes.  A re-1 
cent “improvement” is  to  pass  the grain 
through an oiling machine so as to give it a 
smoother and glossier surface.

Overworked  Men  at  the Top.

From  the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Every  business  man  will  recognize  the 
truth  of  the  remark  made  by  President 
White,  of Cornell University,  in an address 
to the students.  Said he:  “We  constantly 
have these  two  things,  a  vast  number  of 
young fellows running  about  the  country, 
doing almost anything and doing it ill;  and, 
on the  other  hand,  a  considerable  number 
of places looking almost in  vain  for  some- 
body to do the best  work.”  No  occupation j 
or profession is  so  crowded  with  workers ! 
that those at the top are not worked  almost 
to death.

B .Farrin, M .B.Farrin &Co., So. Boardm an.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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Springs.

D etroit.

Bonrdm an.

Zeeland.

The following retail dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
Fred. S. K ieldsen, Cadillac.
C. W. Sutton. French & Sutton, E ast Jordan.
O. F. Conklin, O.F. & W.P. Conklin, R avenna. 
Jacob V anden Busch, w ith M .Vanden Busch,
J, Jesson, J. Jesson &Co., M uskegon.
J. P. Cordes. Alpine.
Morrison H. Slawson, G reenville.
E. Hoys, of Roys Bros., Coral.
J. A. W agner,  Eastm anville.
H uizcnga & Son, E astm anville.
B. Burlington. Bradley. 
Scoville & McAuley, Edgerton.
L. S. P ressburg, Big  Rapids.
C. E. Eddy, G rattan.
Owosso C asket Co., Owosso.
L. V incent,  Muskegon.
W. H. Goodyear & Co., H astings.
R. G.  Beckwith, Bradley.
M. Gezou, Jenisonville.
Dr. H. Hanlon, Elk Rapids.
Farrow e & Dalman, Allendale.
Mrs. G. Miller, Ryerson.
J . B. K ing, H ow ard City.
G. C. M essenger, Leroy.
L. D. Chappie, W ayland.
Jo h n  K oopm an, Falm outh.
Mr. Callahan,  Chapman  &  CaliahaD,  Cedar 
P. S. H aney & Co., H astings.
Thos. W.  F arrin,  M. B.  F arrin  &  Co., South 
M. 
F. P . H opper. Middleville.
M. Graves, W est Chester.
Geo. C. M essenger, Leroy.
L. V incent, Muskegon.
H. Thompson, Canada Corners.
M. B. H am er, H arn er Bros., Petoskey.
Jas. G. Johnson, T raverse City,
Jas. A nderson, Byron.
J. D am stra, Gitchell.
W. P. Dockeray, Rockford.
D.  W. K endall,  K endall,  Beardsley  &  Dey, 
R. A. H astings, Sparta.
O. N aragang & Son, Byron Center.
C. F. W illiams, Caledonia.
J . C. Benbow,  Cannonsburg.
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake.
R. B. McCullock, Berlin.
G. P. Stark,  Cascade.
N. D eVries,  Jam estow n.
J . N. W ait, Iludsonville.
Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
Jos. P. Cordes.  Alpine.
Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
L. Cook. Bauer.
H. B aker & Son. D renthe.
Den H erder & Tanis,  V riesland.
Wm.  V erm eulen, B eaver Dam.
Geo. Cook, Grove.
John Giles & Co.. Lowell.
A. F. H arrison. Sparta.
Wm.  K arsten, Beaver Dam.
Jos. Omler, W right.
A. Purchase, South Blendon.
W. H. Struik,  Forest Grove.
A. Steketee, Holland.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
S. Cooper, Jam estow n.
,D . W. Shattuek, W ayland.
M. W. Crocker. Byron Center.
G. TenHoor, F orest Grove.
Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
W alling Bros., Lam ont.
Sidney Stark, Allendale.
I.  J. Quick.  Allendale.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
A. C. Barkley, Crosby.
Nelson F. Miller,  Lisbon.
T. J. Sheridan & Co., Woodville.
John Kam ps, Zutplien.
H erder & Lahuis, Zeeland.
Cole & Chapel. Ada.
Byron McNeal, Byron Center.
B. G ilbert & Co., Moline.
Velzy Bros., Lam ont.
L. A  Paine, Englishville.
S. H. Ballard, Sparta.
L. M auer, Fisher.
P ark h u rst Bros., Nunica.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
Geo. C arrington, T rent.
Adam Newell, B urntp’s Corners.
Gus.  Bergman, Bauer.

T h e   G rocery  M arket.

Nearly everything in the grocery line con­
tinues  firm,  especially  canned  goods  and 
fish.  Sugars are a sixpence lower and pack­
age coffees are down K cent.

There will be about fifteen  miles  of  log­
ging road built in Clare county  the  coining 
winter.

H ID E S . P E L T S   A N D   FU RS. 

P erkins & H ess p ay as follows:

H ID ES.

G re e n __ $  lb  554@  *1 
P a rt  c u re d ...  7  @  754  or cu red __ 7  @  8
F u l l c u r e d ___   754@  7 *   D e a c o n   B k in s ,
Dry hides and 
$  piece....... 30  @50

¡Calf skins, green

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

I

SH E E P PELTS.

FU RS.

W OOL.

Old wool, estim ated washed $  f t.........25  @28
Tallow .........................................................  3  @354
Fine washed $  fl> 25@28¡Coarse w ashed.. ,20@24
Medium  ..............27@30| U nw ashed............. 
2-3
Bear  ...................
................................10  00@15  00
...........................   4  00® 8 00
B e av er................
B a d g er...............
75@  1  00
Wild C at..............
__  
75
50@ 
H ouse C at.........
.... 
10@ 
20 
F o x ,re d ..............
....  1  00@  1  25 
cross..........
“ 
....  3 00@  5  00 
“  g r a y ............
....  1  00@  1  25 
F ish e r.................
....  4  00@  8  00 
Linx......................
....  3  00@  8  00 
M in k ...................
.... 
60
M a rtin ................
....  1  00@  1  25 
O tte r ...................
....  5 00®  3 00 
Coon.....................
.... 
40® 
90
S k u n k .................
90®  1  00
.... 
W olf.....................
....  2 00®  3  00 
M uskrat,  w inter
.... 
13® 
14
fa ll.......
06®  08 
Deor,  $  tt>
5®  25

These prices are fo r prim e skins only.

30® 

F IE L D   SEEDS.

Clover,  m am m oth..................................4  85@5 00
m edium .....................................4  85@5 00
Tim othy, prim e.......... ............................  
3  10

COUNTRY  PR 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  com m and $1.15 

$  bu., and city picked  $1.50.

Beets—40c $  bu.
B uckw heat—2 * c ip ft.
B u tter—M ichigan  cream ery  is  in  good  de­
m and  at28@30c.  D airy is in active dem and at 
22c.

Cabbages—$3@$5 $  100, according to  size.
Carrots—35c $   bu.
Celery—Kalamazoo, 25c  ^  doz.  Scarce.
Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan full cream  is 

firm a t 1354@14c.

Cider—1254c $1 gal.
C ranberries—Choice  Bell  and  Bugle  and 

Cape Cod  are  steady  a t  $9 

bbl.

D ried  Apples — Evaporated,  8@9c  $   ft; 

quartered and sliced,5@554c $  ft.

D ried Peaches—Pared, 13c.
Eggs—Lower  th a n   ever  befoi-e  know n  in 
F ebruary, a decline  of  8  cents  tak in g   place 
w ithin a week.  Jobbers  are  now  paying  12 
cents and selling fo r 13 cents.  I t   is  n o t plain 
a t th is w riting which w ay the m arket will tu rn  
next, b u t it is  difficult  to   im agine  a  fu rth e r 
downward m ovem ent ju s t a t th is tim e.

H oney—Good dem and a t  9@13c.
H ay—Baled 

per ton  in two and five to n  lots  and  $13.50 
car lots.

is  m oderately  active  a t  $15 
in 

Onions—Good  stock  is  scarce,  readily  com­

m anding $1.25  $  bu.

P otatoes—B uyers are paying 35c@40c  a t this 
m ark et and tow ns w ithin convenient shipping 
distance of this m arket.

Pop Corn—254c 3? ft.
Squash—H ubbard, 2c $  ft.

G R A IN S AND M IL L IN G   PR O D U CTS.

W heat—Lower.  City  m illers  pay  78  cents 
fo r L ancaster and 75  fo r  Fulso  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing generally at 46®47c  in 100 bu. 

lots and 40®42c in carlots.

O ats—W hite, 40c in small lots  and  32@33c  in 

c a r lots.

Rye—48@50c f! bu.
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—H igher.  Fatent,$5.20 $  bbl.  in  sacks 
and  $5.40  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.20 $   bbl. in 
sacks and $4.40 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 
Mill Feed—Screenings, $13  $  ton.  Bran, $14
ton.  Ships, $14 5gl ton.  Middlings, $15 $  ton. 

bbl.

Corn and O ats,  $18  $  ton.

PRO V ISIO N S.

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.........17

The  G rand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

P O R K   IN   BA RRELS.

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago  packing.........................
00
Mess, n ew .................................................
00
Short Cut, n ew ........................................ .........16 00
S. P. Booth, c le a r................................... .........16 50
E x tra  clear pig, short c u t................... ____ 17 50
.........IT 50
Clear quill, short  c u t............................ .........17 50
Boston clear, short c u t........................ .........17 50
Clear back, short c u t............................ .........18 00
Standard clear, short  cut, b e st......... .........18 00
Long Clears, h eav y ..........................
m edium ........................
l i g h t .............................
Short Clears, h eav y..........................
m edium ........................
lig h t..............................

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do. 
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  P L A IN .

DRY  SALT  MEATS—IN   BOXES

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LARD.

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1.AIM)  IN   T IN   PA IL S .

H am s, average 20  fts............................
16  fts............................
12 to 14 fts ...................
p ic n ic .........................................
b o n eless......................................
best  boneless..............................
S houlders................................................
b o n e le ss...............................
B reakfast Bacou, boneless.................
Dried Beef, e x tra ...................................
ham   p rices......................
Tierces  ....................................................
30 and 50 ft T u b s....................................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a  case............................
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 ..
Boneless,  e x tra ......................................
SAUSAGE—FR ESH  AND SMOKE
P ork  Sausage..........................................
H am   Sausage..........................................
Tongue  Sausage....................................
F ran k fo rt  Sausage...............................
Blood  Sausage........................................
Bologna, stra ig h t...................................
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................
Head  Cheese...........................................
In  half b a rre ls....................................
In q u arter b arre ls............................

B E E F  IN  BA RR ELS.

P IG S ’  FEET.

8
8
8
8*4
854
854
11*
12
m
9‘/2
11
8 549
9/,
954
1254
«5*
078

.  8 00 
.12 00

3 00 
1  65

F R E S H   M EATS.

Jo h n   M ohrhard  quotes  th e   trad e  selling 
554®  654 
6  @  754
6»4@  6»i
7 @  754
@  8
8 @  9
@  8
@  6
10 @11
11 @12
@12
11 @12

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides..............
Fresh  Beef, hind  q u a rte rs.........
Dressed  Hogs
M utton.........
Lamb  ..........
V eal..............
P ork  Sausage
Bologna.........
Fow ls__ _
C hickens.
D ucks  ...
Turkeys  .

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

Hem lock B ark—T anners all have  large  sup­

plies.  D ealers are paying $5 fo r good bark.

G inseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50  $   ft  for 

clean washed roots.

R ubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers  are 
authorized to offer standard goods a t  35  and 5 
per cent, off, and second quality a t  35, 5 and 10 
p er cen t off.

OTTENBERG’S CIGARS.

10 cents. 
Hazel Kirke 
La Rosa Celeste 
Sweet  Catawba 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  e tn cl lO  C e n t  O ig 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 will send to any responsible first-class  dealer a sample of 
these Cigars on trial, to be returned  if not  satisfactory, within 
60 days.  We send advertising matter with above Cigars.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Groceries.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

prom ptly and buy in full packages.

AX LE  GREASE.

Crown  ............
F razer’s ...............
D iam ond  X .......
Modoc, 4  doz___

.. 
fiOiParagon  ................. 2  10
90 P aragon 25 ft pails.  90 
..  60 F raziers,25 ft pails. 1  25 
..2 501

BA K IN G   PO W D ER.

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Acme, 54 ft cans, 3 doz. case..............
54  ft 
..............
..............
2 ft 
B u lk ..........................................
Princess,  54s..........................................
54s...........................................
la ............................................
b u lk ...........: .........................
A rctic,  54 ft cans, 6 doz. case............
............
............
............
............
V ictorian, 1 ft cans, (tall,) 2 doz.......
Diamond,  “ bulk,” ............................  .

54 
54 
1 
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3 
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85
1 60
3 00 
35 ¡
1  25
2 25
4  25 
28 I 
«  75
1  40
2 401 
12  00
2 00 
15

__ _ doz. 
25
___ doz. 
45
....  doz. 
35
.... doz. 
65
__ ^   gross  3 50
.....................  7  20
.............   12 00
..........  2 00
.....................  3  00
....................... 4  00

BLUING
Dry, No. 2..................................
Dry, No. 3.................................
Liquid, 4 oz,..........................
Liquid, 8 oz..............................
A rctic 4 oz.................................
A rctic 8  oz...............................
A rctic 16 oz...............................
A rctic No. 1 p epper box.......
A rctic No. 2 
.......
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A rctic No. 3 
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BROOMS.
No. 2 H u rl...........
.1  75 Common W hisk... .  90
No. 1 H u r l....2  0J@2  25 Fancy  W hisk....... .1  00
..2  25 Mill.......................... .3  75
No. 2 C arpet.......
W arehouse  .......... .2  75
..2  50 
No. 1 C arpet.......
P arlo r  G em .......
..3 00
CANNED  F IS H .

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Clams, 1 1b, Little N eck.....................
Clam Chowder,  3 f t ..........................
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  stan d ard s...........
Cove Oysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s...........
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic............................
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic..........................
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r ..............................
Lobsters, 2 ft s ta r ...............................
M ackerel,lib  fresh  stan d ard s.......
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s.......
Mackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  f t__
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard.................
M ackerel, 3 ft  soused........................
Salmon, 1 1b Columbia riv e r............
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia riv e r............
Sardines, dom estic 54s......................
Sardines,  dom estio  54s.....................
Sardines,  M ustard  54s......................
Sardines,  im ported  54s.....................
T rout. 3 ft  brook.................................

.......... 1  10
...........2  15
...90@1 00
.........  1  75
...........1  75
...........2 65
.......... 2 00
.......... 3 00
.......... 1  50
.......... 3  50
...........3 50
...........3 50
.......... 1  60
...........2 80
...........6®7
.......   10@12
...........9® 11
.......... 12@13
.......   4 00

CANNED F R U IT S .

“ 

............ 3 25
............   90
............ 1  10
..........1  00
............ 1  25
.........95@1  00
............ 1  25
......... 2 00
............ 1  60
............ 1  45
.............I  20
............ 1  40
............ 2 60
y.i  is
............ 1 25
............ 1  35
....1   25@1  80 
............   90

Apples, gallons,  sta n d ard s............
Blackberries, sta n d ard s.................
Cherries,  red  sta n d ard ...................
D am sons.............................................
Egg Plum s, standards 
..................
G ooseberries......................................
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t ...........
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow ...................
Peaches,  stan d ard s..........................
Peaches,  seconds.............................
Peaches, p ie ........................................
Pineapples, stan d ard s.....................
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced.........
Pineapples, Johnson’s,  g ra te d __
Q u in ces...............................................
R aspberries,  e x tra ..........................
r e d ..............................
Straw berries  ....................................
W h o rtleb erries.................................
CANNED V EG ETA BLES.
A sparagus, O yster B ay.......................................2 00
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .................................  75
Beans, Stringless,  E rie.................................  90
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked............................ 1 70
Cora,  A rcher’s T rophy.......................................1 15

“  Acme.
“  Maple L eaf.......................
“  Excelsior..........................
“  O nondaga........................
“   D a rb y ...............................
“  Osborn .............................
“  New  P ro cess...................
“  B a rtle tt......................
Peas, F ren ch ...............................
Peas, e x tra   m arro fat................
Peas,  soaked...............................
'  “  E arly Ju n e , sta n d ..........
sifte d .........
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M ushrooms, e x tra   fine..........
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden................
Succotash, sta n d ard .................
S q u ash ..........................................
Tomatoes, standard  b ran d s..... ................
Michigan full  cream ..............................
York  State, A cm e...................................

....... 1  10
.........1  15
...... 1 10
...... 1 20
.........1 50
.......1 00
..........1  00
...... 1  10
.........1  50
..1  20@1  40
! . i   ¿Ó@l 75
............. 2  00
........ 20 00
.........20  00
.........1  CO
__ 80®1  30
..........I  00
....... 1  20

Mornin,

CH EESE.

Glory.

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@14

...37 
.. .35

@2o
@36
@27
@27
@2854
@2354
@34
@2454
@20
@18

CHOCOLATE.

W ilbur’s  P re m iu m ..351 Germ an  Sw eet..
Sw eet.........25 V ienna Sweet  ..
B’k f’tCocoa 45! B aker’s .............
Cocoa-theta 42|Runkles’ ...........
V anilla B ar 281

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Schopps, I s .................................................
Is and  54s.................................
54s................................................
Is in tin   p ails..........................
54s 
..........................
M altby’s,  Is ...............................................
Is and  54s...............................
54s.............................................
M anhattan,  p ails....................................
Peerless  ....................................................

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G reen. 

C O FFEES.

Roasted.

C O F F E E S -•PACKAGE,

R io ................. 1654@17
R io ................. 16 @18
Golden R io ...17  @19 Golden Rio.. 18 @20
Santos............15  @17
Santos............
..20
M aricabo................. 16 M aricabo....... ..18@21
J a v a ..................25®30
.25@26
Ja v a ................
O. G. J a v a ....28  @30 O. G. J a v a .... 25 @29
Mocha  .....................23 Mocha............ 27 @28
60 fts 100 fts 300 ft
19
19

x x x x .................. ..............1954
A rbuckle's  ...................
..............1874
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........................
Royal...............................
E agle...............................
M exican».......................
60 foot  J u te .......1  00
72 foot J u t e .......1  25
40 Foot C otton__ 1  50
•

50 foot Cotton
60 foot Cotton
72 foot Cotton
CRACKERS  AND SW EET  GOODS.

19
19
1874
18*
18*
19
18*
10'i
18*
1774 17
IS*
181
17
1  60
1  75
2  00
X   XXX $

..................18*

CORDAGE.

65

454

854

454
5

554
7

8
8
1154
954
1554

Kenosha B u tte r............
Seym our  B u tte r..........
B u tte r.............................
Fancy  B u tte r .............
S.  O yster........................
P ic n ic .............................
Fancy  O yster...............
Fancy  Soda................................. 
City Soda......................................
Soda  .............................................
M ilk...............................................
B o sto n ..........................................
G rah am ........................................
Oat  M eal......................................
Pretzels, hand-m ade.................
P re tz e ls........................................
C racknels....................................
Lemon C ream .............................
Sugar Cream ............................. .
Frosted Cream ............................
G inger  Snaps.............................
No. 1 G inger  S naps...................
Lem on  Snaps.............................
Coffee  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...............................
Bagievs  G em s............................
Seed Cakes.................................
S. &  M. Cakes.  ..........................
C itro n ................................................
C u rra n ts.............................
Lemon  P eel......................................
Prunes,  French,60s........................
French, 80s........................
French, 110s and  120s__
Prunes, T u rk ey .......  .....................
Raisins, D ehesia.............................
....3   50@5  00
Raisins, London L ayers........................   @2  50
Raisins, California  “ 
........................ 1  50@2  00
Raisins, Looso Muscatels 
@1  50 
Raisins, O ndaras,  28s...
@  954 
Raisins.  S u ltan as............
@  854 
Raisins,  Valencia, new  . 
@  75*s 
RaiBins,  Im p erials..........
@3 00

1354
1154
1254
1354
1354
1354
1254
854
@  25 
@  6*  
®   14
....12 @1254
....10 @1054

D R IE D   FR U IT S—FO R E IG N .

@  8
©  7

1354
854

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F IS H .
Cod, w hole..............7...........
Cod, boneless........................
H a lib u t.................................
H erring, round,  54  b b l.......
H erring .round,  54  b b l...
H erring, Holland,  b b ls...
H erring, Holland,  kegs__
H erring, Scaled............
M ackerel, 6hore, No.  1,54  b
Is.
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10 
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...
No. 3.54 b b ls.....................
Sardines,  spiced,  54s..........................
T rout, 54  bbls......................................
10 1b  k its ...................................
W hite, No. 1.54  b b ls ..........................
White,  No. 1,12  ft k its.......................
W hite, No. 1,10 ft  k its.......................
W hite, Fam ily, 54 bbls......................
kit8............................
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....5 5 4 @ 7  
..9@ 1C54 
@ 3  25 
....  1  75 
...11  00
__ 75© HO
__   @24
,...  10 00 
....1  50 
...1   25
!" ’.10@12 
. . . . 5   25 
. . . .  
95 
. . . . 7   00 
....1   10 
....1   00 
. . . . 3   50

MATCHES.

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Lemon.  Vanilla.
.,2 oz.............. . %) doz.  1  00 
1  40
4 o z...
..............1  50
2  50
fi o z.............. ..............2 50
4  00
8 oz.............. ..............3 50
5  00
No. 2  T aper ..............1  25
1  50
No. 4 
2  T5
..............1  75
54 pint, round. : .......4  50
7  50
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.......... 9 00
No. 3  panel. 
..............1  10
1  65
... 2  75
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No. 8 
4  25
No. 10 
. ..............4  25
6  00
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, sq u are............
...... 1  00
Grand H a/en , No 9, square, 3 g ro ...
........1  20
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlo r.........
.........1  75
G rand  H aven,  No.  300,  p arlo r.........
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ............
'..'.'.'..1  50
Oshkosh, No.  2......................................
....... 1 00
Oshkosh, No.  8......................................
.........1  50
Sw edish..................................................
Richardson’s No. 8  sq u are................
” ’. ‘. ’.!i  óo
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Richardson's No. 9 
1  50
Richardson’s No. 754, ro u n d ............................1  00
.............................. 150
Richardson’s No. 7 
W oodbine, 300...............................................90@110
Black  S tra p .....................................................16® 18
Cuba B akiug................................................... 35@28
P orto  Rico.......................................................24@30
New  Orleans,  good.......................................28@34
New Orleans, choice......................................44@50
New  Orleans,  fan cy ..................................... 52@55

do 
41o 

MOLASSES.

54 bbls. 2c ex tra

OATM EAL 

M uscatine, b b ls.. ..5 50 M uscatine, b b ls... .5  50 
....3   00
3 25

I 
54  “ 
....3   00 
cases____3 251 

RO LLED   OATS
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54  “ 
cases 

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PIC K LES.

P IP E S .

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M edium .....................................................   @7  00
54 b b l............................................  @4 00
Small,  bbl..................................................  @8  50
54 bbl.............................................   @4  75
2 25@3  00 
@3 25 
@1  85 
5®  90

Im ported Clay 3 gross.......................
Imported. Clay, No. 216,3 g ro ss............
Im ported Clay, No. 216,254 gross.........
A m erican  T .D .........................................
Choice Carolina__
Prim e C arolina__
Good  C arolina__
Good L ouisiana...
Table  .....................
DeLand’s p u re ........ 5341 Dwight’s ..........
Church’s  ..............:.5  Sea  F oam ........
Taylor’s  G. M.......... 5 
iCap  S heaf........

R IC E .
.6541 Ja v a   .................  
.554  P a tn a .........................554
.454  R angoon......................... @554
.5  B roken...............3*@354
.6 

¡Ja p a n ....................... 7

/   SALERATUS.

........... 554

6

8MOKING

Our  L eader............... 15|Unit  .............................30
Old V et........................30  Eight  H ours...............24
Big Deal 
271 Lucky  .........................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 Pipo 26 
i D ix ie...................
23 Owl 
.16
' 
Old T a r.......   ....
.40 Rob Roy.
.26 
A rth u r’s  Choice...... 22|Uncle  Sam
.28 
Red F o x ......................26 L u m b e rm an ........
.25 
Gold  D ust.................. 26i Railroad Boy........
.33 
Gold  Block................ 30 M ountainR ose..........
.18 
Seal of Grand Rapids  Home C om fort........
.25 
(cloth)...................25 Old R ip.......................
I 
.60
| Tram w ay, 3  oz......... 40|Seal of N orth  Caro-
'ina, 2  o z...............
|  M iners and P u ddlers.28| 
.48
Peerless  ................ — 24¡Seal of N orth  Caro-
S tan d ard ............ — 30 
lina, 4oz.................. .48
Old Tom ..............
. . .  .20¡Seal o f N orth  Caro-
Tom &  Je rry __ __ 24 
lina, 8o z.................. .45
Jo k e r................... — 25;Seal of North  Caro-
T ra v e le r............ — 35  ^lina, 16oz boxes... .42
M alden................
. . .  .25  King Bee, lo n g eu t.. .22
Pickwick  C lub.. ___ 40 Sweet L otus................... • 32
Nigger  H ead___ ___ 20 G ray lin g .......................... .33
H o lland ..................
.. ..22 Seal S kin ......................... .30
G erm an .................. ___ 15 Red Clover..................... .33
K. of  L .................... 42@40 Good  Lu  k .................... .36
Honey  D ew ......... — 25 Q ueen  Bee.................... .32
Colonel’s  Choice . ...1 5 l

SNUFF.

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L orillard’s A m erican G entlem en.
M accoboy......................
Gail & A x’ 
.......................
R appee......... 
.............
Railroad  Mills  S cotch...  ..............
Lotzbeck  ...........................................

“ 

TEA S.
Ja p an   o rd in ary .................
Ja p an  fair to good............
Ja p an  fine............................
Jap an  d u st..........................
Young H yson.....................
G unP ow aer........................  
O olong..............................................33@55@6C
C ongo.

@1  30

................. 18@20
..................25@30
.................. 35@45
.................. 15@20
.................. 20@45
....
35@50
25@30
50 gr. 
10
10 
16

30 gr. 
08 
08

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VINEOAR.

W hite W ine...................................
C id er..............................................
York State  A pple.....................

do 
do 

MISCELLANEOUS,
Bath  Brick im p o rted ..................
A m erican...................
Burners, No. 1 .............................
No.  2.............................
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ra n d .. 
Cream T artar 5 and  10 ft c a n s..
Candies, S ta r.................................
Candles.  H otel....................!!!.!
Camphor, oz., 2 ft b oxes.......!.!
E x tract Coffee, V.  C............
F e lix ................
Gum,  Rubber  100 lum ps............
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps............
Gum, Spruce............................... .
Hominy, $   b b l.................. ...."  ’’
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails.............  .
P earl  B arley.................................
Peas, Green  B ush................ ’ .'
Peas, Split  P re p are d .................
Powder, K eg.................................
Powder, 54  K eg ........................
Sage  ...............................................
S auerkraut  ......................

do 

7  60@7  70 

90 
75 
1  00 
1  50
@25 
@11 
@12 
©35 
@S0 
@1 20 
@25 
@35 
30@35 
@3  00 
4©  454 
2JÍ© 3 
@1  15 
@ 3 
@5  00 
@2  75 
@  15 
@5  00

854®  9 
@  9 
©10
©  9 
@  8 
@10 
@  9 
@115 
@10 
@10 
@ 9
..  @12 
..  @13 
..  @13 
14 
18 
10
12
14

@3  75 
.3  50@3  60
.2 50@3 50 
.  @5  50
@3 00 
@2  75 
.4 00@4 25 
.4  50®4  75
.10 @15 
®   8 
®  554 
@  654

9 54® 10 
©  8
7  @  7.54

..15

1754@18
©17
©17
,1154@12
1055@11 
@  9 
@17 
1254 
11
@16 
@14 
@  9 
50@6  00
@  4 
©  454 
4?4@  5 
@  554 
6  @  654 
8  @  654

CANDY.  FR U ITS  A N D   N l 
P utnam  & Brooks quote as follow 

JTS.

do 
do

STICK.
...................
MIXED

Standard, 25 ft boxes......................
Twist, 
c u tL o a f 
Royal, 25 ft  p ails..................................
Royal, 200ft bbls..............................
E xtra, 25 ft  pails..................... 
.........
E xtra, 200 ft bbls................................ .
French Cream, 25 ft p ails............!!..
Cut loaf, 25 ft  eases........................ ”  *
B roken,25  1b  p ails.....................\\
B roken,200 ft  bbls..........
FANCY—IN  5 ft  BOXES.
Lemon  D rops........................................
Sour D rops......................................'" ' ’
Pepperm int  D rops....... 
.............     ’
Chocolate  D rops........................
H M Chocolate  D rops........................
Gum  Drops  ..........................................
Licorice D rops....................................",
A B  Lieorico  D rops........................*. *
Lozenges, plain ....................................
Lozenges,  p rin te d .....................  .......
Im p e ria ls..............................................
M o tto es.................................
Cream  B ar...............................
Molasses B ar....................................
Caram els....................................
Hand Made Cream s.............................
Plain  Cream s........................................
Decorated  Cream s...............................
String Rock......................................... .
B urnt A lm onds.................................
W intergreen  B erries..........................
FANCY—IN  BULK.
Lozenges, plain  in  pails.....................
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  p ails............................
Moss Drops, In bbls  ............................
Sour Drops, in  p ails............................
Im perials, in  pails...............................
Im perials  in  bbls............................  "
Bananas  A spim vall............................
Oranges, California, fan cy ................
Oranges, California,  choice..............
Oranges, Jam aica, bbls.......................
Oranges, F lorida...................................
Oranges, V alencia, cases...................
Oranges, M essina.................................
Oranges, OO...........................................
Lemons,  choice....................................
Lemons, fan cy ......................................
Lemons, C alifornia.............................
Figs, layers, new,  ^  lb........................
Figs, Bags, 501b.................................... .
Dates, frails  do  ....................................
Dates, 54 do  do  .................................. .
Dates, sk in .............................................
Dates,  54  sk in ........................................
Dates, F ard 10 ft box $   f t...................
Dates, Fard 56 ft box ^  1b...................
Dates, Persian 50 ft box 
lb..............
Pine Apples, $   doz.............................
Almonds,  T arrag o n a..........................
Iv a e a....................................
C a lifo rn ia...........................
B razils....................................................
Chestnuts, p er b u .................................
Filberts, Sicily...................................... .
B arcelona.............................
W alnuts,  G renoble...................
M arbo..........................
F ren ch ........................
C alifornia.................
P ecans,• Texas, H. P .................
M issouri.....................
Cocoanuts, 
100........................
‘PEANUTS.
Prim e  Red,  raw  «¡9  1b...............
Choice 
do  ................
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ...............
Choice W hite, Va.do  ................
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  ................
H. P. V a........................................

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FRUITS

NUTS.

do 

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OYSTERS  A N D   F IS H .

OYSTERS.

F. J . D ettenthaier quotes as follows: 
New  Y ork  C ounts....................................
H.  F. H. & Co.’s Selects............................
S e le c ts.........................................................
Anchors  ......................................................
Standard  ....................................................
F av o rite.......................................................
P rim e ................... ......................................
Selects, bulk, #   g a l...................................
Standards, bulk, <p g a l.............................
New York Counts, fl 100..........................
shell, $   100................
Clams, shell, $   100....................................
FR ESH   F IS H .
Cod  ........................................
H addock.................................
M ackerel...............................
Mackinaw T ro u t.................
P erch ..............
Smelts  ...................................
W hiteflsh......... 
...............

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

.................   @10
................. 15  @20
.................   @ 8
..................  @ 3
..................10  @11
..................  @ 9

....18 
....16 
....14 
....12 
..J  50 
..1  00 
..1  25 
..1  40 
..  80

O ILS.

W ater W hite......................................................  u ?4
M ichigan  T est.....................................................1054

ILLU M IN A TIN G .

LU B R IC A T IN G .
 

Gasoline................. 
1154
Capitol Cylinder................................................. 3654
Model  Cylinder...................................................3154
Shield  C ylinder...................................................2654
Eldorado  E ngine.................................
Peerless  M achinery............................
Challenge M achinery..........................
Paraffine  ...............................................
Black. Sum m er, W est  V irginia.......
Black, 25°  to 3 0 ° ................................
Black, 1ft®  C.  T ....................................
Z ero .............................................

..2 0  
..19 
..2054 
..  9 
..1 0  
..11 
-.1254

54c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

“ 

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“ 

“ 

54  “ 

SAUCES.

70
28
40
20

2  10 
’  1  95 
2 35 
75 
70 
1  45 
1  25

60 Pocket, F  F  D airy.............................
28 P o ck et....................................................
1003 ft  pockets.........................................
Saginaw or  M anistee.............................
10  bbl. lo ts.........
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.........
Am erican, dairy,  54  bu. b ag s................
Rock, bushels...........................................
W arsaw, D airy, bu.  bags.......... ............
.......................
Parisian, 54  p in ts....................................
P epper Sauce, red  sm all......................
P epper Sauce, green  .............................
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g ..............
P ep p er Sauce, green, large rin g .........
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  .......................
H alford Sauce, p in ts.............................
H alford Sauce,  54 p in ts...... ...................
A c o rn .......................3  851 E x tra Chicago Fain-
M aster  ..................... 4  G0| 
i l y .......................... 2  94
New Process, 1  f t ..3  85 N apkin..................... 4  75
New Process, 3  lb..3  96¡Towel .•..................... 4  75
Acme,  b ars............ 3 55 W hite  M arseilles..5  50
Acme,  blocks.......  3  05i W hite Cotton  O il..5 50
B est  A m erican__ 2 931 R a ilro a d ...................3  50
Circus  ..................... 3  70|U.  G ...........................3  4i
Big Five  C e n te r...3 85 M ystic W hite.......... 4  65
N ickel....................... 3  45|Saxon  Blue............ 2  GC
S ham rock....
.. .3  15jPalmer’s, 100 bars. .5  50 
Blue D anube.......... 2  55
..4  25
Loudon  Fam ily__ 2  SOlStar
SPIC E S.

@2  00 
©  70 
@  80 
@1  25 
©1  50 
@  90 
@1  20 
@3 50 
@2 20

SOAPS.

Ground. 

Whole.

44

“ 

No.

44
44

44
44
44
44

4*
4*
4*

STA RCH.

44
**
44
44

. .16@20 Nutmegs
..15@30Cloves  ...

P ure,  1 ft pk g s..............
Corn, 1 ft pkiiJTS...

Royal, Gloss•,1 ft packagies...................

P e p p e r.................16@25 ¡Pepper...................  @20
A llspice...............12@151 A llspice.................  8@10
C innam on............18@30| C assia.....................10@U
Cloves  ............ .. ,15@25¡Nutmegs,  No. 1..  @60
G inger  __
@50
M ustard...
@28
C a y en n e..............25@35l
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes , 1  ft  p k g s...
‘ 
48  “
3 ft 
...
44 
40 ft
b u lk ..........
44 
72 1b crates1, 6 1b b o x es..
“  Corn, 40 ft boxes. 1 lb p k g s....
44 
20 ft
....
lib   "  
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 1b pkgs__
44
6 1b bo x es...
44
b u l k ..........

@ 5*
© 5/i
@ 4
© 6*4
@ 6
© 6*
@ 7
@
@
@ 554
@
@ 5 *
“ 
bulk
@ 4
“ •  Corn  .........
@ fi
Firm enich, itiew pr<□cess, gloss,  1ft__
@ 5*
44
31b....
@ 554
44
@ 654
6 f t....
44 bulk. boxes or bbls @ 4
44 corn. 1 f t ..............
© fi
@ 6*
@ 654
© 6*
@ 6
© 55'
@ 554
5)4® 55*
5  @ 5 H
® 4*
@ 4*
(fy 454
4*@ 47a
25@27
27029
@30
@32
23@35
25@37

Cut  L o af...
Cubes  .........
P ow dered..
G ranulated. Stand a rd ...
Confeetionery  A ...
Standard A .
No. 1, W hite1 E x tra c ....
No. 2, E xtra C........
No. S C .........
No. 4 C.........
N o.SC.........
New Orleans, in  h ds.......
Corn,  barrels 
.........................................
Corn, 54 bbls.......'......................................
Corn,  10 gallon kegs.................................
Corn, 5 gallon kegs...................................
P u re  Sugar, b b l........................................
P u re Sugar, 54 bbl....................................

SYRUPS.

SUGARS.

44
44
•4
44

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TOBACCO—FINE C U T -IN   PAILS.
C h e rry .......................60|Hi  T h ere............
.......30
Five and  S even........451Red Cap..............
M agnet....................... 25 Cross C u t.......................35
Seal of D etro it......... 601 Old J i rn.......................... 35
Jim   D andy................ 38 j Old  T im e................  
30
O ur  B ird....................25  Underwood’sC apper 35
B rother  Jonathan...27|S w eet  R ose............... 45
Jolly  T im e.................361  Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
Our  L eader...............33  A tla s............................ 35
Sweet  Rose...............32  Royal Gam e................ 38
May  Q ueen...............65  Mule E a r..................... 6a
D ark AmericanEagle67| F o u n tain..................... 74
The M eigs..................60  Old Congress...............64
Red  B ird.............-___ 50|G oodLuck..................52
P rairie F lo w e r........65| Blaze A w ay..................35
Indian  Q ueen........... 60l H air L ifte r................... 30
May Flow er...............70  H iaw ath a....................65
Sweet  P ip p in ........... 45 G lo b e ............................ 65
H u s tle r......................221  Crown  L eaf................ 66
P au p er  ...................... Sl Ju p ite r  ........................25
Peach  P ie..................31|Night C ap.....................22
S tar 
....................39 S plendid...................   38
Old Solder.................. 37  Red F o x ....................... 40
Clipper  .......................->4  Big  D rive....................40
Corner Stone.............34i  Chocolate  C ream .... 40
Scalping  K n ife........34  Nimrod  .........................35
Sam B oss...................  34  Big Five C enter..........33
N e x t...........................29  P a r r o t .........................42
Jolly T a r....................30  B u s te r .........................35
Jolly  T im e.................32  Black P rince...............35
F a v o rite ....................42;  Black  R acer...............35
Black  B ird.................32  Climax  ......  
42
Live and L et  L ive.. .32;Acorn  .........................39
Q uaker........................28iHorse  Shoe................. 37
H iaw ath a.................. 38  V in c o ...........................34
Big  N ig......................37  M erry W ar.................. 26
Spear  H ead...............39  Ben  F ra n k lin .............3»
P.  V ............................. 38;Moxie....................w__ 34
Spring C hicken........ 361 Black J a c k ................... 32
Eclipse  ...................... 30  M usselm an’sC orker.30
T urkey........................391

PLUG.

SHORTS.

O ur  L ead er...............16|H iaw atha.....................22
M ayflow er.................23  Old C ongress...............23
G lobe...........................22  May  L e a f....................22
Mule E a r.................... 2'llD ark..............................20

©rugs & flftebicines

State  Board  or  Pharm acy.

On© Year—Jacob Jenson, Muskepou.
Two Years—James  Vemor, Detroit.
Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Four Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Years—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso.
President—Ottmar  Eberbach.
Secretary—J acob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas, Vemor.
Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 1 and 2._______

M ichigan  State  P harm aceutical  A ss’ll. 

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

Frank Wells, Geo. Gundrum and Jacob Jesson.

Grund  R apids  Pharm aceutical  Society.

ident—Geo. G. Steki 
■President—H.  E. L( 
stary—Frank H. Es< 
surer—Henry  B. Fa 
lent,  Vice-President  and Sec-
•d of  Censors—Pres
resident.  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
•d of Trustees—The
nwen and O. H. Richmond.
E. White and Wm.  L.  White, 
, Isaac Watt 
i—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair-'
littee on Tra
Comn
chil d and Hugo
ion—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo.
Comnlittee  on  Lc
Kenlink and W.
jr—W. L. White, A. C. Bauer and
Comnlittee on Ph;
Isaaie Watts.
t  Thursday  evening  in  each
Beffililar  Meeting!
_ 
month. 
Annual Meeting—First  Thursday eroning in November. 
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  March  S,  at  The 

ole Matt 
Thum.

,, 

, 

, 

, 

.

TllADESMAN office.

D etroit  Pharm aceutic*!  Society. 

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

President—A. F.  Parker.
First Vice-President—Frank  lnglis.
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.
Saginaw  Couuty  P harm aceutical  Society, 
President, Jay  Smith;  Secretary,  D .E .Prall.

Jackson  County  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President, R. F. Latimer;  Secretary, F.  A. King.

Clinton  County  D ruggists'  A ssociation. 

President, A. O. Hunt;  Secretary, A. S.  Wallace.
M ecosta  County  P harm aceutical  Society 
President, C. II. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.
Mason  County  P harm aceutical  Society. 

President, F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett.

Oceana County Pharm aceutical Society. 

President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.

Monrue  County  P harm aceutical  Society.

Shiaw assee County Pharm aceutical Society

M uskegon  D rug  Clerks’  A ssociation. 

President, I. C. Terry;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.

Local Organization with a Vengeance.
Among the druggists designated by Presi­
dent Wurzburg to work  up  local  organiza­
tion  was  Henry  Kephart, 
the  Berrien 
Springs druggist.  Mr.  Kephart appears to 
have  gone  at  the subject in a  systematic 
manner,  as  the  following  address  to  the 
druggists of  Berrien  county would seem to 
indicate:

B e r r ie n   Springs,  Feb.  1,  1887.

D e a r  S ir —The President of  the  Michi­
gan State  Pharmaceutical  Association has 
appointed  me a  committee of one to work 
up the subject of  local  organization in this 
county.
The benefits of local organizations are ad­
mirably shown in the various local  societies 
organized in Michigan during the past three 
years,  and  while  concerted  action  among 
druggists is a direct  benefit to the  trade in­
terested, it is also a strong  support  to the 
State Association.
I  want  to  get  the 
views of every druggist  in  the  county  on 
the subject,  and if a majority are in favor of 
it we will call a meeting  at  once.  Hoping 
to hear from you,  I am

Shall we organize? 

Respectfully yours,

H e n r y   K e p iia b t .

T h e  T r a d e s m a n   is n o t  able to sta te  au- 
th o ritiv e ly  th a t the  above  appeal  w as 
re­
ceived  w itli  open  arm s,  b u t  th e   subjoined 
call  is  p re tty   good evidence to  th a t etfect: 
B e r r ie n   S p r in g s .  Feb.  25,  1887.

D e a r   S ir —Many  of  the  druggists  of 
Berrien county are anxious to  meet  and or­
ganize a society which shall  be permanent, 
such as may have the etfect to promote  our 
professional  and  business  interests,  to in­
crease our  pharmaceutical  knowledge, and 
in many ways advance our interests.  As an 
organized body we can do much  toward the 
•enactment of such needed  laws as will pro­
tect  us  from  much 
ignorance  and  some 
knavery,  and suppress and punish  unquali­
fied or rascally persons who are preying up­
on the public.  That  occasional  meetings, 
at which a free interchange of opinions may 
be  had,  will  develop  a  higher degree of 
knowledge of our art is certain; 
that  such 
.gatherings  may  be  made  enjoyable is not 
less so;  that such an organization will bean 
aid  to  the  State  Association  and  to the 
•druggists  of  this  county,  as  represented, 
needs no proof.
I, therefore,  at  the request  of  many  of 
our most  honored  brethren, 
invite  you to 
meet at the Y.  M.  C. A.  rooms in  Niles,  on 
Wednesday.  March 2,  at 11  o’clock,  a.  m., 
sharp,  to eifect such an organization as  has 
•already been created and proved of  value in 
other counties,  and  1 urge each of you to be 
present or send a  representative  from  your 
■establishment.  Respectfully,

H e n r y   K e p h a r t .

The  Drug  Market.

Articles in  the  drug  line  are  steady  in 
price ami the  late  advances  are  nearly all 
sustained.  The  volume  of  trade 
is  very 
large for this  season  of  tiie  year  and  an 
active demand makes prices  firm.  Quinine 
is a little weak at present,  but  the  reaction 
is believed  to  be  only temporary.  Opium 
is firm and has advanced  15 cents since  our 
last issue.  Late advices from  Smyrna  con­
firm the reports of  damage  to  winter  sow­
ings and another advance is  probable.  The 
present London  price  would  make  it  cost 
about $4 to import.  Morphine is  very firm 
ami is likely to be further, advanced.  Insect 
powder is still hardening  in  price  and  we 
mark up our quotations 3 cents  per  pound. 
Carbolic acid is  steady.  There  is  a  large 
demand at full prices.  Cuttle bone is weak! 
and lower.  Arnica flowers  are very firm.

Secretary Jesson in Town.

Jacob  Jesson,  Secretary  of  the  State j 
Board of Pharmacy,  called at T h e   T r a d e s- j 
m a n  office Monday,  and stated  that the  at­
tendance at the present examination session j 
of the Board promised to be  larger than ev­
er before,  eighty  applications  having  al­
ready been made to Wm.

“K  Muir”  or  ‘‘K  Mini”  and  Its  Signifi­

cance.

G r a n d   R a p id s , Feb. 22, 1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
D e a r   S in —1  noticed  a  prescription  in 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   this  week  which  con­
tains  an article called K Muir or K  Miru.
I had a wrestle with that  same  thing,  or 
at least somthing very near  like  it,  nearly 
fifteen years ago.
An old man  presented  it  and  lie  called 
that item  “K Mera” and  said  it  was  deep 
in color and good for diarrhoea.
I happened to  think  of  Tinct.  Rhatapy 
and handed him the bottle.
“That’s the checker,” said the old man, so 
I put it in. 
I have always had an idea that 
the “K Muir” in question was  a  corruption 
of “Krameria” but,  of course, I do not know 
for certain. 

O.  H.  R ic h m o n d .

WANTS  SOMETHING  EA SY .

E l m ir a ,  Feb.  22,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
D e a r   S ir — “ K   Muir”—K .  Cl.—Kalium 
Muriate—Potassium  Chloride.  Ask  me 
something easy.

Yours,

N .  B.  B l a k e s l e e .

ANOTHER  TRANSLATION.

Gr a n d  R a p id s ,  Feb. 28,  1887.

E. A. Stowe. G rand Rapids:
D e a r   S ir —“K  Muir”  evidently  means 
Chloride of Potassium.  Such could  be  the 
derivation of the term  and  that  ingredient 
is plainly needed to render the  prescription 
effective for the purpose intended.

Yours,

W il l .  J.  P a g e .

Muskegon Drug Clerk’s  Association.
M u s k e g o n ,  Feb.  24,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids :

D e a r   S ir—The  regular  meeting  of  the 
Muskegon  Drug  Clerk’s  Association  was 
held  last  evening.  President  I.  C.  Terry 
being  absent,  D. A.  Shoemacher  was  ap­
pointed chairman pro tern.  C. S. Koon was 
admitted as a  member  of  the  Association. 
Jesse  Hoyt  read  a  paper  on  “Carbolic 
Acid.”  The remainder of the  evening  was 
passed  in  criticism  and  social 
talking. 
Some of the members brought  up  prescrip­
tions and counter orders’for explanation.
Our next meeting will be held on Wednes­
day, March 9.

Y ours truly.

Ge o .  L .  L e F e v r e ,  Sec’y.

To Repeal  the  Pharmacy  Law. 

Representative Cameron  introduced a bill 
in the House on February 23, providing  for 
the repeal of  Act  No.  134  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  1885,  otherwise  known  as  the 
Pharmacy Law.  The bill was  read  a  first 
and second time by its title and, pending its 
reference to a committee,  was  laid  on  the 
table.

Peculiar Druggists’ Orders.

A  Cambridgeport  druggist  has  made  a 
practice for some years of saving in a  scrap 
book some of the  most  peculiar  orders  he 
receives.  “We are asked  for  some  rather 
strange things,” he said to  the writer,  “but 
we  can  generally  guess  what  is  wanted. 
Many people expect a druggist  to  prescribe 
for  their  ailments,  as  it  saves  physicians’ 
charges,  and  the  diagnoses  of  complaints 
which  come  to  us  are  amusing.  Look  at 
these: 
‘Send  me  some  of the essence you 
put people to sleep with when you cut their 
fingers off.’  That evidently means ether.  ‘I 
want something to take tobacco  out  of  my 
mouth.’  Of course the  scent of the tobacco 
was  the  thing  objected  to. 
‘Send  me  a 
baby’s top to a nursing  bottle,’ means with­
out doubt a nursing bottle  top. 
‘An  ounce 
of the smelling stuff that goes through your 
brain,’ describes very well  the  effect  of  in­
haling  ammonia. 
‘Something  for  a  sore 
baby’s eye,’ is not easy to  mistake,  though 
stated very oddly.  Here is a startling order 
for ‘enough epicac to throw up  a  girl  four 
years  old.’ 
I  cannot  help  sympathizing 
with  this  person,  who  asks  for  ‘enough 
anise seed to take the twist  out of a dose of 
senna.’  Here is a graphic description  of  a 
certain ailment,  iu request for a  ‘plaster for 
a man kilt with stitches.’  Perhaps the man 
who wrote this order  for  ‘something  for  a 
caustic woman’ builded better than he knew. 
Here is an order  for  a  ‘heavy  pain  in  the 
bones that is coming out  through  his eyes.’ 
The  person  who  wrote  for ‘something  to 
take  a  man’s  breatli  away’ did not intend 
murder or  suicide,  but  merely  wished  for 
cardamon seed or something of that nature. 
1 sent a Uniament to this lady, who asks for 
‘something to rub my old  man  with.’  Not 
a bad description of a poultice,  is the  order 
for ‘enough flax-seed to make a pudding for 
a sore toe.’  This  child,  who  had  ‘an  im­
pression on Ills heart,  and  a  cough  that  is 
choking  him  in  the  neck,’ ought  to  have 
been taken to the doctor, as well as this oth­
er one, who, his mother wrote, was ‘heaving 
up and down and every way.’  Here is a re­
quest for ‘something to knock a cold  out  of 
an old woman.’  The next one seems  to  be 
in hard condition.  She  desires  ‘something 
for a woman who has a bad cough and  can­
not cough.’  No druggist would hesitate for 
a  minute  to  fill  this order:  'Something,  I 
forget the name,  but it is a cure.’  ‘Our own 
preparation’ will just fill the bill  in  such  a 
case.  But  what  should  we  send  for  ‘a 
swelled woman’s foot,’  ‘a  man  with  a  dry 
spit on him’ and  ‘a woman  whose  appetite 
is loose on her.’ ”

“We got used to  phonetic.spelling,” pur­
sued the  druggist,  “and  are  very  seldom 
unable to arrive at a fair conclusion of what 
is wanted,  even  by  the  blindest  writers. 
Here are orders  for  penny  garick,  parry 
garic and  paddy  garrick,  which  procured 
paregoric in each ■ case.  These  orders  for 
barneget,  vergmouut  and  bugmint,  were 
filled with bergamot; these requests for come- 
earback,  gum  mare  back,  garmaribaek, 
comearaback and ramback  called  for  gum 
arabic; these asking for camfier  and  camp­
fire meant camphor; worm me fuge and bar- 
mafug meant vermifuge, of  course;  where 
our customers  have called for epicot,  metic, 
epicack,  apricot and epicat we have deliver­

ed ipecacuanha;  the persons who  wrote for 
honey quintom,  blew oint,  Annie  Quintom 
and Anne Grintom gotunguentum, otherwise 
blue ointment; orders for lodnom,  lad  num 
and lord worm we filled with laudanum; for 
balm of  city we sent spermaceti;  those who 
wanted high stirrups  got  hive  syrup; 
the 
fellow who  wrote for paint  killer  received 
painkiller;  I knew  that  Bubben  whiskey 
meant Bourbon whiskey,  that air root meant 
arrow  root,  and that bitter Alice  meant bit­
ter aloes.  1 sent Arabian balsam instead of 
raving balsam to this man,  corrosive  subli­
mate instead of a gross of suppliments to that 
one, and cherry pectoral  instead  of  cherry 
pickrel to this  other. 
I  substituted  syrup 
of squills in these orders  for  sharp  squill 
and sirrip of  swill; sent Ayer’s pills to  this 
man who asks for Ear pill;  Epsom  salts to 
the one who wrote for lapson salt, and some 
cubebs instead of cupids to the  other.  Not 
having any glory farm on hand,  I  took  the 
liberty of filling this order with chloroform; 
and being out of flack ceed and  flacks  sed, 
I sent flaxseed in  that  one.

“When I got these orders for ox sled acid 
and horrid  lime,  I  sent  oxalic  acid  and 
chlorate of  lime.  This man asks  for  Me 
Cordon seed; this one for carman  seed  and 
this one for colored man seeds,  but  I  gave 
cardamon seeds to each.  Many orders come 
in where one syllable is mistaken for a con­
junction,  as churrup and quill for  syrup of 
squills; check and  berry  for  cheekerberry; 
gold and thread for golden thread; spit  and 
turkletine,  for spirits  of  turpentine;  balm 
and gilead for balm of Gilead; hope and dil- 
dock,  for  opodeldock.  People  who  wish 
for borax write for  borracks,  bowrux, bow 
rax and bow wax.  We get  orders  for  Ar­
nold’s  ‘blossom’ instead of  balsam;  Hall’s 
hair ‘manure’ instead of renewer;  and Bur­
nett’s  ‘cocarine’ instead  of  cocoaiue.  Cus­
tomers who want lovage write for love itch. 
Those who desire liquorice write  for  luck- 
rich,  logrisli and stickrish.  Here  is a  wo­
man who wants five cents worth of  cologne 
to smell a trunk.  Another asks  for a mix­
ture which shall be two-thirds  aeoliol  and 
two-thirds  castor-oil. 
This  one  wants 
something to make  catnip  tea  from,  and 
the other asks for  ten cents  worth of Mary 
attic acid.

F o rm u la s of S everal  P a te n t  M edicines.

1  pint

R  A lcohol...................................  

HAMLIN’S WIZARD OIL.
 

Gum  cam phor..................................  1 ounce
Oil  sa ssafras.....................................   24 ounce
Tine, m y rrh .......................................   24  ounce
Tine,  capsicum ................................   24 ounce
A qua  am m onia................................   2i  ounce
C hloroform .......................................   24 ounce

KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY.

R  Sneezew ort,..................................  1 ounce

B itte r ro o t....................................  4 drachm s

M ix  and  add

8 fi.ounces 
1011. ounces 
4  drachm s

Boiling w a te r...............................
Proof sp irits................................
Licorice ro o t................................
M acerate fo r 48  hours,  th e n   add
W hite su g a r..................................
Tine, w in terg reen ........................

4 ounces 
1 ounce
DR. PIERCE’S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
R  FI. ext. cinchona.............................  IB ounces
FI. ext.  colum bo.............................  4 ounces
FI. ext.  licorice...............................  4 ounces
Fl. ext. guiac....................................  8 ounces
Tinct. opium ....................................  1 ouuee
Podophyllin (I'esinoid)...................120 grains
G lycerine..........................................  6 fi. pts
Alcohol suttieient  to dissolve the  podophyllin.
D issolve  th e podophyllin  in  th e   alcohol; 

add  th e rest  of th e  ingredients.

DR. PIERCE’S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION.

R  Savin  ..................................................  10 gram s
A g a ric ................................................  5 gram s
Cinnam on..........................................   5 gram s
P eruvian b a rk .......... !.....................   10 gram s

M ake a decoction of 220  gram s,  and add

G um -arabic.......................................   10 gram s
S u g a r.................................................   5 gram s
Tinct. d igitalis..................................  2 gram s
Tinct. o p iu m ......................................  2 grains
Oil anise..............................................  8  drops
T h e gum ,  sugar an d   oil  to  be  dissolved in 
45 gram s of alcohol.  O ne gram   equals  15)4 
g rains.

ATHLOPHORUS.

R  Sulphate of m orphia..................  2 grains

Fi. ext. colchicum   seed,
Fl. ext. guiac resin, o f e ach __   111. draco)
■  Potassium   acetate
Potassium  salicylate, of e a c h ..  60 grains.
Diluted  alcohol............................  24 fl. ounce
Syrup of squill, sufficient  quan­
tity  to m ake.............................   611. ounces
M ix by  app ly in g  g en tle  heat.  T h e  syrup 
of squill  should  be  p repared  by  d ig esting 
over n ig h t  180  g rain s  of  squill  root  iu  h ot 
w ater sufficient to  m ake  an  infusion,  w hen 
strained,  o f th re e   fluid  ounces. 
I n  th is  is 
dissolved eig h t ounces  tro y  o f sw eet glucose 
by gen tle  heat.

Mm  flri  ExcMip.

Mills &  Goodman, Props.

well located in  D etroit.  Doing  tine  busi­

375 South Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
FOR  SALE—D esirable  stock  of about $3.000 
ness.  Term s spot cash.
W ANTED—A t  once  a  Scandanavian  regis­
tered Pharm acist.  Also o ther registered 
Pharm acists and  A ccountants.
■ ANTED—To  exchange  farm   and  tim ber 
FjR   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.

land for d rug stocks.  Also  good  farm ­

ing lands in D akota  for exchange.

ing town.

inhabitants 

$4,500  in  tow n  of  4,000 

FOR  SALÈ—V ery  desirable  stock  of  about 

in 
Southern  Michigan.  Doing  a  very  flue  busi­
ness.
JpO R   SALE—B ankrupt  stoçk  of  about  $700

Reason for selling, poor  health.

800 inhabitants  in  eastern  p a rt  of  State. 

can be bought very cheap.
Stock of about $1 
Doing good business.

FOR  SALE—Stock of about $1,200 in lum ber­
FOR  SALE—Stock o f about $1,400  in town of 
A LSO—Many  o ther  stocks,  the  p articulars 
of which we will  furnish  on  application.
rpo  DRUGGISTS—W ishing  to  secure clerks 
we will furnish  the  address  and  full  par­
ticulars o f those on ou r list  free.
TT1  E  HAVE also secured  th e  agency  for J. 
VV  h .  Vaii & Co.’s m edical publications and 
can  furnish  any  m edical  or  pharm aceutical 
works a t publishers’ rates.

Michigan Drug Exchange,

357 South Union St., 

- 

Grand Rapids.

WHOLESALE  FRIGE  CURRENT.

dor.

A dvanced—Opium, opium, 
D eclined—C uttle bone.

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 ...................................
Oxalicum   ...................................
Salicylicum ...............................
T an n icu m ..................................
T a rta ric u m ...............................
AMMONIA.
A qua, 16  deg ............................
18  d eg ............................
C arbonas...................................
C hloridum ...............................
BACCAE.
Cubebae  (po.  1  75.
Ju n ip e ru s  ............
X a n th o x y lu m __

*• 

BALSAMUM.

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

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CORTEX.

Abies,  C anadian........................
Cassine  ........................................
Cinebona F lav a..........................
E aonym us  a tro p u rp ................
M yrica  Cerifera, p o .................
P ru n u s  V irgini..........................
Quillaia,  g rd ...............................
Sassfras  ......................................
U lm us...........................................
Ulm us Po (Ground  12)..............
EXTRACTUM.
G lycyrrhiza G labra...................
p o .............................
H aem atox, 15 ft boxes..............
I s ...............................
548

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8 ® 10
. . .  
80@1  00
. . .  
. . .  
5 5 ® 60
. . .   7 0® 75
5
. . .  
3 ®
10® 12
. . .  
11® 13
. . .  
. . .  1  85® 2 10
. . .  1  40@1  00
. . .   5 0 ® 53

3 ®  
. . .  
6
. . .  
4 ®
14
. . .   1» ®
. . .   1 2® 14

. . . 1   85@2 10

6 ®

. . .   2 5 ® 30

. . .  

5 0® 55
® 1 50
. . .   3 8® 40
. . .   4 5 ® 50

13
11
18
30
20
1*2
12
12
12
10

. . .   24® 25
. . .   83® o5
0
8 ®
. . .  
@  12 
@  13 
@  15

iier ba—I n ounce 1ackuges.

Util UUlull L  i  ILLlj'............... . .
C itrate and Q uinia.................
C itrate Soluble........................
Ferrocyanidum  Sol................
Solut  Chloride........................
Sulphate, com ’l,  (bbl. 75)__
p u re ........................
FOLIA.

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“ 
“ 

V ir ........................

B a ro sm a...................................
Cassia A cutifol, T innivelly..
A lx ..............
Salvia officinalis,  14s and  24 s
U ra  U rsi...................................
GUMMl.
2nd 
“ 
.................
.......... «...
3rd 
“ 
Sifted  so rts..............
“ 
“ 
PO.................   ...........
Aloe,  Barb,  (po, 60)...............
“  Cape, (po. 20).................
“  Socotrme,  (po. 60).......
A m m oniac  .............................
A ssafoetida,  (po. 30)..............
B en zo in u m .............................
O am phorae.............................
Catechu,  Is,  (24s,  14; 2&s, 16).
K uphorbium ,  po.....................
G albanum ...............................
Gamboge, p o ............................
G uaiacum ,  (po. 45).................
Kino,  (po. 25).................   .......
M astic........................................
M yrrh, (po. 45)........................
Opii, (po. 5  50)’. ........................
S hellac...............   ...................
bleached.....................
T ragacanth  ..............................
A bsinthium   ............................
E u p a to riu m ............................
Lobelia  ....................................
M ajorum 
.................................
M entha  P ip erita.....................
R u e ...........................................
T anaeetum ,  V ........................
Thym us. V ...............................
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...................
Araydalae, A m arae...............
A nisi  .........................................
A uranti  C ortex......................
Bergamli.*................................
C ajiputi  ...................................
C aryophylli.............................
C edar.........................................
C h enopodii..............................
C innutnonii..............................
Citronella  ...............................
Conium  M ac............................
C o p aib a....................................
Cubebae  ....................................
E xechthitos.............................
K rig ero n ....................................
G ault her i a .....................  ....... .
G eranium , z.............................
Gossipii, Sem .gul...................
H edeom a...................................
Ju n ip e ri....................................
Lavcndula ...............................
L im o u is....................................
Lini, g a l....................................
M entha P ip e r...........................
M entha V erid...........................
M orrhuae,  g a l..........................
Myreia,  j ....................................
O liv e...........................................
Picis Liquida, (gal.  50)..........
K ic in i.........................................
K osm urini.................................
Kosac,  §......................................
Succini  ......................................
Sabina........................................
S a n ta !.........................................
S assafras....................................
Sinapis,  ess, 
...........................
T ig lii...........................................
T h y m e ........................................
o p t..................................
Theobrom as............................. .
POTASSIUM.
B ich ro m ate...............................
B ro m id e ....................................
Chlorate, (Po. 22).......................
Io d id e..........................................
P ru s s ia te ...............................  .

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RADIX.

A lth a e ........................................
A n c h u sa ....................................
Arum ,  p o ...................................
C alam us......................................
G entiana,  (po.  15).....................
G lyelirrhiza,  (pv. 15)................
H ydrastis  Cauaden,  (po. 35)..
Hellebore,  Alba,  p o ...............
Inula,  p o ....................................
Ipecac, p o ...................................
Jalapa,  p r...................................
M aranta,  54s .............................
Podophyllum ,  po .....................
tthei  ...........................................
“  c u t......................................
“  p v ......................................
SpigcMa  ....................................
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)................
Serpen ta r ia ...............................
S en eg a........................................
Sinilax, Officinalis,  H ..............
M ex.........
Scillae,  (po. 35)..........................
Sym ploearpus,  Foetidus, po. 
V aleriana,  English,  (po. 30)..
G erm an.................

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SEMEN.
A nisum , (po.22)......................
Apium   (graveolens)..............
Bird, l s .......................................
Carui,  (po. 20)..........................
C ardam oni...............................
C oriandrum .............................
Cannabis  S ativa......................
Cydonium .................................
Cnenopodium  ..........................
D ipterix  O dorate....................
Foeniculum ............................  ,
Foenugreek, p o .......................
L in i.............................................
Lini, grd, (bbl,  3).....................
Phalaris  C anarian...................
R a p a ..........................................
Sinapis,  A lbu..........................
N ig r a ........................
SPIRITUS.
F rum enti,  VV.,  D. & Co.........
F rum enti, D. F. R ...................
F ru m e n ti.................................
Ju n ip eris Co.  O. T ................. .
Jun ip eris  Co............................
S audianim   N. E .....................
Spt. V ini  G alli..........................
Vini O porto.............................
Vini  A lba.................................

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SPONGES.

Florida sheens’ wool, carriage.
j  N assau 
I V elvet E x t 
E x tra Ye 
Grass 
H ard 2 
I Yellow Reef. 

do 
do
do 
do
' d o  
do
do 
do
,for slate u se..........
...........

do 

,  .2 25  @2 50
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

MISCELLANEOUS.

! JEther, Spts N itros, 3 F ............
..  26®  28
.¿Ether, Spts. N itros, 4 F ..........
..  30©  32
1  A lu m e n ........................................
• •  224®  324
j  A lum en,  ground, (po. 7)..........
.. 
3®  4
I  A nnatto  ......................................
..  55©  60
|  A ntim oni,  po.............................
4® 
5
.. 
A ntim oni et Potass  T a rt.........
55®  60
I  A rgenti  N itras,  j .......................
©  68
I  A rsenicum ...................................
.. 
5® ■  7
1  Balm Gilead  B ud......................
..  38®  401
!  Bism uth  S.  N .............................
..2  15@2 20
I  Calcium  Chlor,  ls, (24s,  11;  2a8, 12).
@ 
9
j  Cantharides  Russian, p o .........
@2  25
I Capsiei  F ructus, a f ...................
@  15
!  Capsiei F ructus, p o ...................
@ 1 6
I Capsiei F ructus, B, p o ..............
©   14
j  Caryophyllus,  (po.  35)..............
..  30®  33
,  Carmine, No. 40..........................
@3  75
i Ci ra Alba, S. &  F ........................
..  50®  55
j  Cera  F lav a....................................
..  26®  30
!  C o c cu s.........................................
@  40
|  Cassia F ru c tu s.............................
©   15
I  C e n tra rla ....................................
@ 1 0
I  C etaeeu m __ ,..............................
@ 5 0
|  Chloroform  .
..............................
i  Chloroform,  Squibbs................
@1  00
I  Chloral H ydrate  C ryst............
..1  60©l  75
i  C h o n d ru s....................................
..  10®  12
I  Cinchonidine, P. &  W..............
..  15®  20
|  Cinchonidine,  G erm an............
..  12®  17
Corks, see list, discount,  per  cent.
40
C reaso tu in ....................................
©   no
!  Greta, (bbl. 75)...
®  
?
I  C reta  p ro p ..............
5® 
6
Creta, p recip ...............................
.. 
8®  10
I  C reta Rubra’..................................
@ 8
|  C ro c u s.........................................
..  25®  30
j  C udbear.........................................
®   24
I  Cupri S ulph..................................
.. 
6®  7
I  D e x trin e ..................................
.  10®  12
I  E th er S uiph...............
..  08®  70
Em ery, all  nu m b ers...................
@ 
8
Em ery, p o ....................................
©   6
|  Ergota, (po. 60).............................
..  50®  60
|  Flake  W h ite............................
..  12®  15
G a lla ...............................................
@  23
G a m b ie r.................
7® 
8
Gelatin, < oopor............................
@  15
|  G elatin, F ren ch..............
..  40®  60
G lassw are tim t, 70&10 by box. 60A10,  less.
|  Glue,  Brow n...............................
.. 
9®  15
I  Glue.  W hite..................................
13®  25
I  G lycerins,.......................
..252"®  30
G rana  Pn.va.disi............................
@  15
|  H u ru u le « ...............................
..  25©  401
|  H ydruir  Chlor. M ite...................
©   75
j  Hydrai:.-  Chlor.  Cor...................
@  65
1  Hydro.;-  Oxide R ubrum ............
©   85
Hydroi-_.  A m tuoniati.................
@1  00
H ydro-  U nguentum .................
@  401
H y d ra rg y ru m .............................
©  05 i
Iehthyooolla, Am  ......................
..1  25® 1  50
Indigo.............................................
..  75® l  00
Iodine,  ltesu b l.............................
. .4  00®.4  10
Io d o fo rm ......................................
@5  15
Liquor A rsen e t H ydvarg lo d ..
@ 2 7
Liquor P otass  A rsinitis............
..  10©  12
Lupuline  .....................
..  85@1  00
L ycopodium .................................
..  55®  60
M acis......................................
..  60®  65
I  Magnesia. Sulph, (bbl. 124).........
.. 
3
2© 
Manuia. S, F ..................................
90© 1  Of)
. 
Morphia,  S, P. & W.....................
..2  85©3  10
!  Moschus C anton..........................
©   40
M yristiea, No. 1...
©   60
Nu.v  Vomica,  (po:20).........
©   10
1  Os.  Sepia........................................
..  20®  23
1  Pepsin Saac,  II.  &  p.  D.  Co.......
©2  00
I  Picis  Liq,  N. C..  24  galls, doz..
@3 70
Picis Liq.,  q u a rts........................
®1  40
Picis Liq., p m ts.....................
@  85
Pil H ydrarg,  (po. SO)...................
@  50
P iper  N igra,  (po.22)  ..
..  @ 1 8
P ip er  Alba, (po. 35)..........
@  35
Pix  B urgun.......
7
@ 
Plurnbi  A ect.................................
..  14©  15
Pofassa, B itart, p u re .................
©   40
Potassa,  B itart, com .................
®   15
Potass  N itras, o p t......................
.. 
8®  10
Potass  N itras...............................
7®  9
.. 
Pulvis Ipecac  et opii..............
..1  10® l  20
P yrethrum , boxes,  H. & P. D. Co., doz.  © l  00
P yrethruin, p v ............
..  48®  53
Q u assiae........................
8®  10
.. 
Quinia, S, P. &  W.....................
..  70®  75
Quinia, S, G erm an......................
..  68®  73
llubia T inetorum ............... ........
..  12®  13
Saceharum   Lactis, p v ...............
© a n
S alacin ...............................
@5  50
Sanguis D raconis........................
..  40©  50
Santonine......................................
@4  50
Sapo,  W ............................
..  12®  14
Sapo,  M.............. ..........................
8®  10
.. 
Sapo, G ......................................
©   15
Seidlitz  M ixture..........................
@  28
S iuapis...........................................
@ 1 8
Sinapis,  o p t..................................
..  @ 3 0
Snuff,  Maceaboy,  Do.  Voes__
@  35
Snuff, Scotch,  Do.  V oes............
©   35
Soda Boras, (po.  10).....................
.. 
S®  10
Soda et Po toss T a rt.....................
..  33®  35
Soda  C arb......................................
.. 
2©  224
Soda,  Bi-Carb...............................
4®  5
.. 
Soda,  A sh......................................
.. 
3® 
4
Soda  S ulphas...............................
@  2
Spts.  E ther  Co........................
..  50®  55
Spts.  Myreia  b o m ......................
@2  00
Spts. Myreia  Im p ........................
..  @2 50 1
Spts. Vini Beet, (bbl.  2  25).........
..  @2  35
Strychnia, C rystal......................
©1  30
Sulphur, Subì...............................
Sulphur,  Roll...............................
T am arin d s....................................
T erebenth  V enice......................
T heobrom ae.................................
V anilla  .........................................
Zinci  S ulph...................  ............

..  224®  3
8®  10
.. 
..  28®  30
@ 4 0
.9  00® 16  00
7® 
8

_  _ ?

OILS.

Whale, w in ter...............................
Lard, e x tra ....................................
Lard, No.  1.........: .........................
Linseed, pure  ra w ......................
Linseed,  b o ile d ............................
Neat’s Foot, w inter  stra in e d ...

PAINTS

Bbl
1*
Red V enetian.............................
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles........ Hi
IX
Ochre, yellow  Berm uda..........
Putty, co m m ercial...................
22*
P utty, strictly p u re .........  ....... 824
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,  white  Spanish..........
W hiting,  Gilders’......................
White,  Paris A m erican............
W hiting  P ar's English cliff..
Pioneer Prepared  I  units  __
Swiss Villa  Prepare-•  P a in ts..
VARNISHES.
No.  1 T urp  Coach........................
Extra  T u rp .......  ........................
Coach  Body...............................
No.  1  T urp F u rn itu re.................
E xtra T urk  D am ar.....................
Ja p an  D ryer, No.  1  T u rp ..........

Bbl 
70 
55 
45 
40 
43 
50 

Gal 
75
60
55
43
46
80

Lb
2®  3
2®  3
2®  3
224®  3
2X@  3
13® 1.6
58@00
1.6® 17
6®  624
6©  6V&
©70
@90
1  10
1  40
1  20®1  40
1  00® 1  20
.. 1  10® 1  20
..1  60@1  70
..2  75@3  00
.  1  00@1  10
.. 1  55@1  60
..  70®  75

URNITURE FINISH

Make Old Furniture 

Look Like New.

DIRECTIONS  FOR  USE:
First  remove  all  dirt  and 

grease, then apply

with  a  cotton  cloth,  and  rub 
down until dry.

The Best Furniture Finish  in 
the market.  Try  it, and  make 
your old Furniture  look  Fresh 
and New.
Ask your D ruggist, F u rn itu re Dealer, G rocer 
If  they 

or H ardw are Store  for  POLISHINA. 
do not have it, send 25 cents fo r a bottle to

GRAND  RAPIDS.

©3 50
® 80
@ 50
® 15
124® 2
®

38@ 40
30® 25
35® 50
10® 13
8® 10

@1  00
® 00
@ 80
® 65
75® l 00
50® 60
® 13
W 50
25® 30
@ 15
50® 55
84® 27
® 13
35® hi
® 80
75® 80
® 85
tuft 20
@1 25
® 40
90@4 00
18® 25
35® 30
30® 75

20
2->
28
23
25
80
22
25

.  55© 60
.  20® 22
.  20® 25
.  35® 36

.4  50@5 00
.7  00@7 50
.2  10®3 20
®2 5U
.2 00®2 75
©
15
.  35® 65
©1 50
© To
. 
© 75
.  35® 65
© 30
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.  90® 1 00
. 1  20® 1 30
.2  3l)@2 40
.  65© 7*5
.  00@1 00
.  90®3 00
2 2.">@2 
35
.  42©
45
.3 00©3 
.6  00®7 oil
.  80®l  no
@ 50
.1  00©2 75
.  10® 12
. 1  43©l  60 
.  75© 1  00
©8  00
40(5,15
.  90® l  00
.3  50@7 00
.  5Q@ 60
® 05
©1 50
.  40® 50
© 60
20

.  72® 14
.  42© 45
.  20® *W
.3  00®3 25
.  25® 28

30
.  25® 
.  15®
20
© 25
.  20® 50
.  10® 12
1H
® 30
15© 20
.  15© 20
.1  60® 1 70
.  25® 30
® 00
•  15® 18
-  @1 75
.  75©1 35
.  50® 55
® 20
• 
.  40® 45
© 40
@ 20
.  10® 12
© 25
© 25
.  15® 20

® 18
.  12® 15
4® 6
. 
.  12® 15
.1  00© l 25
.  10® 12
.  3 24® 4
.  75©1  00
.  10® 13
.1  75®1 85
.  @ 15
.  324® 4
.  324® 4
•  4*4® 5
5® 6
. 
8® 9
. 
8® 9
• 

.2  00@2 50
.1  75@3 00
.1  10@1 50
.1  75® 1 75
.1  75@3 50
.1  75@2 00
.1  7 5® 6  60
.1  25@2 00
.1  25®3 00

W H O L E S A L E

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91,

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS  OF

K  Mims CM
u  num
Sunnis.

M A N U FA CTU RERS  OF

Elegant  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tion,  Fluid  Extracts  and 

Elixirs

G E N E R A L   WHOLESALE  AUNTS  FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

Pioneer Prepares Paints.

ALSO  FOR  THE

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu­
facturers of Hair, Shoe snd 

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market

We  desire  particular  attention  of those 
about purchasing outfits for new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACIL­
ITIES for meeting the wants of  this  class 
of buyers WITHOUT  DELAY and in the 
most  approved  and  acceptable  manner 
known to the drug trade.  Our  special  ef­
forts in this  direction  have  received  from 
hundreds or our customers the  most satis­
fying recommendations.

tuent

We give our special and  personal atten­
tion to the selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit 
the high praise accorded  to us for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  PURE  GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  W e CONTROL and are the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE & CO.’S

Henderson Co., Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

W H IS K E Y .
W e not only offer these  goods  to  be ex­
celled by NO OTHER KNOWN BRAND 
in the market, but superior  in  all  respects 
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e 
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis­
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has 
been assured.

W e are also owners of the

D ru p ls’  Favorite  Eye,

Which continues to have so  many  favor­
ites among druggists who have  sold  these 
goods for a very long time.  Buy our

Giis, Branfiiies & Fine Wines.

W e call your attention to  the  adjoining 
list of market quotations which we  aim  to 
make as complete and perfect  as  possible. 
For special  quantities  and  quotations  on 
such articles as do not appear  on  the  list, 

such asPatent  Medicines,

Etc., we invite your correspondence.
and personal attention.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

Hazeltine 

& Perkins 

Drug Co.

H. LEONARD & SONS

The CELEBRATED  EMERY  $3  SHOE
H A T C H   &  E M ER Y ,  C hicago  a n d   B oston. 
827 Jefferson Street, 

D.  G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Grand Rapids, Mich.

-  

TANSY  CAPSULEE

I   THE  LATEST  DISCOVERY.  W
Dr.  Laparle’s  Celebrated  Preparation, Safe  and 
Indispensable  to  L A D IE S . 
Always  Reliable. 

Send  4  cents  for  Pealed  Circular.

CALUMET CHEMiGAL CO., Chicago.

thU paper.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
E U  GIFTES

F ro m 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  B oilers, Saw  Mills 
G rist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shaft 
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  m ade  for 
Complete Outfits.

W.  O.  Denison,
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90  and  92 South  Division  Street, 

MICH.

- 

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

1 3 4  to 1 4 0  E a st F u lto n  Street.

Assorted Package Diamond K Thirds.

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

6 
7 

WHITE  GRANITE  WARE.
36 
50 
60 

“  B a k e rs .........................................................  
 
“ 
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doz. 5 inch  P la te s........................................................... 
“  7  “ 
“  8  “ 
“ 
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“  8  “ 
“  No.  36 Bowls.................. 
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30 
“  
24 
“ 
9 Covered  C h am b ers.................................  
9 Open 
...................................  3 00 
“  4 in. F ru it  S aucers................................................  
25 
Covered  B u tters...........................................   3  20 
“  5 
“   7 
D is h e s ..........................................   3 20 
“  8 
.............................................  3 60 
“  pairs No, 9 Ewers and B asins.............................   6  60 
“  5 in. Scolloped  N appies........................................ 
 
“  6 
“ 7 
........................................ 
“ 8 
 
“  9 
“ 10 
“ 11 
“ 12 
sets H andled St. Dennis T eas....................................  
“  U nhandled 
....................................  
P a c k a g e .............................................  

 
P la tte r s ............................................................  1  00 
.........................................................  
160 
...........................................................   2  14 
...........................................................   2  84 
34 
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Sold by th e package  only. 

3 21
10 00
3 60
75
96
1  40
50
60
76
4  00
1  50
150
1  60
80
90
2 20
60
76
1  00
140
25
40
54
71
8  16
4  68
2  00
$54  so

JOBBER  OF

OYSTERS!
FISH,

- a S L lK T IDGAME.

Mail Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

The Sawmill’s Song.

J . E dgar Jones in Inter-O cean.

From forests fa r and near,
E m erging clean and clear—

Are clutched w ithin my grasp;
Their m ighty bodies clasp,

intoning' labor’s song—
My steel  arm s, sw ift and strong,

W ith tireless voice and fiery b r e a th -  
I bare the hearts of fo rest pines;
Move tireless blades which, to and fro. 
Through frag ran t tim ber come and go.
In constant stream s the g iant pines 
My m etal servants, sw ift and tru e,
Then, held in iron paws, they feel 
The th ru sts of m y sw ift, Hashing  steel.
F ast w hirling, like revolving light,
The saw goes ’round and ’round.
And buzz like sw arm s of g iant bees 
W here wheels and shafts resound,
In   ehorus w ith the clash and clangs 
Of m odern toil’s obedient  “gangs.
All day. all night, th e g iants come 
And m arch in files, brow n, d ark  and dun— 
In ranks  of p u rest white and gold, 
Increased in w orth a hundred fold.
High up aloft, in carvan w reaths 
My sm oky banners fiy;
While tongues of flame from   lofty  tow ers 
•  Glow redly in the sky.
O r p aint the clouds with crim son  light, 
Kellected by the waves at night.
The fra g ra n t product o f m y toil—
Is borne by white-winged ships and stream s 
To rise again in cottage homes.
Or lofty piles w ith stately domes.
And so, untiring, still I toil.
Converting into gold 
The trees ordained to  be my spoil 
Through days and years untold;
Obeying still, as best 1 can,
The m andate of  my m aster,  m an.
So shall resound through passing years 
The tu n e o f busy mills,
Their labor chorus echoed from  
Pine-plum ed, encircling  hills;
Industrial anthem s, grand and strong.
Led by the deep-lunged saw-mill’s song.

My busy wheels and bands—
To distant treeless lands.

Was It a Warning or a Dream.

D e a r  Old Boa-:  You must  come up on 
the 4 o’clock train Saturday,  and  stay  over 
until Monday.  We have some  old  friends 
of yours at the  house,  but  won’t  mention 
their names,  as we think it will be a delight­
ful surprise.  As ever,  yours, 

T racy

When a man is between Cl and 25 lie will 
go to many inconveniences  to have a pleas­
ant  time, and this letter at once settled  the 
question where I was to spend  the  coming 
Sunday.

Saturday afternoon  found  me,  valise  in 
hand,  trudging  to  the  depot,  smiling  as 
blandly on acquaintances as if my horse had 
won in the  last  race.  Any  one  who  has 
visited the Eastern States during the month 
of September can  appreciate the exhiliarat- 
ing  effect  of  the  clear  atmosphere, 
the 
bright coloring of the leaves and the  beauty 
of the hills and dales,  as the  puffing engine 
whirls  you through,  by  and  beyond, at  a 
speed  only excelled by  the  Flying  Dutch­
man.  The  ride  seemed  only  too  short, 
when the brakeman,  poking  his  head  into 
the doorway,  yelled out a  name  that,  had 
we not  been  familiar  with  the  locality, 
we would have  thought it  some  place  in 
Southern China.  Then  came  the  picking 
up of luggage,  the pushing  forward to  the 
platform,  the  spring to  the  station  steps, 
the warm  grasp of  the hand,  and  the  wel­
come,  “ How are you,  old  boy?”  and  the 
echo,  ‘‘How are you,  Tracy?”  making  me 
feel I had left business  and  cares  behind, 
and was willing to face the  coming  pleas­
ures with the courage of a Trojan.

“Tracy,  who  is  it  you  have  at  the 

house?”

ing.”

“Never you mind, old fellow; you couldn’t 

guess if you tried a year.”

“If that is  so,  you’ll  excuse  my  guess­

Then, shaking the lines  over  the horses, 
away we went,  fairly  skimming  over  the 
hard road, the  bright  bays  shaking  their 
heads,  snorting and prancing as if they, too, 
felt the joy of  the man who was let  out  of 
the  bondage  of  a  great  city.  The  road 
from tiie lodge to the house  was so embow­
ered in shrubbery  that no one could be seen 
until you dashed around the sharp turn and 
were directly upon them.

There were the jolliest of greetings, pleas­
ant words and  jests,  when,  suddenly  obey­
ing an impulse,  I turned.

“My God! Is it you, Josle?”
She,  as pale  as  myself,  with  eyes  that 
ssemed to grow  luminous  with  excitement 
—“It is.  And what are you doing here?”

Recovering myself,  I said:  “This  seems 
a pretty hard question to ask  a  man  who 
lias  accepted  the  invitation  of  mutual 
friends,  and  was  looking  forward  to  the 
happiest of times.”

“Does it  make you unhappy  that  I  am 

•here?”

“No,  not  that—only  surprised.  You 
know,  Josie,  when we were together last?”
All this was said so quickly  that none of 
our friends  had time  to  notice  our  whito 
faces  and  startled  manner.  Placing  her 
linger on her lip,  I understood  and  said  no 
more.

Three years lief ore,  the  last  time  I  had 
seen  her,  we were standing  on  the  vine- 
covered veranda of  her home,  when,  step­
ping forward,  I slipped my arm around her, 
and,  kissing her, said,  “Good  bye,  Josie,” 
and,  with a merry laugh,  sprang away with 
the activity of youth,  so as to avoid a boxed 
ear:  then I kissed  my  hand  to  her  from 
the foot of the steps,  while she stood  above 
me,  a beautiful  picture,  blushing rosy red, 
half vexed, but smiling her  farewell.

By dinner-time I had  recovered  my  self- 
possession,  and gave the family all the gos­
sip of the day; told them who were married, 
who had bolted,  what was the  latest craze, 
and a thousand  and one things that are  so 
appreciated at a country mansion during the 
summer time.

Dinner over,  and excusing myself  to the 
boys,  I found Josie waiting  for  me  in the 
library.  Slipping her arm into  mine, with­
out a word, we wandered out into the beau­

tiful moonlight, to the  foot  of  the garden, 
and entered the old  summer-house,  around 
which gurgled a rippling stream  that made 
the still night full of its own music.  Then, 
turning,  I asked:

“Josie,  why did you do it?”
The question was hardly out of my mouth 
before  I regretted  it,  for,  turning  a  look 
upon me full of anguish,  and bursting  into 
tears,  she sobbed out:

“After you left that night, the person that 
father married,  who had always been  cruel 
and vindictive and  shown  her  dislike  for 
the children  belonging  to  the  first  wife, 
spoke to me in sucli a coarse,  vulgar  way, 
that it roused all the vicious instincts of my 
nature, and our words were bitter and loud. 
She left me so broken down  and miserably 
unhappy, that when John showed his sorrow 
for me,  and tried to comfort me,  and asked 
me to be his wife on that  night,  I   said yes, 
thankful for any chance to  get  away,  and, 
rushing to my room,  I  packed  up  my few 
jewels, took my bonnet and left the  house, 
to be his wife. 
I should not  have  married 
him,  for I do not love him,  and I am so un­
happy,  I am so  unhappy.”

What man is there who would not  let his 
heart go out in  sympathy  and  consolation 
to sucli a beautiful,  suffering woman  beside 
him?  Then,  with the wisdom and affection 
which are only gotten  of  respect,  I  went 
over her  married life step by step,  advising 
care and devotion on her part, which would, 
after a short time make the husband happier 
and herself contented by reflection.  For  it 
is a truism,  “The world is  but  a  looking- 
glass.”  As we look at it,  so  it reflects  us. 
From the association  of  the  past we  soon 
accepted tiie  present,  and  re-entered  the 
house, true friends of the future,  she  with 
new courage,  and  determination  to  meet 
with what was to be,  and I with  the sweet 
consciousness of having helped  her.

into  which  two  doorways 

A few days after my return home  I  was 
bothered and  worried,  and  one  evening, 
after retiring to bed at an  unusually  early 
hour,  fell into an uneasy,  fitful  state,  and 
was continually borne down  with  an 
im­
pression of impending evil.  At last, lost in 
utter oblivion,  I seemed to be,  although my­
self,  still a spectator of what was occurring. 
It seemed to be a large room,  sparely  fur­
nished, 
led. 
While seated at my desk  working,  one  of 
tiie doors opened,  and Josie entered,  all  in 
tears  and  greatly  distressed.  Turning  to 
her in my sympathy,  I took her in my arms, 
md, putting her head on  my  shoulder,  I 
talked to and supported her  as  I  would  a 
tired child.  As she was regaining her com­
posure,  the other door stealthily opened, and 
a  man I had never seen  before  glided  in, 
his two eyes glittering like those of  a liend, 
and Iris face  convulsed with  passion.  Al- j 
though her back was toward him,  she knew 
instinctively it was her husband.  Clinging  i 
to me and screaming with terror, she begged j 
me to help her,  and  “Do not  let  him  kill 
me!” 
I was like a rock,  rooted,  and  with- I 
out ability to move or speak,  but  could  see j 
that lie had in his hand an immense  pair  of j 
shears,  which were hidden from  her  sight.  | 
Obeying a movement of his hand to come to 
him,  she walked backward,  looking  at  me, 
her arms extended pleadingly for tiie help I 
could not give.  Seizing her by the  arm,  he 
turned her around, and,  opening  and  put­
ting tiie shears to her neck,  lie pressed  one 
of  the  blades in,  then,  closing tiie  shears, 
cut  her throat.

Witli a yell of horror I sprang  from  my 
bed and did not close  my  eyes  again  that 
night.  Tiie next morning,  while  standing 
in front of  tiie  office,  and  happening  to 
glance  up tiie street,  I saw approaching the 
rery man I had seen  in my dream  of  the 
night before,  and  witli  him  an 
intimate 
friend of mine. 
It was  a  trying  moment; 
all my blood seemed to turn to ice,  and in­
stinctively I grasped a hatchet that was near 
to me, and then waited,  without the  move­
ment of a muscle  for  their  approach  and 
what might  come.  When within  speaking j 
distance,  my friend said,  “I  want  you  to 
know tliis gentleman; he is the  husband  of | 
your old friend, Josie.”  Then,  looking him 
straight in the eye,  I  held  out  my  hand, 
which lie grasped,  and  in  doing  so,  said, 
“Let  me thank you for your  kindness  and J 
true friendship to her,  your friend  and  my I 
wife.”
Can any one tell,  was  it  a  warning  or a ! 

dream? 

Rout.  M.  Floyd.

The  Original Corset.

It is said that tiie corset was not unknown 
to Rome, but it is clear that  the  Greek  and 
Roman women,  as a whole,  were quite  con­
vinced that the human form was itself beau­
tiful,  so they made no  attempt  to  disfigure 
it by compression or addition.  Young girls 
were simply dressed,  chastely  and  yet  ele­
gantly,  in  the flowing  stola,  slightly  open 
at the throat, and occasionally falling in two 
sets of folds.  On the eve of marriage,  they 
were clad in a white robe called the  regilla. 
After  that  event,  they  wore  tiie  girdle, 
which the Roman matrons  generally  placed 
immediately below  the  bosom.  Sometimes 
it was a band,  and at other times a cord tied 
in  a  bow.  Among  the  Greeks,  the girdle 
was often placed lower  down;  occasionally 
tiie stola was bound  about  tiie  bosom  by a 
band, passing over  the  right  shoulder  and 
under the left breast.  This  gave  the  right 
arm liberty for action,  and  it  was  only for 
this  object,  or  for  quick  motion,  that  the 
waist-cord ever seems  to  have  been  drawn 
very tight.  So little did the Greek and Ro­
man  women  think  of  the  waist,  that  in 
great numbers of draped statues, their man­
tles are so arranged as to hide it altogether.

W.  W . L ew is, grocer, F ife  L a k e:  “ Y our  pa 
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uable paper.

Assorted Package Diamond D Thirds.

WHITE  GRANITE  WARE.

6 doz. 5 in.  P lates. 
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GERMAN  COFFEE,
Best  Package  Goods  on  the  Market.

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Manufactured by

TOLEDO  SPICE  CO.,  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

L.  D.  HARRIS,

'Wliolosal© D ealer in

Order Sample Case of your Jobber.  See quota­

tions in  Price-Current.

H E S T E R   <&  E   O   ZX,

m a n u fa ctu rers’  a g e n t s  f o r

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Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

lor  immediate delivery.

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

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Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

W rite  fo r  P ric e s. 

130  O A K ES  ST..  G RA N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

OBXXSB.  A   SAM PLE  OF
OUR  PURE  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  - 
ON  TIME  FINE  CUT, -
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15c
60c
37c
25c
$35 per M

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J. E THOMPSON & CO., M esÉ  Grocers,

69  Jefferson  ave.,  Detroit, M ieli.

33  NORTH  IONIA  STREET,

G HAND  33.APXDS, 

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Our Xa©&d@r Smoking j Our Leader Fine Cut 

15c per pound. 

33c per pound.

Our Leader Skorts,  Our deader Cigars, 

16c per pound. 

$30 per M.
T2i© Rost 111 tli© World.

Clark, Jew ell  &  Co.,

SO LE  AG EN TS  F O R

Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee;  and 

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

PURE-  !  NEW  PROCESS  STARCH.  1SWEET-

removed,

This Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
One-Ttiird.  Less

Can be used than any other in the Market.

M a n u fa c tu re d   by  th e

FIRMENICH  MNFG. CO.

F a c to rie s:  M a rsh allto w n ,  Io w a ;  P e o ria ,  Ills.

Offices  a t  P e o ria ,  Ills.

s t r o n g !  Clark,  Jewell  &  Co. 

FOB  SALE  BY

SURE.

Absolute Baking Powder.

And

100 per cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

ED.  TELFER,  Grand  Rapids.

