YOL.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  31,  1887.

NO. 206.

Tradesman.

2 > U

POTATOES.

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

Wm.  H.

Reference

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

COAL and WOOD.
101 Ottawa St., Ledyard Block.

E. A. HAMILTON,  Agt.,

Telephone 909—1 R.

SHERWOOD  HOUSE.
-  MICH.
CHARLOTTE, 

The Traveling Men's Favorite.

- 

Re fitted and Re-furnished.

Sample Rooms on First Floor.

First-Class In all its Appointments.
M. F. BELGER, Proprietor.

TH E  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMRN
Watch fiate 

a  Jeweler,
44  CANAL  8Y„
fM ,
Grand Rapids,  ■ 
CHARLES  A.  COYE,

Successor to

A. Coye & Son,

DEALER IN

AWNINGS | TENTS

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Flags & Banners made to order.

Wide Ducks, etc.
GRAND RAPIDS.
- 

73 CANAL ST.. 

TH E  DIAMOND  CUFF-BUTTON.

Written Especially for The  Tradesman.

Tom Hester was a  farmer’s  son, 

living 
among the hills of  Massachusetts.  One of 
a large family,  the  resources of  the  farm, 
which seemed to  grow  nothing  so well as 
rocks and thistles,  were sadly taxed to feed 
and clothe the youthful Hesters.

Tom had been  brought  up to the hardest 
of labor, going to  the  “deestrick”  school 
only when the frosts and snows  of  winter 
covered the earth,  and  there  was no work 
at home.  The  greatest  difficulty Tom ex­
perienced was in  procuring  the  necessary 
books from  which  to  extract  knowledge; 
but,  by dint of extra work  for  neighboring 
farmers,  necessitating  the  endurance of a 
great  many  hardships,  he at last  contrived 
to ■purchase a few of the most necessary.

There was nothing  particularly  fascinat­
ing about Tom.  He  vfas  simply  a  great, 
awkward  country  boy,  his  face  covered 
with a multitude of freckles  and sunburned 
with the heat  of  fourteen  summers.  His 
clothes — of  homespun  material — never 
seemed to strike the right  spot on his angu­
lar frame,  albeit the  neighbors’  boys,  who 
had nothing better, contrived to put on con­
siderable  style  at  the  corn-huskings  and 
dances of the surrounding country.

Among all the boys in  the  school,  none 
were so much  derided  and  laughed  at as 
poor  Tom.  At  the  same time,  there was 
an  under-current  of  respect  for  hinr  that 
over-balanced all his mirth-producing quali­
ties.  Rude aud uncultured as he was, there 
was still a latent nobility in  his  character, 
which,  if guided  in  the  proper  channel, 
would mark  Tom  Hester as a man of rare 
attainments in after life.

And so Tom struggled  on.  His greatest 
ambition was to acquire knowledge, and the 
country  school-teacher  saw 
in  Tom  a 
chance for development  that  should not be 
neglected.  He  loaned  him  books and pe­
riodicals,  and these Tom  eagerly devoured, 
using time for  his  studies  which  should 
properly  have  been  spent  in  sleep.  His 
talents ran in the way  of  mathematics and 
penmanship.  Those  great red hands could 
cipher out some of the most  difficult  prob­
lems or execute  written  copies for his less 
talented  companions in a  manner that was 
truly astonishing.

His parents could  not,  understand  Tom. 
They had attended a country school in their 
youthful days, had received a smattering of 
the learning,  aud the scorifications of a large 
number of birch rods,  and this had  sufficed 
for  their  simple  needs.  Why  must that 
great, awkward Tom—their own boy—want 
something better than the  parents who had 
nursed him?

Two  years  passed  in  this  way.  Tom 
worked on the farm,  often  receiving  con­
dign punishment for  holding the plow with 
one hand and trying to  study a book in the 
other;  while his brother, who guided the ox­
en, was never so happy as when  opportuni­
ty offered to  “tell dad,” and get  Tom  into 
difficulty.

At last,  Tom could stand  this life no lon­
ger.  He had heard of  the  great  cities in 
which a boy willing to work  could  rapidly 
advance  himself,  and ho  determined to go 
there—to run away,  if  necessary.  A thun­
derbolt could have created no  greater  con­
sternation in the Hester  family than  when 
Tom,  in a trembling,  shame-faced way,  an­
nounced  his  determination.  His  father 
stormed and swore that the boy  would nev­
er  amount  to  anything,  but  his  meek, 
hard-worked  mother had  talked the matter 
over with  Tom and had  given her  consent 
to his venture and had even  promised to in­
tercede with his father.  So,  when  the old 
man had calmed down a little, she took him 
one side and argued the  matter  with  him; 
showed him that Tom had talents that neith­
er of them possessed,  and, in  short,  it  was 
decided that Tom should follow his own in­
clinations.  Much as Tom had  reckoned on 
going, when the actual hour of  his  depart­
ure was at hand, his heart failed him.  Six­
teen years of his  life had been passed in the 
home of his parents, and  when the thought 
arose of what he was parting from it brought 
the tears to his eyes.

However, by an  effort  he  regained  his 
courage,  bade  his  family  farewell  and 
mounted the stage  that  was  to take him to 
the  railway  station,  sixteen  miles,  from 
which place he would launch himself on the 
tide of life, to battle with its currents alone.
True,  he  had  no  thought  but  that  he 
should prosper.  What boy,  starting  out as 
Tom did,  would allow a  thought  of  failure 
to dim the bright  panorama  of  success so 
clearly depicted to his mental vision?

His  clothes  were  new  and  whole,  al­
though of rough  material,  and in his  bun­
dle,  safely stowed on the seat  beside  him, 
was another suit,  not new  but good enough 
for work, 
together  with  his shirts,  a few 
knick-knacks  and  his  mother’s  bible,  all 
carefully  packed  and  perfumed with the 
tears of parting with her darling boy.

He  thought  he  would be able to live for 
some time,  even if he got nothing to do,  for 
his purse contained  the  enormous  sum,  to 
him, of five bright silver dollars, scraped to­
gether by his sacrificing  mother,  who  had 
denied herself  a good many  actual  neces­
sities that Tom might have it.

But now the station at  Duxbury  was in

view,  and Tom had only  time to get on the 
train before it  steamed  away,  and he was 
riding, for the first time,  on a railway.

He was  frightened  at  first,  but,  as the 
other passengers seemed perfectly at home, 
his misgivings  forsook  him,  and  he gave 
himself  up to the  enjoyment of  the novel 
situation.

But  finally  the  train  steamed  into  the 
great depot at Boston,  and Tom found him­
self  hustled  about  in  such  a crowd,  and 
amid such  noise and  confusion  as he had 
never dreamed could exist,  short of  Pande­
monium.  He was sadly  confused  and  did 
not know which way to turn;  when,  espy­
ing a  man in a blue  uniform,  who he knew 
must be one of the police  of  which he had 
read,  he asked the way to  a lodging  house.
The policeman,  a kindly  sort of  fellow, 
saw at a glance  that  Tom  was  a country 
lad,  and, directing him to a  respectable but 
cheap house, gave him a  word  of  advice in 
regard to trusting strangers and letting any­
one beat him.  Tom  thanked  him  for bis 
counsel, but hardly  thought  he  needed it. 
He had a strong pair of arms and thought he 
could defend himself anywhere.

Tom  hurried on up the  street, and soon 
found the hotel to which  he  had  been di­
rected.  The  landlord  was  accustomed  to 
guests of Tom’s  description,  and  after he 
had paid  three  dollars for a week’s board, 
advised him to leave  his money in his care, 
where it would be safe.  But  Tom,  deter­
mined to rely on  himself,  decided to carry 
it,  which piece of  foolishness  he was des­
tined to repent most bitterly.

After  supper,  Tom  started  out  to  see 
some of the sights of a  great  city.  Every­
thing was new  and  strange  to  him.  He 
wandered on,  gazing in  open-mouthed as­
tonishment  at  the brilliantly-lighted  shop 
windows, wondering if  all the  people who 
were hurrying by had a definite idea of what 
they were after,  and  becoming  very much 
impressed with the  grandeur  of all he saw.
Turning a corner,  he  came  upon a sight 
that,drove all else from his mind.  Here, in 
the midst of all this bustle  and  noise, was 
a building—a  large,  wooden  tenement—on 
fire.  Firemen  were  running  to  and  fro, 
shouting hoarsely to  each  other,  steamers 
were throwing  great  streams of  water on 
the building,  and the  roaring of  the flames 
and the noise of  the crowd  which had col­
lected  made up such a scene  of  confusion 
that it seemed to Tom as  though  he should 
lose his  senses.

As he was  looking  with all  his eyes at 
the burning building,  he  was rudely jostled 
by a crowd of  street  gamins,  a  hand was 
thrust into his  pocket, and,  before he could 
say a word, 
they had  passed  out of sight. 
But that  wasn’t the  worst  of  it.  His pre­
cious two  dollars,  all he  possessed in the 
world, had gone with them!

What should he do?  To follow them and 
try to recover it was impossible!  They had 
gone into  the thickest of the  crowd,  where 
only those used to such scenes could go.

His final  determination was to  return to 
the hotel.  He had a week’s  board  paid in 
advance, and he thought he  should  surely 
find something to do ere the week  was out 
Discouraged and tired  out he  went to bed, 
but the gleams of the  morning sun restored 
his cheerfulness.

Eating a hearty breakfast,  he started out, 
determined to leave no  chance of  employ­
ment untried.  All day he went  from place 
to place asking for work, and all day he got 
the same answer,  “Nothing  for you to do; 
over-run with boys now.”

Each  day  it  was  the  same.  Factories, 
shops, stores—all were  tried,  each with no 
success.  Saturday  night  came.  Tom  had 
done nothing, and on the following Monday 
he would have no place  to  stay; 
for  Tom 
had determined to ask no one for assistance 
—not even the  landlord,  who  would  un­
doubtedly have helped him.

It was  a discouraging  prospect for a lad 
like Tom,  alone,  friendless and penniless in 
a great city.

Monday  came,  and  Tom  searched  for 
work as before, and  with the  same result. 
At night,  after  eating a hearty  supper, for 
he didn’t know when he  should get another 
meal, Tom took his  bundle of  clothes  and 
left his last  shelter.

It was a cold, rainy  night,  but  Tom had 
heard of the bootblacks  and  newsboys who 
slept in boxes and other places fully as bad, 
and determined he  could do the same.  Af­
ter walking around until he was tired,  Tom 
spied a large  dry goods  case in a shadowy 
place, and decided to try that for the night. 
Creeping into the side  of it,  he was  some­
what startled to hear a voice,  sounding hol­
low and weird in the big box:

“Well, cully, de hotel’s full  to-night,  an’ 
de register’s  locked  up  in de safe.  What 
d’ye think ye want,  anyhow?”

Now, that the box might  already have an 
occupant had not occurred to Tom;  but,  de­
termined to put a good  face on the  matter, 
he said:

“I didn’t know there was anyone in here, 
but if you  could  give  me  room to sleep I 
would be very  thankful. 
I am a  stranger 
and have no place to go.”

there!  but  you’re  a  green  ’on!” 
came the response.  “No place to go?  Why, 
dele’s more nor a dozen places w’ich I sleeps 
in!  Bnt eome  on in.  My  parlor  ain’t de

“Hi, 

warmest place in de  world, nor  de dryest, 
but  I  am  de  soul  o’  hospertality.  Walk 
right in an’ make yer twilight!”

Tom,  nothing loth, crawled into the dark, 
dismal hole, and his companion turned over | 
and went to sleep as  peacefully as  though 
on the softest of beds,  while Tom,  from  ut­
ter weariness,  soon followed his example.

Early in the  morning,  before the sun be­
gan to warm the earth,  Tom was awakened 
by his companion shouting in his ear:

“Say!  young  feller,  does  yer  want de 

cops to run yer in fer a vag?”

Tom raised up with a start, aud saw a boy 
of about his own age,  with  dirty face,  rag­
ged clothes and all the concomitants of  the 
typical boot-black,  staring  at  him  from a 
corner of the box.

“Seems yer  ain’t up to  such  hustlin’ as 

this,  be ye?  Jest in from de keutry?”

It was spoken in a  rough  way,  but there 
was something kindly about the gamin, and 
Tom  determined  to ask his help.  He told 
him about  leaving  home,  how he had been 
robbed, and that he had  nothing  to do and 
nothing to eat.

“Wot yer got  in  dat  kick?”  intimating 

Tom’s bundle by a nod.

“My old clothes,” answered Tom.
“Well, I didn’t strike  much  luck yester­
day,  or I’d give yer some grub.  But,  if yer 
wants me  to,  I’ll take de  duds  you’ve got 
on to my uncle’s and  we’ll get  some  grub, 
an’ then I’ll  give  yer a  pointer  where to 
make some more.”

“Will your uncle  give us  something for 
these,  do you think?  Where does lie live?” 
“Oh!  ha! ha! ha!  Where  does  he  live? 

My eye, but you’re green! ”

After Jim, for that  was  all the  name lie 
claimed, had explained to  Tom’s unenlight­
ened  mind  the  fact  that his “uncle” was 
only street slang for pawnbroker, he assent­
ed at once, and in a dark  corner of  the box 
took off his new clothes and donned the old 
suit,  when Jim  made a bundle of  them and 
departed on his errand, telling Tom to wait 
for him on the corner by the box.

In an incredibly  short  space of time Jim 

returned, jingling some coins in his hand.

“De old man was sleepy an’  didn’t come 
down hah’some;  but I knew  ye  wos  hun­
gry, so I didn’t stop  to  higgle.  Wait ’til I 
gits my kit an’ we’ll git some soup.”

After  eating a  hearty  lunch  in a base­
ment,  where the  boot-blacks  were the best 
customers, J im proceeded to give Tom some 
advice:

“Now,  cully,  see here.  You  ain’t got no 
stuff,  ’cept that  quarter I had  left,  an’ that 
won’t buy no box,  so you can’t shine.  Now, 
I’ll tell yer wot to do.  Jes’ go  down  with 
me to de Herald office an’  buy some papers 
an’ hustle  down to de  depot  an’ sell ’em. 
You can earn ’nuff to eat dat way,  anyhow. 
But dere’s  always a  chauce to  pick up odd 
jobs down dere—carryin’ grips an’ sich  like 
—an’ ye can make a good bit some days.” 

So,  Tom,  with  Jim’s  instructions in his 
mind,  went  in  the  direction 
indicated, 
shouting his papers as Jim  had  told  him, 
and by the time  he reached  the  depot had 
sold over half of them.  After he  had closed 
out his stock in trade, Tom  busied  himself 
in  watching  the  arriving  and.  departing 
trains.  So  engrossed  was  he that he did 
not notice a pleasant-looking old gentleman 
who was  beckoning to him,  until a gentle­
man passing called  his  attention.  Tom at 
once hurried up to him,  and asked him if he 
should carry his two  large  satchels  stand­
ing beside him,  to which the gentleman  as­
sented, saying:

“Take them to the carriage,  yonder,  and 
tell the driver to wait till I come,” and then 
turned to enter the depot.  As  he did so he 
gave Tom a quarter. 
Iu reaching into  his 
pocket, in some way his cuff got caught and 
the button—a large diamond,  set  in  gold— 
fell to the platform.

When Tom turned to go he nearly stepped 
on it.  Picking  up  the  valuable  stone  he 
started to find  its owner.  After  searching 
through  the  depot  he  decided  to go and 
stand by the carriage until he came out,  but 
on arriving where the carriage had stood he 
saw it just turning the  corner,  with the old 
gentlemen and a little girl in the seat.

Following  as fast as his. legs  would  car­
ry him,  he saw the  carriage  get blocked in 
the street  The stop  was only momentary, 
however, and  before  Tom  could reach it, 
went on  again.  Tom  followed  as fast as 
he could, but the carriage soon turned a cor­
ner and was lost to view.  Tom  thought he 
had lost it this time, but he hurried on, and, 
as he turned the corner,  saw the old gentle­
man with the little girl  just  going  up the 
steps of a large,  stylish  residence,  and the 
coachman was driving around to the stables 
in the rear.

Tom went up the steps and rang the bell. 
A servant answered his  ring  and,  seeing a 
rough-looking boy,  said:

“Be  off  wid  ye!  We  don’t  feed  no 

thramps here.”

Tom proudly explained to her that he was 
not a tramp,  and  told her he  wanted to see 
the old gentleman who had just gone in.

The girl stepped in and called Mr.  Ames, 
which was the gentleman’s name, who came 
out.  Seeing Tom,  he  supposed he had for­
gotten to pay him for his services;  but Tom 
held out the diamond cuff-button,  and  told 
him how he had tried to overtake him.

“Why!  I hadn’t missed it, and I wouldn’t 
take twice its value for it! ”  exclaimed  Mr. 
Ames.  “Boy, do you kuow how much that 
stone is worth? ”

“I supposed it  was  valuable,  sir;  but I 
don’t know just what it is worth,” answered 
Tom.

“That stone and its  mate cost one  thou­
sand dollars,  and was a present  to me  from 
my wife,  who  died  three  years ago.  For 
that reasou I value them above price.  What 
reward can I offer you for  your  honesty in 
restoring my lost keepsake?”

Here was  Tom’s  opportunity,  and  in a 
confused way he told the  history  of his at­
tempts to find employment, and his  failure, 
and ended by asking  Mr.  Ames if he could 
give him work,  no matter what.

Mr.  Ames  was  one  of  a large firm of 
wholesale grocers,  and the  thought  struck 
him to give Tom a  place  as  errand boy in 
the store.

“Your request is modest, my boy.  You 
deserve much more than you ask.  Come to 
this place,” giving him a card,  “at eight to­
morrow morning,  and I’ll not  forget  you.”
Tom thanked him and went away  with a 
load taken from his mind.  He was  sure of 
work, at any  rate.

He didn’t sell any more  papers  that day, 
but went to the landlord at whose  house he 
had stopped and told him of his  lucky  find 
and  the  work  he  had  secured by it.  On 
hearing the name of Tom’s  benefactor,  the 
landlord told him he was  welcome to  stay 
with him until he had earned something.

Promptly at eight the following  morning 
Tom was at the place  indicated,  and found 
Mr. Ames pt his desk.  Tom was examined 
as to his capabilities and  was at  once set to 
work.  He worked faithfully that  day,  and 
on reaching  the  hotel at  night, to his sur­
prise the  landlord  informed  him that his 
board had been paid and  there  was a pack­
age for him in his room.  Wondering  what 
it could be, Tom  undid  the  wrapper,  and 
there was revealed to his wondering gaze  a 
new suit of clothes,  complete  throughout. 
Pinned  to  the  coat  was a card,  on which 
was  written,  “For  a  young  man  who is 
honest enough to succeed in life.  From his 
friend,  J.  H. Ames.”

Time passed  away.  Tom,  by his careful 
attention to the  duties  assigned  him  and 
his honesty, had won the confidence and es­
teem of his employers,  and  had  advanced, 
in the three years he had been with the firm 
of Ames,  Mead & Co.,  from  errand boy to 
the position of assistant book-keeper.  Nat­
urally quick at figures,  it  had  taken  Tom 
but a short time to  master the art of  keep­
ing books,  and his penmanship was such as 
to cause surprise and wonder  among  those 
with whom he was associated,  and this was 
destined to cause Tom more sorrow than he 
dreamed.

The head  book-keeper  was a nephew of 
Mead, the  junior  partner  of the firm, and 
was trusted  to  an  unlimited  extent.  He 
had almost full control of the  outside  busi­
ness,  and his actions were never questioned.
About  this  time,  matters  began  to  go 
wrong.  Large sums of money were missing 
which could not be accounted  for  satisfac­
torily.  Of  course,  Frank  Matthews,  the 
head book-keeper,  was above all  suspicion. 
But Tom, who was  pretty  shrewd,  did not 
trust him as fully as did  the  firm.  Several 
things he had  discovered  had  put him on 
his guard.  Erasures  had been made iu the 
books and new  entries  substituted  in their 
places, and in one place a leaf had been tom 
out entirely,  but so  carefully as  to  escape 
detection, unless examined closely.

Soon  matters  reached a climax,  and one 
day a check was presented at the bank for a 
large snm.  The  cashier  suspected all was 
not right, and submitted the check to Ames, 
Mead & Co.,  who immediately  pronounced 
it a forgery.

Who  was  the  forger?  Not  Matthews, 
certainly.  He was too well trusted for sus­
picion to attach to him.

Could it be Tom?  No!  Mr. Ames scout­
ed the idea as preposterous.  But Matthews 
wasn’t so positive.  He told his  uncle  that 
he had seen Tom,  time  after  time,  writing 
on scraps of  paper.  Tom  had  invariably 
put them out of  sight on  the  approach of 
anyone, and,  according  to  his  suggestion, 
Tom’s desk  was  searched,  and  there was 
found,  to Mr. Ames’ horror,  proof  positive 
of  Tom’s  guilt.  Sheet  after  sheet  was 
found covered with  fac-similes of the firm’s 
signature, and even on the back of an envel­
ope addressed to Tom  were  two  or  three 
I copies.

The  first  thought  was  to have Tom ar­
rested;  but Mr. Ames  pleaded  hard that he 
might have a chance to confess,  which they 
finally decided to give him.

Mr. Ames called Tom into the private of­
fice the next day,  and,  with  the  proofs of 
the forgery before him,  asked Tom to make 
a clean breast of it.

“I will pay the  amount  out of  my own 
pocket, Tom,” said he,  “and  there is yet a 
chance, tor you to regain your  good  charac­
ter. 
.You have become almost as dear to me 
as a son,  and I would rather  lose  half my 
fortune than that you should be disgraced.”
PBut, my dear sir,  I have nothing to con­
fers.  Although  the  proofs  are  strong 
«gainst me,  1 did not commit  this crime, or 

(Concluded on Eighth Page.)

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 6o  days approval.

Price  $35  per  i,ooo  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.

CEO.  T.  WARREN  S  GO.
FORNITORE TO ORDER.

F lin t,  M1oH.

Anything or everything in the 
line of Special Furniture, inside 
finish of  house,  office  or store, 
Wood  Mantels,  and  contract 
work of any kind made to order 
on short notice and in the best 
manner out of thoroughly dried 
lumber  of  any  kind.  Designs 
furnished when desired.

W est End Pearl St. Bridge.

Wolverine Clair Factory,
WANTED.

Butter, Eggs, Wool, Pota­
toes,  Beans,  Dried  Fruit, 
Apples  and  all  kinds  of 
Produce.
If you have  any  of  the  above  goods  to 
ship, or anything in the  Produce line let us 
hear  trom  you.  Liberal  cash  advances 
made when desired.

Earl Bros.,  Commission Merchants,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F ir st  Na tio n a l  Ba n k ,  Chicago. 
Mic hig an T radesm an. Grand Rapids.

BELKNAP

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W A G O N S !

Logging Carts  and Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermens and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every facility  for  making  first-class  Wagons 
of ail kinds.
|3fr'8pecial  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops on Front St., Omni Rapids, Mich,

S E E D S

M r Seeds a Specialty.
in Michigan.  Don’t Buy un­

The Most Complete Assortment 

til  you get  my prices.

Representing Jas. Ylek, of Rochester.

ALFRED J.BR0WN
16-18 N.Divisioi St.,GrandRapids
HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

T iTC A T H J E R

SHOE  BRUSHES,

SHOE  BUTTONS,

SHOE  POLISH,

ings,  etc.  Write  for Catalogue.

SHOE  LACES.
Heelers, Cork Soles, Button  Hooks,  Dress­
118 Canal Street,  Grand Rapids.
GXXTSZSra ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Iku?gisti, Grasd Rapids, Micb.

J U D D   c t o   O O - ,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

10»  CANAL  STRICKT.

And Full Line Bummer Goods.
W H I P S

ADDRESS

GRAHAM  ROTS,  -  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

166 South Water St., CHICAGO. 

Fk lsen th a l.  Gro ss  &  Mil l e r. Bankers.
V.  R.  STEGLITZ,

Proprietor of

111

Manufacturer of the following popular 

S. & M.

brands:
CRICKET.

ROSADORA.

are solicited to send in a trial order.

V.  R.  S.
Dealers  not  handling  any of above brands 
Mich.
Eaton Rapids,
ASK  YOUR JOBBER
FORMepM Oil Co.’s

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.

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Fermentum!

STATE  AGENT  FOR

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

EATON 1 LYON,

Manufactured by Riverdale Diet. Co.

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

TELEPHONE  566.

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

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

BOOKS,

20 and 22  fonroe St., Grand Bands, Mioh.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 46 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO 

CHEMICALS.

Orders  by  Mail  and  Express Promptly At­

tended  to.

PAINT.

We have a full stock of this well-known 
M Z Z S D   FAX ITT
and having sold it for over .SIX YEARS can 

brand of

recommend it to our  customers as  be­

ing a First Class  article.  We sell it

On the  Manufacturers’  Guarantee:

When two or more coate of our PIONEER PRE­
PARED PAINT  ie applied as received In original 
packages, and if within  three years it should crack or 
peel off. thus failing to  give  satisfaction, we  agree to 
re-paint the  building  at  our  expense,  with  the  best 
White Lead or  such other paint as the  owner  may se­
lect.  In  case  of  complaint,  prompt  notice  must  be 
given to the dealer.

T. H.  NEVIN  A CO..

Mfrs. & Corroders of Pure White Lead.

Pittsburg, Pa.

Write for prices and Sample Card  to

Wholesale  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

Try  FOLISHINA, best FurnituroFin- 

ish made.

I What do you think of this?  While in conver­
sation  with  Wm. M. Dale,  one of  the largest 
druggists IngChicago,  we  were  surprised  to 
learn that he had sold over one and a half mil­
lion of Tansill’s  Punch 6c. cigars  and that the 
quality gets better ail the tíme.  The  demand 
continues to increase.  Let us tell you, if you 
want to sell s  cigar  that your  customers  will 
be pleased with, the sooner you order Tinsill’s 
Punch the better.—Independent Grocer.

Are State Agents for

Frederick  the  Great

CIGAR.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Represented  by the  Giant,

Mr.  Christopher  *Sparling.

Proprietors of the

COOK  &  PRINZ,
Valley City Show Case Mf¡r. Co.,
SHOW  CASKS.

Manufacturers of

Prescription Cases and Store Fixtures

OF  ALL  KINDS.
SEND FOR CATALOGUES,
SEND  FOR  ESTIMATES.

38 West Bridge SL Grand Eapiils.
HEMLOCK  BARK!

Telephone 374.

WANTED.

The undersigned will  pay,  the high­
est  market  price  for  HEMLOCK 
B A SK   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
HENRY  J.  HARTMAN,

FOUNDER,

GRAY IRON CASTINGS A SPECIALTY.

Send for Estimates.

7X South  Front St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

^ PLACE to secure a thorough 
and useful education is at the 
Gr a n d Ra p id s (Mich.) B u s i­
n e ss Co lleg e,  write for Coir 

ltat Journal.  Address. C. G. 8WENSBERG.

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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Despairing  of  receiving  any  assistance 
from the local Board of  Health or its  pure 
ly  theoretical  Health  Officer, 
the  Retail 
I Groceis’ Association  of  Grand  Rapids  has 
I wisely decided to take the question of adul-
RETAlli  TRADE  OE  THE  WOLVERINE  STATE. I terations in its own  hands  and will accord­
ingly appeal to the Common Council for the
appointment of an  Inspector  of  Meats  and 
Vegetables,  said officer  to  have  full  police 
power.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   wishes  the  As­
sociation  success  in  its  attempt  to  curtail 
the sale of decayed vegetables  and  adulter­
ated goods of all kinds.

Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
A 1 vertlsing rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 31,  1887.

B.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

ENGLISH  VS.  IRISH.

The statistics of immigration show an in­
crease from  328,995 to  484,116.  Germany 
sent  nearly  a  fourth,  and  England  and 
Wales surpassed Ireland.  As matters have 
gone for years  past,  there  must be a very 
large body of Englishmen residing in Amer­
ica.  Some of the English newspapers have 
referred  to this  fact  with  the hope  that 
American  politicians  would soon find it at 
least as necessary to conciliate the British as 
the Irish vote.  This ignores  the  peculiari­
ties of this British  immigration.  When an 
Englishman  comes to  America,  he  either 
gives up his interest in his  native  country, 
or he does not become naturalized at all.  It 
is estimated that  there  are forty  thousand 
English and Scotch  residents  of Massachu­
setts who never have  declared their  inten­
tions of becoming  American  citizens,  and a 
movement is on foot to naturalize them in a 
lump,  so that they  may  retaliate upon the 
Irish for such treatment  as they received in 
celebrating the  Queen’s  Jubilee in Faneuil 
Hall.  Similarly,  New  York  swarms with 
this kind of British residents,  and with un­
naturalized Irish Protestants  besides.  The 
whole  importing  trade,  as it  is  called,  is 
mainly in their hands; that is, they are com­
mission agents for British and  Scotch'hous­
es.  They do not assume  the  responsibility 
of American  citizenship,  because they gen­
erally  have  no  intention  of  making  this 
country their home.  Like the Chinese, the 
Hungarians and the  Italians,  they come to 
make some  money and  take it home  with 
them.  They strike no root in America, and 
have no sympathy with American ideas,  al 
though they  indulge in very7 tall talk about 
their American  experiences  when they go 
»back to the old country.

The latest  class  to  catch  the  “combina­
tion” fever is the  gossamer  manufacturers, 
who met at New  York  last  Thursday  and 
organized the Gossamer Manufacturers’ As­
sociation,  which  includes  every  manufac­
turer of the kind in the  country.  An  iron­
clad agreement as to prices was entered into, 
which includes an immediate increase of  25 
per cent,  in the price of cheap goods.

AMONG  TH E TRADE.
GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Jennings  &  Smith  have  moved  to  their 

new location on Louis street.

Hirth & Krause are  getting  out  a  sixty 
page illustrated catalogue of  the  goods car 
ried by them 

N.  B.  Godfrey has engaged in the grocery 
business at the  corner  of  Hall  and  South 
Division streets.

Chas. Putnam has engaged in the grocery 
business  at  Twin  Lake.  Arthur  Meigs & 
Co. furnished the stock.

C. Ainsworth  has  moved  his  grain  and 
produce business from 82 to 76 South Divis­
ion street, corner of Oakes street

Olney,  Shields  &  Co.  have  foreclosed 
their mortgage on the O. Ball grocery stock 
at Morley, and removed  the  stock  to  this 
city.

Bert.  VanderVeen  has  engaged  in the 
hardware business on West  Leonard street. 
The stock was furnished by Foster,  Stevens 
&  Co.  and the Black Hardware Co

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   has  made  a  careful 
enumeration of  the retail grocery  stores  in 
Grand Rapids  and  finds  there  are  exactly 
204 places in  this city  where  groceries  are 
sold,

Wm.  Harrison, proprietor of the Harrison 
Wagon Works,  is  erecting  a store building 
at the corner of Alpine  avenue  and North 
street,  which he will occupy  with a grocery 
stock.

Cole & Grove  have  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery and boots and shoes ot Tustin.  Cody, 
Ball,  Barnhart  &  Co.  furnished  the  gro­
ceries and Rindge,  Bertsch & Co. the  boots 
and shoes.

Geo.  Oliver and O.  O.  Osborn have  form 
ed a copartnership under the firm  name  of 
Oliver & Osborn,  and engaged  in  the  drug 
business at the corner  of  Madison  avenue 
and Hall street

Robert Gleason has purchased  an interest 
in the grocery business of H.  Kruse, corner 
of Fifth and Stocking  streets,  and the two 
will continue the business under the style of 
Kruse &  Gleason.

Gerrit Berkhof has sold his  grocery busi­
ness at the comer  of  West  Leonard  and 
White streets to John  Harkema,  who  will 
continue the  business.  Mr.  Berkhof  will 
study for the ministry

S. A.  Holt  has  sold  his  interest  in  the 
grocery firm of Holt & Smith,  at 670 Cherry 
street, to Bart  Linderman,  late  of  the gro 
eery  firm  of  Linderman  &  Westenburg, 
The  new  firm  name  is  Smith  &  Linder­
man. 

_______

Most of the details attending the organiz­
ation of the new Building  and  Loan  Asso­
ciation have been arranged, and the remain­
ing preliminary work will probably be com­
pleted by the end of the  present  week. 
It 
is proposed to organize under the new  law, 
making the capital $2,000,000,  divided  into 
series.  Those wishing to take stock in  the 
first series can be accommodated by leaving 
their names at T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office  or 
with M. M.  Houseman,  in the new  House 
man building

The Irish  immigrants  generally are very 
'different from this.  They throw themselves 
into our political  life  with  the  energy of 
natural politicians.  They  evince  their en- 
ti re‘competency to mauage  their own coun­
try7 under Home Rule, by7 managing the land 
of their adoption to an extent fully  propor 
tional to their  numbers and  their  wealth. 
And with this they combine a vivid and un­
selfish 
interest in the  welfare of  their na­
tive land,  which Americans  grumble at and 
respect at the same time. 
It is this which 
makes the Irish in  America  outweigh even 
more than they  outnumber  the British im­
migrant^  And  many  of  the  latter  are 
heartily in sympathy with  the Irish people 
on all  Irish questions. 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
never heard more  fervent  condemnation of 
England’s Irish policy  than  from  English 
and Scotch residents in America.  Their re­
moval to surroundings where the parish pre 
judices of home are not  in  the  atmosphere 
enables them to  appreciate  the  infamy of 
keeping  a people  starving and  dependent 
upon the alms of the world.

The naturalization  movement in  Massa­
chusetts is  under the  direction of  certain 
English and Scotch societies, who have held 
a conference. 
It is said that they expect to 
add some 6,000  voters to the  election  lists 
within a year.  But  every  such  voter will 
be obliged to take oath before his naturaliz­
ation that for the  three  years  previous to 
his naturalization  he has  had the  intention 
of becoming a citizen.  How many7 of these 
British  residents  will be  able to swear to 
that?  And is there not,  as in  such  cases 
generally,  a looseness about the counting of 
noses,  which will lead to  some  disappoint­
ment when the results are all in?

The readers of the T he T radesm an will 
bear witness to the fact that this  journal  is 
not in the habit of bragging about either  its 
circulation or its contents,  so that  a  trifling 
deviation  from  the  general  policy  of  the 
paper will be pardonable at this time.  T he 
T radesm an is now  on  the  shady  side  of 
5,000 paid circulation,  and from present  in­
dications that figure will be  reached  before 
the end  of  the  present  year. 
In  point  of 
original contents,  T he T radesm an is  also 
proud of the record it is making as the most 
widely-quoted trade journal in  the  country. 
Its  paid  contributors  are  men  of  large 
business experience,  as  well  as  writers  of 
good repute,  and to their  work  may  be  at­
tributed in no small degree,  the  remarkable 
success  attending  the  publication  of  the 
paper. 

________________

The only case of cheese poisoning  report­
ed  in  Michigan  this  year,  so  far  as  T he 
T radesm an has heard, occurred at a  grain 
threshing  at  Clarendon,  Calhoun  county, 
one day last week.  Several  were  severely 
ill,  but as is always the  case,  no  one  died. 
Considering the  extreme  heat  which  pre­
vailed  during  June  and  July,  rendering 
much of the milk  received  at  the  factories 
really  unfit 
for  the  manipulation  of  the 
cheese maker,  it is a matter of surprise that 
more cases of poisoning have not  occurred.

It is evident that the friends of a uniform 
bankruptcy law will make a concerted effort 
to secure  the enactment  of  such  a  measure 
at the coming session  of  Congress.  As  on 
previous  attempts  to  secure  such  leg\sla 
tion,  it will probably be found that the pres­
sure  for  a uniform  insolvency  law  conges 
mainly from the  Eastern  States, while  th" 
West and South will generally oppose it

ABOUND  THE  8TATE.

Detroit—John Schroeder succeeds Schroe- 

for a stave mill.

der & Co. in the grocery business.

Wayland—W.  H.  Bartholomew  has  pur­
chased the grocery stock of Melzer Headley.
Bonanza—Hunter & Sargent  the Saranac 
hardware dealers,  will put in a branch store 
here.

Plainwell—Smith  &  Ingraham  recently 
shipped a carload of produce to  Sault  Ste. 
Marie.

Six Lakes—Wm. Wood is erecting a two- 
story store building for the reception  of  his 
drug business.

Twin  Lake—Chas.  Putnam,  the  grocer, 
has been  appointed  postmaster, vice  W.  F. 
Odion,  resigned.

Ionia—Klingenberg & Slowinski  succeed 
in  the  merchant 

Klingenberg  &  Wagar 
tailoring business.

Bonanza—H.  Van Allen & Co.  are build­
ing a store which they will  occupy  with  a 
book and stationery stock.

Manton—LaBar & Cornwell,  the Cadillac 
millers  and  grocers,  will  open  a  branch 
grocery store here this week.

Charlevoix—The style of the  firm  which 
has bought Perry Weed’s drug stock is Fred 
A.  Cochran & Co.,  the  “Co”  being  C.  B. 
Cochran, of Philadelphia.

Homer—Geo.  H. French & Co. have  sold 
their general stock to Guy  Anderson,  who 
will continue the business.  Mr. French has 
done business in the same  store  for  thirty 
nine years continuously.

Otter  Lake—Our  business  men will give 

$2,000 bonus for a flouring mill.

West  Bay City—Oxford  parties  contem­
plate starting a grist mill here.
Mt.  Pleasant—The barrel heading factory j 
at this place will soon start up.
West  Harrisville—Cowley  &  Lott  have) 

bought the Pierson shingle mill.

Midland—William  Patrick  is  rebuilding 
his salt block which  was recently destroyed j 
by fire.

McBrides—Neff & Prestel have bought 400 j 
acres of  pine  timber  in  Ferris  township, i 
Montcalm county,  for  $40,000.

East Saginaw—G.  B.  &  S.  L.  Wiggins 
succeed Wiggins,  Cooper & Co.  in  the lum-1 
ber and  salt  business,  James  Cooper  retir­
ing.

Ionia—Hudson  &  Co., 

the  Potterville 
shovel and rake manufacturers, have  under 
advisement the  removal  of  their  plant  to ■ 
this  city.

Detroit—E.  C.  DeCou  &  Co.,  extract 
manufacturers,  have  dissolved.  W.  M.  . 
Colwell continues  the  business  under  the { 
same style.

Saginaw—A raft of 4,000,000 feet of logs 
is on the way from  Lake  Superior  to  this 
place.  The logs are  said  to  run  three  to 
the thousand.

Manton—The Manton Brick Co. has made 
over a million of brick so  far  this  season, 
and is still actively pushing operations.

Sturgis—J. C.  Davis,  general dealer,  has 

assigned.

Elsie—C.  E.  Clark,  general  dealer,  has 

been closed by the sheriff.

Bonanza—Cahoon Bros,  succeed  Calioon 

& Brown in general  trade.

Standish—Arthur  H.  Wells  succeeds 

Gould & Wells in general trade.

Imlay  City—Nelson  Haskins  succeeds 

Davenport & Jones in general trade.

Gagetown—J. N. Young succeeds Regina 
Klein  (Mrs.  A.)  in the  dry goods  and  gro­
cery business.

Charlotte—A.  D.  Baughman  & Co.,  one 
of the oldest dry goods firms  in  the  place, 
have sold out to  Geo.  Barney,  of Bellevue, 
Detroit—Arthur  Bassett,  who  recently 
removed from his old location on Woodward 
avenue to Griswold  street,  will  move  back 
to the old store as  soon  as  he  can  dispose 
of his present stock and fixtures.

Tustin—H.  Cole  and  John  Grove  have 
formed a copartnership under the firm name 
of Cole & Grove, rented the “Pioneer store” 
formerly occupied and now owned by G.  W. 
Bevins and put in a  grocery  and  boot  and 
shoe  stock.

Blanchard—Mrs. E.  S.  Hiplcins  has  sold 
her drug stock to John S.  Burton &  Co.,  a 
firm composed of John  S. Burton,  of  Hol­
ton,  and  Dr.  Peter  Beyer,  late  of  Grand 
Rapids.  The  latter  partner  will  manage 
the business.

Manistee—Geo. H. Haines,  Agt., has  as­
signed to  Wm.  Nungesser.  Just  previous 
to the  assignment,  a  mortgage  for  $1,600 
was placed on the stock,  in favor of  L.  M. 
Haines.  The liabilities  are  placed  at  $6,- 
000 and the assets at $3,000.

Battle Creek—The  contemplated  sale of 
the T. B.  Skinner dry goods  stock was not 
wholly  consummated.  Nelson  Haskin, of 
Imlay City,  was  not  able  to  carry out his 
original intention,  but L.  W.  Robinson pur­
chased an interest in  the  business and will 
carry on the business,  in  conjunction with 
Mr. Skinner,  under  the style of L.  W.  Rob­
inson & Co.

STRAY  FACTS.

Coral—The new grist mill is a sure thing.
Big Rapids—Mary Saurbier,  grocer,  has 

assigned.

Burnip’s Corners—Adam Newell  has  put 

in a fruit evaporator.

Boyne  City—Chas.  Shepard,  hardware 
dealer,  has been closed on chattel mortgage.
Plainwell—R. Pollit  &  Son  have started 
twenty 

up  their  evaporator,  employing 
hands.

Newberry—Walter A.  Lyon has sold  his 
blacksmith business,  and will locate  in  the 
copper region.

Loomis—The  business  men  have  raised 
$800 for the man who will put  up  a  roller 
process mill  here.

Watervliet—The  Watervliet  Evaporating 
Co.  has completed  a  factory  40 feet square 
and expects to begin  operations  about Sep­
tember 1.

Lake  Odessa—The  first  stock  of  goods 
put into Lake  Odessa  was  a saloon  stock. 
The second, now going in,  is  an  undertak­
er’s outfit.

Detroit—The  Peniusular  Savings  Bank 
will  open  for  business  on  September  15. 
Sixty per cent,  of the $250,000 capital stock 
has been paid in.

Paw  Paw—Trescott  &  Co.  have  their 
evaporator so far completed that they expect 
to be able to commence work on  September 
They will  employ  twenty-five  pairs  of 
hands and be able to handle  400 bushels  of 
apples daily.

Montague—The  Farmers  and  Working­
men’s  Co-operative  Association  have  filed 
articles  of  association  with  the  county 
clerk.  The capital stock is  $5,000,  divided 
into 1,000  shares of  $5  each.  The amount 
actually paid in is $350.

Frankfort—The  Frankfort  Building  aud 
Loan Association is now  an actual fact, the 
organization having been completed  by  the 
election of the following directors:  For one 
year,  E.  A.  Stowe,  Christ  Marowelli,  W. 
P.  Hibbard;  two  years,  O.  C.  Fish,  B.  F. 
Lincoln, J.  May;  three  years,  E.  R  Chan­
dler, F. L.  Fuller, A.  G.  Butler.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Port Huron—A soap factory is among the 

possibilities.

Carson  City—The  B.  M.  A.  is  looking 

Riverdale—Wylie Bros., of East Saginaw, 
have sold a tract of pine  near  this place to 
Grand Rapids parties for  $40,000. 
It is es­
timated to cut 6,000,000 feet.

East Saginaw—The mill  belonging to the 
Jesse Hoyt estate  will  probably  finish  its 
work this season,  the executors  having  de­
cided  to  sell  the  balance  of  the  standing 
timber owned by the estate.

Cheboygan—Three years ago the Cheboy­
gan Lumber Co. bought a  tract  of  pine  in 
the Spanish River region for $40,000.  Last 
week  the  property  was  sold  to  Stephen 
Baldwin,  of Detroit,  for $100,000 

Menominee—Tiie  hung  up  logs  on  the 
Menominee River that  are  not likely to  be 
available for sawing this season will amount, 
it is  estimated,  to  150,000,000  feet,  leaving 
the probable cut about 450,000,000 

West Greenbush—Spencer & Fenner  will 
build  an addition to  their sawmill for mak 
ing turned work, for  which  they  will  use 
the different varieties of hardwood  growing 
in this  neighborhood.  They will  also  put 
in hoop machinery.

Farwell—J.  E.  Austin  has  purchased 
fourteen forties on sections 9 and 10, of 17-5 
west, from  the  Warner  estate,  which  are 
estimated to cut 5,000,000 feet of logs.  The 
logs will be shipped by rail to  Lake George 
over the  Toledo  &  Ann  Arbor  road,  and 
manufactured  into  lumber  by Mr. Austin 
who will erect a sawmill at that place.

C. E.  Olney is expected home  from  Con­

necticut about the middle of September.

C. E.  Enlow,  late with Altman,  Miller  <& 
Co.,  started for Oberlin, Ohio, to-day, where 
he will attend college the  coming season.

Fred.  Putnam,  clerk  for H.  Kruse, the 
Stocking street groceryman,  is going to Ne- 
gaunee, having secured a more lucrative por 
sition there.

John R. Price, the  Chicago  cigar and to­
bacco jobber,  was  in  town  last  Thursday 
long enough  to  make  a  brief  call  on, his 
mauy friends.

Geo. W.  Bevins,  of  Tustin, has returned 
from a month’s  visit  with  old  friends  on 
Chautauqua  Lake  and  vicinity,  whom  he 
had not seen for twenty-eight years.

E.  E.  Hewitt,  formerly  engaged  in the 
grocery business  at  Lansing,  but more re­
cently engaged with  Smith  &  Johnson,  of 
Chicago,  is now identified  with F.  J.  Lamb 
& Co.

Dr.  C.  N.  Snyder,  the  Shaytown  physi­
cian and druggist,  was married last week to 
an estimable young lady  of  Yermontville, 
until  recently  connected  with  the  public 
schools of that place.

Jas.  W.  Seymour,  for  eight  years  ship­
ping clerk for Wm.  Sears & Co., but for the 
past year with Olney,  Shields & Co., has re­
turned to the employ of Wm.  Sears  & Co., 
taking the position of billing clerk.

Excursion to  Detroit.

The Michigan Central  Railway will run a 
special train to Detroit  on  Tuesday,  Sep­
tember 6,  to give those interested an  oppor­
tunity to witness the last game  of base ball 
to be played this season between the Chica- 
gos and Detroits.  Ample  time will be giv­
en to visit Detroit’s great cyclorama  of  the 
Battle of Atlanta,  which  was executed by 
famous artists at an  expense  of  $200,000. 
Hourly  descriptions  will  be  given.  The 
train will leave Grand Rapids at 6 a.  m.,  ar­
riving at  Detroit  at 11 a.  m.,  returning at 
r:30 p.  m.  Tickets for the round  trip,  $3. 
Tickets will be good on  that train and  date 
only.
The  Secret  of  the  Pure  Food  Agitation.

om the Denver Retail Grocer.
The retail grocers  throughout the United 
States can help the pure food  movement  a 
great deal  more  than  Congress,  or anyone 
else,  if they will make it  their  business to 
handle only  first-class  articles,  and also to 
expose any firm who sells adulterated goods.
They can command  respect  from  every­
one if they will endeavor  to  educate  their 
customers to buy articles  that  are  unadul­
terated,  and not to  take  an  inferior  kind 
simply because it is cheap.  Give the  firms 
that are putting trashy goods in the market 
a wide berth, and encourage  honest  manu­
facturers and dealers.

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

_  

InOR SALE—Or exchange for land, the Byron 

custom  and  flouring  mill;  never  failing 
| waterpower; large run  custom;  mill and dam 
j in good repair; poor health  reason for selling.* 
I  H.  H.  Kosenkrans.  Byron,  Shiawasse  Co., 
Mich. 
2118*
IiTOK  SALE— Desirable  residence  lot on Liv- 
ingston  street.  Will  sell on long time or 
I exchange for good stocks, mortgages or other 
j real estate.  E. A. Smwe, Tradesman office.__
fiiOU  SALE—The  second  largest  wholesale 
ice cream manufactory in the State, with 
I retail  confectionery,  cigars,  etc.,  in  connec- 
t on;  will  sell  all  together or  the  retail  part 
separate.  A chance to get a first-class paying 
|  business in one of the best towns in  Michigan, 
j  Everything open for  iuvestigatou.  Lock box, 
368*
7til, Owosso, Mich. 
f  lOH  SALE—Stock of  dry  goods  in  a  large 
manufacturing  town  of  about  5,000  in- 
I  habitants; stock inventories about $6,000.  Ad­
dress  box 690. Owosso, Micin_ 
____  206*
i710ft SALE—1'Twenty acres of improved fruit 
land  three  miles  from  Frankfort.  Will 
j trade  for house  and  lot  or  stock  of goods in 
| Grand  Rapids.  Address,  for  particulars.  E. 
_  _______ ___________________ 205tf
A. Stowe. Grand Rapids.
iriOK  SALE—A paying business.  M. V. Gun 
-  drum’s general stock  of merchandise, at 
I Leroy. Mich.  The stock is full  and  complete.
I  Will  invoice  $10,000  to  $12,000.  Can  reduca 
I stock if desired.  Commands  rr good trade and 
j business  is  profitable,  will  rent  or  sell  the 
building.  Reason for selling:  "Goingsouth.” 
Terms cash.  Address  M, V. Gundrum, Leroy,
Osceola Co.. Mich._____________________ 20i*
I  ClOK SALE—A well-selected stock of general 
i JC  merchandise in a good town in  Northern 
;  Michigan.  Stock will inventory about  $20,000. 
Can be reduced to $10,000 if desired.  Will also 
either sell or  lease  store  building  and  ware­
house.  Store,  brick,  32x100  ft,, 2  stories  and 
basement.  Warehouse,  24x60  ft,  on  railroad 
track in rear of store.  Address “Tradesman.” 
I Grand Rapids.  Box 21. 
207*

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Gripsack Brigade.

A.  B.  Hirth is still on  the road for Hirth 
& Krause and is meeting with good success 
W.  A. Mitchell,  traveling  representative 
for the Winfield Mfg. Co.,  of Warren, Ohio 
was in town Monday.

J.  L.  Strelitsky now  carries  his  necktie 
in  his  shoe, a new style which is  destined 
to come into popular use.

E.  H.  McCurdy,  who  has  visited  the 
Western Michigan trade for eighteen  years 
with a line of crockery and glassware  sam 
pies,  was in town over Sunday.

A.  S.  Lee,  formerly  with  the  Liggett 

Myers  Tobacco  Co.,  but  now  State agent 
for the  Lake  Erie  Tobacco  Co.,  of  Cleve 
land,  is in town for a couple of weeks.

W.  G.  Hawkins went to Detroit  Monday 
for a visit with his house, the Detroit  Soap 
Co.,  the manager of which  expressed  him­
self as more than pleased with the business 
W.  G.  is working up in his territory.

A..  E.  Femald, buyer for Dunham, Peters 
& Co., at Chase,  recently received  a  postal 
card  from  George  Owen  bearing  no  other 
tidings  than  the  address.  The  question 
naturally  arises,  Does  George  think  his 
customer is a mind reader,  or was the  writ­
er fu ll when lie sent the card?

The report that C. Crawford had been ar­
rested for cruelty  to  animals  is  probably 
without foundation.  A  couple  of  farmers 
recently  discovered  him  whaling  the life 
out of what  they  supposed  to be a pair of 
mustangs, but,  on closer investigation, they 
found the animals to be rats instead.

L.  M.  Mills,  Secretary of Michigan  Divi­
sion, T.  P.  A.,  has received  notice that the 
entire Pennsylvania railway system will put 
on sale, September 1, 1,000 mile  tickets for 
$20.  Traveling men have long coveted this 
concession and now have  reason to look for 
the same action by other railway systems.

Lndington  Record:  “Steve  Sears, 

the 
popular representative  of  a  Grand Rapids 
cracker factory, is the fortunate possessor of 
a $1,000 prize ticket in the last  drawing  of 
the Louisiana State Lottery7.  Steve is noth­
ing  if  not  liberal  and  his  customers  all 
along the line are each  being  made  the re­
cipients of a box of $7 cigars.”

Detroit  News:  The  traveling  men  of 
Grand Rapids, with the^rare nerve for which 
their species  is  noted,  have  challenged the 
drummers of  Detroit  to  play  a  couple  of 
base  ball  games,  one  in  each  city. 
It  is 
stipulated that the  games  shall  commence 
at sunrise,  and  if  played  out  before  dark 
each of the  players  shall  have  an  annual 
pass over the Erie & Kalamazoo railroad.

A Caledonia  correspondent  writes as fol 
lows: 
“ Cornelius  Cardamon  Crawford 
keeps  two  mustangs  here  with  which  to 
drive himself all over this part of the State 
instead of paying car  fare.  One of the ani­
mals has a  disagreeable  habit  of  insisting 
on lying  down  after  being  hitched  in  the 
buggy.  Cornelius  has  tried  every  known 
remedy to break the habit,  without success, 
and would be thankful for suggestions from 
his friends.”

The boys have recently  resurrected  Dave 
Smith’s old story about Wm.  B.  Edmunds, 
and as it  has  not  been  previously  told  in 
The T r a d e s m a n ,  it will bear repetition at 
this time.  Every body knows  that  “Taffy 
Bill,” as he is familiarly called,  is the  larg­
est man who goes out of  this  market.  Let 
him  don his highest plug hat and  his  larg- 
! est linen duster, and combine the  two  with 
j carrying his two largest  sample  cases,  and 
! he presents  the  appearance  of  a  monster. 
On the occasion  in  question,  he  entered  a 
j passenger car,  when a young lady sang out: 
“Oh, Ma,  look at that  big  peddler!” 
It  is 
needless to remark that Wm.  B.  passed  on 
to the next  car.

Purely Personal.

L.  D.  Harris, the South Ioma street paper 
jobber,  spent last Saturday  and  Sunday  in 
Detroit.

Bruce Lowe,  billing  clerk  for  Eaton  & 
Christenson,  spent Sunday  with his wife at 
Coldwater.

W.  B.  Sweet,  book-keeper  for  H.  H. 
Freedman & Co.,  of Reed City, was in town 
over Sunday.

Arthur H.  Webber,  formerly  engaged  in 
the drug  business  at  Big  Rapids,  contem­
plates engaging in the same business here.

A.  F.  Willey,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
planing  mill  business  here,  will  have  his
r  
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new sawmill at Bristol, ^Tenn.,  in operation 
by January 1.

D .ln to l  Tzknn 

in  AnAPftfinn

H.  L. Jenness, of the wholesale  crockery 
and glassware firm of Jenness &  McCurdy 
of  Detroit,  has  returned  from  Eugland, 
where he spent the summer  in  the  pottery 
district,  making purchases for the  fall  and 
winter trade.

Orrin S.  Dean, of the firm of Dean  Bros, 
druggists at  Freesoil,  will  be  married  on 
September 8 to Miss  Minnie K. Remington 
the ceremony occurring  at  the residence of 
the  bride’s  parents  at  Mannsville,  N.  Y 
The happy  couple  will  take  up their resi 
dence in a handsome  cottage Mr.  Dean has 
recently erected at Freesoil

Smith  Barms,  General  Manager  of  the 
Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.,  at  Traverse 
City,  passed  through  this  city  Monday  on 
his way to Chicago,  whence  he starts Wed 
nesday noon for Southern California, where 
he expects to remain four or  five  weeks  in 
search of rest and renewed health.  He  ex­
pects to return by way of the  Northern  Pa­
cific.

Association Notes.

Grand Ledge is talking  organization.  :
It used to  be  “On  to  Richmond!”  Now 

it is “On to Flint!”

Manistee  Advocate:  Six  new  members 
have been added to  the  Manistee  Business 
Men’s  Association,  which  makes  a  total 
membership of 86.

It  was  expected  that  Governor  Luce 
would honor the convention  with  his  pres­
ence, but a late reply from  His  Excellency 
puts an end to such hopes.

The organization of  Breckenridge,  which 
was to have taken place last Tuesday under 
the auspices of L.  M.  Mills,  was  postponed 
’our weeks,  owing to stormy weather.
Jno.  P.  Stanley,  Secretary  of  the  Battle 
Creek  Retail  Grocers’  Association,  writes 
‘Our  Association  is in a prosperous  condi­
tion and our meetings are well attended and 
ery  interesting.”
Detroit  News:  The  Lansing  Business 
Men’s Association is  getting out a carefully 
revised and  thoroughly edited  blacklist  for 
the  purpose  of  letting  dead-beats  know 
there is a God in Israel.

Will  Emmert,  Secretary  of  the  Eaton 
Rapids  B.  M. A.,  writes:  “Our  Associa 
tion is strong,  although  not  growing rapid 
ly,  and much good work isbeingdone in the 
line of collecting old accounts.”

Detroit Journal:  The  retail  merchants 
of Ishpeming have  formed  a  protective  a 
sociation,  designed  to  rule  out  the  wily 
dead-beat, coax  manufacturers to the town 
and generally help Ishpeming  and its inter 
ests.

Tustin is surrounded  with  an  abundance 
of  hardwood  timber—beech,  maple,  elm 
etc.—and the  B.  M.  A.  is  prepared to offer 
exceptional  inducements to a man who will 
put  in  a  hardwood  manufactory  at  tht 
point.

Delegates to the  State  convention should 
consult their local  ticket  agent  without de 
lay and  ascertain whether  they can  obtain 
through tickets to Flint. 
If they cannot do 
so,  they  should  immediately write  to  Uje 
State  Secretary  for  additional  certificates, 
which will be furnished on  application.

Evart Review:  The  Business  Men’s As­
sociation  has  the  job  of  grading,  claying 
and graveling the road  between  Evart  and 
Sears in hand this  week.  Dave  Wolf  has 
raised nearly $300 in $5  subscriptions from 
our citizens,  and it  is  expected  that  those 
who travel the road often will  donate  time 
and work liberally.

The  departure  of  Smith  Barnes,  Chair­
man of the Committee  on  Trade  Interests, 
for  California  will  not  deprive  the  State 
convention  of  his  report,  albeit  the  mem­
bers will miss his inspiring  presence.  Mr. 
Barnes prepared as long a report as the con­
dition  of  his  health  would  permit,  which 
will be presented at  the  convention  by  the 
Secretary.

Muskegon Chronicle:  What  can a Busi­
ness Men’s Association do?  It can combine 
in 
that  union  which  is  always  addecP 
strength,  for  mutual  good;  make  “black 
lists”  to  guard  its  members  against  bad 
debts and dead-beats; unite in various plans 
for the business interests  of  the whole; ex­
change views and ideas  at  occasional meet­
ings; pull as one man upon any project which 
promises  to  be  a  business  benefit  to  the 
town; and  combine  top  defense  when busi­
ness  interests  are  attacked. 
If  these  are 
not  enough, call  upon  to  when  all  these 
have been attained  aüd We  will furnish an­
other little list.

Advices from Alaska are to the effect that 
the run of  salmon  at  Karluk  Cannery, on 
Kodiak  Island,  has  been  extraordinary. 
The fish came along in vast numbers during 
the middle of June,  and by July 12,  the em­
ployes had caught and canned enough to fill 
30,000 eases.  The  company expects to put 
up  at least 70.000 cases this season.  Their 
entire catch has already  been  disposed  of. 
On  Cook’s  inlet 
the  cannery  hands  are 
working night  and  day, while at the Nush- 
ejekar  River  establishment a similar condi­
tion  of  affairs  exists.  The  large  Alaska 
pack of this  season  will in great part com­
pensate for the  small  amount  put  by  the 
Columbia River and other canneries.

Advices  from Ludington  are to the effect 
that a popular representative of a prominent 
bakery (and sponsor for an  odorous cheese) 
recently  rode  a  seven  dollar hobby  horse 
from Pentwater to Green  Creek,  thence  to 
Grand Rapids and thence  back  again;  also 
that a member of  a  leading  jobbing  house 
left his canned goods  and  plugs  to receive 
his “divvy” in the ring-boned  hobby  horse 
aforesaid.  To whom does  the  above refer 
and what is its meaning?

Reliable advices to T he T radesm an from 
the principal  wool  buying  points  indicate 
about five million  pounds  of  wool  still  in 
buyers’ hands.  Detroit handlers have about 
two million and  Grand  Rapids  about  half 
as much.  Allegan men  have a half million 
pounds,  Charlotte  a quarter  million,  Flint 
100,000,  Nortlivill,  65,000,  Eaton  Rapids 
7,000,  and Ionia 35,000,  besides  large lots 
at Chelsea,  Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Grass 
,ake.

Now is the time for  you to use  Tiger Oil 
iud prove it is better than  any other  medi­
cine known for all  Summer  Complaints of 
the Stomach and Bowels,  from the infant to 
manhood, as Fain, Colic, Cholera Infantum, 
Cholera,  Cholera Morbus,  Diarrhoea,  Flux, 
Yellow Fever and all  kindred  diseases,  as 
well as Nervous  Diseases,  Sunstroke,  Par­
alysis and their  relations.  Use  internally 
and externally.
Leading  Cigar Jobbers  of  Michigan,

k CHRIS

Wholesale Cigars,

Grand  Rapids, 

- 

-  Mich.

CHOP  FEED

In Car Lots.  W rite for prices 
to Henry W. Bond, Miller, Fort 
Wayne, Ind.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
H 3  3ST  0 1 3 S T  E  S
From 2 to ISO Horse-Power,  Boilers, Saw  Mills 
•IristMills, Woodworking  Machinery,  Fh.ift 
\ugt  Pulleys  H id  Boxes.  Contracts  made lor 
Complete Outflt6.

■ 

198tf

193tf_

FOR SALE—120-acre  farm, with  fine  house 

and other buildings,  three miles north of 
Coopersville.  The  best  orchard  in  Ottawa 
county.  Price $7,000 cash.  Address,  for  fur­
ther particulars, E. A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

IHOR  SALE  CHEAP—Portable  saw  mill  In 

good running order.  Capacity  25  M pine 
lumber per day.  Gang edger, saw dust carrier, 
and line rollers.  For  further  particulars  en­
quire of J. F. Clark, Big Rapids, Mich._ 196tl’

Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 

red.  Direct box 205, Lake City. 

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

i ilOR SALE—The best drug store In the thriv­
IjlOR SALE—Best  bargain  ever  offered  for 

general  stock  in  growing town  in  good 
farming  community  in  Northern  Michigan. 
Stock  will inventory  about  $6,000.  Sales  last 
year were $60,000.  Address "The Tradesman,” 
Grand Rapids.______________________177tf
'VX7'ANTED—A  first-class  meat market man 
to take good position in  country  town. 
Tv 
Good  salary  to  good  man.  Address  J.,  care 
Tradesman, 
207
\ \ T ANTED—By  a man  of  twenty  years ex- 
t V  perience, a  situation on  road  handling 
groceries, cigars,  tobacco,  wooden  or  willow 
ware'  or can turn  to  most any line  of  goods. 
The best of references given.  Address John M. 
Laberteaux, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
209*
w
'ANTED—Drug  clerk, young man  prefer­
207*
\\TA N TED   SALESMEN—Five 
traveling 
salesmen; salary  and  expenses;  no  ex­
I t  
perience  necessary.  Address  with  stamp, 
Palmer & Co., Winona, Minn. 
206*
'VIT'ANTED—Situation  by  young  man  in  a 
grocery or general  store.  Four  years’ 
i t  
experience.  Best of  references.  Address  S., 
care box 354, Fremont, Mich. 
207*
TTTTANTED—■'To exchange  farm worth $2,500 
T.V 
for a stock  of goods.  Address  Box  23, 
Tradesman office, 
‘Y/IT'ANTED—A  man  bnving  an  established 
V V 
trade among lumbermen to add  a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
I man a splendid chance will be  given  to  make 
money without  extra expense.  Address “B,” 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
r p o   RENT—Brick store  and  basement  at  21 
JL  Scribner  street.  Good  location  for gro­
cery  business.  Apply  to  A. Rascli, 122 Canal 
St., Graud Rapids. 
208

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178tf

I OOK  HERE—Parties looking for an oppor- 

J  tunity to go into thedrug business to make 
I money  bad  better  investigate  this  stock  of 
drugs and building for sale in an  iron furnace 
town in  Michigan.  No  opposition.  No  other 
drug  store  within  six  miles.  Stock  will  in­
voice $1,000.  A good  building that cost $1,000. 
Will sell the stock and building for $1,500, part 
cash, balance on time.  Reason for selling, too 
much  other  business  to  attend  to.  Address 
P., care "Tradesman,” Grand  Rapids. 
206*
S ITUATION  WANTED— Aladylmderstand/ 
Ing the check system desires a position as 
| cashier or assistant  bookkeeper.  Good refer­
ence.  Address  Box  594,  care  Tradesman  of­
fice. 
_____________________ ______ ‘^ 1

POTATOES.

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

wm.  H.

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS.

•»

166 South Water St., CHICAGO. 
Reference

F e l s e n t b a d .  G ross  &  Miller. Bankers, 
TRUNK  FACTORY.

Chicago.

W .   O .   D e n . a o n ,
MICH.

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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i n Ü H   'Ulllllü JIllll: VINI__ttlllljlNWHl  .

GRAND  RAPIDS  M IC H

Buy  of  the  manufacturer  and  save  freights  and 
dealers’  commissions.  Factory,  61,  63  and  65  South 
Front  St.  Office  and salesroom, 92 Monroe  street

FRUIT  EVAPORATOR.
Been  Used  only One  Season. 

For Sale Very Cheap.

A  Great  Bargain.

S t u a r t   c f c   S w e e t ,

GRAND RAPIDS.

MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN

Groskopf  Bros.,
TRUNKS  UND 

TRAVELING BEGS
Sample  Cases and  Trilnks

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

MADE TO  ORDER.

91  CANAL  STBEET,

Grand Rapids,  -  - 

-  Mich.

HELP  YOURSELF.
Written  Especially  forTiiK Tradesman.
Work, and the Lord will give aid,
Idle, and the devil is yours,
Work, and the foundation is made 
To the life and the love that endures.
Then work for the trood of your soul;
Then work for the love of sweet rest;
Peace upon earth, and  Heaven  your goal, 
And God will look to the rest,
M. J. WlUSLEY. 
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The  First  Picnic  of  the  Rockford  Asso­

m 

ciation a Decided Success.

On August 2<> the business  men of  Rock­
ford held tlieir first annual picnic at  Myers’ 
Lake,  five miles east of that village.  At 10 
a.  m.  all  dealers,  excepting  J.  C.  Drew, 
closed tlieir stores,  packed their  lunch  bas­
kets and,  with about  250  others  from  the 
village and surrounding  country,  emigrated 
to Myers’  Lake,  where  social  amusements, 
games,  visiting  and  rowing  occupied tlieir 
time until  about  1  o'clock.  A sumptuous 
diuner was then  spread  by the  ladies  and 
everybody commanded to do their full duty. 
Being a cool day,  hot coffee discounted ice­
cream and lemonade.  Music  was  next  in 
order  and  given  by the  Rockford  Ladies’ 
Cornet  band.  Rev.  W.  W.  DeGear  was 
then  introduced  by  President  Sage  and 
opened the afternoon exercises with an able 
and eloquent prayer.  President Sage briefly 
explained tlieir failure  to  produce expected 
speakers  and  announced  Mr.  DeGear  as 
the orator.  Good naturedly,  the  Elder  ex­
plained his position.  He had not been ask­
ed,  he said,  “to make an address  until  the 
previous evening,  after  all  other  resources 
had been exhausted.”  He  had  been called 
upon as the best man left.  He was  unpre­
pared  for  such  an 
important  task  and 
would read the  oration  delivered by Myron 
Walker before the  Lowell  Business  Men’s 
Association  picnic.  He  then  read  with 
much force the full  text  of  the  oration,  as 
given  in  T he  T radesm an,  concluding as 
follows: 
“'flic  observer  recognizes,  not 
only in other countries  but  in this also, the 
necessity of  organization.  Combination  is 
the  lever  that  equalizes  success.  This  is 
an  age  of  organization.  By  organization 
the  weak  defend  themselves  against  the 
strong and the Right against the Wrong.”

C.  N.  Hyde made a few stirring remarks, 
explaining  the  objects  of  the Association, 
which is not for  the  purpose  of  obtaining 
higher  prices for  g-'ods  and oppressing the 
poor debtor,  but  for  the  mutual  protection 
and benefit of the whole  people and the ex­
tinction of  those  leeches,  known  as  dead­
beats,  which hang upon the skirts of  indus­
try,  sapping the  rewards of honest  toil and 
producing  nothing  but  disgrace  to society 
and ruin  to  their  creditors.  The  Associa­
tion has also taken a decided  stand  against 
adulteration of  food  in  all  its  phases,  in­
cluding  baking  powders,  spices, etc.  The 
human stomach is not  intended  to be a res­
ervoir for poisons,  nor  the dumping ground 
for enterprising  lotteries  and  humbugging. 
The Association aims  to  bring  about  con­
fidence and fraternal  relations  between  the 
dealer and his  patrons,  whose  interests are 
each dependent one  upon  the other.  They 
stand ready to meet the farmers half way in 
the improvements of  roads  leading  to  the 
village.  They have  funds  raised  and  are 
going to gravel the  road  three miles out  to 
Warden’s Corners.  The Association is anx­
ious to financially aid  any legitimate  enter­
prise which will locate  in  Rockford,  which 
has the finest water-power  in Michigan and 
the  grandest  surrounding  country  under 
God’s  canopy.  Her  citizens  are  alive,  ac­
tive and appreciative.  Next year the Asso­
ciation will hold a picnic,  to  which  every­
body  is  cordially  invited.  All  kinds  of 
games  and  recreation  will  be  on  the  pro­
gramme  and  everything  done  to  make the 
occasion one of enjoyment.

The  applause  whicli  followed  these  re­
marks  gave  Mr.  Hyde  a  severe  shock  of 
stage fright,  from which he was happily re­
lieved  by  the 
ladies,  who  came  forward 
en  masse  and  decorated  his  manly bosom 
with  sunflowers a la Oscar  Wilde  fashion.
O.  F.  Hyde also gave, a  short  talk on the 
merits of the Association.  He  had lived in 
Rockford thirty years.  Had he belonged to 
such organization during that time he would 
now be worth $5,000, which had gone to the 
dead-beats.  He  believed  the  Association 
was beneficial to the general public,  as  well 
as the members,  whose  interests  are  iden­
tical with the good of all honest people.

Dr.  Brown, of  Detroit,  once a resident of 
Rockford, believedjthat the organization was 
timely and needful.  Local  jealousy was to 
be  deprecated.  He  would  advise  the  en­
couragement of  investors  and  capital  and 
refer inquiring strangers to members of  the 
Association  for  information.  He  advised 
the building of good  reads  and the patron­
izing of home markets.

On motion of Hon. Neal McMillan, a vote 
of thanks was given Mr.  Myers for the free 
use of his grounds.

Music was  given by the  band,  hot  coffee 
was passed around and after a general good 
time by everybody the  crowd  scattered  for 
home.

The Hardware Market.

Nails are  firm.  The  manufacturers  are 
trying to form a pool to restrict production, 
so as to  maintain  better  prices.  The  suc­
cess of the attempt will largely  depend  on 
the  encouragement  the  project  gets  from 
the Eastern manufacturers.  Barbed wire is 
firm,  with a marked  tendency toward  high­
er prices.  Sisal  rope  is  still  up  and  the 
probability is that  it will go still higher,  on 
account of the scarcity  of  sisal  hemp  and 
the very strong pool. 
Indications  point  to 
higher  prices  on  glass,  owing  to  the 
higher prices which must be  paid  the  men 
the coming  season.

Completion  of  the  Organization  of  the 

. 

Muskegon B. M. A.

From the Muskegon News, Aug. 21.

The business men of the  city  met  again 
last night  and  completed  the organization 
of  the  Muskegon  Business Men’s Associa­
tion.  Mr. Fargo, who was chairman at  the 
last meeting,  called  the  meetiug to order, 
and Mr. Jesson,  temporary  secretary,  read 
the minutes, the constitution and by-laws as 
adopted at the  last  meeting,  and  a list of 
members,  showing  a  roll  call of 88.  The 
chairman  stated  that  the  purpose  of  the 
meeting was to elect officers;  his name hav­
ing "been mentioned  for  the office of Presi­
dent, he said that he would wish that  some 
one else be  chosen.  A  man  of  extensive 
acquaintance  among 
the  business  men 
should  be  chosen.  Every  tiling should be 
done with a view of advancing the interests 
of the  Association.  Business  men  should 
work  together  harmoniously  and  not  in a 
spirit of antagonism  and  jealously.  J.  A. 
Miller was mentioned  for  the  place.  Mr. 
Miller said that Mr.  Fargo  should  be  elect­
ed; he has given  the matter his attention so 
far  and  has  done  well.  As  for  him  his 
other duties  would  not  permit  him to ac­
cept the office.
The  Association  then  proceeded  to  an 
election by ballot with the following result:
President—H.  B.  Fargo.
Vice-President—J. A.  Miller.
Secretary—Will Conner.
Treasurer—Jacob Jesson.
Executive Committee—H. B.  Fargo, Will 
Connor,  C.  L.  Whitney,  H.  D.  Baker,  A. 
Towl.
Jacob Jesson  gave  notice  of  an  amend­
ment to the  constitution  which  lie  would 
bring up at the next meeting,  to  the  effect 
that the President,  with the advice and con­
sent of the  Executive  Committee,  appoint 
the remaining  standing  committees,  about 
half a dozen in number,  at  the  next meet­
ing,  which will occur on Aug.  31.
R.  S.  Miner,  H.  B.  Fargo  and Wm.  Peer 
were elected  delegates to the State conven­
tion.

A  note  from  ex-Secretary  Peer  says: 
“Our last meeting was marked  with a good 
the  close  of 
deal  of  enthusiasm.  At 
the  meeting  we  had  nearly 
100  mem­
bers,  with  more  to  hear  from. 
think 
we  struck  the  key-note  in  changing  the 
name  of our organization.  Too much praise 
cannot be given to our President, H. B. Far­
go,  for his efforts in  behalf  of  the new or­
ganization,  and I think  the  members  pres­
ent last night showed their  approval  of his 
work by electing  him  President  without a 
dissenting voice.”

I 

Recent Action by the Cheboygan Associa­

tion.

Cheboygan,  Aug.  25,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
D ear Sir—In pursuance  to  instructions 
from the Business  Men’s  Protective Union 
of Cheboygan,  I enclose to  you herewith  a 
resolution adopted by jiaid Union at a meet­
ing held  Aug.  24,  with  a  request  to  give 
space for same in  your valuable paper; also 
that a  copy of the paper  be  sent  to each of 
the Arms named in the said resolution.

Very respectfully,

H.  G.  Dozer,  Sec’y.

The resolution above referred to is as fol­

lows:

W hereas—At a meeting of the Business 
Men’s  Protective  Union  of  Cheboygan 
County,  held  on  J une 0,  last,  a  resolution 
was  adopted  instructing  the  Secretary  to 
cause to  be  published  in  T he  Michigan 
Tradesm an  an  article  relating to some of 
the  wholesale  and  jobbing  firms  of  this 
State as selling to consumers and others not 
general dealers,  after supplying the trade of 
regular dealers; therefore  be it
Resolved—That it is hereby  publicly  ex­
pressed that the said  article,  containing the 
names  of  divers  business  firms,  was  not 
caused  to  be  published  by reason  of  any 
malicious  or  injurious 
intent,  whatever, 
but all action  taken  in  reference  to  same 
was in good faith,  for the purpose  of  abat­
ing  a  course  of  trading  considered  detri­
mental to certain classes  of  business  men, 
in view of promoting the interests  of  busi­
ness men generally; and further
Resolved—That  the  said  publication  is 
deemed a mistake and is hereby publicly re­
tracted, and it is requested  that  the follow­
ing named business firms may be exonerated 
from any and all  undeserving,  unmerited or 
derogatory publications  caused by or eman­
ating from said article:

Moran,  Fitzsimons & Co.,  Detroit.
J.  II.  Black & Co.,  Detroit.
Valley City Milling Co., Grand Rapids.
Hannah,  Lay & Co.,  Traverse City.
Detroit Cracker Co.,  Detroit.
Lewis & Fox,  Bay City.

Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  White

Lake Association.
Whiteh all,  Aug.  24,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

hall.

Whitehall.

D ear Sir—The regular  meeting  of  the 
White  Lake  Business  Men’s  Association 
was held at Montague  on Tuesday evening, 
August  23. 
In  the  absence  of  President 
Lindefman,  Vice-President  Geo.  R.  Han­
cock took the chair.  The election of officers 
for the second year resulted  as follows:
President—Geo.  Ii.  Hancock,  Montague.
Vice-President—A. T. Linderman, White­
Secretary—Frank E.  Jones,  Montague.
Assistant  Secretary—W.  B.  Nicholson, 
Treasurer—H.  A. Spink,  Whitehall.
Executive  Committee—Geo.  R.  Hancock,
F.  E.  Jones,  II. A.  Spink,  Wm.  Peck  and 
J. J. Gee.
Delegates to  the  State  convention—Wm. 
Peck and Thos.  E.  Phelan,  of  Montague, 
and  W.  B.  Nicholson  and  H.  A.  Spink, of 
Whitehall.
The report of  the Treasurer  showed  the 
Association clear from  debt  and  with  $33 
in the treasury to start on the second  year’s 
business with.  W. B. N ic h o l s o n , Sec’y.

An  Echo of the W hite Lake Picnic.

From the Montague Times.

E.  A. Stowe, of T he Michigan Trades­
man,  was an  invited  guest  and  delivered 
an  address  which was full of  good  advice 
aud  original  ideas.  Mr.  Stowe  may  with 
propriety be called the  father  of  the  busi­
ness men’s organizations of  the State.  His 
abilities are recognized  by the merchants of 
the State,  inasmuch as he was unanimously 
elected Secretary of the  State  organization 
at the last regular meeting.  Mr.  Stowe,  by 
his energy and devotion  to  the cause,  how­
ever,  honors the office more  than  the  office 
honors him.

A.  Conklin,  grocer,  Bloomer:  “I  look  for 
The  Tradesman  as  much  aa  I  do  for  my 
meals.  It would be Impossible  to do business 
without it.”

M  B. M. A.

Completed  Programme for  the  Sep-ember 

Convention.

The following  programme  has  been  de­
cided upon for the convention  of  the M.  B. 
M. A.,  to be held  at  Flint  on  September  6 
and 7:

ton,  Mayor of Flint,
by L.  W.  Sprague,  Greenville.

TUESDAY— 9 A .  M.
1.  Call to order by President.
2.  Prayer by Rev.  H.  S.  White.
3.  Address of Welcome by John C. Day- 
4.  Response in behalf of the Association 
5.  Reading of  President’s  Address.
6.  Report of Secretary.
7.  Report of Treasurer.
8.  Report of Executive Committee.
9.  Appointment of Committees on Cred­
entials,  Order  of  Business,  Resolutions, 
President’s  Address  and  Secretary’s  Re­
port.
10.  Reports of delegates on  local associa­
tion work,  one to three minutes each.
*

TUESDAY—1:30  P.  M. 

Business.

1.  Report  of  Committee  on  Order  of 
2.  Report of Committee  on  Credentials. 
3. 
Report  of  Committee on  Transporta-
tion.
Report of  Committee on  Legislation. 
4.
Discussion  of  above  and  action  on
5. 
same.
6.  Paper—“Manufactories,  their  value 
and  liow  to  secure  them”—S.  Lamfrom, 
Owosso.
7.  Paper—“Mercantile  Education”— C. 
T.  Bridgman,  Flint.
8.  Reports of delegates continued.

TUESDAY—7:30  P.  M.

Address.
Report.
ests.
same.
ready pay?’’—Park Mathewson,  Detroit.

1.  Report of  Committee  on  President’s 
2.  Report of  Committee  on  Secretary’s 
3.  Report of  Committee on Trade Inter­
4.  Discussion  of  above  aud  action  on 
5.  “Can goods  be  successfully sold  for 
6.  Dissolution of Association.
WEDNESDAY  9  A.  M.

and By-Laws,  and adoption of  same.

1 .  Call to order.
2.  Prayer by Rev.  H.  S.  White.
3.  Organization of new Association.
4.  Report of  Committee on Constitution 
5.  Election of officers.
6.  Adoption of  constitution and by-laws 
7.  Adoption of  charter.
8.  Paper— “Village  Improvements”—  

for auxiliary bodies.

W.  W.  Warner,  Allegan.

WEDNESDAY—1:30 P.  M.

T.  Cole, Palmyra.

1.  Pap'er—Mutual Insurance”—Hon.  M. 
2.  Opening of Question Box.
3.  Paper—“The Building  and Loan As­
4.  Selection of next place of meeting.
5.  Announcement of  standing and spec­

sociation”—F.  L.  Fuller,  Frankfort.

ial committees.

WEDNESDAY—7:30 P.  M.

1.  Address—“The Business Man in Pol­
itics”—Hon.  S.  C.  Moffatt,  Travers«  City.
2.  Report of  Committee on Resolutions.
3.  Adjournment  to  banquet tendered by 

the Flint Mercantile Union.

The Banquet  Programme.

The toasts to  be  responded  to  after  the 

banquet will be as follows:

erse City.

Greenville.
gan.
Buchanan.

Prayer—Rev.  H.  M.  Curtis.
The State  Body —Frank Hamilton,  Trav­
Our Local Bodies—Unassigned.
Early Closing—Frank Wells,  Lansing.
Association  Picnics—L.  W.  Sprague, 
The Blue  Letter—Irving  F.  Clapp,  Alle­
The  Traveling  Man—Geo.  W.  Noble, 
The City of Flint—D.  D. Aitken, Flint.
Michigan—Unassigned.
The Egotist in Trade—Unassigned.
The Cutter—Unassigned.
The  Business  Man 
The Delinquent—F.  J.  Luick, Tustin.
Mission of the Druggist—A.  Bassett,  De­
Our Guests-Geo.  W. Buckingham, Flint.
Our  Hosts—Geo.  H.  Rowell,  Battle 
The  Ladies—Robert  M.  Floyd,  Chicago.

in  War—W.  E. 

Thorpe, Hart.

Creek.

troit.

• ' 

D ele gate*  Selected .

The delegates  so  far reported  are as fol­

low's:

Dimondale—N.  H.  Widger,  F.  G.  Pray, 
Alternates—H.  A.  French, I.  D.  North.
Flint—Albert Meyers, John  Croul,  C. T. 
Bridgman,  Walter Berridge,  C.  D.  Miner, 
L.  C.  Itedden,  G.  W.  Hubbard,  W.  C. 
Pierce.
Saranac—H.  T.  Johnson,  O.  J.  Bretz, 
Geo.  R.  Walker.
Kingsley—A.  G. Edwards.
Freeport—A.  J.  Cheesebrough,  Wm. 
Moore.  Alternates—E.  H.  Sisson,  S.  R. 
Hunt.
Cheboygan—H.  Chambers,  Jas.  F. Molo­
ney,  O. M.  Clement,  Fred  S.  Frost,  Wm. 
Rindskoff and W.  H.  Scott.
Owosso—S. Lamfrom,  Chas.  Lawrence, 
H.  W.  Parker,  S.  E.  Parkill  and  N. Mc- 
Bain.  Alternates—E.  L.  Brewer,  J.  M. 
Terbush,  E.  A.  Todd,  N.  C.  Payne  and 
Paul M.  Roth.
Traverse City—T.  T.  Bates,  S.  E.  Wait,
D.  E.  Carter,  S.  Barnes,  Geo. E.  Steele,  L.
Roberts,  CUs.  Wilhelm,  J.  E.  Greilick,  S. 
C.  Despres,  S. C.  Moffatt.  Alternates—J.
Steinberg,  C.  K. Buck, A. W.  McElcheran,
E.  W.  Hastings, M.  B.  Holly,  W.  F.  Har- 
sha,  C.  R.  Paige,  H.  D.  Campbell,  A.  H. 
Brinkman.
Cadillac—L.  J.  Law,  J.  C.  McAdam,  C. 
T.  Chapin, Wm. Kennedy,  Frank  Hutchin­
son, J.  H.  Plett.
Eaton Rapids—L.  A.  Bentley,  Will  Em- 
mert,  L.  W. Toles.
Tustin—J.  A.  Lindstrom,  F.  J.  Luick. 
Alternates—W.  M.  Holmes, J. P. Kennedy, 
Jr.
Muskegon—It.  S.  Miner,  H.  B.  Fargo, 
Wm. Peer.  Alternates—A.  Towl,  Wm. B. 
Kieft,  C.  Philabaum.
Sand Lake—J.  V.  Crandall. M.  V. Wil­
son.  Alternates—A.  Giddings,  W.  H.
Brooks.
Plainwell—J. N.  Hill,  H.  W.  Chamber­
lin,  O. B. Granger, J. H. Wagner.
Oceana—W. E.  Thorpe, E.  S.  Houghtal- 
ing,  Hart; H.  H.  Bunyea, L.  M.  Hartwick, 
Pentwater;  A. Garver,  F.  W.  Van  Wickle, 
Shelby;  J. F.  Keeney,  Ferry.
Battle  Creek—Geo.  H.  Rowell,  J.  P. 
Stanley,  Hon. Chas. Austin.  Alternates— 
J.  C. Halliday,  Robt.  C.  Parker,  T.  Jen­
nings.
Allegan—W.  W.  Warner,  F. T.  Ward, 
G.  E. DeLano, W.  B.  Williams,  Jr., W.  J. 
Garrod,  J.  F.  Dryden,  Phil.  Padgham.

Alternates—E.  B.  Bailey,  Wm.  Kennedy, 
C. H. Adams,  C. D. Woodruff, J.  B.  Street­
er, Josaph Renihan,  W.  W.  Vosburg.
Rockford—Neal McMillan, Geo.  A.  Sage, 
Joshua Colby.

Proof Positive of Insanity.

He was being examined  as  to  his sanity 
before a jury,  and a great  deal  of evidence 
had been  introduced  without  proving that 
his mind  was  out  of  repair.  Finally  his 
sister was called upon for her testimony and 
was asked:  “Do you  believe  your brother 
to be insane?”

“ Yes; I know he is insane.”
“What  proof  do you offer?”
“Best in the world.”
“Let us hear it.”
“Why, just  yesterday  I  heard  him tell 
his wife that she must really get a couple of 
new dresses and bonnets  and  not  to think 
of the expense.”
An application for his  admittance  to  the 
asylum was made out  at once.

Something Cheaper.

From the Detroit Free Press.

“I gave a brewer  a  mighty valuable hint 
this afternoon,” he said,  as  he  sipped  his 
ginger-ale and mopped his forehead.

“What was that?”
“Told him  something  he  could  use as a 
substitute for hops.”
“Anything secret  about it?”
“Not to you. 
“Ah,  I see.  And what did he say?” 
“Well,  that’s  where I was a little disap­
pointed.  He  said  he  was  much  obliged, 
but that tan-bark was too dear just now.”

It was tan-bark.”

The popularity  of  the  game of foot ball 
in England has brought  about the introduc­
tion of a shoe made especially for the use of 
those who indulge in this game.  It consists 
of an ordinary lace  shoe  with  a  heavy tip 
and an extra sole piece  at  the toe,  and sev­
eral iron protuberances on the sole, and one 
on the center of the heel.  The shoe  seems 
to be  admirably  adapted  for  the purpose, 
but it is hardly  probable  that it would pay 
to introduce it in this country.

A  Washington man  tells of a quarrel be­
tween two colored  boys.  The  larger  boy, 
with great  volubility,  was  applying  every 
sort of abusive ephithet to  the smaller  boy. 
The smaller  boy,  leaning  against  a fence 
and  regarding  the speaker  with  a  sullen 
scowl,  waited for  a  halt. 
It  came at last. 
“Is you done?”  “Yes,  I  is  done.”  Then 
slowly and coolly,  the  smaller  boy  said: 
“All dem dings you say  I  is,  you is dem.”
The outlook for  a  good  bean crop in this 
State is promising,  providing the frost stays 
off long enough to enable growers to harvest 
it in good shape.  The  acreage is much lar­
ger than last year.

I b a r b w a r e .

 

 

 

 

BELLS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

BUTT8. CAST.

These  prices  are  for cash  buyers,  who  pay 

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

AUGERS AND BITS.
 

promptly and buy in full packages.
Ives’,  old  style.......................................... dis 
60
60
N.  H. C. Co..................... 
dis 
60
Douglass’....................................................dis 
Pierces’ .................................A ............... dis 
60
60
Snell’s .........................................................dis 
Cook’s  .......................................................dis 
40
Jennings’,  genuine.................................dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation............................... dis50&10
Spring.................................................   ...dis 
40
Railroad.................................................  
$ 14 00
Garden....................................................... net 33 00
Hand............................... ;...........dis  $ 60&10&10
Cow.................................................... dis 
70
Call.............. 
30&15
dis 
Gong..................................................dis 
25
60&10
Door, Sargent................... 
dis 
BOLTS.
Stove..................... ................................dis $ 
60
Carriage  new  list.................................dis  7C&10
Plow  ......................................................dis 
50
Sleigh Shoe.............................................. dis 
70
Wrought Barrel  Bolts...........................dis 
60
40
Cast  Barrel Bolts__ ___;...................dis 
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs...................... dis 
40
Cast Square S p r i n g . ................... dis 
60
40
Cast Chain.............................................. dis 
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob...............dis 
60
Wrought Square.................................... dis 
60
Wrought Sunk Flush.............................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...................................................dis  60&10
Ives’ Door..............................................dis  60&10
Barber.................................................. dis $ 
40
Backus......................................................dis  50&10
Spofford....................................................dis 
50
Am. Ball................................................... dis  net
Well, plain.................................................... $  3 50
Well, swivel.................................................  
4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured.......................  dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...........dis  70& 10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis  60&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  60&10
Wrought  Loose  Pin..............................dis  60S 10
Wrought Loose Pin, a com tip ........d is  60S 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..............dis 60S 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
tipped.................................................dis  60S 5
Wrought Table........................................dis  60S10
Wrought  Inside  Blind...........................dis  60&10
Wrought Brass........................ . ...........dis 
75
Blind, Clark’s....................... ...............dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s.....................................dis  75&10
Blind,  Shepard’s.....................................dis 
70
Ely’s 1-10.................. .................  ........ per  m f 66
Hick’s C. F...........................................  
60
G. D........................................................ 
35
Mu6ket..................... 
 
60
Rim Fire, U. M.C. S  Winchester  new Ii8t50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States......................... disSO&lO
Central Fire...........................  
dis30S10
CHISELS.
Socket Firmer.........................................dis  70&10
Socket Framing......................................dis  70&10
Socket Corner................ . .................... dis  70&10
Socket Slicks.......................................... dis  70&10
Butchers’Tanged Firmer....................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers..................... dis 
20
Cold........ 
.......................................... net
Curry, Lawrence’s ................................ dis  40&10
25
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis 
Brass, Backing’s........................................ 
60
Bibb’s ....................................................... 
  60
B eer.............................................................  40&10
Fenns’................ 
 
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size......................ft fi>  28
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60............  
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48................ 
23
 
Bottoms..................................... 
 
23
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit  Stock................................dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank...................dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank...........................dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doznet  $.80
Corrugated............................................dis  20&10
Adjustable.............................................dis  4&10
30
Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $26  00.  dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00;  2. $24 00; 3, $30 00.  dis 
26
American File Association List........ dis  60&10
DiS8ton’s ............................................. 
dis 60&10
New American......................................dis  60&10
Nicholson’s............................................ dis  60&10
Heller’s ..................................................dis  55&10
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps.......................... dis 
28
Nos. 10 to 20, 
List 
18

22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
15 
Discount, Juniata 60©10, Charcoal 60. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..............dis 
60
Maydole & Co.’s .....................................dis 
25
Kip’s ...................................................... dis 
25
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s ...............................dis  60&10
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.......t ........... 30 c  liBt 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

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

14x52,14x56,14 x60..................... 

 
CATRIDGES.

files—New List.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

HANGERS.

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

OOMBS.

COCKS.

CAPS.

12 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROPES.

TACKS.

SQUARES.

12 50
10 00
17 50

SHEETIRON.

TIN  PLATES.

6
64
60
60
60
60
50
uU
50
50
50
35

Sisal, 4  in. and  larger..................................   ll
Manilla.............................................................  12
Steel and Iron.......................................dis  70&10
Try and Bevels..................................... dis 
60
Mitre  .................................................... dis 
20
Com. Smooth. Com.
$2 90
2 90
3 00
3 G5
3 15
3 25
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter. over 2 Inches

Nos. 10 to 14................................. $4 20
Nos. 15 to  17.................................
4 20
4 20
Nos. 22 to 24.................................
4 20
Nos .25 to 26.................................
4 40
No. 27............................................
4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 0>s, 
tb.............
In smaller quansities, $   tb........
American, all  kinds.................. ........dis
Steel, all kinds............................ ........dis
Swedes, all  kinds  ......................
.......dis
Gimp and  Lace..........................
.......dis
Cigar Box  Nails......................... ........ dis * 
Common and Patent  Brads__ ........dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks, dis
Trunk and CloutNails............... ........ 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.................................  0  25
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  ..............................   7 75
IX, 
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal.........................................5 75
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal................................  7 25
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal................................  8  75
IXXX. 14x20, Charcool..................................10  77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal............................  12 55
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal................................   15  50
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  6 50
D x, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  8  50
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal............................  h) 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........................  1250
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to 6 75 
Roofing, 14x20, IC.........................................  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX........................................... 6  75
Roofing, 20x28, IC.........................................  11  00
Roofing, 20x28,  IX ...................................  
  14 00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne.................  5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne........ :.  .  7 00
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne......................11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............  14 00
Steel, Game.....................................................60&10
OneidaSCommuntity,  Newhouse’s ......... dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’ .....................................................60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Oo.’s ................................... 60&10
Mouse,  choker........................................ 18c $1 doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 50 9  doz
Bright Market.................................................  dis 674
Annealed Market....................... ......... dis  7t&lu
Coppered Market..............................................dis 624
Extra Bailing............................................   dis  55
Tinned  Market................................................ .dis 624
Tinned  Broom........................................09
Tinned Mattress........................................$  lb  84
Coppered  Spring Steel...... ....................dis 
50
Tinned Spring Steel.......................................... dis 4P&10
Plain Fence.................................. ■,......... $ lb  3
Barbed Fence, galvanized........................ 
.4  10
painted........................................3 35
Copper.......................................................new  list net
Brass..........................................................new  list net
Bright............................................dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes....................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s  ............................................dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eves................dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine........................................dis 
50
75
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s Ptent. malleable...............,f . .dis  75&1C
 
Birdcages.......................... 
50
Pumps,  Cistern.....................................dis 
75
Screws,  now  list...............................  
70&5
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate................. disSO&lU&lU
40
Dampers, American......................... 
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods.d60&10&10 
Copper  Bottoms..............................  
23c

MISCELLANEOUS.

TIN—LEADED.

WIRE OOODS.

WRENCHES.

TRAPS.

rates.

WIRE.

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HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

©25 00

The furniture factories  here pay  as follows 

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run...................................12 00014 00
Birch, log-run........................................... 15 00018 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.......................... 
Black Ash, log-run...................................13 00O15 00
Cherry,  log-run........................................25 00035 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2...................... 
  45 00O50 00
Cherry,  cull......................................... 
©10 00
Maple,  log-run..........................................12 00014 00
Maple, sort,  log-run................................11 00018 00
©20 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2............  
 
©25 0o
Maple, clear, flooring......................... 
Maple, white, selected.......................  
©25 On
©18 00
Rea Oak, log-run................................. 
©24 00
Red Oak, Nos.] ahd2......................... 
Red Oak, quarter  sawed..................26 00030 00
©25 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank.............. 
Walnut, log-run........................ 
  ©55 00
©75 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.......,
............ 
Walnuts,  culls.................  
 
  ©25 00
Grey  Elm, log-run.............................. 
©13 00
White Ash, log-run...............12  >0@14 00
Whitewood,  log-run.... j .tv.-.......... 20 00022 00
White Oak, log-run........ ................... 
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HINGES.

HOES.

HOLLOW  WARE.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3............................. dis 
60
State............................................per doz, net, 2 60
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  44  14
and  longer.............................................. 
34
Screw Hook and Eye,  4  ...................net 
10*4
Screw Hook and Eye %...................... net 
84
74
Screw Hook and Eye  j|£......................net 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.................... net 
74
Strap and  T .......................................dis 
70
P ots............................................................  
60
K ettles........................................................ 
60
Spiders  ...................................  
60
 
Gray  enameled......................................... 
50
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS."
Stamped Tin Ware..................... new  list 
75
Japanned Tin  Ware................................. 
35
Granite Iron  Ware................................... 
25
Grub  1.................................................$1100, dis 60
Grub  2...............................................   11 50, dis 60
Grub 3.................................................   12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, j ap. trimmings...........dis 
55
65
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........  
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings....... 
55
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
55
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain.........dis 
70
Picture,.H. L. Judd & Co.’s .....................   40&10
dis 45
Hemacite...................................... 
55
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 
55
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s ....'.............. dis 
Branford’s ............................................. dis 
55
Norwalk’s  .............................................dis 
55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....................dis  70
Adze  Eye..................................... $16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye..................................... $15 00  dis 
60
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.’s Maileables ..  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s .............   dis  40
Coffee,  Enterprise.....  ..............................dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ................................dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine................................dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring................dis 
25

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

MOLASSES GATES.

MAULS.
MILLS.

LOCKS—DOOR.

 

NAILS —IRON.

Common. Brad and Fencing.

OILERS.

6d  4d
2 
14

I  lOd  8d 
24 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

lOdto  60d....................  ......................$  keg $2  10
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
4d and 5d #adv............................................ 1. 
75
3d advance....................................................    1  50
3d fine advance...........................................  2 25
Clinch nails, adv...........................................  1  00
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. ft keg 
Steel Nails—2 20.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................dis80&10
Zinc, with brass bottom............................dis  50
Brass or  Copper.........................................dis  50
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .................................................   50&10
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................... dis  30
Sciota Bench..........................................dis 50@56
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy..................... dis  30
Bench, flrstjquality................................dis50@55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&10
Fry, Acme................................................dis 50&10
Common, polished................................... dis60&10
Dripping................................................$   B>  64
Iron and Tinned.................................. dis 
55
Copper Rivets and  Burs....................dis 
60
“A” Wood’spatentplanished,Nos.24to27 10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  9 20

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

PLANES.

RIVETS.

PANS.

Broken packs 4 c $  fl> extra.

$9.00.
$10.00.

Having  Made  a  Specialty of 
Mercantile Printing for several 
years, we  are  able  to  offer the 
Merchants  of  Michigan 
the 
best  goods  in  that  line  at the 
Lowest Prices compatible with 
Fine Work.  We quote:
n f i l l  business cards Good  Stock
F   S I ¡Note heads 
il  I I   Envelopes 
Extra Stock 
l | I M | B i l i  heads 
W  U  w  Statements
Anything  else  in  the  line  of 
Commercial Printing Executed 
Promptly and at  a Reasonable 
Price.
Remember  that  a  Merchant 
is judged largely by the appear­
ance of his stationery.
Orders can be sent direct and 
printing  delivered  to  any job­
bing house  at  this  market, to 
be shipped with other goods.
Correspondence Solicited.
FULLER & STOWE  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids, 

- 

-  Mich.

td

ST.  CHARLES,

G. S.  SWAYZE,  Manager.

REED  CITY, 

-  Mich.

'¿ é Ê iM Ê È È k i  '

il

tes

in  Connection.
Fine  Sample  Rooms 
This  spacious and  admirably construct­
ed New  Brick  Hotel  is  now  open  to  the 
public. 
It is provided with all the Modern 
Improvements.  The rooms are large, airy 
and pleasant, in suits or single, and newly 
furnished throughout.  The design of man­
agement is to make this house one of com­
fort and pleasure to its guests.

The  Traveling  Public  are  cordially  in­

vited.

PESTER 1 FOX,
Saw  and  Grist Mill

Manufacturers’ Agts. for

M a o  H I H E r Y
Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all  kinds, 
of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws 

Belting  and  Oils.

ÉA

HURCIMS  POWDER
Anm hilator

THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK

Strongest  and  Safest  Explosive  known 
to the Arts.  Now is the time to Stock Up 
for Farmers’ Trade.

Mail orders promptly filled.

L. S. HILL  &  CO.,

19 an d  21  P e a r l  St.,  G rand  R ap id s, Mich.
Also  wholesale  dealers  in  Gunpowder, 
Ammunition,  Guns,  Fishing  Tackle  and 
Sporting  Goods Generally.

Must  Have  Tiger  Oil.
Grand  Ra pid s,  June 22,  1887. 

Dr. Leeson, Cadillac:
D ear Sir—I should  have  answered your 
letter ere this had not  sickness  prevented, 
and now I will just say that I asked for the 
sole agency of  Tiger Oil  simply  because I 
thought your  medicine  was not at  present 
for sale here. 
I have  relatives  and friends 
here who have tried repeatedly to find Tiger 
Oil in the city and failed, and  consequently 
have been in  the  habit  of sending  to  Mill- 
brook for it.  When we moved  here recent­
ly,  almost the first day  some  one asked if I 
brought  any  Tiger  Oil to  sell.  As I had 
not I kept lending from  what I had for pri­
vate use,  until it was  gone,  and  we tried to 
buy more here,  and,  as on former occasions, 
failed to find any.  So,  thinking perhaps it 
might pay  to keep a small  supply on  hand 
(if no  one  else  near  me  kept  it),  I  wrote 
you as I did. 
I intended  sending out  your 
circulars from house to house, and so adver­
tise it. 
If, as you say,  so  many  druggists 
in this city keep  Tiger  Oil  they  take no 
pains to sell it, even when called for.
You can do as you choose  about  sending 
me any to sell. 
I  can  get  my  supply,  as 
formerly,  from  my  husband's  mother  in 
Millbrook.  Very  respectfully yours,
P  A «PFOTQ 

Mrs.  Susa Caw tiiorne.

f   H  I  Jlj 
t  A Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor 
1  aiai  x * J 0 f   American  and  Foreign  patent«. 
A 
105 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., U. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  Practice in U. S. Courts.  Circular« 
free.

L U C IU S   C.  W E S T ,

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

WRITE  FOR  PRICES

130 Oakes St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Voigt, QerpMeiiner k Go.,
DRT  GOODS

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy.

Overalls, Pants, Etc.,

OUR  OW N  M A K E.

A  Complete  Line  of

Fancy Crockery^Fancy Woodenware

OUR  OW N  IM PO R T A T IO N .

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

FOR SALE

At Pewnmo, Ionia  Co.,  Mich.,  the  stock  of 
drugs,  paints,  oils,  fixtures,  etc.,  owned  by 
the estate  of  E. H.  Stevens.  The  stock  will 
invoice from $800  to $1,000.  The best location 
in  the  village, doing a  good  trade.  Has  the 
telephone office in the  store.  Write or call on 
me at Pewamo, Mich.  Josephine Stevens, Ad­
ministrator  Pewamo, Aug. 13, 1887.

JENNE881 McßURDY,

Importers  and  Manilfactiirers'  Agents.

DEALERS  IN

!  u u m u ,   U 1 U H M   II  U 1 U ,

Fancy  Goode  of all  Descriptions.

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Bronze  and  Library  Lamps,  Chandeliers,  Brackets,,  Etc.,

73 and 75  Jefferson  Ave.,

DETROIT,  -  iMIOEL

Wholesale  Agents for  Difffield's  Canadian  Lamps.

P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  1M  and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE GABBY A STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW FOB MILL  USB.

traveler and the  amusement  of  the  crowd, 
Abram  soon  returned  with  the  required 
half-dozen,  and,  amid  peals  of  laughter— 
which Mr. Purdy could hardly understand— 
they were paid for  and the cigars ordered.

Regarding  everything  outside  of  legiti­
mate  business  as  gambling  and,  therefore, 
wrong,  Mr.  Purdy  never  invested  in  any 
speculations  or  hazardous  enterprises 
to 
increase  his  wealth;  yet,  by  constant  at­
tention  to  business  and  remaining  in  one 
place  and  building,  he  accumulated a com­
petence for his old age,  and at his death left 
his  family  in  good  circumstances.  From 
time to  time,  during  a  business  of  nearly 
forty  years,  extensions  were  added  to  the 
store,  until it  is  to-day nearly one  hundred 
feet  in  depth.  Mr.  Purdy  held  various 
offices of trust and honorduringhis life, and 
was postmaster for several years in an early 
day,  keeping  the  office  in a portion of  his 
store.  Trusted  by  his  customers  and  tiie 
people  about  him  with  large  sums  of 
their surplus money, he may be said to have 
been a private banker for  many years.  He 
met death honored and regretted.

Frank A.  H owig.

G. G.  A. VOIGT  i  GO.

Proprietors of

Stax Heller Mills.

Manufacturers of

“Our Patent,”

“Star,”

“Calla Lily,”

“Golden Sheaf,” 

“Our  Fancy.”
Rye Flour,  Granulated Meal, 

Bolted  Meal,  Bran  Mid­
dlings and Screenings. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

TsÆ

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

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

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

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

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.

All Trains daily except Sundny.
GOING  NORTH. 

*
Arrives.
Traverse City & Mackinaw Ex........ 8:45 a m
Traverse City & Mackinaw  Ex.......
Traverse City  & Mackinaw  Ex—   7:30 pm
Cadillac Express...............................8:40 pro
Saginaw Express............................. 11:25 a m

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Leaves. 
9:05 a m 
11:30 am  
10:10 p m  
5:05 p m 
7:20 a m 
1:10 p m

10:30 am.

_

. 

Saginaw express runs through solid.
9:05 a. m. tram has  chair  car to  Traverse  City  and 
„  „ 
11:30 a. m. train has chair car  for Traverse  City, Pe- 
10:40 p. m. train has sleeping cars for Traverse  City, 

Mackinaw. 
toskey and Mackinaw City.
Petoske-y and Mackinaw.
Cincinnati  Express........................a 15
Fort Wayne Express.......................10:30 a m 
Cincinnati  Express...........................4:40 pm  
Traverse City and Mackinaw Lx. .10:50 p m 

GOING  SOUTH.

7:15 am  train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
5 00 p  m. train connects  with M. C. R. R. at Kalama­
zoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.

11:45 a m

5:00 pm

M u sk eg o n ,  G ra n d   R a p id s   &  In d ia n a . 

Arrive.

Leave 

4:40pm................................................................  8:50pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Lansing  &  Northern.

G ra n d  R a p id s  Sc S a g in a w  D iv isio n .

DEPART.

Saginaw Express..................................................  7  30 a m
Saginaw Express..................................................*  10 P m
Orand Rapids Express........................................U 2» a m
Grand Rapids Express.....................................J*  30 P m

All trains arrive at and depart from Onion depot. 
Trains run solid both  ways.

ARRIVE.

Chicago & W est Michigan
Leaves.
...................................
tDay  Express..................................13:AApm
•Night Express.................................AA;J® P ®
Muskegon Express................................... 5:00 pm

Ai rives. 
3:55 p m 
9:45 p m 
5:45 a m 
11:00 a m
Through
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  without ex­
tra charge to Chicago on 12:30 p. m.. and through coach 
on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains.

•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.

N e w a y g o   D iv isio n .
Leaves. 
Kinross 
..................................4:05 p ni 
Express  ''' .........................................8:25 a m 

Arrives.
4.20 p m
10 20 a m
All trains arrive and depart from Union Depot.
The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, 
where close connection is made  with  F. &  P. M. trains 
to and fi-om Ludington and Manistee.

J  ® 

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

4

K a la m a z o o   D iv isio n . 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Leave.
Ex. &  Mail 
4:35 pm 
5:65 pm 
7:05 pm 
8:30 pm 
2:30 am 
8:30 am  
2:50 pm 
5:40 am 
A local f: 
ing passer 
cept Sund:

’  « Y•  v a11
N. Y. Mj
U  7:45 a m. .Oraiad Rapids.  9:45 a i
9,:02 a m. .Allegan........ .  8:28 a!
:30 a 1
.Kaliunazoo..
10:06
:55 a :
a m. .White Pigeon
11:
p m., .Toltsdo.......... .11:00 p
9■40pm.. .Ole*reland.... .  6:40p
..Bufi'alo.......... .11
3:30
. .Chi<îago........ .11■30 p
6:50p m. 
ves Grand liapids at 12
t lea
gh
Allegan. AU trai
as fs
J.W . McKennBY, Gen«

11:

[\ge
ay.

6:15 p m 
5:00 am 
4:00 pm 
2:20 pm 
9:45 am

s  dally e: 
al Agent.

Detroit.  Grand Haven & Milwaukee

G O lfO   EAST. Arrives.
tSteamboat  Express.......................  ®:?*pm
tThrough  Mail.................................J®1*® a m
tEvening Express...........................   3:25 p m
•Limited  Express...................................  6:50 am
tMixed, with  coach........................
GOING  WEST.
tMoming  Express..........................
tThrough Mail................................  * :®® p m
tSteamboat Express....................... *0:40 p m
tMixed............................................... 
•Night Express................................   o:2oa

Leaves. 
6:30p m 
10:50 a m 
8:50 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
tDaily, Sundays excepted,  -uany.
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  •Daily.
Passengers taking the 8:50  am   Express  make close 
connection at Owosso for Lansing,  and  at  Detroit for 
New  York  arriving  there  at  10:30  am  the following 
morning.  iheNight Express has a through Wagner car 
and local sleeping car from Detroit to Grand Rapids.
J as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager Chicago.

„

Michigan Central.

G ra n d  R ap id »  D iv isio n .

Detroit Express.....................................................
Day  Express.......................................................... lS iioS S
•Atlantic Express................................................. “ J* p “*

DEPART.

Full Line olII

We make a specialty of

BTTRBKA OIL,

Which  for  Fami  Machinery  and  general 
purposes is the Best  Brand on the  market.

GRAND  RAPIDS  OFFICE,

N o. X C anal  St.,

Telephone No.  228-2.

J.  G,  ALEXANDER,  Agent.

GIVE  US  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

We  Guarantee  Satisfaction.

NO RUBBING! 

- 

NO BACKACHE! 

NO SORE FINGERS!

Warranted  not to Injure the Clothes* ■
USED TWO WATS!S'.S.&Sw^wL.

FULL  DIRECTIONS  ON  THE  WRAPPER.

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Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City;  P. Ranney, Kalamazoo ;  A. W.  Westgate,  Che-
Cominittee on Legislation—W. E.  Kelsey,  Ionia;  J. V.
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Rapids;  J.W.  Milliken,  Traverse  City;  C.  T.  Bridg- 
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The following local associations have mostly 
been  organized  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Michigan Business Men’s Association, ana  are 
auxiliary’ thereto:

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X ïîe g a n   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 

A d a  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
President, D. F. Watson;  Secretary, Elmer Chapel.
A lb a  B u sin e ss M en’s A sso cia tio n . 
President, C. R. Smith; Secretary, Peter Baldwin.
PresldentTlrving F. Clapp; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
R e ta il  G rocers’ A sso cia tio n  o f B a ttle  C reek 
President. Geo. H. Rowell;  Secretary, John I . Stanley.
President, H. JTLeonard; Secretary, J. M. Earle.____
B e llâ tr e   B u sin e ss  M en's  A ssociation . 
President, John Rodgers;  Secretary. G. J. Noteware.
B u rr  O ak  B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation . 

B e ld in g   M erchants’  A sso cia tio n .

B o y n e  C ity  B u sin e ss M en’s A ssociation .

President, B. O. Graves;  Secretary. H. M. Lee.
M erch an t's P r o te c tiv e  A ss’n 
President, E. P. Clark;  Secretary. A. S. Hobart.
Profitent. R. RtPerkins;  Secretary, F. M. Chase._____
President, J. C. McAdam;  Secretary, C. T. Chapin.____
T la rso n  C ity  B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso ciatio n . 
President, F. A. Rockafellow;  Secretary, C. O- Trask. 

C ad illac B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso cia tio n .

C asn o via,  B a ile y   an d   T re n t  B .  M .  A .

President. H. E. Hesseltine;  Secretary, E. Famham.__
f w la r  S p rin gs  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation .
President, T. W7Provin;  Secretary, L. H. Chapman.__
President, John Nichols;  Secretary, R. W. K a n e .-----
C oop ersv ille  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation . 
President. G. H. Watrous;  Secretary, W. R. Boynton.

C h arlev o ix   B u sin e ss  M en’s A sso cia tio n .

b 7 m Tp TU. o f C heb oygan .

President, J. H. Tuttle;  Secretary, H. Q. Poter.
B im o n d a le   B u sin e ss M en’? A ^ o c ia tio n .
President,  T. M. Sloan;  Secretary, N.H. Widger.____
D orr  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation . 
President, L. N. Fisher;  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.
B éta il  G rocers’  A sso cia tio n   o f  K.
President,  Richard Lnster;  Secretary, Chas. H. Smith.

K dm ore B u sin e ss  M en’s A ssociation . 
K astport  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation . 

President. H. W. Robson;  Secretary, W. S. Whittlesey.
PresidentF.  H.  Thurston,  Central  Lake;  Secretary, 
R a p id s  B u sin e ss  M en’s   A sso cia tio n .
President, F7H. DeGalin;  Secretary, Will. Emmert.  __
E lk  R a p id s B u sin e ss M en’s P r o te c tiv e  A s n. 
President! J. J. McLaughlin;  Secretary, C. L. Martin.

Geo. L. Thurston. Central Lalse

E v a rt B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso cia tio n . 
President, W. M. Davis;  Secretary, Chas. E. Bell.

F ife  L ak e B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso cia tio n .

F litft  M erca n tile  U nion .

President, E. Hagadom; Secretary. O. V. Adams.____
President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, J. L. WiUett. 
President, Wm. Cpton;  Secretary. E. R. Chandler.____
President, Foster Sisson;  Sec’y, Arthur Cheseborongh. 

F ra n k fo rt  B u sin ess  M en’s  A sso cia tio n .

F r e e p o r t  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation . 

F r e m o n t B. M. À .

President, Joseph Gerber; (Secretary, C. I. Rathbun.__
G rand  H a v en   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation .
President, Fred. D. Y o b s ;  Secretary, Fred A. Hutty.___
R e ta il  G rocers’  A ss’n   o f  G rand  R ap id s. 
President, Jas. A.Coye;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe.___.—
G r e en v ille   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation , 
■esident, L. W. Sprague;  Secretary, E. J. Clark.-----
President,  _____I___________________
H artford  B u sin ess M en’s A sso cia tio n . 
President, V. E. Manley;  Secretary, 1. B. Barnes.
H o lla n d  B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso cia tio n . 
President. John Krumer;  Secretary, P. W■  Kane.
H a stin g s  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation . 
President. L. E. Stauffer:  Secretary, J.  A.  VanArm.
H a rb o r  S p rin gs  B u sin e ss  M en ’s  A ss’n. 
Pr-rident, W. J. Clark ,  Secretary, A. L.  Thompsen.
H e r s e v   llu siiie s s  M en ’s A sso cia tio n . 
President, O. L. Millard; Secretary,Frank Beardsley
H o p k in 's  S tation   B u sin e ss  M en’s A ss’n.
1’resident,S  C.Furber; Secretary,S.C. Dendel.______
H ow ard   C ity B u sin e ss  M en ’s A sso cia tio n . 
Chairman, C. A. Vandenberg; Secretary, B. J. Lowry.
H o lla n d   B u sin e ss  M en’s   A ssociation . 
President, Jacob Van Putten;  Secretary, A. Van Dnren.
H n b b ard ston   B u sin e ss  M en’s  AMOctaAion. 
President, Boyd Redner;  Secretary, L. W. Robinson.
I o n ia   B u sin e ss  M en’s  E x ch an ge. 
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President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Secretary,  Fred. Cntler, Jr.
Ith a c a  B u sin e ss  M en’s A ssociation . 
President. O. F. Jackson. Secretary, John Everden.
“  K a la m a zo o   H eta il G rocers’ A sso cia tio n . 
President, P. Ranney;  Secretary, M. S. Scoville.______
K a lk a sk a   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n , 
■esident, A. E. Palmer;  Secretary. C. E. Ramsey.
K in g sle y   B u sin ess  M en’s  A ssociation . 
President. H. P. Whipple;  Secretary.  C. H. Camp.
L an sin g   B u sin ess M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 

President, Frank Wells;  Secretary, Will Crotty.

L eslie   B u sin ess  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 

L aw ren ce B u sin e ss  M en’s A sso cia tio n . 
President. H. M. Marshall ;  Secretary, C. A. Stebbins.
President. Wm. Hutchings;  Secretary, M. L. Campbell. 
L o w e ll  B u sin e ss  M en’s  P r o te c tiv e   A ss’n. 
President, N. B. Blain-  Secretary. Frank T. King.
L u th er   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
President, W. B. Pool;  Secretary, Chas. J. Robinson
President, B. M. Hutchinson :  Secretary,D.-A. Reynolds
M an celon a  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ssociation , 
President, W. E. Watson;  Secretary, C. L. Bailey.
M a n istee B u sin e ss M en’s A sso c ia tio n . 
President, C.  P. Gardner;  Secretary, H. W. Leonard.
M ani «tiq u e  B u sin e ss M en’s A sso cia tio n . 
President, F. H. Thompson;  Secretary, K. N. Orr.
M an to n ’s  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
President, F. A. Jenison;  Secretary, R- Fuller.______

L yon s  b u sin e ss  M en ’s  A s’n. 

M u ir  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n , 
lent, Simon Town;  Secretary, L. A. Ely.

President,
President, H. B. Fargo;  Secretary, Will Conner.______
President, Herbert M. Lee;  Secretary, Walter Webster

M erch an t’s  U nion  o f  N a sh v ille . 

M u sk eg o n   B.  M.  A

O tsego  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 

President, J. M. Ballon ;  Secretary, J ■ F. Conrad.
O ceau a  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A s’n. 
President, W.E. Thorp;  Secretary, E. 8. Houghtailng.
O vid  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A s’n. 
President, C. H. Hunter;  Secretary, Lester Cooiey.
O w osso  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
President, W. A. Woodard: Secretary,& Lamfrom.
P e to sk e y   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n .
President, Jas. Buckley;  Secretary. A. C. Bowman.___
f*ew aino  B u sin ess  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
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President Albert Retan ;  Secretary, E. R. Holmes. 
F ia i n w  e 11  B u sin e ss  M en ’s  A sso cia tio n .

M. Ü. F. A. of Fort Huron.

Kodney B u s in e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 

President, M. Bailey;  Secretary, J. A. Sidle._________ _
President, G. C. Metre! ; Secretary, B. L. Merriam.
President, L. T. Wllmarth ; Secretary. R-E- McCormick, 
Presklent, C. J. Flelsehauer; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins.
“ g ü d  C ity   B u s in e ss  M en ’s A sso c ia tio n . 
R o ck fo rd   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n .
President, Geo.  ____ ______________
'  gt  fih a r ie«  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
President, B. J. Downing;  Secretary, E. E. Bnrdlck. 
at. J o h n s  M erchant*’ F r o te c tiv e  A ssociation . 
P r e s i d e n t ,  H. L. Kendrick;  Secretary, C- M. Merriil. 
President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, A. P. Comstock. 
Business M en’s F r o te c tiv e  A ss’n o f  Saranac. 
Arelddent  Oeo  A. Potts;  Secretary. P. T. Williams.

. Sage;  Secretary. J. M. Spore.

Sand  L ak e B . M. A .

g c o ttv ille  B.-M . A .

S o u th   B oard  m an  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A ss’n. 

President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
President, H. E. Hogan;  Secretary, g. E. Nlehardt.
kn  A r m a n d  K. J o r d a n  B u sin e ss M en’s A s’n 
President, P. C. Loveday;  Secretory, C. W. Sutton.
"Sherm an B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso cia tio n . 
President, H. B. Stnrtevant;  Secretary, W. Q. Shane
Sp arta  B u sin e ss  M en ’s  A sso cia tio n . 
irtSntt J. R. Harrison;  Secretary, M. B. Nash.
P resident
"Sturgis  B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n  
President, Henry H. Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jom
T ra v erse  C ity  B u sin ess  M en ’s  A ssoc 
President.Geo. E. Steele:  Secretary,  L. Robert
President,____ I_______ ____ ______
T u st in   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n . 
President, Q. A. Estes;  Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins.
V e r m o n tv ille   B u sin e ss  M en’s  J 
E. Holt.
President, W. H. Benedict;  Secretary, W 
— W aL ervliet B u sin e ss M en ’s A sso cia tio n . 
,.^ « n t* H .P e ir e e ;  Secretary, F. H. Merrifleld.
W avlan d   B u sin e ss  M en's  A sso cia tio n . 
President. E. W.  Pickett;  Secretary, K. J. Turner.
— Wood land  Business  M en’s  Association.
President, John Veits;  Secretary, I. N. Harter._______
ftrhita Cloud  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, P. M. Boedel; Secretary. *■ D. Hayward.

A sso cia tio n . 

A sso cia tio n

W h ite   L a k e  B u sin e ss  M en ’s A s’n. 

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

B. Nicholson, Whitehall.  •
PECULIARITIES  OF  MERCHANTS.

NO.  II.

Written Especially for The Tradesman.

Kind  old  Uncle  David  Mills,  of  Sparta, 
Canada  (long since gone to liis rest), at one 
time aspired to the title of merchant in that 
out-of-the-way  village  and  quaker  colony, 
knewn fifty  years  since  as  the “Mills Set­
tlement.”  Uncle  David,  like  most  of  the 
disciples of Elias Hicks, was bred a fanner, 
aud,  while  intending  to  be strictly honest, 
was occasionally known  to  curve  his  right 
hand a little  downward,  while  leveling  off 
the  half-bushel  measure  of  grain,  more 
especially when about  the time of the Cana­
dian Rebellion  (1837-8) the  price  of  wheat 
advanced  to  two  dollars  a  bushel.  The 
universal economy and  closeness of  the So­
ciety of Friends seemed  so  concentrated  in 
Uncle  David  that  it  was a constant  battle 
between the world, the  flesh, and  the devil 
on one side and his conscience on the other, 
in order to  keep  in  the  straight  and  very 
narrow  path  of  strict  honesty.  A  Cana­
dian  shilling  was  often  magnified  in  his 
eyes to the size of  a  dollar,  and everything 
he  had  for  sale,  especially his  own  farm 
productions,  possessed  an  increased  value 
and superior  quality to  those of  his  neigh­
bors.  His  butter,  eggs,  dried  apples,  and 
turkeys  were  four  special  productions  of 
his farm  upon  which  he  and Aunt Lydia, 
his  beloved  wife,  lavished  much  care  and 
labor, and  must  always  bring  the  outside 
price in the market.

It was late in the fall of  1837 that a poor 
day laborer called  at  the farm  of  David  to 
purchase  a  bushel  of  wheat, to have  made 
into flour for his family (for it was long be­
fore flour was ordinarily  kept for  sale  out­
side  the  large  cities, except  by  the  manu­
facturer).  The  price  being  agreed  upon, 
the wheat was carefully measured (?), when 
the purchaser, for  the  second time, entered 
a  grievous  remonstrance  against  such  a 
price,  it  being  double  that  ever  before 
known in the country.  “Yes,”  said  Uncle 
David,  “two dollars seems high, but seven­
teen shillings would sound a little better.”
In the  latter  years of  his  life,  as the  in­
firmities of  age came upon him,  he sold his 
farm  and  moved  into  the village with  his 
youngest  children,  aud, purchasing a suita­
ble building, attempted to supply his friends 
with tea,  sugar,  and calico.  His  stock was 
quite  a  miscellaneous  one,  comprising  al­
most  everything  a  family  in  the  country 
would require, even to the few  patent med­
icines of  that  day.  At  that  time  no  ap­
prenticeship  was  supposed to be necessary 
in order to  “keep store,” and  any person of 
ordinary judgment was  deemed  competent, 
even if  ignorant of  any difference  between 
“lawns” and “denims.”  Uncle  David had 
his  own  peculiar  ideas  of  the  “eternal 
fitness of  things,” and  the  arrangement  of 
his  stock  was,  therefore,  a  study  for  an 
artist.  Everything  to  which  was attached 
a Randle, bail,  ®r ring was  swung up to the 
ceiling on a hook or nail, presenting a med­
ley  of  pails,  shovels,  pans,  hams,  loaf 
sugar,  etc.  On  the  counters  and  shelves 
tobacco  and  tea  were  near neighbors,  and 
fish oil and  a  box of  tallow  candles  would 
be  found  beside  the  butter  and  raisins. 
But  none  could  accuse  him  of  having  a 
dirty  store.  Cleanliness  he  considered  a 
cardinal  virtue,  and,  in  his  business,  life 
was a constant battle with dirt.

In  a  village  of  200  inhabitants  a  boy 
would  answer for  a  clerk,  and  David  had 
picked up, carefully trained, and  instructed 
one in the secrets  and  mysteries  of  trade. 
He was  a  rather bright  youth,  and the  im­
portance of always endeavoring to substitute 
some other article for the one required, when 
not in stock,  was duly impressed upon him. 
“Thee must not allow a customer  to depart 
without  making  a  sale,  if  possible,”  said 
David,  “and speak of the nearest substitute 
thee can think of.”  The boy was all atten­
tion and anxious to  perform his duty.  But 
one day the old man was shocked,  and even 
his grave countenance was  provoked into  a 
smile,  as a lady entered with  a  jug  and in­
quired of the boy if  he hail any  good  West 
India  molasses.  With a slight  hesitation, 
his face at length brightened,  as he replied, 
“No,  ma’am,  we  are  just  out  of  that,  but 
we  have  some  excellent  North  American 
tar!”

One of the proudest days in Uncle David’s 
life was that on which  he received his com­
mission  as  wholesale  and  retail  agent for 
Dr.  Benjamin Brandreth’s pills for  the  vil­
lage of Sparta  and  including  the  township 
of  Yartinouth.  An  arrival  of  one  or  two 
gross of  this  staple  commodity was no un­
common thing, and the traveling agent who 
called twice  a  year  usually spent an entire 
day with the old man,  in  order to pour into 
his  willing  ear  the  various virtues of  the 
medicine and the long catalogue of  diseases 
for  which  it  was  a  specific;  until,  as  it 
seemed  to  the  embryo  merchant,  his  cus­
tomers  would  require  no  other  remedies, 
and that death  and  his  emblematic scythe 
would hardly dare pay a visit to Sparta. 
It 
is  said  he  was so impressed by the alleged 
renewing properties of this medicine,  as re­
lated  by this  truthful  (?)  traveling  agent, 
that  he personally drank  (swallowed)  from 
this  “fountain  of  youth”  not  less  than 
half a gross of  the pills each year,  and that 
his  profits  appeared  on  the  wrong side of 
the ledger.  Be  that  as it may,  it is certain 
that, when all other topics failed,  he would 
grasp  you  by  the  button  and  proceed  to 
convince  you that it  was  a  criminal  act  to 
leave  for  home  without  purchasing,  at 
least,  one  box  of  the  genuine  Brandreth 
pills,  and that  to  keep house without them 
was almost impossible.  But,  in defiance of 
the  virtue  of  the  pills  he  so  persistently

tested, like  the  parson’s “one  hoss  shay, 
the  old  man  broke  down  all  at  once, and 
one of  the best of local agents was lost for­
ever.

Like  many  other  inexperienced  and  un­
wise  merchants,  Uncle  David  seemed  to 
forget  that  his  goods  were  bought  to  be 
sold instead of to be looked at or to ornament 
the shelves, and it pained him to  part  with 
his best  and  most  costly articles.  At  one 
time  some  ladies  called  to  look  at  his 
shawls, and  after  examining several kinds 
asked  if  he  had  not  something  better  in 
that  line.  With  considerable  reluctance 
he at last opened  a  drawer and produced  a 
single one, very fine in quality and  texture. 
“Ah!”  said one  of  the  ladies,  “that is,  in­
deed, beautiful.  You  should  have  such  a 
shawl where it could  be seen.”  But David 
Was busily endeavoring  to  attract  their  at­
tention to several others, much to the ladies 
perplexity.  “Never mind any others,’  said 
the lady,  at last,  after  having  inquired  the 
price.  “I will take this one.”  “Dear me!” 
cried  the  old  man in a petulant  voice, 
il 
seems strange thee wants all my best goods, 
That is  the  only fine  shawl  I  have  in  the 
store,  and I should think thee might choose 
one of the others just to oblige me!

Alexander  Purdy,  of  Macedon,  New 
York, who first opened a general store there 
about the time the Erie Canal  was finished 
was a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and just the  man  for a pioneer,  yet a pecu­
liar character in many respects.  He was an 
antislavery  man  of 
the  strict  Wendell 
Philips school,  and  would  sometimes  per­
sist in maintaining his principles  even  at  a 
pecuniary  loss  to  himself.  How  he  con­
sistently managed  to  deal  in  many  of  the 
products of  slave labor we never knew,  but 
when  the  same  article  produced  by  free 
labor could  be obtained and sold to his cus­
tomers he  would  have  it,  if  possible.  We 
recollect  the  time,  long  before  the  Great 
Rebellion  of  the  South,  when  very  often 
during the day his sharp,  nasal voice  could 
be  heard  from  his  desk  calling  out  to his 
son,  “Abram,  bring  out  another  pound  of 
that  antislavery cotton  batting,  and put up 
ten  pounds  of  free  sugar.”  Whether  the 
old man was imposed upon in his purchases 
is a question that can never be  known,  but 
it is true that he kept  both  kinds  of  goods 
when possible  and was best  pleased to  sell 
the products of free labor. 
It  was the only 
store of that kind that ever came  to my no­
tice.

Mr. Purdy  was  extremely  conscientious 
in  all  his  business  transactions,  and soon 
won the  esteem  and  confidence of  the set­
tlers for many miles around.  It was almost 
impossible to ask for anything ever kept for 
sale in a store  that he would not have, and, 
once an article  was  admitted  to  his  stock, 
he was never known to  be out of  it for any 
longer time than it would take to come from 
New  York  or  Boston.  The  consequence 
was that, in  time,  he  accumulated  a  mis­
cellaneous stock of  many things which  had 
survived their day and generation and were 
only adapted for the shelves of some modern 
museum, with  a  graphic  descriptive  cata­
logue attached. 
It  is  needless  to say that 
he became  a  most  successful merchant,  as 
the bulk of  his  business was with his  own 
class  of  people,  who, although  credit  was 
given them, always fulfilled their promises, j 
Many, a wager has been  won and many  a 
laugh indulged in over  the  peculiarities  of 
Alexander Purdy iu by-gone days.  Although 
a great  reader,  he  was  bitterly  opposed  to 
novels and refused to have one brought into 
his house.  He had heard of their pernicious 
influence on the mind, but had never deigned 
to look into  one,  and,  of  course,  he  judged 
such books more from  prejudice  than from 
true knowledge.  Some of his children  had 
indulged in this class  of  reading  unknown 
to him, although  well  aware  of  their  fath­
er’s  aversion  to  it.  At  one  time a young 
lady  visiting  the  family  brought  “Uncle 
Tom’s Cabin” with  her,  and, leamiug from 
his daughters the feeling of  their father  in 
regard to such books, she was careful uot to 
read  it when  he  was  around.  Forgetting 
herself for a momont one  day,  she  left  the 
book on the  table  in  the  sitting room, and 
on her return was horrified to find Mr. Purdy 
seated  with  his  back  to  the  door intently 
perusing  it.  She  quietly  withdrew  and 
awaited  his  exit  with many gloomy appre­
hensions.  He remained reading until called 
away;  aud,  although  the  book was quickly 
removed  and  secreted,  the  old  gentleman 
soon returned and inquired of  his  daughter 
“ what had become of  that interesting  little 
history he saw on the table a short time be­
fore.”  We will only  add  that  he was per­
mitted to finish the history (?)  and  read his 
first, and,  possibly, his last novel  in which, 
owing to  the  subject, he  was  deeply inter­
ested.

A well-known citizen  of  the  village ¡one 
day sat in front of its only hotel, conversing 
with a stranger  about  the  extremely varied 
stock  then  kept  at  Purdy’s  store.  “I  no­
tice,” said the stranger, “ that he has a large 
stock  and  also  a  large assortment, but,  of 
course,  there  are  many  goods  in  common 
use that  people  make  for  themselves,  and 
those he would not keep for  sale.  Now,  I 
will  wager  you  the  cigars  that  I  will ask 
him for an article in every-day use by farm­
ers, that he won’t have on  hand.”  “Done,” 
said the citizen.  And they at once repaired, 
with  several  listeners,  to  the  store.  Ac­
costing  Mr.  Purdy,  the  stranger  said, 
wish to purchase half a dozen goose-yokes.” 
“Let me think  a  moment,’* was  the  reply. 
“I may not be able to supply thee.”  Then, 
turning  to  his  son,  “Abram,  thee  look  in 
that old box in the southwest  corner of  the 
chamber  and  see  if  thee  don’t find  a  few 
goose-yokes.”  Much  to  the chagrin of  the

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And,  after all,  why should we smali-cali- 
bred financiers  puzzle  our  brains  over  the 
freeks  of  fortune,  or  Worry  over the une­
qual  distribution  of  her  favors? 
If  she 
views us with comparative indifference, and 
neither frowns or  smiles,  we  have,  on the 
whole,  rather  reasons  for  self-congratula­
tion. 
I don’t  exactly  admire  the  philoso­
phy of the mendicant  who  shed  tears over 
the  monetary  afflictions  of  Croesus,  and  I 
should have regarded the  latter  gentleman 
as  a  very  eccentric  and  illy-balanced per­
sonage if he had  suggested an exchange  of 
situations with the mendicant; but I believe 
the individuals who extract  the  most  com­
fort out of life are circumstanced materially 
different  from  either  of 
these  ancient 
worthies.
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When a person is annoyed  and  disgusted 
at  his  clumsiness  and  slowness  in  the 
scramble after  wealth,  nothing  appears to 
soothe him  and calm him and reconcile him 
to his  various  disappointments,  more than 
a disquisition ou the folly of mammon-wor­
ship. 
If he  lectures  he  knows that every 
hearer is  a  devotee,  and  if  he  writes he 
realizes that,  like himself,  every  reader  is, 
more or less,  given to adoration of the mon­
etary deity; yet,  in  either  case,  he relieves 
his  feelings,  and  confidently  expects that 
every  hearer  or  reader  will, 
temporarily, 
sympathize with his views.

Well,  in the language  of  the  tramp  who 
crawled out of the burning straw stack,  and 
witnessed  the  destruction  of  his  ragged 
bundle,  “ them  ez  hez  must  lose;”  and 
when we pea-shooter  financiers  read about 
the frequent burstings of the big Columbiads, 
we  can  congratulate  ourselves  that  the 
equipoise of the financial  world  will,  prob­
ably,  never be disturbed  by us.

“Let Us Have Facts.”

Written Especially for The Tradesman.

In your jssue of August 10 I  find an arti­
cle signed Frank A.  Howig,  which I have 
attentively  read  and  considered. 
It  con­
tains many good suggestions, among  which 
one of the foremost  (provided it can be car­
ried out)  is:  “Don’t give credit.”

This correspondent says that  the practice 
of extending  credit to  customers is almost 
universal.  This is  true.  Some credit more 
and some less,  but  all, or  nearly  all,  give 
credit.  Further,  all,  with  no  exception, 
wish they didn't.

▲ MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

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Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., Sd Floor. 

Telephone No. 95.

tEntered  at  the  Poatofflce  at  Grand  Rapida  at 

Secamirclast Matter.1

WEDNESDAY.  AUGUST  31,  1887.

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

BY  A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

W ritten Especially for The Tradesman.

Shakespere says that  “there is  a  tide  in 
the  affairs  of  men,  which 
taken  at  the 
flood leads on to fortune,” but unfortunately 
for ourselves a vast majority of  us, through 
neglect or force of circumstances,  allow the 
flood-time to pass by,  and  the  opportunity 
to disappear  forever,  and  find  consolation 
in whining about  “what  might  have been.”
Interview  one  hundred  impecunious  in­
dividuals  and  ninty-uine  of them will nar­
rate some miraculous  escape from the incu­
bus of fortune.  The  city  lots now covered 
with  colossal  buildings,  the  piue  forests 
that  are  loading  unending  processions  of 
railroad trains,  the petroleum  deposits  that 
are furnishing streams of oleaginous wealth, 
and the mines that are unceasingly creating 
millionaires,  have  all,  at  some  period  of 
their lives, invited them  to  ease  and  afflu­
ence;  but  they allowed  the tide to ebb; its 
flood found them  unprepared, or uncertain, 
or  irresolute—or  more  likely  situated like 
•the mau who could have “swapped” a mule 
for the land on  which  the  city of  Chicago 
now stands,  only he didn’t own the mule or 
its equivalent—but  the  “what  might have 
been”  wail  never  appears  to  lose its  effi­
cacy in reconciling  the  narrator  to  his al­
leged failure in life.
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The persons in whose laps “the plums of 
opportunity” fall often give  us  occasion  to 
wonder at the  singular  decrees  of Nature. 
The old  lady  wouldn’t  select a militia cap­
tain to finish the campaigns of  a Napoleon, 
or a country house  painter  to  retouch  the 
time-damaged frescoes of a Michael Angelo, 
but she doesn’t appear  to  care  particularly 
upon whose shoulders  she  drops  the  cast­
off mantle  of  a  Vanderbilt,  or  Gould,  or 
Stewart.  She is methodical and  careful  in 
creating brains for the  field,  the forum,  the 
arts and sciences,  and  the  various profes­
sions, but she is totally  indifferent whether 
the wand of Fortunatus touches the illiterate, 
the selfish and parsimonious,  or  the cultur­
ed,  liberal and benevolent.

A merchant may  say  to  his  customers 
that he keeps  no  account  book  and  will 
charge nothing.  When he begins business, 
he thinks  he won’t.  But  the  next  day a 
shower comes up,  and Mrs.  Croesus,  a par-
ticular friend of his wife,  and  of undoubted 
I  wouder sometimes whether those writers j  responsibility, runs in to buy  an  umbrella, 
on mercantile subjects,  wTho  gravely assert  She cannot go home  without  one—has left 
that certain fixed  and invariable rules must  her purse  in her  bureau,  but will  pay next 
be followed by every  dealer  to  insure  sue-  time she conies in.  She gets it, of  course,
«ess,  don’t  sometimes  pen  their  articles 
else would the merchant be a disgrace to the 
with a mental reservation.  They are usual­
fraternity.  He smiles,  hands  out the um­
ly men of experience  and  intelligence,  and 
brella,  makes a “tip”  for  82,  puts it in the 
very few of them can have failed to observe 
till, and—the credit  system is  inaugurated.
that, while it is  safer  for  the  majority  of 
He might as well have put the  charge on 
traders to be  guided  by consistent busiuess 
a book as on the  tip,  for it  will not be the 
principles,  there are  numerous  cases where 
last by many  that  he will  have to collect 
Almost every common  sense  maxim is vio­
In an experience of more  than  forty years, 
lated,  and  almost  every  reasonable  safe­
I have  known  no  merchant  who did not 
guard neglected,  and  yet,  while  many of 
give credit.  Mr.  Howig  may be an excep- 
the disciplinarians  “go to the wall,” the of­
ion.  But in the place of  assertions which 
fenders are  lovingly  smiled  upon  by  for­
Ido not call in to  question,  but which any 
tune.
one can  make,  will lie give us the facts on 
which lie has based the “no credit”  part of 
his paper?

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AH these various reflections are suggested 
b y  a brief  notice,  which  I  recently  read, 
that the estate  of  Cornelius  O'Dowd  had 
been appraised at 8210,000.

What sort of a business is it,  in which he 
has  succeeded  in  accomplishing  that  in 
which  most  of  the  best  and  wealthiest
I have  known a number of people duriug i among our country merchants have signally 
my life who won success as failures; people  failed? 
It is comparatively easy to conduct 
who,  notwithstanding  every  exertion  and  a small  “cash on the counter” traffic;  to sell 
cigars,  peanuts  and tin  swords; 
to sell a
precaution, have had 
I &°°d ma°y of them» too, and  make  a hand- 
but 1 never  knew  an  individual  who  was I home percentage,  and  still  credit  not one
cent;  but a town needs  few  dealers of that 
ao  diametrically  their  opposite  as Corne­
sort, while a live merchant,  ready to supply 
lius.  He was  a  rough,  rude,  uneducated 
the  people  witli  goods  which  they must 
man,  aud one totally deficient in system and 
have, and in exchange take money if he can 
,  order,  and yet  he  was  successful  in  every 
get it,  but,  if not,  that  which  lie thinks he 
a  venture. 
I have no  idea  that  lie  was  en­
can turn into  casli—such a man is of  some 
dowed with a spirit of prophecy,  yet  imme­
use to the  community  as well as  himself, 
diately before the enormous advance of cer­
and it is pretty safe  to  say  that  in  some 
tain lines of goods,  during  the war,  he ex­
form or other,  he gives credit.
hausted  every  resource  at his coumiaud iu 
stocking up in these very lines,  and made  a 
«om fort able little fortune at the outset.  Al­
though he never read  a  newspaper or mar- 
p   ket report,  there  was  hardly an advance in 
any article of  merchandise,  for  years,  that 
■didn't find  him  “loaded.”  His  most  liope- 
. less accounts evolved into valuable real and 
Coupon systems may be well enough,  but 
personal property,  and it almost  seemed  as 
if they are based on  nothing  but notes,  the 
if the fire and  flood  and  wind-storm,  that 
notes in most cases are  practically  worth-1 
brought disaster to his neighbors,  only add- j 
less,  if the makers refuse  payment.  There
■ed to  his prosperity.
And yet this man had  no  method,  or  at-I is w,iere the  advantages  of  die  Business 
^ tem p t at method,  about liis%ffairs.  He was j  M e u
  s  A8soc»ations  are  apparent.  Plenty 
■untidy about his store,  irregular  in his  hab-1 of  men  wll°  would  hardly  thiuk  twice
about paying a note,  unless as a remote pos 
its,  offensive in his language,  and  unpopu­
sibility,  will  hustle  around to the very best 
lar in his community,  and  when  he  relin­
of 
their  poor  abilities  to  avoid  being 
quished trade and took  himself  and his ac- 
black-listed.
«umulations to another locality there wasn’t 
the remotest  visible regret at his departure.

How  large  a  busiuess  has  Mr.  Howig 
done?  Was  it  §2,000  or  820,000 in  any 
one year?  Did lie ever give  credit? 
If so, 
when did lie shut down,  and  what  are the 
figures for busiuess done  and  profits  made 
during the last  years he  credited  aud the 
first during which he didn’t?

.  purists account  for  this  business  pheiiotu- j *or l*ie i,resent- 
%  enon. 

I am not antagonizing  the  business  pur- ■ Iua**ers ou which I  have  touched 
ists,  but I would  like  to have  the business ' comuiun*cation,  but will  leave  the

I might say much  more  concerning  the
in  this 
subject
written the forego- 
I in£ Decause,  in common with many  readers
i of your paper,  1 recognize that  its  mission
I don’t think it profitable for  the  average | is mainly the  promulgation  of facts based 
man to use up any particular amount of  bis i on practical  experience,  which  may  help 
time in watching for  the  flood  in  his tide;  the many to profit by  the  lessons  one has 
the average  man  who  does  so  will  event-  | learned.
ually  learn what the  ancient  writer  meant  Your readers are largely among the coun- 
Is there  amongst them one
when he referred to 
has for a term
^Ml base  this  opinion  upon  tiie  assumption i  ^  yem's done a  business of  35,000 or more
(hat if  au>  of  us small'calibred  fiuauciers  £ ?  
•ever happen to be  present  at the opportune i  Let us have  facts! 

“Dropping buckets intoemDty wells, 
And growing old in drawing nothing up.” j wno wm 1811  uie res* Ulat 

j try merchants. 
j  who will  tell  the  re«t  that  h* 

MO credlt' “ d made

M e r c h a n t .

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The Membership of the M. B. M. A. Keacn-  promptly and buy in full packages.

the State body during the past week—Scotts- 
ville,  with  nine  members;  Eaton  Rapids, 
with twenty-six members; Lansing, with 104 
members;  and  Sand  Lake,  with  eighteen 
members.  Cadillac  has  also  sent  in  per 
capita  dues  on  eleven  members,  making 
fifty-nine  in  all.  These  accessions  swell 
the total membership to 2,436,  as follows:
..119 : 
Grand  liaplds...............
66 ( 
Oceana  ........................
99 
Traverse  City...............
48 
Lowell............................
34 
Sturgis..........................
70 !
Big  Kapids....................
29 i 
Elk Rapids....................
50
Greenville....................
30 
Sparta...........................
40 
Hastings.......................
10
East port.......................
6 
Ada  ...............................
57 
White  Lake..................
22 
Saranac  ........................
18 
Manton..........................
55 
Kalamazoo  ..................
45 
Coopersville..................
24 
East Jordan..................
9 
Nashville......................
37 
Holland........................
45 
Grand  Haven...............
J8 
Woodland  ....................
16 
Tustin............................
14 
Freeport .......................
.  59 
Cadillac.........................
.  36 
Kalkaska.......................
.  13 
Bellaire........................
.  23 
Mancelona...................
.  21
Way land..................... ........
Cheboygan.........................................................   J>1
Reed  City...........................................................  5®
Charlevoix  ................., .....................................  ™
Allegan..............................................................
Kingsley

I gardened for myself in  Ohio  and  Mis­
souri and always found  it  profitable to sell 
good articles and in a  fresh  condition. 
In 
Missouri,  I raised a field of  sweet  com. 
I 
found that one-half of the Inhabitants of the 
City of Mexico,  on  the  Northern  Missouri 
Railway,  had never tasted  sweet  corn,  and 
I educated them by giving  them a few ears 
to try. 
In Ithaca,  but  few   had  ever  used 
celery. 
I told them that it  was  becoming 
fashiouable for the table and was considered 
good for nervousness, and before I left there 
was a large sale for it. 
In 1839,  gardeners 
had just fairly begun to raise  small  fruits 
for the Boston market.  The crop which  has 
been  sold in this city this season would have 
been a drug on their market then.  Not one 
gardener in twenty raised tomatoes or celery 
then.  A gentleman  from  Boston told me 
lately that fruit there was dearer than here, 
sometimes much dearer,  but,  said he,  “It is 
cheaper to buy it for  my  children  than to 
pay doctor’s bills.”
if  a few enterprising  grocers  will  adopt 
the plan of purchasing and selling only fresh 
vegetables and pure,  unadulterated articles, 
the rest will follow suit  or get  out of  the 
business. 
It will be seen that I am not  writing this 
for the especial benefit of grocers, but of the 
citizens;  but if it benefits the  grocers  (as it 
surely will),  I shall be glad.  When at  Ith­
aca  a  few  gardeners  commenced  selling 
cabbages by the  pound,  it  caused  a  little 
struggle,  but  now  all  grocers  there  sell 
them in that way.  Who will  first sell eggs 
by the same  just  weight? 
I  purchased a 
pound of baking powder,  and  very  unex­
pectedly received a nice glass pitcher.  My 
wife used the powder two  or  three  times 
and threw the rest away as being useless or 
worse. 
I hope this subject will come up at
your State  meeting and that all adulterated I petoskey  ...........................................................  41
articles of commerce will be put in the same  D o rr...................................................................   “
category with unwholesome fruits and vege-  Musjcegon............................................ 60
tables.  W hen this desirable  reform 
place,  the longevity of the people will be In- I piainwell............................................................
creased 20 per  cent. 
are strongly linked together and the benefits  Muir.............................................................
Verm ontville............................................
should be m utual. 
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Four new associations have affiliated with  c ro w n ....................  so (Paragon................2  10
Frazer’s ................  
90|Paragon25lb pails.  90
Diamond  X ...........   60 Fraziers,25 lb pails. 125
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 501
Acme, \  ft cans, 3 doz. case..............
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B ulk.......................................
Princess,  Ms.......................................
“  Ms.........................................
Is..........................................
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bulk.....................................
Arctic, 4  lb cans, 6 doz. case...........
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Victorian, 1 lb cans, (tall,) 2 doz.......
Diamond,  “bulk.”..............................
Dry, No. 2........................................... doz. 
25
4o
Dry, No. 3........................................... doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,....................................... doz. 
oo
Liquid, 8 oz.........................................doz. 
60
Arctic 4 oz.........................................$   gross 3 oO
Arctic 8  oz......................................................  I
Arctic No. 1 pepper box...............................  ¿90
Arctic No. 2 
...............................   f 00
Arctic No. 3 
...............................   4 ou
N o. 2 Hurl...............1  75 Common Whisk —   90
1  00 
No. 1 Hurl... .2 00@2 25 Fancy  Whisk...
3 75
No. 2 Carpet...........2 25 Mill.......................
No. 1 Carpet...........2 50 Warehouse  ........
Parlor  Gem.......... 3 00
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Clams, 1 ft, Little Neck............................
........2  15
Clam Chowder,  31b.......................
...... 95@1 00
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  standards.......
........  1 65
Cove Oysters, 2  lb  standards.......
..........1  75
Lobsters, 1 1b picnic.......................
.......2 65
Lobsters, 2 lb, picnic...............
Lobsters, 1 lb star.........................................\  9®
Lobsters. 2 ft star.........................................8 ou
Mackerel,lib  fresh  standards..................1  45
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh standards..................5 10
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 f t ................
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard............................
Mackerel. 3 ft  soused..................................
Salmon, 1 1b Columbia river.......................«  ¿0
Salmon. 2 1b Columbia river...................... AW
Sardines, domestic 4 s ................................0®°- *
Sardines,  domestic  4 s ..............................  JO® } 4
Sardines,  Mustard  4 s ................................}0®}l
Sardines,  imported  54s.............................. Li-QUo
Trout. 3 ft  brook........................................
Apples, gallons, standards.............
Blackberries, standards..................
Cherries,  red  standard....................
Damsons............................................
Egg Plums, standards 
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Gooseberries......................................
Green Gages,....................................
Peaches, Extra Yellow....................
Peaches, standards..........................
Peaches,  seconds..............................
Peaches, pie.......................................
Pears...................................................
Pineapples,.......................................
Quinces ..............................................
Raspberries,  extra..........................
red.............................
Strawberries  ....................................
Whortleberries.................................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay....................
Beans, Lima,  standard...................
Beans,Stringless, Erie..  ...............
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked........
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy...................
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tary was instructed  to  apply  to  the  State j gand  Lake.........................................................   18  Peas! erira marrofat....................
Association for a charter.

A   communication  was  received from the j 
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association,  an­
nouncing the date of  the  third  convention 
and stating tdat  the"  Retail  Grocers’  Asso- j
ciation  is entitled  to  twelve  delegates  and I pewamo. 
an  equal  num ber  of  alternates.  H.  A.  H ubbartston
Hydorn moved that the President be author- I Howard  City........
ized  to  appoint  the  delegates,  which  was  { ^ r e n c e .... 
amended so as to  give  him  power to fill all I Otsego...
vacancies and m ake up the list of alternates.  I Hopkins  Station..................
The  following  were  then  chosen  as  dele-  Jersey.
gates:
Emery,  Thos.  Keating,
W illis E.  Butler,  E.  E.  Walker, M. S. Goos-
sen,  Chas.  Pettersch, Jam es A.  Stratton. 

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On motion of  H.  A.  Hydom,  a  vote of | 
thanks  was  tendered  Mr.  Hutchins for his | 
address.

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The interests of  dealers  and  Purchasers  g X ^ r n a n ! . .. .. .. .. .. ..  • • • • • ■ •; • • • • • •.......  „

Leslie__
Sherm an.
Frankfort
Cedar  Springs__
Battle  Creek.
Burr Oak......
White  Cloud..........
F lin t..,
East  Saginaw-----

n .  A.  Hydorn,  O. W.  P ettit,  B.  F.  Fife Lake........

Geo.  D u n a v e n ,|g ™ dCity;. .......................................

ta l^ s I  K0yiaec i t y I !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!................   JI

Harbor Springs........
| Lansing  !. . . .. . .

On motion  o«  Thos.  Keating,  the  Secre- 

Peas,  soaked................ -........... 

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Livingston.......

CANNED FRUITS. 

CANNED FISH.

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Treasurer  Harris  reported  a  balance  on 
haud of $107.86 and the  Secretary  reported 
the receipts of the evening as  $12.40.

Total............................2,436

The  Detroit  Boys  Crave  Delay.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

The  special  Committee  on  Memorial  to 
D ear Sir—Yours of the 14 th at hand and 
the  Common  Council  was  requested  to 
noted.  We would like nothing better  than 
meet  at  T he  T radesm an  office  Friday 
to try conclusions in  a  game  of  base  ball 
evening to  consider  the  best  method of se
.w ith  our  brothers  at  Grand  Rapids,  but 
curing municipal inspection  of  meats,  pro-  owjng ^  the rush of business at this season 
of the year,  I think  the  aforesaid  brothers
duce,  etc. 
B  F.  Emery said that all the members of  will have to wait till next season.  We have 
„„„  I no doubt but what we could do you up  and

D etroit,  Aug.  22,  1887. 

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Mushrooms, extra fine.................... 
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden................
Succotash, standard.................................
Squash.
Tomatoes, standard brands.......................1  15

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CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE.

Michigan full  cream................ ...........12  @124
Wilbur’s  Premium..35IGerman Sweet..........23
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“  B’kf’tCocoa 45 Baker’s ..........
“  Cocoa-theta 42 Runkles’ ........
“  Vanilla Bar 28

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the Association  were familiar with the gro- 1 
cer on land, and that at the next meeting he  talent on either side.  Only  those  who  are : 
would give them an idea  of  the  grocer  on  Knights  of the Grip can take part.
water,  as connected with  the  U .  S.  Navy; 
also a description of one Sunday in the Navy. 
The offer was accepted and Mr.  Emery's re­
cital will be looked forward  to  with  much 
interest.

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Peerless  .........................................
COFFEES—PACKAGE,

Since writing  the  above,  Mr.  McCurdy 
has partially changed  his  views,  owing  to 
the interest which is shown in  the  event  at J Bulk... 
this end of the line.  A  meeting of  the De- j
troit  travelers  will  be  held  on Saturday j Lion......................................................
evening of this week,  at which  time he will  x x x x   . 
endeavor to  arouse  the  enthusiasm of the  Arbuckie’s

As the next  meeting  of  the  Association 
occurs on  the  same  date  as the  first  day 
of  the  State  convention,  it  was  voted  to 
defer the  next meeting until  September 20.

Lion,  in cabinets......

E.  H.  McCurdy.

Yours truly,

COCOANUT

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uted at the close of the meeting, appeared to I tbe disappointment  the  Grand Rapids boys  Germa n —  -  •  • • • • • • * • * 
give general satisfaction.

would otherwise feel over the postponement  Magnolia..............................
of the event until another season.

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The Committee on Memorial  met  accord 
iug to call and the local Health  Officer  was 
also present by  invitation  of the  Secretary.

In oase the games can  be  arranged,  it  is 
proposed to leave  for  the  seat  of  war on I 
Friday  evening  and  play  the  game Satur

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wish to do so  to  witness  a  league  game in
1 the  afternoon.  Sunday  will  be  spent  in
and other plaees of in_
fetum   trf  belug  made on Sun- 
for  the  present  his  attentiraj  “   ni  ht  which wiln aud the boys home i 
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time to start out on the early morning trains 
Monday.  Every traveler wrill  be  expected 
to take along his wife,  or mother,  or sister, 
or some other fellow’s sister.

proposed  to  do  in 
the  sale  of  poor  and  decayed  vegetables,
adulterated  spices,  etc.,  and replied that  he  y. 
had not reached that feature of his work  as  ^
yet—that 
would be  given  wholly  to  the  subjects  of 
WUU1U  ue  gi'cn  «11 
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meat and milk.  The matter was  discussed 
in all its bearings,  when  it  was  decided  to 
ask President Coye to draw up  a  memorial 
to the Council,  asking that body to  appoint 
an Iu spec tor of  Vegetables  and  Meats,  as 
provided  for  by  the  charter,  and  present
the  memorial  at  the  next  meeting  of The I canned g00d8  continue to  exhibit a notable | F^ocy^Butter .
Association for signature. 

Sugars have taken a sharp  advance  and

The  Grocery  Market.

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A Disreputable Dealer Receives a Deserved 

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Henry J.  Marsh,  the owner  of  a  general  another excursion  to  Milwaukee,  on Satur-  Boston

T heD .,  g . h .  &  m .  Railway  will  givej ^

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firmness.  Other articles in  the grocery line  picnic....................... •• • - •
Fancy  Oyster........
1 Fancy  Soda.......................
are steady. 
j City Soda............................

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COFFEES. Roasted.

Rio....................22@24
Santos...............23@26
Maricabo..........25@26
Java..................25@30
O. G. Ja v a........30@35
Mocha...............31 @32

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Santos.............. ^3@25
Maricabo......... 24 @26
J a v a ................S8@25
O. G. Java........24@32
Mocha  ..............86@86
COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
Bell, Conrad & Co.’s Plantation Java.
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CORDAGE.

60 foot Jute.......  1  00  150 foot Cotton.  . .1 60
72 foot J u te ....... 1 25  60 foot Cotton... .1  75
|72footCotton— 2 00
40FootCotton__ 150 

CR4.CKERS  AND  SWEET  (XlODiL y

Kenosha Butter......................... 
Seymour Butter..
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( S r o c e r i e s .

Interesting Meeting of  the Retail  Grocers’ 

Association.

There was a fair attendance  at  the meet­
ing  of  the  Retail  Grocers’  Association  Of 
Grand Rapids last Tuesday evening.

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Picnic 
was received and accepted,  when  a bill sent 
in for  the  services  of  a  prompter  at  the 
dance was ordered  paid.

A  bill  for  postage,  presented  by ex-Col- 

lector Cooper,  was rejected.

Warren Hutchins then addressed the gro­
cers on the subject  of  “The  Best  Methods 
for Preserving  Fruits  and  Vegetables,”  as 
follows:

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in  good  condition. 

The retail grocers of Grand  Rapids  have 
a greater responsibility for the health of  its
citizens than any other class.  All the  food 
consumed here is furnished by them and by 
the butcher.
Dr.  Edson,  Chief  Inspector  of  Food for 
the N.  Y.  Sanitary  Bureau,  says:  “Fruits 
and  vegetables  should  constitute  a  large 
part of  our  diet  in  warm  weather.”  He 
further says:  “The person who  sells  con­
taminated food aims a deadly  blow  at  the 
consumer.”
Every city should have competent inspect­
ors of food,  with power to  forbid  the  sale 
of all unwholesome  articles.
In  1872 a  dairyman  near  Cincinnati  en­
gaged me to sell a lot of dry cows  for  him. 
They were in  good  condition,  and  I  sold 
them better than he  expected.  Soon  after 
he asked me to sell another lot. 
I told him 
I  would 
I  took 
them  to  Brighton  market  there  and  sold 
them by live weight.  Just as the purchaser 
was about  to  pay  me,  an  officer  put  his 
hand on his shoulder and told him he  could 
not drive  them  home,  because  they  were 
not fit for beef. 
I  was  very  glad  to  find 
that that greal city had such officers.  When 
I   sold 
them,  the  purchaser had to  give 
the officer a writing engaging to  take  them 
out to pasture.
large  number  of  vegetables  and 
fruits,  when 
few  hours 
to  the 
(after 
being gathered),  become  tasteless  and  un­
wholesome,  unfit to be  used  as  articles  of 
diet,  and are  often the cause of serious  dis­
eases.
Now,  if a plan can be adopted which will 
enable grocers to keep these  perishable  ar­
ticles a longer time without becoming wilted 
or stale,  a great gain will accrue  to  dealers 
and a much  larger  one  to  the  citizens  in 
health  and  comfort. 
If  any  suggestions 
from my experience shall turn the attention 
of this Association to this  subject,  I  shall 
feel compensated for  undertaking  the  deli­
cate task  of  coming  before  so  intelligent 
and  enterprising a class of citizens 

in  warm  weather 

exposed 

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In  1875,1 engaged to  work as foreman of 
a large market garden for Cornell Universi­
ty,  at Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
I had previously had 
five years’ experience in a  similar  capacity 
of a garden  six miles from Boston. 
Prof, 
Lazenby,  who had charge of  this garden at 
Ithaca,  graduated  the June  before in  the 
horticultural  department,  but  had had but 
little  practical  experience.  He  is  now  a 
professor at the Ohio  State University,  and 
is also director of an  experiment  station at 
Columbus of  seventeen  acres,  and is now 
thoroughly  informed. 
I  made  the  garden 
and then sold all its  products  for the Uni­
versity,  the  money  being  paid  into their 
treasury.  We had a large barn cellar which 
was bricked up and  plastered 
inside so as 
to be cool in  summer.  We  also  had  hy­
drants in different parts of the garden,  with 
gas pipe and hose,  so as to be prepared  for 
dry weather,  but our chief  weapons against 
drought were subsoiling and thorough culti­
I sold the garden  products  largely 
vation. 
to professors’ families and to  private  citi­
zens. 
It devolved on me to secure a stt  of 
paying  customers.  By  raising  the  best 
quality and by delivering them  to  families 
in a fresh condition,  I secured  all the  cus­
tomers I could supply and from a very intel­
ligent,  appreciative class.  When I sold to 
Mrs.  A .,  she would say,  “Mrs.  B.  was here 
yesterday  and  wishes  you to call on her.” 
Mrs.  B.  had found  out  from  Mrs.  A.  that 
she  had  first-class  articles  from the Uni­
versity garden.  My  success  was  assured, 
and  for four years I sold these  articles  ev­
ery alternate day.  When I had  green peas 
or other perishable articles,  not sold to reg­
ular  customers,  I drove  down  on  streets 
where they needed cheap food and sold at a 
reduced price,  so that I rarely  carried  these 
articles to market twice. 
I  told  Prof.  La- 
zeuby,  when we  had  strong,  wormy  rad­
ishes to sell,  that  we  would  make  more 
money  to  throw  them  away.  Professor 
Roberts,  the  agricultural  professor,  once 
asked me to sell a large lot of 
inferior  ap­
ples from the farm.  I said to him,  “Profes­
sor,  I like to sell good articles.”  “ So do I,” 
was his quick response. 
In warm weather, 
when these articles  were  harvested,  I had 
them  put in the shade as  soon  as  picked, 
either vegetables or small fruits,  and where 
there was no shade had  them  covered with 
a  coarse cloth,  wrung out  in  cool  hydrant 
water,  and transported to  the  bam  cellar 
and kept until morning.  They were carried 
to market well  covered  up  from  the sun. 
Now,  if the grocers of this city would mutu-1 
ally agree not to exhibit but a small portion 
o f these commodities at a time,  unless most 
o f them are covered with damp cloths,  they 
would  soon  experience  a  great  gain  and 
would be educating  the .people  to  demand 
and appreciate good,  wholesome food.
In very hot weather,  these  damp  cloths 
should  be  wrung  out  at intervals, or else 
cover  with a dry cloth  to prevent  evapora­
tion.  Then  on  hot  nights  and  Sundays, 
they should be laid on damp  cloths,  spread 
on the floor of a well-ventilated, clean cellar 
or room and  covered  with  another  damp 
cloth. 
I notice that the  neatest,  best  gro­
cers do not exhibit dried-up or decayed arti­
cles four or five days after they  become un- 
salable.
W e are all teachers and educators.  Either 
the  grocers  will  educate  the  citizens,  by 
fam ishing fresh articles,  or the people  will 
gain such a knowledge  of  physiology  and 
the laws of health that  they  will  refuse to 
purchase these stale products.  Which class 
shall teach the other?
In  1835 or 1836,  one of the  leading  mer­
chants of Vermont sent several sleigh-loads 
o f butter to Boston for  sale.  The  proprie­
tors of the Tremont House wished  to  pur­
chase  a 
lot  for winter use.  When 
they examined the butter,  they  found  most 
o f it unfit for  their  table.  This  merchant 
came home disgusted and told  of  his great 
disappointment  The  press  took  up  the 
subject  and 
informed  the  people of Ver­
mont that they ought to  be  ashamed,  with 
their  sweet  mountain  pastures  and  pure 
spring  water,  to  make  poor  butter.  The 
result is that the dealers in  Boston  are now 
proud to advertise  Vermont  butter for sale, 
and the Boston papers announce the amount 
o f batter shipped from St.  Albans and other 
points in Vermont to their city.

large 

“ 

“ 

12 lb kits 

Herring, Holland, bbls.
Herring, Holland,  kegs.........................   6E@75
Herring, Scaled........ ........ .........................
Mackerel, shore, No. 1, %  bbls..................  JO 00

« 
.............................  10  “ 
“ 

.........3 CO
...............2 50
No. 3. 4   bbls.............................6 50
Sardines,  spiced, 4 s ................................... 10@12
Trout, 4   bbls...............................................5 50
“  10 lb  kits............................................  85
White, No. 1, 4  bb ls.......................... 7 00@7 50
White, No. 1,12  ft kits.................................1  10
White, No. 1.10 lb kits.................................  90
White. Family, 54 bbls.................................3 00
kits......................................  50

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

•* 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
44 
*• 

MATCHES.

............. 1
...4 60 
....9 06 
.........1 10
........... 4 25

4 pint, round.
No. 3 panel__
No. 8 
No. 10

Jennings’ D. C.,2 oz...............$  doz.  1 00
**  4 oz............................1  50
44  6 oz............................2  50
“  8 oz............................3  50
“  No.  2  Taper............ 125
“  No.  4 

Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  61
2 65
4 25
5 00 
1  75
3 0C 
9  00
18 00 
1  85 
5 00 
7 00
Grand  Haven,  No. 8, square.........................  95
Grand Ha.'en, No 9, square, 3 gro................J  15
Grand  Haven,  No.  200,  parlor........... '........ 1  75
Grand  Haven,  «Vo.  3u0, parlor— :.................. 2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round.............................. 1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2..................................................1 00
Oshkosh, No.  8..................................................1 50
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  square.............................100
...............................150
Richardson’s No. 9  do 
Richardson’s No. 74, round..............................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
...............................150
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.

4 bbls. 2c extra

I 

44 
44 

PIPES.

00 
.3  12

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL
.6 00¡ Barrels..........
Barrels...............
.8  12! Half barrels  . 
Half barrels-----
.2 25lCa8e8..............
Cases..................
PICKLES.
Medium...................................................
4 bbl.........................................
Small,  bid...............................................
4 bbl...........................................
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........
Imported Clay, No. 216,24 gross........
American T.D.......................................
Choice Carolina.......7  ¡Java  ..............
Prime Carolina.......6  P atna............
Good Carolina........5 4 ¡Rangoon
Good Louisiana.......54  Broken.
Table  .......................5 4 ¡Japan...
DeLand’s pure........S^IGaright’s ...........
Church’s  ................ 5  ¡Sea  Foam.........
Taylor’s G. M......... 5  ¡Cap Sheaf.........

@6 50 
@3 45 
@7 50 
@4 00
@2  00 
@1  75 
@  75
........  
54
.................54
........   @44
......34@34
.................54
.5
.54

SALERATUS.

RICE.

2  10 
2 35 
95

20
23
40
20

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

lu
40
29
28
8¡
7U
65
19 
29
11
H
25
43
32
31
10
15
18@2
85
20

4 c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

4   “ 

SAUCES.

SPICES—WHOLE.

Pocket, F F  Dairy............................
Pocket.................................................
100 3 ft  pockets.......................................
iginaw or Manistee............................
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags —
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........
American, dairy, 4  bu. bags...............
Rock, bushels.........................................
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags.....................
.....................
Parisian, 4   pints..................................
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................
I epper Sauce, green  ............................
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring.............
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................
Halford Sauce, pints............................
Halford Sauce, 4  pints.........................
Allspice...................................................
Cassia, China in mats............................
Batavia in bundles..................
Saigon in rolls..........................
Cloves, Amboyna..................................
Zanzibar....................................
Mace Batavia.........................................
Nutmegs,  fancy....................................
No. 1......................................
No. 2......................................
Pepper, Singapore,  black....................
w hite...................
Allspice...................................................
Cassia,  Batavia........... .........................
and  Saigon........ .........
Saigon....... ?............................
Cloves, Amboyna.................................
Zanzibar....................... 
.......
Ginger, African......................................
Cochin........................................
Jamaica....................................
Mace Batavia.........................................
Mustard,  English..................................
and Trieste.............
Trieste....................................
Nutmegs, No. 2......................................
Pepper, Singapore black.....................
white.....................
Cayenne..................................
STARCH.
Muzzy, Gloss, 481b boxes, 1  ft  pkgs...
44  48 “  44  3 1b 
...
40 lb  44  bu lk............
44 
44  72 1b crates, 6 1b boxes..
Corn, 401b boxes. 1 lb pkgs—  
44  20 ft 
....
lib  “ 
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 lb pkgs....
6 lb boxes... 
bulk

44 
SPICES—PURE  GROUND.

44 

44 

*• 

•

• 

• 

®

“ 

44 

44 

“ 
“ 
« 
“ 

SUGARS.

SYRUPS. 

TOBACCO—FINE CUT-IN PAILS.

Pure, 1 ft pkgs............. . 
- 
-  - 
Corn, 1  ft pkgs. 
Firmenich, new process, gloss, l ft—  
3 ft....
44 
“ 
441  6 lb....
44 
“ bulk, boxes or bbls
44  corn. 1 ft...............

a
25
@  54 
@ 54 
@ 4 
@ 64 
@  6 
@ 64 
@ 7 
@ 74 
@ 64
@ 54
@ 7
@  54 
@ 54 
@  64 
@ 4 
@ 6
64
Cut  Loaf..
Cubes......................................................  ® §2»
@  5 
Powdered..........
@6 44 
Granulated.  Standard..
@ 6 
Off.............
@  6
Confectionery A ...............
Standard A .......................  ....................
No. 1, White Extra  C............................  @ »5»
No. 2, Extra C......................................... 
No. ...........................................................  @5}*
N o ilc !.....................................................
@28
Corn,  barrels  .......................................
@30
Corn, 4  bbls..........................   ...............
@31
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................
@32
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................................
24@30
Pure  Sugar, bbl......................................
26@32
Pure Sugar, 4  bbl..................................
Uncle Tom................ 4z(Bad Boy.......................40
What Is It?................28 Cinderella....................37
Cherry......................6WHi There..................... 30
Five and  Seven....... 45|Red Cap....................... 56
Magnet...................... 25jCrosB Cut......................
Seal of Detroit.........60! Old Jim.........................35
Jim Dandy................38|01d Tim e.....: ............40
Our  Bird...................25! Underwood s Capper 3»
Brother  Jonathan...27lMeigs&Co.’sStunner36
Jolly  Time............... 36|Atlas...........................35
Our  Leader..............40| Royal Game.................38
Sweet  Rose............. 32i Mule Ear......................65
May  Queen............. 65 Fountain......................74
Dark AmcricanEagle67 Old Congress............. 64
The Meigs.................60 Good Luck...................5!.
Red  Bird.................. 50| Blaze Away................. 35
Prairie Flow er.......65jHair Lifter.............— 30
Hiawatha...................67
Indian Queen...........60
G lobe......................... 66
May Flower..............70
Crown Leaf............... 68
Sweet  Pippin...........45
Sunset.........................35
Hustler.....................
Yum  Yum.................45
Mackinaw.................24
Butterfly....................35
Macatawa................. 23
Zulu  Chief............... 30
Eye  Opener..............32iBlue  Blazes...............  30
Whopper  ..................30 Capper........................40
Peach Pie.................30 Jupiter  ........................¿5
Star 
.................4l|Night Cap.................... 22
Splendid..................   38
Old Solder.................. 87
Red Fox......................44
Clipper  .....................-34
Big  Drive...................44
Corner Stone........ .. .34
Chocolate  Cream— 44
Scalping  Knife........34
Nimrod......................38
Sam Boss..............-  34
Big Five Center.........36
N e x t...................... •*••32
Parrot........................42
Favorite...................>36
Buster........................35
Live and Let  Live.. .32
guaker.................
Black Prince..............35
Black  Racer..............36
ig  Nig...................-.37
Climax  ......................42
Spear  Head............... 44
Horse  Shoe............... 37
P.  V ..................... .’..  38
V inco......................... »«
Spring Chicken........36
Merry War.................32
Eclipse  ....................33
Ben  Franklin............32
Turkey........................39
Moxie......................... 34
Blackjack.................82
Lark........................•••26
Musselman’s Corker. 30 
Choose me..................24
Live and Let  Live.. .32
Jolly Tar. 
.82
Happy Thought........ 42
Red Top............
Cherry Bounce..........36
Tip Top.............
Plank  Road............... 42
Holy  M o s e s . . -82 
Trio..........................3 9

p l u g .

The Grand Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quote  as  follows:
Mess, Chicago  packing....................................... 15 50
Shortcut............................................................... 15 75
Extra clear pig, short cut....................  ....17 00
Extra clear, heavy.........................................
Clear quill, short  cut.......................................... 17 00
Boston clear, short cut.......................................17 OO
Clear back, short cut..........................................17 0U
Standard clear, short  cut, best........................ 17 OO
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
i  Long Clears, heavy.................................
medium..............................
lig h t..................................
I  Short Clears, heavy.................................
medium.............................
light....................................

“ 
44 
do. 
do. 
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OU  PLAIN.
Hams, avei age 20  fts..................................... 13
“ 
!6  fts.....................................124
“ 
12 to 14 fts............................. 124.
“  picnic  ...................................................  84
“  best bone less........... ........................... 11
Shoulders.........................................................  74
Breakfast Bacoq, boneless........................... 12
Dried Beef, extra........................................... 104
............................. 12

ham  prices 

" 
“ 

“ 

LA KI>.

Tierces  ..................................................... 
30 and 50 ft T ubs.....................................  
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................  
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.............................. 
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case.............................  
201b Pails, 4 pails in  case.......................

LARD IN TIN  PAILS.

BEEF IN BARRELS.

“ 

30

Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts................ .
Extra Mess, Chicago PacKing..................
*•  Kansas City Packing..........
Plato ...........................................................
Extra Plate.................................................
Boneless, rump butts...............................
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork  Sausage............................................
Ham  Sausage............................................
Tongue  Sausage.......................................
Frankfort  Sausage................................
Blood  Sausage..........................................
I  Bologna, straight......................................
Bologna,  thick...........................................
Head  Cheese..............................................

PIGS’  FEET.

In half barrels  ..........................................
In quarter barrels....................................

74
*4
77»
74
74

7  00 
.  7  50 
.  7 50 
. 8 CO* 
.11  00

..  6
..  6
..  6

3 00 
1 65.

F It LSI I  MEATS. 
Mohrhard  quotes  the

John 
prices as follows: 
Fresh  Beef, sides 
Fresh  Beef, hind 
Dressed  Hogs....
Mutton................
Lamb  spring......
Veal.....................
Pork Sausage__
Bologna...............
Fowls....................
Ducks  ................
Turkeys  .............
jard,  kettle-rend

9 5U

quarters.

ired.

trade  selling
.......5  @ 6
.......64@  7
.......64@  7
.......64® 7
.......84@  9
........  74®  8
........  84® O
.......  @ 6
........   @11
......  @
........  74@  8

....  .11  @12 

SHORTS.

I 

44 

.60

.40 

44 
44 

...20 

...2 0 1
.. .16 
...30 
...SOlUnit  .....................
...24 
...27!Eight  Hours........
...28;Lucky  ..................
...30 
...25 
...15Two  Nickel........
.40
...30 Duke’s  Durham..
, ..26,Grecn CornCob Pipe 26 
...................16

Our  Leader..............17|Hiawatha.............
Mayflower............... 23 Old Congress........
Globe.........................22 May  Leaf.............
Mule Ear...................231 Dark.....................
SMOKING
Yum  Yum...............30|Pure....................
Our  Leader............. 16! Star
Old V et....
Big Deal............
Navy Clippings
Leader .............
Hard  Tack.......
D ixie................
I 
Old Tar...................... 40  Owl.
Arthur’s  Choice.......22|RobRoy.............
Red Fox..................... 2« Uncle  Sam.........
Gold  Dust................. 26  Lumberman__
Gold  Block............... 30  Railroad Boy....
Seal of Grand Rapids  Mountain Rose..
(cloth)................. 25  Home Comfort..
Miners and Puddlers.30.Old  Kip__
.28 Seal of North Caro-
Peerless  ................
’ina, 2  oz...............
.22; 
Standard................
. 19 Seal of North  Caro-
Old Tom..................
lina, 4oz...............
.25, 
.48
Tom &  Jerry..........
Seal of North  Caro­
Joker.......................
lina. 8«z...............
.45
Traveler................
Seal of North  Caro-
Maiden....................
lina, 16 oz boxes__ 42
Pickwick  Club.......
King Bee, longcut.. .22
Nigger  Head..........
Sweet Lotus............... 32
Holland..................
. 15 Grayling.................... ‘<$2
German..................
25 Seal Skin.....................30 !
Honey  Dew...........
I5| Red Clover.................32
Colonel’s  Choice... 
22 Good  Luck................. 26 I
.. 
Queen  Bee. 
.. .3'iNavy......................... 30 I
Blue  Wing.......
SNUFF.
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen....... 
70
Maccoboy............................   @  55
Gail & Ax’ 
@  411
..........................  
Rappee.................................  @  351
Railroad  Mills  Scotch..............................  @ 451
Lotzbeck  ...................................................  @1 
Japan ordinary............................................ 18@2U!
Japan fair to good......................................... 25@30 j
Japan dust.....................................................15@20
Young Hyson................................................20@45
GunPowder...................................................35@5U
Oolong.....................................................33@56@6C
Congo.............................................................25@30
50 gr.
10
10
16
90
75

White Wine..................................   08 
Cider................   ..........................   08 
York State Apple......................... 
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Brick imported................................. 
American................................. 
Burners,  No. 0.......................................   @70
80
 
ft)
Cocoa  Shells, bulk.................................  @4
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand.................  @7 50
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.................  @25
Candles, Star..............................................  @11
Candles.  Hotel.......................................   @12
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.......................  @35
Extract Coffee, V.  C..............................  @80
F elix..........................   @1 20
Fire Crackers, per box............................  @1 20
Fruit Jars, pints.......................................  @ 
“  quarts.....................................   @10 50
  @13 50
“  2-quarts.................................  
@25
Gum, Rubber  100 lumps................... 
~ urn, Rubber 200 lumps.......................   @35
um. Spruce...........................................  @30
Hominy, $) bbl.......................................   @3 50
elly, in 30 ft  pails.................................  @  5
^earl  Barley..................................   ....  @ 24
eas, Green  Bush.................................  @110
Peas, Split  Prepared............................  @ 34
"Powder, Keg...........................................  @5 00
Powder, 4   Keg......................................  @2 75
Sage  ........................................................  @  15
Sago  ........................................................  @ 6«
Tapioca...................................................  @  C

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

. VINEGAR.

30 gr. 

TEAS.

do 

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FIELD NEEDS.
Jlover,  mammoth........................
“  medium............................
Timothy, prime.............................

OILS.

ILLUMINATING

Water White... 
Michigan  Test.
Ethaline...........
Ruby................

@ 5   15. 
@ 5   15  
@ 2   65

1 1 4
.104
..134
..124

LUBRICATING.

Gasoline........................................................... 114
Capitol Cylinder.............................................364
Model  Cylinder.............................................. 314.
Shield  Cylinder.............................................. 264
Eldorado  Engine........................................... 23
Peerless  Machinery...................................... 20
Challenge Machinery.................................... 19
Paraffine  ......................................................... 204
Black. Summer, West  Virginia....................9
Black, 25° to 3 0 °...........................................10
Black, 15®  C.  T..............................................11
Zero................................................................. 124

WOOD EN YT ARK.

.................................  4  50

Standard  Tubs, No. 1...........................................5 75
Standard  Tubs, No. 2............................................4 7.5-
Standard  Tubs, No. 3...........................................3 75
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  Sticks............................................................. 1 OO
Washboards, single...............................................1 75
Washboards, double.............................................2 25

BASKETS.
Diamond  Market..................
Bushel, narrow  band. No. 1. 
Bushel, narrow  band. No. 2.
Bushel, wide band................
Clothes, splint,  No. 3...........
Clothes, spliut.  No. 2...........
Clothes, splint,  No. 1...........
Clothes, willow  No. 3...........
Clothes, willow  No. 2...........
Clothes, willow  No. 1...........
Water  Tight, bu....................
“  half bu..........

.......  40
.......1 50
........... 1  40
........... 1  75
.......3 50
.......4 25
...... 5 00
.......6 DO
.......6 50
...... 7 50
.......3 75
.......2 85

C O U N T R Y   l ’ K O D U C E .

Apples—Plenty at fl.25@$2 per bbl. 
Beets—In good supply at 30c per bu.
Beans—Good  hand-picked  mediums  are 

&

scarce at $2@$2.10.

Butter—Creamery  is  iu  good  demand and 
fairly  tlrm at 22@25c.  Dairy  is  active  at  18@>
20c.

California Fruit—Plums, $2; Pears, $3.
Cabbages—$3@$7  per  100,  according to size. 
Carrots—40c per bu.
Celery—20@25 V doz.
Cheese—Factory men  are  now  holding July  ™  

°

make  at  lie  aud  August  at 114c.  Jobbers 
figure on about  lc  margin,  making  present 
prices from jobbers’ hands 12@124c.

Cider—10c per gal.
Crab Apples—25c per bu.
Dried Apples—Out of  market.
Dried Peaches—Out of market.
Eggs—Scarce and  firm.  Jobbers are paying 

13c and holding at  14c.

Grapes—Concords and Ives, 5c per lb.  Dela­

wares, 7o.

Honey—Dull  at  10@14c.
Hay—Baled 

is  moderately  active  at  $15 
in 

per ton  in two aud  five  ton  lots  and  $13 
car lots.

Muskmelons—$1 per doz.
Onions—More plenty, the m arket  now being 

well supplied at 80c per bu.

Peaches—Crawftrd  $2  per  bu;  Barnards» . y f 

Parsley—25c ¥   doz.  Scarce. 

$1.75 per b u ; common varieties, $1.26 per bu. 

.

P ears- $1@$L50 per bu.
Peppers—Green, $1.25 per bu.
Potatoes—89c per bu.
Pop Corn—24c 11 ft.
Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys, $4.50 per bbl.  Bal- 

timores, $3.50.

Tomatoes—$ l  V  bu.
Turnips—75c ¥  bu.
Watermelons—$10 @ $12  per 100.

CANDY.  FRUITS  AND  NUTS. 

Putnam  & Brooks quote as follows:

STICK.

do 
do

MIXED

Standard, 25 ft boxes............................. 84@ 9
@ 9 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
@10
@ 9 
Royal, 25 ft  pails.................................
@  8 
Royal, 200 ft bbls........... ....................
Extra, 25 ft  pails................................
@10 
@ 9 
Extra, 200 ft bbls................................
French Cream, 25 ft pails..................
@114 
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...........................
@10 
Broken, 25  ft  pails.............................
@10 
@ 9
Broken. 200 ft  bbls............................
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.
@12
Lemon  Drops....................................
@13
Sour Drops.........................................
@13
Peppermint  Drops..........................
14
Chocolate Drops...............................
18
H M Chocolate  Drops.....................
Gum  D rops......................................
10
Licorice Drops..................................
A B  Licorice  Drops.........................
12
14
Lozenges, plain.................................
15
Lozenges,  printed............................
14
Imperials...........................................
15 
Mottoes..............................................
12 
Cream  Bar.........................................
Molasses Bar......................................
12 
18 
Caramels............................................
18 
Hand Made Creams..........................
1«
Plain  Creams....................................
Decorated  Creams............................
20
13
String Rock.........................:.............
Burnt Almonds.................................
14
Wintergreen  Berries.....................
FANCY—IN  BULK.
@114
Lozenges, plain in  pails..................
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.................  .
@104
@124
Lozenges, printed in pails...............
@114
Lozenges, printed in  bbls..............
Chocolate Drops, in pails..
@124
Gum  Drops  in pails..............................  @64
Gum Drops, in bbls...............................   @ 54
Moss Drops, in  pails............................. 9  @10
Moss Drops, in bbls  ..............................  @9
Sour Drops, in  pails.............................   @12
Imperials, in  pails.................................  @124
Imperials  in bbls.................................  @114
Bananas 
...............................................1 50@2 50
Oranges, California, fancy..................  @
Oranges,  cboice....................................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls.........................
Oranges, Florida....................................
Oranges, Rodi,.......................................4  5l@a 50
Oranges, Messina..................................   @
Oranges, OO........ ...................................  ©
Oranges, Imperials...............................4 50j®4  to
Lemons, choice.....................................4 50@5 00
Lemons, fanev.......................................ó 50@6 50
! Lemons, California...............................
Figs, layers, new, 
ft......................... 10  @15
Figs, Bags, 50 ft.........................................   ® 
Dates, frails do  ........................................  @ 6)?
Dates,4  do  d o ........  .........................  @ 64
Dates, Fard 10 ft box V 
Dates, Fard 60 ft box ¥  ft.....................   ® ° ,
Dates, Persian 50 ft box V ft...............  7  @  . 4
Pine Apples, $1  doz.............................   2 00@3 00
Almonds,  Tarragona...........................17  @}74
I vaca............................ 
®}7
California.............................  @17
Brazils....................................................   8^®,®
Filberts, Sicily.......................................   ® “
Barcelona...............................   @9
Walnuts,  Grenoble...............................   @}<
Sicily.......................................  
}»
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................124@16
Cocoanuts, $  100, full bags..................  @4 50
PEANUTS.
Prime  Red,  raw  V  1b............................ 
® 44
Choice 
d o ............................  ®
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ............................  @  «4
Choice White, Va.do  ............................  @  ®4
Fancy H P*. Ya  d o ............................  @
H. P.V a............................................... . 

“  Missouri.................................

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FRUITS.

NUTS.

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HIDES. PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green__*8 lb 54@  6
Part cured...  7  @ 74 
Full cured....  74@  8 
Dry hides and 
k ip s............  8  @12

Calf skins, green 
Deacon skins,

or cured....  7  @  8 
$1 piece.......10  @30

SHEEP PELTS.

Old wool, estimated washed $1 ft........25  @28
Tallow.....................................................  *  @ 34
Fine washed ¥  ft 22@25|Coarse washed.. ,26@28 
Medium  ............. 27@30|Unwashed............I6@22

WOOL.

OYSTERS.

FRESH  FISH.

OYSTERS AND  FISH. 
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 
Fairhaven Counts................................
Selects............................. ......................
Anchors..................................................
Standards  ............................................
Black bass.............................................
Rock  bass..............................................
Perch......................................................
Wall-eyed  pike....................................
Duck-bill  pike......................................
Sturgeon.................................................
Sturgeon,  smoked...............................
Trout......................................................
Trout, smoked......................................
Whiteflsh........ .....................................
Whiteflsb, smoked...............................
Brook Trout
Frogs’ Legs, per dozen....

ORAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. 

f

Wheat—No change.  City millers pay  75c fo r  ^  

Lancaster and 72c for Fulse and Clawson.

Corn—Jobbing  generally  at52e  in  100  bu. 

lots and 474c in carlots.

Oats—White, 35c in small lots  and  30@31o  in 

car lots.

Rye—48@50c V bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $1 owt.
Flour—No change. Patent,$5.10# bbl.in sacks 
and  $6.30  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.10 $1 bbl. in 
sackB and $4.30 in wood. 

Meal—Bolted, $2.40 $  bbl. 
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 

ton.  Bran, $19 
$  ton.  Ships, $13 fl ton.  Middlings, $14 VtOH 

m
‘ w

.......36
........25
........23
........20
........  9
........  4
........ 4
........ 71
........ 7!
.........6
.........8
........   7
........ 10
...........7
........ JO
.......50

............. 25@6  Corn aad Oats, $17  11 ton.

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7 
7

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cogos 
trip,  $3.

GRAND RAPIDS
F R O N T

store and grist mill at  Marshville,  recently I day.  Sept.  3.  Fare for the round trip,  $ 2.50; j graham 
;
received a severe rebuke at the hands of the | also one to  Detroit on  Wednesday,  Sept.  7,  | Pregejs, hand-made
Crack neis.................
Supreme Court in connection  with  a  busi-  I for the purpose of witnessing  the  base ball j
Lemon Cream..........
ness transaction dating back to the  time  of  game at Recreation Park,  between the Chi-
Sugar Cream.
and  Detroits.  Fare  for  the  round
Frosted Cream..........................
his disreputable failure  in  1877.  All  who 
Ginger  Snaps............................ 
No. 1 Ginger Snaps..................  
have ever had any dealings with Marsh pro­
Lemon  Snaps............................ 
nounce him a  swindler  of  the deepest  die, 
Coffee Cakes..............................
134
Lemon Wafers..........................
and now that the Supreme Court has set the 
114
Jumbles.......*■..........................
124
seal of approval on the accusations,  there is 
Extra Honey Jumbles.............
134
Frosted Honey  Cakes.............
nothing left for him to  do but to remove  to 
134
Cream  Gems..............................
134
Bagievs  Gems..........................
a locality where  his  real  character  is  un­
124
Seed Cakes.................................
known.
84
8. & M. Cakes............................
22
Citron......................................................1®.®
Currants.................................................74®
14 
@
Lemon Peel.........................................
14
Orange Peel.........................................
@104 
Prunes, French, 60s..........................
@  8 
French, 80s............................
@ 7 
French,  90s..........................
@ 5 
Turkey..................................
44
Raisins, Dehesia................................... 3 60@5 00
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @}  »0
Raisins, California  “ 
®}  3»
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.................... l JO&l ob
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s.......................... .  gli® »
RaiBins. Sultanas...................................®  ®
Raisins,  Valencia, new.......................—7  @ 74
Raisins,  Imperials.................................   ®3 ou
Cod, whole.....................................................*4@6
Cod,boneless.......- ....................................   6@64
Halibut........................................................_
| Herring, round.  4   bbl.........................  @3  75
Herring «round,  4   bbl................................  * *0

The “Anchor”  brand  of  oysters,  which 
had such an extensive sale last  season, will 
be handled by F. J.  Dettenthaler  again this 
year.  The  “Anchor”  brand  was  pro­
nounced by all who  handled  it as the very 
best goods for the  money  on  the  market, 
and those who wish a chance  at  them this 
year should make arrangements without de­
lay.

The increase  in  the  consumption  of  sal- 
inon in this State has lately been wonderful. 
A few years  ago  fifty cases  was  about  an 
average  amount for  a  Michigan  jobber  to 
handle in  a  single season, while  at present 
500 cases is nearer the proper figure.

firafli'Cjl R n "  

It  is the  LARGEST  and  BEST  bar  of 
white  PURE  SOAP  ever  retailed  at  Five 
Cents a bar. 

U BEST  FAMILY.’

We are now  supplying  the Trade  with our 

DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN.

new Brand of Soap

—AGAIN.—

Respectfully,

—TO  THE—

FISH.

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S ta te  B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y .

M ich ig a n   Sta te  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  A se ’n.

D r u g s  & /fo e b ic in e 8

Six Tears—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Four Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Years—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso.
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At Lansing, November 1 and 2.

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
First Vice-President—G. M. Harwood, Petoskey.
Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild.  Grand Kapids. 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Secretary—8. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Tr easurer—Win. Dupont. Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo.  Gundrum.  Frank  Inglis, 
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peck, E. T. Webb.
Local Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Detroit, October

bacco smoke, and quietly call for any article 
i  wanted,  or she  will  hand  in a prescription 
for any ill  the human flesh  is  heir  to  and 
wait patiently while it is prepared, although 
half a dozen loafers  partly hush their clam­
or when she comes  in, and  she  knows that 
you  read her  trouble  when  you  read  her 
prescription.  But  as the honest granger or 
the country gawky or the rough, uncultured 
laborer,  who is ill at ease in the presence of 
any  lady  but  his  wife,  his  mother  or  his 
sister,  comes in to get an article for a friend 
or to tell  you the latest foul-mouthed story, 
he edges up to  the  stove  when  he  sees  a 
lady present and  refuses to make his wants 
known.  He feels injured when  she quietly 
pushes the  spittoon towards him as he spits 
upon  her  clean  floor.  He  goes  out  and 
President—Geo. O. Stekettee.
meets  with  his  fellows  around  some  bar 
Vice-President—H.  E. Locher.
room stove; and as  they smoke  their  pipes 
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry  B. Fairchild.
and spit  on  the  floor  they swear they will
Board of Censors -President,  Vice-President  and Sec
Board'of Trustees—The President,  John E. Peck,  M. B. j boycott auy dumed ranch that is run by pet 
Kiram.Wiu. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond. 
ticoats.  And so they will  to  a  certain ex­
wen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White and Wm.  L.  White.
Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. r air- 
tent,  until they are  brought to a state of re­
child and Hugo  Thum.
Committee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo.
finement,  when they can appreciate the dif­
_ .
Kemink and W. H. Tibbs. 
Committee on Pharmacy—^ . L. White, A. C. Bauer and 
ference between a place of  business  and  a 
Isaac Watts. 
.
Regrular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each
bar room.
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  Sept.  1,  at  The 

C ro u d   R a p id s   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  So cie ty.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  9,  188*.

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Tradesman office.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

President—Frank  Inglis.
First Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—J. J,  Crowley.
Secretary and Treasurer—F. Rohnert.
Assistant See retain’ and  Treasurer—A. B. Lee. 
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each  month.

C e n tra l  M ich ig a n   D ru g g is ts ’  A sso cia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop-,  Secretary, R.  M. Mussell.
B e r r ie n   C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  So cie ty. 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.

C lin to n   C o u n ty  D ru g g is ts ’  A sso cia tio n . 

President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A. S.  Wallace.
C h a r le v o ix  C o u n ty P h a rm a c e u tic a l S o ciety 
President, H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.

Io n ia  C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l'S o c ie ty . 
President, W. R. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.

Ja c k s o n   C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  A ss’n. 

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

K a la m a z o o  P h a rm a c e u tic a l A sso cia tio n . 

President, D. O. Roberts;  Secretary, D. McDonald.

M ason  C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o cie ty. 

President. F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
M eco sta  Countyu P h a rm a c e u tic a l  So cie ty. 
President, C. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.

M on ro e  C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  So cie ty. 

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
M u sk eg o n   C o u n ty  D ru g g is ts ’  A sso ciatio n , 
President, W. B. Wilson; Secretary, J. R. Tweed.

M u sk ego n   D ru g   C le rk s ’  A sso ciatio n . 

President, E. C.  Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.
N e w a y g o   C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  So ciety. 
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller.

O cean a C o u n ty P h a rm a c e u tic a l S o cie ty. 

President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.
S a g iu a w   C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o cie ty. 
President, Jay  Smith;  Secretary,  D. E. Prall.
S h ia w a sse e  C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o cie ty
'Tu scola C o u n ty P h a rm a c e u tic a l So cie ty. 

President, E. A. Bullard;  Secretary, C. E. Stoddard.
M an istee  C o u n ty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o ciety. 
President, W. H. Willard;  Secretary, A. H.  Lyman.

Utility of Lady Clerks.

W r it t e n   E s p e c ia lly   f o r  T h e  T r a d e sm a n .

In attempting  to  discuss  this  subject,  I 
find  myself  in  the  same circumstances as 
the girl  who  undertook  to  write an essay 
on  marriage—I   haven't  had  experience 
enough  to  do  the  subject  justice. 
I  find 
myself in  deep water  before I  have begun, 
and I can’t  swim; but  I  can  kick and pad­
dle and trust  to  luck  for  someone  else to 
help me out.

In the city,  your trade is different.  Your 
lady book-keeper, your  lady  billing  clerk, 
your 
lady  cashier,  your  saleswoman— 
all  do  their  work  neatly  and  well,  She 
meets and deals with a  class  of  customers 
that appreciate her ability to earn her living 
at anything that  she  can do and do it well. 
As a general clerk in a retail  store,  she has 
her points in  which she is to be preferred to 
male  help.  Your  young  man  expects  a 
raise of wages next year, although he knows 
your business is not increasing and that you 
are already paying  him as  much as you get 
yourself.  She  Is  satisfied  with  her  last 
year’s pay as it  is  more than she can  get at 
anything else.  He,  when he has been with 
you  six  months,  would  just  like  to show 
you a point or two on  how to  run the busi­
ness.  She is willing to  follow  your  direc­
tions  and  do  things  your way.  He is go­
ing to quit you next  year  and go  for  him­
self,  and he  does  not  care  much  whether 
school keeps or not,  only so pay day comes. 
She takes as much pride in your business as 
you do  yourself.  He is going to wash win­
dows to-morrow  or  Monday.  She  washed 
them this morning and changed the window 
display before the sun got  hot.  He  is  out 
on  the sidewalk watching  a  girl  who  has 
just gone into the post-office.  She is inside 
arranging  a  show-case.  He  will  enquire 
the wants of a customer and  be  glad  when 
he is gone.  She will supply his  wants and 
engage him in a conversation that will bring 
him  in  again.  Your  customer  will  stand 
and haggle over a  price  with  him  that  he 
will pay to her  without  a  murmur.  Your 
cigar  sales  have fallen  off  somewhat,  but 
your  lady  clerk  doesn’t smoke or treat her 
chums out  of  your  stock.  He thinks he is 
the life of your busiuess and that your trade 
would leave you without him.  She realizes 
that the business is under your management 
and control  and that to sell  goods is not all 
there is of  business.  He  buys  liis  friends 
with your margins.  She holds your friends 
with her graces.

Are female clerks to be preferred to  male 
help under any circumstances?  My answer 
is most  emphatically,  yes,  when  your  old 
clerk lias accepted another positiou or when 
your new one has the big head.

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Frank H ibbard.
The Jury Agreed with the Druggist. 
Fatal  results  of  druggists’  blunders  are 
fortunately  not  common.  When  they  do 
occur there are the best of reason for empha­
sizing the necessity of the utmost care iti pre­
paring prescriptions.
A  case in point  occurred  in  New  York 
City last  week.  Mrs. Theresa Deutsch, an 
aged  lady, died  from  drinking  a  liniment 
containing belladonna, given her by mistake j 
for  an internal medicine.  At the coroner’s 
inquest,  the  attending  physician  testified 
that lie  had attended  Mrs.  Deutsch for  two 
weeks before her death.  She was suffering 
from  rheumatism.  When  first  called  he 
prescribed for her,  and asked  that  the  pre­
scriptions be filled by Wordheim,  a druggist 
who had  filled  prescriptions  for  him satis­
factorily in the past  This was done.  Later 
on the family  said  that  they would like to 
get their medicine at Hart’s drug store.  He 
accordingly  rewrote  his  prescriptions  and 
also made a change in  the  medicines at the 
same time. 
Albert  Deutsch,  a  son,  then  went  to 
Hart’s drug store for salve and pills and lin­
iment.  He took  for the liniment the bottle 
which  had  been  used  by  Wordheim  pre­
viously for a liquid mixture,  first prescribed 
to be taken internally and  which  had  been 
discontinued.  Hart  put  the  liniment  in 
this bottle.  He pasted a  label  bearing  his 
name over that part of the old  label  which 
bore  Wordheim’s  name, and  left  exposed 
the lower part of the  old  label,  which gave 
directions for the, use  of  the internal medi­
cine.
Dmggi8t Hart defended  his  action by as­
serting  that  lie  supposed,  from  the  physi­
cian’s directions,  that  the preparation could 
be  taken  internally  without  danger.  The 
jury seemed inclined  to take such a view of 
the matter and  rendered  a  verdict,  exonor­
ating Hart.

One winter,  my clerk  having  received an 
offer  from  another  firm  of  more  wages 
than my business would  warrant in  paying 
and leave anything for  myself,  I undertook 
to run  the  tiling  alone.  We  were  board- 
ing that winter.  My wife not being troubled 
with household  cares,  was  in  the  store  a 
great deal.  Let  business be  ever'■so  dull, 
trade always comes with  a rush.  Let  two 
old women come into your store, and before 
you can wait on them there  will  be  three. 
Let there be  three  and  then  there  will be 
five,  and  all  in a hurry and all  anxious  to 
be waited upon  at  once. 
It  was  on  such 
occasions that I  was  obliged  to  call  upon 
my wife to engage them  in  conversation or 
supply their wants. 
I was  surprised to see 
how soon  she knew  where  everything was 
in the  store  and  the  price  of  it. 
I  soon i 
found out that  she could  make  sales—and j 
good  ones—to  parties  who  did  not  want 
anything when they first came in.  Aud an­
other thing—I never did like to clean lamps, 
and never bad a clerk who did.  She would 
fill and trim a dozen  lamps  and  wasii  and 
wipe the chimneys until  they shone as they 
•do at the house,  and  do  it  quicker  than  I 
•could  clean  one  chimney  with  a  wad  of 
paper and a stick. 
I  don’t  like  tft  sweep. 
She  took  to  it  naturally.  When  I swept, 
the  dirt  got  into  the  corners—when  she 
» w e p t,  it  came  out.  She  was  handy  at 
marking  and  putting  away  goods.  She 
f  kept  ray  prescription  case  in  order.  She 
soon took  an  interest  in  putting  up  pre­
script iooa,  and began to compound the easy 
ones herself. 
I  watched  her  closely,  but 
Gum opium  is  dull  and  lower  under a 
never caught her in  a  mistake.  She was a 
strong bear  interest,  but it is believed a re­
more competent drug  clerk  at  the  end  of
action will take place  when the  full extent 
three  months  than  any  boy  apprentice  11 of the shortage of crop is known.  Morphia
ever had  was at  the end  of  the  first  year. 
is steady.  Quinine is very dull and weak. 
jpB ut  how did she suit the trade?  Well,  the j
Foreign brands are lower.  Borax is a little
loafers did not  hang  around the store; they  firmer, but not quotably changed.  Carbolic 
bought  what  they  wanted  and  went  out  acid  is  firm  at  the  advance.  Stocks  are
The ladies lingered longer and came oftener. 
small  and  It  is  getting  scarce  and  high 
The stove and  zinc and floor around it took 
abroad.  Crude  glycerine  is advancing and 
on a different color,  au‘d the  botjuet  of  the 
refined is very firm. 
In  cubeb  berries,  the 
-spittoon  underwent  a change.  The  whole 
advance  reported is well  maintained.  Oil 
atmosphere of the store seemed purer.  Out­
cubebs has advanced again.  Oils  bergamot 
siders hinted to me that  I  would  lose  lots 
and lemon are in a good  position for an ad­
4^ p f  trade,  but a  careful  comparison  of  the 
vance.  Oil peppermint is dull  and  lower. 
books from  month  to  month  with those of 
Oil sassafras is Jiigher.  Oil  wintergreen is 
the last year showed a  steady increase.
very  firm  and  advancing..  Chamomile 
flowers  are  higher.  Golden  seal  root has 
advanced.  Cloves are again higher.

Any lady in  your  town  will  come  into 
jour  store,  where the ¿room is  blue with to-

The Drug Market.

Chicago  Druggists  Take  a  Strong  Stand 

Against  Liquor  Selling.

To the Druggists of Chicago:
The  Liquor  Committee  of  the  Chicago 
Retail Druggists’ Association has issued the 
following circular:
You have all read what our  City  Collector 
has to say to the City Council about our per­
mits.  Quite a number of you have heard from 
the Collector direct by way of a summons; at 
least your  committee  should  think  so by 
the  numerous  appeals  for  help  received 
lately.  We have had repeated and  earnest 
communication  with  the  City  Collector, 
and we hasten to inform you  that  we  suc­
ceeded in obtaining the  collector’s  consent 
to stop all court proceedings for the present 
on the plea of giving us  one  more  chance. 
We have asked  and  begged  for  one  more 
chance,  and it is understood that if we now 
fail in  our  pledges  we  will  not  ask  any 
further favorable  consideration.  We  have 
promised  the  collector  to  appeal  to  your 
honor to make good our solemn pledge,  and 
we now come io  you,  asking  you  to  back 
up what your committee promised  for  you. 
It should be  your  daily  and  most  earuest 
endeavor,  and you should never cease to in­
struct your clerks, to observe the liquor  or­
dinance in all its points.  You must do cer­
tain things,  and  certain  tilings  you  must 
not  do:
1.  You must register every sale of liquor.
2.  You must ask your customer  for  what 
purpose the liquor is to be used,  aud satisfy 
yourself as to its legitimate use.
3.  You must never sell liquor to  children 
without a written order from their  parents, 
nor to habitual drunkards.
4.  You must not  display  liquor  in  your 
show windows  and  show  cases;  the  ordi­
nance certainly does not contemplate  cater­
ing for the sale of liquor.
5.  You must never sell any liquor by  the 
drink,  nor permit any liquor sold in  bottles 
to  be  drunk  on  your  premises,  and  this 
should be so  ironclad  a  rule  that  neither 
personal friends nor medical  friends  could 
bring it about to have you  break  the  rule. 
Only in too many cases is a  medical  friend 
at the bottom  of  your  trouble  whom  you 
permitted to take liberties  for  friendship’s 
sake to-day.  To-morrow  he  might  be  an 
enemy and informer.  Be manly enough  to 
forbid friend and  foe  to  violate  the  ordi­
nance with your consent on your  premises. 
Explain the situation,  and if  the party  has 
any honor,  he will not insist in coaxing you 
to  break the  law; aud  if any  one does  so 
after you have explained the situation,  turn 
him out without loss of time.
Fellow  druggists,  stop  for a minute and 
think what the result will he if  we  do  not 
improve  the present opportunity.  We are, 
so to speak,  out on bail. 
If  we  break  our 
word of honor,  we will either  have  to  pay 
$500 license,  or have the constant  vexation 
of  explaining  to  our patrons why  we  are 
not permitted to sell  them  liquor  or  even 
alcohol.  The  ordinance  defines  our  posi­
tion clearly,  and it should hardly  be  neces­
sary for us to promise that we  would  obey 
the law.  We must obey the law or be pun­
ished.  Why should we enjoy the  privilege 
free that sornq other  business  man  has  to 
pay $500  for? 
It  is  wrong,  every  way— 
legally,  morally  and  financially—and  you 
may rest assured  that  our  future  conduct 
will be eagerly  watched,  not  only  by  the 
city authorities,  but also by the two  power­
ful organizations,  the Citizens’ League  and 
the  Liquor  Dealers’  Association.  We  do 
not only appeal to your sense  of honor  and 
honesty;  we  also  appeal  to  your  pocket- 
books.  When the now famous  ten worked 
in your interest to  repeal  the  $25  license, 
we found the  Liquor  Dealers’  Association 
so 
field 
of politics that we had to win  its  good-will 
first,  and then it was witli us, and  the  $25 
license was repealed,  saving  the  druggists 
of Chicago a clean $75,000 up to date.  How 
was this good-will won  over  to  our  side? 
By  our  promise  that  we  would  not  only 
faithfully  observe  the  law,  but  that  we 
would also declare our readiness to  help  in 
prosecuting any Violator, “and by  promising 
to expose in our stores a  public  declaration 
of  our  position. 
Is  it  possible  that  the 
grouud  won so far  should  be  lost  by  our 
failure to keep our promise?  We have called 
your  attention 
this  matter  so  often 
and so plainly,  that we are afraid  this  last 
attempt  will  have  no  better  result.  But 
there is hope left yet,  and  your  committee 
is determined to do its duty  to  the  fullest 
extent; and while we are glad to have saved 
a number of you  from  severe  penalty,  we 
sincerely  hope  that  hereafter  neither  the 
city officials nor the  Citizens’  League  nor 
the saloonkeepers’ detectives will be able to 
prove a single case of violation  of  the  law 
on any of you. 
If they are you  must  take 
your own medicine.  We cannot help  those 
who do not want to be  helped.
Bassett’s  Scheme.

all-powerful 

local 

the 

in 

to 

Arthur Bassett,  President  of  the  Michi­
gan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  is 
punching  up  the  local  associations  of  the 
State to send delegates to the convention of 
the American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
in order to secure large enough following to 
pull  the  next  meeting  to  Detroit  at  the 
same time the State convention meets there. 
Such  a  combination,  if  it  can  be  brought 
about,  will bring the largest  body  of  drug­
gists  to  Detroit  which  that  city  has  ever 
seen, and there is reason  for  thinking  that 
the joint meetings would result to  the  mu­
tual advantage of both organizations.
The Kalamazoo Association.

From the Kalamazoo  Herald.

The next meeting of the Kalamazoo Phar­
maceutical  Association,  which will be held 
Thursday.  Sept.  1,  will  be  an  important 
one,  as  matters  of  interest  to  all pharma­
cists will  be brought before the meeting,  in­
cluding the election of  five delegates to the 
thirty-fifth annual meeting of the American 
Pharaaceutical  Association,  to  be  held in 
Cfticinnati on Sept. 5. 
It  is  hoped a num­
ber of the  members will  be ready to accept 
this position when tendered  them,  ar.d will 
arrange business to attend this  session.
Procure  the  Necessary  Blanks.

Druggists wishing to procure a supply  of 
the blank forms adopted by the Grand Rap­
ids Pharmaceutical  Society  for  use  in  the 
sale  of  liquor  to  minors—the  new  liquor 
law prescribes that no  liquor  shall  be  sold 
except on the absolute  order  of  the  parent 
or guardian—can secure same at the rate of 
$2  per  1,000  by  addressing  the  Fuller  & 
Stowe Company,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

The  New  Liquor  Law.

Any druggist who has not a  copy  of  the 
new liquor law,  which goes into  effect  this 
week, can procure the same  en  application 
to the Secretary of State at Lansing.

The following retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:

kaska

Grand Haven 

Traverse City 

Traverse City 

Wm. Black, Cedar Springs 
Cole & Grove, Tustin 
Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin 
D. R. Slocum, Rockford 
JayMarlatt,  Berlin 
Hoag & Judson,  Cannonsburg 
J. P. Cordes, Alpine 
W. G. Hastings, Kent City 
Geo. J. Naglcr,  Freeport 
J. C.  Branch, White cloud 
Mr. Jenks, Ramsey,  Morgan  &  Jenks,  Kal­
Mr. Seibert, Johnson & Seibert, Caledonia
O. House, Chauncey
Frank  Hamilton,  Hamilton  &  Milliken, 
Frank Rose, Manton.
Jas. Broderick, Summit City 
Fred. Kieidsen, Cadillac 
Smith  Barnes, Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., 
Mrs. G.  Miller, Ryerson 
Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam
P. Steketeo & Co. Holland 
A. F. Harrison, Sparta 
Rutgers & Tien, Uraafschaap 
M. Minderhout, Hanley
A. Engberts, Zeeland
A. Mulder, Spring Lake
A. E. Joldersma, Jamestown
Jno. Gunstra, Lamont
J. E. Edwards, Odounel
Farowe & Dalmon, South Blendon
L. Cook, Bauer
Brautigam Bros., No. Dorr
H, Baker & Son, Drenthe
Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam
W. H. Strulk, Forest Grove
L, M. Wolf, Hudsonville
Herman Thompson, Canada Corners 
R. Bredewey, Drenthe 
Mr, Paton, Paton & Andrus, Shelby 
A. L. Carpenter, Baldwin 
G. W, Stevens, Austerlitz 
Peter  VanLopik,  G.  VanLopik  &  Sons 
A. W. Blain, Dutton
M.  Heyboer & Bro„ Drenthe 
O. Ball, Morley
Nelson T. Milier, Lisbon 
A. C. Barkley, Crosby 
Jno. Smith,  Ada
G. N. Reynolds, Belmont 
J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake
M. Gezon, JeniBonville 
8. M. Geary, Maple Hill 
Frank Neuman, Dorr
Hoag & Judson,  Cannonsburg
N. Harris,  Big  Springs
L. Maif-r. Fisher’s Station 
J. H. Robinson, Lamont 
J. Cohen, White Cloud
F. Boonstra, Drenthe 
■  S. Cooper, Jamestown
E. S. Burrill,  Ashland Center 
Cole & Chapel,  Ada
M. M. Hodge, Middleville
Dave  Holmes,  West  Mich.  Lumber  Co 
Capt. Wm. Rosie, Bass River 
J. P. Dwinell, Carlyle
L. R. Rogers, Eastport 
John Koopman, Falmouth 
R. J. Side,  Kent City
J. B. King, Howard City 
John Farowe, South  Blendon
A. Purchase,  South Blendon 
Geo. P. Stark,  Cascade 
Walling Bros., Lamont
C. C. Tux bury, Sullivan 
C. F. Williams, Caledonia
C. M. Shaw,  Sparta
M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake
L. M. Handy,  Mifncelona 
R. T. Parrish Grandville
Dr. F. C. Van Deinse, Muskegon
F. F. Fairman, Big Rapids
D, D. Harris, Shelbyville 
Geo. Carrington, Trent
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg 
U, DeVries, Jamestown 
J. 8, Alden & Co., Howard City 
Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners 
Andrew Wigel, Muskegon 
Jas. Broderick, Sumit City 
Stickney & Co., Paris 
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville 
Geo. W. Robinson, Edgerton 
Chas. Monroe, buyer Osterhout  & Fox Lum 
Frank Hilbert. Hilbert & Holfj% 'Woodland 
Nicholas Bouma,  Fisher
M. M. Hodge, Middleville 
C. E, Manley, Kinney 
Jno. Damstra.  Gitcbell
H. Van Noord. Jamestown
G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove
B. Yolmari, Fillmore Center 
A. M. Church, Alpine

Woodville

ber Co., Deer Lake

AGENTS  FOR  THE

Liberal  discount.

on very reasonable terms.

600 inhabitants in Kansas.  Can be bought 

375 South Union St., Grand Rapids.
Standard  Petit Ledger.
F OR  SALE—Stock of about (1,000  located in 
Grand Rapids.  Will give liberal discount
ITIOR  SALE—Stock of about $1,3U0 well locat- 
ed in town of 6,000 inhabitants  in  Texas. 
IHOR  SALE—Stock of about (1,3UU In town of 
IflOR  SALE—Stock of about  (5,000  in  town 
of 3,000 inhabitants in  Indiana.  Average 
daily sales (35.  Terms easy.
FOR  SALE—Stock of about (1,500 in town of 
inhabitants.  No  other  drug store  in
place.
I710R SALE—Stock of  *1,200  in  town  of  300 
inhabitants.  Average daily sales ( 16.
FOR  SALE—Stock  of  *3,7*0  well located  in 
Detroit.  Doing good business.
FOR  SALE—Stock  of $500 in  town of 800 in- 
habitante.  No other  drug store in town.
■ LSO—Many  other  stocks,  the  particulars 
of which we will  furnish  on  application.
T O
DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks 
i
we will furnish the  address  and full par­
ticulars of those on our list free.
W E  HAVE also secured  the  agency  for J.

H. Vail & Co.’s medical publications and 
can  furnish  any  medical  or  pharmaceutical 
work at publishers’ rates.

Michigan Drug Exchange,

357 South Union St., 

- 

Grand Rapids.

CHTTKCH’S

Bug- Finish.!

R E A D Y  F O R  U S E  D R Y .

NO M IX IN G  R E Q U IR E D .

It sticks to the vines and Finishes the whole 
crop of Potato Bugs with one applicaiion; 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 buns to eat it, and it is also a fertilizer.
ONE POUND will iro as far as TEN POUNDS 
of plaster and  Pans  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 Fiuisb was used the past Beason 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 sold3,100 pounds of “BugFinish” 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 other Mixture used for the purpose.

MANUFACURED BY

Anti-Kalsomine Co., Grand Bapiis.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

 

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FLORA.

BACCAE.

GUMMl.

ACIDUM.

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CORTEX.

FERRUM.

AMMONIA.

BAL8AMUM.

EXTRACTUM.

.  ..  48® 53
©1  50
....  50® 55
....  40® 45

.for slate use.............
MISCELLANEOUS.

VyUkJCLJClXJ 
X  f S J..........................
Juniperus  ......................................
X anfhoxylum ...............................

Copaiba...........................................
P eru.................................................
Terabin,  Canada............................
T olutan...........................................

Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia..........................
Citrate Soluble.................................
Ferrocyanidum Sol.........................
Sol ut  Chloride..............................
Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl. 85)........   .

Abies,  Canadian............................
Cassiae  ...........................................
Cinchona Flava...............................
Eaonymus  atropurp.......  ..........
Myrica  Cerifera, po....................
Prunus  Virgini.............................
Quillaia,  grd..................................
Sassfras  .........................................
Ulmu8..................  ..........................
Ulmus Po (Ground  1 2 )...,,,..,,,,

Aqua, 16  deg.............................................  
3®
4®
18  deg........................................... 
Carbonas...................................................   11®
Chloridum................................................  12®
.... X OUV& 6®
----  25® 30

Advanced—Carbolic  acid,  Roman  chamo­
mile.  cloves, cloves  po., oil  cubebs, oil  sassa­
fras, golden seal rt„ Golden  seal po.
Declined -Gum  opium,  gum  opium  po., 
German quinine, oil peppermint, linseed oil. 
Aceticum...............................................  
8®  10
Benzoicum,  German............................  80@1 00
Carboiicum..............................................   45®  50 |
Citricum  ...................................................   58®  65 i
3®  5|
Hydrochlor............................................ 
Nitrocum.............................................  
10® 12
 
Oxalicum.................................................  
11®  13 !
Salicylicum.................................u   .. .-.l 86@2  10 j
Taunicum...............................................l 40® 1 60
Tartaricum.............................................    50® 53

Florida sheens’ wool, carriage... ..2 25  @2 50
Nassau 
do
2 00
Velvet Eirt  do
1  10
Extra Yo  •  do
85
Grass 
do
Hard? 
Yellow Reef. 
ASther, Spts Nitros, 3 F .........................  26®
.¿Ether, Spts. Nitros, I F .......................  30®
Alumen...................................................  254®
Alumen,  ground, (po. 7).......................  
3®
Annatto  .................................................  55®
Antimoni,  po................ 
4®
Antimoni et Potass  Tart.....................   55®
Argenti  Nitras,  5..................................   ®
Arsenicum.............................................. 
5®
Balm Gilead  Bud..................................   38®
Bismuth  S.  N ..... 
j Calcium  Chlor,  Is, (4s, II;  1*8,12)....  @  9
5 1 Cantharides'Russian, po.....................  ®2 10
8 ! Capsici  Fructus, af...............................  @  15
3 j Capsici Fructus, po...............................  @  16
4 i Capsici Fructus, B, po..........................   ®  14
I Caryophyllus,  (po.  35)..........................   30®  33
n j Carmine, No. 40......................................  @3 75
C< ra Alba. S. &  F..................................   50®  55
Cera Flava..............................................  2t@  30
Coccus....................................................   @  40
Cassia Fructus.......................................   @  15
Centraria...............................................   @  10
Cetaceum...............................................   ®  50
Chloroform............................................   38®  40
Chloroform,  Squibbs............................  @1 00
Chloral Hydrate  Cryst.........................1 60@l  75
Chondrus ..............................................
io® 12
: 
18
Cinchonidine, P. & W.....................
.  15® 2t
11
Cinchonidine,  German.......................
C@ 15
18
Corks, see list, discount,  per cent...
4C
30
Creasotum............................................
.  @ 50
20
.  @ O
Creta, (bbl. 75).......................................
12
Creta  prop............................. .............
5® fl
. 
Creta, precip.........................................
12
.  8® 1C
12
121 Creta Rubra............................................
8
Crocus....................................................   25®
13
.  25® 30
10
Cudbear..........
.  @ 24
Cupri Sulph...
.  6® 7
Dextrine........
.  10® 12
Glycyrrhiza Glabra........................ ....  24® 25
Ether Suiph.......................’...................  68®
.  68® 70
„  
po................................. ....  83® 35
Emery, all  numbers..............................  @
.  © 8
9® 10
Haematox, 15 lb boxes.................... .... 
Emery,po............................. 
®
Is.................................. ..  .  @ 12
1  @ 6
Ergota. (po. 00).. 
— -
.  56® 60
@ 13
4 a ...............................
Flake  W hite..,.
.  12® 15
48  ............................... ....  @ 15
Galla..................
.  ® 23
Gambier............
8
15
Gelatin, Coopor......................................
® 15
50
Gelatin,French........... ,....!!!!!!!."!'  40®
.  40® 60
@ 80
Glassware flint, 70&1Q by box
less.
@ 50
Glue,  Brown............................
. 
9® 15
@ 15
Glue, White..................  
 
uxo
.  13® 25
2
Glycerina......................... V.VV............... * «3®
.*  23® 26
pure................................. ....  @ 7
Grana  Paradis!.......
@ 15
H um ulus.............
.  25® 40
Arnica.....................
....  12© 14
Hydrarg Chlor. Mitt
.  © 75
Anthémis.................................
....  45® 50
Hydrarg  Chlor.  Cor.............................
.  @ 65
Matricaria........................................ —   25® 30
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum.......................  w  ^
.  @ 85
Hydrarg Ammonlati..........................  @1 00
@1  00
Barosma...................................................  10® 12
Hydrarg Unguentum......;....................
.  © 40
Cassia Acutifol, Tinnivelly....................  20® 25
Hydrargyrum.......................................  
w
@ 65
A lx...............................   35® 50
Ichthyocolla, Am  .............V.VV............. 1  26@l 50
.1 26@l 50
Salvia officinalis, 4 s and  4 s .................  10® 12
75@1  00
  75® 100
i ni iK°'A ...........................................  
Ura  Ursi....................~ .......................... 
8®  10
Iodine,  Resubl..............................
.4 00@4 10
Iodoform............................. .VV1
®5  15
Acacia,  1st picked.................................  @1 00
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod!" .. 
© 27
“ .................................  @  80
2nd 
“ 
Liquor Potass  Arsinltis....... 
„
10® 12
3rd 
“  .................................  @  so
“ 
Lupuline  ......................................... .. ”   85®1 6Ö
85® 1 00
Sifted  sorts..............................  @  65
“ 
Lycopodium...........................................  55@
55@ 60
po................................................  75@l 00
“ 
M acis..........................................................wva
80® 85
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60).................................   50® 60
Magnesia. Sulph, (bbl. 1J4).............
2® 3
“  Cape, (po. 20).................................  @  12
Mannia, S.F.............................
90® 1  00
“  Socotrine,  (po. 60).......................  @  50
Morphia,  8, P. & W..." ! ...............
3 35®3 60
Ammoniae  ..............................................  25@ 30
Morphia. S. N. Y. Q. & C. Co..".
3 25®3 50
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).............................  @  15
Moschus Canton  .....................
© 40
Benzoinum..............................................   50®
Myristica, No. 1..................
70® 75
Camphorae............................................   25®
Nux  Vomica,  (po.20)......!..'.
® 10
Catechu, Is,  (54s,  14;  148, 16).................  @
Os.  Sepia................................................ .  22®  25
Euphorbium, po....................................   35®
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co..................  ®2 05
Galbanum................................................  @
Pjch  kiq,  N. C.. 4   galls, doz...............  @2 70
Gamboge, po...........................................  75®
Picis Liq.,  quarts.................. 
<ai  40
Guaiacum, (po. 45).................................  @
PicisLiq., pints.....................   . 
........   @ ¿ 5
Kino,  (po. 25)...........................................  ®
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).................................... @  50
Mastic......................................................  @1
<a  18
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22).............................. 
Myrrh, (po.45).........................................  @  40
P per Alba, (po. 35)...............................   @
Opii, ipo. 6 25/.........................................4  85@5 0C
Pix  Burgun.................................... 
r
Shellac.................  
18®  25
PlumbiAcet 
.......................................   14®  15
bleached....................................  25®  30
Potassa, Bitart, pure............................  ®  40
Tragacanth............................................   30®
Potassa,  Bitart,com...................................@  25
herba—In ounce packages.
Potass  Nitras, opt.............  
«/fk  in
Absinthium  ...........................................
Potass  Nitras...........................           
7®  9
20
Eupatorium........................................... 
Pulvis Ipecac etopii..........V.VVVV.l 10@1  20
Lobelia  ................................................... 
25
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D. Co., doz.  ® 1 25
Majorum  ...............................................  
28
Pyrethrum.pv.......................................   60®  65
Mentha Piperita....................................  
23
Ouassiae.................................................  
20
25
„ 
V lr............................................  
Quinia, S, P. &  W............. . 
...  52® 57
...  40® 50
Tanacetum,  V ........................................ 
22
Rubia Tinetorum..................
...  12® 13
Thymus, V .............................................. 
25
Saccharum  Lactis, pv........”
@ 35
Salacin....................................
2® 75
Calcined,  Pat.........................................  55@  60
Sanguis Draconis............   *”
...  40® 50
Carbonate,  Pat......................................  20®  22
Santonine.........................
Carbonate,  K. & M...............................   20®  25
Sapo,  W.........................
...  12® 14
Carbonate,  Jennings..................:........  35®  36
sapo,  m .................... ;;;■
... 
8® 10
sapo, o ................ ;;;;;;;;
..  @ 15
Absinthium.. :........................
...4 50@5 00 
Seidlitz  Mixture..........
...  ® 28
Amygdalae, Dulc...................
...  45®  50 
Sinapis..........................
...  @ 18
Ainydalae, Amarae.................
...7 25@7 75 
Sinapis,-opt.............
..  @ 30
Anisi  .........................................
...2 20@2 33 
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do. Voes!
..  @ Jo
Annuiti  Cortex.......................
@2 00 
..  @ 35
Bergamii..................................
...2 75®3 00 
Cajiputi  ..................................
..  74@ 9
.  90® 1  00 
Soda et Potoss Tart................. i
..  33® 35
Caryophylli..............................
@2 00 
Soda Carb.............................” ”
Cedar.........................................
.. 
2@ 24
...  35®  65 
Soda,  Bi-Carb................
.. 
4® Ö
Cbenopodii...............................
®1 50 
Soda,  Ash.......................
Cinnamomi..............................
4
...  85®  90 
'7*  a
Soda  Sulphas................... .. ”................ 
..  @ 2
fitronella  ............................... .
®  75 
Spts. Ether Co.................................fV. 
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..  50® 55
Conium  Mac............................
...  35®  65 
Spts.  Myrcia Dom............ . . . ”
..  @2 00
Copaiba.....................................
...  90®  I  00 
Spts. Myrcia Imp.....................
..  @2 50
Cubebae ....................................
11  S0@13 00 
..  @2 25
Execht hitos...............................
...  90@1 00 
Strychnia, Crystal.
@1 30
Erigeron....................................
...1 20®1 30 
Sulphur, Subl........
2V4@ 354 
Gaultheria.................................
...2 30@2 40 
Sulphur,  Roll........
...  214® 3 
Geranium, 5...............................
@ 75 
Tamarinds.............
... 
8®  10 
Gossipii, Sem, gal.....................
...  55®  75 
Terebenth  Venice.
...  28®  30 
Hedeoma....................................
...  90@1 00 
Theobromae..........
...50  @  55 
Juniperi.....................................
..  50@2 00 
Vanilla  ..................
.9 00® 16 00 
Lavendula .................................
..  90@200 
Zinci  Sulph...........
... 
7®  8
Limonis......................................
..1 75®2 25 
Lini, gal......................................
..  42®  45 
Bbl  Gal 
Mentha Piper............................
..2 25@3 33 
Whale, winter..........
70 
75
Mentha Verid............. .............
..5 50@6 00 
Lard, extra.
61
60 
Morrhuae,  gal..........................
..  80® 1  ob
Lard, No.  1 ....................................... ’*  45
Myrcia,  5....................................
@ 50 
Linseed, pure  raw....................V.VW  45
Olive...........................................
..I 00@2 75 
Linseed, boiled............................43
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35).............
..  10®  12 
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained..!!!."!!  50 
Ricini.........................................
..1 42®1 60 
Spirits Turpentine.............................   33
Rosmarini.................................
..  75® 1  00 
Kosae,  ?.....................................
@8 00 
Succini  ......................................
40® 46 
Sabina.........................................
..  90® l  00 
Santal......................................
-.3 50@7 00 
Sassafras....................................
..  50®  55 
Sinapis, ess, I............................
@ 65 
Tigli!...........................................
@1 50 
Thym e.......................................
..  40®  50
v   w
Theobromas................................................15@  20
Bichromate.  .........................................  13®  15
Bromide.................................................   42®  45
Chlorate, (Po. 20)....................................   18®  20
Iodide......................................................3 0t @3 25
Prussiate........ ........  
25®  28
A lthae.....................................................  25®  30
Anchusa...........................................  
  15®  20
Arum,  po................................................  @  25
Calamus...................................................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......................... 
io®  12
Glycbrrhiza,  (pv. 15)..............................  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,  ,po. 35).................  @  28
Hellebore,  Alba,  po..............................  15®  20
Inula,  po.................................................  
is®  20
Ipecac, po.......................... ....................1  75@2 00
"ilapa,  pr...............................................   25®  30
Maranta,  J4s ...........................................  @  35
Podophyllum,  po..................................  
is
Khei  ............................................
.  75dl 00
cut.......................................
@1 75
p v .......................................
.  75® l 35
Spigelia  ......................................
48® 53
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)..............................
@ 20
Serpentaria.................................
35® 40
Senega.........................................
45
Smilax, Officinalis, H ................
'  1
40
20
Scillae,  (po. 35).......................................   n
12
Symplocarpus,  Foetidus, po__
@ 25
Valeriana,  English,  (po. 30).......
.  @ 25
.  15® 20
Anisum, (po.22)..........................
17
Apium  (graveolens)..................
.  E tr 15
Bird,Is.........................................
.X®  6 
. 
Carol,  (po.20)......................................’  _
.  12®  15 
Cardamom..............................................1 oe^l §5
.1 00®t 25
Coriandrom................................. 
-~
.  10® 12
Cannabis  Sativa.........................
3® 4
Cydonium...............................................   75@1 0Ö
.  75®1 00
Chenopodium  .......................................  10®
.10® 12
. 
Diptenx Odorate........»............
.1 75@l  85
Foeniculum.................................
15
Foenugreek, po..........................
8
Lini...............................................
34® 4
Lini, grd, (bbl/ 3)..................................
•Jk® 4
Phalaris Canarian.................................  3X@4HÌ
3*@44
Rapa............................................
5® 6
Sinapis,  Albu..............................
8® 9
l?

Bbl
Lb 
ijg
Red  Venetian.............................. 
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........   IV
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.......... 
lv
2® 3 
Putty, commercial....................  2M
24® 3 
Phtty, strictly pure....................  2J4
2*@  3 
Vermilion, prime  Ameriean..
]3@16 
Vermilion, English..................
55@58 
Green, Peninsular....................
16@17 
Lead, red strictly pure............
6® 64 
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
6®  6 4  
Whiting, white Spanish..........
@70 
Whiting,  Gilders*.....................
@90 
White, Paris American...........
1 10 1 49 
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
__ _____
Pioneer Prepared  J aints 
1 20® 1 40 
PwisaViila Prepare.  Paints.
ire/  Pali
1 00©1 20
TARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp Coach.......... ...................1 io@l 20
Extra  Turp..................................... ....1  60@1 70
Coach Body ............................................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture............................1 00@1  10
Extra Turk  Damar...............................1  55®!  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.....................   70®  75
APPROVED by PHYSICIANS.

Air Mentholized by passing through the Inhaler- 
tnbe. In which the Pure Crystals of Menthol are 
held’ thoroughly applies this  valuable  remedy  in the 
most  efficient  tfay.  to  the  parts  affected.  It sells 
readily.  Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, 
and let your customers try It.  A  few  inhalations will 
not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more  to demonstrate 
its efficiency than a half hoar’s talk.  Retail price 
1  5 0  cents.  Fer Circulars and Testimonials address 

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

Trade supplied by
Hazeltlne & Perkins Drag Co., G’d Rapids, 
And wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago.

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

H. D. Cushman, Three Rivers, Mich.

Colds, stands without an equal.

N igra....................................”  II® 

O u s n m  a n » g

opt...........1.................................  

German............................15®

Mex......................

POTASSIUM.

B9|Radix.¡

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

PAINTS

SEMEN.

15® 

■epa 

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SPIRITUS.

Frumenti,  W.  D. & Co......................  .2 
0b@2 50
Frumenti, D. F.R.....................  
.;! 
78@2 00
Frumenti.................................................1 
io@i 50
Juniperis Co. O.T......................  
tl 
75®1 75
S eris C o ..................................ìj}75®3 60
Spt. Vini  Galli.......................... . . . . . . . a  t5®6 50
Vini Oporto...........................................1  «/am 00
Vini  Alba.........................................  
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T ANSY  CAPSULEO

I   THE  LATEST  DISCOVERY.  W
Or. Laparle's  Celebrated  Preparation, Safe and 
11 ways Bailable.  Indispensable  to  1/AD I MS. 

Bend 4 cents for Sealed Circular.

CALUMET CHEMICAL CO., CMcigo.tflffS.

DRUG  STORES  NOT  SALOONS.

VISITING  BUYERS.

% oA

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WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91,

93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS  OF

MANUFACTURERS  01

Prepara­

tions,  Fluid  Eitracts  and

GENERAL WHOLESALE AGNT8 FOB

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

Whiting, .Manufacturers  of 

Pine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

ALSO  FOR  THE

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu­

facturers of Hair, Shoe snd 

Horse Brushes.

WE ARE  8OLE OWNERS OF

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Cure

Which is positively the best Remed: 

of the kind on the market.

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

We give our special and  personal atten­
tion to the selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit 
the high praise accorded  to us for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  PURE  GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  0« 
the celebrated

WITHEJtS DADE & CO.’S

Henderson Co., Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

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

We are also owners of the

M U S IS '  F a n ® -   E n

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

6 ih  B n u lla si F ill W ilts.

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  quotationa  on 
such articles as do not appear  on  the  Hat 

such asPatent Medicines,
Hazeltine 

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

Mail  orders  always  receive  our specie I 

& Perkins

DrugCa

D.  W , ARCHER’S

R E D   C O A T

TOMATOES.

PACKED  BY

DAVENPOKT  CANNING  CO,

MOSE1E ?   BROS.,

W H O LESA LE

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

toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

2 6 ,2 8 ,3 0   &  32  Ottawa  Street,

Cody, Ball Barnhart l Go.

Are sole agents at this market for the justly-celebrated

HAMBURG CANNED GOODS.
Solid Meat. Tomatoes.

Comprising the following well-known brands:

Table Queen Tomatoes.
Snow Flake Corn.

Sweet Corn.

Succotash.

Stringless Beans.

Fancy Sifted Peas.
Early June Peas.

Champion of England  Peas. 

White Marrowfat.

Petit Pois.

Black Raspberries. 

Blackberries.
PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY.

Remember “The Best is the Cheapest.”

H.  LEONARD  *  80N&

WHOLESALE

CKOCKEBY,  GLASSWARE

LAMP  GOODS  AND  STONEWARE.

134,136,138,140  Fulton  St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

To Insure  Prompt Shipment Order 

Fruit Jars direct from us.

HEADQUARTERS

Mason’s  Porcelain  Top Prilit Jars.

PRICES. 

^ gross.
P in ts.......................................................$9.50
Quarts..................................................   10.25
54 gallons..............................................  13.25
Rubbers  extra.......................................... 75
Globe Fruit J«n is, pints.....................   11.00
quarts..................  12.00
54 gallon................  15.00

“ 
“ 
Preserve Jars. Tomato Jugs.  Apple

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“ 
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Butter Jajs.  Blackberry Jam Jars.

State  A gents

FOR THE

Excelsior  Cooking Crock.
Positively the  finest  kettle  for  cooking  any 
kind  of  food.  Those  who  try it  will have no 
other.
Cheapest Preserving Kettle.  Absolutely Fire 
Proof.  Not affected by Heat or Acid.

Factory  Prices

2 quart....................................................per doz.  $4.00
3 quart....................................................  
0.00
4 quart....................................................  
8.00

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Sherwood’s liicoiimrahle Fini (Hazed Stoneware.

PAT. MAR. 16. 1880.

.. 

Stew pans  54  gal. 
1  “  . 
Milk pans.............

.. 

____ |  

m i  

*  !j 11

m

Dark.  White.
1.75
2.25

............... doz.  1.50 
................  “  2.00 
.66
............................ 
“  
................  “ 
.93

SHER W COD’S.

doz.
54 gal. Prep.  Jars..........75
54  “  Butter  Crocks* ^  
1 gal.  Butter  crocks 
2 gal.  Butter  Crocks 
Tea Pots. 

per do*.
Regular Stoneware. 
White Lined...............90  54 gal. Preserve Jars. Stone  Cover........... 90
........ 1.40
1  “ 
•• 
“ 
White Lined........... 1.50  2  •* 
“ 
“ 
........2.25
54“  Tomato Jugs and corks......................90
White Lined........... 3.00  )  “ 
..................1.40
“ 
Corks for  54 gal. Tomato jugs....................15
* 
1 
..........  .20
Sealing  wax, five  pounds  In  package  per
pound  .........................................................03

Ice Mugs 
8  ’ 

Coffee Pots 

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The  Diamond Cuff-Button.
(Concluded from First Page.) 

any other.  I am, and  always  shall be,  an 
honest  man.”

All Mr. Ames’  efforts to get Tom to con­
fess were without avail, and finally  he  lost 
patience with him and  consented  to his ar­
rest as a forger.

Never will Tom forget the  disgrace  and 
misery of that trial; and the sentence of the 
judge,  ten  years  at  hard  labor,  almost 
broke his heart.  But  still  he  maintained 
his innocence, and went about his  duties in 
the prison so cheerfully that he soon became 
a favorite with the  officials of that  institu­
tion.  He never  doubted,  for  a  moment, 
that his innocence would one day be  estab­
lished and he would  come  forth  with his 
honor vindicated.

Tom had been  in  his  prison  home for 
three months, when one day Mr.  Mathews, 
head book-keeper for  the  firm  of  Ames, 
Mead & Co., was brought to his home, mor­
tally injured.  He  had  tried to catch a car 
in a crowded street,  his foot  slipped, and a 
large dray, heavily loaded, had crushed him 
to the earth.

He was  conscious, and  his  first  words 
were,  “Doctor,  is there  the  slightest  hope 
for me?  Tell  me  truly,  for  it  concerns 
more than myself.”

The doctor shook his head  sadly.  “You 

have aboutthree hours to live.”

“Send for Mr.  Ames  at  once, ”  gasped 

the dying man.

As Mr. Ames  came  into  the  room, the 
injured man asked all  the  attendants to re­
tire but the physician.

“I have a  confession  to  make  before I 
die.  I can’t  go until I have  righted an in­
nocent man.”

Here the injured man  gasped for breath, 
and  it  seemed  as  though  he  could  not 
speak.

“Give  me—brandy—quick,”  he  gasped. 

“I must live until I can tell my  sin.”

The doctor gave  him  the  brandy and it 

revived him.  He went on:

“It  was  I  who  forged  the check, not 
Tom.  I put the papers  in  his  desk  and 
wrote the names on the  envelope, in  order 
to fasten suspicion on him.  He is innocent! 
God forgive  me!”

He threw his arms over his  head and en­
deavored to rai^e himself, but it was his last 
movement.  His head fell  back and he had 
gone to his Great Judge.

It is needless to say that on this evidence 

Tom was liberated at once.

Mr.  Ames and the rest of the firm did the 
handsome thing by  asking  his  pardon for 
the disgrace they had brought on him;  and, 
by way of  atonement,  gave him a share in 
the business.

A  recent  marriage  notice in  the  Boston 

Herald read as follows:

M a k iu e d—At the residence of the bride’s 
father, Thomas F. Hester to  Mattie  Ames, 
only daughter of J.  H.  Ames.  The  bridal 
party leave for a  trip  of  three  months in 
Europe, and will be at home to their friends 
September 14,  1887. 

Relluf.

She Was a Woman  of Business.

“Mary,” said a leading  business  man to 
his wife the  other  morning,  “I  expect  a 
gentleman will be out here to-day to look at 
our place with a view of  buying.  Don’t be 
careless with him and  neglect to show him 
all the good points About  the  premises.  If 
you are a little  discreet  now, we can get a 
good price for our property.”

“1  understand,”  replied  the  wife,  “I’ll 

not neglect him.”

In  the  course  of  the  day a gentleman 
called,  and the  Mrs. gave  him all  the aid 
possible in  inspecting  the place.  No real 
estate dealer could ever have been more vol­
uble  in  describing  property  in an option 
town  than  was  the  loyal  little  spouse. 
“Why!” said  she,  “we  have  actually  re­
fused  repeated  offers  of  $6,000  for  this 
property,  and  have  held it all along to be 
worth every cent of $7,500.”

That  night,  as the  husband  entered bis 
borne, he said  “I  was sorry to-day, Mary, 
but that gentleman  had an  engagement, so 
that he  could  not  come out to look at the 
boose.”

“What’s that  you  say?”  exclaimed the 

wife.

“I  said  that  that  gentleman  couldn’t 

come  out to look at the house to-day.”

“But he  did,  though,  and I  tell  you I 
cracked up the  place to  him.  X verily be­
lieve 1 made him think the old rookery was 
worth $7,500.”

“How did he look?” asked  the  husband.
The  wife  described  him,  when, with a 
solemn  invocation, the  husband  threw up 
both hands and  yelled,  “Mary,  you  have 
done me up  completely.  You  have  been 
talking to the assessor! ”

Changes Ten Years Have Wrought.
“There is one thing that strikes me  very 
forcibly in this city,” said  a  whilom visitor 
of the Valley City the  other day,  “and that 
is the great number  of  young men  who are 
at the head of large business establishments. 
Ten  years  ago  the  old  men  seemed  to 
hold  almost  undisputed  sway,  but  since 
that time  their  mantles  have  surely  fallen 
on  younger  shoulders.  It  takes  men  of 
push  and  energy  to  keep  pace  with  the 
world now-a-days.”

An Important Condition.

Tommy’s mother has had a  terrible  time 
teaching him  to  remember  always  to  say 
“If you please” at  the  table.  His memory 
Is lamentably bad.
The other day this dialogue  took place at 
the breakfast table:
Tom m y—Mamma, pass me the butter.
Mamma—If what, Tommy?
Tommy—If you kin reach it.

Best  in the  Market  for the  Money.

DAVENPORT,  IOWA.
HONEY  BEE  COFFEE !
PRINCESS  BAKING  POWDER,
BEE MILLS’ SPICES

EQUAL  TO  THE  BEST  MADE.

A b so lu tely   P u re.

g  fis®

DO  YOU W ANT  A

An c3L

Absolute Baking Powder.

100 per cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

ED. TELFER,  Grand Rapids.

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

S. HETMAN & EON,

C.  C.  BUNTING.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

C.  L.  DAVIS.

Commission  Merchants,

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Oar Lots.

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

E.  F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

Cold Storage in Connection.  All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention.
No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale.  Stevens* No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 cents each.

We Handle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND*’ Oysters.

217 and 210 Livingstone Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michigan,

GEO.  E.  HOW ES,

JOBBER  IN

Foreign  and Domestic  Fruits.

8PBOTAI.T IB S .

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3 Ionia St.,  CXL&XTD RAPIDS, MICH.

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Wholesale  Grocers.

IMPORTERS  OF

Teas, Lemons  and  Foreign Frnits.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

“Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros, 

Soaps and Niagara Starch.

Send  for  Cigar  Catalogue  and 
ask for Special Inside Prices 
on  anything  in  our  line.

RIND6E, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  AXTD  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 10 Pearl Street, 

*  Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLARK, JEWELL & CO.

ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR

ELASTIC  STARCH.
IT’S A WINNER 

Yoilr  StOGk  is  Not  Complete  Without  It.
INCLUDE  A  BOX  IN  YOUR  NEXT  ORDER.

The Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S
“Silier
Gloss”

“Pore”

^ ngsford&§ 2 ì

P U R E  

OsW ECOjN.

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A N D

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN ST ARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

T H E   P E R F E C T IO N   OF  QUALITY.

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

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

