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My stock is  kiln-dried, and with a capac­
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promptly.

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and ONIONS in car lots.  W e  offer  best 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign­
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W .  T.  LAMOREAUX,

-  Grand Rapids, Mieh.
71  Canal Street, 
MYRON  H.  WALKER,

Attorney and Solicitor,

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H E X T Ê R   1   FR IE D M A N ,
Manufacturers  o f  -  »<&.•  ■,  ¡'

MY  FRIEND,  T H E   BURGLAR.

W ritten Especially forTHR Tradesman. 

,

“Did  you  ever  hear how near I came to 
being arrested as a,burglar?”  asked  tny old 
friend and schoolmate, Hervey Barnhart, as 
together we wère  discussing  the merits of 
some very fine cigars upon  the  veranda of 
the pleasant cottage in the suburbs of one of 
our large cities In which my  friend resided.
I   immediately  professed  my  ignorance, 
while a negative  shake  of  the head and a 
quick glance of dissent  from  his  wife only 
served to make my curiosity greater.  Blow­
ing a great cloud of fragrant smoke into the 
air, Hervey began as follows:

“When I arrived at the age  of  eighteen, 
my father, who was at that time a merchant 
in this eity and fairly  well  supplied  with 
this  world’s  goods,  sent me to a business 
college  in  the  East,  in order that I might 
there obtain the knowledge necessary to the 
man of business  he  fondly, hoped I would 
become, and thus relieve him of the burden.
“Four years passed rapidly away,  aad  in 
all that time I had not seen  my  family  or 
honfte. 
I  had  attained  my  fall  share  of 
inches, and had even made some progress in 
the,cultivation of a mustache—infinitesimal, 
as yet, but giving promise of great things in 
the future.  My education  had arrived at a 
satisfactory point—to me,  at least,  if not tp 
my tutors—and my father urged  my imme­
diate return home,  giving, as a  reason,  his 
poor health and the  increasing  cares Of an 
ever-growing business.  My sister was soon 
to be married,  m d this would  leave none to 
cheer  the  old  folks but myself. 
I would 
much  have  preferred  to  look around the 
world a little before  settling  down to mer­
cantile life,  but my duty to my  father  was 
greater, and I set out on my  return  home.
“The family,! knew, had moved to anoth­
er location, but had given me  minute direc­
tions for finding the place,  so I experienced 
no difficulty on that  score. 
It was a hand­
some flat,-which had been  built  in the sub­
urbs during my  absence;  and,  although it 
was late in  the  evening,  my eyes soon-de­
scried through the gloom my  father’s  door­
plate,  as I then supposed.  I was just about 
to ring the bell,  really agitated  with delight 
at  once  more  seeing the dear faces of my 
family, when a temptation came in my way. 
One of the dining-room  windows was open, 
while a quantity of silverware lay on a side­
board,  in full view from  the  street.  Why 
should I not enter unannounced, and present 
my precise and careful mother with a hand­
forks, 
ful  of  her  own 
so  conveniently 
left 
service 
any  sneak-thief  who  might  chance 
of 
•to  pass 
that  way?  Why?  That  is 
only a figure of speech. 
I asked myself  no 
question about the  matter.  The  idea  had 
hardly flashed over my mind,  when my legs 
were on the sill of the low window. 
In an­
other moment I had crept in and, chuckling 
at my own cleverness and the  great  moral 
lesson I was about to teach,  I  was  stuffing 
my pockets with the silver.

spoons 
at 

and 
the 

“While  thus  engaged,  the  opening of a 
door in the hall  above  alarmed  me,  and, 
afraid of the failure  of  my planai stepped 
lightly up  the  stairi,  which  were  dimly 
lighted by the gas in  the  hall.  As  I  was 
about to reach the top,  a  servant  was com­
ing out of a room on the opposite side.  She 
instantly retreated,  shut  the  door  with  a 
bang,  and I could  hear  a  half-suppressed 
cry.  1 hurried on up the stairs and  opened 
the first door at a venture.  The  room  was 
in total darkness,  and I  stopped  for  a mo­
ment to listen.  Lights were hurrying across 
the hall and I heard  the  voice  of  a  man 
scolding  and  laughing  at some one.  The 
girl had doubtless given the alarm, although 
her information must  have been very indis­
tinct,  for  when  she  saw me I jvas in the 
shadow and she could  have  had little more 
than a vague  impression  that she had seen 
me.  However this may be,  the  man, from 
the sound of hia  voice,  appeared to go into 
the dining-room,  and  a crashing noise told 
me the silver waff being thrown into  one of 
the drawers of the sidéboard.  Then I heard 
the window closed and  bolted  and the man 
returned to the  npper  rooms, 
laughing at 
thq girl’s fright.  Before doing this, howev­
er,  he took care to see that the  street  door 
was securely fastened,  and  he  put  the key 
in his pocket.  He then retired, and all was 
stilL

“I  began to.  feel  sdmewhat  queer.  My 
mother  had  never  kept  a servant, to my 
knowledge,  and it was  impossible  that she 
could have made this change in her domestic 
affairs  without  informing  me through my 
sister, whose letters were  faithful  chroni­
cles, even down to the  health  of  the  cat. 
This  was  puzzling;  aim,  now  that I had 
time to think, the house was much toe large 
for my father’s small family. 
I  now  recol­
lected that the quantity of  silverware I  had 
seen was not in accordance with the amount 
my  parents  were  ^accustomed to use, And 
that some of the  .pieces  were of a  size and 
solidity I  had never seen in  m y. home...  In 
vain I bethought myself that I bad seen the 
familiar door-plate, and  that  the  window 
through which.! entered was directly by the 
side of the dòor;  I  could not  convince  my­
self of being in the- right  house.  But  the 
course of m y thoughts suggested looking ! |  
[th^&arks on one of the spoons, w h ic t|g |||

H i   1

sation of absolute  faintness,  I  beheld—not 
*ray father’s initial,  U  * but  the letter ‘S.’

“I groped for a chair and  sat down.  No 
more  hurry  now.  Oh,  no!  There  was 
plenty of time,  and  plenty to do in it, for I 
had to wipe away  the  perspiration  which 
ran in streams down  my  face.  What was 
to be done?  What had I done?  Oh, a  tri­
fle, a mere trifle!  I had only  sneaked  into 
a man’s house by the dining-room  window, 
and pocketed his table spoons;  and  here I 
was; locked and barred and bolted in« sitting 
very comfortably, in the dark  and alone, in 
one of his rooms.  Very comfortably,  I as­
sure you!  A very amusing predicament« to 
be sure!  Wouldn’t my unknown host laugh 
in the morning and invite  me,  cordially, to 
remain to breakfast?  And  wouldn’t  Teat 
heartily  from  the  spoons and forks I had 
stolen?  Oh, most certainly.

“My brain was wandering.  I  pressed my 
hand upon my we*  forehead  to keep down 
the  horrible  thoughts,  and  determined to 
hold a cool and deliberate consultation with 
myself. 
I was in an awkward predicament 
—it was impossible to deny  that  fact;  but 
was there anything serious  in  the case?  I 
had  unquestionably  gone  into  the wrong 
dining-room,  the right  hand  instead of the 
left. 
I had been  four  yeftrs  absent  from 
my father’s house,  and  was  anything more 
natural than my desiring to make my return 
through the window  rather  than the door? 
I had appropriated,  it is true,  a quantity of 
silverware  I  had  found lying loose on the 
sideboard, but what of  that?

Finally, my thoughts settled  down to the 
fact th a t!  was  caged,  trapped—doors and 
windows had been  bolted  upon  me—and I 
was an unsuspected  prisoner  in the house.
“This  was  not  encouraging.  "The  case 
was decidedly queer,  and,  as I  sat  there in 
the dark with  my  plunder in my pocket, I 
am sure that no criminal  in  his cell would 
have envied me my reflections. 
In fact, the 
evidence was so dead against me  that I be­
gan to doubt my own innocence.  What was 
I here for if  my  intentions  were  honest? 
Why should I desire to come into any man’s 
house through the  window?  I was  angry 
as well as frightened,  and finally my senses 
returned,  and I got up to ascertain if it were 
not possible to get from  the  window  into 
the street. 
It was locked,  and in such a pe­
culiar  way  that  I  was unable to open it. 
Then a feeling of utter desolation came over 
me!, when I thought  that  if  this  window 
were fastened, the others  must be,  as well. 
I* was my fate to be a thief,  and I returned 
to my chair.

“The next coherent idea  whieh  came to 
me was to get rid  of  my  plunder.  With 
that out of my  possession, 
the  chances of 
being taken for a burglar were considerably 
less.  With that view,  I laid it carefully on 
the corner of a sofa  and  concealed it with 
the cover.  This was a  great  relief. 
I al­
most began to feel like the injured  party— 
more  like  a  captive  than a robber,  and I 
groped my way through  the  room  with a 
vague  idea  that  I  might,  perhaps, find a 
trap-door or a concealed  panel,  and by that 
time-honored (in novels)  means,  make my 
escape.  But there was  nothing of the kind 
in this modem  house—nothing  but  the us­
ual furniture of an up-stairs sitting-room  in 
a fashionable flat.

“How long I had been in  the  house  by 
this time, I cannot tell. 
It  seems  to  me, 
when I look back, to have formed a consid­
erable portion of an ordinary lifetime.  In ­
deed, I  do not very well remember the more 
distant events of the night.  Every now and 
then the fact occurred to me  that what had 
so far happened was but a  prelude to some­
thing still to  occur.  The  morning  was to 
come and the burglar to be arrested.

“I mustliave fallen into an uneasy slum­
ber, for I was suddenly startled by a scream. 
A lady stood watching me,  with  the  color 
fading from her face,  and,  as  I  moved,  she 
would have fallen had I not  caught  her in 
my arms. 
It was 
the first  twilight, of  the morning.  The si­
lence was profound.  The  room  was  still 
Is it any  wonder  that 
dim and indistinct. 
I  was  in  considerable  perplexity  as 
to 
whether I were not still dreaming?

I laid her  on the couch. 

“ ‘Madam,’ I  said,  ‘if  you are a vision, it 
is of no consequence;  but,  if not,  I  would 
be very much pleased to get out.’

“ ‘Use  no  violence,’  she  replied,  in  a 
shaky voice,  ‘and no one  will  molest  you. 
Take what you want and go.’

“  ‘That is sooner  said  than  done.  The 
doors and windows are locked  and  bolted, 
and it is quite a distance  from  these  win­
dows to the ground. 
I assure  you,  I  have 
been in considerable  anxiety  the whole of 
the night as to my  best  mode  of  egress,’ 
And, drawing up a chair, I sat down in front 
of her.  Whether it was  owing  to this ac­
tion or my injured  tone  of  voice,  or  the 
mere fact of finding herself in a quiet tete-a- 
tete with £  burglar, J  can  not  tell,  but the 
lady burst into.a hysterical laugh.
. “ ‘How did you break iq?’ said she.
“ ‘I  did not break;  it is  far  from  being 
my style, T assure  you.  But  the  dining­
room  window  was  open,  and  so  I  just 
thought I would come in.’ 
•“' ‘You  were  attracted,  by  the  silver I 
Take it, fdr Heaven’s  sake,  and go awayP 
. 
did take some otifc,, but- with no evil
intention—only  by  way  of.,  amusement.

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Here it is,’ and, going to the  sofa,  I  drew 
off the cover and showed her the silver.

“ ‘You have been generous,’ said she, her 
voice getting shaky again;  ‘for  the  whole 
must have been in your power. 
I  will  let 
you out so no one will  know.  Put  up  in 
your pockets what you have risked so much 
to possess,  and follow me.’

“ ‘I will follow you, with pleasure,’said I, 
‘were it the world over;’ for the  increasing 
light showed me as  lovely  a  specimen  of 
womanhood as I have ever seen;  ‘but as for 
the plunder, fyou must excuse  me them  
I 
never  stole  anything  before,  and,  please 
Heaven, never will again!’

“  ‘Surely, you are a  most  extraordinary 
burglar,’ said the young lady,  suddenly, for 
the light must have  made  a  revelation  to 
her, also;  ‘you  neither  look nor talk like a 
thief.’

“ ‘Nor am I.’
“  ‘Then,  if you are not a robber,  why are 
you  here?—why  creep  in  at  the  dining- 
room window, pocket other people’s spoons 
and get locked up in their house all  night?’ 
“  ‘For no other reason than a joke.  Ihave
just come home from the  East, after an ab­
sence  of  four  years  and was going to my 
father’s house—the next  door  in this flat— 
when those confounded  spoons  caught my 
eye,  and,  supposing  it  to  be  my  father’s 
dining-room, in an instant I   was  over  the 
fence and in the window,  expecting  to get 
a joke on my mother for  leaving  her silver 
in such an exposed place.’

“  ‘Then you are Hervey, my  dear  friend 
Nellie’s brother,  so longingly  expected and 
loved by them all—so—’  Here  the  young 
lady  blushed  most  bewitchingly, and cast 
down  her  eyes.  What  these  two  girls 
could  have  been  saying  about me I  don’t 
know, but there was a secret of  some  sort.
“She let me ont so quietly  that  no  one 
ever heard a syllable about the  matter, and 
I made the thing sure by putting the  young 
lady in a position,  after the lapse of a year, 
in which it is necessary to her own honor to 
beep my first and last  burglary a secret. 
I 
have been in business with  her ’brother for 
some years now,  and she is that  lady  who 
shook her head so vehemently at  the  com­
mencement of this yarn—my wife.”

________ 
He  Indorsed  the  Note.

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A story is told  of  Washington  Connor,. 
Jay Gould’s old partner in the stock broker­
age business,  which  illustrates the proclivi­
ty of the Wall street man to  play pranks in 
solemn places.  Connor, during  a  sojourn 
in London, presented a £25 Bank  of  Eng­
land note—which,  like our own currency,  is 
simply a promise to pay—to  the  bank  for 
redemption in gold.  The bank’s custom on 
these occasions is to require the person pre­
senting the note  to  indorse  it.  “Indorse 
it!” said Connor,  when the rule was read to 
him.  “I don’t know about that. 
I’m a lit­
tle careful what  I  indorse.  This is a note 
of hand.”  The astonishment of  the official 
could not be easily depicted  in  words.  “I 
don’t  believe  I’ll indorse it at all. 
I don’t 
it  aint  necessary. 
know  you.  Besides, 
Give me the,  gold  and  .take  yonr  paper.” 
“But,  sir, it’s our  rule—”  “I  don’t  caie 
anything about your  rule. 
Isn’t  the  paper 
good?”  “Good!  Good!  Isa  Bank  of  Eng­
land  note  good?  Are  you  mad,  man?" 
“Well,  if it’s good,  I want  the  money  on 
it.”  “Who  are  you?  You  must  be  an 
American.  Quit your funning,  man,  and 
indorse it.”  The official gasped nearly pur­
ple in the face.  Connor’s  countenance  did 
not change a muscle.  “I’ll not  indorse it,” 
he  said,  “and as  it’s  a  genuine  note, 
if 
you don’t pay it, I ’ll  protest  it.”  “Protest 
it!  Protest the Bank  of  England?  Good 
heavens F*  “Yes,  protest  it,  and  before 
night.”  The clerk climbed  down from his 
stool and ran into a back room.  He return­
ed immediately with  two  elderly  officials, 
all three  greatly  excited.  Connor  calmly 
reduced the new-comers to a  name  by  re­
peating his threat,  and,  after  enjoying the 
spectacle,  feigned  a  sudden  understanding 
of the case and indorsed the  note  and  got 
his gold.

The  Oleomargarine  Bill to Stay,

The bill introduced in the House  of Rep­
resentatives by Representative  Frank Law­
ler to repeal the law  on  oleomargarine inv~ 
posed by law  one  year  ago,  met a speedy 
death last week,  by its reference, by a large 
majority, to the  Committee on Agriculture. 
Its proper  place  was  the  Committee-oa; 
Ways and  Means,  but  the  members  who 
have rural  counties  in  their  districts and 
where creameries are  thicker  than  marga­
rine factories,  wanted the bill sent to a com­
mittee in which the cow interest is supreme,, 
and easily carried their point.
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The State of Illinois, in its  zeal  for  thé 
establishment of industrial schools,  offered 
State aid to schools of this sort when estab­
lished  by  private  persons.  T h e. Homan 
Catholics of one locality have availed them­
selves of »the offer by organizing  mi  indus­
trial school,  whose directors  are all of that 
faith.  And the courts  of  that  State  have 
decided that this is not  necessarily  a secta­
rian school, and cannot  be  excluded  from 
the benefits of the State  law.  As  schools 
controlled exclusively by  Protestants  were 
not held to he sectarian, the principle of the 
decision seems sound. 
It will  be  for  the 
State authorities to ascertain from  the  ac­
tual administration of the school whether it 
' is sectarian in its exclusion  of  Protestants 
or in the character of its religions  teaching.

The unexpected always  fails] to  happen 
when the Knights Of Labor  have  anything 
to do with a  strike.  Sooner  or  later  the 
despotic  executixe  board  is  bound  to do 
something which cannot but  cast  discredit 
upon  the  order.  A   recent  move  in  the 
Heading strike is another exhibition  of  K. 
of L. criminal folly.  The order for the en­
gineers, firemen and pumpmen at the mines 
to strike, if  obeyed,  would  result  in  the 
flooding of all the idle  mines  and  entail  a 
Vast damage to property which  cannot very 
well be computed. 

,

Purely Personal.

Bobt. E.  Porter, formerly  with  Bulkley, 

Lemon & Hoops, has gone to Colorado.

Miss Lizzie Bathman has  taken the posi­
tion of book-keeper for W.  T.  Lamoreaux.
James E. Granger, who is  now  at  Pasa­
dena, Cal., is expected home  again in May.
W. T. Lamoreaux returned from Vermont 
last week with his wife, who is seriously ill 
at her home* on Ottawa street.

Jas. H. Thompson has returned  from the 
East, where he has been purchasing  spring 
goods for Thompson & Maclay.

James  B.  Mclnnes,  formerly  with  the 
New YorkTea Co., has just  embarked  in 
the tea business at Pasadena, Cal.

John Maclay, of the firm of  Thompson & 
Maclay, went to Dubuque  last  week to at­
tend the wedding of his daughter, which oc­
curs to-day.

Spencer  Arnold,  book-keeper  for 

the 
Grand Bapids Felt Boot Co., succeeds Hen­
ry Fuller, of Boston, as selling agent for the 
coining  season.

Fred Maclay, who has been in the employ 
of Thompson & Maclay since the  establish­
ment of the house here,  has  gone to Omaha 
to take a position with  à  wholesale  hard­
ware house.

B. J. Cleland,  son of Daniel  Cleland, the 
Coopersville merchant, was in  town  Mon­
day on his way to the  Agricultural College. 
This is his junior year,  pursuing  the  me­
chanical course laid down in the curriculum.

Gripsack Brigade.

Mrs.  “Hub” Baker is dangerously  ill  at 

her. home on  Spring street

Louis  Imegard,  of  the  Catlin  Tobacco 

Works,  is up the G. B.  & 1. this  week.

H. M. Horton, representing the  Warsaw 
Salt Go.j of Warsaw, N. V.,  was  in  town 
over  Sunday.

Ivan Lloyd has been joined by his family 
and - is  now  pleasantly  situated  at  169 
Mount Vernon  street

Geo.  Cailen,  representing  the Wilson & 
McCally Tobacco Co., of Middletown, Iowa, 
has begun work  in  this  territory.

Geo.  W. Haynes, who was  given  in last 
week’s list as traveling for C.  Pelgrim,  of 
Kalamazoo,  is on the road  for  the  Hensel- 
man Candy Co., of Kalamazoo,  instead.

Geo. H. Seymour is  “keeping  bachelor’s 
hall” again, his wife and  daughter  having 
started out on a visiting tour of two months’ 
duration, including stops at Lansing,  Kala­
mazoo and Indianapolis.

Michigan Dairymen’s  Association.
The  fourth  annual  convention  of  the 
Mishigan  Dairymen’s  Association,  which 
,  Was held a t Adrian last week,  was the most 
successful gathering ever held  by  that,  or­
ganization.  The membership received fifty 
accessions, making the  Association  one of 
largest dairy  organizations in the coun­
try.  Many  valuable  papers  and  reports 
were presented and much  interesting  dis- 
p   cussion was givrai to the subjects introduced. 
It was decided to ask the Legislature to ap- 
propriate $1,000 per year to provide  for the 
employment of an ekpert to visit the butter 
v and  cheese  factories  of  the  State.  The 
U  standard Of mWc for this State was fixed at 
8 7 ^ ip ai^v atef and l9  parts solids—in a 
scale of fiW parts..  À new constitution was 
||* d o p t* 4 «fcd the following  officers  elected: 
lb  

B.  Horton, Fruit Biflge.

Vice-President—M. Notier,  Holland.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. 

Stowe.

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X ' W. Conklehas opened a grocery store 
The stock was ptolhased  hère.
Barnhart Born succeeds  Thomas & Grip- 
pen In the hat and cap business  bn Monroe 
street. 

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W. T. Lamoreaux has enlarged his  office 
room by removing the partition between his 
private and general office.

Monger, Watson & DèVbisf have  engag­
ed in Ihe grocery business at Sullivan.  Ar 
thur Meigs & Co. furnished the stook.

Arthur Lowell, until lately an attorney at 
Coopers ville, has  bought  out  C.  Wohlge­
muth’s  grocery  business at 699 Broadway.
J. S. Barker,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
hardware business at Sand Lake,  has  pur­
chased the hardware  stock of M. L.  Swift, 
on Canal street.  ■

C. M. Goodrich & Co.  have  secured  the 
agency for this territory  of  the  Cincinnati 
Safe and Lock Co. and will carry a complete 
assortment in  the  basement  of  the  new
Widdicomb block.______ __

E.  B.  Wright  and  Dave  Holmes,  of 
WoodvUle, and Greg. Luce,  of  this  city, 
have purchased of C. F. Nason  thirty-eight 
acres lying along the east side of  the  C. & 
W. M. Bailway, just north of the D., G. H. 
& M. Bailroad.  The tract has a  half  mile 
frontage on the railway.

A new   organization  has  been  recently 
formed, called the Grand Bapids Blow Pipe 
and Dust Arrester Co.  As the title  would 
indicate, Grand Bapids is to  be  headquar­
ters, and the manufacture and  sale of  Bar­
bour’s patent dust arrester, with  the  requi­
site amount of blow pipe,  will be the  chief 
business. 
It  is  understood  that  Foster, 
Stevens & Co. are largely  interested in this 
new venture, which is  sufficient  guarantee 
as to its success.

ABOUND  TH E  STATE.

Frankfort—Lentholtz  &  Co.,  grocers, 

have assigned.

stock of hardware.

Moscow—W m.  L.  Bibbins  has put in a 

Martin—Oliver Green has re-embarked in 

the grocery business.

Woodstock—W. C. Lewis  succeeds J.  S. 

Brooks in general trade.

Muskegon—H. B. Fargo & Co.,  grocers, 

are selling out at auction.

Vassar—M. Lamb succeeds John H. Bur­

gess in the grocery business.

Battle Creek—Harriett E.  (Mrs. Selah O.) 

Merritt, grocer, has sold out.

Clarksville—Dr. A. G. Bush  succeeds N.

K. Jepson iu the drug business.

Middleton—Bobert Kelly  has  purchased

Geo. A. Thayer’s general stock.

Buchanan—C. T.  Jones  succeeds  Jones 

Bros, in the restaurant  business.

Saranac—L.  C. Hunter & Co.  succeed H.

L. Bailey in the hardware business.

Jerome—W.  W.  Armstrong  has  moved

his hardware stock here from Moscow.

Muskegon—Fred C. Yoaker  succeeds B. 

H. Smith in the boot and shoe business.

Bay City—J. B. Campbell  succeeds J. B. 

Campbell & Co.  in the grocery  business.

Gobleville—A. B.' Clark  succeeds  Lewis 

& Clark in the drug and grocery business.

Bockford—Miss C. Addis  succeeds J. M. 
Spore in the book and  stationery  business.
Jackson—Seymour  E.  Wyatt  succeeds 
Geo. Wyatt in the boot and  shoe  business.
Howard  City—J.  W.  Lovely  succeeds 
Denton & Lovely in the hardware business.
Jackson—E.  J.  Weeks  &  Co,,  succeed 
Weeks, Latimer & Co. in the drug business.
Alpena—Bichards  &  Tompkins  succeed 
Wheeler & Tompkins in the  drug business.
Northville—Geo.  C. Hueston,  boot  and 
shoe  dealer,  has assigned to W. W.  Wen­
dell.

Dowagiac — Cooper  &  Mosher  succeed 
Mosher,  Palmer & Co. in the grocery  busi­
ness.

Manistee—A. B. Leonard & Son  succeed 
Krogen  &  Leonard  in  the  hardware busi­
ness.

Pontiac—Hall & Co., dealers in boots and 
shoes, have been closed under chattel mort­
gage.

St. Johns—Brown & Conn  succeed  Jas, 
H. Conn in the agricultural  implement bus­
iness.

Detroit—H. & A. Van  Essen  succeed A. 
J. Naumann & Co. in the  feed  commission 
business. 
f
Owosso—Chas. Connor succeeds Grahame 
& Connor in the news, stationery  and cigai 
busine$s.<

Middleton—O. H. Salisbury  &  Son  suc­
ceed Stonebrook & Salisbury  in  the  hard­
ware business.

Dowagiac—Dewey &  Defondorf  succeed 
Dewey, Defendorf & Lyle  in the dry goods 
and carpet business.

Fremont—K.  Mulder  has  taken posses­
sion of the M. ¿ . Franklin general stock by 
virtue of abili of side.

Milo—Clarance  Doolittle  succeeds E. C. 
Spaulding in general trade.  The latter will 
re-engage in the railroad business.

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Ionia—N. B. Hayes and Jerry Spaulding 
have joined hands and engaged in the  agri­
cultural implement and vehicle business.

Bockford—Henry  and  Wesley  Hessler 
succeed William Hessler in the  drug  busi­
ness under the style  o f  Messier & Hessler.
North Adams?—John Hunter succeeds Mv- 
Langdon  in the  hardware  business.  The 
latter has gone to California on  a  pleasure 
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¿q North Adams—Sarah J.  (Mrs. Bufus H:) 
Jacksonhas moved her stock  of i hardware 
here from Jerome and will open up in anew 
store about March 
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I   Mairf8teer-Wnu Nungreser has  admitted 
his sony.Gi^nge, to partnership in his furnfc 
ture a]  undertaking  business*  The  new 
firm name is Wm. Nungesse? & Son.
,  Rochester—H. G,  Taylor  has - bought  a 
half interest in the hardware firm of Beimeir 
& Co., and takes hold March 1,  The  name 
of’the firm will be lleimer<fc Taylor.

Vicksburg—M. Eldred, of Plainwell, has 
purchased the flour and feed business of W. 
H. Bobner and  will  continue  at  the  old 
place with A. R. Eldred as  manager.

Ravenna—Wm. McNitt has, retired  from 
the agricultural implement firm  of  DeHart 
Sd. McNitt.  The business will  be continued 
by the remaining partner, Jacob  DeHart.

Bay City—W. H. Miller,  Wholesale  and 
retail hardware dealer, has merged his busi­
ness into a stock company under  the  style 
of W. H/Miller & Co., with a  paid-in capi­
tal of $70,000.

Montague—John J. Timmer’s  dry  goods 
and notion stock was attached op  the  13th 
by Schloss,  Ochs &  Co.,  of Chicago.  The 
claim was subsequently  settled  and the at­
tachment released.

Petoskey—The  furnishing  goods firm of 
McOmber,  Smith  &  Co,  has  dissolved, 
Messrs.  Smith  and  Pepper retiring.  The 
business will  be  continued  by W.  W. Mc­
Omber nnder his own  name.

Plainwell—The  W.  H.  Hine  grocery 
stock, which recently reverted to M.  Desen- 
berg, of Kalamazoo,  by virtue of  a  chattel 
mortgage, has been  closed  out  to Gabriel 
Wolff and removed to Otsego.

Eaton Bapids—Reynolds Bros, have start­
ed a branch dry goods establishment at Nor­
walk, Ohid,  in Connection  with  Mr.  Wal­
worth, of Homer.  Mr.  H. F. Reynolds and 
Mr. Walworth will take charge of  the store 
there,  while Mr.  Will Reynolds will conduct 
the business here.

MAJTUFACTTJRIN&  MATTERS.

Manton—Millard & Richards’new factory 

will turn out 10,000 handles per  day.

Detroit—Louis Wiedersatz  succeeds1 Pon- 
celet & Wiedersatz, copper flhd  sheet  iron 
workers.

Detroit—Joe B. Kemp  has  retired  from 
the Joe Kemp Chair Co.,  and  Julius F. Ke­
gel continues the business.

Charlevoix—The Charlevoix  Manufactur­
ing Co. will add a  shingle  mill  of  25,000 
daily capacity to its sash,  door  and  blind 
plant.

Detroit—H. L. Baker, F. B.  Clark and C. 
W. Moore are the incorporators of  the Oak 
and Gum Lumber Co., which  will  operate 
in Mississippi county, Mo.

Allegan—H.  B.  Peck  has traded his in­
terest iu the paper mill to his  partners,  J. 
B. Streeter & Son,  and has taken in  return 
their interest in the elevator and some other 
property.

Muskegon—Samuel Simmons has sold his 
interest in the Simmons  Manufacturing Co. 
to James D.  Cheeseman,  who  succeeds Mr. 
Simmons as President of  the  corporation. 
Mr. Simmons will shortly establish  a  lum­
ber yard here.

Sand Lake—The grist mill of Marshall & 
Son took fire in the attic last  Friday  night 
and, in the absence of any  kind of fire pro­
tection,  burned  to  the  ground.  The ma­
chinery and stock on the second floor  were 
saved,  but the grain and  machinery  on the 
second and third floors  were  a  total  loss. 
The boiler and engine were but  little  dam­
aged.  The loss on building  and stock will 
probably reach  $6,000,  which  is  partially 
coved by an insurance of  $4,000—$2,000 in 
the Detroit Fire and Marine  and  an  equal 
amount in the Millers’ Mutual  of  Lansing.

STBA.Y  FACTS.

Detroit—Mr. Deneke, of the dry goods firm 

of  Berns & Deneke,  is dead.

Elk  Bapids — Theodore  Bow  succeeds 

Harry Briggs iu the billiard business.

Detroit—E.  G.  Merick,  of  the  firm of 
Merick, Esselstyn & Co.,  vessel  owners, is 
dead.

Detroit—The J. P. Donaldson Co, has as­
signed its ship chandlery  business  to E. H. 
Turner.

North Adams—Burglars recently reduced 
the stock of Knapp & Crane by taking $590 
worth of  jewelry.

Adrian—Anton Wehle, the boot and shoe 
dealer, has just announced  his. failure No. 
2. -  Seth Bean is his assignee, and  his  lia­
bilities are  probably  between  $5,000  and 
$8,000.

Cheboygan—G.  L.  Spaulding  has  con- 
tracted with James Erskine & Co., of  Rog­
ers City, for all the logs  they  can  put  in 
from three camps.  The stock is  said to be 
of a fine quality.

Hobart—E. W. Bobiuson,  for  the  past 
three years cashier of  The  Hannah & Lay 
Mercantile Co., of  Traverse City,  is now in 
charge of the lumber and  mercantile  busi­
ness of N. Slaght, at this place.

Detroit—E.  G.  Bichards  uttered  four 
chattel mortgages on his lumber  yard  and 
contents  Saturday,  aggregating  $17,550. 
He recently assumed  his  son’s . liabilities, 
since which time his  losses  have  reached 
nearly  $10,000.

fiides, Pelts and Furls.

The wool market Is firm, with good sales, 
but no higher prices.  Tallow is  easier and 
lower.  The demand is good.  Furs axe 
in good demand and.prices are  some  high­
er, but the bottoip is likely to drop out  any 
day.  Scarcity and immediate  wants affect 
the price, with no foreign  demand.  Hides 
are dull and lower, with literally no demand 
at the price.  The quality is  inferior,  with 
No. 2’splenty. 

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Buy flour manufactured by  the  Crescent 
Boiler Mills.  Every sack warranted.  Voigt 
¿tilling Co,

EVADING T U B , LAW .

Smart  Insurance f Men,  to Keep  Up Pre- 

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From the Detroit News.- 
,  A Board of Underwriters is a combination 
fit insurance companies to  keep  up  ratas. 
That  sort  of  thihg  has  been in vOgue in 
Michigan  for  a  long  time. 
It has caused 
much grumbling on the'-  part, especially,  of 
merchants and ethers in cities, who say that 
they do_ not get the benefit of  the  competi­
tion in insurance that they do  in  all  other 
business, and which they,  themselves;  have 
to encounter.  The last Legislature  sought 
to remedy this and  bring  about  free  and 
open competition by passing a  law  forbid­
ding,any insurance company from  entering 
info any arrangement with any  other  com­
pany the object or effect of  which would be 
It pro­
to avoid free and open competition. 
vides for punishing an agent so offending by, 
flue or imprisonment  or  both. 
It  requires* 
the Insurance  Commissioner to  investigate 
all such cases of which he hears, and  to re­
voke the certificate of  any  offending  com­
pany,
The passage of such a law was urged and 
practically secured by the  Business  Men’s 
Association of Michigan,  Frank  Hamilton, 
of Traverse City,  being  President,  and E, 
A. Stowe, of Grand Rapids,' Secretary.  The 
law went Into effect on Feb.  1, but the com­
panies, by a  very  ingenious  device,  have 
thus far  succeeded  in  going  on  just  the 
same as though it had not  been passed.
“My companies,” said  Benjamin  Vemor 
this morning,  “talked of abandoning Michi­
gan entirely,:  It is  a  damnable  law,  and 
they did not propose doing  business  under 
it. 
I  had ali i  could do to  keep them here, 
but they have concluded -to  stay,  and  our 
rates, will not be lowered under any  consid­
eration.  They  are * made  as  the result of 
seventy-five years’ expérience;  they are just 
and we will maintain them.”
“All the old board  companies  take  the 
same stand, do they not?”
“I believe so.  But, mind,  we  permit no 
violation, of  the  law. 
Iso   instruct  our 
agents in circulars sent to them.  We simply 
keep our rates.”

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“You have all agreed to do that?”
“The law does away with our old compact 
system.  Any understanding  we  may have 
had was arranged before the law  went into 
effect.”  ' 
Mr. Vernor and other agents  seen practi­
cally admit that the law has not affected re­
sults.  All  companies  sent  out  circulars 
saying that the tendency would be to a stif­
fening rather than a letting down  of  rates. 
Some classes of risks would be raised or re­
fused as experience suggested. 
It was also 
intimated that it would be well to unite with 
David Beveridge’s rating and inspecting bu­
reau.  They  all  did  so,  understanding^. 
He was manager of the old Board of Detroit 
Fire Underwriters, which  the  law  killed, 
hence  he  runs the bureau.  The  compan­
ies say that it is cheaper to have one man to 
do the work than to have each company em­
ploy some one,  but he  practically regulates 
the rates for all companies. 
If  there  be a 
change in the rating of  any  risk  for  any 
reason, he has it entered upon  the books of I 
every agent. 
If a new building goes up, he 
fixes the rate of  insurance,  and it is placed 
in the books of each agent.  All policies is­
sued, terms, etc., are reported to  him  and 
made part of his  record.  Of  course,  any 
company in the combine can cut rates;  but 
so it could under the  old  compact  system. 
But now,  as then, they are practically under 
agreement to stand united.
Agents are recommended  to  join the un­
derwriters’ club,  and in a way’  that  always 
It is 
leads to an acceptance of  the advice. 
a “social” club,  yet it appropriates  the fea­
tures of the  Underwriters’  Board. 
It  not I 
only maintains rates,  but if an  agent  gives 
any rebate on his commission he  must  for­
feit half the premium,  and jn no  case  less 
than $10, just as it used to be. 
If it is  not 
the object of this arrangement to defeat the 
law, that is its effect, and anything  produc­
ing that “effect” is specially  forbidden  by 
the act.

Michigan  Dairy  Notes.

C.  C.  Williams, for the past two  seasons 
maker at Smith’s cheese factory,  at  Way- 
land,  is endeavoring to arouse  interest in  a 
new factory near Moline.

Hon. E. N. Bates has arranged  to  start 
the Moline cheese factory early in  the  sea­
son, having already been  pledged  the milk 
of 300 cows.

The farmers in Cheshire  township, Alle­
gan county,  have organized  an  association 
to engage in  the  manufacture  of  cheese, 
electing B. Blanchard,  President  and S. S. 
Coleman,  Secretary.  A proposition to erect 
the necessary buildings, to be completed by 
April 15, has been  accepted.

F. E. Pickett, proprietor of the Coldspring 
cheese factory, near Hilliards, is  preparing 
to erect a new curing  room,  18 x 45 feet in 
dimensions and 12 feet high.  The bnilding 
will have a storage capacity of  900  cheese.

Good Words  Unsolicited.

Wilbur  H.  Pardee,  g e n e ra l  dealer,  Logan: 
“Couldn’t get along without T h e  T r a d esm a n.” 
Morris H. Treusch  &  Bro., wholesale tobac­
conists, Grand Rapids:  “We  can  compliment 
you  in  baying  the  best  trade  paper  in the 
West.  We consider same the leading onè, and 
we would not  be  without  it.  Wish  you  thé 
best success (which you deserve).”

C.  H.  Reynolds,  grain  dealer,  Nashville: 
“Your  paper  is  a  good  one.  Wish you suc­
cess.” 

F.  D.  Smith,  druggist,  Coopersville:  “It 
would be  better  to  hare  twins  and no milk 
than  to  try  and  do  business  without T h e  
T r a d e s m a n .”

Baker  &  Baker,  grocers,  Rockford:  “We 

can’t get along without T h e  T r a d e s m a n .” 

Bell,  Conrad  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in 
teas, coffees and  spices,  Chicago:  ”If  every 
retailer In the State  would  subscribe for and 
read  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ,  he would be a better 
merchant for so doing.”

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Bank  Notes.

The National Park  Bank  of  New York 
has demanded a trial of the case, in  which 
they recently garnisheed the  Isador  Cohn- 
feld W tds in the hands of the  Detroit  po­
lice in satisfaction of a debt.

Brown & Co.’s Bank of  Charlevoix  will 
shortly be merged into a National bank un­
der a style to be  determined  hereafter. 
It 
is expected that the new bank will be ready 
for business in  about, three months.

Merchants' should remember that' the cele- 
brated  “Crescent,”  “ White  Dose”  and 
“Boyal  Patent”  brands of flour are manu­
factured and sold only  by the- Voigt  Mill- 
teg|Po.  r¡, 
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Uncle Sutton’s Anger, 

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I was a clerk in the counting house of my 
unote, Joseph  $utton,  land ■ stood ¡§§ a fair 
I  
way of becoming a member of  the  firm. 
was the son of a  poor  sister  of  his,  vand 
might  reasonably  expect  that  I might in 
time become fiia heir. 
'One day he summoned me  into  his  pri­
vate  offiee  and  said:  “Young  man,  it’s 
about time you were married—and  I  have 
found a wife for you.”
1  This statement startled me, for I was just 
thinking at the time of lovely Dorothy Field, 
whose face in miniature hung  in  the  gold 
locket on my watch chain.
'  “la m  afraid I shall not be  able  to  con­
sent,” I stammered.
“Ahd why hot,” he  snarled.  “Any  ro­
mantic objections to entering  the  marriage 
state?”

“None at all,  but there is an  obstacle.”
“Oh,  there is,  eh?  Some foolish boy and. 
girl attachment, I suppose.  Well,  you can 
take your choice between. starving  aiid dis­
obeying  me  or  marrying a fine girl and a 
fine allowance. 
I’ll see you  in  the  morn­
ing.”  And he rang the bell,  dismissing me.
I came to the conclusion during  the night 
that I could  not  give  Dorothy up, and in­
formed my uncle of the determination.  He 
did just what  I  expected,  discharged  me 
and went off in a terrible rage. 
I  was feel­
ing very blue  until  I  happened  to  meet 
Frank Gowing,  who, hearing my story,  im­
mediately gave-me a place in his store.
It was in the beginning of  June,  and the 
classic race at Epsom had just  been run. 
I 
condoled with a loser  by  betting,  Edward 
Quelch,  as dexterously as I knew  how.
“Bah’  Yours is fair weather  philosophy 
—there’s a fot of that knocking about in the 
world,” he replied,  with  a  wry  grimace. 
‘¿Never mind,  if rumor tells the  truth,  your 
old office chum has .got it half a dozen times 
as hot.”

“What!  Philip Renbow?” I  ejaculated.
“Yes;  did you think lie  was  as innocent 
as he looks?  You should  have  recollected 
the proverb,  ‘ ’Tis the demure cat that steals 
the cream.’ ”
“ What has he lost?  Do  you  know  the 
figure?” I inquired.
“Over five hundred,  I  heard.  He backed 
the second favorite very  heavily on suppos­
ed private information—a  dreadful  sell for 
the lot of us.”
All that  afternoon  the  story to which I 
had listened haunted me.  In   the  intervals 
of counting-house routine the  question con­
tinually recurred:  How would  Philip  Ren­
bow meet his so-called  “debts  of  honor?” 
And another question,  also:  If  the  disclo­
sure came would my uncle dismiss him?
At the close of  work,  with  a  sigh of re­
lief I closed my desk and  turned  down the 
gas.  As usual, I went to  the  window  to 
see that the fastenings were safe.  There  I 
was riveted to the spot by sheer  consterna­
tion-somebody  was  in  my  uncle’s  office 
across the street!
At last, the  mysterious  visitant  crossed 
the limited area open to my view, and I rec­
ognized  Philip  Benbow.  He  held  in  his 
hand what my quickened senses determined 
to  be  a  file.  Necessity  is  a  wonderful 
sharpener of wits, and my brain  had  soon 
conceived a plan. 
I could slip around to my 
uncle’s front coor  and alarm  him  without 
distui'bing  Renbow.
I made 
no pretense of even waiting to give  up  my 
I believe I actually flew  down  those 
key. 
flights of stairs and along those passages.  I 
knew my uncle sat late,  and  hoped  to find 
him up. 
“Why, Alfred  Taylor,  whatever,—what 
do you mean by this invasion,  sir?” the old 
man  asked,  too  bewildered to find coherent 
words,  as he rose to his feet  and  eyed  the 
poker as though he feared I might have gone 
mad and was meditating assault.

This was the course  I  adopted. 

I was not disappointed.

“You are being robbed,  sir!” I replied.
That dispelled,  for  the time,  both his tre­
mor and his rising indignation.  He became 
once more  the  alert, collected man of busi­
ness.
•  “You have not alarmed the villain?”
“No,  sir.”
I held my  peace  as  to  the  scoundrel’s 
identity.
With a dozen men  we  hemmed  in  our 
victim  in the most systematic  fashion  that 
could possibly  have  been  devised.  Not a 
single avenue of escape  remained, and then 
my uncle insisted on leading the way.  But 
there was no resistance.  Never  did I see a 
guilty wretch look more corpse-like or cower 
into more abject paroxysms of terror.
“Phiiip Benbow!” cried my uncle, in tones 
of stern surprise.  “You,- of all men!  After 
this.  I’ll trust nobody!”
But he did.  For,- at the conclusion of the 
trial  that  remitted  his  some-time  senior 
clerk to the courtesies  of  prison  wardens 
for a couple of years,  he called me aside.
“My lad,” said he,  “you have  saved  me, 
at any rate,  $5,000 in hard cash and I ought 
to repay you.  Come back  and  take  Ben- 
bow’s place.  Things shall be  as you’d like 
them, even if you won’t  marry  Miss Doro­
thy Field.”
“Why,  ninde,”  I   exclaimed,  “Dorothy 
and I have been engaged—only  it was a se­
cret—for fifteen months or more!”
The old merchant first started, then mop­
ped his face with his bandana  handkerchief 
—it was  a  hot  day—then  burst  into  the 
heartiest and  most  prolonged  guffaw  of, 
surely, his Whole  life.

How to W ard Off Drummers. 

,

Friend—“Don’t you have  a  great  many 
drummers coming in and  boring  you  with 
their samples and their talk?”
Merchant— “A  good  many  “drummers 
come in here, but they don’t bore me.” 
“Don’t they ask you to look at their sam­
ples?” 
“No.”
“ Don’t they ask you to give them orders?” 
“No, they go right opt  without  saying a 
“How do you manage to get rid of them?” 
“It’s the simplest thing in  the  world. 
I 
put a plug hat and an open gripsack  on the 
counter every morning.  When a  drummer 
sees these signs of another  drummer  being 
on  the  premises  fie  goes off.  Every ten 
minutes in the day.a drummer  comes to-the 
door, looks at the gripsack  and  goes away, 
and I am left in peace.”

word.”

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p J P X   V iâ^T N G  BUY&I&  2  *  * 
P  The following retell  dealers have  visited 
the market during the past Week and placed 
orders with ihe varidns houses: '
F,C  Stone,  F O  Stone  CSCOmstock,Pierson 
John  Smith, Ada.
n Bon, Cedar Springs 
Clarence Doolittle, Milu  ^ D WShattuek, Wayland 
H W Potter, Jeniâonnllé  Oeo F Cook, Grove 
J  F Clark,-Dig Rapid? 
11 Otlbert&Co, Moline
David  Holmes,  Woodville Wm Barker, Sand Lalire 
.  G TonHoor, Forest drove 
-ay Mariait, Berlin 
R T Parrish, Grandville
J ” WaiVHnd onville 
Dr A Hanlon, Elk Rapids 
I, X ITisiier, Dorr
R B McCulloeh, Berlin 
M H,eyboer & Bro,  D renthe 
Walling Bros.,\Lainont 
Pipp  Bros  &  M artin dale, 
C C Tuxbury, Sullivan 
A DeKruif, Zeeland 
A¡4c E Bergy,  Caledonia 
J Q Look, Lowell 
Stoddard Bros, Reed C ity 
Conklin & Co, Conklin 
G B W right,  W oodville 
C F Pratt, Moline 
C H Loomis,  S parta 
S J Cage, Fulton
Sidney S tark, Allendale
W m V a n   P u tten   &  Song, I d   Quick, Allendale 
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John Farrow e,  So Blendon
A W B lain, D utton 
H Dalmon, Allendale
Wm  Vermeuleu,  Beaver 
O F  & W P  Conklin, Raven-  Dam 
T 
6  SPutnam , F ru itp o rt
R  J Side, K ent City
Jas R iley 'D o rr 
T JSm edley, Byron C enter W E S tuart, Crofton 
J  E  Thuikow , Moriey
L  R Rogers, Irv in g  
. AM«'88*ei.G r«enville 
A F D raper &  Co. So Arm 
A W  Conklin, Remus. 
W atson  &  DeVoist,  Coop- 
W  Thomas & Son, Bowne 
B aker Sc Baker, R ockford  R W Vashaw, Rem us 
A A r a n d o m , U ecosta 
J  D Adams. Alpine 
Jas Raym ond, Berlin 
J  E Goul, Sand Lake 
L A  Paine, EnglishvUle  M Carm an,  Mecosta
LeFevre  &  Meyer,  G rand C  M W oodard, Kalamo 
W C M urray, Lowell
Mills  &  Anderson,  Three Wm U pton, F rankfort 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted under this head for 
one cent a  w ord th e first insertion  and one-half cent a 
word fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent ta k en   fo r less th a n  25 cents.  Advance paym ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be  sen t  in  
care of th is office  m u s t   be  accom panied by 25 
cents extra, to  cover expense of postage.
FOR SALE O R   EXCHANGE  FOR  A  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods,  clothing  o r  groceries,  a  farm  in Mecosta 
Co. and one o r m ore houses and lots in  th e  flourishing 
city of Kalamazoo.  C alvin  Fcfrbes,  K alam azoo, Mich. 
___  
335*
TT'OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  AND  STORE  BUILD- 
-L' 
ing.  The  store is 22x73 feet, two stories, well fin­
ished inside.  The stock com prises  d ry   goods, notions, 
boots  and shoss,  h ats and  caps,  etc.  W ill  sell one or 
both, of above o r tak e a   p a rtn e r  w ith  $2,000  o r  $3,000 
capital.  Stock  free  of  all incum brance.  The store is 
centrally located in  h e a rt of  business portion of town. 
Apply to  K. Mulder, Frem ont, Mich, 
231*

• 

I  TOR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  MERCHANDISE  IN 
good tow n and  good trade.  Inquire of J. C.  S titt, 
Dollarvllle, Mich. 
240*
FOR  SALE  AT A BARGAIN.  A STOCK OF GENERAL 
m erchandise in  an 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  $6,000.  Can  be  reduced  to  
$2,500  o r  $3,000  in  60  days.  Sales  p er  m onth $16,000. 
P ay  Bure.  Best  of  reasons  fo r selling.  Those  m ean­
ing business  address No. 113 th is  office. 
234*tf

to L. 36, care Tradesm an. 

-  fare  in   th is  city.  Stock  w ill  inventory  about 
$3,000.  Cheap rent.  Good  reasons  fo r selling.  Apply 
228-4t

f ’OR SALE—GROCERY STOCK ON MAIN THOROUGH- 
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  in  a  f ir s t -

cla.,3 m eat m ark et in  a   th riv in g   tow n  of  1,000 in ­
hab itan ts w ith  tw o  railroads.  A verage  sales' $30  p sr 
day.  Good reasons fo r selling. Address H., care Trades- 
m an. 
210-tf

1EEST0RATIOK NOTICE 1
U nder  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of 
the Interior  dated the  15th  day of  Decem­
ber,  1887, modified by his instructions of the 
22d day of December, 1887.  By direction of 
of the Commissioner of  the  General  Land 
Office dated January 19th, 1888..
Notice is  hereby given  That the indem­
nity withdrawal for the benefit of  the Jack- 
son  Lansing  and  Saginaw  R. B. Go.,  has 
been revoked.
That all the lands  in this  district  within 
such  indemnity limits of thé  grant of  said 
R, R.  Go., 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., 

,

Receiver, 

E.  N.  Fitch, 

January  23, 1888.
N a t h a n ie l Clark, 
Register.
‘ 
RESTORATION  NOTICE]
Under  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of 
the Interior  dated  the  15th  day of Decem­
instructions 
ber,  1887,  modified  by  his 
of  the  22d  day  of  December,  1887.  By 
direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  the Gen­
eral  Land  Offiee  dated January 19th,  1888.
Notice is  hereby given That the  indem­
nity withdrawal for the benefit of the Grand 
Bapids and Indiana  R. B. Co. has been  re­
voked.
That all the lands  in  this  district within 
such indemnity limits  of  the grant  of  said 
E.  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.

TJ. S. Land Office,

Reed City,  Mich.,

F.  N.  F itch, 

Receiver. 

January 23d, 1888.
N a th a niel Cla r k, 
Register.

SAFES!

193-t£

Anyone  in  want  of  a  first-class  Fire or 
Burglar Proof Safe of  the  Cincinnati  Safe 
and  Lock  Co.  manufacture  will  find  it to 
bis advantage to write  or  call  on  us.  We 
have light expenses, and are able to sell low­
er than  any  o§her  house representing fitet- 
class  work.  Second-hand  safes  always on 
hand.

C. M. GOODRICH & GO.,

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement  of Wid­

dicomb Blk.

S E E D S !
Garden Seeds  in  Bulk.

For the Spring of 1888 we offer  the  larg­
est and most complete line  of  garden seeds 
ever offered before.  Comprising every var­
iety one could wish, for we have taken great 
pains  to  buy our  seed of  the most reliable 
growers throughout  the  country where  the 
climate  is  best  adapted  for  their  culture 
and feel confident in  offering  our seed that 
we are able to please all.

We also carry a full  line of garden drills, 
cultivators, etc.,  in fact we keep everything 
for the garden.  Call and see us and we will 
convince yhu of our  ability  to sell  you  just 
as good (if  not  better)  seeds  than  you can 
get by sending off for them.

Send for price list and note our  discount.
To the Tr a d e—We offer seeds equal in 
Quality and Price to any House in the coun­
try.  We carry at  all  times  a  full  line of 
field  seeds  such  as  Clover,  Timothy,  Hun­
garian  Millet,  Red Top,  Blue Grass,  Pieas, 
Beans,  etc.

produced.  Erases  ink  in   two  seconds, no abrasion of 

in g   country.  Must  be  a   bargain.  Give particulars. 

m an.  References, exchanged.  Address  Pi  O.  Box  181, 

dage, M uskegon, Mich. 

Choate, Agent, E a st Saginaw. 

ing  city of  Muskegon.  Term s  easy.  C.  L.  Brun- 

hardw are  and  m ill  supplies.  Address  W ayne 
210-tf

F o r   s a l e —a t   a   b a r g a in ,  a   c l e a n   s t o c k   o f
I  TOR SALE—THE BEST DRUG STORE IN  THE THRIV- 
WANTED—AGENTS  TO  HANDLE  THE  NEW CHEM- 

icai In k   E rasing Pencil.  G reatest  novelty ever 
paper.  200  to   500  p er  cent  profit.  One  agent’s  sales 
am ounted to $62# in  six day s; another $32 in t  wo hours. 
T erritory  absolutely  free.  Salary  to   good  men.  No 
ladies need answ er.  Sample  35  cents.  F or term s  and 
full p articu lars address The Monroe  E raser Co., Manu­
facturers, La Crosse, Wis. 
232*

ation  in dru g   store. Experienced, A.  No. l  sales­
232*

w
■ ANTED—BY REGISTERED  DRUG  CLERK,  SITU3 
WANTED—POSITION  AS  TRAVELING  SALESMAN 
■ ANTED-FOR  CASH,  SMALL  GENERAL  STOCK 

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

of m erchandise o r boots and snoes in gooa farm ­
H. W . Haw kins, Reed City, Mien. 
231*
ANTED—POSITION BY AN EXPERIENCED PHAR- 
W i
m acist.  The best of  references.  R egistered  bv 
exam ination and speaks H olland.  Address N. A. Vÿnê, 
Morley,  Mich. 
236*
YXrANTED—THE  ADDRESS  OF  ANYONE  WISHING 
»I  
to   s ta rt  a   v ariety   store.  Address  B.  D.,  care
Tradesm an.

Mendon, Mich. 

WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

this  paper  to   give  th e Sutlitf  coupon system  a 
all your book-keeping, In  m any instances save yeu th e 
expense of one clerk, will bring your business  down te 
a   cash basis and  save  you  all  th e  w orry aad  trouble 
th a t usually go w ith th e pass-book plan.  S tart th e 1st 
of th e m onth w ith the new   system  and  you  w ill never 
reg ret it.  H aving  two kinds, both  kinds  will be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  th is  paper)  J.  H.  Sutlitf, 
Albany, N. Y. 
226-tf

■  RAKE  BUSINESS  CHANCE—A  STOCK  OF  GEN- 

eral  m erchandise  in  fine condition fo r sale, also 
room s  above.  Nice  new  barn.  Store  nouse.  Two 
good wells.  Out buildings, etc., all com plete, in one of 
th e best townB  n o rth   of  Grand  Rapids.  Reasons  fo r 
selling, poor health.  W ould tak e  In  exchange a house 
and lo t in G rand  Rapids  w ortn  from   $1,000  to  $i,500. 
Address 114, this office. 
232
QALESMEN  WANTED—IRIDESCENT  SIGNS  AXDAD- 
IO  v eriisin g   novelties  fo r  spring  now  rea d y. 
Im ­
m ense sales and  profits.  F or sam ples, catalogue, etc., 
enclose  stam p.  Sims,  Jackson  &  Co., W ashington, D. 
C. 
233*

E x c e l l e n t   o p e n in g   for t h e   dry  goods Bus­

iness.  A  clean  stock  fo r  sale  th a t  will invoice 
about $12,000.  Live  grow ing  m anufacturing tow n  of 
4,000  population  in  C entral  M ichigan,  draw ing  trad e 
from  a   large  radius  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, th is office.  233*

store building 22x50 feet w ith basem ent and fine living 

trial.  I t will aoolish your pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 

to  aid   us in  th e   introduction  and  sale  of  th e  fastest 

■  RARE  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  CLERKS—WE  WANT 

a  resident  representative in  every tow n and city 
selling article on  th e  m arket.  No  com petition,  bells 
in  every store, office and hom e.  Big profits.  Quick re­
turns.  Business  perm anent.  W ill n o t  in terfere  wi./t 
present em ploym ent.  Enclose 4 cents  postage for free 
sam ple, term s and  full  particulars.  The Nichols  Mfg 
Co., O ualaska, Wis. 
233*

WANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Seud fo r I 

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro., G rand Rapids. 

225-tf

M l  OF  E ™ ?a GARDEN

71  CANAL  ST.

Is this Beason  the grandest ever issued, 
containing three colored plates  and 
superb illustrations of everything that is 
new , useful and rare in  Seeds  and 
P lants,  together with  plain  directions 
of “ How to grow them,” by Petes Hen­
derson.  This Manual, which is a book 
of 140 pages, we mail to any address on 
receipt of 25 cents (in stamps.)  To all so 
remitting 25 cents for the Manual, we will, 
at the same time, send free by m ail, in 
addition, their choice of any one of the 
following novelties^ the pries of either of 
which is 25 cents: One packet of the new 
Green and Gold W atermelon, or one 
packetof new Succession Cabbage, or 
one packet of new Zebra Zinnia, or one 
[ packet of Butterfly Pansy (see illustra- 
i tion), or one packet of new Mammoth 
' Verbena, or one plant of the beautiful 
Moonflower, on th e d istin c t u n der­
sta n d in g  f however, that those ordering 
will  state in what  paper  they saw  this 
advertisement.
35&37 CortlandtSt,
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HEW   Y O R K .

PETER HENDERSON & C0.

A  Strange  Thing.

Jones—“Strange  thing, Mirandy;  every 
Mrs. Jones-"*“Well,  I ain’t going  to  stop 

time  you draw a breath Somebody dies. ” 
breathing on that account,”

In Buenos Ayres, there is a  bank  which 
has a paid-up capital of  $57^000,000, depos­
its ot $35,000,000  and a line  of  discounts 
amounting to $60,000,000.  Great as is  the 
United States in'extent  and  wealth, 
the 
whole country was Convulsed at one time,  à 
few ypars ago, by a New York  proposition 
to form a bank with  only  $10,000,000 capi­
ta l  As wecontemplate a Government bank 
at Washington  with IS   hundred  millions 
with comparative indiffère0^   our ideas of 
fig g ite^ re.^ ierg ii^, W J | |

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irtX S O lT  B R O S. A  GO.,

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Broken packs Me 9  B> extra.

ROBBS.
t a
.
,
SQUARES.

614
6)4
60
60
60
60
50
'  50
50
50
50
45
35
22
24
27

,  - 
Iron and Tinned 
55
  dis 
CopperBivete&na  Burs...... ...........dis 
to
m'jZ%
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 37 10 26 
“B”’Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  9 20
, 
Sisal, )4 in. and  la rg e r...!.,.,........ ............11
.....  12
M
Steel a n d i r o n . . . .....................dis  ?0$10
Try and Bevels..,,'................................. dis 
60
Mitre  .............................  
20
dis 
**  "'Com. Smooth.  Com.
$3 60
3 00
 
3 1«
3 15
3 25
335
Allsheets No,18 and lighter,  over 3  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14................ 
$4 20 
Nos. 15to 17.......  
4 20 
 
Nos. M to 21.......................................   4 20 
Nos.22to 24 ................................   4 20 
...................   4 40 
Nos .25 to 2
No.2 7 ............................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-lo extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600lbs, 9   ®>...........................  
In smaller quanslties, ty  lb........ ..........  
American,all  kindB....................d is  
Steel, all kinds........... 
.dis 
 
Swedes,all k i n d s . . . ___     .dis 
Gimp and L ace....'................ 
.¿is 
Cigar Box  Nails................................„.dis 
Finishing Nails............. . . . . . . ___....d is 
Common and Patent Brads................dis 
Hungarian Nails ahd Miners’ Tacks, dis 
Trank and Clout N a ils.......... .......... dis 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails........ ..dis 
Leathered Carpet Tacks...................dis 
No. 1,  Refined..................................  
 
Market  H alf-and-half.......................  
Strictly  Half-and-half...........................  
10x14,Charcoal    ..............7.6 00@6 2Q
1C, 
10x14,Charcoal................. 
7 85
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal__ ___.•..................  6 85
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal  ............ :..............   8 35
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal.......... ....................   6 35
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal..............................  7  85
IX, 
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal...........................  
  9 35
11 37
 
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool,...................  
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal:..............................13 15
20x28, Charcoal..............................   16 10
IX, 
100 Plate C harcoal.........................  7 10
DQ, 
DX., 
100 Plate Charcoal.......................... 
  9 10
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal........................ 
  l i  io
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal .........................   13 10
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50  to 7 35
Booling, 14x20, IC..........................................    5 40
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ...... ...................................  7 00
Roofing, 20x28, IC.......................................  12 00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX..''....................................  15 CO
IC, 14x20,choice Charcoal Terhe................6 00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terae....................  7 gt>
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terae................ 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terae..............15 00
Steel, Game.................................................... .60&10
Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s......... dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.. 60&3©
Hotchkiss’  ......................................................60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s............................ 
Mouse,  choker................................... . ,18c ^  doz
Mouse,  delusion...............................$1 50 9  doz
Bright Market.........................................   dig  67)4
Annealed Market.................................dis  7G&10
Coppered Market...................................... dis  62)4
Extra Bailing............................................ dis  55
Tinned  M arket............................... 
Tinned Broom.................!........................ 9  ft  09
Tinned Mattress........................................9  a> 8)1
Coppered  Spring Steel......................  
dis  50
Tinned Spring Steel.............................. . dis 40&M)
Plain Fence..............................................91 b  3
Barbed Fence, galvanized.............................4 00
painted.................................. 3 26
Copper...................  
new  list net
Brass.................................................... new list net
Bright................................................dis  70&10&W
ScreW Eyes.......................... 
dis  70&10&10
Hook’s .............................................dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes....................dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine........................................dig 
Coe’sP tent A gricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s  Ptent. malleable....................................dis 75&1C
50
Birdcages.................................................... 
Pumps,  Cistern....................................dis 
75
Screws, new  list........................................  
7C&5
Casters, Bed  and Plate.....................diS50&lG&10
Dampers, American............................... 
  40
Forks, hoes, fakes an all steel goods. ..d 
%
Copper Bottoms.....  ...................  
30c
 

w ir e  g o o d s.
 

MISCELLANEOUS.

TIN—LEADED.

WRENCHES.

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50
75

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60&1O

 
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

15 00@18 00
@25 00

The furniture factories  here pay as follows 
for  dry  stock,  measured  merchantable, mill 
culls out;
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch, log-run...................  
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 
Black Ash, log-run................................... 14 00@16 50
Cherry,  log-run........................................26 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2................................45 00®50 00
Cherry, «cull.....................................  
  @10 00
Maple,  log-run....................................12 00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run...........................l l  00®13 00
Maple, Nos. l  and 2.............................. 
@20 to
Maple, clear, flooring......................... 
@25 Oo
Maple, white, selected.......................  
@25 On
Red Oak, log-run.......................................18 00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.........  
....24 00®25 00
Red Oak, 34 sawed, 8In and upw’d..40 00@45 00
Bed Oak,  “  “ 
Bed Oak, No.  1, step plank...: ........  
@25 00
Walnut, log-run.................................. 
@55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts,  culls..................................... 
@25 00
Grey Elm. log-ruu.............................. 
@13 00
White Ash, log-run................. 
.14 00@16 50
Whitewood,  log-run........................... ...20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run..................................17 00@18 00

regular....................30 00@35 00

 

 

LUMBER,  LATH  AND  SHINGLES. 

FINISHING AND FLOORING.
Uppers, 3 in ...  .................................$ 
45 00
1 to * in ....................................  42 00©44 00
Selects, 134 to 2 in.......................... 
36 00@38 00
l i n . . . ....................................... . 
33 00@35 00
Fine com., 134 to 2 in__ _  . . . : . 3 1  00@33 00
l i n .................................. .............  27 00®29 00
Strips, A & B, 6 in ...........................   34 00@36 00
C.................................... 
27 00029 OO
Strips. A & B, 4 in............................   30 00031 00
C ...-----------  
...  ......................   210002200

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J, ' l U f t i m  B io iw w i M«&* Amnclafctatt.  • i
PpeBldent—Frank Hamilton, Trereree City.  *   $ ->
H ret VSré-Presltlént—Paul P. Morgan. Monroe. 
S e ^ a ^ ^ P r ^ e n ti^ a to f to m iO w o B B o .  w /V .«  
« B ^ t^ ^ 3 S .X S to ir e ,O iM d E a jiW «  ¡i f f i  >  *. - ;  -
'TtiímuiUi  I  ' IT fftirnffi"  — *—
I S ^ tìW ^ p a r d - f e r ^ d e iit, Secretary,  Gèo. W.  Hub- 
^Sd/îllStT w . E, Kèteey, Ionia; Irving F. Clapp, Al- 
Trtfnn 
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Committee on Tradelnterests—SmithBameB, Traverse 
Q ty ; chas. T. Bridgman, H in t;  H. B. Fargo, Muske­
gon. 
rin •Trf-gïslatton—Frank JffîellB; Lansing; W. 
E. Kelsey, Ionia; Neal McMillan, Rockford. 
Committee  on  Transportation—J.  W. HiUlken,  Twev- 
•  e n e  City  Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec, 
_   „
Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  Y.
. .  
Committee on  Building  and  Loan Associations—F. !■, 
yF^B r^rÿnm lctott;  S.  E. ParkiU,  Owosso;  Will  E m  
Official Organ—Th e Michigax Tradesman.

East Saginaw. 
Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan. 

merit, Eaton Rapids.  ;  /-■ 

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’The following auxiliary associations aré op- 
erhting under «hartera granted by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

No. 1—Traverse City B . M. A.

President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, It. B oberts._____
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y. B. Blain ; Secretary, Frank T. King-

Mo. 2—Lowell  B. M. A.
N o . 3 —S tu r g is  B . 91. A . 

Preetaént.H .S.Church; Secretary, Wm. Jon».
“  N o.  4 —G r a n d   B a p id s   M .  A . 

President, E. J. Herrick: Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

No. 6—Muskegon B.  M. A. 

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

No. 6r-Alba  M. M. A. 

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

No. 7—Dlmondaie B. 91. A. 

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

President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo.L- Thurston.

N o. 8 —K a s tp o r t B .  91. A .

N o . 9 —L a w r e n c e  B . 91. A . 

president, H. M. MarshaU; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins.

N o. 1 0 —H a r b o r  S p r in g s  B . M . A . 

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

President, H. P. Whipple; Secretary, C. H.  Camp. 

N o . l l — K in g s le y  B . 91. A . 
N o. 1 2 —Q u in c y  II . M . A .

President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon._____
"  
President, H. B. Stnrtevant: Secretary, W.  Q. Shane.

N o .  1 3 —S h e r m a n  IS. 91. A .

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N o .  1 4 —N o. M u sk e g o n  B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.

N o .  1 5 —B o y n e  C ity   B . 91. A . 

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

; N o.  1 6 —S a n d  L a k e  B .  91. A . 
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Raseo.

N o . 17—P la in  w e ll B . M l. A .
N o.  1 8 —O w o sso  B . 91. A .

President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.________
/  
President, S. E. Parkill; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.______

NO.  1 9 —A d a  B . M . A .

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

N o. 2 0 —M au g a tu e k  B . M . A .
N o. 2 1 —W a y  la n d  B . 91. A ,

President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
“ 
President, C. H. W harton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
Persident, A. B. Schnmacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

N o . 2 2 —G ra n d   L e d g e  B . 91. A . 

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N o . 2 3 —C a rso n  C ity  B . M . A . 

N o . 2 4 —M o rle y   B .  91. A .

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

N o . 2 5 —P a lo  B . 91. A .

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N o. 2 6 —G r e e n v ille   K. 91. A .

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

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

f   N o   * 7 —D o r r   B . M .  A .
N o. 2 8 —C h e b o y g a n  B . 91. A

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

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

President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.

President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Honghtaling.

N o . 3 0 —O c e a n a  B . 91. A .

I 

N o . 3 1 —C h a r lo tte  B . 91. A .

President, Thos. J*. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o . 3 2 —C o o p e r s v ille  B . M . A . 

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

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

President, L. P. Bartholomew;  Secretary, R- W. Kane.

N o . 3 4 —S a ra n a c  B . M . A .

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

-  N o .  3 5 —B o lla ir e   B . 91. A .

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

?  N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  91. A .

President, O..F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Ererden. 
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President, Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary, Jno. P- Stanley.

N o . 3 7 —B a t tle  C re e k  B .  91. A . 

N o . 3 8 —S c o ttv ille  B .  91. A .

N o . 3 9  —B a r r  O a k  B . M . A .

President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
T  
President, B. O. Graves;  Secretary, H. M. Lee.
N o . 4 0 —B a to n  B a p id s  B . 91. A .
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President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Coiler.
N o. 4 1 —B r e c k e n r iilg e   B . M . A . 
President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C.  E. Scndder. 
“  
President,'Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. ttathbun.

N o . 4 2 —F r e m o n t it. M . A .
*  N o . 4 3 —T u s tin  B . 91. A .

President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
President, 6. J. Fleischhaurr;  Secretary,  W. H. Smith.

N o . 4 4 —-K eed C ity  B . 91. A .

N o . 4 5 —H o y tv ille  B . 91. A .

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

N o . 4 6 —L e slie  B . 91. A .

NoT4-7—F l i n t   91.  U .

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. 
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President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
” 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary; W. J. Tabor.
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President, A.  Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.

N o . 4 8 —H u b b a r d s  to n   B . 91. A .

N o.  4 9 —L e ro y   B-  91.  A .

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N o . SO—M a n is te e  B . M . A .

President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P.  O’Malley.

President, Thomas B. Dntther; Secretary, C. B. Waller.

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

N o . 5 1 —C e d a r  S p r in g s   B .  91.  A . 
Nò. 52—Yìrand Haven B. 91, A. 

Ikesident, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. Cf Bowman.

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

President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
No, 63—Bellevue B . M. A.
No. 54—Douglas 11. M. A.
No.  55—Petoskey li. M. A,
No. 56—Bangor B. At. A.
No. 57—Rockford B. M. A.
~   No..58—Fife Cake B. M, A.
No, 59—F ennvllie B. 9f. A.

President, Geo. A. fi age; Secretary. J. M. Spore.
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President, E. Hàgadom ; Secretary, Q. V. Adams.

President, N. W, Drake; Secretary, T. M. Harvey.

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary,P. S. Swarts.

President, H. E, Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Helhardt.

No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A .  J 
^   Nò.  61—Hartford B. M. A.

President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, 1. B. Barnes.
No. 62—K astfaginaw R. O. A. 

President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Radish.
1  ’ 11 
No. 63—fevart B, M. A.
President, W. K. Payis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
Nò, 64—M orrillB. 91. A. 
No, 85—Kalkaska B. M. A.

- President, C. ff. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary,C. S. Blom.

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T he N ext State Convention. 

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Among.the  dates  suggested  for  the next 
State  convention  are  Wednesday  and Thurs­
day,  July 11  and  13.  Local Secretary Cham­
bers was recently  communicated  with  in  re­
lation to the matter and responded as fellows: 

Ch e b o y g a n , Feb. 14,1888.

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H. A; Stowe, GrshdRaipids: 
|
Dbar Sir—Have at present no objections to 
offer against July 11 and 13,  but would prefer 
July 12  and  13  for  business and 34,15 and 16 
for pleasure« taking in on' these  dates  Macki­
nac  Island, St. Ignace  and Sault Ste (Marie on 
the beautiful passenger steamer now building 
for'this route.  By all means let our members 
conus prepared to  May awhile  and enjoy life 
up  here  near  Heaven-  You know  we were 
taught that  the top is>  North,  bottom  South, 
etc., which, if correct, makes  the North  near­
est Heaven, and  X  believe this is so as We arc 
a joyous  and  contented  people  up here, not* 
withstanding snow is chin  deep  andstill fall­
ing. 
,  :
Do you best,  Mr.  Stowe,  to  have all come 
well  equipped  Wad - 'financially,  prepared  to 
take in tolis beautiful -and  pictnrasque  coun­
try:  Let me hear  from  you again, 
is  j , 

7  s®  '% % 
Jtef, X   H. Ch a m b e r s, Local Sec’y.  . -

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Climax and Scottato Join glande.

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Climax, Neb,'ll, 1S88, “
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R. ésfitowe, Groad 
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-Dbar*8ib—The busihosB men o f dfóaaXmèt 
b a ts ifiit  and decided to organizo w i associa- 
'  oonnectioifWith  Scotts, our neighbòr-

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'‘Ptoaident Uerber.

\ ^ ^   ÀD»ÎIRABLE  ADDRESS
DdBofiièd"tè Newaygo County Farmers by 
S-7  iV ''t ' 
A t the af»pn«i meeting of the News go Coun­
ty  Farmers  and  Be©  Keepers’  Association, 
held at Fremont last wéek, the address of wel­
come w o  delivered  by Joseph Gerber, Presi­
dent Of the Fremont B. M. A., as follow s!1  V 
At this, your second  annual mçeihg held In 
our village, the FremontB usi ness Men’s Asso­
ciation has delegated to me  the pleasing duty 
of extending to  you a hearty welcome to our 
village, and the hospitalities  of  the  Fremont 
B. M. A.  Feeling that  these  meetings will be 
to©  means of  much  good  being  done,  by a 
comparison of ideas land  also  enable the far­
mers of  the county and  the  business men to 
become,  bettor  acquainted, both  socially  and 
in our  business  relations.  *We  hope  to  con­
vince those frbm  a  distance,  if  they  wilt  fio 
about among our business men, that it will be 
to  toeir interests to come to our  town to  buy. 
goods  and  transact  other  business;  and  we 
Shall deem  it  a  privilege  to show to all’ that 
toe  Fremont B. M. A. feels an  interest  in all 
your  welfares.  And realizing, as we do, that 
as you  prosper aud  the  fanning  country de­
velops and advances so will the village  in  the 
same  proportion,  we  hope, by giving encour­
agement to  manufactories; to induce more of 
them to locate  here  to  heip  build  up our vil­
lage and profit  the country,  and  at the same 
time it will be our aim to get  such  as ytof ob­
tain at least part of their suppliés out  of  our 
fbrèste and f  rom your farms and thereby help 
to clear up your broad acres and  utilize  their 
products.  The Fremont B. M. A. Is at toe pre­
sent time considering thè project  of a cream­
ery.  This subject I will  leave  to Mr. Dudley, 
who  is  better  able  to  explain  to  you than! 
can, as he  has given toe  matter  considerable 
study and  he will. I hope, be able to convince 
you of  ite advantages Over  your présent sys­
tem.
The principal  duty  assigned  to  me  is to m 
my feeble way explain the objects of the Bus­
iness  Men’s  Association,  as  it  appears  that 
they are  not  understood  by some  of  the far­
mers and others  in  this  vicinity.  This  Asso­
ciation was first started by the  business  men 
of Traverse  about  four  years  ago, and after 
they had  it in  operation for  some time other 
places  adopted it and formed a State Associa­
tion, and at toe last session of our Legislature 
had it incorporated, and at  the  present  time 
there  are  sixty-three chartered  Associations 
in the State and quite a number not yet  char­
tered—who report that it  has  been thé means 
of doing a great amount of  good, by bringing 
the businessmen  into  friendly relations  and 
also  in  collecting accounts  of  long  standing 
and in refusing credits to those who do not in­
tend to pay, thus  enabling  the  merchants  to 
sell on  smaller margins,  as they do  not  have 
any doubtful accounts on their books.
In  order -that  you  may  toe  better  under­
stand the principles of  the Association, I will 
read the constitution and by-laws:  * 
*
Section 14 of Article  3 seems to  be  a hobby 
for some of  those who  object  to our Associa­
tion.  It reads as follows:  “To discourage the 
demoralizing  practice  of  cutting  prices  and 
encourage  tbe  maintenance  of  legitimate 
profits.”  This  section  was  adopted  by  the 
State Association, the moving cause of  which 
I dò not know, out  this  I  do  knew,  that  the 
subject  has never  been  mentioned  in  any  of 
our meetings.  It has  also  been  said  that we 
were  banded  together  to  cut  the  prices  on 
what  the  farmers  have  to sell.  This has not 
been mentioned, but of this we are quite sure, 
that we are paying 35 cents per  cord more for 
our store wood this year than we did last; and 
also  that  the  farmers  of  this  vicinity  have 
keen  getting  from  two  to  four  cents  per 
bushel more for their wheat than it was worth 
in Grand  Bapids.  If this is what the B. M. A. 
is doing for you, we  fail  to  see  wherein  lies 
your cause for complaint.
Again, some have said that it was a secret or­
ganization  and that our meetings are held in 
secret places and none  but members  were al­
lowed to attend.  This is also a mistake.  W e in­
vite everyone who wishes  to  attend, to  come 
and 6ee what we do; and I, as President of the 
Association, do in this  public  manner extend 
an invitation  to any of  you  to  attend  any of 
our meetings;  and,  further, I respectfully in­
vite  anyone doing  an honorable  business, to 
join  our  Association, and  thus  assist  us in 
building up this village and surrounding coun­
try.  Some seem to  think  that in building up 
the village it  will not  benefit anyone outside; 
blit to such we have  to say that in proportion 
as the village prospers, so must the surround­
ing country.
And,  as  you  all know,  in  union  there  is 
strenfith.  So, by joining  forces, the  benefits 
will be shared  alike  between the  village  and 
country.
The  collection  feature of  this  Association 
may  need  some  explanation,  and  I  will,  as 
briefly  as  possible,  explain  it,  in  order  to 
make it more plain to you.  The first notice or 
Blue  Letter, as you  see  gives  the  party who 
receives it fifteen days in which to call and ar­
range for  payment  or  get  an  extension  of 
time.  I have  not  heard  of  anyone  that  has 
called and given notes or  security for  his ac­
counts  that has  been  placed  on  the  delin­
quent list.  But there have been some that did 
not think it worth their notice, and  such have 
been sent a second notice, which reads  as fol­
lows:  *  *  Some have not thought it neces 
sary to pay any attention to this, and by toeir 
neglect have been placed on the deli nouent list. 
Some have since paid their accounts and toeir 
names have been taken off the list.
I hope I have been  the means of enlighten­
ing some  of you as  to our  aims  and  objects, 
and if 1 have, shall feel amply repaid for this, 
my first effort in  making a publie address, at 
least I trust that I have  not  entirely  failed in 
my object.
The  most pleasing  part  of  my duty I  have 
yet to perform,  and I  sincerely  hope  that  it 
will be very  much  more  pleasing to  you all 
than  have been toe  explanations I have  en­
deavored  to  make.  The  Fremont  B.  M.  A 
have instructed me to, and I hereby extend to 
the. Newaygo County Farmers and Bee-Keep­
ers’ Association a cordial invitation to partake 
of the hospitality of  the Fremont  B. M. A.,  at 
a banquet to be given by them  to  you  at  the 
St. Charles hotel at noon tomorrow—at which 
we hope to have the  pleasure of, entertaining 
you one and all.
Thanking you  for  your kind attention,  and 
wishing  you  many  happy  returns  of  these 
pleasant and  interesting ^gatherings I bid you 
good day.
The address, as the reader will fhfer from its 
perusal, was sufficient  to satisfy the farmers 
that no antagonism  should  exist between the 
farmer and the  business  man—that the inter­
ests of the two are mutual.  That the Associa­
tion took, the  sam e. view  of  toe situation  is 
evidenced by the resolutions which were sub­
sequently adopted as follows: ’
Resolved-^That  the  Newaygo. County Farm­
ers and Bee-Keepers’ Association  here assem­
bled tender  bur sincere thanks to the B. M. A. 
for  the  very  able  and  generous  manner  in 
whiehthey have  entertained  us at this  meet­
ing.  ■
Resolved—That  we  will  aid  the  B. M. A.  in 
every honorably  way to  bring  about  a cash 
basis of business in Fremont..
Resolvci-F hat  we  encourage them in their 
efforts to  start  a  creamery  here,  as  it will 
bring mòre trade to town and give the fanner 
a cash market for his dairy products.

Good Report from  Muskegon.

Fjom the Muskegon News.
There  were twenty-three  new members ad-: 
mitted to  thè  Business  Men’s  Association at 
the last regular meeting  held  Tuesday night, 
This organization is gtowing rapidly and firm­
ly.  It is already  stronger than  the Board  of 
Trade and  should  absorb the  Board of  Trade 
organization, and  reform  a Board of Trade to 
be such in fact as well as in name.  The unfòr» 
tonate dissensions which  have sprung  up be­
tween members of toe  old  Board of Trade oi*- 
ganization have  done much  toward crippling 
its usefulness.  A new Board organized out of 
.the Business Men’s Association would be with­
out entanglements and would be a strong fac­
tor for good In toe city. 
,
Tbe  following  business  men. were  among 
those joining toe Business Men’s Association: 
A. Arntz, A. Coutts, L. Kanitz, C. J. Hamilton, 
N.  B.  Lawson,  §1  B.  Marvin,  D.  B*  King, 
AugusttDirkeSvW. Devries, J. H. C. VanDeinse 
A, N. King, J. w. Moeeker.’G. Aauling,  Batte- 
ma «  Donsome,  Dr. S. Blooh,  Dr. C,  L. Thom­
son, XL G. Lange,  D.  Birshfleld,  Louis  Elens, 
Truesdell Furniture Company, A. C. TrnesdeL 
The Executive Committee was instructed to. 
draft  resolutions  of  respect  on to© death  of 
Major Chaoneey Dari*. • Also to draft liffia p  
orialto Congress relative to the  publie  build- 
ingand  harbor, and  forward  copies to  ?- M.

B ui,  H. H. Halt aud Mr. . Ford, at Wash-

, 

fi Sons, hardware dealers, Grand

i Mil 11É »

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'•% f  „  Association  Notes. 

^

/   \

Th^ldnskegòn  B. M. A ï; now  numbers 
132 members and is gaining  in  strength at 
«Wjcy mèettag.* ,j? I  J  1  a 

The East Saginaw Retail’Grocers’ Associa 
tion has changed its name to the  East Sagi­
naw Mercantile^ Association. - 

The Lansing Business Men’s  Association 
has appointed a committee  to  confer,  with 
the State Military'Board, with a view to se­
curing the next encampment  of  the  State 
troops foi* that place.

J. P.  Stanley,  Secretary  of  the  Battle 
Creek B. ■ M. A.,  is  on - an  extended  trip 
through the South.  He  kindly  remembers 
T hf. Trad esm a n  occasionally  by  recom­
mending thé paper to Southern  merchants, 
resulting in frequent subscriptions.

Manton  Tribune:  The  Business  Men’s 
Association met at Secretary Fuller’s  office 
Wednesday evening.  There was a good at­
tendance and some business  transacted, the 
most important of which was  a  motion  to 
join the State Association.  All  s.eem to be 
as well pleased fath  the  workings  of  the 
Association as ever.

Muskegon Business Gazette!  The  Com­
mittee on Trade Interests  of  the B. M. A. 
recommends that action be taken to  abolish 
peddling,  huckstering  and  brief-residence 
merchandising, 
traveling  bankrupt-stock 
merchandising,  etc.;  the  adoption  of the 
system  of  selling  by  weight  instead  of 
count;  the establishment of a  market,  and 
the appointment of an inspector of eatables, 
which would be beneficial  alike  to  dealer 
and  consumer.  One  member  states  that 
since thè appointment of an inspector in the 
place where he  formerly  lived, 
there  has 
been a marked decrease of sickness.

Particulars of the Greenville Banquet.

Freim tlie Greenville Call.
Tbe  members  of  the  Greenville  Business 
Men’s  Association  and  their  families  held 
their first annual  banquet at  Hotel Pheips on 
Wednesday evening.
At 6:30 to the music of the  Greenville Quad­
rille band, eighty-one persons took possession 
of the  dining room, and  made  havoc with the 
bounteous  supply  of  good  things  that  were 
set before them, the band playing all the time 
war  was  being  made  upon  the  delightful 
viands.
After all  had eaten to their heart’s content, 
C. J. Clark  called  upOn  retiring  President L. 
W. Sprague to offer a few remarks.
Mr. Sprague  told the  history of  the organi­
zation, its  objects, its benefits,  and  its  senti­
mental part, which  he claimed was but little, 
It being  organized  and  carried on to better a 
man’s  business, the city’s business, the coun­
try’s business  and  tbe  State’s  business.  His 
speech was  to the point  and  made a good im­
pression.
Then S. B. Stevens, the  new  President,  was 
called up.  He said that Mr. Sprague had  cov­
ered the ground so effectually  that he had but 
little he could  say, but as  they  had  come  to 
eat and not  talk, his remarks would be  brief. 
He must  say, however, that while he was par­
taking of the meal  before them, he could  not 
help thinking how  much  better  a  spread we 
had had  this evening  than the  ancient kings 
and queens of  England,  with all their wealth 
could command.  These associations had been 
the  means  of  saving  many  an  honest  man 
from going to the wall, it having’enabled  him 
to collect his  just  dues  and save himself and 
family from going under.
Both  addresses were much  enjoyed,  after 
which the tables were cleared from the dining 
room,  and  the  members  and  their  families 
took  pleasure  in  dancing  until  XI  o’clock, 
when a  halt  was  called,  and  all  went- home 
feeling that  the  first  annual  bahquet of  the 
Greenville  Business  'Men’s  Association  had 
been a success in every sense of the word.

The Sand  Lake Association Banquet.
The Sand Lake B. M.A.,which started last Au­
gust with ninteen members and now numbers 
thirty-two active workers, celebrated  its  suc­
cess with a banquet last Friday evening.  The 
burning of Marshall & Sons’ grist mill early in 
the evening somewhat  delayed the  éxercises 
and deprived the gathering of the  presence of 
several who had worn themselves out fighting 
fire.  Nevertheless a goodly  number of ladies 
and gentlemen assembled at the hall In which 
the  Association  meetings  are  held  about 9 
o’clock, w hefte  they  marched to the Brooks’ 
House and took possession  of  the  well-laden 
tables.  After toe inner man  had  been  satis­
fied, resolutions were adopted, expressing the 
sympathy  of  the  Association  for  Messrs. 
Marshall & Son  over  the destruction of their 
mill, when  Toastmaster  Crandall  announced 
the following toasts, which were responded to 
as. indicated by the  names  set opposite  ehch 
subject:
“The Sand Lake B. M.  A.,”  A. P. Comstock.
“Our Country Boads,” Dr. F, Chappell.
“Delation  of  the  Banker  to  toe Business 
Public,” F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs.
“Adulterated Goods,” Geo. F. Cook.
“The Off Horse,” H. F.  Hamilton.
“The Ladles,” E. A. Stowe, Grand Bapids.

The  Carson  City  Association  in  Good 

Shape.
Carson  Cit y , Feb. 14,1888.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Bapids:
Dear Si r —The Carson  City Business Men’s 
Association  elected  the  following officers  at 
their annual meeting last Monday evening:

President—Chas. B. Culver.
Vice-President—À. B. Loomis.
Secretary—Chas. G. Bailey.
Treasurer—Isaac Kepp.  .
Executive Committee—S. H.  Caswell,  Dr. J. 
The Association  enters  upon  the  new year 

P. Taylor and F. A. Kockafellow.
with bright prospects and good feelings.

Yours truly, 

Ch a s. G» B a il e y , Sec’y.

Standing  Committees  of the Tustin. Asso­

ciation.

At the last  meeting  of  the  Tustin  B. M. A., 
torée new members—Cole & Grove, A. J. Mor­
gan and H. Rainey—were received and the fol­
lowing standing committees  were  appointed:
On M anufacturing-J.  8.  Rich, F.  J.  Luick 
and C. Grommon.
On Transportation—B. H. Jones, J. A. Lind- 
strom and G. A. Ball.
On Insurance—A. J. Thompson; Walter Ken­
nedy aud A. A. Lovene.
On Improvements—F. J. Luick, G. D. DeGoit 
and C, Grommon.
On Trade Interests—D. S* Liddle, G. W. Bev­
ins and J. R. Jones.
The Inland  Timber  Product of Michigan.
The  Northern  Lumberman's  annual 
compilation of  the lumber and  shingle  cut 
of 1887, as classified  by  location, is as fol­
lows;
Lumber cift.. .. .. .. ., .  ...                .......395,774,248
Lumber on  hand.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , t. .156,978,000
Shingles cut.................................... ..298,208,000
  25,944,000
Shingles on hand:..................;
.

.
'  D., L. & R. RAILROAD. 

g . R. a  i .  r a il r o a d .

Lumber cu t.....................................   84,349,932
A ,»,,,.  49,840,000
Lumberon hand....... 
Shingles c u t ..........................  
.351,886,000
Shingles on hand............ 
 
  31,476,000
 
C. A W. M. RAILWAY.

Lumber cut...............  
121,996,525
Lumberon  hand. 
Shingles cu t.., J.    .......¿.!. ...v. 1.... .136,858,750
Shingles on hand.... .. .. .  
..... 18,213,150

 
66,965,573

t — <• «.* •  r 

F. A P. M. R. RAILROAD.
Lumber o
• *•
u
Lumberon hand..'.............  ;.......80,231,000
Shingles out., «A*.........159,411,250
Shingles on hand.. ..à a ..:..... aLî..,  7,206,750
âgElViîÎ  ‘  MISCELLANEOUS MILLS.
Lumber out..........  „‘‘..V. .> 
A il,4^,000
Lumber on band. ,* ;
 .
.yi,> ,¿1^80.000 
Shingles out,. .V  *.?— v.-i. 1   I f i i §»-ri'.'.JffilSQjOOO
B « ii 
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D a r b w a r e J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BUCKETS.

.  BELLS.  .

 
 
BOLTS.

a u g e r s a n d  Hi t s .

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  oho  pay 

tipped......................  

BALANCES.
BARRONS. 

promptly and buy in full packages.
Ives’,  old style.I...',;...;;.’..'................dis 
80
60
N. H.C.CO...  ;............ r ..\.....................dis 
Douglass*,.«............. i . . : . . : ...dis 
60
60
Fiérées*........................ Wm.......................dis 
60
Snail's...............................................;___dis 
Cook’s  ............................... 
40
dis 
Jpnnings’, genuine.......................:........dis 
,35
Jennings’, im itation...,.;<.....  .............dis50&10
Spring— ...................  
dis 
40
,
Railroad.............     
1$  14 00
Garden..............................«......................net 33 00
H and..............................................dis $ 60&10&10
“0
Cow__ . . . . . . . . . . ___«____. . . . ___dis  '  : 
’ 
C a ll..................  dis 
30&15
G ong.......... 
25
Door, Sargent........................... .... dis 
6Q&10
Stove............................... ............
0
....d is $ 
7G&10
Carriage  new list. .. .I ¿v,v.........
.....d is 
50
F lo w ................................ ........  .
.....d is 
Sleigh Shoe..__   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
..  ..dis
60
Wrought Barrel  Bolts__ .......
.......dis
Cast  Barrel Bolts................ .
40
.......dis
40
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.._____ ... .dis
Cast Square Spring.. . . . . . __ ...
60
.....d is
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob__
__ .dis
60
Wrought Square.............. ...........
.......dis
Wrought Sunk Flush..................
60
....d is
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush............................ .............. .......dis 60&10
Ives’ Door................................... .......dis 60&10
. BRACKS.
Barber............................ .
40
dis 50&10
Backus.......  .......................
Spofford........................................ .......dis
50
Am. Ball.......................................... .......dis
net
Well, plain........................ ..........
3 50
............$
Well, swivel................ .......... ...
4 00
BUTTS. CAST.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................... dis  70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis  70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis  60& 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint.. dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  P in .................... ....d is  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip .;...........dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned...........dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
.dis  60& 5
Wrought Table..............  
dis  60&10
Wrought Inside Blind.........................dis  60&10
Wrought Brass.......................................dis
dis  70&10
Blind, Clark’s........................ 
Blind, Parker’s ......................................dis  70&10
dis 
Blind,  Shepard’s..............  
70
CAPS.
m $ 65 
Ely’s 1-10.......  .................... 
  per
Hick’s C. F..........................................
60 
G .D................................... v................
35
Musket................................................
60
Bim Fire, TT. M. C. & Winchester  new list__ 50
Rim  Fire,United  States.................. . 
.dis50
Central Fire.....................................................dis25
Socket Firmer...................................... dis  70&10
Socket Framing..  ................................dis  70&10
Socket Corner.......................................dis  70&10
Socket Slicks......................................... dis  70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer, i............... dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers....................dis 
20
Cold..........................................................net
Curry, Lawrence’s............................... dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  ............................................dis 
25
Brass, Backing’s................................... 
60
Bibb’s . . ............... ..................... : .............. 
B eer........................................................   40&10
Fenns’.....................................................  
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size......................W 2>  83
14x52,14x56,14 x60..........................................  31
Cold Boiled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  29
Cold Boiled, 14x48........ ........................:.........   29
Bottoms..............................................................  30
Morse’s Bit  Stock.................. 
40
dis 
Taper and Straight Shank................. dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank......................... ..dis 
40
.
Com. 4 piece, 6  in ........................... doz net  $.75
Corrugated..................................  
dis20&10i&0
dis  H&1Q
Adjustable....................... 
 
 
EXPANSIVE BITS.
30
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ; 2. $24 00;, 3. $30 00.  dis 
25
American File Association List..........dis  60&10
Disston’s .................................. 
..dis  60&10
New American....................................... dis  60&10
Nicholson’s..............................................dis  6Q&39
Heller’s ....................................................dis 
50
Heller’s Horse Hasps...........................dis 
50
NOS. 16 to to, 
22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 
28
18
15 
List 

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

.............'.................... 
CATRIDGBS.

f il e s —New List.

CHISELS.

COPPER.

e l b o w s. 

DRILLS

COMBS.

COCKS,

12 

 
 

60

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount,  60.

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS. .

 

 

 
 

HINGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

and  longer............................. 

 
HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.

Stanley Buie and Level Co.’s............... dis 
50
25
Maydole & Co.’s.......................................dis 
25
Kip’s .........................................................dis 
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s ........................ 
dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... .30 c list 56
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Bam Door Kid derMfg. Co., Wood track  50&16
Champion,  anti-friction..,..................dis  60&10
Kidder,wood  track...............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3............................... dis 
60
State...........................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in. 
14
7VS
 
Screw Hook and Eye,  H ..................net 
70
8)4
Screw Hook and Eye %....................... net 
Screw Hook and Eye  5£....................n et 
7)4
Screw Hook and Eye,  X .................net 
7)4
Strap and  T ......................................dis 
70
P ots.............................................................   60&10
60&10
K ettles.......................... 
Spiders  ..................................  
0O&1O
Gray  enameled......................................... 
50
Stamped Tin Ware......................new list  75&10
Japanned Tin  Ware.................................. 
25
Granite Iron  Ware.................................. 
25
Grub  1.....................................t......... $11 00, dis 60
Grab  2........ .......................................  11 50, dis B0
G rub3.................................................  12 00,dis60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..........dis
Door,porcelain, jap.  trimmings........
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..... 
Door, porcelain, trimmings............. 
55
70
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain........ dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s ..  .................   40&16
Humacite.............................. 
45
dis 
Bussell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis 
55
Mallory, Wheeler & Cp.’s .......... .........dis 
55
Branford’s ...................... 
 
dis
Norwalk’s 
........ 
. . . . . . . . ...dis
LEVELS.
Stanley Bfile and Level Co.’s . .. . ..............dis  70
MATTOCKS.
Adze  E ye......................................$16 Oil dis 
60
Hunt E y e................................... $15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s ................,.,.........$ 1 8  50 die to & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................dis  50
Coffee,Parkers  Co.’s .................................dis 40
Coffee,P.S.&W.Mfg.Co.’sMlilleables ...  dis 40 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry ¿C lark 's..........d is 40
Coffee, Enterprise...................................dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ...............................dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine...............................dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring.. . . . .....d is 
25

 
LOCKS—DOOR.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

MOLASSES GATES.

MAULS.
MILLS.

HOES.

 

 

 

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.......... ............... 
6d  4d
2 
1)4

I  lOd  8d 
2)4 
$1 25  160  1 75  2 00 

Common, Brad and Fencing,
lOd to  60d.............................. . .......... $  keg $2 05
8dand9d a d v .................................... 
36
6dand7d  adv........................ 
50
 
75
4d and 5d  adv........................................ . 
3d advance. — ............... .............. ........ . 
1 50
3d fine  advance...... 
2 25
Clinch nails« adv—   ..................................  1 00
Finishing 
Size—inches  j  3 
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—2 15. 
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent....... . 
dis60&l0
..........  dis  50
Zinc, with brass bottom.
Braasor  Copper....",.,............. ...d is  50
Reaper......................................per gross, $12net
Olmstead’a ,1  ............ 
60&30
w   :   ‘ 
'V i - ,
, '   ' 
Ohio Tool Co.’b, fancy.......... . . . j . . . . .  dis 40@10
. __ ........ dis
Sciota B
c h
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, f a n c y ...,....... ..d
Bench, flrstCquality. 
........................«3
Stanley Buie and LevelCo^’s, wood, ,..
Fry, Aome..  , 
Common, polished^ 
Dripping.
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COMMON BOARDS AND STRIPS.

’$2.0002100
sfiopiDivio« iD"  : 
j
 to® » oo.
s
1 
16 00@18 00 
Norway strips, C & better, 6 in. 
r  t i n ! ? .  ,
K -:-1..'.- -,s. -  15 «0^16 00
No 1,10 in, 18 & to feet.....................   17 00O18 «0
10 feet and tin d er....... .. .. .. .. ..   16 00@17 00
Wide eom. b’ds, No, 1,16 ft. A un’r  16 00411? 00 
Com, feiiO; No. 1.16 in, 16 ft Auh’r  16 0C@17 00 
Goto, st’k, No. 1,8&101C. 16 ft., un’r  14 00@16 00 
Com, strip; No. 1, t in., 16 ft. &nn*r  15 00@16 0« 
Com. stocks. No. 2,16 ft. A Under,.  12 00&13 to 
Wide com. No. 2,16 ft. A under....  12 00@!3 00
Com. boards, No. 2, lb It  & un’r ...  11 004612 00 
Com. feno., No. 2,6 in., 16 ft, A un’r  12 00@13 00 
4 in .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8 O0&10 00
Shipping culls« in ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..   10 001611 CO
Norway fencing, No. 1., 6 in .......  11 00@13 00
No.  2................................................  9 00@10 to
9 00@10 to

Piece stuff, 18 ft. & under.............  

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

Tim* 12x12 & un’r and 18 ft. & un’r.  12 00@13 00 

Norwayfcar sills._____  __ ______   16 0C@17 00
Car decking, 18ft.......... .................  12 004614 00
SHINGLES AND LATH.
Thick star, 18 in., 5 to 2&.. .. .. .. .. .   3 2546 3 50
Clear, 6  in ..................... ................. 
2  25@ 2 50
Thin star; 18 in., 5 to 2 in ............. 
3 25@ 3 50
Clear,5-in........................................  2 25® 2 50
Star, 16  in ..........................................  2 75® 3 00
Clear, 5 in............1  00® 1 80
Lath, No. 1.......... ..............................   1 25® 1 «0

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EATON RYON,

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

BO O KS, 
StatuitiT & SaiUlis,

20  and 22  donroe St., Grand Bapids,  Miofc*

HAY!

W e offer in car load lots good 
Timothy  Hay.  W e  have  the 
output of four presses and  can 
offer it m any quantity.  W rite 
for  prices.
Lamobeaux  &  J ohnston,

A a fe li! SIMARD,

AS EWÍICAL IlEATffi.

THE  RLDINE  FIRE-PLflOE

Is constructed on  scientific principles.  It is 
the only successful hard  coal grate made.  It 
also burns soft  coal, crushed  coke  and wood 
equally as economically.  Unlike other grates, 
it has the return  draft  of  a  coal  stove.  The 
objects attained  are economy of fuel, perfect 
ventilation, distribution  of  heat,  and  equal!-, 
zation of temperature from floor to celling.  It 
can be set in  the chimney like ordinary direct 
draft  grates,  or  piped  to  flues  one  or  more 
rooms removed from the grate itself.  It costs 
less  than  half  as  much  to  operate it,  and it 
keeps fire through the night as well as a  hard 
coal  stove.  Send  for  illustrated  catalogue, 
containing  full  and  explicit  information re­
garding the  grate, or call at  tbe  factory  and 
see an Aldine FLre-Flace in operation.

m m   MINUFJiGTURiP  BO.,
-  MICHIGAN.
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

Cor. Court St. and Shawmut Aye.,  . 

JACOB BROWN & CO.,
Finishing Goods and Notions.
Lilmijermen’s Sifpplies a Specialty,

WHOLESALE

Manufactures of

WE  CARRY A FULL LINE OF 

ALASKA SOCKS AND 

MITTENS.

193 and  195 Jefierson Ave., Cor. Bates  St.,

DETROIT,

MICH.

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

Wolverine Clair Factor!,

W est End Pearl St. Bridge.

71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

Offer No.  176.

FREE— To Merchants  Only:  One 
W illiam s’ “Perfection”  Electro-Mag­
netic Battery.  Address  at  once,  R . 
W . Tansill  & sCo.,  Chicago.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,
STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. 

43 and 45  K ent Street, 

WE  DO ONLY FIRST CLASS WORK AND 

USE  NO  CHEMICALS.

O rders by m ail  and express  prom ptly  attended to.

W  H I P S

ADDRESS

GRAHAM ROYS.  -  Grand Rapids, Mich,

WHOLESALE  AND RETAIL

COAL and WOOD.
101 Ottawa St., Ledyard Block.

E. A. HAMILTON, Agt.,

Telephone 909—1 r.

Whips.

The  best  w hips  in   th e  w orld, m ade in  all  grades. 

Buggy, Carriages, Cab, Team , F arm  and Express.

THIS  PAINT  is composed of NATURAL  MINERAL and HYDRAULIC  CEMENT,  and  will  out-wear other  pigments.

It
will cement up the cracks, fill up the pores of  the  wood and make  a hard and  serviceable covering.  FLOORS are necessarily wash­
ed frequently, this paint  will  harden  almost to  stone  under the influence  of  water by reason  of  the cement.  The success  of OUR 
FLOOR  PAINT is the result of a series of  practical  experiments  extending over several  years, with the view of  filling  the demand 
for a Paint adapted to floors  and such places as are often scrubbed with soap.
2520  and  2522  QUARRY ST., 

Senour Manufacturing1 Go.,

C 2 X C J L G O ,  ZZiZto
S. L. Boyce & Co., P ort Hu6>n; Fred Brundage & Co., M uskegon; Harvey & H eystek, Grand Rapids; G. W.  Brnske, East Saginaw,

For Sale at Factory Prices by—Hazelttne & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids;  Jam es E. Davis & Co., Detroit; W est ATruax, Toledo; 

neeaDle covering.

.. 

‘ 

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

Neal s  Carriage  Paints
HRANITE  FLOO R  PA IN T S:
The Great Invention.  Six Handsome-Shades,  Ready for use.  DRY  HARO  OVER  NIGHT, and are very 
durable.  Give them a trlal. and you will be convinced that It does not pay to mix the paint yourself.
A C M E   W H 1T E   L E A D   A   C O L O R   W O R K S

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^ rf j b f ® > o l o r   Makers, P aint  an d   Varnish  M anufacturers. 
. •'  q u t THIS ADVERTISEM ENTOUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT W ILL SECURE YOU A PRIZE.

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an hour, and I  was  improving  the  time  in 
sweeping  oat,  whed,  til  at once, he'|im i 
such a yell that iny  hair  ail  stood  on end 
twithfright..  As I  looked that way, he  was
(I  suppose  he 
ye the whoop as he  went  up).  The fel­
low had found what he  wanted—U  was  a 

Hthe  air  coining  down. 

J oseph W.  Winkle.

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PATENTED  OCT.  19,  1887.

Manufactured by

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B P  W  KOCH  A.  B.  CO.
354  MAIN  ST., 

PEORIA. ILL
Liberal  discount  to  the trade, or  parties 
first  putting up these brackets in any local-

GENUINE Kgcjfe ßlQABS,
‘  Theproduct of Organized,  Working  Ci- 
/gsriinakersi  Established  Sept  1, 1886c on 
the Co-operative plan by membersof L.  A. 
6374,. K.  Of. L.  Smokers  and  Friends of 
I*bOr, Attention!  If  you  are  opposed to 
filthy, tenement-house factories, the servile 
labor of coolies,  the  contracts  for  convict 
labor, giv# our Cigars a  trial,  .
:  If you are in favor of shorter hours of labor, 
¡thd Saturday  half-holiday,  and • last,  but not 
least, the payment of hierher and living wages 
in solid cash, give our Cigars a trial and accord 
them your most  liberal  patronage.  The yel­
low  K. of Hi. label  on  every  box.  One hun­
dred thousand sold within three months In the 
city of Detroit alone.  Warranted tube  strict­
ly five and ten cent goods.  For further partic­
ulars, terms, prices, references, t to., address 

W.  E. KRUH  & CO., 

W ernersvllle, Berks Co.. Pennsylvania.

“OANDEE
Bub! 
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BOOTS I n
DOUBLE  THICK  1 1 1 3 1

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

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B We carry a full Hue of 

Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 

write to or see the

GRAP RAPIDS  GRAIN AND  SEED CO.

71 CANAL st r e e t.

JUDD  db  OCX, 

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goads.

108  CANAL  STREET.

E. G. 3TUDLEY & CO., Grand Rapids. 

• 

Jobbers of

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

Send Your Spring Orders to MAYHEW.
............  9 601 Youth’s and Misses 

 

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vith so les.... . . . . . ............................... 10 00 I 
md women’s ..........................................  8 50 | Children’s .........................  
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with soles.......................   9 00| 
W oonsocket and W ales-Goodyear Rubbers, B oston K nit and W ool B oots.
Rhode Island Lum berm en's H eel and S trap, F. 90c net.  D itto no Heel  and Strap, F. 70c net.
H-  MAYEQii W,  GrrancL  FLaplds

..................................7 0
with so les....................7 5
6 0

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with soles.................6

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W holesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Fancu Goods  of all Description,

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Bronxe Ini  Librarj Lamps, Ctainlisrs, Brasknls,, Ik ,

73 and 75  Jefferson  Awe.,

D E i r p i o r r ,  

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

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

^ O M jA T E IM g

D I R E C T I O N S

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

Davsnporf  Canning Qq,

Davenport, la.

a t   t h i s

tradesman.

| Old  naan  Breckenrldge  seated  himself 
upon' our  office  chair,  leaded  his  pipe, 
W^Utdied bis legstoward the fixe and began 

'j£ iv /;: l : '> v£.

I I   “ Things  have  changed  a  terrible right 
sence I was in the  merchandise  business,” 
said he. 
‘*To be sure,  Jt  wasn’t in it long, 
but long enough to give me a* Idea of what 
it was and to convince  me  that  i t  Wasn’t 
my best  hold.  One  thing,  perhaps,  that 
turael ice against  it  was  that I  never was 
any  good  a t  doing  up  packages.  Them 
days  everything  was  loose,  and  it didn’t 
make a  mite of  difference  whether  it  was 
tea or tobacco that a man  wanted,  you had 
to tie it up in a bundle  for  him.  Now,  all 
that’s  ehan ge d—everything comes  already 
doneup Justthe  size  a  man  wants it and 
no trouble.  But  it  gives  these  fellows in 
‘the cities a big chance to gouge.  Of course, 
if you know, who  puts  up  your  goods and 
it’s a  responsible'  house,  you  can  usually 
get your money  back  if  the  goods are not 
what  they  are  &acked  up  to  be; but I 
think that the average man is better satisfi* 
ed with goods that1 he  has  a  chance to ex­
amine before purchasing  and  that  he sees 
'done  up  before his eyes than he is with an 
equally good  article  that  was  packed  in 
Chicago or the deuce knows where.. Now,  I 
don’t claim to be a .very particular man my­
self,  but  I  am  just  old  and  crotchetty 
enough to feel that very way. 

\

“My first experience' as  clerk'was in my 
uncle’s  store.
He  went  out into Western 
It 
New  York,  way  back  in  the Forties. 
was  long b efo re  there  was  anything  to 
speak of except here and there a farm  or  a 
little village starting, and most of  the busi­
ness was with  the  Indians. 
It  was  from 
them that uncle got his  start  He  was  as 
honest  as  any  man  who'ever lived.  He 
learned something of the  Indian  language, 
mid managed to. win the  perfect confidence 
of these red-skinned fellows.

“The fall that  I   was  twenty,  he  wrote - 
to  father  asking 
if  he  couldn’t  spare 
one  of  his  boys  to  come  and  help him 
one  season.  There-was  a  sawmill in pro­
cess  of  construction,  and  a lot of settlers 
were expected within  a  few  months,  who 
would begin making farms  and  getting out 
lumber, and uncle  thought  he  could  use a 
good strong boy to advantage.

“ Well, 

the  result o f  It  was that 1 was 
sen);. 
I had a  pretty  fair  education  then, 
as boys went, and unde found me useful in 
many  ways;  but  1  saw  very little of the 
store.  Sometimes,  I   would  be left  alone 
in it for several days while uncle  was away 
on business;  but  it  might  be weeks again

on the  store  door.  With  seine  fears'and 
misgivings I arose and, after providing my­
self with a pistol whieh I always kept near, 
I  opened the  door.  My  customer  was  an 
Indian, and  had  I  known  what  a savage 
‘looker’ he was I  should never have dared t o  
admit him.  My  first  care  was to keep an 
eye on him, but  I   soon  found that he was 
after something beside my scalp.
.  “ He began by speaking Indian;  but this, 
I explained,  was  useless  as  I  did not un­
derstand  the  language.  He  seemed  to 
comprehend  me  and  changed  his  tactics. 
He motioned that there was something  that 
he wanted, and, 
if  I   was  any judge of ac-

i  tions, he wanted it pretty badly.

“Well, I   trotted  out  everything  that  I 
could think of whieh  could  be  of any pos­
sible  use  to  him  and  a good many things 
which 1 knew could  not; but to every fresh
■  effort  he  responded  in  the  same  way—a 

grunt and a shake of the head.

“At last,  I  made  up  iny  mind that he 
either didn’t want anything, or, more likely, 
didn’t know  what  he  did  want, and so I 
tried to make  him  understand, by shaking 
-  my head and other morions,  that we hadn’t 
what he was after.  But  this  was  no go— 
'  he knew that we had it and, what was more, 

he was going to have it betöre he left

“He  then  tried  to  describe the article. 
After a great many  motions, I decided that 
this thing  must  be  round.  He  measured 
circles with his hands,  made  them into im­
aginary  cups  and  went  through  various 
other maneuvers which I now forget  Bo  I 
tried him with' plates,  cups,  rolling  pins, 
j  potato  mashers,  bottles  and  forty  other 
things of that kind,  when  the fellow made 
m e understand that  what  he was after was 
round  like  a  potato.  This  threw  some 
light upon the subject,  but  not enough. 
I 
began with bullets,  and  ended  with beads;
• ^ i j e e i B i d  as far from  the mark as ever.
■  About thin time I  noticed that he pointed to 
‘Oh, ho!’ thought I,  rit is then 
hisaaouth. 
something to eat.’  And  this  reminded me
¿^Ipyvbreakfast, for it  was  growing lato. | 
I  BriU, I, OOUld vDOt  told  what  this  Indian 
;'4ftofiM^{had, at onetime, serious thoughts 
muzzle ef the pte- 
to£  hut I  
—I  thought'of something
to H  to tuiuin*nd find 
Itforhim srffV heknew   so  much mim»;

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

‘Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros, 

Soaps and Niagara Starch.

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

W. & T. PUBE JUTE MANILLA.

GOOD  ENOUGH.
PEEK-A-BOO,
CONGRESS.

A2EE  HANDLES, 

BASKETS, 

CLOTHES  BARS, 

BRUSHES, 

LINES  AND  PINS, 

MQPS,

/   TUBS  AND  PAILS, 

BOWLS,

Everything in the Woodenware Line,

Manufacturers of the following well-known Brands

QUEEN  ANNE, 
MICHIGAN,

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

ROYAL  BAR,

TRUE  BLUE, 

CZAR,

MONDAY,

PHCENIX, 

WABASH,

AND  OTHERS.

For Quotations address

SUPERIOR, 

’ 
MASCOTTE
CAMEO, 

#

Salesman  for  W estern  Michigan.

Tea Caddie  1 

“ 

“

500 Gross, 
75 Doz. 
140  “ 
240
1200 
90  « 
275  «

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t h e   LAST  TWO  ASSORTED  COLORS.

The ARCTIC  BAKING  POWDER has now stood  the  test

for ten  years w ith a steady increasing demand.

MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY  THE

M ic h .
The Standard of Excellence

jUt~ rtMtUWCTUBlp By
¡ypNSgFöRB^'
W  O swego, N.Y.

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

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

W I L L   P L E A S E   Y O U   E V E R Y   T I M E   ?

ALW AYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

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

'

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

Weber Pianos,, 

Fischer Pianos,

Smith Pianos, 

Estey Organs, 

A  B. Chase Omans, 

HiUstrom Organs,

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

3§| nnd 32 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mfrh

^ ^ ^ e  tahd  the  unfledged  drummer, the 
old man remarked:  ~  ’ 
’ “ ‘“ "*rST  ;  ''-i 
‘.Ttt  bei  a  nickle  that  Slimme^s . wife 
sides w lthjhe' fellers  that  cfaim  he’s run- 
nin’ a privit s’loon of ’is own.* 

,

“Why,  how  can  you 

think  so,  ¡Mr. 

dimes?”  1  

.

“  'Cause  Miss  Slimmer  ain’t facin’ any 
too  friendly  towards  ’im  jist  now.  Ton 
see she’s been tryin’  fur a  long* time  to git 
Slimmer  to  buy ’er a  watch  an’ chain, an’ 
he’s bin  pleadis’  hard  times an’ slow trade 
and  puttin” er  off.  Well, one day early in 
December, while  Slimmer  was  put  on  an 
urrand,  ’is  wife  got  to  rummaging  in  ’is 
desk  an’  run  acrosst  a  mighty fine-lady’s 
watch an’ fixturs, an’ die sez to herself that 
Slimmer had  stored  it  away  fur  hqr  fur a 
holiday  present.  Cris’nias  an’  New  Year 
went by, but no  watch  put  in  an  appear­
ance, an’ then she  told’erself  that Slimmer 
was keepin’ it  fur ’er birthday in  Feb’uary: 
but after that time  kim  roun’ she saw that 
identical property in  the possession of a fe­
male whose  reputation  ain’t  eny too  good 
among the wimmin of the community.

'■ • 
Siimmeraes,
with all their  perfessions,” resumed Jones, 
after  ruminating  a  few  moments?! **You 
recollect 'when  Slimmer was so sick a  year 
or,two ago?  Yes!  Well, after th e  doctor 
giv ’im up, he called MisS S. in an sez:
*  'Now, Mary Ann,  if  you want me  to die 
compar’tively  happy,  you’ll  promts’  not to 
marry that miser’ble Joe Jackson!’

'No,  I won’t,  Slimmer!’ sez she,  ‘Depend 
on it, I  won’t!  I’ve  been  engaged  to  an 
other man more’n two months.’”

I sometimes  think  that Jones’ antipathy 
toward  his  brother dealer makes him exag 
gerate occasionally.”

FROST'S PATENT/p
BOX FASTENERX y /
. E, RI CHMOND.   P^' Ac
r  OTÖS. iU  «NM OF
PACKING & SHELF 

BOXES-

-Crates, etp*

Shipping Cases, Egg 
4 and 6 ERIE ST*

m. 
’ G rand.  R a p id s,  Mieli#

PERKINS  &  HESS
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  122 and  124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN,

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF CARS TALLOW FOR MILL  USE.

REEDER, PALMER  & GO.,

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

8TSTE. RGENT8  FOR  LYBOJJIJiG  RUBBER  GO,,

24b  P ea r l  St.,  G rand  R a p id s, M ioh,, T^ S 8ONE

•  „ 

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS  OF

Mois Ja m ,l i   Ms,  Fratti  Mis,  Etc,

19 South Ionia Street, 

No  GooUs Sold at R etail.

.Telephone 679,

GBAND  RAPIDS.

- 
PISHINß  TflÇKLE!

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 & CO.,

19and  21  Pearl Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

SAFES

W e m an u factu re  a  lin e o f F ire  P roof 
S a fes th a t  com bine a ll th e   m odern im 
p ro v em en ts and  m e et w ith   rea d y  sa le  
a m on g  b u sin ess  m en  and  d ea lers  ol 
all  kind.
A ny  b u sin ess  h o u se  c a n   htm dle  our 
S a fes  in   co n n ectio n   w ith   a n y   other 
lin e  o f  g o o d s  w ith o n t  a d d ition al  e x  
pensp  or  in terferen ce  w ith   a n y   other 
b u sin ess.
Weight.

Inside Measure. Outside Measure.
28x14x13 ini  #30 
No. 2,250 lbs.  12x8x8% in. 
28x18x18 In. 
35 
No. 8, 500 lbs.  15x10x10 in. 
32x22x21% In.  45
No. 4,700 lbs.  18x14x12 in.
fàB" L iberal D isco u n ts to  Trade.
ALPINE  SAFE  GO.. Cincinnati,!]

____ _ 

Retail ta e rs who wish to serve

their  Customers
with GOOD  COFFEE would do well 
to avoid Brands that require the sup­
port of Gift Schèmes, Prize Promises 
or Lottery Inducements.

-SELL-

DILWORTH'S COFFEE.

. W hich Holds Tracie  oh  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

iTnequaled  Quality. 

Improved  Roasting  Process. 

Patent  Preservative  Packages.

81LY0RYH  BROTHERS.  Proprietors,

Saginaw,  East Saginaw and Bay City.

For  Sale 'by  all  Jobbers  at  Grancf Rapids,  Detroit, 
PITT8BUR8H,  Penn.

L E IS U R E   H O U R  JO T T IN G S .

BTA  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.  )<Ç 

WrittenEspecially fo r TH»TWB w é a .  

Î

An Intimate acquaintance  of  many years 
with the experienced “drummer” had served 
to increase, inther than diminish, my admir- 
¿ation for his versatility, adaptability to  cir- 
eumstances, and almost  marvelous  faculty 
' for readme character.  lit Is almost “as good 
Us a circus” to accompany one  of  the old- 
timers, of the road for. a day or two and wit­
ness the ingenuity he  displays in  retaining 
'regular  customers and securing  new ones. 
To the individual  who  is clearly “wrapped 
in  the  mantle  of  his  own  conceit” he  is 
defferential,  admiring  and  almost  obsequi­
ous.  R e   readily  adapts  his  bearing  and 
language to that of the rude, vulgar, unedu­
cated and as readily becomes polished,  cour­
teous  and  gentlemanly  when  he  has busi­
ness to transact with a gentleman.  He has 
-“loud” stories  for  the  man who  he knows 
will appreciate them and  can, if necessary, 
discount  the  habitually  profane  party  in 
profanity; and  he can, just  as readily, con­
vince  the “straight-laced” trader that, next 
to the duty he owes his  employers, nothing 
occupies  his  mind  as  much  as  moral and 
theological  subjects and  that  the  redemp­
tion and regeneration of the race is a matter 
that has  occasioned  him  numberless  sleep­
less nights.  He is  equally  at  home  in  a 
prayer meeting or a poker club; he can talk 
Morse  with  the  “horsey;” is  an  expert  in 
agricultural  affairs,  authority on  all  sport­
ing events, and his political ideas are unan­
imously and cordially  endorsed  by all mer­
cantile politicians.

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The old,  seasoned drummer rarely “slops 
over”  on  any  occasion.  His  campaign  is 
usually  planned  and  every  care  taken  to 
Avert disaster, as  soon  as  his line of march 
Is arranged; hut the novice of the grip sack, 
from inexperience  and  heedlessness, some­
times blunders  into  awkward and unpleas­
ant situations.

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Sometime  since,  a  large  Eastern  dry 
goods house for some  reason  saw proper to 
'  withdraw  their  regular  traveler  on  this 
route and substitute in his place  a “fresh,” 
callow  and  inexperiencéd  youth  from  the 
w  } salesroom.  Mr.  Slimmer  had  been  a very 
profitable customer  of  the  house,  and Mr. 
Slimmer’s store  was  the  objective point of 
the  new  drummer  in  this  locality.  The 
night before  reaching  here, the  young  fel­
low, ran  across  the  agent  for a  wholesale 
liqnor  house, became  acquainted with him, ! 
exchanged  cards,  sampled  his  samples, 
passed  two-thirds  of  the  night  with  him 
MP' and some boon companions over the “ paste­
boards” and  got  up the  next  morning in a 
very dilapidated and  unbusinesslike condi­
tion.

I 

It will  be  remembered  by anybody who 
has happened to read these  papers that Mr. 
Slimmer  is  an  ex-minister, a pillar of the 
church and an advocate of  prohibition prin- 
^   ciples,  and  when  the  ambassador from  the 
W /  East  presented  himself, exhaling  the  fra- 
grance of mingled whisky and  tobacco, Mr. 
Slimmer  viewed  him  with  considerable 
doubt  and  disfavor,  the more especially so, 
perhaps,  because a couple  of  brother  “-pil- 

-  lars” were present.

“Mr.  Slimmer,  I  presume!”  said  the 
agent,  with a patronizing nod to  one of Mr. 

r  ^ S . ’s companions,  handing him a card.

*  The brother  glanced  at  the  card, which 
read plainly and  unmistakably,  “Dealers in 
Whiskies, Rums, Brandies, etc.,” and, hand- 
ing it back and jerking his thumb in the di­
rection of  the  proprietor, refused to accord 
its bearer anÿ*further notice.

tory transactions with you. 

“I  represent,  as  you  will  observe,” said 
f,  • 
the young man, handing Slimmer the liquor 
a d  man’s pasteboard, with  an  engaging smile,
- W/**a house  that has  had  heavy and  satisfac-
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“Hoid  on!” interrupted  the  ex-preacher, 
i.  with  a  somewhat  iuftamed  countenance.
“What do  you  mean,  sir?  I never bought 
an article of your firm!  I don’t know them 
or you,  sir, but I am  safe  in  asserting that 

I—”

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1  you are a dirty, disreputable lot, and—”
-üs. 
“Uh,  come  now, Mr.  Slimmer,”  gasped 
M pthe  astonished  representative,  “how  can 
m /  you  say  yon  ddn’t  know  ns  when  we’ve 
it  been  selling  you  for  years. 
If anything’s 
M  wrong, of course, we’ll right it, but I  really 
¡1 U can’t understand your language. ”
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“ If you  say  I  ever bought  anything  at 
your  den  of  thieves,  you  lie,  sir!  And,
!*> now,  get  out  of  my  store  immediately!” 
^said  Slimmer excitedly.
‘V  Probably if the youthful dry goods drum­
mer  bad  not  looked  upon  the  wine—or 
something  stronger—when  it  was  exces­
sively red, the  preceding  night, the  unfor­
tunate  misunderstanding  might have  been

K amicably adjusted;  but  as Slimmer became 

more angry and abusive  bis  wrath also be- 
'  came-kindled,  and  the  result  was a rough 
and tumble fight between the two.  A t Brat 
1  the gods of  war  appeared  to side  with the 
Eastern man,  but the battle  was finally de- 
,  aided  h r  M.  S.’s  brother  “pillars,”  who, 
la tte r  many  violent efforts, eventually  suc­
ceeded in rescuing their teonferree from perl 
and ?‘firing” the belligerent visitor from the

I  regret  to  say that a  small  minority in 
Mr.  Slimmeps  eoetèly td'O omlnously hint- 
that a sudden Taid  into. that  dealer’s

but, happU y.the  majority  axe  in­
to regard  thetransaction as a device 
Ianediy. 
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BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO,

THOMPSON  &  MACLAY,

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W rite for Prices'. 

W M . ßEA R S & GO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.  .

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

CEO.  E.  HOW ES,  If

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Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

•  3 Ionia St.,  GILA3TD  RAFEDS,  m iO »

“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.”
Hawkins & Perry
GRAND RAPIDS, MICK

W holesale A gents,

FOR SALE  BY

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C.  C.  BUNTING.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

C.  L .  DAVIS.

Commission  Merchants.

Specialties!  Apples and Potatoes in Oar Lots.

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

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Fruits, Seeds,  Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

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

toes, w ill be pleased, to hear f r o m  you.

26  28,30  &  32  Ottava
CURTISS,DUNTOf( i ANDREWS

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a?ieoState of.Mi?higan and elsewhere who are  not  already handling  Lion  are urged to  give  it  a  trial.  W e cheerfully 
answer ail com m u tation s  regarding prices, etc.  Convenient  shipping  dlpots  established  at  all  prominent  cities  seciS n J  
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L.  WINTERNITZ,  Resident Agent,
MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

YOU WANT

MANUFACTURERS  OF THE JUSTLY  CELEBRATED

“ 3SÆ.  C .  C .,
W M   Y U M ,

The Most Popular 10c  cigar, and

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar ,in  the  Market. 

Send fo r trial order.

BIG-  RAPIDS,

I k Æ l O H .

RIDGE. BERTSCm CO.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

HEYMAN & CO,

FUSING SUfl 

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ESTABLISHED  1886.

Bärnett
159  80. Vater Street, Chicago.

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  Tr a d esm a n.  Write  us  if  you wish 
information,  whether  to  buy  or  sell. 
It 
will cost you nothing.

BARNETT  BROS.

INCREASE YOUR TRADE

BY  SELLINO,

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

Cigar calledSILVER SPOTS

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

It will be sold on its merits.  Sample or­

ders filled on 60  days approval

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

E*llnt, Midi.

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

PROPRIETOR  OF

JOBBER OF

And Packer of

SOLID  BRAND  OYSTERS.
Facilities for canning and jobbing oysters 
are unsurpassed.  Mail orders filled  promptly 
at lowest  market  price.  Correspondence  so­
licited.  A  liberal  discount  to  the  jobbing

217, 219 Livingston St.,

G-rand.  Rapids.

F.J.DETTENTHÄLER

WHOLESALE

Late Fisb

AND  OYSTERS.

Packing  and W arehouse,

37 North Division Street- 

Office, 117 Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

J.  H-  THOMPSON  X  GO.,
Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Importers and jobbers of line  Teas, Coffees, 
Spices,  Etc..  Baking  Powder  Mfrs.,  Coffee 
Roasters, Spice Grinders.

BEE SPICE MILLS,

FID. I YALE & CO.
Baimi Powders, Extracts, Blninis,

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS OF

AND JOBBERS  OF

40 and  42  South  Division St.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  -  MICH.

SEND  FOR PRICE  LIST.

A lfr ed  J.  B r o w n,  ^

FOREIGN,

TROPICAL

CALIFORNIA

F R U I T S .

Emanas.  Hr Specialty.

16 and 18 No. Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

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.Question., q |

Tito constantly  recurring  question, I |i|H  
they worthy «{credit? is one m .which.-all 
thweeagaged Ut^biwitfess,  from  the  im- 
porter to tb e retailed, àremore or less Inter* 
«rtéd.  .What proportion of those  who give 
' S m  do so upon a ju§t business basis, and 
according tosome plan which  has  become 
.established as a rule  because  it  has  been 
p o n d  to. work satisfactorily, iuwoulddoubt- 
less be difficult to ascertain.  That there are 
■àahÿ whO' Oake contracts, sell  goods , and 
dp business on time, in a hap-hazard,  loose 
manner,  is exemplified  quite  frequently by 
ÂHureë in business—-sometimes  of ¿disas­
trous character—the result,  in'a  number of 
cpfim. fit a want of judgment  and  prudent 
«yfxsight in regard to whom .the goods were 
■hipped, and as to the character, as  well as 
supposed financial standing of  the  parties 
joining in the contract.  A failure is report­
ed, the reason concisely stated—slow collec­
tions—‘Jand thereby hangs a  tale.”  Let us 
tik e  these two bare bones—slow  collections 
•—-and,, while avoiding on the one  side  the 
Scylla of making “a mountain out of a mole  {[( 
Mil,” let us also keep clear of  the  Charylp 
Ate on the other of  wilfully  overlooking  a 
■natter of most serious  import.
First, then, those  merchants,  dealers and 
manufacturers who have a  system -of some 
in  deciding  whom  to  credit.  The 
hind 
larger ones keep a credit man  whoso  busi­
ness it is to know Its to the responsibility of 
.  the debtors of the house,  He has eharge of 
tois matter and the firm look to  him  to at­
tend to bis branch of the business.  Others 
depend largely on the reports of their sales­
men attd travelers, while all  subscribe,  or 
jfluMiid  do  so, 
to  one  of  the  mercantile 
agencies.  And right here  is where another 
difficulty presents itself—the deciding a* to 
the amount of credence to be placed on these 
agency  reports.  Credit ratings have usual-1 
Jy been based pore largely upbn the amount 
of capital invested than other  qualifications 
which it would seem should have just  con­
sideration when deciding as to the  line  of 
«ledit  to  which  the  firm  was  entitled. 
Hence mistakes are made in  the  granting 
of an  amount  of  credit  to  capital  only, 
which may not be backed by  other  impor­
tant business qualifications,  while  on  the 
other hand, those Who may have but  a lim­
ited amount of capital, barely  sufficient for 
their needs, are yet shrewd, careful,  indus­
trious, enterprising business  men,  likely to 
do well, whose  account  is  regarded  with 
distrust and watched with jealous care.  As 
hardly any one can undertake to  decide the 
«■act degree of «redit to be given—therefore 
a  reliable report, from  a  responsible  com­
mercial agency, becomes of value;  by  pre­
renting  an  undue  extension  of crédite to 
any, and by keeping within a  proper  limit 
the «redit granted to irresponsible, incapable 
«rdishonest dealers.  The timely  warnings 
of weakness or  impending  embarrassment; 
o f  judgments,  assignments  or  business 
changes in a firm which these agencies sup­
ply to their subscribers are in  many  cases 
found to be the means  of securing  a  debt 
and avoiding a loss.  „
The history of those who are  in haste to 
get nth, or who indulge in a foolish rivalry 
with their competitors, andin  their  efforts 
to make large sales and do a “big business” 
sell without a justfdiscrimination, 
is  soon 
told-  Pressure comes from  one Or more of 
the many causes incident to  business—they 
have to depend upon  their  collections—the 
class of customers they have been selling to 
will not, or cannot respond,  hence  failure, 
with all its attendant miseries—and, instead 
• f  looking for the cause and  blaming  that, 
they report “slow collections.”
/  The quaint saying  of  the  cautious  old 
fimner contains much  wisdom:  “ A  little 
tore-sight is worth a deal  of  “hind-sight.”

The D a i r y S e e k i n g  Protection.

At the annual  meeting  of. the  Michigan 
Dairymen’s Association, held at Adrian last 
.week,  the  following  method was  adopted 
with a  view to eartailing the losses incident 
to  thè  dairy  business in dealing with unre­
liable. houses:
W h e r e a s —W e  believe  that one motive 
«ailing for  associated  effort  on the part of 
Michigan dairymen is protection;  therefore 
Resolved,  That notice  of  any  dishonest 
dealing ou the part of any commission house 
eg dealer with  any member of this Associa­
timi shall be promptly  reported  totheSee- 
-,  notary of this  organization  and  by him re­
sented in a book kept for that purpose, and 
when three or. more  complaints  have been 
so recorded against any one house or dealer, 
i t  «hail be the duty of the Secretary  to mail 
to every member  of  this  Association,  who 
is not delinquent In lees or dues in a sealed 
envelope, notice of  such  transactions, with 
toe names and addresses of informants.
Rieeolmd,  further,  Than  any  member 
‘ ahaii be entitled to  such  information when 
«  less number  of  complaints  are  recorded 
■gainst any house  or  dealer  by requesting 
such notice from  the  Secretary and enclos- 

'  mg a fee of 12 cents. 

.

As  many  men  are  never  so  honest as 
when they  know  they  are being watched, i 
ft is possible that the above plan  will work 
,  to the manifest advantage o f the dairymen, 
both in the losses  it  will  save them and in 
toe moral influence  - it  will  have  over the 
commission men.  ^

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s - T h e   Grocery Market,

. 

Sugars are steady and  in  fair  demand. 
Coffees are marked by a  downward  move- 
ment, package goods having  sustained an­
other decline of 
on Friday.  Beaus con- 
tinne to stiffen,  choiee  hand-picked  medi­
ar»',..; vims readily  commanding  82.75  and  good 
ftw nan stock 82.60  per  bushel.  Trade is 
good and .collections fair.

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Messina oranges are in  good  supply aud 
g u ilty  and prices range from $2.75.to  83.- 
50.  Valencias are selling at  85'  to  85.50, 
toe latter for repacked  fru it  Fioridasare 

‘  about all used up and but few are  in  n 

k e t  Lemons  are  ranging  from  83 to 8* 
and  both  quality  and  supply»  are  good 
Dates are cheap and prices range from 

iV - V |   «  to 5%c, the latter  for  the  best  brands.
cheap and without material change.

•. $ÉÌ /Îr*1® Anchor ^tanA  

The celebrated ‘ ‘Anchor^ brand of oysters 
«ontinues in great demand,  in  consequence 
;  "  ^ w h ito F . J. Dettenthaler has .been  com- 
. ,'t 
iptil^dw! uùrlydouble his shipments  from 
_ ■' Dealers  should  be feardful  to 
" “Anchor” ibrand  in:  ordering,

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We wish to call theattentiou of oqrread­
ers to' the security offered them ait  a  ftotni- 
nal host, where nothing  can  disturb  their 
papers, plate,  jewelry.  ,monies  Or  bonds, 
fifie insurance policies,  deeds,  tax  receipts, 
U. S. discharge papers, etc.  All  may  be­
come of the  greatest  value  to  those  who 
chine after you and your duty to them is not- 
fulfilled ub til you have placed your  matters 
of .vital importance to them  where  neither 
fire,or burglars can molest  them. 
In  case 
of your death no one can disturb them until , 
the Probate Court so  orders.  Steel  boxes 
in pur mammoth steel vaults;  $5  per  year 
and upward.  Can you afford  to be without 
this security?  Look  at  th e  personnel  of 
our company, as to mdral_security,  and call 
and see the. works for yourself, basementof 
Widdicomb building.
BEGIN ÜÜ 1ŒOÎTTH

Right by usina the

A  New Account Book
For grocers aM  General Dote.

This book has  Printed  Headings  planned 
to receive  a  daily  statement  of,  Sales,  Pur­
chases, Cash Received,  Gash  Expended, Bank 
Account, Bills Receivable, 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 
Laws and  much  other  valuable  Information 
for  business  men:  Over 33,000. copies  of the 
Register now in use.  Address,  for  free  sam­
ple sheets, prices, etc.,

H. W. PJMPHILON, Publisher,

30 Bond Street. 

- 

NEW   YORK.

THIS  SPACE

Belongs  to

JERSEY  G1TY,

N.  J.

AN  EXTRAORDINARY  DFFER

TO  ALL WANTING EMPLOYMENT.

We w ant -live, energetic  agents, in  every  county in 
the United States and Canada to sella patent article of 
great m erit ok its mbbits.  An article  having  a  large 
sale paying over 100  per  cent, profit, having  no 'com­
petition, and on which the  agent1'is  protected  in . the 
exclusive  sale  by  a   deed  given  for  each  and  every 
county he may secure from us.  W ith aU  these advan­
tages to our agents,  and the fact th a t it  is  an  article 
th a t can^ be sold  to every honSeowner, i t  m ight hot be 
necessary-to  make  “an  extraordinary  offer” * to 
secure good agents a t  once, but we have  concluded to 
make It to show, not only our confidence in the merits 
of our invention, but in  its' salability by any agent th a t 
win handle it with energy. -  Our  agents  now  a t  work 
are  making from fl&O  to 9300  a  month clear, and  this 
fact  makes  it safe for ns to make.our offer to all who 
are out of  employment.  Any agent th a t will give our 
business a  thirty days’ trial and  fail to  clear at-least 
9100 in this iime, above  all 'expenses, can  return- all 
goods  unsold to us and w6 will rbtpnd the money paid 
for them,  No such  em ploverof agents  ever dared to 
make  such offer, nor, would  we  if  we  did  not  know 
th at we  have agents now  making more  than  double 
this amount.  Ourdarge  descriptive  circulars explain 
our offer fully, and these we wish to send to  everyone 
out of  employment  who  will  send  us  three one cent 
Btamps  for  postage.  Send  a t  once  and  secure  the 
agency in time for the  boom, and go  tc  work  on  the 
termed in our extraordinary offer.

Address a t onee,  .  National Novelty Co., 
fill Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

PROPRIETOR OP iH E

D.  D.  COOK,
Valley City Show Case Facter^
SHOW OASES

MANUFACTURER OF

| -----AND-----

Prescription  Cases,

My Prices are Lower than any of My Compet­

itors.  Send for Catalogues.

38 W est Bridge St., Grand Rapids.

TELEPHONE 371.

NEW   YORK

FOOD PRODUCTS

"siBonght and Sold 

Wi 11 lin!
Michigan
S tÿ g a P ^ lN iP tfjf e  ' t ì f a n ^ B ^ l à É i  É Ê é ê M

RAKING POWDER.
lOAeanq.--
16 oz.  “

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Acm e,% Tt> cans,3 doz.... 

U n ib . 
ilb.  “ 
,lb.  “ 
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IB>  “ 
B u lk .. . . . . . ...t ... 

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112 OZ.“ .,.
. . .
..:i 
...1 
...17 76 
...22 80,
75
3  “ i .. .l 5 0
1  ,r  ....  3 00
gO
Princess,  J4s— — j i* »   * ®
. 3 00
H S .
l s ... .. .. .: . .. .: .3  75
b u lk ............. 
28
dime size.......... 
85
Arctic, % B> cans. 6 doz....  45
4  “  »••• 
75
2  “  .... 1 40
2  “  ...... 2 40
1  “  ....12 00
Victorian. 1 fi> (tall,) 2 doz. 2 00 
Diamond,  “bulk.” . . . . — „  15
Absolute,  14  9>  cans, 100 
cans in case.. .. .. .. .. ..  .11 75
Absolute,  34  1b  cans,  50 
cabs in  case .... .. .. ..  1. .10 00
Absolute, 1 ft cans, 50 cans
incase.  .........................1875
Teller’s a  ft, cans, 6 doz in
case............. 
 
2 70
Telfer’s % ft cans: 3 doz in
  2 55
case"” " ...................  
Telfer’rt. ft cans,  1 doz in 
ca se ............................   1 
50

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14 
*   “ 
1 
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ft 
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BLUING

 

 

3 75

Dry, No. 2 ................. doz.  26
DlT( Ho, 3»................doz.  45
Liquid, 4  oz.......... ... doz.  35
Liquid,  8 oz...............doz.  65_
Arctic, 4 oz........ gross  3 50
Arctic, 8 oz.. . . .. .. .. .. .. ;   7 20
Arctic 16 oz.....................    12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box.  2 00
“ 
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Arctic No. 2 
3 00
Arctic No. 3  “ 
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4 00
BROOMS.
N o.2 Hurl......... ..2 00
No. 1 Hurl..............  
 
  2 25
N o.2 Carpet...............  — 2 50
No. 1 Carpet.............................. g 75
Parlor Gem......................  .3 00
Common Whisk........................1 00
Fancy  W hisk........................... 1 25
M ill...;................ 
Warehouse................................3 00
Runkle Bros’-  Vieh. Sweet  22
Premium..  33
Hom-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

CHOCOLATE.
“ 
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COOOANUT
Schepps, is .......'................-.27
Is and M|s........ .28
.  ................ 27tS
(¿a 
Is in tin pails... .27%
“  
,  %B 
28%
Maltby’s, Is..........................-Whi
Is  and% s........24
%S.......... ........... -24%
Manhattan, pails.............. .20
Peerless •• •• •• •• * • • • ••
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18
Mocha..............................27@29
Mandallng... i........... ...25@55
O G Java..
............. ; .20@2a
Java............k . .. ........... .23@24
Maricabo............... .21@22
Costi Rica__ ........ ...21@22
Mexican. . . .........      ..21@22
Santos.......... .................2I@22
Rio,  fancy..................... 21022
Rio,  prim e....................19©20
Rio, common........18019
To ascertain cost Of roasted 
coffee, add %c per ft. for roast­
ing- and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age. COFFEES—PACKAGE.
r  30 lbs 60 lbs 100 ft s 
L io n ...........
Lion, in cab... 
22%
Dilworth’s .... 
21%
Magnolia........ 
,  -  ,  21%
Honey Bee.. .23%  23%  ;  23
Acme..............21%  21% 
21%
Germ an........  
21%
German, bins. 
.22%
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
21%
Avorica 
19%
McLaughlin’s XXXX 
21%
COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
Arbuckle’s Avorica........ .20
QuakerCy... —  ..21
Best Rio..................22
Prime Maricabo.. .23% 
Thompson & Co.’s Hon. B.. 23% 

COFFEE—GREEN.

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CRACKERS.

Acme... .22
CORDAGE.
60 foot Jute.................. .  • .110
72 foot J u te .............. 
1 40
4oFootCotton.....................1  50
60foot Cotton.................. ....1 60
60 foot Cotton...............1 
75
72 foot Cotton........................2 00
Kenosha Butter..............7
Seymour  Butter...... ......«6%
-5%
Butter................ 
Family Butter....................J>%
Fancy B utter................. .....5
Butter Biscuits...................6%
B oston..............  
...7%
City Soda................................8
-6%
Soda............... 
Soda Fancy............. .............•»
S.  OyBter..... .......... 
..A%
P icnic..................................... 5%
Fancy  Oyster...................... 5
Clams, 1ft, Little  Neck— 135
Clam Chowder, 3 ft.................. 2 15
Gove Oysters, 1 ft stand.. .1 00 
Cove Oysters, 2 ft stand.. .170
Lobsters, 1ft picnic.  .........1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic.........  .2 65
Lobsters,lft s t a x ........,.l 90
Lobsters.2 ft star..........2  90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce4 00 
M ackerel,lft stand.... .; ..l 45
Mackerel, 2 ft stand.......  . .3 00
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard. .4 00
Mackerel. 3 ft soused........
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia..... .2 10 
3 50
Salmon, 2 ft 
Salmon. 1 ft Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 2ft 
...275
Sardines, domestic %s.  . 
Sardines,  domestic %s.. .10@)1 
Sardines,  Mustard %a...  9@10 
Sardines,  imported  %s..!2@13 
Sardines,  spiced, %s....:10@12 
Trout.31b  brook...------

CANNED FISH.

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310  Star 

'  DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
-M.  20 
C i t r o n . . . . mS.
,...;.';.v.,.>7
Currants.  .  . 
Lemon 
hV- '^¡4 •.;
.«..^ ...14
Orange Psel. 
Prunes, French, 60s........ .14%
“  French,80s..........v.12%
French, 9 0 s........ 11
"  Turkey,old........  4%
“  Turkey; new.........  o
Raisins, Debesia..: — ... .,3 60 
Raisins, London Layers 
Raisins, California  “ 
....240 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.. 2 10 
RaisinB, Loose California.. 1 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s. 8%@ 8%
Raisins. Sultanas.__ _  -....8%
Raisins,  Vatenmas.............   7
Raisins,Imperials..........3   75
Cbd,  w h o le......  . . . . . .4%@5
Cod, boneless.__   ____6%@7%
Halibut.. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
12%
Herring, round. % bbl. 
3 00 
150 
Herring, round,  % bbl. 
Herring, Hqlland, bbls,  10 00 
75@8Q
Herring, Holland, kegs 
Herring, Scaled. J,
@22
Maek, sh’r, No. 1, %bbl— 8 75 
“ 
“  12 ft kit..l 35
..110
“ , 10 -  “ 
« 
No. 2, % bbls.... ...7 50
Trout,  % bbls....................5 75
10 lb k its......“........   85
White, No. L % bbls........7  00
White, No. 1,12 ft k its...: .1 -20 
White,  No. 1,10 ft k its.... .1 05
White, Family,  % b b l s . . .3 75
68
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla.
160
D.C.,2oz. ....^  doz 1 00 
4 oz................1 50 
2 65
4 25
6 o z ............2  50 
5 00
8 oz..................3 50 
1 75
No. 2 Taper..1 25 
No. 4  “ 
..1 75 
3 00
% pint, r’nd. .4 60 
9 00
.  9 00  18 00
1 
« 
1 85
No.  3 panel... 1 10 
No. 8  “ 
...2 75 
5 00
No. 10  “ 
...4 25 
7 00
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............   04
Hominy,$   bbl...................4 0)
Macaroni, dom 12 lb.  box. .  65 
iujported...lo  @11
Pearl Barley............. * 3%@  4
Peas,  Green.-.............  @1  40
Peas, Split..................   @ 3%
Sago, German..........  @ 6%
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  @ 6
Wheat,  cracked__ __  @ 6%
Vermicelli, import...10  @11%

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

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domestic..
MATCHES.

G. H. No. 8,  square............  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro... 110
G. H. No. 200,  parlor.......... 1 65
G. H. No. 300, parlor.........2 15
G. H. No.  7, round........ ,1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2.........  
  75
Oshkosh, No.  8...................1 50
Swedish..................—   75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq........1 00
ichardson’sNo. 7%, rnd..l 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd..l  50
Woodbine. 300.................1  15

glchardson’s No. 9  sq---- »1 50

 

MOLASSES.

Black  Strap...................... 17@18
Cuba Baking.....................22@25
Porto Rico....................... .24@35
New  Orleans, good.........33@40
New Orleans, choice....... 44@50
New  Orleans, fancy....... 50@52

 

 

 

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TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT.

.  TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

8%
Sugar Creams. 
.,7% 
Frosted Creams__ T 
9
8% 
Graham Crackers.;.*.' I 
8%
Oatmeal  Crackers.../. 
TOBACCOS—PLUG.
Spear Head..............  
  44
 
Flank Road.............   ■.......... 42
Eclipse.......... ..............    
36
Holy Moses........... ..................33
Blue Blazes....................  
  32
:..42@45
Clipper......... .. .. .. .. ..  . 4 ..39
Scalping K nife.... i. . . . . \ .39
Sam Bass.......................  
  39
Climax....................  
43@45
 
Merry  War...  ........... ........3 5
Jolly  Tar.. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .37
Live & Let Live. . .........  
.37
43
Nim rod....................  
Whopper.. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .30
Jupiter........................  
^0
Ola H onesty.................. 
..43
P.  L......... ................  
»....38
Corner Stone........................   .J39
 
Clipper.............. 
,35@37
2 and 2 ...............: .. .. . ..25@32
Sweet  Pippin........................50
Five and seven.......................50
Hiawatha..__ , .................. ...70
Sweet  Cuba........ ...................45
Petoskey Chief........................68
Sweet Russet................ 
45
Thistle........ ............................42
Florida.............................      .65
Rob  Roy........................  
27
Peerless__ ... J............... 28
Uncle Sam.........................*.. .30
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@60@75
Congo.................................25@30
VINEGAR.30 gr.  50 gr.
11
U
12

White W ine........ 
9 
9 
Cidbr.................... 
Apple...................    10 
Bath Brick imported_____ 90
do American.________75
Burners,  No.  0............... 
 
65
do  No. 1............*.......75
do  No.2.................. 
  95
Chimnays,  No. 0......................38
“ 
“  1......................40
“  2 ..............5 2
“ 
Cocoa Shells, bulk..,.......... 4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle__7 1
Cream  Tartar.....................25
Candles. Star..........................9%
Candles. Hotel.................  ..10%
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, V.  C.........80
F elix ........115
Fire Crackers, per box__1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lum ps...25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps.. .35
Gum, Spruce......................30
Jelly,in30ft pails..  .  o  @ 5%
Powder,  Keg..................... 5 60
Powder, %  Keg.................2 87
auer-kraut, 30 gals.......... 9 00
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS. 
Putnam  &  BrooKS quote as 
follow s:

eage..............  ......................15

.  MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

STICK*
do 
do 
MIXED.

OIL.

PICKLES.

OATMEAL

OATS—ROLLED.

% bbls. 3c extra

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft boxes.......  8%
Twist, 
__ ...  9
Cut Loaf 
........ 10
Michigan Test...................... 10%
Royal, 25 ft  pails.......8%@ 9
Water  White........................11%
Royal, 200 ft bbls..  ............8%
Extra, 25 ft  pails................ 10
Extra, 200 ft bbls.................  9
Barrels.......................................8 25
French Cream, 25 ft pails. .11%
Half barrels..................... 
  3 25
Cut loaf, 25 ft  eases............ 10
Cases........................................... 3 «»
Broken, 25  ft  pails..............10
Broken. 2001b  bbls................9
Barrels............... ^.. ..,..,..8  25
Half barrels.......................3 25
Lemon  Drops......................... 13
Cases..................................... 2 35
Sour Drops........................... ..14
Peppermint  Drops...............14
6 00
Medium.......................... 
Chocolate Drops.....................14
% bbl........................... 3 aO
H M Chocolate  Drops..........18
Small,  bbl..................................7 00
Gum  Drops  ............................10
% b b l.,...................... .4 00
Licorice Drops........................18
A B   Licorice  Drops..............12
Lozenges, plain................... 1
Lozenges,  printed.................15
Imperials .................................14
Mottoes ............... 
 
15
Cream  Bar...................  
13
Molasses Bar........................... 13
Caramels.................................. 18
Hand Made Creams................18
Plain  Creams..........................16
Decorated Creams................. 20
String Rock............................. 13
Burnt Almonds...................  22
Wintergreen  Berries............14

Choice Carolina.....................6%
Prime Carolina..................... 6
Good  Carolina...................... 5%
Good Louisiana...............   ■ .5%
Table............................. ,5%@6
H ead........................................6%
Java.........................................5%
Patna......... -........................... «%
Rangoon................................ 5
Broken...  ............................. 3%
Japan.............................. 5%@6%
DeLand’s p u r e .......------y 5%
Church’s  ........................••••5  ,
Taylor’s  G. M........................5
Dwight’s  ................................6
Sea  Foam............................... 5%
Cap Sheaf.......  ..................-B

FANCY—IN  BULK.

SALERATUS.

RICE.

 

%o less in 5 box lots.*

SALT.

60  Pocket, F F D ......................2 00
28 P ocket......................  . ..1  »0
1003 ft pockets..................- 2 15
Saginaw or Manistee........   95
Ashton, bu. bags-.......  80
Ashton,4 bu.  bags................... 2 75
Higgins’ bu.  bags...............   75
American, % bu.bags.,...,  20
Rock, bushels— ...............   25
Warsaw, bu. bags...............   40
...............   20
London Relish, 2 doz...........2 50
Dingman, 100 bars...... — , 4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard— 4 75
J a x o n .f..............r...............3 75
Queen  Anne.............................4 00
German Family......................,2 04
Allspice  . .. .. .. .. .. .. .  — ..  8%
Cassia, China in m ats.......... 8%

%  “ 
SAUCES.
SOAP.

SPICES—WHOLE.

 

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Batavia in bund....12 
Saigon in rolls— .40
Gloves,  Amboyna............... 25
“  Zanzibar.................. 23
Maee Batavia...................... SO
Nutmegs,  fancy:............... .40
No.  1...................65
N o .2 ....... .......6 0
“
Pepper, Singapore, blaek..l8
white.28
.................. .20
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice. 
12
Cassia, Batavia.... t........ 15
and Saigon.25
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Saigon..............4 2 ,
Cloves, Amboyna.............. 35
o  Zanzibar................30
Ginger, African........ ..........12%
,TT*  Cochin............... ...15
Jamaica...............18@22
Mace Batavia. .X*» ■ .......8 5
. — 20 
Mustard,  English... 
andTrie.22
Trieste.,..........2 5
Nutmegs,  No.  2 .................65
Pepper, Singapore  black. .22 
™ 
w hite..32
‘‘ 
C ayenne............25
“ 
doz... 84 
Absolute-Pepper, 
Cinnamon  “  ...84
“ 
‘*,..60
*‘ v  Allspice 
“ ...112
Cloves 
“ 
“  ...78
Ginger 
“ 
Mustard 
“ 
. “  ...84
STARCH.

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SUGARS.

Kingsford’s
Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs. . ....  1
1 “ 
'  “  6 ft boxes___.  7%
■ 
b u lk .......... 6%
Pure,! ft pkgs..................  5%
Corn, 1 ft pkgs................ . 
Gilt  Loaf...................   @  8%
Cufies........................   7%@ 7%
Pow dered...,..,....4 ; 7%@ 7%
Granulated,  Stand...  @ 7%
O ff..,.:;.  @7 06
Confectionery A ......  . ]  @  “
standard'A',.,.....,.',  @6%
Ho. 1  White Ihctra C. 6%@ 6%
N o.2, Extra C........ 
6%® 6
T io.8H ._...............1 1   @ 6
.  * *  @#K
Ho. 4 0. ..,... 

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Lozenges, plain in pails... 12 
Lozenges, plain in bbls— 11 
Lozenges, printed in pails. 12% 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls. 11% 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.. 12%
Gum  Drops  in pails..........6%
Gum Drops, in bbls............5%
Moss Drops, in pails.......... 10
Moss Drops, in bbls............  9
Sour Drops, in  pails...........12
Imperials, in  pails..: .........12
Imperials  in b b ls......  ..  11

FRUITS.

NUTS.

Bananas ................... .1 75@2 25
Oranges,  choice.......3 00@3 50
Oranges, Florida__ _  @3 00
Oranges, M essina....2 75@3 50
Oranges, OO...............3 00®3 25
Oranges, imperials..3 75@4 00 
Oranges Valencia ca.5 50®8 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%
Dates, % do  d o .....:  @ 6%
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $1 ft..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $) ft..  7 
Dates,Persian50 ftbox ..5@5%
Almonds,  Tarragona  @17%
Ivaca__ ..16  @16%
14@15
California 
Brazils........................9  @ 9%
Filberts, Sicily..........  
' @11
Walnuts,  Grenoble..  @11
12
Sicily.......... 
French___   @11
Pecans, Texas. H. P. 
8@12
Cocoanuts, $» 100.....  ..  @5 50 
Prime Red, raw *p  ft  @ 4
Choice 
do  @ 41
Fancy H.P. do 
do  @ 5
Choice White, Va.do  @ 5
Fancy H P., Va  do  6  @81 
H .P .V a ..............  
  5%@  6
OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follows:

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

PEANUTS.
do 

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OYSTERS.

Fairhaven Counts..............
Selects......  ...»•:
Anchors ..............................
Standards  .............—
Favorites—  
........ . * •• •
Standards per gal................1
Selects« per gal.. . . . . . . — 1
Counts, in bulk, per 100... .1 
Clams, 

•* 
....
. . .
“  per  g a l....................1

“ shell 
“ ■ 
... 
FRESH fish.

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Black bass........................... 12%
Rook bass. ,v»,
Perch*  skinned...... ..
Duck-bill  pike.............
Trout.............................
Whitefish.......................^....... TO

.

%  FRESH  H U T S .
prices, as follows: 
,

John Mohrhard quotes, selling 
<
Fresh b e e f .
..4  @6%
H o g s.....................<■'. ®H@ 7
Pork'’iläh8.;$^ 
Porkribs.«*.,-'....' -»•  ‘H® g 
Bologna.  -, 
„  ■  #
Frankfort sausage. . . 8  @10 
Blood, liv; h’deaUS’g  ft  @ « 
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M utton...i 
 
. @:8% ¡
Lamb. . . .. 
«.*..*  @ >p,

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quòte  as follows: 

'M ifJPiW S IN  'BARRELS. 

ffhe Grand Hapids Packing p  Provision Co. 
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« ¿ w ; t o w
Shortcut..
........j....,...1 6  00
Short cut, dear, B daford.;ri\......vV «i...l5 00
Shortcut  M o ig a n ..........................1 6  25
Extra clear pig, short cu t...........# ...........17 OQ
Extra clear,heavy.........................................17 00
Clear quill, short out.........;.........................It 90
Boston clear, short c u t . ...................... 17 00
Clear back, short cUt.....................................17? 00
Standard clear, short  out. best..........¿.„..17 00
Bean,...............................................................
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
Hams, average 20  fts. ;.  ....... :......... .i ..11
■  M 

' 16  f t s ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
1 2 to l4 fts..............  
..11%
picnic  .................................................     S%
best  b o n e le s s ,..:..,...................

Shoulders....;........... ........... .......... ..............   8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.. 4
, 11 
Dried Beef, extra.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8%
ham  prices........ ......................10

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DRY  SALT  MEATS.

 

 

LARD.

BEEF IN BARRELS.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

■  V lig h t........................... 

Long Clears, heavy.............. 

... .......  ...  8%
“  medium...................................  8%.
8%

 
Tierces  ..............;...... ..............................
30 and 60 ft Tubs......................... ...........
ft Pails, 20 in a case.......... .................
8%
ft Pails, 12 in a case. ...........................
8%
10 ft Fails, 6 in a ease      .................;...
8%
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in case...................
8%
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts............. 
7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacaing............... 
7 50
“  Kansas City Packing.............7 25
P late........1................................ . 
7 75
Extra Plate...................................................8 25
Boneless, rump butts...................................10 00
“  K anCltypkd........ 9 00
“  % bbl.  5 00
“ 
Pork Sausage..................... ........................... 7%
Ham  Sausage....................... y. . . ............1 1
9
Tongue  Sausage.................................... 
 
Frankfort  Sausage......................................... 8
Blood  S a u sa g e.........................................  
  6
Bologna, straight............... ............., ___....  6
Bologna, thick................................ 
6
Head  Cheese.....................................................   6
In half barrels............................................  3 50
In quarter barrels..........................................  2 15
In % Bbl.............................................................3 00
In % Bbl........ ...................................................1 75
In K its....................... 1*........ ...........................  85

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPF..

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as follows:  .

The W. Steele Packing & Provision Co. quotes 
Fresh  Beef.............................................. 5  @6%
Dressed Hogs..........................................  6%@ 6%
Pork loins.
_  9S 
Beef loins...............................................
@10 
Beef ribs.............................................
@10 
 
Pork ribs...................... 
@ 7 
Pork  sausage............J................   .........
© 8 
Bologna...................... 
 
@ 7 
Frankfort sausage.......................... .
@ 9 
Summer sausage..................................
@13 
@ 6
Blood, liver and head sausage,..........5
HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

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Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green__ W ft  4%@ 5  Calf skins, green
or cured__ 6
Part cured...  5^@ 6 
Full cured....  6  @ 6% Deacon skins,
$  piece.......10
Dry hides and 

k ip s............6  @  8

Fine washed $  ft 18@20|Coarse washed...
Medium  ______  .20@23|Unwashed........

WOOL.

FURS.

@25

20@22
12@16

No. 1  No. 2 No. 3 No.

Bears............................15 00  7 00
Beavers........................... 6 00  4 00
20
Badgers.........................  75 
Cat, Wild.........................  50 
20
Housed................. 
  16 
10
60
Fox,  Red.......................... 1 00 
Cross..................... 5 00  2 50
Grey..............  
75 
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15
60
11
4 00
50
20
50
1 00

Fishers............... ............7 00  4 00 2 00
1 00
Lynx...  ............ ............4 00  2 50 1 00
50
.05
Mink, Large Dark........   40 
10
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Small Pale..........   25 
05
Martins............. ............1 00 
10
30
SPRING  W INTER  FALL  KITS
01
8@4
Musrats........
Otter..... 
.......... .......6 00 
2 00 1 00
10
Raccoon, Large .......  75 
20
Small.
05
.......  3U 
10
Skunk................. .......  75 
10
25;
Wolf................... .......3 CD 
25
50
Deer Skins, dry. Red Coats, per lb.........
*• Blue  “
tt Short Grey, 
44 Long 
MISCELLANEOUS.

.  30c
.  30c
.  25c
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Sheep pelts, short shearing..........
5@20 
@23 
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated....
Tallow....................................................  3%@
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5@ !
Grease butter.......................................... 
Ginseng, good........................................ 1 60@1

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Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows:

Standard  Tubs, No. l ...................................... 8 00
Standard  Tubs,No.2............... ......................5 00
Standard Tubs, No. 3...................................... 4 (0
Standard Palls, two hoop................ .............. 1 35
Standard Pails, three hoop.......................... .1 60
Pails, ground wood 
.......... ........................4 50
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes.......................  .2 25
Butter  Pails, ash.............................................2 25
Butter Ladles........ ..........................................
Butter Spades....................................75
Rolling Pins.........................................J
Potato Mashers............. ................................
Clothes Pounders....................... .................... 2 25
Clothes Pins..................................... ............
Mop  Sticks....................:.............................. . .1 00
Washboards, single............  
1 75
Washboards, double....................................... .2 25
Washboards,Northern  Queen....................2  75

 

 

BASKETS.

Diamond  Market............•.............................
Bushel, narrow band, No. 1.......••..................1 50
Bushel, narrow band. No. 2..........................1 40
Bushel, wide band................................. ........1
Clothes, splint,  No. 3................................. 8 50
Clothes* splint.  No. 2.............................. 
.4 25
Clothes, splint,  No. 1......................................5 00
Clothes, willow  No. 3 ._______!..... .................6
Clothes, willow  No. 2.................................    .6 56
Clothes, willow  Ho. 1.............  
,.7 50
Water  Tight,  (acme)bu...............................8
half bu 
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Apples—$2.50® {3 per bbl.,
Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 

scarce, readily commanding $2.50 per bu.

18@I3%C:

Butter—Jobbers pay 20@22c for choice dairy 
and sell at 22@24c.  Grease  butter is  slow sale 
at 8c.

Butterine—Creamery,  16c  for  solid  packed 
and 17c for foils.  Dairy, 13%c  for solid packed 
and  14%o  for  rolls.  Extra  creamery 2Qo for 
solid packed and(21e for rolls.
size.  Very scarce. 

Cabbages—$1@$1.25  per  doz.,  according 
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Carrots—3C@35c perbu.
CelCryT-25'V doz.  Poor in quality. 
Cbeese*-Jobbers are holding their  stocks 
Cider—16c per gal. 
Cooperage—Pork  barrels,  $1.25;  apple  bar­
rels, 25c. 
Cranberries—WiscOnrinBell  and  Bugle are 
in good demand at $3:75  per  box  or  $11  per
^Dried Apples—Jobbers hold sun-dried at 6%c 
and evaporated at 8%e 
Eggs—Jobbers hold  fresh  at 22e  and limed 
andpigkled stook at 18c.
Honey—In plentiful supply at 15@16e.
Hay—Baled 

is - moderately  active  at  $15 

perton in two and "five  ton  lots  and  $13 
car lots. 
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Onions—Home grown, $1  per bu.
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Potatoes—Buyers are paying 75@86o per bn 
Turnips—20@25c per, bu. , *

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Wheat—City  millers pay  80c  for  Lancaster 
and 80c for Fulse and Clawson, 
j  Com-rJobbing  generally  at 58c  in  100  bu. 
lota and 61c in cariota. 
Oats—White,  42c  in  small  lota  and^36o  in 
oar lots* ^ 
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Barlmr—Brewers pwr 
Flour—No change. Patent $5.40 ¥  bbl in sacks 
and  $5.60  In  Vood.  Straight,  $4.40 V bbl. in 
sacks 1

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’Five Yean*—Stanley K. Pariteli, Owomo. 
P rek d a a t—Geo. McDonald 
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»’iS-'SÇ WmSËÈ
ÑextMeetinir—At Grand Rapids, March 7 and 8.

M lcbUttn  «tate  l'Itarniweutical  Ans’n.  >, 
President—A rthur Bassett, Detroit. 
ftw 'W m M M c W trO - Ä  S n M o d , Pétogkev. Wgmm 
Heoond Vióe-Pre«ident--H. B, Fairchild,  Grand BuM fc 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kèphart, Berrien Springs. 
Secretary—8. E. Parkill, Owosso. 
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Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.¿ 
¿■fSiéçwtivh Committee—Beo.'Gunarnm,  Frank  Ingiù, 
i  A ,fi. Lyman, John E/Peck, E. T; Webb.
ZiOeal Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit. 
ÑcxtMectiiig—A tp e tro lt, September 4, 5,<land7.

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Grand  Rapida  Pharmaceutical  Society.
President—H. E. tocher. 

ÖROANLZKD OCTOBER 8,1884.

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..  Viee-Presidènt—J. W. Hayward.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.

G.Gteketee. A. F. H a/eltine and F. J. Wurzburg.

B oard of Censors—President,  Vice-President end Sec- 
J  rotary.
Board of Trustees—The President,  lóhn  B. Peck,  Geo.
,  wen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White and Wm,  t .   White. 
■Committee on Trade  Matters—Jonn Peck, Fl  J. Wurz- 
».■feurg. WVH. Tibbs.
Committee  on  Legislation—J.  W.  Hayward,  Theo.
-  ,  Kerning, W. H. Van Leuwcn.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—'W.  1,  White,  John  Muir, 
'  X. B. Kimm.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in   each 
'■month. S
AnnualMeetlng—First Thursday evening inUovember 
Mext  Meeting—Thursday evening, February 2, a t  Tbs 

Tradesman office.

D etroit  Pharmaceutical  Society.  •

ORGANIZE»  OCTOBEB, 1883.

President—Frank  inglis.
' F irst Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.
■Second Vice-President—J. J.  Crowley.
Secretary and Treasurer—F.‘ Rohnert.
Aesistant Secret&ry and Treasurer—A. B. Lee. 
Annual Meeting—fir s t Wednesday in June.
R egular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month.
C e n t r a l   M ic h ig a n   D r u g g is ts ’  A ss o c ia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop;  Secretary, R. M. Mosseli.
B e r r i e n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President, H. M. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart. 

C lin to n   C o u n ty   D r u g g is ts ’  A ss o c ia tio n .

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

I o n i a  .C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 
president,,W. R. C utler/ Secretary, Geo. Gnndrmn.

J a c k s o n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss^u. 
President, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, G. E. Foote._____
K a la m a z o o  P li a r m a c e u tie a l A s s o c ia tio n . 

President, S. 0. Roberts;  Secretary, D. McDonald.

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

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

M o n ro e   C o u 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 u s k e g o n   C o u n ty   D r u g g is ts ’  A ss o c ia tio n , 
President; E. C. Bond;  Secretary .Geo. L. LeFevre.

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association. 

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, Geo.  L. LeFevre.
N e w a y g o   C o u n ty   P h  
President, J. F. A. Raider;

g rm a c e u tic a l  S o ciety , 
secretary, A. G. Clark.

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

President, F. W. Fincher^Secretary, Frank Cady.
S a g in a w   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President, Jay Smith; Secretary,  D. E. Prall.
President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. E. Stoddard
M a n is te e   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty , 
President, W. H. W illard;  Secretary, A. H. Lyman.

T u s c o la  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 

The  Glue Trade.

The past year will be remembered  by the 
!  manufacturers  of glue as one of large sales 
jmd small  profits.  The  consumption  has 
been maintained in good  volume  through­
out,  and had it not been for  the  decline in 
price of foreign glue  and  consequent  im­
portations it would hare been a time of con­
siderable gain.  The cause  of  the  reduced 
prices abroad is said to have been the influx 
to  Europe of Australian sheep  stòck, along 
-with  the  general  reduction  in the cost of 
’bones,  out of which  much'  glue is made in 
England, France and Germany.
Increased  importations  of  glue  to  this 
•country began in May and were maintained 
the balance of the year,  prices  of  the  for­
eign  product  having  declined in some in­
stances as much as 20 per cent  This press­
ed heavily upon the makers here who  were 
loaded with high-priced glue  stock aud had 
-contracts for supplies  running  for  months 
. ahead. 
If,  however,  it leads to a more con­
servative policy in the buying of stock here­
after, the loss will be made  up.  There has 
■been an improved feeling in the foreign glue 
•markets of late, aud  in  several  instances 
prices are advanced and maintained with in- 
-ereasing sales which  must  affect  soon  the 
prices of our domestic  grades.  Glue-mak­
ing is a progressive industry,  as  each  half 
•dècade  shows  in  better  goods  produced. 
There is no duty on  imported  glue  stock, 
Jtnd the product of stock  in  this  country is 
the largest per capita in the  world,  except,
, probably, certain ports of  South  America. 
With 
improved  machinery,  careful 
methods and increasing plants,  the  foreign 
article ought to be driven  out  and  leave a 
surplus for export, and  this  will,  withòut 
doubt, be accomplished in the  near  future.

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Opium Smuggling.
From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter. 

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The Treasury Department, according to a 
special dispatch, has unearthed  a  gigantic 
gjfe  -opium smuggling scheme in  San Francisco, 
W i  which has been in practice for  somé  time. 
I t is said to have teen known  to  the  cus- 
toms officials, some c f   whom  were  impli­
cated by the investigations,  but  no  efforts 
were made until recently to check it.  There 
certainly seems to  be  necessity  for  extra 
,,  vigilance on the part of the customs officers, 
since it is well known that several factories 
•.  Tor preparing opium for-smoking  have been
in operation for yegrs past  in  British  Co- 
lumbia, the bulk of  their  product  coming 
Ê h   te|fc the United States without paying duty. 
* *   San Francisco enjoys thé  distinction of be- 
£ 
ing the chief port through which  the  illicit 
^ 
entries are made, but there is  evidence that 
.  a considerable quantity finds its  way across 
the lakes,  . Last week  nearly two thousand 
?i. 
£ 
pounds qf the prepared drug were seized son
. 
the promises of a  farmer  near  Watertown, 
?  N.'Y., and a close search all along the Can-
_<  adian frontier would probably  reveal  many 
Mr -other similar hiding places.
Perhaps the suggestion of  the  Secretary 
; 
-of the Treasury that  the  duty  be  reduced 
from ten dollars to a dollar a  pound’ might 
stop the smuggling of opium, put  that  car- 
ries with it the danger 'of  making the nox- 
loi» drag more accessible to consumers.. As 
i t  is quite as necessary to prevent the spread
t gling  of  the  drag,  nothing  short of the 
stxtetest rigilahce and honesty of  the  cus- 
'tM&s officials will  prevent  the  smugglers 
from continuing their nefarious and danger-

« -of opium smoking as it is to stop  the smug- 

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Sugar scum or  residue  Is  practically  a 
-waste  product,  which can  be  obtained in 
r  laraè quantiti^ at a few shillings a ton both 
Ilf London and Liverpool,  says  Invention. 
I t is Claimp4 that out of 100 tons of this su- 
gar 8cum about thirtj’-three tons  of -carbon 
te   obtained,  which,  as Professor -E. 
Mills,  of  fAnderaon’s  College,  Glasgow, 
spates, will be “as permanent  and unaltera- 
06^?; 9$'b, rtece o f glass,^ |  When ground: V0. 
levigated It is stated to be suitable for m&n-

timt for th0  xüanufacture 
’R&d for foundry  carbon, anditi 

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It Is authoritatively stated-for.  the1  first 
timethafc the Democratic  members  of  the 
WayBand Means Committee have ateuYdb- 
cided to strike out dyestuffs  from  the  ex­
tended free list upon which they bad agreed.
A  banana  liquor  company  has  recently 
been started in India for producing  banana 
liquor In either an alcoholic or non-alcoholic 
form, and which can be used with equal ad­
vantage as an ordinary  liquor,  or  diluted 
with hot of cold water,.
An organization has  recently  been  per­
fected, $vith headquarters in,Bo8l!on,  called 
the Massachusetts Druggists’  Alliance,  its 
aim being to provide, at a small annual epst 
to each, counsel iu case of  prosecution  for 
infractions of the Sunday or  license  laws. 
It will also seek to  secure  more  favorable 
legislation in these directions.

The land phosphate Tock companies  have 
formed a combination  to  regulate  produc­
tion and prices  independent  of  the  river 
companies.  The latter failed to get protec­
tion from the State of South  Carolina,  and 
are now deserted by their would-ba friends, 
but are evidently able to ‘^paddle  their own 
capoe.”

M. GuiUot, a chemist at  Angers,  claims 
to have discovered a liquid  which  renders 
wood, mdslin, paper,  etc.,  uninflammable. 
Articles soaked in the composition, 
if  ex­
posed to a great heat, emit black smoke and 
are consumed  but never blaze.  The process 
is at present  kept secret and  may  turnout 
to be one of those already known.

Adulteration  of  cocaine  hydrochlorate 
with borax is  the  latest  iniquity  charged 
against the drug trade.  Such  an  adultera­
tion could be the work only  of  a  bungler, 
and would be detected at once by  mixing a 
little of the salt with a  drop  of  sulphuric 
acid in a porcelain capsule or the hollow on 
the under side of a teacup,  adding  20> min­
ims of alcohol and setting fire  to  the  mix­
ture, stirring as it barns. 
If borax (or bor- 
acic acid) is present, the alcohol  flame as it 
burns low will show a g re ^   tinge.1

The  Drug  Market.

Quinine is firmer again and  German  has 
advanced 5c per ounce.  Opium is dull  and 
lower.  Morphia is  steady.  Carbolic  acid 
is firm and  in  small  supply.  Chloroform 
has again advanced.  Golden  seal  root has 
advanced  and  is  extremely  scarce.  Oils 
cassia  and  anise  are  tending  downward. 
Oil sassafras is scarce and higher.  Salacine 
has advanced.

A  Local  Option  Hint.

From the Augusta Journal..

A certain doctor in this  city  was  called 
upon the other day by a man who desired to 
get a prescription for  alcohol.  “For  what 
purpose?” asked the doctor.  “Mechanical,” 
said the man,  with  a  countenance  honest 
enough to look any  judge  in  the  country 
out of countenance.  After writing the pre­
scription  and  handing  it  to the man,  the 
doctor said:  “For what kind of  mechanical 
purposes do you intend to use the alcohol?” 
“Sawing wood, sir;  good day, sir.” 
An Accomplished  Fabricator.

“I knew a man once who never told a sin­

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gle lie.”

“Who was he?”
“A Chicago drummer.”
“Nonsense!”
“He used to  tell two at a time.”

FOR  SALE!

Stock  will 

Stock of drugs and groceries with fixtures, 
situated  in  a  thriving  town  in  Western 
Michigan: 
inventory  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 
address box  110, this office.

J.  E.  FELDNER  &  CO.,

CUSTOM  SHIRT  MAKERS,
Men’s  Fum isliing  Goods.

AND DEALERS IN

N O . 2  P E A R L ,  ST ., 

-  G R A N D , R A P ID S  

Prom pt Attention to Mail Orders.  Telephone 891.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.

All Trains daily except Sundny.
GOING  NORTH.

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Traverse City Sc Mackinaw Ex.........9:05 a m   11-39 am
7:00am
Traverse'City E x ...........  ... .. .. .  
From Cincinnati..............................7:80 p m
Ft. Wayne andMaekinaw E x...... .8:40 p  m 
5:05 pm
Saginaw E x p ress.........................11:25 a m   '7 : 2 0 a m
.¿:10pm
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Saginaw express runs through solid.
7:00 a. m. train has chair car to Traverse City.
11:30 a. m. train has chair car for Fetoskey and Mack­
5:06 p.  m. train has  sleeping  ears  for  Petoskey and 

inaw City.
Mackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express.............. . 
Fort Wayne E x p r e s s .
... .10:30 a  m 
Cincinnati Express................., i . .  4:40 p m 
Traverse City and Maeldnaw Ex. .11:00 p m  

7:15 a in
, 11:45 a jn
5:00 p to
7:15 a  m train’ has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
,6:00p. m. train connects  with M. C. R. R. a t Kalama­
zoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and Canadian, 
points, arriving in Detroit a t 10:46 p, m. 

GOING  SOUTH.

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11 0 0 a m ................................................... 
4:30pm
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8:60 p m
Leaving time a t  Bridge street depot ? minutes later;
C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Michigan Centrál.

Grand Rapids Division.
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Detroit Express. 
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Day  Expie as.,,..........:........... *...................... 1:10 pm
•Atlantic Express.. 
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Kixed  ........ „ .„ „ ...u v .;,.’. 
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•Pacific  Express.. . . . . .v,......................- ..  6;oo a m
M a i l ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . ....... . 
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Grand Bapids Express., . . . . __ ......................... 10:15pm
Mixed ................................... ...............V 5:30pm
»Daily.  All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars
ran on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to  and from 
Detroit  Parlor cars run on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
BâmàM Rxpress to and  frcm   Detroit.  Direct  cohnec- 
tions made at Detroit wltbÄÜ ^ ro u g h  tnUnsSaat CveV 
M  C  R. R., (Canada Smithern 
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Chas. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent.

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B:Wpm  11:85 a m . .White Pigeon.  6:56 a m   2.40fcml 
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Aeeticum ................... 
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Beuzoicum, German  :  8G@1 oo 
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B o r a c i c .
.
30
" C t e r b o iic u m ..,.'45&  60 
(fitrioum 
so®  65
Hydrochlor__ 3® 
5
Nitrocum  .....  .........  10®  12
Oxalicum ..... ..........   11®  13
Pho^horioum  dil... 
20
Salicylicum.............1 70@2 05
Sulpniiricum..............  1J£® 5
Tannicum. ........ A . 1 40®1 60
Tartaricum.................  50® 53
AMMOH1A.
Aqua, 16 deg.............. 
3®  5
I; 
  4® ■  6
-
Carbouas........ .........   11®  13
Chloridum. .. .. .. .. ..   12®  14
ANILINE.
.................2 00®3 25
— ............  80@ i  00
43®  51) 
.2 5003 00
Cubebae (po.  160....1 76@1 85
Juniperus  .............   .  10®  12
25®  30
Xanthoxylum 
Copaiba......... 
60®  65
P e r u .......j..........  ®1 50
Terabin, Canada.__   50®  65
P olutan....................  45®  50
Abies,  Canadian....... 
18
Cassiae  ...................... 
11
18
Cinchona Flaya........  
30
Baonymus  atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po. 
20
Prunus Virgini........ 
12
Quilltda,  gra__ _.... 
12
Sassfras..............  
12
Ulmus........................  
12
Uhnus Po (Ground 12) 
10
EXTRACTUM.
Glyc/rrhiza Glabra..  24®  25
po..........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 B> box..  9®  10
IS............  @  12
Hs  ......  @  13
K s .........  @  15
FERRUM. 

BABSAMUM.

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GUMMI.

OLEUM.

■Carbonate Precip__   @
Citrate and Quinia...  ®J
Citrate Soluble..........  ®
Ferrocyanidum Sol..  ®
Solut  Chloride__   .. 
®
Sulphate,  com’l........ IK®
pure,......... 
®
Arnica................,.......   12®
Anthemis..........v... ’  45@
Matrifcaria.................  30®
Barosma....................  10®
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
20@
 
nivelly..............  
“ 
Alx.  35®
Salvia  officinalis,  &s
and  Ks.................».  10®
Ura  Ursi__ .....  ... 
8®
Acacia, 1st picked...
2nd  “ 
...
“ 
...
3rd  “ 
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Sifted sorts.
** 
■** 
.  p o .................  75@1 00
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)..  50®  *60 
“  Cape, (po. 20)...  @ 1 2
**  Socotn’, (po. 60)  @ 50
Ks.  18).........  

gupnorbium, po.......  35®

Catechu,  Is,  (Ks,  14
13 
  @
Ammoniac  ...............   25®
30 
15 
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).  @
Benzoinum 
.......  50®
55 
33 
Camphorae...............   30®
10 
aibanum..................   @
80 
95 
Gamboge, po..............  80®
Guaiacum, (po. 45)...  @
35 
Kino,  (no. 25)..........
20
Mastic.?......................  @1 (10
Myrrh, (po. 45)__  
..  @ 4 0
Opii, tpo. 5 75>...........3 80@3 90
Shellac........................  25®  31
“  '  bleached.......  25®  30
Tragacanth...............   30®  75
Herba—In ounce packages.
25
Absinthium............... 
20
Eupatorium.............. 
Lobelia  ...... 
25
Majorum  ........... 
28
 
23
Mentha Piperita..... 
V ir...............  
25
R u e ............................. 
30
Tanacetum;  V.»....... 
22
Thymus. V ........ ....... 
S   25
MAGNESIA.
Calcined,  Pat............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat__ _ 
20®  22
Carbonate,  K. &M..  20®  25 
Carbonate,  Jennings  35®  36
Absinthium..............5 00®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc__   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarao..7 25@7 1Ö
A nisi.........  . l. 
........1 85© l 90
Auranti Cortei.........  @2 50
Bergamii.....................2 75@3 25
Cajiputi  ....................  90@1 00
CaryophyDi...............   @2 00
Cedar.........................   35®  -65
Chenopodii...............  @1  75
Cinnamonii...............  85®  9j
Citronelia  ................. 
©  75
Conium  Mac.............   35®  65
Copaiba......................  90® 1 00
Cubebae  ................ 15 00@li  50
Exechthitos..............   90® 1 00
Erigeron.....................1 20@1 30
Gauitheria...  ...... .2 25@2 35
Geranium, ?..............   @  75
Gossipii, Sem, gal__   55®  75
Hedèoma....................  75®  85
Juniperi.....................   50@2 00
Lavèndula.... ..............  90@2 00
Limonis . . . . . . . . . ___ 1 75@2 25
Mentha Piper...........2 25@3 3J
Mentha Verid___....3  00®3 25
Morrhuae,  gai..........  80®1 06
Myrcia,  ? ...................  @  50
O live...........................I 00®2 75
Picis Liquida,(gal. 35)  10®  12
R icini..........................1  18@1  26
Rosmarini____ r....  75@1  00
Rosae,  ?...... 
©6 00
Succini      ..................  
40®45
Sabiqa.................  
90@1  00
 
Santai..........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  Co©  65
Sinapis, ess, ?............ 
©   65
Tiglii...........................  @1 50
Thym e..............  
  40©  50
o p t....... .. .. .   ©   60
Theobromas...............  15®  20
15©  18
B iCarb.......... 
Bichromate... .. .. .. .   13®  15
Bromide .......... . 
42®  45
Carb...,_____ ........  32@  15
Chlorate, (Po. 30)...  .  18®  20 
Cyffnide..^............  5€®  55
Iodide.............. 
3 00@3 25
Potassa, Bitart, pure  34®  40 
Potassa,  Bitart, com  @  15 
■Potass  Nitras,opt... 
8®  16
Potass Nitras.......... 
7®  9
Prussiate..................   25®  28
Sulphate po...............  15®  18
Aconitum........ 
20®
A lthae........................  25®
Anchuaa . . . . ______     15®
Arum,  po...................  ®
C alam us......__ ....  20®
Gentiana,  (po. 15). ;..  10® 
Glyehrrhiza,  (pv. 15).  16@ 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
,po. 45);....................  @
Hellebore, Alba, po.  15®
Ipula, po__ .«v...........   15®
Ipecac, p o.. .. .. .. .. ..  1 75®2.66
Iris plox(po. 20®22)..  18®  20 
Jàlapa, pr.. .. .. .. .. ..   25®  30
Maranta,  K s.......... 
Podophyllum, p o . .  15®  18 
  75(3109
Rhei  .
. 75@1 35
Spigelia,...^ .............  48®  53
Sanguinarla, (po. 25).  @ 2 0
Serpentaria.... .. .. ..   3ü@  35
...  55®  60
milax, Officinalis, H  @  40 
-c.  H  @  20 
Scillae,  (po.35Lv....-:  10®  12 
Symplocarpus,  Foe­
@ 2 5
tid us, po-.................
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  @ 
German..  15®
Zingiber a.......10®
Zingiber j ........ 18®
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Anlsum, (po. 20).......
'Magm- j 
BfraTipRRRi
Carni, O90.I8)..

fenega........... 

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1 00
50
50
60
50
50
50
50
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
75
35
50
50
50
50
85
50
2 00
50
50
50
50
0g
50
50
60
00
50
-50

Chenopodium  .......  10®  12
Dlptenk Odorate.. . .i75® l  95 
Foenlciiium. .. .. .. .. .'   @  15
FoenugrCek, ,
6®  8
Lini............................... 3K@  4
Link grd, (bbl, 8)>;  ..  3K@  4
Lobelia.............; &  35®  40
Phalarifi Canarian;..  3)6®4K
Rapa.................... 
5®  6
 
Sinapis,  Albu.........1, 
8®  9
11®  12
Frumenti, W., U. Co..2 00@2 50 
Frumenti, D. F. It.. .-.1 75@2 66
Frum enti.................. 1 10®1 50
JuniperisCo.  O.T..M 75@l  75 
JUBiperis  C 0 .....4 ..I 75@3 50 
Saacharum  N. B ..... 1 75@2 09.
Spt. Vini Galii..-__ .1 75©6 50
Vini Oporto..............1 2>®2 00
Vied  A lba.... . . i . 1  25®2 00
SVONCLS  7 
Florida sheens’wool
■  carriage.......... ........2 ^i@2 50
Nassau sheeps’ woo:
carriage..................  
2 00
Velvet Extra sheets'  ,
wool carriage........  
,  110
Extra Yellow sheeps’ 
85
C arriage.......... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage................  
65
75
Hard for slate u se... 
Yellow Reef, for slate 
40
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50
 
50
60
50
50
50
60
50
50
50
50
50
50
60
50
60
60
feO
50
69
60

SYRUPS.
Accacia.................  
Z in g ib e r.............. 
Ipecac___ _________  
Ferri Iod____ .......... 
Auranti Cortes.......... 
Rhei Arom. . . * . . . . .  
Smilax Officinalis__  
Co.. 
Senega.................. 
 
Seiliae......................... 
-Cq.......... 
“
Tolutan.......... 
Prunus virg............... 
TINCTURES.
Aconitum  Napeilis R 
F 
Aloes.. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . .  
“  and myrrh....... 
Arnica ..: ...... 
 
Asafcetida ............. 
Atrope belladonna... 
Benzoin.................. 
“  Co..
Sanguinaria 
Barosma....
Cantharides.
Capsicum....
Cardamon,..
Co
Castor........................  
Catechu..................... 
Cinchona....................  
Co...... ......... 
Columba................ 
Conium.....................  
Cubeba.......................  
Digitalis...................... 
Ergot........................... 
Gentian...................... 
eo........ 
Guaicff...................  
ammon.......... 
Zinqiber...................... 
Hyoscyamus......... 
Iodine.........................  
*•  Colorless........  
Ferri CtU  ridum........ 
K m o ..,....................... 
Lobelia................. 
Myrrn......................... 
Nux V om ic.i............. 
O pi...........  
 
•*  Camphorated... 
“  Deodor.   ......... 
Auranti Cortex........ 
Quassia__ !................ 
Rhatany....................  
Rhei............................. 
Cassia Aeutifol........ 
Co... 
Serpentaria.............. 
Stromonium..............  
Tolutan.....................  
Valerian.....................  
Veratrum Veride__  
ZSther, Spts Nit, 3 F..  26® 
either, Spts Nit, 1F..  30®
Alum en....................2)4® 3)4
Alumen,  ground,  (p-
Annatto  ............I ___  55@  60
Antimoni,  po............ 
Antimoni et Potass T  55®  60
Autipyrin.................1 35®1  40
Argenti  Nitras,  3____  
© 68
Arsenicum............. 
Balm Gilead  Bud 
  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ........2  15@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
II;  )q8,  12)........
Cantharides Russian,
p o ..........................  
Capsici Fructus, a f..  ©  15
Capsici Fructus, po. .  ©  16
Capsici Fructus, B po  @  14 
Caryophyllu8, (po. 35)  30©  33
Carmine. No. 40......  @3 75
,C<ra Alba, S. &  F__   50©  65
Cera Fiava..............      2e@  30
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus..........   ©  15
Centraria............... .  @  10
Cetaceum.................  
©  45
Chloioform...............   60©  65
Chloroform,- Squibbs  BH i 
Chloral Hyd Crst,... .1 50©1 75
Chondrus  ........... .J..  10@
Cinchonidine, P. & W  15© 
Ciuchonidine, Ger’an  8© 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
c en t........................ 
40
Creasotum . . . . . . . __   ©   50
Creta, (bbl. 75)..... ......  
©   2
Creta  prep................ 
5©  6
Creta, preoip.............  
8©  10
CretaRUbra...............   @  8
Crocus  .........................  30®  35
Cudbear....... . ...........  ©   24
Cupri Sulph,____ ... 
6©  7
Dextrine 
............  10®  12
Ether (Sulph..............     68®  70
Emery, all numbers.  ®  8
Emery, p o ..__ _____  @  6
Ergota. (po.) TO,.; __   70®  75
Flake  w hite.............   12®  15
G§tlla..............  
  ®   23
Gambler  ____  
7®  8
Gelatin, Coopor........   ©  15
Gelatin; French........   40©  60
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue,; BrowU............. 
9©
15
Glue; W hite..............   13®
25
Giycerina........ . 
23©
26 
Grana  Paradis!..__  
©
15 
Humulus V__   ......  25©
40 
Hydrarg Chlor. M itt.  @
85, 
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.  © 
8(S
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum 
@  90 
Hsdrarg Amm oniati.
@1 15 
Hyurarg Unguentum 
45®  55
Hydrargyrum 
@ 8 0
■ ■  
Ichthyoc
thyoeolla. Am  ... 1 25® 1 50 
Indigo.. . . .. .. .. .. .. ..   76@t  00
Iodine, Resnbl..____4 00®4  10
Iodoform ......... .e. ___  @5  15
Lupuline  .......85@1 00
Lycopodium ............  55®  60
M a
..  80®  85 
Liquor  Arsen et Hy- 
ararg Iod................   @  27
Liquor PotasMArsini-
. 7. . . .......  16®  12
U a .
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl
1)6).........- ........;•••, 
2®  3
M annia,S.F.............   90@1 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W  3 10@3 35 
Morphia.  S.  N.  Y. Q.
AC.  C o............. ..3 6003 25
MosebnsCanton  ....  @  40
Myristica, No. 1.........  60®  70
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20)  @  10
Os, 8epia....................  
27
Pepsin Saac,  H. & p.
D. Co.,.................. 
@2 00
Piois Liq, N. C.. K gal
doa.. ; . .. . ................  @2 70
nelsL iq.,  quarts...;  @1 40
Plcta U q., pmte........  @  85
PilHydriug, (po. 80).  @  50'
Piper Nigra,.(po. 22).  @ 1 8
Piper Aifia, (po. 35)..  @  35
P ii-B u rg » n ........ ..•  @  7
Plumb! A cet... . . . . . .   15®  16
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.l 10@1 20 
PyrethruiiL boxes^ H 

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Santonine.
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‘Sapo, 
Sapo,  M__ 8®
Sapo.G__ :@
Seidlitz  Mixture.....  @
Sinapis.......... ; ...........  @
Sinapis, opt..;..........   @
Snuff, Maocaboy, Do. -
V o e s....,............. 
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Snuff,  S co t# ,  Do.  '
V oes......... Z . . . -   -  @
Soda Boras, (po  11). .10  @ 
Soda et Potoss Tart.,  33®  35 
8oda'Carb...^........  2® 2)4
Soda;  Bi-Carb.......... . 
4®  5
Soda, A sh .;..,.........  
  3®  4
Soda  Sulphas............  @  2
Hpts- Ether Co........  50®  55
Spts. 
vreiapom ...  @2 00 
Spts, Myrcia  im p....  @2 50
Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.

OILS.

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Strychnia  Crystal...  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl 
Sulphur,  Roll...........  2)4®  3
Tamarinds...............  
8®  10
ferebeuth  Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae _______  60®  65
Vanilla  ....................9 00@16 00
Ziud  Sulph............. 
7®  8
Bbl  Gal
Whale, winter,..........  70 
75
Lard,extra....__ ...  68 
72
50
Lard, No.  1 ...;..........  45 
59
Linseed, pure raw  ..  56 
Linseed, boiled........  59 
62
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
".trained...............  50 
60
Spb.tsTurpentine...  45 
50
V ’ 
Lb
PAINTS  Bbl 
Red Venetian.. . . . . ..ljg  2®3
Ochre, yellow Mars. .15£  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. .l)fe  2@3 
Putty, commercial.. .2)4  2)4@3 
Putty, strictly pure..2H  2)i@3 
V ermilion prime Am­
Vermilion,  English..
Green, Peninsular...
Lead, red strictly pur 
Lead, white,  strictly
@70
Whiting,  white Span 
Whiting,  Gilders’__  
@90
110
White,  Paris Amer’n 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c lif f ....................... 
149
Pioneer  Prepared
I ain ts..............   ...1 20@1 40
Swiss Villa Prepared
P aints..............  
1 00@l 20
No. 1 Turp  Coach__ l 10@1 20
Extra  Turp.............1 60@1 70
Coach Body............... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1 00@110
Extra Turk Damar.. 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryef,  No.  1 
Turp.......................   70®  75

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Milwaukee,  Wis., Oct. 20,1887. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.:» 
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J.  H.  Thompson,  M. D.

Chicago,  Dec. 6, 1887. 

Ph, Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis;: 
Gentlemen—I  have had the pleasure of 
examining and  testing  the qualities  of The 
“Best” Tonic, not  only in  my practice  but 
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 Tqnics and extra nutrients.  A wine 
glass  full  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.  Harvet Bates, M. D.

Milwaukee,  Wis., Oct. 21,  1887. 

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

Dear 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.

.  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Get.  21, 1887. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.: 
Gentlemen—I  have,  used  The  “Best* 
Tonic  in  my own  family  and  in my prac­
tice, ever, since it  was  brought to my atten­
tion-by the Phillip  Best  Brewing  Co., and 
am free  to  say  that  I   believe  it  to te  the 
most palatable  and  useful of  the Malt pre­
parations I have used.

Wm. Fox, M. D.

Milwaukee,  Wis., Oct. 26,  1887. 

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

Dear  Sirs—I  thankfully  received  the 
two bottles of your Concentrated 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,  and 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  tetter  Tonie 
than  the “Best,”  end  I  cheerfully  testify 
that it is of v great  value in the treatment of 
all kinds ef weakness  and diseases^  I pre­
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fer it to any imported Malt Extract. 

Very Respectfully,

M.  Ohlhmann,  M. D.

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dition  through . the loss of cheek, etc., my 
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corduroy  railway—threw  me  into  a  high 
fever, and it became absolutely  indispensa- 
ble to hire a nurse;  at least, the doctor said 
I  must.  She was  procured. 
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advisedly.  When I  first  saw  the  party, I 
thought I had been  transferred  from  this 
inundane sphere to the  dernier  ressort  Of 
traveling men and that I  beheld  none other 
than the veritable Witch of  Endor  in  the 
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its.  She  is a veiy unique and antique spec­
imen of her sex. and, were  die  placed  in 
«no of the New York art galleries, Anthony 
Comstock would not interfere with the pro­
prietor thereof, from à sense of justice.  He 
would be sufficiently  punished  without the 
Wind goddess of  the  law  interposing  her 
iron hand.  Picture to yourself  seven yards 
of four-cent calico made to fit  a  seventeen- 
yard female, a face about six  feet  from the 
ground upon which thirty or forty Northern 
Michigan winters have left their  ineffacea­
ble stamp in the way o£  wrinkles,  patches 
and an every-other-one-gone  set  of  teeth, 
zeinforced  with  a  breath  cut  bias  and 
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will have a faint outline of the fair chromo- 
•with-evéry-pound-Qf-tea  who  claims me as 
her lawful préy.  By the way, I believe she 
is a vulture, from the shape of her beak.

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owe the distressing  position in which I  am 
placed.  She is deaf.  A chorus of fourteen 
male cats could not cause the  slightest  vi­
bration of her  organ  of  sound.  She  has 
twkwn  great  care  of  me,  and I  noticed a 
motherly solicitude in her manner when she 
discovered that I was a single man.

Last  Tuesday  afternoon, as she sat in a 
chair by my bedside, my head began to throb 
painfully. 
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