Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY 

1888.

NO. 228.

W A N T E D ;

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

Earl Bros.,  C om ism  Merchants,

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

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ASK  FOR

ÄRDENYER

fiUSTMD

BIST  IN THE  WORLD.

POTATOES.

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

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater S t, CHICAGO. 
Reference

Felsenthal. Gross & Miller. Bankers, 

Chicago.
H E X T E R   &  F R IE D M A N ,

M a n u fa ctu rers  o f

BU TTER .U X TE.

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CHICAGO, 

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. ILL.

We have  taken great 
care  in the selection of 
our seeds  this  season, 
and are pleased to offer 
you  a  fine  and  com­
plete stoek of  garden seeds.  We also carry a full line 
of garden implements.  Send for catalogue and whole­
sale price list.  To the trade only.

Alfred J. Brown, Seedsman.

16 and 18 No. Division St.,  Grand Rapids.

EATON Ä LYON,

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

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20 and 22  donroe St» Grand Rapids, Mick

A FULL LINE OF

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AT  JOBBING PRICES.

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C.  AINSWORTH,

76 So. Division Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

Telephone 807.

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

WolYerine Ckair Faetiry,

W est Bad Pearl St. Bridge

VALUABLE  BONES.

Written Especially for Th e  Tradesman.

Upon  a  fine  May  morning  in  the  year 
1784,  a French vessel lay  at  anchor  in the 
harbor of New York.  She was about to sail 
for Havre, the passengers  .were  on  board 
and  the  sailors  at  their  several  stations 
awaiting  the word of  command.  The cap­
tain,  a small,  shrewd-looking man, with the 
voice and manner of a naval  officer, which, 
indeed,  he had formerly  been,  was  brave 
and experienced,  and  although  spmewhat 
wild and daring, he was  a  good  fellow at 
heart,  but now and then violent  and  head­
strong to a fault—in short,  Captain  Pierrot 
was the terror of his men.

He  was  walking  the  deck  with  rapid 
strides  and  exhibiting  the  greatest  impa­
tience,  now stopping to observe  the  direc­
tion of the wind, and  casting  a  glance  at 
the shore,  then resuming  his  walk  with a 
preliminary stamp  of  disappointment  and 
vexation;  no one,  in the  meanwhile, daring 
to ask why he delayed getting underway.

At length a procession  is  seen approach­
ing the wharf and all eyes  are  directed to­
wards the shore.  At the head  of  the  pro­
cession a hearse is  driven.  From  this,  as 
they  reach  the  landing,  is taken a coffin 
prepared for shipment and, what is singular, 
the coffin is  carried  with  difficulty by six 
stout men.  A large crowd of  sight-seers is 
congregated to witness the embarkation, for 
it contains the remains of a  noted  member 
of a firm of importers having a branch house 
in France—Pierre  Barras  by name—a man 
reverenced by all for his piety  and  benevo­
lence.  He  had  expressed  a  desire to be 
buried in his native land,  and  his  wishes 
were thus being respected.

After a little delay the coffin  was  carried 
on board, closely followed by the brother of 
the deceased merchant.

“You  are  very  late,  M.  Barras,”  said 
Captain Pierrot,  “and you know  wind  and 
tide wait for no man. 
I ought to have been 
far on my way before this hour.”

“We  could  not  get  ready  sooner,” M. 
Barras replied,  “but fear  not,  God will re­
ward you for the delay and  these  precious 
remains will speed you on  your  voyage. 
I 
hope you have made your  own  private cab­
in, as you promised, ready foe  their  recep­
tion?” 

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“Yes, certainly I have.”
“You must not for a moment  lose  sight 

of the coffin.”

“Best easy on that  point,  M.  Barras;  I 
shall watch over it as if it  were  my  own. 
Hello there forward!  bear a  hand  aft,” the 
captain cried.

Four sailors placed themselves at the cor­
ners of the coffin,  but  they  could  hardly 
raise it from the deck;  two more were  call­
ed,  and the six,  bending under  its  weight, 
succeeded in carrying it down  into the cab­
in, followed by the Captain  and M. Barras.
When the coffin was  properly  bestowed, 
M.  Barras  addressed  the  Captain  in  the 
most earnest and solemn manner.

“I hope you will be found  worthy of the 
great confidence and  trust  I  now repose in 
you.  These precious remains  should occu­
py your thoughts every  moment,  and  you 
will  sacredly  and  faithfully account to me 
for  their  safety—the  smallest  negligence 
will  cost  you  dear.  On  your  arrival  at 
Havre, you will deliver the  coffin  to  none 
other than M. Berthier, our partner, and not 
to him,  even,  unless he shall first  place  in 
your  hands a letter  from me—you  under­
stand my instructions?  Now I will  go and 
may god speed you on your way.”

M. Barras then, came upon deck and from 
thence  to  the  shore.  The  anchor  was 
weighed and the  vessel  moved  slowly  on 
her destined voyage.

When fairly at sea, the wind was  favora­
ble, and all went well.  The  second  even­
ing out,  Captain  Pierrot  was alone in his 
private cabin and in a  contemplative mood, 
when the light of the  lamp  fell  across the 
coffin, as the vessel  rocked  from  side  to 
side,  attracting his attention  and led him to 
think about  the  singularity  of  its  great 
weight.

“It  is  very  strange,”  mused  he,  “six 
stout fellows to carry a man’s dry  bones!— 
it can’t be possible.  But what does the cof­
fin «Mntain if not the corpse?  His  brother 
was very particular. 
I should really like to 
know what there is in the coffin. 
It took a 
good half-dozen  strong  men to carry it on 
shore,  and then as many  sailors on the ves­
sel.  What can there be in the coffin?  Why, 
after all, I can know,  If  I  please. 
I have 
but to take out a few screws, it can be-done 
without the slightest noise  and I am alone, 
while the cabin door is easily fastened.”

Suiting  the  action  to  his soliloquy, he 
bolted the door of the cabin,  took  from his 
chest a screw-driver, and, after a  moment’s 
indecision,  began cautiously to  loosen  one 
of the screws in the lid  of  the  coffin,  his 
hands all the while trembling violently.

“If  I   am  committing  a heinous sin,” he 
pondered,  “what if the corpse  should  start 
np and in some  appalling  manner  punish 
my sacrilegious  meddling  with his bones?”
A cold sweat overspread  his'bronzed  vis­
age, and he stood still a moment, hesitating 
as to whether he should go on.  But carios­
ity conquered, and h e . rallied  his  energies 
wifh  the  reflection  that  if he opened the 
coffin it was only to find out what  made the 

corpse so heavy;  there  could be no impiety 
in that—quite the contrary.  His conscience 
was by this time somewhat fortified,  his su­
perstitious  fears  gradually  grew  fainter, 
and keeping his eyes steadily fixed upon the 
lid of the coffin—to be sure the  corpse  did 
not stir—he slowly and silently took out the 
first screw.  He then stopped  short;  its oc­
cupant showed no signs of anger.

“I knew it,” said Pierrot,  going to work 
more boldly  upon  the  second  screw.  “I 
knew there was nothing sinful  in  opening 
the coffin, for the sin lies in the  intention.”
All the screws were  soon drawn out,  and 
to gratify his  curiosity  it only remained to 
raise the  lid,  and here  his  heart beat  vio­
lently—but  courage—Pierrot  did  raise the 
lid,  and he  saw—no  corpse,  but  hay—the 
hay is  carefully  removed—then  strips  of 
linen—they are removed—then  hay  again 
—but  no  corpse,  nothing  like  it—but  a 
wooden box!

“Well, that is odd,” thought the  captain, 
“and what can there be in it? 
I must open 
the box, but how?  There is  no key;  what 
is to be done?  Shall I  force  the  lock,  or 
break  the  cover  of  the  box?  Either  at­
tempt would  make a  noise,  which the pas­
sengers or sailors might hear,  but what is to 
be done?  Good  Saint  Peter,  take pity on 
me and direct me  how  to  open  the  box,” 
whispered Pierrot,  and  there was,  perhaps, 
a little irony in the  supplication.

In feeling among the hay surrounding the 
box,  the  Captain  found a key at one of its 
corners, fastened by a small chain.

“Ah, ha!  I have it at last!” Pierrot cried, 
“the key!” and quickly  putting  it into the 
keyhole, he opened  the  box—and he saw— 
what?  Leathern  bags filled to the top, ac­
cording to the tickets attached to each, with 
gold specie  closely ranged in shining heaps 
—all in the most perfect order.  “But what 
is this?  A  letter? 
I  must  read  it,”  ex­
claimed  the  excited  Captain—“by  your 
leave, gentle wax,” and he  tore  the  letter 
open. 
M. Barras & Brother to M. Berthier, Havre:

It began thus:

As agreed between us,  we  send you fifty 
thousand pounds, in the  name  and  under 
the  semblance  of  the  corpse  of  M. Paul 
Barras,  whom we are  supposed  to be send­
ing to France.  The annexed  memorandum 
will show the goods to  be  purchased  and 
shipped to us,  together  with  any you may 
think  desirable.  You  will  pardon,  I   am 
sure,  this innocent  artifice  on our part, M. 
Berthier,  as it will prove a safeguard to the 
treasure* and avoid awakening  the  avarice 
of the person to whom we are obliged to in­
trust it. 

M.  Barbas & Brother.

“Fifty  thousand  pounds!  There  are, 
ten,  fifty  thousand  pounds!”  exclaimed 
Pierrot, in amazement,  as he  realized  that 
this immense sum lay  in  gold  before  his 
eyes.  “Oh, you crafty M. Barras.  A hun­
dred to one your trick was  not  discovered, 
for who but a Frenchman  could  have  de­
vised it, and who could  guess  that the cof­
fin contained money?  And so these bags of 
gold are your  remains,  M.  Barras,  and I, 
too, old sea shark as I am, to be humbugged 
like a land lubber by  your  procession  and 
your mummery—but I am deceived no  lon­
ger,  my eyes are opened;  and by my patron 
saint, trick for trick,  my dear friend—bones 
you shall have,  and burn me  for  a  heretic, 
if you get anything better than  bones!” and 
he began to untie  and  examine  the  con­
tents of the money-bags.  “Let me  consid­
er,” said he;  “I  want  some  bones,  and 
where the deuce shall 1 get them?”

He was on his knees, his  body bent  over 
the box with his hands in  the  open  bags. 
His  agitated  countenance  expressed  with 
energy the mingled  emotions  of  desire to 
keep the rich booty all  to  himself,  and of 
fear  that  in  some  mysterious  manner it 
might elude his grasp—but he must have it.
“A lucky thought strikes  me,”  said  he; 
“what a fool I am to give myself  any trou­
ble about it.  What does  my  bill of lading 
say? 
‘Received  from  M.  Barras  a  coffin 
containing  remains  said  to be those of M 
Paul Barras.’  A  coffin  containing  bones, 
said to be those of—very  good,  and  have I 
seen the body said to be delivered to me and 
said to be that  of  M.  Paul  Barras?  Cer­
tainly not,  and the coffin might contain any­
thing—anything  else—what  you  please— 
how should I know? 
‘Said to be  the body, 
etc., etc.’”

In short, Captain Pierrot began noiseless­
ly and methodically to empty  the box of its 
bags of gold,  taking care to  stow the treas­
ure away in a chest to which  he  alone had 
access.  He then filled the  box  with what­
ever was at hand—bits  of  rusty  iron, lead, 
stones,  shells, old junk, hay  etc., substitut­
ing, as nearly as  possible,  pound for pound 
in weight if not  in  value,  conscientiously 
adding some bones which  were far removed 
from the human species, and a t last so care­
fully screwing down the lid  that M. Barras 
himself, had he been on  board,  could  not 
have discovered  that  the  coffin  had  been 
touched.

In the course of time the vessel arrived at 
the port of  Havre.  The  quarantine,  for 
some unexplained reason, was much shorter 
than usual and had hardly  expired,  when a 
fine-looking gentleman was the first  person 
who called on the Captain,  only a few  min­
utes after he had  taken  possession  of his 
lodgings on shore.

“1  would  like  to  speak  with  Captain 

Pierrot,” said the gentleman, gravely.

“I am he,” the  Captain  replied,  some­
what disconcerted at the abruptness  of  the 
inquiry.  Quickly  recovering  his  presence 
of mind, however, he added, calmly,  “You 
have probably come, sir,  to  take  charge of 
the remains intrusted to me by  M,  Barras, 
of New York?”

Tbe gentleman bowed his bead  in  token 

of assent.

“And I have  the  honor  of  addressing 

Monsieur Berthier?”

“You have,” was the reply. 
“You are,  no doubt, the bearer of a letter 

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for me, Monsieur  Berthier?”

“Here it is,” said M.  Berthier,  handing 

Captain Pierrot a letter.

“I beg a thousand pardons, sir,” the Cap­
tain said,  “but I  hope you will not take  of­
fense at these necessary precautions?”

“On  the  contrary,  they  speak  in  your 

favor.”

“I see it is all right,”  said  the  Captain, 
“and I will go myself and order  the  coffin 
brought on shore.”

The Captain immediately  went on board, 
M.  Berthier  placing  himself  at  an  open 
window whence he  Could  overlook the ves­
sel and watch every  movement.  The  cof­
fin was brought on shore by  eight  sailors, 
who, bending under its  weight,  slowly ap­
proached the Captain’s quarters.

“How heavy it is—how very heavy,” said 
M. Berthier,  rubbing his  hands  in  exulta­
tion.

Captain Pierrot had, of course, accompan­
ied the coffin from  the vessel,  and now that 
he was about to deliver it into M. Berthier’s 
keeping,  he said to him,  in  a  solemn  and 
impressive manner:

“ 1 place in your hands, sir,  the  remains 

intrusted to my care.”

“I receive them with a sad joy.”
“The responsibility was great.”
“It will henceforth be mine.”
“It was a precious treasure.”
“Very precious.”
“I have watched over it with great care.” 
“Heaven will reward you.”
“I hope so.”
“I am sure of it.  1 must  now  bid  you 

adieu.”

“You  have  forgotten,  sir, to give me a 

receipt;  but if—”

“ You are right,” said the gentleman.  “It 
had escaped me.”  And he  seated  himself 
at a table on which  lay  writing  materials, 
first sending a servant for a carriage.

The receipt spoke of the care  of  Captain 
Pierrot in the  most  flattering  terms;  and, 
while the Captain was reading it, 
the  car­
riage came and the coffin  was  soon  placed 
therein.

“I go immediately to Paris.  Once  more, 
adieu,” said M. Berthier.  “Believe me,  we 
shall never forget your kindness.”

With these words,  M.  Berthier  stepped 
into the carriage and,  with the  coffin at his 
side,  started for Paris.  When  fairly out of 
sight  and  hearing,  M.  Berthier  laughed 
aloud.  “The Captain,  poor  fool,  suspects 
notning.”

And Pierrot, he, too,  would have laughed 
if he had dared;  indeed,  he could with diffi­
culty restrain himself in the presence of his 
crew.  “The  crafty  old  fox!” he thought, 
exultingly.  “He has got thecoffin—ha, ha! 
—and he suspects nothing!”

A day or two  after  the  delivery  of  the 

coffin,  Captain Pierrot sailed for Mexico.

After an interval  of  ten  years,  during 
which prosperity had constantly  waited up­
on Pierrot,  he became weary of  the  roving 
life he led.  Worth a million  and  a bache­
lor,  he wisely resolved to give  the  remain­
der of his days to enjoyment.

Monte Carlo was  selected  for  his  resi­
dence,  where a magnificent mansion, exten­
sive grounds,  a  well-furnished  cellar,  good 
cooks, chosen  friends  and  everything his 
fancy  dictated,  enabled  him  to  pass his 
days and nights joyously.  He was, indeed, 
happy.

One night he was at table,  surrounded by 
his friends of both  sexes.  The  cook  had 
done his duty; there were  fruits  from  the 
tropics,  there were wines in abundance and 
with songs and laughter the  very  windows 
rattled,  when Pierrot, half seas over,  asked 
a moment’s silence.

“ 1 say,  my friends, I  have  something to 
tell you better than all your singing.  I  must 
tell you a story that  wjll  make  you  split 
your sides—a real good one, about  a trick I 
played on some merchants  in  the  United 
States.  You know,  I was  lying in the har­
bor in New York and—”

Suddenly the door was opened  with  vio­
lence and a gentleman entered,  followed by 
a number of gens cVarmes.

Speaking to Captain Pierrot,  M.  Barras, 
the leader,  said:  “You  are  my  prisoner, 
sir.  You will go with me to the  prefect of 
police, in Paris,  and before him answer  for 
the theft of fifty thousand pounds! ”

The guests were stupefied with  fear,  and 
Pierrot, now completely  soDered,  stared at 
M. Barras.  ,

“Do you recollect me,  Captain  Pierrot?” 

said M.  Barras.

where seen—”

‘‘No—but—it appears to me I have some­

“I am M. Barras, of  New  York,”  cried 

he, fixing bis eyes upon Captain Pierrot. 

“And you are a member  of  the  firm of

M. Barras & Brother, 
faltered out in trembling accents.

importers?”  Pierrot 

‘I am.  Again,  Isay,  follow me immedi­

ately!”

Poor  Captain  Pierrot,  or,  rather,  rich 
Captain Pierrot,  had,  perhaps, never heard 
the avowal made by a man who, in speaking 
of honesty and dishonesty,  declared  hones­
ty to be the best policy,  “for,  said  he,  “I 
have tried both.”

It is related that, had it not  been for cer­
tain  transactions  of  a  monetary  nature, 
Captain Pierrot might  have  languished for 
a considerable period of time in  jail.  But, 
after  the  matter  had  been  arranged,  his 
wealth dwindled to such a small  sum  that 
he was compelled  to  abandon  his  riotous 
living.  However,  he  escaped  the  penalty 
of his crime and died at  a  ripe  old  age in 
England.  To the last he had a  great  hor­
ror of a coffin and expressly  provided  that 
he should  be buried with no  other  covering 
than his clothes. 
Reeluf.  *'

The chances of war  along the  line which 
divides  the  Treuton  from  the  Slav,  as 
bloody as that which raged in 1870-71 along 
the line vnhich divides the  Celto-Latin from 
the Treuton,  is  the  nightmare  of  Europe 
still.  T he  Tradesman  is  of  the  belief 
that  the  movements  of 
troops  on  the 
part of Russia are  of  the  nature of “dem­
onstrations in force” rather than of prepara­
tions for war.  To  begin  hostilities  in the 
very heart of winter  would  be no wisdom; 
and these movements  are  too early to have 
reference  to  the  opening  of spring.  The 
Czar is angry because he has been thwarted 
in the matter  of  Bulgaria,  deceived by im­
pudently  forged letters as to the attitude of 
the German government in that matter,  and 
shut  out  of  Central  Europe  by  the  new 
triple alliance which has superceded the old 
union of the three Emperors.  And when an 
autocrat is angry,  something  must  be done 
to express his  wrath;  but  he  still  is  sane 
enough  not  to  throw  himself  headlong 
against  the  alliance,  without  an  atom of 
support  from  any  quarter.  Certainly,  if 
President  Carnot  speaks  for  France,  that 
country has no  intention  now  of  crossing 
the German  frontier. 
In  Denmark the re­
sistance of the  popular  branch of the legis­
lature has thwarted the  policy  of  military 
proparation, which the  King  and  the  no­
bility favor.  And in the  Balkan Peninsula 
the imperiousness  of  Russia  has alienated 
the new  nationalities,  whom  a  little con­
sideration would have  bound  to her by ties 
of lasting friendship.  So she must fight,  if 
at all,  single-handed  against the most pow­
erful military and  political  combination in 
Europe,  with the almost  complete certainty 
of losing her Baltic  provinces  to  Germany 
as the penalty of defeat.

The Man for the Business.

“Are you a chemist?” asked a large, port­
ly man,  as he walked into  a  small,  dingy 
office.

“Yes,  sir.”
“Know all about acids and salts?”
“Yes,  sir.”
“Fix  up  combinations 

that  will  eat 

through sheet iron in five minutes?”

“Yes,  sir.”
“Then I’ll take you into my  employment 

at once.  What salary do you want?”
“But, sir, what is your business?”
“I am a manufacturer of 5 cent whiskies.”
Little Mabel comes  over  once in a while 
and helps, with  her  three-year-old talk, to 
entertain us.  Not long ago,  in going from 
one room to  another,  she stumbled and fell 
over a rug.  Picking  her  up, we asked her 
if she was hurt and told her  not to cry.

“Me don’t cwy,’’she said, smiling through 

her tears.  “Do 00 cwy?”
“No,” was the answer.
“Me don’t cwy, but my mama ewies.” 
“Does she?  What for?”
“My mama ewies when  my  papa  slaps 
her.”  And they don’t think the  little eyes 
are watching in open wonder and terror.

The grocer’s  window  was piled up with 
luscious oranges,  and a little tot, hardly tall 
enough to reach the door  knob,  came  into 
the store and said to the clerk:

“How much for oranges?”
“Five cents apiece,” was the;reply. 
“O-a-ch!  You give me a pa-a-in—get ’em 

anywheres two for 5 cents.”

Moral:  Don’t use slang  in  the  presence 
of  little  ones—“Little  pitchers  have  big 
ears.”

C. H. Tullar,  furniture  dealer  and  jeweler, 

Shelby:  “I like Th e Tr a d e sm a n.”
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On  short  notice  we  will  mail  you  free 
Vick’s beautiful  Floral  Guide, together  with 
pur wholesale price list.
A M   J.  B u r n   ¡ M a n .

Combines the Advantages of a

Pass Book and  the Coupoft 

System.

HIRTH  1   KRAUSE,

LEATHER

SHOE  BRUSHES,

SHOE  BUTTONS,

SHOE  POLISH,

ings, etc.  Write for Catalogue.

SHOE  LACES.
Heelers, Cork Soles,  Button  Hooks, Dress­
118 Canal Street,  Grid Rapids.
STANTON. SAMPSON *  GO,
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular” 

Brand  Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

State  agents  for  Celnloid  Collars  and  Cuffs. 

1 2 0  a n d  1 2 2   J e ffe r so n ,  A r e .,

DETROIT, 

-  MICHIGAN.

CHARLES  A.  COYE,

Successor to

A. Coye & Son,

DEALER IN

AWNINGS 1 TENTS

Horse and W agon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

W ide Duoks, etc.

F lags & B anners m ade to order.

73 CANAL ST.. 

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GRAND RAPIDS.

PRICES  LIST.
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50 
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960 
1000 

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Money can be sent by  postal  note  or post- 

office or express order. ■

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO„

Grand Rapids, Mich.

W.  H.  BEACH,

Dealer in

GRAIN,

SEEDS,

BALED  HAY,

MILL  FEED,

and PRODUCE.

In  Car  Lots.

HOLLAND,

MICH.

BEANS!

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

W .  T.  LAMOREAUX,

71  Canal S tre e t, 

-  G ran d  R a p id s, M ich .

Mliary  Associations

Wishing to  procure  outfits  for  their Col- 
lection Departments, are  invited  to  exam-1 
hie the  following  qnotations, which are for 
fine work on good quality of  paper:

FULL  OUTFIT—SI5.

30 Books Blue Letters,  50 in book.
300  Record Blanks.
1500  Notification Sheets.
»50  Last Calls.
300  Envelopes.

HALF OUTFITS—SIO.

300  Blue Letters, old style.
250  Record Blanks.
250  Notification  Sheets.
125  Last Calls.
300  Envelopes.

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

GRAND RAPIDS  GRAM  AND  SEED CO.

71 c a n a l S tr eet.

3 00
MYRON  H.  WALKER,
6 25

A tto r n e y  a n d   S o licito r,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Over Fourth National Bank.  Telephone 407;

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

Cigar calledSILVER SPOTS

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

It will be sold on its merits.  Sample or­

ders filled on 60  days approval.

Price  $35  per  1,000  in  any  quantities. 
Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. 
Handsome  advertising  matter  goes  with 
first order.  Secure this Cigar and increase 
your Cigar Trade.  It is sure to do it.

I.  T.  WARREN  &  GO.,
Flint, MloH.

BELKNAP

WapiaM Sleigh Co.
W A G O N S !

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

MANUFACTURERS o f

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

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

FOUBTH NATIONAL  B iffi

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Im place of old  style  Blue Letter  in  above 
fid  Outfit  we  can  substitute  10  books  Blue 
LetterlQ latest form, as recommended by the 
recent State convention, for $12.60 
Prices in  other quantities furnished  onap- 
yiioation

FULLER & STOWE  COMPANY,
flfl Lyon St, Grand Rapids,

ENO BAV BRS and PR IN TE R S,

A. J. Bownb, President.

Geo. C. Pierce, Vice President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Account* 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

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The  m tU gii tradesman,

Official Oraran of Michigan Business Hen’s Association.

Sßtail  Trade of the Woltferins Siale.

JOÜKNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

E .  A .  S tO W E   Si  B R O .,  P r o p r ie to r s.

Subscription—One Dollar per year.  Advertis­

ing Rates made known on application.

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E a s te r n   R e p r e s e n ta tiv e —E . 
H . A Y E R ,  4 »

R a p id s.
T rib u n e  B u ild in g ,  N. Y .

Sub scriptions to  th is paper are n o t  discon tinued a t ex- 

piration, u n less so  ordered b y  t h e  subscriber. 

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E. A. STO WE, Editor.

Wednesday, February i,  issai

^Postmaster-General  Dickinson  has  won 
much commendation  among  business men 
through his first Official  net  in  abrogating 
the idiotic order of his predecessor  respect­
ing  addresses  on  third  and  fourth-class 
matter. 

*

In China, the  man  who  attempts to cor­
ner any food product is thrown into  prison. 
If such a law prevailed in this  country, our 
jails would be full to  overflowing  with the 
Armours,  Havemeyers,  Arhuekles,  Rocke­
fellers, et al.

T he T radesman  reserves its comments 
op. the so-called Pure Food convention until 
next week, in order that all the details may 
be first learned. 
It  is  impelled,  however, 
to  congratulate  the  Michigan  Business 
Men’s Association that none of its members 
participated in such an  unseemly squabble.

Another  name  must  be added to the list 
of robbers who wax  rich  by  means  of cor­
nering the food products of  this  country— 
the  unsavory  name  of  Havemeyer.  This 
man virtually  stands  at the head of one of 
the most merciless  bands  of  thieves  who 
ever united for the purpose of plunder.  Be­
tween the man who robs you unawares  and 
under  the  guise  of  the  “comerer,”  T he 
T radesman can see no essential difference.

AMONG TH B TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

C. M. Alden succeeds Alden  Bros,  in the 

hardware business.

W. W. Huelster has lately added six cov­

ering machines to his paper box factory.

M. H. Treusch & Bro. succeed  Morris H. 
Treusch in the wholesale  cigar and tobacco 
business.

Caleb Barstow  succeeds  Barstow & Jen­
nings in the hardware business  at  237 East 
Bridge street.

David  S.  Clement  has engaged  in  the 
boot and  shoe  business  at  Spring  Lake. 
Rindge, Bertsph & Co. furnished  the stock.
Samuel Lyon’s new belting  and mill sup­
ply stock is beginning to arrive.  Mr. Lyon 
expects to be able to begin  business  about 
the  10th.  _________________

Arthur Meigs & Co. have foreclosed their 
mortgage  on  the  grocery  stock  o/  S. B. 
Bechtel,  at  Muskegon,  and are closing it 
out in bulk.

E.  G. Rowe  &  Co.,  furniture  dealers on 
South Division street, have sold out to  Ann 
E. Avery.  Rowe will re-engage in business 
•on the opposite side of the street.

The  rubber  list printed in T h e Tra des­
man of January 11 will not  go  into  effect 
until April 1.  As there are sharp advances 
ip  some  lines,  dealers  would  do well to 
place their orders before the  advance  goes 
into effect

D. Darwin Hughes and H.  F.  Comstock 
have  purchased  of  Lyman  D.  Norris the 
printing office formerly  operated  by the M. 
A. True Printing  and  Engraving  Co.  and 
will continue the business under the style of 
Hughes & Comstock.

W. C. Denison has sold the  Grand  Rap­
ids  Refrigerator  Co.  a  150  horse-power 
Cooper Corliss engine, which will be placed 
in position during the next  two  weeks. 
It 
will propel all the machinery  in the Refrig­
erator Co.’s big building bn  Ottawa  street.
Rindge, Bertsch & Co.  haVe  constructed 
a new sample room  in the rear of  their old 
sample room, have turned  the  latter into a 
book-keeping  department,  and will use the 
space formerly occupied by the book-keeper 
and his assistants for a  general  office  and 
reception room.

The Voigt Milling Co. has moved into its 
new two-story office building.  New boilers 
and a 150 horse-power Allis  Corliss  engine 
Aré being  put  into  place.  This  addition 
will obviate the necessity of  remaining idle 
three months in the year, as has  been  the 
case during the past three  years.

Bradner, Smith & Co.’s attachment on the 
paper stock of L. D.  Harris was  settled be­
fore the case came up for a hearing  in  the 
Circuit Court.  The mortgage  held  against 
the stock by the Ypsilanti  Paper  Co.  was 
discharged, when Harris  gave a bill of sale 
of the stock and  accounts to the same com- 
■ party, which, in torn,  assigned  the same to 
Clark Cornwell.  The latter  appointed Mr. 
Harris  his  agent,  and the business will be 
continued under the style of L.  D.  Harris,
I  Agt. 
H§  The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
seven 
Co.  has  purchased  a 
ames 
the 
€ .  &  W.  M.  Railway  track  and  Broad­
way  and  between  Eighth  and  Tenth 
streets, on which it will begin  ther erection 
• of suitable factory and i£ É k   buildings, as 
soon as material ean be gotten on the ground. 
The main factory  building  will be 50 x 160

tract  of 
lying  between 

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land 

of 

feet, two  stories;  the  engine  and  boiler 
room, 40 X 60 feet;  the  kiln,  23 x 40 feet; 
thewarehouse, 50 x 160' feet,' three  stories; 
the foundry,  148 x 178 feet;  the  iron room, 
SO x 60 feet;  the office, 50»x 50, two stories. 
The buildings will all be  detach»!,  reduc­
ing the loss by  fire  to  the  minimum.  A 
side-track will be laid from the  main  track 
of the C. & W.  M.  into  the  yard.  When 
ready for  occupancy,  the plant will be one 
of the most complete in the city.

On December 13, Henry  Barry,  the  Ra­
venna druggist and grocer,  executed a chat­
tel mortgage on his  stock  to  Wm. Heaton, 
of Casnovia,  for $700,  ostensibly for money 
borrowed at various times during  the  past 
three  years.  About  two  weeks  ago,  the 
owner of the mortgage went to  Ravenna to 
look over the stock.  Not satisfied with the 
appearance  of  things,  he  foreclosed  his 
mortgage, when he found that it did not in­
clude i^ie fixtures or  the  goods  purchased 
subsequent to the time  the  mortgage  was 
given.  The  stock  not  being  sufficient to 
cover Heaton’s alleged claim,  he  obtained  a 
bill of sale of all the property in  the  store. 
Before the latter document  was  filed, how' 
ever, the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. and 
Olney, Shields & Co. attached the  stock on 
the  ground  that  the  mortgage was given 
without consideration and was consequently 
void.  The attaching creditors are in posses­
sion of the stock  and  propose  to  establish 
the invalidity of the mortgage in  the  Mus­
kegon Circuit Court when  the  case  comes 
up for a hearing on March 3.  Their  claims 
amount to $408 and the ^tock  attached in 
ventories $1,012, out of which  Barry  is en­
titled to his $250  exemption.  Besides  the 
claims referred to,  Barry owes  about  $800 
to Grand Rapids jobbers.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Woodstock—Wm.  Lewis  succeeds 

J.  S,

Brooks in general trade.

Greenville—T. R. Shepard,  meat  dealer, 

has gone out of business.

Jennings—F.  A.  Jenison & Co. are clos­

ing out their general stock.

Burlington — Zimmerman  &  Banford, 

general dealers,  have  sold out.

Alpine—J. P. Cordes has  added  a line of 

staple drugs to his grocery stock.

Manistee—Cron  Bros.,  furniture dealers, 

have been burned out. 

Insured.

Three  Oaks—Wm.  Hallett  succeeds  A. 

L. Harper in the bakery business.

Hastings—Levi  Fowler  has  moved  his 

boot and shoe stock to Lake Odessa, 

Hesperia—O. A   Matteson  has  assigned 

his general stock to J.  W.  Dunning.

Charlevoix—Geo.  W.  Beaman  succeeds 

Geo.  W.  Crouter in the drug business.

Shelby — Theron  T.  Usborne  succeeds 

Geo. McMullen in the harness business.

Petoskey—Daggett & Co.  succeed  Buck- 

ley & Daggett in the hardware business.

Altona—Frye & Lyons  contemplate  add­
ing a grocery stock to their  drug  business.
Constantine—Thos.  H.  Ritter  succeeds 
Harwood & Ritter in the hardware business.
Grass  Lake—H.  S.  Holmes  &  Co.  suc­
ceed H.  T. Dubois & Co.  in  general trade. 
Detroit—Arthur  M.  Parker  succeeds T.
A. Parker  in  the  wholesale  grocery  busi­
ness.

East Saginaw—Mittemeier & Rohde, gro­
cers, have been closed  under  chattel  mort­
gage.

Albion  -W.  B.  Crane,  dry  goods  dealer, 
is offering to compromise  at  45  cents on a 
dollar.

Clarkston — Hammond  Bros, 

succeed 
Manley  Bower  in  the  drug  and  grocery 
business.

East  Tawas—Richards,  Hubbell  &  Co. 
succeed Richards & Hubbell in the hardware 
business.

Ludington—H. V. Huston  succeeds  Da 
vid T.  Huston in the hardware  and grocery 
business.

East  Saginaw—Geo.  Middlesworth  sue 
ceeds Newman  &  Middlesworth in the gro­
cery business.

L’Anse—Wm.  Voetsch succeeds  Andrew
B. Cook in the confectionery, stationery and 
cigar business.

Cadillac—Diggins Bros, have  sold  their 
grocery stock to Crawford & Hart, who will 
continue the business.

Ishpeming—Frank Austin,  meat  dealer, 
has been closed under chattel mortgage and 
assigned to H.  H. Mildore.

Rodney—Barry & Co.  sustained a loss of 
$1,000 in the  partial  destruction  of  their 
drug stock by fire on Jan. 21.

Paris—E.  Fisher  has  traded  his  store 
building for property in Big  Rapids  and is 
closing out his grocery stock.

Crapo—Chas.  W.  Robbins  has  sold  his 
grocery and meat market to J. W. Saunders, 
late of Paris, who will continue the business.
Owosso—J .H . Deal has  purchased Wm. 
Sturtevant’s half interest in the  meat  firm 
of Deal & Sturtevant and is now  sole  pro­
prietor.

West Olive—O.  Trumble,  who  recently 
burned out,  has  re-engaged  in  trade.  He 
will  erect  a  new  store  building  in  the 
spring.

Sullivan—Monger, Watson &  DeVoist is 
the name of the new firm which has erected 
a build ing*for the purpose of  occupying the 
same with a general stock.

Allegan—C. Helmer  has  purchased  the 
interest of Albert Kibby  in  the  meat busi­
ness of Kibby Bros.  The  new firm will be 
known as Kibby & Helmer.

Coopersville—J.  B.  Watson  has  moved 
his branch drug stock  from  Herrington to 
Sullivan,  where he occupies a  building  es­
pecially erected for the purpose by  himself.
Owosso—Chas. Kelsey has  sold  his  no* 
tion stock to Foster,  Post & Co.,  who oper­
ate retail notion stores at S t  Johns,  Flint

and Bay City and a wholesale  notion  store 
at East Saginaw.
• Kalamazoo—Chas.  W.  Cobb  has retired 
from the firm of Cobb & Hunter,  dealers in 
crockery and wail paper.  A.  C.  Cobb  has 
been admitted to partnership,  the  style re­
maining unchanged.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Detroit?—Edward  Burk  succeeds  Burk, 

Rich & Co.  in the manufacture of cigars.

Boyne—Howser, Barnes & Mears succeed 
Howser, Barnes & Howe in thelshingle mill 
business.

Kalkaska—The  Smith  Lumber  Co.  will 
soon  put  in  a  electric  light plant to light 
the mill.

Oconto—Cook  Brothers  have  100  men 
lumbering on the  Paint  river, and will put 
in 5,000,000 feet.

Lowell—The  Lowell  Furniture  Co.  de­
clared  a  10  per  cent, dividend out of the. 
earnings for 1887;

Menominee—C. B. Lewis  &  Sons  have 
booked a contract to saw 18,000,000  feet  of 
logs for Peters & Morrison.

Constantine—The Empire  Furniture Co,, 
which  recently  moved  to  this place from 
Grand Rapids, started its machinery for the 
first time last week.

Holland—Veeneklassen  &  Sons  manu­
factured four million brick in their yard near 
Zeeland last season.  They  expect  to turn 
out five million  during 1888.

Kalamazoo—The Bird Windmill Co. have 
purchased  the  right  to  manufacture  the 
Baute wood split pulley of J. Baute & Son, 
of Benton Harbor, for $250 and a royalty.

Allegan—Weeks  Bros,  have  purchased 
M.  C.  Henshaw’s interest in the roller  mill 
of Henshaw, Pollard  &  Co.,  which  gives 
them a two-thirds interest.  The firm  name 
is now W. J. Pollard & Co.

Flint—Begole,  Fox & Co.  have  sold out 
the remnant of their  lumber  business to F. 
R. Lewis, of the Flint Paper Mills, for $17,- 
500, after having run a saw mill  for twenty 
years, cutting 150,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
and 20,000,000 shingles—a business amount­
ing  in  the  aggregate  to $2,300,000.  The 
sale included 1,500,000 feet of lumber.

STRAY  FACTS.

Otsego—C.  W.  Fisk succeeds Fisk & Sis­

ley in the hotel business.

Lake City—Richard Bielby succeeds Wm. 

Hayden in the livery  business.

East Saginaw—Mae E.  Hayden, milliner, 

has been closed under chattel mortgage.

Ovid—The  Ovid  Lumber  Co.  succeeds 
Geo. Bane & Co. in  the  yard lumber trade.
Holland—The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co.  is  now  receiving  hemlock bark from 
Pennsylvania.

Detroit—The Acme White Lead aiid Col­
or Works will be officered as follows during 
1888:  President, W. L. Davis;  Vice-Presi­
dent,  H. Kirke White;  Secretary,  Thomas 
Neal;  Treasurer,  A. E. F.  White.

Morley—Lon A.  Pelton,  who disappeared 
shortly after  he made  his  assignment,  has 
been heard from.  He says he is  thousands 
of  miles away  and  will  hereafter  lead a 
clean and honorable life. ‘  He  asks that his 
debtors pay their  respective  bills to hiar de­
serted family,  and  bids  farewell to all for­
ever.

Manistee—The  Davies,  Blacker  &  Co 
quarrel has been settled by the  purchase of 
Mr.  Davies’  three-eighths  interest  by  the 
State Lumber Co.  for  $34,500.  The  mill 
and salt plant  has  been  merged  into  the 
State Lumber Co., involving  an increase in 
the capital stock of the latter from $140,000 
to $200,000.

East Saginaw—At the  thirteenth  annual 
meeting of the Michigan  Salt  Association 
the Secretary reported that the  sales of  the 
Association during 1887 were 3,201,537 bar 
rels as against  2,685,989  barrels  in  1886 
The amount on hand  unsold  at the close of 
the year was a trifle larger than the year pre 
vious  but  the aggregate includes nearly all 
the salt manufactured in the State,  the pro 
ducers, with very few exceptions, being now 
members of the Association;  and of  the en 
tire quantity unsold  it  is  estimated  there 
are 75,000 barrels less on  hand  than at the 
close of the previous fiscal  year.  Members 
of the Association put up  3,426,194  barrels 
las« year.  The  Association  re-elected W. 
R. Burt President, witii Albert Miller Vice- 
President, D.  G.  Holland  Secretary,  and 
Thomas Cranage Treasurer.

'  The  Joys  of Winter,
Written Expressly for Th e  Tradesman.

The drummer,  sleeping  the  sleep of the 
just, dreaming of customers and which ones 
will “bust,” little recks of the storm  that is 
brewing  without,  nor  the  mountains  of 
snow by the  wind  tossed  about.  He will 
wake in the morning,  at first peep  of  day, 
and the blooming old  blizzard  can  view as 
he  lays.  Visions  of  blockades  will  flit 
through his brain, and he knows that to-day 
there’ll not be a train to carry him on, fresh 
victims to sell,  while he hears, with a shud­
der, the first  breakfast  bell.  Then he gets 
his  expense  book  and  writes,  bold  and 
plain,  “Snowed up, fifteen  dollars,” and to 
snooze goes again. 

R e l l u f.

The Ice Bridge at Niagara.

Has formed  and  many  people have  al­
ready crossed the  river  upon  it  below the 
falls.  _ The scene from  Falls  View,  where 
the Michigan Central  train  stops,  is ene of 
remarkable  beauty  and  grandeur.  The 
emerald waters of the  falls,  with the angry 
rapids  above  and the rainbow-tinted  spray 
below,  with  gigantic  icicles  hanging from 
the cliffs and  the  trees  and  shrubs on the 
shores and Goat Island covered with curious 
ice formations,  with  the wild mass of ice* 
bergs stretching over  the  turbulent waters 
where the M aid o f  the  M ist  sails in sum- 
me£ all combine to form a spectacle seldom 
to  be  seen  and  worthy  of a lehgtby jour­
ney. 

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ANGELS OF COMMERÇE.

Traveling Men  W hb  W rite Grand Rapids 

After Their Names.

;  Th e Tradesman herewith presents—for 
the first time this year—its alphabetical list 
of the traveling  men  residing  in  this city. 
It is not claimed  that the  list is  wholly ac­
curate, or  anywhere  near  complete,  but  it 
is  as  devoid  of  errors  and  omissions as 
it is possible to make it on first publication. 
Those noting errors in the list axe requested 
to inform Th e T radesman without delay, 
in order that the second publication,  two or 
three  weeks  hence, may be essentially cor­
rect.

A.

B.

Antrim, A C. Alabastine Co
Avery, Jas T, Jennings & Smith
Ames, Jas E, Michigan Plating Works
Averill, W W, Harrison Wagon Works
Angell, Fred E, C B B & Co
Aid worth. Fred u, John Wyeth & Bro,  Phila
Allen, Geo E, Detroit Safe Co

Berry, LX), Stow & Davis 
Beasley* J H, Stow & Davis 
Bradfield, John,  Kent  Furn. Co 
Baxter, Harvey B. Poster, Stevens & Co 
Bissell, Harvey, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Beecher, Henry Ward, Eaton & Lyon 
Beneka, Wm A, Sherwood & Co, Boston 
Beneker, B A, Spring & Co 
Bradford, James N, Olney. Shields & Co 
Bradford, Lewis Cass, Olney, Shields & Co 
Baker, Herbert, B, L & H 
Bayley, Christopher H, Clark, Jewed & Co 
Baker, Allison D, Foster, Stevens & Co 
Barclay, Warren Y, E G Studley & Co 
Barker, Dexter, Spiral Spring Buggy Co 
Barber, Addison A, Grand Rapids Chair Co 
Barnett, Wm S, Peninsular Stove Co, Detroit 
Brown, Wm A
Bass. Chas H, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Buddington. E D. Kent Furn Co 
Bickle, John J, Wm Hake 
Blocksma,  Ralph,  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &
Buckley, John D, Kortlander & Grady 
Bolt, Alpbeus E, W W Kimball & Co 
Bodes, Silas K, Glaser & Frame, Reading, Pa 
Houghton,  Wm,  H  S  Robinson  &  Burten- 
Braisted, Alby L, Voigt Milling Co 
Bell, John W, Phoenix Furn Co 
Barber, N H, Phoenix Furn Co 
Black, Chas, Oriel Cabinet Co 
Buss, Geo, Buss Machine Works 
Blake, W F, Hawkins & Perry 
Brooks, E D, Feldner & Co 
Brummeler, J A, Hawkins & Perry 
Ball, Fred H, C. B. B & Co 
Bradley, C E, T B Preston, Ionia 
Bertsch, Russell W, Rindge. Bertsch & Co

shaw, Detroit

v/O

C.

er Co

Campbell, Will, Hawkins & Perry 
Cox. H, Piumb & Lewis Mfg Co 
Carroll, P H, Seitz, Schwab & Co, Chicago 
Cartwright, Albert, Cappon & Bertsch Leath­
Cole, Adolphus,  Bickford & Francis, Buffalo 
Cady, W F, O Brien & Murry, Binghampton 
Cesna, Ledro R, Welling & Carhartt,  Detroit 
Caro, L A, Putnam & Brooks 
Cavanaugh, Geo, Morris H Treusch 
Cary, L M, Cary & Loveridge 
Corson, R W, Berkey& Gay Furn Co 
Carpenter, Napoleon B, Hart & Amberg 
Chase, Frank E. A C MeGraw & Co, Detroit 
Chase, Herbert T.  Chase & Sanborn,  Boston 
Church, Isaac R, W C Denison 
Clark, Wm M, Grand Rapids Brush Co 
Cloyes, Jas G, Clark, Jewell & Co 
Collins, Frank, B L & H 
Collins, Wm B, H Leonard & Sons 
Compton, Shelby, Cleveland Varnish Co 
Coppens, Peter J, Chicago Stove Works 
Coppes, Rufus J, West Michigan Oil Co 
Corley, Wm J, E T Brown & Co 
Coveil, EUiott F, Hart & Amberg 
Crane, Er&stus^V
Cresey, Wm H, Hinpire Laundry Machine Co 
Cummings, W alt*  E, Geo  F  Bassett  &  Co 
Crookston, J A,  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug 
8
Clark. H B, Eaton &' Qhristenson, Agts 
Crawford, C, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co 
Carpenter, Geo W, Thompson & Maclay 
Cole, H W, Detroit Safe Co 

New York
Co 

I>.

more

Downs, W H, Root, Strong & Co 
Duffy, Ed, Perkins & Hess 
Dunn, O W, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Dangremond, Harry M, Morris H Treusch 
Doak, Algernon S, Hawkins & Perry 
Davidson. A Judd, Folding Chair &  Table Co 
Disbrow, Chas W, Kent Furn Co 
Drew, Walter  J, Bissell Carpet  Sweeper Co 
Dustan, Henry, Wm Harrison 
Dykema, Leonard G. P Dykerna & Son 
Dawley, Henry, Putnam & Brooks 
Downs, S F, W H Downs 
Driggs, A T, Grand Rapids Mattress Co 
Dornink, D, A Dornink
E.
Easterbrook, Geo
Eacher, John H, Welling & Carhartt, Detroit 
Evans, Dr Josiah B, C, B, B &  Co 
Edmunds, Wm B, Putnam & Brooks 
Emery, Benjamin F, W  L  Ellis  &  Co, Balti 
Emery, Fred H, Morton, Lewis & Co 
Emery, Wm S, New England Furniture Co 
Emerson, E L, F Raniville 
Escott, G H. Valley City Milling Co
Foster. W R
Fitz Gerald,--------- Collier, Chicago
Ferguson, Thomas, J  H Thompson & Co. De 
Fletchter, D C, W C Denison 
Franklin, Wallace W, Fairbanks, Morse & Co 
Fitch, Milford L, Nelson, Matter & Co 
Foster, Alfred. Newaygo Mfg Co 
Fox, Jas, B L & H 
Frick, Edward, Olney, Shields &Co 
Folger, Cbas, Folger & Sons 
Falls, Chas M, Gray, Kingman & Collins, Chi 
Frankfurt, Isaac
Freeman. Claude, Telfer Spice  Co
French, H B, Wm Sears & Co
Fassett, E K, Grand Rapids  School  Furn Co
Frost, Chas. Amos S Musselman  & Co
Freeman, A O, Detroit Safe Co.
Feldner, J  E, Feldner & Co 

F.

troit

cago

G-.

II.

Chicago 

Gates, A B, M H Treusch 
Goodrich, Henry P, Chippewa Lumber Co 
Goodrich, E l,  A R & W F Roe. Troy 
Ganoe. Henry C, Berlin Machine Works 
Goetchins, Edwin E, Cary & Loveridge 
Goodspeed,  Frank  W,  Thomas  &  Hayden 
Gould, Chas E
Greulich, Frank J, Kusterer  Brewing Co 
Garvey, John, Grand Rapids P & P Co 
Gregory, Harry, Arthur Meigs & Co 
Gifford, Geo P, Jr, Hawkins & Perry 
Gorball,  W W, Hawkins & Perry 

Haight, Thos D, Aldine Mfg Co 
Hall, Chas E, C G A Yoigt & Co 
Huntley, A O, I CLevi 
Howard, C B, Plumb & Lewis Mfg Co 
Henderson, T J, Plumb & Lewis Mfg Co 
Hauck, Geo, Kusterer Brewing Co 
Heystek, Henry J, Harvey & Heystek 
Harley, C C, Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co 
Hirth, Frederick, Hirth & Krause 
Hatfield, Dr D S
Hondorf, Manus, Brown, Hall & Co 
Hubbard Will, Cutler & Crosset,  Chicago 
Hopkins, T E, Phoenix Furn Co 
Hudson, H A, Clark, Jewell & Co 
Hawkins, W G,  Detroit Soap co, Detroit 
Haugh, D S, Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co 
Horn, W S. Cody,  Ball, Barnhart & Co 
Hoops, Will H, Bulkley.  Lemon & Hoops 
Hill. Thos, Merchants’ Dispatch 
Hollister, Ben, J C Avery &Qo, Grand Haven 
Hampson, T P S, Anti-Kalsomine Co 
Hess, Wm T, Perkins & Hess 
Hyman, R B, Van Slyke & Co  Albany 
Haskell, L H,  Ordway,  Blodgett  &  Hidden, 
Hnrter, Geo W, Frost Bros & Co, Boston 
Hewes, Geo W, Grand Rapids Stave  Co 
Hake, H, Wm Hake
Hall, Perley W, Bulkley. Lemon & Hoops 
Haynes, Geo W, Pelgrim & Son.  Kalamazoo 
Higgins, Frank E, Armour & Co, Chicago 
Heinzelman, Geo J, Rindge, Bertsch & Go 
Herpolsheimer, Henry, Yoigt,  Herpolsheim- 
Hilborn, Allen, Chase Bros Plano Co 
Herrick, Wm H, North  American  Accident 
Hfifford, Aaron, Oberne, Hosick & Co, Chica­

er & Co

Co, Montreal
go  '

New York

I.

Ives, EdwardL, Wm Hake 
Ireland,JB , Clark, JewellA Co

•  * 

.

J .

Jacoy, Chas W, J  Shroheim & Co,  New York 
Jones, Manley, Clark, Jewel} & Co  - 
Jones, Wm. J fl Huyck & Co, Chicago 
J  ohnston, Valda, Amos S Musselman & Co 
Johes, W J
Jennings, W H, Jennings & Smith 
Jones, Wm H, Wm A Berkey Furn Co 
Jones, 0 W, Widdicomb Furn Co 
- Judd, Chas B, Bissell  Carpet Sweeper Co 
Jacobs, G H, Valley City Milling Co 
Judd, E E. Judd & Co.
Jones, H. D, Lustig Cigar Co 

*  K . 

'

Kenyon, I) G, Beeder, Palmer & Co 
Kathan, W H, Marshall CasketXo 
Kenning, J  E, seif 
Keate, E J, Star Union Line 
Keasey, Wm R,  Bell, Conrad & Co, Chicago 
Krekel. Ed G, Rindge, Bertsch & Co 
Kuppenheimer, A, Albert Kuppenheimer 
Kymer, J Leo, Eaton  & Lyon 
Kendrick, H C, J  Bader & Co, Kalamazoo 
Knapp, Geo, Nelson, Matter & Co 
Kipp, Harry T, D M Osborne & Co

L.

C8&0

Lester, F H, Arthur Meigs & Co
Leggett, C W, Franklin, McVeagh  & Co, Chi-
Lewis, Pearly, Morton, Lewis & Co 
Lynch, Daniel, Fred D Yale & Co 
Lee, Edwin A, Detroit Safe Co, Detroit 
Logie, Wm, Rindge, Bertsch & Co 
.ovfipdge. L L, Cary & Loveridge 
LaraTSee, Mclvah, Morse, Wilson & Co, Boston 
Lewis, Geo B, New England Furn Co 
Leonard —, Sligh Furn Co 
Lucas, G H, Sligh Furn Co 
Langley, Thomas  C, Widdicomb Furn Co 
Lankaster, Peter, Telfer Spice Co 
Levi, Maurice, Jacob Brown, Detroit 
Livingstone, Chas, E G Studiey & Co 
Loomis, Lewis L.Buikley, Lemon & Hoops 
Love, Albert M, S H Shepler & Co, Chica&ro 
Love, Chas L
Lees, J as L, Gunn  H ardware Co 
Lustig, Jacob, Lustig Cigar Co 
Long, S W, Lustig Cigar Co 
Luce, Greg, Hawkins & Perry 
Lloyd, Ivan, R W Bell Mfg Co, Buffalo 
Lewis, G J. Diamond Wall Finish  Co 
Lamb, C B, Adams & Ford. Cleveland

M.

More, J C, Grand Rapids Furn Co 
Moone, F L, Phoenix Furn Co 
Miles, Frank R, Foster, Stevens & Co 
Murray, J as, Allan Sheldon & Co, Detroit 
McCarthy, D H, self 
McClaye, E Wilkes, W W Kimball & Co 
Mallory, M M, Arthur Meigs & Co 
Moseley, Edward A, Moseley Bros 
Morgan, C E, Jennings & Smith 
Morrison, Jas A, Olney, Shields & Co 
McConnell, N Stewart, Nelson Bros & Co 
McIntyre, John H, Arthur Meigs & Co 
McKay, Geo, Putnam & Brooks 
McKelvey, John H, Diamond  Wall Finish Co 
Maybury, Frank, G R & IR y 
Mangold, Edward C, C G A Voigt & Co 
Mansfield, C W, J W Butler  Paper Co, Chica­
Marsh, Chas C. WC Denison 
Miller  Frank, Detroit Safe Co, Detroit 
Mil s, Lloyd M, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co 
Miller, John, Putnam & Brooks 
Miner, Will C.a &E  Morley,Chicago 
Morrison, Sam B, Olney, Shields & Co 
Morse, W A, Barlow Bros 
Manley, Ourson, Gunn Hardware Co 
McVean, D E, Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops 
Mosher,  D H, Aldine Mfg Co 
McWhorter, C N, Coffin, Devoe & Co 

go

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O.

P .

Nelson, Geo K, Nelson Bros & Co 
Nelson, Jas, Nelson Bros & Co 
Newman, Samuel, Hart & Amberg 
Near, B E, H W Johns Mfg Co, New York

Owens, John, Alabastine Co 

cOimsted, Joseph P,  Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper

Orr, Robert B. Arthur Meigs & Co 
Owen, Geo F, Brewster & Stanton, Detroit 
Osborn, A L, Kinney & Levan, Cleveland 
Osting, John, Fred D Yale & Co

Co
Co

town, N Y

Parker, N A, F D Yale & Co 
Pike, Ed, Hart Bros, Chicago 
Peck, A VV, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co 
Prendergast, R, Amo, S Musselman & Co 
Peck, C J, Thompson & Maclay 
Potter, Geo C, Mason, Campbell &  Co, Johns- 
Powers, Fred E, H Schneider &\Co 
Parmenter,  Ben  F,  Cody,  Ball, Barnhart & 
Parmenter, Chas B, Gleason Wood Ornament
Pratt, J  M, W C Denison 
Peck. Chas W.  Grand Rapids Brush  Co 
Phillips, Daniel C, Wm Harrison 
Pierce,  Silas K, Fierce, Shattuck & Co 
Putnam, Geo S, D M Osborne & Co 
Putnam, Thos C, Putnam  & Brooks 
Post, John Cf Michigan Plaster Agency 
Preston, John, Moseley  &  Stoddard  Mfg Co, 
’
Perry, O A, Detroit Safe Co

Poultney, Vt 

Q.
HQuinn, Jas, L J Quinn 
R.

Quist, A J, Cody, Ball, Barnhart &Co

ance Co

Eoseman, Jas, Pitkin & Brooks, Chicago 
Riley, J C. Phoenix Fur Co 
Remington, L C. E S Pierce 
Remington, Chas, Gardiner & Baxter 
Raynor, Geo, Eaton & Lyon 
Raymond, M H N,  Connecticut  Fire  Insur­
Rindge, Will A, Rindge,  Bertsch & Co 
Rooney, Jas, Fabric Fire Hose Co 
Roys, Graham, G Roys & Co 
,
Robinson,  Chas  S,  Grand  Rapids  Packing 
Richards, Theo F, Widdicomb  Furniture Co 
Rowe, Wm N, Valley City Milling Co 
Reed. Jos F O, H Leonard & Sons 
Reynolds, Richard W 
Richmond,  Wm U, E T Brown & Co 
Robertson, Hiram S. A Meigs & Co 
Russel, Albert L, Chas schmidt & Bros 
Robertson, B J, A Meigs & Co

and Provision Co

S.

Co

and Panel Co

Jamestown, N Y
well,  Chicago

Shults, O C, Curtiss & Dunton 
Savage, H R, Telfer Spice Co 
Seymour, F H,  Bradfield & Co 
Smith, Ed A. Amos S Musselman & Co 
Sanlord. G S, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Stearns, E H, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Standart, Chas, Peninsular Furniture Co
Stocking,---- , Reese & Co
Shattuck, E, Piercer, Shattuck & Co 
Sears, Stephen, Wm  Sears & Co 
Seymour. Alonzo, Wm Sears & Co 
Seymour, Geo H, Hugo Schneider & Co 
Schroder, Herman. Wm  Hake 
Scott, Richard T, Cappon & Bertsch  Leather 
Shark, J, Frey Bros
Shelley, Jas R, McCord & Bradfield  Furn Co 
Sherwood  Alfred H,  Grand  Rapids Veneer 
Shriver, Fred D, Shriver, Weather & Co 
Smith, Wm H, Kent Furn Mfg Co 
Snyder, Eben F, W C Denison 
Stearns, Daniel E.Broadhead Worsted Milig, 
Steinberger, Joseph, Rice, Freeman & Mark- 
Stoddard, Geo, Nelson, Matter & Co 
Smith, R H, Perkins & Hess 
Skinner, Chas O, New England Furn Co 
Sherick, John A. Rindge,  Bertsch & Co 
Smith, W H H, Koch,  Goodhart & Co, Cleve­
Spaulding, C D .LS Hill & Co 
Swygert, Scott, Olney, Shields &Co 
Strelitsky, J  L,  Roper  &  Baxter Cigar  Co, 
Sheldon, S A, E A Stowe & Bro 
Smith, Henry, B, L & H 
Spare, D E, Powers & Walker Casket Co 
Tuttle, W A, C, B, B &Co 
Trout, Emerson  W,  American  Sewing  Ma­
Thayer, Ed, W R Peoples & Son, Cincinnati 
Treusch, M H, Morris H Treusch 
Taylor, Lorison J, Kent Furn Mfg Co 
Tuberger, Geo, U Feeter 
Tanner, J  B, Perkins & Hess 
Townsend, W P, Eaton  &  Christenson, Agts 
Toles, W M, Hawkins &  Perry 

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Chicago

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land

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Utman, John C, Amos S Musselman & Co 

Van der Werp, Bine, Star Clothing House * 
Ver Venue, John  H,  Eaton  &  Christenson,
Van Stee, Jacob E, Grand  Rapids Broom Co 
Veness, R, White Sewing Machine Co
Van Zee, Win, Cary &
& Loveridge 
Van Leuven, Ben, Thompson
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Maclay

Woloóti;, JohnM, PhœnixFurnCo 
Wood, Dar, VoigtMilljtag Co 
Walton, M K, Curtiss & Dunton 
Watson, Chas IS. $ A  Maxwell & Co, Chioaaro 
Win cheli, V E, Alabastine Co

eago 

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A,  Cavanaugh  &  Co, Chi-

Walltng, Samuel 
Williams, W J, Eaton & Christenson, Agts 
Warner. Richard; Clark, Jewell & Co 
White, Algernon E,  B, L & H 
Ward, Nathan D, Rickerson Roller Mill  Co 
White, Frank H, Curtiss & Dunton 
Watson, Jesse G, Fred D Yale & Co 
Whitworth, Geo G, Furn Caster  Association 
Wise, HenryL,SSAdams 
Whitlock, E D, Belknap Wagon  &  Sleigh Co 
Woltman. Jerry, Olney, Shields & Co 
Wooley, E E, Carson,  Pirie & Scott, Chicago 
Worden, W J. Powers & Walker Casket Co 
Welker, J L, Dilworth Bros, Pittsburg 
Wheeler, J M, Feldner & Co 
Wrisley, M J, E A Stowe & Bro 
Wicking, F E, Steele  P & P Co 
Wadsworth, J D, A Meigs & Co 

Young. A M, Lustig Cigar Co

Y.

Bank Notes.

B. Densard,  senior  member  of the bank­

ing house of B.  Densard & Son,  is dead.

The Bank of Charlevoix  recently allowed 
its draft  for  $450  to  go  to  protest at the 
National Park Bank,  New York.
“Gem,” opt “Gun.”

It is the  “Gem” coat and  hat  hook—not 
“Gun,” as stated last week—which  Foster, 
Stevens & Co.  have secured  the  agency for 
in this territory.

MISCELLANEOUS.

. 

228-It

lock box I, Coopersville, Mich.

city.  Stock  w ill  inventory  about 
ya,000.  Cheap rent.  Good  reasons  for selling.  Apnlv 
to  L. 36, care Tradesm an. 

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted under th is head for 
one cent  a  w ord th e first insertion  and one-half cent a  
w ord to r  each  subsequent  insertion. 
No  advertise- 
m ent ta k en   fo r  less th a n  25 cents.  A dvance paym ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be  sent  in  
care of th is office  m u st  b e  a c c o m p a n ie d  b v  2 5  
c e n ts  e x tr a , to cover expense of postage.
F o e  s a l e —g r o c e r y  s t o c k  on m a in  t h o r o u g h -
FOR EXCHANGE-FARM WORTH «2,500. WILL TRADE 
F OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FOR A GROCERY STOCK 

_  for  m erchandise  o r  business  property.  Address
228-tf
a  store  building, house  and lot; well rented.  F or 
p articulars address  F. O. box  72, Summit Center, Mich.
_________________ _______ _____________  
228*
Tj^OR  SALE—THE  STOCK,  FIXTURES  AND  LONG 
ot a  general store doing a good trade.  Trade
established.  Reasons fo r  selling, o th er business.  Ad- 
dress 108, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
230*
TpOR SALE—WHOLE OR PART INTEREST IN A FIRST 
4- 
. class m eat m ark et in  a   th riv in g   tow n  of  1,000 in­
h ab itan ts w ith  tw o  railroads.  A verage  sales  $30  per 
day.  Good reasons fo r selling. Address H., care Trades-
TT°5 S4 LE~ AT A  BARGAIN,  a   c l e a n   STOCK  OF 
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hardw are  and  m ill  supplies.  Address  W ayne 
Choate. Agent, h a st Saginaw. 
210-t£
U lO R  SALE—THE BEST DRUG STORE IN  THE  THRIV- 
J -  m g  city of  Muskegon.  Terms  easy,  C.  L.  Brun- 
dage, M uskegon, Mieh. 
193-tf
T^OR  EXCHANGE—$1,000  WORTH  OF  BOOTS  AND 
shoes,  to r  pine lum ber dry and on  railroad.  Ad­
J - 
dress O, th is office. 
oqa*
1  MEAT  m a r k e t   in   a   c it y   o f
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6,000  inhabitants;  doing  a   large  cash  business; 
good reasons fo r  selling;  shop in southw estern Michi- 
gan;  fo u r  railroads  in   city.  Established  six  years. 
Address L, box 108, Niles, Mich. 
*  228*
T p °R   SALE—HALF  INTEREST  IN  PLANING  MILL, 
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sash,  door and blind factory, heading w orks com 
plete,  including  dry  kiln;  m aterial  abundant.  J. W. 
McCausey, cashier  Union  City  N ational  bank,  Union 
City, M ichigan. 
228*
U 'O R  EXCHANGE—FOR MERCHANDISE, HARDWARE 
, 
°.r   general  m erchandise  preferred,  live  acres of
land  in  flourishing  business  town.  New  house  and 
b a rn ; house alone cost $2,000 two years ago.  Good well 
cistern  and  out houses.  Plenty  of  fruit.  Also  good 
house  w ith one  acre  of  land  nicely located  in  sam e 
town.  Address  G.  W.  W atrous,  Coopersville,  Mich.
____ ___________________________ ________  
227-tf
SALE—A  FINE  DRUG  STOCK  IN  ST.  IGNACE. 
A   Terms easy.  Good  reasons  for  w ishing  to  sell 
229*
Apply  to D.  C. H ulett, St.  Ignace, Mich. 

. 

j o m m m  

quam ted  w ith 

tory town.  N othing  out  cash  will  buy—poor  health 

I^6 r~SALE^CLEAN ■N E\#STO C K ~H A ^lTA REr”lN- 

voice about $3,500.  Low rent.  Southern Mich, fac­
reason.  109, th is office.__  
¿ 30*
Y yAN TED —AN  EXPERIENCED  SALESMAN  AC- 
VV 
the  m anufacturing  and  mill 
trade ot this State  to  trav el  for  a   reliable wholesale 
and retial supply  house.  To  the  rig h t p arty  w ith ac- 
ceptable references  steady  em ploym ent will be given. 
Address  Samuel  Lyon,  108  Paris  Ave., G rand Rapids, 
Michigan. 
228-2t
T\7"ANTED—POSITION  BY AN EXPERIEN
m --------- e d p h a r -
maexst.  The best of  references.  Registered  bv 
exam ination and speaks Holland.  Address N.  Yyne
Morley,  Mich.
*236*
■yyANTED—FOREMAN  FOR FACTORY.
MUST HAVE 
i practical knowledi 
lair and general cabi 
n et  w ork.  Address  W. 
»*. 
rucholson,  W hitehall,
Mich.
"__________229
;■ 
-A GOOD STOCK; TRADE ESTAIP
, 
----- nation; brick store; long o r sh o rt
lease of store and  fixtures  cheap.  A bargain.  Best of 
reasons  fo r selling.  Those  m eaning business apply to 
R. J.  Park h u rst, Caro, Mich. 
ggg*  |
<fl»7,000 TO  $10,000  BONUS—TH i   DECATUR MANUFAC- 
sP 
tttrm g   Co.  offers its fine  plant of  brick  and fram e  ! 
building, engine,  boiler,  wood-work,  m achinery, etc.,  ! 
a t a sacrifice equal  to above  bonus  to   any institution
em ploying  50 or  m ore  hand: 
ddress  Im provem ent
Association D ecatur, Mich. 
________________ 228*
TYTANTED-THE  ADDRESS- OF 
ANYONE  WISHING 
V V 
to   s ta rt  a   variety  store. 
Address  B.  D.,  care
Tradesn,...i.____
______________ _231*
SITUATION  WANTED—IN DRY 
GOODS OR GENERAL 
O   store by a  young German-Ait 
eriean, of four years’ 
experience.  Be.-t of references, 
Address W. C., Michi- 
gan Tradesm an.
229*
A  GOOD  BUISNESS  AND  STOCK  FOR SALE.  OUR 
CL  fu m ai---------  
000  per  m onth.
»  F, draw er  V,  Bangor,  Mich,  j

) OOTSAND SHOE 
J  
lished ; center

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her  m en $10,000 to $1:

-o. 
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this  paper  to

WANTED—EVERY 

_______________ 229*
TORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS  I 
,  .  , 
paper  to   give  th e Sutliff  coupon system  a
trial.  I t will abolish your pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith  j 
ail yo u r book-keeping, in  m any instances save yeu the 
expense of one clerk, will b ring  your business  down to 
a  cash basis and  save' you  all  the  w orry and trouble 
th a t usually go w ith the pass-book plan.  S tart th e 1st 
of th e m onth w ith th e new  system  and  you  will never 
reg ret it.  H aving  tw o kinds, both  kinds  w ill he  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 
og;; t,-
Y trA NTED —POSITION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER OR SAL;:«' 
tV  m an by a m an of fifteen years’ experience, 
li* st 
of references.  Address box  100, Bangor, Mich. 
22,s '
T \ r  ANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT; OUR 
• V 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 
225-tl"

iples.  E. A. Sto we <fc  Bro., G rand Rapids. 

REPORT  OF THE  CONDITION

Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank,

At the close of business,

DECEMBER  31,1887.

RESOURCES.

Loans and discounts..........................  $391.940 6?
Mortgages........................................   67 499 «0
Land contracts............. 
 
ggp 09
Stocks and bonds......................... 
4 3414 oa
Real estate.............................................16,404 65
Furniture and fixtures.... ................
Î.46Ï 67 
Overdrafts.............................
208 63
Cheeks and cash items........ ¿»7,333 40
Due from other banks_____  45,676 90
Coin, nickels and pennies...  2.5) 0 51 
Currency...................................  8,693 00

74,213 a
$556,998 66
$50,000 00

LIABILITIES.

Capital......... : .........  
Undivided profits..................................... 
46 23
Due depositors.......................................... 452,952 46
Re-discounts........................................  10,00006
Dividends unpaid.................................  44,P00 69
$556,998 63

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If you want to put in 
a  stock  of  FISHING 
TACKLE and wish first 
class goods and bottom 
prices,  get  our  prices 
before  you  buy, as we 
have  the  largest  and 
best stock in the State.

19 and 21  Pearl  St.

L. S. HILL & CO,
Grand  Rapids,  -  Mich.
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Roller Champion,
Matchless,

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MmiXTJOM  DEPIRTJIilHT.
H ie h ig a a  B u s in e ss   M on’s   A sso c ia tio n .

President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
Firat Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—S. Lamfrom, O wosso.
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.
Executive Board—President, Secretary, Geo. W.  Hub­
bard, Flint* W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; Irving  F. Clapp, Al-
Committee on Trade Interests-^Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; H. B. Fargo, Muske­
gon.
Oommmitte on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing; W.
E, Kelsey, Ionia; Neal McMillan, Rockford.
Committee  on  Transportation-^.  W.  Milliken,  Trav­
erse CSty; Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec,
E ast Saginaw .
Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  Y.
- Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan. 
Committee on Building  and  Loan  Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  S.  E. Parkill,  Owosso;  Will  Em- 
mert, Eaton Rapids.

Official Organ—Th e Michigan Tradesman.

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

N o .  1—T ra v erse C ity  B . Iff. A.- 
President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts.

NO, 2—L o w e ll B. M . A . 

P resident, N. B. B lain; S ecretary, Fyank T. K ing.

N o. 3 —S tu rg is B . M . A . 

president. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jora.
N o.  4 —G rand  K ap id s  M .  A . 

President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
President, B- B. Fargo; Secretary, W. C* Conner.

N o.  5 —M u sk eg o n  B .  M . A . 

N o. 6 —A lb a   B . M , A . 

President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.

N o. 7—D im o n d a le  B . M . A . 

Preeident, T, M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.

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NO. 8 —B a stp o r t B . M. A .

President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
Preeident, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, O. A. Stebbins.

N o , 9 —L a w re n c e  B , M . A . 

No.  1 0 —H a rb o r S p rin g s B . M . A . 

President, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson-
President, H. P. Whipple; Secretary, Ç. H.  Camp. 
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.

N o . 11—‘K in g sle y  B . M . A . 
N o .  1 3 —Q u in c y  B . M . A .

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

N o. 13—S h erm a n  B . M . A . 

N o. 14—N o. M u sk eg o n  B . k .  A . 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.
President, R. R. Perkins;  Secretary, J. F. Fairchild. 
" 
President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco.

N o. 1 5 —B o y n e  C ity   B . M . A . 

N o . 1 6 —San d L a k e B . M . A .

N o. 17—P la in w e ll B . M . A . 
President, E. A.  Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
N o.  1 8 —O w osso B .  M . A . 

President, S. E. Parkill; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.

N o.  1 9 —A d a  B . M . A . 

President, P. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.

N o. 3 0 —N au gatu ck   B . M . A . 

President, John Ft Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phplps.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.

N o. 3 1 —W a y la n d  B . M . A . 

N o. 33—G rand  L ed g e B . M . A . 

Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

N o. 3 3 —C arson C ity B . M. A . 

President, F. A. Rockafellow;  Secretary, C. O. Trask.
President, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond. 
" 
President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.

N o. 3 4 —M o rley   B.  M . A .

N o. 3 5 —P a lo  B . M . A .

N o. 3 6 —G r e e n v ille   F.*. M . A . 

President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.

N o   3 7 —D o r r  B . M .  A . 

N o. 3 8 —C h eb o y g a n  B . M . A  
President, J. H. Tnttle;  Secretary, H, G. Dozer.
President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrongh, 

N o. 3 9 —F r e e p o r t B . M , A .
N oT  —O cean a B . Iff. A .

President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling.
President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o . 3 1 —C h a rlo tte B . M . A . 

N o. 33-—C o o p e r sv ille  B . M . A ; 
N o. 3 3 —C h a r le v o ix   B. Al. A . 

President, G. W. Watrous;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.
President, John Nicholls;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

N o. 3 4 —Saran ac H. Al. A . 

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

N o .  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A . 

President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.

N e .8 6 —I t h a c a -B.  M . A .

N o. 3 7 —B a ttle  C reek  B . AI. A . 

President, Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary,  Jno. P- Stanley.

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

President. H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

N o. 3 9   -B u r r  O ak B .  AI. A . 
President, B. O. Graves;  Secretary, H. M. Lee.
N o. 4 0 —B a t o n   K a p i d s  B . Af. A . 

President, F. H. DeGalin; Secretary, W ill Em m ert.

N o. 4 1 —B re e k e n r id g e   B . Al. A . 

P resident, W. O. W atson; S ecretary, C.  E. Scudder.

N o . 4 3 —F r e m o n t  B. Al.  A . 

P resident, Jos. G erber;  S ecretary  C. J. R athbun.

P resident, G. A. E stes; Secretary,W . M. Holmes.

N o. 4 3 —T a stili B . M . A . 

N o. 4 4 —R e ed  C ity  B . Af. A .

President, C. J. Fleischhauer;  Secretary,  W. H. Smith.

P resident, D. E. H allenbeck; Secretary, O. A. H alladay.

N o. 4 5 —H o y tv ille   B . Al. A .
N o. 4 6 —L e slie  B .  M. A . 

President, W m. H utchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.

N o.  4 7 —F lin t  M .U . 

Preeident, W. C. P ierce; Secretary, W. H. G raham .

N o. 4 8 —H u b b a rd sto n   B. M, A . 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. j. Tabor.

P resident,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F rank Smith..

N o.  4 9 —L er o y   B   M .  A . 
N o. 5 0 —M a n iste e  B . M . A . 

President, A. O. W heeler; S ecretary, J. P.  O'Malley.

N o . 5 1 —C edar  S p rin g s  B .  M .  A . 

President, L. M. Sellers; S ecretary, W. C. Congdon.

N o. 5 2 —G rand H a v e n  B . M . A . 

President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .

President, F rank Phelps; S ecretary, Jo h n  H. York.

President, Thom as B. D utcher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller.

President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary. A  C. Bowman.

N o. 54— D o u g la s B . M . A .
N o.  5 5 —P e to sk e y   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B .  Iff.  A . 
N o. 5 7 —R o c k fo r d   B . M . A . 

President, N. W. D rake;  Secretary, T. M. H arvey.

Preeident, Geo. A. Sage; Secretary. J. M. Spore.

P resident, E. H agadom ; Secretary. O. V. Adams.

N o. 5 8 —F ife  L ak e B . M . A . 
N o . 59—Fennville B. M. A. 

Preeident F. S. R aym ond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
N o. 6 0 —S o u th  B oard  m an  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. H ogan; S ecretary, S. E. N eihardt.

N o.  6 1 —H a r tfo r d   B . M . A . 

President, V. E. M anley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

Association  Notes.

The  Muskegon  B.  M.  A.  will hold its 
annual banquet on Wednesday evening, Feb­
ruary 8.

The  Hopkins  Station  B. M. A. offers a 
|1 ,500 bonus  to  a good miller who will put 
bp and operate a fifty  barrel  roller  mill at 
that place.

Every  indication  points  to  a. large and 
pleasant  gathering  at  the  fourth  annual 
social party of the Grand Rapids  Traveling 
Men’s  Association  on  Friday  evening.
The Fennville B. M.  A. has secured Char­
ter No. 59 and  auxiliary  membership  for 
iwenty-five members.  The  Association  is 
fitting up rooms of its own for meeting pur­
poses.

L. A. Phelps, Secretary of the Saugatuck 
B. M. A.,  writes:  “Our Association  is do­
ing good work.  Every one is satisfied with 
it» 
I  always look for the Association Notes 
m  T h e T radesman.”

Three new charters have been issued dur­
ing the past  week—No.  59  to  Fennville; 
Mo. 60 to South Boardman;  No. 61 to H art­
ford.  Kalkaska and Petoskey will  probab­
ly secureeharters  before another week  has 
tMapsed.  '

It is a pleasure to note the vigor  some of 
the new officers are  Infusing  into the work 
•f the local auxiliaries.  They are  bringing 
their associations into good  working  order- 
find  following! out  the  aim gadvocated lb. 
splendid iriiápe.J- u«,-j"

East  Jordan  Enterprise:  The Business 
Men’s Association  held an important meet­
ing on Tuesday to  discuss  the  desirability 
of falling in line with other  associations of 
this region for the purpose of attracting the 
attention  of capitalists,  manufacturers and 
settlers 
the  inducements  offered  by 
Northern Michigan.

to 

In every organization—Churches, societies 
and secret  orders—the  principal  difficulty 
met with is to keep up the interest and pre­
vent the members from becoming lukewarm 
in the work.  The B. M. A. is no exception 
to  the  general  rule. 
It  meets  the  same 
drawbacks which beset every neworganiza- 
tion—and some old ones  as  well.  How to 
overcome this difficulty is a subject to which 
all friends of organization can profitably de­
vote much  thought  and  discussion;  T he 
T radesman would be specially  pleased to 
receive suggestions under this head.

The  Petoskey  Association  to  Secure  a 

Charter.
F rom  th eP eto sk ey  Independent.

The  Business  Men’s  Association  had  a 
large, and enthusiastic  meeting  Wednesday 
evening,  and fifteen or twenty new members 
were received.  President Hankey’s energy 
and push has already awakened almost com 
mendable interest in the work of the  Asso 
dation,  and if it is maintained as  it  should 
be, much can be  accomplished. 
It was de 
cidedto legally incorporate the Association 
so that it can purchase and hold property  if 
thought best.
A resolution was adopted endorsing Pres 
ident D.  C.  Page, of the village,  the  repre 
sentative of the Hay  Fever  Association,  as 
the representative of  the  Business  Men 
Association as well, to attend the  National 
meeting of the General  Passenger  Agents1 
Association at St.  Augustine,  for  the pur­
pose of securing reduced rates on  all  roads 
for members of the Hay  Fever  Association 
who come to Petoskey.
President Hankey appointed  the  follow 
ing  standing  committees  for  the ensuing 
year:
Manufacturing—J. R. Wylie, C.  J.  Pail 
thorp, J.  C. Bontecou.
Transportation—H.  O. Rose,  W.  L.  Me 
Manus,  C.  W. Caskey.
Improvement—W. L.  Curtis,  F.  W.  Rud- 
diman,  W.  S. Spencer.
Trade Interest—D. C. Page, S. Rosenthal, 
W.  W. McOmber.
Insurance—J. J. Hankey,  J.  VanZolen- 
burg, J. A. Shirk.

Annual  Meeting  of the  Allegan  Associa­

tion.

From  th e A llegan Record.

The annual meeting of the Allegan B. M. 
A.  was held at G.  A.  R.  hall  on  Tuesday 
evening.  The annual  reports of the Secre­
tary and Treasurer were  listened to,  which 
showed that the Association  was  in a good 
financial condition. 
In his remarks,  Presi­
dent Clapp spoke of the good work that has 
been done the past year and  urged  that the 
meetings of the Association  be  held  more 
regularly,  with the idea of  thus  improving 
the attendance.  ,
Tha election of  officers  for the new year 
then took place and resulted as follows:
President—I. F.  Clapp.
Yice-President—M.  C.  Sherwood.
Secretary—E. T.  VanOstrand.
Secretary  of  Collection  Department—F. 
Treasurer—J.  H. Eppink.
A report from the Committee  on  Consti­
tution and By-laws was listened to and  laid 
on the table until, the  next  meeting.  The 
chair appointed À.  E.  Calkins, J. B.  Street­
er, J.  M.  Killian,  F.  T.  Ward  and M.  H. 
Porter a committee to work towards the se­
curing of a new court house.  The Railroad 
Committee  reported  “progress”  and  that 
next Tuesday Messrs.  Anderson  and Cook 
would be here to finish up  the  work.  The 
meeting then adjourned to meet  next Tues­
day evening, when it is hoped a  large num­
ber will be present.

E. Fish.

Standing  Committees of  the  B. C.  Asso- 

, 

ciation.

From  tire B attle Greek Call.

The meeting of the Business Men’s Asso 
ciation,  held  Wednesday  evening  in Good 
Templars’  ball,  was  quite  well attended 
notwithstanding  the  other  attractions  of 
the  evening.  President  Bock  announced 
as  standing  committees  for  the  ensuin 
year as follows:
On  Improvements—S.  W.  MeCrea,  P. 
Hoffmaster,  A. F. Bock.
On  Transportation—J.  M.  Caldwell,  W 
D. Farley, F. P.  Pittman.
On  Trade  Interests—Martin  E.  Brown, 
W.  C. Gage,  Dr. A.  W.  Alvord.
On  Insurance—S.  L. Badgley, N. A.  Os 
good, John Helmer.
On the activity and  earnestness  of these 
committees,  a  large  degree  of  the success 
and usefulness of  the Association  depends 
the  President  has  made  selections 
and 
which will commend  themselves to all.
The  topic  selected  for  discussion at the 
next meeting,  February 8, is as follows:
Resolved,  That  it  is  for the best inter­
ests of the  business  men, -Individually and 
collectively,  for  each  one  to confine him­
self to his  own  legitimate line of business.
The Kalkaska  Association  Awake  Again.

K a lka ska, Jan.  27,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

De a r  Sir—Our Association  has  finally 
awakened once more.  We held  our annual 
meeting Monday night, ratified and adopted 
the State constitution,  elected  officers and 
now propose to keep awake.  Our  new  of­
ficers are as follows:

President—Alf. G. Drake.
Vice-President —James Crawford.
Secretary—C, S.  Biom.
Treasurer—H. E. Stover.
Executive Committee—Elms, Perkins and 
Hobbs.
The Secretary was instructed to procure a 
charter at once.  We  are  now  talking  of 
electric light and water works.

Yours truly,  C. E. Ramsey.

Tried to Freeze Out a  Partner.

The Royal Baking Powder Co.  has again 
come into public notice by reason of the liti­
gation between the  men  interested  in  i t  
William Ziegler, Dr. C.  N.  Hoagland  and 
C.  Hoagland, all  of  Brooklyn.  Ziegler 
owned nearly half the stock and  the Hoag- 
lands held the  remainder.  Last  year  the 
profits  amounted  to  6225,600,  of  which 
Ziegler’s share was  6100,000.  But  serious 
differences have arisen between him and bis 
partners, and be has begun a suit to  secure 
an  accounting.  The  Hoaglands  have  re­
peatedly tried to. buy  out  Ziegler,  and  by 
raising their Own salaries  to  625,000  have 
attempted to freeze  him  out,  hut  Ziegler 
still holds on.  N 

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The Other Side.

Written Especially for The Tradesman.

Dispute and controversy.

Two sides has every tale of woe,
But seldom to one side should go 
And to be just, in judgment, man 
,  By this rule must abide,
Reserve the verdict till he can 

All right for blame or mercy;

Examine t’other side.

To him who  sits in judgment on 

The actions of a brother 

And hears one side of the story must 

In justice hear the other.

Lest bias do most gievous wrong, 

<Without intending to)
By placing else where right belongs. 
The false before the true.

For judgments formed by prejudice 

Are tares that grow in hate.

And fertilize d by enemies 

The mind may vitiate.

Forsooth, alone should-be one ear 

To one side occupied,

The while reserved its mate to  hear 

The facts on t'other side.

’Twere well no man should jump in haste 

At premature conclusions,

Lest he alight on ground misplaced, 

Receiving wrong’s contusions. 
Ignorance is a dangerous thing,
To play at j udge and jury;

And avarice passes tyrant rules 

For suffering and penury.

There’s  nothing  quite so right  as Right, 
And nought more wrong than  Wrong 

Nor easier than mistaking Might 

For Right, however wrong.

’Tis well our  verdict to withhold 

Until the case is tried;

Perhaps, when al; me facts are told  , 

We’ll take the  other side.

M. J. Wrjlsley.

Retrospective

View  of  the  Battle  Creek 
Association.

The

Grocers’  Association  of  Battle  Creek
was organized  March 2,1887, by  E.  A.  Stowe 
Secretary of the  State  Association,  with  flf 
teen  charter  memoers.  Under  this  name 
eleven  additions  were made to  the member­
ship.  Under  Act 190, Public Acts of 1887, the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s Association was in­
corporated Sept. 15,1887, with Frank Hamilton 
of  Traverse  City, as  President;  Paul P. Mor­
gan, of  Monroe  and  S. Lamfrom, of  Owosso 
as  Vice-Presidents;  E.  A.  Stowe,  of  Grand 
Rapids, as Secretary; L. W. Sprague, of Green­
ville,  as  Treasurer.  It being  desirable  that 
our organization should change its name from 
the  Grocers’  Association  to  the  Business 
Men’s Association, in order to become an aux­
iliary to the  State Association, and  believing 
that by  so doing  and admitting  all  branches 
of  legitimate  business,  we  could  make  an 
Association  profitable  and  useful  to  Battle 
Creek, we accordingly on the 21st day of Sep 
tember, 1887, ratified the constitution and  by­
laws of the State Association and adopted  the 
constitution and by-laws for auxiliary associa­
tions recommended by that body and on  Nov. 
2,188<t changed  the  name of  our  Association 
to the  Business  Men’s  Association  of  Battle 
Creek and voted to extend a cordial invitatio 
to  all  men  representing  legitimate  lines  of 
business to join  our society.  To further this 
object, a committee of three was appointed to 
solicit members to tne Association.  The work 
done  by this committee, together with the ef­
forts of  individual  members, has  resulted  in 
increasing the membersh p by 54, which, after 
deducting three who  have  left the society by 
going  out of  business  and one  by deatb, Mr 
Charles Iden, leaves our present membership 
at eighty.
We are greatly encouraged by the success of 
our Association and the good we have already 
accomplished.  We commence the  new  year 
under the  most  favorable  auspices  and  pre­
dict for it  under the efficient management of 
an able corps of officers, a powerful and pleas­
ant Association.  In  order to make  this pre 
diction  true,  it  will  be  necessary  for  every 
member to give the  officers  his  hearty co-op­
eration  and support in  everyrhing  that  per 
tains to the good of the order and to live up to 
the letter of the constitution and by-laws.

J no. P. Stanley, Sec’y

Gripsack  Brigade.

A.  F.  Peake,  with  Deland & Co.,  was in 
last  Friday  to  attend  a  Masonic 

town 
gathering.

Russell  W.  Bertsch,  son  of  Christian 
Bertsch,  has gone on the road  for  Rindge, 
Bertsch & Co.

Thos. D.  Haight and D.  H. Mosher  have 
started out on the road again for the Aldine 
Manufacturing Co.

Ivan  Lloyd,  having  signed with the R. 
W. Bell Manufacturing Co., of  Buffalo,  for 
another year,  will  bring  his  family  here 
from Buffalo this week.

Willis P. Townsend wore his tall silk hat 
last week.  The  reason  given  is  that  he 
found a 11^  pound boy at his  house on his 
return home the week before.

C. E.  Bradley,  late  with  Dillingham  & 
Co., of Detroit, has  engaged  to  travel  for 
Thad. B.  Preston,  the  Ionia  jobber.  He 
has removed his family  from  Greenville to 
this place.

Jas. A. Pugh,  who has  represented  Cof­
fin, Devoe & Co. in  this  State  for the past 
year,  has purchased an interest in the  Pen­
nington Pulley Works, at Ft.  Wayne, Ind., 
and taken the position  of  Secretary  of the 
corporation.

E.  W.  Haskin,  representing  the Crescent 
Match Co.,  of Saginaw, was in  town  Mon­
day for the purpose of  introducing the two 
grades of parlor matches made by that com 
pany.  No sulphur matches will be made by 
the company.

A. F. Draper,  the  South  Arm  general 
dealer, writes as follows, under date of Jan­
uary 27:  “Louis J. Koster, traveling sales 
man for Edson, Moore & Co., of Detroit, is 
at my home at South Arm, confined  to  his 
bed with typho-malarial  fever.  He  drove 
here  Monday  morning  last  from  Boyne 
Falls and has been confined to his bed since. 
He is under Dr. Lafevre’s  care and is doing 
as  well  as  can  be  expected.  Please  an­
nounce  tbe  facts  through  the columns of 
T h e Tradesman,  so  that  his  customers 
may know the cause of his delay.”

A story is told about a well-known  memr 
her of the traveling  fraternity  of this city, 
noted  for  his  hustling  propensities,  who 
once  met  his  match  in  the person  of  a 
youthful driver for a livery stable, at which 
the drummer hired a  team  to transfer him­
self and samples to  an  inland  town  some 
miles  distant.  The  boy  was  sent by the 
liveryman with instructions  to “drive care­
ful,” and be obeyed  the  command  to  toe 
letter,  despite  the  remonstrances  of  the 
ipan of samples, who was in something of a 
finny.  Becoming  exasperated  at last, the 
traveler snatched the  whip from the socket

W.  C.  DEXTXSOXT,

Stationary  and  Portable  Engines  and  Boilers,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

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Vertical, Horizontal,  Hoisting  and Marine Engines.  Steam Pum ps, Blowers and Ex­

haust Fans.  SA W   M ILLS, any Size or Capacity W anted.

8 8 ,9 0  a n d  9 3  SO U TH   D IV IS IO N   ST.,

G R A N D   K A P ID S ,  M IC H .

H. Leonard & Sons, Sole Agents!

134 to  140 Fulton St.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Has  the  best  record  of  any  stove  in  the  market.  Most 
profitable  stove  to  handle  because  the  easiest  seller.  Everv 

body knows the“QUICK MEAL.

.._AT_w  

th e   T im e  to   S ecu re  th e  E x c lu siv e   A c e n r y .

99

RESTORATION  NOTICE
Under  instructions  of  the  Secretary of 
the Interior  dated the  15th  day of  Decem­
ber,  1887, modified by his instructions of the 
’22d day of December,  1887.,  By direction of 
of the Commissioner of  the  General  Land 
Office dated January lotto, 1888.
Notice is  hereby given  That ttoe indem­
nity withdrawal for the benefit ©f the Jack- 
son  Lansing  and  Saginaw  R. R.  Co.,  has 
been revoked.
That all the lands  in this  district  within 
such  indemnity limits of the  grant of  said 
R. R. Co., and heretofore withdrawn for the 
benefit  of  said  Company—except  such  as 
may be covered by approved selections—are 
now  open to settlement.  And  that  on  the 
8th day of March,  1888  the  said  lands  will 
be  open to  filing and entry.

U.  S. Land Office,

Reed City, Mich.,

and lashed the  horses  into  a  lively  gait.
Although the young man was  taken by sur­
prise, he pulled them to a  stand-still,  and,
turning in his seat, said:  “Say,  Mr. H—_
who the d— 1 is driving this team, anyway?”

Purely Personal.

W.  H.  Beach, the Holland grain and pro­
duce dealer, was in town one day last week.
Dave Holmes, buyer for the West  Michi­
gan Lumber Co., at Woodville,  spent  Sun­
day with friends here,

C. W.  Caskey,  the  Harbor  Springs  mer­
chant and vessel owner, was in  town  over 
Sunday and left Monday for the South.

Herman Ullrich, late with Henry Schultz 
& Co.,  of Chicago, has  taken  the  position 
of superintendent of W.  W.  Huelster’s  pa­
per box factors'.

Daniel Keeney and his  sons, Walter  and 
George,  are now engaged in  the  fancy gro­
cery and fruit business at San Diego,  Cala., 
and are the recipients of a good  and  grow­
ing patronage.

John Maclay,  of  the  wholesale furnish­
ing  goods  house  of  Thompson & Maclay, 
will go to Dubuque iu a couple  of weeks to 
attend  the  wedding  of his daughter.  He 
will be accompanied by his son, Fred.

Receiver, 

E .  N .  F it c h , 

January  23,  1888.
N a t h a n i e l   Cl a r k , 
Register.
RESTORATION  NOTICE.
Under  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of 
the Interior  dated  the  15th  day of Decem­
instructions 
ber,  1887,  modified  by  his 
of  the  22d  day  of  December,  1887.  By 
direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  the Gen­
eral  Land  Office  dated January 19th,  1888.
Notice is  hereby given That  the  indem­
nity withdrawal for the benefit of the Grand 
Rapids and Indiana  R. R.  Co.  has  been  re­
voked.
That all the lands  in  this  district  within 
have | such indemnity limits  of  the grant  of  said 
R.  R.  Co.,  and  heretofore  withdrawn  for 
the benefit of said company—except such as 
may be covered by approved selections—are 
now open to settlement and that  on the 8th 
day of March,  1888,  the  said lands  will be 
open to filing and entry.

' 

Receiver. 

F .  N .  F it c h , 

Reed City,  Mich.,

U. S.  Land Office,

G.  W. Perkins and Chas. J.  Reed,  Presi­
dent  and  Secretary,  respectively,  of  the 
Grand Rapids School Furniture  Co., 
gone  East  on  a  business trip.  Mr.  Reed 
will go no further than New  York, but Mr.
Perkins will visit Boston  before  returning.
Mrs.  Geo. W* Crouter, wife  of  ex-Presi- 
dent  Crouter,  of  the  M.  S. P. A.,  died at 
Strathroy,  Ont.,  on Jan. 28.  She  had been 
sinking  for  about  a year,  as the result of 
January 23d,  1888. 
lingering consumption,  every  expedient of 
N a t h a n i e l   Cl a r k , 
Register.
medical science and climate having been ex­
hausted  by  the  indulgent  husband.  Mr.
Crouter has the sympathy of  the drug trade I CHAS.  E.  BREWSTER, 
o^the State in his affliction. 
*
Chas.  N.  McWhorter,  who  has  beenen-i 
gaged in the local office of R.  G.  Dun & Co. ] GifiT J100K  811(1 PEflliY HANDLES, 
for the past twelve years, five years as Dis­
trict Manager,  has  resigned  that  office to 
accept the more lucrative position of  gener­
al  Michigan  traveling  representative  forj 
Coffin, Devoe & Co., of Chicago.  The  res­
ignation takes effect to-day and the new en­
gagement goes into  effect  to-morrow.  Mr.
McWhorter  has  many  friends  among  the 
business men of this city who  will regret to 
see him sever  his  connection  with Dun &
Co., but who will wish him  success  in  his 
new field of action.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  be­
speaks for Mr. McWhorter  the  cordial  re­
ception of the trade everywhere.

COALI

I   manufacture  my  handles  from  rived 
second  growth  maple,  turned 2 1-2,  2 9-16, 
2 11-16 at bulge as ordered.

My stock is  kiln-dried,  and with a capac­
ity of  fifty doz.  per  day can  fill  all  orders 
promptly.

PROMPT ATTENTION  TO  MAIL  ORDERS. 

in   H a n d -S h a v ed   W h ite  

H ic k o r y   A x e   H a n d le s.

L A K E   B R E W S T E R , 

„ __  

Jobber 

M IC H .

_

- 

- 

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VISITING  BUYERS.

P resen t  P rices:

The following retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
W ailing Bros, Lam ont 
Neal McMillan, Rockford 
T P arrish , Grandville 
B W atson, Coopersville 
C Tuxbury, Sullivan 
H W hite, Reed City 
Geo C arrm gton, T rent 
S  C Scott, H oward City 
Adam Newell, Bu^nips Cor 
N agler & Beeler, Caledonia 
M Bailey, Plainw ell 
J  J  W illiam s, H aroun’s Sid 

H enry B aar,  G rand H aven 

ners

ners

n a

donia

liards

Howard  E  Parm elee,  Hil- 
Wm H ew itt, Cam pbell 
Johnson  &  Seibert,  Cale­
A W Blain, D utton 
Chas A B rott,  Canada Cor­
O  F  Conklin & Co, Conklin
0  F  & W P  Conklin, Raven­
G M H untley,  Reno 
Jno D am stra,  Gitchel 
C E P ra tt, Moline 
A C Adams, Ashton 
M H eyboer & Bro,  D renthe 
J  C Drew,  Rockford
1 J. L eggett,  P aris 
Jas Colby, R orkford 
J F Clark, Big Rapids 
L A Scoville. Clarksville 
L A  Paine, Englishville 
C H Joldersm a, Jam estow n 
David  S  Clement,  Sprin;
S Cooper,  Jam estow n 
G F Cook, Grove 
Den H erder & Tanis,  V 
W E H inm an, S parta 
John G unstra, Lam ont 
D W C Shattuok,  W ayland 
H Jolm ston, Shelby 
Theron Usborne, Shelby 
i  Globensky, Lakeview

Lake

land

in g
Green,  H udsonville 
D Adams, A lpine 
? M Elder, Spencer Creek 
S Moore, G reenville 
F  Lamon, Muskegon 
IP Sebole,  Breedsville 
P  Cordes, Alpine 
Alf G.Drake. K alkaska 
Dave  Holmes,  Woodville 
"  Slnz, Conklin
W  Caskey,  Harboi 
Springs
B W atkins,  H opkins Sta­
tion
B W atson, Coopersville 
B Cham bers, W ayland 
T Pierson, Irving 

Sm ith & B ristol, Ada 
Morley Bros, Cedar Springs 
JR oys,  Lakeview  
Geo P  S tark, Cascade

S tev e   N o.  4  a n d  N u t 
E g g  a n d  G rate

.0 0   p e r  to n  
.75  p e r  to n
We  are agents for  Brazil  Block  Coal.  The 

Rest and cheapest steam coal  In the market.

Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co.,

OFFICE  53  PEARL  ST.,

Sole agents for Chicago Brass 

ior State of Michigan.

Rui

Frequent  complaints  come 

to  T he 
Tradesman  from  traveling men  and vis­
iting merchants of gross overcharges on the 
part  of  Ball  &  Watters’  hackmen.  The 
complaints are  usually  accompanied by the 
information  that  appeals  to  the owners of 
the hack line,  instead of securing honorable 
adjustments and apologies, result instead in 
abusive conduct and  language  unwarranted 
by the  circumstances  and  unbecoming  in 
men who depend on the traveling public for 
support.  So  frequent  have  become  such 
complaints of late  that  T h e  T radesman 
impelled to advise  its  readers to treat all 
hackmen  working  for Ball  &  Watters as 
they would treat a  thief—make  a  bargain 
beforehand and refuse to be  mulcted by the 
cowardly bullies who comprise  no inconsid­
erable number of the employees of the firm.
“The American Girl’s  Handy  Book,” by 
Lina  and  Adelia  B.  Beard,  is, indeed,  a 
handy book and just what every girl should 
have. 
It tells how to make so many things 
that girls like that it will  supply  pleasant 
amusement for many a leisure hour.  Among 
items of interest upon which  it  treats  are 
the following:  3ea-sidedecoration,  how  to 
make a hammock, how to model in clay and 
wax, china painting, how to paint  in water 
colors, how to make a telephone,  how to re­
juvenate old furniture and  rubbish,  some­
thing about mantle-pieces  and  fire-places, 
how  to  make  attractive  booths at a fair, 
window decoration,  how to play all sorts of 
winter  and  summer  games,  some  easy 
Christmas  gifts  to  make,  and a hundred 
more original and novel objects.  Published 
by Charles Scribner’s Sons,  New York.

OANDEE
Rubi.
BOOTS

w i t h

DOUBLE  THICK 

BALL.

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

9 ?

To  the  Hardware,  Crockery  and  House  Furnishing  Goods  Trade—We  are pre­
pared to quote bottom  factory discounts  with  advertising  matter,  electrotypes,  etc.,  and 
to give exclusive territory for the sale of the  “QUICK  MEAL” to  our customers.
W rite us for new  catalogue  showing  new  designs  and improvements for  1888 and 
advise us  if  you desire to handle  the stove  in  your  town.  All bills dated April 1st and 
stoves shipped at once if desired.

Wholesale  Crockery and  Hotlse Furnishing  Goods.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS.,
Ä P  8,  M usselman i  ßo„

FO R   S A L E  BY

E. G. STT7DLEY & CO., Grand Rapids. 

Jobbers of

W holesale  Grocers,

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

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

J . F. Hacker, general dealer: 

m a n is a corker in the trade.”

‘Th e Tr a d e s-

Copartnership  Notice.

Notice  is  hereby  given  that a copartner­
ship was  formed Jan.  l, 1888,  between  C. 
K.  Hoyt  and  F.  H.  Campbell, of  Hudson­
ville, Mich.,  under  the  name  and  style  of 
K.  Hoyt & Co., for the purpose of carry-
ing on a general merchandise  trade at Hud­
sonville,  Mich.  All  accounts  due  C.  K ’ 
Hoyt will be paid to the firm, who will also 
meet all obligations formerly made by C. K. 
Hoyt.

C .  K. Hoyt,
F. H.  Cambell,

Neal’s  Carriage  P aints

Re-palnt your old buggy and make it look like new for LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR.  Eight beautiful «hyideff 
Prepared ready for use.  They dry. hard in a few hours, and have a beautiful and durable gloss.  They are 
the ORIGINAL, all others are IMITATIONS.  More of our brand sold than all the Other brands on the market*

The Great Invention.  Six  Handsome Shades.  Ready for use.  DRY  HARD  OVER  NIGHT, and are very 

G R A N I T E   F L O O R   P A I N T S
ACME  WHITE  LEAD  <fc COLOR  WORKS

durable.  Give them a trial, and you wilt be convinced that It does not pay to mix tha paint yourself-

Dry Color Makers, ^Paint and Varnish  Manufacturers.

CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR D EALER, IT W ilt SECURE YOU A PRIZE.' 

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D E T R O I T ,

prominent  characteristic  of  whom  I  have 
endeavored  to  portray.  ‘ He,  or some near 
relative. Is sure to be among  the customers 
of each and every merchant. 
If you do not 
like  his  style,  nbr  enjoy  his  inanper of 
flaunting forth his  ailments, remember that
yon»*  too,  have  your  imperfections,  and 
seek to refrain from tasking the patience of 
yonr hearers in the manner of the  poor, 
dieted* yet well-meaning Mr. Blobbs.

J oseph  W. W in k le.

D. D. COOK,
Talley  City  Slow  Case  Factory,
SHOW CASES

Proprietor of the

Manufacturer of

P r e sc r ip tio n   C ases, a  n   S tore  F ix tu r e s. 

OF ALL KINDS.

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUES.

M y P r ic e s  a r e  L o w er  th a n  a n y  o f  M y 

C o m p e tito r s.  E stim a te s F u r ­

n is h e d   o n  A p p lic a tio n .

38 West Bridge street, Brand Rapids.

Telephone 374

W  H I P S

ADDRESS

G R A H A M   R O Y S, 

-  G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy.

Overalls, Pants, Etc-,

O U R   O W N   M A K E .

A  Complete  Line  of

Fancy Croctery sFancy Wooflenware

O U R   O W N   IM P O R T A T IO N .

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

4 3   a n d  4 5   K e n t S treet, 

STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. 

W E   D O  O N L Y  F IR S T  C LASS W O R K  A N D  

U SE   N O   C H E M IC A LS.

Orders b y  m ail  and  express  p rom ptly  attended to.
PLACE to secure a thorough 
’ and useful education is at the 
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Busi­
ness College, write for Col- 

Address, C. G. SWENSBERG.

lege  Journal.

T H E   BLOBBS’  AILMENTS.
o  EspeciaUr for T t *   Tradesman.

i Written Especially for

Mr. Blobbs comes  in  almost every even­
ing.  He lives not  far  from  here,  so it is 
an easy matter for him to get to  town.  He 
is one of yonr chronic  invalids, who is for­
ever inflicting his woes and infirmities upon 
ail mankind.  Sometimes he makes  a  pur­
chase, and when he does  it  is sure to have 
some connection  with  one  or  more  of his 
many ills. 
It is his delight to get hold of a 
»¿ranger  and  relate  in  pitiful  detail  the 
iong list of casualties  which  terminated in 
his  application  for  a  pension.  Bat when 
the  right  person  is  not  forthcoming  he 
pours  the  torrent  of  complaint  upon  his 
acquaintances.

Yonr humble servant  has for a long term 
of years been the periodical recipient of car­
loads of information, more or less valuable, 
upon various mid  sundry  forms of disease, 
both  acute  and  chronic,  with  which  the 
Blobbses and Blobbsesses, great  and small, 
have  been  afflicted.  Sometimes  the  dis­
course  takes  the  form  of  a  disquisition; 
sometimes  of a sermon.  But of  whatever 
brand, it is  Blobbs  first, 
last  and  all the 
time.

Do I never tire of this thing?  Yes,  gen­
tle reader, I  sometimes  do.  Nine  different 
times  have  1  loaded  my  trusty  fowling 
piece with purpose intent  and malice afore­
thought to wipe the elder  Blobbs  from  the 
face of  the  earth  and  thus  end  his  woes 
forever in this world; and  nine times have 
I been deterred  by  fear  of  direful  conse­
quences  in  the  realms  of  the  unknown 
hereafter. 
I want to go sometime to  a bet­
ter lancC and I do not  want  Blobbs  along. 
He will never  die  a  natural death,  so that 
if I do not kill him,  I may have a few  hun­
dred years of heavenly  enjoyment  without 
his society,  before  some  fellow in the dis­
tant future cuts  loose  on  him  and  sends 
him to his eternal reckoning.

Grand,  Square  and  Upright  Pianos.

The  Weber  Piano is  recognized  beyond 
controversy as  the  Standard for  excellence 
in every  particular. 
It is  renowned for its 
sympathetic, pure  and rich  tone  combined 
with  greatest  power.  The  most  eminent 
artists and  musicians,  as  well as  the musi­
cal  pnblic  and  the  press, unite in the ver­
dict that

The  Weher Stands Unrivaled.

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

Weber Pianos, 

Fischer Pianos,

Smith Pianos, 

Estey Organs, 

A. B. Chase Organs,

Hillstrom  Organs,

JULIUS A  J. FRIEDRICH,

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

30 and 32 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

GEO.  E.  HOWES,

C.  N.  RAPP,  Manager,

Apples,  Potatoes  1  Onions.

JO BB ER  IN

S P E C I A L T I E S  :

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

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

THOMPSON  &  MACLAY,

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

i t i i s ,   Hosiery,  h it   M l!,  M i n e   G il!,  Etc.,

19 South Ionia Street, 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

N o   G o o d s  S o ld  a t  R e ta il. 

- 

T e le p h o n e  6 7 9 ,

W e m anufacture  a lin e  of Fire  Proof 
Safes th a t  combine all th e  m odern im­
provem ents an d  m eet w ith read y  sale 
am ong  business  men  and  dealers  of 
all  kind.
Any  business  house  can  handle  our 
Safes  in  connection  w ith  any  other 
line  Of  goods  w ithont  additional  ex­
pense  or interference  w ith  any  other 
' business. *

m m .  Me Measure. Outside Measure.
Ko. 2,250 lbs.  18x8x8% in.  23x14x13 in.  $30 
No.8, 500lbs.  16x10x10 in.  28x18x18 In. 
35 
No.4, 700 lbs.  18x14x12 in.  82x22x81% in.  45

JENNES81 McCURDY,

Importers and  Mamifactdrers'  Agents.

DEALERS IN

,   U U 1 U U )   W X U . U U   I I   I U   U j

Fancu  Goods  of all Description.

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Bronze  and  Lihraru  Lamps,  Ghandeliers,  Brackets,,  Ete.,

73 and 75  Jefferson  Ave.,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Wholesale Agents for  Driffield's  Canadian  Lamps.

ffiOW WATER • 

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D IR E C T IO N S  

We have cooked the corn in this can 
sufficiently.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed (not cooked) adding  piece pi 
Good Butter (size ofnen'segg)and gill 
of tresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unlessbearingthe signature of

i&VOUpurt  o a u n u .g  
P a r e u p o r *   1

A T.  THIS

CURTISS  1  DUJfFOJi

Everything in the Paper Line.

Rockfalls,  Childs,  Sterling,  Economy,

W. & T. PURE JUTE MANILLA.

GENERAL  WOODENMRE,

CILCASHSS"“

AXE  HANDLES, 

BASKETS, 

CLOTHES  BARS, 

BRUSHES, 

LINES  AND  PINS, 

MOPS,

TUBS  AND  PAILS, 

BOWLS,

Everything in the Woodenware Lift*.

I have listened to him till I have  decided 
that for my own good  and  the  welfare  of I 
my family,  it is  best  to  unburden  myself 
before I burst.

to 

He  begins  with  an  allusion 

the 
weather.  Who doesn’t?  But  he  drags in 
his rheumatism  upon  its  train.  He  then 
passes  gracefully to the state of vegetation, 
and says that the  last  time  there was such 
a crop as this, he severed  a  large artery in 
his leg with a com knife.  He also causally 
refers to the potato yield and speaks  of  the 
time when his boy Jerry was poisoned with 
pans green,  and  it  cost  him  nine  dollars 
and forty cents  for  doctor’s  bills and med- 
cine.

That new house of  Smithson’s  is  also  a 
subject  productive of reminiscence.  When 
he worked on just such  a  building  as  that 
in Pennsylvania,  he  fell  from  the  rafters 
and broke an arm and three  ribs.

That is  a  pretty  good  brand  of  tobacco 
which he has  just  sampled,  and  it  tastes 
like some which he and Bill Snyder climbed 
up on a supply wagon after when the rebels 
were charging his command  at  Shiloh,  and 
he was shot through the lungs.

“There; did you hear that cat  mew?  My 
old Tom did the  very  same  thing  just be­
fore Susie had  that  spell  with  the  croup 
last spring and came so near dying.”

His cow broke loose in the barn last night, 
and ate over  a bushel  of  rye  before  they 
found it out,  and when Jimmy was tying her 
up she hooked him in the side,  and boy and 
cow are both in great misery.

“Yesterday,”  he goes on to say,  “I went 
over to'see  Ury  Smith  about  getting  the 
pay for that lot of potatoes  I  sold him laist 
fall, which he  agreed to pay me for on  the 
I5th, and when I  got about a mile  this side 
of there I was took with one of them  spells 
with my heart, and got  so  weak  and faint 
that I had to stay to Frazer’s till this morn­
ing. 
I didn’t eat  what  would  keep  a  cat 
alive till  I  got  home,  and  then  Marg’ret 
fixed me up a dose of herb tea so that I feel 
some better than I did,  but  I’m afraid that 
I’m agoing  to  have  another of them spells 
ag’in  afore  morning. 
I  wouldn’t  care  so 
much about that  if  it wasn’t for my lungs. 
The doctors  say  that  I’m  sure  to  die of 
either heart diaease  or  consumption. 
If  I 
get shet of one, the other’s sure to carry me 
off.  Oh,  I tell you sickness like mine  in  a 
family is a mighty bad thing, and the’don’t 
nobody know what it  is  till  they’ve  had a 
tech of it.  The  rheumatiz  is  jest  a more 
than taking holt to-night and I’m  afraid  of 
that abscess breaking oat on my  leg  again.
“Did I  ever show  you  that  place on my 
stomach  where  I  had  the  carbuncle  last 
summer?  I   did,  eh?  Well,  all  right. 
I 
thought if you hadn’t seen  it,  it  would be 
quite  a  curiosity  to  look  at.  That  salt 
rheum on my toes keeps  agetting worse all 
the time and I  can’tg e t  anything to help it 
neither.  The* was a  feller  around a while 
ago—a doctor like—that said  he <»uld core 
it up for me,  but  when  I   found  out what 
kind of medicine he was  agoing to put onto 
it,  I  told  him  that  he coaid  mosy  right 
along about  his  business.  He  wanted  to 
pot—”

; '   But  why pretend the agony?  Let me as­
sure you, dear reader, that I  do not stop for 
want of subject  matter. 
I  could, by  slow 
and painful stages,  drag  you  through  the 
wearisome history of all the  many ailments 
that have afflicted toe Blobbs family for toe 
past generation; but i believe  that  I do not 
-  underestimate my  position,  or toe patience 
of T he T radesman’s  readers, in thinking 
I  should  receive  no  thanks  lor  my 

pains. | | | | '  M  

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There are fewilndeed, of these who shall 
read this article*  who  are  n o t. personally 
acquainted with  toegentleman,  toe  most

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and am intolerant enough  to  believe  that 
the “scalper” seldom uses  common  sense, 
even allowing that he possesses it.

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From the multitudinous “One Price Only” 
signs that meet the gaze in  nearly every lo­
cality, an uninformed person  would  natur­
ally imagine that there was a  large class of 
dealers to whom “cutting”  was  unknown, 
but I happpn to  know  that  in some of the 
establishments  that  conspicuously  display 
this legend are some of  the  most  reckless 
“scalpers” known to the  trade.  While os­
tensibly selling at  the  market  price  they 
have numerous ingenious devices for under­
bidding their competitors and gratifying the 
individual  who  never  buys  except  when 
heavy  discounts  are  conceded  him.  Old 
Isaac Levison’s scheme was  not a very bril­
liantly conceived  one,  but  he  illustrated, 
somewhat, the  unyielding  qualities  of the 
class referred to when he remarked to a par­
ty whom he desired to secure as a customer:
“Mine friendt!  Dot  goat- fits you like it 
vas made for you  in  Baris,  und  I’d  feel 
broud enough to see you  wear  dot goat on 
de streets to geef it to you!  Dot  mark  vas 
eight tollar, und you offer me six tollar und 
a  halluf!  Mine friendt, I vas nefer  known 
to deflate in brices! 
I vas  One Brice Isaac, 
uftd my rebudation vas voit more  als  mon­
ey!  Vat?  Y ou von’t geef  anunder  cent? 
Holt  ou,  mine  friendt! 
I do up dot goat 
for eight tollar,  und  ven  you  findt  mine 
bocket-book und a tollar and a halluf—-vot I 
accidentally drop in de backage—you forget 
all abowed who lost dot money!”

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From my bucolic stand-point, I  can’t  see 
any practical reason for the dealer’s decorat­
ing his store with  “No Credit!”  “One Price 
Only!” “Goods Warranted as Represented!” 
“No Trouble to Show Goods!”  and  similar 
announcements. 
If he  “means  business,” 
he can pursue his particular  policy  exactly 
as well without the signs,  and if  he doesn’t 
they are continually  testifying  against him 
as a falsifier.

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partnership,  Barstow  assuming all liabilities 
and  collecting  all  outstanding  accounts, and 
will continue  to  conduct the business  as  C. 
Barstow at 237 East Bridge.

Ca b r i, B a r st o w , 
F. N. J e n n in g s.

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which  are  plain  and  simple  much  rubbing, 
and  consequently  much  labor  and  wear  of 
clothes, will be saved.

The peculiar property possessed by our soap 
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fie  JUicltigan Tradesman,

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

B tA   COUNTRY  MERCHANT.  * 

W ritten  E specially for Th e Tradesman.

I am going to make the very safe, but not 
very brilliant, assertion that, if every dealer 
had all the  business he could  conveniently 
attend to and customers regarded themselves- 
as being  particularly  favored  in being al­
lowed to purchase  goods  of  their  favorite 
traders, the puavalent propensity for cutting 
mid slashing prices would practically disap­
pear. 
I  am going, moreover, to express the 
not very original, but I  think  unassailable, 
opinion that it is the scarcity  of  customers 
and  the  bargain-hunting  characteristic  of 
the average buyer that make the practice so 
universal and disastrous to  the  mercantile 
profession.  And,  in addition to  these eru­
dite and philosophical assertions  and opin- 
. ions, I  am going,  still farther, to allege that 
the evil is being continually augmented and 
rendered more incurable by the constant ad­
ditions to the ranks of those  who  periodi­
cally “compromise” with their creditors for 
a nominal percentage of their indebtedness.
One of the easiest things imaginable is to 
point out and  deplore  evils, but one of the 
most difficult tasks that could  be  assigned 
one is the suggestion of radical remedies for 
their suppression and cure;  and,  in the case 
of the one in question,  where no law is vio­
lated and precedent and custom are  on  the 
side of the offenders, it is doubtful whether 
the wisest individual that ever studied mer­
cantile problems could  suggest a reasonable 
method for mitigating the damages inflicted 
on trade.

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But there is some  consolation  in  grum­
bling  and  growling  about  what we can’t 
help.  There is,  for instance, a certain way 
for collecting government revenues, connect­
ed with a certain federal statute for evolving 
millionaires,  which I,  from  my  particular 
stand-point, consider an outrage on the peo­
ple at large.  Now, 
this  combination  for 
public support and  private  emolument ap­
pears to be as fixed and  unchangeable  and 
as revered among a majority of  our  politi­
cians as are  the ten commandments  among 
Christian religionists,  and  I doubt whether 
an earnest petition of three-fourths  of  the 
tax-payers of America  would  secure  any­
thing more than a farcical introduction, far­
cical debate and pre-arranged slaughter of a 
reform measure;  yet,  notwithstanding  my 
absolute disbelief in- the efficacy of protests, 
myself and numberless others derive an im­
mense amount of comfort,  yearly,  by  in­
dulging in verbal and written denunciations 
of the system.  We  thoroughly  appreciate 
the fact that it doesn’t have the remotest ef­
fect upon the gentlemen whom we biennial­
ly elect

■“To scatter plenty o’er a smiling land 
And read their praises in a nation’s eyes,”

but it keeps  our  disgust  and  indignation 
within bounds and acts as a sort  of  safety 
valve  for  our  feelings.  And,  while  we 
know that argument and appeal and protest 
and denunciation  will  be  lost  upon  these 
dog-in-the-manger  dealers,  who  refuse  to 
extract a reasonable profit from trade them­
selves or allow their  neighbors  to do it,  we 
are partly repaid for  the  injuries  they in­
flict upon us by being allowed  to  excoriate 
them  occasionally  in  the  columns of the 
commercial press.

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I  have  very  little  appreciation  for  the 
poet’s declaration that “ man  wants  but lit­
tle here below”—my experience and  obser­
vation have convinced me that, as a rule, he 
■“ wants  the  earth.”  Let,  for  instance,  a 
young  fellow  with  limited capital and no 
•experience enter into  trade  as the competi­
tor of an individual who has  accumulated a 
reasonable amount of both,  after long years 
■of close economy  and  tread-mill  industry. 
The beginner has, perhaps, the  commenda­
ble qualities of energy and ambition,  but he 
is deficient in  patience,  perseverance  and 
prudence. 
If,  after a short period,  he does 
n’t succeed in  rivaling  his  neighbor  in his 
daily sales,  he  becomes  discontented  and 
envious and imagines it necessary to  devel­
op into a “scalper” to  secure  his  share of 
the  trade.  And  then  it  becomes  only a 
question  of  his  competitor’s  disposition 
-whether he dissipates his  little  means in a 
very  brief  time,  slowly fades out of busi­
ness or,  more happily,  ultimately  recovers 
from his imbecility.  Or,  perhaps  (if he is 
-a person of nerve and  plausibility  and has 
made a limited but comprehensive  study of 
a popular modern  mercantile  speculation), 
he buys every dollar’s worth of  goods  that 
he can possibly get  credit  for,  and,  after 
his assignee has  made  the  usual  compro­
mise, he is in a situation  to double-discount 
the manufacturer in the way of prices.

I am not one of those who  believe  that a 
certain schedule of prices can be hung up in 
•every establishment and  be reasonably and 
-consistently  adhered  tp  in  every  case—I 
-only  claim  that  any  business  enterprise 
- must, for the success of its proprietor,  be so 
•conducted that a certain average  of  profits 
will result from a certain average  of  sales. 
I p r i l  not  like  to  be  bound  by  severe 
pains and penalties from deviating in prices. 
If there is a liberal  margin  on a certain ar­
ticle,  which I  have no compunctions of con­
science in pocketing in the .case of  &  semi- 
yearly customer, I  want to reserve the priv- 
ilege of  givipg  my  friend  and,  perhaps, 
semi-weekly buyer,  a  little  better  terms. 
But,-notwithstanding this,  I  wouldn’t like 
^tebelabeled as » “ scalper,” forI^am   ego-: 
tletical 
to beliove. that I infuse a lit-
Ale common sense  into  these  transactions, ■

DETROIT  SOAP  CO.,

D E T R O I T , M IO H .,

Manufacturers of the following well-known Brands

s o .a .:p   s

QUEEN  ANNE, 
MICHIGAN,

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CZAR,

MONDAY,  ,

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 
SUPERIOR* 

ROYAL  BAR, 

MASCOTTE,

CAMEO,

PHCENIX,

WABASH,

*  AND  OTHERS.

For Quotations address

W . G. H A W K 2NS,

In k  Box  173, 

GRASD  BAUDS,  MIOH.

Salesman  for  W estern  Michigan.  ■

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LIOUST  COFFEE.

To Consumers, and is, Conseq.uently, a Quids, and XSasy Seller,

Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Boasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storeke

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answer all communications  regarding prices, etc.  Convenient  snipping  depots established at  all  prominent  cities,  securing 
quick delivery, 
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BAKING  POWDER.
10c cans .

CHEESE.

Michigan full cream.. .12%@13 
DRIED FRUITS,
Apples, evaporated.. ,954©1C54
sundried..........6® 6l£
DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN.
C itron..............................21
Currants.  .  . 
................7
Lemon  Feel................... .  14
Orange P e e l............__ 14
Prunes, French, 60s.......... 1454 1
“ 
French,80s.............1254
French, 90s...__ .11
“  
“  ■-  Turkey, old__....  454
“ 
Turkey,  new........5
Raisins, Dehesia......... ...3 60
Raisins, London Layers__3 10
Raisins, California  “ 
...,2 40 
Raisins. Loose Muscatels.  2 20 
Raisins, Loose California. .2 00 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s. 854®  8%
Raisins. Sultanas...... . 
..'..85%
Raisins,  Valencias............   754
Raisins,Im perials......__3  76
Cod,  whole__ ...___. .43£@5
Cod, boneless......... . ...6%®7%
Halibut........................  
1254
Herring, round,  54 bbl. 
3 00 
Herring, round,  J4 bbl. 
1 50 
Herring, Holland, bbls.  10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs  75@80
Herring, Sealed...........  22®23
Mack, sh’r, No.  1,54bbl....8 75 
“ 
“  12 ft kit..l 25
“ 
“ 
..1  10
“  10  “ 
“ 
“ 
No. 2, 54 bbls...... ..7 50
Trout,  54  bbls................... 5 75
“  10  ft  kits.................  85
White, No. 1, 54 bbls..........7 00
White, No. 1,12 ft kits..... 1 20
White,  No. 1,10 ft kits......1 05
White, Family,  54 bbls......3 75
kits...........  68

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

FISH.

“ 

Lemon. Vanilla.

Jennings’ 
1>. C.,2 oz.......¥  doz 1 00 
“  4 oz.................1 50 
“  6oz.................2 50 
“  8o z...............3 50 
“  No. 2 Taper..1  25 
“ 
..1 75 
“  No. 4 
“  54 pint, r’nd..4  50 
..9 00 
“ 
“  1 
“ 
“  No. 3 panel... 110 
“ 
“   No. 8 
...2 75 
“  No. 10  “ 
...4 25 

1 60
2 65
4 23
.5 00
1 75
3 00
9 00
18 00
5 00
7 00

1 85

SWEET  GOODS-X  3
Ginger'Snap». .......754
Sugar Creams— ... .7)4
Frosted  Creams........
Graham Crackers.... 
Oatmeal  Crackers,,..  , 
TOBACCOS—PLUG.
Spear H ead......................
Plank Road....... 
...... .
Eclipse................... .........
Roly Moses............__
Blue Blazes...................
Eye  Opener____ ______ _
Star 
........................41
Clipper., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,  v.
Scalping Knife.................
Sam Bass...... ...................
Climax..............................4!
Merry  War...  ............... .
Jolly  Tar..........................
Live & Let Live............ .
Nimrod.... ........................
Whopper..........................
Jupiter..............................
Old Honesty......................
P. L.......... .......................
Corner Stone...............
Clipper........................... 3i
2 and 2............ 
21
TOBACCOS—FIN E  CUT.
Sweet  Pippin....................
Five and Seven.................
Hiawatha.........................
Sweet  Cuba.......................
Petoskey Chief.................
Sweet Russet...................
Thistle...............................
Florida...............................
TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
Rob  Roy............................
Peerless....................... ,....
Uncle Sam........................
Japan ordinary...............li
Japan fair to good..........21
Japan fine........................31
Japan dust......................IS
Young Hyson.................2(
Gunpowder......................31
Oolong.................33@55@8(
Congo............................... 2E
30 gr.  51

VINEGAR.

TEAS.

 

PROVISIONS.

PORK   IN   BARRELS. \

The Grand Rapids Packing &  Provision Co. 

quote  as follows i
Mess............ ............................. ..................16  00
Short cut..................................................... 16  00
Short cut, clear,  Botsford.......................... 15  00
Shortcut  Morgan..................................... 16  25
Extra clear pig, short cut__ .................... 17  00
Extra clear, heavj   
............. .   ...... .... .17 00
Clear quill, short c u t.............................. .li 00
Boston clear, short  cut  ____________ .  . .17 00
Clear back, short c u t.,.....................1 7  00
Standard Clear, short  cut, best_______.17 00
Bean........................................ .
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLA IN .'
Hams, average 20 lbs.  .............................n
“ 
16  fts................... .............. 1114
“ 
12 to 14 fts........................... llv*
“  picnic  ........................................  ...  654
“  best  boneless......... ...........................

Shoulders......... ................... ................<...;  8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............... 
11
Dried Beef, extra.......................................   ¿54
ham  prices...........................10

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Long Clears, heavy................................f ...  854
“  medium....................................  854
lig h t..........................................854
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LARD IN  TIN PAILS.

LARD.
Tiattar 
q
30 and 50 fi> Tubs................  
8%
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case............................ 
834
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case............................  
3%
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case............................ 
854
20 ft Pails, 4 pa ils in case...................... 
854
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts....................   7 00
  7 50
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacaing................... 
“  Kansas City Packing...............7  25
Plate .......................................  
 
Extra Plate.....................................  
 
Boneless, rump butts...................................10 00
“  Kan City pkd........... 9 00
“  54 bbl.  5 00
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Pork Sausage................................................  754
Ham  Sausage............................................... 11
Tongue  Sausage........................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage..................................... 8
Blood  Sausage-,............................................ g
Bologna, straight.........................................   6
Bologna, thick.............................................   6
Head  Cheese.................................................   g
In half barrels..............................................  3 50
In quarter barrels.......................................     3 15

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

PIGS’ FEET.

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BY SELLING

Composed  of  Guatemala,  African  and 
Mexican .lavas,  Santos, Maracaibo  and Hio 
selected with especial  reference  to their fine 
drinking qualities.  The most popular brand 
of Blended Coffee in the  market.  Sold  only 
in 59 lb. Cans and 1  lb.  packages. 39. 6rt and 100 
lb, Cases.  Mail Orders Solicited by the  pro­
prietors.
 

7 75

8 25

BEE SPICE  MILLS,

59 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Importers and ¡jobbers of tine  Teas, Coffees, 
Spices,  Etc..  Baking  Powder  Mfrs.,  Coffee 
Roasters, Spice Grinders.

Mail Orders  Receive  Prompt 

See  Quotations  in  Another 

Attention.

Column.

FRESH MEATS.

as follows:

The W. Steele Packing & Provision Co. quotes 
Fresh  Beef......................... t...............  5  ® 654
Dressed  Hogs......................................   654® 6M
Pork loins............................................   @9
Beef loins.............................................  @9
Beef ribs...............................................  @8
Pork ribs.............................................. 5  @ 7
Pork  sausage............................  ........  ® 754
Bologna................................................  6  @7
Frankfort sausage.......................)___  @9
Summer sausage.................................  @13
Blood, liver and head sausage...........5  @8

FOREIGN,

TROPICAL

AND

CALIFORNIA

Groceries.

T heir Great 'Value as  Food  for  All  Sorts 

; 

and Conditions of Men.

toptotbALondonStandard.

Eggs are a  meal  In  themselves.  Every 
«toment necessary to the support of  man is 
«ootained within the limits of  an egg-shell, 
la th e  best proportions and in the most pal- 
«table form.  Plain boiled, they are whole­
some.  The  masters  of . French  cookery, 
however, affirm that it is easy to dress them 
I« more than five hundred ways, each meth­
od not only economical,  but  salutary in the 
highest degree.  No  honest  appetite  ever 
j e t  rejected au  egg in  some  guise,'  It  is 
nutriment in the most portable  form and in 
the most  concentrated  shape.  Whole  na­
tions of mankind rarely touch any other an­
imal food.  Kings eat them plain as readily 
os  do  the  humble  tradesmen.  After  the 
victory of Muhldorf, when the Kaiser  Lud­
wig sat 'at a  meal  with  his  burggrafs and 
great captains, he determined  on a piece of 
luxury—“one egg to every man,  and two to 
dm  excellently  valiant  Schwepperman.” 
Far more than fish-’-for it is  watery  diet— 
«ggs are the scholar’s  fare.  They  contain 
phosphorus, which is brain food,  and  sul­
phur, which performs a variety of functions 
in the economy.  And they  are  the best of 
nutriment  for  children,  for, in a compact 
form, they contain everything that is neces­
sary for the growth of the youthful  frame. 
Eggs are, however, not only food—they are 
medicine also.  The white is the most effica­
cious of  remedies for burns,  and the oil ex­
tracted from the yolk  is  regarded  by  the 
Russians as an almost miraculous  salve for 
cuts, bruises and scratches.  A raw  egg, if 
«wallowed in time, will  effectually detach a 
fishbone 
throat,  and 
the  whites  of 
ren­
der the deadly corrosive sublimate  as harm­
less as a dose of calomel.  They strengthen 
the cbnsumptive, invigorate  the feeble, and 
render the most  susceptible  all  but  proof 
against  jaundice  in  its  most  malignant 
phase.  They  can  also  be  drank  in  the 
shape of that “egg-flip” which  sustains the 
oratorical efforts of modem statesmen.  The 
merits of eggs do not  even  end  here. 
In 
France alone  the wine-clarifiers  use  more 
Sian eighty millions a year, and  the  Alsa­
tians consume fully thirty-eight  millions in 
calico printing and for dressing the  leather 
used in making the  finest  of  French  kid 
gloves.  Finally,  not  to  mention  various 
other employments for eggs in the arts, they 
may, of course,  almost  without  trouble on 
the farmer’s part,  be  converted into fowls, 
which, in any shape, are  profitable  to  the 
Miller  and  welcome  to  the  buyer.  Even 
egg-shells are  valuable,  for  allopath  and 
homeopath alike agree in regarding them as 
tile purest of carbonate of lime.

the 
eggs  will 

fastened 

in 
two 

The Sugar Trust Robbery.

A  ¡New York dispatch, dated  Jan. 26, in -! 
dicates the high-handed  manner  in  which 
the Sugar Trust is conducting its operations:
‘  Mr. Sierck, of Moller,  Sierck & Co., pro­
prietors of one of the largest and  oldest su­
gar-refining establishments in  the  country, 
when asked if it was true that his  firm had 
keen ordered by the Sugar  Trust  to  close 
their establishment, frankly  admitted  that 
such an order had been received and  would 
he obeyed.  The works will  remain  closed 
tor about four months, and a  large  number 
of men will be thrown out  of  employment. 
It was further admitted by Mr.  Sierck  that 
his  firm  would  be  amply compensated by 
the Trust. 
In other words,  a  certain  per- 
eentage of the profits on all the sugar  man- 
«f&ctured by the members, of  the Trust will 
he handed uver  to  Moller,  Sierck  &  Co. 
The firm will be better off than if  the refin­
ery were kept in operation.  By  restricting 
the supply of refined  sugar  in  the  market 
the  consumers  can  be  compelled  to  pay 
higher prices, and the great  monopoly  will 
thus be strengthened.  Mr.  Brown,  another 
representative  of  Moller,  Sierck  &  Co., 
vouchsafed the information that  the  Have- 
meyers had found it necessary to strengthen 
the Sugar Trust for their own protection.  It 
to stated in lower Wall street, where the of­
fices of the principal refineries are  situated, 
that there may be a break in the great sugar 
combination.  The  managers  are  fearful 
that such outsiders  as  Nash,  Spaulding & 
Co., of Boston,  and Harrison, Frazer & Co, 
and E. C. Knight &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia, 
will undersell the combination  and  supply 
the market with  good  sugar  at  moderate 
prices.

Another report is to  the  effect  that  the 
Trust will construct  a  gigantic  refinery at 
Philadelphia to whip into  submission those 
refiners who have not  joined  the  combina­
tion.

Is There a Lard Trust?

Jfav>ia th e  Chicago News.

A pretty story comes from Washington of 
a  project to corner lard next fall. 
It starts 
With the information that the  stock  of lard 
to low, the run of hogs will be light and the 
yield of lard light.
In order to  checkmate  any  move by the 
packers to swamp the cornerers by  melting 
whole hogs into lard the syndicate, or trust, 
«  blind pool or whatever name the  corner- 
era may assume, proposes to  secure a statu- 
tw y  definition of lard.  This would prevent 
the  packers  from  running  whole  hogs— 
heads, tails and trotters—through  the  ren­
dering tanks.  To this  end  a  bill  against 
adulterating lard has been  introduced  into 
Oongress.
Perhaps  the f bill  is  all  right  and  only 
means to exclude snouts,  entrails,  bristles 
and other imparities from the  kettles when 
tiie price of lard  tempts  the  unscrupulous 
beyond resistance.  But if it  should  bear a 
construction preventing the  manufacture of 
2ard o r a substitute for it  from  wholesome 
materials, such a bill should be crushed and 
Ils promoters exposed in the pillory of  pub- 
8c execration.

Still  Growing.

Daring the past week, F. J. Dettenthaler 
has issued a price list on salt  lake  fish and 
«ysfcers to the jobbing  trade.  Mr.  Detten- 
timler’s is one of the few houses  in  Grand 
Bapids who sells both the wholesale and re- 
toil trade,  but he finds it comparatively easy 
to carry on both branches  of  the  business 
from the same  establishment.  Retail deal- 
m s wishing to lay in a stock of salt fish tor 
Sent Would do well to correspond  with Mr. 
Jtiottonthaler without delay.

The largest Savings Bank  in the world to 
©»Glasgow Savings Bank.  The  last  le- 
jpofti Shows  funds  in  hand  of  £4,680,000 
«jwrffttg, and £4,G32,000  sterling are due to 
tiqpositors, who number 137.204.

Sabi0, -druggist,  iqéntë'ëv'lliet ; “Like 
i n a i a r  very much,"

The  Grocery Market.

There  are  ho  material  changes to note 
this week,  except a declineof  % c.  on  the 
part of the packago coffee  men.  Sugar re- 
mains stationary.  The  shutting  down  of 
another refinery in New York  has  created 
additional opposition to the  Trust  and  its 
methods, which are as questionable as those 
of the Standard Oil Co.

J U D D   «Is  O O ., 

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

1 0 g   C A N A L  S T R E E T .

Soft,  pliable  and  absolutely  unbreakable.  Stan­
d ard   q u ality   15  cents  p e r  yard.  Cloth  covered  80 
cents.  S atin covered 25 cents.  F o r sale everyw here.

Offer N o.  173.

FREE—To Merchants Only:  An 
elegant  silver-plated  Water Pitcher, 
frosted and richly  carved; height,  13 
inches.  Address at once, R. W.  Tan- 
sill & Co.,  55  State  St., Chicago.

The  steam  grist  mill  at  Pewamo,  Mich., 
known  as the  Chubb  Mill, with  good  house, 
fair barn and  hew boiler.  The property hav­
ing fallen to me by the decease of L. W. Chubb, 
my father, and living  in another  state, I will 
sell  the  property  at  a  very  low  price.  Ira 
Chubb,  Himrods, N. Y.  Address A. W. Sher­
wood,  Pewamo, Mich.

W e offer in car load lots good 
Timothy  Hay.  W e  have  the 
output o f four presses  and  can 
offer it in any quantity.  W rite 
for  prices.

71  Canal St., Grand Rapids.

PROPRIETOR OF

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

JOBBER OF

And Packer of

SOLID  BRAND  OYSTERS.
Facilities for canning and jobbing oysters 
are unsurpassed.  Mail orders filled  promptly 
at lowest  market  price.  Correspondence  so­
licited.  A  liberal  discount  to  the  jobbing 
trade.
G -ran d .  H a p ic is .

217, 219 Livingston St.,

W e  should  be  pleased  to open corres­
pondence with  anyone  having  APPLES, 
POTATOES, ONIONS, BEANS, DRIED 
FRUITS and other Country Produce to of­
fer.  CAR  LOTS A SPECIALTY.  Con­
signments will receive 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.
B. T . F I S H ; cfc O o M

t  Commission Merchants,

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

Reference—F irst N ational  Bank,  o r  any  W holesale 

G rocer here.

335  Broadway,  -  Albany,  N.  Y.,

P.O.BOX 215.

Liberal Cash  A dvancem ents on Con­
signm ents.  M arking P lates free.  Cor­
respondence  and  Consignm ents  Solic­
ited.  References furnished.

Poultry,  Butter  and  Eggs  a 

Specialty.

The  most practical 
hand  Roaster  in the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—(riving  satisfac­
tion. They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  peasants to  per 
fection.
Send for  circulars.

No 

Bought and Sold by

FRANK J. DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe S t, Grand Rapids.
0 T  ’ Oysters the Tear Around  a t

1 

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Acme, 54 ft cans, 3  d«z—   75
2 
54» 
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lib “
B u lk .................   20
Princess,  ?48. ...................  1 25
54s.....................  2 00
is....................... 3 75
bulk...... ..........   28
A retie. 54 ft cans, 6 doz....  45
4 “  .... 
75
3  “  .... 1 40
2 “  ....  2 40
1 “  ....12  00
Victorian, l ft (tall,) 2 doz. 2 00
Diamond,  “bulk,” ..........  
15
Absolute,  54  ft  cans, 100
cansiu  case..................11 75
Absolute,  54  ft  cans,  50
cans in  case.,.................10 00
Absolute, 1 ft cans, 50 cans
in case.  ......... 
.18 75
Teller's 54 ft, cans, 6 doz in
case...................................2 70
Telfer’s 54 ft cans, 3 doz in
case................................  2 55
Telfer’s 1 ft cans,  1 doz in
ease..................... 
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Dry, No.2 ............... doz.  25
Dry, No. 3.................doz.  45
Liquid, 4  oz..............doz.  35
Liquid, 8 oz..............doz,  65
Arctic, 4 oz........$  gross  3 50
Arctic, 8 oz.......................   7 20
Arctic 16 oz......................  12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.  2 00
3 00
Arctic No. 2 
Arctic No. 3 
4 00
No. 2 Hurl............................... 2 Qq
No. 1 Hurl................  ...... 2 25
No. 2 Carpet............................ 2 5q
No. 1 Carpet............................3 7g
Parlor Gera............................3 0q
Common Whisk......................l 0q
Fancy  W hisk.................. 12s
Mill..................................  .375
Warehouse............................. 3 0q
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  22
Premium.. 33
Hom-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

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Schepps, Is........................ .27

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Manhattan, pails............... 20
Peerless.........................  ..18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18
Mocha...........................27@29
Mandating.....................25@55
O G  Java......................25@25
Java.............................. 23@2i
Maricabo.......................21@22
Costi Rica.....................21@22
Mexican........................21 @22
Santos...........................2l@22
Rio,  fancy....................21@22
Rio,  prime....................19@20
Rio, common................18@19
To ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add )4cper ft. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

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•CRACKERS.

30 lbs 60 fts 100 fts
Lion...............  
2234
2334
Lion, in cab... 
22 %
Dilworth’s.... 
Magnolia.......  
22%
23%
Honey  Bee...2434  2434 
G erm an........ 
22)4
23)4
German, bins 
2234
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
20%
AVoriea 
McLaughlin’s X X X I 
2234
COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
Beil-Conrad Plan. Java__ 32
Mocha..32
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Javoka 30
“ 
Imper. .28
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Banner.28
Mex.......20
“ 
Arbuckle’s Avoriea...........20)4
••  Quaker Cy.............21)4
“  Best Rio............. ...22)4
“  Prime Maricabo.. .24)4 
Thompson & Co.’sHon. B. .25 
60 foot Jute........................   90
72 foot J u te ........................ 1 20
4oFoot Cotton.............. ,....1 50
50 foot Cotton......................1 60
60 foot Cotton................    .1 75
72 foot Cotton......................2 00
Kenosha Butter................... 7
Seymour  Butter..................5)4
Butter.................................. 5)4
Family  Butter..................... 5)4
Fancy Butter..................5
Butter  Biscuit.....................6)4
Boston.................................7)4
City Soda............................8
Soda......................................5)4
So  a Fancy...........................5
S. Oyster..............................6)4
Picnic.................................. 5)4
Fancy  Oyster...................... 5
Clams, 1 ft, Little  Neck.... 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 ft............2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 ft  stand.. .1 00 
Cove Oysters, 2 ft stand.. .1 7i>
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic...........1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic..........2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft  star..............1 90
Lobsters. 2 ft star..............2 90
Mackerel, lf t fresh stand.l  70 
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh stand.5 60 
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce 
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard..
Mackerel. 3 ft soused........
Salmon, lft Columbia........2 10
3 50
Salmon; 2 ft 
Salmon, 1 ft Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 2ft 
...2 75
Sardines,domestic %s.  ... 
7
Sardines,  domestic %b... 9@10 
Sardines,  Mustard  )4s...  9@l0 
Sardines,  imported  %s. J2@13
Sardines,  spiced, %s...... 10@12
Trout. 3 ft  brook............
CANNED FR U IT S.
Apples, gallons,  stand......2 75
Blackberries, stand...........1 30
Cherries, red standard......1 60
Cherries,  pitted........1 85@1 90
Damsons....................1 25@1 3>
Egg Plums, stand.............. 1 60
Gooseberries...............    ..,1 65
Grapes.......................—  ...9 5
Green Gages,......................1 50
Peaches,  ail yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds.............. 2 25
Peaches, pie.... »__ .1 6G@1 65
Pears............  
..1 35
Pineapples,......... ....1 40@2 75
Quinces............ ..................115
Raspberries, extra.............1 50
red...... ......150
S t r a w b e r r i e s .1 50 
Whortleberries............. 1 80
Asparagus, Oyster Bay__ 2 00
Beans, Lima, stand...........  75

CANNED VEGETABLES.

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White W ine.......  
9
Cider....................  
9
Apple...................  10
Bath Brick imported......
do American................
Burners, No.  0.................
do  No. 1..................
do  No. 2...................
Cocoa Shells, bulk............
Condensed  Milk, Eagle...,
Cream  Tartar....................
Candles. Star.....................
Candles. Hotel..................
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes..
Extract Coffee, V.  C.........
F elix___
Fire Crackers, per box__
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps... 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps...
Gum, Spruce....................
Jelly, in 30 ft pails..  . 5  <g
Powder,  Keg....................
Powder, 54  Keg.................
sag e...................................
feauer-kraut, 39 gals..........
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS.
Putnam  &  BrooKS quote as 
follows:

do 

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft boxes........... 8)4
...........9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
.......... 10
Royal, 25 ft  pails...... 8)4® 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls................  8)4
Extra, 25 ft  pails................10
Extra, 200 ft bbls................  9
French Cream, 25 ft palls. .11)4
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases........... 10
Broken, 25 ft  pails.............10
Broken. 200 ft  bbls.............. 9
Lemon  Drops........................13
Sour Drops............................ 14
Peppermint  Drops.............. 14
Chocolate Drops....................14
H M Chocolate  Drops..........18
Gum  Drops 
........................10
Licorice Drops................     IS
AB  Licorice  Drops.............12
Lozenges, plain.....................14
Lozenges,  printed................15
Im perials..............................14
Mottoes.................................15
Cream  Bar.............................53
Moiasses Bar......................... 13
Caramels................................18
Hand Made Creams...............18
Plain  Creams........................16
Decorated Creams................20
String Rock...........................13
Burnt Almonds.................  22
Wintergreen  Berries........... 14
Lozenges, plain in  pails.. . 12 
Lozenges, plain in bbls — 11 
Lozenges, printed in pails  12)4 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls  11 )4 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.  12%
Gum  Drops  in pails........... 6)4
Gum Drops, in bbls...........  5)4
Moss Drops, in  pails..........10
Moss Drops, in bbls...........  9
Sour Drops, in  pails..........12
Imperials, in  pails.............12
Imperials  in bbls.............. 11
Bananas....................1 
Oranges,  choice.......3 0C@3 50
Oranges,  Florida......3 00®4 0'<
Oranges, Messina__  @3 00
Oranges, OO..............  @3 00
Oranges,  Imperials..  @3 59
Oranges Valencia, eases...6 00
Lemons, choice........3 50@3 75
Lemons, fancy..........3 75©4 00
Figs, layers, new...... 12  @16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........6  ©  7
Dates,  frails do........  @6)4
Dates, )4 do  do........  © 6)4
Dates, Fard 10 ft box 
ft..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ^  ft..  8 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $5 ft 6)4 
Almonds,  Tarragona  @17
Ivaca........  @16)4
California  @16
Brazils......................  @10
Filberts, Sicily......... 30)4@11
Walnuts,  Grenoble..11)4©15
Sicily........  
12
French__ 12  @12)4
Pecans, Texas, H. P.  9@12
Cocoanuts, $ 100......   @5 50
Prime  Red,  raw  ^   ft  @4)4
Choice 
do  @5
Fancy H.P. do 
do  @  5)4
Choice White, Va.do  6  @ 6)4
Fancy H P,. Va  do  @  5%
H .P .V a....................   6%@
OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follows;

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

PEANUTS.
do 

FRUITS.

NUTS.

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Fairhaven Counts.............    35
Selects.............................  23
Anchors ................... 
20
Standards  ......... 
 
18
Favorites...............  
15
Standards per gal..............110
1 40
Selects,  per gal......... 
Counts, in bulk, per 100__ 1 20
“ 
....  80
Clams, 
....  70
“  per gal....................1 25
Black bass........................... 10
Rock bass......... A................   4
Perch, skinned.....................   6
Duck-bill  pike.....................  8
T rout.  ................  
10
Whiteflsh.............................. 10

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prices, as follows:

John Mohrhard quotes, selling 
Fresh beef.....  ...... 4  @6)4
Hogs  ........___ ..... 6)4@ 63i
9
Pork loins................. 
Pork ribs__ .......:.  7)4® 8
Bologna.  ...... 
 
6
Frankfort sausage...  9  ©10 
Blood, liv, h’d saus’g  5  @6
Mutton........ 
@7
Lamb.................L ‘7)4® ■ 8
Veal........iV/v......  8  ® 8)4
Fowls...................... 10)4@U
Ducks  .....................  @12
Turkeys  ..................  @11
Lard, kettle-render'd  @ 8)4

HIDES. PELTS AND FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green —  ¥  ft 454® 5  Calf skins, green
Part cured...  6  @ 654  or cured__ 6  ®  7
Full cured—   7  ® 
Dry hides and 
Apiece...... iO  @23
k ip s...........6  ® 8

Deacon skins,

WOOL.

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20
20 
10 
60 
50 

Fine washed ¥  ft 18@20|Coarse washed.. .20®22
Medium  ............ 20@23| Unwashed........... 12@16
FURS.No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
50
25

Bears............................. 15 00 7  00  4 00 
Beavers........................... 6 00 4  09  2 00 
Badgers.........................  75 
Cat, Wild.......................  50 
5
“  House....................  15 
5
Fox,  Red.........................1 00 
10
30 
2 50 1 00  50
“  Cross................. 
5 00 
“  Grey....................  75 
10
20 
Fishers............................7 00 400  200  100
Lynx................  
50
4 00  2  50  1 00 
05
Mink. Large  Dark.......  40 
10 
Small  Pale.......  25 
05
30 
Martins...........................1 00 
10
SPRING  W INTER  FALL  KITS
Musrats.................. 
8@4  01
Otter.........................6 00 
2 00  1 00
20  10
Raccoon, Large........  75 
Small.........  30 
10  05
S kunk................. 
75 
25  10
25
W olf........................ 3 CO 
50 
Deer Skins, dry, Red Coats, per lb...........  30c
30c
“  
** Blue  “ 
“  ............   25c
“ Short Grey, 
“ Long 
“  
10c
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sheep pelts, short shearing.............. 
5@25
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.........   @25
Tallow...................................................3 %@ 334
Grease butter ......................................  5® 8
Ginseng, good......................................1 60@1  70

25 
15 
60 
it  
4 00 
50 
20 
50 
1 00 

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WOODENWABE.
Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows
Standard  Tubs, No. 1....................
Standard Tubs, No. 2.........................
Standard Tubs, No. 3.........................
Standard Pails, two hoop...................
Standard Pails, three hoop...............
Pails, ground wood 
......................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes..............
Butter  Pails, ash...............................
Butter Ladles...................................
Butter Spades...................................
Rolling Pins........................................
Potato Mashers..................................
Clothes Pounders...............................
ClothesPins........................................
Mop  Sticks...................................... .
Washboards, single............................
Washboards, double..........................
Washboards, Northern  Queen.........

BASKETS.

Diamond  Market...............................
Bushel, narrow band, No. 1..............
Bushel, narrow baud, No. 2..............
Bushel, wide band.............................
Clothes, splint,  No. 3.........................
Clothes, splint,  No. 2.........................
Clothes, splint,  No. 1.........................
Clothes, willow  No. 3.........................
Clothes, willow  No. 2.........................
Clothes, willow  No. 1.........................
Water  Tight,  (acme) bu....................
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PRODUCE MARKET.

halfbu 

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75@2 50

Apples—f  2.50@I3 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.
Buttfer—Jobbers pay 20c for choice dairy and 

sell at 22c.  Grease butter is slow sale at 8c.

Butterine—Creamery,  16c  for  solid  packed 
and 17c for rolls.  Dairy, 13)4c for solid packed 
and  UV2o  for  rolls.  Extra  creamery 20c for 
solid packed and 21c for rolls.

Cabbages—S6@f 10 per 100, according to size. 

Very scarce.

13@13Hc.

Carrots—30@35c per bu.
Celery—25 $  doz.
Cheese—Jobbers are holding their  stocks at 
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork  barrels,  $1,25;  apple  bar­
rels, 25e.
Cranberries—Wisconsin Bell  and  Bugle are 
in good demand at $3.75  per  box.  or  $11  per 
bbl.
Dried  Apples—Jobbers  hold  sun-dried at 6c 
and evaporated at 8)4c.
Eggs—Jobbers hold  frhsh  at 20c  and limed 
and pickled stock at  18c.
Honey—In plentiful supply at 15@16c.
Hay—Baled 

per ton in two and  five  ton  lots  and  $13 
oar lots.
$1.30 per crate,

is  moderately  active  at  $14 
in 
Onions—Home grown, 80o  per bu.  Spanish, 
Pop Corn—2)4o «  ft.
Potatoes—The  market  is  looking  up  con­
siderably.  Buyers  are  paying 75@80c per bu. 
and holding at 90c.

Sweet Potatoes—Out of market. 
Turnips—20@25c per doz.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Lancaster  and  83c  for  Fulse and Clawson.
lots and 54c in cariots.
car lots.

Wheat—No change.  City millers pay 85c for 
Com—Jobbing  generally  at 58o  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  42o  in  small  lots  and  36c  in 
Rye—48@50o ¥  bti. i
Barley—Brewers pay $1.20 ¥  ewt.
Flour—No change. Patent $5.40 ¥  bbl in sacks 
and  $5.60  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.40 ¥  bfiL to 
sacks and $4.60 in wood.
Meal—Bolted, $2.60 ¥ bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 ¥  ton.  Bran. $18 
¥   ton.  Ships,  $19  ¥   ton..  Middlings,:' f 20  ¥  
ton, Corn and Oats, $22 ¥  ton,  , 

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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
ta*  and  first-class  references  011  file  with 
Th e  Tradesman.  Write  us  if  you wish 
information,  whether  to  buy  or  sell. 
It 
will cost  you nothing.

BARNETT  BROS,

16 and  18 No. Division St.

NEW  YORK.

FO O D   PR O D U C TS.

[It  is both pleasant and  profitable  fo r  m erchants to* 
occasionally v isit New York, and all such are cordially 
invited to call, look through our establishm ent, c o m er 
W est B roadw ay, Reaue  and Hudson streets, and  make- 
our acquaintance, w hether  they  w ish  to buy goods or 
not.  Ask fo r a m em ber of th e firm.]

SOLE  MANUFACTURERS OF

AND

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS  OF

AND JOBBERS  OF

40 and 42 Sonth Division St.

rS  HOUSEMAN, Pres.,

A. It. WATSON. Treas..
CASH  CAPITAL,  $200,000.

S. F. AS PIN W A IL. Secy

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SAUCES.

SOAP.

London Relish, 2 doz..........2 50
Dingman, 100 bars.................. 4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard__4 75
Jaxon.....  ...........................3 75
Allspice.........................     8)4
Cassia, China in m ats........  8)4

SPICES—WHOLE.

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“  Batavia in bund.. ..12
“  Saigon in rolls......40
Gloves,  Amboyna.............. 30
“  Zanzibar.................29
Maee Batavia......................80
Nutmegs,  fancy................ 75
No. 1.................70
No. 2...............65
Pepper, Singapore,  black..l8 
white.28
shot........................20
SPICES—GROUND—IN  BULK.
Allspice............................... 12
Cassia, Batavia....... ...........15
“ 
and Saigon.25
“  Saigon..  .............. A2
Cloves, Amboyna............... 35
“  Zanzibar................. 33
Ginger, African..................12)4
“  Cochin.................... 15
Jamaica............ .18@22
“ 
Mace Batavia  ...................85
Mustard,  English.............. 20
and Trie.22
Trieste...... .........25
Nutmegs, No.  2................. 65
Pepper,Singapore  black..22 
white.. 22
Cayenne.............. 25
doz...84 
Absolute Pepper, 
Cinnamon  “  .,.84
*),..60
Allspice 
“ ...112
Cloves 
Ginger 
“ ...78
Mustard 
“  ,..84
•  STARCH.

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Klngsford’s
Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs..........7

“  6 lb boxes........ 7)4
“ 
bulk...............6)4
Pure,l®>pkgs........... 
5)4
Corn, 1 ft p k g s......  .......  7
SUGARS.
Cut  Loaf................  
  @8)4
Cubes........... ...........  
  @7%
P ow dered.............  "®7%
Granulated, Stand...  @ ")4
Off...... .  @7 44
Confectionery A........  @  7
Standard A ............  @ 6%
No. 1, White Extra C.  @ 6%
No.2, Extra C ........  @ 6)4
N0. 8C.......................   @ 6
N & 4 C . . ...........   ©6X
Corn, barrels................   @33
  @35
Com, )4 bbls.................. 
Com, 10gal.k’gs..........  @38
Pure Sugar, bbl........ 
25@38
Pure Sugar, )4 bbl, .
......27@39

SYRUPS.

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TIM E  T A B L E S.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.

All Trains daily except 8undny.
GOINS NORTH.
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A rrives.
T raverse City A M ackinaw E x ..... .8:451a m
Traverse City &  M ackinaw  Ex.......  
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T raverse City  &  M ackinaw  E x ....  7:80p m
Cadillac Express.__.......__- r, 3:40 pm
Saginaw  Express...........; . . . . . . . .  .11:25 a  m  ■
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............................... 10:30 a m .
Saginaw  express runs th rough solid.
9:05 a. m. tra m  has  ch a ir  c a rlo   Traverse  C ity  and 
11:30 a. in. tra in  h as ch a ir ea r  fo r T raverse  City. Pe­
.
10:40 p. m, tra in  has sleeping cars fo r T raverse  Cl tv 
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Mackinaw.
toskey and M ackinaw City, 
Petoskey and M ackinaw. 

Leaves. 
9:05 a m 
11:S0 a m 
10:10 pm
5:05 p n> 
7:20 am  
4:10 p m

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GOING SOUTH.
Cincinnati  E xpress............*........ .. 
F o rt W ayneE xpress........................10:30 a m  
Cincinnati  Express.........................4 :4 0  p m  
Traverse C ity and M ackinaw E x.. 10:50 p m 

7-15a m
llil& a m
5:00 p m

7:15 a m  tra in   has  parlor  eh air  c a r  fo r  Cincinnati. 
8:00 p m  tra m  has W oodruff sleeper fo r Cincinnati. 
5:00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo fo r B attle Creek,  Jackson.  D etroit  and  Canadian 
points, arriv in g  m  D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.

M u sk e g o n ,  G rand  R a p id s  A  In d ia n a , 

Arrive.
*Ke<uTn‘m 
i i   oo a  m ............ ; : : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;  ^  
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4:4 0 p m ......................................................*.............   8:50p m
Leaving* tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.

C. L. Lockwood* Gen’l Pass. Agent.

THIS  IM P R O V E D

FOR  PHYSICIANS  AND  FAMILY  USE.

CTgaaasttiiB

WHOLESALE PRI0E  CURRENT,

Advanced—Alcohol,  chloroform, ¡¡rum  cam, 
ries  ba“ am,c°Paiba». linsoed oil, juniper her

Declined—Opium, white seed, turpentine.

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11®
13®

18  deg............... 

AMMONIA.
. 

BACCA®. 
1 60.................

. 
AOTDGM
Aceticum................... .........
8®  10 
Benzoieum,  German...............
80@1 00 
Carbolieum..__ ....
45®  50 
Citricum........................... ................
66®  65 
H y d r o c h l o r ...............
m   5 
Nitrocum ............. 
..................
10®  13 
Oxahcum..........................................
11®  13 
Salicylicum....................................... 1
7n@3 05
Tannicum............. ...|
..............1 40@1 60
Tartarieum ..........]
..............  50®  53
4 
Aqua  16 deg........................................  3®  5
-
Carbonas................................
Chloridum...........
Cubebae(po
..1 75@1 85 
Juniperus  .......................... ...............
. 
10®  12 
Xanthoxylum..............
..  35®  30
_  
Copaiba..........................
.  60®  65 
P eru...............................I
@1 50 
Terabin, Canada...... !.! ” .!..!.!.......
.  50®  55 
Tolutan...................................... "...V.
.  45®  50
. .  
Abies, Canadian.........................
Cassiao  ..............................................
Cinchona Flava............. ...................
E aony mus  atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, p o .....
Prunus Virgini.................... .............
Quillaia,  grd............ ................
Sassfras  ....................!!.!.!!. . .!
Ulmus..............................! ..............
Ulmus Po (Ground 13)..’!!!.'. . . . . . . . . .
Glyeyrrhiza Glabra............................
po...................................
Haematox, 15 fl> boxes_____
is ....................................
24s  . . . j .................
248  ..................................

EXTRACTTJM.

BALSAMUM.

CORTEX.

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Althae  ................................................   25^
c
A
i rq.
a
Arum,  po..
.
^
Calamus...... . 
......   20®
Gentìana  (po, 1 5 ) . . . . . . !  I X C  !
^
Ghrehrrhiza,  (pv.15)............................  16®
Hydrastis Canaden,  ,po. 45)...............  ®  40
Hellebore,  Alba,  po................  
iggji
Inula, po......... 
. ....................... ■. ] ! ’  15®  20
po• ■ ’ • ...........................-.......   -1  7508 00

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**  cu t............... . . y . ..................

Podophyllum,  po...............
Uhei  ...............
„ “.  P v ............
Spigelia  .......................
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)......... .'................
Serpentaria...   ............  
...... ”
Senega......... . 
.......................
Smirax, Officinalis, H ..!X X X " y ']
J   ‘‘ 
“  Mex...........
SciUae,  (po. 35)........................
Symplocarpus,  Foetidus, po..............
Valeriana,  English,  (po. 30)........  " "

German............ ......! !!

@ 
15® 
75@1 00 
@1 75 
75@1 35 
48®  53 
@S.@
55®
@
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10®
®@

15®10®

akìoìì iu
in«1

SEMEN.
Anisum, (po.SC).........................
Apium  (graveolens).........
Bird, Is..............................y ............-■*
4®
Carui,  (po. 18)........1 !. !. ].....................
13®
Coriandrum...... .................................. 1 S I 1
Cannabis  Sativa................. 
Chenopodium  ................. 
Dipterix Odorate................ ”   ........... 1  75^1  5?
Foeniculum.........................
................................................  *0® i   SO
P n o T ,) / ..,! ,™  
®  15
Foenugreek, po...........i
l i n i  
Lini, grd, (bbl,' 3 ).'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'J ;
Phalaris  Canarian...... ................  
Sinapis,  Albu.........  . 
_ 
o mao en
Frumenti,  W.. D. & Cn 
 g
Frumenti! D .F .R ..„ ° ::;;;;;;;..........\  S
Frum enti....................  
7
Juniperis Co.  O. T......... ..................... f 
^

............................. 6®  
'
.. *;..    .........
..y .y .

SPIRITUS.......

Nigra 

8®
11®

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®  15 
®3 50 
®  80
®
®
124®
®
12®
45®
30®
10®
30®
35®
10®

spt, vim  Gam............ ........................ i S

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SPONGES.

* » • .........................
. 
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Florida sheens  wool, carriage...  2 25
do 
do
Nassau 
do 
Velvet Ext 
do 
.......
'  "
' d o  
Extra Ye 
do 
do 
Grass 
do 
].” !
for slate use_
Hard. 
.........[[[[
Yellow Reef. 
O  *  „MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

®2 50 
2 00 
1 10 
85 
65 
75 
1 40

Annatto  f round’ (P«- 
A n t i m o n i ' , " p ò ....................  

! .* !.' ! !!.' ! ! !  ; ;  2 a l  3yl 
^

irfefficum ra.8’.3;...............................  @  6«

c L X rtd ^ sR u slìln , p S  ! . ^S’
Capsici  Fructus, af....... 
Capsici Fructus, po  . 
 
Capsici Fructus, B, po 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  35).... “
Carmine, No. 40__
Cira Alba, S. & F .. ...
Cera Flava:.........
Coccus..............................
Cassia Fructus...........  -  "
Centraria......... ...!!..!!
Cetaceum........! !...............
Chloroform........................

Chondrus  ..........;...! ...........
Cinchonidine, P. & W. ?!!!!!!!
Cinchonidine,  German.........
Corks, see list, discount,  per
Creasotum........
Creta, (bbl.75).!!.'!.................
Creta  prep.........   ..................
Creta, precip.........................
Creta Rubra......... ..................
Crocus............... ;;...............
Cudbear............! " ’  ..............
Cupn suiph__;;;;;;.............
Dextrine..................
Ether Suiph.............!.!!!.!.!
Emery, all numbers...... ........
Emery, po..............
Ergota. (po.) 75...... ..................
Flake  White............
Gaiia......................;;;;;..........
Gambier...........!;;;;;;;; y y
Gelatin, Coopor.........
Gelatin, French__
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box’.'

...  ® 9
-■■ 
| 2 10
@2 10
oh  15
........... 
15
 
« a m
..  @ 16
.  @ 14
..  30® 33
@3 75
..  50® 55
30
40
..  ® 15
-.  @ 10
45
50
..1 60@i 75
13
..  15® 30
..  8® 15
40
..  @ 50
@ 2
6
10
..  @ 8
&5
.  ® 24
..  6® 712
.  68® 70
.  @ 8
9
.  70@ 75
15
23
8
L5
.  40® 60
less.
.  9@ 
15
.  13®
35
.  23® 36
Grana  Paradisi......... ! ! ! !..........
@ 15
H um ulus............
35®
40 
Hydrarg Chlor, Mite '!!!......................
85 
@
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.........   ................
80 
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum......... !!!!!’"'
@  90 
Hydrarg Ammoniati............ *"!.......
®1 15 
Hydrarg Unguentum....... ....!.!.......
45®  55 
Hydrargyrum ......
@  80
; ; : ;i 25I 1 50
T n S ocolla’ Am 
inailo...... ................................. 
750*1  no
Torti?'6,  Resubl............................!'.!!;!4 oo@4  10
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod...... Ü”   ®  27
Liquor Potass  Arsinitis......  
to®  12

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FERRUM.

I 
j Carbonate Precip.......................
i Citrate and Quinia........ 
!  Citrate Soluble................................
I Ferrocyanidum Sol.......... ..................
Solut  Chloride................. 
........
|  Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl. 85). 
........

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

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FOLIA.

FLORA.

MAGNESIA.

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herba—In ounce packages.

“  Y ir..........................   Y " " - -  
y - ^ y y y  

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Arnica......................................
A^themis............................................
Matricaria............. .
„  
Barosm a..............................................
Cassia Acuti iol, Tinniveiiy.............."
Alx  ..........................
Salvia officinalis, 24s and  Ua 
Ura  Ursi...................
. 
Acacia, 1st picked...............................  ®1 00
90 
@  80 
@  65 
75@1 00 
50®  60 
®  13 
®  50 
35®  30 
@  15 
50®  55 
30®  38 
®  13 
35®  10

“ 
3rd 
“ 
Sifted sorts..........."..
“ 
p o ................................
Aloe, Barb,  (po, 60).................
‘‘  Cape, (po. 20)..............
“  Soeotrine,  (po. 60)...........
Ammoniac  .............................
Assafoetida,  (po. 30)....... .  .  .  .
Benzoinum............................
Camphorae............... ’. \  
.........
Catechu, Is,  (24s,  14; 24s, 16)! j....
Euphorbium, po..........................
Galbanum....................
Gamboge, po...:  ..............75®  80
Guaiaeum, (po. 45)......................... 
35
Kino,  (po. 25).......................................Ü  @  20
MyiTh, (po.45).................................X 'y   g 1  40
OpiMpo.5  75^...................................... 4 00®4  JO
Shellac 
3i
bleached........................ 
35^   3«
Tragacanth..............................  
y   3o@ 75
Absinthium  ......................  
¡¡¡^
Eupatorium ...........................  
20
Lobelia  ............................................................ 35
Majorum  ......................................................... 28
Mentha Piperita....................  
23
2
so
R u e ................... 
•»
Tanacetum,  V................ 
Thymus. V................................ .
25
Calcined,  Pat......................................   55®
Carbonate,  P at..............................  
  20@
Carbonate,  K. & M......................."!  20®
J Carbonate,  Jennings....................!!!!  35®
36
Absinthium.  . .  ................................. 5 oo®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc......... .....................   45®  50
Amydalae, Amarae............................  7 25@7 75
Anisi  ...................................................1 90®2  10
Auranti Cortex...................................   @2
Bergamii.............................................. 2 75@3 25
..........................................  90@1  00
ICajiputi 
Caryophyli:.........................................   @2 00
Cedar... 
...........................................  35®  65
Chenopodii  ____ y........................  
75
Cinnamonii................................ .!.!;.'  9t@i  00
Citrouella  .......................... . 
@  75
Comma  Mac.......................... 35® 
6a
Copaiba...............................................   90® 1 qq
Cubebae ............................................14  go@i5 00
Exeehthitos.........................................   90@i  00
Engeron..................................... 
30
Gaultherta  ..........................................2 25®2 35
Geranium, S........................................  @  75
Gossipii, Sem, gal....................  
......   55®  75
Hedeoma..........................................."   75®  85
Jumperi  ..............................................   50®2 00
Lavendula...........................  
90@2 00
Limonis ................................................     75@2 25
Mentha Piper................. 
g 25®3 30
Mentha Vend  ............................. 
  3 75^4  99
Morrbuae,  gal.....................................  80®1  00
Myrcia,  5............................................  @  go
.........................1 oo@2 75
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Olive 
Piois Liquida, (gal. 35).........................  10®  12'
. . . ............................................... 1  18@1 26 i
Rosm anm ...........................................  75@1  00 |
Succmi  ................................................ 
40®45
Sabina.................  
90® 1  00
f antai ................................................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras..............................................   35@  ^
Sinapis, ess, ?......................................   @  gg
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POTASSIUM.
Bichromate.........................................   13®  15
Bromide.................................. 
421a   xx
Chlorate, (Po. 30)....................  
Iodide......................................
P nissiate......................

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Points  of Superiority;  Portability,  Power, 
Durability, Compactness,  Strength  of  Cur- 
rent,  Patent  Hard  Rubber Revoluble Cell, 
Water Tight, Convenience, Can be Carried in 
the Pocket Charged,

Price  $10.  Dis. to  the  Trade.

KALAMAZOO, 

Tig Eleeiro Medical Battery Co.,
lazeltine X Perkins Drug Bo„
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

Manufacturers’ Agents,

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A  beautiium> -decorated  Metal  Box,  with
a S t o S ' o r 11’  G,VESFREE  WIthever?
COLGAN’S  TAFFY  TOLU.

S p e c ia lly  D e s ig n e d  fo r  a   H e r b a r iu m .

t m pty f? r   Preserving, under  proper 
laDel,  herbb,  roots,  seeds,  spices,  papei*s.  etc.  etc 
5 lie.ry,.8t°.re,k,eep<?r  as wel1  as  housekeeper, wil  find it 
well adapted in   size, m aterial and finish fo r m any use­
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A. drug  stock  in the  lively and  booming 
town  of’  St.  Ignace.  Population  3,000. 
Apply to  J.  H.  Thompson  &  Co., Detroit, 
Michigan.

C Z S 3 B S K C   B . O O T .
We pay the highest price for it.  Address

Peck Bros,, Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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S ta l«   B o a rd   o f  P h a rm a cy .

. Six Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.  ' ;
Two Team—James Vemor, Detroit.  >
Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor. 
Four Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Years—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso. 
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson. '  ■
Treasurer—Jas. Vernar.
Next Meeting—At Grand Rapida, Hardi 7 and 8.

M ic h ig a n   S tate  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

President—A rthur Bassett, Detroit.  ■
First Viee-PrCSidentr-G. M. Harwood, Petoskey.  ■ 
Second Vice-President—3 . B, Fairehiid,  Grand Rapids 
Third Vice-Preaident^-Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs.’ 
Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—W a. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo.  Gundrum,  Frank ' inglis, 
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peek, E. T. Webb.
Local Secretary—James Vemor, Detroit.,
»ext Meeting—At Detroit, September i. S. 6 and 7.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  9, 1884.

Grand. Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President—H. E. Locher.
Vice-President—J. W. «Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry  B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Sec­
retary.
Board of Trustees—The President, John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Stekfetee, A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg, 
wen, Isaac Watts. Wm. E. White and Win. L.  White. 
Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and Hugo Timm.
Committee  on  Legislation—B.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo. 
Eemink and W. H. Tibbs.
Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, A. C. Bauer and 
Isaac Watts.
Regular  Meetings—First - Thursday  evening  in  each 
month.
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening inNovember 
»ext  Meeting—Thursday evening, February 2, at The 

Tradesman office.

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

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

President—Frank inglis.
First Vlee-President—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 Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month.
C e n tr a l  M ic h ig a n   D r u g g is ts ’  A ssociation , 
President, J. W. Dunlop;  Secretary, R.  M. Mussel).
B e r r ie n   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.

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

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

I o n ia  C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 
President, W. R. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.
J a c k s o n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

President, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, 0. E. Foote.

K a la m a zo o   P h a r m a c e u tic a l A ssociation , 

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

M ason   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 

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

M on roe  C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julias Weiss.
M u sk e g o n   C ou n ty  D r u g g ists’  A ssociation , 
President,». C. Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.

M uskegon  D ru g  C lerk s’  A sso cia tio n . 

President, O. S. Koon ;  Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
N e w a y g o   C o u n ty , P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.
President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.
S a g in a w   C ounty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society. 
President, Jay Smith;  Secretary,  D. E. Prall.

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

T u sco la  C ou n ty P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 
President, E. A. Bullard ;  Secretary, C. E. Stoddard. »,
M a n iste e   C ou n ty P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society, 
President, W. H. Willard;  Secretary, A. H. Lyman.

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Profits on Patent Medicines.

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J§‘ asks  for  it. 

A Broadway druggist stated to a St. Louis 
Globe-Democrat reporter that many  manu 
facturers of quack preparations actually set 
aside as much as 60 per cent, of  their gross 
receipts for  advertising  purposes,  the  re­
maining 40 per cent,  being  sufficient to pay 
for the material used,  the  cost  of bottling, 
labeling,  placing and shipping,  and leaving 
a handsome profit of at least 20 per cent, on 
the gross.
“Here,  for instance,” said  the  druggist, 
as he took from the show, case  a  handsome 
box containing a white  powder,  “here is a 
preparation  that  is  advertised  throughout 
the country as an immediate relief and sure 
cure in cases of  ingrowing  nails.  The  re­
tail price of this box is Si. 
I am  forced to 
pay $9.50  a dozen  for it.  Why?  Because 
there is a demand  for  it.  A man with an 
ingrowing nail reads every day in the news­
papers of this cure,  and comes  in here and 
If  I  hav’n’C  got it,  he goes 
away under the  impression  that  I  keep a 
very poor store.  Now,  here  is  the  same 
stuff in this bottle,”  he  continued, 
taking 
from a shelf a  large  glass  bottle. 
‘T can 
sell you as much of this powdter for 10 cents 
as that $1 box holds, and still  make 6 cents 
profit.  But  the  man  who  comes in  here 
would not take my word for it.  He  wants 
what he has read  about.
“Look about you,  and  on  my  shelves I 
Jtfhave over 500 preparations  that sell for $1. 
can duplicate the contents  of  the best of 
them, and thow the bottle and  label in,  for 
25 cents, and  only  make  up  one  bottle. 
What  an  enormous  profit,  then,  must a 
manufacturer who compounds  his  prepara 
'  tions by the hundred barrels daily make.  J 
tell you it is the advertising  that  does  it, 
and the people pay for it.  You read  about 
this or that man spending$500,000 annually 
for advertising.  He does  spend it,  but the 
^public pays him back every dollar of it, and 
^ really  when he invests  60  per  cent of his 
gross receipts in advertising he is really do­
ing a business of 75 per cent.  profit  on the 
cost of material and manufacture,  and that 
certainly  ought  to  satisfy  any  one.  The 
money spent in  advertising  in  the  papers, 
on the walls, by circulars, almanacs, sample 
botties, cards,  plaques,  photographs  or oth­
er handsome souvenirs,  is  a  dead  safe  in­
vestment.”

The  Drug  Market, 

w   Opium is easier,  with good demand.  Qni- 
•in e is  inactive,  but has  advanced  in' Eu- 
:  rope.  Balsam copaiba continues scarce and 
has again  advanced.  Juniper  berries  are 
also in small stock  and  higher.  Manufac­
turers have again  advanced  gum  camphör 
and it  is  tending  higher.  Quicksilver  is 
^Moving up;  Chloroform has  advanced 10c. 
Linseed oil is higher.  White  Lead  is  un­
settled.  Higher  prices are looked for later 
on, but at present  corroders  are  unable to 
agree.  Canary seed Is tending higher.  The 
■whisky trust has been formed and advanced 
t  alcohol 10c.  Turpentine has declined.
Ip | 
From the Muskegon  News. 

The Druggists’ Cases. 
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The  Supreme  Court  did not, it  seems, 
take much stuck in the petition presented to 
it from this city relative  to  the  druggists’ 
eases.  The cases went up on a  petition for 
j*  writ  of mandamus compelling the Circuit 
PPourt Judge to reconsider  his  decision  on 
€he motion to quash, and to  compel  him to 
' dismiss thp suits.  The  supreme  bench did 
not see fit to disturb the decision below, and 
f the cases, will be tried here in the  February 
term of court.

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State Board of Pharmacy.

- ^  All the members  of  the  State  Board of 
^Pharmacy met at  Owosso| last  Tuesday to 
Prepare a new set of examination  questions 
ami transact other necessary business.
 Turk Board of Health is requlr-
■ 
Jp& fetail «ironists to use pure, water in  fill- 
MSdnwNtt-of 
Board
see that this order is com-1

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The  Position of Ergot.

The sudden rise in the price  of ergot and 
the_  firmness  with  which  the  advance  is 
Maintained has sarprised many in the trade, 
as they had been led to suppose  that the at­
tempt made to  corner  the  market  last fall 
has been  abandon  as  impractical.  Recent 
developments go to show that  it  suited  the 
purpose  of  the  chief  operators  better  to 
have  this  idea  prevail  than  that the real 
facts should be known.  When  the upward 
movement hi  values  started  last  fall  the 
cause assigned for it  was  an  almost  total 
failure of the crop in German y,  Russia and 
Spain coupled with short  supplies in all the 
■ markets of the  world.  The  rise  was very 
sudden, and of considerable proportions but 
before it bad  become  permanent,  the  fre 
quent offerings of small lots from unexpect 
ed  quarters  caused  a  reaction,  the large 
holders turning  about  and  depressing  the 
market  with  the  intention of worrying out 
the  smaller  fry.  While  the  speculators 
were sending  broadcast  reports  of  a  dull 
and depressed market, and  stocks  was ap 
parently  being  offered  freely,  at  twenty 
seven and a half  to  thirty-two  and  a half 
cents, they were  ready  buyers  of anything 
they could  find,  paying  in some  instances 
more than  the  current  market  rates,  but 
meanwhile keeping  a  tight  hold  upon the 
stock previously accumulated.
The events of the past two weeks indicate 
that by the tactics referred to,  the principal 
operators have secured  control  of the mar­
ket.  Many are  still  inclined  to  view  the 
situation as the result of purely speculative 
manipulation,  but  there  are  evidences  of 
natural strength  which  eannot  well be de 
nied,  unless the facts have been greatly dis 
torted in the interest of the chief holders  of 
the drug.  According to apparently well-au 
thenticated reports from the sources of sup 
ply,  the position of ergot is stronger  to-day 
than it has  been  at  any  time  since  1875, 
when,  under  similar  circumstances,  the 
price  advanced  to  two  dollars  a pound 
The stock in the  European  markets is said 
to be very light  and  this  seems to be veri- 
fied  by  the  receipts  of  the  drug  in this 
market  during  November  and  December.
In those  two  months  we  usually  receive 
from a third  to  a  half  of the  total annual 
import of the new  crop,  while  this season 
the imports during  November  and  Decem­
ber, were less than twenty thousand pounds; 
and of this quantity nine thousands  pounds 
were  exported,  a  circumstance  without 
parallel in the history of the  trade in ergot. 
The stocks here,  although not  so light as in 
1875, are smaller  than  they  were  in 1879, 
when ergot sold regularly at ninety cents  to 
a dollar.  These facts  are  cited by holders 
to show that,  although  prices  are now con­
sidered high, there  is  still  room for a con­
siderable improvement and  that  unless un­
foreseen circumstances  arise,  the  prospects 
are the prices ruling in 1879 will be reached5! 
with possibly an  advance  to  the figures at 
which the drug sold in  1875.
At the present time the demand  for ergot 
is very light,  but  it  is  generally  believed 
that the stock in consumers’  hands is about 
exhausted  and  that  while  they appear to 
have  no  confidence  in  the  upward  move­
ment of prices, they will  scon be compelled 
to come into the market.  As an  indication 
of the views  of  foreign  holders it is stated 
that a lot of four thousand  pounds  was re­
cently offered from  Spain  at  two shillings 
and six pence,  but by  the  time  it  reached 
London, the holder had  ra's.id  his  limit to 
two  shillings  and  nine  pence.  Operators 
on the other side  profess  to  be  at  loss to 
know where the stock  is  to  come  from  to 
supply  the  market  until  September  1st, 
when some idea  may  be  formed  as to the 
extent of the next crop.  Unless reports re­
garding the crop  of  1887 have been greatly 
exagerated there is  good  reason  to  expect 
that  the  advance  in  ergot  will  not stop 
here.

The  Outlook.

There is a general feeling of confidence in 
the substantial  condition  of financial,  com­
mercial and industrial affairs of  the  com 
try,  and even  the tariff legislation  of  Con 
gress will not materially  disturb  the  pro
gress of prosperity that the new year prom 
ises to develop. 
It may  unsettle  and  dis 
turb certain industries that will  be affected 
but the general trade of the country will be 
come adjusted to the changes  without  ser 
ious friction.

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Manufacturers  of  the  Celebrated

HOME  PREPARED  PÄIRT8.

Which for

DURABILITY,

ELASTICITY,

BEAUTY and

ECONOiytY

Are absolutely unsurpassed.

P.  J.  WURZBURG,

Wholesale Agent,

Grand Rapids,

Mich.

GENUINE K. of L  CIGARS.
The product of  Organized,  Working  Ci- 
garmakers.  Established  Sept,  l,  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,  giye our Cigars a trial.
?°P ftreto.tfryor of shorter hours of labor.
the  Saturday  half-holiday,  and  last,  but not
IoSsIm the payment, pf hie-her and living wages 
insolid carii, give our Cigars a trial and accord 
thémyourmost liberal  papaage.  Xhevel-
on evèry box'.  Qmlmn.
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GiOusand sold within three mouths in the 
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w$rs, terms.iprlees^referpooes.trte:, address 
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Rubia Tinctorum........
Saccharum Lactis,pv..' 
Salaffin...
S a n g u i s D r a c o n i s . §
Santonine. i. :. . . .
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Sapo, W....').......
12®  14
Sapo,  M .......  . 
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sapo, g . .........,.. yyyyyyyy'..........
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Seldlitz  ilixtui-D.......
38 
Sinapis............................... ..............
13 
Sinapis, o
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30 
Snuff* Maecaboy, Do. Voes  .............
35 
Snuff, Scotch, Do. Voes
35 
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Soda Boras, (po  11)
11
Soda et PotossTart ...........................
33®  35
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Soda Carb............ 
2® 224
Soda, Bi-Carb... 
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5 
Soda, Ash................ 
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3®
4 
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Soda  Sulphas.. 
2
Spts. Ether Co...... .............................
50®  55 
Spts. Myrcia Dom.... 
.....................
@3 00 
Spts. Myrcia Imp... 
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@3 50 
8pts.yiniBeet,(bbl. 2 15)!!...............
@3 30 
Strychnia, Crystal.. 
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@1  30 
Sulphur, Subi....  
........................
234@ 324 
Sulphur,  Roll.......  
.........................
224@ 3
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Terebenth  Venice.. 1!.......................  
zinc!  suiph. !... ! ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;............9 

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Whale, winter................
Lard, extra..........  
Lard, No.  1............  ....... .............  •  ?? 
Wnseed,pure raw.....'.'!.'!;;;.........  Is 
Linseed, boiled...................... 
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Neat’s Foot, winter strained__ !. 
50 
Spirits Turpentine..................” ;;;;'  45 

g.
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60
5^
Lb 
Red Venetian.........
3® 3 
Ochre, yellow Marseilles.'.'.'.'.'.'  1 v 
3® 3 
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Ochre, yellow Bermuda.... 
3® 3 
Putty, commercial.. 
........
224® 3 
Putty, strictly pure....!! 
224
2?4@ 3 
Vermilion, prime American  '
13®i 6 
Vermilion, English..........
75@80 
Green, Peninsular....... !. !.
16@17 
Lead, red strictly pure!.........
6  ® 624 
Lead, white, strictly pure.
6  ® 624 
Whitmg, white Spanish
@70 
Whitmg,  Gilders’...................
@90 
White, Paris American...
Whiting  Parts English cliff!.''
1 49 
Pioneer Prepared  fa in ts......
I 20m 40 
Swiss Villa Prepared  Paints. .
1 00@1 30
VARNISHES.
S tra TTSnC°ach............................. 1 10®1 29
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Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp........ü ü ; ; "   7Ö®1 75

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and 50cT PUt UP  in tWO sizes’  retailiag for 25c
2 5 c  size , 
5 0 c   “

$ 2.00
3 .5 0
P e c k h a m ’s C roup  R e m e d y  is prepared  es-
^andOTmin
cure tor  Croups, Whooping-Cough, Colds, and 
ehildhoodhial  aD<1  puImonary  complaints  of
make no mistake in keeping Peck- 
ham’s Croup Remedy in stock. 

Trade supplied by
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co., Grand 
Farrand, Williams & Co,,  Detroit.
James E. Davis & Co.,  Detroit.
Peter Van Schaack & Sons, Chicago

Rapids.

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FO R   ATTRACTIVE  ADVERTISING  M ATTER ADDRESS  TH E 

PR O PR IE T O R .

DE. H. C. PECEHAM.

Freeport,

Mich.

Peckham’s  Universal Croup  Remedy  can 
ot  druSSists  only.  Price  50 cts.

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Gins,
Wines,

Rums,

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Morphia. S. N. T.Q. & C. Ö fcn:".'.":.! S
Moschus Canton  .............. 
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eoli  70
Myri8tica, No. 1................ 
Nux  Vomica, (po. 20)............ . ! ! I ! !. ! !  @  I«
Os.  Sepia.............................  
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! P epsinsaac,H .&p . d . Cb..!;;;*.;::;;  @2 oo
j ?tc!8 Ciq,  N. C.. 26  galls, doz..............  @3 70
PicisLiq.,  quarts...................... 
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1 Picis Liq., pints.................... 
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Piper Alba, (po. 35).............. 
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Plumbi Acet.......................... 
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Potassa, Bitart, pure.................... 
Potassa,  Bitart, com.................!.......  ®  is
Potass  Nitras, opt......... 
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Potass Nitras............... 
7®  9
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-  MICH.

A n d  th e  W h o le s a le   D r u g g is ts   o f   D e tr o it 

a n d  C h ica g o .

LUSTIG  CIGAR

EXCLUSIVE

WHOLESALE  CIGAR  HOUSE.

Direct  Importers  of Imported  and  Key  W est  Cigars,

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W e Sell Liquors for  Medicinal Purposes 

only.

W e  Give  Our  Personal  Attention  to  

[ Mail Orders and  Guarantee Satisfaction

All Orders  are Shipped and Invoiced ton 

same day we receive them.

SEND IN A  TRIAL ORDER, •

Hazeltine 

Agents for Ottenberg's  Partidoes  &  Gladstane Cigars.

F R O M   DEALERS  WE  SOLICIT  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

& Perkins
Drug Co.

9 IP G E 6 5   N 0 Â Œ A S T .

G R A N D   M P m j f l C H ,

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The Michigan Tradesman.

The  Fatalist's  Belief.

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breath. 

field 
shield.”

Heaven 
given, 
pure, 

“O God, have mercy,” a mother cried,
A» ehe lowly knelt at the cradle side 
**0 God, have  mercy and  hear my prayer, 
And take my babe in Thy tender care.
The Angel of Death is in the mom 
And is calling loud for my babe to come. 
Thou-Thou alone hast power to save—
O God, have mercy, 'tis all I crave.
A tiny-grave—Death the willow’s shade, 
Telling tiie answer the merciful made.
«O Father in Heaven, protect my boy 
From the wiles of sin, from Death’s decoy,
, From every temptation in life’s dark sea, 
Guard him and keep him pure  for  Thee;
So a mother prayed, as her darling one 
Went forth to battle the world alone,
Alone save the blessing bis mother gave, 
And that prayer to God to keep and to save. 
A murderer’s gibet, high in air,
Thus answering the mother’s prayer.
A father and mother knelt them down, 
Together before the Eternal One.
Ami- with  trusting hearts,  implored  that 
.  _
Would  guard  the  flower  Its  grace  had 
Would  keep  their  blossoming  daughter 
And guard her aye from the tempter s lure, 
From  every  temptation  would keep  her
As the lilies that blbom in eternity.
A self-slain lost bne—seduced—betrayed— 
Was the only answer Heaven made.
A beaut! ful maiden knelt to pray 
For the life of-a loved one far away,
Away in the fields where life and death 
Hang poised in  the scales that  tip with a 
‘«O Father in Heaven, protect the heart 
Of him I  love from the foeman’s cf»rt.
When the death bolts rain on the charging 
.
Be  Thou  his  strength  and  guard  and 
A  mangled corpse and a soldier s grave, 
Was the answer the Merciful gave.
’Twas midnight—on the ocean’s crest,
The waves rolled high in wild unrest,
A stately barque was dashing on 
Toward a breaker’s crest with  her  rudder 
Around the capstan, in wild despair,
The  crew  had  gathered  and  joined  in 
To Him, who only had power to save 
To deliver them from a watery grave.
A crash! and a gulfing wave alone.
Was the answer of the Omnipotent One.
A t noon of night in the city’s heart,
When  slumber  reigned  o’er  home  and 
The fire-fiend broke from his  secret  place 
And wrapped  all things  in  his  fierce em- 
O! then how many a frenzied prayer 
To heaven for safety rent the air,
For homes, for lives, for loves, and then— 
The  flames  that  crisped  them  sneered 
Homes, friends  and loved  oneB  crisp  and 
Told how Heaven the prayer had heard,
From the earliest dawn of  nature’s  birth. 
Since  sorrow  and sin  first  darkened  the 
From sun to sun, from pole to pole,
Where ere the waves of humanity roll 
The breezy robe this planet wears,
Has  quivered and echoed  with  countless 
Each hour a million knees are bent,
A million prayers to heaven are sent. 
There’s not a breeze that murmurs by 
But wafts some faithful prayer on high. 
There’s not a summer’s beam but sees 
Some humble suppliant on his knees. 
There’s not a woe afflicts our race 
But some one bears to the throne of grace, 
And  for every  temptation  our souls  may 
We ask for grace at the mercy seat.
The beams smile on, and heaven serene 
Still benos as though no prayers had been 
The breezes moan as still they wave 
When  man  is  powerless  heaven  cannot 

amen.
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prayers.

prayer

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mart.

meet

save.
Square Talk to One’s Patrons.

A  Dushville patron of  The Tradesman 
thus appeals to the local pride  of  his  cus­
tomers in a bid for their patronage:

financial 

cyclones, 

We have done business  among  you  for 
«ver eight years, and expect to  stay  to the 
«nd of the chapter.  We  have  grown  old 
and worked for your interest as well  as our 
•wn.  For every dollar we have  been bene­
fited, Fremont township has  b&en  benefi­
ted ten.  We have  experienced  the  usual 
vicissitudes of our class,  which none so well 
know as  merchants  themselves.  We have 
encountered 
fierce 
nod  violent,  which  caused  our  financial 
timbers to bend and  strain  and  crack  and 
squeal, placing us  in  momentary  expecta­
tion of seeing our financial  fabric  collapse 
with violent impecuniosity.  But  the  tim­
bers were good, and the calm  which  natur­
ally succeeds a storm came.  * But  with tim­
bers tested and found  good  and sound—too 
wund to break—we still wave,  and  expect 
km gtodoso.  Also, by a  streak  of  good 
luck which happened to us, we are to-day in 
better shape than  ever  before to do a busi­
ness safe to ourselves  and  profitable  to our 
patrons.  Hence we are  determined to give 
•o r patrons  the  advantage of  low  prices 
without  the  alluring  baits  of  our  larger 
neighboring towns.  We have never credit­
ed much and never  shall,  fully  convinced 
that “tick” is damaging to both  buyer  and 
seller.
Call on us and see  if  to  patronize  your 
•wn town will not be as  profitable as to pa­
tronize distant towns who want nothing but 
poor money.

JOBBERS  IN.

DRY  GOODS,
■A3STD N O T IO N 'S ,

8 3  Monroe St^

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags 

j  1  Qri noi nlflT 
{ n.  ujJubluilj >

FOSTER, STEVENS & CO,

Wholesale Hardware,

10 & 12 MONROE  S t, 3 3 ,3 5 , 37, 39 & 41 LOUIS St,,

The Gem Coat and Hat Hook.

— O P —

TO  RETAILERS
CLOTHING,
Furnishing  Goods,

H E R D S   SDPPL

Hats, Caps, Etc.

All winter goods will be sold at and

FOR  30  DAYS

To make room for

Which are now arriving.

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TERMS:-- 

7  percent.  1 0 days. 
5 

30  “
NET  60  “
I  P   T  F U I  36, 38,40 and 42 Canal 81.,
lo  Ui  ULiU I, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,

“ 

Turkey is taking steps to prevent the con­
versation of Moslems to Christianity  by the 
agency  of  schools.  For  the  future,  the 
schools  established  by  foreigners  of  any 
kind  must  have  a  special  permission  to 
touch, and this  permission  is to be granted 
•idy on condition that  religion  shall not be 
tonght  This is not so much a new law. as 
»  administrative  announcement  of the in­
tention to enforce the old  law.  The  unal­
terable and  traditional  code,  which  binds 
«very Moslem country eqnally and absolute­
ly; requires  the  government  to  do every­
thing  that  is needed to prevent the conver­
sion of Moslems to any  other  faith  and  to 
punish both  missionary  and  convert when 
the  precautions 
taken  have  proved  un­
availing.  A Moslem  government  is  toler­
an t of such conversion  only  when  it is al­
together unfaithful  to  the  principles of its 
religion. 
It  cannot  take  an  attitude  of 
•ocular  indifference  to  such  .matters,  be­
muse it is at once both Church and State in 
indissoluble uuion.  Missionary  operations 
Paye,been tolerated only through the remis- 
afean o f officials, and .this  new  order,  prob­
ably,  will cheek ' that  remission for a time.

Early Closing at Whitehall. 

tiaaWWMkih iarma,

The business men of Whitehall have been 
j yaiMftiiv  coming 
te *the  eafly  hour 
idea for toe winter season.  Nearly 
tiff toe stores are now. closed  at 7 o’clock or 
a  little after.; The plan results in nopecun- 
toe business men arogteea toe

Em

50 W alnut Finish L ist 
*
50 Tinned 
60  W alnut  “
70 
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Write  for discounts.

$1.90 Gr 
$ 2.20  “ 
$2.15  “ 
$2 55  *

AGENTS  FOI  L.  &   J .  WHITE  COOPER  TOOLS.
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WRITE  FOR  PRICES  BEFORE  BUYING.

Foster, Stevens &  Co.
G R A N D   R A p m B L ^ t ,^ .

V I N D E X
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TEEE BEST

In the World.

8YRAI6HY  HAVANA  LONG  FILLES, 

3UMAYRA  WRAPPER.

CLARK, JEWELL HO,

.  Sole Agents for W estern Mich.

«  !.. LOVERIDGE.

GENERAI.  DEALERS  IN

Fixe and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,

11 Ionia Street, 

Grand Rapiis, Mid.
WIGWAM  SLIPPERS.

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Send Tour Spring Orders to MAYHEW.

“  Vithsoies.:.::::.........................: n * l 
Boys and women’s ............ .........................   8 50 j Children a  
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“  with soles...................... 9 75 1 

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Woonsocket and Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, Boston Knit and Wool Boots.

**«>«>**............. ...a»
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with soles..................................... 8 7f

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Rhode Island Lumbermen’s Heel and Strap  F. 95c net.  Ditto no Heel and Strap, F. 70c net.

Q.. n. MATHEW, Orand Rapids.

W M . S E A R S  & C O .
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Ason/ts for

a h b o y   c h e e s e .

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

MANUFACTURERS!
INFORM YOURSELVES

C ontem plating a Change or Seeking a Location.

s

W.SteELE Packing k Provisio
IN Co.
FR E SH   MEATS.

JOBBERS  ,IN

Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave.,

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Regarding  the  prospects,  opportunities  and  advantageous 

situation  of

ßLHDSTOffE,  MICHIGAN

G rand  IFtei/picis,  -  -  LÆiolx

As a site for a manufacturing town.

FREE  SITES

W ill be given you, whether  you  be of large  or  small capac­
ity.  As  you  are doubtless  aware,  GLADSTONE  is  the  Lake 
Shipping Port for the great “Soo” Railway and feeders, and sit­
uated  as it  is on the Little Bay Du Noquette, the  finest  harbor 
of deep  water  on Lake Michigan, offers  unparralleled  induce­
m ents for all kinds of IRON and WOODWORKING industries.

For particulars, opportunities  for  business, plats  and  maps, 

call on or address

f. w .  McKinney 
iiiit  Sail! Sti. Mirii M  n  i Iip m a iil Ci,

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GLADSTONE,  MICH.
The Standard o f  E x c e l l e n c e
KINGSFORD’S

P U R E

A N D

“Silver

Oswego
“Pure”

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH 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!

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

llHDGE, OERTSCH £ CO.,
BOOTS  A2TD

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 
MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.  <|

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY  CELEBRATED

“LÆ.  G.  C. ”
“Y U L I   Y U M . '

BIG RAPIDS,

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Jferket. 

The Most Popular 10c  cigar,  and

Send fa r trial arder.

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