MONNICH & STONE, Flint, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

{<4  Ì   S

Send for Sam ple  Order.

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’s Patent Butter Worker.

Earl Bros., Comissioi Merchants,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

R eference:  F ir s t  National  Bank.

SEEDS

Garden Seeds a Specialty.
in Michigan.  Don’t Buy un­

The Most Complete Assortment 

til  you  get  my  prices.

ALFRED J.BROWN
16-18 N.DivisionSt.,GraniBapiis

R epresenting J as. Vick, of Rochester.

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

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

The State  Assayer of Massachusetts says 
Muzzy’s 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.

POTATOES.

W e give  prompt  personal  attention  to 
the sale of POTATOES, A PPLES,BEANS 
and ONIONS in car lots.  W e  offer  best 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign­
ments respectfully solicited.  Liberal cash 
advances on Car Lots when desired.

H.

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166 South W ater S t, CHICAGO.

GIANT m

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LEATHER

SHOE  BRUSHES,

SHOE  BUTTONS,

SHOE  POLISH,

SHOE  LAOES.
Heelers,  Cork Soles, Button  Hooks, Dress­
G'tlii

ings, etc.  Write  for Catalogue.

11; 

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

CIGARS
76 S. Division St.,  Grani Rapids

Factory  No.  26,  4tli  I) ist.

Secures to out-of-town  customers  the most 
careful attention and guarantees perfect sat- 
sfaction.  We are the

LARGEST HOUSE in the STATE

DEALING  EXCLUSIVELY  IN

With the splendid  Tailor-Made  Clothing 
we handle the fit is as perfect as in  the  fin­
est custom work.  Send in your order for a 
Spring Suit, or Overcoat and  make a  saving 
of at least one-third.

-G IA N T -

The attention  of  dealers is called  to our 
JOBBING  DEPARTMENT.  We pay cash 
for our goods and make CASH PRICES.
With superior advantages and ready  cash 
we are enabled  not  only  to  meet  Chicago 
prices but offer you a most complete line  of

FURNISHING  GOODS.
GIANT  CLOTHING  COMPANY,
Cor.Canal&LyonSts.,

A.  MAY,  Phopri

I?_A.I2SrT.

We have a full stock of this well-known 

brand of

I t l E E S   F A I N T
and having sold it for over SIX YEARS can 
recommend it to our  customers  as  be­

ing a First Class  article.  We sell It

On  th e  M anufacturers’  G uarantee:

W hen two or more coats of our PIO N E E R  P R E ­
PA R E D   PA IN T   is applied as received in original 
packages, and if w ithin  three years it should  crack or 
peel off, thus failing to  give  satisfaetion, we  agree to 
re-paint  the  building  a t  our  expense,  w ith  th e  best 
W hite Lead or  such other paint as the  ow ner  m ay se­
lect.  In  case  of  com plaint,  prom pt  notice  m ust  be 
given to th e dealer.

T.  H .  NEVIN  &  CO..

Mfrs. & Corroders of Pure White Lead.
Pittsburg, Pa

Realizing  the  demand for, and  knowing 
the difficulty in obtaining a FIRST-CLASS 
FIVE-CENT CIGAR, we have concluded 
to try and  meet  this  demand  with  a new 

Cigar calledSILVER  SPOTS

This  Cigar  we  positively  guarantee  a 
clear Havana filler, with a spotted Sumatra 
Wrapper, and  entirely free  from  any  arti­
ficial flavor or adulterations.

It will be sold on its merits.  Sample or­

ders filled on 60  days approval.

Price  S35  per  1,000  in  any  quantities. 
Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. 
Handsome  advertising  matter  goes  with 
first order.  Secure this Cigar and increase 
your Cigar Trade. 

It is sure to do it.

GEO.  T.  IAMEN  &  CO,

FUnt, MioH.
BELKNAP

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

MANUFACTURERS OF
Lumber  and  Farm

W A G O N S I

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

We carrv a large stock of material, and have 
every facility  for  making  first-class  Wagons 
of ail kinds. 
{ ^ “Special  attention  given  to  Repairing 
Painting and Lettering.

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Shops on Front St„ Grand Bapids, Mich,

R eference

F elsenth a l, Gross  &  Mil l e r ,  Bankers.

T,  R.  Ellis & Co.,
Book Binders
BW Bool Maiers,

PAPER  RULERS,

51, 53 and 55 Lyon St., 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
PATÏHTS-

^Attorney a t P atent Law  and Solicitor 
>t  American  and  Foreign  patents. 
105 E. Main St.. Kalamazoo, Mich., U. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  P ractice in U. S. C ourts.  Circulars 
free.

LUCIUS  C.  WEST, 

PLACE to secure a thorough 
and useful education is a t th e 
Grand Ra pid s (Mich.) Busi- 
Ness Co lleg e,  w rite fo r Cot- 

lege Journal.

Address,  C. G. SWENSBERG.

COOK  &  PRINZ,
Show  Cases,

M anufacturers of

Counters, Tables and Furniture of any 

Description,  as  well  as  Designs 

thereof,  made to order.  Write 

for Prices or call and see us 

when  in  the  City.

38 West Bridie St.. Grand Rapids.

Telephone 374.

Write for prices and Sample Card to

Wholesale  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

Try PO LISH IN A,  best FurnitureFin- 

ish made.

We carry a full  Mne 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.

Voit, HemoMeiifir k Co,
DRY GOODS

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy.

Overalls, Pants, ZStc.,

OUR  OWN  M AKE.

A  Complete  Line  of

Fancy CrocterysFancyWooflenware

OUR  OWN  IM PORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

czxTsaarc root.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids,Mich.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY

E N G I N E S

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw Mills 
G r is t Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft 
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  made for 
Complete Outfits.

O,  D enison,

88,90 and  92 South Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICH.
JUDD  cto  OO.,

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JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

102  CANAL  STREET.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 Kent Street.

S T A N L E Y   N.  A L LE N ,  Proprietor.
WR  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders  by  Mail  and  Express Promptly  At­

tended  to.

It is cheaper,  of  course, to  live in  Eng­
land than in America;  but that the people, 
therefore, save more  money  than they can 
here does not follow,  by any means;  as the 
man who  earns $12 to  $14 per  week here 
would  get  only  $7 to $8 per  week  there. 
But he would have meat on his table just as 
often,  wear just as good clothes and raise  a 
much larger family than in America.  Free 
trade lias certainly made England  what she 
is, as it enables her  people to live,  and live 
well enough,  on such wages that she is able 
to undersell the Americans as long as we in­
sist upon paying double for  everything  we 
possess,  by levying  such  enormous  duties; 
not that it seems necessary to  remove them 
—as protection,  in  its  turn,  has  certainly 
made  America  what she is to-day and it is 
certainly  a  good  rule  to  let  well enough 
alone—but it can only be a question of time 
when  we  shall  manufacture  more  goods 
than  we  can  sell  at  home, and then free 
trade will surely come,  and England, in that 
day, will find it  difficult  to  compete  with 
America,  if our inventive  and  natural  ad­
vantages continue.

There  are  many  things to admire  over 
there and there are  many  points in  which 
they would do well to  adopt  some  Ameri­
can ideas. 
Indeed, they are not  slow to do 
so, when the advantages are  apparent;  as, 
witness our wooden pavements,  sewing ma­
chines,  street-cars,  parlor sleeping cars, ele 
vators and even a crude attempt at  copying 
our baggage checks by using slips of paper. 
In traveling  through  England,  one is at a 
loss  whether  to  admire  most the  perfect 
system of  railways  which  are  always on 
time,  with trains running from forty to six

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  1,  1887.

GLANCE  AT  ENGLAND.

Observations  of  a  Merchant in  the  Land 

of Tohnny  Bull.

Written Especially for T h e  T radesm an.

One of the pleasantest  features of  a trip 
to Europe is the ocean  voyage m the  great 
steamers  now  used  on all  leading  lines— 
steamers that have every  advantage of  late 
Inventions,  such as incandescent  lights that 
make the  darkest,  stormiest  nights  light 
and pleasant  inside;  electric  calls  that are 
so  promptly  answered  by  the  attentive 
stewards,  ever on the  lookout for  the half 
sovereign fee at the end of the voyage;  the 
wonderful  engines  that  can  drive  ships 
drawing twenty-five feet of water and carry­
ing fifteen  hundred souls 400  to 450  miles 
per  day,  and  using  150  tons  of  coal  in 
twenty-four  hours;  with  their  spacious 
decks,  giving room for 500 or 600 cabin pas­
sengers to promenade or recline on the com­
fortable  steamer  chairs; 
their  luxurious 
smoking rooms, the  exclusive  resort of the 
gentlemen,  where the great American game 
of poker (fifty  cent  limit), or  the  absorb­
ing business of estimating the  correct num­
ber of miles run during the  day and buying 
the number from the pool, the  lucky  figure 
usually bringing its  owner  from  seventy- 
five to a  hundred  dollars.  These  amuse­
ments, and many others of a similar nature, 
are  the  enticing  features  that  keep  the 
rooms  pleasantly  filled at all  hours.  The I 
enforced  idleness of steamer  life for eight 
or nine days cannot fail to be of  advantage 
to the business  man,  and the  agreeable ac­
quaintances  he is  sure  to make,  and  the 
constant  meeting  and conversing with men 
from every part of the world,  serve to make 
the  days  pass  only too quickly;  and it is 
with mingled feelings of  regret  and antici­
pation that we prepare to run  the  gauntlet 
of the custom-house  officers.  But in  Eng­
land one is not detained by them  as we are 
on this side,  as their free  trade laws  allow 
nearly everything but cigars, wines and spir­
its,  to pass through unnoticed.  And we are 
soon ready to take the special train in wait­
ing, for the fast run to London.

The railroads always appear to  an Amer­
ican to be a shining  example  of  the  “old 
fogyism” whicli he is accustomed  to ascribe 
to Old England;  and  the  locked  compart­
ments, divided  into first,  second  and third 
classes,  are among the first  things  noticed 
by a stranger.  Of  course,  he travels  first- 
class—Americans and princes,  they say,  al­
ways do.  But, really, th'* runs are so short1 
compared with our immense  distances,  that 
one cannot  blame the average  Englishman 
for saving more than half  the fare  by trav­
eling  third-class,  especially  as  the  com­
partments are nearly  the same on  through 
trains, although those of that class are more 
apt to be crowded.  But  the  roads  are al­
ways double-tracked,  and  trains  run faster 
than on this side of the  water,  so that  two 
or three hours’ time is  usually the  limit of 
his travel, and he  can put up  with a  little 
inconvenience  while  paying  only  about  a 
penny a mile.  A penny, by the way,  goes 
much further there than Its American equiv­
alent,  two cents;  for  instance,  it  will buy 
enough bread or  cake  for a lunch,  a cup of 
tea or coffee or a glass of milk; a “tuppence” 
buys a glass of beer;  a lwilf-penny pays for 
a ride on the street-car.  A penny,  again,  is 
the fare in the omnibus, the popular English 
conveyance, whicli holds sixteen persons in­
side and twenty-six on top,  and  which will 
carry you a couple of miles for one fare.  In 
country towns,  a  penny  pays  for a  shave 
and another one for  cutting the  hair;  and, 
if you wish your hair brushed by machinery 
—which is certainly very  thorough—it still 
costs only a penny extra.

ty miles per hour,  or the  beautiful  country 
passing so rapidly before you, which, owing 
to the cultivation of  centuries, has  become 
a perfect  garden on  every  side,  with  the 
carriage roads so smooth and hard, bordered 
with hedges,  lawns and shade trees.

The  country  towns  and  farms are still 
largely owned by old  estates, but  rents are 
not excessive,  as a poor man can easily find 
a home for four  pounds  sterling, or  about 
twenty dollars a year, and always from that 
to  seventy-five  dollars a  year.  Even  the 
English gentleman does not pay over five or 
six  hundred  dollars for a  large  establish­
ment  with  ten  to  fifteen  acres.  These 
charges are certaiuh  n»»t excessive;  and the 
Englishman will say  that the Irish rents are 
not even so high as his own,  and he  cannot 
understand why the Irish  tenant so persist­
ently refuses to pay  his rent,  as he does in 
so many cases.  That, I think, accounts for 
the fact that the English people are so much 
in earnest in regard to  the  coercion  bill— 
they like to see fair play all around  and be­
lieve that the Irish landlord has some rights 
as well as his tenant.

After various trips  through  the rich and 
beautiful country and a week or  two  spent 
in  the  manufacturing districts,  which  are 
now becoming so thickly populated that the 
suburbs of many towns are rapidly growing 
together,  I returned to  London,  that  ever­
growing city, the  immensity of  which it is 
difficult to realize;  with its five  and a  half 
million  people,  more,  1  believe,  than all 
Canada can show;  with its massive and an 
cientbuildings,in which business is done and 
laws are made that affect the  entire  globe: 
its narrow and crowded streets, kept in per­
fect condition and  scrupulously  clean;  its 
hundreds of omnibuses,  always  filled inside 
and out;  its thousands of  hansom cabs,  for 
which the fare is only six cents a  mile  for 
one or two persons,  and  whose  wonderful 
speed through the crowded streets is at once 
the admiration and  the terror  of the  occu­
pants and the  foot  passengers; 
its under­
ground system of railways, by  which,  for a 
trifle,  you can  reacli  every  section of  the 
city and most of the suburban  towns at the 
its rivers;  its 
rate of forty  miles an  hour; 
its pic 
docks and shipping;  its  museums; 
ture galleries;  its  parks  and  gardens; 
its 
theaters,  and, greatest of all,  its  Westmin 
ster Abbey, around which are clustered mem 
ories as  interesting to  Americans as to the 
staunchest  Tory of  them  all.  These  and 
many more reasons  combine to make  Lon 
don the greatest city in  the world,  and one 
scarcely wonders at the vanity  of  the Eng 
lish born,  who are proud to believe that they 
have the largest city, the  greatest  country 
the finest  navy,  the  best  government, the 
wisest  queen—and,  I will  add,  the  worst 
climate—the sun ever shone upon.

F rank  E.  Leonard.

TH E  DEAD-BEAT.

That Individual the  Original  Type  of  the 

Devil.

W ritten Especially fo r  Th e T radesman.

Country Merchant.” 

A friend handed  me  a  late  number  of 
your interesting journal, in which I  noticed 
the best thing I ever read on the  dead-beat, 
I am glad to see 
him take the  matter  so good-naturedly. 
If 
all who are made  victims  of  these  social 
egg-suckers could have the same  degree  of 
patience,  we might soon  arrive at a  regular 
science, whereby the dead-beat  could be de­
tected in the early stages of  the  “disease,” 
and,  if he could not be reformed,  the honest 
portion  of  a  community  could  be  safely 
guarded  against  his  blandishments.  But 
the truth is that the dead-beat,  high or low, 
from the tramp down to  the lowest stage of 
human depravity—as illustrated by the “re­
spectable” and  often  “zealously  religious” 
and “patriotic” beggar  in  broadcloth,  who 
gets in the heaviest  jobs  on  his  best  and 
most trusting friends—is not,  strictly,  in  a 
real and scientific sense, to blame.  I realize 
that this  will  appear  to  you  a  most  in­
credible statement for a man  to  make,  but 
expect  to  be  credited  witli  sanity  and 

honesty.

Stop a moment  and  let  us  consider. 
It 
rill be noticed,  if  you watch him for a few 
ears,  that  every  dollar  that  he  swindles 
out of a trusting simpleton invariably  costs 
him ten dollars,  and, in  the  course  of  the 
dead-beat’s whole  life,  from  fifty  to  five 
hundred for every one. 
It  cannot  be  dis­
puted by one who will  take  time  to  study 
the history"  of  this  character  that,  in  the 
long run, he pays  fully  ten  prices,  at  the 
very least,  for all  that  he  gets  out  of  his 
fellow man’s simplicity or  stupidity  (often 
miscalled  “benevolence.”)

If  we can trust our  senses,  we  are  cer­
tain that no man ever lived or  will  live but 
must desire to “get his money’s worth” and 
obtain the greatest amount of  earthly bless­
ings in return for the  least  expenditure  of 
labor and drudgery.  The dead-beat is  just 
as anxious—even more so—to  get  “cheap” 
goods as is the honest man,  and it is certain 
that the  man  who  is  thoroughly  prompt 
and perfectly reliable, although poor,  does, 
in the course of time, get all  his wants sup­
plied at less  than  one-tenth  of  what  the 
beat lias to pay.  Can  you  possibly  believe 
that  the  dead-beat  really  knows  that  the 
most exorbitant price will have to  be  paid, 
and  paid  when  he  least  can  afford  the 
price—in  old  age  and  helplessness—and 
will surely be charged  to  and  collected  of 
him by a  law  of  nature as resistless as the 
avenging God of  Israel,  a  law  which  he 
cannot dodge or escape!

How  a  Traveling  Man  Secured  a  Dress
In an uptown hotel, says the Philadelphia 

a certain lady boarder,  who 

Item, there 
in deep mourning for  the  loss  of  her  best 
dress.  Poor  woman. 
She  attempted  to 
play a j ok »upon a drummer and found  the 
commercial man too sharp for her.

It appears that the drummer  in  question 
is  a  jolly,  good  natured  Virginian,  who 
travels in the state of  Texas.  He  likes  to 
tell stories about his  “girls”  on  the  road 
and never returns from a trip that  he  does 
not have a new one on the string.  Being 
very popular fellow among the ladies of his 
hotel, his stories were repeated to  them 
more than one occasion.  The  wome n then 
tried  to shut him  up  by  ringing  chestnut 
bells at first, but that racket wouldn’t work 
They told him one day  there was a  certain 
lady in the house who was growing  weaker 
every day,  and it was feared if  he  did  not 
“let up” he would talk her to death.

“Serve her right,” said the drummer.  “I 
would,  indeed,  be a curiosity  if  I  talked  a 
woman to death.”

The  same  day,  while  the  drummer  was 
out  attending  to  his customers, the women 
of  the hotel  got their heads together to put 
up a job on him.  After much talk a scheme 
was  arranged.  They  would  make  a dum­
my, dress it up and place it upon the drum­
mer’s bed.  When  lie returned lie would  be 
startled  that  the  stories  would  ail  be
frightened  out  of  him.  There was a great 
deal  of  trouble as to whose dress should be 
used to primp up  the dummy,  and  it fell to 
the lot of  the very  lady who  proposed  the 
idea.

When the drummer returned that evening 
all was in readiness, and the ladies crowded 
around the  keyhole of  the door,  wondering 
“what he would do when he saw the woman 
on the bed?” ’  But the  drummer was not of 
the scary kind.  He lighted  his  lamp,  and, 
turning  round, beheld  the  object  upon his 
bed.  “Hello,  there,  old  lady,”  he  cried, 
“ain’t you a little out of  your district?”

As  he  spoke  lie  touched  the  object and 
discovered  the  hoax.  Tim  truth  flashed 
across his mind.  The dress was of splendid 
material,  and everything about  the  dummy 
“This  is  a  good  catch,” 
was  first-class. 
said  the  drummer. 
“By  George, this  rig 
will  just  lit my new girl  in  Waco.”  And 
the drummer quietly packed the dress in his 
trunk, and  the  next  day  left  on  a  three 
months’  trip,  taking  the  dress  along  with 
him.

Now,  there’s not one among us all,  how­
ever wise, but has,  first or  last,  made  what 
you editors take a fiendish delight  in  term­
ing a “damphool” of himself,in giving ten to 
twenty dollars for one.  I think the term must 
have sprung  into  existence  in  a  printin 
office or a store,  by  a  sort  of  literary  or 
spiritual  “spontaneous  combustion”  or  in­
spiration, prompted by  seeing  the  finished 
dead-beat putting in  his  work  and  flatter 
ing himself that he had  “done  splendidly” 
by beating some trusting and compassionate 
friend.  Someone has  said  that  there  was 
not the slightest need in Adam’s naming the 
porker  a  hoy,  as  anybody  would  have 
known it was a “damned hog”  the  instant 
he attempted to drive it anywhere, although 
he had never seen or  heard  of  one  before.
I think that the  term  “damphool,”  as  ap­
plied to the  dead-beat  and  lie  who  trusts 
him, belongs to  this  species  of  intuition.
If there is any  spectacle  below  the  clouds 
that could set  the  gods  into  hysterics  of 
rib-wrenching,  liver-rending  explosions  of 
merriment,  it  must  be  that  of  the  poor 
dead-beat,  as he goes off with  his  plunder, 
flattering himself that he  has  “just  waxed 
it” to  that  poor,  deluded  victim  of  confi­
dence in man who trusts,  and got his goods 
“cheap.”

1 tell you a scientific,  self-evident  truth, 
when I  affirm that if  we  would  stop  and 
reflect a little and look  into  that  wretched 
sham-human’s  heart, who thus  attempts to 
withstand the resistless force  of  industrial 
and social laws—real  laws  of  nature—we 
would no more blame him  than  we  would 
ceusure a man for trying  to drive back with 
a cotton handkerchief the lightning express, 
running at the rate  of  a  mile  per  minute; 
or him who would attempt to  row up Niag- 
ria Rapids in a potasli kettle,  with  a  crow­
bar for an oar,  blindfolded.  No  man  ever 
attempted the  impossible  and  knew  what 
lie  was  tackling.  A  morally-developed 
man,  after  trying  impossibilities  a  few 
times, learns  the  laws  that  make  certain 
tilings impossible and “does  so  no  more. 
He knows that he must pay the  price,  first 
or  last,  and,  the  prompter  he  pays, 
the 
“cheaper” will he get all good things.  But 
the dead-beat  lacks—organically  or  inher 
ently,  as you please to term  it—the instinct 
of  duty, the  “nerve”  which  distinguishes 
man from the beast,  and human sense; that 
is,  he is a moral idiot and  really  knows  no 
more of any law higher than animal hunger 
and  its  attendant  instincts  and  passions 
than a lower  animal  with  paralyzed  facul 
ties.  Hence, lie  is  simply  a  “failure” 
nature’s works—a  hog  out  of  his  sphere. 
But he has his uses,  also,  as  a  “necessary

evil.”  Nature  planned  and  designed  the 
dead-beat—and the higher his gratie, social­
ly,  the  lower  he  becomes  morally—for  a 
special  purpose. 
It  was  necessary  that 
mankind  should  possess  some  spiritual 
standard from which to  reckon  degrees  of 
manhood,  and she created the modern dead­
beat as a  “new  thing  under  the  sun”—a 
moral  thermometer  to  indicate  the  very 
lowest possible degree of  human depravity, 
refined  cussedness  of  idiotic  lunacy  and 
collossal stupidity and meanness,  her  very 
last herculean  effort  in  diabolical  “evolu­
tion” and  “last  ditch” of  rebellion  against 
God’s  laws,  thus  perfecting  her  original 
type of the devil,  leaving  him  without  one 
redeeming trait of man,  even in  his  lowest 
depths of crime; as brute beasts,  demons or 
anything mean that exists  possessing  life. 
He is really the nondescript of  the universe 
and a  curiosity  In  the  mental  and  moral 
world,  an object for philosophers  and  gods 
to consider.  Let  us  not  censure  him  but 
treat him tenderly and examine more  close­
ly into that character  who  loves  the  good 
things of life so frantically that he  joyfully 
pays a ten dollar gold piece for every nickle 
that he gets,  and seeks  dilligently  through 
life  for  the  opportunity  of  exchanging  a 
solid fortune of real wealth for  the  merest 
shadow of good,  and  succeeds  beyond  his 
most ardent expectations in making a  total 
failure of existence.  Pass  him  around  for 
inspection. 

C. H.  B arlow.

Account Books in Evidence.

The Manchester Guardian  a  short  time 
since presented  some  remarks  concerning 
the difference between England  and  Amer­
ican rules of evidence in relation to the  ad­
missibility of account  books.  The  follow­
ing extract will be found of interest:

Most men of business have  been  told  by 
their lawyers at one  time  or  another  that 
their account books  are  not  admissible  as 
legal evidence in their favor.  To merchants 
and  traders  who  are  accustomed  to  rely 
upon their books as being accurate down  to 
the slightest detail, and as being entered up 
under a thorough system  of  book-keeping, 
with proper  checks  to  insure  a  precision 
that is almost  mathematical  and  mechani­
cal, this legal doctrine seems  surprising,  at 
all events for the first  time.  But  they  are 
told all about the English  law  of  evidence 
—its stringency and its veneration  for  pri­
mary  and  objection  to  secondary  proof. 
Fortunately the absurd and technical  strict­
ness of these ancient rules  of  law  have  of 
late years been much relaxed,  owing  main­
ly to the influence of Bentham.  But  many 
points still remain upon which  practical re­
forms are needed.  One of the most  impor­
tant  of  these  is  as  to  the  admissibility 
of a merchant’s books of account as evidence 
in a court of justice when properly vouched 
and produced. 
In America they take bolder 
and broader views  of  this  evidence  ques­
tion, as appears from  a  case  in  the  New 
York Court of  Appeals,  noted  in  a  recent 
number of BradstreeVs. 
It was there  held 
that, in order  to  prove the number of days’ 
work performed  upon  a  job,  a  time-book 
kept by  a  timekeeper  was  admissible  in 
evidence, it having been first  proved by the 
gang  foreman  that  he  correctly  reported 
each day to the timekeeper  the  number  of 
men at work upon the job,  and by the time­
keeper that he correctly  entered in his book 
the time reported to him by  the  gang  fore­
man. 
In an  English  court  such  a  book 
would not  be  admitted  as  evidence.  The 
timekeeper  would  not  have  been  allow­
ed to prove that he  entered  correctly  what, 
the foreman told him,  as  that  is  hearsay;; 
and the foreman would not have  been  per­
mitted to  refer to the timekeeper’s book be­
cause it was not his handwriting.  In strict­
ness we should require the men to be called 
and prove their  own  time,  although  upou 
references and in  county  courts  tins  rigid 
rule is generally evaded. 
In the New York 
Court of Appeals they think otherwise,  and 
the judges laid it down that  books  of  that 
kind are evidence, as it is by this method of 
accounts that the  transactions  of  business 
are proved,  and business could  not  be  car­
ried on unless such a method were sanction- 
In a large  trade  the  books  must  be 
kept by one set of men and entered up from, 
reports received from  another. 
It is in  ac­
cordance with the  usage  of  business,  and 
the admission  of  these  accounts  is  often 
necessary  to  prevent  failure  of  justice. 
This  seems  to  us  sound  reasoning.  We 
have broken into the old  rigid  rule  by  the 
Bankers’ Books Evidence act,  which allows 
of certified copies  of  accounts  being  pro­
duced.  We should go  a  step  further  and 
admit properly vouched  books  of  account 
themselves.

“Well, how has trade been this last  win­
ter?” he asked of a merchant in  a  Wiscon­
sin village.  “Fair, sir, very fair.”  “Then 
the dull times have not affected you?”  “Not 
a bit.  One of  my clerks stole thirty  yards 
of silk and paid  me  $1,500  to  settle,  and 
another gobbled $130  in  cash  and  turned 
over a house and lot  worth $3,000  to  keep 
out of court.  Times are all right,  sir,  per­
fectly right.”—Wall Street News.

The  more  strictly methodical  a  business 
is conducted, provided it insures correctness 
and proper  dispatch, the nearer  it  will ap­
proach success.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

RETAIL  TRADE  OP  THE  WOLVERINE  STATE.

B.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  1,  1887.

THE  PICNIC  AND  ITS  LESSONS.
Had any one  suggested,  two  years  ago, 
that the grocers of Grand Rapids close their 
doors for a half day and  engage in a gener­
al holiday at  Reed’s Lake,  he  would have 
¡been characterized  as a crank and  his sug­
gestion would have been pronounced an im­
possibility.  Yet  such  an  event  occurred 
fast  Wednesday,  and  no  one  marveled 
thereat.  Should  anyone  inquire  as to the 
influence which brought  about this  change 
in  sentiment,  T h e  T r a d e s m a n   is  pre­
pared to state, without fear of contradiction, 
that it is due entirely to the  organization of 
the Retail  Grocers’  Association,  to  which 
may also be attributed  many other  benefits 
which were unknown to  the grocery  trade 
previous to the  formation of  the  Associa­
tion.

The gathering  on Wednesday  is  signifi­
It indicates 
cant in more senses than one. 
that the time has gone by when the  grocer 
cannot fraternize with his competitor;  that 
it is no longer true that  the grocer  will not 
associate  with  his  clerk;  that the love of 
money or the fear of displeasing his custom­
ers no longer prevents the  grocer from tak­
ing at  least a half  day’s  recreation  in the 
course of a year. 
In these respects, even if 
no other beneficial results followed, the pic­
nic was a success,  in all the  term  implies. 
It emphasized the fact  that the  grocer  is a 
factor in the commercial  world—that  he is 
a social creature as well—that he  even  has 
rights which others are bound to respect.

Now that the event is a thing of the past, 
and nothing but pleasant  memories remain, 
it may as well  be admitted  that the project 
was entered into with some forebodings, for 
fear  that  no  considerable  number  would 
•close their doors.  A ride through any busi­
ness street or a glance at the familiar  faces 
at the  picnic,  however,  would  have con­
vinced anyone that the grocer had redeemed 
himself, and that henceforth and forever he 
is  not  to  be  classed  in  the  category  of 
slaves.

The  success  of  the  first  annual  picnic 
gives assurance that the second  anniversary 
will be even greater in enjoyment. 
In the 
language of  the  circus  agent,  “watch  for 
the day and date.”

The act incorporating the State and  local 
associations of Michigan,  the  full  text  of 
which  is  given  in  another  column,  will 
place  the  organizations  on  a  somewhat 
different basis,  inasmuch as they  will  then 
be  regularly  authorized  bodies,  having 
status  in the law.  The  expense  of  incor­
poration is inconsiderable, probably  not ex­
ceeding $2  per  association,  while  the  ad­
vantages over the old method will be  many 
and  important  Those  associations  now 
auxiliary to the State body  can  become  in­
corporated by securing  a  charter  from  the 
parent  organization  and  all  associations 
hereafter formed in the State will be organ­
ized on the  new  plan.  T h e  T r a d e sm a n  
was not favorable to the idea  of  incorpora­
tion when it was broached at  the State con­
vention in March, but  has  since  had  occa­
sion to change front,  as it  is  satisfied  that 
the association work of the State  would  be 
improved  by  more  uniformity—each  or­
ganization working  under  the  same  rules 
and general laws as its neighbor.

Thurber,  Whyland  & Co.  are  the largest 
■wholesale  grocery  house  in  the  United 
States.  They  are  also  extensive  whisky 
sellers. 
They  publish  a  house-organ, 
which nets them $30,000 a  year, and  goes 
through the mails at  pound rates,  in  utter 
defiance of the law.  They  control  the Re­
tail Grocers' Advocate, which ostensibly rep­
resents  the  retail  grocery  trade  of  New 
York city.  They originated the  Pure Food 
Fraud  for  the  purpose  of  exalting  their 
house  and  enriching  its  partners.  Aside 
from Thurber,  Whyland & Co., no  reputa­
ble jobbing  house  countenances  the move­
ment.  The  reader  can  draw his own con- 
elusions. 

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The Independent Grocer,  which has ven­
tured no opinion on the  Pure  Food  Fraud 
until satisfied that  it can  speak  correctly, 
comes  out  flat-footed  in  opposition to the 
aims and methods of the alleged  “National 
Pure  Food  Convention.”  It  characterizes 
the men  advocating  the  movement—with 
two exceptions—as charlatans  and presents 
unmistakable proof  that they are  actuated 
by  wholly  selfish  motives.  The  Western 
exception is  Robert M.  Floyd,  who should 
improve the opportunity to resign,  and thus 
prevent  the  West  having  any  share in a 
scandal which is sure to cause  a^stench  all 
over the country.

The  hypocrisy of  the handful  of frauds 
who  style  themselves  a  “National  Pure 
Food  Convention”  is now  shown in all its 
hideous deformity. 
Instead of being a band 
of unselfish trade  reformers,  they  turn out 
to be a gang  of boodlers.  Down  with  the 
conspirators!

T h e T r a d e s m a n   is  confident  that  its 
readers will agree with the statement that Mr. 
Barlow’s exposition of the dead-beat, on the 
first page of this issue,  is  the  best  treatise 
of the kind that has ever  appeared  in  any 
trade paper.

The Tradesm an notes with much satis­
faction the increase  in  building  and  loan 
associations in this State.  These organiza­
tions  have  accomplished  wonders  in New 
England and in Philadelphia and thej adop­
tion  of  similar  methods  of  encouraging 
economy in Michigan  augurs  well  for  the 
laboring  population  of  the  State.  The 
more  savings banks  and  building  associa­
tions formed,  the  more  homes  for  people 
of moderate  means,  the  more  promptness 
in meeting payments,  the  less  liability  of 
strikes and lock-outs.  B usiness men should 
bear these facts in mind and  govern  thepi- 
selves accordingly.

The Postoflfice Department having refused 
to accept the name West Chester for a post- 
office, owing to  its  similarity  to  Chester, 
T h e  T r a d e sm a n   suggests  the  name  of 
Conklin in such  connection.  The  efficient 
work accomplished by  Mr.  Conklin  in  se­
curing a Muskegon branch of the G.  R.  & I. 
Railway  and  the  enterprising  methods  he 
adopted to make West Chester  what it now 
is, ought to entitle him  to  all  the  implied 
honor involved in  naming  the  town  after 
him. 

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The illiterate editor of the Retail Grocers' 
Advocate has  talked  and  written  (always 
in utter disregard of the  rules  of  grammer 
and  common  sense)  so  much  about  pure 
food that  people  generally  have  come  to 
look upon him as a  crank.  Yet  there  ap­
pears to  be  method  in  his  madness.  He 
proposes to  unload  an  unprofitable  news­
paper venture, on the movement for the sum 
of $5,000—in other words, he expects to se­
cure that sum for the Consumers'  Journal.

A  man  is  judged  by  the  company  he 
keeps. 
If  Robert  M.  Floyd  is an honest 
man—and T h e T r a d e s m a n   believes  such 
to be a fact—he must  now  resign  his con­
nection with the Pure Food  Fraud or abide 
the consequences.  The action of  the  New 
York contingent of the Fraud, taken  while 
most of the party were mellow with wine— 
administered by Frank B. Thurber—is a re­
proach which the movement can  never sur- 
vive.

Because the eighty organizations fostered 
by the Michigan  Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion refused to take any stock in his ravings 
on the subject of pure food, the editor of the 
Retail Grocers' Advocate proceeded to read 
them out of church.  Yet the Michigan As­
sociations have already done more in the in­
terest  of  pure  food  and  correct  business 
methods  than  Winter  and  his  gang  of 
yawpers will accomplish in a lifetime.

Did  you  ever  hear  of  a  man  hunting 
ducks with  a  brass  band?  A  parallel  is 
found in the attempt of a half dozen cranks 
to put down adulterated goods by  means  of 
talk and noise. 

It won’t work.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

GRAND  r a p id s  g o ssip.

Patrick  H.  O’Brien  succeeds  O’Brien  & 
Powers in the  undertaking  business  at  29 
Canal. 

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E.  W. Bowker,  formerly engaged  in  the 
bakery business here,  is  now  conducting  a 
pie factors' in Saginaw  City.

John Van der Veen  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery business on  West  Leonard  street. 
The stock was purchased here.

R.  E. Orser has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business on  East  Bridge  street.  Bulkley, 
Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

Walden & Bjorkman have engaged in the 
grocery business at  Red  Jacket.  Amos S. 
Musselman & Co. furnished the stock.

C.  C.  Tuxbury,  general dealer at Sullivan, 
has added a line ot drugs.  The  Hazeltine 
& Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock.

John Liningston has engaged in  the  gro­
cery  and  hardware  business  at  Wexford. 
The stocks were purchased at  this  market.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Manton—David  Huson  has  engaged  in 

the fruit business.

New Haven—T.  Bates succeeds  Bates  & 

Nye in general trade.

Burlington-Kennedy Saunders has bought 

out Elliot Bros.’ meat business.

Hancock—J.  Stringer 

succeeds  Peter 

Holman in the grocery business.

Port Huron—S. L.  Ballentine succeeds S. 

L.  Ballentine & Co.  in general  trade.

National  Mine—C.  T. Reynolds  &  Co. 

succeed Jas.  Lucks in general trade.

Mecosta—C. H.  Dennison has bought  the 

restaurant business of Wm.  O’Brien.

Homer—Dean &  Woolcott  succeed  Ful­

ler & Dean in the furniture  business.

S t Ignace—Jas. E.  Wagley,  late of Cross 

Village, has engaged in business here.

Detroit—Kitching  &  Vincent  succeed 

Leete & Vincent in the meat business.

Lowell—R.  D.  Stocking  succeeds  Stock­

ing & Quick,  dealers in musical goods.

Allegan—Calvin Strong expects  to  open 

his new boot and shoe store this week.

Stanton—E. D.  Hawley  succeeds  C.  S. 
Weatherwax & Co. in the grocery  business.
Ypsilanti—Edward  Washburn  succeeds 
Edward Washburn & Co.  in  general  trade.
late  of 
Traverse City,  has  opened  a  notion  store 
here.

Elk  Rapids—C.  T.  Lambertt, 

Cheboygan—Joseph Spooner  has  retired 
from the meat  business  and  opened  a  sa­
loon.

Litchfield—Hezmahalch & Teneyck,  fur­
niture dealers, have dissolved,  Hezmahalch 
succeeding.

St. Johns—Chapin  &  Mattison  succeed 
Jas.  Richardson in the  grocery  and  crock­
ery business.

Hillsdale—Beckhardt  &  Stone  succeed 
; p«!hfield & Goodrich in  the  book  and  sta­
tionery business.

West Chester—V. Sinz has erected a two- 
story building and  moved  his  drug  stock 
here from Trent.

Lansing—J. R. & W.  S.  Esselstyn  suc­
ceed Peck,  Esselstyn &  Co.  in  the  whole­
sale and retail baking business.

Sault Ste Marie—A.  E.  Pickard,  former­
ly engaged in business  at  East  Jordan,  is 
now running a restaurant here.

Hastings—C.  C. Mason has sold his inter­
est in the furniture establishment of Spange- 
macher & Mason to Ira VanValkenburg.

West Branch—H.  N.  Eggleston  &  Co., 
grocers and dealers in musical  instruments, 
have been closed under chatel mortgage

Cadillac—J.  B. Lankaster,  formerly  en­
gaged in the  drug  business  at  Fife  Lake, 
has taken a position with Fred S. Kieldsen
Jackson—Geo. A.  W.  Dodge  and  E.  R. 
Warner have  consolidated  their  hardware 
stocks and united their  business  under  the 
firm name of Warner <& Dodge.

Bronson—The Van Woert & Perkey drug 
stock has been  purchased  by  A.  J.  Ash- 
brech  and  Robert  H.  Bradley,  who  will 
continue  in  the  business  under  the  firm 
name of Ashbreck & Bradley.

Detroit—Geo. L. Sampson has  closed out 
his  wholesale  grocery  business  and  pur­
chased an interest in the wholesale furnish­
ing goods business of  Brewster &  Stanton. 
Mr. Sampson will take the  position  in  the 
house rendered vacant by the death  of  Mr. 
Brewster.

8TRAY  FACTS.

Pewamo—E.  H.  Stevens,  the  druggist, 

died suddenly on May 25.

Burlington—Frank Holt  succeeds  F.  L. 

Barnes in the hotel business.

Muskegon—John  Torrent  has 

retired 

from the sawmill firm of Bertrand & Co.

Greenville—A 

syndicate  of  capitalists 
have engaged in the brick business on a large 
scale.

Cheboygan—Over 18,000,000 feet of  lum­
ber has already been shipped from this place 
this season.

Detroit—The Third  National  Bank  will 
increase its capital stock  $100,000,  making 
it $1,300,000.

Detroit—The Merz Capsule Co.  has  been 
incorporated, with a capital  stock  of  $10,- 
000, of which $9,000 is paid in.

Holland—R.  Weertman  has  removed his 
bakery from Zeeland to  this  place  and  in­
creased its capacity very  materially.

Lansing—The Business Men’s Association 
has under  consideration  the offer of a large 
jewelry factory to locate here for  a  $10,000 
bonus.

Howard City—H.  G.  Cobum  has  leased 
Coburn’s  Exchange  to  Friend  Dennison, 
late  of  Greenville,  who  takes  possession 
June 1.

Kalamazoo—W.  J.  Grotemut’s  grocery 
store and stock  burned  on  May  26.  The 
loss is $1,800,  being $600 in excess of the in­
surance.

Mason—A  stock  company  with  $10,000 
capital is being  organized  to  induce  John 
Brennan 
to  remove  his  knitting  factory 
from  Detroit.

Greenville—John  H.  Bowyer’s  grocery 
stock is now in the hands of W. J. Gould & 
Ce., who hold a first mortgage.  The assets 
and liabilities are not made public.

Detroit—The 

Irish-American  Savings 
Bank is being talked of  and  trill  probably 
be  organized  with  Judge  Marston,  C.  J. 
O’Flynn,  Col.  Atkinson,  Thomas  Nester, 
James and  Jeremiah  Dwyer,  J.  H.  Vhay 
and others on the directory.

m a n u f a c t u r in g   m a t t er s.

Gaines—Jas.  B. Swits has  purchased the 
interest of his partner in the grist mill busi­
ness.

Oakley—F. F. Spiegel  has  added  to  his 
sawmill machinery for  manufacturing  fur­
niture.

East Saginaw—The  Fiege-Silsbee Furni­
ture Co. will start its new  factory in  about 
two weeks.

Cedar  Springs—Eli  Farr  has  opened  a 
machine shop,  having  purchased  the  ma­
chinery in the Rockford shop.

Detroit—The Detroit Potato Chip Co.  has 
become incorporated with a capital  stock of 
$10,000, of which $2,500 is paid in.

Greenwood—G.  B. Green  has  purchased 
the mill of Bracli & Johnson.  He  will  cut 
lumber  during  the  day  and  shingles  at 
night.

Alpena—E.  O. Avery  has  improved  his 
sawmill by the addition of  two steel boilers 
and  a  smoke  stack.  He  will  soon  add 
shingle machinery.

Ferrysburg—Johnston  Bros,  have  pur­
chased the  buildings  of  the  Ottawa  Iron 
Works and  have  occupied  the  same  with 
their boiler business.

South Haven—Geo. B.  Pomroy  succeeds 
E.  P.  Lounsberry  &  Co. 
in  the  grocery 
business and in the  manufacture of agricul­
tural implements and buggies.

Manistee—Mr. Buckley,  of  the  sawmill 
firm  of  Buckley & Douglas,  wagered a box 
of cigars that their mill would  start up at a 
certain time.  The  mill  was  undergoing  a 
course of repairs at the  time,  but  the  ma­
chinery was started and  one  log  cut.  Mr. 
Buckley won  his  bet,  but  the  expense  of 
starting up made the cigars cost  him  about 
$1 apiece. 

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tanner  at  Lake  View, 
wrote to a Toledo  bank,  asking  as  to  the 
personal standing of  a  would-be  customer. 
The  bank  officer  replied  courteously  that 
he didn’t know the man; whereupon  White 
returns to the fray with  this  persistent  in­
quiry:  “Well, what in ----- do  you  know,
anyhow? 
I  thot  every  banker  in  god’s 
countery would anser a squair question.”

W.  E.  White, 

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Association Notes.

The business men of  Rodney have organ­
ized an association in  accordance  with  in­
structions from the State body.

The Retail Grocers’  Association  of  East 
Saginaw now includes every  grocer  in  the 
city.  An Association picnic,  to  be held  at 
Bay City,  is under consideration.

Secretary Stanley,  in remiting  per capita 
dues for twelve more members of the Battle 
Creek Retail  Grocers’  Association,  writes: 
“Our  Association  is  moving  along  very 
nicely.”

Manton  Tribune:  Still  another.  The 
Kalkaska stave factory will  move  to  Man- 
ton.  The credit for  securing  this  institu­
tion is largely  due  to  the  Business  Men’s 
Association.

W.  H. Dendel, Secretary of  the Hopkins 
Station Business Men’s  Association,  writes 
as follows:  “Our Association is doing good 
work.  We  have  collected  a  great  many 
accounts through it.”

Two new associations have  been  formed 
under the auspices of the Michigan Business 
Men’s Association during the past week and 
three  more  associations  have  become 
auxiliary to  the  State  body—Otsego  with 
seventeen members, Evart with twenty-nine 
members  and  Hopkins  Station  with  nine 
members.  Battle Creek has sent in dues on 
twelve additional members,  which increases 
the State enrollment to 2,04?.

J.  L. Willett, Secretary of the  Flint Mer­
cantile  Union,  writes  as  follows:  “The 
dates fixed by your Committee are all  satis­
factory and we will be  ready. 
I  hope  we 
will have a big turnout.  We have  not  got 
into the picnic business as yet,  but  I  think 
it will come in  time.  A  good  feeling  has 
grown  up  among  our  merchants  toward 
each other since our U nion  was  organized, 
which I hope will steadily grow.”

In answer to a Coopersville enquiry, T h e 
T r a d e s m a n  would  state  that  all  letters 
sent to the Executive Committee of  a  Busi­
ness Men’s Association are the  property  of 
that  Committee  and  cannot  properly  be 
bought before  the  Association,  unless  the 
Committee  so  reports.  All  matters  per­
taining to the collection and  delinquent  de­
partments of  an association  belong  to  the 
Executive Committee, which  should  brook 
no interference.

Petoskey Democrat:  There  was  only  a 
fair attendance at the  last  meeting  of  the 
Business Men’s Association,  but a very  in­
teresting  time  was  had  by  the  members 
present.  Several  members  reported  the 
general tone of  business on a  much  better 
and firmer basis  since  the  organization  of 
the Association.  There  is  a  much  better 
feeling between those who have  been in the 
habit of asking credit and the  dealers  than 
ever before.  At first there was a very bitter 
feeling  against  the  organization,  but  as 
these men come to understand that the  As­
sociation was not organized for the purpose 
of  oppression,  but  for  protection, 
their 
views have become greatly modified.  There 
is a class of people who are  always  asking 
for credit and  who  never  intend  to  pay; 
they make a business of  preying  upon  the 
labors of the  industrious;  this  is  the  par­
ticular class against whom the labors of the 
Association are directed.  There is another 
class who are naturally honest in intention, 
but through failure of crops,  loss  of  cattle, 
sickness or disappointment of  some kind or 
other,  have failed to meet  their  obligations 
when due. 
It is  not  now,  nor  never  has 
been the object of the Association to wrong, 
oppress or harass this class in  any  manner 
whatever; all they ask  is,  that  they  come 
forward like men and give some  valid  rea­
son why they cannot pay; and if their names 
should, through their  own  neglect,  be pub­
lished in the “dead-beat” list,  on  payment 
of the debt they  will  be  reinstated  in  the 
confidence of  our merchants  and  can  pro­
cure accomodations as before.  Thus it will 
be seen the Business Men’s  Association can 
injure no one, but on the other hand  works 
incalculable good towards all.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Anthony J.  Quist is now selling  flour for 

the Star Mills,  working the city trade.

A.  C.  Sharp has resigned his  position  as 
traveling salesman  for  Cody,  Ball,  Barn­
hart & Co., to engage  in  business  on  his 
own  account.

L. C. Bradford, late with Bulkley, Lemon 
& Hoops,  has engaged to travel  for  Clark, 
Jewell & Co., the  arrangement  to  go  into 
effect June  1.

David S. Van Dyke succeeds  Dick  Man­
gold as general salesman for C.  G. A. Yoigt 
& Co.  in Northern Michigan.  E.  C.  Man­
gold is covering the territory temporarily.

J.  It.  Linden,  a traveling man,  broke  the 
record at Mt. Pleasant last  week  by  going 
in bathing.  He was taken with cramps and 
came  near  drowning  before  rescued  by 
passers  by.

Muskegon News:  Steve Sears,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  is  in the city.  He  is  wearing  a 
boil on his chin  this  trip,  and  avoids  the 
barbers. 
In  general  appearance  his  chin 
resembles a cocoanut.  His  customers  now 
have a chance to do some of the talking.

The veteran Alonzo  Seymour  celebrated 
the twenty-second anniversary of  his start­
ing on the road  last  week.  He  was  then 
employed by L.  H.  Randall,  who  at  that 
time  was  the  only  exclusively  wholesale 
merchant doing business in  Grand  Rapids.
Referring to  the  poem  delivered  at  the 
traveling men’s banquet by L.  M.  Mills, his 
former  partner  at  Traverse  City—S.  E. 
Wait—writes that gentlemen:  “You  have 
evidently mistaken your calling.  Just  im­
agine Whittier, Longfellow,  Holmes, or any 
other of  your kind,  traveling  through  the 
country ‘soliciting’ for a drug house.  When 
Stowe gets all your ‘pomes’  in  book  form, 
I want a copy.”

VISITING  BUYERS.

Woodville.

land, Mich.

The following  retail  dealers have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
W. M. Rogers,.Fennville.
Macomber & Bale, Lake View.
S. Stark, Allendale.
Den Herder & Tanls, Vrisland.
J. A. Lambert, Co-operative Supply Co., Hol­
B. Burlington, Bradley.
G. N. Reynolds. Belmont.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
James Broderick, Kingsley.
Jno. Kamps, Zutphen.
S.  M. Geary, Maple Hill.
Jno. Smith, Ada.
Cole & Chapel, Ada.
B. Volmari, Fillmore.
G. C. Baker, LaBarge.
A. C. Barkley, Crosby.
Childs & Carper, Childs’ Mill.
W. P. Dockerav. Rockford.
K. L. Kinney, F.nsley.
A. B. Foote. Hilliards.
Brautigan Bros., No. Dorr.
A. Wagenaar, New Holland.
C. E. Joldersma. Jamestown.
Walter H. Struik, Forest Grove.
M. Minderhout, Hanley.
J. Omler, Wright.
D. R. Stocum,  Rockford.
C. F. Sears, Rockford.
M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
Eli Bunnells, Corning.
Geo. F. Cook, Grove.
W. F. Hopper, Fremont.
W. Thomas. Thomas & Son, Bowne.
J. F. Hacker, Connth.
Gus. Bcgman, Bauer.
John Linington. Wexford.
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
J. P. Dwineil, Carlyle.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
Dave Holmes.  West  Michigan  Lumber  Co., 
P. Stekeiee & Co., Holland.
J. P. Cordes, Alpine.
F. C. Stone. Cedar Springs.
Levett & Dann. Dorr.
C. E. Coburn. Pierson.
C. W. Caskey. Harbor Springs.
Wm. Vermeulen. Beaver Dam.
S. D. Thompson, Newaygo.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
C. H. Adams, Otsego.
J. N. Wait, Hudsonville.
Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners.
H. Barry, Ravenna.
Seward McNitt & Co., Byron Center.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
Uilke DeVries, Jamestown.
H. Carbine & Son, Hesperia.
F. L. Blake, Irving.
J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
Cornell & Griswold, Griswold.
Dr. John Graves, Wayland.
D. R. Crane & Son, Fennville.
S. T. Colson, Alaska.
Dr. S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
G. P. Stark,  Cascade.
Narregang & Son, Byron Center.
R. Schaack, Reed City.
Jno. Damstra, Gitchell.
G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz-.
A. W. Blain, Dutton.
F. J. Smedley, Byron Center.
Geo. E. Pantlind & Co., Tustin.
Herman Thompson, Canada Corners.
O. F. Conklin & Co., West Chester.
James G. McElwee & Co., Big Rapids.
J. D. Stracban, Muir.
Chas. Morton, Sand Lake.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
L. Cook. Bauer.
G. TenHoor, Forest Grove.
G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.
J. Barnes, Austerlitz.
N. W. Crocker. Byron Center.
J. M. Spore, Rockford.
M. Gezon, Jenisonvllle.
H. VanNoord, Jamestown.
Mrs. J. Hilzen, Jamestown.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
Mrs. M. Burbank, Spring Lake.
Thys Stadt, Spring Lake.
N. F. Miller, Lisbon.
H. C. Peckham, Freeport.
G. W. Robinson, Edgerton.
Haynes & Harrington, Kalkaska.
Velzy Bros., Lamont.
S. H. Ballard, Sparta.
Mrs. J. DeBrie, Byron Center.
Dell Wright, Berlin.
Geo. Huntington & Co.. Cedar Springs.
L. A. Paine. Englishville,
S. Sheldon, Pierson.
C. S. Comstock, Pierson.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
P. VanDenBosch, Zeeland.
R. D. McNaughton, Mancelona.
W. E. Watson, Coopersville.
Mr.  Humphrey,  Humphrey  &  Spaulding, 
V. Sinz, Trent.
Geo. F. Cook, Grove P. O.
John Koopman. Falmouth.
Emmet Hagadorn, Fife Lake.
A. Norris, A. Norris & Son. Casnovia.
H. W. Robson, Ed more.
Marshall Brayman, Aldrich & Brayman, Lud- 
Fred. Kieldsen,  Cadillac.
H. M. Lewis. Ionia.
John Giles & Co., Lowell.
Kellogg & Wooden, Kalkaska.
E.  B.  Wright,  West.  Mich.  Lumber  Co., 

Wayland.

ington.

Woodville.

Purely Personal.

Emmet Hagadorn, the  Fife Lake  general 

dealer, was in town last week.

John Day  is  now  clerking  in  the  drug 

store of T.  A.  Miller & Co.,  at Alma.

Samuel Sears, of the firm of Wm.  Sears & 
Co., was in Detroit  a  couple  of  days  last 
week.
O.  F. Conklin  has  gone  to  Washington 
for the purpose of—well,  let’s  see  whether 
he succeeds or not.

J. D.  Concidine,  of  the  cheese  factory 
firm of Concidine & Ewing, at  Byron  Cen­
ter, and W.  T.  Dorgan,  cheesemaker  for 
the firm,  were  in  town  last  Friday.  The 
annual  meeting  of  patrons  was  held  on
Saturday.
G.  J.  Stephenson,  for  several  months 
past with H.  D.  Han ey,  at  Bangor,  was 
in town last week on his way  to  Mackinac 
Island, where he will conduct  a drug  store 
during the  summer  season  for  H.  A.  N. 
Todd,  of  St.  Ignace.

Will Lamoreaux denies that  he  was  put 
off a Michigan Central  train,  for  non-pay­
ment of fare,  as stated  last  week;  and  as 
his reputation for veracity is of the XXXX 
double-distilled variety,  T h e  T r a d e sm a n  
is persuaded that its  informant  must  have 
been mistaken.

It is reported  that  Frank  Jenison,  the 
Manton general dealer, has drawn the capi­
tal prize in the Louisiana  lottery  and  that 
he is so much elated over  his  success  that 
he  contemplates  buying  the  Detroit  base 
ball club and removing it to  Manton  or  in­
viting his friends  to join him  in  a  trip  to 
California in a special car.

Ludwig  Winternitz  and  wife  went  to 
East Saginaw  last  Tuesday  to  attend  the 
marriage  of  the  latter’s  brother,  Theo. 
Kadish, and Miss Etty Hosmer. L. J. Kadish 
and wife, of Chicago,  father and  mother  of 
the groom,  and L.  P.  Kadish,  of  Chicago, 
brother of  the  groom,  were  also  present 
Mr.  Kadish  was  formerly  identified  with 
Mr.  Winternitz here,  but  is  now  engaged 
in the yeast and  vinegar  business  at  East 
Saginaw under the firm name of  Kadish  & 
Denton. 

_______

It  wash  mean  in  him.” 

“Dot Abram Levi he opens  a  store  next 
to mine. 
“But 
didn’t you say  last  summer,  Mr.  Doppen- 
heimer,  that  competition  is  the  life  of 
trade?”  “Yes; but 1 wasn’t in no  beesness 
la*t summer.”

_______ MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted under this 
bead for one cent a word or two  cents a word 
for three insertions.  No advertisement  taken 
for less than 25 cents.  Advance payment.
Advertisements  directing  that  answers  be 
sent In care of this office must be accompanied 
by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage.

ing city of Muskegon.  Terms easy.  C. L. 

IilOR SALE—The best drugstore In the thriv­
Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 
liWR SALE—Stock  of  general  merchandise 
good condition and locality; also  store.
Good reason for selling.  J. C. Still, Doliarville, 
193*
Mich. 

193tf

IilOR SALE—Two store  counters, three  sets 

scales,  six  tea  cans,  six spice  cans, one 
small coffee mill and two  show-cases, also one 
delivery wagon.  All of  the foregoing will  be 
sold cheap for cash.  M.  J.  Lewis,  12  Grand- 
ville avenue. Grand Rapids. 

F OR  SALE—House, tin  shop and  set of tin­

ner’s tools, in a live town with good farm­
ing  country  surrounding,  for  $800,  one-half 
cash, balance on time.  Good chance for a tin­
ner.  No other hardware or  tin-shop  in town, 
Lock box 22, Elsie, Mich. 

192tf

IHOR SALE—Residence and  medical practice 

of  $3,000  a  year,  regular  physician  in 
wealthy town of 1,500  people;  surrounded  by 
excellent, thickly settled farming country with 
good  roads;  bargain  if  sold  soon.  Address 
S. 281 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Mich.  193*

193*

FOR SALE—Store  building, residence, barn 

and stock  of  general  merchandise, situ­
ated ten miles from  Grand  Rapids, in  a  good 
farming  country,  worth  $5,000.  Not  much 
competition nearer  than  Grand Rapids.  Ad­
dress. “Steven,” care of the Tradesman, Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

193*

I89tf

F OR SALE—Best  bargain  ever  offered  for 

general  stock  in growing town  in  good 
farming  community  in  Northern  Michigan. 
Stock  will inventory' about  $0,000.  Sales  last 
year were $80,000.  Address “The Tradesman,” 
Grand Rapids.______________________177tf
IilOR SALE—Ice box, 6 feet and 2 inches high.

2 feet and 11  inches  deep and 5 feet and 2 
inches wide.  The  box is zinc lined and nearly 
new.  J.C. Shaw, 79 Canal  street.  Grand Rap­
ids. 
T3ARTNER  WANTED—A  good,  ambitious 
-E  man, with six thousand dollars can buy a 
one-third interest in a good-paying, well estab­
lished mercantile business.  Call on or address 
E. A. Stowe, Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rap­
ids. 
TMPORTANTTO EVE BY STOREKEEPER— 
J-  Every retail dealer who  desires to  run his 
business on an economical  basis  should  send 
for a sample of the Su> liff Coupon System, the 
most complete  arrangement of  the  kind that 
will  abolish  your  pass-books.  The  best  and 
most progressive  merchants  throughout  the 
United States are now using this  system with 
the very best results.  With  this  system  you 
have  no  writing,  no  bookkeeping,  no  pass­
books.  Every sale is a cash sale and hundreds 
of  dollars  are  saved  annually  in  forgotten 
charges alone.  Having  two kinds, samples of 
both will be sent on application.  John H. Sut- 
liff, Albany, N. Y. 

193tf

197*

. 

SODA  FOUNTAIN,  CHEAP—A  nearly  new 

J. W. Tuft’s Epoch. No. 707 soda  fountain 
and 2 copper  tanks,  glass syrup  cans  and  10 
glass-lined syrup faucets, 3 glass-lined draught 
tubes, counter fountain.  Apply to A. R. Rood, 
43 Pearl street, Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
‘LIT’ANTED—Ladies at home or to travel with 
t *  my Improved Tailor System.  It has full 
directions  and  sells  at  sight.  Address H. M. 
Perkins, Lapeer, Mich. 
W f  ANTED—A  man  having  an  established 
tt 
trade among lumbermen to add  a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
man a splendid chance will be given  to  make 
money without  extra expense.  Address “B,” 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

191-3t

178tf

191*

FRESH  FISH

Bought  and Sold by

FRANK J. DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe St.,  Grand Rapids.

¡3T "  Oysters  the  Year  Around 

j j J

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

BOOKS,

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

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 HeacLliglit
L ittle d aisy.

AND

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 ive receive your  encouragement  by

Respectfully,

TIME  TABLES.

Lake Shore &  Michigan Southern.

Kalamazoo Division.

Arrive.

N. Y. Mall.  N. Y. Ex  |

Leave. 
Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
6:15pm
1-35 p m  
7:45 a  in. .G rand Rapids.  9:15 a m 
5:55 p m  
9:02 a m. .A llegan...........8:28 a m  
5:00 a m
4:oO pm | 
7:05pm   10:06 a m . .K alam azoo...  7:30 a m 
2:20pm
8:30pm   11:35 a m .. W hite Pigeon.  5:55 a  m 
2:30 a m   5:05 p m. .T oledo............11:00 p m  
9:45 a m   j
9:40 p in..C leveland....... 6:40 p m 
8:30 a m 
5:35 a  m  i
3:30 a m ..Buffalo............ 11:55 a m   11:40 p m
2:50 p m  
6:40 a m  
6:50 p in. .Chicago.......... 11:30pm 
6:50am
A local freight leaves G rand Rapids a t 12.50 pm ,carry-  ! 
lng passengers as fa r as  Allegan.  All  trains  daily  ex­
cept Sunday. 

J. W. McKenney, General Agent.

Detroit,  Grand Haven &  Milwaukee.

GOING BAST.

Arrives. 

tSteam boat  Express....................... 6:25 p ni 
tT hrongh  Mail..................................10:40 a m  
tE vening Express..............................   3:25 p m  
•Lim ited  Express..............................   6:50 a m  
tMixed, w ith  coach.......................... 
GOING WEST.
tM om ing  Express.............................  1:05 p m  
tT hrougn  Mail...................................   5:00 p m  
tSteam boat Express..........................10:40 p m 
tMixed.................................................. 
•N ight Express.................................. 5:25 a m  

Leaves.  )
6:30 p m   j
10:50 a m
3:50 p m
6:50 a m
11:00 a m
1:10 p m
5:10 p m
10:45 p m
7:45 a m
5:40 a m

tD aily, Sundays excepted.  *DaUy.
Passengers taking the  6:50  a m   Express  m ake  close 
connection a t Owosso for Lansing,  and  a t  D etroit  for 
New  York,  arriving  there  a t  10:30  a m the following 
m orning.  The N ight Express has a  through W agner car 
and local sleeping car from  D etroit to Grand  Rapids.
D. Potter, City Passenger Agent. 

Gbo. 8. Reeve, Traffic M anager Chicago.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves. 
tM all.................................................... .9:10 a m  
tDay  Express...................................... 12:30 p m  
•N ight Express.................................... 11:00 p m  
Muskegon Express...............................5:00 p m  

Ai rives.
3:45 p m
9:45 p m
11:00 a  m
•Daily. 
Pullm an Sleeping Cars on adl night  trains.  Through 
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  w ithout  ex­
tra  charge to Chicago on 12:50 p.m ., and through coach 
on 9 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains.

tDaily except Sunday.

5:45 a m

N ew aygo  D ivision.

Leaves. 
E x p ress.............................................. 3:45 p m  
Express................................................ 8:00 a m  

Arrives.
4:50 p m
10:30 a m

A11 trains arrive and depart from  Union Depot.
The N orthern term inus of this division is a t Baldwin, 
w here close connection is  m ade  w ith  F. & P. M. trains 
to and from  Ludington and Manistee.

W. A. Gavett, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J. B. Mcllikex,  General  Manager.

Detroit,  Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going West. 

7.00 a  m 8:00 a m ..S t. Ig n ace...
12:20 p m 11:05 a  m . .S eney...........
5:30 p m 4:00 p m } N arqiiette ..
4:35 p m. .K egaunee...
4:45 p m. .Ishpem ing..
8:00 p m . .H oughton ..
8:20 p m ..H ancock  ...

Going East.

.  8:40 p m 5 :55 p m
.  5:15 p m 12:35 p m
(  2:05 p m 
7:00 a  m
(  1:55 p m
.  1:25 p m
.12:55 p in
9:25 a  m
.  9:00 a in

Mixed tra in  leaves St. ignace  a t  7 a m :  arrives  Mar­

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

E. W. Allen,

Detroit,  Lansing  &  Northern. 

Grami R apids Sc Saginaw  D ivision.

DEPART.

Saginaw Express...................................................................  7 3 0 a m
Saginaw E xpress.....................................................   4  10 p  m
G rand Rapids  Express........................................... 11  23 a m
Grand Rapids  Express.........................................................10 3 0 p m

ARRIVE.

All train s arrive a t and d epart from  Union depot. 
Trains run solid both  ways.

CHARLES  A.  COYE,

Successor to

A. Coye & Son,

DEALER  IN

AWNINGS 8 TENTS

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Flags & Banners made to  order.

Wide Ducks, etc.
GRAND  RAPIDS.
- 

73 CANAL  ST.. 

Manufacturers’ Agts. for

H E S T E R  & F O X ,
Saw  and  Grist  Mill
M  A C H I N E r Y
Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all  kinds 
of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws. 

Belting  and  Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large 
stock kept on hand.  Send  for  sample  Pulley 
and  become  convinced  of  their  superiority. 

WRITE  FOR  PRICES.

130 Oakes St., Grand Rapifls, Mich.
Bug Finish!

C H U R C H ’S

READY FO B USE DKY.

NO M IXING R EQ UIRED.

It sticks to the vines and Fini  ties the whole 
crop of Potato Bugs with one apolicaiion: also 
kills any Curculio, and the Cotton and Tobacco 
Worms.
This  is  the  only  safe  way  to  use  a  Strong 
Poison; none of the  Poison is in a clear state, 
but thoroughly combined  by  patent  process 
and machinery, with material to help the very 
fine powder to  stick  to  the  vines  and  entice 
the bugs to eat it, and it is also a fertilizer.
ONE POUND will go as far as TEN POUNDS 
of plaster and  Paris  Green  as  mixed  by  the 
farmers.  It is therefore  cheaper,  and  saves 
the trouble and danger  of  mixing  and  using 
the  green,  which,  needless to say,  is danger­
ous to handle.
Bug Finish was used the past season on  the 
State Agricultural  College  Farm  at  Lansing, 
Michigan,  and,  in  answer  to  inquiries,  the 
managers write:  “The Bug finish  gave  good 
satisfaction on garden and farm.”  Many  un- 
solicitated  letters  have  been  received  prais­
ing Bug Finish.
Barlow & Star, hardware dealers at  Coldwa- 
ter, Mich., write as  follows under date oj May 
14:  “We sold 3,100 pounds of “Bug Finish” last 
year.  It is rightly named  “Bug  Finish,” as it 
finishes the entire crop of bugs with one appli- 
catiod.  We shall not be satisfied unless we sell 
three  tons  this  year,  as  there  is  already  a 
strong demand for it.  Please send us ten  bar­
rels (3,000 pounds) at once.”
Guaranteed as represented.  Cheaper than

any oth er M ixture used for the purpose.

MANUFACURED BY

AoHalsoraine Co., GaM Rapids.

LEGAL  STATUS.

Text of the Bill Incorporating the M.  B. M.

A. and Auxiliary Bodies.

. 

The following is the full text  of  the  bill 
incorporating  the Michigan Business Men’s 
Association and auxiliary associations, now 
in the hands of the Senate:
Section 1.  The people  of  the  State  of 
Michigan  mact,  That the  Michigan  Busi­
ness Men’s Association and the  local  asso­
ciations auxiliary there to,  may  be  incor­
porated in pursuance with the provisions  of 
this act.
Sec. 2.  Any live or  more  persons,  resi­
dents of  this State, being  members  of  the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association  of 
the State of  Michigan, desirous  to  become 
incorporated, may make  and  execute  arti­
cles of association under  their  hands  and 
seal, which said articles of association shall 
be acknowledged before some officer  of  the 
State,  having authority to take acknowledg­
ment of deeds and shall set forth:
First.  The names of persons associating 
in the.first instance and their place  of  resi­
dence. 
. . .
Second.  The corporate  name  by  which 
such Association shall be known in  the law 
and the place of its business office.
Third.  The object and  purpose  of  such 
Association, which shall be to secure the co­
operation of merchants and  other classes of 
business  men,  promote  the  social,  moral 
and business interests of  its members,  aod 
the period for which it is  incorporated,  not 
exceeding thirty years.
Sec.  3.  A copy of  said articles of  asso­
ciation shall be recorded with the  Secretary 
of the State and thereupon the persons who 
shall have signed  such  articles  of  associa­
tion,  their associates  and  successors,  shall 
be a body politic and corporate by the name 
expressed  in  sucli  articles  of  association. 
Said corporation shall have full  power  and 
authority to make and establish  a  constitu­
tion,  by-laws, rules and regulations,  not  in 
conflict with the laws of  this State  and  to 
alter and amend the same.
Sec.  4.  A copy  of  the  record  of  such 
articles of association under the seal  of  the 
State,  duly certifiai according to  law,  shall 
be received as prima  facie evidence  in  all 
courts of this State of the existence and due 
incorporation of such corporation.
Sec.  5.  Such  corporation,  when  duly 
formed,  shall have power  to  institute  and 
charter  auxiliary  associations  within  this 
State,  having similar aims and objects, pro­
viding  that  the  constitution  and  by-laws 
adopted by such auxiliary associations shall 
not be repugnant to the laws  of  this  State 
and shall be approved by  this  corporation, 
with which copies of  the  said  constitution 
and by-laws must be filed.
Sec.  0.  This  corporation  shall  from 
time to time make  and establish  such  con­
stitution, general laws and  regulations  for 
auxiliary  associations  as  such  corporation 
shall judge proper to secure  uniformity and 
effectiveness.
Sec.  7.  Any five  or  more persons,  resi­
dents of this State, being  members  of  any 
auxiliary  association,  having  been  duly 
chartered by the Michigan  Business  Men’s 
Association,  desirous  to  become  incorpo­
rated,  may make and execute articles of as­
sociation  under  their  hands  and  seals, 
specifying as  provided  in  section  two  of 
this act, and file  a  copy  of  such  articles 
with the clerk of the county in  which  such 
corporation may be formed,  which  shall be 
recorded by such clerk in a book to be  kept 
in his office for that purpose; and thereupon 
the persons  who  shall  have  signed  such 
articles of association,  their  associates  and 
successors shall be a body  politic  and  cor­
porate by the name expressed in  such  arti­
cles of association.
Sec.  8.  This corporation or any auxiliary 
association thereto,  may take and hold  per­
sonal and real property  so  far  as  may  be 
necessary for the  proper  purposes  of  such 
organizations,  not exceeding  ten  thousand 
dollars in amount,  and may convey, dispose 
of  and  deal  with  the  same  as  they  may 
from time to time determine by a two-thirds 
vote of the total  membership  voting  there­
for; and for such purpose  such  corporation 
or auxiliary associations may create  a  cap­
ital stock of  not  more  than  ten  thousand 
dollars,  to  be  divided  into  shares  of  not 
more than ten dollars each.

they come to look upon  each other more as 
brothers.

President Robson said he had watched the 
progress of local  organization, as  recorded 
in the columns  of  The  T radesm an,  for 
two years past, and was  convinced that the 
move begun  that night in  Edmore  would 
never be regretted by any  business  man in 
the place.  He  bespoke for  the  officers of 
the Association the  co-operation  of  every 
member  and  expressed  the  hope that the 
membership  would reach  thirty  before the 
next meeting.

The meeting then adjourned.

Attractive Salesrooms.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

It is not difficult to keep salesrooms clean 
and inviting,  provided  there  is  system  in 
the work.  Too many country stores are un­
tidy and unattractive.  There  ought to be a 
change in  this  respect.  The  store  is  the 
central place for the neighborhood  and  vil­
lage trading, gossip and social  interchange. 
It is the representative establishment of the 
community. 
It ought  to  be,  and  can  be 
made an  educator  of  order,  neatness  and 
cleanliness.

A neat,  well-kept house is  a  blessing  in 
every village and neighborhood. 
It teaches 
by  contrast  the  great  difference  between 
order  and  disorder,  dirt  and  cleanliness, 
foul and pure,  wholesome  apartments.  A 
slatternly  housewife 
is  chagrinned  and 
mortifial at the difference in her abode  and 
that of her neat neighbor,  and with  a  feel­
ing of  pride,  inherent  in  her  nature,  sets 
about a reform.

A village store the model of neatness and 
order accomplishes the  same result.  Clean 
shelves and windows, clean floors and  ceil­
ings,  tasteful inside  decorations—each  and 
ill have an influence  beneficial  and  attrac­
tive to a community.

Even the most rude and uncultivated  are 
pleased at  the  sight  of  order, 
taste  and 
beauty,  and the contrast between an  untidy 
home and a  tidy  store  is  so  great  that  a 
sense of relief is experienced  as  soon  as  a 
brief  visit  is  made  from  the  one  to  the 
other.

A store grimy  with  tobacco  smoke  and 
the floor foul with tobacco  spittle  and  dirt 
is not a pleasing spectacle.  Put two stores 
in a village,  one neat and  the  other  dirty, 
and it will not be  long  before  the  tide  of 
custom will flow to the establishment where 
cleanliness and order  prevail.

As neat, inviting salesrooms cost  nothing 
but time and labor,  why  not  have  them? 
The time and labor thus spent  is  not  lost, 
but, on the contrary, is profitably  employed 
A.  clean  store  is  always  self-advertisin 
Is not a thorough  house-wife  the  frequent 
theme of  village and neighborhood gossip? 
In like manner is the attractive,  tidy  store. 
People will talk about it,  visit it, trade at it.
If you,  as  a  merchant,  are not a believer 

in this theory,  give it a trial.

Brush up anew from cellar  to  garret;  let 
a clean outside  invite  to  clean  salesrooms 
inside,  and  then  note  the  effect  on  your 
customers.  You will soon find  the  change 
so  agreeable  and  advantageous  that  you 
will not wTant to go back to the old  ruts  of 
dirt and  disorder.

You are always  glad  to  get  clean  crisp 
bank notes,  and  people  always  seek  the 
clean,  attractive store at which to pay them 
out.

Edmore in  Line on Organization.

Agreeable to invitation, the editor of Tin 
T radesm an met the  business  men of Ed 
more  last  Tlujrsday  evening and  assisted 
them to form a Business Men’s Association. 
Geo.  D.  Lunn was  selected to act  as chair 
man and F. A. Tower as  secretary.  Aftei 
the usual  explanations  had been made,  H. 
W.  Robson moved that the  formation of an 
association be immediately  proceeded with 
which was adopted.  The constitution and 
by-laws presented by Mr.  Stowe  were  then 
adopted,  when 
the  following  gentlemen 
were  accepted  as  charter  members:  Geo,
D.  Lunn,  H.  W.  Robson,  J.  W.  Pfeifler, 
W.  E.  Kingsbury,  W.  S.  Whittlesey,  H.  A, 
Malley,  S.  J.  Ketchum,  L.  S.  Crotser,  M,
E.  Curtiss, Wra.  White,  H. B.  Morehead, 
L.  D.  Curtiss,  A. J.  Briggs,  F. A.  Tower, 
Thos.  Grant,  Daniel Lynch.

Election of officers resulted as  follows
President—H.  W.  Robson.
Vice-President—Geo. D. Lunn.
Secretary—W.  S.  Whittlesey.
Treasurer—J.  W. Pfeifler.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre 
ta»y,  Wm.  White,  A.  J. Briggs and L.  S 
Crotser.

The election of the  Committees  on Busi 
ness and Trade Interests was deferred until 
the next meeting.

On  motion  of  Geo.  D.  Lunn,  the  Blue 
Letter  collection  system  was  adopted for 
the use of the Association and the Executive 
Committee  was  instructed  to  procure the 
printing of the necessary blanks.

M.  E.  Curtiss,  Wm.  White  and H.  B 
Morehead were appointal a special commit 
tee to solicit the applications of  new  mem 
bers.

The editor of the local paper was request 
ed to print the  constitution  and by-laws in 
full in his next  issue,  which  he  agreed to 
do.

On resigning the chair to the newly-elect 
ed  President,  Mr.  Lunn  bespoke  for the 
movement the cordial support of every busi­
ness  man.  He  asserted  that  there  were 
enough influences at work  to “down” busi­
ness men,  without  their  trying to “down” 
each  other.  Constant  perusal  of  T he 
T radesm an  had  convinced  him  that  in 
towns where the business men were united,

Told by  His Friends.

that 

Than Major A. B.  Watson,  no  shrewde 
business man  walks  the  streets  of  Grand 
Rapids.  Major Watson’s business sagacity 
is «ot entirely confined to his operations  in 
the Valley City,  however.  His friends ar 
telling a good story now-a-days  in  illustra 
tion of this point. 
It is no secret  that  Mr. 
Watson  owns  one  of  the  most  valuable 
tracts of  Southern  pine  possessed  by  any 
man  in  Michigan—and 
is  saying  ; 
good  deal.  Since  the  land  came  into  hi 
hands,  it has enhanced in  value  about  400 
per cent.  This fact  was  suspected  by  the 
tax  assessor, and the land  was  accordin 
assessed at  $8  per acre.  With  a  view  to 
lowering the estimate,  Mr.  Watson  wrote 
the board  of  review:  “If the land was  on 
the market,  I would dispuse of  it  for SI 
per acre.”  The board did not see the catch 
“if the laud was on  the  market,”  and  ac 
cordingly reduced the assessment to a  very 
low figure.  Mr.  Watson’s  interest  check 
will be about  a  third  as  large  as  would 
otherwise have been the case.

A Chicago Caution.

The  Sanitary  News  desires  to  caution 
housekeeper against using  the  samples  of 
edible merchandise which unscrupulous  acT 
vertisers leave on the door-step or with  the 
servants.  The best  articles  of  food  or  of 
culinary use are well enough known,  to  do 
without such (piestionable  forms  of  adver 
tising, and the cheaper  articles of  food are 
fearfully adulterated.  There is also an ele­
ment  of  danger  from  anarchistic  cranks 
who have in their crazy brains the idea that 
they  are  commissioned  to  destroy  some 
person’s life and  who  seek  this  means  to 
accomplish their mistaken aim.  A case  of 
this kind occurred in Chicago last year,  and 
the positive  orders  to  the  servants  to  use 
no samples of any kind probably caved sev­
eral lives.  The following is an analysis  of 
one of the cheap brands  of  baking  powder 
which is extensively circulated  by  samples 
at doors. 
Its composition is  undesirable to 
introduce into the stomach, even although it 
may  raise  dough  satisfactorily. 
It  con- 
tained cream of  tartar,  soda,  Rochelle salts 
(21 per cent, of the whole),  lime  (5.49  per 
cent.),  alumina,  starch and water.

E.  A.  Fuller,  of Traverse City,  has  been 
commissioned by a friend to look  up  a  de­
sirable location for a hoop,  stave and  head­
ing  factory.  The  locality must have plen­
ty of grey elm.  Here is  a  chance  for  the 
Business Committees of some of the North­
ern associations.

How  to  Treat  Delinquents  Who  Have 

Changed  Residence.

H olland,  May 26, 1887.

B. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
D ea r  Sir—We have several  persons de­
linquent  to  our  merchants  who  are  now 
living in Grand Rapids.  What is the proper 
way to proceed in such cases?  Should  we 
report the cases  direct  to  the  Retail  Gro­
cers’ Association of Grand Rapids or should 
we send out the blanks from this end of the 
route? 

Yours,

P. W. Ka n e, Sec’y.

The proper  way  to  proceed  is  for  the 
member  to  send  the  delinquent  a  Blue 
Letter. 
If that doesn’t fetch him  to  time, 
he  should  be  reported  to  the  Secretary, 
hich officer will  then  send  him  the  last 
official notice.  That failing,  the  Executive 
Committee should then  declare  him  a  de­
linquent, when the Secretary should  report 
him to the State Secretary,  who  will  place 
his  name  on  the  next  State  Notification 
Sheet,  after which it will be  impossible  for 
him  to  obtain  credit  in  any  town  where 
there is an association.

Business  Holidays in  England.

The  readers  of  T h e  T radesm an  will 
note  with  pleasure  the  observations  of 
Frank E.  Leonard,  of  H.  Leonard & Sons, 
made during his  two  months’  visit  in  the 
pottery districts of England.  Mr.  Leonard 
says that one thing struck him very forcibly 
on his return to this country  and  that  was 
our absence of holidays. 
In England every 
store  is  closed  at  1  o’clock  Thursday 
afternoon and the remainder of  the  day  is 
given  up  to  rest  and  recreation.  Every 
factory  in  the  country  closes  Saturday 
noon,  which gives the  operatives  a  chance 
to  make  their  weekly  purchases  by  day­
light and prepare for a day of  rest.

A  Perpetual  Picnic.

I see the grocers  are having a picnic to­
day,” said  one  gentleman  to  another  last 
Wednesday.

Humph! they want the earth,”  was  the 

response.

How’s that?”
Well,  my grocer’s been having  a  picnic 
with me ever since he got my name  on  the 
delinquent list last winter.”

Without a  Moral.

1 was a clerk in a grocery store  at  §9  a 
like  many  other 
week,”  he  said,  “but, 
young men,  I  fell  in  with  dissolute  com­
panions, and was induced to gamble.”

‘And  was tempted  to  take  money  that 

did not belong to you?”

“No; I won enough in  a week to buy the 

grocery.”  ______

The  Independent  Oil  Co.  continues  to 
thrive,  the  terrible  indictment  against  the 
Standard Oil Co. at Buffalo having given the 
sale of the  opposition oil  a  noticeable  in­
crease.  Manager Marston is so well pleased 
with his success here that he is planning for 
further  improvements  in  his  storage  and 
handling departments,  after which his busi 
ness will be conducted as  systematically as 
any oil business  in the  country.  Send for 
quotations or sample barrel.

It took $l,2u0 in casn and  twelve years of in 
tense suffering before I learned  that $2 worth 
of Tiger Oil would cure me.  None but a wire 
bound  constitution  and  a  determined  will 
could ever live  through  twelve years of such 
racking  pain  and  misery,  without  a  single 
week of ease, as I did,  before I  began  to take 
Tiger Oil about a year since.  I used  about $2 
worth altogether,  which I took a  teaspoonful 
in a tumbler of  hot water  three  times a day 
which quickly relieved and I believe it has per­
manently  cured  me,  as  the  immediate  past 
eight  months I have  not had a sign of my old 
disease, which the doctors called  Bright’s Dis 
ease of the  Kidneys—which  is  death—Gravel 
Inflammation of the Kidneys and Bladder, and 
a number of other diseases;  but they all failed 
to do more than quiet the suffering for a short 
time,  although I doctored  with the  best doc 
tors I could find in  Marshall, Ohio,  Pittsburg, 
Pa., New Albany, Ind.. Chicago, 111., St. Louis. 
Mo., Detroit, Saginaw and Bay City, Micb., and 
a great number of other cities;  and when not 
under a doctor’s care took dozens  and dozens 
of all kinds of greatly advertised patent kidney 
and liver cures;  but under all  kinds  of medi 
cines I got worse and worse till I began to take 
Tiger Oil as above stated.  To say it cost $1,200 
in the twelve years is far too low, but the $2 in 
Tiger Oil which cured me is more than it took 
as I used some for other  general  purposes in 
my family.  But my case is only one in thous 
ands who are spending their money for naught 
—but  suffering  and loss  of time—who  might 
be cured with Tiger Oil.

Manager Telephone Exchange, Cadillac, Mich

J . E .  W a l k e r ,

Full Line of

We make q specialty of

1STTRJHSHA  OIL,

Which  for  Farm  Machinery  and  general 
purposes is the Best  Brand on the  market,

GRAND  RAPIDS  OFFICE,

No. X Canal  St„

Telephone No.  228-2.

J.  GL  ALEXANDER,  Agent.

GIVE  US  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

We  Guarantee  Satisfaction.

THE  DEAD-BEAT.
W ritten Especially fo r The  Tradesman.

He walks a lord upon the street,

A brazen-fronted villain;

Nor dreads his creditors to meet,

Nor ever pays a  shilling.

In every shop, saloon and store,

A shunned, despised and dreaded bore.

And every town its quota has,

And merchants have enrolled them,

“Delinquents,” “Worthless,” “D.-B. class,” 

For goods that they have sold them.

And honest men, wiih toil and pain.

At last, must pay the Dead Beat’s gain.

—M .  J. W r i s l e y .

FOR SALE.

Feal mill,  eighteen horse  power  engine, 
good wholesale and retail  trade.  Will  sell 
cheap.  Address  “Feed  mill,”  care  The 
Tradesm an.

HARDW OOD  LUM BER.

@10 00

The furmture factories  here pay as follows 

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run...................................12 00@14 00
Birch, log-run...........................................15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @25 00
Black Ash, log-run...................................13 G0@15 00
Cherry,  log-run........................................25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2................................45 00@50 00
Cherry,  cull......................................... 
Maple, log-run......................................... 12 00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run............................... 11 00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @20 00
Maple, clear, flooring......................... 
@25 Oo
Maple, white, selected....................... 
@25 On
Red Oak, log-run.................................  @18 00
@24 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2................ 
 
Red Oak, quarter  sawed..................26 00@30 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank............... 
@25 00
Walnut, log-run................... 
@55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @75 00
Walnuts,  culls....................................   @25 00
Grey  Elm, log-run.............................  
@13 00
White Ash,  log-run.................................14 00@16 00
Whitewood,  log-run................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run............................  @17 00

 

 

 

6 00

................................... 4 60

WOODENWARE.
Standard  Tubs, No. 1.....................  
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...........................................5 00
Standard  Tubs, No. 3........................................... 4 00
Standard Pails, two hoop.....................................1 40
Standard Pails, three hoop................................. 1 65
Pails, ground wood 
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................................2 25
Butter  Pails, ash..................................................2 25
Butter Ladles........................................................1 00
Rolling Pins.........................  
75
Potato Mashers................................................  50
Clothes Pounders................................................. 2 25
ClothesPins......................................................   60
Mop Stocks.............................................................1 00
Washboards, single.............................................. 1 75
Washboards, double........................................2 25
Diamond  Market............................. 
40
Bushel, narrow band...........................................1 60
Bushel, wide band................................................ 1 76
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...........................................6 50
Clothes, willow  No. 3...........................................7 50
Water  Tight, bu.........................'....................3 75
“  halfbu......................................2 85

BASKETS.

• 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark—Tanners all have  large  sup­
plies.  Dealers are paying $5 for good bark.
Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50  $   tt>  for 
clean washed roots.
Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local  jobbers are 
authorized to offer standard goods at 40  and 5 
per cent, off, and second quality at 50 per cent 
off

Ibarbware.

files—New List.

American File Association List........ dis
Disston’s ................................................dis
New American...................................... dis
Nicholson’s.............................................dis
Heller’s ..................................................dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps...........................dis
22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
15
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60.

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

13 

12 

00*10
60*10
00*10
60*10
55*10
50
28 
18

GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

HINGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............ dis
50
Maydole & Co.’s...................................dis 
25
Kip’s .....................................................dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s ............................. dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel....................30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel. Hand. .30 c 40*10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50*10
Champion,  anti-friction....................dis 
60*10
Kidder, wood, track............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3............................ dis 
60
State............................................ per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  In.  4%  14
3*
and  longer..............................................
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  .................. net
10V4
Screw Hook and Eye 9i.....................net
8*4
7V4
Screw Hook and Eye  34..................... net
Screw Hook and Eye,  %................... net
7H
Strap and  T ........................................dis
65
Pots.............................................................
60
K ettles........................................................
60
Spiders  ......................................................
60
Gray  enameled.........................................
50
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped Tin Ware..................... new  list
Japanned Tin  Ware.................................
Granite Iron  Ware...................................
25
Grub  1............................................... $11 00, dis 60
Grub  2................................................  11 50, dis 60
Grub 3.................................................   12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......... di3
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings............
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings.......
Door, porcelain, trimmings....................
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain.........dis
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.....................
Hemacite...............................................dis
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.....................dis
Branford’s .............................................dis
Norwalk’s .............................................dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...................dis
Adzo  Eye.....................................$16 00 dis
Hunt Eye.....................................$15 00 dis
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.................. dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s.................................. dis 40
Coffee,P.S.*W.Mfg.Co.’sMalleables ...  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s.............   dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise....  .............................dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ................................dis  60&I0
Stebbin’s Genuine................................ dis  60*10
Enterprise,  self-measuring................dis 
25

70
40*10
45
55
55
55

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

MOLASSES GATES.

LOCKS—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEVELS.

MAULS.

MILLS.

HOES.

NAILS—IRON.

Common, Brad and Fencing.

OILERS.

1  lOd  8d 
2% 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

lOdto  60d............................................ $  keg $2  15
8d and 9 d adv...................................
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
4d and 5d  adv...................................
3d advance.....................................................  1 56
3d fine advance................................
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  1 00
6d  4d
Finishing 
1%
Size—inches  f  3 
2 
Adv. m keg 
Steel Nails—2 25.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................dis60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom............................dis  50
Brass or  Copper.........................................dis  50
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .................................................   50*10
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................... dis  30
Sciota Bench...........................................dis 50@55
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy..................... dis  30
Bench, flrstjquality................................dis50@55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20*10
Fry, Acme...............................................dis 50*10
Common, polished............................ 
dis60&10
Dripping.................................................$  lb 
6^
Iron and Tinned...................................dis
Copper Rivets and  Burs.......................dis 

60
A.” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 2C 
•B” Wood’s pat. planished. Nos. 25  to 27  9 20

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

PLANES.

RIVETS.

PANS.

Broken packs He $  lb extra.

ROPES.

 

 

 

lb  '

BELLS.

BOLTS.

TACKS.

BRACES.

SQUARES.

BARROWS.

BALANCES.

TIN  PLATES.

AUGERS AND BITS.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

BUCKETS.
........................................ 
BUTTS. CAST.

promptly and buy in full packages.
Ives’,  old  style...................................................dis 60
N.  H. C. Co...........................  
60
dis 
Douglass’............................................ —  dis 
60
60
Pierces’  .....................................................dis 
Snell’s .................................. 
60
dis 
Cook’s  .......................................... 
40
dis 
Jennings’, genuine................................dis_
Jennings’, imitation...............................disSO&lO
Spring..................................................................dis 40
Railroad.......................................................$  14 00
Garden.......................................................net do 00
Hand..............................................dis  $ 60&10&10
70
Cow.....................................................dis 
30&1J
Call.....................................................dis 
Gong................  
dis 
2i
Door. Sargent...................................dis 
00&10
Stove.........................................’............dis $ 
60
Carriage  new  list..................................dis  7C&10
Plow  ...................................................... dis 
50
Sleigh Shoe.............................................dis
Wrought Barrel  Bolts......................... dis
Cast  Barrel Bolts................................. dis
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.................... dis
Cast Square Spring............................. dis
Cast Chain............................................dis
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob.............dis
Wrought Square.......  .........................dis
Wrought Sunk Flush.......................... dis
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush.................................................. dis  60&10
Ives’ Door.............................................dis  60*10
Barber..................................................dis$ 
40
Backus...................................................dis  50*10
Spoil ord.................................................dis 
50
Am. Ball................................................ dis 
net
Well, plain...................................................$  3 50
' 
------ 
4 00
Well, swivel
70*10
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis
70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis
60*10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
60*10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis
60*10
Wrought Loose  Pin.............................dis
60*
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............ dis
60*
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned.............dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
60*
tipped...................................................dis
60*10
Wrought Table....................................... dis
60*10
Wrought  Inside Blind..........................dis
75
W rought Brass.......................................dis
80
Blind, Clark’s ..........................................dis
80
Blind, Parker’s...................................... dis
Blind,  Shepard’s...................................dis
Ely’s 1-10........................................................per  m $65
Hick’s C. F............................................  
60
35
G. D........................................................ 
Musket................................................... 
60
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States......................... dis50&10
Central Fire.............................................. dis30&10
70*10
Socket Firmer........................................dis
70*10
Socket Framing.....................................dis
70*10
Socket Corner........................................dis
70*10
Socket Slicks..........................................dis
40
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer...................dis
20
Barton’s Socket Firmers.................... dis
Cold..........................................................net
40*10
Curry, Lawrence’s................................dis
25
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis
60
Brass, Racking’s ........................................ 
«0
Bibb’s .......................................................... 
40*10
B eer.................. 
60
Fenns’.......................................................... 
Planished, 14 oz cut to size............. . —  
28
14x52,14x56,14 x60.........................................  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..........................   23
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................   23
Bottoms.............................................................  23
Morse’s Bit  Stock................................ dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank................... dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank...........................dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  In.............................doznet  $.85
Corrugated............................................ dis  20*10
Adjustable.............................................dis  % *10
30
Clar’s, small. $18 00;  large, $26 00.  dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00;  2, $24 00;  3, $30 00.  dis 
26

Sisal, V* in. and  larger...................................  11%
Manilla.............................................................  13M
Steel and Iron........................................dis
Try and Bevels...................................... dis
Mitre  .....................................................dis
SHEETIRON.Com. Smooth.
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 3 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   lb............................
In smaller quansities, $   lb.....................
American, all  kinds............................ dis
Steel, all kinds...................................... dis
Swedes, all  kin ds................................dis
Gimp and  Lace.....................................dis
Cigar Box  Nails...................................djs
Finishing Nails.....................................dis
Common and Patent  Brads............... dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis
Trunk and Clout Nails.........................dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails...........dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.................... dis
TINNER’S SOLDER.
N o.l,  Refined.................................
Market  Half-and-half..................
Strictly  Half-and-half..................
10x14, Charcoal........................ 5 40@5 60
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................................   7 26
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................  6 25
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal..............................   7 75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  5  7f
IC, 
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal...............................  7 25
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  8
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool...............................  10
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal.............................  12 56
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal..............................   15  50
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal............................  10
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........................  12
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6
Roofing, 14x20, IC.........................................   5
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ........................................  6
Roofing, 20x28, IC...........................................11
Roofing, 20x28, IX .......................................   14
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne...................5
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...............  7
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 11
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............  14
Steel, Game.....................................................60*10
OneidatCommuntity,  Newhouse’s ...........dis
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton’s. .60*10
Hotchkiss’  .....................................................60*10
8, P. & W.  Mfg.  Oo.’s................................... 60*10
Mouse, choker........................................ 18c $  doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 60$ doz
Bright Market........................................  dis  67
Annealed Market..............................................dis 70*10
Coppered Market.....................................dis  62 %
Extra Bailing............................................   dis  65
Tinned  Market..................................................dis S&%
Tinned Broom...........................................$  B>
Tinned Mattress........................................$  lb 8H
Coppered  Spring Steel...........................dis
Tinned Spring Steel...........................................dis 40*10
Plain Fence................................................ $  lb  3
Barbed Fence, galvanized...................................4 25
painted........................................3 60
Copper................................................ new  list net
Brass................................................... new list net
70*10*10
Bright...............................................dis
70*10*10
Screw Eyes...................................... dis
70*10*10
Hook’s .............................................dis
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...................dis
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine........................................dis
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis
Coe’s Patent, malleable......................dis
BirdCages...................................................
70*10
Pumps,  Cistern.....................................dis
75
Screws, new  list........................................_  _ „ „
Casters, Bed  and  Plate.................... diB50*10*I0
40
Dampers, American................................. 
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods.d60&10*10 
Copper Bottoms...................................... 
?3c

MISCELLAN SOUS.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

50
75
75*10

TIN—LEADED.

W IRE OOOD8.

CATRIDGES.

WRENCHES.

CHISELS.

BLBOWS.

COPPER.

DRILLS

COMBS.

COCKS.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

CAPS.

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Full  outfits  for  the  Collection  Depart­
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con­
taining all the late improvements, supplied 

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 
Fuller & Stowe Company,

or express order.

49 Lyon Street, 

-  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Fermentum!

STA TE  A G E N T   FOB

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

M anufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co.

106 Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TELEPHONE  566.

Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency fo r 
th e ir tow n on this Y east by applying to above address. 
None genuine unless it bears above label.

For  Sale  or Exchange.

A factory fully oiuipped with wood work­
ing Machinery—good Brick Buildings—am­
ple grounds—good shipping  facilities—well 
located in a thriving  City  in  Illinois—will 
be sold at a bargain,  or  exchange  for other 
property—a  rare  chance.  Correspondence 
solicital; address “Factory” this paper.

The universal sale  of  “Tansill’s  Punch” 
5-cent cigar  is  proof  of  its  extraordinary 
merit.  The  live  dealer  will  always  avail 
himself of an  opportunity  to  make  money. 
The  “Tansill’s  Punch”  is  unquestionably 
the most profitable cigar to  handle, as dem­
onstrated by the testimony of  their  numer­
ous agents located in every state  and  terri­
tory.—New England Grocer.

TO  THE  TRADE.

We desire to call  your  attention to the

Beardsley Window  Screen,

And ask you to examine its merits and the great  advantages it possesses over any other 

screen in the market, and so be guided in  purchasing for this season.

We  carry the  follow­

ing sizes in stock:

Number

0
1
2

Opens
High
22 to 20
25
25 to 29
25
30  * 25 to 29
Discount 10 per cent.

List
$5.00
5.00
5.00

“THE  BEST.”

The Beardsley Swing Center Screens have 

these advantages over all others:

1.  The center being a swinging door, ob­
viates the necessity of  removing  the screen 
to clear the room of flies, to throw out or re­
ceive any article through the  window, or to 
open and close the blinds.

2.  They are made adjustable by movable 
wings on either  side, and may  be instantly 
fitted  to  any  window  without  cutting  or 
pounding.

3.  The  frames  are  made of  kiln  dried 

lumber,  and are nailed and glued.

4.  The wire cloth is from the  celebrated 
Wickware Bros.’ factor}-, of Courtland,N. Y.

5.  They are the best finished of any.
6.  They are so well made and are so sim­
ple in operation that the liability  to get out 
of order is entirely obviated.

The success this screen met with the past 
season has convinced us that it will take the 
lead in the future.  We shall be pleased to 
correspond with the trade.
For particulars address

L.  D.  HARRIS,

"WHoleisale D ealer In

WRAPPHTC  PAPER,

OF ALL  KINDS,

PAPER  BAGS, 

BERRY  PAILS,

ICE  CREAM  PAILS,  WOODEN  BUTTER  DISHES 

WHITE  AND  MANILLA  WAX  PAPERS, 
TWINES,  CLOTHES  LINES,  ETC.
33  NORTH  IONIA  STREET,

GHAITD  BJ5LPIDS, 

- 

M ICH ,

J.  T.  BELjLj  Sc  OO.,

Wholesale  Fruits  and  Produce,

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

Wall Paper § Window Shades

At  M anufacturers’  r*no©s.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.
Nelson  Bros.  &  Oo.

;68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS.

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GROUND

The  O nly  Popular  Brand  of

PURE  GROUND  COFFEE.

Is  now  being  sold  all  over  the  United  States.

Packed  in  New  Style!  Elegantly  Decorated!

50 lb. Tin Drums, (like above cut) price 17 cents per lb.  Also packed in 200 
lb. Barrels,  16 cents per lb. 
In  1 pound  pasteboard  Cartoons,  100 Cartoons 
in box,  17 cents per lb.  No charge  for  packages.  We  deliver the  Coffee  in 
500  lb.  lots  and  over.  Terms  60  days, 2 per cent, off  for  cash.  Send for 
samples.

W.  J.  QUAN  &  CO.,
SEEDS

The Stuiidard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

CHICAGO,  IX-JLiIHSrOIS.

FOB  EVERYBODY.

For  the Field or  Garden.
Clover,

If you want to buy

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Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  1*3  and  1*4  LOUIS  STREET.  G RAND  R A PID S.  M ICHIGAN.

WE CARRY  A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE.

SPRING & COMPANY
DRY  GOODS,

JOBBERS  IN

Hosiery, Carpets, Etc.

[Il_The  accompanying  illustrations  represents  the

and fresh until entirely used.

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

ARTHUR  MEIGS  &  00.

W holesale Grocers,

SOlo  Agents,

M ichigan  B iu fn ew   Men’s  A ssociation. 

President—Frank H am ilton, Traverse City.
First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—E. J. H errick, Gr&nd Hftpius. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.
Executive Committee—President, F irst \  ice-Presldent, 
Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Kelsey.
Committee on Trade In terests-S m ith  Barnes, Traverse 
City;  P. Ranney, Kalam azoo;  A.  W.  W estgate,  Cne-
Conunittee on Legislation—W. E.  Kelsey,  Ionia ;  J.  V.
Crandall, Sand Lake;  J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. 
Comm ittee on Membership—H. S.  Church,  S turgis,  B.
V. Em ery, G rand Rapids;  the Secretary.
Committee  on  T ransportation—Jas.  A.  Coy®»  STSi? 
Rapids;  J .W.  MiJliken,  Traverse  City;  C.  T.  Bridg­
man, Flint. 
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Committee on Constitution—W. E. Kelsey,  Ionia;  R. B.
McNaughton, Coopersville;  I. F. Clapp, Allegan, 
Official O rgan—The Michigan Tradesman.

_ 

, 

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The following local associations have mostly 
been  organized  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Michigan Business Men’s Association, and are 
auxiliary thereto:

Ada  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, D. F. W atson;  Secretary, Elm er Chapel.
A lba B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 
President, C. R. Sm ith;  Secretary, P eter  Baldwin.

A llegan   B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation, 
ssldent, Irving F. Clapp; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
R etail  Grocers’ A ssociation o f B attle Creek 
P resen t.Geo. H. Rowell:  Secretary. John P. Stanley.

B eld in g  M erchants’  A ssociation. 
President, H. J. Leonard; Secretary, J. M. Earle.

B elia l re  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President. John Rodgers;  Secretary. G- J. M otew ara
Burr  Oak  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 

President, B. O. Graves;  Secretary, H.  M. Lee.
M erchant’s P rotective A ss’n 
President, E. P. Clark;  Secretary. A. 8. H obart.

B ovne  City  B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 

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

Cadillac B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 

President, J. C. McAdam;  Secretary, C. T. Chapin.

C a s n o v itt,  B ailey  and  T rent  B.  M.  A. 

President. H. E. Hesseltine;  Secretary, E. Fam ham .----
Cedar  Borings  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 
President. T. W. Provin:  Secretary, L. H. Chapm an.

C harlevoix  B usiness  Men’s  Association, 
Prerident? John K ohols ;  Secretary. R. W. Kane.____
C oopersville  Business 
P resident. G. H. W atrous;  Secretary, W. R. Boynton.
B usiness  Men’s  P rotective  U nion  o f  Che­
President, J. H. Tuttle;  Secretary, H. O. Dozer.
R etail Grocers’Trade U nion A s’n o f D etroit. 
President, John Blessed;  Secretary, H. K undinger.____

^ Z y n t o n 1*'

boygan.

Dorr  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 
President, L. K. Fisher:  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.
iteta il  Grocers’  A ssociation  o f E.  Saginaw. 
President,  tH & ard Luster;  Secretary, Chas. H. Smith.

Eastport  B usiness  M en’s  Asso'-dation. 

President,  F.  H.  Thurston,  C entral  Lake;  Secretary, 

Geo. L. Thurston. Central Lake

E lk R apids Business M en’s P rotective A s’n. 
President! J. J. McLaughlin;  Secretary, C. L. M artin.

Evart B usiness Men’s A ssociation, 
ident, W. M. Davis;  Secretary, Chas. E. Bell.

Frankfort  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, Wm. Upton;  Secretary. E. R. Chandler.__

F lin t  M ercantile  Union.

P resident, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, J. L. W illett.---------,

F reeport  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President, Foster Sisson;  Sec’y, A rthur Cheseborough.

F ife Uake B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 

President, E. Hagadom ;  Secretary, O. V. Adams._____
Grand  H aven  B usiness  M en’s  Association, 
president, Fred. D. Voss;  Secretary. Fred A. H utty.------

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

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

G reenville  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

Hartford  B usiness Men’s A ssociation. 

President, V. E. Manley ;  Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

H a s tin g s   Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
Bsident. L. E. Stauffer;  Secretary,  J.  A.  VanArman.

H ersey B usiness M en’s A ssociation. 

President, O. L. Millard ; Secretary, Frank L. Beardsley
H oward  City B usiness  M en’s A ssociation. 
Chairm an, C.  A. V andenberg;  Secretary, B. J. Lowry.
H olland  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President. Jacob Van P ntten;  Secretary, A. Van Duren.
Hubbardston  B usiness  M en’s  Association. 
P resident, Boyd Redner;  Secretary, L. W. Robinson.

Ionia  B usiness  Men’s  E xchange. 

President, Wm.  E.  Kelsey;  Secretary.  1 red. Cutler. Jr.
K alam azoo  R etail Grocers’ A ssociation. 
President, P. Ranney ,  Secretary. M. S. Seovllle._______

K alkaska  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, A. E. Palm er;  Secretary. C. E. Ramsey.

Presici

K ingsley  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation, 
îsidsnt. C. H. Camp; Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster.
I .a n s in g   B u s in e s s  M e n ’s  A s s o c ia tio n . 

President. Frank Wells;  Secretary, W ill Crotty.

L a w r e n c e   B u s in e  
President. H. M. M arshall

« M en’s A ssociation. 
Secretary, C.  A. Stebbins.

Ueslie  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. Wm. H utchings;  Secretary. M. L. Campbell.
L ow ell  B usiness  Men’s  Protective  A ss’n. 
President. N. B. Blain-  Secretary. F rank T. King.

T.utlier  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President. W. B.  Pool;  Secretary, Chas. J. Robinson.

Lyons  Vusiness  Men’s  As’n. 

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

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

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

M anistique  Business Men’s A ssociation. 

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

M anton’s  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, F. A. Jenlson;  Secretary. R. Fuller.______
Grocers*  A ss’n  o f  the  City  o f  M uskegon 
President, H. B. Fargo ;  Secretary, Wm. Peer.________

M erchant’s  Union  o f N ashville. 

President,  H erbert M. Lee;  Secretary. W alter W ebster

M uir  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, Simon Town:  Secretary, L. A. Ely.

Otsego  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

Presl-lent. J. M. Ballou:  Secretary, J. F. Conrad.
Oceaua  Business  Men’s  A s’n. 

President, W. E. Thorp;  Secretary. E. S. H oughtaling.

JVlen’ti  A s’n« 

Ovid  Kusii 
P resident,C. H. H unter;

cretary, Lester Cooley.
O w o s s o   B u s in e s s   M e n ’s  A s s o c ia tio n . 
President, Jas. Osburn ;  Sec’y , 8. Lam from .________
A ssociation. 
A. C. Bowman.
Pew aino  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

P e to s  k e y   B u s in e s s   l i e n 's  
President, Jas. Buckley;  Secretary,

President, Albert R etan ;  Secretary, E. R. Holmes.

P la in w ell  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, M. Bailey;  Secretary, J. A. Sidle._________
M erchant’s Union P rotective A ssociation o f 
President, G. C. Meisel;  Secretary, S. L. M erriam.

Port  H uron.

Rodney  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. L. T. W ilm arth; Secretary, R.E.  McCormick.

R eed  C ity  B usiness  M en’s A ssociation . 

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

R ockford  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

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

St. Charles  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 

President, B. J. Downing;  Secretary, E. E. Burdick.
Ht. Joh n s M erchants’ P rotective Association.
President, H. L. Kendrick;  Secretary, C. M. Merrill.___
BusinesK Men’s Protective A ss’n o f Saranac. 
President,  Geo. A. Pott»;  Secretary, P. T. William».

Mouth  Hoard man  B usiness  Men’s  Ass’n. 

President, II. E. H ogan;  Secretary, S. E. Nlehardt.
Mo. A rm  and PL Jordan Business Men’s A s’n. 
President, D. C- Loveday;  Secretary, C. W. Sutton.

Sherman  B usiness Men’s A ssociation. 
President, H. B. Stnrtevan t;  Secretary, W. G. Shane.

Sparta  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

Sturgis  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, H enry S. Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jom . 
Traverse  Cltv  Business  M en’s  Association. 
President. Geo. E. Steele;  Secretary,C . T. Lockwood.
Tust.in  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 
President. O. A. Estes;  Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins. 
V erm ontvillc  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 
President, W. H. Benedict;  Secretary, W. E. Holt.

W atervliet  Business M en’s A ssociation. 
President, H. Peirce;  Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld^  _ 
Way land  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation.
President, E. W.  Pickett^ Secretary, H. J. T u rn er.__
W oodland  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, John Velte;  Secretary, I. N. H arter.
W h ite  Cloud  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation, 
president,  P. M. Roedel;  Secretary, M.  D. Hayward.
W h ite  Lake  B usiness  M en’s A s’n. 

President. A. T. Llnderman, Whitehall  Secretary,  W. 

B. Nicholson, Whitehall.

THE  LAW   OF  1881.

The Statutory Regulation Relative to Food 

Adulteration.

Several  subscribers  have  asked  T he 
T radesm an  to  present  the  law  of  this 
State on the subject  of  food  adultérations. 
The  present  statutory  provision  on  that 
subject is known as Act 254,  laws of  1881, 
and is as  follows:
Section 1.  The People  of  the  Shite  of 
Michigan enact,  That no person shall mix, 
color, stain,  or powder, or  order  or  permit 
any other person  to  mix,  color,  stain,  or 
powder any  article  of  food  with  any  in­
gredient or  material  so  as  to  render  the 
article injurious to health,  witli  the  intent 
that the same may be sold;  and  no  person 
shall knowingly sell or  offer  for  sale  any 
such article so  mixed,  colored,  stained  or 
powdered.
Sec. 2.  No person shall, except  for  the 
purpose of  compounding  in  the  necessary 
preparation of  medicine, mix,  color,  stain 
or powder, or order or permit any other per­
son to mix, color,  stain, or powder any drug 
or medicine with /uiy  ingredient  or  ingre­
dients or materials so as to affect  injurious­
ly the quality or potency  of  such  drug  or 
medicine, with intent to  sell  the  same,  or 
shall sell or offer for sale any such  drug  or 
medicine  so  mixed,  colored,  stained,  or 
powdered.
Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  mix,  color, 
stain, or powder any article of  food, drink, 
or medicine,  or  any  article  which  enters 
into the  composition  of  food,  drink,  or 
medicine, with any other ingredient or  ma­
terial, whether injurious to  health  or  not, 
for the purpose of gain or  profit,  or  sell or 
offer the same for sale, or  order  or  permit 
any other person to sell or offer for sale any 
article  so  mixed,  colored,  stained,  and 
powered,  unless the same  be  so  manufac­
tured, used, or sold,  or  offered for sale un­
der its true and appropriate name, and notice 
that the same is mixed or impure is marked, 
printed,  or  stamped  upon  each  package, 
roll,  parcel, or vessel containing the  same, 
so as to be and remain at  all  times  readily 
risible, or unless the person  purchasing the 
same is fully informed by the  seller  of  the 
true name and  ingredients  (if  other  than 
such as are  known  by  the  common  name 
thereof) of such article  of  food,  drink,  or 
medicine at the time of making sale thereof 
or offering to sell the same.
Sec. 4.  No person shall mix any glucose 
or grape sugar with syrup,  honey, or  sugar 
intended for human food,  or  any  oleomar­
garine,  suine,  beef fat,  lard,  or  any  other 
foreign substance,  with any butter or cheese 
intended for human food,  or  shall  mix  or 
mingle any glucose or grape sugar  or  oleo­
margarine with any article of food, without 
distinctly  marking,  stamping,  or  labeling 
the article, or  the  package  containing  the 
same,  with the true and  appropriate  name 
of such article,  and the percentage in which 
glucose or grape  sugar,  oleomargarine,  or 
suine,  enter into its composition,  nor  shall 
any person sell, or offer  for  sale,  or  order 
or permit to be sold, or offered for sale, any 
such food  into  the  composition  of  which 
glucose, or grape sugar,  or  oleomargarine, 
or suine has entered,  without  at  the  same 
time informing the buyer of  the  fact,  and 
the proportions  in  which  such  glucose  or 
grape sugar,  oleomargarine,  or  suine  has 
entered into its  composition.
Sec. 5.  Any person convicted of  violat­
ing any provision of  any  of  the  foregoing 
sections of this act shall be fined  not  more 
than fifty dollars  or  imprisonment  in  the 
county jail not exceeding three months.
It is hereby  made  the  duty  of 
the prosecuting attorneys  of  this  State  to 
appear for the people and to  attend  to  the 
prosecution of all complaints under this  act 
in all the courts  in  their  respective  coun­
ties.
Sec.  7.  All acts and parts of  acts incon­
sistent with the provisions  of  this  act  are 
hereby repealed.

Sec.  6. 

Talk  that  Pays.
From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

A salesman while waiting on  a  customer 
in a jobbing house said:  “Buy  that line of 
goods, for you can make a racket on them.” 
“Wliat do you mean  by  a  racket?”  asked 
the buyer.  “Why, a noise, excitement; you 
can sell the goods  at  a  cheap  price,”  was 
the reply.

The  merchant  took  the  idea  and  acted 
upon the suggestion.  He even went so far 
as to  style  his  establishment  the  “racket 
store.”  He  was  a  frequente^  of  auction 
rooms; always on hand when  job  lots  and 
drives were  offered  at  wholesale  houses; 
bought  bargains  wherever  he  could  find 
them, and built up a large trade in  a  short 
space of  time.  He is still successfully pur­
suing the same policy,  and  his  store  is  a 
literal bee-hive  swarming  with  customers. 
He believed giving the  people something to 
talk about,  and that talk was to  his  profit. 
While his example may not be  the  best  to 
imitate fully,  there is  one  feature  of  it  to 
be commended.  He  believed  in  push  and 
energy.  He believed the people  would  go 
where cheap goods were sold.  He  did  not 
propose to sit down and  wait  for  trade  to 
come to his store-^he attracted it there.

There  are  fossilized  merchants  every­
where; they adhere  to  old  ruts  and  scorn 
modern ideas. 
Is it small wonder that cus­
tomers pass their doors and  visit  the  more 
enterprising dealer?  There is a dry  rot  in 
business as  well  as  to  timber.  The  dry- 
goods trade lias its share  of  it,  but  plate- 
glass fronts, new and more  attractive sales 
rooms,  liberal advertising and more  careful 
buying are fast curing this sort of paralysis.

It Leads Them  All.

When the  Independent  Grocer  first ap 
peared,  three months ago,T iie Tradesm an 
was chary of its praise for the new venture, 
through fear that the publication would  not 
be  able  to  maintain  the  high  character 
aimed at by its  founders. 
Instead  of  de­
creasing in  interest or  standing,  however, 
the tendency is emphatically in the opposite 
direction and T he  T radesm an  gladly ac 
| cords its new competitor the credit of  being 
the best grocery  paper  now  published  on 
this continent.  The success of the indepen 
dent grocery paper ¡sounds  the  death-knell 
! of the disreputable house-organ.

There’s a big difference between a  travel­
ing salesman and  a  drummer.  The  drum­
mer sells carloads  of  goods  and  gets  his 
salary raised,  while the  traveling  salesman 
doesn’t earn his salt and gets  discharged.—

Timothy,

Hungarian,
Millet,

Orchard  Grass,
Kentucky Blue,

Red Top,

Seed  Oats,

Rye,

Barley,
Peas,

Onion,

Ruta  Baga 

Mangle

Wurzel,

ok 

Write or send to the

Anythinc  in  the  Line  of  SEEDS,
Seed Store,
W. T. LAMOREAUX.
FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

71  CANAL  ST.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  Pierce,  Vice President.

H. P. Baker, Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

M ake  a  Specialty o f C ollections.  A ccounts 

o f Country M erchants Solicited.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

GREAT  WATCH  MAKER,

J E W E L E R

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

MICH.

77 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

THE  PERFECTION  OF  QUALITY.

W I L L   P L E A S E   Y O U   E V E R Y   T I M E   J

A L W A Y S   A SK   YOUR  GR O CER   FOR  T H E S E   GOODS.

We  are  settled in  our  new  store  in 
the Houseman  Building  and  have got 
everything to suit us.

We are adding new lines to our Wood- 
enware  stock every few days, and it is 
now nearly complete.  We have several 
cars of Binders’ Twine  and  can  fill or­
ders  promptly.

We bought a large lot of  Brushes at 
auction and  have just got them in.  We 
can sell them for  less  than the  cost of 
making.
Our  paper  stock  is  complete.  We 
handle everything  in this line.  When 
in the city call and see us.
Respectfully,

CURTISS  &  DUNTON.

I

FRUITS

A . S . SFACTOLBB.  <ft  CO.

lion Merctats,

PRODUCE,  NUTS,  BERRIES,  ETC. 

Consignments Solicited.

200 and 202 North Washington Ave., East Saginaw, Mich.

C.  C.  B U N TIN G .

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

C.  L .  D A V IS .

Commission  Merchants.

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots.

20 and 22 OTTAWA  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

JENNESS  &  McGURDY

Importers and Manufacturers’ Agents,

D E A L E R S   IN

Bronze Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets, Etc.

73 & 75 Jefferson Ave. DETROIT.  MICH.
Wholesale Agents for DutfieM’s Casato Lamps.

HILLER'S PATENT CASH TILL  AND SALE  REGISTER.

IIT a s  c a s h i e r ’
Simple! Durable!  Indispensable!

MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY TIIE  PATENTEE,

O. B. MIÍ.LBB,
ORANGES

Cheapest, most reliable caBh  systemiever 
It is an ac­
introduced into store or office. 
curate record,  safe deposit  for money and 
a detector of error or wrong.  It commends 
itself at sight, and is  endorsed  and  highly 
recommended by all who have  it is use.

Send for circulars and  testimonials.

ITHACA, KT. IT.
LEMONS

1865

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1887

PEA NUTS

OYSTERS

GEO.  E.  HOWES,

JOBBER  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

SPECIALTIES t

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3  Ionia St.,  G R A2TX)  R A P ID S ,  M IC K .
T H E  O LD EST.  T H E  L A R G E ST .  T H E  B E ST .

The best of Testimonials from every  State and Territory,

A  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

K.  A.  S T O W E   &  HKO., Proprietors.

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

Telephone No. 95.

[Entered  at  the  Postnfflce  at Grand Rapide  as 

Second-class Matter.]

WEDNESDAY.  JUNE  1,  1887.

Commercial Legislation.*

Mr.  Toastmaster—In  attempting  to 
respond to this toast,  I am not  unconscious 
It  is one 
of the magnitude of the  subject. 
that is  entitle«! to  far  more  consideration 
than can be given it  on  this  occasion. 
In 
this title is implied the success or failure of 
the commerce  of  nations.  All  legislation 
with reference to  commerce  should be on a 
broad and liberal ba-is.  Commercial pros­
perity leads directly to a high order of mor­
al social and religious development  Among 
the first lavs to be enacted in  newly organ­
ized communities are those  relating to com­
merce and the exchange of  its  products for 
the  products  of  adjoining  communities. 
Following  immediately in the line of  com­
mercial prosperity are  established more lib­
eral educational  advantages,  greater  social 
freedom.  Following  in  quick  succession 
are church  organizations, the  building and 
endowment of schools, colleges and church­
es.  By reference to the early history of our 
country,  we find that our growth  and pros­
perity as a nation  began  with  a  disregard 
of the Blue Laws of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers, 
and the enactment  of laws  giving  greater 
freedom to commerce  and  trade.  Disobe- 
diance to the restrictive  laws  placed  upon 
the American Colonies by  the  English  na­
tion,  brought on the War of the Revolution, 
at the termination of  which  was  bom  the 
confederation known as  the  United  States 
of  America, which,  by  liberal  commercial 
legislation, has developed into the  grandest 
and greatest nation  on  earth,  whose  star- 
spangled  banner  proclaims  it  to  be  the 
“home of  the brave and  the  land  of  the 
free.”  The  liberal  commercial  legisliftion 
of our country,  however,  has  been  produc­
tive of some adverse results in the  past,  as 
well as good, 
It gave the opportunity,  and 
ambitious men accumulated large  fortunes. 
With this they became proud,  arrogant  and 
dictatorial,  and  sought  to direct legislation 
in their own  favor for larger accumulations I 
and greater wealth.  Their pride and dicta­
torial spirits brought on the late war of  the I 
rebellion,  which for a  time  endangered the 
nation.  But the true and loyal  hearts  and 
willing hands  of  a  liberty-loving  people, 
under the guidance of loyal chieftians, saved 
the nation from the  disgrace  sought  to  be 
brought upon it by  the  disloyal  and petted 
child  of  excess  and  accumulated  wealth. 
Here,  again,  is an evidence of  liberal  com­
mercial legislation.  A country made barren 
and desolate by the ravages of war is in the 
short space  of  twenty-five  years  made  to 
bloom with all the  bright  flowers  of  com­
mercial prosperity.
The manufacturer,  merchant  and  sales­
man should not  be  unmindful  of  the  past 
history of their country,but having constant­
ly in memory its  commercial successes  and 
failures,  and elect for their  legislators good 
men,  loyal  and  true  to  the  commercial 
growtli of  the nation,  irrespective of politi­
cal party or interest; for  the  politician  has 
no interest in common  with  the  people  as 
legislation that does not farther his own in­
terests or that of his party or  wealthy  con­
stituents.
Legislation favorable to commercial pros­
perity should be of a broad and liberal kind, 
it should  not  be  hampered  by  restrictive 
laws that are favorable to a large concentra­
tion of  capital iu banking and railroad cor­
porations, which, in their greed for  greater 
wealth and power,  overlook  tire  fountain­
head or source of wealth and seek to absorb 
the streem at one full swoop,  aided by  sucli 
abortive legislation as  the  inter-state  rail­
road law of  receut date.  Commercial trav­
elers—the ministers  plenipotentiary  of  the 
commerce of  tiie world—are  ou  guard  all 
along the line and will have much  to  do  in 
the near future with  “Commercial  Legisla­
tion.”

♦Response  by  M.  J.  Matthews  at  recent 

banquet of Michigan Division, T. P. A,

Practical  Hints to  Book-keepers.

An old and experienced book-keeper gives 
the following hints  in  relation  to  a  book­
keeper’s duty:

Never put on record  anything that comes 
to you verbally, but require a  memorandum 
of  the facts from  tiie  proper  party  to  tiie 
transaction.

File all  memorandums,  even  of  the  most 

trivial nature,  for reference.

Always re«juire  receipt  for  payments  in 
currency or by check made payable to bearer.
Never sign  receipt for  money received by 
•others without seeing it properly entered on 
the cash book.

Never credit an invoice until it  has  been 
•properly checked and  O.  K.’d by the receiv­
ing clerk,  and  you  have  satisfied  yourself 
that the prices  and  extensions  are correct.
Never use the  abbreviation  “do.”  or  the 

«ign  “ for figures.

Always insert ciphers in amounts without 

.cents.

Never use the abbreviation  “No.” in con­
nection witli figures,  as  figures  themselves 
are the numbers referred to.

Always  begin  a  new  month  on  a  new 

page. 

_  ______

He Was Not a  Michigan  Man.

From the Wall 8treet News.

An old fashioned chap who keeps a dingy 
grocery in Cleveland,  had about three  hun­
dred pounds  of  maple  sugar  on  hand  in 
April,  and  one  morning  a  drummer,  who 
had been posted by tiie  boys,  entered  the 
store and said:

“See here,  I  am a man who goes  straight 
I’ll give you 40 cents a  pound 

to business. 
for that maple sugar.”

“Forty cents?”
“Well, say forty-five.”
Tiie old man turned white as  death,  lost 
his voice for a  minute,  and  then  hoarsely 
whispered:

“ You  c^n’t  have  it.  War’s  broke  out 
somewhere,  and  that  sugar  is  worth  sev- 
*enty-five. ”

WM, SEARS & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

A g e n ts  f o r

AAdlBOTT  CHEESE-

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

STATE  AGENTS FOR

F. J. LAMB & CO.
D. D. Mallory & Co.’s

DIAMOND  BRAND  OYSTERS
Also  Fruits  and  Country  Produce.

A n d

Absolute Baking Powder.

100 pr cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

ED.  TELFER,  Grand  Rapids.

DOLKLEY. LEMON & HOOPS

JOBBERS  OF

,.  70 
,.  50 
,.  50 
.  50

L.  C.  B................ Bega Espicial...........§58
El Captain General.Cone.  Esp...............60
El  Primero............. Cone. Fina..................56
“ 
“  ..............Panatelas................... 65
“ 
“  ............. Bega Princessa.......... 68

SEED  AND  HAVANA  10-CENT  CIGARS.
Mackinaw  ............. Londras Grande.
Twisters.................... 
Chacer........................ 
The Fox...................... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
DOMESTIC  NICKEL  CIGARS.

“
“
“

When......................Londras Grande___ §35
Cassia......................Flora  Cordova......... 35
Spanish Tuck.........Benia Victoria.........35
First  Degree...........Conchitas...................35
Panatalla................ (B.  L.  &  H .)............. 35
Town  Talk.............Ciggaro...................... 33
Young America___Bag  Dad....................25
Great  Scot...............Bendaro......................32
Our  Block... ¿....... Conchitas,  extra...  25
Now........................  
 
22
Boodle..................... 
 
20
............... 25
New  Fashion.......... 
25
La Attractiva.......... 
 

Atlas........................Conchitas....................25
Gents’ Companion. .Concha  Hindoo.. . .   85
Donny  Brook.......... 
. . . .   25
Belle of  the  Bink. .Florde  Corvado....  25
Big Chief.................Bag Dad..................... 25
Jim Fox’s Clipper. .Concha.......................25
Select......................
Elite  Gem...............
Away Ahead...........
“ 
Our Emblem...........
“ 
Legal  Tender..........
.  “ 
No Name.................
“ 
KEY  WEST  CIGARS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Suugglers................Sublime.................... §75
............... Con. Especail.............60
LosCastellos.......... Opera Beina............... 60
............Con.  Selectos.............65
“ 

“ 

Los  Castelios......... Londras Grande.
Estrelle de Ora....... Sublime............ .
La Modesta.............Operas  Benia...
Coronet  Boquet... .Londres  Chica..

.  7o 
.  60 
.  65 
,.  60

IMPORTED  CIGARS.

Golden  Eagle.........Lilliputanos..........§  75 j Matilda...................... Boyales................. 100
Belinda................. Operas..................   80 | Flora de,  T.  &  F .. .Bothsellilds.............   125

Old  Judge...............500 in a  box 
Satin Straight C ut..  “ 

“ 

CIGARETTES.
.......  7  00 |

§4  25 ! Sweet  Caporal........   “ 

........4

We do not charge any Cartage.
We do not pay Freight or Express Charges.
We sell and deliver all goods F. O.B. Grand Rapids.
We do not allow  Express  charges or  Exchange  on  Remit­
Terms, invariably, 60 days.  Two per cent,  cash discount al­
PLEASE  SEND  US  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

tances.
lowed on bills paid within 30 days from date.

BHLKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Granfl Ranifls.

P. STEK
DRY  GOODS,

JOBBERS  IN

.A .IN T D   n s r o T i o i s r s ,

8  3   M onroe  St..

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

G R AN D   R APIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

°th"rs  IA Specialty.

X> 0   YOU WANT  A

ORDER

Our ¡Leader Sm oking 

Our Leader Tine Cut 

15c per pound.

33c per pound.

Our Leader Sh.crts, 

Our Leader  Cigars* 

16c per pound.

$30 per M.
Tiie  B est  in   tiie  W o rld .

Clark, Jewell & Co.,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

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

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

PURE.

NEW  PROCESS  STARCH.

SWEET.
This  Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 

removed,

Ozn.e-Tti.ircL  L ess

^ Can  be used than any other in  the Market.

M anufactured  by  th e

iTRMENICH MNFG.  CO.

F actories:  M arshalltow n,  Iow a;  P eoria,  Ills.

Offices  at  Peoria,  Ills.

STRONG

FOB  SALE  BY

Clark,  Jewell  &  Co.

FULLER  &  STOWE  COMPANY,

SURE.

Engravers and Printers

D esigners

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.

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

In  Ordering a Supply of the

Arctic Bakins Fovder

Do not forget to  ask for

Deaf and Dumb Alphabet Rules 
also Comic Cards  for Adver­
tising.

-THE

k  

IMPROVED  ä

POWDEB

b a k i n g

Has now  STOOD  THE  TEST 
TEN  YEARS, and  has  alw ays 
given  entire  satisfaction. 
It 
has never been connected with 
any  schemes  to  help  its  sale, 
but has  enjoyed  a  steadily in­
creasing demand each year.

powder
Arctic Munufucturtng Co., Grund Cupide.
DETROIT  SOAP  CO,

S O L S   FHOFHXHTOHS.

DETROIT, MTOEC.,

Manufacturers  of the following well-known Brands

of

O  -A - P

QUEEN  ANNE, 
MICHIGAN, 

TRUE  BLUE, 

CZAR, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN,
SUPERIOR,

ROYAL  BAR,

MASCOTTE,

MONDAY, 

PHCENIX,

WABASH, 

AND  OTHERS.

CAMEO,

For Quotations addressW. G. HAW KINS,

Lock  Box  173, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

Salesman  for  W estern  Michigan.

O O l ................v t 1" .....   m i 

A

P O R T E R   8R O N   R O O F IN G   C O .S ^ J S . HEYMAN & BON,

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

GROCERS’  DAY.

The  First  Celebration  a  Success in Every 

Particular.

investigation,  and the  game  continued  for 
five innings,  and resulted iu a tie, the  score 
standing 14 to 14.

The score, which is kindly furnished The 
T radesm an by Mr.  Shults,  is  as  follows:

PROPRIETORS

C  James Coye.............
P  A. G. Wagner..........
SS  J. Geo.  Lehman....
lb  Mat. Schmidt..........
2b  Ed. Winchester......
3b  Fred. Perkins.
Cf E. J. Herrick

May 25,  1887,  will be a date long  remem­
bered by the grocery trade of Grand Rapids, 
as it celebrated the discharge  of  the  mort­
gage commonly supposed to be held against 
the grocer by his customers.  The  morning 
opened with a dull,  leaden  sky  and  at  no
time during the  forenoon  did  the  weather I Rf F.  J.  Dettenthaler..
look propitious,  yet  at  noon  every  grocer 
In Grand Rapids—except Ira  C.  Hatch and 
T.  H.  Hart—closed his  doors  according  to 
agreement  The next thing  in  order  was 
an adjournment to Reed’s Lake of  all  par­
ties interested—grocers and  their  families, 
clerks  and  their  wives  and  sweethearts, 
jobbers,  traveling men  and  invited  guests. 
The coolness of  the  temperature prevented 
everyone  from  attending,  but  there  were 
enough on hand to render  the  occasion  all 
that could  be  wished,  in  point  of  enjoy­
ment.

C  Chas. Whitcomb............
P  C. C.  Herrick................
SS J. C. Coade.....................
lb  Homer Cla?..................
2b  C.  M. Fowler..!............
3b  J. B. Chilver.................
Kf  Clyde Tucker...............
Cf Creed.............................
Lf W. A.  Collins..........

Total..........................

♦Lett on base.

CLERKS

1 2  3 4 5
.  1 .  0 1 1
.  1 .  1 l 1
.  0 .  1 0 1
% .  1 1 0
. 0 .  1 o u
.  0 .  0 * 0

0  * *
0  0 0
0 

. 1 i

—14

2 0  4 4 4  •
1 2  3 4 5
. 0 i
..  1 1 
. 1 i
..  0 1 
. 0 i
..  1 0 
i
..  0 .  0
i
..  1 .  0
*
0
..  0
0
Ó  0
0 
.
. 0 i
1 
3  0  2  6  —14

i

T H E   CO FFEE  MARKET,

Comparative  Statistical  Position  of  the 

Staple for the Past Five Years.

Grand Ra pid s,  May 26,  1887. 

atistics,  it  would  prove  an 

F riend Stowe—In the present  phenom­
enal condition of  the  coffee  market,  I  be­
lieve if you can find space in  your  valuable 
paper for the  enclosed  compiled  table  of 
interesting 
study to every one engaged in handling this 
delicious article. 
It is taken  from  an  un­
questioned  conservative  authority,  and  a 
careful  study of it will not be  time  thrown 
away.  From it,  one can  easily see  that if 
the world, 
this  year,  goes on  consuming 
coffee in the same  ratio that  it has  for the 
past  five  years, 
this  good  friend  of the 
orld is going to be an  expensive  compan­
ion and prized accordingly.  The situation of 
the coffee problem then  would  seem to be: 
To  what  extent  will  high  prices affect 
consumption,  apparent as well as real?”  In 
the first place,  it will certainly  compel  job­
bers  and  retailers  to carry  much 
lighter 
stocks than they would at low prices.  This

Groceries.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 
promptly and buy in full packages.
Crown  ....................  SOlParagon  ..J ........2  10
Frazer’s ................. 
90 Paragon 25 ft pails.  90
Diamond  X ............  60 Fraziers,25lb pails. 1  2o
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 501

AXLE GREASE.

will  only  affect  consumption  apparently.
Second,  and  more  important to the  dealer, 
the question comes,  “To  what  extent  will 
adulterations and cheap mixtures be used?”
The  “bulls” say this will play no important 
figure in the  situation—the  “bears”  say  it 
will.  Which 
is  right?  Beyond a doubt a 
large  proportion  of  the  Rios  and  strong 
drinkers are consumed in the rural  districts 
and by the laboring population of our cities.
To me,  this seems a  pertinent  question  to 
ask:  “ If  a  farmer  can  buy  only  three 
pounds of coffee for a bushel of wheat, how 
many acres of his farm must he cultivate to 
supply his  family  with  coffee?” 
In other 
words,  won’t he and others who must count 
the pennies to  make  both  ends  meet,  be 
tempted to  “change drinks” once in awhile?
While we have no  » « « « « » » »  
us hope you and I can continue to take ours j Diamond, “bulk.” .
“straight,” strong  and  with  never-ceasing 
regularity, 

“  4 
“  ?

Yours,

A 
A 
1

BAKING  POWDER.

”  2  " 
“  1  “ 

Acme, hi ft cans, 3 doz. case...
A® 
“  ...
“  ...
21b 
B ulk..............................
Princess,  548..............................
Mis..............................
Is...............................
bulk..........................
Arctic, A ft cans, 6 doz. case..

;•

I v te to rii.. > can,, call.) a do,...

85 
1 60 
3 00
1 25
2 25 
4 25
28
45
.  1 40 
.  2 40 
.•12  00 
..  2 00 
15

May 1st—

Stock Brazil in U. 8 .......-------
Stock Java, etc. (1st hands.......
Afloat for U. S. from Brazil.......
Balance unshipped R io.............

..Total

1883
378,87»
53,193
201.0U0

Stock in Europe, all kinds ............................
Afloat for Europe, from  Brazil. ••••••••
Afloat for Europe from, Java and East—

Stock in Rio.......
Stock in  Santos.

Exports for coming year-
Rio..............................................
Santos....................................... .
Bahai.......................•  — •••••
Mexico and Central America
Venezuela.................................
West Indies...............................
Hayti.........................................
British East Indies and Manil
Africa and Mocha...............
Java.....................................
Padang.................................
Menado...............................
Macassar, Timor, etc........

A mos S.  Musselm an.

The table to which Mr.  Musselman refers 

is as follows:

1886
431,397
106,377
203,000

11,000

1887 
424,645 
85,954 
235,000

1884
438,039
152,680
141.000
127.000
858,719 
3,796,000
203.000
210.000

1885
488,537
147.114
185,000
71,000
891,651 
3,774,900
292.000
104.000

338.000
220.000
558,000
1886-7

751,774 
3,144,100
242,000
80,000

745,599
633,072
2,207,500
3,165,000 
560.000
.  408.000 
110.000
.  128,000
3,701,C00  4,209,000  4,170,900  3,466,100  2,877,500
155,r’00
120,000
275,000
1887-8
3,642,202  t3,400,000 j *4000 0C0 
1,660,

265.000
280.000
545,000
1885-6
(0,169  t2.450,000 (
208.000  *150,000
028.000  *1,100,000
700,060  *770,000
190.000  *150,000
475.000  *400,000
190.000  *102.000 
371.000  *350,000
133.000  *150,000 
681,700  *1.110,060
87,600 
*65,000
20,400 
*23.000
124,800  *100,000
9,638,939  11,328.916  9,411,871  10,320,000 

322.000
276.000
598,000
1884-5
4,093,889
2,175,627
121,000
1,035,000
637.000
230.000
660.000 
267,600 
323,0(10 
188,000
1,321,700
129,200
16,900
132,000

382.000
230.000
612,000 
1883-4
.......... 3,086,446
...........1,919,793
............ 
91,600
.......  870,900
..........  617,000
..........  170,000
....  385,000
........   266,000
"..........  350,000
....  225,000
'............ 1,393,000
.......  141,000
12,500
....... 
;............  110,700

$641,000
56.000
20.000
75,000]

bluing

Dry, No. 2............................................doz.
Dry, No. 3........................................... doz.
Liquid, 4 .............................................doz.
Liquid, 8 .............................................doz.
Arctic 4 ............................................. V  gross 3 oO
Arctic 8   
......................................................  £ ¡s;
Arctic 16  
.................................................... 13 99
Arctic No. 1 pepper box...............................   - 90
Arctic No. 2 
............................... “ J"
Arctic No. 3 
............................... 4  90

* 
“ 

25
45
65

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.

No. 2Hurl...............1  75! Common Whisk—   90
No. 1 H url....2 00@2 25 Fancy  Whisk........ 1 00
No. 2Carpet........... 2 25 Mill..........................3  ¡0
No. 1 Carpet...........2 50 Warehouse
Parlor Gem...........3 00!

CANNED FISH.

.1  10 
Clams, 1 ft, Little Neck....................
.2  15 
Clam Chowder,  3 lb..........................
.  90 
Cove Oysters, 1  lb standards..........
1 75 
Cove Oysters, 2  lb  standards..........
.1  75
Lobsters, 1 lb picnic..........................
Lobsters, 2 lb, picnic....................................- 6 “
Lobsters, 1 lb star........................................ j;
Lobsters. 2 lb star........................................ “ 90
Mackerel,lib  fresh standards.................1  45
Mackerel, 5 lb fresh standards.................a 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 lb............... 3 60
Mackerel,3 lb in Mustard...........................3 50
Mackerel. 31b  soused................................. 3 50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river......................1  *0
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river......................3 00
Sardines, domestic %s................................«©•
Sardines,  domestic  Vis..............................  10®i~
Sardines,  Mustard  As............................... ,9®“
....................12® 13
4 00
Trout. 3ft  brook...............................

CANNED FRUITS.

.......3 50
Apples, gallons, standards.............
.......  80
Blackberries, standards..................
.......1  20
Cherries,  red  standard....................
.......1 00
Damsons............................................
.......1  15
Egg Plums, standards 
..................
.......  85
Gooseberries.....................................
.......1 15
Green Gages, standards 2ft............
Peaches, Extra Yellow.............................. 1 75
Peaches, standards..................................... 1 ®j>
Peaches,  seconds........................................ 1 45
Peaches, pie..................................................4  JO
Pears............................................................ *
Pineapples, standards................................1 35
Quinces........................................................ J  *2
Raspberries,  extra.....................................J j®
red........................................1 8»
Strawberries  ............................................... 1
Whortleberries...........................................   83
.  I Asparagus, Oyster Bay..............................2 00
1 Beans, Lima,  standard...............................
Beans, Stringless, Erie........................—   »0
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked....................1  >0
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy............................. 1 30

CANNED VEGETABLES.

“ 

■  • 
..........I Sardines,  imported  %s.

♦Estimated.  tThe exports during May and June, 1887, are  estimated at  about half the av­

erage of the preceding 10 months, 

i Accepted estimates.
RECAPITULATION.
858,719
......................3,701,000  4,209,000
598,000
.......... 

.  633,072 
...  612,000 

1 

751,774
3,466,100
558.000

891.651
4,170,9(i0
545,000

Visible supply May 1.......••••••••• y,” ^

Export during coming year, July 1 to June 30.... J,6J8,9JJ

Visible supply United  States.
Visible supply Europe.............
Stock Brazil...............................

745,599
2,877,500
275,000
5,607,551  4.775,874  3,898,099 
9,411,871  10,320,000
14,585,011  18,934,635  15,019,422  15,095,874 
Deliveries May 1 to April 30, coming season.  ..  ^   ^  7.277,780  7,249,040  7,499,900
All kinds in Europe 
3.054!o02  2!7011146 
Brazil Coffee in United  States.
9,085,552  10,367,900  10,303,042  10,201,046
3,950
22%
7.50
26%
46.75

Rio, regular firsts.....................
Rio Exchange..................
New York, May delivery No. 7.
Holland, G.O. J ..........................
Havre 
..................................

4.050
21A
7.70
30A
56.50

4,550
20A
8.65
20%
58.00

577,442  3,090,120

4,200
18%
6.75
25
46.00

Price May 14—

n f f i i e

7.750 ] 
23A 
17.2J j 
55
108.00

Total..............................   3

During the progress of  the  ball  game,  a 
rope was  brought  into  requisition—not  to 
hang the umpire with, but to enable all hands 
to indulge in a tug of  war.  The  fat men’ 
race was then  run,  for  a  box  of  cigars, 
donated by Ed.  Telfer.  The prize was won 
by Fred Blake.  The lean men’s  race,  for 
similar  prize,  was won  by  Geo.  Williams 
who also won the winner’s race.  Foot-ball 
was brought into requisition  in  the  mean 
time,  when the  entire  party  adjourned  to 
the lake,  to witness a  scull  rowing  exhibi 
tion by  Miss  Miller,  who  was  voted  the 
perfumery  contributed  by  Jennings 
Smith.

Supper then claimed the attention  of  the 
hungry throng,  and well-filled  baskets rap 
idly succumbed  to  the  raiders.  After  all 
the edibles had been disposed of,  President 
Coye called the  gathering  to  order,  con 
gratulated  the  grocers  on  the  success 
their picnic and called on Mr.  Floyd  for 
few remarks,  who responded as follows: 

Your happy ways  of  showing  welcome 

friendship and hospitality like

The kindly hosts their entertainment grace 
With hearty welcome and with open  lace, 
In all they did you might discern  with  ease 
A willing  mind and a desire to please—

And are appreciated,  and I must  thank you 
for it and  congratulate you  upon  having ~
I free day—a Grocers’ Holiday.
It is only within the last few years that 
I retail grocer was  anybody; 
so  accustomed 
was he to eternal drudgery,  lack of  consid- 
| eration,  small pay and  long  hours,  that he 
had,  indeed,  become an  automaton,  and so 
i kept on.  But  now,  thanks  to  the  deter- 
| mined action of T he  Michigan  T rades­
m an,  the  New  England  Grocer  and  our 
| other  trade  papers,  you  are  free men,  at 
I last,  and not as the Denver  Grocer  has put 
it:

The grocer stood and weighed his goods 
And, late at night, by the gaslight s glare,

At the counter all day  long.
He ’tended the hungry throng.

Lgl6Ct,
For the  customers often, through  sheer ne- 
Goods that should furnish a household stock 

Failed to purchase throughout the day 
And be kept at hand alway.

So the people came and the people  went,
Till, weary and tired and worn, at last 

Nor curtained the busy scene;
The man seemed a mere machine.

Cod, whole.................................................

“ 
•• 
« 

12 lb kits 

Herring, round,  A  bbi.........................  @2 90
Herring .round,  %  bbl...............................  1  <®
Herring, Holland,  bbls............................. »1  00
Herring, Holland,  kegs..........................   *•>©. 80
Herring, Scaled............................................17®2o
Mackerel, shore, No. 1, A bbls..................  '¡0 (JO

*• 
“  10  ** 

“ 
.........»CO
............... 2 50
•• 
No. 3. H bbls...............................6 50
Sardines,  spiced, As....................................10@13
Trout, A  bbls............................................... 5 50
**  10 lb  kits............................................  9.i
White, No. 1,14 bbls................................... 7  50
White, No. 1,12  lb kits................................ 1  10
White, No. 1.10 lb kits................................1  00
White, Family, A bbls................................3 75
kits......................................  *5
Lemon. Vanilla.
1 6t

“ 
flavoring extracts.

Jennings’D. C., 2 oz...............doz.  1 00 

•• 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
*• 
“ 
“ 
•• 
*• 
“ 

“  4 oz...............................1 50 
“  6 oz...............................2 60 
••  8 oz...............................3 50 
“  No. 2  Taper................ 1 25 
“  No. 4 
1  75 
“  % pint, round.............4 50 
“
“ 
..........9 00 
“  No. 3 panel.................1  10 
“  No. 8 
2 75 
“  No. 10 
4 25 

“ 
“ 
“ 
** 

 
 
MATCHES.

l 

 

2 65
4 25
5 00
1 75
3 00
9 00
1 85
5 00
7 60

18 00

Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square.........................  95
Grand Ha/en, No 9, square, 3 gro................ 1  15
............1 75
Grand  Haven,  No. 200,  parlor
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor.......................... 2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round.............................. 1 50
Oshkosh, No.  2...................................................... 1 00
Oshkosh, No.  8...................................................... 1 60
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  square................................. 1 00
Richardson’s No. 9 
............................ 150
Richardson’s No. 7A» round................................1 00
............................ 150
Richardson’s No. 7 
Woodbine. 300........................................................ 1 15
Black Strap................................................... 16©18
Cuba Baking..................................................25®28
Porto  Rico.....................................................24@30
New  Orleans,  good......................................28@34
New Orleans, choice.....................................44@50
New Orleans, fancy.....................................52@55

MOLASSES.

do 
do 

A bbls. 2c extra

I 

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL
........5 75
..5 75|Barrels........
Barrels...............
. .3 00|Half barrels. ..........3 00
Half barrels......
Cases............ 2, 2 i@3 25] Cases............ 2 25@3 25
PICKLES.
@7 00
Medium.............
@4 OO
“  Abbi...
©S 50
Small,  bbl..........
.  @4 75
“  A b bi....

PIPES.

RICE.

@2 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross..........
Imported Clay, No. 216, 2% gross....... .  @1 75
.  @  75
American  T.D..
Choice Carolina. __ 6%¡Java  ............
6A
iPatua....... .. ........... 5 A
Prime Carolina. __ 6 
...  @4 A
Good Carolina.. __ 5A1 Rangoon...
...3  (§$/&
.
Good Louisiana.
Table  ................ __ 6% ] Japan.........
............5 A
............5
DeLand’s pure.. __ 5%¡Dwight’s ...
Church’s  .......... __ 5  ]Sea  Foam..
............5%
........5
Taylor’s G. M... __ 5  ¡Cap Sheaf..
Ac less in 5 box lots.

.. ,&À|Broken. 
SALEKATCS.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy......................... ..2 00@2 25
..1 U0@2  15
28 Pocket..........
25 35
.. 
100 3 ft  pockets.
Saginaw or  Manistee......................... • • 
75
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags — .. 
80
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........  
*»
American, dairy, % bu. bags............... 
20
21
Rock, bushels......................................... 
Warsaw, Dairy, bu.  bags.....................  
40
20

A  “ 

 

 

SAUCES.

PLUG.

Eye Opener.............. 25iBlue  Blazes................ 5®
Pauper  ..................... 31 Capper........................ 35
Peach Pie................. 31 Jupiter  .......................25
Old Solder................. 37 Splendid....................  38
Clipper  ..................... 341 Red Fox.......................40
Cornerstone............ 34tBig  Drive....................40
Scalping  Knife....... 34 Chocolate Cream....40
Sam Boss..................  34|Nimrod......................35
,. .28 Big Five Center.......33
N e x t........ .
...32]Parrot......................42
Jolly  Time...............
.. .421 Buster..................... .35
Favorite  ................
...32]Black Prince............35
Black  Bird.............
. .32 Black  Racer............35
Live and Let  Live.
...28 Climax  .........."... ....42
Quaker....................
...37 Acorn  ................. ....39
Big  Nig..................
...37 Horse  Shoe........ ....37
Spear  Head...........
...36 V inco.................. ....34
P.  V........................
.. .36]Merry War.......... ....28
Spring Chicken —
.. .30 Ben  Franklin__ ....32
Eclipse  .................
...39 Moxle.................. ....34
Turkey...................
...24 Black Jack.......... ....32
Q. 
&Q.......
.. .221 Mussel man’s Corker. 30
Lark.......................
SMOKING
...301 P u re.................... ....15
Yum  Yum............
...15 Star..................... ....20
Our  Leader..........
.. .30 Unit  .................... ....30
Old Vet..................
__27 Eight  Hours....... ....24
Big Deal.................
...28 Lucky  ................. ....30
Navy Clippings...
...15:Two  Nickel........ ....24
Leader ..................
__30 Duke’s  Durham. ....40
Hard  Tack............
__26 Green Corn Cob F’ipe 26
Dixie .....................
... .40 Owl.............................16
Old Tar..................
Arthur’s  Choice.......22 Rob Roy...................... 24
Red Fox.....................26 Uncle  Sam..................27
Gold Dust..................26 Lumberman ..............25
Gold  Block................30 Railroad Boy...............36
Seal of Grand Rapids  Mountain Rose..........18
(clot h)..................25 Home Comfort........... 25
Miners and Puddlers.28 Old Rip.......................60
Peerless  ....................24 Seal of North Caro-
Standard....................2U|  Lina, 2  oz..............
.48
Old Tom..................... 20 Seal of North  Caro-
241 
lina, 4oz........
.48
Tom & Jerry...
.25 Seal of North  Caro-
Joker................
lina, 80Z................
.35 
.45
Traveler..........
.25 Seal of North  Caro- 
Maiden.............
.42
.40] 
lina, 16oz boxes...
Pickwick  Club.
.26 King Bee, longcut.. .22
Nigger Head...
.22 Sweet Lotus............... 33
Holland............
.15 Grayling.................... 33
German...........
.43©48|Seal Skin.................... 30
K. of L.............
Honey  Dew.............. 25; Red Clover.
33
....26
Colonel’s Choice.......15jGood  Luck.
Queen  Bee................22; Navy...........
....30
Blue  Wing2.............. 3‘>l
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen...
Maccoboy.........................
Gail & Ax’ 
.........................
Rappee............................. .
Railroad  Mills  Scotch......................
Lotzbeck  ............................................
Japan ordinary.................................
Japan fair to good.
Japan fine...............
Japan dust.............
Young Hyson........
3un Powder............
Oolong....................
Congo....

TEAS.

BN OFF.

“ 
“ 

“ 

VINEGAR.

70
55
44 
35
45
..................  @1 30
......................... 18@2Q
......................... 25@30
.........................33@45
......................... 15@20
.........................20©45
..... .. .. .. .. .. .  3a® 50
...................33®55®6C
..............25®30
30 gr. 
50 gr. 
.  08 
10 
.  08
10 
16
90
75

White Wine........................
Cider..............................................
York State Apple........................
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Brick imported................................. 
American................................. 
Burners,  No. 0.......................................   @70
80
90

do 
do  No. 1........................................ 
do  No.  2.......................................  

do 

Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.............   @7 70
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.................  ©25
Candles, Star..............................................  @11
Candles.  Hotel...........................................  @12
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.......................  ©3»
Extract Coffee, V.  C..............................  @80
F elix..........................   @120
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps..........................   @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps...........................  @35
Gum, Spruce...........................................  30@35
Hominy, «  bbl.......................................   @3 6©
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails.................................5  @  5A
Pearl Barley...........................................2%@ 3
Peas, Green  Bush. 
@1  15 
Peas, Split  Prepared.
@ 3 
@5 00 
Powder, Keg...............
@2 75 
Powder, A  Keg..........
@  15 
Sage  ............................
@ 7 
Sago  ............................
@ 7
Tapioco.......................

The first thing on the  programme  was  a 
match game of  base ball between  the  gro 
cers, captained by J.  Geo.  Lehman,  and the 
clerks,  captained by C.  M. Fowler.  A s T he 
T radesm an  has  no  base  ball  editor—is 
not afflicted with the base ball craze,  in fact 
—it reproduces the subjoined description of 
the game from the Daily Democrat’.

Coye went to the bat and  gave  it  a  tre­
mendous swing and made a pass at the ball, 
but missed it by about three feet.  The urn 
pire,  who wore a long,  red  silk badge  with

. 

v,«*. 

----------- 

O U TSID E  G U ESTS.

That a man is a fool who will  crook and toil 
And make of himself, through their neglect, 

But the grocer now has found at last 
That he can—if he  will—be free 
To spend an hour of pleasant rest;
For his customers all agree

Dancing was then  indulged in until about 
11 o’clock,  when the  party  broke  up.  All 
expressed  themselves  as  having  spent  an 
afternoon and evening of  unalloyed  enjoy 
inent and they  will  look  forward  to  next 
year’s  picnic  with  increasing  interest, 
the time approaches.

(The Umpire, as sketched by The Tradesman artist)
‘Umpire,  Don’t Talk Back,” printed there 
on,  quickly and with perfect composure  in 
formed the crowd that the  batter  had  had 
one strike.  This was a revelation,  as  most 
of  the spectators had,  when  the  first  ball 
Till his brain and nerves careen;
left the pitcher’s hand,  cried  self-preserva­
A drudge or a mere machine.
tion is the,  etc.,  and sought safety  behmd a 
rail fence that  described  an  irregular  line 
In the future  management of  your  busi 
about  the  grounds.  The  game  suffered 
ness, continue to  have  some  consideration 
little by the interruption and was continued.
for your  clerks,  your  families  and  your
The  niteher  did  something  on  his  hands . 
1 —  
-  .  ,
and sent the ball a whizzing  past  the  nose  selves,  and not mortgage  your  entire exist- 
of the batter,  which,  after striking the ends  ence to your customers.
Editor Fisher,  of  the  Daily  Eagle,  was 
m la i 
of the catcher’s fingers formed the acquaint­
ance of the crowd by the  above  mentioned 
also called on and made a few  pleasant  re­
barricade,  to-wit:  one  rail  fence.  A  mild 
marks.
dispute arose among the sides as to whether 
a “fair ball” should  pass quietly by  a  bat­
ter’s nose and find relief  in  the  pit  of  the 
umpire’s stomach,  or hit  the  club  held  by 
the man straddling the home plate, 
i  loyd, 
the umpire,  after  referring  to  Chases 
le- 
ceipt book, decided that  a  base  ball  when 
delivered by the pitcher was  totally  out  of 
place,  either on a  batter’s  nose  or 
in  the 
pit of any man’s  stomach,  whether  he  be 
umpire  or  water-boy.  The  decision  was 
vociferously applauded by the  players  and 
Among those who attended the picnic from 
the spectators behind the fence. 
In  order 
outside associations  were  W.  E.  Watson 
tcicarry out the able decision and  to  guard 
against any possible danger,  Coye  sent  the 
President of the Mancelona Business Men 
ball over into right field,  clear of  all heads, 
Association; RD.McNaughton, ex-Secretary
He  was  breathing
heaviîv^^n'^second*  base  before  Tucker | of the CoopersviUe Business Men’s Asocia-
tion;  Geo.  W.  Bevins,  Secretary  of  the 
shrunk  his fingers around the ball and  sent 
Tustin Business Men’s Association.  Letters 
it to the pitcher.  The  game  at  this  point 
began to assume  intensely 
interesting  di­
of  regret  were  received  from  President 
mensions and the spectators gathered  cour­
Blain, of  the Lowell Business Men’s  Assn 
age and a few blades of grass and sauntered 
ciation; W.  E.  Cutler, Jr.,  Secretary of  the 
fourth,  or fifth,  from behind the zig zag line 
o f  rails mentioned  in  paragraph  three  of 
Ionia Business  Men’s  Exchange;  S.  Lam- 
the above  records.  Wagner  grabbed  the
from,  Secretary  of  the  Owosso  Business 
Dpt  and  knocked  the  ball,  not 
into  a 
Men’s  Association.  Soliman  Snooks  was 
cocked hat,  but into the  left  field  and  far 
xpected to  be  present,  but  sent in his re­
above the  head  of  Collins.  This  brought 
Coye  in  and  gave  Wagner  second  base. 
grets as follows:
Lehman swung the  bat  next,  but  not  to 
any  startling  degree.  His  blow  sent  the 
ball fully three feet toward the pitcher, who 
picked it up and threw it to first base before 
Lehman had an idea of  what was going on. 
The next batter  was  Grocer  Schmidt,  and 
he got to the second  hasp  and  died  there. 
H is death was due to the lack of legs neces­
sary to get both Winchester and Perkins  to 
the first base.
The clerks came in  now.  Whitcomb went 
to bat and with little effort sent a bee-liner to 
the right  field and ran to first and to second, 
where he stopped for a second  in  order  to 
see Herrick the  younger  send  a  sky-flyer 
over thé head of  Herrick  the  elder.  Then 
he came in and the first tally for the  clerks 
was made.  The ball at this time was rest­
ing behind a  tree  directly  southeast  from 
and distant about 40  rods  from  the  home 
plate.  H e rric k   the elder was  surprised  at 
the base  ballness  of  Herrick  tiie  younger 
and called for time to consider  the  matter. 
The ground  he  occupied,  besides  the  left 
field,  was:  I s  it possible or expected that a 
man  after  chasing  sugar  and  molasses 
around a grocery store  for  20  years,  could 
make as good time across a 10  acre lot as  a 
pail when  struck  full  in  the  face  with  a 
hardwood bat?  The umpire called Coye and 
Stow6y  of T hk T hadesm an,  to  one  side, 
pind after considering the matter  for  a  few 
fleeting moments,  decided that the  question 
was too deep for the  conference committee, 
and if Herrick,  the elder,  would  lower  his 
objection  the  game  would  proceed.  Mr. 
Herrick  said he did not  care  to  push  the

Sugars have  declined  a  sixpence,  while 
liios have advanced a full cent or more  and 
other grades of  coffee  have  taken  an  up­
ward turn in sympathy.  Some varieties  of 
canned goods continue  to  stiffen  in  price, 
notably apples,  which are now worth  S3.50 
per  dozen  for  gallons.  The  bulk  of  the 
whole pepper in the country is concentrated 
in  few  hands,  which  gives 
reasonable 
ground for the belief  that  efforts  Will  be 
m a d e  to corner the market,  in  which  case 
an advance of  1 or  2c  is  likely  to  be  re­
corded.

Editor Tradesman:
Dear Sir—Mrs. Snooks and  I  expected 
to attend the picnic, but  it  is  so  cold  we 
made up our minds we could  not  stand  it. 
There is no use of  wearing  a  new  spring 
suit,  when a fellow has to put  on  his  last 
winter’s overcoat to hide it.

O. K.”
Reader  Bros.,  general  dealers  and wooden 
bowl  manufacturers,  Scottsville:  ‘‘Can’t  do 
business without The Tradesman.”

Mrs.H. M. Buchanan,notions,Ensley: “Your 
paper is one which every dealer  should take.”

Church &  Fenn,  grocers,  Charlotte:  ‘‘It  is 

Ca nt Hook Corners,  May 25,  1887. 

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

The Grocery  Market.

C O U N T R Y   P R O D U C E . 

Asparagus—25@30c per doz.  bunches.
B e a n s —Country hand-picked are held at $1.15 
bu., and city picked  are  In  fair  demand at 

Butter—Creamery  is in  fair demand  at 22c. 

$1.50.
Dairy is slow sale and weak at 14@16c. 

Cabbages—New, $4. per crate.
Cheese—Handlers pay 10c and hold at 11c. 
Cucumbers—50060 $  doz.
Dried Apples—Evaporated, 15c $  ft; quarter­

ed and sliced, 6®7c $  ft.

Dried Peaches—Pared. 15c.
Eggs--Jobbers are paying 10@10 Ac and selling 

for 11® 11 Ac.

Honey—Fair demand at 10@13c.
Hay—Baled 

is  moderately  active  at  $14 
in 

per ton  in two and  five  ton  lots  and  $13 
ear lots.

Lettuce—13c ¥  lb.
Maple Sugar—10c $  lb.
Onions-New,  $1.25  $   bu.  Bermudas,  $2 

per crate.  Spring, 15c ¥  doz.

Parsley—25c $   doz 
Peas—$2 $   bu.
P otatoes—Handlers  are  paying  75c  for  all 
good varieties and holding  at 90c.  New readi­
ly com m and $1.75 p er bu.
■  pop Corn—'¿%c *8 ft.

Pieplant—2e ¥  ft.
Plants—Cabbage  or  Tomato, 90c per box of

200.

Radishes—3C©35c $  doz.
Spinach—75c(8 bu.
Strawberries—The  market  has  been some­
what demoralized  during the past  week, ber­
ries having  sold all the  way from 2 to 20 cents 
per quart.  Michigan  berries are beginning to 
come in freely, being held at  present at $2 per 
16 quart case.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. 

String Beans—$1.75 $  box.
Tomatoes—$1.50 »  box.
Vegetable Oysters—25c $  doz.
Wheat—Steady.  City  millers  pay  87  cents 
for Lancaster and 84  for  Fulse  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at  45c  in  100  bu. 
lots aud 40c in carlots. 
.
Oats—White, 36c in small lots  and 30O31c  In 
car lots.
Rye—48050c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.2ojg cwt-  >
Flour—No change. Patent, $5.lO|lbbUnisacks 
and  $5.20  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.30 V bbl. In 
sacks and $4.50 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.40 V bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  $  ton.  Bran, $14 
«to n .  Ihlps? $15 V ton.  Middlings, $16 V ton 
Corn a&d Oats, $17  «  ton.

 

P R O V IS IO N S .
The Grand Rapids Packing &  Provision Co, 
quote  as follows:PORK  IN BARRELS.
Mess, new........................................................i?
Short Cut, clear 
cknw i'n t 
................................................ 10  - r f
.17 00 
Extra clear pig, short cut.
....17 00 
Extra clear,heavy.............
.17 00
Clear quill, short cut...............
Boston clear, short cut................................Ji JK
Clear back, short c u t .............................«
Standard clear, Bhort  cut, best...................... 17  00
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy.................................
medium...............................
“ 
“ 
lig h t....................................
Short Clears, heavy.................................
do.  medium...............................
light......................................
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN
Hams, average 20  lbs......................................

854
8%

“ 

“ 
12 to 14 fts..............................13
“  picnic  ...................................................,52
“  best boneless.......................................

“ 

LARD.

Shoulders..................... .......................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................
Dried Beef, extra.................................
ham  prices......................
Tierces  ..........................   ....................
30 and 50 ft Tubs..................................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case..........................
5 ft Pails, 12 In .....................................
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case..........................
20 ft Pails, 4 palls in  case....................
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts..
Boneless,  extra....................................

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

BEEF IN BARRELS.

..10 
..  9A 
. .12 A

7A
7A

.  8 00 
.11 50

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Pork Sausage.......................
Ham  Sausage.......................
Tongue  Sausage..................
Frankfort  Sausago.i-,........
Blood  Sausage.....................
Bologna, straight................
Bologna, thick.....................
Head  Cheese.......\ ...............
In half barrels................
In quarter barrels..........

PIGS’ FEET

...11
.  9
. . .   8 
...  6

3  00 
1  65 j

O IL S .

ILLUMINATING. 

11}
Water White. . ............
Michigan  T est................................................
13^4 
Ethaline........... .................. .
• 12tf
Ruby...........................................
LUBRICATING.
.......... 11}
Gasoline....................................
___36 >4
Capitol Cylinder.......................
..31V4
Model  Cylinder.........................
.............. 26}£
Shield  Cylinder— ..................
.............23
Eldorado  Engine.....................
..............20
Peerless  Machinery.................
Challenge Machinery...................................... ¿9
Paraffine  ..................... v v ; ......................
Black. Summer, West  Virginia......................»
Black. 25° to 30°.............................................10
Black, 15*  C.  T.......................... .....................
Zero...................................................................

HIDES. PELTS  AND  PURS.

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green .... f  ft 5}4© 6  Calf skins, green 
Part cured...  7  @  7H  or cured....  7 
Full cured....  7tf@  854 Deacon skins,
Dry hides and 
(8 piece...... 10

@ 8 
©30

kip s............  8  @12

©26 
Old wool, estimated washed $  ft....... 25
© 3A
Tallow.....................................................  3
Fine washed $  ft 22@251 Coarse washed.. .20®24 
Medium  ............ 27@30|Unwashed............ Ib®i8

WOOL.

SHEEP PELTS.

OYSTERS AND  FISH. 
J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.
FRESH  FISH.

Rock bass............................................
Wall-eyed  pike..................................

Trout.....................................................
Trout, smoked........ ...........................
Whiteflsh............................................
Brook  Trout.......................................
Frogs’ Legs, per dozen.....................

............. 10
.............   9
.............   4
.............   4

............. 8
..........  9
...............10
...............  9
...............10
.............   50
........25@65

FIELD  SEEDS.

©4 25 
Clover,  mammoth.............................
@4 25
..............................
Timothy, prime................................... ..  ^ @1 90

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GROCERS ’  REFRIGERATORS,

Manufactured by

O .  M .  W H I T M A N   &   O O .,

6 9  B ristol  Street. 

- 

BOSTON,  MASS.

AGENTS—A. Flesch,  118  Randolph  St.,  Chicago, 111. 
W illiam  M. M organ. 215  Duane St., N.  Emil  W leneit, 
Albany, N. Y.  G ardiner Bros., St. A ugustine, Fla.

“ 

“ 

Morning  Glory.................................
Acme...................................................
Maple Leaf.........................................
Onondaga...........................................1 3®
Osborn............................................... J 39
New  Process..................................... 1  J®
Bartlett............................................. 1  10
Peas,French........ ..................................--il 50
Peas, extra marrotat—   ....................1 2(X®14U
Peas, soaked...........................................“

“  Early June, stand.......................1 50@1
sifted............................... 2 00
“ 
“  French, extra fine...............................30 00

Mushrooms, extra line...............................
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden............................... • ;1  10
Succotash, standard................................. 
Squash..........................................................J 00
Tomatoes, standard brands...................... l  1»
Michigan full  cream............................  H®11
York  State, Acme.................................  @HA
Wilbur’s  Premium..351 German Sweet..........23
........37
,••••.Jo

« 
Sweet...........25 Vienna Sweet
•• 
B’kf’tCocoa 45 Baker’s ..........
“  Cocoa-theta 42 Runkles’ ........
“  Vanilla Bar 28!

CHOCOLATE.

CHEESE.

,  .«r0

COCOANUT.

“ 
“ 
•• 
“ 
“ 

©25 
Schepps, Is..............................................
@26 
Is and 
...............................
@27 
yts............................................
©27A 
is in tin  pails...........................
©28 A 
.........................
“ 
©23A 
Maltby’s,  Is............................................
©24 
Is and 
••••
@24A @30
‘As...........................................
Manhattan,  pails...................................
Peerless  .................................................   © ‘f
Bulk.........................................................  @15

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

COFFEES—PACKAGE,

60fts 100fts3U01bs

Lion.........................................
Lion,  in cabinets..................
X X X X ....................................
Arbuekle’s  ............................
Dilworth’s ..............................
Standard  ...............................
German.................  ...............
German, in  bins....................
Magnolia............. :.................
Royal.......................................
Eagle.......................................
M exican.................................
COFFEES.

....26?£
....267s

26A 
2754 
26% 
36% 
26% 
26% 
26A 
26% 
' 26A 
25% 
26% 
,.267á
18
..18
Roasted.

26A 
26 A

26%
18

Green.

R io.................... 20@22
Golden Rio.......21@23
Santos...............22@24
Maricabo.......... 22@23
J a v a .................32@24
O. G. Java.........23@26
4®25
Mocha

R io.................... 24@25
Golden Rio....... 25@26
Santos............... 23@26
Maricabo.......... 25@26
Java.................. 25@30
O. G. Java.........26®33
Mocha............... 30@3l

CORDAGE.

60 foot Jute.......1  00
72 foot J u te .......1 35 
40 Foot Cotton....! 50

50 foot Cotton.... 1 60 
60 foot Cotton... .1 75 
t»
72 foot Cotton__ 2 00

CR4.CKER8  AND  SWEET CWJODS^

$ f t
6%

8A

4%

5A

7A

4A

11A
9A
15 A

8
8
8
12A
8A

Kenosha Butter...................
Seymour Butter..................
Butter....................................
Fancy  Butter.....................
S.  Oyster...............................
Picnic..................................
Fancy  Oyster.....................
Fancy  Soda.........................
City Soda..............................
Soda  ....................................
Milk......................................
Boston.................................
Graham...............................
Oat  Meal.............................
Pretzels, hand-made..........
Pretzels...............................
Cracknels............................
Lemon Cream.....................
Sugar Cream.......................
Frosted Cream....................
Ginger  Snaps.....................
No. 1 Ginger Snaps...........
Lemon  Snaps.....................
Coffee Cakes.......................
Lemon Wafers....................
Jumbles..................*...........
Extra Honey Jumbles.......
Frosted Honey  Cakes.......
Cream Gems.......................
Bagleys  Gems...................
Seed Cakes.........................
S. &  M. Cakes....................
Citron.................................
Lemon Peel...............................
@  14 
Orange Peel.......................... .
@10 
Prunes, French, 60s..................
@ 8 
“ 
French, 80s..................
.  @ 7
French,  90s................
“ 
.  @ 5
**  Turkey........................
Bohemia.....................
“ 
'.3 50@5 00 
Raisins, Dehesia.......................
@1 90 
Raisins, London Layers.........
@1 65 
Raisins, California  “ 
........
...1 40@1  50
Raisins, Loose Muscatels...........
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s............................3A® »A
Raisins. Sultanas..................................   8  © »A
Raisins,  Valencia, new........................   © 0 %
Raisins,  Imperials............. ...................  ©“ 00

13A
11A
12A
13A
13A
13 A
12A
8A
.19 @  22
.  5%@  6

DRIED FRUITS—

SOAPS.

SPICES—WHOLE.

“ 
SPICES—PURE GROUND.

Parisian, A  pints..................................   @2  00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................   @  70
Pepper Sauce, g reen ............................  ©  60
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............   @1
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........   @1 50
Catsup, Tomato,  pints........... .............   ©
Catsup, Tomato, quarts  .....................   © \ 20
Halford Sauce, pints............................  @3 50
Halford Sauce, A pints...... ..................  @2 20
Acorn......................3 85!Extra ChicagoFam-
Master....................4  00] 
ily .........................2 94
New Process, 1  ft..3 85|Napkin....................4  io
New Process, 3 ft..3 96jTowel......................4 75
Acme,  bars........... 3 55 White  Marseilles..5 50
Acme,  blocks.......  3 05! White Cotton  Oil. .5 50
Best  American__ 2 93|Railroad................. 3 50
Circus  ....................3 70 U.  G.........................3 45
Big Five  Center...3 85 Mystic White..........4 65
Nickel......................3 45 Saxon  Blue........... 2 60
Shamrock............... 3 15 Star.........................3 75
Blue Danube..........2 55] London  Family— 2 30
ÔA
Allspice..........................   .....................
«541«»
Cassia, China in mats............................
Batavia in bundles..................
40
Saigon in rolls..........................
28
Cloves, Amboyna..................................
27
Zanzibar....................................
60
Mace Batavia.........................................
65
NutmegB,  fancy....................................
60
No. 1......................................
55
No. 2......................................
17
Pepper, Singapore,  black....................
29
w hite..................
11
Allspice...................................................
15
Cassia,  Batavia......................................
25
and  Saigon..................
42
Saigon......................................
32
Cloves, Amboyna..................................
31
Zanzibar..................................
10
Ginger, African......................................
15
Cochin.......................................
18@2
Jamaica....................................
70
Mace Batavia.........................................
20
Mustard,  English..................................
and Trieste.............
Trieste....................................
Nutmegs,  No. 2......................................
Pepper, Singapore black.....................
white.....................
Cayenne..................................
STARCH.
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes, 1  ft  pkgs...
*»  48“ 
“  3ft 
...
“ 
“  bu lk............
*•  49 ft 
•• 
“  72 ft crates, 6 ft boxes..
“ 
“  Corn, 40 ft boxes, 1 ft pkgs—
1 f t “  __
“ 
“ 
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs....
6 ft boxes...
b u lk ...........
Pure, 1ft pkgs...................
Corn, 1  ft pkgs...................
Royal, Gloss, 1 ft packages..................
bulk...............................
“ 
“  Corn  ...........................................
Firmenich, new process, gloss, 1ft—
** 
3 f t . . . .
“  
6 f t . . . .
“ bulk, boxes or bbls
“  corn. 1ft................

@ 5% 
@ 5A 
® 4
© 6}j 
@ 6 
@ 6}* 
@ 7 
@ 7A 
@ 6A 
@ 5A 
@ 7 
@ 5% 
@ 4 @ 6 
@ 5% 
@ 5 A 
@ 6% 
@ 4 
@ 6
Niagara,  gloss.......................................   @
corn.......................................   © 6

20 ft 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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“ 
“ 
“ 

•• 
*• 
“ 
“ 

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“
“  

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“ 

“ 

SUGARS.

 

 

SYRUPS.

...................... 60 lied C&p.......... 

Cut  Loaf.................................................   @
Cubes......................................................  ©
Powdered...............................................   © ”-*
Granulated.  Standard......................... 
@8.19
Confectionery A....................................   ©® •3 *
Standard A..............................................  ©®;®*
No. 1, White Extra  C............................  5%@ 5%
No. 2, Extra C.........................................  5A@ ®A
No.3C ..................  
@47»
No. 4 .......................................................  
©4%
N o ise:::..................................................  © 4%
Corn,  barrels  .......................................  
25®27
Corn, A bbls............................................  
27@29
©“0
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................  
Corn, 5 gallon kegs................................. 
©;»
i  Pure  Sugar, bbl...................................... 
j“©3®
Pure Sugar, A bbl..................................  
~o@tf ■
TOBACCO—FINE CUT-IN PAILS.
Uncle Tom................ 37|Cinderella...................2
What Is It?................26 Hi There.....................30
Cherry 
oo
Five and Seven........45 Cross Cut..................... 35
Old Jim....................... 35
Magnet....................... 25
Old Time....................30
Seal of Detroit.......... 60
Underwood’s Capper 35
Jim Dandy.................38
Sweet  Rose............... 45
Our  Bird.................... 26
Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35
Brother  Jonathan...27
Atlas...........................35
Jolly Time.................36
Royal Game............... 38
Our  Leader............... 33
Sweet  Rose..............32  Mule Ear.................... 65
May  Queen..............(»  Fountain.................... 74
Dark AmericanEagle67 Old Congress..............64
The Meigs................. 60  Good Luck................. 62
Red  Bird...................50  Blaze Away............... 35
Prairie Flow er....... 65 Hair Lifter.................. 30
Indian Queen...........60 Hiawatha....................62
May Flower..............70  G lobe........................ 65
Sweet  Pippin.......... 45 Crown Leaf.................66
Hustler....................22  Sunset.........................35
Bad Boy....................361
Our  Leader............. 161  Hiawatha...................22
Mayflower...............23  Old Congress..............23
Globe.........................22  May  Leaf...................22
Mule Ear....................23|Dark...........................20

SHORTS.

 

 

CANDY. FRUITS AND  NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

do 
do 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

STICK.
Standard, 25 ft boxes..............................8A@ 9
..............................  @ 9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
@10
MIXED
Royal, 35 ft  pails....................................  @ 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls....................................   @ 8
Extra, 25 ft  pails....................................  @10
Extra. 200 ft bbls....................................   @ 9
French Cream, 25 ft palls.....................   @11A
Cut loaf, 25 ft  eases...............................   @10
Broken, 25 ft pails.................................  @10
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.................................  @ 9
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.
Lemon  Drops............................  .....
@12
Sour Drops.........................................
@13
Peppermint  Drops............. ............
@13
14
Chocolate Drops.......................................
18
H M Chocolate  Drops.............................
Gum  Drops  ..............................................
10
22
Licorice Drops...........................................
A B  Licorice  Drops.................................
12
14
Lozenges, plain.........................................
15
Lozenges,  printed....................................
14
Imperials..................................................
15 
Mottoes......................................................
Cream  Bar.................................................
12 
Molasses Bar..............................................
12 
18 
Caramels.....................................................
Hand Made Creams..................................
18
Plain  Creams............................................
16 20
Decorated  Creams....................................
13
String Rock...............................................
Burnt Almonds.........................................
14
Wintergreen  Berries...............................
Lozenges, plain in  palls.......................
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.........................
Lozenges, printed in pails....................
Lozenges, printed in  bbls....................
Chocolate Drops, In pails.....................
Gum  Drops  in pails..............................
Gum Drops, in bbls...............................
Moss Drops, in  pails............................. 9
Moss Drops, in bbls...............................
Sour Drops, in  pails.............................
Imperials, in  pails.................................
Imperials  in bbls..................................
Bananas 
...........................................•••!
Oranges, California, fancy..................
Oranges, California,  choice................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls.........................
Oranges, Florida....................................
Oranges, Valencia, cases.....................
Oranges, Messina..................................4 00©4 25
Oranges, OO............................................   ©
Oranges, Imperials...............................  @4 25
Lemons, choice.................................... 3 50@3 7a
Lemons, fancy......................................4 00©4 50
Lemons, California...............................
Figs, layers, new,  $Mb.........................10  @15
@  8 
Figs, Bags, 50 ft.......... 
“   “
© 5% 
Dates, frails do  ........
® 6%
Dates, A do  d o ........
Dates, skin..............................................
Dates, %  skin......................................... 
......
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $1  ft....................9%@10
Dates, Fard 50 ft box (p ft.....................   @  8
Dates. P ersian 50 ft box «  f t................  7  @  7%
2 00@3 00
Pine Apples, «  doz.
............. 17A@18
Almonds,  Tarragona.............
.............   @17
Ivaca.......................
California............. .............   ©17
.............   @ 9
.............   @10
.............   @ 9
............. 15  @17
.............  
11
............. 10  @14
............. 8  @  9
............. 5 50@6 00
@ 4 
© 4% 
4%© 5 
@ 5% 
@ 6 
5%@ 6

Chestnuts, per bu....................
Filberts, Sicily.........................
Barcelona.................
Walnuts,  Grenoble.................
French....................
California.............
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............
Missouri..................
Cocoanuts, 
100.....................
PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw  $   ft.............
Choice 
d o .............
Fancy H.P. do 
do  .............
Choice White, Va.do  .............
Fancy H P,.  Va  do  .............
H .P. Va....................................

@11% 
©10 A. 
@12% 
@11% 
@ 12% 
@  6% 
® 5% 
@10 
@ 9 
@12 
@ 12% 
@11%
75®3 50 
@4 00 
@3 75

FRUITS.

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F R E S H   M E A T S .

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 
prices as follows: 
.,,  * 
,
Fresh  Beef, sides.................................... ®A©  7%
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters..................   bA@ 9
Dressed Hogs.........................................   @ «A
Mutton.....................................................  *A@ 8
Lamb spring...........................................  @12A
Veal..........................................................1  ® 7%
Pork Sausago..........................................  © 8
Bologna...................................................
Fowls....................................................... hi  ©W
Ducks  .....................................................  @
Turkeys  .................................................1-  ©*“
Lard,  kettle-rendered..........................   i%@8

2 )ru 0 8  & flh e b id n e s

State  Board  o f Pharm acy.

O ne Y ear—Jacob Jeseon, Muskegon.
Two Yean»—Jam es  V em or, D etroit.
T hree Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor. 
Four Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Five Y ears—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso. 
President—O ttm ar  Eberbach.
.Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next M eeting—At Detroit, July S and 5.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  A ss’j i.

President—F rank J. W urzburg, Grand Rapids.
F irst V ice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. 
Second Vice-President—H enry Harwood, Ishpcming. 
Third Vice-President—F rank Inglis, D etroit.
S ecretary—8. E. P arkin, Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, D etroit.
Executive Com m ittee—Geo. W. C router, J. G. Johnson, 
Local Secretary—Guy M. Harwood, Petoskey.
Next Place of Meeting—At  Petoskey, July 12,13 and I t

F rank Wells, Geo. G undrum  and Jacob Jesson.

Grand  R apids  Pharm aceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

P resident—Geo. G. Stekettee.
Vice-President—H.  E. Locher.
Secretary—F rank H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry  B. Fairchild.
B oard of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  and  Sec- 
retary.
Board of Trustees—The President,  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
Kiinin, Win. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond, 
wen, Isaac W atts. Wm. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite. 
C om m ittee on Trade M atters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and Hugo  Thum.
Com m ittee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo. 
Kemink and W. H. Tibbs.
Com m ittee on P harm acy—W .L. W hite, A. C. B auer and
R egular  Meetings—F irst  Thursday  evening  in  each 
Annual Meeting—F irst  Thursday evenlnginN ovem ber 
N ext  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  June  2,  a t  The 

m onth. 

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Tradesman office.

D etroit  Pharm aceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

President—A. F.  Parker.
F irst Vice-President—F rank  Inglis.
Becond Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen.
A ssistant Secretary and T reasurer—H. McRae. 
Annual Meeting—F irst W ednesday in June.
R egular Meetings—F irst W ednesday in each  m onth.

Central  M ichigan  D ruggists’  A ssociation. 
President, J. W. Dunlop;  Secretary, R.  M. Mussell.
B errien  County  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, H enry K ephart.

Clinton  County  D ruggists’  A ssociation. 

President, A. 0 . H unt;  Secretary, A. 8.  W allace.

Jackson  County  P harm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President, R. F. Latim er;  Secretary, F.  A. King.

M ason  County  P harm aceutical  Society. 

President, F. N. Latim er;  Secretary, Wm. H eysett.
M ecosta  County  P harm aceutical  Society. 
President, C. H. W agener;  Secretary, A. H. W ebber.

M onroe  County  Pharm aceutical  Society. 

President, S. M. Saekett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
M uskegon  County  D ruggists’  Association, 
President, W. B. W ilson;  Secretary, Geo. W heeler.

M uskegon  D rug  Clerks’  A ssociation. 

President, E. C.  Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.
N ew aygo  County  P harm aceutical  Society. 
P resident, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller.

Oceana County Pharm aceutical Society. 

President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw   County  P harm aceutical  Society. 
President, Jay   Sm ith;  Secretary,  D. E. Prall.
Shiaw assee County Pharm aceutical Society
Tuscola County Pharm aceutical Society. 

President, E. A. Bullard;  Secretary, C. E. Stoddard.

C H E A P   C IG A R E T T E S .

How  the  Supplies  for  their  Manufacture 

are Procured.

From the N.  ST. Analyst.
A little old Hebrew,  bent  and  shrivelled 
up with age,  haunts the Bowery  and  parts 
of Park Row every day.  He carries a dirty 
little canvas bag under his  arm  and  pokes 
around in the piles  of dirt and rubbish with 
a short crooked stick.  Most of  the  people 
who notice  him  at  all  think  he  is  a  rag 
picker, but he isn’t. 
If  you  were  to  stop 
and watch his  operations,  you  would  see 
him leave rags and paper alone and careful 
ly pick out of  every  corner and pile of rub 
bish every  scrap  of  tobacco  he  can  find. 
All the old cigars and  cigarette  stumps  he 
runs across are carefully  treasured  up  and 
thrust into the canvas bag.
The old man lives in a miserable  room in 
a back street near the Bowery.  The writer 
followed him up into his  quarters the other 
day and saw a sight not  particularly  appe­
tizing  to  smokers.  The  room  was  filled 
with an intolerable odor of  half-burned  to' 
bacco.  Cigar  stubs were piled up in heaps 
in the comers.  Strips of dirty tobacco were 
drying over a hot  fire.  A  dirty  boy  was 
sorting the “snipes” into four piles.
“What do  you  do  with  all  that  stuff? 
asked the reporter.
“Oh,  sell it to the dealers  to  work  back 
into cigars and  cigarettes.  The  boy  there 
sorts out the stubs  according to their looks 
Some will be  made  into  good  cigars  that 
will sell for ten cents.  The next pile  there 
will go into five-cent cigars.  The third pile 
will only do for the filling of cigarettes, and 
the last pile will make  cheap  smoking  to 
bacco.  We cut off the burned  part  of  the 
cigar very  carefully.  Then  we  unroll  the 
stub and put the leaves  over  the  stove  to 
dry.  Then we  clean  the  dyied  leaves  off 
again and furbish them up as  much as pos­
sible.  Of course, you can’t get all the burnt 
smell out of the leaves,  but  this  stuff  only 
goes for fillers and  such  things,  and  after 
the cigar maker has flavored  and  perfumed 
it,  nobody  can  tell  the  difference.  Yer 
likely we may have worked  over  the  same 
stuff two or  three  times.  That’s  a  queer 
thought,  isn’t it?”
“Are there many in your kind of business 
in New York?” asked the reporter.
“Many?  Well,  there  are  too  many  to 
leave any great  profit for  any  of  us.  Be 
tween us all, we clean the streets  of  every 
thing in the shape of tobacco.  A few year! 
ago there was money in it. 
I was  the only 
man in the business then. 
It  will never be 
like that again.  Of course,  it  isn’t  a  very 
nice business, but I got  used  to  the  smell 
long ago, and it isn’t so bad as  you think it 
is, after all. 
If it wasn’t for us, how would 
you get your  real,  genuine  Havana  cigar 
for ten cents?  The most  common  use  for 
the stuff, though,  is in the all-tobacco cigar 
ettes.  Besides  selling  to 
the  dealers,  ] 
make a kind of smoking tobacco myself out 
of some  of  the  leavings.  Sailors  buy  it. 
They  like  it  because  it  is  strong.  The 
license I have to  pay,  though,  knocks  all 
the profit out of  it.  The  tobacco  isn’t  so 
bad as you think  it  is.  Won’t  you  try 
pipeful?”
withdrew.

The writer  hastily  excused  himself  and 

Song  of  the  Pills.
With Ungers sticky and cramped,
A druggist stood at his mortar block 
Rub!  rub!  rub!
And still, with a thump at a little pump,

With toggery soiled and red,
Uuboing up “sugar of lead.’’
Mix aloes, pepper, and squills;
He sings this “song of the pills.’’

Roll!  roll!  roll!
And thump!  thump!  thump!
And trot!  trot!  trot!
Now the end of the  pill mass  is hard  and dry, 

While people swallow ’em down;
Till his hands are tough and brown.
Sixpence of Ktaei Turk.”
And he cuts it off  with a jerk.

Pound!  pound!  pound!
And sift!  sift!  sift!
Mixture—dose and pill.
“I want some arsenic, rats to kill,

’Til your nose is full of dust;
’Til now It sneezes you most.
Powder to make ’em doze;
And some hair oil scented with rose.”

■“Oh, mister!  where’s my senna and salts?”
A cent’s worth of licorice, too;
Some caustic to cure my warts.
And a piece ot pitch to chew.”
Trot!  trot!  trot!
Mixtures—powders and pills,
Galling at once for a pound of “bluestone” 
And an ounce of “syrup of squills.”

Daily I 6port with death—
“Three cents’ worth” cuttle-fish bone, 
■“Have you got a mineral called Turpetta?” 
Boy, let the scales alone!
In a pint of water to steep,
A powder every four hours;
<1 hope you’ll fall asleep),
With an ounce of “camomile flowers.”

Mix!  mix!  mix!
“Give me a little ‘sweet flag,'
And  fix!  fix!  fix!
Some salve to put on a rag.”
■“Nitrate of silver” and bread 
“Mix and  make into pills XXIVY’
“Sure!  it’s a ftp’s wurtn of ile I sed,
Can’t you give us a little more?”

Work!  work!  work!
From seven ’til long after nine;
This business would wear out a Turk—
“One dozen of pills—quinine.”
Decoction, salve and pills.
“Have you got any ‘human fat?’ ”
No!  It’s very plain to be seen 
We haven’t got any of that.

Thump and trot and mix.
On this cold. December night;
And there's an ointment to fix.
Of lard and “precipitate white.”
R—Einp., burg., pitch,
To be spread on a piece of kid;
Sulph.;  et pot. bitart.;  for itch.
And a wash for “baby’s eyelid.”
With fingers sticky and cramped,
A druggist stood at his mortar-block 
Hurry, and rub, and thump.
And still with a thump at that tough old lump, 

With eyes as heavy as lead,
Earning bis dally bread.
Mix aloes, rhubarb, and squills;
He sang this “song of the pills.”

Minor Drug Notes.

The long pending  litigation  of  Whitney 
Bros.  vs. the Hop Bitters Co., of Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  has terminated in a judgment against 
the Hop Bitters Co.,  amounting to §26,370,- 
■28 for bottles sold and  delivered.

Fruit perfumes are the fashion  in France 
just now instead of floral scents.  Handker­
chief and  glove  Ratchets  are  scented with 
essence of pears,  plums or  apricots,  while 
apple paste to polish the  arms,  strawberry 
toilet water  and  cherry  tooth  powder  are 
found on every belle’s dressing table.

Keep the  Iron  Hot.

the  Evart  druggist, 

Frank  Hibbard, 
writes  as  follows:

Whoop it up  to  them  on  the  insurance 
question.  Repeat  the  item—“Read  Your 
Policy”—with  variations,  for  not  one  in 
ten knows what a policy contains,  nor  does 
he  realize  that  a  stock  classified  and  an 
amount named on each class divides  the in- 1 
surance in case of anything but a  total loss, j

The Coming Convention at Petoskey.
Secretary Parkill sends T he T radesman 
the  following  particulars  concerning  the 
coming  convention of  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical Association  at Petoskey:

The fifth annual meeting of the Michigan 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be 
held  at  Petoskey  on  July  12,  13 and 14, 
1887.
This summer  meeting,  being held in the 
midst  of  the  delightful  summer  resort  re­
gion of Northern  Michigan,  promises to bo 
the most  successful of all the  meetings  of 
the Association.
Ample  time  will  be  given  members  to 
visit all places of interest.  Excursions are 
arranged to the  neighboring  resorts,  and a 
banquet is the order for Tuesday evening.
The  known  hospitality  of  the  people of 
this section is a  sufficient  guarantee  of  an 
enjoyable time;  but while we propose to en­
joy ourselves while in this region of  health 
and recreation,  business will not be neglect­
ed.  Many  carefully-prepared  papers  will 
be  presented. 
The  important  topic  of 
trade  interests,  in  the  hands  of  that  able 
committee,  will receive more attention than 
ever  before.  There  are  many  important 
questions  for  the  pharmacists  to  consider 
and take action on at this time,  and we look 
for an interesting and profitable  discussion.
The question-box,  in  charge of the Com­
mittee on Queries,  will be  opened  at every 
session.
Reduced  fares  on  all  railroads  and  re­
duced rates at hotels have  been  secured for 
all  who  wish  to  attend.  The  Detroit  & 
Cleveland  Navigation Co.  will  issue  round 
trip  tickets  from  Detroit  to  Petoskey,  in­
cluding meals and  berths,  for §12.75,  tick­
ets good until the close of navigation.
We  want  every  diuggist in  the State to 
join us.  The Association has done a great 
work for  the  pharmacists of  Michigan and 
deserves their hearty  support.  But  for its 
timely and efficient  work, druggists  would 
to-day be classed and taxed as  saloon-keep­
ers.
We hope every  member will  make an ef­
fort to attend.  A  special  invitation  is ex­
tended to the ladies to be present.

Stanley E.  P arkill,  Sec’y. 

The programme  for the  convention  has 

been arranged as follows:

at 10 o’clock,  a. m.
toskey.

FIRST SESSION—TUESDAY,  JULY 12.
Meeting called to order  by the President, 
Prayer by  the  Rev.  II. E.  Davis,  of  Pe­
Roll call.
Address  of  Welcome  by  D.  C.  Page, 
President of Petoskey,
Reponse, in behalf  of the  Association by 
Stanley E.  Parkill,  Owosso.
Reading of the Minutes.
President’s Address.
Election of New Members.

SECOND  SESSION,  2 O’CLOCK,  P.  M.

Pharmacy.

Opening of Question Box.
Report  of  Secretary  of  State  Board of 
Reports of Officers.
Reports of Committees.
Reports of Delegates.
Reading of Papers.
Tuesday evening at 8:30 o’clock, Banquet.
THIRD  SESSION,  WEDNESDAY,  9 A.  M.
Opening of  Question Box.
Election of Officers.
Report of Committee on Trade  Interests.
Reading of Papers.
Wednesday p.  in.—Excursion tendered to 
the  Association  by  Northern  Michigan 
Druggists.

Wednesday evening—Adjournment to vis­

it exhibits.

FOURTH «jSSSION.  THURSDAY,  9 A.  M. 
Opening of Question Box.
Reading and Discussion of Papers.
Appointment  of  Committees  and  Dele­

gates.

FIFTH  SESSION,  2 P.  M.

Opening of Question Box.
Reading of Papers.
Unfinished Business.
New Business.
Adjournment.

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T O N IC S   A N D   B IT T E R S .

WH0LMAL1  PRIGS 0USR1NT.

How far Alcohol  Enters  into  Their  Com­

position.

In a  report  made  to  the  Massachusetts 
Board of Health by its analyst,  the  percen­
tage of alcohol present  in  various  proprie­
tary tonics  and  “bitters”  is  given  as  fol­
lows:

TONICS.

Advanced—Gum opium, gum opium po.,  co­
coa butter.
Declined—Cubeb  berries,  cubeb berries po., 
balsam  copaiba,  salicine, oil  cubebs,  oil pep­
permint,
Acetleum...............................................  
Benzoicum,  German...................
Carbolicum....................................
Hydrochlor ,

ACIDUM.

I 

. . .

From the National Druggist. 

The Microscope in Drug Stores.

became a visitor to drug stores, but the use-  spoonful to wineglass,  3 times daily, 
fulness of the  instrument  is  making  it  a ! cent, 
firm friend of  the  progressive*retail~drug- 
gist.  The general feeling among those who 
have worked with the  instrument  is  fairly 
illustrated  by  the  following  extract  from
the Druggists' Circular:

We publish only  those  which  are  better 
known,
Hoofiand’s German  Tonic,  Philadelphia. 
Admits Santa  Cruz  rum.  Wine  glass,  4
. 
It is but a few years since the microscope j t! Hop Toidc,  GranSapids, Mich.  1 table- 
7 per
Leibig Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic, New York. 
“With  sherry.”  3  teaspoonsful  to  wine­
glass, 3 times daily.  23.2 per cent.
Mensman’s Peptonized Beef  Tonic,  New 
York. 
“Contains spirit”  1 tablespoonful 
to 3, 3 times daily.  16.5 per cent.
Parker’s Tonic,  New  York.  “A  purely 
vegetable  extract,  stimulus  to  the  body 
Inebriates  strug­
without 
gling to reform will find its  tonic  and  sus­
taining influence on  the  nervous  system  a 
great help to their  efforts.”  Dose  as  tonic 
1 to 2 teaspoonful,  1 to 3 times  daily.  41.6 
percent.
Schenk’s Sea Weed  Tonic,  Philadelphia. 
“Distilled from  sea  weed  after  the  same 
manner as  Jamaica  spirits  is  from  sugar 
cane. 
It is therefore entirely harmless  and 
free from the injurious  proprieties  of  com 
and rye whiskey.”  Dose,  half wineglass,  3 
times daily.  19.5 per cent.
B ITT ER S.

A studious druggists  will  find  abundant 
pleasure and profit in  the  use  of  a  micro­
scope,  but  its  advantageous  employment 
must be prefaced by at least  a  little  study 
of the subject.  Those  who  have  had  the 
advantage  of  attendance  at  a  modem 
school of pharmacy or medicine know enough 
about  the  instrument  to  make a judicious 
investment; those who lack this  instruction 
can easily get a fair start from the ordinary 
text-books.  A  beginner  should  avoid  the 
extremes of both  costlinest  and  cheapness 
in  buying a microscope.  Moderate  magni­
fying glasses  and  ordinary  convenience  in 
applying them is all that is  needed for gen­
eral  purposes.  The  pharmacist,  equipped 
with these  and a determination  to  acquire 
skill in preparing objects so  that  they  can 
be profitably observed,  will be  apt  to  soon 
consider the microscope an  important  part 
of his working outfit.

intoxicating. 

Boker’s  Stomach  Bitters,  New  York, 
Dose not given.  42.6 per cent.
Brown’s  Iron  Bitters,  Baltimore,  Md. 
“Not  a  substitute  for  whiskey.”  Table­
spoonful.  19.7 per cent.
Burdock  Blood  Bitters,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Teaspoonful to tablespoonful,  3 times daily. 
25.2 per cent.
Drake’s  Plantation  Bitters,  New  York. 
“Contains St.  Croix  rum.”  Wineglassful, 
3 times daily.  33.2 per cent.
Hoofland’s German Bitters,  Philadelphia. 
“Entirely vegetable and free from  alcoholic 
stimulant.”  Tablespoonful,  4  times  daily. 
25.6 per cent.
Hop Bitters,  Rochester,  N.  l r.  1  to 
tablespoonsful 3 times daily.  12  per  cent,
Hostetter’s  Stomach  Bitters,  Pittsburg, 
Pa.  Wineglassful,  3 times daily.  44.3 pe 
cent.
Walker’s  Vinegar  Bitters,  New  York 
“Free from all  alcoholic  stimulants.  Con 
tains  no  spirit.”  Half  to  full  wineglass, 
6.1 per cent.

A Sensible Move.

From the Muskegon News.

The druggists of  the  city  will  &sk  the 
Council to fix a high license for street  ped 
dlers,  who vend articles from street comers 
usually kept  in  ding  stores.  The  street 
fakir is a nuisance and his wares are usual 
ly a fraud upon the public.  He  should  be 
fired out of  the city as fast as he  enters  it,

A  FOUR-PARTED  TALE.

W ritten Especially for The Tradesman.

The bride was young and sweet and fair, 
With rosy cheeks and auburn hair;
The groom was old and bent and sear,
With furrowed brow and mein severe.
Yet, side by side, and hand in hand—
As May might with December stand—
They wedded were;  and all was bliss,
For Health was hers and Wealth was his.

One year is past since they were wed:
The lady mourns her liege  lord dead.
Looks well in black, feels sad;  but smiles 
When gents, in passing, raise their tiles. 

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two years are past;  but oh! how brief 
To heal a soul so torn with grief.
\  et, through the park’s deep, balmy shade, 
Our lady’s wont to promenade;
And coxcombs, by appointment there,
The widow’s sweet affections share.
Again ring out the marriage bells.
Again her bosom throbs and swells;
For young and fair and rich Is she.
And handsome, gay and  dashing, he;
And for true love this time  she’ll wed,
While he for wealth will look  Instead.

*  

*  

*  

*

Two years agnin, and, lo!  the sand 
Has poured from Time’s untiring hand.
No more does Alfred doff his tile.
No more our lady beams a smile;
Betrayed is she, her wealth is spent;
Her A11 red gambled every cent.
Next did the family jars occur—
She chided him, he pounded her;
And now, grass-widowed, she returns 
To work, where bread the servant earns;
M hile he, to watch  young brides, old  grooms. 
Black veils,  bright  eyes,  fresh cheeks,  fresh 

tombs,

Lives long, sleeps well, 'tends  many schools, 
Dines and dresses off the wealth of fools.

—M.  J . Wr isl e y .

i p

The  present  low  price  of  good  micro­
scopes  makes  it  possible  for  even  drug 
clerks to buy as  good  instruments  as  are 
needed to examine drugs; in fact, the clerks 
are the ones who take the  most  interest  in 
the subject and do the  greater  part  of  the 
microscopical work accomplished  by  drug­
gists.  There are probably two  dozen  drug 
clerks in  this  city  that  own  microscopes, 
while we do not know of half  that  number 
of  proprietors  who  become  interested  in 
microscopy since  they  went  into  business 
on their own account.

The Drug Market.

Trade continues very active and the  mar­
ket is firm.  Opium  is  hardening  in  price 
daily. 
It costs §5 per pound to  import  to­
day,  duty paid,  and our quotations are  bot­
tom for prime goods.  Morphia is selling in 
New York at a premium of  10c  per  ounce 
over r. & W.’s  price,  and  an  advance  is 
looked for daily.  Quinine is dull and with­
out change.  Balsam copaiba  has  declined. 
An  advance  in  blue  vitriol  is  predicted. 
Carb.  ammonia is firmer.  Gum  camphor is 
extremely scarce.  Manufacturers can hardly 
fill contracts and supply in outside  hands is 
limited and held  firmly  at  25c  in  barrels. 
All kinds  of  prices  are  named  for  insect 
powder, but strictly pure  uncolored powder 
from best flowers is  firmly  held  at  45c  to 
48c.  Cubebs  are  lower  and  still  tending 
downward.  Cocoa  butter  has  again  ad­
vanced and higher prices are looked  for, on 
account of scarcity.  Buchu leaves have de­
clined and are very dull.  Oil anise  has ad- 
enced.  Oil  cubebs  have  declined.  Oil 
peppermint  is  lower. 
Salicine  has 
de-
dined and  is  getting  slowly  back  to 
old
prices. 
Ipecac  root  continues  scarce 
and
high.  Linceed  oil  has  advanced  2c 
for
both raw and boiled.

Lime Juice.

A large  quantity of lime  juice has  been 
exported  from  Trinidad  in  recent years. 
The simple juice finds a market in America, 
and  the  condensed  juice  in England.  A 
tree yields on an average  about ten  gallons 
of juice.  The limes are allowed to drop off, 
and  then  passed  first through  the cutter, 
which  rips them  open, and  next  through 
rollers and a press to separate them.  These 
cutters, rollers and press are  constructed in 
very primitive way,and admit of great im­
provement.  The  juice 
is  then  exported 
either as it is, or condensed  by  boiling.  A 
barrel of limes yields seven gallons of juice.
The cost of producing  lime juice,  includ­
ing packages, should  not  exceed  sixpence 
per gallon.  The essential oil of limes is ex­
tracted  from  the rind  before  crushing by 
grating on rasps  with  the  hands.  The oil 
thus extracted is  called  hand-made oil.  A 
hundred gallons  of juice  will yield  by dis­
tillation about three quarts of  the  essential 
oil.

The Bustle Craze.

The enormous bustles now  worn  by  the 
ladies find a pertinent rebuke in the follow­
ing card from an outraged  husband,  which 
recently appeared in  the  Cleveland  Plain- 
Dealer.

NOTICE  TO  THE  PUBLIC.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

375 South Union St., Grand Rapids.
Standard  Petit Ledger.
\ \ T ANT B D— Registered pharmacists  and as- 
” » 
sistant8 who are sober, industrious and 
willing to work.
TpO R  SALE—Stock  of about  $506 in tow n of 
8DJ  inhabitants.  No other  drug store in

I saac E v an s.

of  1,000  inhabitants  in  eastern  part  of | 

state.  Liberal dieoount.

Will exchange fo r good farm .

Y710R  LA LE—Stock  of about  $2,200,  in  town 
Ju  of  800  inhabitants,  in  central  part  of

My  wife  has  recently  appeared  on  the 
streets with an appendage on  her  back  of 
such immense proportions as  to  make  her 
look as ridiculous as  a  sick  camel  limping 
along on three legs. 
I  do  not  blame  the 
public for pointing at and  accusing  her  of 
being troubled a  little with the  fool,  but  1 
do not want to be censured in any  way,  for j 8tate-
o„ f VaeLel,Ci0UragWGherJ n  any  T nm r  to  m u t   SALE-SIOCK  of SUM». In  town  of 800 
act as she does.  When they are of a nroDer UP
When they are of a proper 
in habitants  lu  w estern  p a rt  of  state. 
size,  I approve of  bustles,  but  I  seriously 
object to her using all the  clothes  that  are 
FOR SALE—Stock  of about  $1,800,  in  town 
ready  for  Monday’s  wash  for  Sunday’s 
bustle.  As I am afflicted with  a  wife  who 
has the bustle craze,  1  implore  the  public 
KOR  SALE — Stock  of  $4,000,  In  town  of 
for sympathy. 
about  4.000  inhabitants.  Will  sell  either 
by estimnte or inventory.
F OR SALE—Stock  of $6,000,  well located in 
Grand Rapids.  W 111 sell whole stosk, but
would  prefer  to  sell  half  interest  to  party 
At this  season of  the year,  when  drug-  capable of taking charge of entire business.
.--------7 7-—
gists are looking around for a supply of lime 
inicp for the com in IT  Bummer-  Itia w o li 
TTKJR SALE—Stock of $3,000, In  town of 1.000 
juice ior tne coming  summer,  It  is well  to j Jj 
inhabitants in western part of state.  Av-
note that  at least  one kmd  offered  is  not  erage daily sales about $25.
with fancy labels was recently tested by the 1  A 
pure.  A sample of this juice sold in bottles  --------------------------------------- ----------------------
i?4aSy  oth?,i'  ?tock6,  the  particulars 
Board of  Health of  New  York  city,  and 
■ 
application.
DRUGGISTS—wishing to secure clerks
found to contain a large  proportion of  free  I 
snlnlinric acid  The hnrinm  tpst  wa«  n«oH 
x   we wiil furnish the  address  and full  par- 
suipnuric aciu. 
giving a copious precipitate after standing a I  -=-------------, ________________________ ______
short time.  The growing  demand for lime 
secured  the  agency  for J.
Qtiri 
’  '  H. Vail & Co. s medical publications and
and lemon  juice  affords a  large  margin  of  can  furnish  any  medical  or  pharmaceutical 
profit for such  an  adulteration,  but as  the I work at publishers’ rates.
test is simple and easily applied, there is no  --------- ~ ~ ~ ~ -------------------------------------- -~~-
reason  why  a  customer  calling  for  lime ! 
juice should get dilute sulphuric acid. 

l  ne barium test  was used,  | tieulars of those on our list  free.

M ichigan D ru g  E xchange,

From the American Analyst.

j 357 South Union St., 

Loaded  Lime Juice. 

Grand Rapids.

furrjlsh 

ianm  , 

- 

Salicylicum. 
Tannicum... 
Tartaricura  ,
Aqua. 16 deg.......
18  deg........

“ 

BACCAE.

BALSAMUM.

Peru.

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian........................
Cassiae  .......................................
Cinchona Flava..........................
Eaonymus  atropurp.......  .......
Myrlca  Cerifera, po..................
Prunus Virgin!..........................
Quillaia,  grd............................ .
Sassfras  ...............................
Ulmus..........................................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)..............
EXTRACTUM.

PO.
Haem ato X, 15 9> boxes.
Is.............
Hs  ............
J48  ..........

“ 
“ 
“ 

FERRUM.

Carbonate Precip.....................
Citrate and Quinta....................
Citrate Soluble..........................
Ferrocyanidum Sol..................
Solut  Chloride..........................
Sulphate, oom’l,  (bbl. 75)........
pure..........................

“ 

FOLIA.

“ 

Cassia Acutifol, Tinnlvelly..................
A lx..............................
Salvia officinalis, 34s and  Hs...............
Ura  Ursi.................................................

“ 

GUMMl.
Acacia, 1st picked.................................
2nd  “ 
.................................
“ 
3rd 
.................................
“ 
“ 
Sifted sorts..............................
“ 
“ 
po........................................
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)...............................
“  Cape, (po. 20).................................
“  Soeotrine,  (po. 60).......................

Assafoetida,  (po. 30). 
Benzoinum...............
Catechu, Is,  (Hs,  14; )4s, 16).................
Galbanum......................................
Gamboge, po.................................
Guaiacum, (po. 45).......................
Kino,  (po. 25).................................
Mastic............................................
Myrrh, (po.45)...............................
Shellac............................................
“  bleached............................
Tragacanth............................................   30®
herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium  ...........................................
Eupatorium...........................................
Lobelia  ...................................................
Majorum  ...............................................
Mentha Piperita....................................
“  V ir............................................
R u e .........................................................
Tanacetum,  V .......................................
Thymus. V ..............................................

MAGNESIA.

Calcined,  Pat.........................................  55®
Carbonate,  Pat......................................  2e@
Carbonate,  K. & M...............................   20@
Carbonate,  Jennings............................  35®

60

OLEUM.

 

 

Absinthium........................................... 4 5C©5 00
Amygdalae, Dulc...................................  45®  50
Amydalae, Amarae.............................. 7 00@7 50
Anis!  ...................................................... 2 15@2 25
Auranti  Cortex......................................  @2 50
Bergamii.................................................2 00@2
Cajiputi  .............................  
90® 1 00
Caryophylli............................................   @2 00
Cedar........................................................  35®  65
Chenopodii............................................   ®1 50
Cinnamonii............................................   90® 1  00
Citronella  ..............................................  @
Conium  Mac...........................................  35®  65
Copaiba...................................................  90®  1 00
Cubebae..............................................  9  50010 0)
Execht hi tos............................................   90@1  00
Erigeron................................................1  20@1  30
Gaultheria.............................................2 00@2  10
Geranium, B...........................................  @  75
Gossipii, Sem.gal..................................   55@  75
Hedeoma.................................................   90@1 00
Juniperi...................................................  50®2 00
Lavendula..............................................  90@2 00
Limonis..................................................2 25@2 35
Lini, gal...................................................  42®  45
Mentha Piper........................................ 2 75@3 61
Mentha Verid........................................ 5  50@6 00
Morrhuae,  gal.......................................   80® 1 06
Myrcia,  5.................................................   @  50
Olive....................................................... l  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 50)..........................   10®  12
Ricini..................................................... 1  42®1  60
Rosmarini..............................................  75@1  00
Rosae,  ?...................................................  @8 00
Succini  ................................................... 
<0@46
Sabina......................................................  90®l 00
Santal......................................................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.................................................   15®  50
Sinapls, ess, 5.........................................  @  66
Tiglii........................................................  @1 50
Thym e.....................................................  40®  50
opt...............................................   @  60
Theobromas............................................  15®  20

* 

POTASSIUM.
Bichromate...............................
Bromide....................................
Chlorate, (Po. 22).......................
Iodide.........................................
Prussiate....................... ...  . . .

........   72®  14
........   42@  45
........   20®  22
........ 3 0003 25
.......  .  .  ...............  25®  28
RADIX.

Althae  ....................................................   25®  30
Anchusa.................................................  15®  20
Arum,  po............................. . ................  ®  25
Calamus...................................................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)...................................  10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)...............................  
ie®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,  ,po. 33).................  ®  25
Hellebore,  Alba,  po............................  15®  20
Inula,  po.................................................   15®  20
Ipecac, po
5002 60
Jalapa,  pr............................................
30
® 35
M a rm ita ,  Í4S................................................
Podophyllum,  po...............................
.  15® 18
Rhei  ....................................................
.  75(31 
00
cut...............................................
75
@1
.  7501 35
Spige?ia  ..............................................
48® 53
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)..........................
.  © 20
Serpentaria.........................................
35® 40
Senega.................................................
.  50® 55
Smilax, Officinalis, H.........................
@ 40
Mex....................
.  @ 20
Sclllae,  (po. 35)....................................
10® 12
Symplocarpus,  Foetldus, po............
@ 35
T-aleriana,  English,  (po. 30).............
@ 35
German............................
15® 20

“ 

SEMEN.

Anisum, (po.22)..................................
@ 17
Apium  (graveolens)..........................
Bird,Is.................................................
4® 6
Carui,  (po. 20)......................................
12® 15
.1  0001 25
Coriandrum.
10® 12
Cydonium       .........................................  75@1 00
Chenopodium  .......................................  
ir®  12
Dipterix  Odorate.................................. 1 75@l  86
Foeniculuin............................................  @  15
Foenugreek, po...................................
6® 8
Lini........................................................
3H0
4
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)...............................
3H@ 4
Phalaris  Canarian.............................
33ü@4K
Rapa.....................................................
5® 6
Sinapis,  Albu......................................
80
9
Nigra................  .................
80

“ 

SPiR iT U S.

Frumenti,  W.,  D. & Co..
Frumenti, D. F. R..........
Frumenti.......................
Juniperis Co.  O. T........
Juniperls  Co....................
Saaonarum  N. E............
Spt. Vini Galli...........
Vini Oporto...............
Vini  Alba..................

2 0002 50
1 7502 00
1 1001 50
1  7501
.1  75@3 50 
.1  75®2 00 
.1  75@6  50 
.1  25©2 00 
1  25@2 00

2 * 5

S@  10
80@l 00
45® 50
60®
65
3®
5
10® 12
U® 13
85@i 10
40®1 60
50® 53
3® 5
4® 6
11® 13
12® 14
10® l  15
6® 7
25® 30
<8® 53
@1 50
50® 55
40® 45
18
11
18
30
20
12
12
12
12
10
24® 25
83® 35
8® 9
@ 12
@ 13
® 15

@ 15
@3 50
@ 80
@ 50
@ 15
154® 2
® 7
12® 14
20® 25
35® 59
10® 12
8® 10

@1 00
@ 90
@ SO
® 65
75®l 00
50® 60
@ 12
@ 50
25® 30
@ 15
50® 55
27® ‘19
® 13
35® 10
@ 80
75® 80
@ 35
@ 20
@1 <¿5
@ 40
40@4 50
18® 25
25© 30

SPONGES.

 

do 

® i 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

do 
........ 
. . . .  
do 
..... 
do 
do 
.......  
,for slate use................  
................. 

Florida sheens’ wool, carriage.......2 25  OS 50
do 
Nassau 
S 00
Velvet Ext  do 
1 10
86
ExtraYe  •  do 
Grass 
do 
66
Hard ? 
75
Yellow Reef. 
1  40
.Ether, Spts Nitros, 3 F........................   26®  28
.¿Ether, Spts. Nitros, I F .......................  30®  32
3%
Alumen...................................................  2
3®  4
Alumen,  ground, (po. 7)....................... 
Annatto  .................................................   55®  eo
Antimoni,  po.
4®
Antimoni et Potass  Tart.
55®
Argenti  Nltras,  3.............
@5®
Arsenicum.........................
38®
.  @
Cantharides  Russian, po..............
@2
Capslci  Fructus, af........................
.  ©
Capsici Fructus, po........................
.  @
Capslci Fructus, B, po
.  @
Caryophyllus,  (po.  36)................
.  30® 33
! Carmine, No. 40............................
@3
Ct ra Alba. S. &  F................ .
.  50® 55
Cera Flava............................. .
.  2S@ 30
Coccus............. .......................................
.  @ 40
Cassia Fructus........................!!.!!!!!!!  ®
•  ®
Centrarla 
.  ©
Cetaceum
.  © 50
Chloioform................... 
. ..........  38@
.  38® 40
Chloroform,  Squibbs........................... * 
@1 00
Chloral Hydrate  Cryst.........................150®
.1 60@1 75
Chondrus...................................... 
pxa
.  10® 12
Cinchonidine, P. & W...........................'.  15®
.  15® 30
Cinchonidine, German...........................  9®
.  m 15
Corks, see list, discount, per cent!.
40
Crcasotum.................................
.  @ 50
Creta, (bbl. 75)..............................!.!.!
.  @
Creta  prep........................... !!.!!!."!.!
.  5®
Creta, precip............... ....!!.!!!!!!!!
8® 10
. 
Creta Rubra.............................!.........
.  @
Crocus...................................
.  25® 30
Cudbear..............................
® 24
Cuprl Sulph..................................................6®
6®
Dextrine...............................
10® 12
Ether Sulph.........................
.  68® 70
Emery, all  numbers................’..".!!
@
Emery, po.........................................
.  @
Ergota. (po. 60).......................
50® 60
Flake  White......................... 
*
12@ 15
Gaiia.......................................
@ 23
Gambler......................... !!!!..!!!..
7®
Gelatin, Coopor.....................
@ 15
Gelatin,French.............................. !!!!!!!"  * 40®
40® 60
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box.  “
less.
Glue,  Brown............................
9® 15
Glue, White.............................!
13® 25
Glycerina................................'
23® 26
Gratia  Faradisi..................
@ 15
Hum ulus.................................
25® 40
HydrargChlor.Mltt  ...!" ...
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor...............
@O 
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum........
Hydrarg Ammoniati.............
@1  00 
Hydrarg Unguentum.............
@  40 
Hydrargyrum........................
®  65 
Ichthyocolla, Am  ..................
1 25® 1 50 
Indigo......................................
75®1 00 
Iodine, Resubl..............!!..!!.
1 Q0®4  10 
Iodoform.................................
@5 15
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg iod
...  ® 27
Liquor Potass  Arsinitis........
...  10® 12
Lupuline  .................................
...  85@] 00
Lycopodium...................... . ” !
...  55® 60
Mads.........................................
...  60® 65
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl. 1)4)".!!
... 
2®
Mannia. S.F.............................
.. 
90®! 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W.............  *
.. .3  15®: 35
Moschus Canton.....................!
...  ® 40
Myristica, No. 1...................... "
...  @ 65
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20)............  '
...  @ 10
Os.  Sepia............................
...  15® 18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co!!
...  @2 00
Picis Liq,  N. C.. Vt  galls, doz.
...  @S 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts.....................
@1 40
Picis Liq., pints.......................
...  @ 85
PilHydrarg,  (po.80)...........
...  @ 50
Piper Nigra,  (po.22)...............
...  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..................
...  @ 35
Pix  Burgun............................
...  ©
Plumb! Aoet............................
...  14® 15
Potassa, Bitart, pure...........
...  @ 40
Potassa,  Bitart, com...............
...  @ 15
Potass  Nltras, opt....................
... 
8® 10
Potass Nltras.........................!
... 
7©
Pulvis Ipecao et opii.......
...1  1001 20
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. &P. b!co.',‘doz.
oz.  @1 00
Pyrethrum, pv..................................
...  48® 53
Quassiae................................................
... 
8® 10
Quinia, s, p. &  w ...............!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^
...  68® 63
\
Quinia, 8, German...................."! 
...  48® 60
Rubia Tlnctorum........................'.........
...  12® 13
Saccharum  Lactis, pv............ ...! .......
...  @ 35
Salacin.............................
...  @3 75
Sanguis Draconls...........'................
...  400 50
Santonine....................
..  @4 50
...  12® 14
|aP°.  ™..............................‘.‘.‘/.‘“ ‘■.V.*.*.  12®
Sapo,  M.............
... 
8® 10
Sapo, G...............
15
Seidlitz  Mixture............................
...  @ 28
sinapis.......................... !!!!!!!!............   ®
...  @ 18
Sinapis, opt.................... 
....................
..  @ 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do. Voes  !!............ 
-
..  @ 35
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes  .
..  @ 35
Soda Boras, (po.  10)...............  .............
8® 10
.. 
3*a
Soda et Potoss Tart............................. 
..  33® 35
Soda Carb__
Soda,  Bi-Cartr
4® 5
.. 
Soda,  Ash........... !.!.!!!!!!!!!.!!."!."" 
3®
.. 
3® 4
Soda  Sulphas..................... !!!!!!!........  ®  2
Spts. Ether Co....................... .*..............  «va  rr
Spts.  Myrcia Dom......................... ..!!!  @2 00
Spts. Myrcia Imp.................. 
/ag 50
Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl.  2  10)....................  ®2 25
Strycbnia, Crystal.......................................    " "  @130
Sulphur, Subi.......................................;;  2V4@ 3)
Sulphur.  Roll............................ 
Tamarinds........................................... 
Terebenth  Venice............................    
Theobromae.................................. 
Vanilla 
Zinc!  Sulph.......................
OILS.

g<a 10
28<a an
go @ ->5

2 3
 
 

 

 

 

, 

PAINTS

................................!!!!!!!9 00@16 to
7®  8
Bbl
Gal
Whale, winter.......................................” 70
.  70
75
Lard, extra.....................................    ”  63
.  63
68
Lard,No.  1.................................,*,*.*  53
.  E3
58
Linseed, pure  raw................................ ” * 40
42
45
Linseed, boiled.................................. 
  45
.  45
48
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained__ !.""  50
.  50
60
Spirits Turpentine..............................  40
.  40
45
Bbl
„   J  „  
Lb
Red Venetian............................  jv
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........  
iv
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.......... 
lv
3® 3 
Putty, commercial..................  2M
2H@ 3 
Putty, strictly pure..................  2jJ
2K®  3 
Vermilion, prime Amerioan..
i3@ie 
Vermilion, English..................
55® 58 
Green, Peninsular..-................
16® 17 
Lead, red strictly pure...........
6® 6H 
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
6®  6H 
Whiting, white Spanish..........
@70 
Whiting,  Gilders ......................
@90 
White, Paris American...........
1  10 
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
1 49 
Pioneer Prepared  fa in ts.......
1 20® 1  40 
Swiss Villa Prepare*  Paints..
1  0 0 0 1  20
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VARNISHES.
N° :1 Turp  Coach.................................. 1 io@i 20
Extra  Turp...........................................1  6«@i  70
Coach Body.......................... .................2 75<&3 on
No. 1 Turp Furniture............................l (£¡@1 io
Extra Turk  Damar...............................i  55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1  Turp.....................   70®  75
APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

O u s l i m a n ’s

MENTHOL  INHALER

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

Neuralgia,  H ay  Fever,  Asthma, Bron­

chitis,  Sore  Throat  and  Severe 

Colds, stands without an equal.

Air  M entholized by passing through the Inhaler- 
tube. in which th e P ure  C rystals o t M enthol are 
held- thoroughly applies this  valuable  rem edy  in  the 
m ost  efficient  way,  to   the  p arts  affected.  I t   sells 
read ily,  AlwaTS keep an open Inhaler in your store, 
and let your custom ers try  it.  A  few  inhalations  will 
not h u rt the Inhaler, and will do more  to dem onstrate 
its efficiency than a half hour’s talk.  R eta il price 
5 0   cen ts.  F er Circulars and  Testimonials address 

H .  D.  C ushm an,  T hree  R ivers,  Alioh. 

Trade supplied by

H azeltin e 8c Perkins  D rug Co., G’d R apids, 
And W holesale D ruggists of D etroit and Chicago;

T ANSY  GAPSULEC

H  THE  LATEST  DISCOVERY.  W  
Dr.  Lapnrle’s  Celebrated  Preparation, Safe  and 
Indispensable  to  L A D I E S . 
Always  R eliable. 
CALUMET  CHEMICAL  CO.,  Chicago, Mention 
this paper.

S en d   4   cents  far  S ealed   Circular.

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

4a  and 44  Ottawa  Street and  89,  91,

93 and  95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS  OF

MANUFACTURERS  OF

t  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­
tions,  Flail  Extracts  aai 

Elixirs

GENERAL WHOLESALE AGNTS FOB

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

ALSO  FOR  THE

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

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Weatherly’s Michip Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remed’r 

of the kind on the market.

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

Wine and Lianor Department

_  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 —tft- 
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  PURE  GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE &  CO.’S

Henderson  Co., Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashionod 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

W H IS K E Y .

We 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.  We 
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis­
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has 
been assured.

We are also owners of the

Druggists’  Favorite  Eye,

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

Gins, Brandies & Fine WinetL

We 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  % t 

such asPatent  Medicines,

Etc., we invite your correspondence.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our specis 

and personal attention.

Hazeltine 

& Perkins 

Drug Co.

PRESERVE  these  ADVERTISEMENTS 134  to  142 Bast Pulton St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Brown  Dresden.

Moss  Rose.

ENGLISH TOILET SETS

FOR  FUTURE  REFERENCE.

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

BY A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

W ritten Especially for T he  Tradesman.

“ B1  thunder!”  said  my  cockney  friend 
'Hodges,  the  other  day,  after  a  customer 
bad paid for a pound of tea  and  a  dollar’s 
worth  of  coffee  and  made  his 
exit, 
•*b’  thunder!  you  Hamerlcan  Shopkeepers 
are halways grumbling and growling habout 
*«rd  times  and dull trade and hall that sort 
of thing, you know,  and I hoften think that 
Fd like to put some hof you hinto  trade  In 
the working districts of Hingland.”

“ Why so, Hodges?”
"So,  b’  thunder,  you’d  happreciate  the 
m an who pays you a dollar’n-a-alf  for  two 
harticle8 of groceries.  Wy,  wen  I  was  a 
lad, I  used to ’elp my huncle in the  grocery 
trade, and ninety-nine customers  hout  of  a 
’undred used to keep  their  tea  and  coffee 
fain  one  and 
two  hounce  lots.  You’d 
laugh at dividing a bar  of  soap  or  selling 
’alf  a  candle,  but  the  Hinglish  grocer 
wouldn’t, you know.  Then,  your packages 
hof soda and starch and the  like’d do a ’eap 
of good hamong folks  that buy such things 
by the penny and  ha’  pennyworth;  and,  I 
believe b’thunder,  there’d be a revolution in 
the hold country,  hif  smokers  ’ad  to  get 
their tobacco in packages like  the  Harneri- 
cans.”

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I  think, on recollection, that  the  Ameri­
can trader is too often an habitual grumbler 
and chronic croaker  and  fault-finder.  The 
trouble with him is that he voluntarily loads 
himself down with too many cares and mis­
givings.  He has  the  weather, 
the  crops, 
the finances of the country,  State  and  Na­
tional legislation, the criminal calendar, the 
labor problem and numerous other  weighty 
matters  to  grapple  with.  He  looses  his 
adverdupois in worying over coming fires; the 
untamed cyclone  of  the  West  demoralizes 
his nervous system; new  competing points, 
induced by  new  lines of  railroad, threaten 
him with disaster and bankruptcy, and, not­
withstanding his proverbial ambition,  push 
and nervous energy, he  is  more  liable  to 
paint his future black  than  rose  colored— 
as witness, for  instance,l Soliman  Snooks’s 
melancholy  forebodings  over  his  future 
business prospects.

Soliman’s  insight  into  the  future,  by 
proxy, as related in a recent paper, although 
it appears at  first  glance  a  little  extrava­
gant, may,  after  all,  be  prophetic.  When 
a Michigan legislator will  deliberately  and 
gravely propose an enactment  making  it  a 
.criminal offense to  sell  a  box  of  matches 
without a poison and antidote label  thereon 
and when another advocates a law that will 
render the giving or  selling* of  tobacco  in 
any form to a minor a felony and when still 
another tries to tack on an  amendment to a 
liquor legislation bill declaring cider in  any 
form  an  intoxicating  beverage,  we  have 
reasonable cause for fearing that the  crank 
element  may,  eventually,  by  some  mis­
chance, assume control of  our  law-making 
affairs; and if this should ever, unfortunate­
ly, come to pass,  the obsolete “Blue  Laws” 
of Connecticut would sink into  obscurity in 
the matter of absurdity. 
I am  not  one  of 
those who would argue for  a  moment  any 
infraction on the  reasonable  prejudices  or 
opinions of others. 
If Mr.  Slimmer regards 
Sunday as a day of exceptional holiness and 
sanctity and I don’t, the latter fact gives me 
no excuse for  disturbing  Mr.  S’s  Sabbath I 
meditations. 
If Farmer Snow  requests  me 
not to sell his twenty-year-old  boy  any  to­
bacco,  I shall cheerfully  go  to  the  trouble 
and expense of obliging him. 
If my neigh­
bor Slawson thinks a cup of coffee little less !
n a deadly poison, I shall  not  insist  on j 
his purchasing the article  or  even  ridicule j 
him for his hobby when he sits at my table; 
but I don't want Slimmer to  make it a mis­
demeanor for me to  read undenominational 
books  on Sunday  or Snow  to brand me  as a 
criminal because of my after-breakfast cigar 
» r  Slawson to have me indicted for selling his 
d d  father a pound of coffee. 
I am willing 
I d let  people  ride  their  hobbies  to  their 
faeart’s content,  if they don’t intrude on  my 
bailiwick. 
I concede to cranks  the right to 
advocate absurd  and  utopian  theories  for 
Bw» government of mankind, but  I  want  it J 
done outside of the halls of legislation.

This  pattern  is  the  latest 
low price style in the market. 
There is nothing so good as it 
offered  by  any  other  house.
Try a sample package of it, 
as per our Catalogue, or a few 
sets  alone  as  samples.  We 
will  sell  any  number  of 
pieces.

DINNER  SETS.

102 Pieces,  -  List Price,  $12.00 
16.50
129 

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Write for Special  Prices.

been characterized by any excessive amount 
of connectiveness or cohesiveness.  They re­
semble,  somewhat,  Deacon  Brown’s  bear 
story, which branched off into a  deer story, 
a fish story and innumerable  other  stories, 
and was never known to be finished;  and  I 
suspect this paper is about the worst of  the 
number.  1  surmise,  moreover,  that,  not­
withstanding  my  remarks  about  hobby 
riders,  1 have a  hobby  myself  and  that  it 
is the subject of Fool Legislation.

Tiger Oil  challenges the  v orld of  medi­
cines for an equal to cure  diseases  in man 
or beast.
GERMAN  |L,  Wmternitz,
MUSTARD. ¡Grand  Rapids, Mich
MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER

106 K en t St.

_  

No 

The  m ost  practical 
hand  R oaster  in  the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—(riving  satisfac­
tion.  They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  pearnuts  to   per­
fection.
Send  for  circulars

Bolt. S. West,

150 L ong St., 
Cleveland, Ohio

I have affirmed, in substance, in this paper 
th a t  the American trader croaks  too  much,  I 
and perhaps I  am  proving  it  by  my  own 
language;  but,  if there is anything eminent­
ly calculated to induce this habit,  it  is  the J 
actions of a portion  of  the  biennial  gangs : 
whom the people elect to misrepresent them. 
Take one subject as  an  illustration  of  thej 
singular want of brain capacity among  cer­
tain members of the present Michigan  Leg­
islature. 
It is conceded  by  uineteen-twen-1 
tiethsof  the  educated  physicians  of  the 
country that alcoholic liquors are almost in­
dispensable in the preparation of medicines. 
It is further conceded  by  all  sensible  and 
observing people that at least  four-fifths  of | 
the  druggists  of  Michigan  have  always 
handled 
them  carefully,  conscientiously 
and lawfully,  and yet there were  found  in j 
the House  of  Representatives  at  Lansing 
nearly  two  score  “statesmen”  who  put 
themselves  upon  record  as  believing  that 
«very pharmacist in the State was either  an 
open or a disguised saloonist.  Such an insult 
to  a  numerous,  reputable  and  intelligent 
body of business men seems almost incredi- 
ble,but the libeled individuals have the same 
consultation  as  the  Irishman  who  was
kicked by the mule.

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My articles in The T radesman have not

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,

Gilt  Edge,

Matchless,

Lily White,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

OUR  SPECIALTIES: 

Meal.  Bolted  Meal.  Coarse  Meal,  Bran, 

Gold Medal, 
Graham.
Buckwheat  Flour.  Rye  Flour,  Granulated 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed. 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Write for Prices.

BRIGHTEN
WITH NEW GOODS

Your Stock

We  show  herewith  our  latest  importa­

tions in new patterns of

Decorated Crockery

for TEA  and  DINNER  SERVICES.  Pat­
terns which will freshen up all  stocks, and 
at prices  which are  greatly  reduced  from 
those  of any  previous  season.  These  re­
present

DIEECT  PUBCHASES

of our Mr. Leonard who has just  returned 
from English markets.

The  list  prices  named  serve  only  as  a 
guide, as w© give liberal  discounts  to bona 
fide retailers of our lines. 
If you have not 
received our  CROCKERY  CATALOGUE, 
we shall be glad  to  forward it on  applica­
tion, and would be especially glad to show 
our  immense  assortment  in  our  Fulton 
Street  Stores.

ZEj.  Jb*1 A. X_j I_j A. S,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

Cold Storage in Connection.  All Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention.

We Handle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” Oysters.

- 

No. 1 Egg Crates  for Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 cents each.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

217 and 219 Livingstone Street, 

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

AGENTS  FOR THE

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  HOME  YEAST  CAKE

Absolutely the Best and Purest ever put upon the Market. 

SELLS ON  ITS  MERITS.

The Home Yeast Cakes are put up in two sizes  (packages)  cartons.

No.  1.
No. 2.

Large size, 36 packages, or cartons,  per case,  81.50. 
Smaller “  36 
1.00.

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N.  is.— A sk your w holesale grocer for th e HOME  YEAST  CAKE.

THE  HOME  YEAST  CAKE  CO.
S H O W   -  C A S E S .

Dealers w i l l  
find  it  to their 
advantage 
t o 
c o r r e s p o n d  
with  us,  as  we 
are in the  posi­
tion to make  A 
No.  1  goods  at 
the  lowest pos-
_   C o r re sp o n d ­
ence 
solicited 
from  the  job­
bing trade rela- 
tivetopremium 
cases.

»  sible prices.

Gold Band  !  Sprig

Both  of  the  above 
patterns  carried  in 
open stock.  Both have 
gold  edges  and  han­
dles and are of the fin­
est English goods.
102 piece Dinner Set, Moss 

Rose, 

-  List price,  $14.50

129 piece Dinner Set, Moss 

Rose, 

-  List prise, 

20.00

102 piece Dinner Set,  Gold 

Band and Sprig, list price  12.00

129  piece Dinner Set,  Gold 

Band and Sprig, list price  15.90

102 piece Dinner Set, Lustre 

Band and Sprig, list price  8.75

129 piece Dinner Set, Lustre 

Band and Sprig, list price  14.50

HEMLOCK  BARK!

WANTED.

The undersigned will  pay  the high­
est  market  price  for  HEMLOCK 
BARK  loaded  on  board  cars  at  any 
side track on the G. R. & I. or  C. & W. 
M. Railroads.  Correspondence  solicit­
ed.

N.  B.  CLARK,

101 Ottawa St., 

Grand Rapids.

ASK  YOUR  JOBBER
Mepient 01 Co.’s

FOR

KEROSENE

If your Jobber does  not han­
dle INDEPENDENT  OIL, send 
your orders direct to  the  office 
of  the  Company,  156  South 
Division St., Grand Rapids.

SEEDS

For the Fiel! aal Garden.

71 Canal Street,

Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden 

Seeds in Bulk.

Medium Clover,

Mammoth  Clover,

Alsike Clover,

Alfalfa Clover,

W hite Dutch Clover, 

Timothy,

Red Top,

Blue Grass,

Orchard Grass,

Hungarian Grass, 
C o m m o n  Millet, 
Flax Seed.

German Millet, 

'‘PIiORAL  V IE W ”  PATTERN.
Ten Piece Sets Consist  of  Complete  Set without  Slop Jar. 

Twelve Piece Sets include Slop Jar.

It

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Brown, Pink or Blue, “Floral View,” 10 pcs., List price, $3  OO
5  50
3  OO
5  50
4  OO
7  OO

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W rite to us for Special Prices.

12  “
10  “
“Daisy,”
12  “
“Mayflower,” 10  “
12  “

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Handsomely Decorated ‘Waverly’

GOLD  EDGE
NEW   SQUARE  SH A PE.  ON  STONE  PORCELAIN  BODY.

This rich pattern is carried in open stock  and can be sold in any  quantity. 

It is an 
entirely new style with fine yellow and pink ilowers,  and is the nobbiest and neatest pat­
tern out for 1887. 100 piece Dinner Set, List price, $20.
pleased to quote same.

We  also  have  this  pattern in Assorted  Packages, containing 2 sets,  and would be 

METAL  B R A N D
R E A D Y   R O O F I N G

TWO  AND  THREE  PLY

Waterproof, Durable and Economical,

OVER  7,500,000  SQUARE  FEET APPLIED IN 1886.

Curtiss & Dunton,

GB.AJVD  T=l A FT PS. 

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-  M IO H .

MOSELEY

WHOLESALE

Fruits, Seeds,  Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

If you are in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota­

26,28,30  &  32  Ottawa  Street, 

toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

Best  in  the  Market  for the  Money.

GRAND  RAPIDS.
HONEY  BEE  COFFEE!
pow der,
princesT
BEE MILLS’  SPICES

baking 

EQUAL  TO  THE  BEST  MADE.

A b s o lu te ly   P u r e .

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Address 

AMBRICA1T  S H O W   C A S S

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2 7  iia ls.e  S tre e t, C laloago.

Send for Catalogue and prices.

HIRTH  <&  KPLA.TTSE,

HldsSy  Furs  ^   Tallow,

DEALERS  IN

P rom pt returns m ade on C onsignm ents.

1 1 8  C a n a l St., G r a n d  R a p id » .

L. M. CARY.

CAR'S* 

L.  L.  LOVE RIDGE.

A  LOVERIDCE,

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

Fixa and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,

11 Ionia Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Mich

