GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  5,  1887

Representing Jas. Vick, of Rochester.

The Most Complete Assortment

M i  Seeäs a Specialty.
in Michigan.  Don’t Buy un­
til  you  get  my prices.
ALFRED J.BROW N
16-18 N.DmsicaStJranflRapifls
Wagon a i SMgl Co.
W A G O N S!

B E L K N A P

MANUFACTURERS OP
Lumber  and  Farm

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every facility lor making  first-class  Wagons 
of  all kinds.
SSVSpecial  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops ob Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

FODETH M O IL  B ill

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowse, President.

Geo. C. Pierce, Vice President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

LEATHER

SHOE  BRUSHES,

SHOE BUTTONS,

SHOE  POLISH,

ings, etc.  Write  for Catalogue.

SHOE  LACES.
Heelers, Cork Soles, Button  Hooks, Dress­
118 Canal Street,  Grand Rapids.
ASK YOUR JOBBER 

FOR 

KEROSENE

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

EATON l LYON,

Importers,

Jobbersand

Retailers of

B O O K S ,
litiiiir Y iS illn s,

20  and 22  doom  S t., Grand Rapids,  MioL

We carry a full  ’ine of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or seethe

G RISBIAIW   flW U T O   SEED CO, 
S itili n cabal p ra a m .. '
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

H i

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..  43 and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N .  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
HE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK INI)  US!  NO 

CHEMICALS.

tended  to.

Orders  by  Mail  and  Express Promptly At- 

G RP RAPIDS
F R O N T

TO  THE—

-A G A IN .—

We are now  supplying  the Trade  with our 

new Brand of Soap

“BEST  FAMILY.”

Respectfully,

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

Grand  Rapids Soap Oo.
OATS!

In can offer a few cars of
No. 1 W hite  Oats  at  -  31 £ c. 
No. 1 Timothy Hay, per ton, $13.

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CALL FOR

S C H U P G p n   ROLLED MERE,
Oatmeal,  Parched  Farinose  and  Rolled 
'Wheat in O riginal Packages*
T o  us© these choice  cereals is to learn  how 
to live.

From the best White Oats.

TH E   GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKEHAN
Watch JIaker 

e Jeweler,
44  GHML  8Y„
Grand Rapids,  -  J M  
Grandpa's Wonder Soap
THE BEST SELLING  GOODS  ON 

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- A T -

Mich.

SOLD BY

Grand  Rapids,

In car lots here on track.

71 Canal Street,

SUMMER  PRICES.

THE  MAMET.
Manu factured by

W. T.  L S P R E M ,
Beaver  &  Co., Dayton, Ohio.
-  MICH.
GRIND  RÍPID8, 
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  S.  MOSSELIAN  k  GO, W I N T E R   COAL
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Fermentimi! Grand Eapids Ice & Coal Co.,
Yoigl, HerpMeiier  Go.,
DRV  GOODS

CHARLES  A.  GOYE,

106 K ent Street, Grand  Eapids,  Mich.

.   G rocers, b akers and others can secure th e  agency for 
th e ir tow n on th is V east by applying to  above address. 

Yard. Comer Wealthy Avenue and M. C. R. R, 

Egg and Grate 
Stove No.  4 and Nilt

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

Importers and Jobbers of

OFFICE  5»  PEARL ST.,

None genuine unless it  bears above label.

For September Delivery.

M anufactured by R iverdale Dist. Co.

Until Further Notice.

TELEPHONE  566.

$6,75  per ton. 
-  $7.00 per ton. 

Telephone No. 159.

S T A T E   A G E N T   F O B

Staple  and  Fancy.

SnccARnnr tn
Successor to

A. Coye & Son,

DEALER IN

AWNINGS § TENTS

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

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Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Wide Ducks, etc.
GRAND RAPIDS,
-  

F lags & Banners made to order.

73 CANAL ST.. 

PIONEER PREPARE

XD A TTCPT1
I  I IN  JL  .

We have a full stock of this well-known 

brand of

ACZZED  F2LZ2CT
and having sold it for over SIX YEARS can 

recommend It to our  customers as  be­

ing a First Class  article.  We sell it

On th e  M anufacturers’  Guarantee:

W hen tw o o r m ore coats of ou r PIONEER PR E­
PARED PAINT  is applied as received in  original 
packages, and if w ithin  th re e years it  should  crack or 
peel off, thus failing to   give  satisfaction,, we  agree to 
re-paint th e   building  a t  o u r  expense,  w ith  th e   best 
W hite Lead o r  such o th e r p ain t as th e   ow ner  m ay se­
lect.  In   case  o f  com plaint,  prom pt  notice  m ust  be 
given to  th e dealer.

T. H. NEVIN & CO..

Mfrs. & Corroders of Pure White Lead.

Pittsburg, Pa.

Write for prices and Sample Card to

Wholesale  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

S ty  POLISH IH  A , best FurnitureFin ■ 

ishm ade.

SALT  FISH

Bought and Sold by

FRANK J. DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe St.,  Grand Rapi«?«.

Ev  Oysters the Year Around  ngf.
SHERWOOD HOUSE.
OHARLOTTE,  l g | S |  MICH.

T he T raveling Men’s F avorite.

mo»».

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Overalls, Pants, Etc.,

OUR OWN MAKE.

A  Complete  Line  of

Fancy Cro ciery § Fancy Wo odenware

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed,

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

Cigar calledSILVER  SPOTS

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

It will be sold on its merits.  Sample or­

ders filled on 60  days approval.

Price  $35  per  x,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.

f.  WABEEN  k  GO.,

Flint, MloL.

What do you think of this?  While In conver­
sation  with  Wm. M. Dale,  one of  the largest 
druggists In  Chicago,  we  were  surprised  to 
learn that he had sold over one and a half mil­
lion of TansllTs  Punch 5c. cigars and that the 
quality gets better all the time.  The 
continues to increase.  Let us tell yon, if you 
want to sell a cigar  that your  customers  will 
be pleased with, the sooner you order TansiU’s 
Punch the better.—Independent Grocer.
J . ^ M Y E R S

Manufacturer 

Harness  and  Collars 
at Wholesale  and Retail,  72  Canal  street 
Grand R apids, has  the finest line to, select 
• city .. tip s , him a call.  None 
iced workmen employed.?/; M'-

TH E   CRYPTOGRAPH IC  MESSAGE.
W ritten Especially fo r Thb Trxdbshaw.
« 

Q u a r t e r m a s t e r ’ & D e p a r t m e n t , 

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St. Louiw, Mo., Aug-. 10,1861. j

No. — - Randolph {St., Chicago, His.

To J o h n  B . W a t r o u s , §
#  n S t g x 4 t t 6 6 7Mr x 4 g g  4 1 y i 4 k k
4 1 p 7 1 y g 4 z 7 x x 4
8 Paid. 
; 

(Sig.) HENRY W-

ih?  There are only nine  digits, altogether, 
and  what nine letters out of the twenty-six 
composing the alphabet can they represent? 
We shall have to  form a theory  and  again 
another and still another  and  test each for 
weeks, before we can expect to hit upon the 
right one.’

Acting Q. M

I  looked  at  my watch. 

“This is the message,”  said  my  friend,

“Night came again,  and after the late ex­
press passed I once more sought my bed, al-
“that came over the w|re and was the cause] thongh sound sleep was out of the question.
I  seemed to doze,  but  my  mind  was  busy 
of my leaving the  Company’s  service,  and 
with that mysterious problem.  Suddenly, 
engaging  in  the  mercantile business.  At 
voice  close  to  my  ear,  sharp  and  shrill, 
the  commencement  of  the  war,  I  had 
spoke out plainly these words: 
'The figures 
charge of a small station as  agent  and tele­
are vowels! ’  I was sitting  up in bed in an 
graph operator,  on the Dixon  Air  Line R.
instant and peering through  the  darkness. 
R. from Chicago to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa.
‘Who is there?’  I  inquired.  But no sound 
Wages were low.  1 was a young  man  and 
came in response.  Then  I struck  a light. 
anxious to do  better,  and  watehing  every 
I was alone and concluded I must have been 
possible opportunity  that I might  take ad­
dreaming. 
It was 
vantage of.  To  be  sure,  I  was  poor,  al­
3 o’clock.  There was no more sleep for me, 
though I could  command nearly a thousand 
‘Vowels!  vowels!’  I repeated. 
‘But there 
dollars to invest,  and Hooked at every triv­
are only five vowels in  general  use,’ said I, 
ial circumstance  with a  single eye to busi­
‘and,  at most,  but seven, and there are nine 
ness. 
I had a  friend  who  had  come into 
figures and a cipher.  That  can’t  be  right. 
possession of three or four thousand dollars 
Heavens!  the  mystery  is increased instead 
in money,  and who was crazy  to  speculate 
of being diminished! ’  and the cold  perspi­
with it.  He  was  welt-educated,  of  good 
ration started from every pore of my body as 
habits, shrewd  and  sharp,  but  as  inexpe­
I thought of it.  But  that voice! 
It sound­
rienced in business matters and the ways of 
ed in my ears yet so plainly and distinctly— 
the world as  I.  Still,  around  the  nucleus 
and it had aroused  me  from  sleep,  too. 
of his golden capital he saw visions of great 
shall always think, to my  dying  hour, that 
wealth rolling up  before  him.  Need I say 
a voice did speak  to me, by  what  followed 
that we were confidential friends and that I 
afterward.
was  as  anxious  for  his  prosperity and to 
serve him as if he had  been  a  brother;  for 
had he not already said to  me,  ‘Will, I will 
raise you out of that hard railroad work, and 
we shall yet do business together ?’

“The  first  thing  I  did  after  an  early 
breakfast was  to call upon my friend Jack- 
son, who lived in the village,  and  take him 
.to the station with  me  and  talk  over  this 
‘vowel’  business. 
‘It  seems  clear  to me, 
Will,’ said my friend,  who was  less excited 
than 1. 
‘The party  has  simply  used  just 
the  number of  figures  he required  for the 
seven  vowels,  and  dropped  the  balance. 
And now let us try them in some regular or­
der.’

“We pushed back our chairs  from the ta­
ble, stared at each  other,  and indulged in a 
hearty  laugh. 
I  was  the  first  to  speak. 
‘What,  in the name  of  all that  is  sacred, 
does this mean?  We are just as much in the 
dark as  ever.’ 

“In those days many  of the telegraph in­
struments used were the  old  Morse  clock­
work and paper registers, which were often 
of great service if  an  agent  was  entirely 
alone and obliged to act as ticket and freight 
agent,  operator,  and  also  as  occasional 
switchman,  as  he  could  on  call  give the 
“ We sat down and went at the work sys­
symbolic “G. A.,” start his clock-work,  and 
tematically,  and in  one hour the key to the
attend  for  a  moment to  other  business.
This was the  kind of  instrument  in my of-1 messa£e was before us.  The letters a e i o u
w y were represented by  the first seven fig­
ficew henltook  charge,  and  as  I  was a 
ures, and the vowels  read  backward.  The 
rather poor sound reader it was retained.
remaining letters of the alphabet commenced 
by transposing from z forward, omitting the 
vowels as we came to them—thus,  as a  was 
figure 7, or,  rather,  7 represented  a;  z was 
b;  and, omitting the y  (a  vowel),  x was  c; 
omitting «;,  v was  d;  omitting u,  f   was t, 
etc.  There were no spaces left between the 
words in the message,  but  the  check called 
for eight words;  and  when the letters were 
made clear to us,  they  were  easily divided. 
With the transposed  letters  before  us, the 
first line of the message  toad, 
‘Lift  coffee 
and cotton;’  the second,  ‘Drop pork and to­
bacco.’

“About 11 o’clock on  the  evening of the 
date of  this message,  I was sitting alone in 
my office, waiting for the  Chicago  express 
to pass East, so as to  report the  fact at the 
superintendent’s office, tGen lock up and re­
tire.  At that late hour, most of  the  offices 
on  the line were  closed, and  an occasional 
friendly word  between  operators or the fa­
miliar “G. N.”  (good-night) on  the  instru­
ment  were  almost  the  only  sounds which 
broke  the  stillness  of  the night, 
l^or the 
past  half-hour,  I had  been  aware  that my 
circuit had been enlarged by other lines  be­
ing “switched on,” and occasionally I heard 
talking on the  Illinois Central.  Just then, 
a practiced hand seemed to take the pen, and 
in a moment I heard the words,  ‘Yes,  I am 
sure.  Go  ahead.’  My  curiosity  being 
aroused,  I  reached  quickly  for  the  brake, 
‘J  rather  guess  not,’
and  started my clock-work and paper.  At
that moment I heard the distant  roar of the  Jackson’s slow and thoughtful  reply. 
train and stepped out  upon  the  platform. 
As there were no passengers to arrive or de­
part, only a brief stop was  made at the star; 
tion,  and the train sped on its way.

‘I’ll
chance  some  money  on  that at  any rate. 
Somebody is told to buy  coffee  and  cotton 
and let pork  and  tobacco  alone—that’s all 
the secret there is to that  message,  and it’s 
from the best source.  The  officers  of  the
by the clock, and stepped to  the instrument  government  know  pretty  well what goods
will rise  in  value  and what will not, as the 
to send my report.  The clock-work had run 
war  is  now  a  fixed  fact;  and you and I, 
down;  the instrument was still,  and,  as the 
Will,  are going  to take a hand—on  the sly, 
light from my lamp fell  upon the long line 
of course, as this valuable knowledge hardly 
of raised characters on the narrow  band  of 
belongs to us. 
I will  leave  for Chicago to­
paper, I saw  clearly the very singular mes­
night.’
sage I have shown you. 
‘Well,  well!’  was 
the involuntary exclamation  which instant­
So I gathered up what little cash I could 
ly came from my lips. 
‘A message from the 
spare,  and  Jackson  added  the  balance— 
quartermaster at St. Louis to some party in 
much the larger amount—and,  taking an ex­
Chicago—and in  cipher,  too.  What  can it 
perienced  old  merchant  friend  with  him, 
mean?’  I  mused. 
‘Possibly  something
they  purchased  in  Chicago  8,000  pounds
about the war.’  If my  memory  is  not  at I green Rio coffee at 15 cents, and 20,000 yards 
fault,  this was soon after the disastrous bat-  gray and bleached cottons and  fancy prints 
tie of Bull Run,  and  my mind pictured oth-  at very low prices.  The bills were discount­
er calamities—a call for more  men  or  sup-  ed for cash,  the goods insured,  and carefully 
plies;  and the  mysterious  message  broad-  stored in the city.” 
ened out in many ways,  until I  was  nearly 
wild to fathom its meaning. 
It  will  here  be  proper for the writer to 
I had heard of 
secret messages of grave import  in times of j give a retrospective  view of the situation of 
war,  and I knew a little  about  correspond-  affairs  in the commercial world at  that pe- 
ing in cipher—I  would  know the secret of  riod,  as he then  resided in the far west and 
this on the morrow.  Just now I must sleep,  was engaged in business.  Daring the  pre- 
But, although to lie down was easy enough,  vious  year,  money  had been scarce and in- 
it was quite another thing, with  this on my I terest high.  The banks were only discount- 
mind,  to woo the drowsy god. 
ing gilt-edged paper.  Workshops and fac
“I was up early and hurried off to my of-  tories were running  on  full time,  and  the 
flee,  to again rack my brain over that  mes- [ country  held  a surplus of goods,  with little 
sage.  My friend Jaekson called during the  money to buy  them,  and,  in  consequence, 
forenoon, and,  of course,  I took  him  into  prices of almost everything had touched the 
my secret at once  and invoked his aid, and  lowest point and must, if they moved at all, 
we did little else but study upon and endeav-1 move  upward.  And  the stringency of the 
or to ferret out that hidden mystery.  With-1 money market had also caused^pvery family 
out knowing  exactly  why,  we both came to  to economize and  make the most  of  every, 
the  same  conclusion,  viz.,  that it meant  old garment and utensil in their possession 
money to us if we could read it.  We worked ] Thus every  house  was  comparatively bare
hard over it, and l  am  certain  I  neglected] 
and in want.  The  bombardment  of  Fort 
tome minor  duties  at  the  time,  as,  in my 
Sumter shook the  commerce  mid  business 
anxiety,  I almost forgot what I was doing* 
of this  country  to its very center.  Values 
Nothing came of our  work,  however, and 11 
experienced  instant  change.v-?  Telegrams 
retired  that  night  to  dream of signs and] 
from the millionaires of the  North  poured 
symbols.
in upon President  Lincoln,  planing  their
“ The following day my friend and I  were I immense-wealth at hix command  to sustain 
again together. 
‘If it were not for those in-  theold flag.  More men  and  money  were 
tem al figures,’ said I, ‘we might accomplish I offered!  than v could  be  used, or were even 
something,  but  they  are  what puzzle  me  wanted.  Foodproducts and articles of daily 
most.  The  letters  are,  o f  course*  trans-1 necessity advanced with  a  bound, while ar- 
fiosbd* tytt  how are  we to get at  the trans? j tides of laxity dropped almost out of sight. 
Ito ^ n V ith ^ h o to , few figures sandwiched (For a tew  Wtoka pidy the  country  w askE

“I passed into my dffice,  noted  the  time

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most  paralyzed. 
In  fact,  many expected 
we would soon be without a country!  But, 
after the first  shock  was  over and the sec­
ond sober thought of business  men  had re­
turned,  they saw there  would  be grand op­
portunities,  if they only  knew  what goods 
to  touch;  and,  while  troops  were  being 
equipped,  supplies  purchased,  and 
the 
purse-strings of the  nation being  unloosed 
most  astonishing  and  unexpected  prices 
were asked and received for  the most unex­
pected articles.  Those merchants  who had 
full stocks on hand—even  old  and  unfash­
ionable  goods—-suddenly  found  they  were 
selling goods at retail far below  the whole­
sale prices;  and, for a time, the paradoxical 
fact  was  presented  that  the  most money 
could he  made by  selling  the  least  goods, 
Sudden and unexpected changes were occur­
ring hourly in the  great  centers  of  trade, 
and it was a bold and almost  reckless oper­
ator who dare risk his money in this vortex 
of change.  In truth, comparatively few did 
much to the after  regret  of  those who did 
not.

But,  to  return.  Many  weeks  had  now 
elapsed sinee my friend W ill-----— and his
companion  made  their investment in coffee 
and cotton goods.  They saw and conversed 
with each other almost daily,  and,  although 
prices were firm, only a slight  advance  had 
yet taken place in  the  above  staples;  yet 
their confidence,  owing  to  the  strength of 
the general market,  was unshaken.

G^is pleasant  autumn  afternoon, the two 
friends sat together at the  station when the 
through  mail  from  the  East  arrived, 
stranger stepped from the train and handed 
a slip of  paper to the  agent,  with the re­
mark,  “Please  send  this  at  your  couven 
ience.”  Jaekson, 
in  the  meantime,  had 
purchased  from  a  newsboy  a  New  York 
D aily Tribune, returned to the” inner office, 
and, tilted back in an easy chair against the 
wall,  was  intently  reading.  As  the train
rolled away  westward,  W ill--------walked
in,  and, without speaking, seated himself at 
the instrument  and  spread  out the slip of 
paper he held, on the  table.  As  his  eyes 
fell upon the message,  a look  of  astonish 
ment  rested  upon  his  face  and  his  lips 
moved as if to speak;  but the  next instant 
he nervously opened a drawer  and  laid be 
fore him the “key” which had unlocked the 
cryptographic,. message.  As  he  compared 
the two bits of paper and seemed to be read­
ing,  the color  faded from his  lips and face 
entirely;  a pained  and  anxious  expression 
passed rapidly over his  countenance,  and 
with a slight cry and a grasp at the table, he 
fell heavily to the floor.  He had fainted, 

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“The first thing I remembered after read­
ing  that  message,” said Will,  as he related 
to me what  followed,  “I was lying on the 
office  lounge,  my  necktie  and  collar  had 
been removed, and Jackson, wearing a huge 
smile,  was  bendihg  over  me,  bathing my 
face with cold water. 
‘What  are you smil 
‘What  are  you  fainting 
ing for?’ said I. 
for?’ said he. 
I pointed  to  the  message I 
was to send and sadly replied, ‘We are both 
ruined! ’  ‘Not yet, my friend,’ he answered 
I have read that message  and  can  check 
mate it.  Listen!’  And  he  caught  up  the 
Tribune he had been reading:
THE MARKETS.

sales of Rio @22c, with a strong feeling.
dency upward.
the market.

N e w  Y o r k , Thursday, Sept. —,  1861—Coffee, 
Cottons, advanced ly, @ 3c per yard and ten­
Prints, firm, and partially  withdrawn  from 
“ ‘How is that for my smile, Will?  Why, 
man,  we could sell out to-morrow and clean 
up $1,500;  but we shall do better yet.  That 
quartermaster  and  his  friend  are  having 
their  quiet  laugh  now,  but our turn will 
come, also.  They  were no  more  “lucky” 
than we,  notwithstanding  their  language. 
Now, rouse up and send your message to its 
destination,  and  then  we’ll  afford a first- 
class cigar.’

“Translated into plain ¡English, with  the 
same key with which we  had  unlocked the 
first one, the message I transmitted  read as 
follows:
m  TT 
To H e n r y  W— --- |— , 

G. Station, Iowa, Sept. —, 1861.

',-v .

Acting Q. M., St. Louis, Mo.:

Our secret out.  Late heavy purchase of cof­
fee  and  cottons  in  Chicago.  Lucky that we 
transposed  the  meaning  as  well as the alpha- 
bet- 

(Sig.)  J o h n   B.  W a t r o u s .”

23 Collect.

The reader will easily see  why  Will —  
had fainted on deciphering  the  above  mes­
sage, as,  where the first said “lift” specified 
goods, it was understood between the parties 
to lift  the  other  and vice versa.  The  boys 
had taken the entire  language  literally and 
acted upon it.  But,  the  fact is well attest­
ed, that for the first two  or  three  years of 
the war, the tendency of  prices, in general, 
was still  “upward,” although  more gradual 
than at first with most  kinds  of  merchan* 
dise; and while tobacco and pork went “kit­
ing” in the markets of  the  country, so also 
did many other products.  The  same coffee 
purchased by the young  men  for 15 cents a 
pound,  in less than twelve months was sold 
by them for 31K cents,  cash, and the cotton 
goods at nearly three times the original cost. 
Long  before  the  war closed, - the firm of 
Jackson, ——i—  & Co. were doing  a  flour­
ishing business in Minnesota;  and when the 
writer last heard from them they were pros­
perous and wealthy. /  And Will  says,  “We 
thank those cryptographic messages; for.it.” 

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Financial Relations  of the  Nation and the 

States.

It may be hoped that some conclusions of 
more than  ordinary  import  will  be  drawn 
from the recent experiences  of  the national 
treasury.  These have been,  and continue to 
be,  of such a nature as to compel a thought­
ful consideration  by  persons  whose intelli­
gence  concerning  the  subject goes  beyond 
the mere routine of  handling “cash.”

Two features are conspicuous. 

(1.)  Con­
fined by the vicious “Independent Treasury ” 
system to  the  hoarding  of  his  funds,  the 
Secretary must  withdraw  from  the circula­
tion of the country, each  day, the  excess of 
his receipts over his disbursements.  (2.)  In 
order to diminish the evils arising from this 
he  must resort to every available  expedient 
to pay out his excess,  and so return it to the 
general use.  The  experience  of  the Secre­
taries who have  served  since  March,  1885, 
has  been  like  that  of  their  predecessors. 
The excess  of  revenues  over  ordinary  ex­
penditures  is  a  hundred  millions  a  year. 
The legislation of the  last  Congress did not 
materially affect the situation, and Mr. Fair- 
child has, month  by  month,  seven  to  ten 
millions  more  gathered  into  the  Treasury 
vaults than  the  appropriation  bills of Con­
gress order him  to  pay out.  He  has  been 
forced to search  for  ways  of  using the ex­
cess.  He  has  asked  bondholders to accept 
payment of interest  before  it falls due, and 
has called for offers  to  surrender bonds not 
yet redeemable.  The  former is,  of course, 
an expedient of the most temporary and  in­
effectual character, since  the  interest  now 
anticipated  will  not  be  in  the  list  of  pay­
ments at the usual time; and the redemption 
of bonds is a resource so  subject to fluctua­
tions of public valuation as to  be seldom am 
adequate dependence,  and never a safe one..
These are reasons for examining  with at­
tention the features of our financial system,, 
aud especially  for  reconsidering the  rela­
tions of the national treasufy to those of the 
states. 
It  would  seem  as though,  in  the? 
minds of many, existing arrangements were? 
regarded as settled by  nature, if  not  by di­
vine  ordinance.  Yet, it is the  fact that, iik 
the very beginning  of the  government, the? 
nation  assumed the debts of the states, and 
that,  fifty years later, it again  passed  over 
from its treasury to theirs the surplus which 
had accumulated.  These  are  relations be­
tween the two which are apparently seldom 
considered,  yet,  as a matter of fact, the sit­
uation of 1789 is  in  large  measure  repro­
duced  to-day,  so much so,  indeed,  that the 
analogy is striking.  Let  us  consider  this 
analogy as briefly as possible.  The general 
government,  under  the  Constitution,  took 
from the states all revenue resources except 
their internal taxation.  The great resource' 
of duties on imports,  which  they  had  pos­
sessed,  was  denied  them.  The  reluctance 
of New York to surrender it is well known. 
And recognizing this it was that,  by Hamil­
ton’s plan, the state debts were assumed by 
the  nation.  At  the  end  of  a  century we 
find the states again  carrying  large debts— 
some of them so far burdened that they have 
repudiated,  scaled down,  or fallen behind in 
payment. 
In some cases this has been un­
warranted by real necessity,  in  others  it is 
the not unreasonable  consequence  of  oner­
ous  taxation.  Ahd  in  mapy  cases,  the 
states, carrying their debts  as  well  as they 
can,  are unable  to  expend  for  purposes of 
the  highest  importance  such sums as they 
should.  Illiteracy  gains  upon  education, 
barbarous  penal  methods are excused upon 
grounds of needful economy, and the cafe of 
the defective is neglected. 
It may be freely 
admitted that only a  few  states  are so em­
barrassed as were all in 1789, yet it is not less- 
true  that  many  are  suffering in the samo 
way as then.

And why is this?  Simply because,  as we? 
have said above,  the  general  treasury  re­
ceives  the  great,  easily-collected,  lightly- 
carried indirect  revenues,  while  the  state 
treasuries are confined to their  direct taxes. 
The general treasury is full,  and  more than 
full; the local ones  are continually drained.
It was 
understood and appreciated a hundred years 
ago,  and the remedy for  its  hardships was 
applied—the only  remedy  which  could be 
effective.  The nation, having absorbed the 
states’ resources,  assumed a corresponding 
share o f their burdens.

is a natural result of the system. 

What is there,  in  the  nature  of  things, 
which has  changed  since  1789  and  1836? 
The nation still has the  great  revenues,  as 
had then.  The states  are  now,  as they 

were then, the sufferers.  Why is it not the  t 
wise and  the  reasonable  thing  to  redress 
this want of proportion  and  the balance by 
a continuous systematic  communication be-  ' 
tween the  finances  of  the  nation  mid the 
finances of the states?

A gentleman of an inventive  turn  reside 
ing at Plymouth, Mass,, protects  his grape­
vines from the attention of «man  boys who 
are fond of other people’s grapes  by  moans 
of a series of  galvanic  batteries  warranted 
to shock an interloper  to within  an inch of 
his l ife. 
I t was doubtless some such Inhos­
pitable contrivance which  forced the fox to 
the .. painful  conclusion that the arane waa 
only a sour fruit. 

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A superior  capacity for  business,  and a 
extensive  knowledge,  ato  steps  by 
which a new man often mounts to favor and? 
outshines the rest of his competitors.

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T~rmB $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
A ‘vertísing rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER I 1887.
INTER-STATE  CO-OPERATION.
R, A  Stevenson, Secretary  of  the Penn 
sylvania .Retail  Merchants’  Association, re­
cently wrote to the Secretary of the  Michi 
' gan Business Men’s  Association, asking fin: 
information  as  to the standing of a person 
who  had  removed  from  Grand Rapids to 
Pittsburg and was seeking credit of the mer­
chants in the latter city.  A  foil  report on 
toe person was promptly obtained  and for­
warded.  Mr, Stevenson closed his letter of 
enquiry with toe following expression:
7  In  toe near, future, some  system whereby 
we can get information as to toe standing of 
any man in  different  states  will be of vast 
advantage to toe business man.

T h e T radesman heartily commends the 
writer’s  suggestion  and trusts  that  some 
means can be devised to secure the result re­
ferred to.  With a view to starting  the ball 
tolling, toe Secretary of the Michigan Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association  authorizes  The 
T radesman to. state that he will undertake 
to  furnish  the  Secretaries of the Pennsyl­
vania and  New York  Associations—those 
being toe only States besides Michigan hav­
ing general Associations—full reports on all 
persons who have removed  from  Michigan 
to either of thfe other States.  The  machin 
ery of  toe  State  Association  is such that 
there will be little  difficulty in carrying oat 
this feature of toe work to a successful com­
pletion, mid if the  Secretaries  of the Key­
stone and Empire Associations  will  volun­
teer to do the same, the first step  in the in­
terstate co-operation of  business  men will 
have been accomplished.

AMONÓ T H E  TRADE.

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r  Mrs. C. A. Jdslin has engaged 
[e gro* 
Öery tyisiness at Alandoli.  Clark, Jew<Ü & 
Co. furnished the  stock.

C. J. Hicks has engaged in  the  grocery 
business  at Plainwell.  Cody,  Ball,  Barn­
hart & Co. furnished the stock.

Wilson McWilliams  has  engaged in the 
grocery  business  at  Conklin.  Coey, Ball, 
Barnhart & Co. famished the stock.

The  UdeU  Lumber  &  Woodenware  Co, 
will erect  works  to  employ 600 hands on 
building site near Tomahawk, Wis.

J. H. Thaw has purchased  an  interest in 
the brokerage business  of T. S. Freeman & 
Co.  The firm name remains the same as be­
fore. 

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Foster Stevens &  Co., have  contracted to 
famish  the  Lowell  &  Hastings  Railway 
with three carloads of  spikes, to be deliver­
ed at Lowell.

S. H.  Sweet has severed  his  connection 
with the independent OU Co.  and  engaged 
in the fruit, confectionery  and  cigar  busi­
ness at 134 West Fulton street.

Thompson A McClay, who  are to embark 
in  the  wholesale  notion  bnsiness  in  the 
Blodgett block, expect to be in  readiness to 
begin business about November 1.

Bennett  &  Roney  have rented a suit of 
rooms in the Glenhaven block, on South Di­
vision street, in which they will locate their 
business college.  They  expect  to be ready 
to open their institution for business on Oc 
tober 18.

Martin  Woodard  and  E.  C.  Spaulding 
have formed a copartnership under the style 
of Woodard  &  Spaulding  and  engaged  in 
general trade at  Milo, a hew  town  on  the 
line of the Kalamazoo & Hastings Railway, 
five  miles  south  of  Prairieville.  They 
bought  dry  goods  of  Spring  &  Company, 
groceries of Clark, Jewell  &  Co., hardware 
of Foster,  Stevens & Co.,  drugs of the Haz 
eltine <& Perkins  Drag  Co., crockery of  D, 
J. Evans & Co. and  rubber  goods of  E. G, 
Studley.  Mr.  Spaulding  was  formerly  of 
the firm of  Spaulding & Thayer, at  Lyons,

The erroneous publication  in  the Detroit 
News to toe effect that under the  new  law 
druggists can sell liquor on physicians’ pre­
scriptions only has caused  much  misappre­
hension among the drug trade,  as the state­
ment of the News has been copied by about 
half toe country papers of  the  State.  The 
editor of T h e T radesman promptly called 
the attention of the News  to  the  misstate­
ment and asked that a correction  be  made, 
but up to the present time no  correction has 
appeared. 
inference  T he 
Tradesman  can draw from the refusal  of 
the News  to  set  itself and the trade aright 
Is that the paper is interested  in  havifig an 
erroneous idea prevail.

The  only 

There is more truth than poetry in the ob­
servations  of  “Country  Merchant” on the 
fifth page of  this  week’s  issue, relative to 
the legitimate outcome of buying  railroads. 
While  the railroads have done more to de­
velop the country than any other agency,  it 
is a deplorable fact that  the  advent  of the 
railroad is too often  accompanied  by an in­
flux of irresponsible traders,  who add noth­
ing to the welfare of  the  community,  but 
bring disaster to every branch  of  honorable 
industry.  ______

T h e T radesman  warns  Michigan busi­
ness  men  against  using  the  threatening 
blanks and envelopes of  the  Sprague  Col­
lecting Agency of Chicago.  The envelopes 
used by this Agency  bear  the  words “Bad 
'Debts” in large type—a species of blackmail 
which is prohibited by the laws of this State 
under severe penalties.

As will be seen by the  call  published  in 
another column, the salesmen  of  Sault Ste. 
Marie are  desirous  of  participating  in  the 
formation of a State Salesmen’s Association. 
So far as the early closing movement is con­
cerned, that question is likely  to  be  pretty 
effectoaUy settled through  the  medium  of 
the B. M.  A.

T h e  Tradesman has secured a polished 
correspondent  in  the  person  of  Zachariah 
Wayback, general dealer at Hemlock Siding, 
who will contribute a  series  of  articles  to 
this journal, couched in the peculiar style of 
the writer.  Mr.  Wayback’s  initial  contri­
bution will appear next week.

Changes  in  Postal  Regulations.

to  postage  at 
occupation, 

trade 
the  sender  printed 

Postmaster Blair has been  advised by the 
Post  Office  department  that  permissible 
writing or printing on the face or surface of 
packages of mail matter of the fourth class, 
in addition to toe name and  address  of the 
sender  preceded  by  the word “from” and 
the number  and  names of  the  articles in- 
dosed,  may  include,  without  subjecting 
toe  letter  rate, 
them 
or  profession 
the 
of 
thereon,  with 
his  name 
designating 
words not, however,  to he more than neces­
sary to give certainty to the address  of the 
sender, as, for example,  “John Doe,  Bank­
er, 600 Monroe street,  Grand  Rapids,” and 
a simple request to return in a specified time 
If not delivered.  The usual notice to  post- 
makers asking to be advised  of  amount of 
.postage required for  return,  which  will be 
forwarded, is no logger  necessary,  as now 
all classes of mail matter are returned upon 
request, 
age  where» due  collected
upon delivery to too sender..

address, 

and 

H u r a *   Hides, Pelts  and  Tallow. •

Hides iùçlii less demand in 'the West, on 
batic,  andgener- 
the JEasfc^Tallow is  to |||b ly  
H ^ to p ^ vrPeHs are lowfiad dull.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

York—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr., general dealer, 

Detroit—Eaton Bros.,  dry goods  dealers, 

is selling out.

have sold out.

Harrison—H.  Razek  succeeds  Fagan  & 

Derby in general trade.

Tawas City—A. S. Larabee succeeds John 

Huston in general trade.

Jamestown—N.  DeVries  has  sold  his 

general merchandise stock.

Muskegon—L.  Poppe  has  re-opened  his 

méat market at 289 Clay avenue.

Lansing—A.  M.  Henry-  succeeds  J.  W. 

Bliss & Co. in the grocery business.

Battle Creek—Sedgwick & Smith succeed 

Benj. F. Hinman in the drug business.

Petoskey—S. S.  Lampson  has embarked 

in the grocery, flour and feed  business.

Muskegon—D. Root & Co.  have opened a 
commission store at 11 E.  Western  avenue.
Decatur—A. M. Knight & Co.  succeed I. 
B. Bagley in the grocery and meat business.
Colon—John E. Chivers succeeds Chivers 
& Young in the drug and  jewelry business.
Coldwater—Mrs.  Hattie  E.  Hauck  suc­
ceeds Mrs.  L. L. Mead in the millinery bus­
iness.

Battle Creek-Niles H. Winans has moved 
his grocery stock  from  Ann  Arbor  to this 
place.

Red Jacket—Sibilsby  Bros,  succeed  H. 
W. Jackson in the dry goods  and  millinery 
business.

Leroy—G. R. Andrews,  whose drug store 
was  recently  burned,  will  not  engage  in 
timide again.

Kendall—The sale of Frank Saul’s gener­
al stock to Gabriel Wolff was  not  consum­
mated, as reported.

Allegan—Geo. B. Kellogg  is  closing  out 
his clothing stock,  preparatory to  removing 
to Lansing about October 15.

Manistee—Adam  Deja,  of  the  grocery 
firm of Cichy & Deja, died  on  Sept. 24 and 
wàs  buried the day following.

Kent City—R. McKinnon  has  moved his 
general stock from  Hopkins  Center  to this 
place and begun business here.

Harbor Springs—J. L. Morrice  has  sold 
his agricultural implement business to J.  S. 
Sharpstein, late of Albion, N.  Y.

Sbelby—J. P.  Warner  has  sold  his gro­
cery stock to F. A.  Roberts and A. A. Lew­
is, who will continue at the old stand.

Evart—The Evart Hardware  Co. contem­
plates building a store at Meredith, in which 
to conduct its branch hardware business.

Mancelona—C. F. Walden  formerly  en­
gaged in trade at Leroy, but  more  recently 
at Red Jacket, has engaged in trade here.

Leroy—Dr. W. J. Law is building a store 
suitable for the drug  bnsiness  and will put 
in a stock about the  middle  of the present 
month.

Millbrook—The  Jas.  Richards  &  Son 
hardware stock’has been sold by Buhl,  Sons 
& Co., t>f Detroit, to  C. C.  Crisman,  late of 
Pontiac.

East Jordan—Harry Branch  has  bought 
the drug stock  formerly  owned  by G.  W. 
Beaman,  and will continue  the  business at 
the old stand.

Carson City—A. B. Wolfe, who made 12,- 
000 barrels of cider last season, will turn ont 
9,000 barrels this year.  He  will Also  turn 
out 8,ooo galions of apple jelly this  season.
Mt.  Pleasant—John  Maxwell’s  general 
stock  was  closed  by  Edson, Moore  & CoJ 
of Detroit, on Sept.  28.  His assete are fixed 
at 810,000, and it la thought will fully cover 
hisjiabilities. M
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Lanstigg-^f. W. Bliss A Co.,  grocers, Ure 

tolling out.
~ Adrian—J. Chris Wiesinger Sms  sold  his 
in terest^ toe  drug  and grocery firm of G. 
Wiesinger A Bon to  his. brother,  Chas.  G, 
Wiesinger. 
Itie  firm  name, remains  the 
saihe sahefore.

East  Jordan—F.  C.  Warne  and J. 

Martin,  banker,  have  formed a copartner­
ship under toe style of F. C.  Warne A Co. 
and will soon occupy their new  store  with 
their drug stock,

Petoskey—Thos.  H.  Rockwood,  of  St. 
Louis,  is  building  a  handsome  two-story 
brick store, 45 x 05 feet in dimensions.  The 
same will soon be  occupied  as  a  crockery 
and furniture store  below and above for of­
fices.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Elk Rapids—The Elk  Rapids  Iron Co. 

sawmill has shut down for the season.

Clinton—The Clinton  Woolen  Manufac 

turing Co. now employs seventy hands.

St. Louis—The pail and tub  factory  has 
more orders than sixty hands  can  keep up 
with.

Herrington—Mr. Herrington is building 

double frame store, which he expects to rent 
for mercantile purposes.

St. Ignace—The shingle and  lath  mill of 
the St. Ignace Manufacturing  Co.  will soon 
shut down for want of timber.

Midland—The  Cleveland  Woodenware 
Co. is building  a  tramway  five  miles long 
from the factory to the woods.

Muskegon—Ryerson,  Hills  A  Co.  will 
this season cat all the pine  they  have  re­
maining in the tract east of  their mills.

Evart—Byron  G.  Colton  is  building 

shingle mill about five miles north of  here, 
on the center line road. 
It will be ready to 
run in about thirty days.

Saginaw City—The Barnard  Lumber Co. 
has let a contract  for  putting  in  2,000,000 
feet of hemlock. 
It isn’t very long ago that 
Michigan mill  men  wouldn’t  have  taken 
tout much hemlock as a gift.

Kalkaska—M. C. Kidder has  sold his ho­
tel to Richardson A Nichols, and  purchased 
a half  interest in Dunham’s  box  and crate 
factory.  The  new  firm,  which  will  be 
known as  Dunham  A  Kidder,  will add to 
their business the manufacture of  pails and 
tabs.

Muskegon—Jonathan Boyce, of this place 
lately bought 4,000,000 feet of  pine  timber 
adjacent to previous  holdings 
in  Roscom 
mon county  and  on  Denton  and  Backus 
creeks.  He has three camps at work in the 
county, employing about 100 men.  He will 
get out about 25,000,000 feet.

Glen Haven—D.  H.  Day  is  overhauling 
his mill on Glen Lake,  and will saw maple, 
hemlock and other hard woods.  He is con­
nected by tram road  with  Lake  Michigan 
dockage capable of cross  piling 600,000 feet 
of lumber, at a point  where  there is a good 
harbor with plenty of water.

Saginaw City—Cigar makers’ Union  No. 
130  has  commenced  suit  against  Emil 
Scheurman, charging him with infringement 
in using the union label,  not  being entitled 
to do so, as his is a non-union shop, and his 
employes non-union workmen.  The Union 
asks that he be  perpetually  enjoined  from 
using said label until he enter the union and 
the costs of suit charged up to him.

S T R A Y   F A C T S .

Middleton—There  are  three  stores here 

already.

Dorr—I. W.  Carrel has brought 2,500 bar­

rels of apples so far this season.

Harbor Springs—C.  W.  Caskey  is build 

ing a costly residence in Petoskey.

St. Ignace—Operators at this place recent­

ly offered $30 a month for choppers.

Galesburg—Olmsted A  Storms  have sold 

their’banking business to W.  H.  Keyser.

Frankenmuth—Gustav  Habke  succeeds 
Habke A Hickey in the blacksmith business.
Cheboygan—The  log  cut  in  Cheboygan 
county  this  winter  will  probably  exceed 
100,000,000 feet.

East Jordan—D.  C. Loveday  is  building
24 x 50 two-story  brick  store,  which he 

hopes to rent to a live clothier.

Nilesr-J.  B.  Millard  has  been  elected 
President  of  the  Citizen’s  National Bank 
and Ed. T.  Woodcock Vice-President.

Cheboygan—The  docks  have  60,000,000 
feet of lumber piled on them, wlth.no hopes 
of getting vessels to carry it to  market.

Woodland—F. F. Hilbert has  abandoned 
the idea of  establishing  a  bank  at  Lake 
Odessa and will continue in  the  same busi­
ness here.

Alpena—E. K.  Potter A Sons  will  lay  a 
track from the railroad  to their boom cross­
ing near  their  burner,  for the  purpose of 
landing‘ logs  brought  directly  from  their 
timber tracts by rail.

Detroit—A   co-operative  factory  for  the 
manufacture of bread, crackers and  confec­
tionery is soon to be started  by  representa­
tives of the labor party.  The capital  stock 
$25,000 in $5 shares.  A  location will be 

determined upon in a few days.

Sanlt  Ste.  Marie—The  first  carload  of 
freight that came in over the new road—the 
first railroad that ever entered the  “Sob”— 
was a load of lumber.  The road runs, near­
ly all tlie way through heavily timbered ter­
ritory, which has been but  little  developed 
y et  :

Hartford-7-Heniy P. Phelps,  too  veteran 
merchant, was killed by toe care  while  re­
turning home from toe  G. A   R.  Encamp­
ment at St. Lonis last Wednesday.  Besides 
being prominently identified.with  the  mer­
cantile interests of the place, fie Ass a lead­
ing  stockholder in the brick and tile manu­
factories and toe creamery.  He was a man: 
of pronounced  public  spiritedness  and his 
decease is deeply mourned. > The interment 
oCearaed ^Beaa^av;" 
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Manistiqne—The Chicago: Lumbering Co. 
has  &  new  lumber  barge  whichisabout 
ready foir launching. 

Adrian—W. H. Hand and  W.  B.  Voor- 
l$ees  have engaged  in  the  manufacture of 
overalls under toe, style of the Adrian Over­
all Co.  Employment is given to  thirty-five 
hands at present.

Saginaw  City—Col.  A. T. Bliss and ex- 
Govemor R. A. Alger have concluded a sale 
to Bay City and Detroit parties of pine lands 
in  town  39  north,  ranges H and 12 west 
upper peninsula of  Michigan,  estimated to 
cut 50,000,000  feet,  two-thirds  white  pine 
and one-third Norway, for $160,600.  Thjpy 
paid  $90,000  for  toe. land  less than two 
years ago.

Detroit—Burdett F.  Whitnall was held by 
Judge Brown to the jail limits a  few  days 
ago in $1,000 hail, in a suit  against  him by 
Marshall, Field A Co.,  of  Chicago.  As he 
has a  business in Coldwater  which  would 
suffer in his absence,, the judge  has extend­
ed the limits so as to include Branch county 
and an alley the width of the railroad track 
to be traveled over in order to reach it.

Detroit—Alfred  F.  Wilcox,  assignee  for 
J. V. Lisee A Co., makes  the  following re­
port:  J. V. Lisee A Co.’s stock inventories 
as follows:  First cost,  $43,172.57, appraised 
at $40,265.50; bills receivable, $4,335.39, ap 
praised  at  $3,000;  goods  out  on  approval 
$53.50, appraised at $30.  Assignee Wilcox 
says:  “There are  $8,000 to $10,000 falling 
due at once and the notes will go to protest. 
Mr. Lisee’s liabilities are $62,000 or $63,000 
assets about $42,000.  Half of the liabilities 
are  secured  by  chattel  mortgages  on  the 
stock.  The remaining creditors are eastern 
firms who are not secured.”

Gripsack Brigade.

Frank Collins put in a couple  of  days at 

Marshall last  week.

R.  B.  Orr  has  sold  his  three-year-old 

Mambrino Chief colt to Hodges Bros.

Wanted—Several cats  for  breeding  pur 
poses.  Apply  to  Cornelius  Coughdrop 
Crawford.

F. M.  Keats,  Michigan  and  Minnesota 
representative  for  F.  F. Adams A Co., of 
Milwaukee,  is in town for a few days.

Allegan Journal:  G. J. Lewis, traveling 
salesman for the Diamond Wall Finish Co 
of Grand Rapids, returned  home  this week 
from his fall trip to remain until the first of 
December.

Mike Rosenfield,  formerly  of  the whole 
sale cigar and tobacco firm  of  Schneider  A 
Rosenfield,  but now on  the  road  for Jacob 
Friedman A Co., the Chicago  leaf  dealers, 
was in town over Sunday.

A. D. Baker came home  from  Woodville 
last week with a sore eye,  which  kept him 
at home four  days.  An  explanation  from 
Major Wright as to  the  cause  of  the  sore 
eye is now in order.

Cucumber . E lm . Morgan,  who spent his 
summer vacation pulling roots OH  his  farm 
near Fremont,  is expected  to  reach  Grand 
Rapids about the 10th of the  month,  if the 
walking holds good.

W.  Boughton, traveling representative for 
H.  S. Robinson A  Burtenshaw,  of  Detroit, 
who has  been  confined  to his home by ill­
ness for the past two weeks, is  now conva 
lescent and expects to be on the  road  again 
in a few days.
Organization  of  an  Association  at  North 

Muskegon.

The  business  men  of  North Muskegon 
met la6t Friday evening for  the  purpose of 
forming a B. M. A. 
I.  W.  Feighner  was 
selected to act as chairman and S. A. Howey 
was designated  to  serve  as  secretary  pro 
tern.  E. A   Stowe explained  the  aims and 
objects of  local  associations,  when it was 
resolved to proceed to  organize,  which was 
begun by  the  adoption  of  the  regulation 
constitution  and  by-laws.  The  following 
gentlemen then handed  in  their  names for 
charter  membership: 
John  Henry,  I. W. 
Feighner,  S.  A.  Howey,  G.  C.  Havens, 
Chas. É.  Leslie, John Hawkins, C. S. Place, 
Daniel  Williams, B. F.  Reed,  Peter  Zals- 
man, Burrell A Cleveland, Jas. E.  Balkema, 
Schoonfield A Clark,  A.  S.  McIntosh,  Wm. 
Roe, Dr.  S. A.  Jackson.

Election of officers resulted as follows: 
President—S. A. Howey. 
Vice-President—Jas. E. Balkema. 
Secretary—Geo.  C. Havens.
Treasurer—John Henry.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  C. S.  Place,  Chas. E. Leslie and I. W. 
Feighner.

The  Blue  Letter  collection system was 
adopted for the use Of  the  Association,  and 
the Executive  Committee was instructed to 
procure the printing of the same.

The constitution of  the  M. B. M. A.  was 
read and ratified, and the  Executive  Com­
mittee was instructed to apply for a charter 
and  auxiliary  membership.  The  meeting 
then adjourned.

Gives Him «.Hard Name.

The  Marinette  Eagle  thus  pays its re­
spects to Dwight  Brooks,  a  young  man of 
rather unsavory, character, who  is now sell­
ing shirts for J. E. Feldner A Co.:

There is a “dandy” traveling  man named 
D. Brooks,  hailing from  Grand  Rapids, 
who comes here  occasionally, who had bet­
ter look a little oat the rtext time  he  visits 
this  place,  and  conduct himself in a little 
more  circumspect  manner,  or  he will be 
treated to a coat of tar and feathers.  After 
finishing  his  business,  which  consists of 
taking orders for shirts,  he  usually  puts in 
one evening mashing and  “catching  on” to 
little girls, and watching his chances to vis- 
them when  their  parents  may  be away 
from home.  He is a slick-mannered  sneak 
and his legs only saved his back from a can­
ing one evening the first of the week.

There are times when it seems  necessary 
for the traveling fraternity to refuse  recog­
nition, to those who would  disgrace an hon­
orable calling« and the person above referred 

Is undoubtedly a case in point

Its Merits, as Seen by a  Kalamazoo  Man 

K alamazoo, Sept.  26, 1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids:  .

Dea r Sir —I   note  an  article  on  Henry 
George’s  land  theory  in  a  recent  issue 
which  I  beg  leave  to  criticise  and  point 
out some  errors  therein,  evidently  arising 
from misconception of  Henry George’s pro 
posal for taxation of  land  values.  For, of 
all classes of workers next to tLo.se working 
for wages, the farmers  are  most  interested 
in this and  most to  be  benefited  by it, and 
I cannot think that  an  agricultural  paper 
would raise its  voice  against  this  plan ex 
cept through misunderstanding of it.

You refer to what you  call  “exceptional 
cases” of building lots in upper  New York 
saying that there is a show of  justice in his 
(George’s)xproposal  to take for the  general 
benefit that which had been the result of the 
general  movement  of  society.  But when 
any ordinary piece of land  was  considered 
it was  seen  that  George’s  taxation  plan 
would  touch  the  earned  increment  of  its 
value and take for public  use  the results of 
private toil.

Now, 

if  you  will  study  Mr.  George 
books,  you  will  see  that  this is just what 
Mr.  George  proposes  not to do.  He pro 
poses to tax away the  unearned  increment 
of land and nothing more, and in such cases 
as you were probably thinking of, where the 
bare  land  itself  has  little  or  no  value, 
George’s  system  would make the tax little 
or nothing.

You say:  “There are no farms in nature 
any  more  than  there are ships in nature.” 
This  is  precisely  what  will  be  the  very 
strongest  point  of  the  whole system with 
the farmers  when  they come to understand 
it,  for it is not farms or  land  that  George 
proposes to tax, but land values;  and as,  (al­
though land is mostly  in  the  country) land 
values  are  mostly  in  and near large cities, 
the plan proposed  by him  will lay the bulk 
of taxes on the wealthy  holders  of valuable 
land in and  near  the  cities  and  leave  the 
farmer,  whose  property  consists  chiefly  of 
improvements,  especially in a new country 
paying  less  taxes  than now,  for now he is 
taxed on his farm and also,  by the tariff, on 
everything he eats, drinks or  wears and ev­
erything he uses in carrying on his farming 
operations.  How  much  do  you, think 
farmer  just  starting  in  the  backwoods 
would  have  to  pay  on  his land,  it being 
taxed at its bare rental value irrespective of 
the improvements?  And what would be the 
effect of a tax which  amounted to a ground 
rent upon the coal pool,  which  now,  by re­
stricting  the  output  of  coal,  forces up the 
price  of  coal  and forces down the price of 
labor, thus robbing the workman  and farm­
er on both  sides.  They  would  find  their 
taxes  such  that  they  would have to keep 
their mines and miners busy, or abandon the 
business to those who would.

Your statement that there are no farms in 
nature is correct, but there is land in nature, 
which owes its value solely to the  advances 
of  society;  and,  therefore,  that  value  of 
right belongs only to society,  while the val­
ues created  by the improvements of the oc­
cupier of land belong  solely to him,  and so­
ciety has no right to them.  They,  and they 
alone, are rightfully private property.

As for George’s  coquetting  with the So­
cialists, it is a mistake to think he has done 
anything  of  the  kind.  He  has  always 
maintained  (and still does)  his doctrines in 
regard to land value  taxation  and  govern­
ment ownership and operation of - railways, 
telegraphs, telephones and  such other  busi­
nesses as are in their nature monopolies.

I write this, as I wish to do what I can to 
correct a wide-spread  misunderstanding  of 
this  new  political  gospel,  for it is evident 
from  the  experience  of  the  past and the 
signs of the present that free land,  and that 
alone, will save this country  and the world 
from a most dreadful and bloody revolution. 
The forces of anarchy and  disruption  daily 
grow stronger;  and if the  just  demands  of 
the  justly  discontented  are  not  satisfied, 
those who sleep  in  fancied  security  will, 
ere  long,  be awakened  by  such a storm of 
anarchy  and  fierce  disorder  as  will seem 
to them a  veritable  Day  of  Doom,  when 
‘the great  men and the  rich  men  and  the 
kings of the earth and the  mighty  men and 
every bond man and every  free  man  shall 
fly to the dens and caves  of  the  mountains 
and call on them to fall upon them.”

N.  G.  Leslie.

friends;  - '

' Whom  to  Trusty v 
He who battles but for selfish ends.
Crowned  with  success will  turn, against his 
But he who joins or nobly leads the strife, 
S»m  love of justice Is a friend for life.
Thé selfish strike to win for self the spoils; 
The just for justice and the slave who toils.
So  know  then, whom to  trust  and  whom  to 
Learn ye men’s motives and  thy task is done.

shun,

Purely Personal.

W. H. Hoops paid the Kalamazoo grocery 

trade a visit on Monday.

Fred. D.  Ball is  taking a half  of  B. F. 

Parmenter’s trip for him this week.

Dr. Burr Babcock, tbe Williamsburg phy­
sician, put in a couple of days at this market 
last week.

Geo. W.  Crouter,  the  Charlevoix  drug­
gist, 
leaves  for  California  this  week, in 
hopes that the trip  will  improve  his wife’s 
health.

E.  E.  Whipple, manager  of  the Whipple 
Harrow Co., of Eaton  Rapids, was in town 
Satnrdry.

Arthur H. Webber,  formerly  engaged in 
the  drug  business  at  Big Rapids,  is now 
prescription clerk for ft. J.  Cummer A Co., 
at Cadillac.

Fred. Hotchkiss,  formerly engaged in the 
drug business  at  Hastings, passed  through 
the city Monday on  his way to Washington 
Territory.

C.  M.  Towne,  who conducted a meat bus­
iness  on  South  Division  street 
several 
months  ago,  has  returned  to  bis  former 
home in Milwaukee.

H. N. Morse, manager of the “Big Store,” 
at Ludington,  is rejoicing over  the  advent 
of a son,  who was  promptly  given the cog­
nomen of H. N.  Morse, Jr.

E. A.  Parkinson,  the Traverse City drug­
gist, was in town over  Sunday.  He  was  a 
delegate from the  K.  P.  Lodge of Traverse 
City to the Grand Lodge at Detroit.

W.  B. Sweet has resigned his  position as 
book-keeper for H.  H.  Freedman A Co., at 
Reed City,  and has  returned  to  this  city. 
He has several desirable  offers  under  con­
sideration.

Jolm  Walsh,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business on  Canal  street  under the 
firm name of  Walsh A Spoon, is now clerk­
ing  in  a  clothing  store  at  Duluth.  Mr. 
Spoon is managing his  father’s  stock farm 
near Spoonville.

Robert  W.  Hazeltine,  for  several  years 
past chemist for  the  Hazeltine  A  Perkins 
Drug Co., has  accepted  a  similar  position 
with G. W. Jones A  Co.,  wholesale  drug­
gists and manufacturing chemists  of  Mem­
phis, Tenn.  Mr.  Hazeltine  will  begin his 
duties with the firm about October 15.

Byron  Holden,  for  several  years  past 
salesman  for  Hamilton  A  Milliken,  at 
Traverse City, was in town Monday  on  his 
way to San Diego,  Cal.,  which place he pro­
poses to make his home.  Will Holden,  for 
several years  clerk  at  the  Park  Place,  at 
Traverse City, joins him at  Chicago,  bound 
for the same destination.

Cards are out announcing the marriage on 
October 13 of Chas.E. Peeps and Miss Louisa 
Formby, daughter of the  genial  book-keep­
er for Rindge, BertschA Co.  The ceremony 
will  take  place  at  the  residence  of  the 
bride’s parents, on  Fountain  street,  when 
the couple will take  up  their  residence in 
their own home at 95 North Union street.

Henry B. Fairchild,  Secretary of the Haz­
eltine A Perkins-  Drug  Co., was  agreeably 
surprised  last  Thursday  evening  by ah in­
vasion at his home  of  the  twenty-one  em­
ployees of  the  house,  bearing  a  handsome 
easy chair as a reminder that he had reached 
the 41st milepost.  Mrs.  Fairchild, who had 
been apprised of  the  designs  of  the  boys, 
surprised them all  by inviting  them to par­
take of a supper which approached  the dig­
nity of a banquet.

Gathering Spruce Gum.

From  the Y outh’s Companion.

Most of the spruce gum comes from Canada 
and Northern Maine while Yermontaud New 
Hempshire  contribute  a  moderate quantity 
ot the total yield.
The best gum  comes  from  no  particular 
saction,  but always from  the biggest spruce 
trees, and it begins to run in July or August, 
when,  iu  these  high  latitudes the  sun  be­
comes so hot as to  crack  the  bark.  On the 
limbs,  in the crotches, and even on the trunk 
of the spruce the  molten  gum forms during 
the heat of summer,  in all sorts of fantastic 
shapes,  and  when  cold  .weather  sets  iu  it 
becomes hard.
The  first  year  after  its  run-the  gum  is 
white  and  pitchy,  then  it  begins  to  turn 
amber or red,  and  the second  year  it  is  fit 
to “pick” for the market,  although it is bet­

ter H Allowed to remain  on  the  trees  until 
the third year.. ’%m
'  After the third season the gum remains in 
the same  state for  several ^years  and  then 
begins to -‘turn  old” as the pickers say, and 
the consumer complains that it “chews hard*’ 
and crumbles up.  A little more age  makes 
it dark-colored and bitter, and then its value 
is gone.
Up in Canada much of the gam  is  picked 
in  the  autumn,  beginning  as early as Octo­
ber,  but  there,  as  in  Maine,  the  best time 
for the  work  is  during  the  deep  snows of 
winter, when snow-shoes are used, or in the 
early ^spring when  a  man  can  travel along 
at a lively rate on  a  heavy  crust,  above the 
underbrush.
The pickers are provided with long poles, 
on  the  end  of  which  is  fastened  a  sharp 
chisel, and underneath that  a cup to receive 
the gum as it is chipped aff.  The cup holds 
from a pint to  a quart, and  when  full  it is 
emptied  into  a  long  bag  which  the picker 
carries on his back like a knapsack.

“l  am surprised at the way  my  old cus­
tomers come back  to  the  Anchor  brand,” 
said F. J. Dettenthaler the  other day.  “It 
still stands at the top of  all  the  brands of 
oysters sold at this  market.”

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements  will  be  Inserted under this 
head for one cent a word or two  cents a word 
for three insertions.  No advertisement taken 
for less than 25 cents.  Advance payment.
Advertisements  directing1  that  answers  he 
sent in care of this office must he accompanied 
by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage,
SALE—Stock  of  drugs,  medicines, 
naints, oils, wallpaper, books and notions 
in village of 900 inhabitants; stock and fixtures 
invoice $3,000; can be  reduced  to  $2,000.  Ad- 
dreas Look Box O, Coopersville, Mich. 
213*
F OR SALE—At a bargain.  A clean stock of 
hardware  and  mill  supplies.  Address 
Wayne Choate, Agent. East Saginaw. 
210tf
K R  SALE—Or  exchange, platform  spring 
peddling  wagons,  suitable for  wholesale 
or retail trade.  Address  Welling & Carhartt. 
139 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich. 
208tf
F OR  SALE—A  new  soda  fountain,  which 
cost $140 and freight  this spring.  It was 
bought of Matthews & Co.  Will  sell  for  $100. 
In perfect order.  W. R. Mandigo & Co.,  Sher­
wood, Mich. 
212*
X710R SALE—Desirable  residence lotonLiv- 
-L 
ingston  street.  Will sell on long time'or 
exchange for good stocks, mortgages or other 
real estate.  E. A. Stowe, Tradesman office.
(jlOR SALE—At  a  bargain,  all 
the  ma- 
-L 
chinery of a two run grist  mill.  Put up 
last year.  Does first class-work.  G. C. Willey, 
Summit City. 
213*
F OR SALE—The best drug store in the thriv­
ing city of Muskegon.  Terms easy.  C. L. 
I93tf
Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 
F OR RENT—Pleasant store at  19  West Ful­
ton street,  Boston  block.  Now  used  as 
dry  goods  store.  Good  location.  Apply  to 
221 Mt. Vernon street. 
207tf.
I lOR  SALE—Or exchange.  French  cottage 
soda fountain, G. D. Dow’s make, in good 
repair:  cost  $400;  will  exchange  for  Jersey 
cow.  Address R. S. Trask, White Cloud,  211*
WANTED—Salesmen to seli new patent led­
ger to merchants; and other specialties; 
commission.  Model Ledger  Co., South  Bend, 
Ind. 
213*
WANTED—To exchange.  Two freight wa­
gons for  buggy  horse.  Address  O.  C. 
Shultz, city. 
Slltf
WANTED—Location for custom  sawmill in 
pine or hardwood of large tracts, or two 
or three  years  sawing.  Satisfaction  guaran­
teed  in  manufacturing.  Address  B. B., care 
Tradesman. 
210tf
W ANTED—Situation by registered pharma­
cist  of  four  years’  experience.  First- 
class references.  Address  P., Tradesman  of­
fice.^_________ 
217»
W ANTED—A salesman  of experience  and 
ability with  highest  references, to  sell 
cigars to first-class drug and grocery trade  by 
a large cigar distributing  house.  Address  M.
Blank, 72 Murray street, N. Y. City._____ 212*
ANTED—A  first-class  meat market man 
to take good position in  country town. 
Good  salary  to  good  man.  Address  J.,  care 
207
Tradesman, 
W ANTED—To exchange  farm worth $2,500 
for a stock  of goods.  Address  Box  23,
Tradesman office.
2U8*tf
WANTED—A  man  having  au  established 
trade among lumbermen to add a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
man a splendid chance will be given  to  make 
money without  extra expense.  Address “B,” 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
178tf
W ANTED—Five traveling salesmen, salary 
and expenses; no experience necessary.
Address  with  stamp 
Palmer & Co., Lacrosse, 
Wis.
213*
MAN—With $T0O to take half-interest in well 
established  real  estate and  loan  office; 
clears $3,500 yearly;  will  guarantee  $100  per 
month.  Address lock  box  437, Lacrosse, Wis.
213*
TO EXCHANGE—Highly improved  real  es­
tate  adjoining  city  limits  for  stock  of 
general merchandise.  Address box  do, Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 
211*

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W H I P S

a d d r e s s

GRAHAM  ROYS,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Parties Having Pine or Hardwood Lum­
ber for Sale Can  FJnd  a  Cash  Market  by 
Addressing Buyer* care “Michigan Trades­
man,” Grand Rapids, Mich.

Dress  Slays

Sott,  pliable  and  absolutely  unbreakable.  Stan­
dard  quality  15  cents  p e r  yard.  Cloth  covered  20 
cents.  Satin covered 25 cents.  F or sale everyw here.

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

DEALERS IN

NOS.  123 and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

BARLOW BROS.

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How Italian Milkmen Deceive Their  Cus­

tomers.

A correspondent of a Boston paper,  writ­
ing from Rome,  says:
I noticed  some  days  that  my milk was 
very,  very thin. 
I had  stood  by  whilst it 
was milked;  what, then, could be the cause? 
Was it that the cows drank too much water?
would have been compelled Jo  adopt  this 
solution but for a discovery that  soon  hap­
pened.  When I came  across- my  cowman 
the second or third evening be  was milking 
for an Italian, and I  was  surprised  when I 
saw this latter suddenly step up to the cow­
man and squeeze him by the arm.  As  sur­
prising as was this action,  however,  the re­
sult was still more so—a  stream  of  water 
was ejected from the cowman’s  sleeve,  and 
~ then understood how milk can be watered 
before one’s very eyes without' one’s detect­
ing it. 
i  happened to mention this incident 
to the American Consul,  and he assured me 
the trick was quite commons  A bag of wa­
ter  is  kept  under  the  co$t and let down 
through a rubber tube in the’ Sleeve;  when 
detected, a shrug of the shoplders, a “Santa 
Maria,  what difference?” and pure  milk for 
the sharp eyes; when not detested, he laughs 
in his  sleeve  as he lets  the  water  down 
through his sleeve and  sells it to you at six 
cents a quart.

Lindblom Bros., grocers. Big Rapids : “Onoe 
more we enclose  $1 for a  year’s subscription 
to Tue Tradesman.  It is th e ^ s t investment 
we can make.  We value thepeper morqthan 
all our others put together ”

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How 11  Traveling  Man 'GeqUreiS' M'JUise.•
From the N«w York Tribune.  , 
\
'Going over to Stonington the  other even- 
lug  I  met  Frank  Holbrook on  the  boat 
Holbrook, although still a young man, is an; 
old  merchant.  He  was  at toe head of the 
Chicago branch of the house of A. T, Stew­
a r t*  Co. for a time, and  I   -got  talking to 
him about that enterprising class—the drum­
mers.  He told me this  story about one  of 
them:
>  “I  used to  flatter  myself,”  Holbrook be­
gan,  ‘‘that I  eoiild size up the applicants for ] 
clerkships for what they were worth,  so  as ; 
not to  offer a $3,000 man a $1,000 salary or j 
a $1,000 dollar man a $3,000  salary.  But 1 
remember getting badly deceived  once.  A 
young fellow came into  the  Chicago  store 
and  asked  for  a position.  He was a red- 
cheeked  little  fellow,  sported a nice mus­
tache with waxed ends mid wore well-fitting 
clothes.  1 looked him over and said to my­
self,  ‘Here’s a young chap who can probab­
ly earn enough to pay his landlady and have' 
a few dollars a .week over for cigars and co­
logne.’  We were short of  help  just  then 
and 1 made up my mind that 1  would  offer 
him $730 a year,  that being  my idea of his 
full value.  '  After a little preliminary  talk,
I  said to him:
“ ‘Well,sir,what salary would you expect 
—what do you think you would be worth to 
us?’
“ ‘1 want $1,5000,’ he  promptly  replied. 
‘I think I’d be worth that to you;  I  can sell 
goods, Mr. Holbrook.’
“There was something in his manner that 
I  liked,  an earnestness and directness;  but 
I  laughed to myself at the  idea  of  paying 
that youth $1,500.  Still,  I  determined  to 
give him a trial if I could get  him  at about 
my own figure.  So, after a little more con­
versation,  I asked him if he would be  will- 
' xng to begiu at $70 a month. 
‘It  will  take 
you some weeks,’ I  added,  ‘to  thoroughly 
acquaint  yourself  with  our stock and our 
ways of doing business. 
If you  are  worth 
more to us,  that fact will not  be long in ap­
pearing, and if it does  appear  you can rest 
assured  that  your  salary will promptly be 
raised.’
“ ‘It’s a go,’ replied  Porter—I  will  call 
him Porter, although  that wasn’t his name. 
‘When  I  was  leaving St. Louis I assured 
the boys, as I bade  them  good-by, 
that I 
wasn’t coining back.  So I intend to stay in 
I  think  I  can  sell  goods,  Mr. 
Chicago. 
Holbrook,  and hope to bring you to the same 
I’ll begin at $70 a month.’
opinion. 
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“As I have  said,  there  was  something 
about the young man that was prepossessing 
in spite of his looking a little too much like 
a dude.  So I engaged  him at $70 a month,
- convinced that I had about got his measure. 
Well,  sir,  he started in  the  next  day like a 
steam engine.  He went  through  our stock 
as if he were a  detective whose  reputation 
depended upon his  not  missing  anything. 
In an amazingly short time he  was  master 
of all the  preliminaries,  and then he went 
to selling goods with the same assiduity.  He 
would watch for a customer as vigilantly as 
a cat watches for a mouse, and  once  a man 
got into his hands he was gone—he  had  to 
buy  to  get  rid  of  Porter.  A  couple  of 
months after he  entered  the  store, we re­
ceived from New York a  consigument  of a 
new and very handsome line of  goods.  No 
sooner were the  samples  displayed  among 
the clerks than two or three  of  them  came 
to me and said they thought they would like 
to go out on the road for a week —they were 
sure they could secure a good  many  orders 
for those goods. 
‘All right,’ I said,  and off 
they went.  A week  later one of  them re­
turned.  He was one of  our  oldest  sales­
men,  and had been making a  trip  through 
Southern  Hlinois. 
‘What  success?’  I  in­
quired.  He  replied,  with  rather  a crest­
fallen look, that as yet h e. hadn’t  disposed 
of any of the goods,  but that his  customers 
were pleased with the samples  he  showed 
them aud were likely to send in their orders 
later.
“I think Porter heard  this  conversation. 
At all events, he came to me that afternoon 
and remarked that he wished I would spare 
him for a few days. 
‘I’ve  got  some  cus­
tomers down in Southern  Illinois,  Mr.  Hol­
brook,  and 1 think I  could sell them some of 
those new  goods.’
“ ‘All right,  Porter,’  said  I,  and  off he 
went.
“ Well,  sir,  he was back inside of  a week 
and in that time he sold—X won’t venture to 
say from memory how; many cases of goods. 
But I remember he  diet  surprisingly  well, 
^ n d  what made  his  success  the  more re­
markable, he got  his  orders  in  the  very 
towns which my old salesman  whom  I’ve 
mentioned  worked  to  no purpose.  Along 
came Porter’s  telegrams,  ‘send  two  cases 
here,’ ‘send four cases there,’ ‘send  six cas­
es yonder,’ etc.  On his return I invited him 
to come  into my private office and congrat­
ulated him on the work he  had  done.  He 
seemed gratified  at  my  commendation, but 
about all he said was,  ‘1  thought  I  could 
sell some goods  for  you,  Mr.  Holbrook.’ 
Then I  spoke to him about the largest order 
he had secured.  His  eyes lit up and he re­
marked:
“  ‘It was a tough job getting  that  order. 
I thought at first I  was going to lose it.’
“ ‘ How so?’
‘“ Well,  I went into the man’s  store  and 
talked to him most of  the  afternoon, but I 
couldn’t fetch him.  He said  he  liked  the 
goods, he didn’t kick at the  price,  but  he 
wouldn’t decide. 
I went back to  my  hotel 
disappointed, but after supper I   felt better, 
and determined I’d go up to his  home  and 
make him a social call so that  he  wouldn’t 
forget me, you see?’

“  ‘Yes, I see.’
“  ‘Well, in the evening I  called around at 
his house  about  8 o’clock. 
I  didn’t   know 
him or any of his folks, and naturally felt a 
little embarrassed.’

“  ‘Naturally.’
‘“ Yes,  but  I  told  him  that I disliked 
hanging around a hotel land took the liberty 
of calling on him.  He answered  the door­
bell himself and  seemed  gild  to  see  me. 
He had four pretty daughters, and he intro­
duced me to them and pretty  soon the girls 
and I  were singing some  popular  songs, as 
nice as yon please.’

“ T didn’t know yon sang, Porter.’"
** *0,1 sing a little, Mr. Holbrook.  I  find 
itjkqjtps in selling  goods.  Well,  after  the 
songs i  satfiown at the  piano  and  played 
the glijs a new waltz or two  that  they  had 
n’t heard, and then I  felt that we  were real 
good friends.’

“ ‘And so yon are a piano player? *
“  ‘Well, I  manage to do  a  few  tones—I  
find it helps in our business,  Mr. Holbrook. 
The  girls’  father  sat by and seemed to be 
greatly entertained with the music, and when 
V&&up from 'the  piano  he  thanked  me 
heartily. 
, “Don’t  apeak  of  .it,’’  said  I. 
Then the girls and I got talking  about one 
%ing andanotber,and prettysoon ¿noticed 
aPfKvajo standingin  on* earner  decked, out
j  
gjgg
. .  
With  Bright
ed  it, and they .said 
andthatnone

. . .  

.  

of  them  could  play on i t  
.So, "greatly; to 
their delight, I  got down the banjo and gave 
liliem «lesson on it,’
“ ‘Then the banjo is  another  of  jour ac­
complishments, porter? ’ ”
“ T  can  pick  thè  strings  a little,  Mr. 
Holbrook—1 find it helps in  selling  goods» 
Weil, 1 stayed until .11 o’clock,  and  when X 
took my leave the father and  all  his  girls 
came to the door with me aud politely invit­
ed me to call again when I came to town.  I 
didn’t see-their mother. 
I presume she was 
dead, but I  didn’t think  it  proper  to  ask. ; 
Next day I  went into the man’s store bright 
and early.  He tried to beg off with  taking 
one case of the goods, but I  wouldn’t  bear 
of it.  “Take she or nothing, ” said 1;  “one 
case will help to sell  another.”   Finally he 
gave in and I ran to the telegraph office and 
sent you his order.’
“ ‘Porter,’  I  remarked,  with as grave a 
face as I could command,  as he finished his 
narrative,  ‘here is  one caution  that I  must 
give you.  Be careful when you are  off  on 
the road to refrain from intruding  upon an­
other salesman’s territory.  To do so makes 
trouble in the store.’
“ ‘I’ll try and do so, but  I   suppose  you 
want  me  to  sell all the  goods I can, Mr. 
Holbrook? ’
‘O,  yes.  Let’s see, Porter,  what salary 
are you drawing?’
‘“ Seventy dollars a month,Mr. Holbrook. ’ 
“ ‘And you have been with us—how long?’ 
“ ‘TwO months on Thursday.’
“ ‘And you wanted how  much  when you 
came?’
“  ‘Well, I told you I thought  I  would be 
worth $1,500 to you.’
“ ‘Very good,  $1,500 it is,  your salary at 
that figure dating from the day you  began.’
“ ‘Thankyou,  very  much,  Mr. Holbrook
-I think I can sell  some  goods for  you.’ ”

“Don’t.

Don’t acknowledge a man as an agent un­
less he can show that  he stands in his prin­
cipal’s shoes as to the business in hand.
Don’t transcend  your  authority as  agent, 
or you will  become  personally  responsible.
Don’t  accept  a  chattel  mortgage  unless 
the schedule annexed  contains every article 
to be covered by the lien.
Don’t forget that a chattel mortgage is,  in 
fact,  a conditional bill of sale.
Don’t think  that  compound  interest will 
render a contract usurious.
Don’t forget there is an implied  guaranty 
in selling goods by sample.
Don’t sue for one-half of a demand unless 
you want to lose the other.
Don’t refuse the  call  of  a  sheriff  to aid 
him in making an arrest.
Don’t rely on a witness  who  can’t go into 
detail.
Don’t testify to  your own conclusions un­
less you are an expert.
Don’t hold a paper or account an unreason­
able time,  or you will be presumed to admit 
it correctness.
Don’t erect a building  upon  foundations 
sunken  into  the  ground or it will become 
part of the realty.
Don’t take a title where there is  a  judg­
ment against a man  of  the  same  name as 
your grantor, without conclusive  proof that 
he is not the judgment debtor.
Don’t think that a promise  to  marry will 
be void because no time is  fixed.  The  law 
will allow a reasonable time.
Don’t forget that a promissory note in the 
hands of innocent  third  parties  for  value 
shuts out all defenses  usually made on con­
tracts.
Don^t take a note after  it  has  matured, 
unless you expect to meet a ll. the  ordinary 
defenses.
Don’t go into a  firm  already  constituted 
unless you expect to be liable for its  debts.
Don’t imagine that a mere  joint purchase 
by two or more, each  receiving  his  share, 
constitutes a partnership.
Don’t think an infant’s neglect to Repudi­
ate a contract when he  becomes of  age will 
ratify it.
Don’t pay off a mortgage until you receive 
a properly executed satisfaction piece.
Don’t attempt to construe an important or 
difficult trust without the advice and consent 
of the court.
W hy a  Merchant  Can’t  Give  More  Cloth 

Than is Paid for.

“Aren’t  you  cutting that piece of muslin 
a trifle short?” asked a lady of  the  proprie­
tor of an east side dry goods store as he was 
measuring off her purchase.
“No,  madam,” replied  the  merchant,  “I 
am giving you the  exact  amount  of  goods 
you bought.”
“Yes,  I  know  that,”  persisted  the  cus­
tomer.  “But I always get fullmeasure—an 
inch or so over—at other stores.”
“That may be  so, madam,  but I  can’t af­
ford to give even that small amount of cloth 
away. 
I sell my goods  at the  lowest retail 
price,  and  if I  over-measured  it  in  every 
case I would lose  money.”
“Ypuhaveno  idea,”  explained  the mer­
chant to a  reporter  when  the  lady had left 
the store,  "how great  a  loss there is in the 
over-measurement of dry goods.  Suppose I 
sell 1,000 yards of  goods  a day,  which  is a 
great underestimate, but will serve as an il­
lustration.  We will say that  I  give  away 
one inch  on  every ten  yards  I  sell.  That 
would be 100  inches,  or  about  three yards. 
We will say that  these goods cost me on an 
average 30 cents a  yard.  You  see  that  it 
would  be  a  total  gift  of  40  to  90  cents. 
Now, we will say that  I  sell these goods at 
33 cents a yard on an average.  That makes 
$330,  on  which  I  make  a  profit  of  $30, 
Out of this I have given  away 90 cents  or 3 
per cent.  You can figure  out  the loss on a 
year’s  business  at  that  rate.  The  loss  is 
hardly as large as that all through the busi­
ness, as many dress patterns are  sold with­
out being cut  But I have no  doubt that  it 
will average 2 per cent, in stores where this 
pernicious  rule  is  observed.  As  we  only 
make about 8 or 10 per  cent,  on  our goods, 
you can readily see what  a large loss this is 
to us.” 

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Will Not Leave Grand Haven.

Gband H av en,  O ct 1,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: 

:

Dea b Sib—Your paper of Sept.  28 states 
that toe Grand Haven Match Works willre- 
move  to  Green  Bay,  Wis., which is a mis­
take.  The  works  will  remain  at  Grand 
Haven, but I  shall  start another match fac­
tory at Green Bay as soon as toe machinery 
is  ready,  in  order  to  supply  the  Western 
country  with  round  matches,  where  they 
are in great demand.
'  Yours truly, 

F. F. Sommers.

The Business for the Boy.

Fond  Mother—Pa,  what  business do you 
think we ought to  start Willard in?  He’s 
getting to be 18  years old  and ought t o  get 
intosomething.
Fond Father—It’s  hard  telling what he’s 
fittedfor.  -  v 
Fond mother—Yes, he’s as proud açJ|[Uci-
pi&Hul Father—Weil, ïhéhïiët’ÿatajtoJllm 
intbè match busjbess»,..

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»MtBUSINESS  LAW .

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in .Courts 
'  - r'-V 

of Last Resort.

NOTICE OF QUITTING  SERVICE.

-  A  ride in a manufactory  that  a  servant 
who  leaves  the  master’s  service  without 
giving fourteen days’ notice shall forfeit all 
wages due, is  reasonable,  according to the 
decision of the Supreme Court  of  Pennsyl­
vania in the ease Of  Pottsville  Iron & Steel 
Co. vs.  Gppd.

CLAIM FOB INTEREST ON DEBT PAID.
A  claim  for  the  interest  of  a debt the 
principal  of  which  has  been paid will be 
barred by toe statute of  limitations  unless 
admitted  or sued  for  within six years,  ac­
cording  to  the  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania.

PROPER MAILING.

A letter deposited in  a  street  letter-box 
which had been put up by  the  Post  Office 
Department is as truly and  prpperly mailed 
as if deposited in  a  letter-box  within  the 
post office building  itself,  according to the 
decision of the Supreme  Judicial  Court of 
Maine in the case of Casco  National  Bank 
vs. Shaw.

OUTLAWED DEBT.

The admission by a  debtor  that a certain 
sum is due upon an outlawed  debt, and the 
payment of the same,  do not  avoid  the bar 
of the statute of  limitations  as to a further 
sum claimed  to  be due by toe creditor, ac­
cording  to  toe  decision  of  toe  Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania in the case of  Croti- 
shore, Adm’r, vs. Knox.

LEASE  OF PREMISES— AGREEMENT.

An agreement  was  made  in  writing to 
lease a room “by the month, at $10 a month, 
payable in advance,” and the  room was,  ac­
cording to toe same instrument, to be given 
over April 1,  1886.  The  Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania held that the  agreement  con­
stituted a lease of the premises  until April 
1,  1886, and not from month to month.

COBPOBATION—MAJORITY  OF  STOCK.
The by-laws of a  corporation  fixed  the 
number  of  shares, at  400,  and  provided, 
among other things,  that no business should 
be transacted at any  meeting  of  the stock­
holders  unless  a majority of the stock was 
represented,  except to organize the meeting 
and adjourn to some future time.  The  full 
number of shares, however,  were not taken, 
only 243  being  subscribed  for.  The  Su­
preme Judicial Court  of  Maine,  however, 
held that 201 shares were required to consti­
tute a majority of the  stock,  and  that  an 
election of directors at a meeting where less 
than that number was  represented was ille­
gal. 

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Heavy Sentence for a Druggist

From  th e Oil, P ain t and D rug Reporter.

A young drug clerk has been sentenced to 
imprisonment for seventeen  years  and four 
months and fined $20,800 for selling liquors 
in Wichita,  Kan.,  a town  ruled by  prohibi­
tion laws.  The owner  of  the  drug  store 
where liquor beverages were  dispensed was 
found guilty on as many covfnts as his clerk, 
some 2,000 or more, but he departed for safer 
quarters,  and will escape the heavy penalty. 
We hope for the sake of Kansas that the re­
port is exaggerated,  but as it comes over toe 
wire as a matter of fact,  we  have  to accept 
it as such until contradicted.
Such a sentence will surely be set aside by 
a higher court,  as  it  is  unwarranted  and 
against all common sense.  The local judge 
allowed himself to be  swallowed  up by the 
prejudices of the community,  and instead of 
pronouncing  judgment  on  two or  three  in­
dictments,  and allowing others to hold over 
as  customary,  his  display  of  venom  was 
given full vent  by  meting  out  injustice on 
every count,  while  the victim  has to suffer 
the consequences  of  judicial  wrath. 
If it 
were a murder or  some  other  heinous  of­
fense, there would  be  3ome  excuse for the 
heavy  penalty,  but  in  this case there are 
mitigating circumstances which should have 
received  consideration,  and  no  doubt will 
enlist^he sympathy of the public  in  behalf 
of the accused.  The clerk was employed to 
sell liquor beverages;  he did not realize any 
profit from their sale,  and was  ignorant  as 
to the great responsibility which he assumed. 
Should  this  sentence  hold good he will be 
ruined for life,  as the  fine means an impor­
tant addition to the servitude in lieu of pay­
ment.  But even in the case of  the proprie­
tor, such a punishment is out of  all propor­
tion  to  the  offense  committed.  There is 
nothing to compare with it ia criminal juris­
prudence  anywhere.  Laws  should  be re­
spected by druggists, but a  violation  of the 
liquor statutes of Kansas certainly does not 
entitle a man to a life sentence.
Production  and  Consumption  of  Butter.
In touching upon this subject the Nation­
al Stockman says:
The United Kingdom  produces  about 30 
per cent,  of toe butter it consumes, and uses 
13 pounds per capita every year.  Germany, 
Austria and Italy produce about as much as 
they consume,  the rate  of  consumption be­
ing respectively 8 pounds,  5  pounds  and 1 
pound.  Russia  produces  toe slight excess 
of 5 per cent,  and eats 2 pounds per head of 
population.  Belgium  can  export  25  per 
cent,  of its butter product,  and  consumes 6 
pounds per head.  Holland  has  the  same 
rate of consumption, and can spare about 88 
per cent o'f its  production  for  other coun­
tries.  The  Frenchman  eats  4  pounds  of 
butter, and exports 30 per cent, of the total 
he makes.  The Scandinavian eats 11 pounds 
and has a surplus  of 27 per cent.  Europe, 
taken as a whole,  consumes  about 3% per 
cent, more butter than it produces.  Taking 
toe census of 1880 as a basis for calculation, 
the consumption of  butter  in  the  United 
States and Canada was about 14 pounds per 
capita, with a surplus of 8 per cent. 
Iu all 
of  these  figures  toe  rate of consumption 
seems low,  yet it is probably  not far  from 
the truth.  The  surplus  produced  in  this 
country since toe census year is, undoubted­
ly, much larger than at that time.

No Fear of Overproduction.

From  H oard’s D airym an.

There is one view of the case that  is  not 
taken by those  who  prophecy  on  overpro­
duction because of the  increase in creamer­
ies.  That  view  is  that  an  increase  in 
creameries does  not  mean  an  Increase in 
cows,  at toe  present,  at  least. 
If  every 
man in  the  United  States  should  go into 
dairying next  week, it would not add a sin­
glecow to toe number  we  already have un­
til two years lienee, and then  at a very lim­
ited ratio.  JTbe increase of cows in Wiscon­
sin from 1870 to 1880 was only 
percent 
annually.  The tine office  of  toe creamery 
in every  community is to tgke  toe milk of 
toe cow that now is, and save it  from mak­
ing 10 cent butter.  It also relieves the over­
worked-farmer's  wife  from a deal of labor 
and care, and puts  more  money, as a rule, 
infntoe farmer's  pocket than he would re­
ceive if he handled dig milk him settvcai

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The River of Rem.

t  A beautiful stream is the River of Rest;

The still, Wide wàtors  "sweep  clear and cold, 
A tall mast crosses a star in the west,
A white sail gleams in the west world’s gold ; 
It leans to the shore o fth eitiv er of Rest— 
The lily-lined shore of the River of Rest.  *
The boatman rises, he reaches a hand.
He knows you well, he will steer you true 
And far, so far, from all'ills upon land,
From hates, from fates that pursue and pur­
Far over the lily-lined River of Rest—
Deqr mystical, magical River of Rest.
A storied,sweet stream is this River of Rest, 
The souls of all time keep it s ultimate  shore ; 
And journey you east or journey  you  west, 
Unwilling, or willing, sure footed or sore, 
You surely will come to this River Of Rest— 
This beautiful, beaùtiful River of Rest.

sue;-

—Joaquin Miner.

W ritten Especially fo r The Tradesman.

Mr. Howig’s  Reply  to  “Merchant.”
We shall not condescend to  give  any an­
swer to “Merchant’s” reply in  your issue of 
Sept.  28. 
It  alone  contains  sufficient  (if 
carefully perused)  to  satisfy  your  jury  of 
intelligent readers what  verdict  to  render; 
but as a general and final  answer to bis first 
criticism of our article, we respectfully refer 
him to toe very  able  paper  read  by  Park 
Mathewson  before  the  Michigan  Business 
Men’s  Association,  and  published  in  T he 
Tradesman of  Sept. 14. 
It  not only reit­
erates by more convincing arguments all we 
have said on the subject  of “no credit,” but 
furnishes,  by  a  variety  of  truthful  exam­
ples,  additional  reasons  why  the  system 
should be abandoned.

Frank A. Howio.

The Hardware Market.

The great scarcity in glass which has pre­
vailed for some time will soon cease, owing 
to an adjustment  of  wages  at  .Pittsburg. 
All the factories will soon go into blast, and 
scarce  sizes  of  glass  will soon be plenty. 
The  nail  market  is  dull,  but there is no 
change to note in prices.  The factories are 
still advocating a plan to restrict production 
and advance prices.  Light sheet iron is very 
scarce, but prices are unchanged.  The rope 
market is still in the same  condition,  with 
prospect of an early advance in manilla.  On 
account of a pool among the large manufac­
turers of doors and  sash,  prices  have  been 
advanced from 5 to 10 per cent.

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BO'LTS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS. CAST.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

AUGERS AND BITS.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

promptly and buy in full packages.
Ives’,  old style....................................... dis  60
N.  H. C. Co............ ...............................dis 
60
Douglass’............................................     dis 
60
60
dis 
Pierces’ .......................................  
Snell's.............................. 
dis 
60
Cook’s  ____  
dis 
40
 
Jennings’, genuine......... .................    dis 
25
Jennings’, imitation............................. dis50610
Spring......................................................dis  40
Railroad............  
$ 14 00
Garden............. 
net 33 00
BELLS.
H and..................... .'P.v..V.......... dis  $ 60&10&10
70
dis 
Cow..................................  
Call................................................. dis 
30&15
Gong.....................................  
dis 
25
Door.Sargent__  
60&10
dis 
Steve........... ......................................dis $ 
60
Carriage  new list.............................. dis  70&1O
Plow  ......................x ..........  ____ dis 
50
Sleigh Shoe..........................................dis 
70
Wrought Barrel  Bolts....................... dis 
60
Cast  Barrel Bolts...............................dis 
40
-  40
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs................... dis 
60
Cast Square Spring.............................dis 
40
Cast Chain......................................... .dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob.............dis 
Wrought Square................................ dis 
60
Wrought Sunk Flush........................ dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush................................................dis  60&10
Ives’ Door........................................... dis  60610
, 
!, 
B arber.............................................. dis$ 
40
, 
Backus.....................................  
dis 50610
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  70610
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60610
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  j oint.. dis  60610
Wrought Loose  Pin.......................... dis  60610
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip......... .dis  606 6
WroughtLoose Pin,japanned...... .. .dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
tipped.............................................. dis  606 5
Wrought Table....................................dis  60610
Wrought Inside Blind..,................... dis  60610
Wrought Brass................................... dis 
75
Blind,Clark’s........................... .......d is  70610
Blind, Parker’s................................... dis  75610
Blind,  Shepard’s..............................dis 
70
Ely’s 1-10............................................. per m $ 65
Hick’s C. F ......................  
60
G. D........................... 
35
Musket................................................ 
60
Rim Fire, U. M. C. 6  Winchester  new list50610
Rim Fire, United States........................dis50&10
Central Fire................... 
dis30610
Socket Firmer....................................dis  70&10
Socket Framing....................... 
Socket Corner...... ..................... 
Socket Slicks...................................... dis  70610
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...............     dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers...................dis 
20
Cold................................................... net
Curry, Lawrence’s ........................dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  .................................... 
Brass, Backing’s. 
60 
Bibb’s
60
B eer.................. 
40&10
Fenns’................................................... 
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size......... 
lb  28
 
14x52,14x56,14 x60...... ............ . 
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.........................  23
Cold Rolled, 14x48.......... 
23
Bottoms......................  
23
Morse’s Bit  Stock...... ...................... dis
Taper and Straight Shank.................dis
Morse’s Taper  Shank............ ..........dis
Cpm.4,piece,6  in__ ....................doznet  $.75
Corrugated........................ .............dis20&10i&0
dis  Jjf610
Adjustable................. 
30
Claris, small, $18 00; huge, $26 00.  dis 
Ives’, 1. $18 00; 2. $24 00; 3, $30 00.  dis 
American Fil e Association List...... dis
Disston’s ............................. .............dis
New American..............................  dis
Nicholson’s........................................ dis
Heller’s ...... ................................ 
Heller’s Horse Rasps........... 
. .r. .dis
GALVANIZED IRON,
Nos. 16 to 20, 
14 
List 

22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27
15

0O&1O
60610
60610
60610
dis
56610
50

files—New List.

dis 70610
dis 70610

-  OATRIDGES.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

CHISELS.

COMBS.

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

DRILLS

dis

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18

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Discount, 00.

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

50

. . . . . . . . . . .  .d is

Stanley Rule and Level CO.’S, .is fjf .dis
Maydole 6  Co.’S......................dis
■ K ip ’s . . . . . . .  
Yerkes & Plumb’s .............................dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. | ................30 e list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 o 40&W
Barn Poor KidderMfF.Cb^ wood traok  50&10 
Champion,  anti-friction.... J......... dis  604*0
Kidder,wood  track.....................d is  
40
S J tJ 
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90

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HOBS.
 

LOCKS—DOOR.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

..............perdoz,net, $ so

and  lqngfer....,i......... 

UfiVEIiS. 
MATTOCKS.

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.

3K
10H
8*4
7*4
7*4
70
60
60
60
50
75

State:.
SOrew.Bbok: and Sbftjjft to 18  in.  u f u
Serew Hook and Eye,  H  ..................net 
Screw Hook and^Nyo 
hot ‘ 
Screw Hook and E y e j f ....»«...net 
Screw Hook and Eye,  X..... ... .’i. . .net 
Strap and  T 
...... ......d is 
HOLLOW  WARE; 
-
P ots.................................................... .".. 
K ettles................................. 
  m  
 
Spiders  .................. . 
*v.„.. . . . __  
Gray  enameled.........................  
.... 
Stamped Tin Ware................. .new list 
Japanned Tin  Ware................. 25
Granite Iron  Ware...................25
Grub  1 ......................... ...............$ ll 00, disflO
 
Grub  2.......... 
1150, dis 60
Grub 3...... ..........12 00, dis 60
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... ..dis 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated tr im m in g s .. 
Door, porcelain, trimmings__ .... 
55
. 
70
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain...... . dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd 6  Co.’s....................   40610
45
Hemacite............  ........ ....... .......dis 
Russell 6  Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 
55
Mallory, Wheeler 6  Co.’s.............     .dis 
55
55
Branford’s .......................................... dis 
Norwalk’s  ................. . 
...dis 
55
f." -
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........... ...... .dis  70
Adze Eye..................................$16 QQ dis 
60
Hunt Eye...................................$15 00 diS 
00
Hunt’s....................................$18 50 dis 20 610
Sperry6 Co.’r, Post,  handled................dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s................................ dis 40
Coffee, P. S. 6 W.Mfg. Co.’s Maileables .. *  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry 6Clark’s_____ _.dis 40
Coffee, Enterprise....  .........................d is  25
Stebbin’s P a tte rn ..............................dis  60610
Stebbin’s Genuine..............................did  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring...............dis 
25
Common, Brad and Fencing.  >
lOd to  60d............ ............................ $  keg $2 10
8dand9dadv....................................  
 
25
6d and 7d  adv......... .................................. 
50
4d and 5d  adv.............  
75
3d advance.................................... ...........  1 50
3d fine advance................................ .  .v.  2 25
Clinch nails, adv.......................................  I 00
Finishing 
Size—inches  )  3 
Adv. »  keg 
Steel Nails—2 20.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.....................dis60610
Zinc, with brass bottom.......................... dis  50
Brass or  Copper............... ...................... dis  50
Reaper...................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s   ......................... 
.......  50610
PLANES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................dis 40® 10
Seiota Bench....................................... dis 50®55
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.................dis 40@10
Bench, flrsljqualitar..............................dis50@55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20610
Fry, Acme............................................dis 50610
Common, polished.................................dis60610
Dripping...............................................sp ft  6*4
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

1  lOd 
6d  4d
1*4
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS.
MILLS.

NAILS —IRON.

8d 
2*4  2 

OILERS.

RIVETS.

PANS.

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Broken packs *4c 
ROPES.

ib extra.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, *4 in. and  larger..........................       1154
Manilla.......................................................-12*4
Steel and Iron.....................................dis  70610
TryandBevels....................................dis 
60
Mitre  ..................................................dis 
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.
$2 90
2 90
3 00
3 05
3 15
3 «5
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 2  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..................................$4 20 
Nos. 15 to  17................................   4 20 
Nos. 18 to 21................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24................................  4 20 
Nos .25 to 26 ................................  4 40 
No. 27...........................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 fi>s, ^   Jb..........................
In smaller quansities, $   ft....................
American, all  kinds...........................dis
Steel, all kinds..................................  .dis
Swedes, all kinds............................... dis
Gimp and L ace.................................dis
Cigar Box  Nails.................................dis
Finishing Nails.................................. dis
Common and Patent Brads.............. dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis
Trunk and Clout Nails....................... dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails..........dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks...................dis
No. 1, Refined........................................... I 
Market  Half-and-half.......................... 
Strictly  Half-and-half.......................... 

t i n n e b !s s o l d e r .

TACKS.

12 50

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TIN PLATES.

TIN—LEADED. 

16 00
17 50
10x14, Charcoal.......................5 40@5 60
10x14,Charcoal...............................  7 25
12x12, Charcoal...............................  6 25
12x12, Charcoal....................... ...f  7 75
14x20, Charcoal...............................  5 75
14x20,  Charcoal........................      7 25
14x20, Charcoal.........................  
  8 75
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool........................ 
  10  77
XXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........................   12 55
20x28, Charcoal.............................   15 50
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal..................... 
  6 50
DX, 
lOO Plate Charcoal........................    8 50
DXX. ICO Plate Charcoal...................       10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal..................... .  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6 75
Roofing, 14x20, IC........................... ........  4 90
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ..................................  
6 40
Roofing, 20x28, IC.....................................  10 50
Roofing, 20x28, IX ................................ . . .13 50
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................................................ 60610
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley 6  Norton’s. .60610'
Hotchkiss’ ..................................................60610
S, P. 6 W. Mfg.  Co.’s.........................  
60610
Mouse, choker..................................... 18c $  dez
Mouse,  delusion...............................$1 50 $  doz
Bright Market..............................................  dis 67*4
Annealed Market...............................dis  70610
Coppered Market........................................... dis 62*4
Extra Bailing......................................  dis  55
Tinned  Market.............................................. dis 62*4
Tinned Broom........................................ *8 ft  09
Tinned Mattress............................       .fl 1b 8*4
Coppered Spring Steel................................,.dis 60
Tinned Spring Steel...................  
dis 40610
PlainFence........................................................3
Barbed Fenee, galvanized................................ 4 10
painted.................,L:‘.........3 35
Copper................  
qew  list net
Brass............................................    hew list net
Bright............................................dis  70610610
Screw Eyes.................................... dis  70610610
Hook’s  ................... 
dis  70610610
Gate Hooks and  Eyes..................dis  70610610
w r e n c h e s . 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.....,..,.
Coe’s Genuine.. 
......... ........... ....... dis 
Cod’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s Ptent, malleable...............................dis 7561C
BirdCages..
50
Pumps,  Cistern^............................... dis 
75
Screws, new  list.......................................... 7065
Casters, Bed and Plate...... ............dis50610610
40
Dampers, American ..................  
 
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods. ..d 
%
Copper Bottoms_______   ...  ........ 
23c
HARDWOOD LUMBER.

MISCELLANEOUS.  '
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WIRE GOODS,

WIRE.

50
75

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The furniture factories here pay as follows 

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run..........................,12 1
Birch, log-nln...................  
 
Birch, N os.land 2 .........................
Black Ash, log-run.......... ., .13 1
Cherry, log-run— ............ 
.25 '
 
 
.45 00®50 1
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2......... 
®10 1
Cherry,  cull.......  .................... . 
Maple, lqg-run.......... .....,H1.12 00®14 
00
Maple, soft,  log-run.........................11 00®13 00
Maple, Nos. land 2. 
@20 00 
Maple, clear, flooring.. 
@25 On 
-  @25  ~
Maple, white, selected.
d .  
©is
Red Oak, log-run.........
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.
,A.  @24 00
....26 00@30 00
Red Oak, quarter  sawed... 
Red Oak. No. 1, step plank.
00
Walnut, log-run...................
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 8...... . .."
W alnuts,  culls.
Orar B»ft. wtMiBi. ■ 
White Ash, log-run......... .........,'..,.18
Whitewood,  log-run................. ¿.,..20
White Oak.logtFun..,.,.

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them 

to  issue 

,  ■  The Potato Crop.

“The farmers were more scared than hurt 
as regards too potato crop,”  said a leading 
commission merchant toe other day.  “The 
growth of  toe  potato  between  toe  advent 
of the late  rains  and the recent frosts was 
phenomenal, in some eases  amounting  to  a 
change from the size of a walnut to that  of 
a double fist.  Of course, such rapid growth 
does not conduce to the good  quality of the 
potato, but as size as  quite  essential  when 
the price is  good,  the  change  is  very ac­
ceptable. 
I look to see  potatoes decline to 
40 cents in  most  of  the  Northern  buying 
points and I hardly think  the  price will go 
much above that figure  during the winter.”
WIG-W-A-HUE  S L IP P E R S .

The'Chicago $  Grand Trunk rad Detroit, 
Grand Haven & Milwaukee Bailway agents 
to  all 
have  been  instructed 
who  apply 
thousand  mile 
limited  one  year  from  date  of 
tickets, 
issue, good for the one person named on the 
ticket,  at  two  cents  per mile, or $20 per 
ticket.  These  tickets are good on the Chi­
cago & Grand  Trunk  aud  Detroit,  Grand 
Haven & Milwaukee  Railways  Company’s 
steamers  between  Grand  Haven and Mil­
waukee, the Michigan Air  Line and Detroit 
Division of the Grand Trunk,  and the Great 
Western Division of the  Grand  Trunk be­
tween Port Huron and  Niagara  Falls, and 
between Detroit and  Niagara Falls, and on 
the  line  of toe New  York,  Lake Brie & 
Western  Railway  between  Niagara  Falls 
and Buffalo in either direction.

Big Sellers for tlie H oliday Trade.
Men’s...........•..............................................$10 25
Youth’s and Misses.........................................$7 25
Men’s, with soles......................................   H 50
Youth’s and  Misses, with soles.....................   8 25
Boys’  and Women’s..................................  8 75
Children’s........................................................   6 25
Boys’ and Women’s, with soles...............  10 00
Children’s, with  soles................................   TOO

Just the Thing for House Wear.

Net 30 days.  Send in your orders at once to

G. R. MAYHEW,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

JOBBERS  IN

F R E S H   M EA TS.

Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave., 

.
Grand.  Rapids,  -  -  IMiioix.

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THE  BEST

In the World.

STRAIGHT  H A I/IP  L O ^  FILLER, 

SUMATRA  WRAPPER.

CLARK, JEWELL l CO.,

Sole Agents for Western Mich.

JENNES8 IM gBURDY,

Importers  and  JiantîMiIrers’  Agents.

DEALERS IN

1

Fancy  Goods  of all Descriptions.

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Bronze and  Library  Lamps,  Chandeliers, Braekets,,  Ete.,

73 and 75  Jefferson  Ave.,

DETROIT,  -  MICH

Wholesale  Agents for Dilffield's  Canadian  Lampa.

THY  OUR  OEXjEBHATED 

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“Bee  jth  Chop”  Japan T e a ,.

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This tea is grown  in  toe  Province  of  Surunga, which  district, all  Japanese admit, 
produces the most regular leaf and best drinking Tea of toe many plantations now yield­
ing.  Each  year some new district becomes  known, but none grow any tea equal to that 
from Surunga.  Our Teas are  carefully picked by toe natives,  and  the  leaf woU rolted.; 
They are then sent to Yokohoma, where special attention is given to toe firing andpaek- 
ing for this market:;  We can highly recommend our VRjse.Chop” Tea, and all lovers  of 
a full, rich drinking tea will appreciate its many merits.  Try it and be convinced. 
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Commission  Merchants

C.  L. DA'VI 8.

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots.

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

3 > P   " S T O T T   X X 7 \ a U N r T

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Hosiery, Carpets, Etc.

“ G A N D E S
Rubb  ■  e^AMi

DOUBLE-THICK  « S B

Ordinary Rubber Boobs 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The CANDEE 
Boots  are double thick 
on  the  ball,  and  give
DOUBLE  WEAK.
Most economical Rubber 
Boot  in  the  market. 
Lasts  longer  than any 
other boot and the
PRICE NO HIGHER.
Call  and  ex­
amine  the 
goods.

D o u b ^ . ^ R

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FOR SALE BY

E.  G.  S T T JD L E Y   &   CO.,  G rand R apid s. 

Jobbers of

Rubber

and  Oil  Clothing  of  all  kinds,
Horse  and  W agon  Covers,  Leather  and 
Ruboer Belting and  Mill  and  Fire Depart­
ment  Supplies.  Send for price list.

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

S. HETMAN & SON, Mam

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

Five energetic  young men  can obtain sal­
aried positions with toe  Metal Back Album 
Co., Battle Creek.

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

a sculptor would care to copy wi

positions  almost  &  
unlquA  M£bs  Alice  Ereeman  hah  owed 
much of her success  at  Wellesley  to  the 
ract toat sheets  a  tngnifioept  specimen o f 
womanhood physically,  finely  formed,  and 
commanding respect by  lier  control of  her 
bodily-powers.  No whalebones creak  when 
She walks.  Maria Mitchell,  the astronomer, 
with her white hairs, would  shame many  a 
younger woman with her perfect  physique. 
Mrs. «Tenness Miller, the new dress  reform­
er,  will succeed,  if  .she  succeeds,  because 
she isJierself.  Harmony  from  top  to toe, 
Miss Grace H.  Dodge,  the  school  commis­
sioner,  has one of  the  best  figures in New 
York.  One  can  see  splendid  figures  in 
Castle Garden  any  day  in  the  week,  but 
they never  appear  outside  it;  because  the 
immigrant’s first exploring tout  is  directed 
toward a cheap  clothing  shop,  where  she 
throws aside the German or Swedish bodice 
and pats on toe corset,  which  she laces  the 
tighter to make up for lost time.
_ Sitting in the office  of  a  woman  physi­
cian the other day,  I noticed a collection  of 
buttons that lay  on  a  tray  on her writing 
desk. 
“ Snapped off women’s  gowns,”  she 
said in answer to my look  of  inquiry. 
“ A  
good proportion  of  my  patients  can’t  put 
on their bonnets when  they rise to go with­
out unfastening their dresses to enable them 
to lift their  hands  to  their  heads. 
In  the 
unbuttoning or  buttoning  up  process,  one 
will fly off and bide itself in toe  comer. 
I 
keep a bunch of flowers,” and  she  pointed 
to a vase of  golden  rod,  “ for  an  unlucky 
one  to  cover  deficiencies  with  when  we 
can’t find the truant button.”
A masseuse,  who  has  seen  considerable 
service in wealthy families,  told me one day 
that in years she had administered  massage 
to only one woman whose ribs were not dis­
placed  by  corset  wearing. 
In  a  certain 
studio in  the city toe place of honor  is  oc­
cupied by a series of. studies  in  marble of a 
beautiful foot.  It is taken in every position 
that a foot could be supposed to  occupy—in 
repose and as it would appear walking, run­
ning,  balanced on the  toes,  etc.  Once  the 
sculptor  saw  a  human  foot,  a  woman’s 
foot, that was fit to take  a  cast  from.  He 
never expected to get another  model of any 
use to him,  and perpetuated  that  in a vari­
ety of attitudes.

PO R T A B L E  A N D   S T A T IO N A R Y

E N" G I N E S

J*?™3JoT50Horso-Powcr,  Boilers,Saw Mills 
Gnat Mills, Woodworking  Machinery,  Shaft
D ill 1 m m   ovt^i  D /w nn 
1T1 
tag,  Pulleys  and  Boxes. 
Contracts made for
Complete Outfits.

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W«  O,  D enison,
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90 and 98 South Division Street, 

MICH.

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ST.  CHABLES,

W .  M O RSE,  Manager.

REED  CITY, 

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SSiSHW^U^HmiaMiin CreaOWK 
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«K C ttttvg Board—President, Secretary,  Geo. W,  Hub- 
W‘ E  Kelsey, Ioni»'; I r r o g  F .  &pp, A1-;
C onunitteo on Trade 
tSr-Smlth B arnes, T raverse
1‘  < tty , Olia*. T. Bridgm an,  F lint  If.  B.  Fargo,  Muske­
C om m m itte  on Legislation—F rank Well*. Lansing : W.
Com m ittee  on  T ransportation—J ,  W.  Milliken,  Trav- 
I  «
 City, J ijo  P. Stanley, B attle  C reek,  Wm. Rebec,
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-,  E a st Saginaw.  ■■ 
Com m ittee a n   Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  T. 
WÉËÊSÊPf H *sWngS; O.'M. Clem ent, Cheboygan, 
v om nuttee o n  -Building  an d   Loan A ssociations—F   L 
F uller,  F rankfort;  b  E   P ai kill.  Owosso;  W ill  Em- 
g.p i t  
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gon.
E. Kelsey, Ionia; N eal McMillan, Rockford.

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Finely  Formed  Wbxiten.

1  C lara Lanza. 

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’ A  perfectly  formed  woman  is more of
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rarity than a white crow.  Pretty  faces be- 
long to New York girls as a  part  of the or- 
✓ 
r '  "  j. dinary courtesy of nature.  Beautiful  worn 
Igt , 
en,  so far  as  hair  and  lips  and  eyes  can
f  
contribute  to  beauty,  are  not  uncommon
, 
BfiV.  sights,  but grace, or even  symmetry of fig 
Bgv 7  «re, is among  society  girls  or  shop  girls 
practically  unknown.  Five  women out of 
K. 
,  ten whom one passes  on  the  street  arede 

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formed.

August is a  good month in which to study 
thefemale form divine.  Thick  clothing  is 
fc.;  '  an impossibility.  Wraps of all descriptions 
are cast aside. 
rfl 
In the  cotton  gown,  which 
fashion has decreed shall  be as close-fitting 
|.,  * 
. and as severe in its  outlines  as  its woolen,
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tailor-made model, no  amount  of  padding 
7' 
and no make up,  however  ingenious,  can 
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disguise  certain  fabts  which are patent to 
everybody with eyes.
¡77 
The  average  New  York  girl  has  two 
Strong  points—her  head  and  her  hands.
f  
The head  is well shaped and  well set upon 
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It is  not  large,  but is alert
' the shoulders. 
fe-7 .  in every turn and  movement. 
It impresses 
7/; T   the observer as belonging to a sensitive,  in- 
r - / -   telligent,  highly civilized  type,  whether he 
' sees the face or confines his  view to the tip 
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of  the  ear  and  the  coils of the hair.  The 
hands have grown progressively better since
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tight gloves went out and out-of-door exer- 
cise  came  in.  As  a  rule,  they  are  not 
plump enough to  be  positively  pretty, but 
tennis and archery have given  them a more 
»-7| . 
¡7  muscular,  healthy,  usable  look  than their 
pallid predecessors of a dozen years ago.

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But the figure!  That is a cultivated  pro- 
duct,  and as compared with the wild growth 
gives one a carious idea of  the feminine ag-| 
riculturists  who  have  taken  its training in 
hand.  One has to reckon,  in the first place,
,  with the designed, and, in the second place, 
with the accidental.  That is, one has to take 
into account the  conventional  shape  which 
the girl tries to model herself into,  and  the 
various, modifications of that  shape brought 
about by the manner of life, work,  exercise, 
-etc.
7  , 
.  As a basis for  the  various  exigencies  of 
life to work themselves  out  upon, the New 
I i 
77  York girl for four  or  five  years  past  has 
started  with  Mrs.  Langtry.  There  never 
^ 
W;  /was a figure exhibited in New York that he­
rs 
-came more popular or more widely imitated 
f - 
than the Langtry  figure,  and,  allowing for 
1T„  vthe faint touch of caricature  that  marks an 
imitation as distinguished from the original,
d  
and  sometimes  for  the  broader  caricature 
that shows the difference between dress edu- 
?, * 
cation  and  non-edncation,  there  are  some 
thousands  of  duplicates  of  the  Langtry 
I’t  
7V  waist  and  shoulders  walking  about  the 
%.  streets to-day.  The Lily’s neck is beautiful,
%  but her shape is English, and  bad  English,
§ v  and the copies made out of all  sorts of flesh 
and blood material naturally  exaggerage its 
I ":  worst points.
% “  A good example of  the  second-hand Lily 
¡gb,  was one of the throng ©f workers that pour- 
77  «d out of a big dry goods store at the closing 
I ;  hour the other  night.  She  was  a  sunset­
Leaded  belle, 
s' 
twenty  years old  orthere- 
abouts,  good-looking,  neatly  dressed and 
L 
f.  very like her original in  natural  figure  and 
k 
superinduced build.  As I looked at her, her 
|7  shoulders, 
though  really  small,  seemed of 
f-v  disproportionate size.  The shoulder blades,
through dress necessities,  were  pushed out 
P  
a t an angle and the  shoulders  forced  for- 
ward,  giving  a tilted  prominence  to  tie  
7   whole upper part of  the  body.  The  chest 
¡p   was a trifle flat.  The waist was six or eigLt 
p  
inches  too  small  and  unnaturally  round.
: |!, Across the bust ran the prominent line that 
||>y*iarked the comet top, and from  this point 
!  *0 the waist line the body was  asunrespon- 
P  aive to muscle  movements,  as  rigid and al­
most as mueh beyond its owner’s  control as 
if it had been molded out of dead clay.  The 
V 
hips were too large.  With  the  swaying of 
, 
the draperies and  the  swish  and  swing of 
,  the extensive bnstle,  the figure gave the im- 
pfession of being insecurely fastened in the 
middle,  and  one  involuntarily  hoped  the 
p   Ainge  might  not  give way and  the  thing 
/   break in two.  The probabilities are that her 
:X‘ calves would have showed bad garter marks 
p. . arid that she would not have bared her fleet,
|€; ¡except in strictest privacy, for a good round 
?;  sum.  ■
) .  .  This  English figure is a very good work- 
P  Ang pattern, and sometimes,  passing a clus- 
n - ter of girls on the pavement who have given 
!f  .many years to its cultivation, one  can guess 
j. at the every-day habits  that  have  brought 
v  ebout individual peculiarities differentiating 
r« figure from figure and adding special to gen- 
b  <ral deformity.  An English waist on a girl 
ijt Wlio doesn’t take much exercise is apt to re- 
p  main  closest to  the  average  type.  Long,
%  tfiin arms are toe only characteristic in such 
Upases added.  An English figure at a clerk’s 
'  or copyist’s or  stenographer’s  desk  always 
vS ete one shoolder, and sometimes one whole 
jp /side,  higher than the other.
;  _  But It is the atoletic girl,  the new type of 
||giri,  who goes to  for  pretty  nearly all the 
ifoports hmr hrother  takes  up,  who is,  if she 
pbas ^ evlm isly  cultivated  her  figure,  the 
IfwtWst deformed girl of all.  There  is  noth- 
ike athletics  and  corsets,  mixed or in 
loltemate doses, to bring out toe possibilities 
o f curves, twists and abnormal developments 
pyfa *  modern girl.  A ll British femininity is 
|>resent engaged in  screaming  contradic- 
ptions at  Labouchere,  because  he  had  toe 
^itor||ihood  to  declare  that  tennis-playing 
were crooked.  In a half dozen groups 
A t  Central Park,  I  picked out  four  players 
|«hose  right  shoulders  were noticeably of 
femffefentshape from toe left  and six or sev- 
en in whom  toe same thing,  toongh less ob- 
>, vious, •  had  begun  to  manifest  itself— the 
¡;A«mmer exertion enlarging the muscles, ngd 
tight clothing  thrusting  them  out of place 
phhd. accentuating the  uneven  development 
Ipdl toe body.  Girls  who  row  In corsets are 
^WCt^ons sight,  the extra muscular develop- 
all taking  place  high  up where toe 
Spbod' lMts a chance to circulate,  and making 
liStomM«-«  tower  above  toe rest of toe
rhen I see a woman who  is not deform- 
I mark the day with a red  letter.  Mrs. 
n Thumb, the Countess Magrie they call 
now.enjoys the distinction of bate« the 
¥  symmetrically-shaped  midget 
T h e  
hen of fnil size who  have  bodies whose

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Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table 
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^ A C H I W B r Y
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44» 46 and 48 So. Division St*.

of new roads  finds  the  usual  number  ofjthially  wound 

round sum down and a  conditional  promise 
for another round sum.  Ageauini%Obni,i 
struck thq heretofore quiet place,  and when 
the first through  train  pulled  into the sta­
tion. it found  more  business  places  than 
dwelling houses.  The usual result followed 
—while  consumers  had  not  materially in 
creased, tradesmen had multiplied  ten-fold, 
real estate “ went up like a rocket and came 
down like a stick;”  unreasonable  competi 
tion  destroyed  reasonable  profits;  failures 
flooded the market  with  bankrupt  goods, 
and the old-time prosperity of the Dullburg 
merchants vanished  forever.  •

The new road was a financial success,  but 
as its local traffic Was of small  moment,  all 
the interest its  managers  and  owners took 
in Dullburg was  to  rigorously  exact  the 
amounts  subscribed by its people.  Among 
the rest Snobbles was notified to pay up,  but 
as that individual  had  become  very  much 
disgusted over his speculation,  he stubborn 
ly refused to respond,  and,  in consequence, 
soon found himself engaged  in a legal fight 
with a wealthy and “soulless”  corporation, 
The case  went  from  court  to  court,  was 
sent back occasionally  for  new  trials,  and 
Snobbles,  on the whole,  rather worsted the 
company; but, unfortunately, during all  the 
litigation  Snobbles’  store  wasn’t  paying 
expenses,  his  surplus  funds  were  rapidly 
evaporating and by the  time  the  case was 
up  his  business  was  also 
wound up, and the savings  of  years passed 
into the possession of his attorneys.

“Havn’t made anything lately, you say?” 
said the victim  of  modern  enterprise  and 
progression,  as  I  was  sympathizing  with 
him  on  his  misfortunes,  “but  I  have, 
though!  I’ve made whet every infernal fool 
of a country  merchant  that  doesn’t  know 
enough to keep out of the railroad  business 
w ill make,  sooner or later, and that’s an as­
signment.”

I am not one of those who  decry the  im­
portance and convenience  of  railroads,  but 
were they four-fold as  important  and  con­
venient,  it would  not  excuse  their owners 
for begging  and  “bulldozing” the public in­
to building their  lines,  without  an equiva­
lent in return; but  as  long  as  new  routes 
are constructed,  and  as  long  as oleaginous 
and oloquent  Sparklers  can  be subsidized, 
so long will  there be  Snobbleses  and  Dull- 
burgs.

Our Miscellaneous Column.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n  lias received many vol­
untary acknowledgments of the  value of its 
Miscellaneous Column.  A recent mail brings 
in the following  testimonial  from  Ramsey, 
Morgan & Jenks,  the well-known Kalkaska 
grocers:

“We  a re   satisfied  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   is 

the p a p e r fo r a  w an t a d .”

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

«TXTX>X>  rib  OO., 

JOBBERS of SADDLERY H ARD W ARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

102  C A N A L  ST R E E T .

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ITPBYA/IY 
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B  ®  7*<S  *  ® 

EÄ5ILY A5
OÜE  BRACKET 

S uitable  for  various
fa WIDTHS  OF  SHELVING.

PATENTED  OCT.  19,  1887.

Manufactured by

KOCH  A.  B.  CO.

35 4 M A IN   ST., 

P E O R IA .  T T .T .
Liberal  discount  to  the  trade,  or  parties 
first  putting up these brackets in any local­
ity.

®L.  A . STOWE &  BRO., Proprietors.  -

Ofiee in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. 
I  ’"V 11 
IJBntered  at  the  Vmtofflce  at Grand Rapide  as 
H  . ' 

Seeond-cims Matter A

Telephone No. 95.

WEDNESDAY.  OCTOBER  5,  1887.

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

§  

BY A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

"  W ritte a  E sp eeialiy fd r H ie  Tradesm an.

|  
|  
‘ 

•' 

,It is a  popular  impression  with  sundry 
unsophisticated  and  inexperienced  gentle­
men of bucolic associations  that a fine  sec-

»tiCHfi of farming country and  a  branch rail­

road are about the only  essentials  requisite
for the building up of a populous  and  pro- 
. .gressive town,  and  to  this  impression  are
due a great many handsome fortunes among 
speculative railroad men.  No  matter  how 
/frequently and effectively it is demonstrated 
i  that the two features mentioned are merely 
adjuncts to the growth and importance of  a 
^  
community, every scheme organized for the 
, L  building of mythical cities on proposed lines

[ < 
I’ 

v  gullible admirers and investors 

L, 
I . 
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gi 
I  -  * 

, 

The  Pineburg  &  Saltboro R. R. Co., for 
Instance, discovers that by building  fifty  or 
sixty miles of track it  can  become  a  com­
peting line with other  through  roads, and,
'  after a careful outlook, it determines to put 
down the rails;  which  is  a  sensible  and
business-like  conclusion.  The P.  & S.  Co.

*|   would construct the line,  of course,  without 

a cent of bonus,  but it secures  the  services 
of 
the  eminent  railroad  boomer,  Mr.
Sparkler, and gives him  a  liberal commis­
sion, to convince the people  along  the pro­
posed route that  without  their  hearty  aid 
and assistance the road  will  dodge  off  in 
some unreasonable and  impractiable  direc­
tion,  and  that  the  golden# opportunity  of 
their lives is before them.  And  the  lambs 
are readily shorn,  and before  the first spike 
is driven the P. & S.  Co.  has  “the right of 
way” guaranteed and  a  goodly  number  of 
thousand in pledges with which to eventual­
ly re-imburse itself for  its  outlay;  and be­
fore the  first  spike  is  driven  numberless 
^ .  city lots have been platted and  put  on  the 
W .  market, along the proposed route, and every 
' forty-acre farmer  within  a  mile  or two of 
•the contemplated  line  imagines  himself  a 
millionaire.

f 
. 
I 
K 

ly 

Samuel Snobbles, general  dealer of Dull- 
"burg,  was in town a few  days  ago,  and  I 
naturally inquired of Samuel  how  business 

*   was flourishing in his locality.

L w   “Business,”  said  Snobbles, 

“is  jus); 
a-booming  at  Dullburg.  Last  week  nine 
chattle mortgages were recorded in one day; 
six  attachments  were  served; one  dealer 
hung himself,  and two others  are under ar­
rest  for  burning  their  buildings.  Talk 
«bout business!  I’ll  bet  there  were  more 
goods sold in my store  last  Saturday  than 

Aroour whole town disposed of.”

I 
|  

“ Lively day,  was it?”

.  41 You bet!”

“ What were your sales,  Mr.  Snobbles?” 
“A little over fourteen hundred!”
“Great  Caesar!  That  was  a  big  trade.

I t  must have kept you busy!”

“ Oh,  not  particularly—but  the  sheriff 
.said it was the hardest day’s work he’d done 

I 
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iifiH fis year.”

f 

* 

* 

* 

* 

*

When I  first knew Snobbles he was a jol- 
ly and prosperous country merchant, with a 
I 
I  
satisfactory  trade  and  sufficient  financial 
®  backbone to  discount  his  bills  and  secure 
I   him the closest quotations from the jobbers; 
t   but 
recently  I  notice  that  he  appears 
p.  soured and misanthropic,  and  to  this  fact 
probably due his  evident exaggeration in 
In scrib in g  the business  condition  of  Dull- 

|v  burg.

tion. 

•I think that I can  account for the change 
th at has come over  Snobbles.  A few years 
|  
I 
ago, Dullburg was  a  lively  and  tidy little 
I  hamlet of four or five hundred  people,  sit- 
§  <uated at least a dozen  miles  from  anysta- 
Its  trade  was,  of  course,  a purely 
)  Jpgricultural one,  but its merchants  and me- 
JppjMinics were reasonably  proportioned to its 
If  Customers. 
In short,  peace  and quiet and 
I   -plenty reigned  in  Dullburg,  and  although 
|   MO golden showers  of  wealth  were  poured 
I   -on its inhabitants,  it was almost totally des- 
titpte  of  those  conglomerate  elements  of

aumanity, that in  too  many  localities  are 
t|/p ro v ed  no exception to the rule.  Although, 

pmded together  for the evident  purpose of 
»king the life of the trader  as joyless aud 
unprofitable as possible, 
i 
But the Arcadian, business is rarely  satis- 
I   factory to the American sovereign of specu- 
I  toting  propensities,  end  the  Dullburgers
-^perhaps, not exactly aware of the fact,  they 
pfjj|prediscontented with  their  peaceful, un­
eventful and hundrum existence and vague­
l y  hoping for excitement and revolution;

And late one cold evening  in  the  Winter 
o f  188—, #while  Dullburg  was  buried  in 
ober, a little group  of men in one of the 
icities of the  country  passed a resolu- 
which was of  serious  moment  to  the 
, hamlet  These men were  the  directors  of 
H   the Ironville & Gorkpine  R.  R.,  and  the 
resolution provided for an  air  line  branch 
through the Dullburg section.

I t 
is  needless  to  record  the  modus 
randi by which the tocajheart was fired 
• describe the joy and  exultation which 
pezvaded  puUburg.  Suffice  i t   to
every

The undersigned w ill  pay  the high­
est  m arket  price  for  HEMLOCK 
BARK  loaded  on  board  cars  at  any 
sidetrack on the 6 . R . & I. or  C  & W. 
M. Railroads.  Correspondence  solicit­
ed.

N .  B.  CLARK,

101 Ottawa St.,

G rand R apids

JOBBER OF

-AND-

SALT  FISH.

Mail Orders  Receive  Prompt 

Attention.

See  Quotations 

Column.

in  Another

Full Line of

LIM IN G   GILS.

We make a s   ecialtyof

Jtt U ift hi K A» OIL,

TOMATOES

PACKED  BY

DAVENPORT  CANNING  CO,

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt  Edge,

Lily W hite,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 

OUR  SPECIALTIES: 

Graham.
Buckwheat  Flour,  Rye  Flour,  Granulated 
Meal.  Bolted  Meal,  Coarse  Meal,  Bran, 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Com, Oats, Feed. 

Write for Prices.

DA VEITFORT,  IOWA.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Wliich  for  Farm  Machinery  and  general 
purposes is the Best  Brand on the  market.

GRAND  RAPIDS  OFFICE,

Wo. 1 O anal JSt„

Telephone No.  228-3.

.  G,  ALEXANDER,  Agent.

G IV E   US  A   T R IA L   O R D E R .

We  Guarantee  Satisfaction.

7

Proprietors of the 

COOK  & PRINZ,
Valley City Slow Case M | Co,
SHOW  COSES.

Manufacturers of

Presoription Cases and Store Pixtiires
38 lest Bridge St.. Grand Rapids.

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

Telephone 374.

Jennings i  S mith

MANUFACTURERS

Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts

38 & 40 Louis Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

MOSELEY

WHOLESALE

Fruits, Seeds,  Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

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

toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

26, 28,30 i 32

SOAP

DETROIT. MICH.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known Brands

of

58 Michigan Ave.,  Chicago,

BELL,  CONRAD
ßentün
TEAS, G0FFEK818PIGE8,

PROPRIETORS  OF

IM P O R T E R S   O P

OWNERS  OF THE  FOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRANDS:

JAPAN  TEA—“Red Dragon” Chop. 
COFFEE—O. pr. Plantation Java, 
Imperial, Javoka, Banner, Mexican.
Tie Best Coffee on Bait  We Solicit Comiicatiis.

w . R. KEASEY, Traveling Representative.

PROPRIETOR OF

EDWIN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,
Blitter,  Eggs,  Lemons,  Oranges.

JOBBER OF

And Packer of

SOLID  BRAND  OYSTERS.
Facilities for canning and jobbing oysters 
are unsurpassed.  Mail orders filled  promptly 
at lowest  market  price.  Correspondence  go- 
trade  A  Lberal  discount  to  the  jobbing

217, 219 L ivingston St.,

G rand.  R ap id » .

QUEEN  ANNE,
MICHIGAN,

TRUE  BLUE,

CZAR,

MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

ROYAL  BAR, 

SUPERIOR, 

MASCOTTE,

CAMEO,

PHCENIX,

WABASH,

AND  OTHERS.

For Quotations address

W. G. HAWKINS,

Lock  Box  173, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICE.

Salesman  for  W estern  Michigan.

Having contracted with Steele & Gardiner to handle 
the  entire  output  of their  broom factory, all  or­
ders should be sent to us direct.

ns.  i

POTATOES.

W e give  prompt  personal  attention  to
the sale of PO T A T O E S, A P P L E S ,BEAN S 
and O N iO N S in ear lots.  W e  offer  best 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign­
ments respectfully solicited.  Liberal 
advances on Car Lots when desired«

L,  M.  CARY.

Ç A R Y  

iHit-''*|‘i"

L.  L.  LOVERIDGE.

LOVERIDGE, ORANGES
3Tire asid B urglar P roof

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

LEMONS

1865

Combination and Time Looks,
ia Street 

G rid Bajito, Mich.

- 

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

BOSTON  BOBBER  SHOE  0 0 , 
■ N il ?eariSt¡r^ ,V’5~ ¡§¡j  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
PfÉSÍ^iÍÍÍ;’ll i

PUTNAM & BROOKS
Pure  Candy

Wholesale Mfrs. of

New Factory is  one  of the 
rgest  and  best-equipped 
*»the land.  Come and 

see us.  11,13,15,17 

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COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater St., CHICAGO. 
Reference

BTJXTTOXT.
Wall Paper a Window Shades

F e l s e n t h a l .  G r o s s   &  M i l l e r , Bankers, 

Chicago.

At  Manufacturers’  Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  TH E  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order 

68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS.

Nelson Bros. & Co.,

And

Absolute Baking Powder.

100 per cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

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Douglas business men will shortly organ­

ize a B. M. A.

organization.

cal organization.

Buchanan and Palo are both- considering 

Hashing is considering the  subjeot of io- 

The organization of the  Business  lie n ’s 
Protective Association  in  Isbpeming is be­
ing perfected.  //■ >1 ; „t  ,

The Carson City B. M.  A.  advertises  to 
distribute $5,000 in bonuses to  manufactur­
ing <9iterprises which will locate atthatplace.
The  Saugatuck B. M. A.  has  completed 
itajorganization by electing J.F.Henry Presi­
dent, L. A.  Phelps Secretary and E. Wisher 
Treasurer.

The following Associations  have re-affili­
ated with the  State  body  during  the past 
week:  Muskegon,  100  members; Traverse 
City, 100; Alba,  17;  Dimondale,  30;  East- 
pert, 9.

The  Sturgis B. M. A. offers  a site on the 
G. R. & I. track and a brick  structure  con­
taining boiler  and  engine  to  any  practical 
miller who will operate a  100  barrel  roller 
process mill.

Owosso  Times:  Secretary  Lamfrom,  of 
the Owosso Business Men’s Association, re­
ceived a letter last  week  from  a  knitting 
factory firm, relative to a  location in Owos­
so.  The  factory  employs  from  75  to  100 
hands and makes all kinds of knit  goods.

T h e  T radesman commends  the  course 
of the North Muskegon B. M. A. in seeking 
affiliation with the State body  at  the  same 
time  the  organization  was  effected.  The 
members of that Association  realized  that 
while  local  organization  was a good thing, 
affiliation with the State body would double 
the  benefits  legitimately  accruing to  the 
work, and they governed themselves accord­
ingly.

Occasional  complaints  are made by looal 
secretaries relative to misspelled  names on 
the State list.  On investigation, it is invar­
iably found that the trouble  arises from the 
carelessness of the local secretaries, in trans­
ferring the names  from  their record sheets 
to the  State reporting  blanks.  Too  great 
care cannot be exercised in reporting names 
for publication on the State sheets, and it is 
to be hoped that it will not  be  necessary to 
repeat this reminder.

The Michigan Business Men’s Association 
has filed articles of  incorporation  with the 
Secretary of Slate, at Lansing, and received 
full authority to charter local associations in 
accordance with the provisions  of  Act No. 
190, Public Acts of 1887. 
It is to be hoped 
that  all the local associations will  procure 
charters as soon as possible and  conform to 
the improved methods adopted by the recent 
State convention, in  order that all the local 
bodies of the State may be  working in har 
mony.

Lyons Herald:  While  in  Pewamo  last 
Saturday, we visited several business places. 
among-  them  the  store  of-E. R. Holmes, 
Secretary of the  Pewamo  Business  Men’s 
Association.  We were struck with the way 
they  have  in  Pewamo  of  making  public 
their “black list.”  A board is fastened in a 
conspicuous place, upon  which  is  plainly 
written the names of  those  who  have  not 
heeded the “second warning.”  A talk with 
several members of the  Association showed 
them united in a  common  purpose,  deter­
mined to  protect  their  business  interests. 
Everyone seemed bent on  pushing to its ut­
most théir several branches of trade and one 
comes soon to understand  that  Pewamo is 
the biggest little town in Michigan.
. Cadillac News:  The second annual meet-, 
ing of the Cadillac Business Men’s Associa­
tion was held on Wednesday evening at the 
council rooms.  A new constitution and by­
laws were adopted and the Association  will 
a t once be incorporated as an auxiliary body 
to the Michigan Business Men’s Association, 
now incorporated under  an  act  of the last 
Legislature.  The  Cadillac  organization 
now has fifty-nine active  members and one 
honorary  member.  Officers  were  elected 
for the ensuing year as follows:  President, 
J . C. McAdam;  Vice-President, L. J. Law; 
Secretary, M.  T.  Woodruff;  Treasurer,  P. 
lEedalie.  The  Executive  Committee  con­
sists  of  President  McAdam,  Secretary 
Woodruff, Vice-President Law, F. S. Kield- 
son  and  W.  M.  Gow.  The  citizens  of 
' Cadillac have reason  to  expect much  good 
to  result from  the  organization of her busi­
ness men.

Retail Grocers’ Association.

A t the regular  semi-monthly  meeting of 
the Retail  Grocers’  Association,  to be held 
this evening, the question  of  merging the 
organization into a Business Men’s Associa­
tion will come up for discussion and action. 
Such a project has been  under  advisement 
to r some time and it  is  understood  that  a 
majority of the members  favor the change. 
In ease the change is made,  membership in 
the Association will be open to any  reputa­
ble business man and a public  improvement 
feature will be added to the  work,  placing 
the organization on the  same  basis  as the 
ninety other associations in  the  State oper­
ating  under  charters  from  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s  Association.  B. F. Emmy 
w ill give a humorous  description  of  “The 
Grocer at Sea” and other interesting matters 
wtU be disposed of.

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Tan  Bark.

T to  bai* isabout  a  dollar  higher  than 
this time of the  year  mid the larg- 
'«at handler of bark  in  toe  State—if not in 
the country—states  that it will  never  get
; W i . 'i  within 75 cents a cord as low as It has been

, 

The  Grocery  Market.

rjfT ï»  Problem ofNW  Debts.

** V'
The problem of collecting “bad  debts”  is 
one  'ôt  èter  increasing  perplexity;  and 
numerous  ate  toe  devices  suggested  and 
tried to that  end.  Associations  in  almost 
every branch  of  trade  and  business  have 
beenrtormed for toe purpose of circumvent­
ing tile “beat” who buys without  intending 
rto pây and of  reaching  him  when  by any 
chance be has succeeded in his design.  But 
the “beat” still flourishes at the  cost of the 
butchef, the baker and  candlestick  maker, 
to say nothing of the grocer;  the  tailor and 
the hotel keeper.  “Black list”  and “confi­
dential circular” are alike futile;  and when 
the army of “beats” is supplemented by the 
army of unfortunates who would pay if they 
could, but cannot,  the  array  of  bad debts 
reaches colossal proportions.
One of the newest devices for forcing col­
lections is the attacking  of  the  delinquent 
through the postoffice.  The patience of cred­
itor and collector having failed,  the  debtor 
receives some morning through the mail his 
bill inclosed in an  envelope  whereon is in­
scribed  in  large  letters  the  legend,  “Bad 
Debts.”  At thç same time  he  is  apprised 
that unless his particular  bad  debt is liqui­
dated his bill will continue to seek  him out 
with just such an  envelope  until it is paid.
In. certain cases, no doubt, this  method is 
as effective as its inventors and users claim. 
Some bad  debtors  can,  unquestionably,  be 
shamed by such a proceeding  into paying  a 
debt which they would otherwise  permit  to 
outlaw.  We doubt very much,  however,  if 
the method is efficacious enough in the long 
run or with the mass of bad debtors to justi­
fy the resort to it.  The true “beat” cannot 
be shamed in  any  such  fashion.  On  the 
contrary, he will regard himself upon the re 
ception of a “Bad Debt”  missive  as a mar­
tyr and hold himself justified  thereafter  in 
refusing payment if he has never before at­
tempted  justification.  With 
the  “slow” 
man or the unfortunate the process  will  be 
equally barren of results.  The former, if in 
passable credit, will  be angered  and  aban­
don, if he ever entertained it,  the  intent to 
pay.  The latter will be hurt,  perhaps, but 
he will not be made  any  more  capable  of 
payment.
There is risk, too,  in  the  resort  to  this 
method  of  attempting  to  collect  “bad 
debts.”  The sending of  such  an  envelope 
as we have described is  a  direct  attack  on 
the credit of the person to  whom  it  is  ad­
dressed,  and,  unquestionably, libelous. 
If 
the recipient has any credit  at all and is in­
jured therein, he can secure  damages  from 
the sender if not from the  creditor who au­
thorizes  collection  in such fashion.  There 
would be  no  risk,  of  course,  if  all  bad 
debtors were “beats;” but such,  as we have 
already pointed  out,  is  not  the  fact. 
It 
very often  happens  that  the non-payment 
of a bill is due to a dispute as to the amount 
or as to the fact of  indebtedness,  A  “bad 
debt”  envelope,  out  of  which  it  is  inti 
mated a lawsuit may grow,  was  broug ht in 
yesterday in which there  is  a  difference of 
two  dollars  between  creditor  and  debtor. 
The former claims there are four dollars due. 
The latter admits that  there are two  which 
he honestly means to pay—or  did  mean  to 
pay before his  credit  was  attacked  in  the 
manner described.  The  sum  is  too  small 
for litigation, but it  is  easy  to  see that in 
such a case—and there are  many of them 
the creditor or his  collector  could not well 
do a more unwise thing than  to  inclose his 
bill in a libelous  envelope.
Creditors will, nevertheless,  run  the  risk 
of this scheme or any other which gives the 
faintest  promise  of  securing  bad  debts, 
But, by  and  by,  perhaps,  they  will  learn 
that the true  method  of  dealing  with  bad 
debts is not to have any. 
If our credit  sys 
tem were not  grossly  abused in the frantic 
rush to do business  and  make  sales,  there 
would be no bad  debts  worth  scheming  to 
collect.

A Word about Pepper.

From  th e Spice Mill Companion.
1  Black pepper is a native of  the  East  In 
dies, but is now  grown  in  many  tropical 
countries.  The  common  black  pepper  of 
commerce  consists  of  the  dried  berries 
which  have  become  wrinkled.  There  are 
only  two  kinds  common  to  this market, 
Singapore and Sumatra, known by  import­
ers as West Coast.  The  latter  is the kind 
most in use for  grinding, first, because it is 
not so  handsome,  and,  second,  because it 
costs a little less:  but  this  is not always a 
good rule, as we will hereafter  show.  The 
Singapore is heavier and more solid than the 
Sumatra, and is more acceptable  to  be sold 
whole;  and in its whole state  it  will  stand 
Considerable manipulating.  As pepper fre­
quently  comes  to  market  in  a very dusty 
state, arising in a  measure  from  handling, 
whereby the outer wrinkled skin, especially 
in poorer grades, is knocked off, some man­
ufacturers lay considerable stress on the fact 
that they sift their pepper  before  grinding, 
and  thus  present  to  their  customers the 
clean berry ground.  Such a thing may have 
been  done,  but  as  the  writer  has  been 
through this business, he merely asserts that 
those who so pretend lay  themselves  open 
to suspicion.  To extract the grit would add 
to the reputation of any manufacturer, even 
if he made  no  pretense  about  it  all.  We 
know that the shell or skin on good  pepper 
contains the essential constituent-of the spice 
much more than the inside or kernel, which, 
when freed from the shell,  produces white, 
not black pepper;  but the heavy grains, with 
the shell on,  is the best black pepper.
On this account grades are made from the 
Singapore after it arrives in this country, to 
imitate a superior quality,  known  as Mala­
bar pepper, which is, for the most part, sent 
to England.  These  grades  are  known  as 
Heavy and Shot, and are the  result of  sep 
arating the crude stock, by  subjecting  the 
whole grains to the ordeal of  water,  when 
thje heavy, of course, will sink  to  the  hot 
tom,  while the light will float on  top;  thus 
is the separation effected.  The light is tak­
en off, and the whole removed from the wa­
ter, is dried as quickly  as  possible,  and so 
made salable as before.  This is a more cer­
tain way to get the grit out than by sifting, 
for, by the water process, the grains are not 
injured.  The shot is of more value, and the 
lighter part will bring a fair, price to grind 
We will take occasion to say here that, from 
experience, we favor a combination in near­
ly til kinds of Apices, and even of coffee and 
tea;  believing  that  no one kind of coffee is 
as good as  a  combination  of  two  or  more 
kinds. 
In  this  way  experts  can  imitate 
higher grades of coffee by  toe  combination 
of lower and  cheaper  grades,  and so with 
pepper. 
I  would mix Singapore and Suma­
tra, half and half, for grinding, as the latter 
is  too  gray  in  color*  and  not  pungent 
enough to toe taste.

Sugars have slacked off  with  the conclu­
sion  of  the  fruit  season.  ThbWooIson 
Spice Co.  has  advanced  “Lyon”  package 
coffee H  coot, putting it on the  same  basis 
as Arbuckle’s.  Tomato packers  were disa­
greeably surprised by a  frost  three  weeks 
ahead of time, which  will curtail the  pack 
to such an extent  that  they Will be able to 
supply  jobbers with  only  60  per cent  of 
the  amount contracted.

Cable advices are to the effect that a  prom­
inent authority estimates  the  German beet 
sugar  crop  at  940,000  to  950,000  tons, 
against 1,012,500 tons last year.  On Friday 
quite  a  bullish  cable  was  received  from 
London announcing  very  unfavorable har­
vesting  weather  for  the  beet crop and re­
porting  the  London  sugar  market  strong 
with an advancing tendency.

The total stock of  Brazil  coffee  in  New 
York on  September 29  was  821,522  bags, 
and the total stock in other ports  was  55,- 
086 bags,  making the  total  United  States 
stock 376,608 bags.  With  the  addition of 
75,000 bags afloat, the. total  American visi­
ble supply amounts to 451,608 bags, against 
512,892 bags at |fiis time last year and 471,- 
592 bags last wdek.

ADULTERATION.

Dangers  to  W hich  Young  Children  are 

Exposed.

The Philadelphia  Press thus portrays the 
evils of adulteration:
The most dangerous  adulteration  of the 
day is to be found, not  in  those  instances 
where the purchaser is cheated  in  strength 
or in quality.  A ehild sleeps, nowadays, in 
a room  whose wall paper with  arsenic pat­
tern renders the air deadly,  and whose win­
dow curtains of lead and arsenic  dye  load 
the air with death;  the flushed and feverish 
sufferer wakes to draw on brown and yellow 
stockings, dangerous with picric  dyes,  puts 
on a hat whose inner leather lining has been 
bleached by a cheap  but  noxious  process, 
hugs a wax doll whose complexion has been 
colored by anothar  soluble  and  dangerous 
dye, drinks a glass of  milk  which  impure 
water has deprived of a fifth of  its  natural 
strength and has charged with  the germs of 
disease,  slips a bun into the lunch basket in 
which chromate of lead has been  stirred by 
the  economical  baker,  starts  for  school 
sucking a stick  of  pistache  candy,  which 
owes its tint to Scheele’s green, is treated by 
a school-mate to an ice-cream colored by an­
other preparation of arsenic,  and  when the 
unfortunate victim of these  daily  dangers, 
sown  in the  path  of  a civilized child, suc­
cumbs to their manifold poisons, the parents 
mourn over the  obscure providences of God 
which remove from us the  young  in all the 
opening vigor of childhood.  This is no im­
aginative  sketch.  Report  and  analysis 
could be quoted for each specification.

From the  President  of  the  Pennsylvania 

Association.
P ittsburg,  Sept.  3,  1887. 

Frank Hamilton, Traverse City:

Dea r Sir—Your kind and cordial invita 
tiôn to attend the  convention of  the Michi 
gan Business Men’s  Association is at hand, 
Will you  kindly  express  my  sincere re 
grets, as,  owing to business relations which 
I am unable to leave  unattended, I  cannot 
be with you?  Accept  the enclosed as a to 
ken  of my earnest desire  to be with you on 
that  auspicious  occasion.  Although  not 
with you in person, my sentiments and sym­
pathies are firmly with  you in the good and 
noble cause.
As a humble officer of  the State Associa­
tion, I tender you the  cordial  greetings  of 
that body,  and can assure you that your As­
sociation has the best  wishes  of  our  forty 
local  associations,  numbering  over  four 
thousand  members. 
It  would  be  a great 
pleasure to me personally and of much prof­
it to our State  Association to be  represent­
ed at every state convention of  sister  state 
associations. 
I hope that,  in the  future, it 
may become a regular order of  business  in 
each state  association (as our  objects  and 
aims are very similar)  to  appoint  one  or 
more officers to represent  them at the other 
annual state conventions.  Organized effort 
has been too long and sadly neglected in our 
business.  By a thorough co-operation of the 
organized  state  associations, many matters 
of a legislative nature, as well as of a gener­
al character and of the utmost importance to 
all,  state as well  as  inter-state,  could  be 
properly provided for.
I have taken great pleasure in reading and 
learning of the good work you have accom­
plished by your organization, and can assure 
you that I  have been  greatly encouraged in 
our work by your success.  I shall be pleased 
to take you by the hand in the  near  future, 
and hope to have the pleasure of presentiug 
you to our State Association  in  convention 
at Philadelphia on October 18,  1887.
Wishing you all the success  which  your 
efforts so richly deserve, I  remain, 

Fraternally yours,

President Retail  Merchants’  Association of 

J ohn A. H arbaugh, 

Pennsylvania.

Call  for  a  State  Salesmen’s  Convention.
We, the members of the Sault Ste. -Marie 
Salesmen’s Protective Association,  have re­
solved that it would be a great advantage to 
all salesmen  throughout  the State to call a 
convention,  to be composed  of  at  least one 
member from each place,  for the purpose of 
organizing a State Association of Salesmen, 
having for its object the securing of  shorter 
hours,  better remuneration and  the  general- 
advancement of all salesmen, wherever they 
are.
We would like to call  the  convention for 
January L, 1888, and we can do so if all con­
cerned are willing and will give  this  com­
munication prompt notice, and let  us  know 
whether they can send a delegate or not.
Should there be no regular Association at 
your place, the salesman into  whose  hands 
this should fall will please call a meeting of 
til the salesmen in your city, to decide what 
you will do.
Believing, as we do,  that  tills  matter is 
one of great importance to til salesmen, we 
beg of you to give it  careful  consideration, 
and report, as soon as possible.  /
President Sault. Ste, Marie Salesmen’s Pro­

Geo. E.  Collier,

tective Association,

One a Plenty. 

, 

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Countryman (to druggist)—I  want to buy 
It’S  suthin’ I  never  used, 
A.  tooth-brush. 
but my old woman  allowed  the next time I 
come to town I’d better git one.
Druggist—Yes, sir.  Will one.be enough?
Countryman—A, plenty;  there’s only  two 

on ns in toe famtijf I 'f   - . * ■ f

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ville

Rapids

Howard City 

& Co, Sherman 

ber Co, Wood ville 

VISITIN G  BUYERS. 

f 
The following  retail  dealers have visited 
the market during the past week and plaoedl 
orders with the various houses:
C V Sears, Rockford
L N Fisher, Dorr
Jay Marlatt, Berlin
A B Wolfe, Carson City
B C Spaulding, Woodard & Spaulding, Milo
R A Hastings, Sperta
E  E  Whipple,  Whipple  Harrow Co,  Eaton 
W C Cramer, Harbor Springs 
E Gilbert and F D Hopkins, Gilbert, Hopkins 
M Dickinson, Boyne Falls 
C A Van Denbergh, Divine & Van Denbergh, 
L F Walbrecht, Wayland 
F,B Watkins, Hopkins Station 
RNeoman, Dorr 
J  C Bostick, Manton 
E S  Pride, Saugatuck 
Gordon Earl, Rodney 
Geo McCurdy, Sumner 
Dr E A Parkinson, Traverse City 
L Cook, Bauer
Fred Norris, A Norris & Son,  Casnovia 
L Perrigö, Burnip’s Corners 
S McNitt & Co, Byron Center 
Neal McMillan, Bockford 
B B McCuilock, Berlin 
Dr 8 J  Coon. Lisbon 
W H Hicks, Morley
E B Wright, manager West  Michigan  Lum­
Fred S Kieldsen, Cadillac 
M Winnie, Traverse City 
Mr Woodhull, Busman & Woodhull, Coopers- 
B Bredewey, Drenthe 
J  C Drew, Rockford 
F Knapworst, Grand Haven 
I J  Quick, Allendale 
John F Gauweiler, Croton 
Darling & Roberts,  Sparta 
S J Martin, Sullivan 
John Giles & Co, Lowell 
Stickney & Co, Paris 
Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
Mr Heyboer, Heyboer Bros, Drenthe 
Mr Dalmon, Farrpwe & Dalmon, Allendale 
C H Joldersma, Jamestown 
Wm Vermeulen, Beaver Dam 
L M Wolff, Hud8onville 
Wesley Dunn, Kingsley 
Dell Wright, Berlin 
R McKinnon, Kent City 
H Van Noord, Jamestown 
Jas S. Toland, Boss 
W G Tefft, Rockford 
Darling & Roberts, 'Sparta 
LeFebre & Meyer, Grand Haven 
D R Stocüm, Rockford 
John Damstra, Gitchell 
Cutler & Lauster, Ionia 
Parkhurst Bros, Nunica 
John Smith, Ada 
Geo Carrington, Trent 
G C Baker, LaBarge 
O Narra'gang & Son, Byron Center 
Adam Wagner, Eastmanville 
Plumb & Son, Plumb’s Mill 
N Bouma, Fisher Station 
Morley Bros, Cedar Springs 
P Dendel, Hopkins Station 
M Gezon, Jenison ville 
C K Hoyt, Hndsonville 
E Hagadorn, Fife Lake 
C E Grant, Blanchard 
Peter Hoethe,  Muskegon 
J N Baker, Chauncey 
John Kamps, Zupthen 
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
N Harris. Big Springs 
A M Church, Alpifne 
A C Barclay, Crosby 
D J  McNaughton, Chapel 
H Rice, Alpine 
Jas Barnes, Austerlitz 
N F Miller, Lisbon 
W m Karsten, Beaver Dam 
G Ten Horr, Forest Grove 
W H Struik, Cannonsburg 
J  H Robinson. Elgin 
J  C Ben bow, Ganiionsburg 
L A Paine, Englishville 
C O Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg 
Mrs Jos Hilzy, Byron Center 
L R Burch, Edgerten 
John Kinney, Kinney 
S T McLellan, Denison 
D D Harris, Shelbyville 
L Creighton,/.Ravenna 
Mr. Chape|-CblB $ -Chapql, .A<ia 
WittJfeannot, J;ö  Jeannot 
Lake
Gus Begman, Bauer 
R L Willett, Altona 
J L Rodemacher, Reno 
Jas Fisher, Wayland 
CH Dem ing,  Dutton 
AB Wolf,  Pewamo 
G N Reynolds, Belmont
Leading  Cigar Jobbers  of  Michigan.

Co,  Diamond 

Wholesale Cigars,

Grand  Rapids, 

- 

-  Mich.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Bark—Tanners at this market  are 
paying $6 for  all offerings of good bark.
Ginseng—Local dealers  pay $1.60@$1.70 $  fl> 
for clean washed roots.
Rubber B<g>ts and Shoes—Some manufactur­
ers authorize their agents to offer 40 per cent, 
and 40 and  5  per cent., for  first ana  second 
quality, respectively, and some are authorized 
to sell for 40 and 1214 per cent., and 50.

COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Apples—Fall  fruit  is  in  good  demand and 

supply at $1.25@$1.65 per bbl.

Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu.
Bean—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
scarce,  readily  commanding  S2.50@f2.70 per 
bu.
Butter—Creamery  is  in  good  demand and 
fairly firm at 26@28c.  Dairy  is  active at 18@ 
22c.

Cabbages—f4@f 7 per  100,  according to size.
Carrots—40c per bu.
Celery—20@35 $  doz.
Cheese—Jobbers are holding their  stocks at 

13@L3Hc.

Cider—9c per gal.
Cranberries—Home  grown, S2@$2.50 per bn. 

Cape Cod, f  3.25 per bu.

Dried Apples—Evaporated  are  dull  at  10@ 

11c per lb.

Eggs—Scarce and firm.  Jobbers are paying 

16c and holding at 17c.
6@7c $  lb; Delawares, 6c per lb.

Grapes—Concords,  314c  per  lb;  Niagaras, 

Honey—Dull at 12@16c.
Hay—Baled 

p e r  ton in two and  five  ton  lots  and  $13 
oar lots.

is  moderately  active  at  $14 
in 

Onions—In plentiful supply at 80c per bu.
Pears—$1.50 per bu.
Peppers—Green, $1.25 per bu.
Potatoes—Handlers  are  paying  55@60c  per 

Pop Corn—2c fl lb.
Seeds—Clover,  mammoth  or  medium* $1.50. 

Timothy, $2.50.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys, $3.50 per bbl.
Tomatoes—$1:25 V t>u.
Turnips—50c $  bu.’

GRAINS AND M ILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—No change.  City millers pay 75c for 

Lancaster and 72c for Fulse and Clawson.

Com—Jobbing  generally  at 50c  in  i00  bu. 

lots and 4714o in ctirlots.

Oats—White, 350 in small lots  and 30@31c in 

ear lots. 

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' “Thoroughly Representative. ’ ’

F ro ta tiie ffitdtpn G azette.
The Michigan Tradesman  is a thrifty 
trade-paper, published  at Grand Rapids, by 
E. A. Stowe  &  Bro.,  formerly of  this  vil­
lage.  I t is thoroughly representative of toe 
grarômercantüe-Unrests¡¡g toe State.;

Rye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—No change. Patent,$5.00j9 bbl.in saoks 
and  $5.20  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.00 9  bbl. in 
Sachs and $4.20 in wood.

Meal—Bolted,$2:40Vbfil;  ■_ 
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 « ton.  Bran, $14 
« to n .  Ships, $15 » to n .  Middlings, $16 *  ton 
'JT
Corn and Oats, $1T « ton.  f 

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promptly and buy in full packages.
"Ém
Grown..................  so
Frazer’s ..__ ' ■  90
Diamond  X ..../...  60
Modoc, 4 doz......... 2 50
Acme, 14lb cans,3 doz. c a s e .............  75

Paragon  ...............2 10
Paragon 25 ft pails.  90 
Fraziers, 25 ft pails. 1 25

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•*  B ulk.........................  

 
Princess,  J4s.. .  — _______. . . . . . . .   1 25

“  .......................   150
“  ....................... 300
20
“  A 4S'...__________................ . . . 2 00
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Is ...........................*.................. 3 75
b u l k , , . . . . . . . . .........  28
Arctic, % ft cans, 6 doz. case.....................  45
,! ............. . 
75
140
......................2 40
................12 00
. 
Victorian, 1 S> cans, (tall,) 2 doz................2 00
Diamond,  “bulk,” ................... 
15
f..doz.
Dry, No.2................  
../..doz
....doz.
.doz.
Dry, No.3 ............ 
 
 
... doz.
Liquid,4 oz,..__ . . ......___...... doz.
__ doz.
...doz.
Liquid, 8oz..................  
..«   gross 3 50
Arctic 4 o z ............
..  7 20
Arctic 8  oz..........................
.  12 00
Arctic 16 oz.................. ........
..  2 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box__
..  3 00
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.4  00
Arctic No. 3 
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BROOMS.
No. 2 H u rl...........1  75
No. 1 Hurl.............2 00
No.20arpet........2  25
No. 1 Carpet..A ....2 50
Parlor G em ........2 751

Common Whisk....  90
Fancy  Whisk....... 1 00
M ill................     .3 75
Warehouse  .....__ 2 75

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CHOCOLATE.

COCOANUT.

Wilbur’s  Premium. .351 German Sweet..........23
“ 
Sweet.......... 25 Vienna Sw eet..........22
“  B’kf’tCocoa45 Baker’s  .....................37
“  Cocoa-theta 421 Runkles’....................35
“  Vanilla Bar 28|

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Schepps, Is............ ..............................  @25
Is and  14s...............................  @26
14s...........................................   @27
Is in tin pails....................... 
  @2714
....................... v  @2814
14s 
 
@2314
Is and  14s............................  @24
14s......... 
@2414
Manhattan,  palls................................   @20
Peerless  ..............................................   @18
Bulk, pails or barrels..........................  @16

Maltby’s,  Is.................. 

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Green. 

COFFEES.

Roasted.

COFFEES—-PACKAGE,

Lion..........
Lion, in cabinets.......
x x x x ......
Arbuckle’s
Dilworth’s .
Standard  ..
German__
German, in bins.........
Magnolia..
Eagle.........
Mexican  ...
Honey Bee, 1 ft packages..............

Rio............ __ 22@24 Rio........... ...... 22@24
Santqs........ __ 23@25 Santos...... ......   @26
Maricabo...,...24@26 Maricabo.. ......   @26
J a v a .......... ... ,23@25 Java......... ...  .  @30
O. G. Java.. ,...24@26 O. G, Java. ......30@35
M ocha...... __25@26 Mocha...  .......32@33
60 fts 100 fts
3524
26%
.25?$  2534
.25%  2534
25%
25%
25%
25%
25%
.25%  2534
20
.20 
.26
COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
32
’s Plantation Java.
Mocha...  . . . __
32
Javoka..............
30
29
Imperial............
Banner..............
28
Mexican............
20
CORDAGE.
90 
|50 foot Cotton....1 60
60 foot Jute
20 
|60 foot Cotton....1  75
72 foot J u te ...... 1 20
.60  172 foot Cotton.. ..2 00
1 50
4oFoot Cotton 
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1314 
1314 
1214 
814

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iD  SWEET
Kenosha Butter.......................
Seymour  Butter...................... 
Butter.................................... 
Fancy  Butter.......................... 
S.  Oyster.................................. 
Picnic......................................  
Fancy  Oyster.......................... 
Fancy  Soda............................. 
City Soda..................................
Soda  ................................. 
M ilk....................  
 
Boston.....................................
Graham....................................
Oat  Meal...............................j.
Pretzels, hand-made...............
Pretzels...................................
Cracknels................................
7 
Lemon Cream.......................... 
7 
Sugar Cream............................ 
Frosted Cream.........................
Ginger  Snaps.......................... 
7 
No. 1 Ginger Snaps................. 
7
Lemon Snaps..........................  
Coffee Cakes................................... 
Lemon Wafers.........................
Jumbles...................................
Extra Honey Jumbles. -.........
Frosted Honey  Cakes............
Cream Gems............................
Bagievs  Gems........................
Seed Cakes..............................
S. &  M. Cakes..........................
CANNED F IS H .
Clams, 1 S>, Little Neck.............. . ...........1 35
Clam Chowder,  3 B>................................. .2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 Jb standards.................95@1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 fi>  standards.................. 1 55
Lobsters, lfi)picnic.   
............................ 175
Lobsters, 2 fi>, picnic............ .....................2 65
Lobsters, 1 fl) star...................................... 1 90
Lobsters. 2 fl> star..........................*.......... 2 90
Mackerel, 13b fresh standards............... 1 70
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh standards.................5 00
Mackerel In Tomato Sauce, 3 ft.  ............
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard......... .
Mackerel. 3 ft  soused................................
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river...........................2 20
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river.........   ..........3 90
Sardines, domestic )£s...................  
  @6
Sardines,  domestic  14s.............................   9@10
Sardines,  Mustard 14s...............................  9@10
Sardines, imported 14s..............................13@15
Sardines, spiced, 14s..................................10@I2
Trout. 3 ft  brook....................................
Apples, gallons, standards............................3 00
Blackberries, standards.................................1 25
Cherries, red standard.................................. 1 65
Damsons........................... 
1 25
Egg Plums, standards 
............................ 1 45
Gooseberries..............................................1 75
Grapes........................................................  95
Green Gages,.............................................1 45
Peaches, all yellow, standards.....................2 65
Peaches,  seconds........................................... 2 25
Peaches, pie......................................... — 1 50
Pears.......................... 
1 40
Pineapples......................... ...»............1 40@2 50
Quinces..................................  
;.l 15
Raspberries,  extra.  ...... ...»................. 1 50
re d .......... ••••./*..................160
Strawberries  ....... 
1 60
Whortleberries...... ...........................1  30
Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... ...................... 3 00
Beans, Lima,  standard...........................  75
Beans,  String..................... ....................  75
Beans,Stringless, Erie............ ................  90
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.........................1 50
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy............. 
1 20
Peas, French......................... t.............* .1 60
Peas, extra m arrofat............. ........... 1 20@1 40
Peas, soaked..................... 
75
“  Early June, stand. I f.. . ......,.r.l 50@1 75
“ 
sifted.*.»....................... 2 00
“  French, extra fine.. , ........................20 00
Mushrooms,extra fin e ..........................22 00
120
PumpUn,3 ft Golden............ . .............. 
Succotash, standard...... ........... ........ 80@1 30
Squash.  ........................ ........... ...............1 40
Tomatoes, standard brands...................... 115
Michigan toll  cream ....!................13  @1314
Citron..................... 
@22
Currants,new......... ............................   @7
Lemon Peel.................... .................. -  @14
  @14
Orange Peel.................  
Prunes, French, 60s.............................  @ 9
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@8
French,  90s________  
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“  Turkey....*...,.*»...................  414@ 5

D RIED   FRUITS—FOREIGN.

CANNED VEGETABLES*

CANNED FRU ITS.

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Raisins, Dehesla..................................
Raisins, London Layers.............. .....
Raisins« California  “ 
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Raisins, Loose Muscatels............... .
Raisins,Ondaras, 2 8 s..,,..,.....  .....
@1914 
Raisins, Sultanas...... ..!**;.;*/.*.*v..:
@10 @ 9 
Raisins, Valenoiaa,  new......*....... «...
@3 00
Raisins, Imperials.... v .............* »
FISH.
Cod, whole.................*............................. 414@5
Cod, boneless..................... 
6@7)4
H alibut..........................................................igjJ-
Herring,round,  14  bbl.:....................  @2 75
Herringnmnd»'M  t b l . . ; * : < , , . 180 
Herring,Holland, b b l s , . , ' * s . v . .1060 
Herring,Holland*  kegs,.;................  
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StaringiScaled,*/., 
Mackerel,shore,No. 1,14 bbls__ ...___I  20 09

.......@22

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No, 3. % bbls,. 

..............2 50
|
  n 
..............6 50
Trout, 14 bbls......... ........................... . 6 75
iO*  10 B> kits.................k......................  85
White*No. 1,14 bbls ........................ 6 76@7 00
White, No. 1,12 fi> kits...... ........................1 10
White, No. 1, lOib kits.  ........................ 
90
White, Family, H bbls..............................3 75

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MATCHES.

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Lemon.  Vanilla.
Jennings’ D.O., 2 oz............. $  doz.  100 
1 6G
“  4oz.....................1 5 0  
2 65
“  6 oz.......... ................ .3  50  4  25
“  •  8oz..........................3 50  5  00
“  No.2 Taper...  ...... 125 
175
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“  No. 4 
--------...1  75  3  00
“   14 pint, round..........4 50 
9 00
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9  06  18 00
“  No.3 panel................I  10  1  85
“ 
“  NO. 8 
...............2  75  5  00
“  ...............4  25  7  00
“  NO. 10 
Grand Haven, No. 8, square...................  
  95
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro............. .1 10
Grand Haven,  No. 200,  parlor.........1 75
Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor....................2 25
Grand Haven, No, 7,  round.......................1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2 .......................  
 
75
Oshkosh, No. 8............................................. 1 50
Swedish.................................................. 
  75
Richardson’s No. 8  square..........................1 00
...........................150
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 714, round........................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
.......................... 150
Woodbine, 300...............................................l 15
Black Strap................................................16@18
Cuba Baking.............................................. 22@25
Porto  Rico........................ 
24@30
New  Orleans, good................................... 28@34
New Orleans, choice..................................44@50
New Orleans,  fancy.................................. 52@55

MOLASSES.

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OATMEAL 

ROLLED OATS

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PIPES.

PICKLES*
“ 

Barrels....................6 00 Barrels..................8  00
Half barrels............3 12 Half barrels......... 3  12
Cases............... 
  2  25 Cases...................  2 25
Medium................ 6  001 
Small, bbl.7 00
14 bbl.........3 50] 
14 bbl........ 4  00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........  @2 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,214 gross........  @1 75
American T.D.....................................  @  75
Choice Carolina.... .614
Java  ...............  
514
Prime Carolina......6
P a tn a ......................514
Good Carolina....... 524
Rangoon.........   @5
Good Louisiana......514
Broken.............314@3%
Table  ..................... 614
Japan......................6
H ead...................... 7
DeLand’s pure....... 5)4|Dwight’8 
.........5
Church’s  ............... 5  Sea  Foam...............514
Taylor’s G. M____ 5 
|Cap Sheaf................5

SALERATUS.

RICE.

14c less In 5 box lots.

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60 Pocket, F F  Dairy..........................2 10@2 20
28 Pocket.............................................. 
2 10
100 3 ft pockets.................................... 
2 35
Saginaw or Manistee.......................... 
95
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
75
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags__ 
2 75
75
Higgins’English dairy bu.  bags........ 
American, dairy, 14 bu. bags.............. 
20
Rock, bushels......................................  
25
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags.................... 
40
20

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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__ r .........  
Allspice...............................................  
Cassia,  Batavia...................................  
“ 
and  Saigon................. 
**  Saigon.................................... 
Cloves, Amboyna................................  
“  Zanzibar..,..__ ......  ........ 
Ginger, African.. 
.............................  
"  Cochin....................................  
Jamaica.................................. 
“ 
Mace Bata via....................................... 
Mustard, English................................ 
“  and Trieste.............  
Trieste......... ........................  
Nutmegs, No. 2......................  
Pepper, Singapore bl ack.................... 
white.................... 
Cayenne................................ 
STARCH.

7
8
11
40
28
27
80
75
70
65
19
29
11
15
25
42
32
31
10
15
18@22
85
20
22
25
65
82
32
25
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes, 1 ft  pkgs...  @5 %
“  48“ 
“ 
“  3ft 
...  @514
“ 
“  b u lk ...........  @4
“  40 ft 
“  72 ft crates, 6 ft b6xes..  @ 614
“ 
“ Corn, 40 ft boxes, 1 ft pkgs____   @6
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“  20 ft 
....  @ 6)4
Klngsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs__   @7
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“  6ftboxes...  @714
“  b u lk ...........  @614
Pure, 1 ft pkgs...............      @514
Corn, 1 ft pkgs.................  @7

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8NOFF.

SYRUPS.

Cut  Loaf............................................  
6M
@ 6% 
Cubes
© 6% 
Powdered............................................
Granulated,  Standard.......................
@ 6% 
Off...................................
@6 31 
@  6 @ 5% 
Confectionery A..................................
Standard A..........................................
No. 1, White Extra  C..........................
@ 5 U 
No. 2, Extra C......................................
© 514 
No. 3 0 .................................... .............
@ 5)4 
No.4 C................................................
@ 5 
No. 5C..................................................
@ 424
Corn, barrels......   @31|Pure Sugar, bbl.  25@38
Com, 14 bbls........  @33 Pure Sugar, 14 bbl 28@38
Corn, 10 gal. k’gs.  @35]
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen......  
Gail & Ax’ 
.................
Rappee......................
Railroad  Mills Scotch...............
Lotzbeck  ...................................
TOBACCOS—PLUG,

70
“  Maccoboy...........................   ©  55
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Spear Head.............. 42
Merry War................34
Plank  Road.............. 42
Jolly Tar...................31
Eclipse  ............ 
  36
Live & Let Live........34
Holy Moses.............. 33
Quantity & Quality. .25
Blue  Blazes..............32
Nimrod..................... 37
Eye Opener.............. 32
Whopper.................. 30
Star 
Jupiter..................... 26
................. 41
Clipper  .................... 34
Old Honesty . ............42
Scalping  K nife......34
P.L ............................33
Sam Bass...................34
Japan ordinary..........................................18@20
Japan fair to good...............................    ,25@30
Japan fine...................................................35@45
Japan dust................................................. 15@20
Young Hyson........................................    ,20@45
GunPowder............................  
  35@50
Oolong................................................. 33@55@6C
Congo.........................................................25@to
30 gr.
50 gr. 
White Wine..................................  
-7
10 
Cider.............................. 
8
10 
Apple............................................   10
12
Bath Brick imported..........................
90 
American..................... .
do 
75 
Burners, No. 0.....................................
@70 
do  No. 1.....................................
80 
do  No. 2.....................................
90 
Cocoa Shells, bulk...............................
@ 4 
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand............
@7 60 
@25 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans............
Candles. Star...............
@10 
Candles. Hotel..................... ..............
@11 @35 
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.....................
Extract Coffee, V.  C.:........................
@80 
@1 29 
........ .
Fire Crackers, per box.......................
@1 20 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps................
@25 
@35 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.....................
Gum, Spruce.......................................
@30 
@3 50 @ 6% 
Hominy, $  bbl..... ..............................
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails...............................  6
Pearl Barley........................................
@ 224 
@1 25 
Peas, Green  Bnsh..................... ........
Peas,Split  Prepared........................
@ 3% 
Powder, Keg........................................
@5 00
Powder, %M.ee...................................  @2 76
S a g e ..__ TT.......................................  @ 1 5
Sago  ...... ......... ...............................  .  @ 6*4
Tapioca...... .......................................  @ 6J4

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

STICK.

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Standard, 25 ftboxes.......................... 8%@ 9
Twist, 
@ 9 
Cut Loaf 
.  ...
@10
MIXED
@9 
Royal, 251b pails.,,.............
@ 8 
Royal, 200 ft bbls............ .
Extra, 25 fti pails__ * '..... ;
@10 ® 9 
Extra, 200ft bbls__
French Cream, 25,ft pails. ..
@11% 
Cut loaf, 88 ft oases......... .
@10
Broken,25 ft pafift,.:*....,. 
Broken,200ft  bbls...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FRUITS.

FANCY—IN   BULK.

i n t e d .

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riurcti^ni.ih boxes,  " "
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Lemon Drops..,....*........ . 
S o u r B r o p a . * ........@13
  @10
Peppermint  D rops..../.  ..........  
Chocolate Drops. 
14
................ ....*. 
HMChocolate  D rops.........................  
IS
...........  ■  10
.
Gum  Drops  .
.
.
Licorice Drops..'..............................  
  20
 
AB Licorice  Drops.. 
14,
Lozenges, plain.............................  
 
. * . 15
Lozenges,  p r
.
Imperials .......... 
14
 
15
Mottoes......... ............................. .*/..*» 
Cream  Bar............................  
J9
12
 
Molasses Bar.................. 
 
Caramels................  
18
18
Hand Made Creams........................ 
Plain  Creams................................................ 16
  20
Decorated Creams......   ........................ 
13
String Rock.................. 
 
Burnt Almonds....................•.............. 
22
Wintergreen  Berries..........................    [ 
14
Lozenges, plain in  pails..................
@HK 
Lozenges, plain in bbls..............
@1014 
Lozenges, printed in pails...............
@1214 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls...............
@1114 
Chocolate Drops, in pails................
@1214 
Gum  Drops  in pails.................... 
_
@ 614
Gum Drops, in bbls.............................  @ 5j£
Moss Drops, in pails............................9  @10
Moss Drops, in bbls.............................  © 9
Sour Drops,In  pails......... ........ 
@12
Imperials, in  pails..............................   @12%
Imperials  in bbls.................. 
@11%
Bananas  ............................................1 0Q@2 50
Oranges, California, fancy.................  @
Oranges, choice.............................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls.......................
Oranges, Florida..................................
Oranges, Rod),.....................................  @5  00
Oranges, Messina................................ 
Oranges.OO............ .................... 
Oranges, Imperials............................  @4 50
Lemons, choice...................................  @4 50
Lemons, fancy.................................  5 5(1@8 GO
Lemons, California.............................
Figs, layers, new,  sp ft.........................12V4@15
Figs, Bags, 501b...................................  @8
Dates, frails do  .................................   @ 5%
Dates, 34 do  do  .................................   @6%
Dates, Fard 10 ft box 
ft..................   @ 9%
Dates, Fard 50 ft box f) ft....................  @8
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft...............  6  @6%
Pine Apples, $  doz...........................   @
Almonds,  Tarragona.......................... 17%@18
Ivaea....................................   @17
California..........................  @17%
Brazils.................................................8%@ 9
Filberts, Sicily.....................................  @11
Barcelona.............................  @8
“ 
Walnuts,  Grenoble.............................  @16%
Sicily..................................... 
15
“ 
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9
French.................................. 
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................  13@17
“  Missouri...............................
Cocoanuts, $  100, full bags.................  @4 50
PEANUTS.
Prime Red,  raw $   ft..........................  @4%
Choice 
d o .........................   @ 5%
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ............ .............   @ 524,
Choice White, Va.do  ..........................  6  © 6%
Fancy H P,. Va  do  ..........................  @ 7
H. P. Va...............................................   624®  7

NUTS.

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OYSTERS  AND FISH.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Fairhaven Counts...........................................35
Selects................. 
.25
Anchors............................................................22
Standards  ....................................................... 20
Black bass....................................................... 10
Rock bass........................................................   4
Perch................................................................  4
Wall-eyed  pike................................................  7
Duck-bill  pike.................. 
7
6
Sturgeon............................ 
Sturgeon,  smoked.......................................     8
Whitefish.......................... 
7
Whitefish, smoked................................... 
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PORK  IN   BARRELS.

The  Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 

quote  as follows:
Mess, Chicago packing.................................. .15 75
Shortcut...........................................................15 75
Shortcut, clear,  Botsford............................... 15 00
Shortcut  Morgan...............................  
Extra clear pig, short cut............................... 16 75
Extra clear, heavy...................................
Clear quill, short cut.......................:.........16 75
Boston clear, short c u t...................................16 75
Clear back, Bhort cut............... 
16 75
Standard clear, short  cut, best...... ...........16  75
Bean...........................................................
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLA IN.
Hams, average 20  fts....................................11%
“ 
16  fts....................................12
“ 
12 to 14 fts............................ 12%
“  picnic  ................................................  &%
“  best boneless.....................................11
Shoulders.....................................................  7%
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...........................13%
Dried Beef, extra.........................................9
ham  prices............................... 10%
7%
7%
734
754
7%
7%

Tierces  ................................................. 
30 and 501b Tubs...................................  
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case............................ 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case............................  
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case............................ 
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in ease.....................  
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts.........................   7 50
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacting.........................   7 25
P late.................................................................  7 75
Extra Plate........................................................ 8 25
Boneless, rump butts.......................................10 50

“  Kansas City Packing............. 7 75

LARD IN  TIN PAILS.

BEEF IN  BARRELS.

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

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“  Kan City pkd.......... 9 50
“  % bbl.  5 OO
7%

Pork Sausage...............................  
Ham  Sausage............................................... 11
Tongue  Sausage........................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage......................................   8
Blood  Sausage..............................................  <5.
Bologna, straight.........................................   6
Bologna, thick..............................................   6
Head  Cheese................................................ 6
In half barrels.............................................  3 OO
In quarter barrels......................................   1 75

PIG S’ FEET.

LARD.

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John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides........................  
  6
@ 6 
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters...............    6
@  6% 
Dressed Hogs.......................................  e
@  6% 
Mutton..................................................  6
@ 6% 
Lamb spring................  
  8
@  8% 
Veal......................................................   8
@  8% @ 8% 
Pork Sausage............................. 
 
8
Bologna................................................
© 6 
Fowls....................................................
@11 
......
Ducks  .................................................  
@11
Turkeys  ..............................................  @11
Lard, kettle-rendered......... ...............  @  8>

 

 

 

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

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

Green__ « f t 5%© 6
Calf skins, green 
Part cured...  7  @ 7%
Full cured__ 7%@  8
Deacon skins,
Dry hides and 
k ip s...........  8  @12
Fine washed 9  ft 22@25ICoarse washed.
Medium  ............ 27@3o|Unwashed........
16@22
Sheep pelts, short shearing.............  
5@25
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.........   @25 '■
............ .............. *............3%@3%
Taliow 
Grease butter.................... ..............   S   5@ 8
Ginseng, good................................ y  ..l 60@1 70

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows:
 

Standard  Tubs,No. 1..................... »............5 50
Standard  Tubs, No.2.......  
.4  50
Standard  Tabs, No. 3......... 
.,3 59
Standard Pails, two hoop....... ...............*...1 25.
Standard Falls, three h o o p .................1  50
Pails, ground wood 
Maple Bowls, assorted s i z e s . . ........2 25
Butter  Pails, a sh ........................................ 2 25
Butter Ladles............ ....... .  ..... . .  >  ; 
90
Butter Spades...... ................... .............. 
75
Rolling Pins 
.. .. .. ... .. ..  .  75
Potato Mashers..........................................    50
Clothes Pounders........................................2 25
ClothesPins......... ........ ........,  60
. . *,».......................... ».. »I 00>
Mop  Sticks.. .
Washboards, single*..,., d ..................... ;*fl  75
....2 25-
Washboards.double.............. . 
Washboards, Nörthero  Queen................,.2 75
Diamond  M arket...,...................................  40
Bushel, narrow hand, No. 1.. ......... ». .„ J , 50  •
,1 40
Bushel, narrow band, No. 2............  
Bushel, wide hand......................................   1 75
Clothes, splint,  No.3.....1............... 
.3 50
Clothes, splint,  No.2............1.....................4 25
Clothes, splint.  No. 1................. ............ 
.5 00
Clothes, willow  No.3.  
...... ..6 oo.
Cloth^w illow N o.
Clothes,willow  No.1,. . ...................  
Water  Tight, (acme) b u....*.......
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ß ix  T e a re -Jn c o b  JewKm, Muskegon.  A  
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Tw o Tear»—Jam e« V ernor, D etroit.  <■ 
f h r M  T w ri^ O ttm a r Eberbach, ^üm  A rbor. 
Foot T e ars—0 «o. McDonald, Kalam azoo.  ; 
a fly e  T jesn^B thnley E. ParkeU , Owosso. 
f r M l t o t   O co. McDonald 
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasu rer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At Lansing, November 1 and 3.
i  H iehl£>n State F h a m a cea tica l A ss’n . 
P resident—A rth u r Baasett, D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—Q. M. H arw ood, Petoskey. 
'Second Vice 1’K.Hldbilt—II. B. F airchild,  G rand Rapids 
T hird Vice-President—H enry K ep h art, B errien Springs. 
Secretary—S. E. P a rtili, Owosso.
T reasurer—Wm. D upont, D etroit.  - 
Executive Com m ittee—Geo.  G undrum ,  F ran k   Inglis 
A. H. Lym an, John E. P eck, E. T. W ebb. 
ItocalS ecretary—Jam bs V em or, D etroit.
N ext M eeting—A t D etroit, O ctober

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(Iru id  'Rapids Pharm aceutical Society.

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an jli> l i l l f l t h ,   OCTOBKB 9, 1884.

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P resident—Geo. G. Stekettee.
V ice-President—H.  E. Locher.
Secretary—F ran k  H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry  B. Fairchild.
B oard o f Censors—President,  V ice-President  an d  See- 
: v’, "
B oard o f T rastee»—The President,  Jo h n  E. Peek,  M.  B. 
K im m .W m . H. VanLeeuwen a n d  O. H. Richmond, 
vreh, Isaac W atts, Wm. E. W hite and W m .  L.  W hite. 
C om m ittee o p T ra d e H atters—Jo h n  E. Peek, H. B. Fair- 
ch ild  and H ugo  Thnm.
C om m ittee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McW illiams;  Theo. 
K em ink and W. H. Tibbs.
C om m ittee on Pharm acy—W. L. W hite, A. C. B auer and 
Isaac W atts.'
R egular  M eetings—F irst  T hursday  evening  In  each 
m onth..
A nnual Meeting—F irst  Thursday evening in  Novem ber 
N ext  m eeting—Thursday  evening,  O ctober  6,  a t Thb 

Tkadssmax office.

i  D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 

6it6ASi**b  Oc to b er, i8$S.

President—F ran k   Inglis.
lh ? st V ice-President—F. W. R. P erry.
Second Vice-President—J. J.  Crowley.
S ecretary an d  T reasurer—F. R ohnert.
A ssistant S ecretary and T reasurer—A. B. Lee. 
Awmia.1 M eeting—F irst W ednesday in  Jnne.
R eg u lar M eetings—F irs t W ednesday in  each  m onth.

C e n t r a l   M i c h i g a n   D r u g g i s t s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 
P resident, J. W. D unlop;  S ecretary, R.  H. Mussell.
B e r r i e n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, H enry K ephart.

C linton County  D ruggists’ A ssociation. 

P resident, Au O. H unt;  Secretary, A. S.  W allace.
C harlevoix County Pharm aceutical Society 
P resident, H . W. W illard;  S ecretary, Geo. W. C router.

I o n i a  C o u n t y   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l î S o c i e t y , 
P resident, W. R. C utler;  S ecretary, Geo. Gundrum.

Jackson County  Pharm aceutical Ass’n. 

P resident, R. F. L atim er;  S ecretary, F.  A. K ing.

K a l a m a z o o  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l  A s s o c i a ti o n . 

P resident, D. O. R oberts;  S ecretary, D. McDonald.

M ason County  Pharm aceutical Society. 

P resident, F. N. L atim er;  Secretary, Wm. H eysett.
M e c o s ta   C o u n t y   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident, Ó. H. W ag euer;  Secretary, A. H. W ebber.

M onroe County Pharm aceutical Society. 

P resident, 8. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
M uskegon County  D ruggists’  Association, 
P resident, W. B. W ilson;  S ecretary, J . R. Tweed.

M uskegon  Drug Clerks’ A ssociation. 

President, E. C.  Bond;  Secretary,G eo. L. LeFevre.
N e w a y g o   C o u n t y   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident, J. F. A. R aider; Secretary, N. N. Miller.

O c e a n a  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l  S o c ie ty . 

P resident, F. W. F incher;  Secretary, F ran k  Cady.
S a g i n a w   C o u n t y   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident, Ja y  Sm ith;  Secretary,  D. E. F rail.
Shiaw assee County Pharm aceutical Society
T u s c o l a  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l  S o c ie ty . 

P resident, E. A. B ullard;  S ecretary, C. E. Stoddard.
M a n is te e   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident, W . H. W illard;  S ecretary, A. H.  Lym an.

CHLOROFORMING.

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Can Burglars Chloroform Sleeping People?
F ro m  th e A m erican A nalyst.
A correspondent asks this  question,  and 
were we to answer from our general knowl- 
.edge obtained from reading  the  newspaper 
Accounts of burglaries  and  robberies  com­
mitted while the inmates of  the  house  are 
fast asleep, or base our opinion on  the very 
uncertain knowledge  derived  from  reading 
novels, we should answer in the affirmative. 
# ,   Our  knowledge  of  the  characteristics  of 
” •*  chloroform and its physiological  action  on 
the human system,  however,  makes us an­
swer  decidedly  in  the  negative.  This  is 
probably a  question  about  which it would 
be difficult to convince the public,  but facts 
are very stubborn things.  Careful enquiries 
among detectives and police authorities have 
failed to show one  single  instance  where 
these  officials,  after  careful  examination, 
have become personally convinced that per- 
¿sons robbed  have  been  chloroformed.  All 
.have heard of such cases,  but  not  one  has 
-come within their own knowledge.  Having 
so far convinced ourselves  that  these  cases 
•do not occur,  let us look a little further, and 
try to prove  that  chloroforming  a  person 
while asleep is impossible for sound physio­
logical reasons.  Chloroform,  as  all physi­
cians know, is a decided cerebral stimulant; 
that is, it is really  a  concentrated  alcohol,
* 
.Administered  by  inhalation,  and  produces 
^intoxication.  All physicians who have ever
M ?  -Administered  chloroform  to a patient know 
*  what  resistance  they  encountered.  Any 
»sleeping  adult  not under the influence of a 
powerful  hypnotic  would  certainly  be 
¿awakened if an attempt were made to make 
him  inhale  chloroform.  Besides  all  this, 
we are always told  that  the  persons  who 
-were  chloroformed  and  robbed  recovered. 
.¿Every physician  knows that  unless chloro- 
form is carefully administered  with a prop-. 
er admixture of atmospheric air, the patient 
dies.  Now,  why  should  a  subject  in the 
hands  of  an  ignorant  burglar,  inhaling 
|   %,  -chloroform, have a better chance  of  recov-
cry than a patient in the  experienced hands 
• 
-of  several  skilled  and  trained  physicians,
who have previously examined the action of 
.--his heart, who  cautiously  watch  his pulse 
¿and closely adjust the amount  and  quality
of tiie chloroform and  atmospheric  air  ad-
J l  ,  «ministered.  And yet we hear constantly of 
-deaths by the administration  of chloroform 
w i  /-in  physicians1  hands,  but never  a  death 
■•when given by thieves.  Further  than this,
,  '  * l,  .rwe axe  told  that  burglars  can  administer 
--chloroform to  several  persons  sleeping  in 
-  7  ■ 
- the same room and produce anassthesis.  Of
-course, it would be sheer nonsense to talk of 
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-burglarsimpregnatingthe entireatmosphere 
of an apartment with chloroform,  for  that 
  would necessitate many hours’ labor with an 
l
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m ^J  Atomizer, a supply of mom chloroform than 
burglars would carry, and  would  leave  the 
■ate ir respirable by the thieves.  .These state- 
ments,  which any  physician  will  confirm, 
we think, prove clearly  that  chloroforming 
by burglars is a popular myth.

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A  Russian  Quack  Medicine. 

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St. Petersburg society lias been somewhat
-.interestedIn a  medicinal  water  discovered
;  by a Baron Vrey-sky,  and  which  was  de­
In 
scribed  as  effecting  marvelous  cures. 
-consequence of his requiring official permis­
sio n  to continue the use of  this  water, the 
ft*.  Medical Committee of St. Petersburg caused 
it to be analyzed, and .the result  of this an­
alysis, according to the  Official  Messenger,
.....Is to show that this  famous  and  universal
_  I  »remedyabsolutely identical  with the wa- 

terof the Neva. ~
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i i  Chemical Analysis. 

'implements and  Utensils  Used in Making 
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F rom  th e  P op u lar Science News.
A chemical laboratory is  to many a place 
of mystery, or  even terror, which the illus­
trations in old books of the dens of  the me­
dieval  alchemists  do  little  to  dispel.  A 
visit  to  a  modern  analytical  laboratory 
would give a verydifferent impression, even 
to  one  not  familiar  with chemistry.  The 
moBt striking feature  of  such  a  laboratory 
would be, perhaps, the large number of bot­
tles, filled with solid and  liquid substances, 
and the quantity of glass utensils of various 
peculiar  shapes.  Many  of  the  chemicals 
used in analytical work are so corrosive that 
they  act  vigorously  upon  metals,  quickly 
dissolving or destroying  them; and it is ex­
ceedingly fortunate that  in  the  cheap  and 
common glass we  have  a  substance  which 
withstands the action of nearly all reagents. 
The  most  useful  piece  of  glass  appara 
tus is, perhaps, the beaker,  which is simply 
a cylindrical glass vessel with a  flat bottom 
shaped much like an ordinary drinking turn 
bier« but made extremely thin, so that when 
liquids are heated  in it, the outer and inner 
surfaces of the  glass  Will  expand together, 
and  thus  avoiding the breaking of the ves­
sel.  These beakers  are  used  for  innumer­
able purposes—of precipitation, evaporation, 
ebullition  and  crystallization.  The  best 
kinds are wondrfully strong and tough; and 
we have often tested them by heating water 
in  them  to  the  boiling  point,  pouring  it 
quickly  out,  and  refilling  at  once  with 
cold  water.  Usually, they will  stand  this 
extreme test; but, on the contrary, they will 
sometimes break in the most unaccountable 
manner,  from  the  opening  of  a  door,  or 
from no preceptible cause.  With the “ total 
depravity of inanimate things,” these break­
ages usually occur at the most critical point 
of an analysis; and a careful chemist will,  in 
all important cases, reserve a portion of the 
material which he is testing, in  case the first 
portion is lost by any such mishap.  For test­
ing exceedingly  small  quantities  of  mater­
ial,  especially where  the quantity is  not  to 
be determined,  test tubes are almost always 
used.  These  are glass tubes  from four  to 
eight inches  long, and  from a quarter of an 
inch to one inch in diameter.  Like beakers 
they are made of the thinnest glass,  and are 
constantly in  use.  The  visitor to a labora­
tory  would  also  notice  the  glass  flasks, 
spherical in shape and provided with a long 
neck,  in which  various gases are generated, 
and which are used  in place of  beakers for 
many  operations  where  a  wide^mouthed 
vessel  is  not  desirable.  He  would  notice 
the filtering funnels and evaporating dishes, 
all of glass or the finest porcelain; and, per­
haps,  he  would  see  the  chemist  working 
over a non-luminous gas flame,  with pieces 
of glass  tubing,  bending  them  into various 
complicated  forms,  apparently  with  the 
greatest ease; but  a single trial would show 
that  there  are  two  ways—a  right  and, a 
wrong—of bending a  glass  tube.  What  a 
visitor to a laboratory would not see,  would 
be the  immense  furnaces,  stills,  and  other 
cumbersome  apparatus  of  earlier  times. 
The charcoal furnaces have been superceded 
by the  little  Bunsen  gas-burner;  and  even 
where a  greater  heat  is  required, gas is al­
most invariably nsed.  The modem chemist 
has  little  use  for  stills,  and  when  one  is 
needed  a  glass  flask,  attached  to  a  com­
pact little  piece  of  apparatus  known  as  a 
Liebig’s  condenser, replaces  the  retort  and 
‘worm” of  former  days.  The  visitor need 
have no fear  of  being  “blown  hp,” for ex­
plosive materials  are  rarely used,  except in 
special investigations;  neither  need he fear 
that his olfactory  nerves  will  be  disturbed 
by disgusting odors or acrid gases.  A prom­
inent  feature  of  every  laboratory  is  the 
‘hood,” or  glass  closet,  connected  with  a 
ventilating  flue, in  which are carried  on all 
processes  in which offensive  gases  are gen­
erated.  Among the most interesting objects 
would  be  the  costly  platinum  dishes  and 
crucibles,  which are unaffected by nearly all 
chemicals,  and  withstand  the  most intense 
heat without  melting.  They  have  the  ap­
pearance  of  ordinary  tin,  but  formerly the 
price  was  from  ten  to  twelve  dollars  an 
ounce,  and  the increased  demand for  plat­
inum wire  by the manufacturers of  electric 
lights is rapidly appreciating  it to an equal­
ity with gold.  The measuring flasks, which 
are graduated to hold exactly a liter of fluid, 
or  some  proportionate  fraction,  and  the 
burettes,  or  graduated  glass  tubes,  from 
which  any desired quantity of a liquid may 
be measured  and  drawn  off with the great­
est  exactness,  are  also  worthy  of  notice. 
The chemist’s balance is the most important 
and expensive  piece  of  apparatus of which 
he  makes  use.  A  first-class  balance costs 
over one hundred dollars,  and a set of accur­
ate  weights  about  fifteen  dollars.  These 
balances are sensitive to 1-20 of a milligram, 
or 1-1300 of a grain.  This  is  the weight of 
a fraction of  a hair, or  about  the weight of 
the  graphite  used  in  writing  one’s  name 
with  a  pencil.  Ever  since  the  time  of 
Lavoisier, chemistry  has  been  a  science of 
relative weights, and its wonderful progress 
has  been  due,  in  no  small measure,  to the 
mechanical  perfection  to  which  the  indis­
pensable balance has been brought.

The  Drug  Market.

Trade continues very active and is unpre- 
cedently  large  for  the season.  There are 
but few changes to note.  Opium is harden­
ing in price again and another upward move­
ment is predicted.  Ergot is advancing rap­
idly.  The crop this year is almost a failure 
owing to dry weather,  and  extreme  prices 
will rule.  Golden seal root Is  very  scarce. 
There is a lively  demand  and  few  orders 
can be placed.  The  price  quoted is nomi­
nal.  Cuttle bone is tending, upward.  The 
largest holders will only  sell  limited quan­
tities and very  high  prices  are  predieted. 
German  quinine,  after  the  advance  last 
week, was unexpectedly reduced in price by 
the agents of German  manufacturers and is 
now  quoted  dull  and  lower.  Morphia is 
steady,  with good demand.  Linseed oil has 
declined.  Sulphur is tending upward.  Ja­
maica ginger root is higher.  Cubeb berries 
are  very  firm.  Gil  cassia  has  declined. 
Muriate cocaine has advanced.

The-Drug Store Cases.

F rom  th e  M uskegon News.

The drug store eases will attract consider­
able attention in   the  Circuit  Court  which 
convenes next week.  The case of the Peo­
ple vs. Dr. Qninn stands  first  on the calen­
dar, but that fact has no especial significance 
as all the cases stand upon the same footing. 
F ., W.  -Cook,  attorney  for  the  druggists, 
8)Ates that he will  enter a motion to, quash, 
when the cases are called.  •

I t is  estimated  that  100,000,000  feet of 
hemlock will be put into  | 0cichJgan  streams 
thlrWinteir;
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,  In tfié páríor they were sitting—
Sitting by the firelight's glow,  ¡ 
Y 
QulcMywere the minutes sitting, 
Till at last he rose to go.

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Wilh hte overcoat she puttered,  /
From her eye escaped a tear—
‘‘Must you go so soon?” she muttered. 
“ Won’t yfflU stay to breakfast, dear?”

Alcohol in Tonics.

F rom  th e  Cleveland Leader.

An interesting statement was  received at 
the health office  in  Cleveland  last  week, 
showing the result of a number of  analyses 
of various medicines  and  tonics  generally 
known as temperance  drinks.  The  Health 
Officer considered the statement interesting, 
inasmuch as several of the compounds were 
found to contain more  than 40  per cent, of 
alcohol and one of them  as high as 47.5 per 
cent.  The  statement  given  below shows 
the exact per cent, of alcohol  discovered in 
the tonics, bitters and medicines tested: 
Carter’s Physical Extract  Tonic, George­
town, Mass. , '22 per cent.
Hooker’s  Wigwam  Tonic,  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  20.7 per cent«
Hoofland’s  German  Tonic,  Philadelphia, 
29.3 per cent.
Hop Tonic, Grand Rapids,  7 per cent.  * 
Howe’s  Arabian  Tonic,  New York,  13.2 
Jackson’s  Golden  Seal  Tonic,  Boston,
Liebig Company’s Cócoa Beef Tonic, New 
Parker’s  Tonic,  New  York  (advertised 
Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic,  Philadelphia,
Atwood’s Quinine Tonic  Bitters, Boston,
Atwood’s Jaundice Bitters, Portland, 22.3 
Baxter’s  Mandrake  Bitters,  Burlington,
Baker’s Stomach Bitters,  New York, 42.6 
Brown’s Iron Bitters, Baltimore,  19.7 per 
Burdock’s Blood Bitters, Buffalo, 25.2 per 
Carter’s Scotch  Bitters, Georgetown,  17.6 
Colton’s Bitters, Westfield,  27.1 per cent. 
Drake’s  Plantation  Bitters,  New  York,
33.2 per cent.
-  Flink’s  Quaker Bitters,  Boston,  21.4 per. 
cent. 

percent.
19.6 per cent.
York, 23.2 per cent.
without stimulants),  42.6  per cent. 
19.5 per cent.
29.2 per cent.
per  cent.
16.5 per  cent.
per* cent.
cent.
cent.
per cent.

.

cent.
cent.

Goodhue Bitters, Boston,  16.1 per cent. 
Hartshorn’s Bitters, Boston, 22.2 percent. 
Hoofland’s German Bitters,  Philadelphia, 
(claimed to be  free from  alcohol,)  25.6 per 
cent.

Cent.
9 per cent.

44.3 per cent.
sulphur) 20.5 per cent.

Hop Bitters,  Rochester,  12 per cent. 
Hostetter’s  Stomach  Bitters,  Pittsburg,
Sulphur  Bitters,  Boston,  (contains  no 
Longley’s  Bitters,  Boston,  18.1 per cent. 
Mexican  Tonic  Bitters,  Boston,  22.4 per 
Porter’s Stomach Bitters, New York, 27.- 
Bush’s Bitters, New York,  35 per cent. 
Sherry Wine  Bitters,  Wakefield, 47.5 per 
Cinchonia  Bitters,  Providence,  13.1  per 
German  Bitters,  Concord,  21.5  per cent. 
Strengthening  Bitters,  New  Bedford, 29 
per cent.
Old  Continental  Bitters,  Lynn,  11.4 per 
cent.
Walker’s Yinegar Bitters, New York, 6.1 
per cent.
Warner’s Safe  Tonic  Bitters,  Rochester,
35.7 per cent.
Warner’s Bilious Bitters, Boston, 21.5 per 
cent,
Wheeler’s  Tonic  Sherry  Wine  Bitters, 
Boston,  18.8 per  cent.
The  compounds  were  analyzed  by  the 
Massachusetts  State  Board  of Health,  and 
the Health officer  considers  the  results ob­
tained very nearly correct.
Failure  to  Convict  Under  the  Pharmacy 

Law.
From  th e M uskegon News, Oct. 2.

The  case  of  the  People  vs.  Dr.  T.  D. 
Quinn  was  disposed  of  in  Justice Miller’s 
court yesterday afternoon.
The suit  was brought  by the State Board 
of  Pharmacy  under  the  statute  requiring 
druggists to compound and  dispense  drugs 
under the supervision  of  a registered phar­
macist or  pharmacist’s  registered assistant.
The complaint which was based upon this 
section  was,  that  on  the 27th  day of  Sep­
tember,  T. D.  Quinn,  in  the  city of Muske­
gon,  was and had been proprietor  of a drug 
store or pharmacy in  said  city, that on said 
day he had in charge  of  said  store,  in  said 
city, having  general  charge  of  same,  one 
George  McEvoy, who  is  not  and  has  not 
been a registered pharmacist or a registered 
assistant  pharmacist;  that  the  defendant 
permitted said  McEvoy  to  compound  and 
dispense  drugs  and  physicians’  prescrip­
tions; particularly to one  Cnarles Haland,  a 
prescription  of  Rochelle  salts,  not  in  the 
presence of or under  the  supervision of any 
registered pharmacist,  or  registered  assist­
ant, contrary to the statute,  etc.
The defendant entered a plea of not guilty 
and the case came  on  yesterday  afternoon 
for trial before a  jury,  composed  of F.  L. 
Reynolds,  H. J. Footlander,  Wm.  R.  Em- 
ons,  Miles B. Briggs, Jas. Locklin and Geo. 
Emerson.
After a statement of the case by the Pros­
ecuting Attorney, Jacob Jer.son  was  called 
for the people.  He  testified  that  he  was 
Secretary of the State Board  of  Pharmacy; 
that he had the records of  the  Board;  that 
Dr.  Quinn, 
the  defendant,  is a registered 
pharmacist;  that the clerk in his store, Geo. 
E. McEvoy, is not a registered  pharmacist.
At this point, F. W. Cook,  attorney  for 
the defendant, objected to any farther testi­
mony under the complaint,  for  the  reason 
that the warrant and  complaint  showed no 
offense to have been  committed  under the 
statute relied upon.  Mr.  Cook’s points were 
that the language of the statute,  “ that  the 
proprietor of a pharmacy who  is  not a reg- 
tered  pharmacist  shall  keep  a  registered 
pharmacist,”  etc.',  did  not  apply  to  Dr. 
Quinn because he is a registered pharmacist 
himself,  and  that  the  complaint  did not 
show specifically that the offense complained 
of was committed at the  defendant’s  store 
or place of business; as required  by the act.
The court held that the failure to negative 
the exception in the  enacting  clause of the 
statute, as to the accused being a registered 
pharmacist,  and  the  failure to allege that 
the offense was  committed  at the ‘ ‘defend­
ant’s store or place of  business,” was fatal, 
and that the case must be dismissed, and the 
defendant discharged.  The j ury rendered a 
formal verdict of not  guilty,  and  the phar- 
acy case was at an end.
The complaint was made  by H.  Kinnane, 
Of Kalamazoo, who  has been  employed by 
the Board to prosecute sueh cases.

F. B. Boosinger ft Co., general  dealers, East 
Jordan:  “Think  your paper a jewel.  Would

Holiday Goods iQ Profusion.

.  Chas. E. Watson, Michigan  and  Indiana 
representative for S.  A.  Maxwell & Co.,  of 
Chicago, has Opened up  his  immense  holi­
day line at  the  ladies’  drawing  room  at 
Sweet’s Hotel and from  now  until October 
11 will take pleasure  in  showing .the fetail 
trade everything new andnovei in the book, 
stationery and  fancy  goods line.  • His. dis­
play of plush goods was never  as large and 
complete as this season— in  fact,  the same 
maybe  said  of  his  entire,  line.  Dealers 
within convenient  distance  of  this market 
should avail themselves  of this opportunity 
to select their holiday stocks.

A Second Edition.

first  edition. 

The sale  of  the  Improved  Liquor  aad 
Poison Record has been so great  during the 
past week that  a  second  edition  has been 
decided upon,  identical  in  every  respect 
with  the 
The  Improved 
Record naturally attracted the  attention  of 
the drug trade by reason  of  its superiority 
over every other Record of the kind npw on 
thé market.  Druggists should  note $he ad­
vertisement in another column  and  act ac­
cordingly.

It is reported that a Philadelphia druggist 
who  died  recently,  left  $150,000  to  his 
widowed mother who  resides at Blackburn, 
England.

the  Trouble  of 

I  Go  To 
Keeping  Two  Records, 
When  one  Improved 
Record will  do 

fls  Well]

Fuller  &  Stowe  Company 
would  respectfully  announce 
to  the  drug  trade  that  they 
have  just  isued  an  Improved 
and Revised edition  of their

Lianor  M  Poison Record,

Combined,  which  embodies 
features  contained  in no other 
Record  on  the  market.  The 
Improved  Record  is  arranged 
for  recording both Liquor  and 
Poison  Sales,  is  handsomely 
ruled and printed on good paper, 
substantially  bound  and  sold 
at  the  reasonable  price  of  $1 
per copy of 100 pages.  Orders 
can be sent direct or to

Hazeltine  k  Perkins  Dnig  Go,, 
Mioliigan  Dnfg  Exdiange,
L  D.  Piitnam 1 Go.,

Peok  Bros.

FDLLLER & STOWE COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS,

Grand Rapids. 

-  Mich.

DRUGGISTS

One of  the  most  important provisions of 
the  new  liquor  law,  in  its  bearings  on  the 
drug  trade,  is  that  clause  which  prohibits 
druggists selling liquor to minors, except on 
the written ordei  of the parent or guardian.
By being supplied with proper blanks, this 
provision is rendered  as  little obnoxious as 
possible.

We are prepared  to  furnish  these blanks 

in  any quantity desired.

Can  famish  them  with  printed  card  of 
druggist, and blocked in tablets of X00,  sent 
post paid, 500 for $1.50 and 1,000 for $2.

FOLLIE & STOWE  COMPANY,
Grand Rapids,  -  Mich*

WHOLESALE  PBI0B CURRENT,

■ - Advanced—Gum opium, ergot, ergot powder- 
ed golden Beal root, golden seal root powdered, 
cuttle bone. 

..

■ 

Declined—Oil cassia, linseed oil.

ACIDUM 

'

8®   10mm oo
45®  50 
58®  65 
-3®  5
m m   12
11®  13 
85@2 10 
40®1 60 
50®  53

Aceticum ......................; ............
Benzoicum,  German............ .  '
Carbolicum........................
Citricum..................... .
Hydrochlor .................................
Nitrocuin  ....................................
Oxalicum......... ............. .........; •
Salicylicum...... ..........
Tannicum..................................
Tartaricum  ....................... ..........
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Aqua, 18  deg......   .........
4®  6
“  18  deg.....w ,.. . . . . . . . . ___
11®  13 
Carbonas......................................
Chloridum...................................
12®  14
40@1 50 
Cubebae  (po.  1 30........................
6®  7
Juniperus  ..................................
Xanthoxylum................... .
25®  30
BALSAMUM.
Copaiba................................................  50®  55
Peru......................................................  @150
Terabin,  Canada..................................  66®  55
Tolutan.......................  
55®  60

AMMONIA. 

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20
12
12
12

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Abies, Canadian..................................... 
Cassiae  ...... 
 
Cinchona Flava...................................  
Eaonymus  atropurp...... ...................  
Myrica  C erifera,po...........  
 
Prunus Virgini............................  
Quillaia,  grd.................. 
Sassfras  .................................... 
 
Ulmus.................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...................... .
Glycyrrhiza Glabra.............................   24®
po......... ...........................  83®
Haematox, 15 lb boxes.........................  6®
Is.......................................  @
Hs  ...................................   ®
Ms  ..................  
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EXTRACTUM.

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FLORA.

GUMMI.

OLEUM.

MAGNESIA.

“  V ir................................ 

Carbonate Precip..............................       @ 15
Citrate and Quinia...............................  @3 50
Citrate Soluble.....................................  @  80
Ferroeyanidum Sol.............................  @  50
Solut  Chloride.....................................  @  15
Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl. 85)....................  VA®  2
pure.....................................  @  7
Arnica...................................................  12®  14
Antbemis............................................   45®  50
Matricaria.,.........................................   30®  35
Barosma..............................................   10®  12
Cassia Acutifol, Tinnivelly.................  20@  25
Alx............................  35®  50
Salvia officinalis, &s and  A b..............  10®  12
Ura  Ursi..............................................   8®  10
Acacia, 1st picked...............................  @1 00
“ 
2nd  “ 
@ 90
“ 
3rd  ** 
©SO
“ 
Sifted sorts...............................  @ 65
“ 
p o ...........................................  75@1 00
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60).............................   60®  60
“  Cape; (po. 20)............................. 
“  -Socotrine,  (po. 60).........................  @ 50
Ammoniae  ............ 
25®  30
Assafoetida,  (po. 30)...............................  @ 15
Benzoinum............................  
50®  55
Camphorae.............................  
  25®  28
Catechu, Is,  (!4s,  14; Ms, 16)...................  @ 13
Euphorbium, po.............................t ..  35@  10
Galbanum................................................  @ 80
Gamboge, po........................................  75®  80
Guaiacum, (po. 45)..................................  @ 35
Kino,  (po.25)............................. 
Mastic......................................................  @1 25
Myrrh, (po.45)..........................................  @ 40
Opii, ;po. 6 00>........................................... 4 70@4 85
Shellac.................................................   18®  25
bleached..................................  25®  30
Tragacanth.........................................   30®  75
herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium  ................  
25
Eupatorium ............... 
20
 
25
Lobelia  ................ 
 
Majorum  ............................................  
28
Mentha Piperita............... 
23
25
R u e ...................................................... 
30
Tanacetum,  V..................................... 
22
Thymus. V............... 
25
Calcined,  P at...................................     55©  60
Carbonate,  P at................  
20@  22
Carbonate,  E. & M.............................   20@  25
Carbonate,  Jennings..........................  35®  36
Absinthium.............................................. 4 50@5 00
Amygdalae, Dulc................................   45®  50
Amydalae, Amarae..................................7 25@7 75
Anisi  ................................................... 2 20@2  30
Auranti Cortex.......................................  @2 00
Bergamii................... 
2 75@3 00
Cajiputi  ..............................................  90@1 00
Caryophylli.............................................  @2 00
Cedar....................................................  35®  65
Chenopodii...................................  
Cinnamonii.........................................   75@  80
Citronella  ...........................................  @  75
Conlum  Mac........................................  35®  65
Copaiba...............................................   90® 1 00
Cubebae..........................................11  50@12 00
Exechthitos..........................................  90@1 00
Erigeron................................................... 1 20@1 30
Gaultheria............................  
2 25@2  35
Geranium, 5........................................  @ 75
Gossipii, Sem, gal...............................   55®  75
Hedeoma..............................................  90@1 00
Juniperi..................................................50©2 00
Lavendula...........................................   90@2 00
Limonis .’. ................................................. 1 75@2 25
Lini, gal..................... 1........................  42®  45
Mentha Piper.................................... .2,25@3 30
Mentha Yerid........................................... 3 75@4 00
Morrhuae,  gal.....................................  80® 1 00
Myrcia,  ?..............................................   @  50
Olive.....................................................,..l 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35).........................  10®  12
Rieini....................................................1 42@1 60
Rosmarini........................ 
75@1  P0
Rosae,  l ................................................  @800
40® 45
Siiccini  ................................................ 
Sabina.................................................   90® l 00
Santal...............................  
3 50® 7 00
Sassafras..............................................   55®  30
Sinapis, ess, 5......................................   @  65
Tiglii....................................................   @1 5Ö
Thym e.................................................   40®  50
opt............................................   @  60
Theobromas.........................................  15®  20
Bichromate.........................................   13®  15
Bromide..............................................   42®  45
Chlorate, (Po. 20)— ............................  18®  20
Iodide....................................................3 00@3 25
Prussiate...... .  — .................... 
25®  28
A lthae...... ! .........................................  25®  30
Anchusa..............................................  15®  20
Arum,  po............................................   @  25
Calamus.............................. 
20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)................................   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)............................  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden,  ,po. 45)................  @  40
Hellebore, Alba,  po...........................    15®  20
Inula, po..............................................  15®  20
pecac, po......... ...................................1 75@2 00
alapa,  pr............................................   25®  30
Maranta,  Ms.........................  
@  35
Podophyllum, po................................   15®  18
Bhei  ....................................••...........  75S1 00
cut.........................  
@175
p v .................................................  75@1 35
Spigelia...................  
48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)............................  @ 20
Serpentaria................  
35®  40
Senega...............  
40®  45
Smilax, Officinalis, H ..........................  @  40
Mex.....................   @ 20
Scillae,  (po.35)..............'.....................   10®  12
Symploearpus,  Foetidus, po..............  @  25
Valeriana, English,  (po. 30)...............   @  25
German.............................  15®  20
Anlsum, (po. 20)...................................   @  15
Apium  (graveolens)...................... . . . . 10®  12
Bird, Is..................................................      4® 6
Carui,  (po. 1 8 ) . . . . . . . . — ....  12®  15
Cardamom............. 
.1 00@1 25
Coriandrum.....................................  10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa.__ ...........................  
  3® 4
 
Cyddnium..................................  
 
 
Chenopodium...... ..............................   10® J2
Dipterix Odorate................... 
.s.l 75@1 85
Foeniculum..................... 
.....«.;.,«  @  15
Foenugreek, po...... ...............................  6®  8
Lini..................I ..................  3M@  4
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)............ ................   .7 3M@  4
Phalaris Canarian.................... .v>7  3M®4M
Rapa .......... — ......... — . . . . . . . 5 ®   6
Sinapis,  AlbU...77.;...»...v.««^v....... ”  8®  9
Nigra................ '.i.,.............  11®  19
.  ■  SPIR IT U S. 
Frumenti, W.,  D. & Co.......................2 00@2 50
Frumenti,D. F.R ...........75@2 
00
Frum enti............................................1 10@1 50
JuniperiBCo. O .T ....„:.....................1  75@1 75
Juniperis Co.-.. .......i .............. ,vl 75®3 50
Saaonarum  N. E ................................ .1 75@2 00
Spt.Vini Galli.............7*X76@* 50
Vtai Oporto....................................,,1 25®2 00'
vihii Aiba.’yi 
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POTASSIUM.

SEMEN.

RADIX.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

SPONGES.
,do 
do 
do 
do 

H S  
Mondasheeus’wool, carriage.......8 25  @2 50
Nassau 
do 
2 00
........... 
77 .V"'  'v7 *  1 19 
V elvetRrt  .do  ■■ 
-■  85
BxtraYe  *  do 
..... 
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Grass 
do 
........ 
s
Hard J 
¿or slate use................  
75
Yellow Reef. 
140
................ 
^ th e r, Spts Nitros, 3 F ......................  26®  2
^ th e r, Spts.Nltros, I F ......................  30®  32
A lümen............ .................................... 2M@ 3M
Alumen,  ground, (po. 7).....................   3®
 
Annatto  ......... 
53®  60
Antimoni,  po......................................   4®
AntimonietPotass  Tart...........55® 
60
Argenti Nitras,  5................................  @  68
Arsenicum............. 
5®
 
Balm Gilead  Bud...........  
38®  40
 
Bismuth  8.  N ................. ..;...............2 15@2 20
Calcium Chlor,  Is, (Ms, 11;  Ms, 12)....  @  9
..  © 9
Cantharldes  Russian, po....................  ®2 10
@2 1(
“   —
Capsioi Fructus; a f........ 
..  @ 15
Capsici Fructus, po........
..  @ H
Capsici Fructus, B, po...
@ 14
Caryophyllus,  (po. 35)......................... 
m
..  30® 30
Carmine, No. 40...................................   @3 75
m 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ................................   50®
..  50® 55
Cera Flava.................................. 
2fc@
..  2fe@ 3(1
Coccus......... .................
..  © 4(]
Cassia Fructus...............
15
Centraria__ .*................
..  @ 1(]
Cetaceum....................
..  @ 50
Chloroform ..............’"........................
..  38® 40
Chloroform,  Sqiiibbs................. * * *" *  ""@7 oo
..  @1 00
Chloral Hydrate  Cryst.......................1 50@1 75
..I 50®] 75
Chondrus....................;. 
10©
..  10® 12
Cinchonidine, P. & W ._____. . . . . . . . . . .  15@
..  15© 20
Cinchonidine,  German..............'" ” ”
..  6® 15
Corks, see list, discount, per oent
40
Creasotum.....................
..  @ 50
Creta, (bbl. 75).................
..  @ 2
Creta' prep.....................
..  5® 6
Creta, precip..................
..  8© 10
Creta Rubra....................
..  @ 8
Crocus.................................................... 25®
cudbear......................................................@
Cupri Sulph.........................................   6®
Dextrine................................................. 10@
EtherSuiph............................. .!.!.].!  68®
Emery, all numbers..................................@
Emery, po............................... 
@
Ergotajpo.) 65.......................... ....60®
Flake  White........................................  i2@
Gftllft • • • •   a .   . .   , ,   a a a a   a a a a   a a a a  a • • • • • •  •  • a  • a  •
Gambier . .................. 
7@
Gelatin, Codpor..........................................®
Gelatin, French.................. 
  40@
 
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box.  6Ö&YÖ, less.
Glue, Brown...................................  
o®
Glue, White........................... 
  13®
 
33®
Glycerina................................ 
Grana  Paradisi..................... 
  ®
H um ulus................................ 
23®
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite  ........................... 
@
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor...............................  @
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum.........................  @ _
Hydrarg Ammoniati.............................   @1 00
Hydrarg Unguentum...........................  @  40
Hydrargyrum......................................  @  65
Ichthyocolla, Am.................................1 25@1 50
Indigo...... 
.......................................  75®1 00
Iodine, Resubl..................................... 4 («@4 10
Iodoform................................................  @5 15
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod............   ®  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis.......................  10®  12
Lupuline  ..............................................  85@1 00
Lycopodium.........................................  55®  60
Macis.......... 
..................................  80®  85
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl. 1M)....................  2®  3
Mannia, S.F..........................................   90@1 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W...... .......................3 35®3 60
Morphia, S. N. Y. Q. & C. Co................3 25@3 50
Moschus Canton  ................................   @  40
Myristica, No. 1................................  
70@  75
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20)..........................  @  16
Os. Sepia.... 
...................................   25®  28
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co....................  @2 00
Picis Liq,  N. C.. M  galls, doz.................  @2 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts...................................   @1 40
  @ 20
Picis Liq., pints......................................   @ 85
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)............................  @  50
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22).............................   ©  18
Piper Alba, (po. 35).............................   @  35
Pix Burgun........................................  
  @  7
Plumbi Aeet...........................................14®  15
Potassa,B itart,pure.........................  @  40
  @  15
Potassa,  Bitart, com........................ 
Potass  Nitras, opt............................  
  8@  10
Potass Nitras................................  
7@  9
Pulvis Ipecac etopii....................„Ml 10@1 20
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D. Co., doz.  @1 25
Pyrethrum, pv.....................................  60@  65
Quassiae.............................................   8®  10
Quinia, S.P.& W ...... .........................  52@  57
Quinia, S, German..............................   40@  50
Rubia Tinctorum................................  
i2@  13
  @  35
Saecbarum Lactis,pv..................... 
Salacin................................................ 
SanguisDraconis......................   
40®  50
Santouine........................................... 
Sapo, W...................................................12®  14
Sapo,  M...............................................   8®  10
Sapo, G.................................................  @  15
Seidlitz  Mixture..................................  @  28
Sinapis.................................................  @  is
Smapis, opt......................  
@  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do. Voes...............   @  35
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes.....................   @  35
Soda Boras, (po.  9).............................   7m@  9
Soda et Potoss Tart.......................... 
33@  35
..................................  2® 2M
SodaCarb.. 
@1 75
Soda,  Bi-Carb......................................   4@  5
Soda, Ash......................................... . "   3®  4
Soda  Sulphas.............................................@  2
Spts. Ether  Co....................................M  50®  56
Spts. Myrcia Dom..................................  @2 00
Spts. Myrcia Imp...................................   @2 50
Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl.  2 08).....................   @2 25
Strychnia, Crystal...  ............................  @1 30
Sulphur, Suhl........................................ 2M@ 3M
Sulphur,  Roll......................................   2M© 3
Tamarinds...........................................  8®  10
Terebenth  Venice...............................  28®  30
Theobromae........................................ 50  @  55
Vaniila 
9 00@16 00
Zmci  Sulph.........................................  
7©  8
Bbl Gal
^   , 
Whale, winter...............................................   70 75
60  61
Lard, extra..................................... 
Lard, No.  1....................................................  45 50
Linseed, pure raw.............................  41 
44
Linseed,boiled........................... 
44 47
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained.......................  50 60
Spirits Turpentine........................................  36 40
Bbl
Lb 
Red Venetian...................             1M
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........  1M
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow Bermuda.........   1M
2® 3 
Putty, commercial.................  2M
2M@ 3 
Putty, strictly pure......... . 
2M
2M@ 3 
Vermilion, prime American..
13@16 
Vermilion, English.................
55@58 
Green, Peninsular..................
16@17
__
Lead, red strictly pure...... .. 
6® 6M
Lead, white, strictly pure......  
Whiting, white Spanish.........  
@70
Whiting,  Gilders*.................... 
@90
White, Paris American........... 
1 10
l 49
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
1 20®1 40
Pioneer Prepared  F a in ts__  
Swiss Villa Prepare«  Paints.. 
1 00®1 20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp Coach............................... l   10@1 20
Extra  Turp.........................................l  60@1  70
Coach Body.........................................2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture............. 
1 00@1 10
Extra Turk Damar............................ l  55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp....................  70®  75
APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

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OILS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2@ 75
@4 50

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

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

Colds, stands withoutan equal.

A ir M entholized by passing thro u g h  th e Inhaler- 
tube, in  w hich th e  Pure C rystals of M enthol are 
h eld' thoroughly applies th is  valuable  rem edy  in  th e 
m ost  efficient  w ay,  to   th e   p a rts  affected.  It sells 
75®1 00
read ily.  Always keep an open In h aler in your store, 
and le t your custom ers try  it.  A  few  inhalations will 
n o t h u rt th e Inhaler, and w in do m ore to  dem onstrate 
its efficiency th a n  a  half hour’s talk.  R eta il price 
5 0   cen ts.  F » r CntcciABS and Testim o n ia ls address 

H .  D. Cushman, Three R ivers, M ich. 

Trade supplied by

H aceltlne A Perkins D rug Co., G’d R apids, 
And W holesale D ruggists of D etroit and Chicago.

T ANSY  CAPSULE?

I   TH E  LATBBT  DISCOVM Y .1  I P  
Dr.  Ii& p a rls 's   C e le b ra te d   P re p a ra tio n , Saffi  a n d  
I n  d is p e n s a rle   to   ÌA J D IB B . 
h lw a y s   R eliab le. 
ÉiLOItttèHEWCtt eòi,

co n ta  fo r  S ealed   O ircu lar.

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DRUG  GO.,
Druggists!

WHOLESALE

Have now in Stock and Invite 

Your Order for the

HOLIDAY  TRADE

An Elegant Line of

PERFUMES

Put up in the following styles:

Maioh Safes five  styles 
Bhristmas  Cards  ten  styles 
Faneg  P1M   Boxes 
Hand Lamps two  sixes 
flight  Lamps 
Embossed  Boxes 
liases  foiir  styles 
Slippers two sixes 
Bisgiie  Figilres 
Watches 
Tdmhlere 
Pitchers

Also a Line of

In  Silk  and  Satin.

Kll  These  Goods  are  Low  in 

Price  and  are 
Desirable.
Hazeltine 

& Perkins
Drug Co,
-  M int

Grand  Rapids,s,

The businessmen of  Leroy have contem­
plated oiganizingfbrsome time, but dffifiot 
get to the point until last  Tuesday evening, 
when a meeting for  that  purpose  was held 
at the village  h all..  Godfrey Gundrum  was 
elected  chairman  and  Frank  Smith  Was 
selected to act as  secretary.  Thé editor  of 
Tic®  T r a d e s m a n  was present by invitation 
and explained the aims and objects of organ­
ized effort.  Candid remarks on the benefits 
of organization  were  also  made  by James 
Farnsworth, df Grand Kapids, who happened 
to be in Leroy the evening of  the  meeting. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Farnsworth’s talk, 
it  was  resolved  to  proceed  to  organize, 
which was done by the adoption of  the reg­
ulation constitution  and  the election of the 
following officers:

President—A. Wenzel.
Vice-President—G. JR. Andrews.
Secretary—Frank Smith.
Treasurer—J. H. Williams.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  H.  M.  Patrick,  G. B. Andrews  and 
Peter Peterson.

The Blue  Letter  Collection  system  was 
adopted  for the use of the  Association, and 
the meeting adjourned.

AMBOY  CHEESE-

3 7 ,8 9  &  4 1   S e n t   S tre e t,  G ra n d   R a p id a ,  M ich ig an ,

Foreign  and Domestic  Fruits.

SPECIALTIES:

3 Ionia St.,  CSSLAXTS

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.
WANTED.

Sa x o s . 

UMTTX10M S

B t a g f f ia o d s h l

READY FOR USE DRY.

ND MIXING REQUIRED.

It sticks to the vine8 and Finishes the whole 
crop of Potato Bugs With one application; 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  told  entice 
the bugs to eat it, and it is also a fertilizer.
ONE POUND will go 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 Finish was used the past season on the 
State Agricultural College  Farm  at  Lansing, 
Michigan,  and,  in  answer  to  inquiries,  the 
managers write:  “The Bug finish  gave  good 
satisfaction on garden and farm.”  Many  un- 
solicitated  letters have  been  received  prais- 
mg Bug Finish.
Barlow & Star, hardware dealers at  Coldwa- 
ter. Mich., write as  follows under date 01 May 
14:  “We sold 3.100 pounds of “Bug Finish” last 
year.  It is rightly named  “Bug  Finish,” as it 
finishes the entire crop of hugs with oneappll- 
eatiod.  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 M ixture used for th e purpose. 

MANUFACTURED BY

| Aiti-Kalsoroine Co., G-ranft Rapids.

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The New Peek-a-Boo 

5 Gal.  Oil Cans.

Send for Complete Price List.

The  Impervious  Oil  Can.. 
The most durable Can made
in the world.  Oil will pene­
trate tin  sometime, but nev- 
$doz.
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PRICE  LIST.
a

“ 

“ 

Glass Oil Can  yx g

l 2.75 
“  1  “  ....  3.25
Peek-a-boo 5 gal, tin ...  13.00 
w djk.  16.00 
Goodenough 5 gal, tin ..  15.00 
“  Wd jk  18.00
Pinafore 5 gal, tin ........  15.00
“  w djk...  18.00 
Owl Tubular Lantern..  5.50 
Dietz Lift Wire L’tern.  6.50 
Dietz Lift Wire L’tern

with guards...........  6.75
No  Charge  for  Package 

on  Above.

The ‘ ‘Pinafore.”  Bright Illum­

inated Label.  Pump and 

Tube  Removable.

GRAND  RAPIDS  M IC H

Buy  of  th e   m anufacturer  and  save  freig h ts  and 
dealers’  com missions.  F actory,  61,  63  and  65  South 
F ro n t  St.  Office  and salesroom , 92 M onroe  street.

■«"-mifcHiiuH 

NO  BACKACHE. 

______  

'R U N S .
E A S Y * ___

7% Cords of Beech have been  saved  bv  one  man In 9 
noun.  Hundreds have  saved  5 and 6 cords  dailv.  “Exactly " 
Wood Chopper wants.  First order from 
Jffency.  Illustrated Catalogue  FREE.
lOur vicinUy 
Address  F O L D IN G   S A W IN G   M A C H IN E   CO.,
>*  «AO«  n«avasal  Q t« « «.  r i L i .. —   f ll

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

lari Bros.,  Commission Merchants,

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference: First National Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.

Ali T rains daily except Sundny.
GOING  NORTH.

T raverse City & M ackinaw E x.........8:45 a  m
Traverse City &  M ackinaw  E x.......
Traverse'C ity  & M ackinaw  E x ....  7:30p m
Cadillac Express..................................3:40 p m
Saginaw  Express................................11:25 a  m
10:30 a m .

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Leaves. 
9:05 a  m 
11:30 a m  
10:40 p m  
5:05 p m  
7:20 a  m 
4:10 p m

Saginaw  express runs th ro u g h  solid.
9:05 a. m. tra m  has  ch a ir  c a r to  T raverse  C ity  and 
11:30 a. m . tra in  h as ch a ir ca r  fo r Traverse  City, Pe- 
10:40 p. m, tra in  has sleeping cars fo r T raverse  C ity, 

M ackinaw.
toskey and M ackinaw City.
P etoskey and Mackinaw.

GOING SOUTH.

C incinnati  Express....................................... 
F o rt W ayne Express........................10:30 a m  
C incinnati Express..........................4:40 p m  
Traverse City and M ackinaw Ex. .10:50 p m  

7:15 a m

11:45 a m
5:00 p m

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.

Wolverine M r  Factory,

W est End Pearl St. Bridge.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,

-ANTO NOTIONS,

83  M onroe  St.«

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

GRAND  R A PIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

U  Specialty.

$ doz. 
6 doz. in box 
23
« 
....  24
35
“ 

Glass Oil Cans.

y* gal. 1 gal. 2 gal

Tin Jacket. No. 1 
No-2 

“ 
“ 

No. 0 Lamp Chimney. 

mmssm

Boxes 30,40 and 50 cents.

. 

« 

No. I Engraved  Chim__  70
No. 2 
“ 
90
5 cents $  doz. less in cases 
of 6: dozen.
üji doz.
No. 1 Pearl Top  Chim__   50
No. 2  “ 
....  eg
Tubular Globes, open....  60
barrels..  50 
No. 0 Sun Burners....... .  43 
No. 1 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Best wick. 
No. I
No. 2 
Engraved Lamp Chimneys. No* „

! gross. 
. ..   20

- , 

“ 

“ 

“

“

. “Owl
. Lighter

Lantern.”  Easy 
Flame  Cannot

be  Extinguished.

“ 

“  case

7 inch White  Shades...... l 00
7 inch 
of 12 dozen...................   75
7 inch Ilium. Bases........l 35
Plain  Low Handle Lamp 
Complete  With  No.  1 
Burner and  Chim.......1 50

Plain Low Hand Lamp.

Tubular  Globes.

HANDLESI

Are Traveling Salesmen Bom or Made? 

<* ~  ’’4

:  with  the  goods  or n o t  Here is a ease 

tilWlllftPhiladelphia Record. 
‘I s  the ability to sell goods on the road an 
\ acquired  art or is it a  natural  gift?”  is 
^question, which is often asked,  and the am 
uweia which it has  received  are  numerous 
'  and  varied.  One  man  says:  “I  believe 
traveling salesmen are born, not made.  If 
man be a thorough-bred salesman he can sell 
anything, no matter whether he be familiar 
paint:,  I  have in mind a traveling man who 
xati&B  among  the  most  successful in this 
city.  I  have persdnal knowledge  of  three 
Aiffment lines of goods he has handled with 
CQual success.  When I  first  knew  him he 
. was on the road for a boot  and  shoe  firm. 
He had no particular training  for  the  posi­
tion, but stepped right out on the road with 
his prices and  samples.  Notwithstanding 
his ignorance of the goods he  sold  and his 
lack of acquaintance With the details of  the 
business, pie success  was  remarkable, and 
th e orders he sent home  were  astonishing, 
After a few years in this line of business, at 
fhe handsome salary his ability readily com­
manded, he made a sudden break and start- 
-  ed on the road  representing a  large  furni 
ture manufacturer.  Before  the end  of his 
first trip his  success  became  evident, and 
more than one car-load bill  was  sold.  Be 
markable as were these two ventures,  they 
werenot more so than his latest move.  Af­
ter a few years in the furniture  business he 
made another sudden change,  and  invested 
his capital in an  importing  drug  house of 
this city, in which he still  retains his inter­
e s t  From  its  complicated  nature,  this 
branch  of  business  presented  even  more 
difficulties  than  either  of  the  other  lines 
Which he had represented, but away he went 
on the road and in eame his orders.  To-day 
there is not,  I   believe,  a  more  successful 
salesman on the road  in that  line,  and he 
has a trade which he holds firmly.  How he 
sells goods and secures such a trade I am ut­
terly at a loss to explain, nor  will  he offer 
an  explanation  himself.  Nevertheless,  he 
sells the goods. 
I have seen him in his own 
office try to sell goods to some small chance 
customer and make a complete  failure with 
both goods and prices  by  his  side.  Then, 
«gain, I  have known him to run over to New 
York without a sample or prioe of any kind 
and come back with a pocketful of orders at 
more than ruling prices.  That  man  has 
secret that is worth thousands  of  dollars to 
him, although to another man it  might per­
haps be worthless.” 
A dry goods merchant said:  “You cannot 
tell from a map’s appearance whether or not 
he will make a good salesman.  Some of the 
most  unpromising  men  we have employed 
have turned out to be the  best  of  traveling 
men.  For instance, some  years ago we en­
gaged a man who had previously found em­
ployment as a hog butcher.  He was a most 
uncouth  and  unattractive  character,  with 
little education and  apparently  small busi­
ness capacity.  We put him on the road very 
doubtfully, and to our  great  astonishment 
he made an excellent salesman.  He worked 
up eross-roads trade principally, and sent in 
some  rousing  big  orders.  He was in our 
employ for many years,  and  did a splendid 
business. 
It so happened that  he was just 
suited for the trade he took, and he handled 
it well, where another man might have made 
a dismal  failure. 
I  find  that  frequently 
some of the best salesmen are men of small 
ability in other directions.  Of  course, that 
is not general, as the great majority of trav­
eling men can turn  their  hands  to  almost 
any kind of work, but it does show that the 
ability to sell goods on the road is a natural 
gift rather than an acquirement.
Our  Local  Bodies.*

>'

Well, 1 feel as though my  body was local 
—and well located,  too;  but I   really  don’t 
feel as though 1 needed any toast.
Our local bodies are of  no  small  impor­
tance, for without fhem we  would not have 
had tiris State body, and had it not been for 
our State body we should  not  to-day have 
enjoyed the large-hearted  and  open-handed 
hospitality of the business men of this beau­
tiful city of Flint (may their shadows never 
grow less).  Our local bodies are an  impor­
tant  factor; 
they are  the foundation upon 
which is bpilded this grand  Michigan Busi­
ness Men’s Association,  and it is important 
that we look well to  our  foundation  when 
building a structure of such magnificent pro­
portions.  The material  selected  should be 
of the best and  placed  in  position by wise 
heads and skillful hands.
-  Many local associations  have  made mis­
takes in their efforts to swell their member­
ship,  and  have  taken  in men who would 
disgrace themselves and any organization to 
which they may  belong.  This,  in  a meas­
ure,  may  be  avoided.  The  greatest  care 
should be taken that no one  not  known for 
his business integrity be  admitted, and, aft­
er  membership is  secured,  it  is  highly im­
portant that the selection of officers be from 
the best material to be found. 
It is too of fr­
en the case that this matter is not sufficient­
ly considered.  The success or failure of any 
organization depends, largely,  upon the  ef- ¡ 
ficieney of its officers.  Our  own  Associa-j 
tion made a sad mistake in  this  particular,
•  Mid I fear that there are others  in the same 
condition.  Weigh  well  this  matter and in 
your  next  election  see to It that your best 
mera are selected to officer your Association. 
To prove the correctness of  my  position,  it 
Is only necessary to cite to  you  our  State 
Association. 
It is only through  the  untir­
ing zeal of our worthy President and Secre-
'  bury that this Association  has  reached  its 
present proportions.
Another  matter of  importance in which
many  of  our  local bodies err, is the stress 
pat upon the listing of delinquents  and col­
lection of debts.  While we  are  willing  to 
concede  the  latter a  question  worthy our 
consideration, 
there are other  avenues  to 
.  which  our  efforts  may be  directed  with 
equally good  results,  namely, the improve­
ment of our wagon roads,  the  encouraging
•  of manufactories,  the  improvement  of our 
*  cities and villages  and  the  cultivation of a
better feeling among competitors  in  trade. 
These  and  many other  matters  may  and 
should be discussed at our meetings, and ac­
tive men should be appointed on committees 
tp carry out our wishes.
The holding of annual  picnics  is a great 
comee of profit—you will all bear me out in 
saying that there is no better way to get up 
•  good feeling among mankind  than to give 
Ihem plenty o f good things  to  eat. 
I  t  is 
very  important  that we  held  these social 
'  gatherings' frequently and invite  in  neigh- 
.  boring associations, thus enlarging our views 
-  by aaexeliange of  ideas.  Every  meeting 
|  that ouHocal Association has field bas done 
:*;|-W'go6d; ami that every  one  here  at  this 
J   convention has been  benefited, I   have  Do 
H n ¡|¡ sndtfió day is not far distant when I 
expect to hear of a call for a  national  odd*
|  »yeration, whleh must follow the organization 
5 ^ 5 3 5 $  >,l
L  of Our Local Bodies. 
ÈëÊÈm m â& i o f Lowell, ÊÈM

s - 

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g g g i g H

7 :1 5 a m tra in   has  p arlo r  ch air  c a r  fo r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m  tra in  has W oodruff sleeper fo r C incinnati. 
5:00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo fo r B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and Canadian 
points, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.

M uskegon, Grand R apids & Indiana. 

Leave. 
A rrive.
10:10 a m
6:30 a m .............................................. 
11:00 a m .......................................................................  4:30 p m
4:4 0 p m ............................................................... 
  8:50pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.

 

C. L. L o ckw ood, Gen’l Pass. A gent.

Detroit, Lansing  &  Northern.

Grand Rapids &  Saginaw  D ivision.

D EPA RT.

Saginaw  Express......................................................   7  30 a  m
Saginaw Express......................................................4  10 p  m
G rand Rapids  Express............................................11 25 a  m
G rand Rapids  E xpress...........................................10  30 p m

All tra in s arriv e a t and d ep a rt from  U nion depot. 
T rains ru n  solid both  ways.

ARRIV E.

Chicago & W est Michigan.

Leaves. 
tM a il....................................................   9:10 a m  
tD ay  Express.....................................12:30 p m  
•N ight Express............ ..................... 11:00pm  
Muskegon Express............................5:00 p m  

Arrives.
3:55 p m
9:45 p m
5:45am
11:00 a m

tD aiiy except Sunday.

•Daily. 
Pullm an Sleeping Cars on all n ig h t train s.  T hrough 
p arlo r ca r in  charge of careful atten d an ts  w ithout  ex­
tr a  charge to  Chicago on 12:30 p. m ., and th rough coach 
on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains.

N ew aygo D ivision.

Leaves. 
E x p re ss.......................... .................... 4:05 p m  
Express................................................   8:85 a m  

All tra in s arrive and d ep a rt from  U nion Depot.
The N orthern term inus of th is division is a t Baldwin, 
w here close connection is  m ade  w ith  F. & P. M. tra in s 
"  and from  L udington and Manistee.

Arrives.
4:20 p m
10:80 a m

W. A. Ga vett, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J . B. Mu l l ik e n ,  G eneral  M anager.

Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 

K alam azoo D ivision.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 
Lsava. 
Arrive
N .Y.M all.  N.Y. Ex
:35pm   7:45a m ..G ran d R ap id s.  9:46am  
6:15pm
:55 p m   9:02 a m . .A llegan...........8:88 a m   5:00 a m
:05 p m   10:06 a  m .. K alam azoo...  7:80 a m   4:oOpm 
:30 p m   11:35 a  m . .W hite Pigeon.  5:55 a m   2:80 p m
5:05 p m . .T oledo.............11:00 p m   9:45 a m
:30 a m  
9:40 p m ..C leveland......... 6:40 p m   5:35 a m
:30 a m  
:50 p m  
3:30 a m . .Buffalo.............11:55 a m  
40 a m  
6:50 p m . .Chicago...........11:30 p m   6:60 a m
A local freig h t leaves G rand Rapids a t 12:50 pm ,carry­
in g  passengers as fa r as Allegan.  All  tra in s  daily ex­
cep t Sunday. 

J. W. HcKenney, G eneral Agent.

11:40 p m

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING  EAST.

tSteam boat  Express......................... 6:25 p m
tT hrough  Mail.................................. 10:40 a m
tE vening Express...............................3:25 p m
•Lim ited  Express...............................6:5oam
fM ixed,w ith  c o a c h .......................
GOING WEST.
tM ornlng  Express....... ................... 1:05 p m
tT hrough M ail...................................  5:00pm
tSteam boat Express.................... ..10:40 n m
tM ixed........................... .....................
•N ight Express........................ ..........5:25 a m

Leaves. 
6:S0pm  
10:50 a m  
3:50 p m  
6:50 a m  
11:00 a m
1:10 p m  
6:10 pm 
10:45 p m  
7:45 a  m 
5:40 a m
tD aiiy, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
Passengers ta k in g  th e 6:59  a m   E xpress  m ake  close 
connection a t Owosso fo r Lansing, an d   a t   D etroit fo r 
New  Y ork,  arriv in g   th e re  a t  10:30  a  m  th e following 
m orning. The N ight Express h as a  th ro u g h  W agner car 
and local Sleeping c a r from  D etroit to  G rand Rapids.
«7as. Campbell, City P assenger Agent. 

G e o . B. R e e v e , Traffic M anager Chicago.

Michigan Central.

Grand Rapids D ivision.

DEPABT.

AKEIVE.

D etroit Express........................................................ 6:15 a m
Day Express............................................. 1:10pm
•A tlanticE xpress.......................J.........., . . . 1 ,-.. 
10-10 p m
V izo i  ................... ............................. ......................6:50a m
•P a»“ »  Express........................................... ...........6:00 a  m
M ail................... .........k. . . . . . . .   8:00 p in
.10:15 p  m
G rand 'Rapids E xpress.. . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Mixed • • mom ...a. a* • .I** (►'¿.••.-••.''•V. 
. .’.A ... . * 
•  5sl5 p n
♦Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to  and fro m  
oetroir  narior cars run on  Day Express and Grand 
D etroit.  P arlo r e a rs ru n   on  Da]
Rapids Express to and from Detroit.  Direct conneo- 
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East oxer 
M. C. R. B,, (Canada Southern Dir.)
D. W. J ohnston, Mich. Pase. Agrt., Grand Rapids.
O. W. Rugóles, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago.
Duluth, South  Shore & Atlantic  Railway.
•A. m .  fä  Leave] 
fArrive  a m  p ä
11J0  5:05..........Grand Rapids..,..*.,,.  10:S0 * 8:40
MT 
LV  . 
M .......St Ignace 1.............   8:30  5:30
;ÆSr  iaS  4*.......K*rw»tte......... Lv  2:05 10:90
J *   1:85  0:15'
: ííS' 
J:«  ............Rbpwning.............  18:50  0:05
II« 1  f«®  y ......... ttpUEWWÄ......... 9:20  6:00
tTyKaw

Oajft  direct route between the Eaetand South and 
the tipper Peninsula oí Michigan.  7, 
.

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Wholesale  Hardware.

W ith Additions Lately Made to Our Business, W e now Think W e have the

1  X Ax Handles

X  
X  
X
X   Dbl.  Bit

In the State of Michigan.

Our Facilities for doing Business have been much 

Improved and we feel better able to meet all
MARKETS and PRICES.

W e Solicit Orders or Inquiries for anything wanted 

in the line of Hardware.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  GO.,

10 and 12 Monroe street, and 33, 35, 37, 39 and 4L Louis street,

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich,

>  .75
1.25
2.00
2.50
1.50
2.25

SEEDS

FOR  EVERYBODY.

For  the Field or  Garden.

If you want to buy

Or any other kind, send to the

Seed Store,
w. t, u p r a u x .

71  CANAL  ST.,

i

O.  &  D.  LANTERNS,
CANS

AND  TAMS,

And a General Line of

PAPEE  &  WOODENWAEE.

CURTISS & DUNTON,

WILLIAMS BEOS. 4 CHASBOKNEAU

Preserves and Jellies.
BLACOmJAI, 
.’■! 
RASPBERRY JAM.
FIR,  APRICOT, It, Ett

10 B> Wooden Box, 61b Tin Pall, 2 ft Glass Jar, 1 ft Glass Jar.

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH,

HURßlM S  POWDER
A n n ih ilato r

THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK

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

Mail orders promptly filled.

,19 and 21  P earl  St.,  Grand  R apids, M ich.
Also  wholesale  dealers ’ in  Gunpowder, 
Ammunition,  Guns,  Fishing  Tackle  and

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