V O L .  5,

■  We cany a full Mne of 

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

684»  s m s   GWi  U 1  SEED CO.

71 CAN Ali STREET.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo. C. P i e r c e ,  Vice President.

H , P. B a k e r , Cashier.
$300,000.

Transacts a general hanking business.

Wiiirfl a Speciale  'f  Collections.  Accounts 

o f C o u n tr y - c h a n ts  Solicited.

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

MANUFACTURERS OF
Lumber  and  Farm

W A G O N S !

Logging Carts  and  Tracks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermens and 

River Tools.

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

Wishing to  procure  outfits  for their Col­
lection Departments,  are  invited  to  exam­
ine the  following  quotations, which are for 
fine work on good quality of  paper:

30 Books Blue Letters, 50 in book. 
500  Record Blanks.
500  Notification Sheets.
250  Last Calls.
500  Envelopes.

500  Blue Letters, old style. 
250  Record Blanks.
250  Notification  Sheets. 
125  Last Calls.
500  Envelopes.
In place of old  style  Blue  Letter  in  above 
$10  Outfit  we  can  substitute  10  books  Blue 
Letter in latest form, as recommended by the 
recent State convention, for $12.50 
Prices in  other quantities  furnished  on ap­
plication

49 Lyon St, Grand Rapids,

SALT  FISH

Bought and Sold by

FRANK J. DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

I3?-   Oysters the Year Around

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple and  Fancy.

O v e r a lls, P a n ts, Etc,

OUR OWN  MAKE.

A  Complete  Line  of

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

Successor to

Proprietors of the

Manufacturers of

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Wide Ducks, etc.

F lag s & B anners m ade to  order.

73 CANAL ST.. 

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GRAND RAPIDS.

MANUFACTURED BY

SOLD BY

Mich.

til  you  get  my prices.

The Most Complete Assortaient 

Garden Seeds a Specialty.
in Michigan.  D ont Buy un­
ALFRED J.BROWN
16-18 H.BmSL&raMBapids

Representing Jas. Vick, of Rochester,

Añfi ■Pulí Line S u m m e r  GoOd s. 
.  1 0 2   C A N A  L   S T R E E T . 
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Telephone 374.

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

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

Manufactures of

Lilmliermen’s Supplies a Specialty,

WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF 

ALASKA SOCKS AND 
•

MITTENS. 

DETROIT,

P A TtfOTQ 

MICH,
LUCIUS C.  WEST,

r  11  I  Ik  I I   I   ijA tto m e j u t P ate n t Law and Solicitor 
*  « * * * * » •  * m o f A m énean  an d   Foreign  patents. 
1061 . Málii, B t, K alam azoo, Mich., U. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London, Enff.  P ractice in  TJ. S. Courts.  C irculars
n w

V  Manufacturers and Jobbers of  1 
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Men’s  Furnishing  Goods,

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GALL 9 0 $  <:> 

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jfbfd Farinose 

Soltek

Sols  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular’1 

Brand $ant$, fSbiits and Overalls.

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Ootjsni  and  OMfe

Jodta-soa, A*

Pmoriptton Cases and Store Fixtiires

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

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

“ Six  years  more  than that.  She has a 
son by the name of Frink, by a former mar­
riage,  who is in his tenth year.  She wasn’t 
a widow long.  OldSon  was  caught by her 
good looks and she by the bait  of  a  well- 
provided home.  ' Unless, however, her hus­
band  gives  up  his  com speculations, she 
will not, I think, have that  much  longer.”
“Com speculations!  Surely  Oldson  has 
n’t means adequate to  indulgence in such a 
game as that?”

“Not he.  But  about  two  years ago he 
bought, on credit, I believe,  a  considerable 
quantity of wheat, and  prices happening to 
fly suddenly up, just then, he  made  a  big 
thing..  This  has  quite  turned  his  head, 
which, by the way, as  the  Cockneys  say, 
was  never  quite  rightly  ‘screwed  on.”  
The announcement of a visitor  interrupted
anything further Mr. -----   might  have had
to say,  and I soon afterward went home.

A sad accident  occurred  about  a  month 
subsequent  to  the  foregoing conversation.
M r.----- was  out  riding  upon  a  usually
quiet horse, which all at once  took  it  into 
its head to shy at  something  in  the  road, 
and thereby threw its rider.  , Help was for­
tunately at hand,  and  the  gentleman  was 
carried home,  where  it  was found that his 
thigh was  broken.  Thanks,  however,  to 
his temperate habits,  it was  before long au­
thoritatively  announced  that,  although  it 
would be a considerable time  before he was 
released from  confinement,  it was not prob­
able that his life  would  be  shortened  by 
what  had  happened.  Unfortunately,  the 
accident  threatened  to  have  eyil  conse­
quences  in  another  quarter. 
Immediately

Henton’s  with  the  news.  Mrs.  Henton 
was walking with  her  husband  upon  the 
lawn in front of the  house,
when the great 
blockhead drove up,  and blurted out the ac­
cident,  and that it was feared Mr.  ----- was
killed.

The shock of such an announcement was, 
of course,  overwhelming-  A  few hours af­
terward Mrs.  Henton gave birth to a healthy 
boy;  but the young mother’s  life,  assailed 
by fever,  was for  many  days  utterly  des­
paired of—for weeks  trembled so evenly in 
the balance that the  slightest  circumstance 
might turn the scale.  At  length  the black 
horizon that  seemed to  encompass  her so 
hopelessly, lightened  and afforded her hus­
band a glimpse of hope.  The  promise was 
fulfilled.  1 was  in  the  library  with  Mr. 
Henton, awaiting the  physician’s  morning 
report,  which Mr.
had requested me to 
bring to him before going to the store, when 
Dr.  Matson entered the apartment in an evi­
dently cheerful frame of mind.

“You have been causelessly alarmed,” he 
said.  “There  is  no  fear whatever of a re­
lapse.  Weakness,  only,  remains,  and that 
we shall slowly, but certainly, remove.” 

“Thank  God!”  exclaimed  Mr.  Henton. 
‘ ‘And how, ” he added,  “shall  we  manage 
about the child?  She asks  for it incessant-

Mr. Henton’s infant  son,  I  should state, 
had been consigned,  immediately  after its 
birth, to the care of Mrs.  Oldson,  who had 
herself given birth to a boy about two weeks 
previous.  Scarlatina being prevalent in the 
neighborhood, Mrs.  Oldson  had  been  hur­
ried away with the two  children  to a place 
on the lake shore where  Mr.  Henton had a 
cottage,  almost before she was  able to bear 
the trip.  Mr.  Henton had  not left his wife 
for an hour,  and consequently had only seen 
his child for a few minutes just after it was 
bom.

“In regard to the child,”  replied the doc­
tor,  “I am of the opinion  that Mrs. Henton 
may see it in a day or  two—say  the  third 
day from this, if all  goes  well. 
I think we 
may venture so far;  but I  will  be present, 
for any untoward  agitation  might  be  in­
stantly fatal.”  This settled,  we  went  onr 
different Ways—I to cheer the still-suffering 
grandfather with the good  news.

The next day bat one, Mr. Henton was in 
excellent spirits.  “The doctor’s  report  is 
even more favorable than I had anticipated,” 
he said,  “and I  start  to-morrow  to  bring 
Mrs.  Oldson and the  child—.”  The  mail- 
carrier’s  knock  interrupted  him. 
“The 
nurse,” he added,  “ is  very  attentive  and 
punctual.  She writes  almost  every  day.” 
A  servant  entered  with  the letters.  Mr. 
Henton tossed them over  eagerly,  and seiz­
ing one, after  glaneing  at the  post-mark, 
tore it open, muttering,  as he did so,  “It is 
not the usual handwriting, but from her, no 
doubt—”

“Merciful God!”  I  exclaimed,  as I lifted 

my eyes to his.  “What is the matter?”

in a low, quick  whisper:  “There  is some 
one coining.  Not a word—rememberl ”  At 
the same time he  wheeled  his  chair  half 
around,  so that bis back should  be  toward 
the servant we heard approaching.

“I am sent, sir,” said the girl,  “to  ask it 

the mail has come?’*

“Yes,” replied Mr. Henton, with wonder­
ful mastery of his voice.  “Tell  your  mis­
tress I will be with  her  immediately,  and 
that her son—her son is quite well.”

“Mr.  Simonds,” he  continued, as soon as 
the servant was out of  hearing,  “there is a 
liquor-stand on the side-board in the dining­
room.  Would  you  have  the  kindness to 
bring it  to me unobserved—mind  that—un­
observed by  anyone?”

I did as  he  requested;  and the instant I 
placed it before him,  he  seized the  brandy, 
and drank with fierce  eagerness. 
/
“For heaven’s sake! ” I exclaimed;  “think 
what you are about, Mr. Henton.  You will 
kill yourself.”

(Concluded next week.}

Prepanng  Poultry for Market.

G. S. Palm er in  th e A m erican Grocer.

Having had many inquiries from shippers 
of poultry, game,  eggs,  etc.,  from various 
sections of the country,  it induces me to of­
fer a few points of information and  sugges­
tions to farmers and shippers;  and  as  théy 
are based  on  many  > ears  of experience in 
handling the above produce in theNew York 
market, l  am  confident,  if  observed,  they 
will  result to the profit of the shipper.
One general  fault iu slaughtering poultry 
is that but little  discriminai ion is shown  in 
the flock between  the  fat  and  thin  birds. 
There may be only a  few  of  the  lean ones, 
but these few put  in  the  same  barrel with 
properly fatted stock,  and  when  the pack­
age is open  to  the  eyes  of  the  buyer they 
will  deteriorate the value to him at least  lc: 
to 2c a pound.  Large  shippers  pack 
this, 
poor grade  separately  and  mark  them sec­
onds,  but small shippers cannot convenient­
ly do this;  therefore,  the  best  plan for all 
snippers to follow  is  to  separate  the  poor 
fowls and feed them  specially,  as  they are 
hard  to  dispose  of,  and  seldom  realize 
enough to cover  their  original  cost,  not  to 
speak  of  the  expenses 
in  marketing. 
Another important  feature  is  the  careful 
dressing  and  packing  of  poultry  and  the. 
best  medium  is  clean,  bright  straw,  and. 
paper can  be  used  advantageously  during, 
cold weather,  when  there  is  no  danger of 
sweating,  but  at  all  seasons  great  care 
should be taken that all animal heatisoutof 
the  fowl before packing.
The important  point  in  shipping  game 
successfully is to be  certain of its freshness, 
before packing, and  placed  carefully In the. 
package without rufflmg the feathers, which, 
should be perfectly  dry.  The class of buy­
ers who pay the highest prices for game wilk 
not buy uuless they  are fresh and of attrac­
tive plumage, and would advise shipping by 
express,  except in very cold weather.
Owing  to  the  attention  that  has  been 
given of late to  the  hennery  business, and 
the largely increased production and general 
use of fresh laid eggs,  the  public taste has 
become  educated  to  a  higher  standard, 
which makes it much more difficult  to cater 
to.  Holders of eggs,  in  cold  storage,  and 
by other methods, have found their product 
this season to be more difficult to dispose of, 
although we can readily obtain for the  lien- 
nery eggs 35c,  but it is  very  difficult  to  get 
more than 15c to 18c for held stock, and from 
the fact that so much  of  this  held stock  is 
being offered  ou  the  market,  it has had a 
tendency to lessen the consumption,  for the 
reason that our families  who  cannot  get or 
afford to pay tire extreme prices of fresh are 
consequently inclined to mark them  off  the 
“menu.”
Therefore,  in order to induce a large con­
sumption of eggs,  which must result in bet­
ter  and more active markets, we must keep, 
them moviug forward as fast as received,  so. 
that  they  may  reach  the  markets in fresh 
condition and meet the  requirements of  the 
consumer, for in all  lines  of  food products, 
the people are demanding a higher standard 
of  goods,  which  has  caused  almost  a. 
revolution iu the butter trade in the last ten 
years,  and  even  our  poorer  classes  who*, 
years ago, were  satisfied  with  a  medium 
grade of dairy butter now demand the fresh 
made creamery of the  dairy  selections, and 
for the same reason,  as  stated  above,  both, 
farmer and merchant  should  forward  their' 
butter as soon  as  possible  after  it is made* 
and if receivers  will at once offer it in their- 
markets, they  will  soon  be convinced that 
superior quality is the  best  trade  stimulant, 
and benefits reaped  both by the producer and 
consumer  will  be active markets,  more uni­
form prices  and  a  higher average  for  the 
season’s product.

Ella Wheeler thus puts herself  on record 
on the question of  lady  clerks:  “I  don’t  
know how it is in the matter of  friendship, 
but I know when I go iuto any  large estab-

A Chicago dun collects bills  by  pretend 
ing to be deaf,  and when his debtor explains, 
why he does not pay,  the  dun  makes  him 
yell his explanation  so  that it can be heard
by everybody within  long  range  car-shot.

The Latest Improved and Beat,

SHI

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 23,  1887,

mm RÄPIB8

TO  THE—

F R O N T

—AGAIN.—

We are now  supplying  the Trade  with our 

new Brand of Soap

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

Respectfully,

GRAND RAPIDS  M IClT^

Buy  o f 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 Monroe  street.

RELLUF.

W ritten  Especially f o r  The Tradesm an.

Just  after  breakfast,  one  fine  spring 
morning in 1872,  an  advertisement  in  the 
Chicago  Times  for  a  book-keeper  Caught 
and fixed my  attention.  The  salary  was 
sufficient  for  a  single  man,  and the firm 
well-known as responsible and upright gen­
tlemen. 
I  immediately  wrote,  enclosing 
references,  with  which  Mr.——, the head 
of the firm, was so  entirely  satisfied  that 
the next day’s mail brought  me  a  positive 
engagement, unclogged  with  thè  slightest 
objection to one or  two  subsidiary  Items I 
had stipulated for,  and  accompanied by an 
invitation  to  make  his  house my place of 
residence,  until  I  could  conveniently suit 
myself elsewhere.  This was very kind and 
considerate;  and the next  day  but  one  I 
took the train for my new field of labor.  It 
thus  happened that  I  became  acquainted, 
and in some degree mixed up, with the train 
of events described herewith.

M r.----- I found to  be  a  stout,  portly
gentleman,  whose  years  were  already  be­
tween sixty and seventy.  So many winters, 
although they had  plentiful'y  besprinkled 
his hair with  gray,  shone  out with ruddy 
brightness in  his  still  handsome  face, and 
his  voice,  hearty  and ringing,  had not as 
yet one quaver of age in it. 
I  met  him at 
breakfast on the morning  after  my arrival, 
and his reception of me was  very  friendly 
and cèrdîâl-rmorè like a guest  than an em­
ploye.  We had  talked  but  a few minutes

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

W est End Pearl St. Bridge.
TUBS!  TUBS!  TUBS!
We  have  150  doz.  first  quality  wash  tubs, 
which we will  sell F. O. B. as  follows:  No^ 3, 
$3 per  doz ;  No. 2, $4  per  doz.; No.  1, $5  per 
doz.  Packed M doz. in  bdl. with straw.  Qual­
ity unsurpassed.  Address
PIERSON’S  BAZAAR,  Stanton,  Mich. 

Stoneware, 6c. per gal. F. O. B.

SHOE  BRUSHES,

SHOE  BUTTONS,

SHOE  POLISH,

SHOE  LACES.
Heelers,  Cork Soles,  Button  Hooks, Dress­

ings, etc.  Write  for Catalogue.

W e  should  be  pleased  to open corres­
pondence with, anyone  having  APPLES, 
POTATOES, ONIONS, BEANS, DRIED 
FRUITS and other Country Produce to of­
fer.  CAR  LOTS A SPECIALTY.  Con­
signments will receive o  r  best  attention.
W e are willing at all  times to make lib­
eral advances when drafts  are drawn with 
bill lading attached. 
¡Goods sold on arriv­
al or held as per request of shipper.
S. T. F ISH  C*3  OOm

Commission Merchants,

189  So.  W ater  S t„  Chicago, 111.

R e f e r e n c e—F irst N ational  Bank,  o r  any  W holesale 

G rocer here.

SUMMER  PRICES,

Until Further Notice.

Egg and Grate 
Stove Ne.  4 and Nut

For September Delivery.

OFFICE  52  PEARL ST.f 

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

Telephone No. 159

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

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

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

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Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table 
se,  is  the  very best  offered  to  the  con- 
imer.  All  wholesale  and  retail  grocers

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  1,000  in  any  quantities. 
Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. 
Handsome  advertising  matter  goes  with 
first order.  Secure this Cigar and increase 
your Cigar Trade.  It is sure to do it.

MYRON  H.  WALKER,

Attorney and Solicitor,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Over F ourth N ational Bank.  Telephone 407.

BRAUTIGAM  BROS.,
Cant  Hook  Handles,  Whippletrees,  Neck 

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Yokes, Spinning Wheels and Job 

Turning  Of  All  Kinds.

MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED.

VORTH  DORR,

MICH.
B LACE  to secure a thorough 
and useful education is at the 
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Busi­
ness ColleoE.  writ© for Cerf- 

A ddrew s;  f .   o '   « W P S a o e w n

lege Journal

MICH. EDW IN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY QJLD STORAGE,
Blitter, Eggs, Lemons, Oranges.

PROPRIETOR OF

JOBBER OF

Facilities for calming and  jobbing oysters 
are unsurpassed.  Mail orders filled *promptly 
at lowest  market  price.  Correspondence  so­
licited.  A  liberal  discount  to  the  jobbing 
trade. 
O - r a n d .   Z l a p l d s .

2 1 7 ,  2 1 9   L i v i n g s t o n  S t.,

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

Manufacturer  of harness  and  Collars 
at Wholesale  and  BefAil,  73  Canal  street, 
Grand Rapids, has  the  finest  line  to  select 
from in  the city.  Give' him  a  call.  None 
but experienced workmen employed.

H  . COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 1 1 B
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COAL and  W O O D
101 Ottawa St., Ledyard Block
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h a w k i n s *  p io r a r .  o ra n d & iH d a . 
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T H E  SUGAR TRUST.

T he New York Shipping L ist of Novem­
ber 19 contains  toe  following reference to a 
subject which is  now  uppermost in impor­
tance to toe grocery trade :
*  Humor  said  yesterday  that  toe  Sugar 
Trust has at last  become  an  accomplished 
fact.  After 
long  negotiation  and  the 
smoothing over and  harmonizing  of  many 
difficulties, all the details are  said  to  have 
been satisfactorily arranged, and toe papers 
signed,  sealed  and  delivered.  But  when, 
how and where the  new  combination  goes 
Into operation no one  outside  the  charmed 
oifele  knows, but time  will  eventually let 
the secret out.

The “ how, when or where the  new com­
bination  goes  into  operation”  does  not 
trouble the grocery  trade  to  any  great ex­
tent, as they have already had the  satisfac­
tion  of seeing the  price  of  refined sugars 
crawl up about three-fourths  of  a  cent  a 
pound,  as  a  result  of 
toe  “ understand­
ing,” between toe refiners.

Mr. Howig’s “Foibles of our Customers,” 
on another page, might with  equal  propri­
ety  be  styled  “ Foibles of  a  Merchant.” 
T hat Mr. Howig should  approve,  even  by 
«Implication, of the sale  of  three  kinds  of 
tea from one can, seems  to  Th e  Tba des- 
jO k to be an error in judgment  How  the 
same tea can be sold at  50  cents,  75  cents 
and $1 per pound and  yet  “each  kind  be 
worth toe price asked for it,” is a statement 
T h e  T radesman’s  readers  will  be  very 
much inclined to doubt  The ability of an­
other merchant to sell worthless lamp chim­
neys at the price  of  good  chimneys  would 
■also place  that  merchant  under  suspicion 
o f  being  addicted  to  “foibles.” 
T he 
T radesman sees nothing  very smart  in  a 
dealer’s working up a traffic  in  a worthless 
article, especially when toe supply is limited 
and cannot be maintained.  Such a faculty 
entitles a man  to  toe  reputation  of  being 
“cunning,” but such  a  reputation, once ac­
quired, does not conduce to  his  permanent 
prosperity.

The Independent  Grocer  comes to hand 
«gain, after missing one  issue,  shorn of its 
Independence.  A casual glance at toe paper 
shows that it will hereafter  be  merely  an 
appendage to  toe  most  merciless  grocery 
jobber of Chicago, by  whom  its  policy and 
editorial utterances will be  dictated.  T he 
T radesman  regrets  this  loss  to indepen­
dent  trade  journalism, as it  demonstrates 
pretty thoroughly toe impossibility of main­
taining an independent trade  journal in toe 
-commercial metropolis of the West.  Every 
. Attempt thus far made in  that direction has 
resalted in disaster.  Nevertheless, toe sen­
timent  againt  “ house  organs” is growing 
stronger  and  stronger  among  advertisers, 
and subscription  patrons  are  beginning to 
realize  the  difference  between  a  paper 
wiych is simply  the  mouthpiece  of  ajob- 
ing house and one  which  advocates the in­
terest» of toe retail trader.

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AiIONG THB f  RAÖE.
G B ^  ÍUPI^%>SSW.

Frank Neuman, Jr., has retired  from the 
gpjpfjtt mill business  at  Dorr and will shortly 
engage in the  grocery  and  saloon business 
hoe.

P Quincy^GHenn Fibnore 

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$I$N gig

Menominee—E. P.  Barnard  succeeds the 

Arthur Meigs & Co. have  enlarged  their 
sample room to-about double  Its former car
pacity andare ûàng- ît up in  toe  p ost  ap-1 gaged in toe ^ H n g  busings, 
proved mahnen  -

Detroit Lumber Co.

Laingsburg—Liddell  &  Hunt  have  en-

Escanaba—M. C. Hitchcock succeedsG. E< 

W. H. Young bas engaged in  toe grocery 
business at Ferry,  toe  stock  having  been 
supplied by  Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.  through 
HL Robertson.

R. S. Woolford, druggist at  Mecosta, has 
added a line of groceries.  Arthur Meigs &
Co.  furnished  toe  stock,  Hi.  Robertson 
placing toe order.

S. Maynard has  engaged  in to e  grocery 
business at Luther.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished by Arthur Meigs & Co.,  Hi. Robert­
son capturing toe order.

Geo.  Stebbins & Co. have engaged in the 
dry goods and grocery business  at  Bangor.
Spring & Company furnished the dry goods 
and Arthur Meigs & Co.  the groceries,  Hi.
Robertson officiating at toe latter establish­
ment.

Baehrich in toe hotel business.

Ypsilanti—W. H.  Woodmancy  succeeds 

W. H. Lewis in the hotel business 

Durand—Jones  &  Jellis,  formerly  of 

Flint, are building an asbery here.

Eaton  Rapids—Smith  &  Strank  succeed 

F. J.  Lease in the billiard business 

Fremont—Chas.  L.  Gilbert, succeeds  E, 
D. McVicker (Mrs.  J.)  in  toe  hotel  busi 
ness.

East  Saginaw—James  H.  Dill,  of  the 
lumber  firm  of  James  H.  Hill & Sons, is 
dead.

Woodville—Hart ¿  Horning  will  get out

100.000.  000 feet of logs oncontract for Will­
iam  Peter,  of Toledo.

Menominee—It is estimated  that  nearly

300.000.  000 feet of lumber will be  piled  in 
toe yards here during 1888.

Geo.  H.  Oliver has  purchased  the  inter­
est of Dr. O. O. Osborn in the drug  firm  of 
G. H. Oliver & Co.,  at 698 Madison avenue, 
Charlotte—A war of the butchers has put
and will continue the  business  in  his  ow n, 
This is
name.  Dr.  Osborn will reeume the practice  <*>*** ^
hard  on  toe  butchers  and  tough  on  toe 
of medicine at Elm Hall.
steaks.

Detroit—Leander  S.  Butterfield  (Detroit 
Paper Co.) has assigned to R. D. Robinson. 
Garnishee and other suits forced him to this 
resort.

Andrew  Flanigan,  formerly engaged, in 

Muskegon—Ryerson, Hills & Co. have al-
business  at  Alma,  has engaged in the dry I ready between three  and  four  million feet 
goods, clothing,  grocery  and boot and shoe 10f j0gS qq the. skids near their camps on toe 
business at Marion.  P. Stekefee & Co. fur- j Tamarack, 
Tamarack.
nished the dry goods, I.  C.  Levi  toe cloth­
ing, Clark, Jewell  & Co.  the  groceries and 
Rindge, Bertsch & Co. the boots and  shoes.

Pentwater-r-E.  A.  Wright  has  sold his 
livery  stock  to  W.  A.  Smith  and  G. W. 
Iraus, who will continue the business under 
the style of Imus & Smith.

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 to » *  f “ts  a 

A BO U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

Paw Paw—Edward Nash  succeeds G. E. 

Gilman in general trade.

Detroit—G. M.  Conner succeeds Wm.  G. 

Cox in the drug business.

Nashville—C. W.  Slosson,  late of  Kala- 

mo, has stared a cigar  store.

Vicksburg—J.  W.  Ralston  succeeds  A. 

Waters in toe grocery business.

Bancroft—Harvey  &  Block  succeed  E. 

W.  Harvey in toe drug business.

Clare—J.  B.  Newth  succeeds  A.  A. 

Shaver in the furniture business.

Bellevue—C. D. Kimberly succeeds A. J. 

Kimberly in the grocery business.

Bad Axe—Sweet  &  Barkley  succeed  N. 

B. Sweet in the furniture business.

Vicksburg—Goldsmith  &  Fritz  succeed 

Wm. Garland in the meat business.

Ann Arbor—Kifctridge & Holmes  succeed 

K. Kittridge in thé printing business.

Romeo—Albert  J.  Crissman 

succeeds 

Jonathan Stone in  toe grocery business.

Portage—G.  F.  Munn  &  Co.  succeed 

James Caruthers in the grocery  business.

Buchanan—Jones  Bros,  succeed  Wm. 

Van Meter in the  confectionery business.

T.arising—Maynard  &  Foley  succeed  C. 

Clippinger & Co. in toe grocery  business.

Harrison — Henry  Thompson  succeeds 
Richardson & Wilson in toe drug  business.
Quincy—Rawson,  Culver & Co.  succeed 
M. J. Rawson & Co.  in the meat  business.
St. Johns—G.  V.  Goodrich,  dry  goods 
dealer,has assigned to Henry E. Waibridge.
Muskegon—C.  M.  Philabaum  succeeds 
Philabaum  & Howell  in  the  grocery  busi- 
I  ness.

Kalamazoo — John  Lamb  succeeds  E. 
Hawley in the  furniture  and  crockery bus­
iness.

Manistee—Ten miles  of  toe  Manistee & 
Northeastern Railway are graded and ready 
for the iron. 
It is expected  that  the  road 
will eventually be run to Traverse City.

Frankfort—The contract for toe test well 
is finished.  Except a light  brine  at  about 
1,500 feet, no indications  of  salt  were  met 
with in a depth of 3,000 feet from  the  sur­
face.  >

Foster’s Point—About 60,000 feet of lum­
ber,  much of it first and second clear plank, 
was washed  ashore  here  during  a  recent 
gale-  Strange to say, no  one  has put in a 
claim  for it.

Detroit—The District  Co-Operative  Mer­
cantile Association,  which intends to buy a 
lot aud put up a building  for  the'manufac­
ture  of  crackers  and  candy,  has  elected 
Francis Fildew  President.

Evart—Hugh  J.  McMillan  has just en­
tered into a contract  to  put  16,000,000 feet 
of logs into toe Pere Marquette river, for P, 
P. Leonard of Muskegon.  The timber is lo­
cated in Newaygo county, and  will  be tak­
en to Ludington.

Crystal  Falls—The" Sheldon  <&  Shafer 
I mine has been sold to a syndicate of Cincin­
nati capitalists, who will  assume control of 
toe  property  shortly.  The  property  is  a 
very  valuable  one,  but  for some cause or 
other unknown to outsiders  has  been  idle 
toe greater part of the season. 
^Menominee—The  Ludington,  Wells  & 
Van Schaick  Co.  now has about 33,000,000 
feet of old logs in the  boom  and  scattered 
along the river,  and will bank probably 35,- 
000,000 feet during  the,  winter,  having 300 
men in the woods,  while  there  will be 500 
when the season is further advanced.
MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Kalkaska—The  broom  handle  factory is 

The perversion of names from  their orig­
inal meaning is a subject of  serious consid­
eration. 
“Strictly  pure”  pepper,  few  in- 
stauce, once meant all that the term implies. 
Now  it  signifies  about  one-quarter  pure. 
The Independent  Ghrocer once stood  for in­
dependence. 
Since  the paper fell into the 
clutches of Jobber Hoyt,  however,  “ inde­
pendent” has come to mean “servile.”  Un­
less this cruel perversion ceases,  our moth- 
-er tongue will soon  become  a  language  of 
opposites.  Then welcome the new Univer­
sal Language, until that, in turn,  is  ruined 
by toe distortion of words  from their  orig­
inal meaning.

The T radesman commends  toe  action 
o f  the Retail Grocers’ Association in enlarg­
ing Its scope ànd changing  its  name to toe 
{fraud Rapids Mercantile Association.  Un­
wise toe new arrangement,  toe  Association 
wUI be deprived  of  no  feature  which  has 
rendered its work so  valuable  in  toe past, 
Vfhfl© A® membership  will  be  greatly  en- 
larged and its  revenue  correspondingly  in- 
vuMumefl-  The  expectation  that  the  mem- 
feership 
to  500 
nton.es within six  months  is  likely  to  be 
nealizcft.  ■ _ ___________

list  will  be  swelled 

f  u*  Tradesman’s most valued contrib­
utor,  “Country Merchant,” strikes a respon­
sive chord this week in his references totoe 
npjtmt  taxation  to  whieh  merchants  are 
ettnpelled  to submit.  The  Tradesman 
very much mistakes  toe temper of its read- 
if they do not tender toe  writer a unan- 
imous  vote  of  fharil&H for  the  admirable 
manner in which  he  inis  expressed  their 
:i^BBntiineirt8».;'..  " 
Í;  I t is  reported  that  Postmaster  General 
will  recommend^  to  Congress  the 
I  adoption of  the  postal  telegraph  system.
idaeMai-v- hopes  tois re- 
i» r t to Itosed^on  facts  and  that ‘toe  new
ï samo light  and  ^va ^be  movem«114

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Detroit—Grant,  Wood  &  Co.  succeed 
Grant  Bros.  & Co. in the wholesale grocery 
business.

Nashville—D.  M.  Thompson, 

late  of 
Jackson, has opened a cigar and confection­
ery store.

Stanton—W. W. Weed,  formerly  of Me­
costa,  will start a bakery and confectionery 
store here.

completed.

Ogemaw—C. H. Plummer has commenced 

work bn a new planing mill.

Mantcin—Williams & Campbell have add­

ed a lumber saw to their mill.

Dorf—Geo.  Levitt  and  Milo  Gray  have

rented toe grist mill for a year.

Manistee—Cook & Broden will build  and 
Kalamazoo—Chase  & Whitmer  succeeds I equip a mill twelve miles east of this place
North Dorr—Bräutigam Bros, have added 
a lath machine to their  factory  at New Sa­
lem.

Hoedemaker & Steames in  the  confection­
ery business.

Vicksburg—Geo. Rosson, R. Smalley and 
J. McMaster  are  each  building  two-story 
brick stores.

Quincy—F. S. Brown  is  closing  out  his 
grocery stock at auction, preparatory to quit­
ting the trade.

Burr  Oak—Wm.  Harts  succeeds  Mrs. 
Milliman in toe grocery,  bakery and restau­
rant business.
[  -  Bronson—Twist &  Eldred,  late  of  Na­
poleon, have purchased the  hardware stock 
of W. F. Sawdy.

Lapeer—Roriek & Sypher succeed Jas.  & 
Geo. Roriek & Co.  in  toe  manufacture  of 
carriages!f

Grand Ledge—The Grand Ledge Coal and 
Fire Clay Co. has ten men  at  work  mining 
coal from a three-foot vein.

Otsego—-It is reported that E. A.  Carder, 
of  Kalamazoo,  will put up a large furniture 
I establishment here next year.
I  Kalamazoo—The St.  Johns Plow Co. has 
caused  the  arrest  of  Geo.  M. Benton, of 
Hastings, on a charge of embezzlement

Sumner—Samuel  Bigelow  has  just  got 
settled in his new  building  with  his  drug 
and grocery stock,

Grand Ledge—The  Grand  Lodge  Chair 
Co. now has forty-dive names on itspay-roll,
Lansing—Louis Schoettle  has  bought  a  toe largest  foroe ever employed by to e con- 

half  interest  in  the  grocery  and  produce  cem.
business of W. C. Nesen. 

White  Pigeon—The  Cyclone  Fanning
Evart—W. J. Mcllwain  and E. Cox have  Mjll Co. has 4,000 orders  on  its  books and 
formed a  copartnership for  the  purpose of I has under advisement  toe  expansion of its 
buying and packing pork. 

I manufacturing capacity.

Allegan—L.  Perrigo  has  moved  his  ex-  Nashville—F. T.’Boise,  Frank  C. Boise
tract  and  patent  medicine  business  from land Geo. W. Francis have  associated them- 
Burnlp’s Corners to this  place. 
selves together for toe manufacture  of  toe

North Muskegon—A* J.  McIntosh’s gro-1 Williams fruit evaporator

eery store has been closed on  chattel  mort­
gage by W. J. Quan & Co., of Chicago. 

Remus—E. TV  Horton  has  bought  toe

Muskegon—-A  nffil  shingle  maker  has 
about completed  negotiations  to supply toe 
Chicago Lumber Co. with four million shite

Com. Smith store and report has  it  that he  gles to be cut at his mill next season.
will shortly engage  in the  hardware  trasi 
nera.

Prentis Bay—Wolf Bros., of  Evart,  have 
brought of Sands &  Maxwell  their  Prentis 
Bay plant,  consisting  of.  saw  and  shingle 
mill, 4,000,000  feet  6*  lumber,  8,000,000 
shingles, 40,000 railroad  ties,  30,000 posts* 
1,000,000* feet of logs in  bopm, and 18,000,- 
000 feet standing pine. - The price paid waa

Jackson—W.  A.  Beato,  who  recently 
retired trom  toe  second-hand  goods  busi- 
ness, started for  California a few days figo,, 
but lost* drsftfor$l,000 at  Chicago« which 
! overwhelming misfortnne made  him erazy.
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Harry Knapp»flWtn.erly with  E. E. Walk­
er,  is now behind-the counter  for  Williams 
& Conley, on East Street.

Will Shirts, the Shelby merchant,  is  put­
ting in a couple of weeks in the city as juror 
in thé United States'Court.

Heman N. Moore, President  of toe Grand 
Rapids Packing and Provision Co.,  is  con­
fined to his house by illness.

C.  A.  Adams,,  of  toe  grocery  firm of 
Adams  &  Rollins,  at  Hart, 
is  visiting 
friends in toe city.  He  is accompanied  by 
his wife.

Wallace  W.  Sheldon,  manager  of  toe 
Standard drug store  at  East Saginaw, was 
married last Tuesday th Miss Mary Voolmer, 
of Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Wm. H. Marple and C. F. Marple, of toe 
wholesale confectionery  house  of  Marple,
French & Co., at Charlotte,  were  in  town 
Friday and Saturday.

Chas. L- Frost succeeds Chas. H. McCon­
nell as bookkeeper for Bulkley,  Lemon  &
Hoops.  Mr.  Frost  is  succeeded as book­
keeper at the Aldine Manufacturing Co.  by 
| W. H. Pierce.

Chas.  H.  McConnell  does  not  recover 
froïnüis recent illness as  fast as his friends 
could wish.  Présent  indications  are  that 
he will not be able to start  West  before toe 
beginning of the year.

D.  W.  Higgins,  toe  Scottville  druggist, 
was in town Monday on his way  to  Notta- 
wa, where he was married yesterday to Miss 
Carrie E. Davis.  The happy couple reached 
Grand Rapids on their way home this morn­
ing and are spending the day  in  sight-see­
ing and calling on friends.

Billy’s Diagnosis.

“What’s the matter with the baby, Billy?” 
“Nothin’, ma,  on’y the same old teethin’.” 
“But I never saw him  make  such  faces! 

VISITING  BUYERS.

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The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with toe various houses:
W H Shirts, Shirts Bros.  Shelby 
R 8 Wooldford, Mecosta 
E Maynard, Luther 
W H Young, Ferry 
Geo 8tebbins & Co, Bangor 
Peter Brautigam,  Brautigam Bros, No Dorr 
Geo  A  Osborne,  Osborne  &  Hammond, 
Smith & Bristol,  Ada 
Jno Prum, Zeeland 
L N Fisher, Dorr 
C H Joldersma, Jamestown 
O House Chauncy
Fred Morley, Morley Bros, Cedar Springs,
,  G B Chambers, Wayland 
Andrew Flanigan, Marion 
C E Blakely, Coopersville 
Finch  & Wolcott, Freeport 
J C Branch, White Cloud 
C K Hoyt, Hudsonville 
Dell Stebbins,  Stebbins  &  Hoxie, Lawrence 
J  J  Tuxbury, 8ullivan 
D R Crane, Crane & Son, Fennville 
B Tripp, Carson City 
M Carman, Mecosta 
McRae & Lally, Grand Ledge 
C E Morse, Remus 
Wm H Marple, Marple, French  &  Co,  Char- 
H Sperry, Otsego 
C W CaBkey, Harbor Springs 
M Minderhout, Hanley 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
D D Harris, Shelbyville 
Cornelius  Gerber,  D  Gerber  &  Sons 
Walling Bros., Lamont 
W H Hicks, Morley 
Geo Carrington, Trent  7 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
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C H Adams, Otsego 
I  R T Parish.  Grandviile
O W Messenger, Spring Lake 
John Canfield, Hobart 
B.akeley Bros., i ife Lake:
C E Blakeley, Coopersville 
E R White, Reed City 
Neax McMillan, Lisbon 
Dr 8 J Koon. Lisbon 
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R B McCuilock, Berlin 
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H P Dunning, Allegan 
N ader & Beeler, Caledonia 
T W Preston, Millbrook
J B Watson, Coopersville 
.
F Fairman,Big.tUpids 
Mr Tanis, Den Herder & Tams, Ynesland 
H Van Noord, Jamestown 
Wm Vermeulen, Beaver Dam 
Jno Farrowe, So Blendon 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
Mr  arrowe.  Farrowe & Dairnon,  Allendale 
W G Teilt, Rockford 
G S Putnam, Frultport.
C E Grant. Blanchard 
Mr  Seaton, Campbell  &  Seaton,  LaGrange, 
G H  Remington, Bangor 
J Seebring, Bangor 
A B Foote, Hilliards 
Jno Dalton, Hobart 
F Narregang, Byron Center 
John Sumatra, Glteheil 
E J B  an & Co., Otia 
R Workman, Holland 
James Riley, Dorf6 
N Bouma, Fisher 
W H Bartholomew, Wayland 
Adams & Rollins. Hart 
.
R DMcNaugbton, Coopersville
W H Struik, Forest Grove 
CCTüxbury, Sullivan 
G F Cook, Grove 
W C Murray, LOwell 
LM Wolf,Hudwrayifle  ??
Jackson CootLBÎwkford 
C W Armstrong', Bowen s Mills 
S Cooper, Jamestown  '
L Cook, Bauer 
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John Giles. J Giles & Co, Lowell.......
D W Higglnf, Higgins & Con Scottyifle

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Have you been doing anything to him?” 
“No’m, on’y jest  now  he  went  inter  sis’s 
studio an’ licked ail the  yeller ochre  off  her 
pallette, an’ I guess  he  ain’t  got  over  the 
disappointment of it’s not bein’ oustard.”
A New  Process  for  Obtaining  Aconitine.
Thq Fharm- Journal  reports  that  Mr. 
John Williams has worked out a  new  pro­
cess, a description of which he communicat­
ed to the  British  Pharmaceutical  Confer­
ence. 
It consists essentially in  exhausting 
I with amyl alcohol toe coarsely-ground  root 
of aconitum  napellus  dried  at  a moderate 
temperatue,  shaking  the  amylic  solution 
with dilute acid and  water,  and precipitat­
ing the acid liquor with  sodium  carbonate. 
The crude alkaloid is then  dissolved  either 
in ether or alcohol and  allowed  to  crystal- 
ize.  Mr. Williams especially  insists  upon 
toe necessity of ensuring that the  root  op­
Druggists are frequently consulted .on this 
erated upon Is derived  from  A.  Napellus, 
wes a iu s t^ W  ixce  J l ^ ^ H I W s u b j e c t .   The  Medical  Wo&d   sftym  ”A| 
aud he uses a fusei oil  free  from  ordinary
steeped to a
gpint.  He dpes not acidulate  the  percojat-  half ounce.of ground 
toff ^n stru u m  with tartaric  dr  any  other  pint of vinegar is recommended  highly as a 
¿cfd.  SlnW illiams recommends that to the j cure for drunkenness. 
,A  teaspoonful in a 
■ nm tM ithm  of the Pharmacopoeia  toe alka-1 little, water shbuld^be tifcp .
Joid in its crystallized state  should  be  au-  liquor thirst is frit. -.It
toffirized intob place qf the amorphous aco-  and pfmjtgg^||1jBeling  <^f%gffihtion  and

A Cure  for  Drunkenness. 

Charlevolx—Chris. Hansen has rented Die 

old brush  handle AHKb0WM>-- 
shingle machinery with .a capacity of 28,000 
shingles  per  da#.  H r  experts'to geifntn 
operation by the middle of December.
'   Oscoda—The  Osebda Salfe  and  Lumber 
Co.,  which  has  been  doing business US ah 
unincorporated body, has been incorporated 
under toe style of H.  M. Loud A Son.  The 
capital stock of toe corporation is $800,000.

The Oleomargarine Law a Failure.

F rom  th e  OU, P a in t and D rug R eporter.

Wr* ^

-mb f"' £

The drummer hastens now bis pace,.!’ 
While from Ws forehead, down his face 

With get-there desperation,

Drip» the perspiration.  ;
(Two hundred pounds in weight),

Bis hustles round and cheeks his grip, 
He flips the baggage man a tip.

Then learns the train is two hours late.

The air is thick, the light grows dim, 
And Quitting is no common sin.

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W ritten E specially to r  Ts k   Tradesman

;  >  j  Hard  T*ck.

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|  W.  F. Blake and  family  are  pleasWitiy 
settled at the “WWrwI^t” for the winter. ||§
■  Don’t offer W.  F. Blake i^igafchny more. 
Me has “8wored off,” after acontinuou8 use! 
of the weed for seventeen years.

Hi. Robertson goes to  Homer  next  week 
to institute a K.  of  P. lodge.  Practice has 
made him perfect in this branch of business.
Hi.  Robertson  succeeds  D.  C.  Under­
wood as house salesman  for  Arthur  Meigs 
& Co.  His  grips  still  stalk  through  the 
State, however, under the .skillful,  manipu­
lations  of  Hi.’s brother,  B.  J.  Robertson, 
formerly engaged in business atBreedsville.

It legalized 

; Good Advice to Druggists.

It is denied that the steel rail mills are to 

At toe recent meeting of  toe  Pennsylva­
nia  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Geo.  W. 
Kennedy dwelt upon to©  fact  that the cus­
tomer comes to the druggist with confidence 
in  his  ability  and  integrity, and that the 
former should be made to feel that he is be­
ing conscientiously and honestly dealt with. 
This  could  be  accomplished  by  charging 
fair remunerative prices and dispensing on­
ly what are believed to  be  absolutely  pure 
medicines. 
It  is  always  well  to impress 
upon customers the  danger  of  trifling with 
disease,  and  the  importance  of  seeking 
medical advice, and  to  discountenance  the 
use of proprietary medicines.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is 
Only he who loves a  home  can  love  his
preparing his annual report for  publication
in book form, and from  advance  sheets we  country,  the aggregate of a nation’s home, 
learn that he has been disappointed  in  the 
If the fanatic really felt the truth  of  his 
workings of toe oleomargarine  law,  which  lofty ideals,  he  would  be  ashamed  of  ve- 
he characterizes as  “worse  than e useless.”  hement profession and would  work opt the 
Every detail of the subject  is  entered  into  problem within himself in silence, beginning 
including statistics of production, transport-1 at home  the task of saving  the  world  and 
ation and trade, chemical  analyses  of  the I making all men blest, 
compounds offered for sale, etc.  The Com- 
The growth of  all the  vegetation  in  toe 
missioner claims that the tax  on  the  retail  Western Hemisphere makes less noise than 
dealer is oppressive and unjust,  being  dis-  do the buyer and seller over  a wheelbarrow 
proportionate to the  other  requirements of  load of frost-bitten turnips.  Thetruework- 
the law, and he intends to  recommend a re-  worshipper  is  like a steam engine—always 
duction of the license. 
It h»s become more  ^  good  order,  expending  all  its  vitality 
and more  apparent  that  the  provisions of  silently in propulsion.  The  sham man is a 
the law utterly fail to  accomplish the desir-  moral fog-horn-he turns on  all  his  steam 
i ed end—namely, to impose a prohibitory tax I in noise through the whistle.
1 and to crush the oleomargarine interests out  When common sense i | as common as they 
of existence, on toe  flimsy  plea  of  dema-  say  it is, the milleniumof man will come to 
gogue advocates and legislators that the law I stay.
would protect  public  health. 
Idle curiosity  is  about the most industri- 
the manufacture of butter  imitations under Ious characteristic  in  human  nature. 
It 
Governmental  supervision  and subjected it I should read:  An insatiate hunger for trifles, 
to a tax which  manufacturers  accepted  as Ior a dwarfed soul  feasting  itself  upon  in- 
nominal, and which, in toe  Commissioner’s  telligent animalcules, developing  into a so- 
opinion,  has not been the cause of  any  di- I ©ml dragonfly. ^
-A- slanderer is  an  assassin  too  cowardly 
miuntion of the trade.  This  is a mistaken I 
idea,  as toe consumption has decreased ow- 
stab;  a moral rattlesnake containing  the 
ing to the  persecution  of  toe  middlemen,  most  deadly  poison  ever  engendered  on 
who were forced to either pay an exorbitant  earth,  whose tongue is attached to  a  heart, 
license tax or cease selling the article. 
indi- 
Tbe  Commissioner,  while  claiming  the  eating the lowest degree of human depravity 
successful enforcement of all toe provisions  He js the traditional  Evil  One  of  civilized
of the oleomargarine  law,  is not inclined to  society, and those who listen to him and as- 
claim for'that measure anybeneficial results  slst ta oirculatl^  a slander  are  copartner 
apparently  anticipated  by  its  framers, or I W1th the Devil, his equals  in  mischief, dif-  ing8 ln ttie eountry.  Have the  leading  trade, 
any benefit to the dairymen at whose bidding I faring only in malignant  ingennityand  «“> 
it was passed.  The  production  has  been I brazen hardihood of hell.  Better face can-  ====; 
carried on under all toe  restrictions  as  to  mbal foes  in  war  without  weapons  with IJJ 
sanitary conditions, etc., which the law pro- I which to  defend  yourself  than  this  social 
vides;  but  there  is  a  lack  of authority  to I hyena of Christian  civilization  with  open-
follow  and  control  the  production,  traffic I eye<I truth and moral suasion for your help-1 and Catcher in perfect order. 
and use of  oleo  oils and other components,  ers-
and the  consequent  lack  of  knowledge  as 
to how far toe  adulteration  of  butter  may I are one and the same thing, 
be carried on by toe dairymen. 

F OR SALE—A bargain for a liveman.  Good 
location.  Nice  piece  of  property.  No 
other store within six miles.  Reasons for sel 1- 
ing, long sickness  and  death  of my wife, and 
poor  health.  Clean  stock  goods.  Can  run 
ftoek down low  in  a  short  time, if you wish. 
Address,  W.  G.  Barnes,  Lodi,  Kalkaska Co.,
Mich.  _________ __________________"Is*
OR SALE—On  the  new  Railroad, stock of 
general merchandise, store and  barn,  on 
one-half acre corner lot.  Will sell at a bargain. 
Best location in town.  If you mean business, 
call on  or  address  C. L. Howard, Clarksville, 
______________________________
219*
Ionia Co., Mich. 
« a ^ & s0lT ueT f0,be% S t  o S

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted under this head fo r 
one cent  a word, or tw o cents a   w ord  fo r  th re e  inser­
tions.  No  advertisem ent tak en   fo r less th a n  25 cents. 
Advance paym ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be  sent  in 
care of th is office  m u s t   b e   a c c o m p a n i e d  b y  8 5  
, c e n t s  e x t r a ,  to  cover expense of postage.

The most deadly peril and perfect  safety 

I He is like  a  spiritual  thermometer 

Co., Box 3-7, Saranac, Mieh.______  

shut down December 1.

MISCELLANEOUS.

________________  

21B-3t

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______♦  

Purely Personal. 

Had the single survivor  of  a  score  only
j known it, he was as safe in the midst of the
most appalling slaughter of war recorded in
Chris.  Hansen,  the  Charlevoix  shingle | history as when a babe in bis mother’s arms,
manufacturer,  was in town a couple of days I surrounded  by  the  ministering  angels  of 
last week. 
peace.  Worry over apprehended harm has
A telegram from JaS.  Granger announces I destroyed more  human  life  than  all  other

«  
BACKWOODS  Be n. 

__1 

his arrival at Pasadena, Cal.,  where he will I evils combined.
spend the  wintep« ^  .........

7:16am
11:46am
5:00p m

I

TIMETABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.

All Trains dally except Sunday.

e o n s  n o r t h . Arrives.
Traverse C ity A  M ackinaw E x.........8:45 a m
Traverse C ity &  Mackinaw  Ex........
T raverse City  A  M ackinaw  E x ....  7:8Cp ta .
Cadillac Express.............. ........ ... 
S:4Jpn»
Saginaw  Express...........  < .......,.U :w  a  m
,  

.

Leere*. 
9:06 a  m  
11:80 a m  
- 10:40 p m  
6:06 p m  
T :M am  
.   4:10pm

Saginaw express runs throng!» Solid. 
9:05 a. m. tra in  h as  c h a ir  o ar to   T raverse  C ity  and 
11:30 a. m . tra in  h as choir ca r  fo r T raverse  C ity, re> 
10:40 p. m . tra in  h as sleeping cars to r Traverse  C ity, 

M ackinaw. 
toskey and Mackinaw City.
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
C incinnati  Express.................... 
FoirtW aynd E xpress.........¿.10:30 a n t  
C incinnati  Express.................... ...  4:40pm  
T raverse C ity and Mackinaw Ex. .10:50 p  m 

8 0 1 X 4   SOUTH.

' ¿ i r   _

7:15 a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  chair  ca r  fo r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p  m  tra in  h as W oodruff sleeper fo r Cincinnati. 
6:00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo fo r B attle C reek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and  C anadian 
points, a rriv in g  in  D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.

4 1 

M u s k e g o n ,  « r a n d .  R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n » .  

Leave. 
Art^T*'
6 3 0 a m .................................................. ..............10:10 a m
11 0 0 a m ............................................... 
*:30Pm
4 :4 0 p m ................ 
8:50pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stree t depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’I Pass. Agent.

 

 

 

 

Detroit, Lansing  &  Northern.

Grand Rapids & Saginaw Division. 

DEPART.  -

Saginaw Express................................. ......... 
7 M a  m
Saginaw E xpress,................................................ . •  4 10 P m
G rand Rapids E xpress. 
G rand Rapids  E x p re ss....................................... .10 30 p m

.................................... 11

All tra in s  a rriv e  a t  a n d  d e p a rt fro m  U nion depot. 
T ra in s r u n  so lid  b o th   w ays.

ARRIVE.

Chicago & W est Michigan.
8:10 a m

fM ail................................................  
tDay  E xpress.................................. 12:30p m
*Night Express.......................... . 
Muskegon Express......................................5:00 p m

A i rives. 
'3:55 p m  
9:46 p m  
5:45 a  m 
11:00 a m
»Daily. 
P ullm an Sleeping Cars on all n ig h t trains. _ Through 
p arlo r c a r in  charge of careful atten d an ts  w ithout  ex­
tr a  charge to  Chicago on 12:30 p. m., and th ro u g h  coach 
on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains.

Leaves.
 
11:00 p m

tD aily except Sunday.

N e w a y g o   D iv is io n ,

Leaves. 
E x p ress.............................................4 :0 5 p m  
Express........................................ • - • •  8:25am  

A rrives.
4:20pm
10:20am
All tra in s a rriv e and d ep a rt from  Union Depot.
The N orthern term inus of this division is a t Baldwin, 
w here close connection is  m ade- w ith  F. & P. M. tra in s 
to and from  Ludington and Manistee.

W. A. G a v e t t , Gen’I Pass. Agent.
J. B. Mulliken,  G eneral  M anager.

A rrive.

K a l a m a z o o   D iv is io n .

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Leave. 
N.Y. Mail.  N .Y .E x
Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
6:35 p m
4:35p m  
7:45a m ..G ran d R ap id s.  9:45 a m  
5:55pm   9:02 a  m .. A lleg an ...........8:28am  
5:18am
6-55pm   10:06 a m . .K alam azoo ...  7:80 a  m  
4:20pm  
8:30pm   11:35 a m ..W h ite P ig e o n .  5:55am   2.40p m
2:80 a m   5:05 p m ..T o led o ...............11:00 p m   10:00 a m
8:30 a m   9:40 p m ..C leveland............6:40 p m   5:55 a m
2:50 p m   3:30 a m . .Buffalo................11:55 a m   11:40 p m
5:40 a m   7:10 p m .-C hicago..............11:30 p m   8:50 a  m
A local freig h t leaves G rand Rapids a t 1:10 pm,  carry­
ing passengers as fa r as  K alamazoo.  All  tra in s  daily 
except Sunday. 

J. W. McKbxnby, G eneral Agent.

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m

6:15 a m

t t

G O IN S  EAST.

Geo. B. Reeve. Traffic M anager, Chicago.

Wayne Choate, Agent, East Saginaw. 

Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

Arrives.
»Night Express.............................................9:30 p m
tT hrough  Mail...................................10:20 a  m
tE vening E xpress.............................  3:25 p m
tD etroit  Express...............................
tMixed, w ith  coach.........................
GOING W EST.
tM om ing  Express............... 
1:05 p m
tT hrough  M all...........................................  5:00 p m
tG rand Rapids Express................... 10:40 p m
»Night Express...........................................  6:25 a m
tM ix e d ..............................................

Leaves. 
10:55 p m  
10:30 a m  
3 :50pm  
6:40 a m  
11:00 a m
1:10 p m  
6:10 p  m
5:40 a m  
7:45 a m
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
Passengers tak in g  th e  6:50  a m   Express  m ake  close 
connection a t Owosso fo r Lansing,  and  a t  D etroit  fo r 
New  Y ork,  arriv in g   th ere  a t  10:10  a  m the follow ing 
m orning.  The N ight Express has a W agner sleeping car.
J as. Campbell, City P assenger A gent. 

IOR  S aLE—Stock of general  merchandise. 
Will trade ior  real  estate  in  Southern 
Michigan.  Address  Box  X,  care Tradesman 
office 
S***
F OR SALE—Or exchange, for  hard  or  soft 
lumber, posts,  shingles or  lath, a planer
___matcher in perfect order.  Will plane two
sides  twenty-four  inches  wide.  J.  B.  Del- 
bridge, 493 Trumbull Ave„ Detroit. 
219*
F OR  S A L E —General  stock  of  goods.  Will 
rent  or  sell  building.  Good  reason  for 
Address  J. C. Stitt, Dollarvilie, Mich. 
231*
OR SALE—At a bargain.  A clean stock of 
hardware  and  mill  supplies.  Address 
210tf 
OK  SALE—Or  exchange, platform  spring 
peddling wagons,  suitable for  wholesale 
or retail trade.  Address  Welling & Carhartt, 
2uetf
139 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich. 
FOR BALE—The best drug store in the thriv 
ing city of Muskegon.  Terms easy.^C^L
JUK UitJ VA ÄHAWÄÜftW**.  -
I  Brundage, Muskegon. Mich.
W ANTED—A second-hand  buzz planer and 
wood  saw.  Call  or  address Sherwood
D etroit Express............................................ 
Manufacturing Co., South Division, St.  218-4t 
Day  Express..........................................................
»Atlantic Express......................................................10:10 p m
antk d—Situation bv a registered  phar- 
Mixed  ...........................................................................6:50 a m
First-
macist,  five  years’  experience.  AIM 
-  
j 
care  «Pacific  Express....................................................... 6:00 a m
___________________ _
219* 
I  M ail...............................................  ............................8:00p m
G rand  Rapids  Express............. 
10:15 p m
to  handle  the  new 
M ixed.......................................................................  
6:15 p m
Chemical Ink Erasing Pencil.  Greatest
_  
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»Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to  and from  
n o v e ltv   e v e r   p r o d u c e d .  E r a s e s   I n k   in   tw o  
s e c o n d s   n o  a b r a s io n  o f   p a p e r.  200  to   500 p e r  l D etroit.  P arlo r  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  G rand
IVitiyius riApiooo ow uuu  1 a 
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith all through tra in s E ast over 
<620 in six days;  another  $32  in  two  hours. 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)
Territory absolutely free. Salary to good men. 
No ladies need answer.  Sample 35 cents.  For 
terms and full particulars, address The Manu­
facturers, J. W. Ski Diner & Co., Onalaska,^Wis.
WANTED—Grocery stock in exchange for a 
small farm in  St.  Joseph  county.  Ad-: 
dress F. H. Lester, Mendon. Mich.______21.3* 
I
W Ai’n ^ ED—To exchange  farm worth $2.500 j 
for a stock  of goods.  Address  Box  23, 
Tradesman office. 
,
W ANTED—A  man  having  an  established I 
trade among lumbermen to add a  spec-, 
ial line aud sell on commission.  To  the  rig h t, 
man a splendid chance will be given  to  make j 
money without  extra expense.  Address  B,
care Michigan Tradesman._______ 
I
L3tf 

D. W. J ohnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., G rand Rapids.
O. W. Ruggles. Gen’I Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago.
Duluth, South  Shore & Atlantic  Railway.
W EST 
[A rrive
A M P M
A X
F X
10:30 3:40
G rand R apids................
5:05.
11:30
Ar
A  M Lv
P M A X
P   M
8:30 5:30
...S t  Ignace  1................
10:45 *6:56
2:05 10:00
1:00 A r.......,.. M arquette............ Lv
8:00
9:15
1:85
At.......,.. .N egannee............ Lv
1:45
8:33
9:05
12:50
^ J s h p e m in g ....... .
1:45
8:42
9:20 6:00
...  H o u g h to n ................
5:25
11:45
*8:06
A r.... ....... C a lu m e t.............Lv
6:34 
3:14
4 :3 6
P X
A X
P M
P  M
Only  direct  route  betw een  th e  E ast and South and 

class  references.  Address,  S.  F.  B
Tradesman. 

th e U ppor Peninsula of M ichigan.

Michigan Central.

ANTED — Agents 

G r a n d -  R a p i d a  D iv is io n .

E.-W  Allen, Gen’I Pass. A gt.

_______ ¿O^tt 

Leave]

DBPABT.

A RRIVE.

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EAST

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ARTNER WANTED—To  take half interest 
in stock of drugs and groceries  in one of 
I the smartest  towns  in  Southern  Michigan, 
Sales  last  year  $2.100.  Address  all comniu-
CHtions 104, this office 
2-V
A1 FKMTON—Will receive special  attention, 
steady  work  and  good  pay.  by  writing 
| Ed. O. Graham, Nurseryman, Rochester. N. Y,
$‘ 

1,500 STO O K —O f  groceries aud drugs foi 
per  cent.  Few  fixtures;  &ood town;  4 

___________  

Cash.  R.,  Lyons, Mich.

a (y

NEW, INVENTION
■   >NO BACKACHE. 
[RUNS.
[ea sy*

TH  Cords of Beech  have been sawed  by  one man in 9 
hoars.  - Hundreds  have  sawed  5 and 6 oords daily.  “Exactly “ 
what every Farmer and Wood Chopper wants.  First order from 
Illustrated Catalogue FREE.
your vicinity secure* the Agency, 
SOS 8. Canal 8treet, Chicago, XU.

Address  FOLDING  SAWING  MACHINE;  CO­

safes

W e m anufacture  a lin e  of Fire  Prool 
Safes th a t  combine all th e  m odem  im­
provem ents an d  m eet w ith ready said 
am ong  business  m en  and  dealers  oi 
all  kind. 
.  J .
Any business house  can  handie oui 
Safes  in  connection  V Îth  aay   o ® «  
line  o f  goods  w ithout  additional  «fe; 
pense  or  interference w ith an y   other 
bnstness. 
Weight. 

JsM  Heasms. (totside ïeasnie.

'• ' 

Zk

SowS,250lbs.  12x8\S’¿ in.  2*xl4xl$Ii».  030 
Se.8, 300Vto.  i6xtox»©l«; 
«5
So. 4, Î00 Ik«-  18Kt4xifilll' :■

. 

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1 1  
^ S é c i è W * ;   G e ¿  W . '¿fife
Flint; WjE- Kelsey, Ionia; Irving V. Clapp, Al-

Ionfe;Sral McMillan,

uommittee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City, Chas. T. Bridgman,  Flint;  H.  B. Fargo, Muske­
■
gon. 
Uomnunftte on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing ; W. 
Committee  oh  »Transportation—J,  V , 'Milliken,  Trav- 
erse City; Jno, P. Stanley, Battle Creek ;  Wm. Rebec, 
Rest Saginaw. 
Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  Y.
Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Ctemjpt, Cheboygan. 
Cemmwteeeh Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  S.  E. Partili,  Owosso,  Will  Lui

>—

The following auxiliary associations are op­
erating u n d «   charters granted by thè Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

, H«u ?—T r a v e r se  C ity  B . M .A . 
Prceldept, Geo- E. Steele; Secretajy.L. Roberts.

N o. S—S tu r g is B . M. A . 

President, S. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.
President. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jora. 
— 
Preaklent. Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

~ Ñ o.  4 —G rand  R a p id s  M . A .
N o.  5 —M u sk e g o n  B .  M . A . 

President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, W. Q, Conner.

President. C. R. Smith; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.

:  N o . 6—A lb a  H . H . A  
Ñ o.  7—D im o n d a le  B . M . A . 

President, T. M. Sloan: Secretary, N. H. Widger.
President, F. E  Thnrston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.

N o. 8 —E a stp o r t B . M . A .

N o . 9 —L a w re n c e  B . ML A . 

President, H  M  Marshall; Secretary, C. A. Stebblns.
'President, W. j. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.

a o .  1 0 —H a rb o r o p tin g  s B . M . A . 

>0.11—Kingsley B. M. A. 

President, H. R Whfeple; Secretary, Ç. H.  Camp,

N o.  13—S h erm a n   B . M . A . 

President, H. B. Stnrtovant; Secretary, W,  G. Shane.

N o . 1 4 —Mo. M u sk egon  8 .  M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. 0. Havens.
President, R. R. Perkins;  Secretary, J, F. Fairchild.

N o. 1 5 -  B o y n e  C ity  B . M .  A* 
Mo. 1 6 —Sand L a k e  B .  M.  A. 
Mo. 17—P la in  w e ll B .  M. A , 

President, j. V. Crandall:  Secretary, A. P. Comstock.
President, M. Bailey, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
Ñ o.  lÿ - O w o s s o  B . M . A . 
President, W. A, Woodard; Becretary. B. Lamfrom.
No.  19—Ada B. M. A. 

President, O. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretory, M. V. Hoyt.

N o. SO—v a u g a tu c k   K. M. A . 
N o. 2 IjsrW ayiand  H. M . A . 

N o. 2 2 —G rand  L ed g e B . M . A . 
N o   2 3 —Carson. ( i t y   B.  M. A . 

Persident, W. E. Wilson; Secretory, W. R. Clarke.
President, F. A. Rockafellow:  Secretory, C. O. Trask.

N o. 2 4 —M or ley   B.  M .  A .

President, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond. 
President, Ira S. Jeffers; Secretary, H. D. Pew._______

N o. ? 5 —P a lo   B  M. A .

N o, 2 6 —O reen  v ille   v . M .  A . 

President. L. W. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark.
N o. 2 8 —C h eb o y g a n  B . M . A  
President, J.  H. Tuttle ;  Secretory, H.G. Dozer.

N o. 2 9 —F r e e p o r t B . l .   A.
N o. 3 0 —O cean a B .M .  A .

President, Wm. Moore; Secretory, A. J. Cheesebrough.
President, A. Ö. Avery;  Secretory, E. S. Houghtaling.
President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Flenry.

N<>..3 1 —C h a rlo tte  H. M. A . 

N o. 3 2 —C oopers v il le B . M . A . 

President, G. W. Watrons;  Secretary,. J  B. Watson.

N o. 3 3 —C h a r le v o ix   B.  M . A .  

President, John Nicholls;  Secretory, R. W. Rane.

President, Geo. A. Potts;  Secretory, P. T. Williams.

N o. 3 4 —  ara n a c  B. M . A . 

N o.  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B. M . A  

President, Wm. J, Nixon; Secretory, G. J. Noteware.

■ N oi 3 6 —I th a c a  B .  M . A .

P resident, O. F. Jackson;  Secretory, J o iq   M. Everden.

N o. 3 7 —B a ttle  «'reek B .  M . A . 

President, Geo. H. Rowell;  Secretory, Jno. P- Stanley.
President, H. E. Symonds: Secretary, O. W. Higgln

N o. 3 8 —S c o ttv ille   B .  M . A . 

Association Notes.

L. A. Phelps,  Secretary of the Saugatack 
B.  M. A., writes:  “ We have got ■our Asso­
ciation in good working order.”

St.  Louis and Alma are down  for  a  raid 
by the State Organizer about  the middle of 
January.;  L.  M. Mills and the  Ithaca  As­
sociation will render the  work  valiant ser­
vice.

Chairman Blain, of the  State  Insurance 
Committee,  is watching the  attitude  of the 
insurance companies toward the  new  anti­
compact law, which goes into effect on Jan­
uary 31.

Tustin  Echo:  At  the  Business  Men’s 
meeting, 
last  Monday  evening, It was de­
cided that the members  of  the  Association 
close their respective places  of  business on 
Thanksgiving day, from 10 a.  m.  to 3 p. in.
Président Hamilton  and  Secretary Stowe 
addressed the Big Rapids B. M. A. on Mon­
day evening, organized an auxiliary associa­
tion at Ashton yesterday  afternoon and ad­
dressed the Reed  City  B.  M.  A.  last even­
ing.

Local  secretaries  should  see  that  every 
auxiliary member is supplied with the State 
sheets as soon as they are received.  No in­
formation  of  this  character  should  be al­
lowed  to  lie  in  the  secretary’s office over 
night

C. W. Bennett, Secretary of  the  Quincy 
B. M. A*, writes:  “The  Bine  Letters  are 
working to a charm.  Many  members  have 
collected debts they despaired of.  One firm 
made a collection of a man who . now  lives 
in Chicago.? 
t
L.  W. Spragne,  President  of  the Green­
ville B. M.  A.,  writes:  “Our  Association 
is .prospering and I judge by The Tbades- 
. maw that tibe  same  is the case all-over the 
State. 
I  am glad of i t  and hope we may be 
able to thoroughly  exterminate  ’the  dead­
beats,  or  make  them good-paying  custom­
ers.”

ThC Compiled  Delinquent' Book  is near­
ing completion and will probably  be  ready 
for  distribution  within  ten  days. 
I t will' 
contain  about  fifty  pages  and will be the 
most complete  publication of the kind ever 
issued.  Every  auxiliary  member  of  the 
State body will be entitled to a copy of this 
book.

Every  local  association  ought to hold a 
banquet or supper before the winter is over. 
Sueh evefets damore to unify  the members, 
socially, than any feature yet  devised* and 
the association  Vhich  neglects to take ad- 
§gffip9ge of this incentive  to  harmony  and
occasion to re-

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have changed
if 
TTanlnSH nn
PQI jrivwCwVV

and
-laWé  and  adópted téè 'local ditto with 

b u t One additional Section.”

Geo.  W. Albrecht,  Treasurer of  the Bel­
laire  B. M. A.,  writes:  “ We  are  finan­
light  waisted,  1  as  becomes  a 
cially 
small 
town,  but  strong 
in  good  fel- 
lowship and. push.  As a body,  we favor  a 
central collection office  and  the  actuary’s 
office (now no  more)  will probably  be  re­
vived under  some  modified  form  and  used 
for this purpose.”

A.  E. Johnson, the Sparta, cheese  manu­
facturer,  was  in  town  on  the -19th.  He 
ceased operations for the season the day be­
fore,  having made a little over 71,000 pounds 
of cheese during the season.  -  Mr.  Johnson 
has not lost a cheese  for  two  seasons  and 
reports that his patrons  are so well pleased 
over the results of this  year’s  business that 
they will nearly all  enlarge  their  herds of 
milk producers another season.

The Grand Rapids Mercantile Association 
will probably give an  anniversary  banquet 
at one of the city hotels on  December 6, af­
ter the meeting which occurs  that  evening. 
The preliminary  arrangements have not all 
been perfected,  bat  the  committee  having 
the matter in charge will probably decide to 
throw  the  occasion  open  to  the ladies, as 
well as the gentlemen.  Tickets 'will short­
ly be placed on sale at 50 cents per plate.

Lansing Journal:  The  names  that  oc­
cupy positions  on  the  dead-beat  list  were 
not read at  the  meeting  of  the  Business 
Men’s Association  Wednesday evening, but 
after the  session  had  ended  the Executive 
Committee labored until  nearly midnight in 
revising the list,  and nearly 150  names will 
be printed at once and copies  given  to  the 
members of the. Association.  The.namestf 
Asa Smith, Dr. Cooper and John  Chamber­
lain were presented for membership  in  the 
Association and referred to  the' usual  com­
mittee.

Tustin Echo:  The  first  annual  meeting 
of the Tustin  Business  Men’s  Association 
was held at the  Tustin  House last Monday 
evening. 
Although  the  Association  is 
small m numbers, there have been much life 
and interest manifested and  the attendance 
in  the  past  year  has  been  comparatively 
large. •  It was decided to  ratify  the consti­
tution  and  by-laws  of  the  M. B.  M. A., 
adopt the constitution  recommended by the 
State  body  and  to  apply  for  a charter at 
once. 
In  order  to  change the date of the 
annual meetings of the  Association  to  the 
month of January,  beginning  of  the  new 
year,  it was decided that the present officers 
hold over until the second Monday in Janu­
ary next,  at which time the election of offic­
ers will take place.

Cheboygan Tribune:  A  delegation  from 
the Cheboygan B. M. A.  attended  the  last 
meeting of the comiùon council to urge  the 
necessity of  properly  lighting  the  streets. 
Fred  Frost  and  O.  M.  Clement  were 
spokesmen for the delegation and  ably pre­
sented the importance of  having the village 
lighted,  but  failed to open the eyes of  the 
obstreperous  four.  Trustees  McArthur, 
Galbraith, Hamel and Hayes  evidently  be­
long to the  class  spoken  of  in  holy  writ 
“ who love darkness  better  than light,” and 
Trustee  McArthur  was  so  ungentlemanly 
as to  refer  to  the  representatives  of  the 
Business  Men’s  Association  as  “juvenile 
orators.”  These gentlemen represented the 
bnsiness men  of  Cheboygan,  and  as  such 
were certainly entitled to  respectful  treat­
ment at the hands of the council.

Good Report from the  Muskegon B. M. A.
From the Muskegon News.

The Muskegon  Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion, which was organized a short time ago, 
has now a membership of 108,  and  is  in  a 
flourishing condition.  There  was a special 
meeting of the Association  last evening, at 
which the new charter from  the State Asso­
ciation was  exhibited  for  the  first  time. 
The eharter,  which  is  neatly  printed and 
mounted in a frame,  is dated  Oct. 20, 1887, 
and runs to H.  B.  Fargo,  W.  J.  Conner, 
C. L. Whitney, H. D. Baker,  Albert Towle 
and others, and, reciting the fact  of  the lo­
cal organization, entitles the  Association to 
a  membership  in  the  State  Association. 
The document  is  signed  by Frank Hamil­
ton, President, and E. A. Stowe, Secretary.
The Association has  already  resulted  in 
much good to the dealers, as it has been the 
means of  not only instituting a more cordial 
and friendly feeling  among  business  men 
generally, but it has  had  the effect of bring­
ing a certain class of negligent debtors,  who 
can, but do not, pay  their  just  bills to the 
front.  The  Association,  as  stated  last 
night,  is  for  the  purpose  (among  many 
others) of ferreting  out  intentional  “dead 
beat” in the community, and to refuse them 
further credit.  The  first  notice,; which  is 
called a Bine Letter, sent to the delinquent, 
is by the dealer  to whom  he  is  indebted, 
and is substantially as follows:
* 

* 

* 

* 

#

*

*•' 

>"# 

If there is no attention paid to this gentle 
reminder  -within  the  time  specified,  the 
name of the delinquent, with the amount of 
his indebtedness,  is  handed  over  to  the 
Secretary of the Association, whosends him 
a further notice, as follows: *

«T-1* i 
As there are but few men who can afford 
to have their names  hawked  about  in  any 
the  second  letter  usually 
Sueh  manner, 
brings the money  or  a  satisfactory  settle­
ment.  Several of the first letters have been 
.sent .omt,  and 
the  responses  have  been 
prompt and to the point.
.  I t is believed by the  business  men of the 
City that where all  classes  of  people have 
had a prosperous  season,  as  they have had 
here, thefu Is no excuse  for  chronic  dead- 
beatism.  Besides, when  consumers get in­
to  the  commendable  practice  of  paying 
promptly,  . the,, dealer  can  well  afford  to 
shade prices  all  round  and  the  purchaser 
gets the benefit.
Regular' meetings are held  on the second 
Tuesday of .each month  and/ there  will  he 
ode Jhbre meeting before the annual election 
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Rapids Mercantile Association.

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Afrth« 

meeting  of
the local association,  held  last  Tuesday ev­
ening,  J .  Hagens  &  Sons,  grocers at 79 
Shawmut avenue,  were elected  members n i 
’
the Association. 
The Committee  on  Constitution  and By- 
Laws presented  a  supplementary  report, 
reco'mmendihg that the name bf  the  organ­
ization be  changed  to  the  ¡Gland  Rapids 
Mercantile Association  and-^dbat  member­
ship be made open to retail bnsiness men in 
any line.  The  report  was  thoroughly dis­
cussed and  adopted  without' a  dissenting 
voice.

The special Committee  on  Trade Exhibit 
reported that most of the jobbers and manu­
facturers of the city had  been  interviewed 
on  the subject and  that  the  .majority gave 
the plan unqualified  endorsement.  The re­
port was accepted and  the  Committee  in­
structed to sectíre  the  pledges  of as  many 
exhibitors  as  could  be  prevailed  upon  to 
patronize a trade display.  The  Committee 
was also instrncted to look around for a de­
sirable hall for use as a  meeting  place  and 
exhibit hall.

The  question  of  employing an agent to 
care for the  exhibit,  increase the  member­
ship and attend to collections, was then dis­
cussed.  The  discussion  culminated  in  a 
motion by C. L. Lawton  for  the  appoint­
ment of a special  Committee  on  Agent, to 
take the matter under  consideration and re­
port at the next meeting.  The  motion was 
adopted  and  the  chair  appointed as such 
committee  Messrs.  Lawton,  Elliott  and 
Wendover.

The question of  holding  an  anniversary 
banquet was then brought up  and  appeared 
to  be  received  with  favor.  A.  J. Elliott 
moved  that  a  banquet  be  held and that a 
committee be  appointed  to make the neces­
sary arrangments.  The motion  was adopt­
ed and the chair appointed as  such commit­
tee Messrs. Emery, Hydom and Stowe.

As  the  terms  of  the  officers  expired  by 
limitation at  this  meeting,  under  the  old 
constitution,  Thos.  Keating  moved that the 
present officers hold  over  until  the  second 
Tuesday . in  January,  that  being the time 
prescribed by the  new  constitution  for the 
holding  of  the  annual meeting.  The mo­
tion was adopted,  which  will  render  it ne­
cessary for President  Coye  to announce six 
Committees,  as  follows:  Transportation, 
Insurance,  Trade  Interests,  Arbitration, 
Entertainment 
and  Legislation!  Three 
members of the  Executive  Committee will 
also have to be  elected at the next meeting.
The anxiety of the Grand  Rapids  Butch­
ers’ Association to merge their  organization 
into  the  Retail  Grocers’  Association  was 
then  referred to and  A.  J.  Elliott  moved 
that the Secretary be instrusted to invite the 
Butchers’ Association to join the Mercantile 
Association in  a  body.  The  motion  was 
adopted.

Treasurer  Harris  reported  a  balance on 
hand of $96.66 and the receipts of the even­
ing as $20.50, making the  total in Treasur­
er’s hands,  $117.16.

The Treasurer was  instructed  to forward 
a check for $33  to  the  Michigan. Business 
Men’s Association, to  cover  charter fee and 
per capita dues on 120 members. 
The meeting then adjourned.

>

Charlotte in Line on Organization.

Charlotte, N ov.  18,  1887.

B. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

De a r  Sir—The  blanks  I  asked 

for 
have been received and  we  .have  partially 
completed our organization by  the  election 
of the following officers:

President—Thos. J. Green.
Vice-President—Geo. H. Fenn.
Secretary-*-A.  G. Fieury.
Treasurer—C. L. Pratt.
Executive Committee—Thos. J. Green, A. 
*G. Fieury, Geo. M.  Fenn,  C.  L.  Pratt,  L. 
R.  Freeman.
The membership will, no  doubt, embrace 
every  business firm  in Charlotte;  bat, like 
all other new  enterprises,  we  must  have a 
beginning, and for this beginning we are in ­
debted more to Geo. H. Fenn, of the grocery 
firm of Church & Fenn, than to  any  other 
man.
We expect to  secure  a  large membership 
for oar Association and  look  for  good  re­
sults.  . Yours truly,  A. G. F leu ry,  Sec’y.
A Society  to  Protect  Merchants  Against 

Loss Through  Giving  Credit.

A number of wealthy  residents  of  New 
York City have organized a  company  with 
a view to protecting  merchants against loss 
by giving credit.  The  company  is  called 
“The Dry Goods Credit,  Guaranty  and In­
demnity Company,” and is the first  corpor­
ation of its kind in this country.  The  cap­
ital stock wiH be  $1,000,000,  divided  into 
$50 shares.  The purpose is  “to  guarantee 
and  indemnify  merchants,  manufacturers, 
traders and those engaged in  business  and 
giving credit  from  losses  and  damage by 
reason of  giving  and  extending  credit to 
their customers.”  The company  will work 
on the same basis as an insurance company. 
If a merchant who has sold a lot  of  goods 
on credit has insured  himself,  the company 
will stand his loss,  if his  customer  fails to 
pay within a  prescribed  time.  Those who 
are  interested  in  the  venture  say it will 
bring about a revolution in business circles.

Newaygo  Ready  to  Organize.

Nev& ygo, Nov. 18, 1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids : /

Dea r Sir—About  Sept.  3 1 circulated a 
paper among the  business  men  of this vil­
lage and got thirty-five names for  the  pur­
pose of organizing a Business Men’s Associ­
ation.  We  were  to;  meet  at  the  village 
council room, bat as me village had no such 
plaee (unknown to me at that  time) 
there 
was  no  meeting. 
I now  have a  place to 
meet and if yon think it advisable  to  come 
here, just set a date and  I   will  let  it vbe 
kfiown. 
If you come, it .would be better to 
come on thè morning  trainees  that  would 
give time to  explain  some  things  before­
hand. 
-
wm h 
.  The  Grant  business  men  sày;  they are 
7,
ready to join with us.  Respectfully* 
& S - ' 1 1 1   E & :E^LimES.

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promptly and buy in full packages.

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30&15

BELLB.

BOLTS.

BUTTS. CAST.

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BRACES.
 

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'  BUCKETS.

P lush......................... 

jves% Old style..................... I ........... dis  60
N.  I . f i  
60
Douglass’. . . . .............. ...........  
dis  60
Pierces’  .
........ ;....X .d is   60
SneU’8 ..................................................d is 
60
Cook’s   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....dis
Jennings’, genuine...... ........................ dis
Jennings’, imitation......... ................... dis50&10
BALANCES.
Spring..............................  
40
BARROWS.
Railroad .........  ....................... :..  ....$  14 00
G a rd e n .......................... 
net 33  00
Hand ...  .....................................dis * 80&10&10
Cow...... ........................................ dis 
70
Call..................  dip 
25
Gong — ..........  — -------- —  ..ui& 
60&10
Door,Sargent....  ................d is  
S to v e .....,.....* ,....................... dis $ 
0
Carriage  new lis t.....* .....,...... ....dis  7C&10
PlOW  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dis 
50
Sleigh Shoe...... 
dis
Wrought.Barrel  B olts..................d is
Cast  Barrel B olts.......*................ ..dis
Cast Barrel, brass knobs......... 
dis
Cast Square Spring...... ................. dis
Cast D hain.......; ...........................d is
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob.............dis
Wrought Square............... 
dis
Wrought Sunk Jlu sh ......................... dis
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
dis  60&10
Ives’ D o o r.............................. 
dis  60&10
B arber............................................ dis $ 
40
B ackus...................... 
 
..dis  50&10
Spofford..................... .. X. X. . . ......d is 
50
Am. B
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.. . . . . .dis 
net
Well, plain...... ....................................$   3 50
Well, swivel.
4  00
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed_____dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis  80&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  P in ........... ............dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........   .dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped......................  -.....................dis  60&5
Wrought Table.................................... dis  60&10
Wrought  Inside Blind........................dis  60&10
Wrought Brass...................................dis 
75
Blind,Clark’s................ 
..dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s..................^  .......... .dis  75&10
Blind, Shepard’s .................7..........dis 
70
Ely’s 1-10............................ . 
...... per m $ 65
Hick’s C .F......................................... 
60
G.D.........................I ................ 
35
Musket......... ...................................... 
60
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States............................. 
Central Fire........................................ ,dis30&10
CHISELS.
Socket Firmer... 
.............................dis
70&10
Socket Framing..  .............................. dis
70&10
Socket Corner........................  
dis
70&1U
Socket Slicks........................... 
dis
70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.................dis
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............ 
dis
20
Cold............................................ ........ net
Curry, Lawrence’s.................. 
dis
40&10
Hotchkiss  ..........................................dis
25
Brass, Backing’s .......... ........  
60
Bibb’s ............................................. 
Beer.............................. 
40&10
 
Fenns’............................  
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................381b  28
14x52,14x56,14 x60................................ T...  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.........................  23
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................   23
Bottoms....................... 
23
Morse’s Bit  Stock............................ dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank...................dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank..........................dis 
40
Com.4 piece,6  in ...............J.......doznet  $.75
Corrugated.................. 
  dis30&101&0
 
Adjustable......... ....................  
dis  K&10
EXPANSIVE BITS.
3i>
O ar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2. $2400:  3, $30 00.  dis 
25
American File Association List........dis  oe&le
Disston’s ......... ...............................d is  60&B)
<Mn  flcfr.tn
New A m e r
Nicholson’s........................... 
  dis  60&2r
 
Heller’s ......................... ............. 
.dis  55&H?
Heller’s Horse R a s p s .....................dis 
50
GALVANIZED IRON,
28
22and 24,  25and26,  27 
Nos. 16to 20, 
14 
List 
15 
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CATBIDGBS.

“  COPPER.

ELBOWS.

DRILLS

COMBS.

COCKS.

CAPS.

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HOBS.

HANGERS.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

 
LOOKS—DOOR.

h o l l o w   w a r e .
 

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.............. dis 
5t
Maydole & Co.’s................................. dis 
25
K ip s ......................  
25
dis 
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s.............................. dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............   .....30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 e 40&V 
Bam Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track  SO&ki
Champion,  anti-frietion..................... dis  60&ft>
Kidder, wood  track...................  
40
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h i n g e s .
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3............ 
dis 
 
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State......................................... per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4)4  14
and  longer........................................... 
7)4
70
Screw Hook and Eye,  ) 4 ......... 
  net 
8H
Screw Hook and Eye 96..............net 
8erew Hook and Eye  £ ......................net 
7H
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.............net 
7)4
Strapand  T .. ............ ........... ....dis 
70
-Pots........................ 
60
60
Kettles................. 
  
60
Spiders  ..................  
so
Gray  enameled.................. 
 
HOUSE  FURNISHING GOOD A
Stamped Tin Ware....    ..........new list 
75
 
Japanned Tin  Ware...................... 
26
Granite Iron  Ware......... ............ 
 
25
Grub  1...... ...............:....,....... .. .$11 00, dis 60
Grub  2....................... ....................   11 50, dis 66
12 00,die60
G rabs....................... 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... . .dis 
55
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.......... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings......  
55
Door, porcelain, trim m ings............... 
55
76
Drawer and Shutter,  porcelain....... dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s ..  ................  40&U;
Hemacite......... 
45
dis 
Bussell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis 
55
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s..........dis 
55
Branford’s .... ...........  
..........d is  
55
Norwalk’s 
55
.....d is 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............ . 
.dis  70
Adze  E y e .............* ...,....... $16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye...... .............. .............$15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s...................................... $18 60 dis 20 A M
Sperry A Co.’*, Post,  handled;... . . . . ....d is, 60
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...................  
dis 40
Coffee,P.S. AW.Mfg. Co.’sMaUeables..  dis 40 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry A Clark’s .........  dis 40
Coffed, Enterprise.....  ............................dis  25
60AM
Stebbln’sPattern   
  ...... ................dis
60&10
Stebbin’sG enuine......  .............d is
25
Enterprise,  self-measuring.:;..._dis 
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Common, Brad and Fencing.
 

lOdto  60d.. . . . . . . . . ............ keg$2 10
8d and9d adv....... .........  
 
6dand7d  a d v . . . . .,1:............................ 
4dand5d  a d v .::,..,....,........:..........  
3d advance................................. flf........ 
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3d fine advance................. . 
Clinch nails, adv...... ........... ........... 
I  lOd 
Finishing 
8d  6d  4d
Size—inches  f_3 
2 J t   1)4
Adv. #  keg 
$125  1 50  175  2 00 
Steel Nails—2 20.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s P a t e n t . ......... .dis60A10
Zinc, with brass b o tto m .....................dis  50
Brass or  Copper.......................... ...........dis  50
R e a p e r.......,.,.,...!...........per gross, $12 net
Dlmstead’s . 
....,  50AM
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Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy........ ................dis 40010
Seiota B e n c h .................................. dis 59966
Sandusky Tool Co. *8, fancy....  .......<Us4t@10
BenchTflrstiquaiity,..; £ ...'... i. 
.:.dis 50(955 
Stanley Rule and LevelCo.’s, wuod;...disa6Ald

 
IdBWIiS«
MATTOCKS.

...............  . 
■■■i  PLANES.  >  -  

MAULS.
HILLS,

25
56
75
156
2 25
1 00

NAILS—IRON. 

m o l a s s e s  g a t e s .

OILERS.

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■  P P i4>'(L.”  « £ * 9 » V

s$
Copper Bivets-Rnd  Burg.....................dis 
60
ffl
S  
-  PATENT FLAMSABU IRON.  ?  > 
“A” Wood’«patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 1 0 1  
**B” Wood’spat. planished, Nob. 25  to 27  9 30

- 

Broken packs !4o ft 1> extra.

ROPES.

• 

Sisal,Hin.and  target............................. 11)4
Manilla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ................12)4
Steel andiron.....................................dia  70&10
.
.
.
Try and Bevete..
66
Mitre  .......................................  
20
SHEET IRON.

SQUARES.
.
.

 dis 
dis 
Com. Smooth.

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6

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.  TACKS.

TIN PLATES.

t i n n e r ’s  s o l d e r .

290 
3 SO 
3 65 
3 15 
325 
inches

Nos. 10to 14...i-rc:....................$4 20
Nos. 15 to 17__ X........................  4 20
Nos. 18to 21...X .... . . . . . . . . . . . .   I 20
Nos.22to 24....,............... .........  4 20
Nos .25 to 28................................  4 40
No. 27...... ?.........‘.;v....................   4 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 3 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC,
In casks of 600 lbs, S   lb ..................
In smaller quansities, V  ft.....  .........
American,all  kinds...,..............dis
Steel, all kinds..................................dis
Swedes, all kinds...... 4________ 
  dis
Gimp and L
. ...... ....dis
Cigar Box  N ails...,............. ........ ..dis
Finishing Nails.......... ..dis
Common and Patent B rad s..........dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks, dis 
Trunk and Clout Nails........ J ..  %.. dis
Tinned Trank and Clout Nalls..........dis
Leathered Carpet Tacks..............   .dis
No.l, Refined.*!.,........................ .......
Market  H alf-and-half.,......:....  ....
Strictly  Htdf-an&half.'......................
<10x14,Charcoal...... ................5 40®5 60
IC. 
lOxlAOharcoal.......................  
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal..................  
 
IC, 
12x12, ^Charcoal............................  7 76
IX, 
IC. 
14x20,Charcoal_______________     5 75
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal........................... 
725
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal..............................  8 75
IXXX, 14x20,C harcool....,..,.................... lo  77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........................12 55
20x28, Charcoal..................................... 15 56
IX, 
100 Plate Charcoal.........................  6 56
DC, 
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal. . ....................     8 56
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal!... ...................  10 56
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........................   12 56
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6 75
Roofing, 14x20, IC...............  
 
  4 90
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ............ 
..................  6 40
Roofing, 20x28, IC....................... ..............M 60
Roofing, 20x28,  IX .................................... 13 50
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Teme............... 5 60
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Teme..............  7 60
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Temè............ . .11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme...........  14 00
Steel, Game.................................... 
60A16
Oneida Communtity,  Newhouse’e...........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley A Norton’s. .60Aki
Hotchkiss’ .......................................  6H&10
dte50&10
S, P. A W.  Mfg. Co.’S........................... !*66AIO
Mouse, choker..................................... 18c ® doz
Mouse,  delusion...............................$1 50 $  doz
Bright Market.........................  
dis  67H
Annealed Market...............................dis  70Alu
Coppered Market........................................... dis 62H
Extra Bailing......... .......................... 
dis  56
Tinned  Market.............................................. dis 62)4
Tinned  Broom......................................... y f t  09
Tinned Mattress......................................9  ft 8H
Coppered  Spring Steel.................................. dis 50
Tinned Spring Steel........................................dis 40A10
Plain Fence.........................................   .fl 1b  3
Barbed Fence, galvanized..................... 
.4 10
painted.......................!...  .3 35
Copper.............................................new  list net
Brass................................................ new list nel
B rig h t.......................................dis  70AMA10
Screw Eyes..................................... dis  70A10A10
Hook’s .................................  
dis  70A10A10
Gate Hooks and  Eves...................dis  70AMAM
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled..............
Coe’s Genuine............................. ....... dis 
Coe’s Pte nt A gricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s  Ptent, malleable.................................dis 75A1C
60
Birdcages................................................ 
Pumps,  Cistern................................dis 
75
7GA6
Screws, new  list.................................... 
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate...................dis50&10A10
Dampers, American ...............................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d 
% 
Copper Bottoms...................................  
23c

MISCELLANEOUS.

TIN—LEADED.

WIRE GOODS.

TRAPS.

"WIRE.

50
75

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HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows 
for dry  stòck,  measured  merchantable, miff 
culls out;
00@15 00
Basswood, log-run.............................13 
Birch, log-run......... ......................... 15 
00(918 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2............................  @25 00
Black Ash, log-run.............................14  G0@16 50
Cherry,  log-run...... ..........................25 
00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2..........................45 
00@50 00
Cherry,  cull.........   ..........................   ; 
@10 00
Maple, log-run................................. 12  Q0@14 00
Maple, soft,, log-run.........................11 
00@13 00
Maple, Nos. la n d 2 ..........................  @20 00
Maple, dear, flooring. !'....................  @25 Oo
Maple, white, selected.. ...................  @25 On
RedOak, log-run........... 
18 
00@20 00
Red Oak, Nòs. 1 and 2........................24 
00@25 06
Red Oak, X sawed. Bin and upw’d..40 00@45 00
Red Oak,  “  “ 
regular.............. 30 
00@35 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step plank..............  @25 00
Walnut, log-run.................. 
@55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.........................  @75 00
Walnuts,  culls..................................  @25 00
Grey Elm. log-run........................ 
  @13 00
White Ash,  log-run...........................14 
Whitewood,  log-run............... 
.20 
White Oak, log-run......................  .„17 

00@16 50
00@22 00
00@18 00

 

 

There Were Two of Them.

“Hello!  What’s this?”  cried Bill, as he 
bolted up in bed  and  looked  into the muz­
zle of a revolver.
“Your money or your  life!”  called out  a 
hoarse voice.
“What! you  would  not  rob  me,  would 
you?”  quoth Bill.
“I  would.”
“You do not know who I am,” continued 
Bill.  “I am a coal dealer, Honor among—”
But the robber had fled  with a baffled cry 
of rage.

“The  Members  all  Like  It.”

I thaca,  Nov. 15,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dea r  Sir—Enclosed  find draft for char­
ter and dues.  We have adopted the consti­
tution  and  by-laws  sent  us  by you.  We 
are doiDg a  good work.  The  members  all 
like it and are very much encouraged. 
r Respectfully, J ohn[M. E verden, Sec’y.

Four associations have  re-affiliated  with 
the State  body  sinee  last  week—Bellaire, 
Ithaca,  Battle  Creek  and  Scottville.  The 
last Association took charter No. 38.

The  A rt  Interchange  issues  with  its 
number of November 5 a fine large study of 
field daisies, being one  of  thirteen  similar 
studies given  with  twenty-six  numbers of 
the magazine for $3, or of twenty-six  simi­
lar studies given with  twenty-six  numbers 
for  $4.  Wm.  Whitlock, publisher, 37 and 
39 West 22d street, New York.

Offer N o. 173.

FR EE—To Merchants Only:  An 
elegant  silvenfriated  W ater Pitcher, 
frosted and richly  carved; height,  13 
inches.  Address at once, Ry W . Tan- 
sill  & Co.,  55  State  St.,  Chicago.
J.  EL FELDNEJR  &  OO.,
, 

CUSTOM  SHIRT  MAKERS,
,v  -.! 
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

ANDtauumB»

ST., 
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-  G R A N D  R A P ID S
to Kail Order*.  Telephon» 8*1.
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SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

HB80LUTK  8PIGE8,
Absolute Baiii Powder.

100 PER ÇEHT. PURE.

JOBBER OF

—-AND----

SALT  FISH.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt 

See  Quotations  in  Another 

Attention.

Column.

Wholesale Hardware,

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

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 41 Louis street».

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich

MERCHANTS’ STATIONERY

Having  Made  a  Specialty of

Fine Mercantile Printing

We  are  able  to  offer  the  Merchants  of Michigan the 
best goods in th at line at the  Lowest  Prices  compati­
ble with FINE  WORK.  W e quote:

$7.50

GOOD  STOCK

EXTRA  STOCK

Business Cards 
Note Heads 
Envelopes 
Bill Heads 
Statements
Anything in the Line of Commercial Pointing execut­
ed promptly and a t Reasonable Prices.
Remember  th at  a  merchant’s  bnsiness  is  judged 
largely by the appearance of his stationery.
Orders  Can  be  sent  direct  and printing delivered to  
any jobbing house at this  market,  to be  shipped  w ith 
other goods.  Correspondence Solicited,

PULLER 1 STOWE GOMPANY,  I

$9.00

G - i r c n c a .

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Dry and Salt Meats and

W©  Garry  a Large  Stock  of all  kinds  of 
B U T T E R H S T E
We buy of First  Hands  and  Will Not Be 

Undersold by anybody.

R O O FER S

Good W ork, Guaranteed for Five Years, at Fair Prices.

Grand  Rapids

Mich,  f

I n  the World.

“Now, John,  don’t  fail to 
get some of the DINGMAN
Sister Clara writes 
s o a p . 
that  it  is  the  best  in  the 
world  for  washing  clothes 
and  all  house  -  cleaning 
work.”

ri........

FOR SALE  BY

Wholesale Agents,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Sole A gents for "Western Mich

D E T R O I T .   M X C H . ,

Manufacturers  of the following well-known

HO. 3 0ANALST., GRAND BAP1DS.

Electrical  Supplies,  Burglar  Alarms  and 
Fire Alarm  Boxes  pot  in  cities.  Hotel 
Annunciators  and -Electric  Boo?  Bells at 
wholesale  rod  retail.  Drawings  sent 
with Bells, so anyone can put them up.

Messengers,  Hacks,  Expires  Wagons  on 

hand day rod night.

“ OANDEE

R u b  

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  n _

Ordinary Rubber Boots 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The CANDEE 
Boots  are double  thick 
on  the  b*h,  rod  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. 

jM HR

E. G. STU D LEY  & CO., G rand R apids. 

Jobbers of

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

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY

From 2 to 130 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft 
big,  Pulleys  and Boxes.  Contracts made for
big,  Pulleys  and Boxes, 
Complete Outfits.

W ,  O,  D enison ,
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90 rod 93 South Division Street, 

MICH.

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b o x e s .

f t  
W   Shipping Gases, Egg 
J Crates, etc.
f  
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

4 and 6 ERIE ST.

n& issi.
É ÌrSb^ Ì I I é

Salesman  for  W estern  Michigan.

Manufacturers’ Agents for

 

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ta   tbeir 

ownconeeit?** 

I B B  f x   V=== ^
K t$ S S ||g B L B S  

§ §  
^ f ^ l W s w d ;«i«^m iat. the individual. 

V  ] usually soiled aad dusty, and upon sttH 1w
iw H B g S *   1»  d lre o f« M § h i| the
t   L T f f l > = [•PPWentdtist vbuia Either wipenor waah
jelfc';  & le6arfraft*t once maUed to thepro-
jp^b^L kddiiS | i  explanation. ,  Tbeanswer 
were  purchasedatthefact-
I believeit tenet.end that  ory in Pittsburg, where, In some mysterious 
R  ^ l  mcne luum Mises tromteeittngtboee ioibles J mannm:,  a  bfttxsh  of  glass  material,  con- 
contempt or by attempting  to  expose I stating  of  sand,.: silica "and  alkalies, ■ had; 
the  apparent  fallacy  than  by  seeming  to  become  mixed  m   improper  proportions, 
It  is  ruining  the  transparency intended, and re- 
^aMMy *  source  of  pleasure  to  have  our I suiting  inseveral  gross  of  semi-opaque 
p V ^ S in k m s  thought worthy of approval, and if  chimneys, some of which  had been  shipped 
people tell us plainly they are not worthy, we  by mistofee, apd would only cost thirty cents 
t  
l i  
^ery either soon lose confidence in ourselves, 1 a dozen, if he cquld make any useof them.” 
R  
or the party who has told us what he believed I Having after  a  few  weeks  disposed  of all 
| P   was the troth.  Bid the reader  ever  think  other  chimneys  of  this  size, his thoughts 
much about the common practice ot  asking  again reverted to these; and how to  dispose 
p  
advice of others?  This  practice  is  also  a 1 of them was the question.  His first thought 
ioible.  Nine out of  every ten persons  ask  was,  “I  have not tried them,  possibly  they 
advice  and \nean  approbation.  And  not  may give a fair light”  That evening, when 

¡1  

1^ 

follow  the  advice  given. 

¡life;,  more than one of thenine honestly heed and 1*
'jit- 
They  simply 11 
,j'  mean  to see If others approve of  their poli-11 
ey already determined upon.  Somehow, if I 
others agree with us, it  seems to  give  star  1 
*  biiity  and  permanence  to  our  opinions.  I 
Such  is  human  nature.  And  further,  it j 1 
,  ,  adds materially to the value of  advice if  it 11 

§/ 
£ V  

is paid fo r!  If  a  lawyer  or  physician  is!
consulted, rod when asked  “What  is  your] 
fee?” replies “O, never  mind,  it  is  of  nol 
consequence,” we are very  apt to think the 11 
p '"  
entire thing is of no consequence, and if the I
I f ^ 
author of an opinion, even, places no  value |
C 
%\ V 
upon it himself, our first thought is that  in J' 
li& : f   llhe  nature  of  things,  it  must  be  almost!
|  v 
worthless,  “Fuat, learn to  do  your  work J 
jk;'•* %  well, and secondly charge  well for it”  was j 
^he emphatic and philosophic advice of  one J 
W ff 
of  my honored preceptors.  And,  strange ! 
and inconsistent as it may seem, it is never- J 
theless a fact that, as a rule, medicine is far 
more effective  if  well  paid for than  if  do-1 
coated. 
If it has cost a dollar an ounce, it is I 
not  only  supposed  to  possess  powerful j
-properties but every drop will  be  carefully J 
husbanded, and taken  or  given  strictly  as I 
-directed;  whereas, if  it  costs  only  a  few] 
pence, it is deemed of little moment whether 1 
directions are followed or not.

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The above thoughts concerning the foibles I 
of individuals  were  suggested  by  reading 
an article on “African  coffee,”  copied  into | 
a late number  of  The  Tbadesman  from!
the Lewiston Journal.  This also reminded 
-me of the oft-told story of merchants selling 
-two or three different priced teas  from  the 
«samechest;  and which, by the  way,  is  no]
«myth, but has been  forced  upon  the  mer- j 
.  «chant  by the  foibles  of  customers.  They]
"found  that  unless  the  opinions  of  these |
-good customers were regarded and respected
there was certain to follow  a  loss  of  both] 
respect and money to the  merchant  Why ] 
so?  Because the customer considers  if  his]
opinions are not respected,  he  is  degraded ] 
in the eyes of his friend, and had best trade 
-elsewhere.  Many  a  good  cash  customer ]
T1;  , 
has his own peculiar ideas  regarding goods; |
K 
file reasons why, he  does  not  care  to  ex-
v*,. 
«plain.  They have become his  foibles,  and 
-  
merchants commit no moral or  legal  crime ]
k
M iy'  when they respect them—always in an hon- |
i f - ,  .  «table way, of course—and  thereby  please
|   v 
-and retain him as a friend, and, at the same 
rime, both parties profit by i t   Many a cus- 
| s  -X 
rosier has also been forever lost  to  a  store 
Pj  $7 
-and the kind  merchant  is  still  wondering 
• 
why;  when,  if  he had been more observant 
and regarded the  man’s  (or  woman’s)  pe-1 
Ip ;'" 
f, 
culiaritie8, many an extra dollar would  still 
|  A'  “  be dropping  into  his  till.  Most  persons 
have their foibles and each desires attention 
?} 
to  them.  Several grocers at different  times 
‘A ■  ’ 
't'-\ 
have lost my  own  trade  in  the  article  of 
coffee and may still  be ignorant of  the rea- 
«on, because they would persist in having it 
already ground when called for,  instead  of 
«ach time grinding it in  my  presence.  This 
'  is my foible and  whether  false  or  true  it 
roust  be  respected. 
[Will  grocers  who 
dabor for their own  interests  now  make  a 
-  aote of this slight  faet?]  They,  too,  may 
have lost good customers, and would like to 
I knew one conscientious mer- 
*  chant who sold  at  certain  times—when  it 
could  not  De well  avoided,  however—sev- 
erfti  different  priced  teas  from  the  same 
'chest.  But to accord him  all  honor.  I will

I “ 
p f, 
H S|-  - ’ 

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f -  - 
f*t;- 

why. 

|£:  i 

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A M B O Y   C H E E S E ,

37,30 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand Rapids,  Michigan.

Stock Ya»ds and Packing House, Grandville Ave.,

Lam ps  are filled  direct 
by  TH E  PUMP  w ithout 
lifting th e Can.  The P ill 
ing Tube adjusting to suit 
th e  h  eighth  of any lam p. 
Any overflow or drippings 
are  returned  to  th e  Can 
through an opening in th e 
center of th e   top.  W hen 
closed  the  P illing  Tube 
enters th is opening,  pre­
venting evaporation from  
E IT H E R  PUMP OR CAN.

GOOD
:nough|

OIL AND GASOLINE CAN!
EVERY  LIVE  DEALES  SHOULD  SELL  THEM,
The Most  Practical Large Sized  Can in the m arket and the ONLY  Pump Can whicl 
closes  P E R FE C T L Y   AIR TIG H T preventing  evaporation from either Can or Pum i
HALF A MILLION IN ACTUAL USE I

T h o u g h  im ita te d  i n  ^ A p p e a ra n c e , b y  n o  m e a n s  E q u a le d  i n  J A e r it.
Its recognized  Qualities and  increasing Popularity  has  induced  im itations  and jits 
would-be competitors are trying to follow—their eyes fixed on the “G O O D  EN O U G H ”—

DON’T   BE HUMBUGGED  by cheap and worthless  im itations and  S O - tA L L tu  

“GOOD  ENOUGH”  and guarantee  your  customers

a lt tight  Cans. ,Buy  the O RIG IN  AL—the G ENUINE  OLD  RELIABLE 
ABSOLUTE  SAFETY  AND  THE  GREATEST  POSSIBLE  CONVENIENCE.
A 
WlafieM M t l M t i l m i i i l  ©&»  W itw a ,

----- ^-----MANUFACTURED  BY-----------

ASK  YOUR JOBBER  FOR TH ESE  CANS. 

INSIST  ON  HAVINGT HEM. 

TAKE  NO  OTHER.

.  

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Hides, Fors, Wool & Tallow,
l¿¡k 
a.,

Send for 
C atalogue 
ancT 
. Prides.

ATLAS

ENGINE
WORKS

MANUFACTURERS OP

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  Ü.  S . A.
STEAM ENGINES* BOILERS,
cerrv Engines and Boilerstii Stock 

for  Immediate delivery.

Planers, M atchers, M oulders and all kinds of W ood-W orking M achinery, 

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

And  Dodge’s  Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept  on hand.  Send for Sample 

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

W rite for Prices.

44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

F ir e  an d B u r g la r  P ro o f

Combination and Time Locksy
-  Grand. Rapids,

Il Ma Street, 

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO,

14 an«  10 Pearl S tr e e t, 

-   Grand R i g ^  RÉfii

in  this  mnection, 1 am also reminded:of ifrnits, Seeds, Oysters I  Produce,

; 
vvui  breid^fit which  illustrates  the  curiosity]

K^audlNA  Thcbwner was to beai)<iha|fBi^ 

rod dispose of as soon as I j f  you are In Market to Buy or Bell Olover Seed, Beans or Potar 

  ™ s  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

^

m i  i j? oifi sw . m

.  toes, jffll be pleased to hear flnom you.  ^  ..,

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p ï w ^

Mí i 1 1 1  '-a! ¡» I h I

Fancy Goods of all Descriptions.

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Bnmxe and Library Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets,, lie.,

73 and 75  Jefferson Ave.,

DETROIT,  -  MICH,

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

Full  line  of Notions for the Holiday Trade, to 

which the inspection of dealers is 

cordially  invited.

BEST  GOODS  MADE,
i  pot  up  nr 5 n.  m  21-2 i
- 
100 lb.  Cases 
- 
T ^ i l M   80 lb.  Cases 

-  $5.00
-  $4.25

  packages,

IpB uckW hB algj j ^ p  
Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops,  Arthur Meigs & Co.,

  S a l e   B v

P

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r

Clark, Jewell  &  Co., 
Hawkins & Perry, 

G rran d   R a p id s , 

Amos S.  Musselman & Co. 

Olney, Shields & Co»
- 
.   M loli,

M anufactured  By

Retail Groeere

with GOOD  COFFEE would do well 
to ayoid Brands that require the sup­
port of Gift Schemes, Prize Promises 
or Lotttery Inducements.

Which Holds Ttade  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

Unequaled  Quality. 

Im proved  Boasting  Process. 

Patent  Preservative  Packages.

For Sale  by AMOS  S.  MUSSELMAN  &  CO., Grand 
Rapids,  and  all  Jobbers  at  Detroit, Saginaw  and 
Bay City.

The  accompanying  illustrations  represents  the

and fresh until entirely used.

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

SOlo  Agents,

77 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STEEET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

C.  C.  BUNTING-.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

C.  L.  DAVIS.

Commission  Merchants

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots.

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

^ T ..  JAVA
MOCHA* ¡¡hoRIO

WOOLSON  SPICE CO.
TOLEDO-OHIO, 
gifiUI CITY-MO.  **1 » 

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MERCHANTS !

IT  GIVES  ABSOLUTE  SATISFACTOIN

IION  LION
COFFEE  COFFEE

Ü É ^  Mocha* ¿¿río 

Ë g ^   mocha* ¿¿río

; 

Never sell a m»n goods and agree to  col- 
lect when the goods are  sold.  Some  men 
are mean enough to keep your goods on the 
shelf to help fifloutstoek and never  pay. 
Besides, Ù isn 't business.

Any man that yon caá Impose  upon  Is  a 
,  poor addition to your trade. Others can al­
so Impose on him and it Is only  a  question 
of time as to how  long he remains in trade.
Beware bfthefiend who  is  always  find- 
ing shortages, slack  weight  and  packages 
missing.  Nine times out of ten such  com­
plaints are for the purpose of  getting goods 
cheaper than prices quoted.

Have the utmost confidence in your house. " 
If you lack that, you lack the  backbone  to 
meet the competition that exists  in all lines 
now-flrdays.

Always  work  a  town  thoroughly  and 
never pass by a  store that  looks uninviting. 
“ Behind a  dirty  counter  there  may  be  a 
wealthy man.*'

It is not necessary to always ask  after  a  
a  customer’s health, and his wife’s,  and his 
relatives’.  Some people may deem  you im­
pertinent.

Only  the  “new”  man  continually  has 

“ bargains” and “drives. ”

And above,all things, dear fellow sojourn­
er, don’t be too sure that no one  can under­
sell you.

You  can’t  sell  everybody.  You  can’t 
please  everybody, nor  can  any  one  other 
map,  so don’t feel blue if  you  find  a  town 
now and then where you can’t gain  a  foot­
hold.

A good pilot  when  in  doubt  as  to  the 
depth of  the water, takes soundings.  Al­
ways feel your way cautiously before enter­
ing into a discussion with a customer.

The bookkeeper and  billing clerk, also at 
times  the  shipping  clerk,  are  convenient 
loqpholes of escape.  The  old men will un­
derstand.

It is not necessary that you  should truck­
le to  the  opinion  of  everybody  and  be  a 
weather vane;  but it is  also  not  necessary 
to be bold in yoor opinions.

An old  traveler,  who has  the  respect  of 
all who know him,  once told me,  “ the gen­
tlemanly does the business  every time.”

Remember,  yoii are not put on the road to 
see how many “mashes” you can make, nor 
how much poker yon can play.  Before making 
a break of the above  description,  think  of 
the  folks  at  home  and  picture  how  you 
would feel if they did likewise.

Never run down a competitor—you  can’t 
tell bat what tiie  man  you  are  talking  to 
may be his brother-in-law.

Remember, you have no  sure trade.  No 
customer  is  yours  for  keeps,  unless  you 
have a mortgage on him,  and then  no  one ) 
else wants him.

The  man  with  the  best  line, 

the  best ; 
pnces,  the best yarn, and  who  is  on  hand j 
when stock is low,  sells the bill.

Always  try  to  sell  your  trade  enough 
goods to keep them filled up until you come 
again, so  no  one  can  put  in  an  entering 
wedge.

Never sell or force goods on a man whose 
stock is full.  When the time comes to pay 
the bill, and the goods are on his  shelf,  he 
will hate you. 

Leo.  A.  Cabo.

W hy He Paid Up.

**

'  ,  . 

‘‘See here,  Abe,” remarked  a  West Side 
grocer to a darky customer,  “it has occured 
to me  that  you  are chronically  disposed to 
pay cash for your whisky and stand me off for 
your groceries  and  tobacco.  Abe,  do  you 
know what the tramp said when he took the 
clothes from the line?”
“Doan’t know fo’ suah, sah,  but I reckon 
’twas suffln  like  what  the  Democrats  said 
durin’ de las’ campaign—suffin  ’bout habin’ 
a  change.”
“That’s the  point  exactly.  Now,  Abe, 
you and I  are  going to have a ‘change.’  In 
the future you1 must pay  cash  for your gro­
ceries and tobacco or transfer your  trade  to 
some one else.  This little aceount of yours 
has been running  until  it  is  nearJy4ired 
out.” 
“How long has dat  ’count  been  runnin’, 
Air. Perkins?”
“A little more than seven mouths.”
“ is dat all?  Why,  sah,  I  once owed de 
-ole man  Knickerbocker  a  ’count  dat  ran 
seben years.  Wot yer tink of dat?  I reck-! 
-on dat ’count would be  runnin’ yet if  de ole 
man hadn’t died.  Powerful queer,  ain’t  it, 
wot  a  heap ob witality some  ob  dese little 
’counts hab. 
I tink,  sah,  if yer  war to  ap­
ply a little ob de ile ob fo’bearance to dis yer 
’count ob mine  yer  could  make  it run an- 
odder moot'.  Yah! Yah! Yah!”
“ Well, I don’t propose  to  tty.” the  gro- 
ceryman said, as he put the cheese-knife be­
yond Abe’s reach.
“S’pose yer will  let  me  hab  leetie flour 
"’casionally?”
“No funds, no flour”
. “Any bacon?”
“Not a pound.”
V “ How ’bout de terbacker?”
,,  “Not an ounce.”
‘ Yer hab got the ad wantage  of  me, sah, 
an’  I  specs  I’ll  hab  ter pay  de  ’count.” 
And the old rascal  took  a  teo-doilar  bill : 
trom his pocket and handed it to the grocer. 
*‘I  doan’t mind ’bout de flour and  de baton, 
lease de  ole  woman’s  got  plenty  of  corn- 
meal, an’ 1 kin lift a bam  when  de  ’casion 
requires it, but when  yer  shut  down on d e ; 
torbackeryer depribe me  ob  de  necessities 
•ob life, an’  its  time  suthiu?  wos did.  Gib 
me de baience in sngab.”
*  - ?  T |3&  A D rag^lt's Story.

?‘A  man came in with a prescription,  and 
I  noticed that the paper did not bear ihe name 
•of any physician.  1 called  the  customer’s 
attentie^t» it, and be replied that he knew 
w p te   thih  prescription. 
Never u m l p l d   he^w ho  wrote I t.,  The 
-doctor signed  file  name  and  I  cut  itoffJi 
> ‘W hat did yoi) 
. fiwrF ,1- asked  «¿it
geriy. 
‘So I  wouldn’t  have  to pay you hta-j
extra tor luck,  j
I  thentaeked ■ fib 

Lion Coffee lias more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storekeepers 
all over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are  not  already handling Lion  are urged to  give  it  a trial.  W e cheerfully 
answer all communications  regarding prices, etc.  Convenient  shipping  depots  established  at  all  prominent  cities,  securing 
quick delivery.  For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere.  Manufactured  by the Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

L.  W INTERNITZ,  Resident Agent,

The Standard of Excellence

A x Handles

¡p^iuaCTtmEDBvg

f  Osweco,N.Y.

$  .75
1.25 
2.00
2.50
1.50
2.25

Kingsford’s Oswegô CORN STARCH for Puddings, 
É¡ • 

m  Custards, Blané-Mange, été*

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O.  &  D.  LANTERNS,

OIL CANS AND TANKS,

. ’‘" ’'’'"V'-S? ,*«! 

And a General Dine of 

, 

, 

•

PA PER   &  WOODENWARE.

Sailor Hat Perfinne

Tooth Pick 
Slipper

small  - 
large 
round  - 
small 
medium 
large
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Comicopia 
Chair 
Cat Tooth Pick Perftame, large 
China Shoe Perfume, large

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Adi above in assorted colors.

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  SOLICITED.

J e n n in g s   &   S m ith ,
l i l l a s « !   M ich -

40 IXjUIS STESE,

98 

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These prtoçs  are  iß& röÄ 4í§|ÓM** ^
promptly and buy in full packages.
,  * f
^4  *£ ^   V7,* âTT.» nHBtMt. 
brown  .....  -........ „TOiParagon ...........2  W
toParagon TO ft pails.  90
Diamond  X__ £$»  60 Frasiers,26 ».pails. 1 20
Modoc,4 doz.......2  50  __,
B

BAKING  POW DER.  .
IO cent  cans.....'........25

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jg o ceo f H is  Experiences—H e  ia  “ Catch-
feW-T-P  . 

lag On?*  r* 

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Hemlock Sides©, Nov. 21,1887- 

Editor M i c h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n :

| w ip  Sir—1 see  the Association in your 
¿Ky has adopted the “Blackboard  Idea,” as 
jottogii It, for the  use of - those  who have 
n y th in g  to seM or exchange.  X would like 
to exchange  that  box of “Queen  Olives”  I 
bought of Sam. Lemon  for  a  bull dog o r*  
atone boat. 
I  can use the dog to watch the 
atoro or draw  stime  w ith  the  stone boat. 
TChC olives aren’t of any  use to me. 
I  have 
tried to sell ’mu to every  man,  woman and

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FrencS,80s......... 
French,

O tit#  sta ndard brands., 
v 
O K K « ^ fc < ^ |« P  
' 
Michigan full  cream............ ..........
D RIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron 
,i....£.
C u rra n ts..............................
Demon  Heel........;.......................
Orange Peel......................................
Prunes, French, 60s.....................
\  “ 
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v  Turkey...__ ...■.v.-.i.;..-....
f.........
Raisins, Dehesia........ 
Raisins, London Layers,. ..v. 
...
Raisins, California  “  
.........
Raisins. Loose Muscatels, — , ........
Raisins, Loose California.. ......... ,
Raisins, Ondaras,'28s...  .......,  ..
Raisins. Sultanas...........................
Raisins. Valencias,  ....¡r ............
Raisins.  Imperials..........................
Cod, whole.....................................
Cod, boneless............... ............ ...
Halibut .........
Herring, round.  4   bbl..................
Herring, round,  14  bbl......... ........
Herring, Holland, bbls... v ...........
Herring, Holland,  kegs.... — ....
Herring, Scaled.................. 
.
Mackerel, shore, No. 1, 4  bbls,....

FISH .

33@65@ro@75

i24@ta4

4X<&5 
6@7 
.  12 Vi 
@2 75 
.  1 50 
10 00

White W ine..............
Cider
Apple: „ is 
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MISCHI
Bath Brick imported. 
do 
American.
Burners, No. 0..........
do  m m m
do  No. 2...,. 
Cocoa Shells, bulk
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand. 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.
Candles. Star..........................
Candles. H otel...... ..........
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes........
......... •
Extract Coffee, V. C... 
F elix.........................
Fire Crackers, per box.......................
Hum, Rubber 100 lumps...... ....... .......
Gjim, Rubber 200 lumps. 
.................
Gum, Spruee......... — . . ...... .
Jelly,in30ft  pails............ ............  ®:
Powder, Keg.__ ............
Powder, 4   Keg__ ....................
i Sage  .,  
...... .....    ............... —

do 

 

Acme, *4 ft cans, 3 doz. case.......................   TO
».  g k  
“  ................  1 50
« 
1B> 
"  Bulk   .......................................... U  20

Prtooess, M é....,r ; . , . , r ...r..............•—

•» '2  ** 
“ 1  “ 

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3 00

.......10 00

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8 
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BLUING
50  “ 

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Arctic, 4  ft cans, 6 doz. ease.....................

....................  %
................. — ♦  TO
» 
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......................$40
..  ................‘Í2 00
»» 
'ictorian, 1 ft cans, (tall,) 2 dea.................2 00
Diamond,  “bulk.” .........................  ...... •••.,  J®
Absolute. Î4» cans, 100 cans in case.........11 TO
“ 
......... 18 75
Dry, No. 2.......................................
Telfer’s 4  ft, cans, 6 doz in case.................2 70
Dry, No.3............................. ....... ..doz.
“   __ ........  2 55
Liquid, 4 oz,...................................doz.
Liquid, 8 oz............................. — • -¿p7"
Arctic 4 oz...... .............................. -w Fin
Arctic 8  oz...............................................
Arctic 16 o z ......................................
Arctic No. 1 pepper box..........................
.................. .
ArcticNo.2 
ArcticNo.3 
..........................
King’s Quick-Rising, 80-lb. cases...........
...........
...... 2 00 Common Whisk.
....  225Fancy  Whisk...
...,.2  60 Mill....................
.. ...2 75 Warehouse  ....
...... 3 00
Vienna Sweet.................
Premium......................
Homeo-Cocoa............... .
Breakfast.......................

No. 2 H url... 
No. 1 Hurl... 
No. 2 Carpet. 
No. 1 Carpet. 
Parlor Gera.
Runkle Bros’

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BUCKWHEAT.
100-lb.  “ 
BROOMS.

CHOCOLATE.

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Schepps, Is...................................... . • •

COCOANUT.

No. 3. H bbls. 

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Trout, % bbls..........................................
“  10ft  kits........................... ............
White, Nb. LVi b b ls--------------- .--------
White. No. 1,12 f t kits......... .
White, No. 1,10 ft kits......... ...................
White, Family, Vi bb ls............... ...........
kits...... ................. .........
i
Lemon, 
I Jennings’ D. 0.,2 oz......   — f  doz.  1 00
“   4 o z .... 
.........150
“  6 o z ,....i........  
2 50
“  8oz..........................3  50
No. 2 Taper.............125
“  No. 4 
..............175
“  % pint, round........... 4 60
/*-. 1
“ . 
9 00
“ 
"   No. 3 panel...............110
“  No. 8 
“ 
..............2 75
“  No. 10  “ 
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FARTNACEOUS  GOODS.

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1 Farina, 100 lb. kegs.........  .................
Hominy, $  bbl.....................................
I Macaroni, domestic 12 lb. boxes:......
j 
i - ported............................
I Pearl Barley.......................................
I Peas, Green......... ....................... .-•••
Peas, Split............................................
Sago. German......................................
Tapioca, flake or pearl.......................
Wheat, cracked  ............ ....................
Vermicelli, imported..........................
domestic, 12 lb. boxes......

“ 

MATCHES.

Grand  Haven, No. 8, square.................
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro.........
j Grand Haven, No. 200,  parlor.......... .
I Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.............
I Grand Haven, No. 7,  round............ .
I Oshkosh, No. 2......................................
j Oshkosh, No. 8......................................
| Swedish.................................................
Richardson’s No. 8  square.. 
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 74, round. 
Richardson’s No. 7 
..
Woodbine. 300.......................
MOLASSES.
Black Strap..........................
Cuba Baking.........................
Porto  Rico............................
New  Orleans, good..............
New Orleans, choice............
New Orleans, fancy............

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@25
@26
@27
@274
@284
@234
@24
@244
@ 20
@18
@16

Roasted.

30@31

Michigan Test... 
Water White..  . 
OATMEAL
Barrels..............
Half barrels......
Cases.................

30 lbs 60 ft s 100 fts 

245£ 
254 
244 
244
25%  254  254 
244 
254 
2)% 
224

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Maitby’s,  Is.
my store.  X stood  it  as  long  as  I could,! 
1* an<l  V4s..
when I called in Jerry, my hired  man, and I Manhattan, pails......
we carried him out  to  the  pump and gave 
¿Vba^ei^:
Mm a good dousing.  The next time George I 
Owen makes puns in my store, I’m going to I ^
Green. 2aa24 
take him out  to  the  barn  and  hold  him I g a n t^ ;^ 2 3 @ 2 5  
while my mule kicks him. 

Yours, 

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| o. G. Java........26@27
I M ocha............ 26@27

Z.  W ayback. 

,  T  - ______  
The Grocery Market.

Sugars are a  trifle  weaker,  probably  on 
aeeount of the  very  careful  and  reserved 
buying for actual  consumption,  though the!
Indications are all in the direction of  a  fur-j
ther advance.  The net  consumption of su- J 
gar in the United  States in the year ending 
with October 1 is made, by Messrs.  Willett 
i t  Hamlen, 1,567,920 tens, against 1,361,833 
tons in the preceding crop  year and 1,247,- 
315 tons in the crop year ending  with Octo­
ber h  1885.  Crop  advices  generally point 
to a  materially reduced aggregate yield, and j 
Mil« circumstance serves also  to strengthen j 
confidence in the  future  course  of  values.
Coffees  are  weaker.  Tobaccos  are  still 
hoeing up, Drummond  having  announced 
an  advance  in  ail  his  brands  of  plug.
Evaporated apples  are  in  fair  demand and
ttie indications are good for higher prices. 

Honey Bee..............
German...................
German, in bins—
Arbuckle’s Ariosa..
Avorica.

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Arbuckle’s Avorica, 60 lb. double bags 

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.  ••  Quaker Cy.  “ 
“  Best Rio 
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“  Prime Maricabo 

COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS. 
Bell, Conrad & Co.’s Plantation Java.
“  Mocha.................
“ 
Javoka...............
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Imperial............
“ 
“ 
Banner............ .
“ 
“  Mexican..............
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Thompson & Co.’s Honey Bee..............
60 foot Ju te .....  ®  60 foot Cotton..
72 foot J u te ...... 120 
to toot Cotton..
[ 4q Foot Cotton... .1 50  72 foot Cotton..
CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.
X.  XX
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CORDAGE.

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I KenoshaButter......................
I Seymour Butter—  ...... ...». 
Mow i3 the time for grocers to lay in goods  jitte r —.
i fiT ^ B u tte r:::::: * . : : : : : : 4 4  
««Lio  to  damage  by  freezing,  such  as | 8. Oyster.
Picnic............
pickles, vinegar, cheese, liquid  bluing, ink, 
__
__ 
Fancy Oyster. 
k”  Soda...
catsup, etc.  By  laying  in  winter  stocks! Fanc^Soda.
now, much ill-feeling and  frequently  con_j 8o & .....................-
siderable loss may be avoided. 

I

Oranges are not plenty yet and prices are  Graham.............
frip   The quality is very fine.  Brazils are J pretzeiS) band-made 
advancing.  Chestnuts and hickorynutsare  Pretzels..
very  scarce.  Candy  is steady and the do-1 Lemon Cream.........
■and very heavy.  Oysters are In great d<Y 
— pd and stoc» is scarce.
m  *  " 

J Lemon Snaps.........
Coffee Cakes..........

New  Safe  Depot. 

The  Detroit  Safe  Co. has decided to es-1 j umbies______ ...  .
n0enyeJu^ S ;
tablish a branch salesroom here assoonasa  | ^
desirable  location  can  be  secured.  This J cream Gems............. .
»/,  tha KucinABa men i Bagleys  Gems...........
—m a . ^_i____ 

^

TOta’t W ant to M ake. Mistake. 

,  »■  Customer—Didn’t you see me winkr 

g E S l S S S S S
1 Sardines, domestic 4 s..
IN»«turner—Well1 
Sardines, domestic  4s.
S r w k   WpIli 
{Sardines, Mustard 4s..
Drug ClerK_ Weii. 
I sardines, imported 4s.
Sardines, spiced, 4 s...
Clerk—Yes, sir. 
Customer—Don’t you  know what a wink  Trout. 3ft brook........
\
Clerk—I  do,  sir, and my delay  in  filling 

« d ally  means in a drug store? 
your order is caused by  my  inability to tell j cherries, red standard,
£   vrhether the peculiar shade of red disylayed  cherries, pitted...........
«n  your  nose  was  brought  out by “ Old  Damroni...
O » w ’’or “Maryland Club.”  1 hate to make I g ^ b S s ^ ! ^ .
| Grapes.....................
I Green Gages,..........

’  Rmistake, sir. 
t 

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Bap!  on  the  Paten«.

An appendix to the  report  of  the  chief  peaches,pie....... .

the inspection of .food and dfuro
tariw  fianmiian  Dbminimi hes been issued. 
.
patent medicines are  generally condemned, I Raspberries,  extra....

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The demand for the celebrated “Anchor” 
furami of oysters  has become  so  great that 
lliliìitiiitTiilnr rlnimrt that he keeps .a  large 
,vj|¿-eft6’1feotoay buoy  all  the  time  making 
.  eeaaferuro  in  packing this  brand.... -This

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No. 1.................... ................
No. 2.................................
Pepper, Singapore, black..................
“ 
w hite.................
SPICES—PURE GROUND.
Allspice..............................................
Cassia,  Batavia.................................
“ 
and  S aig o n...........
‘*  Saigon....................... ............
Cloves, Amboyna....................... .
“  Zanzibar...............  ......
Ginger, African...............................
“  Cochin...................................
Jamaica............................
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SUGARS.  '

| Mace Batavia.............. .
Mustard, English...............................
and Trieste.........
T rieste........... ................ .
Nutmegs, No. 2..................................
Pepper, Singapore black— .........
white...................
[ 
Cayenne.............— ........
STARCH.
I Kingstord’s Silver Gloss, 1 ft p k g s .. 
6 ft boxes. .
bulk
Pure, I ft p k g s...........
Corn, 1 lb pkgs...............
Muzzy, Gloss. 481b boxes, 1 lb pkgs..
9@10 
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.  9® 10 
j 
“  72 lb crates, 6 ft boxes.
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12@13 
1 
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10@12
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“  20ft 
“ 
j Cut  L o af...................................
I Cubes...................... .— — •••
1 Powdered................................ .
I Granulated, Standard......... ............
4 
Confectionery A ............  ...— ...
i Standard A......... ........................
j No. 1, White Extra C.......................
] No.2, E x traC ....,.......................
No.3C...............................................
No. 4 C............... 
-
I No.SC........... .....  
.........
| 
I Com, barrels.....@32  Pure Sugar, 
I Corn,4  bbls.. ....@34  PureSugar,1 
{ Corn, lOgal. k’gs.336 
I 
I Lorillard’8 American Gentlemen...
Maccoboy.......................
I I 
Gau&Ax’ 
...........
| 
Rappee.................... .—
Railroad  IfiUs rootc*..’'......... .
11 Lotxbeck  .
..............
44@44 Merry War. 
....  90 
i8pear Head- 
......42 Jolly T ar...
...»1 to 
| Plank  Road. 
.....  115  Eplipse  . . .
........115 | Holy  Moses.
...... 1 15  Blue Blazes.
....,1 60  JBye Opener.
,12001 to  Star 
.
:i «0@l TO  Scalping  Kx 
.......ftflO  SaiaBajw*».

.
TOBACCOB—PLUG. 

 
SYRUPS.

Off............

bn oirir*

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

.

Uve Sa Let Uve, 
N im rod/..,.....
Whopper
Jupiter......
Old Honesty.;..,
pTi*........
Corner. Stone.

-  WQOI)£KW^ g g ,

Brack Dass,..........
Book b a ss......,.:,
Perch.....  ...
Wall-eyed  pikê.v: j 
Duck-bill  pike.,..:
Sturgeon.-:......¡¿"4
Sturgeon,  smoked. 
Trout. 
S
Whiteflsh.............
W hiteflsh, sm oked,
.. 
-  
Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows:
Standard  Tubs, Wo. i...................... .
Standard' !Tubs, No. 2............ ...........
Standard>Tubs,No.3.....  ............
Standard Pails, two hoop.................
Standard Pails, three hoop............
Pails, ground wood v 
...............
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes..........
Butter  Pails, ash........................
Butter Ladies...— .........
Butter Spades............—
.........
Bolling Pins.....................................
I Potato Mashers................................
Clothes Pounders—
... . . . . —
Clothes Pins............. 
...................
Mop Sticks........................................
Washboards, single..............
Washboards, double.’..  ..........
Washboards, Northern  Queen 
BASKETS.
Diamond  Market...............
Bushel, narrow band, No. 1... 
Bushel, narrow band, No. 2,.. 
Bushel, wide band.............
Clothes, splint.  No. 3..............
i Clothes, splint.  No. 2.............
Clothes, splint,  No. 1.............
Clothes, willow  No. 3,............
Clothes, willow  No. 2..............
Clothes, willow  No. 1............
Water  Tight, (acme) bu—

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

Green__ $  ft 5Vi@ 6 
Part cured...  6V6@ 7 
Full cured__ 7H@ 7% Deaeon skins,
Dry hides and 

jCalf skins, green
or cured__ 7
piece.......10

k ip s...... .  8  @10

HfDES.

WOOL.

20
20 
10 
60 
50 

Fine washed $  ft 22@25!Coarse washed...
Medium  ............27@3u | Unwashed............
FOBS.No. 1  No. 2 No. 3
B ears.........................15 00  7 00  4 00
Beavers, per lb...............6 00  4 00  2 00
Badgers............................75 
Cat, Wild........................   50 
5
“  H ouse................ 
la 
5
30
Fox,  Red.........................1 00 
“  Cross......................5 00  2 50  1 00
“  G rey.................... . 7 5  
20
Fishers............................7 00  4 00  2 00
Lynx...............................4 00  2 50  1 00
Mink, Large Dark 
05
Small Pale.. 
30 
M artins...............
Musrats....................
Otter........................ 6 00 
4 00
50
Raccoon, Large........  75 
Small.........  3j 
20
Skunk.........................  75 
50
Wolf.......................  .3 CO  10«
Deer Skins, dry. Bed Coats, per 

“ 

“ 

Short Grey,

“

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Blue  “
“ 
  Long 
MISCELLANEOUS.
I Sheep pelts, short shearing......
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.
Tallow.................. .....................
Grease butter...........................
Ginseng, good.......................... .

“

......    25 
...... 1 00 
SPRING  W INTER  FALL  KITS

15 
60 

10

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ginsenfr—Local  dealers  pay $1.60@$1.70 9  ft 
for clean washed roots.
Rubber Boots and Shoes—Jobbers are  offer­
ing 40 per cent, off on first  quality  and 40 and
124 per cent, off on second quality.
COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—82 25 per bbl.
Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu.
Bean—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
readily commanding $2.25@$2.50 per bu.

Butter—Dairy is active at 22@25c. 
I
Cabbages—$4@87 per  100,  according to size. 

scarce,

Scarce.

Carrots—3C@35c per bu.
Celery—20@25 $  doz.
Cheese—Jobbers are holding their  stocks at 
|
Cider—10c per gal.
Cranberries—Home grown, $3 perbu.  Cape 

13@134c. 

I Cod, $8.50 per bbl.

Dried Apples—The market is weak.  Jobbers 

hoi i sun-dried at 5c and evaporated at 8c.

Egg8—Jobbers  pay 18c  for  pickled stocked 
I and 22c tor fresh, holding at 2c above those flg- 
ures.

Fresh eggs are hard to get*.

Honey—In  moderate  demand,  but  scarce, 

readily commanding 16@18c.

Hay—Baled 

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

is  moderately  active  at  $14 
in 
15c  per bu.  Spanish,

Onions—Home grown,

Pop Corn—2c i* ft.

$1.50 per crate.
I  Potatoes—The market continues to improve, I 
the Southern and Eastern demand having late­
ly become Quite active.  Handlers are paying 70 
@75c  for  Burbanks  here  and  65c  at  the 
Northern buying points.
8weet  Potatoes—Kiln-dried  Jerseys  are 
scarce and  high,  readily  commanding  $5 p er) 
bbl.  Baltimore stock is out of market for this 
season.
I  Turnips—20@25c per do?. s 
I 
Wheat—lc higher.  City  millers  pay 77o tor 
I Lancaster  and  75c  for  Fulse and Clawson.
I  Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 54c  in  100  bu.
I lots and 59c in carlots.
*  Oats—White, 35c in sm all lots  and 31@32c  in 
car lots.

GRAINS AND MILLINGS PRODUCTS.

Rye—48@50c <£ bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.20 sg ewt.
Flour—20c higher. Patent, $5^0g bbl. in sacks 
and  $5.40  in  wood.  Straight*  $4.20 V bbl. in 
sackB and $4.40 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.40 »  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14  ¥  ton.  Bran, $16 
tt ton.  Ships,  $15.50  ft  ton.  Middlings, $16 ft

s

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MIXED

STICK. ,
e

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

CANDY. FRUITS AND NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks Quote as follows: 
..  8 

x
. . . . . . . . . . .   ...

Standard, 25 lb b
Twist, 
do
Cut Loaf 
do 
Royal, TO ft p ails............................  8
Royal, 200 ft bbls............... .......  • 
•
Extra,TOft pails..,..  .........................
Extra. 200 ft bbls.................................
French Cream,TO® pails,..............
Cut loaf, 25 ft cases...............
Broken, 25  ft pails....................
Broken.200ft  bbls.............................
Lemon Drops.........................................
Sour Drops...... ..  * .............................•
Peppermint  Drops........  ......................
Chocolate Drops.....................................
HM Chocolate  Drops...........................
Gum  Drops 
—...... .........................
Licorice Drops........................................
A B Licorice  Drops.. 
.....................
Lozenges, plain......................................
Lozenges,  printed.......... .....................
Im perials..............................................
Mottoes................................................
Cream  Bar.............................................
Molasses Bar.........................................
Caramels...............................................
Hand Made Creams...............................
Plain  Creams..................... .........
Decorated Creams................................
1  String Rock....................................... .
Burnt Almonds...................................
1  Wintergreen -Berries............................
*  Lozenges, plain in  pails......................
1  Lozenges, plain in bbls............... . —
*  Lozenges, printed in pails...................
!  Lozenges, printed in  b b ls.............
!  Chocolate Drops, in pails....................

FANCY—IN  BULK.

Gum  Drops  in pails. 
Gum Drops, in bbls.. 
Moss Drops, in pails. 
Moss Drops, in bbls  .
Sour Drops, in  pails...........
Imperials, in  pails..............
Imperials  in bbls...............
- 
FRUITS.
Bananas 
............................
Oranges, California, fancy,
Oranges,  choice.................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls..
Oranges, Florida...............
Oranges, Rodi,..................
Oranges. Messina..............
Oranges, OO__ ..................
Oranges, imperiäls...........
Lemons, choice.....-------
Lemons, fancy..................
Lemons, California........
Figs, layers, new,  ^  ft......
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........, ..........
Dates, frails do  ..................
Dates, 4  do  d o .................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   ft...
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft__
Dates. Persian 50 ft box $  ft 
Pine Apples, ¥  doz .:.... —  
'  NUTS.
Almonds,  Tarragona...------
i..: __ _
“ r ‘ y  GalMbrnSa .'. iijvv 
.i#?..1.1. ........
Brazils.... 
Filberts, Sipily,. 
«— , • •
Barcelona. — . —
Walnuts,  Grenoble..............
Sicily..............
French............
Pecans, Texas. H. P ............
Missouri------ -----
Cocoanuts,  100, full bags.. 
Chestnuts............................
PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw ^  1b.........
Choice 
d o .........
Fancy H.P. do 
d o .........
Choice White, V a.do.........
Fancy H P,. Va  d o .........
H .P .V a...............................

Ivaea.. 

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“ 

©  04 
@4 25 
@  65 
@114 
@ 2% 
@1 15 
@ 2%

17@18 
,22® 25 
24@35 
,33@40 
,44@50 
,50@52

@2  00 
@1 75 
@  75
54
......5 4
.  @5
•34@34
.54@64

@114 
@104 
@124 
@114 
@124 
@ 64 
@ 54 
@10 
@ 9 
@12

.4 00@4 50

124@16

17@18 
@17 
@174 
@10 
@12 
@ 8 
@16 
15
S4@ 9 
@124
@5 50 
@4 75

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 

PORK  IN   BARRELS.

quote  as follows:
Mess-------- -------------------------- —  -.......H 75
Short c u t.... —
 ............... ;.. 14 7..
Short cut, clear,  Botsford............... 
....13 71
Short cut  Morgan....................... .............. 15 OC
Extra clear pig, short cut............ ............. 15 Oi
Extra clear, heavy.. ;..................................15 W
Clear quill, short cut................................. 15 «
Boston clear, short out...... :...................... 15 «
Clear back, short cut..................................15 0(
Standard clear, short  cut, best......... . — 1
Bean...... ......................................................
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN. 
Hams, average 20  fts...................................
.. 
i6  fts.........
12to 14fts.,
-  »• 
4‘  picnic  .....................
“  pest boneless...........
Shoulders..........................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless, 
Dried Beef, extra......... ...

;r 
“ 

' 

Long Clears, heavy.

ham  prices...........
DRY  SALT  MEATS.
medium.
light....

LARD.

BEEF IN  BARRELS.

LARD IN TIN FAILS.

30 and 50 lb T u b s................................
3 lb Palls, 20 in a caSe.......................
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case,..........................
101b Palls. 6-in a case.................... ~ •• •
30 ft Pails, 4 pails in case......................
| Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts..............
Extra Mess, Chicago Packing.............
“  Kansas City Packing......
. ** 
P late.......................... ....................... .
Extra Plate,......... ........................... —
Boneless, rump b u t t s . .... .. .......• • •
“  Kan City pkd....
,  “ 
“  41
»* 
». 
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork Sausage......................... ....  . . ...
Ham Sausage..................  .........
Tongue Sausage...................................

»* 
.. 

“ 

“ 

Bologna, Straight........ * .......... • •. •., • • •  *
Bologna, thiok..................... ....................... “
Head Cheese............ ........... ........ e
In half barrels..........................................
In quarter barrels....... . 

... .... .•  « »

PIGS  FEET.

DIRECTIONS

We hare cooked the com in this can 
sufficiently.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
Formed (net cooked) adding  piece of 
Good Butter (liie of hen i egg) and gul 
of fresh  milk  (preferable to   water.) 
flmunn to iult when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the rig nature of

DavettjWrt  Canning  Co

D a v e » -,p o rt

AT  T H IS

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NO  BETTER  GOODS  IN  TH E  LAND 

T R Y   T H E M

V   1 3 ,1 5 ,  17  S outh  Ionia  S treet, 

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 GRAND  RAPIDS.  /

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Herkimer Go. Cheese, Lautz Bros, 
Soaps and Niagara Starch.

id  for  Cigar  Catalogue  an 
sk for Special  Inside Prices 
on  anything  in  our  line.

FRESH  MEATS.

 

 

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 

prices as follows: 
.  „   R
fresh  Beef, sid es............... ............. %.
Fresh  Beef, hind quarters........„ ...  54® »4
Pressed Hogs...................  
  ® ®
Mutton...................................................* 2 «  ?
Lamb spring...................  
«2® A
p ^8 O T W g o .Bnlk........g
Bologna................................. —  ,*,v 
Fowls--- — .............  w
Spring C hickens...,..:...... . 
-
Ducks  ............ 
 
- 
Turkeys  ';•••.*•’¿ n 1*:*—
Lard, kettle-rendered........................ 

w
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OYSTERS AND FISH.
F  J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

Select®.v.• •• 

**i%'i»

*

*

»

20

p f c

Composed  of  Guatemala,  African  and 
Mexican Java»,  Santos, Maracaibo  ana Kio 
seieoted with especial  reference  to their one 
,ii-.nking qualities. The most popular brand 
of Blenmre Coffee in the  market.  Sold  on»y 
in 50 lb. Cans and 1  lb.  packages, to. to and 100 
fb. Cases.  Mall Orders Solicited by the . pro­
prietors'.'

Butter,  Eggs,  Cheese,  Etc.

a i l i o  Ionia SteeeV 6RAND RAPIDS, I B I
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^ ^ T « M ^ S t* ô lê ÿ 'Ë .P a rk e U , Owoseo.’ 
»   .•
P resident—Geo, McDonald í  
S ecretary—Jaco b  Jesaon. 
VT?  V r j
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■  - 
t m i w a r   Jas. Ventor- 
H ext M eeting—A t G rand Sapide, M arch 7 and 8.
■’(  K lc fc lju  Atete flum ueeiiffiH d Ass’n. 
President-Arthur Baazett, Detroit.
P in t Vice-Prenident—Ö. M. Harwood, Petozkcy.  Í 
Second Vine-President—H. B. Fairchild,  Grand Rapids; 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Sprues. 
8ecret»ry--8. E. Parkill. Owoaso. 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont. Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo.  Gundrum.  Frank  Inglis, 
A H.L>msn, Joh&'E'Peck.E  T  Webb 
Iiocal Secretary—James Veraor, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Detroit; October
-  Grand  Rapid«' Pharm aceutical Society. 

11 

OBSAHmD  octobeb », 1884.

j™ .

President—H. E. Locher.  ■
Vlce-Pre^eiriitrSJ. W»H*yward.
Secretary—Frank H. Bscott.- 
Treasurer—Henry  B. Fairchild.
Board Of Censor»—President,  Vice-President  and 8ee- 
rotary. 
Board of Trustee»—The President,  John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A  F  Hazeltine and V. J  Wurzburg, 
wen. Isaac Watts. Wni. S. White and Wm  L.  White. 
Committee on Trade Kattere-rJohn E  Peck, H. B. Fair-
x  child and Hugo  Thum.  - 
Committee  on  Legislation—R.  A  McWilliams,  Theo.
Kemink and W. H. Tibbs. 
Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, A. C. Bauer and 
Isaac Watts. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
.  month.-'
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in N o vember 
Next Meeting—Thursday evening,  December 1,  at Tan 

3 » . __

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Tradesman office.

D e tr o it  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty .

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

Presi d e n t—F rank  inglis.
First Vice-President—F. W. K  Perry.
Second Vice-President—J. J. Crowley.
Secretary and Treasurer—F. Rohnert.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Lee. 
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each  month.

C en tra l  M ich ig a n   D r u g g ists’  A sso cia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R.  M. Mussell.
B e r r ie n   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S o ciety . 
President, H. M. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart.

C lin to n   C o u n ty  D r u g g ists'  A sso c ia tio n . 

President, A. 0. Hunt; Secretary, A  S.  Wallace.
Charlevoix County Pharm aceutical Society 
President, H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.

I o n ia  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o ciety . 
President, W. ft. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.

J a c k s o n   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  Ass’n. 

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

K a la m a zo o   P h a r m a c e u tic a l A sso c ia tio n . 

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

M ason   C ou n ty  P h aT m acen tical  S o ciety . 

President. F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
M eco sta   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 
President, C. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.

M on roe  C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
M u sk e g o n   C ou n ty  D r u g g is ts ’  A ssociation , 
President, E. C. Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.

M u sk egon   D ru g   C lerk s’  A sso c ia tio n . 
President, 0. S. Koon;  Secretary, Geo.  L. LeFevre.
N e w a y g o  C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller.

O cean a C ounty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l S o ciety. 

President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank.Cady.
S a g in a w   C ounty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  Society, 
President, Jay Smith;  Secretary,  D. E. Prall.
S h ia w a ssee  C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l S o ciety
T u sco la  C ou n ty P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 

President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. E. Stoddard.
’ M a n iste e   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 
President, W. H. Willard;  Secretary, A. H. Lyman.

An

|   Quinine p  
m eat commenced oé Friday with an advance 
of Scents  in  German.  M anufacturers 4 t 
quinine positively  assert that the1 emit price 
par ounce as named by á Philadelphia man- 
ufacturer—about 13 cents—is  miscalculated 
and that the m anufactureof quinine at pres­
ent  prices  is  carried  on  at  a loss.  The 
Tradesman has. received  several Interest­
ing circulars on tim subject  and  herewith 
reproduces one a*^|ce,~ from  the New York 
agent of a leading manufacturer:

“The  almost  unprecedented  downward 
course of this article seems  to have induced 
some people to believe that there is no stop 
to the decline of the price,  that  it  can  be 
made for a mere nothing; and we often meet 
with expressions like  ike  following:  ‘Qui­
nine bark can  be  produced  as  cheaply  as 
wild cherry and some other barks,’  and  os 
tensible proofs are sometimes  presented, as 
for instance, recently when it was  said that 
Java bark, containing 11 per cent,  quinine 
was sold in London at 37%  cents and  that 
planters realize  a  good  profit  at  present 
market  value.  Upon  careful  inquiry  at 
headquarters  |n  London,  we  find  that  a 
small lot (’l l  bales) of Java bark was sold at 
Is. 6d@ls. 7d.,  which contained a fraction 
over9 percent, quinine—not 11  per  cent,, 
as stated. 
If planters could rely on produc­
ing such high test bark, it  would  probably 
pay them very  well to cultivate the cinchona 
trees, but such bark is  very  rare,  the great 
bulk  testing,  on  au average, only about 2 
per cent, and realizing about 4d. per pound, 
which can be verified by  looking  at the re­
sult  of  the  London  bark sales.  Another 
statement was quite recently published, viz: 
that the Amsterdam bark sales  last  mouth 
were made at an average price  of  1 
l-12d. 
per unit, and that the quinine  in  the  bark 
would consequently cost  only  13 cents per 
ounce.  An article in the  London  Chemist 
and DruQgist of Oct  22  was  cited.  This 
statement is greatly  misleading,  as  will be 
found on examination.  The article in ques­
tion stated  that  the  average  unit value at 
the sales was  8%  cents  (Dutch  money), 
whieh figures l%d.  (not  1  l-12d.),  conse­
quently the quiuiue iu  the  bark would cost 
18% cents per ounce, and this  was a decid­
ed decline from previous prices.  The  cost ¡ 
of manufacturing quinine in Germany  was 
formerly estimated at  14  cents  per  ounce 
Improvements of  late years  have  reduced 
the same,  but if we calculate  the  same  at 
10 cents  per  ounce,  including  commission 
for  buying  bark,  shipping  charges  and 
freight to factory, actual  cost  of  manufac­
turing,  packing, commission for  selling the 
product, interest on the plant  and wear and 
tear of the factory,  we have  the  actual cost 
of quinine to the manufacturer of 28% cents 
per ounce.  The  manufacturer will certain­
ly want to make a profit.

Special Meeting of the M.  S. P. A.

A.  Bassett, Pres., Detroit:

You are hereby requested to call a special 
meeting of the Michigan State  Pharmaceu­
tical Association for the purpose  of  chang­
ing the date or* our  next  annual  meeting 
from the date decided upon,  Oct.  8,  1888, to 
correspond with the date of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association meeting,  Sept. 
3 to 7, 1888.

O. J. Price,
S. P. Frizelle, 
Frank Inglis,
L. 6 .  Blakeslee, 
Henry Cleland,
T.  W. Marr, 
and thirteen others.

James Veraor, 
Geo. Gundrum, 
0. Eherbach, 
Jacob Jes8on, 
, 
Geo.  McDonald. 
Frank Wells,

Detroit, N ov.  16,  1887.

In response to  the  above  call,  I  hereby 
call  a  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  the 
purpose mentioned, to be held in the  Cowie 
building, corner Gratiot  avenue  and Farrer 
streets, Detroit,  Wednesday,  December  7, 
1887, at 8 o’clock p.  m.  A.  Bassett,

From th» Pharmaceutical Era.

President.
Sensational Claims of the Amerlings.
“Among  the  articles  openly  advertised 
by dealers for the  use  of  bakers  and  con­
fectioners  are  acetic,  citric,  salicylic,  sul­
phuric  and  tartaric  acids,  almond  paste, 
alum, ammonium  bicarbonate,  anylis crys- 
tals,  carmine,  cochineal,  chrome  yellow, 
tumeric,  and  ultramarine-blue  tints,  and 
strawberry and chrome yellow coloring mat­
ter for soda-water, jellies and canned goods,” 
This statement is made on  the  authority of 
President Amerlmg, of  the Society  for the 
Preventation of  Food  Adulteration,  The 
articles mentioned are certainly not  all nec­
essarily deleterious,  and  nothing is gained, 
except in the interest of  sensationalism, by 
such representations as  that  almond  paste 
“is  almost  entirely  composed  of  prussic 
acid,”  The chemist  is  a little  bewildered, 
too, by  the statement that catsup was found 
containing  “salicylic  and  sulphuric  acids, 
bicarbonate of soda  and  other  chemicals.” 
The manufacturers are  certainly  very  con­
siderate  in  supplying with  the  poison  an 
appropriate  antidote.
How Physicians  May  Pie vent  Druggists’ 

Mistakes.

It is usually the  druggists  who make the 
m istakes, or are blamed  for  the  same,  but 
Sometimes the doctors  do  make  mistakes, 
and are troubled  about  them. 
In  order to 
prevent accidents  resulting  from  prescrip­
tions, that excellent weekly  medical  jour 
nal, the Medical  and  Surgical  Reporter, 
givfes several rules for the physicians to fol­
low:  ' ‘Always inform  a  patient  when  it 
would be dangerous to take the entire quan­
tity of a prescription at  one  dose,”  would 
frequently.be necessary.
A much more important suggestion would 
be to write' the word “poison” “where drugs 
Whieh  may  be  dangerous are given or or­
dered, and write directions  instead  of  giv­
ing  them  verbally.”  Physicians  should 
'Blake It a rale to  write  the  directions, and 
Rlways make use of  the  English  language.

Bob  B urdette  Evidently  Knows.

A medical plant, tim 

a  sylvestre,
is foundin Assam, the leaves of whieh, ¡¡¡g  
iug chewed,  will destroy the  taste of sugar. 
Aproposof this diacovery.Burdette remarks:
lt
w ill work out the samekeenlW and» moreov-! 
er,leaye a,new taste in  place of the old one, 
oufld the toof oi the mouth

quinlne. 

This  calculation, 

it  must  be  borne  in 
mind,  is on the basis  of  the  recent  lowest 
price of bark.  Manufacturers  have,  how­
ever,  been  buying  bark  for  the  last  few 
months at 2d. per unit,  equal  to  25  cents. 
Adding 10 cents for cost of  manufacturing, 
the actual cost of quinine to  the  manufac­
turer would be 35  cents,  and  their  present 
stock mast  average them this cost. 
It will 
readily be seen that they  cannot  make,  but 
lose money on a declining market and prof­
it very little on a steady  market.

But the question may  be  asked,  can. cin­
chona  bark  go  on  declining  indefinitely? 
Which  involves  the question,  What is the 
cost of production? 
It  has  been  stated on 
good authority that it costs  equal  to  about 
5% cents.per  pound  expenses  to  market 
bark from Java,  whieh include  the cutting, 
drying, packing, freight to London,  charges 
there and all commissions.  This would ap­
pear not to be an  over-estimate. 
It would, 
therefore,  require  about  2  per  cent bark 
simply topay for the expenses  of  market­
ing the bark, leaving nothing to the planter 
for cultivating the plantation for six or sev­
en years,  before he can obtain  any  bark at 
«11.  A lower grade of bark, say 1 per cent, 
would not pay even the expenses of market­
ing.  A large portion  would, consequently, 
not  be  shipped  at  all  at  present  prices.
Shipments  during  October  have  already 
fallen off considerably, and, if prices remain 
as low as at  present  must  continue  to fall 
off.  The average unit value at  the Loudon 
sales in 1885 was  about  5%d.  per  unit,  iu 
1886 4d., this year about 2d. and  at present 
l% d  We consider it safe  to  assume  that 
the bottom has been reached.”

Opium is easier.  Our  market 

is  lower 
than  in  Europe  and  shipments  are being 
made  to  London  at  better  prices than are 
obtainable here:  Morphia is steady.  Gum 
camphor has advanced and is  tending high­
er.  Castor oil has declined 1  cent.  Chlor­
ate  potash is firm  and  higher  prices  are 
looked  for.  Oil  sassafras  has  advanced 
with an upward tendency.

Another Local  Organization  in  Prospect, 
Mr. E.  R.  W hite is  agitating  the  subject 
of local organization among the druggists of 
Osceola and Lake counties, with  fair  pros­
pects of success.  He  proposes  to  call  a 
meeting soon, to be  held  at  Reed  City,  to 
ascertain'the sentiment of the trade  on  the 
subject 
They Desire to Follow  the  Same  Plan  in 

___

England.

Although  there  was  some  opposition  to 
having the scientific papan  printed to t dis­
tribution a t the next meeting  of the Ameri­
can Pharmaceutical Association, an English 
exchange says:  “W ith the text of toe essays 
before them, members  were  able  to  follow 
toe reading thereof,  and  to  take an intelli­
gent interest in  them.  Of  eburse,  also, it 
wáw arouhd these parjtteubir papers that the 
moist discussion was  httiactod.  We  earn­
estly  coma^end  the  plan,;$nd  this exper-

A man In England #&s fined J25'---dollars 
and  costs for selling  a  compound  fcmeture 
of rhubarb mane  with  methylafed  alcohol, 
contrpoy to thé lawful use o f this substance.
Sweden  has also passed laws against the 
use of poisonous  coloring  matters in goods 
for household  use,  such  as  woven fabrics, 
yarns,  shades,  sealing  wax,  and  wafers, 
wall-paper,  artificial  flowers,  triads,  etc. 
The next thing is to enforce  the law.

T he ÏUinois  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
recently secured judgement against  an  En- 
gelwood  druggist  for  350,  and a   Chicago 
druggist for  $100.  They  had etiolated the 
state pharmacy law.

The annual  tax  on  patent  medicines in 

England amounts to $895,355^
, The export  trade  in  eau  de  cologne is 
said to date from  1760,  when,  during  the 
seven years’ war the French  temporarily oc­
cupied Cologne.  They  carried  away  sam­
ples of the perfume  to  their  own  country, 
where it became very popular.  At present, 
Great  Britain and  the  United  States  are 
the best foreign customers for the article.

A correspondent of a  medical  contempo­
rary says that he bought an  ounce  bottle of 
quinine labeled  “Sulphate of Quinine,” and 
he alleges that not a grain of quinine was in 
the bottle,  the  contents  being  muriate of 
cinchonine..  This  was  undoubtedly a mis­
take in labeling.

A new material is reported by continental 
journals to be a fish 
in  solid form.  Der 
Gerber  puts  the  triade  upon  their  guard 
against  this  substaùcé(  stating  that  it  is 
a mixture of vaseline and fish oil, saponified 
by the addition of  lime,  Druggists  should 
look out for the compound.

As a result of the  formation  of the whis­
key trust,  a number  of  distilleries  at  Cin- 
cinnati,  St.  Louis, and  Chicago  have  been 
closed aud the  operation  capacity of Peoria 
distilleries  increased  correspondingly, •  so 
that  the  daily consumption  of  grain 
in­
creased  from  15,188  bushels  to ,28,216 
bushels.

According to SchrlmmeVs Circular, oil of 
rhododendron,  as found  in  commerce,  is  a ! 
composition having no  similarity  with  the 
genuine oil of that name,  which has become 
very scarce.

A Monopoly that Beats a Gas  Trust.
The quiet little town of Manitou Springs, 
.Col.,  boasts  of  a  combination that is far 
ahead of all  previous records.  The leading 
practicing physician, one Dr. Davis by name, 
is not only  proprietor  of  the  pioneer  drug 
store  and  county  coroner,  but also acts as 
city undertaker  (owning  the  Every  stable 
and hearse),  and  has  the  cemetery  located 
on his land.  He is also the  ha*>py  posses- 
or of a stone quarry.from which are obtained 
the  monuments  to  mark  the  last resting- 
place of those who in one capacit3r or anoth­
er pass under his care.
Any  one  doubting  the  accuracy  of  the 
above  statement  can  satisfy  himself  by 
addressing (inclosing stamp)  Isaac  Davis, 
M. D.,  druggist,  coroner  for El Paso coun­
ty, city undertaker,  tombstone  dealer,  etc., 
Manitou Springs,  Col.

How to Keep Distilled Water.

Many druggists seem to have an idea that 
distilled water is  “distilled water,” no mat­
ter how much it may change by age or other 
influences.  Kraft  (Pharmaceutische  Zei- 
tung f  uer Russland)  again  calls  attention 
to the old fact that distilled waters must not 
be kept too closely  stoppered else  they  ac­
quire a musty smell  and  taste.  Either use 
a cork with a notch,  or, still better,  tie over 
the mouth of the bottle a piece of muslin.!  1

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Camphor,

Declined—Gum Opium, Castor Oil.

A&D1XM

.».......  ......
El..,... „. ......... ;

Acetlcum........,>(,
Benzoicum,  German. 
Carbolicum 
Citricum...... ....................... .
Hydrochlor . :.p , V. ........,.y..............
Nitroeum......  ......... ...........
Oxalicum .................................. ..........  1Ï
Salicylicum........ ..,.......................... 1 85@2 10
Tannicum...........................................1 40@1 60
Tartaricum ......... V..............................  60@  63
Aqua, 16 deg...... ........... 
 
 
3®  5
..........   4®  6
18  deg........j,:..; . 
Carbonas.................... % ......... 
ll@  13
12®  14
Chloridura................ 
Cubebae (po.  1 » . .....................1 60@1 70
6®  7
Juniperus  ............... 
Xanthoxylum .v .,.„ .................  
 
Copaiba...................... ...............;.......   65®  60
Peru. . . . . . . . .  ..........m       ...... ...  .  ®1 50
Terabin, Canada.......................... ^__   50®  55
.................   45®  50
Tolutan ........... M. , 

 
BACCAE.
 

AMM ONIA
 

BALSAMUM.

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“ 
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EXTRACTUM.

_________
Abies, Canadian... 
Cassiae  ......... ............................... .
Cinebona Flava...................................
Baonymus  atropurp......   .................
Myrica  Cerifera, po...................  .....
Prunus  Virgini..........................
Quillaia,  grd........................
Sassfras  ...............
.... f,     .........
Ulmus 
.... . . . .  
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)__ .............
Glycyrrhiza Glabra...... ......................
„  
po.................................. .
Haematox, 15 B> boxes............. 
;
I s ..............  
.
%s  ................ .
J4S  .........................................j . . . . . .
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip......... ........... .. 
.  .
Citrate and Quinia...............................
Citrate Soluble....................................
Ferrocyanidum Sol................ 
 
Solut  Chloride....................... 
Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl. 85)......... 

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80 
„
®  50 
  @
15
1J4®
  @  7
Arnica................ 
12®  14
45@  50
Anthemis................................... 
Matricaria............................................  30®  35
Barosma................................................. 10®  12
Cassia Acutifol, Tinnivelly.................  20®  25
35®  50
.................... 
Salvia officinalis, 34s and  Hs.............. 
io®  12
  8®  10
Ura  Ursi......................................... 

pure............................  

«

®
®

FLORA.

FOLIA.

Alx 

“ 

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“ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUMMI.
;............ 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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55®

2nd 
3rd 

OLEUM.

“  Vir 

MAGNESIA.

Herba—In ounce packages. 

Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)................. 

Acacia, 1st picked............................ 
 
 

@1 00
“ 
  @  90
“ 
®  80
“  Sifted  sorts.............................   ®  65
“  p o ............... ............................  75@l 00
 
  60®  «0
“  Cape, (po.20)............................  
  ®  12
“  Socotrine,  (po. 60)......................  @  50
Ammoniae  .............................. 
 
25®  »
Assafoetida,  (po. 30)...........................  @  15
Benzoinum.........................................   50®  55
Camphorae.................... 
26®
 
Catechu, Is,  (Mis,  14; 34s, 16)............. 
  @
Euphorbium, po...... ...........................   35@
Gafbanum.............................................  @
Gamboge, po........................................   75®
Güaiacum, (po. 45)...............................  @
Kino,  (po.25)....... 
@
Mastic...................................................  ®1 25
Myrrh, (po.45).................;.............  ®  40
Opii, tpo. 6 00;...................................... 4 3‘ ®4 60
Shellac.................................................   18®  25
bleached..................................  25®  30
Tragacanth..........................................  30®  75
Absinthium 
Eupatorium 
Lobelia 
Majorum 
Mentha Piperita 
Rue
Tanacetum,  V.
Thymus. V
Calcined,  Pat 
Carbonate,  Pat.
Carbonate,  K. & M............................   20®  25
Carbonate,  Jennings..........................   35®  36
Absinthium 
.............. ...................5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, D ule.................  
45®  60
Amydalae, Amarao. 
....................7 25®7 75
......................... .........2 00®2 20
Anisi  ...... . 
Amanti Cortex...................................  @2 00
Bergami!............... 
2 75®3 00
Cajiputi  ..............................................   90@1  00
Caryophylli..........................................  @2 00
C edar........................... 
35®  66
  @1  75
Chenopodii................................ 
Cinnamonli..........................................  75®  80
Citronella  ............................  
 
  @  75
Conium  Mac........................................  35®  65
Copaiba.......................... .................... 90®  1 00
Cubebae........................................... 12 00®l2 50
Exechthitos.........................................   90® 1 00
ErigerOn.......................................  
  1 20@1 »
Gaultberia............................................2 25@2 35
Geranium,?...... ................. 
@  75
Gossipii, Sem, gal................................   55®  75
Hedeoma......................................  75®  85
Juniperi.........................  
50@2 00
Lavendula........................ 
90@2 00
Limonis............................  
1 75®2 25
Lini, gal................................................  42®  45
Mentha Piper.......................................2 26@3 31
Mentha Verid..................................   .3 75®4 00
Morrhuae,  gal.....................................  80® 1 06
Myrcia,  ?..........  
®  50
Olive............................................... ....1 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)........................    10®  12
Ricini...................  
,’;vll"16@l »
Rosmarini..............;...........................   75® 1  00
Rosae,  ?....... 
  @8 00
 
Succmi  ......... .......... .......................40®45
Sabina...................................................  90® l  00
Santal................................................... 3 50®7 00.
...  62®  55
Sassafras................................. 
Sinapis, ess, ?...................  
 
@  65
 
Tiglii......................  
 
  @160
Thyme........................................... 
40®  50
Theobromas.......................................... 15®  20
POTASSIUM.
Bichromate.........................................  13®  15
Bromide......... ....................... 
42®  45
...  18®  20
Chlorate, (Po. 20).................. 
 
Iodide..........................   
..........3  0(®3 25
Prussiate.............  
............  25®  28
 
 
RADIX.
25®  »
A lthae....................... 
Anchusa...... .......................................  15®  20
Arum,  p o ........ ........ 
  @  25
 
CalqmuS...............................................   20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 16)................ 
10®  12
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15)................  
16®  18
Hydrastis Cahaden, (po. 45).......... 
  @  40
Hellebore,  Alba, p o ...............  
  15®  20
 
15®  20
Inula, p o ................. 
 
Ipecac, po....... ...........1  75@2 00
Jalapa, p r............................. 
25®  »
 
Maranta,  34s.......................................  @  35
15®  18
 
Podophyllum, po............. 
Rhei  ....................................’............. 
75i§1 00
  @175
 
 
Spigelia  ...................................... 
48®  53
 
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)............................  @  20
Serpentaria.........................................  3o@  35
S en eg a..........................  
55®  60
Smilax,Officinalis, H ........_________  ®  40
M ex...........__   @  20
Seillae, (po. 35)....................................   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetidus, po.............  @  25
Valeriana, English,  (po. 30)................  @  25
German-...........................   15®  20
Anisum, (po. 20)......................   
@  15
  10®  12
Apium  (graveolens)...... .........  
4®  6
Bird, Is............................................. 
Carul,  (po. 18)..............IS-.,...... ..........  12®  15
Cardamom...... ........... vi..................1  oo®l 25
Coriandrum..
Cànnabis  Sativa.......................  ¿fig
Cvdonium........ ..... i. 
,.... ...... 
if
Chenopodium  . .......i’h ’J. — K w . ...» 
j
Dipterix Odorate.:...... ...»............ ...1
Foeniculum....... .................................
Foenugreek, po......... .'. 
.......»........
Lini......
». S . » »......... ».V» 3H
Lini, gTd, (bbl, 8). ».. ». 
Phalfuris C anarian....».;................. •.  33
Rapa»;....»....................... 
Sipapis,  Albu........................... 1........  8
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Nigra.................................... 

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Frumenti,D. F .R .;^ ........ . 
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Fr ument i .. j. , ..A
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Juniperis Co. 
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Nassau 
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Yellow Beef, 
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MISCELLANEOUS.
JEther, Spts Nitros, 3 F ,...... .........
»Ether, Spts. Nltros, I F :...................
Alumeo...............................................
Alumen,  ground, (po. 7). . .............
Annatto  ........... < . » ..»;.»;
Antimoni,  po.....................................   4®
Antimon! et Potass Tart....................
Argent!  Nitras,  ? .......,».v.»:»»......
Arsenicum..........................................
Balm Gilead Bud.............
Bismuth 8.  N............................  .  .  2
Calcium Chlor,  Is, (34s, 11;  J48. 12).!."
Cantharides  Russian, po............ .......  ®2 10
Capsici Fructus, a f............................  @  15
Capsid Fructus, po.............................   @ 16
Capsici Fructus, B, po...............   ...  .  @  14
Caryophyllus,  (po.  35)............. 
30®  33
Carmine, No. 40...................................  @3 75
CxTa Alba, S. & F ........... 
50®  55
CeraFiava,................  
&©  30
Coccus  .................................................   @  40
Cassia Fructus................... !!!. .. .. !. !  @  15
Ceutraria........................................   ‘  @  10
Cetaceum..................  
<a  50
Chloroform  .................. " " " " ü ; ; ; :   38®  40
Chloroform,  Squibbs..........................  @1 00
Chloral Hydrate  Cryst.......................l  50@1 75
Chondrus...........................................     10®  12
 
Cinchonidlne, P. & W................ 
15@  20
Cinehonidine,  G erm an....................  
i n   10
Corks, see list, discount, per cent!!.! 
Creasotum...
@ 50
Creta, (bbl. 75)
® 2
Greta prep..
5® 6
Creta, precip 
8@ 10
Creta Rubra 
@ 8
Crocus
30® 35
Cudbear__
@ 24
Cupri Sulph
6® 7
Dextrine......................... 
10® 12
Ether Suiph............  
68® 70
Emery, all numbers
® 8
Emery, po......
@ 6
Ergota, (po.) 75  HUH
70@ 75
Flake  W hite........................!!!!'.'.!!'.'.!  ill©
12® 15
Galla__
© 23
Gambier 
7@ 8
Gelatin, Coopor
® 15
Gelatin, French..................... 
40®  60
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box.  60&1Ö,' less.
Glue,  Brown................................  
Glue, White........................ ;...............
Glyeerina..........................  
Grana  Paradisi...............................  
H um ulus............ 
HydrargChlor.Mite  ..!!!!!!!!!!!..........  @
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor............... 
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum.................. !! 
Hydrarg Ammoniati.............................   @1 10
Hydrarg Unguentum.............................   @ 40
Hydrargyrum........................................  @ 65
Ichthyocolla, Am  ...............................1 25®! 50
.....................................  75@1  00

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Iodoform..................................  
Liquor Arseu et Hydrarg Iod................  ® 27
Liquor Potass  Arsinitis................... 
10@  12
Lupuline  ............................................   85®1  00
Lycopodium.........................................   55@ 60
ofxa
Macis...................................... .....  
85
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl. 134)! ! !..............
2®  3
Mannia, S.F.
.  .---■---■-v ................. ■ ...........   90@1 00
.. 
Morphia,  S, P. & W ............................3 io®3 35
Morphia. S. N. Y. Q. & C. Co...............3 00@3 25
@ 40
Moschus Canton...............  
Myristica, No. 1..................... .!!!!!!!!!  60® 70
Nux  Yomica,  (po.20)..».............. 
@  19
Os.  Sepia......................................... 
'  24® 26
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co.................  @2 00
Picis Liq,  N. C.. 34  galls, doz..............  @2 70
Picis Lhj.,  quarts.....................  
«ai  4«
P|fi8Liq.,Pmts......................!!!!!!!!!! © 8 5
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80)...........................   @  50
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22)............................  @  is
Piper Alba, (po. 35).............................  @  35
Pix  Burgun.........................................   @  7
Plumbi Acet..................... ...!!!!!!!!!!  14® 15
Potassa, Bitart, pure............... !!!!!!!! 
© 40
Potassa,  Bitart, com.................!!!!!!  @ 15
Potass  Nitras, opt....................... !.!!!! 
8@ 10
Potass Nitras......................... .'!."."."!!!." 
7®  9
Pulvis Ipecac etopii........!. ..!  ..!!..1   10@1 20
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D. Co., doz.  @1 25
Pyrethrum, pv.....................................  60@  65
Quassiae.............................................. 
s®  10
Quinia, S, P. & W..............................” .  4«@ 51
Quinia. S, German......................... “ “  
33@ 42
Rubia Tinctorum...............................   12@  13
Saccharum  Lactis, pv.............. 
<a  35
Sanguis Dracoms.................. 
40®  50
Santonine............................................   @4 50
Sapo,  W...............................................   12®  14
Sapo,  M..... ..........................................  8®  10
Sapo, G.............................. 
@  15
 
Seidlitz  Mixture....................... 
@  28
sinapis... 
.................................. ;;;;;  @ K
Siuapis, opt.........................................   @  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do. Voes__!!!!!!!  @  35
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes__ ... 
@  35
Soda Boras, (po  10)......................................!!!!!  9  @ 10
Soda etPotoss Tart.............................  33®  35
2<a 2U
Soda Carb................................. 
\  
Soda, Bi-Carb............................. "  “   ‘ 
4/a  5
Soda, Ash.................................!!!!!!! 
3®  4
Soda  Sulphas........................!............  @  2
Spts. Ether Co.......................... !!*!!!!!  50® 55
Spts. Myrcia Dom...............................  @2 00
Spts. Myrcia Imp..................... 
®2 50
Spts. Vini Beet, (bbl. 2 08)...................  @2 25

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PAINTS

Sulphur,  Roll......................................   234® 3
Tamarinds...........................................  g@  10
Terebenth  Venice...............................  28®  30
Theobromae........................................  30®  65
£ aniU5  ..............................................9  00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph.......................
7®  8
OILS.
Bbl
Gai
Whale, winter...................
70
75
Lard, e x tra ................
60
61
Lard, No.  1........................................ fcj* 45
45
50
Linseed, pure raw..........................  47
47
50
Linseed, boiled................................   60
50
53
Neat’s Foot, winter Btrained...........  50
50
60
Spirits Turpentine............................  41
41
46
Bbl
Lb
Red Venetian...........................   I154
2® 3
IX
Ochre, yellow Marseilles........  134
2® 3
IX
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.........   134
2® 3 
IX
Putty, commercial.................  2r
234® 3
234
Putty, strictly pure.................  2
2X@ 3 
234
Vermilion, prime American..
13@i6
Vermilion, English.................
55@58 
Green, Peninsular..................
16@17 
Lead, red strictly pure...........
6® 634 
Lead, white, strictly pure......
0® 634 
Whiting, white Spanish.....  .
@70
Whiting,  Gilders’. ................. 
_
FI5
White, Paris American........... 
149
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  Taints___ 
1 20®1 40
Swiss Villa Prepare«  Paints.. 
1 00®1 20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp Coach................................ 1 10@1 20
Extra  Turp.........................................I 60@1 70
Coach Body........................................ 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture..........................1 00@1 10
Extra Turk  Damar............................. 1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp....................  70®  75

75@1 35

brand of

We have a full stock of this well-known 
FAXXTT
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 the  M anufacturers’  Guarantees

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

T. H. NEVIN & CO..

Mfrs. & Corroders of Pure White Lead.

Pittsburg, Pa.

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Write for prices and Sample Card  to

U M M l i i l C o .

Wholesale  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

Try POLISHINA, best Furniture Fin­

ish made.

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i PERKP 
DRUG CO.,
DriJogislsI

WHOT.ESAT.in

Have now in Stock and Invite 

Your Order for the

HOLIDAY  TRADE

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An Elegant Line of

PERFUMES

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Put up in the following styles:

Match Safes fine styles 
Christmas  Cards  tea  styles 
Fancy  Flush  Boxes 
Hand Lamps two  sixes 
Night  Lamps 
Embossed  Boxes 
liases  four  styles 
Slippers two sixes 
BisqUe  Figures 
Watches 
TUmhlere 
Pitchers

Also a Line of

In  Silk and  Satin.

All  These  Goods  are  Low  ii 

Price  and  are very 

Desirable. 

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& Perkins

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Drug Co.,

Grand  Rapids, 

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WSDNESMV, NOVW IBPt * 3 ,1E8T

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

>.  , 
f l t i   COUNTBY  MERCHANT.
W ritten  Especially fo r Th e Tbadbsxan. f£ , CL

«Taxation,”  said  my  statistical  frigid j 
Graenleaf, “isw m atter of  considerable im- 
portanoe to themerehant, from the fact that 
ipproportion  to  his  property  it  can  he 
proven by facts and figures  that its burdens 
Jfcli upon him more heavily than  upon  any 
Governments  are
other class  of  citizens.
%aHtntPd for the protection of  persons and 
property,  and  taxation 
is  indispensable 
| n  the support  of  governments,  but  why j 
Uwseoflteiais to whom theduty  of  levying 
assessments for federal, state and local pur­
poses, should  almost; invariably  determine 
. ' H I  |n   more  expensive  to  protect  the 
VitMTson and oronerty of an individual who is

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fortunate neighbors. 
contempt for tbpblatherekite who advocates I 
any communistic theory  for the  re-distribu- J 
tion of  wealth, and  I   acknowledge,  imre* j 
servedly,  the  immense  benefits which  ihe J 
country derives from its transportation  and 1 
manufacturing interests—the  result  of  the 
concentration  of  capitaj-—but  this doesn’t J 
alter facts or extenuate robbery,  and  if  the J 
wealth amassers won’t be reasonably honest, 
that are only drifting slowly but  surely to-1 
wards the  Scylla  of  iron-clad,  oppressive 
and restrictive legislation or  the  Charybdis 
of communism.
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The subject of taxation is  dry  and  unin­
teresting, except for those who have studied 
its absurdities or suffered, knowingly,  from 
its illy-adjusted and class-favoring  system.
I
  would like to direct a solid  page of  The j 
T r a d e s m a n  to  an  undoubtedly unavailing 
protest against its inqualities  and inconsist­
ences and inequities, but I  too plainly forsee 
the dissent of  its editor and  readers  to  at­
tempt the indulgence of such an extravagant 
use of its columns.  At some future period, 
however,  I hope to be  permitted  to  discuss 
the matter more comprehensively, and with 
some practical suggestions,  as I  view  them, 
at least, for  reform.

To them an seeking a business location or contemplating a 
change, the lumberman, the manufacturer,  we  invite  your atr 
i mention to the  opportunities,  prospects  and  present  situation 
of tins

NEW  TOWN

W ith magnificent harbor facilities (to the great harbors belong 
the great cities), backed by many square  miles of W hite  Pine 
and Hardwood forests  untouched  by  the  woodsman’s axe, af­
fording the  most practicable facilities for the establishmént of
woodworking industries.

To these, whether  great or small,

The  m ost practical 
h and  B oaster  in   th e 
w orld.  Thousands in 
use—giving  satisfac­
tion. They a re sim ple 
durable and  econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
one.  R oasts  coffee 
' a nd  pea-nuts to   p er 
fection.
Send  fo r  circulars.

No 

ISO L ong S t., 
Cleveland, Ohio.

The product of  Organized,  .Working  Oi-1 
garmakers.  Established  Sept.  1, 1886, on 
“
Soft,  pliable  and  absolutely  unbreakable, 
dard  quality  15  cents  p e r  yard.  Cloth  eon 
the Co-operative plan by members of L.  A. 
cents.  S atin covered 85 cents.  F or sale everyw
6374, K.  of  L.  Smokers  and  Friends of 
Labor, Attention! 
If  you  are  opposed to 
filthy, tenement-house factories, the servile 
labor of  coolies,  the  contracts  for  convict 
labor, give our Cigars a trial.
If you are in favor of shorter hours of labor, 
the  Saturday  half-holiday,  and  last,  but not 
least, the payment of Maher and living wages 
in solid cash, give our Cigars atrial and accord 
them your most  liberal  patronage.  The yel­
low K. of E. label  on  every  box.  One hun­
dred thousand sold within three months in the 
city of Detroit alone.  Warranted to he  strict­
ly five and ten cent goods.  For further partic­
ulars. terms, prices, references, etc., address 
W ernersvllle, Berks Co.. Pennsylvania.
Notice of the Restoration oi Certain Lands 

W.  E. KBUM & CO., 

to the Public Domain.

By instructions from the  Honorable  Secre­
tary of the Interior under date of  August  15, 
1887, and by direction of the  Honorable  Com-

Immediately  tributary to this port are the great-
Are offered.
est iron-ore producing ranges in the World, embracing the  Go­
gebic, Menominee and Marquette, which will find their outlet, in 
due course, via this natural shipping point.  The  great  Minne­
apolis, Saulte Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railway will enter this port 
by December 1.  It has already expended over
$ 500,000.00

Assorted Package, No. 65-1.

L ibrary Lamps,  Trim m ed  Complete,  as  described  be­

low.

L ibrary Lamps,  Trim m ed  Com plete  as  desorlqed  be­

low.

In Docks, Warehouses,  Depots  and  Terminal  facilities.  Over 
One Hundred and Fifty  (150)  business  houses  and  dwellings 
have been built within the past three months, and the  promise 
of growth for the coming year is most flattering.

For  further  particulars,  opportunities  for business, maps 

and plats, address

Jobbers and

Retailers of

20  and  22 

ionroe St.,  Grand Rapid«,  Mich.

1  No. 567 i  . B. com plete w ith H-inch W hite  Cone 
Shade, No. 2 Sun  B urner  and  Chim ney  and 
Smoke Bell, 
eaeh
Ne. 667 Ebony and Gold Finish, Trim m ed  sam e 

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as above, 

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each 81  65

No. 450* Rich Gold Finish* com plete w ith 14 inch 
W hite  Cone  Shade,  U nique  B urner  and 
Chim ney, 

 
1  No.  1438 (see out) com plete as shown,

each $2  25
e a c h  83  15

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>.  1467  P ate n t  Spring  Extension,  com plete 
w ith W hite Dome Shade, 30  prism s,  U nique 
B urner ahd Chim ney, 
>.  1478  P atent  Spring  Extension,  com plete 
w ith 14-inch  W hite Dome  Shade,  36  prism s, 
U nique B urner and Chim ney, 
each. 

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each 84  50

1  No. 587 F. B. (see  cut),  Complete  w ith  H-inch 
W hite  Cone  Shade,  No.  2  Sun B urner and 
Chim ney, 
e a c h !
1  No. 1474 Rich Gold Finish, Complete w ith 14-in. 
W hite Cone Shade,Unique B urner and Chim-

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1  No. 1438 (see c u t),tr’m ’d com plete as shown,e*. 83' 15

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>.  1462  P atent  Spring  Extension,  Complete 
w ith W hite Dome Shade, 16 prism s,  Sun Du­
plex B urner and Chim ney, 
each
No. 1467, P ate n t S p rin g  Extension, 14-inch w hite 
Dome Shade, U nique B urner  and  Chimney, 
30 Prism s, 
each
>.  1485,  P ate n t  Spring  Extension,  Complete 
w ith  W hite  Dome  Shade,  U nique  B urner 
and Chimney, 36 prism s, 
each

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Land District within said  indemnity limits of 
the grant of said Flint & Pere Marquette Rail­
road Company—except such Zands as may be cov­
ered by approved selections—are thereby restored 
t o  the public domain, and open  to  settlement 
under the general land laws.
That on the 1st day  of December, A. D. 1887,

IT. S, L a n d  O f f i c e , 

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Reed City, Michigan, October 18,1887.
Register.

N a t h a n i e l   C l a r k ,

!. N. F i t c h , 

Receiver.

G RAH AM   ROYS,  -  Grand R apids, M ich.

ADDRESS

FOR,  EVERYBODY.

For  the Field or  Garden,

If you want to buy

GLADSTONE,  MICH.

WHY DO SO MANY DEALEES

In Western  Michigan  Buy their Line of

W e  will furnish Shades  D ecorated  w ith  Flower* 
on above assortm ent fo r th e sm all  advance

W ith D ecorated Shades on above only,

58 M ichigan Ave., Chicago,

PROPRIETORS  OF

fANCY  PATENT

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

the federal authorities.  The state assesses 
%>»m1 say, §10 per year, the county  as  much 
more.  His school district calls on  him  for 
about §50 with annual  regularity,  and  his 
Then  you
local  taxes  will  average  §25.
can  put him down for §25 for charities and 
other like assessments,  and you have a total 
taxation, pr its equivalent, of §358, or, leave 
out the last item, of  §323.  Deducting from

Or any other hind, send to the

Seed Store
w, T. upraux.

71  CANAL SI.,

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«toek ofgoods is assessed  §4,500,  ana  my 
neighbor  Sharpson’s  §15,000  in  mortages 
and securities,  only  §3,500,  because  my 
stock is exposed to plain view, while Sharp-  j 
son’s collaterals are concealed in'the  draw-  j 
m s of his private safe;  but  I   can’t  under- 
stand why a railroad, or  mine,  or  tract  of 
pine land shouldJbe  valued,  proportionate­
ly, at one-fourth or one-third of  Sharpson’s 
property.* 

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“To illustrate,” said Greenleaf, on another 
occasion,  “the paternal  and  equitable  ad­
justment of taxes by our boasted Great Amer­
ican Republic,  let me call your attention  to 
the ease of a dealer  whom  we  both  know. 
Some twenty-five years ago he entered  into 
a  contract to peril life and limb  in  defense 
of the said Republic, for the sum of §16  per 
month.  He  served faithfully  and  honor­
ably  for  thirty-six  months,  and  received 
therefore  §676,  including  §100  bounty. 
.Shortly after his return home he  went  into 
trade, and was immediately saddled with  a 
special tax on his business, which continues 
to   be  imposed  up  to  the  present  time. 
Through  this  tax  he  has paid the general 
government, in twenty-one years, about §700. 
During  the  same  period  he  has probably 
helped tbe customs revenue §1,200,  and, by 
onjer of the federal officials,  sundry  manu­
facturers  and  monopolists,  §2,000.  Then 
added to this, say, §1,000 for various  inter- 
n yi revenue matters, and a §100  experience 
for forgetting to  scratch  off  a  government 
stamp,  and  you  have  a  total of §5,000, or 
about  §238  per  year.  He  got  for  three 
years  of service §676,  and paid during each 
three years of business over §714.

“But that isn’t the point that I am driving 
a h   H e  is worth, perhaps, §10,000, and has 
an income of §500 over and  above  store  ex-

His 
an  estimated  capital  of  §10.000. 
neighbor  Vibber,  who 
recently  refused 
$25,000 for one of three tracts of  pine land, 
frpd has ready money enough to buy out the 
party in question  ‘body and breeches,’  paid 
in taxes last year to my  certain knowledge, 
§196.48.  Can you explain to  me  why  our 
friend’s person and property are so much more 
difficult to ‘protect’ than those of his neigh­
bor?”
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Ho  man  of  reasonable  brain capacity is 
visionary enough to  imagine  that  he  will 
ever,  under  any  circumstances,  witness  a 
Complete and equitable adjustment of human 
«ffaira  The faults and frailties of the race; 
the honest differences of  opinion that exist; 
the thousand-and-one diverse interests,  and 
the  fallibility  of  even  the  most  trust- 
worthy and conscientious, ail serve  to  ren­
d e r such a consummation impracticable and 
unattainable.  But in the way  of  taxation 
something approximating reason and justice 
must be evolved  before  many  more  years 
pass by, or the semi-socialists of the  coun- 
fry will receive recruits Enough  to  dictate 
To some it may seem
.law's- for themselves.
«matter of taut, clamor and Sentiment,  but 
to  myself it has every appearance of a cold, 
ju&A fact, that a large proportion.of national 
Xftitf iUatft enactments,  for  the  past  twenty 
a/Afers. has been  the creation  of  capitalists
.  and monopolists fM

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fF fe   nothing  against  the  capitalist  as a.
_ Fd rather like to be one  myself

té Jto known

KKoro& Zir\c Fr\cjray i Am
W O O D 4.MCTAL  Fu rMITÜRE
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b r a s s   r u l e ;

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GRAND iWPIOS MICH-

R E A D Y  F O R  USE DRY.

This is the only safe  way  to  use  a  Strong 
Poison; none of the Poison is in a clear state, 
but thoroughly combined  by  patent  process 
and machinery; with material to help the very 
fine powder to stick to  the  vines  and  entice 
the bugs to eat it, and it is also a  fertilizer- 
ONE POUND will no 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 oil garden and farm.”  Many  un-

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NO TROUBLÉ. 
ShOBOlUM® J

'ÿ G l\E A T E S T
I t í V E ^ Í T I C t r í
°O F*  T H E  A C B
- -   EVERY FAMILY 
"0  SHOULD HAVE IT

SŒ PHERESÉiïT/ifli BKiK

Ij&EtiTOR? pKp- SOLE JHAKU ITO  
S&CORJ2BÍ & MARKET STS. *   8   *
f§   $   &  PHILADELPHIA  ÇA,

and 42 Canal

Street, Grand Rapids. D

W e  sell  these  goods  as  close,  if not 
closer,  than  any  Detroit  or  Chicago 
house.
W e make Better  Terms,  Better  Time 
and Better Figures.

W e try hard to please  every  custom­
er.

Our Expenses being so much less than 
Chicago or  Detroit  houses  we can af­
ford to sell closer.

OWNERS OF THE  FOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRANDS:

P A N   TEA—“Red Dragon”  Chop. 
FFEE—O. G. Plantation Java, 
Imperial, Javoka, Banner, Mexican

W. R. KEASEY, Traveling Representative,

------— THE SUCCESS OF---------B

A   M A B . V i a i i O U S   H 5 I O O R D .
  C a r r i a g e   P a i n t s .
H e
The Original and Only CompleteLine.  Surpasses any­
thing in the history of Paints. 
-
THE CARDINAL POINTS WHICH MAKE THEM A HOUSEHOLD WORD ARE

a r s

* 

QUALITY, 
^  

ECONOMY,  DURABILITY,  CONVENIENCE.

QUANTITY, 

APPEARANCE,

F or Sale  by  a ll  F irst Class  D ealers  In  Paints.

year.  I t is rightly named  ^‘Bug  Finish,” as it
finishes the entire crop of bugs with one appli- 
catiod.  We shall not be satisfied unless we sell 
three  tons  this  year, as  there  is. ¿hesitar  a

S  demand for.lt. ■ Please send listen bar- 

000 pounds) at once.”

G uaranteed as represented.  Cheaper than 

any oth er M ixture used for th e purpose.

I  g i i ’ -,  ,  • 43 and 46 Kent Street. 
STANLEY  N.  ALLEE, Proprietor.

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