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“No, no,” he  answered,  after  finishing 
“it   seems  scarcely  stronger 
bis  glass, 
than water/  But I—I am  better  now. 
It 
was  a  sudden  spasm  of the heart—that’s 
all.  The letter,” he  added,  after  a  long 
pause,  during which he eyed me, I thought, 
with  suspicion—“the  letter  you  saw  me 
open just  now  came  from  a  relative—an 
aunt who is ill and wishes to  see me imme­
diately.  You understand? ”

Lake Yiew.  He added, that the bank had 
refused payment  and  detained  the  check, 
believing it a forgery.
'  “ A  forgery!”  exclaimed  Mr.  - — — 
after glancing at the document.  “No ques­
tion that it is, and a  very  poor  one.  Be­
sides, Mr. Henton has not yet returned from 
South Carolina.”

This  was  sufficient  and  the  messenger, 
with many apologies for his intrusion, with­
drew,  and hastened back to the  bank.  We 
were still talking over  the  affair,  although 
some horns had passed since the  clerk’s de­
parture—in fact, lights had been brought in
and we  were every  moment  expecting  Mr. 
Henton—when  the  sound of a carriage was 
heard, and soon the doorbell was  rung  and 
Mr.  Oldson  was  announced.  He  rushed 
rudely into the room in a state of  great and 
angry excitement.

“What  is  the  meaning  of  this  ill-man­

nered intrusion?”  demanded Mr.  ------- .

“You have pronounced the check  I  paid 
at Lake View to be a forgery,  and  the  offi­
cers are already at my heels.  Mr.  Henton 
is not at  home  and  I  have  come  to  seek 
shelter with you.”

“Seek shelter with  me,  sir!”  exclaimed 
the  indignant  gentleman,  moving,  as  he 
spoke,  towards the bell.  “Out of my house 
you go this instant.”

The man placed his hand upon Mr.--------’s
arm,  and  looked  with  his  bloodshot  eyes 
keenly in his face.

“Don’t,” said Oldson;  “don’t for the sake 
of yourself and yours!  Don’t!  I warn you; 
or,  if you like the phrase  better,  don’t  for 
the sake of me and m in e”

“Yours!  Your wife, whom  you  have so 
long  held'  subservient 
to  your  wishes 
through her fears for her  son,  has  at  last 
shaken off that chain.  Your  stepson  left 
two days ago for the South.  1 sent her the 
news not two hours ago.”

“Ha!  is that so?” exclaimed Oldson, with 
a start.  “Why, then—.  But  no  matter;
here comes Mrs.  Henton and her 8(m.  She 
will, I know, stand bail for me, and, if need 
be,  acknowledge the genuiness of  her hus­
band’s check.”

The man’s  insolence  was  becoming  un­
bearable,  and  I  was  about  to  throw  him 
from the room,  when  the  sound  of  steps 
was heard outside. 
“Stop!  one moment,” 
he cried.  “That  is  probably the officers;  I 
must be brief afid' td  tfie  purpose'*"" Pray, 
madame, do not leave  the  room,  for  your 
own sake;  as for you, my boy,  I  command 
you to remain!”

“What does  he  mean?”  exclaimed  Mrs. 
Henton,  at the same time  taking  her  child 
by the  hand—who  gazed  on  Oldson  with 
kindling eyes and boyish defiance.  Did the 
man’s  strange  words  give  form  to  some 
dark doubt that had haunted her  at  times?
I judged so.  M r.--------seemed  similarly
confused and nervous, and  had dropped in­
to a chair.

“You guees dimly,  I see,  at what  I  have 
to say,”  resumed  Oldson,  with  a  sneer. 
“Well,  hear it,  and then,  if  you  will,  give 
me up to the  officers.  Some  years  ago,  a 
woman,  a nurse,  was  placed  in  charge  of 
two infants, both  boys;  one  of  these  was 
her own,  the other was the son of  rich par­
ents.  The nurse’s husband  was  a reckless 
man who much preferred spending money to 
earning it,  and just then he was  very  bard 
up.  One afternoon,  on  visiting  his  wife, 
who had removed to  a  distance,  he  found 
that the other man’s child had sickened and 
died.  A letter  containing the news was on 
a table,  which  he,  the  husband, 
took  the 
liberty to read.  After reflection,  suggested 
by what he had  heard  of  the  dead  child’s 
mother’s state of mind,  he rewrote  the  let­
ter, for the  sake  of  making  a  suggestion 
therein.  That  letter was  mailed,  and  the 
next day brought the father of the child that 
had died,  in a  state  of  almost  distraction, 
but his chief terror was that  his wife might 
hear of the death of  the child,  which in her 
precarious  state,  would  kill  her.  Seeing 
this, the husband of  the  nurse  suggested 
that his child might be taken to the  lady as 
her own,  and that the truth could be reveal­
ed when she was strong enough to  bear  it. 
The gentleman fell into the  trap,  and  that 
which the husband of the  nurse  speculated 
upon came to pass.  The lady grew to idol­
ize her fancied child,  and now,  1  think,  it 
would really  kill  her  to  part  with  him. 
The gentleman could not find it in his heart 
to undeceive his wife.  Every  year  it  be­
came more difficult, and, very generously, he 
has paid for the forbearance of  the  nurse’s 
husband.  Well,  to  sum  up, 
the  nurse 
was Mrs.  Oldson,  the  rich  husband,  Mr. 
Henton, and the substituted child, that hand­
some boy, m y son!”

A  scream  from  Mrs.  Henton  broke  the 
silence which had accompanied this  revela­
tion, echoed  by  an  agonized  cry  from  her 
husband who had entered the room unobser­
ved.  Mrs,  Henton  implored  that  tier  boy 
should not be taken from her.

“I  have no wish to  do  so—far  from  it,” 
said Oldson,  “Only yon must  be  reason­
able and not threaten me with jail»”

“Give  him  anything,”  exclaimed  Mrs. 
Henton.  **011, Henry! Henry!  bow  could 
yon deceive me so?”

“I  am punished, Nellie,” be answered, in 
a broken  voice,  “punished  by  the  con­
sciousness  that  this  must one day.be dis-

covered.  What do you  want?”  addressing 
Oldson.

“The acknowledgment  of the little bit of 
paper in dispute and a genuine  one  for the 
same amount.”

“Yes—yes!” sobbed Mrs.  Henton,  hold­
ing the boy in her embrace' as if  she  feared 
he might be taken from her by force.  “Any­
thing—pay him anything! ”

“Oldson, call to-morrow  at  Lake  Yiew 
and you shall have it,”  said  Mr.  Henton. 
“And now, get out.”

“I was  thinking,”  returned  the  villain, 
with audacity,  “that we might as well come
to  some  permanent  understanding.  But 
never  mind; 
I  can always put the screws 
on, unless you get tired of the  young  gen­
tleman  and  in  that  case—ah!  woman, 
what do  you  want  here?  Get out,  or I’ll 
kill you!  Leave,  I say.”

His wife had entered,  and  silently  con­
fronted him.  “Your threats,  sir,”  replied 
the  woman,  quietly,  “have  no terror for 
me now.  My son  is  beyond  your  reach. 
Oh,  Mrs. Henton,” she  added,  “don’t  be­
lieve—”

Her husband sprang  towards  her.  “Si­
lence!  Go home,  or  I’ll  strangle—”  His 
own sentence was  interrupted by the grasp 
of Mr. Henton, who  clutched  him  by  the 
throat  and  hurled him to the other side of 
the room.  “Speak on, woman, and  quick! 
What have you to say?”

“That  that  boy,”  she answered,  “is as 
truly  your  own  child  as ever son born of 
woman!”

I felt that the woman’s  words  were true;. 
“The  letter,”  continued  Mrs.  Oldson,„ 
“which  my  husband  found  and  opened,, 
would have informed you,  sir, of  the  death 
of my child and the perfect health  of  your - 
own.  The letter you received  was  written 
without my knowledge or consent.  Fright­
ened by my husband’s  threats, and in  some - 
measure  reconciled  to  the  imposition  by- 
knowing  that,  after  all,  the  right  child': 
would be in his right  place,  I  afterwards 
acquiesced in the  deception.  But  I chiefly 
feared for my son, whom 1  fully  believed 
he would have killed in revenge  for my ex­
posing his profitable fraud. 
I  have sinned^, 
but I am telling the truth! ”

All  this  was uttered by the woman,  but . 
at the time it was almost  unheard  by those- 
most interested in the statement.  They on­
ly comprehended that the  child  was theirs. 
When we had  time  to  look  about ns,  it 
was  found  that  Oldson  had  disappeared. 
It was well that he had—better, that he haa 
not been heard of  since.
How the Son of His Father Talked Trous­

ers to His Tailor.

From the New York Sun.

Robert Garrett furnished no end of amuse­
ment to the  telegraph  operators  in  bis em­
ploy;  and among a large number who work­
ed in the main office, here and in Baltimore, 
be enjoys the distinction of being  dubbed a 
“chump.”  He obtained the title,  it is  said, 
in this way.  One day he reached his Balti­
more office in a steaming  hurry. 
It  really 
looked to insiders as if he had something of 
importance on his  hands and  was  anxious 
to get rid of it in a hurry. 
It  was  evident­
ly a matter worthy of much care.
The great man sat down at bis desk.  He 
reached for some paper,  jabbed  a pen in an 
ink bottle and  squared  himself.  He wrote-, 
for a full minute without a rest.  Then  he 
sat up, stuck the end of  the  pen-holder be­
tween his  teeth  and bit it.  After  chewing: 
and ruminating for five minutes he attacked! 
the paper  again.  The  pen  moved  along; 
more or less smoothly  for five minutes.  A 
halt was called.  The  great  man read what 
he had written and tore it up.
Those around him wondered  what he was. 
about.  His office was furnished with a sten­
ographer and a type-writer,  but upon neith­
er of these did the great man call.  He was 
evidently engaged upon a matter  that could 
only be disposed of by himself.
He grabbed a  fresh  sheet  of  paper.  He 
filled that with  straight  and  curved  lines, 
and tore it up.  The  office  was  becoming^ 
worked up to a high pitch of excitement.
Another  sheet  of  paper  was  tackled». 
Slowly and by j erks it was filled with writing» 
The effort was read  and  read  again  by the- 
great man. 
It was apparently  satisfactory. 
He sighed and signed it, then  he  handed it. 
to a minion,  who  transferred  it  to  a  tele­
graph  operator.  There  were  about  300» 
words in  it,  and in its composition the great 
man had consumed an hour.  When the dis­
patch  reached  the  operating  room  itwas- 
passed around,  with the comment:  “That’s, 
the kind of a chump you’re working for.”
It was a dispatch from  Mr. Garrett to hi& 
New York tailor about a pair of  trousers»

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I did understand,  or  at  least  I  feared 
I did,  too well. 
I, however,  bowed  acqui­
escence;  and he  presently  rose  from  his 
chair and strode about  the  room  in  great 
agitation  until  his  wife’s  bed-room  bell 
rang.  He then stopped suddenly and look­
ed anxiously at the reflection of  his flushed 
countenance in the glass.

“I  do  not  look,  I  think—or,  at least, 
shall not,  in a darkened  room—odder, more 
out of the way—that is, more  agitated than 
one  might, 
than  one  must  appear  after 
hearing of the dangerous  illness  of an—an 
aunt?”

“You look better, sir, than you did a while 

since.”

“Yes,  yes;  much better. 

I  am  glad  to 
hear you say so.  That was  my wife’s bell. 
She is anxious to see me.”

He left  the  apartment—was  gone  per­
haps ten  minutes,  and when  he  returned 
was less nervous. 

I arose to go.

“Give my respects,” he said,  “to Mr.— 

and, as an especial  favor,” he  added, with 
emphasis,  “let  me ask of you not to men­
tion to a living soul that you  saw me so un­
nerved as I was just now. 
It would appear 
so ridiculous.”

I promised not to do so and left the house. 
His son  was,  I concluded,  either dead or dy­
ing,  and  he  was  thus  casting  about  for 
means of keeping the tidings from his wife. 
I afterwards heard that he left in a carriage 
about two hours afterward,  entirely  alone.
He  was  gone  a  day only,  at the end of 
which he returned with Mrs. Oldson  and— 
his son,  in excellent  health,  too,  and one of 
the  finest  babies  of  its  age—about  nine 
weeks—I  had  ever  seen.  Thus  vanished 
the  suspicion-I  had  conjured  up.  The 
cause assigned by Mr. Henton for the agita­
tion I had  witnessed  was,  doubtless, 
the 
true one;  and yet—the  thought haunted me 
for  months,  years  afterward—he  opened 
only one letter that morning and sent a mes­
sage to his wife that the child was well.

Mrs.  Oldson remained at  Lake  View un 
til the little boy was  a  year  old,  and  was 
then  dismissed.  Year  after  year  rolled 
away without bringing Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hen­
ton any additional little  ones,  and  no  one, 
therefore,  was  surprised  at  the  love  the 
mother lavished on the boy.  B ut that which 
did astonish me,  though no one else, was  a 
strange defect of character which  began  to 
develop in Mr.  Henton.  He was positively 
jealous of  his wife’s affection for their own 
child. 
It  was  a  mystery  to  me  and  I 
thought on the  subject as  little as possible.
Nine years passed away without bringing 
any material change to the parties  involved 
in this narrative,  except  those  which  time 
brings ordinarily. 
I was still with the firm, 
although  not  as bookkeeper,  but as  junior 
partner.  Young  George  Henton  was  a 
healthy, tall,  fine-looking  boy of  his  age, 
and his great-grandfather, though not suffer­
ing from any physical  or  mental infirmity, 
had reached a time of  life  when the silken 
threads are apt  to  be  snapped  asunder  at 
any time.  Things had gone well,  too, with 
the nurse,  Mrs.  Oldson  and  her  husband; 
well,  at least after a fashion.  The  specu­
lative  machinist must have made  good  use 
of his talents, for he had built  a  very  neat 
house,  was  proprietor  of  a  valuable  shop 
and drove a carriage.  He had  no children 
of  his  own,  but  he  had  apparently taken, 
with much cordiality,  to his stepson,  a  fine 
boy  of  about  eighteen  years  old.  His 
mother was fearful that the  boy might con­
tract the evil habits of his  step-father,  and 
had tried*» procure  the boy  a  permanent 
situation away from home,  and  Mr. Henton 
had promised to help him to a  place  at  the 
earliest opportunity.

Thus stood affairs an the 18th of  Novem­
ber, 1881.  Mr. Henton was absent in South 
Carolina,  where  he  owned  qnite  a  large 
property.  The morning’s mail had brought 
a letter to  his  wife  with  the  intelligence 
that  he  should  reach  home  that  evening;
and, as M r.-----— house  was  on  his  way
home from the train,  he  would  be  sure  to 
stop there.  So Mrs. Henton came, with her 
son, to pass, the  afternoon  there  and  meet 
her husband.

About three o’clock, a clerk of one of the 
Chicago banks drove up  and  asked  to  see 
M r.------ - on important business.  He was
ushered into the library  where  Mr.  ... 
and I  were engaged on some  business  con­
nected with the firm.  The  clerk  said  he 
had been  to  Lake  Yiew,  but  not  finding 
any one a t home, he had  thought  that  Mr.
■»-------might be able to pronounce upon the
genuiness of a  check:  for  $700,  purporting 
tobedraw uontheF irst  National  Bank of 
Chicago by Mr. Hentop, and which Oldson, 
the machinist,  had: obtained  cash  for  at
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A S.  IUSSBLMAN  k  CO., 

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made when desired.

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Reference:  First National Bank,  Chicago. 
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W HOLESALE

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We carry a {fill  ’ineof 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
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Horse and W agon Covers, 

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GRAND RAPIDS.

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Bought and Sold by

FRANK  J. DETTENTHALER,

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WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

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Reference

Felsenthal,.  Gross & Miller, Bankerz, 

Chicago.
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Manufacturer  of  Harness  mid  Collars 
at Wholesale  and  Bétail,  73  Canal  street, 
Grand Rapids, has  the  finest  line  to  select 
from In  the city.  Give  him  a cal).  None 
but experienced workmen employed.
TUBS I  TUBS!  TUBS!
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which we will  sell F. O. B. as  follows;'  No.®* 
taper,  doz.; N o.0, St per  doz.; No.  1,$5  per 
dec.  Peeked* dew. in hdl. with straw.  Qual­
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A WXKKX.Y JOURNAL UEVOTED TO THE

Retail Trade of the Wolilerine Stak

E. A. STOWE ft  BBO., Proprietor«.

8ubscription—One Dollar per year.  Advertía- 
m&  in s Bates made known on application.
Publication Office—49 Lyon Street, Grand 
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Eastern  Representative—E.  H. AYER, 

Tribune Building, N. Y.

Subscriptions to this paper axe not discontinued at 
Entered  at  the  Grand  Sàpide  Poet  Office,

piratfon, unless bo ordered by the subscriber.

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 30,1887.

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The state of affairs on  the Continent 
Europe is not so peaceful in its promises 
it was three months ago. 
It is true that the 
hew alliance has  shut  out  Russia  from the 
center of  the  Continent,  and  bound  Ger­
many, Austria-Hungary and  Italy together 
in an understanding which is most unfavor­
able to Russian plans.  And this movement 
has Imparted a  stability  to  the  throne 
Prince Ferdinand in Bulgaria which will in­
crease with the lapse of every month.  But 
there are personal  elements  of disturbance 
which make  in  the  other  direction.  The 
scandal against the son-in-law of President 
Grevyhas forced the resignation of the head 
of the French  Republic;  and  the Radicals 
ate determined to resist the succession of M, 
Ferry, even  to  fighting. 
In  Germany, the 
Emperor  and  his  wife  are both dying by 
inches,  and  it seems  not  improbable  that 
their eldest son and heir will  be  added 
the long list of victims to tobacco-cancer be­
fore they go. 
It  is  true  that  the  Crown 
Prince is already a grandfather, and his son 
is ready to step into the place  he may leave 
vacant.  Bat the strength  of  character mid 
the  liberality  of  mind  which  the  Crown 
Prince  always  has  shown  have been ele­
ments of stability in  Germany.  They have 
made large classes  patient  under  present 
grievances,  in  the  faith  that  there  soon 
would be an emperor who would change  all 
that.  His son is, at the best,  an  unknown 
-quantity, and would have.to  lean on Prince 
Bismarck, as  his  father  would  not  have 
done.  So both in France  and  in  Germany 
the outlook is a troubled one.

One of the  strongest arguments  in  favor 

that 

they  are 

the  present  method 

of  abandoning 
counting eggs  and  substituting  the  weight 
o f  twenty-four ounces  for  ten  eggs  as 
standard of unit or value is that it will tend 
to  discourage  the  sale  of  stale  eggs,  for 
When  the  consumer  discovers  that  he 
getting  too  many  eggs  for  his  money, he 
will  instantly  see 
too 
light, which  means  that they  are  old  and 
dried  oat.  This  standard  of  weight  will 
cause the Northern barn  egg to greatly out­
sell  its  lighter,  weaker  and  moré  sickly 
toother,  born  in  the  South,  and  the  old 
held, dried up, withered remnant of an egg 
now  so  common  and  numerous,  will  not 
linger long thereafter to plague the consum 
er and the commission  man, nor  will it ad­
mit of the practice of substituting birds’ and 
guinea hen’s eggs for the genuine article.

The shameful  Panama  Canal  fraud  ap­
pears to be near its  collapse.  The  inevita 
ble call for more money  has  been  made in 
Paris, the government being again implored 
to sanction a lottery in aid of the  project— 
this occurring only a few days after the son 
ofM. deLesseps had announced with all the 
pretense  of  sincerity  that no further loan 
would  be  needed  by  the  company.  Of 
course, the government  most  again  refuse 
the lottery, no matter if this does knock the 
bottom but of the undertaking.

No nation in the world ever piled up snch 
. a sum of money in its Treasury as that now 
lying in the  vaults  at  Washington.  There 
is  gold and  silver to the  amount of  $387, 
000,000, and money of  other kinds included 
in the Treasurer’s statement brings the total 
amount of cash on hand up to $612,638,469

v  In  the retirement  of L. D. Putnam,  after 
a  business career in  the  Valley City cover- 
‘  iug  forty-one  years,  the  business  interests 
of Grand Rapids lose  a  valuable  coadjutor 
and his business associates  a  warm  friend 
land shrewd connselor.

"  A t the request of numerous patrons, T h e 
T radesm an resumes the  publication of its 
pine lumber market this week.

Banks and Bankers.

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W  A bank has the right to pay a check dated 
<m Sunday.  N_

A post  dated check  should  not  be  paid 

until the day of its date.
& Horn«: G. Barber 1ms  just completed his 
new bank building at Vermontville.

Unless  a  check  has  been  so  carelessly 
drawn  as  to  Invite  alteration  the  drawee 
cannot be  held  liable  for  more  than  the 
/amount originally written in i t

A  bank  should  use  reasonable  «diligence 
in returning a check  as  not good, but a de­
lay  of twenty-four hours has been held not 
tb  be unreasonable.

A  director in a  National bank  may act as 
■proxy lo r a  stockholder.  The law prevents 
qnlyofficers, clerks, teUeraand bookkeepers 
¡¡Tom acting as such. 
^'JlS^eie.ja: bank  credits  an •  out-of-town 
check te  a  depositor, and  the. check is sub­
sequent!!^ lost in  the malls, it has no right
check; hack to'

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i hold a  convention at some con-

AMtyifO T H E  TRADE.

Vermobtyille—Jay Purohis hasopeneda 

J P   |g M j p d ' ra^
I Jphn Dalton has  engaged  in%ie grocöry 
basine 
aft.  Ôlnéÿ,  Shields A  Co.
famished the stock.

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Henry M.  Carpenter lias5 engaged  in the 
grocery business at Wood Lake.  The stock 
was purchasedat this market.

Maggie  Fitzgerald  has  engaged 
grocery business at  Maple  Valley, 
Jëwell & Co. furnished the stock.'

in  the 
Clark,

Frank  Sinclair, is the fortunate  man who 
has secured an interest in the house famish 
ing goods'- establishment of Heyman & Co­
on Cansd street.

Leonard & Jeffreys have engaged  in gen­
eral trade at Delton,  Arthur  Meigs  & Co. 
furnished the groceries  and  H. Leonard  & 
Sons the crockery.

Olney,  Shields & Co. have foreclosed their 
mortgage on  the  grocery  stock  of  W. E 
Messimer, at Nashville.  The sale is adver- 
tised to take place next  Monday.

Thompson & McClay, the  new wholesale 
notion and furnishing goods  jobbers,  have 
gotten nearly all  their  stock  in  place  and 
will start out  their  salesmen  in  about two 
weeks.

Herbert Hinkley  and. John Norman have 
engaged in the harness business at Freeport 
under the style of Norman & Hinkley.  The 
Cappon  &  Bertsch  Leather  Co.,  Brown, 
Hall & Co. and Graham Roys  furnished the 
stock. 

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Lemon & Farquhar have transferred their 
saw and shingle mill  plant  from Kentucky 
to Manton, where  they  will  cut hardwood 
lumber and pine  shingles.  They  have put 
in a stock of groceries,  famished  by Bulk- 
ley,  Lemon & Hoops.

Oltman Bros., the Seventh street grocers, 
have given three chattel  mortgages on their 
stock—to the Telfer Spice Co.,  a  Mr.  Ver 
Vorst and Olney,  Shields & Co. in the order 
named.  Like  most  other  failures,  their 
downfall is directly due to a too free  indul­
gence in the credit system.

W. R. Mathews  and  W.  T.  Coon have 
formed a copartnership  under  the style of 
Mathews &  Coon  and  engaged  in general 
trade  a  Bloomingdale.  Amos  S. Mussel 
man & Co. furnished  the  groceries,  Root, 
Strong & Co. the dry  goods  and  Streetman 
Bros,  the boots and shoes.

L. D. Putnam has sold his interest in the 
old-established drug business  of L.  D. Put 
nam & Co., at 58 Monroe street, to his part­
ner, Frank J. Wurzburg, who will continue 
the  business  under  his  own  name.  Mr, 
Wurzburg  has  been  connected with the es 
tablishment, as clerk and partner, for twen­
ty-eight yearsand is well qualified to conduct 
the business bp his own hook.

Geo. H. Reeder,  the Big  Rapids boot and 
shoe,  dealer  has  formed  a  copartnership 
with Luke Nichols, formerly of  the firm  of 
Palmer,  Nichols  &  Co.,  under a firm name 
to be hereafter agreed upon, when they will 
engage in the wholesale  boot and shoe bus­
iness here at the former location of Welling 
& Carhartt,  on  Pearl  street,  they  having 
leased the premises for a term of years.

W.  S. Gunn and Edwin F.  Uhl are nego­
tiating with Mackey & Co., the  Sonth Hav­
en stove founders, with a view  to  securing 
the removal of the latter’s plant to this city, 
In case  the negotiations are  effected, 
the 
business will be merged into a  stock  com­
pany with ample capital to  conduct  opera­
tions on a large scale. 
In the event of their 
removal  to  this city, the works will be lo­
cated a short distance  below  the union de­
pot on the west side of the  railway  tracks

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Detroit—Wm. Peritins, Jr., o f the grocery 

firm of Wm. Perkins, Jr., & Co., is dead.

Marquette—Arthur  Delf  &  Son  succeed 
Delf, McDonald & Co.  in  the  grocery bust 
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Portland—A.  D. McCabe  succeeds  L, I* 
(Mrs. G. W ;) Bowser  in the  grocery bnsi 
ness. 

Saginaw—Thompson & Utter succeed N. 
Burhans Iq  the  grocery  and  produce busi­
ness."  -•  ■

Cadillac—John  McBurney  succeeds  Me 
Burney & Crawford in the commission bus­
iness.

Bellaire—E. J. Childs  has  sold  out  his 
furniture1 stock to E.  F.  Chapin  and A. M. 
Bennett.

White  Clotid—P. Wait has closed up his 
shoe store  and  shipped  the  stock  back to 
Big Rapids.

Kalamazoo—P.  Stemfield  will  open 

general store December  1,  to be  known  as 
the “Revolution.”

Meredith—The  Evart  Hardware Co. has 
opened its branch store at this place.  Frank 
McDougall is in charge.

Marion—J .  N.  Fasquelle,  of  Cadillac 
has begun the  erection  of  a  building,  in 
which he  proposes  to  conduct a drug busi­
ness.

Three Rivers—Russell &  Perrin,  dealers 
in live stock, shipping from this place,  Cen­
terville and Wasepi,  have  marketed  four­
teen carloads of hogs since November 1, and 
have paid out about $10,000.

MANUFACTURING'  MATTERS.

Rondo—Partridge & Son will saw 100,000 
feet of maple  for J.  B. Adams, of  Cheboy­
gan.4  |

New Haven—H. R.  Hazleton’s  saw  and 
shingle mill has  been  burned.  Loss  esti­
mated at $10,000.

TJbfee Rivers—Smith  Bros. & Co., manu- 
facturers of bran cleaners, have  given a bill 
of  sale for $10,000.

Port Huron—E.  F.  Percival  succeeds E 
Percival & Son in the manufacture  of  gro 
cers’ brooms and brushes.

Adrian—S.  P. Babcock,  manufacturer of 
com  planters  and  hat  racks,  has  been 
burned  out.  Toss  $2,200.  No insurance 
Wayland—Jones &  Herrinton have start­
ed a sawmill four  miles  east  of  this place 
They will operate a picket  mill  in  connec 
tion.

Durand—Delano & Kenyon  are  building 
a feed mill.  They  will  also  put in mach­
inery for cutting dimension stock  for- furni 
ture and handle factories.

Bear Lake—The Hopkins  Manufacturing 
Co., lumber and general dealers,  has given 
a chattel mortgage  for  $8,000  and  subse­
quently executed a bill of sale.

Kalkaska—Wm.  H.  Thompson  will  con 
duct his  business  here  under  the  style  of 
the Thompson Handle Co.  He continues as 
manager of the Mancelona Handle Co.

Muskegon—The  Linderman& Gray Man 
ufactvring Co. offers  to  remove its plant to 
this city  on condition  that  $25,000 stock is 
contributed to  a  capital  stock  of  $75,000, 
and a desirable site donated.

Rodney-—The Marcoe shingle mill, which 
has  been  idle  for  a  year  past,  is  being 
moved to Marshfield, where sawing machin­
ery will be added and both lumber and shin­
gles cut for O. P. Pillsbury & Co.

Jackson—The Geo. T.  Smith  Middlings 
Purifier Co. has been  offered  ten  acres  of 
land, Valued at $20,000,  and $40,000 in cash 
to remove its  works  to  St.  Paul.  As  the 
company wants  increased  facilities, it will 
probablyaccept.

STRAY  FACTS.

Evart—For ton  &  Cox  have  invented  a 

ABOUND  THE  STATE. 

Ludington—P. D. Keim, grocer*  has sold 

knee,for single beam sleighs.

oat.

assigned.

has sold out.

Kalamazoo—The  Bullard Celery  Co. has 

Fulton—W,  W.  Divine,  general  dealer, 

Charlotte—Bretz  Bros,  succeed  A.  D. 

Bretz in the grocery business.

Three Rivers—Fred  N.  Kinney,  grocer, 

has given a chattel mortgage for $2,700.

Detroit—James Jenks  & Co.,  machinery 

dealers, have assigned to S. T. Douglass.

Blanchard—Roberts  Bros,  succeed G. E. 
(Mrs. T. J.) Grant  in the grocery business.
Owos8o—J. J. Van  Vechten & Co.  have 
moved their general stock here from Flush­
ing.

Lawrence—L.  E.  Whitman  will  retire 
from business  here, to  engage  in  the  dry 
goods trade at Petoskey.

St.  Ignace—Hammond,  Standish  &  Co. 
will  remove  their  upper  lake  depot  from 
Mackinaw City to this place.

Big  Rapids—The  K.  of  L.  store  is  a 
thing  of  the  past, the  stock  having  been 
seized and sold by creditors.

Vicksburg—Calvin  Grovenburg  has  sold 
his grocery stock to George Minie. who will 
continue business at the old location.

Westwood—Allan  Park  is  the  name of 
the gentleman who  has  purchased the gen­
eral stock of H. B.  Hawley & Son.  He has 
been a clerk in the establishment for several 
years.

Grand Haven—A. R. VanAllsburg, senior 
member of the furniture  firm  of  VanAlls­
burg & Son, at Coopersville,  has  opened a 
meat market here.  He was  engaged in the 
same business here several years ago.

Good Harbor—W. S.  Johnson,  the  Sut­
ton’s Bay general  dealer,  has  rented  th e 
store  form erly  occupied'  w ith  it  general 
stack by the late C. JKrappj Who w ent down 
w ith the Vernon, and has stocked the same

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Kalamazoo—Latham  Hull,  President  of 

the First National Bank, is dead.

Readingr-Kelly & Son have converted 16, 
366 bushels of apples into  76,000 pounds of 
evaporated product the past season.

Chebqygan—H. J.  A. Todd, who has han­
dled firearms for several years, never sold a 
revolver until the recent law in regard to car­
rying concealed weapons went  into  effect, 
sincftiwhich time he has sold his entire stock.
Détroit—Robert  D.  Robinson-,  assignee 
for L. S. Butterfield(the Detroit Paper Co.), 
has filed a schedule of assets  and liabilities 
with the county clerk.  The aggregate debts 
are placed at $115,445.17, and the  assets at 
$86,600.57.  The list of creditors is  a  long 
one, including business  houses  in the East 
and in Ohio,  the  heaviest  creditors  being 
Warren,  Fuller  & Lange, New York,  $8,- 
332;  Francis C. Gray,  Detroit,  $8,925;  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Detroit,  $16,467; 
Rochester  Paper  Co.,  Rochester,  $5,950; 
Fred T. Moran, Detroit, $5,000.  The bank, 
the paper  company,  Mr. Gray and Mr. Mo­
ran are secured by chattel mortgages.  There 
are $38,089.55 of bills  receivable,  and  the 
stock is appraised at $43,991,29.

Purely Personal.

H. P. Sibole, Arthur  Meigs & Co.’s  lum­
ber hustler  at Breedsville,  is in  town for a 
few days.

D.  C.  Stewart,  the Vernon  elevator oper­
ator,  was  in  town  Monday on his way to 
Muskegon.■

W.  H. Kathan, Manager of the  Marshall 
Casket Co.,  spent  Thanksgiving  with  his 
family herb. 

Thos. S. Freeman, who has been confined 
to hi» home for several days with Inflamma­
tory rheumatism, is ont again,

G.  H.  Remington,  the  Bangor grocer, 
tritwted wijfytbe boys  up  the  p«rf*Ktor 
branch weekl&efote  laid,  buying  potatoes.

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Hart*  ‘‘beechnut
man,” was in town over Sunday.  ■*’  ®g:r4
Mr. Seibert,  of the general  firm of John­
son  & Seibert,  atCaledonia, spent Thanks­
giving with friehds'in tills ctfy. 
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Jas.  Seymour,  shipping  clerk  for  Wm, 
Sears & Co.,  is  laid  up  with  rheumatism. 
Frank Kruse is taking his place in the mean-, 
time.

Alfred Broad, manager  of the Steel Pack­
ing and Provision Co., went as far  south as 
LaGrangfe,  Ind., 
in  search of 
stock.

last  week, 

W. J. Roach,  the  Lake  City  druggist, 
spent  Thanksgiving with friends here, and 
improved the opportunity to purchase a hol­
iday stock,

M. A. Benson, of the  hardware  firm  of 
Benson 
Crawford,  at  Saranac,  was in 
town  Saturday,  inaugurating next season’s 
campaign  for their  patent  Eclipse  Vine 
Sprinkler.

Jerome J. Wood,  the Hudson  bookseller, 
has just launched his  initial  effort  in  the 
publishing line in the shape of a bright and 
entertaining  volume  entitled,  ‘‘A Child of 
Genius.”  A note from Mr.  Wood  conveys 
the pleasing intelligence that his book is be­
ing “well received everywhere.” -

Geo. P. Gifford, Jr., the accomplished and 
versatile provision manager for  Hawkins & 
Perry, never goes out on the road that he is 
not mistaken for a  star actor.  At Traverse 
City a few months ago  a  bootblock  asked 
him when his troupe would be along and at 
Manistee  the  other  day  a  street  urchin 
struck him for a “Comp.” to his show.
Perhaps, in a Thousand Years.

W ritten Especially for The Tradesman.

“Mr.  Scaleweight,” said Mr. Brown to his 
grocer, the other day,  “why did you return 
that twenty dollars I sent you Tuesday?”

“Why, my dear  Brown,”  responded Mr. 
Scaleweight,  “your  account  is  over-paid 
thirty dollars,  already;  and  you,  together 
with my other customers, have advanced so 
much currency latelf that  my  bank  can’t 
handle  it.  There  is  no  use  in  talking, I 
must  sbnt  down  on  such  unlimited  ad­
vances.”
“I  am  sorry  for  you,  I  am  sure,  Mr, 
Scaleweight,” said Brown;  “but the fact is, 
I belong to the ‘Advance  Payment Associa 
tidnof Bungtown,’ and  unless  you  accept 
the money I send you,  I shall be  compelled 
to report you to that body and you will then 
be able to get only such  trade as  make it 
practice to pay when they get the goods.” 

“Well, Mr. Brown,  I will accept  it;  but 
if this thing goes on  much longer I  shall be 
compelled to start a bank. 

R e l l u f .

VISITING BUYERS.

Co., Woodville 

The following retail dealers  have visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with .the various houses:
D F Wateon, Ada
A W Fenton & Co, JBailey
D B Galentine, Bailey
B S Holly, Woodland
E M Stickney, Stickney & Co , Paris
M A Benson, Benson & Crawford, Saranac
W J Boach, Lake City
W B Mathews and T J  Baughman, Mathews 
& Chon, Bloomingdale 
Geo Lents, Croton 
CH Adams, Otsego 
John Crispe, Plalnweli 
D W Higgins. Higgins & Co„ Scottville 
J  C Benbow, Cannonsburg 
Walling Bros., Lamont 
Dave Holmes, buyer for West Mich Lumber 
C C Tuxbjiry, Sullivan 
Cornell & Griswold, Griswold 
Geo Carrington, Trent 
Burt Tinkler, Hastings 
Hy Sperry, Otsego 
A B Foote, Hillards 
A Vollmairi, Filmore Center 
Gibbs Bros., Mayfleld 
C W Caskey, Detroit 
W W Pierce, Moline 
F C Stone, Cedar Springs 
F W Bunker, Casnovia 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
L L Jenison, Jenisonville ,
J  P Cordes, Alpine
Levett & Dann, Dorr
Mr Seibert, Johnson & Seibert, Caledonia
L N Fisher, Dorr
E J  Boys, Lakeview
H Van Noord, Jamestown
John  Farrowe, So. Blendon
Dell Wright, Coopersvilie
F P Hopper, Middleville
A W Konkle, Bemus
Sidney Stark, Allendale
O F & W P Conklin, Bavenna
Mr Farrowe, Farrowe & Dalmon, Allendale
Wm Vermeulen, Beaver Dam
A Purchase, So Blendon
John Dalton,  Hobart
D H Rankin, Rankin & Dewey, Shelby
J  C Drew, Rockford
G M Huntley, Beno
N Bouma, Fisher Station
Rutgers &Tien, Holland
A W Blain, Dutton
Geo W Bevins, Tustin
DBStocum,  Rockford
H  Bakk< r, Drenthe ..
Den Herder & Tanis, Yriesiand 
Weller & Beul, Muskegon 
P H Bernstein, Fife Lake 
D W Shattuck,  Wayland 
Mrs J Debri, Byron Center 
M M Robson, Berlin 
D Barrows, Johnsville 
L Cook. Rauer 
,C Pfeifle, Park City 
C H Deming, Hammond 
L Knevels, Chase 
John Kamps, Zupthen 
Le Febre & Meyer, Grand Haven 
N F Miller, Lisbon 
M Carman, Mecosta 
James Henry, Bowne Center 
F L Blake, Irving 
R S Shiffert, Bridgeton 
Juistema Bros, Grand Haven 
John Damstra, Gitohell 
A Manley, Plalnweli 
BBredeweg, Drenthe 
H Thompson, Canada Corners 
Humphrey & Spaulding, Wayland 
W Karsten, Yriesiand 
L Maier, Fisher’s Station 
A 8 Frey, Labe 
Cole & Grove, Tustin 
N Harris, Big Springs 
M Heybour & Bro, Drenthe 
Reese & Dettrick, Rosina 
M Gezon, Jennisonville 
L M Wolfe, Hudsonville 
C Copeland,  Bailey 
J  R Trask, Grattan 
C N Higbee, Moriey
R G Peters, Manistee 
C B Hollister, Wayland 
M Carman, Mecosta 
E D Parmenter, Greenville 
E 8 HoughtaUng,  Hart 
Cole & Chapel, Ada 
GusBegman, Bauer 
John Gunstra,  Lamont 
J  L Rademnker, Beno ’
Wm Bosle, Bass River
H w Marsh, buyer for John Caulfled, Hobart 
G W Armstrong, Bowen’a Mlli’s 
Henry M Carpenter,  Wood Lake 
Baker & Baker, Rockford 
J  Llebler, Caledonia 
Eli Bunnels, Coming
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A commercial tourist, weary and sad,
For trade had been poor and collections bad
Not a single Order Was on his pook,
The disgust ho felt w»» shown in hia look; 
With a careless hand he wrote his name 
On the page of a book unknown to fame.
The drowsy night-clerk the. signature scan­

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Then a letter placed in the drummer’s hand 
See how he starts, while a smile of delight 
Gomes over his face at the welcome sight.
Open the envelope is quickly torn*
And over his face so weary and worn,
Now, flit like the sunbeams after a storm, 
Smiles of joy as the message takes form.
Thus clouds of despair that will ever appear 
To the traveling man sometimes in the year, 
Are often dispelled by such Bimple means 
As one friendly letter.  How queer it seems
So wives,  sweethearts, brothers and chums, 
If  you know where  we’ll  be  when  Sunday 

Write to us there, if your time will permit, 
Draw on us at sight,  and we will remit—our 

comes,

thanks.

Gripsack Brigade.

Ed.  Smith,  city  salesman  for  Amos 

Musselman & Co., has resigned his position 
and left town.

Hi. Robertson  will  institute  the  second 
K.  of P.  organized in  this city in the south 
end of town Friday night.

Clarence Wilson  has  engaged  to  travel 
for John A.  Tolman & Co., of Chicago,  the 
engagement to begin January 1.

H. H. Freedman  &  Ce.,  the  Reed  City 
cigar manufacturers  and  jobbers,  are now 
represented  on  the  road  by  Frank  T 
Blakeslee and Frank O.  Wissler.

Any traveling  man wishing to take stock 
in the Valley City Building ancl Loan Asso 
ciation  can  be  accommodated  by  leaving 
his name at T h e   T r a d e s m a n  office.

R.  J.  Prendergast,  better  known  as
Dick,”  who  was  with  his  uncle,  John 
Caulfield, for  about  for  years, is  now  on 
the road for  3heftel  &  Son, wholesale gro 
cers of Milwaukee.
, J-  L-  Strelitsky was presented with an el­
egant gold-headed  cane  by  East  Saginaw 
friends  last  Wednesday.  Mr.  Strelitsky 
responded gracefully and  the  party  subse­
quently indulged in a banquet.

F. W.  Grummond  of  the  firm  of  Hull, 
Grummond  &  Co.,  cigar  manufacturers at 
Binghamton, N.  Y.,  is  in  town  for  a  few 
days, accompanied by his wife.  Mr.  Grum­
mond is interested in the Eaton & Christen 
son failure to the tune of $800.

Wallace Franklin,  State  Agent  for Fair­
banks, Morse &  Co.,  made a exhibit of the 
celebrated Decatur Tank Heater, for warm­
ing water for stock in winter,  in the Senate 
Chamber at Lansing before  the annual con 
vention of the National Grange.

A. B.  Bell, otherwise known as the “King 
of Boot Blacks,” is in town  for  a  week or 
ten days, a guest  at  Sweet’s  tavern. \  Mr, 
Bell is general  Western  representative for 
Wolff & Randolph, of Philadelphia,  manu 
facturers of “Acme” shoe blacking.

W.  S.  Canfield,  traveling  salesman  for 
Vail & Crane, began to  show  symptoms of 
insanity  about  ten  days ago.  Application 
was made at Ypsilanti, Mr. Canfield’s home, 
for his admission to  the  Pontiac  asylum, 
and he was taken there on the 25th.

Hi. Robertson, chairman of  the  Commit­
tee on Entertainment of the  Grand  Rapids 
Traveling Men’s  Association,  requests the 
members of that Committee and  such other 
travelers as are interested in  the  subject to 
meet at T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office  on Satur­
day evening,  December 3, to effect the pre­
liminary arrangements for  the  annual trav­
eling men’s party.

The manufacture  of  condensed  milk  in 
this State does not seem to be marked  with 
the same success which  attends the produc­
tion cf butter and cheese.  The  attempt  to 
establish a condensed milk factory at Grand 
Rapids a number of years ago culminated in 
a disastrous failure  and the same result has 
attended  the  attempt  to  make  condensed 
milk at  Northville,  the  Boden  Condensed 
Milk Co.  having  ceased  operations/"after 
sinking $14,000 for John Babillion,  the De­
troit wholesale grocer.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s 
informant  states  that  Mr.  Boden will  con­
tinue the business, but under whose auspices 
operations  will  be  resumed  is  not  yet 
known.

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Advertisements  wUl  be  inserted ander this head for 
one cent a word, or two cents,* wond  for three  inser-' 
«oas. ' No  advertisement taken  fèti less than S6> cents. 
Advanee payment. 
,  Advertisements  directing  that, answers  be  sent  in 
care of this office  m u st  M  a c c o m p a n ie d  b y 25 
C ents extra, to cover expense of postage. 
TilOB  SALE—Whole  or  part  interest  in  a 
A  
first-class  meat  market  in  a  thriving 
town of  1.0U0 inhabitants  with two railroads. 
Average sales  $30 per day.  Good reasons for 
selling,  AddresB H., eare Tradesman. 
ai9-tf
I lOB S ALE—Drug stock  and  fixtures  in  a 
live  town  in  Southern  Michigan.  Only 
those with cash need apply.  Best  of  reasons 
given.  Address,  W.  B.  Mandigo,  Sherwood, 
Mich. 
219-221
i lOB 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, 
Ionia Co., Mich. 
219*
F OR SALE—Stock of general  merchandise.
Will trade, for  real  estate  in  Southern 
Michigan.  Address  Box  X.  care Tradesman 
320*
office. 
F OB SALE—Or exchange, for  hard  or  soft 
lumber, posts,  shingles or  lath, a planer 
and matcher in perfect order.  Will plane two 
sides  twenty-four  inches  wide.  J.  B.  Deb 
bridge. 493 Trumbull Ave., Detroit. 
219*
F OB  SALE—General  stock  of  goods, 
Will
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rent  or  sell  buildmar.  Good  renne
rent  or  sell  building.  Good  reason  for 
selling.  Address  J. C. Stitt, DollarviUe, Mich.
221*
F OR SALE—At a bargain.  A  clean stock of 
hardware  and  mill  supplies.  Address 
Wayne Choate, Agent. East Saginaw. 
210tf
F OB  SALE—Or  exchange, platform  spring 
peddling wagons,  suitable for  wholesale 
or retail trade.  Address  Welling & Carhartt, 
139 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich. 
208tf
F OR SALE—The best drugstore in the thriv­
ing city of Muskegon.  Terms easy.  C. L. 
Brundage, Muskegon, Mich.
W ANTED—Hail  near Campau Place,  suit­
able for meetings of Grand Rapids Mer­
cantile  Association,  Apply  to  E.  A.  Stowe, 
Seo’y, 49 Lyon St.
W ANTED—Every  store-keeper who  reads 
this  paper  to  give  the  Sutliff  coupon 
system a trial.  It will abolish your pass books, 
do away with all  your book-keeping, in many 
instances save you the  expense of  one  clerk, 
will bring your business down to a cash basis, 
apd save you-all  the worry and troubles that 
usually go with the  pass  book plan.  Start in 
January 1st  with the  new system, keep  pace 
with the  times, and  yon will  never  regret it. 
Having two  kinds, both kinds will  be sent by 
addressing (metioningthis paper) J. H. Sutliff, 
Albany. N. Y. 
2l9-6t.
WANTED—A second-hand buzz planer and 
wood  saw.  Call  or  address Sherwood, 
Manufacturing Co., South Division, St.  218-4t
W ANTED—Situation by a registered  phar­
macist,  five  years’  experience.  First- 
class  references;  Address,  S.  F.  B.,  care 
219*
Tradesman. 
WANTED — Agents 
to  handle  the  new 
Chemical Ink Erasing Pencil.  Greatest 
novelty  ever  produced.  Erases  ink  in  two 
seconds, no abrasion of paper.  200  to  600 per 
cent,  profit.  One  agent’s  sales  amounted to 
*620 in six days;  another  $32  in  two  hours. 
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. Skinner & Co., Onaiaska  Wig,
\ \ T ANTED—Grocery stoca in exchange for a 
tt 
small farm in  St.  Joseph  county.  Ad- 
dress V. H. Lester, Mendon, Mich. 
\ \ T ANTED—To exchange  farm worth $2,600 
v T 
Address  Box  23, 
Tradesman office.
208*tf
WANTED—A  man  having  an  established 
trade among lumbermen to add a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
man a splendid chance will be given  to  make 
money without  extra expense.  Address “B,” 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
178tf
P ARTNER WANTED—To take half interest 
in stock of drugs and groceries  in one of
the smartest  towns  in 
Southern  Michigan, 
Sales  last year  $21,000. 
Address  all commu­
cations 1(4, this office.
ffii*
SALESMEN—Will receive special  attention, 
steady  work  and  good  pay,  by  writing 
Ed. O. Graham, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y,
220*
$1,500 STOCK—^Jf  groceries and drugs for «0 
per  cent,
Few  fixtures;  good town;  am 
no druggist.
220*
Cash.  R.,  Lyons, Mich, 

for a stock  of goods.  Address  B
for a stock  of goods. 

221*

218*

GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT 

TELEGRAPH 00.

NO. 3 CANAL ST., GKAND BANDS.

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

Messengers,  Hacks,  Express  Wagons  on 

hand day and night.
J. W. GLASS, Supt.
MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER

The  most practical I 
hand  Roaster  in the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—giving  satisfac­
tion.  They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee  | 
’ and  pea-nuts to  per 
fection.
Send  for  circulars.

No 

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150 Loag St., 
Cleveland, Ohio.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids A Indiana.

All Train» daily except Sundny.

 

 

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c o r n s   NORTH. Arrives.
Traverse City & Mackinaw Ex.........8:06> m
Traverse City A  Mackinaw  Ex.......
Traverse City  & Mackinaw  E x....  7:80pm
Cadillac Express..............................  3:40 pm
Saginaw Express..............................11:25 a m
10:30 am.

Leaves. 
9:06 am  
11:30 am  
10:10 p m 
6:06 pm  
7:80 a m 
0:10pm
Saginaw express runs through soUd.
9:05 a. m. tram has  chair  car to  Traverse  City  and 
11:30 a. m. train has chair car  for Traverse  City, Pe­
10:40 p. m. train has sleeping cars for Traverse  City, 

Mackinaw.
toskey and Mackinaw City.
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Cincinnati  Express...................  
Fort Wayne Express...............10:80 a m 
Cincinnati  Express.......................  4:40 p m 
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:50 p m 

7:15 a m
11:45 a m
5:00 p m

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

GOING  SOUTH.

Muskegon, Grand Baplds ft Indiana. 

Leave. 
6  30am .................................  
 
11.00am.............................................................  
4:40pm.................................... . ..  8:50 p m
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later, 

Arrive.
10:10am
  4:30pm
 

 

 

 

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent,

Detroit, Lansing  &  Northern.

Grand Baplds ft Saginaw Division.

DEPART.

Saginaw Express................................................  7 30am
Saginaw Express. 
4 10 p m
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Grand Rapids Express.................................. . 
.11 85 a m
Grand Rapids Express........................................ 10 30 p m

All trains arrive at and depart from Union depot. 
Trains run solid both wars.

ARRIVE.

Chicago & W est Michigan.

Leaves.
tMail .................................................9:10am
tDay  Express...........................................18:30 pm
•Night Express.................................11:00 p m
Muskegon Express....................................6:00 pm

Arrives. 
3:56pm 
0:46 pm  
6:46 am  
11:00 a m
•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.  Through 
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  without ex­
tra charge to Chicago on 18:30 p. m., and through coach 
on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains.

Newaygo Division.

Leaves. 
Express................................................4:05 p m 
Express.................................................8:85 am  

All trains arrive and depart from TTilion Depot.
The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, 
where close connection is made  with  F. A P. M. trains 
to and from Ludington and Manistee.

Arrives.
4:80 p m

10:80 am

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

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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Arrive.

Kalamazoo Division.

Leave. 

Ex. A Mail.  N. V. Mail. 
N. Y. Mail.  N.V.Ex
4:35pm  7:45am..GrandRapids.  9:45am  6:35pm
5:55 pm   9:08 a m..Allegan   ........ 8:88 am   5:18 am
6:55pm  10:06am.. Kalamazoo ...  7:30a m  4:80pm 
8:30pm  11:35 a m .. White Pigeon.  5:55 am   8.40pm
2:30am  6:05 p m.. Toledo............11:00pm  10:00am
8:30am  9:40 p m..Cleveland.......6:40pm  5:55am
2:50 pm   3:30 a m. .Buffalo...........11:55 am   11:40 pm
5:40 am
7:10 p m. .Chicago......... 11:30 pm   8:50 am
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1:10 pm,  carry­
ing passengers as far as  Kalamazoo.  All  trains  daily 
except Sunday. 

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

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Leaves.
Arrives. 
•Night Express.................................   9:80 pm   10:55 pm
tThrough  Mail....................  
10:30 a m
10:80 a m 
tEvenmg Express..,......................3:25pm 
8:50pm
tDetroit Express.......................... . 
6:40 am
tMixed, with  coach.......................  
11:00 am
going West.
tMoming  Express..........................  1:05 pm
1:10 p m  
(Through  Mail.................................  5:00pm
5:10 p m
tGrand Rapids Express..................10:40 p m
•Night Express..........................................6:85 am
5:40 am  
fMixed...............................................
7:45 am
(Daily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
Passengers taking the 6:50  am   Express  make close 
connection at Owosso for Lansing,  and  at  Detroit for 
New  York,  arriving  there  at  10:10  a m the following 
morning.  The Night Express has a Wagner sleeping car.
J as. Campbell,, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B. Reeve. Traffic Manager, Chicago.

Michigan Central. 

Grand Rapids Division.

DEPART.

A R RIV E.

Detroit Express.................................................... 6 15am
Day Express...........................................................1:10 pm
•Atlantic Express............................................. 
10  10 d m
«“ e d ..............................................
•Pacific  Express.................................................... 6:00 am
Mail........... .......................................................3:00 p m
Grand Rapids Express.......................................  10-15pm
Mixed........................ ;...........................................5:15 pm
•Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.’sleeping cars 
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids Express to and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

D. W. J ohnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.
O . W. R u g g l e s , Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago.

EAST

W EST 

Duluth, South  Shore & Atlantic  Railway.
P  M Leave]
A M
A M P X
11:30
5:05.
10:30 3:40
A  M Lv
P  M
P M A M
10:45 •6:50
8:30 5:80
1:00 i r .... .. Marquette. ...... LV 2:05 10:00
8:00
1:45 A r.... .. .Negaunee. ........ Ly
8:33
1:85 9:15
8:48
1:45
18:50 9:05
11:45
5:85
9:80 6:00
6:34 Ar.... ... .Calumet. .........Ly «8:06 4:86
3:14
P M
P  M
A M P M
Only  direct  route  between the  East and South and 

Grand Rapids
..St  Ignace 1
.. .Ishpeming.
.. Houghton

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E. W  Allen, Gen’l Pass. Agt.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

Second Vlne-Pnaldent-S. Lamfrom, Owobhu.
Secretary—Ç, A. Stowe, Grand Rapida.
Traunror—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.

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-,  Executive Board—President, Secretary, Geo. W. Hub- 
bard, Flint; W.E. Kelsey, Ionia; Irving F. Clapp, Al- 
1«feitet. 
1   O rtw lM w a f l p i »  InUitMta  Smith Barn««, Traveraa 
City ; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint;  H.  B.  Fargo, Muske- 
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■  Commmitte on Législation—Frank Wells, Lansing: W. 
’  , / 3» EaSey, Ionia; Neal McMillan, Rockford.
Committee  on  Transportation—J.  W. Milliken,  Trav- 
ene City: Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec, 
EaatSag&aw. 
j|f9| Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  In  well;  E.  Y. 
K S I  Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan.  - 
I  Committee on  Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  S. E. Parkill,  Owosao;  Will  Em- 
mert, Eaton Rapida.

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Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman.

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The following auxiliary associations are op­
erating under  charters granted by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association :

N o. 6—A lb a   B. J*. A . 

N o.  19—A d a B . M . A . 

No. 7 —D im o n d a le  B . M. A . 

>o. 10—H a rb o r S p rin g s B . BE. A . 

N o. 2—L o w ell  B. IH, A. 
No. 3 —S tu rg is B . JM. A . 

N o. 8 —E a a tp o rt B . M. A .
No. 9 —L a w re n c e  B . H . A . 

No» 3 0 —N au g atu ck   B. M . A. 
No. 31—W a y la n d  B. BE. A . 

N o.11—K in g sle y  B. M. A . 
No. 13—Q u in cy  B . M. A . 
N o. 13—S h e rm a n  B . M. A. 

No, 1—T ra v e rse  CityA*. M. A . 
President, Geo  E. Steele  Secretary, L. Robert
President, N. B. Blain; Secretary. Frank T. King.
President. H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jom.
No.  4—G ra n d   R a p id s  St.  A . 
President, Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No.  S—M u sk eg o n  B .  M. A . 
President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, W. C. Conner.
President. C. R. Smith ; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
President, T. EL Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
?w«Msat, y. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
frealdent, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins.
President, W. J. {Hark ; Secretary. A L. Thompson.
President, H. P. Whipple; Secretary, C. H. Camp.
President, Ç. McKay; Secretary, C. W. Bennett.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. G. Shane.
No. 14—No. M uskegon B. M. A. 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G, C. Havens.
N o. 1 A—B o y n e C ity  B. BE. A. 
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, J. F. Fairchild.
b o . 16—Hand L a k e   B.  M. A. 
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, A. P. Comstock.
No. 17—P la in  w e ll B . M. A . 
»resident, M. Bailey, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
No. 18—O wosko B. BE. A . 
President, W. A, Woodard; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
Persident, W. E. Wilson; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. O. Trask.
President, J. E. ThurkoW; Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
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President, Ira 8, Jeffers ¡Secretary, H. D. Pew.
N o. 36—G re e n v ille   S!. BE. A . 
President. L. W. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark.
No. 38—C heboygah*B . M . A 
President, J. H. Tuttle; Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
No. 29—F re e p o rt B . Bft. A.
President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrongh.
No. 30—O cean a  B. M. A.
President, A. G. Avegy;  Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling.
N... 31—C h a rlo tte   B. BE, A. 
President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
No. 32—C o o p ersv ille B. BE. A . 
President, G. W. Watrons;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.
No. 33—C h a rle v o ix   If.  M. A. 
President, John Nicholls;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
President, Geo. A. Potts;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.
President, Geo. H. Rowell;  Secretary, Jno. P- Stanley.
No. 38—S co ttv ille B.  BE. A. 
President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
No. 39  - B u r r  O ak  B. M . A . 
President, B. O. Graves; Secretary,  H. M. Lee.
No. 4 0 —B a to n  R a p id a B. M. A . 
President, F. H. DeGalin; Secretary. Will Emm er t.
No. 41—B re c k e n rid g e   B . >1. A. 
President, W.  O. Watson; Secretary, C.  E. Scudder.
President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary, C. J. Rathbun.
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary, G. W. Bevins.

No. 34— -a ra n sc   K. BE. A. 
N o.  3 5 —B e lla ire   B. BE. A  
N o. 36 —Ith a c a   B .  M. A .

No. 33—G ran d   L ed g e B . M . A . 
No. 33 —C arso n  C ity  It. BE. A. 

No. 42—F re m o n t B. M  A . 
No. 43—Fustin B. BE. A.

N o. 3 4 —B lorley  B.  M. A.
N o. 35—P a lo  B  BE. A . 

No. 37—B a ttle  C re e k  B.  BE. A . 

Association Notes.

Local secretaries should mail or distribute 
all State sheets promptly on receipt of same
Vicksburg is ready to organize a B. M. A., 
whenever a  favorable  opportunity  presents 
itself.

President  Wells, of  the  Lansing  B.  M.

, writes: “We have done very well and our 

A. 
meetings have  generally  been  well patron­
ized.”

Any auxiliary  association  not  having 

sufficient supply of  State  blanks  on  hand 
should  make  prompt  application  to  the 
State Secretary. * *

D.  F.  Watson, President  of  the  Ada B. 
M. A., was in town  Monday.  He  reports 
his Association as flourishing and the mem- 
bers as active and enthusiastic.

Geo. W. Bevins,  Secretary of  the Tustin
B.  M. A.,  was  Ip  town  Monday.  He  re- 
/  ports the Association as flourishing  and, in
behàlf of the organization, secured  Charter 
No. 43.

Each local  association  in  the State is in­
vited to send a representative to theanniver- 
sary banquet of the  Grand  KapidsMercan 
tile Association,  to be  given  next  Tuesday 
evening.

The Secretary of the Grand  Bapids  Mer­
cantile Association  has  invited  the  mem­
bers of the Grand Rapids Batchers’ Associa­
tion and the Grand Bapids Bakers’ Associa­
tion to join the  first-named  organization in 
a body.

Pesident Wells, of the Lansing B. M. A., 
is inaugurating the idea of introducing sub­
jects  of  general  interest  at  the  meetings. 
He intends to have a topic proposed at each 
meeting, for consideration at the next meet­
ing.  Some member  will  be  designated  to 
express his views at length  upon whatever 
Subject has been chosen,  such expression to 
be  followed by a  general discussion.  The 
policy of electric  lighting  for cities  is  the 
question to be  considered at the next meet­
'll« .

The  Entertainment  Committee  of  the 
Grand  Bapids  Mercantile  Association has 
decided to hold the third  anniversary  ban­
quet of the organization at the Eagle  Hotel 
on Ÿoesday evening,  December  6,  immedi­
ately after  the  conclusion  of  the  regular 
semi-monthly  meeting.  Every  member is 
cordially Invited to bring one or more ladies 
With him.  Tickets can  he  had at 50 cents 
per plate ak the Secretary's  offioe, of H. A. 
B. F. Emmy  o r ^ ;  Wintemitz nr 
entertain-

1

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^ p l &   ^ M . JflM ritezl'4 
* -döittff i
flteely aadincreazlngln strength  and nura-
îHp^ÿ/„; f  v->W $\{  ~ y r  ¡ 
*' f *  '  *l|
The  following  Business  Men's  Associa­
tions have secured  charters  from the State 
body  during  the  past  week:  Burr  Oak, 
Eaton Bapids, Breckenridge, Fremont, Tus-

Suggestions for Local Associations.

Written Especially for TBS Tradesman.

Call your mmnbers together * for  the  dis­
cussion of one or more of the following top­
ics:

M anitfa& uring—What is  your  Commit­
tee doing towards securing a  profitable  en­
terprise for your village  or  city?  Can you 
not offer superior  advantages  to  those  in 
want of favorable  locations  and utilize the 
power lying  dormant,  to the benefit of the 
entire  community?  A  little  welMirected 
effort might add thousands  of dollars to the 
owners of real estate,  to  the  merchant and 
producer.  Who is better  situated  to advo­
cate such a move than this  Committee from 
the B. M. A?  Local newspapers are usual­
ly ready to talk and act in this matter.  Let 
the  local  associations  give  one evening to 
the discussion of such a plan.

E arly Closing—-Appoint a  committee  to 
visit every merchant,  asking  for the adop­
tion of some early hour to  close  places  of 
business.  Call a meeting, get a general ex­
pression upon  the most feasible hour, then 
adopt such an one.  A few  hours  given in 
which to agitate this will, if  moderation be 
used,  result  in  less  hours  in  stores  and 
shops, more cheerful assistants, better work 
and happier homes.

Collections—Devote  an  evening  to  the 
discussion  of  this  important  topic.  The 
amount of  good  that  will come from a re­
view of the  workings  of  this  department 
will  amply  compensate  for the time occu­
pied.  The efficiency of our system depends 
upon the promptness  used  in carrying out, 
and the adherence,  to the rules.  We aim al­
ways to do no injustice to the debtor.  This 
should be, and has been, avoided;  but it is 
an equal injustice to the fellow  members to 
fail in reporting promptly the names  of de­
linquents, after the time  has  expired when 
the rules declare that one shall  do so.  Be­
sides, it is not carrying  out  the  promise in 
the Blue Letter, which  will destroy the de­
linquent’s  confidence  in  the  entire  move­
ment against him.  Another  injustice  fol­
lows when members  grant  credit  to  those 
whose names  have  appeared  on  the delin­
quent  list.  This  is  contrary  to  all  good 
sense, and any member  so  doing is open to 
the severest censure.  Such cases, if any ex­
ist, should be brought before  the Executive 
Committee  or  the  Association  and  fairly 
considered.  A strong  union  of forces will 
come from  the  happy  adjustment of such 
cases,  when discord and possible dissolution 
would follow from any  measures  but those 
resulting from a broad  consideration of the 
course to pursue.  Another  method  as un­
just to the association as any named  would 
be the withdrawal of active interest  in  the 
work on  the  part of any because of others’ 
failure to do their duty.  Beview this whole 
matter at some regular meeting.

Improvements—Let  the  business  men 
commence to agitate the improvement idea. 
Many of these which would be of untold ad­
vantage to all are left to no one to attend to. 
The local organizations should be leaders in 
any movement to promote  public  interest 
Many Eastern cities have such  committees, 
where no such organizations exist and very 
marked have been the efforts to brighten the 
homes,  perfecting roads and  otherwise  im­
proving the whole  surroundings.  Let  the 
Improvement Committee talk up these mat­
ters.

National Holidays—Let every  merchant 
decide to close his store on such days.  Agi­
tate this a little and it will be brought about
Social Features—Bring  this matter up— 
how to promote  the  social  feature  among 
members.  The annual midsummer holiday 
has come to stay.  Most  happy  results Jol 
lowed these gatherings last season.  A t the 
next  regular,  appoint  a  committee  to pre­
pare for a little gathering,  with  eating, mu­
sic and speaking, and the best  results  will 
follow. 
Invite  adjoining  associations  to 
participate. 
Good Report from the  Charlotte  Associa­

Observer.

tion.

Charlotte, N ov. 26,  1887.

E. A. Stowe. Grand Bapids:

Dea r Sir—The Charlotte B.  M.  A. met 
last  evening  and  received  an addition of 
twenty-six members from the  best business 
men of the city»  which  will  give us a good 
send-off.  The following  committees  were 
appointed:
Oh Manufacturing—J.  T  Wilson,  B.  C. 
Jones,  Dr. F. Merritt.
On Transportation—Joseph  Lang,  J. M. 
Haslett, A.  D. Bretz.
On Insurance—A.  D.  Baughman,  G.  B. 
Allen, N. E.  Gibbard.
On Improvements—Hon. E. S. Lacey,  D. 
B. Ainger,  G. C. Brandon.
A discussion on the objects of the Associ­
ation indicated quite  an interest,  which au­
gurs well for the success of  this  enterprisa
Will  it  be  convenient  for  you  to  meet 
with us next Friday, or  at  some other time 
in the near future, to post ns up and give us 
a good send off?  Bespeetfnlly,

A. G. F leury, Sec’y.

Co-Operation  that  Failed  to  Co-Operate,
From the Chloago News.

Dr. David O’Shea,  president  of the Chi­
cago  Industrial  Co-Operative  Society,  s
Knights of Labor  corporation  which  con­
ducts  a  grocery  store at  587  Bino  Island
am ine, has  applied to  the  Superior Court 
for  a  receiver  for  the  Society. 
I t  was 
'termed In  November, 1886, its object being 
“the elevation of the intellectual  and finan­
cial condition ú t  its  members  through  co­
operative effort,"; The enterprise foiled be- 
earn« fiie Knights of Labor who  too^ stock 
did not psy for i t   The grocery owes ahoüt 
with tangible assets of 8160.,  J g W  
oeiver was e p p o i n t o d . ^ „

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay" 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGERS AND BITS.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

dis 

CAPS.

BULLS.

BOLTS.
 

CATRIDGBS.

BUTTS, cast.

..................dis 

..t .....m .... 4 .

$dis 
dis 
dis 
.........dis 
»fv.dis 

  dis
dis
dis $ 
..dis 50&10
dis 
...dis 

Ives’, old style.................  
ao
60
N.  H.C. C o...»...,..,,.,.......  
Douglass’...................  
00
 
00
Pierces’  ..................... 
 
Snell’s . , , . . . . .......................................... dis  00
cook’s i
40
Jennings’, genuine................................ dis  25
Jennings’, imitation...........  . ......,dis50&10
BALANCES.
Spring....»......................... 
40
BARROWS.
Railroad ................  
..v.8 14 00
 
Garden...... ..........  
net 33 00
H and................ ........................dis $ 60&10&10
Cow................................... ...........dis 
70
30&15
C a ll............. ............. 
.  -lip 
Gong.............. 
........ ................«A 
25
Door. Sargent......... ....................dis 
60&10
Stove............... 
ilia f
Carriage new lis t.......................d is 7G&10
Plow    ........................................ ¿...dis 
60
Sleigh Shoe.... . 
70
Wrought Barrel  B oits....V ...........dis
Cast  Barrel Bolts..............  
40
dis 
Cast Barrel, brass knobs.................... dis 
40
Cast Square Spring. .......................... dis
Cast Chain........................... ..........d is  
40
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob..............dis 
60
Wrought Square ................  
dis
 
Wrought Sunk Flush......... ...dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush.......................................  
60&10
 
Ives’ Door.........................  
60&10
BRACES.
B arber....................  
40
 
 
Backus................................ 
Spofford................................  
50
Am. Ball....................... 
net
buckets.
Well, plain.................... ...........................5  3 50
Well, swivel.............................................   4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured......................dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&10 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  Pin........»...............dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip..........dis  60* 5
W roughtLoosePin,japanned........dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
tipped.......................................  . ..dis  60& 5
Wrought Table....................................dis  60&10
Wrought Inside Blind........................dis  iSO&lO
Wrought Brass............. ...............d is  
75
Blind, Clark’s.......................................dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s...................  
dis  75&10
Blind,  Shepard’s............................ ...dis 
70
Bly’sl-10.........  ................. . 
........p erm  $65
Hick’s C. F ........................................  
60
G.D...................t,............................. 
35
Musket....................... 
60
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new listSO&lO
Rim Fire,United States..»................... «nafiftfein
Central Fire.................. 
dis30&10
CHISELS.
Socket Firmer..................... 
dis
70&10
Socket Framing...... ................. 
dis
70&10
Socket Corner...................  
dis
70&10
Socket Slicks......... .............................dis
70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Sinner.................dis
40
Barton’s Socket Sinners...................dis
20
Cold.......................... ..........................net
Curry, Lawrence’s............ ................dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  ................. ....................... dis 
25
Brass, Backing’s......................  
60
60
Bibb’s ........................... 
f e e r ........................................................... 40&10
Fenns’........................ 
go
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................w o>  28
14x52,14x56,14x60................................. 
  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60....................  
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48.............................................23
23
Bottoms........................ 
 
Morse’s Bit  Stock.............................. dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank.................dis 
40
Morse’sTaper S hank...................... dis 
40
Com.4 piece,6  in......... ................ doznet  8  75
Corrugated................... .WíW?.;.. ditó0&101&0
A d ju sta b le ....................................*w ...d ia   K&10
Claris, sm all, $18 00;  large, ^ 6   00. 
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ;  2. $24 00;  3, $30 00. 
A m erican File A ssociation  L ist....... .d is  60&10
D isston’s  .......... .. dig  60&10
New  A m erican..................... ..................dis  60&M)
N ic h o lso n 's...............................dis 
60&1D
H eller’s .   ........................................ 
dis  55&1C
H eller s  H orse R asps........................     .dis 
50
GALVANIZED IRON,
L  
27
Nos. 16 to  20. 
L ist 
14 
15
„ 
S tanley R ule and L evel Co.’s.-. _____ .dis 
60
Maydole & Co.’s ....................-i.. .  ~ 
25
H ip’s ............................................... 
25
Y erkes  &  P lum b’s ................................... dis  40&10
M ason’s Solid Cast  S teel................    .30 c list 50
B lacksm ith’s Solid C ast Steel, H and. .30 e 40&JG 
I 
B am  D oor K idderM fg. Co.,  Wood tra c k   50&W
Cham pion,  an ti-frictio n............ ......... dBs  60&*0
40
Kidder,wood  track..........................dis 
HINGES.
G ate, C lark’s, l, 2,  3............ 
.dis 
60
S ta te .-..................... ........ — perdoz.net, 2 60
Screw H ook and S trap, to   12  in .  4K  14
and  lo n g er................................7K
Screw H ook and E ye,  K ......... . . . .  . .n e t 
Screw H ook and E ye % .......... 
n e t 
 
Screw H ook and Eye  £ ..........................n e t 
Screw H ook an d  E ye,  %...............  
n e t 
Strap and  T ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . d i s  
■  
P o ts ............................................. •............ 
K ettles 
Spiders
G ray  enam eled

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

22 and  24,  25 arid 26, 

p il e s—New  List.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

70
8K
7K
744
70
60

D iscount,  60.

HANGERS.

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

DRILLS

COMBS.

COCKS.

^ .d i s  

dis 
dis 

 
 

12 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00 dis
$15  00 dis „

I  

HOES.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stam ped T in W are.............. ........new   list
Jap an n ed  T in  W are.
G ranite Iro n   W are.
H 
g r u b   1............................................... $U  00, dis 60
2...................................................  11  50, dis
G ru b 3----- ------- --------- --------------   12 00, dis
Door, n fn e ra l, jap . trim m in g s........... dis
Door, porcelain, jap .  trim m in g s............
Door, porcelain, p lated  trim m in g s.......
Door, porcelain, trim m in g s.....................
D raw er and  S h utter,  p o rcelain .........dis
P ictu re , H . L. Ju d d  &  Co.’s . .  ..................  4Q&
H e m a c ite ........................ 
¿is

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

 

 

LOCKS—DOOR.

.$16 

R ussell Sc Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new  list, .dis
M allory, W heeler &  Co.’s ......................dis
B ranford’s ............................     ...... . . . . d i s
N orw alk’s .............................  
dis
LEVELS.
Stanley R ule and Level Co.’s . ...................dis  70
MATTOCKS.
Adze  Eye............................  
Hunt Eye......................... 
H u n t’s . . . . ----------. . . . . . . . . . . . .  $18 60 dis 20 & 10
MAULS.
Sperry&Co.>,Post,  handled__ ..dis  50
Coffee, P a rk e rs  Co.’s . .................................dis 40
Coffee,P.S.& W .M fg.Co.’sM aileables ...  dis  40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s ........... dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise.................. ...........d is
Stebbln’sPattern  .m .........................dis 
flO&iO
Stebbin’s Genuine__ _  ___ ............dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring.......... dis 
25

MOLASSES GATES.

MILLS.

 

NAILS—IRON.

 

Common, Brad and Fencing.

j, lOd 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

lOdto  60d.* ................. ...............jg k e g $2 10
8dand9d adv.......................... 
 
25
6dand7d  a d v ...........__..¿ l. .......... 
50
4d a n d 5d  adv__ .......................................  
75
3d advance............ ..................................  1
3d fine advance................. ................... 
3
Clinch nails, adv ......  .................... 
100
Finishing 
8d  6d  4d
Size—inches  f  3 
IK
2% 
A dv.«keg 
Steel Nails—2 20.
Zlne or tin. Chase’s Patent:__ ......... dls60&10
Zlno, Ftth brass bottom...... . 
....dis  60
Brassor  Copper......... .........................d is  69
.
Reaped.
. — per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ........................... 
.......'  50&70
........ 
PLANES.  ' 
v-  -I
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...;.....;-.........dis 40910
Sclota B ench..............................; ............d is

OH1BB8.

.
.... 

2 

 

.

.

.

irstSquality : ....... j
Sole and Level Go.’a  wood. 
oe......................................
i, polished...................

j-  -  Balm.  .

» 

Who comes at morn with battered quart? 
That holds less liquid than it ought?
By whom is milk and water brought?

. 

The milkman.

Who wears oh thum a mitten thick?
Who holds it in his quart so slick?
Who measures thumb for milk so quick? 

The milkman»

Who whitens it with chalk when blue? 
Who sweetens it with Sugar?  Who 
Puts in the aqua pura too?

\ - 

The milkman.

street?

Whose  cart  goes  rumbling  through  the 
Who rouses you at times unmeet?
Who wakens‘you from visions sweet?

The milkman?

“FOIBLES  OF  OUR  CUSTOMERS
Written Especially for T w   Tradesman.

My attention has been  called  to  a  com­
munication which  recently  appeared  with 
the above heading in your  paper.

Some of th§ ideas  advanced  therein  are 
sound.  AlLpensible merchants  know  that 
in  order  to  gain  the  trade of a man,  i t ' 
well not to  tread too  roughly  upou his pet 
corns.  Still, a self-respecting  person need 
not always “accede” to the prop osition that 
“the moon is made of green  cheese,” mere' 
ly because the other man advances that idea 
It is for a merchant,  as for  a  minister, 
of
the first importance  that he  secure  the re­
spect and confidence  of  those on  whom he 
depends for a living,  and this is not done by 
exhibiting an  undue  readiness  to  sacrifice 
his opinions on the altar of Mammon.

That  which  chiefly  interested me in the 
article in  question  was  the  little  story o f 
the conscientious  merchant.  This  would 
look well as a title,  set  in  small  capitals, 
with the whole  thing  put  into  a  Sunday 
school book, to be given as a prize  for  the 
best  essay  on  the  text,  “ Whatsoever 
would that men should do  unto  you,  do ye 
even so unto them.”

To use an  inelegant  though  expressive 

term,  that  “conscientious merchant” was 
“buster;^  and it is  painfully  evident that 
his conscience wouldn’t allow him to miss 
sale  by  speaking  the  truth.  As Charley 
Bates said of the  Artful  Dodger:  “You’d 
have to get up the  night  afore, and have 
telescope at each heye,  and a  hoppery-glass 
atween  yer  shoulders,”  to get the start of 
him.

Nevertheless,  I would  call  the  attention 
of embryo salesmen to the fact that, though 
liable,  at times, to be taken in for once by 
percussion swindle of  almost  any sort, the 
American public is not precisely  the  colos­
sal fool that Mr. Howig or  his  “conscien­
tious merchant” may think.

I  cannot  get  that  merchant  out of my 
head.  His  conscientiousness  was  simply 
appalling!  And what a thundering profit he 
must have made upou his teas!  As he had 
“a large trade,” he,  of  course,  employed 
clerks to shovel out the cargoes of tea to the 
pestle-headed  customers  who thronged his 
store;  and it would, doubtless, have been in­
teresting to see him go for  the  unfortunate 
salesman  who  chanced  to sell the 75 cent 
tea for four shillings a little  too  often, 
am,  in fact,  decidedly  of  opinion  that the 
tenure of the situation of  the  clerk  might 
depend upon the footing of the trial balance 
struck by his employer between the number 
of times  he  had sold the 50 cent tea for 75 
cents and the 75 cent grade for 50.

There  is  no  better  advertisement for a 
country deader than  the  reputation  of sell­
ing a better quality of tea  than his compet 
itors, and at  the  same  price.  The people 
who drink the tea really do know something 
about it. 
It is not a week since  I   heard a 
man say that  Tompkins, of Tompkinsville 
sold a better tea for 30 cents  than he did at 
40;  and that his customers  knew 
it  well. 
The  explanation  is 
simple — Tompkins 
himself drinks only a high grade of Oolong, 
and buys his cheaper teas  upon  the  repre­
sentations of some drummer.  He will nev­
er make a merchant.

*  * 

But I  hav^iwritten enough on  this  head, 
and  will  close  with  an  allusion  to  the 
“opaque lamp chimneys,” the sale of which, 
at a profit, showed the  good  judgment, not 
only of the merchant bat  of  his customers. 
There was no  “foible”  about  the  matter. 
“It threw a soft, opalescent  light, especial­
ly grateful to the eyes. 
It seemed 
exactly the  thing for  ordinary  reading  or 
writing and well adapted to weak eye-sight.” 
If Howig tells  the  truth, 
the  merchant’s 
first  test  established  the  fact  that  these 
chimneys  possessed  unsuspected  merits, 
while for the people they  supplied a “long- 
felt want,” and  this  is  the  explanation. 
Why the dealer did not  patent  the  inven­
tion,  order a few more barrels  and  put  up 
the price to 75 cents each is  not  cxpiaincd- 
He was smart Only in his degree, and failed 
to take in the extent  of the marvellous pos­
sibilities which might  have been eliminated 
from those two barrels of refuse  chimneys.
One thing more, and  I  have done—when 
I want to see gmy coffee ground,  I   say  30. 
Let Mr. Howig go and do likewise.

Merchant.

A  Hollow  Mockery.

Mistress  (arranging  for  dinner)—Didn’t 
the  macaroni  come  from  the  groesris, 
Bridget? 

j  ^  

Bridget—Yis, mum, but  oi  tint it  hack. 

f 

Every wan ay thim stims was  impty.

jdeçiièr.j Billiards:  ‘*Youjr 
m a   It is Ukopneir Mb,

OopperSteiBts«nd  Bura..»«A.»^f^dis-
.....
“A” Wood’apatentplanlsbed,Nos.24to27 10 3G 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  9 20 

..  PATENT KL^teAED'DtoN.^ 

Broken packs fco V 9> extra, 

t. j*’ 

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16
17

inches

TIN  PLATES.

SHEET IRON. 

TINNER’S SOLDER.

Sisal, % In. and larger.’......... ....................UK
Manilla.................................................... 
18K
SQUARES.
Steel andiron...... *........... 
,....dls
TOMO
Try and Bevels....................................dis
Mitre  ....................................... .......d is
. J te ,
Com. Smooth.
Nos. 10to 1 4 ............ .......... f? a )
Nos. 15 to 17...........................  4 20
Nos. 18 to 21...... ... .» ............  4 20
Nos.22to 24...................... 
4 20
Nos .25 to 26...... 1.................. 
4 40
No. 2 7 .............................  4 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 3 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
sheet zinc.
In casks of 600 9>s, $   B>.
In smaller quansities, $   9>
TACKS
American, all  kinds.......................... dis
Steel, all kinds............... 
.dis
Swedes, all kinds........*3................... dis
dis
Gimpand Lace................ 
Cigar Box  Nails...... ..........................dis
Finishing Nails...................  
dis
Common and Patent Brads............. .dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis
Trunk and Clout Nails........................dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails..........dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks...................dis
No.l, Refined................ ...............;
Market  Btolf-and-haif.............  ____ 
 
Strictly Half-and-half............................ 
10x14, Charcoal.......................8 40®5
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................ . 
IX, 
7
12x12, Charcoal....................... 
  6
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal................ 
IX, 
7
IC. 
14x20, Charcoal.........................
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal.................  
td7 :
 
IXX,  14x20, C h a r c o a l . . ............  8
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool......... ..................    10
TXXXX, 14x29,  Charcoal...........................   12
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal................... ....... . ? 15
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal................  
  6
Dx, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........................   8
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal...... ..................... 10 i
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.......................   12 i
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 6
Roofing, 14x20, IC................................ 
.  4
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ..............................  
  6
Roofing, 20x28, IC......................................   10 ,
Roofing, 20x28, IX ........................ 
13
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Tem e..............  5 1
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne,... ...i ..  7 1
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne............... 111
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme.........." 1 4  1
£  
Steel, Game.................................................«o&k,
Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s.........dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&R
Hotehkias’ 
................................. 00&1G
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Co.’s.......................... 
60&1O
Mouse, choker..................................... 18c tt dez
Mouse,  delusion.............................. $1 50 $  doz
Bright M arket...........................  
dis 67H
Annealed Market...............................dis  70&10
Coppered Market........................................... dis 62Vt
Extra Bailing.......................   ................  <ug  “
Tinned  Market.............................................. ¿is 62V4
Tinned  Broom.................................... ...ffilb  OP
Tinned Mattress............................. 
!w 
Coppered Spring Steel................... 
.dis 50
Tinned SpringSteel........................................dis 40&J0
Plain Fence............................................»
Barbed Fence, galvanize¿..................4
Copper............................................new  listnei
Bra®8...................................... ......new  listnet
„  
Bright .................................  
dis
iO&lO&R
Screw Eyes....................................dis
70&10&K
Hook’s ............... 
dis
70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eves........!... "dis
7Q&10&U)
’ 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..............
Coe’s Genuine................................  
riia
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s  Ptent. malleable.....................dis
n  
Birdcages.............................
Pumps»  Cistern......... ......... 
’.."¿is
Screws, new  list.......................... .......... 
7C&5
Casters,  Bed and Plate...................lUnKn&inifap.
Dampers, American ..........................
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods!..d 
Copper Bottoms...................................
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

painted............................. .'3

 
WRENCHES.

MISCELLANEOUS.

5(
’76
75&1C

TIN—LEADED.

WIRE GOODS.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

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The furniture factories  here pay as follows 
for  dry  stock,  measured  merchantable, mill 
culls out;
Basswood, log-run............................ 13 00@15
Birch,log-run..;..... .........................15 oo@i8
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2............................
Black Ash, log-run.................................14 00@16 „„
Cherry,  log-run..................................... 25 oo@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2............................. 45 00@50 00
Cherny,  dull......................................   @10 00
Maple,  log-run.......................................12 00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run............................. 11 oo@ia 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............  
@20 00
Maple, clear, flooring.......................   @«5 oq
Maple, white, selected.....................   @35 0
Red Oak, log-run............. 
18 00@20 0
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2............................24 no@9-5 ou
Red Oak, K sawed, 8in and upw’d..40 00@45 00
regular................. .3Q 00035 00
V 
Red Oak, No. 1,step plank......... .. 
@as 00
.........................  @55 00
Walnut, log-run. 
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2......................... 
@75 00
Walnuts,  culls..................................  @¿5 00
Grey Elm, log-run............................  @13 00
White Ash, log-run................................14 00@16 50(
Whitewpod,  log-run..............................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-mn...............................17 00@18 00

 

LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. 

>

FINISHING AND FLOORING.
Uppers. 3 in .................................... $ 
45 00
Vb  - » ;..............................   42 00@44 00
Selects, IK to 2 in.................... .......  36 00@38 00
1 ln ..................................... .........  33 O0@35 00
Fine com., IK to 2 In..................... .  31 00@33 O0
I / “ • • V 
............................  27 00@29 00
Strips, A & B, 6 in..........................   34 00@36 00
C ........................................ ....... .  27 00@29 00
Strips. A & B, 4 in..........................   30 00@31 00
................................................. 21 00@22 0U
Shop,IK to 2 in.......................... 
22 00@24 00
1 »a................................................  16 G0@18 00
Norway strips, C & better, 6 in.  ..  16 0G@18 0Q
4 in................................................  15<S0@16 00
No 1,10 in, 18 & 20 feet....................  17 00@18 00
10 feet and under.........................  16 00@17 00-
Wide com. b’ds, No. 1,16 ft. & un’r   16 00@17 00 
Corn. fenc. No. 1,16 in, 16 ft & un’r  16 0P@17 00 
Com. st’k. No. 1,8&10 in. 16 ft., un’r  14 00@16 00 
Com, strip. No. J, 4 in., 16 ft, &un’r   15 O0@i6 00 
Com. stocks, No. 2,16 ft. & under..  12 00@13 60 
Wide com. No  2,16 ft  & under....  12 0C@13 00 
Com. boards, No. 2,16 ft. & un’r...  11 00® 12 Go 
Com. fenc., No. 2,6 in., J6 ft, & Un’r  12 00@I3 00
1| | ......  8 00«10 00
Shipping culls, i n .........; ........  10 (Mail 00
Norway fenoipg, No. 1., 6 in.........   11 00@13 00
No*  2 ...........................................  9 00@10 00
Piece stuff, 18 ft. & under.: ...........  9 00@10 00

COMMON BOARDS AND STRIPS. 

PIECE STUFF AND TIMBER.
Add $lfor each extra two feet in 
length.
Add $1 for each extra two feet In 
length.

Tim.  »2x12 Sc un’r and 18 it. Sc un’r.  12 00@13 00 

* in  ......... 

Norway car sills................. 
16 0C@17 00
Car decking, 18ft.............................  12 00@l4 00
___ 
SHINGLES AND LATH.
Thick star, 18 in., 5 to 2K................  3 2n@ 3 50
Clear, 6 in 
...................................   2  26@ 2 50
Thin star, 18 in., 5 to 2 In...............  3 25@ 3 50
S ear*H n—..................  ................  2 25@ 2 50
Star. 1® in .  ...... ....................  .....  2 75@ 3 00
Ciear.Sin............ 
...  1 60@ 1 80
Lath, No. 1 ................................... 
l 26@ 1 50

The small-pox patient must be pitted»i 

The widow left alone;

The brow of sorrow doubly knitted, 

When slapjacks are but one-third done.

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By  HENRY  JAMES.

Yone  Santo:  A   Child  o f Japan.

By  EDWARD  H.  HOUSE» 
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By  JOHN  FISKE.

Boston Painters  and  Paintings,
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By  L.  C.  WYMAN,

Author of “Poverty Grass,’’ etc.

Occasional  Poems,

By  JOHN  G.  WHITTIER.

Essays  and  Poems,

By  OLIVER  WENDALL  HOLMES.

Occasional Pap&rs,

By  JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL.

their sames ia ljiW 7Sii4deo^^p  &*v.tHisi- 
ness  somewhere  else.  Bat,  In  your own 
bootiful „language,  my  sou,  if you should 
conclude to go  into  this  speculation, don’t 
unless  you’re
monkey  with  that  bomb, 
alonean’ away from any valu’ble property.”
It was evident  from  the  young  gentle­
man’s actions,  as he left the  room, that  he 
considered the remarks of his progenitor al­
together too frivolous to notice.

“ Lemme  see,”  continued  the  old  man. 
“Oh!  we’s talkin’ about  that  show  town! 
Weil, in the Spring,  the whole crowd ptilied 
out, ap’ fur six months  there  wasn’t  busi­
ness enough in the  place for  a  rag-wagon 
peddler.x An’ the nex’  fall  they  all  cum 
back busted;  but  they  bought  truck jist as 
free as ever,  on tick, ’til I had to go back on 
’em or bust, myself .  Then they commenced 
Stealin’ stuff,  an’ they wasn’t very partie’lar 
Whether I’se ’round er not,  an’  I had two er 
three of ’em ’rested,  an’ the  rest swore ’em 
clear an’ I had  to  pay  the  costs.  Then I 
got mad an’  thumped  a  couple o n ’em fur 
helpin’  themselves,  an’  the Jiull gang cum
in  an’  pounded  me mos’ to death, an’ then 
hed me pulled up an’ fined  a  hundred  dol­
lars fur aggervated  ’sault  an’  batt’ry, an’ I 
fin’Ily took wot stuff I  ’ad  left  ¿hi’  pulled 
out in the night.

“Pretty bad nest of  toughs  you’d  call it, 
wouldn’t  you?  Yis!  “ Well,  sir,  the nex’ 
fall the proprietor of the circus  hunted  me 
up, an’ told me to  make  out  my  bill  fur 
every cent of  damage  I’d  sustained  in ’is 
town an’ to be sure an’ make it  large  ’nuff; 
an’ he give me his check  without  lookin’ at 
an item an’ added a hundred  dollars fur the 
thrashin’ his fellers ’ad given  me,  an’ that 
check was paid, too.”_  ______ _

Jackson—Townsend  Bros,  succeed J. E. 

Casebeer in the hotel business.
BBAUTIGAM BEOS.,
Cant  Hook  Handles, Whippletrees,  Neck 
Yokes,  Lath  and  Job  Turning  Of  All 
Kinds.  Stove  wood in car lots.
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I   »T A  COUNTBY MBB0HANT. 

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Written Especially for ThbTeapemun,

The average village of any pretensions is, 
in minlathre, the counterpart of the city.  It 
tigs within its  limits  all  the  conglomerate 
elements of humanity of its larger neighbor. 
Its residents axe,  practically,  in  as  direct 
and speedy communication with the outside 
world as those of the  commercial  centers, 
and every item of news and  market change 
is  noted  as  carefully  and  closely  in  the 
small as in  the  larger  community.  Bail- 
roads  and  telegraphs  and  telephones  and 
the press have made  it  cosmopolitan,  and 
the localisms and peculiarities of the pioneer 
«lays have almost  disappeared.

And the life of the average  trader, in the 
average village of  any  pretensions,  passes 
iii a manner similar to that of his city  con­
temporary. ;  His  customers  represent  the 
various grades of intelligence,  social stand­
ing, wealth and  poverty  and  manly  inde­
pendence and  parasitism.  He has  periods 
of business gloom  and depression  and per­
iods of  business  properity.  Next  to  his 
personal interests are those of his commun­
ity, and his hope for,  and  belief  in, its fu­
turegreatness, and deprecation of the pros-

The curiosities  and peculiarities oi name 
are not wanting in  the city and  average vil­
lage trade, but it is in communities  that are 
“ way off” from  the  average  that  they  are 
the  most  noticeable.  A  gentleman  who 
maiifl a tour of the small towns of the State, 
a year or so ago, in search of a  location  for 
a certain branch  of  business,  recently  said 
4» me,  while relating his experience:

“ In one settlement of  four  or  five  hun­
dred  people,  99-100ths  of  the  circulating 
medium were mill orders,  which  you  were 
expected to trade  for  goods &t two or three 
designated jobbing houses.  Another ‘burg5 
was owned and controlled by one man,  who 
■demanded a certain percentage on all sales. 
Two or three more places that I visited were 
■entirely peopled with foreigners, and a thor-

W e  yVifoitfl  be  pleased  to open corres­
pondence with  anyone  having  APPLES,
p o t a t o e s , o n i o n s , b e a n s , d r i e d
FRUITS and other Country Produce to of­
fer.  CAR  LOTS A SPECIALTY.  Con­
signments will receive our  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 I S H   C*3  O O m

-  C om m issio n  M e rc h a n ts,

, 
189  So. W ater  St.,  Chicago, 111,

R e f e r e n c e —First National  Rank,  or  any  Wholesale 

Grocer here.

.Proprietors of the

Manufacturers of

Prescription Cases and Store Fixtures

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

Telephone 374.

The product of  Organized,  Working  Ci- 
gannakers.  Established  Sept.  1,  1886, on 
the Co-operative plan by members of L.  A. 
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.
I f  you a re  in fa v o r o f sh o rter h o u rs o f laber, 
th e   S atu rd ay   half-holiday,  and  last,  b u t n o t 
least, th e  p aym ent o f hitrher and liv in g  w ages 
in  solid cash, give o u r Cigars a tr ia l and accord 
them  y o u r m o st  lib eral  patronage.  T h e y e l­
lo w  K . o f L . la b e l  o n   e v e ry   box.  One h u n ­
dred th o u san d  sold w ithin th re e  m onths in  th e 
city o f D etroit alone.  W a rra n te d  to  be  strict­
ly five and te n  cen t goods.  F o r fu rth e r p a rtic ­
u lars, term s, prices, references, * te., address 

W .  E .  K R U M   &  CO., 

W e rn e rsv ille ,  B e rk s  Co..  P e n n sy lv a n ia .

Lamps aré filled  direct 
by  THE  PUMP  without 
lift in" the Gan*  The PHI 
ing Tube adjusting to suit 
the h eighth  of any lamp. 
Any overflow or Clippings 
are  returned  to  the  Can 
through an opening in the 
center of the  topé  When 
closed  .the  Pilling  Tube 
enters this opening?  pre­
venting evaporation from 
EITHER PUMP OR CAN,

GOOD
enough!

GOOD
ROUGH

EVERY  LIVE  DEALER  SHOULD  SELL  THEM,

The Most  Practical Large Sized  Can in the m arket and the ONLY  Pump Can which 
closes  P E R FE C T L Y   A IR   T I G H T  preventing  evaporation from either Can or Pump

HALF A MILLION IN  ACTUAL  USE  Ï

Though imitated in -AftpeaYance, by no means Equaled in Jdevit.
'■ 
its recognized  Qualities and  increasing Popularity  has  induced  im itations  and its 
would-be competitors are trying to follow—their eyes fixed on the “ GO O D E N O U G  H”—

D O N ’T   BE H U M BU G G ED   by cheap and worthless  im itations and  SO -C A LLED  

a irtig h t  Cans.  Buy  the O RIGIN  A L -th e   G E N U IN E   OLD  RELIABLE 
ABSOLUTE  SAFETY  AND  THE  GREATEST  POSSIBLE  CONVENIENCE.
A 

“ G OO D   E N O U G H ”  and guarantee  your  customers

-----------MANUFACTURED  BY—:-------

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLBSALfi DEALERS IN

BURTI8S. DUNTON t ANDREWS

ROOFERS

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

Grand  Rapids,

Mich

ASK  YOUR JOBBER  FOR  TH ESE  CANS. 

TAKE  NO  OTHER.

INSIST  ON  HAVINGTHEM,

D oVqiI  RrnpDrQ  who wish to serve 
uoLdll  UlUoulo  their  Customers
with GOOD  COFFEE would do well
to avoid Brands that require the sup­
port of Gift Schemes, Prize Promises 
or Lotttery Inducements-

In the World.

W e m anufacture  a  line of Fire  Prool 
Safes tb a t  combine all the  m odern im­
provem ents and  m eet w ith  ready sale 
am ong  business  m en  and  dealers  ol 
all kind.
A ny  b u sin ess  h o u se  can   h a n d le   our 
Safes  in   connection  w ith   an y   o th er 
line  o f  go o d s  w ith o u t  ad d itio n al  ex ­
pen se  o r  in terfe ren ce  w ith   an y   other

Retail

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

FOR SALE  BY

W h o lesale  A gents,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

WM. SEARS & O
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  fo r

AM BOY  CHEESE.

37, 89 & 41 Kent Street.  Grand Rapide,  Michigan.

Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave.

syrups  an  to see the 
bottles  ah’
wife of the lion tamer drive ’im home nights 
with a broomstick er rollih’-pin an’—”

At  this  juncture,  Jones’  son—the  one 
whose  disastrous  failure  in  educational 
matters was related in a  former  paper—en­
tered the store and remarked:

“Say, Paw! 

I’ve  got to  have  a new hat 

4n the momin’.”

“Yes,” said Jones, slowly,  “how much’ll 
ft cost to re-cover that  Dan’l  Webster head 
-o’ yourn?”

“Oh, about a V,  I s ’pose! ”  ,
“ ’Twould prob’bly be too  much strain on 
yonr intense’ to say five dollars!  Well, jist 
.give  me  ’til  mornin’  to  reflec’  whether I 
want to invest five dollars  for a fifteen-cent 
bead! ”  '  s 

•“I ’ve  been  thiakin’,”  resumed  the  old 
Hum, regarding his descendent with evident 
disfavor,  “ wot you’d better do to fill in time 
between now an’ the nex’  base  ball season. 
Playin’  billiards  an’  smoking  cig’rettes

•

' 

Which Holds Trade  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

U n eq u aled   Q u a lity . 

Im p ro v e d   R o a stin g   P rocess. 

P a te n t  P re se rv a tiv e   P ack ag es.

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

Sole Agents for Western Mich

THE  BEST  GOODS  MADE,
r

  PUT  UP  IN  511).  and  21-211).  PACKAGES.

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I1 K 1 9   100 lb.  Cases 
^Olb.  Cases 

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Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops,  Arthur Meigs & Co.,

o r   Ss.lo  iiy

IN I i l l  JOBBERS I

 THE MUTED STATES

Clark, Jewell  &  Co., 
Hawkins & Perry, 

G ran d   R ap id s, 

Amos S. Musselma 
Olney, Shields & 1
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M a n u fa c tu re d   By

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Send for 
Catalogue 
'  Prices*

ana

M I C H I G A N

M an u factu rers’ A gents f o r

ATLAS

EN GIN E
WORKS
INDIANAPOLIS,  IND.,  U.  S. A.
STEIN EHGIHES&BOILERS.

M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F _______

carry Engines and Boilers in 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,

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

W rite  fo r  P ric es.

Fruits, Seeds,  Oysters & Produce,

GENERAL DEALERS  IS

F ire and B urglar Proof

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

Sell Clover Seed, Beams or Pots. Wt-wl R ' E - I M Ä   «Sb  H  El S  ö

DEALERS IN

If you are In Market to Buy or

. 

toes, will be pleased tp heaf i^opa

Combination and Time Locks,
Grail Rapids,

U  Jiw  Street 

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and  charter  auxiliaries  It W  ÏÜUk  
H f r a  Veen ptodhettv*; -oiimmtft ! 
good, |1 b puts  every  local  body  oft'-$&
fectiveness nbt possessed under the old {flan 
of operation.
What  will  be  thé  ultimate  result  of a 
movement begun so  auspiciously  and  car­
ried op so successfully,  the  Eagle does not 
pretend to predict. 
It does not require any 
stretch of the  imagination to affirm that bC- 
fore two years have elapsed there will be an 
auxiliary association In every city and town 
in toe State.  Rightly used,  the power thus 
acquired will be productive of great good to 
every man in  the State.  Wrongly used,  it 
is not  difficult  to  foresee  that  the whole 
fabric will meet with disaster.  As an army 
is judged  by  its  generals,  a. movement  is 
judged  by  its  leaders.  The  Eagle's  ac­
quaintance with the leaders  of  this  move­
ment gives good grounds for the opinion that 
it is in safe hands—that the great number of 
men who  have  espoused  the  work in dif­
ferent parts of the State or given it the  seal 
of their approval,  will  never  allow to® in­
fluence acquired to  be  used  for  other pur­
poses than those set  forth  in  the  declara­
tion of principles—the protection and eleva­
tion of business  men  and  the  consequent 
prosperity of the community.

CORSETS.

Boned with Featherbone  which  is  absolutely  un­
breakable, and is not injured by perspiration, or laun- 
drying.  Soft and pliable, giving health and comfort.

PATENTS-

LUCIUS C.  WEST, 

Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor 
of  American  and  Foreign  patents. 
106 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., TJ. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  Practice in U. S. Courts.  Circulars 
free.

SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

BB80LUTE  SPICES,
AMnti Baiai Pollar.

100 PER  CERT.  PURE.

JENNE88 i McßliRDY,

Importers and  ManiiMiIrers’  flpnts,

DEALERS IN

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Fancy  Goods of all  Description.

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

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

73 and 75  Jefferson  Ave.,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Wholesale  Agents for Difffield's  Canadian  Lamps.

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,

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88  M onroe  St.,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Full  line  of Notions for the Holiday Trade, to 

which the inspection of dealers is 

cordially  invited.

C.  C.  BUNTING.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

C.  L.  DAVIS.

Commission  Merchants.

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Gar Lots.

20 and 22 OTTAWA  ST ,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

The Origin end Growth  of  a Grand Idea,
From the Grand Rapids Eagle.

Seven  hundred  years  ago  the  merchants 
in   the  larger  cities of  China formed them­
selves  into  guilds  for  the "protection  of 
themselves  against  excessive  competition 
and the  other  evils  incident  to commercial 
pursuits.  Their rules  were  stringent  and 
rigidly  enforced;  and  their  penalties  for 
violations  excessively  severe.  A  standard 
of weights and measures,  for instance, was 
established by all the guilds,  and any m- m 
her using  scales'or  measures not  up to the 
standard was  heavily fined.  A   second.of- 
fense subjected  the  offender  to  expulsion, 
after which  no  member  of  any guild could 
do  any  business, or  hold  any  intercourse 
with  him.  Such  a  punishment  amounted 
to  his  enforced  retirement  from  trade, as 
the  commercial  system  of  China  was  so 
complicated that one  merchant  was largely 
dependent upon another and could not exist 
as  a  merchant  when  intercommunication 
was cut off.  While many of the regulations 
of the Chinese  guilds  seem  ridiculous  and 
antiquated in  this  age  of  the  world,  it re­
quires  little  research  to  satisfy the reader 
that the mercantile  guilds of  China played 
an  important  part  in  the  development  of 
that  empire  and  that  their  influence  for 
good can never be computed.
With the rise of  the mercantile guilds of 
Europe  in the thirteen  century, and the in­
fluence  they  exerted  in  counterbalancing 
the  power  of  the  nobles,  Americans  are 
more  familiar.  Their  history  is  a  part of 
the  history  of  Europe,  and  any  historian 
who neglected  to  pay  tribute to  the power 
Of  the  guilds  would  not  be  considered 
worthy the name.  Their influence, both pol­
itically  and commercially,  and  their enor­
mous revenues, which were devoted to char­
ities Governmental protection and municipal 
improvement, have  given the word guild an 
honorable  significance,  which  inspires the 
respect of every merchant in the world.
The first successful  attempt  to naturalize 
the guild in this country was in  1879,  when 
the grocers of Boston organized  an associa­
tion for the  purpose  of  eradicating  abuses 
equally as obnoxious as those existing in the 
time of ¿png  and Ting.  The  organization 
proved unusually  successful,  and was soon 
reinforced  by  other  organizations  in  the 
New  England  States.  The  Empire State 
followed in the wake of the Yankees, when 
the “movement,” as it then became known, 
was  transplanted  to  Michigan,  where  it 
found fertile soil  and  congenial  surround­
ings, and has attaiued a  growth  and  iufln- 
ence far in advauce of any other locality in 
the  New  World.  The  first  association 
formed in this  State  was at Traverse City, 
where the idea has  blossomed to the fullest 
fragrance. 
In the three  years the Traverse 
City  Business  Men’s Association has been 
in existence,  it  has  accomplished  a  great 
work  for  the  place  of  its  birth,  and the- 
whole  Grand  Traverse region as well. 
In 
the line of protection,  thousands of dollars’ 
worth of bad accounts have  been  collected, 
the making of thousands of dollars  of  poor 
accounts  prevented,  and 
reductions  in 
freight and express rates have been secured. 
In  the  line  of  public  improvements—in 
which work  the  Michigan  associations are 
especially active—the  Association  has  se­
cured three new  manufacturing  industries, 
employing an aggregate of about 150 persons. 
It required much effort  and  the  raising of 
considerable sums of money to secure these 
results, but the members  realized that they 
were banded together for  that  purpose,  re­
membering that every  addition  to the man­
ufacturing industries of a place means more 
business for the merchant,  better  markets 
for the farmer, more work for the mechanic 
—in short,  an improvement  all  around. 
It 
is because of  this  public-spiritedness  that 
the associations of the Wolverine State have 
achieved such success.  The  members have 
not confined their operations wholly to their 
own advancement,  but have worked equally 
as hard for the welfare of  the  farmer  and 
mechanic,  thus  winning  the  respect  and 
friendship of all  who approve of correct bus­
iness methods.
‘  The second  organization  formed  in this 
State was the Retail Grocers’ Association of 
this city,  with  whose  career  the readers of 
the Eagle  are  quite  familiar.  Having se­
cured the membership of nearly  every  gro­
cer in the city,  and having had frequeut im­
portunities to admit  business  men  in every 
branch of trade, the Association has  finally 
decided to open its doors  to  reputable  busi­
ness men in any line  and  has  accordingly 
changed its name to the  more  comprehen­
sive title of the  Grand  Rapids  Mercantile 
Association.
Since the  Grand Rapids  Association was 
organized,  108 other general  and special as­
sociations have been formed in various parts 
of the State, all of  which  are  doing  good 
work in the protection of business men,  the 
elevation of  business methods,  and the ad­
vancement of  the moral and material inter­
ests of the community.  Most  of  the  work 
of organization has fallen  on  the  shoulders 
of Mr, E.  A.  Stowe,  editor  of  T h e   M ic h i- 
<j a n   T r a d e s m a n ,  who has been a persis­
tent advocate of  the  idea,  personally,  and 
through  the  medium-of  his  paper,  for the 
past  five  years.  Of  the  105  associations 
now in existence in this State, he was pres­
ent at the birth of  eighty,  and  in  company 
with Mr. Frank Hamilton, of  Traverse City 
.—who has also borne a  prominent  part  in 
the work—he has assisted in forming a half 
«dozen more.
As the associations  increased,  the neces­
sity  for  uniformity  and  co-operation  be­
came more  apparent. 
It  was  found  that 
many  subjects—notably  those  of  legisla­
tion,.  insurance  and  transportation—could 
fee handled by a central  body more efficient­
ly than  by  a  great number  of isolated or­
ganizations.  After  several  months’  agita­
tion, the idea took  shape  in  the  form  of a 
call for a meeting of  representatives  of  all 
the associations to  consider  the  project  of 
forming a State organization.  The meeting 
was held in this city on September 21,  1886, 
¿and before the sessions'  closed,  the  Michi­
gan Business  Men’s  Association  had been 
formally  ushered  into  existence.  This 
.  body, although but a little  over  a  year old, 
has more than fulfill the  expectations of its 
founders,  having  proved to be a wonderful 
stimulus to local  organization and  brought 
about a  degree  of  uniformity  in  methods 
tmd working plans  which  could, have been 
in no other  way.  Besides  putting 
the local associations  into  direct communi- 
.eatkm with/«»# other,  the- State body has 
made its iafluenc%,toit  in  ot^ec  directions 
—especially  in  legislative  work, as ¡1 evi­
denced by  the  ‘pa^sagCj Of  two bills in the 
;  interest of business men  at  the last session 
h H M B B I   The  second annual 
«obven&on qras held at.Flint, in September; 
'¿i A m   theAssociatron  jfene  merged  Into*
to  enfon»&
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All above in assorted colors.

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  SOLICITED.

38 and 40 LOUIS  STEET,

Jennings  &  Smith,
Grand  Rapids, 
-  Mich,
WHY DO SO MANY DEALERS

Mention Tradesman.

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$  .75 
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1.75
1.75 
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1  X Ax Handles
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$  .75
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2.50
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C.  & D.  LANTERNS,

OIL CANS AM) TAMS,
CURTISS & DUNTON,

PAPER  &  WOODENWARE.

And a General Line of

In Western  Michigan  Buy their Line of

Hats,  Caps  s  Underwear

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36, 38, 40 and 42 Canal Street, Grand Rapids.

n r p  AIIQr  W e  sell  these  goods  as  close,  if not 
Dl u HUu i.  closer,  than  any  Detroit  or  Chicago 

house.

DCPilllOC  W e make Better  Terms,  Better  Time 
DElfnUuL  and Better Figures.

The  accompanying  illustrations  represents  the

Boss Tobacco Pail Cover.

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

AETHUR  MEIGS  &  CO.
W holesale Grocers,

SOle  Agents,

We try hard to please  every  custom­
er.

77 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

REPAIIQC  Our Expenses being so much less than 
ULUflUdL  Chicago or  Detroit  houses  we can af­

ford to sell closer.

I. ß. LEVI, 36,38,40  and 42  Canal  Street

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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Increase  Your  SALES  AND  PROFITS  BY  HANDLING“

XjIOUST  COFFEE,

Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Boasted 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 W oolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio.

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&rand Rapids, Mi<duMa

Anddrops the dust. Ukegoiden meal.

tm m "
Into the stream below the dun.  •  %

Itfloatsln longpruceBslon down—
Or rests in noW wtt tn e o  and brown:

Puta golden fringe on th« water's edje,
And shines like sparks among the sedge.

Now swims a particle away.
As boys a t football love the play 

And minnows push it here and there,
On summer days in the summer air.

The water shouts in cheering tones.
As float the shinning masses down';
Around the curves, among the stones,
And past the busy trade-blind town.
And still the saw with f  eth of steel 
And drops its food, like golden meal,

Bites through the log upon the tram.
Into the stream below the dam.

E STA B LISH ED   1866.

Barnett

159  So. Water Street, Chicago.

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We do a General  Commission Business 
and offer as  inducements  twenty years’  ex­
perience and clear record.  The best  equip­
ped and  largest  salesroom  in  the  business 
in this city.  Ample storage  facilities—full 
20,000 feet  of.  floor  space  in  the  center of 
the best market in  the  West.  Ample capi­
tal  and  first-class  references  on  file  with 
The  Tradesman.  Write  us  if  you wish 
information,  whether  to  buy  or  sell. 
It 
will cost you nothing.

BARNETT  BROS.

honey

Composed  of  Guatemala,  African  and 
Mexican JavUs,  Santos, Maracaibo  and  Rio 
selected with especial  reference  to their fine 
drinking qualities. The most popular brand 
of Blended Coffee In the  market.  Sold  only 
in 50 lb. Cans and 1  lb.  packages, 30,60 and 100 
lb. Cases.  Mail Orders Solicited by the  pro­
prietors.

I  fl. THOMPSON X CO.,
59 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Importers and jobbers of line  Teas, Coffees, 
Spices,  Etc..  Baking  Powder  Mfrs.,  Coffee 
Roasters, Spice Grinders.

B E E   S P IC E   M IL L S,

B E A N S !

I  have  a  nice  lot  of  Hand 
picked  Beans  I  offer  to  the 
trade.  Parties in want can get 
suppled by writing to

W .  T.  LAMOREAUX,

71  Canal Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich,

CROW WATER ■ fflEg ft,.

DIRECTIONS

We have cooked the com in this can 
sufficiently.  .  Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed (net cooked) adding  piece oi 
Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gUl 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of
Davenport  Canning  q0<

D a v e n p o r t,  la .

Wholesale Grocers.

IMPORTERS ! OF

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

“Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. 

Soaps and Niagara Starch.

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

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'MW'  House. 

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&  Wt B nsett went to  Chicago  January 
' .'1* M68, and engaged in the commission bus- 
lares in the following October on  a  capital 
« f *600, which was borrowed  of  a partner. 
In  April,  1868, the partner  retired, 
taking 
oat the entire capital,  which  had just  held 
The next month he took  another 
partner with the  same  capital,  giving his 
mote  for  one-half  of  it. 
In  September, 
1871, tills partnership was  dissolved,  Bar­
n ett taking the  business  and  accounts and 
the partner taking out  the  original capital. 
H e was burned out in the  great  conflagra­
tion of October 9, 1871, and, although  fully 
insured,  realized  only 832 on his policies. 
H e pot his best foot forward,« however, and 
h i 1873 admitted Ins brother and  cousin 
partnership  under  the style of G. W. Bar 
se tt A Co.  The  business  ran  under that 
name three years, when the  cousin  retired 
■nd the firm name was changed  to  Barnett 
Bios., its present style,  the  other  partner 
being j ;  ffi Barnett.  Referring  to  the  pe­
riod of depression subsequent to  the  panic 
of 1878, the senior Barnett recently remark 
«d:  “A statement  showed our assets to 
91,200 and onr liabilities $3,200.  That was 
tough, but I paid  interest  promptly,  paid 
everything  in  full,  worked  hard,  never 
ticank. quit smoking, set my teeth hard and 
wont in.”  By 1880, things had changed for 
the better and at the present  time the  firm 
can show net assets of  $75,000 and a credit 
second to none.  After  doing  business 
347 South Water street  fourteen  years, the 
firm removed to 159,  where  they  have  the 
some  sized  store  as Earl Bros.  They do 
not do as much car lot business as the latter 
house,  but  are pushing things as much 
five floors and a floor space of 20,000 square 
feet will permit.

Personally, the partners are  unlike  each 
other.  G. W. is the office man. and attends 
to office  business  and  correspondence.  J, 
H. has the reputation of being  one  of  the 
most nervously cool and daring operators 
perishable goods on South Water street 
Is the policy of the firm to do business with 
live men—successful  men—and to that end 
they want and are securing such at all prin 
dpal points.  They take anything they  can 
handle to advantage.  They  will  not  take 
hotter, grain or live stock,  as they hold that 
the  knowledge  requisite  to  handle  such 
goods is three  distinct  trades.  They  han 
die  fruits,  green  and  dried,  poultry  and 
game, eggs, beans, etc., and any dealer hav 
log anything in this line can  safely trust 
to Barnett Bros., as  their  reliability is un 
questioned mid their facilities for disposing 
o f goods unsurpassed.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars are a trifle  weaker,  and there are 
those who predict that  the  members of the 
Trust will force prices  down to a low point 
for the purpose of  compelling  the  outside 
refiners to come into  the  monopoly.  Such 
predictions are based on surmises merely, as 
the  members  of  the  Trust  are  as  close­
mouthed as clams. 
It is not even known to 
a  certainty who the officers of the trust are 
much less the policy to be  pursued.  Pack 
age coffees have declined 34c.  in the face of 
a strengthening in the statistical position of 
tin t staple.

Gandy is in good  request  and  prices are 
steady.  Florida oranges are in  better  sup­
ply  and  prices  are  a  shade  lower.  The 
quality is fine.  The new  crop  of  lemons 
will he here in about  a  week.  The quality 
is said to be good.  Figs and dates are with 
nut material change.  New  nuts are in and 
moving freely.

The “Anchor” Brand.

While it  is true  that  more  oysters  have 
been sold in  this  State  than ever before, it 
is equally true that the sale of  the celebrat­
ed  “ Anchor”  brand  has  increased  in  even 
greater ratio.  This condition  of  things  is 
floe solely to  the  fact  that  the  “Anchor” 
brand  is  superior  to  most  of  the  other 
bunds sold  in  the  West and is excelled by 
none.  Remember  that  F.  J.  Dettenthaler 
is the sole owner of the  “Anchor” brand,
Business Expectations and Results.

I t a n  the Detroit Free Press.

A n old merchant tells this anecdote illus­
trating the probability of business sales:  |  
A   young  friend called the  other day in 
high glee.  He was  about  concluding  ar­
rangements  with  two  others  to embark in 
the jobbing trade,and was quite sanguine In 
Ids expectation of results.  As I did not exj 
press full faith in his anticipations, he rath- 
er resented my doubts.  At  my  suggestion 
16» took pen and paper and  put down,  first 
w fell, his  proposed  expenses. 
I  could see 
that  ne  had  not  done  this  before,  as he 
renmed startled to find that even at the mod­
érele estimate he had  made  the 
total  ex­
penses for rent, clerk hire and  living of the 
several partners amounted to $8,200.
“ Now for the amount of business,” said I. 
*T)h, as to than,” he replied,  “we hope to 
red  $300,000 worth of goods a year.”
“ Bat what amount of  trade do all of yon 
a t  present influence?  Make, now, a careful 
estimate of the business you  can rely upon 
w ith some degree of certainty.”  Hedid so, 
sad to his surprise it  did  not  quite  reach 
1125,000.
“ Now,  what profit can you average upon 
Hast?”  After some debate  it  was  fixed at 
eeven and a half per cen t—$9,375.

“ Now,  what shall we call the losses?” 
The latter were settled at two  and a half 
per cent, on  sales,  amounting  to  $3,125, 
jeering the net  income $6,250 or $1,950 less 
then enough to pay his estimated expenses. 
T he young man left, proposing to show the 
ttfiin iite  to  his associates, and  after  figur- 
while without arriving at a more satis- 
fisotory result, they  abandoned  the  under­
taking.  There is no doubt that if all, when 
jofimit p  embark in trade, would thus boldly 
took at the figures instead of  closing  their
among fra§§¡§¡ men and 

E*#ad hopingfor the best,  there  would 

less complaint that “trade is overdone.”

imasAiáisaor correi.

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Aome» & Ibcans, 3 doz. case.......................  

BAkiNG POWUlSR. 
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10cent  cans......................... 
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“  ..........$.............   3 80
i2az. 
1 lb.  " ;  “  ............... 
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2% 7b.  v  “  -------- ........1 1   78
“ ........... ; . ..........13 75
...  .17 76
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li>;  “  X “  ■**,....................... ..  8 00
B ulk----.U ....;...^ v-........ 
 
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Princess,  Ms.........■*..................... . 
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& .v .........- ....................................3 75
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Tetonan, 1 lb cans, (tall,) 2 doz.................. 2 00
15
Diamond,  “bulk,”i . . . i................ 
 
Absolute, % ft cans, 100 cans in case... . . .*.11 75
 
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Telfer 

Arctic, % lb nans, 6 doz. case...................... 

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2 55
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Dry, No. 2...........................................doz. 
Dry, No. 3..........................................doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,....................................doz. 
Liquid, 8 oz.  . . . . . . . . .........................doz. 
-Arctic 4 oz.........................................$  gross 3 50
AretieS  oz......................................................  720
Arctic 16 oz....................................12
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.. .»........................  2
Arctic No. 2 
. . „ ......................”  3
ArcticNo.3 
’*..** 4
King’s Quick-Rising, 80-lb. cases............. $ 4
..............  5
Common Whisk 
1
Fancy  Whisk....... 1
Mill.........................3
Warehouse  ..........3

No.2 H u rí.............2 00
No. 1 H urí............ 2 25
No.2Carpet...........2 50
No. lC arpet...........3 75
Parlor Gera.......... .3 00
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Runkle Bros’.. ViennaSweet............
Prem ium ..__ .......
Homeo-Cocoa.........
Breakfast...................
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BROOMS.

CHOCOLATE.

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%s......... .........................
Is in tin  pails............ .
%s 
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Maitby’s,  Is...............................
Is and  %s...................
%s...........................
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Manhattan,  pails.;.......................
Peerless  .........................  .............
Bulk, pails or barrels.................

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@25
@26
@97
@27%4
@24
@24%
@20
@18
@16

Green.

COFFEES.

Roasted.

 

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CORDAGE.

Best Rio 
Prime Maricabo 

“  Quaker Cy.  “ 
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Rio...................22@24
Santos..............  @26
Maricabo.........   @26
Java................. 30@31
O. G. Java........33@35
Mocha.. 
...... 33@35
COFFEES—PACKAGE.
30 lbs 60 9>s 1009)8

Rio.................. 19@23
Santos......... ...23@25
Maricabo.........2i@'¿6
J a v a ................  @25
O. G. Java....... 26@27
M ocha............26 @27
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Lion........................................
Lion, in  cabinets............................. 
Dilworth’s .............................  
Magnolia..........................................  
Honey Bee.............................253£  25%  25
German...................................  
German, in  bins.................... 
Arbuckle's Ariosa................. 
Avorica...........1. 

 
24%
24%
. 
22%
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COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
32
Bell, Conrad & Co.’s Plantation Java. 
Mocha................ 
32
Javoka.............  
30
im perial...____ 
29
27
W O W n i taemi 
Mexican. 
20
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22 
Arbuckle’s Avorica) 50 ib. double bags 
23
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Thompson & Co.’s Honey Bee,............  
25
60 foot Jute......   90  150 foot Cotton__ 160
72 foot J u te ......  1 20  160 foot Cotton 
1  75
4oFootCotton— 1 50  172footCotton__ 2 00
CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.
„  
Kenosha Butter.......................
Seymour  Butter.....................   a 
B utter...,..,.*......i _. . . .......v.  
Fancy  B u tter......’.r ........... .  4%
Oyster.................................. 
Picnic........................ 
.............. 
Fancy Oyster 
Fancy  Soda'.  ........................ 
City S o d a . . . . . . i , . . . . ...... ‘
Soda  ........................................ 
Milk.........................................  
Boston.....................................
Graham...................................
Oat Meal....................... . . .  . . .
Pretzels, hand-made...............
Pretzels..................................
Cracknels................................
Lemon Cream.................. .......  
Sugar Cream...........................  
Frosted Cream.........................
Ginger  Snaps.......................... 
No. 1 Ginger Snaps...... . 
Lemon  Snaps..........................
Coffee Cakes............................
Lemon Wafers............ .
Jumbles.......................
Extra Honey Jumbles............
Frosted Honey  C akes...,......
Cream Gems............................
Bagleys  Gems........................
............... 
Seed Cakes...............................
....................... 
& M. Cakes..........................
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CANNED FISH.

X  XXX
5
5
5
5

13% 
U% 
12% 
13% 
13%
13%
12%

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Clams, 19), Little Neek............................. 1 35
Clam Chowder,  3 9)...................................2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 9) standards................. 
l  00
Cove Oysters, 2 9>  standards...................  1 55
Lobsters, 1 9>picnic.  ............................... 1  75
Lobsters, 2 9>, picnic...... ........................... 2 65
Lobsters, 19> star...................................1 9 0
Lobsters, 2 9) star...................................... 2 90
Mackerel, 19> fresh standards..............” 1  70
Mackerel, 5 9> fresh standards...... .......... 5 eo
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 9)...............
Mackerel, 3 9) in Mustard,......................
Mackerel. 3 9)  soused................................
Salmon, 19) Columbia river................... .2 20
Salmon, 2 9> Columbia river...... ............. '3 90
Sardines, domestic %s............................. [  @ 7
Sardines,  domestic  % s........... ..........."  9@io
Sardines,  Mustard  %s......... .....................9@io
Sardines,  imported  %s............................ 12@13
Sardines, spiced, %s............................h*ana
Trout. 39) brook............ ¿ 1 ..........__

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.1 85@1  90

pples, gallons, standards......... ........... .3  00
ackberries. standards........................ 115
Cherries,  red standard.................. 
1 oo
Cherries, pitted......................... .... 
DamsonB............................. ...................... 1  25
Egg Plums, standards 
.................. 
i  50
Gooseberries...............  
‘1 85
 
 
G rapes.................95
Green Gages....................................................1 50
Peaches, all yellow, standards............ . . .2 65
Peaches, seconds................................ 
2 25
Peaches,pie.................... .............. ...l'60@l 60
.........1  60
Pears................... 
Pineapples, ...................................;,,l 40@2 75
< juinces .................................................  
115
’ ’ “ 1 40
Raspberries,  extra....................... * 
red  . - - . . . . . . . . . . . .  ..::::::i 40
Strawberries  .............................. 
1 go
Whortleberries .
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5
s,Oyert»rBay..........  .....  ...g 00
„  - 
  75
Beans, Lima, standard........................ 
Beans, Green Limas...... . . 
75@l  10
Beans,  String.............. 
Beans, Stringless, Erie___ _ ____ 
.  90
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Beans,Lewis:  Boston B a k e d .
Corn, Archer’s T r o p h y . . . . . . . . . . x  15
Morning Glory__ . . 
1 15
 115
Early Golden......  .
1 oq
*  i'20@l 40
75
“  Early June, stand................. I.'i'sdai 75
800
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Mushrooms, extra fine......................*  * * '22 00
Pumpkin,3 lb Gulden............ . 
120
S u c o o t a s h , s t a n d a r d . . . . ‘m ai  ai
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squash 
Tomatoes, standard brands.................. ,.l 15

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Peas, French.........................................  
Peas.extra marrofat......... . 
Peas» soaked....'.................7.........   ? 

French, extra fine...............  

CANNED VEGETABLES.............

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Currants  . . .  
Lemon Peel.. 
O rangePeel...,...... ...................  
Prunes,French,60s................ 

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Japan ordmary,v.;*1.,.....
Aq>an fair to
J ^ a n fln e .....................
Japan d
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Young Hyson......... „
G u n p o w d e r . ; ; . ...
O olong,.;,..................................
Congo................................iril.IIIiTrTTTTTTa^Sao

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French, 80s......  
French,  90s.....’i.......@

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American......"

White W ine.... 
CSder.......... ....................  
A pple.....................V.*.V.V.  10
Raisins, Dehesia.................I . . . . ! " .
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MISCELLANEOUS.'
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Raisins,London Layers,...... 
ra th  Brick imported..........................
@2 50
Raisins, California  ** 
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Raisins, Loobo Muscatels,.„ . . . . . _  @g 55
Burners, No. 0.............. 
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Raisins, Loose California.,rr.................  @2 26
do  No. 1__ ______....................
Raisins,Ondaras, 28s...  751. ......... '  liu @ n u
do  No. 2.......................
Raisins. Sultanas...... ................... . 
9  @11
Cocoa Shells, biilk...
Raisins,Valeneias,........;.____......8   @ 8%
Condensed Milk, Ba^e ’brand]
Raisins, Imperials..................................  @3 50
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 3> cans.
Candles. S t a r . ........
Cod, whole.............................  
4v a s
Candles. Hotel............ .......................
.............e«rr
Cod,boneless.....  .
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Camphor, oz.,2 9> boxes!!!.” ..............
H alibut................. 
12%
Extract Coffee, V. C...........................
Herring,round.  %  bbl................... .’.’ " " ’@2 75
Felix 
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Herring, round,  %  bbl.....H.......................   1 50
Fire Crackers, per box.
Sum, Rubber 100 lumps. ...'**
Herring, Hollands bbls...................... 
10 00
Herring, Holland,  kegs.................80@85
um, Rubber 200 lumps......... «ooo
Herring, Sealed...............................
Gum, Spruce...............  
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Mackerel, shore, No. 1, % bbls................
Jelly,in309>  p a ils..:..:::..................  
Powder, Keg..........
Powder, %  Keg.. 
Sage

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75 
@70 
80 
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@25 
@11 
@35 
@80 
@1 15 
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10  “
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........6 50
Ikout, % bbls......................
........5 75
85
 75
White,Ho. 1, % bbls .
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......... ? 20
White, No. 1,12 % kits......... 
White, No. 1,109) k its..............  
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White. Family; %bbls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘ " " 3  85
“  M ts............ ................. ;;  68
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
Lemon.  "Vanilla,
1 6C
2 65
4 25
5 00 
1 75
3 00 
9 00
18 00 
1 85 
5 00 
7 00
@  04 
@4 25 
@  65 
@11% @ 2% 
@1 15 
@ 2%

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Jennings  D. C.,2 oz...........  f  doz. 1 00 
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6oz...... .....3 50
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3 50
iP Z j.^ .,....,. 
No. 2 Taper.............125
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............. 1 75
“  % Pint, round. „4*u, .4 50 
-.,...9 00
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“  No. 3 panel......... .!. .110
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....:....:4  25
“ No. 10  “ 

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Farina, 100 lb.  kegs...........
Hominy, $  bbl....................
Macaroni, domestic 12 ib. boxes;!"..
Pearl Barley........................... 
Peas, Green................ ! .!.!*!*  *'.......
Peas,Split...... ...................
Sago, German.................. @ 6
Tapioca, flake or pearl..........@ 5„
Wheat, cracked................. ........ .....  @6 25
Vermicelli, imported............ .............  @11%
domestic. 12 lb. boxes........  @  65

No. 8 
FARTNACEOUS  GOODS,

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Grand Haven, No. 8, square...:............
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro 
........1  10
Grand Haven,  No. 200,  parlor....,.’
........1 76
Grand Haven, No. 300, parlofr. . A U 
........2 25
Grand Haven, No. 7,  round...  1
........1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2....................
........  75
Oshkosh, No. 8.
Swedish.................................... 
75
Richardson’s No. 8  square......: ’  ...............1 00
Richardson’s No. 9 
Richardson’s No. 7%, round...... .................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
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Woodbine. 300...................................................15

 
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OATMEAL

ROLLED OATS

New  Orleans,  good................................. ’33@40
New Orleans, choice.......................... 
’ ’44(8150
New Orleans,  fancy......................... 
'50@52

% bbls. 3e extra
Michigan Test.............................  
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Water White................................................ u
25
Barrels.................. 6 00 :
24
Half barrels..........3 12
Cases....................2 25
24
Medium............
“  %bbl...

Barrels................... 6 00
Half barrels........... 3 12
Cases...................... 2 25
PICKLES.
..6  OOiSmall, bbl..,.......... 7 oq
“  % b b l.............4 00
..3   a0| 
@2  00 
@1 75 
@  75
Java  ........... 
5%
P a tn a ...................... 5%
Rangoon.........   @5
Broken. 
.......3%@3%
Japan...............5%@6%

Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross......
Imported Clay, No. 216,2% gross...
American  T.D..................  
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RICE
Choice Carolina__ ___
Prime Carolina......6 *
Good Carolina.......5%
Good Louisiana......5%
T able.............5%@6
Head...................... 6%
DeLand’s pure...... 5% [Dwight’s .................5
Church’s  ............... 5  Sea  Foam......... 
'5:
|Cap  Sheaf............... 5
Taylor’s G. M....... 5 

SALERATUS.

PIPES*

%c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60Pocket, F F   D airy............. .......2  10@2 20
2  10
28 Pocket.........................  ................... 
100 3 9) pockets............... ............. ....... 
2 35
Saginaw or  Manistee..........................  
95
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
75
2 75
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags... 
Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags........ 
75
20
American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... .. 
Rock, bushels...................................... 
»5
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags.............!.! ’" 
40

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SAUCES
SOAP.

London Relish, 2 doz......... ......................... 2 50
Dingman, 100 bars......................................   4 00
SPICES—WHOLE
Allspice.....................................
Cassia, China in mats...............
Batavia in bundles......
Saigon in rolls..............
Cloves, Amboyna......................
“  Zanzibar.......................
Mace Batavia................................   - 
Nutmegs,  fancy...............
No. 1.................
No. 2...... .........
Pepper. Singapore,  black.

80

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Allspice.............................................
Cassia,  Batavia.......................... . . ."
and  Saigon...... . 
]•
Saigon ..................................
Cloves, Amboyna......... .............
Zanzibar.................. 
 
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Ginger, African..........................
Cochin.............................
Jamaica.............................]
Mace Batavia...............................]!]
Mustard, English.........................
and Trieste...........
Nutmegs,  No. 2..................................
Pepper, Singapore black..................
white..................
Cayenne............................
STARCH.

Trieste....................

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SUGARS.

Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, 19> pkgs...
@ 7 
6 9) boxes., 
@ 7%
bulk
_________   @ 6%
Pure, 19) pkgs.................  @5%
Cmm, 1 9) pkgs.................
” 
@ 7
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 9) boxes, 1 9) pkgs... 
@ 5% 
“  48“ 
...
@ 5% 
b u lk ...... .
“ 
40 9) 
@ 4 
“  72 9> crates, 6 9) boxes..
@ 6% 
Corn, 40 9> boxes, 19) pkgs.... 
@ 6 
“  20 9) 
....
@ 6%
Cut Loaf............................................  7%@ 7%
Cubes...................................................  @7%
Powdered...... .............  
  @7%
Granulated, Standard.......................  @6%
Off..................................   @6.81
Confectionery A...........................  
  @6%
Standard A...........................................  @6%
No. 1,White Extra  C ...,...... ....... . 
5%@ 6
No. 2, Extra C............. 
5%@ 5%
 
N0. 3 O............... 
 
5%@ 5%
No.4C................  
g%@ 5%
 
No. 5 C.................................................  @5
Corn, baraels...... @32  [Pure SugsÖ, bbl.  25@38
Corn, % bbls........@34  Pure Suflaii% bbl 27@39
Com, lQgal.k’gs.336 
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.*... 
Gail & Ax’ 
Railroad  Mills Sooteh.................. 
Lotzbock  ......... ........................... 
Spear Bead. 
Plank Road. 
Eclipse  ..... 
Holy Moses 
Blue Blazes. 
Eye Opener. 
Star
Clipper  .....
Scalping Knife. 
Sam Bass/,........

70
Maccoboy...... ........ 
@  55
...................rv...  @  44
Rappee......... ...............?...  @  35
  @  45
@130

Merry War......
Jolly T ar..,......
Live A Let Live.
Nimrod........
Whopper... j§.§2 
Jupiter.. . . . . . . .
P .L ...........
Cornerstone.
Clipper.........
Sanaa........

SYRUPS.

.amaß

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Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

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FANCY—IN  5 9) BOXES.
 

Standard, 25 9> boxes...........................   8  @ 8%
Twist, 
ft 0
.  ....................   @1(1
Cut Loaf 
Royal, 25 9> pails.................... 
9
Royal, 200 9> bbls.................................   © «
aio
Extra, 25 9) pails....................... 
Extra, 200 9> bbls............................. ]”  
9
French Cream, 25 9) pails 
@11«
Cut loaf, 25 9) eases..........................@m
Broken,25 9) pails...............  
@10
Broken. 200 9)  bbls...
t 
  @13
Lemon  Drops.......................... 
Sour Drops.............................
 
 
Peppermint  Drops................... 
¿£14
Chocolate Drops........................." " 
14
H M Chocolate  Drops......  
is
Gum  Drops  ................................... 
10
Licorice Drops.............................................. is
A B Licorice  Drops.. 
 
12
Lozenges, plain...... ..................  
 
14
Lozenges,  printed........ . 
i=
Im perials...................  
 
*4
Mottoes........................... 
 
j?
Cream  Bar......... ........."*]..................... 
.3
Molasses Bar................... 
 
*3
Caramels..........................................  
 
is
jg
Hand Made Creams.;............... 
Plain  Creams................................................ m
Decorated Creams............... 
on
 
String Rock........................ 
  13
Burnt Almonds..................... 
22
Wintergreen  Berries
14
FANCY—IN  BULK.
Lozenges, plain in  pails............
@11% @10%
Lozenges, plain In bbls......... .
Lozenges, printed in pails........
(gigu
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.........................@11%
Chocolate Drops, In pails..............  " *  @12%
Gum  Drops  in pails............ ....... 
"   @ e%
"   @ 5«
Gnm Drops, in bbls................. 
Moss Drops, in pails............... ...........  @10
** 9
Moss Drops, In b b ls...............  
Sour Drops, in  pails........................"  @43
Imperials, In  pails.................... 
@12
Imperials  in bbls.......................... 
(¡fa
_  
................................................  @
Bananas 
Oranges, California, fancy.!...!........  @
Oranges, choice..............
Oranges. Jamaica, bbls.
Oranges. Florida...............................  ]3 75^4 50
Oranges, Rodi......................................   @
Oranges, Messina............................ 
Oranges, OO............................@
Oranges, Imperials.................. @
Lemons, choice.......................... .I'lIIIa 75@4 50
Lemons, fancy................................  
@5 00
Lemons, California........
Figs, layers, new,  $  9>......................... 12%@16
Figs, Bags, 50 9>...................................   @
Dates, frails do  ................... 
  @5%
.............  @ 6%
Dates, % do  d o ................. 
Dates, Fard 10 9) box ^   9>............... 
 
  @ 9«
Dates,Fard509)box $9> ....." 
8  @ 8%
Dates. Persian 50 9) box $  9)...... 6 ' @ 7%
Pine Apples, 
Almonds,  Tarragona............................  17@18
Ivaca........ .......................]]]  @17
California..........................  @17%
Brazils.................................................  @10
1J@I2
Filberts, Sicily....................................  
Barcelona.............................   @8
Walnuts,  Grenoble.......................... 
@16%
Sicily....................................]. 
15
French................................  @ 8%
Pecans, Texas. H. P ............................  11@16
Cocoanuts, ^  100, full bags............ ] ].’  @5 50
Chestnuts.............................
p e a n u t s'.
Prime Red, raw  $  9 ).......................   @4%
Choice 
d o ............. 
Fancy H.P. do 
do  .............. . ] " " "   @ 5%
Choice White, V a.do.................... 
6  @ QM
Fancy H P,. Va  do  ..........................  @

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The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co, 

quote  as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Short cut, clear,  Botsford...........................   14 25
Shortcut  Morgan................................. ....15 25
Extra clear pig, short cut..................... ."! 16 00
Extra clear,heavy........................................... 16 00
Clear quill, short cut........................ . . . . . .16 00
Boston clear, short cut....................................16 00
Clear back, short cut.................................   " l 6 00
Standard clear, short  cut, best...... . 
Bean................................. 
Hams, average 20  9>s.............................

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SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.

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12 to 14 9)8...........................11%
picnic  ................................................  s
best boneless................................. " ’

Shoulders..................................................] ],.  7^4
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...................... ” ] 11
Dried Beef, extra........................................ ...." 8%
ham  prices.......................... ." .10

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BEEP IN BARRELS.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

light................................... . 

Long Clears, heavy........................................ 734
“  medium.............................. '"   754
7%
Tierces  .............  
794
30 and 50 9) Tubs...................................  
7^4
8%
3 9> Palls, 20 in a case............................ 
5 9) Pails, 12 in a case............................  
8
7%
10 9) Pails. 6 in a ease............................ 
7%
20 9> Pails, 4 pails In case...................... 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 9>s.............  
7 00
Extra Mess. Chicago Pacxing....................   750
“  Kansas City Packing..............726
P late........................................................  
7  75
Extra Plate.........................................            8 25
Boneless, rump butts.......................................10 00
“  Kan City pkd...........9 00
" 
“  % bbl.  5 00
7%

Pork Sausage..................... 
Ham Sausage......................................... !...ll
Tongue  Sausage.......................................... " 9
Frankfort  Sausage..................................8
Blood  Sausage..............................................’. 6
Bologna, straight............................... 
6
Bologna, thick..............................................  6
Head  Cheese........................................ .....!  6
In half barrels..............................; ...........   3 50
In quarter barrels............  
215

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

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The  W.  Steele  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Fresh  Beef,  sides or carcasses..,  .... 4%@ 6 
Dressed H o g s ....................;;....  5%@ 6%
Pork loins....... ................................ 
@ 7%
Beef loins............................................  @ 8%
Beef ribs......... ......................v........  7  @ 7%
Pork ribs...... .................................3  @ 6
Pork  Sausage..................... 
it.....  7  @7%
Bologna...... .............................. 5%@ 6  ;
Frankfort sausage..'............. @ s
Blood, liver and head  sausage..........   @ 5%

John Mohrhárd quotés as follows:

Mutton..
Lamb....
Veal__ _
Fowls__
Chickens 
Ducks  .1 
Turkeys 
Lard, ket

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F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 
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Falrhaven Counts .. 
85
Seleets........................................
Anchdra...................................... f....................20
Standards  ................... ................... ..........l" lg
Favorites.......................  
     .."15
Standards per gad................ ...............i'Off
Selects, per gal.................. 
4s
Counts, in bulk, per lOO........... ......... .........1 15
80
7D
Clams, 
.
Black bass............J ; , ; .................. 
jfr
Rook bass................  . 
4
Perch__ _4
Wall-eyed  pike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " ] .  * ” ' "v s
Duck-bill  pike...... .................  
5
V   8
Sturgeon................. . 
Sturgeon, smoked...................................
Trout.  ...............  
 
a
 
w hiteflsh.........................  
|
Whiteflsh, smoked...... 
.................................j*

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Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows:

Standard  Tubs, No. i __ 5 so
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...................................4 ka
Standard Tubs, No. 3...................................3 50
Standard Pails, two hoop......... ] 
............. "1 2ft
Standard Pails, three hoop......... ! " " ........j 59
Pails, ground wood 
...................]    ........4 5q
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes........... 
..........2 2ft
Butter  Pails, ash.....................................  
Butter Ladles........................................  
gn
Butter Spades.................................. 
 
75
Rolling Pins......................................... . . . 
75
Potato Mashers............ .............."!!!!!” ’  ’  60
Clothes Pounders .......................  *.............2 2ft
ClothesPins............................  ‘ 
.
Mop  Sticks............... " l  00
Washboards, single...................................... 1  75
Washboards, double............ . 
” ..*....*."2 25
Washboards, Northern Queen............... '. . ‘.2 75
BASKETS.
Diamond  Market....................... 
49
" ........" 1 59
Bushel, narrow band, No. l
!
Bushel,narrow band,No.2... 
Bushel, wide band..... 
Clothes, splint,  No. 3...  ............................. a ¿n
Clothes, splint,  No. 2. . . .  
Clothes, splint,  No. 1.......... 
£ m
Clothes, willow  No. 3..............  
« m
Clothes, willow  No. 2.............. ."........... ..."«
Clothes, willow  No. 1..............  *..............7 «1
Water Tight,  (acme) bu......... .’ !!!!!!!!]]!!]3 75
.................2  85

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HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

WOOL.

..16@2»
3 No. 4

@ 5% 
@  6% 
@ 7%
@10

Calf skins, green
Deaeon skins,

...1  00

or cured__ 7  @ 7%
Apiece...... 10  @30

Part Cured..
Full cured__ 7
Dry hides and 
k ip s...........  8
“  
Fine washed #  9> 22@25|Coarse washed. 
........27@30|Unwashed........
Medium   
FURS.
_ 
No. 1 No. 2 No.
Bears.................................15 00
..15 00 7 00 4 no’
..6 00 4 (X) 200
Beavers.............................. 6 00
Badgers..................... 
  75
...  75
Cat, Wild........* ............   50
..  50
5
“  House..................    15
..  15
5
Fox,  Red............................ 1 00
30
“  Cross..
...5 00 2 50 1 00
“  Grey.........................I
...  75
20
...7 00 4 00 2 00
..4 00 2 50 1 00
..  40
10
_
..  25
05
30 10
60 
..1 00
30
KIT»
8@4 
2 00 too
20
10
05
10
25
10
w
50
25

Fishers............................... 7 ¿0
Lynx....................
Mink, Large Dark 
25
Small Pale.. 
15
M artins....................................1 00 
60
Musrats................. 8PB1NG WINTER 
Otter.........................6 OO
.6 OO 4 00
Raccoon, Large........  75
.  75
50
“ 
Small.........  30
,  30
20
Skunk...............  
75
.  75
50
.3 00
olf-  ............... I.'.'.’.3 00 
^ w 
1 00
Deer Skins, dry. Red Coats, per lb...........  30o-
* •............  300
*■  Bine  » 
;; 
•*  ............  25&
“  Long 
••  ............ 
io©
MISCEI .LANEOUS.

Short Grey, 

20
20
10
60
50

Sheep pelts, short shearing.............. 
5@25
«heep pelts, old wool estimated.........   @25
Grease butter......................................   5©
Ginseng, good.................'.‘.1 60@1 TO

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T

Ginseng—Local  desiers  pay $1.60@81.70 W 9> 
for clean washed roots. 
•  Kucher Boots and Shoes—Jobbers are  offer--.
10 per cent. off on first  quality  and 40 and 
12% per cent, off on second quality.
PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—$2 25 per bbl.
Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu.
Bean—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
scarce, readily commanding $2.25@(2.50 per bu.
Butter  Dairy  is  more  active,  being  now 
quotable at 20@32.

Butterme—Creamery,  16c  for  solid  packed 
and 17c for rolls.  Dairy,  14c  for solid packed 
and 15c for rolls.

Cabbages—$5@$7 per  100,  according to size. 
Scarce.
Carrots—30@35c per bu.
Celery—25 $  doz.
Cheese—Jobbers are holding their  stocks a t 
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork  barrels,  $13«;  apple  bar­

13@13%c.

rels, 25c.

Cod, $8.50 per bbl.

Cranberries—Home grown, $3 perbu.

Capo
Dried Apples—The market is getting strong­
er and  the  demand  is  more  active.  Jobbers 
hoi 1 sun-dried at 5c and evaporated at 8c.

Eggs—Jobbers  pay 18c  for  pickled stocked 
and 22c for fresh, holding at 2c above those fig­
ures.  Fresh eggs are hard to get.

Honey—In  moderate  demand,  but  scarce, 

readily commanding 16@18c.

Hay—Baled 

is  moderately  active  at  $1A
per ton In two and  five  ton  lots  and  $13  In 
car lots.
Onions-Home grown, 75c  per bu.  Spanish. 
$1.50 per crate.
Pop Corn—2c #  9).
Potatoes—The market continues to improve, 
the Southern and Eastern demand having late— 
lybecome quite active.  Handlers are paying 70 
@75e  for  Burbanks  here  and  65c  at  the 
Northern buying points.
Sweet  Potatoes—Kiln-dried  Jerseys  are- 
scarce and  high,  readily  commanding  $5 p er

Turnips—20@25c per doz.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Lancaster  and  75c  for  Fulse and Clawson.
lots and 50c in carlots.
car lots.

Wheat—No change.  City millers pay 77c fo r 
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at54o  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White, 35c in small lots  and 31@32c  in 
Rye—48@50c $1 bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.20 #  ewt.
Flour—No change. Patent, $5.20# bblun 

and  $5.40  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.20 «bbl. in 
sacks and $4.40 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.40 #  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 #  ton.  Bran. $16 
.  ton.  Ships,  $16.50  #   ton.  Middlings, $17 V 
ton Corn and Oats. $18 V ton.

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Present  Prices:

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Stove  No.  4 and Nnt 
Egg and Grate

$8.00 p er ton» 
$7.75  p er ton.
We  are agents for  Brazil  Block  Coal.  The 

best and cheapest steam coal in the market.

Qrand Rapids Ice & Coal Co.r

OFFICE 59 PEARL ST.,

Offer N o.  174.

FREE—To Merchants Only:  An 
elegant Carving  Set (knife, fork  and 
Steel), in  satin-lined  case.  Address 
at once,  R.  W.  TansiU  &  Co.,  55 
State St., Chicago.

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tMgg-etoaaiil wf Ph ilw x i/.  ]

ÄX Tears—Jacob Jeseon, Jtiiakegon. 
xwp Y»«r»-J»ma.  V«mor. Detroit. 
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Three Year*—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Four Year» ■ -GéoVMoPóhaldyKaJ&mazoa: i 
Vive Year»—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso.
Saoretaty—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Ja«. Vernor.
Next Meetlng^-At Grand Rapids, March 7 and &

Qeo. McDonald 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. 

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
First Viee-Preaident—O. M. Harwood, Petoskey. 
Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild.  Orami Rapids 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Secretary—S. E. ParkiU, Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo.  Oundrum,  Frank  Tngn«, 
Local Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit:  .
Next Meeting—At Detroit, October

A. H. Lyman, John E. Peck, E. T  Webb 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 

one4mxu> octobeb s, 1881.

President—H. E. Locher.
; Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board of Gensore—President,  Vice-President  and Sec­
retary.
Board of Trustees—The President, John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg.  - 
wen, Isaac watts. Wm. E. White and Wm. L.  white. 
Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peek, H. B. Fair- 
child and Hugo Thum.
Committee  on  Legislation—R.  ▲.  McWilliams,  Thao.
Kemink and W. H. Tibbs.
Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, A. C. Baser and 
Isaac Watts.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each
month.
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November 
Next Meeting—Thursday evening,  December 2j at Thb 

T r a d e s m a n  office.

D etroit Pharmaceutical Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1888. 

staatfl

President—Frank Inglia.
First Vioe-PreBident—F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—J. J. Crowley.
Secretary and Treasurer—F. Rohnert, 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Lee. 
Annual Meeting—First We
... ._■   ■__   Wednesday in
I Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month.
Central  Michigan  Druggiste’ Association. 
President, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R.  M. Mosseli.
B e rrie n  C o u n ty   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.

Clinton County Druggists' Association. 

President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A. S.  Wallace.
Charlevoix County Pharmaceutical Society 
President, H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.

Ionia County Pharmaceutical Society. 
President, W. R. Cutler; Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.

Jackson County Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

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

Kalamazoo Pharmaceutical Association. 

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

Mason County  Pharm aceutical Society,

President, F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
Mecosta  County  Pharmaceutical  Society.

I President, C. H. Wagener ;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.
Monroe County Pharmaceutical Society.

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
Muskegon County  Druggists’  Association,
President, E. C. Bond; Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.
Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
Newaygo County Pharmaceutical  Society. ;
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller.

Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society.

President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  Society. I 
President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Prall.
Shiawassee County Pharmaceutical Society
Tuscola County Pharmaceutical Society.

President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. Ë. Stoddard.
Manistee County  Pharmaceutical  Society.
President, W. H. Willard;  Secretary, A. H. Lyman.

W N ' . f M i i f  0f $ e  Detroit, Society. 
;■  ;Tbe Deti»it 
sal Societyigave
ua entertainment at their rooms last Friday 
evening, which in point of  interest  and at 
tendance  was  the  most  successful  given 
since  their  organization.  Dr.  Samuel 
Duffield gave an interesting and  instructive 
address on “The German Apothecary:  His 
Methods and Social' Position, ”  Dr. Duffield 
having traveled extensively in Germany and 
studied under some of the  most  famous in 
structors  in  that  country,  is competent to 
treat the. above subject  as  bnt  few  others 
could.  Besides a large  number  of  regular 
members,  there  were  present  Mr.  Joseph 
Fell, a well-known pharmacist of Cleveland 
who gave a sketch of  the  manner in which 
the Cleveland Society  conducts  its  affairs. 
He gave the Detroit Society some very good 
points, some of  which  will,  undoubtedly, 
be taken up at their next  regular  meeting. 
Messrs. T. H. Hinchman, W.  C.  Williams. 
John J. Dodds and  JAmes  E.  Davis repre­
sented the  wholesale  trade, and the travel' 
ing  men  were  represented  by Mr. E. H, 
Boss, of John; Wyeth & Bro.

The  meeting  was  thoroughly  enjoyed, 
the  refreshments  disappeared  with alarm 
ing  rapidity  and  everybody  seemed  well 
pleased.

T he  Drug  Market.

Quinine,  German  brands,  has  been  ad­
vanced 5 cents, on account of an advance in 
cinchona  bark  of  20  per  cent,  at the last 
London  bark  sales.  The  future  will tell 
how  much  stability there is in the present 
upward movement.  Th e Tbadeoman has 
received the following  letter on the subject 
from a prominent American  manufacturer: 
We have before us  two  very  misleading 
cfrculars on toe subject of the cost  of  qui­
nine, issued by some of our speculating and 
importing  friends.  We  presume you have 
also received them.
Their cordial advice, after the sugar-coat­
ing of superfluous words and abstruse calcu­
lations is stripped off, appears to  be—“We 
are now ready to shear you  again  at about 
35 cents,  so walk  into  the  fold,  you  poor, 
little, innocent lambs, and be shorn of  your 
surplus.”

“A word to the wise,” etc.  Go slow!
Castor oil has again declined 1 cent.  Opi 
um is weak and lower.  Morphine is  as yet 
unchanged.  Borax has again advanced and 
is tending higher.  Camphor  gum  is  very 
firm at the advance  noted last week.  Bro 
mide potash has declined.  Chlorate potash 
continues  scarce  and  firm.  Sulphur  and 
brimstone have advanced and are both tend­
ing  higher.  Oil  sassafras  has  again  ad­
vanced.

Another Failure to Convict.

The Detroit Journal of last Saturday thus 
refers to the most recent  attempt to enforce 
the pharmacy law 

Minor Drug Notes.

Howard Pinkerton, a druggist,  was com 
plained of having an unlicensed  clerk in his 
employ.  Kinnane, the  State  pharmaceuti 
Dr. Davenport, State  Analyst for Massa- 
____________| _______
cal agent and a  boy  named  Mattison were
chusetts,  bas  examined  twenty  adqertised I the witnesses in thé case. Justice Miner told
cures for  toe  opium  habit, and  found that 
Kinnane  he 
had  no  case  and  discharged
all but one contained opium.  This one was 
Pinkerton.
called “double  chloride  of  gold,” but  con­
tained no trace of gold.

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The alcohol combine  in  Germany  to  ad­
vance toe  interests  of  toe producer  was a 
failure.

Owing to toe new  German spirit law,  toe 
price of  eau  de  cologne  advanced  40  per 
cent on October 1.

About 35,000 barrels  of  linseed  oil  were 

«old in toe Boston market last year.

Parties interested  in the  India  cinchona 
plantations are trying to devise a scheme to 
advance the price of the drug.

“ Drug emporium” is the name taking toe 

place of drug store in New York City.

The outcome of this case,  the  Muskegon 
prosecution  and  several  other  fntile  at 
tempts on the part of 
the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  to  enforce  the  pharmacy  law 
satisfies  T h e  T radesman  that  there 
“something rotten  in  Denmark”—that the 
Board  must either  get a new law or a  new 
! attorney.  Which is at fault?
T he  Berrien  County  Pharm aceutical  So 

ciety.

Secretary Kephart, of the Berrien Couuty 
Pharmaceutical Society,  has  issued the fol­
lowing call to the members:

«’mine. 

■  limits:  Campheraceous 

The composition of fergot  must  be rather 
complex, as the following  substances  have 
at various times been announced as  constit- 
ter in, coroutine,  echoline,  ergotic  acid,  er~ 
jgotin, ergotinic  acid,  ergotinine,  filled  oil, 
f uscosclerotic acid, lactic acid, leucine, man- 
nite,  methylamine, mycose, phosphoric acid, 
pieroscierotine,
scleroidin,
•scleromucin,  sclerotic  acid, sclerociystallin,

Dea r Sir—Our next meeting will be held 
sabstance,  choles-1 at Niles, on  Wednesday,  December  7, and 
you are  respectfully  requested  to be in at 
tendance at the meeting, as  important mat 
ters may possibly be brought up in toe meet­
ing to interest and protect toe druggist,  and 
you should not fail to lend a helping  hand, 
The time is  coming  when  every  druggist

Ber r ien Springs,  N ov. 28,1887. 

•  scleroxanthin,  sphaceliuic  acid,  trimetoyla- I must stand by the Association.

setererytorin, 

I t is  no  wonder  th at  toe  drug has I 

Y ours,  H en ry K e p h a r t ,  Sec’y 

isuch an energetic effect.

Detroit  Notes.

, 

^ 

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

.A.  Bassett, Pres., Detroit:

^  
You are hereby requested to call a special  will hold a meeting,

After  the  next  meeting  of  the  Detroit
.Pharmaceutical  Society,  the  M.  S.  P.  A
meeting of toe Michigan State  Pharmaceu-1 
m resP°nse to a call is
tical Association for toe purpose  of  chang-18ae“ by President Bassett for a special meet­
ing toe date of  our  next  annual  meeting! lug*  A t that time  it is proposed to change 
from the date decided upon,  Oct.  8, 1888, to  the date of the next  meeting  to correspond 
correspond with the date of  toe  American | with the meeting of the A  p   A
. ,^ 3  to 7,  1888.

«I Pharmaceutical  Association meeting,  Sept. 

James  Vernor, Local'Secretary of the A 
P. A. and the M. S. P.  A.,  is already mak- 
[ ing arrangements for toe next meeting.

HentDií Harbor  4 ^  stanai hhve adopted
the early closing movement, 1  p. W o n  Sun­
days being the 'hont  when  the  keys  are to 
be turned.

W. R. Clarke, Sec’y B. M. A.,  Grand  Ledge
l pvUte4te#lteAjtonMA«Vetyh&l^, tadelt?

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MICH.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Manufacturers’  Agents,

PENINSULAR

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D B T K O M .

MAKERS AND GRINDERS OF

Chrome  Greens  and  Yellows. 

Prussian, Chinese  and  Sol­
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Permanent Red, Ver­

milions,  W hits 

Lead,  Zinc,

AND OTH e®/ COLORS

Being  makers of DRY  COLORS, we  have 
an advantage  over the  so-called  paint manu- 
facturers, who simply grind and mix.

Specialties —White  and  Tinted  Leads, 
Coach,  Carriage  and  Buggy  Paints,  nine 
choice  colors;  Ready  Mixed  Paints;  Coach 
Colors  ground  in  Japan;  Decorative  Wall, 
Fresco, Floor, Sash, Fire-Proof, Car,  Barn and 
Domestic Paints; Wood and Iron fillers; Maple 
Leaf Permanent Green; Pure Putty, Etc.

SPECIAL PAINTS MADE TO ORDER.

Peninsular brands of Ready Mixed Paints 
are  full  weights and free from barytes, nap­
tha or any other adulterations.  Send for sam­
ple cards and prices.

Wholesale Agents,

L. D. PUTfiitM i  GO.,
To  Bbtah  Dboguists.

G r a n d   R a p i d s

Fill out toe  following  order  before  Jan. 
1,  1888,  and  mail to  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and  pro- 
pure toe  most reliable and  satisfactory sell­
ing article you ever handled:

Messrs. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., 

Please send with other goods: 

One-fourth  doz:  PeCkham’s  Universal  Croup
Remedy at $3.50 per doz.................................. 87
with the understanding that you receive back 
at cost price all  of this trial order —  may re­
turn to you during the month of May, 1888.

Name-
Address-

Mich*™  W  ^   Goodyear,  Druggist,  Hastings,
‘‘I  have  sold  Peckham’s  Universal  Croup 
Remedy since  1878.  It  is  certainly the  most 
reliable and satisfactory proprietary medicine 
T handle.”

Instructions  for  procuring  attractive  ad­
vertising  matter  will  be  sent  with  % doz. 
package.

James Vernor,
O. J. Price, 
Geo.  Gundrum, 
S. F. Frizelle, 
O. Eberbach,
Frank Inglis, 
L. G. Blakeslee,  Jacob Jesson,
Henry Cleland,  Geo.  McDonald.
Frank Wells,
T.  W. Marr, 

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:and thirteen  others.

D e t r o it ,  Nov.  16,  1887.

|  
f  In réponse to  the  above  call,  I  hereby 
-Call  a  special  meeting  of  toe  Michigan 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  the 
purpose mentioned,  to be held in toe  Cowie 
building, comer Gratiot «venae  and Farrer 
; streets, Detroit,  Wednesday,  December  7, 
1887, at 8 o’clock p. m.  A.  B a s s e t t , 
k  
President.
fPV T he Pepperm int Product of the W orld.

theOU, Paint 

Drug1 Reporter.

1 1  

The pool  or  association  of  peppermint 
, growers,  oiganized  under  a special act of 
toe Legislature of Micliigan has  just  com­
pleted the returns  on  toe  yield  of  1887. 
jfc- Nearly  the  entire  product  of  toe  world 
*PiM5ome8 from three counties  in  Michigan and 
one in New York.  The  acreage  toig year 
was extraordinarily  laige in Mibhigan,  bnt 
toe crop was largely  destroyed by toe terri- 
•  • ble  drouths,  exoept  on  wet  lands.  The 
- complete returns for  1887 show the yield of 
, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph  counties  to  be 
|B5,000  pounds;  toat  of  Wayne  county, 
Mich., 35,000 pounds;  and  tost of Wayne 
-county, N.  Y., 45,000 pounds, making a to­
tal of 148,000 pounds, which is 5,000 pounds 
ifeblow  toe-pggr^Sto  yiMd  c f  last  year, 
foreign Markets  report  light  stocks, 
export dmnand  has  iBKvessed  hearty 

»undo wtthis two years. 

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Grand Rapids Pharm aceutical Association 
The members of the Grand  Rapids Phar- 
! maceutical  Association  should  remember 
j that toe regular monthly meeting of that or­
ganization will beheld at T h e T radesman 
office on Thursday evening,  December 1.

HAVE  YOU

A Liquor and  Poison  Record,  Combined?  If 
not, send $1 to the Fuller &  Stowe  Company, 
Grand Rapids, and you  will  receive  the  best 
record published, by return mail.

- A .  M A H V U I

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the tetroduction of Neal’s Carriage Paints, <in old vehicle could  not  be  repainted  without eon-  I ionoo-Q 
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slderable outlay.  Often the cost would exceed the article painted.  Now, with  N a l’s  Carriao-e  Faint  von can  I o  ^nega 
reuatat your buggies at a trifling cost (in colors if desired^  The paint dries  perfeetly  S
durable lu ste r, rendertog v ^ i s S  en tireiy  unnecessery. 
ers, Etc., to their original brightness, use Neal’s Carriage Top Enamel Dressing. 
S 

it.  To resto re  old  C arriage  Tons  Dashes  B IM - 

, m_A  L o n g   F e lt  W a n t  S u p p lied .

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I spige?ia...........................48®*
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)............................  @
Serpentaria.

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 ^with  a  brülian“  Sml,\a x * Officinalis, H............................  @  40
M e x ............................. 
@ 2 0
P  ’  i,asnes’aünR  Scillae, (po. 35)............................... . . . . . . . .   10®
@

18ymplocarpus,  Fqetidus, po. . ’. 

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Declined—Quin opium, hromlde potash.
Aceticum .. /....... « .  £ ................ • 
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Citricum ............. 
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Oxaiicum................!!!.!."!.!"!  "d im
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Tannicura.......................................
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AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16 deg.................... 
 
i 8 deg:...............
Carbona8.... ............... 
Chloridum  
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Cubebae (po. 1 30...................  
1^600
Juniperus............................. "m........  gjg
Xanthoxylum................. ! ! ! !!!!!..;.  26(2
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Copaiba.........................................    765®
Peru.......... ............... 
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Cassiae  ............................. . 
Cinchona Flava............' "
Eaonymus  atropurp
Myrica  Cerìfera, po..............
Prunus Virginl.............
Quillaia,  grd..................
Sassfras  .............................
Ulmus.........................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12).. .!!.".'” '.!......
Glycyrrhiza Glabra...... ................... .  34®
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Haematox, 151» boxes........... 
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Carbonate Preoip....................... 
Citrate and Quinia..............................
Citrate Soluble..................................  ’
Ferrocyanidum Sol............! ! ” ' .......  
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Solut  Chloride.................... 
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Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl.85)............'!!!"! Ui®
p u re...,.  ............  
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FLORA.
Arnica................  
 
12®
Anthemis.........................................  
45®
Matricaria................................ !!!!!!!!  36®
FOLIA.
Barosma........................... 
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Cassia Acutifol, Tinnivelly.............. ’.!  20®
Salvia officinalis, Mb and  Ms..............  16®
Ura  Ursi..................;........................   8®

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

Acacia, 1st picked...............................  ®1 00
2nd 
- ®<  90
3rd 
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Sifted sorts............................  @  65
PO...........................................  75®1 00
50®  «0
“  Cape, (po. 20)...............................  @  12
“  Socotrine,  (po. 60)......................  @  50
Ammoniac  .........................................   25®  30
Assafoetida,  (po. 30)............................  @  15
Benzoinum........................... 
50®  55
 
Camphorae..........................................  26®  29
Catechu, Is,  (Ms,  14; Ms, 16)______  
1
Euphorbium, po.................
Galbanum............................
Gamboge,.po.... ..................
Guaiacum, (po. 45)..............
Kino,  (po.25)................................. 
  @  20
Mastic 
.......................................  @125
Myrrh, (po.45).............................................@  40
Opii, ipo. 6 00;...................................... 4 3C@4 40
S hellac.............................................  
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bleached..................................  25®  30
Tragacanth..........................................  30®  75

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herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium  .....................................................25
Eupatorium •........................................ 
20
25
Lobelia  ................................... 
Majorum  ...........1..............................  
28
Highly recommended by Mrs. Grover Cleve-  Month a Pinövit».................................. 
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Tanacetum,  V................................... 
22
Thymus. Y ...........................................  
25
Calcined,  P at......................................  55®  eo
Carbonate,  P at...................................   20®  22
Carbonate,  K. & M.............................   20®  25
Carbonate,  Jennings..........................   35®  36
Absinthium........................................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc—  ........................  45®  50
Amydalae, Amarae........................ ...7 SS@7 75
Anisi  ................................................... 2 00@2 20
Auranti Cortex...................................   @2 00
Bergamii............................................. 2 75@3 00
Cajiputi  ............................ 
90@1 00
  @2 00
Caryophylii......................  
Cedar................................. .................   35®  65
Chenopodii......................................... 
  @1  75
Cinnamoni!...................  
75®  «0
Citronelia  ...........................................  @  75
Conium  Mac........................................  35®  65
Copaiba...............................................   90® 1 00
Cubebae........................................... 12 00@12 50
Exechthitos.........................................   go@i 00
Erigeron...................................  
l 20@1 30
Gaultheria.................. 
2 25@2 35
@  75
Geranium, 5 ..,.......... 
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 25@3 3J
MentbaVerid..............................................3 75@4 
Morrhuae,  gal.....................................  80®1 00
Myrcia,  5.................. 
@  50
Olive.................. 
l 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)......................     10®  12
1 16® 1 30
Ricini......................................... 
Rosmarini...... ...............  
75@1 00
Rosae,  ?.................. 
  @8 00
 
40®45
Succini  ................................................ 
Sabina........................................ 
  90@L ®
Santal 
.3 50@t 00 
Sassafras...  . 
52®  55 
Sinapis, ess, I
J  Tiglii............
®  65 
®1 50 
I Thyme.........
40®  50 
opt....
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I Theobromas..
13®  ifc
Bichromate.................. 
42®  45
B rom ide................... 
Chlorate, (Po. 20)..................................  18®  20
Iodide...................................................3 00@3 25
Prussiate.............................................  25®  28

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Agents for  GRAND  RAPIDS.
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We pay the highest price for it.  Address 
Peck Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.  Aithae.............................*.................  25®
itoa,
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Anchusa.............................................     15®
Arum,  po................................ 
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Calamus............... 
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Gentiana,  (po. 15)................................  
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Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15)............................  16®
Hydrastis Cauaden,  (po. 45)................  ®
Hellebore,  Alba,  po............................  15®
Inula, po..............................................   J6®
Ipecac, po.........................*.................. 1 75@2
Jalapa, p r...... ......................................  25®
Maranta,  Ms........................ 
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Podophyllum, po................................   15®
tthei  ............ .................... .................  75<SI
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SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20).
Apium  (graveolens)............
Bird,Is.................................
Carni,  (po. 18).............
Cardamom............   .........
Coriandrum__ -.................. .......... 7  10,
Cannabis  Sativa.......................... ¿Mi
I Cydonium. 
I Chenopodium  ...
Dipterix Odorate 
I Foeniculum..... .
! Foenugreek, po..
! Lini.....................
Lini, ginl, (bbl, 3).
Phalaris Canariai
Rapa ..................... 
I Sinapis,  Albu......;............ 

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SS 28 
32
3M® 3M
3®  4
55®  60 
4®  5

20

^ th e r, Spts. Nitros. i F. 
AJumen ... ;..............  ] * ’** * *
Alumen, ground! (pò! Vj! 
........
Annatto  .............. . 
......
Antimòni,  pò:....!!!  ...............
Antimoni et Potàss  T a r t.........
Argenti Nitras,  5........
Arsenieum....... . 
..........."
BalmGilead  Bùd!!
Bismuth  s.~nT“7! !!!!!!!!...... ............2
C Ä m . Chlor,  Is, (Ms, II;  Ms,'12)!!! 
Canthandes  Russian,p o ...
Capsici  Fruotus, a f...... 
........
Capsici Fructns, po............................
Capsici Fruotns, B, po........................
Caryophyllus,  (po. 35). 
....................
Carmine. No. 40. 
............
.......................
Cera Alba, S. & F 
Cera Flava........  ................................
Coccus .............. . . . . . . . . . ....................
CassiaFructus....  .............................
Centraria............................................
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Cetaceum......... ! ü ü ...........................
Chloroform...  ........... 
w »
Chloroform,  Squ'ibbs!.'.!'.!” ! " !......  @1

 

 

Crrsl................ ;s

OinchoTticiiii:, ,V 
Cinchonidine,  German........ 
Corks, see list, discount, per cent!  "' 
Creasotum__
^ e ta , (bbl. 75)_!!!!!!!........................
C reta,precip......Ü ! :: " ..................... 
 
CretaRubra*........ 
Crocus.................................................

 

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Ether Suiph.........................................
Emery, all numbers..'.!!!...................  ®
Emery, po............................ 
 
f

 

Galla...................................................
Gambier............... ..............................
Gelatin, Coopor... 
.........................
Gelatin, French........!!!.” !..................  4^
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box'.' '66&iÖf'lessT
vriue, iirown..............
Glue, White.................!.......................  vaf
.................
Glycerina.............. 
Grana  Paradisi......... !..................
................   »¿a
H um ulus................... 
HydrargChlor.Mite ...!!!."."  ' ..........  @
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.............. 
........  @
......   @
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum........ 
Hydrarg Ammoniati..........................   @1
@
Hydrarg Unguentum.............. 
’ 
Hydrargyrum..............................     "* 
^
Tndi»nOCOlla’ Am............ !!!!!!!!!!!! !i 25®i 50
Iodoform........................................ 
<315 15
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod!!!!!..!!  ®  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis...............  
10®  12
Lupuline  .......................... 
*  ceini  nn
ter*".” :;: ::........
S a f f i g 1* ® --" ::" -:  3 ,£
" S Ä  I 'N .'f X  » ä s .......... i
 ö S  8
...............d
Moschus Canton  ...... 
Myristica, No. 1............!.” !................
g " xsJt9“ ica,(p°.20)................!!!!!!!! 
^  le
us.  sepia..................................... 
2d
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co......... ! .!”   @200
H  «'alls» doz..........!!  @2 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts................. 
@1 in
PicisLiq., pints.......................  .........  
f 1 40
I S  Hydrarg, (po. 80)...................? 
@
Piper Nigra,  (po.22) ;.......... 
@
Piper Alba, (po. 35).................. ü.'!Ü!  @
Pix Burgun.............  
^
Plumbi Acet................  " ” !..............
............  
Potassa, Bitart, pure.... 
a
Potassa.  Bitart, com.......,'!  ............
Potass  Nitras, opt.........  
..............
Potass Nitras...... ...........’!.";............. 
Pulvis Ipecac et opii................  ••••_•
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D.Co.,doz.  @1 25

fta

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Quinia, s,p.*& w ...... ü!!!!!!!!!
Quinia, 8, German.........  
 
........*..........
Rubia Tinctorum 
Saccharum Lactis, pv.. .................... 
Salacin............ . . 
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Lard, extra.

sapo, w ........ ......................................
^
Sapo, G............................. ;.! ! '............ 
Seidlitz  Mixture...... 
f   15
¡Mr
Sinapis................... 
...................... 
Sinapis, opt._____ .!“ ............*........  
f
a
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do. Yoes!. ” .........  
a
........ 
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes.  . 
Soda Boras, (po  11)........... 
..............in
Soda etPotoss Tart........... 
33®
 
Soda, Bi-Carb............... ."!!.""".........  4a
Soda, Ash................ ÜÜ!....................  SSi;
Soda  Sulphas.......... .!!!!!!!...............  
ef!
Spts. Myrcia Dorn........... 
...............  
(fo II
Spts. Vini Beet, (bbl. 2 08)...... .!!!!!"  @^§5
Strychnia, Crystal................. 
S
Sulphur, Subl................... 
sulphur,  roh......!.! ..!.;;................
Tamarinds................. 
gl»  °in
Terebenth  V enice..;.!;!!!.';;;;;;;;;;;  28®  30
Theobromae.
65
¿ nfvgvig n»i
Vanilla  ......................... 
zinc!  suiph.............;;;;;;;;;;;........ Uü®16 00
7®  8
Gal
75
61
50
50
53
60
46
Lb
2® 3 
2® 3 
2® 3 
2M® 3 
2M@ 3 
13@16 
55@58 
16@17

Red Venetian..........................
lv
Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda.........   IV
Putty, commercial.................  2M
Putty, strictly pure.................  2M
Vermilion,prime American..
Vermilion, English...............
Green, Peninsular.........!.!...
Lead, red strictly pure..
Lead, white, strictly pure......
Whiting, white Spanish.........
Whiting,  Gilders ....................
White, Paris American.......
110 
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
1 49 
Pioneef Prepared  Paints......
120®I 40 
Swiss Villa Prepared Paints..
1 00@1 201
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VARNISHES.
N o.lTurp Coach.............._______ 
i ji
.1 10@1 201
Extra  Turp............................. ■ 
i  60®1 70
.1 60@1
Coach Body................................"..  "2 75®3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture.......... . . . . . . . . . 
10
Extra Turk Damar. 
........................ 1  55®! 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 T urp...................  70®  75

Neat’s Foot, winter strained...........
Spirits Turpentine..................! ! ! ! "

Bbl
70
60
45
47
50
50
41

PAINTS

fly

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Have now in Stock and Invite 

Your Order for the

HOLIDAY  TRADE

An Elegant Line of

P E R F U M E S

Put up in the following styles:

Match Safes fixe styles 
Christmas  Cards  ten  styles 
Fancy  Pliish  Boxes 
Hand Lamps two  sixes 
Nifllit  Lamps 
Embossed  Boxes 
liases  foifr  styles 
sixes
Bisyile  Figures 
Watches 
TUmblere 
Pitchers

Also a  Line of

Sachet  Bags

In  Silk  and  Satin.

All  These  Goods  are  Low io 

Price  and  are xery 

j

Desirable. 
Hazeltine

. «a

& Perkins 
Drug Co,

F J L I H S T T .

We have a full stock of this well-known 

brand of

M X Z B S   F A X X T T
and having sold it for over SIX YEARS can 

recommend it to our  customers as  be­

ing a First Class article.  We sell it

O n  th e   M a n u fa c tu re rs’  G u a ra n te e :

.  When twoor more coat» of our P IO N E E R  P R E ­
P A R E D  P A IN T   1» applied M re iv e d  to oriSSri 
parages, and «w ithin  three years it ahould  crack or 
peel off. thus failing to  give  satisfaction, we  agree to 
regaint the  building  at  our  expense,  with  the best 
White Lead or  such other paint as the  owner may se­
lect.  In  case  of  complaint,  prompt  notice  must  be 
given to the dealer.

X. M .  N E V JJf *  c o ^

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

W rite fo r prices and Sample Card  to

Wholesale  Agents,  Grand  Rapids, 

f T*y FO U SH IN A , best Furniture Flat?

■ M M

T.AYTNG  SIDEWALK—ILLEGALITY.

r, 
A municipal nrdiniuv*^ compelling owners 
of abutting property to lay  sidewalks  on  a 
small part of a street is not general and im­
partial, and is  therefore  void,  according to 
the decision of the Supreme Court of  Flori-

Manufacturers of tile following well-known Brands

S t Ó  À  Jr"*

G S-reind  P ta /p id s ,  AÆioIn.. 
134 to  142 East Fnltoi St.

^

■ N n M N
I  Oswego,N.Y. H

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN ST ARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

T H E   P E R F E C T I O N   O F   Q U A L I T Y .

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME 1

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

MERCHANTS' STATIONERY
Fine Mercantile Printing

Having  Made  a  Specialty  of

W e  are  able  to  offer  the  Merchants  of  Michigan the 
best goods in that line at the  Lowest  Prices  compati­
ble w ith PINE  WORK.  W e quote:

$7.50

GOOD  STOCK

EXTRA  STOCK

Business Cards 
Note Heads 
Envelopes 
Bill Heads 
Statements
Anything in the Line o f Commercial Printing execut­
ed promptly and at Reasonable Prices.
Remember  that  a  merchant’s  business  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.

$9.00

FULLER 

lSTOWE COMPANY.

Grand. R ap id s.

Wholesale Hardware

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

QUEEN  ANNE, 
MICHIGAN, 

TRUE  BLUE, 

CZAR, 

MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN,
SUPERIOR,

ROYAL  BAR,

MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

PHCENIX,

WABASH, 

AND  OTHERS.

For Quotations address

W. G. HAWKINS,

Lock  Box  173, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Salesman  for  "W estem   Michigan.

WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR

Provision Department

W e  Carry  a  Large  Stock  of all  kinds  of 

Dry and Salt Meats and

BUTTERINE.

We buy of First  Hands  and  W ill Not Be 

Undersold by anybody.

Body, Ball Barnhart Ä Bo.
GLADSTONE

MICHIGAN.

To the Tr>«.n seeking a business location or contemplating a 
change, the lumberman, the manufacturer,  we  invite  your at­
tention to the  opportunities,  prospects  and  present  situation 
of this

NEW  TOWN

W ith magnificent harbor facilities (to the great harbors belong 
the great cities), backed by many square  m iles of W hite  Pine 
and Hardwood forests  untouched  by  the  woodsman’s axe, af­
fording the  m ost practicable facilities for the establishm ent of 
woodworking industries.  To these, whether  great or Small,

FREE  SITES

, 

FIRM DEBT.

V f  
Ip  the recently decided case  of  Richards 
vs. Allen the Supreme  Court of Pennsylva­
nia held that a sale of firm goods  under an 
execution  against  the  partners  for a firm 
debt carried a valid title  to  the  purchaser, 
although they  had  been  previously sold to 
another upon executions against the partners 
Individually.

INSURANCE  POLICY—TERMINATION.

■ Where a policy of insurance provides that 
the  insurance  may  be  terminated  at  any 
time at the option of the company,  “on giv­
ing notice to that effect,”  a  notice  by  the 
cpmpahy to Its agent to cancel  the policy is 
not sufficient to effect a cancellation, accord­
ing to the decision  of the  Kentucky  Court 
of appeals in the case  of  London  &  Lan­
cashire Fire Insurance Company  vs.  Turn- 
bull et al.  The  court  said  that the notice 
provided for is notice to the insured.
LIABILITY  OF  SLEEPING-CAR  COMPANIES.
A. passenger who  had  purchased a ticket 
entitling him to ride in  a  sleeping-car from 
Marshall to Dallas, entered  the car at Mar­
sha Ik taking with him his valise, containing 
articles necessary to a traveler, and deposit­
ed the valise on the  floor  of  the  smoking- 
zoom, a fact which  was  known to the por­
ter.  At Terrell the  train  was  delayed on 
account of a wreck.  The  passenger  went 
to the telegraph office to ascertain how long 
the train would be delayed.  He was gone a 
short time and when he came back  his  va­
lise was gone.  He brought suit against the 
sleeping-car company for the recovery of the 
value of the valise and  its  contents, and a 
judgment in his favor was  sustained by the 
Supreme Court of  Texas  (Pullman  Palace 
Car Company vs. Pollock).  The court held 
that “while a sleeping-car company  is  not 
liable as a common carrier or an innkeeper, 
yet it is its clear duty to use reasonable care 
to guard the passenger» from  theft,  and  if 
through the want of such care the  personal 
effects  of  a  passenger,  snch  as  he might 
zeasonably carry with  him,  are  stolen,  the 
company is liable therefor.”

HOMESTEAD—EXEMPTION.

HELD  CONSTITUTIONAL.

According to a recent decision  of the Su- 
preme Court of  Alabama,  absolute  owner­
ship or an estate in fee is not  essential to a 
valid exemption of real  property  from  the 
payment of debts.  The court  said that un­
der the  constitution  of  Alabama  “there is 
no limitation to any particular estate, either 
as to donation,  quantity  or  extent. 
It  is 
the land on which the dwelling  place of the 
family is located,  used  and  occupied as a 
home,  which the constitution  and  statutes 
protect, however inferior may be the title or 
limited the estate or  interest;  not  because 
there is an estate or interest in the land, but 
because it  is the  homestead,  the  dwelling 
place and its appurtenances.
PENNSYLVANIA  OLEOMARGARINE  LAW 
The Supremo Court  of Pennsylvania has 
reaffirmed the  constitutionality of the oleo­
margarine  law  in  the  case of Walker vs. 
The  Commonwealth,  thus  sustaining  the 
position  taken  by  it  in the case of Powell 
vs. The Commonwealth,  decided in January 
last.  The court said,  in  giving  judgment: 
•*We were of opinion in the case  of  Powell 
vs. Commonwealth,  as we are now, that the 
legislature has  the  power  to  prohibit  the 
manufacture and  sale  of  an  article  detri­
mental to the public health.  Whether oleo­
margarine was such  an  article was a ques­
tion of fact, and one which had  been deter­
mined  by the legislature.  We are bound to 
presume  that  was done upon sufficient evi­
dence.  The question now presented by the 
defendants was  not  directly  made  in  the 
court  below  upon  the  trial  of Powell vs. 
The Commonwealth, and  was  not  pressed 
upon our  attention.  We  affirm  this  case 
pro forma, in order that* both  cases may go 
to the United States Supreme Court togeth-

Some Telegraph  History.

from  the Electrical Review.
The history of some  of  the  additions  of 
water to Western  Union  Telegraph  Com­
pany stock reads like the  wildest  romance 
of speculation. 
In 1860, for example,  Con­
gress offered a bonus of §40,000 a  year  for 
ten years to any parties who  would  under­
take the  construction  of  a  telegraph  line 
from the  Mississippi  River  to  the  Pacific 
ro ast  Certain  directors  of  the  Western 
Union Company accepted this offer, and 1,- 
100  miles  of  wire  were  strung  between 
Brownsville,  Neb.,  and  Salt  Lake  City, 
where connection was made with  an exist­
ing line to San Francisco.  The cost of this 
L100 miles of telegraph line  was  §147,000, 
or §134 a mile, and large profits  were made 
by the contractors  at  this  figure.  Subse­
quently,  §1,000,000  in  stock  of the Pacific 
Telegraph Company was  issued  on this ex- 
penditure, and when that  company was ab­
sorbed by the Western Union  §2,000,000 of 
stock of toe  latter company  was  issued in 
payment for the  Pacific  Telegraph  stock. 
Soon  afterward  the stock  of the Western 
Union  was  trebled,  and  thus by a simple 
process of manipulation an original expend- 
itiireo f§147,000—of  itself  an  exorbitant' 
outlay—was swollen until it came to  repre­
sent §6,000,000 of Western  Union stock, to 
pay dividends upon which  toe  business  of 
toe  country < has  been taxed  for nearly a 
quarter of a  century.  More  than  this, the 
property thus represented  had,  within  ten 
pears, been nearly  thrice  paid for  by  the 
government bonus of §40,000 a year.

‘There ought always to be a clear under­
standing betwefen contemplated  partners as 
to toe various details of toe business which 
$ each is best fitted to take care of,”  remarks 
an old merchant.  “It is sometimes  found, 
after a partnership is made and  toe  actual 
work of business is commenced,  that  this 
Isms not received sufficient attention.  Each 
partner has thought over the matter, and as­
signed that duty to toe other,  this  to  him- 
Self, all through the work; .b u t. it  is  found 
When the trial oomes  that  there  are  many 
things to be attended to which neither wants 
to do, nor can do well. 
If this subject were 
freely canvassed beforehand and  no undue 
to   either partner to 
tike felt himself  unequal to 
! toe business Were fairly djl 
[ between  the  partners,  according  to 
s, many of the difficulties 
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i t   g iv e n  

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NO.  1438.

NO.  567.

Assorted Package, No. 65-1.

Library Lamps,  Trimmed  Complete,  as described  be­

low.

Assorted Package, No. 65-2.
Library Lamps,  Trimmed  Complete  as  descriqed  be­

low.

1  No. 567 E. B. complete with 14-inch White  Cone 
Shade, No. 2 Sun Burner  and  Chimney  and 
Smoke Bell, 

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eaeh $1 50

1  No. 567 Ebony and Gold Finish, Trimmed  same

as above, 

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each $1  65

No. 4504 Rich Gold Finish, complete with 14 inch 
White  Cone  Shade,  Unique  Burner  and 
Chimney, 

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1  No. 1438 (see cut) complete as shown,
1  No.  1467  Patent  Spring  Extension,  complete 
with White Dome Shade, 30  prisms,  Unique 
Burner ahd Chimney, 

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each $4 50

No.  1478  Patent  Spring  Extension,  complete 
with 14-inch White Dome  Shade,  36  prisms, 
Unique Burner-and Chimney, 

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Package, 

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eaeh, 85 25
50
$18  80

We will furnish Shades  Decorated  with  Flowers 
on above assortment for the small  advance 
of 

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each $2 25
each $3 15

8120
$19 00

No. 567 F. B. (see  cut),  Complete  with  14-inch 
White  Cone  Shade,  No.  2  Sun Burner and 
Chimney, 

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each $1  50

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1  No. 1474 Rich Gold Finish, Complete with 14-in., 
White Cone Shade,Unique Burner and Chim­
ney, 

each Al  65
1  No. 1438 (see cut),tr’m’d complete as shown,ea. $3 15
1  No.  1462  Patent  Spring  Extension,  Complete 
with White Dome Shade, 16 prisms,  Sun Du­
plex Burner and Chimney, 

each $4 50

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1  No. 1467, Patent Spring Extension, 14-inch white 
Dome Shade, Unique Burner  and  Chimney,
30 Prisms, 

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each $4 50

1  No.  1485,  Patent  Spring  Extension,  Complete 
with White  Dome  Shade,  Unique  Burner 
and Chimney, 36 prisms, 

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- 

Package, 

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With Decorated Shades on above only,

eaeh $5 75
50
$21 55
$1  30 
$22  85

58 Michigan Ave., Chicago,

BELL,  CONRAD  & CO.,
GentUru  Sdìgb  Mills,
TEES, 60FFEES18PIBE8.

PROPRIETORS  OF

IMPORTERS  OF

OWNERS OF THE  FOLLOWING  CELEBRATED BRANDS:

JAPAN  TEA—“Red Dragon”  Chop. 
COFFEE—O. G. Plantation Java,

Imperial, Javoka, Banner, Mexican.
Tit Best He a  Eaift  Ve Sell Commicati««.

W. R. KEASEY, Traveling Representative.

F.  J.  LAMB  <&  CO.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

Fbuits  and  Vegetables,

Butter,  Eggs,  Cheese,  Etc.,

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  GIVEN  TO  FILLING  0RDEBS.

DO  YOU WANT  jBL

If bo, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

8  ai  10 loia 

M [ GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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.

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

W e Solicit Orders or Inquiries for anything wanted 

in the line of Hardware.
FOSTER STEVENS i 60.,

10 and 12 Monroe street, and 33, 35, 3 7 ,3 9  and 41 Louis street,

Grand Rapids,

Mich

$ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0

In Docks, W arehouses,  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 m ost flattering.,

For  further  particulars,  opportunities  fo r  business, maps 

and plats, address

