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VOL. 5.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  15,  1888

PRIDE  vs.  POVERTY. p

W ritten E specially fo r Thk  T r a d e s m a n .

which the Genera] broke by  saying:  “Ma­
jor Hill is right;  this nonsense has gone far 
enough. 
I  claim . exemption  for  him and 
myself.”

Hill,  trembling and  hardly able to stand, 
took an early opportunity far withdrawing. 
General Burton made not  the  slightest  re­
ference  to  his  early  departure,  and  the 
guests, through  politeness,  imitated his re­
serve.  But the episode cast  a  gloom  over 
all,  and the guests soon dispersed.

Major Hill spent some time walking nerv­
ously up and  down the shore  of  the  lake 
before he went home.  His pale  and agitat­
ed  countenance  surprised  and  frightened 
his wife.

“What has happened?” cried she.
“Nothing,” he replied, throwing  himself 
into a chair and laying a  small  package on 
fee table.  “You have cost  me  very dear,” 
he  said,  addressing  it,  “but  I  would  go- 
through  much  more  rather  than  see  my 
children go hungry.”

Early the next morning Hill went to Gen­
eral Burton’s cottage.  Although he walked 
resolutely,  his  mind  troubled  him.  How 
could  he  present  himself? 
In  what way 
would he be  received?  Would the General 
see  him?  Yes.  He  is  ushered  into  his 
presence and greeted by a  warm hand-clasp 
from that gentleman.

Without daring  to  raise  his  eyes,  Hill 

commenced to speak.'

“General Burton, you  thought  my  con­
duct very strange last evening;  and,  pain­
ful and humiliating as the  explanation will 
be,  I feel that I owe it to  you  to  make it.”'
The General tried to speak, but Hill went 
on.  “My misery is at its height.  My wife 
and  children are  actually  starving?  I can 
not describe my feelings  yesterday, when 1  
sat at your luxurious  table. 
I  thought  of 
my family—starving at home—and  i   took 
some  food  from the  table and placed it in

A t the close  of  the  rebellion, 

in  1865, 
John Hill was  honorably  discharged  from 
the service.  For four years  and a half had 
he suffered  the  privations  and  terrors of 
camp,  march and battle.  Enlisting as a pri­
vate in a volunteer regiment from Michigan, 
his bravery and fearlessness  in  battle  had 
won him premotion,  step by step, from cor­
poral of the guard to the dignity' of  major, 
and nobly had he won his honors.

Great were the influences  brought to bear 
on him to adopt the  profession  of  soldier 
for his life work and enlist  in  the  regular 
army at the close of the  war.  Emoluments 
of all descriptions  were  offered him, but a 
steady refusal of the  proffered  glories  was 
given to all entreaties, and to the general of 
his division,  who urged him most  strongly, 
he said:  “General Burton, when  I  joined 
my company up in  Michigan,  I  did it, not 
for persona] glory and honor,feut for that of 
fee dear .old flag and the preservation of the 
Union.  Now  that  peace  is once more re­
stored to our land, 1 am satisfied to,retire to 
private life, conscious of the fact  that what 
dignities have been conferred upon me have 
been honestly won by service in  my  coun­
try’s cause. 
If ever  there  should  another 
such  motive  arise  for  bloodshed,  which 
heaven grant there may not! you will assur­
edly find me in the ranks;  but,  until  then, 
I shall be a private citizen.”

Numerous were the surmises by his broth­
er officers  as to the reason for  Hill’s  deci­
sion,  and Captain Dilman came very near to 
it when he remarked that  he  would “bet a 
pound of  navy  that  Hill  had  a loadstone 
drawing  him  home,  in  the  shape  of the 
bright eyes of  some  Wolverine  damsel, or 
he’d never give up such a  chance to become 
a brigadier-general.”

With a few hundred dollars in his pocket, 
a most brilliant record and the hearty wish­
es of his comrades for  his  well-being,  Hill 
returned to his native  place  and • embarked 
his little capital in a small  store.  Prosper-

wifestanding  their  extreme  poverty,  they 
managed to preserve  a  decent  appearance 
and to prevent even  their  neighbors  from 
ascertaining the straits to  which  they were 
reduced.  Their horneras always clean and 
neat,  and the children,  in spite  of  scanty 
clothing,  always appeared respectable!

It was Mrs.  Hill’s pride,  when  her  hus­
band got able to go out,  to  keep  his  ward­
robe in a presentable  shape,  and  often did 
she work until midnight mending and darn­
ing, that he might appear  as  usual  among 
his neighbors.

Aboüt this time,  it so chanced that his old 
commander, General  Burton,  Who  had lost 
sight of him since the war,  came to spend a 
few weeks at the sammer resort near which 
the Hills resided.  Walking,  one  morning, 
near the shore of  Lake  Michigan, in a dis­
consolate mood,  Hill  was  very  much  sur­
prised to see General  Burton  approaching, 
and, with a feeling of shame,  tried to avoid 
him.  But the quick eye of  General Burton 
was not to be eluded,  and, intercepting him 
with an outstretched  hand,  he  exclaimed, 
“What,  Hill,  is this you? 
It  seems an age 
since I saw you .last..  Living near here, are 
yoy?” 

“Yes,  General;  I have  been  living  here 

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since the war?’*

“ Well, Hill, l  am very glad  to  see  you. 
And how are the  wife  and  babies?  Tell 
Mrs.  Hiil I shall call on her soon. 
I’ve got 
a bone to pick with her for robbing the army 
of one of its best  officers.”

Poor Hill’s look of  confusion,  as he men­
tally pictured  the  General  surprising  his 
wife in the midst of  her  domestic  duties, 
rather surprised the  veteran,  but  its  trye 
cause did not occur to him.  He had a great 
regard for Hill, considering  him  ene of his 
best and bravest officers, and was  sincerely 
pleased at meeting him.  So,  at  the  end of 
a ten minutes’ conversatioii,  during  which 
Hill  became  once  more  himself  as  they 
fought over old battles  together, the Gener­
al invited him to dine with him,  saying that 
he intended having a few  friends  present, 
which would give  Hill  an  opportunity  of 
renewing old friendships  and  forming new 
acquaintances.

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At first, Hill refused, but General Burton 
would not take no for an  answer, and Hill, 
rèally having no good reason  for not-going, 
finally accepted the  invitation. 

Having taken leave of  the  General,  Hill 
returned home and told his wife of  his  in­
tended visit! who immediately  proceeded to 
fix up his well-worn wardrobe for  the occa­
sion.

Next day, in due time4 he arrived  at  the 
cottage of the  General  tand  received a cor­
dial welcome.  A dozen guests  sat down to 
a splendid banquet.  After dinner, the con-

fortune.  This  gold-mine  was to be in the 
shape of  a  patent  wind-mill,  destined to 
revolutionize the motive power of fee world. 
□To hear Smith descant  on  the  wonderful 
virtues and  money-making  qualities of the 
windmill, one  would  be  disposed  to  take 
him for a lineal descendent of Don Quixote, 
and a witness of that chivalrous gentleman’s 
famous combat.  Smith candidly confessed, 
however, that he could not raise the “ wind” 
necessary to  set  the mill in  motion,  and he 
at  length  succeeded  in  inveigling  the  un" 
wary major into his scheme, and  pursuaded 
him to sell his store and invest the proceeds 
in this airy  venture.

The mill  was  a  decided  failure.

There
was always  something  wrong  with  it,  and 
those who were foolish enough to ornament 
their farms  and  homes  with it,  took  espe­
cial pains to enlighten  their  more ignorant 
neighbors as to its utter uselessness.

The  sale  and  manufacture  of  the  mill 
were carried on by Mr.  Smith in a neighbor­
ing city, pending the closing  up  of  Hill’s 
affairs and removal.  For some time the ac­
counts of the business transmitted to'Major 
Hill were most satisfactory, and he thought 
himself about to realize the splendid fortune 
depicted in the prognostications  of  Smith. 
Bue  at  length  he  began to feel worried at 
the non-àrrival of the cent  per  cent J profits 
vfeich  had  been  promised,  bat  Smith,
like the churchmen of old,

“To a long payment stretched the crafty bill, 

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And drew upon futurity,’’ 

!

and the letters suddenly ceasing,  Hill deter­
mined to  go  and  inspect  operations.  He 
found thè factory  closed,  stock all gone as 
well as Smith, and Hill returned to his fam­
ily. a ruined man.  /

But strength is often found in the depths 
of adversity, courage In  despair,  and  Hill 
set resolutely to .work to support hts family, 
to which the years had added two  beautiful 
children.  Luckily!  Hill was  not  in  debt, 
and for a time he  managed  to  iyake  both 
ends meet.*  But  sficknèss“ came, and, as ip. 
all  misfortunes,,  it  “ never  rains  but' it 
pours,” and Hill,  in the heighth of  hts* ill* 
luck; had a fallonh slipperywalk and broke 
h is arm
This laid him up  for  weeks, and 
fee  family  were  xeduced  to  fee verge of 
starvttfem,.  Hiawife did afi in  her  power 
to add her mite to  their  support,  but  the

this direction.  Among  others, the jewelry 
business was mentioned  and,  for  illustra­
tion, the General sent a servant for  a  ring 
of peculiar construction,  containing a com­
plete time-piece in place  of  the  usual  set­
ting.  The General, who  was  a  widower, 
had  purchased  it  at  an expense of nearly 
$1,000,  as a birthday gift to his only  child, 
a daughter, then at school in  the  southern 
part of the State.

The trinket passed from  hand  to  hand, 
and was greatly admired by the  guests,  and 
then the conversation  changed,  while they 
adjourned to the parlor to smoke.

After sitting awhile, the  General thought 
of- the ring, and sent to the  dining room for 
it, supposing it had been left on  the  table. 
In  a  short  time  the  messenger  returned, 
saying  he  could  not  find  the  ring.  The 
General,  somewhat anxious for  its  safety, 
went  himself  and  searched,  but  without 
success.

“Perhaps  some  of  the  gentlemen  may 
have carried it by mistake into  the parlor,” 
suggested the servant.

Another search,  and all  joined  in it,  hut 

with no more success than before.

“All I am afrhid,’’ said  the  General,  “is 
that it may have  dropped  upon  the  floor, 
and will he stepped on and ruined.”

“We will none of us leave)'this  room un­
til the ring is found!” exclaimed a hot-head­
ed young fellow, wife an ominous emphasis.
“ We may be quartered upon the  General- 
for an indefinite period,  then,”  laughingly 
observed another, who had  an  engagement 
for a party at  the  hotel  that  evening.  “I 
suggest that we all submit to a search.”

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The General at  first objected to this very 
inhospitable proceeding, but  the  company, 
in a spirit of fun,  ordered  the  waiter, who 
was still in  the  ^oom, 
to  commepce  the 
search. 
One after  another ’ emptied  his  pockets 
laughingly, and there  remained  only  Hill 
and fee General to pass through the ordeal. 
As the servant approached  Hill,  a  sudden 
paleness passed over his face, while he mut­
tered some excuses unheard by the laughing 
jprowd surrounding Him.  .  *7 
:• "  “Now for It, HtiKV cried one offee guests, 
am the servant approached. 
fij  Hill crossed his arms on  his  breast ; and, 
declared that fee- man wbo  touched him did 
,*0 St his  perii. |  Looks  of  mistrust '  01

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Soap vs. Law.

A Missouri  constable  rode  out to a farm 
near St. Joe,  armed with  a  subpoena  for a 
woman who  was  wanted as a witness in a 
case in court.  He found her  in  her  back 
yard, busily engaged in  stirring  a  boiling/ 
bubbling mass, in a large black kettle.  He 
stated his business and she said:

“I dan’t go to-day,”
“But you must.”
“What’s the hurry?”
“Why, court’s in session,  and the  case is, 
now on trial.  They want you by noon.” 
“Well,  I ain’t going.  You think I’m go­
ing off an’ leave this hull kittle o’ saft  soap 
to spile,  just to please your old court?  No, 
sirree!”
“ Why,  my dear madam, you must.  Yon 
: really don’t seem to  undefstand—”
“I understand that I’ve got a big kittle o* 
splendid  soap  grease  on  to  bile,  an’ it’ll 
make thin, sticky soap if it ain’t finished to­
day.  You go back and tell the jedge so.” 

,

“You’U be fined for—”
“Pooh!  I’d like to see the  Missoury  jury 
that’d fine a woman for not leavin’her soap- 
bilin’ when it was at a critical  p’int,  as one 
might say.  Tell the jedge I’ll come to-mor­
row, if we don’t butcher our peegsthen;  an’ 
if we do, I’ll come some day next  week.” 
“But, I tell  you,  that  won’t  do.  Yoi* 
must come now.”
“Lookee,  young  man,  you think I’m at 
fool?  I reckon you never  made  any soap, 
If you had,  you’d  know  that— 
djd you? 
“ What does the jedge  care  about  your- 
soap?” 
„ 
“ Well,  what do I care ’bout the  jedge, if ' 
it comes that?  Law’s law and soap’s soap. 
Let the jedge ’tend to his law,  an’ I’ll ’tend' 
to my soap.  The good book  says  there’s a , 
time for everything,  an’ this is my time fer. 
a bar’l o’ saft soap.”
“ Well,  madam,  if  you want to be finetk 
for contempt of court,-all  right.  You  will 
be fined, sure as—” 
“Bah!  1  know  all  ’bout  the  law,  an” 
there aint anything in it, nor  in the Co*sti- 
tution of the United  States,  nor in the De­
claration of Injeepemdence, nor  in  nothin?* 
else, that says $ woman’s got to leave- a kit­
tle o’ half-cooked  soap,  and go off to court 
when she ain’t a-mind to. 
I guess  I  know 
a little law myself.” 
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WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

Grand  R apids,  M ich.

A. J.  B ow ne, President.

Geo.  C.  P ie r c e,  Vico President.

H. P. B a k e r, Cashier.

CAPITAL.

$ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

W e  should  be  pleased  to ppen 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  tjunes to make lib­
eral advances when drafts  are drawn with 
bill lading attached.  Goods sbld on arriv­
al or held as per request of shipper..

REPRESENTING

Transacts a general banking' business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

o f Country Merchants Solicited.

Commission Merchants,

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

R e f e r e n c e —F irst N ational  Bonk,  or  an y   W holesale 

G rocer here.

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,
[-  Gilt  Edge,
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Matchless,

Idly W hite,

Harvest Queen,
Show  Flake,

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 
Graham.

OUR  SPECIALTIES: 

Meal,  Bolted  Meal,  Coarse  Meal,  Bran, 

Buckwheat  Hour,  Rye  Flour,  Granulated 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn. Oats, Feed. 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Write for Prices.

i 6 and x8 North Division St.

GRAND  RAPIDS

PLEASE  NOTE—Parties  contemplating 
buying  seeds  in  bulk  should  embrace the 
opportunity  of  securing  good  reliable seeds 
from  the  well-known  house  of  James  Vick. 
As  we  deal  exclusively  with  James  Vick, 
Seedsman,  we can  save  you  money  as  our 
goods  come in  large  quantities, thus saving 
you express chargés.

We  can  supply  you  with  box  package 
seeds  containing 200  5c papers for (4, giving 
you a profit of $6 per box.

On  short  notice  we  will  mail  you  free 
Vick’s beautiful  Floral  Guide, together  with 
qur wholesale price list.

SHOE  BRUSHES,

SHOE  BUTTONS,

SHOE  POLISH,

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

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Wishing to  procure  outfits  for their Coi­
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0  .ine the  following  quotations, which are for

fine work on good quality of paper:

Right by using the

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Men’s  Furnishing  Goods,

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

500  Blue Letters, old style.
350  Record Blanks.
350  Notification Sheets..
135  Last CalN.
500 Envelopes.

itO  Outfit  we  can  substitute  10  books  Blue 

In place of  old  style  Blue  Letter in, above
etter in latest form, as recommended by the 
■ecent State convention, for $12.50 
Prices in  other quantities  furnished  on ap­

plication

A New Account Book
For t a r s   and  General  Dealers.

This book has  Printed  Heading^  planned 
to receive  a  daily  statement  of  Sales.  Pur­
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Account, Bills Beeeivable, Bills Payable,  etc., 
etc.; also  provides for  Weekly,  Monthly  and 
Yearly Totals.  The arrangement of  the Reg­
ister is such that a dealer can ascertain his lia­
bilities and resources in a few minutes at any 
time.  Each Register contains Interest Tables, 
Standard  Weights  and  Measures,  Business

30 Bond Street.

NEW  YORK.

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the

“Peninsular”

Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

S tate  agents  fo r  Celuloid  Collars  and  Cuffs. 

ISO and 123  Jefferson, Are.,

STROIT, 

-  MICHIGAN.

MANUFACTURER  OF

A w nings and Tents, 

H orse and W agon Covers, 
F la g s and Banners, 
O iled C lothing, 

F eed B ags,

W id e D ucks, etc,

Telephone  106.

ENGRAVERS and PRINTERS,

49 Lyon St, Grand Rapids,

Combines the Advantages of a

PRICE  LIST,

St Coupon Pass  Books.

Money can be sent by  postal  note  or post- 

office or express order.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO,

G rand R apids, M ich.

f  FO B  EVERYBODY. ■ '

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I  For tìie Field or  Garden.

If you want to buy 

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GRAND RAPIDS.

« We carry a foil Jine of 

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

71 CANAL STREET.

MYRON  H.  WALKER,

Attorney and Solicitor,

GRAND  RAPIDS)

MICH

O yer F o u rth  N ational Bank.  Telephone 407.

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy,

O veralls, P ants, Etc-,

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 called

OUR OWN MAKE.

A   C om plete  L ine  o f 

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Fancy CrockerysFancy Voodenware

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

It will be sold on its merits.  Sam ple or­

This  Cigar  we  positively  guarantee  a 
dear Havana filler, with a spotted Sumatra 
Wrapper, and  entirely free  from  any  arti­
ficial flavor or adulterations.
. 
ders filled on 60  days approval.
.  Price  $35  per  1,000  in  any  quantities. 
Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. 
H andsom e  advertising  matter  goes  with 
first order.  Secure this Cigar and increase 
your Cigar Trade.  It is sure to do it. 

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Dealer in

GRAIN,

SEEDS,

BALED  HAY,

,  M ILI,  FÉED,

and PRODUCÉ.
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In  Car  Lots.

Or any other kind, send to the

HOLLAND,

MANUFACTURERS OF,

Spring,  Freight*  E xp reß , 

L um ber  and  Farm  f
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L oggin g Carts  and  Trucks

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Lumbermen's and  :77,  ~ 
.  River Tools.  ; ¡ áp m i
7  a large rtock of material, and have 
;U$r lovjnakihg  Aratelas»  Wagons
aitai  attention  given 4o  Repairing,

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

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157 South W ater St.!  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  Fir s t  Na tio n a l  Ba n k,  Chicago. 
Mich ig an Tradesm an. Grand BapidE.

ASK  FOR

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.

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater St., CHICAGO. 
Reference

Felsen th al.  Gross  &  Mil l e r . Bankers, 

Chicago.
H E X T E R   &  FRIEDMANj

Manufacturers  of

B U T T E F i r i S r E .

O ffice  and Factory;  231, 233  Michigan,St., 

CHICAGO, 

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our seeds  th is  season,
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and a re pleased to  offer 
you  a   fine  and  com­
plete stock o f  garden  seeds.  W e also carry  a  full line 
of garden im plem ents.  Send fo r catalogue and whole­
sale price list.  To th e  tra d e only.

A lfred J. Brow n, Seedsm an.

x6 and 18 No. Division St.,  Grand Rapids.

Jobbers and

R etailers o f

20 and 22  donroe St., Grand Rapids, Mioh*

A FULL LINE OF

AT  JOBBING PRICES.

AINSWORTH,

76 So. Division Street,

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nStee.Jacob.E, Grahd  Rapids Broom.Co 

,  Venes8,,R. White.Sewina Machine Co 

Van Zee. Wm, CaryiA LQveridge 
\  an Leuven. Ben, Thompson A Maelay 
Voigt, F  A, .Voigt, Milling Co

$3,000.  Cheap ren t.  Good  reasons  fo r selling.  Apply 

Wolcott» Jobn M, Pheenix Furn Co  ■
Wood.A V-VoigtMilUngCo 
Walton, M K, Curtiss A Dunton 
Watson, Chas E S A   Maxwell A Co, Chicago 
Wtoeheil, V B, Alabastine Co 
Walling, Samuel  A,  Cavanaugh  A  Go, Chi­

cago
n- Williams, W'J, Eaton A Christenson, Agts 

Wjuner. Bichard, Clark. JeweU A Co 
White, Algernon E.  B, L A H 
Ward, Nathan D, Rickerson Roller Mill  Co 
WMte, Frank H, Curtiss A Dunton 
Watson, Jesse C, Fred D Yale A Co 
Whitworth, Geo G, Furn Caster  Association 
Wise. Henry L, S S Adams 
Whitlock, ED, Belknap Wagon  A  Sleigh Co 
Woltman, Jerry, Olney. Shields A Co 
• Wooley, E E, Carson,  Pirie A Scott, Chicago 
Worden, W J, Powers A Walker Casket Co 
Welker, J L, Dilworth Bros, Pittsburg 
Wheeler, J M, Feldner A Co 
Wrisley, M J. E A Stowe A Bro 
Wieking, F E, Steele  P A P Co 
Wadsworth, J D, A Meigs & Co  *

Young, A M, Lustig Cigar Go

Y. 

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No  Relief from  His  Cold.

From  th e D etroit F ree Press. 

-

A  Michigan  Avenue  druggist has a big 
display of mucilage in one of his show win­
dows, with a knock-down on prices, and an 
evening  or  two  since  a  man  entered  the 
place and in a very  husky  voice  observed: 
“I don’t find no fault  with  the  price,  ‘ but 
have tried half a  dozen  bottles  and got no 
relief from this cold.  Perhaps you have got 
something a leetle better.”

MISCELLANEOUS.

dress O, this office. 

A dvertisem ents  will  be  inserted under this head for 
one cent a  word th e h rs t insertion  and one-half cent a  
No  advertise- 
w ord fo r  each  subsequent  insertion. 
ta k en   fo r less th a n  25 cents.  Advance paym ent 
A dvertisem eats  directing  th a t  answ ers  be  sent  in 
care o f this office  m ust  be accom panied bv 25 
cents e x t r a ,  to  cover expense of postage.
F o r   s a l e   a t   a  b a r g a in ,  a  s t o c k  o f  g e n e r a l
m erchandise in  a n iron furnace tow n in  th is State. 
F urnace com pany pays  o u t in   cash  $8,000 per m onth. 
Stock  w ill  invoice  about  $6f000.  Can  be  reduced  to  
$2,500  o r f $3,000  in   60  days.  Sales  per  m onth $16,000. 
P ay  sure.  Best* of  reasons  fo r selling.  Those  m ean- 
in g  business  address No. 113 th is  office. 
23fr*tf

to L. 36, care Tradesm an. 

fare  in   th is  city.  Stock  w ill  inventory  about 
228-4t

FOR SALE-GROCERY STOCK ON MAIN THOROUGH- 
FOR EXCHAN GE-FARM W ORTH $2,500. WILL TRADE 
fo r  m erchandise  or  business  property.  Address 
228-tf
lockbox I,C oopersvilie,M ich. 
F cIOR  SALE—THE  STOCK,  FIXTURES  AND  LON» 
lease of a  general »tore doing a  good trade.  Trad* 
establish«i.  Reasons fo r  selling, o th er business.  Ad- 
230*
dress 108, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
F o r  s a l e —w h o l e  o r  p a r t  in t e r e s t  i n  a  f ir s t -
F OR SALE—AT A  BARGAIN.  •  A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
hardw are  and  m ill  supplies.  Address  W ayne 
210-tf
Choate. A gent, E ast Saginaw. 
F o r  s a l e —t h e  b e s t  d r u g  s t o r e  i n   t h e   t h r iv -
in g   city of  M uskegon.  Term s  easy.  C.  L.  Brun- 
dage, M uskegon, Mich. 
193-tf
F or  exchange—fi.ooo  worth  of  Boots  a n d
F OR EXCHANGE—FOR MERCHANDISE, HARDWARE 

elass m eat m arket 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  pear 
day.  Good reasons fo r selling. Address H., care Trades­
m an. 
219-tf

shoes,  fo r  pine lum ber dry and on  railroad.  Ad­
230*

o r  general  m erchandise  preferred,  five  acres of 
land  in   flourishing  business  town.  New  house  and 
b arn; honse alone cost «2,000 tw o years ago.  Good well, 
cistern  and  o u t houses.  P lenty  of  fru it.  Also  good 
house' ‘w ith one  acre  of  land  nicely located  in   same 
town.  Address  G.  W.  W atrous,  CoopersviUe,  Mich.
230»
in -
voice about $3,500.  Low ren t.  Southern Mich, fac­
to ry  town.  N othing  o u t  cash-  w ill  buy—poor  h ealth  
230*
reason.  109. th is office. 

Fo r   s a l e —c l e a n   n e w   s t o c k   h a r d w a r e , 
WANTED—BY  REGISTERED  DRUG  CLERK,  SITU, 
■ ANTED—POSITION  AS  TRAVELING  SALESMAN 
W ANTED—FOR  CASH,  SMALL  GENERAL  STOCK 

fo r  w holesale  grocery house.  Can  give best of 
references.  H ave  h ad  six  y ears  experience in   retail 
232*
trade.  Address 111, this office. 

atio n  in  d rug  store. Experienced, A.  No. 1 sales­
m an.  References  exchanged.  Address  P.  O.  Box  1SI, 
432*
Mendon, Mich. 

of m erchandise o r boots and shoes in  good farm ­
ing  country.  Must  be  a   bargain.  Give p articulars. 
H. W . Hawkins, Reed City. Mich. 
231*
\K T ANTED—POSITION BY AN  EXPERIENCED PHAR- 
VV  m acist.  The best of  references.  Registered  bv 
exam ination and speaks Holland.  Address N. A. Vyne, 
Moriey,  Mich. 
236*
WANTED—THE  ADDRESS  OF  ANYONE  WISHING 
SITUATION  WANTED—IN DRY GOODS OR GENERAL 

to  s ta rt  a   variety   store.  Address  B.  D.,  care 
231*

store by a young G erman-American, of four years’ 
experience.  Be.;t  of references.  Address W. C., Michi­
229*
g an Tradesm an. 
ANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER“ WHO~READS 
this  paper  to   give  th e Sutliff  coupon system  a 
trial.  I t will abolish your pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all your book-keeping, in m any instances save yeu the 
expense of one clerk, will bring your business  down te 
a  cash basis and  save  you  all  th e  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  w ill never 
reg ret it.  p av in g   tw o kinds, both  kinds  w ill be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutltff, 
A lbany, N. Y. 
226-tf
JT )  -PLEA SE  SEND  ADDRESS  TO  THIS  OF-

Tradesm an. 

EXCELLs.NT  OPENING  FOR  THE  DRV  GOODS Bus­

iness.  A  clean  stock  fo r  sale  th a t  will invoice 
about «12,000.  Live  grow ing  m anufacturing  town  of 
4,000  population  in  C entral  M ichigan,  draw ing  trad e 
from  a  large  rad iu s  of  rich, thickly  settled  farm ing 
country.  Two  leading  railroads.  Good  trad e  estab­
lished.  H ave  alw ays  done  a   good  paying  business. 
Best of reasons fo r selling.  Address 112, this office.  233*

■   RARE  OPPORTUNITY  FOR CLERKS—WE  WANT 

a  resident  representative in  every tow n and city 
to  aid  us  in   th e  introduction and  sale  of  the  fastest 
selling article on  th e  m arket.  No  com petition.  Sell 
In. every store, office and home.  Big profits.  Quick re­
turns.  Business perm anent.  W ill  not  interfere  with, 
present em ploym ent;  Enclose 4 cents  postage fo r free' 
sam ple, term s and  fa ll particulars.  The Nichols  Mfg 
Co., O nalaska, Wis. 
233*
WANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send fo r 
sam ples.  E. A  Stowe & Bro., G rand Rapids. 
225-tf

. 

They Please Everybody.

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BIST  FAMILY, 

HEADLIGHT  M 

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LITTLEDAISY

S0APS  aré  conceded  by all to  be the best 

soaps ever sold in Michigan.

Commendations are coming in daily.  Send 

for price list.

H

  S a i s   soai  a .

HAY!

W e offer in car load lo ts good 
T im othy  H ay.  W e  have  th e 
output o f four pressed  and  can 
offer it m an y quantity.  W rite 
for  prices.

Lamoreadx  k  J ohnston,

71  Canal St., Grand Rapids.

TIME  TABLES.
G r a n d   R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n a .

10:30 

p m . 

All T rains daily except Sundny.
GOING  NORTH.

A rrives. 
T raverse C ity & M ackinaw E x ........9:05 a m  
T raverse C ity E x................................ 
From  C incinnati.................................7:30 p m
Ft. W ayne and Mackinaw E x...........3:40 p m  
Saginaw Express...............................11:25  a m  

Leaves.
11:30 a m
7 :00 a  m  '
6:05 p m
7:20a m

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Saginaw  express runs th ro u g h  solid.
7 -.00 a. m . tra in  has ch a ir ca r to T raverse City.
11:30 a. m. tra in  has ch air ca r fo r Petoskpy and Mack­
5:05 p.  m , tra in   h as  sleeping  cars  fo r  P etoskey and 

inaw  City.
M ackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express..........................  
F o rt W ayne Express.......................10:30 a m  
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 4:40  p m  
T raverse C ity and M ackinaw Ex. .11:00 p m 

7:16 a m
11:45am
6:00 p m

going  south.  «<-

7:15 a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  ch air  ca r  fo r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m  tra in  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  C anadian 
points, a rriv in g  in  D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.

M u s k e g o n ,  G r a n d   B a p i d s   &  I n d i a n a .  

Leave. 
A rrive.
6 45 a m .................................................................... 10:10am
1100 a m .....................................................................   4:30 p m ;
4:4 0 p m ....... .............................................................  8:50pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.  I

M i c h i g a n   C e n t r a l .

G r a n d  B a p i d s  D i v i s i o n . 

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DEPA RT.

A R RIV E.

D etroit E xpress................... ....................................5:15am
Day  Express.....................: .......................................   1:10 p m
'A tlan tic Express............................................. ........10:10 p m
Mixed  ....................................................................6 :59am
•Pacific  Express....................................................... 6:00 a m
M ail................ ....................................  
G rand  Rapids  Express........................................   10:15 p m
M ixed............................................................................ 5..30 p m
•Daily.  All o th er daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to and from  
D etroit.  P arlo r 'cars ru n   on  Day  Express  an d  G rand 
Rapids Express to   and  from   D etroit.  Direct  connec­
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith all through tra in s E ast over 
M. C. R. R„ (Canada Southern Div.)

O. W. Ruggles. Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Chas. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent.

 

 

L a k e   S h o r e   &   M i c h i g a n   S o u t h e r n .

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

A rrive.

Leave. 
N. Y. Mail.  N .Y .E x
Ex. & Mail.  N- Y. Mail. 
7:45am ..G randR apifiii.  9 :4 5 am   6:35pm
4:35p m  
5:55pm   9:02 a  m .. A llegan.............8:28am  
5:18am
6:55 p m   10:06 a m. .K alam azoo ...  7:30 a m  
4:20 p m  
8:30pm   U :3 5 am ..W h ite Pigeon.  5:55am   2.40pm
2:30 a m   6:05 p m . .Toledo .............11:00pm   10:00 a m
8:30am   9:40p m ..C leveland...........6:40pm   5:55am
2:50pm   3:30 a m. .Buffalo........... ..11:55am   11:40pm
5:10 a m   7:10 p m ..C hicago.............11:30pm  8:50am
A local freig h t leaves G rand Rapids a t 1:10 pm ,  carry­
ing passengers as f a r as  K alam azoo.  All  tra in s  daily 
except Sunday

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WEDNESDAY, TEBKOàBY IR,  1888.

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TEM. 

IMPROVING  T H E   PRESENT  SYS­
V “ ;  !
T he "Tradesman  refers  thé,  following 
amendment  to the present  collection  sys­
tem of the B. M. A., for  consideration  be- 
tween now  and  the  next  State  meeting: 
That al,i accounts not collected  through the 
medium of the Blue Letter be  turned  over 
to the Association with  the  understanding 
that  in  the  event  of  «Election—whether 
payment is made to the Secretary  or  Actu­
ary of the Association, or to the member di­
rect—a commission  of 20 percent, shall be 
allowed—one half to go to the representative 
of the Association and the  other half to the 
Association  itself;  that no delinquent shall 
be absolved by the  Association  unless  his 
receipt ‘ is  signed or countersigned  by  the 
Secretary  or  Actuary.  The  T radesman 
believes that if such a system were adopted, 
it would result in much good to the cause of 
organization  throughout the State,  as tend­
ing to improve even the  present  admirable 
and effective system.  The fund  created by 
the commissions  contributed  by  the mem­
bers could be used to good purpose in meet­
ing the necessary expenses of  the  Associa­
tion—perhaps in rendering the collection of 
regular  dues  unnecessary.  Such  a  plan 
would “even up” things better  than  under 
the present system, as a member would con­
tribute to the support Of  the Association in 
such  measure  only  as’he  derived  benefit 
therefrom«  Moreover,  the  proposed  plan 
would give the  Secretary  or Actuary an in­
come dependent  almost  wholly on his own 
own activity,  which, coupled with the influ­
ence of the Association and the use  of  the 
Second Letter, would probably result in the 
collection of a greater  proportion of claims 
than is the case under the  present  very ef­
fective system.

T he  Tradesman  would  be  pleased to 
hear from the  friends  of  organization  on 
this subject.

immigration 

A statist in the New  York  Tribune  has 
been counting up the present  population of 
the country. -  He takes the census  of  1880 
as his starting-point, of course,  and  has to 
calculate three elements of  increase.  That 
of  European 
is  definitely 
known.  The immigration from Canada and 
Mexico can be guessed  ouly.  He estimates 
the annual increase  of  the  population  by 
-births minus deaths-at two per cent., which 
is a very low percentage.  He thinks  there 
are at present 62,523,597  residents  of  the 
United States, and that there  will  be - over 
<57,800,000 at the  next  census.  This, The 
T radesman thinks,  falls rather  below the 
facts, but not much below.  At any rate, the 
country more than maintains its preponder­
ance over all the rest of the American conti­
nent,  and is still farther  outgrowing any of 
the great nations of Western Europe.

One of the,worst faults of  the  American 
people is the habit of looking to  legislation 
to solve every knotty question  and then not 
attending to its enforcement  when  the leg­
islation is secured.  As an  instance  of this 
peculiarity, The Tradesman  has  but  to 
refer  to  the  Inter-State  Commerce  Law, 
which was enacted as the  result  of a popu­
lar clamor on the part  of  the  people.  As 
; soon as it went into  effect,  however, 
the 
people  seemed  to  forget  their part in the 
measure  and  allowed  the railroads to con­
strue it as they pleased—and  the  enormous 
increase in railway  earnings  is a sufficient 
answer to the assertion  that  the law is any 
advantage to the people for whose benefit it 
■was created. 
If people spent half- the ener­
gy  enforcing  present  laws  that  they  do 
working for further legislation, the country 
would be the gainer thereby.

The Manistee B. M. A. can, make no mis­
take' in inaugurating  the  organization of a 
Building mid Loan  Association, as such in- 
stitutions  encourage  people  of  moderate 
¿heads’  to  sate  their  earnings  and assist 
them  in  obtaining  homes  of  their  own* 
T he savings habit,  once acquired,  does hot 
usually stop a t the  acquirement of a home-, 
stead, but continues to exert a beneficial in­
fluence over the  possessor,  eventually  ' re­
sulting in  placing  in  comfortable  circum­
stances people who would otherwise be vic- 
(thus of the hand-tormouth-manner of living. 
Another  needed  institution  the  Manistee 
-: Association  should  advocate  is the forma­
tio n  of a Savings Bank.

I  .The  many  merchants  who  have  been 
blackmailed by the agents., of .Uncle  Sam’s 
Revenue Department will appreciate the ar­
ticle fttmj “Country Merchant’, oh  th e fifth 
' jpage of this week’s paper..  That blackmail 
' being,  levied  by  sneaks 
acting  u m l^ iiffi gratoorlty igid pay <dc thu 
government,  3»  n  tact  ty which dozens of

,tmd 

‘  espionage, as assert-

»write

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raiiable
locations in this Stafe, itis  a little remarks- • 
btelhat moreetiention bra hot  been  given 
to Été cultivation  of  thé" cranberry. :"-.;Thb 
field jto be supplied  is  almost  exhaustless, 
and; prices are always high,  considering the 
relative cost of producing the •  beny,  With 
other  fruits.  Farmers who  are in  posses­
sion of a marsh which can be flooded during 
the winter and spring  months  might  tom  
their attention to the cranberry,  in  prefer­
ence to wheat or com, and find  the' results 
much mine  satisfactory.  ; ’

The list of local traveling  salesmen, pub­
lished in another column  of  this.week’s is­
sue,  is one. in which  every business man of 
the place may take  a  reasonable  degree of 
pride.  Taken as a whole, the traveling men 
who go out of this market are above the av­
erage in intelligence,  ability  and geniality; 
and it is not placing too high an estimate on 
their services to affirm that much of the won­
derful growth and substantial prosperity of 
the city are to be attributed  to  their persis­
tera efforts and untiring industry.

)

It is a mistake to  exhort  members of an 
association to attend the  meetings or to fine 
them for  non-attendance.  Unless  a mem­
ber goes to a meeting of his  own accord,/ he 
had better stay away,  The  proper method 
to pursue is to create  interest  in the meet­
ings,  so that the mehabers  cannot  afford to 
remain away.

-  The State’s Attorney has begun  a war of 
extermination on the  Sprague  “Bad  Debt” 
collecting agency at Chicago,  having  secur­
ed enough evidence  to  indict  the  parties 
using the obnoxious  system  for  obtaining 
money by extortion and blackmail.

Four  hundred  travelers—what  a  power 
they have in the aggregate to assist  in  the 
growth and welfare of any city!  And  how 
well they have exercised that prerogative in 
regard to Grand Bapids!

Canada sends $2,000,000 worth of lobsters 
to the  United  States  each  year. 
If  this 
doe% not famish grounds  for  American re­
taliation, what would?

AMONG T H E  TRADE.

GRAND  BAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Geo. II. JSccles, the-Sault  Ste. Marie gro­
cer,  has settled with all his  creditors on the 
basis  of. 50  per cent, cash and 50 per cent, 
paper and resumed business under the style 
of Adams & Eccles.

John Dregge has formed  a  copartnership 
with A.  G.  Holenpyle  under  the  style of 
Dregge & Hodenpyl  to  continue  the  retail 
lumber  business  at  the  corner  of  Court 
atreet and the G. R. & I.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Ithaca—John Srodes,  grocer, has sold out.
Paris—E. Usher is closing out  his crock­

ery and notion business.

Detroit—John C. î^jeper, jeweler, has as­

signed to Morse Robqert.

Holland—Dibble & Lozier succeedC. Dok 

& Co. in the meat business.

Stanton—Thos.  S.  Earle  succeeds Earle 

& Wilson in the grocery business.

Detroit—Theodore Young succeeds Earn- 

ley & Young in the grocery business.

Jackson—H. L.  Merriman succeeds  Mer- 

riman & Co. in the saddlery business.

Greenville—Guild & Albertson will  open 

a  dry goods store here about March 10.

Vandaïia—-C. H. Ken worthy succeeds Ed­

gar Wetherbee in thè grocery  business.

North Muskegon—W.  M.  Robinson suc­

ceeds John Henry in the meat business.

Cadillac — P.  Medalie,  dry  goods  and 

clothing dealer,  is going out of business.

Caro—S.  B.  Wescott  succeeds  R.  J. 

Parkhurst in the boot and shoe business.

Muskegon—Leahy & Hardy  succeed  W.
D.  Hardy & Co. in the dry  goods  business.
Three Rivers—Won.  Hull  succeeds Hull
& Dickinson as  proprietor  of variety store.
Detroit — Osmun  &  Dawson,4 hardware 
dealers, have assigned to Nelson K. Riddle.
Centerville—Hascall &  Beerstecher  have 
sold their hardware stock to J.  A.  McKin­
ley.

Escanaba—J.  A.  McNaughton  succeeds 
McNaughton & Linden in the  grocery busi­
ness.

Sherwood—Henry Smith,  general dealer, 
has solfi,his grocery stock to Clark Lichten- 
walter.

Ravenna—E. Young has bought the hard­
ware stock formerly owned  by E.  Conklin, 
deceased. 
i  Jackson—White & Lane have  bought M.
E.  Calkins’  grocery  stock,  also  that  of 
Squire B. Carter,

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Muskegon—A.  A.  Wood  has purchased 
the interest of John Torrent in  the Muske­
gon Hardware Co.

Vicksburg—M.  Eldred  succeeds  W.  H. 
Bohner in the flour and feed business.  The 
former continues his grocery business.

Newaygq—Dr* H.  Lever  has  purchased 
an interest in the drug business of A* Lever 
and  the  business  will  be continued under 
the style of LeVer ft LeverT

Millbrook—E.  T.  Horton  has  removed 
his general stock to Remfis,  where  he  wifi 
join forces with his brother,  Dan  Horton, 
under the style of Horton Bros.

South Saginaw—E.  P. Stone has  become 
a specisd partner in the wholesale and retail 
grocery firm of C. W. Derby & Co.,  havip| 
contributed $5,000 t^the capital.  „  .  2**  A
frlint—Hart M. Sperry has been admitted;

tobacooand cigar firm of  W .  JJL  Braman fit; 
Co, , and  B.  F^ Æetimçln hramtiie<L ^T he

t   Mendon^C«  E. Brfiwn,  late  of  Goshen, 
Ind./has pnft^asedah, interest in the genr 
«M  firm o fF .’L. B urdick* Cov 
v^Norvell—Yarrington  &  Bancroft  Mve 
sold their general stock to TrcmafiSle ACo., 
who also operate a^general store at Highl&nd 
Station. 

tC  ,.s,  .

Vermontville—Lake te Hams, who recent­
ly 'succeeded M, J. Cunningham  in the gro­
cery business, have dissolved, Mr.  Hams re­
turning to Hastings» his former home.  2  >
Manistee —Mahon  &  Mauzy,  the  fancy 
goods dealers, have dissolved,  H. C. Mauzy 
succeeding.  W.  D.  Mahon, 
th e 4 retiring 
partner,  will engage in other business.

Tecumseh—W. Anderson has retired from 
the old-establisbed dry  goods firm of W.  & 
S. W. Anderson.  - The business Will be con 
tinned by S. W. Anderson, John  Anderson 
and Faed Rosecrans under th e  style of An­
derson &  Co. •

Kalamazoo—Parsons & Wood,  who, have 
conducted a hardware business here for over 
twenty  years,  have  sold out to A. K. Ed­
wards & Co., a firm composed of  Albert K. 
Edwards  and  L.  J.  Stewart, with N. H. 
Stewart as special.  Mr.  Edwards  has been 
engaged for the past year as traveling sales 
man for  Ducharme,  Fletcher & Co., of De­
troit.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Oscoda—Moore & Tanner, saw  mill pro 
prietors, have dissolved, the latter  succeed- 
ing.

Tecumseh—The Tecumseh  Lumber  Co. 
succeeds the Ohio and Michigan  Coal  and 
Manufacturing Co.

East Saginaw—D.  Hardin & Co.  are  re­
ceiving a largfl number of oak logs  for  the 
manufacture of rafting pins.

Vermontville—Smith,  Pont & Willis, pro­
prietors of the Vermontville Novelty Work«, 
have dissolved, J. W.  Smith retiring.

Sh'elbyville — Deuel" &  Meredith  have 
bought 144 acres of timber land  east of this 
place and will put in a sawmill  to  convert 
the timber into lumber.

Cheboygafi—Quay & Son are getting quite 
a pile of logs at their mill  for  timber to be 
manufactured into shingles the coming seas­
on.  They have two camps running, getting 
out. the logs.
,  Cassopolis—Yost  &  Harrison’s  wooden 
bowl factory,  with  all  its  machinery  and 
about 1,500  dozen  finished  wooden  bowls 
ready  for  shipment,  burned  last  Friday 
night.  Loss,  $4,000;  no insurance.

Bay City—A sash door and blind  factory 
that wKl give  employment  to  seventy-five 
men isfyo be removed  from  Lansing to this 
city, where six acres of land  has  been  do­
nated as an inducement to make the change.
Detroit—The  Art  Stove  Manufacturing 
Co. has been incorporated by Richard  Kra­
kow,  Richard Reuther,  Valentine Rousch, 
W.  D.  Lury,  E.  H.  Crimmins,  Thomas 
Hamilton and Charles Wissfler, with a capi­
tal stock of $50,000, of which $9,600 has been 
paid in.

Muskegon—The Muskegon  Lumber  Co., 
of Little Rock, Ark., has been incorporated 
for the purpose of manufacturing  and deal­
ing in timber  lands.  The  capital  stock is 
$400,000,  of which $54,000 has been paid in 
by the incorporators.  The board of directors 
is composed of Charles H.  Field, President; 
John W. Moon and A.  V. Mann.

Cadillac—During 1887  J.  Cummer & Son 
and the Cummer Lumber Co. cut 18,363,946 
feet and 16,724,423 feet of lumber,  respec­
tively, making 85,098,158  feet, or 3,587,875 
feet over 1886.  During the year, J. Cummer 
& Son shipped 27,246,884 feet;  the Cummer 
Lumber Co. 21,136,333 feet, and Cummer & 
Cnmmer,3,884,126jfeet, making a total of 52,- 
267,343 feet,  an increase over 1886 of 9,208,- 
300 feet.  Cobbs & Mitchell made and ship­
ped 20,000,000 feet, an increase of 5,000,000 
feet in manufacture and 1,500,000  in  ship­
ments.  Mitchell Bros,  shipped  20,616,679 
feet, an increase of 6,533,679 feet, andman- 
factured 20,295,717 feet, an increase  of  7,- 
058,717  feet.  They  employed  190  men 
steadily, and paid out $58,865.89  in  wages 
daring the year.  The total shipments were 
72,884,022 feet, against 43,590,181  in  1886.

STRAY  FACTS.

East  Saginaw—Herman  Blankerts  has 

retired from the Central Mills Co.

Mosherviile — Creditors  of  Lather  N. 
Tyler  filed  claims  aggregating.  $60,000. 
The assets are $25,000.

Rochester—A.  S,  Bliss  has sold  his in­
terest in the hardware firm of Remies & Co. 
and gone to Louisville Ky.

East Saginaw—C. T. Hills  hps  recently 
purchased another tract of  pipe  land in the 
South, holding now 100,000  acres of South­
ern  pine.

Howaifl City—The merchants  here  close 
their shops at 7 p.  m.  in hopes—so  it  is re­
ported—that their clerks  will  go  to the re­
vival meeting and get  converted

Detroit—John  C.  Nieper,  jeweler at 101 
Gratiot  avenue,  has  assigned  to  Morse 
Rohnert.  The assets are $1,575.59  and the 
liabilities $2,374.32.  Of the  Matter,  $800 is 
secured.

Jackson—Tuomey Bros.,  the  dry  goods 
men, have had an unfortunate quarrel,  end 
are settling it  in  the  courts*  Their stock 
of goods,  valued at $75,000, w ill: be  .placed 
in the hands of a disinterested receiver,  ;

The  Hardware Market.

All kinds of nails  and  iron  remain  sta­
tionary.  Barbed  wire  16  firm,  without 
change.  The  late  advanCe in glass is well 
maintained by all  manufacturers  and  job- 
hers.  The  agreement  among  manufac­
turers of plain  and  tarred board has result­
ed In an advance of $5 per ton, or about  25;
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from the V alley  City.

-  The  Tradesman  herewith  presents ite 
revised annual  list  of  traveling  men  who 
write  Grand  Rapids  after  their  names, 
showing an  increase  in  three  years  from 
800 to 400-r-about  33  per  cent.  While the 
present list may not be  absolutely accurate, 
it is essentially correct, and will  serve as a 
guide until the appearance of The Trades­
man’s fifth  annual list, about a year bence.

A .  1 2
Alden, Geo W, Brows & Sehler 
Antrim, A C. Alabastine Co 
Avery, Jae T, Jennings & Smith 
Ames, Jas B, Michigan Plating Works 
Averill, W W. Harrison Wagon Works 
.Angeli, Fred B, C B B St Co 
Aldworth, Fred G. John Wyeth & Bio,  Phila 
Allen, Geo B, Detroit Safe Co

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Berry, L Di 8tow & Davis 
Beasley, J H, Stow&  Davis 
Bradfleld, John,  Kent  Furii. Co 
Baxter, Harvey.B, roster, Stevens 8t Co 
Bissell, Harvey, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Beecher, Henry .Ward, Baton & Lyon 
Beneka, Wm A, Sherwood & Co, Boston 
Beneker, B A, Spring A Co 
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Bradford, James N, Olney, Shields A Co 
Bradford, Lewis Cass, Olney, Shields A Co 
Baker, Herbert, B, L A H 
Bayley, Christopher H, Clark, Jeweil A Co 
Baker, Allison D, Foster, Stevens A Co 
Barclay, Warren Y, B G Studley A 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. Chias H, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Buddington. R D. Kent Fura Co 
Bickle, John J, Wm Hake 
Blocksma,  Ralph,  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  A
Bolt, AlpheusB. Brown A Sehler 
Bolle8, Silas K, Glaser A Frame, Reading, Pa 
Boughton.  Win,  H  S  Robinson  A  Burten- 
Braisted, Alby L, Voigt Milling Co 
Beli, John W;' phoenix Furn Co 
Barber, N H, Pheenix Furn Co 
Black, Chas. Oriel Cabinet Co 
Buss, Geo, Buss Machine Works 
Blakè, W F, Hawkins A Perry 
Brooks, B D, Feldner A Co 
Brummeler, J A, Hawkins A Perry 
Ball. Fred H, C. B. B A Co 
Bradley, C E, T B Preston, Ionia 
Britt, H A, Toledo Brewing Co 
Bertsch, Russell W, Rindge, Bertsch & Co 1

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Canfield. Will, Geo Hanselman, Kalamazoo 
Campbell, Wifl, Hawkins A Perry 
Cox, H, Plumb A Lewis Mfg Co 
Carroll, P H, Seitz, Schwab A Co, Chicago 
Cartwright, Albert, Cappon A Bertsch Leath­
Cole, Adolphus.  Bickford A Francis, Buffalo 
Oesna. Ledro R, S Simon A Co, Detroit 
Caro, L A, Putnam A Brooks 
Cavanaugh, Geo, Morris H Treusch 
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Cary, L M, Cary A Lo reridge 
Corson, R W, Berkey A Gay Furn Co 
Carpenter, Napoleon B, Hart A Amberg 
Chase, Frank B. A C McGraw A Co, Detroit 
Chase. HerbertT,  Chase A Sanborn,  Boston 
Church, Isaac R. Hester A Fox *
Cloves, Jas G, Clark, Jewell A Co 
Collins, Frank,
Collins, Wm  B, H Leonard A Sons 
Compton, Shelby, Cleveland Varniih Co 
Conlon  Frank,  Price  Baking  Powder  Co, 
Coppens, Peter J, Chicago Stove Works 
Coppes. Rufus J, West Michigan Oil Co 
Corley, Wm J, B T Brown A Co 
Covell, Elliott F, Hart A Amberg 
Crane. Brastiis w
Cresey, Wm H, Empire Laundry Machine Co 
Cummings, Walter  E, Geo  F  Bassett  A  Co, 
Crookston, J A,  Hazeltine  A  Perkins  Drug 
Clark, H B, Baton A-Christenson,  Agts 
Crawford, C, Hazeltiue A Perkins Drug Co 
Carpenter, Geo w , Thompson A Maolay 
Cole» H; W, .Detroit Safe Co

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Davis,,Oscar, Feldner A Co
Downs, W H. ROot, Strong A Co
Duffy, Ed.  Perkins A Hess
Dunn, O W, Bissell Carpet Sweeper CO
Dangremond, H M, Morris H Treusch  A  Bro
Doak. Algernon S, Hawkins A Perry
Davidson. A Judd, Folding Chair A  Table Co
Disbrow, Chas W, Kent Furn Co
Drew,  Waiter  J, Bissell Carpet  Sweeper Co
Dustan, Henry, Win Harrison
Dykema, Leonard G, P Dykema A Son
Dawiey, Henry, Putnam A Brooks
Downs, S F,  w H Downs
Driggs, A T, Grand Rapids Mattress Co
Dornink, D, A Doruink
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Easterbrook, Geo
Bstabrook, A D Powers  A Walker Casket Co 
Backer, John  H,  Root, Strong A Co, Detroit 
Evans, Dr Josiah B, C, B, B A Co 
Edmunds, Wm B, Putnam A Brooks 
Emery, Benjamin F. W  L  E.lis  A  Co, Balti­
Emery, Fred H, Morton, Lewis A Co 
Emery, Wm S, New England Furniture Co 
Emerson, E L. F Raniville 
Escott, G H, Valley City Milling Co 
Feldner* Geo W. Gray Bros, Syracuse, N Y 
Flynn, Chas, J E Kenning 
Foster. W R
Fitz Gerald,----------- Collier, Chicago
Ferguson, Thomas, J  H Thompson A Co, De­
Franklin, Wallace W, Fairbanks, Morse A Co 
Fitch, Milford L, Nelson, Matter A Co 
Foster, Alfred,  Theo  Dessell  A Co, Syracuse 
Fox, Jas, B L A H 
Frick, Edward, Olney, Shields A Co 
Folger, Chas. Folger A Sons 
Falls, Chas M, Gray, Kingman A Collins, Chi­
Frankfurt, Isaac
Freeman. Claude, Teller Spice  Co 
French, H B, Wm Sears A Co 
Fassett, E K, Grand Rapids  School  Furn Co 
Frost, Chas. Amos S Musselman  A Co 
Freeman, A O, Detroit Safe Co.
Feldner. J E, Feldner A Co

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Gates, A B, M H Treusch A Bro 
Gill, John  F,  Wheeler,  Cònant  A  Blodgett, 
Goodrich, Henry P, Chippewa Lumber Co 
Goodrich, E I, A R A W F Rowé. Troy 
Ganoe, Henry C, Berlin Machine Works 
Goetphius, Edwin E, Cary &»Loveridge 
Good speed,  Frank  W,  Thomas  A  Hayden, 
Gould, Chas E  .
Garvey, John, Grand Rapids P A P Co 
Gray, Calvin S, Spring A Co 
Gregory, Harry, Arthur Meigs A Co 
Gifford, Geo P, Jr, Hawkins A Perry 
Gorbali,  W W, Hawkins A Perry 
Gutekunst, Geo, Frey Bros

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Hall, Sherwood, Brown, Hall A Co 
Haines.Geo, C Pelgrim, Kalamazoo 
Haight. Thos D, Amine Mfg CO 
Hall, Chas E, C G A Vóigt A Co 
Huntley, A C, IC  Levi 
Howard, C B, Pluml  A Lewis Mfg Co 
HeUderson, T J, plumb A Lewis Mfg Co 
Hanck, Geo, Knsterer Brewing Co 
Heystek, Henry J, Harvey A Heystek 
Harley, C C, Cappon A Bertsch Leather Co 
Hirth, Frederick,  Hirth A. Krause 
Hatfteld. Dr D S, Kortlander A Grady 
HOndorf, Manus, Brown, Hall A Co 
Hubbard W<lh Cutler A Orosset,  Chicago 
Hopkins, T E, Pheenix Furn Co 
Hudson, H A. Clark. Jewell A Co 
Hawkins, W G,  Detroit Soap Co, Detroit 
Baugh, D 8, Gody, Ball, Barnhart & Co 
Horn, W 8,  ■
Hoops, Will H. B lilkley* Ijs mon A Hoops 
Hill, Tbos, :H^rifilànt8v Dièpàtohr 
Hollister, Ben, J C Avery A Co, Grand Haven 
.  Hampson, T P 8, Ant'-Kalsomine Co  t 
Hess, Wm T, Perkins A Hess 
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Hyman, R B, Van SlykO A Co  Albany  Ì  . 
Haskell, L H,  Ordway,  Blodgett  A  Hidden, 

Boston 
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BewoscGeo W» GrandRapidsStaveCo 
Hake, H, Wm Hake
Hall. Periey W, Bulkley. Lemon A Hoops 
gayues, Geo w .JP !% w  A  Son.  Kalamazdoj 
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Higgins, Frank  Armour A Co. Chicago 
Heinzelman, Geo J, Rind
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■■. JaOoy, Chas W, J Shroheim A Co,  New Fork 
'  Jones, M anley, Clark, Jewell A Co 
Jones, W0». J  H Huyek A Go, Chtoago 
v ,.  Johnston, Valda, Amos S Musselman A Co -;
Jones, W J, Micnigan Cigar Co, Big Rapids 
1  Jennings, W H, Jennings A Smith 
| | |  Jones, Wm H, Wm A Berkey Furn Co 
Jones, C W, VViddlcomb Furn Co  v 
Judd, Chas B, Bissell  Carpet Sweeper Go  r- 
Jacobs, G H, Valley City Milling Co 
Jones, H. D, Lustig Cigar Co 
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Johns, E^L, Feldner Alto 
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Kenyon, D G. Reeder, Palmer A Co 
Katnan.'W H, Marshall Casket Co 
Kenning, J E, self 
Keate, E J, Star Union Line 
Keasey. Wm Rj  Bell, Conrad A Co, Chicago 
Kelley, F L, Spring A  Go 
Krekel. Ed G, Rindge, Bertsch A Co 
Kuppenbeimer, A, Albert Kuppenheimer 
Kymer, J Leo, Eaton  A Lyon 
Kendrick. H C. J Bader A Co, Kalamazoo 
Knapp, Geo, Nelson, Matter A Co 
Krumheuen, Wm, F D Yale A Co 
Kinsey, S T, self
Kipp, Harry T, D M Osborne A Co

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Lester, F H, Arthur Meigs A Co 
Leggett, C W, Franklin, McVeagh  A Co, Chi­
Lewis, Pearly, Morton, Lewis A Co 
Lynch, Daniel, Fred D Yale A Co 
Lee, Edwin A. Detroit Safe Co, Detroit 
Logie, Wm, Rindge, Bertsch A Co 
Loveridge, L L, Cary A Loveridge 
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 Studley A Co 
Loomis, Lewis L, Bulkley, Lemon  A Hoops 
Love, Albert M,
Love, Chas L
Lustig, J acob, Lu stig 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 A Ford. Cleveland

M.

McDonough,—, Root, Strong A Co, Detroit
More, J C, Grand Rapids Furn Co
Moone, F L, Pheenix Furn Co
Miles, Frank R, Foster, Stevens A Co
Murray, Jas, Allan Sheldon A Co, Detroit
McCarthy, D H, self
McClaye, E  Wilkes, W W Kimball A Co
Mallory, M M, Arthur Meigs A Co
Moseley, Al, Moseley Bros
Morgan, C E. Jennings A Smith 
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Morrison, Jas A, Olney, Shields & Co 
McConnell, N Stewart, Nelson Bros A Co 
McIntyre, John H, Arthur Meigs A Co 
McKay, Geo, Putnam A Brooks 
McKelvey, John H, Diamond  Wall Finish Oo 
May bury, Frank. G R dt 1 Ry 
Mangold, Edward C, C G A Voigt A Co 
Mansfield, C W, J W Butler  Paper Co, Chioa- 
Miller, Frank, Diebold Safe  A  Lock  Co,  De­
Mills, Lloyd M, Hazeltine A Perkins Drug Co 
Miller. John H, Putnam A Brooks 
Miner, Will C, A A E  Moriey, Chicago 
Morrison, Sam B, Olney, Shields A Co 
Morse,  W A, Barlow Bros 
Manley, Carson, Gunn Hardware Co 
McVean, D E,Haw kins A Perry 
Mosher, D H, Aldine Mfg Co 
McWhorter, C N, Coffin, Devoe A Co

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Nelson, Geo K. Nelson Bros A Co 
Nelson, Jas, Nelson Bros A Co 
Newman, Samuel, Hart A Amberg 
Near, B E, H W Johns Mfg Co, New York 
Nichols, A H, Gunn Hardware Co 

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Owens, John, Alabastine Co 
Olmsted, Joseph P,  Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper 
Orr, Robert B. Arthur Meigs A Co 
Owen, Geo F, Stanton, Sampson A Co, Detroit 
Osborn, A L, Kinney A Levan* Cleveland 
Ostmg, John, Fred D Yale A Co

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Paine, Cbas, G P Brush Co 
Parker, N A, F D Yale A Co 
Pike, Ed, Hart Bros, Chicago 
Peck, A W, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co 
Prendergast, R, Amo- S Musselman  A Co 
Peek, C J, Thompson & Maelay 
Potter, Geo C, Mason, Campbell &  Co, Johns­
Powers, Fred E, H Schneider A Co 
Parmenter,  Ben  F,  Cody,  Ball, Barnhart A 
Pqymenter, Chas B, Gleason Wood Ornament 
Pratt, J M, W C Denison 
Peek. Chas W.  Grand Rapids Brush  Co 
Phillips, Daniel C, Wm  Harrison 
Pierce,  Silas K,  Fierce, Shattuck A Co 
Putnam, Geo S, D M Osborne A Co 
Putnam, Thos C, Putnam  & Brooks 
Post, John C, Michigan Plaster Agency 
Pratt, John, Jr, Harrison Wagon Works 
Preston, John, Moseley  A  Stoddard  Mfg Co, 
Perry, O A, Detroit Safe Co
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Quinn, Jas, L J Quinn 
Quist, A J, Cody, Bali, Barnhart A Co 
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Roseman, Jas, Pitkin A Brooks, Chicago 
Riley, J C. Pheenix Fur Co 
Rice, C S, Cary A Loveridge 
Remington, L C. Remington Shirt Co 
Remington, Chas, Gardinffi- A Baxter 
Raynor, Geo, Eaton A Lyon 
Raymond, M H N ,  Connecticut  Fire  Insur­
Rindge, Will iV, Rindge,  Bertsch A Co 
Rooney, Jas, Fabric Fire Hose Co 
Roys, Qraham, L H  Beals A Sons, Westfield, 
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 A Sons 
Reynolds,'Richard W  •
Richmond, Wm II, E T Brown A Co 
Robertson, Hiram S. A Meigs A Co 
Russel, Albert L, Chas Schmidt A Bros 
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Robertson, B  J ,  A  Meigs A Co 

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Shults, O C, Curtiss A Dun ton 
Savage, H R, Telfer Spice Co 
Seymour, F H,  Bradfleld A Co 
Smith, Ed A. Amos S Mussel man A Co 
Smith, S W, A Meigs A Co 
Sanford, G S, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Stearns, EH , Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co 
Standart, Chas, Peninsular Furniture Co  1 
Stocking,— , Reese A Co 
Shattuck, E, Pierce, Shattuek A Co 
Sears, Stephen, Wm  Sears A Co 
Seymour. Alonzo, W m Sears A Co 
Seymour, Geo H,  Hugo Schneider A Co 
Scott, Richard T, Cappon A Bertsch  Leather 
Shark, J, Frey Bros
Shelley, Jag R, McCord A Bradfleld  Furn Co 
Sherwood. Alfred H,  Grand  Rapids  Veneer 
Shriver, Fred D, Shriver. Weather A Co 
Smith, Wm H.K ent Furn Mfg Co 
Snyder, Eben F, W'C Denison 
Stearns, Daniel E.Broadhead Worsted Mills, 
Stoddard, Geo, Nelson, Matter A Co 
Smith, R H, Perkins A Hess 
Skinner, Chas O, New England Furn Co 
Sherick, John A, Rindge,  Bertsch A Co 
Smith, W H H, Koch,  Goodhart A Co, Cleve­
Spaulding, C D, L S Hill A Co 
S wy gert, Scott, Olney, Shields A Co 
Strelitsky, J L,  Roper  A  Baxter Cigar  Co, 
Sheldon, 8 A, E A Stowe A Bro
Smith, Henry, B, L A H
Sparr, D E, Powers A Walker Casket Co 
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merson  W,  American  Sewing  Ma­
Thayer, Ed, W BPeopleBA Son, Cincinnati 
Trettscn, M H, Morris H Treusch A Bro 
t  Taylor. Lprison J,  Kent Furn Mfg Co, 
Tuberger, Geo, U Feeter 
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Tanner, J  B, Perkins At Hess 
Townsend. L K, D J Evans A Co 
Townsend, W p, Eaton  A  Christonson, Agts 
Toles,W M, Hawkins A  Perry  g   ¿ M i
Dtman, John C.Amos S Musselman A Oo 

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containing three colored plates  and 
superb illustrations of everything that is 
I new« usefu l and raro in  Seeds  and 
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of **How to grow them,” by Peter Hen­
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which is 26 cents:  One packet of the new 
Green and Gold W atermelon, or one 
packet of new Sncoession Cabbage, ^ , 
one packet of new Zebra Einnia, or one 
packet of Butterfly Pansy (eeeillustra­
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The following auxiliary associations are op- 
É n t io g m t o   charters granted by the M*chi- 
'ftn  Business Men’s Association:

j  N o .  1—T r a v e r s e  C ity  B . M . A .

■ Praddent; G«e. K. Steele; Secretary, L. Robert«.

.  N o . 2 —L o w e ll  K. M . A .

fip W ù ü t, ÌLB. Blaln; Secretary. Frank T. King.

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N o .  3 —S t u r g is   B . M . A . 

President. H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn.
N o .  4 —G r a n d   R a p id s   BE.  A . 

President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. ;
W M 'X  
N o .  5 —;B tu sk e g o n  B .  M . A .  : : 
Pr—ldent, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, W.O. Conner.

N o . 6^—A lb a   B .  M . A . 

PreeHent  F. W. Bloat  Secretary, P. T  Baldwin.

N o .  7— D im a n d a l e  B . M . A . 

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

N o . 8 —E a s t p o r t   B .  M .  A .

President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, t o  L. Thurston.

Präsident, H . M. Marshall ; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins.

4* *   ¿W o, 9 —L aw rence B . BE. A ,  T 
N o .  1 0 —H a r b o r  S p r in g s   B .  BE. A . 

President, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.

Praddent, H. P.

> o . l l — K in g s le y   B .  M , A .

Whipple; Secretary, C. H.  Camp.

President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.

N o .  1 3 —Q u in c y  B . BE. A . 

N o .  1 3 —S h e r m a n   B . BE. A . 

President, H. B. Stnrtevant; Secretary, W.  G. Shane. 
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N o .  1 4 — N o .  M u s k e g o n   8 .  BE. A , 
President, 8. A. Howey : Secretary, G; C. Havens.

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

President. R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

N o . 1 6 —S a n d   L a k e   B .  M .  A . 
President, 7. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Rasco.
N o . 1 7 —P l a i n w e l l  B .  51. A . - 
President, E. A.  Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
N o .  1 8 —O w o s so  B .  M . A . 

President, S. E. Parkill; Secretary, 8. Lamfrom.

N o .  1 9 —A d a   B , BE. A . 

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

N o . 3 0 —s a u g a t u e k   B .  M . A . - 

President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.

N o .  2 1 —W a y  la n d   B .  BE. A . 

President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.

N o .  3 3 —G r a n d   L e d g e   B . BE. A . 

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

N o . 3 3 —C a r so n  C ity   H.  At.  A . 

President, F. A. Rockafellow:  Secretary,  C. O. Trask.

N o . 3 4 — M o r le y   B .  BE. A .

President, J. E; Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H, Richmond. 
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President, Chas. B. Johnson;Secretary, H. D. Pew.

N o . 3 5 —P a l o   » .   BE. A .

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N o .  3 6 —O r e e n  v i l l e   k . BE. A . 

President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.

N o   * 7 — D o r r   B . BE.  A . 

President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.

N o .  3 8 —C h e b o y g a n   B . M . A  

President, J.  H. Tuttle;  Secretary, H, G. Dozer.

N o . 2 9 —F r e e p o r t  is . M .  A .

Precident, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrongh.

President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Hough tali ng.

N o . 3 0 —O c e a n a   B . M .  A ..

N -/. 3 1 —C h a r lo tte   B .  BE. A . 

Presideht, Thoa. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o .  3 2 —C o o p e r s v i l l e  B .  BE.  A.' 

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

N o . 3 8 —C h a r le v o ix   K.  Ml. A . 

President,  L.  D.  Bartholomew;  Secretary, II. W. Kane.

N o .  3 4 —S a r a n a c   B . BE.  A . 

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President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.

N o .  3 5 — B e  U n ir e   B . BE. A . 

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

N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  M . A .

President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden,

N o . 3 7 —B a t t le  C r e e k  B .  BE. A . 

President,  Chas. F. Rock;  Secretary,  Jno, p. Stanley.

N o . 3 8 —N c o ttv ille   B .  BE. A . 

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

N o .  3 9   - B a r r  O a k   B .  B l. A . 
President, B. O. Graves;  Secretary,  H. M. f/se.
N o . 4 0 —E a to n   R a p id e  B .  BE. A . 

President', C. T.  Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Coller.
N » . 4 1 — B r e c k in r id g e   B . BE. A . 

President, W.  O. Watson ; Secretary, C.  E. Seudder.

President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.

N o .  4 3 — r re m o  sit M.  BI.  A . 

N o . 4 3 —T u s tin   B .  BE. A .

President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
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P resident, C. J.  Fleischhauer;  Secretary,  W. H. Smith

N o . 4 4 — R e e d   C ity  R . BE. A .

N o .  4 3 —H o y t v i l l e   B .  BE.  A . 

President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay

N o . 4 6 — L e s lie  1$.  BE. A . 

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. 
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Pixel dent, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham.

No .   4 7 Â _ F lln t  BE.  IT.

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N o . 4 8 —H u b b a r d s to n   K . BE. A . 
President, Boyd Kedner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

President,  A.  Wenzel!; Secretary, Frank Smith.

N o .  4 9 — L e r o y   B   BE.  A . 

N o , 5 0 —M a n is t e e  B . BE. A . 

President, À. O'. W heeler;.Secretary, J. P,  O’Malley.

N o . 5 1 —C e d a r   S p r in g s   B .  M .  A , 

President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.

N o . 5 2 —G r a n d  H a v e n   B . BE. A . 

President, F- D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
N o , 5 3 — B e l le v u e  B . BE. A . 

President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. Tork.

Président, Thomas B. Dutcher;  Secretary, C. B. Waller.

N o . 5 4 —D o u g la s  B . M . Á .

Prcjddfent, C. F. Hankey ; Secretary. A. C- Bowman.
,  ; . 
President, N.-W. Brake ;  Secretary, T. M. Harvey.

:  N o .  5 5 — P e t e s k e y   B .  B l. A . 
>o. 5 6—Bangor B. M.  A.
No. 5  7—R o c k fo r d   B . BE. A . 
N o .  5 8 —F if e   L a k e   B . M . A . 

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

Président, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, O. V. Adams,

N o . 5 9 —F e n n v i l l e  B .  BE. A . 

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
, 
N o .  6 0 —S o u th   B o a r d m a n   B .  M .  A .
President, H. È. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.

No.  61—Hartford  B. BE. A. 

President. V. E. Maflley ; Secretary, 1. B. Barnes.
N o   6 2 — L a st ’•a g in a w   R .  G . A .  . 
President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadish.

;  N o . 6 3 —It v a r i B . B f. Ä . 

President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C- E. Bell.
N o , 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A . 

President. C. W. Robertson; 8écretary, Wm. Horton.

N o .  6 5 —K a lk a s k a   B .  BE. A . 

P resident, Jas. C raw ford; S ecretary, C. S. Blom.

Ü Communication from  the  State  Transpor­

tation Committee.

;  Te th e A uxiliary A ssociations o f the M. B. M. A.:

The constitution of the State body says, “The 
Transportotlop  Committee shall endeavor  to 
‘secure any ne< ded reductions in freight or ex­
press charges.

The Committee  would suggest that any As­
sociation  believing  itself  aggrieved  In  the 
t matter of freight or  express  rates  eommuiri- 
Oate With the member of the Committee most 
convenient to their  locality, stating  the  ease 
asbriCfiy And  concisely as possible.

The State  Committee will then  endeavor to 
formulate  some  plan  by which' the cause  of 
oornpiaint pan be removed;
’ '  The Com m ittee cannot undertake to hunt up 
cases  Of  discrimination,  excessive  charges, 
ete.Y’b1Bt ate  ready to do oil In  their power to 
hid^n ;« 
ihe same.  It is believed that
discreet, judicious co-operation  will enable us 
to  accomplish  much 
tat might otherwise be

Transpor-  ( J.’ W . Milliken. Traverse City* •>’ 
■  tattoo ■  
Committee

ftHB^Bart^aginaif.

Brittle

,  six new members were  elected,  bring­

C iéüiiStepidiiMeicatttlle  A to a r o n , 
seihi-moiithly  meêt^g of
i  A t the 
the 
-ìp^M t^aìàsaociatton,
held ou Peb. Tj Thos. Walker was Seated 
member of the Association.

The Executive  Committee  presented the 
followiag report, which was  accepted  and 
adopted:
.  The Executive Committee  would respect­
fully report that the full Committee has in  
spected five rooms tendered the Association 
for.  meeting  purposes  mod  requests  two 
weeks’ further yme to decide upon the most 
available location.
The Committee would  also  report that it 
has had the application of Hughes & Thom­
as for the position of collector under consid 
oration and  requests further  time  ih which 
to report thereon. 

E.  J.  TTÉitúTritr,
Thós. Keating, 
Chas.  L.  L awton, 
CHÀa,  P ettersh, 
E. Aj. Stowe.

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The special  Committee  on Berry  Pack­
ages  presented  the following report, which 
Was accepted and adopted:

Tour Committee,  appointed  to  consider 
the advisability of not returning  berry box­
es to the growers of berries and small fruits, 
would report that they have had  the  same 
under consideration and submit  the follow­
ing for your action:
Resolved, That we, as  grocers, do not re­
turn the berry boxes,  and that we  insist on 
full dry quart and  pint  boxes.  We  would 
also earnestly recommend the sale of berries 
in the original packages, as far as  practica­
ble;  and be it further 
Resolved,  That a memorial  be  presented 
to the Common Council of the city,  praying 
for  the  appointment  of  an ^inspector ' of 
Weights and Measures,  who shall  receive a 
salary from the eity, and who  shall  also be 
Inspector of Produce,  in  advisement  with 
the Board of Health.
Resolaed,  That a copy of the  resolutions 
passed by this meeting be circulated for |he 
signatures of  all  dealers,  pledging  them 
selves to sustain iie  -action of  this meeting, 
And, farther, that  Mr.  Winternitz  be  re­
quested to circulate said  resolution  for sig­
natures,  as far as possible.
Bespectfully submitted,

E. J. Herrick,
A. J.  Elliott,
L.  W internitz,
T hos. Kea tin g.

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A. J. Elliott moved that a special commit­
tee be appointed by the chair to confèr with 
a like committee from the Hoard  of  Trade, 
looking  toward  the  appointment of an In­
spector of Produce.  The motion was adopt­
ed and the chair appointed as  such commit 
tee Messrs.  Elliott, Emery and Herrick.

An invitation to send  a  delegate  to  the 
annual banquet of the Muskegon  B.  M. A, 
was accepted and President Herrick was se 
lee ted to go.

President  Hamilton,  upon  invitation of 
the presiding officer,  then addressed the As- 
sosiation,  as follows:

The youth who committed suicide because 
he was born to  be  a  gentleman  but  con 
demned to be a grocer,  showed  by  his  act 
that his soul had never risen  to  the dignity 
of  groper.  The  time,  no  doubt,  existed 
when the term  ‘‘grocer”  or  “trader”  was 
held in bad odor.  Like , all  other  branches 
of business,  it had its  attendant  evils  and 
evil practitioners,  whose lives and  business 
emitted anything but  wholesomeness to the 
social or businèss world;  but to say that the 
dealer in food products  was  generally con­
sidered an outlaw, a citizen of mean bearing, 
is contrary to history or  reason.  He  might 
not have been, probably  was not, in the as 
cendancy in the social order  at  this  timet 
but we do have a record of the trader at one 
time in history as being the  power  behind 
the throne.  His name has been recorded in 
associations of this kind,  in  the  order  of 
trade guilds, known ages  ago  in  England 
and Continental Europe as standing  upon a 
par with kings and  princes.  For  their  fi­
nancial  success,  for  industry  and  trade, 
these worthy men knew that it was needful 
to foster mid maintain justice, truth, hones 
ty and honor.  To secure the  most  perma­
nent prosperity in their  towns  and in their 
business,  they set  themselves to the task of 
securing  good  help,  honest  and  reliable 
young men,  systematic  measures  for doing 
business, square  accounts,  prompt  serviee 
and well-directed measures.
Every  guild  sought  to  breathe  a  lofty 
spirit  of  honor  through  its  membership 
they made of their trade a  noble  vocation, 
an occupation in  which  it  was an honor to 
engage;  they cultivated  a  strong  esprit de 
corps among the  members  of  each  guild, 
which braced them  against  any action that 
was likely to bring discredit on  their  body. 
The guild statutes kept a watchful eye upon 
every temptation to dishonor  in  the  trade 
and provided clear  and  precise  directions 
covering every possible point of  weakness 
Special enactments forbade mixing inferior 
materials with a better sort or selling patch- 
ed-up articles are new.  Guild halls held the 
standard of weights and  measures  and  in 
the persons of experts passed judgment up­
on all products.  They did not fail to enforce 
their rigid laws with stern and  swift penal­
ties. 
In  all  this  there  is  much  that  is 
worthy  of  study  and  careful  considera­
tion by the merchants of to-day.
Now,  1 would not  be  charged  here  to­
night with trying to inflict upon you an  out 
and out preacher’s  talk,  for  this kind you 
get in the regular order of things;  but in nò 
department of life that  is  worth  anything 
that brings us food, clothing  or  mental de­
velopment, can we discard a serious consid­
eration of the subject,  for upon these hours 
of  honest  thought  we  build  onr  Highest 
hopes,  our solid structures,  our  homes,  our 
business, our characters.  So it seems to me 
that there is in these methods  of  those  of 
the past much for us to weave  into  our ca­
reers of usefulness and money-making.

Trade frauds are uo new invention of the 
devil—we find them as far back  in  history 
as we cairtrace our way.  Are we more hon­
est than  were  obr  ancestors  over  whom 
Mark Twain wept  so  bitterly?  They:  are 
fcdt  present \  to-night- to  testify.  ^ Thé old 
guilds sought iu an ^earnest  and  business­
like way to minimize fraud.  The  event  of 
their success lay in4he real  mastership^  of 
their work. 
Somehow, with the trader  to-day there Is 
marked  single—Aritjr-or  individualism 
characterizing him and separating him from 
biselase and from society  almost as readily 
pointed out as is the  peculiar ,  dress  of the 
Salvationist  The time has been,  before as­
sociations camp in, that two  grocers,  never 
married  .into-, the  sanje  family—it  almost 
toókthe .character òf,a mòvemont, Jte m inli 
g i f  did at one time in. 
as
H  New West opened andibeêe  Were | B |  
ényoung mea to oheÿopng^ii^an,  tra4è

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foràfld to shake hands with our neighbor  in 
tntde aâdgive him * word nowi ¡Ira  then-# 
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|   There is one more invention  o f  the,  Evil 
One to overcome, and we are proof "agkiBst 
it nhjtif it assumes ànqthêf role.'  X  now  al­
lude to indifterence^m*apathy in ,Associatipn 
work.  Wo have beard,of  dead  and native 
orders, and |  Beverthihk of these "orders or 
that class of men-but I think ‘ i t  would hâve 
been better had they never  been  born.” 
suppose that an all-wise  Creator  had some 
good use for them, but history is. silent  on 
this point, and. therefore, lam  compelled to 
pass on. V !f".; ' ■ ,y> - 
But I want to  draw  a  few  conclusions 
from the signs of to-day:  ~ 
First,  I conclude that there are  more live 
merchants in Michigan to-day than  ever be 
fore.
Second, X conclude that  there  are  mere 
dead merchants in Michigan than  ever  be­
fore in the history of the State.
□Third,  The  distinction  is  becoming, as 
clearly apparent as the law has  made  oleo 
margarine distinct from  butter-r-they  don’t 
mix any more.  The only hope  is that they 
will all become good  “oléo” or good  butter.
Fourth,  I conclude that a genuine  move­
ment has taken place in this country on the 
line of trade, when the  clear-cut  voice  of 
the grocer will be heard other  than : at  the 
polls, calling a halt against  Sugar  Trusts, 
monopolies and legislation upon commercial 
values.
Fifth, I conclude that  in  his  efforts  to 
trace out his and his customer’s  best  inter­
est he will sell him two shillings’  worth of 
pure  coffee 
twenty-five  cents  and 
not twenty  cents’  worth of  coffee and two 
Cents’  worth  of  chromo  for  twenty-five 
cents.
Sixth.  I conclude that in a well-organized 
association wiil he see that the highest gobd 
to himself, his neighbor,  his  class,  his dig­
nity as a merchant, are all more  clearly de­
fined.
Seventh, I conclude that he  will  see that 
a single-handed effort in business  is  like a 
single-handed effort at home—void  of  good 
results.
Now,  with these few conclusions,  I  will 
conclude by asking the  members  present to 
show forth that vitality. 

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F. L.  Fuller, late of  Frankfort,  and  an 
active worker in the Association  there, also 
addressed the members briefly, encouraging 
them in the work.

The  question  of  Soapine  and  kindred 
peddling was discussed in such a manner as 
to indicate that the subject might  some day 
come before the Association for action.  The 
meeting then adjourned.

The Business Men’s Association.* 

This  toast  is  a new one. 

It  i*  . .,e first 
time it has been  proposed  in  Charlevoix, 
therefore what is sàid in response cannot be 
hackneyed.  The  first  object,  perhaps,  in 
the mind of the originator of these Associa­
tions was the collection of  bad  debts,  and 
the placing of the dealings between the mer­
chant and the customer on a better basis, by 
shortening credits and working  as  rapidly 
as possible toward a cash system.  The col­
lection department of  our  Association  has 
attracted widest  attention,  and  has  done 
most  excellent  service.  We  congratulate 
ourselves that so  powerful a weapon  is be­
ing used with such discretion.  The Charle­
voix Association challenges any map to cite 
an instance where it has done  a  person in­
justice in  its  collection  department.  One 
man thought to deal ns a crushing blow and 
perhaps to wipe us out of existence by send­
ing a complaint to  the  State  Association. 
His case was investigated.  The  State Sec­
retary informed us that after the fullest ex­
amination they found the complaint ground­
less.  And be added,  “this is only  the sec­
ond complaint of  injustice  that  has  ever 
been brought to our notice,  and we are hap­
py to inform you that the  other  complaint 
was as groundless as yours.’’  But the foun­
dations  of  our  organization  rest  upon  a 
broader and grander principle than  the col-, 
lection of bad debts  and  their  prevention. 
The great,  central,  predominating  idea of 
this Association is the  idea  of brotherhood 
and  union—the  idea  that  the  welfare  of 
the community is the welfare  of  eaeh indi­
vidual ill the community.  By actual exper­
ience, business men are learning that it is a 
great deal better to work for  their  common 
interests and the  interests  of  their  town 
than to exert their surplus  energy in decry­
ing the goodfÇmethods  and  reputation  of 
their comlfetitors and rivals in business.
Among our professed objects,  as express­
ed in our  constitution,  are  the  regulating 
and obtaining fair  rates  of  insurance and 
freights, shorter hours for business men and 
their1  clerks,  and  the  promoting  of  any 
scheme for thé improvement  of  our  town 
and community.  But how can an insurance 
company or railroad company be  compelled 
to ïairness or aay change in   rates,  if  they 
are not confronted by  the  united  business 
interests of the place?  How can any scheme 
for the development of our resources be suc­
cessfully promoted if the  business  men do 
nqt join hands in a united effort  to  push it 
through?  ,We realize in these  things  very 
forcibly that “in union  there  is  strength.” 
Without it tbfere is impotence.  Without it, 
railroad and steamboat companies, insurance 
companies and others may tyrannize over us 
and do With us what5  they  will and we.can 
do nothing but grumble.
We have to-night listened to the eloquent 
and truthful description of  the  advantages 
and  opportunities  of  Charlevoix/  * Our 
bosoms are glowing with a just pride in the 
many advantages we possess,  and swelling 
with hope at the  opportunities  which  are 
ours.  But how ere we to see thèse resources 
developed and these  opportunities  realized 
if Bve <jo not put our united  strength  to the 
wheel and keep pushing until they stand as 
accomplished facts before us?
It iâ for these purposes  we  exist;  /If we 
give our^Assoeiatipn the support it deserves; 
attend its meetings;  take hold of  the  work 
and earnestly try to realize its  objects,  we 
cannot fail to work oat a  noble  future  for 
our place. 
If,  however,  as  business  men, 
we are content, each for himself  te say,  ,“I 
will attend-to my own affaira  and  let mat­
ters of publié* interest  take  care  of  them­
selves,” we shall  witness  the  melancholy 
spectacle of our public affairs  going to rack 
and ruin, and our own affairs  going to raek 
and  ruin  with  them;  Gentlemen,  which 
shall It fee? 

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♦Response  by R. W. Kane at the recent ban­

quet of tbe Charlevoix B. M. A-

Uniform  Bankruptcy  Legislation.

No bankruptcy bill has as yet  been intro­
duced in either House of Congress  by  any 
of the mejnbers  formerly  prominent in the 
movemen t   . The reason for the-delay is ex­
plained by a leading advocate of  the prinoi- 
ptespf thp bld LowOU bill to be'  that a con­
ference of the friends, of  bankruptcy  legis­
lation In both. Ponses has decided that  it is 
best to await a report §gg ¡Senator Hoara&to 
Ih H ra g ra ffifii Senatqwouid be likely to

business  men  will  organize a
.-.New 
(S&#kjLÏ 0$  &MI; fed.  v.  * 
ü   vLT  v e~
,  Sand Lake B. M; A. , No.  16, will  hold a 
banquet a t the Brooks’ House on  the  even­
ing ofFebruary. 17. 

Eaton Rapids Herald:  -The  Association 
is ip a healthy condition, every  member be­
ing satisfied with the working of  the  insti­
tution.

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W; Rosco, Secretary of the Sand Lake B, 
M. A.,  writes:  “We are increasing in mem­
bership slowly and are pulling  together  in 
good shape.”

the  Saranac merchant, 
H. T,  Johnson, 
writes as  follows: 
“The Association is in 
good working order here  and you may look 
for some good  reports  from  us  during the 
year.”

At the last meeting of Eaton  Bapids  B 
M.  A., No. 40, the following  officers  were 
elected:  Presideht,  C.  T.  Hartson;  Vice- 
President, L. W.  Toles;  Secretary,  Chas 
(toiler;  Treasurer, F. Z. Hamilton.

Two  more  associations  bave  affiliated 

with the State body during the past week 
Merrill,  with ten members,  and  Kalkaska; 
with  thirty  members..  The  former  took 
Charter No. 64 and the latter No. 65.

It will never Cease to be a source of grati­
fication  to  Michigan  association  workers 
that the Wolverine State was the first to or­
ganize a State  body  and  that  within  her 
borders are more  local  associations than in 
all the other States in the Union  combined 
Detroit Journal.'  The  Saranac Business 

Men’s«Association  has  taken  hold  with 
firm grip,  andean already  see  the fruits of 
this work.  A new elevator is to be built in 
the spring, and an effort is making to locate 
a factory there and bond  the village to help 
it.

C.  S. Blom, Secretary of the Kalkaska B, 
M. A.,  in applying  for  a' charter,  writes 
“We wish now to start on a  solid  basis for 
success,  knoWing  that  we  have  derived 
much  benefit  from  the  Association  and 
trusting that our faturè will be a grand suc­
cess.”

Th e Tr adesm an  would  be  pleased  to 
hear from its friends in the  ranks of organ­
ization relative to its  proposed  amendment 
to the present  collection  system  in use iu 
this State;  also from those  who  have  any 
ideas on maintaining interest in  local  asso­
ciation  work.

At the last meeting of the Manistee B. M,

A. 
ing the total  mémbership  to  ninety.  The 
question of organizing a Building and Loan 
Association  was  discussed,  , the  sentiment 
seeming to be that such a  move  would  be 
the next work undertaken  by  the  Associa­
tion.

President Hamilton spent  all  last  week 
among association workers afcGrand Rapids 
and Muskegon,  consulting th&ui  on matters 
of coirimon  interest,  picking- top ideas for 
future use and infusing a spirit  of  enthusi 
asih into the work.  Féw tnen  would  give 
the office he holds as  much  painstaking at­
tention and careful thought as  Frank Ham 
ilton.

The Cleveland Retail Grocers’ Association 
has issued a call for a meeting of  delegates 
of the various local associations  of Ohio,  to 
be held at Cleveland on March 13,  for  the 
purpose of organizing a  State  Association 
When Ohio shall have  fallen  into line with 
a State body,  fonr States will have followed 
the example  set  by  Michigan.  When ten 
States are similarly situated, T h e Tr a d e s­
m an will advocate the organization of a Na­
tional body.

H. Chambers, Local Secretary  of  the  M.
B. M. A., writes  as  follows  relative to the 
next State convention: ;  “I  am  pleased  at 
the willingness of  our  citizens  to  do then- 
utmost to render  our  entertainment  of the 
delegates  and  guests  all  that could be de­
sired. 
I ean assure you that all who fail to 
connect with  the  convention  will  miss  a 
bonanza.  We are building a new  city hall, 
the finest in Northern Michigan, which will 
be ready for occupancy  by  the  time of the 
convention.  The  Sault  Ste.  Marie steam 
boat line is building  a  magnificent steamer 
for the Soo route  and  I  am in favor of giy- 
ing the delegates â trip to  the  Soo,  if they 
can spare the  time.  The  trip  would  be a 
delightful one  to the land-bound citizens  of 
Grand Rapids, Ionia,  Lansing,  Flint, etc.”

*

Good Report from the Saranac Association.
Saranac, Feb. 9,1888.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dear Sir—The  Saranac Business Men’s As­
sociation  held  its second meeting- of the year 
last evening  and  the  new  officers  who  were 
elected the first of January took their places, 
as follows:

President—H. T. Johnson/ 
Vice-President—S. A. Watt.
Secretary—P. T.  Williams.  ’
Treasury—S. M. Crawford.
Executive Committee—O. J .Bretz apd D. G. 
Hubn.
The  President  announced  the  following 
Standing committees for the coming year.
Manufactures—0 . J. Bretz,  S.  M. Crawford, 
D. W. Anderson.
Insurance—Geo.  A.  Potts, F. H. Spencer. R. 
Hunter.
Transportation—J. M. Walker, Jno. D.  Sack- 
ett, A. A. Horton.
Improvement—A.  E. Wilkinson,  A.  E. Ger-* 
ber, F. E. Gaboon.
Trade Interests—SI  A.  Watt, D. G. Huhn. E. 
P. Gifford. 
There was the  largest  attendance last even­
ing that,we have had.for some time and much 
iuteresrin the meeting was  manifested.  One 
new member ( W. Ç. Clark & Co.) was admitted' 
to  membèrship.. The Association h aa a party 
“on the string” to locate an elevator nere and 
will get him here if work and money will fetch 
him.  We can  say. that  it. looks as though we 
had  entered  upon  a  year  in  which  Saranac 
would redeem herself.  •  Yours, 
P. T. W il l i a m s ,  Seo’ÿ.  -

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v

Hides, Pelts and Furs,

Hides are dull and unchanged.  Felts ace 
la fair demand.  Furs are about J.0 per cent! 
higher, on account ot light catch, but  it  is 
too early to change quotations. 

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From the MuBkegf*n New», Feb. 9. 

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Thè  first  annual  ball  and  banquet  of:  Ute 
Muskegon  Busifiç«*  Men’A-Aaaociatiou  was 
held last night, ana despite the  terrible storm 
which  Caged«  with  mercury  below  zero,  the 
affair  was I  complete  success.  Shortly after 
8 o’clock tfee  music  by  the  Opera  House  or­
chestra began, and until H  o’clock 100 couplés 
enjoyed  the  dancing  programme  at  Clay 
Avenue Arraoryg  The  ball was a particularly 
pleasant  one, tbe  various  committees  doing 
all they eouid tó make every one welcome.  On 
the floor were  noticed  quite  a  number  from 
other cities, among <whom were Mr.. F. Hamil­
ton. ot Ti averse  City, who is  president of the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s Association;  A.  O. 
Wheeler,  Président  of the Manistee  Associa­
tion; Chas. McCarty of ihe Lowell Association 
and  E.  A.  Stowe,, editor  of  the  Michigan 
T r a d e s m a n  and Secretary of  the  State Asso­
ciation.  A t  the  appointed hour the company 
took  hacks which  had  been provided  by the 
Muskegon Association,  and  proceeded ito the 
Occidental for supper.
Tables were spread  at the  Occidental hotel, 
and shortly after  H o’clock the  company sat 
down  to  an  excellent  sppper,  prepared  and 
served  in landlord  Barney’s  belt  stylé.  The 
following is the menu:

NOw York Counts.
Turkey.  Duck.  .  Ham. 
Boned  Turkey. 

Gelatine of Boned Capon..

AUspiced  Jelly;

:  Tongue.

Roast Saddle  Young  Antofope, with  Currant 

Jelly.

Filet de Boeuf, Braized au Champignons. 

Sweet  Breads au Périgord.
Escaloped Oysters and Gratin,

Shrimp  Salad.
- 

Metropolitan Ice Cream. 

Chicken  Salad. 
Lady Fingers.  Cream Puffs.
Chocolate Cake.  Angel’s Food.
California Grapes. 

Black River Oranges.

Tea.  Coffee.,

Raisin Pound Cake. 

Cream Candies. 

Thé supper being served, toasts were  in  or­
der-  S. H. ¡stevens  had been selected as toast­
master, and  lin t  introduced Frank Hamilton, 
of Traversé City, President of  the State Asso­
ciation.  Mr.  Hamilton  reviewed the work of 
the State and local associations and referred to 
Muskegon as one of the  brightest stars in the 
galaxy.
President  Fargo, 
in  a  few  well-chosen 
words, spoke of the local Association.
C.  L. Whitney  referred  to  the  Blue Letter 
and expressed  the  hope  that thè time would 
come when it would be unnecessary.
Aid. Miner  happily responded  to the  senti­
ment “Our Guests.”
“The Ladies” had been the topic assigned to 
Maj.  Davis.  A.  F.  Temple appeared  and  ex­
plained tbe Major’s  absence on account of ill­
ness, and paid an eloquent tribute to tbe grand 
old man who was dying up stairs.
E. A. Stowe  responded  to- “The  Press,”  by 
telling how a truthful  editor got into heaven 
by acknowledging that his circulation was the 
smallest in the county.
R. E. Bunker enteriained  the  subject “City 
of Muskegon,” in a few felicitous remarks.
The  extreme  illness  of  Major  Davis  oeing 
announced, the  exercises  were  brought to a 
close.  Instead of returning to the hail as had 
been  intended,  the  party  broke  up,  out  of 
respect of tue esteemed citizen, the announce­
ment  of  whose  death  was  momentarily  ex­
pected.
First  Social  Entertainment  of  the  Boyne 

City  Association.

B oyne Cit y , F eb. 6,1888.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

,

De a r Sir —Well,  1  presum e  y o u r “editorial 
e a r,” if  still  se t  agaidst  th e   n o rth   w ind,  has 
heard th e  drop  fro m   Boyne  City  so  long ago 
prom ised.
Ou Wednesday evening of  this week  Boyne 
City witnessed  her first B. M.  A. social enter­
tainment.  'Owing to the fact that  we have as 
yet oniy'small audience rooms the  entertain­
ment was copfined  as  much  as possible to the. 
business men and their families.  Invitations 
were  sent to  the Associations of Boyne Pails, 
Advance and  Horton’s  Bay.  A.  B. Steele and 
lady, of Advance,  and  W. H. Davoil and  lady 
ana H. O. Hern and sister, of Boyne Fails were 
present.  W.  J.  Lewis’  hall  was  secured  in 
which  to hold  the  entertainment and  at  an 
early hour the  same  was  well filled with peo­
ple, old and  young, all  eagerly looking to the 
enjoyment o f the prime entertainment of  the 
season.  . 
W. J. Lewis,  our steak  carver,  volunteered 
to do  the oyster, tea  and  coffee cooking  and 
when William dresses himself up forcook and 
gets  his white  apron  on; he is just as good an‘ 
advertisement  as  Delmonico over trotted out 
for a New York toast.,
The  principal figure of  attraction was  our 
President.  Not alone because he is “big,” but 
because be was on bis high heel.  Robert is not 
crazy, 1er no  one think that; but this was the 
first opportunity he has had of  spreading  his 
wings since he came tò Boyne City.
The  table  was  set nearly  twice  the  entire 
length of  the  ball  and to the  ladies  must be 
given the  credit'of preparing  such a meal as 
would please  the  Minister  Plenipotentiary to 
Russia.  The prize was awarded to Perkins and 
Ware  as  the  best  oyster  samplers,  though 
Steele and Horn claim  the  victory  on  baked 
beans and cake. 
After  the  supper was pver and  the  debris 
all cleared  away, the company  gathered  here 
and there in  groups and  put  in an  hour or so 
in  good  old  New  England  style  of  visiting. 
President Perkins  then called to order and In 
a  few  timely  remarks introduced the  Secre­
tary of  the  Association,  who  very neatly  set 
forth tbe object of tbe  meeting, also the work 
that is being done by the Association and what 
is  expected  to  be  done.  After thanking  the 
company for their generous attendance, espec­
ially the visiting members, he introduced Miss 
M.  Garner,  principal  of  the  Boyne  City 
union  school, who  read  a very fine  essay on 
the subject  “Sixteen  Ounces  to the  Pound.” 
This  was  followed  by  several  instrumental 
pieces and singing by the  lady musicians pre­
sent.  when  again  ye  old-time  visiting  was 
brought into play and  after ye hour of ten, ÿe 
meeting brake up.
We shall  ere long  meet  again  with a more 
complete programme.  Several  new members 
have handed in their names  and much good is 
being  done  and  a  general  good  feeling  pre­
vails. 

Yours snowily,

•

F. M. Ch a se, See’y.

, 

No. 52 Growing in Numbers and Strength.
Grand Ha v en, Feb. 7,1888.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids :
Dear SiR—Our Association  is wide awake, 
has  always been  so  and  expects  to  keep  so. 
We do  not have  a banquet once  a  year,  but 
every time we  meet, and you  would  say so If 
you could  have been  with us at the last regu­
lar meeting.  The merchants  are not  distant, 
but feel right  at home and  act  like  brothers. 
We also have a jovial President, who makes it 
interesting and at the  same time metto# busi­
ness.  Our regular meeting was held F&bruary 
and  was  well  attended,  adding  two-  new 
members  to the  list.  President F. D.Wos an­
nounced  the standing committees as follows:
Manufacturing—Chas.  Boyden,  Fred  Pfaff 
and Jake Vanderveen.
Transportation—G.  A.  Bottje,  N.  Robbins 
and J. T. Percival.
Insurance—Geo.  E.  Hubbard,  J.  DeSpelder 
and  B. Parke.
Improvements—Editor Kedzie,  P.  Vanlopik 
and  R. Bromer.
Trade  Interests—D.  Gale,  G.  Yandenbosch 
and W. Baker. 
The President has made good selections and 
no doubt every man  is in the right place.  On 
the  activity and earnestness of these commit­
tees, a .arge degree qf the success  and useful­
ness of the Association depends;

-

Yours truly.

Wm. Mieras, Sec’y.

RESTORATION'  NOTICE.
.  Unfier  instructions  of * the - Secretary  of 
Interior  tfated the  IStfe tiayof  Decem­
ber« 1887; modified by his instructions of tbe 
22d day of December,  1887.  By direction of 
of the Commissioner of  tbe  General  Land 
Office dated January 19th, 1888,
Notice is  hereby givén  That the indem­
nity, withdrawal for tbe benefit ef, the Jack- 
son  Lansing  and'JSaginaw  R. R. Co.,  has 
been revoked.
That all the lands  in this  district  within 
snch  indemnity limits of the  grant of  said 
R. R.  Co., and heretofore withdrawn for the 
benefit of  said  Company—except such  as 
maybe 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.,

Receiver, 

E .’N.  F itch, 

January  23,  1888. 
N a t h a n ie l Cla rk, 
Register.
EESTORATIÔN  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 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.  Go. has  been  re­
voked.
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.,

January 23d, 1888.
N a t h a n ie l Clark,

F.  N.  Fitch, 

Receiver. 

Register.
CHAS.  E.  BREWSTER,
CIHT POK  and PEilfY HANDLES.

MANUFACTURER OF

Jobber  in  Hand-Shaved  W hite 

Hickory  Axe  Handles.

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  MAfT.  ORDERS.

LAKE  BREWSTER,

MICH.

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Present  Prices:

Steve  No.  4 and Nnt 
Egg and Grate

-  $8.00, per ton
$1.75 per ton
We  are agents for  Brazil  Block  Coal.  The 

tost and cheapest steam coal in the market.

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OFFICE  52  PEARL  ST.,

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for State of Michigan.

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Crates, etc.

Shipping Cases, Egg 
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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

SALT  FISH

Bought and Sold by

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furnished w hen desired.

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Neal’s  Carriage  P aints
GRANITE  FLOOR  PAINTS
AD  A  COLOR WORKiS

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’•ANOTHER  INSl^kMCE.”

w r e r - v r  —  J, ADly thnW

I   nndthey are divided into a saloon,  a  meat 
«hop and a grocery and drug store  combin­
ed.  The usual two-story frame barn, graced 
r^ ^ n l d e  lnildiiig,  with  its  porch  all 
?  along the frontand wooden  benches hailed 
‘  to the hduse, with a time-worn  and half-ef- 
facedsign,  “ Chucky House,” on  the front, 
standing on the epmer,  completes  the  vil­
lage of  Rodentville.  •

Old Carl Habnichts is the  fortunate  pos­
sessor  o f  the  monopoly * of  dealing  out 
Standard A sugar and  Bear  Coffee, and in 
the lapse of the ten years in  which  he  has 
lived  here  has  waxed  fat  in  person and 
purse.  Ton ell know him;  he has  his pro­
totype (although their schemes  may be dif­
ferent) in almost  every  town,  and  fortu­
nate, indeed,  is the traveling  naan who has 
'  not met him at some  period  of  his  expe­

dience.

-The stage has,just arrived, and  while old 
Carl, aided by his nephew Hermann, Is dis- 
tributing the mail and  our  friend  Charlie 
'  Scroggins is removing  from  his person the 
stains of a ten-mtie drive  in  the  rain  and 
going over in his mind the conversation that 
be will use in endeavoring  to  persuade the: 
eld man to purchase  his  w ares, we will ex­
amine the store and contents.  As you enter 
the front door you find on your right the lit­
tle tier of boxes  with  glass  fronts and the 
usual array of “ Rent Due,”  called the post- 
office.  Farther down is the drug  Stock, the 
Jrum enti and  Spt.  Juniper  bottles  being 
well in front.  On the other side is thp gro- 
■cery  stock,  and  on the walls or tacked to 
the shelves are two signs done  in  the most 
.graceful free-hand stencil work of Hermann.

•  T he first announces that

“To trustis to bust,

To bustle Gehenna;

No trust. Jno bust,

No Gehenna.”

T he second informs you that 
'“If you don’t see what you ask, want for it." 
and the third and last is evidently the effort 
of  Carl  himself,  and;  as it is done on the 
back of an old tobacco sign  and  has  some 
-elegant paintings in one comer,  cut  out of 
gome circus bill mid pasted on,  tbere can be 
me doubt of Carl’s pride in i t  
It  reads  as 
^follows:

’  “ NO  lOafeRs  wANTed  Git!!”

The mail is distributed and  the  four  or 
five inhabitants of Rodentville who have re­
ceived letters or  papers  have  disappeared. 
Old Carl sits behind  the  plain  pine  desk, 
reading an advertisement of some wonderful 
liver cure or other, and Scroggins, the pere­
grinating apostle of Selllittle & Makemuch, 
dealers in soap, clearing  his  throat, stands 
expectantly in  front  of the old man.  Carl 
calmly goes on spelling out  the  wonderful 
testimonials of fabulous  cures  and  Scrog­
gins gets  hot  and  uncomfortable.  Pretty 
coon,  with a loud “Ahem!” he says:

’“How are you, Mr.  Habuicht?”
Mr. Habnieht slowly lays down his paper, 
takes off his spectacles, wipes  them, places 
them firmly on his nose, relieves  his mouth 
of a  pint of tobacco juice and,  after  sizing 
the apostle.up,  answers:

‘’How you do?”
“‘You don’t remember me,  I reckon.” 
“‘Oh, ja, ja, you vas mit dot  baper  house 

in  Detroit?”

much, soap—”

“ No, I am representing Sellittle & Make- 

“Hermann, come mal heer, du hallunlse.” 
And Hermann,  who has a  show-case  open 
and, by the aid of the  looking-glass and his 
fingers, is performing the  skillful  surgical 
-operation of eliminating  a pimple from his 
chin, comm; post-haste to the desk.

“ Vas dis der petler vat we puy  dem  last 

coap from?” 
s  “‘Yes, sir.”

, 

“ ‘Vas der not somedings missing from der 

Trill?”
.  As  Scroggins  turns  around  to  look  at 
Hermann; Carl shakes his fist and'nods his 
head until he is  in  danger  of  bursting  a 
bloodvessel.

“ Ye—yes, sir. ” v
“I  tot so.”
“ Was there anything shorten  the  bill?” 

asks Scroggins.
%  “Short!” grunts Carl.  “ Dot  house  von 
jyours is a dandy!  Oudt von six boxes  von 
soap vat you soldt me,  one  boxes ish gone. 
I  writes to your firm—dey tellm e to look to 
:  -der railroadt gompatay.  How  I look to der 
railroadt gompany?No,  sir, I pay noting for 
«lot soap vat come not!” 

“ But are you sure you  did  not  get  the 

>

: 

.  soap.”

“ Mine cracious! do you vant me  to swear 
.• -on «ter beple?  Do you vant vitnesses?  Vas 

.you tink me a tief?”

•“ Weil, but we very seldom send five box- 
•esend bill at six,  and you are just as liable 
.  tomake a mistake as—”

“ You go righdt oudt mine store.  By  Jee 

Crims. toitalkto m^ like dot!”

How, by this time Scroggins js  warm for 
sure and begins to think maybe he  has  not 
handled the old man just right.  He thipks 
c f the two dollars paid for  livery  to  come 
''- .¿ever here from the railroad and,  being anx- 
4  4ons to sell the old  man some  soap, begins 
^ j to.-Apol°gbra  and endeavors,  to  conciliate 
Aim.  He  -argues  and  perspires  and  per- 
spires and argues and bays the  eigars, and, 
lo iter he 
into some-,
filing of his  normal  condition,  asks  him 
which kind of soap  was  missing.  The eld 
.brings out the invoice .and .¿ftbws him 
that one box of ‘^STo Suds” soap(a new soap 
been to

' t o  

y  

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i 

âwi  received  «od
«Oter* up the credit for the entire
!ifx in bis boob, iitt^olviifg to  mafcèibjootHhe 
difference  in  his  cash  from  his  expense 
money.  The stage coinesxlong  and Sfetog^ 
■gins bids the old  man and  Heimjann good- 
1  by, feeling li^e kicking  himself  for giving
in,- and, just as the stage starts, Carl’s little 
boy appears with a home-made  wagon,  the 
body of which is a soap box, on  which  apt- 
pears,  in  big  black  JetterS,“NO SUDS. 
Sellittle  &  Makemueb,  Soap Manufactur­
ers.” 

.  ■■  Leo. A. Gabo.

• 

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^ 3 3 5   Broadw ay,  ' -   A lbany, “N .
g a s a

L iberal Cash  A dvancem ents .on Con­
signm ents.  M arking P lates free.  Cor­
respondence  and  Consignm ents  Solic­
ited.  References fam ished.

and  E ggs  a
Poultry,  B u tter  and  E ggs  a  

Specialty. ’

D nlnil  flpnpoFC  who wish to serve 
xauLqII  lil UddI o  their  Customers
with GOOD  COFFEE would do well 
to avoid Brands that require the sup­
port of Gift Schemes, Prize Promises 
or Lottery Inducements.

-SELrL,-

OILWORTH’S COFFEE,

W hich Holds Trade  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

U nequaled  Q uality. 

Im p roved   B o a stin g   P rocess. 

P a ten t  P reserv a tiv e  P ackages.

For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers  at  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit, 

Saginaw, East.Saginaw and Bay City.

- 

PITTSBURGH,  Penn.
FISHINß  TÄGKLE!

DILIQRTH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,

If you want  to put in a  stock of Fish­
ing  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.

L. S. HILL & GO.,

19and  21  P ea rl  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

PUTNAM & BBQOKS,

WHOLESALE

Jobbers  In

Oranges,  Lemons,  Bananas,

Dates,  Figs,  Citrons,  Pritnells,  Ete,

PRICES  QUOTED  AND  CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

13;  15,  17 South Ionia Street,  DT) kV[T\  T) APTT1Q 
13,  15,  17 Railroad Place 
llJLlAJ?IIJ  i t n f  lLlU.

THOMPSON  &  M ACL AY,

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

Ills, Enter, M Ms, MsiirMs, It,

19 South Ionia Street, 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

-  T e le p h o n e  67 9 ,

B A R L O W   b

p

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^ N D   r a p IDS
M IC H IG A N

SiFES!

W e .m anufacture  a  lino of F ire Proof 
SafbB th a t combine all th e  m odern im­
provem ents and meet« £¡¡¡¡1 ready sale 
am ong  business  men  an d   dealers  of 
all  klpd. 
Any  business  house  can handle  our 
Safes  in-connection  w ith  any  other 
line  of  goods  w ithout  additional .ex­
pense  or interference  w ith any; other 
/business. 
I j

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1 -ft 

;  1 

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Weüßt.  M filæ m m âB  la m

No. 2,250 lb*.  12x8x8^  In .  2 S x l4 x l3 ia .  *80 
35
V o.S , S p elta .  16*10x101*.  «8x18x18 1b. 

I Ig§j i

J O B B E R S ? ^

D R Y   G O c f e s .

J A 3 S T 3 3   J S T O T I O I S r S ,  •

8 3   M o i u ' o e   S t . ,

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

GRA N D   R A PID S,  M ICH.

Peeriess Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

U  Specialty.

JRNNES8 Ut McGURDY,

Importers and  ManilfaGliIrers^ Agents.

DEALERS IN

Fancy  Goods  of all Description,

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Brome  and  Library  Lamps,  Chandeliers,  Brackets,,  EIg.,

7 3  and 75  Jefferson  A ve.,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Wholesale  Agents for DtlffielA's  Ganadlas  Lampa.

. J

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1-8 lb. Cans 6 Doz. in case
1-4 
1-2
1
5 

1-2  t

tí 
1 (t
«
(»
tt 
ft

4
2 
1
2 
1
T H E  EAST  TWO  ASSORTED  COLORS.
■ ¡S B

- 
- 
- 

Glass Mug
Tea Caddie

,  “

- 

“

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-

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- 
75
140
-  240
1200
90
- 
275

^

#  

T he AROTIG  BAKING-  PO W DER h as now  stood   th e  te st 

for ten   years w ith  a  stead y increasing dem and.
MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY  THE 

3 3   <Si  4 ,0  L O tn S   STREET,

ARCTIC IIFACTHIG CO.,
Grand  Rapids,  -  Mich.
The Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

P U R E

AND

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH forPuddings9 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

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

W IL L   P L E A SE   Y O U   E V E R Y  

!

A LW A Y S  A SK   YOUR  G RO CER  FO R   T H E S E   GOODS.

• FREE pffn¡

Grand,  Square  and  Upright Pianos.

D IR E C T IO N S  

We have cooked the corn in thia can 
sufficiently.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
.Warmed (net cooked) adding  piece  ot 
Good Butter (size ot nen’s egg; and gill 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.; 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature ot

iía v e á p ^   Uaimu.g  q0

D avenport,  I f

A T   TH IS

CURTISS i DOKTOJt

Everything in the Paper trine.

RoGkfalls,  Childs,  Sterling, Eeonomu,

W. & T. PURE JUTE MANILLA.

GENERAL  WOODENWARE,

f»TT  nilTCI 

(GOOD ENOUGH*

A X E  HANDLES, 
CLOTHES  BARS, 

BASK ETS,

BRUSH ES, 

LINES  AN D  PINS, 

M OPS,

TU BS  AN D  PA ILS,  . 

BO W LS,

Everything in the Wooden ware Line.

The  Weber  Piano is  recognized  beyond 
controversy a$  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  brass» unite in the ver­
dict that

The  Weta Stands UirivaM.  *

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

Weber Pianos, 

Smith Pianos, 

Fischer Pianos,

A  B. Chase Organs,

Estey Organs, 

j
JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

Hillstrom  Organs, 

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bips.)

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

DETROIT  SOAP  00,

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

Manufacturers of the following well-known Brands^

QUEEN  ANNE, 
MICHIGAN, 

TRUE  BLUE, 

CZAR, 

MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN,
SUPERIOR,

ROYAL BAR,

MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,'

*

PHCENIX, 

WABASH, 

AND  OTHERS.

For Quotations address

for  W estern   M ichigan. 

G®4* ?   K A ™ .  M B*.
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% Written Especially for T®* 

saawsBAjrr.'
<

As a war measure,  the  Internal Revenue 
system of the United States was undoubted­
ly  a necessity; but  that  our  people should 
have been burdened  with  it  and Submit to 
it long after  the  ihfaut  bom  during  the 
campaigning  of  its  father  had  become  a 
father himself,  is  one  of  the singular fear 
hires of our history. 
I  am  not here allud- 
'  ing to government taxes  levied upon tobac­
co and whisky  (although  this has had and 
still  has  its  incongruities  and  incQnsis- 
tencies)  but to the thousand and  one  petty 
annoyances, absurdities and indignities that 
characterized the enforcement  of  the  sys­
tem  until  a  very  recent  period.  When a 
government instituted “by  the  people  and 
for the people” puts-upon its  statute books 
laws that invest a petty official with powers 
superior to the henchmen  of  an  European 
sovereign; when without legal  process your 
books, papers  and  premises  can  be taken 
^ possession of by a department  spy; when  a 
little defect in memory transforms you from 
a reputable Citizen into a criminal;  when it 
rests  with  an  ignorant  and  unprincipled 
partisan  to  condone  your  unintentional 
omission dr drag  you  into & money-evapor­
ating lawsuit, and when, on such occasions, 
you are frequently  called  upon  to  choose 
between staffing your manhood by resorting 
to bribery, or sinking your hard-earned dol­
lars by a tedious  litigation,  you  might,  as 
far as your  personal  rights  are concerned, 
about as well be a subject  of the Czar of all 
the Russia«  as  an  infinitesimal  portion  of 
the Great American Republic.

* 

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•  

Happily, some  of  the  most  obnoxious 
features of our revenue  laws  have been re­
pealed and the  government  spy now rarely 
invades  our  rural  communities.  Another 
encouraging “ sign of our times” is that the 
small revenue  official,  in  the  language  of 
Josh Billings, no longer  considers it neces­
sary to weigh  h|mself  on  the  hay ^ales. 
His semi-occasional  visits  don’t  awaken a 
fraction of the doubt and  anxiety that they 
once produced, and, while we still carefully 
attend to the prescribed duty  of destroying 
stamps  and obliterating  gauge  marks, , we 
don’t injure our eye-sight  so much by keep-; 
ing one optic on the  package  and the other j 
in the direction .from  which  a  department 
spy might materialize.
*  

*  

*  

*  

*

These  remarks  are  suggested by the re­
cent visit of a  gentlemanly  youug  fellow, 
who introduced himself as air internal reve­
nue agent and  requested  permission  to in­
spect sundry stamped  and unstamped pack­
ages  in  my  possession.  This prefuuctory 
duty quickly and  satisfactorily  performed, 
a short but  pleasant  conversation  revealed 
the  new and  singular  facts  that he recog­
nized  the  right  of  the  dealer to the civil 
treatment  of  officials  and  that  he  didn’t 
imagine for a moment that  a  large  propor­
tion of  tiie  machinery  of  the  government 
rested on his shoulders.

Somewhat  different  were  the- actions of 
an agent who visited me a year or  two  pre­
vious. 
I was seated at my desk,  when  the 
front door was thrown violently open and a 
stranger walked hurriedly  in  aud,  opening 
my  eigar  case,  began  examining  its  con­
tents.  An  inquiry  regarding  his fight of 
indulging  in  this free and easy proceeding 
elicited no reply,  and  he  began  prowling 
around the shelves  and  under  the counter.
< Somewhat doubting  my  personal ability to 
fife  him  from  the  premises,  I went to the 
door to summon an athletic assistant,  when 
my  visitor  unbent  sufficiently  to explain 
that be was employed  by  Uncle Samuel to 
see  that  the  revenue  laws  were  rigidly 
obeyed,  and,  after  apparently  satisfying 
himself,  he  left  as  abruptly  as he came, 
Without a word of approval*  disapproval  or 
apology. 
* 

* 

* 

* 

*

,

Some  years  ago.  just  before the first of 
May,  I bought out my partner’s  interest  in 
the business mid, of course, took my special 
tax receipt hi my  own  name.  The sign of 
the  old  firm  remained  over  the  door for 
some months.  One day,  I observed a party 
attentively studying this sign and comparing 
with a small pass book.  At last,  he entered 
the store and exclaimed sharply and  almost 
Insolently: 

“ Who runs this  establishment?”
I gave him my name.
“By what right, sir,  do you do business in 
one name add exhibit a sign with another?” 
“By what right do y«>u make  yourself  so 

# i

offensively impertinent?’

“I’ll let  you  Know! 

I’ll  show  you,  sir! 

I ’m a deputy revenue collator!’’

The  young  man  was  evidently “ fresh” 
and,  perhaps,  indulged  in  hopes  of a n ice 
little lump of “ hush money,” but, if so,  his 
expectations  were  blasted  and  I  never 
heard anything more of the matter.

This little interview  with Ahe gentleman 
in question  evidently didn’t prepossess him 
In my favor  particularly..  As  his  official4 
»eye-teeth become more fully developed,  his 
arrogance  perceptably  diminished,  but  on 
several  successive  visits  that  he made me 
*!• could perceive that he was more thanjmx- 
ious for a  Cause  for  epmplataL  Luckily, 
however,  he  discarded  the purple of .office 
without  being  aide  to  .testify  to a sin of 
commission.*  This  was  bis 
occasion

in the window,

tact, but  eiiich, horn  some cause, he failed

¡Pf

wMS 

i t i

that the lively  young fi^r^enta- 
strict òf
Michigan  has ,*t bill  in th e. Congressional 
mili providing for a graded hut on Incomes. 
If  any internal  revenue assessment is  just 
and equitable, it is  ode of this nature,  but* 
of course,  there  is  very  little probability of 
ito receiving  any" favorable attention in the 
House and  no  possibility whatever of  even 
respectful  consideration  in  the  American 
Chamber  of  Millionaires;  but,  in the—im­
possible-event  of  its  becoming  a  law,  f  
should have  very  much  cariosity in^ listen­
ing to  Mr.  Ford’s  theory  regarding  its en­
forcement.  When  not  one man in a dozen 
outside of  those  receiving  fixed  salaries or 
having a fixed  income from  rents or invest­
ments, Can satisfy himself regarding the re­
sult of h>S labor and  speculations of a year, 
it would be  interesting  to  know  how  the 
government  agent  could  determine,  in  a 
manner  satisfactory to the treasury apd the 
befogged  individual  himself,  anything  like 
the exactYtaancial status of the latter. 

;

I wili call to mind, say, a  half-dozen par­
ties  who  would,  under  favoritole  circum­
stances, cóme  within  the provisions of Mr. 
Ford’s bill and I will imagine their answers 
to the  question,  W hat was  your  income 
the past year?”

“If  my  Chicago  wheat  options  turnout 
favorably, I shall make, probably, five thous­
and,  but  I   am  liable  to  lose  twice  that 
amount.”

“If Grand Rapids real estate advances, as 
I anticipate, it will be something handsome; 
if it remains in  state»  quo, I  haven’t made a 
dollar.”

FRESH   MEATS.
L Æ i o ï i

Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave.,,

Grand  Rapids,

0 . a   BUNTING.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

C.  L.  DAVIS.

Commission  Merchants,

Specialties;  Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots.

2 0  and 2 2  O TTA W A  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

MOSELEY  EROS.,!

* . ' i y v rW £ < > X M m m j k X £ B i  i

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

A lii  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

? 

If you  are in M arket to  Buy or S ell G lover Seed, B eans or P o ta ­
i

toes, w ill be pleased to  hear from   you. 

26 28,30 & 32 Ottava Street  GBANB RAPIDS.
CURTISS, DUNYOfl & ANDREWS
ROOFERS |!
Mich.

G-rand  Rapids,

Good W ork, G uaranteed for F ive Years, a t F air Prices.

Ford’s scheme for government^ .¿rapport is 
how he proposes  forabolishbf 
s^te thé 
inquisit 
insulting ¿ fa d in g ; despotic, 
un-republican, "un 
un-American
(dffores that  have  characterized bur  in­
ternal  revenue  system for toorè  than  two 
decades,  ^/'<í
GENUINE K.of L  CIGARS.
The product of  Organized,  Working»  Ci- 
garmakers.  Established  Sept  1,  1886, on 
the Co-operative plan by members of L.  A 
6374, K.  of  L.  Smokers  and  Friends of 
Labor, Attention!  If  you  ate  opposed to 
filthy, tenement-house factories, the servile 
labor of coolies,  thé  contracts  for  convict! 
labor, give our Cigars a trial.
I f  you are in favor of shorter hours Of labor, 
the  Saturday half-holiday,  and  la st  but not 
least, the payment of higher and living wages 
in solid cash, give our Cigars a trial and accord 
them ÿour most  liberal  patronage.  The yel­
low  K. o f I., label  on  every  box.  One hun­
dred' thousand sold within three months in the 
city of Detroit alone.  Warranted to be strict' 
ly five and ten cent goods.  For further partie 
mars, terms, prices, references, «te.; address 

W.  E.  KKUM  & CO., 

W ernersville, Berks Co.. Pennsylvania.

MA6IC COFFEE ROASTER

The  m ost practical 
hand  R oaster  in  th e 
w orld.  Thousands In  
use—'giving  satisfac­
tion. They a re sim ple 
durable a nd econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
One. 
"Roasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to   per 
fection.
Send  fo r  circulars.

No 

RoMlM,

MOCHAy  RIO

COFFEE

WOOLSOM SPICE CO.
UUMIfilTY-iO.  M * E  W*  TOLEDO-OHIO.

_____  

M O C H A *   $ p u o

COFFEE
o n   s p i o E c o

. 

jA V A

__  Mocha* ^„rio

COFFEE

WOotSDN SPICE go
ti»AMITY-SnrUÏN  U‘  'fOLEDOOHlO.
soutcnY rigr

M ERCHANTS !

Increase  Yòur  SALES  AND  PROFITS  BY  HANDLING 

LlOlSf  COFFEE.

IT  GIVES  ABSOLUTE  SATISFACTION

To Consumers, and is, Oonseq.uently, a Quids, and. 33 Et» y Seller,

L ion Coffee h as m ore actu al M erit th an  any R oasted Coffee sold  a t th e price eith er in P ackages or in Bulk and storekeeners 
a ll over th e S tate o f M ichigan and elsew here w h o are  n ot  already handling  L ion  are urged to   give  it  a   trial  W e cheerraSv 
answ er a ll com m unications  regarding prices, etc.  C onvenient  shipping  depots  estab lish ed   a t  a ll  prom inent  cities  securing 
quick delivery.  F or sa le b y a ll th e w h olesale trade everyw here.  M anufactured  b y th è W oolson  Spice Go., T oledo  O hio
Grand Rapids, Mich.

L.  W INTERNITZ,  Resident Agent,
MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO,

i » 0   Y O U   W A M T

150 L on g S t.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
J.  E. EELDNER  &  CO.,

CUSTOM  SHIRT  MAKERS,

“If may lawsuit results as I  hope and ex­
pect,  I shall  be  a few  thousands  ahead; at

úery.”
I will omit  the  presumed  replies  of  the 
others, as  they would,  undoubtedly, be of a 
similar nature.

fresent,  I  can’t  consistently  answer  the 
REEDER, PALMER  Ss  CO.,

NO. a  PEARL  S T ., 
.  P rom pt A ttention to  Mail O rders.  Telephone 891.

Men’s  F urnishing  Goods.

-   GRAND  RAPIDS 

AND D EA LERS IN

W holesale Boots and  Shoes.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR  LYCOMING  RUBBER  CO.,

24 Pearl St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.., TELEPHONE 

NO. 998.

P E R  k: I IT S
H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S IN

NOS.  188  an d   18 4   LOUIS  STREET, G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH IG AN. 

WE CARRY  A  STOCK OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR MTT.T.  USE.

Wholesale  Grocers.

IMPORTERS  OF

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

“Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. 

Soaps and Niagara {Starch.

Send  for  Cigar  Catalogue  and 

ask for Special  Inside Prices 

on  anything  in, our  line.

MANUFACTURERS  o f t h e   j u s t l y   c e l e b r a t e d

The Most Popular 10c  cigar,  and

The  Best  Selling  5e  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

BIG  PLA.BIIDS, 

C .   C L , ”
“YUM   YUM,”
RIM, BERTSCH £ CO.
BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

Send fo r trial  order.
-  MICH.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich

W M . SEA RS & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents for -

AMBOY  CHEESE 

37, 39 & 41 Kent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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If so, send for C atalogue and Price-L ist to

HETMAN  & CO.,  I S d S T

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Jïemyoo  Roller  JSJill«,

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

FOR  SALE  BY

Hawkins & Perry

Wholesale Agents, 

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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Wholesale  Grocers,

Apples,  Pptatoés

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

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Manufacturers’Agents for

SAW  ANDCSIST MILL MACHINERY, 
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INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  S .A .
.STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS,
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock I 
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for  immediate delivery. 

M A N U F A C T T O E h S O P

Planers, M atchers, M oulders and Alt kinds of W ood-W orkimg M achinery..

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Saws, B elting and  Oils.

And  Bodged'Patent Wopd Split Pulley.  ' Large stock  kept on hand.  Send for Sangfe

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.Si;:;5&^( {hruftbes* scuts h  sweet and clear, 

3?he ttstnets’ loud and hlryi«  C," * ? £ , *\ 
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"  B utnot so messing to my ear  * 

„  As iatbine own, My Hirjr.;. . 
la  every fiowret there is srace.
:’  '  And sweetuess in the berry; 

But still mdre lovely is thy fees.
Move sweet thy lips. My Mary.

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Full many pleasures hare 1 known 

When girls have bid me tarry;
Blit never half the Joy, I'own, 
i  As when with thee. My Mary.
The wreathes that we together wove, 
; The same yoUr brow did carry,  ..'
When evening' iound u« at tbegrove, 

’Twere sweet indeed, My Mary.

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But not as were the plights of love, 

Neatli skies so soft andstarry.

Naught then in earth, or sphere above, 
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Compared w iththee.M y Mary, 

I’ll  not forget, I never can.

The eve you. said you’d marry, 

i  And named the jaunty traveling man

For whom you shook me, Mary.

“  M. J. WHlSLEY.

Gripsack Brigade.

E. L. Jobns, late of Mt.  Pleasant, is now 

on the road for Feldner & Co.

A. F.  Peake, State agent  for  JDeLand & 
Co., of Fairport, N.  Y.,  was in  town  Sat­
urday.

A. D.  Estabrook, traveling representative 
for the Powers & Walker Casket Co., is now 
devastating the Upper Peninsula.

D.  E. Me Yean, late with Buikley, Lemon 
& Hoops,  has  engaged  to  travel  for Haw­
kins  &  Perry,  taking  the  same territory 
formerly covered by H*  L> Toles.

Geo. Aiden, formerly on the road for Fos­
ter, Stevens & Co., but  for  the  past  four 
years engaged in the  retail  hardware  busi­
ness on West Bridge street in company with 
his brother, has engaged to travel for Brown 
& Sehler. 

F. W. Parsons,'who has  represented  the 
Wilson  &  McCallay  Tobacco  Co.  in this 
State for two years past, has been  assigned 
the Indiana.territory in  addition,  compell­
ing him to maintain offices at  both Chicago 
and Detroit.

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Jas. A.  Crookston,  who  has  probably a 
larger collection of old curiosities  than any 
other man in Michigan,  is rejoicing over the. 
receipt of two valuable - additions to his col­
lection in the shape of copies of the Courier 
o f New Hampshire for May  17,  1800,  and 
the Mirror, of Concord,  N. H., for Nov.  7, 
1794,

representative 

Aaron B. Gates, for the past  three  years 
traveling 
for  Morris  H. 
Treuseh,  was  married  at  Charlevoix  last 
Thursday  evening  to  Miss  Anna  B$l, 
daughter  of  John  Bell,  the  grocer.  The 
happy couple will make their home at Rock­
ford.  Mrs.  Gates is accompanying her hus­
band on his trip  down  the C.  & W. M.  this 
week.

'  Purely Personal.

Ed. Williams has  removed  to  this  city 
from Hart and taken a  position  in the gro­
cery store of his brother,  C. E. Williams, on 
Plainfield avenue.

W. T.  Lamoreaux,

who  was  called  to 
Vermont by the serious illness  of his wife, 
telegraphs that she is no better and that his 
return home is as yet a matter of conjecture.
. Dr.  Henry Lever,  the Newaygo  druggist, 
was in town last  week  ou  his  way to the
Grand  Encampment,  I. 
which
was held at  Battle  Creek  Wednesday  and 
Thursday.

John Shirts, who left  Grand  Kapids two 
years ago to assume the management of the 
Eaton & Christensen Cigar  Co., at Lincoln, 
Neb., has returned  home  and  resumed him 
old  position  with  Eaton  &  Christenson, 
Agts.

The Only Line That Gets There.

It has been well said  by  a  distinguished 
writer  that  “ the  Michigan Central is the 
only ‘Niagara Falls Koute’ in  the country.” 
It is the only railroad that  runs  directly 
by the falls ahd stops its trains  at  a  point 
from which ail parts  of  the  falls  and the 
rapids are in full view.  From  this  point, 
called Falls View, the scene from the Mich­
igan Central train,  whether  in ‘ its  summer 
setting of emerald or its  winter  setting  of 
crystal, is one of unexampled  grandeur and 
sublimity.  As it is on the  direet  route  to 
New York,  Boston  and  New  England, no 
east-bound traveler should fail  to  take  ad­
vantage of  it.

and  Pure  Food.” | | | | |  

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tli^  speech I jtÊ
A .  StGWé,j|to  T h e  .^lidmDAN 
^ i IxiMfeawAN, at the  WooIsod «’Spice  Com-
“Pure Food.”  Says Mr.  Stowe,  in sub- 
WWbe dealer is entitled to sell any thing the 
Ettde deiuajids, provided he  bells ' it !  under 

Bly’e recent banquet in this city, in regard : 

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the proper name.  Bttt perhaps it would he 
fairer to quote -the  speaker’s  own  words: 
*‘ïu  my opiniofl,^ says Mr.  Stowe,  “a nier- 
uhant has a right-to handle anything that is 
called for, provided the article  is  net  un- 
Ufhoiesome, aiid is sold tor what it really is.” 
JUQr. Stowe’s proposition is qualified by two 
very importaDt provisions and  they contain 
i-In xeaii^ the gist of tho' whole matter.  The 
consumer  demands something cheap, a de­
mand to which the dealer must  adjust hini- 
eelf,  •'  »;lf the poor man prefers a mixture of 
peas, beans and chicory wi th merely enough 
coffefe to give it a  flavor*  sell  it  to  him,” 
»ays our new apostle of “all  things  to  all 
djuem”
The broad objection  to  this  position  is 
that it reduces the grocer to  a  mere  inani­
mate machine for dealing out goods accord­
ing to the whim or the want,  real or imagi­
nary, Of the customer. 
It  entirely  divests 
thé grocer of that intangible  element which 
makes him a desirable aid to  the  customer 
■—an  element  compounded  of  experience, 
judgment and skill in  his calling.  For the 
customer may not  himself  know  what-he 
actually wants, or may hot want that which 
is really best for himself or his pocket.  To 
adopt such a platform is not only to deprive 
the customer of the services of his merchant 
as an expert, but also to strip  the merchant 
himself of the  very  qualities  which  have. 
contributed so largely to  his  success,  and 
place all the members of  the  calling  npon 
the dead level of  mediocrity.  But  this  is 
-contrary to the principle and policy of trade 
in aU'other callings,  and the merchant can­
not well be an exception to the general rule. 
Wc buy with every bill of goods, something 
n f the meiehant’s  knowledge  and  expert­
ness in his business,  his  honesty  and  his. 
ability to help us in obtaining the  best pos­
sible resuljts for our expenditure,  not  only 
in seeming and temporary,  but  in  perma­
nent mid actual results.  And we  expect to 
pay, and do pay for this  part  of  our  pur­
chases,  otherwise  we  would  neglect  the 
-dealer of long experience and  high  charac­
ter, and trade with  his more  plausible  but 
less scrupulous competitor.
Again it might be argued that the lowest- 
priced goods are not always the cheapest, in 
Hie best sense of  that  word,  nor, 
indeed, 
the most economical.  Nobody  knows  this 
better than the  skilled  merchant,  but Mr. 
Stowe’s teaching would close his mouth  ef­
fectually.  Would it be  remarkable  under 
these circumstances, if the customer, having 
been injured through his  own  ignorance or 
lack of judgment,  should  lay  part  of  the 
blame upon the dealer?  And would not an 
antagonism thus speedily arise, which could 
do the customer no good  and  might do the 
merchant great barm?  Let it once  be  un­
derstood that a  merchant was  selfishly de­
voted to bis own interests alone, and regard­
less of those of his customer, and his career 
could hardly outlive a  twelve-month.
But even if this plan  were  adopted  and 
the  customer  thrown  entirely on his own 
knowledge and resources, its practical work- 
tog would prove quite a different thing from 
Its theory.  As human nature is now consti­
tuted, there are dealers here and there who, 
to the face of the  strong  public  sentiment i 
against adulterations,  sell  without  notice 
toe mixture of pepper  and  burnt  crackers 
tor the pure article,  and  the  compound of 
peas, beans and  chicory  for the coffee they 
so poorly represent.  Sweep away  this  re- 
striction of public  sentiment, and how long 
would even the better class  of  dealers take 
toe pain* to explain to  their  customers the 
exact proportion of adulterant to  be  found 
to each article  of  cheapened  food?  How 
long before the  shrewd  and  unscrupulous 
jobber, himself cheated and hoodwinked by i 
toe equally shrewd and  unscrupulous man­
ufacturer  woqld  twist  even the honest re­
tailer into such a tangle  that  he  could  no 
louger  be  honest  if  lie  tried?  No,  Bro. 
Stowe, such à system might  do  for  Grand 
l&tpMs,,  where  the  people are largely in a 
state of nature,  and where the selling of one 
article  for  another  and a better is wholly 
unknown, but it would  be  a bad kind of a 
qysjem to turn loose upon the wicked world 
a t large.

[To  be  misrepresented  by  an enemy is 
^ bad enough, but to  be  misunderstood  and 
•dsquoted  by  a  friend is worse yet.  Tins 
T radesman will endeavor to set the B usi­
ness World aright soon by a specific answer 
to the conclusions above quoted.—Ed.)

Raising a Fund for the W orthy Poor. 

M cboithe Charlotte Republican,

!Rie  monthly  meeting  of  the  Charlotte 
Business  Men’s   Association  was  held  in 
b ù m el hall Monday  evening,  and  several 
matters of Importance  discussed.  The As­
sociation, among other commendable things, 
realizing the undoubted  destitution 'existing 
to many parts of the city, has taken in hand 
toe task of raising a substantial  fund-to be' 
ased to* alleviating the distress  so  far  as 
possible.  A fiihd.of $105 for  this  purpose 
‘arais reported as already  subscribed and the 
Work scarcely begun. 
It is hoped to  make' 
to e sum much larger before the work of dis- 
bursiug  it  is  commenced.  C.  E.  Baxter, 
Geo. Perry and A.  G.  Fleury were  appoint­
ed: à  committee to take in  hand  the  matter 
^distributing the fund.
President Green aunounoed thé following 
amending committees: 
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On Manufacturing—D.  B.  Ainger,  D.  P. 
Sagendorpii and Geo. A. Perry.  .
OnTransportation—C .E . Baxter,  M.  A. 
Bretz and Robert Donovan, 
p ‘ Ob Insurance—Ë. S. Lacey, E. T. Church 
and À.  D , Baughman.
On  Improvements—R.  C.  Jones,  C.  L. 
Pratt and C. M. Jennings.
Çn  Trade  lntorcsts—Jos.  Lang,  H.  F. 
Pennington and C. B. Lamb.
Among other things,  the Association  has 
'%etHjple of Tallroad schemes  on  the string, 
as well as several  manufacturing  projects.
.  Several new members  were  added to the
H  of  membership.  The  first  delinquent 
ibk. showing H)7 names of présent  and for- 
remr residents,  was announced.

Nothing gives so much satisfaction to toe
as to handle the ’ best  goods  on toé 
rand nm.hing  better ' serves to énable 
der to retain  the  respect  tit hw éiahr 
:|Such>being a recognized fact, it bo-1 
;eto^;4áilé)r'tolhap4lé .potbing  bytifc

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Michigan full cream.. .13®13M 
Dr ied  fr u its.  -.7  i  ts  
Apples, evaporated., .91A&10% 
suudried.. V...  . .6® '6M

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DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
C itr o n ,...,........;........... 20
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Currants.  ,  . 
Lemon  P e e l.........___...14
Orangé Peel...................... 
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Prunes, Preneh, 6 0 s .

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F^anoh^Os.,1.........1214
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Turkey,old.. 4 M
“  Turkey, new...........5

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Raisins, Dehesia............3  60
Raisins, London la y é is ... . 310 
Raisins, California  u 
... .2 40 
Raisins, Loo8h Muscatels.. 2 10 
Raisins, Loose California  1 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s. 8J4®  85£ 
Raisins. Sultanas...... 
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Raisins,  Valencias.........  7
Raisins, Imperials..........3   75
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Cod,  Whole. . . . . . . . . . . . .4K®5
. . . ..6?»®7¿4
Cod, boneless; 
12Û
H a lib u t-.......;........ 
Herring, round.  J4 bbl. 
3 00 
Herring, round, 14 bbl. 
1 60 
Herring, Holland, bbls.  10 00 
Sirring, Holland, kegs  75®80 
Herring. Scaled....,...  ®22
Mack, sh’r, No. 1, Vibbl... .8 75 
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No. 2, H bbls..........7 50
Trout, i&  bbls......................5 75
“  10 lb  k it s ............'  85
White, No. 1, *4 bbls...........7 00
White, No. 1,12  S»Mtg  ....1 20 
White,  No. L 10 ft k its,... .1 05 
White, Family,  A bbls.... .3 75 
k its......;.  68
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla. 
B .C .,2oz... . .f  doz 1 00 
1 60
“  4 oz....................1 50  2 65
«  6 o z ..................2 50  425
8 oz...................3 50  5 00
175
“  No. 2 Taper..1 25 
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..1 75  3 00
.  No.4 
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9 00
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54pint,r’nd..4 50 
..9 00  18 00
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“  No. 3 panel;.. 110 
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“  No. 8 
...2 75 
¡55  00
“  No. 10  “ 
...4 25 
7 00
Farina, luo lb. kegs.............   04
Hominy, ?!  bbl.......; i......... 4 0 1
Macaroni, dom 12 lb.  box..  65 
iu»ported...lO  @11
Pearl B arley............ 35Si@  4
Peas, Green...............  @1 40
Peas, Split..................  @ 3A
Sago, German..........   @
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl..  @  6
Wheat,  craeked........   @ 654
Vermicelli, import...10,  @1114 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

F4RTNACBOUS  GOODS.

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domestic..
MATCHES.

G. H. No. 8,  square............  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro... 1 10
G. H. No. 200,  parlor......... 1 65
G. H. No. 300,  parlor..........2 15
G. H. No.  7, round............. 1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2..........v........  75
Oshkosh, No.  8.................... 1 50
Swedish................................  75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq........1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  sq........1 50
Richardson’s No. 754, rnd..l 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd.. 1  50
Woodbine. 300...............

*  MOLASSES.

Black  Strap..................
Cuba Baking..................
Porto Rico......................
New  Orleans, good—
New Orleans, choice...
New  Orleans,  fancy...
A bbls. 3c extra 

OIL.

17@18
,22@25
,24@35
33@40
,44@50
,5U@52

BICE.

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OATMEAL

Michigan Test..............
Water  White................
Barrels.........................
Half barrels..................
Cases.......... ....................
OATS—ftOLLJEp,
Barrels..........
Half barrels..................
Cases..............................
Medium..........................
A bbl...............
Small,  bbl.................
A  b b l...........
Choice Carolina............
Prime Carolina.............
Good  Oarolina.............
Good Louisiana............
Table............................,i
H ead....................... ........
Java............. 
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Patna...............................
Rangoon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --------
.............................3A
Broken.. 
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Japan.................. 
DeLand’s pure...................... !>A
Church’s  ................................5
Taylor’s  G. M ................. 
 
Dwight’s ................................ »
Sea  Foam.................. 
Cap Sheaf............................... 5

 
SALERATUS.

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A c less in 5 box lots.

60  P o ck et,F F D ...............3 00
28 Pocket............................. 1  90
100 3 ft  pockets...................2 16
Saginaw or  Manistee........   95
Ashton,bu.bags.......... 
80
Ashton.4 bu.  bags— ......2  76
Higgins’ bu.  bags...............   75
American, A  bu. bags— .,  20
Rock, bushels.....................   25
Warsaw, bu. bags...............  40

SALT.

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SAUCES.

SOAP.

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SPICES—WHOLE, f

London Relish, 2 doz...  .. .2 50 
Dingman, 100 bars....... 
4 00
Don’t Anti-Washboard... .4 75
Jaxon........ 
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Queen  A n n e ....................4 GO
German Family........... — 2 04
Allspice  ..............................8*4
Cassia, China in m ats......  8*4
Batavia in bund..;. 12
“  Saigon in rolls.......40
Cloves, Amboyna............. 30
7  Zanzibar................29
Mace Batavia........................80
Nutmegs: fancy................,.75
N o .l..........,„ .,7 0
No. 2...................65
Pepper, Singapore, black.,18 
white. 28
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SPICES—GROUND—IN  BULK.
Allspice......................... 
 
Cassia, Batavia.----------- „15
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and Saigon.25
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Saigon......., .............42
doves, Amboyna............. .35
“  Zanzibar........ ..,..33
Ginger, A frican......,..12*4
“  C ochin.................15
Jamaica........  .18@22
“ 
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and Trie.22
Trieste..,.*.;........25
Nutmegs, No.  2.......... 
65
Pepper, Singapore  black. .22 
white..32
Cayenne........ ....25
doz...84 
Absolute Pepper, 
Cinnamon  “ ...84
“ ,..60
Allspice 
‘4 ...112
\   Cloves 
I   . %  ..Ginger, f  •. “  ...78 
Mustard 
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STARCH. 

Mace Batavia .. . ........... 
Mustard,  English... 

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SUGARS.

Klngsford’s  :
Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs... ,7 ;  7
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■■ ■'  “7   6 ft boxes.......7*4
bulk............, . . 6*4
Pure, 1 ft pkgs.... ................. 5*4
Com, 1 ftp k g s.,........... 
7
Cut  L6af.............. ...  @ 8*4
C u b e s ,...,...,,.,,....  @794
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M Granulated. Stand. .7  7*4@7  1« 
“^ |f7  O ff,.,./.,  @7 06
Confectionery A,.,’... .   @ 8% 
..  @ 6K
Standard A — .  . 
No. 1, White Extra C. 6H® 6*4 
No. 2, Extra C............•
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TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT.

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
 

PureSugar.54 bbl. . .......27®39
SWEET  GOODS.
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Ginger  Snaps............«
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Sugar Creams...’.......7tf 
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Frosted C ream s...... 
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Graham Crackers... f  
Oatmeal  Crackers.... 
bib
Spear Head.............. 
...44
Flank Road..;..f§8.$|§jg§|....42
Eclipse.............. ........ .v L   ..86
Holy M oses....,.......I...........33
Blue B l a z e s . ...................32
Eye  O pen er..:....,. . . . . . __ 32
Star 
.42^45
Clipper... . . . . . . __ ...........3 9
Scalping'Knife.......... i , . ..39
Sam B ass.... . . . . . . ____ 
  39
Climax....................... 
.  43@45
Merry War.  .......;. A....,.... .35
Jolly  T ar............. ................. 37
Live & Let Live................... .37
Nimrod...........................I....  43
Whopper..................... 
39
__________     ....30
Jupiter..
Old Honesty__ ___. . . . . ___ .43
P.  L..........................................38
C orn erston e......._______..39
Clipper..............................35@37
2 and 2 ..........  
,.25@32
Swefe't  Pippin.. . . .. .. .. .. .. ..  50
Five and Seven............. 
.60
Hiawatha...______...........7 0
Sweet  Cuba.............................45
Petoskey.Chief........................68
Sweet Russet.........................45
Thistle;................... 
42
Florida.......... ..........................65
Rob  R oy............. . 
.......2 7
Peerless..................... 
28
UncleSam__ ..30
TEAS.
Japan ordinary...............18@20
Japan fair to good..........25@30
Japan fine............ 
35@45
Japan dust............'.......12@20
Young Hyson.. . . ; . . . .  .20®45
Gunpowder....................... 35® 50
Oolong........ ..... .33®55@80@75
Congo.    .................. ,..... 25®30
30 gr.  50 gr.
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VINEGAR.
White Wine........... 
Cider..................... 
Apple.............. 
Bath Brick imported........90
do American..................75
Burners, No.  0....................65
do  No. 1..................... 76
do  No. 2......................95
Cocoa Shells, b u lk ..............4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle....7 60
Cream Tartar.................... 25
Candles. Star......................... 9H
Candles. Hotel.....................10j|
Camphor, oz., 2 lb boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, Y.  C........ .80
F elix ....... 115
Fire Crackers, per box__ 1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum, Bubber 200 lumps... 35
Gum, Spruce....................... 30
Jelly,in 30 fi> palls..  .  5  ® 5i£
Powder,  Keg.....................5 60
Powder, %  Keg.............r..2  87
gage............................  
Sauer-kraut, 30 gals............9 00
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS. 
Putnam  &  Brpoxs quote  as 
follow s:

9 
0  , 
10 
MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

 

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft boxes..........  8^4
............9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
...........10
Royal, 25 ft  pails.......2A© 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls. ..............8*4
Extra, 25 ft  pails................. 10
Extra, 200 ft bbls..................9
French Cream, 25ft pails. .11A
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases............ 10
Broken, 25 ft pails..............10
Broken. 200 ft  bbls............... 9
Lemon Drops..........................13
Sour Dropa-s,;..........................14
.Peppermint  Drops............... 14
Chocolate Drops.....................14
H M Chocolate  Drops...........18
Gum  Drops  .......... 
..10
! Licorice Drops........................18
A B LicoriCe  Drops.. 
.1 2
Lozenges, plain.......................14
Lozenges,  printed................. 15
Imperials................................14
M ottoes.................................. 16
Cream  Bar....................... 
  13
Molasses Bar........ <-..............13
Caramels................................ 1i
Hand Made Creams................18
Plain  Creams..........................16
Decorated  Creams.................20
String Rock............................. 13
Burnt Almonds..................   22
Wintergreen  Berries............ 14
LozengeB, plain in  pails.. .12 
Lozenges, plain in bbls— 11 
Lozenges, printed in pails. 1254 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls. 11A 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.. 12A
Gum  Drops  in pails............ 6A
Gum Drops, iu bbls............  5!4
Moss Drops, In pails__ __ .10
Moss Drops, in Dbls............  9
Sour Drops, in  pails...........12
Imperials, in  pails..............12
Imperials  in bbls................11
Bananas ......................1 75@2 50
Oranges,  choice.......3 00@3 50
Oranges,  Florida...... 3 00@4 50
Oranges,  Messina__   @3 00
Oranges, OO............... 3 00@3 25
Oranges,  Imperials..3 757*4 00 
Oranges Valencia ca.5 5C@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.........  @ 5*4
Dates, A  do  do........   @ 6*4
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $  ffi‘..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ^  ft..  7 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft 5!4
Almonds,  Tarragona  @17H
Ivaca.......... 16  @16V4
California 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

@15
Brazils_________ _ -r 9}4@10
Filberts, Sicily____...  @11
Walnuts,  Grenoble..14  @1414
12
Sicily...... 
French___  @11-
Pecans, Texas, H. P. 
8@12
Cocoanuts, 7? 100.......  @5 50
Prime Bed,  raw  ?!  ft  @ 4 
Choice 
do  @ 4A
do  @ 5
Fancy H.P. do 
Choice White, Va.do  @ 5
Fancy H P,. Va 
do  @  S J4
H .P .V a..  . ...........  514®  8
OYSTERS AND  EISH.
follows:

F.  J.  Detteuthaler  quotes  as 

PEANUTS;
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FRUITS.

NUTS.

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Fairhaven Counts...............  35
Selects..7 ..  . . . . . . . . . . . ..i.,  23
Anchors____ _____________20
Standards  ........................   18
F avorites.................... 
15
Standards per gal...............110
Selects, per g al.. „ ...... „1  40
Counts, in bulk, per 100,. ...1,20 
“ 
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Clams, 
70
M  per  gal___ _____ .„126
Black b a s s . . . . ...........1 0
Bock bass.,;;,..;.....* .,..  4
Perch,  skinned.___ . . . . . . . . .   6
Duck-bill  p ik e ..........; ..,,  8
T rout........................ 
10
WhltefiSb. 
10

FRESH  FISH.

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prices, as follows:  ’

John Mohrhard quotes, selling 
4  @6*4
Fresh beef,...-. 
f t ó g s . „ . ........  6*4® 7
9„
Pòrk lo in s.,.;..;...., 
Pork riba,... .7;........  7*4® 8
Bologna. 
6  .
Frankfort sausage...  I   >@10 
Blood, liy, h’dsaus’g  5  @ 6 
.Mutton..":’:.*:.^....-ÍÍ 7'  @7*4 
7-^: ,-8  ®  6*4

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quote  as follows:  . 
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7  ro H re iH l CO»* ZN‘jiSSlNU9,M>>:f..'.-  i m  IS 
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Muss.  *,i. 7,^ 7 5 A ,
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Shortcut,clear,  Botsford....... .................... 15 00
Shortcut  Morgan, .v.. .7.;-. 7..;. ,.4 
. .16 25
Bztraclear pig, short c u t.,...,
 __ ....1 7   00
Extra clear, heavy  . . . „ ,... 7;;,;. .........1 7  00
Clear quill, short  o u t....................., .. l i   00
Boston clear, short o
. 1 7  00
Clear back, short c u t.... <.......................... J7 00
Standard clear, short  out, best. ...........1 7  00
B
Hams, average 20  lbs..-.................................. 11

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PLA^N.
3 
16  »8 .................................
“ 
12 to 14 »8 .......... :..................11VS
“ *  Picnic  c % . ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .   ...  8*4
f‘  best boneless;...............................
1

Shoulders.................. . . . . . ......... .....................  8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless; .
.
.............  8*4
Dried Beef, extra. 
ham  prices, . . . ....... . . .. . . .. . .1 0

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LARD IN TIN PAILS.

b eet in  Ba r r els.

“  medium........ . 
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Long Clears, heavy............. 3...............*.  ....  8*4
“ 
8*4
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l ig h t ............; ........,.....  8*4
Tierces  ......................................... 
8
30 and 50 3> Tubs....... ............................ 
8*4
3 ft Palls, 20 in a case........................... 
8*£
8%
5 ft Pails, 12 in a ca se.. . . . . . 7 . .. ___ .. 
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case. . .......... ................ 
8*4
,20 ft Pails, 4 pails in case. 
.......... 
8*4
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.. . . . . . . .  .. ..  7  00
Extra Mess. Chicago Packing........... 
7 50
“  Kansas City Packing____.....  7 26
P late    ----- -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7  75
, ...................................  8 25
Extra Plate..... .
Boneless,rump b u tts ........................... .10 00
“  Kan City p k d ........  9 00
“  *4 bbl.  5  00
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Pork Sausage..................................................  7*4
Ham  Sausage.....................................  
..11
Tongue  Sausage...................  
9
Frankfort  Sausage.................. 
8
Blood  Sausage.............................. 
a
Bologna, straight................. 
6
Bologna, th ic k ....,............................................6
Head  Cheese........ ;...........................................  6
In half b a r r e ls ..,...............* ...__ ....  3 50
In quarter barrels..................., ,. . v ; ........  215
In *4 Bbl............, ............................................... 3 00
I n *£ B b l..................„ ....................................1 75
In K its...............................................................  85

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
 
 

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

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F R E SH   MEATS.

as follows:

The W. Steele Packing & Provision Co. quotes 
Fresh  B eef..............................................  5  @  654
Dressed  Hogs............................. 
ti*4@ 634
Pork loins....................................... ........  @ 9
Beef loins.. 
Beef ribs...................................... ............  @ 8
Pork ribs........................................5 
@7
Pork  sausage..........................................  @  754
B ologna.................................................6  @ 7
Frankfort sausage.......  ......................  @ 9
Summer sausage....................................  @)3
Blood, liver and head sausage__ ....  5  @ 6

....................................... @ 9

WHOLESALE

M?  This  soap  may he  used  in ANY  WAY 
and  for -ANY  PUBPDSE  that  any  other  is 
used, and wih  be found  to  excel ail in cleans­
ing qualities, but if yon will

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 
is that  of  looseping  and  separating  the  dirt 
without Injuring the fabric, instead of eating 
up the dirt and thereby rotting the cloth.

Ask your wholesale grocer about our SPEC­
IAL OFFER.  It makes retail profit very sat­
isfactory.

P acking  and W arehouse,

3 7  N orth D ivision  Street.

Office, 117 M onroe St.

A lfred  J.  B rown,

-JOBBER  IN-

TROPICAL

AND

CALIFORNIA

HIDES. PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green —  $  ft 414® 5  Calf skins, green
Part cured...  6  @ 614  or cured__   6  @ 7
15
Full cured....  7  @ 
Dry hides and 
$  piece.......10  @25
k ip s............6  @  8

Deacon skins,

WOOL.

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25

FURS.

Fine washed $  ft 18@20ICoarse washed.. .20@22
Medium  ............. 20@23| Unwashed............ 12@16
No. 1  No. 2 No. 3 No. 4

Bears................................15 00  7 00  4 00 
Beavers............................. 6 00  4 00  2 00 
20
Badgers.........................^  75 
20 
Cat, Wild.....................  50 
5
“  House..................  15 
5
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Fox,  Bed................... MOO 
10
60  30 
60
**  Cross................... ..5 00  2 50  1 00 
10
“  Grey.................   75 
50  20 
Fishers.............................. 7 00  4 00  2 00 
1 00
Lynx...  ..........................4 00  2 50  1 00 
50
05
25  10 
Mink, Large Dark....  40 
Small Pale......  25 
15  05
Martins..........................1 00 
30 
60 
30
8@4  01
14 
Musrats. —  
Otter........................... 6 00 
2 00  1 00
4 00 
Raccoon, Large........   75 
50 
20 
10
20 
10 
05
Skunk.........................  75 
50 
25 
10
Wolf............................3 OO 
25
50 
1 00 
Deer Skins, dry, Bed Coats, per lb............  80c
 
 
“  Blue  ** 
“  Short  Grey,  “  ...............  25c
 
“  Long 
 
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sheep pelts, short shearing............... 
5@20
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated..........  @23
Tallow.,...................................................334® 4
Grease butter........ ................................  
5® 8
Ginseng, good....................... ...... ...........1 60@1 70

SPRING WINTER FALL KITS

Small.......... 

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Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows
Standard  Tubs, No. l ...........................
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............. -..................
Clothes Pins..................   ......................
Mop  Sticks...........................................
Washboards, single....................
Washboards, double..........................
Washboards, Northern  Queen..........

BASKETS.

Diamond  Market........ ...............*....
Bushel, narrow band, No. 1...............
Bushel, narrow  band, No. 2...............
Bushel, wide band......................... .
Clothes, splint,  No. 3........... ,...........
Clothes, splint,  No. 2..... .....................
Clothes, splint,  No. l ...........................
Clothes, willow  No* 3..........................
Clothes, willow  No, 2..  ...................
Clothes, willow  No. 1.................
Water  Tight,  (acme) b u .,................
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Composed  of  Guatemala,  African  and 
Mexican Javas,  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 50 lb. Cans and 1  ib.  packages. 30, 60 and 100 
lb. Cases.  Mail Orders Solicited by the  pro­
prietors.

R E E   SPICE  M ILLS,

5 9  Jefferson A ve., D etroit, M ich.
Importers ani jobbers of find  Teas, Coffees, 
Spices,  Etc..  Baking  Powder  Mfrs.,  Coffee 
Roasters, Spice Grinders.

16 and  18  No.  Division St.

GRAND  RAPIDS

MI OH,

ESTA BLISH ED   1363.

30c
10c

N E W   YORK,

[It is both pleasant and  profitable  fo r  m erchants tto 
occasionally visit New York, and all such are cordially 
invited to call, look through our establishm ent, corner 
W est Broadw ay, Reade  and Hudson streets, and  m ake 
our acquaintance, w hether  they  wish to  buy goods o r 
not.  Ask fo r a m em ber of th e firm.]

We do a General  Commission Business 
and offer  as  inducements  twenty years’  ex­
perience and clear record.  The best  equip­
ped and  largest  salesroom  in  the  business 
in this city.  Ample storage  facilities—full 
20,000 feet  of  floor  space  in  the  center of 
the best market in  the  West.  Ample capi­
tal  and  first-class  references  on  file  with 
T h e  T radesm an.  Write  us  if  you wish 
information,  whether  to  buy  or  sell. 
It 
will cost you nothing.

PRODUCE  M ARK ET.

Apples—82.50@f3 per bbl.
Beets—In good supply at 40c nor bu.
Bean—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
scarce, readily commanding $2.30® 82.50 per bu.
Butter—Jobbers pay 18@2Qc for choice dairy 
and sell at 2Q@22c.  Grease  butter is  slow sale 
at 8c.

Butterine—Creamery,  16c  for  solid  packed 
and 17c for rolls.  Dairy. 13*4e for solid packed 
and  I4*4c  for .rolls.  Extra  creamery 20e  for 
solid packed and 21c for rolls.
Cabbages—$1@$1.25  per  doz.,  according  to 
size.  Very scarce.
Carrots—30@35c per bu.
Celery—35 V doz.  Poor in quality.

..  Cheese—Jobbers are holding their  stocks at 
13@13*4c.

Cider—lOo per gal.
Cooperage—Pork  barrels,  $1.25;  apple  bar­
rels, 25o.
Cranbe'ries—Wisconsin Beil, and  Bugle  are * 
in good demand at $3.75  per  box  or  $11  per 
bbl. 
Dried Apples—Jobbers hold sun-dried at 6*4 e 
and evaporated at 8*4.0,
Eggs—Jobbers hold  fresh  at 20c  aqj limed 
and pickled stock at17c. -
Honey—In plentifui supply at 15@16c.
Hay—Baled 

is  moderately  active  at  $14 
in 

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

OnionSr- Home grown, 80o  per bu.
Pop Corn—2*4c W ft;
Potatoes—Buyers are paying 75@80c per bu. 
Turnips—20@25c-per bu.

and holding at 90e.

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l  GRAINS AND MILLING  PRODUCTS.

Wheat—City millers  pay  80o '.fbr.' Lancaster 
and 80e for Fulse and Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at56e  in  100  bn. 
lots and 52c in carlots.
• Oats—White,  42c  in  small  lots  and  36c  in 
oar lots. 
Bare»74a©50eRtm,j--,pm  
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Barleyr-rBrewers phy 91301  cwt.-.  x  /!-;  <
'Flour—Noehange. Patent $6.40 ^  fibl in sacks 
and  $6.60  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.40?) bbl. in

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A . B . WATSON. Treas..

S, F . A SPIN W A LL. Secy.

CASH  CAPITAL,  $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

AND JOBBERS  OF

40 and 4a Sonth Division St.

PROPRIETOR OF

JOBfiEBOF

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Princess, • J
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A s ........... 
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b u lk ............... 
28
dime size. .....£>■  85
Arctic, A ft cans, 6 doz;...  45
t   ••  ....  1 40
2  “  .... 2 40
1  “  ....12 00
Victorian, 1 ft (tall,)2 doz. 2 00 
15
Diamond,  “bulk.” ....; ... 
Absolute,  A   E’  oans,100 
cans in c a se.... .. .. .. ..  .11 75
Absolute,  A  ft  cans,  50 
cans in  ca se...;.. .......1 0  00
Absolute, 1 ft cans, 60 cans
incase.  ........ 
.........1 8  75
Teller’s A 1b, cans, 6 doz in
case.. . . . . . : ---------  .....  2 70
Teller’s A ft.cans, 3 doz in
 
case’.................  
2 55
Teller’s 1 lb cans,  1  doz in
case.. . . . . . . ¡J............   
.1 60

Dry, No. 2..................doz.  25
Dry, No. 3.................doz.  45
Liquid, 4  oz.............. doz.  35
Liquid,  8 o z.............. doz.  65
Arqtie,4 0Z ......N   gross  3 50
Arctic,8 oz........ 
7 20
Arctic 16 oz. 
.......... 1200
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.  2 00 
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
Arctic No. 3 
4 00

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.  -PACKAGE.
COFFEES-
30 lbs60fts lOOfts
H _______  
22*4
2314
Lion, in cab... 
Dilworth’s __  
22 A
Magnolia........ 
22
23*4
Honey B ee...2354  2394 
Acme__ .....22*4  82*6 
22
23
Germ an........  
German, bins. 
22 A
22*4
Arbuckle's Ariosa 
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Avorica 
McLaughlin’s XX XX 
22*4
COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
Bell-Conrad Plan. Java....31 
Mocha..32
“ 
Javoka 29
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Imper. .27
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Mex.......19
« 
Arbuckle’s Avorica............20
*•  Quaker Cy..............21
“  Best Bio..................22
“  Prime Maricabo.. .23*4 
Thompson & Co.’s Hon. B..23*4 
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CRACKERS.

CANNED FISH.

Acme... .22
60 foot Jute..........................110
72 foot J u te ......................... 140
4oFoot Cotton.............. .1 50
50foot Cotton.............. .....1 60
60 foot Cotton.....................1  76
72 foot Cotton............................2 00
Kenosha Butter.................. ,.7
Seymour B u tte r .............5*4
B utter..................... .............5*4
Family  Butter..........  
........5*4
!Fancy Butter— .............5
Butter Biscuit— .....  .....6*4
B oston....................................7*4
City Soda................................ 8
Soda— ____ . . . . ------ --------- 5*4
So  a Fancy........ ............   ....5
S.  O y s te r .......; .............. ...6*4
Picnic ............................ ......5*4
Fancy  Oyster........................5
Clams, lib, Little  Neck__ 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 ft.............2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 1b stand...! 00 
Cove Oysters,'2 ft  stand.. .1 70 
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.  ..... .1 75 
Lobsters,2 ft,picnic..;.....2  65
Lobsters, 1 ft  Star;..........7.1 90
Lobsters. 2 ft star........ . 
.2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce4 00
Mackerel, 1 ft stand............1 45
Mackerel,2ftstand:........,.3 00
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard. .4 00
Mackerel, 3 1b soused........
Salmon, 1ft Columbia........2  10'
3 60
Salmon, 2 ft 
Salmon, 1 ft Sacramento. ..1 90 
Salmon,2 ft 
...2 75
Sardines, domestic *4s.  ... 
7
Sardines;  domestic *4s...l0@ll 
Sardines,.Mustard *4s...  9@l0 
Sardines,  imported  *4s..12@13 
Sardines, spiced, *4s.....l0@12
T rout.3»  b r o o k .........
c a n n e d  f r u i t s .
Apples, gallons,  stand__ .2 75
Blackberries, stand........1  20
Cherries,red standard..... 1 60
Cherries,  pitted........ 1 85® 1 90
D am sons...,.,:..  ..  .1 25@1 3;
Egg PliRhs, stand,..............1  5C
Gooeebeiries.........................1 65
Grapes...................................  95
Green Gaffes«.......................1 50
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds..........  .2 25
Peaches, p ie..............1 6C@1 65
Pears..................................... 1 39
Pineapples......... 1 40@3 73

CANNED VEGETABLES; 

Suin ces............... ..............110

aepberries, extra.,.;.... .4.60
,;77v 
red.................1 60
Strawberries.......................1 60
Whortleberries..............       .1 20
Asparagus, Oyster Bay. ..".8 00 
Beaus, Lima, stand ........  85
Beans, Green Limas..  @140 
Beans,  String........1  0C@i 20
Beans, Stringless, Erie....  90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.l 60
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy__ 1 IS
Morn G’ry.i 15,

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F iv e Years—Stanley E: ParkeUiOwpBso,;,  - i*"V 
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OROANIZKD  OCTOBER 9, 1884.

R esid en t—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
First Vice-President—G. M. Harwood, Petoskey. 
Second V^re-l'rciildont—H. B. Fairchild,  Grand Rapids 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Secretary—8LE. P artili, Otvobso. 
Treasurer—w in. Dupont, Detroit.
M w g t W  Cw iia ittw i!  uCO.  Oundrum,  Frank  Inglis, 
:  ■ A. H. Lyman, John E. Pfeck, E. T. Webb.
Local Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit. 
H extM eeting—At Dttiolt,S(.|>ti in h iri  1  6 and 7  .  f
G rand R ap id s  Pharm aceutical Society.
President—H.R.Ldcher. 
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Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer-^Henry  B. Fairchild  _
Board of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Sec- 
retary. 
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Board of Trustees—The President,  John  E. Peek,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg, 
wen, Isaac Watts. Wm. E. White and Wm.  L.  White. 
Com m ittee dh Trade  Matters—Jonn  Peck, F.  J. Wars* 
burg. W. H. Tibbs.
Committee  on  Legislation—J.  W.  Hayward,  Theo'.
Kerning. W. H. Van Leuven.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—W.  L.  White,  John  Muir, 
M. B. Kimm.  - 
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Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in   each 
mimtit. 
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November
Meat  Meeting—Thursday evening, February  *,  at Thb 

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Tbadesmas office.

D etro it  P h arm aceu tical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBKK, 1888. 

President—Frans,  uigns.
First Viee-President—F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—J. J.  Crowley.
Secretary and Treasurer—F. Rohnert.
Assistant Secretary and  Treasurer—A. B. Lee.
Animal Meeting—First Wednesday in June. 
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Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in  each  month.
Central  Michigan  »raggiata*  Association.
M e r r ic n   C o u n t y   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie t y . 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, Henry Kephairt.

J. w . Dunlop;  Secretary, A   m. Mussell.

C lin t o n   C o u n ty   D r u g g is t s ’  A s s o c ia t io n . 

President, A. Q. Hunt; Secretory, A. 8.  Wallace. 
f ih » r lB » n ir  C o u n ty   P lia r m a c c u t ic a t  S o c ie ty
Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.
President, H. W. Willard

fo n ia . C o n n ty   P h a r m a c e u t ic a l  ¡S ociety. 
President, W .R. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo- Gandrum.
Jackaou  County  Pharmaceurteal  Ass’n,
K a la m a z o o   P h a r m a c e ir th a tl  A s s o c ia t io n . 

President, O. B. ColweU; Secretary, C. E. Foote.

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

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M a so n   C o u n ty   P h a r n n ic e n t ic a l  s io c ie ty . 

President. F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett. 
M e c o s t a   C o n n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  s o c ie t y .
President, C. H. Wagetter-,  Secretary. A. H. Webber.
M o n r o e   C o n n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty .

President, S. M. SaCkett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss. 
M uskegon  County  D ruggists’  A ssociation,
  T  T .n F o trro
President, E. C. Bond;  Secretary .Geo. L. LeFevre. 
^   M u s k e g o n   Drag  C le r k s ’  A ss o c ia tio n . 
President. 0 ,8 . Kooh;  Secretary, Geo.  L. LeFevre.
N ew aygo  C ounty  P harm aceutical  Society.
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Cäark.

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O ceana County  Pharm aceutical society. 
President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady. 
Saginaw  County  Pharm aceutical  Society.
President, j a y   Smith,  Secretary,  D. B. Prall.
T u s c o la  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l ¡S o ciety .. 

Presidenti E, A. Bullard; Secretary. Ó. E. Stoddard 
M anistee  C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l  S o c ie ty  
Pnssident, W. H. Willard;  Secretary, a . H. Lyman.

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* Allspice or Pimento.

From the St. James Gazette.
Wfiat  is  allspice?  Most  people  would 
hazard  the  opinion  that  it is a mixture oi 
spices in  which  there  are  several  ingre­
dients.  Cinnamon,  mace,  nutmegs,  cloves 
and cardamons  are  supposed to be mingled 
in it; the result being a fiavoriug mixture of 
It  is true that allspice does
special  merit. 

their pungency.  For  commercial purposes 
the berries are gathered  when  green, care­
fully dried iu tlie sun  on  barbecues or plat­
forms,  and,  when  well  cured,  are packed 
in  large  bags  holding  about  160  to 180 
pounds and shipped.
Pimento trees  are  natives of many parts 
of tropical America,  but  nowhere are they 
so plentiful or thrive so well as in Jamaica. 
The  properties  devoted  to  the  growth of 
pimento  are  called  pimento  “ walks.” 
Several  hundred  pf  them  are dotted over 
the limestone  hills  to  the  west of the is­
land;  but,  strange  to  say,  the  trees are 
never actually planted, nor do  they  receive 
any cultivation worthy  of  the name.  The 
whole  industry 
is  one  in  which  man 
does little except reap  the  results.  But  in 
many years, owing to  lower  prices, the re­
sults  are  not  worth reaping.  Hence,  the

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OoIe&CliAM), íd a  v   4* 
  C ornell& Griswold,Grswld 
|  OB G ranger* Co,  Allegan 

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B Gilberfc& Co, Moline 
G S Putnam, Fruitport 
S Cooper, Jamestown
John Bishop, Montague 

the market during the p ia ^ é é k v iú  placed 
orders; 
Frank Hamilton, Hamilton DenHerdar *  Tania,Vrlesld
WB>ric«rl 4 n d U H i  V  O K Hoyt, Htidaonrille 
JR ayinoiid,B etiin.  .. ^Ä.'
ir TliumpMin.  Canada  Cm Nrlnmi F Jllllar, I libón 
bC ouixr  J&mihtonn 
J o b sB O M i.iA i  I 
LltaierJi'iiJleir’aStatlon  C H  Loomis, Sparta 
W U Tcfft, Kockford 
A Purchase. So Blendon 
John Kamps, Zutphen 
Manner, Watson & DoToist J P Pierson, Irving 
Fred Stone, Muskegon 
A A Pang-born, Mecosta  M J Howard, Englishville 
S S Waldo, Ganges 
B  8 Shiffort, Bridgeton 
Jay Hariatt, Berlin 
Blakeley Bros, Fife  Lake  David  Holmes.,  Woodyille 
A G Clark A Co, W hite  Cld J F  KeSney, Ferry 
Beal McMillan,  Bockford  J C Drew,  Rockford 
Frank Rariwrang, Byron C A B Foote, Hilliards 
Oeo Carrington, Trent 
JM Cook, Grand. Haven 
C H Adams, Otsego 
-  Jas Riley, Dorr 
B A  H astings, Sparta 
A L Carpenter, Baldwin
C E Blakeley, Coopersville G M Huntley, Reno  .
C C Tuxbury, Sullivan 
H M Freeman, Lisbon 
H VanNoord, Jamestown  Jno Giles & Co, Lowell 
S A Bush, Lowell 
C H Jolderama, Jamestown
C S Judson, Cannonsburg 
H H Ohilds, Rockford 
J L Thomas,  Cannonsburg H E Parmelee, Hilliards 
John Damstra, Gitchell 
Henry Strope, Morley

:  V Sinz, Conklin

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Advertising Medicines in Germany.

At the late congress  of  German pharma­
cists,  held  at  Munich*  it  was  decided  to 
petition Government for the suppression  of 
all  public  advertisements  of  medicines in 
whatever shape or  form*  This  resolution, 
though purporting to represent the views of 
the  majority  of  the  2,800 members of the 
Apotheker-Verein,  was  carried by only  31 
votes, and  has  evoked  strong  opposition. 
In the  columns  of  the  Pharm-Zeitung  a 
number of German  pharmacists  announced 
their determination to get up  a  counter-pe­
tition, setting  forth  that  a  law  practically 
involving  the  prohibition of all advertising 
would seriously injure  their  business.  By 
way of taking the  wind out of  their adver­
saries’  sails,  they  propose  to  demand the 
suppression  of  the  advertising and sale of 
“such secret medicines and preparations  as 
shall be prdved,  after  examination  by the 
officials,of the Imperial Board of Health,  to 
be of  the  nature  of  quack remedies,” and 
more  stringent  legislation  against the sale 
of pharmaceutical  articles  by .non-pharma­
cists.

The  Drug  Market.

Alcohol has  again  advanced.  The price 
now is $2.19 by the barrel,  $2.24 in one-half 
,29 for smaller quantity, less 5 
barrel and
cents per. gallon for  cash in ten days.  Car­
bolic  acid  is  scarce  and  tending  higher. 
Baisam copaiba is-  steady.  Gum  camphor 
is active and very firm  at  previous  quota­
tions.  Quinine is weak and  lower for Ger­
man brands.  P. <Sc W.  is unchanged.  Mor­
phia is steady.  Opium is weak  and  lower. 
SalaciBe has advanced.  Canary and  hemp 
seeds are very firm.  Cubebs  are  steady at 
advance noted.  Oil  cubebs  has  advanced.

Status of the Sparta Jewelry Failure.
Sylvanus  Atherton,  assignee of  Geo.  W.
French,  the  Sparta  jeweler,  has  filed  a
schedule  of  assets  and  liabilities,  as  fol-
lows:
Goods and fixtures................................... $1,813.24
  119.00
Tools and furniture.......................... 
Notes and accounts.......................... 
 
127.20
Real  estate................................................ 
870.00
...$2,929.44

Total.......................................  

ASSETS.

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LIA B ILITIES.

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B. F. Norris,  AUister  & Co., Chicago__ $225.33
....  347.9i
Giles Bros & Go., 
  J27.79
 
Ansonia Clock Co., 
N. G. Levinson & Co., 
__   288.26
  180.90
Seth Thomas Clock  Co., 
 
Gliekauf & Newhouse, 
 
6-00
 
Columbus Watch Co„ Columbus  ............  332.50
Spencer Optical Co., New York. .. .. . __   88.05
I. Wile,  Buffalo......., ..........  
689.06
American B. H. O. & S. M. Co., Detroit...  201.00
O. J. Rice. Sparta..................•....................  
1.50
Emily E. French, Sparta (note).................  500.00
Total.....................................................$2,887.31!

 

 

 

Stock  will 

Stock of drugs and groceries with fixtures, 
situated  in  a  thriving  town  in  Western
Michigan. 
about
$1,600  and can be  run  down  to  $1,000 or 
$1,200  in  a  short  time, if  desired.  Large 
and  constantly increasing  trade.  Business 
will  bear  closest  inspection.  Reasons  for 
selling, other business.  For full particulars

inventory 

A drug  stock  in the  lively and  bfeoming 
town  of  St.  Ignace.
Population  3,000.
Apply to  J.  H. Thompson  &  Co., Detroit, 
Michigan.

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Is now put up  in two sizes,  retailing for 25c 

and 50c.
25c size, 
50 c  « 

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p erd o z.  $2.00
3.50
Peckham ’s Croup Remedy is prepared  es­
pecially for children and is a safe  and certain 
cure for  Croups, Whooping-Cough, Colds, and 
ail  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.  >
Druggists make no mistake In keepingPeck- 
ham’s Croup Remedy in stock. 
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: ■  Trade supplied by 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co., Grand 
Farrand, Williams A Co., Detroit.
James E. Davis & Co.,  Detroit.
Peter Vlgn Schaack & Sons, Chicago.

Rapids. 

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\ I The Pharmacy Law at Detroit.
Robert M. Kestell, druggist  at  18$  Ran­
dolph street, Detroit, has been fined $10 for 
dispensing drag» without a  license.
,  The case „against  William  F / Thompson 
for a.likeoffeosehas been; continued a week.

» lie b le In fite drug trade of a 
il^faiatì6i |^ ^ l $ i M i ^ t o c l a s t  
è ittw a s u R tp  t®  m$4 ^ r present

W HQlESAIÆ  P B IÍ^  CJÜBKENT,

Advanced—Oil cubebs, nlaoiae. 
Declined—-German quininç, g tu n  opium.

Acme f i e  Lead & Color forte,
-  MEOH.
:  DETROIT, 

FOR PHYSICIANS AND FAMILY ÜBR

1  70@2 ( 
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6*pts. Etber Co..........  60®  56
Spts. 
vreia Dom...  @2 00
Spts, Myrcia  Im p....  @2 50
Spts. Yiai  itect.  (tbl;
2.19)..;....................   @2 29
Lees Sc. gal. lots ten days. 
Strychnia  Crystal...  ®J  10
Sulphur, Subl  ...___ 23£@ 3H
Sulphur,  R oll..........  2H@ 3
Tamarinds.......... 
8®  10
ferebeoth  Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae .
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Vanilla  ................   .9 00@16 00
7®   8
Zinci  Sulph.............. 
Bbl  Gal

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PAINTS  B b l

"t’-ainftd...............

OILS.
Whale, winter......
Lard, ex tra ........
Lard, No.  1 .........
Linseed, pure raw 
Linseed! bail)  *
winter
Neat’s  Foot,
Spn.ts Turpentine...
RedVenetian.......... .ljf  2>
Ochre, yellow Mars  .IX  % 
Ochre,yellow  B er...lX   2< 
Putty, conqnercial.. ,2X 
Putty, strictly pure..3H  —  
Vermilicn prime A m -
erioan.....................
Vermilion,  English..
Green, Peninsular...
Lead, red strictly pur
Lead,  white,  strictly
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Whiting,  white Span
Whiting,  Gilders’__
White,  Paris  Amer’n 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........ ..............
Pioneer  Prepared
I ain ts..........1
-'wiss Villa Prepared 
Paints................... .1
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach___1
Extra  Turp.__ ____ 1
Coach B ody..............2
No. 1 Turp Furn........1
Extra Turk Damar.. 1 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................

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

13@16
75@80
I6@17

Points  o f  Superiority

M »nufacturers of the Celebrated

ACME  P R E PA R E D   PA IN TS,

Which  for  Durability.  Elasticity,  Beauty 

and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.

KALAMAZOO,

MICH,

DEALERS IN

WHOLESAL G  AGENT,

Grand  Rapids, 

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Manufacturers’  Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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WE ARE  SOLE  PROPRIETORS OF

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY  THE

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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A n d  th e W h olesale  D ru ggists  o f  D etroit 

and Chicago.

We have in stock and offer a full line o

C0LGAFS  TAFFY  TOLU,

We pay the highest price for it.  Address

O riginators and Sole Proprietors.
S’- B —Inelude a dozen boxes In yonr next ordei 
will nna it tlie best $3 investment you ever made

^ÊCQMMÉNDEiD  ßY  É j A f f t E N T 'F f^ p S I^ S

W e are Sole  A gents in Mich- 
Hender-

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son County, hand-m ade

W e Sell Liquors for  Medicinal Purposes

W e  Give  Our  Personal  Attention  to 
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Mail Orders and  Guarantee Satisfaction

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All Orders are Shipped and Invoiced the 

same day we receive them, 

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SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER.

V  ACONC^'  EXTRACTOR
M A L T   ^  H
FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  D R U-g G.b-SÆS
Milw a u k ee,  Wis.,  Oct. 20,  1887. 

C h ic a g o ,  Dec.  6,1887. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.: 

Gentlem en—I have  used  in  my family 
and practice the Liquid Extract of Malt aud 
Hops,  known  as  The “Best”  Tonic,  with 
the  most  satisfactory  results. 
I  consider 
the Malt Extract’the most valuable of all of 
its class of  Tonies,  and  especially  adapted 
to those  cases  of  debility  arising from  en­
feebled digestion.  The “Best” Tonic  I be­
lieve folly equal to the  best  imported  Malt 
Extract, and I am confident  will  give satis­
faction to patient and physician.

J. H.  Thompson, M. D.

Ph, Best Brewing Co.. M ilw aukee,  Wis.: 

Gentlem en— 1  have had the pleasure of 
examining and  testing  the qualities  of The 
“Best” Tonic,  not  only in  my practice  bat 
in  my  family.  Am  most  highly  pleased 
with  its  medicinal  qualities,  and  cordially 
recommend  it  to  those,  who,  by  reason  of 
nervous exhaustion,  find  it necessary  to re­
sort to Tonics and extra nutrients.  A wftte 
glass  foil  before  each  regular  meal,  in­
creases the appetite and improves digestion; 
administered upon retiring at night,  has the 
effect to produce most tranquil sleep.  ’

Respectfully,

J.  H arvey Bates, M. D.

Milw a u k ee,  Wis., Oct  21, 1887. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis;: 
Dea r Sirs—I  take  pleasure  in  stating 
that your “Best” Tonic is the most palatable 
of  any preparation  of  Malt  and  that  from 
its prompt and reliable  effect  I prescribe it 
in preference to that of any other make.

•  Yours truly,

J. R. McDill.

Milw au k ee,  Wis., .Oct.  21, 1887; 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.: 

Gentlem en—I  have,  used  The  - ’Best” 
Tonic  in  p y  own  family  and, in nay prac­
tice, ever since it  was  brought to ray atten­
tion by the  Phillip  Best  Brewing  Co., and 
am free  to  say that  I  believe R  to be the 
most palatable  and  useful of  the Malt pre­
parations I Jhave used.

Wm. Fox, M. D.

M i l w a u k e e ,  Wis.,  Oct. 26,  1887. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.:
D e a r   S ir s— 1  thankfully  received  the 
two bottles of your Coucentrated Liquid Ex­
tract of Malt and  Hops,  and  am  impressed 
with  the  value  of  this  good and  nutritive 
preparation. 
It is really a  highly nutritive 
Tonic and  remedial  agent  in  building up a 
weak  constitution,  strengthening the nerv­
ous  system,  aud a  valuable  substitute  for 
solid  food,  particularly  if  given  after  dis­
eases, in cases of  injuries  of the  body, and 
especially when  the appetite  is diminished. 
It  will  be  difficult  to  find  a  better  Tonic 
than  the  “Best,”  and  I  cheerfully  testify 
that it is of  great  value in the treatment Of 
all kinds ef weakness  and diseases. 
I pre­
fer it to any imported Malt Extract.

Very Respectfully,

M.  Oh l e m a n n ,  M.  D .

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Tolutan....................
Prunus virg...............
TINCTURES. 
Aconitum Napellis R 
F
A loes.........................
“ .  and myrrh__ _
Arnica . — 
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Asafcetida .............
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin.....................
Sanguinaria..........
Barosma...................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum....................
Cardamon..................
Co..............
Castor.........................
Catechu......................
Cinchona-..................
Co.................
Columba...................
Conium................
Cubeba.......................
Digitalis......................
Ergot...........................
Gentian........... .
'•*  CO............
Guaica.......................
** 
ammon..........
Zingiber...................
Hyoscyamus..........
Iodine..........................
“  Colorless........
Ferri Ctii  ridum........
Kino.........................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh........................
Nux Vomic 
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O pi.............................
“  Camphorated... 
Deodor.  . . . .
Auranti Cortex........
Q uassia.....................
Rhatany.....................
Rhel...........................
Cassia  Acutifol........
Co...
Serpentaria...............
Stromonium....... ...
Tolutan.......................
V alerian.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Veratrum Veride__
MISCELLANEOUS.
ASther, Spts Nit, 3 F.,  !
Æther, Spts Nit, i F..  30@  32
Alumen ........................2^@  SH
Alumen,  ground,  (p-
o.  7 )....? ...............  3@  4
Annatto  ....................  55@  60
4@  5
Antimoni,  po............ 
Antimoni et Potass T  55@  60
A n tip y rin   ................. 1  35@l  40
Argenti  Nitras,  3.,..  @  68
Arsenicum................. 
5@  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__   38@  40
Bismuth  S.  N ........... 2 15@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Hs
  @  9
11;  X8,  12)............. 
Cantharides Russian,
Capsici  Fructus, af.. 
Capsici Fructus, po.. 
Capsici Fructus, 6  po 
Caryophyllus, (po. 35)
Carmine. No. 40........
(X ra Alba, S. & F ....
Cera Flava................
Coccus  .......................
Cassia Fructus.......
Centraria ... .. .. .. .. .
Cetaceum...............
Chloioform........ ......
Chloroform,  Squibbs
Chloral Hyd Crst.....I 60@1 75
Chondrus...................  10® 12
Cinchonidine, P. & W  15®  20 
Ciuchonidlne, Ger’an  8®  15 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
c e n t,............... ........ 
40
Creasotum <...................  @ 50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...............   @ 2
Creta  prep............... 
5®  6
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8@  10
Creta Rubra.
Crocus  ........
Cudbear.......
Cupri Sulph.
Dextrine........ :.......... 
io@ J js
Ether Su ip h ............  68@ )7(
Emery, all  numbers.  @  - {
Emery,po..................   @ 
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Ergota, (po.) 7 5 .......  70®  71
Flake  White..............  12®  if
Galia................ 
  @  2c
Gambler.................... 
7® 
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Gelatin, COopor........   @ 
la
Gelatin, French_____  40®  6C
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box.
■  60&10. less.
Glue,  Brown............. 
9®  15
Glue, W hite.............    13®  25
Glycerina.................   23®  26
Grana  Paradisi........   @  15
Humulus  . .................  25®  40
Hydrarg Chlor.Mite.  @  85 
Hydrarg Chlor.-Cor  @  80 
HydrargOx. Rubrum  @  90 
Hydrarg Ammoniati.  @1  15
Hydrarg Unguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..........  @  80
Ichthyocolla, Am  ...1  25®1  50 
Indigo.. I;    ..............  75@1 00

 

Lycopodium........
M a c is .................
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg I o d ...__ ...
Liquor Potass Arsini-
tis............. ............
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl
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Mannia. S.F .. ........
Morphia,  8, P. & W  3

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...6 00@3 50 
...  45@  75 
Î..7 25@7 10 
...l 90@2 00 
@2 50 
...2 75@3 25 
...  90@1  00 
...  @200 
...  35@  65 
@1  75 
...  9C@1  00 
@ 7 5  
...  35@  65 
...  90® 1 00 
15 00@15  50 
...  90@1 00 
-.1 20@1 30 
...2 25@2 35 
@  75 
..  E5@  75 
...  75®  85 
..  50@2 00

Laveudula__
Limonis........
Mentha Piper.

Hellebore,  Alba, po.
Inula,  p o .....;.......
Ipecac, po...............
Iris  plox(pò. 20@22). 
Jalapa,
Maranta,  Ha........
Podophyllum,  po...
Rhiei 
.......
“  c u t,................
“  PV .1.............
Spigelia  ...................
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)

Zingiber 1....... .
Ani8um,(po. 20)

I left Blowup Friday night. 

ness, is a blank to me from  the tiaaeÆ nitir- 
mtired a wild appeal for help  until' I found 
what is left of me bethg hauled away to the 
I  only hud  seven ribs
hotel in an ore-cart
^desman. 
smashed in, two black  eyes,  (there  would
have been more,  undoubtedly,, but  luckily 
sr  Feb. XO  1888. 
—My  last  memoir  these were all I  had with me at the time), a 
reek ago, and since I fractured skull, add the brute,  in his awful 
rone  physical  and  an«er and  strength,  deprived  me of about 
s I   never  dreamed  two pounds of cheek.  But,  as I had a large J 
Rider Haggard’s in- ¡/S upply °f the latter wheij, I started  out and j 
»1  “She.”  Unlike ' have wired to the  house  for  more,  I hope j 
n - i a  | n   i j j n j  g|ory,  i   j soon to be the splendid specimen of a drum- j 
4 ” to any alarming | mer I once was.
l  hot-wMskied  ' so | 
I  ought  not] 
me  to  determine I to have started out so  soon,  but  the  mer-1 
¡as drug store or an  chant  who  liked  me so well said that if I 
,, j  didn’t leave he would blow th e, whole hotel | 
liminary  diflieulty j  UP and, not wishing to displease him again;  | 
ribed  in my last,  1 11 left peaceably.  Pieeeabiy would  be more 
1  only visited one  proper,  perhaps,  as  what  portions of my j 
Le was a  dealer  in  frame are left are in pieces. 
i
scovered,  a man of I 
I  hope to be able to do this  town  up  by j 
titered his  place of ■ the end of the week. 
I haven’t made much J 
mployed in endeav-  f°r the house yet, but I hope they  won’t re- j 
dal of  some grocer-[callme, as I am fascinated with the delight- ,, 
a man whom,  at a j fui life I am leading. 
_  '  |
be taken for a cross 
1 will close with the  pointer  that  there j 
and  a barber pole.  ; will be a corner orra trust in the  court-plas- j 
e was not the form- j ter market, and if you are  speculating  you 
small caddy of plug  had better get in a big stock, 
e  was  no  govern-  Yours, shattered in body but not iu mind, 
«hlv if  anvnne had 

F. O.  B. 

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“CANDEE
E n b l x - '
BOOTS n
DOUBLE  Tllinr  F lilW n

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. S T D D L E Y   &   C O ., G r a n d   R a p i d s .  

Jobbers of

Hubber  and  Oil  Clothing  of  all  kinds, 
Ho*sg  and  Wagon  Covers, Leather  and 
Rubb-r  Belong and Mill  and Fire Depart­
ment  Supplies.  Send for price list.

In th e W orld.

T his is th e on ly sto v e in th e  m arket used  for  h eating  cars 
laden w ith  p otatoes  or fruit, in  w h ich  is com bined econom y in 
fu el, and perfect safety w h ile cars are in  tran sit.

The design  sh ow s p osition  
o f door and air-draught, w h ich 
is  convenien t  for  using  large 
b lock s o f w ood, and givin g th e 
firem an  perfect  control  over 
th e volum e o f h eat required. 

Three  and  on e-h alf  jo in ts 
o f five inch  pipe, w ith  dam per, 
tw o   five  inch  elb ow s,  one tin  
collar and a strap com plete th e 
| outfit, a ll o f w h ich  can be read- 
ily  packed  inside  th e stove for 
return shipm ent. 

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Sole A gents for W estern Mich.

their hides?  This struck the spot  at  once, 
tmt I  don’t think it was the right  one,  for, 
as he rammed about an  ounce  of  blasting 
powder and a large marble down  the  gun,
he gave me the first words which had eman­
ated from his seven-by-nine mouth.  “ Pard- 
ner, I don’t think it’s any  of  your  durned 
business!”  This  was  prompt  and  to  the 
point,  but,  combined  with  the gun and a 
certain look of hauteur in his  eyes,  I deem­
ed it wise to change the subject and my po­
sition at the same time,  which  latter I took 
up behind a large can  evidently  filled with 
coffee. 
I don’t want you to think I did this 
through  any  bodily, fear.  Ob, no! 
I may 
get married some day,  you  see,  and have a 
large family to support,  and a  man  should 
look ahead and keep out of  danger  for  the 
wake of his poor, dependent offspring.

After toying with the gun a few moments, 
the merchant decided that I  was  harmless 
and put it away. 
I felt relieved at once, for 
I  was in quite a hurry to sell goods.  Know­
ing to a certainty that he was  an  educated 
•ndrefiued man, I ventured to give him one 
of my cards, which,  up to this  time, owing 
to  my  desire not to put  myself forward,’ I 
i»«d neglected to do.

Iw a s very much surprised  at  the  time, 
mnñ am vet,  at the warmth of the  reception 
'to  which the discovery of the  nature  of my 
business led.  Slapping  me  on the back as 
heartily  as  though  he  would  have  been 
pleased to send me,  with  one  blow,  to that 
bourne  to  which  no  traveling man gets a 
week-end  ticket,  he  remarked:  “So  you 
h « «  the honor of representing Lightweight, 
{Shortage,, Stuffedorders & Co., do you?”

i 

I  intimated that I was the humble instru­
ment whereby the firm referred to dispensed 
their remarkably pure and  cheap gooçls.

“ Well,  sir, I am glad to see you. 

I  have 
been looking for some of their  gosh-darned 
hoodoos for some timé.  See  that  bar’l-of 
sugar  -over  there?”  indicating  it with his 
thumb. 
. % saw it.

I wish I hadn’t  

♦«That there bar’l  come from your  house 
ind>  it  .wits  short  In  weight  thirty-four } 
pounds!”  continued  the  man  who was so j 
b iased  to see me.  “See them diug-danged j 
herrin’s in that box?*  I got them four years 
I  paid $81.40 
■
g
iioetor’s biilson their account, for'the worms 
to  ’em was worse’« maggots in adead mule!”  , 
|  
I  began, by this time, to discover  the not 
./very pleasing fafettbat I  was  practically a 
  man, and wished I   had left a message
d

  last fall from your folks. 

b

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t

patenls.

/ '.   ^‘See that cheese tip there?” and he pdint- 
,,4fA to a shelf,  “ I paid sixteen eents a pound 
’  f o r  the gol-bla&ted stuff, op account of your 
<5 folks  saying  cheese  was  goin’  up.  But 
^there’s no danger of that  cheese  gein’  tip.
oLdvnamite  wouldn’t  disturb the 
Jaststoeji $£the  critters  in  it!  The  first 
time I tried to cut  one,  a  delegation  was 
  me by its- inhabitants  warning  me to 
e
design  pr» they 
off!
parents that
anssedyoti, bul l  have lost $213.87  by  the

Would'  carry  thei whole 

£ 

1  s

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The  accompanying  illustr;

, 

17 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

All winter goods will be sold at and

To make room for

Which are now arriving.

Stove and P ip e A ll Packed.

:ltion,

FOSTER, STEVENS & CO

Sole  Manufacturers,

10 & 12 MONROE  St., 3 3 ,3 5 , 37, 3 9  & 41 LOUIS St.

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich.

134 to 140 Fulton Street,

MICH

Headquarters  for  Marbles, 

season is now upon us.

Tops,  Jumping  Ropes,  Etc.  Order  promptly as  the

“ 

7  per cent.  10 days. 
5 

30  “
NET  60  “
86,38,40 and 42 Canal St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

Diagram Showing Sizes—The cuts given below will represent the sizes designated 
in  the  numbers  in  the  following  list,  except  on  common, carnelian  and figured  glass 
marbles.
H

No. 1 Gray, Unpolished. 1 M in sack................................................ 

C O M M O N .

per H
5®

3 Polished and Colored, 1 M in sack.........................................  

65

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G SN EUAL  DEALER  IN

V«*icsa,

G IA S S -A tL   FINE.

Assorted Colored Stripes in Crystal Glass.

No. 0 Glass. 100 in box..................................................................... • • 

per box
21
perbox

FIGURED  GLASS. 

Animals and Birds in Crystal Glass.

CABNELIAN  AGATES.

No. 3, assorted sizes, in 3 doz. boxes,

F L IN T   AGATES. 

/ 
Cut from  Naturai Stooe.

UNGLAZEI)  PAINTED  CHINA. 

White Alleys. Striped and Figured in Colors, 

No. 0, White Alley,  100in box... ...  .  .. .  ...... . .. -----...

IMITATION AGATES.

Also, called  “Crockeries”—Brown Glazed.

b o y s  w o o d  Tops.

No. 13,3bright colors with strings..------ ..... .¿—  
..............................  
..... 

3, Boxwood 
7 ,Polished 

“ 
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“ 
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RETURN  BALLS.

No. 4. with|ong rubber string attached.,............ 
v  f t  

t, JUMPING ROPES.

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45

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1 doz. in package: assorted coJors; wood handles.
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